[Event "Nassau CC-ch"]
[Site "Nassau"]
[Date "2000.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Luchan, Jason"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C73"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "1575"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2000.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Nf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 c5 10. Qd3 O-O 11. e5 Nd7 12. exd6 cxd6 13. Bf4 Nf6 14. Rad1 Bb7
15. Bxd6 Bxf3 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qxf3 Rfe8 18. b3 Qe6 19. Rd3 Ng4 20. Qd1 f5 21.
Rd6 Qe5 22. Qd5+ Qxd5 23. Rxd5 Re5 24. Rfd1 Rae8 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. h3 Nf6 27.
Kf1 Kf7 28. Re1 Ke6 29. Rxe5+ Kxe5 30. Ke2 Kd4 31. Kd2 Ne4+ 32. Nxe4 Kxe4 33.
Kc3 Kd5 34. Kd3 h6 35. f4 g5 36. g3 g4 37. h4 h5 38. c3 a5 39. a3 Kd6 40. Kc4
Kc6 41. a4 Kd6 42. b4 cxb4 43. cxb4 Kc6 44. bxa5 Kb7 45. Kd5 Ka6 46. Ke5 Kxa5
47. Kxf5 Kxa4 48. Kg5 Kb4 49. f5 Kc4 50. f6 Kd4 51. f7 Ke4 52. f8=Q Ke3 53. Qd6
Kf3 54. Qd3+ Kg2 55. Kf4 Kh3 56. Kg5 Kg2 57. Kxh5 Kh3 58. Qe3 Kg2 59. Kxg4 Kf1
60. Qd2 Kg1 61. Kf3 Kf1 62. Qd1# 1-0

[Event "Nassau CC-ch"]
[Site "Nassau"]
[Date "2000.10.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Capolongo, John J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1575"]
[BlackElo "1791"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Qe7 5. Nd5 Qd6 6. c3 Nf6 7. d4 exd4 8.
Bf4 Qf8 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 Nxe4 11. Nxd4 d6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Nb5 g5 14. Qf3
f5 15. Bg3 Nd2 16. Qd5 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 f4 18. Kh1 Ne5 19. Qb3 Bc6 20. Nac7 Bd7
21. Rad1 a6 22. Ne6+ Bxe6 23. Qxe6 axb5 24. Qxe5 Kc7 25. Qxg5 fxg3 26. fxg3 Qe8
27. Rde1 Qg6 28. Qe7+ Kb6 29. Rf7 Rb8 30. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "Nassau CC-ch"]
[Site "Nassau"]
[Date "2000.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Stenzel, Harold G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1575"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2000.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nc6 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bb5 Bb7 7. Ne5 Qd5 8.
Qf3 O-O-O 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. c3 Nf6 12. Ng5 Qxf3 13. Nxf3 Bd6 14.
Bg5 h6 15. Be3 Nd5 16. a3 Nf4 17. O-O g5 18. b4 Ne2+ 19. Kh1 Nxc3 20. Rac1 Nd5
21. Nd2 Nxe3 22. fxe3 f5 23. e4 Bf4 24. Nb3 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 f4 26. Rc6 Rd6 27.
Rc4 Kb7 28. a4 Rc6 29. Rxc6 Kxc6 30. Kg1 Kd6 31. Kf2 e5 32. d5 c6 33. dxc6 Kxc6
34. Kf3 h5 35. Nd2 Kd6 36. Ke2 g4 37. Nc4+ Ke6 38. Na3 Rc8 39. Nb5 Rc4 40. Nxa7
Rxe4+ 41. Kd3 Rxb4 42. Nc8 Kd7 43. Kc3 Kxc8 44. Kxb4 f3 45. a5 bxa5+ 46. Kc3
fxg2 47. Kc4 g1=Q 48. Kd5 Qd4+ 49. Ke6 e4 50. Kf7 Qd6 51. Kg7 Qe6 52. Kh8 Qe7
53. Kg8 a4 54. h3 g3 55. h4 a3 56. Kh8 g2 57. Kg8 a2 58. Kh8 a1=Q+ 59. Kg8
g1=Q# 0-1

[Event "Nassau CC-ch"]
[Site "Nassau"]
[Date "2000.11.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pappaceno, Michael"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D96"]
[WhiteElo "1918"]
[BlackElo "1575"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2000.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bg5 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Qb3 e6 8. e3
O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rfc1 Rc8 12. Na4 Na5 13. Qd1 Bxa4 14. Qxa4 Qb6
15. Qb5 Qxb5 16. Bxb5 a6 17. Bd3 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nd2 f5 20. b4 Nc6 21. a3
h6 22. Bf4 e5 23. dxe5 g5 24. Bg3 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. Kf1 Rfd8 27. Nb3 Nd3
28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Nd4 f4 30. exf4 gxf4 31. Nf5 Rf8 32. Nxh6+ Kg7 33. Ng4 f3 34.
gxf3 Rxf3 35. Ra2 Kg6 36. Re2 Kf5 37. Ne3+ Kf4 38. Kg2 b6 39. Kg1 a5 40. bxa5
bxa5 41. Nc4 Ne5 42. Nxe5 Kxe5 43. Re3 Kf4 44. Rxf3+ exf3 45. h3 Kf5 46. Kh2
Kf4 47. a4 1-0

[Event "Nassau CC-ch"]
[Site "Nassau"]
[Date "2000.11.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kahn, Richard"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "1575"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2000.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. d3 g6 3. e4 Nc6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Bg4 7. c3 Nf6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 Bd7 10. d4 e6 11. a3 b6 12. Re1 d5 13. e5 Ne8 14. Nb3 c4 15. Nbd2 b5
16. Nf1 a5 17. Bf4 b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. Qd2 bxc3 20. bxc3 Na5 21. Qe3 Nb3 22.
Rxa8 Qxa8 23. N3d2 Ba4 24. Nxc4 Nc7 25. Nb6 Qa5 26. Nxa4 Qxa4 27. Bh6 Nb5 28.
Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Nd2 Rc8 30. c4 dxc4 31. Nxb3 cxb3 32. d5 exd5 33. e6 f6 34. e7
Re8 35. Bxd5 Nd4 36. Rd1 b2 37. Rb1 Qa1 38. Be4 Nb5 39. Qd2 Rxe7 40. Qxb2 Qxb2
41. Rxb2 Rxe4 42. Rxb5 g5 43. Kg2 Kg6 44. Kf3 Re5 45. Rxe5 fxe5 46. Ke4 Kf6 47.
g4 Ke6 48. f3 h6 49. Ke3 Kd5 50. Kd3 Kd6 51. Kc3 Kd5 52. Kd3 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nassau CC-ch"]
[Site "Nassau"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "De Moore, Scott T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1575"]
[BlackElo "1706"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2000.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bc4 e6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Bg7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 O-O 11. d5 exd5 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Ne5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5
15. h4 c6 16. Ne3 Be6 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Qf3 Kg7 20. Rad1 Qf6 21.
Qg3 Rad8 22. Nf5+ Bxf5 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. exf5 Qxf5 25. Qxe5+ Qxe5 26. Rxe5 Rd1+
27. Kh2 Kf6 28. Ra5 a6 29. Kg3 Kg6 30. Kf3 f5 31. c4 Rd2 32. b3 Kf6 33. a3 Rd3+
34. Ke2 Rxb3 35. Ra4 f4 36. Rb4 Rxb4 37. axb4 b6 38. Kd3 Ke5 39. f3 a5 40. bxa5
bxa5 41. Kc3 c5 42. Kb3 Kd4 43. Ka4 Kxc4 44. Kxa5 Kd3 45. Kb5 c4 46. Kc5 c3 47.
Kd5 c2 48. Ke5 c1=Q 49. Kf5 Ke3 50. Kxg5 Qg1 51. Kf5 Qxg2 52. Ke5 Qg5+ 53. Ke6
Kd4 54. Kd6 Qd5+ 55. Ke7 Ke5 56. Kf8 Qb7 57. Kg8 Kf6 58. Kh8 Qg7# 0-1

[Event "Nassau CC-ch"]
[Site "Nassau"]
[Date "2000.12.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zardus, David L"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1816"]
[BlackElo "1575"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2000.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Re1 Be7 8. c4
c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e4 O-O 11. e5 Ne8 12. Nf1 d4 13. N1d2 Qc7 14. e6 fxe6 15.
Rxe6 Ndf6 16. Qe2 Nd5 17. Ne4 Bc8 18. Neg5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Bb7 20. Nxh7 Kxh7 21.
Qh5+ Kg8 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Qf7 24. Bf4 Rd8 25. Qe5 Nf6 26. Re7 Qg6 27. Qg5
Qxg5 28. Bxg5 a5 29. Bxf6 Rxf6 30. Rae1 b5 31. Re8+ Rf8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. b3
Kf7 34. f4 Kf6 35. Kf2 Rc8 36. Ke2 c4 37. dxc4 bxc4 38. bxc4 Rxc4 39. Rd1 Kf5
40. h3 Ke4 41. Kd2 Rc3 42. Re1+ Kf3 43. f5 Kxg3 44. Rg1+ Kxh3 45. Rxg7 Rf3 46.
Rb7 Rxf5 47. Kd3 Rd5 48. Rb3 Kg4 49. Ke4 Rd7 50. Rd3 Rb7 51. Rxd4 Rb2 52. a4
Ra2 53. Kd3+ Kf3 54. Kc3 Ra3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nassau CC-ch"]
[Site "Nassau"]
[Date "2000.12.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Murphy, Thomas D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1575"]
[BlackElo "1635"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. e5 Ne8 8. Re1
d5 9. Bb3 Kh8 10. Ne2 f6 11. Nf4 fxe5 12. Nxe5 Nc7 13. Nexg6+ hxg6 14. Nxg6+
Kg8 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Rxe7 Ne6 17. Qg4 Rf7 18. Re8+ Rf8 19. Rxc8 Kf7 20. Rxf8+
Nxf8 21. Qf5+ Kg8 22. Qc8 Nbd7 23. Qxa8 Bxd4 24. Qxb7 Ne5 25. Bxd5+ cxd5 26.
Qxd5+ Nf7 27. Qxd4 a5 28. c4 a4 29. c5 Ne6 30. Qg4+ Ng7 31. c6 Ne5 32. Qxa4 Ne8
33. Bf4 Nf7 34. Qa8 Kg7 35. Qxe8 Kf6 36. c7 Kg7 37. c8=Q Nd6 38. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "Pan American-ch U10"]
[Site "Guaymallen"]
[Date "2001.05.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Perez Ponsa, Federico"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2001.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. O-O a6 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Nd5
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 Bxd4 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Bd5 Rb8 14. c3 Ba7
15. Bc6+ Kf8 16. Re1 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 g6 19. f4 b4 20. Rab1 Rb6 21.
Bd5 Kg7 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. a3 bxa3 24. bxa3 Rhb8 25. Ba2 Rb2 26. Rxb2 Rxb2 27.
Bc4 Bxf2+ 28. Kf1 Bxe1 29. Kxe1 a5 30. d4 Rc2 31. d5 Rxc3 32. Bb5 Rxa3 33. Bd7
Re3+ 34. Kd2 Rxe4 35. Kc3 f5 0-1

[Event "Pan American-ch U10"]
[Site "Guaymallen"]
[Date "2001.05.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mezza, Jeison"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2001.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bf4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Ne5 Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Ne4 Kh8 11. c3 Nbd5 12. Ng5 Qe8 13. Bg3 h6 14. Ngxf7+
Kg8 15. Bg6 {..} 1-0

[Event "Pan American-ch U10"]
[Site "Guaymallen"]
[Date "2001.05.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2001.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. d4 Qxb5 8.
dxe5 Bg4 9. Nd4 Bxd1 10. Nxb5 O-O-O 11. Bg5 Rd7 12. Re1 a6 13. N5a3 Nxe5 14.
Nc4 f6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nxe5 Re8 17. Kf1 Rd5 18. f4 Nh5 19. g3 Bxe5 20. fxe5
Rexe5 21. c4 Rxe1+ 22. Kxe1 Rd7 23. Nc3 Bf3 24. h3 Bc6 25. Ne2 Rd3 26. g4 Rxh3
27. Ng1 Rg3 28. Kf2 Rxg4 29. b3 Nf6 30. Rf1 Rf4+ 31. Ke2 Rxf1 32. Kxf1 Kd7 33.
Kf2 Ke6 34. Nf3 Bxf3 35. Kxf3 g5 36. Kg2 h5 37. Kh3 h4 38. Kh2 g4 39. c5 Kd5
40. b4 Kc4 41. a3 Kb3 42. a4 Kxb4 43. Kg2 Kxc5 44. a5 Kd4 45. Kh2 c5 46. Kg2 c4
47. Kf2 c3 48. Kg2 c2 49. Kh2 c1=Q 0-1

[Event "Pan American-ch U10"]
[Site "Guaymallen"]
[Date "2001.06.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bertinetti, Andres"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. g4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. h4 Ne5 12. h5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. hxg6 fxg6
15. Nb3 Be6 16. Bh6 a6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19. g5 Nh5 20. Rxh5 Rf7 21.
Rh2 b5 22. Rdh1 Qc8 23. Qxg6+ Rg7 24. Qh6 b4 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 Qf8 27. Qe6+
Kh8 28. g6 Qf4+ 29. Kb1 Qxh2 30. Rxh2 Rxg6 31. Qxg6 Rh4 32. Rxh4 h6 33. Rxh6#
1-0

[Event "Pan American-ch U10"]
[Site "Guaymallen"]
[Date "2001.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2001.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. e3 c5 8. Qb3
Qa5 9. cxd5 O-O 10. Be5 cxd4 11. exd4 Rd8 12. Bc4 a6 13. Qb4 Qxb4 14. cxb4 b5
15. Bb3 Bb7 16. Rc1 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Rxd5 18. Rc8+ Bf8 19. Ne2 f6 20. Rxb8 Rxb8
21. Bxb8 e5 22. O-O exd4 23. Ba7 d3 24. Nf4 Rd7 25. Bc5 Bh6 26. Be3 Bxf4 27.
Bxf4 Kf7 28. Bd2 Ke6 29. Rc1 Re7 30. Re1+ Kd7 31. Rxe7+ Kxe7 32. f3 Kd6 33. Kf2
Kd5 34. Ke3 Kc4 35. g4 Kd5 36. Kxd3 Ke5 37. f4+ Kd5 38. Bc3 f5 39. g5 Kc6 40.
Kd4 Kd6 41. h4 Kd7 42. Kd5 Kc7 43. Ke6 Kc6 44. Bd4 Kc7 45. Kf7 Kc6 46. Kg7 Kd5
47. Be5 Kc4 48. a3 Kb3 49. Kxh7 Kxa3 50. Bd6 1-0

[Event "Pan American-ch U10"]
[Site "Guaymallen"]
[Date "2001.06.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Iermito, Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C58"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2001.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Qf3 Bb7 9. Bd3 h6 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Qd4 12. O-O Bc5 13. Qxd4 exd4 14. a3
O-O-O 15. b4 Bb6 16. Bf5+ Kb8 17. d3 g6 18. bxa5 Bxa5 19. Be4 f5 20. Bf3 g5 21.
Bd2 Bc7 22. g3 Rhe8 23. a4 g4 24. Bg2 Re2 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 Re8 27. Na3
Re2 28. Kf1 Re6 29. Bd2 h5 30. Re1 Rg6 31. Re8+ Bc8 32. Nc4 Kb7 33. Na5+ Bxa5
34. Bxa5 h4 35. Rd8 f4 36. gxf4 1-0

[Event "Pan American-ch U10"]
[Site "Guaymallen"]
[Date "2001.06.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Salazar, Ezequiel"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2001.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Nge7 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 d5 9. Nc3 g5 10. Bg3 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Qd5 12. Nc5 Bg4 13. Qb3 O-O-O 14. Bc4
Nxd4 15. Bxd5 Nxb3 16. Bxb7+ Kb8 17. axb3 Bxb2 18. Ra4 Bc3+ 19. Ke2 Rd2+ 20.
Ke3 Nf5+ 21. Ke4 Re8+ 22. Ne5 Nxg3+ 23. Ke3 Rxe5+ 24. Re4 Nf5# 0-1

[Event "Pan American-ch U10"]
[Site "Guaymallen"]
[Date "2001.06.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hess, Robert L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C57"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2001.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nd4 6. c3 b5 7. cxd4 bxc4 8.
dxe5 Qxd5 9. exf6 Qxg5 10. Qe2+ Be6 11. Qe4 Rb8 12. O-O Qxf6 13. Qc6+ Kd8 14.
Nc3 Bd6 15. g3 h5 16. h4 Qd4 17. Qe4 Qf6 18. d3 Qe5 19. dxc4 Qxe4 20. Nxe4 Bxc4
21. Nxd6 cxd6 22. Rd1 Kc7 23. Bf4 Rhd8 24. Rac1 Rxb2 25. Rxc4+ Kb7 26. Rxd6 Re8
27. Rd7+ Ka6 28. Rcc7 Ree2 29. Rxa7+ Kb6 30. Rdb7+ Kc6 31. Rxb2 Rxb2 {..} 1-0

[Event "Pan American-ch U10"]
[Site "Guaymallen"]
[Date "2001.06.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Meono, Grover"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2001.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 h6 6. Re1 Nge7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
Nf1 d6 9. h3 Be6 10. Ng3 a6 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bb3 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Bxe6 fxe6
15. f4 e5 16. Rf1 exf4 17. Bxf4 Kh7 18. Ne2 d5 19. Ng3 c5 20. Qe2 c4 21. Nh1
Rc8 22. Rac1 Qb6 23. b3 dxe4 24. Qxe4 Nf5 25. Qe2 Rfe8 26. Qf2 Ne3 27. Bxe3
dxe3 28. Qe2 Rcd8 29. Rfd1 Be5 30. g3 Qa5 31. bxc4 bxc4 32. Kg2 Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2001.10.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Saatdjian, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
Qc7 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 b5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bb7 14. c4 bxc4 15.
Rc1 Na5 16. b4 Nc6 17. Rxc4 Qd7 18. Qa4 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 Rc7 20. Bb6 Nb8 21. Qxd7
Rxd7 22. Rc8+ Bf8 23. Bc7 Nc6 24. Rxa8 Bxa8 25. Bb6 Nd4 26. Nxd4 Bxd5 27. exd5
exd4 28. Bxd4 Rb7 29. a3 Rb5 30. Rc6 Rxd5 31. Bc3 Rd3 32. Kf1 f6 33. Ke2 Rd5
34. Rxa6 Kf7 35. a4 Ke6 36. b5 Rc5 37. Bd4 Rc4 38. Ke3 Kd5 39. b6 Rxd4 40. Ra5+
Kc6 41. Kxd4 1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2001.10.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2001.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Bb5 dxe4 7. Nxe5 Qg5
8. Nxc6 Qxb5 9. Nd4 Qe5 10. Ne2 Bg4 11. d3 O-O-O 12. h3 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 exd3 14.
Bxb4 dxe2 15. Qxd8+ Rxd8 16. hxg4 Qxb2 17. Kxe2 Qxc2+ 18. Kf3 Rd3+ 19. Kf4
Qxf2+ 20. Ke5 Qe3+ 21. Kf5 Rd5# 0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2001.10.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Simonyan, Hrayr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2001.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 d6 7. h3 O-O 8. Be3
a6 9. a4 Rb8 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. Bh6 Nde5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Ba2 b5
15. f4 Nc6 16. f5 Ne5 17. Nd5 bxa4 18. Qf4 f6 19. Rfb1 Bd7 20. Bc4 a5 21. h4 e6
22. fxe6 Bxe6 23. Rxa4 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Rb4 25. Rba1 Rxa4 26. Rxa4 Qb6 27. Qd2
Qxb2 28. Rxa5 Ng4 29. g3 Qd4+ 30. Kh1 Nf2+ 31. Kg2 Ng4 32. c3 Qe5 33. d4 Qe7
34. Rb5 Rd8 35. Qf4 h5 36. Bc6 Qe6 37. Rb7+ Kh8 38. Bd5 Qe8 39. dxc5 Qa4 40.
Rb2 dxc5 41. Qc7 Ne3+ 42. Kf3 Qd1+ 43. Kxe3 Qc1+ 44. Rd2 Qe1+ 45. Kd3 Qb1+ 46.
Kc4 Rb8 47. Qxc5 Qf1+ 48. Rd3 Qb1 49. Kd4 Qg1+ 50. Kc4 Qb1 51. Qc6 Qa2+ 52. Kc5
Qa7+ 53. Kc4 Qa2+ 54. Kd4 Qf2+ 55. Re3 Qd2+ 56. Kc4 Qxe3 57. Qxf6+ Kh7 58. Qf7+
Kh8 59. Qf4 Rc8+ 60. Kb5 Qd3+ 61. Kb6 Qb1+ 62. Ka7 Qa1+ 63. Kb6 Qb2+ 64. Ka7
Qa3+ 65. Kb7 Qa8+ 66. Kb6 Rb8+ 67. Kc5 Qa3+ 68. Kd4 Qa4+ 69. Ke3 Qa7+ 70. Kf3
Rc8 71. Qh6+ Qh7 72. Qxh7+ Kxh7 73. c4 Kg7 74. e5 Rc5 75. Kf4 Rc8 76. e6 Kf6
77. Ke3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2001.10.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Paichadze, Luka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Nxd5 cxd5 9. Bd3 Be7 10. Qg4 g6 11. O-O d6 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bf4
Qc5 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Rfd1 Rhc8 17. Rac1 f5 18. Qe2 Qc4 19. Qe5 g5 20. Be3 f4
21. Bd4 Rf8 22. b3 Qc6 23. c4 Rac8 24. Bb2 Qd6 25. Qd4 Rf5 26. cxd5 Rxd5 27.
Qxa7+ Kd8 28. Rxc8+ Kxc8 29. Qa8+ Kd7 30. Rxd5 Qxd5 31. Qxd5+ exd5 32. Bd4 Kc6
33. Kf1 Kb5 34. Ke2 Kb4 35. Bb2 g4 36. Kd2 Bd6 37. Kc2 f3 38. gxf3 gxf3 39. Kd3
Bf4 40. h3 Kb5 41. a4+ Kb4 42. Bc3+ Kxb3 43. a5 Be3 44. Kxe3 1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2001.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fodor, Tamas Jr"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2063"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qd2
Re8 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bd3 Nd5 13. c3 Bg4 14. Ne5 Bh5
15. Bh4 Qc8 16. f4 e6 17. h3 f5 18. Kh1 Bxe5 19. fxe5 h6 20. b3 Qd7 21. Bc4 g5
22. Bxg5 Bg6 23. Bxh6 Qc7 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Rae1 Qc6 26. Qg5 Kh7 27. g4 f4 28.
Qf6 Qc7 29. Qxf4 Rf8 30. Bxf8 1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2001.10.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kruglyakov, Pavlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 Qc7 7. d3 e5 8. a4
a5 9. Be3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd2 Be6 12. b3 Nd7 13. Ne2 f6 14. f4 exf4 15.
Nxf4 Bf7 16. Nc4 b6 17. Qg4 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Rae1 Rfe8 20. Rf3 Qc8 21. Rg3
Qxg4 22. Rxg4 Kh8 23. Kf2 g5 24. Ne2 h5 25. Rg3 Bxg3+ 26. Nxg3 Bg6 27. Bd2 h4
28. Nf1 Kg7 29. Bc3 Re6 30. Ne3 Kh7 31. Nc4 Rb8 32. Kf3 f5 33. e5 Bf7 34. Nd6
Re7 35. Bd2 Bd5+ 36. Kf2 Rg7 37. Nc4 Bxc4 38. bxc4 0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2001.10.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sapenov, Erzhan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2001.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Nd5 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 dxe5 8.
dxe5 Be6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qb3 Na5 11. Qa4+ c6 12. Bxd5 Bxd5 13. Qg4 Qd7 14. Qg3
h5 15. Nc3 O-O-O 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Bf4 Qe6 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Rd5 20. Bf4 g6
21. Qc3 Rhd8 22. b4 Rd3 23. Qc5 Nc4 24. Qxa7 Ra3 25. Qxa3 Nxa3 0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2001.10.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2001.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Be2 Nxd5 5. d4 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. c4 Nb6 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Be3 Bf6 12. Qd2 Bg4 13. c5 Nd5 14. b4 Nxc3 15.
Qxc3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qc2 Bxa1 0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2001.11.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Onyshchuk, Volodymur Jr"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. c3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. Bb3 h6 8. O-O
Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. Nf1 g6 11. Ng3 Bg7 12. h3 Be6 13. Bc2 d5 14. Qe2 d4 15. Ba4
Bd7 16. Bc2 a5 17. cxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Qf1 c5 20. a4 Rc8 21. Bb3 Be6
22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. b3 Rf8 24. Qe2 Nd7 25. Qc2 Qh4 26. Rf1 Be5 27. Ne2 g5 28. Qd2
Rf7 29. Qe1 Rcf8 30. Bd2 g4 31. f4 Qxe1 32. Raxe1 Bc7 33. hxg4 e5 34. f5 Kh7
35. Kf2 Rg7 36. Rh1 Rxg4 37. Rxh6+ Kg7 38. Kf3 1-0

[Event "USA-chT Amateur East"]
[Site "Parsipanny"]
[Date "2002.02.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Milovanovic, Dragan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2002.02.16"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Bd3 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. c3 b6 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Bb7 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Qa4 a6 13. Rad1 b5 14. Qc2 Nd5 15.
Bg3 c6 16. h4 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Rxc5 19. Qb1 Qb6 20. h5 Bxc3 21. hxg6
hxg6 22. bxc3 Nxc3 23. Qb4 Nxd1 24. Rxd1 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Rd8 26. Be2 Rxd1+ 27.
Bxd1 Rc1 28. Qd2 Qc5 29. Kg2 a5 30. Bf4 Rc4 31. Be3 Qd6 32. Bb3 Rh4 33. Qxa5
Qd7 34. Kf1 Qd3+ 35. Kg2 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan American-ch U10"]
[Site "Villa Giardino"]
[Date "2002.05.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Fontana Walser, Juan Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2002.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Bc5 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Ng4 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nxe5 Bd4 8.
Ng4 Nxg4 9. hxg4 Be5 10. d4 Bd6 11. Be3 Qh4 12. e5 Bb4 13. Nd5 Ba5 14. Qf3 b5
15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Be4 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 c6 18. Be4 d5 19. exd6 Rc8 20. Qf5 Na6 21.
Bg5 g6 22. Qf6 Qxg4 23. Bh6 Qh5 24. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Pan American-ch U10"]
[Site "Villa Giardino"]
[Date "2002.05.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Luna, Jose Manuel"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2002.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Bd3 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. c3 c5 8. Re1
b6 9. Qb3 Bb7 10. a4 Qc7 11. e4 e6 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Be4 Ngxe5 15.
Bxb7 Qxb7 16. c4 Nxf3+ 17. Nxf3 Nb8 18. Be3 Nc6 19. Bxc5 Na5 20. Qb4 Rfc8 21.
Be3 Rxc4 22. Qd2 Rac8 23. Red1 Nb3 24. Qd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Bf8 26. Bh6 Rc8 27.
Rad1 Qc7 28. R8d7 Qb8 29. Be3 Nc5 0-1

[Event "Pan American-ch U10"]
[Site "Villa Giardino"]
[Date "2002.05.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mendoza, Alvaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. b4 Bb6 7. Qb3 O-O 8. a4 a6
9. O-O d6 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. Bb2 Be6 12. Rae1 Qd7 13. Re2 Nh5 14. d4 Bg4 15. h3
Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Rae8 17. Rd1 Nf4 18. Re3 Kh8 19. Nh4 Ne6 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Qxe6
Rxe6 22. d5 Bxe3 23. dxe6 Bg5 24. Nf3 fxe6 25. Nxg5 hxg5 26. Bc1 Rf4 27. Bxf4
exf4 28. b5 axb5 29. axb5 Na5 30. b6 1-0

[Event "Pan American-ch U10"]
[Site "Villa Giardino"]
[Date "2002.05.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vera, Deivy"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2002.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. O-O d5 6. d4 dxe4 7. Nxe5 Bxe5 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. dxe5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bf5 11. c4 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nc3 Kf7 14.
Bf4 Rac8 15. h3 Rhe8 16. b3 h5 17. Ne2 Re7 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Rd2 Nh7 20. Rad1 g5
21. Be3 a6 22. Nc2 Be8 23. Nb4 a5 24. Nc2 Kg6 25. Nd4 Nf6 26. Kf1 Bd7 27. Ne2
h4 28. Bd4 Bf5 29. Bxf6 Kxf6 30. Nd4 Bd7 31. Nb5 Be8 32. Nc3 Bh5 33. Re1 Rce8
34. Na4 g4 35. hxg4 Bxg4 36. Re3 Kf5 37. Nc3 Re6 38. Ne2 Bxe2+ 39. Rexe2 Rd6
40. Rxd6 cxd6 41. Re3 d5 42. cxd5 cxd5 43. Rh3 Kg5 44. Rc3 d4 45. Rc5+ Kf4 46.
Rxa5 d3 47. Ke1 Rg8 48. Rh5 Rxg2 49. Rxh4+ Ke5 50. b4 Kd4 51. Rh6 Rg1+ 52. Kd2
Rf1 53. Rd6+ Ke5 54. Rd8 Rxf2+ 55. Kd1 Kf4 56. Rh8 e3 57. Ke1 d2+ 0-1

[Event "Pan American-ch U10"]
[Site "Villa Giardino"]
[Date "2002.05.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aguilar, Gatto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2002.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O a6 8. Be3
Be7 9. a4 Bd7 10. Nb3 b6 11. f4 O-O 12. Bf3 Qc7 13. Qe2 Bc8 14. Qc4 Bb7 15. Nd4
Rac8 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Qb3 Nd7 18. f5 Nc5 19. Qa2 Qd7 20. Bg4 Qc6 21. fxe6 Nxe4
22. exf7+ Kh8 23. Bf3 Nxc3 24. Bxc6 Nxa2 25. Bxb7 Rb8 26. Bxa6 Nb4 27. Bd3 Bf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan American-ch U10"]
[Site "Villa Giardino"]
[Date "2002.05.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Iermito, Sebastian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Bxc6 dxc6
8. Qxd4 Qf6 9. Qxf6 Nxf6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. O-O-O Be6 12. h3 Rfe8 13. Rhe1 Nh5 14.
Re3 Nf4 15. Ne1 Rad8 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Ne2 Nxe2+ 18. Rxe2 Bc4 19. Re3 Kg7 20.
b3 Bf1 21. f4 Kf6 22. c4 b5 23. c5 b4 24. Nc2 a5 25. g4 Rd3 26. Rxd3 Bxd3 27.
e5+ Ke6 28. Ne3 g5 29. fxg5 0-1

[Event "Pan American-ch U10"]
[Site "Villa Giardino"]
[Date "2002.05.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Arnold, Marc Tyler"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. a4 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bf3 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 g6 12. a5 b5 13. Nc6 Ne5 14. Bb6 Qd7 15.
Nxe5 dxe5 16. Qe2 Bg7 17. c4 bxc4 18. Qxc4 Rc8 19. Qb3 h6 20. O-O O-O 21. Rad1
Qd6 22. Be2 f5 23. Qa4 Kh7 24. b4 e4 25. Bc5 Rxc5 26. bxc5 Qxc5 27. Qb3 Bc8 28.
Qb6 Qc3 29. Rc1 Qe5 30. Rfd1 f4 31. f3 g5 32. fxe4 g4 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. Bxg4
Rf8 35. Bf5+ Kg8 36. Qxa6 Rf6 37. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Windsor Bradley op 7th"]
[Site "Windsor Locks"]
[Date "2002.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Castaneda, Nelson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2024"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2002.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. Bxc6 Bxc6 6. d4 Nf6 7. d5 Bd7 8. e5
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bc8 10. O-O e6 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Qb5+ Kf8
15. Bf4 Rd8 16. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Windsor Bradley op 7th"]
[Site "Windsor Locks"]
[Date "2002.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Curdo, John"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[BlackElo "2024"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2002.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qe7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8.
Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Qf6 10. Re1+ Be7 11. Qe2 c6 12. Ba4 Kd8 13. dxc6 dxc6 14. Bf4
Re8 15. Be5 Qf5 16. Rad1 Bd7 17. Rxd4 Bc5 18. Re4 h5 19. c3 Kc8 20. Bc2 Bb6 21.
Bg3 Rxe4 22. Bxe4 Qe6 23. Qd2 Bc7 24. Bc2 Qf6 25. Rd1 Qe7 26. Bh4 Qe8 27. Re1
Be6 28. Bb3 Qd7 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Qe3 e5 31. Qg5 Bd8 32. Qxd8+ Qxd8 33. Bxd8
Kxd8 34. Rxe5 Kd7 35. Kf1 Rf8 36. Ke2 Kd6 37. Rg5 Rf6 38. h4 Ke6 39. Rg3 a6 40.
Rf3 Rxf3 41. Kxf3 Kf5 42. Ke3 Kg4 43. g3 c5 44. c4 b6 45. b3 a5 46. Ke4 g5 47.
f3+ 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 124th"]
[Site "Kerhonkson"]
[Date "2002.08.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Simon, Jerry C"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2002.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qb3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8.
Ba3 Nd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. e3 Bb7 11. Be2 Re8 12. O-O e6 13. c4 Qc8 14. Rfe1 e5 15.
c5 bxc5 16. dxc5 Bc6 17. Bc4 Re7 18. e4 Rb8 19. Qe3 Nf6 20. Nd2 Rd7 21. f3 Qd8
22. Qe2 Nh5 23. g3 Qg5 24. Nf1 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York State-ch 124th"]
[Site "Kerhonkson"]
[Date "2002.09.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dolgitser, Konstantin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2002.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Rc1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. Be2 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Bxe2 14.
Kxe2 Na6 15. Rc2 Rfd8 16. Nb3 Kf8 17. Rhc1 Ke8 18. a4 Rd6 19. Rc4 Kd7 20. d5 b6
21. Bf4 e5 22. Be3 Rb8 23. a5 Rb7 24. axb6 axb6 25. Nd2 f5 26. f3 f4 27. Bf2 b5
28. Rc6 Rc7 29. Rxc7+ Nxc7 30. Ra1 Ra6 31. Nb3 Rxa1 32. Nxa1 Bf8 33. Kd3 Na6
34. Nc2 Nb4+ 35. Nxb4 Bxb4 36. Bb6 Be7 37. Kc3 Bf8 38. Ba5 Be7 39. Kb3 Bd6 40.
Bb4 Bc7 41. Ba3 Kc8 42. d6 Bb8 43. Bc5 Kd7 44. Kb4 Kc6 45. g3 g5 46. g4 h5 47.
gxh5 g4 48. d7 Kxd7 49. h6 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 124th"]
[Site "Kerhonkson"]
[Date "2002.09.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Agaian, Sarkis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2002.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. a4
Be6 9. Be2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. O-O O-O 13. c4 Bc6 14. Qc2 Nd7
15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. c5 f5 17. f3 Rae8 18. Nd2 Nf6 19. Bc4+ Kh8 20. b4 e4 21. b5
Bd5 22. Be2 Bd6 23. Nf1 Be5 24. Ra3 f4 25. Bf2 Rc8 26. bxa6 b6 27. Bh4 Qc6 28.
Bb5 Qa8 29. Bxf6 Rxf6 30. Qd2 Rxc5 31. fxe4 Bg8 32. Qe2 Qf8 33. Rad3 Rxb5 34.
axb5 Bc4 35. a7 Qc5+ 36. Kh1 Rf8 37. Rd8 Bxe2 38. a8=Q h6 39. Rxf8+ Kh7 40.
Rh8+ Kg6 41. Qe8+ Kg5 42. Rd5 Qf2 43. Qxe5+ Kh4 44. g3+ Kh3 45. Qe6+ Bg4 46.
Rh5# 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 124th"]
[Site "Kerhonkson"]
[Date "2002.09.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kwartler, Lonnie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2002.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. exd5 cxd5 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Nf6 7. d4 e6 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne2 Qb6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Rab1 Rab8 14. c3
Qa6 15. b4 Rb7 16. Rb2 Qa3 17. Rc2 a5 18. bxa5 Qxa5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nf4 c5
21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. c4 Rc7 23. Nd3 Qa7 24. c5 Rfc8 25. Qe3 Qa5 26. Rfc1 h6 27.
Kh1 e5 28. f4 e4 29. Ne5 Be7 30. c6 f6 31. Ng6 Ba3 32. f5 Re8 33. Qd2 Qb5 34.
Nf4 Bxc1 35. Qxc1 Rec8 36. Qd2 Rxc6 37. Rxc6 Qxc6 38. Qxd5+ Qxd5 39. Nxd5 Rc5
40. Ne3 Rc3 41. Nd5 Rd3 42. Nf4 Rd2 43. a4 e3 44. Kg1 Rd1+ 45. Kh2 Rd4 46. Ne2
Rd2 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch 124th"]
[Site "Kerhonkson"]
[Date "2002.09.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Townsend, William T"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2002.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. O-O d5 6. Qa4 Nge7 7. d4 exd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. exd5 Nxd4 10. cxd4 a6 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. Nc3 Rad8
14. Bf4 Kc8 15. d6 cxd6 16. Ne4 Nf5 17. g4 Nxd4 18. Bxd6 f5 19. Rac1+ Nc6 20.
gxf5 gxf5 21. Be7 fxe4 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. Rfe1 Re8 24. b3 Bd4 25. Rc4 Kc7 26.
Rd1 Ba7 27. Re1 Rg8+ 28. Kf1 Rf8 29. Rexe4 Rxf2+ 30. Ke1 Rxh2 31. Rh4 Bf2+ 0-1

[Event "New York Masters 28th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2002.10.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasaun, Henry"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2002.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 d5 6. d3 Nge7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
a6 9. Ba4 h6 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Bb3 Qd6 12. Ne3 Rad8 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. Rd1 Na5 15.
Bc2 f5 16. c4 d4 17. Nd5 c6 18. Bd2 cxd5 19. Bxa5 b6 20. Bd2 dxc4 21. Be1 fxe4
22. Qxe4 Bf5 23. Qb7 cxd3 24. Bxd3 Bxd3 25. Rxd3 Nd5 26. Rdd1 b5 27. Rac1 Re7
28. Qc6 Red7 29. Nd2 Qxc6 30. Rxc6 Rd6 31. Rc5 Nf4 32. Ne4 Re6 33. Kf1 Rf8 34.
Rdc1 Nd3 0-1

[Event "New York Masters 30th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2002.10.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Eisen, Lewis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2002.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nge7 7. a4 Nxd4 8.
Bxd4 Nc6 9. Bc4 Qg5 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Rad1 d6 14. Kh1
e5 15. Nd5 Be6 16. b4 Ba7 17. Bb3 Rac8 18. f4 exf4 19. Rxf4 Rfe8 20. Rdf1 Qe5
21. Qf3 Kh8 22. Rh4 Qg5 23. Rh5 Qg4 24. Qxg4 Bxg4 25. Rh4 Be6 26. h3 f6 27. Kh2
b5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Ra1 Bf2 30. Rf4 Bd4 31. Ra6 Bxd5 32. exd5 Be5 33. g3 Bxf4
34. gxf4 Red8 35. Rb6 Rb8 36. Rc6 Rbc8 37. Kg3 Rxc6 38. dxc6 d5 39. Kf2 d4 40.
Kf3 d3 41. c3 Rd6 42. Ke3 Rxc6 43. Kxd3 g5 44. fxg5 fxg5 45. Bd5 Rc7 46. c4
bxc4+ 47. Bxc4 Kg7 48. b5 Kf6 49. Kd4 h5 50. Kd5 g4 51. hxg4 hxg4 52. b6 Rd7+
53. Kc6 Rd4 54. Be2 Re4 55. b7 Re6+ 56. Kc7 Re7+ 57. Kc8 Rxb7 58. Kxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2002.11.15"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Lo, Dominic"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2002.11.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Re1 Bf6 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. h3 Nxc4 11. Nxc4 Re8 12. Ne3 Be6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. b3
Rad8 15. Rd1 b5 16. b4 a5 17. a3 a4 18. Qe2 Bb3 19. Rd2 Re6 20. Bb2 Rd6 21. Ne1
Bg5 22. Qg4 Qxg4 23. hxg4 Bxe3 24. fxe3 e4 25. d4 Rg6 26. Kh2 Rxg4 27. Rf2 Be6
28. Rf4 Rxf4 29. exf4 Ne7 30. Nc2 Nd5 31. g3 f5 32. Re1 Rd6 33. Ne3 Nxe3 34.
Rxe3 Bd7 35. Kg2 Kf7 36. Kg1 Ke6 37. g4 Kd5 38. g5 Kc4 39. Kf2 h6 40. Kg3 hxg5
41. fxg5 Kb3 42. Re2 e3 43. Kf4 g6 44. Kf3 Bc6+ 45. Kf4 Re6 46. Kg3 Re4 47. Bc1
f4+ 48. Kh2 Kxc3 49. Bb2+ Kd3 50. Re1 f3 0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2002.11.16"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Krejci, Jan1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2002.11.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Bg5 d5 9. O-O-O Be6 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. h3 Re8 12. Qf3 Bc6 13. Nf5 Nbd7 14. d4 Rb8
15. Bd3 b5 16. Ne2 Bd6 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. Ng3 Qa5 19. Kb1 Ne4 20. Qh5 b4 21.
Nxe4 dxe4 22. Bc4 d5 23. Be2 Qb6 24. Qg4 Re6 25. f4 exf3 26. Bd3 Qc7 27. Bf4
Qb6 28. Bxb8 Qxb8 29. gxf3 a5 30. Rhg1 g6 31. f4 Nf6 32. Qf3 a4 33. f5 Rd6 34.
fxg6 fxg6 35. h4 b3 36. h5 bxa2+ 37. Kxa2 a3 38. b3 Ne4 39. Bxe4 dxe4 40. Qf4
Qb4 41. hxg6 hxg6 42. d5 Bxd5 43. Rxd5 Qc3 44. Rxg6+ Rxg6 45. Rd8+ Kg7 46. Rd7+
1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2002.11.17"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Thavandiran, Shiyam"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.11.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 d5 6. d3 Nge7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1
a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 h6 11. Nf1 Kh7 12. Ng3 f5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. d4 e4 15. Nd2
b4 16. c4 Nb6 17. d5 Ne5 18. Qe2 a5 19. Rb1 Ba6 20. b3 Nxd5 21. Bb2 Nf4 22. Qd1
Ned3 23. Bxd3 Nxd3 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Re2 Qd4 26. Ngf1 Bb7 27. Qc2 Qc3 28. Qd1
Rad8 29. Kh1 f4 30. h3 f3 31. gxf3 exf3 32. Re7+ Kf6 33. Qe1 Nxe1 34. Rbxe1
Rxd2 35. R1e6+ Kg5 36. h4+ Kxh4 37. Rxg6 Rxf2 38. Ne3 Rf1+ 39. Nxf1 f2+ 40. Rg2
Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2002.11.17"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Zhang, Kaichen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2002.11.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 Qc7 11. Qc4 O-O-O 12. Nb5 Bxb5 13. Qxb5 a6 14. Qb3
Kb8 15. Rd3 h6 16. Rc3 Qd7 17. Be3 Nxe4 18. Rc4 d5 19. Ne5 Qb5 20. Qxb5 axb5
21. Rxe4 dxe4 22. Nxf7 Rhf8 23. Nxd8 Bxd8 24. c3 Kc7 25. Bd4 Bf6 26. Bxf6 Rxf6
27. Re2 Kd6 28. Kd2 Kd5 29. Ke3 Ke5 30. Rd2 Rf7 31. Rd4 Rc7 32. Rxe4+ Kf5 33.
f4 Rc5 34. g3 Kf6 35. Rd4 Rc7 36. Rd6 Kf5 37. Rb6 Kg4 38. Rxb5 Rd7 39. a4 Kh3
40. Rh5+ Kg4 41. Rh4+ Kf5 42. g4+ Kf6 43. Rh5 Kg6 44. Rb5 Kf6 45. Rb6 g6 46. b4
h5 47. g5+ Kf5 48. h3 Re7 49. a5 Rd7 50. c4 Re7 51. b5 Rc7 52. a6 bxa6 53. bxa6
Re7 54. a7 Rd7 55. Rb5+ Rd5 56. cxd5 exd5 57. Rb6 d4+ 58. Kf3 d3 59. Rf6# 1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2002.11.18"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Bregadze, Levan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2002.11.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 f5 6. h4 Nf6 7. Nh3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Qa5 9. Bd2 d6 10. Ng5 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 h6 12. Nf3 Nd7 13. e3 Nf6 14. Rc1 Bd7 15.
Bd3 O-O-O 16. Qb2 e5 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. O-O Bd7 19. Nd2 Bc6 20. Rfe1 Rhe8 21. f3
Qc7 22. Nf1 h5 23. Qc2 Nd7 24. Qf2 Ne5 25. Be2 Qa5 26. Red1 Qa3 27. Qe1 Kb8 28.
Kh1 f4 29. e4 Qa5 30. Nh2 Qc7 31. Qf2 Qe7 32. Rg1 g5 33. hxg5 Qxg5 34. g3 fxg3
35. Qxg3 Qe3 36. Qe1 Ng4 37. Nf1 Qf4 38. Rg2 Ne5 39. Qd2 Qf7 40. Rf2 Bxe4 41.
Ng3 Bc6 0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2002.11.21"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2002.11.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. O-O Bxf3 7. Bxf3 dxe5 8.
dxe5 e6 9. c4 Ne7 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Be4 Nd7 12. f4 Kc7 13. Nc3 g6 14. Be3 Nf5
15. Bf2 Bc5 16. Rfe1 Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Nc5 18. g4 Nd4 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Rd2 Rd7
21. Red1 Rhd8 22. Bb1 Na6 23. Ne4 c5 24. Nf6 Re7 25. a3 Nb8 26. Ke3 Nbc6 27. b4
g5 28. Bxh7 gxf4+ 29. Kxf4 Nxe5 30. Rxd4 Ng6+ 31. Bxg6 e5+ 32. Kf3 cxd4 33. Bf5
Kb8 34. h4 Rd6 35. Ne4 Rh6 36. h5 Kc7 37. Ng3 f6 38. Bg6 Rh8 39. Ke4 Re6 40.
Nf5 Ra6 41. Rd3 Rc6 42. Bf7 Rh7 43. Bd5 Ra6 44. h6 Ra4 45. Bg8 Rh8 46. h7 Kd7
47. Nh6 Ke7 48. Nf7 Rxh7 49. Bxh7 Kxf7 50. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2002.11.21"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Erdenetulga, Rentsen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.11.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Qf3 Qc7 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. Qg3 Bd6 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 f5 13. h3 Bh5 14. Bxf5 O-O
15. Bg4 Bg6 16. Na3 e4 17. Qe3 Rf6 18. O-O Raf8 19. d4 Bg3 20. b4 Rxf2 21. Be6+
Kh8 22. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 23. Qxf2 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 Nb7 25. Bg4 Qb6 26. c3 Nd6 27. Be2 a5
28. Bf4 axb4 29. Bxd6 bxa3 30. Bxa3 Qa5 31. Bb4 Qg5 32. Rd1 e3+ 33. Kf1 Qg3 0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2002.11.22"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Petrisor, Adrian Marian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2002.11.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Bxc6 dxc6
8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O-O Be6 11. h3 c5 12. Qe3 Rad8 13. Ng5 a6 14. f4
b5 15. f5 Bxf5 16. g4 Be6 17. Kb1 Nd7 18. Rhg1 Nb6 19. h4 b4 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21.
Ne2 Nc4 22. Qf2 Bxg4 23. Kc1 Bxe2 24. Qxe2 Qd7 25. Nf3 Qb5 26. h5 Nd6 27. Qe3
Qc4 28. e5 Ne4 29. Kb1 Qd5 30. Rc1 c4 31. hxg6 fxg6 32. Ng5 Nxg5 33. Qxg5 Re8
34. Re1 Qe6 35. Qe3 Rd8 36. Qg5 Qd5 37. Rf1 Re8 38. Re1 Re6 39. Qe3 c5 40. Qf4
Qd4 41. Qg3 Kg7 42. Qh2 a5 43. Kc1 c3 44. b3 h5 45. Kb1 c4 46. bxc4 Qxc4 47.
Qg1 Qc7 48. Qd4 a4 49. Qd5 Qe7 50. Qb5 h4 51. Qd3 g5 52. Qf5 Kh6 53. Re2 Rb6
54. Qf2 Rb5 55. Qf5 b3 0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2002.11.23"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Zamarbide Inarrea, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2002.11.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. d5 Nc5 6. dxc6 e4 7. cxd7+ Qxd7 8.
Ne5 Nxd3+ 9. cxd3 Qe7 10. Qa4+ c6 11. Qxe4 Be6 12. O-O Qc7 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Nc3
O-O 15. Rac1 a6 16. d4 Rae8 17. Qf3 Qb8 18. Nd3 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 Bf5 20. Rfe1 Rd8
21. d5 cxd5 22. Ncxd5 Be6 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2002.11.24"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2002.11.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 O-O 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qxd6 Qxd6 14.
Rxd6 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Rfd8 16. Rd3 Bb5 17. Rd4 Kf8 18. Red1 Ke7 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20.
Rxd8 Kxd8 21. Nd4 Bc4 22. a3 Kd7 23. Kc1 Kd6 24. Kd2 g6 25. Ke3 e5 26. Nb3 b6
27. f4 f6 28. fxe5+ fxe5 29. Nd2 Bf7 30. c4 h6 31. Kd3 Be8 32. Kc3 Ba4 33. Nb3
Bc6 34. Kd3 a6 35. Nd2 Be8 36. Nb1 Bc6 37. Nc3 b5 38. cxb5 axb5 39. Nd1 Bd7 40.
Ne3 Be6 41. c4 Kc5 42. cxb5 Kxb5 43. Nd5 Kc5 44. a4 Bd7 45. a5 Bb5+ 46. Ke3 Bc4
47. Ne7 Bf7 48. a6 Kb6 49. a7 Kxa7 50. Nc6+ Kb6 51. Nxe5 Be8 52. Kd4 g5 53. Kd5
Ba4 54. Ke6 Kc5 55. Nf7 Kd4 56. e5 Bb3+ 57. Kf6 Bxf7 58. Kxf7 Kxe5 59. Kg6 g4
60. Kxh6 Kf4 61. g3+ Kf5 62. Kh5 Kf6 63. Kxg4 Kg6 64. h4 Kh6 65. Kf5 Kh7 66. g4
Kg7 67. g5 Kh7 68. Kf6 Kh8 69. h5 Kg8 70. g6 Kh8 71. g7+ Kg8 72. h6 Kh7 73. Kf7
Kxh6 74. g8=Q Kh5 75. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS02 IM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2003.02.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kun, Gabor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2134"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.02.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nh3 Nc6 12. Bb5 cxd4 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. cxd4 c5
15. Rhb1 Qa5+ 16. c3 cxd4 17. Qxd4 O-O 18. Nf4 Ba6 19. Rb4 Rab8 20. Ra4 Rb2+
21. Kc1 Qb5 22. Rxa6 Rb8 23. Nd3 Re2 24. Ra4 a5 25. Ra3 Qa6 26. f3 Rxg2 27. Rb3
Rc8 28. Rab1 Rc4 29. Qe3 Qc6 30. Nf4 d4 31. Qd3 Rg1+ 32. Kc2 Rxb1 33. Kxb1 dxc3
34. Nxg6 Qc5 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Nf8+ Kg7 37. Nxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS02 IM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2003.02.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eperjesi, Laszlo"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2134"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2003.02.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Qd2
Qxd2 15. Nxd2 Rfd8 16. Nb3 a5 17. Rxc6 a4 18. Nc5 Be2 19. Re1 Bxd4 20. Ne6 fxe6
21. Rxe2 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Rd1+ 23. Kf2 Kf7 24. Kg3 Rd6 25. Rec2 Rb8 26. R6c4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS02 IM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2003.02.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Schneider, Attila"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2134"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2003.02.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qd2 g6 7. b3 Nf6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. Bb2 Qa5 10. Nd5 Qxd2+ 11. Nxd2 O-O 12. Nxf6+ exf6 13. Be2 f5 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. O-O Re8 16. Bd3 Nb4 17. Bb1 fxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 19. cxd5 Bf5 20. Bxf5
gxf5 21. Nc4 Rad8 22. Rfd1 Nxd5 23. Rd2 Nc3 24. Nd6 Kg6 25. a4 Re6 26. Nc4 Rxd2
27. Nxd2 Re2 28. Nc4 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Na5 Rb2 31. Re1 Ne2+ 32. Kf1 Nd4 33.
Re3 Ra2 34. Nb7 Ra1+ 35. Re1 Ra3 36. Rb1 Nxb3 37. Ke2 Nd4+ 38. Kd2 f4 39. Nd6
Ra2+ 40. Kd3 Ne6 41. Ne4 f5 42. Nd2 Nc5+ 43. Kc3 Ne4+ 44. Nxe4 fxe4 45. Kd4
Rxf2 46. Kxe4 Rxg2 47. Kxf4 Rg5 48. Rc1 Rh5 49. Rc6+ Kf7 50. Rb6 Rc5 51. Rb7+
Kg6 52. Rb6+ Kh5 53. Rb7 h6 54. Rb6 Rc4+ 55. Kf3 Rb4 56. Ke3 Rb2 57. Kf3 b4 58.
Kg3 Rb3+ 59. Kf4 Rb1 60. Kg3 b3 61. Rb5+ Kg6 62. Kh4 Kf6 63. Kh5 Ke6 64. Kxh6
Kd6 65. h4 Kc6 66. Rb8 Kc5 67. h5 Kc4 68. Kh7 Rg1 69. h6 Rg5 70. Kh8 Rb5 71.
Rxb5 Kxb5 72. h7 b2 73. Kg8 b1=Q 74. h8=Q Qg6+ 75. Qg7 Qxg7+ 76. Kxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS02 IM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2003.02.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hardicsay, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2134"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2003.02.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. d3 Bf8 11. Bb2 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 c6 14. bxc6 Nxc6 15.
Rb1 Be6 16. Re1 a4 17. Nb5 Qd7 18. Ba1 Na5 19. Nc4 Naxc4 20. dxc4 Rad8 21. Qxd7
Rxd7 22. Nc3 Nxc4 23. Nxa4 Nxa3 24. Rxb7 Nc2 25. Rf1 Rxb7 26. Bxb7 Bg4 27. f3
Bd7 28. Nc3 Bc5+ 29. Kh1 Bd4 30. e3 Nxe3 31. Rc1 Rb8 32. Be4 f5 33. Bd3 Bc6 34.
Be2 g5 35. h3 h5 36. Kh2 Kf7 37. Nd1 Bxa1 38. Rxc6 Nxd1 39. Bxd1 Rb2+ 40. Bc2
Ke7 41. Kg1 Kd7 42. Rc4 Ke6 43. Kf1 Kd5 44. Rc8 f4 45. g4 hxg4 46. hxg4 Kd4 47.
Rd8+ Kc3 48. Be4 Rh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS02 IM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2003.02.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Boros, Denes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2134"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.02.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. Nb3 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf1 Rc8 11. Bg5 Ne5 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Qd7 14. c3
Rfe8 15. Be3 a6 16. Bd4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Nd2 Rcc8 19. Ne4 Qf5 20. Nxf6+
Bxf6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. a4 Qf5 23. Qb3 Qd7 24. Re4 Rc5 25. Rae1 b5 26. axb5 axb5
27. Rd1 Ra8 28. c4 bxc4 29. Rxc4 Rxd5 30. Rc8+ Qxc8 31. Qxd5 Rb8 32. Qd4 Qc2
33. Re1 Qxb2 34. Qh4 e6 35. Qe7 Qd2 36. Kf1 Qd3+ 37. Kg1 Rb1 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39.
Qa5 Qe4 40. Qc3+ e5 41. Kf1 Qxe1+ 42. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 43. Kxe1 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS02 IM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2003.02.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Berczes, David"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D84"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2134"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2003.02.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8.
Bxc7 Bf5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. Nc3 Qd7 11. Bg3 Rad8 12. Be2 Qe8 13. O-O e5 14. d5 e4
15. Bh4 Rd6 16. Qb3 Ne5 17. Qa3 Qd7 18. Bb5 Qc7 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. Nxe4 Qxc1 21.
Nxd6 Rc2 22. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS02 IM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2003.02.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kovacs, Gabor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2134"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2003.02.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Na3 Qd8 7. Nc2 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Ba6 Bd5 14. Bc4 Rad8
15. Bg5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 cxd4 17. Rxd4 Ne5 18. Qg3 Rxd4 19. cxd4 Qxc4 20. Bxf6
Nf3+ 21. Qxf3 Bxf6 22. Qe4 Qxa2 23. Ra1 Qxb2 24. Rxa7 Qc1+ 25. Ne1 Bxd4 26. Ra8
Bc5 27. Kf1 g6 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. Qc2 Qa1 30. Qb3 Bc5 31. g3 Qd4 32. Nd3 h5 33.
h4 e5 34. Ke2 e4 35. Nxc5 bxc5 36. Qe3 Kg7 37. Qb3 c4 38. Qc2 Qd3+ 39. Qxd3
exd3+ 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS02 IM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2003.02.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Brustkern, Juergen"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2134"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2003.02.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4
d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e5 Ne8 11. d4 Nb6 12. a4 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e6 15.
Bg2 Rc8 16. h4 Nc4 17. Ne2 f6 18. b3 Na5 19. Nf4 Qb6 20. Rb1 fxe5 21. dxe5 Kh8
22. Be3 Qc6 23. h5 Bxe5 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. Qxd4+ Rf6 26. hxg6 Qc3 27. Nxe6 Qxd4
28. Nxd4 hxg6 29. Rbc1 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Nc6 31. Re1 Nd6 32. Nb5 a6 33. Nc3 d4 34.
Nd5 Rf7 35. Nf4 Rf6 36. Nd3 Nf5 37. Nc5 b5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Bf1 Nd6 40. Nd3
Kg7 41. Bg2 Nf5 42. Rc1 Nfe7 43. Rc5 Rf5 44. Rxc6 Nxc6 45. Bxc6 Kf6 46. g4 Rg5
47. f3 Ke6 48. b4 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS02 IM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2003.02.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Babos, Csaba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2134"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.02.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. O-O Ng6 7. Nc3 e5 8.
Be3 Be7 9. Na4 d6 10. h3 O-O 11. Nd2 Bg5 12. Nc3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 Qg5 14. Nc4 Qg3
15. Ne2 Qg5 16. Nxd6 Nh4 17. Rf2 Be6 18. Qf1 Rad8 19. Nb7 Rde8 20. Nxc5 Bc8 21.
g3 Qxe3 22. gxh4 Qxc5 23. Kh2 a5 24. Ng3 a4 25. Qg2 Qd6 26. Rg1 Qh6 27. Nh5 g6
28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Nxe8+ Rxe8 30. Qf3 Be6 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. Rg5 Bxa2 33. b3 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS02 IM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2003.02.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Alfred, Nathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2134"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.02.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 Bf5 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8.
Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Nd2 Bf5 10. c3 Qd7 11. f3 h6 12. Bh4 Qc6 13. Qb3 Bf6 14. Bxf6 exf6
15. e4 Be6 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. c4 Be6 18. Ne4 Bf5 19. d5 Qa6 20. Ng3 Bc8 21. Qc3
Re8 22. Rfe1 Nd7 23. b4 Qd6 24. Bd3 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 b6 26. Qd2 Kg7 27. f4 Ba6
28. a3 c6 29. Ne4 Qc7 30. dxc6 Nf8 31. b5 Bc8 32. Nxf6 Be6 33. Qc3 1-0

[Event "Chicago op 12th"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2003.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nagle, Sean"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2003.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 c6 6. Bd2 Bf5 7. Bc4 e6 8.
O-O Bb4 9. Re1 O-O 10. Re5 Qc7 11. Nh4 Ng4 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Rxf5 Qxh2+ 14. Kf1
Qh1+ 15. Ke2 Qxg2 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Qh1 Nxe3 18. Kxe3 Rae8+ 19. Kd2 Qg4 20. Qf3
Qxd4+ 0-1

[Event "New York Masters 59th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Tate, Emory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2134"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2003.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 c4 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O a6 8. Ne5
Ne7 9. Bf3 Nbc6 10. Re1 O-O 11. b3 cxb3 12. axb3 Be6 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Bxe7 Nxe7
15. Qd2 Rac8 16. h3 Ng6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Qg5 Bf4 19. Qh4 g5 20. Qh5 g6 21. Qh6
g4 0-1

[Event "Pan American-ch U12"]
[Site "Bogota"]
[Date "2003.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Guerra, Jose Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "COL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. exf5 e4 4. Ne5 Nf6 5. Be2 d6 6. Bh5+ Ke7 7. Nf7 Qe8 8.
O-O Nxh5 9. Nxh8 Kd8 10. d3 exd3 11. Re1 Be7 12. Qxd3 Nc6 13. g4 Nf6 14. g5 Ng4
15. f6 gxf6 16. Qxh7 Nce5 17. Rxe5 Nxe5 18. f4 Nf3+ 19. Kf2 Nd4 20. Nf7+ Kd7
21. Qh3+ f5 22. Nh6 Kd8 23. Qd3 Nc6 24. Nc3 Qh5 25. Kg3 Bf8 26. Qd5 Ke8 27. Bd2
Bxh6 28. Qg8+ Bf8 29. Re1+ Ne7 30. Rxe7+ Kxe7 31. Nd5+ Kd7 32. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Pan American-ch U12"]
[Site "Bogota"]
[Date "2003.06.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Castillo, Ricardo"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[BlackElo "2134"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2003.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "COL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Ne7 12. Nc2 Be6 13. a4 Bxd5 14. exd5
bxa4 15. Ne3 O-O 16. Rxa4 a5 17. Bd3 g6 18. O-O Bg7 19. Bc2 f5 20. Qa1 f4 21.
Nc4 f3 22. Be4 fxg2 23. Re1 Nf5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Qc1 Qh4 26. Qe3 Raf8 27. Re2
Rf3 28. Qb6 Rh3 29. Nxe5 Qxa4 30. Qxd6 Re8 31. Kxg2 Rxh2+ 32. Kxh2 Bxe5+ 33.
Rxe5 Qf4+ 34. Kg2 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "Pan American-ch U12"]
[Site "Bogota"]
[Date "2003.06.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Arenas Vanegas, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2134"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "COL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. c4 Nf6 8.
e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Rd1 Be8 13. Be3 Qxd4 14. Bxd4
Kh8 15. c5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. b4 f6 18. Nd3 e5 19. Bb2 Bc6 20. f4 e4 21. Nc1
f5 22. Ne2 Bf6 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. Nd4 Ba4 25. Rdc1 a6 26. Rc3 Rc8 27. c6 g6 28.
Rac1 Bb5 29. Rc5 Rd6 30. Kf2 Kg8 31. Ke3 Kf7 32. Nxb5 axb5 33. Kd4 Ke6 34. a4
bxa4 35. b5 Rdd8 36. b6 a3 37. b7 1-0

[Event "World op 31st"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2003.06.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ziatdinov, Raset"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2003.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. b4 Ba7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3
O-O 9. a4 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. b5 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Na5 13. Qe2 Nxc4 14. dxc4 Bg4
15. e4 f5 16. Nbd2 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Rf4 18. Qxe5 Qf8 19. Qd5+ Kh8 20. h3 Re8+ 21.
Kf1 Be6 22. Qxb7 Qc5 0-1

[Event "World op 31st"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2003.06.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Delaune, Richard K"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2003.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 b6 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qb3 Bc6 8.
Nf3 Nd7 9. d4 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Bd5 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nd2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 O-O 14. Rd1
Nf6 15. Qf3 c5 16. Nc4 Be7 17. Be3 Qd5 18. Rac1 b5 19. Ne5 c4 20. Nc6 Bd6 21.
Bf4 Rfc8 22. Bxd6 Rxc6 23. Qxd5 exd5 24. Bf4 Re8 25. Rc2 b4 26. f3 Ra6 27. b3
c3 28. Kf2 Nd7 29. Rd3 Rc6 30. Re3 Rxe3 31. Kxe3 f5 32. Kd3 Kf7 33. Bc1 Kf6 34.
a3 a5 35. axb4 axb4 36. Ra2 Rb6 37. h4 Nb8 38. Ra5 Ke6 39. Ra7 Nd7 40. Bf4 Rc6
41. Kc2 Rb6 42. Bc7 Rb5 43. Ra6+ Ke7 44. Bd6+ Kf7 45. Ra4 Rb6 46. Bxb4 Re6 47.
Kd3 c2 48. Bd2 Rg6 49. Ra7 Ke8 50. Kxc2 Rxg3 51. Ra5 1-0

[Event "World op 31st"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2003.07.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Langreck, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2003.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Ne7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Ng6 8.
e5 Be7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Be3 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Qb4 Ba6 13. Nd4 Qb6 14. Qa4 Qxb2
15. Nb3 Bb5 16. Qe4 Qe5 17. Qxe5 Nxe5 18. Bc5 d6 19. Rxd6 Nc4 20. Rd3 Rfd8 21.
Bd4 e5 22. Bc3 e4 23. Bxf6 exd3 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 25. cxd3 Rxd3 26. h3 a5 27. Kh2
a4 28. Nc1 Rd1 29. Nc3 Re1 30. Nb3 Re5 31. Nd4 Nd6 32. Rd1 Rc5 33. Ndxb5 cxb5
34. Nxa4 bxa4 35. Rxd6 Rc2 36. a3 Rc3 37. Ra6 Rxa3 38. Ra7 h6 39. h4 Ra2 40.
Kg3 Kf8 41. h5 a3 42. f4 Ra1 43. Kh2 a2 44. g4 Ke8 45. g5 Kd8 46. g6 Rf1 47.
Rxa2 Rxf4 48. Kg3 Rf5 49. Kg4 Rg5+ 50. Kh4 Rd5 51. Ra8+ Ke7 52. Rg8 Kf6 53.
Rf8+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "US op 104th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2003.08.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Douthwaite, Bryan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. Na3 f5 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. Bc4 Nd4 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14.
Qh5+ Kd7 15. Ne4 d5 16. Qxe5 Qa5+ 17. c3 Bxa3 18. Qxd4 e5 19. Qd2 Kc6 20. Qh6+
Kc7 21. Qg7+ Kc6 22. Qf6+ Kd7 23. bxa3 dxe4 24. O-O Rhe8 25. Qf7+ Kc6 26. Rab1
Qc7 27. Qc4+ Kd7 28. Qxe4 Kc8 29. Rb4 Kb8 30. Rxb7+ Qxb7 31. Rb1 Ra7 32. Qxh7
Re7 33. Rxb7+ Raxb7 34. Qc2 e4 35. h3 Rbd7 36. Qb3+ Ka7 37. Qc4 Rc7 38. Qd4+
Kb7 39. Qd5+ Kb8 40. c4 1-0

[Event "Marshall-Mechanics m"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2003.09.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Wang, Drake"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 Bd6 7. Qg4 Qf6 8. Bg5
Qg6 9. exd5 exd5 10. Qc8# 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "2003.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Jia, Jingqu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2137"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2003.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 h6 8.
O-O e6 9. b4 Be7 10. b5 Bd7 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Qxg7 Bf6 13. Nd5 Bxg7 14. Nxc7+ Kf8
15. Bxg7+ Kxg7 16. Nxa8 Ne7 17. Nc7 Rc8 18. Nxe6+ fxe6 19. a4 Rxc2 20. Rac1 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2273"]
[BlackElo "2137"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2003.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Bc4
a6 9. a4 d5 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Rb1 c4 12. Bc2 Nh5 13. Bh2 Qd8 14. e4 e6 15. O-O f5
16. exd5 exd5 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 f4 19. Nf3 Be6 20. Re1 Qd7 21. b3 b5 22.
Nd4 Rab8 23. axb5 axb5 24. bxc4 dxc4 25. Be4 Rfd8 26. Bc6 Qf7 27. Bxb5 Bf8 28.
Qe2 Rbc8 29. Ba6 Rc7 30. Rb6 Bd5 31. Reb1 Bc5 32. Rb8 Rxb8 33. Rxb8+ Kg7 34.
Rb1 Bxd4 35. cxd4 Qe6 36. Bb5 f3 37. Qe3 fxg2 38. Ba4 Ra7 39. Bd1 Qf5 40. Rc1
Rf7 41. Bg4 Qd3 42. Qxd3 cxd3 43. Rd1 Be4 44. f3 Bxf3 45. Bxf3 Rxf3 46. Kxg2
Re3 47. Bg1 Nf4+ 48. Kf2 Rxh3 49. Ke1 g5 50. Kd2 Kg6 51. Re1 Kf5 52. Rf1 Ke4
53. Re1+ Kd5 54. Ra1 Rg3 55. Bf2 Rf3 56. Be3 Ke4 57. Bg1 h5 58. Re1+ Kd5 59.
Rc1 Ne6 60. Ra1 Rg3 61. Bf2 Rg2 62. Kxd3 Rxf2 63. Ra5+ Kc6 64. d5+ Kd7 65. Ra7+
Ke8 66. dxe6 h4 67. Rh7 Rf4 68. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svoboda, Vaclav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2137"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2003.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. Nc3 d4 3. Nce2 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. d3 e5 6. f4 Bd6 7. f5 Nf6 8. Ng3 O-O
9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Be2 h6 12. Bd2 Rd8 13. c4 a6 14. O-O b5 15. b3 Rb8
16. h3 bxc4 17. bxc4 a5 18. Nh2 Ba6 19. Nh5 Kh7 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Ng4 Qe7 22.
Qc1 Rd6 23. Qa3 Rd7 24. h4 Rdb7 25. Qc1 Rb2 26. Bd1 R2b6 27. a3 Kg8 28. g3 Qd8
29. Ba4 R8b7 30. Kg2 Ra7 31. Rh1 Bb7 32. Qc2 Qd6 33. Raf1 Ne7 34. Nxf6+ Qxf6
35. g4 Qd6 36. Qd1 Bc6 37. g5 Bxa4 38. Qxa4 Qc6 39. Qd1 Kh7 40. gxh6 gxh6 41.
Qh5 Ng8 42. f6 Qe8 43. Rh3 Raa6 44. Bg5 Qf8 45. Rhf3 Re6 46. Kh1 Rac6 47. Rf5
Rb6 48. Rg1 Nxf6 49. Bxh6 Qxh6 50. Qxf7+ Kh8 51. Rh5 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "2003.10.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dimitrov, Pavel"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "2137"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2003.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O c5 8. c3
a6 9. a4 Qb6 10. Qb3 Qxb3 11. Nxb3 b6 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. h3 Rfe8 14. Rfe1 Ne4 15.
Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 h6 17. Bf4 g5 18. Bh2 Bd5 19. c4 Bb7 20. Nb3 a5 21. Red1 e6
22. Rd2 Rac8 23. Bd6 Ba6 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Nxa5 Rb8 27. Rd6 Rxb2
28. Rxa6 Rxe2 29. Rf1 Rb8 30. Nc6 Rb3 31. a5 Ra3 32. Ra8+ Kh7 33. a6 Rb2 34. a7
Rba2 35. Rc8 Ra6 36. Rb1 R2a3 37. g3 Bc3 38. Rbb8 Rxa7 39. Nxa7 Rxa7 40. Rxc5
Ra1+ 41. Kg2 Ra2 42. Rb1 Kg7 43. Rc8 Rc2 44. c5 Kf6 45. c6 Ba5 46. Rb7 Kg7 47.
Ra8 Rc5 48. Raa7 Bc3 49. Rxf7+ Kg6 50. c7 Be5 51. Rd7 Rc6 52. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "2003.10.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Lilov, Valeri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2137"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2003.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd2
Nbc6 9. Nf3 f6 10. Bd3 c4 11. Bh6 Rf7 12. exf6 cxd3 13. fxe7 Qxe7 14. Bg5 Qc7
15. O-O e5 16. Qg3 exd4 17. Qh4 dxc2 18. Nxd4 Ne5 19. Qg3 Ng4 20. Nxc2 Qxg3 21.
fxg3 Bf5 22. Nd4 Raf8 23. Rf4 Ne5 24. Raf1 Bd3 25. Rd1 Be4 26. Ne6 Re8 27. Rxf7
Nxf7 28. Nc7 Rc8 29. Nxd5 Rc5 30. Ne7+ Kf8 31. Be3 Rxc3 32. Bd2 Rc4 33. Bb4 a5
0-1

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "2003.11.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Chen, Xiang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2137"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2003.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Be3 Nc6 6. Qd2 Nf6 7. Nc3 e6 8.
O-O-O Qc7 9. Bf4 Ne5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Bxe5 Qd7 12. Qf4 Qe7 13. Bd6 e5 14. Bxe7
exf4 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nd5 Rb8 17. Nxf6+ Ke7 18. Nd5+ Ke8 19. Nxf4 Bh6 20. g3
Bg4 21. Rd3 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Bc4 Be6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Kd1 Bxf4 26. gxf4
Rf8 27. Rg1 Rxf4 28. Rg8+ Kd7 29. Rg7+ Kc6 30. Re7 Rxf2 31. Rxe6+ Kc5 32. Rh6
Kd4 33. Rxh7 Ke3 34. Rh3+ Kxe4 35. b3 Kd4 36. Kc1 b5 37. Kb2 b4 38. Rh6 Kc5 39.
h4 a5 40. h5 Rh2 41. Rh8 Kb5 42. h6 Ka6 43. Kc1 Kb7 44. Kd1 Ka7 45. h7 Kb7 46.
Ke1 Ka7 47. Kf1 Kb7 48. Kg1 Rh4 49. Kg2 Ka7 50. Kg3 Rh1 51. Kf4 Rf1+ 52. Ke5
Rh1 53. Kd5 Kb7 54. Kc5 Rh5+ 55. Kc4 Ka7 56. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Pereira, Ruben Miguel Nunes"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "2137"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2003.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Ne7 12. Nc2 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Be6 14. Qd1
O-O 15. Nb4 Qb6 16. Be2 Rac8 17. O-O Rc5 18. a4 a5 19. Nd3 Rc4 20. Bf3 Bd7 21.
axb5 Bxb5 22. Qd2 d5 23. b3 Rcc8 24. Rfc1 h6 25. Rcb1 Bg5 26. Qc2 f5 27. exd5
e4 28. c4 exf3 29. Qd1 Ba6 30. Qxf3 Bf6 31. Ra2 Bxc4 32. Qxf5 Bd4 33. Qh3 Bxd3
34. Qxd3 Bxf2+ 35. Kh1 Bc5 36. Re2 Bd6 37. Re6 Qc5 38. Rd1 Qb4 39. Rxh6 Bf4 40.
Qh7+ Kf7 41. Qg6+ Ke7 42. d6+ Kd8 43. Qxg7 Re8 44. Qf6+ Kd7 45. Rh7+ Kc6 46.
d7+ Bd6 47. dxc8=Q+ Rxc8 48. Qf3+ 1-0

[Event "New York Masters 82th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.11.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pruess, David"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2003.11.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Ne7 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Nc2 f5 14. exf5
Bxf5 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Qh5 O-O 17. Bd3 Ng6 18. O-O Qd7 19. Bf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Qxf5
21. Nxf5 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 d5 23. Rd2 Rd7 24. a4 Rb8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra6 b4 27.
cxb4 Rxb4 28. Ra8+ Nf8 29. Rd3 Rb6 30. Rc3 Rf6 31. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "New York Masters 90th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.02.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2004.02.03"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e5 h5 5. Bd3 Nh6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. O-O Bxd3 8. Qxd3
Qc8 9. Re1 e6 10. Bg5 Nd7 11. Nh4 Nf5 12. Nxf5 gxf5 13. Bf6 Nxf6 14. exf6 Kd7
15. Na4 Qd8 16. c4 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Kc7 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Nc5 Kb8 20. Rcd1 Rc7 21.
Qb4 Ka8 22. Qc3 Rg8 23. Nd3 Qxf6 24. Ne5 Bd6 25. Qf3 h4 26. Rc1 Qd8 27. Rc4 f6
28. Nxc6 Qc8 29. d5 bxc6 30. Rxe6 cxd5 31. Rxc7 Qxe6 0-1

[Event "New York Masters 96th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.03.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2004.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. f4 Bb4 5. Bd3 f5 6. Qe2 fxe4 7. Bxe4 Bxe4 8.
Qxe4 Nc6 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nd5 13. Ng5 Qf6 14. Bd2
Qg6 15. Ne4 Nf6 16. Rae1 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Qxe4 18. Rxe4 Na5 19. Be1 Nc4 20. g4 Rf7
21. Kg2 a5 22. Kg3 a4 23. Re2 h5 24. h3 Ra5 25. Bd2 Rb5 26. Ra1 Kh7 27. Rf2 Kg6
28. Bc1 a3 29. Re2 Rf8 30. Rg2 Ra8 31. Kf3 hxg4+ 32. hxg4 Rh8 33. Ke4 Rh3 34.
f5+ Kf7 35. fxe6+ Kxe6 36. Bf4 d5# 0-1

[Event "Foxwoods op 06th"]
[Site "Connecticut"]
[Date "2004.04.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Winer, Steven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2004.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5 Nxe4 5. cxd6 Nc6 6. Bd3 Nxd6 7. h3 g6 8.
O-O Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Nb4 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Rf7 14. Bc5 Bf5
15. Qd5 Bf8 16. Nd4 e5 17. Nxf5 Nxf5 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Bxa7 Bb4 20. Red1 Rxd1+
21. Nxd1 Nd6 22. c3 Ba5 23. Ne3 Nb5 24. Bc5 Rc7 25. Bb4 Bxb4 26. cxb4 Kf7 27.
Kf1 Nd4 28. a3 Ke6 29. Rd1 f5 30. Rd2 f4 31. Nd1 Rc1 32. f3 Kd5 33. Kf2 Kc4 34.
Nc3 Kb3 35. b5 Nf5 36. Ne4 b6 37. g3 Rh1 38. Kg2 Rb1 39. gxf4 exf4 40. Kf2 Ne3
41. Nc5+ Kc4 42. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods op 06th"]
[Site "Connecticut"]
[Date "2004.04.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mac Intyre, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2004.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Bb6 5. O-O d6 6. h3 Qf6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Be3
h6 9. Nh2 g5 10. Ng4 Qg7 11. Qf3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. Ne3 Bd7 15.
a4 O-O-O 16. b4 Rdf8 17. Qd1 g4 18. g3 gxh3 19. Kh2 h5 20. a5 bxa5 21. b5 Nb8
22. Rxa5 h4 23. g4 Qg5 24. Ra7 Rh6 25. Nd2 Rhf6 26. Qe2 Qf4+ 27. Kxh3 Rg6 28.
Rfa1 Qxf2 29. Qxf2 Rxf2 30. Ndf1 c6 31. Kxh4 d5 32. bxc6 bxc6 33. Bb3 Rf8 34.
Nc2 d4 35. Bc4 Rh8+ 36. Kg3 Rxg4+ 37. Kf3 Rf8+ 38. Ke2 Rg1 0-1

[Event "New York Masters 100th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.05.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Bd2 Qxc5 6. Bc3 Nf6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Nbd2 d6 10. Nb3 Qb6 11. Qd2 a5 12. Nbd4 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3
Rfd8 15. Rfe1 a4 16. Rad1 Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qc3+ f6 19. Bc4 Qa5 20. Qe3 Qc5
21. Qxc5 Nxc5 22. Bd5 Rdc8 23. Rd2 Rab8 24. a3 b5 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Rc7 27.
Re3 Nd7 28. c3 Nc5 29. f4 Rb6 30. Kf2 Kf8 31. g4 e6 32. Ba2 Ke7 33. Kf3 Rc8 34.
Re2 Rf8 35. f5 e5 36. Rdd2 Rb7 37. Bd5 Rc7 38. Rd1 Kd8 39. Red2 Ke7 40. Rf1 Nd7
41. Rfd1 Nb6 42. Ba2 Rc6 43. Ke3 Rb8 44. Kf3 Nc4 45. Bxc4 bxc4 46. Ke3 Rb5 47.
Kf3 Rcb6 48. Rb1 Rb3 49. Rdd1 Rxb2 50. Rbc1 Rh2 51. Kg3 Rbb2 52. Rd5 Rhc2 53.
Ra5 Rxc1 0-1

[Event "New York Masters 102th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.05.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Be3 Nc6 6. Qb6 Qxb6 7. Bxb6 Nf6 8.
Nc3 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. h3 O-O 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. Rhe1 Rfc8 13. Bb3 Be8 14. Na4
Nb4 15. Kb1 d5 16. Bd4 Bxa4 17. Bxa4 Nxe4 18. c3 Nc6 19. Bc2 Nf6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6
21. g4 g6 22. Bb3 b5 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24. cxd4 g5 25. Rd3 h6 26. Rc1 Ne7 27. Rdc3
Rxc3 28. Rxc3 Rc8 29. Rc5 Kf8 30. Kc2 Ke8 31. Kc3 Kd7 32. Bc2 Nc6 33. b4 Nd8
34. Bd3 Nb7 35. Rxc8 Kxc8 36. f3 Kc7 37. Kd2 f6 38. Ke3 Nd8 39. a3 Nc6 40. Bb1
a5 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS06 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2004.06.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Simonsen, Hans Kristian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2004.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. a3 Nd7 7. g3 Ngf6 8. d3
Bc5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. Qe2 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Rfd8 14. b4 Nf6
15. Qc4 Bd4 16. c3 Bb6 17. d4 a5 18. Bg5 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 h6 21.
Bxf6 Qxf6 22. b5 cxb5 23. Qxb5 e5 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. dxe5 Rd2 26. Rf1 Rc2 27.
Bxb7 Rxc3 28. Kg2 Rc2 29. Be4 Rb2 30. Bd5 Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS06 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2004.06.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kahn, Evarth"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b3 e5 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. O-O g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. Bxd5 Ne7 10. c4 Nxd5 11. cxd5 d6 12. d3 f5 13. Nd2 f4 14. f3 a5 15. a4
g5 16. g4 fxg3 17. hxg3 h5 18. Nc4 g4 19. Ra2 gxf3 20. Rxf3 Rxf3 21. Qxf3 Bg4
22. Qe3 h4 23. gxh4 Qxh4 24. Rh2 Qf6 25. Rf2 Qh4 26. Qg5 Qxg5 27. Bxg5 Bf8 28.
Rg2 Bd1 29. Bh6+ Kf7 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Nxd6 Bxb3 32. Nxb7 Bxa4 33. Nxc5 Bb5 34.
Rb2 Be8 35. d6 Ra7 36. Rb8 Kf7 37. Kf2 a4 38. Rc8 Bd7 39. Rc7 Rxc7 40. dxc7 Ke7
41. Nxa4 Kd6 42. Nb6 Kxc7 43. Nxd7 Kxd7 44. Kg3 Ke6 45. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS06 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2004.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Martini, Balazs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2004.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d3 e5 7. Be3 Qe7 8. h3
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. a4 b6 11. Nd2 Nh5 12. a5 Rb8 13. axb6 axb6 14. Ne2 Qc7 15.
c3 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. d4 Rd8 18. Nf3 Qe7 19. Qc2 g5 20. e5 Be6 21. c4 h6 22.
Rad1 Rd7 23. Rd2 b5 24. cxb5 Rxb5 25. Nc3 Rb4 26. dxc5 Rxd2 27. Qxd2 Qxc5 28.
Re1 Qb6 29. Ra1 Qb8 30. Nd4 Rxb2 31. Qd3 Qxe5 32. Nxc6 Qc5 33. Ra8+ Bf8 34. Ne4
Qxc6 35. Qd8 Qxa8 36. Qxa8 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Rb4 38. Nf6+ Kg7 39. Qa1 Kg6 40. Ne8
Rb8 41. Nc7 Rb6 42. Qa8 Bg7 43. Qg8 Bd7 44. h4 gxh4 45. Nd5 Rf6 46. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS06 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2004.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Brustkern, Juergen"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2004.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 c5 7. d5 b5 8. O-O Bb7
9. Nh4 Qd7 10. e4 e6 11. c4 bxc4 12. bxc4 g5 13. Nf3 Nxe4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
Nbd2 exd5 16. cxd5 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 f6 18. Rfe1 h6 19. Re6 Na6 20. Rae1 Rae8 21.
Bh3 Qd8 22. Bg2 Nc7 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Qa5 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Qe7 26. Nc2 Bxd5 27.
Ne3 Be6 28. Qxa7 Nd5 29. Qxe7+ Nxe7 30. a4 d5 31. a5 d4 32. a6 dxe3 33. fxe3
Nc8 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS06 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2004.06.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Boguszlavszkij, Jevgenyij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 Nh6 6. e5 f6 7. Bf4 Nf7 8. Qd2
Bg4 9. O-O-O Bxf3 10. Bxf3 fxe5 11. dxe5 e6 12. h4 Nd7 13. h5 Ndxe5 14. hxg6
hxg6 15. Rxh8+ Bxh8 16. Be2 Qa5 17. Rh1 O-O-O 18. Rh7 Bf6 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Qf4
Rf8 21. Bg4 Nxg4 22. Qxg4 Re8 23. Qxg6 Qd8 24. Ne2 Rh8 25. Rf7 Rf8 26. Nf4 Rxf7
27. Qxf7 e5 28. Ne6 Qe7 29. Qg8+ Kd7 30. Nf8+ Kc7 31. Nh7 Bg7 32. g4 e4 33. g5
e3 34. fxe3 Qxe3+ 35. Kd1 Qf3+ 36. Kd2 Qf2+ 37. Kd1 Qf1+ 38. Kd2 Bxb2 39. Qg6
Bc1+ 40. Kc3 Qc4# 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS06 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2004.06.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jakab, Attila"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2004.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O Re8 8.
c4 c5 9. Rc1 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Bc2 e5 12. Nb5 Qb6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. b4 Na6
15. a3 Bd7 16. Nc3 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Qd8 18. Nd6 Rf8 19. Nxb7 Qe8 20. Nd5 Bd8 21.
Bd3 Qe6 22. Bxa6 Qxa6 23. Nc5 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS06 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2004.06.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Werner, Dimo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2004.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Bc4 e6 5. O-O a6 6. a4 Nf6 7. e5 d5 8. exf6
dxc4 9. fxg7 Bxg7 10. Qe2 Rg8 11. Ne4 Qd5 12. Re1 Nc6 13. d3 cxd3 14. Qxd3 Qxd3
15. cxd3 O-O-O 16. Bf4 Nb4 17. Bg3 Nxd3 18. Re2 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Rg4 20. Nd6+ Rxd6
21. Bxd6 Bxf3 22. Rexb2 Nxb2 23. Rxb2 Rd4 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS06 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2004.06.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Eperjesi, Laszlo"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2004.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O c5 8. c3
b6 9. a4 a6 10. Qb1 Bb7 11. Rc1 Re8 12. b4 c4 13. h3 b5 14. Bf4 Ne4 15. Nxe4
dxe4 16. Nd2 e5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. Nf1 Bxf4 21. exf4
Qf6 22. g3 e3 23. fxe3 Qc6 24. Kf2 Qg2+ 25. Ke1 Nf6 26. Qa2 Be4 27. Qd2 Qxh3
28. Qd4 Nd5 29. Ra1 Bg2 30. Ra7 Qh1 31. Kd2 Bxf1 32. Bxf1 Nxe3 33. Be2 Nf1+ 34.
Bxf1 Qxf1 35. Re7 Rxe7 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS06 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2004.06.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Farago, Sandor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2004.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. h3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. exd6
Qxd6 9. Re1 h6 10. Bb3 e6 11. c4 Ne7 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. Be3 Nf5 14. Qc2 Na6 15.
Rad1 Nxe3 16. fxe3 b6 17. e4 Bb7 18. e5 Qe7 19. Qf2 Rab8 20. Ne4 Nc7 21. c5
bxc5 22. dxc5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Nd5 24. Nd6 Ba8 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Re1 a5 27. Qg3
Kh7 28. e6 fxe6 29. Nf5 Qxc5+ 30. Kh2 Re8 31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32. Ne5 Qc2 33. Nd3 e5
34. Rxe5 Rxe5 35. Qxe5+ Kf7 36. Qc7+ Ke6 37. Nf4+ Kf5 38. Qf7+ Ke5 39. Nxg6+
Kd4 40. Qf4+ Qe4 41. Qxh6 Kd3 42. Qc1 Qe3 43. Qc3+ Ke2 44. Qxa5 Bb7 45. Qc3 c5
46. h4 d4 47. Qxc5 d3 48. Qxe3+ Kxe3 49. Ne5 Bd5 50. Nxd3 Kxd3 51. b3 Ke4 52.
Kg3 Kf5 53. Kf2 Kg4 54. g3 Bf7 55. b4 Bxa2 56. b5 Bd5 57. b6 Kf5 58. h5 Bb7 59.
g4+ Kg5 60. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS06 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2004.06.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Poulsen, Martin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2004.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. e4 c6 11. Nd4 e6 12. Nb3 Nac4 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Qc2 Qe7
15. Nd2 Rad8 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. h4 Rd7 18. Bf4 Qb4 19. Rab1 Na3 20. bxa3 Qxc3
21. Qa4 Bxa2 22. Rfc1 Qf6 23. e5 Qe6 24. Rb2 Bd5 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Qxa7 Bxe5
27. Bxe5 Qxe5 28. Rxb7 Rxb7 29. Qxb7 Rd8 30. Qb6 Qd6 31. Qxd6 Rxd6 32. Kf1 Kg7
33. a4 Ra6 34. Ra1 Ra5 35. Ke2 Kf6 36. Kd3 Ke5 37. Kc3 Ke4 38. Kb4 Ra8 39. a5
d4 40. a6 d3 41. Kc3 Kf3 42. Ra2 d2 43. Kxd2 Kxf2 44. Ra3 f5 45. a7 h6 46. Ra6
g5 47. hxg5 hxg5 48. Rf6 Kxg3 49. Rxf5 g4 50. Rf7 Kg2 51. Rg7 g3 52. Kc3 Kf2
53. Rf7+ Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Masters 119th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.09.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2169"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.09.28"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qe4 f5 8. Qe2
Nde7 9. h4 b6 10. g3 a5 11. Bg2 Ba6 12. c4 Rc8 13. O-O Na7 14. b3 b5 15. Be3
Nec6 16. Nc3 bxc4 17. bxc4 Rb8 18. a4 Bb4 19. Nb5 Nc8 20. Rfd1 O-O 21. Rd3 Nb6
22. Rad1 Bc8 23. Qc2 Be7 24. Qb3 Qe8 25. Nc7 Qh5 26. Bxb6 f4 27. Nd5 Bc5 28.
Qb5 Bxb6 29. Nxb6 fxg3 30. fxg3 Rf5 31. Qc5 Nb4 32. Nxc8 Nxd3 33. Rxd3 Kh8 34.
Rxd7 h6 35. Qe7 Qg4 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Qxe6 Rb2 38. Rd3 Re2 39. Nd6 Rexe5 40.
Qxe5 Rxe5 41. Nxe5 Qe6 42. Be4+ g6 43. Bxg6+ Kg7 44. Nf5+ Kf6 45. Rd6 1-0

[Event "New York Masters 120th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2169"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2004.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Be3 Nd7 6. Nc3 Ngf6 7. a4 e6 8. Bc4
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. a5 Qc7 11. h3 Rd8 12. Rfd1 h6 13. Ba2 Rb8 14. Qa7 Qxa5 15.
Bxe6 Qh5 16. Bd5 Bf8 17. Bb6 Nxb6 18. Qxb8 Nbxd5 19. exd5 Re8 20. Re1 Be6 21.
Qxb7 Bxh3 22. Rxe8 Nxe8 23. Qxa6 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qg4+ 25. Kf1 Qxf3 26. Re1 Nf6
27. Qd3 Qf4 28. Ne4 Ng4 29. Qg3 Qf5 30. b4 h5 31. c4 Ne5 32. Nd2 Qc2 33. c5
Qxd2 34. cxd6 Ng4 35. d7 Qxd5 36. Re8 Qxd7 37. Qb8 Qd4 38. Rxf8+ Kh7 39. Rh8+
Kg6 40. Qg3 f5 41. Kg2 Qxb4 42. Rd8 Kh7 43. Qd3 Qc5 44. Qd4 Qc6+ 45. Qd5 Qxd5+
46. Rxd5 Kg6 47. Kg3 Nf6 48. Rd6 Kg5 49. f4+ Kg6 50. Kh4 Kf7 51. Ra6 g6 52. Kg5
Nd5 53. Ra7+ Ne7 54. Ra6 Nd5 55. Rxg6 Nxf4 56. Rf6+ Ke7 57. Rxf5 Ne6+ 58. Kh4
Ng7 59. Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Masters 122nd"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.10.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2169"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.10.19"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. h3 h6 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3
Bb6 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. a4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bxb6 axb6 13. Re1 Nf4 14. d4 exd4
15. cxd4 Be6 16. Re4 Bxc4 17. Rxf4 Bd5 18. Qc2 b5 19. b3 bxa4 20. bxa4 Qe7 21.
Rb1 b6 22. Rb5 Qd7 23. Rf5 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Re1+ 26. Kh2 Qd6+ 27. g3
Qxd4 28. Qxc7 Rf8 29. Qf4 Qd1 30. Qf3 Qxa4 31. Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2004.11.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ketzetzis, Georgios"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2004.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. h3 Bg7 6. d3 e5 7. Be3 Qe7 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qd2 Nh5 11. Rad1 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Bh6 Bd7 14. Rfe1 Rae8
15. Bg5 Qd6 16. Qe2 Qg6 17. Qe3 h6 18. Bh4 b6 19. Kh2 Kh8 20. Nd2 Nf4 21. Qf3
Ne6 22. Rc1 Nd4 23. Qg3 Qh5 24. f4 b5 25. Nf3 b4 26. Na4 exf4 27. Qxf4 Ne2 28.
Qd6 Nxc1 29. Rxc1 Re2 30. Qxd7 Qxf3 31. Rg1 Be5+ 0-1

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2004.11.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ardito, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2196"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Qd2 Bb7 8. Bd3
c5 9. d5 Na6 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. e5 Ng4 12. Bg1 c4 13. Be2 dxe5 14. h3 e4 15.
hxg4 exf3 16. Bxf3 Qd6 17. Bd4 f6 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. Qe3 Nb4 20. Qe6+ Kh8 21.
Rxh7+ Kxh7 22. Rh1+ Bh6 23. Qxe7+ Kg8 24. Rxh6 Qxf4+ 25. Be3 Nd3+ 26. cxd3
cxd3+ 27. Kb1 Qxh6 28. Bxh6 Rf7 29. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2004.11.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2004.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd8 5. Nf3 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bg7 8.
Be3 Nf6 9. Be2 O-O 10. h3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. O-O Rd8 13. Bf3 Qc5 14. c3 Nc6
15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qf3 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Qd5 18. Qe3 Be6 19. Rae1 Rab8 20. b3 Rb7
21. g4 c5 22. Bxc5 Qd2 23. Bd4 Qxe3+ 24. Rxe3 a5 25. f5 Bd5 26. Bc5 e6 27. c4
1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2004.11.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. c4 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. Nc3 f5 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. b4 Bg5 15.
Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Qc1 Qf6 17. f3 b6 18. Qe3 e4 19. f4 a5 20. a3 Ba6 21. g4 fxg4 22.
Nxe4 Qe7 23. Qd4 Rae8 24. Bd3 h6 25. Rae1 Bc8 26. Re2 Nf6 27. Nxf6+ Qxf6 28.
Qxf6 gxf6 29. Rfe1 Rxe2 30. Rxe2 Kf7 31. Kf2 f5 32. Rb2 Bd7 33. bxa5 bxa5 34.
Rb6 Ke7 35. Rb7 Kd8 36. Ra7 a4 37. Bc2 Re8 38. Rxd7+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2004.11.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bregadze, Levan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2004.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Ne7 9. c3 Nf5 10. a4 a6 11. Na3 g6 12. Bd3 Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. Qb3 Nh6 15.
Nc4 f5 16. f4 Nf7 17. Be3 g5 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Bb6 Qd7 20. Bd4 Nxd3 21. Nb6 Qe7
22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nxa8 Qe3+ 24. Kh1 Nf2+ 25. Rxf2 Qxf2 26. Qb6 Qe2 27. Rg1 f4
28. Qd4+ Kg8 29. Qd1 Qxd1 30. Rxd1 Bg4 0-1

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2004.11.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ravi, Teja Sanka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2196"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2004.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 Be7 7. Nf3 Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 O-O 9. O-O Nf6 10. c4 Rb8 11. Rd1 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 b6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Qg4 Bf6
15. Bf4 Qe7 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. Rad1 Rbd8 18. Re3 c5 19. d5 Qf8 20. dxe6 Rxe6 21.
Nd7 Rxd7 22. Rxd7 Rxe3 23. fxe3 Bc8 24. Qd1 Bxd7 25. Qxd7 Bxb2 26. Qxa7 Qd8 27.
h3 h6 28. Kh2 Qf6 29. Qb8+ Kh7 30. Bc7 Qe6 31. Qxb6 Be5+ 32. Kh1 Bxc7 33. Qxc7
Qxc4 34. a4 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qxe3 36. Qxf7 Qe5+ 37. Kh1 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qb4 39. Qf5+
Kg8 40. Qe6+ Kf8 41. Qd6+ Ke8 42. Qe6+ Kf8 43. Qd6+ Kf7 44. Qd7+ Kf6 45. Qd6+
Kf5 46. Qd5+ Kf4 47. Qf7+ Ke3 48. Qxg7 Qf4+ 49. Kh1 Qf1+ 50. Kh2 Qf4+ 51. Kh1
Kd3 52. a5 c4 53. a6 c3 54. a7 c2 55. Qg6+ Kc3 56. Qxc2+ Kxc2 57. a8=Q Kd2 58.
Qf3 Qg5 59. g4 Qe3 60. Kg2 Qg5 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2004.11.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Jorczik, Julian Marcel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2196"]
[BlackElo "2037"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2004.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 h6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 d4 13. Ne2 Nd5 14. Bg3 f5
15. Nf4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 Be6 17. f3 Qf6 18. Re1 Rfe8 19. Qd2 Bf7 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8
21. Re1 Rd8 22. Bg3 g5 23. b4 f4 24. Bf2 Ne5 25. Qe2 Re8 26. Qe4 Nxd3 27. Qxd3
Rxe1+ 28. Bxe1 Bg6 29. Qc4+ Kh7 30. Qc7+ Qg7 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2004.11.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D95"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2004.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Bxf7+ Kh8 11. Bd5 c6 12. Be4 Nc5 13. Qc4 b6 14. b4 Ba6
15. Qd4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Qc7 17. f4 Rad8 18. Qc3 Qd7 19. Nf2 Qd5 20. Rg1 Qb5 21.
Qb2 Rd7 22. a4 Qc4 23. Ra3 Rfd8 24. Rc3 Qe6 25. Qc2 c5 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Rxc5
Qb6 28. Nh3 Qb4+ 29. Qc3 Qxa4 30. Kf2 Qa2+ 31. Qc2 Rd2+ 32. Bxd2 Rxd2+ 33. Qxd2
Qxd2+ 34. Kf3 Be2+ 35. Kf2 Bh5+ 36. Kg3 Qxe3+ 37. Kh4 Qxc5 38. Rb1 Qc8 39. Nf2
Bh6 40. Rb4 Qc5 41. Rb8+ Kg7 42. Ne4 Qe3 43. g3 Qxe4 44. Re8 Qf5 45. h3 g5+ 0-1

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2004.11.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d5 6. d4 dxc4 7. Na3 c6 8. Nxc4
Be6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 c5 11. Nfe5 Bd5 12. e4 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 cxd4 14. e5 Nd5 15.
Qe4 Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Qxb7 Rab8 18. Qxb6 Rxb6 19. f4 Nc5 20. b4 Nb3 21. Rb1
Nxc1 22. Rfxc1 f6 23. Rc7 fxe5 24. Rxe7 exf4 25. gxf4 Ra6 26. Rc1 d3 27. Bd5+
Kh8 28. Rcc7 d2 29. Bb3 d1=Q+ 30. Bxd1 Bd4+ 31. Kg2 Rxa3 32. Rxh7+ Kg8 33. Rhd7
Rc3 34. Rb7 Rd3 35. Bg4 Rd2+ 36. Kh1 Re8 37. Be6+ 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS02 IM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.02.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Fodor, Tamas Jr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2005.02.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Rb1 d4 14. Nxd4
Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Nf5 16. Qf2 Bc6 17. Bb5 Bxb5 18. Rxb5 Qc6 19. Rc5 Qe4+ 20. Qe2
Qxg2 21. Qxg2 Rxg2 22. Rxc3 Nd4 23. Kf1 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Nxc2 25. f5 exf5 26. h4
Nd4 27. Bg5 Ne6 28. Bf6 Rc8 29. Ke2 Nf4+ 30. Kd2 Nh5 31. Bg5 Kd7 32. Rg1 Ke6
33. Be3 Kxe5 34. Bxa7 Nf6 35. Rb1 Rd8+ 36. Ke2 Rd7 37. Bb8+ Ke6 38. Rb6+ Ke7
39. Be5 Ne4 40. Ke3 f6 41. Ba1 Kf7 42. h5 Nd6 43. Kf4 Ke6 44. Bc3 Kf7 45. a4
Kg7 46. Bb4 Nc4 47. Rb5 b6 48. Kxf5 Rd4 49. Ke6 Rd3 50. Be7 Re3+ 51. Kd7 Kf7
52. Bd8 Ra3 53. Rb4 Ne5+ 54. Kc7 Rc3+ 55. Kxb6 Nc6 56. Bxf6 Kxf6 57. Rb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS02 IM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.02.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Martini, Balazs"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2005.02.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O Nfd7 7. h3 Nc6 8. c3
e5 9. Bh2 a6 10. a4 Qe7 11. Nbd2 f5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. b4 Kh8 14. Nb3 e4 15.
Nfd4 Nce5 16. Qc1 c6 17. Rb1 g5 18. c4 Ng6 19. c5 f4 20. Bh5 Nde5 21. Qc2 Nd3
22. Nc1 Nge5 23. Nxd3 Nxd3 24. Qc4 Qf6 25. f3 fxe3 26. fxe4 Nf4 27. Nf5 Bxf5
28. exf5 Nxh5 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS02 IM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.02.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Jakab, Attila"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2005.02.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. c3 Qxc5 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Bd4 Nf6 8.
e5 Nh5 9. Qd2 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Be3 d5 13. Bh6 O-O 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. O-O e5 16. Be2 Be6 17. Na3 Bg8 18. Nc2 Rad8 19. h3 Nh5 20. g3 d4 21. Nfe1
d3 22. Bxh5 dxc2 23. Qg5 Rf5 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS02 IM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.02.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Werner, Dimo"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2005.02.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
b6 9. c3 e5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc4 Re8 12. a4 Bb7 13. Qb3 h6 14. a5 Rb8 15. Nfd2
Nxa5 16. Nxa5 bxa5 17. Qa2 Nb6 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Ne4 Rc7 20. Qxa5 Qxd3 21. Nxc5
Qc4 22. Be3 f5 23. Na6 Rf7 24. Nb4 f4 25. Bxb6 axb6 26. Qd5 Qc7 27. Qe4 Qd6 28.
Qc6 Re6 29. Qa8+ Rf8 30. Qa2 Kh7 31. Rad1 fxg3 32. hxg3 Qc5 33. Nd3 Qc6 34. Re3
e4 35. Nf4 Ree8 36. Qa7 Qf6 37. Rd2 h5 38. Qc7 Rf7 39. Qd6 Qf5 40. Ng2 Bh6 41.
f4 Re6 42. Qd5 Bf8 43. Qxf5 gxf5 44. b4 Be7 45. Kh2 Rg6 46. Rd7 Kg7 47. Re2 Rc6
48. Ne3 Kg6 49. Red2 Re6 50. R2d5 Bf6 51. Rxf7 Kxf7 52. Rxf5 Kg6 53. Rb5 Rc6
54. Nd5 Bd8 55. Kh3 Kf7 56. g4 e3 57. Nxe3 Rxc3 58. Re5 Bc7 59. Re4 Kg6 60. Kh4
hxg4 61. Kxg4 Rd3 62. Re6+ Kf7 63. Rc6 Bd8 64. Nc4 Rd4 65. Kf5 b5 66. Ne5+ Kg7
67. Rc1 Bb6 68. Rc6 Bd8 69. Rc2 Bb6 70. Rg2+ Kh7 71. Nc6 Rc4 72. Ne7 Bd8 73.
Nd5 Kh8 74. Ke6 Re4+ 75. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS02 IM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.02.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Valet, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.02.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Nc3 e5 9. Be3 Qe7 10. Qd2 h6 11. Ne2 Nf8 12. Nh2 Ne6 13. Rab1 b6 14. f4 exf4
15. Nxf4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 Be6 17. b3 Qd7 18. Nf3 g5 19. Bg3 g4 20. hxg4 Bxg4 21.
Qf4 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Bd4+ 23. Kh2 Rg8 24. Rbf1 Rg7 25. Qh4 Kf8 26. Qxh6 Kg8 27.
Rf5 Rh7 28. Qxh7+ Kxh7 29. Rxf7+ Qxf7 30. Rxf7+ Kg6 31. Rf4 Rh8+ 32. Rh4 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS02 IM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.02.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Toth, Ervin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2239"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2005.02.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. g3 Bb7 14. Bg2 O-O
15. Nc2 Bg5 16. Nb4 f5 17. O-O f4 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Qf6 20. Nd5 Qf7 21. Qd3
Rad8 22. Rc4 Bc8 23. Rc7 Qh5 24. f3 Kh8 25. b4 Be6 26. g4 Qh4 27. Rc6 h5 28.
Nc7 Bc8 29. Rxd6 hxg4 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Qe2 g3 32. h3 Bxh3 33. Bxh3 Qxh3 34.
Qg2 Qc8 35. Qh1+ Kg8 36. Nd5 Rd6 37. Qh5 Rh6 38. Qg4 Qc4 39. Re1 Qa2 40. Qc8+
Bd8 41. Ne7+ Kf7 42. Qf5+ Ke8 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS02 IM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.02.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ignacz, Maria"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2005.02.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Qd6 9. b3 cxd4 10. Ba3 Qc7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qxd4 Nbd7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Ne5 Nxe5
15. Qxe5 Bd7 16. Bf3 Rab8 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Rd4 Bc6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Rfd1 h6
21. h3 Rbc8 22. Na4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Qa3 24. Qe2 Qc1+ 25. Rd1 Qg5 26. Qf3 Qe5 27.
Nb6 Rc7 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Qd3+ g6 30. Qd6 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Qxf2 32. Qxc7 Ng4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS02 IM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.02.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Farago, Sandor"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2005.02.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. a4 Be7 8.
Be2 O-O 9. g4 a6 10. Na3 Nd4 11. g5 Ne8 12. h4 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Bxb5 Nxb5
15. Ncxb5 Bb7 16. Nc3 f5 17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. Rg1 d5 19. exd5 Bc5 20. Be3 Bxe3 21.
fxe3 Nxd5 22. Qg4 Qe7 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Qg5 Qc7 25. O-O-O Be4 26. Rd2 g6 27.
Qg4 Qc4 28. h5 Rxa3 29. bxa3 Qa2 30. Rh2 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS02 IM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.02.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Stupavski, Zdenko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2005.02.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Be3 Nc6 6. Qd2 Nf6 7. Nc3 e6 8.
O-O-O Qc7 9. Bf4 Ng4 10. Bg3 Be7 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 O-O 13. f4 Rd8 14. Be2
Nf6 15. Bf3 Bd7 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Ne8 18. Nd5 exd5 19. e6 Bg5+ 20. Kb1 Qa5
21. Be1 Qb5 22. a4 Qxa4 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Bxd5+ Kg6 25. Be4+ Kf7 26. Bd5+ Kg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS02 IM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.02.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Pap, Gyula"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.02.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Bb5 Bd7 9. Be2 Nc6 10. f4 Na5 11. Nf3 Nac4 12. Bxc4 Nxc4 13. Qe2 Nxe3 14. Qxe3
b5 15. O-O b4 16. Ne2 Bb5 17. Rfd1 Qc8 18. e5 Bh6 19. d5 Rd8 20. Ng3 Qg4 21.
Qc5 a6 22. Qxb4 Bxf4 23. Qxe7 Rd7 24. Qc5 Bxg3 25. hxg3 Be2 26. e6 Bxf3 27.
exd7 Bxd1 28. Qxc7 Qd4+ 29. Kh2 Qxd5 30. Qc8+ Kg7 31. Qc3+ Kg8 32. Qc8+ Kg7 33.
Qc3+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid-ch"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2005.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ballesteros Gonzalez, David"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2005.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Nd2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Rc1 e5 11. Bg5 Qd6 12. Nb5 Qd7 13. O-O Nc6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Ne4 Be7 16. Nbd6 Kg7 17. Bb5 Rd8 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Nxc8 Raxc8 20. Qa4 Qb7
21. b3 Rd5 22. h3 Bb4 23. Rc4 a5 24. Rfc1 Rb5 25. Nc3 Qa6 26. a3 Be7 27. Ne4
Qb6 28. R4c3 Bb4 29. Rd3 Rc7 30. Kh2 Be7 31. Rdc3 Bb4 32. Rc4 Be7 33. R1c3 f5
34. Nd2 e4 35. Rc1 Bd6+ 36. Kh1 Rd5 37. Rd4 Rxd4 38. exd4 Bf4 39. Rc2 Rd7 40.
g3 e3 41. gxf4 Rxd4 42. Nc4 exf2 43. Rxf2 Rxc4 44. Qxc4 Qxf2 45. Qxc6 Qxf4 46.
Qd7+ Kh6 47. Qf7 Qg3 48. Qd5 Qxh3+ 49. Kg1 Qe3+ 50. Kh2 f4 51. Qf7 Qf2+ 52. Kh1
Qf3+ 53. Kh2 Qg3+ 54. Kh1 f3 55. Qf8+ Kh5 56. Qc5+ g5 57. Qc2 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Madrid-ch"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2005.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Roa Alonso, Santiago"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2005.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Ne7 9. c3 Ng6 10. h4 Be7 11. h5 Nh4 12. g3 Nf5 13. Bd3 a6 14. Na3 b5 15.
Nc2 Nh6 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Qf3 f5 18. Bxf5 Rf8 19. Ne3 Bg5 20. g4 Qf6 21. Rf1 b4
22. Rc1 Rb8 23. c4 Qd8 24. b3 Bxf5 25. gxf5 Qa5 26. Rc2 Qc5 27. Qe4 Qd4 28. Qf3
Kd7 29. Qh3 Rf6 30. Ke2 Rc8 31. Rd1 Qf4 32. Rg1 Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid-ch"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2005.03.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Moreno Ruiz, Javier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2005.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 h6 8. Nbd2
a6 9. Re1 Ba7 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Ng3 d5 14. Qe2 Qd7 15.
Nf5 Rd8 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 dxe4 18. dxe4 Qd3 19. Rad1 Qxd1 20. Rxd1 Rxd1+
21. Kh2 Rd8 22. g4 Nh7 23. b4 Nf8 24. a4 Rd7 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Nd8 27. g5 h5
28. Ne1 Ng6 29. Nd3 b6 30. Nb4 Nf4 31. c4 Rd1 32. Qf3 Rd2 33. Nd5 Rd3 34. Nfe3
Nb7 35. Nxf4 exf4 36. Qxf4 Nc5 37. f3 Nd7 38. Nd5 Ne5 39. Kg2 Rxf3 40. Qxf3
Nxf3 41. Kxf3 Re8 42. Ke3 Ra8 43. Kd4 h4 44. Nxc7 Ra3 45. c5 bxc5+ 46. Kc4 Rxh3
47. b6 Rh1 48. Nb5 Rd1 49. Kxc5 Rd8 50. Nd4 h3 51. Nf3 Kh7 52. Kc6 Kg6 53. Kc7
Re8 54. e5 Kf5 55. b7 g6 56. b8=Q Rxb8 57. Kxb8 Kf4 58. Nh2 Kxg5 59. Kc7 Kf4
60. Kd6 g5 0-1

[Event "Madrid-ch"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2005.03.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Franco Alonso, Alejandro"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2005.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Be3 c5 9. Qd2 Qa5 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. d5 Rd8 12. Bd3 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 Bg7
15. c4 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 b6 17. Ke2 e6 18. Rhe1 Kh8 19. Bf2 exd5 20. exd5 Bd7 21.
Kf3 Re8 22. Bh4 Bb2 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid-ch"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2005.03.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Almagro Llamas, Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2005.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Bd2 Bd6 12. f4 Nbd7 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Rhe1 O-O
15. Qf3 Rac8 16. Nc4 c5 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Qb3 Qc6 20. Bc3 Nc5 21.
Qa3 Nce4 22. Ne2 Nxc3 23. Nxc3 Nd5 24. Rd2 Nxc3 25. Qxc3 Qa4 26. Qb3 Qxf4 27.
g3 Qb8 28. Red1 Rc7 29. g4 Rc6 30. Qe3 Rfc8 31. g5 Qc7 32. c3 Qa5 33. Kb1 h5
34. Rd7 Qf5+ 35. Ka1 Rb6 36. Qe2 Qg6 37. Qf3 e5 38. Re7 Re6 39. Qxb7 Re8 40.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 41. Qxa7 Qc2 42. Rf1 Qg6 43. Qe3 e4 44. a3 Qe6 45. Rc1 Qb3 46. Re1
Rb8 47. Qd2 Re8 48. Qd4 Qe6 49. Re3 Qg4 50. c4 Qxh4 51. c5 Qf4 52. c6 h4 53.
Rc3 h3 54. Qd7 Rf8 55. Qxh3 Qc7 56. g6 fxg6 57. Qe6+ Qf7 58. Qxe4 Re8 59. Qc4
1-0

[Event "Madrid-ch"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2005.03.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Oscar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2005.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Ne7 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Bd3 d5 14. exd5
Qxd5 15. Qe2 Bb7 16. f3 Qc5 17. Qf2 Qxf2+ 18. Kxf2 O-O-O 19. Rhd1 f5 20. Bc2 f4
21. Bb3 f6 22. Nc2 Kc7 23. c4 bxc4 24. Bxc4 Kb6 25. Rac1 f5 26. g3 fxg3+ 27.
hxg3 h5 28. Ne3 f4 29. gxf4 exf4 30. Ng2 Ng6 31. Rd3 Ne5 32. Rb3+ Ka7 33. Be2
Rd7 34. Nxf4 h4 35. Rc5 Nc6 36. Rh5 Rxh5 37. Nxh5 Nd4 38. Rd3 h3 39. Ng3 Rd5
40. Bf1 Nxf3 41. Rxd5 Bxd5 42. Bxh3 Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid-ch"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2005.03.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Barez Menendez, Hector"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bb3 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Re1 Nc5 11. Bc2 Ne6 12. Nf1 Nd7 13. Ng3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Bg5
15. Nf5 Bxc1 16. Raxc1 Nf6 17. d4 Qb6 18. Nxd6 exd4 19. Bb3 dxc3 20. Nxf7 Nd4
21. Ng5+ Qxb3 22. axb3 Nxf3+ 23. Nxf3 cxb2 24. Rb1 Rae8 25. Nd2 Rd8 26. Rxb2
Rd4 27. f3 Nh5 28. Nc4 Rfd8 29. Ra2 a6 30. e5 Rd1 31. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 32. Kf2 Rb1
33. Rd2 Rxb3 34. e6 Kf8 35. Rd7 Nf6 36. Rf7+ Ke8 37. Nd6+ Kd8 38. e7+ 1-0

[Event "Madrid-ch"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2005.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alvarez Abejon, Amilcar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2005.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 Nc6 8.
d5 Na5 9. Qd3 c6 10. e4 cxd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. Bg5 Rc8 13. Qd2 b5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Be2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. O-O Bg4 18. Rfe1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rd4 20. Qe3 b4 21.
Ne4 Qxd5 22. Nxf6+ exf6 23. a3 b3 24. Rac1 Rd3 25. Qe4 Qg5+ 26. Kh1 Rd2 27. Qe3
Qxe3 28. Rxe3 Rxb2 29. Rcc3 Rb8 30. Rc7 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "Madrid-ch"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2005.03.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "De la Fuente Gonzalez, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bb3 Bg4 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Re1 Nc5 11. Bc2 Ne6 12. Nf1 Nd7 13. Ng3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 g6 15.
Bh6 Re8 16. Rad1 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. d4 Nf6 19. Nf1 Rad8 20. Bb3 Nf4 21. Ne3
Nxe4 22. dxe5 d5 23. h4 Qxe5 24. Ng4 Qc7 25. g3 Ne6 26. Rxe4 dxe4 27. Rxd8 Rxd8
28. Qf6 e3 29. Bxe6 exf2+ 30. Kxf2 Rd2+ 31. Ke3 Qxg3+ 32. Kxd2 Qd6+ 33. Ke3
Qxe6+ 34. Qxe6 fxe6 35. Ke4 h5 36. Nf6+ Kf7 37. Nh7 Kg7 38. Ng5 Kf6 39. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Madrid-ch"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2005.03.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Cortes Jurado, Rafael"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2091"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2005.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. c3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. Nc2 Bb7 14. Bd3 f5
15. Ne3 fxe4 16. Nf5 Qf6 17. Bxe4 d5 18. Bc2 Bf8 19. a4 b4 20. a5 O-O-O 21. Ng3
Kb8 22. O-O h5 23. Re1 h4 24. Nf1 Rg8 25. Qe2 e4 26. c4 b3 27. Bxb3 d4 28. c5
Bxc5 29. Qh5 e3 30. f3 Bxf3 31. Qxc5 Rxg2+ 32. Kh1 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "Madrid-ch"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2005.03.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vazquez Igarza, Renier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2005.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qc7 9. Be3 b5 10. Nb3 Ne5 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bg3 h5 13. Nd4 Rb8 14. Nf3 b4
15. Ne2 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 e5 17. h4 Bc5 18. c3 a5 19. cxb4 axb4 20. Rc1 d6 21. Qc2
Ba6 22. Rfe1 Rc8 23. Qa4+ Qc6 24. Qxc6+ Rxc6 25. a3 Kd7 26. axb4 Bxb4 27. Rxc6
Kxc6 28. Nc3 Rb8 29. Rc1 Bxc3 30. Rxc3+ Kd7 31. b3 Rb4 32. Bh2 f6 33. f4 Rxe4
34. fxe5 Re1+ 35. Kg2 Bf1+ 36. Kg3 dxe5 37. Re3 Rb1 38. f4 Rb2 39. Re1 exf4+
40. Kxf4 Rxh2 41. Rxf1 Rxh4+ 42. Kf5 Rg4 43. Re1 Rg5+ 44. Kf4 Rb5 45. Re3 g5+
46. Kg3 Re5 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS04 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Brustkern, Juergen"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2005.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. e3 c5 8.
cxd5 Qxd5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Bf5 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Rfd1 Rac8 14. Qa3
a6 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Bf3 Rfe8 18. Rab1 Na5 19. Nb3 Nc6 20. Nd4 e5
21. Nxc6 Bxc6 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Rb6 Qxc5 24. Qxc5 Rxc5 25. Rxb7 Rxc3 26. h3 e4
27. Rdd7 Be5 28. g4 Rf8 29. Kg2 h6 30. Rb4 Rd3 31. Ra7 g5 32. Bg3 Bxg3 33. Kxg3
Ra3 34. Rxe4 Rxa2 35. Rd4 Kg7 36. Rd6 a5 37. Rda6 a4 38. Rxa4 Rxa4 39. Rxa4 Kg6
40. h4 Re8 41. Ra3 Re6 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. f4 gxf4+ 44. exf4 Rc6 45. g5 f6 46.
gxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS04 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Farago, Sandor"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. c5 O-O 6. h3 b6 7. cxb6 axb6 8. Bf4
c6 9. e3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Rxa6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rc1 Qa8 13. a3 b5 14. Na2 Rc8 15.
Nb4 Rb6 16. Ne5 e6 17. Ned3 Bf8 18. Rc2 Ne4 19. f3 Nd6 20. Qc1 Nc4 21. b3 Qxa3
22. Rxc4 bxc4 23. Qxa3 cxd3 24. Qa7 Bxb4 25. Qxd7 Ra8 26. Rd1 d2 27. e4 Rba6
28. Rxd2 Bxd2 29. Bxd2 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS04 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Katsuhara, Osamu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O-O e5 8.
Qa4 Rb8 9. Qb3 Be7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Ng5 Qe8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 b5 14. Be2 Qd8
15. h4 Qc7 16. Qd3 Nf6 17. f4 exf4 18. Bd4 g6 19. Qd2 Bf5 20. Kb1 h6 21. Rc1
Nxd5 22. g4 fxg3 23. Bf3 Nf6 24. h5 g2 25. Bxg2 Ng4 26. hxg6 f6 27. Bd5+ Kg7
28. Ne6+ Bxe6 29. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS04 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fodor, Istvan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2005.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 O-O 8.
Rc1 h6 9. Be3 Qd7 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. Bd3 b6 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. O-O e6 14. e5 Nc6 15.
Ng3 Rad8 16. Rcd1 Qe7 17. Qe2 Qh4 18. f4 Kh8 19. Ne4 Na5 20. Bf2 Qe7 21. Ng3 c5
22. Qg4 cxd4 23. cxd4 Qb4 24. Qh4 Nc4 25. f5 exf5 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. Nxf5 Nxe5
28. Be1 Qb2 29. Rf2 Ng6 30. Rxb2 Nxh4 31. Bxh4 Rd5 32. Nxg7 Kxg7 33. Bf2 Rc8
34. Be3 Rc3 35. Re1 Rd3 36. Bf2 Rg5 37. Bg3 Kg6 38. Re7 Rf5 39. h3 Bd5 40. Bf2
Ra3 41. Ree2 Kg7 42. Red2 Rg5 43. Bh4 Rh5 44. Be1 Be6 45. Rf2 Rd5 46. Bb4 Ra4
47. Bc3 b5 48. Rb4 Ra3 49. Rb3 Ra6 50. Rbb2 Rc6 51. Rf3 Kf8 52. Bb4+ Ke8 53.
Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS04 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.04.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Stupavski, Zdenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2005.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bd3 d5 6. e5 Nd7 7. Bb5 Qb6 8. Qe2 e6
9. O-O Be7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qc7 12. Re1 a6 13. a4 b6 14. d3 Bb7 15. Bf4 g5
16. Nxg5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Qxe5 18. Qd2 Qf5 19. Nc3 Nd4 20. Bf4 Rg8 21. Bg3 Ne5 22.
Qd1 Nef3+ 23. gxf3 Bxf3 24. Ne4 Qxh3 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS04 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jakab, Attila"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8.
Qd2 exd5 9. Qe3+ Kf8 10. Qf4 Bf6 11. h4 Kg7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Bc4 Rf8 14. Ncxe4
Bf5 15. h5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 h6 17. Nf3 Re8+ 18. Ne5 Qg5 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. h6+ Kh7
21. Bxf7 Re7 22. O-O-O Nc6 23. Nf3 Nb4 24. Nxg5+ Kh8 25. Bc4 b5 26. Bxb5 Nxa2+
27. Kd2 Rd8 28. Rh4 Rb8 29. Re1 Rxe1 30. Kxe1 Rxb5 31. Nf7+ Kh7 32. Ng5+ Kh8
33. h7 Rb8 34. Nf7+ Kg7 35. h8=Q+ Rxh8 36. Nxh8 Nb4 37. Kd2 Nd5 38. f3 Nf6 39.
Rh1 g5 40. Re1 g4 41. Re7+ Kxh8 42. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS04 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Khadempour, Farhad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2005.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Bd7 8. a4
Qa5 9. Bd2 Nbc6 10. Nf3 f6 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. Bf4 O-O-O 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. Bb5 c4 15.
O-O Rhf8 16. Rfe1 f5 17. Rb2 h6 18. Reb1 Ng6 19. Bh2 Be8 20. Kh1 Rf7 21. h5 Nf8
22. Bxc6 Bxc6 23. Ng1 Nd7 24. Ne2 Nb6 25. Bf4 Nxa4 26. Ra2 b5 27. Qe1 Rb7 28.
Bc1 Be8 29. Nf4 Qxc3 30. Bd2 Qxd4 31. Nxe6 Qh4+ 32. Kg1 Rdd7 33. Nf4 d4 34. g3
Qg4 35. e6 Rdc7 36. Ba5 Rc5 37. Bb4 Rc6 38. Rd1 Nc3 39. Bxc3 dxc3 40. Raa1 Qf3
41. e7 Kb8 42. Rd8+ Rc8 43. Qe5+ Rbc7 44. Nd5 Kb7 45. Nxc7 Bc6 46. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS04 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kahn, Evarth"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2005.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Nf3 Bg7 9. Rb1 b6 10. Ng5 Bd5 11. e4 h6 12. exd5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Qxd5 14. Qg4 Nd7
15. Be2 Rb8 16. O-O Nf6 17. Qg3 Rc8 18. Bf3 Qd7 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Bg4 e6 21.
Qf3 Ke7 22. Rfe1 Rcd8 23. Re4 Qd5 24. Rbe1 Rd6 25. Qe2 b5 26. Bf3 Qg5 27. a4 a6
28. axb5 axb5 29. Qa2 Kf8 30. Qa7 Rd7 31. h4 Qd2 32. Qb8+ Rd8 33. Qxc7 Rxh4 34.
R4e3 Kg7 35. g3 Rh7 36. Rd1 Qc2 37. Rxe6 Rdh8 38. Rf1 Qf5 39. Rxf6 Qxf6 40. Bg2
Re8 41. Qd7 Rb8 42. Rb1 b4 43. Rxb4 Rxb4 44. cxb4 Rh8 45. b5 c3 46. Be4 Rd8 47.
Qc6 Qxc6 48. bxc6 Rxd4 49. Bd3 Rxd3 50. c7 Rd1+ 51. Kg2 c2 52. c8=Q c1=Q 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS04 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Goczo, Melinda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2005.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e5 h5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8. Bd3
Qb6 9. Ne2 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Bf4 Nge7 13. Rab1 Qc7 14. Nc3 a6
15. Rfe1 Nd4 16. Qd1 Nef5 17. Ne2 Nc6 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Nc1 O-O-O 20. h4 Rdg8
21. g3 Qe7 22. Kf1 Rg4 23. Nd3 Bb6 24. c3 Bc7 25. Qf3 Rgg8 26. b4 Na7 27. a4
Qd7 28. Be3 Nc6 29. Bf4 Na7 30. Nc5 Qc6 31. Kg1 Bb6 32. Be3 Bxc5 33. Bxc5 b6
34. Bd4 Qc7 35. c4 dxc4 36. a5 Qb7 37. Qe3 f4 38. Qxf4 b5 39. Bb6 Kb8 40. Red1
Nc8 41. Bc5 Rd8 42. Qf6 Qc7 43. Rbc1 Ka8 44. Kh2 Rhg8 45. Qf3+ Qb7 46. Qxh5 Rd3
47. Rxd3 cxd3 48. Be3 Rd8 49. Qg5 Qd7 50. Qf4 Na7 51. Bb6 Rc8 52. Qf3+ Nc6 53.
Rd1 d2 54. Qf4 Qd5 55. Rxd2 Qc4 56. Qxf7 Nxe5 57. Qa7# 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS04 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.04.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fodor, Tamas Jr"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2005.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfc1 c6 13. a3 Rfe8 14. b4 b5
15. Rab1 a5 16. Na2 Nb6 17. Ne5 Nc4 18. a4 axb4 19. Nxb4 c5 20. Nc2 Rxa4 21.
Rxb5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Rxe5 23. Ne1 c4 24. Qd1 Ra6 25. Nf3 Re8 26. h3 Rc8 27. Nd4
Ra3 28. Rb7 Qa6 29. Rcb1 c3 30. Nc2 Ra2 31. f3 d4 32. exd4 Nd5 33. Rb8 Rxb8 34.
Rxb8+ Kh7 35. Qb1 Qa4 36. Rb3 g6 37. Kh2 Kg7 38. Kg3 Qa5 39. Rb5 Qc7+ 40. Kf2
Qc4 41. Kg1 Rxc2 42. Rxd5 Rb2 43. Qe4 c2 44. Qe5+ Kh7 45. Rd8 c1=Q+ 46. Kh2
Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS04 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.04.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Lengyel, Bela"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 Nbd7
8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 a5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. c4 e4 12. dxe4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14.
Rxe4 Nc5 15. Rd4 Qf6 16. Bc2 Be6 17. Qd2 h6 18. Rd1 Rfc8 19. b3 Kf8 20. h3 Qe7
21. Ne5 Qc7 22. Qf4 Kg8 23. Rd6 Rd8 24. Nxf7 Rf8 25. Nxh6+ gxh6 26. Qxh6 Qg7
27. Rxe6 Nxe6 28. Qxe6+ Qf7 29. Qxf7+ Rxf7 30. f3 Rb8 31. Be4 Kf8 32. a4 Ke7
33. Rd5 b6 34. Rb5 Rff8 35. g4 Rfd8 36. Kg2 Rdc8 37. Re5+ Kd6 38. Rd5+ Kc7 39.
g5 Rd8 40. g6 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS04 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.04.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Radnai, Adam"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2005.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O f5 14. c4 O-O
15. Qf3 Rb8 16. exf5 Bb7 17. Be4 Rfd8 18. Rad1 bxc4 19. Nxc4 d5 20. Bxd5 e4 21.
f6 exf3 22. fxe7 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Bxd5 24. Rd1 Re8 25. Rxd5 Rxe7 26. gxf3 Re2 27.
Rd8+ Bf8 28. Rd2 Re6 29. Rd8 Kg7 30. a3 Rg6+ 31. Kf1 Rh6 32. Kg2 Rg6+ 33. Kh1
Rf6 34. Rd3 Bc5 35. Nd2 Re6 36. Ne4 Be7 37. b4 h5 38. Ng3 h4 39. Nf5+ Kg6 40.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 41. Kg2 Kg5 42. h3 f5 43. Rd4 Re6 44. a4 Rc6 45. a5 Re6 46. f4+ Kf6
47. b5 axb5 48. Rb4 Kg6 49. Rxb5 Re4 50. a6 Ra4 51. Rb6+ Kg7 52. Rb7+ Kf6 53.
a7 Ke6 54. Rh7 Kd5 55. Rb7 Ra3 56. Rh7 Ke4 57. Rxh4 Rxa7 58. Rh8 Rg7+ 59. Kf1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS04 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.04.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Cherniack, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2005.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
c3 Nd7 9. Bd3 e5 10. d5 Be7 11. O-O Kh8 12. Ng3 g6 13. Re1 Bd6 14. Qd2 f5 15.
Ng5 Qf6 16. Ne6 Re8 17. Qh6 Qf7 18. Rad1 Nf6 19. Bc4 Bd7 20. Bb3 Qe7 21. h3 b5
22. Ne2 c5 23. c4 b4 24. Bc2 Bxe6 25. dxe6 Rad8 26. Ba4 Rf8 27. Bc6 Qxe6 28.
Nf4 Qf7 29. Nd5 e4 30. Qe3 Nh5 31. Rd2 Ng7 32. f3 Ne6 33. fxe4 f4 34. Qf2 Be5
35. Ba4 Qg7 36. Kh1 Qh6 37. Rd3 Bd4 38. Qd2 Qg7 39. e5 Rf5 40. Bd1 h5 41. Rf1
Rxe5 42. Nxf4 Ng5 43. Bc2 Ne4 44. Qd1 h4 45. Qg4 g5 46. Ne6 Rxe6 47. Qxe6 Ng3+
48. Rxg3 hxg3 49. Be4 Bxb2 50. Bd5 Rf8 51. Rf3 Bc1 52. Rxg3 Bf4 53. Qg4 Bxg3
54. Qxg3 Qf6 55. Bf3 Qf4 56. Qe1 Rf7 57. Qe6 Qc1+ 58. Kh2 Qf4+ 59. Kh1 Kg7 60.
Bd5 Rc7 61. Qg8+ Kf6 62. Qe6+ Kg7 63. Qg8+ Kf6 64. Qf8+ Kg6 65. Qg8+ Kf6 66.
Qh8+ Kg6 67. Qg8+ Kf6 68. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS05 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.05.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Prohaszka, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2005.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bd3 c5 8.
O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Nf3 O-O 11. a3 Be7 12. b4 b6 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Nd4 Ne5
15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bxe5 Qd5 17. Qf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Bxf3 19. Rae1 Rad8 20. h3 Nd5
21. Ne2 Bf6 22. Nd4 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Nxb4 24. Nxe6 Nxd3 25. cxd3 Rf6 26. Nxd8 Rg6+
27. Kh2 Rg2+ 28. Kh1 Rg5+ 29. Kh2 Rg2+ 30. Kh1 Rg5+ 31. Kh2 Rxe5 32. Rc1 Rg5
33. Rc7 Rg2+ 34. Kh1 Bd5 35. Rxa7 h5 36. Rd7 Rg5+ 37. Kh2 Rg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS05 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.05.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lengyel, Bela"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bg5 a6 10. a4 Be6 11. Kh1 Rc8 12. f4 Nb4 13. f5 Bc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4
15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. Rf3 b6 18. h3 Qb7 19. Re1 Nd7 20. Bxe7 Ne5 21. f6
Nxf3 22. Qxf3 Bf8 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Qf4 Kh8 25. Qxd6 Qb8 26. e5 Nxc2 27. Re2
Nd4 28. Re4 Rxc3 29. bxc3 Nxb3 30. Rb4 Na5 31. Rxb6 Qc8 32. Qb4 Rd8 33. Qxa5
Qf5 34. Qd5 Qf1+ 35. Kh2 Qf4+ 36. Kh1 Qf1+ 37. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS05 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.05.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Katsuhara, Osamu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2005.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bg4 5. O-O Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 d5 8. e5
Ne4 9. h3 Bh5 10. e6 fxe6 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qd6 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 g6
15. Bg4 Nd8 16. h4 Bg7 17. Qe2 Rc8 18. Bd2 Rc6 19. g3 O-O 20. f4 Qa3 21. Kg2
Qa4 22. Qd3 Rf6 23. h5 Qc4 24. Qe3 Rb6 25. Be2 Qa4 26. Bd3 gxh5 27. Qf3 Rb2 28.
Re2 Rxa2 29. Rxa2 Qxa2 30. Qxh5 Rf7 31. g4 Qa4 32. g5 Bh8 33. Kh2 Qd1 34. Qh3
e5 35. dxe5 e6 36. Rg2 Rg7 37. g6 h5 38. Qh4 Rd7 39. Bb5 Nc6 40. Be3 Nxe5 41.
fxe5 Bxe5+ 42. Bf4 Bxf4+ 43. Qxf4 Re7 44. Qd6 Rc7 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS05 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.05.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Galyas, Miklos"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Rb1 Nd7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Nb6 10. Ng5 Bf5 11. d3 Bxc3 12. Bxb7 Rb8 13. Bg2 Bg7 14. Bb2
Bxb2 15. Rxb2 Qd4 16. Qc1 Rfc8 17. Nf3 Qa4 18. Qh6 f6 19. Nh4 Be6 20. Qe3 Kf7
21. Rfb1 c5 22. Be4 c4 23. Qh6 Rh8 24. dxc4 Bxc4 25. Nf3 Rbd8 26. Rd2 Rxd2 27.
Nxd2 f5 28. Nxc4 Qxc4 29. Bd3 Qxa2 30. h4 Qe6 31. Ra1 Nc8 32. Ra6 Nd6 33. Rxa7
Qf6 34. Bb1 Qd4 35. Ba2+ Ke8 36. Ra3 Kd7 37. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS05 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.05.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Erdelyi, Zombor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Na3 Qd8 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
Nc4 Qc7 9. Bh4 Be7 10. Bg3 Qc6 11. Nfe5 Qe4+ 12. Be2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nxe5 14.
dxe5 Bb4+ 15. Kf1 Nd5 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. Bf3 Qf5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Ne3 Qg5 20. h4
Qh6 21. Nxd5 Bb5+ 22. Kg1 Rd8 23. Bf4 Rxd5 24. Qxd5 Qxf4 25. Qxb5+ Ke7 26. Rc4
1-0

[Event "Budapest FS05 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.05.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hasanova, Elmira"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2005.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. e3 Bg7 7. c3 d6 8. Ne2
Nd7 9. Na3 Nf6 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Qd2 b5 12. Na3 a6 13. Rd1 Bb7 14. Nf4 Qd7 15.
Be2 O-O-O 16. Nh5 Nxh5 17. Bxh5 e6 18. Bf3 e5 19. Nc2 Rhe8 20. a4 e4 21. Be2
Re5 22. c4 b4 23. O-O Ree8 24. b3 Bc3 25. Qc1 Qe7 26. Ne1 h5 27. f4 exf3 28.
Rxf3 f4 29. Nc2 fxe3 30. Rxe3 Qh4 31. Rh3 Qxh3 32. gxh3 Rxe2 33. Kh1 Be5 34.
Qg5 Rxh2+ 35. Kg1 f6 36. Qxh5 Rg8+ 37. Kf1 Kb8 38. Qh7 Rg3 39. Rd3 Rgg2 40. Ne3
Rf2+ 41. Kg1 Bc8 42. Qg8 Rf3 43. Ng4 Rxd3 44. Nxe5 fxe5 45. Kxh2 Rxh3+ 46. Kg2
Kc7 47. Qe8 Bd7 48. Qa8 Rxb3 49. Qxa6 Ra3 50. a5 e4 51. Qb6+ Kc8 52. a6 Bh3+
53. Kh2 e3 54. a7 e2 55. Qc6+ Kd8 56. a8=Q+ Rxa8 57. Qxa8+ Ke7 58. Qa1 Bf1 59.
Kg3 Kd7 60. Qe1 Kc7 61. Kf2 Kb6 62. Qc1 Ka5 63. Qa1+ Kb6 64. Qa2 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS05 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.05.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Werner, Dimo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2005.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Na3 Nc6 7. Nb5 Qd8 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Nbd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Bd3 Bd6 14.
Bxd6 Nxd6 15. O-O-O Kc7 16. Rhe1 Rae8 17. f3 h6 18. Kb1 b6 19. c4 Rc8 20. Rc1
Rhd8 21. b4 Be8 22. Nb3 Kb8 23. c5 Nb5 24. Red1 Nc7 25. Bc4 Ba4 26. Kb2 Rxd1
27. Rxd1 bxc5 28. bxc5 Bc6 29. Rd6 Ne8 30. Rd2 Kc7 31. Kc3 Nf6 32. Nd4 Rb8 33.
Rb2 Rxb2 34. Kxb2 Nd7 35. Bb5 Bd5 36. Bxd7 Kxd7 37. a3 e5 38. Nf5 e4 39. fxe4
Bxe4 40. Nxg7 Kc6 41. Kc3 Kxc5 42. g3 Bg6 43. Ne8 Kd5 44. Nf6+ Ke6 45. Ng4 h5
46. Nf2 Kd5 47. Nh3 Ke4 48. a4 Kf3 49. Nf4 h4 50. Nxg6 hxg3 51. Nh4+ Kg4 52.
hxg3 Kxg3 53. Nf5+ Kf4 54. Nd6 f5 55. Kd4 Kg4 56. Ke3 f4+ 57. Kf2 f3 58. a5 Kf4
59. Nb5 Ke5 60. Nxa7 Kd5 61. Nc8 Kc6 62. Nb6 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS05 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Chetverik, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1
O-O 9. b3 e6 10. g3 Bd7 11. Bg2 Bc6 12. Nf3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 d5 14. c5 Nc8 15. b4
a6 16. a4 Nc6 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Na5 19. Be2 Ne7 20. Na4 Nc4 21. Bxc4 Qa5+
22. Nc3 dxc4 23. O-O Rfd8 24. Qe2 Qb4 25. Bg5 Kf8 26. Qf3 Rd7 27. Rb1 Qa3 28.
c6 bxc6 29. bxc6 Rc7 30. Rb7 Nd5 31. Bf4 Qxc3 32. Qxc3 Nxc3 33. Bxc7 Bxd4 34.
Bd6+ Kg8 35. c7 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS05 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.05.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Charleshouse, Glenn L"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2212"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2005.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Be2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. a3 b6 8. Qc2
c5 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. d3 Nc6 11. Bd2 e5 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Rac1 Rfd8
15. Qb1 a5 16. Bc3 a4 17. Bf1 b5 18. Be1 Ne7 19. Nd2 Qc6 20. Qc2 Nd5 21. Nf3
Qa6 22. Qb1 f6 23. Bd2 Bf8 24. Be1 Kg7 25. Qc2 Rc7 26. Qe2 Nb6 27. e4 Rcd7 28.
d4 cxd4 29. Qxb5 Qxb5 30. Bxb5 Rf7 31. Ba5 Rd6 32. Nd2 f5 33. f3 Be7 34. Be8
Rf8 35. Rc7 Rxe8 36. Rxb7 Nc8 37. Rc1 Re6 38. Bb4 Kf6 39. Rcc7 Nd6 40. Bxd6
Rxd6 41. Nc4 Rdd8 42. Rc6+ Kg5 43. Nxe5 Kf4 44. g3+ Ke3 45. exf5 d3 46. Re6 d2
47. Nc4+ Kxf3 48. Re3+ Kg4 49. Re4+ Kxf5 50. Nxd2 Bc5+ 51. Kg2 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS05 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.05.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Lundin, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2005.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 d6 7. a3 Be6 8. Nbd2
a6 9. Re1 b5 10. Bb3 Qe8 11. c3 Nh5 12. Nf1 Na5 13. Bc2 g6 14. Bh6 Ng7 15. b4
Nb7 16. d4 f6 17. Ne3 Qf7 18. a4 c5 19. bxc5 dxc5 20. dxe5 b4 21. Nd5 Rad8 22.
Qe2 c4 23. Qxc4 fxe5 24. cxb4 Kh8 25. Qe2 Bxd5 26. Nxe5 Qf6 27. exd5 Bxb4 28.
Ng4 Qd6 29. Red1 Rde8 30. Qc4 Rf7 31. Bd2 Bc5 32. Be3 Rc8 33. Bxc5 Rxc5 34. Qb3
Na5 35. Qa2 Rc3 36. Be4 Rc4 37. Bf3 h5 38. Ne3 Rh4 39. Qa3 Qe5 40. d6 Kh7 41.
d7 Ne6 42. d8=Q Nxd8 43. Rxd8 Rxf3 44. Rd7+ Kh6 45. gxf3 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS05 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.05.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Fodor, Tamas Jr"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2005.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
f3 d5 9. cxd5 b6 10. e4 exd5 11. Be3 O-O 12. e5 Re8 13. Be2 Nfd7 14. f4 Ne4 15.
Qd4 Qh4+ 16. Kf1 Bb7 17. Nf3 Qh5 18. b4 Nf8 19. Ng5 Qg6 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Kf2
Red8 22. Qb2 Ne6 23. g3 Nc7 24. Rhd1 Nd5 25. Qb3 Rac8 26. Rac1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1
Qe6 28. Rd1 h5 29. h4 g6 30. Bf1 Kh7 31. Rd2 Kg7 32. Bg2 Nxf4 33. Qxe6 Nxe6 34.
Rxd8 Nxd8 35. Bg5 Ne6 36. Bf6+ Kf8 37. Ke3 Ke8 38. Bxe4 Bxe4 39. Kxe4 Kd7 40.
a4 Kc6 41. Be7 a6 42. Bg5 a5 43. Bd2 axb4 44. Bxb4 Nc5+ 45. Kd4 Nxa4 46. e6
fxe6 47. Ke5 Nc5 48. Kf6 Ne4+ 49. Kxg6 Nxg3 50. Be1 Nf5 51. Kxh5 e5 52. Kg4
Nxh4 53. Kxh4 Kd5 54. Kg3 Ke4 55. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS05 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.05.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Koneru, Chandra Hawsa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bc4 Bf5
8. O-O e6 9. Re1 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. h3 h6 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Qf3 Nd5
15. Bg3 Nb6 16. Bb3 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Re5 Rfd8 20. Rae1 Qf8
21. g4 Bh7 22. Qg3 Rac8 23. f4 c5 24. f5 exf5 25. gxf5 Re8 26. f6 Rxe5 27. Rxe5
g5 28. Re7 Bg6 29. d5 c4 30. Ba4 a6 31. d6 b5 32. d7 bxa4 33. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS05 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Niemi, Kalle"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2005.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. c4 f5 14. O-O O-O
15. Qf3 bxc4 16. Nxc4 d5 17. exd5 e4 18. Qe3 Bb7 19. d6 Qe6 20. Be2 Rac8 21.
Rad1 Rxc4 22. Bxc4 Qxc4 23. Qg5 h6 24. Qe7 Qb4 25. a3 Qb6 26. d7 Rd8 27. Qe8+
Bf8 28. Rc1 e3 29. Rc3 f4 30. Rb3 Qxb3 31. Qxd8 Qd5 32. f3 e2 33. Re1 Qd4+ 34.
Kh1 Qf2 35. Qxf8+ Kxf8 36. d8=Q+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS06 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.06.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Galyas, Miklos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qc7 8. Nf3
b6 9. h5 h6 10. a4 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. a5 bxa5 13. O-O O-O 14. Qe2 Nb8 15.
dxc5 Nd7 16. Nd4 Qxe5 17. Qb5 Nf6 18. Qb7 Nf5 19. Nc6 Qxc3 20. Rxa5 Nd4 21. Qb4
Qxb4 22. Nxb4 Rfc8 23. Bb2 Nc6 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 25. Bd4 Ne4 26. Rb1 Nd2 27. Rb6
Rcc8 28. Rba6 Nc4 29. Rb5 e5 30. Ba1 Rab8 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. c6 Rc8 33. g3 f6
34. Kg2 Nb6 35. Rxa7 Rxc6 36. Ra6 Rd6 37. f4 d4 38. fxe5 fxe5 39. Kf3 Nc4 40.
Ra8+ Kf7 41. Ke4 Re6 42. c3 Nd6+ 43. Kd3 e4+ 44. Kxd4 Nf5+ 45. Kc5 e3 46. Ra7+
Ne7 47. c4 e2 48. Bc3 e1=Q 49. Bxe1 Rxe1 50. Kd6 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS06 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eperjesi, Laszlo"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 c5 8.
Rc1 cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. d5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nd7 13. Be2 Qa5+ 14. Qd2
Qa3 15. O-O Rfc8 16. Kg2 Nb6 17. f4 Bb2 18. Rxc8+ Rxc8 19. e5 f6 20. exf6 exf6
21. Bh6 Qc3 22. Qxc3 Bxc3 23. Rd1 Bb4 24. f5 Bd6 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Be3 Kf7 27.
Bxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS06 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.06.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Brustkern, Juergen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3
cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Qd8 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. Bf3 Rc8 13. Re1 b6 14. a3 Be8 15.
h3 Bd6 16. Bf4 Bb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS06 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.06.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Paridar, Shadi"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 e5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Bg4 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. Rd1 O-O-O 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. a3 Nh5 12. g3 Rd6 13. Qe3 Rhd8 14. Be2 Rg6
15. Re1 Nf4 16. Bf1 h5 17. Nc4 Nh3+ 18. Bxh3 Bxh3 19. b4 Be6 20. Nb2 Bg4 21.
Nd3 c4 22. Nb2 Rgd6 23. h3 Bxh3 24. Nxc4 Rd3 25. Qe2 Be6 26. Ne3 R3d7 27. Bb2
g5 28. Red1 g4 29. Ne1 h4 30. c4 hxg3 31. Nd5 gxf2+ 32. Qxf2 Qb8 33. Nd3 g3 34.
Qe3 f5 35. b5 Nd4 36. Bxd4 exd4 37. Qxd4 b6 38. Kg2 fxe4 39. Qxe4 Bxd5 40. cxd5
Bd6 41. Nb4 Bxb4 42. axb4 Qd6 43. Ra3 Re7 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS06 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.06.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Lengyel, Bela"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Nbd7 9. c3 Bd6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Nd2 Nc5 12. Bc2 Ne6 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. b3 O-O
15. Ba3 c5 16. Ne3 g6 17. g3 b5 18. b4 c4 19. Bb2 a5 20. bxa5 Bxa5 21. a4 Ng5
22. Qg2 Qb7 23. axb5 Qxb5 24. Rab1 Qc5 25. h4 Ne6 26. Qf3 Kg7 27. Qe2 Rfc8 28.
Ra1 Qc6 29. Ra4 Nc5 30. Rxc4 Qb5 31. Ba1 Nfxe4 32. Nd5 Nd7 33. Rxe4 Qxd5 34.
Rd1 Qb7 35. c4 Bb6 36. Bc3 Ra3 37. Bb2 Ra2 38. Bc3 Bd4 39. Rdxd4 exd4 40. Rxd4
Kg8 41. Qd2 Nf8 42. h5 Rca8 43. hxg6 hxg6 44. Kh2 Qf3 45. Rh4 Nh7 46. Qd4 Qf6
47. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS06 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.06.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kahn, Evarth"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. f4 d5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. Qe1 Nc6 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Bg4 10. e5 Nd5 11. Qf2 Qb6 12. c3 Rad8 13. Nbd2 Bf5 14. Nb3 Bd3
15. Re1 c4 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Nbd4 Rc8 18. a3 Rfd8 19. Bf1 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 e6 21.
Nc2 Bf8 22. Be3 Nxe3+ 23. Nxe3 b5 24. Rad1 Bc5 25. Ng4 Be7 26. Ke2 Kg7 27. Rxd8
Rxd8 28. Rd1 Rxd1 29. Kxd1 h5 30. Nf2 g5 31. fxg5 Kg6 32. Ne4 Kf5 33. Nd6+ Bxd6
34. exd6 e5 35. Nd2 Kxg5 36. a4 bxa4 37. Nxc4 Kg4 38. d7 f6 39. Nd6 Nd8 40. c4
b6 41. Ke2 Kh3 42. Kf2 Kxh2 43. Ne8 f5 44. Ng7 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS06 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.06.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Lettieri, Giuseppe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d3 O-O 7. h3 Nc6 8. Be3 e5
9. Nbd2 b6 10. d4 Nh5 11. Nc4 exd4 12. cxd4 Ba6 13. d5 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 Na5 15.
Be2 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bg7 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. f4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Qe7 20. Bf3 f5 21. Ng5
Qxe3+ 22. Kh1 Qxf4 23. Ne6 Qg3 24. Nxf8 Be5 25. Kg1 Rxf8 26. Qa4 Qh2+ 27. Kf2
Bd4+ 28. Ke2 Qf4 29. Kd1 Qe3 30. Qc2 Re8 31. Qe2 Qxe2+ 32. Bxe2 Re5 33. Bf3 Nc4
34. Re1 Ne3+ 35. Kd2 c4 36. a4 a5 37. Rb5 f4 38. Reb1 Bc5 39. Rxb6 Bxb6 40.
Rxb6 Nxd5 41. Rxd6 Nb4 42. Rd4 Rc5 43. Kc3 Na2+ 44. Kc2 Kg7 45. Rxf4 c3 46. Be2
Nb4+ 47. Kc1 Re5 48. Rf2 c2 49. g4 Rc5 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS06 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.06.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nazarenus, Olaf"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Rb1 Nd7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb2 Be6 11. a3 c5 12. d3 c4 13. Nd4 Bc8 14. a4 cxd3 15.
exd3 Qd7 16. a5 Na4 17. a6 Nc5 18. Ra1 Rd8 19. Ra5 Qc7 20. Rxc5 Qxc5 21. axb7
Bxb7 22. Bxb7 Rab8 23. Nc6 Rxb7 24. Nxd8 Rxb2 25. Qf3 Bf6 26. d4 Qc7 27. Nc6 a5
28. Ra1 Rb5 29. Ra4 Rf5 30. Qe4 Kg7 31. c4 Qb6 32. c5 Qb7 33. f4 Rh5 34. h4 Qb3
35. Rxa5 Qxg3+ 36. Qg2 Qxf4 37. Qf2 Qg4+ 38. Kf1 Rxh4 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS06 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.06.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Torma, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2227"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 g6 5. Bc2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 Nc6 8. Re1
Ne8 9. d3 d5 10. e5 Nc7 11. Bf4 d4 12. Bg3 dxc3 13. bxc3 Ne6 14. Nbd2 b5 15.
Ne4 b4 16. Ba4 Bd7 17. Rc1 Bh6 18. Nfd2 Na5 19. Bh4 Qe8 20. Bc2 bxc3 21. Nxc3
Bc6 22. Nce4 c4 23. Bb1 cxd3 24. Rc3 Nf4 25. Ra3 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 Rc8
28. Nf1 Nc3 29. Qxd3 Nxe4 30. Rxa5 Rc1 31. Qxe4 Rxf1+ 32. Kh2 Qd8 33. Ra4 Qd1
34. Bc2 Rh1+ 35. Kg3 Qd2 36. Bxe7 Rc8 37. Rd4 Qe1 38. Bb3 Qxe4 39. Rxe4 Bf8 40.
Bxf8 Kxf8 41. Rf4 Rc7 42. e6 f5 43. Rb4 Ke7 44. Rb8 Rhc1 45. Rh8 Kd6 46. Rd8+
Ke7 47. Rh8 h5 48. Rg8 Kf6 49. Rf8+ Kg7 50. Rg8+ Kf6 51. Rf8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS06 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.06.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Katsuhara, Osamu"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Ne5 Ndb4 7. Nxc6 Nxc6
8. g3 Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. d3 Nd4 12. Qd1 c6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 Qa5
15. Bd2 Qb6 16. e3 Nb5 17. Nxb5 Qxb5 18. Bc3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Bf5 20. e4 Be6 21.
Qc2 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 b6 23. f4 Bg4 24. Rd2 Qh5 25. d4 Bf3 26. Rf1 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 e6
28. h3 c5 29. Rfd1 cxd4 30. cxd4 Rac8 31. Qb2 Rc4 32. Rc1 Ra4 33. e5 Qf5 34.
Re1 Rc4 35. Qa3 Rcxd4 36. Rxd4 Rxd4 37. Re2 a5 38. Qe7 Qd3 39. Rb2 Qe4+ 40. Kf2
Rd3 41. Qh4 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS06 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.06.15"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Farago, Sandor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8.
Be3 Be7 9. h3 Bh5 10. b3 O-O 11. Be2 Bg6 12. O-O Bf6 13. Qd2 d5 14. c5 Nc8 15.
a3 a5 16. Rae1 N8e7 17. g4 h6 18. h4 Qd7 19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 Qg4+ 21. Kh1 Qh3+
22. Nh2 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Nxd4 24. Qxd4 Nf5 25. Qd3 Qh4 26. Bg4 Nh6 27. Qh3 Qxg5
28. f4 Qd8 29. f5 Bh7 30. f6 d4 31. Ne4 Re8 32. fxg7 Rxe4 33. Qxh6 Rxe1 34.
Rxe1 Ra6 35. Qf4 Qd5+ 36. Nf3 Qxc5 37. Ng5 Bg6 38. Re5 Qxa3 39. Qxd4 Qc1+ 40.
Kh2 Rf6 41. Re3 Kxg7 42. Nf3 c5 43. Qe5 b5 44. Kg3 b4 45. Re1 Qc3 46. Qb8 Qd3
47. Qa8 Qd6+ 48. Kh3 Bd3 49. Ne5 Bf1+ 50. Rxf1 Rxf1 51. Qg2 Qh6+ 52. Bh5+ Kh7
53. Qe4+ f5 54. Qb7+ Qg7 55. Bg6+ Kh6 56. Qd5 Rf4 57. Qe6 Qb7 58. Bxf5+ Kg7 59.
Qg6+ Kf8 60. Nd7+ Ke7 61. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS06 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.06.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Laciner, Kerem"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Qxc5 9. Nb5 Qb4+ 10. Kf1 O-O 11. a3 Qa5 12. b4 Qa6 13. Qb3 Ne4 14. Nf3 Bg4
15. Nd6 Bxf3 16. Nxe4 b5 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. gxf3 e6 19. Nd6 Re7 20. Rc8+ Bf8
21. Qc3 1-0

[Event "Narciso Yepes Memorial"]
[Site "Lorca"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Claros Egea, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.07.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 h6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1
Bb6 9. Nf1 Ne7 10. Ng3 Ng6 11. h3 Re8 12. d4 c6 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Qc2
a6 16. Rad1 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qb3 d5 19. dxe5 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Nd7 21. exd5
cxd5 22. Qc2 Ngxe5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Rde1 Nc6 25. Qg6 e5 26. Nf5 Kh8 27. Rg3
Rg8 28. c4 Raf8 29. cxd5 Rf6 30. Qh5 Nb4 31. d6 Qc2 32. Rf3 Nd3 33. Ne3 Qd2 34.
Rxf6 Qxe1+ 35. Kh2 Kh7 36. Qf5+ Kh8 37. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Narciso Yepes Memorial"]
[Site "Lorca"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Strikovic, Aleksa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.07.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. g3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. O-O O-O-O 10. Bf4 Qb4 11. g4 Bg6 12. a3 Qxb2 13. Qe1 e6 14. Rb1 Qxc2 15.
Ne5 Bd6 16. Rxb7 Kxb7 17. Nxc6 Kc8 18. Be5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21.
Ne7+ Kd7 22. Nxd5 Bd3 23. Nb4 Qc4 24. Qd2 Ke8 25. Rc1 Qb3 26. Rxc7 h6 27. Bc6+
Kf8 28. Bd5 Bc4 29. Rxf7+ Ke8 30. Nc6 Bxd5 31. Re7+ Kf8 32. Qf4+ Kg8 33. Rxg7+
Kxg7 34. Qf6+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ Kg7 36. Qf6+ Kh7 37. Qf5+ Kg7 38. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Narciso Yepes Memorial"]
[Site "Lorca"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fernandez Romero, Ernesto"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2005.07.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Qh5 f4 14. c4 b4 15.
Nc2 Rb8 16. b3 Rg8 17. Rfd1 Bf8 18. Be2 h6 19. c5 Rg6 20. Rac1 Rc8 21. Ndxb4
Qa5 22. Nd5 dxc5 23. a3 Rg5 24. Qf3 Bd6 25. Nxf4 exf4 26. Rxd6 Bg4 27. Qxf4
Bxe2 28. Rxh6 Rg8 29. b4 Qb5 30. Ne3 Ne7 31. Nd5 Nxd5 32. exd5 Qd3 33. bxc5
Qxd5 34. g3 Qg5 35. Qxg5 Rxg5 36. Re1 Re5 37. f4 Re4 38. Kf2 Bf3 39. Rxe4+ Bxe4
40. Rh8+ Kd7 41. Rxc8 Kxc8 42. g4 Kd7 43. Ke3 Bh7 44. Kd4 f6 45. h4 1-0

[Event "Narciso Yepes Memorial"]
[Site "Lorca"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Garza Marco, Sergio"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2005.07.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bg5 d5 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 c5 8. O-O
b6 9. b4 Bb7 10. Qb3 Bc6 11. a4 Re8 12. a5 c4 13. Qc2 b5 14. Rfe1 Qc8 15. Qb2
Ne4 16. Bf4 Qb7 17. Bd1 a6 18. Re2 f6 19. h3 e5 20. dxe5 fxe5 21. Bh2 Nd6 22.
Bc2 Rad8 23. Rd1 Nf7 24. e4 d4 25. cxd4 exd4 26. Nxd4 Nde5 27. Nxc6 Nf3+ 28.
gxf3 Bxb2 29. Nxd8 Rxd8 30. f4 Bc3 31. e5 Bxb4 32. Ne4 Rxd1+ 33. Bxd1 Be7 34.
Nf6+ Bxf6 35. exf6 Qc6 0-1

[Event "Narciso Yepes Memorial"]
[Site "Lorca"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Huerga Leache, Mikel"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.07.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Ne7 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Bd3 d5 14. Nc2 f5
15. exf5 Nxf5 16. Qh5 e4 17. Be2 Qf6 18. Ne3 Be6 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Rd1 Rd8 21.
h4 Rg8 22. g4 Be6 23. g5 Qe5 24. Bg4 Bxg4 25. Qxg4 h6 26. Rg1 hxg5 27. hxg5 Ke7
28. Rd4 Rg6 29. Kd1 Qe6 30. Qf4 Kf8 31. a4 bxa4 32. Rxa4 Kg7 33. Rd4 Rh8 34.
Qd2 Rd8 35. c4 e3 36. fxe3 Rc8 37. Qc3 Qe5 38. Rxd5 Qxc3 39. bxc3 Rxc4 40. Kd2
Rgc6 41. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Narciso Yepes Memorial"]
[Site "Lorca"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2005.07.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Rb1 Nd7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Nb6 10. Ng5 Bf5 11. d3 Bxc3 12. Qc2 Bg7 13. Bxb7 Rb8 14. Bg2 Rc8
15. Bb7 Rb8 16. Bc6 Bd7 17. Bd2 Bxc6 18. Qxc6 Qd6 19. Qc2 Nd5 20. Qa4 h6 21.
Ne4 Qe5 22. e3 Rfd8 23. Rfc1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Nb6 25. Qc2 Qd5 26. Rb3 Nd7 27. d4
e5 28. Qxc7 Nb6 29. Nc3 Qa8 30. Ra3 Rc8 31. Qxa7 Qc6 32. Ra6 exd4 33. Rxb6 Qc4
34. exd4 Qxd4 35. Qa6 Rd8 36. Be1 Qg4 37. Rb1 Re8 38. Qd3 h5 39. Kg2 h4 40. h3
Qc8 41. g4 Rd8 42. Qf3 Qc4 43. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Narciso Yepes Memorial"]
[Site "Lorca"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Torroglosa Minarro, Juan Jose"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "1903"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2005.07.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bd3 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd2 Be6 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. c3 Rfd8 14. f4 d5
15. exd5 Rxd5 16. Bc2 Rad8 17. fxe5 Rxd2 18. Qe1 Ng4 19. Rf3 Ncxe5 20. Rf4 Qc5+
21. Kh1 Nf2+ 22. Rxf2 Qxf2 23. Qe4 Bf5 0-1

[Event "Collado Villalba op-A 22nd"]
[Site "Collado Villalba"]
[Date "2005.08.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bruned, Boris"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2212"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Rb1
Na5 15. h4 Nc4 16. Rh3 O-O-O 17. h5 Nf5 18. Qf3 Bc6 19. Qe2 Ng3 20. Qd3 Nxf1
21. Kxf1 d4 22. Ne4 Rg4 23. Ng3 Bb5 24. Rxb5 axb5 25. Ne4 Qc6 26. Qe2 Nxe5 27.
Nf6 d3 28. Qd2 dxc2 29. Rc3 Rxf4+ 30. Qxf4 Rd1+ 31. Kf2 Qxc3 0-1

[Event "Collado Villalba op-A 22nd"]
[Site "Collado Villalba"]
[Date "2005.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. c4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. O-O Qa5 8.
Qb3 Rb8 9. Rd1 Ngf6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. f3 a6 13. Be3 e6 14. Nde2 Nc5
15. Qc2 Qc7 16. Rd2 Ncd7 17. Rad1 Rfc8 18. Rxd6 b5 19. Rxa6 Qxc4 20. b3 Qc7 21.
Ra7 Qc6 22. Qd2 Ne5 23. Bd4 Rd8 24. Qe3 Rxd4 25. Nxd4 Qc5 26. Nc2 Bf8 27. Kf1
Rc8 28. Qxc5 Rxc5 29. Nd4 Rxc3 30. Nxb5 Rc2 31. Nd4 Rb2 32. Ra5 Nfd7 33. h3 Nc5
34. Ne2 Kg7 35. Nc1 Be7 36. Rb5 Nc6 37. Rb6 Ne5 38. Rb5 Nc6 39. Rb6 Ne5 40. Rb5
Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Collado Villalba op-A 22nd"]
[Site "Collado Villalba"]
[Date "2005.08.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Moreno Ruiz, Javier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2005.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. Ne5 Nd7 10. Bg3 Ndxe5 11. dxe5 f5 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. O-O e5 14. e4 d4 15.
Nb3 Qe7 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. Bd5 Rd8 18. Qe2 a5 19. Qc4 a4 20. Nxc5 a3 21. b4 dxc3
22. Qxc3 Nd4 23. Rfe1 Ra7 24. Rac1 b6 25. Nb3 Bg5 26. Nxd4 exd4 27. Qxd4 Bxc1
28. Rxc1 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Collado Villalba op-A 22nd"]
[Site "Collado Villalba"]
[Date "2005.08.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Pastor Alonso de Prado, Emilio Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2005.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Na5 7. Nc3 c6 8. h3
O-O 9. a3 Nxc4 10. dxc4 Qc7 11. Qe2 Ne8 12. b3 g6 13. Bh6 Ng7 14. Rad1 f6 15.
Nh2 Rf7 16. f4 Ne6 17. Rf1 Nd4 18. Qd3 f5 19. Nf3 Bf6 20. Rde1 Bd7 21. Kh1 Re8
22. Qd2 a6 23. Ng5 Rfe7 24. exf5 Nxf5 25. Nge4 Bh4 26. Bg5 Bxe1 27. Rxe1 Rf7
28. Nf6+ Rxf6 29. Bxf6 Ng3+ 30. Kh2 Nh5 31. fxe5 dxe5 32. Ne4 Bf5 33. Bg5 Bxe4
34. Rxe4 Qf7 35. Qe3 Qe6 36. a4 Nf6 37. Bxf6 Qxf6 38. b4 Kf7 39. b5 Re7 40.
bxa6 bxa6 41. Qb6 a5 42. Qxa5 Qf5 43. Qe1 Kf6 44. Qe3 Rd7 45. a5 Rd1 46. g4 Qd7
47. g5+ Kf7 48. Rxe5 Qd2+ 49. Kg3 Qxe3+ 50. Rxe3 Ra1 51. Re5 Ra4 52. Rc5 Ke7
53. Rxc6 Rxa5 54. h4 Kd7 55. Rf6 Ra2 56. Rf7+ Ke6 57. Rxh7 Rxc2 58. Rc7 Rc3+
59. Kf4 Kd6 60. Rc8 Kd7 61. Rc5 Kd6 62. Rd5+ Ke6 63. Re5+ Kf7 64. Re4 1-0

[Event "Collado Villalba op-A 22nd"]
[Site "Collado Villalba"]
[Date "2005.08.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mateo, Ramon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2005.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. e5 d5 5. Bb5 Nd7 6. O-O Qc7 7. Re1 e6 8. c3
c4 9. d4 cxd3 10. Qxd3 a6 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bb3 Ndxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Qg3 f6 15.
a4 Bd6 16. axb5 O-O 17. bxa6 Rxa6 18. Rxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg Junge op"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "2005.10.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Schulze, Joachim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O e6 14. Qe2
O-O-O 15. Ne5 Nb6 16. Ba5 Bd6 17. Rhe1 Qe7 18. f4 Bc7 19. Qf3 Rd5 20. Bxb6 Bxb6
21. c3 Ra5 22. Kb1 Rd8 23. Rd2 Nd7 24. Nc4 Rd5 25. Rde2 Bc7 26. Nf1 Nb6 27.
Nxb6+ axb6 28. Ne3 Rb5 29. g4 Qf6 30. Rf1 g6 31. hxg6 Qxg6+ 32. f5 exf5 33.
Nxf5 Kb8 34. Ka1 Ka7 35. Re7 Bb8 36. Qd1 Ra5 37. Qb3 Qxg4 38. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "Hamburg Junge op"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "2005.10.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Moeller, Hendrik"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2005.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. c4 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. Qc2 a6 13. Nc3 f5 14. f4 Qb6+
15. Kh1 g6 16. g3 Bf6 17. Rb1 Qc7 18. Qd2 Bg7 19. Qe3 Re8 20. Qf2 Nb6 21. c5
dxc5 22. Be3 exf4 23. gxf4 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Nxd5 25. Bd2 b6 26. Bf3 Bb7 27. Qg2
Rad8 28. c4 Nf6 29. Bxb7 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Qxb7+ 31. Qg2 Ne4 32. Kg1 Rd8 33. Rfd1
Qc7 34. Rxd8+ Qxd8 35. Qb2 Qd3 36. Rf1 Nd2 37. Rf2 Nxc4 38. Qf6 Qd1+ 39. Rf1
Qg4+ 40. Kh1 Qe2 41. Kg1 Nd2 42. Rf2 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Hamburg Junge op"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "2005.10.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 b5 7. a4 b4 8. d4
cxd4 9. Qxd4 e5 10. Qxb4 Nc5 11. Bg5 Bd7 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Rad1 Bg4 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Be2 Rb8 16. Qa3 Qb6 17. b3 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 d5 19. Qa1 dxe4 20. Nxe5 Bxe2 21.
Nd7 Qe6 22. Rxe2 Rd8 23. Red2 Rg8 24. Qc3 f5 25. Qc7 f4 26. Nc5 Rxg2+ 27. Kxg2
Qg4+ 28. Kf1 Qxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Hamburg Junge op"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "2005.10.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Solodovnichenko, Yuri"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2005.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nc3 Nc7 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. Ne4 b6 10. Nf6+ Kf8 11. Ne4 Bg4 12. d3 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxd1 14. Nxc6
Bxc2 15. Bh6+ Kg8 16. Nxd8 Rxd8 17. b4 Bxd3 18. bxc5 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Nd5 20. Rd1
e6 21. c6 f6 22. c7 Rc8 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. Re7 b5 25. Bg7 1-0

[Event "Hamburg Junge op"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "2005.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Fruebing, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2005.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. c3 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf6 8. d5
Nb8 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nbd7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Be3 a6 14. Rad1 Qa5
15. Bd4 Rfc8 16. a3 Nh5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Bd3 Ne5 19. g3 b5 20. Na2 Qb6 21. Kg2
Rc7 22. f4 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Rac8 24. Rd2 Kg8 25. Nb4 Rc1 26. Nc6 Rxf1 27. Qxf1 Rc7
28. Qd3 Nf6 29. Re2 Kf8 30. b4 Rc8 31. Qc3 Rc7 32. g4 Ke8 33. g5 Nd7 34. Rc2
Nf8 35. Kh2 Nd7 36. Rd2 Rc8 37. Rc2 Nf8 38. Kg2 Rc7 39. Re2 Nd7 40. Kh2 Rc8 41.
e5 dxe5 42. fxe5 e6 43. Qf3 Nf8 44. Rf2 Rc7 45. d6 Qxc6 46. dxc7 Qxc7 47. Qf4
Qa7 48. Kg3 Qc7 49. Kg2 Qc6+ 50. Qf3 Qc7 51. Qa8+ Ke7 52. Qxa6 Qxe5 53. Qb7+
Nd7 54. Rd2 Kf8 55. Qxd7 Qe4+ 56. Kf2 Qh4+ 57. Ke3 Qg3+ 58. Kd4 Qg1+ 59. Kc3
Qc1+ 60. Kb3 Qb1+ 61. Rb2 Qf1 62. Qd8+ Kg7 63. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Hamburg Junge op"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "2005.10.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2005.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. d3 Nf6 7. c3 Nd7 8.
h3 Bh5 9. Be3 e6 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Qc2 O-O 13. b4 cxb4 14. cxb4 Qb7
15. Rab1 d5 16. Ne5 Rfc8 17. a3 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qa6 19. Rb3 c5 20. bxc5 f6 21.
Bb2 Bxc5 22. Qb1 Qd6 23. d4 Bb6 24. Re1 Bg6 25. Bc3 Qf4 26. Qd3 Rd8 27. g3 Qd6
28. Qe2 dxe4 29. Nxe4 Qd5 30. Rb5 Qc6 31. Nc5 Bf7 32. a4 a6 33. Rxb6 Qxb6 34.
Nxe6 Qxe6 35. Qxe6 Bxe6 36. Rxe6 Kf7 37. Re3 Rab8 38. Kf1 Rb3 39. Ke2 Re8 40.
Kd3 Ra3 41. Rxe8 Kxe8 42. a5 Kd7 43. d5 Ra4 0-1

[Event "Hamburg Junge op"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "2005.10.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wendt, Jan Dietrich"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. g3 Ne7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. Qc2 d5 11. Rd1 d4 12. Ne4 Bf5 13. Qa4 Re8 14. Nc5 Bg4
15. f3 Bd7 16. e4 Nc8 17. Nd3 f5 18. c5 fxe4 19. fxe4 Bg4 20. Re1 Qd7 21. Bf4
h6 22. h4 Rb5 23. Qc2 Rb8 24. Rf1 Kh7 25. Rae1 Qe6 26. b3 a6 27. Bxc7 Rb7 28.
Bf4 Na7 29. Bd6 g5 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. e5 Kg8 32. Be4 Bh3 33. Qh2 Qh6 34. Rf3 g4
35. Rf5 Rbb8 36. Nf4 Qh8 37. Rh5 Bh6 38. Qe2 Rb7 39. Qc4+ Kg7 40. e6 Kg8 41.
e7+ 1-0

[Event "Hamburg Junge op"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "2005.10.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Colpe, Helge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2091"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. c3 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Kf1 Bg4 8.
d5 Bxf3 9. Qa4 Bg4 10. dxc6 b5 11. Qxb4 bxc4 12. Qxc4 Nf6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Bg5
h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Rb8 17. Qd4 Be6 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. Qxa7 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Bc4+
21. Kg1 Qxe4 22. b3 Bb5 23. Qxc7 Rfd8 24. h4 Rbc8 25. Qb6 Bxc6 26. f3 Qf5 27.
Qd4 f6 28. Kh2 Ba8 29. Rd2 Rd7 30. Re1 Kg7 31. Rde2 Rc2 32. Bxd6 Kg6 33. h5+
Kf7 34. Re7+ Kg8 35. Re8+ Kf7 36. R1e7+ Rxe7 37. Rxe7+ Kg8 38. Re8+ Kf7 39.
Qa7+ 1-0

[Event "Hamburg Junge op"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "2005.10.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Logothetis, Sotirios"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2005.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Bg7
8. Bf4 c6 9. Kc2 Nd7 10. Bc4 b5 11. Be2 a5 12. a4 b4 13. Be3 O-O 14. Nd2 Ne5
15. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Arco op 27th"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2005.10.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Weinberg, Emanuele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "1977"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Be3 g6 8. d5
Ne5 9. f4 Ng4 10. Bd4 Nf6 11. a4 Bg7 12. a5 Nbd7 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Be2 b6 15.
axb6 Nxb6 16. O-O Bd7 17. b4 e6 18. Ra6 Qc7 19. Qa1 Qb7 20. c5 dxc5 21. bxc5
Nbxd5 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Bxf6 Qxc5+ 24. Kh1 Bxf6 25. Qxf6 Qc2 26. Nd4 Qb2 27.
Raa1 e5 28. Qxe5 Rfe8 29. Qd5 Rad8 30. Rab1 Qd2 31. Rbd1 Qb2 32. Bc4 Be6 33.
Qb5 1-0

[Event "Arco op 27th"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2005.10.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Geske, Julian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2005.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 a6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
O-O Bd6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Qd4 f6 12. Bf4 Ne7 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. c4
O-O 15. Rfd1 Bf5 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Qb6 Bg4 18. Qe3 Rfe8 19. h3 Bh5 20. Qd3 Ng6
21. Nbd4 Nf4 22. Qc2 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 Nxc1 25. Qxc1 Qc5 26. Qf4 Qxf2
27. Qg4 Qxb2 28. cxd5 cxd5 29. Qf5 Qxa2 30. Rxd5 Qc2 31. Qg4 Qb1+ 32. Kh2 Qb8+
33. g3 Re2+ 34. Kh1 Rc1+ 35. Ng1 Rxg1+ 0-1

[Event "Arco op 27th"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2005.10.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Most, Zdenek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c4 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. Nc3 a6 12. a4 Qd8 13. Rc1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Rc8
15. b3 Qa5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Kg7 19. b4 Qa7 20. Qd2 Rfe8 21.
Nxf6 exf6 22. Qxd6 Red8 23. Qg3 Qd4 24. Rfe1 Rxc4 25. Rxc4 Qxc4 26. e5 f5 27.
h3 Re8 28. f4 Qxb4 29. Rc1 Qxa4 30. Rc7 Qb5 31. Kh2 Re6 32. Rc8 Rc6 33. Rb8 Rc2
34. e6 fxe6 35. Qa3 Rc5 36. Qa1+ e5 37. fxe5 Rxe5 38. Qc3 Kh6 39. Qd2+ Kg7 40.
Qd8 Qb4 41. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Arco op 27th"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2005.10.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dittmar, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2005.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Bg2 Qh5 8. h3
Rd8 9. d3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 a5 11. a3 Nd7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qc2 Nde5 14. Qc3 Kg8 15.
Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Qxe5 Nxe5 17. O-O c6 18. Nc4 Nd7 19. b4 a4 20. Rab1 Nf6 21. Rfc1
Be6 22. b5 Bd5 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Ne5 Rdb8 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. Bxc6 Rxb1 27. Rxb1
Rc8 28. Bxa4 Ra8 29. Rb4 Ra5 30. h4 Nd5 31. Rb5 Rxa4 32. Rxd5 Rxa3 33. h5 e6
34. Rb5 Kg7 35. Kg2 Kf6 36. g4 e5 37. g5+ Ke6 38. Rb6+ Ke7 39. h6 Ra4 40. Kg3
Ra1 41. Kg2 Ra4 42. e4 Ra8 43. Kf3 Ra3 44. Ke3 Ra1 45. f4 Rg1 46. Rb7+ Ke6 47.
Rb6+ Ke7 48. fxe5 Rxg5 49. Rb7+ Ke6 50. Rb6+ Ke7 51. Kd4 Rh5 52. Kd5 Rxh6 53.
Rb7+ Ke8 54. e6 fxe6+ 55. Kxe6 g5+ 56. Kf5 Rd6 57. Rxh7 Rxd3 58. e5 Rf3+ 59.
Ke6 Kf8 60. Rh5 g4 61. Rg5 g3 62. Rg4 Ra3 63. Kf6 Rf3+ 64. Ke6 Ra3 65. Kf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Arco op 27th"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2005.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Manca, Federico"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2005.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8.
Be3 Nd7 9. Qd2 Qc7 10. O-O-O O-O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 Nb6 14. Nxg6
hxg6 15. c4 g5 16. Kb1 Bd6 17. a4 c5 18. Qa5 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Be5 20. Be3 Kb8 21.
Qb4 Qc6 22. a5 Na4 23. c5 Bxb2 24. Kc2 Nc3 25. Bd3 Nxd1 26. Rxd1 Rxd3 27. Rxd3
Be5 28. Kb3 Rc8 29. Qc4 a6 30. f3 Qxf3 31. Bxg5 Qf1 32. Bc1 Qe1 33. Ka4 Bc7 34.
Bd2 Qa1+ 35. Kb3 Bxa5 36. Bxa5 Qxa5 37. Rc3 Ka7 38. Qd4 Qb5+ 39. Kc2 e5 40. Qe3
Qa4+ 41. Kb2 Qb5+ 42. Kc2 Ka8 43. Qf2 Rd8 44. Qe3 Rd4 0-1

[Event "Arco op 27th"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2005.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mukic, Josko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 h5 6. d4 c6 7. Bf4 Qb4 8. Qd2
Bf5 9. a3 Qb6 10. Na4 Qd8 11. Nc5 Qc8 12. Nf3 e6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. b4 Be7 15.
Ne5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Nd5 17. c4 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 O-O 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Bf6 21.
Rad1 Rd8 22. Rd6 Be7 23. Qf3 Rf8 24. Rd3 h4 25. Rfd1 a5 26. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Arco op 27th"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2005.10.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4 Bc5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qa4+ Qd7 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. exd5 exd5
14. O-O Nf6 15. Nb3 Bb6 16. Bd2 Rhc8 17. Rfc1 Ne4 18. Be1 a5 19. a4 Rcb8 20.
Ra3 Rc8 21. Kf1 Rxc1 22. Nxc1 Rc8 23. Nd3 Rc2 24. b4 Nd2+ 25. Bxd2 Rxd2 26.
bxa5 Bxa5 27. Nc5+ Kc7 28. Rf3 Rd1+ 29. Ke2 Re1+ 30. Kd3 Re7 31. Nb3 Bb6 32. a5
Ba7 33. Nd4 f6 34. Re3 Rxe3+ 35. fxe3 Kb7 36. Ne6 Ka6 37. Nxg7 Kxa5 38. Nh5 f5
39. Nf6 Kb5 40. Nxd5 Bc5 41. Nf6 h6 42. Ng8 Bf8 43. Kd4 Bc5+ 44. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Arco op 27th"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2005.10.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tocco, Paolo"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2005.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. f3 Bf5 5. fxe4 Nxe4 6. Qf3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd7
8. Qxb7 Nc6 9. Nf3 Rb8 10. Qa6 e6 11. Be2 h6 12. O-O Bd6 13. Be3 O-O 14. Qd3
Rb2 15. Qd2 Ne7 16. Bd3 Nf5 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qxh6 Rb6 20. Rab1
Rc6 21. Kh1 Be5 22. Qd2 Bg7 23. Rb7 a6 24. Rb3 Rh6 25. d5 Re8 26. c4 Re4 27.
Rfb1 Rb6 28. c5 Rxb3 29. axb3 Qe7 30. Qa5 Bc8 31. Rd1 Qd7 32. c4 Re3 33. c6 Qe7
34. c5 Bc3 35. d6 cxd6 36. cxd6 Bxa5 37. dxe7 Rxe7 38. b4 Bb6 39. b5 axb5 0-1

[Event "Arco op 27th"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "2005.10.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Schacher, Gerd"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2005.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 e5 8.
Qd3 h6 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. b3 Rc8 12. a4 O-O 13. Ba3 Be6 14. Rfd1 Qa5 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Rc3 17. Qe2 Rfc8 18. Nxe5 Rxb3 19. Nf3 Qc3 20. Rac1 Rxa3 21.
Rxc3 Raxc3 22. e5 Rc2 23. Qe3 Ng4 24. Qf4 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 dxe5 26. Qxe5 Rd2 27.
Rb1 Bc5 28. h3 b6 29. a5 b5 30. Kh1 Rd8 31. Qc7 R2xd5 32. Qc6 Bxf2 33. Qxa6 Bg3
34. Rf1 Rf5 35. Rg1 b4 36. Qb6 Rb8 37. Qe3 Bf2 38. Qe4 Rxa5 39. Rf1 Bc5 40. Qd5
Ra7 41. Qxc5 Rab7 42. Qe5 b3 43. Qb2 Rb4 44. Rf3 h5 45. Rg3 g6 46. Re3 h4 47.
Kg1 Rf4 48. Rxb3 Rxb3 49. Qxb3 Kh7 50. Qd5 Kh6 51. Qd6 Rf5 52. Qd4 g5 53. Qh8+
Kg6 54. g3 hxg3 55. Kg2 Rf4 56. Kxg3 Rh4 57. Qg8+ Kf6 58. Qd8+ Kg6 59. Qd6+ Kg7
60. Qe5+ Kg6 61. Qd5 Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS12 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Werner, Dimo"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2005.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. e4 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Bb7 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. c3 Re8 11. Re1 Qd7 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Be3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Qc2 c5 17. Ng3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Rae8 19. Bf1 h5 20. Rad1 Qg4 21.
Be2 Rxe3 22. Bxg4 Rxe1+ 23. Kh2 hxg4 24. Rxe1 Rxe1 25. Qd2 Re7 26. Qg5 Re2 27.
Qd8+ Bf8 28. Kg1 Rxb2 29. Qd7 Ba6 30. Qa4 Bd3 31. Qxa7 b5 32. a4 b4 33. cxb4
cxb4 34. Qd4 Rd2 35. Qe3 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 b3 37. Qd4 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS12 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Lengyel, Bela"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2005.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O Qc7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg5 d6 8. a4
a5 9. d4 h6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. Be2 Re8 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nd2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nbd7 15.
f4 exd4 16. Bxd4 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Qd3 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21.
Kh1 Re7 22. c3 Rae8 23. Qd4 Ne4 24. Rf3 Qc6 25. Rd1 Nc5 26. b3 Re2 27. f5 Re1+
28. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Kh2 Ne4 30. Nxe4 Rxe4 31. Qf2 Qd6+ 32. Qg3 Qxg3+ 33. Kxg3
Re1 34. Rd3 Rb1 35. Rxd5 Rxb3 36. Rxa5 Rxc3+ 37. Kf4 Kf8 38. Ra7 Rc5 39. Ke4
Ke8 40. g4 Rc7 41. Kd5 Ke7 42. a5 Kd8 43. Ra8+ Ke7 44. h4 Kf6 45. Ra7 Ke7 46.
g5 hxg5 47. hxg5 g6 48. fxg6 fxg6 49. Ra8 Rc1 50. Rb8 Rg1 51. Rxb7+ Kd8 52. Kd6
Kc8 53. Rc7+ Kb8 54. Rc5 Re1 55. Re5 Rg1 56. Ke7 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS12 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Galyas, Miklos"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2005.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6
8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 d5 10. O-O e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. b4 Bf5 13. f3 Re8 14. Bb2 Qb6
15. Kh1 Rad8 16. c5 Qc7 17. Rac1 Nd7 18. a4 Nb8 19. b5 Bc8 20. f4 f6 21. fxe5
fxe5 22. Bd3 a6 23. Bc3 Qb7 24. Rb1 Qa7 25. Ba5 Rd7 26. bxc6 Nxc6 27. Bb6 Qb7
28. Bf5 Rf7 29. Qxd5 Bxf5 30. Rxf5 Qd7 31. Qxf7+ Qxf7 32. Rxf7 Kxf7 33. Bc7 Ke6
34. Bd6 Kd5 35. Rb7 Ke4 36. Rxg7 Kxe3 37. Rxh7 e4 38. Rc7 Nd4 39. Re7 Ra8 40.
g3 Kd3 41. Bf4 Rc8 42. h4 Rxc5 43. Kg2 Nf5 44. Rd7+ Nd4 45. Bh6 e3 46. Bg7 e2
47. Rxd4+ Ke3 48. Rd8 e1=Q 49. Bd4+ 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS12 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Muratet Casadevall, Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Qg4 6. O-O Qxe4 7. d4 Nd7 8.
Nc3 Qc6 9. d5 Qb6 10. Be3 g6 11. Qd2 Bg7 12. Rfe1 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bf4 Bg7
15. Rab1 Nf6 16. a3 O-O 17. Rxe7 Rfe8 18. Rbe1 Rxe7 19. Rxe7 Bf8 20. Re2 Qb3
21. Qd3 Nd7 22. Qg3 Qxc4 23. Bxd6 Bg7 24. Qf3 Nf6 25. h3 b5 26. Be7 Re8 27. d6
b4 28. Bxf6 Rxe2 29. d7 Rd2 30. Qa8+ Bf8 31. Be7 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS12 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.12.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bachler, Reinhard"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2005.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 Bf5 7. d3 c5 8. Nh4
Bd7 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 e5 11. f5 Bb5 12. Re1 Nc6 13. Qf3 Qb6 14. Na3 Ba6 15.
Bf1 Ne7 16. g4 h6 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. a4 Nh7 19. Qg3 g5 20. Nf3 f6 21. Be3 Rfd8 22.
Qf2 b6 23. Rec1 Qb7 24. Nfd2 Nc6 25. Rab1 Qe7 26. Na5 Nxa5 27. Bxa6 Rd6 28. Nc4
Nxc4 29. Bxc4+ Kh8 30. Bd5 Rc8 31. Qe2 Nf8 32. Qa6 Qc7 33. Qc4 Nd7 34. Be6 Qd8
35. Rd1 Rcc6 36. Bd5 Rc7 37. Rd2 Nf8 38. Kf2 Qe8 39. Rh1 Nh7 40. Kg3 Qe7 41. b3
Rcd7 42. a5 Nf8 43. Ra1 Rc7 44. axb6 axb6 45. Ra6 Nd7 46. Ra8+ Bf8 47. Qb5 Qh7
48. Be6 Rxd2 49. Bxd2 h5 50. Qd3 hxg4 51. Kg2 Qe7 52. c4 Kg7 53. Qe2 Qd6 54.
Bd5 b5 55. Ba5 Nb6 56. Bxb6 Qxb6 57. Qxg4 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS12 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.12.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Varga, Csaba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2005.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 e5 8.
Qd3 h6 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. a4 Rc8 13. Ba3 Rc6 14. Rfd1 Re8 15.
h3 Bf8 16. Ra2 Qb6 17. a5 Qd8 18. Bb4 Qc8 19. Qe3 Nh5 20. Nd5 Be6 21. g4 Bxg4
22. hxg4 Qxg4+ 23. Kf1 Nf4 24. Nxf4 exf4 25. Qd3 Qh3+ 26. Ke2 f5 27. Qd5+ Kh7
28. e5 dxe5 29. Ng5+ hxg5 30. Rh1 Qxh1 31. Qxh1+ Rh6 32. Qxb7 Bxb4 33. Qxb4 g4
34. Qb7 e4 35. Qf7 Re5 36. Qc7 Rhe6 37. Ra1 Kg6 38. Rd1 e3 39. f3 Re7 40. Rd6+
Kg5 41. Rd7 Rxd7 42. Qxd7 Kh4 43. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS12 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.12.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bakhmatov, Eduard"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2005.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS12 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.12.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hoang, Tri"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2005.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Qb6 4. Bc1 e6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. Nxd5 Nxd5 7. Qxd5 Nc6 8.
e4 d6 9. Nf3 Be6 10. Qd2 O-O-O 11. Be2 d5 12. e5 h6 13. O-O g5 14. c3 g4 15.
Ne1 Nxe5 16. a3 Bd6 17. b4 Nc4 18. Qc2 Qc7 19. g3 h5 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Ng2 Qc6
22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Bd5 25. Rf4 Rhe8 26. Rd4 Bxg2 27. Qxg2
Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Rxd4 29. exd4 Re2+ 30. Kg1 Rc2 31. Rf1 Rxc3 32. Rf5 b6 33. Rxh5
Rxa3 34. Kf2 Rd3 35. d5 c3 36. Ke2 c2 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS12 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.12.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Radnai, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
c3 Nd7 9. Bd3 b6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. h4 g6 13. h5 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 Rac8
15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Kb1 Rfd8 17. Qa4 a5 18. Qc4 c6 19. a4 b5 20. axb5 cxb5 21.
Qxb5 Rb8 22. Qxa5 Nb6 23. Ne5 Qc7 24. Kc1 Rdc8 25. Rh3 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Qc4 27.
Rdh1 Kf8 28. Rh8+ Ke7 29. Qa3+ Kd7 30. Qd6# 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS12 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.12.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Adams, Nick A"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2005.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS12 IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2005.12.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Fodor, Tamas Jr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2005.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Nbc6 8. h5
h6 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Bd2 f6 11. Qe2 O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS02 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2006.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Murariu, Andrei"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 c5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 f6 7. c3 Qb6 8. O-O
Bd7 9. Re1 O-O-O 10. Nf1 fxe5 11. dxe5 Nh6 12. Qc2 Rdf8 13. Bxh7 Qc7 14. Bxh6
gxh6 15. N1d2 h5 16. h4 Rf4 17. g3 Rg4 18. Bd3 c4 19. Bf1 Bc5 20. Kg2 Rf8 21.
b4 Bb6 22. Qh7 Rf5 23. Re2 Kb8 24. a4 a5 25. b5 Nd8 26. Nh2 d4 27. Nxg4 Bc6+
28. bxc6 Qxh7 29. Nf6 Qc7 30. cxd4 Qxc6+ 31. Kg1 Bxd4 32. Bg2 Qc7 33. Rc1 c3
34. Nf3 Qc4 35. Rec2 Nc6 36. Kh1 Rxf3 37. Bxf3 Nxe5 38. Be4 Qxa4 39. Nxh5 b5
40. Nf4 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS02 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2006.02.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vajda, Levente"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2006.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O Ba7 7. Nbd2 d6 8. Bb3
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Re1 h6 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 d5 15.
Qc2 Qd7 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. a3 Qe8 18. Nf5 Qf8 19. c4 d4 20. g4 Ne7 21. N3h4 Ng6
22. Ng2 Nh7 23. h4 Nf4 24. Qd2 g6 25. Ng3 Rf6 26. Kh2 Qe7 27. Ne2 Nxe2 28. Qxe2
Nf8 29. Qd2 Ne6 30. b4 Kg7 31. Kg3 Nf4 32. Rh1 Nxg2 33. Kxg2 Rf4 34. f3 Rh8 35.
h5 f5 36. Qe2 fxg4 37. fxg4 Qg5 38. Kg3 Rhf8 39. hxg6 h5 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS02 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2006.02.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2006.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Nf6 4. Nf3 b6 5. c3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. g3 c5 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. O-O Qc7 10. a3 a5 11. Re1 a4 12. Nf1 Rd8 13. Bf4 Qc8 14. e5 Nd7 15. h4
b5 16. d4 Ba6 17. Qd1 Nb6 18. N1h2 Nc4 19. Rb1 Bb7 20. Ng4 cxd4 21. cxd4 N6a5
22. Bg5 Qc7 23. Qc1 h6 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Qf4 b4 26. axb4 Qxb4 27. Rec1 Rc8 28.
Bf1 Ke7 29. Ne1 Nb3 30. Nd3 Qb6 31. Rc3 Nxd4 32. Nb4 Na5 33. Rd1 Nab3 34. Na2
Bc6 35. Qe3 Rb8 36. Nc1 Nxc1 37. Rdxc1 Rhc8 38. Qf4 Ke8 39. Rd1 Nf5 40. Rdc1 d4
41. R3c2 Bd7 42. Bd3 Rxc2 43. Rxc2 Rc8 44. Re2 Qb3 45. Qd2 Bb5 46. Bxb5+ Qxb5
47. Qd1 d3 48. Rd2 Rd8 49. Nh2 Nd4 50. Qg4 Nb3 51. Rd1 Kf8 52. Qe4 Nc5 53. Qe3
Kg8 54. Nf3 Qxb2 55. Qxc5 Qe2 56. Re1 Qxf3 57. Qe7 Qd5 58. Rc1 Rf8 59. Rc7 d2
0-1

[Event "Budapest FS02 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2006.02.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bellia, Fabrizio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2006.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
Nd4 9. Qd1 c6 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 b5 12. Bb3 a5 13. a3 Nxb3 14. cxb3 exf4 15.
Bxf4 d5 16. e5 Ne8 17. d4 Nc7 18. Qd3 Qd7 19. Ne2 Ne6 20. Rae1 c5 21. dxc5 Nxc5
22. Qe3 Ne6 23. Kh1 d4 24. Qg3 Rad8 25. Bd2 b4 26. Nf4 Nxf4 27. Rxf4 Qe6 28.
Qd3 Bg5 29. Rg4 Bxd2 30. Qxd2 bxa3 31. bxa3 d3 32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 Rd5 34.
Rge4 Rc8 35. R4e3 Rcd8 36. Re4 h6 37. R1e3 R8d7 38. Re1 Rc7 39. R4e3 Rc2 40.
Qd1 Qg6 41. Qf3 Rd8 42. Rd1 d2 43. Re2 Rd3 44. Qa8+ Kh7 45. Rf2 Rc1 46. Rff1
Rdc3 47. Qa4 Qb1 48. Kh2 Qd3 49. Kg1 Qb1 50. Kh2 Rxd1 51. Rxd1 Rc1 52. Rxd2
Rh1+ 53. Kg3 Qg6+ 54. Kf2 Qf5+ 55. Ke2 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS02 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2006.02.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rajlich, Iweta"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2006.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. d3 d6 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 h6 11. Bd2 c5 12. O-O d5 13. b4 Rc8 14. Qb2 dxc4 15.
dxc4 Ne4 16. Bf4 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Ndxf6 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. b5 Kf8 20. a4 a5 21. bxa6
Bxa6 22. Rc2 Bb7 23. Ra1 g5 24. Be5 Ng4 25. Rb2 Nexf2 26. e4 Bxe4 27. Rxf2 Bxf3
28. Bf6 Nxf6 29. Rxf3 Nd7 30. Raf1 f6 31. Rb3 Ke7 32. Re1 Rc7 33. Bh3 Rc6 34.
Reb1 Rd6 35. Rb5 Ra8 36. Ra1 Ra5 37. Bf1 Ne5 38. Kf2 Ng4+ 39. Ke1 Ne3 40. Rxa5
bxa5 41. Rb1 Nc2+ 42. Ke2 Nb4 43. Ke3 Rd4 44. h3 f5 45. Be2 e5 46. Kf2 e4 47.
h4 f4 48. hxg5 hxg5 49. gxf4 gxf4 50. Rh1 f3 51. Bf1 Nc2 52. Rh5 Rd2+ 53. Kg3
e3 54. Bh3 e2 55. Rh4 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS02 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2006.02.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Jakab, Attila"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2006.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. h4
b6 9. h5 h6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bd3 Ba4 12. Bd2 Nbc6 13. Rh4 c4 14. Be2 O-O-O 15.
Rg4 Rdg8 16. Bf4 g5 17. Bh2 Nf5 18. Ng1 f6 19. Nf3 Qf7 20. exf6 Qxh5 21. Bg3
Ne3 22. fxe3 Qxg4 23. Be5 Rh7 24. Kd2 Qe4 25. g4 h5 26. gxh5 g4 27. Nh2 Nxe5
28. dxe5 Rxh5 29. Nxg4 Rhg5 30. Bf3 Qf5 31. f7 Rh8 32. Nf6 Qxe5 33. Ng8 Qg7 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS02 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2006.02.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Paschall, William M"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2006.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. d5 Nd8 11. dxe6 Nxe6 12. O-O a5 13. Re1 N6c5 14. Nd2 f5
15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Bd4 Na6 17. Be3 Kh8 18. Qd5 Bf5 19. Qxa5 Nc5 20. Qc3 Rxa2 21.
b4 Nd7 22. Ra1 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Ne5 24. c5 Qe6 25. Bd4 Bg6 26. f4 exf3 27. exf3
Rg8 28. Re1 Re8 29. Re3 Qa2 30. h3 Qb1+ 31. Kh2 Rg8 32. Bxe5 dxe5 33. Rxe5 c6
34. Re7 Qa2 35. Rxb7 Bf7 36. b5 Re8 37. Qd4 Re2 38. Qg1 cxb5 39. Rxb5 Qc2 40.
Rb6 Bg8 41. g4 h6 42. Kg3 Kh7 43. Bf1 Qd1 44. Rb7 Qe1+ 45. Kf4 Qc1+ 46. Kg3
Qe1+ 47. Kf4 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS02 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2006.02.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Muir, Andrew Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2006.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Qe7 8.
Be3 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. a3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 b6 13. Reb1 Ne8 14. b4 cxb4
15. axb4 Nc7 16. Ra4 Nb5 17. Ne2 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. b5 cxb5 20. Rxb5 Qd7 21.
Rab4 a5 22. Rb1 a4 23. Rxb6 Qc7 24. R6b2 Rfb8 25. Nc1 Rxb2 26. Rxb2 Qc3 27. Rb7
Rf8 28. Ne2 Qxc2 29. Ng3 a3 30. Qe2 Rc8 31. Ra7 Bf8 32. e5 Qxe2 33. Nxe2 Rc2
34. Nxd4 Rb2 35. Nc6 Bc5 36. Ra6 Kg7 37. d4 Bf8 38. Ra7 Kg8 39. Ra8 a2 40. Kh2
Rxf2 41. d5 Kg7 42. d6 Rd2 43. Ra7 Kg8 44. Ne7+ Kg7 45. Kg3 Re2 46. Nc6 Rd2 47.
Kf3 Bxd6 48. exd6 Rxd6 49. Nb4 h6 50. Nxa2 h5 51. Nb4 Rf6+ 52. Ke4 Rf2 53. Ra2
Rf1 54. Nd5 Rf5 55. Ra3 Rf2 56. g3 Rf1 57. Ke5 Rf5+ 58. Ke4 Rf1 59. Rf3 Rh1 60.
h4 Re1+ 61. Kd4 Rd1+ 62. Ke5 Ra1 63. Kd6 Ra6+ 64. Kd7 Re6 65. Nc7 Re1 66. Ne8+
Kf8 67. Nd6 Re7+ 68. Kd8 Ra7 69. Re3 Ra8+ 70. Nc8 Rb8 71. Re8+ Kg7 72. Re7 Rb3
73. Ke8 Rxg3 74. Rxf7+ Kh8 75. Ne7 g5 76. Nf5 Rg4 77. Kf8 gxh4 78. Rf6 Rg8+ 79.
Kf7 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS02 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2006.02.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Prohaszka, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2006.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 f6 7. b4 fxe5 8. dxe5 Nh6
9. Bd3 Nf7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Bf4 Be7 12. h4 O-O-O 13. Nbd2 c4 14. Bc2 Rdf8 15.
Qe3 Kb8 16. O-O g6 17. Rae1 Qd8 18. Ng5 Qe8 19. Nxf7 Rxf7 20. Bg5 h6 21. Bxe7
Nxe7 22. Nf3 Nf5 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Qf4 Rg7 25. Nh2 Ba4 26. Re2 Qh5 27. Rd2 Bc6
28. Rd4 Rhg8 29. g3 Qe2 30. Rc1 Rg6 31. Rd2 Qe4 32. Rd4 Qe2 33. Rd2 Qh5 34. Rd4
R6g7 35. Qf3 Qf7 36. Qe3 Rh7 37. Nf3 Qe7 38. Rf4 Be8 39. Nd4 Rhg7 40. Kh2 Bd7
41. Ra1 Qf8 42. Ne2 Ba4 43. Rd4 Bc2 44. Qxh6 Qe8 45. Nf4 Re7 46. Qh5 Qa4 47.
Qe2 Rg4 48. f3 Rg8 49. Rd2 Bb3 50. Nh5 Rh8 51. Nf4 Qe8 52. Qe3 b6 53. Rg2 Ba4
54. Kg1 Rd7 55. Qd4 Rg7 56. Kf2 Qe7 57. Rh1 Be8 58. Rh3 Bf7 59. Qe3 Qe8 60. Ne2
Qa4 61. Qc1 Bh5 62. Nd4 Qd7 63. Rh1 Rg6 64. Qf4 Rhg8 65. Ra1 Kb7 66. b5 Qe7 67.
a4 R6g7 68. a5 Rf7 69. Kg1 bxa5 70. Rxa5 Qc5 71. Kh2 Rh7 72. Rga2 Ka8 73. Nxe6
Qb6 74. Qd4 Qxd4 75. Nxd4 f4 76. Nc6 fxg3+ 77. Kg2 Rgg7 78. b6 Be8 79. Nb4 d4
80. cxd4 c3 81. Rc5 Rxh4 82. Rxa7+ Rxa7 83. Rc8+ Kb7 84. bxa7 Kxa7 85. Rxe8 Kb7
86. Kxg3 Rxd4 87. e6 Rxb4 88. e7 c2 89. Rb8+ Ka7 90. e8=Q 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS02 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2006.02.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Antic, Dejan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2006.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qe4 b6 8. Bc4
Nde7 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qe2 Ng6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Nbd2 d6 13. exd6 Bxd6 14. Ne4 Bf4
15. Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 O-O 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Qe2 h6 20. h3 Nce7
21. g3 Qf5 22. Kh2 e5 23. c4 Qe6 24. Nc3 f6 25. h4 Rfe8 26. b3 Qg4 27. Rd3 Nc6
28. Red1 Rxd3 29. Qxd3 Rd8 30. Qe2 Rxd1 31. Qxd1 Nge7 32. Qd3 Kf7 33. Kg2 Qe6
34. Qe3 f5 35. a3 e4 36. Nd2 Qd6 37. b4 Qd4 38. Ne2 Qxe3 39. fxe3 Ne5 40. Nd4
Ng4 41. Nc2 Ke6 42. Kf1 Ke5 43. Ke2 g5 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Nb3 Ng6 46. Nbd4 f4
47. gxf4+ gxf4 48. exf4+ Nxf4+ 49. Kd2 a6 50. c5 b5 51. Nc6+ Kd5 52. Nb8 Ne6
53. Ne3+ Nxe3 54. Kxe3 Nd4 55. Nd7 Nc2+ 56. Kf4 e3 57. Nf6+ Ke6 58. c6 Kd6 59.
c7 Kxc7 60. Nd5+ Kd6 61. Nxe3 Nxa3 62. Ke4 Kc6 63. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS02 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2006.02.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2006.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O a5 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Ne1 h5 12. Nef3 Nbd7 13. Nh4 Nc5 14. Qc2 g5 15.
Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 h4 17. Rfe1 hxg3 18. hxg3 g4 19. b3 Rh5 20. a3 Qd7 21. b4 Na6
22. c5 Qxf5 23. Qxf5 Rxf5 24. cxd6 cxd6 25. Nc4 Ke7 26. Nxa5 b6 27. Nc4 Nd7 28.
Ne3 Rg5 29. Be4 Nf6 30. Bd3 Nc7 31. Rec1 Ra7 32. Nf5+ Kd7 33. Rc6 Nfe8 34. Rxb6
Nxd5 35. Rb8 Nef6 36. Ne3 Nxe3 37. fxe3 e4 38. Be2 Rc7 39. a4 Rc2 40. Bb5+ Ke6
41. Rh8 Rf5 42. Bf1 Rf3 43. a5 Rxg3+ 44. Kh1 Rf3 45. a6 Rc7 46. Bg2 Rxe3 47. a7
Rxa7 48. Rxa7 Rb3 49. Rb8 e3 50. Ra1 Ke5 51. Rb7 d5 52. Rxf7 Ke6 53. Rb7 e2 54.
Kg1 Re3 55. Kf2 d4 56. Ke1 d3 57. Kd2 Rg3 58. Ra6+ Kf5 59. Rb5+ Kg6 60. Be4+
1-0

[Event "Budapest FS02 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2006.02.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nemeth, Miklos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2006.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Bb6 5. O-O d6 6. d3 Nf6 7. Re1 Bg4 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. a4 a6 11. Bb3 Nh5 12. Nc4 Ba7 13. Ng5 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15.
Qh5 h6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. d4 Qe8 18. Qxe8 Raxe8 19. a5 Nd8 20. Ba4 Re7 21. b4
Nf7 22. e5 d5 23. Nd2 c6 24. Bc2 g5 25. g3 Nh8 26. Kg2 Rg7 27. Rh1 Nf7 28. gxf4
gxf4+ 29. Kf3 Bb8 30. h4 Bxe5 31. dxe5 Nxe5+ 32. Ke2 f3+ 33. Kf1 Ng4 34. Bd1
Rgf7 35. Rh3 Ne5 36. Bc2 Ng4 37. Bg6 Rf4 38. Re1 e5 39. Bh5 R8f5 40. Bxg4 Rxg4
41. Rxf3 Rxf3 42. Nxf3 e4 43. Nd4 Rxh4 44. Ke2 Rg4 45. Rh1 Kh7 46. Ke3 Rg5 47.
Rh3 h5 48. Ne6 Rf5 49. Nc5 Kg6 50. Nxb7 h4 51. Rxh4 Rf3+ 52. Kd4 Rd3+ 53. Ke5
Rxc3 54. Nc5 Kg5 55. Rxe4 Rc2 56. f4+ Kg4 57. Rd4 Kf3 58. f5 1-0

[Event "Madrid-ch"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2006.03.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Perez Marco, Ricardo"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2217"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2006.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 b6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. d4 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Bd3
Be7 9. O-O g5 10. Bb5 Bb7 11. Nb3 a6 12. Be2 c4 13. Nbd2 b5 14. Ne1 Qb6 15. Bh5
Nf8 16. Ndf3 h6 17. Qc2 b4 18. Be3 Ng6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6+ Kd7 21. Nd2 h5
22. Qc2 Qc7 23. f4 gxf4 24. Bxf4 h4 25. Rd1 Rag8 26. Ndf3 Rg4 27. Qc1 Rhg8 28.
Rf2 Qa5 29. h3 R4g7 30. Nc2 bxc3 31. Ne3 cxb2 32. Rxb2 Kc8 33. Qb1 Ba3 34. Rf2
Be7 35. Ng4 Rxg4 36. hxg4 Rxg4 37. Ne1 Qd8 38. Qh7 Kc7 39. Be3 Rg8 40. Rf7 Bc8
41. Qxh4 Bd7 42. Qf2 Be8 43. Rh7 Bg6 44. Rh6 Bf5 45. Bf4 Rg4 46. g3 Bg5 47.
Bxg5 Qxg5 48. Rh2 c3 49. Nf3 Rxg3+ 50. Rg2 Rxg2+ 51. Qxg2 Qe3+ 52. Qf2 Qf4 53.
Rf1 c2 54. Qe1 Be4 55. Qh4 c1=Q 0-1

[Event "Madrid-ch"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Pastor Alonso de Prado, Emilio Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2192"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2006.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. O-O c6 7. Bc4 d6 8.
Nd2 Be7 9. Nf3 Qb6 10. a4 a5 11. c3 dxc3 12. bxc3 O-O 13. Ba3 Qc7 14. Qb3 h6
15. h3 g6 16. Rfe1 Nh5 17. d4 Kg7 18. Rad1 Rb8 19. Bf1 Nf4 20. Bc1 Ne6 21. c4
Kh7 22. Qe3 Ng5 23. Nh2 f6 24. f4 Nf7 25. Nf3 c5 26. d5 Bd7 27. Qb3 g5 28. Bd3
Kg8 29. Bc2 Rfe8 30. Qd3 gxf4 31. Bxf4 Ne5 32. Nxe5 fxe5 33. Bxh6 Kh7 34. Bd2
Rg8 35. Rf1 Be8 36. Qe3 Bg5 37. Qf2 Qe7 38. Bxg5 Rxg5 39. Qh4+ Kg7 40. Rd2 Bd7
41. Rdf2 Rg8 42. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Madrid-ch"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gonzalez Somoza, Oliver"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2006.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. Bb5 O-O 8.
O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qd6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qd2 a6 12. Bd3 Bg4 13. Ne1 Rfe8 14. f3
Bd7 15. g3 Bh3 16. Ng2 h6 17. Kf2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Re7 19. Rfe1 Rae8 20. Rxe7 Qxe7
21. Qf4 Qd7 22. Kf2 Nd8 23. Qf5 Qxf5 24. Bxf5 g6 25. Bd3 Nc6 26. Rb1 Na5 27. h4
Kg7 28. g4 Re6 29. Rb4 Kf6 30. Ra4 Nc6 31. c4 Rd6 32. c5 Rd8 33. Bxa6 Ra8 34.
Bb5 Rxa4 35. Bxa4 Nxd4 36. Ke3 Ne6 37. c6 b6 38. f4 Ke7 39. Bb5 Kd6 40. f5 gxf5
41. gxf5 Ng7 42. Kf4 Nh5+ 43. Kg4 Nf6+ 44. Kf4 Ne4 45. Bd3 Nf6 46. Bb5 Ng8 47.
a4 Nf6 48. c3 Ne4 49. Kg4 Nxc3 50. Bd3 Nxa4 51. Kh5 Nc5 52. Bb1 Ne4 53. Kxh6
Ng3 54. Kg5 Ke5 55. h5 Nxh5 56. Kxh5 b5 57. Kh6 Kf6 58. Kh7 b4 59. Kg8 Ke7 60.
Kg7 d4 61. f6+ Ke6 62. Ba2+ 1-0

[Event "Madrid-ch"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vallejo Diaz, Javier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2006.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. Rb1 Nbd7 12. b4 Qc7 13. Re1 Nd5 14. Ne4 Rfd8
15. d3 N7f6 16. c4 Nb6 17. Bb2 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Nd7 19. Rbe1 Bf6 20. d4 a5 21. Qb3
axb4 22. axb4 Qb6 23. Rg4 g6 24. c5 Qb5 25. Rf4 Bg7 26. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Madrid-ch"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Moreno Ruiz, Javier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2006.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qe7 10. e3 a5 11. Be2 e5 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nd2 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15.
O-O Bg4 16. Bxg4 Nxg4 17. Qf5 Qd7 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. Nb3 a4 20. Na5 Nb6 21. Rfd1
Rxa5 22. Bxa5 Nxc4 23. Bb4 c5 24. Rac1 Nxb2 25. Rd2 cxb4 26. Rxb2 bxa3 27. Rb4
Nf6 28. Rxa4 Rd8 29. Rxa3 Rd7 30. Ra8+ Kh7 31. Rac8 Kg6 32. R1c7 Kf5 33. Rxd7
Nxd7 34. Re8 Nc5 35. Kf1 d5 36. Ke2 Ne6 37. Re7 Kf6 38. Rd7 d4 39. exd4 Nxd4+
40. Kd2 Ke6 41. Ra7 Nb5 42. Ra8 Nd6 43. Kd3 Kd5 44. Rg8 g6 45. g4 e4+ 46. Ke2
Ke5 47. Rh8 Kf4 48. h3 f5 49. Rxh6 Kg5 50. Rh7 fxg4 51. h4+ Kf4 52. Rh8 Nf5 53.
Rf8 Ke5 54. Re8+ Kf4 55. Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid-ch"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alonso Fernandez, Marcos"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2006.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c4 cxd4 5. exd4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8.
O-O O-O 9. a3 Be7 10. b4 a5 11. Rb1 axb4 12. axb4 Nc6 13. c5 Nd5 14. Nc4 Ncxb4
15. Nxb6 Nxd3 16. Nxa8 Ba6 17. Nb6 Nc3 18. Qb3 Nxb1 19. Qxb1 d6 20. Be3 dxc5
21. Rd1 c4 22. Ne5 Nb4 23. Nbxc4 Bb7 24. Nd2 Qd5 25. Nef3 Rc8 26. Rc1 Rc6 27.
Rxc6 Qxc6 28. Nb3 Qb5 29. Nc5 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Qc4 31. Qb3 Qxb3 32. Nxb3 Bd6 33.
Kg2 Kf8 34. f4 Nd5 35. Kf3 Ke7 36. Nd2 Kd7 37. Ne4 h6 38. Ng3 Ne7 39. Ke4 g6
40. Kf3 Kc6 41. h3 Kd5 42. f5 Bxg3 43. fxg6 Bd6 44. gxf7 Nf5 45. Kg4 Nxe3+ 46.
fxe3 Ke4 47. Kh5 Bf8 48. Kg6 Kxe3 49. Kf6 Kxd4 50. Kxe6 Ke4 51. h4 Kf4 52. h5
Kg5 53. Ke5 Kxh5 54. Kf4 Kh4 55. Kf3 Kh3 56. Kf2 Kh2 57. Kf3 h5 58. Kf4 h4 59.
Kf3 h3 60. Kf2 Kh1 61. Kg3 h2 62. Kf2 Be7 0-1

[Event "Madrid-ch"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Franco Alonso, Alejandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. c4 Bb7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Bb2 d6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Bc2 Nd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Ne2 e5 12. Ng3 h5 13. f4 g6 14. Qf3 O-O 15.
Ba3 Kg7 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Nf5+ gxf5 18. Qxf5 Nh7 19. Qxe5+ Bf6 20. Qg3+ Kh8 21.
Bxf8 d3 22. Bd6 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 dxc2 24. Rac1 Qg5 25. Qxg5 Nxg5 26. d3 Nxe4 27.
dxe4 Bxe4 28. Rce1 f5 29. Bf4 Bc3 30. Rxe4 fxe4 31. Rc1 Rd8 32. h4 Rd1+ 33. Kh2
Rxc1 34. Bxc1 Kh7 35. g4 hxg4 36. Kg3 Bg7 37. Kxg4 Bh6 38. Bb2 c1=Q 39. Bxc1
Bxc1 40. b4 Ba3 0-1

[Event "Madrid-ch"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2006.03.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Elissalt Cardenas, Hector"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2006.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. a4 b4 4. c3 e6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. a5 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qb3
Na6 9. d4 Rb8 10. c4 c5 11. Bf4 d6 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Be3 Rfc8 14. Nbd2 Ng4 15.
Rdc1 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Qd8 17. Qd3 Nc7 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Nb3 Ne8 20. a6 Ba8 21.
Qxd8 Rxd8 22. Ne1 Bg5 23. Kf2 Nf6 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 25. Kf3 e5 26. h3 e4+ 27. Kf2
Nd7 28. Ng2 Bf6 29. Rc2 g5 30. Ra5 Rac8 31. Rb5 Rc6 32. Rd2 Nb6 33. Rc2 Na4 34.
Ra5 Nxb2 35. Nxc5 Nd1+ 36. Kg1 Nc3 37. Nb7 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Rxc4 0-1

[Event "Madrid-ch"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2006.03.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vazquez Igarza, Renier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2006.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 d6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qd5 8.
Nf3 Qe4+ 9. Kf1 Nf6 10. d3 Ba6 11. Qe2 Qd5 12. Nc3 Qd8 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Bb2 Qc7
15. Re1 Rd8 16. Nfg5 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 O-O 18. h4 f6 19. Qe3 Qa5 20. Bc3 Qb6 21. h5
e5 22. Nd2 Bd6 23. h6 g5 24. Ne4 c4 25. bxc4 Qxe3 26. Rxe3 Be7 27. g3 g4 28. f3
gxf3 29. g4 Bc8 30. Rxf3 Bxg4 31. Rg1 f5 32. Bxe5 Kf7 33. Rxg4 Ke6 34. Ng5+
Bxg5 35. Rxg5 Kxe5 36. Rg7 Kd4 37. Rxh7 Kc3 38. Rxa7 Kxc2 39. h7 c5 40. Kf2
Rxd3 41. Rxd3 Kxd3 42. Rg7 Rh8 43. Kf3 Kxc4 44. Kf4 Kb4 45. Kxf5 Ka3 46. Kg6
1-0

[Event "Madrid-ch"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2006.03.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Perez Gonzalez, Jose Manuel"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2006.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Be3 Bd7 6. Nf3 f6 7. exf6 Nxf6 8. Bb5
cxd4 9. cxd4 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Qd3 Ne4 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. O-O
Rxf3 15. gxf3 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Qd8 17. Kh1 Qf6 18. Qe3 c5 19. Rad1 Rf8 20. f4 cxd4
21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Bc5 23. Rd2 Rxf4 24. f3 Be3 25. Rc2 Rc4 26. Re2 Bd4 27.
Nd1 Rc1 28. Rfe1 Bf6 29. Nc3 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Kf7 31. Kg2 Kg6 32. Rc1 Kf5 33. Ne2
Be5 34. Rc5 a6 35. b3 Bb5 36. Kf2 Kf6 37. a4 Bd7 38. f4 Bd6 39. Rc1 g5 40. Ke3
gxf4+ 41. Nxf4 Ke7 42. Nd3 e5 43. Nc5 a5 44. Nxd7 Kxd7 45. Kd3 Ke7 46. Rg1 Ke6
47. Rg7 e4+ 48. Ke2 d4 49. Rxh7 d3+ 50. Kd2 Bb4+ 51. Ke3 Bc5+ 52. Kd2 Bb4+ 53.
Ke3 Bc5+ 54. Kd2 Ke5 55. h4 Bb4+ 56. Ke3 Bc5+ 57. Kd2 Bb4+ 58. Ke3 Ba3 59. Rh5+
1-0

[Event "Madrid-ch"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2006.03.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Almagro Llamas, Pablo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2006.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 Nf6 7. a3 Bd6 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Bg2 d4 10. Nb1 h5 11. Nd2 h4 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. O-O-O Nh5 15.
Kb1 Bxf4 16. gxf4 Nxc4 17. dxc4 Qf6 18. Rhe1 e5 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. Qf5 f6 21. c3
c5 22. cxd4 cxd4 23. c5 Nf4 24. Bf1 Rd8 25. Bc4 g6 26. Qg4 Ke7 27. Bd5 Rd7 28.
Rc1 g5 29. Qf3 d3 30. Re3 d2 31. Rd1 Qd4 32. Re2 Nxe2 33. Qxe2 Qxc5 34. Rxd2
Qd6 35. Qg4 Qf4 36. Qe2 g4 37. Rd3 gxh3 38. Rxh3 Rc7 39. Ka2 a6 40. e5 fxe5 41.
Re3 h3 42. Re4 Qf6 43. Rxe5+ Kd8 44. Re6 Re7 45. Qd3 Rxe6 46. Bxe6+ Kc7 47.
Qg3+ Kb6 48. Qe3+ Kc7 49. Qg3+ Kb6 50. Qe3+ Kc7 51. Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas op 5th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2006.03.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vinuales Gonzalez, Jose Antonio"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2006.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O h6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. h3 Nxe3 10. fxe3 Qe7 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Kf2 Nc6 13. d4 Bf5 14. b4 Qe6 15.
Na3 a5 16. Nc2 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Qxe3+ 18. Ke1 axb4 19. Qd2 Qxd2+ 20. Kxd2 bxc3+
21. Kd1 c2+ 22. Kd2 Bf4+ 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas op 5th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2006.04.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Krivoshey, Sergei"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2006.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. d5 Nb8 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. dxe6 fxe6 15.
Rad1 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Rf8 17. Nd4 Qe7 18. b4 Ne5 19. Nb3 a5 20. bxa5 g4 21. Nb5 h5
22. c5 dxc5 23. Qxc5 Qxc5 24. Nxc5 Rxa5 25. Nb3 Ra4 26. Nc5 Ra5 27. Nb3 Ra8 28.
Nxc7 Rxa3 29. Nd4 Ra2 30. f4 gxf3 31. gxf3 Kf7 32. f4 Ng4 33. Bxg4 hxg4 34.
Ndb5 Ke7 35. Rf2 Rxf2 36. Kxf2 Bd7 37. Ke3 Rh8 38. e5 Rh3 39. Rg1 Kd8 40. Kd4
Bf8 41. Kc4 Rh2 42. Rc1 Rg2 43. Rc3 Rf2 44. Na8 Rf3 45. Nd6 b5+ 46. Kb4 Rxc3
47. Kxc3 Bc6 48. Nb6 Kc7 49. Nbc8 Bd7 50. Na7 Bxd6 51. exd6+ Kb6 52. Nxb5 Kxb5
53. Kd4 Kc6 54. Ke5 Kc5 55. Kf6 Kxd6 56. Kg5 e5 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas op 5th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2006.04.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2006.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Bd2
Qa4 9. Qb1 c4 10. h4 Bd7 11. h5 h6 12. g3 O-O-O 13. Bh3 Nge7 14. O-O Rdg8 15.
Qd1 Kb8 16. Ra2 Nc8 17. Nh4 Nb6 18. Qf3 Be8 19. Qe2 Bd7 20. Kh2 Qa5 21. g4 Na4
22. f4 Qd8 23. Ng2 g6 24. f5 gxf5 25. gxf5 exf5 26. Bxf5 Bxf5 27. Rxf5 Rg7 28.
Rf6 Qb6 29. e6 fxe6 30. Rxe6 a6 31. Ra1 Qc7+ 32. Kh1 Ka7 33. Rg6 Rxg6 34. hxg6
Qg3 35. Nf4 Nxc3 36. Qg2 Qxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Ne4 38. Be3 Ne7 39. Rh1 Rg8 40. Rxh6
Nf5 41. Rh3 Ng5 42. Rh5 Nxe3+ 43. Kf2 Ng4+ 44. Kg3 Ne6 45. Nxe6 Rxg6 46. Nf4
Rg8 47. Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas op 5th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2006.04.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khamrakulov, Ibragim S"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2006.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. c3 c5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Ngf3 cxd4 7. Bc4 Qh5 8.
Nxd4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 a6 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a4 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. Bf3 Bxf3+ 14. N2xf3
O-O 15. Kc2 Nbd7 16. Nc6 Bc5 17. Be3 Rfc8 18. Bxc5 Rxc6 19. Bd4 Nd5 20. g3 Rac8
21. Kb3 f6 22. Rad1 Kf7 23. Be3 Rc4 24. Bf4 Rxc3+ 25. bxc3 Rxc3+ 26. Kb2 Rxf3
27. Be3 Ne5 28. Rd4 Nxe3 29. fxe3 Rf2+ 30. Kc3 b5 31. h4 Rg2 32. h5 Rxg3 33.
Rd6 bxa4 34. Rxa6 f5 35. h6 gxh6 36. Rxa4 Kf6 37. Re2 Ng4 38. Kd2 h5 39. Ra7 h6
40. Ra8 h4 41. e4 f4 42. e5+ Nxe5 43. Rf8+ Nf7 44. Ke1 h3 45. Re4 e5 46. Kf2 h2
0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas op 5th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2006.04.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2006.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Nb8 11. Bf4 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Nc5 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. Nb3 Nfe4
15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. f3 Nf6 17. e4 Bd7 18. Qd2 c6 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Na5 d5 21. e5
Nd7 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Rxc6 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. f4 Bg7 26. Bxd5 Qe7 27. f5
gxf5 28. Rxf5 Qe1+ 29. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 30. Kf2 Re7 31. b4 Rd8 32. Kf3 Be5 33. Rc5
Bb2 34. Ra5 Rd6 35. b5 Red7 36. Ke4 Kg7 37. Rxf7+ Rxf7 38. Bxf7 Kxf7 39. Rxa7+
Ke8 40. a4 Kd8 41. a5 h6 42. b6 Kc8 43. Kf5 Kb8 44. Kg4 Bc3 45. Kh5 Rd5+ 46.
Kxh6 Bxa5 47. g4 Bxb6 48. Rg7 Be3+ 49. g5 Rd4 50. Kh5 Bf2 51. Rh7 Kc8 52. Kg6
Kd8 53. Kf6 Bh4 54. Kf5 Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas op 5th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2006.04.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2006.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 a6 4. c4 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. exd5 Nf6 7. Bb2 Be7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Nxd5 10. d4 Nf4 11. dxc5 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nbd2 Bh3 14. g3 Nxe2+
15. Qxe2 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 Nd7 17. b4 Rfe8 18. Qc4 Rad8 19. Qb3 b6 20. Rc1 Ne5 21.
Rc3 Ng4 22. Rd3 bxc5 23. bxc5 Qa1+ 24. Kg2 Rxd3 25. Qxd3 Qxa2 26. c6 Nf6 27.
Nc4 Ne4 28. Qd4 Nxf2 29. c7 Ne4+ 30. Kh3 Qe2 31. Nce5 Nf2+ 32. Kg2 Nd3+ 33. Kg1
Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas op 5th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2006.04.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2006.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2
d6 9. a4 Nf6 10. Bh6 Bf8 11. Bxf8 Kxf8 12. a5 e5 13. Bc4 Kg7 14. O-O Qc7 15. f4
Bg4 16. Qd3 Nbd7 17. N1d2 exf4 18. Qd4 Ne5 19. Rxf4 Be6 20. Bd5 Rhf8 21. Raf1
Nfd7 22. Qe3 Rae8 23. Nd4 Bxd5 24. exd5 Qc5 25. Ne4 Qxd5 26. Rh4 h5 27. Rxh5
Nf3+ 28. Rxf3 Qxh5 29. Rh3 Rxe4 30. Qxe4 Qd1+ 31. Kf2 Qd2+ 32. Ne2 Ne5 33. Qh4
Re8 34. Qh7+ Kf6 35. Qh4+ Kg7 36. Qh7+ Kf6 37. Qh4+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Youth Stars 4th"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2006.05.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2006.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
d6 9. c3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Nbd2 c5 13. a4 Re8 14. Qe2 Qb6 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. axb5 axb5 18. c4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 b4 20. Nf1 Nf8 21.
Qc2 Ra8 22. Rxa8 Bxa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Youth Stars 4th"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2006.05.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2006.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2
d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. Bd2 b6 12. Rae1 Bb7 13. Kh1 Ngf6 14. Bh6 Bf8 15.
Qd2 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Rg8 17. f4 O-O-O 18. Qh4 Kb8 19. a4 Rde8 20. Qf2 e5 21. fxe5
Rxe5 22. Nd2 Rge8 23. Qd4 Qc5 24. Qxc5 bxc5 25. Re2 Rh5 26. h3 g5 27. Kg1 Rh6
28. Rf5 g4 29. hxg4 Nxg4 30. Rxf7 Nde5 31. Rg7 Rf8 32. b3 Rh4 33. Nd5 Bxd5 34.
exd5 Nf6 35. Bxa6 Nxd5 36. Nc4 Ng4 37. g3 1-0

[Event "World Youth Stars 4th"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2006.05.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2006.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Ngf3 O-O 8.
O-O Nb4 9. Nb3 a5 10. exd5 Nfxd5 11. Be4 a4 12. Nbd4 Bxc5 13. Rd1 Qb6 14. c3
Nc6 15. a3 Nf6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Ne5 Nd5 18. Nexc6 Bb7 19. Nb4 Rad8 20. Bg5 Rd7
21. Nd3 Bxd4 22. cxd4 Ba6 23. Qc2 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 Qa6 25. Rh3 h6 26. Bxh6 gxh6
27. Rg3+ Kh8 28. Qd2 e5 29. dxe5 Rfd8 30. h3 Qe6 31. Re1 Ne7 32. Qf4 Rd4 33.
Re4 Rxe4 34. Qxe4 Ng6 35. Re3 Rd5 36. Qxa4 Nxe5 37. Qf4 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Youth Stars 4th"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2006.05.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lintchevski, Daniil"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2006.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 a6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Be2 Nd4 6. O-O g6 7. d3 Bg7 8. Nxd4
cxd4 9. Nb1 Ne7 10. f4 O-O 11. Nd2 d6 12. b3 f5 13. Ba3 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nf5 15.
Qd2 Bh6 16. g4 Ne3 17. g5 Bg7 18. Bxd6 Rf5 19. Rf3 b6 20. Bf1 Bb7 21. Bh3 e5
22. Re1 exf4 23. Bxf4 Rf8 24. Qf2 Bxe4 25. dxe4 Qe7 26. Bxe3 dxe3 27. Rxf8+
Rxf8 28. Qxe3 Be5 29. Rf1 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Qd6 31. Ke2 Bxh2 32. Qd3 Qxd3+ 33.
Kxd3 Bf4 34. Kd4 Bxg5 35. Kd5 Kf7 36. b4 Ke7 37. c5 bxc5 38. Kxc5 Be3+ 39. Kc6
Bd2 40. a3 Bc1 41. a4 Ba3 42. b5 axb5 43. axb5 Bd6 44. b6 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Youth Stars 4th"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2006.05.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2006.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Be7 6. d4 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bg6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 Nf6 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. Qb3 b6 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Qc2 c6
15. Rad1 Rc8 16. d5 cxd5 17. cxd5 Ng4 18. Bf4 Bf8 19. Qd2 Nde5 20. Nxe5 dxe5
21. Bg3 Bd6 22. Ne4 Nf6 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. f3 Bc5+ 25. Bf2 Qd6 26. Be3 Bb4 27.
Qf2 Bxe1 28. Qxe1 Rc2 29. h4 e4 30. f4 Rxb2 31. h5 Rb5 32. Qg3 Rxd5 33. Rxd5
Qxd5 34. hxg6 Qd1+ 35. Kf2 Qh5 0-1

[Event "World Youth Stars 4th"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2006.05.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Volodin, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2006.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. a3
Be7 9. b4 c5 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. Rb1 Ba6 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. Qa5 Qd8 14. Qa4 Qd7 15.
Qc2 cxd4 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. exd4 dxc4 18. Ndxc4 Nc6 19. Be3 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Ng4 21.
Bf4 Rfd8 22. Be2 Bxc4 23. Bxg4 Rac8 24. Rfe1 Bxa3 25. Re3 Bd3 26. Qxc7 Rxc7 27.
Rd1 Rc1 28. Rexd3 Rxd3 29. Bxc1 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 Bxc1 31. g3 Kf8 32. Kf1 Ke7 33.
Ke2 Bb2 34. f4 f6 35. exf6+ Bxf6 36. Bc2 h6 37. Kd3 Kd6 38. Kc4 Bd8 39. Kd4
Bb6+ 40. Ke4 Bg1 41. h3 Bf2 42. g4 a5 43. Bb3 Bg3 44. Kf3 Bh4 45. g5 hxg5 46.
Kg4 gxf4 47. Kxh4 e5 48. Kg4 Kc5 49. Bd1 Kb4 50. Kf5 a4 0-1

[Event "World Youth Stars 4th"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2006.05.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Popov, Ivan1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2006.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8.
O-O Be7 9. f4 Bc5 10. Nf5 Bxe3+ 11. Nxe3 d6 12. Kh1 O-O 13. g4 b5 14. g5 Nd7
15. Qh5 Nd4 16. f5 Qc5 17. Rf4 exf5 18. Ncd5 Re8 19. c3 Nf8 20. cxd4 Qxd4 21.
exf5 Qxb2 22. Rd1 Bb7 23. Be4 Qe5 24. Qf3 Kh8 25. Ng4 Qb2 26. f6 g6 27. Nh6 Ne6
28. Nxf7+ Kg8 29. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "World Youth Stars 4th"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2006.05.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tairova, Elena"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2006.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Bc4 Qh5 8.
Nb3 cxd4 9. Nbxd4 O-O 10. Qe2 b6 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Nb5 Na5 14. Bd3
Nd5 15. Bd2 Nb4 16. Bxb4 Bxb4 17. a3 Be7 18. Rhg1 a6 19. Nc7 Ra7 20. Nxa6 Nc6
21. Nc7 Rc8 22. Nb5 Ra5 23. Nfd4 Qxh2 24. Qe4 Nxd4 25. Qxb7 Bg5+ 26. Kb1 Rb8
27. Qc7 Qxc7 28. Nxc7 Rc8 29. Na6 Nxc2 30. Be4 g6 31. Bb7 Rc4 32. Rd3 Nd4 33.
Rgd1 e5 34. Nb4 Rac5 35. Ka2 Rc1 36. Rxc1 Bxc1 37. g3 Kg7 38. Rd1 Bh6 39. Nd3
Rc2 40. Nxe5 Nb5 41. Rd7 Rxf2 42. a4 Nc3+ 43. Kb3 Ne2 44. g4 Be3 45. Bd5 Bd4
46. Nxf7 Nc1+ 47. Kc4 Bxb2 48. Ng5+ Kh6 49. Nf7+ Kg7 50. Ng5+ Kh6 51. Nf7+ Kg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Youth Stars 4th"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2006.05.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Narayanan, Srinath"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 a6 6. O-O Ba7 7. Re1 d6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Nf1 Na5 10. Ng3 Nxc4 11. dxc4 Kh8 12. Be3 Ng4 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. h3 Nh6
15. c5 f6 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Qd3 b5 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Nf7 20. Nf1 Rd7 21. Ne3
Bb7 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Qb6 24. Rb4 Qc5 25. Rd1 Rc7 26. Qa2 Qa7 27. Rd5 Rb7
28. Ra4 Qb6 29. b4 Qc6 30. c4 Rb6 31. c5 dxc5 32. bxc5 Rb1+ 33. Qxb1 Qxa4 34.
Qb7 h6 35. c6 Qc4 36. c7 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qf4+ 38. Kh1 Qc1+ 39. Ng1 Qc4 40. Rd7 Kg8
41. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "World Youth Stars 4th"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2006.05.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2006.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Nf3 f5 10. exf6 Rxf6 11. Bg5 e5 12. Qg3 Rxf3 13. gxf3 c4 14. Be2 Qa5
15. Bxe7 Qxc3+ 16. Kf1 Qxa1+ 17. Kg2 Qxd4 18. Bf6 g6 19. Rd1 Qc5 20. f4 Bf5 21.
fxe5 Bxc2 22. Bg4 Bxd1 23. Be6+ Kf8 24. Qh4 Bh5 25. Qf4 Ke8 26. Qh6 Nd4 27. Bh3
Qxa3 28. Qxh7 Qf3+ 29. Kg1 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "World Youth Stars 4th"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2006.05.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kulikov, Alexander O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2006.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O e6 7. d4 a6 8.
Bc4 Bb4 9. Bd2 Nge7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qh5 12. Re1 O-O-O 13. Bd2 Nf5 14. c3
h6 15. b4 Nd6 16. Bd3 f6 17. a4 Rde8 18. b5 Nb8 19. Bf4 axb5 20. Bxd6 cxd6 21.
axb5 Bxb5 22. Ra5 1-0

[Event "Salou op 08th"]
[Site "Salou"]
[Date "2006.06.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Reves Balleste, Jose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2006.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c4 Bxb1 5. Rxb1 dxc4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. Ne2 Bb4+ 8.
Nc3 Nd7 9. Qb3 Ba5 10. O-O Nb6 11. Ne4 Nxc4 12. Qxc4 Bc7 13. Nc5 Qc8 14. Bg5 h6
15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Ne7 17. f4 g4 18. f5 Nxf5 19. Rbe1 O-O 20. Rf4 h5 21. Qc1
Qd8 22. Ne4 f6 23. Rxf5 exf5 24. Nxf6+ Rxf6 25. Qg5+ Kf7 26. exf6 Qxd4+ 27. Kh1
Qxf6 28. Qxh5+ Kg7 29. Bh4 1-0

[Event "Salou op 08th"]
[Site "Salou"]
[Date "2006.06.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tscharotschkin, Michael"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2006.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 8. g3 f6
9. h4 fxe5 10. h5 e4 11. hxg6 exf3 12. Bxf3 Qf6 13. Be3 O-O-O 14. dxc5 hxg6 15.
Nd2 g5 16. Kg2 e5 17. Bg4 d4 18. Ne4 Qg6 19. Bxd7+ Rxd7 20. Qg4 dxe3 21. fxe3
Be7 22. Rad1 Rhd8 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Rd1 Qe8 25. Qe6 Kd8 26. Rf1 Bf6 27. Qf5 Qf7
28. b4 Qxa2+ 29. Rf2 Qb1 30. Qh7 Rd1 31. Qg8+ Kc7 32. Nd6 Rg1+ 33. Kh3 g4+ 34.
Kxg4 Qg6+ 35. Kf3 Rxg3+ 36. Ke2 Qc2+ 37. Ke1 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "Salou op 08th"]
[Site "Salou"]
[Date "2006.06.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2006.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nge7 7. Be3 a6 8. Nb3
b5 9. Qe2 Na5 10. O-O-O Nc4 11. Bg2 Qc7 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. Nd2 Ng6 14. Bg3 Nge5
15. f4 Nxb2 16. Kxb2 Rc8 17. fxe5 Qxc3+ 18. Kb1 Qxc2+ 19. Ka1 Qc3+ 20. Kb1 Qc2+
21. Ka1 Bd5 22. exd5 Qc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Salou op 08th"]
[Site "Salou"]
[Date "2006.06.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hamdouchi, Hicham"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2006.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4 g6 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bb5 f6 8. Ngf3
Nh6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qa4 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. Nb3 Nf7 13. Bf4 Nxe5 14. Kh1 a5
15. Rfe1 Qb7 16. Nxe5 fxe5 17. Bxe5 Rxf2 18. Rf1 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Bd7 20. Bd6 Qa6
21. Nd2 Rf8 22. Rxf8+ Bxf8 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Qf4+ Ke8 25. Qe5 Qb5 26. Qh8+ Ke7
27. Qxh7+ Kd8 28. Qh8+ Kc7 29. Qc3 Qe2 30. h3 e5 31. Nf3 e4 32. Ne5 Kc8 33. Kh2
Qf2 34. Qg3 e3 35. Nd3 Qd2 36. Qxg6 e2 37. Qg8+ Kc7 38. Qg3+ Kc8 39. Ne1 Qd4
40. Qf3 Qe5+ 41. Kg1 Qd4+ 42. Qf2 Qxb2 43. Qxe2 Qxa2 44. Nf3 Qb1+ 45. Kh2 Qb4
46. Qe3 a4 47. Qd4 Qc4 48. Qh8+ Kc7 49. Qe5+ Kc8 50. Qd6 Qe4 51. Qf8+ Kc7 52.
Qf6 Bf5 53. Qd6+ Kb7 54. c3 Qe8 55. Nd4 Be4 56. Ne6 Qb8 57. Nd8+ Kc8 58. Qxb8+
Kxb8 59. Nxc6+ Kb7 60. Nb4 a3 61. Kg3 Bb1 62. Kf4 a2 63. Nxa2 Bxa2 64. Ke5 Kc6
65. Kd4 Bc4 66. g4 Be2 67. g5 Bh5 68. c4 dxc4 69. Kxc4 Bg6 70. h4 Bf7+ 71. Kd4
Be8 72. Ke5 Kxc5 73. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Salou op 08th"]
[Site "Salou"]
[Date "2006.06.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Garcia Castro, Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2006.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4
a5 9. h3 h6 10. Be3 Re8 11. Ba2 Bf8 12. Qd3 Nh5 13. Rad1 Qf6 14. Nd2 exd4 15.
Qxd4 Ne5 16. Ne2 g5 17. Nc4 Bxh3 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Qb6 Bc8 20. Ng3 Nxg3 21.
fxg3 Ra6 22. Rf1 Rxb6 23. Rxf6 Rxb2 24. Bxf7+ Kg7 25. Rdf1 Rd8 26. Bb3 Rxb3 27.
cxb3 Bb4 28. Rf7+ Kg8 29. R1f6 Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Bxf8 31. Bb6 Kg7 32. Rf3 Bb4 33.
Bc7 Bc5+ 34. Kh2 Bd4 35. Bxa5 b6 36. Bc3 g4 37. Bxd4 gxf3 38. Bxe5+ Kf7 39.
gxf3 Be6 40. b4 Bb3 41. a5 bxa5 42. bxa5 Bc4 43. g4 Kg6 44. Kg3 h5 45. gxh5+
Kxh5 46. Kf4 Kg6 47. Bc3 Kf7 48. Ke5 Ke7 49. Bb4+ Kd7 50. f4 Bd3 51. f5 Bc4 52.
Kd4 Ba2 53. a6 Kc7 54. Bc5 Bb1 55. f6 Ba2 56. e5 1-0

[Event "Salou op 08th"]
[Site "Salou"]
[Date "2006.06.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aloma Vidal, Roberto"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2006.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nge2 Nc6 10. dxc5 Nxe5 11. O-O Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Bxc5 13. Nxd5 Bf5 14. b4
Bd6 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. Nexf4 Qg5 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. f3 Nd6 19. Qd4 h6 20. Qc5 Red8
21. Rad1 Kh8 22. Qf2 Rd7 23. h4 Qd8 24. g4 Bh7 25. Re2 Ne8 26. Rde1 Nc7 27. Ne3
Nb5 28. Nf1 Nd4 29. Re5 Qxh4 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Rxe8+ Bg8 32. Qe3 Rd8 33. Rxd8
Qxd8 34. Ng3 Qb6 35. Kg2 Qxb4 36. Nfh5 Qb2+ 37. Kh3 Ne6 38. f4 Qxa2 39. Qe5 Qf2
40. Nf5 Qf3+ 41. Kh4 f6 42. Nxf6 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Salou op 08th"]
[Site "Salou"]
[Date "2006.06.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Jakobsen, Ole"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2006.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Ne7 9. Nbd2 Nbc6 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Nbd4 h6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. c4
dxc4 15. Bxc4 O-O 16. h3 Nf5 17. Bd2 Rd8 18. Qa4 a5 19. Bc3 c5 20. Rfe1 Bb7 21.
Ne5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Nd6 23. Rae1 Qc8 24. Bd5 Qd7 25. Qf4 Re8 26. Qg3 Rxe5 27.
Rxe5 Kf8 28. Bxb7 Nxb7 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. Rd5+ Kg6 31. Rxd7 Nd8 32. a4 Ne6 33.
g4 Re8 34. h4 h5 35. f3 f5 36. g5 f4 37. Kf2 Rb8 38. Rd6 Kf5 39. Rd5+ Kg6 40.
Rd6 Kf5 41. g6 Rb7 42. g7 Rb8 43. Ke2 Rg8 44. Kd3 Nd4 45. Rd5+ Ke6 46. Rxc5
Nxf3 47. Rxh5 1-0

[Event "Salou op 08th"]
[Site "Salou"]
[Date "2006.06.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2006.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1
Ng6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. g3 Rc8 13. h4 Na5 14. h5 Nh8 15. h6
g6 16. d5 f5 17. Nd4 fxe4 18. Bxe4 b4 19. Nce2 Bf6 20. Bg2 Qb6 21. b3 Bxd5 22.
Bxd5 exd5 23. Be3 Qd6 24. Qd2 Nc6 25. Rac1 Ne5 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rc1 Re8 28.
Qc2 Nhf7 29. Qc5 Ng4 30. Bf4 Qxc5 31. Rxc5 Ngxh6 32. Rxd5 d6 33. Bxh6 Nxh6 34.
Rxd6 Ng4 35. Rxa6 Rd8 36. Nf3 Be7 37. Nf4 Bc5 38. Ne6 Bxf2+ 39. Kg2 Re8 40.
Nfg5 Be3 41. Ne4 h5 42. Kf3 Re7 43. Ke2 Kf7 44. Nd6+ Kf6 45. Nc7 Bb6+ 46. Ne4+
Rxe4+ 47. Kd2 Rd4+ 48. Kc1 Ne3 49. Rxb6+ Kf5 50. Ne6 Rd1+ 51. Kb2 Rd2+ 52. Kc1
Rd1+ 53. Kb2 Rd2+ 54. Kc1 Rxa2 55. Nd4+ Ke4 56. Rxb4 Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Salou op 08th"]
[Site "Salou"]
[Date "2006.06.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mirzoev, Azer"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2006.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Qxc3 Re8 8.
d3 a5 9. b3 b6 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Be2 d6 12. O-O Qd7 13. Qc2 Ne7 14. b4 Nf5 15. e4
Ne7 16. Nd2 Ng6 17. g3 c5 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Rfb1 Bc6 20. Nf1 Nf8 21. Ne3 Ne6
22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Nd4 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Rb6 Red8 26. Rc1 h6 27. Bd1 Rab8
28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Qc6 Kh7 30. Kg2 Rb2 31. h3 Rd2 32. Ba4 Qd8 33. Qb7 Nh5 34.
Rd1 Re2 35. Qxf7 Qg5 36. Qf3 Ra2 37. Bd7 Nf6 38. Bf5+ Kg8 39. Rb1 Kf8 40. Rb8+
Ke7 41. Rb7+ Kd8 42. Rb1 Qe3 43. a4 Qxf3+ 44. Kxf3 Rxa4 45. Rb6 Ke7 46. Rb7+
Kf8 47. Bg6 Ra3 48. Ke2 Ra2+ 49. Kf1 Ra1+ 50. Kg2 Ra3 51. Rf7+ Kg8 52. Re7 Rxd3
53. Re6 Rc3 54. Rxd6 Kf8 55. Ra6 d3 56. Kf3 d2+ 57. Ke2 Rd3 58. Kd1 Ke7 59.
Rxa5 Rf3 60. Kxd2 Rxf2+ 61. Ke3 Rb2 62. Ra7+ Kd6 63. Ra6+ Kc5 64. Rc6+ Kb5 65.
Rc3 Kb4 66. Rd3 Kc5 67. Bf5 Kd6 68. Ra3 Rb6 69. Bg6 Nd7 70. h4 Nc5 71. Ra8 Rb3+
72. Kf2 Rb2+ 73. Kf3 Rb3+ 74. Kg2 Rb2+ 75. Kh3 Rb7 76. Bf5 Rc7 77. Rd8+ Ke7 78.
Rg8 Kd6 79. Kg4 Ra7 80. Kh5 Rb7 81. Rc8 Nd3 82. Kg6 Nb4 83. Re8 Nd3 84. Re6+
Kc5 85. Rc6+ Kd4 86. d6 Nb4 87. Rc7 Rb6 88. Rd7 Nd3 89. Kxg7 Nc5 90. Rd8 Nxe4
91. Bxe4 Kxe4 92. Kxh6 Kf3 93. Kg7 Kxg3 94. h5 e4 95. h6 Rb7+ 96. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Badalona op 32nd"]
[Site "Badalona"]
[Date "2006.07.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ramesh, Ramachandran B"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2006.07.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O d6 9. a4 b6 10. f4 Bb7 11. Qg4 g6 12. f5 Nf6 13. Qe2 gxf5 14. Bg5 Rg8 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rf2 Bh4 17. g3 f4 18. Rxf4 Bg5 19. Rf2 Nd7 20. e5 Nxe5 21. Bxh7
Ke7 22. Re1 f5 23. Nd4 Qc5 24. Nxe6 Qc6 25. Ne4 Qxe4 26. Qxe4 Bxe4 27. Bxg8
Rxg8 28. Nxg5 Rxg5 29. Ree2 d5 30. Rf4 Kd6 31. Kf1 d4 32. Rd2 Kd5 33. b3 b5 34.
axb5 axb5 35. Ke2 b4 36. Kd1 Rg7 37. Kc1 Rc7 38. Kb2 Rc3 39. Rf1 d3 40. h3 Kd4
41. cxd3 Nxd3+ 42. Ka2 Ke3 43. Rh2 Nc1+ 44. Kb2 Rxb3+ 0-1

[Event "Badalona op 32nd"]
[Site "Badalona"]
[Date "2006.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Munoz Pantoja, Miguel Angel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2006.07.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. g3 Bd7 5. Bg2 Bc6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O e6 8.
a3 Nbd7 9. Rb1 Qh5 10. b4 O-O-O 11. d3 Bd6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxf3 14. Bxf3
Be5 15. Bd2 h5 16. Rfe1 g5 17. Bg2 Rhg8 18. a4 h4 19. g4 Rde8 20. a5 Bf4 21.
Be3 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Rgf8 23. Nb5 a6 24. Nd4 c6 25. c4 Ne5 26. Rf1 Nfd7 27. Be4 c5
28. Nf3 f5 29. Nxe5 fxe4 30. Nxd7 Kxd7 31. dxe4 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Kd6 33. bxc5+
Ke5 34. Rxb7 Rc8 35. Rg7 Kf6 36. Ra7 Rxc5 37. Rxa6 Rxc4 38. Rb6 Ke5 39. Ke2 Ra4
40. a6 Ra1 41. Kd3 Ra3+ 42. Kc4 Kxe4 43. Rxe6+ Kf3 44. e4 Kg3 45. Rb6 Ra4+ 46.
Kb5 Ra1 47. e5 Kxh3 48. e6 Rb1+ 49. Kc6 Re1 50. Kb7 Kxg4 51. a7 h3 52. a8=Q h2
53. Rb4+ 1-0

[Event "Badalona op 32nd"]
[Site "Badalona"]
[Date "2006.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cuartas, Jaime Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2006.07.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
g6 9. b3 Bg7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. Kh1 b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rad8 15.
f3 Rfe8 16. Qf2 Ne5 17. Bf1 Qc5 18. a3 d5 19. exd5 exd5 20. b4 Qd6 21. N4b3
Ned7 22. Bd4 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Nh5 24. c5 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 bxc5 26. Nxc5 Nxc5 27. bxc5
Qc7 28. Rb1 Ng7 29. Qb4 Rd7 30. Nb3 Ne6 31. Na5 Bc8 32. c6 Re7 33. Qb6 Kg7 34.
Qxc7 Rxc7 35. Rd1 d4 36. g3 Kf6 37. f4 h6 38. Bc4 g5 39. Bxe6 Bxe6 40. Rxd4 Re7
41. Kg2 g4 42. Kf2 h5 43. Rd6 Kf5 44. Nb7 Bc4 45. Rd4 Be6 46. Nd6+ Kg6 47. Ra4
Ra7 48. Ra5 f5 49. Nb5 Re7 50. Rxa6 Bc4 51. c7+ Kg7 52. c8=Q 1-0

[Event "Badalona op 32nd"]
[Site "Badalona"]
[Date "2006.07.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Almeida Quintana, Omar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2006.07.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8.
Be3 d6 9. Bxa7 Rxa7 10. O-O Nge7 11. c4 O-O 12. Nc3 e5 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. Rac1
Qb8 15. Nd5 b6 16. Qe3 a5 17. Nc3 Rc8 18. Nb5 Rd7 19. Be2 Na7 20. a4 Nac6 21.
Nd2 Nb4 22. Nf3 h6 23. b3 f5 24. exf5 Nxf5 25. Qd2 Rf8 26. Nc3 Rdf7 27. Bd3 Ne7
28. Be4 Nc8 29. Qe3 Na6 30. Bd5 Bxd5 31. Nxd5 Nc5 32. Rd2 Na7 33. Rcd1 Nc6 34.
Nc3 Nxb3 35. Rxd6 Nbd4 36. Rg6 Ne7 37. Nxe5 Ndf5 38. Qe4 Nxg6 39. Nxg6 Re8 40.
Qd5 Qd6 41. Qxd6 Nxd6 42. g3 Nxc4 43. Nf4 Ne5 44. Rb1 g5 45. Nfd5 Nd3 46. Rxb6
Re1+ 47. Kg2 Rxf2+ 48. Kh3 Rc2 49. Nf6+ Kf8 50. Nfe4 Ne5 51. Rb8+ Kf7 52. Rb7+
Ke6 53. Rb6+ Kd7 54. Nf6+ Kc8 55. Ncd5 Ree2 56. Ng4 h5 0-1

[Event "Badalona op 32nd"]
[Site "Badalona"]
[Date "2006.07.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Peralta, Fernando"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2006.07.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Qd2 h6 6. Bf4 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. O-O-O
Nd7 9. e5 Nxg3 10. hxg3 dxe5 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. f4 gxf4 13. gxf4 Bg7 14. Nf3 e6
15. f5 Qf6 16. g4 Nb6 17. g5 hxg5 18. Rxh8+ Bxh8 19. Nxg5 Bd7 20. fxe6 fxe6 21.
Nge4 Qe5 22. Bg2 O-O-O 23. Qf2 Kb8 24. Nc5 Qg5+ 25. Kb1 Bc8 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27.
Nd3 Bxc3 28. bxc3 Qg5 29. Be4 Na4 30. Qd4 Qa5 31. Nb4 c5 32. Qd6+ Qc7 0-1

[Event "Andorra op 24th"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2006.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vera Gonzalez Quevedo, Reynaldo"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2006.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg5
Bb7 9. Rd1 h6 10. Bc1 Nc6 11. e3 Qc7 12. Be2 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. O-O Rac8 15.
b4 Be7 16. Bb2 Qg5 17. e4 Qg6 18. f4 Nxe4 19. Bd3 d5 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Rd7 Bf6
22. Rxb7 Rxc4 23. Qb3 Rfc8 24. f5 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Qf6 26. Nxe4 Qxf5 27. Qxc4 Rxc4
28. Rxf5 Bxb2 29. Nd2 Rc2 30. Rf2 Bd4 31. Rfxf7 Rxd2 32. g3 Kh7 33. Rbd7 Kg6
34. h4 e5 35. g4 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Rd2+ 37. Kh3 Rd3+ 38. Kg2 e4 39. Rf4 Bb2 40. Rxd3
exd3 41. Rf5 Bxa3 42. b5 d2 43. h5+ Kh7 44. Rd5 Bb4 45. Rd7 Kg8 46. Kf3 Kf8 47.
Ke2 Ba5 48. Rxa7 Bb4 49. Rb7 Ba5 50. Kd1 Kg8 51. Ra7 Bb4 52. Rb7 Ba5 53. Ra7
Bb4 54. Kc2 Kf8 55. Rd7 Ba5 56. Rb7 Kg8 57. Ra7 Bb4 58. Ra6 Bc5 59. Kxd2 Kf7
60. Ra4 Kf6 61. Rc4 1-0

[Event "Andorra op 24th"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2006.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Roktim, Bandyopadhyay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2006.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. axb3 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nc3 f5 15.
exf6 Bxf6 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Rxe4 Qd5 18. Rf4 Rfd8 19. Be3 Rd6 20. Qc2 Nb4 21.
Qc3 a5 22. Ne5 Nc6 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. Rxa5 Rxa5 25. Qxa5 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27.
Bxd4 Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Qf4+ 29. g3 Qxd4 30. Qa8+ Kf7 31. Qf3+ Kg8 32. Qe3 Qd7 33. g4
h6 34. Qc5 Qf7 35. b4 Qf4+ 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37. f3 Qe2+ 38. Qf2 Qc4 39. Qd2 c5 40.
bxc5 Qxc5 41. b4 Qc4 42. h4 Qb3 43. Kg3 Qc4 44. h5 Qf1 45. Qd4 Kh8 46. Qe4 Kg8
47. Kf4 Qc1+ 48. Ke5 Qc3+ 49. Kd6 Kh8 50. Qf4 Qc4 51. Qe4 Qc3 52. Kd5 Kg8 53.
f4 Kh8 54. f5 Kg8 55. f6 Qxf6 56. Qe6+ Qxe6+ 57. Kxe6 1-0

[Event "Andorra op 24th"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2006.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2006.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Bc5 8.
Nb3 Ba7 9. Qe2 d6 10. Kh1 Nc6 11. f4 O-O 12. Bd2 Nd4 13. Qe1 Nd7 14. Qg3 b5 15.
f5 Kh8 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. e5 Nf5 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. exd6 Qc4 20. Rae1 Nf6 21. Na5
Qg4 22. Qxg4 Nxg4 23. h3 Nf6 24. Nc6 Bc5 25. Bf4 Bd7 26. Ne5 Rad8 27. Nd3 Bd4
28. Re7 Rfe8 29. Be5 Bxc3 30. Bxc3 Rxe7 31. dxe7 Re8 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Re1 Kg7
34. Nc5 Bc8 35. Kg1 Kf7 36. Kf2 Rxe7 37. Rxe7+ Kxe7 38. Ke3 Kd6 39. Kd4 a5 40.
Nd3 Bb7 41. g3 Bd5 42. a3 a4 43. h4 Bf7 44. Nf4 Ba2 45. Nh5 Bb1 46. c3 Ke7 47.
Nf4 Kd6 48. Nd5 h6 49. Nxf6 Ba2 50. Ne8+ Ke7 51. Nc7 Bc4 52. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Andorra op 24th"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2006.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gonzalez Arribas, Vidal Alejandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2006.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc2 d6 7. Nc3 Nh6 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O f5 10. Bxh6 Bxh6 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Bxf5 Rxf5 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4
Bg7 15. Qd3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Rc8 17. Qe3 a6 18. Qe6+ Kf8 19. Rfe1 Rcc5 20. Rad1
Qc7 21. b3 b5 22. Rd5 bxc4 23. Rxf5+ Rxf5 24. bxc4 Rf7 25. h3 Qc5 26. Re2 a5
27. Qe4 Qf5 28. Qd4 Qf6 29. Qd2 Qf5 30. Qc3 Rf6 31. Qe3 Rf7 32. h4 Qg4 33. Qc3
Rf6 34. Qe3 Rf7 35. Qc3 Rf6 36. Qe3 Rf7 37. c5 dxc5 38. Qe5 Qd4 39. Qxd4 cxd4
40. Re4 d3 41. Rd4 d2 42. Rxd2 Rf4 43. g3 Ra4 44. Kf1 Kf7 45. Ke2 Kf6 46. f3
Kf5 47. Kf2 e5 48. Rb2 Ra3 49. Re2 Ra4 50. Rb2 h6 51. Rc2 g5 52. hxg5 hxg5 53.
Rb2 g4 54. Re2 gxf3 55. Kxf3 e4+ 56. Kf2 Kg4 57. Ke3 Kxg3 58. Rb2 Kg4 59. Rb5
Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Andorra op 24th"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2006.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Almagro Llamas, Pablo"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2006.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Bb4 7. Nde2 Nf6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 Nc6 11. Kh1 b6 12. f4 Bb7 13. Ng1 Rad8 14. Qe2 d5 15.
e5 Nd7 16. Nf3 Nc5 17. Nd1 a5 18. Nc3 Ba6 19. Nb5 Qd7 20. b3 d4 21. Ba3 d3 22.
cxd3 Nxb3 23. Bxe7 Nxe7 24. Rab1 Bxb5 25. axb5 Qxd3 26. Qxd3 Rxd3 27. Ng5 h6
28. Ne4 a4 29. Nd6 Rc3 30. Rf2 Nc5 31. Ra2 Rb3 32. Rc1 Nd5 33. Bxd5 exd5 34.
Rd1 Ra8 35. Rxd5 Nd3 36. Rd4 a3 37. Nc4 Nc1 38. Rxa3 Raxa3 39. Nxa3 Rxa3 40.
Rd6 Rb3 41. Rxb6 Ne2 42. Rb8+ Kh7 43. b6 Kg6 44. Kg2 Nc3 45. b7 Ne4 46. f5+
Kxf5 47. e6 Kf6 48. Re8 Rb2+ 49. Kg1 Rxb7 50. exf7 1-0

[Event "Andorra op 24th"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2006.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Villavicencio Martinez, Adalberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2006.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. g3 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Rc8 13. Bh3 h5 14. Rhd1 h4
15. g4 Qa5 16. Qe3 Qc5 17. Qd3 b5 18. a3 Bc6 19. g5 fxg5 20. e5 Rg8 21. exd6
Kd7 22. f5 g4 23. fxe6+ fxe6 24. Bxg4 Qg5+ 25. Kb1 Bg7 26. Bxe6+ Kxe6 27. d7
Rc7 28. d8=Q Rxd8 29. Rxd8 Be5 30. Rd6+ Kf7 1-0

[Event "Andorra op 24th"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2006.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Del Rio de Angelis, Salvador Gabriel"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2006.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3 b6 8. Be3
Bb7 9. f3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. Rc1 Rfd8 13. O-O Bd6 14. g3 Nxd4 15.
Bxd4 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Qxg3+ 17. Kh1 Qh3+ 18. Kg1 Qg3+ 19. Kh1 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITA-ch U20"]
[Site "Bratto"]
[Date "2006.08.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dini, Andrea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "1930"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2006.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Qc7 14. Bxf8
Bxf8 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bb3 Rc8 18. Kb1 h5 19. h4 Be7 20. g4 hxg4
21. h5 g5 22. fxg4 Kh7 23. Rhf1 Rd8 24. Qg2 Qc5 25. c3 Kh8 26. Rd2 e4 27. Rfd1
Bf6 28. h6 Be5 29. Qh3 Bf4 30. Rd4 e3 31. Rxf4 gxf4 32. Qh4 1-0

[Event "ITA-ch U20"]
[Site "Bratto"]
[Date "2006.08.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bellemo, Davide"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2006.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Ne7 5. Bg5 Ng6 6. e3 Bb4 7. Nge2 h6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. a3 Be7 10. Ng3 d6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Nge4 Qh4 13. h3 Bd8 14. g3 Qe7 15.
Qh5 Nh8 16. g4 f5 17. Ng3 e4 18. Bc2 f4 19. Ngxe4 fxe3 20. fxe3 Bd7 21. g5 Qf7
22. Qxf7+ Nxf7 23. gxh6 Nxh6 24. Ke2 Bh4 25. Nb5 Bxb5 26. cxb5 Nf7 27. Raf1 Ne5
28. b3 Rae8 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Rf1 Re8 31. Rf5 Bd8 32. a4 g6 33. Nf6+ Bxf6 34.
Rxf6 Kg7 35. Rf4 Rh8 36. h4 Rh5 37. Be4 g5 38. hxg5 Rxg5 39. Rf2 Rg4 40. Rg2
Rxg2+ 41. Bxg2 Kf6 42. e4 Nd7 43. b4 Ke5 44. Kd3 Kf4 45. Kd4 Ne5 46. Bh3 b6 47.
Bf5 Kf3 48. a5 Ke2 49. axb6 axb6 50. Bh7 Nf3+ 51. Kc3 Ke3 52. Bg6 Nd2 53. Bf7
Nxe4+ 54. Kc4 Nf6 55. Bg6 Nd7 56. Bh7 Ne5+ 57. Kc3 Nf3 58. Kc4 Kf4 59. Bg8 Ke5
60. Bf7 Nd4 61. Bg6 Nf5 62. Bf7 Ne3+ 63. Kc3 Nxd5+ 64. Kc4 0-1

[Event "ITA-ch U20"]
[Site "Bratto"]
[Date "2006.08.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Lain, Luigi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2006.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. c3
Bg4 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nf1 Ne8 14. Ng3 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 Bg5 16. Nf5 Bxc1 17. Raxc1 Nc7 18. Rcd1 g6 19. d4 exd4 20. cxd4 gxf5 21.
dxc5 Qf6 22. cxd6 Qxb2 23. Re2 Ne8 24. e5 Nxd6 25. Rxd6 Qc1+ 26. Kh2 Qg5 27.
Bxf5 Nc4 28. Rd4 Kh8 29. Rg4 Qe7 30. Qf4 f6 31. e6 Nd6 32. Bxh7 f5 33. Rh4 Kg7
34. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "ITA-ch U20"]
[Site "Bratto"]
[Date "2006.08.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rombaldoni, Denis"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Ne4 9. Rc1 d6 10. d5 Nd8 11. Bb4 a5 12. Ba3 e5 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 b6
15. O-O Nb7 16. b3 Nc5 17. Bb2 Bf5 18. h3 Bg6 19. Kh2 f5 20. f4 exf4 21. Rxf4
Rae8 22. Qd4 Nd7 23. Rcf1 Nf6 24. Bf3 Qe3 25. Qxe3 Rxe3 26. Bd4 Re7 27. Bxf6
Rxf6 28. Kg2 Re5 29. h4 Kf8 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. a3 Rf8 32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 Ra8 34.
c5 bxc5 35. bxc5 Bf7 36. cxd6+ cxd6 37. Rc1 Bxd5 38. Rc7+ Kf6 39. Rd4 Ra5 40.
Rd7 Bxf3 41. R4xd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITA-ch U20"]
[Site "Bratto"]
[Date "2006.08.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Stromboli, Carlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2006.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Bb7 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Bd5 Rb8 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Na3 bxa4
15. Qxa4 O-O 16. Nc4 Rfe8 17. b4 g6 18. Rad1 Kg7 19. h3 h5 20. Rd3 Red8 21.
Rfd1 Ba7 22. Qc2 Rd7 23. Qe2 Re8 24. h4 Nd8 25. Bxb7 Rxd3 26. Rxd3 Nxb7 27. Rd7
Bb8 28. Qd3 Nd6 29. Nxd6 cxd6 30. Qxa6 Qf4 31. Qd3 Rc8 32. g3 Qc1+ 33. Kg2 Qxc3
34. Qd5 Rf8 35. Ng5 Qd4 36. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "ITA-ch U20"]
[Site "Bratto"]
[Date "2006.08.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2006.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3
h6 9. Ne5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Qh5 Qe8 12. f4 f5 13. Qxe8 Rxe8 14. c4 Nf8 15.
Rc1 b6 16. Bf2 g6 17. Rg1 Kf7 18. a3 Bb7 19. Ke2 Rad8 20. g4 Ba6 21. gxf5 exf5
22. cxd5 Bxd3+ 23. Kxd3 Rxd5+ 24. Ke2 Na5 25. Be1 Ne6 26. b4 Nb7 27. Nf3 Red8
28. Nh4 Rg8 29. Bc3 c4 30. a4 a6 31. Rcd1 Rxd1 32. Kxd1 Nbd8 33. Kc2 Nc6 34.
Rd1 Rd8 35. Rg1 Ne7 36. a5 b5 37. Rg3 Rd3 38. Bd2 g5 39. fxg5 Nxg5 40. Be1 Ne4
41. Rh3 Ng5 42. Rg3 Ke6 43. Nf3 Nxf3 44. Rxf3 Nd5 45. Bd2 f4 46. Rh3 Nxe3+ 47.
Bxe3 fxe3 48. Rxh6+ Kxe5 49. Rxa6 e2 50. Ra8 Re3 0-1

[Event "ITA-ch U20"]
[Site "Bratto"]
[Date "2006.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ronchetti, Niccolo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "234"]
[EventDate "2006.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. h4 h5 6. f3 b5 7. Qd2 Nd7 8. O-O-O
Bb7 9. Nh3 Rc8 10. Ng5 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bd4 Nf6 13. Kb1 O-O 14. g3 Qc7 15.
Bh3 e6 16. Rhe1 Rfd8 17. a3 Rb8 18. Qf2 e5 19. Be3 Ba8 20. Bf1 Ncd7 21. Rd2 b4
22. axb4 Rxb4 23. Na2 Rbb8 24. Bxa6 Qa5 25. Rxd6 Bf8 26. Qd2 Qa3 27. Rb6 Nxb6
28. Qxd8 Qxa2+ 29. Kxa2 Rxd8 30. Bxb6 Rd6 31. Bc4 Rxb6 32. Nxf7 Kg7 33. Rd1 Be7
34. Rd3 Bb7 35. Rb3 Rxb3 36. Bxb3 Bc5 37. Nxe5 Bf2 38. g4 Bxh4 39. gxh5 gxh5
40. Be6 Bg3 41. Nc4 Bc6 42. Ne3 h4 43. Nf5+ Kf8 44. Kb3 Bd7 45. Bxd7 Nxd7 46.
Kc4 Bf2 47. Nxh4 Bxh4 48. Kd5 Ke7 49. b4 Bg3 50. c4 Ne5 51. c5 Kd7 52. b5 Nxf3
53. Kc4 Ne5+ 54. Kd5 Ng6 55. Kc4 Nf4 56. e5 Bf2 57. c6+ Kc7 58. Kc3 Bg1 59. Kb4
Kb6 60. Kc4 Bf2 61. Kb3 Bd4 62. e6 Nxe6 63. Kc4 Bc5 64. Kd5 Nc7+ 65. Kc4 Bg1
66. Kd3 Bh2 67. Kc4 Bg3 68. Kd3 Bh4 69. Kc4 Bg5 70. Kd3 Bh6 71. Kc4 Bg7 72. Kd3
Bh8 73. Kc4 Bf6 74. Kd3 Be7 75. Kc4 Bf8 76. Kd3 Bd6 77. Kc4 Be5 78. Kd3 Bf4 79.
Ke4 Bd2 80. Kd3 Be1 81. Kc4 Bf2 82. Kd3 Bc5 83. Kc4 Ba3 84. Kb3 Bc1 85. Kc4 Bf4
86. Kd3 Bd6 87. Kc4 Nxb5 88. Kd3 Nc7 89. Kc4 Kxc6 90. Kd4 Ne6+ 91. Kc4 Bc5 92.
Kd3 Kd5 93. Kc3 Nf4 94. Kb3 Kd4 95. Ka4 Kc4 96. Ka5 Ne6 97. Ka6 Kb4 98. Kb7 Kb5
99. Kc8 Kc6 100. Kb8 Nc7 101. Kc8 Ba7 102. Kd8 Nd5 103. Ke8 Nf4 104. Kf7 Bd4
105. Ke7 Kc7 106. Ke8 Bf6 107. Kf7 Bg5 108. Ke8 Kd6 109. Kf8 Kd7 110. Kf7 Be7
111. Kg8 Ke6 112. Kg7 Bd6 113. Kg8 Kf6 114. Kh7 Be7 115. Kh6 Bf8+ 116. Kh7 Kf7
117. Kh8 Nd5 0-1

[Event "ITA-ch U20"]
[Site "Bratto"]
[Date "2006.08.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2006.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nb3 Bb6 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. c3 h6 11. Nbd4 Bxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. Be3 Qb6 14. Qd2
Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qb4 16. Qxb4 Nxb4 17. Bf5 Nc6 18. Rac1 Rfe8 19. Rc5 Re7 20. Rd1
Rd8 21. a3 Ne8 22. b4 Nc7 23. Bc2 Ne6 24. Rc3 a6 25. Kf1 Rc7 26. f4 Ne7 27.
Rxc7 Nxc7 28. f5 f6 29. Rc1 Nb5 30. Bb3 Rd7 31. a4 Nd6 32. b5 axb5 33. axb5
Ndxf5 34. b6 Rd6 35. Rc5 Kf7 36. Rc7 Rxb6 37. Bxd5+ Ke8 38. Be4 Nd6 39. d5 Rb5
40. Bf3 Kd8 41. Rc5 Nef5 42. Rc2 Rb3 43. Ke2 Nxe3 44. fxe3 Nf5 45. Bg4 Rxe3+
46. Kf2 Re5 47. Rb2 Nd6 0-1

[Event "ITA-ch U20"]
[Site "Bratto"]
[Date "2006.08.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Pomaro, Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2046"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2006.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qb1
c4 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. g3 Bd7 11. Bg2 Nge7 12. O-O O-O-O 13. h4 Kb8 14. Qd1 f6 15.
exf6 gxf6 16. Re1 Nf5 17. Bh3 Nce7 18. Bf4+ Ka8 19. h5 Bc8 20. Nh2 Rdf8 21. Ng4
Qc6 22. Qe2 Nd6 23. Nxf6 Rxf6 24. Qe5 Rxf4 25. Qxh8 Nf7 26. Qg7 Nf5 27. Qxf7
Rf3 28. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 25th"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. a3 Bxd2+ 5. Bxd2 b6 6. Bg5 Bb7 7. e3 h6 8.
Bh4 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Qe7 11. f3 e5 12. Be2 g5 13. Bf2 O-O-O 14. d5 e4 15.
f4 Rhg8 16. O-O Rg6 17. f5 Rgg8 18. Nb5 Kb8 19. a4 Nc5 20. a5 Nfd7 21. axb6
axb6 22. b4 Nd3 23. Qa4 N7e5 24. Na7 Qe8 25. b5 Nc5 26. Qa3 f6 27. Bg3 Ned3 28.
Be1 Nxe1 29. Rfxe1 Qf7 30. Ra2 Rde8 31. Qc3 Rh8 32. Rea1 Rhg8 33. Qc2 Rh8 34.
Ra3 Rhg8 35. Nc6+ Kc8 36. Nd4 Kd7 37. Ne6 Qe7 38. Bh5 Ra8 39. Qa2 Rxa3 40. Qxa3
Rb8 41. Bg6 Rh8 42. Qa2 Rb8 43. Qa3 Nd3 44. Qc3 Ra8 45. Rxa8 Bxa8 46. Qd4 Nc5
47. Qd1 Kc8 48. Qh5 Kb8 49. Qxh6 Bb7 50. Qh8+ Ka7 51. Be8 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 25th"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "2006.09.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Le Roux, Jean Pierre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Bb6 7. h3 h6 8. Be3 g5
9. Nh2 Ne7 10. a4 c6 11. Bxb6 axb6 12. Nd2 Ng6 13. d4 h5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. f4
gxf4 16. Rxf4 Qe7 17. Qf1 Rh6 18. b3 Bd7 19. Kh1 h4 20. Be2 c5 21. Qf2 O-O-O
22. Rxh4 Rg6 23. Nhf1 Bc6 24. Ne3 d5 25. a5 bxa5 26. Rxa5 b6 27. Ra6 Kb7 28.
Qe1 Qc7 29. Qa1 Kb8 30. Rf4 dxe4 31. Qa2 Bb7 32. Rf1 Bxa6 33. Bxa6 Nd3 34. Bc4
Qa7 35. Qc2 Rg3 36. Nf5 Rg5 37. Ne3 Rd6 38. Rxf6 Rxf6 39. Nxe4 Qa1+ 40. Nd1
Rf1+ 41. Kh2 Rxd1 42. Nxg5 Rh1+ 43. Kg3 Qe1+ 44. Kg4 f5+ 45. Kxf5 Rf1+ 46. Nf3
Qe5+ 47. Kg6 Rf2 48. Bxd3 Qe6+ 49. Kh5 Rxc2 50. Bxc2 Qe2 51. Bf5 Qxg2 52. Ng5
Qb2 53. Be6 Qxc3 54. h4 Qd4 55. Bc4 Kb7 56. Nf3 Qf6 57. Kg4 Kc6 58. Ng5 Qd4+
0-1

[Event "Mitropa Cup 25th"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "2006.09.09"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Simacek, Pavel"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic II"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bc5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
c4 O-O 9. Nc3 d5 10. Qc2 Ba6 11. b3 dxc4 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Na4 Ba3 14. bxc4 Bxc1
15. Raxc1 Rab8 16. Qc3 Rb4 17. Qa3 c5 18. Nb2 Rb6 19. Na4 Rb4 20. Nxc5 Rxc4 21.
Qxa6 Rxc5 22. a4 h6 23. Rb1 Rc7 24. Rdc1 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Rd8 26. Bf3 Kh7 27. Kg2
Rd5 28. Qc8 Rd8 29. Rc7 Rd7 30. Rxd7 Qxd7 31. Be4+ g6 32. Qxd7 Nxd7 33. Kf3 Kg7
34. Ke3 Kf6 35. Kd4 Ke7 36. Bc6 Nb8 37. Bb7 Kd6 38. f4 Nd7 39. Be4 Nc5 40. Bc2
Na6 41. Kc4 Nc7 42. Be4 Ne8 43. Bf3 Nc7 44. h4 h5 45. Kd4 Ne8 46. e4 Ng7 47.
Be2 Ne8 48. Bb5 Ng7 49. a5 f6 50. e5+ fxe5+ 51. fxe5+ Kc7 52. Ke4 Kd8 53. Kf4
Ke7 54. Bd3 Kf7 55. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 25th"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "2006.09.10"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Cvek, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Nbc6 8. h5
Qa5 9. Bd2 Bd7 10. h6 gxh6 11. Nf3 O-O-O 12. Bd3 c4 13. Be2 Ng8 14. a4 f6 15.
O-O fxe5 16. dxe5 Nge7 17. Nd4 Rhg8 18. Re1 Ng6 19. Nb5 Nh4 20. g3 Kb8 21. Kh2
Rdf8 22. Rf1 Nxe5 23. gxh4 Qd8 24. Bg5 hxg5 25. Qd4 Nc6 26. Qc5 Qe7 27. Nd6 h6
28. Rab1 Ka8 29. Qa3 gxh4 0-1

[Event "Mitropa Cup 25th"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "2006.09.12"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Jenni, Florian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Nbc6 8. h4
f6 9. h5 fxe5 10. h6 gxh6 11. Bxh6 Qa5 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. Ng5 O-O-O 14. Nf7 e4 15.
Rb1 Qc7 16. Nxd8 Qxd8 17. Bb5 Rg8 18. Rxh7 Rxg2 19. Qh5 Rg1+ 20. Bf1 cxd4 21.
Qh2 Rg8 22. cxd4 Nxd4 23. Qd6 Nf3+ 24. Kd1 Rg1 25. Qc5+ Nc6 26. Qb5 Qb6 27.
Qxb6 axb6 28. Ke2 Ncd4+ 29. Ke3 Nxc2+ 0-1

[Event "Mitropa Cup 25th"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "2006.09.13"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Petrik, Tomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 Nce7 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nf3 f5 14. exf6 Rxf6
15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 Qa5 17. dxc5 Nc6 18. Qd6 Qxc3+ 19. Ke2 Nd4+ 20. Bxd4 Qxd4
21. f3 e5 22. c3 Qxc3 23. Qd8+ Rf8 24. Qxd5+ Kh8 25. Rhd1 Bf5 26. Bxf5 Rxf5 27.
Qxb7 Qc4+ 28. Rd3 Raf8 29. Qb4 Qa6 30. Rad1 Rf4 31. Qb3 e4 32. fxe4 Rf2+ 33.
Ke3 Qf6 34. Rd5 Rf3+ 35. gxf3 Qxf3+ 36. Kd4 Qxb3 37. Rd3 Qb2+ 38. Kc4 Qc2+ 39.
Kd4 Re8 40. e5 Kh7 41. h3 Qa4+ 42. Ke3 Rf8 43. R5d4 Qc2 0-1

[Event "Mitropa Cup 25th"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "2006.09.14"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Borisek, Jure"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. c3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nb3 Bb6 7. exd5 exd5 8.
Qe2+ Ne7 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 O-O 11. Qd2 Nbc6 12. Be2 Ng6 13. Nf3 Qf6 14. O-O
Nf4 15. Rfe1 Bg4 16. Bd1 Rfe8 17. Re3 h5 18. g3 Rxe3 19. Qxe3 Ne6 20. Kg2 Rd8
21. Nfd4 Ncxd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup 25th"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "2006.09.15"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Braun, Arik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qh5+
g6 9. Qd1 cxd4 10. cxd4 b6 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Ne2 Nxd4 14. Bb2 Nxe2
15. Qxe2 Ne7 16. c4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 b5 18. Bb3 Qa5+ 19. Kf1 b4 20. Kg1 bxa3 21.
Rxa3 Qb6 22. h4 a5 23. Kh2 a4 24. Rd1 Qb7 25. Qd2 Rf8 26. Bc4 Qc7 27. Rd3 Qxc4
28. Rxd7 Qxh4+ 29. Kg1 a3 30. Bc3 Kf7 31. g3 Qa4 32. Qg5 Rae8 33. Qf6+ Kg8 34.
Qxe6+ Rf7 35. Qa2 Qc6 36. Bb4 Kf8 37. e6 Rg7 38. Bxa3 f4 39. Bb2 fxg3 40. Bxg7+
Kxg7 41. Qb2+ Kg8 42. Qf6 gxf2+ 43. Kh2 Rf8 44. Qxe7 f1=N+ 45. Rxf1 Qc2+ 46.
Kg1 Rxf1+ 47. Kxf1 Qc4+ 48. Kf2 Qc2+ 49. Ke3 Qc3+ 50. Ke4 Qc4+ 51. Ke5 Qe2+ 52.
Kd6 Qa6+ 53. Kc5 Qa5+ 54. Kc4 Qa6+ 55. Kb3 Qb6+ 56. Qb4 Qe3+ 57. Ka4 1-0

[Event "Moratalaz op 19th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2006.09.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Martinez Martinez, Amable"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1763"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2006.09.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d3 g6 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. Bc3 Nd4 7. Be2 Ne7 8. O-O
Nec6 9. a3 O-O 10. h3 b6 11. Nh2 Bb7 12. f4 d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15.
Kh1 Nxd5 16. Nf3 Ne3 17. Qc1 Nxf1 18. Qxf1 Re8 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Nc3 Qf6 21.
Nxd4 cxd4 22. Nb5 Re3 23. Kh2 Rae8 24. Re1 a6 25. Nc7 R8e7 0-1

[Event "Moratalaz op 19th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2006.09.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Alvarez Escudero, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "1988"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2006.09.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. Nc3 exd4 6. Nxd4 Ne5 7. Be2 Nf6 8.
f4 Nc6 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. O-O-O Bg4 12. Bxg4 Nxg4 13. Qxg7 Nxe3 14.
Qxh8+ Bf8 15. Rd3 Nxg2 16. Nd5 c6 17. Nf6+ Ke7 18. e5 d5 19. Qxh7 Nxf4 20. Rf3
Qb6 21. Qf5 Bh6 22. Qd7+ Kf8 23. Qd6+ Kg7 24. Kb1 Rd8 25. Qe7 Rf8 26. Rxf4 Bxf4
27. Nh5+ Kg8 28. Qf6 Bxe5 29. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Moratalaz op 19th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2006.09.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Coleto Calderon, Jose Antonio"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2006.09.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d3 d6 7. Qe2 Nd7 8. O-O
Ngf6 9. Nh4 Be7 10. f4 b4 11. Nd1 O-O 12. Nf3 Nb6 13. Nf2 Qc7 14. g4 Rae8 15.
g5 Nfd7 16. Kh1 Kh8 17. a4 f6 18. g6 h6 19. f5 exf5 20. Nh4 f4 21. Nf5 Bd8 22.
Bxf4 Re5 23. Qh5 Rxf5 24. exf5 Bxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Ne5 26. Rae1 Nd5 27. Bd2 Kg8 28.
Re4 Qb7 29. Kg1 Bb6 30. Rfe1 Re8 31. Kf1 Ne7 32. c3 bxc3 33. bxc3 N7c6 34. a5
Bxa5 35. Ng4 Qb5 36. c4 Qb3 37. Nxe5 dxe5 38. Bxa5 Qxd3+ 39. Kg2 Nxa5 40. Qf3
Qxf3+ 41. Kxf3 Nb3 42. R4e3 Nd4+ 43. Ke4 Nc2 44. Rb1 Nxe3 45. Kxe3 Ra8 46. Rb7
a5 47. Rb3 a4 48. Ra3 Kf8 49. Ke4 Ke7 50. Kd5 Kd7 51. Kxc5 Kc7 52. Kd5 Ra6 53.
Kc5 Ra7 54. Kd5 Ra5+ 55. c5 Ra8 56. Kc4 Kc6 57. Kb4 Rb8+ 58. Kc4 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Patrimonio op 1st"]
[Site "Alcala de Henares"]
[Date "2006.10.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Camarero Izquierdo, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2006.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Be7 12. Qg3 Nc5 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nh5
15. Qh4 Bxg5+ 16. Qxg5 g6 17. g4 h6 18. Qe3 Ng7 19. Bxb5+ Kf8 20. Bc4 Kg8 21.
Nb3 Nxb3+ 22. axb3 Kh7 23. h4 Rhc8 24. h5 gxh5 25. Bd3+ Kg8 26. Qxh6 Bf3 27.
Qh7+ Kf8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qxg7 Bxd1 30. Bg6 Rf8 31. Rxd1 hxg4 32. Qf6+ Ke8 33.
Qxe6+ Qe7 34. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "Patrimonio op 1st"]
[Site "Alcala de Henares"]
[Date "2006.10.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gago Padreny, Ignacio"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2006.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Bg5 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Qd3 a6 10. Nbd2 d5 11. a4 b4 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. cxb4 Bxb4 14. Rfc1 Nbd7
15. Bd2 Bxd2 16. Nfxd2 a5 17. Qc3 Qb6 18. Qc2 Qb4 19. Qc3 Qb6 20. Qc7 Rfc8 21.
Qxb6 Nxb6 22. Rc5 Rxc5 23. Nxc5 Bc6 24. e3 Nfd7 25. Ndb3 Nc4 26. Nxd7 Bxd7 27.
Nc5 Be8 28. b3 Nd6 29. Rc1 Rb8 30. Bf1 Kf8 31. Bd3 Ke7 32. Kf1 e5 33. Ke1 Bd7
34. Kd2 Bc8 35. Kc2 h6 36. Kb2 Rb6 37. Ka3 e4 38. Be2 Kf6 39. Bb5 Ke7 40. Be2
g5 41. g4 f5 42. gxf5 Bxf5 43. Na6 Be6 44. Nc7 Bf7 45. Rc5 d4 46. Bd1 d3 47. f3
exf3 48. Bxf3 Rxb3+ 49. Ka2 Rb4+ 50. Nd5+ Bxd5+ 51. Rxd5 Rxa4+ 52. Kb3 Rh4 53.
Rxd3 Rxh2 0-1

[Event "Patrimonio op 1st"]
[Site "Alcala de Henares"]
[Date "2006.10.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2006.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. a3 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. d5 Ne7 7. e4 Bg7 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 O-O 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Re8 13. Re1 Qc8 14. Rc1 Nd7 15. b4
a5 16. b5 Nd8 17. Na4 b6 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21. Bg4 Qb7
22. e5 Nd4 23. f4 c6 24. Bf3 Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Rac8 26. Red1 Qc7 27. Rd6 cxb5 28.
Qd5 g5 29. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Patrimonio op 1st"]
[Site "Alcala de Henares"]
[Date "2006.10.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Candela Perez, Jose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2006.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Nc5 9. f3 b6 10. Qe1 Bb7 11. Qg3 Qc7 12. Rfd1 g6 13. a4 Bg7 14. a5 bxa5 15.
Ndb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qc6 17. Nxd6+ Kf8 18. Bb5 Qc7 19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20. Qd6+ Kg8 21.
Bc6 1-0

[Event "Patrimonio op 1st"]
[Site "Alcala de Henares"]
[Date "2006.10.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2006.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. dxc5 Qxc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. a3 Qh5 11. Nd4 Nc5 12. Qxh5 Nxh5 13. Be2 Nf4 14. Bf3
Rd8 15. N2b3 Ng6 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Nb3 Be7 18. Be3 Ne5 19. Be2 Bd7 20. f4 Ng6
21. Bf3 Rac8 22. c3 Ba4 23. Nd4 b6 24. Bd1 Bxd1 25. Raxd1 Bc5 26. g3 Ne7 27.
Nc2 Bxe3+ 28. Nxe3 Kf8 29. Kf2 Ke8 30. Ke2 Rc5 31. Rxd8+ Kxd8 32. Rd1+ Kc7 33.
c4 Nf5 34. Nxf5 Rxf5 35. Ke3 Rh5 36. Rd2 e5 37. b4 exf4+ 38. Kxf4 f6 39. Re2
Kd7 40. h4 g6 41. Rd2+ Kc7 42. Ke4 Re5+ 43. Kd4 Rf5 44. Rd3 Kc6 45. Re3 Kd7 46.
Rc3 Kc6 47. Re3 Kd7 48. Rc3 Kc6 49. Rd3 Kc7 50. Re3 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Patrimonio op 1st"]
[Site "Alcala de Henares"]
[Date "2006.10.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hernandez Carmenates, Holden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2006.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 Ne7 6. h4 d5 7. d3 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 a5 10. Bb2 a4 11. c4 Ng6 12. Kc2 axb3+ 13. axb3 Rxa1 14.
Bxa1 h5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 f6 17. Bc7 e5 18. Nc3 Rh6 19. Rd1 Be7 20. Bd6 f5
21. Bxe7 Kxe7 22. exf5 Bxf5+ 23. Kc1 Rg6 24. g3 Rd6 25. Rxd6 Kxd6 26. Kd2 Ke6
27. Na4 Kd6 28. Nb2 Ke6 29. Nd3 Bxd3 30. Kxd3 Kd6 31. Ke4 Ke6 32. f3 g6 33. Kd3
Kf5 34. Ke3 Kf6 35. g4 Kf7 36. gxh5 gxh5 37. Ke4 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calvia op 3rd"]
[Site "Calvia"]
[Date "2006.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Rhein, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2006.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
O-O Ne5 9. Nf3 Nfg4 10. Nxe5 Nxe3 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qf3 Qxe5 13. fxe3 f6 14. Qxf6
Qxf6 15. Rxf6 Bg7 16. Rf3 b5 17. Nd1 Rb8 18. Rc1 Ke7 19. b3 Bb7 20. Nf2 Bc3 21.
Rf1 Rbf8 22. Nh3 Bc6 23. Nf4 g5 24. Ne2 Be5 25. Nd4 g4 26. Rxf8 Rxf8 27. Rxf8
Kxf8 28. b4 Ke7 29. c4 bxc4 30. Bxc4 Bb7 31. Nb3 Bxe4 32. Nc5 Bb1 33. a4 Bc3
34. Nxa6 d5 35. Be2 d4 36. exd4 Bxd4+ 37. Kf1 Bc2 38. a5 h5 39. Nc5 Bxc5 40.
bxc5 Kd7 41. Bb5+ Kc7 42. a6 Be4 43. g3 Bd5 44. Kf2 e5 45. Ke3 Ba8 46. Bd3 Bd5
47. Be4 1-0

[Event "Calvia op 3rd"]
[Site "Calvia"]
[Date "2006.10.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Habibi, Ali"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2006.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. e4 d6
9. Ne1 Nc6 10. f4 Nd7 11. g4 Bf6 12. Nc3 b5 13. g5 Bd4+ 14. Kh1 b4 15. Na4 Nb6
16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Nb2 d5 18. h4 f6 19. Qg4 f5 20. exf5 exf5 21. Qd1 Re8 22. a3
a5 23. a4 Qd6 24. Nc4 dxc4 25. Bxb7 Ra7 26. Bg2 c3 27. Bf3 Rae7 28. Ng2 Nd5 29.
Rc1 Ne3 30. Nxe3 Rxe3 31. Rf2 Nxf3 0-1

[Event "Calvia op 3rd"]
[Site "Calvia"]
[Date "2006.10.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Strikovic, Aleksa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2006.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. O-O
d6 9. a4 b4 10. Na2 Nc6 11. Bd2 Rb8 12. c3 bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nf6 14. Qe2 Be7 15. b4
O-O 16. Rfc1 Qb7 17. Rab1 e5 18. h3 Qa8 19. Ra1 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7
22. Qe4+ Kg8 23. Qxd5 Be6 24. Qe4 f5 25. Qe2 e4 26. b5 Nd8 27. Nd4 axb5 28.
axb5 Qd5 29. Rd1 Qc4 30. Qxc4 Bxc4 31. Nc6 Nxc6 32. bxc6 Rfc8 33. Rd7 Bf8 34.
c7 Ra8 35. Nb4 Rxa1+ 36. Bxa1 Be6 37. Rd8 Rxc7 38. Be5 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 Kf7 40. Bd6
Be7 41. Bxe7 Kxe7 42. Rd2 Kf6 43. Nc2 f4 44. g3 g5 45. Nd4 e3 46. fxe3 fxe3 47.
Rg2 Bd5 48. Rg1 Rc4 49. Rd1 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Calvia op 3rd"]
[Site "Calvia"]
[Date "2006.10.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
d6 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. e4 e5 11. d5 Nc5 12. Bc2 Bc8 13. h3 h6 14. b3 Nh7 15. a3
Bxc3 16. Bxc3 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Rxa1 21. Bxa1
Nd7 22. Re3 Rf4 23. Qc2 Ng5 24. Nxg5 Qxg5 25. Ra3 Rf8 26. Ra7 Nf6 27. Bb2 Nh5
28. Bc1 Nf4 29. Bxf4 exf4 30. Rxc7 f3 31. g3 Qe5 32. Qd1 h5 33. h4 Qc3 34. c5
Qxb4 35. cxd6 Qxd6 36. Rc3 Rf5 37. Rxf3 Qxd5 38. Qxd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calvia op 3rd"]
[Site "Calvia"]
[Date "2006.10.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grant, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nd7 8. Nge2
Nb6 9. Bb3 Ned5 10. O-O Qd7 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. f4 Rd8 13. Qf3 Be7 14. Nce4 O-O 15.
Bd2 Nc7 16. Be3 Ncd5 17. Bf2 Bh4 18. Rad1 Bxg3 19. Bxg3 Qe7 20. Nc5 Nd7 21. Ne4
N7b6 22. Rfe1 Rd7 23. Bf2 Kh8 24. Kh1 a5 25. h3 a4 26. Ba2 Rdd8 27. Rd2 Qc7 28.
Nc5 Qc8 29. Bh4 Rde8 30. Rf2 Nc7 31. Rd1 h6 32. Ne4 Bxe4 33. Qxe4 Ncd5 34. Bb1
g6 35. g4 Nc4 36. Rc1 b5 37. Bd3 Qd7 38. Kh2 Rb8 39. f5 exf5 40. gxf5 Nde3 41.
Bf6+ Kg8 42. fxg6 Qd5 43. g7 1-0

[Event "Calvia op 3rd"]
[Site "Calvia"]
[Date "2006.10.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Das, Arghyadip"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2006.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. f4
g6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. Kh1 Nc6 11. c4 O-O 12. Nc3 b6 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Rac1 Nd7 15.
Bb1 Nc5 16. f5 Rfe8 17. Qf2 Qe7 18. Ng5 Nd7 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Qf7+ Qxf7 21.
Nxf7 Be5 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. Nf7+ Kg8 24. Nh6+ Kh8 25. Nf7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calvia op 3rd"]
[Site "Calvia"]
[Date "2006.10.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gomez, John Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2006.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be3 d6 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nc2 Rc8 11. f3 Na5 12. Na3 Be6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bxb2
15. dxe6 Bxa3 16. Bh6 fxe6 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. Qa4 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 Nc6 20. Bc4 Qf6
21. Qb3 Nd4 22. Qxb7 Rf8 23. Rae1 g5 24. e5 dxe5 25. Qc7 Bd6 26. Qxa7 Qh6 27.
Re4 Rc8 28. Qa6 Rb8 29. h3 Nf5 30. Kh2 Qf6 31. Bb3 h5 32. Rc1 h4 33. Rc8+ Rxc8
34. Qxc8+ Kf7 35. Kg1 Ng3 36. Qc4 Nxe4 37. Qxe4 Qf4 38. Qxf4+ exf4 39. Kf2 Ke8
40. Bxe6 Kd8 41. Ke2 Kc7 42. Kd3 Be5 43. Kc4 Kb6 44. a4 Ka5 45. Bd7 Bf6 46. Kc5
Bg7 47. Bc6 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calvia op 3rd"]
[Site "Calvia"]
[Date "2006.10.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2006.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. a3 d6 5. b4 g6 6. Bb2 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 e5
9. b5 Nb8 10. O-O exd4 11. exd4 d5 12. Nc3 Nbd7 13. Ne5 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Nb6 15.
Ne5 Be6 16. Re1 Nfd7 17. Na4 Nxa4 18. Qxa4 Bd5 19. Bf1 Re8 20. Rac1 Nf8 21. Qc2
Ne6 22. a4 Qg5 23. g3 Rad8 24. Rcd1 Qe7 25. Re3 Qb4 26. Rd2 c6 27. Ba3 Bh6 28.
Bb2 Nf4 29. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calvia op 3rd"]
[Site "Calvia"]
[Date "2006.10.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Zawadzka, Jolanta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2006.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. fxg5 Ng4 12. Be2 Nge5 13. Nf3 Be7 14. Rhg1
Ng6 15. g3 h5 16. Rdf1 Qa5 17. Bd3 O-O-O 18. Kb1 Be8 19. Ne2 Qc5 20. Nf4 Nce5
21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Qe2 Kb8 23. Nxh5 Ng6 24. Rg2 Rc8 25. Ng7 Rh7 26. Nxe8 Rxe8
27. e5 Rg8 28. Rgf2 Rhg7 29. exd6 Qxd6 30. Rxf7 Ne5 31. Rxg7 Rxg7 32. Be4 Bxg5
33. Bxg5 Rxg5 34. Rd1 Qc7 35. Qd2 Rg8 36. Qf4 Ng4 37. a3 Qxf4 38. gxf4 Nf2 39.
Rd4 Rh8 40. Rb4 b5 41. a4 Rxh2 42. axb5 axb5 43. Rxb5+ Kc7 44. Bf3 Rh4 45. Rb4
Nh3 46. Rc4+ Kd6 47. b4 Rxf4 48. Rxf4 Nxf4 49. Kb2 e5 50. c4 Ne6 51. Kc3 Ng5
52. c5+ Kc7 53. Kd3 Ne6 54. Kc4 Nf8 55. b5 Nd7 56. Kd5 Nf6+ 57. Kxe5 Nd7+ 58.
Kd5 Nb8 59. b6+ Kd7 1-0

[Event "ITA-ch 66th"]
[Site "Cremona"]
[Date "2006.11.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bruno, Fabio"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2006.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 d5 5. b3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. e3 e5 8. d4 exd4
9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. exd4 Bf6 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Qd2 Nde7 13. Nc3 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4
15. Na4 Rb8 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Qf4 Be6 18. Nc5 Bd5 19. Qxd4 Bxg2 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8
21. Kxg2 b6 22. Na6 Rbc8 23. Rfd1 Kf8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rc1 Nd5 26. Kf3 Ke7
27. Re1+ Kd6 28. Rd1 Ke7 29. Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITA-ch 66th"]
[Site "Cremona"]
[Date "2006.11.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Brunello, Sabino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2006.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2
b5 9. Bb3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nf1 Bf8 13. Ng3 g6 14. d4 cxd4 15.
cxd4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bg7 17. b3 Bb7 18. Bb2 Nd7 19. Qd2 Ne5 20. Rad1 Rc8 21. Bb1
Nac6 22. Nxc6 Rxc6 23. h3 Qh4 24. Ne2 d5 25. f4 Bh6 26. Qd4 Bxf4 27. Nxf4 Qxf4
28. Rf1 Qh4 29. Qa7 1-0

[Event "ITA-ch 66th"]
[Site "Cremona"]
[Date "2006.11.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2006.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Re1 Na5 11. Bd3 Nb4 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Be4 f5 14. Bd3 Nxd3
15. Qxd3 b6 16. Nc3 Bb7 17. d5 Rad8 18. Bg5 Bf6 19. Rad1 exd5 20. Nb5 Ba6 21.
Nxd6 Bxd3 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rxd3 Rxd6 24. Nd4 Nc6 25. Nxf5 Rdd8 26. f4 Rfe8 27.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Rxd5 Re2 29. Rd6 Na5 30. Rd8+ Kf7 31. Rd7+ Kg8 32. Rg7+ Kf8 33.
Rxh7 Rxb2 34. h4 Rb5 35. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "ITA-ch 66th"]
[Site "Cremona"]
[Date "2006.11.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Piscopo, Pierluigi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2006.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. a3 Qc7 7. Be3 a6 8. Be2
Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bd6 10. Qd3 b5 11. Rd1 Be5 12. Bxe5 Qxe5 13. Qd4 Qxd4 14. Rxd4 Ke7
15. O-O Bb7 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 Rhc8 18. Rfa1 Rab8 19. Bd3 Bc6 20. R4a2 a5 21.
f3 a4 22. Nxa4 Bxa4 23. Rxa4 Rxb2 24. Kf2 Rc7 25. Ra7 Rbb7 26. Rxb7 Rxb7 27.
Ra8 d6 28. Ra5 Nd7 29. Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITA-ch 66th"]
[Site "Cremona"]
[Date "2006.11.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Manca, Federico"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2006.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 Bg4 8.
O-O c5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Nf4 Qd7 12. Qc2 cxd4 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. h3
Be6 15. Be4 Nc6 16. Qe2 g6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qe5+ Kh7 19. Nh5 gxh5 20. Qxh5+
Kg8 21. Qg5+ Kh7 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITA-ch 66th"]
[Site "Cremona"]
[Date "2006.11.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Contin, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2006.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. Bb5 c6 7. Ba4 a5 8. a3 b5
9. Bb3 Na6 10. Be3 Ne7 11. Nge2 h5 12. Qh3 Nf5 13. Nd1 a4 14. Ba2 c5 15. c3 b4
16. Bb1 Qb5 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. Qf3 bxa3 19. bxa3 c4 20. O-O Nc7 21. Bg5 Rb8 22.
Ne3 g6 23. Bf6 Rg8 24. e6 fxe6 25. Be5 Qc6 26. Qg3 Rb7 27. Nf4 Kf7 28. Nh3 Nb5
29. Ng5+ Ke8 30. Nc2 Be7 31. h4 Nd6 32. Nb4 Rxb4 33. axb4 Ne4 34. Qe3 Nxg5 35.
hxg5 Qb5 36. Bf4 Kf7 37. Qe5 Bd7 38. f3 Qb6 39. Rfb1 Bb5 40. Re1 Rg7 41. Ra2
Rh7 42. g4 Bd7 43. Rg2 fxg4 44. fxg4 h4 45. Rf2 Ke8 46. Qe2 Qd8 47. Qc2 Rg7 48.
Be5 Rg8 49. Ref1 Bc6 50. Qe2 Kd7 51. Rf7 Rf8 52. Rxf8 Bxf8 53. Rf7+ Ke8 54. Rf6
Be7 55. Rxe6 Bd7 56. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "ITA-ch 66th"]
[Site "Cremona"]
[Date "2006.11.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2006.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. a3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd2 Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. e3 O-O 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bh4 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Qh5 Nbc6
15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Rd1 Qb6 17. b4 Qc7 18. Qc5 b6 19. Qc4 Bb7 20. O-O Rac8 21.
Qe4 Rfd8 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Be4 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 f5 25. Bf3 Ne7 26. Bxb7 Qxb7 27.
Ne2 Kf7 28. Nf4 Qd7 29. Rf1 Qd2 30. Nh5 Qb2 31. h3 Rd8 32. e4 Ng6 33. e5 0-1

[Event "ITA-ch 66th"]
[Site "Cremona"]
[Date "2006.11.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Sarno, Spartaco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2006.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "ITA-ch 66th"]
[Site "Cremona"]
[Date "2006.12.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Scalcione, Michelangelo"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2006.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 e6 4. a3 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. d5 Ne7 13. Nd4 Nf4 14. Bxf4 gxf4 15.
dxe6 fxe6 16. Bg4 Nc6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qd2 Rf8 19. Rad1 Qg5 20. Bf3 Be5 21.
Ne2 Kh8 22. Qa5 Rf7 23. Rd2 Rg7 24. Nc1 Qh4 25. Nd3 Bd4 26. e5 Bd7 27. Re1 Rag8
28. Re4 Qh3 29. Kf1 Rxg2 30. Ke2 Rg1 31. Rc2 c5 32. Qxc7 Ba4 33. Rc1 Rd1 34.
Rxd1 Bxd1+ 35. Kd2 Qxf3 36. Qc6 0-1

[Event "ITA-ch 66th"]
[Site "Cremona"]
[Date "2006.12.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Garcia Palermo, Carlos H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nd7 8. Nge2
Nb6 9. Bb3 Nbd5 10. O-O Bg6 11. Ng3 Qd7 12. Qe2 h5 13. Bg5 Nf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5
15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bc2 Be7 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Qd2 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 f5 20. Rae1 Ke6
21. f4 h4 22. Re3 a5 23. Kh1 Rh6 24. Rg1 g6 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Rhh8 27. g4
Rhg8 28. Rc3 fxg4 29. b5 cxb5 30. f5+ gxf5 31. Qc1 f4 32. Rc7 Ra1 33. Rxd7 Rxc1
34. Rd6+ Kf5 35. Rxc1 g3 36. hxg3 hxg3 37. Rf6+ Kg4 38. Rf1 1-0

[Event "ITA-ch 66th"]
[Site "Cremona"]
[Date "2006.12.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2006.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Nbc6 8. h5
Qa5 9. Bd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa4 11. Nf3 Nxd4 12. Bd3 Nec6 13. Kf1 Nf5 14. h6 gxh6
15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Bxh6 Be6 17. Bg5 h6 18. Kg1 d4 19. Bf6 Rg8 20. Rxh6 Kd7 21.
Ng5 Qc4 22. Rb1 Kc7 23. Qd3 Bd5 24. Qxf5 Rae8 25. e6 fxe6 26. Qh7+ Kd6 27. Ne4+
Bxe4 28. Qxe4 Qd5 29. Qxd5+ Kxd5 30. Rxb7 Kd6 31. Rhh7 Rg6 32. Rhd7+ Kc5 33.
Be7+ Rxe7 34. Rxe7 Nxe7 35. Rxe7 a5 36. Kf1 Kd6 37. Ra7 Rg5 38. Ra6+ Kd7 39.
Ke2 Rxg2 40. Rxa5 Kd6 41. Rb5 Rg1 42. f4 Rg3 43. a4 Rc3 44. Kd2 Rf3 45. a5 Rxf4
46. a6 Rf8 47. a7 Ra8 48. Ra5 Kc6 49. Ra6+ Kb5 50. Rxe6 Rxa7 51. Kd3 Rd7 52.
Re5+ Kb6 53. Rh5 Rd8 54. Ke4 Rc8 55. Rh2 Kc5 56. Kd3 Rd8 57. Rh1 Rg8 58. Rh5+
Kb4 59. Rd5 Rg3+ 60. Kxd4 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITA-ch playoff 66th"]
[Site "Cremona"]
[Date "2006.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2006.12.04"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Bb7 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Bd5 O-O 13. Na3 exd4 14. cxd4 Rfb8
15. Nc2 bxa4 16. Rxa4 a5 17. Ne3 Nb4 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Nc4 Qe6 20. Qe2 d5 21.
Nxb6 cxb6 22. e5 Qg4 23. Ra3 Rc8 24. Rc3 Rbc7 25. Qb5 Qe6 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Re1
Rc2 28. Re2 Qc6 29. Qxc6 Rxc6 30. Kf1 Nd3 31. g3 Rc1+ 32. Kg2 Rb1 33. Re3 Nxb2
34. Rb3 a4 35. Rxb6 a3 36. Ra6 Nc4 37. h4 Rb2 38. h5 a2 39. Ra8+ Kh7 40. e6
fxe6 41. Nh4 g5 42. hxg6+ Kg7 43. Ra7+ Kg8 44. Ra8+ Kg7 45. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITA-ch playoff 66th"]
[Site "Cremona"]
[Date "2006.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2006.12.04"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Ngf3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bxc5 10. Ne5 Ke7 11. Nd3 Bb6 12. a4 Nc6 13. Bd2 a5 14. Ra3
Bd7 15. Re1 Rhc8 16. Bg5+ Kf8 17. Rb3 Ra6 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Nd8 20. Ra3 Rd6
21. Kc1 Rd4 22. b3 Bc6 23. Bxc6 Nxc6 24. Ra1 Rh4 25. h3 Nd4 26. Ne1 Rf4 27. f3
Nc6 28. Kb2 Rd4 29. Rd3 Rxd3 30. Nxd3 Nd4 31. Ne1 Ke7 32. Rd1 e5 33. c3 Ne6 34.
Rd5 Rc5 35. Rxc5 Nxc5 36. Kc2 Kd6 37. g4 Ne6 38. h4 Kd5 39. Ng2 Kc6 40. Ne3 f6
41. Kd3 Nc5+ 42. Kc2 Ne6 43. Kd3 Nc5+ 44. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITA-ch playoff 66th"]
[Site "Cremona"]
[Date "2006.12.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2006.12.04"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c4 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. Re1 Nc5 11. Nb3 Ne6 12. Bf5 O-O 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nfxd4
Qe8 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Be3 Rf5 17. Bc5 Bh4 18. Qg4 Qd8 19. g3 Be7 20. Bxe7 Qxe7
21. Nd4 Rf7 22. Nxc6 Qc5 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Rac1 Qb6 25. b3 Raf8 26. Rc2 Qb4 27.
Qd1 a5 28. Ree2 a4 29. Qd2 Qa3 30. Qc1 Qb4 31. Qd2 Qa3 32. Qc1 Qb4 33. Qd2 Qa3
34. Qc1 Qb4 35. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITA-ch playoff 66th"]
[Site "Cremona"]
[Date "2006.12.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2006.12.04"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Bb7 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Bd5 O-O 13. Na3 exd4 14. cxd4 Rfb8
15. Nc2 bxa4 16. Rxa4 a5 17. Re1 Ne7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Ne3 Rd8 20. Qc2 Rbb8 21.
Nc4 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Nxa5 Rxb2 24. Rxd4 Rxc2 25. g3 Ra8 26. Nb3 Nc6 27.
Rd2 Rc3 28. Nd4 Nxd4 29. Rxd4 Ra2 30. e5 dxe5 31. Rxe5 Rf3 32. Rf4 Rxf4 33.
gxf4 Rc2 34. Kg2 Rc3 35. f5 Kf8 36. f3 c5 37. Kg3 Rc2 38. h4 c4 39. Rc5 Ke7 40.
Rc7+ Ke8 41. Kg4 c3 42. f6 g6 43. Kf4 Rc1 44. Re7+ Kf8 45. Rc7 Ke8 46. Re7+ Kf8
47. Rc7 Kg8 48. Rc8+ Kh7 49. Rf8 g5+ 50. hxg5 hxg5+ 51. Kf5 c2 52. Rxf7+ Kh6
53. Rc7 g4 54. f7 Kg7 55. Kf4 gxf3 0-1

[Event "Washington Eastern op 33rd"]
[Site "Washington DC"]
[Date "2006.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2006.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Na3 Bd7 6. g3 Nge7 7. Bg2 Nf5 8. O-O
Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Re1 f6 11. g4 Nh6 12. exf6 Rxf6 13. g5 Rxf3 14. Qxf3 Bxg5 15.
Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Qe3 Qg6 17. Qg3 Qf6 18. Qc7 Rd8 19. Nc2 Nf5 20. Ne3 Nh4 21. Qg3
Ne5 22. f4 Neg6 23. Rf1 Nxg2 24. Nxg2 d4 25. c4 Bc6 26. Rf2 Rf8 27. Raf1 Qf5
28. h3 Rf6 29. Kh2 a6 30. Ne1 b5 31. b3 b4 32. Qg4 Ne7 33. Re2 Kf7 34. Nf3 Bxf3
35. Rxf3 Ng6 36. Qxf5 Rxf5 37. Kg3 Ke7 38. Rff2 Kd6 39. a3 a5 40. axb4 axb4 41.
Ra2 Ke7 42. Ra7+ Kf6 43. Rc7 Rh5 44. Ra2 Ne7 45. Kh2 Ng6 46. Rf2 Rf5 47. Kg3
Rh5 48. Rf1 Ne7 49. Re1 Nf5+ 50. Kh2 Rh4 51. Re4 Nd6 52. Re2 Rxf4 53. Rc6 Nf5
54. Rcxe6+ Kg5 55. Rg2+ Kh5 56. Re5 g6 57. Rxc5 Rf3 58. Rb5 Rxd3 59. Rxb4 Rc3
60. Rb5 d3 61. Rd5 Rxb3 62. c5 Rc3 63. Rg3 Rc2+ 64. Kg1 Rc1+ 65. Kf2 d2 66.
Rgd3 Kg5 67. Rxd2 Kf4 68. Re2 Rc3 69. Re6 Rc2+ 70. Ke1 Ne3 71. Rde5 Nc4 72. Re2
Rc1+ 73. Kf2 Na5 74. R2e4+ Kf5 75. R6e5+ Kf6 76. Rd5 Nb3 77. Rf4+ Ke6 78. Rd6+
Ke5 79. Rf7 Nxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Washington Eastern op 33rd"]
[Site "Washington DC"]
[Date "2006.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2006.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. Nd2 e6 5. Ngf3 d5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. O-O c5 8. c3
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Ne1 Be7 11. f4 O-O 12. Ndf3 b5 13. Nc2 b4 14. Qe2 Qb6 15.
Be3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Rab8 17. g4 Nc7 18. f5 Qb2 19. f6 gxf6 20. Bh6 Qxc3 21. exf6
Bxf6 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qxe5 24. Qd2 Qe4 25. Rae1 Qg6 26. Rf2 Rfe8 27. h4 f6
28. h5 Qf7 29. g5 f5 30. g6 hxg6 31. Rg2 Nf8 32. Bf4 Re7 33. Be5 Qh7 34. hxg6
Nxg6 35. Qg5 Kf7 1-0

[Event "Washington Eastern op 33rd"]
[Site "Washington DC"]
[Date "2006.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2006.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 e6 4. a3 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. e3 a6 10. b4 Rb8 11. Bb2 b5 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Nb3 Na7 15. e4
Nd7 16. Na5 Ba8 17. d5 Ne5 18. f4 Nd7 19. Rc1 Qe7 20. Re1 c5 21. dxc6 Nxc6 22.
Nd5 exd5 23. Nxc6 Bxc6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rxc6 Nf6 26. Qd4 Kg8 27. e5 Rbd8 28.
h3 Qd7 29. Rcc1 Ne4 30. Kh2 dxe5 31. fxe5 Qf5 32. Rcd1 Rc8 33. Rf1 Qxe5 34.
Qxd5 Qxg3+ 35. Kg1 Ng5 36. Kh1 Re3 37. Qd7 Rf8 38. Qg4 Qxg4 39. hxg4 Rxa3 40.
Rd5 h6 41. Rxb5 Re8 42. Rf2 Rg3 43. Rb2 Rxg4 44. Ra5 Rh4+ 45. Kg1 Nh3+ 46. Bxh3
Rxh3 47. b5 Re1+ 48. Kg2 Reh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Washington Eastern op 33rd"]
[Site "Washington DC"]
[Date "2006.12.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Zimmer, Ralph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2006.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qa5+ 9. c3 Qc7 10. f4 Qb6 11. c4 Bb4+ 12. Ke2 Ba6 13. Kf3 f5 14. Nf2 Ne7
15. Be3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Qd6 Qa5 18. Be2 Rd8 19. Rhd1 Nc8 20. Qd3 c5 21.
Qe3 Ne7 22. a3 Qc7 23. Kg3 g5 24. Rd6 Ng6 25. Nh3 gxf4+ 26. Nxf4 Bb7 27. Nxg6
Rg8 28. Qg5 hxg6 29. Bh5 f4+ 30. Kf2 Be4 31. Rad1 Rb8 32. R1d2 Rb6 33. Kg1 Qb7
34. Bg4 Rxd6 35. exd6 Rg7 36. Rf2 Qb3 37. Qxf4 Bf5 38. Qe5 Kf7 39. Be2 Kg8 40.
g4 Bb1 41. Qxc5 Be4 42. Qd4 Bc6 43. Qc3 Qb8 44. c5 Rf7 45. Rxf7 Kxf7 46. Bf3
Bxf3 47. Qxf3+ Kg7 48. Qc3+ Kh7 49. b4 Qb5 50. c6 dxc6 51. Qd2 Qc4 52. h3 Qe4
53. d7 Qe5 54. d8=Q Qg3+ 55. Kf1 Qf3+ 56. Qf2 Qh1+ 57. Ke2 Qe4+ 58. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2007.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Meenakshi, Subbaraman"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Nd5 Nxd5 5. cxd5 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. e3 Bf5 8.
Ne2 Nd7 9. O-O Bd3 10. a3 Bc5 11. b4 Bb6 12. Re1 Qf6 13. Bb2 Qf5 14. Nc1 Be4
15. d3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nf6 17. f3 Qg6 18. e4 Nh5 19. Ne2 f5 20. a4 fxe4 21. dxe4
Rxf3 22. Kxf3 Rf8+ 23. Nf4 Nxf4 24. gxf4 Rxf4+ 25. Ke2 Qg2+ 26. Kd3 Rf2 27. a5
0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2007.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nc3 Na5 11. Ba2 b4 12. Ne2 c5 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. Ng3 Bc8 15. h3
Ne8 16. Nh2 Bg5 17. Nf3 Bf6 18. Nh2 g6 19. Ng4 Bg5 20. Ne3 Kh8 21. Nc4 Nxc4 22.
Bxc4 f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. c3 Bxd2 25. Qxd2 f4 26. Nf1 Qg5 27. Kh2 Nf6 28. f3 d5
29. Ba2 bxc3 30. bxc3 Bxh3 31. Re2 Rg8 32. Rae1 Bxg2 33. Rxg2 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2007.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tscharotschkin, Michael"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2197"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Bd6 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nge4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bc7 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Qd2
Nbd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Ng3 Be6 17. Bc2 f5 18. f4 Qd6 19. Kh1 Rae8 20. Rae1 g6
21. Bb3 Nf6 22. Qc3 Bxb3 23. Qxb3+ Nd5 24. Bg1 b6 25. Ne2 Kg7 26. g3 Bd8 27.
Nc3 Nc7 28. Qd1 Bf6 29. Qf3 Rd8 30. Re2 Rfe8 31. Rfe1 Rxe2 32. Rxe2 Ne6 33. d5
cxd5 34. Qxd5 Qxd5+ 35. Nxd5 Rxd5 36. Rxe6 Ra5 37. Rc6 Rxa2 38. Rc7+ Kf8 39. b4
Be7 40. b5 Kf7 41. Bd4 Ke6 42. Be5 Bc5 43. Rc6+ Kd5 44. Rxg6 Ke4 45. g4 fxg4
46. Rxg4 Rc2 47. Rg7 Ra2 48. Rg3 h5 49. Rh3 Rd2 50. Rb3 h4 51. h3 Be3 52. Bf6
Bf2 53. Bg5 Bg3 54. Kg1 Ra2 55. Rb4+ Kf5 56. Rc4 Rb2 57. Ra4 Rxb5 58. Rxa7 Rb2
59. Rh7 Ke4 60. Bxh4 Bxf4 61. Bf6 Rc2 62. Rd7 Be3+ 63. Kh1 Kf3 64. Rd3 Ke4 65.
Rb3 Rc6 66. Bd8 Rd6 67. Be7 Re6 68. Bd8 Kd5 69. Kg2 Kc4 70. Rxe3 Rxe3 71. Bxb6
Rb3 72. Bd8 Kd5 73. Bg5 Ke4 74. Bc1 Rc3 75. Bh6 Rc6 76. Bg5 Rg6 77. h4 Ra6 78.
Kg3 Kf5 79. Be3 Ra3 80. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2007.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dworakowska, Joanna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Qb6 12. Nd5 Qxd4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bxb5
Qc5 15. Nxf6+ Kd8 16. Nxd7 Qxb5 17. Nxf8 Rxf8 18. Qa3 Rc8 19. Qxd6+ Ke8 20. Re3
Qc6 21. Qd2 Ke7 22. Qb4+ Kf6 23. c3 Qc5 24. e5+ Kf5 25. g4+ Kg6 26. f5+ Kg7 27.
Qf4 Kh8 28. Qh6 Bg2 29. Rd2 Qb5 30. b3 Rg8 31. Kb2 Qf1 32. Qf6+ Rg7 33. Red3
Bd5 34. fxe6 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2007.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Klinova, Masha"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 Qb6 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
d6 9. Na4 Qc7 10. Nc3 Qb6 11. Na4 Qd8 12. Nc3 e5 13. h3 Ne8 14. Nh2 Nc7 15. Bg4
f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Ng4 Qd7 19. Ne3 Rg5 20. h4 Rg6 21. h5 Rf6
22. Ncd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Rf7 24. Qe2 Bg5 25. a3 Raf8 26. b4 b6 27. b5 Ne7 28.
Nxe7+ Bxe7 29. a4 Rf4 30. g3 Rg4 31. a5 Rg5 32. axb6 axb6 33. Qe4 Rxh5 34. Ra8
Bd8 35. d3 Rhf5 36. Bc1 h5 37. Be3 h4 38. g4 R5f7 39. Kg2 Qe6 40. Rh1 Be7 41.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 42. g5 Rf5 43. Rxh4 Kf7 44. Rg4 g6 45. Rg3 Kg7 46. Qc6 Rf7 47. Qe4
Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2007.01.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bellin, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 8. h4
h5 9. Qd1 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Qd3 Kf7 13. Nh3 Nb8 14. O-O Nf8 15.
exf6 gxf6 16. f4 Nc6 17. Rae1 Qd6 18. f5 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Qe2 Re8 21. Bf4
Nfd7 22. Kh1 Qc5 23. Qd2 c6 24. Rf2 Nc4 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Qd1 Rh8 27. Qe1 Nde5
28. Re2 Rg8 29. Ng5+ fxg5 30. hxg5 Qf8 31. Qh4 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2007.01.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mohota, Nisha"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Qe7 9. b4 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. e3 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. O-O Qe6
15. f3 Rad8 16. a4 Ne8 17. c5 Nf6 18. e4 Nh5 19. g3 Nf6 20. Rfd1 h5 21. Bb2 Nd7
22. cxb6 Qxb6+ 23. Kg2 a5 24. bxa5 Qxa5 25. Bc3 Qa7 26. Bb5 c6 27. Bb4 Rfe8 28.
Bxc6 Bxc6 29. Qxc6 Nf6 30. Bc5 Qa5 31. Bf2 Rc8 32. Qb6 Qc3 33. a5 h4 34. Qe3
Qb2 35. Rdb1 Qc2 36. a6 Qc4 37. a7 Qe6 38. g4 h3+ 39. Kg3 Red8 40. Qb6 Qe8 41.
Kxh3 Nh7 42. Be3 Nf8 43. Rd1 Rxd1 44. Rxd1 Ne6 45. Rb1 Kh7 46. Qd6 Nc7 47. Rc1
1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2007.01.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grooten, Herman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nd7 8. Nge2
Nb6 9. Bb3 Qd7 10. O-O Bg6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Nf5 13. Nf4 Bh7 14. Qh5 g6 15.
Qf3 Be7 16. Rad1 Nd5 17. Nfxd5 exd5 18. Bc2 g5 19. Qe2 Bg6 20. Bd3 Qe6 21. b4
a5 22. Ra1 b5 23. Qd2 axb4 24. axb4 O-O 25. Rab1 Ra3 26. Rb2 Rfa8 27. Be2 Ra1
28. Bd1 Kh7 29. g3 R8a3 30. Re1 Nxe3 31. fxe3 g4 32. Rf1 Kg7 33. Kg2 Bg5 34.
Kg1 h5 35. Kg2 Kh6 36. h4 gxh3+ 37. Kh2 Kh7 38. Kh1 f6 39. exf6 Bxf6 40. e4
dxe4 41. d5 Qe5 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2007.02.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Simpson, James"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2267"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nbd2 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Qe2 d5 8. c3
Nc6 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. e4 a5 11. e5 Nd7 12. Re1 Nf8 13. Nf1 Ng6 14. Bd2 Qb6 15.
Rab1 Ba6 16. g3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Rb8 18. h4 h6 19. h5 Nf8 20. N1h2 Nd7 21. Ng4 c4
22. Qe2 Nc5 23. Be3 Qc7 24. Bxc5 Bxc5 25. b3 cxb3 26. axb3 O-O 27. Qd2 f5 28.
Ngh2 Qf7 29. Nd4 Nxd4 30. cxd4 Bb4 31. Qd1 Bxe1 32. Qxe1 Qxh5 33. Qxa5 f4 34.
g4 Qg6 35. Rb2 f3 36. Qd2 Ra8 37. Qd1 Rf4 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS03 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2007.03.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hoang, Thanh Trang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2007.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. Qe2 Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Be7 8. d5
Nb8 9. a4 O-O 10. a5 bxa5 11. c4 Na6 12. Bd2 Nc5 13. Bc2 a4 14. Bb4 Nfd7 15.
Nc3 c6 16. Nxa4 Na6 17. Bc3 c5 18. Qd2 Rb8 19. b3 Nb4 20. Nb2 a5 21. Nd1 Nb6
22. Ne3 g6 23. g3 Bf6 24. Ne1 Bg7 25. f4 Nd7 26. Bd1 Bc8 27. N1g2 exf4 28. Bxg7
Kxg7 29. gxf4 Re8 30. Bf3 Kg8 31. Rae1 Nf6 32. Nd1 Bg4 33. Bxg4 Nxg4 34. Nc3
Na6 35. Qd1 Nf6 36. e5 Nh5 37. Nb5 dxe5 38. fxe5 Qg5 39. Qf3 Rf8 40. Re4 Rbe8
41. Qe2 Re7 42. d6 Re6 43. Nc3 Nb4 44. Nd5 Nc6 45. Re1 Nd4 46. Qe3 Qxe3+ 47.
R1xe3 f6 48. exf6 Rxd6 49. Re7 Nxf6 50. Rc7 Nxd5 51. cxd5 Rxd5 52. Ree7 Nf3+
53. Kf2 Rh5 54. Kg3 Rg5+ 55. Kh3 Ng1+ 56. Kh4 Rh5+ 57. Kg4 Nh3 58. Kg3 Rg5+ 59.
Kxh3 Rf3+ 60. Kh4 Rxg2 61. Rg7+ Kf8 62. Rxh7 Rxh2+ 63. Kg4 Rxh7 64. Rxh7 Rxb3
65. Kg5 Rb6 66. Ra7 Rc6 67. Rxa5 c4 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS03 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2007.03.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Varga, Csaba"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2007.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. e3
Bb7 9. Bd3 Be7 10. Qe2 d6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. b4 Rc8 13. Bb2 Qc7 14. Rac1 Qb8 15.
h3 Qa8 16. e4 Rfd8 17. Qe3 Nf8 18. Nd4 N6d7 19. f4 Bf6 20. Rc2 Ng6 21. Nf3 Ba6
22. Nd2 Qb8 23. a4 Bb7 24. Nb3 Ba8 25. Ba3 Re8 26. Ne2 Bc6 27. b5 Ba8 28. Rd2
Be7 29. Ng3 e5 30. f5 Nf4 31. f6 Nxf6 32. Rdf2 Nd7 33. Nf5 Bf8 34. Kh2 g6 35.
Nh4 Be7 36. g3 Bxh4 37. gxh4 Qc7 38. h5 Nf8 39. Rxf4 exf4 40. Qxf4 Ne6 41. Qg3
Nc5 42. Nd2 Nxd3 43. Bxd6 Qd7 44. Qxd3 Re6 45. e5 Rxe5 46. h6 Re6 47. c5 Rxc5
0-1

[Event "Budapest FS03 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2007.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 b6 8. Qe2
a5 9. c4 Nc6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O Nf8 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rd1 Ne6 14. Nf1 Ned4
15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qe3 Bg4 17. Re1 Bh5 18. Qh3 Bg6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Rd1 O-O 21.
Qd3 Qc7 22. Be3 Qxe5 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. Nd2 Bf6 25. Nf3 Qe4 26. Nxd4 Qxd3 27.
Rxd3 Rfe8 28. b3 a4 29. Rad1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS03 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2007.03.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Toth, Ervin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2007.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
e3 Qc7 9. Ne2 O-O 10. g4 Re8 11. Bg2 h6 12. O-O b6 13. Rf2 Ba6 14. Nf4 Nc6 15.
h4 Rad8 16. g5 hxg5 17. hxg5 Nh7 18. e4 Bc4 19. e5 cxd4 20. cxd4 Nxg5 21. Nh5
Nh7 22. f4 g6 23. Ng3 f5 24. a4 Nf8 25. Bh3 Re7 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. Nxf5 Rh7 28.
Rg2+ Kh8 29. Qg4 Qf7 30. Nh4 Rg7 31. Qh3 Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Nh7 33. Ra3 Rg8+ 34.
Rg3 Ne7 35. f5 Rxg3+ 36. Kxg3 Bd3 37. f6 Nf5+ 38. Kf2 Qh5 39. Ng6+ Qxg6 40.
Qxd3 Qg4 41. Be3 Qh3 42. Qc3 Qxe3+ 43. Qxe3 Nxe3 44. Kxe3 Kg8 45. Kf4 Kf7 46.
Kf5 Nf8 47. e6+ Nxe6 48. Ke5 Nc7 49. Kd6 a6 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS03 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2007.03.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Berczes, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nh6 7. Nc3 f6 8. Be3
b6 9. a4 Nf7 10. a5 Rb8 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd2 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 Nh8 15.
axb6 axb6 16. Nf3 Ng6 17. d4 Qc7 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Qc1 Rb4 20. Ne1 c4 21. Nf3
Rd8 22. Na4 c3 23. bxc3 Nxf4 24. Rf2 Re4 25. Bb6 Qd6 26. Bxd8 Qxd8 27. Qd2 Nd5
28. Nc5 Rc4 29. Nb3 Qb6 30. Kh1 h6 31. Nfd4 f4 32. Qe2 Rxc3 33. Ra8 Re3 34.
Rxc8+ Kh7 35. Qh5 Re5 36. Qf7 Nf6 37. Rxf4 Qb4 38. Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS03 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2007.03.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2007.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O a5 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Ne1 h5 12. Nc2 h4 13. Ne3 hxg3 14. hxg3 Nh5 15.
Re1 Bd7 16. b3 g6 17. Qc2 Kf8 18. a3 Kg7 19. b4 Na6 20. Qc3 Rae8 21. Rac1 b6
22. Bf1 Bc8 23. Nf3 Nf6 24. Bd3 Ng4 25. Kg2 Nxe3+ 26. Rxe3 Bh3+ 27. Kg1 Nb8 28.
bxa5 Nd7 29. axb6 cxb6 30. Bf1 Nf6 31. Bxh3 Rxh3 32. Kg2 Reh8 33. Ree1 Qd7 34.
Ng1 Rh1 35. Qf3 Ng4 36. Re2 R8h2+ 37. Kf1 Rh5 38. Qb3 Nh2+ 39. Kg2 Qg4 40. Re3
Nf1 41. Kxf1 Rxg1+ 42. Kxg1 Qh3 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS03 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2007.03.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Potapov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2007.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8.
Nc4 Nf6 9. Bg5 Nd4 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Rb8 12. c3 b5 13. Ncb6 Ne6 14. Nxc8
Rxc8 15. a4 Rb8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Ra6 Be7 18. Ra7 Bg5 19. Bxb5+ Kf8 20. Qf3 Bf6
21. Qe2 h5 22. O-O Rh6 23. Rfa1 Kg8 24. Rd7 Qf8 25. Raa7 Ra8 26. Rxf7 Qb8 27.
Rxa8 Qxa8 28. Rd7 Qa1+ 29. Qf1 Qxb2 30. Bc4 Kh7 31. Nxf6+ Rxf6 32. Rxd6 Nc5 33.
Rxf6 gxf6 34. Qd1 Kg6 35. Qf3 Qb1+ 36. Bf1 Kg7 37. Qxh5 Nxe4 38. Qg4+ Kf8 39.
Qc8+ Ke7 40. Qc7+ Kf8 41. Qd8+ Kg7 42. Qd7+ Kf8 43. Qd8+ Kg7 44. f3 Ng5 45.
Qd7+ Nf7 46. Qg4+ Kf8 47. Qb4+ Qxb4 48. cxb4 Ke7 49. Kf2 Kd6 50. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS03 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2007.03.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2007.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. a3 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Ne5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. f4 Nc4 13. Qd3 Nb6 14. h3 Na4 15.
Nxa4 Bxa4 16. Bd2 Qe7 17. Bc3 Ne4 18. Rae1 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Qe3+ 20. Kh2 Qxd3 21.
exd3 Bd7 22. Rb1 b6 23. Rf2 Re3 24. Bf1 Rae8 25. Nc2 R3e7 26. d4 Ba4 27. Bb5
Bxc2 28. Rxc2 Re1 29. Rxe1 Rxe1 30. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS03 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2007.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Boros, Denes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2007.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. f5 h5 14. fxe6
fxe6 15. Bd3 b4 16. Ne2 Qc5 17. Rhf1 Bh6 18. Qe1 Ke7 19. g3 a5 20. Nf4 Be8 21.
b3 Bg7 22. Bc4 Bf7 23. Rf3 Rhb8 24. Nd3 Qc7 25. Qf2 Bg6 26. Nf4 Bf7 27. Nd3 Bg8
28. g4 hxg4 29. Rf4 Bf7 30. Rxg4 Bh8 31. Nf4 Qc5 32. Qh4 Rf8 33. Qh7 f5 34.
Ng6+ Ke8 35. Nxh8 fxg4 36. Nxf7 Rxf7 37. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS03 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2007.03.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kosic, Dragan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2007.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O b5 8. Re1
Bb7 9. e5 Nd7 10. h4 a5 11. Bf4 b4 12. Nbd2 a4 13. a3 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vajda, Levente"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2007.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Ng5 Rf8 11. Nf3 Re8 12. c3 Bf8 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Nf1 d5 15.
exd5 Nxd5 16. Ng3 Qd7 17. Ne4 Kh8 18. a3 Rad8 19. Bd2 f5 20. Ng3 Nf6 21. Bc2 g6
22. Re2 Kh7 23. Qe1 Bd6 24. Rd1 Re7 25. Bc1 Qe8 26. h4 Bc8 27. b4 Qf8 28. Bb2
Rde8 29. Bb1 Be6 30. Nd2 e4 31. h5 g5 32. dxe4 Bxg3 33. fxg3 Bc4 34. Nxc4 bxc4
35. Qf1 Nxh5 36. Re3 f4 37. gxf4 gxf4 38. Rh3 Ng3 39. e5+ Kh8 40. Qxc4 Nxe5 41.
Qxa6 Re6 42. Qa7 Rd6 43. Rxd6 Qxd6 44. Bc2 Ng4 45. c4+ Kg8 46. Bc3 Qe7 47. Rxg3
Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2007.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O a5 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Ne1 h5 12. Nef3 Nbd7 13. b3 Nc5 14. Qc2 h4 15.
a3 hxg3 16. fxg3 Ng4 17. Qc3 Bd7 18. b4 Na4 19. Qb3 b5 20. h3 Nf6 21. cxb5 axb4
22. axb4 Bxb5 23. Nh4 g6 24. Rfc1 O-O 25. Qe3 Nh5 26. Qh6 Nc3 27. Bf3 Ne2+ 28.
Bxe2 Bxe2 29. Kf2 Bd3 30. Ke3 Bb5 31. Ndf3 Nf6 32. g4 Rxa1 33. Rxa1 Nh7 34. Ra7
Qd8 35. Kf2 Bc4 36. Ra3 Qb8 37. Nf5 gxf5 38. Ng5 Nxg5 39. Qxg5+ Kh7 40. Qh4+
Kg7 41. gxf5 Rg8 42. Rg3+ Kf8 43. Qh6+ Ke7 44. f6+ Kd7 45. Rxg8 Qxg8 46. Qg7
Qe8 47. h4 Kc8 48. h5 Qa4 49. Qxf7 Qc2+ 50. Kg3 Qd3+ 51. Kh4 Qxe4+ 52. Kg5 Kb7
53. Qe8 Qxd5 54. Kg6 Qe4+ 55. Kg7 Qg4+ 56. Qg6 Qd7+ 57. f7 Bxf7 58. Qxf7 Qxf7+
59. Kxf7 e4 60. h6 e3 61. h7 e2 62. h8=Q e1=Q 63. Qd4 Qe5 64. Qc4 c6 65. Qh4
Kb6 66. Qd8+ Kb5 67. Qb8+ Kc4 68. Kg6 Qd4 69. Kf7 Qe5 70. Kg6 Qe6+ 71. Kg7 Qe7+
72. Kg6 Qe5 73. Kf7 Kb3 74. Qb6 Qb5 75. Qe3+ Kxb4 76. Qd2+ Kc4 77. Qe2+ Kd4 78.
Qf2+ Kc3 79. Qe1+ Kc2 80. Qf2+ Kb3 81. Qg3+ Ka4 82. Qxd6 Qd5+ 83. Ke7 Qxd6+ 84.
Kxd6 Kb5 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2007.04.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Rombaldoni, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2007.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. Ne4 Ngf6 14. Nd6+ Ke7
15. Nc4 Bxd2+ 16. Nfxd2 Qc7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nf6 19. Qe5 Nd5 20. O-O-O
Qxe5 21. dxe5 Rhd8 22. Nd6 b6 23. g3 Nc7 24. f4 Nb5 25. Nxb5 cxb5 26. c3 f6 27.
exf6+ gxf6 28. Kc2 Rxd1 29. Kxd1 Rg8 30. Rg1 e5 31. fxe5 fxe5 32. Ke2 Kf6 33.
Kf3 Kg5 34. Ke4 Kxh5 35. Kxe5 Re8+ 36. Kf4 Rf8+ 37. Ke3 Kg4 38. Ke2 h5 39. Rd1
Kxg3 40. Rg1+ Kh2 41. Rg7 a5 42. Rg5 h4 43. Rxb5 Rf6 44. Rg5 h3 45. a4 Re6+ 46.
Kf2 Rc6 47. Rg4 Rc5 48. Ke2 b5 49. Kd3 Rc4 50. Rg5 Rxa4 51. Rxb5 Kg3 52. Rg5+
Kh4 53. Rg8 h2 54. c4 Ra1 55. c5 h1=Q 56. Rh8+ Kg5 57. Rxh1 Rxh1 58. Kc4 Kf6
59. Kb5 Rb1 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2007.04.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosic, Dragan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2007.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3
Qe7 9. Ne5 Nd7 10. f4 f6 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh6 b5 14. O-O b4 15. Nf3
bxc3 16. bxc3 Rab8 17. Rab1 Rxb1 18. Rxb1 Rb8 19. Rxb8+ Bxb8 20. Bh4 c4 21. Bc2
Qf7 22. e4 dxe4 23. Bxe4 Ne7 24. g4 Qg7 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Bg3 Nd5 27. Bxd5
exd5 28. f5 Bxg3 29. hxg3 gxf5 30. g5 Be8 31. Kf2 Bh5 32. gxf6+ Kxf6 33. Ne5 f4
34. gxf4 Kf5 35. Ke3 Be8 36. Nf3 h5 37. Ng5 h4 38. Nh3 Kg4 39. Nf2+ Kg3 40. f5
Bf7 41. Nh1+ Kg2 42. Nf2 h3 43. Ng4 Kg3 44. Nf2 h2 45. Nh1+ Kg2 46. f6 Bh5 47.
a3 a6 48. Nf2 a5 49. Nh1 a4 50. Nf2 h1=Q 51. Nxh1 Kxh1 52. Kf4 Kg2 53. Ke5 Bf7
54. Kd6 Kf3 55. Ke7 Bh5 56. f7 Bxf7 57. Kxf7 Ke3 58. Ke6 Kd3 59. Kxd5 Kxc3 60.
Ke4 Kb2 61. d5 c3 62. d6 c2 63. d7 c1=Q 64. d8=Q Qe1+ 65. Kf3 Qc3+ 66. Ke2 Kxa3
67. Qd6+ Kb2 68. Qb6+ Ka1 69. Qa7 a3 70. Kd1 a2 71. Qd7 Kb2 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2007.04.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Fodor, Tamas Jr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 6. Nc3 Be6 7. Bg5 Bc7 8. d4
exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Qe2 h6 11. Bh4 Ba5 12. O-O g5 13. exd5 gxh4 14. Nxe6 fxe6
15. dxe6 Qe7 16. Rad1 Kg7 17. Ne4 Bc7 18. Nxf6 Rxf6 19. Rd3 a5 20. a4 b6 21.
Rfd1 Ra7 22. Kh1 Bf4 23. g3 hxg3 24. hxg3 Bg5 25. f4 Bxf4 26. gxf4 Rxf4 27.
Rg3+ Kh7 28. Qd3+ Kh8 29. Qg6 Qf8 30. Qg8+ Qxg8 31. Rxg8+ Kxg8 32. e7+ Kh7 33.
e8=Q Rg7 34. Qxb8 Rh4+ 35. Qh2 Rxh2+ 36. Kxh2 b5 37. Rd6 Rc7 38. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2007.04.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kahn, Evarth"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2007.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nbd2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. Nfd4 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 b4 11. Qd3 O-O 12. e4 a5 13. Bg5 d6 14. a3 bxa3
15. Rxa3 d5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rfa1 Nd7 18. exd5 Ne5 19. Qb5 Rb8 20. Qxa5 Qd6
21. Ra4 Rbc8 22. Nd2 exd5 23. c3 Rb8 24. R1a2 Nd3 25. Qa6 Qxa6 26. Rxa6 Bxd4
27. cxd4 Nb4 28. b3 Nxa2 29. Rxa2 Rb4 30. Nf3 Rxb3 31. Ra5 Rd8 32. Ne5 Rb6 33.
Nd3 g6 34. Nf4 Rb4 35. Nxd5 Rxd4 36. Ne7+ Kg7 37. Nc6 R8d5 38. Nxd4 Rxa5 39. h4
Ra4 40. Ne2 Kf6 41. Kf3 Kf5 42. Kg2 f6 43. Kf3 Rb4 44. Kg2 h5 45. Kf3 g5 46.
hxg5 fxg5 47. Kg2 Ra4 48. Nc3 Rd4 49. Ne2 Rd3 50. Ng1 Kg4 51. Nh3 h4 52. Ng1
hxg3 53. f3+ Kh4 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2007.04.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bui, Vinh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2007.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 b5 7. O-O Bb7 8. Re1
Nc6 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Nf6 12. Bd2 Nxd5 13. exd5 Qc5 14. Be4 O-O-O
15. Be3 Qc7 16. c3 bxc3 17. Rc1 Bb4 18. Qd4 exd5 19. Qxb4 dxe4 20. Bb6 Qe5 21.
Rxc3+ Kb8 22. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2007.04.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Prohaszka, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. N1f3 e6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. O-O b6 13. Re1 c5 14. c3 Bb7
15. Qh3 c4 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Qc6 18. Rh4 Rg8 19. Bf4 Ke7 20. Rd1 Bxf4 21.
Rxf4 Qd6 22. Qg3 Qd5 23. Re1 g5 24. Rfe4 Nf6 25. Re5 Qd7 26. Rf5 Qb7 27. Qe5
Nd7 28. Rxf7+ Kxf7 29. Qxe6+ Kg7 30. Qe7+ Kh8 31. Re6 Rg7 32. Rxh6+ Kg8 33.
Qe6+ Rf7 34. Rg6+ Kf8 35. Nxg5 Nf6 36. Nxf7 Re8 37. Qd6+ Qe7 38. Rxf6 Kg7 39.
Qe5 Qxf6 40. Qxe8 Qg6 41. h3 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2007.04.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Antal, Gergely"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2007.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Bc5 8.
Nb3 Ba7 9. Qf3 Nc6 10. Bf4 d6 11. Be2 Ne5 12. Qg3 O-O 13. Rad1 Kh8 14. Rd2 Bb8
15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. a4 b6 17. Be3 Bb7 18. f4 Ng6 19. Bf3 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. e5
dxe5 22. Bc5 Ba7 23. Bxa7 Rxa7 24. fxe5 Nd5 25. Nxb5 Ra4 26. Nd6 Ba8 27. c4 Ne3
28. Bxa8 Nxd1 29. Be4 Qa7+ 30. c5 Rxe4 31. Nxe4 Qa4 32. Qd3 Nxe5 33. Qd6 Ng6
34. Rxd1 Qxe4 35. Nd2 Qe2 36. Nf3 Qxb2 37. c6 Qc2 38. Rd2 Qc1+ 39. Rd1 Qc2 40.
Ne5 Kg8 41. c7 Nxe5 42. h4 Ng6 43. h5 Nf4 44. Rd2 Qc3 45. Qxf4 e5 46. Qf2 Qc1+
47. Kh2 Qxc7 48. Qg3 h6 49. Rd3 Qe7 50. Rd5 Re8 51. Qe3 Qh4+ 52. Qh3 Qxh3+ 53.
Kxh3 e4 54. Rd2 e3 55. Re2 f5 56. Kg3 Kf7 57. Kf3 Kf6 58. g4 Kg5 59. gxf5 Kxf5
0-1

[Event "Mitropa Cup 26th"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "2007.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Jenni, Florian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.05.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Ba4 Nh5 10. Nf1 h6 11. h3 Kh7 12. Bc2 Qf6 13. Ne3 Nf4 14. Ng4 Qe7 15. d4
Rae8 16. Be3 a6 17. Qd2 g5 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Bc5 Qxc5 20. Qxd7 Ne7 21. Rad1 Kg8
22. Bb3 Nfg6 23. Ne3 Bf6 24. Nf5 Rd8 25. Qxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Kh7 27. Nxe7 Qxe7
28. Red1 Nf8 29. Nh2 Kg6 30. R8d3 h5 31. Nf1 c6 32. Ng3 Qc5 33. Nf5 Ne6 34. Rd6
Nf4 35. Rd7 Ne6 36. R1d6 g4 37. Bxe6 fxe6 38. Rxe6 g3 39. Rg7# 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 26th"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "2007.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Neubauer, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2007.05.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 Nc6 7. Nf3 Nb6 8. Bd3
Bd7 9. a3 a6 10. Rh3 h6 11. Be3 Na7 12. Rg3 Bf8 13. Ne2 Bb5 14. Nf4 Nd7 15. Nh5
g6 16. Rxg6 fxg6 17. Bxg6+ Ke7 18. Ng5 Bg7 19. Nxe6 Qg8 20. Nexg7 Rf8 21. f4
Kd8 22. f5 Kc8 23. Qg4 c5 24. O-O-O cxd4 25. Bf4 Nc6 26. f6 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 26th"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "2007.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hoang, Thanh Trang"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2007.05.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Ngf3 b6 6. c3 Be7 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. e4 Nf4 12. Bf1 cxd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. e5 f6 15.
Bb5 a6 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Nf1 Ng6 19. Rc1 Qd6 20. Ng3 Bd7 21. Qd2
Nf4 22. Ne2 Nxe2+ 23. Qxe2 Kh8 24. Rc3 a5 25. Nh4 Rg8 26. Qe3 Rae8 27. f4 Rg4
28. g3 e5 29. dxe5 fxe5 30. fxe5 Qe7 31. Qh6 Qe6 32. Qxe6 Bxe6 33. a3 Bg8 34.
Rc6 Re4 35. Rxe4 dxe4 36. Rxb6 Rxe5 37. Kf2 e3+ 38. Ke1 Bc4 39. Rc6 Bb5 40. Rc3
e2 41. Ng2 Rh5 42. h4 Rd5 43. Ne3 Re5 44. a4 Bxa4 45. Kxe2 Rb5 46. Rc8+ Kg7 47.
Nc4 Rb3 48. Rc7+ Kg6 49. Nxa5 Rxb2+ 50. Ke3 Bd1 51. Nc4 Rg2 52. Kf4 Rf2+ 53.
Ke4 Re2+ 54. Ne3 Ba4 55. g4 h6 56. h5+ Kf6 57. Kf3 Ra2 58. Rh7 Kg5 59. Rg7+ Kh4
60. Nf5+ Kh3 61. Nxh6 Bd1+ 62. Kf4 Ra4+ 63. Kf5 Ra5+ 64. Kg6 Bxg4 65. Nxg4 Kxg4
66. h6 Ra6+ 67. Kf7+ Kf5 68. h7 Ra7+ 69. Kf8 Ra8+ 70. Ke7 Ra7+ 71. Kd8 Ra8+ 72.
Kd7 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup 26th"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "2007.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Pinter, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2007.05.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Kb1 Nxd4 11. e5 Nf5 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Qxd5
Nxe3 15. Qd2 Nxd1 16. Qxd1 Be6 17. Bb5 Rfd8 18. Qe2 Rd4 19. Rd1 Rad8 20. Rxd4
Rxd4 21. a3 h5 22. Bd3 Kg7 23. g3 a5 24. f4 Bg4 25. Qf1 Bd7 26. f5 b6 27. fxg6
fxg6 28. Qf3 Rd6 29. Qb7 Be6 30. Qg2 Bd5 31. Qf1 Be6 32. Qg2 Bd5 33. Qf1 Be6
34. Qf4 Rd4 35. Qc7 Rd6 36. Qb8 Kf7 37. Qa8 Bd5 38. Qc8 Rc6 39. Qb8 Rd6 40. Qc7
Be5 41. Bc4 Bxc4 42. Qxc4+ Kf8 43. Qe2 Bd4 44. Ka2 Bf6 45. Kb3 Ke8 46. c4 Bd4
47. Ka4 Kd7 48. b4 axb4 49. axb4 Rf6 50. Qd3 Rd6 51. Kb5 Bg1 52. Qe4 Re6 53.
Qg2 Be3 54. Qd5+ Rd6 55. Qb7+ Ke8 56. Qa8+ Kd7 57. c5 bxc5 58. bxc5 Bxc5 59.
Kxc5 Ke6 60. Qf8 Kd7 61. Qg8 Rf6 62. Kd5 Rf5+ 63. Ke4 Rf6 64. Ke5 Rf5+ 65. Kd4
Rf6 66. Ke4 Kd6 67. Qd8+ Ke6 68. Qd5# 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 26th"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "2007.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Marzolo, Cyril"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2007.05.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O h6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Rc1 a5 13. e3 Rd8 14. Nd2 Nf6
15. Re1 Bf5 16. f3 Qd7 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nf1 a4 19. Ng3 h5 20. g5 Ne8 21. h4 Nd6
22. e4 Re8 23. e5 Nc8 24. f4 N8e7 25. Kh2 Bf5 26. Nxf5 Nxf5 27. Qxh5 Ncxd4 28.
Bxd4 Nxd4 29. Red1 g6 30. Bh3 Qb5 31. Qg4 Qxb2+ 32. Qg2 Qxg2+ 33. Bxg2 Nf5 34.
Rxc7 Rec8 35. Rdc1 Rxc7 36. Rxc7 Rd8 37. h5 gxh5 38. Bh3 Nd4 39. Rxb7 Ne6 40.
Kg3 Nc5 41. Rc7 Ne6 42. Bxe6 fxe6 43. Rc6 Kf7 44. f5 exf5 45. Kf4 h4 46. Kxf5
h3 47. Rh6 d4 48. g6+ Kg7 49. Rh7+ Kg8 50. e6 d3 51. e7 Re8 52. Kf6 Ra8 53.
Rxh3 Ra6+ 54. Ke5 Ra5+ 55. Ke4 Ra8 56. Rxd3 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 26th"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "2007.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2007.05.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. Ne5 Rfd8 14. c3
h6 15. Bg3 Rac8 16. Rd2 Bd6 17. Rfd1 Bb8 18. a3 Kf8 19. Bb5 Rxd2 20. Rxd2 Rd8
21. Nc6 Bxc6 22. Bxc6 Bxg3 23. hxg3 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Qc7 25. Bf3 Ke7 26. Qe2 a5
27. Qc2 Ne8 28. Be2 Qe5 29. Qd3 Qd6 30. Qc2 Qe5 31. Qd3 Qd6 32. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup 26th"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "2007.05.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Saric, Ante"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2007.05.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb5 Nb6
15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxc4 17. Bc2 Qd7 18. a4 Rfe8 19. Bd2 Bc7 20. Bc3 Rad8 21.
g3 a6 22. Rh5 g6 23. d5 Nxd5 24. Rd1 f5 25. Rh4 Qf7 26. Bd2 b5 27. axb5 axb5
28. Bg5 Nf6 29. Rf1 Be5 30. Qc6 Qd7 31. Qf3 Qd5 32. Qa3 Ra8 33. Qb4 Ne4 34. Be3
Bf6 35. Rh6 Nxg3 0-1

[Event "Mitropa Cup 26th"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "2007.05.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vokac, Marek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "192"]
[EventDate "2007.05.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bf8 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Ba4 a5 8. Nce2 b5
9. Bb3 Na6 10. c3 f5 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Nf4 Qe7 13. a4 b4 14. Nf3 Qf7 15. O-O
Ne7 16. Re1 Ng6 17. c4 Be7 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Qe2 Nxf4 20. Bxf4 Bd7 21. Bc2 Nb8
22. Bd3 O-O 23. Bb5 Re8 24. Bxd7 Nxd7 25. Qxe6 Qxe6 26. Rxe6 Rac8 27. Rae1 Kf7
28. h4 Nf8 29. Ra6 Ng6 30. Bg3 Bd8 31. Ra7+ Re7 32. Rexe7+ Nxe7 33. Bd6 Rc1+
34. Kh2 Rc2 35. b3 Ke6 36. Bc5 h5 37. Ra6+ Kf5 38. Kh3 Ng6 39. Ra7 Rxf2 40. Kg3
Rb2 41. Bd6 Rxb3 42. Rd7 Bb6 43. Bb8 Bxd4 44. Rxd5+ Be5+ 45. Bxe5 fxe5 46. Rxa5
Ra3 47. Kf2 Ra2+ 48. Ke3 Rxg2 49. Rb5 Rb2 50. Nd4+ Kg4 51. Nc6 Nxh4 52. Nxe5+
Kg3 53. Nd3 Ng2+ 54. Kd4 Rd2 55. Rxh5 Nf4 56. Rb5 Rxd3+ 57. Kc4 Kf3 58. Rxb4
Ke4 59. a5 Nd5 60. Ra4 Rc3+ 61. Kb5+ Ke5 62. Rh4 Nc7+ 63. Kb6 Kd6 64. Rh6+ Ne6
65. a6 Rb3+ 66. Ka5 Kc5 67. Rh5+ Kc6 68. Rh6 Rb5+ 69. Ka4 Re5 70. a7 Kb7 71.
Rh7+ Ka8 72. Kb4 Nc5 73. Kb5 Nb7+ 74. Kb6 Re6+ 75. Kb5 Kxa7 76. Rh1 Re5+ 77.
Kc4 Na5+ 78. Kd4 Nc6+ 79. Kc4 Kb6 80. Rb1+ Kc7 81. Rh1 Rg5 82. Rd1 Rh5 83. Rf1
Ne5+ 84. Kd4 Nd7 85. Rg1 Kd6 86. Rg6+ Ke7 87. Rg1 Ke6 88. Kc4 Rc5+ 89. Kd4 Rd5+
90. Ke3 Nf6 91. Rg2 Kd6 92. Rg1 Re5+ 93. Kd4 Re4+ 94. Kd3 Rf4 95. Ra1 Nd5 96.
Rh1 Rg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup 26th"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "2007.05.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sakelsek, Tadej"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2007.05.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. h3 Nd7 13. Bf4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 f6 15.
Qe3 e5 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Be2 Nc5 18. Nh2 Nd8 19. Qf3 Nf7 20. Bc1 Kg7 21. Ng4 Bxg4
22. Qxg4 Na4 23. Qf3 Qa5 24. Bd2 Rac8 25. Rab1 Re7 26. Qd3 Nc5 27. Qc2 Qa4 28.
Qxa4 Nxa4 29. Rb4 Nc5 30. f3 Rc6 31. Be3 Kf8 32. Rdb1 Nd8 33. g3 Ke8 34. Kf2
Kd7 35. h4 h5 36. Bf1 Ke8 37. Ke2 Rec7 38. Kd2 Ke7 39. Bh3 Nd7 40. Bf1 Nc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Porto Mannu op"]
[Site "Porto Mannu"]
[Date "2007.05.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ziegler, Ari"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2007.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 g6 8. h4 h6
9. O-O g5 10. c4 Nb6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb3 Be7 14. Nfd4 Nxe5 15.
Bf5 Nbc4 16. Re1 Qb6 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 18. Nf5 Bb4 19. Bd2 Kf8 20. Bxb4+ Qxb4 21.
Qxd5 Re8 22. Re4 Qb6 23. Rxc4 Nxc4 24. Qxc4 Qf6 25. Nbd4 gxh4 26. Qb4+ Kg8 27.
Qxb7 Kh7 28. Rc1 Rhg8 29. Qf3 Rc8 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Qe4 Kh8 32. Kh2 Rc5 33. b3
Re5 34. Qxh4 Rxf5 35. Nxf5 Qxf5 36. Qxh6+ Kg8 37. Qh3 Qa5 38. Qg4+ Kf8 39. Qe2
Qc7+ 40. g3 Qc5 41. Qb2 Qh5+ 42. Kg2 Qd5+ 43. f3 a5 44. b4 axb4 45. Qxb4+ Kg8
46. Qb8+ Kh7 47. Qb1+ Kg8 48. Qc2 Qa5 49. a4 Kg7 50. Qb2+ Kg6 51. Qd4 f5 52.
Qd6+ Kf7 53. Qd7+ Kf6 54. Qc6+ Kf7 55. Qc4+ Kf6 56. Qd4+ Kg6 57. Kf2 Qc7 58.
Qd1 Qb6+ 59. Kf1 Qc5 60. Qe2 Qd5 61. Kg2 Qc5 62. Qa2 Qa5 63. Qe6+ Kg7 64. Kh3
Kh7 65. Qf7+ Kh6 66. f4 Qa6 67. Qf8+ Kg6 68. Qg8+ Kh6 69. Qg5+ Kh7 70. Qxf5+
Kg7 71. Qe5+ Kf7 72. Qd5+ Kf8 73. a5 Qe2 74. Qf5+ Kg8 1-0

[Event "Porto Mannu op"]
[Site "Porto Mannu"]
[Date "2007.05.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mogranzini, Roberto"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2007.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Bc5 8.
Nb3 Ba7 9. Qf3 Nc6 10. Bf4 d6 11. Be2 Ne5 12. Qg3 O-O 13. Rad1 Ne8 14. a4 Bb8
15. Rd4 Qe7 16. Be3 Nf6 17. f4 Nc6 18. Rd2 Bc7 19. Qf2 Rd8 20. g4 d5 21. e5 Ne8
22. Bc5 Qd7 23. Ne4 f6 24. Qh4 b6 25. Ba3 h6 26. exf6 Qf7 27. Ng3 Nxf6 28. g5
Ne4 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. Qg3 Ne7 32. Nd4 Nf5 33. Nxf5 exf5 34. gxh6
Bf6 35. Qe3 Qg6+ 36. Kh1 Qxh6 37. Bc4+ Kh7 38. Rg1 Bb7 39. Rg3 Re8 40. Rh3 Bh4
41. Bf7 Rd8 42. Be7 Bf2 43. Rxh6+ gxh6 44. Bxd8 Bxe3 45. Bc7 b5 46. axb5 axb5
47. Be5 Bd2 48. Kg1 b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Porto Mannu op"]
[Site "Porto Mannu"]
[Date "2007.05.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bruno, Fabio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2007.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O b5 8. Bf3
e5 9. Nf5 b4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Bb7 12. Qd3 a5 13. Rd1 Ba6 14. Qd2 g6 15.
Ne3 Qc6 16. Nd5 f6 17. a3 Kf7 18. axb4 axb4 19. Nxb4 Bxb4 20. Qxb4 Qb7 21. Qa5
Qc6 22. Be3 Rc8 23. c3 Bb7 24. Qb4 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Na6 26. Qb3+ Kg7 27. Rd1 Nc7
28. Qb4 Kg8 29. Rd6 Qb5 30. Qxb5 Nxb5 31. Rxd7 Bc6 32. Re7 g5 33. h4 h6 34. Bg4
Rc7 35. Rxc7 Nxc7 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. f3 Kf7 38. Kf2 Ne6 39. g3 Ke7 40. Ke2 Bb5+
41. Kd2 Kd6 42. b3 Bf1 43. Bh5 Ng7 44. Bg6 Ne6 45. Bf5 Ng7 46. Bg4 Ne6 47. Ba7
Nd8 48. Bb6 Ne6 49. Bf2 Ke7 50. c4 Nd4 51. Bxd4 exd4 52. c5 Bb5 53. f4 gxf4 54.
gxf4 Kd8 55. Be6 1-0

[Event "Porto Mannu op"]
[Site "Porto Mannu"]
[Date "2007.05.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Steingrimsson, Hedinn"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2007.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Bg5 h6
9. Be3 Re8 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Be2 f5 12. d5 exd5 13. exf5 d4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. O-O
gxf5 16. Bh5 Rf8 17. f4 Kh7 18. Rb1 Bd7 19. b4 Ne6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Nd5 Qd7
22. Re1 Bf7 23. Bf3 Rae8 24. Qd3 Kh8 25. Bf2 Bg8 26. Bd4 Nd8 27. Be3 Ne6 28. g3
Qf7 29. Nc3 c6 30. Ne2 a5 31. Bg2 Qf6 32. Rbd1 Rd8 33. Bb6 Bf7 34. Qe3 Rd7 35.
b5 Qb2 36. c5 cxb5 37. Rd2 d5 38. Rxd5 Qb4 39. Rxf5 Re7 1-0

[Event "Porto Mannu op"]
[Site "Porto Mannu"]
[Date "2007.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Locci, Damiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2008"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2007.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 Nge7 7. d4 Ng6 8. Re1
Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Qc8 11. Bc2 b5 12. Nf1 Nh4 13. N1h2 Ng6 14. Be3 Na5 15.
b3 c5 16. Qd2 Nc6 17. Red1 Rd8 18. d5 Nb8 19. Nf1 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Bxf5
Qxf5 22. Ng3 Qf7 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. Bxg5 Re8 25. Ne4 Qc7 26. h4 Rf8 27. h5 Nf4
28. h6 Qf7 29. Bxf4 exf4 30. f3 Qg6 31. hxg7 Kxg7 32. b4 Nd7 33. bxc5 dxc5 34.
d6 Rf5 35. c4 bxc4 36. Qb2+ c3 37. Qxc3+ Kf7 38. Qb3+ Qe6 39. Qb7 Rg8 40. Re1
Re5 41. Kf2 Qf5 42. Rh1 Rb8 43. Rxh7+ Qxh7 44. Qxd7+ Kg6 45. Qg4+ Kf7 46. Re1
Rb2+ 47. Kg1 Qg6 48. Qh3 Rd2 49. Rb1 Rxd6 50. Nxd6+ Qxd6 51. Qh7+ Kf6 52. Qh6+
Ke7 53. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "Porto Mannu op"]
[Site "Porto Mannu"]
[Date "2007.05.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pedroni, Marco"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2007.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Be3 Bb4 8.
Qd3 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 Bxc3+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Nc6 12. Rad1 d5 13. Qh4 g5 14.
Nxe6 Qa5+ 0-1

[Event "Porto Mannu op"]
[Site "Porto Mannu"]
[Date "2007.05.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Diotallevi, Maurizio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2137"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2007.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6
8. Bh4 c5 9. c3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bd3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Bc2
Nd5 15. Qd3 g6 16. Bg3 Bd6 17. Bb3 Nf4 18. Qe3 Kg7 19. Rad1 e5 20. Nf3 Bg4 21.
Bxf4 Bxf3 22. Bxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Porto Mannu op"]
[Site "Porto Mannu"]
[Date "2007.05.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2007.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nb6 8. Bd3
dxe5 9. dxe5 Na6 10. Qe2 Nd5 11. Bc2 Nc5 12. O-O Bd7 13. Na3 Be7 14. Bd2 Qb6
15. Nc4 Qa6 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Qxa6 Nxa6 18. exd6 Bc6 19. Rac1 Rd8 20. Rfd1 Rxd6
21. Be3 b6 22. Ne5 Bb7 23. Bf4 Rd8 24. Ba4+ Ke7 25. Bg3 Rc8 26. Bc6 Ba8 27. Bb5
Nc5 28. f3 Rhd8 29. Bf2 f6 30. Nc4 Rc7 31. Bg3 e5 32. Bf2 Rdc8 33. b4 Ne6 34.
Ba6 Rd8 35. a3 Ndf4 36. Rxd8 Nxd8 37. Rd1 Nde6 38. Nd6 g6 39. Nb5 Rc2 40. Nxa7
Bxf3 41. Nc8+ Rxc8 42. gxf3 Rc2 43. Kf1 Rc3 44. Bb7 b5 45. a4 bxa4 46. b5 a3
47. b6 Rb3 48. Ra1 Nd4 49. Be4 f5 50. Bxd4 exd4 51. Bc2 Rxb6 52. Rxa3 Rb2 53.
Ra7+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "Porto Mannu op"]
[Site "Porto Mannu"]
[Date "2007.05.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Shytaj, Luca"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2007.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 e6 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. Qe4 f5 8. Qe2
Nde7 9. O-O Qc7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. h4 Rg8 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. c4 b6 15.
h5 Nh8 16. Nd4 Qc7 17. Nc3 Bb7 18. Bf4 Bc5 19. Rad1 g5 20. Bh2 O-O-O 21. a3
Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Qc6 23. Qf1 Nf7 24. b4 f4 25. Ne4 d6 26. exd6 Nxd6 27. Nf6 Nf5
28. Rde4 Rgf8 29. Rxe6 Rd6 30. Rxd6 Qxd6 31. Nxh7 Rh8 32. c5 Qh6 33. c6 Bxc6
34. Qxa6+ Bb7 35. Qc4+ Kb8 36. Nxg5 Qxh5 37. Qxf4+ Ka8 38. b5 Nd4 39. f3 Nxb5
40. Re5 Nc3 41. Nf7 Rf8 42. Rxh5 Ne2+ 43. Kf2 Nxf4 44. Bxf4 Rxf7 45. Be3 Rf6
46. Rh6 1-0

[Event "EU Union-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2007.06.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Majer, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2036"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.06.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. O-O e6 8. h3
Bh5 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. d4 Qc7 11. Nf4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. Re1 O-O
15. Ne5 Nb6 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Nxg6 Rfe8 19. Ne5 Nfd5 20. Bd2 Rad8 21.
Ba5 Bb4 22. Bxb4 Nxb4 23. c3 N4d5 24. Rad1 Na4 25. Qc2 Nab6 26. h4 Nf6 27. Nf3
Nbd5 28. Ng5 Qb6 29. a3 Rc8 30. Rd3 Qc7 31. Rf3 Qd7 32. h5 Rcd8 33. c4 Nb6 34.
Rf4 Qc7 35. Rxf6 gxf6 36. Qh7+ Kf8 37. Nxe6+ Rxe6 38. Rxe6 fxe6 39. Qxc7 1-0

[Event "EU Union-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2007.06.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pantaleoni, Claudio"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2007.06.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O h6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Rc1 a5 13. e3 Rd8 14. Nd2 Ng5
15. Qh5 Bf5 16. Nf3 Be4 17. Nxg5 hxg5 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Rc2 Rd5 20. Rfc1 Nd8
21. Qe2 c6 22. Qc4 g4 23. Qe2 f5 24. h4 gxh3 25. Qh5 Ne6 26. Kf1 Ng5 27. Ke2
Rd6 28. Qh4 Rh6 29. Qf4 Qf7 30. d5 Qh5+ 31. g4 Qxg4+ 32. Qxg4 fxg4 33. dxc6
Rxc6 34. Be5 Rxc2+ 35. Rxc2 Nf3 36. Bd4 h2 0-1

[Event "EU Union-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2007.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Cocchi, Andrea"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2007.06.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Ba4 Nh5 10. Nf1 Kh8 11. h3 a6 12. Bc2 Nf4 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. d4 f5 15.
exf5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. N1d2 Qg8 18. Ne4 Re8 19. Qd2 Rff8 20. a3 Qd5 21.
Qc2 Qf5 22. Rac1 Re7 23. Ned2 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1 Qxc2 25. Rxc2 Re8 26. Ndf3 Bf6 27.
Kf1 Kg7 28. Re2 Rc8 29. Nd3 g5 30. Nd2 Ne7 31. Ne4 b6 32. Nd2 Kf7 33. Nc4 Nd5
34. Nb4 Nxb4 35. axb4 Re8 36. Rxe8 Kxe8 37. Ke2 d5 38. Nd2 Kd7 39. Kf3 h5 40.
g3 fxg3 41. fxg3 Kc6 42. g4 h4 43. Ke3 Kd7 44. Kd3 Ke6 45. Nf1 Be7 46. Ne3 c6
47. Nc2 Bd6 48. Ne1 Be7 49. Nf3 Bf6 50. Kc2 Kd6 51. Ne1 Ke6 52. Nd3 Kd6 53. b3
Ke6 54. Nb2 Kd7 55. Kd3 Be7 56. Nd1 Ke6 57. Ne3 Bd6 58. Nc2 Be7 59. Ne1 Bf6 60.
Nf3 Kd6 61. Ke2 Ke6 62. Ke3 Kd6 63. Kd3 Ke6 64. Ng1 Be7 65. Nf3 Bf6 66. c4 Kd7
67. Ne1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU Union-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2007.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Foisor, Cristina Adela B"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2007.06.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. d3 h6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Na4
Bb6 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 Bd7 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. h3 Nh7 13. Qd2 f5 14. e3 Ng5 15.
Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Kh2 e4 17. Rfd1 Kh8 18. d4 Ne7 19. d5 Ng6 20. a4 Ne5 21. Bxe5
Rxe5 22. a5 bxa5 23. Rxa5 Ree8 24. Rda1 Rab8 25. Qd4 Qe7 26. b4 Kh7 27. Ra7
Red8 28. R1a2 Be8 29. b5 Bf7 30. Bf1 Bh5 31. Bg2 Rdc8 32. Qa1 Qf8 33. Qd4 Kh8
34. Rd2 Qe7 35. Rda2 Kg8 36. Qa1 Qf8 37. Qd4 Bg6 38. Bf1 Bh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU Union-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2007.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Cornette, Deimante"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2007.06.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Kb1 Rb8 11. Ndb5 a6 12. Na7 e6 13. Nxc8 Qxc8 14. exd5 exd5
15. Bg5 Ne7 16. h4 b5 17. Bd3 b4 18. Ne2 Nc6 19. Bh6 Ne5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. h5
Re8 22. Nd4 Nc4 23. Qf4 Rb6 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Qh6+ Kf7 26. g4 Ne3 27. Rde1 Qc5
28. Nb3 Qf8 29. Qf4 Qd6 30. Rxh7+ Kg8 31. Qxd6 Rxd6 32. Rh6 1-0

[Event "EU Union-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2007.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2007.06.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne5 Rfd8 14.
Qe4 g6 15. Rae1 Be8 16. c3 Bxe5 17. Qxe5 Qxe5 18. Rxe5 b6 19. Bc4 Rac8 20. b4
Kg7 21. h3 Rc7 22. Rfe1 Bd7 23. Ra1 Ra8 24. Rae1 Rb8 25. Kh2 c5 26. bxc5 bxc5
27. d5 Rb2 28. f3 exd5 29. Bxd5 Bc6 30. Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU Union-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2007.06.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2007.06.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 g6 5. d4 b6 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 d6 8. Bb5+
Bd7 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. h3 O-O 11. a4 Bc8 12. O-O Na6 13. e4 Nb4 14. Bc4 Ne8 15. Bf4
Nc7 16. Qd2 Re8 17. Rfe1 f6 18. Bg3 Kh8 19. Re2 a6 20. Ree1 Bb7 21. h4 Bc8 22.
Rac1 Rb8 23. Na2 Nxa2 24. Bxa2 b5 25. b4 c4 26. a5 Qe7 27. Nd4 Qf8 28. Bf4 Bd7
29. Bb1 f5 30. Nc6 Rbc8 31. h5 gxh5 32. exf5 Bxf5 33. Bxd6 Qxd6 34. Bxf5 Rxe1+
35. Rxe1 Rf8 36. Be4 Re8 37. Bf3 Rxe1+ 38. Qxe1 c3 39. Qd1 h4 40. Be4 h3 41.
Qh5 h6 42. Qf5 Kg8 43. gxh3 Ne8 44. Qc8 Qf8 45. Bc2 Kh8 46. Qe6 Bf6 47. Kf1 Nd6
48. Qd7 Nf7 49. d6 Kg7 50. Ne7 Qa8 51. Qf5 Qh1+ 52. Ke2 1-0

[Event "EU Union-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2007.06.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Piscopo, Pierluigi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2007.06.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Qc7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Ng5 f6 8.
Nh3 g6 9. f4 Bg7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Kh1 d6 12. Ng1 Ba6 13. Nf3 c4 14. d4 c5 15.
dxc5 dxc5 16. Be3 Qc6 17. Qe2 Rab8 18. Qf2 Rfc8 19. Rab1 Kh8 20. Rfd1 Ng8 21.
e5 Rb6 22. Rd6 Qc7 23. Rbd1 Nh6 24. Rd7 Qb8 25. Bxc5 Rxb2 26. Bxa7 Qa8 27. exf6
Bxf6 28. Bd4 1-0

[Event "EU Union-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2007.06.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Castaldo, Folco"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2007.06.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Bg5 c5 6. c3 Be7 7. O-O Na6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Qb3 Bc6 10. Ne5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Rb8 12. a4 b4 13. Qc4 Qc8 14. Rac1 h6 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ndf3 d6 17. Ng4 Be7 18. dxc5 bxc3 19. bxc3 Nxc5 20. Rb1 Qc6 21.
a5 Qc7 22. Nd4 d5 23. Qa2 Ne4 24. Qc2 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 h5 26. Ne3 Bf6 27. Nb5 Qc5
28. a6 h4 29. c4 h3+ 30. Kg1 Nxf2 31. Kxf2 d4 32. Qd3 dxe3+ 33. Kg1 Qc6 0-1

[Event "EU Union-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2007.06.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Okhotnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2007.06.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Qe7+ 6. Be2 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nf6 8.
Bg5 Nbd7 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 O-O 11. f3 Bf5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh3 Rfe8 14. c4 h6
15. Bf4 b5 16. Kf2 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Nb6 18. Bb5 Rf8 19. Re1 Qd8 20. Bc6 Rc8 21. d6
cxd6 22. d5 Nc4 23. Qd4 Na5 24. Qxa7 Nxc6 25. dxc6 Rxc6 26. Kg3 h5 27. g5 Nd5
28. Qd4 Ne7 29. Kg2 Nf5 30. Qf2 d5 31. Rac1 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 d4 33. Bd2 Qa8 34.
Bb4 Ne3+ 35. Kg1 Rc8 36. Rxc8+ Qxc8 37. Nf4 Qf5 38. Ng2 Qxg5 39. h4 Qe5 40.
Nxe3 dxe3 41. Qe1 Bf5 42. Kg2 Be6 43. Qg3 Qb2+ 44. Kg1 Bd5 45. Be1 Qe2 46. f4
Bc4 47. Bc3 Qf1+ 48. Kh2 Qf2+ 49. Qg2 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS07 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2007.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fogarasi, Tibor"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2007.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{First rounds are always very important. This smooth victory paved the way for
4.5 out of the first five rounds. Auftaktrunden sind immer sehr wichtig.
Dieser glatte Sieg war der Wegbereiter zu 4.5 aus den ersten fünf Durchgängen.
} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Bc5 8.
Nb3 Ba7 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. Bg5 h5 $5 {An interesting novelty. Previously Black had
tried 10...d6, which offers White an advantage following 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Qh5.
Eine interessante Neuerung. Bislang hatte Schwarz 10...d6 versucht, was Weiß
nach 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Qh5 Vorteil bietet.} 11. Bxf6 {Possibly this is too
cooperative. The threat of ...Ng4 looks dangerous but can be dealt with with
11.Qd2. Womöglich ist dies zu kooperativ. Die Drohung ...Ng4 sieht gefährlich
aus, lässt sich aber mit 11.Qd2 auffangen.} (11. Qd2 $1 Ng4 12. Bf4 d6 13. h3
Nge5 14. Be3 $5 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 $14) 11... gxf6 12. f4 d6 {[%csl Ga7,Rh1] Black
has a comfortable position (this structure is known from various Rauzer lines),
as the position of White's king is less than ideal, where it will later be
vulnerable to attack. Schwarz hat eine bequeme Stellung (diese Struktur kennt
man aus diversen Rauser-Abspielen), denn der weiße Königs ist keineswegs ideal
platziert und wird dort später zum Angriffsobjekt werden.} 13. Be2 {Clearing
the d-file for an attack against Black's d6-pawn. However, as it turns out
this is easily dealt with. Räumt die d-Linie für einen Angriff gegen den
schwarzen d-Bauern. Doch wie sich herausstellt, lässt sich dies leicht
abfedern.} ({As an alternative the computer offers the strange Als Alternative
offeriert der Computer das seltsame} 13. Qf3 $5 Bd7 (13... h4 14. f5 Ne5 15.
Qf4 Qe7 16. Be2 Bd7 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Qxf6 Qxf6 19. Rxf6 Ke7 $11 {also looks
sufficient sieht ebenfalls ausreichend aus.}) 14. Qg3 {[%cal Yg3g7] However, I
have a feeling this is too articificial and can be countered with the sharp
Ich aber habe das Gefühl, dass dies zu künstlich ist und mit dem scharfen}
O-O-O 15. Qg7 f5 $1 16. exf5 (16. Qxf7 Rdf8 17. Qg6 h4 $40) 16... h4 $44 {
, when play remains complex but Black seems to have reasonable compensation
for the pawn. gekontert werden kann, wonach das Spiel komplex bleibt, doch
Schwarz ordentliche Kompensation für den Bauern zu haben scheint.}) 13... Bd7
14. Qd2 (14. Bxh5 $2 {is too greedy. After ist zu gierig. Nach} Rh7 $5 {
[%csl Rh1,Rh2,Rh5][%cal Ye8c8,Yd8h8] , followed by ...0-0-0 and ...Rdh8 White
will experience serious problems down the h-file. nebst ...0-0-0 und ...Rdh8
wird Weiß ernste Probleme in der h-Linie haben.}) 14... O-O-O 15. Rad1 Be8 (
15... Bb8 {may have been stronger, but I felt that the bishop should stay on
a7. As further justification I offer the amazing variation mag stärker gewesen
sein, aber ich meinte, dass der Läufer auf a7 bleiben soll. Als weitere
Rechtfertigung biete ich die verblüffende Variante} 16. Na4 $3 h4 (16... Be8
17. Qc3 $1 Rh6 18. f5) (16... Rdg8 17. Rf3 $5) 17. Qxd6 $1 Qxd6 18. Nb6+ Kc7
19. Na8+ Kc8 20. Nb6+ {, with a surprising perpetual! mit einem überraschenden
Dauerschach!}) 16. Rf3 {[%cal Yf3d3,Yd3c3] Now White prepares Rd3 and in some
cases may hope for Nd5 or Nb5, with the rook later coming to c3 (the line-up
Kc8-Qc7 is clearly dangerous in this respect). Although Black can deal with
all these ideas it doesn't appear White has any kind of plan otherwise. Nun
bereitet Weiß Rd3 vor und kann in einigen Fällen auf Nd5 oder Nb5 hoffen,
wonach der Turm später nach c3 kommt (die Aufstellung Kc8-Qc7 ist in dieser
Hinsicht eindeutig gefährlich). Schwarz kann zwar all diesen Ideen begegnen,
doch Weiß scheint ansonsten keinen anderen Plan zu haben.} h4 $1 {This is best.
I keep absolute flexibility with my setup and just play a useful move,
preparing in many variations to play ...h3. Dies ist am besten. Ich wahre in
meinem Aufbau absolute Flexibilität und spiele einfach einen nützlichen Zug,
der in manchen Varianten die Möglichkeit ...h3 eröffnet.} (16... Ne7 17. Rd3) (
{the logical das logische} 16... Kb8 {has a flaw in that after hat den
Nachteil, dass nach} 17. Rd3 {, and Rxd6 Black will not have ...Bb8 to regain
the pawn on f4. und Rxd6 Schwarz am Ende nicht ...Bb8 hat, um den Bauern auf
f4 zurückzugewinnen.}) 17. h3 (17. Rd3 Rg8 $1 {is also very nice for Black. Of
course Rxd6 is out of the question, and there is really no other plausible
idea. ist ebenfalls sehr schön für Schwarz. Rxd6 kommt natürlich nicht in
Frage, und eine andere plausible Idee gibt es eigentlich nicht.} 18. Rxd6 (18.
Bf3 Nb4 19. Rxd6 Rxd6 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Bb8) (18. Bh5 $5) 18... Qxd6 19.
Qxd6 Rxd6 20. Rxd6 Bb8 21. Rd1 Bxf4 $17) 17... Rg8 18. Qe1 $2 {This seems like
an error, as in return for the h4-pawn Black will get an enormous initiative.
However, it is diifficult to find an alternative. Dies scheint ein Fehler zu
sein, denn als Ersatz für den h4-Bauern wird Schwarz eine enorme Initiative
bekommen. Allerdings fällt es schwer, eine Alternative zu finden.} (18. Nd5
exd5 19. exd5 Bc5 $3 {(this move took me a long time to find, and grants Black
a clear advantage) (ich brauchte lange, um diesen Zug zu finden, und er
sichert Schwarz klaren Vorteil)} (19... Kb8 20. Rc3 Qb6 21. dxc6 Bxc6 22. Bf3
$13) (19... Ne7 20. Rc3 Bc5 21. Nxc5 dxc5 22. d6) 20. Rc3 (20. dxc6 Bxc6 21.
Nd4 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 d5 $17) 20... Kb8 $1 21. Nxc5 (21. dxc6 Bb4 $1 22. cxb7 Bxc3
23. bxc3 Bc6 24. Bf1 Bxb7 $17) (21. Bf3 Na7) 21... dxc5 22. Rxc5 Rg3 $5 $17) (
18. Rd3 $1 {is without a doubt best, when Black retains an advantage but it is
manageable. ist zweifellos am besten, wonach Schwarz im Vorteil bleibt, der
allerdings auszuhalten ist.} Ne7 (18... Nb4 19. Nd5 $1 exd5 20. Qxb4 dxe4 21.
Qxe4 Bc6 22. Qf5+ Kb8 23. Bf3 $11)) 18... Ne7 $1 {[%csl Re4,Rf3,Rg2,Rh1][%cal
Yf6f5,Ye8c6] Again, this is best. If White accepts the pawn on h4, his
position will be close to ruins after 19...f5. Erneut ist dies am besten. Wenn
Weiß den Bauern auf h4 nimmt, wird seine Stellung nach 19...f5 kurz vor dem
Zusammenbruch stehen.} 19. f5 {This seems like the most accurate defense.
White stops ...f5, but a timely ...d5 will open the centre to reveal the power
of Black's bishops. It is important to note that after ...d5, there is the
possibility of ...Bb8 (threatening mate on h2), although immediately White can
defend with Qg1. Offenbar die genaueste Verteidigung. Weiß stoppt ...f5, doch
ein gut getimtes ...d5 wird das Zentrum öffnen und die Kraft der schwarzen
Läufer enthüllen. Wichtig ist die Feststellung, dass es nach ...d5 die
Möglichkeit ...Bb8 gibt (mit Mattdrohung auf h2), wenngleich Weiß dies
unmittelbar noch mit Qg1 abwehren kann.} (19. Qxh4 f5 20. Bd3 (20. exf5 $2 Nxf5
21. Qe1 Bc6 $19) (20. Qe1 Bc6 21. Bd3 Kb8 $5 $19) (20. Qh7 $5 Kb8 $1 21. exf5 (
21. Bd3 f6 $1) 21... Bc6 22. Qxf7 Nxf5 23. Qxc7+ (23. Qxe6 Nh4 $19) 23... Kxc7
24. Na5 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 d5 $17) 20... fxe4 21. Nxe4 (21. Bxe4 f5 22. Bd3 Bc6 $19)
21... Bc6 22. Na5 $1 Qxa5 23. Qxe7 Qh5 $40 {with an ongoing attack. White is
on the verge of losing in most lines, so it is no surprise my opponent opted
for 19.f5. mit anhaltendem Angriff. Weiß wandelt in den meisten Abspielen am
Rande des Verlustes, daher ist es keine Überraschung, dass mein Gegner 19.f5
wählte.} 24. Nf6 $2 Qxf3 $1 25. gxf3 Bxf3+ 26. Kh2 Rg2+ 27. Kh1 Re2#) 19... Bc6
(19... d5 $5 {is another dangerous possibility, but since I couldn't fully
work out these lines I opted for the safer 19...Bc6. ist eine weitere
gefährliche Möglichkeit, doch da ich diese Abspiele nicht vollständig
berechnen konnte, wählte ich lieber die sicherere Textfortsetzung.} 20. fxe6
fxe6 (20... Bb8 21. Qg1) (20... d4 21. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 22. exd5 Rxd5 23. Rxf6 $13)
21. exd5 Nf5 $36 {[%csl Ga7,Gc7,Gf5,Gg8,Rh1][%cal Yf5g3]}) 20. Nd4 {This is
the only move, threatening to trade Black's dangerous light-squared bishop.
Dies ist der einzige Zug, mit der Drohung, den gefährlichen weißfeldrigen
Läufer von Schwarz zu tauschen.} (20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Rxf6 {was the other
possibility, but it fails:} Nf5 $1 22. Bg4 (22. exf5 $2 Bxg2+ 23. Kh2 d5+) (22.
Rxe6 $2 Ng3+ 23. Kh2 Qf7 $19) 22... Ng3+ 23. Kh2 Rxg4 $1 24. hxg4 Qg7 25. Rxe6
(25. Rf3 Rg8 $19) (25. g5 Qxg5) 25... Qxg4 26. Rf6 Qg5 $1 $19) 20... Bxd4 21.
Rxd4 d5 $1 (21... e5 $2 {was of course very tempting, as 22.Rd2 d5 is very
nice for Black. However, after a few minutes thought I found a surprising
refutation: war natürlich sehr verlockend, denn 22.Rd2 d5 ist sehr schön für
Schwarz. Doch nach ein paar Minuten fand ich eine überraschende Widerlegung:}
22. Rc4 $3 (22. Rd2 $2 d5) 22... b5 (22... d5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Rxd5 25.
Rfc3 $16) (22... Kb8 23. Nd5) 23. Rxc6 $1 Qxc6 (23... Nxc6 24. Nd5 Qa5 25. b4
$18) 24. Nxb5 Kb8 25. Rb3 $1 axb5 (25... Ka8 26. Qa5) 26. Bxb5 Qc7 27. Bc4+ Kc8
28. Ba6+ Kd7 29. Rb7 Qxb7 30. Bxb7 $18) 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Rc4 $2 {The decisive
mistake but already it is difficult to find a defense. Der entscheidende
Fehler, aber eine Verteidigung ist bereits schwer zu finden.} (23. fxe6 fxe6
24. Bf1 $5 (24. Bc4 {is White's best chance by far: ist bei weitem die beste
Chance für Weiß:} Rxg2 $3 25. Kxg2 Nf4+ 26. Rdxf4 Qxf4 27. Qxe6+ (27. Bxe6+ Kb8
28. Nd5 Qg5+ 29. Kf2 Bxd5 30. Bxd5 Qxd5 $17) 27... Kb8 28. Bd5 $1 Qd2+ 29. Rf2
Qg5+ $1 30. Qg4 (30. Kf1 Bxd5 31. Nxd5 Rxd5 $19) 30... Bxd5+ 31. Nxd5 Qxd5+ 32.
Kh2 Qe5+ 33. Qf4 Qxf4+ 34. Rxf4 Rd2+ 35. Kg1 Rxc2 36. b4 Rxa2 37. Rxh4 $17) (
24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 (25. Qxh4 Qe5 $1 $19) 25... Rxd5 26. Rc3 Rc5 27. Rxc5 (
27. Bxa6 $5 Re8 $1) 27... Qxc5 28. Bf3 Qe5 29. Qxh4 Rd8 $17) 24... Kb8 $1 $36
25. Qxe6 Qe5 $3 {( a key move, leading to a forced win!) (ein Schlüsselzug,
der zu einem forcierten Gewinn führt!)} 26. Qxe5+ (26. Re4 Qxe6 27. Rxe6 Nxc3
28. Rxc6 bxc6 29. bxc3 Rd1 $19) 26... fxe5 27. Rd2 Nxc3 $1 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29.
Rxc3 Rd1 30. Kg1 Bb5 31. Rf3 e4 $19) 23... Rxg2 $1 {This elegant move finishes
the game. After 24.Kxg2 Ne3+ White will lose one rook and then another, while
24.Rxc6 Rh2+ is equally desolate. Dieser elegante Zug beendet die Partie. Nach
24.Kxg2 Ne3+ verliert Weiß zunächst den einen Turm und dann den anderen,
während 24.Rxc6 Rh2+ gleichermaßen desolat ist.} (23... Rxg2 24. Kxg2 (24. Rxc6
Rh2+ 25. Kg1 Rg8+ 26. Kf1 Qxc6 $19) 24... Ne3+ 25. Kf2 Nxc4 26. Bxc4 Qh2+ $19)
0-1

[Event "Budapest FS07 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2007.07.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Todorovic, Goran M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2007.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Ne3 11. Qd3 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Ba6 13. b3 O-O 14. Rc1 f5 15.
exf6 gxf6 16. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 17. Qd2 c5 18. Qxb4 cxb4 19. Kf2 Nxf1 20. Rhxf1 Bb7
21. Nc5 Bc8 22. Rcd1 Rf7 23. Rd6 Kf8 24. Rfd1 Ke8 25. h3 h5 26. R1d2 a5 27. Kg3
Rh7 28. f5 h4+ 29. Kf2 exf5 30. Rxf6 Ke7 31. Rxf5 d6 32. Re2+ Kd8 33. Ne6+ Kd7
34. Rf4 Kc6 35. Nd4+ Kc5 36. Rd2 a4 37. Nb5 Rh6 38. Rd5+ Kc6 39. Rf7 axb3 40.
Nd4+ Kb6 41. Rb5+ Ka6 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS07 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2007.07.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vernay, Clovis"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2007.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Be7 9. e4 Na5 10. Bf4 Nb3 11. Rb1 c5 12. Nb5 a6 13. Nc7 Ra7 14. d5 Nh5 15. Be5
Bd6 16. dxe6 Bxc7 17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. Ng5 f6 19. Nxh7 Kxh7 20. Qxh5+ Kg8 21. Bh3
b5 22. Rbd1 Nd4 23. Rxd4 cxd4 24. Qg6 Qd6 25. Rd1 Bxe6 26. Rxd4 Qxd4 27. Bxe6+
Rff7 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS07 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2007.07.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Smerdon, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2007.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Kb1 Rb8 11. Ndb5 a6 12. Na7 e6 13. exd5 exd5 14. Nxc8 Rxc8
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Rxd5 Nb4 18. Rc5 Rce8 19. Bd2 Rd8 20. Bd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS07 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2007.07.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kjartansson, Gudmundur"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2007.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Be3 b5 8. O-O
Bb7 9. f3 b4 10. Nce2 d5 11. e5 Qxe5 12. Bf4 Qh5 13. Nf5 exf5 14. Ng3 Bc5+ 15.
Kh1 Qh4 16. Qd2 Nh5 17. Rae1+ Kf8 18. Nxh5 Qxh5 19. Bc4 Qg6 20. Bxd5 Nc6 21.
Qd3 Qf6 22. c3 Rd8 23. Qc4 Bd6 24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25. Bxd6+ Qxd6 26. Qxa6 bxc3 27.
bxc3 g6 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS07 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2007.07.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hammes, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2007.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Nbc6 13. Nf3 c4 14. Be2 Qf8 15.
O-O h6 16. Bc1 Bd7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Ba4 19. Bg4 Nf5 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21. Be3
Kh7 22. f4 Qe7 23. Rf3 h5 24. Rf2 Kg7 25. g3 b6 26. h3 Rh8 27. Qd4 Rf7 28. Qd2
Kf8 29. Qc1 Kg7 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Rb1 Ke8 32. Rb4 Qd7 33. Qd2 Kd8 34. Ke1 Kc8 35.
Qd4 Rhf8 36. Kd2 Rh7 37. Kc1 Qe8 38. Kb1 Qd7 39. Qd2 Rhf7 40. Ka2 Rh7 41. Rf1
Qe8 42. Rfb1 Kc7 43. Qf2 Kd8 44. g4 Bc6 45. f5 gxf5 46. Qh4+ Kc8 47. gxh5 Qf7
48. Rf1 Rg8 49. h6 Rg2 50. Rf2 Rxf2 51. Qxf2 Qh5 52. Rb1 d4 53. Bxd4 Qxh6 54.
h4 f4 55. h5 Rg7 56. Qh4 Qg5 57. Qh3 Qg4 58. Qh2 Qf5 59. Rg1 Rxg1 60. Bxg1 Be8
61. h6 Bg6 62. Kb2 Bh7 63. Bd4 Kb7 64. Qg2+ f3 65. Qd2 Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS07 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2007.07.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2007.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O a5 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Ne1 h5 12. Nef3 Nbd7 13. b3 Nc5 14. Qc2 h4 15.
a3 hxg3 16. fxg3 c6 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Na6 20. b5 Nc5 21. bxc6
bxc6 22. h3 Qc7 23. g4 O-O 24. Ne1 g6 25. Nd3 Nxd3 26. Qxd3 Qb6+ 27. Kh2 Kg7
28. Kg3 Rh8 29. Rf1 Qd8 30. Nf3 cxd5 31. cxd5 Qa5 32. Rc1 Ba6 33. Qe3 Rc8 34.
Rxc8 Bxc8 35. Ng5 Bd7 36. Bf3 Qa2 37. Qc3 Qb1 38. Qe3 Qf1 39. Bg2 Qd1 40. Bf3
Qc2 41. Be2 Qb2 42. Bf3 Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS07 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2007.07.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fruebing, Stefan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2007.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 b5 7. a3 Bb7 8. f4
Nd7 9. O-O Ngf6 10. Bf3 Qc7 11. Kh1 Be7 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. Be3 O-O 14. Rae1 Rfe8
15. Qf2 Bf8 16. Nb3 Ba8 17. Rd1 Qb8 18. Ba7 Qc7 19. Be3 e5 20. Rfe1 exf4 21.
Bxf4 Ne5 22. Nd2 g6 23. h3 Bg7 24. Be2 Rb8 25. Bg5 Nfd7 26. Rf1 b4 27. axb4
Rxb4 28. Bxa6 Nc5 29. Be2 Rxb2 30. Nb5 Qd7 31. Nxd6 Qxd6 32. Nc4 Qc7 33. Nxb2
Nxe4 34. Qf4 h6 35. Bd8 Rxd8 36. Rxd8+ Qxd8 37. Nc4 Qe7 38. Bd3 Ng5 39. Re1 Qb7
40. Qg3 Nxd3 41. cxd3 Kh7 42. Nd6 Qb4 43. h4 Ne6 44. Rf1 Nd8 45. Nxf7 Nxf7 46.
Rxf7 Qa5 47. Rf1 h5 48. Re1 Bd5 49. Re7 Qa1+ 50. Kh2 Qb2 51. Kh1 Qf6 52. Re1
Bf8 53. Qc7+ Kg8 54. Qg3 Be7 55. Rxe7 Qxe7 56. Qxg6+ Kf8 57. Qxh5 Qe6 58. Qh8+
Ke7 59. Qg7+ Ke8 60. Qg3 Kd7 61. Kh2 Kc6 62. d4 Qe4 63. Qc3+ Kd7 64. Qh3+ Be6
65. Qg3 Qxd4 66. Kh1 Qe4 67. Kh2 Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS07 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2007.07.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bui, Vinh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2007.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Qa5 9. f4 Rc8 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 e6 12. O-O-O Bc6 13. Nb5 Bxb5 14. exf6
g6 15. Qe5 a6 16. Bxb5+ axb5 17. Rd3 Bc5 18. Kb1 O-O 19. Be3 Qb6 20. Bxc5 Rxc5
21. Qe3 e5 22. Rd5 Rc6 23. Qxb6 Rxb6 24. Rxe5 h5 25. Rf1 Rd8 26. a3 b4 27. axb4
Rxb4 28. Rfe1 Rd6 29. Re8+ Kh7 30. Rf1 g5 31. Rf8 Kg6 32. Rg8+ Kh6 33. Rg7 Rd7
34. Re1 Rb6 35. Re5 Rxf6 36. Rgxg5 Rf2 37. Rxh5+ Kg6 38. Rhg5+ Kf6 39. Rd5 Re7
40. Rg3 Re1+ 41. Ka2 Rxc2 42. Rd6+ Re6 43. Rxe6+ Kxe6 44. Kb3 Rc7 45. Re3+ Kf5
46. Re2 f6 47. Kb4 Rh7 48. g3 Kg4 49. Rf2 f5 50. Kc5 Rh6 51. b4 Rc6+ 52. Kd5
Rc1 53. Rf4+ Kg5 54. Rc4 Rh1 55. Rc2 Kg4 56. b5 Kh3 57. Kd6 Rb1 58. Kc5 Rh1 59.
Rf2 Rxh2 60. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "Vlissingen HZ op 11th"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "2007.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hubregtse, Sjoerd"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Kb1 Nxd4 11. e5 Nxf3 12. gxf3 Nd7 13. Nxd5 e6 14. Bg5 f6
15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. h4 Kf7 18. Bc4 Qb6 19. Bb3 1-0

[Event "Vlissingen HZ op 11th"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "2007.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stange, Wim"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. f3 O-O 8. Rb1
Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 d5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Na4 c4 14. Bc2 d4
15. exd4 Re8+ 16. Kf2 Nxd4 17. Nc3 Nxc2 18. Qxc2 Qd4+ 19. Kf1 Qe5 20. g4 Bb7
0-1

[Event "Vlissingen HZ op 11th"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "2007.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Van der Heijden, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nge7 7. Be3 a6 8. Nb3
b5 9. f4 b4 10. Na4 Rb8 11. Qd2 Ng6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. g5 e5 14. f5 Nf4 15. h4
h6 16. Rg1 hxg5 17. hxg5 Bxg5 18. Kb1 Rh6 19. Nb6 Rxb6 20. Bxb6 Qxb6 21. Rxg5
Kf8 22. Nc1 Nd4 23. Qf2 Bb7 24. Nb3 Qd8 25. Qg3 Nh5 26. Qe3 Nf4 27. Rg4 Nxb3
28. axb3 Rh1 29. Qf3 Rh6 30. Bc4 Rh3 31. Qf1 Rh6 32. Qg1 Qf6 33. Qa7 Bxe4 34.
Rxd6 Bxc2+ 35. Ka2 Bb1+ 36. Ka1 1-0

[Event "Vlissingen HZ op 11th"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "2007.08.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leenhouts, Koen"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. c4 Nc6 8. Nf3
b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. b3 Bd6 11. Bb2 Ne5 12. h3 O-O 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. Bb1 Nxf3+ 15.
Qxf3 Be5 16. g3 Bc6 17. Ba3 Rfe8 18. Nd5 exd5 19. cxd5 Qb8 20. dxc6 dxc6 21.
Qe2 c5 22. Kh2 Bd4 23. f4 h5 24. e5 h4 25. Bb2 hxg3+ 26. Kxg3 Rcd8 27. Kh2 Bxb2
28. Qxb2 Nh5 29. Rce1 Rd4 30. Qe2 Nxf4 31. Qe3 f6 0-1

[Event "Vlissingen HZ op 11th"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "2007.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Zaragatski, Ilja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "213"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
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{This was probably the most important game of the tournament for me. My
opponent had just beaten Sergei Tiviakov (2648) the round before, and was
clearly underrated. He was also pressing for most of the game here, until I
blundered terribly in an equal position. Who knows how the tournament might
have turned out if he had found the refutation or at least not blundered a
piece the next move. As is, this win gave me momentum to beat Stellwagen (2631)
in the next round as well. Although the race remained very close, in the end I
won on tiebreaks with 7.5/9. Dies war wahrscheinlich die wichtigste Partie des
Turniers für mich. In der Runde zuvor hatte mein Gegner gerade Sergei Tiviakov
(2648) geschlagen und war elomäßig eindeutig unterbewertet. Auch in dieser
Partie übte er über weite Strecken Druck aus, bis ich in gleicher Stellung
schrecklich patzte. Wer weiß, wie das Turnier gelaufen wäre, wenn er die
Widerlegung gefunden oder wenigsten im nächsten Zug keine Figur eingestellt
hätte. Wie es kam, verlieh mir dieser Sieg den Schwung, in der nächsten Runde
auch noch Stellwagen (2631) zu schlagen. Das Rennen blieb zwar sehr knapp,
doch am Ende wurde ich mit 7.5/9 Wertungssieger.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 {
For this tournament I had prepared the Tarrasch, rather than my usual 3.Nc3.
In my view Black has good chances to reach equality after 3.Nc3 Nf6. Für
dieses Turnier hatte ich statt meines gewohnten 3.Nc3 die Tarraschvariante
vorbereitet. Meines Erachtens hat Schwarz nach 3.Nc3 Nf6 gute Chancen auf
Ausgleich..} Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Bd3 $5 {An interesting move which
surprisingly is not very popular. The idea is primarily prophylactic; White
takes measures against Black's only freeing pawn break, ...f6. Ein
interessanter Zug, der überraschenderweise nicht sehr populär ist. Die Idee
ist in erster Linie prophylaktisch; Weiß ergreift Maßnahmen gegen den einzigen
befreienden Bauernhebel von Schwarz, ...f6.} f6 ({In fact the most common move
is Der gebräuchlichste Zug ist} 6... Nb4 {, but it leads to a line of the
Tarrasch with an extra tempo for White (the bishop will be on e2 rather than
f1): , führt aber zu einem Tarrasch-Abspiel mit einem Mehrtempo für Weiß (der
Läufer wird auf e2 stehen und nicht auf f1):} 7. Be2 c5 8. c3 Nc6) 7. Ng5 $1 {
The whole point behind 6.Bd3. Otherwise Black achieves a comfortable position.
The move Ng5 is known from several variations in the Tarrasch (such as 3...Nf6
4.e5 Nfd7 5.Ngf3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Bd3 f6 8.Ng5), but is generally an incorrect
sacrifice. Here if Black accepts he will lose. Die ganze Pointe von 6.Bd3.
Ansonsten erreicht Schwarz eine bequeme Stellung. Den Zug Ng5 kennt man aus
diversen Varianten im Tarrasch (z.B. 3...Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Ngf3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.
Bd3 f6 8.Ng5), er stellt aber im allgemeinen ein inkorrektes Opfer dar. Hier
wird Schwarz, wenn er annimmt, verlieren.} Ndxe5 (7... fxg5 $2 8. Qh5+ g6 (8...
Ke7 9. Nf3) 9. Bxg6+ hxg6 10. Qxg6+ Ke7 11. Ne4 $1 Bh6 (11... Ndxe5 12. dxe5
Nxe5 13. Qf6+ Kd7 14. Qxe5 $18) 12. Bxg5+ Bxg5 13. Qg7+ Ke8 14. Qxh8+ Nf8 15.
Qh5+ Kd7 16. Nc5+ $18) 8. dxe5 fxg5 9. Qh5+ g6 $1 {The only move. Black
sacrifices a pawn to open lines for his pieces and lure the bishop to the
insecure g6-square. Der einzige Zug. Schwarz opfert einen Bauern, um Linien
für seine Figuren zu öffnen und den Läufer auf das unsichere Feld g6 zu locken.
} (9... Kd7 10. Nf3 Qe8 (10... g6 11. Qg4 Be7 12. Nxg5 Ke8 13. Bb5 $18) (10...
h6 11. Be3 $5) 11. Qg4 Nb4 12. Bxg5 Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 {is rather desolate for
Black. Compared to the game the f- and g-pawns are still on the board, which
makes White's king much more secure. ist ziemlich desolat für Schwarz. Im
Vergleich zur Partie befinden sich die f- und g-Bauern noch auf dem Brett, was
den weißen König sehr viel sicherer macht.}) 10. Bxg6+ Kd7 11. f4 $5 {The idea
behind this move is to keep the e5-pawn protected. A nice idea, but the
drawbacks are equally obvious: White's king has lost protection. Die Idee
hinter diesem Zug lautet, den Bauern e5 gedeckt zu halten. Schön gedacht, aber
die Nachteile sind gleichermaßen offensichtlich: der weiße König hat an Schutz
einbüßt.} ({Possibly White should jettison the pawn and play for an attack
against Black's vulnerable king. One interesting line is Möglicherweise sollte
Weiß den Bauern geben und auf Angriff gegen den anfälligen schwarzen König
spielen. Ein interessantes Abspiel lautet} 11. Bd3 $5 Nxe5 12. Be2 $44 {
, when White retains real compensation for the pawn. Although the minor pieces
look passive huddled together on the first two ranks, they possess enormous
latent energy, which will be revealed after Nb3, Be3, etc. , wonach Weiß reale
Kompensation für den Bauern behauptet. Obwohl die Leichtfiguren passiv auf den
ersten zwei Reihen zusammengepfercht wirken, besitzen sie enorme latente
Energie, die nach Nb3, Be3 usw. freigesetzt wird.}) 11... gxf4 12. Bd3 Qe8 {
It doesn't really make a difference whether Black plays this or ...Nb4 first,
but at some point he will be forced to chase the queen from this commanding
post. Es macht keinen wirklichen Unterschied, ob Schwarz zuerst dies spielt
oder ...Nb4, irgendwann aber wird er die Dame aus dieser beherrschenden
Stellung vertreiben müssen.} 13. Qe2 (13. Qg5 Qf7 $1 14. Nf3 (14. O-O h6 15.
Rxf4 hxg5 16. Rxf7+ Ke8 $15) 14... Nb4 15. Qxf4 Qxf4 16. Bxf4 Nxd3+ 17. cxd3 b6
$11) (13. Qxe8+ Kxe8 14. Nf3 Nb4 15. Bxf4 c5) 13... Nb4 14. O-O Nxd3 15. cxd3 {
In my preparation before the game I assessed this position as favourable for
White due to Black's insecure king and White's rapid development. Now I can
only wonder what I was thinking. After Black's next move it is clear he will
have few problems with his king, while White will sorely miss his
light-squared bishop. In meiner Vorbereitung auf die Partie schätzte ich diese
Stellung als günstig für Weiß ein aufgrund des unsicheren schwarzen Königs
sowie der rapiden Entwicklung des Anziehenden. Jetzt kann ich mich nur fragen,
was ich mir dabei gedacht habe. Nach dem nächsten Zug von Schwarz wird klar,
dass er wenige Problem mit seinem König haben wird, während der Anziehnde
seinen weißfeldrigen Läufer schmerzlich vermissen wird.} b6 $1 {Now I suddenly
realised that only Black could have an advantage here. I will have very
serious problems with my d3-pawn after ...Ba6 and ...Qg6. Nun wurde mir
plötzlich klar, dass nur Schwarz hier Vorteil haben kann. Ich werde nach ...
Ba6 und ...Qg6 sehr ernste Probleme mit meinem d3-Bauern haben.} ({For
whatever reason I only considered Aus irgendeinem Grund erwog ich nur} 15... c5
$2 {, which is clearly bad due to , was eindeutig schlecht ist wegen} 16. b4 $1
b6 (16... cxb4 17. Nb3 b6 18. a3 $36) 17. Nb3 Qg6 18. bxc5 Ba6 19. Rf3 bxc5 20.
Bxf4 $16) 16. Rxf4 ({White should avoid playing d4 as the following variation
should demonstrate: Den Zug d4 sollte Weiß vermeiden, wie die folgende
Variante demonstrieren sollte:} 16. d4 a5 (16... Bh6 17. b4 $1 $44) 17. Rxf4
Ba6 18. Qf2 Be7 19. Nf3 Qh5 20. Be3 Raf8 $15) 16... Ba6 17. Rf6 $1 {This is
pretty much the only way to maintain equal chances, albeit in a very risky way.
White's top priority is to keep Black's queen from g6, and I correctly
considered the rook to be invulnerable after ...Be7. Dies ist so ungefähr der
einzige Weg, um gleiche Chancen zu wahren, wenngleich aus sehr riskante Weise.
Es hat für Weiß Priorität, die schwarze Dame von g6 fernzuhalten, und ich nahm
korrekterweise an, dass der Turm nach ...Be7 unantastbar ist.} Rg8 ({Obviously
critical, and probably best for Black, is Offensichtlich kritisch und
womöglich am besten für Schwarz ist} 17... Be7 18. Nf3 Kc8 $1 {, when I have
not succeeded in finding absolute equality: , wonach es mir nicht gelungen ist,
absoluten Ausgleich zu finden.} (18... Bxf6 19. exf6 Rf8 20. Bf4 $5 Rxf6 21.
Qe5 Rxf4 22. Qxf4 $44) (18... Qh5 19. Rxe6 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Kxe6 22.
b4 $1 $40) 19. Rh6 $5 (19. Bh6 $2 Kb7 20. Kh1 Rg8 $17) (19. Bf4 Rf8 20. Rc1 Kb7
(20... c5 $2 21. b4 $40) 21. Rxf8 Qxf8 $15) 19... Qb5 $1 (19... Kb7 20. Nd4 Bc5
21. Be3 Bxd4 22. Bxd4 $14) (19... Bf8 20. Rf6) 20. Rxe6 (20. Ne1 {minimises
the damage but looks far from pleasant hält den Schaden in Grenzen, sieht aber
alles andere als angenehm aus.}) 20... Re8 {, and now White has little choice
but to go for an unpleasant endgame. Therefore we can say that 17.Rf6 was a
mistake and after 17...Be7 Black could have gained an advantage. However, I
fully believe since Black must play a number of subtle and hard-to-find moves
to reach this far, and since after 20.Ne1 Black's advantage is no greater than
it was at the seventeenth move, that 17.Rf6 deserves the exclamation mark, if
only for its practical strength. , und nun bleibt Weiß kaum eine andere Wahl,
als sich auf ein unangenehmes Endspiel einzulassen. Daher können wir sagen,
dass 17.Rf6 ein Fehler war und Schwarz nach 17...Be7 hätte in Vorteil kommen
können. Ich bin aber fest überzeugt, dass Schwarz, um so weit zu kommen, eine
Reihe subtiler und schwer zu findender Züge finden muss, und dass, da nach 20.
Ne1 sein Vorteil nicht größer ist als nach dem 17. Zug, der Zug 17.Rf6 das
Ausrufungszeichen verdient, und sei es nur aufgrund seiner praktischen Stärke.}
) 18. Nf3 Qh5 {Again we can criticise this on the basis that White's play is
eased somewhat. On the other hand, there is no clear route to an advantage;
Black will instead deploy his pieces to active positions and play on the
long-term power of his light-squared bishop. Erneut können wird dies
kritisieren im Hinblick darauf, dass das Spiel von Weiß etwas erleichtert wird.
Andererseits gibt es keine klare Route zu Vorteil; stattdessen wird Schwarz
seine Figuren auf aktive Positionen bringen und auf die langfristige Kraft
seines weißfeldrigen Läufers spielen.} (18... Bg7 19. Bh6 $1 {(a typical idea,
which causes Black serious problems here) (eine typische idee, die Schwarz
hier ernsthafte Probleme bereitet)} Bh8 (19... Bxf6 $2 20. exf6 Kc8 21. Ne5 $18
) (19... Bxh6 20. Rxh6 $14) 20. Qc2 $5 Bb7 (20... Kc8 21. Rc1 c5 22. d4 $40)
21. d4 Rg6 22. Bg5 $36) (18... Be7 19. Bf4 Qh5 20. Rf1 (20. Bg3 $2 Rxg3 21.
hxg3 Bc5+ 22. Kf1 Qh1+ $19) (20. Rxe6 Qf5 21. Rxe7+ Kxe7 22. Bg3 Qxd3 23. Qf2
Raf8 $17) 20... Rae8 21. Kh1 Rg4 (21... Bxf6 22. exf6 Kc8 $2 23. Qe5 $1 Qxe5
24. Nxe5 $18) (21... Kc8 $5) 22. g3 $1 {(despite how ugly this move looks, and
indeed it cannot be positive to have to play, it has its strong points; the
bishop is securely guarded and Black has some problems coordinating) (so
hässlich dieser Zug auch aussieht, und so etwas spielt man wirklich nicht gern,
er hat doch hat seine Vorteile: Der Läufer f4 wird sicher gedeckt, und Schwarz
hat einige Probleme, sich zu koordinieren)} Bxf6 (22... Rgg8 23. Qc2 $1 Kc8 (
23... Bb7 24. d4 $36) 24. Rxe6 Bc5 25. Rxe8+ $1 (25. Rf6 d4 $132) (25. Rh6 $2
Qf5) (25. Rc6 $2 Ref8 $1 $13) 25... Rxe8 26. a3 {, with b4 next and an
advantage. , nebst b4 und Vorteil.}) (22... Rg6 {is safest and leads to a
roughly equal position following ist am sichersten und führt zu einer etwa
gleichen Stellung nach} 23. Qc2 $1 Bb7 24. d4 c6 25. a3 $5) 23. exf6 Rxf4 24.
f7 (24. gxf4 $5 Kc8 25. Rg1 $13) 24... Rxf7 (24... Rf8 25. gxf4 Kd8 $1 26. Qe5
Qh3 $5 (26... Qxe5 27. Nxe5 d4 28. h4 Bb7+ 29. Kh2 $16) (26... Qxf7 $2 27. Ng5)
27. Rf2 Qf5 28. Nd4 $1 (28. Qxf5 exf5 29. Ne5 d4 $11) (28. Ng5 $5 Qxe5 29. fxe5
Ke7 30. Rf6 $36) 28... Qxe5 29. Nc6+ Kd7 30. Nxe5+ Ke7 31. Rf3 $1 c5 32. Rh3
$16) (24... Re4 $1 25. fxe8=Q+ Kxe8 (25... Qxe8 $2 26. Qc2 Qh5 27. Kg2 $1 $16)
26. Qd2 $1 (26. Qd1 Re3 27. Qa4+ Kd8 28. Ng5 Qxg5 29. Qxa6 Qe5 $1 30. Qxa7 Rxd3
$19) 26... Kd8 $1 (26... Rg4 27. Qc3) 27. Rf2 (27. dxe4 $2 Bxf1 28. Ng5 Kc8 $1
29. exd5 h6 $17) 27... Rg4 28. d4 Kc8 (28... Rxg3 29. Qf4 Rg8 30. Qf6+ Kd7 31.
Ne5+ Kd6 32. Nf7+ $11) (28... Re4 29. Kg1 $1 $13) 29. Kg1 Bb5 $15) 25. Ne5+
Qxe5 26. Rxf7+ Kd6 27. Rd7+ Kxd7 28. Qxe5 Bxd3 29. g4 $5 $132 {, and who knows
how this position will turn out! und wer weiß, wie diese Stellung enden wird!})
19. Bf4 Qg4 ({Black could still transpose into the note to Black's eighteenth
move with Schwarz konnte noch immer zu der Anmerkung zum seinem 18. Zug
übergehen, und zwar mit} 19... Be7 {The conclusion there was that Black had
some advantage, but only in a highly complex position and after a lot of
unclear analysis. Dort lautete die Schlussfolgerung, dass Schwarz einigen
Vorteil hatte, allerdings in einer höchst komplexen Stellung und nach einem
guten Stück unklarer Analyse.}) 20. Bg3 Be7 {At this point there is not much
difference between most of Black's options. The most critical approach has
already passed. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt gibt es zwischen den meisten Optionen von
Schwarz keinen großen Unterschied mehr. Der kritischste Versuch ist bereits
passé.} 21. Qc2 {Due to some minor problems with his coordination (Rf4 and Qa4
is immediately threatened while Rc1 is also annoying), Black must retract his
bishop. While this is certainly a concession, White can hardly claim more than
equality. Aufgrund kleinerer Probleme mit der Koordination (es droht
unmittelbar Rf4 und Qa4, und auch Rc1 ist lästig), muss Schwarz seinen Läufer
zurückziehen. Dies stellt zwar sicherlich ein Zugeständnis dar, doch kann Weiß
kaum mehr als Ausgleich beanspruchen.} Bb7 (21... c6 22. Rc1 Rac8 {is another
possibility, which White can meet in a number of ways; for instance ist eine
weitere Möglichkeit, wonach Weiß auf verschiedene Weise reagieren kann, zum
Beispiel} 23. Qd2 $5 Rc7 24. Rc3) 22. Rc1 c6 23. d4 h5 {This was a minor
surprise for me. Still I can't understand why, as it is the most natural move.
Dies war eine kleine Überraschung für mich. Im Nachhinein verstehe ich nicht
warum, denn es ist der natürlichste Zug.} 24. Rf4 $1 {Before I made this move
I had to overcome a number of problems. I saw my opponent gaining the
initiative very rapidly with ...Raf8, when my kingside would come under
enormous pressure. The relative inactivity of the b7-bishop (at the moment it
is primarily a defensive piece) was only temporary: when it would break free
of the central pawn chain it could cause havoc in White's position. Although I
didn't want to retract the rook which has done such a sterling defensive job
over the past few moves, I realised its life on f6 would be shortlived and I
needed to effect a trade of bishops. Bevor ich diesen Zug machte, hatte ich
eine Reihe von Problemen zu überwinden. Ich sah meinen Gegner sehr schnell mit
...Raf8 die Initiative ergreifen, wonach mein Königsflügel unter enormen Druck
kommen würde. Die relative Inaktivität des b7-Läufers (im Moment ist er primär
eine Verteidigungsfigur), war nur vorübergehend: Sobald er aus der zentralen
Bauernkette hervorbricht, könnte er in der weißen Stellung verheerenden
Schaden anrichten. Obwohl ich den Turm nicht zurückziehen wollte, der über die
letzten paar Züge eine so gediegene Verteidigungsaufgabe erfüllt hatte,
begriff ich, dass seine Existenz auf f6 kurzlebig sein würde und ich einen
Tausch der Läufer herbeiführen musste.} Qg6 (24... Qg7 25. Bh4 Raf8 {is hardly
different from the game after 26.Bf6, but gives White extra options such as
ist kaum anders als die Partiefortsetzung nach 26.Bf6, gibt Weiß aber
zusätzliche Möglichkeiten wie} 26. Rxf8 Bxf8 27. Bg5) 25. Bh4 Raf8 (25... Qxc2
26. Rxc2 Raf8 (26... Bxh4 27. Rxh4 Raf8 28. Rf2 Rf5 29. Nd2 $14) 27. Bf6) 26.
Bf6 $1 {An important move. The bishop will be very effective on f6 in the
endgame. Still, this was a difficult choice since 26...Qh6 looked (visually,
but in fact it isn't) very risky for White. Ein wichtiger Zug. Im Endspiel
wird der Läufer auf f6 sehr effektiv sein. Dennoch war dies eine schwierige
Wahl, da 26...Qh6 (allerdings nur optisch) sehr riskant für Weiß aussah.} (26.
Qxg6 Rxg6 27. Rxf8 Bxf8 28. Bg5 {had some initial appeal, as the h5-pawn is
likely to be picked off after h4 and Nd2-f1-g3, etc. In the end, however, I
decided that Black's queenside play would come faster and stronger. The
variation wirkte anfangs verlockend, da der h5-Bauer nach h4 und Nd2-f1-g3 usw.
wahrscheinlich fällt. Am Ende aber beschloss ich, dass das schwarze Spiel am
Damenflügel schneller und stärker kommen würde. Die Variante} c5 29. h4 Ba6 $1
$15 {does indeed seem to justify that asessment, as Black's initiative could
become serious after ...Bd3-e4. scheint diese Einschätzung tatsächlich zu
bestätigen, denn die schwarze Initiative könnte nach ...Bd3-e4 ernst werden.})
26... Qxc2 {Critical is 26...Qh6, but it seems that White doesn't face too
many problems after that. Kritisch ist 26...Qh6, doch es scheint, dass Weß
danach nicht allzu viele Probleme hat.} (26... Qh6 $5 27. Qd2 Bb4 (27... Rg4 $2
28. Rxg4 Qxd2 29. Nxd2 hxg4 30. Bxe7 Kxe7 31. Rf1 Rf5 32. h3 $1 gxh3 33. Rxf5
exf5 34. gxh3 $14) (27... Bxf6 28. exf6 Rxf6 29. Rxf6 Qxf6 30. Ne5+ $44) 28.
Qe3 Be7 29. Qd2) 27. Rxc2 c5 ({An} 27... Rg4 $2 28. Rxg4 hxg4 29. Bxe7 Kxe7 30.
Nh4 {should never be considered by Black, since only White will be playing to
win: sollte Schwarz nie überlegen, da nur Weiß auf Gewinn spielen wird:} Ke8
31. Ng6 Rf5 32. b4 $1 Ba6 (32... Kf7 33. Nh4 Rh5 34. g3 Ke8 35. Ng2 $14) 33.
Rf2 Bc4 34. a3 Kf7 35. Rxf5+ exf5 36. Nf4 $16) 28. Rf2 cxd4 ({Black can play
more ambitiously with Schwarz kann auch ehrgeiziger spielen mit} 28... Ba6 $5 {
, but White will have no trouble holding the balance. One way is , allerdings
wird Weiß keine Schwierigkeiten haben, die Balance zu halten. Ein Weg ist} 29.
Ne1 cxd4 30. Bxe7 Rxf4 (30... Kxe7 31. Rxf8 Rxf8 32. Rxf8 Kxf8 33. Nf3 d3 34.
Kf2) 31. Rxf4 Kxe7 32. Nf3 $11) 29. Nxd4 Bc5 {I took this as a sign that my
opponent wanted a draw. Although I had high ambitions before the game, I
wasn't too averse to a draw now. However, the move 29...Bc5 carries a very
clever trap, which I failed to notice; incidentally, so did my opponent! Dies
fasste ich als Zeichen auf, dass mein Gegner Remis wollte. Obwohl ich vor der
Partie hohe Ambitionen hegte, war ich mittlerweile gegen einer Punkteteilung
nicht mehr sehr abgeneigt. Doch der Zug 29...Bc5 beinhaltet eine ganz clevere
Falle, die ich nicht bemerkte; mein Gegner übrigens auch nicht!} 30. h3 $4 (30.
b4 Bxb4 31. Nxe6 Kxe6 32. Rxb4 Rc8 $15) ({Correct is Korrekt ist} 30. Bh4 $1
Rxf4 31. Rxf4 $11) 30... Rg3 $4 ({Immediately after I played 30.h3 I noticed
the possibility of Sofort nachdem ich 30.h3 gespielt hatte, bemerkte ich die
Möglichkeit} 30... Rxf6 $1 {, and was about ready to resign. I felt as though
I had just fell into a prepared trap. The possibility of 30...Rxf6 was however
purely coincidental: my opponent didn't have the intention of playing it
before and after a few minutes thought didn't notice it after! und stand schon
im Begriff aufzugeben. Ich hatte das Gefühl, in eine wohl präparierte Falle
getappt zu sein. Doch die Möglichkeit 30...Rxf6 ergab sich rein zufällig: Mein
Gegner hatte dies vorher gar nicht beabsichtigt, und nach ein paar Minuten
Nachdenken sah er es auch nicht!} 31. exf6 (31. Rxf6 Bxd4) 31... e5 32. f7 Rf8
$19) 31. b4 {Naturally this was my intention when I played 30.h3. I had
prepared a trap of my own - amazingly my opponent misses that as well! Dies
war natürlich bei 30.h3 meine ABsicht gewesen. Ich hatte nämlich selbst eine
Falle vorbereitet - überraschenderweise übersah mein Gegner auch diese!} Bxb4
$4 (31... Bxd4 32. Rxd4 {is a bit better for White but should be drawn. ist
einen Tick besser für Weiß, sollte aber remis sein.}) 32. Ne2 {Due to a neat
double attack Black must surrender a piece. His strong queenside offers some
minor counterchances, but without any major blunders White must win. Aufgrund
eines hübschen Doppelangriffs muss Schwarz eine Figur geben. Sein starker
Damenflügel bietet ein paar leichte Gegenchancen, doch ohne größere Einsteller
muss Weiß gewinnen.} Ra3 33. Rxb4 Rxa2 34. Nd4 {I realised that almost any
plausible move would win, and didn't want to get involved in any kind of pawn
race scenario. In that case 34.Nd4, considerably simplifying the position,
looked more attractive than 34.Nf4 or 34.Rh4. A good practical decision I
still think. Ich begriff, dass praktisch jeder plausible Zug gewinnen würde,
und wollte mich nicht auf irgendein Szenario mit Bauernwettrennen einlassen.
In dieser Hinsicht sah 34.Nd4, was die Stellung beträchtlich vereinfacht,
attraktiver aus als 34.Nf4 oder 34.Rh4. Eine gute praktische Entscheidung, wie
ich noch immer meine.} (34. Nf4 Ra1+ 35. Kh2 Ba6 36. Nxh5 Bc4 {can look a bit
scary in time trouble. kann in Zeitnot ein bisschen beängstigend wirken.}) (34.
Rh4 $5 a5 35. Rxh5) 34... Rxf2 35. Kxf2 Rc8 36. Rb3 Rc4 37. Ke3 Rc1 38. g4 hxg4
39. hxg4 Re1+ 40. Kf3 Rd1 (40... Re4 41. Rd3 Ba6 42. Rd2 $18 {is hopeless for
Black. The g-pawn is unstoppable. ist hoffnungslos für Schwarz. Der g-Bauer
ist nicht aufzuhalten.}) 41. Ke3 Re1+ 42. Kf3 Rd1 43. Nb5 d4+ 44. Ke2 Rg1 45.
Nxa7 (45. g5 $1 Rg2+ (45... Bd5 46. Rb4 Rg2+ 47. Kd3 $18) 46. Kf1 Bd5 47. Rb4
d3 48. Rd4 Kc6 49. Nxa7+ Kc5 50. Rxd3 Ra2 51. Be7+ Kc4 52. Ra3 Rb2 53. Rg3 $18)
45... Rg2+ 46. Ke1 Rg1+ {These checks are very annoying but can be dealt with
successfully. Diese Schachs sind sehr lästig, lassen sich aber erfolgreich
bewältigen.} 47. Kd2 Rg2+ 48. Ke1 Rg1+ 49. Kf2 Rg2+ 50. Kf1 Rxg4 ({More
challenging was} 50... Ra2 $5 51. Nb5 Ba6 (51... Bd5 52. Rb4 d3 53. Rd4 Kc6 54.
Nc3 Ra3 55. Nxd5 Kc5 56. Rxd3 $5 Rxd3 57. Nc7 b5 58. Nxe6+ Kc4 59. Ng7 b4 60.
e6 $18) 52. Ke1 Bxb5 53. Rxb5 Kc6 54. Rb3 Kc5 55. g5 $18) 51. Rxb6 Bd5 52. Rb4
$1 $18 {This move ends the game. The d-pawn is far from strong, while Black
isn't causing any trouble with his pieces either. The rest is of little
interest. Dieser Zug beendet die Partie. Der d-Bauer stellt keine Bedrohung
dar, und Schwarz kann auch mit seinen Figuren keine Verwirrung stiften. Der
Rest ist von geringem Interesse.} Re4 53. Nb5 d3 54. Rxe4 Bxe4 55. Nd4 Bd5 56.
Ke1 Kc7 57. Kd2 Bc4 58. Be7 Kb7 59. Bb4 Kb6 60. Kc3 Bd5 61. Kxd3 Kc7 62. Ke3
Kd8 63. Kf4 Ke8 64. Kg5 Kf7 65. Kh6 Bc4 66. Nf3 Ba2 67. Ng5+ Ke8 68. Kg7 Bd5
69. Kf6 Kd7 70. Ba3 Ba2 71. Nh7 Kc6 72. Nf8 Kd5 73. Nxe6 Bc4 74. Nf4+ Ke4 75.
Nh3 Bb3 76. Ng5+ Kd4 77. e6 Bxe6 78. Nxe6+ {Of course this position is very
simple to win (as long as you remember just one manoeuvre), but with five
minutes on my clock and no increment and no more time controls, there were
some practical problems. Nevertheless, it goes rather smoothly. Natürlich ist
diese Stellung ganz einfach zu gewinnen (solange man sich nur ein einziges
Manöver merkt), aber mit fünf Minuten auf der Uhr ohne Zuschlag und keinen
weiteren Zeitkontrollen gab es ein paar praktische Probleme. Trotzdem läuft es
ziemlich glatt.} Ke4 79. Bf8 Kd5 80. Ng5 Kd4 81. Ke6 Ke3 82. Ke5 Kd3 83. Kd5
Ke3 84. Bd6 Kd3 85. Be5 Ke3 86. Kc4 Ke2 87. Kc3 Ke3 88. Bg3 Ke2 89. Kd4 Kd2 90.
Nf3+ Ke2 91. Nh2 Kd2 92. Bf4+ Ke2 93. Be3 Kd1 94. Kd3 Ke1 95. Bd4 Kd1 96. Nf3
Kc1 97. Nd2 Kd1 98. Bf2 Kc1 99. Nc4 Kd1 100. Nb2+ Kc1 101. Kc3 Kb1 102. Kb3 Kc1
103. Be3+ Kb1 104. Na4 Ka1 105. Bc1 Kb1 106. Ba3 Ka1 107. Bb2+ 1-0

[Event "Vlissingen HZ op 11th"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "2007.08.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 7. Be3 Nge7 8. Nb3
b5 9. f4 Bb7 10. Qd2 Na5 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. Bg2 b4 13. Ne2 h5 14. h3 Ng6 15. Bf2
Be7 16. g5 e5 17. f5 Nf4 18. Nxf4 Bxg5 19. Qxd6 exf4 20. O-O Rd8 21. Qc5 Qxc5
22. Bxc5 Rc8 23. Bxb4 Rxc2 24. Rf2 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Rh6 26. Bc3 Rc6 27. Rd1 g6 28.
e5 Bh4+ 29. Kf1 Rxc3 30. bxc3 f3 31. Bh1 gxf5 32. Rd4 f4 33. Bxf3 Bxf3 34. Rxf4
Bg3 35. Rxf3 Bxe5 36. c4 h4 37. Ra3 1-0

[Event "Vlissingen HZ op 11th"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "2007.08.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 e6 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Re1 d6 8. Bf1
Nf6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 c5 13. Bf4 Qc6 14. Nc3 Bb7
15. e5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Be7 17. Qd3 Rd8 18. Qh3 h5 19. Be2 Rh6 20. Bf3 Qc8 21.
Rad1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Qa8 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Qd3 Rg6 26. f3 Kf8 27.
b3 Kg8 28. Qe4 Qb4 29. Qa8+ Kg7 30. Ne4 c4 31. Qxa6 cxb3 32. axb3 h4 33. Qe2
Qb8 34. Qd2 Qe5 35. Qc3 Qh5 36. Rd7 Ba3 37. Qc7 Qh6 38. Kf2 Qc1 39. Rxf7+ Kg8
40. Rd7 f5 41. Rd8+ Bf8 42. Qc8 Qh6 43. Nd2 Kh7 44. Rd7+ Bg7 45. Nf1 f4 46. Qd8
Qh5 47. Qe7 Qf5 48. Rd3 Qh5 49. h3 Rg5 50. Qxe6 Re5 51. Qg4 Qh6 52. Kg1 Rg5 53.
Qd7 Qb6+ 54. Kh1 Qf2 55. Rd2 Qxf1+ 56. Kh2 Qe1 57. Qd3+ Kh6 58. Re2 Qg3+ 59.
Kh1 Rg6 60. b4 Bf8 61. Qc3 Bg7 62. Qd3 Bf8 63. c3 Rd6 64. Qc2 Qg6 65. Qc1 Qf5
66. Re4 Rf6 67. Qd2 Kg6 68. c4 Rd6 69. Qe1 Qg5 70. c5 Rd5 71. Re8 Bg7 72. Qe6+
Kh5 73. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Vlissingen HZ op 11th"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "2007.08.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Be7 8. O-O
a5 9. Re1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Bb1 Nb6 12. Nf1 Bd7 13. Ng3 h5 14. Ne2 Rc8 15.
a3 Nc6 16. Nf4 g5 17. Ng6 Rg8 18. Nxe7 Qxe7 19. Qd3 g4 20. Qh7 Qf8 21. Ng5 Rh8
22. Qd3 a4 23. Nh7 Qg7 24. Nf6+ Kd8 25. Qb5 Nc4 26. Qxb7 Rc7 27. Qa8+ Bc8 28.
Qxa4 Nxd4 29. Kh1 Nc6 30. Qd1 N6xe5 31. Ne4 Nd7 32. Nc3 Bb7 33. Nb5 Nxb2 34.
Qb3 Qe5 35. Bg5+ Qxg5 36. Nxc7 Qd2 37. Bc2 Kxc7 38. Qxb2 Rb8 39. Rac1 Bc6 40.
Qg7 Qxf2 41. Ba4 Rb6 42. Rf1 Qe3 43. Qxf7 Qe4 44. Bxc6 Rxc6 45. Rce1 Qc4 46.
Qxh5 e5 47. Rf7 Qe4 48. Qh4 Qg6 49. Rff1 e4 50. Qg3+ Kd8 51. Rf4 Nf6 52. Ref1
Ke7 53. Qf2 Re6 54. Qa7+ Kd6 55. Qb6+ Ke7 56. Qc7+ Ke8 57. Rb1 Nd7 58. Qc8+ Ke7
59. Rb7 Rd6 60. Rf8 e3 61. Qd8+ Ke6 62. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Vlissingen HZ op 11th"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "2007.08.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Bd7 14. h4 Rf5 15.
Ng5 Raf8 16. Qe2 h6 17. Nh3 b5 18. f3 a5 19. Qd2 Qd8 20. Bf2 Ne7 21. O-O R5f7
22. Kh2 Nf5 23. g3 Ne7 24. Ng1 Nf5 25. Kg2 Kh7 26. Nh3 Kg8 27. Rh1 Ne7 28. Ng1
Nc6 29. Be3 Ne7 30. g4 Nc6 31. Rh3 Qe7 32. Ne2 b4 33. axb4 axb4 34. cxb4 Qxb4
35. c3 Qb6 36. Qc1 Rb8 37. Ra2 Qb1 38. Qxb1 Rxb1 39. Nf4 Kh7 40. Rh1 Rb3 41.
Ne2 Rf8 42. Bd2 Rfb8 43. Rha1 Kg8 44. Kf2 Kf7 45. Ra8 Bc8 46. Rxb8 Rxb8 47. Nf4
Rb6 48. Ke3 Rb5 49. Ra8 Rb8 50. Ra1 Rb6 51. Bc1 Rb3 52. Kd2 Rb6 53. Ra8 Rb8 54.
Rxb8 Nxb8 55. Ba3 Nc6 56. Bb4 Bd7 57. Kc2 Be8 58. Kb2 Bd7 59. Ka3 Be8 60. Ng2
Bd7 61. Ne3 Ke8 62. Nd1 Na7 63. Bc5 Nc6 64. Bb6 h5 65. Nf2 g5 66. hxg5 hxg4 67.
fxg4 Kf7 68. Nh3 Kg6 69. Kb2 Bc8 70. Kc1 Bd7 71. Kd2 Bc8 72. Ke3 Bd7 73. Kf2
Kf7 74. Nf4 Ne7 75. Bc5 Ng6 76. Ne2 Ba4 77. Kg3 Bd1 78. Nc1 Nh8 79. Na2 Ba4 80.
Nb4 Bb5 81. Nc2 Ba4 82. Ne3 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Trieste op 09th"]
[Site "Trieste"]
[Date "2007.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Elias, Leonardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Kh1 b5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. f4 b4 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 gxf6 13. f5 cxb2 14. Bxb2 e5
15. Qe1 Be7 16. Bc3 a5 17. Qg3 Bb7 18. Rab1 h5 19. Qg7 Rf8 20. Bxh5 Ba6 21.
Rfe1 Bc4 22. Bf3 O-O-O 23. Qg4 Bd5 24. Bxe5 fxe5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. f6+ Kd8 27.
c4 Rd4 28. fxe7+ Qxe7 29. Qf3 Kc7 30. Qb3 Qc5 31. Rf1 Qxc4 32. Qb7+ Kd8 33.
Qb8+ Ke7 34. Qxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Trieste op 09th"]
[Site "Trieste"]
[Date "2007.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mazi, Leon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2007.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. c3 Bd6 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 e5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. O-O h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nc4 Nb6 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Nh4 g5 14. Nf3 Bf5 15.
h4 f6 16. Nh2 Bxd3 17. Be3 Bg6 18. Qb3+ Kg7 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Nf1
Rad8 22. Bc1 Rxd1 23. Qxd1 Rd8 24. Qe2 Nd7 25. g4 Nc5 26. Ng3 Nd3 27. Rd1 Nf4
28. Bxf4 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 exf4 30. Nf5+ Bxf5 31. gxf5 Qd8 32. Qb3 Ne5 33. Bxb7 c6
34. Ba6 g4 35. Qc2 Qh8 36. Be2 Kh6 37. Qa4 Kg5 38. Qxa7 Kxf5 39. Bd1 Kg5 40. a4
Kh4 41. Qd4 Qh6 42. Qe4 f3 43. Bc2 Ng6 44. Qxg6 Qc1+ 45. Kh2 Qf4+ 46. Kg1 Qc1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Trieste op 09th"]
[Site "Trieste"]
[Date "2007.09.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Barletta, Mauro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2007.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 f5 11. Nc3 Nc7 12. b4 Kh8 13. c5 Be7 14. Ne5 Ne6 15. Ne2
Bf6 16. Bb2 Qe8 17. f3 N4g5 18. Rae1 g6 19. Nc1 Nf7 20. f4 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Bg7
22. Nb3 Bd7 23. a4 Qe7 24. Bc1 Rab8 25. Be3 Rf7 26. Qf2 Rbf8 27. Nd4 Nxd4 28.
Bxd4 Be6 29. b5 g5 30. a5 Bh6 31. Rb1 gxf4 32. a6 cxb5 33. axb7 Qxb7 34. Rxb5
Qc6 35. Ra5 Rb8 36. Ra6 Qc8 37. Rd6 Rb3 38. Qh4 Rxd3 39. Rd8+ Qxd8 40. Qxd8+
Rf8 41. Qe7 Rxd4 42. Qxe6 Bg5 43. c6 f3 44. Rxf3 Rd1+ 45. Kf2 Rd2+ 46. Kg3 Rg8
47. Kh3 Rd4 48. g3 Rg6 49. Qc8+ Kg7 50. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "Trieste op 09th"]
[Site "Trieste"]
[Date "2007.09.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Stock, Lara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2007.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Bg5 Qe7 8. Nbd2
h6 9. Bh4 Bd7 10. Re1 a6 11. Ba4 Ba7 12. Nf1 Rfe8 13. Ne3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Rad8
15. h3 Kh8 16. Re1 Kg8 17. Bc2 g5 18. Nxg5 hxg5 19. Bxg5 Kh8 20. Qf3 Kg7 21.
Re3 Rg8 22. Qg3 Kf8 23. Rf3 Rg6 24. d4 Kg7 25. Rxf6 Rxf6 26. d5 Nd4 27. Bxf6+
Kxf6 28. Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "Trieste op 09th"]
[Site "Trieste"]
[Date "2007.09.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2007.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. c3 Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd6 13. h3 O-O 14. Bg5 Bf4
15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qh5 b6 17. Ne2 Kh8 18. Rad1 Bb7 19. Bc2 f5 20. Nxf4 Qxf4 21.
Rd7 Be4 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. g3 Qf5 24. Qxf5 exf5 25. Rfd1 Rae8 26. R1d5 f4 27.
gxf4 b5 28. Kf1 e3 29. Re5 Rxe5 30. fxe5 exf2 31. Kxf2 Re8 32. Rd6 Rxe5 33.
Rxa6 Kg7 34. a4 bxa4 35. Rxa4 Kf6 36. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Trieste op 09th"]
[Site "Trieste"]
[Date "2007.09.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Brunello, Sabino"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2007.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 g6 8.
Bg5 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe3 Be6 11. Rad1 Qa5 12. f4 Rac8 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5
Nd7 15. Bxe7 Rfe8 16. Bf6 Nxf6 17. exf6 Bf8 18. Qc1 Bxa2 19. Bd3 Bc4 20. Kh1
Bxd3 21. Rxd3 Rc6 22. Nd5 Rce6 23. c4 Re4 24. b3 Qc5 25. Qc3 b5 26. cxb5 Qxb5
27. h3 Re2 28. Rdd1 Qb7 29. Qf3 Kh8 30. Qd3 Bh6 31. Qf3 Bf8 32. Qg4 Qxb3 33.
Ne7 Qe6 34. Qa4 Qe4 35. Qxe4 Rxe4 36. Nc6 a6 37. Nd8 Kg8 38. Kh2 Bc5 39. Rd7
Rd4 40. Rd1 Rxd1 41. Rxd1 Bb6 42. Nc6 Re6 43. Ne7+ Kf8 44. Rd7 Rxf6 45. Nd5 Re6
46. Nxb6 Rxb6 47. Ra7 h5 48. Kg3 Kg7 49. Kf4 Kf6 50. g4 hxg4 51. hxg4 Rb4+ 52.
Kf3 Ra4 53. Rc7 a5 54. Rc5 Ra3+ 55. Ke4 Ra4+ 56. Kf3 g5 57. Rf5+ Kg6 58. Rc5
Rf4+ 59. Kg3 f5 60. Rc6+ Kf7 61. gxf5 Rxf5 62. Ra6 Ke7 63. Kg4 Re5 0-1

[Event "Trieste op 09th"]
[Site "Trieste"]
[Date "2007.09.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2007.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Kb1 h6 12. h4 e5 13. Qd3 exf4 14. Bxf4
Be6 15. Be2 Rac8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Qa4 18. c4 b5 19. Qb3 Ne4 20. Rde1 Qa5
21. Bf3 bxc4 22. Qc2 f5 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Rxe4 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Trieste op 09th"]
[Site "Trieste"]
[Date "2007.09.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Borisek, Jure"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2007.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Nde2 Qc7 9. a3 Be7 10. Bf4 Ne5 11. Rc1 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. b4 d6 14. Bxe5 dxe5
15. Ng3 O-O 16. Qe2 a5 17. Rb1 Ba6 18. Rfc1 Rfd8 19. Qe3 h6 20. Bf1 Ne8 21. Qe1
Bg5 22. Rc2 axb4 23. axb4 Nd6 24. Na4 Bb7 25. Nc3 Ba6 26. Na4 b5 27. Nc5 Nxc4
28. Bxc4 bxc4 29. Nxa6 Rxa6 30. b5 Rad6 31. Nf1 Rd4 32. b6 Qb7 33. f3 Be7 34.
Ne3 Bc5 35. Kh1 Bxb6 36. Nxc4 Qc7 37. Rbc1 Ba7 38. h3 f6 39. Kh2 Qd7 40. Na5
Rd1 41. Rxd1 Qxd1 42. Qxd1 Rxd1 43. g4 Be3 44. Nc6 Kf7 45. h4 Rd2+ 46. Rxd2
Bxd2 47. Kg2 Ke8 48. Nb8 Ke7 49. Kf1 Kd6 50. Ke2 Ba5 51. Kd3 Kc7 52. Na6+ Kb6
53. Nb8 Bb4 54. g5 Be7 55. gxh6 gxh6 56. Kc4 h5 57. Nd7+ Kc6 58. Nb8+ Kd6 59.
Na6 f5 60. Kd3 Bxh4 61. Ke2 Bg3 62. Kf1 h4 63. Kg2 Be1 64. Kh3 Kc6 65. Nb8+ Kc7
66. Na6+ Kd6 67. Kg2 Ba5 68. Kh3 Bd8 69. Kg2 Kc6 70. Nb8+ Kc7 71. Na6+ Kb6 72.
Nb8 Kc5 73. Nd7+ Kd4 74. Nf8 fxe4 75. fxe4 Kxe4 76. Nxe6 Be7 77. Ng7 Kf4 78.
Ne6+ Kg4 79. Nc7 h3+ 80. Kh1 e4 81. Nd5 Bg5 82. Kg1 Kg3 83. Kh1 Bf4 84. Kg1 Kf3
85. Kh1 Be5 86. Kg1 h2+ 87. Kh1 Bd6 88. Nc3 e3 89. Nb5 Be5 0-1

[Event "Trieste op 09th"]
[Site "Trieste"]
[Date "2007.09.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bagaturov, Giorgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2007.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. fxg5 Ng4 12. Be2 Nge5 13. Nf3 Be7 14. Rhg1 b5
15. Rdf1 b4 16. Nd1 Qa5 17. Kb1 b3 18. axb3 Qxd2 19. Nxd2 Nd4 20. Nc3 Bxg5 21.
Bxg5 hxg5 22. h3 Ke7 23. Rf2 Nxe2 24. Rxe2 g4 25. hxg4 Rhg8 26. Rd1 Rxg4 27.
Nc4 Rag8 28. Red2 Nxc4 29. bxc4 Bc6 30. Rxd6 Bxe4 31. Nxe4 Rxe4 32. Rxa6 Rxc4
33. Ra7+ Kf6 34. Rd2 Rcg4 35. Rf2+ Ke5 36. Raxf7 Rxg2 37. Rxg2 Rxg2 38. Rf1 Kd5
39. Rd1+ Kc5 40. Re1 Kd5 41. Rd1+ Kc5 42. b3 e5 43. Kb2 e4 44. Rd8 Rh2 45. Kc3
Rh3+ 46. Kd2 Rg3 47. Rc8+ Kd4 48. Rd8+ Kc5 49. Rc8+ Kd4 50. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winterthur op"]
[Site "Winterthur"]
[Date "2007.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eschmann, Patrick"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2007.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Qc7 14. Qd3
Bd7 15. Bd2 Rac8 16. Bb3 Bf6 17. Rh5 g6 18. Re1 b5 19. Re3 b4 20. Rc5 Qd6 21.
cxb4 Bxd4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. h4 Be8 24. Rf3 Bc6 25. Qa6 Rd8 26. Bf4 Qd7 27. Rg3
Bb5 28. Qa5 Bb6 29. Qa3 Qd4 30. Be3 Qxh4 31. Bxb6 axb6 32. Qa7 Rc8 33. Rh3 Qf4
34. Rg3 Qd6 35. Qb7 Rc7 36. Qe4 Kg7 37. Qe3 h5 38. Rg5 Bd7 39. g3 Kf8 40. Re5
Kg7 41. Re4 b5 42. Rd4 Rc1+ 43. Kg2 Bc6+ 44. f3 Qc7 45. Rf4 Bd5 46. Qd4+ e5 47.
Qxd5 exf4 48. Qxb5 Qa7 49. Qe5+ f6 50. Qxf4 Qg1+ 51. Kh3 Qh1# 0-1

[Event "Winterthur op"]
[Site "Winterthur"]
[Date "2007.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Macak, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Be7 8. O-O
g5 9. a3 g4 10. Ne1 h5 11. Nc2 Qb6 12. Nb1 c4 13. Be2 f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Nb4
Na5 16. Bf4 Nb3 17. Ra2 Bd7 18. Nd2 a5 19. Nc2 O-O-O 20. Na1 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Rdf8
22. Be5 Rhg8 23. a4 Ne4 24. Qe1 Bg5 25. b3 cxb3 26. Rb2 Bxa4 27. Bd3 Rf5 28.
Qb1 Rgf8 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Nxb3 Rxf2 31. Rfxf2 Be3 32. Bg3 h4 33. Bxh4 Bc6 34.
Nc5 Qc7 35. Nxe6 Qh7 36. Nxf8 Qxh4 37. Qe1 Qg5 38. Rbe2 g3 39. Rxe3 1-0

[Event "Winterthur op"]
[Site "Winterthur"]
[Date "2007.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Galyas, Miklos"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2007.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 e5 8. d5
Bc5 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 c6 13. Bd2 O-O 14. g4 Bd4 15.
g5 Ne8 16. Ne2 Bxb2 17. Ra2 Qb6 18. Bb4 c5 19. Rxb2 cxb4 20. Rxb4 Qa5 21. O-O
Nd6 22. Bb1 Qd8 23. Qg4 a5 24. Rb3 Nxc4 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. Rbc3 Ndb6 27. Ng3 Nd6
28. Kh1 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 Qe7 30. h4 Rc8 31. Nf5 Nxf5 32. Rxc8+ Nxc8 33. exf5 f6
34. d6 Nxd6 35. Ba2+ Kf8 36. Be6 g6 37. fxg6 hxg6 38. Bd5 f5 39. Qe2 Qh7 40.
Qxe5 Qxh4+ 41. Kg2 Qxg5+ 42. Kf3 Qg4+ 43. Kf2 Ne4+ 44. Bxe4 Qh4+ 45. Kg1 fxe4
46. Qb8+ Kg7 47. Qxb7+ Kh6 48. Qb2 Qg3+ 49. Kh1 Qh3+ 50. Kg1 Qg4+ 51. Kh2 Qf4+
52. Kg2 Kh5 53. Qg7 Kg5 54. a4 Qf6 55. Qc7 Qf5 56. Qd6 e3 57. Qe7+ Kf4 58. Qc7+
Qe5 59. Qf7+ Kg5 60. Qf8 e2 61. Qd8+ Kh5 0-1

[Event "Winterthur op"]
[Site "Winterthur"]
[Date "2007.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2007.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Qd3 f5 8.
Nc3 c6 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. O-O-O b6 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bh3 Qc7 13. Rhe1 Nf8 14. Ne5 f6
15. Nf3 O-O-O 16. Qe3 Bd6 17. Bf1 f4 18. Qe2 Kb8 19. Bh3 Bc8 20. Qc4 Rg8 21.
Kb1 Rg7 22. a3 Rg6 23. Na2 Rh6 24. Bg2 a5 25. Nc3 Bb7 26. Qb3 fxg3 27. hxg3 Rh5
28. g4 Rh6 29. Na4 Rg6 30. Nxb6 Rxg4 31. Bh1 Ka7 32. Nc4 Ba6 33. Qc3 Bxc4 34.
Qxc4 Rb8 35. Qc3 Qb6 36. Rg1 Rf4 37. Rg7+ Rb7 38. Rxb7+ Kxb7 39. Rd3 Rf5 40.
Nd2 Kc7 41. Nc4 Qa6 42. Be4 Rg5 43. Rd1 Nd7 44. Re1 Nf8 45. Nxd6 Kxd6 46. d5
cxd5 47. Qxf6 Re5 48. Qxf8+ Kd7 49. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Winterthur op"]
[Site "Winterthur"]
[Date "2007.10.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bradford, Joseph M"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2007.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. b3 c5 6. O-O Bb7 7. Bb2 Be7 8. e3 O-O
9. Qe2 Qb6 10. Nc3 Bc6 11. d4 bxc4 12. bxc4 cxd4 13. exd4 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nc6 15.
Na4 Qa5 16. Bxc6 dxc6 17. Qc2 Rab8 18. Bc3 Qh5 19. Kg2 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winterthur op"]
[Site "Winterthur"]
[Date "2007.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Jenni, Florian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2007.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qxf1+ 17. Kxf1 Bf5 18. Nd2 h6 19. Re1 Rae8 20. Nf3 g4 21. Bxh6
gxf3 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Rxe8+ Kxe8 24. a4 Bd3+ 25. Kg1 f5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Ra8+
Ke7 28. Bxd5 cxd5 29. h4 Kf7 30. h5 Bf8 31. Ra6 Kg7 32. Ra8 Kf7 33. Rd8 Bc4 34.
Rd7+ Kf6 35. Rd8 Bh6 36. Rg8 Kf7 37. Rg6 Bc1 38. g4 fxg4 39. Rxg4 Bd3 40. b3
Bd2 41. Rh4 Kg7 42. h6+ Kh7 43. Rh5 Be4 44. c4 bxc4 45. bxc4 dxc4 46. Re5 Bg6
0-1

[Event "Winterthur op"]
[Site "Winterthur"]
[Date "2007.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kuhn, Thomas"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2007.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 d5 4. Bg5 f6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Nge7 7. Bd3 g5 8. Bxg5
fxg5 9. Nxg5 Qb6 10. Qh5+ Kd7 11. b4 cxd4 12. exd4 Nxb4 13. cxb4 Qxd4 14. Bb5+
Kc7 15. O-O Qxa1 16. Qe8 Nc6 17. Nf7 Rg8 18. Rc1 Qb2 19. Rf1 Qg7 0-1

[Event "Winterthur op"]
[Site "Winterthur"]
[Date "2007.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2007.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 Nd5 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. Bd2 Nf4 11. Bxf4 Bxf4 12. Qe2 Qf6 13. g3 Bd6 14.
O-O-O Bd7 15. Be4 c6 16. Ne5 O-O-O 17. Nc4 Bc7 18. Rd3 Kb8 19. Rhd1 Qe7 20. Qe3
f6 21. Ra3 a6 22. Rb3 Ka8 23. Rdd3 Bc8 24. Nb6+ Bxb6 25. Rxb6 Qc7 26. Rdb3 Rd6
27. Bd3 Rhd8 28. R3b4 a5 29. Rb3 Rxd4 30. Be2 Qd6 31. Rd3 Rxd3 32. Bxd3 Qd4 33.
Rb3 Qxe3+ 34. fxe3 Kb8 35. Rc3 Kc7 36. a3 e5 37. b4 axb4 38. axb4 Be6 39. b5
Ra8 40. bxc6 bxc6 41. Be4 Bd7 42. Kb2 f5 43. Bf3 g5 44. Rc4 e4 45. Be2 Be6 46.
Rc3 Ra2+ 47. Kb1 Ra5 48. Kb2 Kd6 49. Bd1 c5 50. Be2 Ra4 51. Bd1 c4 52. Be2 Kc5
53. Ra3 Rxa3 54. Kxa3 c3 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.10.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O d6 9. f4 Nd7 10. Qe2 Ngf6 11. Bd2 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd1 a5 14. Nf2 e5 15. c3
bxc3 16. Bxc3 Qb6 17. Bb5 O-O 18. Kh1 exf4 19. Nd3 Ba6 20. Bxa5 Qb7 21. Nb4
Bxb5 22. axb5 Qxe4 23. Qxe4 Nxe4 24. Nc6 Bf6 25. Rxf4 Nec5 26. Nxc5 dxc5 27.
Rd1 Ne5 28. Bc3 Nxc6 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. bxc6 Rfc8 31. Rxf6 Ra6 32. Rdf1 Rc7 33.
Rc1 Raxc6 34. Rxc6 Rxc6 35. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. a3 g6 15. Ba2
Bg7 16. b4 Qd7 17. Bb2 Nh5 18. d5 Nd8 19. c4 Nf4 20. c5 c6 21. dxc6 Nxc6 22.
Nb3 Rad8 23. cxd6 Qxd6 24. Qxd6 Rxd6 25. Nc5 Bc8 26. Ng5 Rf8 27. Rad1 Nd4 28.
Bxd4 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 exd4 30. e5 h6 31. Nf3 Rd8 32. Kf1 g5 33. e6 Nxe6 34. Nxe6
fxe6 35. Bxe6+ Kf8 36. Bxc8 Rxc8 37. Rd1 Rc4 38. Ke2 Ke7 39. Kd3 Rc3+ 40. Ke4
Rxa3 41. Nxd4 Bxd4 42. Rxd4 Ke6 43. f4 Rg3 44. f5+ Ke7 45. Rd2 Rb3 46. Rd4 Rb2
47. g4 Rb3 48. Ke5 Re3+ 49. Kd5 Rxh3 50. Re4+ Kf7 51. Re6 Rh4 52. Rxa6 Rxg4 53.
Ke5 Rxb4 54. Ra7+ Kf8 55. Ra8+ Kf7 56. Ra7+ Kf8 57. Ra8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.10.31"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Drasko, Milan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MNE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg5
Nc6 9. e3 Be7 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Rfd1 h6 13. Bh4 Na5 14. Ne5 d6 15. b4
Nc6 16. Nf3 a6 17. Rac1 Nb8 18. Qd3 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.11.01"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. a3 h6 15. Bc2
Qd7 16. Nf1 g6 17. Ng3 Bg7 18. Be3 Na5 19. Nd2 Nc4 20. Nxc4 bxc4 21. f3 h5 22.
Rb1 Rad8 23. Qe2 h4 24. Nf1 d5 25. dxe5 Rxe5 26. Bd4 Re6 27. e5 Nh5 28. Qf2 Qc8
29. f4 c5 30. f5 Rc6 31. Be3 Bxe5 32. Bxc5 Qc7 33. Bd4 Bxd4 34. Qxd4 Qb6 35.
Rbd1 g5 36. Ne3 Qxd4 37. Rxd4 Nf4 38. Kf2 Ba8 39. Nd1 Kf8 40. Re3 Bb7 41. Re1
Rb6 42. Kf3 Bc8 43. Rd2 Kg7 44. Re7 Bd7 45. Re1 Bc6 46. Rd4 Kf6 47. g3 hxg3 48.
h4 Nd3 49. Bxd3 cxd3 50. hxg5+ Kxg5 51. Kxg3 Kxf5 52. Rf4+ Kg6 53. Ref1 Bd7 54.
Rxf7 d4 55. cxd4 d2 56. R7f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.11.03"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Karttunen, Mika"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Finland"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 d5 4. Bg5 f6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Nge7 7. Bd3 g5 8. Bg3 h5
9. h3 Nf5 10. Bxf5 exf5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Qe2 Kf7 15.
h4 f4 16. exf4 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 g4 18. Nfd4 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4+ 20. cxd4 Re8+ 21.
Kd2 Re4 22. f3 Rxd4+ 23. Ke3 Rb4 24. b3 gxf3 25. gxf3 Bf5 26. Rhd1 d4+ 27. Kd2
a5 28. Rdc1 a4 29. Rc4 Rb5 30. b4 d3 31. a3 Re8 32. Rc7+ Kg6 33. Re1 Rxe1 34.
Bxe1 Rb6 35. Bf2 Rc6 36. Rxc6 bxc6 37. Ke3 Kf7 38. Be1 Ke6 39. Kd4 Kd6 40. Bd2
Bg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.11.04"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Atlas, Valeri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 e5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Nf5 h5 10. gxh5 Nxh5 11. Bh6 g6 12. Bxf8 gxf5 13. Bxd6 Nc6 14.
Bc5 O-O-O 15. Qxd7+ Rxd7 16. exf5 b6 17. Be3 Ne7 18. Rd1 Nxf5 19. Ne4 Rxd1+ 20.
Kxd1 Kd7 21. Bg5 Ke6 22. c3 f6 23. Bd2 Nhg7 24. Ke2 Nd6 25. Nxd6 Kxd6 26. h4
Ke6 27. Kf3 Kf5 28. Be3 e4+ 29. Ke2 Nh5 30. a4 Ke6 31. Rg1 Kf5 32. Rh1 Ke6 33.
Ra1 Rb8 34. Rd1 f5 35. Rg1 Nf6 36. Bd4 Ng4 37. f3 exf3+ 38. Kxf3 Ne5+ 39. Kf4
Nd3+ 40. Ke3 Nxb2 41. Rg6+ Kd5 42. h5 Re8+ 43. Kf4 Re2 44. Kxf5 Rh2 45. Rg5 Kc4
46. Kg6 Nxa4 47. Rg4 Kb3 48. h6 Nb2 49. Rg5 Nd3 50. Rg4 b5 51. h7 Rxh7 52. Kxh7
a5 53. Bf6 Nb2 54. Bd8 Nc4 55. Rxc4 a4 56. Rb4+ Kxc3 57. Rxb5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.11.05"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 d6 8.
Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 Qe7 11. Bb2 Rac8 12. Rfd1 Rfd8 13. Qc3 Ne4 14. Qb3
c5 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Rxd2 Qg5 17. f3 cxd4 18. Rxd4 Ne5 19. Kh1 d5 20. c5 Qe7 21.
Rdd1 Ng6 22. cxb6 axb6 23. a4 Rb8 24. Qc3 e5 25. a5 bxa5 26. bxa5 Ba8 27. a6
Rbc8 28. Qd2 d4 29. exd4 e4 30. fxe4 Bxe4 31. Bd3 Bd5 32. Re1 Qd6 33. Bf1 Qc6
34. Rec1 Qa8 35. Rxc8 Rxc8 36. Kg1 h6 37. a7 Kh7 38. g3 Rc7 39. Bg2 Ne7 40.
Bxd5 Nxd5 41. Qd3+ g6 42. Qb3 Rc8 43. Ra5 Rd8 44. Qf3 Kg7 45. Bc1 f6 46. Qe4
Rd6 47. h4 Rd7 48. h5 Rxa7 49. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.11.06"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gelashvili, Tamaz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Nb6 18. Bf1 Rfd8 19. Qg4 Rac8 20. Bh6
Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 f5 22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Be3 h5 24. Qd4 Nd5 25. Qxf6 gxf6 26. Bxa7
Ra8 27. Bd4 e5 28. Bc5 Rxa2 29. Bc4 Ra1+ 30. Kd2 Rxd1+ 31. Kxd1 Kg7 32. g3 f5
33. Bxd5 Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITA-ch 67th"]
[Site "Martina Franca"]
[Date "2007.11.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mogranzini, Roberto"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B58"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2007.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Bd4 a6 12. Rfe1 Rc8 13. Qe3 Qa5 14. a3 Nd7
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rad1 Qc5 17. Qxc5 Rxc5 18. Bd3 Rfc8 19. f3 Ne5 20. f4 Nc4 21.
Bxc4 Bxc4 22. Rd2 Be6 23. h3 h5 24. Re3 Kf8 25. Kf2 b5 26. Ke1 Rc4 27. Kd1 f6
28. Kc1 Kf7 29. Rf2 R8c5 30. Kd2 b4 31. axb4 Rxb4 32. b3 Bd7 33. Rd3 Bc6 34.
Ke3 f5 35. exf5 gxf5 36. Kd2 a5 37. Re3 Kf6 38. g3 e5 39. h4 e4 40. Ne2 a4 41.
bxa4 Bxa4 42. Rc3 Rd5+ 43. Kc1 Bb5 44. Ra3 Bxe2 45. Rxe2 Rbd4 46. Re1 Rd2 47.
Rc3 Rg2 48. Rd1 Ke6 49. Rb3 Rxd1+ 50. Kxd1 Kd5 51. Ra3 Kd4 52. Rb3 e3 53. Rb4+
Kd5 54. Ra4 Rd2+ 55. Kc1 Rd4 56. Rxd4+ Kxd4 57. Kd1 Ke4 58. Ke2 d5 59. c3 d4
60. cxd4 Kxd4 61. g4 fxg4 62. f5 Ke5 63. Kxe3 Kxf5 64. Kf2 Kf4 65. Kg2 Ke4 66.
Kf2 Kd3 0-1

[Event "ITA-ch 67th"]
[Site "Martina Franca"]
[Date "2007.11.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bonafede, Alessandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
Be3 e5 9. Qd2 Qe7 10. O-O Nf8 11. Bh6 Ne6 12. Bxg7 Nxg7 13. Ne2 O-O 14. a3 f6
15. b4 Ne6 16. Nh2 Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. f4 Bd7 19. Nf3 Rae8 20. Rf2 Qd6 21.
fxe5 fxe5 22. Raf1 Rf6 23. Qh6 Qf8 24. Qd2 Qd6 25. Qh6 Qf8 26. Qg5 Qg7 27. Nd2
Rxf2 28. Rxf2 h6 29. Qg3 Be6 30. Nf3 Bf7 31. Rf1 g5 32. Nh2 Re6 33. Qg4 Qg6 34.
Rf5 Qh5 35. Nf3 Qxg4 36. hxg4 Re7 37. Rxe5 Rxe5 38. Nxe5 Be6 39. Kf2 a5 40. Kg3
a4 41. Nf3 1-0

[Event "ITA-ch 67th"]
[Site "Martina Franca"]
[Date "2007.11.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2007.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. b3 c5 6. d3 Bb7 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6
9. Bb2 bxc4 10. bxc4 Rb8 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Bc3 Nb4 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qc7 15.
Ndf3 Rb7 16. Nc2 Rfb8 17. Ne3 d6 18. Qd2 Nc6 19. Rfc1 Nd7 20. Ng4 f5 21. Ne3
Nde5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Nd1 Nd4 24. Bxd4 Qc6+ 25. f3 exd4 26. Rc2 Rb4 27. a5 Bd8
28. Rca2 h6 29. h4 Bc7 30. e4 dxe3 31. Qxe3 Qd6 32. f4 Bd8 33. Re2 Bf6 34. Raa2
Rb1 35. Rad2 Qc6+ 36. Qf3 Qd7 37. Qe3 Kf7 38. Qf3 Ra1 39. Nf2 Bd4 40. Ra2 Rbb1
41. Rxa1 Rxa1 42. g4 Rxa5 43. gxf5 exf5 44. Nh1 Bf6 45. Ng3 Ra3 46. Re3 Kg8 47.
Qa8+ Kf7 48. h5 Rxd3 49. Rxd3 Qxd3 50. Qxa6 Qd2+ 51. Kf3 Qd7 52. Qb5 Qc8 53.
Kg2 Bh4 54. Kh3 Bxg3 55. Kxg3 Qc7 56. Qa6 Qd7 57. Qa3 Qd4 58. Qa7+ Kg8 59. Qa8+
Kh7 60. Qd5 Qg1+ 61. Kf3 Qg4+ 62. Ke3 Qg3+ 63. Qf3 Qg1+ 64. Qf2 Qc1+ 65. Kd3
Qa3+ 66. Ke2 Qa2+ 67. Ke1 Qxc4 68. Qg3 Qe6+ 69. Kd2 Qf7 70. Qf3 Qa2+ 71. Kc1
Qh2 72. Kb1 Qg1+ 73. Kc2 Qg4 0-1

[Event "ITA-ch 67th"]
[Site "Martina Franca"]
[Date "2007.11.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Rombaldoni, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2007.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. c3 c5 8. dxc5
Nxc5 9. Nd4 a6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 g5 12. fxg5 Bg7 13. Nd2 Bxe5 14. N2f3 Bg7 15.
c4 Be4 16. Rc1 Qa5 17. Bf2 Nd7 18. Nd2 Rd8 19. N4b3 Qxa2 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Nc4
Ne5 22. Bb6 Nxc4 23. Bxc4 Ra8 24. Bd4 Bxc4 25. Bxg7 Bxb3 26. Qh5 Bd5 27. Bxh8
Kd7 28. Be5 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Kxc8 30. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "ITA-ch 67th"]
[Site "Martina Franca"]
[Date "2007.11.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Brunello, Sabino"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D66"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2007.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
a6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bd3 b5 11. O-O Bb7 12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 Bd6 14. Bf4 Bxf4 15.
Nxf4 Qb6 16. Rc2 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 a5 18. Bb5 Rxc2 19. Rxc2 Rc8 20. Nd3 Rc7 21.
Nfe5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bc8 23. f3 g6 24. Qd3 Kg7 25. Qd1 Bd7 26. Bxd7 Nxd7 27. Nxd7
Rxd7 28. Qc1 Qa6 29. Kf2 Qd6 30. g3 Re7 31. Rc8 Qa6 32. Qc5 h5 33. Rc6 Qa8 34.
b3 h4 35. gxh4 Re8 36. Qd6 Rc8 37. Rc5 Qb7 38. Rxa5 Rc2+ 39. Kg3 Rc3 40. Rc5
Qa8 41. Qe5+ f6 42. Qxe6 Qb8+ 43. Kh3 Rxc5 44. dxc5 d4 45. Qd7+ Kh6 46. Qxd4
Qc8+ 47. Kg3 Qe6 48. Qxb4 1-0

[Event "ITA-ch 67th"]
[Site "Martina Franca"]
[Date "2007.11.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Contin, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Nd7 11. Qh4 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. dxc5 e5 14. f3 Qc7 15.
Ne2 Qxc5 16. Qb4 Qc7 17. O-O Be6 18. Rae1 a5 19. Qb5 Nc8 20. Qb2 Nb6 21. Rb1
Nfd7 22. f4 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Rf8 24. fxe5 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Nxe5 26. Qb5 Nxd3 27. Qe8+
Kh7 28. cxd3 Bd7 29. Qe5 Kg8 30. Ng3 Nc8 31. Nh5 Qe7 32. Qxd5+ Be6 33. Qe5 Bg4
34. Qxe7 Nxe7 35. Ng3 Nd5 36. c4 Ne3 37. Rb1 Nc2 38. Rxb7 Nxa3 39. Ra7 1-0

[Event "ITA-ch 67th"]
[Site "Martina Franca"]
[Date "2007.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bruno, Fabio"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "239"]
[EventDate "2007.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. b4 Nbd7 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. Rb1 Bc6 12. Bb5 Bxb5 13. Rxb5 Rb8 14. Rxb8
Qxb8 15. Qa4 Rc8 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Rb1 Qc7 18. h3 Nd7 19. Qa6 Rb8 20. Rxb8+
Nxb8 21. Qb5 Nd7 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Qe8+ Bf8 24. Ng5 e5 25. Nxh7 Kxh7 26. Qxf8
Ne6 27. Qb4 a5 28. Qh4+ Kg7 29. c4 d4 30. exd4 exd4 31. Qe4 a4 32. Qd3 Qb6 33.
Qa3 Nc5 34. Nf3 d3 35. Qc3+ Kg8 36. Qd4 Qb1+ 37. Kh2 Ne6 38. Qf6 Qb8+ 39. g3
Qa7 40. c5 Nxc5 41. Qd8+ Kg7 42. Qd4+ Kg8 43. Ne5 Qe7 44. Nxd3 Nxd3 45. Qxd3
Qf6 46. Kg2 Qc6+ 47. Qf3 Qc4 48. a3 Qb3 49. h4 f5 50. Qe3 Kf7 51. Qc5 Qb7+ 52.
Kg1 Qb1+ 53. Kh2 Qb3 54. h5 gxh5 55. Qxf5+ Ke7 56. Qe5+ Kf8 57. Qe3 Kf7 58. Kh3
Qc4 59. Kg2 Qb3 60. Qc5 Kg6 61. Qd6+ Kf7 62. Kf1 Qc4+ 63. Ke1 Qc2 64. Qd5+ Kg6
65. Qe6+ Kg7 66. Qe3 Kg6 67. Qe6+ Kg7 68. Qe7+ Kg6 69. Kf1 Qd1+ 70. Kg2 Qd5+
71. Kh2 Qb3 72. Qf8 Qe6 73. Kg2 Qd5+ 74. f3 Qe6 75. Qc5 Qe2+ 76. Qf2 Qd3 77.
Qb2 Qb3 78. Qc1 Qa2+ 79. Kf1 Qb3 80. Qc6+ Kg7 81. Qd7+ Kg6 82. Qd6+ Kf5 83. Kg2
Qc4 84. Qe7 Qb5 85. Qf7+ Kg5 86. f4+ Kh6 87. Qf6+ Kh7 88. Qf7+ Kh6 89. Qf6+ Kh7
90. Qe5 Qc6+ 91. Kh2 Qf3 92. Qf5+ Kg7 93. Qg5+ Kh7 94. Qf5+ Kg7 95. Qg5+ Kf7
96. Qf5+ Kg7 97. Qd7+ Kg6 98. Qd6+ Kg7 99. Qe5+ Kf7 100. f5 Qxa3 101. Qe6+ Kg7
102. Qg6+ Kf8 103. Qh6+ Kg8 104. Qe6+ Kg7 105. Kh3 Qf3 106. Qe7+ Kg8 107. Qe8+
Kg7 108. Qe7+ Kg8 109. Qe8+ Kg7 110. Qe7+ Kg8 111. Qe8+ Kg7 112. Qd7+ Kg8 113.
Qe6+ Kg7 114. Qg6+ Kf8 115. Qf6+ Kg8 116. Qg6+ Kf8 117. Qh6+ Kg8 118. Qg6+ Kf8
119. Qh6+ Kg8 120. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITA-ch 67th"]
[Site "Martina Franca"]
[Date "2007.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2007.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2
Bg4 9. d3 e6 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nf1 O-O 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Nh4 d5 {
I had prepared this variation before the tournament, specifically for Godena.
I don't believe White has any advantage here, although with almost no
practical tests it is hard to give a definitive verdict now.} 15. exd5 {
The safest choice, leading to an absolutely equal position. Indeed, in most
games after this move the players would shortly agree to a draw. However, I
know from experience that even the most equal positions can contain a lot of
play and chances to outplay a weaker opponent. In this game I achieved exactly
that after numerous small mistakes from my opponent.} (15. e5 Nd7 16. Nxg6 hxg6
17. d4 {has been the main choice recently, with satisfactory results for White.
Of course this is the only way to fight for an advantage, and Black must play
carefully, but I feel Black has reasonable chances after} b4 18. Ne2 Rb8) (15.
f4 $5 {leads to highly tactical and unclear play:} d4 (15... Nxe4 16. Nxg6 Nxg3
17. Nxf8 Bxf8 $44) (15... Ne8 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Qf3 f5 $14) 16. f5 Bd6 17. Nf1
$1 (17. e5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Nxe5 19. fxg6 Nxg6 $15) (17. Qf3 Nd7 (17... Qc7 18.
Ne2 exf5 19. Nxf5) 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. fxe6 Nde5 $17) 17... exf5 18. exf5 Bh5 (
18... Nh5 $2 19. fxg6 Qxh4 20. Re4 $18) 19. g4 dxc3 20. bxc3 (20. gxh5 Be5 $36)
(20. Nf3 $2 Nxg4 21. hxg4 Bxg4 22. bxc3 Qf6) 20... Be5 (20... Nd5 21. Nf3 Nxc3
22. Qd2 Be5 $5 (22... Qf6 $2 23. Bb2 Bxg4 24. Bxc3 Qxf5 25. hxg4 Qxf3 26. Bd1)
(22... Bxg4 23. hxg4 Qf6 24. Bb2 Nd4 $1 25. Nxd4 cxd4 $44) 23. Nxe5 $1 (23.
gxh5 $5 Ne2+ 24. Rxe2 Bxa1 25. h6 $13) 23... Qd4+ 24. Qf2 Nxe5 25. Be3 Qd5 26.
Nh2 $1 $16) (20... Ne5 $5 21. gxh5 Nd5 {also must be considered and is perhaps
the best option at Black's disposal.}) 21. d4 $1 (21. gxh5 $2 Bxc3) (21. Bd2
Nd5 22. Qf3 (22. Nf3 Nxc3 23. Qc1 Nd4 $17) (22. d4 $5 cxd4 23. Nf3) 22... Bd4+
$3 23. Kh1 (23. cxd4 Nxd4 24. Qd1 Qxh4) 23... Nxc3 24. Ng2 (24. Qxc6 Qxh4 25.
gxh5 Qxh3+ 26. Nh2 Qxh5) (24. Ng6 $5) 24... Nb4 25. Bb3 a5 $1) (21. Bb2 Nd5 22.
Nf3 (22. Rxe5 $2 Nxe5 23. Nf3 Nxg4 24. hxg4 Bxg4 $17) 22... Nxc3 23. Qd2 Ne2+
24. Rxe2 Bxb2 25. Rae1 Nd4 $17) 21... cxd4 22. Nf3 (22. gxh5 d3 $1 23. Qxd3
Qxd3 24. Bxd3 Bxc3) 22... d3 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Rxe5 Qc7 25. Re3 Qxc3 26. Bd2
Qxc2 27. gxh5 $16 {However, White's position is very suspicious and I'm sure
Black is fine after 15.f4. Perhaps best is 20...Ne5!?.}) 15... Qxd5 {Movsesian
recaptured with the knight, but I prefer Tiviakov's move. The knight will
remain on f6 to restrict White's knight on g3.} 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Qe2 Rfd8 18.
a3 $6 {This is actually not helpful for White's cause at all. I would probably
not want to play ...b4 anyway, as it increases the scope of White's
light-squared bishop. It is interesting that Godena makes a series of small
errors, which don't hurt his position tremendously but make it increasingly
difficult to defend; eventually when he must play very accurately to hold the
position and with limited time, he quite naturally collapses and gets a losing
position.} (18. Bf4 Nh5 (18... Rac8 $11) 19. Nxh5 Qxh5 20. Qe4 Qd5 21. Qxd5
exd5 22. Bd1 g5 23. Bh2 Bd6 $11 {(Smirin-Tiviakov, Gothenburg 2005)}) 18...
Rac8 19. Be3 (19. Bf4 Bd6 {shows the difference between 18.Bf4 and 18.a3: now
there is no Bb3 for White and Black can achieve this favourable exchange.})
19... Qe5 $1 20. Qf3 {Again this is unnecessary. White is absolutely not worse
in this position and therefore doesn't have to force equality! After a natural
move like 20.Rad1 I will be hard-pressed to find any fruitful ideas.} (20. Ne4
Nxe4 21. dxe4 Bg5 $5 22. Rad1 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 g5 $15) (20. Rad1 Qc7 (20... Nd5
21. Bd2 Qxe2 22. Nxe2 $11) 21. Bd2 Bd6 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4) 20... Qc7 21. Bf4
{Due to one tactical trick White cannot equalise immediately, but there are
still no problems after the calm 21.Rac1.} (21. Ne4 $2 Nd4 $1 22. Nxf6+ (22.
cxd4 cxd4) 22... Bxf6 23. Qd1 b4 $17) (21. Rac1 Ne5 (21... Nd5 22. Bd2) (21...
Bd6 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 $11) 22. Qe2 Nd5 23. Bd2 $11) 21... Bd6 22. Bg5 {
After this the position becomes very unbalanced and Black certainly has more
chances for an advantage than before. Of course White should have played it
safe with 22.Bxd6.} (22. Bxd6 Qxd6 {, when I still can't claim that Black is
better here. After the trade of bishops White cannot 'force' equality by Ne4
since that would lead to a clear good knight vs bad bishop position.
Nevertheless, if White does nothing it is difficult to suggest a plan for
Black. So although Black is now calling the shots, it shouldn't be enough for
anything real.}) 22... Bxg3 23. Qxg3 $2 {Now this mistake is very real! After
23.fxg3 I would prefer to be Black, but perhaps this is compensated by the
machine's endorsement of White's position. In any case it is roughly equal.} (
23. fxg3 Rd5 24. Bf4 (24. Bxf6 $2 Rf5 25. Qe3 gxf6 $15) 24... e5 (24... Qd7 25.
g4) 25. Be3 c4 $5 26. dxc4 bxc4 $13) 23... Qxg3 24. fxg3 Rd5 25. Be3 {A tough
choice for Godena, who was already down to a few minutes. The alternative 25.
Bf4 is also unpleasant.} (25. Bf4 Nh5 26. Rad1 a5 $5 {(preventing b4)} (26...
Rcd8 27. b4) 27. Kf2 Nxf4 28. gxf4 g5 $1 29. fxg5 Rxg5 $15) 25... Ne5 26. Red1
$1 {A surprise for me, after which things are again far from simple. Godena's
tenacious play in the following time trouble phase (only for him, as I had
plenty of time) deserves much praise. In the end, however, the position proves
too difficult to defend and he commits an error.} (26. Rad1 Rcd8 27. Bxc5 (27.
d4 Nc4) 27... Nxd3 28. Bxd3 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Rxd3 30. Be3 Nd5 31. Kf2 f6 $15) (26.
Bxc5 Nxd3 27. Bxd3 Rxd3 28. Bd4 (28. Be3 Rcd8 29. a4 Nd5) 28... Rxg3 29. Bxf6
gxf6 30. Rad1 Rg5 31. Rd6 a5 $17) 26... c4 (26... Rcd8 27. Bxc5 Nxd3 28. Bb6 (
28. Be7 R8d7 29. Bxf6 gxf6) 28... R8d6 29. Bc7 Rd7 30. Bxd3 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 Rxd3
32. a4 $1 Rd2 33. axb5 axb5 34. Ra8+ Kh7 35. Rf8 Rxb2 36. Rxf7 Kg8 (36... Rb1+
37. Kh2 Rf1 38. Re7 Nd5 39. Rd7 Nxc3 40. Be5 Nd5 41. g4 $11) 37. Re7 Nd5 38.
Re8+ Kf7 (38... Kh7 39. Be5 Ne3 40. Re7 $11) 39. Rb8 $3 {(I looked for a while
for something in this line, but couldn't find anything and in the end played
26...c4; the compter confirms my evaluation)}) 27. d4 {The alternative looks
very articifical but should also be taken seriously. However, Black must be
much better.} (27. dxc4 Nxc4 28. Bc1 (28. Rxd5 exd5 $1 29. Bc1 a5 $17) 28... a5
(28... Ne4 $5) 29. a4 b4 30. cxb4 (30. b3 $2 Ne3 $1 31. Bxe3 Rxc3 $17) 30...
axb4 31. Bb3 Ne4 $36) 27... Nc6 28. g4 Rd7 29. Re1 $1 {An incredibly powerful
move. For a while I couldn't understand its value until I accurately
calculated the consequences of 32.Re2!. In the end I spent 20 minutes and
realised that even if White is fine there I have no other ideas and just have
to go for it. The d5-square looks nice but by itself it won't amount to
anything; it is difficult to find any chinks in White's armour and all pawn
breaks will just open lines for White's bishops. White on the other hand has
active counterplay with h4, g5, g4 and h5.} (29. g5 Nd5 30. Bd2 Na5 31. Kf2 Nb3
32. Rab1 a5 33. Be1 {shows why the rooks must be placed on e2 and d1
respectively:} Re8 {, and ...e5 comes next with an initiative for Black.}) (29.
Kf2 Nd5 30. Bd2 Na5 31. Ke2 Nb3 32. Rab1 e5 $1 33. dxe5 Re8 $36) 29... Nd5 30.
Bd2 Na5 {The knight goes to b3 to prepare the powerful ...a5 and ...b4. White
has great difficulty defending against this and will struggle to make use of
his clumsy rooks. However, with the regrouping manoeuvre Re2 and Be1 White
could successfully combat White's initiative. This is indeed why I awarded 29.
Re1 an exclamation mark.} 31. Rad1 Nb3 32. Be3 $6 {A mistake in very serious
time trouble. White could have completed his great idea with 32.Re2, when
Black has retains some pressure following 32...Nxd2, but not much more.} (32.
Kf2 {is a more clumsy version of the following note, and indeed Black can take
advantage of it:} a5 33. Ke2 b4 34. h4 e5 $1 (34... Rb7 35. g5 (35. h5 $2 g5 $1
36. Rh1 Nxd2 37. Kxd2 Nf6 $17) 35... bxc3 36. bxc3 a4 37. g4) (34... Kf8 35. g5
Ke7 36. g4 Rh8 37. Rh1 bxa3 38. bxa3 e5 $5) 35. dxe5 (35. Bxb3 $2 cxb3 36. axb4
axb4 37. dxe5 (37. cxb4 Rc2) 37... bxc3 38. bxc3 Rxc3 $1 $17) 35... Nxd2 36.
Rxd2 bxc3 (36... Nf4+ 37. Ke3 Rxd2 38. Kxd2 Nxg2 39. Re4 bxa3 40. bxa3 Nxh4 41.
Bd1) 37. bxc3 Nxc3+ 38. Ke3 Rxd2 39. Kxd2 Nb5 40. a4 c3+ 41. Kd3 Rd8+ 42. Kc4
Na3+ 43. Kxc3 Rc8+ 44. Kb2 Nxc2 45. Rc1 Rc4 46. Rxc2 Rxa4 47. Rc8+ Kh7 48. Rc7
g5 $1 $17) (32. Re2 $1 a5 (32... Nxd2 $1 33. Rdxd2 a5 34. Be4 b4 35. Bxd5 Rxd5
36. axb4 axb4 37. Kf2 Ra8 $15) 33. Be1 {(clearly an ideal setup for White)} Kf8
34. Kf2 Ke7 35. Kf3 $11) 32... a5 33. Be4 {White decides there is no
alternative but to remove some pressure from c3, even at the cost of his
valuable light-squared bishop. However, there was another possibility which
shouldn't be worse than the game continuation.} (33. Bf2 b4 34. axb4 axb4 35.
cxb4 Rb7 $1 (35... Rb8 36. Bxb3 cxb3 37. Rd3 Rxb4 38. Ra1 Nf4 (38... g5 39. Ra3
Rdb7 40. Bg3 Kh7 41. Kf2 Kg6 42. Kf3 $15) 39. Ra8+ Kh7 40. Rf3 (40. Rd2 $2 Rc7
41. Bg3 g5 $17) 40... g5 41. Ra3 Rdb7 42. Kf1 Kg6 43. Be1 $15) (35... Nxb4 $2
36. Bxb3 cxb3 37. Re3) 36. Be4 Rxb4 37. Bxd5 (37. Bg3 Ra8) 37... exd5 38. Re5
Rb5 $15) 33... b4 34. axb4 axb4 35. Bxd5 Rxd5 36. Bf2 Ra8 37. Re2 ({Also very
bad for White is} 37. Kf1 Raa5 38. Bg3 g5 39. Kf2 Kh7 40. Kf3 Kg6 $17) 37...
bxc3 38. bxc3 Rda5 ({I naturally didn't want to allow White's rooks activity
after} 38... Nc5 39. Rb1 Nd3 40. Rb7 Ra1+ (40... Ra3 41. Rc2) 41. Kh2 Rc1 42.
Ra2 Rxc3 $2 (42... Nxf2 43. Rxf2 f6 44. Rf3 $11) (42... Kh7 $5) 43. Ra8+ Kh7
44. g5 $1 Rxg5 45. Rbb8 $16) 39. Be1 $2 {This is another error, even more
serious than the previous one. It is amazing how resilient White's position
has proven to be; although I've made enormous progress from a roughly equal
position, it still isn't easy to bring the full point home.} ({White must play
the computer's recommendation, when Black's advantage should be manageable:} 
39. Be3 $1 g5 40. Kf2 f6 (40... Kh7 41. g3) 41. g3 Kf7 42. h4) 39... Ra1 40.
Rxa1 Rxa1 {White has reached the time control but the damage to his position
is done. Black has a strategically winning game due to the passivity of
White's pieces.} 41. Kh2 Kh7 $2 {Incredible! I can say I've played well so far,
but it isn't time to relax yet! Work remains and only one move consolidates
the advantage. I thought there was no difference between this and 41...g5,
since 42.g5 is met by 42...Nc1 43.Rb2 Nd3, when there is no check on b8. This
error stemmed from overestimating the ...Nc1-d3 idea.} (41... Nc1 42. Rb2 Nd3
43. Rb8+ Kh7 44. Bg3) (41... g5 $1 42. Re5 (42. Bg3 Rc1 43. Be1 Kh7) 42... Kh7
43. Bg3 Kg6 (43... Rc1 44. Rxg5 Rxc3 45. d5 Re3 (45... Rxg3 $2 46. Kxg3 exd5
47. Rh5+ $1 Kg6 48. Rxd5 c3 49. Rd6+ $18) (45... exd5 $2 46. Be5 $1 (46. Rxd5
$2 Rxg3 47. Kxg3 c3 $19) 46... d4 47. Rxg7+ Kh6 48. g5+ Kh5 49. Bf6 $40) (45...
f6 $5 46. Rh5+ Kg6 47. dxe6 Re3 48. Rh8 Rxe6 49. Rc8 Re4 $17) 46. d6 Rd3 47.
Rb5 f6 $17) 44. d5 Nd2 45. h4 (45. Be1 Kf6) (45. Bf2 Nf1+ 46. Kg1 Ne3+ $19)
45... gxh4 46. Bf4 (46. Bxh4 exd5 47. Rxd5 Nf1+ 48. Kh3 Rc1 $19) 46... Nf1+ 47.
Kh3 exd5 48. Rxd5 Ne3 $1 49. Rg5+ Kh7 $1 (49... Kf6 50. Kxh4 Nxg2+ 51. Kg3 Nxf4
52. Rf5+ Ke6 53. Rxf4 Ra4 54. g5) 50. Rh5+ Kg8 51. Kxh4 Nxg2+ 52. Kg3 Ne1 $5
$17 {This is a truly amazing variation, which I naturally couldn't work out
over the board. My calculation wasn't too far off but I missed a number of
details such as 48...Ne3 (which is why I rejected 44...Nd2) and, even more
importantly, 46.Be5.}) 42. g5 $1 {Now I realised what I had done. My advantage
is of course still there but it is much more difficult to win.} Nc1 43. Rc2 Nd3
44. Bg3 Kg8 45. Bd6 (45. h4 Kf8 (45... f6 $8) 46. Bd6+ Ke8 47. Be5 Nxe5 48.
dxe5 Re1 49. Rb2 Rxe5 50. Rb8+ Ke7 51. Rb7+ $11 {shows why the king cannot
escape from its prison and why 45.Bd6 has little point.}) 45... Ra6 46. Be7 $5
{Tricky. He obviously wanted to tempt me into 46...Nf4, when he sucseeds in
activating his rook due to 47.Rb2 Nd5 48.Rb8 Kh7 49.Bb4!.} Kh7 (46... Nf4 $2
47. Rb2 Nd5 48. Rb8+ Kh7 49. Bb4 $1 $132) (46... Ra7 47. Bd6 f6 48. gxf6 gxf6 {
is very similar to the game, but I wanted to manoeuvre for a while and run him
down on time.}) 47. Kg3 Ra5 48. h4 Kg8 49. Bd6 f6 {Now I achieve this when he
has only five minutes left again. With so little time the defensive task is
undoubtedly very difficult.} 50. gxf6 gxf6 51. Kh3 Ra1 52. g4 Kf7 53. h5 $5 (
53. g5 f5 54. Kg3 Ke8) (53. Kh2 e5 54. dxe5 fxe5 {White's situation is
unenviable in both lines, as he has no counterplay and I can torture him for a
long time.}) 53... g5 {There are other good possibilities but I was attracted
to this.} 54. h6 $2 {Collapsing in what is essentially a losing position.
After this White has no more chances.} (54. Kh2 f5 55. Re2 $5 (55. gxf5 $2 exf5
56. Rg2 g4) (55. Rg2 f4 56. Be5 (56. Rg1 $5 Ra6 57. Be5 Ra2+ 58. Rg2 Ra3 59.
Rc2 Ra1) (56. Rc2 f3 57. Bg3 Kf6 $19) 56... Re1 57. Ra2 f3 58. Ra7+ Ke8 59. h6
Nxe5 60. dxe5 (60. h7 Ng6 61. Kg3 Rh1 62. Kxf3 Nf8 $19) 60... f2 61. h7 Rh1+
62. Kxh1 f1=Q+ 63. Kh2 Qf2+ 64. Kh3 Qh4+ 65. Kg2 Qxg4+ 66. Kf2 Qh4+ 67. Kf3
Qh3+ 68. Kf2 Kf8 $1 $19) 55... Nc1 (55... f4 56. Kg2) 56. Re5 (56. Rf2 Ra2 57.
Rxa2 Nxa2 $19) (56. Re1 Ra2+ 57. Kh1 Nd3 58. Rb1 Nf2+ 59. Kg1 Nxg4 60. Rb7+ Kg8
61. Be7 f4 62. Bxg5 f3 $19) 56... Ra2+ 57. Kh3 Nd3 58. gxf5 Nxe5 59. fxe6+ Kxe6
60. Bxe5 Kf5 61. h6 Kg6 62. Kg4 Ra1 $19 {Of course these variations cannot be
properly analysed, as both sides have an endless plethora of possibilities,
but my general feeling is that Black should win.}) 54... Kg6 {I took some time
to calculate everything to the end and it was worth it.} 55. Bf8 Rc1 56. Ra2 $8
(56. Rxc1 Nxc1 57. Be7 Ne2 58. h7 Kxh7 59. Bxf6 Kg6 60. Be5 Nxc3 $19) 56...
Rxc3 57. Ra7 Nf4+ 58. Kh2 Rh3+ 59. Kg1 Rg3+ $1 ({The following variations
demonstrate how not to finish a chess game:} 59... c3 $2 60. Rg7+ Kxh6 61. Rd7+
$11) (59... Rxh6 $2 60. Rg7#) 60. Kf2 Rxg4 61. h7 Rh4 62. Rg7+ Kf5 63. Rc7 Nd5
0-1

[Event "ITA-ch 67th"]
[Site "Martina Franca"]
[Date "2007.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Manca, Federico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2007.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4 7. Qg4 g6 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. dxc5 Qa5 12. Nf3 Ne4+ 13. Nd2 Qc3 14. Rd1
Nxd2 15. Rxd2 Qa1+ 16. Rd1 Qc3+ 17. Kf1 Nc6 18. f4 b6 19. cxb6 axb6 20. Qe2
Rxa3 21. h4 h5 22. Rh3 Qb4 23. Kg1 O-O 24. Rg3 Nd4 25. Qxh5 Rxd3 26. cxd3 Nf5
27. Qg4 Nxg3 28. Qxg3 d4 29. Bf2 Qb3 30. Ra1 Qb2 31. Re1 Ba6 32. f5 exf5 33. e6
Qb3 34. h5 f4 35. Qg5 Qxd3 36. exf7+ Kh7 37. Qe7 1-0

[Event "ITA-ch 67th"]
[Site "Martina Franca"]
[Date "2007.12.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Garcia Palermo, Carlos H"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2007.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O cxd4 7. exd4 Bd6 8. c4
dxc4 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Ndxc4 Nxc4 12. Nxc4 Bc7 13. b3 Rb8 14. Ba3 Re8
15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Rc8 18. Bxb7 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Bb5 20. Bc7 Qd7
21. Re1 Re7 22. Re5 Ne8 23. Bd8 Qxd8 24. Rxb5 Nd6 25. Bc6 Nxb5 26. Bxb5 g6 27.
Qe3 Qb6 28. Qg5 Rb7 29. Bc4 Qxd4 30. a4 Rd7 31. h4 Qa1+ 32. Kg2 Rd1 33. Qf4 Kg7
34. Qe3 Qd4 35. Qf3 Re1 36. a5 Qe4 37. Qxe4 Rxe4 38. Kf3 Re1 0-1

[Event "ITA-ch 67th"]
[Site "Martina Franca"]
[Date "2007.12.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Genocchio, Daniele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2007.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qf3 Nc6 9. O-O-O Be6 10. c5 Nc4 11. Bf4 dxc5 12. d5 Nd4 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Bxc4
Rxf4 15. Qe3 Qf8 16. Nh3 Rf6 17. Ne4 Rg6 18. Nf4 Rh6 19. Ne2 b5 20. Bd3 Nf5 21.
Qf3 c4 22. Bc2 Qe8 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 a5 25. g4 Rb8 26. g5 c5 27. Rd2 Rg6
28. h4 e5 29. Qf5 Qc6 1-0

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Peng, Zhaoqin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O Bh5 $5 {Before the tournament I had prepared this line with 5...
Bg4 for Miroshnichenko, since he almost exclusively plays 4.Qc2 and 4.Qb3
against the Slav. Despite his late withdrawal I was still able to use my
analysis in two games! Both Peng and Grivas deviated from their usual
repertoire in favour of this line. The text is an idea of Najer's, to prevent
Ne5 and give White some problems coordinating his knights.} 10. b4 $2 {Instead
a move like 10.b3 should be preferred. White's choice appears logical but runs
into a tactical refutation.} Nb6 11. Qb3 Qd5 $1 12. Rb1 (12. Qb2 Qb5 $1 $17) (
12. a3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qxd4) 12... Bg6 13. Rb2 (13. Ne5 Qxd4 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. b5
Nfd5 16. bxc6 bxc6 $15) 13... Qxb3 14. Rxb3 Nfd5 15. a3 Bc2 {Transferring the
bishop to b5 via a4 and slowly preparing ...a5. Instead 15...Na4 was very
tempting but after 16.e4 Black has nothing.} (15... Na4 16. e4 (16. Ne1 $2 Ndc3
17. Bf3 Rd8 18. e3 e5 $1 19. dxe5 $2 Na2 $19) (16. Ne5 $5 Bc2 17. Rf3) 16...
Ndc3 17. Re1 Rd8 18. Bb2 $1 Nxb2 19. Rxc3 Na4 20. Rc2 $11 {/\Nb3-c5}) 16. Rb2
Ba4 17. Re1 O-O $6 {I had overlooked White's next move. Instead 17...Bb5 would
prepare ...a5 exactly on time.} (17... Bb5 $1 $36 {/\...a5}) 18. Bf1 $1 {
A very powerful move, after which I have nothing. It should be mentioned that
18.e4 is also interesting. My next is probably the best attempt to continue
the game, but shouldn't be sufficient for a real advantage.} (18. e4 $5 Nc3 19.
Bf1) (18. e3 Bb5 19. Bf1 a5 20. Bxb5 cxb5 $36) 18... Nc3 $5 ({The main line
runs} 18... Bb5 19. e4 $1 (19. e3 {-18.e3}) 19... Nc3 20. Rc2 $1 (20. Bxb5 $2
Nxb5 21. Rb3 a5 22. bxa5 Rxa5 $17) 20... Bxf1 21. Kxf1 Nb5 22. Nb3 $11 {
, and White is just in time to prevent ...a5.}) 19. e3 Nb5 20. Nb3 $1 {
Otherwise Black achieves ...a5 with a good position. To be honest I had
underestimated this move.} (20. Ra2 a5 21. bxa5 Rxa5 $15) 20... Nxa3 21. Nc5
Bb5 22. Bxb5 $1 {Peng once again proves to be very resourceful in the defense.
The alternative seemed more dangerous for White.} (22. Nxb7 Bxf1 (22... Nbc4
23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24. Rb1 $11) 23. Rxf1 $1 (23. Kxf1 Nac4 (23... Nbc4 24. Ra2 Bxb4
25. Bxa3 $1 Nxa3 26. Rc1 Rfc8 27. Ne5 $11) 24. Rb1 Rfb8 25. Na5 (25. Nc5 Nd5)
25... Bxb4 26. Rxb4 Nxa5 $17) 23... Nac4 24. Rb1 Rfb8 25. Na5 Nxa5 (25... Bxb4
$2 26. Nxc6 $18) 26. bxa5 Nc4 27. Bd2 Rb5 $15) 22... cxb5 23. Rb3 ({not} 23.
Nxb7 $2 Nbc4 24. Rb3 Nc2) 23... Nac4 24. Nxb7 Rfc8 25. e4 Rc7 26. Nc5 a5 27.
Bf4 Rcc8 28. bxa5 Rxa5 $36 {Black has an initiative but nothing concrete.
Rampant time trouble is the reason for White's successive blunders later on.}
29. Nd3 Ra3 30. Rxa3 Nxa3 31. Bd2 f6 {I didn't see a concrete plan to advance
the b-pawn so I naturally activated my king.} 32. Kg2 Kf7 33. Rc1 Rc4 34. Kf1
Ke8 (34... Nc2 $2 35. Nde5+ fxe5 36. Nxe5+ $18) 35. Ke2 Kd7 (35... Nc2 $2 36.
Kd1 $1 $11) 36. Rxc4 $5 {A reasonable move played for the wrong reasons.} bxc4
37. Nb2 $2 {Step one towards a collapse. After 37.Nc5 White could defend with
concrete tactical measures.} (37. Nc5+ $1 Bxc5 38. dxc5 Na4 39. Nd4 e5 (39...
Nxc5 $2 40. Bb4 $16) 40. c6+ (40. Nf5 $2 Nb5 $1 41. Nxg7 Nxc5 $17) 40... Kc8
41. Ne6 Nc2 42. Be3 $1 $11 (42. Nxg7 Nd4+ 43. Ke3 c3 44. Be1 c2 45. Bd2 Nb2 $36
)) 37... Kc6 38. Ne1 $2 {A blunder but White only had seconds left until move
40. However, it isn't easy to suggest something for White since her pieces are
passive and Black's king very active.} (38. Kd1 Kb5 39. Kc1 Bb4 $5 $15) ({
The computer suggests} 38. Ba5 Kb5 39. Bxb6 Kxb6) 38... Nb5 {White is lucky to
survive after this.} 39. Be3 Nc3+ 40. Kf3 Ba3 41. Bc1 Kb5 (41... f5 42. exf5
exf5 43. Nc2 Bxb2 44. Bxb2 Ncd5 45. Na3 {didn't look like so much, since Black
has trouble infiltrating with his king. With hindsight, however, this seems
pretty dangerous for White.} (45. Ne3 g6 46. Ke2 Nxe3 47. Kxe3 Nd5+ 48. Kd2 Kb5
$17)) (41... Na2 42. Nc2) 42. Nc2 Bxb2 43. Bxb2 Nb1 $5 {The idea of this
strange move is to stop the bishop's activation via a3. Perhaps objectively 43.
..Na2 was stronger, but practically it is impossible to understand those
positions, while here things are much more simple.} (43... Na2 $1 44. Ba3 $5 c3
45. Bf8 g6 46. Bc5 (46. Be7 f5 47. Kf4 fxe4 48. Kg5 Nd5 49. Bc5 Nab4 50. Bxb4
Nxb4 51. Na1 Ka4 52. Kh6 Ka3 53. Kxh7 Kb2 $19) (46. Bg7 f5 47. exf5 exf5 48.
Kf4 Nb4 49. Nxb4 Kxb4 50. d5 (50. Bh6 Nd5+ 51. Ke5 Kc4 52. Ke6 c2 53. Bc1 Kxd4
54. Kf7 Nb4 55. Kg7 Nd3 56. Bd2 g5 57. Kxh7 g4 58. Kg6 Ke4 $19) 50... Nxd5+ 51.
Kg5 c2 52. Bb2 Kb3 53. Bc1 Nb4 54. Kh6 Kc3 $1 55. Kxh7 Nd3 56. Be3 g5 $1 57. f4
(57. Bxg5 f4) (57. h4 f4 58. gxf4 gxf4 $19) 57... gxf4 58. gxf4 Nb4 59. Kg6 Na2
60. Kxf5 Kd3 $19) 46... Nd7 47. Be7 Kc4 48. Ke2 Nc1+ 49. Ke3 Kb3 50. Na3 Na2
51. Kd3 (51. d5 $5 exd5 52. exd5 c2 53. Nxc2 Kxc2 54. Kd4 Kb3 55. d6 Nc3 (55...
Kb4 56. Kd5 Kb5 57. Ke6 Kc6 58. Bxf6 Nxf6 59. Kxf6 Kxd6 60. Kg7 Ke6 61. Kxh7
Kf6 62. h4 Nc3 63. g4 Nd5 64. Kh6 Nf4 65. f3 {/\g5, h5 =}) 56. h4 (56. g4 $2 g5
$1 57. Bd8 Kb4 58. Be7 h6 59. f3 Ne2+ 60. Kd5 Kb5 61. Ke6 Kc6 62. Bxf6 Nxf6 63.
Kxf6 Kxd6 64. Kg6 Nd4 65. Kxh6 Nxf3 $19) 56... Kb4 (56... h5 $5 57. f3 Kb4 58.
g4 Ne2+ (58... f5 59. gxh5 gxh5 60. Bg5) 59. Kd5 Kb5 60. Ke6 Kc6 61. Bxf6 Nf4+
62. Kf7 (62. Ke7 $6 Nd5+ 63. Kf7 N7xf6 64. Kxg6 Nxg4 65. Kxh5 Ngf6+ 66. Kg5
Kxd6 67. h5) 62... Kxd6 63. gxh5 gxh5 64. Bg5 Ne5+ 65. Kg7 $11) 57. g4 Na4 $3 (
57... Nd1 58. Kd5 Kb5 59. Ke6 Kc6 60. f3 $11) (57... Kb3 58. Bd8 {zugzwang
doesn't work because the bishop can oscillate between e7 and d8}) (57... Ne2+
58. Kd5 Kb5 59. Ke6 Kc6 60. Bxf6 Nf4+ 61. Kf7 Kxd6 (61... Nxf6 62. Kxf6 Kxd6
63. Kg7 h5 64. gxh5 gxh5 65. Kf6 Kd5 66. Kf5 Nd3 67. Kg5 $11) 62. Bg5 $1 (62.
Kg7 Nxf6 63. Kxf6 Kd5 64. Kg7 h5 $19) 62... Ne6 63. f4 $1 (63. Kg8 h5 64. gxh5
gxh5 65. Kf7 Nxg5+ 66. Kg6 $1 (66. hxg5 $2 Ne5+ 67. Kf6 h4 68. f4 Ng4+ 69. Kf5
h3 70. Kxg4 h2 $19) 66... Nf3 $1 67. Kxh5 Nde5 {, and this is in fact winning
for Black:} 68. Kh6 Ke6 69. Kg7 (69. Kh7 Kf7 70. Kh6 Ng4+ 71. Kh5 Nxf2 72. Kh6
Ng4+ 73. Kh5 Nge5 74. Kh6 Kf6 75. Kh7 Nd4 76. Kg8 Nd7 77. Kh7 Nf5 78. Kg8 Ke7
79. Kh7 Kf7 80. h5 Nf6+ 81. Kh8 Ne7 82. h6 Ng6#) (69. Kh5 Kf6 70. Kh6 Ng4+ 71.
Kh5 Nxf2 72. Kh6 Ne4 73. Kh5 Ne5 74. Kh6 Ng3 75. h5 Ne4 76. Kh7 Kf7 77. Kh6
Ng4+ 78. Kh7 Ng5+ 79. Kh8 Ne5 80. h6 Ng6#) 69... Nxh4 70. Kf8 Nd7+ 71. Ke8 Nf6+
72. Kd8 Kd6 73. Kc8 Kc6 74. Kd8 Nf5 75. f3 Kb7 76. f4 Kc6 77. Kc8 Nd5 78. Kd8
Nc7 79. Kc8 Ne6 80. Kb8 Nd6 81. f5 Nc5 82. f6 Kb6 83. f7 Na6+ 84. Ka8 Nb5 85.
f8=Q Nbc7#) 63... Kd5 (63... Nxg5+ 64. hxg5 Kd5 65. Kg7 Ke4 66. f5 $11) 64. Kg8
h5 (64... Ndf8 65. Bh6) (64... Ke4 65. Kxh7) 65. gxh5 gxh5 66. Kh7 Ndf8+ 67.
Kh6 $11) 58. Kd5 Nac5 59. Kc6 Kc4 60. f4 (60. Bd8 $2 Ne5+ 61. Kc7 Ne6+) 60...
Kd4 61. Bd8 h5 62. gxh5 gxh5 63. Bc7 f5 64. Ba5 Nb8+ $1 65. Kc7 Nba6+ 66. Kc6
Ke4 67. Bd2 (67. d7 Nxd7 68. Kxd7 Nc5+ 69. Ke7 Kxf4 $19) (67. Kb5 Kd5 $1 68. d7
Nxd7 69. Kxa6 Nc5+ 70. Kb5 Ne6 71. Bd2 Ke4 $19) (67. Bb6 Ne6 68. Kd7 (68. Kb7
Nb4 69. d7 Nd5 70. Ba5 Kxf4 $19) 68... Nxf4 69. Ke8 Ne6 70. d7 f4 71. Ke7 Kf5
$19) 67... Nb3 $1 68. Bc3 (68. d7 $2 Nb8+) (68. Kb6 Nac5 69. Bb4 Kd5 $19) (68.
Be1 Kxf4 69. Kb5 Nac5 70. Bb4 Nd7 71. Kc4 Na1 $1 72. Kd5 Kg4 73. Kc6 Nf8 74.
Bc3 Nb3 75. Bg7 Ne6 76. d7 f4 77. Kd5 Kf5 $19) 68... Kxf4 69. Kb5 Nbc5 70. Bd4
Nb7 71. Kc6 Nxd6 72. Kxd6 Kg4 $19) 51... Nb6 $1 {against d4-d5} (51... Nb8 {
/\...Nc6-b4} 52. d5 exd5 53. exd5 Na6 54. Ke4 $3 (54. Kd4 N6b4 55. Bxb4 Nxb4
56. d6 Nc6+ 57. Kd3 Ne5+ 58. Kd4 Kxa3 59. Kxc3 Ka4 60. Kd4 Kb5 61. Kd5 Nd7 62.
Ke6 Kc6 63. h3 (63. g4 {also looks losing, and demonstrates the crucial idea ..
.Kd5!! in its purest and most instructive form, an idea which will be repeated
numerous times in these variations} g5 (63... f5 64. gxf5 gxf5 65. f4 $11) 64.
Ke7 h6 65. Ke6 Nb6 66. h3 (66. Ke7 Kd5 $3 67. d7 (67. Kxf6 Kxd6 68. Kg6 Ke6 69.
Kxh6 Kf6 70. Kh5 Nd5 $19) 67... Nxd7 68. Kxd7 f5 69. gxf5 Ke5 $19) 66... Nd7
67. Ke7 Nc5 68. f3 (68. Kxf6 Kxd6 69. Kg6 Ke6 70. Kxh6 Kf6 71. Kh5 Nd3 $19)
68... Kd5 $1 69. d7 Nxd7 70. Kxd7 f5 71. Ke7 (71. gxf5 Ke5 $19) 71... f4 72.
Kf6 Kd4 73. Kg6 Ke3 74. Kxh6 Kxf3 75. Kxg5 Ke3 76. h4 f3 77. h5 f2 78. h6 f1=Q
79. h7 Qf8 $19) (63. h4 f5 64. Ke7 Nb6 65. Ke6 Na4 66. f3 (66. f4 Nc5+ 67. Ke7
Kd5 $1 68. d7 Nxd7 69. Kxd7 Ke4 70. Ke6 Kf3 $19) 66... Nc5+ 67. Ke7 Nd7 68. Ke6
Nb6 69. Ke7 Nc8+ 70. Kf7 Kxd6 71. Kg7 Ke6 72. Kxh7 Kf6 73. g4 f4 $19) 63... f5
64. Ke7 Nb6 65. Ke6 Na4 66. h4 Nc5+ (66... Nb6 67. h5 (67. f3 Nd7 68. f4 Nb6)
67... gxh5 68. Kxf5 Kxd6 69. Kg5 Ke7 70. Kxh5 Kf7 71. g4 Nd5 72. Kh6 Kg8 73.
Kg5 {looks like a draw, but then again that's just my intuition rather than
some deep analysis...}) 67. Ke7 Kd5 $1 68. Kf6 (68. d7 Nxd7 69. Kxd7 Ke4 70.
Ke6 Kf3 71. Kf6 Kxf2 72. Kg7 Kxg3 73. Kxh7 f4 74. Kxg6 Kxh4 $19) (68. f3 Ke5
69. d7 Nxd7 70. Kxd7 f4 71. gxf4+ Kxf4 72. Ke6 Kxf3 73. Kf6 Kg4 $19) 68... Kxd6
69. Kg7 Ke6 70. Kxh7 Kf6 $19) (54. Nb5 N2b4+ 55. Bxb4 Nxb4+ 56. Ke4 c2 57. Nd4+
Kc4 58. Nxc2 Nxc2 59. d6 Nd4 60. d7 Nc6 $19) 54... N6b4 55. Nb5 (55. Bxb4 Nxb4
56. Nb5 c2 57. Nd4+ Kc4 58. Nxc2 Nxc2 59. d6 Nd4 60. d7 Ne6 $19) (55. d6 Kxa3
56. d7 c2 57. d8=Q f5+ 58. Ke5 c1=Q $17) 55... c2 56. Nd4+ Kb2 $1 (56... Kc4 $2
57. Nxc2 Nxc2 58. d6 $11) 57. Nxc2 Nc3+ $1 58. Kd4 Nbxd5 59. Bxf6 Nxf6 60. Ne3
Nd7 (60... Nfe4 61. f4 (61. Ke5 Kc1 $5) 61... Nd2 (61... Kc1 62. g4 Kd2 63. f5
gxf5 64. gxf5 $11) 62. Ke5 Nce4 63. Ng4 $11) 61. f4 {/\g4, f5} Kb3 62. g4 Ne2+
63. Ke4 Kb4 64. f5 gxf5+ (64... Kc5 65. fxg6 hxg6 66. h4 Kd6 67. Nf5+ $1 Ke6
68. h5 g5 (68... Nf6+ 69. Kf3 $11) 69. Ng7+ Kf7 (69... Kf6 70. Ne8+ Ke6 71.
Nc7+ $11) 70. Kf5 Kxg7 71. Kxg5 Nd4 72. Kf4 Nf6 73. g5 Nxh5+ 74. Ke4 Ne6 75. g6
$11) 65. Kxf5 Nd4+ 66. Kg5 Kc5 67. Kh6 Nf8 {the computer tells me this is
winning but I can't believe that!} 68. Kg7 Nde6+ 69. Kf7 Kd6 70. Nf5+ Ke5 71.
Ng7 $11) (51... e5 $5 52. d5 Nb8 53. Nb1 $1 (53. f4 Na6 $19 {/\...N6b4}) 53...
Na6 54. Nxc3 Nxc3 55. f3 (55. f4 $2 Nb4+ 56. Ke3 (56. Bxb4 Kxb4 57. fxe5 fxe5
58. d6 Na4 $19) 56... Nbxd5+ 57. exd5 Nxd5+ 58. Ke4 Nxe7 59. fxe5 f5+ 60. Kd4
Kb4 61. e6 Kb5 62. Ke5 Kc5 63. h4 Kc6 64. Kf6 Kd6 65. Kg7 Kxe6 66. Kxh7 Kf6 67.
Kh6 f4 68. gxf4 Nf5+ 69. Kh7 Nxh4 70. Kh6 Ng2 $19) (55. Bxf6 $2 Nb4+ 56. Ke3
Nbxd5+ 57. exd5 Nxd5+ 58. Ke4 Nxf6+ 59. Kxe5 Ng4+ 60. Kf4 (60. Ke6 Nxf2 61. Kf7
g5 62. Kg7 g4 63. Kxh7 Kc3 64. Kg6 Kd3 65. Kf5 Ke3 $19) 60... Nxh2 61. Kg5 Nf3+
62. Kh6 Kc3 63. Kxh7 g5 64. Kg6 g4 65. Kf5 Nh2 66. Ke4 Kd2 $19) 55... Nb4+ (
55... f5 $6 56. Bd6 Nb4+ 57. Ke3 Nbxd5+ 58. exd5 Nxd5+ 59. Kd3 Nb4+ 60. Ke3 Nc6
61. Kd3 $11) 56. Kd2 Nbxd5 57. exd5 Nxd5 58. Bd6 Kc4 $17) 52. f3 {White has no
constructive ideas} (52. Bc5 Na4 53. Be7 Nb2+ 54. Ke2 Nc4 55. Nxc4 (55. d5 exd5
56. exd5 Nxa3 57. d6 Nb5 58. d7 Nd4+ 59. Kd3 Nc6 $19) (55. Nb5 c2) 55... Kxc4
56. Bxf6 c2 57. Bg5 Kxd4 $19) (52. f4 f5 53. exf5 exf5 $19) 52... Nc4 $1 53.
Nxc4 Nc1+ 54. Ke3 Kxc4 55. Bxf6 Nb3 {/\...c2 -+} 56. Be7 (56. d5 c2 57. Bb2
exd5 58. exd5 Kxd5 59. Kf4 h6 $1 $19) 56... c2 57. Ba3 c1=Q+ 58. Bxc1 Nxc1 59.
f4 $5 (59. Kf4 Kxd4 60. Kg5 Nd3 61. Kh6 Ne1 62. Kxh7 (62. f4 Kxe4 63. Kxh7 Kf5
$19) 62... g5 63. Kg6 Nxf3 $19) (59. d5 exd5 60. exd5 Kxd5 61. Kf4 h6 $19)
59... Nb3 60. f5 gxf5 61. exf5 exf5 62. Kf4 Nxd4 63. g4 (63. Kg5 Kd5 64. Kh6
Ke4 65. Kxh7 Nf3 66. h4 Nxh4 $1 67. gxh4 f4 68. h5 f3 69. h6 f2 70. Kg7 f1=Q
71. h7 Qg1+ 72. Kf7 Qd4 73. Kg8 Qd8+ 74. Kg7 Kf5 75. h8=Q Qe7+ 76. Kg8 Kg6 $19)
63... Kd5 $1 64. gxf5 h6 $1 65. h3 (65. Kg4 Ke5 66. Kh5 Nxf5 $19) (65. f6 Ke6)
65... Kd6 66. Ke4 Nc6 67. Kf4 (67. f6 Ke6 68. f7 Kxf7 69. Kf5 Ne7+ $19) 67...
Ke7 68. Kg4 Nd4 69. Kh5 Nxf5 70. Kg6 Ke6 $19) 44. Ke3 $1 {A very accurate
tactical defense.} (44. Ke2 Ka4 45. Kd1 (45. d5 exd5 46. Bd4 Kb5 47. Bxb6 Kxb6
48. exd5 Kc5 $19) (45. Ne3 Kb3 46. Ba1 (46. Bc1 Nc3+ 47. Kf3 Na2 48. Bd2 c3 49.
Be1 c2 50. Bd2 Nc4 51. Nxc4 Kxc4 $19) 46... c3 47. Kd3 Na4 {/\...Na3} 48. d5 (
48. f4 Na3) (48. Nc2 Nb2+ 49. Bxb2 cxb2 $19) 48... e5 49. d6 (49. f4 Nc5+ 50.
Ke2 exf4 51. gxf4 Nxe4 $19) 49... Nc5+ 50. Ke2 Na3 $19) (45. Na1 Kb4) 45... Kb3
46. Kc1 (46. Ba1 c3 47. Kc1 Nd2 $19) (46. Bc1 Nc3+) 46... c3 $1 47. Kxb1 cxb2
48. Ne3 (48. d5 exd5 49. exd5 Nxd5 50. Nd4+ Kc4 51. Ne6 Kc3 52. Nc5 Nb6 $1 $19)
48... Nc4 49. Nxc4 Kxc4 50. Kxb2 (50. d5 exd5 51. exd5 Kxd5 52. Kxb2 Ke4 $19)
50... Kxd4 51. f3 Ke3 $19) 44... Ka4 ({Less testing was} 44... c3 45. Bc1 Kc4
46. Ke2 Nc8 47. d5 $1 exd5 48. exd5 Nd6 (48... Kxd5 49. Kd3 Nd6 50. Ne3+ Ke6
51. Kc2 $11) (48... Nb6 49. d6) 49. Ne3+ Kd4 50. Nc2+ $1 Kxd5 51. Kd3 {, which
looks like a draw.}) 45. d5 $1 {This is the tactical justification of 44.Ke3,
after which White can probably draw. I had of course prepared something in
reply, and was confident, but after the remarkable 46.Bc1! White can probably
hold.} c3 {It's funny how the computer, which should be fantastic in such
positions due to its calculatory abilities, does not understand this position
at all! First of all it recommends 45...exd5, which gives White no problems
holding. Secondly, it feels 46.Bxc3 is about equal and 46.Bc1 a mistake, which
as we will see is completely incorrect!} (45... exd5 46. Bd4 Kb5 47. Bxb6 Kxb6
48. Kd4 $1 (48. exd5 $2 Kc5) 48... dxe4 49. Kxc4 Kc6 50. Kd4 Nd2 51. h4 $11)
46. Bxc3 $2 {Probably the decisive mistake. The awkward 46.Bc1 appears to hold
the game by a thread.} (46. Bc1 $1 exd5 47. exd5 Nxd5+ 48. Kd3 $1 (48. Kd4 $2
Nb4 49. Na1 Kb5 $17) 48... g5 $5 (48... Kb5 49. Nd4+ Kb4 50. Ne2 Kb3 51. Nd4+
Ka2 52. Ne2 $11) (48... Nb4+ 49. Nxb4 Kxb4 50. Kc2 Nd2 51. Bxd2 cxd2 52. Kxd2
$11) 49. Kc4 $1 (49. Nd4 Nb4+ 50. Kc4 Na2 (50... c2 51. h3) 51. Be3 Nd2+ $1 (
51... Ka3 52. Kd5 (52. Nb5+ Kb2 53. Bd4 Kc2 54. Bxf6 (54. Kd5 Kd3 55. Bxf6 g4
$19) 54... Nd2+ 55. Kd5 (55. Kd4 g4) 55... g4 56. Ke6 (56. Ke5 Nf3+ 57. Kf4
Nxh2 $19) 56... Nf3 $19) (52. h4 $5 gxh4 53. gxh4 Kb2 54. Kd5 Nb4+ 55. Ke6 Nc2
(55... Nd2 $5 56. Kxf6 Nd5+ (56... Nb3 57. Kg7 $1 $11) 57. Kg7 Nxe3 58. fxe3 h5
(58... Nb3 59. Ne2 c2 60. Kxh7 Nd2 61. h5 Nf1 62. h6 Ng3 63. Kg7 Nxe2 64. h7
c1=Q 65. h8=Q) (58... Ka2 59. Kxh7 Nf3 60. Ne2 c2 61. h5 Ng1 62. Nc1+ Kb1 63.
Nd3 Nf3 64. h6 Ne5 65. Kg7 Nxd3 66. h7 c1=Q 67. h8=Q) 59. Kg6 Ka2 60. Kxh5 Nf3
61. Ne2 c2 62. Kg4 $1 Ng1 63. Nc1+ Kb1 64. Nd3 Ne2 65. h5 Nc3 $1 66. h6 Ne4 67.
Kf5 Nc5 68. h7 Nxd3 69. h8=Q c1=Q 70. Qb8+ $11) 56. Nxc2 (56. Nf5 Nxe3 57. Nxe3
Kb3 $3 58. Kxf6 Nd2 59. Nf5 (59. h5 Nf1 $1 60. Nxf1 c2 61. Nd2+ Ka2 $19) 59...
Nf3 60. Ne3 Nxh4 61. Kg5 Ng2 62. Nf5 Kc4 $19) (56. Kxf6 Nxe3 57. fxe3 Na3 58.
e4 (58. h5 Nb5 59. Ne2 c2 60. h6 Nc3 $19) (58. Kg7 Nb5) 58... Nb5 59. Ne2 (59.
Nc6 Kb3 $1 60. Ne5 (60. Na5+ Kb4 61. Nc6+ Kc5 62. Ne5 c2 63. Nd3+ Kd4 64. Nc1
Kxe4 65. h5 Ke3 66. h6 Kd2 67. Nb3+ Kd1 68. Kg7 Nd4 $19) 60... Nd6 61. Kg7 c2
62. Nd3 Nxe4 63. Kxh7 Kc3 64. Nc1 Kd2 65. Nb3+ Kd1 66. h5 Nc5 $19)) 56... Kxc2
57. Bd4 $1 $11 (57. Kxf6 $2 Kd1 58. h5 c2 59. h6 Nd2 60. Kg7 c1=Q $19)) 52...
Nd2 53. Ke6 g4 (53... Nf1 $5 54. h3 $1) 54. Kf5 $1 (54. Kxf6 Nf1 55. Kg7 Kb2
56. Kxh7 c2 57. Kg6 $5 Nc3 (57... Nxe3 $2 58. Nxc2 $1 $11) 58. Kg5 Nxh2 $19)
54... h5 (54... Nb4 $5 55. Kxg4) 55. Kxf6 $1 (55. Kg6 Nf1 56. Kxh5 Nxh2 57. Kg6
Kb2 58. Kxf6 c2 59. Ne2 c1=Q 60. Bxc1+ Nxc1 61. Nd4 Kc3 62. f3 Nxf3 (62... gxf3
$2 63. Nxf3 $11) (62... Kxd4 $2 63. fxg4) 63. Nf5 Nd3 64. Nh6 Nf2 65. Kf5 Nh2
66. Kf4 Kd3 67. Nxg4 Nhxg4 $19) 55... Kb2 56. Kg5 Nf1 57. Kxh5 Nxh2 58. Nc6 $1
{58.Ne8 is also possible but more dangerous:} (58. Ne2 c2 59. Kg6 Kb3 $1 (59...
c1=Q 60. Bxc1+ Nxc1 61. Nf4 $11) 60. Kf5 Nc3 $1 61. Nc1+ (61. Nxc3 $2 Kxc3 62.
Bc1 Kd3 63. Kf4 Ke2 $19) (61. Nd4+ Kb2) 61... Kc4 $17) 58... c2 59. Ne5 Nc3 60.
Nxg4 (60. Nd3+) 60... Nf1 61. Bh6 $1 Nd1 62. Ne5 $1 (62. Kg6 $2 Nfe3 63. Nxe3
c1=Q $19) 62... Kc3 63. Bc1 (63. g4 $2 Nd2) (63. Nc6 Nxf2) 63... Nxf2 64. g4
Ng3+ 65. Kh4 Ne2 66. Be3 $11) (51... g4 $5 52. Kd3 (52. Kd5 Nd2 53. Ke6 Nf1 $19
)) 52. Kd3 Nf1 53. Kc2 Nxh2 54. Ne2 Ng4 55. Bd4 Kb4 56. f3 (56. Nxc3 Kc4 57.
Ne2 Nb4+ 58. Kd2 Nd5 $17) 56... Nh2 57. Bxf6 Nxf3 58. Nxc3 Nxc3 59. Bxc3+ Kc4
60. Bf6 (60. g4 Nh2 61. Bf6 h6 62. Bg7 Nxg4 $19) 60... g4 {/\...h5} 61. Bd8 (
61. Bb2 $2 h5 62. Bf6 h4 63. gxh4 g3 $19) 61... Kd4 62. Bb6+ Ke4 63. Kd1 Kd3
64. Bc7 (64. Ba7 Nd2 65. Ke1 Ne4 66. Bb8 Ke3 $19) 64... h5) (49. h4 $5 Kb5 $1
50. Nd4+ Kc5 51. Ne6+ (51. Ne2 $2 Nb4+ 52. Ke4 Kc4 $19) 51... Kb4 (51... Kd6
52. Nd4 $11) 52. Nf8 Kb3 53. Nxh7 c2 54. g4 (54. Kd4 Nbc3 $1 55. Bd2 f5 $1 56.
Nxg5 (56. Nf8 Ne4 57. Bc1 Ndc3 58. Be3 Nxf2 59. Ng6 Ne2+ 60. Kd5 Nxg3 61. Nf4
Ka2 $19) 56... Kb2 57. Nf3 (57. Ke5 $2 Nb1) 57... Ne4 58. Bh6 Ndf6 59. Ne5 (59.
Ne1 Nxf2) 59... Nxf2 60. Ng6 Nh5 61. Be3 Nxg3 $19) (54. Nf8 Nb4+ 55. Kd4 (55.
Ke2 Nc3+ 56. Kf1 Nd3 57. Bd2 Nxf2 $1 58. Ng6 Nfe4 $19) (55. Ke4 Nc3+) 55... Nc3
56. Be3 Nc6+ 57. Kc5 Ne5 58. Ne6 Ne4+ 59. Kd5 Nxf2 $19) 54... Nbc3 $1 55. h5)
49... Nc7 (49... Nb6+ 50. Kd3) 50. Nd4 {looks relatively safe for White, since
Black is so uncoordinated} (50. Kd3 h5 $36) (50. h4 $5 gxh4 51. gxh4 Nb5))
46... Nxc3 47. dxe6 Nb5 {My opponent obviously didn't realise how critical her
situation is here.} 48. Nd4 {It's hard to find an improvement for White, but
certainly 48.e5 was more challenging.} (48. e7 $2 Nc7 49. Kd4 Kb5 50. Ne3 (50.
e5 Nc8 51. exf6 gxf6 $19) 50... Kc6 51. e5 (51. Nf5 Ne6+ 52. Ke3 Kd7 $19) 51...
Ne6+ 52. Ke4 Kd7 53. exf6 gxf6 54. Nf5 Nc8 $19) (48. e5 $5 fxe5 49. Ke4 Nc7 50.
Kxe5 Nc4+ 51. Kf5 Kb5 52. Nd4+ (52. e7 Kc6 $19) (52. h4 Kc6 53. h5 Kd5 $1 (
53... Kd6 54. h6 gxh6 55. Kg4 Kxe6 56. Kh5 Kf7 57. Kxh6 Kg8 $17) 54. h6 (54. e7
Nd6+ 55. Kf4 Ke6 $19) 54... Nd6+ 55. Kg4 g6 $19) 52... Kc5 53. Ke4 Nd5 54. f4 (
54. Nf5 $2 Nd6+ 55. Ke5 Nxf5 56. Kxf5 Kd6 $19) 54... Nf6+ 55. Kd3 Nb2+ $1 56.
Ke3 Nd1+ 57. Kd3 Nf2+ 58. Ke3 N2g4+ 59. Kd3 Nxh2 $19) 48... Nc7 49. f4 Kb4 50.
f5 Kc5 {No, this is not a positional draw! Black will be able to win using two
important resources: the possibility to block the kingside with ...g5 and the
undermining ...g6.} 51. Nf3 Nc4+ 52. Kf4 Kd6 53. g4 Ne5 $1 54. Nd4 (54. Nxe5
fxe5+ 55. Ke3 Ne8 56. h3 (56. h4 g6 57. Kd3 Nf6 58. g5 Nh5 59. Kc4 Nf4 60. Kc3
Ng2 $19) (56. g5 g6) 56... Ke7 57. Kd3 Nd6 58. Ke3 (58. g5 g6) 58... Kf6 59. h4
h6 60. Kf3 g6 61. Ke3 h5 $1 62. g5+ Ke7 63. fxg6 Kxe6 64. g7 Kf7 $19 {is a
fairly systematic win.}) (54. g5 $5 Nxf3 55. gxf6 (55. Kxf3 fxg5 56. Kg4 Ke5
57. Kxg5 Ne8 $19) 55... gxf6 56. Kxf3 Ke5 57. Ke3 (57. Kg4 Kxe4 58. Kh5 Kxf5
59. Kh6 Kxe6 60. Kxh7 f5 $19) 57... Nb5 58. Kd3 Nd6 59. e7 Ne8 60. Ke3 Kd6 61.
Kf3 Kxe7 62. Kg4 Ng7 $19) 54... g5+ $1 {Now the last chance was 55.fxg6, but
although it may look scary during a game Black wins without a problem. The
only important thing to see is 63...Kg6!.} 55. Kg3 (55. fxg6 hxg6 56. g5 Nxe6+
57. Nxe6 Kxe6 58. gxf6 (58. h4 Nf7 59. gxf6 Kxf6 {-58.gxf6}) 58... Kxf6 59. h4
Nf7 60. Kg4 (60. Kf3 Ke5 61. Ke3 Nd6 62. Kf3 Nxe4 63. Kg4 Kf6 $19) 60... Ke5 $1
61. h5 g5 62. h6 Kf6 63. h7 Kg6 $1 $19 (63... Kg7 $2 64. e5 $11)) 55... Kc5 56.
Nc2 Ne8 $19 57. h4 h6 58. hxg5 hxg5 59. Ne3 Nc7 60. Kf2 Kd4 61. Nd5 (61. Nc2+
Kxe4 62. Kg3 Nc4 63. Nb4 Ke5 64. Nd3+ Kd6 65. Nf2 Nd5 66. Ne4+ Ke7 67. Kf3 Ne5+
68. Kg3 Ne3 69. Nf2 N5xg4 70. Nxg4 Nxf5+ 71. Kf3 Kxe6 $19 {is the simplest
winning method.}) 61... Nxd5 62. exd5 Nc4 63. e7 Nd6 64. Ke2 Kxd5 65. Ke3 Ne8 {
Generally speaking, a very good game. After the mistaken 10.b4 my opponent had
to play very accurately to survive (the position is more critical for her than
it seems), and did so with flying colours, reaching a roughly equal ending. In
time trouble however, two serious mistakes brought down her position. After
the time control we reached a very complex position, which is nearly
impossible to play over the board, and despite some mistakes I think we both
handled it quite well. Actually my opponent was pretty unlucky that 46.Bxc3
isn't good considering how natural it is. This important victory gave me the
momentum to win my next two games, but two draws and a loss put me in a bad
situation after round six. However, Braun's complete collapse of four (!!)
consecutive losses brought him from clear first place to the middle of the
pack. The going still wasn't easy but a strong final sprint (wins against
Ushenina, Nijboer and Negi) brought me clear first place.} 0-1

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Van der Werf, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. c3
O-O 9. Re1 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 g6 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. d4 cxd4 15.
cxd4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bg7 17. b3 d5 18. e5 Ng4 19. f4 Nxh2 20. Ngf5 Bxf5 21. Bxf5
Qh4 22. Bh3 Qg3 23. Kh1 Nc6 24. Nxc6 Nf3 25. Qxf3 Qxe1+ 26. Kh2 Qe4 27. Bd7 1-0

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ruijgrok, Dennis"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. c4 Bb7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bb2
Qb8 9. Nb5 a6 10. Na3 Be7 11. h3 Nh6 12. Nc2 O-O 13. O-O-O a5 14. a4 f6 15.
exf6 Bxf6 16. Qd3 Bxb2+ 17. Kxb2 Qc7 18. Re1 Nf5 19. Rg1 Nb4 20. Nxb4 Bxf3 21.
Qxf3 axb4 22. Bd3 Rad8 23. h4 Rf6 24. g3 Qd6 25. Qe4 Qd4+ 26. Qxd4 Nxd4 27. Rg2
Rf3 28. Re3 Rdf8 29. Rxf3 Rxf3 30. Bc2 e5 31. Bd1 Rd3 32. f4 d6 33. fxe5 dxe5
34. Bc2 Rf3 35. Bd1 Rf1 36. Bc2 g6 37. Be4 Kg7 38. Bd3 Rf3 39. Bc2 Nxc2 40.
Kxc2 Kf6 41. d3 Kf5 42. g4+ Kf4 43. Re2 Kxg4 44. Rxe5 Rf2+ 45. Kb1 Kxh4 46. Re6
g5 47. Rh6+ Kg3 48. Rxh7 g4 49. a5 bxa5 50. Rh5 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Bf4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. cxd4 Qd8 11. Nc3 Bd6 12. Be5 O-O 13. Bf3 Qe7 14. Qd2 Nd7
15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Rac1 Nb6 18. Rc5 f5 19. Ng3 Qd6 20. Rfc1 Rb8 21.
Nh5 Bd7 22. Qg5 Rf7 23. Qf4 Qxf4 24. Nxf4 g5 25. Nd3 g4 26. Bd1 Ba4 27. b3 Bb5
28. Ne5 Re7 29. f3 h5 30. a4 Be8 31. Be2 Kf8 32. Rc7 Nd5 33. Rxe7 Kxe7 34. Kf2
Kd6 35. g3 b5 36. a5 Nb4 37. Ke3 Nd5+ 38. Kd2 Nb4 39. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grivas, Efstratios"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. Ne5 Bh5 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nb3 a5 13. a4 e5 14. Rd1 Qc7
15. Bd2 Rfd8 16. Be1 exd4 17. Nxd4 Bf6 18. Bc3 Ne5 19. Qb3 Nd7 20. Rd2 Qb6 21.
Qa2 Nc5 22. Rad1 Bg6 23. Qc4 Re8 24. Nc2 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Bxc2 26. Rxc2 Rad8 27.
Rcd2 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Qb1+ 29. Bf1 Qf5 30. Bg2 Qe5 31. Bd5 Ne6 32. Bxe6 Rxe6 33.
Rd8+ Re8 34. Rd7 Re7 35. Rd8+ Re8 36. Rd7 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nh4 Qe7 10. Nxf5 exf5 11. Qc2 g6 12. Bd2 c5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Na2 Rc8
15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Qb3+ Qc4 17. Qxb4 Qxb4 18. Bxb4 Nc6 19. Bc3 Ne4 20. Rfd1 Rd8
21. f3 Nc5 22. Nb4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Nxd8 25. a5 a6 26. Kf2 Nb3 27.
Ke2 Ke6 28. Kd3 Kd6 29. e4 Nc5+ 30. Ke3 fxe4 31. fxe4 Nde6 32. Nd5 Nd7 33. g3
Nd8 34. Kf4 Ne6+ 35. Ke3 Nd8 36. g4 g5 37. Nf6 Nxf6 38. Bxf6 Ne6 39. b4 Kc6 40.
Kd3 Kb5 41. Kc3 h6 42. h4 gxh4 43. Bxh4 Nf4 44. Bf2 Ne2+ 45. Kd3 Nf4+ 46. Kd4
Kxb4 47. Be1+ Kb5 48. Bd2 Ng6 49. Kd5 b6 50. axb6 Kxb6 51. Ke6 Kc5 52. Kf6 Nf8
53. Bxh6 Nd7+ 54. Ke6 Kc6 55. Be3 Nf8+ 56. Kf7 Nd7 57. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsson, Pontus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O Be6 10. f4 Ng4 11. g3 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 b5 13. Kb1 b4 14. Na4 Bg4 15.
Re1 Nd7 16. h3 Bh5 17. Bc4 Qc7 18. Bd5 exf4 19. gxf4 Rac8 20. Nd4 Bf6 21. Bb3
Nc5 22. Nf5 Bg6 23. Ng3 Nxa4 24. Bxa4 Qa5 25. Bb3 Rfe8 26. h4 h6 27. Qc1 Rc5
28. Rhg1 Bh7 29. e5 dxe5 30. Nh5 Qb6 31. Qe3 Kh8 32. Nxf6 gxf6 33. f5 Rg8 34.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 35. Rg1+ Kh8 36. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Braun, Arik"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nh4 Qe7 10. f3 Rd8 11. Qb3 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Na2 Ba5 14. Rb1 a6 15.
Qc2 Nbd7 16. b4 Bc7 17. a5 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Be2 g5 20. Rb3 Nd5 21. g3 Bd6
22. Qb1 Bb8 23. e4 Ba7+ 24. Kh1 Nc7 25. f4 Ng6 26. e5 Nd5 27. Qe4 Re8 28. Bd3
Qd7 29. Qf3 Qh3 30. Nc3 Nxc3 31. Rxc3 Rad8 32. Bc4 gxf4 33. Bxf4 Rf8 34. Rd3
Rxd3 35. Qxd3 Bb8 36. Rf2 Qh5 37. Qe4 Nxe5 38. Be2 Qg6 39. Qd4 Ng4 40. Rf1 Bxf4
41. Rxf4 Nf6 42. Bd3 Qg5 43. Rf5 Qh6 44. Re5 Qh3 45. Kg1 Qc8 46. Bc4 Rd8 47.
Qf2 Qd7 48. Re1 Qd4 49. Qxd4 Rxd4 50. Rc1 Kf8 51. Kf2 Ng4+ 52. Ke2 Ne5 0-1

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 {Usually I play 9.f4 but recently I've been experiencing
problems with 9...h6 10.Bh4 g5 so for this tournament I switched to an
entirely different setup. Nobody knows what the hell is going on in this
position, since there are at least five different possibilities for Black, all
with their own specific implications and with numerous transpositions between
them. Before the tournament I was considering playing this position from the
Black side as well, and therefore I analysed the resulting positions pretty
deeply. The main line runs 9...Be7 but I had considered 9...h6 10.Be3 b5 as
the most interesting.} b5 10. Kb1 $1 {From my work I concluded that White
should, rather than exchange on c6, prefer a setup with Kb1 and g4. There are
concrete reasons why 10.g4 doesn't trouble Black, which are only evident after
some analysis. As I said before this is an incredibly difficult position, and
no fun to analyse (but it can be incredibly rewarding), which can be seen by
the fact that in most lines White prefers other ideas than Kb1 and g4 (for
instance after 9...Be7 the most popular move is 10.h4, which is easily met by
10...h6 11.Be3 h5).} h6 11. Be3 Ne5 {Black would rather not commit the knight
yet, but 11...Qc7 runs into the powerful 12.Bxb5!. Conversely, 12.g4 allows
Black to free his position with the typical ...d5 thrust.} (11... Qc7 12. g4 (
12. Bxb5 $1 axb5 13. Ndxb5 Qb8 14. Nxd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Na5 17. b3
Rc8 18. Kb2 $36) 12... b4 13. Nce2 d5 14. Ng3 (14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. e5 Nd7 16. Nd4
Nxe5 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Qxb4 Bd6 $15) 14... dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16.
fxe4 Be7 17. Nf3 $13) 12. Bd3 Rb8 $5 {Another move which at first sight has no
point, but it turns out to be quite a typical idea in these positions, and
although a novelty here cannot be considered a mistake. However, 12...Qc7
should be preferred.} (12... Qc7 13. g4 b4 14. Nce2 d5 {is the main line. I'm
afraid I won't disclose my analysis but just say that Black should be able to
hold the balance with accurate play.}) ({The following line shows some ideas
related to the game. White is better in all variations:} 12... Nxd3 13. cxd3 b4
(13... e5 14. Nf5 (14. Nb3 $1 {/\d4}) 14... Bxf5 15. exf5 Be7 (15... Qd7 16.
Ne4 Be7 17. g4 Rc8 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. d4 $36) 16. d4 O-O 17. g4 Rc8 18. h4 $36)
(13... g6 14. Nb3 $1 {compare to the game}) 14. Nce2 e5 15. Nb3 (15. Nf5 $2 d5
16. d4 (16. f4 dxe4 17. Neg3 Be6 18. dxe4 Qxd2 19. Bxd2 Nxe4 20. Nxg7+ Bxg7 21.
Nxe4 Bf5 22. Rhe1 Rd8 $15) 16... dxe4 (16... Bxf5 17. exf5 e4 18. fxe4 Nxe4 19.
Qc2 Qd7 20. Ng3 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Be7 $13) 17. Neg3 exf3 18. gxf3 Be6 19. dxe5 Qa5
20. a3 Qd5 21. Qxd5 Nxd5 22. Bd4 bxa3 23. bxa3 $15) 15... a5 16. d4 a4 17. Nbc1
Be7 18. Nd3 exd4 19. Nxd4 $16) 13. g4 Nxd3 $2 {This move turns out to be a
serious error. Perhaps my opponent missed the Nb3! idea, as otherwise White
can hardly be considered better. There were two alternatives, the first being
a bad version of 12...Qc7 and the second an unnatural but still quite typical
idea for these structures.} (13... b4 14. Nce2 d5 15. Bf4 $1 (15. exd5 Nxd5 16.
Nf4 $2 Nc3+ $17) 15... Bd6 16. h4 dxe4 (16... Qc7 17. g5 Nh5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19.
exd5 exd5 20. Bf5 $16) 17. Bxe4 Nc4 (17... Nxe4 18. fxe4 Nc4 19. Qd3 Qc7 20.
Bxd6 Nxd6 21. Nf4 $36 {/\Ndxe6}) (17... Rb6 18. g5 Nxe4 19. fxe4 $16) 18. Qd3
Qc7 (18... Bxf4 19. Qxc4 Qc7 20. Bc6 $1 O-O 21. Nxf4 Qxf4 22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23.
Qxa6 $16) 19. Bc6 $5 Na3+ (19... Bxf4 20. Qxc4) (19... Bxc6 $2 20. Qxc4 Bxf4
21. Nxf4 Qxf4 22. Qxc6+ $18) 20. bxa3 Bxf4 (20... Bxc6 $2 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22.
Qxa6 bxa3+ 23. Ka1 $18) 21. Bxd7+ Nxd7 22. Nxf4 Qxf4 23. Nc6 bxa3+ 24. Nxb8
Qxb8+ 25. Qb3 $16) (13... g6 $1 14. h4 Bg7 $132 {This idea may look unusual to
the uninitiated but it is very common. The d6-pawn loses protection of course,
but on the other hand the d-file is so cluttered that the d6-pawn won't feel
too much discomfort. If you attempt to remove the bishop and knight from d4
and d3 you'll find that Be2 is met by ...b4 and moving the knight leaves the
f-pawn hanging. Indeed, White will need at least four moves before he can get
anything going whilst Black can arrange a counter attack with something like ..
.b4 and ...d5 or ...Nc4 by that time. Play looks genuinely unclear.}) 14. cxd3
{In fact 14.Qxd3, although much more unclear, seems to lead to an advantage.
We had both overlooked (or underestimated) the seemingly passive 18.Nfg3, when
I can't see how Black can equalise.} (14. Qxd3 b4 15. Nce2 e5 $5 16. Nf5 (16.
Nb3 Bb5 17. Qd2 Bc4 $5 $132 {/\...d5}) 16... Bb5 17. Qd2 g6 18. Nfg3 $1 (18.
Nxd6+ Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Nxg4 21. fxg4 Bxe2 $11 {Van der Wiel}) 18...
Bc6 (18... h5 19. gxh5 Nxh5 20. Nxh5 Rxh5 21. Ng3 Rh8 22. f4 $36) (18... Bc4
19. h4 d5 20. b3 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 d4 22. Bc1 $16) 19. h4 d5 20. g5 hxg5 21. Bxg5
$1 $16 {/\h5} (21. hxg5 $2 Rxh1 22. Rxh1 dxe4 $1 23. Qxd8+ Rxd8 24. gxf6 exf3
25. Nc1 Kd7 $44)) 14... a5 15. h4 g6 {Black can hardly allow the pawn invasion
g4-g5-g6, when his kingside and centre will be shattered.} (15... a4 16. g5
hxg5 (16... Nh5 17. g6 b4 18. Nce2 fxg6 19. f4 $16) 17. hxg5 Nh5 18. g6 $1 b4
19. Nce2 fxg6 (19... e5 20. gxf7+ Kxf7 21. Nf5 $16) 20. f4 $16) 16. Nb3 $1 {
I think this is a good demonstration of where computers are still weaker than
humans. Fritz 11's evaluation drops so much you'd think this is a blunder of
some kind. In fact, this is a strong regrouping, preparing to arrange the
knights ideally. Let's look at it this way: White needs to advance the d-pawn
to make progress, but 16.Nc2 runs into 16...b4 and ...b3, carving up White's
queenside; on the other hand, the e2 square is reserved for the c3-knight
after ...b4. Black can advance his pawns but he isn't winning any tempi since
the knights are being chased to attractive posts on e2 and d3.} a4 17. Nc1 b4
18. N3e2 {White's queenside is secure since ...a3 b3 and ...b3 a3 lead nowhere
for Black. Without any counterplay on the queenside White has an enormous
advantage due to his central superiority.} Bg7 19. d4 h5 $6 {Not a terrible
move but probably not best either. Of course strategically it is favourable
for Black to fix the kingside structure, but on the other hand it is at the
cost of even more development. Another curious feature of the position will be
the weakness of the f6-square. Now it seems like that will mean nothing at the
moment, but look at the position on moves 26 and 34 and tell me Black doesn't
regret weakening f6!} ({Instead Black must prefer a move like} 19... Bb5 $5 {
During the game and even in analysis we couldn't see a good plan for Black
after simple development such as 20.Nd3 and eventually preparing one of
numerous pawn breaks on the kingside or in the centre. We eventually concluded
Black had to evacuate the knight from f6, perhaps to d7-b6-c4, but it isn't so
easy to achieve anything constructive. However, this would have probably been
a better chance.}) 20. g5 Ng8 21. d5 $1 {Other moves look relatively
comfortable for Black. This move takes advantage of Black's lack of
development and vulnerability down the d-file to force ...e5, which is clearly
not favourable for Black: White gains a stronghold on d5 and good control over
c6, an even larger space advantage, the bishop on g7 is shut out of the game
and Black must always be careful for the f4-break.} e5 (21... Ne7 $2 22. dxe6
Bxe6 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 $16) (21... b3 22. a3) 22. Nd3 {Stronger was 22.f4
but this is only clear after some very complex analysis. Especially amazing is
the position afrer 26.Rxh1, when White is down an exchange for seemingly
nothing but is close to winning because the d6- and g5- pawns prevent Black
from freeing his kingside!} (22. f4 $1 Bg4 $5 {(Van der Wiel)} (22... Ne7 23.
fxe5 Bxe5 24. Nd3 Bg7 25. Nxb4 Bg4 26. Rh2 Bf3 (26... O-O 27. Bd4 Bxd4 28. Qxd4
a3 29. b3 Qa5 30. Nd3 Rfc8 31. Rf2 $16) (26... a3 27. b3 Bf3 28. Bd4 $1) 27.
Bd4 $1 {(I had overlooked this very strong move, which grants White a
virtually winning position; for this reason my suggested 22...Ne7 can be
considered a mistake)} Bxe4+ 28. Ka1 Be5 (28... O-O $2 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Qd4+
$18) 29. Bxe5 dxe5 30. d6 Nf5 31. d7+ Kf8 32. Na6 Ra8 33. Qb4+ Kg7 34. Qxe4
Rxa6 35. Qxe5+ Kh7 36. Nf4 $18) (22... exf4 23. Bd4 $1 Kf8 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25.
Rhf1 $16) 23. fxe5 $1 Bf3 (23... Bxe5 24. Bd4 Bf3 25. Rhe1 Bxe4+ 26. Nd3 Ne7
27. Ng3 $36) 24. exd6 $1 Bxe4+ 25. Ka1 Bxh1 26. Rxh1 a3 27. Bd4 Rh7 $1 {
(the point behind this move can be seen in the line 27...Kf8 28.Qf4 axb2 29.
Kxb2 Rb6 30.Rf1!, while after 27...Rh7 Black can parry mate with the lateral
defense ...Bxd4!)} (27... Kf8 28. Qf4 axb2+ 29. Kxb2 Qd7 (29... Rb6 30. Rf1 Qd7
31. Bxg7+ Kxg7 32. Qd4+ $18) 30. Bxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rf1 $18 {/\Nd3-e5}) (27... Bxd4
28. Qxd4 Rh7 29. Qe5+ Kf8 30. Nd4 axb2+ 31. Kxb2 Rb6 32. Nc6 Qe8 33. Qd4 Rb7
34. Nd3 Qe2+ 35. Kb3 Qg4 36. Re1 Qxd4 37. Nxd4 Rd7 38. Nb5 $18) 28. Qf4 axb2+
29. Kxb2 Rb6 $1 30. d7+ $1 (30. Bxg7 Rxg7 31. Qe4+ Kf8 32. Rf1 $44) 30... Kf8 (
30... Qxd7 $2 31. Bxg7 Rxg7 32. Qe3+ $18) 31. Bxg7+ Rxg7 32. Nd4 Qxd7 33. Ne6+
Rxe6 34. dxe6 Qxe6 35. Rd1 $1 $40 (35. Qxb4+ Qe7 36. Qb8+ Qe8 37. Qxe8+ Kxe8
38. Nd3 f6 $11)) 22... b3 {A very favourable transformation on the queenside,
since now I have the c3- and b4-squares. On the other hand, Black couldn't
lose the b3-pawn for nothing.} (22... Ne7 $2 23. Nxb4 O-O 24. a3 $18) (22...
Bb5 23. Nxb4 Bxe2 24. Nc6 Bxd1 25. Nxd8 Bxf3 26. Nc6 Bxh1 27. Nxb8 Bxe4+ 28.
Ka1 Ne7 29. Qb4 $18) 23. a3 Ne7 {Once Sasha Chernin told me that e7 is the
worst square for the knight in King's Indian structures. This is especially
evident here, where the knight is completely restricted and has no mobility
due to the locked central pawn structure. In the game it is completely out of
place and inevitably it is the piece that brings Black's downfall. Logically,
then, the move 26...Kh7!, preparing ...Ne7-g8, was Black's last chance at a
playable game.} 24. f4 {Other plans were too slow and would allow Black to
consolidate. This logical and natural move gives Black problems with the
d6-pawn and his dark squares on the kingside. The downside is a weakening of
the e4-pawn, but since the e7-knight blocks the e-file it cannot be easily
attacked!} exf4 25. Bd4 ({not} 25. Bxf4 $2 Bg4 {, when Black's bishops are
becoming too strong. Instead I exchange the main defender of Black's dark
squares.}) 25... O-O {I had thought this was a mistake due to my next move,
but after Van der Wiel's suggestion of 26...Kh7! I'm not so sure. The
alternative wasn't rosy either.} (25... Bxd4 26. Nxd4 O-O (26... Qb6 27. Nb4 f3
28. Nxf3 Bg4 29. Rdf1 O-O 30. Nd4 $16) (26... Bg4 27. Rdf1 f3 28. Nxf3 Rc8 29.
Nd4 Rc4 30. Qf2 O-O 31. Rc1 Rxc1+ 32. Rxc1 $16 {/\Ndb4}) 27. Qxf4 Qb6 28. Nb4
Bg4 (28... Rbc8 29. Qf6) 29. Rd2 Rbc8 30. Ndc6 $1 $16) 26. Bf6 $5 {See the
note to 19...h5. Unfortunately Black has a defense, but just one mistake is
sufficient to lose. Black must extricate the bishop immediately or face a
positional slaughter.} Bg4 $2 {This natural move is in fact a mistake.} (26...
f3 27. Nd4) (26... Kh7 $1 {(Van der Wiel) /\...Bxf6 Bxf6 Ng8} 27. Qxf4 (27.
Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Ndxf4 $14) (27. Rdf1 $2 Bxf6 $1 28. gxf6 Ng8 29. Qxf4 Bb5 30. Rh3
Qc8 $36) 27... Bg4 28. Rde1 Bxf6 $1 29. gxf6 Ng8 30. Rhf1 Bxe2 31. Rxe2 Nh6
$132 {/\...Nh6-g4. Black's position has improved dramatically. He has freed
his problem piece and is planning on ...Nh6-g4 to pressurise the now weak
f6-pawn. Indeed, the pawn is now vulernable on f6 and doesn't seem to serve
any useful purpose. However, White's position is still preferable after 32.Nb4.
}) 27. Rdf1 $1 $16 {Strangely, after this Black is almost lost, although the
machine may not agree.} Re8 {Probably not best, but the alternatives are
hardly inspiring.} (27... f3 28. Nd4 Qd7 (28... Rc8 29. Nc6 Rxc6 30. dxc6 Bxf6
31. c7 $1 Qxc7 32. gxf6 $16) (28... Qe8 29. Nxf3 Nc8 30. Qf4 Nb6 31. Nd4 Rc8
32. Re1 $5 $36) 29. Nxf3 Bxf3 (29... Rbc8 30. Nd4 Rc4 31. Nb4 Rfc8 32. Rc1 $16)
30. Rxf3 Rbc8 31. Nb4 Rc4 32. Rf4 $16 {/\Rhf1}) (27... Bxe2 28. Qxe2 Rc8 29.
Nb4 Qd7 30. Rxf4 $16) (27... Rc8 28. Nd4) 28. Nd4 Qb6 29. Qxf4 Bf8 $2 {Black's
position is so terrible that it's difficult to criticise his moves, but after
this there is no hope for Black. Instead the strange-looking 29...Bxf6!? was
necessary, but still pretty awful. Actually White should probably recapture
with the queen, with an enormous advantage.} (29... Bxf6 $5 30. gxf6 (30. Qxf6
Rf8 31. Rc1 Rbc8 32. Rhf1 $16) 30... Kh7 $1 (30... Qxd4 $2 31. Qh6 Nf5 32. Rxf5
Qxd3+ 33. Ka1 $18) 31. Nf3 (31. fxe7 Qxd4 32. Qxf7+ Qg7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Nb4
Bd7) (31. Qf2 Ng8 $13) 31... Bxf3 32. Rxf3 Ng8 33. e5 $1 dxe5 34. Nxe5 $36 {
/\Nxg6!}) 30. Nb4 Rb7 31. Ndc6 $1 $18 {Complete domination. Compare this to
the position four moves earlier, when things didn't seem all that clear.} Nxc6
32. dxc6 Ra7 33. Nd5 Qa6 (33... Qxc6 34. Bd4 Bg7 35. Nf6+ Bxf6 36. Qxf6 Qxe4+
37. Ka1 Re5 38. Bxa7 $18) (33... Qc5 34. Bc3 Bg7 35. Nf6+ Bxf6 36. Qxf6) 34.
Bc3 Re5 (34... Bg7 35. Bxg7 (35. Nf6+ $5 Kh8) 35... Kxg7 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Qxd6
Rc8 38. Nf6+ Kg7 39. Nxg4 hxg4 40. h5 Qxc6 41. Qe5+ Kg8 42. hxg6 Qc2+ 43. Ka1
$18) 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. Bxe5 dxe5 37. Qxe5 Qd3+ 38. Ka1 Re7 39. Nxh5+ Kg8 40.
Nf6+ Kg7 41. Qb8 Be2 42. h5 gxh5 43. Rc1 ({Nigel Short told me he had expected
} 43. Rxh5 Bxf1 (43... Bxh5 44. Nxh5+) 44. Qxf8+ $1 Kxf8 45. Rh8+ Kg7 46. Rg8#)
({But the most elegant is} 43. Qh2 $1 Bxf1 44. Qxh5 $18) 43... Rxe4 44. c7 {
A good game, nothing spectacular, but quite interesting nonetheless. I also
think it's striking how the computer cannot understand this game whatsoever,
stating that Black is better after 27.Rdf1 and that play is still equal even
after 29...Bf8. Perhaps there is still hope for mankind?} 1-0

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Li, Shilong"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. Qc2 Rad8 14. Na2 Bd6
15. Be2 Qc7 16. h3 c5 17. Nc3 cxd4 18. Rxd4 Be5 19. Rc4 Qb8 20. a5 Rc8 21. Bd2
Rxc4 22. Bxc4 Rc8 23. Be2 Nc5 24. Bf3 Ne8 25. Rd1 Nd6 26. Be1 Qc7 27. Ne2 Qe7
28. Bb4 Qg5 29. Nc3 Qh4 30. Ba3 g5 31. Qe2 a6 32. Qf1 g6 33. g3 Qc4 34. Qxc4
Nxc4 35. Bxc5 Rxc5 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. b4 Rc7 38. Ne4 Bf6 39. Nxf6 Kxf6 40. Rd4
Ke7 41. Kf1 Nd6 42. Ke2 f5 43. Rd2 Rc4 44. Rd4 Rc8 45. Rd1 Rc4 46. Rd4 Rc7 47.
Rd2 Nb5 48. Rb2 e5 49. Kd2 Rd7+ 50. Kc2 Ke6 51. Bg2 Rc7+ 52. Kd2 Na3 53. Bf1
Nc4+ 54. Bxc4+ Rxc4 55. b5 Kd5 56. bxa6 bxa6 57. f3 Rc5 58. Rb6 Rc6 59. Rb4 Kc5
60. Kc3 Rd6 61. e4 f4 62. gxf4 gxf4 63. Rb1 Rc6 64. h4 Rd6 65. Rb8 Rc6 66. Rb7
Rd6 67. Re7 Rd1 68. Rxe5+ Kc6 69. Rg5 Rf1 70. Kc4 Rxf3 71. Rxg6+ Kb7 72. Rb6+
Kc7 73. Rxa6 Ra3 74. Kd4 f3 75. Rf6 Kd7 76. a6 Ke7 77. e5 f2 78. Rxf2 Rxa6 79.
Rf4 Ra1 80. Ke4 Ke6 81. Rf6+ Ke7 82. h5 Re1+ 83. Kf5 Rf1+ 84. Kg6 Rg1+ 85. Kh7
Rg5 86. h6 Rg1 87. Rg6 Rf1 88. e6 1-0

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ushenina, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Be3 Nd7 6. Bb5 Qc7 7. Nf3 Bxc5 8. Bxc5
Qxc5 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. O-O Ng6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. c3 Nf4 13. Qd2 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 f6 15.
exf6 Rxf6 16. Nbd2 Nf8 17. Ne5 Bd7 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. Rae1 a6 20. Nd4 Bb5 21. Nxb5
axb5 22. a3 Qb6 23. Re3 Ra4 24. Rfe1 Raf4 25. g3 R4f5 26. R1e2 Rh5 27. h4 g5
28. Rf3 Qd8 29. Qd4 Ng6 30. Qg4 Nxe5 31. Rxe5 Rxf3 32. Qxf3 Rh6 33. Qg4 Rg6 34.
Rxe6 Rg7 35. Qe2 Qd7 36. Re8+ Kf7 1-0

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Be2 b5 7. Bf3 Bb7 8. e5
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 d5 10. Qg3 Ne7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. f4 g6 14. O-O-O Nd7
15. h4 h5 16. f5 gxf5 17. Nxf5 Qc5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. e6 fxe6 20. Qg6+ Kd8 21.
Nd4 Kc8 22. Nxe6 Bh6+ 23. Kb1 Qc6 24. Qf5 Ra7 25. Rxd5 Re8 26. Nc5 Bf8 27. b4
Qf6 28. Qxh5 Rd8 29. Ne4 Qc6 30. a3 Rc7 31. Rc1 Kb8 32. Qd1 Rdc8 33. Nd6 Nb6
34. Rd3 Bxd6 35. Rxd6 Qb7 36. c3 Nc4 37. Rd4 Qxg2 0-1

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Qe2 Bg4 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Nd2 Rae8 18. f3 Rxe1 19. Qxe1 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Qxf3 21.
Bd2 h5 22. Qd1 Qf5 23. Bc2 Qh3 24. Qf3 g6 25. Bh6 Re8 26. Rf1 Qe6 27. b3 Bf8
28. Bd2 Bg7 29. Kh1 b4 30. cxb4 Bxd4 31. Bd3 Re7 32. Bxa6 Ra7 33. b5 Nf6 34.
Re1 Qh3 35. a4 Ng4 36. Re8+ Kh7 37. Re2 Ne5 38. Qf4 Qd7 39. Bc8 Qd8 40. b6 Qxb6
41. Rxe5 Bxe5 42. Qxe5 Qxb3 43. a5 Qd1+ 44. Qe1 Qf3+ 45. Kg1 h4 46. a6 h3 47.
Qf1 Qe4 48. Bb7 Kg8 49. Be1 Qb1 50. Bf2 Rxb7 51. axb7 Qxb7 52. Qxh3 Qb1+ 53.
Qf1 Qe4 54. Qe1 Qf3 55. Qe5 f6 56. Qf4 Qc3 57. Kg2 f5 58. Qd6 Kf7 59. Qc5 Qf6
60. Bd4 Qe6 61. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A1"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2008.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8.
O-O Bd6 9. h3 Nf6 10. c4 d4 11. Nb3 e5 12. c5 Be7 13. f4 Be6 14. fxe5 Nd7 15.
Bf4 O-O 16. Rc1 Rad8 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qf3 Nxe5 19. Qg3 f6 20. Rf2 Rfe8 21. Nd2
Bf8 22. Kh1 Qb7 23. b3 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Qb4 25. Bd6 Bxd6 26. cxd6 Rf8 27. Rxc6
Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Qxd6 29. Nf3 Rc8 30. Rf1 Rd8 31. Rd1 Qa3 32. Nxd4 Qxa2 33. Qf3
Rd6 34. e5 Bd5 35. exd6 Bxf3 36. Nxf3 Qxb3 37. Rd2 Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Qb8 39. g3 Kf7
40. d7 Qd8 41. Ne1 Ke7 42. Nc2 a5 43. Na3 a4 44. Nc4 h5 45. Rd4 Qc7 46. d8=Q+
Qxd8 47. Rxd8 Kxd8 48. Kg2 Kc7 49. Kf3 Kc6 50. Ke4 Kc5 51. Kd3 Kb4 52. Nd2 a3
53. Kc2 a2 54. Kb2 a1=B+ 55. Kxa1 Kc3 56. Ne4+ Kd4 57. Nxf6 Ke3 58. g4 hxg4 59.
hxg4 Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A1"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2008.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bd6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qd1 Qe7 11. Bd2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. Bb3 Rad8 14. Qc2 Bb8
15. Ne2 Nb6 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Ng3 Qg5 18. Ne2 Qe5 19. Ng3 Qg5 20. Ne2 Nbd5 21.
Rad1 Rfe8 22. Nd4 Ne4 23. Nf3 Qf5 24. Ba5 Rd6 25. Nd4 Qd7 26. Rfe1 Rg6 27. Kf1
Rf6 28. Nf3 Rf5 29. Rd4 Qe7 30. Red1 Nxe3+ 31. fxe3 Ng3+ 32. Kg1 Qxe3+ 33. Qf2
Ne2+ 34. Kf1 Ng3+ 35. Kg1 Ne2+ 36. Kf1 Qxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Bg3+ 38. Kf1 Nxd4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A1"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.02.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c3
Nbc6 9. f4 g5 10. fxg5 Bg7 11. Nd2 Nxe5 12. Bb5+ N5c6 13. O-O O-O 14. Nxf5 Nxf5
15. Bc5 Qxg5 16. Nf3 Qh6 17. g4 Qg6 18. Kh1 Qxg4 19. Rg1 Qh5 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21.
Bd3 Ne3 22. Qe2 Ng4 23. Rg3 Kh8 24. Qg2 f5 25. Be2 Qh6 26. Re1 e5 27. Bd1 Bf6
28. Rg1 Ne7 29. Nd2 Ne3 30. Qf3 Nxd1 31. Qxd1 e4 32. Nb3 f4 33. Rg4 f3 34. Nc5
Be5 35. h4 f2 36. Rf1 Qe3 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A1"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.02.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2008.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd2
Bb4 9. Bd3 O-O 10. a3 Ba5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. b4 Bc7 13. O-O Nb6 14. Rac1 Qd7 15.
g3 Rab8 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Nd5 19. Rfd1 Bb6 20. h4 Rbc8 21. h5
h6 22. Be3 Rfd8 23. Kh2 a6 24. Rf1 Ba7 25. Kg2 b5 26. Rfe1 Bb6 27. Rf1 Qd6 28.
Rfe1 Qd7 29. Rf1 Rf8 30. Rfe1 Rfd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A1"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2008.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 b6 7. a3 a5 8. O-O
e5 9. Be3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 a4 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. b4 b5 13. Ncxe5 cxb4 14. Bf4 Qa5 15.
Bd2 Qc7 16. Bf4 Qa5 17. d4 f6 18. Nd3 bxa3 19. Bd6 Qd8 20. Bb4 O-O 21. Re1 Re8
22. Qb1 Be6 23. Rxa3 Bc4 24. Nc5 f5 25. Nb7 Qd7 26. Nd6 fxe4 27. Ne5 Bxe5 28.
dxe5 Bd5 29. e6 Qxe6 30. c4 bxc4 31. Nxe8 Rxe8 32. Rxa4 Nf5 33. Qa1 e3 34. Ra8
Bxg2 35. Rxe8+ Qxe8 36. Qf6 Bd5 37. fxe3 Qb8 38. e4 Qxb4 39. Ra1 Qb8 40. exd5
cxd5 41. Kh1 Qe8 42. h4 d4 43. h5 d3 44. Qc3 Qe4+ 45. Kg1 Qg4+ 46. Kh1 Qxh5+
47. Kg1 Qg4+ 48. Kh1 Qe4+ 49. Kh2 Ne3 50. Qb2 Qf4+ 51. Kg1 Qg3+ 52. Kh1 Qf3+
53. Kg1 h5 54. Qb8+ Kh7 55. Ra7+ Kh6 56. Qh8+ Kg5 57. Ra5+ Nf5 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A1"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Brkic, Ante"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2008.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. a4 Ne7 7. Be2 Nec6 8. Nb3
b6 9. Be3 Nd7 10. O-O Bb7 11. f4 Be7 12. Bf3 Qc7 13. Rf2 Rb8 14. Kh1 O-O 15.
Rd2 Rfd8 16. Qe2 Na5 17. Nxa5 bxa5 18. Rd4 Nb6 19. Rad1 Bf6 20. R4d3 Nc4 21.
Bc1 Nb6 22. Qd2 Nc4 23. Qf2 Nb6 24. Qd2 Nc4 25. Qf2 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A1"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kotanjian, Tigran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2008.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. a4 b6 8. g4
Bb7 9. Bg2 g6 10. f4 e5 11. g5 Nh5 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. O-O Nf4 15.
Qd2 Bb4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Qxf4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qe7 19. Kh1 Rd8 20. Rad1 Bc6 21.
Rd6 Rc8 22. Nd4 Bxa4 23. Ra1 Nc5 24. Nf5 gxf5 25. exf5 O-O 26. Rh6 Bxc2 27. Rg1
Rcd8 28. Qg4 Be4 29. Rh4 Rfe8 30. h3 Rd2 31. g6 fxg6 32. fxg6 Bxg2+ 33. Rxg2
Qe1+ 34. Rg1 Qe4+ 35. Qxe4 Nxe4 36. gxh7+ Kh8 37. Rg8+ Rxg8 38. hxg8=Q+ Kxg8
39. Rxe4 Rb2 40. Re8+ Kf7 41. Ra8 a5 42. h4 Ke6 43. Kg1 Kd6 44. h5 Rb5 45. Rh8
Kc6 46. Kf2 Re5 47. h6 Re7 48. h7 Kb5 49. Kf3 a4 50. Kf4 Ra7 51. Ke3 a3 52. c4+
Ka4 53. Rb8 Rxh7 54. Kd4 a2 55. Ra8+ Kb3 56. Ra6 Rh6 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A1"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.02.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. O-O Qb6 11. a3 Rc8 12. Bd2 O-O 13. b4 Bb8 14. g3 Qd6 15.
Rac1 e5 16. Bf5 Rcd8 17. h4 Rfe8 18. Rc2 a6 19. Na4 e4 20. Qe2 Nb6 21. Nxb6
Qxb6 22. a4 Re7 23. a5 Qd6 24. b5 Rc7 25. Rb2 axb5 26. Rfb1 Ne8 27. Rxb5 Qc6
28. Bb4 Qa6 29. Bc5 g6 30. Bh3 Nd6 31. Bxd6 Rxd6 32. Qa2 Kg7 33. Bf1 Qc6 34.
Qb3 Rd8 35. Rxb7 Rxb7 36. Qxb7 Qc3 37. a6 Qa3 38. Rb5 Qa2 39. Qe7 Rf8 40. Rxb8
1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A1"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.02.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Nf6 4. Nf3 b6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. g3 c5 7. h4 Nc6 8. Bh3 Bb7
9. Bf4 Be7 10. O-O h6 11. h5 Nf8 12. c3 g6 13. Bg4 g5 14. Bd2 Ba6 15. Re1 Nd7
16. Bc1 Qc7 17. c4 d4 18. a3 Bb7 19. b4 Bf8 20. b5 Ne7 21. Nbd2 Bg7 22. a4 a5
23. Bb2 O-O-O 24. Ra3 Kb8 25. Ba1 Rde8 26. Nxd4 cxd4 27. Bxd4 Nf5 28. Bb2 f6
29. Bxf5 exf5 30. e6 Bf8 31. d4 Bxa3 32. Bxa3 Be4 33. e7 Rh7 34. Nxe4 Rhxe7 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op 23rd"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2008.03.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zozulia, Anna"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Re1 a6 10. Bf1 b5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne5 13. a4 Bb7 14. c3 Nc4
15. Nd4 Bxd5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Nxb5 Ne5 19. Bg5 Qd7 20. Nd4 h6
21. Bh4 e6 22. Bg3 Rd8 23. Qd2 Qb7 24. f3 Nd7 25. Nb5 d5 26. Ra1 e5 27. Bf2 Qb8
28. Qd1 Bc6 29. Na7 Bb7 30. Qb3 e4 31. fxe4 dxe4 32. Rd1 Be5 33. h3 e3 34. Bxe3
Bh2+ 35. Kf2 Qg3+ 36. Ke2 Re8 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op 23rd"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2008.03.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Arakhamia Grant, Ketevan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2008.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 exd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Re8 8.
O-O c6 9. Bf4 Bf8 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. Rae1 Ne5 12. b3 Ng6 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bg5 f6
15. Be3 Qa5 16. h3 Nxe3 17. Rxe3 Bd7 18. Kh2 Rad8 19. Qd3 b5 20. a4 Ne5 21. Qe2
b4 22. Nb1 Qb6 23. Rd1 Bc8 24. f4 Ba6 25. Qe1 Nf7 26. c4 Bb7 27. Nc2 a5 28. Nd2
g6 29. Nf3 c5 30. Nd2 Bg7 31. Re2 Re7 32. Ne3 Rde8 33. Nd5 Bxd5 34. cxd5 Qc7
35. Nc4 g5 36. Qf2 gxf4 37. gxf4 Nh8 38. h4 Ng6 39. h5 Nf8 40. Bh3 Kh8 41. Bf5
Bh6 42. Rg1 Nd7 43. Qh4 Rf8 44. Reg2 Ree8 45. Be6 f5 46. Kh3 fxe4 47. Qe7 Qd8
48. Qxd7 Qxd7 49. Bxd7 Rd8 50. Be6 Bxf4 51. Rf1 e3 52. Rf3 h6 53. Nxe3 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op 23rd"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2008.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hermansson, Emil"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2008.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2
d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. f4 Ngf6 12. Bd2 b6 13. Rae1 Bb7 14. e5 Nd5 15.
Ne4 dxe5 16. fxe5 O-O 17. Nf2 Nb4 18. Bh6 Rfc8 19. Ng4 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Bh4 21. g3
Be7 22. Qf2 Rf8 23. Qf4 Qc6 24. Re4 Qc2 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. exf6
Bxe4 28. Qxe4 Qxb2 29. Nd4 Qxa2 30. Nc6 Kh8 31. Qf4 Qd5 32. Qh6 Rg8 33. Ne7
Qd4+ 34. Rf2 Nxf6 35. Nxg8 Ng4 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op 23rd"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2008.03.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3
e6 9. Nbd2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Qa4 Bh5 12. Ne5 Nb6 13. Qe4 Nxe5 14. Qxe5 Bg6
15. Ne4 Rc8 16. Bg5 Qd5 17. Qg3 Be7 18. c4 Qc6 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. h4 Nd7 21. h5
Bxe4 22. dxe4 Qc7 23. e5 Kf8 24. Qe3 Nb8 25. h6 Rg8 26. Bd3 Qe7 27. Bxh7 Rh8
28. hxg7+ Kxg7 29. Qg3+ Kf8 30. Be4 Nc6 31. Bxc6 bxc6 32. Re4 Rd8 33. Qe3 Rh4
34. g3 Rxe4 35. Qxe4 Qg5 36. Re1 Qd2 37. Qe2 Ke7 38. Kg2 Qd4 39. Rc1 a5 40. Rc3
Rb8 41. Rb3 Rb4 42. Rxb4 cxb4 43. b3 Qa1 44. f4 Kf8 45. g4 Qb1 46. Qd2 Kg7 47.
Qf2 Qa1 48. Qe2 Qb1 49. Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op 23rd"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2008.03.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kristjansson, Stefan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2008.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. Ngf3 a5 8. O-O
Na6 9. e5 Nd7 10. c3 Naxc5 11. Bc2 b6 12. Re1 Ba6 13. Qe3 f6 14. b4 fxe5 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. bxc5 Bxc5 17. Qxe5 Bxf2+ 18. Kh1 Bxe1 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Qxe1 d4
21. Bb2 d3 22. Bd1 Qg5 23. Nf3 Rae8 24. Qf2 d2 25. Ba4 Re2 26. Qg1 Qe7 27. c4
Bb7 28. Rf1 Re1 29. Bd1 Rxf3 30. gxf3 Rxd1 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op 23rd"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2008.03.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2008.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Nbd2 d6 10. c3 Re8 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ng3 Bf8 13. d4 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4 15. b3
Nb6 16. Bd3 g6 17. d5 c6 18. c4 Nfd7 19. Be3 Nc5 20. Bf1 bxc4 21. bxc4 Nbd7 22.
Rb1 Qc7 23. h4 Nf6 24. h5 Bc8 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Nd2 Bg4 27. f3 Bd7 28. Nb3 Nxb3
29. axb3 c5 30. Qd2 Kh7 31. Bd3 a5 32. Ne2 a4 33. bxa4 Rxa4 34. Nc3 Ra3 35. Qb2
Rea8 36. Bc1 R3a6 37. Bd2 Qd8 38. Ra1 Rxa1 39. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 40. Qxa1 g5 41. Qa7
Kg6 42. Nb5 Qe7 43. Ba5 Ne8 44. Qb8 Kg7 45. Qd8 Qxd8 46. Bxd8 Kf7 47. Bc2 Be7
48. Ba5 g4 49. fxg4 Bxg4 50. Kf1 h5 51. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op 23rd"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2008.03.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2008.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. g3 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. e4 Bh3 12. Bxh3 Qxh3 13. Qb3 Ra6 14. Bf4 e6
15. Be5 Bb4 16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. Be5 Qg2 18. O-O-O Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxe4 20. c4 Qe2
21. c5 Nd5 22. Rde1 Qh5 23. Qxb7 Nb4 24. Bd6 Qg5+ 25. f4 Qd8 26. Rxe6+ fxe6 27.
Qxh7 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op 23rd"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2008.03.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2008.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. O-O e5 8.
Nd2 Be6 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. Ng5 Qe7 11. Nxe6 Qxe6 12. Bc4 Qe7 13. Qg4 Qf8 14. Bg5
Nf6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Rd3 h5 18. Qe2 Ke7 19. Rfd1 Qh6 20. Bxf7 Bc5
21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. Bxh5 Kc7 24. g3 Qc1+ 25. Kg2 Qxb2 26. Bf7 b5
27. h4 Qc1 28. Qf3 Qxc2 29. h5 Bf8 30. Bb3 Qb1 31. Qe3 Kb7 32. h6 Bxh6 33. Qxh6
Qxe4+ 34. Kh2 Qf3 35. Qd2 a5 36. Bd1 Qf5 37. Kg2 a4 38. Qd6 Kb6 39. Bf3 Qc2 40.
Qxf6 e4 41. Qd4+ c5 42. Bxe4 Qxa2 43. Qd8+ Ka6 44. Qc7 Qb2 45. Bb7+ 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op 23rd"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2008.03.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2008.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 e6 4. a3 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. h3 a6 10. Re1 Rb8 11. b4 Bd7 12. Bb2 Bc8 13. e4 b5 14. Bc1 d5 15. c5
Nxe4 16. Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Merida Ruy Lopez GM"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2008.04.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "214"]
[EventDate "2008.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. c4 d6 8. Nc3
Nf6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. f4 Qc7 11. Bd2 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rae1 O-O 14. Nd4 g6 15.
Kh1 Rfe8 16. Nf3 Bf8 17. e5 Nh5 18. Be4 Ng7 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Ne4 d5 21. cxd5
exd5 22. Nf2 f5 23. Bc3 Ne6 24. Nd3 Ndc5 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 Ne6 27. Qf2 b5
28. h3 Rac8 29. b3 Be7 30. Rd1 Rc6 31. Rd2 Rec8 32. Rfd1 a5 33. Bb2 a4 34. Ne1
a3 35. Ba1 Rc1 36. Nd3 R1c6 37. Ne1 Bb4 38. Rxd5 Rc1 39. R5d3 Bxe1 40. Qxe1
Nxf4 41. Rf3 Rxd1 42. Qxd1 Qd5 43. Qf1 Qd2 44. Bc3 Rxc3 45. Rxc3 Qxc3 46. Qxf4
Kf7 47. Qf2 Qa1+ 48. Kh2 Qxe5+ 49. Kh1 Qe7 50. Qd4 b4 51. Qc4+ Kg7 52. Qd4+ Kf7
53. Qc4+ Kf6 54. Qh4+ Ke6 55. Qc4+ Ke5 56. Qe2+ Kf6 57. Qd2 Qe4 58. Qd8+ Kg7
59. Qc7+ Kh6 60. Kh2 f4 61. Qf7 Qe5 62. Qf8+ Kh5 63. Qxb4 f3+ 64. Kh1 Qg3 65.
Qb5+ Kh6 66. gxf3 Qxh3+ 67. Kg1 Qg3+ 68. Kf1 Qxf3+ 69. Ke1 Qc3+ 70. Kf2 Qb2+
71. Kg3 Qc3+ 72. Kg4 Qd4+ 73. Kf3 Qd1+ 74. Kg3 Qg1+ 75. Kf3 Qh1+ 76. Kg3 Qg1+
77. Kf3 Qd4 78. Qa4 Qc3+ 79. Kg4 Qc8+ 80. Kg3 Qc5 81. Qd7 Qe3+ 82. Kg4 Qe2+ 83.
Kg3 Qe5+ 84. Kf3 g5 85. Qf7 Qc3+ 86. Kg2 Qd2+ 87. Kf3 Qd3+ 88. Kf2 Qd4+ 89. Kf3
Qd1+ 90. Kf2 Qd6 91. Kf3 Qg6 92. Qf8+ Kh5 93. Qxa3 g4+ 94. Kg2 Qe4+ 95. Kg1
Qe1+ 96. Kg2 Qe2+ 97. Kg1 Qe3+ 98. Kg2 Qh3+ 99. Kg1 Qg3+ 100. Kh1 Qe1+ 101. Kg2
Qe4+ 102. Kg1 Kh4 103. Qa6 Qd4+ 104. Kf1 Qd1+ 105. Kf2 Qd2+ 106. Kf1 Kg3 107.
Qe2 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "Merida Ruy Lopez GM"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2008.04.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8.
f4 Bb4 9. Bd3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. O-O b6 12. Qf3 O-O 13. g4 Bb7 14. g5 Nd7
15. Qh5 Rfe8 16. Rf3 Ne7 17. Rh3 Nf8 18. c4 Neg6 19. Rf1 e5 20. f5 Nf4 21. Bxf4
exf4 22. f6 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. g6 gxf6 25. Qf5 Qe7 26. gxf7+ Kh8 27. Rh6
Kg7 28. Rxf6 Qxf6 29. Qxe4 Qg6+ 30. Qxg6+ Nxg6 31. Rd1 Rd8 32. Nd4 Kxf7 33. Nb5
Ke6 34. Nxa7 Ne5 35. Nb5 Kf5 36. Rxd6 Rg8+ 37. Kf1 Nxc4 38. Rh6 Rd8 39. Rc6
Nd2+ 40. Ke2 Ne4 41. Rc4 f3+ 0-1

[Event "Merida Ruy Lopez GM"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2008.04.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Perez Candelario, Manuel"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 {A very
interesting variation which I've begun playing recently. The main expert of
this system was grandmaster Vladimir Epishin, although recently he seems to
have abandoned it.} 7. Be3 $5 {Recently players have begun to tackle this line
in many different ways apart from the classical approach; this is one such way,
which despite its odd appearence can be rather dangerous.} Nf6 8. N1d2 Nc6 {
Keeping flexibility and limiting White's options, as I might play ...d5
immediately in some cases. Of course my knight should be placed on c6 rather
than d7 here, as ...Nb4 is always an important option and I will want to
retreat to d7 with my other knight after g4-g5. Technically this is a novelty
but play transposes to normal lines in one move.} 9. f4 d6 ({I wasn't
completely satisfied with} 9... e5 10. f5 d5 11. Qf3 {, since White maintains
his stronghold on f5, which practically guarantuees success in attack if I
ever castle, while my light-squared bishop is very limited. However, it should
be mentioned that in Delgado Ramirez-Nogueiras, Santa Clara 2007 Black went
for this position with a tempo less, after 10...e5 11.f5 d5 (instead of 10...
o-o as I played), so perhaps this is an option to be investigated.}) 10. Qf3 {
A fundamental decision for White is where to place his queen and whether or
not to stop ...Nb4 with c3. My opponent's play seems most logical to me, but
in the game he encountered serious problems so perhaps White should prefer to
play with 10.c3!?.} O-O 11. O-O-O {Black has some problems to solve here.
White's setup is clever in that Black cannot easily make contact with it,
meanwhile he is ready to advance quickly and dangerously on the kingside with
g4-g5; usually White isn't able achieve such a rapid attack. For instance, a
natural move such as 11...b5 does nothing to challenge White and he can calmly
advance with 12.g4 Bb7 13.g5 Nd7 14.h4, when I fail to see what Black plays
next. More sensible is 11...Nb4, taking advantage of White's piece placement
and removing the valuable light-squared bishop. Then we reach a structure 
(which can also be seen in Caruana-Van der Wiel, Wijk aan Zee 2008) where
Black is solid and has the bishop pair, but White dominates in the centre and
has a clear plan of attack on the kingside, while Black desperately lacks
meaningful counterplay. However, that isn't the end of the story: after 11...
Nb4 12.Kb1 Nxd3 13.cxd3 Black can quickly generate threats with 13...a5!?,
when White has problems with his awkward knight on b3. It would like to go to
d4 but that will always be met with ...e5. White should therefore play the
prophylactic 14.g4! a4 15.Nd4 a3 16.b3 (this is no great achievement for Black)
, when 16...e5 is met by 17.Nf5 and White retains the upper hand. If Black
doesn't take extreme measures such as 13...a5 he can easily end up getting
slaughtered on the kingside. See for instance the game Colovic-Ivanov,J where
Black played superficially (later on his play transcended from superficial to
suicidal with the manouver ...Kg8-f7-e8) with 13...b5 and got crushed on the
kingside.   So perhaps I shouldn't have committed my king with 10...o-o? Has
my play been too slow here and am I already worse? In fact, with very
attentive play I can solve all my problems and even put pressure on White. My
next move looks somewhat outrageous but is in fact a purely positional way to
fight against White's concept.} a5 $1 {The same idea as in the 11...Nb4
variation, but crucially inverting the move order! Now the knight will not be
able to move to d4 after ...a4 as Black will win an exchange with ...Nxd4 Bxd4
e5 and ...Bg4. And if White plays 12.Kb1 a4 13.Nc1 Black reverts to the
original idea with 13...a3 14.b3 Nb4, when the knight is grossly misplaced on
c1. However, White can also play aggressively with 12.Nc4 and I had to see how
to counter his activity.  Of course I was very proud to have seen this idea.} (
11... b5 12. g4 Bb7 13. g5 Nd7 14. h4 $36) (11... Nb4 12. Kb1 Nxd3 13. cxd3 a5
(13... b5 $6 14. g4 e5 15. f5 Nd7 16. h4 f6 17. Rdg1 Kf7 $2 18. g5 Rh8 19. Qg3
Bf8 20. h5 Ke8 21. Nf3 Qe7 22. Rc1 a5 23. Nxa5 Nc5 24. Nc6 Qf7 25. Nb4 Ra4 26.
Nd5 {1-0 Colovic-Ivanov, Campillos 2007}) 14. g4 $1 a4 (14... e5 15. f5 a4 16.
Nc1 a3 17. b3 {with good attacking chances on the kingside, although I'm fully
aware the machine doesn't agree with my assessment}) 15. Nd4 a3 16. b3 e5 17.
Nf5 Bxf5 18. gxf5 Nd7 19. d4 exd4 20. Bxd4 Bf6 21. Nc4 $16) 12. Nc4 {This is
the most challenging move. But despite the impressive appearence White's
pieces are quite loose and liable to be harrassed with some timely thrusts (...
e5, ...d5, ...b5 or ...a3, and of course the typical ...Nb4). Black's position
only looks passive; in fact my pieces possess enormous latent energy.} (12. a3
a4 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Bg4 17. Qg3 Bxd1 18. Rxd1
Qb6 19. Nc4 Qe6 $15) (12. Kb1 a4 13. Nc1 a3 14. b3 Nb4 {is not entirely clear
but looks quite nice for Black, since White is passively placed.}) (12. Qg3 a4
13. Nd4 Nb4 14. Kb1 a3 15. b3 Nxd3 16. cxd3 e5 $1 17. fxe5 (17. Nf5 Bxf5 18.
exf5 Nd5 $17) (17. Ne2 Bg4) 17... Nh5 18. Qf3 dxe5 19. Qxh5 exd4 20. Bf4 Be6
$17) 12... a4 13. Bb6 {Tempting but not very strong. My queen is better placed
on e8 than d8 in case the centre opens (and it almost certainly will), while
White needed b6 for his knight. Besides this there were two knight retreats.} (
13. Nbd2 Nb4 14. Kb1 Nxd3 15. cxd3 d5 16. Nb6 Ra6 17. Nxc8 Qxc8 18. Rc1 Rc6 $15
) (13. Nd4 $142 a3 $1 14. b3 (14. Nxa3 $1 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 e5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17.
Bxe5 Bg4 18. Qg3 Bxd1 19. Rxd1 Qc8 {is an interesting try for White, with very
unclear play}) 14... Nb4 15. Kb1 d5 $36) 13... Qe8 14. Nbd2 {Weaker is 14.Nd4 
(we have already seen the idea of ...a3 in reply to Nd4, and in this case it
is even stronger) so this is nearly forced. White is very much on the
defensive at this point.} (14. Nd4 a3 $1 15. Nxa3 (15. b3 e5 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17.
fxe5 dxe5 18. Qg3 Be6 $19) 15... Nxd4 16. Bxd4 e5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Bb5 (18.
Bxe5 Bg4 19. Qg3 Bxd1 20. Rxd1 Nh5 21. Qg4 Bxa3 22. Qxh5 Ra5 $19) 18... Rxa3
19. Qxa3 Bxa3 20. Bxe8 Bd6 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Bc3 Bc7 $17) 14... d5 15. Ne5 a3
16. b3 Nb4 17. Kb1 dxe4 18. Nxe4 $2 {My opponent clearly had overlooked 20...
e5!. Instead 18.Bxe4 limits the damage, although Black still keeps a pleasant
advantage.} (18. Bxe4 Nbd5 19. Bd4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 f6 21. Nc4 Qc6 $15) 18... Nfd5
19. Bd4 f6 20. Nc4 e5 $1 $17 {Despite the very shaky appearence of Black's
position, the position is almost hopeless for White. He is simply losing a
pawn.  However, at this point I was low on time and under such circumstances
it can be easy to "see ghosts". I resolved to play this quickly before I
changed my mind.} 21. Ned6 (21. fxe5 fxe5) (21. Be3 f5 22. Ned6 e4 23. Nxe8
exf3 $19) (21. Ba1 Nxd3 22. Ned6 Qc6 23. Rxd3 Nxf4 24. Qxc6 bxc6 25. Nxc8 Raxc8
26. Rd2 Nd5 {gave White minimal chances to defend.}) 21... Bxd6 {Perhaps 21...
Qc6 is stronger, but this reduces the number of lines to calculate. It will
also be useful to have ...Qxc2 as a counterattacking option in case the
light-squared bishop is removed.} 22. Nxd6 Qc6 23. Nxc8 $2 (23. fxe5 fxe5 24.
Bxh7+ (24. Qe4 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 exd4) 24... Kxh7 25. Qxf8 Qxc2+ 26. Ka1 Qxa2#) (
23. Bc4 exd4 (23... Qxd6 $2 24. Bc3) 24. Nxc8 Raxc8 25. Rxd4 Kh8 26. Rxd5 Nxd5
27. Qxd5 Qc7 $19) ({The best chance was} 23. Ba1 $1 {, as I pointed out to my
opponent after the game. White will limit his material losses, but with an
extra pawn and good play against White's weak king Black should win:} Qxd6 (
23... Nxd3 $143 $6 24. Rxd3 Nxf4 25. Qxc6 bxc6 26. Rd2 Be6 27. g3 Nd5 28. c4
Ne3 29. Re1 Nf5 30. Nxf5 Bxf5+ 31. Kc1 $15) 24. Be4 Be6 25. c4 exf4 26. cxd5 (
26. Qh5 f5 27. cxd5 fxe4 28. dxe6 Qxe6 29. Qg5 Qg6 30. Qxg6 hxg6 31. Rd7 Rf7
32. Rd4 Nd3 $19) 26... Bd7 $17) 23... Raxc8 24. Bc4 exd4 $2 {With little time
I saw a clear path to a winning position and took it, but in fact I could have
forced immediate resignation with 24...b5.} (24... b5 $1 25. Bxd5+ Nxd5 26. c4
bxc4 27. Bxe5 Rfd8 $19) 25. Rxd4 Kh8 26. Rxd5 (26. c3 Nxc3+ 27. Qxc3 Qxg2 $19)
(26. Rhd1 b5 27. Rxd5 Nxd5) 26... Nxd5 27. Qxd5 Qc7 {The position is
absolutely hopeless for White, as apart from his material losses White will
have to deal with the mating threats around his king.} 28. Rf1 Rcd8 29. Qf5 Rd4
{For the second time I missed an immediate win with ...b5, but of course my
move is good enough.} (29... b5 $142 $1 30. Qxb5 (30. Bd3 g6 31. Qxb5 Qc3)
30... Qxf4 $19) 30. g3 b5 $1 $19 31. Qxb5 (31. Bxb5 Qc3) (31. Bd3 g6 32. Qxb5
Qc3 33. Kc1 Qa1+ 34. Kd2 Qxf1 $19) 31... Rb8 32. Re1 Qd8 33. Kc1 {This cheeky
move made a funny impression on me. But of course it changes nothing.} Rxb5 34.
Bxb5 Rd7 0-1

[Event "Merida Ruy Lopez GM"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2008.04.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2008.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd2
Bb4 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. a3 Bd6 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Ba2 Rad8
15. Bb1 Rfe8 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. g3 Nc5 18. Ne2 Nce4 19. Bc1 Bc7 20. h4 a5 21.
Kg2 Bb6 22. Nf4 h6 23. Qe2 Bc7 24. Qc4 Nd5 25. Ba2 Nd6 26. Qc2 Nxf4+ 27. exf4
Qe4+ 28. Qxe4 Nxe4 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Re1 Re8 31. g4 Nf6 32. Rxe8+ Nxe8 33. f5
Kf8 34. f4 Bb6 35. Kf3 Ke7 36. g5 h5 37. a4 Nd6 38. Bb1 Bd4 39. b3 b5 40. Bd3
bxa4 41. bxa4 Bc3 42. Ke2 f6 43. Be3 Bb4 44. Kd1 Kf8 45. Bf2 Ke7 46. Kc2 c5 47.
Be2 Ne4 48. Bg1 Nc3 49. Bxc5+ Bxc5 50. Kxc3 Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Merida Ruy Lopez GM"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2008.04.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2008.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Qe2 Bd7 16. Qf1 Rae8 17. Rxe8 Qxf1+ 18. Kxf1 Rxe8 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. Be3 Nd5 21.
Bd2 Nb6 22. Be3 Nd5 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Nd2 a5 25. Nb3 a4 26. Nc5 Bf5 27. Ke2 f6
28. Kd2 g5 29. b3 a3 30. b4 Kf7 31. Nd3 Kg6 32. Rb1 h5 33. Rb3 Ra8 34. Ne1 h4
35. Nc2 Bxc2 36. Kxc2 Kf5 37. Rb1 Kg4 38. gxh4 Kxh4 39. Re1 Bxh2 40. Bd2 Kg4
41. Re6 f5 42. f3+ Kxf3 43. Bxg5 Rg8 44. Bh6 f4 45. Rb6 Rg2+ 46. Kb3 Ke4 47.
Re6+ Kd3 48. Rf6 Rf2 49. Rf5 f3 50. Kxa3 Ke4 51. Rf8 Re2 52. Kb3 f2 53. Bg5 Bg3
0-1

[Event "Merida Ruy Lopez GM"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2008.04.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. Qg4
g6 9. Qg3 Qc7 10. a4 b6 11. Na3 Bb7 12. Nc4 Nd7 13. Be3 Ngf6 14. f3 Rb8 15. Bh6
Nh5 16. Qh3 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Ncd2 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. f4 Bd6 21. f5 Ne5
22. Rae1 Rg8 23. Be4 Ng4 24. Qxg4 Bxh2+ 25. Kh1 Ng3+ 26. Kxh2 Nxf1+ 27. Kg1
Nxd2 28. Nxd2 Qb6+ 29. Be3 Qc6 30. Bxd5 Qxd5 31. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Merida Ruy Lopez GM"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2008.04.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 Bf5 9. Qe1 Bb4 10. Qe3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. c4 Re8 13. Ne5 f6 14. cxd5
Nxe5 15. dxe5 Rxe5 16. Bb2 Re8 17. Bb5 Bd7 18. Bd3 Bf5 19. Rae1 Qxd5 20. Qf3
Bg6 21. h4 Qxa2 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Qxb2 24. Rfe1 Re5 25. Rxe5 fxe5 26. Rd1
h6 27. Qd5+ Kh8 28. Qc5 Qb6 29. Qxe5 Rf8 30. Qg3 Qc6 31. Rd2 b6 32. Qa3 Re8 33.
Kh2 a5 34. Qg3 a4 35. f4 b5 36. f5 b4 37. Rd4 a3 38. Qb3 Ra8 39. Rd1 Qf6 40.
Qd5 c6 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 9th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2008.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Berczes, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Bc4 Nd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. h4 Be7 13. Kb1 Nf6 14. Nfg5 Bxe4
15. Bxe4 Rc8 16. Bd3 Qd6 17. g4 c5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. f4 Rfd8 20. Rhe1 Bd6 21.
Nxf7 Kxf7 22. g5 Nd5 23. Qxe6+ Kf8 24. Qf5+ Nf6 25. gxf6 Qxf5 26. Bxf5 Rc5 27.
Bxh7 gxf6 28. Rg1 Kf7 29. h5 Bc7 30. Rxd8 Bxd8 31. h6 f5 32. Bg8+ Kf8 33. h7
Bf6 34. Bb3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 9th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2008.04.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jenni, Florian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. Qg4
g6 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Na3 Ne5 11. f4 Nxd3 12. cxd3 b5 13. Bd2 Nf6 14. Ba5 Qd7 15.
Rac1 O-O 16. Rc7 Qe8 17. Nc2 Bd8 18. Rc3 Bb7 19. Nb4 d5 20. e5 d4 21. Rc2 Nd5
22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd8 Bxb3 24. axb3 Qxd8 25. Qe4 Rc8 26. Rcf2 Qd7 27. g4 Qc6
28. Qxc6 Rxc6 29. Kg2 a5 30. Ra1 Ra8 31. Kf3 a4 32. Ke4 Rcc8 33. bxa4 bxa4 34.
Kxd4 Rcb8 35. Ke4 Rb4+ 36. d4 Rab8 37. f5 gxf5+ 38. gxf5 exf5+ 39. Rxf5 Rd8 40.
Rg1+ Kf8 41. Rgf1 Rbxd4+ 42. Ke3 Rd3+ 43. Ke2 Rd2+ 44. Ke3 R8d3+ 45. Ke4 Rd4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 9th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2008.04.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aveskulov, Valeriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 d5 11. d4 dxe4 12. Nxe5 c5 13. Nd2 cxd4 14. Nxe4 dxc3 15.
Qf3 Bb7 16. b4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 f5 19. Qb1 c2 20. Qb2 Nc4 21. Nxc4
bxc4 22. Qxc2 Rc8 23. Bd2 Bf6 24. Rac1 Qd3 25. Qxd3 cxd3 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Re3
Rc2 28. Rxd3 Rxa2 29. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 9th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2008.04.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Braun, Arik"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
Nc3 b5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. a3 a5 11. Ng5 Bb7 12. Bd2 b4 13. Nce4 Be7 14. axb4 axb4
15. Qc2 h6 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Nh7 Nxh7 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 Qb6 20. h3 Rfc8
21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Rc1 Kg8 23. Qb3 Rc8 24. Qd1 c5 25. dxc5 Rxc5 26. Bxb7 Qxb7
27. Rxc5 Bxc5 28. Qb3 Qe4 29. f3 Qe5 30. Kf2 Bd6 31. Qd3 Be7 32. Qd4 Qa5 33.
Ke2 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 9th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2008.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Jianu, Vlad Cristian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Kb1 Qc7 11. g4 Ne5 12. Be3 b5 13. Bd3 b4 14. Nce2 d5
15. g5 dxe4 16. gxf6 exd3 17. fxe7 dxe2 18. Qxe2 Ng6 19. Rhg1 Rg8 20. Nb3 a5
21. Nc5 Bc6 22. Bg5 Nxe7 23. Nxe6 Qb7 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Nc7+ Kf8 26. Qxe7+ Kxe7
27. Rge1+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 9th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2008.04.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Bb2 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. f4 c5 12. Qe1 cxd4 13. exd4 Bb4 14. a3 Bxd2 15.
Qxd2 Ne4 16. Qe3 f6 17. Rac1 Qd8 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. b4 Rfc8 20. c5 Bc6 21. Qe2
b5 22. a4 a6 23. a5 f5 24. g4 fxg4 25. Qxg4 Rf8 26. Rcd1 Rf6 27. Bxe4 dxe4 28.
d5 Rg6 29. Qxg6 hxg6 30. dxc6 Qxc6 31. Rd6 Qb7 32. Re1 Qf7 33. Rxe4 Qf5 34.
Rdxe6 Rd8 35. Bc3 Rd1+ 36. Be1 Qg4+ 37. Kh1 Rc1 38. Re2 Qxf4 39. Kg2 Qg5+ 40.
Bg3 Qd5+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 9th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2008.04.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 c6 15.
Be3 Qc7 16. Nd2 g6 17. f4 c5 18. Rc1 Bg7 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. d5 Rf8 21. c4 b4 22.
Rf1 Ne8 23. Ba4 Nb6 24. Bxe8 Raxe8 25. Nb3 Nd7 26. a3 bxa3 27. bxa3 Rb8 28. Qd2
Rfc8 29. Nh1 Ba8 30. Qc3 Rb6 31. Nf2 Rcb8 32. Qa5 Bf8 33. Nd3 Rc8 34. Rb1 Bd6
35. Rb2 Rcb8 36. Rfb1 R8b7 37. Qe1 Qb8 38. Qc3 Nf6 39. Nd2 Nd7 40. Nb3 Nf6 41.
Nd2 Nd7 42. Rxb6 Rxb6 43. Rxb6 Qxb6 44. Nb3 f5 45. a4 f4 46. Bf2 g5 47. a5 Qc7
48. Qe1 Bb7 49. Qe2 h6 50. h4 Kg7 51. hxg5 hxg5 52. Qg4 Be7 53. Qe6 Bd6 54. Qg4
Be7 55. Bh4 Qd8 56. d6 Bf6 57. Nbxc5 Nxc5 58. Nxc5 Qxd6 59. Nxb7 Qe7 60. Bxg5
Bxg5 61. c5 Kh6 62. Nd6 Kg6 63. Qf5+ Kg7 64. Qc8 Qa7 65. Nb7 Be7 66. Kh2 Kg6
67. Kh3 Bxc5 68. Qxc5 Qa8 69. Qd6+ Kh7 70. Qd7+ Kg6 71. Qf5+ Kh6 72. Qf6+ Kh7
73. Qf7+ Kh6 74. Nd6 f3 75. Nf5+ Kg5 76. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 9th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2008.04.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Iotov, Valentin Dimitrov"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. e3
b5 9. a4 Bb7 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. axb5 cxb5 12. Nxb5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. Bxc4 O-O
15. O-O Rc8 16. Rfd1 Bd5 17. b3 a6 18. Nc3 Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 9th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2008.04.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
Qh5 Nf6 9. Re1+ Kf8 10. Qe2 Ng4 11. h3 Qh4 12. Qf3 Nf6 13. Nc3 c6 14. Ne2 Ne8
15. Bf4 Qf6 16. Bxd6+ Nxd6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Ng3 h5 19. h4 Bg4 20. Re3 f5 21.
Ne2 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Kg7 23. Rae1 Kf6 24. Re7 Rae8 25. Rxe8 Nxe8 26. Re5 Nd6 27.
g3 b5 28. Kg2 a5 29. f3 a4 30. Kf2 Rg8 31. a3 Rg7 32. Re1 Rg8 33. Re5 Rg7 34.
Re1 Rg8 35. Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 9th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2008.05.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. f4 b5 8. a3
d6 9. g4 h6 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Bd2 g6 12. O-O-O Bg7 13. g5 hxg5 14. e5 dxe5 15.
Bxg6 exd4 16. Qxe6+ Kd8 17. Qxf7 Nf8 18. fxg5 Qxf7 19. Bxf7 dxc3 20. Bxc3+ Ke7
21. Bb3 Be6 22. Rhe1 Ne8 23. Bb4+ Kf7 24. Bxe6+ Nxe6 25. Rd7+ Kg6 26. Rxe6+ Kf5
27. Re2 Rc8 28. Kb1 Rc7 29. Rd8 Kxg5 30. Rdxe8 Rxe8 31. Rxe8 Rf7 32. Re6 Rf1+
33. Ka2 Rf2 34. Kb3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 9th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2008.05.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Kb1 Qc7 11. g4 h5 12. gxh5 Nxh5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. Ne2 O-O-O 16. Nd4 Qc7 17. Qe1 Kb8 18. Nxc6+ Qxc6 19. Rg1 g6 20. Rg2
Nf4 21. Rgd2 e5 22. Qe3 Rd7 23. Qb3 Rc8 24. a3 Ka8 25. Qb4 d5 26. Qa5 Rcd8 27.
exd5 Nxd5 28. Rd3 f6 29. Bh3 f5 30. Qe1 Qe6 31. Bf1 Nb6 32. Qa5 Rxd3 33. Bxd3
Rd5 34. Qb4 Ka7 35. Re1 Qc6 36. Qb3 Rc5 37. Bf1 Nd5 38. Rd1 Qb6 39. Bc4 Rxc4
40. Qxc4 Ne3 41. Qe2 Nxd1 42. Qxd1 Qe3 43. Qd5 f4 44. h4 e4 45. fxe4 f3 46. Ka2
f2 47. Qc4 Qf4 48. Qf1 Kb8 49. b3 b5 50. Kb2 Kc7 51. a4 Kd6 52. axb5 axb5 53.
Kc3 Qe3+ 54. Kb2 Qe1 55. e5+ Qxe5+ 56. Ka2 Qe1 0-1

[Event "Mitropa Cup 27th"]
[Site "Olbia"]
[Date "2008.05.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Markos, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.05.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. g3 Nd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. Nb5
d5 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Nxc7 dxc4 11. dxc4 Nh5 12. Nxa8 Nxf4 13. gxf4 Re8 14. Qd2 Bg4
15. h3 Bf3 16. Rg1 Qxa8 17. O-O-O Be4 18. e3 b5 19. c5 dxe3 20. fxe3 Qc8 21.
Bd3 Bf3 22. Be2 Qxc5+ 23. Kb1 Be4+ 24. Bd3 Bf3 25. Rdf1 Qd5 26. Rg5 f5 27. Qc2
Rxe3 28. Bxf5 Qd4 29. Rxf3 Rxf3 30. Be6+ Kf8 31. Rxb5 Qd3 32. Qxd3 Rxd3 33. Rb7
Bd4 34. Rd7 Re3 35. Rxd4 Rxe6 36. Rd7 a5 37. Ra7 Re3 38. Rxa5 Rxh3 39. Rb5 Rf3
40. a4 Rxf4 41. a5 h5 42. b4 Rf7 43. a6 Ra7 44. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 27th"]
[Site "Olbia"]
[Date "2008.05.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Le Roux, Jean Pierre"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.05.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Rc1
g6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. b4 Qe7 13. Qb3 b6 14. b5 c5 15. d5
Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Rcd1 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 exd5 19. Rxd5 Bb7 20. Qe5 Qh4 21. Rd7
Qxc4 22. Rxb7 Qxb5 23. Qf6 Qc4 24. h4 Qxa2 25. Rd1 Rae8 26. h5 Qe6 27. Qf4 g5
28. Qc7 Rc8 29. Qg3 Rfd8 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Rxa7 Qd6 32. Qh3 c4 33. e4 b5 34.
g3 Qc5 0-1

[Event "Mitropa Cup 27th"]
[Site "Olbia"]
[Date "2008.05.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2008.05.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 Bb7 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bd3 f5 6. Qh5+ g6 7. Qe2 Nf6 8. Bg5
fxe4 9. Bxe4 Bxe4 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxe4 O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup 27th"]
[Site "Olbia"]
[Date "2008.05.28"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Lenic, Luka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2008.05.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. a4 Rb8 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Bg5 exd4 12. cxd4 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 g4 15. e5
Nh5 16. Bc2 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Qg6+ Kh8 19. Qxh6+ Kg8 20. Qg6+ Kh8 21. Bh4
Qe7 22. Re1 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 27th"]
[Site "Olbia"]
[Date "2008.05.29"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Jenni, Florian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.05.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bf4 e5 12. Be3 Bg4 13. h3 Nd4 14. Bxd4 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 exd4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Rc8 18. Qf4 O-O 19. Rfc1 Qb6 20. Qd2 Rfe8 21.
g3 Qd8 22. Kg2 Qd7 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 Rc7 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Qc2 Qxc2 27.
Bxc2 d3 28. Bxd3 Bxb2 29. f4 Kf8 30. Kf3 Ke7 31. h4 Bf6 32. Ke3 Kd7 33. Be2 h5
34. g4 Bxh4 35. gxh5 gxh5 36. Bxh5 f6 37. a4 Bg3 38. Bg4+ Kc7 39. Bh3 Kb6 40.
Bc8 Kc7 41. Bh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup 27th"]
[Site "Olbia"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Haba, Petr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.05.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. g3 Bd6 13. f4 g5 14. O-O-O Ng4
15. Re1 f5 16. h3 Ngf6 17. fxg5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Be2 Bxg3 20. Ref1 Ke7 21.
h4 Raf8 22. h5 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Bh4 24. Bb4+ Ke8 25. Bg4 a5 26. Bd2 Nf8 27. cxd5
exd5 28. g6 Qg3 29. Bc8 Qc7 30. Bg4 Qg3 31. Bd1 Ne6 32. Rf7 Nd8 33. Rxg7 Be7
34. Qb3 Qg1 35. Bxa5 Bf6 36. Rh7 Rxh7 37. gxh7 Nf7 38. Bd2 Nd6 39. Qa3 Kd7 40.
Qa8 Qg7 41. Bb4 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 27th"]
[Site "Olbia"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Saric, Ante"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2008.05.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. O-O-O a6 11. c5 Nbd7 12. Be2 e5 13. Be1 exd4 14. exd4 Nh5
15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Kb1 Rb8 17. Qc2 Nf8 18. g3 Ne6 19. Bf2 O-O 20. Rhe1 b6 21.
cxb6 Rxb6 22. Bd3 Rfb8 23. Na4 Rb4 24. Bxg6 Nf6 25. Ka1 Qa5 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27.
Qe2 Rxa4 28. b3 Qc3+ 29. Kb1 Rxb3+ 0-1

[Event "Mitropa Cup 27th"]
[Site "Olbia"]
[Date "2008.06.02"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Baramidze, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.05.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Nb6 18. Bf1 Rfd8 19. Qg4 Rac8 20. Kb1
Ba4 21. b3 Qc7 22. c4 Bc6 23. Qg3 Rd7 24. Bd3 Na4 25. Bb4 Qb6 26. Bxh7+ Kxh7
27. Rxd7 Qxb4 28. Rxf7 Rg8 29. Qh3+ 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 27th"]
[Site "Olbia"]
[Date "2008.06.03"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Neubauer, Martin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2008.05.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Austria"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 O-O 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 e5 11. d5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Nb5 f5 14. O-O d3 15.
Bxg4 fxg4 16. Qxd3 Bd7 17. Be3 Bxb2 18. Rab1 Be5 19. Nxa7 Rxa7 20. Bxa7 b6 21.
Rfd1 Qa8 22. Bxb6 cxb6 23. Rxb6 Qd8 24. Qe3 Bf4 25. Qd4 Be5 26. Qe3 Bf4 27. Qd4
Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 3rd"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2008.08.20"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. g3 Be7
9. Bd2 a6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. c5 e5 12. dxe5 Nfd7 13. f4 Nxc5 14. Qc2 a5 15. Rd1
Nba6 16. Bxa6 Nxa6 17. e4 Nb4 18. Qb1 Qb6 19. a3 Rxh2 20. Rxh2 Qg1+ 21. Ke2
Qxh2+ 22. Kf3 d4 23. axb4 dxc3 24. Bxc3 Qh5+ 25. Kf2 axb4 26. Bd4 Qh2+ 27. Kf3
g5 28. Bf2 g4+ 29. Ke2 Bc5 30. Rf1 Qg2 31. Qd3 Rd8 32. Qc2 Qf3+ 33. Ke1 b3 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 3rd"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2008.08.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2008.08.20"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Qd7
15. Rac1 Rac8 16. f4 c6 17. Bc2 f5 18. b4 Ra8 19. a4 a5 20. bxa5 b4 21. Bb3
Rxa5 22. Rc2 Rb8 23. Rfc1 Rb6 24. Bf2 Qe8 25. Qe1 Kh8 26. Kh1 Bf8 27. Rd1 Rb8
28. Rd3 Rc8 29. h3 h6 30. Be3 Rb8 31. Kh2 Bc8 32. Rd1 Ba6 33. Rdc1 Bc4 34. Rxc4
dxc4 35. Rxc4 Rd8 36. Qb1 g6 37. Qd3 Ra7 38. Rc2 Rg7 39. Qc4 g5 40. Qxc6 Qxc6
41. Rxc6 gxf4 42. Bxf4 Rxd4 43. Bxh6 Rc7 44. Rxc7 Bxh6 45. Rc4 Bf4+ 46. Kg1
Be3+ 47. Kh1 Rd2 48. Rxb4 f4 49. e6 Rb2 50. h4 Bc5 51. Rb8+ Kg7 52. Rb7+ Kh6
53. Bd5 Re2 54. Kh2 Re5 55. Rd7 Kh5 56. Kh3 Re1 57. Bf3+ Kg6 58. Kg4 Rxe6 59.
Rc7 Bd6 60. Rc6 Kg7 61. h5 Kf8 62. a5 Ke7 63. a6 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 3rd"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2008.08.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2008.08.20"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qc2 a5 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nge4 Be7 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15.
Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Qb6 17. Bd2 b4 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. axb4 axb4 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21.
g3 Rc8 22. Qa4 Ra8 23. Qc2 Rc8 24. Qa4 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 3rd"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2008.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2008.08.20"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Be2
Bd7 9. O-O Be7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Qg3 g6 14. Bf3 b5 15.
Rad1 b4 16. Na2 Nxe4 17. Qe1 d5 18. Nxb4 Bxa4 19. b3 Be8 20. c4 Rb8 21. Nxa6
Rxb3 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qxe4 Bb5 25. Qe5 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 3rd"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2008.08.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.08.20"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d4 e4 5. Nd2 Nf6 6. e3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Rb1 a5 10. a3 d6 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 Ne7 13. d5 g5 14. Bb2 Ng6 15. c5
Qe7 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Nc4 f4 18. exf4 gxf4 19. Re1 Bf5 20. Rc1 Nd7 21. Bg4 Bxg4
22. Qxg4 Nde5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Rxe4 Qf7 25. Qd1 f3 26. g3 Rac8 27. Qf1 Bh6 28.
Rd1 Qf5 29. Rdd4 Bg7 30. Nd1 Qg6 31. Ne3 h5 32. Qd1 Rf7 33. h3 Rfc7 34. g4 Kh7
35. Kh2 Qg5 36. Rf4 hxg4 37. Nxg4 Ng6 38. Rxf3 Rc2 39. Qb1 Kh8 40. Rd1 Rxb2 41.
Qe4 Ne5 42. Rf5 Nxg4+ 43. hxg4 Qg6 44. Rf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 3rd"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2008.08.20"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 Nxd4 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.
Nxd4 exd4 9. Qxd4 Ne7 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Qd3 Be7 12. Nd5 O-O 13. b3 Rae8 14. Bb2
Bd8 15. Rfe1 Ne5 16. Qg3 f5 17. Rad1 Ng6 18. Qh3 c6 19. exf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 3rd"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2008.08.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2008.08.20"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. e3
b5 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 cxb5 11. Nxb5 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be2 Nd7 14. O-O Rfc8
15. Nd2 Nb6 16. Bf3 Qe7 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. e4 a5 19. Nf3 Nd7 20. Rfd1 Nf6 21.
Nd2 Rab8 22. Ra2 Rc7 23. h3 Rd8 24. Ndb1 Rcd7 25. e5 Nd5 26. Ne2 Ne7 27. Na3
Bxa3 28. Rxa3 Nc6 29. Qxc4 Qxb2 30. Qa2 Qb6 31. Ra4 Rd5 32. Rb1 Qa6 33. Kh2 Qa7
34. Rc1 Qb6 35. Qb1 Nb4 36. Qe4 Nc6 37. Rcc4 Qb5 38. Nc3 Qb7 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 3rd"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2008.08.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.08.20"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. g3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nd7
9. Be2 Qb6 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. O-O Nh6 12. Bxh6 Rxh6 13. Ng5 Qxb2 14. Bxg4 Qxc3 15.
Bxh5 Bxg5 16. hxg5 Rh8 17. g6 f6 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Bf3 O-O-O 20. Qe2 Rxd4 21.
Rfc1 Qd3 22. Qxe6+ Kd8 23. Bxc6 Rd6 24. Qxd6+ Qxd6 25. Rd1 Qxd1+ 26. Rxd1+ Kc7
27. Bf3 b6 28. Kg2 Rh6 29. Rc1+ Kd8 30. Bb7 Rxg6 31. Rc8+ Kd7 32. Ra8 a5 33.
Bf3 Rg5 34. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 3rd"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2008.08.20"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 a6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Bd6 10. Rc1 Re8 11. h3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. cxd5 Nxd5
15. e4 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Rg5 17. Qf3 Be6 18. Rcd1 Qe7 19. Rd2 Be5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21.
Rfd1 Rd8 22. Qe3 g6 23. f4 Rc5 24. Qf2 a5 25. f5 Bc8 26. Bc4 Rxd2 27. Qxd2 b5
28. Qd8+ Qxd8 29. Rxd8+ Kg7 30. Bd3 Bb7 31. Rb8 Ba6 32. Kf2 a4 33. Ra8 axb3 34.
axb3 Bb7 35. Ra7 Bc8 36. Rc7 Ba6 37. b4 Rc3 38. Ke3 gxf5 39. exf5 h5 40. h4 Kf6
41. Kd4 Rc1 42. g3 Kg7 43. Ke5 Re1+ 44. Be4 Rf1 45. Bxc6 Rc1 46. Kd6 Rf1 47.
Be4 Kf6 48. Bd5 Rxf5 49. Rxf7+ Kg6 50. Rxf5 Kxf5 51. Kc7 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 3rd"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2008.08.20"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Nge2 c6 9. Qc2 f5 10. O-O Na6 11. a3 Nc7 12. b3 g6 13. Be3 Bf6 14. Rad1 Bg7 15.
Nf4 Qf6 16. a4 Nd7 17. Nce2 Qe7 18. Rfe1 Nf6 19. Bd2 Qf7 20. Bc3 Re8 21. d5 c5
22. b4 Bd7 23. bxc5 dxc5 24. Qb2 Rab8 25. Bc2 Ne4 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 27. Bxg7 Qxg7
28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. Nc3 Rxf4 30. Re7+ Kf6 31. d6 Be6 32. dxc7 Rc8 33. Rxh7 Rxc4
34. Nb5 Rxa4 35. h4 c4 36. Rd8 Ra6 37. Rhh8 Rc6 38. Rxc8 Bxc8 39. Rxc8 Ke7 40.
Rh8 a6 41. Rh7+ Kf6 42. Na7 c3 43. c8=Q Rxc8 44. Nxc8 b5 45. Rc7 b4 46. Rc4 a5
47. Na7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0809"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kolbus, Dietmar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Trier"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O b5 10. f3 Nb6 11. Qf2 Nfd7 12. f4 Qc7 13. f5 Bxb3 14. axb3 Be7
15. g4 h6 16. h4 Nc5 17. Kb1 O-O-O 18. Qe1 Kb8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Qb7 21.
Qb4 Rc8 22. Be2 Rc6 23. Rhd1 Rhc8 24. c3 R8c7 25. g5 hxg5 26. hxg5 f6 27. g6
Rc8 28. Qa3 Nxe4 29. Bf3 Ng3 30. Qb4 Nxf5 31. Bc1 Rh8 32. Bg2 Rh4 33. Qa5 Qb6
34. Qa2 Rh2 35. R5d2 Rc8 36. b4 Ne3 37. Qe6 Rxg2 38. Rxg2 Nxd1 39. Qxe7 Ne3 40.
Bxe3 Qxe3 41. Qxd6+ Kb7 42. Qd5+ Kb8 43. Qd6+ Kb7 44. Qd5+ Kb8 45. Qd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0809"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2008.10.05"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Remagen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O c4 7. Re1+ Be7 8.
Bf1 Bg4 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 Nc6 11. Ba3 O-O 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nbd2
Qc7 15. Qc1 Bg6 16. c3 a6 17. Qa3 Nc6 18. b4 Rac8 19. b5 axb5 20. Bxb5 Be4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Gp-A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bc4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O
Nxe4 9. Bxf7+ Rxf7 10. Nxe4 h6 11. h3 Qa5 12. Re1 Na6 13. Bd2 Qb5 14. Nc3 Qc4
15. Rc1 Bf5 16. b3 Qc6 17. Nh4 Bxd4 18. Nxf5 Rxf5 19. Qg4 Bxf2+ 20. Kh1 d5 21.
Nxd5 h5 22. Nxe7+ Kh7 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. Nxc6 Bxe1 25. Rxe1 bxc6 26. Re7+ Kg8
27. Bc3 Rd8 28. Rg7+ Kf8 29. Rxa7 Nb8 30. Rh7 Rd3 31. Rxh5 Ke7 32. Be5 Nd7 33.
Bf4 Rd4 34. Rxf5 Ke6 35. g4 Rd1+ 36. Kg2 Ra1 37. Ra5 Nf6 38. Be5 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Gp-A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2008.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8.
g3 Qe7 9. Bg2 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Nd2 c6 12. O-O Bg4 13. e4 cxd5 14. cxd5 Na6 15.
b4 Rfc8 16. Qd3 Qc7 17. Nb3 Qc3 18. Qxc3 Rxc3 19. Na5 b6 20. Nc6 Nb8 21. b5 Be2
22. Re1 Bxb5 23. Ne7+ Kf8 24. Nf5 Ne8 25. Bd2 Rc8 26. Bb4 Rd8 27. a4 Na6 28.
Ba3 Bxa4 29. f4 Bb5 30. fxe5 Nc5 31. Nd4 Bd7 32. exd6 Nxd6 33. e5 Nb5 34. e6
Nxd4 35. e7+ Ke8 36. exd8=Q+ Kxd8 37. Bxc5 bxc5 38. d6 Rb8 39. Re7 Be6 40. Rc7
c4 41. Rd1 Nb5 42. Rc5 Nc3 43. Re1 Kd7 44. Rc6 Rb6 45. Rc7+ Kxd6 46. Rxa7 Rb1
47. Rxb1 Nxb1 48. Kf2 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Gp-A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O b5 10. f3 Rc8 11. g4 Nb6 12. g5 Nh5 13. Na5 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
exd5 Qxa5 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Kb1 g6 18. f4 Ng7 19. fxe5 d5 20. h4 Nf5 21. Bd3
Qc7 22. Bf4 Ng7 23. Rdf1 Bc5 24. Bh2 Nf5 25. h5 Be3 26. Qe2 Bxg5 27. Qg4 Qe7
28. Bf4 Bxf4 29. Rxf4 g5 30. Rxb4 O-O 31. h6 Kh8 32. Rb6 a5 33. Rg1 a4 34. a3
Rb8 35. Rxb8 Rxb8 36. Bxf5 Qxa3 37. Qd4 Rb4 38. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Gp-A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sebag, Marie"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2008.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 h6 10. Be3 b5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. Bd3 Be7 14. g4 d5
15. Bf4 e5 16. exd5 b4 17. Ne4 Nxd5 18. Bg3 O-O 19. h4 Rab8 20. g5 h5 21. Bc4
Rfd8 22. Qe2 Bb5 23. Bxb5 axb5 24. Nd2 Ra8 25. Nb3 Qa7 26. Nc1 Bc5 27. Qxe5 Ne3
28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Qc7 Qxc7 30. Bxc7 Rc8 31. Bf4 Nf5 32. Nd3 Be7 33. Bd2 Rc4
34. f4 Bd6 35. b3 Rd4 36. Kc1 Kh7 37. Rh2 Kg6 38. Rh1 Ne7 39. Be3 Re4 40. Bd2
Nd5 41. Re1 Kf5 42. Rf1 g6 43. Kb2 Re2 44. Rd1 Kg4 45. Ne5+ Bxe5+ 46. fxe5 Rxe5
47. Bxb4 Kxh4 48. Bd2 Kg4 49. c4 bxc4 50. bxc4 Ne7 51. a4 Nc6 52. Rf1 h4 53.
Rf6 h3 54. Rxf7 h2 55. Rh7 Re2 56. Kc3 Rg2 57. c5 Rg3+ 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Gp-A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Rc8 14. Bh3 g5 15. hxg5
hxg5 16. Bxg5 Bg7 17. Kb1 d5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. g5 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Rg8 21. exd5
Bxd5 22. Rhe1 Kf8 23. Qf4 Kg7 24. g6 e5 25. Qd2 Bxf3 26. gxf7 Rgd8 27. Qg5+ Kf8
28. Qg8+ Ke7 29. Rxd7+ 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Gp-A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2008.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Qd3 O-O 12. Bg5 exd4 13. cxd4 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15.
Bg3 Nh5 16. Rc1 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Bd7 18. e5 Ne7 19. exd6 cxd6 20. Nc3 Bf5 21. Qe2
b4 22. Nd1 Bg6 23. g4 Kg7 24. Ne3 f5 25. Nc4 fxg4 26. Nxg5 hxg5 27. Nxb6 Qxb6
28. Qxe7+ Kh6 29. Qe3 Rbe8 30. Qd2 Rf4 31. Rd1 Ref8 32. Qe3 Rxf2 33. Bc4 R2f4
34. Kh2 Re4 35. Qg3 Rxd4 36. Ra6 Qc5 37. Rxd4 Qxd4 38. Be2 Rf4 39. b3 Qe5 40.
Bc4 Kh5 41. Ra8 Be4 42. Rg8 d5 43. Be2 Qe6 44. Rh8+ Kg6 45. Ra8 Kg7 46. Ra7+
Rf7 47. Ra6 Qe7 48. Bxg4 Rf6 49. Rxf6 Kxf6 50. Qf2+ Ke5 51. Qg3+ Kd4 52. Qf2+
Ke5 53. Qg3+ Kf6 54. Qf2+ Kg6 55. Qb6+ Kg7 56. Qd4+ Qf6 57. Qa7+ Kg6 58. Qd7
Qe5+ 59. Kg1 Qd4+ 60. Kh2 Qe5+ 61. Kg1 d4 62. Be6 d3 63. Bc4 Qc5+ 64. Kh2 Qe5+
65. Kg1 Qa1+ 66. Kh2 Qh8+ 67. Kg1 Qa1+ 68. Kh2 Qe5+ 69. Kg1 Qc5+ 70. Kh2 Qe5+
71. Kg1 Qf5 72. Qe8+ Kg7 73. Qe7+ Kh6 74. Qd6+ Kg7 75. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Gp-A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2008.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. c3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Qe2 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nd7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O h6 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Re8 15. Nd3 Bd6 16. Rae1 Bf5 17. f3 Qc7 18. g3 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Bxe4 20. fxe4
Qxg3+ 21. Kh1 Qh3+ 22. Kg1 Qg3+ 23. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2008.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3 c6 15. dxc6
Nxc6 16. Bc2 Na5 17. a4 Bc6 18. axb5 axb5 19. b3 Qc7 20. Nh2 Bd7 21. Bd2 Be6
22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. hxg4 g6 24. Nf5 Kh7 25. Re3 Nxb3 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Bxb3 Bxb3
28. Qxb3 gxf5 29. exf5 Ra1+ 30. Re1 Rxe1+ 31. Bxe1 Qc4 32. Qd1 d5 33. g5 Qe4
34. gxh6 Bxh6 35. Kf1 Kg7 36. Qh5 Bc1 37. Qd1 Bg5 38. Kg1 Kf6 39. Bd2 Bxd2 40.
Qxd2 Kxf5 41. Qb2 Qc4 42. Qc2+ e4 43. Qd1 Kf6 44. Qh5 Ke6 45. Qg4+ Ke7 46. Qg5+
Kd7 47. Qf6 Kc8 48. Qxf7 Qxc3 49. Qe8+ Kc7 50. Qxb5 d4 51. Qe5+ Kb6 52. Qxe4 d3
53. Qe3+ Kb5 54. g4 Qc2 55. Qe5+ Kb4 56. Qd4+ Kb3 57. Qb6+ Ka2 58. Qa5+ Kb1 59.
Qb4+ Kc1 60. Kg2 d2 61. Qa3+ Qb2 62. Qc5+ Kb1 63. Qd5 Qc2 64. Qb5+ Kc1 65. Qg5
Qe4+ 66. Kg3 Qd3+ 67. Kh4 Kb1 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2008.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4
Bb7 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. e3 a6 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 d6 15.
Bg3 Qc7 16. Rd4 Rfd8 17. Qb3 Bc6 18. Rfd1 Rd7 19. f3 Rcd8 20. e4 Qb7 21. Bf2
Rb8 22. a4 Rdd8 23. Bg3 Qc7 24. Bf2 Nd7 25. Qc2 Rbc8 26. Be3 Ne5 27. b3 Ba8 28.
R4d2 Qb8 29. Qc1 Nc6 30. Bf4 Ne5 31. Kh1 Qc7 32. Be3 Bf6 33. Bf1 h6 34. Rc2 Nd7
35. Rcd2 Nc5 36. Qc2 Be5 37. Na2 a5 38. Nc3 Qe7 39. Bf2 Qg5 40. Ne2 Qf6 41. Qb1
Nxe4 42. Bxb6 Nxd2 43. Rxd2 Rd7 44. Bxa5 Qh4 45. h3 Qf2 46. Rd3 Rb7 47. Qd1
Rbb8 48. Bd2 Qc5 49. Be3 Qa3 50. Nd4 d5 51. Nb5 Qb4 52. Rd2 Qe7 53. a5 dxc4 54.
bxc4 Bb7 55. Bb6 Qh4 56. Nd6 Qf4 57. Kg1 Qh2+ 58. Kf2 Qg3+ 59. Kg1 Qh2+ 60. Kf2
Bxf3 61. Kxf3 Qf4+ 62. Ke2 Rc6 63. Be3 Qh4 64. c5 Rb4 65. Rc2 Rb3 66. Qd2 Rxe3+
67. Qxe3 Bxd6 68. a6 Qa4 69. Qd3 Bxc5 70. Qc4 Qa3 71. Qd3 Qa1 72. Qe4 Qxa6+ 73.
Kf3 Qxf1+ 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2008.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. O-O-O a6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Kb1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Bd3 c5
15. dxc5 Nbd7 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxc5 18. Qc3 Bf6 19. Qc2 Rc8 20. Rc1 O-O
21. Bb4 Qe5 22. Bc3 Qd6 23. Bb4 Qe5 24. Bc3 Qb8 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Bxg6 Nd7 27.
Qe4 fxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kh8 29. Qg8+ Kxg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. a4 Bf8 12. Bg5 Na5 13. axb5 Nxb3 14. Qxb3 axb5 15.
Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nbd2 Qa4 18. Qxa4 bxa4 19. d5 c6 20. c4 cxd5 21.
cxd5 f5 22. Nh4 Rc8 23. Nxf5 Rc2 24. Rd1 Rxb2 25. Nc4 Rb4 26. Ncxd6 Ba6 27. Ra1
Bd3 28. Kh2 Bxd6 29. Nxd6 Bxe4 30. Nxe4 Rxe4 31. Rc1 Rd4 32. Rc8+ Kg7 33. Ra8
Kf6 34. Ra7 e4 35. d6 Ke6 36. d7 Rxd7 37. Rxa4 Ke5 38. Ra5+ Ke6 39. Kg3 Rd2 40.
Rh5 f5 41. Rxh7 f4+ 42. Kxf4 Rxf2+ 43. Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.29"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2008.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. O-O-O a6 11. c5 Nbd7 12. Na4 e5 13. Bc3 Rb8 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Bd4 Ned7 16. Qc3 O-O 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Bd3 Rfe8 19. g4 Bd8 20. h4 Qa5 21.
Qxa5 Bxa5 22. h5 gxh5 23. g5 Nh7 24. g6 fxg6 25. Bxg6 Re7 26. Rxh5 Ndf8 27.
Bxh7+ Nxh7 28. Rdh1 Nf8 29. f4 Bc7 30. f5 Be5 31. Kd2 Rbe8 32. Kc3 Bxd4+ 33.
exd4 Kf7 34. Kb4 Nd7 35. Ka5 Re4 36. R5h4 Kf6 37. Nb6 Nf8 38. Na4 Nd7 39. Nb6
Nf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.29"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2008.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. a4 Bf8 12. Bg5 Na5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Bc2 Nc4 15.
b3 Nb6 16. a5 Nd7 17. d5 c6 18. c4 cxd5 19. cxd5 Rac8 20. b4 Rc4 21. Qd2 Qf4
22. Re3 g6 23. Bd3 Rc7 24. Nc3 Bh6 25. Qe1 Qf6 26. Re2 Rec8 27. Rc2 Bf4 28.
Raa2 h5 29. Ne2 Bh6 30. Qd1 Qd8 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Rc2 Kg7 33. Nc3 Qc8 34. Ne2
f5 35. Rxc7 Qxc7 36. exf5 Nf6 37. Ng3 Bf4 38. Ne4 Bxd5 39. Nxf6 Kxf6 40. fxg6
Qc1 41. Qxc1 Bxc1 42. Ne1 e4 43. Be2 Bd2 44. Nc2 Bb3 45. Nd4 Ba2 46. Nc6 Bd5
47. Nb8 Bxb4 48. Nxa6 Bxa5 49. Bxb5 Kxg6 50. Nb8 Kf6 51. Nc6 Bc3 52. Kf1 h4 53.
Ke2 Bf7 54. Ke3 d5 55. Nd4 Ke5 56. Nc6+ Kd6 57. Nd8 Bg8 58. Ba4 Bb2 59. Nb7+
Ke5 60. Ke2 d4 61. Na5 Bc3 62. Nb3 Bc4+ 63. Kd1 Bf1 64. g3 hxg3 65. fxg3 e3 66.
Nc1 d3 0-1

[Event "AUT-chT 0809"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Volkmann, Friedrich Karl"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2008.11.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wulkaprodersdorf"]
[BlackTeam "Wien Husek"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 Qb6 6. O-O Be7 7. Rb1 O-O 8. a3
a5 9. d3 d6 10. Kh1 Bd7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Nb5 Bxb5 15.
Qb3 Rfc8 16. a4 Qd8 17. axb5 a4 18. Qd1 Nd7 19. Bg3 a3 20. Qd2 Nc5 21. Bd1 axb2
22. Qxb2 e5 23. Bc2 Bh4 24. Bxh4 Qxh4 25. f4 Ra5 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. Ra1 Rca8 28.
Rxa5 Rxa5 29. b6 Qe7 30. h3 Nd7 31. Ra1 Qc5 32. Rb1 Qd6 33. Bb3 Nc5 34. Bc2 Nd7
35. Bb3 Qxb6 36. c5 Qf6 37. Bc4 Nxc5 38. Kg1 Qe7 39. Qb6 Ra8 40. Rf1 Rf8 41.
Rf5 Kh8 42. Rxf7 Rxf7 43. Bxf7 Nxd3 44. Bc4 Nc5 45. Qa5 Kh7 46. Qa8 Ne6 47. Qc8
Nd8 48. h4 h5 49. Bb3 g6 50. Qc4 Kh6 51. g3 Nc6 52. Qc1+ Kg7 53. Qc4 Qf6 54.
Kg2 Ne7 55. Qb5 g5 56. Bc4 gxh4 57. gxh4 Ng6 58. Qxb7+ Kh6 59. Bf7 Nxh4+ 60.
Kh3 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "AUT-chT 0809"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bezold, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.11.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wien Husek"]
[BlackTeam "Hohenems"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 a5 8. Re1
c6 9. h3 Nb6 10. Bf1 Nfd7 11. Be3 exd4 12. Qxd4 Nc5 13. Rad1 Re8 14. b3 Nbd7
15. Qd2 Qc7 16. Nd4 Nf6 17. f3 Be6 18. g4 h6 19. Bg2 Rad8 20. Bf2 Bc8 21. f4
Qb6 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. gxf5 Qb4 24. Bd4 Nfd7 25. Qe3 Bh4 26. Re2 Bf6 27. Red2 Na6
28. Kh1 Bxd4 29. Rxd4 Qc5 30. Qg3 d5 31. exd5 Nf6 32. Ne4 Rxe4 33. Bxe4 Re8 34.
Qg2 cxd5 35. Bxd5 Nb4 36. Rg1 Nh5 37. Rdd1 Qc3 38. Bc4 Nxf4 39. Qg3 1-0

[Event "AUT-chT 0809"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Alvir, Aco"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2008.11.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pamhagen"]
[BlackTeam "Wien Husek"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2
d6 9. Na3 Nc6 10. Be3 Ne5 11. Rd1 Nf6 12. Bh6 Nfg4 13. Bf4 Nxd3+ 14. Rxd3 e5
15. Bd2 b5 16. O-O O-O 17. f3 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Nf6 19. Ba5 Qc6 20. Rc3 Qe8 21. Bb4
d5 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Rd3 Nh5 24. Rd2 d4 25. Qe1 Be6 26. Nc1 Rac8 27. Nb1 Nf4
28. a3 f5 29. exf5 Bxf5 30. Ne2 Nd5 31. c3 Ne3 32. Rg1 Nc4 33. Nxd4 Bxb1 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Ne5 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Nxg4 Nxg4 12. Qxg4 Qxd4 13. Rd1 Qg7 14. Qf4 Na6 15.
Be2 Be7 16. O-O Nc5 17. e5 Qg6 18. Rd4 Rd8 19. Rfd1 Rd5 20. Qe3 h5 21. Bf3 a6
22. b4 cxb3 23. axb3 a5 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Qh6 26. Bf4 Qg7 27. Bxd5 exd5 28.
Bg5 Rg8 29. f4 Qg6 30. R4d2 c5 31. Bxe7 d4 32. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "United Arab Emirates"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UAE"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Be3 Ne7 7. Be2 h6 8. f4 Be4
9. Nf3 g5 10. O-O Nf5 11. Bd2 a5 12. a4 g4 13. Ne1 h5 14. Nd3 Qb6 15. Nf2 Nxd4
16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Qc1 Qb6 18. Kh1 Bf5 19. Bd3 Bc5 20. Bxf5 Bxf2 21. Bd3 g3 22.
f5 O-O-O 23. b4 axb4 24. Rb1 c5 25. Bb5 Nxe5 26. Bg5 Ng4 27. fxe6 fxe6 28. Bxd8
Qxd8 29. Rb3 Nxh2 30. Rxf2 Qh4 31. Bd7+ Kd8 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De la Riva Aguado, Oscar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Andorra"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 b5 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Bd3 Ne5 12. Rhe1 b4 13. Nce2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5
15. Nf4 Qa5 16. Nb3 Qxa2 17. Be4 Nc3 18. bxc3 Bxe4 19. fxe4 a5 20. Nd5 Bd6 21.
Nf6+ gxf6 22. Qxd6 bxc3 23. Rd4 a4 24. Nc5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 b4 11. d4 c5 12. cxb4 cxb4 13. Nbd2 Nd7 14. h3 Bh5 15.
Nb3 Rc8 16. Nxa5 Qxa5 17. Bb3 Nf6 18. Re1 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 exd4 20. Bf4 Nd7 21.
Qg4 g5 22. e5 Kd8 23. exd6 Bf6 24. Bg3 h5 25. Qe4 Be5 26. Bxe5 Re8 27. Qf5 Nxe5
28. d7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 b6 8. Qe2
a5 9. a4 Ba6 10. Bxa6 (10. Bb5 {is the normal continuation.}) 10... Nxa6 11.
O-O Nc7 12. Re1 Nb8 {Going to c6. It was also possible to transfer the knight
to g6 via f8; however, with hindsight it may have been better to leave the
knight on d7 for a while.} (12... Nf8 $5) (12... Qc8 13. Nf1 Qa6 14. Qe3) 13.
Nb3 $5 {An interesting idea. White wants to clarify the central tension, but
at the cost of time.} (13. Nf1 Nc6 14. Ng3 h5 {is satisfactory for Black.})
13... Nc6 14. Be3 c4 15. Nc1 b5 $6 {A nervous move after which Black obtains
an unpleasant position.} (15... Qb8 $1 {, preparing to recapture on b5 with
the queen, looks much more accurate.}) 16. axb5 Nxb5 17. Qc2 {At this moment I
realised my position was already worse. Black's queenside play is rather
obtuse with the knights so clumsily placed. Meanwhile White plans Ne2-g3 with
pressure on the kingside.} Nba7 $1 {Hitting on the right idea. The knight
transfer to b6 will support ...a4.} 18. g3 (18. Ne2 Nc8 19. Nf4 h5 20. Nh3 Nb6
21. Bg5 (21. Nhg5 g6 22. h4 a4 $11) 21... a4 22. Qd2 Bxg5 23. Nhxg5 g6 24. Qf4
Qe7 $11 {Black looks rather stable on the kingside, so shouldn't have too many
problems.}) 18... Nc8 19. h4 h6 20. Ne2 Nb6 21. h5 a4 $6 {A mistake similar to
15...b5. Instead of rushing with this I had to counter White's idea of f4-f5.}
(21... Kd7 $1 22. Nh2 (22. Nf4 Qg8) 22... Qg8 {is equal because now 23.f4 can
be met by 23...Qh7.}) 22. Nh2 Kd7 {Too late. White will achieve f4-f5, but
Black is still pretty solid.} 23. f4 Kc7 24. f5 {A bit rushed. Adams may have
overlooked 25...Ne7.} (24. Rf1 $1 {is more accurate.}) 24... Bg5 25. Nf4 Ne7
26. fxe6 (26. g4 Qc8 {amounts to the same thing.}) 26... Bxf4 27. Bxf4 fxe6 28.
Rf1 {However, as it turns out Black is still in an unpleasant position.} Qd7
29. Rf2 Raf8 30. Raf1 Qe8 31. Qe2 Rf5 32. g4 Rf7 33. Bc1 Rhf8 34. Nf3 Nd7 35.
Qc2 Nb6 36. Kg2 $6 {An inaccurate move. The king will turn out to be rather
exposed on g2 as we will see.} (36. Nh4 Rxf2 37. Rxf2 Rxf2 38. Kxf2 $14 {
Black should be able to hold this position, but it is an unpleasant task.})
36... Qb5 37. Nh4 $2 {After this White will have to fight hard for a draw!} (
37. Ng5 $2 {would work well with the king on g1.} Rxf2+) (37. Kg3 Kd7 $1 {
After avoiding all Ng5 ideas, Black has been able to activate the queen to b5
and has some counterplay.}) 37... Qb3 $1 {Adams had obviously overlooked this
posibility.} 38. Qh7 $2 {A second mistake after which there is, surprisingly,
no more hope. White would have to dig very deep to save the game.} (38. Qxb3 $2
Rxf2+ 39. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 40. Kxf2 cxb3 {is awful for White:} 41. Ng2 a3 $1 (41...
Nc4 $6 42. Nf4 Kd7 43. Nd3) 42. bxa3 Na4 43. Nf4 Kd7 44. Nd3 Nc6 $19) ({
White can save the game with very accurate play:} 38. Qd2 $1 Rxf2+ 39. Rxf2
Rxf2+ 40. Qxf2 (40. Kxf2 $2 a3 41. bxa3 Na4 $19) 40... a3 41. bxa3 Qxc3 42. Qf7
(42. Be3 Nd7 $17) 42... Nbc8 43. Bf4 Qxd4 44. Ng6 Qb2+ 45. Kh3 Qxa3+ 46. Kh4 c3
47. Qxg7 c2 48. Qxh6 $13 {is just unclear.}) 38... Rxf2+ 39. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 40.
Kxf2 Kd7 41. Nf3 {Forced.} (41. Qxg7 Qc2+ 42. Kg3 Qxc1 43. Ng6 Nbc8 $19) (41.
Ng6 Qc2+ $19) 41... a3 42. bxa3 Na4 $1 {After ...Nxc3 Black's attack will be
irresistible. Probably Adams had missed this move when he played 38.Qh7. White
doesn't gets any second chances.} (42... Qxc3 $2 43. Be3 {is just unclear.})
43. Bd2 (43. Qxg7 Qc2+ 44. Bd2 Nxc3 45. Qxh6 Ne4+ 46. Ke1 c3 47. Qe3 (47. Be3
Qb1+ 48. Ke2 c2 49. Bc1 Qb5+ 50. Ke1 Qd3 $19) 47... Nxd2 48. Nxd2 Nc6 $1 49. h6
(49. g5 cxd2+ 50. Qxd2 Qe4+ 51. Qe2 Qh4+ 52. Kf1 Qxg5 53. Qb5 Kc7 $19) 49...
cxd2+ 50. Qxd2 Qe4+ $19) 43... Nxc3 44. Bxc3 Qxc3 {Now a sharp endgame ensues,
but White never has any real chances to save the game.} 45. Qb1 (45. Qxg7 Qb2+
46. Kg3 c3 $19) 45... Kc7 46. a4 {The most testing. Some accuracy is still
required.} (46. Qb4 Qxb4 47. axb4 Kb6 $19) (46. Qb5 Qxa3 47. Qe8 Nc6 $19 48.
Qxe6 Qxf3+) 46... Nc6 47. Qg6 Qb2+ (47... Nxd4 $2 48. Qxg7+ Kc6 49. Qf8 {
is amazingly a draw:} Nxf3 50. Qd6+ Kb7 51. Qe7+ Kb6 52. Qxe6+ Kc5 53. Qe7+ $1
(53. Qd6+ $2 Kd4 54. Qb6+ Kxe5) 53... Kd4 54. Qa7+ Ke4 (54... Kxe5 $2 55. Qg7+
{is the point of 53.Qe7!}) 55. Qh7+ $11) 48. Kg3 c3 49. Ne1 {After other moves
the c-pawn will be unstoppable.} (49. Qxg7+ Kb6 50. a5+ Nxa5 51. Qf8 c2 52.
Qd8+ Kb7 53. Qd7+ Ka6 54. Qc8+ Nb7 55. Qc6+ Ka7 56. Qa4+ Kb6 $19) (49. Qxe6 c2
50. Qd6+ Kb7 51. Qd7+ Kb8 52. Qd6+ (52. Qxc6 c1=Q 53. Qxd5 Qb7 $19) 52... Ka7
53. Qxc6 (53. Qc5+ Kb7) 53... c1=Q 54. Qxd5 Qc7 $19) 49... Qe2 50. Nc2 {
White has blockaded the pawn, but that's where the good news ends.} Kb6 51. a5+
Kxa5 52. Qxe6 Qd3+ $1 $19 {The final touch. The rest is simple.} 53. Kf4 (53.
Kh4 Qxc2 54. Qxd5+ (54. Qxc6 Qh2#) 54... Kb6 55. Qc5+ Kb7 56. Qb5+ Kc7 $19)
53... Qe4+ 54. Kg3 Qd3+ 55. Kf4 Qxc2 56. Qxd5+ (56. Qxc6 Qf2# {mate!}) 56...
Kb4 57. Qc5+ (57. Qxc6 Qf2+ 58. Ke4 Qg2+ $19) 57... Kb3 58. Qd5+ Kb2 ({Easier
is} 58... Ka3 59. Qc5+ Nb4 $19) 59. Qb5+ Qb3 60. Qxc6 c2 61. Qg2 Qb4 62. Kf5
Qxd4 63. Qe2 Kc3 64. Qe1+ Qd2 65. Qa1+ Kb3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kobese, Watu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "South Africa"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RSA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. a3 exd4 15.
Nb3 Nd7 16. Nbxd4 Nde5 17. Bf4 Be6 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Nxe6 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 fxe6
21. e5 dxe5 22. Qh5 Rxf4 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Qh8+ Kf7 25. Qh5+ Kf8 26. Be4 Rh4
27. Qf3+ Rf4 28. Qc3 Qb6 29. Bxc6 Rc4 30. Qf3+ Rf4 31. Qc3 Rc4 32. Qf3+ Rf4 33.
Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Ne5 Rfd8 14.
Kh1 Be7 15. Rde1 h6 16. Bh4 Nd5 17. Bg3 Bd6 18. Qe4 Nf6 19. Qh4 Nd7 20. Nxf7
Kxf7 21. Rxe6 Nc5 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. Qf4+ Ke7 24. Re1+ Kd7 25. Bb5+ Bc6 26. Qf5+
Ne6 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 28. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 h6 10. Be3 b5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Ne2 Qc7 13. Kb1 Be7 14. h4 Bb7
15. Rh3 h5 16. Bg5 Rd8 17. Rh1 g6 18. Nf4 e5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21.
Qxd5 Qc5 22. c3 Kf8 23. a4 bxa4 24. Qxc5 dxc5 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Bxa6 g5 27.
hxg5 Bxg5 28. Bb5 Ke7 29. Bxa4 h4 30. Bb3 Rd8 31. Rh3 Rd3 32. Ka2 Rd2 33. g3
Rg2 34. gxh4 Bc1 35. Bc2 Rxc2 36. Kb1 Rxb2+ 37. Kxc1 Rf2 38. h5 Kf8 39. h6 Kg8
40. h7+ Kh8 41. c4 Ra2 42. Rh5 Ra4 43. Rf5 Rxc4+ 44. Kd2 Rd4+ 45. Ke3 Rd7 46.
Rxe5 Rc7 47. Rh5 c4 48. Rh2 c3 49. Kd3 c2 50. Rxc2 Rd7+ 51. Ke3 Kxh7 52. Rg2
Ra7 53. Kf4 Ra5 54. Rg5 Ra3 55. Rg3 Ra5 56. Ke3 Ra4 57. Rg1 Ra3+ 58. Kf4 Ra5
59. Rg2 Rb5 60. Rg5 Rb3 61. Rg3 Rb5 62. Ke3 Rb4 63. Rg4 Ra4 64. Rg2 Rb4 65. f4
Ra4 66. e5 f6 67. Kf3 fxe5 68. fxe5 Rb4 69. Ke3 Ra4 70. Kd3 Rb4 71. e6 Rb6 72.
Re2 Rb8 73. e7 Re8 74. Kd4 Kg6 75. Kd5 Kf7 76. Kd6 Ra8 77. Rf2+ Kg7 78. Ra2
Rxa2 79. e8=Q Rd2+ 80. Kc5 Kf6 81. Qe4 Rd7 82. Qc6+ Ke7 83. Qg6 Rc7+ 84. Kd5
Kd7 85. Qf7+ Kd8 86. Qf8+ Kd7 87. Qf4 Rb7 88. Qf7+ Kc8 89. Qe8+ Kc7 90. Kc5 Ra7
91. Qe7+ Kb8 92. Qd8+ Kb7 93. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mateo, Ramon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dominican Rep"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DOM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. d5 b4 10. Ne4 Qxb2 11. c4 bxc3 12. Rb1 c2 13. Qd3 cxb1=Q 14. Rxb1 Qxb1+
15. Qxb1 Bxd5 16. Nc3 Bc6 17. Ne5 Bd6 18. Nxc6 Nxc6 19. Bxc6 dxc6 20. Ne4 Rd8
21. Qb7 O-O 22. Qxc6 Be7 23. Qxa6 Rd4 24. Qb7 Rb4 25. Qc6 Rbb8 26. Qa6 Rfd8 27.
a4 Rbc8 28. Nd2 Ra8 29. Qc6 Rac8 30. Qa6 Ra8 31. Qc6 Rdc8 32. Qb7 Bf8 33. Nc4
Rcb8 34. Qc7 Rc8 35. Qb7 Rab8 36. Qd7 Rd8 37. Qc7 Rdc8 38. Qd7 Re8 39. a5 Re7
40. Qc6 Ra7 41. Kg2 Be7 42. Nb6 Rxa5 43. Qc7 Re8 44. Qc6 Rf8 45. e4 Ra2 46. e5
Rd8 47. Nc8 Bf8 48. g4 Rdd2 49. Qe8 Rxf2+ 50. Kg3 g5 51. Nd6 Rf4 52. h3 Raf2
0-1

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. f4
Be7 9. c4 Nbd7 10. Nc3 b6 11. Kh1 Bb7 12. Bd2 g6 13. Rac1 O-O 14. f5 {The
youngish Caruana is a great star of Italian chess. At the Dresden Olympiad he
played enterprisingly and with success.} (14. b4 Rfe8 15. Nf3 Bf8 16. a3 Bg7
17. Ng5 Re7 18. Rce1 Rd8 19. Qf2 Nf8 20. Rc1 h6 21. Nf3 {1-0 Dominguez,L (2556)
-Vazquez Igarza,R (2393)/Las Tunas 2001 (45)}) 14... gxf5 (14... Nc5 15. Bc2 e5
16. Nf3 $16) 15. exf5 (15. Bh6 Rfe8 16. exf5 e5 17. Qd2 (17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Nxe7+
Qxe7 19. Rf3 Kh8 (19... Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Kh8 21. Nc6 e4 22. Qf1 $18) 20. Rg3 Rg8
21. Bg5 Qe8 $11) 17... Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Nc2 $14) 15... e5 16. Nd5 Qd8 (
16... Bxd5 17. cxd5 Nc5 18. Nc6 $140 Nxd5 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Rxc5 dxc5 21. f6
Nxf6 22. Bg5 $18) 17. Ne6 $5 {Under rigorous consideration, this move would
deserve its share of criticism, as it is weaker than the objectively better
knight retreat to c2. Young optimists prefer to push forward..} (17. Nc2 $1 Nc5
18. Nce3 $16) 17... fxe6 18. fxe6 Nc5 19. Bf5 (19. Rxf6 Rxf6 (19... Bxf6 20. e7
Bxe7 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Qg6+ Kh8 24. Qh6+ $11) 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Qh5+ Kg7 23. Qf7+ Kh8 24. Qh5+ $11) 19... Kh8 (19... Nxd5 20.
cxd5 (20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qh5+ $11) 20... Rxf5 21. Rxf5 Bxd5 22. Bh6 Kh8 $11)
20. Rc3 Nxd5 (20... Bxd5 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Rh3 Rxf5 23. Rxf5 Nf6 24. Rxf6 Bxf6
25. Rxh7+ Kxh7 26. Qh5+ $11) 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Rh3 {The black king is not
enjoying tha fact that all the white pieces are directed to his annihilation.}
Bh4 (22... Rxf5 23. Rxf5 Qg8 24. Rf7 Bxe6 25. Rfxh7+ Qxh7 26. Rxh7+ Kxh7 27.
Qh5+ Kg8 28. Bh6 $18) 23. Be1 Rg8 $2 {[%mdl 256] The experienced Kveinis was
not able to find his way through a plethora of defensive options. Objectively
best was to capture the e6-pawn with the bishop. with fairly even chances.} (
23... Bxe6 $1 24. Bxh4 Qd7 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. Rhf3 Nd7 $11) (23... Bg5 $2 24.
Rxh7+ Kg8 25. Qh5 Qf6 26. h4 $18) (23... Nxe6 24. Bxh4 Qd7 25. Qd1 (25. Bxh7
Nf4 26. Rxf4 Qxh3 27. Be4 Bxe4 28. Qxe4 Qe6 29. Bf6+ Rxf6 30. Rxf6 Qxf6 31.
Qxa8+ Kg7 $11) 25... Qc6 26. Rg3 Ng7 27. Bd3 $14) 24. Bxh4 Rxg2 25. Qxg2 Bxg2+
26. Kxg2 Qf8 {The result of the operation is rather sad as the lonely queen
will try to avert aggression by the four strong attacking white pieces.} (26...
Qg8+ 27. Rg3 Qf8 28. e7 Qf7 29. Bc8 $18) 27. Bg6 (27. e7 Qf7 28. Rg3 $18) 27...
Nxe6 (27... Qc8 28. Bf6+ Kg8 29. Bxh7+ Kf8 30. Bg5+ $18) 28. Bf6+ Kg8 29. Bxh7+
Kf7 30. Bxe5+ {Black has found a good moment to resign as he will end up
missing the whole piece.} (30. Bxe5+ Ke7 31. Rxf8 Rxf8 32. Bg3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Khouseinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Tajikistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TJK"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. f5 Na6 8. Nf3
Nd7 9. Ng5 b5 10. Qh5 g6 11. fxg6 fxg6 12. Qf3 Nac5 13. Be3 Be7 14. Qf7+ Kd8
15. O-O b4 16. Ne2 Bxg5 17. Bxg5+ Kc7 18. Be7 Bb7 19. Rad1 Raf8 20. Bxf8 Rxf8
21. Qe7 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Qxa2 23. Rf7 Qe6 24. Qxe6 Nxe6 25. Rxh7 a5 26. b3 Kd6
27. Bc4 c5 28. Ng3 Bc6 29. Nf5+ gxf5 30. Rh6 Bxe4 31. Rxe6+ Kc7 32. h4 Bxc2 33.
h5 a4 34. bxa4 b3 35. Bxb3 Bxb3 36. h6 Bxe6 37. h7 f4 38. h8=Q Bd5 39. a5 Bb7
40. Qh6 Bc6 41. Qe6 Bb5 42. a6 Bc6 43. a7 Bb7 44. Qe8 c4 45. a8=Q Bxa8 46. Qxa8
Kd6 47. Qa6+ Kd5 48. Qb7+ Kd6 49. Qb5 c3 50. Qd3+ Ke6 51. Qxc3 Nf6 52. Qd3 e4
53. Qd4 Kf5 54. Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "ITA-ch 68th"]
[Site "Martina Franca"]
[Date "2008.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bruno, Fabio"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2008.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. b3 c5 6. Nc3 Qb6 7. e4 Bb7 8. e5 Ne4
9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. d3 Bg6 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nh4 Be7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bb2 Rd8 15.
Qg4 O-O 16. h4 d6 17. exd6 Rxd6 18. h5 f5 19. Qxg6 e5 20. Bd5+ Kh8 21. Be6 Rf6
22. Qe8+ Bf8 23. Bd7 Nd4 24. Bxd4 Rxd4 25. Qc8 f4 26. cxb5 axb5 27. a4 c4 28.
axb5 cxd3 29. Ra6 Qc5 30. Rxf6 gxf6 31. b6 Qxc8 32. Bxc8 fxg3 33. b7 Bd6 34. f3
Rb4 35. Rb1 Kg7 36. Kg2 e4 37. fxe4 Rxe4 38. Bh3 d2 39. Rd1 Re2+ 40. Kf3 Rf2+
41. Ke3 f5 42. h6+ Kxh6 43. Bxf5 Rxf5 44. Rxd2 Bb8 45. Rd8 Ba7+ 46. Ke2 Rf2+
47. Kd3 Rf7 48. Rg8 Rxb7 0-1

[Event "ITA-ch 68th"]
[Site "Martina Franca"]
[Date "2008.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Garcia Palermo, Carlos H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2008.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 Re8 8. Nf3
a6 9. O-O b5 10. Bg5 Bf8 11. d6 Bb7 12. e4 Ra7 13. Re1 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. e5
Qe6 16. a4 b4 17. Ne4 Rc8 18. Rc1 c4 19. Qd4 Nc6 20. Qb6 Ba8 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22.
Qxd4 1-0

[Event "ITA-ch 68th"]
[Site "Martina Franca"]
[Date "2008.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O g6 9. Qe1 Qc7 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Qd2 Bg7 12. Bh6 O-O 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. b3 Bb7
15. Rfe1 Qa5 16. Re3 Rad8 17. Rh3 Nf6 18. e5 Nh5 19. Qg5 h6 20. Qxe7 Bc8 21.
Rxh5 Qxc3 22. Rf1 Qxc2 23. Qf6+ Kh7 24. e6 Bxe6 25. Bxe6 Qe2 26. Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITA-ch 68th"]
[Site "Martina Franca"]
[Date "2008.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Brunello, Sabino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2008.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd7 14. Qb3
Nxe5 15. Qxb7 d4 16. Nd5 Bd6 17. Qa6 Qd7 18. Nb6 axb6 19. Bxa8 c4 20. Bg2 Bc5
21. Qb7 Qd6 22. Qe4 b5 23. a3 Rd8 24. Rad1 g6 25. h3 d3 26. Rd2 b4 27. exd3 c3
28. bxc3 bxc3 29. Rc2 Bd4 30. Kh1 Qxa3 31. f4 Qb3 32. Rcc1 f5 33. Qe2 Nf7 34.
Rb1 Qa3 35. Rb7 Qd6 36. Qa2 Rd7 37. Rxd7 Qxd7 38. Qc4 Kg7 39. Bc6 Qa7 40. Bd5
Bf6 41. d4 Nd6 42. Qxc3 Bxd4 43. Qd3 h5 44. Rd1 Bf6 45. Bg2 Nc8 46. Rb1 Ne7 47.
Qe2 Qa3 48. Rb7 Kh6 49. Qe1 Kg7 50. Kh2 Qd6 51. h4 Kf7 52. Qe3 Qe6 53. Qd2 Qc8
54. Qd6 Qc2 55. Rb6 Qc3 56. Qe6+ Kg7 57. Rb7 Qc5 58. Kh3 1-0

[Event "ITA-ch 68th"]
[Site "Martina Franca"]
[Date "2008.12.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Contin, Daniel"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qb3 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. e3 a5 6. a3 Bc5 7. Be2 f5 8. d3 Nf6
9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 Kh8 11. Rad1 Qe8 12. Nd5 a4 13. Qc2 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Na5 15.
Nxe5 Qxe5 16. d4 Bxd4 17. Bxa5 Bc5 18. Bc3 Qe8 19. Bd4 b6 20. Qc3 Rg8 21. Bd3
Bd7 22. Bc2 Qg6 23. f4 Ra5 24. Rf3 Qf7 25. Rh3 Re8 26. Rg3 Bxd4 27. Qxd4 Rc5
28. Bb1 Qe7 29. Kf2 Rf8 30. Rd2 Qf7 31. Rh3 Bb5 32. Ba2 Re8 33. b4 Rc1 34. Rd1
Rc2+ 35. Rd2 c5 36. Rxc2 cxd4 37. exd4 Qe7 0-1

[Event "ITA-ch 68th"]
[Site "Martina Franca"]
[Date "2008.12.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Valsecchi, Alessio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2008.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 c6 6. Bd2 Qd8 7. Nf3 e6 8.
Qe2 Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bd3 b4 12. Ne4 Qd5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxb4
Qxa2 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. c3 Nd7 17. Bb1 Qa5 18. Qc4 Ba6 19. Qa2 Qb6 20. Bd3 Bb7
21. Be4 a5 22. Kc2 Rb8 23. Qb3 Qc7 24. Qc4 c5 25. Nd2 Bg5 26. dxc5 Ne5 27. Qa4
Ba6 28. Nb3 Nc4 29. Bd3 Qf4 30. Qa2 a4 31. Nd2 Rxb2+ 32. Qxb2 Nxb2 33. Bxa6
Nxd1 34. Rxd1 Qf5+ 35. Bd3 Qxc5 36. Ne4 Qe5 37. Nxg5 Qxg5 38. g3 Qd5 39. Rb1
Qg2 40. Rf1 e5 41. Be2 Qe4+ 42. Bd3 Qd5 43. Rb1 Qg2 44. Rf1 e4 45. Be2 e3 46.
Kd3 exf2 47. c4 Ke7 48. Kd4 Qxh2 49. g4 a3 0-1

[Event "ITA-ch 68th"]
[Site "Martina Franca"]
[Date "2008.12.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Genocchio, Daniele"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. e4 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
O-O a6 9. a4 Qc7 10. a5 Bd7 11. f4 Nb4 12. Be2 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15.
c3 Nd5 16. c4 Ne7 17. Be3 Nf5 18. Bb6 Qc8 19. g4 Nh4 20. Qd4 h5 21. Nc5 Bxc5
22. Bxc5 hxg4 23. Bxg4 Qc6 24. b4 e3 25. Ra2 Rh6 26. Qxe3 Rg6 27. Qh3 f5 28.
exf6 gxf6 29. Qxh4 O-O-O 30. Rg2 Rdg8 31. Rg3 Qe4 32. Bf3 Qd3 33. Bg2 Qc2 34.
Qh7 Bc6 35. Qxg8+ Rxg8 36. Rxg8+ Kd7 37. Rg7+ Ke8 38. Bxc6+ bxc6 39. Re1 e5 40.
fxe5 1-0

[Event "ITA-ch 68th"]
[Site "Martina Franca"]
[Date "2008.12.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Shytaj, Luca"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Be3 d6 7. Nc3 Nh6 8. h3
f5 9. Bxh6 Bxd4 10. Qd2 fxe4 11. Be3 Bg7 12. Nxe4 Bf5 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Be2 Qa5
15. Rc1 Rac8 16. b3 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Nb4 18. Rc1 b6 19. O-O Qxa2 20. Qxa2 Nxa2 21.
Ra1 Nc3 22. Bf3 Be4 23. Bg4 Bf5 24. Bf3 Be4 25. Bxe4 Nxe4 26. Rxa7 Rf7 27. Rb7
Kf8 28. Rxb6 Rf5 29. Ra1 Rc7 30. Ra8+ Kf7 31. Rbb8 Ke6 32. h4 h5 33. Bb6 Rc6
34. Be3 Nc5 35. Rb5 Rf7 36. Rg8 Ra6 37. Rxg6+ Kf5 38. Rg5+ Ke4 39. Bxc5 dxc5
40. f3+ Ke3 41. Re5+ 1-0

[Event "ITA-ch 68th"]
[Site "Martina Franca"]
[Date "2008.12.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rombaldoni, Denis"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bb4 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. f4 Qe7 14. Bh5 Rh7 15. e5
O-O-O 16. Ne4 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Nxf6 Qxf6 19. fxg5 Qxg5 20. Qe2 Bd6 21.
Qxe6+ Kc7 22. Rf5 Qd2 23. Rd1 Qxb2 24. Rf7+ Rxf7 25. Qxf7+ Kb6 26. Qf6 Bc7 27.
Qe7 Bxg3 28. Qxd8+ Bc7 29. Qf6 c3 30. d5 Qb4 31. dxc6 Qc5+ 32. Qf2 Bxc6 33.
Qxc5+ Kxc5 34. Bf3 Bxf3 35. gxf3 Bf4 36. Rd8 Kc4 37. Rc8+ Kd3 38. Rd8+ Ke2 39.
Rc8 Bd2 40. f4 Kd1 41. f5 c2 0-1

[Event "ITA-ch 68th"]
[Site "Martina Franca"]
[Date "2008.12.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Piscopo, Pierluigi"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 b5 7. f3 Bb7 8. Qd2
Nf6 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 Ne5 11. Rhe1 Rc8 12. Kb1 Be7 13. g4 Nfd7 14. g5 Nb6
15. f4 Nec4 16. Bxc4 Nxc4 17. Qd3 Qc7 18. Bc1 b4 19. Nce2 d5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21.
b3 Nd6 22. Ng3 O-O 23. f5 exf5 24. Ndxf5 Nxf5 25. Nxf5 Be6 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27.
Bb2+ Kg8 28. g6 fxg6 29. Rxe6 Rf7 30. Re2 Rd8 31. Bd4 Bf6 32. Qe3 Re7 0-1

[Event "ITA-ch 68th"]
[Site "Martina Franca"]
[Date "2008.12.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 a6 8. Bc4
Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. Bb3 Nc5 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 e5 14. Nf5 Nxb3+
15. axb3 Bxf5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Rg8 19. Rxd6 Qg5+ 20. Qxg5
Rxg5 21. g3 Rg6 22. Rd5 Re6 23. f4 exf4 24. gxf4 Re2 25. Rxf5 Rc8 26. Re5+ Rxe5
27. fxe5 Rc5 28. Re1 Ke7 29. Kd2 Rd5+ 30. Kc3 Rc5+ 31. Kd3 Rd5+ 32. Kc3 Rc5+
33. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 18th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2008.12.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2008.12.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Ne5 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Nxg4 Nxg4 12. Qxg4 Qxd4 13. Rd1 Qg7 14. Qf4 Na6 15.
Be2 Be7 16. O-O Nc5 17. e5 Qg6 18. Rd4 Rd8 19. Rfd1 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 Nd3 21. Qd2
h5 22. Bxd3 cxd3 23. Rxd3 b4 24. Nd1 c5 25. Ne3 Bc6 26. Rd6 Qb1+ 27. Kh2 Bb5
28. a4 bxa3 29. bxa3 O-O 30. Qa5 a6 31. Qc7 Re8 32. Qxc5 Qe4 33. f3 Qd3 34. Bf4
Qg6 35. Bg3 Qd3 36. Rxd3 Bxc5 37. Rc3 Bd4 38. Rb3 Rc8 39. Bf4 Rc3 40. Rxc3 Bxc3
41. g4 hxg4 42. Nxg4 Bb2 43. h5 Bxa3 44. Bd2 Be7 45. Ba5 Kg7 46. Kg3 Bd3 47.
Kf4 Bb1 48. Bc7 Bf5 49. Ne3 Bd3 50. Ng4 Bb1 51. Ba5 Bf5 52. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 18th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2008.12.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2008.12.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. Qe2 g6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd2 b5 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. a3 Qe7 15.
Be2 Rfd8 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 e5 19. Qe3 Nf6 20. Rd2 Rac8 21.
Bf3 Rc5 22. Rad1 Qc7 23. Qe2 Kg7 24. h4 h5 25. g3 Bc8 26. a4 b4 27. Na2 Qb6 28.
c3 bxc3 29. Nxc3 Be6 30. Qe3 Bb3 31. Re1 Qb4 32. Bd1 Be6 33. f4 exf4 34. gxf4
d5 35. exd5 Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 18th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2008.12.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.12.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 h5 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. h3 Qc7 12. Bd3 h4 13. f4 b5 14. Rhe1 O-O 15.
g4 hxg3 16. Rg1 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ne5 18. Nd4 Qc5 19. Be3 b4 20. Na4 Qa5 21. b3 Bd7
22. Kb1 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Nh5 24. Qe2 g6 25. Rdf1 Bxa4 26. bxa4 Qxa4 27. Nb3 Qb5
28. Rf5 gxf5 29. Nd4 Qe5 30. Nc6 Nf4 31. Bxf4 Qxf4 32. Nxe7+ Kh7 33. Nxf5 Kg6
34. Ne7+ Kh7 35. Nf5 Kg6 36. Rf1 Qg5 37. h4 Qf6 38. Qg4+ Kh7 39. Qh5+ Kg8 40.
Nh6+ 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 18th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2008.12.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2008.12.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
b4 9. Na4 Nbd7 10. g4 h6 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. b3 Bd7 13. Nb2 d5 14. Bf4 Ng6 15.
Bg3 dxe4 16. Nc4 Nd5 17. h4 Bc5 18. h5 Nge7 19. Be5 e3 20. Qd3 Nc6 21. Nxc6
Bxc6 22. Be2 Qg5 23. Qe4 Rc8 24. f4 Qe7 25. Bxg7 Nc3 26. Qe5 Nxe2+ 27. Kb2 Bxh1
28. Bf6 Qa7 29. Nd6+ Bxd6 30. Qxd6 Bd5 31. Rxd5 exd5 32. Qe5+ Kf8 33. Bxh8 Qd4+
0-1

[Event "Pamplona 18th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.12.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. g3 a6 11. Rc1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nbd7 13. Be2 Rd8 14. e4 e5 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Qc2 Nh5 17. O-O Qd7 18. Rcd1 Bxh4 19. gxh4 Qh3 20. Bc1 O-O 21. f4
Ng4 22. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 23. Qg2 Qxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Nf6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. e5 Nd5 27. f5
Bh5 28. Ne4 Be2 29. Rf2 Bd3 30. Nc5 Bb1 31. e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 18th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2008.12.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2008.12.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
c4 c6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. cxd5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 cxd5 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Bh6
Rfd8 15. Qg5 Qxc3 16. Qf6 Bf8 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Be4 Bc6 19. Rac1 Qb4 20. Bxc6
bxc6 21. Rxc6 Rad8 22. Rd1 Qa4 23. Rcc1 Qxa2 24. Ra1 Qb3 25. Qc6 Rfe8 26. h3
Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 18th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2008.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2008.12.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Bb4 9. Bd2 a5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 O-O 14. e4 Nb6
15. exd5 cxd5 16. c5 Nc4 17. b3 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Qd7 19. Qd3 Ra6 20. b4 axb4 21.
axb4 Rfa8 22. Rxa6 Rxa6 23. b5 Ra4 24. Rc1 g6 25. g3 Rb4 26. c6 Qc7 27. Kg2 Kg7
28. Rc5 bxc6 29. bxc6 Rb6 30. Qc3 Ra6 31. g4 h6 32. h4 Ra8 33. Qe3 Rc8 34. Qc1
Rb8 35. g5 h5 36. Qe3 Rc8 37. f4 Qd6 38. Qc1 Qc7 39. Kg3 Rb8 40. Qe3 Kf8 41.
Qa3 Kg7 42. Qe3 Kf8 43. Rc2 Rc8 44. Qa3+ Kg7 45. Qe3 Kf8 46. Rc5 Rb8 47. Kf3
Rb6 48. Qe5 Rb3+ 49. Ke2 Rb2+ 50. Kd3 Rb3+ 51. Kc2 Qb6 52. Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4 exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Nb3 Qxd1 11. Raxd1 Ng6 12. Be3 b6 13. f4 O-O-O 14. a3
f6 15. Nd4 Bd6 16. g3 h5 17. Nf3 Bh3 18. Rf2 h4 19. Rfd2 Bg4 20. Kf2 hxg3+ 21.
hxg3 Rh3 22. Ne2 Re8 23. Neg1 Rh5 24. Bxb6 Rxe4 25. Bd4 c5 26. Bc3 Ne7 27. Re2
Rxe2+ 28. Nxe2 Nf5 29. Re1 Rh3 30. Rg1 Kb7 31. Bd2 Kb6 32. c4 Kc6 33. Bc3 Nh6
34. Kg2 Rh5 35. Re1 Kb7 36. Nc1 Bd7 37. Nb3 Ng4 38. Na5+ Kb6 39. Re2 Nh6 40.
Re1 g5 41. fxg5 fxg5 42. Ne5 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mecking, Henrique"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. a3 Nxd4 15.
Nxd4 exd4 16. Nf3 Bb7 17. Bf4 Rac8 18. Nxd4 g6 19. Qf3 Qc5 20. Rad1 d5 21. e5
Ne4 22. Bh6 Rfe8 23. Bb3 Bf8 24. Bxf8 Qxf8 25. Qf4 Qe7 26. h4 h5 27. Ba2 Qxe5
28. Qxe5 Rxe5 29. f3 Nc3 30. bxc3 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Rxc3 32. Bb3 Kf8 33. Kf2 a5
34. Re3 Rc5 35. Ke2 b4 36. axb4 axb4 37. Kd2 Ba6 38. Nc2 g5 39. Nxb4 Bf1 40. g3
gxh4 41. gxh4 d4 42. Re4 Bg2 43. Rxd4 Bxf3 44. Rf4 Bg4 45. Rxf7+ Ke8 46. Nd3
Ra5 47. Rf4 Ke7 48. Ra4 Rb5 49. Bd1 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qe2 Bf5 12. Qd1 Re8 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bf4 Na5
15. Ng5 Nxb3 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxd8 Rexd8 18. axb3 a5 19. Rfd1 Kf8 20. Kf1 Ke7
21. Re1 Ke6 22. Rxe4 Be7 23. Ke2 h5 24. Bd2 g6 25. h3 c5 26. c4 b4 27. f3 h4
28. Be1 Rd7 29. Rd1 Rxd1 30. Kxd1 Rh8 31. Bd2 Rh5 32. Bf4 Rf5 33. Kc2 Bd8 34.
Be3 Be7 35. Bf4 Bd8 36. Bh2 Rg5 37. Rg4 Rh5 38. Re4 Rg5 39. Re2 Be7 40. Rd2 Rh5
41. Kd3 Rh8 42. Ke4 Ra8 43. Rd1 Ra7 44. Bf4 Ra8 45. Bh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. Bc2 g6 15. d5
Nb8 16. c4 c6 17. b3 Bh6 18. a4 b4 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Nf1 Bxc1 21. Rxc1 a5 22.
c5 d5 23. exd5 Qxd5 24. Qxd5 Bxd5 25. Nxe5 Nbd7 26. Nxd7 Nxd7 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8
28. Ne3 Be6 29. Bd3 Rc8 30. c6 Rc7 31. Bb5 Nb6 32. Rb1 Kf8 33. Nc2 Ke7 34. Nd4
Bd5 35. Rd1 Kd6 36. Ba6 Kc5 37. Bb7 Re7 38. f3 Re3 39. Kf2 Rc3 40. h4 Bxb3 41.
Nxb3+ Rxb3 42. c7 Rc3 43. Rd5+ Kc4 44. Rxa5 Kb3 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Nb3 a6 10. a4 b6 11. f4 Bb7 12. Bf3 Qc7 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Rad1 Nc5 15.
Qf2 Rad8 16. Nc1 Nb4 17. Nd3 a5 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. c3 Na6 21. Rd2 d5
22. exd5 exd5 23. Rfd1 Qa8 24. f5 Rfe8 25. Qg3 Bf8 26. Bg5 Rd7 27. f6 g6 28.
Qh3 Rdd8 29. Bh6 Re6 30. Bxf8 Rxf8 31. Qh4 d4 32. Bg4 Rb6 33. cxd4 cxd4 34. Rf2
Kh8 35. Rxd4 Re8 36. Nd6 Re1+ 37. Rf1 Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 Bxg2+ 39. Kg1 h5 40. Nxf7+
Kh7 41. Bxh5 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. e3 h6 10. Be2 e6 11. f3 Nfd7 12. e4 Bh7 13. Ng4 Bb4 14. O-O O-O 15.
e5 Kh8 16. Kh1 Qe7 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Rfd8 19. f4 Qh4 20. Qf3 f5 21. exf6
Nxf6 22. Ne5 Kg8 23. Bd2 Nfd7 24. Be1 Qe7 25. Ne4 Nd5 26. Bh4 Nxe5 27. Qg3 Qe8
28. Bxd8 Ng6 29. Bh4 Qf7 30. Nc3 Qf5 31. Nxd5 exd5 32. Qf2 Re8 33. Bg3 Re4 34.
Rad1 Nf8 35. Rd3 Nd7 36. Bh4 Bd6 37. Re3 Nf8 38. Rxe4 dxe4 39. Re1 Bb4 40. Re2
Ne6 41. Qe3 Nxf4 42. Qxe4 Qg4 43. Re3 Bd2 44. Qe8+ Kh7 45. Qe4+ Kg8 46. Qe8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Werle, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Rb8 12. Nc4 Qc8 13. h3 h6 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Qe2
Qb7 16. Ncd2 Bxb3 17. Nxb3 Bf8 18. Nh2 Re8 19. Qf3 Re6 20. Nf1 Qb5 21. Ng3 g6
22. Bd2 Bg7 23. Nf1 Nd4 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. b3 d5 26. Ng3 dxe4 27. Nxe4 Nd5 28.
h4 Rc6 29. h5 g5 30. Ra2 Re8 31. Re2 Rce6 32. Kh1 Re5 33. g4 Qc6 34. Ra1 Rf8
35. Rae1 Kh8 36. Ng3 Rfe8 37. Rxe5 Rxe5 38. Rxe5 Bxe5 39. Nf5 Kh7 40. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 h6 10. Be3 b5 11. Kb1 Ne5 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. Rhe1 Rb8 14. f4 Nc4
15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. b3 Qc7 17. e5 Rc8 18. exf6 Qxc3 19. Qxc3 Rxc3 20. Nf5 gxf6
21. Nxd6+ Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Rc6 23. Rd3 Bc8 24. Bd4 e5 25. fxe5 Re6 26. Bc5 Rxe5
27. Red1 Rxc5 28. Rd8+ Ke7 29. Rxh8 h5 30. Kb2 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd2
Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Nf8 11. g4 Ne6 12. h4 Qe7 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. O-O-O Kb8
15. Kb1 Nd7 16. f4 Ka8 17. Rc1 Nb6 18. Qf2 Rhe8 19. Rhe1 Qf8 20. g5 f5 21. gxf6
Qxf6 22. h5 g6 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Rg1 Nf8 25. Rg5 Qf7 26. Rcg1 Re6 27. Bc1 Nc8
28. e4 Be7 29. exd5 Bxg5 30. dxe6 Nxe6 31. Be3 Bxf4 32. Rxg6 Rf8 33. Rxe6 Qxe6
34. Bxf4 Qf6 35. Ne2 Ne7 36. Qg2 Nd5 37. Bd2 Qh8 38. a3 Rg8 39. Qf3 Rf8 40. Qg2
Rg8 41. Qe4 Re8 42. Qg6 Nc7 43. Bf4 Nd5 44. Be5 Qf8 45. Be4 Rd8 46. Bxd5 Rxd5
47. Nf4 Rd7 48. Ne6 Qc8 49. Qf6 Rh7 50. Nf8 Rh5 51. Qe7 Rh1+ 52. Ka2 a6 53. Ne6
Qg8 54. d5 cxd5 55. Nc7+ Ka7 56. Bd4+ 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. c4 d6 8. Nc3
Nf6 9. O-O b6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Qf3 Bb7 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. Rae1 Bf6 14. Bb1 Nc5 15.
Kh1 Qc7 16. Qh3 Rd8 17. Nc1 Na5 18. b3 Nc6 19. N1e2 g6 20. Nd1 b5 21. cxb5 axb5
22. b4 Nd7 23. Ne3 Ne7 24. a3 Qb8 25. Ng4 Bg7 26. f5 h5 27. fxe6 hxg4 28. exd7+
Rxd7 29. Qxg4 Nc6 30. Ba2 Ne5 31. Qg3 Bxe4 32. Nc3 Bc6 33. Bf4 Re7 34. Bg5 Rc7
35. Bf4 Re7 36. Bd5 Qb7 37. Ne4 Qd7 38. Rd1 O-O 39. Bg5 Bxd5 40. Rxd5 Re6 41.
Nf6+ Bxf6 42. Bxf6 Qc6 43. Rdd1 Nd7 44. Bg5 Qc4 45. h3 Rfe8 46. Rf4 Qa2 47.
Rfd4 Nf6 48. Bxf6 Rxf6 49. Rxd6 Rxd6 50. Rxd6 Qa1+ 51. Kh2 Re1 52. Qf4 Rh1+ 53.
Kg3 Qe1+ 54. Qf2 Qe5+ 55. Qf4 Qe1+ 56. Qf2 Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the eleventh round. I was on plus two and I needed to
win to retain any chances for first place.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Qc7 8. f4 Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Kh1 O-O 11.
Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Qg3 Rad8 15. Rae1 Rd7 16. Bd3 Re8 17. Rf3
$5 {This rare move was suggested to me by Alex Chernin. Although it probably
isn't sufficient for an advantage, Black faces concrete problems which are
difficult to solve over the board. I felt it would come as an unpleasant
surprise to my opponent.} (17. Qh3 e5 $11) (17. e5 {was mainly played in the
past.} dxe5 18. Bxe5 Qd8 19. Ne4 Nh5 20. Qe3 Nf6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Nc5 $36 {
Ni Hua-Jakovenko, Nizhnij Novgorod 2007}) 17... Qd8 $6 {An understandable move,
as Black is planning ...Bf8. However, this momentarily relinquishes control
over the e5-square, which allows White to develop his initiative.} ({Black
should play} 17... Bd8 $1 {, preparing to strike in the centre with ...e5.} 18.
f5 (18. Ref1 e5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Be3 $13) 18... e5 19. Be3 d5 20. Bh6 Nh5 21.
Qg4 Rd6 $1 22. f6 g6 23. Qxh5 gxh5 24. Rg3+ Kh8 25. Bg7+ Kg8 $11) 18. Qh3 g6
19. Ref1 d5 $2 {Sasikiran had clearly overlooked my next move. However,
Black's defensive task is already unenviable.} (19... Bc6 20. f5 exf5 21. exf5
Bxf3 22. fxg6 $18) (19... Bf8 20. f5 exf5 21. exf5 g5 (21... Bxf3 22. fxg6 hxg6
23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qxd7 $18) 22. Rg3 (22. Re3 $6 Bg7 23. a4 bxa4 24. Nxa4 Rxe3
25. Bxe3 h6 26. Bd4 Re7 27. Nb6 Qe8 28. Nc4 Re1 29. Nxd6 Rxf1+ 30. Bxf1 Qe1 31.
Kg1 Ne4 32. Qd3 Bxd4+ 33. Qxd4 Nxd6 34. Qxd6 Qe3+ 35. Kh1 Qf2 36. Qd1 Qxf5 37.
Bd3 Qe5 {1/2-1/2 Fedorchuk,S (2624)-Jaracz,P (2501)/Dresden 2008/CBM 125 Extra}
) 22... h6 23. Nd1 $1 Bg7 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Ne3 $16) ({Black can also try} 
19... Nh5 $5 {, when he has chances to defend successfully in a very dangerous
situation.} 20. f5 exf5 21. exf5 (21. Rxf5 gxf5 22. Qxh5 Bf6 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24.
Rxf5 Qd8 (24... Qe6 $6 25. h3 h6 (25... f6 26. Rxf6 $18) (25... Kh8 26. Nd5 Qg6
27. Nf6 $18) 26. Rf4 f5 (26... Kh8 27. Qh4 $16) (26... Rc7 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28.
exd5 Qe1+ 29. Kh2 f5 30. Bxf5 $16) 27. Rxf5 Rg7 28. a4 $16) 25. e5 (25. Qg4+
Kh8) (25. Ne2 Re5 $13) 25... Re6 26. Rg5+ Rg6 27. Bxg6 fxg6 $11) 21... Bxf3 22.
Qxf3 Bg5 (22... Bf8 23. Nd5 $18) 23. Nd5 Re5 $1 {However, White's initiative
is still very powerful, and Black will have to suffer for a long time.} 24. g4
(24. f6 Rxd5 25. Qxd5 Bxf6 26. g4 Bxd4 27. gxh5 Bxb2 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Bxg6 Qc7
30. Be4 Kf8 $11) (24. g3 Ng7 25. Bxe5 (25. Nb6 Ra7 $1 $11) (25. fxg6 hxg6 26.
h4 Bxh4 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. gxh4 Qxh4+ 29. Kg2 Qg5+ $11) 25... dxe5 26. Nc3 Bh6
$1 (26... Qb6 27. Ne4 Bd8 28. g4 $14) 27. Re1 (27. f6 Ne6 $11) 27... Bd2 28.
Rxe5 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Nxf5 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31. Rxf5 (31. Qxf5 Rd1+ 32. Kg2 Qd2+ 33.
Kh3 Qh6+ 34. Kg4 Qg6+ $11) 31... Rd1+ 32. Kg2 Rd2+ 33. Kh3 Qd7 34. Qg4+ Kh8 $11
) 24... Ng7 25. c4 {This is one of White's most dangerous options, but it is
possible to approach the position in almost any way, since Black is doomed to
passivity.} (25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Nc3 Ne8 27. Ne4 Bf4 $11) (25. Nb4 $5 Qc8 26. Nc6
Re8 27. Qd5 Qb7 28. fxg6 hxg6 29. Bxg6 Re5 $1 $13) (25. Be4 $5 Kh8 26. Rd1) (
25. b3 $5 Kh8 26. c4 bxc4 27. bxc4) 25... bxc4 26. Bxc4 (26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Bxc4
Ne8 $1 28. fxg6 hxg6 29. Nb6 Qxb6 30. Bxf7+ Kh7 31. Bxe8 Rc7) 26... gxf5 (26...
Ne8 $2 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Nb6 $18) (26... Qe8 27. Bxa6 $16) 27. Bxe5 fxg4 (27...
dxe5 28. gxf5 $16) 28. Nf6+ (28. Qxg4 dxe5) (28. Bf6 $5 gxf3 29. Bxd8 Rxd8 30.
Bxa6 $14) 28... Bxf6 29. Bxf6 gxf3 30. Bxd8 Rxd8 31. Rxf3 Ne6 32. Bxa6 $36) 20.
f5 $1 {A simple, but elegant attacking move. The following play is all forced.}
dxe4 21. fxg6 fxg6 (21... exf3 $2 22. Qxh7+ Nxh7 23. gxh7+ Kf8 24. h8=Q#) (
21... hxg6 $2 22. Rxf6 Rxd4 23. Rxf7 $18) 22. Rxf6 (22. Qxe6+ $2 Kh8 {is
surprisingly nothing for White.}) 22... Rxd4 (22... Bxf6 23. Bxf6 Qa8 24. Be2
$18) 23. Rf7 Bh4 24. Be2 {As usual when there are two equally attractive
options, it isn't easy to choose. Objectively this is even stronger than 24.
Bxb5.} (24. Bxb5 axb5 25. Rxb7 Re7 26. Rxe7 (26. Rxb5 $2 Bf2 $44) 26... Qxe7
27. Qg4 $16 {wins the e4-pawn, with a nearly decisive advantage.}) 24... Bc6 (
24... Ba8 25. g3) (24... b4 25. axb4 Rxb4 26. Nb5 $1 axb5 27. Rxb7 $18) 25. g3
e3+ 26. Kg1 {Black is losing a piece for very little compensation, but
technique is still required.} a5 {Black had more persistent continuations.} (
26... Qg5 27. R7f4 Rd2 (27... Rxf4 28. Rxf4 $18) 28. Rg4 (28. Rxh4 $2 Rxe2 29.
Nxe2 Qd5 $19) (28. Qxh4 Qxh4 29. gxh4 Rxc2 30. Bf3 $16) 28... Qe5 29. gxh4 $18)
(26... b4 27. axb4 Rxb4 28. gxh4 Rxb2 29. Qxe3 $18) 27. gxh4 b4 28. axb4 axb4
29. Nd1 $18 Qd5 (29... Rd2 30. Qxe3 $18) (29... Rxh4 30. Qxe3 Qd5 31. Bf3 Qd6 (
31... Rg4+ 32. Kh1 $18) 32. Qf2 $18) 30. Nxe3 Qc5 (30... Qh1+ 31. Kf2 Qe4 32.
Bd3 Qe5 33. Kg1 $18) 31. Bd3 b3 32. Qg3 bxc2 33. Bxc2 (33. Bxg6 $6 Rg4 34. Qxg4
Qxe3+ 35. R7f2 c1=Q 36. Bxe8+ Kh8 {complicates matters, but should still be
winning after 37.Qg3. However, the following variation illustrates the dangers
facing White:} 37. Bf7 $2 Qxf2+ $3 38. Kxf2 Qxb2+ 39. Ke3 (39. Qe2 Qxe2+ 40.
Kxe2 Bb5+ $11) (39. Kg1 Qb6+ 40. Rf2 Qb1+ $11) 39... Qc3+ 40. Kf4 Qd2+ 41. Ke5
Qd5+ 42. Kf6 Qd8+ $11) 33... Rd2 34. R7f2 Red8 35. Rxd2 Rxd2 36. Rf2 Rd4 37.
Bxg6 hxg6 38. Qxg6+ Kh8 39. Qh6+ Kg8 40. Qxe6+ Kh8 41. Qh6+ Kg8 42. Qe6+ Kh8
43. Qc8+ Kg7 44. Rg2+ 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. e3 d6 7. Ne2 a6 8. O-O
O-O 9. b3 Ba7 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Kh1 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.02.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Ng5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qc8 13. e4 Qb7 14. Re1 Nbd7 15.
Nf3 e5 16. Bg5 exd4 17. Nxd4 Rfe8 18. Nd2 c5 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. b3 Re6 21. f3 Rae8
22. Rad1 Ne5 23. Bf4 Nfd7 24. Qc3 h5 25. Ne3 Nb6 26. Ndf1 Ng6 27. Bg5 c4 28.
bxc4 Qc7 29. Rc1 bxc4 30. Nf5 Rc8 31. Nd2 f6 32. Be3 Ne5 33. Rb1 Bc5 34. Bf4
Rd8 35. Red1 g6 36. Nh4 Red6 37. Nxg6 Bd4 38. Qa5 Nxg6 39. Bxd6 Rxd6 40. Qxh5
Kg7 41. Nf1 c3 42. Rbc1 Nc4 43. f4 Qb7 44. Qe2 f5 45. Re1 Qc6 46. Qf3 Nd2 47.
Nxd2 Nh4+ 48. gxh4 Rg6+ 49. Kh3 Qd7 50. Qh5 cxd2 51. exf5 Rh6 52. Qg5+ Kf7 53.
Qxh6 Qxf5+ 54. Kg3 dxc1=Q 55. Rxc1 Qd3+ 56. Kg4 Qe2+ 57. Kf5 Qb5+ 58. Ke4 Qe2+
59. Kd5 Qxa2+ 60. Rc4 Bf6 61. Qh7+ Kf8 62. Qe4 Bxh4 63. Ke6 Kg7 64. f5 Bd8 65.
f6+ Kf8 66. Qd5 Qe2+ 67. Re4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 10th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2009.03.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Klenburg, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 {Throughout history, this system of development has been
one of Black's most popular choices in the Chigorin variation. Black obtains
natural development, but my feeling is that he faces problems keeping his
slightly overextended position together.} 17. Rc1 Rac8 (17... Qb7 {1/2
Ivanchuk,V (2786)-Svidler,P (2727)/Nanjing 2008/CBM 128/[Marin,M] (37)}) 18. a3
{Instead of the standard knight transfer to f1-g3, Caruana prefers maintaining
the tension all over the board. This was Fischer's policy in the Ruy Lopez,
too, during his final campaign for the World Title. See for instance his game
against Ivkov at Palma (izt) 1970 and the 10th game of the match against
Spassky.} ({Yet, I believe that the classical} 18. Nf1 {causes Black more
troubles, Leko,P (2747) -Akopian,V (2679)/Elista 2008/CBM 128/[Marin,M] (1/2,
28)}) 18... Qb8 ({Black has been successful with} 18... Na5 {in two
correspondence games, but further testing in practical chess is required
before reaching a conclusion.} 19. Bd3 Qb8 20. Qe2 h6 (20... b4 21. axb4 Qxb4
22. dxe5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 dxe5 24. Nc4 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 Qb8 {Kristoffel,N-Toennemann,
W/ICCF corr 1991/Corr 2004 (1/2, 31)}) 21. Red1 Rfe8 22. d5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bd8
$11 {Hamarat, T (2640)-Tarnowiecki,H (2692)/ICCF email 2002/ICCF Telechess CBM
100 (1/2, 51)}) 19. Qe2 {White keeps improving the placement of his pieces.} (
19. Bb1 {is too passive to cause Black problems.} Bd8 (19... Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Rxc1
21. Qxc1 exd4 22. Bxd4 Rc8) 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Bc5 Re8 22. Qe2 (22. Ba2 $5)
22... Nh5 $132 {Vutov,M (2262) -Dobrev,N (2409)/Plovdiv 2009/CBM 128 Extra 
(1-0, 48)}) 19... Rc7 20. Bd3 Rfc8 21. Qf1 $5 $146 {An interesting novelty,
removing the queen from the exposed e2-square and renewing the threat of Bxb5.}
(21. Bxb5 $2 Nxd4 $1 $19) (21. Rcd1 {releases the tension along the c-file,
allowing Black regroup comfortably with} Rb7 22. b4 axb3 23. Nxb3 Qa8 $132 {
Asomaeki,P (2527)-De Almeida,M (2455)/ICCF Email 2002/ICCF Telechess CBM 100 
(1/2, 30)}) 21... exd4 {Black has reached a maximum of piece activity and has
nothing better than to release the tension.} (21... Rb7 {is less effective now
because of} 22. Rc2 $5 $14 (22. d5 Na5 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. Rc1 Qb8 25. Rc2 Nc4
$11)) ({However,} 21... Nxd4 {would have been a more restrictive move order.}
22. Nxd4 (22. Rxc7 $2 Nxf3+ $1) 22... Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 exd4 25. Bxd4
Qb7 {White's position remains more pleasant, but Black can hope to hold this
simplified position.}) 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Rxc7 {This intermediate move allows
White to avoid the simplifications mentioned in the previous line.} Rxc7 $6 {
This aligns the major pieces on the h2-b8 diagonal, leaving them vulnerable.} (
23... Qxc7 24. Bxd4 Qb7 {should have been preferred.}) 24. Bxd4 Bc6 {[%cal
Gf6d7] Black's desire to regroup with his minor pieces is understandable, but
this is not the best moment for it.} (24... Rc8 {would have been similar to
the line mentioned above, although the queen is worse placed on b8 than on b7.}
) 25. e5 $1 $36 Nd7 (25... dxe5 26. Bxe5 $18) 26. e6 ({More ambitious than} 26.
exd6 Bxd6 27. Qe2 $14 {, when White would keep some initiative because of his
better regrouped army.}) 26... fxe6 27. Rxe6 Nc5 {An esssential move, allowing
Black to repair his pawn structure.} 28. Bxc5 dxc5 29. Qe2 (29. Qb1 {would
have forced Black to weaken his kingside with} h6 {, but after the queen
incursion to b1 White would have needed some time to re-centralize. A well
timed placement of the black bishop to f6 would have left the white queenside
under serious pressure.}) 29... Qd8 30. Nf3 {White has the initiative. His
pieces are more active and the black kingside has been seriously weakened
after the exchange of the f7-pawn.} c4 {This is the most convenient way to
defend b5. Given the fact that Black has a dark-squared bishop and White does
not, the temporary immobility of the queenside majority is not dangerous in
the long term.} (30... Qd7 $6 31. Bf5 $1) 31. Bc2 $6 {From this square, the
bishop only disposes over one active diagonal.} (31. Bf5 $1 {would have been
more threatening. In certain cases, the possibility of a check on e6 would
make quite a difference compared to the game continuation.} Bf6 (31... Bd7 $4
32. Rxe7 Bxf5 33. Re8+) (31... Bd5 32. Ng5 $1 h6 33. Re5 {[%cal Ge5d5,Gf5e6]}
Kh8 34. Ne6 Bxe6 35. Rxe6 $16 {The weakened position of the black king and the
presence of opposite coloured bishops make Black's situation quite dangerous.})
(31... Bf8 32. Ne5 $36 Bb7 $2 33. Qh5 g6 34. Rxg6+ $1 hxg6 35. Be6+ $1 {
A perfect illustration of the bishop's activity on f5.}) 32. Ne5 Qd5 33. Qg4 {
[%cal Ge6f6]} (33. Nxc6 Qxf5 {is one of the few variations in which the bishop
proves to be somewhat exposed, but White can avoid it.}) 33... Bxe5 34. Re8+
Bxe8 35. Be6+ $16) 31... Bf8 (31... Bf6 32. Ne5 $16) 32. Ne5 Bd5 $2 {This
careless move takes an important square away from the queen, allowing a simple,
but effective, combination.} (32... Bb7 $13 {would have left White with
problems developing his initiative.} 33. Bxh7+ Kxh7 34. Ng6 (34. Qh5+ Kg8 35.
Re8 Qd5) 34... Qd5 35. Qg4 Kg8 36. Re8 Qxg2+ 37. Qxg2 Bxg2 38. Kxg2 Kf7 39.
Rxf8+ Kxg6 40. Rb8 $11) 33. Bxh7+ $1 $18 Kxh7 34. Qh5+ Kg8 35. Re8 {Black has
to give up the queen.} Qe7 (35... Qf6 36. Ng6 $18) (35... Qd6 36. Ng6 $18) 36.
Rxe7 Rxe7 37. Ng6 Re1+ 38. Kh2 Bd6+ 39. f4 Be4 40. Qh8+ Kf7 41. Ne5+ Bxe5 42.
fxe5 Bd5 43. e6+ Bxe6 44. Qh5+ Kf8 45. Qc5+ Kg8 46. Qxb5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 10th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2009.03.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Ne5
c5 9. Nd2 Nc6 10. a3 Rc8 11. Qe2 Ne7 12. Rfd1 Ng6 13. c4 Qc7 14. cxd5 exd5 15.
Nef3 Ne4 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Rac1 Qd7 18. Bb5 Qe7 19. b4 Ne4 20. Nd4 Qh4 21. h3
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bc8 23. N2f3 Qh5 24. Ba6 Bd7 25. Bb5 Bc8 26. Ba6 Bd7 27. Bb5 Bc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 10th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2009.03.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Drasko, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Nbc6 13. Nf3 Qf8 14. O-O c4 15.
Be2 h6 16. Bc1 Qg7 17. h3 Bd7 18. a4 Rd8 19. Ba3 Bc8 20. Qd2 Kh7 21. Rae1 Nf5
22. Bd1 Rc7 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Rxe5 Rc6 25. Bg4 Ra6 26. Bc1 Rxa4 27. Bxf5 gxf5
28. Kh2 Rg8 29. Rg1 Ra1 30. g4 Qf6 31. Rg3 Qg5 32. gxf5 Qxd2 33. Bxd2 Rxg3 34.
Kxg3 exf5 35. Rxd5 Ra2 36. Rd8 Rxc2 37. Be3 f4+ 38. Kxf4 Bxh3 39. Rb8 b6 40.
Rb7+ Kg6 41. Rxa7 Rxc3 42. Ra6 Rb3 43. d5 c3 44. Rxb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 10th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2009.03.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ragger, Markus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. Bg5 g6 10. e3 Bg7 11. Bd3 Be6 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Nbd5 14. Bh4 Nb4
15. Rc1 Rc8 16. h3 c5 17. Nf3 Qb6 18. Nb5 Bd5 19. Nc3 Be6 20. Nb5 Bd5 21. Nc3
Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 10th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2009.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Milanovic, Danilo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Bf4 Nd5 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Be2 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Qxg2 11. Bf3 Qg6 12. Qe2 h5 13. O-O-O Bg4 14. h3
Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qe6 16. Kb1 f6 17. Bh2 Qd5 18. Qd3 e6 19. Qg6+ Ke7 20. Rhe1 Rd8
21. Ka1 Rh6 22. Qd3 Kf7 23. c4 Qf5 24. Qe3 Rd7 25. a3 Be7 26. Rd3 Rh8 27. Qe2
Rhd8 28. Rf3 Qh7 29. Qxe6+ Kf8 30. Rfe3 Qg6 31. d5 cxd5 32. cxd5 Qf7 33. Qe4
Bc5 34. R3e2 Rxd5 35. Qc2 b6 36. Bf4 Rd3 37. Rd2 Qd5 38. Red1 Rxd2 39. Bxd2 Qd3
40. Qa4 a5 41. h4 Kg8 42. Ka2 Bxf2 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 10th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2009.03.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pap, Misa"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 Nc6 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Be6 11. Re1 Bf6 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Nf4 g6 14. Be3
Bxd4 15. Bb5 Be4 16. Qa4 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 a6 18. Rxe4 axb5 19. Qxb5 Qd6 20. a3 Ra5
21. Qb3 Rd8 22. Rae1 Rf5 23. Re8+ Rxe8 24. Rxe8+ Kg7 25. Qc3+ Qf6 26. Nd5 Qxc3
27. Nxc3 Rc5 28. g4 Ne5 29. Ne4 Rc1+ 30. Kg2 Nd3 31. g5 Nf4+ 32. Kf3 Ne6 33. h4
h6 34. Rb8 b6 35. Kg3 Rg1+ 36. Kh2 Re1 37. f3 Re2+ 38. Kg3 Rxb2 39. f4 Rb3+ 40.
Kh2 Nxf4 41. Nf6 hxg5 42. hxg5 Rh3+ 43. Kg1 Rg3+ 44. Kf2 Rxg5 45. Ne8+ Kh6 46.
Nxc7 Ra5 47. Rxb6 Rxa3 48. Rf6 Nd3+ 49. Kg2 Ne5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 10th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2009.03.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Popov, Ivan1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Bg5 Bc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. a5 Nbd5 16. Bh4 Rb8 17. Bg3 Bd6 18. a6 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Rb4 20. Na4 Nb6 21.
Nxb6 Rxb6 22. b3 Qe7 23. Ra5 Rd8 24. Re5 Rbb8 25. f4 Nd7 26. Re4 g6 27. g4 Nf6
28. Re5 Nd5 29. Rf1 Qf6 30. f5 exf5 31. gxf5 g5 32. Qe4 Kg7 33. Rc1 Rd6 34. Qf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 10th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hera, Imre Jr"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. b3 Nd7 5. Bb2 Ngf6 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Bd6 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 h5 10. Bg2 h4 11. g4 Ne5 12. e3 Bc7 13. Nd2 Ng6 14. f4 e5 15. f5
Nf8 16. c4 Qd6 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nc4 Qe7 19. d4 Nd7 20. Rc1 N7b6 21. Bxd5 cxd5
22. Nxe5 Bd6 23. Qf3 Qf6 24. a4 a5 25. Rc2 O-O 26. Rg2 Qg5 27. Bc1 Rac8 28. Bd2
Bb4 29. Qd1 Rfe8 30. f6 g6 31. Bc1 Rxe5 32. dxe5 Qxe5 33. Qd4 Qe6 34. Bd2 Bc5
35. Qf4 Nd7 36. Qh6 Nxf6 37. Rgf2 Ne4 38. Rxf7 Qxf7 39. Rxf7 Kxf7 40. Qh7+ Kf6
41. Qxb7 Rd8 42. Qc7 Rd6 43. Bc3+ d4 44. Bxd4+ Bxd4 45. exd4 Rxd4 46. Qxa5 Rd1+
47. Kg2 Rb1 48. Qd5 Rb2+ 49. Kf3 Ng5+ 50. Ke3 Ne6 51. g5+ Ke7 52. a5 Rh2 53.
Qb7+ Kd6 54. Qb8+ Nc7 55. Qb4+ Kc6 56. Qxh4 Nd5+ 57. Kf3 Rb2 58. Qa4+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 10th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Talla, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. a3
b5 9. g4 Bb7 10. f3 Be7 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. O-O-O Na5 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15.
h4 Nd7 16. Nce2 Ne5 17. g5 Qc7 18. b3 d5 19. Nf4 Bxa3 20. Nfxe6 fxe6 21. Nxe6
Qe7 22. exd5 Bc8 23. f4 Nc4 24. bxc4 bxc4 25. Ka2 Rb8 26. Rb1 Rb5 27. Rxb5 axb5
28. Qa5 Bd6 29. Qxb5+ Bd7 30. Qxc4 Bxe6 31. dxe6 O-O 32. Qd5 Rc8 33. Rb1 Kh8
34. c4 Qd8 35. Rb6 Qe8 36. Qxd6 Qa4+ 37. Kb2 Qxc4 38. Qd2 Ra8 39. Qa5 Rc8 40.
Qd2 Ra8 41. Rb3 Qa6 42. Qb4 Qa1+ 43. Kc2 Qa2+ 44. Kd3 Rc8 45. e7 Qc2+ 46. Kd4
Re8 47. Rc3 Qd1+ 48. Rd3 Qa1+ 49. Ke4 Qh1+ 50. Ke5 Qa1+ 51. Bd4 Qa6 52. Ke4
Qc6+ 53. Ke3 Qc1+ 54. Qd2 Qg1+ 55. Kf3 Qf1+ 56. Kg3 Rxe7 57. Bf2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 10th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Cvetkovic, Srdjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Bf4 d6 12. Be2 e5 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. c4 Nf5 19. Bd3 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. b4
b6 22. a4 a5 23. bxa5 bxa5 24. Rab1 Rb8 25. Rb5 Rxb5 26. cxb5 Rc8 27. g3 Qc3
28. Qe2 Qc5 29. h4 Kg7 30. Rb1 Qb6 31. h5 Rc3 32. Kg2 Ra3 33. Rh1 Qb8 34. hxg6
hxg6 35. Rb1 Rxa4 36. Rc1 Ra3 37. Rc6 Rb3 38. Bc4 d3 39. Qg4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 10th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kalezic, Blazo"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bf5 12. e6 Nf6 13. exf7+ Rxf7 14. Nb1 Qd7
15. Bg5 Re8 16. Qd1 Na5 17. Nd4 Nc4 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Nd2 Nxb2 20. Qh5 Nc4 21.
Nxf5 Rxf5 22. Qd1 Nxd2 23. Qxd2 Ref8 24. Kh1 c6 25. f4 Qd6 26. g3 R5f7 27. Bc2
Re8 28. a4 Rfe7 29. Rfe1 b4 30. Rxe7 Qxe7 31. Qd3 Qe4+ 32. Qxe4 dxe4 33. cxb4
Bxb4 34. Bd1 e3 35. Be2 a5 36. Kg2 Bd2 37. Kf3 Rb8 38. Ra2 Rb4 39. Rc2 Rxa4 40.
Rxc6 Rd4 41. Rc8+ Kf7 42. Rc7+ Kf8 43. Ra7 h6 44. h4 h5 45. f5 Rd6 46. Kf4 g6
47. Kg5 gxf5 48. Kxf5 Rc6 49. Ke4 Rg6 50. Bxh5 Rxg3 51. Be2 Rh3 52. h5 Rh4+ 53.
Kd3 Rf4 54. h6 Kg8 55. h7+ Kh8 56. Kc2 Rf2 57. Bd3 Bb4+ 58. Kb3 Rf8 59. Rd7 Rc8
60. Ka4 Rb8 61. Be2 Bd2 62. Bd3 e2 63. Bxe2 Rb4+ 64. Ka3 Bc1+ 65. Ka2 Rb2+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 16th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Deviatkin, Andrei"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.04.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Eurasia Logistics"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qe4 b6 8. Bg5
Qc7 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Nc4 Rc8 11. Qh4 Na5 12. Nxa5 bxa5 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bd2 Nb6
15. O-O Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qxe5 17. Rfe1 Qd5 18. Qe4 Bd6 19. c4 Qxe4 20. fxe4 Rc5
21. Rac1 Be5 22. Be3 d6 23. f4 Bxb2 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Rb1 Bc3 26. Red1 Ke7 27.
Kf2 a4 28. a3 g5 29. f5 Kf6 30. Ke2 exf5 31. exf5 g4 32. Kf1 Re8 33. Be2 Re4
34. Rd6+ Kg5 35. Rc6 Nxc4 36. Bxc4 Rxc4 37. Rb7 Rf4+ 38. Ke2 Rxf5 39. Rcc7 f6
40. Rb1 Re5+ 41. Kf1 Bd4 42. Rxa7 Rf5+ 43. Ke2 Rf2+ 44. Kd3 Rf3+ 45. Ke4 f5+
46. Kd5 Rxa3 47. Rb8 Rh3 48. Rg8+ Kf4 49. Rxa4 Rxh2 50. Rc8 Kg5 51. Ra3 h5 52.
Ra1 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 16th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.04.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Na5 11. Bd3 Nb4 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Be4 f5 14. Bd3 Nxd3
15. Qxd3 b6 16. Nc3 Bb7 17. Ne5 f4 18. Ne4 Qd5 19. f3 Rad8 20. b3 Rf5 21. Nf2
Rxe5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 24. Qe2 Bd5 25. Rac1 Bd6 26. h3 Rf8 27. Rc2
Nb7 28. Qa6 Nc5 29. Qxa7 Qb4 30. Ng4 Bb8 31. Qe7 Qf4 32. Rcd2 h5 33. Nf2 Be5
34. Kf1 Ra8 35. Nd3 Nxd3 36. Rxd3 Kh7 37. a4 Rf8 38. Qd7 Rf6 39. Qb5 Be4 40.
R3d2 Bxf3 41. Rf2 Bxg2+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 16th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Smirnov, Artem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.04.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg Mikhail Chigorin"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. Re1 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. d5
Ne7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Be3 O-O 11. c4 h6 12. Nfd2 f5 13. f3 Kh7 14. Nc3 Bf6 15.
Bf2 Bg5 16. b4 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 f4 18. c5 Nf6 19. Rec1 Qd7 20. Qe2 a6 21. b5 g5
22. Rab1 g4 23. bxa6 bxa6 24. Rb7 g3 25. hxg3 fxg3 26. Bxg3 Rab8 27. c6 Qd8 28.
f4 exf4 29. Bxf4 Ng6 30. Bg3 Qe7 31. Rf1 Rbc8 32. Rf5 Ng8 33. Qf3 Rxf5 34. Qxf5
Rd8 35. Ne2 Qg7 36. Nf4 N8e7 37. Qh3 Nxf4 38. Bxf4 Rf8 39. Bxh6 Qxh6 40. Rxc7
Re8 41. e5 Qxh3 42. gxh3 Kg6 43. Rxe7 Rxe7 44. exd6 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 16th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.04.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. a4 b4 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. Re1 h6 15. Bf1 Be7
16. b3 Nc3 17. Nxc3 bxc3 18. Ba3 Nb6 19. Rc1 cxd4 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Nxd4 Nd5
22. Bc4 Rd8 23. Qg4 O-O 24. Ne2 Nb6 25. Rxc3 Nxc4 26. Rxc4 Rd3 27. b4 Rfd8 28.
h3 Qd7 29. Nc3 Kh8 30. b5 Kh7 31. b6 Rc8 32. Rxc8 Qxc8 33. Ne4 Qc6 34. a5 Rd4
35. f3 Qd5 36. Qh5 g6 37. Nf6+ Kg7 38. Nxd5 gxh5 39. Nf6 Rb4 40. Rc1 Kg6 41.
Rc7 Bd5 42. Ra7 Kf5 43. Nxd5 exd5 44. Rxa6 d4 45. Ra8 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 16th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2009.04.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Nf6 7. Re1 b5 8. Bc2
e5 9. h3 g6 10. d4 Bg7 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. a4 Rb8 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Nbd2 O-O 15.
Nb3 c4 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. axb5 axb5 18. b3 Rd8 19. Qe2 cxb3 20. Bxb3 h6 21. Qa2
Nd7 22. Nxd7 Bxd7 23. Bd5 Rdc8 24. Qb3 Be8 25. Ra6 Qc7 26. Rea1 Kh7 27. Bc5 Rd8
28. Qa3 Rb7 29. Ne1 f5 30. Nd3 Rbb8 31. Bf8 b4 32. Bxb4 Nxb4 33. Nxb4 fxe4 34.
Bxe4 Qc4 35. Re1 Rbc8 36. h4 Qxc3 37. Qxc3 Rxc3 38. h5 Rc4 39. hxg6+ Kh8 40.
Nd5 Bc6 41. Ne3 Rxe4 42. Rxc6 Rf4 43. Nc4 Rdf8 44. f3 e4 45. Rxe4 Rxe4 46. fxe4
Bd4+ 47. Kh2 Re8 48. Kh3 Rxe4 49. Nd6 Rf4 50. Rc4 Be3 51. Rxf4 Bxf4 52. Nf5 Kg8
53. Kg4 Bc1 54. Kh5 Bd2 55. Nxh6+ Kg7 56. Nf5+ Kg8 57. g4 Bc3 58. Kh6 Bd2+ 59.
g5 Bc3 60. g7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 16th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.04.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Ekonomist SGSEU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Ne3 gxf4 13. Nxf5 O-O-O 14. Qc2
Ng6 (14... Nc5) 15. O-O Kb8 (15... fxg3 16. hxg3 h5 17. Rfc1 Kb8 (17... h4 18.
Nb5 Qb6 19. Nbd6+ Bxd6 20. Nxd6+ Kb8 21. a5 Qc7 22. Nxb7 $1 Qxb7 23. Bxc6 Rc8 (
23... Qb4 24. Ra4 $18) (23... Qc7 24. Qb3+ $18) 24. Bxb7 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Kxb7 26.
Rac1 $16) 18. b4 h4 (18... Bxb4 $2 19. Nd5 $18) 19. Nb5 $1 Qc8 (19... Qb6 20.
a5 Qxb5 (20... Qa6 21. Nbd6 Bxd6 22. Nxd6 $18 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gb4b5]}) 21. Nd4
{E.g.} Qh5 (21... Qa6 22. b5 cxb5 23. Qc7+ $18) 22. Nxc6+ bxc6 23. Qxc6 $18)
20. Qb3 $1 h3 21. Qe3 c5 22. Be4 Nf6 23. bxc5 Ng4 24. c6 $1 $18 {1-0
Kasimdzhanov,R (2690)-Predojevic,B (2645)/Germany 2007 (29)}) 16. Rfc1 a5 17.
b4 Bxb4 $146 {An attempt to rehabilitate a very risky variation.} (17... axb4
18. Nb5 Qe5 19. Nbd4 Bc5 20. Nb3 fxg3 21. hxg3 h5 22. Rab1 Ba7 23. e3 h4 {
Reeh: 'Treibt rücksichtslos den eigenen Angriff voran.'} (23... Ne7 $142 {
war vorsichtiger.}) 24. Nbd4 Bxd4 25. Nxd4 c5 {Reeh: 'Vielleicht hatte sich
Schwarz auf diesen Zug verlassen, aber...'} 26. Rxb4 $1 {Reeh: 'Reißt die
c-Linie auf und verschafft der weißen Dame freie Sicht.'} cxb4 27. Nc6+ $18 {
1-0 Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son-Predojevic,B/Moscow 2008 (31)}) 18. Nd5 $1 ({
Stronger than} 18. Nb5 Qb6 19. Nbd4 Nc5) 18... Qe5 19. Nxb4 axb4 20. Rab1 Qa5 (
20... c5 21. e3 fxg3 (21... fxe3 22. f4 $1 $16) 22. hxg3 Rc8 (22... h5 23. f4
Qe6 24. Rxb4 $18) 23. Rd1 $16) ({The indirect defence of the c5-pawn doesn't
work:} 20... Ne7 21. Qc4 $1 ({Another possible sac is} 21. Rxb4 Qxf5 22. Qb2
Nc5 23. Rxf4 Qe6 24. Rfc4 $40) 21... Nxf5 (21... Qxf5 22. Qxb4 {[%csl Rb7,Re7]}
) 22. Qxb4 {with a winning attack}) 21. Nd6 Nde5 $8 22. Nc4 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 $14 {
The forced moves are over and White enjoys a stable plus thanks to his better
pawn structure and a safer king.} fxg3 (23... Qxa4 24. Bf3 $36 (24. Ra1 Qb5 25.
Qxb5 cxb5 26. Rc5 Rd7 27. Rxb5 Rhd8 28. Bf3 $14)) 24. hxg3 Ne5 25. Qf4 (25.
Qxb4 Qxb4 26. Rxb4 $14) 25... Rhg8 26. Rxb4 Rg4 27. Rb5 $1 Rxf4 (27... Qxb5 $2
28. axb5 Rxf4 29. gxf4 Ng6 30. bxc6 bxc6 31. e3 Ne7 32. Bxc6 $16 {/+-}) 28.
Rxa5 Rf5 $2 (28... Rc4 29. Rb1 (29. Rxc4 Nxc4 30. Rh5 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 Rd2 32. Rxh7
Nd6 $132 {[%cal Gc6c5,Gc5c4]}) 29... f6 30. f4 Ng4 31. Bf3 Ne3 $14) 29. Rac5 $1
{Suddenly Black is in big troubles. The threat is 30.f4.} ({Possibly Black was
expecting only} 29. Kf1 Re8 30. f4 Rf6 $14) 29... Rg5 {The Chinese GM decides
to give up a piece, hoping to exploit some practical chances, but Caruana's
technique is impeccable.} ({The alternative} 29... b6 30. R5c3 c5 {wasn't much
better either:} 31. a5 $1 bxa5 32. Rxc5 $18) 30. f4 Rxg3 31. Rxe5 Rdg8 32. Rg5
R8xg5 33. fxg5 Rxg5 34. Rf1 $1 f5 35. Rf4 $18 Kc7 36. Kf2 Kd6 37. Rd4+ Ke6 (
37... Kc5 38. Rd7 $18) 38. Bf3 Rg7 39. a5 Rg8 40. Rb4 Rg7 41. Rc4 Rd7 42. Ke3
Ke5 43. Rc5+ Kf6 44. a6 $1 bxa6 45. Rxc6+ Kg5 46. Rxa6 Re7+ 47. Kf2 Rd7 48. Rb6
Rd8 49. Rb7 h6 50. Kg3 Rc8 51. Rb5 Kg6 (51... Rf8 52. Be4 h5 53. Bd3 {[%cal
Ge2e4]} h4+ 54. Kf3 h3 55. Kg3 $18) (51... h5 52. Be4 h4+ 53. Kf3 Rf8 54. Bd3
$18) 52. Rxf5 (52. Rxf5 Kxf5 53. Bg4+) 1-0

[Event "ITA-chT 41st"]
[Site "Senigallia"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Salvador, Roland"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.04.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. Nh4 Be6 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Qd2 Nb6 11. b3 Rc8 12. a4 Nbd7 13. a5 c5 14. a6 bxa6 15.
Rxa6 cxd4 16. Na4 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. e3 dxe3 19. Qxe3 Rxc2 20. Rxe6 fxe6 21.
Qxe4 Qc8 22. Qxe6+ Rf7 23. Nf3 Nf8 24. Qe3 h6 25. Ne5 Rf5 26. Nf3 g5 27. Be5
Bxe5 28. Nxe5 Rfxf2 29. Qxf2 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Qc2+ 31. Re2 Qxb3 32. Nc5 Qb6 33.
Ned3 Nd7 34. Re6 Nxc5 0-1

[Event "ITA-chT 41st"]
[Site "Senigallia"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Rusev, Krasimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2009.04.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qb1
c4 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. Ng3 Bd7 11. Nh5 g6 12. Ng3 O-O-O 13. Be2 Nge7 14. Qc1 Kb8 15.
O-O h5 16. h4 Nf5 17. Bg5 Rc8 18. Bf3 Qa5 19. Ne2 Qa4 20. Qd2 Ka8 21. g3 Nb8
22. Bg2 Qa5 23. Bf6 Rh7 24. Nf4 Ba4 25. Nh3 Nd7 26. Ng5 Nxf6 27. exf6 Rhh8 28.
Nxf7 Rhf8 29. Ne5 Rxf6 30. Rfb1 Nd6 31. Rb4 Rcf8 32. f4 Rc8 33. Qc1 Rc7 34.
Rab1 Kb8 35. Kh2 Kc8 36. Qd2 Kb8 37. Re1 Ka8 38. Bf3 Kb8 39. Reb1 Ka8 40. Qc1
Kb8 41. Qb2 Qa6 42. Re1 Ka8 43. Bg2 Kb8 44. Qc1 Ka8 45. Qd2 Kb8 46. Qc1 Ka8 47.
Nf3 Bd7 48. Ng5 Kb8 49. a4 Nf5 50. Bh3 Qd6 51. Bxf5 Rxf5 52. a5 Bc8 53. Nf3 Rc6
54. Ne5 Ra6 55. Rb5 Bd7 56. Rc5 b6 57. Qb2 Be8 58. Qb4 Kb7 59. axb6 Rxb6 60.
Qa3 a6 61. Ra1 Rf6 62. Qa2 Qd8 63. Rb1 Bb5 64. Kg2 Qe8 65. Qa5 Rf5 66. Qa3 Rf6
67. Re1 Qd8 68. Nf3 Qd7 69. Ra1 Kb8 70. Ne5 Qb7 71. Qc1 Ka7 72. Nf3 Be8 73. Qe3
Rf5 74. Ne5 Rf6 75. Qc1 Kb8 76. Qa3 Bb5 77. Qa5 Be8 78. Qa3 Bb5 79. Rb1 Qg7 80.
Nc6+ Kb7 81. Rbxb5 1-0

[Event "ITA-chT 41st"]
[Site "Senigallia"]
[Date "2009.05.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Olszewski, Michal"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.04.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. g3 a6 13. Rfe1 c5 14. cxd5 exd5 15.
Bf1 c4 16. a4 Bb4 17. Nd2 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 b5 19. Ba3 Rac8 20. Rc1 Ne4 21. Nxe4
Rxe4 22. Bh3 Bc6 23. a5 Bb7 24. Re2 Ree8 25. f3 Rcd8 26. Rce1 Nf6 27. Bc5 Nd7
28. Bb4 Nf6 29. Bf5 Bc6 30. Bc2 Qb7 31. g4 Qc8 32. h3 h5 33. Bc5 g6 34. Rg2
hxg4 35. hxg4 Nh7 36. Kf2 Ng5 37. Rh1 Qe6 38. e4 f6 39. bxc4 bxc4 40. Qe3 Rb8
41. e5 Nf7 42. Rgh2 Rb7 43. Rh6 Ng5 44. Qxg5 1-0

[Event "ITA-chT 41st"]
[Site "Senigallia"]
[Date "2009.05.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ninov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2009.04.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. Qd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. O-O-O a5 14. g4 e5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Bd5 b4 17. Bxa8 bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxa8 19. gxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITA-chT 41st"]
[Site "Senigallia"]
[Date "2009.05.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2009.04.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Be2 Qc7 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 e5 14. Qd3 exd4
15. Qxd4 Be7 16. Qf4 Qxf4 17. exf4 Bf6 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Nf6 20. Bf3 Nd5
21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. Rxd5 Be6 23. Rd4 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Be3 h5 26. h3 a5 27.
Kh2 Rd3 28. Kg3 b4 29. Kh4 g6 30. a3 bxa3 31. bxa3 a4 32. Rb1 Rb3 33. Rd1 Rb8
34. Rd4 Ra8 35. Rb4 Kf8 36. Bc5+ Ke8 37. Bd4 Kd7 38. f3 Kc6 39. g4 Ra5 40. f5
Bd5 41. fxg6 fxg6 42. f4 hxg4 43. hxg4 Bb3 44. Rb6+ Kd5 45. Be5 Bc2 46. Rd6+
Kc4 47. Kg5 Kb3 48. Rc6 Be4 49. Rc3+ Ka2 50. Re3 Bc2 51. Re2 Kb3 52. Rxc2 Kxc2
53. Kxg6 Kb3 54. g5 Kxa3 55. Kf5 Kb4 56. g6 a3 57. Kf6 Rxe5 58. fxe5 a2 59. g7
a1=Q 60. g8=Q Qf1+ 61. Ke7 Qb5 62. Qe6 Qb7+ 63. Qd7 Qe4 64. Qd6+ Kb5 65. e6
Qh4+ 66. Kd7 Qg4 67. Kc7 Qg1 68. e7 1-0

[Event "ITA-chT 41st"]
[Site "Senigallia"]
[Date "2009.05.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2009.04.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qd2 Nc5 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. h4 Na4
15. Nxa4 Bxa4 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 Bc6 18. Bd3 f5 19. h5 O-O 20. Be2 Rf7 21.
h6 Raf8 22. Kd2 Re7 23. g4 fxg4 24. Bxg4 Be8 25. Ke3 Bg6 26. c3 gxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup 28th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jenni, Florian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2009.05.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O e6 5. c4 Nd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d3 Ngf6 8. h3
Bh5 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Bc5 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Kh2 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qe7
15. Bg2 Bb4 16. Bd2 Rad8 17. a3 Ba5 18. Rae1 Ne5 19. f4 Nc4 20. Bc1 Bc7 21. e5
Nd7 22. Ne4 Ncb6 23. b4 Nf8 24. Be3 Ne6 25. Bc5 Qd7 26. Rd1 Nd5 27. Nc3 Nxc5
28. Nxd5 cxd5 29. Rxd5 Qe7 30. Rxc5 Bb6 31. Rd5 Rxd5 32. Bxd5 Rd8 33. Rd1 Kh8
34. h4 g6 35. Bb3 Kg7 36. Rxd8 Qxd8 37. f5 Qc7 38. Qe4 gxf5 39. Qxf5 Qe7 40.
Bc2 Kf8 41. e6 Bc7 42. Kh3 f6 43. Be4 b6 44. Qg4 Bd6 45. Bf5 a5 46. bxa5 bxa5
47. a4 Qb7 48. Qd1 Qe7 49. Qd2 Bb4 50. Qd3 Kg8 51. Qe4 Qc7 52. Bg4 Qe5 53. Qf3
Bd6 54. Bf5 Kg7 55. Kg4 Kh6 56. Qd3 Kg7 57. Qf3 Kh6 58. Qd3 Kg7 59. h5 Qc5 60.
Qe4 Qe5 61. h6+ Kh8 62. Qd3 Qc5 63. Qf3 Qc8 64. Kh4 Qg8 65. Qe3 Qf8 66. Kh3 Qe8
67. Kg4 Qg8+ 68. Kh4 Qf8 69. Bd3 Bc5 70. Qf4 Bd6 71. Qd2 Bb4 72. Qe3 Bc5 73.
Qe4 Qxh6+ 74. Kg4 Qg6+ 75. Kf3 Qxe4+ 76. Kxe4 Kg7 77. Kd5 Bb4 78. Kc6 Kf8 79.
Kd7 h6 80. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup 28th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2009.05.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Cossin, Sebastien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2009.05.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4
Nbc6 9. Qa4 a6 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. O-O-O Qc8 12. Nxf5 Nxf5 13. Bb6 Bb4 14. Rd8+
Qxd8 15. Bxd8 Rxd8 16. a3 Be7 17. Bf3 Nfd4 18. Bxc6+ Nxc6 19. Rd1 O-O 20. Rxd8
Rxd8 21. Qxc4 Rd4 22. Qe2 Bg5+ 23. Kb1 Bf4 24. g3 Bxe5 25. f4 Bd6 26. h4 Bf8
27. h5 h6 28. Ne4 f5 29. Nc3 Kf7 30. Qf3 Be7 31. g4 fxg4 32. Qxg4 Bf6 33. Qg6+
Kf8 34. Ne4 Ne7 35. Qg2 Rd1+ 36. Ka2 Rd5 37. Nxf6 gxf6 38. Qe4 Rxh5 39. Qxb7 a5
40. b4 axb4 41. axb4 Nd5 42. Qc8+ Ke7 43. b5 Rh2+ 44. Ka1 f5 45. b6 Nxb6 46.
Qc5+ Kf7 47. Qxb6 h5 48. Qa7+ Kf6 49. Qg1 Rc2 50. Qg5+ Kf7 51. Qxh5+ Ke7 52.
Qg5+ Kf7 53. Qd8 Re2 54. Kb1 Re4 55. Kc2 Rc4+ 56. Kd2 Re4 57. Kd3 Re1 58. Qc7+
Kg6 59. Qb8 Re4 60. Qg8+ Kf6 61. Qh7 Ra4 62. Ke3 Ra3+ 63. Kf2 Rb3 64. Qg8 Rb2+
65. Kg3 Re2 66. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 28th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2009.05.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petr, Martin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2009.05.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2
d6 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Bh6 Nc6 11. h3 Bf8 12. Qe3 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 e5 14. N1d2 Be6 15.
O-O Qe7 16. Rfe1 Rg8 17. Qe3 g5 18. Bc4 O-O-O 19. Bxe6+ Qxe6 20. Nf1 Nh5 21.
Ng3 Nxg3 22. fxg3 g4 23. h4 f5 24. exf5 Qxf5 25. Rf1 Qg6 26. c4 Rgf8 27. Qd2
Kb8 28. Rad1 Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Qe6 30. Na5 Nxa5 31. Qxa5 Re8 32. Qd5 Qxd5 33. cxd5
e4 34. Rf4 e3 35. Kf1 e2+ 36. Ke1 h5 37. Rf6 Kc7 38. Rf7+ Kb6 39. Rd7 Kc5 40.
Rxb7 Kxd5 41. Rb6 Re3 42. Rxa6 Rxg3 43. Kxe2 Rxg2+ 44. Kd3 Ke5 45. b4 Rh2 46.
Ra5+ d5 47. Ra8 Rh3+ 48. Ke2 Rxh4 49. b5 Rh2+ 50. Kd3 g3 51. a4 Rb2 52. Kc3 Rb1
53. Rg8 h4 54. Kc2 Rb4 55. Kc3 Rxa4 56. b6 Rc4+ 0-1

[Event "Mitropa Cup 28th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2009.05.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.05.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Rfd1 Qe7 12. Rac1 Rad8 13. g3 c5 14. cxd5 exd5
15. Bf1 Rc8 16. Bg2 Ne4 17. Qe2 Ndf6 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Nd2 Nf6
21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Nb1 Re5 23. Nc3 Qf5 24. Qd2 Bf8 25. Nxd5 h5 26. Nf4 Bxg2 27.
Nxg2 Re4 28. Qd3 Rc6 29. h4 g6 30. Nf4 Rd6 31. Qb1 a5 32. Kg2 Kh7 33. Rxd6 Bxd6
34. Kf3 Re5 35. Qxf5 Rxf5 36. Rc4 Rf6 37. Ke2 Bf8 38. Nd3 Rb6 39. Ra4 Ra6 40.
Ne5 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 28th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vavrak, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.05.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
a5 9. Re1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. Nb1 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Nc3 Qb6 14. Qg4 g6
15. Bh6 Nc5 16. Bb5+ Bd7 17. a4 Bc6 18. Rac1 O-O-O 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Ne2 Bxb5 21.
axb5 b6 22. Nd4 Qxe5 23. Nc6 Qc7 24. b4 axb4 25. Ra1 b3 26. Ra7 Nb7 27. Nxe7+
Qxe7 28. Rc1+ Kb8 29. Qa4 Nc5 30. Ra8+ Kc7 31. Qa7+ Kd6 32. Bf4+ 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 28th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ragger, Markus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2009.05.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Austria"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 e6 4. a3 g6 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Bg5 h6
9. Be3 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Bxd4 Nxe4 13. Bxg7 Re8 14. Be2 Kxg7 15.
Qd4+ Qf6 16. Qxf6+ Kxf6 17. Nxe4+ Rxe4 18. f3 Re7 19. Kf2 Bf5 20. Rhd1 Rae8 21.
Bf1 Re3 22. Rd2 R8e7 23. Rad1 g5 24. Re2 Rb3 25. Rxe7 Kxe7 26. Rd2 h5 27. g4
hxg4 28. hxg4 Bg6 29. Be2 Kf6 30. Bd1 Rd3 31. Ke2 Rxd2+ 32. Kxd2 Ke5 33. Ke3
Bb1 34. b4 Ba2 35. Be2 b5 36. c5 Bc4 37. cxd6 cxd6 38. Bd1 Bxd5 0-1

[Event "Mitropa Cup 28th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2009.05.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2009.05.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. b3 Ne4 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O Qe7 8. Nbd2
f5 9. Ne5 O-O 10. f3 Nf6 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. c5 Bc7 13. f4 Ne4 14. b4 Ndf6 15.
Ndf3 Bd7 16. a4 Be8 17. b5 Kh8 18. Qe1 Rc8 19. Ba3 Bxe5 20. fxe5 Ng4 21. a5 Qd8
22. a6 bxa6 23. bxc6 Bxc6 24. h3 Nh6 25. Bb4 Rf7 26. Rxa6 Rb7 27. Ba3 Qe8 28.
Nd2 Nxd2 29. Qxd2 Rcc7 30. Rb1 Rxb1+ 31. Bxb1 Qb8 32. Bc2 Ng8 33. Qa5 Ne7 34.
Bb4 Kg8 35. Be1 h6 36. Bh4 Ng6 37. Be1 Ne7 38. Kh2 Kf7 39. Bh4 g5 40. Be1 Kg7
41. Qa3 Rb7 42. Ba4 Rc7 43. Bc2 Qb7 44. Bd3 Kf7 45. Qa2 Bb5 46. Bxb5 Qxb5 47.
Rd6 Qf1 48. Qb1 h5 49. Rd8 h4 50. Qd1 g4 51. hxg4 h3 52. Kxh3 Qh1+ 53. Kg3 Ng6
54. Kf3 Nh4+ 55. Kg3 Nxg2 56. Qf3 f4+ 57. exf4 Rb7 58. f5 Qxe1+ 59. Kxg2 Rb2+
60. Kh3 Rf2 61. fxe6+ Kg7 62. Rd7+ Kh8 63. Rd8+ Kg7 64. Rd7+ Kh8 65. Qxf2 Qxf2
66. e7 Qe3+ 67. Kh4 Qh6+ 68. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup 28th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2009.05.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2009.05.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qh4 c5 15.
Rad1 Ne4 16. Qh5 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Qe7 18. Bd3 f5 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Ne1 Rf5 21. Qg4
Bb8 22. Be3 Rf6 23. Bg5 Qc7 24. Qh4 Rg6 25. Be3 Rf8 26. g3 Qf7 27. Rd8 Bc7 28.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 29. Ng2 e5 30. Rd1 Bd6 31. Rd2 Bc6 32. h3 h6 33. g4 Kh7 34. Qg3 Bb4
35. Rc2 Qf3 36. Kh2 Rd6 37. c5 Re6 38. cxb6 axb6 39. Bxb6 Qd1 40. Rc4 Be7 41.
Be3 Qb1 42. g5 h5 43. Bc5 Bxc5 44. Rxc5 Qxa2 45. b4 Qb2 46. Qc3 Qxc3 47. Rxc3
Kg6 48. h4 Bb5 49. Ne3 Be2 50. Rc5 Kf7 51. Kg3 Ra6 52. Rxe5 Bd3 53. Ra5 Rb6 54.
Ra7+ Kg6 55. Nd5 Rb5 56. Nf4+ Kf5 57. Ra5 1-0

[Event "Zafra Ruy Lopez 3rd"]
[Site "Zafra"]
[Date "2009.06.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 Nc6 8.
Nf3 Nd7 9. Be3 Nb6 10. Qd3 f5 11. Rd1 f4 12. Bc1 e5 13. d5 Nb4 14. Qb1 Bg4 15.
a3 Na6 16. b4 Nb8 17. h4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nc8 19. Bg4 Nd6 20. h5 g5 21. h6 Bf6 22.
Na4 b6 23. Bd2 Nd7 24. Rc1 Re8 25. Rh3 a6 26. Nb2 Kh8 27. Qc2 Ra7 28. a4 a5 29.
Rc3 axb4 30. Rxc7 b3 31. Rxa7 bxc2 32. Rxd7 Qb8 33. Rxc2 Nxe4 34. Rcc7 Nxd2 35.
Kxd2 Qa8 36. Be6 Rxe6 37. dxe6 Kg8 38. Kc1 e4 39. e7 Bxe7 40. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Zafra Ruy Lopez 3rd"]
[Site "Zafra"]
[Date "2009.06.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2009.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O
a5 9. a4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Bb5 O-O 12. Nb1 Nb6 13. Nc3 Bd7 14. b3 Rc8 15.
Bd2 Bxb5 16. axb5 Nd7 17. Qe2 Rc7 18. Rfc1 Qa8 19. g3 Rfc8 20. h4 Qa7 21. Kg2
Nf8 22. Qf1 Nd7 23. Na4 b6 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Rc1 Qb7 26. Kh2 Qc8 27. Rxc7 Qxc7
28. Nc3 Qc8 29. Qe2 Qc7 30. Ne1 Nf8 31. Kg2 Nd7 32. Kf1 Nf8 33. Na4 Nd7 34. Bc3
Kf8 35. Ng2 Ke8 36. Nf4 g6 37. Ke1 Kd8 38. Kd1 Kc8 39. Nh3 h6 40. h5 g5 41. Ng1
Kb7 42. Nf3 Qc8 43. g4 Ka7 44. Ne1 Kb7 45. f3 Nf8 46. Nd3 Nxd3 47. Qxd3 f5 48.
exf6 Bxf6 49. Be1 Qc7 50. Nc3 Be7 51. Ne2 Bd6 52. Bd2 Qf7 53. Ke1 Nd7 54. Kf2
Nf6 55. Kg2 Bc7 56. Be1 Kc8 57. b4 axb4 58. Bxb4 Qd7 59. Bf8 Qd8 60. Bxh6 Qd6
61. Kf1 e5 62. Qf5+ Nd7 63. Bg7 e4 64. fxe4 dxe4 65. h6 Qe7 66. Qg6 Nf8 67.
Bxf8 Qxf8+ 68. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Zafra Ruy Lopez 3rd"]
[Site "Zafra"]
[Date "2009.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nc4 Qc7 8.
a4 Nb6 9. Ne5 e6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bd6 13. f4 Bd7 14. O-O
O-O-O 15. a5 c5 16. a6 b6 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. Bxb5 cxd4 19. Ra4 Kb8 20. Rc4 Qe7
21. Qxd4 Nd5 22. Rc6 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Rc8 24. c4 Rxc6 25. Bxc6 Nb4 26. Bb5 Rc8 27.
h3 Qc7 28. Qf4 Nd3 29. Qxf7 Nxe5 30. Qxe6 Nxc4 31. Bxc4 Qxc4 32. Qe5+ Qc7 33.
Qe4 g6 34. b4 b5 35. Kh1 Rd8 36. Qe2 Qc4 37. Qe5+ Kc8 38. Qf6 Rd7 39. Qf3 Kd8
40. Qa8+ Ke7 41. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Zafra Ruy Lopez 3rd"]
[Site "Zafra"]
[Date "2009.06.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2009.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. g3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 a6 13. a4 Rd8 14. Nxg6 hxg6
15. Ne2 O-O 16. a5 c5 17. O-O Qb8 18. Rc2 cxd4 19. exd4 Bd6 20. Kg2 Nh5 21.
Rfc1 Ndf6 22. Bg5 Rd7 23. Be3 Re8 24. Bf2 Qd8 25. Qa4 Qe7 26. Nc3 Red8 27. Re2
Qf8 28. Kg1 Bb8 29. Bb3 Ba7 30. Rd1 g5 31. Re5 g4 32. f4 g6 33. Kf1 Ng7 34. Ne4
Nxe4 35. Rxe4 Nf5 36. h3 gxh3 37. g4 Nh6 38. Bh4 Nxg4 39. Bxd8 Qxd8 40. Rxe6
fxe6 41. Bxe6+ Kg7 42. Bxg4 Rf7 43. Qb3 Rxf4+ 44. Bf3 Qf6 45. Qxb7+ Kh6 46. Ke2
Bxd4 47. Rh1 Qe6+ 48. Kd1 Qf5 49. Be2 Be3 50. Ke1 Qxa5+ 0-1

[Event "Zafra Ruy Lopez 3rd"]
[Site "Zafra"]
[Date "2009.06.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Larino Nieto, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2009.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Qf2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b6 13. Bd3 f6 14. Qh4 g6
15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. g4 Qc7 18. g5 Ne8 19. f5 gxf5 20. Rhg1 Qg7 21.
Qf2 c4 22. Be2 Rb8 23. h4 Qe5 24. g6 h6 25. g7 Nxg7 26. Rg6 Rf6 27. Rg2 Rb7 28.
Bf3 Rff7 29. Qd2 f4 30. Re1 Qf6 31. h5 Kh7 32. Rg6 Qd8 33. Reg1 Nf5 34. Qxf4
Qc7 35. Qg4 Rg7 36. Nd1 Qe5 37. c3 Rbf7 38. Qg2 Nh4 39. Rxg7+ Rxg7 40. Qxg7+
Qxg7 41. Rxg7+ Kxg7 42. Bg4 Ng2 43. Kd2 Kf6 44. Ne3 Nf4 45. b3 cxb3 46. axb3
Kg5 47. Bf3 Nxh5 48. c4 d4 49. Nc2 e5 50. c5 Ng3 51. Ba8 h5 52. c6 h4 53. Bb7
h3 54. Ne1 e4 0-1

[Event "Zafra Ruy Lopez 3rd"]
[Site "Zafra"]
[Date "2009.06.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qc2 Nd7 8. e4
dxe4 9. Qxe4 g6 10. Qe3 Bg7 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. c5 O-O 13. Bc4 b6 14. Rd1 a5 15.
O-O a4 16. b4 axb3 17. axb3 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. b4 Ra4 20. Rb1 Rb8 21. g3 e5
22. Nd6 Qe6 23. dxe5 bxc5 24. bxc5 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Nxe5 26. Rb8+ Kh7 27. Nxe5
Bxe5 28. Rb7 Ra1+ 29. Kg2 Qd5+ 30. Qf3 Qxf3+ 31. Kxf3 Bxd6 32. cxd6 Kg7 33. Rc7
Rc1 34. Ke4 Rc4+ 35. Kd3 Rc5 36. d7 Rd5+ 37. Ke4 h5 38. f4 Kf8 39. f5 gxf5+ 40.
Kf4 Kg7 41. Kg5 f4+ 42. Kxf4 Kh7 43. Ke4 Kg7 44. Kf4 Kh7 45. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zafra Ruy Lopez 3rd"]
[Site "Zafra"]
[Date "2009.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Perez Candelario, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. e4
Be7 9. Qe2 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. e5 Nd7 13. Bf4 Qb4 14. Ne4 O-O
15. Rac1 b5 16. Rd4 Re8 17. a3 Qa5 18. Rcd1 Nf8 19. Bg5 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 c5 21.
Qh5 Qc7 22. Rf4 h6 23. Nxf7 Re7 24. Nd6 Bd7 25. Rg4 Bc6 26. Qxh6 Rd8 27. Qh5
Be8 28. Qh3 Bg6 29. Rh4 Nh7 30. Qg4 Bf5 31. Nxf5 Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 exf5 33. Bd5+
1-0

[Event "Biel GM 42nd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2009.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bg5 Qd6 9. f3 Bf5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Ne2 Rac8 12. b4 Rfe8 13. Bf4 Qe7 14. g4 Be6
15. h4 Nf8 16. h5 h6 17. Ng3 N8h7 18. Qc5 Qd8 19. Qxa7 b6 20. Qa4 Ng5 21. Be2
c5 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. dxc5 Rxc5 24. Bxg5 hxg5 25. Qd4 Rc2 26. h6 Qa5+ 27. Kf2
Rd2 28. Qe5 Nxg4+ 29. fxg4 f6 30. Qd6 d4 31. Qc6 Bd7 32. Qc4+ Be6 33. Qc6 Bd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 42nd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2009.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. Bf2 Rc8
15. Rc1 Rxc1 16. Qxc1 Bxa2 17. Qa3 Bc4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Qxa7 Qa8 20. Ra1 Qxa7
21. Rxa7 Rb8 22. Nc3 Nd6 23. e5 Nc8 24. Ra5 e6 25. f4 Ne7 26. Rb5 Rc8 27. Be1
Rc7 28. d5 Nxd5 29. Nxd5 exd5 30. Rxd5 Bf8 31. Rd8 Kg7 32. Bh4 Be7 33. Bxe7
Rxe7 34. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 42nd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2009.07.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {Das Vierspringerspiel ist ein ziemlich seltener
Gast in der modernen Turnierpraxis der Super-GM.} Nf6 4. Bb5 {Alternativ kann
man 4.d4 oder 4.g3 spielen. Beide Fortsetzungen versprechen jedoch keinen
Vorteil.} (4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O
O-O 10. Bg5 c6 $11) (4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nd4 $5 {Der einfachste Weg zum Ausgleich.
} 6. Bg2 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Bb4 10. O-O O-O $11 {Schwarz
gewinnt den Bauern zurück und hat keine Probleme.}) 4... Nd4 {Die populärste
Fortsetzung. Man muss aber sagen, dass die Hauptvariante 4....Lb4 ebenfalls zu
vernünftigen Stellungen für Schwarz führt.} (4... Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7.
Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 h6 $5 10. Bh4 a6 {Forciert das Spiel.} 11. Bxc6 (
11. Ba4 Nd8 $15 {Der weiße Läufer auf a4 steht sehr schlecht.}) 11... bxc6 12.
d4 Bg4 13. Qd3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 g5 15. Bg3 Nd7 $11 {Shirov - Erenburg (Sochi,
2006)}) 5. Ba4 ({Zu einem absolut remislichen Endspiel führt} 5. Nxd4 exd4 6.
e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 (7... cxd2+ $2 8. Bxd2 Qxf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Bc3 $18 {
Der weiße Entwicklungsvorsprung garantiert ihm riesigen Vorteil.}) 8. dxc3 Qe5+
9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 d6 $11) ({Zu interessantem, aber gleichem Spiel führt} 5.
Nxe5 $5 Qe7 (5... Nxb5 $2 6. Nxb5 Nxe4 7. Qe2 d5 8. f3 Qh4+ 9. Kf1 Ng3+ 10.
hxg3 Qxh1+ 11. Kf2 Bc5+ 12. d4 $18) 6. f4 Nxb5 7. Nxb5 d6 8. Nf3 Qxe4+ 9. Kf2
Qc4 10. Re1+ Be6 $132 {Yeo - Hebden (Birmingham, 2002)}) (5. Bc4 {verspricht
Weiß überhaupt nichts.} Bc5 6. d3 ({Schwarz hat gute Kompensation nach} 6. Nxe5
Qe7 7. Nf3 d5 8. Bxd5 Bg4 9. d3 Nd7 $44 {/\Ne5 Rublevsky - Onischuk (Poikovsky,
2009)}) 6... d6 7. Nxd4 Bxd4 8. O-O Be6 $11) 5... c6 (5... Nxf3+ {ist zu
passiv. Weiß hat Entwicklungsvorsprung, der ihm soliden Vorteil garantiert.} 6.
Qxf3 Bc5 (6... c6 7. O-O d6 8. d3 Be7 9. Nd5 $1 Qa5 10. Nxe7 Qxa4 11. Nxc8 Rxc8
12. Bg5 Nd7 13. b3 Qa5 14. Qg4 h6 15. Be3 Ke7 16. f4 $16 {Anand - Ljubojevic 
(Monte Carlo 1996)}) 7. d3 (7. Qg3 O-O 8. Qxe5 $2 Bxf2+ $1 $17) 7... O-O 8. Bg5
Be7 9. h3 $14) 6. Nxe5 (6. O-O $6 Qa5 $1 {Und es ist eher Weiß, der mit
Schwierikeiten zu kämpfen hat.} 7. Re1 d6 8. h3 Be7 9. d3 b5 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11.
cxb3 O-O $15 {Mrva - Stocek (Tatranske Zruby, 2004)}) 6... d5 ({Der am
häufigsten gespielte Zug ist} 6... d6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. d3 d5 {Schwarz hat
ausreichende Kompensation in allen Abspielen.} 9. O-O (9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Be7
11. Re1 O-O 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. c3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Ne6 $44 {Rublevsky - Bacrot 
(Khanty Mansyisk, 2005). Die schwarze Kompensation basiert auf der Schwäche
des weißen Königs.}) (9. Be3 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Bh5 {Weiß hat nun ein Problem mit
dem Bauern f3, der für immer gefesselt ist.} 11. e5 $2 d4 $1 12. exf6 dxc3 13.
fxg7 Bxg7 $17 {Istratescu - Malaniuk (Yerevan, 1996)}) 9... b5 (9... dxe4 10.
Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Re1 $1 Be7 12. Rxe4 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Bf5 14. Re5 Be6 15. Bb3 Bxb3
16. axb3 O-O 17. Qe2 $14 {Motylev - Grischuk (Moscow, 2001)}) 10. Bb3 b4 11.
Nb1 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Bxf3 15. Re1 Nd7 16. Bf4 Be7 17.
Nd2 Bh5 18. Nc4 O-O $11 {Vallejo Pons - Almasi (Tripoli, 2004). Die aktivere
Stellung der weißen Figuren wird kompensiert durch die bessere schwarze
Bauernstruktur.}) 7. d3 Bd6 8. Nf3 (8. f4 $6 Bc5 $1 9. exd5 O-O 10. Ne4 Nxe4
11. dxe4 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qh3 $44 {Rublevsky - Mamedyarov (Foros, 2006)}) 8... Bg4 (
8... Nxf3+ $5 9. gxf3 (9. Qxf3 $4 d4 10. Ne2 Qa5+ $19) 9... O-O (9... d4 10.
Ne2 Qa5+ 11. c3 $16) 10. Bb3 (10. Ne2 Nh5 11. c3 Qh4 12. Be3 f5 13. exd5 f4 $1
$44 {Vajda - Bluvshtein (Budapest, 2007)}) 10... Nh5 11. exd5 Re8+ 12. Be3 cxd5
13. Nxd5 $14 {Gormally - Hebden (Newport, 2004)}) 9. Be3 Nxf3+ $5 $146 ({
Bis zu dieser Partie wurde nur das Nehmen auf e4 ausprobiert:} 9... dxe4 10.
Nxe4 Nxe4 (10... Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 Bh5 12. Ng3 Bxg3 13. fxg3 Qa5+ 14. c3 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 Qxa4 16. O-O $14 {Kosintseva - Krivec (Varna, 2002)}) 11. Bxd4 Qa5+ 12. c3
Ng5 13. Be3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qf5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 $44 {und Schwarz hatte gute
Kompensation für den Bauern in Shanava - Khenkin (Dresden, 2007)}) 10. gxf3 Bh5
{Weiß hat das typische Problem für diese Variante - der Bauer f3 ist gefesselt
und es ist nicht zu sehen, wie Weiß die Fesselung aufheben kann. Also muss er
weitere materielle Eroberungen unternehmen.} 11. exd5 O-O (11... b5 12. Bb3 b4
13. Ne4 Nxd5 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. f4 $1 $14) 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Rg1 $1 {Man muss die
Figuren ins Spiel bringen. Es wäre falsch zu versuchen, weitere materielle
Vorteile zu erzielen.} (13. Bxc6 Rb8 14. Ne4 (14. Rb1 $2 Qc8 15. Be4 Rxb2 $1
$15) 14... Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Rxb2 $44 {Schwarz hat exzellente Kompensation dank
der Aktvität seiner Figuren.}) 13... Nd5 $2 {Schwarz reagiert sehr unglücklich
und gibt Weiß gleich mehrere Möglichkeiten, einen sicheren Vorteil zu bekommen.
} ({Stärker wäre} 13... Rb8 14. Bb3 Re8 $44) 14. Nxd5 ({Ebenfalls zu einer
sehr guten Stellung führte} 14. Bd4 $5 Bg6 15. Bxc6 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rc8 17. Be4
Re8 18. Kf1 Bxh2 19. Rg2 $16) (14. Bxc6 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Rb8 16. Kd2 $1 $14 {
Der weiße König fühlt sich wohl hinter der Deckung der weißen Bauern.}) 14...
cxd5 15. Rg5 d4 (15... g6 16. Rxh5 $1 {ist der einfachste Weg zum Vorteil.}
gxh5 17. Qd2 Qf6 18. O-O-O $16 {Weiß hat mehr als nur Kompensation für die
Qualität.}) (15... Bg6 {wäre die stärkste Fortsetzung.} 16. c3 d4 $1 17. cxd4
Rb8 18. Qc2 $14) 16. Rxh5 dxe3 17. fxe3 $16 {Schwarz hat eindeutig zu viel
Material geopfert. Dabei stehen seine Schwerfiguren alle auf der Grundreihe
und üben noch keinen richtigen Druck aus.} g6 {Zumindest muss man den weißen
Turm vertreiben.} 18. Rh3 (18. Rd5 $2 Bb4+ 19. c3 Bxc3+ 20. bxc3 Qxd5 $15)
18... Qb6 19. Kf2 Qxb2 20. d4 $1 {Weiß spielt absolut richtig - er muss seine
Bauern auf die schwarzen Felder stellen, um die Aktivität des schwarzen
Läufers zu begrenzen.} Rac8 21. Bb3 {Es ist am einfachsten, die von Schwarz
geplante Kombination zuzulassen, um in eine technisch gewonnene Stellung zu
gelangen.} (21. f4 $6 Rc3 22. Bb3 Rfc8 23. Kg1 Rxc2 24. Bxc2 Rxc2 $44 {
Plötzlich hat Schwarz einen Ansatz auf Gegenspiel, obwohl die Stellung immer
noch besser für Weiß ist.}) 21... Rxc2+ $1 22. Qxc2 $1 {Am besten behält man
die Damen erst mal auf dem Brett, weil die weiße Dame eine bessere Stellung
einnimt als die schwarze.} (22. Bxc2 Rc8 23. Rc1 (23. f4 Rxc2+ 24. Kg1 $44)
23... Ba3 24. f4 Qxc1 25. Qxc1 Bxc1 26. Bb3 $14 {Ohne Damen hat Schwarz
bessere Remischancen.}) 22... Qxa1 23. f4 Qh1 24. Qc4 a5 25. Qf1 {Weiß will
kein Risiko eingehen und entscheidet sich doch für den Damentausch.} Qxf1+ 26.
Kxf1 Kg7 ({Nichts bringt der Versuch, den Turm zu aktivieren.} 26... Rc8 27.
Rg3 Rc1+ 28. Ke2 Rh1 29. Rg2 $18 {Schwarz hat sehr viel Zeit verloren und der
weiße König marschiert nun ins Zentrum.}) 27. f5 $6 {Sieht zumindest unlogisch
aus. Warum nicht einfach den König zentralisieren?} (27. Ke2 Rc8 28. Kd3 f5 29.
Rg3 Rc1 30. Rg2 $16) 27... gxf5 (27... Rc8 28. f6+ Kxf6 29. Rxh7 Rc7 30. Ke2
$16) 28. Bc2 Rc8 $2 {Ein großer Fehler.} (28... Rb8 $1 {Der Turm braucht das
Feld b2!} 29. Bxf5 h6 $14 {Und Schwarz hat sehr gute Chancen, das Endspiel zu
halten.}) 29. Bxf5 Rc1+ 30. Ke2 h6 31. Be4 {Nun kontrolliert der weiße Läufer
das Feld h1 und kann auch den Bauer a2 von d5 aus verteidigen.} a4 32. Rh4 $1 {
Der Turm muss von der Verteidigung des Bauern befreit und ins Spiel gebracht
werden.} a3 33. Rg4+ Kf6 34. h3 Bc7 35. Bd5 {Die Stellung ist gewonnen für
Weiß, Schwarz hat zu viele Schwächen.} Rc2+ 36. Kd3 Rf2 (36... Rh2 37. Bg2 h5
38. Rg8 h4 39. Ke2 Bg3 40. Rxg3 $1 hxg3 41. Kf3 $18) 37. Rg8 Bd6 38. Ra8 Kg7 (
38... Rh2 39. Ra6 Ke7 40. Ra7+ Kf6 41. Rxf7+ Kg6 42. Rf3 $18) 39. Ra6 Bb4 40.
Ra7 Bf8 41. e4 h5 42. Ke3 Rf6 43. e5 Rf5 44. Ke4 Rf2 45. Ke3 Rf5 46. Ke4 Rf2
47. e6 Kg6 48. Ke3 Rf1 (48... Rf5 49. Be4 $18) (48... Rf6 49. e7 $18) 49. Ke2 {
Nach 49....Rf4 oder 49....Rf6 kommt 50.e7 mit Figurengewinn.} 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 42nd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2009.07.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Bf4 Be5 {A rare but interesting
continuation. Al least Black avoids the awkward} (12... Qd7) 13. Bg3 {The most
principled reply. Other options seen in practice:} (13. Bxe5 Nxe5 14. Bb3 (14.
Qb3 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. d5 Qa5 18. e5 b5 19. Qh4 Qxa2 20. Nf4
Qc4 21. g3 Re8 22. Re1 Bf5 23. Qg5 Kg7 24. Nh5+ Kh8 25. Nf4 Kg7 {1/2 Utnasunov,
A (2175)-Rusev,K (2202)/Artek 1999/EXT 2000}) (14. Bd5 Ng4 15. Ng3 Nf6 (15...
Qf4 $5) 16. Bc4 Qf4 17. Re1 b6 18. f3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Bb7 20. Qb3 e6 21. Ne2 Qg5
22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. f4 Re8 25. Qxe8+ Rxe8 26. fxg5 Nxe4 27. Ng3 {
1-0 Alonso Gonzalez,A-Lana Prieto,J/Asturias 1997/EXT 2001}) (14. Bd3 Bg4 (
14... Ng4 $142 15. Ng3 Qf4) 15. f3 Be6 16. d5 Qa5 17. c4 Bd7 18. f4 $2 (18. Nc3
$13) 18... Ba4 19. Bc2 Nxc4 20. Bxa4 Nb2 21. Qb3 Nxa4 22. Qxb7 Rab8 23. Qxe7
Re8 $36 {0-1 Lopez Quevedo,A (2148)-Larino Nieto,D (2435)/Linares 2007/EXT
2008 (71)}) 14... Ng4 15. Ng3 Qf4 (15... c4 $143 {too passive!} 16. Bc2 e5 17.
h3 Nf6 18. Qf3 Nd7 (18... Kg7 19. Qe3 b5 20. f4 exd4 21. cxd4 Qb6 22. Rcd1 a5
23. f5 $40 {1-0 Jaracz,P (2495)-Owczarzak,J (2389)/Ustron 2007/EXT 2009 (32)})
19. Qe3 b5 20. f4 f6 21. Rf2 Bb7 22. Rcf1 (22. dxe5 $142 fxe5 23. f5 $40) 22...
exd4 23. cxd4 Qb6 24. Ne2 b4 $14 {1/2 Pekarek,A (2475)-Sygulski,A (2360)/
Germany 1991/TD (44)}) 16. Qf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Nf6 18. Rfd1 Kf8 19. Ne2 b6 $11
20. e5 $6 Nh5 21. dxc5 $6 Ba6 22. Ng3 Nf4 23. cxb6 axb6 24. Rd4 Rxd4 25. cxd4
Bb7 26. Kf1 Bxf3 $15 {_|_0-1 Cheparinov,I (2696)-Ivanchuk,V (2786)/Cap d'Agde
2008/EXT 2009 (64)}) (13. Qd2 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Qa5 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17.
d5 Bd7 18. Be2 Rac8 19. h4 Kf8 20. Rfd1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. g4
e6 24. d6 e5 25. Nd5 Be6 26. Nf6 b6 27. Ba6 Bxa2 28. Nd7+ Ke8 29. Nf6+ Kf8 {
1/2 Mayer,E (2318)-Petkov,S (2377)/IECC 2006/Telechess CBM 123}) 13... Bxg3 (
13... cxd4 $6 14. cxd4 Qb6 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Qb3 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Rxd4 18. Bxf7+ Kh8
19. Rbc1 Qd6 20. Qb5 $1 Bxg3 21. Qe8+ Kg7 22. Qg8+ Kh6 23. Qf8+ Kg5 24. fxg3
$18 {1-0 Albrecht,R (2285)-Trenner,R (2285)/Germany 1994/EXT 1999 (27)}) 14.
fxg3 $1 {Absolutely right! White recaptures with the f-pawn to open up the
f-file for his rooks and obtain attacking chances.} (14. Nxg3 e6 $1 $11 (14...
cxd4 $143 15. cxd4 Qb6 16. Qf3 Rf8 17. d5 $14 {1-0 Vuelban,V (2411)-Brih,S 
(2268)/Ancona 2009/CBM 128 Extra (39)})) 14... Rf8 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Passive
but safe. Black has some other, more active, double-edged options, which,
however, weaken the f6 square:} (14... Ne5 15. Bd5 e6 16. dxe5 (16. Bb3 b6 17.
Qd2 c4 $6 (17... Ba6 $1) 18. Bc2 Qe7 19. Nf4 Nd7 20. Qe3 Qa3 21. e5 $16 {
1-0 Kulczycki,M-Sy,R/IECC 2000/81 telechess (24)}) 16... exd5 17. exd5 Qxe5 18.
Nf4 b5 19. c4 bxc4 20. Re1 Qd6 21. Rxc4 Ba6 22. Rc1 Rac8 23. h3 Bb7 24. Qb3 Qb6
25. Qc3 Bxd5 26. Re8+ Rxe8 27. Nxd5 Qc6 28. Nf6+ Kf8 $11 {1/2 Mayer,E (2343)
-Sakic,R (2285)/IECC 2006/Telechess CBM 123 (36)}) (14... e6 $5 15. Qd2 Rb8 16.
Bb5 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qe5 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qe3 Qc7 $13 20. Nf4 $6 Qd6 21. Nh5 $6
Qxd4 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Qxd4 Rxd4 24. e5 Ba6 $17 {0-1 Gozzoli,Y (2503)-Krasenkow,
M (2620)/Nancy 2009/CBM 129 (48)}) 15. h3 $6 {White prevents ...Bc8-g4 but
Black now establishes a strong blockade.} (15. Qd3 Bg4 (15... Na5 16. Nf4 $5)
16. Nf4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qd6 $5 {etc. needs analysis.}) 15... Na5 16. Bd3 e5 $1 {
[%mdl 32]} 17. Qd2 Qe7 18. g4 Bd7 19. d5 {White fails to find anything better
but now he has no more attacking chances, and Black seizes the initiative.} c4
20. Bc2 f6 21. Ng3 b6 22. Bd1 Nb7 23. Be2 Nd6 24. Rf2 Rac8 25. Rcf1 Kg7 26. Qe3
h6 27. Rb1 {Back to defence.} Rc5 28. Bd1 Ra5 29. Qd2 Be8 30. Be2 Qc7 31. Rbf1
Rf7 32. h4 {[%cal Yg4g5]} Qe7 33. Qc2 b5 34. Qb1 Qd8 35. Bd1 Qb6 36. Kh2 Qc5
37. Qc1 Ra6 38. Qd2 Rb6 39. Bc2 (39. g5 $5 fxg5 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Rxf7+ Nxf7
42. Bg4 $132) 39... Rbb7 40. Qc1 a5 41. a3 Rb8 42. Bd1 Bd7 43. Be2 Rh8 {
The "don't hurry" approach. It was quite time to play} (43... b4 {as} 44. axb4
axb4 45. cxb4 Qxb4 46. g5 {could be met by} hxg5 47. hxg5 f5 $1 $17) 44. Qa1 {
A "provocation". White could have simply waited (but then Black would finally
come back to the ...b5-b4 idea).} (44. Bd1) 44... h5 $5 {Black tries to
counterattack on the same side where White has an attacking setup. Such a
double-edged approach works when the opponent's pieces are not mobilized
enough. Does the fact that White's queen is just a tempo off the main
battlefield mean "insufficient mobilization"? The analysis shows that it
apparently does but Black fails to prove it over the board!} (44... Rb8 {
[%cal Yb5b4] was quite in the spirit of the position.}) 45. gxh5 f5 $1 46. exf5
gxf5 47. Qb1 $1 Qe3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (47... Rhf8 $1 {was correct, e.g.} 48. Bg4
$1 e4 49. Qc1 $5 (49. Bh3 Qxa3 50. Qe1 Qc5 $17 {[%cal Yb5b4]}) 49... e3 $1 50.
Rf4 fxg4 (50... Qxd5 $2 51. Qxe3 fxg4 52. Rd4 Qe6 53. Qxe6 Bxe6 54. Re1) 51.
Qc2 Nf5 $1 {(the only way to avoid a perpetual)} 52. Nxf5+ Kh8 $1 53. Qe4 Re8 (
{or} 53... e2 $5 54. Qxe2 Rxf5 55. Rxf5 Qd6+ $17) 54. Qd4+ (54. Nh6 $6 Rg7 $1
55. Qd4 Qxd4 56. cxd4 g3+ 57. Kg1 e2 58. Re1 c3 59. Nf7+ Rxf7 60. Rxf7 c2 $19)
54... Qxd4 55. Nxd4 Rxf4 56. Rxf4 e2 57. Nxe2 Rxe2 58. Rf7 Be8 59. Rb7 Re3 $1
60. d6 Bc6 $1 61. d7 (61. Rc7 Be4 $19 {[%csl Rh2]}) 61... Bxd7 62. Rxd7 Rxc3
63. Rb7 Rb3 $19 {_|_}) {After the text move everything turns around.} 48. Bg4
$1 Qd3 {Otherwise Black loses his f5 pawn.} 49. Qe1 $1 Re8 (49... Qxd5 50. Bxf5
$18 {->}) 50. Rf3 {Enough to gain the f5 pawn and obtain a winning attack but}
(50. Rd2 $1 Qxc3 51. Rf3 $18 {was even simpler.}) 50... Qxd5 51. Bxf5 e4 52.
Bxe4 $1 Qe5 53. h6+ Kf8 54. Rxf7+ Nxf7 55. Qf2 Re7 56. Bg6 Be8 57. Qf6 Qxf6 58.
Rxf6 Kg8 59. Nf5 (59. Nf5 Rd7 60. h7+ Kh8 61. Nh6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 42nd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2009.07.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Bh6+ 14. Be3
Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Qb6 16. Qxe7 Be6 17. Qa3 Rad8 18. Bd3 Rd5 19. Rhe1 Ra5 20. Qc3
Rxa2 21. b3 Ra5 22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Rc5 24. Qd4 Qb5 25. Kb2 a5 26. Ra1 Rd5
27. Qf4 Rf5 28. Qe4 Rd8 29. Rad1 Rfd5 30. Rxd5 cxd5 31. Qd4 Qb4 32. Rd1 Qd6 33.
h4 Qe6 34. g4 a4 35. Qxa4 Qf6+ 36. Qd4 Qxh4 37. b4 Qh2 38. Rd3 Qe2 39. Qe3 Qf1
40. Qd2 Re8 41. Rxd5 Qxf3 42. g5 h5 43. gxh6 Kh7 44. Qd4 Kxh6 45. b5 Ra8 46. b6
Qf1 47. Kb3 Qa6 48. Kc3 Re8 49. Kb2 Ra8 50. Kc3 Re8 51. Kb2 Ra8 52. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 42nd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2009.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12. Qh3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nc2 14. Rd1
Qc8 15. Qg3 O-O 16. Rb1 Bd6 17. Qh4 Qg4 18. Qxg4 Nxg4 19. h3 Nf6 20. Bg5 Be5
21. Nd5 c6 22. Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 42nd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2009.07.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {Berliner Mauer ist eine der solidsten
Eröffnungen gegen 1.e4 überhaupt.} 4. O-O (4. d3 {ist die populärste
Nebenvariante.} Bc5 5. c3 {Weiß hat mehrere Möglichkeiten, jedoch keine davon
bringt ihm einen Eröffnungsvorteil.} (5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Be3 (6. Nxe5 $4 Qd4 7.
Be3 Qxe5 8. d4 Qxe4 9. dxc5 Qxg2 $19) 6... Bd6 $1 {Der beste Weg zum Ausgleich.
} (6... Qe7 7. Bxc5 Qxc5 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 O-O {Schwarz hat keine
Schwierigkeiten.} 11. O-O-O a5 12. Qf5 Rfd8 13. Rhf1 a4 14. a3 b5 $132 {
Sutovsky - Aronian (Caleta, 2005)}) (6... Bxe3 $2 {verbessert die weiße
Bauernstruktur und öffnet die f-Linie.} 7. fxe3 Qe7 8. O-O Ng4 9. Qd2 f6 10.
Nh4 g6 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Rf3 f5 13. g3 Nf6 14. exf5 g5 15. Ng2 e4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4
17. dxe4 O-O-O 18. Qa5 $16 {Sutovsky - Carlsen (Crete, 2007)}) 7. h3 c5 8. Nbd2
Nd7 9. Nc4 O-O $11 {Perunovic - Fressinet (Budva, 2009)}) (5. Nc3 d6 6. Na4 Bb6
7. O-O Bd7 8. c3 Ne7 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Bg5 Ng6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13.
Nd2 f5 $11 {Carlsen - Wang Yue (Baku, 2008)}) (5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 a6
8. Ba4 Ba7 {'<=>' Wiederum hat Schwarz wenig zu befürchten.} 9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1
Ng6 11. Nf1 b5 12. Bb3 Re8 13. Ng3 (13. a4 Bb7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 h6 16. Nh2
d5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 $11 {Leko - Kramnik (Moscow, 2007)}) 13... Bb7
14. Be3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 d5 $11 {Anand - Kramnik (Moscow, 2007)}) 5... O-O 6. Bg5
(6. O-O {-> 5.0-0}) 6... d6 7. Nbd2 Bb6 ({Schwarz kann auch aktiv spielen:} 
7... h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxg3 13. hxg3
Qf6 14. N2b3 Bb6 $132 {Svidler - Ivanchuk (Sochi, 2008)}) (7... Bd7 $1 {
Meiner Meinung nach ist das die beste Fortsetzung.} 8. Ba4 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3
Nh5 11. d4 exd4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nxd4 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Qf6 15. Qh5 Kg7 16. O-O-O
Rae8 $132 {Azarov - Georgiev (Dresden, 2007)}) 8. Nc4 Ne7 $132 {Vachier
Lagrave - Alekseev (Biel, 2009)}) (4. Nc3 {führt zum Übergang ins
Vierspringerspiel.} Bb4 (4... Nd4 $5 {ist ebenfalls spielbar.}) 5. O-O O-O 6.
d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 h6 10. Bh4 a6 11. Bxc6 (11. Ba4 Nd8 $15 {
Der weiße Läufer auf a4 ist sehr schlecht.}) 11... bxc6 12. d4 Bg4 13. Qd3 Bxf3
14. Qxf3 g5 15. Bg3 Nd7 $11 {Shirov - Erenburg (Sochi, 2006)}) (4. Qe2 {
Eine weitere Nebenvariante, die jedoch sehr selten zu treffen ist.} Bc5 5. c3
O-O 6. d3 d6 $11 {Man kommt in eine typische Stellung hinein, wo der Zug Qe2
wenig Sinn macht.}) 4... Nxe4 5. d4 (5. Re1 {Das ist eine bekannte
Remisvariante:} Nd6 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Rxe5+ Be7 8. Bf1 (8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nc3 c6 10.
b3 Ne8 11. Bb2 d5 12. Qh5 Nf6 13. Qh4 Be6 $11) 8... O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Nf5
11. c3 d5 $11 {Bei symmetrischen Bauernstruktur das Maximum, was beide Seiten
erreichen können ist der kollektive Abtausch aller Figuren.}) 5... Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 ({Eine andere prinzipielle
Fortsetzung ist} 9... Bd7 10. h3 (10. b3 Kc8 11. Bb2 Be7 12. Rad1 a5 $132)
10... h6 11. b3 Kc8 12. Bb2 b6 13. Rad1 Ne7 14. Rd2 c5 15. Rfd1 Be6 $132) 10.
h3 h5 (10... Be7 {füehrt zu einer passiven, aber haltbaren Stellung.} 11. g4 (
11. Bg5 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 h6 $1 {Es is wichtig, den gegnerischen Springer gleich
zu vertreiben.} 13. Nf3 (13. Nge4 b6 14. Rfd1 Ke7 15. Kh2 h5 16. Ne2 Re8 17.
Nf4 Kf8 18. Nxh5 Rxe5 19. Nhg3 Be6 20. Rd2 {1/2-1/2 Anand - Kramnik (Leon,
2002). Ich denke, Schwarz steht sogar etwas besser hier. Der weiße h-Bauer ist
sehr weit von dem kritischen Feld h8 entfernt, während die schwarzen Türme mit
dem Läufer am Damenflügel für einige Unannehmlichkeiten sorgen könnten.}) 13...
h5 14. Rad1 (14. Ne2 Ke7 15. Nf4 g6 $1 16. Rad1 Ng7 17. Rfe1 Rd8 18. Rxd8 Kxd8
19. Ng5 Ke7 20. Rd1 a5 21. a4 Bf5 $132 {Timman - Kritz (Amsterdam, 2002)})
14... Ke7 15. Ng5 Be6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rd3 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Rxd3 19. Rxd3 h4 $11
{Shirov - Alekseev (Moscow, 2008). Wie üblich in dieser Stellung: der schwarze
Bauer h4 neutralisiert die weiße überlegenheit am Königsflügel und die
Stellung ist ausgeglichen.}) 11... Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Kg2 h5 14. f3 Be6 ({
Eine andere Verteidigungsmethode ist} 14... a5 {um die weißen Bauern zu
erzwingen, weiße Felder einzunehmen.} 15. a4 b6 16. Rd1 Be7 17. Ne2 Bd7 18. Bf4
c5 19. Bg3 Rd8 20. c4 Bc8 21. b3 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 hxg4 23. hxg4 Bd8 $14 {
Kotronias - Kritz (Port Erin, 2007). Weiß hat einen symbolischen Vorteil und
Schwarz muss die ganze Partie leiden, doch bei korrekter Verteidigung kann man
Remis halten. Es ist jedoch zu empfehlen, wie Wang Yue gegen Adams zu spielen
- dort ist es einfacher, das Remis zu erreichen.}) 15. Be3 Be7 $11 {Wie die
letzten Analysen zeigen, ist die Stellung ausgeglichen.}) (10... Ne7 {Zuletzt
hat dieser Zug wieder an Popularität gewonnen, aber ich verstehe nicht warum.
Das ist eine verschlechterte Version dern 10....Be7 Variante - Schwarz steht
ebenfalls passiv, gibt dabei Weiß Chancen zu spielen. Dagegen bringt 10....Be7
die Partie bei normalem Spielverlauf zum unausweichlichen Remisresultat.} 11.
Ne4 Ng6 12. Re1 h6 13. Bd2 $14 {Weiß hat sich entwickelt, Schwarz steht immer
noch auf der Grundreihe.}) 11. Bf4 (11. Bg5 {Der logische Versuch, die
Schwächung des Feldes g5 auszunutzen.} Be6 (11... Be7 {ist ebenfalls gut
spielbar} 12. Ne2 Be6 13. Nf4 Bd5 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Ng5 Nd4 16. Rfd1 Ne6 $1 (
16... Nxc2 17. Nxd5+ cxd5 18. Rac1 $1 $18) 17. Ngxe6 Bxe6 18. h4 Rad8 19. f3 g6
20. Kf2 Bf5 21. c3 f6 22. exf6+ Kxf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hracek,Z (2629)-Kholmov,R 
(2464)/Pardubice CZE 1999 (37)}) 12. Rad1 Be7 13. Rd2 Rd8 $1 {Korrekte
Entscheidung! Schwarz muss so schnell wie möglich den Druck der weißen Türme
auf der d-Linie neutralisieren.} (13... Bxg5 14. Nxg5 Rd8 (14... h4 15. Rfd1
$14) 15. Rxd8+ Kxd8 16. Nxe6+ fxe6 17. g3 $1 $14 {Weiß hat h4 verhindert und
damit die Beweglichkeit seiner Bauernstruktur beibehalten. Das garantiert ihm
einen kleinen Vorteil.}) 14. Rfd1 Rxd2 15. Rxd2 h4 $1 $11 {Leko - Alekseev 
(Elista, 2008) . Damit ist der Königsflügel zugemacht und der weiße Mehrbauer
praktisch neutralisiert.}) ({Wenig bringt} 11. Ne2 Be6 12. Nf4 Bd5 $1 {Schwarz
bekommt eine problemlose Stellung.} 13. Nxd5 (13. Ng5 Be7 $15) 13... cxd5 14.
Bf4 c6 15. g3 Be7 16. Rfe1 Rg8 17. g4 hxg4 18. hxg4 Nh6 19. Nh2 g5 20. Be3 Kd7
21. Rad1 Ke6 $132 {Bruzon - Miles (Varadero, 2000)}) 11... Be7 12. Rad1 Nh4 ({
Spielbar ist auch} 12... Be6 $5 $146 {Nach dem prinzipiellen} 13. Ng5 {gleicht
Schwarz forciert aus:} Bc4 $1 14. Rfe1 Rd8 $1 15. Rxd8+ (15. b3 Ba6 16. Rxd8+ {
->15.Rxd8}) 15... Bxd8 16. b3 Ba6 17. e6 Bxg5 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Bxg5 Re8 $11)
13. Nd4 (13. Nxh4 $6 {Weiß kann nicht besser stehen, besonders weil er nicht
zu g4 kommt.} Bxh4 14. Ne2 Bd7 15. e6 Bxe6 16. Nd4 Bf6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxc7
Rc8 19. Bf4 Ke7 $11 {Dominguez Perez - Wang Yue (Wijk aan Zee, 2009)}) 13...
Nf5 14. Nce2 g5 $2 {Man kann nur staunen, wie viele Menschen die Berliner
Mauer spielen, ohne dabei elementare Grundlagen dieser Stellung zu begreifen.
In der Vorgängerpartie Inarkiev - Najditsch wurde bereits nach 14....g5? das
Remisresultat fixiert.} (14... Nxd4 $1 {Hat Schwarz die Gelegenheit, den
Springer abzutauschen, so soll er das ohne Nachzudenken machen! Der Grund
dafür ist ganz einfach - Weiß hat Raumvorteil und eventuell Initiative im
Zentrum.} 15. Nxd4 (15. Rxd4 Bf5 16. Rd2 Rd8 17. Nd4 Bg6 $15) 15... a6 $1 {
Und Weiß muss die Notbremse ziehen und e6 spielen.} 16. e6 (16. Rfe1 c5 17. Nf3
Bf5 18. Rd2 Rd8 $15) 16... Bxe6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxc7 Rc8 19. Bb6 Bd8 20. Bd4
Bf6 $11 {Das Endspiel ist leicht Remis zu halten.}) 15. Bh2 a6 {Schwarz
spielte zu langsam.} (15... Nxd4 {wäre immer noch die bessere Wahl gewesen,
wobei der Zug g5 natürlich die schwarze Stellung geschwächt hat.} 16. Nxd4 a6
17. e6 Bxe6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bxc7 Rc8 20. Be5 $14) 16. e6 $1 {Jetzt ist es
eine ganz andere Geschichte!} Nd6 (16... Nxd4 17. exf7+ Kxf7 18. Nxd4 $14) (
16... Bxe6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxc7 Rc8 19. Be5 $14 {Mit Springern auf dem Brett
ist der weiße Vorteil noch größer.}) 17. Rfe1 $1 {Weiß spielt sehr gut - er
forciert nicht die Varianten, sondern verbessert schrittweise seine Stellung.}
Rh6 (17... fxe6 18. Nc1 Kf7 19. Nd3 $44 {Mit klarer Kompensation, die
schwarzen Figuren bewegen sich gar nicht.}) 18. exf7+ (18. Bxd6 $5 {führt zu
einem kleinen Vorteil, ist aber zu konkret. Weiß muss die Stellung nicht
forcieren.} Bxd6 (18... cxd6 19. Nf5 Rxe6 20. Ng7+ Kf8 21. Nxe6+ Bxe6 22. Nd4
$14) 19. Nf5 Rg6 20. Nxd6+ cxd6 21. Rxd6 Bxe6 (21... Rxe6 22. Rxe6+ Bxe6 23.
Ng3 Rd8 (23... h4 24. Ne4 $18) 24. Nxh5 Rd2 25. Ng7+ $18) 22. Ng3 h4 23. Ne4
Ke7 24. Rd3 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. Nc5 Kc7 27. Nxe6+ fxe6 $14) 18... Kxf7 19.
Nf3 {Vom Gefühl her steht Weiß fast schon auf Gewinn. Alle seine Figuren
spielen mit, der schwarze König ist geschwächt usw.} g4 20. Ne5+ Kg7 21. Bf4
Rh7 (21... Rh8 {macht keinen großen Unterschied} 22. hxg4 hxg4 23. Ng3 $16) 22.
hxg4 hxg4 23. Ng3 $16 {Schwarz hat große Schwierigkeiten mit seiner
Entwicklung, so hat der Läufer c8 kein Feld.} Bf6 (23... Be6 $4 24. Nxg4 $18)
24. Nd3 {Der Springer wird nach c5 überführt.} Nf5 $2 {Der letzte Fehler, der
zu einer verlorenen Stellung führt.} (24... Kf7 25. b3 a5 26. Nc5 Bc3 27. Re2
Bb4 28. Nd3 $16) 25. Ne4 $1 ({Natürlich nicht} 25. Nxf5+ $2 Bxf5 26. Bxc7 Rah8
27. Kf1 Bxd3+ 28. Rxd3 Rh1+ 29. Ke2 Re8+ 30. Re3 Rxe1+ 31. Kxe1 Rxe3+ 32. fxe3
Bxb2 $11) 25... Be7 26. Bxc7 $18 {Weiß hat einen gesunden Mehrbauern und dazu
einen gewaltigen Entwicklungsvorsprung. Dazu haben alle seine Figuren ideale
Positionen im Zentrum eingenommen.} Be6 {Endlich kommt der Läufer raus, aber
es ist schon zu spät.} 27. Nf4 (27. Be5+ $5 Kf7 28. Bc3 $18) 27... Bf7 28. Rd7
Re8 29. Ng5 ({Sehr leicht gewinnt} 29. Be5+ Kg8 30. Rxb7 Bd8 31. Nd3 $18) 29...
Rh6 (29... Bxg5 $2 30. Rxe8 $18) 30. Be5+ Kg8 31. Nxf7 Kxf7 32. Bc3 (32. Rxb7
$18 {wäre wieder am einfachsten.}) 32... g3 (32... b5 33. Re5 Nd6 34. Bb4 Nc8
35. Rc7 $18) 33. Re5 gxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Nd6 35. Bb4 {Die weißen Figuren machen,
was sie wollen.} Nc8 36. Rxb7 Rh4 37. Bxe7 Rxf4+ 38. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 42nd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2009.07.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 (4... c6 {is an important alternative,
aiming to discourage the plan based on Qd2 and Bh6.}) 5. Qd2 c6 6. Bh6 Bxh6 7.
Qxh6 Qa5 8. Bd3 c5 9. Nge2 {'is not too dangerous.'} ({Since Black can play ...
cxd4 anyway, the only reason I see for White's last move is that in the event
of} 9. Nf3 {he was worried about} Bg4 {This has been played only once so far.}
10. dxc5 {This is the critical continuation.} (10. O-O-O Nc6 11. d5 Bxf3 12.
gxf3 Nd4 13. f4 O-O-O $13 {was entirely satisfactory for Black in Kupreichik,V
(2560)-Cuijpers,F (2425)/Germany 1993/GER-chT2 (0-1, 67)}) 10... Bxf3 (10...
Qxc5 11. Ng5 $1 Nc6 12. O-O {leaves Black with problems finding a safe
location for his king.}) 11. Bb5+ $1 {An important intermediate move, cutting
the queen's access to c5.} Nbd7 12. gxf3 Qb4 13. Qe3 Qxc5 ({Black does not
seem to get sufficient compensation for the pawn if he insists avoiding to
occupy the c5-square with a pawn:} 13... Rc8 14. cxd6 Qxb2 15. Kd2 Qb4 16. dxe7
$14) 14. Qxc5 dxc5 15. e5 $5 (15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. f4 Nh5 {[%csl Gf4] looks
safe for Black}) 15... a6 $1 16. exf6 (16. Ba4 Nh5) 16... axb5 17. fxe7 Kxe7
18. O-O-O Rhd8 19. Rhe1+ Kf8 {White is slightly better developed, but Black's
better structure and the activity of his queen's rook along the a-file may
keep the balance even.}) ({In the comments to the game Lupulescu,C (2558)
-Nikolic,P (2674)/Plovdiv 2008/CBM 124/[Marin,M] (1-0, 39) I mentioned that I
find} 9. d5 $1 {quite annoying for Black. Since in that game another variation
had been actually played, I insert here the analysis:} Nbd7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxb5
Rb8 12. Bxd7+ ({My opponent effectuated this move after 45 minutes of thought.
I understood that he was considering including the moves} 12. a4 $4 {12...a6??
before playing 13.Bxd7. Later, I was to find out that this line had been
recommended in the Informator. I expected his move with anxiety, since I had
noticed immediately that} Rxb5 $1 {wins a piece, because of the double pin. My
young opponent could not contain his laughter when I showed him this resource
after the game. He had rejected 12.a4 on general ground...}) 12... Bxd7 13.
O-O-O $6 ({Later, I failed to find an adequate answer after} 13. O-O $1 {
, for instance} Rxb2 14. Nd1 Rxc2 15. Ne3 $16 {[%csl Re8][%cal Ge4e5] Since
Nikolic had not faced 9.d5 so far, it would be nice to guess what he had in
mind against it.}) 13... Rxb2 $6 (13... Qb4 $1 $132) 14. Kxb2 Qb4+ 15. Kc1 Qxc3
16. Qe3 $1 $16 {Nguyen Anh Dung (2465)-Marin,M (2545)/Calcutta 1997/CBM 056
ext (1/2-1/2, 42)}) 9... Nc6 $5 ({Black avoids releasing the tension with} 9...
cxd4 10. Nxd4 {, which has been discussed in the notes to the aforementioned
game briefly.} Nc6 $1 (10... Qb6 $6 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14.
Rhe1 Rb8 15. b3 Qc5 16. Kb2 Bd7 17. e5 $36 {Willemze,J (2422)-Nikolic,P (2671)/
Amsterdam 2004/CBM 101 ext (1/2-1/2, 55)}) 11. Nb3 Qb6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Qg7 Rf8
14. exd5 Ne5 15. O-O h5 16. Kh1 Bd7 $13 {Bunzmann,D (2596)-Nikolic,P (2641)/
Germany 1999/EXT 2000 (0-1, 28). Black has a strategically nice position and
maintains the possibility of evacuating his king to the other wing, while the
white queen is somewhat misplaced behind the black pawns.}) 10. d5 Ne5 {
Black's minor pieces are much more at ease than their white counterparts. The
threat of ...c4 is very strong.} 11. Bb5+ (11. f4 $2 {leads to complications
favouring Black:} Neg4 12. Qh4 (12. Qg7 $2 {leaves the queen trapped after} Rg8
13. Bb5+ Kd8 $1 14. Qxf7 Nh6) 12... c4 $1 13. Bxc4 Ne3 {[%cal Ge3c4,Ge3g2]} 14.
Bb5+ $8 Kd8 15. Kd2 Nxg2 16. Qh6 Nxe4+ $17) (11. Qd2 {is a safe move, but its
main drawback is that it allows Black to castle.} O-O $6 (11... c4 $1 12. f4
Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 cxd3 14. Qxd3 O-O 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. O-O Rac8 $11) 12. f4 Nxd3+ 13.
cxd3 b5 14. O-O b4 15. Nd1 c4 16. dxc4 Nxe4 17. Qd4 Qc5 18. Ne3 Qxd4 19. Nxd4
$14 {Van der Wiel,J (2570)-Tjiam,D (2295)/Netherlands 1995/EXT 1999 (1-0, 53)})
11... Kd8 $1 $146 {Black prefers to give p the right to castle, rather than
spoil his minor piece coordination.} (11... Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Nexd7 13. O-O O-O-O
14. a3 Kb8 {Meyer,F (2368)-Engelbert,C (2213)/Hamburg 2004/CBM 100 ext (1-0,
50)} 15. b4 $36) 12. Ng3 $2 {This move is mistaken because of far from obvious
reasons.} (12. f4 $2 {is wrong because of} Neg4 $17 {, when} 13. Qg7 $2 Rg8 14.
Qxf7 Nh6 $19 {transposes to a line mentioned above.}) (12. h3 {is solid,
possibly leading to a draw after} a6 13. f4 Nf3+ 14. gxf3 axb5 15. Qg7 ({
Against other moves, Black would be doing better than in the game. Having
spared (at least temporarily), the move ...c4, he can prevent Caruana's
regrouping.} 15. O-O b4 16. Nd1 Nh5 $15) (15. Ng3 b4 16. Nce2 b3+ $132 {
Black has managed to open the queenside, with strong counterplay.}) 15... Rg8
16. Qxf7 Bd7 {Black threatens to trap the queen with 17...Be8 18.Qe6 Rf8!
followed by ...Bd7.} 17. e5 $1 Be8 18. Qe6 Bd7 $11) ({Personally, I would be
worried about the regrouping move} 12. Qd2 {, for instance} Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Qxb5
14. O-O $44 {Black's structure is solid, but with his king in the centre he is
in permanent danger.}) 12... c4 $1 {[%cal Ga7a6]} 13. h3 ({It is too late for} 
13. Qd2 a6 14. f4 axb5 15. fxe5 dxe5 {White has no obvious way to shake
Black's stability on the dark squares:} 16. Qg5 b4 17. Nce2 b3+ 18. Nc3 bxc2
19. d6 Ra6 20. dxe7+ Kxe7 21. O-O h6 22. Nd5+ $2 Qxd5 $1 $19) 13... a6 {
(?) The only problem with this generally good move is that it misses an
immediate win.} (13... g5 $3 {prevents f4, renewing the threat of ...a6, while
after} 14. Qxg5 (14. h4 g4 $19) 14... a6 15. f4 Ng6 {[%cal Gh7h6] the threat
to trap the queen with ...h6 leaves White a piece down.} 16. f5 Ne5 $19) 14. f4
Nf3+ $1 ({Black's position is more dangerous after} 14... axb5 15. fxe5 b4 16.
Qg7 Re8 (16... Rg8 $2 17. exf6 $3 Rxg7 18. fxg7) 17. exf6 bxc3 18. fxe7+ Rxe7
19. bxc3 Qc5 20. Ke2) 15. gxf3 axb5 16. O-O b4 17. Nce2 Qc5+ 18. Kg2 Bd7 {
The position is quite unusual. Strategically, Black can be very satisfied, but
his king does not enjoy complete safety yet.} 19. c3 {White needs to activate
his e2-knight.} (19. Qg7 $2 Rg8 20. Qxf7 $2 Be8 21. Qe6 Rf8 $1 $19) 19... bxc3
{Maybe Black should not have allowed his opponent to solve the knight's
problem so easily.} ({He may have done better to play one of the useful moves
he played in the next phase of the game.} 19... Rg8 $5 20. cxb4 Qxb4 $132) 20.
Nxc3 $1 (20. bxc3 Rg8 $15 {[%cal Gf6h5]}) 20... b5 (20... Kc7 $5) 21. a3 {
White intends to build up his attack in a slow, gradual, manner.} ({He could
have started active operations immediately, but the result would not have been
entirely clear.} 21. e5 $5 Nxd5 (21... dxe5 22. Nge4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 $36) 22.
Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Rad1 Qe6 24. exd6 exd6 25. Ne4 $44) 21... Kc7 22. Rad1 (22. e5 {
does not work anymore.} Nxd5 23. Nxd5+ Qxd5 24. Rad1 Qc6 25. exd6+ exd6 26. Ne4
d5 {(If we compare with the previous line, the king has evacuated the
d8-square, avoiding Qg5+)} 27. Nc3 Be6 $17) 22... Rhg8 $5 {A very interesting
way to generate counterplay. Apparently, the rook is not doing much on g8, but
more about that later...} 23. e5 Nh5 $1 {Enabled by the previous move.} 24.
Rfe1 $1 {A strong move, completing the development. The only defect of White's
position is the presence of doubled pawns, but it requires very deep insight
on Black's part to take advantage of it.} (24. Nce4 $2 Qe3 $1 $17) (24. Nxh5 $2
gxh5+ 25. Kh2 (25. Kh1 Rg3 26. Ne4 Rxh3+ 27. Kg2 Rg8+ 28. Ng5 Qe3 $19) 25...
Rg6 26. Qxh5 Rag8 27. Rde1 (27. Ne4 Qe3 $19) 27... Qd4 $19) 24... g5 $3 {
Really original and the only logical consequence of Black's previous moves.}
25. exd6+ $5 {This exchange may seem like a premature concession, but
weakening the d6-square makes sense in view of a tactical detail revealed
slightly later.} (25. fxg5 $2 Nf4+ 26. Kh1 Qf2 $19 27. exd6+ Kb7 $1 28. Rg1
Qxf3+ 29. Kh2 Qf2+ 30. Kh1 Bxh3 $19) (25. Qxh5 {has equal merits with the game
continuation.} gxf4 26. Nce4 Rxg3+ 27. Kh1 $1 (27. Nxg3 $2 Rg8 28. exd6+ exd6
29. Re2 Rxg3+ 30. Kh2 Rxh3+ 31. Qxh3 Bxh3 32. Kxh3 Kb6 $17) (27. Kh2 $6 Qb6 28.
Qxf7 (28. Nxg3 Qf2+ 29. Kh1 fxg3 $19) 28... Rxh3+ 29. Kg2 Rh6 30. e6 Rg6+ 31.
Kh3 Rag8 32. Qxf4 Be8 $40) 27... Rxh3+ 28. Qxh3 Bxh3 29. Nxc5 dxc5 {Black
seems to have sufficient compensation for the exchange. His queenside majority
may become threatening.} 30. Re4 Bf5 31. Rxf4 Bg6 {[%cal Gc4c3]} 32. Rc1 Rd8
33. Rd1 Ra8 $44) (25. Nxh5 Rg6 {may transpose to the game.}) 25... exd6 26.
Nxh5 $6 ({The only way to justify the previous exchange would be} 26. fxg5 Nf4+
27. Kh1 {I assume that this had been Caruana's first intention, but then he
noticed that Black disposes over another fantastic pawn move:} f5 $3 {It is
difficult to exhaust the position, but it seems that a draw by perpetual 
(against either of the kings!) is the most likely result. Did Caruana fear
that Black would have more than a draw in the following variations, or did he
overestimate his position and play for a win?} ({Black's problem is that} 27...
Qf2 $2 {is impossible because of} 28. Qxd6+ $1 $16 {With ...f5!! Black takes
the e4-square under control, renewing the threat of ...Qf2}) ({Another line in
which the control of the e4-square is important goes} 27... Rg6 $6 28. Qh4 {
[%csl Gf4]} Nxh3 29. Nce4 $14 {White has avoided the immediate threats and
maintains excellent coordination.}) 28. Qh4 ({In the event of} 28. gxf6 $2 {
, apart from simply capturing on g3, Black can play} Qf2 29. Qxf4 Rxg3 30.
Qxd6+ Kc8 $1 $19 {checks have come to an end and White has to give up his
queen in order to avoid mate.}) (28. Re7 Qf2 29. Rxd7+ (29. Nxb5+ Kc8 $1 30.
Nxd6+ Kb8 $1 {White has exhausted checks and time has come to think about his
own defence.} 31. Rg1 $8 Qxf3+ $11) 29... Kc8 $1 30. Rg1 Qxf3+ $11) (28. Nh5
Nxh3 29. Re7 Nf2+ 30. Kh2 Nxd1 31. Rxd7+ Kxd7 32. Qxh7+ Kc8 33. Qxg8+ Kb7 34.
Qf7+ Kb6 35. Nxd1 Qd4 36. Qe6 Qxd1 37. Qxd6+ Ka5 38. Qb4+ Kb6 39. Nf6 {White
still has some hopes to get with his king out of the perpetual check net. In
order to avoid that, Black only has to prevent Kf4, for instance} Qe2+ 40. Kg3
Qe5+ $1 $11 {(this can be achieved in other ways, too).}) (28. Rd2 $6 {gives
up the control of the e-file after} Rae8 $1 $36) 28... Ng6 (28... Nd3 $6 29.
Re7 $36 Nf2+ $6 30. Kg2 Nxd1 31. Rxd7+ $1 {wins, because, if compared to the
line starting with 28.Nh5 above, the white king is better defended and no
perpetual is possible any more.} Kxd7 32. Qxh7+ Kc8 33. Qxg8+ Kb7 34. Qf7+ Kb6
35. Nxd1 Qd4 36. Nc3 Qd2+ 37. Nce2) 29. Qxh7 ({White fails to consolidate after
} 29. Qd4 Qxd4 30. Rxd4 Ne5 31. Kg2 Nd3 $15 {[%cal Gg8g5]}) 29... Qf2 30. Nxb5+
Kb6 31. Qxd7 Qxf3+ $11) 26... Rg6 27. Ne4 $2 ({White would have maintained
excellent saving chances after} 27. Qxh7 gxf4+ 28. Qxg6 fxg6 29. Nxf4 $15 {
with a stable position.}) 27... Rxh6 28. Nxc5 dxc5 29. Ng3 gxf4 30. Ne2 Kd6 $17
{/-+ The rest is relatively easy.} 31. Nxf4 Rg8+ 32. Kf2 Rh4 33. Ng2 Rxh3 34.
Rh1 Rgg3 35. Rxh3 Rxh3 36. Re1 h5 37. Re4 Rh1 38. a4 Rb1 39. axb5 Rxb2+ 40. Kg3
c3 41. Ne3 Bxb5 {A very interesting game, featuring unexpected tactical
nuances and great fighting spirit on both sides.} 0-1

[Event "Biel GM 42nd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2009.07.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 Bb4 8.
Ndb5 Qa5 9. e5 Nd5 10. Bd2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 O-O 12. Qd2 Bxc3 13. Nxc3 f6 14. exf6
Rxf6 15. O-O-O d5 16. Kb1 Bd7 17. g3 Be8 18. a3 Rb8 19. Nb5 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Bg6
21. Bh3 a6 22. Nc3 b5 23. Re1 Kf7 24. Nd1 h5 25. Ne3 Be4 26. Bg2 Bxg2 27. Nxg2
Rg8 28. Rd3 g5 29. Rc3 e5 30. fxe5 Re6 31. Rf1+ Kg6 32. h4 Nxe5 33. hxg5 Kxg5
34. Nf4 Rf6 35. Rh1 Rh8 36. Rc7 Rf7 37. Rc5 Kg4 38. Rxd5 Rf5 39. Ne2 Nf3 40.
Rd6 Re8 41. Nf4 Rh8 42. Rg6+ Rg5 43. Rxa6 Kxg3 44. Rf6 h4 45. Rh3+ Kg4 46. Rxf3
Kxf3 47. Ng6+ Kg4 48. Nxh8 h3 49. Nf7 h2 50. Rf1 Rd5 51. Ka2 Kg3 52. Rh1 Kg2
53. Rxh2+ Kxh2 54. Kb3 Kg3 55. c4 bxc4+ 56. Kxc4 Rd2 57. Kc3 Rd5 58. Kc4 Rd2
59. b4 Kf4 60. b5 Kf5 61. a4 Ke6 62. Ng5+ Kd7 63. Ne4 Rh2 64. Nc3 Kd6 65. Ne4+
Kc7 66. a5 Rh4 67. Kd5 Rh5+ 68. Kc4 Rh4 69. Kd4 Kb7 70. Kd5 Rh5+ 71. Kc4 Rh4
72. Kd4 Kc7 73. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 42nd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2009.07.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. h3 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Qc2 Qh4 14. Rb1 Nf6
15. b5 Qg5 16. Kh1 Qh4 17. Kg1 Qg5 18. Kh1 Qh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 4th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2009.08.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8.
d3 c6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 h6 11. Bg2 Re8 12. h3 Bb6 13. Na4 Bc7 14. e4 d6 15.
Be3 Be6 16. Qc2 b5 17. cxb5 cxb5 18. Nc3 Bb6 19. d4 Qc8 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Bxb6
axb6 22. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 4th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2009.08.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nc3 Nc4 15.
e5 Nd7 16. Bf4 Re8 17. h3 Be6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Nf8 20. Qxd8 Raxd8 21. Bc1
Ne6 22. b3 Nb6 23. Bd2 c4 24. Ba5 Rb8 25. Red1 Rec8 26. Be4 Nc5 27. Bf5 Re8 28.
Nd4 g6 29. Bc2 Rec8 30. Rab1 cxb3 31. axb3 Nd5 32. Ra1 b4 33. Ne2 Nc7 34. Nf4
N5e6 35. Bxc7 Rxc7 36. Nxe6 Rxc2 37. Nd4 Rc5 38. Rdc1 Kf8 39. Rxc5 Bxc5 40. Nc6
Rb6 41. Na5 Bd4 42. Ra4 Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 4th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2009.08.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 b6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 d6 8.
g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 a5 10. b3 O-O 11. O-O Be4 12. Bb2 c6 13. Bh3 b5 14. Nd2 bxc4 15.
bxc4 d5 16. a4 Re8 17. Rfc1 Bg6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Qc7 Nb6 20. Bf1 Qxc7 21. Rxc7
Rec8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Nb3 Rc2 24. Ba3 Nxa4 25. Nxa5 Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 4th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Ne5 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O
9. O-O Be6 10. f4 Ne4 11. a4 f6 12. Nd3 Nd7 13. Nb4 Qc7 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bd2
f5 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. Ra3 Qb7 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rfa1 Rxa3 20. bxa3 Nd5 21. Nxd5
Bxd5 22. a4 bxa4 23. Rxa4 Rb8 24. Rb4 Qa7 25. Bc4 Bxc4 26. Qxc4+ Kf8 27. h3
Rxb4 28. Qxb4 Qa2 29. Be1 Bf6 30. Bf2 h5 31. Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 4th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2009.08.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 Qc7 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Rc1
d6 9. e3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Bh4 O-O 13. Bg3 Rac8 14. f3 Qb8 15.
Qd2 Ne5 16. Nb1 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Rd7 18. Rc2 Bd8 19. Qe1 Ng6 20. Nd2 Be7 21. Rdc1
Rdc7 22. Qd1 Bf8 23. b4 Rd8 24. Rc3 Qc8 25. Qc2 Qd7 26. e4 Rdc8 27. Qb3 Be7 28.
Bf2 Qe8 29. Bf1 Nd7 30. Be3 Bf6 31. R3c2 Be5 32. g3 Rb8 33. Bg2 Qe7 34. Ne2
Rbc8 35. Qd3 Bf6 36. Qb3 Nge5 37. Nd4 h5 38. h4 Qe8 39. Ne2 d5 40. cxd5 Rxc2
41. Rxc2 Rxc2 42. Qxc2 exd5 43. Nf4 g6 44. Qc7 Ba8 45. Bxb6 dxe4 46. Nxe4 Bxe4
47. fxe4 Nxb6 48. Qxb6 Ng4 49. Bf3 Ne5 50. Kg2 Bg7 51. Qxa6 Qd7 52. Qa8+ Kh7
53. Qd5 Qa7 54. Nd3 Qxa3 55. Nxe5 Qb2+ 56. Kh3 Qxe5 57. Qxf7 Qb5 58. Qe7 Kh6
59. Kh2 Bc3 60. Qg5+ Qxg5 61. hxg5+ Kxg5 62. b5 h4 63. gxh4+ Kxh4 64. Kg2 Kg5
65. b6 Kf4 66. b7 Be5 67. Kf2 g5 68. Ke2 g4 69. Bg2 Kg3 70. Bf1 Kf4 71. Kd3 Kf3
72. Be2+ Kf4 73. Bf1 Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 4th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2009.08.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Kh1 Qc7 11. Qe1 Bd7 12. Qg3 Kh8 13. Bf3 Rac8 14. Rae1 b5 15.
a3 e5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bf6 21. Be4
Rfe8 22. Qf3 Re7 23. Bd3 Re3 24. Qh5 Rce8 25. Rd1 Qb7 26. Rd2 Re1 27. Rd1 Rxd1
28. Qxd1 Re3 29. Qd2 h5 30. Kg1 h4 31. Qf2 Kg8 32. g3 Qc6 33. Qg2 Qe8 34. Qf2
Qc6 35. Qg2 Qe8 36. Kh1 Re1 37. Qf2 Qc6+ 38. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 4th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2009.08.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Bf4 d6 11. Rd1 O-O 12. e5 Nh5 13. Be3 Bg5 14. Qc1 Bxe3 15.
Qxe3 Nc6 16. Rxd6 Qh4 17. Rd7 Rab8 18. g3 Qg4 19. h3 Qf5 20. Rxb7 Rxb7 21. Bg2
Rc7 22. Bxc6 f6 23. Be4 Qxe5 24. f4 Qd6 25. Nb5 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 4th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2009.08.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
d6 9. Qd3 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Na3 exd4 12. cxd4 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Qc4+ Kh8
15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qxc6 Qf6 17. Nc4 g4 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. Nh4 Bd3 20. Rfe1 Nxg3
21. hxg3 Qxf2+ 22. Kh2 Qf6 23. Qxc7 Ra5 24. Rac1 Rh5 25. Qe7 Rxh4+ 26. gxh4 g3+
27. Kh1 Qf4 28. Rg1 Rf7 29. Rc8+ Kg7 30. Rf8 Bc4 31. a4 Kg6 32. Rxf7 Bxf7 33.
Re1 Bd5 34. Qe8+ Kg7 35. Qd7+ Kg6 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Qd7+ Kg6 38. h5+ Kg5 39.
Qe7+ Kxh5 40. Qe8+ Kh4 41. Qe7+ Kh5 42. Qe8+ Kh4 43. Qe3 Qf2 44. Qxh6+ Kg4 45.
Qg6+ Kh4 46. Qh6+ Kg4 47. Qh3+ Kg5 48. Ra1 Be4 49. b4 d5 50. Rg1 Bf5 51. Qh8
Be4 52. Qe5+ Kg4 53. Qg7+ Kh5 54. Qe5+ Kg4 55. Qe6+ Kg5 56. Qe7+ Kh5 57. Qe8+
Kg5 58. Qd8+ Kh5 59. Qh8+ Kg5 60. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 4th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2009.08.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3 Qxd1
15. Rxd1 O-O 16. Nd4 Rfd8 17. Be3 Bd5 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. Bg5 Rd7 20. Ne7+ Bxe7 21.
Bxe7 Ne6 22. Be4 c6 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 cxd5 25. Rc1 h5 26. f3 Kh7 27. Kf2
Nf4 28. Rd1 Rc8 29. Rd2 d4 30. g4 Ne6 31. h4 Rc7 32. Bb4 g5 33. hxg5 h4 34. Ba5
Rc6 35. f4 Nxf4 36. Rxd4 Ne6 37. Rd2 Kg6 38. Bd8 Rc4 39. Bf6 Rxg4 40. Kf3 Kf5
41. Rh2 Nf4 42. a3 Rg3+ 43. Kf2 Kg4 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 4th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2009.08.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bc5 11. O-O-O Bxd4 12. Qxd4 Qb6 13. Qd2 f6 14. exf6
Nxf6 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Rde1 O-O 17. Re5 Rac8 18. Rhe1 Rc7 19. h3 Rfc8 20. g4 Qb4
21. Ne2 Qa4 22. Kb1 Bb5 23. Nc3 Qb4 24. a3 Qa5 25. Bxb5 axb5 26. Rxe6 Rxc3 27.
Rxf6 gxf6 28. bxc3 Qxa3 29. Qxd5+ Kf8 30. Re6 Qxc3 31. Qf5 Rc6 32. Rxc6 Qb4+
33. Ka2 Qa4+ 34. Kb2 Qb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp2"]
[Site "Montcada"]
[Date "2009.09.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Inglan Bielsa, Fernando"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.09.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4
Be7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qf3 d5 11. e5 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qg3 g5 14. Bd3 gxf4
15. Qxf4 Qg5 16. Qf2 Qxe5+ 17. Ne2 Qf6 18. Qg3 Bb7 19. Rf1 Qxb2 20. Kd2 Qe5 21.
Qf2 Rf8 22. Rab1 Qc7 23. Qh4 c5 24. Nf4 Ne5 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27.
Qxh6+ Ke7 28. Qg7+ Kd6 29. Rxb7 Qxg7 30. Rxg7 Rh8 31. Bh7 Rf8 32. h4 Rf4 33. g3
Rf2+ 34. Ke3 Rf3+ 35. Ke2 d4 36. h5 c4 37. h6 Rf6 38. Be4 Rxh6 39. Rxa7 Rh2+
40. Kd1 Ng4 41. Ra5 Nf2+ 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp2"]
[Site "Montcada"]
[Date "2009.09.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cruz, Cristhian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2009.09.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2
Bg7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Rb1 Bc4 12. Nd2 Bxa2 13. Nxa2 Rxa2 14. e4 O-O
15. b4 cxb4 16. Rxb4 Nfd7 17. Nf3 Qa8 18. Bg5 Na4 19. Bxe7 Nc3 20. Qb3 Nc5 21.
Bxf8 Nxb3 22. Bxd6 f5 23. Rxb3 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 Rb2 25. Rxb2 Bxb2 26. e5 Qxd5 27.
Ng1 Qd2 28. Nf3 Qd3 29. Bc5 Qc4 30. Be3 f4 31. gxf4 Nxf4 32. Bxf4 Qxf4 33. Re1
Ba3 34. e6 Be7 35. Kg1 Qb4 36. h3 h5 37. Re5 g5 38. Nxg5 Bf6 39. e7 Bxe7 40.
Nf3 Qb1+ 41. Re1 Qb4 42. Re5 Kg7 43. Bf1 Qd6 44. Be2 Qg6+ 45. Kf1 Bf6 46. Rb5
Qe4 47. h4 Bxh4 48. Rxh5 Qb1+ 49. Ne1 Bf6 50. Rb5 Qc1 51. Rd5 Bh4 52. Rd4 Be7
53. Rd1 Qh6 54. Bf3 Bc5 55. Rd5 Qc1 56. Kg2 Bb6 57. Nd3 Qc2 58. Be4 Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp2"]
[Site "Montcada"]
[Date "2009.09.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ubilava, Elizbar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2009.09.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 7. Be3 Nge7 8. Nb3
b5 9. f4 Bb7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. Bg2 Na5 12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. Qf2 Rc4 14. O-O Nc8 15.
f5 e5 16. f6 Qc7 17. a3 gxf6 18. Qxf6 Rg8 19. h3 Qd7 20. Rf2 Qe6 21. Qh4 Be7
22. Qxh7 Qg6 23. Qxg6 fxg6 24. Raf1 Rc7 25. g5 Bd8 26. Bf3 Rf7 27. Bg4 Rgf8 28.
Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Be6 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Nb6 31. b3 Ke7 32. Bg4 a5 33. Bf3 Bc6 34. h4
Nd7 35. Kf2 Nc5 36. Kg3 Kf7 37. Bxc5 dxc5 38. a4 b4 39. Nb1 c4 40. Nd2 c3 41.
Nc4 Bc7 42. Kf2 Bb7 43. Kg3 Bc6 44. Ne3 Bb6 45. Nd5 Bc5 46. Be2 Bd6 47. Kf3 Bb7
48. Bc4 Kf8 49. Ne3 Bc7 50. Nd5 Bd6 51. Nf6 Bc8 52. h5 Be7 53. h6 Bd8 54. Ne8
1-0

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp2"]
[Site "Montcada"]
[Date "2009.09.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Comas Fabrego, Luis"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.09.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. a4 b4 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. Qd3 Rc8 15. a5 h6
16. Bd2 Be7 17. Rfc1 O-O 18. Bd1 Qb8 19. Ba4 Rfd8 20. Bxd7 c4 21. Rxc4 Rxc4 22.
Qxc4 Rxd7 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Ne7 25. Qxb4 Qa8 26. Qc3 Qd8 27. Be3 Nf5 28.
Ne1 Bc6 29. f3 h5 30. Bf2 h4 31. h3 Rd2 32. Be3 Re2 33. Bf2 Rd2 34. Be3 Rd5 35.
Bf2 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp2"]
[Site "Montcada"]
[Date "2009.09.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Galindo Rodriguez, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2009.09.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Nc6 7. c4 Nb6 8. exd6
cxd6 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Ne5 12. Be2 Be7 13. a4 O-O 14. a5 Nbd7
15. Nc3 a6 16. Be3 Rc8 17. Qb3 Qc7 18. Rfc1 Qb8 19. f4 Ng6 20. g3 Bf6 21. Ne4
Be7 22. Nc3 Bf6 23. Ne4 Be7 24. h4 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Rc4 Rxc4 27. Qxc4 Bd8
28. h5 Ne7 29. b4 Qc7 30. Qd3 h6 31. Kg2 b6 32. axb6 Nxb6 33. Nc3 Qb7 34. Bf2
Nd7 35. Qxa6 Qxb4 36. Nb5 Nf6 37. Bf3 Nexd5 38. Nxd6 Qa5 39. Qb7 Be7 40. Nc4
Qd8 41. Ne5 Qd6 42. Be2 Qc7 43. Qa8+ Qd8 44. Qxd8+ Bxd8 45. Bc4 Bb6 46. Bxb6
Nxb6 47. Bxf7+ Kf8 48. Bg6 Nbd7 49. Nc6 Kg8 50. Kf3 Kf8 51. g4 Ng8 52. Nd4 Ke7
53. Kg3 Kf6 54. Kh4 Nc5 55. Bb1 Ne7 56. Ba2 Ne4 57. Ne6 g6 58. hxg6 Nxg6+ 59.
Kh5 Ne7 60. Kxh6 Nf2 61. Kh5 Ne4 62. g5+ Kf5 63. Bb1 Nd5 64. Nc5 Nxf4+ 65. Kh6
1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Danchevski, Orce"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Skopje Gambit Peksim"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. g3 Bd6 11. f4 Nbd7 12. Bg2 g5 13. Bd2 gxf4 14. exf4 dxc4
15. Qxc4 g6 16. Bf3 Nb6 17. Qb3 Qe7 18. O-O-O O-O-O 19. Kb1 Kb8 20. a3 Rc8 21.
h4 Rhd8 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Nd5 24. Ba5 Bc7 25. Bxc7+ Rxc7 26. Rd3 Rcd7 27.
Rhd1 Rd6 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Qc3 Qf6 30. b4 Qe7 31. Kb2 Qc7 32. Qc4 a6 33. Kc3 f6
34. Qa2 a5 35. Qe2 Qf7 36. Re3 Qd7 37. Red3 Kc7 38. Qe4 Qf7 39. Re1 e5 40. fxe5
fxe5 41. Rf3 Qe6 42. dxe5 a4 43. Qc2 Rxe5 44. Qxa4 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.05"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yerevan Mika"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 {The Volga-Benko Gambit, very rarely seen at this
level.  Das Wolga-Benkö-Gambit, auf diesem Niveau sehr selten gesehen.} 4. cxb5
a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 d6 8. e4 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 Nbd7 10. g3 Bg7 11. Kg2
O-O 12. h3 Qa5 13. Re1 Rfb8 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Rb7 17. Qe2 Qb6
18. a4 Kf8 19. Ra3 $5 {Is Sargissian psychic? Ob Sargissian hellsehen kann?}
Ne8 20. Re3 Bh6 $2 {This runs into a fantastic reply. Dies läuft in eine
phantastische Erwiderung.} (20... Nd6 {was normal. war normal.}) {[%tqu "En",
"Black has attacked White's rook e3 with ...Bh6. What do you suggest?",
"Black's bishop is unprotected.","Which move allows White to get access to
Black's king?","e3e6","Super!  Black must take the rook, and after 22.Bxh6+
suddenly his king is under fire.  Do you have a (winning) answer ready to both
22...Kg8 (f7) and ...Ng7?",20,"De","Schwarz hat mit ...Bh6 den weißen Turm e3
angegriffen. Was schlagen Sie vor?","Der schwarze Läufer ist ungedeckt.",
"Welcher Zug verschafft Weiß Zugang zum schwarzen König?","e3e6","Super! 
Schwarz muss den Turm nehmen, und nach 22.Bxh6+ steht plötzlich sein König
unter Beschuss.  Haben Sie schon sowohl auf 22...Kg8 (f7) als auch ...Ng7 eine
siegbringende Antwort parat?",20]} 21. Re6 $1 {A discovered attack on the
queen and the unprotected bishop on h6 - Black has no choice. Ein
Abzugsangriff auf die Dame und den ungedeckten Läufer h6 - Schwarz hat keine
Wahl.} fxe6 22. Bxh6+ Kg8 (22... Ng7 23. Qe5 {and the Ng7 drops. und der Ng7
fällt.}) {[%tqu "En","Deliver the coup de grâce.","If e6 were not protected by
Black's queen, the White queen could take there forcing checkmate.","","a3b3",
"The point - Black's queen can't neglect the protection of e6, so White wins
the rook b7.",10,"De","Versetzen Sie Schwarz den Gnadenstoß.","Wenn e6 nicht
von der schwarzen Dame gedeckt wäre, könnte die weiße Dame dort nehmen und
Matt erzwingen.","","a3b3","Die Pointe - die Dame von Schwarz darf die Deckung
des Punktes e6 nicht aufgeben, daher gewinnt Weiß den Turm b7!",10]} 23. Rb3 $1
{The point - Black's queen can't neglect the protection of e6, so White wins
the rook b7. Die Pointe - die Dame von Schwarz darf die Deckung des Punktes e6
nicht aufgeben, daher gewinnt Weiß den Turm b7!} (23. Rb3 $1 {and Black
resigned, since und Schwarz gab auf, denn} Qxb3 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Qf7 {leads
to checkmate on f8 or g7. führt zum Matt auf f8 oder g7.}) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.06"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Koerholz, Ludger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Echternach Sprenger"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LUX"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qe5+ 4. Be2 c6 5. d4 Qc7 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Ne5 Nd7 8.
Bf4 Nxe5 9. Bxe5 Qa5 10. a3 e6 11. O-O Nf6 12. Bf3 Be7 13. b4 Qd8 14. Na4 O-O
15. Nc5 Qb6 16. g4 Bg6 17. g5 Nd5 18. c4 f6 19. Bg3 Nc3 20. Qe1 Nb1 21. Rxb1
Bxb1 22. Qxe6+ Rf7 23. Rxb1 fxg5 24. Nd7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Stupak, Kirill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Gran Vesnianka"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Qg4 f5 6. Qg3 b6 7. Nh3 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. Nf4 Bf8 10. a3 c6 11. Nce2 Nc7 12. b3 O-O-O 13. c4 Ne7 14. O-O Rg8 15.
a4 Qe8 16. Qh3 h6 17. a5 Qf7 18. axb6 axb6 19. Ba3 g5 20. Nh5 g4 21. Qh4 f4 22.
Nexf4 Rg5 23. Bxe7 Bxe7 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Nf6 Bxf6 26. exf6 Qxf6 27. Ne2 Kb7
28. Qg3 Nb5 29. Ra2 Ra8 30. Rxa8 Kxa8 31. Re1 Kb7 32. h3 Nxd4 33. Nxd4 Qxd4 34.
Re7+ Ka6 35. h4 Rf5 36. Re6 Rf6 37. Rxf6 Qa1+ 38. Kh2 Qxf6 39. Qxg4 Qxf2 40. h5
Qe3 41. Qg6 Kb5 42. g4 d4 43. g5 d3 44. Qf5+ Kb4 45. Qg4+ Ka3 46. gxh6 Qxh6 47.
Qa4+ Kb2 48. Qd4+ Kc2 49. Qc4+ Kd2 50. Qb4+ Ke3 51. Qe1+ Kf3 52. Qg3+ Ke2 53.
Qg4+ Ke3 54. Qg1+ Ke4 55. Qh1+ Kf5 56. Qd1 Qe3 57. Kg2 d2 58. h6 Kf4 59. Qf1+
Kg5 60. Qa1 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.09"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Michalczak, Thomas"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen SG"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Be3 Bb7 8. Qe2 b4
9. Nd1 Ngf6 10. Nf2 O-O 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. e5 Nd5 15.
g3 Qc7 16. Nd2 f5 17. exf6 exf6 18. f5 Rae8 19. Nfe4 Bh6 20. Nc4 Kh8 21. Rae1
Nb6 22. Qg4 Nxc4 23. Bxc4 Qe5 24. Ng5 Qxe1 25. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 26. Kf2 Re5 27. Nf7+
Rxf7 28. Bxf7 Rxf5+ 29. Ke1 Re5+ 30. Kf1 Rf5+ 31. Ke1 Kg7 32. Bb3 Re5+ 33. Kf1
Rf5+ 34. Ke1 Bc6 35. Qc4 Re5+ 36. Kf2 Rf5+ 37. Ke1 Re5+ 38. Kf2 Be3+ 39. Ke1
Bg5+ 40. Kf2 Be3+ 41. Ke1 Bd4+ 42. Kd2 Bb5 43. Qf7+ Kh6 44. c3 Re2+ 45. Kd1
bxc3 46. bxc3 Bxc3 47. Qf8+ Kg5 48. Qxc5+ Be5 49. Qxb5 axb5 50. Kxe2 Kg4 51.
Be6+ f5 52. Kf2 b4 53. Kg2 Kg5 54. Kf3 Kf6 55. Bg8 h5 56. h3 g5 57. g4 fxg4+
58. hxg4 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.10"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Evry Grand Roque"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1
b6 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Ne2 d5 13. Ng3 dxe4 14. Nxe4 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bf6 17. Qd3 Nf8 18. Bc3 g6 19. Rad1 Ne6 20. Nxe6 Qxd3 21.
Rxd3 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Rxe6 23. Ree3 Rae8 24. Bf3 Rxe3 25. fxe3 Rc8 26. a5 bxa5 27.
Rc5 a4 28. bxa4 Kf8 29. e4 Rd8 30. e5 Rd4 31. a5 Ra4 32. Kf2 Ke7 33. Ke3 h5 34.
Be2 Ra1 35. Kf4 Re1 36. Bf3 Ra1 37. Kg5 Re1 38. Kh6 Kf8 39. h3 Re3 40. Bxc6
Bxc6 41. Rxc6 Rxe5 42. Rxa6 Rc5 43. Ra8+ Ke7 44. Kg7 Rxc2 45. a6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.02.06"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Berndt, Stephan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Berlin SF"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. Qg4
g6 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Na3 Ne5 11. f4 Nxd3 12. cxd3 Nf6 13. Nc4 d5 14. Ne5 O-O 15.
Bd2 a5 16. Bc3 a4 17. Nd4 Bc5 18. Kh1 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 dxe4 20. Qf2 exd3 21. Rad1
Bd7 22. Nxd7 Nxd7 23. Rxd3 Qe7 24. Rfd1 Rad8 25. Qe3 b6 26. Qd2 Rc8 27. Bc3 Nc5
28. Rd4 Rfe8 29. Qe3 Rcd8 30. Qe5 f6 31. Qe3 Rxd4 32. Qxd4 Kf7 33. h3 Rc8 34.
f5 exf5 35. Qc4+ Qe6 36. Qh4 h5 37. Qf4 Ne4 38. Re1 g5 39. Qf3 Kg6 40. g4 hxg4
41. hxg4 Rh8+ 42. Kg1 Rh4 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.02.07"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Fruebing, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Koenig Tegel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Na4
Qa5 15. b3 Bf5 16. Qc5 Qxc5 17. Nxc5 Nc3 18. Re1 Nxa2+ 19. Kb2 Nb4 20. Bc4 Rfe8
21. g4 Bc8 22. Re5 Kf8 23. c3 f6 24. Re6 Nd5 25. Rxc6 Nf4 26. Rd1 g5 27. Rc7 h5
28. gxh5 Nxh5 29. Bd5 Rb8 30. Bc6 a5 31. Bxe8 Kxe8 32. Re1 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 17th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2009.10.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8.
Bg2 c6 9. d3 h6 10. Bd2 Re8 11. Rc1 a6 12. a3 Bf8 13. b4 d5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15.
Na4 Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. Nc5 b6 18. Na4 Re6 19. Re1 Rc8 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Qb3 Qd7
22. Nc3 e4 23. dxe4 Nxe4 24. Nxd5 Nxd2 25. Qd3 Qb5 26. Qxd2 Rxe2 27. Rxe2 Bxe2
28. Qe3 Bc4 29. Nxb6 Be6 30. Bf1 Qc6 31. Bg2 Qb5 32. Na8 Qc4 33. h4 g6 34. Nb6
Qb5 35. Qd4 a5 36. Bf1 Qf5 37. Bd3 Qf3 38. bxa5 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Bf5 40. a6 Qxd3
41. Qxd3 Bxd3 42. a7 Be4 43. a4 Bb4 44. a8=Q+ Bxa8 45. Nxa8 Ba5 46. g4 Kf8 47.
Kg3 Ke7 48. h5 gxh5 49. gxh5 Ke6 50. Kf4 f5 51. Ke3 Ke5 52. Kd3 Kd5 53. Ke3 Ke5
54. Kd3 f4 55. Kc4 f3 56. Kd3 Kf4 57. Kd4 Be1 58. Kd3 Bxf2 59. Nc7 Ba7 60. Nd5+
Kg5 61. a5 Kxh5 62. a6 Kh4 63. Ne3 h5 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 17th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2009.10.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 {This is a very popular variation. Other possibilities are 8.Bh4 and 8.
Bxf6.} Nd5 {Black pursues the bishop, but simple development is also possible.}
(8... Bd6 9. Bd3 b6 (9... Bd7 10. Qe2 Bc6 11. O-O-O Bxf3 12. Qxf3 c6 {is
another possible strategy.}) 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. O-O-O Nd5 12. Bd2 Nf4 13. Bxf4
Bxf4+ 14. Kb1 O-O 15. h4 Qd5 16. Rhe1 Rad8 17. Qf1 Qa5 18. Be4 Ba6 19. Bd3 Bb7
20. Be4 Ba6 21. Bd3 {, with a draw in Leko=Ivanchuk, Amber rapid 08}) 9. Bd3 ({
Black usually was able to achieve equal play after} 9. Qd2 Bd6 10. O-O-O Qe7
11. Bc4 Nb6 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. c4 c5 14. Ne5 O-O 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Bc2 Rfd8 17.
Qd3 Nf6 18. dxc5 Bf4 19. Qe2 Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Rdc8 {, and Black had good play in
Kritz=Shirov, Bundesliga 05}) (9. Bd2 c5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. c4 Nb6
13. Rc1 Be7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. b4 Be7 16. c5 Nd5 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Qa4+ Kf8 19.
Nc4 {is a critical position for the entire variation. Leko=Gurevich,
Candidates 07 continued} h5 20. O-O h4 21. h3 Rh5 22. Rfe1 a6 23. Qb3 Rd8 24.
a3 Kg8 25. Rc2 Rf5 {, and Black had a comfortable position.}) 9... Nxe3 10.
fxe3 Bd6 11. e4 c5 {I consider this to be stronger than 11...e5, which leads
to an endgame where White is slightly better, although Black has good chances
to equalise.} (11... e5 12. dxe5 Bc5 13. Bb5+ c6 14. Qxd8+ Kxd8 15. Bc4 Ke7 16.
a4 (16. c3 Rd8 17. a4 a6 18. Ke2 Be6 19. Bxe6 Kxe6 20. Rhf1 Rd7 21. Rad1 Rxd1
22. Rxd1 a5 23. Ne1 Bg1 24. g3 Bb6 25. Nd3 Ke7 26. g4 Rd8 27. Rf1 Bc7 28. h4
Re8 29. h5 Kf8 30. Rf5 {was much better for White in Gashimov=Akobian,09})
16... Be6 17. Bxe6 Kxe6 18. Ke2 Rhd8 (18... Rad8 19. Rad1 Bb6 20. Rd3 Bc7 21.
Rf1 Rhf8 {is a better defence.} 22. Nd4+ Kxe5 23. Rf5+ Kxe4 24. g4 g6 25. Re3+
Kxd4 26. Rd3+ Kc4 27. Rc3+ Kb4 28. Rb3+ $11 {is an entertaining draw.}) 19.
Rhd1 (19. c3 {, as in Gashimov=Akobian, is probably stronger.} a5 20. Ne1 Rd7
21. Nd3 Bb6 22. Rad1 Rad8 23. Rhf1) 19... Bb6 ({I would prefer to trade rooks
immediately with} 19... Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Bb6 21. Ne1 (21. Rd6+ Ke7) 21... Rd8 22.
Rxd8 Bxd8 23. Nd3 b6 $11) 20. Rd3 {, and White was better and eventually won
in Landa=Vaisser,09} Bc7 21. Rf1 {prevents Black from capturing on e5.}) 12. e5
Be7 13. Qe2 {My opponent played this after a long thought. He was obviously
not very familiar with this position.} (13. c3 Bd7 14. O-O Qc7 15. Qe2 Bc6 16.
Rf2 {is another possible setup for White.}) 13... Bd7 14. O-O-O Qc7 {This is
probably the best move order for Black, although 14...Bc6, as in Li Chao=Lysyj,
is also satisfactory.} (14... Bc6 15. Be4 Qc7 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5 O-O-O 18. c4
(18. Bxf7 Bxf3 19. Be6+ Kb8 20. gxf3 Bg5+ 21. Kb1 Rhe8) 18... Rhf8 19. Rd3 Kb8
20. Rhd1 Bd7 21. Qe4 f5 22. Qe2 Bc8 23. Re1 Rfe8 24. Rb3 b6 25. g3 g5 26. e6 g4
27. Ne5 Bg5+ 28. Kc2 Rd6 29. Rd3 Bxe6 30. Bh1 f4 31. gxf4 Bf5 32. Qg2 Kc8 33.
fxg5 Rxd3 34. Qa8+ Qb8 35. Qc6+ Qc7 36. Qa8+ {0.5 Li Chao=Lysyj,09}) 15. Bb5 {
A very cautious move. My opponent was taking a lot of time and playing very
harmlessly, which gave me confidence that I might be able to win.} ({In
Bacrot=Akobian, Montreal 09, a similar position to the game was reached:} 15.
Rhf1 O-O-O 16. Kb1 Bc6 17. Be4 Rd7 18. dxc5 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bxc5 20. Bxc6 Qxc6
21. Ne1 Rd8 22. Nd3 Bd4 23. Rf1 f6 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Re1 Rd6 26. Qg4 Qb6 27.
Qc4+ Kb8 28. c3 {, with a slight but almost insignificant advantage for White.
The game was drawn after 72 moves.}) 15... O-O-O {There is also nothing wrong
with castling kingside.} (15... O-O 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. dxc5 Qc7 $11) 16. Bxd7+
Rxd7 17. dxc5 Rxd1+ ({I also considered} 17... Rhd8 18. b4 b6 {, but abandoned
it due to} 19. Qa6+ Kb8 20. Qb5 $1 {, when I didn't see a satisfactory
continuation for Black.}) 18. Rxd1 Qxc5 19. Rd3 ({Now} 19. Ne1 $5 {, as in the
Bacrot=Akobian game, is possible, but Black shouldn't be worse.} Rd8 20. Nd3
Bg5+ 21. Kb1 Qe3 22. Qxe3 Bxe3 {looks roughly equal.}) 19... Kb8 20. Qe4 Rd8 {
Trading rooks. The position becomes completely equal.} 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Qh7
Qf8 ({I also calculated} 22... Qf2 23. Qxg7 Bg5+ 24. Kd1 Qf1+ 25. Ne1 {, but
saw no ideas for Black.}) (22... Bg5+ 23. Kb1) 23. Qe4 {Now Black has no
reason to avoid the draw with 23...Qc5 24.Qh7, but my opponent was low on time,
so I decided to continue the game.} Bc7 24. c3 a6 25. Qd4 ({For instance} 25.
Qg4 $5 {, trying to force the g-pawn forward, was quite good.}) 25... f6 {
I took my chance to unbalance the position.} 26. exf6 gxf6 27. Qd7 $6 {The
first risky move, after which White starts to encounter problems.} ({White
could try} 27. Qe4 Qg8 28. g4 {, when Black has nothing better than} f5 29.
gxf5 exf5 30. Qxf5 Qxa2 {, with an inevitable draw.} 31. Qf8+ Ka7 32. Qxh6 $6
Qa1+ 33. Kc2 Qa4+ 34. Kd3 Qb5+) 27... e5 $6 (27... Qg8 28. g3 (28. Nd4 Qg5+ 29.
Kb1 Qg6+ 30. Ka1 Qxg2 $19) 28... e5 {was a better version of the game.}) 28.
Qe6 h5 {A move with a hidden point, which will be revealed in a few moves time.
} (28... Qc5 29. Qxf6 Qe3+ (29... e4 30. Nd4) (29... Qf2 30. Qxh6) 30. Nd2) 29.
Kc2 Qg7 {Now White's problems become more concrete.} 30. g3 ({I had also
calculated} 30. Nh4 Qg5 31. g3 Qe3 {, when it seemed to me that my position
was promising.}) 30... Qg6+ 31. Kb3 Qd3 {Suddenly I felt like I would win! The
position is very sharp, and with very limited time Jan couldn't navigate his
way to safety.} 32. Qxf6 Qd1+ 33. Kc4 $2 (33. Ka3 $1 {was the only way to make
a draw:} a5 (33... Bd6+ 34. b4 Qc1+ 35. Kb3 Qb1+ $11) 34. Nxe5 (34. b3 Qc1+ 35.
Ka4 Qxc3 $19) (34. Qf8+ Ka7 35. Qc5+ Bb6 $19) (34. b4 Qc2 35. Qf8+ Ka7 36. Qc5+
Bb6 37. Qxe5 Qc1+ 38. Kb3 Qd1+ $19) 34... Bd6+ (34... Qd6+ 35. Qxd6 Bxd6+ 36.
Ka4 Bxe5 37. Kxa5) 35. b4 axb4+ 36. cxb4 Qc1+ 37. Kb3 $1 {A move I greatly
underestimated during the game.} ({Instead,} 37. Ka4 Qc2+ 38. Kb5 Qe2+ 39. Nc4
Qe8+ 40. Ka5 Bc7+ 41. Nb6 Ka7 $19 {was the end of my calculations; on the
basis of this variation I considered 33.Ka3 to be losing for White.}) 37...
Qe3+ 38. Ka4 (38. Kc4 $2 Qe4+ 39. Kb3 Qxb4+ 40. Kc2 Qc5+ $19) 38... Qxe5 (38...
Bxe5 39. Qd8+ Ka7 40. Qa5+ $11) 39. Qxe5 Bxe5 40. Kb5 Kc7 41. a4 $11 {, with
an easy draw, a fact which I hadn't understood over the board.}) 33... Qa4+ (
33... b5+ 34. Kc5) (33... Bd6 34. Nd4) 34. b4 (34. Kd5 Qxa2+ {should be slowly
but surely losing for White.}) 34... Qxa2+ {A move played too quickly in my
opponent's time trouble.} (34... e4 $1 {was more accurate and seems to win on
the spot.} 35. Nd4 (35. Qh8+ Ka7 36. Qd4+ Bb6 37. Qxe4 Qxa2+ 38. Kd3 Qb1+ $19)
35... Qxa2+ 36. Kc5 b6+ 37. Kc6 Qc4+ 38. Kd7 Qd5+ 39. Ke8 e3 $19) 35. Kd3 Qb1+
36. Kd2 (36. Ke3 Qc2 $19 (36... e4 37. Ne5)) 36... e4 37. Ng5 (37. Ne5 Qb2+ 38.
Kd1 Qb3+ 39. Ke2 Qc2+ 40. Kf1 e3 $19) (37. Ne1 e3+ (37... Ka7 $1 {is even more
devastating.}) 38. Ke2 Qb2+ 39. Kxe3 Qxh2 40. Nf3 Qh3 $17 {, when White will
lose the g-pawn and probably the game as well.} (40... Qxg3 $2 41. Qh8+ Ka7 42.
Qxh5 Qf4+ 43. Kd3 $11)) 37... Qd3+ {I burned up a lot of time to find the
following manouver.} (37... Ka7 38. Qd4+ Bb6 39. Qxe4 Qb2+ 40. Kd3 Qxh2 41. Qf3
$11) 38. Ke1 Qe3+ (38... e3 39. Qh8+ Ka7 (39... Bd8 40. Nf3 e2 41. Nd2) 40.
Qd4+ Qxd4 41. cxd4 Bd6 42. Ke2 Bxb4 43. Kxe3 $11) 39. Kf1 (39. Kd1 Qg1+ $19)
39... Qc1+ $1 {This was the point I had to see on move 37. I seem to be
chasing the king to safety, but a closer look reveals that my e-pawn will be
unstoppable.} 40. Ke2 {Capitulation, but there was already little hope for
White.} (40. Kg2 e3 $1 $19 {, and the e-pawn is far too strong.} (40... Qd2+
41. Kh3 e3 42. Nf3 Qd7+ 43. Kg2 e2 44. Qh8+ Ka7 45. Qd4+ Qxd4 46. cxd4)) 40...
Qc2+ 41. Kf1 e3 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 17th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2009.10.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bg5 Rd6 14. Bd5 cxd4
15. cxd4 Be6 16. Bb3 exd4 17. Bf4 Re8 18. Bxe6 Rexe6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Qd3 Qe7
21. Rb1 Nb4 22. Qa3 Bf8 23. Qxa7 d3 24. Nc3 Qf6 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. exd5 Re2 27.
Qxb7 Qd4 28. Rbd1 d2 29. Qa6 Re5 30. Qf6 Bg7 31. Qd8+ Bf8 32. Qf6 Bg7 33. Qd8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 17th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2009.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hautot, Stephane"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1
b6 9. Ba2 a6 10. h3 Rb8 11. Be3 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. b4 Qc7 14. Bb3 Nb6 15. Qd3
Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Ng5 Qc8 18. Ra7 Re8 19. d5 exd5 20. Bxb6 Rxb6 21. exd5
Ra6 22. Rxa6 Qxa6 23. Nge4 Rb8 24. Rd1 Qb7 25. Nxf6+ Bxf6 26. Ne4 Be7 27. dxc6
Qxc6 28. Nxd6 Bxd6 29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Rc8 31. Rd5 e4 32. Rxb5 Rxc2 33. Rc5
Rb2 34. Rc4 Rb1+ 35. Kh2 Re1 36. Kg3 e3 37. fxe3 Rxe3+ 38. Kf4 Rb3 39. Ke5 Kf7
40. Kd6 h5 41. Kc6 Kf6 42. b5 Rb2 43. b6 Rxg2 44. b7 Rb2 45. h4 g5 46. hxg5+
Kxg5 47. Rc5+ Kg4 48. Rb5 Rc2+ 49. Kd6 Rd2+ 50. Kc7 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 17th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2009.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. O-O Rc8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Rc7 14. Qg4 Kf8
15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Qf3 h6 17. Rac1 Ke7 18. a4 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Qb6 20. Be3 Qb4 21.
Bb5 Nd5 22. b3 a6 23. Bf1 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Rd8 25. Rc4 Qb6 26. Qc3 a5 27. g3 Kf8
28. Bg2 Bb4 29. Qf3 Rxd4 30. Rc8+ Rd8 31. Qxb7 Qxb7 32. Rxd8+ Ke7 33. Bxb7 Kxd8
34. Kg2 Kc7 35. Ba6 Kd6 36. f4 g5 37. Kf3 Bd2 38. Bc4 f5 39. fxg5 hxg5 40. g4
Ke5 41. gxf5 exf5 42. Bd3 Bc1 43. Bc2 Ba3 44. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 17th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2009.10.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8.
Nbd2 Ne7 9. Nc4 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 Ng6 12. Rd1 Bd6 13. Kf1 c5 14. a4
a5 15. c3 Ke7 16. Be3 Rhd8 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. d4 b6 19. Ra3 f6 20. Rb3 Rab8 21.
Rb5 Nf8 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. Bxc5 Kc7 25. Be3 Ne6 26. b4 axb4 27.
cxb4 g5 28. Rd5 Nf4 29. Bxf4 gxf4 30. Ke2 Ra8 31. a5 bxa5 32. Rxa5 Rb8 33. Ra6
Rxb4 34. Rxf6 Rb1 35. Re6 Rb5 36. Kf1 Kd7 37. Rh6 Ke7 38. Rxh5 Kf6 39. Kg2 Rb8
40. h4 Rg8+ 41. Kh3 Rg1 42. Rh6+ Kf7 43. Ra6 Rf1 44. Kg2 Rb1 45. h5 Rb3 46. h6
Rc3 47. h7 Kg7 48. Ra5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 17th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2009.10.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Haznedaroglu, Kivanc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 ({
I played} 7. Be3 Qc7 8. f4 {against Zhang Pengxiang, but I wasn't happy with
my position after} Bb4 9. Bd3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. O-O b6 12. Qf3 O-O {
, when despite the bishop pair, White has limited attacking possibilities. The
game continued} 13. g4 Bb7 14. g5 Nd7 15. Qh5 Rfe8 16. Rf3 Ne7 17. Rh3 Nf8 18.
c4 Neg6 19. Rf1 e5 $1 $132 20. f5 Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. f6 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 $6 ({
White had to try} 23. fxg7 Kxg7 24. Rxf4) 23... Rxe4 24. g6 gxf6 25. Qf5 Qe7
26. gxf7+ Kh8 27. Rh6 Kg7 28. Rxf6 Qxf6 29. Qxe4 Qg6+ 30. Qxg6+ Nxg6 $17 {
, and my attack had been soundly refuted, while I remained a pawn down for
nothing. (Caruana=Zhang Pengxiang,08)}) (7. Qe2 {is another popular move, but
looks artificial to me.}) 7... a6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. f4 d6 10. Qf3 {White can also
castle kingside, but I decided on a more aggressive setup.} Be7 11. g4 b5 12.
O-O-O Nd7 13. g5 Nb6 {Aiming to bring the knight to a4.} ({Also possible is} 
13... Bb7 14. Kb1 Nb4 15. Qh3 O-O 16. Rhg1 {White plans to attack with f5, but
Black has counterplay on the queenside. The position is unclear.}) 14. Kb1 Na4
15. Ne2 {A standard reaction.} (15. Bd2 Nxc3+ 16. Bxc3 e5 {has also been
tested in practice.}) 15... Bb7 {The best move for Black. If Black plays Nb4
too early, White will answer with Bd2.} (15... Nb4 16. Bd2 $1 Nxd3 17. cxd3 $14
) (15... Bd7 16. h4 Nb4 17. Bd2 Nxd3 18. cxd3) 16. Qh3 $1 {A strong move,
aiming to play g6 under the right circumstances.} O-O-O {An admission of
defeat, although Black is worse after other moves as well.} (16... Nb4 17. g6
Bf6 (17... fxg6 18. Ned4) 18. Ned4 $36) (16... Rc8 17. g6 Bf6 18. Ned4) ({
The move I had considered as best for Black was} 16... Nc5 $5 {, when I
planned to play} 17. Ned4 {, with the following variations:} Nxd4 (17... O-O
18. f5 (18. g6 $5 hxg6 19. f5 {should also be considered}) 18... exf5 19. Nxf5)
(17... Nxd3 18. cxd3 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 (19. Bxd4) 19... O-O 20. f5 $40) 18. Bxd4
Nxd3 (18... e5 19. Nxc5 exd4 20. Nxb7 (20. Nb3) 20... Qxb7 21. Rhg1) (18...
Nxb3 19. axb3 (19. Bxg7 Rg8 20. Qxh7 Rxg7 21. Qxg7 Nc5 22. Rhe1) 19... e5 20.
Bc3 O-O 21. Rhg1 Rfc8 22. f5 Bf8 23. Rg4 d5 24. Rh4 $18) 19. cxd3 O-O (19... e5
20. Rc1 Qb8 21. Be3 (21. Bc3 O-O 22. Rhg1 b4 23. Bd2 a5 24. f5 a4) 21... exf4
22. Bxf4 $16) 20. Rc1 Qd7 21. Na5 $14) 17. f5 Qd7 {The best move, as Black
tries to retain control over d5 for as long as possible.} (17... exf5 18. Qxf5+
Kb8 19. Nf4 ({Not} 19. Qxf7 $2 Nxb2) 19... Ne5 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 $16 {
looks terrible for Black.}) 18. Rhf1 exf5 {This is a fundamental decision for
Black: whether to take on f5 or play e5. During the game I was more worried
about 18...e5, and even now I find it difficult to judge which was best for
Black.} (18... e5 19. c3 Kb8 20. Bc2 Qc7 21. f6 gxf6 22. gxf6 Bf8 23. Qh5 {
was a position I considered. White is better, but it is still difficult to
penetrate Black's solid position.}) 19. Qxf5 ({I rejected} 19. exf5 {, but
perhaps unjustifiably so.} Ne5 (19... h6 {is what my opponent said he had
planned.} 20. gxh6 Bf6 21. Ned4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Rxh6 23. Qg3 $14) 20. Na5 {
, with an excellent position.}) 19... Ne5 20. Na5 g6 $2 {A serious positional
error. Black had to trade queens.} (20... Qxf5 21. Rxf5 g6 (21... Ba8 $2 22. b3
g6 23. Rxe5 dxe5 24. bxa4) 22. Nxb7 Kxb7 23. Rff1 {is better for White, but
Black has counterchances. A possible variation is} Rdf8 24. b3 Nc5 25. Nc3 Ne6
26. h4 h6 27. Nd5 Bd8 28. gxh6 Bxh4) 21. Qf4 $1 {Of course not trading queens!}
Qc7 $6 {Far too compliant.} (21... Ba8 22. b3 Qc7 23. bxa4 Qxa5 24. axb5 axb5
25. Bd4 $16 {gives White an enormous advantage, although his position is not
yet winning.} (25. Nd4 $5)) ({The computer offers a spirited attempt at
counterplay:} 21... h6 $5 22. gxh6 g5 23. Qg3 Rxh6 24. Nxb7 Kxb7 25. Nd4 Rh3
26. Qg1 Rdh8 {, which at least gives Black some freedom, although he is a long
way from equality.}) 22. Nxb7 Kxb7 23. Bd4 {Planning Qe3 and Nf4-d5. Without
his light-squared bishop, Black's position is strategically lost.} Rhf8 {
Trying to break with ...f6, but there isn't enough time.} 24. Qe3 Qc8 (24... f6
25. Nf4 $18) 25. h4 f6 26. Nf4 {Now White is able to place the knight on d5.}
fxg5 27. Nd5 Qd7 28. hxg5 Rxf1 29. Bxf1 $1 {A move I am proud to have found.
The automatic 29.Rxf1 is also winning, but this is even more devastating, and
has a nice tactical justification.} (29. Rxf1 Rf8 {, and White should trade
rooks with} 30. Rd1 {, which is a tempo down compared to the game.}) 29... Rf8
({I had to see how to counter} 29... Qg4 {, and I had calculated a long
variation:} 30. Be2 Qxg5 31. Qb3 (31. Qh3 $5 h5 32. Bxb5 axb5 33. Qb3 Kc6 34.
Qb4 {is also convincing.}) 31... Nc5 32. Bxc5 dxc5 33. Bxb5 axb5 34. Qxb5+ Kc8
35. Qa6+ Kd7 36. Rf1 $1 {, with a decisive attack.} (36. Nf6+ Kc7 37. Qa7+ Kc6)
(36. Qb7+ Ke6 37. Rf1 Nf3 $1) 36... Rf8 (36... Ke8 37. Qb5+ Rd7 38. Nc7+ Kd8
39. Qb8#) (36... Rc8 37. Nb6+ $18) (36... Rb8 37. Qa7+ $18) 37. Qb7+ Kd6 (37...
Ke6 38. Nc7+ Kd7 39. Ne6+ Kxe6 40. Qd5#) 38. Rd1 $18) 30. Be2 {There is no
defence against b3 and a4, when Black will be defenceless on the light squares.
} Nc6 31. b3 Nxd4 (31... Nc5 32. a4 bxa4 33. b4 Ne6 34. Bxa6+ Kxa6 35. Qd3+ Kb7
36. Qb5+ $18) 32. Rxd4 Nc5 33. a4 $18 {Breaking up Black's king position.
Black's position is hopeless.} bxa4 34. Rb4+ Ka7 35. Rxa4 Bd8 36. Bxa6 Kb8 (
36... Bb6 37. Qxc5 $18 (37. Bb5+ Nxa4)) 37. Rb4+ Ka8 38. Bb5 Qc8 39. Rc4 Rf1+ (
39... Qb7 40. Rxc5 dxc5 41. Qxc5 $18) 40. Kb2 Qe6 41. Rxc5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 17th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2009.10.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Nc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 axb5 8. Bxb5
Qb6 9. Bc4 e6 10. Nge2 exd5 11. Qb3 Qxb3 12. Bxb3 Na6 13. O-O Nc7 14. Rfd1 Bd6
15. Be1 O-O 16. f3 Rfe8 17. Bf2 Bf8 18. Nf4 c4 19. Ba4 Bc6 20. b3 Bb4 21. Nfe2
Bxa4 22. Nxa4 Ne6 23. g4 Ra5 24. Rab1 h6 25. h4 Rc8 26. Nac3 Ra3 27. Be1 Bc5
28. Bf2 Bb4 29. Be1 Bxc3 30. Nxc3 d4 31. exd4 Nf4 32. g5 hxg5 33. hxg5 Nh7 34.
Bd2 Nxg5 35. Kf1 cxb3 36. Bxf4 bxa2 37. Ra1 Rcxc3 38. Bxg5 Rxf3+ 39. Ke2 Rh3
40. Rf1 f6 41. Bc1 Rac3 42. Kd2 Rc4 43. Bb2 Rh2+ 44. Kd3 Ra4 45. Kc3 Ra8 46.
Rf5 Rh3+ 47. Kc2 Rh2+ 48. Kc3 Rh3+ 49. Kc2 Rh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT Div Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.11.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2009.11.07"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 d6 8. e4
Bxf1 9. Kxf1 Nbd7 10. g3 Bg7 11. Kg2 O-O 12. Re1 Qa5 13. e5 Ng4 14. exd6 exd6
15. Bf4 Rfb8 16. Re2 Qa6 17. Rc1 Nge5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. b3 Rb4
21. Qe1 Qd3 22. Re3 Qf5 23. Rf3 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Qxd5 25. Re1 Re4 26. Rxe4 Qxe4
27. Qf6 Qe6 28. Qxe6 fxe6 29. Rf6 Re8 30. g4 g5 31. h4 gxh4 32. Kh3 d5 33. Kxh4
d4 34. Kg3 Kg7 35. Rf3 e5 36. Rf5 d3 37. Rh5 d2 38. Rh1 Ra8 39. a4 Rb8 40. Kf3
Rxb3+ 41. Ke2 Ra3 42. Kxd2 Rxa4 43. f3 Ra3 44. Ke2 c4 45. Rh5 Ra2+ 46. Ke3 Ra1
47. Kd2 Rf1 48. Rf5 Kg6 49. Kc3 h5 50. Rxh5 Rxf3+ 51. Kxc4 Kf6 52. Kd5 Rg3 53.
Rf5+ Kg6 54. Rxe5 Rxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT Div Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.11.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2009.11.07"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 c4 10. b4 Qc7 11. g3 Ne7 12. Bf2 Nb8 13. Bg2 b6 14. Nb2 a5 15. b5 a4
16. Nxa4 Bd7 17. O-O Bxb5 18. Nb2 Ra3 19. Qb1 Bd7 20. Nd1 Nbc6 21. Ne1 b5 22.
Nc2 Ra7 23. Nde3 Nc8 24. f5 Nb6 25. Be1 Na4 26. Qd1 Nb2 27. Qh5 g6 28. fxg6
fxg6 29. Qf3 Bc8 30. Nxd5 exd5 31. Qxd5 Ra6 32. Rf6 Na7 33. Rxa6 Bxa6 34. Qe6+
Be7 35. Qxa6 O-O 36. Qe6+ Kg7 37. Bd2 b4 38. Rf1 Rxf1+ 39. Kxf1 Nb5 40. Bd5 Qd8
41. Qf7+ Kh8 42. Bh6 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bg4 5. Ne5 Bf5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. d3 e6 10. e4 Bg6 11. Qa4 Qd7 12. O-O Be7 13. b3 O-O 14. Ba3 Rfc8
15. Rfe1 Rab8 16. Rac1 Bd8 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. Bxd5 Nc5 20. Bxc5
Rxc5 21. Bc4 Ba5 22. d4 Rcc8 23. Re5 Bb4 24. d5 Ba3 25. Rd1 Bb2 26. Re3 Bh5 27.
f3 exd5 28. Nxd5 Re8 29. Kg2 Rxe3 30. Nxe3 Bg6 31. Rd7 a5 32. Nd5 Bb1 33. Ne7+
Kh8 34. Nc6 Ra8 35. a4 Bc3 36. Nd8 f6 37. Bd5 Rb8 38. Nf7+ Kg8 39. Ne5+ Kh8 40.
Nc6 Re8 41. Be4 Bxe4 42. fxe4 Kg8 43. Kf3 Kf8 44. Ra7 Re6 45. Ra8+ Re8 46. Ra6
Re6 47. Ke3 Rd6 48. Ra8+ Kf7 49. Nxa5 Rb6 50. Kd3 Bxa5 51. Rxa5 Rxb3+ 52. Kc4
Rb2 53. Ra7+ Kg6 54. h4 Rg2 55. a5 Rxg3 56. Re7 f5 57. exf5+ Kf6 58. Rb7 Rg4+
59. Kb3 Rxh4 60. a6 Rh1 61. Ka2 Rh4 62. Ka3 Rh1 63. Ka2 Rh4 64. Rb3 Rh2+ 65.
Ka3 Rh1 66. Ka4 Ra1+ 67. Ra3 Re1 68. Kb4 Re8 69. Rh3 Kxf5 70. Rxh7 g5 71. a7 g4
72. Rf7+ Kg5 73. Rb7 Ra8 74. Ka5 g3 75. Kb6 Kf4 76. Rf7+ Ke3 77. Rg7 Kf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 O-O 6. Bg2 d5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8.
O-O c6 9. Rc1 Qe7 10. Qf4 dxc4 11. Rxc4 Nd5 12. Qg5 Qxg5 13. Nxg5 Rd8 14. Nd2
Ne7 15. Ndf3 b6 16. Ne4 Ba6 17. Rc2 Rab8 18. b4 Nf6 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. a3 Kg7
21. e3 Bd3 22. Rc3 Be4 23. Nd2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Ra8 25. Nc4 a5 26. Nxb6 axb4 27.
Rb3 Rxa3 28. Raxa3 bxa3 29. Rxa3 Nd5 30. Nc4 c5 31. dxc5 Rc8 32. Ra5 Rc7 33.
Nd6 Kg6 34. e4 Nb4 35. Ra8 h6 36. Rg8+ Kh7 37. Rc8 Rxc8 38. Nxc8 Kg7 39. Na7
Na6 40. c6 Nc7 41. Kf3 Kf8 42. Kg4 Kg7 43. f4 Kg6 44. Kf3 f5 45. Ke3 fxe4 46.
Kxe4 f6 47. Kd4 Kf5 48. Kc5 e5 49. fxe5 fxe5 50. Nb5 Na6+ 51. Kb6 Nb4 52. Nc3
Nxc6 53. Kxc6 Kg4 54. Kd5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. d5 Ne5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5
15. f4 Bg7 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. a4 Qc7 18. Rb1 Kh8 19. Ng3 Bd7 20. e5 a6 21. Qb6
Qxb6 22. Rxb6 f6 23. e6 Bxa4 24. f5 Bh6 25. Rfb1 Be3+ 26. Kf1 Bf4 27. Kf2 Bc2
28. R1b2 Bxf5 29. Rxb7 a5 30. R2b5 Bd6 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. Rxa5 Rb2+ 33. Ne2 Be4
34. Ra2 Rxa2 35. Bxa2 f5 36. g3 Kg7 37. Ke3 Kf6 38. Bb3 g5 39. c4 Be5 40. Ba4
Bb2 41. Kd2 Bg2 42. Bc2 Be5 43. Ke3 Bh3 44. Bd3 h6 45. Kf3 Bg4+ 46. Kg2 Bh5 47.
h3 Bc7 48. Nc3 Be8 49. g4 fxg4 50. hxg4 Ke5 51. Ne2 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Be3 exd4 14. cxd4 Nxe4
15. Qc2 Na5 16. Qxe4 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nxb3 18. Ra3 Na5 19. Rc1 d5 20. Bf4 Nc4 21.
Rac3 Ba5 22. Bxc7 Bxc7 23. Nxc7 Qxc7 24. b3 Rb4 25. bxc4 Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. d5 Na5 14. Bb3 b5
15. Be3 Qd6 16. c4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Rxc4 Ba6 19. Bxc5 Qe5 20. Ra4 Bxe2
21. Qxe2 Rxd5 22. f4 Qe6 23. Ra6 Rd2 24. Qxd2 Qxa6 25. Bxe7 Re8 26. Bc5 Qc4 27.
Bxa7 Ra8 28. Bf2 Qxe4 29. Re1 Qc4 30. Rc1 Qe4 31. Re1 Qc4 32. Re2 h5 33. g3 Ra3
34. Qc2 Qd5 35. Rd2 Qe6 36. Re2 Qd5 37. Qc5 Qd1+ 38. Re1 Qa4 39. f5 Rxa2 40.
fxg6 fxg6 41. Re7 Qd1+ 42. Kg2 Qd4 43. Re8+ Kh7 44. Qxd4 Bxd4 45. Rf8 Kg7 46.
Rf4 Bxf2 47. Rxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. axb5 axb5 10. d3 h6 11. Re1 O-O 12. h3 Bb6 13. Nbd2 Ne7 14. Nf1 Ng6 15.
Ng3 Re8 16. Nh2 d5 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Qh4 19. Be3 Bxg4 20. Qc1 d4 21. cxd4
exd4 22. Bd2 Ne5 23. Bc2 c5 24. Bf4 c4 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. Bg3 Qf6 27. exf5 Qg5
28. Qf4 Qxf4 29. Bxf4 Bc7 30. Re4 cxd3 31. Bb3 g5 32. Bg3 d2 33. Rxd4 Rbd8 34.
Rxd8 Rxd8 35. Kf1 Rd7 36. Rd1 h5 37. Ke2 h4 38. Bxe5 Bxe5 39. Bc2 Bf4 40. Kf3
Rc7 41. Bb3 Rc1 42. g3 Rxd1 43. Bxd1 Be5 44. gxh4 gxh4 45. Kg4 Bf6 46. b4 Kf8
47. f4 Ke7 48. Bb3 Kf8 49. Kh3 Be7 50. Kg4 Kg7 51. Bc2 Kf8 52. Bd1 Ke8 53. Bc2
Kd7 54. Bb3 Bxb4 55. Kxh4 Kd6 56. Kg4 Kc5 57. Kf3 Kd4 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. d5 Na5 14. Bb3 b6
15. c4 e6 16. Ba4 Qe7 17. Bd2 Nb7 18. Bc6 Rb8 19. Ng3 Nd6 20. a4 h5 21. Re1 e5
22. h3 Rf8 23. a5 f5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. axb6 axb6 26. Qe2 Qh4 27. Nxf5 Nxf5 28.
Qe4 Qxe4 29. Rxe4 Nd6 30. Re2 e4 31. g3 Be5 32. f4 Bd4+ 33. Kg2 Rf7 34. g4 hxg4
35. hxg4 Ra7 36. Be1 Rf8 37. Bg3 e3 38. Kf3 Nf7 39. Kg2 Nd6 40. Kf3 Nf7 41. Kg2
Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. axb5 axb5 10. d3 h6 11. Re1 O-O 12. h3 Bb6 13. Nbd2 Ne7 14. Nf1 Ng6 15.
N3h2 d5 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Bc2 d4 18. Ng3 Nh4 19. Qe2 c5 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. hxg4 f6
22. Nf5 Nxf5 23. gxf5 Bf7 24. g3 Re8 25. Kg2 Qd6 26. f4 dxc3 27. bxc3 Ra8 28.
Rb1 b4 29. Bb3 Bxb3 30. Rxb3 Ra1 31. fxe5 Qxe5 32. Qg4 Qe7 33. cxb4 Qf7 34. Rb2
cxb4 35. Bd2 Rxe1 36. Bxe1 Qd7 37. Qd1 Kh7 38. Rxb4 Ba5 39. Rb3 Bxe1 40. Qxe1
Qxf5 41. exf5 Rxe1 42. Kf3 Re7 43. d4 Kg8 44. Re3 Rd7 45. Ke4 Kf7 46. d5 Ke7
47. Kd4+ Kd8 48. g4 Ra7 49. d6 Ra4+ 50. Kd5 Rxg4 51. Re7 h5 52. Ke6 h4 53. Ra7
Re4+ 54. Kf7 h3 55. Kxg7 h2 56. Ra8+ Kd7 57. Rh8 Kxd6 58. Kxf6 Re2 59. Kf7 Ke5
60. f6 Rf2 61. Rh5+ Rf5 62. Rxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a4 Ng4 11. Nd2 f5 12. h3 Nge5 13. f4 Nf7 14. e4 Nf6 15.
exf5 Bxf5 16. Nc4 h5 17. Ne3 Nh6 18. Nxf5 Nxf5 19. Kh2 Re8 20. Re1 Qd7 21. Bd2
a6 22. a5 Nd4 23. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4 exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. Nc3 Qg6 10. Bh4 Nf6 11. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a4 Ng4 11. h3 Nge5 12. Ng5 Qe7 13. f4 Nc4 14. e4 Na5 15.
Qc2 c4 16. Be3 Nb3 17. Rad1 Ndc5 18. e5 Bf5 19. Nge4 dxe5 20. g4 Bxe4 21. Nxe4
exf4 22. d6 Qe5 23. Bxf4 Qxb2 24. Qxc4 Ne6 25. Be3 Rac8 26. Qb4 Rc2 27. Nf2
Nbd4 28. Qxb2 Rxb2 29. Nd3 Re2 30. Bd2 Rd8 31. Nf4 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Nxf4 33. Rxf4
Rxd6 34. Kf1 Be5 35. Re4 f6 36. g5 Kg7 37. gxf6+ Bxf6 38. Re8 b6 39. Rd1 Rd7
40. Rb8 Be5 41. Rb7 Rxb7 42. Bxb7 Kf6 43. Rc1 Bd6 44. Ba6 Bc5 45. Re1 Ne6 46.
Re4 g5 47. Bc8 Nf4 48. Ke1 a5 49. Kd2 Kg6 50. Bg4 h5 51. Bc8 Kf6 52. Kc3 Nd5+
53. Kc4 Nf4 54. Bd7 Bg1 55. Kb5 Bf2 56. Kc6 Bg1 57. Kc7 Bc5 58. Kd8 Bd6 59. Ke8
Bc5 60. Re1 Bb4 61. Re4 Bc5 62. Kd8 Bd6 63. Bc8 Bc5 64. Kc7 Nd5+ 65. Kb7 Nf4
66. Kc6 Bg1 67. Kb5 Bf2 68. Kc4 Bg1 69. Kc3 Bc5 70. Kd2 Bf2 71. Bd7 Bc5 72. Ke1
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 exd4 14. Nbxd4
Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Kh1 Qf6 18. Be3 Ra8 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Rg1
Nf4 21. Bb3 g6 22. Rg4 Ne6 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Rg1 Ra2 25. Qd2 Qh3 26. Qe2 Rxb2
27. Qxb2 Qxf3+ 28. Rg2 Qd1+ 29. Rg1 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a4 Qe7 11. h3 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Qxe4 13. Bf4 Qe7 14. Qb3 Nf6 15.
Rfe1 Ne4 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Bxd2 Bd7 18. e4 g5 19. e5 dxe5 20. Qxb7 Qd6 21. Qb3
h6 22. Qc4 Rab8 23. Rab1 f5 24. b4 Rbc8 25. bxc5 Rxc5 26. Bb4 Rxc4 27. Bxd6 Re8
28. a5 a6 29. Bf1 Ra4 30. Rb7 Bc8 31. Rc7 Rxa5 32. Rec1 Rxd5 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34.
Rxc8+ Kh7 35. Bf8 Bxf8 36. Rxf8 e4 37. Bxa6 Kg7 38. Re8 Rd6 39. Bc8 Rd5 40. g4
Rd6 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 h6
9. Re1 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bc2 d5 13. Qe2 dxe4 14. dxe4 b5 15.
N3h2 Ne7 16. Rd1 Qc8 17. Qf3 Nh7 18. Ng4 Ng6 19. Nfe3 Rd8 20. Nf5 Rxd1+ 21.
Qxd1 Qd8 22. Qe1 h5 23. Nh2 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Rd1 Qe8 26. Qd2 Bxf5 27. exf5
Qe5 28. Re1 Qd6 29. Qxd6 cxd6 30. Re7 Nf6 31. Nf3 Bc5 32. Rc7 Ne8 33. Rc6 a5
34. Ng5 a4 35. Ne4 Rd8 36. b4 axb3 37. Bxb3 Kf8 38. Kf1 Nf6 39. Nxf6 gxf6 40.
Rc7 Ba3 41. Rxf7+ Ke8 42. Rxf6 Rc8 43. Rh6 Rxc3 44. f6 f3 45. Rh8+ Kd7 46. Kg1
d5 47. Bxd5 Rc1+ 48. Kh2 Bd6+ 49. g3 Rf1 50. f7 Rxf2+ 51. Kg1 Bc5 52. f8=N+ Kd6
53. Rh6+ Kxd5 54. Rxh5+ Kd6 55. Rh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.30"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 {In my previous games in
Khanty, I had exclusively chosen the Arkhangelsk variation of the Ruy Lopez.
Although my result was fully satisfactory, I decided to change my opening for
this game.} 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. a4 $5 {
A rare and interesting move, which I had never analysed before. It had been
played before in the high level game Morozevich-Carlsen.} ({In our second
rapid game Gashimov switched to} 11. Nd4 $5 Nxe5 12. Bc2 ({I had only analysed
} 12. f4 Nc4 13. f5 Bd7 14. Nxc4 bxc4 15. Bc2 O-O 16. Qf3 c6) 12... Qd6 13.
N2b3 (13. f4 Nc6) ({and} 13. b4 Na4 {are satisfactory for Black.}) 13... Ne4 $2
{A serious mistake, but the correct response was very difficult to find with
limited time on the clock.} (13... Bg4 $1 14. f3 Nxb3 15. axb3 Bd7 16. f4 (16.
Bf4 O-O 17. Re1 Bf6 $15) 16... Ng4 {, and only Black can be better.}) 14. Bf4
g5 15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16. Re1 Bd6 17. g3 Qf6 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Rxe4 O-O 20. Nxe6
fxe6 21. Qe2 $16 {, and I was in a desperate situation and duly lost.}) 11...
b4 $2 {A highly dubious move.} (11... Nxb3 12. Qxb3 $6 {A strange move.} ({
I would prefer} 12. Nxb3 O-O {, and now either 13.Be3 or} 13. axb5 axb5 14.
Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Bg5 {, when White might have a slight edge, but Black is pretty
solid in any case.}) 12... O-O (12... d4 {is natural and strong.}) 13. axb5
axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Qxb5 Rd8 16. Qd3 Qb7 17. Nd4 Nxe5 18. Qe2 Bf6 19. Nxe6
fxe6 20. f4 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Nf7 22. Nf3 c5 23. g4 Re8 24. g5 Bd8 25. f5 e5 26. c4
Qa6 27. Re1 e4 28. cxd5 Qxe2 29. Rxe2 Nd6 30. Nh4 h6 31. Bf4 Nb5 32. d6 Nd4 33.
Rg2 Bxg5 34. Bxg5 hxg5 35. Rxg5 Kf7 36. Rg3 Nb5 37. Rg6 Rd8 38. Re6 Nxd6 39.
Re5 c4 40. Rd5 Kf6 41. Ng2 Ke7 42. Ne3 {0.5 Morozevich=Carlsen,07}) 12. Nd4 {
The obvious refutation of 11...b4.} Nxb3 $5 {This was a difficult choice for
me, and I burned up a lot of time deciding what to play. In the end I probably
found the best chance.} (12... Nxd4 13. cxd4 Nxb3 (13... Nd3 14. Nf3 Nxc1 15.
Rxc1 $16) 14. Nxb3 O-O 15. Be3 Qd7 16. Qd2 $16) (12... Nxe5 13. cxb4 (13. Re1
Ned3) (13. Qh5 Qd6) (13. f4 Ned3 14. f5 {also looks dangerous for Black.})
13... Nxb3 14. N2xb3 {, with a strong initiative.}) (12... Qd7 $5 {could also
be considered:} 13. Bc2 $1 {An ambitious move, which leads to highly
complicated play. The alternative 13.Nxc6 transposes to the game.} (13. Nxc6
Qxc6 14. cxb4 Nxb3 15. Nxb3 Bxb4 {transposes to the game.}) 13... bxc3 14. bxc3
Nxe5 (14... O-O 15. f4 $36) 15. f4 Bg4 16. Qe1 Ned3 17. Qg3 ({White can also
consider} 17. Qe3 $5 Nxc1 18. Raxc1 O-O 19. h3 Bh5 20. g4 Bxg4 21. hxg4 Qxg4+
22. Kh2) 17... Nxc1 18. Raxc1 O-O {Black's position looks like it is ready to
collapse, but it proves to be surprisingly resilient. White will have to show
considerable ingenuity to prove an advantage.} 19. Rce1 ({Black seems to
survive, against all odds, after} 19. f5 Bg5 $3 20. Rf2 h5 21. h3 Ne4 $1 22.
Nxe4 Bxc1 23. Nd2 Bxd2 24. Rxd2 c5 25. hxg4 cxd4) 19... Bh5 {This seems like
the most resilient of Black's options.} (19... Bf6 20. f5 Bh5 21. Qh3 g6 22. g4
$18) (19... f5 20. h3 Bh5 21. Nxf5 Bf6 22. Re7 $18) (19... Rfe8 20. h3 Bh5 21.
Re5 Bg6 22. f5 Bd6 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qf3 $18) (19... g6 20. f5 (20. Rxe7 Qxe7
21. Qxg4 Qe3+ 22. Rf2 Qxc3) (20. h3 Bh5 21. Nf5 Bf6) 20... Bh5 21. f6 (21. Qh3
Bg5 22. Nb1) (21. Qf4) 21... Bd6 22. Qg5 Rfe8 (22... Kh8 23. Re7 Bxe7 24. fxe7
$18) 23. Bf5 Qd8 24. Nc6 Rxe1 25. Nxd8 Rxf1+ 26. Nxf1 Rxd8 27. g4 $18) (19...
Rae8 20. f5 (20. h3 Bh5 21. Re5 Bg6 22. f5 Bd6) 20... Bg5 (20... h5 21. h3 Bd6
22. Qf2) 21. Nb1 $1 {An awkward move, but the knight can not find safety
elsewhere.} Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. h3 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Bh5 25. g4 {, when White
finally wins the wayward bishop. Although matters are still not fully clear,
White should be better.}) 20. Re5 (20. Nf5 Bf6) (20. Bf5 Qd6) 20... Bg6 21. f5
Bd6 22. fxg6 (22. Rxd5 Bxg3 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 24. fxg6 Bd6 25. gxf7+ Rxf7 26. Bb3
Raf8 27. Ne4 Nc5 28. Nxc5 Bxc5 $11) 22... fxg6 23. Rxd5 Rxf1+ (23... Bxg3 24.
Rxd7 Bxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Nxd7 26. Rd1 $1 $14 {White must preserve the rooks. Black
faces an unpleasant defensive task.}) 24. Kxf1 (24. Nxf1 Bxg3 25. Rxd7 Bxh2+
26. Kxh2 Nxd7 $13) 24... Rf8+ 25. N2f3 Bxg3 26. Rxd7 Nxd7 27. hxg3 $14 {
This type of endgame is not so clear; Black will have good chances if he
manages to penetrate with his rook. However, White should have an advantage,
as his minor pieces coordinate nicely.}) 13. Nxc6 {Probably the most testing
move.} (13. N2xb3 Qd7 14. f4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 (15. Nxd4 c5 16. f5 cxd4 17. fxe6
Qxe6 18. cxd4 O-O $11) (15. Qxd4 Rb8 (15... bxc3 16. bxc3 O-O 17. Ba3) 16. Be3
(16. Nc5 Qc6) 16... O-O 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 bxc3 19. Qxc3 Bf5 {, and Black
will achieve counterplay with the strong bishop on e4.}) 15... O-O 16. Be3 a5
17. Qd2 Bf5 18. Rfc1 Ra6 {, again with certain counterplay for Black.}) 13...
Qd7 14. Nxb3 ({Obviously not} 14. Nxe7 $2 Nxa1 $19) 14... Qxc6 15. cxb4 (15.
Nd4 Qd7 {changes little.}) 15... Bxb4 16. Be3 {White has a bind on the dark
squares. However, matters are still far from clear. In the game White seemed
to achieve all his aims, but Black retained a solid position.} O-O 17. f4 Qd7 {
Black cannot allow White to play f5.} 18. Bc5 ({The position with opposite
colour bishops brings White no advantage:} 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 Rfb8 20. b4 d4
$11) 18... Rfb8 {Black has pressure down the b-file and plans to play ...
Bf5-e4. So White has to act fast.} 19. Bxb4 (19. Qd4 a5 {had to be forseen in
advance. Black has a good position, and can continue with ...Rb7 and ...Rab8,
or with ...Bf5-e4.}) 19... Rxb4 20. Nc5 Qe7 $1 {A strong move. The following
sequence which occurred in the game had to be forseen in advance, and it
wasn't easy to evaluate the resulting position, as White's initiative seems
extremely dangerous.} (20... Qc6 21. Nd3 (21. Rc1 Bf5 22. b3) 21... Rd4 22. f5
Bd7 23. Qf3 (23. e6 fxe6 24. f6) 23... Qb6 24. Kh1 $36) (20... Qc8 21. Qf3 {
, and Black cannot stop f5.} (21. f5 Bxf5 22. Qxd5 Be6 23. Nxe6 fxe6) (21. Qd2
Rab8 22. b3 d4)) 21. Nd3 Rd4 {The rook is actively placed here.} 22. f5 Bd7 23.
Qf3 $6 {Too acedemic. It is likely that Vugar underestimated my next move.} ({
The logical} 23. f6 $1 {was very dangerous. Black would be walking a tightrope
to survive.} gxf6 {A brave and principled move.} (23... Qe6 24. Qf3 Qf5 (24...
Qg4 25. Rac1 (25. Nc5 Qxf3 26. Rxf3 Bg4 27. Rg3 g6 28. Rc1 $14) 25... Qxf3 26.
Rxf3 Bxa4 (26... Ra7 27. Nc5 $16) 27. Rxc7 Bb5 28. e6 fxe6 29. Rxg7+ Kh8 30.
Ne5 $18) (24... Rb8 25. Nc5 Qc6 26. fxg7 $18) (24... Qb6 25. a5 Qa7 26. Kh1 $18
) 25. Nc5 (25. Qxf5 Bxf5 26. Nc5 g6 27. Rfd1 Rc4 28. Rac1 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 a5 30.
Nb7 $16) 25... Qxf3 26. Rxf3 Bg4 27. Rg3 g6 28. Rc1 $14) (23... Qf8 24. Qf3 Rb8
25. b4 $16) 24. Rxf6 (24. exf6 $4 Qe3+ $19) 24... c5 $1 {The most resilient
defence, leading to enormous complications.} (24... Kh8 25. Qf3 Be6 26. Nf4 $36
) (24... Qf8 25. Qf3 Qg7 26. Nc5 Bg4 27. Qe3 $18) (24... Rb8 {can be met by
the straightforward 25.Qd2, with a strong attack, or with 25.Qc2, when Black
has no counterplay for his damaged structure and weak king.} 25. Qd2 (25. Qc2
$16) 25... Rb3 (25... Qxe5 26. Nxe5 Rxd2 27. Nxd7 Rbxb2 28. Kh1 Rxg2 29. Rg1
Rxg1+ 30. Kxg1 d4 31. Rf4 $1 d3 32. Rg4+ Kh8 33. Nf6 Rb8 34. Kf2 $18) 26. Qg5+
Kh8 27. Nf4 $40 (27. e6 $5 Bxe6 28. Nf4)) 25. Qf3 c4 26. Nf4 Re4 $1 {
Ironically, this move is designed to protect the d5-pawn!} (26... Qxe5 $2 27.
Qg3+ Kh8 28. Ng6+ $18) 27. Rf1 Qxe5 28. Qg3+ (28. Nxd5 $2 Bg4 $1) (28. Rxf7 Bf5
$1 (28... Kxf7 {is attractively refuted by} 29. Nd3+ Qf5 30. Qh5+ $1 Kf6 31.
Qh6+ Ke7 32. Qg7+ Kd6 33. Qg3+ Ke7 34. Rxf5 Bxf5 35. Nc5 $18) 29. Rb7 (29. Nd3
Qd4+ 30. Kh1 Kxf7 31. Qxf5+ Kg8 {, and White's attack has been refuted,
although he can still bail out with a draw after} 32. Nc5 $1 $11) 29... Rf8 (
29... Kh8 30. Qf2 {transposes to 28.Qg3}) 30. Qg3+ Bg6 31. Rxh7 Qd4+ 32. Kh1
Kxh7 33. Qxg6+ Kh8 34. Qh6+ Kg8 $11 {, with a draw, as the rook ending after}
35. Qxf8+ Kxf8 36. Ne6+ Kg8 37. Nxd4 Rxd4 {is perfectly fine for Black.}) 28...
Kh8 29. Rxf7 Be6 (29... Rg8 30. Qh4 (30. Rxh7+ Kxh7 31. Qh4+ Kg7 32. Nh5+ Kh8
$11) (30. Qf2 $5 {immediately is also highly dangerous.}) 30... Bf5 31. Qf2 $1
(31. Qf6+ Qxf6 32. Rxf6 Re5 33. Rxa6 d4 $44) 31... d4 32. g3 $1 {, and White
threatens Nh5, which is very difficult to stop.} Bg4 {is convincingly refuted
by} (32... d3 33. Nh5 Bg6 34. Rf8 $18) 33. Nd5 $3 Re2 34. Qf6+ Qxf6 35. Nxf6
$18) 30. Re7 (30. Nxe6 Qxg3 31. hxg3 Rxe6 $11) 30... Qd4+ 31. Kh1 Qf6 32. Qc3
Qxc3 (32... d4 $2 {would be a terrible mistake:} 33. Qf3 Rxf4 34. Qxa8+ Bg8 35.
Rxf4 Qxf4 36. h3 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qf4+ 38. g3 Qf2+ 39. Qg2 $18) 33. bxc3 Bg8 34.
Rxe4 dxe4 {This ending is easily held by Black. For instance,} 35. Kg1 Rb8 36.
Kf2 Rb3 37. Rc1 Ra3 38. Ke3 Rxa4 39. Kxe4 Ra2 $11) 23... f6 $1 {A move which
wasn't easy to decide on, since the positions with a pawn on e6 seemed very
dangerous for Black. However, I realized that the threat of f6 would be too
strong in the long run.} (23... Rb8 24. Rae1 (24. f6) 24... Rb3 25. Re3 $16 {
, with a strong attack.} f6 {is too late now:} 26. exf6 Qxf6 27. Nc5 Rxe3 28.
Qxe3 {, and Black's position is a wreck.}) 24. Rfe1 {Natural and played very
quickly. I had expected 24.Rae1 instead.} (24. e6 {must be met by the "greedy"}
Bxa4 25. Qe3 Rc4 26. Rfc1 Bc2 {, with a reasonable position, as the e6-pawn is
securely blockaded.}) (24. exf6 Qxf6 25. Nc5 Qd6 26. Rac1 (26. Nxd7 Qxd7 27. f6
Rf8 {looks okay for Black.}) 26... Rf8 27. Qe3 Rb4 {, and I don't see any
reason why White is better here.}) ({Finally,} 24. Rae1 {would be met by the
same move as in the game:} Rf8 $1) 24... Rf8 $1 {After this strong move my
opponent thought for a long time.} 25. Rac1 {I hadn't expected this move. It
leads to a draw by force, which indicates that Vugar couldn't find any
advantage after 25.e6.} (25. e6 Bxa4 26. Qe3 Rc4 27. Rec1 {is again met by} Bc2
{, with a good game.} ({I hadn't seen 27...Bc2, and instead I planned} 27...
Bb5 28. Rxc4 dxc4 29. Qc5 (29. Nf4 Rd8 $13) 29... Qxc5+ 30. Nxc5 Rd8 {, when I
felt that Black's position was safe.})) 25... fxe5 {A move which only took a
few minutes to calculate until the end. We blitzed out the remaining moves.}
26. Nxe5 (26. Rxe5 $2 Qd6 27. Rce1 c5 {is obviously not in White's favour.})
26... Rxf5 27. Nxd7 (27. Qc3 $4 Rxe5 $19) (27. Qg3 Re4 $1 {had to be seen when
I played 25...fxe5.} 28. Rxe4 dxe4 29. Nxd7 Qxd7) 27... Qxd7 28. Rxc7 Rxf3 29.
Rxd7 Rf7 30. Rd8+ Rf8 31. Rd7 Rf7 {This sharp draw was a great moral boost,
and gave me a lot of confidence for the second game. I was very close to
winning that game (and with it the match), but at the critical moment I lost
energy, and my opponent escaped with a draw. In the tiebreaker I lost without
a fight, which certainly was a disappointing end to the tournament for me.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.01"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Nc6 10. Be2 Nge5 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. Nd5 Bg7 13. c3 Ne5 14. Qb3 O-O 15.
Qb6 Qxb6 16. Nxb6 Rb8 17. h4 gxh4 18. Rxh4 Ng6 19. Rh5 Be6 20. f4 f5 21. exf5
Rxf5 22. Rxf5 Bxf5 23. O-O-O Rd8 24. Bf3 e6 25. Nc4 d5 26. Ne3 Rf8 27. Nxf5
Rxf5 28. Bg4 Rf6 29. Re1 Nf8 30. f5 exf5 31. Bf3 d4 32. cxd4 f4 33. Bf2 b6 34.
d5 Rd6 35. Re8 Kf7 36. Bh5+ Kg8 37. Bf3 Kf7 38. Ra8 a5 39. Ra7+ Kg8 40. Ra8 Kf7
41. Ra7+ Kg8 42. Rb7 Nd7 43. Bg4 Nc5 44. Bxc5 bxc5 45. Be6+ Kh7 46. b3 Kg6 47.
Ra7 Bc3 48. Kc2 Be1 49. Kd3 Rb6 50. Ke2 Bc3 51. Kf3 Kf6 52. Kxf4 Rb4+ 53. Kf3
Ke5 54. g3 c4 55. bxc4 Rxc4 56. Bf7 Bb4 57. Ra6 Rc3+ 58. Kg4 Bd6 59. Rxa5 Kf6
60. Be6 Rxg3+ 61. Kh5 Rg5+ 62. Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 Re8 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. Be4 f5 14.
Bd5+ Be6 15. Bxe6+ Rxe6 16. Qd5 Qc8 17. g4 f4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Rhe1 Kf7 20.
Rd4 c6 21. Qb3 Kf6 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. g5+ Kg6 24. h5+ Kxg5 25. h6 Qe8 26. Rg1+
Kxh6 27. Rh1+ Kg6 28. Qxb7 Qf8 29. Rg1+ Kf6 30. Qb4 g5 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Nd4 Nxe5 12. Bc2 Qd6 13. N2b3 Ne4 14. Bf4 g5 15.
Bxe5 Qxe5 16. Re1 Bd6 17. g3 Qf6 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Rxe4 O-O 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21.
Qe2 e5 22. Kg2 h5 23. Nc1 g4 24. Nd3 Qf3+ 25. Qxf3 Rxf3 26. Nxe5 Rf5 27. Nd3
Raf8 28. Rf1 Kg7 29. Rfe1 c5 30. c4 bxc4 31. Rxc4 Rd5 32. Nc1 Be5 33. Re2 Bd4
34. Nd3 h4 35. Nf4 h3+ 36. Kf1 Rd6 37. b4 Rf5 38. bxc5 Bxc5 39. Ne6+ Rxe6 40.
Rxe6 Rxf2+ 41. Ke1 Rxh2 42. Rxc5 Rh1+ 43. Kf2 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 Bg4 11. Be2 Qc8 12. h5 h6 13. Nxe5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2
dxe5 15. Qc4 c6 16. a4 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Rd1 Bb6 19. g4 Qe8 20. Qe4 Qe7
21. b3 Bxe3+ 22. fxe3 f6 23. Qb4 Re8 24. e4 Qxb4 25. cxb4 Kf7 26. Rd7+ Re7 27.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 28. b5 cxb5 29. axb5 Kd6 30. b4 b6 31. Kd2 Kd7 32. c4 Kd6 33. c5+
Ke7 34. Kd3 Kd7 35. Kc3 Ke7 36. Kb3 Kd7 37. c6+ Ke6 38. Kc3 Ke7 39. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 52nd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2009.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Ra8 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Nbd2 exd4 15.
cxd4 Nb4 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 Nd3 18. Re3 Nf4 19. e5 dxe5 20. dxe5 Bxe3 21. fxe3
Ng6 22. exf6 Nxh4 23. Nxh4 Qxf6 24. Nhf3 c5 25. Qc2 c4 26. Ba2 Rad8 27. Re1
Rfe8 28. e4 Rd3 29. b3 Red8 30. Nf1 Rc3 31. Qb1 Rdd3 32. bxc4 Rxf3 33. gxf3
Rxf3 34. Re2 Rxh3 35. Qe1 bxc4 36. Bb1 c3 37. Re3 Qg5+ 38. Ng3 h5 39. Kg2 Qg4
40. Rxc3 h4 41. Rb3 hxg3 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 52nd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2009.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2009.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O b5 8. a4
c6 9. b3 c3 10. Nb1 Bb7 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Nxc3 Rc8 13. Ne1 Qb6 14. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 52nd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2009.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 cxd5 7. O-O Nf6 8.
d3 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Qa4 O-O 11. Bf4 a6 12. Rfc1 b5 13. Qd1 Rc8 14. e4 d4 15.
Nb1 Nd7 16. Bd2 Nc5 17. Be2 Na4 18. b3 Nb6 19. a4 b4 20. Be1 Qd7 21. a5 Na8 22.
Nd2 Na7 23. Nc4 Nb5 24. f4 Nc3 25. Qd2 Bc5 26. Bf3 Qe7 27. g4 Nc7 28. Bg3 f5
29. Re1 fxe4 30. Bxe4 N7d5 31. Bxd5 Nxd5 32. Re4 Nf6 33. Rae1 Nxe4 34. Rxe4 Ba7
35. f5 Rc6 36. Ne5 Rc3 37. Nc4 Rxb3 38. Bd6 Qh4 39. Bxf8 Qh3 40. Bxb4 Rxd3 41.
Qg2 Qh4 42. Qf2 Qh3 43. fxe6 Rd1+ 44. Be1 d3 45. Nb6 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 52nd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2009.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2009.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Nc5 Nd7 6. Nxb7 Qc7 7. Nc5 Nxc5 8.
dxc5 e6 9. Bd3 Bxc5 10. Bxf5 Qe5+ 11. Qe2 Qxf5 12. Nf3 Ne7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bg5
Ng6 15. Qd3 Qxd3 16. cxd3 Rfb8 17. Rac1 Bf8 18. b3 a5 19. Rxc6 a4 20. Rb1 axb3
21. Rxb3 Rxb3 22. axb3 h6 23. Be3 Ra3 24. Rc3 Bd6 25. Nd4 Bf4 26. Nc2 Ra2 27.
Kf1 Bd6 28. b4 Rb2 29. Bc5 Rb1+ 30. Ke2 Bxh2 31. g3 h5 32. Kf3 Rg1 33. b5 h4
34. b6 h3 35. Bd6 Nh4+ 36. Ke2 Rb1 37. Nb4 Bxg3 38. Bxg3 Rxb4 39. Bxh4 h2 40.
Rc8+ Kh7 41. Rc1 Rxh4 42. Rh1 Rb4 43. Rxh2+ Kg6 44. Ke3 Rxb6 45. Rh1 Rb5 46.
Rg1+ Rg5 47. Ra1 Rh5 48. d4 Rh3+ 49. Ke4 Rb3 50. Ra5 Rb1 51. Rc5 Kf6 52. f4 Rd1
53. Rg5 Ra1 54. Kf3 g6 55. d5 Ra3+ 56. Kf2 exd5 57. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 52nd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2010.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. N2f3 Nc6
8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. O-O Bc5 13. Qe2 O-O 14.
c3 Rfe8 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Nb6 17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. Qe2 h6 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Qc4 22. Qd8+ Kh7 23. Qe7 Qxa2 24. h4 Qxb2 25. Qxf7 Qb1+ 26.
Kh2 Qf5 27. Qxb7 Nd5 28. Qxa7 e5 29. Qb8 Qf4+ 30. Kh1 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 Nf6 32. Nxe5
Qf4+ 33. Kg1 Qc1+ 34. Kh2 Qf4+ 35. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 52nd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2010.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1
Nbd7 9. Bf4 Be7 10. a4 b4 11. Nb1 O-O 12. Nbd2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ne5 Ra7 15.
Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Be3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Bf6 19. Qb1 h5 20. Qa2 h4 21. Rf1
Qd5+ 22. Rf3 Rc7 23. Ne4 c4 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. gxh4 Kh7 26. Raf1 Rg8+ 27. Kh1
b3 28. Qb1 cxd3 29. cxd3 Rc2 30. e4 Qd6 31. R1f2 Qc5 32. d4 Qxd4 33. Qe1 Qxb2
34. Qa5 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 52nd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2010.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Rd8 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxe5 Qb4 14. Bb5
h6 15. Rxd8+ Bxd8 16. Rd1 Nd7 17. a3 Nxe5 18. axb4 Bxg5 19. fxg5 b6 20. Re1 f6
21. gxf6 gxf6 22. Ne4 Kf7 23. Nd6+ Ke7 24. Nxc8+ Rxc8 25. Re3 Kd6 26. Rh3 Rh8
27. Rg3 Rh7 28. Rg8 f5 29. g3 Ng4 30. h3 Nf6 31. Rg6 Ke5 32. g4 f4 33. Kd2 f3
34. Bd3 Ne4+ 35. Ke1 Rd7 36. Rxh6 Rd6 37. g5 Nxg5 38. Kf2 Rd4 39. Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 52nd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2010.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Brunello, Sabino"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2009.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e3
Re8 9. b3 c6 10. Bb2 e4 11. Nd2 d5 12. b4 Nf8 13. b5 h5 14. Qa4 Bd7 15. Qb3 Be6
16. Rfc1 h4 17. Ba3 hxg3 18. hxg3 Ng4 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Qb7 Qf6 21. Nd1 Rec8
22. Nb3 Nh7 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Be7 Qf5 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Nc5 Bh6 27. Rc1 Nxf2
28. Nxf2 Bxe3 29. Rc2 Re8 30. Qb3 Bxd4 31. Qa4 Rxe7 32. Qxd4 Qf6 33. Nxe6 fxe6
34. Qd1 Rf7 35. Ng4 Qg5 36. Rc8+ Rf8 37. Rc7 Rf7 38. Rc8+ Rf8 39. Rxf8+ Kxf8
40. Bh3 Nf6 41. Kg2 Nxg4 42. Bxg4 Ke7 43. Qe2 Qe5 44. a4 a5 45. Qb5 Qc3 46. Kh3
Qc1 47. Kg2 Qd2+ 48. Kh3 Qc1 49. Kg2 Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 52nd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2010.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2009.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. h4 h6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14.
Qxd4 O-O 15. Rg1 Rae8 16. g4 Qc6 17. Bg2 Qa6 18. b3 Bd7 19. g5 h5 20. g6 Re7
21. Bd5 Be6 22. Rde1 c5 23. Qd1 Rfe8 24. Qxh5 fxg6 25. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. Bg2
Nfd7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 b5 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. g5 Rc8 15.
Ne2 Rc4 16. b3 Rc7 17. Ng3 Qa8 18. f5 Rfc8 19. Rac1 Nc5 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Qe2
Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Bb6 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Rxc2 25. Qxe4 Qxe4 26. Nxe4 d5 27. Nf2
Bxg5 28. Re1 Kf7 29. Nd3 Rxa2 30. Ne5+ Kf6 31. Nd7+ Kf7 32. Ne5+ Kf6 33. Nd7+
Kf7 34. Ne5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15.
b4 O-O 16. Re1 Qd7 17. h3 Bg6 18. Ba2 Kh8 19. Bf4 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. b4 Ra4
22. Bb3 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Nd8 24. Qa7 Ne6 25. Bd2 Rd8 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Nd4 Bxb4
28. Nxb5 Qxb5 29. cxb4 Rc8 30. Qa5 Qd7 31. Ra1 Be4 32. Qc5 Qd5 33. Qxd5 Bxd5
34. f3 Bc4 35. Ra5 c6 36. Kf2 Kg8 37. Ke3 Rc7 38. Kd4 Bb5 39. g4 Rd7+ 40. Kc3
Kf7 41. h4 g6 42. h5 gxh5 43. gxh5 Ke8 44. h6 Rd5 45. f4 Ke7 46. Ra7+ Rd7 47.
Ra1 c5 48. bxc5 Bc6 49. Rg1 Be4 50. Rg7+ Kd8 51. Kc4 Kc7 52. Rg8 Kc6 53. Rc8+
Rc7 54. Re8 Kd7 55. Rg8 Rb7 56. Ba5 Rb2 57. Rd8+ Ke7 58. Rd6 Rc2+ 59. Bc3 Kf7
60. Rd4 d2 61. Kb3 Kg6 62. Bxd2 Kxh6 63. f5+ Kg7 64. f6+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Re8 10. h4 c6 11. Bd3 Qa5 12. Kb1 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qe2
Be6 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Rad8 17. h5 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rd3 a6 20. Qg4 Qc7
21. Qe4 g6 22. g4 Rxd3 23. cxd3 Qd7 24. Qxe5 Qxd3+ 25. Kc1 Qd6 26. Qe4 Qe6 27.
Qxe6 fxe6 28. Kc2 gxh5 29. gxh5 e5 30. Kd3 Kf7 31. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 fxe5 9. Rd3 Bd6 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Nfxe5 Be2 13. Re3 Bxc4 14.
Nxc4 Bc5 15. Re1 Rae8 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Rxe4 18. Rxe4 Nxe4 19. f3 Nd6 20.
Ne3 a5 21. Rd1 Re8 22. Kf2 Re5 23. Rd4 Kf7 24. f4 Rh5 25. h3 Ke6 26. Kf3 b5 27.
c3 a4 28. Rd1 Rc5 29. a3 g5 30. g4 gxf4 31. Kxf4 Re5 32. h4 h5 33. gxh5 Rxh5
34. Rh1 c5 35. Rh3 Kf7 36. Kg4 Re5 37. h5 Kg7 38. Kf4 Re4+ 39. Kf3 Re5 40. h6+
Kh7 41. Kf4 Re4+ 42. Kg5 Nf7+ 43. Kf5 Nd6+ 44. Kf6 b4 45. cxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 e5 11. d5 Na5 12. e4 c6 13. b3 cxd5 14. exd5 Bg4 15. Ba3
f5 16. Bb4 e4 17. Bxa5 Qd6 18. Rb1 exf3 19. Bf1 a6 20. Re6 Rxe6 21. dxe6 Qc6
22. e7 Re8 23. Bxb6 Bxc3 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 f4 26. Re1 b5 27. Qxf4 Be6 28.
Qf6 Bd7 29. Qe5 Kf7 30. Re3 Qf6 31. Qd5+ Be6 32. Qb7 Bf5 33. Qxf3 Rxe7 34.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 35. h4 Bd7 36. Qe3+ Kf8 37. Bg2 Qa1+ 38. Kh2 Qxa2 39. Qd4 Ke7 40.
Qg7+ Kd8 41. Qxh7 Be8 42. Qa7 Qxb3 43. Qxa6 Qb4 44. Qb6+ Ke7 45. Qc7+ Kf8 46.
Qe5 Qd2 47. Qf6+ Kg8 48. Be4 b4 49. Bxg6 Bxg6 50. Qxg6+ Kh8 51. Qf6+ Kh7 52. g4
b3 53. g5 b2 54. Qf7+ Kh8 55. g6 Qh6 56. Qf6+ Kg8 57. Qe6+ Kg7 58. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5
15. Kh1 Qf6 16. Rg1 exd4 $146 {This has never been played before, but has been
analyzed by at least two commentators.} (16... Nf4 17. Be3 {Svidler,P (2690)
-Shirov,A (2710)/Linares 1998/CBM 064/[Svidler] (1-0, 37)}) 17. Bg5 Qe5 18. Bd5
{'+/-' according to Svidler, but Wedberg highlighted a hidden resource.} dxc3
$1 {Wedberg} 19. Bxc6 cxb2 20. Rb1 Bxf2 21. Rg2 Rb6 {Only this move is really
new.} ({Wedberg analyzes only} 21... Rxb5 {, but it seems that the intermediate
} 22. f4 $1 {would cause Black some troubles.}) 22. Rxf2 Qxg5 {This may be the
cause for Black's future problems.} ({It may have been better to eliminate
White's strong queenside grip on light squares:} 22... Rxc6 {Black has three
pawns for a piece. His better coordination may compensate for the
vulnerability of the b2-pawn..}) 23. Rc2 $14 {/+/- Suddenly, all White's
pieces work together well.} Nf4 24. Qf1 d5 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27.
Rcxb2 Qc5 28. Rc1 Qe5 29. Rbb1 Rfb8 30. Na3 Rb2 31. Rxb2 Rxb2 32. Rc2 Rb8 33.
Nc4 Qf4 34. Nd2 h5 35. Qe2 Ra8 36. Rc4 Qd6 37. Nf1 f5 38. Ng3 Ra1+ 39. Kg2 f4
40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. Qxh5+ Kg8 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Qe4+ Kg8 44. Qxf4 Ra2+ 45. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. Rfd1 (11. Rad1 {is more common, preparing a
possible retreat of the queen to b1.}) 11... c5 12. dxc5 ({With the actual
placement of rooks,} 12. cxd5 {was never played, maybe because the queen would
feel unsafe after the opening of the d-file. With Rad1 instead of Rfd1, 12.
cxd5 usually leads to the hanging pawns structure.}) 12... Nxc5 13. cxd5 Nxd5
14. Bc4 $146 (14. Nxd5 Bxd5 {Karpov,A (2619)-Anand,V (2788)/Corsica 2009 (1/2,
41)}) 14... Nb4 15. Qe2 Qe7 16. a3 Nc6 17. b4 Nd7 18. Ne4 Bb8 19. Ba6 Bxa6 20.
Qxa6 Nde5 21. Rac1 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 f5 23. Ng3 f4 24. exf4 Bxf4 25. b5 Bxc1 26.
Rxc1 Qf7 27. bxc6 Qxf3 28. Bd4 Rxc6 29. Rxc6 Qxc6 30. Qxa7 Qc1+ 31. Kg2 Qc6+
32. Kg1 Qc1+ 33. Kg2 Qc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tiviakov} d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. g3 Bg4 7.
Bg2 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. h3 {An interesting approach. White wants to get the
bishops pair and simplify towards a favourable ending. In doing so, he will
avoid not only weakening the dark squares with pseudo-active moves such as
c2-c4, but also avoid to expose his dark-squared bishop to an early exchange.}
({It seems hard to refrain from} 9. Bf4 {, but this not only drives the queen
on a more stable square, but also makes the bishop vulnerable.}) 9... Bxf3 10.
Bxf3 O-O 11. Ne2 {Consequently played.} ({The following game is a good example
of neutralizing Whites bishops pair>} 11. Bf4 Qd8 12. Qd3 Nbd7 13. Ne2 Re8 14.
Rfd1 Bf8 15. Bg2 Qc8 16. c4 {Weakens d4.} e5 17. Be3 {So, after all, White has
lost a tempo with his bishop.} exd4 18. Nxd4 Nc5 19. Qc2 a5 {The queenside
structure ressembles the classical fianchetto KI; please refer to Zuerich 1953
by Bronstein.} 20. Re1 Qc7 {The queen has reached the optimal square.} 21. Nf5
Ne6 22. Rad1 Bc5 $11 {Socko,B (2631)-Tiviakov,S (2686)/Germany 2008/CBM 127
Extra (1/2, 37)}) 11... Nbd7 12. Bg2 (12. Bf4 {Tiviakov} e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14.
Bg2 Rfe8 $11 (14... Rad8 $5)) 12... e5 13. c3 $1 {The key to White's plan. The
dark squares should be maintained well defended.} Rad8 (13... Rfe8 $5 {Tiviakov
}) 14. Qb3 Qc7 (14... Nb6 {Tiviakov} 15. a4 exd4 16. Nxd4 $14) 15. dxe5 Nxe5
16. Be3 Nfd7 17. Rad1 Nc5 (17... Rfe8 $5 {Tiviakov}) 18. Qc2 Nc4 19. Bf4 Bd6
20. Bg5 Be7 21. Bf4 Bd6 22. Bc1 Rfe8 23. b3 Nb6 (23... Ne5 {Tiviakov} 24. Rfe1
$14) 24. Nd4 (24. Rfe1 $142 $14 {Tiviakov}) 24... Ne6 (24... Be5 $142 {
(Tiviakov) (/\Nd5)} 25. Rfe1 Nd5 26. Nf3 Bf6 27. Bd2 Ne6 $11) 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 26.
Rfe1 Rxe1+ (26... Be5 {Tiviakov} 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. c4 $14) 27. Rxe1 Nd5 28. a3
$1 $14 {Same policy. Before playing c3-c4, White wants to make sure that Black
will obtain no blockade on dark squares.} Qc8 (28... Be5 {Tiviakov} 29. c4 $14
(29. Qe2 $14)) (28... Qd7 {Tiviakov} 29. c4 Nc7 30. b4 $14) 29. b4 (29. c4 {
Tiviakov} Nc7 30. c5 Bf8 31. b4 $14) 29... Re8 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. c4 Nc7 (31...
Nf6 {Tiviakov} 32. Qd3 $14 {/\Be3} (32. Qc3 $14)) 32. Qd3 $1 Qe1+ (32... Be5 {
Tiviakov} 33. Be3 a6 $14) 33. Kh2 Qe7 34. Bg5 (34. Be3 {Tiviakov} a6 35. Be4 g6
36. f4 $14) 34... Qe6 35. h4 $14 {/+/- The bishops pair is quite dangerous in
this kind of positions, with pawns on both wings and a pawn-free centre.} g6 {
Black displays his pawns on light squares in order to restrict the g2-bishop,
but this will leave his king exposed.} 36. Qd4 a6 (36... b6 {Tiviakov} 37. Bxc6
Bxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Qxc6 39. Qd8+ Ne8 40. c5 $16) 37. Bh3 (37. c5 $142 {Tiviakov}
Be7 (37... Bf8 38. Qd8 $16) 38. Bh6 $14) 37... f5 38. Qa7 $6 (38. Bg2 $14 {
Tiviakov}) 38... Qc8 39. Qd4 Bf8 $1 40. Bf6 Ne6 (40... c5 $5 {Tiviakov} 41. Qc3
$14 (41. bxc5 Ne6 42. Qd5 Bxc5 $14 43. g4 Qc6 44. gxf5 Qxd5 45. cxd5 Bd6+ 46.
Kg1 Nf4 $11)) 41. Qe5 Kf7 42. c5 {Starting with this moment, Black will
permanently face the danger of a bishop's intrusion to c8. He has no obvious
solution to his problems. The position with queens on board is dangerous, but
so would be the ending...} Qc7 43. Qc3 Bg7 $2 (43... b6 {Tiviakov} 44. Be5 (44.
cxb6 Qxb6 45. Qb2 (45. Kg1 c5 $15) 45... c5 $11) 44... Qd8 45. cxb6 (45. Qf3
Nd4 $11) 45... Qxb6 46. Kg1 (46. Qf3 c5 $11) 46... c5 47. Qe3 Qd8 48. Bc3 cxb4
49. axb4 $14) 44. Bxg7 Nxg7 {One bishop has been exchanged, but the remaining
has no rival on light squares.} 45. Bf1 $1 $16 f4 46. Bc4+ Ke8 (46... Kf8 {
Tiviakov} 47. Qf6+ Ke8 48. g4 $18) 47. g4 Qe7 48. Kg1 $16 (48. g5 $16 {Tiviakov
}) (48. Kh3 {Tiviakov} h5 49. Qd3 $16) 48... h5 $6 (48... g5 $142 {Tiviakov}
49. Qd4 (49. h5 Kd8 $14) 49... h6 50. h5 $16) 49. Qd3 $18 Qf6 (49... g5 {
Tiviakov} 50. gxh5 $18) 50. g5 Qf5 51. Qd6 f3 52. Qb8+ Ke7 53. Qd6+ (53. Qxb7+
{Tiviakov} Kf8 54. Qb8+ Ne8 55. Bxa6 $18) 53... Ke8 54. Bd3 Qg4+ 55. Kf1 Qg2+
56. Ke1 Qg1+ 57. Kd2 Qxf2+ 58. Kd1 Qg1+ 59. Kc2 Qf2+ 60. Kb3 Qe3 61. Ka4 Qe7
62. Bxg6+ Kf8 63. Qb8+ Ne8 64. Qf4+ Kg8 65. Bxh5 Nc7 66. Bxf3 Nb5 67. g6 a5 68.
h5 axb4 69. h6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 O-O 8. e5
Ne8 9. a3 Ba5 10. Be2 Bc7 11. Bf4 d6 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qe3 Qc7
15. O-O b6 16. Rfd1 Bb7 17. Qg3 Qe7 18. Na4 Nd7 19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Nef6 21.
Nc6 Qe8 22. Rd6 Rc8 23. Rad1 Nb8 24. Nxb8 Qxa4 25. Nc6 Rc7 26. Ne5 b5 27. Rd8
bxc4 28. Ng4 Ne8 29. Qg3 Rc8 30. h3 h5 31. Ne5 Nf6 32. R8d4 Qc2 33. R4d2 Qf5
34. Qe3 Nd5 35. Qd4 c3 36. bxc3 Rxc3 37. a4 Rfc8 38. Re1 Nf4 39. Qe4 Qg5 40.
Rd7 Nxh3+ 41. Kf1 f5 42. Qb7 Nf4 43. g3 Nd5 44. Qxa6 Qf6 45. Qe2 Rc1 46. Rxc1
Rxc1+ 47. Kg2 Qg5 48. Nd3 Kh7 49. Rxd5 exd5 50. f4 Rg1+ 51. Kxg1 Qxg3+ 52. Kf1
Qh3+ 53. Kf2 Qh2+ 54. Ke3 Qg1+ 55. Kd2 Kh6 56. Qe6+ g6 57. Qe5 Kh7 58. Qe7+ Kg8
59. Qd8+ Kh7 60. Qc7+ Kh6 61. Qc8 Kh7 62. a5 h4 63. Qd7+ Kh6 64. a6 h3 65. Qd8
Qa1 66. Qh4+ Kg7 67. Qe7+ Kh6 68. Qg5+ Kg7 69. Qe7+ Kh6 70. a7 Qa2+ 71. Ke3 h2
72. Qh4+ Kg7 73. Qe7+ Kh6 74. Nf2 Qb3+ 75. Ke2 Qc4+ 76. Kf3 Qf1 77. Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Kh1 Qc7 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Nd7 14. Qg3 Bf6 15.
Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Rae1 Nd7 18. Nd1 Nc5 19. Nf2 f6 20. c3 e5 21. Bc2 Kh8
22. Re3 g6 23. Ng4 f5 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Nh6 Rg8 26. Nxg8 Rxg8 27. Qh4 Bxg2+ 28.
Kg1 Be4+ 29. Rg3 Rxg3+ 30. hxg3 Bxc2 31. fxe5 dxe5 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Rf2 Be4 34.
Rh2 Qd7 35. Qg5+ Kf8 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Qg5+ Qg7 38. Qd8+ Qf8 39. Qc7 f4 40. Qxe5
fxg3 41. Rd2 Bg6 42. Qd5+ Kg7 43. Qe5+ Kg8 44. Qd5+ Kg7 45. Qe5+ Kg8 46. Qd5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 Be7 8. Be3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. Re1 h6 12. Nd2 Bd6 13. c3 Bd7 14. Qb3 a6 15.
Rad1 Qc7 16. Nf1 Re7 17. Qc2 Rae8 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Qa5 20. Qb1 Qb5 21. b3
Bc5 22. Qd3 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Qa5 24. Qd2 Rc8 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Qxd5 Rxe3 27. Qxa5
Rxg3+ 28. Nxg3 Nxa5 29. c4 Rc7 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Ne4 Nc6 32. Rf8 Kg6 33. Kg2 Nb4
34. Nc3 Rd7 35. Rb8 Kf5 36. Na4 Rc7 37. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Be3 h5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Ne2 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. f4 Bb5
15. Nd4 Bxf1 16. Rhxf1 g6 17. g3 Qc7 18. h3 O-O-O 19. g4 hxg4 20. hxg4 Rh3 21.
Rh1 Rdh8 22. Qg2 Rxh1 23. Rxh1 Rxh1+ 24. Qxh1 Qc4 25. Kb1 Bc5 26. Qd1 g5 27. c3
gxf4 28. Bxf4 b5 29. a3 a5 30. g5 b4 31. axb4 axb4 32. g6 fxg6 33. Nxe6 b3 34.
Nd4 Bxd4 35. cxd4 Nf8 36. Qd2 Ne6 37. Be3 Nc7 38. Qc3 Kd7 39. Kc1 Kc6 40. Kd2
Kb5 41. Qd3 Qxd3+ 42. Kxd3 Ne6 43. Kc3 Ka4 44. Bf2 g5 45. Be1 g4 46. Bh4 Ng7
47. Bf2 Nf5 48. e6 Kb5 49. Kxb3 Kc6 50. Kb4 Kd6 51. Kb5 g3 52. Bg1 Nh4 53. e7
Kxe7 54. Kc6 Nf3 55. Be3 g2 56. Kxd5 Kd7 57. b4 g1=B 58. Bxg1 Nxg1 59. b5 Ne2
60. b6 Nxd4 61. Kxd4 Kc6 62. Ke4 Kxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Nf1
O-O 9. Bg5 d5 $1 {It's strange that this move hasn't appeaed at the top level
so far. Objectively speaking, Black doesn't have have problems in this line
anyway, but the move in the text seems to give Black some chances for evne
more than equality.} (9... h6 10. Bh4 Ne7 (10... b5 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13.
Ne3 Be6 14. O-O Qd7 15. a3 Ng4 16. Nxg4 Bxg4 17. h3 Be6 $11 {1-0 Tiviakov,S 
(2648)-Eljanov,P (2701)/Montreal 2007/CBM 119 (39)}) 11. Ne3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 13.
Bb3 b5 14. a4 Bb7 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Ra1 Bb7 $11 {
0-1 Papp,G (2509)-Almasi,Z (2668)/Nyiregyhaza 2008/CBM 126 (40)}) 10. Qe2 Qd6
11. Bxf6 {I don't see any reason to give up the bishop.} (11. Ng3 $11 {
Objectively, the knight is out of place on g3. Still, this is the way to
complete the development without any concession.}) 11... Bxf6 12. Ne3 ({
White can't win a pawn like this:} 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Ne3 Qd6 14. Nc4 Qe6 15.
Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Ncxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxg2 $15) 12... Ne7 {Black is already
slightly better.} 13. Bb3 c6 14. h4 $6 {White doesn't have any grounds for
this kind of attack.} (14. O-O {is clearly safer.}) 14... Be6 15. Ng5 (15. h5 {
is just a punch in the air. Black can start the queenside offensive by} a5 $15)
15... Bd7 16. Rd1 Rad8 17. Qf3 $5 {Magnus is consequent. Objectively, this
idea leads to a worse position for White, but at least Black has to find some
precise moves here.} (17. Nf3 $15 {would clearly indicate that all White's
previous play was false.}) 17... h6 18. Nc4 $1 {This is the point.} dxc4 19.
dxc4 Nd5 $8 20. Nh3 h5 $1 {[%cal Gd7g4] Caruana finds the best way to parry
white's attacking attempts.} (20... Bxh4 $6 21. cxd5 Kg7 22. Nf4 $5 exf4 23.
Rxh4 g5 24. Rh1 f5 25. exf5 Bxf5 26. dxc6 Rfe8+ 27. Kf1 Qxc6 28. Qxc6 Rxd1+ 29.
Bxd1 bxc6 {is also slightly better for Black, but is quite messy on the way.})
21. Qg3 Bg4 22. Rd2 (22. f3 $4 Qe7 $1 $19 {[%cal Gf6h4]}) {[%tqu "En","How
should Black continue?","","","f6h4","Nice counterblow, simplifying to a
better ending.",10,"d6e7","",0]} 22... Bxh4 $1 {Nice counterblow, simplifying
to a better ending.} (22... Qe7 $2 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Bxd5 Bxh4 25. Qe3 $13) 23.
Qxh4 Qf6 24. Qxf6 Nxf6 25. Ng5 c5 {[%csl Yb3] Black is clearly better, as he
is practically a pawn up.} 26. f3 Bc8 27. Ba4 Kg7 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. b4 $2 {
Looks like a nervous slip of the finger.} ({For example:} 29. g3 $17 {was the
normal way to continue.}) 29... Rd3 $19 {Now White just loses a pawn without
any compensation.} 30. bxc5 {Funny tripled pawns, which are going to be eaten
one by one.} Rxc3 31. Kd2 Rxc4 32. Bb3 Rxc5 33. Nxf7 a5 34. Rc1 (34. Nd6 {
is an suggestion by the chess engine, but with precise play Black should win
this.}) 34... Rxc1 35. Kxc1 a4 36. Bc4 b5 37. Nd6 bxc4 38. Nxc8 h4 39. Nb6 Nh5
40. Nxc4 Kf6 $2 {It wasn't an easy choice for Caruana, especially in time
trouble. The difference between the two lines is rather subtle, but important!}
(40... Nf4 $1 41. Nxe5 Nxg2 42. Ng4 (42. Kd2 Kf6 43. Ng4+ {would be just a
transposition.}) 42... Ne1 43. Nh2 Kf6 44. Kd2 Ng2 45. Ng4+ Kg5 {Here the
white knight must guard the h-pawn, and doesn't have time to go for the a-pawn.
} 46. Ke2 h3 47. Kf2 Kh4 $1 48. Nh2 (48. e5 Nf4 $19) 48... Nf4 49. Ke3 g5 50.
Nf1 Ng6 $1 51. Kf2 Ne5 52. Ke3 Nc6 53. a3 Ne5 $19 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Ge5c4]}) 41.
Kd2 Nf4 42. Ke3 (42. Ne3 $2 {falls to a typical tactical trick:} Kg5 43. Ke1
Nxg2+ $1 44. Nxg2 h3 45. Kf2 h2 $19) 42... Nxg2+ 43. Kf2 Nf4 44. Nb2 {The
exchange of a-pawns is in favour of the defending side.} a3 45. Nc4 Nd3+ 46.
Kg2 Kg5 (46... Nb4 47. Nxa3 Nxa2 48. Nb5 Nb4 49. Kh3 g5 50. Nd6 Nd3 51. Nc4 {
Black can torture his opponent for a long time, but I don't really see a
constructive winning plan.}) 47. Nxa3 Kf4 48. Nc2 {Now it's a clear draw,
since the a-pawn gives White counterplay.} Nb2 49. Nb4 h3+ 50. Kxh3 Kxf3 51.
Kh4 Kf4 52. Nd5+ Kxe4 53. Ne7 Kf3 54. Nxg6 e4 55. Ne5+ Kf4 56. Ng4 Na4 {
A somewhat lucky escape for the World number one, which yielded him another
victory in an elite tournament!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "2010.02.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Renet, Olivier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2010.02.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Winterthur"]
[BlackTeam "Geneve"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Nc4 14. Ng3 Rfb8 15.
Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 exd4 17. cxd4 Re8 18. a4 Rad8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bd3 d5 21. b3
cxd4 22. Bg5 Qb6 23. Ra2 h6 24. Bh4 Nd6 25. Qa1 Nde4 26. Ra6 Qb8 27. Qa5 Qf4
28. Bxb5 Rf8 29. Bg3 Qxf5 30. Nxd4 Qg6 31. Bd3 Rc8 32. Nc6 Bd8 33. Nxd8 Rfxd8
34. Bc7 Rd7 35. Bb6 Qg5 36. f3 Nd6 37. Ra8 g6 38. Be3 Qg3 39. Rxc8+ Nxc8 40.
Bd4 Ne4 41. Rc1 Ned6 42. Qxd5 Rd8 43. Qe5 Qxe5 44. Bxe5 Ne8 45. Ba6 Nb6 46. b4
f6 47. Bg3 Rd2 48. b5 Nd5 49. Bb7 Kf7 50. Bc6 g5 51. Be1 Rd3 52. Rb1 Nd6 53. b6
Ne7 54. Ba8 1-0

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "2010.04.25"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2010.02.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Riehen"]
[BlackTeam "Winterthur"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 a5 4. a3 Be7 5. d4 d6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 O-O 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. b3 Re8 12. O-O Bf8 13. Qc2 e4 14. Nd2 Qe7 15.
a4 c6 16. Ba3 Qe6 17. h3 d5 18. Bxf8 Nxf8 19. Rac1 Qd7 20. f3 exf3 21. Rxf3 Re7
22. Nf1 Rae8 23. Qf2 Ng6 24. Ng3 Re6 25. Nf5 Ne4 26. Qe1 Ng5 27. Rf2 Ne7 28.
cxd5 cxd5 29. Qf1 h6 30. Nxe7+ R6xe7 31. Rf5 Rxe3 32. Nxd5 R3e4 33. Qf2 Rxd4
34. Qxd4 Qxf5 35. Ne7+ Rxe7 36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. Qxe7 Qf4 38. Rc4 Qg3 39. Kh1 Qxb3
40. Qe2 b5 41. Qc2+ Qxc2 42. Rxc2 bxa4 43. Ra2 h5 44. Rxa4 Ne6 45. Rxa5 Kg6 46.
g3 f5 47. Kg2 Kf6 48. h4 g6 49. Kf3 Kf7 50. Ke3 Kf6 51. Rd5 Nc7 52. Rc5 Ne6 53.
Ra5 Kf7 54. Ra2 Kf6 55. Re2 Ng7 56. Kd4 f4 57. gxf4 Nf5+ 58. Kd5 Nxh4 59. Rh2
Nf5 60. Ra2 Ng3 61. Rg2 h4 62. Rh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "2010.06.27"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.02.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Winterthur"]
[BlackTeam "Luzern"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Nc3
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. Rfe1 Rc8 13. Rad1 Na5 14. d5 Nxb3
15. axb3 h6 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. d6 Kg7 18. Qf4 Bc6 19. dxe7 Qxe7 20. Nd4 Qc7 21.
Qh4 Rce8 22. Rd3 Ng8 23. Rg3+ Kh8 24. Rxg8+ Kxg8 25. Qxh6 f5 26. Nxe6 Qh7 27.
Qxh7+ Kxh7 28. Nxf8+ Rxf8 29. f3 Kg6 30. Kf2 Rh8 31. Kg3 Kg5 32. Ne2 Re8 33.
h4+ Kf6 34. Kf2 Rd8 35. Nf4 Rd4 36. Kg3 Rb4 37. Re6+ Kf7 38. Re3 Kf6 39. Rd3 a5
40. h5 Kg5 41. Rd8 Rxb3 42. Rd6 1-0

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "2010.08.28"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Riff, Jean Noel"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2010.02.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Reichenstein"]
[BlackTeam "Winterthur"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. g4 b5 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. a3
Ne7 9. g5 Nec6 10. Nb3 Nd7 11. h4 h6 12. Qg4 h5 13. Qg3 g6 14. O-O Qe7 15. f4
Bg7 16. Be3 O-O 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Qf2 Rfe8 19. Rd2 b4 20. axb4 Nxb4 21. e5 d5
22. Nc5 Nb8 23. Ne2 a5 24. c3 N4c6 25. Ra1 Na6 26. Nb3 Ra8 27. Nxa5 Nc7 28. b4
Nxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "2010.08.29"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hug, Werner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2010.02.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Winterthur"]
[BlackTeam "Zuerich"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nb4 6. Bg5 Nxd3+ 7. cxd3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. e5 Nd7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Re1 b6 12. Nb5 a6 13. Qa4 Nb8 14. Nc3 a5
15. Ne2 Bd7 16. Qc2 c5 17. Rac1 Na6 18. Qd2 Rfc8 19. Nf4 Nc7 20. Qe3 Nb5 21.
Nh5 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Qh4 23. Nf6+ gxf6 24. Nf3 Qg4 25. exf6 d4 26. Qd2 Bc6 27. Re5
Bxf3 28. Rg5+ Kh8 29. Rxg4 Bxg4 30. f3 Bf5 31. g4 Bg6 32. h4 Rg8 33. Kf2 h5 34.
Qh6+ Bh7 35. Qxh5 Ra7 36. a4 Rd7 37. b3 Rg6 38. Qe5 Rg8 39. Qh5 Rg6 40. Re1 Rd5
41. Re5 Rd7 42. g5 Rg8 43. f4 1-0

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "2010.11.06"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2010.02.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wollishofen"]
[BlackTeam "Winterthur"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 e5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nge2 e4 7. Bc2 O-O 8. Bd2
Bd6 9. h3 Na6 10. a3 Nc7 11. Qb1 Re8 12. c5 Bf8 13. b4 b6 14. cxb6 axb6 15. a4
Bd6 16. b5 cxb5 17. axb5 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Bd7 19. Qb2 Nh5 20. g4 Nf6 21. Qb3 h6
22. Bd1 Qa8 23. Ng3 Ne6 24. Na4 Bxg3 25. Nxb6 Qb8 26. Nxd7 Nxd7 27. fxg3 Qxg3+
28. Kf1 0-1

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "2010.11.07"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Flueckiger, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.02.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Winterthur"]
[BlackTeam "Bern"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. h3 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O e5 10. Bh6 exd4 11. Nxd4 Qe5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qe3 Nc5 14. f4 Qe7
15. Rae1 Nxd3 16. cxd3 c5 17. Nf3 d5 18. Qf2 d4 19. Ne2 a5 20. g4 Kh8 21. f5
gxf5 22. exf5 Rg8 23. Nf4 Qf8 24. Qh4 Ra6 25. Kh2 b5 26. g5 Ne8 27. g6 fxg6 28.
Nxg6+ Raxg6 29. fxg6 Rxg6 30. Ne5 Qd6 31. Rf8+ Rg8 32. Rxg8+ Kxg8 33. Rg1+ Ng7
34. Qg5 Qf8 35. Ng4 Qd6+ 36. Rg3 h5 37. Nh6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Todorovic, Goran M"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Qe2 d6 7. O-O g6 8. c4
Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. h3 Nc6 12. Nf3 Nd7 13. Bf4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 e5 15.
Bh6 Re8 16. Nh2 Nc5 17. Bc2 f6 18. Qf3 Qe7 19. Nf1 Be6 20. Ne3 Nd8 21. Nf5 gxf5
22. exf5 Bd7 23. Rxd6 Kh8 24. Rad1 Bc6 25. Qh5 Nf7 26. Rxc6 bxc6 27. Be3 Rf8
28. Qh4 Rad8 29. Bxc5 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 Qxc5 31. Qxf6+ Kg8 32. Bh5 Nd6 33. Qg5+
Kh8 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Evdokimov, Alexander A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be3 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Be2 Rfc8 13. b3 Nd7 14. O-O a6
15. f4 Nc5 16. Bf3 Rab8 17. Qc2 f5 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Rcd1 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Bg4 21.
Bf3 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 e6 23. Nc3 b5 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Ne4 Rc6 26. c5 d5 27. b4 Qe8
28. Nf2 a5 29. a3 axb4 30. axb4 Ra6 31. Qe2 Rba8 32. g3 Ra2 33. Rd2 Ra1+ 34.
Kg2 Qc6 35. Nd3 d4 36. Kh3 Qd5 37. Rf1 Rxf1 38. Qxf1 h5 39. Qe2 Ra4 40. Qg2
Qf5+ 41. g4 hxg4+ 42. Qxg4 Qe4 43. Qe2 Qd5 44. Qg2 Qh5+ 45. Kg3 Ra3 46. Qe4 e5
47. h4 exf4+ 48. Kh3 Kh8 49. Rg2 Bf6 50. Rxg6 Qxh4+ 51. Kg2 Ra2+ 52. Kf3 Bg7
53. Rg4 Qh5 54. Nxf4 Qh1+ 55. Rg2 Qf1+ 56. Kg4 Rxg2+ 57. Qxg2 Qc4 58. Qa8+ Kh7
59. Qe4+ Kh8 60. c6 Qc1 61. Kf5 Kg8 62. Kg6 Qg1+ 63. Ng2 Qf1 64. Qd5+ Kh8 65.
Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3
Ne4 9. Nfd2 f5 10. f3 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Bd6 12. e4 Qh4 13. g3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 Qxg3+
15. Kh1 Qh3+ 16. Kg1 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 d6 8. f4
Bd7 9. g4 h6 10. h4 Qc7 11. Qd2 b5 12. a3 Na5 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Qxe5 15. Bf4
Qc5 16. b4 Qe7 17. bxa5 e5 18. Ndxb5 axb5 19. Be3 Bc6 20. Bb6 Qd7 21. Rf1 Be7
22. Qxd7+ Nxd7 23. Bxb5 Bxb5 24. Nxb5 O-O 25. Nc7 Rab8 26. Ke2 Rfc8 27. Rad1
Nxb6 28. axb6 Rxb6 29. Rd7 Bxa3 30. Rfxf7 Bf8 31. c4 Rc6 32. Kd3 Rb8 33. c5 Rc8
34. Ke4 Rxc5 35. Ne6 Rc4+ 36. Kf5 Re8 37. h5 Ra4 38. Rb7 Rc4 39. Rbd7 Ra4 40.
Rb7 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Kh1 b5 9. f4 Bb7 10. Qe2 Nc5 11. b4 Nxd3 12. cxd3 Be7 13. Be3 O-O 14. a4 Rc8
15. Rac1 bxa4 16. Nxa4 Nd7 17. Qg4 Kh8 18. Nb3 Bc6 19. Nc3 Rb8 20. Nd4 Ba8 21.
b5 axb5 22. Ndxb5 e5 23. Qe2 Nf6 24. Na3 Rb3 25. Qa2 Qb8 26. Nc4 d5 27. Nxe5
Rb2 28. Qa4 Rb4 29. Qa2 Rb2 30. Qa4 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Bc4 Nd7 7. Nf3 N7b6 8.
Be2 Bg4 9. O-O e6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Be7 13. c4 Nf6 14. Rd1 O-O
15. Nc3 a5 16. Bf4 a4 17. Rd3 Re8 18. Rad1 Nbd7 19. Qf3 Qa5 20. g4 h6 21. h4
Nxe5 22. dxe5 Nh7 23. g5 a3 24. b3 Rad8 25. gxh6 g6 26. Rd7 Rxd7 27. Rxd7 Bxh4
28. Rxb7 Rf8 29. Ne4 Qe1+ 30. Kg2 Qb1 31. Be3 f5 32. exf6 Nxf6 33. Nxf6+ Bxf6
34. h7+ Kh8 35. Bh6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. a4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc2 Qe7 {[%cal Re6e5]} 10. Bf4 a5 {A solid but rare move.} (10... Nd5 {
is the main theoretical line in this position}) (10... Bd6 {has been seen in
practice, too.}) 11. e4 (11. Rad1 Nd5 12. Bc1 Bd6 13. Ne4 b5 14. Nfg5 f5 15.
Nxd6 Qxd6 16. e4 Nb4 17. Qe2 h6 18. Nh3 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Ra7 20. Nf4 Nf6 21. Qe2
Re8 $13 {1-0 Gelfand,B (2700)-Lobron,E (2545)/Munich 1991/CBM 023 (42)}) (11.
Na2 $5) 11... b6 12. Rfe1 (12. e5 $5 Nd5 13. Ng5 g6 14. Bd2 $44 {Tregubov}) (
12. Na2 $5) 12... h6 13. d5 $6 {This breakthrough probably doesn't succeed if
Black reacts correctly.} (13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Nd2 e5 15. dxe5 Ng4 16. e6 Nde5 17.
h3 Nxf2 $5 18. Kxf2 Bc5+ 19. Ke2 fxe6 $44 {1/2 Peto,P-Hmelevsky,I/LSS 2007/
Telechess CBM 125 (35)}) 13... cxd5 $146 (13... e5 $1 {is the only move here,
according to GM Pavel Tregubov. In a game he played many years ago Black
achieved an excellent position:} 14. dxc6 exf4 15. cxd7 Bb7 $1 16. gxf4 Nxd7 (
16... Qxd7 $13 {A.Poluljahov}) 17. Nd4 Nc5 (17... Qh4 $1 $17 18. Qd2 $140 $2
Nc5 $1 19. Nf5 Rad8 20. Qe3 Qf6 $19 {[%cal Rd8d3,Rc5d3]}) 18. Re3 Nd3 19. Rg3
Qc7 $1 $15 {1-0 Tregubov,P (2495)-Sakaev,K (2555)/Alushta 1994/CBM 042 (37)}) {
The text move, however, is good enough to give Black decent play, too.} 14.
exd5 Bxc3 (14... Bb7 $5 15. Nd2 $5 $13 (15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Nh4 Bxg2 17. Ng6 Qf7
18. Nxf8 Bh3 $44)) 15. d6 Qd8 16. Qxc3 {A typical problem: is White's passed
pawn strong or weak? That depends on the position of the pieces. Here Black
has strong points in the centre (c5, d5) so his chances are quite high.} Bb7
17. Qxc4 Rc8 18. Qe2 $6 {Ater this inaccuracy Black seizes the initiative.} (
18. Qd4 Rc5 $1 {[%cal Yd8a8,Yf8c8,Yf6d5]}) (18. Qb3 $5) 18... Nd5 19. Rad1 Nxf4
20. gxf4 Nf6 $17 {[%csl Rd6,Rf4]} 21. f5 $5 {[%mdl 512] An attempt to
complicate matters.} (21. Ne5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Nd5 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. d7 Rc7 25.
Qb5 Rc5 26. Qb3 Qc7 $17) 21... Re8 $2 (21... exf5 22. Ne5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rc5 $1
24. d7 Ne4 $17) 22. Ne5 $1 Bxg2 23. Nxf7 $2 (23. d7 Bd5 24. dxc8=Q Qxc8 25. Qb5
$1 {, and it is now Black who must prove his compensation for the missing
material.}) 23... Kxf7 $2 (23... exf5 $3 {was the refutation of White's
combination:} 24. Nxd8 (24. Qxe8+ Qxe8 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. d7 Nxd7 27. Kxg2 Nc5
$19) 24... Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Bf3 26. Ne6 Bxe2 27. d7 Rd8 $3 28. Rd2 Rxd7 29. Rxe2
Kf7 $19) 24. fxe6+ Kg8 25. Kxg2 $14 {[%csl Gd6,Ge6] Two pawns are more than
one! The onus is now on Black to defend.} Rc5 $2 (25... Rc6 $1 26. Qd3 Kh8 {
[%cal Gc6d6,Gd6e6,Ge8e6] , and White can hardly make any progress.}) 26. Qf3 $1
Kh8 27. d7 Re7 28. Rd6 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Gd6b6] An important achievement for
White.} Nxd7 $6 {A desperate attempt to create counter-chances. Passive
defence was no longer enough:} (28... Kg8 29. Qb7 $16 {[%csl Rb6]}) (28... b5
29. axb5 Rxb5 30. Qc6 Rb8 31. Rc1 {[%cal Yd6d1,Yc6c8]}) 29. Red1 Rg5+ 30. Kf1
Qf8 $5 31. exd7 Qxf3 32. d8=Q+ Kh7 33. Qxe7 Rf5 34. Qh4 Re5 {White must give
his extra rook back but finally he keeps a sufficient material advantage to
win.} 35. Rxh6+ $1 gxh6 36. Rd7+ Kg6 37. Rd6+ Kf7 38. Qc4+ Ke8 39. Re6+ Rxe6
40. Qxe6+ {[%mdl 4096]} Kd8 41. Qxb6+ {Step by step White now consolidates his
position and scores a point.} Kc8 42. Qc5+ Kb7 43. Qb5+ Kc8 44. Qc4+ Kb7 45. h4
h5 46. Qd4 Kb8 47. Kg1 Kb7 48. Kh2 Ka8 49. Qh8+ Kb7 50. Qg7+ Kb6 51. Qh6+ Kb7
52. Qe3 Qg4 53. Qe7+ Kb6 54. Qf6+ Kb7 55. b3 Qd1 56. Qf7+ Kc6 57. Qc4+ Kd7 58.
Kg2 Kd8 59. Qg8+ Ke7 60. Qg5+ Kf7 61. Qf5+ Kg8 62. Qf3 Qc2 63. Qxh5 Qxb3 64.
Qxa5 Qb7+ 65. f3 Qb2+ 66. Kh3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Arutinian, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4
Nbc6 9. Qa4 a6 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Nxf5 Nxf5 14. Bb6
Nc6 15. f4 Rc8 16. g4 Nh4 17. Bxc4 g5 18. f5 Nxe5 19. Bb3 Bc5 20. Ba4+ Ke7 21.
f6+ Kxf6 22. Ne4+ Kg7 23. Nxc5 Nc4 24. Ba7 b6 25. Nxa6 Ne3+ 26. Kb1 Nxd1 27.
Rxd1 h5 28. Bxb6 Nf3 29. h3 hxg4 30. hxg4 Rc4 31. Bb5 Rxg4 32. a4 Rh2 33. Ba5
e5 34. Bc3 Nd4 35. a5 Rf4 36. Nc7 g4 37. a6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. Be2 Bg5 14. Qd3 a5
15. a3 Be6 16. Rd1 Ne7 17. Nce3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Qxd6 Qxd6
21. Rxd6 bxc3 22. bxc3 Rfc8 23. c4 Nc6 24. O-O Nd4 25. Bg4 Bxg4 26. Nxg4 Rxc4
27. Nxe5 Ne2+ 28. Kh1 Rxe4 29. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vorobiov, Evgeny E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 a5 8. Re1
c6 9. h3 h6 10. Ba2 Re8 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Qe2 Nf8 13. Qc4 Bd8 14. Rad1 Ng6 15. d5
Ra6 16. Qd3 Be7 17. Nd2 Nh5 18. Ne2 Rf8 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Nf1 Nhf4 21. Qd2 Be6
22. Bxf4 Nxf4 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Nxf4 Rxf4 25. c4 Ra8 26. Re2 Rb8 27. Qd3 Qb6
28. Nd2 Qd4 29. Nf3 Qxd3 30. Rxd3 c5 31. Ne1 Rb6 32. b3 Rf8 33. Rb2 Rfb8 34.
Nc2 d5 35. exd5 e4 36. Rd1 exd5 37. Rxd5 Rxb3 38. Rxb3 Rxb3 39. g3 Rb2 40. Ne3
Ra2 41. Re5 Kf7 42. Nd5 Bd6 43. Rxe4 Rxa4 44. Kg2 Ra3 45. h4 Rb3 46. h5 a4 47.
Re2 a3 48. f4 Rb2 49. Rxb2 axb2 50. Nc3 g6 51. hxg6+ Kxg6 52. Kf3 h5 53. Ke4
Bc7 54. Nb1 Ba5 55. Na3 Bb4 56. Nb1 Be1 57. Kf3 Kf5 58. Na3 Bc3 59. Nb1 Bb4 60.
Ke3 Kg4 61. Kf2 Ba5 62. Na3 Bc3 63. Nb1 Bb4 64. Ke2 Kxg3 65. f5 Ba5 66. f6 Bd8
67. f7 Be7 68. Kf1 Kf4 69. Nc3 Ke5 70. Ke2 Kf6 71. Kd3 Kxf7 72. Kc2 Bf6 73. Ne4
Bd4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a4 c5 11. Rd1 cxd4 12. exd4 b6 $6 $146 {A dubious novelty
allowing a strong break in the centre.} (12... Qc7 {is the main and solid
equalising move:} 13. Qe2 (13. Bd3 b6 14. Be3 ({Dreev had alreadys played this
position once as White (via the move order 11...Qc7 12.Bd3 cxd4 13.exd4). He
was probably so convinced by Black's position that he now chose to play it as
Black. Dreev hatte diese Stellung schon einmal selbst als Weißer gespielt 
(über die Zugfolge 11...Qc7 12.Bd3 cxd4 13.exd4). Wahrscheinlich war er so von
der schwarzen Stellung überzeugt, dass er es nun auch mit Schwarz anwendet.} 
14. h3 Bb7 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nge4 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Vyzmanavin,A/Podolsk 1992/CBM
33 (16)}) 14... Bb7 15. Qe2 Nd5 16. Ne4 (16. Rac1 $142 {A.Dreev}) 16... Nf4 17.
Bxf4 Bxf4 $15 {0-1 Van Wely,L-Dreev,A/New Delhi/Teheran 2000/CBM 81/[Lutz] (58)
Black is already better, since White does not achieve the usual attacking
formations for isolated pawn formations. Schwarz steht bereits besser, da Weiß
nicht die in Isolani-Stellungen üblichen Angriffsformationen erreicht.}) (13.
Bb3 b6 14. d5 e5 15. Bg5 Bb7 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Qf5 Qb8 18. Bxf6 {1/2 Arutinian,
D (2446)-Borovikov,V (2595)/Pardubice 2005/CBM 107 ext}) 13... Re8 {By
positioning the Re8 on the same file as the Qe2 Black denies White the advance
d4-d5. In Adianto-Gurevich a slight initiative was possible thanks to this
idea. Durch die Gegenüberstellung von Qe2 und Re8 verhindert Schwarz den
Vorstoß d4-d5. In Adianto-Gurevich konnte dank dieser Idee eine leichte
Initiative behaupten.} (13... e5 $6 14. h3 exd4 15. Nxd4 Be5 16. Be3 Bf4 17.
Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Nf6 20. Bf3 $14 {1-0 Grachev,B (2653)-Sjugirov,
S (2610)/Moscow RUS 2010/The Week in Chess 797 (53)}) (13... b6 14. Bg5 h6 $5 (
14... Bb7 15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Nc5 19. Rad1 Rfe8
20. Qc2 {1-0 Adianto,U (2598)-Gurevich,M (2633)/Batumi 2001/CBM 086 (51)} Ne4
$1 $11) 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. d5 Re8 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Qd3 Bc5 20. h3
$11 {1/2 Lapshun,Y (2443)-Robson,R (2559)/Philadelphia USA 2010/The Week in
Chess 804 (58)}) 14. Bg5 (14. Re1 b6 15. Bb3 Bb7 16. Ne5 {White allows
simplificaations, but otherwise he has nothing special. Weiß läßt
Vereinfachungen zu, aber auch sonst hat er wohl nichts Besonderes} Nd5 17. Bd2
Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bc5 $11 {1/2 Karpov,A (2690)-Anand,V (2752)/Prague
2002/CBM 089/[Lutz] (34) Black has no more problems. Schwarz hat keine
Probleme mehr.}) 14... h6 (14... Bf4 $2 15. d5 $1 Bxg5 16. dxe6 Ne5 17. exf7+
Nxf7 18. Nd5 $1 Qc6 19. Ne7+ Kf8 20. Nxc6 Rxe2 21. Nd8 $1 $14 {1-0 Onischuk,A 
(2670)-Stefansson,H (2566)/Lubbock 2008/CBM 126 (53)}) (14... b6 15. Rac1 Bb7
16. Bd3 Qb8 $11 {0-1 Laxman,R (2503)-Arun Prasad,S (2567)/Gurgaon IND 2010/The
Week in Chess 799 (65)}) 15. Bh4 b6 16. Bd3 (16. Rac1 Bb7 17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. hxg3
Qd6 19. Ne5 Red8 20. Ba2 Rac8 $11 {1/2 Anand,V (2783)-Leko,P (2751)/Miskolc
2009/CBM 130 Extra (51)}) 16... Bb7 17. Rac1 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Qf4
20. Qh3 g5 21. Qxh2 Qxh4 22. Qxh4 gxh4 $11 {1/2 Jussupow,A (2585)-Sebag,M 
(2510)/Moscow 2008/CBM 123 (57)}) ({The other moves didn't bring Black good
results:} 12... h6 13. Ba2 b6 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. Ne5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5
exd5 18. Bxh6 $1 Bxe5 19. dxe5 gxh6 20. Rxd5 $18 {1-0 Ehlvest,J (2605)
-Stefansson,H (2549)/Liepaya 2004/CBM 103 (26)}) (12... Nb6 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. Bg5
Bc6 15. Qd3 Rc8 16. Bc2 $1 g6 17. Bb3 Be7 18. Ne5 Nbd5 19. Rac1 a5 20. h4 Re8
21. Bc4 Nd7 22. Ne4 $36 {1-0 Le Quang Liem (2624)-Harikrishna,P (2672)/Kolkata
IND 2009/The Week in Chess 790 (71)}) 13. d5 $1 e5 (13... exd5 $6 14. Nxd5 $16
{[%cal Gd1d8]}) 14. Ng5 Qe7 (14... Qc7 $5) 15. Nge4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 {[%csl Ra6,
Rb6,Gd5]} a5 {Further weakening his position, which was already difficult:} (
16... f5 $2 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Ba2 {[%cal Rc2c6]}) (16... Bb7 17. Bg5 $1 f6 18.
Be3 Rfc8 19. Qb3 $16 {[%csl Rb6]}) (16... h6 17. Be3) 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3 Nc5 (
18... Bb7 19. Qb3 $16) 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Bxc5 Bg4 21. Rdc1 Rfc8 22. Bxd6 Qxd6
23. Qb3 {It is not easy for White to convert his extra pawn as Black's a5 pawn
holds two. However, the GM from Belarus, using the "don't hurry" approach,
advocated by his famous compatriot and trainer Mikhail Shereshevsky, finally
succeeds:} Bd7 24. Bb5 Rd8 25. Bc6 Rab8 26. Qc3 Rb4 27. h3 Kf7 28. Ra3 Rc8 29.
Qc2 g6 30. Rc3 Bf5 31. Qd2 Rd4 32. Qe3 g5 33. Bb5 $1 Rxc3 34. bxc3 Re4 35. Qa7+
Kg6 36. c4 Qa3 37. Rf1 Bxh3 38. Be8+ Kh6 39. Qf7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bf1 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Bg5 exd4 15.
Rac1 c5 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. e5 d3 18. Rxd3 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Re3 Qd5 21.
Qxc5 Rac8 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. Rd3 Rxc1 24. Nxc1 Rc8 25. Ne2 g6 26. Rd2 b4 27. g3
Nf6 28. Bg2 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 a5 30. f3 Rc5 31. Nf4 a4 32. Kf2 Rc4 33. h4 h6 34.
Ke3 Kg7 35. g4 Rc1 36. Nd3 Rc4 37. Ne5 Rc5 38. Nd3 Rc4 39. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Chadaev, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "195"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Etiud-Kontakt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Rad1 Nd5 14. Bxe7
Ncxe7 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Qb4 f6 18. Nd3 Qb6 19. a5 Qxb4 20. Nxb4
Be6 21. Rc1 Rc4 22. Rxc4 dxc4 23. f3 Rc8 24. Rc1 Kf7 25. Kf2 Ke7 26. Ke3 Kd6
27. Kd2 Ra8 28. Kc3 b5 29. Re1 Bd7 30. d5 Rc8 31. Kd4 h5 32. Na2 c3 33. Nxc3
Rc4+ 34. Kd3 Bf5+ 35. Ke3 a6 36. Rd1 Rb4 37. Rd2 Bg6 38. g3 Rb3 39. Kf4 Rb4+
40. Ke3 Bf5 41. Kf2 Rc4 42. Ke3 Rb4 43. h3 Rb3 44. Kf2 Rb4 45. g4 hxg4 46. hxg4
Bg6 47. Kg3 Rc4 48. Ne2 Ra4 49. Nf4 Bf7 50. Rc2 Rxa5 51. Rc8 Ra2 52. Rf8 Ke7
53. Ra8 g5 54. Ra7+ Kf8 55. Nd3 Ra4 56. Ra8+ Ke7 57. Nc5 Rd4 58. Ra7+ Kf8 59.
Rxa6 Rxd5 60. Ne4 f5 61. Nxg5 fxg4 62. Ra8+ Kg7 63. Kxg4 Bg6 64. Ra6 Rd2 65. b3
Bc2 66. Ne6+ Kf7 67. Nc5 Rd4+ 68. Kg3 Rd5 69. Rc6 Bd1 70. Kf4 Rd2 71. Ke3 Re2+
72. Kd4 Rd2+ 73. Ke5 Re2+ 74. Kd4 Rd2+ 75. Ke5 Re2+ 76. Kf5 Bc2+ 77. Kf4 Re1
78. Rb6 Rf1 79. Ne4 Rb1 80. Nd2 Rd1 81. Ke3 Re1+ 82. Kd4 Re2 83. Ne4 Bxb3 84.
Rxb5 Ba2 85. f4 Be6 86. Rb7+ Kf8 87. Ng5 Ke8 88. Kd3 Bg4 89. Ne4 Kf8 90. Rb8+
Kg7 91. Rb7+ Kf8 92. Kd4 Bf3 93. Rb8+ Kg7 94. Ng3 Kf6 95. Nxe2 Bxe2 96. Ke4 Bc4
97. Rb6+ Kf7 98. Ke5 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
{The Moscow Variation of the Semi-Slav Defence is too complicated even for
grandmasters. In the praxis of other mortals this unbelievable position
represents a truly rare guest.} 9. Ne5 h5 10. h4 g4 11. Be2 b4 {A provocative
move from the kitchen of chess samurais. Black is not satisfied with the level
of exposure due to his scattered pawns and thus weakens the whole structure of
the queenside - all for the cost of winning the valuable e4-pawn.} (11... Bb7
12. O-O) 12. Na4 Nxe4 13. O-O {The point is to enhance the disparity in
development first, only then will White begin to reap the fruits.} (13. Bxc4
Nxg3 14. fxg3 Bg7 (14... Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. O-O Bb7 17. Qe2 Bg7 18. Rad1 Qe7
19. Nc5 Rh6 20. Kh2 Rd8 21. Qe4 $15 {0-1 Maletin,P (2545)-Kobalia,M (2618)/
Novokuznetsk 2008 (44)}) 15. Nc5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Bxd7
19. Ba6 Rb8 20. Rc1 Ke7 21. Rf1 Rb6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Amura,C (2355)-Delgado Crespo,
M (2298)/San Felipe 1999 (27)}) (13. Bf4 Qf6 14. g3 Bh6 15. Qc2 Bxf4 16. Qxe4
Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qf5 18. Qxf5 exf5 19. Bxc4 Nd7 20. O-O-O Ke7 21. Rhe1 Nb6 22.
Nxb6 axb6 23. Rd6 b5 24. Bb3 c5 $15 {0-1 L'Ami,E (2603)-Motylev,A (2676)/Wijk
aan Zee 2009 (37)}) 13... Bg7 14. Bf4 Qxh4 15. Qc2 {In irrational positions of
similar type the solving of the problems is often a question of a good nose.
Caruana will be working blind, just like his courageous opponent.} (15. Bxc4 g3
16. fxg3 Nxg3 17. Rf3 Qh1+ 18. Kf2 Ne4+ 19. Ke3 Qxd1 20. Rxd1 Nd6 21. Bd3 $11)
15... g3 $1 (15... Nxf2 16. Rxf2 g3 17. Bxg3 Qxg3 18. Qxc4 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5
20. Bf3 O-O 21. Qxb4 $11) 16. fxg3 Nxg3 17. Bf3 {White rightly believes in the
activity of his pieces and forgets the worries about the immediate material
difference.} (17. Rf3 Qh1+ 18. Kf2 Qxa1 19. Rxg3 Bf6 $17) (17. Bxc4 $5 Nxf1 18.
Rxf1 Qe7 (18... O-O 19. Qd2 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Nd7 21. Rf4 Qg5 (21... Qe7 22. Rf6
Rd8 23. Qg5+ Kf8 24. Rxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qxh5+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ $11) 22. Rxf7 Qxd2 23.
Rg7+ Kh8 24. Rxd7+ $11) 19. Qe4 O-O 20. Nc5 $11) 17... O-O 18. Qd2 (18. Bxg3
Qxg3 19. Rae1 Nd7 20. Nxc6 Ba6 $17) 18... Nd7 19. Nxc6 (19. Bxg3 Qxg3 20. Nxc6
Qd6 21. Nxb4 Rb8 22. Nc6 Rb5 $15) 19... Ba6 {Kobalia has managed to partially
finish the development of his pieces. One of his hopes is tied to the
potential of the bishop on the a6-f1 diagonal where it is ready to do some
serious damage.} (19... Nxf1 20. Rxf1 Ba6 21. Bg5 Qg3 22. Bf4 $11) 20. Rfe1 (
20. Bg5 $2 Qh1+ 21. Kf2 Nxf1 22. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 23. Kxf1 c3+ $19) (20. Bxg3 $1 Qxg3
21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. Rxf7 Bb5 24. Nc5 Nxc5 25. dxc5 c3 26. bxc3 bxc3
$15) 20... Nf5 21. Re4 $2 {The balance on the board has began to shift clearly
in Black's favour, but the weak move by Caruana was probably connected with
some tactical mistake in calculations.} (21. Bg5 Bxd4+ (21... Qg3 22. Bf4 Qg6
23. Be4 $11) 22. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 23. Qxd4 Nxd4 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 25. Rad1 e5 26. Be7 $15
) (21. g3 $5 Qh3 (21... Nxg3 22. Nxb4 Bb5 23. Nc3 Rab8 24. Kg2 Nf5 25. Rh1 Qe7
26. Nxb5 Rxb5 27. Nc6 $11) 22. d5 Nb6 23. Nxb6 c3 24. bxc3 bxc3 25. Qf2 axb6
26. Bg2 Qg4 27. Bf3 Qg6 $15) 21... Nf6 22. Re5 Ng4 23. Rxf5 (23. Bxg4 Bxe5 24.
Nxe5 hxg4 25. Bg5 Qh8 $19) 23... exf5 24. g3 Qh3 (24... Qf6 25. Nc5 Bb5 26. Nd7
$15) 25. Ne7+ Kh8 (25... Kh7 $1 $17) 26. Nxf5 (26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Re1 Re8 28.
Ng6+ Kh7 29. Rxe8 Bxd4+ $19) 26... Nh2 $5 {The heat of the fight is attractive
also for Black, since his active pieces are offering sufficient room for
creativity.} (26... Rae8 27. Qg2 Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Bc8 $17) 27. Bxa8 Qxf5 28. Bg2
(28. Bh1 $5 Ng4 29. Nc5 Rd8 $1 $17) 28... Ng4 29. Nc5 (29. Qxb4 Bxd4+ 30. Kh1
Rd8 31. Nc3 Kg7 $17) 29... Rd8 $1 {[%mdl 128] This blow must have been on
Kobalia's mind when judging the possibilities in previous moves. The weakness
of the d4-square will finally decide the game.} 30. Nxa6 (30. Be4 Qc8 31. Nxa6
Qxa6 $17) 30... Bxd4+ 31. Kh1 (31. Kf1 Nh2+ 32. Ke1 c3 $19) 31... c3 32. bxc3
bxc3 33. Qe2 c2 34. Rc1 {Caruana has suffered enough in uneasy defence and his
move is linked to the honest ambition of eliminating the dangerous enemy pawn
on c2.} (34. Rf1 Nf2+ 35. Kh2 h4 $1 36. Qe7 Bf6 37. Qxf7 hxg3+ 38. Bxg3 Qg5 39.
Bxf2 Rg8 $19) 34... Nf2+ 35. Kh2 (35. Kg1 Nd3+ 36. Kh1 Nxc1 37. Bxc1 Qe5 $19)
35... Ng4+ (35... h4 36. Rxc2 hxg3+ 37. Bxg3 Qh7+ 38. Kg1 Nh1+ $1 $19) 36. Kh1
Nf2+ 37. Kg1 {The first player has realised, that after repetition of the
moves his royal higness would come under a devastating attack.} (37. Kh2 h4 $1
$19) 37... Nd3+ 38. Kh1 Nxc1 39. Bxc1 Be5 40. Kh2 Rd1 41. Bh3 (41. Be4 Qg4 42.
Qxg4 hxg4 $19) 41... Bxg3+ $1 {The final part of the game will be conducted in
style. The disparate white pieces will stand no chance of withstanding the
pressure of Black' coordinated cohorts.} 42. Kg2 (42. Kxg3 Rd3+ 43. Be3 h4+ 44.
Kg2 Qg6+ $19) 42... Qd5+ 43. Kxg3 Rxc1 44. Qe3 Rg1+ (44... Rg1+ 45. Qxg1 Qg5+
$19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Khanty Mansiysk Yugra"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. c5 b6 7. cxb6 Nbd7 8. Bd3 c5
9. O-O Bb7 10. Na4 c4 11. Bc2 Nxb6 12. Bd2 Nbd7 13. b3 cxb3 14. axb3 a5 15. Ne5
Bd6 16. f4 O-O 17. Qe1 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nb2 Qb6 21. Ra3 Bd5
22. Nc4 Qb5 23. Nd6 Qd3 24. Rxa5 Rxa5 25. Bxa5 Qxb3 26. h3 f5 27. exf6 Nxf6 28.
Bb4 h6 29. Bc5 Nd7 30. Rxf8+ Nxf8 31. Qg3 Qd1+ 32. Kh2 Qh5 33. Nc8 Ng6 34. Be7
Kh7 35. Bd8 e5 36. Bb6 Qg5 37. Qxg5 hxg5 38. Nd6 exd4 39. Bxd4 Nf8 40. Kg3 Ne6
41. Bb6 Kg6 42. Kf2 Kf6 43. Ba7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgorod BelGu"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 {I usually play 4...Bf5, but for this
game I decided to vary my opening choice. Current theory evaluates the 4...Bg4
variation as leading to equality.} 5. h3 (5. Nc3 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Nh4 {has
become very popular recently. However, White hasn't been able to prove more
than a slight advantage.} Bh5 8. h3 Be7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 g5 12.
Bd2 (12. c5 Qxb3 13. axb3 Na6 14. Bd2 Nc7 {is equal, as shown in the following
game:} 15. f4 gxf4 16. exf4 g6 17. Be3 a6 18. Ke2 Rh7 19. Bf2 O-O-O 20. Raf1
Rdh8 21. Kd3 Bd8 22. Be1 Kd7 23. b4 Kc8 24. Bd2 Kd7 25. Be1 Kc8 26. Bd2 Kd7 {
1/2-1/2 Wang Yue (2739)-Aronian,L (2750)/Linares ESP 2009/The Week in Chess 747
}) 12... Nbd7 13. Qa4 $5 {This is a recent idea. However, Black's position
generally seems very sound.} Qc7 (13... Qb4 14. Qc2 {leaves Black's queen
misplaced.}) 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Qc2 Nb6 16. b3 a5 17. Rc1 Qd7 18. Ne2 Bd6 19. a4
Qe6 20. f3 Bb4 21. Bxb4 axb4 22. Kf2 {, and White achieved an advantage in
Tomashevsky-Sjugirov, 2009.}) 5... Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd2 ({
Also possible is} 8. Bd3 {, as I recently played against Sulskis.} Bd6 ({
Also possible is} 8... Bb4) 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. O-O Rc8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4
13. Qxe4 Rc7 14. Qg4 Kf8 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Qf3 h6 17. Rac1 Ke7 18. a4 Rxc1 19.
Rxc1 Qb6 20. Be3 Qb4 21. Bb5 Nd5 22. b3 a6 23. Bf1 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Rd8 25. Rc4
Qb6 26. Qc3 a5 27. g3 Kf8 28. Bg2 Bb4 29. Qf3 Rxd4 30. Rc8+ Rd8 31. Qxb7 Qxb7
32. Rxd8+ Ke7 33. Bxb7 Kxd8 34. Kg2 Kc7 35. Ba6 Kd6 36. f4 g5 37. Kf3 Bd2 38.
Bc4 f5 39. fxg5 hxg5 40. g4 Ke5 41. gxf5 exf5 42. Bd3 Bc1 43. Bc2 Ba3 44. Bd3 {
1/2-1/2 Caruana,F (2662)-Sulskis,S (2568)/Novi Sad 2009/CBM 133}) 8... Bd6 ({
Another main line is} 8... Bb4 9. Bd3 O-O 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 Bc7 12. cxd5 cxd5
13. O-O {In the following game White achieved a clear advantage:} Re8 14. e4 e5
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 exd4 17. Rac1 Ne5 18. Qg3 Bd6 19. Bb5 Rf8 20. Bf4 Qf6
21. Bg5 Qf5 22. f4 Ng6 23. Qf3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Sargissian,G (2673)-Movsesian,S 
(2670)/Pamplona ESP 2007 (90)}) 9. cxd5 {This is a rare and interesting move.
I wasn't surprised, however, since I had played it myself!} exd5 {A sharp and
somewhat risky choice. Erwin L'Ami also played this when I chose 9.cxd5
against him. It's ironic that, in my comments for that game, I criticized his
choice, and now I decided to play it anyway! However, when I analysed this
variation more deeply, I came to the conclusion that ...exd5 isn't necessarily
bad, and actually leads to unclear positions, with chances for both sides.} (
9... cxd5 10. Bd3 {is slightly better for White, but Black has good chances to
equalize.}) 10. g4 (10. Bd3 Nf8 $6 {This move is too slow and is the real
cause of Black's problems.} ({Better is} 10... O-O {, which would probably
transpose to my game against Potkin.}) 11. g4 Ne6 12. h4 Qe7 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14.
O-O-O Kb8 15. Kb1 Nd7 16. f4 Ka8 17. Rc1 Nb6 18. Qf2 Rhe8 19. Rhe1 Qf8 {
1-0 Caruana,F (2646)-L'Ami,E (2603)/Wijk aan Zee 2009/CBM 129 (56)} 20. f5 Nc7
21. g5 $16) 10... O-O 11. g5 Ne8 ({The computer recommends} 11... Ne4 $6 12.
Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Qxg5 {, but after} 14. Bd3 {I feel White has a clear
advantage. It is not worth giving up the whole center.}) 12. h4 {White is
playing very logically, advancing on the kingside in preparation for an attack.
} Bb4 {My moves are also logical: I make room for the knight to move to the
comfortable d6-square. I should mention that a very similar position was
reached in Wang Yue-Ivanchuk, Dresden ol 2008. However, in that game White was
able to provoke ...g6 with Bd3 and Qf5, creating a target for attack and
obtaining an advantage. Here Black is in time to play ...Nd6, so stands well.}
13. O-O-O ({I also considered} 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 a5 $1 15. Bd3 Nd6 {, and
felt I would have a good position. Now it is risky for White to castle
queenside because the a3-pawn is a target for attack by ...b5-b4.}) 13... Nd6
14. Bd3 a5 $6 {I had played very quickly up to this point, but I spent a long
time on my last move. I wasn't entirely sure what to do, and ...a5 seemed
logical and helpful: I protect my bishop and prepare counterplay with ...b5.
However, it turns out this move is too slow, and allows White to build up a
strong attack.} (14... Nb6 {had some appeal, but I wasn't comfortable removing
this knight from the defence of my king.}) (14... Qe7 15. Kb1 (15. Rdg1 f5 16.
gxf6 Nxf6 17. Qg2) 15... a5 {would transpose to the game.}) ({The best
solution was} 14... f5 $1 {I considered this move, but didn't play it because
of} 15. g6 (15. gxf6 Nxf6 16. Qg2 Bxc3 (16... Qe7 {is also reasonable.}) 17.
Bxc3 Nfe4 18. Be1 Qf6 19. Rf1 Nf5 20. Bb4 Rfe8 {, and Black's position seems
satisfactory.} 21. f3 {is met by} Neg3 22. Rg1 Rxe3 23. Be1 Rxe1 24. Rdxe1 Qxd4
25. Bxf5 Nxf5 $13) 15... h6 16. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 17. Rxd2 {, but here I had missed}
Ne4 $1 {, which gives Black a good position.}) 15. Kb1 $6 {Apparently my
opponent was also not sure how to proceed, so he decided to make a useful move.
} (15. Rdg1 Qe7 16. h5 f5 17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. Qg2 {Now we get a similar position
to the one considered in the note to White's 17th move. Here the differences
favour White. It's interesting how the slightest changes in this position
could tip the balance one way or another.} Nfe4 (18... Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Nfe4 20.
Be1 {, and Black's knights will slowly be pushed back.}) (18... b5 $2 19. h6 g6
20. Bxg6 $18) (18... Rf7 19. Bg6 Rff8 {is a weird idea offered by the computer,
and it's not surprising there's a refutation:} 20. h6 $1 hxg6 21. Qxg6 Rf7 22.
hxg7 Rxg7 23. Qh6 Kf8 24. e4 $1 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Ndxe4 26. Qh8+ Rg8 27. Rxg8+ Nxg8
28. Rh7 Qe6 29. Qg7+ Ke8 30. Bh6 Ne7 31. Qf8+ Kd7 32. Qxa8 Nd6 33. Be3 $18) 19.
h6 $1 (19. Bxe4 $6 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Rh4 Bxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Rae8 23. Rxe4
Rxf2+ 24. Qxf2 Qxe4 25. Qg3 Qe7 $11) (19. f3 $5 Nxd2 20. h6) 19... g6 20. f3 $1
Nxc3 (20... Bxc3 21. bxc3 Nxd2 22. Bxg6 $1 {is the point of White's idea.} Kh8
23. Bxh7 $1 Rf7 24. Qg7+ Rxg7 25. hxg7+ Qxg7 26. Bd3+ Kg8 27. Rxg7+ Kxg7 28.
Kxd2 $18 {Black will not be able to save this position.}) 21. bxc3 Ba3+ 22. Kc2
{It's clear Black's position is very dangerous, but because White's king is
potentially vulnerable, the situation is not entirely clear.}) 15... Qe7 16.
Rdg1 b5 $5 {An interesting move, but not the most accurate.} (16... Bxc3 $6 17.
Bxc3 Ne4 18. Be1 {is pointless for Black.}) ({Again} 16... f5 {would have been
strong:} 17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. Qg2 Nfe4 (18... Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Nfe4 20. Be1) 19. Bxe4
Nxe4 (19... dxe4 20. h5 Rf7 $13) 20. Nxe4 dxe4 (20... Qxe4+ $6 21. Qxe4 dxe4
22. Bxb4 axb4 23. Rh2 $14 {could actually be slightly better for White,
because there is no clear way to neutralize the pressure down the g-file.}) 21.
Bxb4 (21. Bc1 Rf7 $15) 21... axb4 {, and Black has a good position.}) 17. Qd1 {
A logical move, because Qc2 is a strong threat, but Black can neutralize it
with concrete play.} (17. h5 f5 $1 {is obviously critical.} ({Black can try
the adventurous} 17... Bxc3 18. Bxc3 b4 19. Be1 Rab8 20. Qd1 c5 {, but I
wouldn't recommend it, as Black's position seems highly dangerous.}) 18. gxf6
Nxf6 19. Qg2 Nfe4 20. Bxe4 (20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bxb4 axb4 22. Bc2 Nc4 $1 23. Bb3
Kh8) 20... dxe4 {Also possible, and probably not worse, is 20...Nxe4. I'll
show a funny, but hardly forced variation after 20...dxe4.} (20... Nxe4 21.
Nxe4 dxe4 (21... Qxe4+ 22. Qxe4 dxe4 23. Bxb4 axb4 24. Rh2 $14) 22. Bxb4 (22.
Bc1 Rf7 23. Rh3 Bd6 $15) 22... axb4 23. Rh4 Qf7 (23... Rae8 24. Rg4 Rf7 {
looks holdable, but a bit unpleasant.}) 24. Rxe4 Qxa2+ 25. Kc2 Rf7 26. Rg4 Raa7
$13) 21. Rh4 (21. a3 $2 Nc4 22. Be1 Bxc3 23. Bxc3 b4 $1 24. axb4 axb4 25. Bxb4
Rfb8 $1 26. Bc3 Qa7 $19) 21... Rf7 22. Rg4 Re8 $13 (22... Bxc3 23. Bxc3 b4 24.
Be1 Re8) 23. a3 Nc4 $1 24. Be1 Bxc3 25. Bxc3 b4 $1 26. axb4 axb4 27. Bxb4 Qxb4
28. Rxg7+ Kf8 29. Rg8+ (29. Rxf7+ Kxf7 30. Qg7+ Ke6 31. Qh6+ Kd7 32. Rg7+ Re7
33. Rxe7+ Qxe7 $19) 29... Ke7 30. Qxe4+ Kd6 31. R1g6+ $1 hxg6 32. Rxg6+ Kd7 33.
Qxc6+ Kd8 34. Qd5+ Ke7 35. Qg5+ Kd7 36. Qd5+ Nd6 37. Rxd6+ Qxd6 38. Qxf7+ Re7 {
I'm not sure about this position. I feel that Black will escape the checks and
probably be able to force a queen exchange, but I can't tell if he'll be able
to win.}) 17... Bxc3 $1 {I believe my opponent had missed the following idea.}
18. Bxc3 b4 19. Be1 {Now White's dark-squared bishop is a very poor piece.
However, Black will have to act quickly, before White organizes and uses his
natural advantages: the bishop pair and space advantage on the kingside.} c5
20. dxc5 {Forced.} (20. Qc2 $6 {would run into a nice trap:} Rfc8 $1 ({During
the game I was also looking at the weird} 20... g6 $5 21. dxc5 Ne4 22. c6 Ne5
23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qxe4 Qd6 {, and considered it satisfactory, overlooking} 25.
Bd2 $1 {However, after} Nd3 26. Qd4 Rfd8 27. Qxd6 Rxd6 {Black is doing fine.})
21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Bd3 c4 23. Be2 c3 $1 $17 {, and although Black's king is
terribly weak, Black's attack crashes through first.}) 20... Nxc5 {Black's
pieces are very active.} 21. Rg4 $6 {Giving up the light-squared bishop too
easily. Somehow this seems like a big concession.} (21. Bc2 Qe5 $13 {is very
unclear. I would be more comfortable playing Black, but White has certain
advantages as well.}) 21... Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Rac8 {This was a difficult moment. I
decided to play quickly and intuitively, since we were both low (about 20
minutes) on time and there are a lot of choices for both sides.} (22... Ne4 $2
{would be ideal but I couldn't make it work:} 23. Qxd5 Rfe8 (23... Rfd8 $2 24.
Rxe4 $18) 24. f3 Rad8 25. Qxe4 Rd1+ 26. Kc2 Qd7 27. Qxe8+ Qxe8 28. Kxd1 Qxe3
29. Rhg1 Qxf3+ 30. Kc1 $16) (22... Rfd8 {was another good choice.} 23. Rd4 Ne4
24. f3 Nc5 25. Qd2 b3 26. a3 {However, in this seemingly promising position I
can't find any advantage.} Ne6 (26... Qe6 27. e4 $1 Rdc8 28. Rxd5 Nxe4 29. Qd4)
27. Rxd5 (27. Rd3 a4) 27... Qb7 28. e4 Rxd5 29. exd5 Rd8 30. Qe3 Rxd5 31. Bc3
Qd7 32. Rc1 a4 33. f4) 23. Rd4 {Correctly centralising the rook.} (23. Qxd5 $2
{would be insane.} Rfd8 $19) (23. Bd2 Ne4 $17) 23... Ne4 24. f3 (24. Rxd5 $2 {
is obviously foolhardy.} Nc5 (24... Rc7 $2 25. f3 Rfc8 26. Bxb4) ({I'll
present the interesting complications after} 24... Qc7 {, even though it is
completely unnecessary for Black to go for this.} 25. Qd1 a4 $1 (25... Nc3+ $2
26. bxc3 bxc3 27. Kc1 (27. Qd3 $2 Qb7+ 28. Qb5 Qe7 29. Ka1 (29. Qa4 Rb8+ 30.
Kc1 Qb7 31. Qb3 Qc6 $19) 29... c2 30. Bd2 Rb8 31. Qd3 Qb7 32. Qb3 Qc7 $3 33.
Qc3 (33. Qd3 Rb6 $1 34. Rc1 Qb7 $19) 33... Qh2 $1 34. Rc1 Rb1+ 35. Rxb1 cxb1=Q+
36. Kxb1 Qh1+ $19) 27... c2 28. Qd3 Rb8 (28... Qb7 29. Qb3 $18) 29. Qxc2 Qb7
30. e4 $1 Rfc8 31. Bc3 Rxc3 32. Qxc3 Qb1+ 33. Kd2 Qxh1 34. Qxa5 $18) 26. f3 (
26. Rd4 Nc3+ 27. bxc3 Qb7) 26... Nc3+ 27. bxc3 bxc3 28. Qd3 (28. Qxa4 Qb6+ 29.
Qb3 Qxe3 $40) (28. Kc1 Qb7 29. Rh2 Rb8 30. Qd3 Rfc8 $1 31. Bg3 Qb2+ $1 $19)
28... Qb7+ (28... Qb6+ 29. Rb5 Qc6 30. Bxc3) 29. Rb5 $1 (29. Qb5 Qe7 30. Kc2
Qa3 31. Qb1 Rb8 32. Rb5 Rxb5 33. Qxb5 Qxa2+ 34. Kc1 Rc8 35. Qb7 Qc4 $1 36. Rh2
Rd8 37. Rc2 Qf1 $19) 29... Qxf3 30. Rf1 Qg2 31. Rf2 Qh1 32. Rf1 Qg2 $11) 25.
Qd4 (25. Qf5 g6 26. Qf3 Rfd8 $17) 25... Rfd8 $17 {, and White comes under a
strong attack.}) 24... Nc5 25. Qd2 ({White could have considered} 25. Qd1 $5
Rfd8 (25... Qxe3 26. Rxd5 Ne6 27. Bg3 Rfd8 28. Re1 $11) 26. Bg3 Qe6 27. e4 {
Compare this position with the one with the queen on d2: there Black would
have ...Re8! and if Rxd5, then ...Nxe4!.}) 25... Qe6 {This is actually an
inaccuracy, leading to a draw, but it was a good practical chance, as my
opponent was in time trouble.} (25... Rfd8 26. Bg3 Qe6 27. Bf4 (27. e4 $6 Re8
$1 28. Rxd5 $2 Nxe4 $19) 27... b3 (27... Qf5+ $2 28. e4) (27... Qg6+ 28. e4 Ne6
$4 29. h5 {traps the queen!}) 28. a3 {, and White is doing fine.}) ({Probably
the only testing move is} 25... b3 $5 26. Rxd5 (26. a3 Qe6 $17 27. Rxd5 Na4 $1
{is now losing for White.}) 26... bxa2+ 27. Kxa2 $13 {Although White's king is
exposed, it's difficult to attack since Black has a limited attacking
potential.}) 26. Ka1 $2 {A clear mistake.} (26. Rxd5 $1 Qg6+ (26... b3 27. Qd4
bxa2+ 28. Kxa2) 27. Ka1 (27. Qc2 Nb3 {I thought this was winning but missed}
28. Bc3 $1 $11) 27... Ne4 (27... a4 28. Qd1 $1 {stops any tricks with ...Nb3.})
28. Qd1 Qc6 {I saw this far and was satisfied with my calculations, but after
the simple} 29. Kb1 {, Black must agree to a draw:} Qg6 30. Qd3 Qc6 31. Qd1 $11
) 26... b3 ({A simple route to an advantage was} 26... Qf5 27. Rf4 Qe5 ({
I only looked at} 27... Qd3 28. Rd4 {, and then stopped.}) 28. Bg3 Ne6 29. Rg4
Qf5 $17 {, and White's rook is in a ridiculous position.}) 27. Qd1 $1 {I had
missed this move, which is a very good defensive resource.} ({I was looking at
} 27. a3 $2 {, and found the strong} Na4 $1 (27... Qf5 28. Qd1 Ne6 29. Rd3 a4
30. Bc3 Rfd8 $17) 28. Bg3 (28. Rxa4 Qc6 $19) (28. Qd1 Rc2 29. Rxa4 Qc6 $19)
28... Rc2 29. Qd3 {I wasn't completely sure what to do here, but felt there
should be something. Unsurprisingly, Black wins by} Nc5 30. Qd1 Qc6 $1 31. Rxd5
Rxb2 $1 32. Rd8 (32. Kxb2 $2 Na4+ $19) 32... Ra2+ 33. Kb1 Ne6 34. Rxf8+ Nxf8
35. Qxb3 Rg2 36. Be5 Qxf3 $19) 27... bxa2 28. Bxa5 $1 {Nerves of steel! I
should mention that Potkin had about 3 minutes at this point.} ({I was
expecting} 28. Bc3 a4 {, which is pretty bad for White.} 29. Rxd5 {, and here
Black has a very nice manouver:} (29. Kxa2 a3 $1 30. bxa3 Ne4 31. Be1 (31. fxe4
Rxc3 32. exd5 Qxe3 $19) 31... Nc3+ 32. Bxc3 Rxc3 $19) 29... Nb3+ ({White's
king is surprisingly safe after} 29... a3 30. bxa3 Qxe3 31. Bb4 $1) 30. Kxa2
Nc1+ $1 31. Kb1 Ne2 $1 $19) 28... Qxe3 29. Bc3 Ra8 30. Re1 $4 {A pity. This
crude blunder ends the struggle prematurely.} (30. Rxd5 $4 Qc1+ 31. Qxc1 Nb3#)
(30. Qc2 $4 Rfb8 $19) ({After} 30. Rb4 {, it's not so bad for White.} Rfd8 (
30... Ne6 31. Qxd5 Rfd8 32. Qe4) 31. Qd4 $1 (31. Re1 Qd3 $19) (31. Bd4 Qe7 $17)
31... Qxd4 32. Bxd4 Ne6 $15 {, Black is a bit better perhaps, but the bishop
is a strong piece and White should be able to make a draw.}) 30... Qc1+ {
A spectacular but simple blow. Because of this little combination, this game,
which otherwise would have attracted little notice, got quite a lot of
publicity. But in my opinion it was the preceeding play which was most
interesting.} (30... Qc1+ 31. Qxc1 Nb3#) 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Ekonomist SGSEU"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nf6 7. h3 Bc5 8. Be2
Be6 9. O-O Qe7 10. Na4 Bd4 11. Be3 Rd8 12. Qc1 Qb4 13. Qc2 O-O 14. a3 Qb5 15.
Nc5 Bc8 16. Rfc1 a5 17. Rab1 Rfe8 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Re7 20. Qa4 Qxa4 21.
Nxa4 Ne8 22. b5 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Na5 24. b6 f6 25. Rc5 cxb6 26. Nxb6 Nc6 27. Rd5
Be6 28. Rxd8 Nxd8 29. d4 exd4 30. exd4 Bf7 31. Bd3 Nd6 32. e5 fxe5 33. dxe5 Ne8
34. Be4 Nc6 35. Nd5 Bxd5 36. Bxd5+ Kh8 37. Bxc6 bxc6 38. Rb6 c5 39. Rb8 Kg8 40.
Rc8 Kf7 41. Rxc5 Nc7 42. Kf2 Ne6 43. Ra5 h6 44. Kg3 Rb7 45. h4 Kg6 46. Ra4 h5
47. Ra8 Kf5 48. Rh8 Kg6 49. Re8 Kf5 50. Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. h3 Qc7 10. b3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Qe5 13. Qb1 f5 14. Bc3
Qxe4+ 15. Qxe4 fxe4 16. Nb5 Bxc3+ 17. Nxc3 Rf8 18. Nxe4 Na6 19. Rd1 Rf5 20. O-O
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Novikov, Stanislav"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Ekonomist SGSEU II"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 Bxc3 4. bxc3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. e4 Nge7 7. d4 O-O 8.
Nf3 b6 9. O-O f6 10. Be3 Na5 11. c5 Qe8 12. Qe2 Be6 13. Rfb1 Qh5 14. Qe1 dxc5
15. dxc5 Qf7 16. a4 Rfd8 17. Bf1 Bc4 18. Rd1 Nec6 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1
21. Qxd1 Bxf1 22. Qxf1 Qc4 23. Qh3 Qxe4 24. Qc8+ Kf7 25. Qxc7+ Ne7 26. Nd2 Qxa4
27. Qxa7 b5 28. Qd7 h6 29. Kg2 Nac6 30. c4 bxc4 31. Ne4 Qc2 32. Nd6+ Kg6 33.
Qg4+ Kh7 34. Qxc4 Qg6 35. h3 Nf5 36. Qe4 Nxd6 37. Qxc6 Nf5 38. Qe4 Ne7 39. Qb7
Qe8 40. Kh2 Nc6 41. g4 Qe6 42. Qb1+ Kg8 43. Qe4 Kf7 44. Qh7 Kf8 45. Qh8+ Qg8
46. Qxg8+ Kxg8 47. Kg3 Kf7 48. Kf3 Ke6 49. Ke4 g5 50. Bd2 Ne7 51. Ba5 Nc6 52.
Bc3 Ne7 53. Ba5 Nc6 54. Bc7 Ne7 55. f3 Nd5 56. Bd8 Nb4 57. Ba5 Nc6 58. Bc3 Ne7
59. Ba5 Nc6 60. Bb6 Ne7 61. Ba5 Nc6 62. Bc3 Ne7 63. Be1 Nd5 64. h4 gxh4 65.
Bxh4 h5 66. gxh5 f5+ 67. Kd3 Nf4+ 68. Kc4 Nxh5 69. c6 Kd6 70. Kb5 Kc7 71. Bg5
e4 72. fxe4 fxe4 73. Kc5 Ng7 74. Bf4+ Kc8 75. Kd5 Nf5 76. Kxe4 Ne7 77. c7 Nc6
78. Kd5 Nb4+ 79. Kd6 Na6 80. Kc6 Nxc7 81. Bxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITA-chT 42nd"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2010.04.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Lenic, Luka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2010.04.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. d3 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Ba4 a6 8. Bxc6
dxc6 9. a4 a5 10. h3 e5 11. Nd2 Be6 12. b3 Nd7 13. Nc4 Bxc4 14. bxc4 Nf8 15.
Ne2 Ne6 16. Ng3 g6 17. Bh6 Bf8 18. Qd2 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Nd4 20. Ra2 f6 21. Rb2 Rb8
22. c3 Ne6 23. Ne2 Rf8 24. f4 exf4 25. Nxf4 Nxf4 26. Rxf4 Rd8 27. e5 Rxd3 28.
exf6 Rf7 29. Re4+ Kd7 30. Rb1 Kc8 31. Re7 Rxe7 32. Qf8+ Re8 33. Qxe8+ Rd8 34.
f7 Qd6 35. Re1 1-0

[Event "ITA-chT 42nd"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2010.04.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.04.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 Qc7 8. Qe2
g5 9. h3 Bg7 10. O-O Nxe5 11. Nxg5 d5 12. a4 Nbd7 13. d4 cxd3 14. Bxd3 h6 15.
Nf3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Nc5 17. Qxd5 Be6 18. Qh5 Nb3 19. Ra3 Nxc1 20. Rxc1 O-O-O 21.
Re1 Rd5 22. Qh4 Bf6 23. Qg3 Qxg3 24. fxg3 Rhd8 25. Ra1 Rd3 26. Kf2 a6 27. Na3
Bb3 28. Re4 Rd1 29. Rxd1 Rxd1 30. Nc4 Kb8 31. Nce5 Be6 32. Re2 Rd5 33. g4 Ra5
34. h4 Rxa4 35. g5 hxg5 36. hxg5 Bxe5 37. Rxe5 Bc4 38. Re4 b5 39. Ne5 Ra2 40.
Nxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITA-chT 42nd"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2010.04.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2010.04.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 b5 8. Nd2
c5 9. Bg2 Rb8 10. Nde4 b4 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 cxd4 14. Bf4 Bd6
15. Bc6+ Bd7 16. Bxd6 Bxc6 17. Bxb8 Bxh1 18. Qa4+ Qd7 19. Qxb4 a5 20. Qc5 f6
21. f3 Kf7 22. Qa7 Qxa7 23. Bxa7 Bg2 24. Bxd4 Bh3 25. a4 e5 26. Bc3 Ra8 27. g4
h5 28. Kf2 hxg4 29. Kg3 g5 30. fxg4 Rh8 31. Bxa5 Rh4 32. Bd8 Bxg4 33. a5 Bxe2
34. a6 Rb4 35. a7 Rb3+ 36. Kf2 Bf3 37. Ra6 Ba8 38. Rxf6+ Ke8 39. Rb6 Rxb6 40.
Bxb6 Kf7 41. Kg3 Kg6 42. Kg4 Bb7 43. Bc7 e4 44. Bb6 Bc8+ 45. Kg3 Bb7 46. Be3
Kf5 47. b4 Ba8 48. b5 Bb7 49. Bc5 Ba8 50. Be3 Bb7 51. b6 Ba8 52. h3 Bb7 53. Kf2
Ba8 54. Ke2 Bb7 55. Kd2 1-0

[Event "ITA-chT 42nd"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2010.04.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2010.04.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. c3 f5 12. Bd3 Ne7 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. Nc2 Qg5
15. O-O f4 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 O-O 18. Qe2 Bf6 19. Rfa1 Kh8 20. Ne1 Bg4 21. f3
Be6 22. Rxa6 Rac8 23. R1a4 Qh4 24. Bb1 Rb8 25. Rb4 Rxb4 26. cxb4 Bc4 27. Qxc4
Qxe1+ 28. Qf1 Qxb4 29. Ba2 Qxb2 30. Bd5 Rc8 31. Ra8 Rxa8 32. Bxa8 Bh4 33. Kh1
Kg7 34. Bd5 Bf2 35. g3 fxg3 36. hxg3 Bxg3 37. Qg1 Qf2 38. Qxf2 Bxf2 39. Kg2 Be3
40. Bc6 f6 41. Bd7 h5 42. Kg3 Kh6 43. Be6 Kg5 44. Bd7 h4+ 45. Kg2 Kf4 46. Bc8
Bb6 47. Bd7 Bd8 48. Bc8 f5 49. Bb7 h3+ 50. Kxh3 Kxf3 51. exf5+ e4 52. Bc6 Bf6
53. Kh2 Ke3 54. Kg3 Be5+ 55. Kg4 Kd4 56. Kg5 d5 57. f6 Bxf6+ 58. Kxf6 e3 59.
Bb5 Ke4 60. Kg5 d4 61. Kg4 d3 62. Kg3 Kd4 63. Kf3 e2 64. Kf2 Kc3 65. Bxd3 Kxd3
66. Ke1 Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITA-chT 42nd"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2010.05.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Salvador, Roland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2010.04.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Bc5 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. e5 Nfd7 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Ne4 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Nf6 14. Bd2 O-O
15. Qf3 Nbd7 16. Rae1 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Nf6 18. Bd3 Bd7 19. f5 Rfe8 20. fxe6 Bxe6
21. Bc3 Qc6 22. Qg3 Nh5 23. Qe5 Qd5 24. Be4 Qxe5 25. Bxe5 Rac8 26. Bxb7 Rxc2
27. Nd4 Rc5 28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. Bxa6 Ra8 30. Bd4 Ng3+ 31. hxg3 Rh5+ 32. Kg1 Rxa6
33. Rc1 Rd5 34. Rc7 Bd8 35. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "ITA-chT 42nd"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2010.05.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2010.04.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 e6 5. b3 Nd7 6. Bb2 Ngf6 7. O-O Bd6 8. d4
Ne4 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rfe1 a5 12. e4 Bb4 13. Bc3 dxe4 14. Rxe4 Nf6
15. Re3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Qd6 17. Bxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup 29th"]
[Site "Chur"]
[Date "2010.05.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2010.05.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. c3 O-O 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 b4 12. a5 bxc3 13. bxc3 Rb8 14. Nd2 Nd7 15.
Bc4 Nc5 16. Qg4 Bg5 17. Ra2 Kh8 18. Nb3 Nxb3 19. Bxg5 Qe8 20. Rd1 Ncxa5 21. Bd5
c6 22. Bxb3 Nxb3 23. Rxa6 Nc5 24. Ra7 Rb7 25. Rxb7 Nxb7 26. d4 h6 27. Be3 exd4
28. Bxd4 f6 29. Ra1 Nd8 30. Ra8 c5 31. Be3 Qe7 32. h4 Nf7 33. Rxf8+ Qxf8 34.
Qe6 Kg8 35. Bf4 Qd8 36. Kh2 Kf8 37. Kg3 Qe7 38. Qc8+ Qe8 39. Qxe8+ Kxe8 40. Kg4
Ke7 41. Kf5 Nd8 42. Kg6 Ne6 43. Bg3 c4 44. f3 h5 45. Kxh5 g5 46. hxg5 Nxg5 47.
Kh6 Ne6 48. Kg6 Nc5 49. Bh4 Nd7 50. Kf5 Kf7 51. f4 Kg7 52. g3 Kf7 53. g4 Kg7
54. Ke6 Nc5+ 55. Kd5 Kf7 56. Bf2 Nd3 57. Be3 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 29th"]
[Site "Chur"]
[Date "2010.05.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2010.05.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. Rac1 c5 12. cxd5 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd5 14. Bf3 Ne5
15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Qe2 Bb7 17. Ncb5 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Bc5 19. Rd1 Qh4 20. f3 a6 21.
Na3 Ng6 22. Qf2 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Rd8 24. Ke2 e5 25. Nf5 Rxd1 26. Kxd1 Bc8 27. g4
Bxf5 28. gxf5 Nh4 29. Nc4 f6 30. Ke2 Nxf5 31. b4 Bxb4 32. e4 Nd6 33. Nxb6 Kf7
34. Kd3 h5 35. Nd5 Ba5 36. a4 Ke6 37. Ba3 h4 38. h3 Nf7 39. Bc1 f5 40. Ke2 Nd6
41. Kd3 Nf7 42. Ke2 Nd6 43. Kd3 f4 44. Ba3 Nf7 45. Be7 Bd8 46. Bxd8 Nxd8 47.
Nc7+ Kd6 48. Nxa6 Ne6 49. Ke2 Nc5 50. Nb4 Nxa4 51. Nd5 Nc5 52. Nb6 Nd7 53. Nc8+
Ke6 54. Kf2 Nf6 55. Nb6 Ne8 56. Kg2 Nd6 57. Kf2 Nf7 58. Nc4 Kd7 59. Nb6+ Kd6
60. Nc8+ Ke6 61. Nb6 g5 62. Nc4 Kd7 63. Ke2 Kc6 64. Kd3 Kb5 65. Kc3 Kc5 66. Nb2
Kd6 67. Nc4+ Ke6 68. Kd3 g4 69. fxg4 Ng5 70. Nd2 Nxh3 71. Nf3 Nf2+ 72. Ke2 Nxe4
73. Nxh4 Kf6 74. Nf3 Ng3+ 75. Kf2 e4 76. Nh2 Kg5 77. Kg1 f3 78. Kf2 Kf4 79. g5
e3+ 80. Kg1 e2 81. Kf2 Ne4+ 82. Ke1 Nc5 0-1

[Event "Mitropa Cup 29th"]
[Site "Chur"]
[Date "2010.05.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Simacek, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2010.05.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Be3 Nf5
15. Qc2 Nxe3 16. Qc6+ Kf8 17. fxe3 Qe8 18. Qc3 h5 19. Nd4 Rh6 20. Rf2 Ng5 21.
Nxg5 Bxg5 22. Rf5 Rg6 23. h4 Be7 24. Raf1 Kg8 25. Qb3 c5 26. Rxf7 Kh8 27. Qc2
Rg4 28. Ne6 Kg8 29. Nc7 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 29th"]
[Site "Chur"]
[Date "2010.06.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2010.05.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. Be2 Bg5 14. Qd3 a5
15. Rd1 Be6 16. O-O b4 17. c4 a4 18. b3 Qa5 19. Qg3 Bd8 20. Rd2 Qc5 21. Rfd1
Kh8 22. Nde3 Bc7 23. h4 Ne7 24. h5 f5 25. exf5 Bxf5 26. Bg4 Be4 27. Be6 Bb6 28.
Qg5 Bd8 29. h6 Ng6 30. Qh5 gxh6 31. Qxh6 Rf6 32. Bd5 Nf4 33. Qxf6+ Bxf6 34.
Bxe4 axb3 35. axb3 Rg8 36. Kf1 Be7 37. g3 Nh3 38. Bg2 Ng5 39. Rd5 Qc8 40. Nxb4
Rf8 41. R5d2 Nf3 42. Bxf3 Rxf3 43. Kg2 Rf8 44. Nbd5 Bg5 45. b4 Qb7 46. Rd3 Qf7
47. R1d2 h5 48. b5 h4 49. gxh4 Qf3+ 50. Kh2 e4 51. Rd4 Bf4+ 52. Kg1 Rg8+ 53.
Kf1 Qh1+ 54. Ke2 Rg1 55. Rb2 Qf3+ 56. Kd2 Rd1+ 57. Kc3 Rxd4 58. b6 Be5 59. b7
Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "Mitropa Cup 29th"]
[Site "Chur"]
[Date "2010.06.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Lenic, Luka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "203"]
[EventDate "2010.05.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 Bg6 8. Be3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nge7 10. Nh4 Nf5 11. Nxf5 Bxf5 12. Nc3 Be7 13. a3 O-O 14. b4 Rc8
15. Qd2 a5 16. b5 Nb8 17. g4 Bg6 18. f4 f5 19. g5 b6 20. Rfc1 Qd7 21. h4 Bf7
22. h5 g6 23. h6 Qb7 24. Qb2 Rc7 25. Rc2 Rfc8 26. Rac1 Kf8 27. Kf2 Ke8 28. Qb3
Kd8 29. Kg3 Nd7 30. Bf3 Bg8 31. Kf2 Bf7 32. Ke2 Bg8 33. Kd1 Bf7 34. Na4 Rxc2
35. Rxc2 Rxc2 36. Kxc2 Qc7+ 37. Kb2 Kc8 38. Bd2 Kb8 39. Nc3 Qb7 40. Nd1 Kc8 41.
Ne3 Kd8 42. Kc2 Qc7+ 43. Kd3 Qb7 44. Bc3 Ke8 45. Kd2 Kd8 46. a4 Ke8 47. Qa2 Kd8
48. Bb2 Nb8 49. Bg2 Qd7 50. Qb3 Bb4+ 51. Kd3 Be7 52. Nd1 Qc7 53. Kd2 Bb4+ 54.
Ke2 Be7 55. Nf2 Nd7 56. Nd3 Ke8 57. Bf3 Kd8 58. Ke3 Ke8 59. Bd1 Bg8 60. Kd2 Bf7
61. Bc1 Bg8 62. Qa2 Bf7 63. Bb3 Bg8 64. Qa1 Bf7 65. Bb2 Bg8 66. Bc3 Bf7 67. Qe1
Bg8 68. Qe3 Nf8 69. Nc1 Ba3 70. Nd3 Be7 71. Qe1 Nd7 72. Qa1 Bf7 73. Bb2 Bg8 74.
Ba3 Bxa3 75. Qxa3 Bf7 76. Bd1 Bg8 77. Bf3 Bf7 78. Ne1 Qc4 79. Nc2 Qc7 80. Ne3
Nb8 81. Qb3 Qd7 82. Nd1 Qc7 83. Nc3 Qd7 84. Ne2 Qc7 85. Nc1 Nd7 86. Nd3 Bg8 87.
Qa3 Bf7 88. Bd1 Bg8 89. Bb3 Bf7 90. Qa1 Bg8 91. Qe1 Nf8 92. Qe3 Nd7 93. Ba2 Ke7
94. Nc1 Ke8 95. Qa3 Bf7 96. Qd6 Qxd6 97. exd6 Kd8 98. Nd3 Bg8 99. Ke3 Bf7 100.
Ne5 Nxe5 101. dxe5 Kd7 102. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup 29th"]
[Site "Chur"]
[Date "2010.06.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Jurcik, Marian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2010.05.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Ng5 Ke7 11. Rd1 h6 12. Nge4 Rd8 13. Bf4 Ke8 14.
Ne2 Be7 15. N4g3 Bc5 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Rd1+ Kc8 18. a3 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20.
Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup 29th"]
[Site "Chur"]
[Date "2010.06.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fargere, Francois"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2010.05.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O e6 5. d4 Nd7 6. Nbd2 Ngf6 7. Re1 Be7 8. e4
O-O 9. c3 Rc8 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. c4 Rfd8 12. e5 Ne8 13. Nf1 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Nb6 15.
Qc3 Qd7 16. Be3 Nc7 17. N1d2 Ncd5 18. Qb3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Bh5 20. Nb3 Nd5 21. Qe2
Qc7 22. a3 Qb6 23. Qc4 Nc7 24. h3 a5 25. g4 Bg6 26. Bf1 Nd5 27. Rac1 Ra8 28. a4
Bb4 29. Red1 Qc7 30. Nh4 Qe7 31. Nf3 Nb6 32. Qe2 Nxa4 33. Ra1 Nb6 34. Rdc1 Rd5
35. Bg2 Rad8 36. Qe3 h6 37. Ne1 a4 38. Nc5 Rxd4 39. Nxa4 Bd2 0-1

[Event "Mitropa Cup 29th"]
[Site "Chur"]
[Date "2010.06.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2010.05.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 c5
15. g4 Nxg4 16. Qe2 f5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Qd5 19. Bxh6 Qe4 20. Be3 Bf6 21.
Nd2 Qb4 22. Nb3 a5 23. Bd4 e5 24. h6 Rae8 25. hxg7 Bxg7 26. Bc3 Qe4 27. Qf1 a4
28. Na5 Qf3 29. Rd3 Qxf2 30. Qh3 Rd8 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Nxb7 Rd5 33. c6 Ne3 34.
Qh7+ Kf7 35. Qh5+ Kf6 36. c7 Qxc2+ 37. Ka1 a3 38. Qh4+ Kf7 39. Qh5+ Kf6 40.
Qh4+ Kf7 41. Nd8+ Ke8 42. Qh5+ Kd7 43. Ne6 axb2+ 44. Bxb2 Rd1+ 45. Rxd1+ Qxd1+
46. Qxd1+ Nxd1 47. Nxg7 f4 48. Nf5 f3 49. Bc1 Kxc7 50. Kb1 Nc3+ 51. Kc2 Ne2 52.
Bb2 Kc6 53. Kd3 Kb5 54. Ne3 Nd4 55. Ng4 Kb4 56. Ke3 Ka4 57. Nf2 Nc2+ 58. Kd2
Nb4 59. a3 Nc6 60. Ne4 Kb3 61. Bc1 Nd4 62. Kd3 f2 63. Nxf2 Nc2 64. Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Villafranca 4th"]
[Site "Villafranca"]
[Date "2010.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cori Tello, Deysi Estella"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2010.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. f3 Nfd7 10. Nd3 e5 11. dxe5 Nc5 12. e4 Be6 13. Be3 Nb3 14. Nf4 Nxa1
15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qxa1 Bb4 17. Qa2 O-O 18. Be2 Re8 19. f4 Nd7 20. Bc4 Bc5 21.
Bxe6+ Kh8 22. Ke2 Bxe3 23. Bxd7 Re7 24. Kxe3 Rxd7 25. Qc4 Qb6+ 26. Kf3 Rad8 27.
Re1 Rd3+ 28. Kg4 Qxb2 29. Ne2 Qd2 30. Qc1 Re3 31. Qxd2 Rxd2 32. e6 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "Villafranca 4th"]
[Site "Villafranca"]
[Date "2010.06.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2010.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. e4
Be7 9. Qe2 b5 10. Rd1 O-O 11. d5 exd5 12. e5 d4 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Qe4 Bb7 15.
Nd5 Nb4 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qf4 c5 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Bf4 Rbc8 20. Bd6 Rfd8 21.
Be7 Re8 22. Bxf6 Nd3 23. Rd2 Rc6 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Nxd4 Rb6 26. Bf1 Be4 27. f3
Bg6 28. Bxd3 Bxd3 29. Kf2 Rd6 30. Ne2 Rxe2+ 31. Rxe2 Bxe2 32. Kxe2 Re6+ 33. Kf2
Rd6 34. Ke2 Re6+ 35. Kf2 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Villafranca 4th"]
[Site "Villafranca"]
[Date "2010.06.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2010.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8.
Bg2 Re8 9. d3 c6 10. Bd2 h6 11. Rc1 a6 12. Qb3 Bc5 13. Na4 Ba7 14. c5 d5 15.
cxd6 Qxd6 16. Bb4 Qc7 17. Nc5 Bg4 18. Rfe1 Nd7 19. Ne4 Be6 20. Qa3 a5 21. Bd2
Red8 22. b3 Bb6 23. Rc2 Bd5 24. Bh3 Bxe4 25. dxe4 Nc5 26. Bg2 Ne6 27. Qb2 a4
28. e3 Nc5 29. Rb1 axb3 30. axb3 Nd3 31. Qc3 Ba5 32. Qc4 b5 33. Bxa5 Qxa5 34.
Qc3 Qxc3 35. Rxc3 Nb4 36. Rc5 Rd2 37. Rf1 f6 38. h4 Raa2 39. g4 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "Villafranca 4th"]
[Site "Villafranca"]
[Date "2010.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2010.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qa3 12. O-O Bg4 13. Rb1 Qxa2 14. d5
Nd7 15. Rxb7 Rfc8 16. Be3 Nc5 17. Rxe7 Bf6 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. Rb7 a5 20. h3 Bxf3
21. Bxf3 a4 22. Bg4 Qc2 23. d6 a3 24. Qxc2 Rxc2 25. Bd1 Rc3 26. Bb3 Rxb3 27.
Rxb3 a2 28. f4 a1=Q 29. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 30. Kf2 Ra8 31. e5 Bd8 32. Kf3 Kf8 33. g4
Ra5 34. Rb4 g5 35. Ke4 gxf4 36. Kxf4 Ra3 37. Rb8 Ke8 38. h4 Kd7 39. g5 Rh3 40.
Kg4 Re3 41. Kf5 Re1 42. Rb7+ Ke8 43. Ra7 Rd1 44. Rb7 Rd4 45. h5 Rd1 46. Ke4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Villafranca 4th"]
[Site "Villafranca"]
[Date "2010.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Perez Candelario, Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2010.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. Nc3
Nd5 9. Nd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 b5 11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Qg4 g6 14. Qe2 Bd6 15.
e4 e5 16. Nf3 O-O 17. d5 Ne7 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Ne1 Nc8 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4 Bc5+
22. Kh1 Nd6 23. Qc2 f6 24. f5 g5 25. Nf3 Nf7 26. e5 Nxe5 27. h4 Nf7 28. hxg5
fxg5 29. Nxg5 Qf6 30. Ra6 Rb6 0-1

[Event "Villafranca 4th"]
[Site "Villafranca"]
[Date "2010.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2010.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 e6 7. Nxf5 exf5 8. e3
Bb4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Qc2 g6 11. O-O Qe7 12. f3 c5 13. Na2 Ba5 14. dxc5 Nc6 15.
Kh1 Nh5 16. Bd2 Qh4 17. Be1 Bxe1 18. Rfxe1 Rfe8 19. Kg1 Rad8 20. Rac1 a5 21.
Qf2 Qe7 22. Bb5 Rd5 23. b4 Red8 24. bxa5 Nxa5 25. Rc2 Nb3 26. Nb4 Rd2 27. Rxd2
Rxd2 28. Re2 Rxe2 29. Qxe2 Nxc5 30. Qd2 Nf6 31. Qc3 h5 32. Qd4 h4 33. Nd3 Nxd3
34. Bxd3 Kg7 35. Kf2 Kg8 36. Bb5 Kg7 37. Ke2 h3 38. g3 Qa3 39. Kf2 Qa2+ 40. Be2
Qc2 41. a5 Qc7 42. Qd2 Nh7 43. Qb2+ Nf6 44. a6 bxa6 45. Bxa6 g5 46. Bd3 f4 47.
Qb5 fxe3+ 48. Ke2 Kh6 49. Qf5 Qc3 50. Kxe3 Qe1+ 51. Kd4 Qb4+ 52. Ke3 Qe1+ 53.
Kd4 Qb4+ 54. Ke3 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Villafranca 4th"]
[Site "Villafranca"]
[Date "2010.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "197"]
[EventDate "2010.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. a4 a6 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. h3 Nh5 13. Nce4 Ndf6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6
15. Nc4 Rb8 16. Ra3 Bd7 17. Rf3 Qe7 18. g4 Nf6 19. Bf4 Ne4 20. Re3 Qf6 21. Bh2
b5 22. Na5 Ng5 23. h4 Rxe3 24. fxe3 Nh3+ 25. Bxh3 Qxh4 26. Bg2 Re8 27. e4 Bd4+
28. e3 Bxe3+ 29. Kh1 Bxg4 30. Qd3 Qh6 31. axb5 axb5 32. Qxb5 Rf8 33. Qd3 f5 34.
Nc4 Bd4 35. exf5 Rxf5 36. Rxf5 Bxf5 37. Qe2 Qc1+ 38. Qf1 Qxf1+ 39. Bxf1 Be4+
40. Bg2 Bd3 41. b3 Bc2 42. Nd2 Be3 43. Be4 Bd1 44. Bf3 Bc2 45. Ne4 Bxb3 46.
Bxd6 c4 47. Bc5 Bf4 48. d6 Kf7 49. d7 Bc7 50. Bd6 Bb6 51. Nc5 Kf6 52. Bd5 Bc2
53. Bxc4 Bf5 54. Bb5 h5 55. Bc6 h4 56. Nb7 g5 57. d8=Q+ Bxd8 58. Nxd8 g4 59.
Bd5 Bb1 60. Nc6 Kf5 61. Be7 Be4+ 62. Bxe4+ Kxe4 63. Bxh4 g3 64. Kg2 Kd5 65.
Ne7+ Ke4 66. Ng8 Kf5 67. Nf6 Kf4 68. Nd5+ Ke4 69. Nc3+ Kf4 70. Ne2+ Kg4 71. Bd8
Kf5 72. Kxg3 Ke4 73. Kf2 Ke5 74. Ke3 Kd5 75. Bf6 Ke6 76. Bd4 Kd5 77. Nc3+ Ke6
78. Ke4 Kd6 79. Kf5 Kd7 80. Ke5 Kc7 81. Kd5 Kb7 82. Kd6 Kb8 83. Kc6 Ka8 84. Nd5
Kb8 85. Nc7 Kc8 86. Ba7 Kd8 87. Nd5 Kc8 88. Ne7+ Kd8 89. Kd6 Ke8 90. Ke6 Kd8
91. Bb6+ Ke8 92. Nf5 Kf8 93. Ba5 Kg8 94. Kf6 Kf8 95. Ng7 Kg8 96. Kg6 Kf8 97.
Bb4+ Kg8 98. Nf5 Kh8 99. Ba3 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 {Apparently, Maxime wasn't prepared for
a theoretical fight in the Arkhangelsk. I had expected he might play this. and
had prepared accordingly.} dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 {A novelty, at least from the point
of view of my games.} ({I played} 5... Bg4 {against Naiditsch.}) ({And} 5... f6
6. d4 Bg4 {, against Karjakin. Both lines lead to passive and slightly worse
positions for Black.}) ({Recently I tried an enterprising idea of Tkachiev:} 
5... Qf6 6. d4 exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Nc3 Qg6 {, and made a draw
against Alekseev. However, the line looks too risky for Black.}) 6. Na3 Be6 ({
Another main line is} 6... b5) 7. Qe2 f6 8. Rd1 {This move promises White no
advantage. More dangerous is 8.Nc4.} (8. Nc4 Qd7 9. Rd1 c5 10. c3 b5 ({Black
should probably play} 10... Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Ne7 {, but White is
slightly better here.}) 11. Ncxe5 $1 fxe5 12. Nxe5 {This position looks really
dangerous for Black, although Tomashevsky managed to survive in the following
game.} Qc8 13. d4 Bd6 14. d5 Bxe5 15. Qh5+ Bf7 16. Qxe5+ Kf8 17. Be3 Nf6 18.
Bxc5+ Kg8 19. a4 bxa4 20. Rxa4 h5 21. f3 c6 22. Be7 Nd7 23. Qd4 cxd5 24. exd5
Rh6 25. c4 Rb8 26. Rb4 Rhb6 27. Rxb6 Nxb6 28. Bc5 Nd7 29. Be7 Nb6 30. Bc5 Nd7
31. Be7 Nb6 32. Bc5 {1/2-1/2 Volokitin,A (2681)-Tomashevsky,E (2688)/Ohrid
2009/CBM 133}) 8... Bg4 9. c3 ({Now} 9. Nc4 {is met by} Qe6 $1 {, which forces
White to play} 10. Ne3 Bh5 11. d4 O-O-O {, but here it is clear that White is
not better.}) (9. h3 Bh5 10. d4 O-O-O 11. Be3 Qe6 12. dxe5 Rxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Bxa3
14. bxa3 {was played in a recent high-level game, Hammer-Eljanov, Novi Sad
2009. Here, instead of 14...Ne7 like Eljanov played, Black is perfectly fine
after} fxe5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Ng5 Qe7 17. Qc4 Nf6 18. Bc5 Qe8) 9... Qe6 10. Nc2 {
Actually, I had briefly looked at this position before the game, and
remembered that Black is fine after castling queenside or 10...Bh5. But then I
realized that Black has an even simpler way which promises immediate equality.}
Bd6 11. Ne3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Ne7 {Black has given up the strong light-squared
bishop, but in return has developed perfectly. Now White is left with a weird
knight on e3, and no way forward. Even in the best case White can only have a
tiny advantage in this type of position, as I found out recently in a blitz
game against Sargissian; I thought my position was promising, but I couldn't
make any headway after he played c5. Here White can't even pretend he is
better.} 13. d4 {Starting from this moment, Maxime started to use a lot of
time. He probably just couldn't find any constructive ideas, but in the end he
almost lost because he was in such bad time trouble.} (13. d3 O-O 14. Bd2 {
is possible, but White can't make any progress. Black can just do something
like} a5 {, and ...a4.}) 13... O-O 14. Bd2 (14. d5 {gives nothing:} cxd5 15.
Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Rfd8 ({Black can also trade bishops with} 16... c6 17. Rd3
Bc5 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Rfd8) 17. Be3 Be7 18. Rad1 c6 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 {, and a draw will soon be agreed.}) 14... a5 $5 {I didn't see what
to do, so I played this space-gaining move, which probably doesn't have much
purpose.... but then again, what exactly is White's plan?} ({I wanted to avoid
} 14... f5 15. exf5 Nxf5 16. Qe4 {, which must be fine for Black, but if White
manages to get into an endgame, he might hope for a little something.}) (14...
Rad8 {is a perfectly fine and natural move.}) 15. dxe5 {Maxime decided to
initiate some play, but considering that he was already low on time, maybe he
should have waited.} Qxe5 16. g3 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Nxf5 Rxf5 19. Qd3 {
The position is about equal. If Maxime had more time, I would have just looked
for a clean way to force a draw. But since he was already in time trouble, I
decided to keep the tension and play for a win - objectively not a correct
decision, and rather risky, but it worked!} Raf8 ({Black could consider an
exchange sacrifice:} 19... Bc5 20. Bf4 (20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Qxe3 22. fxe3 Re8
$11) 20... Rxf4 21. gxf4 Qxf4 22. Qg3 Qf7 {, with pretty good compensation.})
20. Qc4+ Kh8 ({I could have gone for} 20... Qd5 21. Qxd5+ cxd5 22. f4 {, with
an equal endgame, although White is a bit more comfortable.}) 21. Re1 Qf6 ({
Again, I could have entered an equal ending:} 21... Qc5 22. Qxc5 Bxc5 23. Be3
Bxe3 24. fxe3 Kg8 $11) 22. f4 Rd5 23. Be3 h5 {So, I'm just slowly preparing
some kind of obtuse attack. Actually, my play is pretty dubious and now only
White can be better.} 24. Qe4 Qf7 25. c4 Rf5 26. Rad1 Re8 27. Qd3 Qg6 28. Kg2
h4 29. Bd2 Ref8 {Of course, I cannot afford to trade a pair of rooks. I was
actually pretty optimistic here, but that was probably due to the the clock,
rather than the position.} 30. Re4 $6 {An awkward move.} ({I would prefer to
just centralize the queen with} 30. Qe4) 30... Rh5 {Now Black has at least
created a threat, but with one accurate move White would defend without any
problems.} 31. Qe2 $2 (31. Qf3 hxg3 32. hxg3 Kg8 (32... Qh7 33. Qxh5 Qxh5 34.
Rh1 Qxh1+ 35. Kxh1 {is just better for White.}) 33. Rh1 {, and now White
easily defends, because the g3-pawn is defended. In fact, White is already
slightly and safely better.}) 31... hxg3 32. hxg3 Kg8 $1 {It is very dangerous
for White now, maybe even losing, and to top it off he was down to his last
minute. I thought I would win easily here, but now we both started making
mistake after mistake.} ({Of course not} 32... Qh7 $2 33. Qxh5 Qxh5 34. Rh1)
33. c5 $2 {Objectively the decisive mistake, but without time it is nearly
impossible to defend.} (33. Qf3 Qh7 34. Be3 $1 {is the only way:} (34. Kg1 Rh2)
34... Rh2+ 35. Kg1 Rxb2 {Black should bravely take the pawn, because there is
no way to attack.} (35... Qh3 36. Rd2 {is nothing.}) 36. Bf2 {White has lost a
pawn, but has consolidated and the situation is not entirely clear. Black is
much better, but White is definitely alive.} (36. c5 {loses spectacularly:}
Qh2+ 37. Kf1 Qh3+ 38. Kg1 g5 $3 39. cxd6 g4 $19)) 33... Bxc5 $2 {A very stupid
move, played way too quickly, because I wanted to flag him and thought I would
win every way.} (33... Qh7 {wins on the spot:} 34. Qc4+ Kh8 35. cxd6 (35. Kf3
Rh2 $19) 35... Rh2+ 36. Kf3 Qh5+ 37. Ke3 Qxd1 $19) 34. Bxa5 Qh7 $2 {Incredibly,
this misses the win! It seems logical to keep contact with the rook on e4, but
in fact the f4-pawn is key!} (34... Qh6 $3 {was the way to go:} 35. Kf3 b6 36.
Bb4 (36. Bc3 Rh3 37. Qc4+ Kh8 38. Qe6 Rxf4+ $1 $19 {Again, this motif wins.})
36... Rh2 37. Qc4+ Kh8 38. Re5 (38. Bxc5 Qh5+ 39. Ke3 b5 {wins like in the
game.}) 38... Rxf4+ $1 {This is the point! Now White can't recapture with the
king.} 39. gxf4 Qh3+ 40. Ke4 Qg2+ 41. Kf5 Kh7 $1 {The only way to win.} (41...
Rh5+ $2 {leads to an odd perpetual:} 42. Ke6 Qg4+ 43. Kf7 Rxe5 44. Rh1+ Rh5 45.
Qe4 $1 Qd7+ 46. Kg6 Qg4+ $11) 42. Rxc5 (42. Qf7 Qh3+ 43. Ke4 Re2#) (42. Ke6
Qg4+ 43. Kf7 Qg6#) 42... Qg6+ 43. Ke5 bxc5 44. Bxc5 Re2+ 45. Qxe2 Qe8+ $19) 35.
Kf3 b6 36. Bb4 $2 {It's logical to eliminate the bishop, but this gives Black
another chance, while White would be alive after 36.Bc3.} (36. Bc3 $1 Rh2 (
36... Rh3 37. Qc4+ Kh8 38. Qe6 $11) 37. Qc4+ Kh8 38. Re5 Qh3 (38... Qg6 39. Rd2
Rh3 40. Rg2 Bd6 41. Re4 {, and White seems to be hanging on.}) 39. Rd2 Rh1 40.
Rg5 Rf1+ 41. Ke2 {, and White has survived the complications.}) 36... Rh2 $2 {
Missing it again.} (36... Bxb4 {wins in every line:} 37. Qc4+ (37. Rxb4 Rh2 38.
Qe6+ (38. Qe5 Qc2 $19) 38... Kh8 {, and White's king is too weak.}) 37... Rd5
38. Re5 (38. Rxd5 cxd5 39. Qxd5+ Kh8 40. Rxb4 Qh1+ $19) 38... Be7 $1 (38... Bd6
39. Rdxd5 Qh1+ 40. Kg4 cxd5 41. Rxd5 Rf7 42. Rf5 Qd1+ 43. Kh3 Qh1+ $11) 39.
Rdxd5 (39. Rxe7 Qh5+ 40. g4 Qh3+ $19) 39... Qh1+ 40. Kg4 cxd5 41. Rxd5 Rf7 42.
Rf5 Bf6 $19) 37. Qc4+ Kh8 38. Re5 $1 {I missed this move, which saves the game.
A great resource by Maxime, found with only seconds on his clock!} (38. Bxc5 $2
Qh5+ 39. Ke3 b5 $1 {chases the queen either from defence of e2 or from defence
of the c5-bishop, and wins.}) 38... Rf2+ 39. Kg4 R8xf4+ {I had already gotten
low on time myself, so I decided to just force a draw.} 40. gxf4 Rg2+ 41. Kf3
Qh3+ 42. Ke4 Qe3+ 43. Kf5 Qh3+ 44. Ke4 {A crazy, random game for the first
round! It wasn't well played by either of us, but at least it was
entertaining! Considering our erratic play in this game, you would expect some
further craziness the rest of the tournament, but somehow we both went
undefeated!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Nf3 Bg4 9. Rc1 O-O 10. d5 Qa5 11. Qd2 Bxf3 12. gxf3 c4 13. Bd4 Nd7 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Bxc4 Rac8 16. Bb3 Rc5 17. O-O Rfc8 18. f4 Rxc3 19. e5 b6 20. Rcd1 Nc5
21. d6 Nxb3 22. axb3 exd6 23. exd6 Qf5 24. d7 Qg4+ 25. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 d6 7. O-O Rb8 8. h3
b5 9. a3 O-O 10. Rb1 Bd7 11. Bg5 {Bis hier ist nicht viel passiert, aber man
hat bereits das Gefühl, dass die Aufstellung mit Ne2 im Geschlossenen
Sizilianer recht unflexibel ist.} a5 $1 12. a4 bxa4 $1 {Nicht sehr naheliegend,
denn Weiß hat eine intakte Bauernstruktur und keine Schwächen. Doch Caruana
hat erkannt, dass der Raumvorteil und die halboffene b-Linie in Verbindung mit
dem starken Bg7 gute Spielmöglichkeiten offerieren.} 13. Nxa4 Ne5 14. Nec3 Bc6
15. b3 Re8 16. Qd2 {Weiß ist offenbar planlos. Vielleicht wäre 16.Bd2 - der
Läufer leistet auf g5 nichts - nebst Ra1, Ra2 eine Möglichkeit, dann könnte
auch endlich der Nc3 auf bessere Felder gebracht werden.} Qc7 17. Nd5 $2 {
Vielleicht hatte Negi ...e6 befürchtet, wonach irgendwann auch ...d5
durchgedrückt wird. Oder aber in Ermangelung von guten Zügen erfolgte eben
dieser Fehler.} Nxd5 18. exd5 Bxa4 19. bxa4 {Man muss nur mal sehen, wie
schwach die übrig gebliebenen weißen Leichtfiguren sind.} Rb4 $1 {Das ist so
einfach wie forciert.} 20. Ra1 $6 {Wie die Zeiten sich geändert haben -
Computer würden nicht so passiv spielen und den Bauern lieber opfern. Aber
kaum eine der Varianten kann wirklich befriedigen.} ({Auf} 20. Rxb4 {besitzt
Schwarz sogar zwei Möglichkeiten, mit} axb4 {wird der Bauern a5 ganz schwach,
nach 20...cxb4 kann der Bauer c2 belagert werden.}) 20... Reb8 {Schwarz hat
nun alle Trümpfe in der Hand.} 21. Rfe1 c4 $1 22. Ra3 cxd3 23. cxd3 Rb2 24. Qe3
Rc2 $1 {Damit wird die Verdoppelung der Türme auf der 2. Reihe vorbereitet.}
25. Raa1 h6 26. Bxh6 (26. Bf4 $142) 26... Bxh6 27. Qxh6 Rbb2 28. Rab1 {Das
erlaubt ein nettes Finale.} ({Oder} 28. Qe3 Rxf2 29. Qxf2 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Nxd3+
31. Kg1 Nxe1 32. Rxe1 Qc3 {und Schwarz gewinnt leicht.}) 28... Qb6 $1 {
Doppelangriff auf b1 und f2, Weiß gibt daher auf.} 0-1

[Event "Biel GM 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Bd2 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nge4 Be7 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6
15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 a5 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. Qd1 Rac8 19. Re1 Rfd8 20. Qh5 b4 21.
Red1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 {This flexible move is one of the 2 main continuations, the
other one being the immediate Meran-like advance} (9... b5 {- see
Aronian-Shirov, Shanghai 2010.}) ({On the other hand, top players have
gradually abandoned the once popular} 9... e5 10. h3 $14 {- here the central
tension is usually in White's favour, as} exd4 11. exd4 {[%cal Gc1h6,Yf1e1,
Ge1e8] only furthers his development. Therefore currently Black strives to
play e5 only after White has played e4 himself.}) 10. Ng5 $5 {[%mdl 512];Anand,
V (2791)-Aronian,L (2750) Linares 26th 2009 (2) 0-1 An interesting and almost
unplayed sortie, connected with a P-sacrifice. The idea is better known at a
later stage of the opening, Caruana was possibly inspired also by the game} ({
White's attempts to get an advantage from the opening are usually associated
with} 10. Rd1 b5 11. Be2 {More circumspect is the restrained} Qc7 $142 (11...
c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ne4 (13. Ng5 Bb7 14. Nce4 {Peng,Z (2405)-Zhukova,N (2478)/
EU-chT Gothenburg/2005/} Qe7 $5 15. Rxd7 Bxe4 16. Rxe7 Bxc2 17. Rc7 Rac8 $11)
13... Be7 14. Ne5 (14. a4 $5) 14... Nd5 15. Nc6 Qe8 {Khalifman,A (2655)-Anand,
V (2765)/Groningen/1997/} 16. a4 $1 $14) 12. Ne4 {is more testing.} (12. e4 e5
13. g3 Re8 14. a3 exd4 15. Nxd4 Be5 16. Bf3 c5 17. Nf5 Nb6 {[%cal Gc8f5] Here
Black profits from the fact that he didn't commit his B to b7 earlier on -
this allows him to challenge the potentially dangerous Nf5.} 18. Bg5 (18. a4 b4
19. a5 bxc3 20. axb6 Qxb6 21. bxc3 Rb8 22. Be3 Qb3 23. Qxb3 Rxb3 24. Ra5 g6 25.
Nd6 Bxd6 26. Rxd6 Bh3 $11 {<=>,Markos,J (2565)-Ragger,M (2528)/Bundesliga0708/
2007/}) 18... Bxf5 19. exf5 Rac8 20. Rac1 Nc4 21. Bd5 Nb6 22. Bg2 Nc4 23. Bd5
Nb6 $11 {Georgiev,K (2647)-Galkin,A (2591)/EU-ch Istanbul/2003/}) 12... Nxe4
13. Qxe4 e5 {A more recent idea of Kasimdzhanov is} 14. Qd3 $5 (14. Qh4 Re8 $1
15. Bd3 h6 16. Bc2 (16. Bd2 Be7 17. Qg3 Bd6 18. Qh4 Be7 19. Qh3 Bd6 $11 20. Bf5
$6 e4 21. Ne1 {Zhu Chen (2476)-Munguntuul,B (2428)/Nalchik/2010/} Nf6 $15)
16... exd4 17. Qxd4 Bf8 18. b3 Nf6 19. Qh4 g5 $5 20. Qg3 Qxg3 21. hxg3 c5 22.
Bb2 Bg7 23. Rd6 Be6 24. Rad1 Rec8 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Be4 Ra7 27. Bf5 (27. Bd5
Bxd5 28. R1xd5 Kg7 29. Rd2 Be7 30. Rb6 Bd8 31. Rbd6 Be7 $11 {Karpov,A (2735)
-Anand,V (2770)/FIDE WCh Lausanne/1998/}) 27... Bxf5 28. Rxf6 Bc2 29. Rc1 (29.
Rd2 Kg7 30. Rdd6 c4 $36) 29... Kg7 30. Rd6 Bf5 31. Rd5 c4 $1 32. Rxf5 $2 (32.
bxc4 Be6 $11) 32... cxb3 $1 $36 {DIEP-CLUSTER TOGA/Paderborn/2007/} {/\} 33.
Rxc8 b2 34. Nd2 Rd7) 14... exd4 15. Qxd4 Be7 {Possibly more promising is the
less tested} 16. Qe4 $5 (16. Qf4 Qxf4 17. exf4 Bf6 18. Nd4 c5 19. Bf3 Ra7 20.
Nc6 (20. Nf5 Nb6 21. Nd6 {Brodsky,M (2522)-Duzhakov,I (2326)/Peterhof/2010/}
Rd7 $5 $11) 20... Rc7 21. Bd2 b4 22. Rac1 Bb7 23. Nxb4 Bxb2 24. Rc2 Bxf3 25.
gxf3 Bf6 26. Nxa6 (26. Be3 Rfc8 27. Nd5 (27. Nxa6 Rc6 28. Rxd7 Rxa6 {-26.Na6
only transposes}) 27... Rc6 28. Nxf6+ Nxf6 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Bxc5 h6 31. Be3
Rc4 32. Rd4 Rxd4 33. Bxd4 Nd5 34. Be3 Nc3 35. a3 f5 $11 {Grachev,B (2684)
-Balogh,C (2620)/CRO-chT Sibenik/2009/}) 26... Ra7 27. Be3 Rxa6 28. Rxd7 Rc8
29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Bxc5 Rxa2 31. Be7 Bxe7 32. Rxe7 f5 33. Kg2 Ra1 34. Re5 {
1/2, Georgiev,K (2685)-Ragger,M (2628)/CRO-chT Sibenik/2010/}) 16... Nf6 $5 (
16... Bf6 17. Qc2 c5 18. a4 Rb8 (18... b4 $142 19. Bd2 $14) 19. axb5 axb5 20.
Nd4 $1 c4 21. b3 Ne5 22. bxc4 Nxc4 23. Ba3 $16 {Riazantsev,A (2660)-Sjugirov,S
(2602)/RUS-chT Dagomys/2010/}) 17. Qc2 c5 18. b3 Re8 19. Bb2 Bb7 20. Bd3 h6 21.
Rd2 Rad8 22. Rad1 Qc8 23. a4 Qc6 24. Rc1 Rd6 $132 {Abegg,B (2358)-Woznica,M 
(2304)/corr/2006/}) (10. a4 {is played less often mainly due to} c5 $1 11. Rd1
cxd4 12. exd4 (12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qxd4 Bc7 15. Bd2 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Bd7
17. Be2 Rfd8 18. Bf3 e5 19. Nb3 e4 20. Be2 Be5 21. Ba5 Rdc8 22. Nd4 h6 23. h3 {
Carlsen,M (2733)-Gelfand,B (2737)/Wijk aan Zee/2008/} g6 {/\Kg7=}) 12... Qc7 $1
(12... b6 $6 13. d5 e5 14. Ng5 Qe7 15. Nge4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 a5 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3
$36 Nc5 $6 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Bxc5 $16 {Maiorov,N (2510)-Caruana,F (2680)/EU-ch
Rijeka/2010/}) 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 b6 16. Rac1 (16. Bg3 Bxg3 17.
hxg3 Qa7 18. Ba2 Bb7 19. Ne5 Rad8 20. Nc4 Nf8 21. Rd2 Ng6 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5
Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Ne4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Rc1 b5 $11 {Le Quang Liem (2681)-Leko,P 
(2734)/Dortmund/2010/}) 16... Bb7 17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Qd6 19. Ne5 Red8 20.
Ba2 Rac8 21. Nc4 Qb4 22. Ne3 Re8 23. d5 {Anand,V (2783)-Leko,P (2751)/Miskolc
m/2009/} exd5 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Nexd5 Bxd5 26. Nxd5 Rxe2 27. Rxc8+ Qf8 $11) ({
Straightforward development} 10. b3 {allows} b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Bb2 c5 $11 {
with easy equality - all in all in this line it's difficult to get a tangible
advantage against a well prepared opponent.}) 10... c5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Black
ignores the gift and comes up with a logical liberating break.} (10... Bxh2+
11. Kxh2 Ng4+ 12. Kg1 Qxg5 13. f3 Ngf6 14. e4 Qh4 15. Qf2 ({Caruana's
intention was} 15. Be3 $5 $44 {[%csl Gc4,Gd4,Ge3,Ge4] ^^,[+]}) 15... Qxf2+ 16.
Kxf2 e5 17. Be3 exd4 18. Bxd4 c5 19. Be3 b5 20. Be2 Bb7 21. g4 h6 22. Rfd1 Rfc8
23. Rd6 Nf8 24. Rc1 c4 25. a4 Bc6 26. Na2 $44 bxa4 (26... Ne6 {/\} 27. Nb4 Bxe4
$1) 27. Rxc4 Bb5 (27... Bxe4 $5 $132) 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Nb4 Ng6 30. Bxb5 axb5
31. Rb6 Nd7 32. Rxb5 Nde5 33. Bd4 $14 {1/2,Zvjaginsev,V (2654)-Krasenkow,M 
(2609)/FIDE WCh Tripoli/2004/}) 11. Nce4 (11. Nge4 Be7 12. dxc5 Nxc5 $11) (11.
Bd3 Bxh2+ $5 (11... h6 12. Nge4 (12. Nh7 c4 $5 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Bxc4 Qc7 $11
{<=>}) 12... Bb8 13. dxc5 Qc7 14. f4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 f5 $11) 12. Kh1 h6 13. Nh7
c4 14. Nxf8 cxd3 15. Qd1 Bc7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Kg1 (17. g3 b5 18. Qxd3 Bb7+ 19.
e4 $8 f5 $44) 17... Qh4 18. g3 Bxg3 $11) 11... Qc7 {Black's reaction is not
quite ideal.} (11... Be7 12. dxc5 Nxe4 (12... h6 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Rd1 Qc7 15.
Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bxc5 17. Bd2 $32 {+/=}) 13. Nxe4 Nxc5 14. Nxc5 (14. Rd1 Qb6
15. b3 $5) 14... Bxc5 15. Bd3 (15. Bxe6 Bxe6 16. Qxc5 Rc8 17. Qb4 Rc2 $1 $44)
15... h6 (15... f5 16. Qxc5 Qxd3 17. b3 Bd7 18. Bb2 $36 {[%csl Gb2,Rd7][%cal
Gb2h8] ^-}) 16. Rd1 (16. Bd2 $14) 16... Qe7 17. Be4 $14 {gives White a slight
pull.}) ({However, both players had missed the simpler} 11... Nxe4 $142 12.
Nxe4 Bb8 $1 {/\} (12... Be7 13. dxc5 {-11...Be7}) 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nxc5 Qc7
15. g3 Qxc5 $11 {The resulting position is symmetrical and equal.}) 12. Nxd6
Qxd6 {[%csl Gc1,Gc4,Rg5] White's exposed Ng5 causes him some worries, but the
^^ should compensate for this.} 13. Bd3 {Playable, but it leads to immense
complications.} ({Boring, but objectively probably slightly better was} 13. Rd1
cxd4 (13... h6 14. Nf3 (14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe5 (16. Qc2 cxd4 17.
Rxd4 Qc6 {[%cal Ye6e5,Yc8e6] /\e5,Be6=}) 16... Rd8 17. Qxd6 Rxd6 18. b3 cxd4
19. Bb2 e5 20. exd4 e4 $13) 14... b5 15. Be2 Bb7 16. dxc5 (16. b3 $11 {/+/=})
16... Qxc5 17. Qxc5 Nxc5 18. Bd2 $11 {/+/=_|_}) 14. Be2 $5 (14. Rxd4 Qc5 15.
Nf3 b5 {/\Bb7=}) 14... h6 15. Rxd4 Qe7 (15... Qc5 16. Qxc5 Nxc5 17. Nf3 $14)
16. Nf3 e5 17. Rd1 $11 {/+/=}) 13... h6 14. Nh7 Ng4 $1 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Rd6h2]
[%mdl 64] The enterprising choice, which steers the game into tactical waters.}
({On the other hand,} 14... Nxh7 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Qxc5 ({or} 17.
Bd3 $5 $11 {[%csl Gc1,Gd3] /+/= leads to an _|_, in which the ^^ gives White a
minuscule, but durable edge.})) 15. g3 (15. f4 Rd8 16. h3 (16. Be2 cxd4 17. Rd1
e5 $5 (17... Qc5 18. Qxc5 Nxc5 19. exd4 Ne4 20. Bxg4 Kxh7 $11) (17... Ngf6 18.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Rxd4 $14) (17... f5 18. Rxd4 Qe7 19. h3 Nge5 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. b3 Kxh7 23. Bb2 $44 {=}) 18. Bxg4 Nf8 19. Be2 Nxh7 20. Qe4 exf4
21. Rxd4 Qb6 $11) 16... cxd4 $1 (16... Nxe3 17. Bxe3 cxd4 18. Bf2 f5 19. Bh4 $1
Re8 20. Rae1 {[%cal Rd3f5] /\Bf5->}) 17. hxg4 Nc5 18. Rd1 $1 $13 (18. e4 Bd7 $1
19. e5 Qd5 20. Bc4 d3 21. Qc3 Qe4 $36 {[%csl Rh7] and the Nh7 finally drops,
leaving White in big trouble.}) {leads to immense complications. A possible
unforced line is} 18... e5 19. g5 Bg4 20. Rf1 dxe3 21. Bc4 Nd3 (21... e2 22.
Nf6+ gxf6 23. Qg6+ $11) 22. Bxe3 exf4 23. gxh6 Qxh6 24. Bxd3 fxe3 25. Rxf7 $5
Rxd3 $1 (25... Kxf7 $2 26. Bc4+ $16 {->}) 26. Qxd3 Kxf7 27. Qe4 Kg8 28. Qxg4
Kxh7 29. Qe4+ $11) 15... Rd8 16. h3 (16. f3 $5 Nxe3 (16... Nde5 17. fxg4 cxd4
18. g5 $1 dxe3 19. Be2 $36 {Caruana}) (16... Ngf6 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxf6+ gxf6
19. Be2 Bd7 $132 {/\} 20. e4 Qd4+ $1 21. Kg2 Ba4 $11) (16... cxd4 17. fxg4 Nc5
(17... Ne5 {-16....Nde5}) 18. g5 $1 $36) 17. Bxe3 cxd4 18. Bd2 $5 (18. Bf4 e5
19. Bd2 g6 20. Bxh6 Kxh7 21. Bg5 Re8 22. Rac1 $44 {/=/+}) 18... f5 19. Bf4 Qc5
(19... e5 20. Bg5 hxg5 21. Nxg5 Nf6 22. Rfe1 $5 {[%cal Yd3c4,Yd3f5] /\Bf5,Bc4}
Bd7 23. Bxf5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 d3 $132) (19... Qc6 20. Qxc6 bxc6 21. Rac1 Kxh7 22.
Rxc6 Nf8 23. Rb6 $44) 20. Bc7 Re8 21. Rae1 Qxc2 22. Bxc2 g6 23. Be5 Kxh7 24.
Bxd4 Nb8 $5 {[%cal Yb8c6,Ye6e5] /\Nc6,e5=}) 16... cxd4 $5 {Seems to be the
safest choice.} (16... Nxe3 17. Bxe3 cxd4 18. Bd2 f5 19. Bf4 e5 20. Bg5 hxg5
21. Nxg5 Nf6 22. Rfe1 $5 (22. Bxf5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 $11) 22... b5 $5 (22... e4 23.
Bc4+ Kf8 (23... Nd5 $2 24. Rxe4 $1 fxe4 25. Qxe4 $40) 24. Nf7 Qb6 25. Nxd8 Qxd8
26. Rad1 $36) 23. Bxf5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 $13 {/+/=}) 17. exd4 $6 {White is willing
to fight, but this move gives Black a strategic advantage, which will not be
so easy to compensate.} (17. hxg4 $142 Ne5 18. g5 $5 {was objectively the best.
White tries to help his waylaid N, this after} (18. exd4 Nf3+ 19. Kg2 Nxd4 20.
Qc3 (20. Qb1 f5) 20... e5 $36 (20... Bd7 $5) (20... f5 21. gxf5 exf5 22. Be3
Be6 23. Rad1 Rac8 24. Qxd4 Qc6+ 25. Be4 Qxe4+ 26. Qxe4 fxe4 27. Ng5 $11)) (18.
Be4 d3 19. Qb3 Bd7 $1 $36 {/\} 20. f4 Nxg4 21. Qxd3 Qxd3 22. Bxd3 Bb5 $19)
18... Nxd3 (18... dxe3 $2 19. Be4 $16) 19. Qxd3 dxe3 20. Qxe3 Kxh7 21. gxh6 Qd4
22. hxg7 (22. Qe2 $5 gxh6 23. Be3 $44 {is more enterprising, but Black holds
the balance after} Qf6 $11) 22... Qxe3 23. Bxe3 Kxg7 24. Rad1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 b5
{[%cal Yc8b7] /\Bb7 leads to a drawn _|_.}) 17... Ngf6 ({Black doesn't have to
go for complications anymore:} 17... Nc5 18. Bg6 $5 Qxd4 (18... fxg6 19. dxc5
Qd3 20. Qxd3 Rxd3 21. hxg4 Kxh7 $11) 19. Bg5 $1 Ne5 $5 (19... fxg6 20. Rad1 Nd3
21. Bxd8 Ngxf2 (21... Nge5 $2 22. Bf6 $1 gxf6 23. Nxf6+ Kf8 24. Ng4 $16) 22.
Rxf2 (22. Nf6+ gxf6 23. Bxf6 Qe3 24. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 25. Qxf2 Nxf2 26. Kxf2 Kf7 $11)
22... Qxf2+ 23. Qxf2 Nxf2 24. Kxf2 Kxh7 25. Bb6 $1 $44) 20. Bxd8 Nf3+ 21. Kh1
Qd5 22. Rad1 Nd4+ 23. Kh2 Nf3+ 24. Kh1 $11) 18. Bf4 Qe7 (18... Qxd4 19. Bc7 (
19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Bc7 $44 {leads to the same position}) 19... Re8 20. Nxf6+ (
20. Rfd1 $5) 20... Qxf6 21. Rfe1 $32 {is unnecessarily risky - Black's forces
are underdeveloped.}) 19. Nxf6+ {This is practically forced, Caruana
calculated that} (19. Bc7 $2 Nd5 $1 {[%csl Rh7]} 20. Bxd8 Qxd8 21. Qe2 (21. Be4
N7b6 $17) 21... Nb8 22. Qg4 f5 23. Qg6 Nc6 {/\Nce7-+ doesn't work for White.})
19... Nxf6 20. Rfe1 b5 $6 {Black wants too much. Although now he will occupy
the long /^ h1-a8, White will consolidate his position by a Q-swap. Caruana
points out two options he was more worried about:} (20... Nd5 $142 $5 21. Qd2
Bd7 $11 {/=/+,/\} 22. Bxh6 $2 gxh6 23. Qxh6 f6 24. Re4 f5 25. Rh4 Qg7 $17) (
20... Bd7 21. Qc5 (21. Qc7 Nd5 22. Qxb7 Nxf4 23. gxf4 Qd6 24. Qe4 g6 $44) 21...
Qe8 $1 (21... Qxc5 22. dxc5 Bb5 23. Bc2) 22. Rac1 Rac8 {[%cal Yd7c6,Yc6b5,
Rc6h1] /\Bc6,Bb5=/+}) ({Taking the P is again rather premature:} 20... Rxd4 21.
Rad1 Rd5 22. Be5 $44 {/~~ and although White can't claim a real advantage, he
has a lot of play for the material.}) 21. Bc7 $1 Rd7 (21... Rxd4 22. Qc6 Ra7 (
22... Rxd3 23. Qxa8 Qxc7 24. Rac1 Rxg3+ $8 25. fxg3 Qxg3+ 26. Kf1 Qxh3+ 27. Ke2
Qg4+ 28. Kd2 $16) 23. Bb6 Bb7 24. Qc3 Rxd3 25. Qxd3 Ra8 26. Rac1 $14) 22. Qc6
Ra7 23. Bb6 Bb7 24. Qc5 Ra8 (24... Qxc5 25. dxc5 (25. Bxc5 Ra8) 25... Ra8 26.
Rad1 $14) 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. a4 $1 $36 {White's problems are over, he has a
small and riskless _|_ edge.} Nd7 (26... b4 27. Bc5 Rd7 28. a5 $14) (26... bxa4
$142 27. Rxa4 Nd5 28. Bc5 Rd7 29. Rea1 Rb8 30. b4 $14 {/= is pleasant for
White, but he has no obvious way to break down Black's defences.}) 27. Ba5 bxa4
28. Rxa4 Nb8 {Black's pieces start getting tangled up.} (28... Ree8 29. Rc4 $14
) (28... Nf6 $5 29. Bb4 Rd7 30. Bc5 Nd5 31. Rea1 Rb8 {-26...bxa4 leads to the
position from the previous note.}) 29. Bb6 Bc6 (29... Nc6 $142 30. Be4 Rd7 $14)
(29... Rd7 $5 30. Bc5 Nc6 $132) 30. Rb4 a5 {While this sacrifice is still a
plausible option it's very committal.} ({Black could have done without
concessions,} 30... Bd5 31. Bc5 Re8 $11 {/+/= is still fully playable}) 31.
Bxa5 Rea7 32. Bb6 Ra1 33. Rf1 (33. Kf1 $5 Bf3 (33... Bg2+ 34. Ke2 Rxe1+ 35.
Kxe1 Bxh3 36. Be4 $36) 34. Bc5 Nc6 $14) 33... Rxf1+ $2 {Only this is a really
serious mistake, as it allows White's K to escape into the [+].} (33... Bf3 34.
Rb3 Nc6 35. Bc5 Bd5 36. Ra3 R1xa3 ({Caruana points out} 36... Rxf1+ $2 37. Kxf1
Rb8 38. b4 $1 {/\} Nxb4 39. Bd6 Rb6 40. Bc7 $16) 37. bxa3 e5 $14 {gives Black
reasonable <=>, but the computer insists that}) (33... Bd5 $1 34. Bc5 Nc6 35.
Rb6 e5 $44 {is even stronger, Black should hold with without too much trouble.}
) 34. Kxf1 Bf3 35. Ke1 $16 Nc6 36. Rb5 Ne7 37. Kd2 Bc6 38. Ra5 Rb8 39. Bc5
Rxb2+ $2 {Loses a piece and hastens the end.} ({However,} 39... Nd5 40. Kc2 $16
{/+- should also lose in the long run.}) 40. Kc3 Rxf2 (40... Rb7 $2 41. Ra8+
$18) 41. Bxe7 $18 Rf3 42. Kd2 Rxg3 (42... Rf2+ 43. Ke1 Rf3 44. Ra3 $18 {
is hopeless, but now White winds up the game with a final mating ->.}) 43. Rc5
Bd7 (43... Bb7 44. Rc7 $18) 44. Rc7 Be8 (44... Rg2+ 45. Kc3 $18) 45. Rc8 f6 (
45... f5 46. Bd6 Rg2+ 47. Kc3 Kf7 48. Bc4 {[%cal Rd4d5] /\d5+-}) 46. Bd6 Rg2+
47. Ke3 Kf7 48. Bh7 $1 {[%cal Rc8c7] /\Rc7} e5 49. d5 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 c6 4. Nf3 Qb6 5. b3 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3
Nd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. c4 O-O 12. Nc3 Rad8 13. Rfc1 Qa6 14. Qe2 dxc4
15. Ne4 Qa5 16. bxc4 c5 17. Rab1 Qc7 18. Qb2 b6 19. Qa3 Nf5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21.
h3 Qc6 22. Nc3 Nd6 23. Nb5 a6 24. Nxd6 Qxd6 25. Rd1 Qc6 26. Qd3 Qc7 27. Qd6 Qa5
28. Qd2 Qc7 29. Qd6 Qa5 30. Qd2 Qc7 31. Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nd5 14. Rad1 Nab4
15. Bd2 Nb6 16. Qb3 h6 17. e4 Nd7 18. Nc4 Nf6 19. f3 c6 20. Bf4 Nd7 21. Rd2 Nb6
22. Ne5 Nd7 23. Nc4 Nb6 24. Be3 Nxc4 25. Qxc4 Qd7 26. f4 f5 27. exf5 Nd5 28.
Nxd5 exd5 29. Qd3 Qxf5 30. Qxf5 Rxf5 31. Rd3 Bb4 32. Bd2 Bxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 e6 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be2 b5 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bb7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qd4 Qc7 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Bf3 Rc8 14. Bg5 h6
15. Bh4 Qc5 16. Qd2 Be7 17. Bg3 d6 18. e5 d5 19. Bf4 Qb4 20. Rab1 Bc5 21. Red1
Qa5 22. Be2 Ne7 23. Bd3 Ng6 24. Bg3 O-O 25. Ne2 Qxd2 26. Rxd2 b4 27. c3 a5 28.
Rc2 Bb6 29. Rbc1 Ne7 30. Kf1 Nc6 31. Bb5 d4 32. cxd4 Nxd4 33. Rxc8 Bxc8 34.
Nxd4 Bxd4 35. b3 Bb7 36. Rc7 Be4 37. Rd7 Bc3 38. Bd3 Bc6 39. Rd6 Bd5 40. Ra6
Rd8 41. Be2 Rc8 42. Rxa5 Bb2 43. Bf4 Bc1 44. Be3 Bxe3 45. fxe3 Rc1+ 46. Kf2 Rc2
47. g3 Be4 48. Ke1 Rc1+ 49. Kd2 Rh1 50. h4 Rh2 51. Ke1 Rh1+ 52. Kf2 Rh2+ 53.
Ke1 Rh1+ 54. Kd2 Rh2 55. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Nc6 4. Nc3 d5 5. e4 dxe4 6. d5 Ne5 7. fxe4 Bg7 8. Nf3
Nfd7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 f5 11. Bh6 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Ne5 13. Be2 Bxh6 14. Qxh6
fxe4 15. Nxe4 e6 16. O-O-O Qe7 17. Ng5 exd5 18. Rxd5 Nc6 19. Re1 Qg7 20. Qxg7+
Kxg7 21. a3 h6 22. Ne4 Be6 23. Rd2 Rad8 24. Nc5 Bc8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Bd3 Rd6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM playoff 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2010.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Ng3 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 a6 12. a4 h5 13. O-O Nh7 14. Qd2 h4 15. Nh1
f5 16. Nf2 Bd7 17. Kh1 Qe7 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Nh3 Rae8 20. Rae1 Qf6 21. Nf4 Qf7
22. b3 Kh8 23. Nd1 Rg8 24. Nf2 Bh6 25. N2d3 Qg7 26. Rg1 Nf6 27. Nxe5 Rxe5 28.
Ng6+ Qxg6 29. Bxh6 Rxd5 30. Qc1 Nh5 31. h3 Re5 32. Bf4 Ng3+ 1-0

[Event "Biel GM playoff 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c4 Bd6 6. Bg3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Qb3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 b6 11. Nh4 Be4 12. O-O-O h6 13. f4 Nd7 14. g4 Bh7 15.
Nf3 f6 16. f5 exf5 17. cxd5 c5 18. gxf5 Bxf5 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 f5 21. Kb1
Qe7 22. Re1 Rac8 23. Qa4 Nf6 24. Nh4 Qd7 25. Qxd7 Nxd7 26. Rf1 cxd4 27. Nb5 Bb8
28. Nxd4 Nc5 29. Rdd1 f4 30. Ng6 Rfe8 31. exf4 Re4 32. f5 Bd6 33. Rfe1 Rg4 34.
Nb5 Bf8 35. d6 Rd8 36. Nxa7 Rxd6 37. Rxd6 Bxd6 38. Nc8 Ne4 39. Rd1 Bc5 40. Rd8+
1-0

[Event "Biel GM playoff 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2010.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. h3 Be7 8. Nbd2
d5 9. Ne5 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. a4 a5 13. Qe2 Nf6 14. Nf3 Bb7 15.
Bb5 Qc8 16. Rac1 c4 17. Nd2 Bc6 18. e4 Bxb5 19. axb5 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21.
Rfe1 Rd8 22. Ra1 Rd5 23. Ra4 Rxb5 24. Rxc4 Qd8 25. Rc7 Rf5 26. Qxe4 Rc8 27.
Rxe7 Rxf4 28. Qb7 Rb8 29. Rd7 Qe8 30. Qc7 Rc8 31. Qd6 Rf5 32. Rb7 b5 33. g4 Rf6
34. Re5 b4 35. Rxa5 bxc3 36. bxc3 h6 37. Rc5 Ra8 38. Rb2 Qa4 39. Qc6 Qd1+ 40.
Kh2 Ra1 41. Qg2 Qc1 42. Re2 Qf4+ 43. Qg3 Qc1 44. Rc8+ Kh7 45. Qd3+ g6 46. Kg3
Kg7 47. Qe3 Qg1+ 48. Kh4 g5+ 49. Kh5 Qb1 50. Qe4 Qxe4 51. Rxe4 Rf3 0-1

[Event "Biel GM playoff 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2010.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. g3 Bd6 10. Qb3 Rb8 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O Qe7 13. Rac1 a6 14. Rfe1 dxc4
15. Qxc4 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Red1 Rfd8 18. Be1 b5 19. Qe2 Ne5 20. a4 b4 21.
Ne4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 f5 23. Bg2 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 a5 25. Qa6 Bb6 26. Rc1 Kh7 27. h3
Qd8 28. Qe2 Qd7 29. f4 Qd3 30. Kf2 Qxe3+ 31. Qxe3 Nd3+ 32. Ke2 Bxe3 33. Rc6
Nxe1 34. Kxe1 Bd4 35. b3 e5 36. fxe5 Bxe5 37. Kf2 Rd8 38. Bf1 Rd2+ 39. Ke3 Rb2
40. Bc4 Rg2 41. g4 Rg3+ 42. Ke2 f4 43. Bf7 Bf6 44. Ra6 Rxh3 45. g5 Re3+ 46. Kf2
Bxg5 47. Bxg6+ Kh6 48. Bf7+ Bf6 49. Rxa5 Bh4+ 50. Kg2 g5 51. Ra6+ Kg7 52. Bh5
Rg3+ 53. Kh2 Rxb3 54. a5 Ra3 55. Rg6+ Kh7 56. a6 g4 57. Rxg4 Bg3+ 58. Kh3 Rxa6
59. Rg5 Rb6 60. Bf3 b3 61. Be4+ Kh6 62. Kg4 b2 63. Bb1 Rd6 64. Rb5 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM playoff 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2010.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nd2 e6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
Bb5 Bd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Qa3 Nd7 13. Rfd1 b6 14. Nb3 a5
15. Rac1 a4 16. Nbd2 Qc7 17. c4 Qb7 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Ne5 Rfd8 20. Nxc6 Qxc6
21. h3 Rac8 22. Qc3 h6 23. Nf3 Qb7 24. cxd5 Rxd5 25. Qc4 Rcd8 26. Rxd5 Qxd5 27.
Qxd5 Rxd5 28. Kf1 Nd3 29. Rc8+ Kh7 30. b3 a3 31. Ra8 Ra5 32. Rxa5 bxa5 33. Nd4
Nb4 34. Nb5 Nxa2 35. Nxa3 Nc1 36. Nc4 Nxb3 37. Ke2 a4 38. Kd3 Kg6 39. Kc3 Nc5
40. Kd4 Na6 41. Ne5+ Kf6 42. Nd3 e5+ 43. Kc4 Kf5 44. Kb5 a3 45. Nc1 Nc7+ 46.
Kc4 Ne6 47. Kb3 Nc5+ 48. Kxa3 Ke4 49. Kb2 Nd3+ 50. Kc2 Nxf2 51. Kd2 Kd5 52. Ke2
Ne4 53. Nd3 Nc5 54. Nb4+ Ke4 55. Na2 Na4 56. Kd2 f5 57. Ke2 g5 58. Kd2 h5 59.
Ke2 g4 60. hxg4 fxg4 61. g3 Kd5 62. Nb4+ Kc4 63. Nc6 Nc3+ 64. Kf2 Kd5 65. Ne7+
Ke4 66. Ng8 Kd3 67. Kg1 Ne4 68. Kg2 Kxe3 69. Ne7 Nf6 70. Nf5+ Kd3 71. Kf2 e4
72. Ne3 h4 73. Ng2 e3+ 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Kh1 Bd7 11. a4 Rc8 {I hadn't expected this, but I
remembered some old analysis I had done.} (11... Qc7 {is one of the main lines
of the Scheveningen.}) 12. Nb3 Na5 13. Nd2 {I prefer this to 13.e5, which is
more popular and also critical. Now Black's knight looks a little bit strange
on a5.} Bc6 $6 {This move looks really weird to me. The knight on a5 is now
completely trapped, and often in danger of being lost. However, it is quite a
concrete move, since Black is just trying to play d5, and is willing to live
with the knight on a5 for a few moves.} ({I was expecting} 13... Be8 {, and
Black plans ...Nd7 and ...Bf6 next.}) 14. Bd3 $146 {I hadn't prepared for 13...
Bc6, but I nevertheless found a good novelty!} (14. Bd4 Be8 $5 {is a clever
trick. Now Black gets ...Nc6 with tempo.} 15. Bd3 Nc6 16. Bg1 Nb4 17. Qe2 Nd7
18. Rf3 Nc5 19. Rh3 g6 20. Nf3 Bf6 21. e5 Ncxd3 22. cxd3 {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S 
(2686)-Babula,V (2608)/Hungary 2009/EXT 2010}) (14. Qe1 d5 15. Rd1 {is also
interesting.}) ({I thought} 14. b4 $6 {was a very bad move during the game,
but in fact it is not so bad (although I still wouldn't try it).} d5 (14... Be8
15. Na2 Nc6 16. b5 $13) 15. bxa5 d4 16. e5 dxe3 (16... Ne8 17. Bf2 dxc3 18. Nc4
Qxd1 (18... Nc7 19. Bd3 Nd5 20. Qg4 {is unclear, since White has a nice grip
on b6 and has developed some kingside play.}) 19. Rfxd1 Nc7 20. Bf3 $1 Bxf3 21.
gxf3 Nd5 22. Nb6 Nxb6 23. Bxb6 {, with a very double-edged endgame, but White
will have his fair share of chances after Rd7.}) 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Ndb1 Qxa5
19. Ra3 {I'm not sure how to evaluate this position. Black has strong
compensation for the piece, but there is no clear way to continue and White
may slowly unravel.}) 14... d5 {Otherwise there is no point behind White's
play.} 15. e5 d4 $6 {This move was based on a miscalculation. Black probably
should have played 15...Nd7, but that is obviously an admission of defeat.} (
15... Nd7 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh6 Re8 18. Nf3 Bf8 (18... Nc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Ng5
Bxg5 21. fxg5 Qe7 22. Rf4 Qf8 23. Qh3 {, and faced with the dual threats of
Raf1 and Rh4, Black will soon collapse.}) 19. Qh3 {, with a very strong
initiative.}) 16. Bxd4 (16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Nde4 Be7 18. Bd2 dxc3 19. Bxc3 {
is also dangerous for Black, again because of the knight on a5, but what I did
was much more convincing.}) 16... Qxd4 17. exf6 Bb4 {Loek was forced to play
this, but he was clearly not happy about it.} (17... Bxf6 $4 18. Qh5 {just
wins a piece.}) 18. fxg7 $6 {A big mistake losing a large part of the
advantage.} (18. Nde4 $1 {would have been almost crushing.} gxf6 {This is
Black's best chance, but White's attack is too strong.} (18... g6 19. Qg4 Nc4 (
19... Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qd8 21. Qh4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 $18 {, and Rad1 next wins.}) (
19... Rfd8 20. Qh4 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 h5 22. g4 $1 {This is not the only way, but
it is the most convincing.} hxg4 (22... Rd5 23. f5 exf5 24. gxf5 $18) 23. c3 ({
Not} 23. Ng5 $2 Qxf6) 23... Qxd3 24. Ng5 Qd5+ 25. Rf3 Qxf3+ 26. Nxf3 gxf3 27.
cxb4 $18) 20. Qh4 Ne3 {This was the defence we tried to make work during the
post mortem, but then we found} 21. f5 $1 {, which blocks off ...Nf5 and
prepares a deadly Qh6.} Nxf5 22. Rxf5 exf5 23. Qh6 $18) 19. Nd5 $3 {A really
brilliant shot! The knight sacrifices itself, clearing the way for c3!} (19.
Qh5 $2 f5 20. Ng5 Qg7 {leads nowhere.}) (19. Qg4+ Kh8 20. Qh4 {is much less
clear:} Rg8 21. Rf3 Rg6 22. Rh3 h6 23. Rg3 Rcg8 24. Rd1 f5 25. Rxg6 Rxg6 26.
Be2 Qg7 27. Rd8+ Bf8 (27... Kh7 28. Ng5+ Rxg5 29. fxg5 Qxg5 30. Qxg5 hxg5 {
Even here Black will suffer from his awful knight} 31. Na2 Be7 32. Rc8 {
, and White threatens both b4 and Rc7.} Bxa4 33. b3 Bb5 34. Bxb5 axb5 35. Rc7
Nc6 36. Rxb7 $18) 28. Qe7 (28. Ng3 Kh7 29. Bh5 Nc4 $1 {I like this move,
finally getting the knight into play - with strong effect.} 30. Bxg6+ fxg6 {
, and Black has taken over the initiative.}) 28... Rxg2 29. Qxf8+ Kh7 30. Qxg7+
Rxg7 31. b4 $1 fxe4 32. b5 axb5 33. axb5 Bd5 34. Nxd5 exd5 35. Rxd5 {, and
Black faces a tough defence in this endgame.}) 19... Bxd5 (19... exd5 20. Nd6
$1 {is another brilliant point behind 19.Nd5. The second knight sacrifice is
really devastating!} ({I'm much less convinced by} 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. Nd6 {
, because of} f5 $1 22. Qxf5 Qg7 23. Nxc8 Rg8 {, and the position is not very
clear because the knight on c8 has no way back.}) 20... f5 (20... Bxd6 21. Qg4+
({Or} 21. Bxh7+) 21... Kh8 22. Qf5 Qxd3 23. Qxf6+ Kg8 24. cxd3 Rfd8 25. Rf3 $18
) 21. Nxc8 Qf6 (21... Rxc8 22. c3 $18) 22. c3 Bc5 23. b4 $18) 20. c3 Bxc3 21.
bxc3 Rxc3 {Black has to sacrifice the exchange to remain in contact with f6.}
22. Nxc3 Qxc3 23. Rc1 {, but Black will not survive here. For example,} Qb3 24.
Qg4+ Kh8 25. Qh3 f5 26. Qh6 Bxg2+ (26... Qb4 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. Rc3 Re8 29. Be2
$18) 27. Kg1 ({I'd prefer to avoid the crazy complications arising after} 27.
Kxg2 Rg8+ 28. Kf2 Qb2+) 27... Re8 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Kxg2 Qxd3 30. Rg1 Nc4 31.
Rcd1 Nd2 (31... Qe2+ 32. Kh3+ Kf8 33. Qg7+ Ke7 34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. Rd7 Qf3+ 36.
Rg3 Qf1+ 37. Kh4 $18) 32. Kh1+ Kf8 33. Rg2 $18) 18... Qxg7 19. Nf3 $6 {Another
inaccurate move.} (19. Qe2 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Kh8 21. Ne4 Rg8 22. Rae1 Bd5 23. Rf2 {
would have still promised White an advantage.}) 19... Bxc3 20. bxc3 Bd5 $1 $132
{Now, surprisingly, Black has perfectly adequate play.} 21. Qe2 Rxc3 22. Rae1 (
22. f5 $5 {might have been a bit more challenging, although Black doesn't seem
to have any problems, because, despite his weak king, all his pieces are
working very well.}) 22... Nc6 {A very logical, human move, bringing back the
wayward knight.} 23. Qd2 {I was optimistic after I found this move, because it
seemed like I was starting to generate some serious threats - f5 and Ne5. But
Loek defended calmly.} Kh8 24. Re3 (24. Ne5 Ra3 {gives White nothing.}) (24.
Ng5 h6 (24... Nb4 25. Bxh7 {may be promising for White.}) 25. Ne4 Ra3 26. f5
Ne5 27. f6 (27. fxe6 Nxd3 28. cxd3 Ra2) 27... Qg6 28. Re3 Nxd3 {can only be
worse for White.}) (24. f5 Rg8 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Be4 {should be okay for Black,
but the play continues, and he still has to prove he has full equality.}) 24...
Nb4 {It's important to eliminate the d3-bishop. This leads to a forcing line
which we both calculated to the end.} 25. Ne5 Nxd3 26. cxd3 (26. Rg3 {is met
by the only move} Nf2+ $1 {, and Black is better}) 26... Rfc8 27. Rg3 Rc2 $1
28. Qb4 $1 {This is forced, and leads to a funny perpetual.} (28. Rxg7 $2 Rxd2
{is not good for White.}) (28. Qe3 $2 Rxg2 29. Rxg7 (29. Nxf7+ $2 Kg8 30. Nh6+
Kf8 $19) 29... Re2+) (28. Qe1 $2 Rxg2 29. Rxg7 Re2+ 30. Rg2 Bxg2+ 31. Kg1 Rxe1
32. Rxe1 Bd5 33. Nxf7+ Kg7) 28... Rxg2 29. Nxf7+ Kg8 (29... Qxf7 $4 30. Qd4+ {
mates.}) 30. Nh6+ {Now the king cannot go to f8 - the point behind 28.Qb4.} Kh8
31. Nf7+ Kg8 32. Nh6+ {A very sharp, unusual game. A game like this usually
gives a good vibe, although it's a pity I didn't really create a brilliancy
with 18.Nde4!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Na4 Be7 10. d4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Creative players are discovering
fresh ideas in the positions, where standard thinking would produce only
"normal" moves.} (10. Rd1 d6 (10... c6 11. Nc3 (11. d4 e4 12. Bg2 d5 13. cxd5
cxd5 14. Bf4 b6 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Rac1 Qd7 17. Nb5 Rac8 18. Nc7 h6 19. f3 Bd6 20.
Bxd6 Qxd6 21. fxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Rxc7 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Qc2
26. Rf1 Qxe2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Serper,G (2575)-Aseev,K (2540)/St Petersburg 1994 
(32)}) 11... d6 (11... Qb6 12. d3 d6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Be3 Bd8 15. b4 Ng4 16.
Bd2 f5 17. b5 Bd7 18. a4 h6 19. Rdb1 g5 20. Bg2 Ra7 21. h3 Nf6 22. Be3 c5 23.
Ra3 Be6 24. Bd2 Rf7 25. Rba1 {1/2-1/2 Fridman,D (2578)-Van Wely,L (2681)/
Germany 2004}) 12. d4 Qc7 13. Qc2 Bh3 (13... a5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Na4 Be6 16.
e4 b6 17. c5 b5 18. Nb6 Rad8 19. Bd2 a4 20. Be3 Ng4 21. Rxd8 Qxd8 22. Bxg4 Bxg4
23. Kg2 Bg5 $11 {0-1 Miles,A (2520)-Gelfand,B (2600)/Moscow 1989 (105)}) 14. b3
h6 15. Bb2 Nh7 16. c5 Ng5 17. cxd6 Nxf3+ 18. exf3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gulko,B (2615)
-Nikolic,P (2670)/Polanica Zdroj 1996}) 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. d4 Bf6 13. dxe5 Bxe5
14. Be3 Nf6 15. c5 Be6 16. Qxb7 Rb8 17. Qxa7 Rxb2 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Rc2 20.
Nb5 Qb8 21. Qxb8 Rxb8 22. Nxc7 dxc5 23. Ra4 $14 {1-0 Gelfand,B (2675)-Timman,J
(2635)/Wijk aan Zee 1998 (47)}) 10... d6 {Surprised, Caruana is not sure that
he can evaluate the risk correctly at the board. It seems that Black can bite
the bullet and hold equality in a complicated fight.} (10... exd4 $1 11. Rd1 c5
12. e3 dxe3 13. Bxe3 Qc7 (13... Qa5 $6 14. Re1 Re8 15. Bg5 d6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17.
Nc3 $16) 14. Nc3 (14. Rd2 d6 15. Re1 h6 16. Nc3 a6 17. Rde2 Re8 18. Bd2 Be6 19.
Na4 (19. Qxb7 Qxb7 20. Bxb7 Rab8 21. Bc6 Rec8 22. Bd5 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Bd8 $11)
19... Nd7 20. Qxb7 Qxb7 21. Bxb7 Rab8 22. Bc6 Ne5 23. Rxe5 dxe5 24. Bxe8 Rxe8
25. Rxe5 Bxc4 $11) 14... a6 15. Na4 d6 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nxc8 Rfxc8 18. Bf4 b5
19. Rd2 $13) 11. Rd1 Qe8 12. Nc3 c6 13. Be3 (13. dxe5 $1 dxe5 14. Bg5 Ng4 (
14... h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. c5 $16) 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Ne4 $16) 13...
Nd7 14. Ne4 Nf6 {This move of the knight makes a rather strange impression.
From a certain point of view Black has just sacrificed two tempi.} (14... f5 $2
15. Nxd6 Bxd6 16. c5+ $16) 15. Nxf6+ {Making progress is difficult despite all
the efforts. I presume, that there were somewhat better chances for more with
the move 15.dxe5!?} (15. dxe5 $5 Nxe4 (15... dxe5 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 $16)
16. Bxe4 dxe5 17. c5 Rb8 18. Bc2 Be6 19. Qa4 $14) 15... Bxf6 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17.
Bd4 Qe7 18. Qa3 Rd8 $1 {Black is holding tight and his problems seem quite
manageable.} (18... Qc7 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Rd6 Be6 21. c5 $16) 19. Rd2 Bxd4 20.
Rxd4 Be6 21. b3 (21. Rad1 c5 22. Re4 Qd7 23. Rh4 Rab8 24. b4 cxb4 25. Qxa7 $14)
21... a5 $1 22. Rad1 c5 23. R4d3 a4 {Counterplay is always desirable when the
player is under pressure. Caruana manages to create an object of attack in the
b3 pawn.} 24. Qc1 (24. Re3 axb3 25. Qxb3 Ra5 $14) 24... h6 25. Qd2 axb3 26.
axb3 Ra3 27. Qb2 (27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. Qxd6 Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Rxb3 30. Bd5 Rb4 $11)
27... Ra6 28. h4 Rb8 29. Qd2 b5 $1 {Relief is not far away as Black manages to
eliminate many pawns.} (29... Rd8 30. Qf4 $14) 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Qxd6 Qxd6 32.
Rxd6 bxc4 33. bxc4 Bxc4 34. Rc6 Re8 35. Rxc5 {Nielsen could have tried to
torture the opponent from the slightly better position, but chances for
overall success would remain slim.} (35. Kf1 $5 Re5 36. Bg4 Ba2 37. Ke1 c4 38.
Kd2 $14) 35... Bxe2 36. Bxe2 Rxe2 37. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Bf4 Be5 {The theory of this
line is booming! We examined it in CBM 132 (annotations to Caruana -
Morozevich) and CBM 134 (Shirov - Svidler). Here I'll only quote some
important games played in 2010.} 13. Bxe5 (13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. fxg3 (14. Nxg3 Qf4
15. Bd5 cxd4 16. cxd4 Bg4 17. f3 Bd7 18. Ne2 Qe3+ 19. Kh1 e6 20. Rc3 Qh6 21.
Bb3 Na5 22. d5 Bb5 23. Rc5 Bxe2 24. Qxe2 Nxb3 25. axb3 exd5 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27.
exd5 Rd8 28. Qe7 Rxd5 29. Qxb7 Rd3 30. Qxa7 Rxb3 31. Rd1 Qe3 {1/2 Butnorius,A 
(2437)-Timoscenko,G (2495)/Thessaloniki 2010/CBM 135 Extra}) 14... e6 15. Qe1
$6 {Hardly a good idea instead of the usual} (15. Qd2) 15... cxd4 16. cxd4 Nxd4
17. Nxd4 Qb6 18. Kh1 Qxd4 19. Bb3 Bd7 $17 {1/2 Benitah,Y (2382)-Lagarde,M 
(2414)/Belfort FRA 2010/The Week in Chess 824 (51)}) 13... Nxe5 14. Bb3 Ng4 15.
Ng3 Qf4 16. Qe1 $1 {[%cal Rh2h3][%mdl 4] A considerable improvement on
previous top-level games; not a novelty, however, as it had been played in a
correspondence game earlier on.} (16. Qf3 $6 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Nf6 18. Rfd1 Bh3 19.
Ne2 Nh5 20. dxc5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rc8 22. Bd5 Rxc5 23. Bxb7 Rg5+ 24. Ng3 Nf4 25.
Ba6 h5 26. Rd4 Ra5 27. Bc4 e5 28. Rd8+ Kg7 29. Nf1 Ra3 30. Ne3 Rxc3 $17 {
0-1 Nyback,T (2643)-Ni Hua (2657)/Wijk aan Zee 2010/CBM 135 (38)}) (16. h3 Nf6
17. Re1 e5 18. d5 Ne8 19. Re3 Nd6 20. Qe1 Bd7 21. Nf1 b5 22. Nd2 a5 $15 {
1/2 Svensson,S-Meier,W (2199)/Dresden GER 2010/The Week in Chess 798 (45)}) (
16. Qc2 $5 cxd4 $6 (16... b5) (16... b6) 17. cxd4 Bd7 18. Qb2 (18. Qc7 $14)
18... Rac8 19. h3 Nf6 20. e5 Ne4 21. Nxe4 Qxe4 22. d5 a5 23. a3 b5 24. Rfe1 Qf4
25. Rcd1 Qg5 26. Re3 Bf5 27. Qd4 $16 {1-0 Grigorov,G (2501)-Iotov,V (2569)/
Albena 2010/CBM 136 Extra (34)}) 16... Nf6 (16... cxd4 17. cxd4 Rxd4 $2 18. h3
Ne5 19. Ne2 $18) (16... e5 17. h3 Nf6 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. f4 $36) (16... b5 17.
h3 c4 (17... Nf6 18. e5 Nd5 19. dxc5 $16 {[%cal Yc3c4]}) 18. Bc2 Nf6 19. a4 a6
20. Ne2 Qc7 21. Qd2 Bd7 22. Ra1 Rdb8 23. f4 $5 (23. axb5 axb5 24. d5 $14) 23...
bxa4 24. f5 Rb2 25. fxg6 fxg6 26. e5 Nh5 27. g4 Ng7 28. Rf2 $36 {1-0
Szczepanski,Z (2442)-Kuhne,D (2310)/Lechenicher SchachServer 2009/Telechess
CBM 137 (40)}) (16... b6 17. h3 Nf6 18. e5 Nd5 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. c4 Rd8 21. d5
$14 {is similar to the game.}) 17. e5 Nd5 18. Bxd5 (18. dxc5 Nc7 {[%cal Yc8e6]
is not so convincing now}) 18... Rxd5 19. c4 $1 Rd8 (19... Rxd4 $2 20. Ne2) 20.
d5 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5] White has created a strong pawn centre; Black must
immediately undermine it.} b5 $1 21. Qa5 Bd7 22. Rfe1 ({The simple} 22. cxb5 {
is apparently even stronger:} Qb4 $5 (22... Qxe5 23. Rxc5 Be6 24. Rd1 $1 Bxd5
25. Nf1 e6 26. Ne3 $16) 23. Qc7 $1 Bxb5 (23... Rac8 24. Qxa7 Bxb5 25. Rfd1 Ba4
$1 26. Re1 $1 Rxd5 27. a3 $1 (27. Qxe7) 27... Qh4 28. Ne4 $16) 24. Rb1 Qa4 25.
Rfd1 Bc4 26. Qxc5 $16) 22... Be8 (22... a6 $5) 23. cxb5 Rxd5 24. b6 (24. Ne2 $5
Qb4 25. Qc7 $14) (24. e6 $5) 24... Rd2 $2 {White now wins a pawn keeping his
positional advantage.} (24... Rxe5 $8 25. b7 (25. bxa7 $6 Rd5 {[%cal Rd5d7]})
25... Rb8 26. Qxa7 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Bc6 28. Qxc5 Bxb7 29. Qxe7 $14 {This pawn
loss is relatively favourable for Black; he has chances to survive thanks to
his strong bishop.}) 25. Ne4 $1 Rb2 26. Qxc5 Rxb6 27. Qxe7 $16 {[%csl Rf6,Rg8]}
Bc6 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Rf1 h6 30. Rc3 Rab8 31. Qc5 Ra6 $6 (31... Bb7 $142) 32.
Qd6 Rbb6 $6 {This leads to new material losses but} (32... Rc8 33. a4 $1 {
is almost a stalemate} Qxa4 $140 34. Nh5+ $1 $18) 33. Re3 $6 (33. Nh5+ $142
gxh5 34. Rg3+ Qxg3 (34... Kh7 35. Qf8 $18) 35. Qf6+ Kf8 36. hxg3) 33... Rxa2 {
Black allows the same blow as on the previous move. Well, he had no good
defence anyway. E.g.} (33... Qb4 34. Nh5+ Kh7 $1 35. Qf6 Qf8 36. e6 $1 $18) (
33... Qc4 34. Nh5+ $1 gxh5 35. Rg3+ Kh7 36. Qf8 Qxf1+ 37. Kxf1 Rb1+ 38. Ke2
Rxa2+ 39. Ke3 Rb3+ (39... Re1+ 40. Kd4 Rd1+ 41. Kc5 Rc2+ 42. Kb4 Rb1+ 43. Rb3
a5+ 44. Kxa5 Ra2+ 45. Kb4 Ra4+ 46. Kc3 Rxb3+ 47. Kxb3 Rf4 48. f3 $18) 40. Kd4
Rd2+ (40... Rxg3 41. Qxf7+ Rg7 42. Qxa2) 41. Kc5 Rxg3 42. hxg3 Bd5 43. Qd6 $18)
34. Nh5+ gxh5 35. Rg3+ Qxg3 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. hxg3 $18 {Black can't create any
kind of fortress here.} Be4 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Rc1 Bf5 40. Rc7 Be6 41. Rxa7 Rxa7
42. Qxb6 Ra4 43. Qb1+ Kg7 44. f4 Ra5 45. Qd1 $1 ({But not} 45. f5 Rxe5 46. fxe6
Rxe6) (45. Qd1 Bg4 46. Qd4 Be6 47. f5 $1 $18 {It is now up to Black to find a
good reply to 16.Qe1!}) 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 c6 3. Bf4 Qb6 4. Qd2 Ne4 5. Qc2 d5 6. f3 Nf6 7. e3 c5 8. Na3
cxd4 9. Nb5 Qa5+ 10. Qd2 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 dxe3+ 12. Bxe3 Na6 13. Bxa7 e5 14. a3
Be6 15. Re1 dxc4 16. Rxe5 O-O-O+ 17. Kc2 Nd7 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. Bxc4 Bc5 20.
Bxc5 Ndxc5 21. Nh3 Kb8 22. Re1 Rhe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 {Die Rubinstein-Variante ist eine sehr solide
Verteidigung gegen 1.e4.} 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 (5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 $5 {stellt
Schwarz eine Falle.} c5 (6... Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 $2 8. Bxb7 Bxb7 9. Qb5+ $18) 7.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O-O {Diese Stellung galt lange Zeit
als sehr gut für Weiß, bis Schwarz auf die Idee kam, seinen Zentrumsbauern zu
opfern:} e5 $1 11. Nf3 e4 12. Bxe4 Qe7 13. Rhe1 Qe6 14. Kb1 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bxf2
16. Re2 Qxe4 17. Rxe4 Rd8 $15 {Baramidze - Schlosser (Austria, 2006). Schwarz
steht sogar besser.}) ({Nichts bringt auch die Entwicklung des Läufers auf die
lange Diagonale:} 5. g3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg2 e5 8. Qe2 (8. dxe5 Qxd1+ 9.
Kxd1 Ng4 $15) 8... Qxd4 9. Nf3 Qd5 (9... Qe4 10. Qxe4 Nxe4 11. Nxe5 Nc5 12. Be3
f6 13. Nc4 Be6 14. Na5 O-O-O $11 {Svidler - Bareev (Monte Carlo, 2005)}) 10.
O-O Bd6 11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4+ Qxe4 16.
Rxe4+ Kd7 $11 {Svidler - Anand (Monte Carlo, 2005)}) 5... Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ (6. Bd3
c5 (6... Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bg5 Qd6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. c3 $14 {Dank dem
Entwicklungsvorsprung und der besseren Bauernstruktur steht Weiß doch etwas
besser.}) 7. O-O cxd4 (7... Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Bf3
O-O 12. Re1 (12. c4 a6 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Nb3 Bd7 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Ra7 17.
Bc7 Bc5 18. Nb3 Rc8 19. Be5 Bb6 20. c5 Bc7 21. Bxc7 Rxc7 22. Rac1 a5 $11 {
Svidler - Bareev (Monte Carlo, 2004)}) 12... a6 13. c3 Qc7 14. Bh4 (14. g3 Nd5
15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. Qe5 Rac8 18. Rad1 Qxe5 19. Rxe5 Rc7 $11 {
Zhigalko - Drozdovskij (Warsaw, 2006)}) 14... Bd6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. g3 Rd8 17.
Bg2 Bf8 18. Qh5 Bg7 19. Rad1 Qb6 (19... Bd7 20. Nf5 $3 Bc6 (20... exf5 21. Re7
$18) 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Re4 $16) 20. Nb3 Re8 21. c4
Qc7 22. Qa5 $1 $14 {Shirov - Anand (Wijk aan Zee, 2001)}) 8. Nxd4 Nxe4 (8...
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. c3 a6 11. Qf3 $1 (11. Ng5 Nc5 12. Bc2 h6 13. Ngf3 Qc7 14.
Ne5 Bd6 15. Qe2 b5 16. h3 Bb7 $11 {Alekseev - Tratar (Crete, 2007). Das größte
Problem von Schwarz im Rubinstein ist die Entwicklung des Läufers c8. Wenn der
Läufer rauskommt, steht Schwarz zumindest nicht schlechter.}) 11... Nd5 12. Qg3
Qc7 13. Qxc7 Nxc7 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Nf6 16. Ne4 Ncd5 17. c4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4
Nf6 19. Bf3 $14 {Kritz - Tratar (Plovdiv, 2008). Der weiße Vorteil ist sehr
klein, man muss solche Stellungen sehr dynamisch und energisch spielen, um den
vollen Punkt zu erzielen.}) 9. Bxe4 Nf6 10. Bf3 Be7 (10... Bc5 11. Be3 Bb6 12.
c4 e5 13. Nb5 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Ke7 16. Nd6 Rb8 17. c5 Rd8 18. Rac1
$1 $14 (18. b4 b6 19. Nb5 bxc5 20. Nxa7 Bd7 $1 21. bxc5 e4 22. c6 Ra8 23. c7
Re8 24. c8=Q Bxc8 25. Nc6+ Kf8 26. Be2 Ra3 $15 {Shirov - Bareev (Monaco, 2002)}
)) 11. Bf4 $14 {Alekseev - Mamedyarov (Moskau, 2008)}) (6. Bg5 h6 7. Nxf6+ (7.
Bxf6 Nxf6 8. Bd3 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 c5 10. c3 cxd4 11. Qa4+ Qd7 12. Qc4 Bd6 13. Qxd4
O-O 14. O-O-O Bf4+ 15. Kb1 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 a6 $11 {Polgar - Bareev (Enghien les
Bains, 2003). Weiß hat eine symbolische Initiative, kann allerdings nicht
richtig was angreifen.}) 7... Nxf6 8. Be3 (8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 Bd6
11. Qe2 Bd7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Kb1 Kb8 14. Rhe1 Bc8 $11 {Schwarz steht etwas
passiv, hat aber keine einzige Schwäche, die Weiß effektiv angreifen könnte.})
8... Nd5 9. Qd2 Bd6 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. Ne5 Bd7 $132 {Schwarz hat keine
Schwierigkeiten.} 12. f4 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Bc6 $11 {und wieder
erreicht Schwarz völligen Ausgleich.}) 6... Nxf6 7. Bd3 (7. c3 {Meiner Meinung
nach ist das die prinzipiellste Fortsetzung.}) 7... c5 8. Be3 (8. dxc5 Bxc5 9.
O-O (9. Qe2 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Qa5+ 12. c3 Nd5 $132) 9... O-O 10. Bg5 b6
11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Be4 Rfd8 $11 {Zwar hat Weiß die
etwas bessere Bauernstruktur, es ist trotzdem zu wenig, um einen spürbaren
Vorteil zu erreichen.} 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. c3 {Weiß hat einen symbolischen
Vorteil, den er jedoch konkret nicht umsetzen kann.} Qc7 17. g3 Rxd1 18. Rxd1
Rd8 $11 {Anand - Gelfand (Monte Carlo, 2007)}) 8... Nd5 {Sehr mutig, aber
vielleicht doch spielbar. Sicherere Fortsetzungen sind:} (8... Qc7 9. O-O c4
10. Be2 Bd6 11. Ne5 O-O 12. h3 c3 13. bxc3 Nd5 14. Qd3 Qxc3 15. Qxc3 Nxc3 $11 {
Volokitin - Akopian (Beer Sheva, 2005)}) (8... Bd7 9. dxc5 Qc7 10. b4 b6 11. c4
bxc5 12. b5 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bg5 Rad8 $132 {Anand - Milov (Bastia, 2005)})
9. Ne5 (9. Qe2 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. dxc5 Qxc5 {Weiß hat viel Zeit
verloren und nichts erreicht:} 13. h4 Nb4 14. Bxb4 Qxb4 15. c3 Qf4+ $11 {
Leko - Van Wely (Monte Carlo, 2007)}) 9... Nxe3 $146 (9... Bd6 10. Qh5 Qc7 11.
Bb5+ Kf8 {Mit dem König im Zentrum hat Schwarz wenig Freude an dieser Stellung.
} 12. O-O-O $16 {Kamsky - Akobian (Saint Louis, 2009)}) (9... a6 $6 {Das sieht
doch sehr langsam aus.} 10. O-O cxd4 11. Bxd4 Nf4 12. Re1 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Be7 14.
Rad1 $36 {Istratescu - Vernay (Caleta, 2010)}) 10. fxe3 (10. Bb5+ $2 Ke7 $1 11.
Qh5 (11. fxe3 Qa5+ 12. c3 Qxb5 13. Qf3 f6 $19) 11... Qa5+ 12. c3 Nxg2+ 13. Kd2
Qxb5 14. Qxf7+ Kd8 $19) 10... Qa5+ (10... Bd6 11. O-O Bxe5 (11... O-O 12. Bxh7+
Kxh7 13. Qh5+ Kg8 14. Nxf7 $18) 12. dxe5 O-O 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh6 Qc7 15. Qg5 $16
) 11. c3 cxd4 12. exd4 Bd6 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Qh5 h6 ({Schlecht ist} 14... Bd7 15.
O-O {weil Schwarz nun zu ...g6 gezwungen wird.} g6 $8 16. Nxd6+ Qxd6 17. Qh6
$16) 15. O-O {Weiß behält den Vorteil, doch er konnte mehr erreichen.} (15.
Qb5+ $1 Bd7 16. Qxb7 $1 Rb8 17. Qxc7 Bxc7 18. O-O $16 {Ein gesunder Mehrbauer,
Schwarz hat keine Kompensation.}) 15... O-O 16. Nxd6 ({Die gleiche Idee wie in
der Partie, nur ohne den Abtausch funktioniert überhaupt nicht:} 16. Rae1 Bd7
17. Rf6 $2 Bxh2+ $1 18. Kh1 (18. Qxh2 Qxh2+ 19. Kxh2 gxf6 $19) 18... Bf4 $19)
16... Qxd6 17. Rae1 Bd7 {Statisch gesehen, hat Weiß überhaupt nicht viel, er
muss also dynamisch agieren. Wie man leicht sehen kann, basiert sein Spiel auf
dem Angriff gegen den schwarzen König.} 18. Rf6 $3 {Der Turm ist tabu.} Qe7 (
18... gxf6 19. Qxh6 f5 20. Qg5+ Kh8 21. Re3 $18) 19. Ref1 ({Das sofortige
Opfer bringt nur Zugwiederholung.} 19. Rxh6 gxh6 20. Re3 f5 21. Rg3+ Kh8 22.
Qxh6+ Qh7 23. Qe3 Qe7 $11 {Mit der Idee Rf7-Rh7, Weiß muss also remisieren.})
19... e5 {Um zu verstehen, warum Schwarz diesen Zug spielt, muss man sich
fragen, ob es eine Drohung gibt. Tatsaechlich, es gibt eine.} (19... gxf6 $2
20. Qxh6 f5 21. Rf3 $18) (19... Bc6 20. R1f4 $1 {und nun hilft nichts mehr.}
Rad8 $2 (20... e5 21. Rxh6 gxh6 22. Rg4+ $18) (20... Qxf6 21. Rxf6 gxf6 22.
Qxh6 f5 23. g4 $1 $18) 21. Rxh6 gxh6 22. Rg4+ Kh8 23. Qxh6#) 20. dxe5 $2 {
Obwohl die weiße Stellung gewonnen bleibt, war 20.Bc4 stärker.} (20. Bc4 Be6 (
20... gxf6 21. Qg6+ Kh8 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 23. Rf3 Bg4 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Qxg4 $18)
21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Qxe5 $18 {Das Endspiel ist
technisch gewonnen, ziemlich leicht sogar, weil die weiße Bauernstruktur viel
besser ist und der schwarze König ebenfalls schwach ist.}) 20... Rae8 21. Rd6 (
{Nun funktioniert es nicht mehr:} 21. Bc4 $4 Qc5+ $19) 21... Be6 22. Rf4 Rc8 (
22... Bxa2 $2 23. Rxh6 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 $18) 23. Qf3 Rfd8 (23... Bxa2 24. Qe4 g6
25. c4 $1 $18 {Mit dem Läufer im Abseits und mit allen weißen Figuren gegen
den König gerichtet hat Schwarz keine Chance.}) 24. Rfd4 Re8 (24... Bxa2 $2 25.
Qxb7 $1 Re8 26. Qxe7 Rxe7 27. Rd8+ Re8 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Ra4 $18) 25. Qe4 g6 {
Die schwarze Stellung ist chancenlos.} 26. Bb5 Bf5 (26... Red8 27. Qf4 h5 28.
a4 $18) 27. Qf4 Rf8 (27... Qxe5 28. Bxe8 $18) 28. Bd7 Bxd7 29. Rxd7 Qe6 {
Soweit hat Weiß super stark gespielt und alle besten Zuege gemacht. Jetzt wäre
es Zeit, um den Punkt einfach, ohne Komplikationen nach Hause zu bringen. Am
einfachsten wäre 30.Rxb7. Stattdessen fängt Weiß ein Abenteuer an, das sich am
Ende nicht auszahlt.} 30. R4d6 $2 (30. Rxb7 Qxa2 31. h4 h5 32. Rdd7 $18) 30...
Qxa2 31. e6 (31. Rxb7 Rb8 32. Rdd7 Rxb7 33. Rxb7 Qb1+ 34. Kf2 a5 $16 {Weiß
steht immer noch besser, doch es ist nicht mehr so einfach.}) 31... Qb1+ 32.
Rd1 Qxb2 33. Kh1 {Irgendwo muss Caruana sich verrechnet haben, denn solche
Züge kommen nicht vom guten Leben.} (33. exf7+ Kh7 34. h4 Qxc3 $13 {Es ist
nicht zu sehen, wie Weiß forciert durchbrechen kann.}) (33. Rxf7 $2 Qb6+ 34.
Kh1 Qxe6 $17) 33... Qe2 $1 {Am wichtigsten ist, dass Weiß nicht mit dem Turm
auf f7 nimmt.} 34. exf7+ Kh7 $11 {Diese Stellung ist schon überhaupt nicht
besser - der schwarze König fühlt sich sehr sicher hinter dem f7-Bauern.} 35.
Qd6 Qc4 36. Rxb7 (36. Qe7 Qxc3 37. Rxb7 a5 $11) 36... Rxf7 37. Rxf7+ Qxf7 {
Dem Remis ist nicht mehr auszuweichen. Im schlimmsten Fall kann Schwarz
einfach Rc7 spielen - Weiß wird keine einzige Drohung haben.} 38. Qe5 Qg7 39.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 40. Rd7+ Kf6 41. Rxa7 Rxc3 42. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
e3 Be6 9. b3 exd4 10. Qxd4 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nge2 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Qe7 14. O-O
Nd7 15. Nd4 Rfd8 16. Rad1 Nf6 17. e4 Rd7 18. Rd2 Rad8 19. e5 Nd5 20. Qb2 Nb4
21. Rfd1 Bg4 22. f3 Bh5 23. a3 Nd5 24. Bh3 Rc7 25. Nf5 Qc5+ 26. Qd4 Qxd4+ 27.
Nxd4 Re7 28. Re1 Nc3 29. f4 Nb5 30. Nxc6 Rxd2 31. Nxe7+ Kf8 32. Nf5 Bd1 33. Re3
g6 34. a4 gxf5 35. axb5 Bc2 36. Bg2 b6 37. Bf3 Bd1 38. Bb7 Bg4 39. Rc3 Rd1+ 40.
Kf2 Rd2+ 41. Ke3 Rxh2 42. Rc8+ Kg7 43. Rc7 Bh5 44. Bd5 Re2+ 45. Kd3 Re1 46. Kc2
Re2+ 47. Kc3 Re3+ 48. Kd4 Re1 49. e6 Rd1+ 50. Ke5 Re1+ 51. Kxf5 Re3 52. g4 Bg6+
53. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Qc7
15. e3 Rad8 16. Rab1 c5 17. d5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Nf6 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. a4 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Qd3 Bc7 24. e4 g6 25. e5 Nh5 26. Nd5 Bd8 27. f5 Qd7
28. f6 Kf8 29. b3 Bc7 30. Qe4 Bb8 31. Nde3 Qd8 32. Nd5 Qd7 33. Nde3 Qd8 34. h4
h6 35. Nd5 Qd7 36. Nde3 Qd8 37. Kh1 Qc8 38. Kg2 Qe8 39. Kf3 Qd7 40. Ke2 Kg8 {#}
41. Qg4 $2 (41. Ke1 $1 {This move may seem odd at first, but the idea is quite
simply to allow Nd5 without allowing the tactic Qxd5 Qxd5 and Nf4+. It is also
the first step in the winning plan.} Qd8 42. Nd5 $1 Qd7 43. Ne7+ Kh7 (43... Kf8
$2 44. Qe3 Ke8 45. Qxh6 Qb7 46. Nxg6) 44. Qd5 $1 Qxd5 (44... Qe6) 45. Nxd5 g5
46. hxg5 hxg5 {and Black is helpless. The knight has nowhere to go, and the
bishop has no way to escape. Ex:} 47. Ke2 g4 (47... Kg6 48. Ne7+ Kh7 49. Nc6)
48. Ke3 Kh8 49. Ke4 g3 50. Kf3 gxf2 51. Kxf2 Kh7 52. Kf3 Kg6 53. Kg4 {Zugzwang.
}) 41... Qd8 $6 ({After} 41... Qb7 {White would still play} 42. f4 Qc6 43. f5
Kf8 44. fxg6 fxg6 45. Qf3 $1 $18 (45. Qxg6 $4 Nf4+)) ({The blockading move} 
41... Qe6 $1 {would make it much harder for White though.} 42. Kd3 Qe8 43. f4
Kh7) 42. f4 a6 43. f5 Qe8 44. fxg6 fxg6 45. Nd5 Kf7 46. Ne7 Nxf6 47. Qxg6+ Kxe7
48. Qxf6+ Kd7 49. Nxb6+ Kc7 50. Nd5+ Kd7 51. Nb6+ Kc7 52. Qd6+ Kb7 53. Qd7+
Qxd7 54. Nxd7 Ba7 55. Kd3 Kc6 56. Nf6 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. d4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 11. f4 Nc6 12. Qc3 Ne7 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Nc3 c5 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Rxb5 18. Ra7 Bd7 19. Qd3 Rb6 20. f5 d5 21. f6
Rxf6 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Bh6 Re8 24. Ba4 Bxa4 25. Rxe7 Bxc2 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27.
Qg3+ Bg6 28. h4 Qe5 29. Qg4 f5 30. Qa4 f6 31. Qa8+ Be8 32. h5 f4 33. Qb7 f5 34.
b4 c4 35. b5 c3 36. Qc8 f3 37. Qc5 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qh4+ 39. Kg1 Qe1+ 40. Kh2 Qh4+
41. Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 dxc4 7. O-O b5 8. a4
c6 9. b3 c3 10. Nb1 Bb7 11. Qc2 bxa4 12. Rxa4 c5 13. Nxc3 a5 14. Na2 Be4 15.
Qd1 Nbd7 16. Nxb4 cxb4 17. Bb2 Nb6 18. Ra1 Qd5 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Qb5 21.
Nf4 a4 22. bxa4 Nxa4 23. Qb3 Nd5 24. Nd3 Nac3 25. Rfe1 Rxa1 26. Bxa1 Rc8 27.
Bxc3 Rxc3 28. Rc1 h6 29. Rxc3 Nxc3 30. Nc1 Qg5 31. e3 Qb5 32. Kg2 Qc6+ 33. Kg1
Ne4 34. Nd3 Nd2 35. Qb2 Nf3+ 36. Kf1 Qb5 37. Ke2 Ng1+ 38. Kd2 Nf3+ 39. Ke2 b3
40. Qc3 Qh5 41. Nf4 Nxd4+ 42. Kd2 Nf3+ 43. Kc1 Qxh2 44. Nd3 Qh1+ 45. Kb2 Qd1
46. Qxb3 Qxb3+ 47. Kxb3 Kh7 48. Kc2 Kg6 49. Kd1 Kf5 50. Ke2 Kg4 51. Nc5 h5 52.
Nd7 f6 53. Nf8 Ng5 54. Ng6 e5 55. Kf1 Kh3 56. Nh4 Ne4 57. Ng6 Kh2 58. Nh4 g5
59. Nf5 Kh3 60. Ng7 h4 61. gxh4 gxh4 62. f3 Ng5 63. Kf2 e4 64. fxe4 Kg4 65. Ne8
Nxe4+ 66. Kg2 f5 67. Kh2 h3 68. Ng7 Nd2 69. Kg1 Nc4 70. Ne8 Nxe3 71. Nf6+ Kg3
72. Nh5+ Kh4 73. Nf4 Kg3 74. Nh5+ Kg4 75. Ng7 f4 76. Ne8 f3 77. Nf6+ Kf5 78.
Nh5 Ng4 79. Ng3+ Kf4 80. Nf1 Ke4 81. Ng3+ Ke3 82. Nf1+ Kf4 83. Kh1 f2 84. Nd2
Ne3 85. Nf1 Kf3 86. Ng3 f1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nh4 Bg4 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. h3 Bh5 12. e4 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Nxe4 14. Qe3 Nef6
15. a5 Qc7 16. Qa3 c5 17. d5 O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Sestao"]
[Date "2010.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2010.08.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Re1 Be4 12. Qc1 Bb7 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Nbd2 c5 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nb3 c4 17. Nbd2 Rc8 18. a3 Qa5 19. Nh4 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 c3 21. Ne4
cxb2 22. Nxf6+ Nxf6 23. Qg5+ Kh8 24. Qxf6+ Kg8 25. Qg5+ Kh8 26. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Qd2 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Kh1 Bb7 13. Rae1 Kh8 14. Bb5 a6 15.
Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Ng5 Qd7 17. a3 Rad8 18. Rd1 Bd6 19. Qe2 Rde8 20. Rde1 Qc7 21. Qf2
h6 22. Qh4 Kg8 23. Nf3 Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.23"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Ne2 Be6 13. Nf4 Bc8 14. Ne2
Be6 15. Ned4 Rd8 16. Bf4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bc8 18. e6 Bxe6 19. Bxc7 Rd5 20. c4 Rd7
21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bb8 Bc5 23. Rxd7 Kxd7 24. Rd1+ Kc8 25. Be5 Rf8 26. Rd2 g6 27.
Kf1 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. Ke2 Ke7 30. Kf3 a6 31. b3 b5 32. Kg3 bxc4 33. bxc4
Kf7 34. Kf3 Ke7 35. a4 Kf7 36. Bg3 Bd4 37. Ke4 e5 38. f3 Ke6 39. Bh2 Bb2 40.
Bg1 Ba3 41. Bb6 Bb4 42. g4 Ba3 43. Bc7 Bb2 44. Bb8 Bc3 45. Ba7 Bb4 46. Be3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.24"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Georgiev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. Nf3 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8.
Ne5 Rc8 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. Qd1 Bf5 11. Qa4 Bd7 12. Qd1 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.25"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 6. Nf3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. Ne5 Nb4 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Bb5 Nc6 13. O-O Rc8 14. Be2 cxd4
15. exd4 Bd6 16. Bg5 Qf5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Rad1 O-O 19. Nxd5 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2
Qd6+ 21. Kg1 Qxd5 22. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.27"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. a4 c5 13. Bc2 Qc7 14. d5 c4 15. b4
cxb3 16. Nxb3 Qxc3 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. Bd3 Nc5 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Rb1 Bc8 21. axb5
axb5 22. Bxb5 Bd7 23. Be3 Qc7 24. Nd2 Bxb5 25. Rxb5 Rfb8 26. Rxb8+ Rxb8 27. Qc1
Qd8 28. Qa3 h6 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. Rc6 Ra8 31. Qc3 Bf8 32. Kh2 Rb8 33. Ba7 Ra8 34.
Be3 Rb8 35. Ba7 Ra8 36. Bb6 Qb8 37. Qc2 Ra1 38. Nc4 Kh7 39. Bc7 Qb4 40. Nd2 Re1
41. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.28"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. Nc3
Nd5 9. Nd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 b5 11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Qg4 g6 14. Qf3 Be7 15.
e4 O-O 16. e5 f6 17. Qe3 fxe5 18. dxe5 Be8 19. f4 b4 20. Nxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.29"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Nh5 8.
Bd2 Nf6 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Bd2 e6 11. e3 Nf6 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Be7
15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bc3 O-O 17. O-O Ne7 18. Ne5 Nd5 19. Be4 a5 20. Qf3 b6 21.
Bd2 Bb7 22. Rfe1 g6 23. a3 Bg7 24. Qb3 Rb8 25. Qf3 Qe7 26. Nc6 Bxc6 27. Rxc6
Qd7 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Rc2 Bxd4 30. Bh6 Rfe8 31. Rd1 Bh8 32. g3 d4 33. Rc6 Re6
34. Rc4 Rbe8 35. Kg2 Rf6 36. Bf4 Rf5 37. Qc6 Qxc6+ 38. Rxc6 g5 39. Bc7 Re2 40.
Rf1 Rc5 41. Rxc5 bxc5 42. Rc1 a4 43. Rxc5 Bf6 44. Rd5 h6 45. g4 Rxb2 46. Be5
Bxe5 47. Rxe5 d3 48. Re4 d2 49. Rd4 Kg7 50. Rd6 Kf8 51. Kf3 Ke7 52. Rd4 Ra2 53.
Ke3 Rxa3+ 54. Kxd2 Rf3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.30"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Brazil"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 a5 {This variation of the Grünfeld was very popular
during the Olympiad. This position alone was played over 10 times during the
course of the tournament! Anyway, the idea behind 10...a5 is clear: Black
wants to gain space on the queenside and achieve ...e5 under better
circumstances.} ({White has recently shown good results after} 10... e5 11. d5
Na5 12. e4 c6 13. b3) 11. Qe2 {My opponent goes straight for the main line.} ({
Also possible is} 11. Qc2 $5 {, which led to an advantage for White in the
following game and may become more popular in the future.} Bf5 12. e4 Bg4 13.
d5 Nb4 14. Qb1 e6 15. a3 Na6 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Bg5 Qc8 18. Qc2 Nc5 19. Nd5 Bxd5
20. exd5 Na6 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. d6 Qd7 23. dxc7 Qxc7 24. Rc1 Qxc2 25. Rxc2 Rc8
26. Rxc8+ Nxc8 27. Nd2 Nc5 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 Ne6 30. Be3 Bc3 31. b5 Bxd2 32.
Bxd2 Nd6 33. Bb4 Nxb5 34. Bxb7 Nbd4 35. Kg2 h5 36. Be4 Kg7 37. Bc3 Kg8 38. f3
Kh7 39. Kf2 Nf5 40. Bf6 Kg8 41. Ke2 Kh7 42. Be5 Kg8 43. Kd2 Ng5 44. Bd5 Ne7 45.
Bb7 Ne6 46. Be4 Nf5 47. Kc3 Ne3 48. Kd3 Nf5 49. Bc6 Nc5+ 50. Kc4 Ne6 51. Bf6
Kf8 52. Kd3 Nc5+ 53. Ke2 Ne6 54. Kf2 Kg8 55. h3 Kf8 56. g4 hxg4 57. fxg4 Ne7
58. Be4 Ng8 59. Bb2 g5 60. Kf3 Ke7 61. Ba3+ Kf6 62. Bb1 Nh6 63. Bb2+ Ke7 64.
Ba3+ Kf6 65. Bc1 Kg7 66. Ke4 f6 67. Ba2 Nf4 68. Bxf4 gxf4 69. Kxf4 Kg6 70. Be6
Kg7 71. Bc4 Kg6 72. Bb5 Kg7 73. Be8 Kf8 74. Bh5 Kg7 75. Ke3 Ng8 76. Kd4 f5 77.
g5 Nf6 78. Ke5 Nxh5 79. Kxf5 Ng3+ 80. Kg4 {1/2-1/2 Rombaldoni,D (2501)-Li Chao
(2633)/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2010/The Week in Chess 830}) 11... Be6 12. Rd1 (12.
Nd2 {is another interesting alternative.}) 12... Bc4 13. Qc2 Nb4 14. Qb1 e5 $1
{This is the move I had prepared before the game. It had been played only two
days before this game, but every day I would go through all the games in the
tournament, so I didn't miss any theoretically important games! And it served
me well, as I had a chance to use this move, while my opponent probably wasn't
aware of its existence.} ({A long time ago I had analysed} 14... a4 15. e4 Qd7
16. Be3 Red8 17. Qc1 $1 {, and White slowly unravels, with an advantage.}) 15.
a3 {Only this is a new move. Previously 15.b3 had been played.} (15. b3 exd4 $1
{is the main point behind 14...e5.} 16. bxc4 (16. exd4 Be6 17. Bf4 Bf5 18. Qb2
Nd3 19. Qd2 Nxf4 20. Qxf4 a4 {gave Black a clear advantage in McNab-Djukic,
Khanty Mansiysk 2010.}) (16. Nxd4 Bd3 17. Rxd3 (17. Qb2 c5 18. Nde2 Qf6 $19)
17... Nxd3 18. Qxd3 c5 $17) 16... dxc3 17. Rxd8 Raxd8 18. Nd4 Rxd4 $1 {Another
really great move, sacrificing even more material to keep the bishop alive!} ({
Not} 18... Bxd4 $2 19. exd4 Re1+ 20. Bf1 Rxd4 $2 ({Black still has a draw after
} 20... Nxc4 21. Qb3 Nd2 22. Bxd2 cxd2 23. Rd1 Rxd1 (23... Rxd4 $2 24. Qb2 $1)
24. Qxd1 Rxd4 25. Be2 Nxa2 26. Qc2 Nb4 27. Qxc7 d1=Q+ 28. Bxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Kg2
Rd5 $11) 21. Qb3 Rdd1 22. Bh6 Rxf1+ 23. Kg2 Rxa1 24. Qxc3 $18) 19. exd4 Re1+
20. Bf1 Bxd4 {White is up a queen for just a knight, but Black coordinates so
well, that White will have to fight for a draw!} 21. Qb3 (21. Bh6 Rxb1 22. Rxb1
Bg7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 {Black has an advantage in this endgame, but it may not be
enough to win.}) 21... c2 22. a3 Bxa1 23. Bh6 Bg7 24. axb4 Bxh6 25. Qxc2 axb4
26. c5 Nd5 {, and Black is better because of the passed b-pawn.}) ({White has
a decent alternative in} 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. b3 $1 (16. dxe5 Qxd1+ 17. Nxd1 Bd3
$17) (16. a3 Bb3 17. Rd2 Nc4 $17) 16... Bd3 ({Now the queen sacrifice doesn't
work as well:} 16... Bxd4 $2 17. bxc4 Bxc3 18. Rxd8 Raxd8 19. Bb2 Bxb2 20. Qxb2
Nxc4 21. Qc3 b5 22. Bf1 $16) 17. Rxd3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 {White has compensation
for the exchange, which is probably enough to hold the balance, but not for an
advantage.} c5 {This is the active approach, enterprising but riskier than 18..
.c6.} (18... c6 19. Ne4 Bg7 20. Ba3 Bf8 {is safer for Black.}) 19. Nb5 Qd7 20.
a4 (20. Ba3 cxd4 21. exd4 Rad8 22. Rd1 Nc8 23. Bf3 Bb8 {, and Black will
blockade the d-pawn, with an unclear position.}) 20... Bg7 21. Bd2 Red8 ({
Also possible is} 21... cxd4 22. exd4 (22. e4 {is now met by} Qd8 $1 23. f4 Nd7
{, with ...Nc5 to come.} 24. e5 Nc5 25. Qc4 Bf8 $15) 22... Nd5 {, but after}
23. Qf3 Red8 24. Bg5 ({Or} 24. Re1) 24... f6 25. Bd2 {, this looks slightly
better for White.}) 22. Re1 (22. Bc3 cxd4 23. exd4 Nd5 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Nc7
Qxb3 26. Nxa8 Rxa8 {is at least not worse for Black.}) (22. f4 {is still too
early:} cxd4 23. e4 Qe7 24. e5 Nd5) 22... h5 {Waiting for Bc3 before taking on
d4.} 23. f4 $1 {This is the only testing move.} (23. Bc3 cxd4 24. exd4 Nd5 25.
Bd2 (25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Nc7 Qxb3 27. Nxa8 Rxa8) 25... Nb4 26. Bxb4 axb4 27. d5
Bf8 {, with an unclear position.} 28. d6 Bxd6 29. Rd1 Ra6 {is ok for Black.})
23... cxd4 ({Black can also try} 23... h4 $5 24. gxh4 cxd4 25. e4 Qg4) 24. e4
Qe7 25. e5 Nd5 (25... Nd7 26. Nd6 Nc5 27. Qc4 Rxd6 28. exd6 Qxd6 29. Bd5 {
, with an initiative.}) 26. Nd6 Rxd6 27. exd6 Qxd6 28. f5 gxf5 29. Qxf5 Ne3 30.
Qxh5 Nxg2 31. Kxg2 Qc6+ {, with unclear play.}) 15... exd4 16. axb4 (16. exd4
$6 N4d5 $15 {is hardly what White wants.}) (16. Nxd4 Bd3 17. Rxd3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3
c5 $17) 16... dxc3 (16... axb4 {is far too risky for Black:} 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18.
Ne4 Qa4 19. b3 $1 (19. Re1 Ba2 20. Qd3 Bc4 $11) 19... Qxb3 20. Bb2 dxe3 $2 {
This is a mistake, while Black has two moves (20...Qa2 and especially 20...Be2)
which may be sufficient for a draw, but this only becomes clear after a long
analysis. Practically speaking, Black should not go for these variations when
he has an adequate alternative in 16...dxc3.} 21. Bxg7 Rxe4 ({Or} 21... exf2+
22. Kxf2 Kxg7 23. Qa1+ Kh6 24. Nfd2 Qa2 25. Qd4 $40 {, with a strong attack.})
22. Rd8+ Kxg7 23. Qxe4 e2 24. Qd4+ (24. Qe5+ Kh6 {is surprisingly not so clear!
}) 24... f6 25. Ne1 Qb1 26. Qd2 b3 27. h4 $1 ({Not} 27. Qb4 $2 c5) 27... b2 28.
Qb4 c5 29. Qxc5 Qxe1+ 30. Kh2 {, and although Black can potentially make two
more queens, he will be mated.}) 17. Rxd8 Raxd8 18. Qc2 $6 {Natural, but it
leads to difficulties for White. White could have made a draw with 18.bxc3.} (
18. bxc3 Rd1+ 19. Bf1 {I'm not sure if my opponent considered this. At first
sight it looks extremely dangerous for White, but Black has no advantage.} Bxf1
(19... Bxc3 20. Rxa5 {changes nothing:} Bxf1 21. Qc2 Be2+ ({Again:} 21... Red8
22. Nd4) 22. Kg2 Bf1+ $11) 20. Qc2 {And here Black has nothing better than to
take the draw.} Be2+ ({Because} 20... Red8 {is met by} 21. Nd4) 21. Kg2 Bf1+
$11) 18... axb4 {An incredible position! Black has only a rook for the queen,
but he coordinates so well that White has to return material to avoid losing
immediately!} 19. Nd2 {There was nothing else.} (19. bxc3 $2 b3 20. Qb2 Rd1+
$19 {is the end.}) 19... cxd2 ({Black should avoid} 19... b3 $6 20. Nxb3 Bd3
21. Qd1 cxb2 22. Bxb2 Bxb2 23. Ra7) ({There was a decent alternative in} 19...
Bd3 $5 20. Qb3 cxd2 21. Bxd2 c5 22. Bxb7 Re7 23. Bf3 Nc4 24. Bc1 Red7 {, with
very good compensation. However, my continuation is even more convincing.}) 20.
Bxd2 Ra8 $1 {A very good move, taking over the a-file and the initiative.
Other moves would leave White with the advantage.} 21. Rxa8 {Probably best.} (
21. Rc1 $2 Ra2 {wins the b-pawn.}) (21. Rb1 b3 22. Qd1 {Here I like the patient
} c6 $1 {, with advantage for Black.} (22... Bd3 23. Rc1 Bxb2 24. Qxb3 Bxc1 25.
Bxc1 {is much more complicated, because Black's king is very weak (which will
become clear after Bb2 and Qc3).})) (21. Qc1 Rxa1 22. Qxa1 Ra8 23. Qb1 Ra2 24.
Bc1 {is obviously too passive to be good:} b3 25. Bxb7 (25. Bf1 Be6 26. Qd3 h5
27. Qd8+ Kh7 28. Qxc7 Ra1 $1 $19 {, and the b2-pawn will inevitably fall,
leaving White with a lost position.}) 25... Nd7 $1 {A nice move. The knight is
going to c5.} (25... Be6 {is less convincing:} 26. e4 Nc4 27. Bd5 Bxd5 28. exd5
Bxb2 29. Bxb2 Rxb2 30. Qd3 $11) 26. Qe4 (26. Be4 Nc5) 26... Be6 27. Kg2 Bxb2
28. Bxb2 Rxb2 {, and Black's queenside pawns are very strong.}) 21... Rxa8 22.
Bxb7 $2 {The decisive mistake. The position was still far from clear after 22.
h4!.} ({Of course White should not play} 22. h3 $6 {, since in many variations
he will need to play h4-h5.}) (22. h4 $1 {was the last chance, promising White,
if not equality, then at least complicated play.} {I would probably have
played the safe} Ra2 (22... Ra1+ {is principled but risky. After} 23. Kh2 b3
24. Qe4 Bxb2 {, Black has won an important pawn, but White's pieces are very
active and Black's king is vulnerable. Practically speaking I think Black
should play 22...Ra2. Just out of interest, the main line is} 25. Qe8+ Kg7 26.
h5 {, when Black has many possible moves, in all cases with extremely
complicated play.}) 23. Bc1 b3 24. Qd2 (24. Qd1 Ra1 25. Kh2 h5 $1 {This is
always a nice move. Black has plenty of time, so securing the kingside is
priority number one.} 26. e4 Na4 27. Qd2 Nc5 {, and White is still far from
achieving a draw.}) 24... h5 {I always like this move, but here White can
still open up the kingside with g4. Perhaps other moves should be investigated.
} (24... Bf6 $5 {is a possible alternative.}) 25. g4 $1 {Opening lines. Other
moves promise Black an advantage.} (25. Qd8+ $2 Kh7 26. Qxc7 Ra1 27. Qxb6 Rxc1+
28. Kh2 Bxb2) (25. e4 Na4) (25. Bxb7 Be6 $44) 25... hxg4 26. h5 {, with a
complicated position, but White should have enough counterplay to make a draw.}
) 22... Ra1+ {Now it's over. I suppose my opponent's initial intention was to
play 23.Kg2, but then he noticed the refutation.} 23. Bc1 (23. Kg2 Bf1+ 24. Kf3
Nc4 $1 {is the only way to win, but convincing enough!} 25. Bxb4 (25. b3 Bd3
$19) 25... Ne5+ 26. Kf4 Rc1 ({I was calculating the less convincing} 26... Nd3+
27. Kf3 Nxb4 28. Qxc7 {, although Black should still win this position.}) 27.
Qa4 Rc4+ 28. e4 Nd3+ 29. Kf3 Nxb4 $19) 23... b3 24. Qd1 $2 {A strange blunder,
but it didn't matter anymore.} (24. Qd2 Be6 {, and White cannot save his
bishop.} 25. Kg2 (25. Qd8+ Bf8 26. Qxc7 Nc4 $19) 25... Nc4 26. Qd1 (26. Qd8+
Bf8 27. Qd1 Nxb2 $19) 26... Nd6 $19 {For some reason I missed this simple move
during the game, and was calculating the more complicated 26...Bf6.} (26... Bf6
{also wins:} 27. e4 Nxb2 28. Qd2 Nc4 $19)) 24... Bxb2 {I took only five
minutes for the entire game!} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.10.01"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b6 12. a4 Bb7 13. Bf3 Rfd8 14. Nb5 Qc8
15. c4 Nd7 16. Qc3 a6 17. Nd4 Qc7 18. f5 e5 19. Nb3 Rac8 20. Nd2 h6 21. Rfc1 a5
22. b3 Nc5 23. Re1 Bc6 24. Rad1 Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.10.03"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. bxa6 d6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Re1 Bxa6 12. Rb1 Nc4 13. Nd2 Ng4 14. Qc2 Bd4
15. e3 Ncxe3 16. fxe3 Bxe3+ 17. Rxe3 Nxe3 18. Qe4 Nxg2 19. Qxg2 Qb6 20. Nde4
Bd3 21. Ra1 Qb4 22. Qf3 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Qxe4 24. Nxe4 Rfb8 25. Kf2 Rb4 26. Nc3 e6
27. Rb1 Rc4 28. dxe6 fxe6 29. Bd2 d5 30. b3 Rb4 31. Ke2 Rb7 32. Rc1 Ra3 33. h4
Kf7 34. Rf1+ Ke8 35. Rf6 Ke7 36. Bg5 d4 37. Ne4 Rxa2+ 38. Kd3 Rxb3+ 39. Kc4
Rbb2 40. Rxg6+ Kf7 41. Rf6+ Kg8 42. Rxe6 Ra4+ 43. Kd5 d3 44. Re8+ Kf7 45. Re7+
Kg6 46. g4 h5 47. Re6+ Kf7 48. Nd6+ Kg8 49. Rg6+ Kh7 50. Rh6+ Kg8 51. Bf6 Rd4+
52. Bxd4 cxd4 53. Rg6+ Kh8 54. gxh5 Re2 55. h6 Rf2 56. Ne4 Kh7 57. Rd6 Rg2 58.
Ng5+ Rxg5+ 59. hxg5 d2 60. Rd7+ Kg6 61. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 26th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2010.10.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Collutiis, Duilio"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Padova"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Na3 Qd8 7. Bf4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 a6 9. Be2 Bc5 10. Nc4 Nd5 11. Bg3 b5 12. Nb3 Be7 13. Nca5 Qd7 14. O-O O-O
15. Bf3 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Re1 Re8 19. Nd4 Qd7 20. Qd2 Bb7 21.
Re2 a5 22. a3 b4 23. axb4 axb4 24. Rae1 Ba6 25. Re5 Bf6 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. h3 h5 29. Bd6 Qe4 30. Qd1 bxc3 31. bxc3 Bd3 32. Qa1 h4 33. Bc5
Qg6 34. Qe1 Kh7 35. Qe3 Bg5 36. Qe5 Bd2 37. Bb4 Be4 38. f3 Bd3 39. Ne2 f6 40.
Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 26th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2010.10.18"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Pavlov, Sergey1"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rivne Bisons"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 a5 6. Nd5 Bc5 7. a3 d6 8. b3
Be6 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Bb2 Bf5 11. d3 O-O 12. Be2 Ne7 13. O-O Ng6 14. Qd2 Bb6
15. d4 Qe7 16. Qc3 Rfe8 17. b4 c6 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. c5 Bc7 20. Rfd1 axb4 21.
axb4 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Rd8 23. b5 cxb5 24. Bxb5 Be4 25. Be2 Bc6 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27.
Bxd1 h6 28. Be2 Qe6 29. h3 Qf5 30. Kf1 Ne7 31. Bd3 Qd7 32. Be2 Bb5 33. Bxb5
Qxb5+ 34. Kg1 Qa4 35. g3 Qd1+ 36. Kg2 Qd5 37. Qc2 f5 38. g4 Ng6 39. e4 fxe4 40.
Ne1 e3+ 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 26th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2010.10.19"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Be6 6. Nxe5 Qd4 7. Nf3 Qxe4
8. Ng5 Qf5 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. d3 Nf6 11. Nd2 O-O-O 12. Nc4 e5 13. Qe2 e4 14. dxe4
Nxe4 15. Be3 Bd6 16. Rad1 Rhe8 17. Nxd6+ Rxd6 18. Rxd6 Nxd6 19. Rd1 Qe5 20.
Qg4+ Nf5 21. h3 g6 22. Bc1 Qa5 23. a3 Re1+ 24. Kh2 h5 25. Qf3 Rxd1 26. Qxd1
Qe5+ 27. Kg1 b6 28. c3 Qe4 29. Bg5 Kb7 30. g3 Ng7 31. Qd7 Ne6 32. Be3 a5 33. a4
g5 34. Qe8 h4 35. g4 Qd5 36. b4 axb4 37. cxb4 Nd4 38. Bxd4 Qxd4 39. Qe7 Qd1+
40. Kg2 Qd5+ 41. Kg1 c5 42. bxc5 bxc5 43. Kf1 c4 44. Ke1 Kb6 45. Qe3+ Ka5 46.
f4 Qh1+ 47. Kd2 Qh2+ 48. Kd1 Qxf4 49. Qxf4 gxf4 50. g5 f3 51. g6 f2 52. Ke2 c3
53. g7 f1=Q+ 54. Kxf1 c2 55. g8=Q c1=Q+ 56. Ke2 Qc2+ 57. Ke3 Kxa4 58. Qg4+ Kb3
59. Qxh4 c5 60. Qd8 Qc3+ 61. Ke2 c4 62. Qb6+ Kc2 63. h4 Qd3+ 64. Kf2 c3 65. Qa5
Kd1 66. Qa1+ Kd2 67. Qa5 Qe3+ 68. Kg2 Kd1 69. Qa1+ Ke2 70. Qa6+ Qd3 71. Qe6+
Kd1 72. Qb3+ Ke1 73. h5 Qd2+ 74. Kf3 c2 75. Qe6+ Kd1 76. Qb3 Qe2+ 77. Kg3 Qe5+
78. Kf2 Qd4+ 79. Kf3 Kd2 80. Qa2 Qd3+ 81. Kf4 Ke1 82. Qa1+ Ke2 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 26th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2010.10.20"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Economist SGSEU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 Na6 10. Bf4 c6 11. Ne5 Nc7 12. Qa4 b5 13. Qa5 Ne6 14. Qxd8 Bxd8 15.
Be3 Bb6 16. Red1 Rfe8 17. f4 a5 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Bf2 Red8 20. h4 g6 21. Bh3
Rc7 22. e3 Ne8 23. e4 Nd6 24. exd5 cxd5 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Nd3 Bc6 27. Nc5 Kf7
28. Ne2 b4 29. Kh2 Bb5 30. Ng1 Ne4 31. Nxe4 dxe4 32. Rxc7+ Bxc7 33. Nh3 h6 34.
Be3 Be2 35. Rd2 Bf3 36. Ng1 Bg4 37. Kg2 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 26th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2010.10.21"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Qc2 Nb6 7. a4 a5 8. Na3
Nfd5 9. Nxc4 Nb4 10. Qb3 Nxc4 11. Qxc4 Be6 12. Qc3 Nd5 13. Qe5 Nb4 14. Ra3 Qd6
15. Qc3 Nd5 16. Qd4 Nb4 17. Qb6 Bc8 18. d4 Ra6 19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. dxc5 e5 21.
Nxe5 Bxc5 22. Rd1 Be6 23. e4 Ra8 24. Rc3 b6 25. Bf1 Ke7 26. Rxc5 bxc5 27. Be3
Rhd8 28. Rc1 f6 29. Bxc5+ Ke8 30. Bxb4 axb4 31. Rxc6 Bb3 32. Nd3 Bxa4 33. Rb6
Rab8 34. Rxb4 Rxb4 35. Nxb4 Rd2 36. Nd5 Rxb2 37. Ne3 Bc6 38. Bd3 Rb4 39. e5
fxe5 40. Bxh7 Bf3 41. Bc2 g5 42. h3 Rd4 43. Kh2 Rd2 44. g4 e4 45. Kg3 Kd7 46.
h4 gxh4+ 47. Kxh4 Rxf2 48. Kg3 Rd2 49. Kf4 Bh1 50. Ke5 Rd6 51. Ba4+ Kc7 52. Bc2
Rd8 53. g5 Re8+ 54. Kd4 Re6 55. g6 Rxg6 56. Bxe4 Bxe4 57. Kxe4 Kd6 58. Kd4 Re6
59. Nc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 26th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2010.10.22"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Chernigov"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Ba5 bxa4 13. Rxa4 Qb8 14. b4 Be4 15.
Qc1 Qb7 16. Nbd2 Bd5 17. Re1 Ne4 18. Ra1 Nb6 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bf1 Bxf3 21.
exf3 Nd5 22. Rb1 c6 23. Qc4 Rfc8 24. f4 g6 25. Rec1 Bf8 26. Bd3 Qa7 27. Rd1 Bg7
28. Be2 Bf6 29. Rbc1 Kg7 30. Qd3 Be7 31. Qc4 Bf6 32. h4 h5 33. Rc2 Kg8 34. Qd3
Be7 35. Rc4 Nb6 36. Bxb6 Qxb6 37. Bf3 a5 38. bxa5 Rxa5 39. Rdc1 Ra3 40. Qe4 Bf6
41. Rb1 Qa6 42. Be2 Ra1 43. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 44. Kg2 Qb2 45. Bf3 Rd8 46. Qxc6 Bxd4
47. Rc2 Qb6 48. Qxb6 Bxb6 49. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 26th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2010.10.23"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan Socar"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. e4 Bg7 6. cxb5 a6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nh3 d6
9. Nf4 Nbd7 10. Be2 axb5 11. Nxb5 Ne8 12. O-O Ba6 13. Kh1 Nc7 14. Nc3 Qb8 15.
Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Nfe2 Nb5 17. Bg5 Re8 18. Qd3 Ra5 19. Rab1 Ne5 20. Qc2 Nxc3 21.
Nxc3 Qb4 22. Rfc1 Qc4 23. b3 Qd3 24. a4 h6 25. Bd2 Qxc2 26. Rxc2 Rb8 27. Kg1
Ra6 28. Kf1 c4 29. b4 Nd3 30. Nd1 Rxa4 31. Rxc4 Ra2 32. Be3 Ra4 33. Bd2 Ra2 34.
Be3 Ra4 35. Ke2 Raxb4 36. Rcxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Qb6 8. Nf3
Qc7 9. Re1 Bc5 10. e5 f5 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Rxe3 b4 13. Nb1 Ne7 14. Nbd2 Nd5 15.
Re1 O-O 16. Nc4 Nc6 17. Bf1 a5 18. Nd4 Ba6 19. Nxc6 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 dxc6 21. Qd4
Qe7 22. a3 Rfd8 23. axb4 Qxb4 24. Red1 Kf7 25. b3 a4 26. h3 a3 27. Rd3 Nb6 28.
Bxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8.
Nc3 e5 9. Qe2 Bc5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Bg4 12. f3 Be6 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. Bc2 b5
15. Bb3 Bd4 16. Be1 Qb6 17. g4 Nd7 18. Kc2 Nc5 19. f4 bxc4 20. f5 Qxb3+ 21. Kc1
Bd7 22. h4 a5 23. Nb1 Be3+ 24. Bd2 Bd4 25. Bc3 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. Rb1 b6 12. Qc2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bd5 14. e4 Bb7
15. Bxc4 Nc6 16. Rbd1 Qe8 17. Qe2 a6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Bxa6 b5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7
21. Bxb5 Qxe4 22. Qxe4 Bxe4 23. Rfe1 Bf5 24. a4 Bxc3 25. Re7 Rfd8 26. Rc1 Bb4
27. Rb7 Rac8 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. f3 h5 30. Kf2 Rc2+ 31. Kf1 Bc5 32. a5 Rb2 33.
Ke1 Bb4+ 34. Kd1 Bxa5 35. Kc1 Rb1# 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 b6 7. c3 Bb7 8. Nbd2
c5 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. e4 d4 11. Re1 Rc8 12. c4 e5 13. Bh3 Rc7 14. f5 Bc8 15. g4 Ne8
16. Nf1 Nd6 17. Ng3 b5 18. b3 a5 19. Bf1 a4 20. h4 Bd7 21. h5 Ra7 22. Bd2 Nb4
23. Qb2 Qa8 24. a3 Nc6 25. bxa4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 a6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. h4 h5 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2 Nbd7
9. Nh3 Nb6 10. Ng5 O-O 11. a4 b4 12. Nd1 a5 13. Nf2 c5 14. O-O cxd4 15. Bxd4 e5
16. Be3 d5 17. Bc5 Re8 18. Bb5 Nbd7 19. Nd3 Ba6 20. Bf2 Bxb5 21. axb5 d4 22. f4
Ng4 23. fxe5 Ndxe5 24. Bg3 Nc4 25. Qe2 f6 26. Nf3 Nce3 27. Rfe1 Rc8 28. Rac1
Rxe4 29. Nd2 Re8 30. Qf3 Qb6 31. Ne4 f5 32. Nd6 Red8 33. Nxc8 Rxc8 34. Nf4 Qxb5
35. Nxg6 Qe8 36. Nf4 Be5 37. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C94"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d3 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Nc5 13. Bc2 Re8 14. N3h2 d5 15.
Qf3 Qd7 16. Ng3 Rad8 17. Ng4 Bf8 18. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Ne7 6. Nxe5 Qd4 7. Qh5 g6 8.
Qg5 Bg7 9. Nd3 f5 10. e5 c5 11. b3 Qg4 12. Qxg4 fxg4 13. Nxc5 b6 14. Nd3 Bf5
15. Bb2 Bxd3 16. cxd3 O-O-O 17. Na3 Rxd3 18. Rac1 b5 19. Nc2 Rxd2 20. Bc3 Re2
21. Nd4 Rxa2 22. Ne6 Rg8 23. Ra1 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Kb7 25. Nc5+ Kc6 26. b4 Ra8 27.
Rxa6+ Rxa6 28. Nxa6 Nd5 29. Bd4 Bf8 30. e6 Nxb4 31. Nb8+ Kd5 32. Nd7 Bd6 33.
Bc5 Kxe6 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 e5 5. Nc3 e4 6. Bc2 Bd6 7. f3 O-O 8. fxe4
Nxe4 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Qe7 12. Qf3 Re8 13. Nc3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3
Qxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Rxe3+ 16. Kf2 Re8 17. Nf3 Be6 18. b3 Nd7 19. Rhe1 f6 20. Nd2 Bf5
21. a4 Nf8 22. a5 Ne6 23. Re3 Nf4 24. Nf1 Bc2 25. Ra3 Be4 26. g3 Nh3+ 27. Ke2
f5 28. Nd2 Bg2 29. a6 b6 30. Ra1 g5 31. Kd3 b5 32. c5 f4 33. Ba5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. h3 O-O 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bd2 b6 14. Rac1 Bb7 15.
Be3 Ne5 16. Rfd1 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Rad8 18. Na4 Qc6 19. b3 b5 20. cxb5 Qxb5 21. Bb6
Qxd3 22. Rxd3 Bxe4 23. Bxd8 Bxd3 24. Be7 Re8 25. Bxd6 Rd8 26. Bc7 Rc8 27. Nb6
Re8 28. Ne5 Be4 29. Nec4 Bb7 30. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d4 Bg7 6. O-O cxd4 7. Nxd4 e5 8.
Nf3 d6 9. b3 Ne7 10. Ba3 c5 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. Nc3 Qb6 13. Rad1 Rd8 14. Qe3 O-O
15. Nd2 Ba6 16. Rfe1 Qa5 17. Bb2 Nc6 18. Nd5 Nd4 19. Rc1 Kh8 20. c3 Ne6 21. a3
f5 22. b4 Qa4 23. c4 Bb7 24. b5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Nd4 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Qb3 Qa5 28.
Qb4 Qb6 29. Nb3 e4 30. a4 d3 31. a5 Qb7 32. Rb1 Rfe8 33. b6 f4 34. Qd2 axb6 35.
Qxf4 bxa5 36. Nxa5 Qa6 37. Nc6 Ra8 38. Rxe4 Rf8 39. Qd2 Qa2 40. Qxa2 Rxa2 41.
Rd1 Rfxf2 42. Re8+ Bf8 43. Rxd3 Rxg2+ 44. Kf1 Kg7 45. Rf3 Rxh2 46. Kg1 Rhg2+
47. Kf1 Rgc2 48. Kg1 Rc1+ 49. Rf1 Rxf1+ 50. Kxf1 Kf7 51. Rc8 h5 52. Nd8+ Kf6
53. Ne6 Be7 54. Rc6 Ke5 55. Rc7 Bf6 56. Nf8 g5 57. Rf7 Bd8 58. Ng6+ Ke4 59. Rd7
Kf3 60. Rf7+ Kg3 61. Rd7 Bb6 62. Rxd6 Bd4 63. Ne7 Kf3 64. Ke1 Be3 65. Rf6+ Bf4
66. Kd1 Rd2+ 67. Ke1 Rc2 68. Kd1 Rc1# 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Qc2 b4 5. e4 d6 6. a3 bxa3 7. Rxa3 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7
9. h3 O-O 10. Be2 Na6 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Nf3 Rb8 13. Na4 Nb4 14. Qb1 Qc7 15. O-O
e6 16. Re1 exd5 17. cxd5 Re8 18. Nc3 Bd7 19. Nd2 a6 20. Bf4 Bb5 21. Nc4 Bxc4
22. Bxc4 Nd7 23. Qd1 Ne5 24. Bf1 c4 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Qa4 Nd3 27. Bxd3 cxd3 28.
Rd1 Rec8 29. Rxd3 Rxb2 30. Nd1 Rb1 31. Qxa6 Qc2 32. Qa4 Qxa4 33. Rxa4 Rcc1 34.
g3 Rxd1+ 35. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 36. Kg2 Rd2 37. Kf1 g5 38. Ra6 Kg7 39. h4 g4 40. Ra4 h5
41. Ra3 Bd4 42. f3 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 a6 5. b3 Bg4 6. Ne2 e6 7. Nbc3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bd6 9. Qc2 Bh5 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Rad1 b5 13. a3 bxc4 14. bxc4 Bxg3
15. hxg3 Nb6 16. c5 Nc4 17. Bc1 e5 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. e4 Qa5 21.
exd5 Qxc5 22. Be3 Qxa3 23. Bd4 Rfe8 24. Rfe1 Qd6 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Qxe4 Nc4 27.
Qxe8+ Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ Kh7 29. dxc6 Qxc6 30. Rd8 f6 31. Re1 Qc7 32. Rde8 Qd6 33.
Ba1 a5 34. R8e7 Qd2 35. Bxf6 Kh6 36. Bxg7+ Kh5 37. R7e5+ Nxe5 38. Rxe5+ g5 39.
f4 Kg6 40. Rxg5+ Kf7 41. Be5 a4 42. Rg7+ Ke6 43. Kh2 Qe3 44. Rg6+ Kf5 45. Rf6+
Ke4 46. Ra6 Qb3 47. g4 a3 48. g5 Qd3 49. Rd6 Qc4 50. g6 a2 51. Rd4+ Qxd4 52.
Bxd4 Kxd4 53. g7 a1=Q 54. g8=Q Ke4 55. Qg5 Qh8+ 56. Kg3 Qc3+ 57. Kg4 Qb2 58.
Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 c6 9. Bg2 h6 10. Bd2 Re8 11. Rc1 a6 12. Kh1 d6 13. f4 exf4 14. Rxf4 Bg4 15.
Qb3 Bc5 16. e4 b5 17. Rcf1 Bd4 18. Qc2 bxc4 19. dxc4 Be5 20. R4f2 Be6 21. Ne2
d5 22. exd5 cxd5 23. Nf4 Bxf4 24. Rxf4 dxc4 25. Rxf6 gxf6 26. Bc3 Bd5 27. h4
Bxg2+ 28. Qxg2 Qd3 29. Kg1 Rad8 30. Rxf6 Re2 31. Qh3 Qe3+ 32. Kh1 Rd1+ 33. Rf1
Qf3+ 34. Kg1 Rxf1+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "291"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 f6 8. exf6
Nxf6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nf1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qb6 13. Ng3 Bd7 14. b3 a5 15.
a3 Rae8 16. Bb2 Bf4 17. Bc2 Re7 18. Bc1 Bb8 19. Bg5 Be8 20. Qd2 h6 21. Be3 Qd8
22. Re2 Bd6 23. Qd3 Na7 24. Qd2 Bb5 25. Ree1 Nc6 26. Nh4 Ref7 27. Ng6 Re8 28.
Bf4 Ng4 29. f3 Bxf4 30. Nxf4 Qg5 31. Ngh5 Nf6 32. Bg6 Nxh5 33. Bxh5 Rxf4 34.
Bxe8 Nxd4 35. Bh5 Be8 36. g3 Rf5 37. Qxg5 Rxg5 38. Bxe8 Nxf3+ 39. Kg2 Nxe1+ 40.
Rxe1 e5 41. Rd1 e4 42. Bb5 Kf8 43. Kf2 Ke7 44. Ke3 Rf5 45. Be2 Kd6 46. Rc1 Rf8
47. b4 axb4 48. axb4 Ra8 49. Rc5 Ra2 50. g4 g5 51. h3 Rb2 52. Rb5 Kc6 53. Bf1
Rb1 54. Be2 Rb2 55. Bf1 Rb1 56. Be2 Rb2 57. Rc5+ Kd6 58. Rc8 Rxb4 59. Rh8 Ke5
60. Re8+ Kd6 61. Bd1 Rb1 62. Bc2 Rh1 63. Kd4 Rxh3 64. Rd8+ Ke6 65. Rxd5 Rg3 66.
Re5+ Kf6 67. Rxe4 Rh3 68. Bd1 b5 69. Re8 Rh1 70. Bf3 Rf1 71. Rb8 b4 72. Be4 Rf4
73. Rb6+ Kg7 74. Rg6+ Kf7 75. Rxh6 Rxg4 76. Rb6 Rf4 77. Ke5 Kg7 78. Rxb4 Rf7
79. Bf5 Re7+ 80. Be6 Kg6 81. Rb8 Rg7 82. Bf5+ Kf7 83. Rb7+ Kf8 84. Rb6 g4 85.
Bg6 Ke7 86. Kf5 Kd8 87. Kxg4 Kc7 88. Rf6 Rd7 89. Kf5 Rd6 90. Rf7+ Rd7 91. Rf8
Rd8 92. Be8 Kd6 93. Kf6 Rb8 94. Rh8 Ra8 95. Kf7 Ra7+ 96. Kf8 Ra1 97. Rh6+ Ke5
98. Ke7 Ra3 99. Bd7 Rd3 100. Rh5+ Kd4 101. Ke6 Re3+ 102. Kd6 Re4 103. Rd5+ Ke3
104. Ra5 Kd4 105. Bf5 Rf4 106. Ke6 Rf3 107. Ra4+ Ke3 108. Ke5 Rg3 109. Ra2 Rf3
110. Be4 Rg3 111. Ra3+ Kf2 112. Ra1 Ke3 113. Bf5 Rf3 114. Bg4 Rg3 115. Ra4 Kd2
116. Bf5 Ke3 117. Bg4 Kd2 118. Rf4 Re3+ 119. Kf5 Rc3 120. Bf3 Ke3 121. Bd5 Rc5
122. Re4+ Kd3 123. Ke5 Rc3 124. Rd4+ Ke3 125. Rh4 Rd3 126. Be4 Rc3 127. Rh1
Rc5+ 128. Bd5 Rc3 129. Rf1 Rd3 130. Be4 Rc3 131. Kd5 Ke2 132. Ra1 Ke3 133. Ra2
Rb3 134. Ra5 Rc3 135. Rb5 Ra3 136. Bc2 Rc3 137. Bf5 Kf4 138. Kd4 Ra3 139. Bd3
Ra7 140. Rf5+ Kg4 141. Ke3 Rg7 142. Be4 Rg5 143. Rf7 Kg3 144. Rf3+ Kg4 145. Kf2
Re5 146. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Bd3
Bd7 9. Bc2 g5 10. h3 Nf5 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. O-O g4 13. hxg4 fxg4 14. Nc3 gxf3
15. Nxd5 fxg2 16. Re1 Qxd4 17. Bg5 Bg7 18. Nc7+ Kf8 19. Nxa8 Nxe5 20. Be7+ Kg8
21. Rxe5 Bxe5 22. Qxd4 Bxd4 23. Rd1 Bxf2+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. f5
gxf5 9. Qe1 fxe4 10. dxe4 Be6 11. Nd5 Ne5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Bg5 Bxd5 14. exd5
Qd6 15. Qh4 Nxd5 16. Rad1 e6 17. Rf6 Qc7 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Rd3 Rfd8 20. Bh6
Bxh6 21. Qxh6 e4 22. Rg3+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. a5
a6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 O-O 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. e4 e5 15. d5
Bb4 16. Ba2 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Nf6 19. Bg5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 b5 21. axb6
Qxb6 22. Qb3 Bc5 23. Qxb6 Bxb6 24. Be7 Rfe8 25. Bd6 Bd4 26. Ra2 Red8 27. b4 f6
28. Kf1 Kf7 29. f4 Rd7 30. fxe5 Bxe5 31. Bxe5 Rxd5 32. exd5 fxe5 33. Ra5 Rb8
34. Rxa6 Rxb4 35. Re6 Re4 36. Kf2 h5 37. Kf3 Re1 38. h4 Kf8 39. d6 Kf7 40. d7
Rd1 41. Rxe5 Rd3+ 42. Ke4 Rxd7 43. Rxh5 Rd2 44. Rg5 Re2+ 45. Kf3 Ra2 46. Re5
Kg6 47. g4 Ra3+ 48. Kf4 Ra4+ 49. Re4 Ra6 50. h5+ Kh6 51. Re8 Ra4+ 52. Kg3 Ra1
53. Re6+ Kh7 54. g5 Rh1 55. Kg4 Rg1+ 56. Kf5 Rh1 57. Re8 Rxh5 58. Ra8 g6+ 59.
Kf6 Rh1 60. Ra7+ Kg8 61. Kxg6 Kf8 62. Ra8+ Ke7 63. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 b6 7. a3 a5 8. O-O
e5 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. b3 f6 11. Nc4 Ne7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Qe2 g5 15. b4
axb4 16. axb4 b5 17. Ncd2 cxb4 18. Bc5 Rfd8 19. Rxb4 Ng6 20. Be3 Ra2 21. Qd1
Rda8 22. Rb1 Qf7 23. d4 g4 24. hxg4 Bxg4 25. Qc1 exd4 26. Nxd4 Nh4 27. Nxc6 Rc8
28. Nb4 Ra4 29. Nd5 f5 30. Bg5 Nxg2 31. Kxg2 Rxe4 32. Nxe4 Qxd5 33. f3 fxe4 34.
fxg4 e3+ 35. Rf3 Qxg5 36. Qxe3 Rxc2+ 37. Kh3 Rc5 38. Qxg5 Rxg5 39. Re3 Rc5 40.
Reb3 h5 41. gxh5 Rxh5+ 42. Kg4 Rc5 43. Rd1 Bf6 44. Rd7 Re5 45. Rb7 Re7 46.
R7xb5 Kg7 47. Rh3 Rd7 48. Rb8 Rd4+ 49. Kf5 Rd5+ 50. Ke4 Re5+ 51. Kf4 Re7 52.
Rb5 Rd7 53. Kf5 Re7 54. Rg3+ Kf7 55. Rf3 Kg7 56. Ra5 Kf7 57. Ra6 Re5+ 58. Kg4
Re6 59. Ra7+ Kg6 60. Rh3 Re4+ 61. Kf3 Rb4 62. Rh1 Rb3+ 63. Ke4 Rb4+ 64. Kd3
Rd4+ 65. Ke3 Rb4 66. Rg1+ Bg5+ 67. Kd3 Rb5 68. Kc4 Rf5 69. Ra6+ Rf6 70. Ra2
Rf4+ 71. Kd5 Rf5+ 72. Ke6 Rf6+ 73. Kd7 Rf7+ 74. Ke8 Re7+ 75. Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bh2
Nbd7 9. a4 a6 10. c3 Re8 11. Qb3 e5 12. Na3 Ne4 13. Bc4 Re7 14. Bd5 Qc8 15.
Rfd1 Nef6 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Nc4 e4 18. Nfd2 Qd5 19. Na3 Qf5 20. Nc2 a5 21. Na3
Nf8 22. Qb5 d5 23. b4 g5 24. bxa5 Rxa5 25. Qb4 Ng6 26. Nb3 Ra8 27. a5 bxa5 28.
Nxa5 g4 29. h4 Bf8 30. Nb5 Nxh4 31. Bg3 Nf3+ 32. gxf3 gxf3 33. Kf1 Re6 34. Qb3
Rea6 35. Nxc7 Rxa5 36. Nxa8 Qh3+ 37. Ke1 Rxa1 38. Rxa1 Qh1+ 39. Kd2 Qxa1 40.
Nc7 Ba3 41. Qd1 Qa2+ 42. Qc2 Qc4 43. Ke1 Bb4 44. Nb5 Qxb5 45. cxb4 Qxb4+ 46.
Kd1 Qc4 47. Qb2 Qf1+ 48. Kc2 Qe2+ 49. Kb3 Qxb2+ 50. Kxb2 h5 51. Kb3 Kg7 52. Kb4
Kg6 53. Kc5 Kg5 54. Kd6 h4 55. Be5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bb4 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8.
Qd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be7 10. Qg4 g6 11. Bh6 d6 12. Qg3 Bf8 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bh6 Bf8
15. Bf4 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Qxd6 cxd6 19. O-O-O Ke7 20. Be2 Be6
21. Rd4 Rac8 22. Re1 Rhe8 23. f4 b6 24. Bd3 Kd7 25. Rd1 Red8 26. f5 gxf5 27.
Rh4 Rh8 28. Rf1 Rc5 29. Rh5 Ke7 30. Kd2 h6 31. Bxf5 Rxc4 32. Bc2 Rhc8 33. Rf3
Rg8 34. g3 Rh8 35. Re3 Rc5 36. Rh4 Kd7 37. a4 h5 38. Bd3 Rg8 39. Rf4 Rgg5 40.
Ref3 Ke7 41. Rh4 Ra5 42. Rd4 Rgd5 43. Rff4 Rxd4 44. Rxd4 Rd5 45. Rf4 Re5 46.
Bc2 Bg4 47. Bd3 Bd7 48. Bc2 f6 49. Bd1 d5 50. Rh4 Be8 51. Rd4 Kd6 52. Rf4 Ke7
53. Rd4 Bg6 54. Bf3 Ke6 55. Be2 Be4 56. Bf1 Kd6 57. a5 Rf5 58. Ke1 Rf3 59. axb6
axb6 60. Bg2 Rxc3 61. Kd2 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8.
Nge2 Nf8 9. Qc2 Ne6 10. Bh4 h5 11. Bf5 Bd7 12. f3 Qc7 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Kb1
Kb8 15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 g5 17. Bxe6 gxh4 18. Bxf7 Bxh2 19. e5 Ng4 20. Rc1 Ne3
21. Qb3 Bf5+ 22. Ka1 Bg3 23. Nb5 Nc2+ 24. Qxc2 Qxf7 25. Rhf1 Rhf8 26. Nd6 Rxd6
27. Rxf5 Qxf5 28. Qxf5 Rxf5 29. Nxg3 hxg3 30. exd6 Kc8 31. Rh1 h4 32. a3 Rf4
33. d5 cxd5 34. Rd1 d4 35. Re1 Kd7 36. Re7+ Kxd6 37. Rh7 d3 38. Rh8 Rd4 39. Kb1
d2 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 b5 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O
Ne7 9. f4 Nec6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. g5 Be7 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qe1 Na5 14. a3 Nc4 15.
Bc1 Rc8 16. Qg3 O-O 17. h4 a5 18. Nh2 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Nd1 d5 21. e5 d4 22.
Ng4 Bc5 23. Kh2 Bxg2 24. Qxg2 Qc6 25. Qe2 Ndb6 26. h5 Be7 27. Ndf2 Nd5 28. h6
g6 29. Ne4 Nde3 30. Nef6+ Bxf6 31. Nxf6+ Kh8 32. Rf2 Nd5 33. Ng4 Rfd8 34. b3
Ncb6 35. Bb2 Nc3 36. Bxc3 dxc3 37. Rd1 Nd5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
g5 9. a3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. b4 g4 12. Ne1 Qxd4 13. Nb3 Qxe5 14. Rb1 Qg7 15.
Bb5 O-O 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Bb2 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Nd3 Ba6 20. Re1 Rab8 21.
Ne5 Ne4 22. Qd4 Bb5 23. Rbc1 Rbc8 24. Nc5 Nxc5 25. Rxc5 f6 26. Nxg4 e5 27. Qd1
d4 28. f3 Kh8 29. a4 Ba6 30. Qd2 Rg8 31. Nh6 Rgf8 32. Rec1 Qd7 33. g4 Bb7 34.
h4 e4 35. fxe4 d3 36. R1c4 Ba6 37. Rc1 Qd4+ 38. Qf2 Qxe4 39. Re1 Qxb4 40. Rf5
Qb6 41. Re3 Rce8 42. Rxf6 Qc5 43. Rf7 Qxe3 44. Rxf8+ Kg7 45. Nf5+ Kxf8 46.
Nxe3+ Kg8 47. Nf5 Bc8 48. Qd4 Bxf5 49. gxf5 Kf7 50. Qxd3 Kf6 51. Qd6+ Kxf5 52.
Qxc6 Re7 53. h5 Kg5 54. h6 Rf7 55. a5 Rf6 56. Qc5+ Kxh6 57. Qxa7 Kg5 58. a6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. d4 Rc8 11. Rad1 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qb1 Qe7 14. Ng5 Nfe4 15.
Ngxe4 dxe4 16. Rd2 Bb8 17. Rfd1 Qg5 18. g3 Qf5 19. Bf1 Nd3 20. Bg2 Ne5 21. Nb5
Nd3 22. Rxd3 exd3 23. Bxb7 Rcd8 24. Nd4 Qg6 25. Bg2 Rd7 26. Bf1 Rfd8 27. Bxd3
Qh5 28. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 a6 8. a5
exd4 9. Qxd4 Ng4 10. Nd5 Nde5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bb3 Be6 13. Bf4 Ng6 14. Bg3 Bf6
15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Ra4 Bxb3 18. cxb3 Ne5 19. Rc1 Nc6 20. Bh4 Rfe8
21. Bxf6 Re6 22. Bc3 Rae8 23. f3 h6 24. Rd1 Kh7 25. Rc4 Kg6 26. Kf2 h5 27. h4
f6 28. Kg3 Rg8 29. Kf2 Rge8 30. Ra4 Na7 31. Raa1 Nb5 32. Rac1 c6 33. Bb4 d5 34.
exd5 cxd5 35. Rxd5 Re2+ 36. Kg3 Rxb2 37. Re1 Rxe1 38. Bxe1 Rxb3 39. Rd7 Na3 40.
Rc7 Rb2 41. Bf2 Nc2 42. Bb6 Ne1 43. Rxb7 Rxg2+ 44. Kf4 Nd3+ 45. Ke4 Nb4 46. Bd4
Re2+ 47. Kf4 Nd5+ 48. Kg3 f5 49. Rg7+ Kh6 50. Rg5 f4+ 51. Kh3 Ne3 52. Bg7+ Kh7
53. Be5 Rf2 54. Bxf4 Rxf3+ 55. Bg3 Kh6 56. Rg8 Nf5 57. Rg5 Nxg3 58. Rxg3 Rf5
59. Ra3 Kg6 60. Kg3 Kf6 61. Ra4 Ke6 62. Ra1 Kd6 63. Ra2 Kc6 64. Ra1 Kb5 65. Ra2
Kb4 66. Rb2+ Kxa5 67. Rb8 Ka4 68. Rg8 Kb4 69. Rg5 Rc5 70. Kf4 a5 71. Rg8 a4 72.
Rb8+ Rb5 73. Ra8 a3 74. Ra7 Kb3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. a5
Bb4 9. Qa4 Qe7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be2 Ne4 12. Qb3 Rab8 13. Rd1 Bd6 14. Nxe4 Bxe4
15. Nd2 Bg6 16. Nc4 Bc7 17. Bd2 Rfd8 18. Bb4 Qg5 19. Bf3 a6 20. h3 Nf6 21. Bc5
Rd7 22. Bb6 Bxb6 23. Qxb6 Nd5 24. Qc5 h6 25. b4 Rdd8 26. Rd2 Bh7 27. Re1 Bg6
28. Kh2 Qf6 29. Ne5 Bh7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 c6 5. Ne5 Be6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. d4 g6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Nb5 Na6 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. Nd3 Ndb8 14. Rc1 Nc6
15. e3 g5 16. Nc3 Bf5 17. Ke2 e6 18. a3 Nc7 19. Na2 Nb5 20. Nab4 Na5 21. a4 Nd6
22. Rc3 Kd7 23. Rhc1 Rhc8 24. Rxc8 Nxc8 25. Rc3 Nd6 26. f3 g4 27. b3 gxf3+ 28.
Bxf3 Ne4 29. Bxe4 Bxe4 30. Nf2 Bf5 31. Nbd3 Nc6 32. g4 Bg6 33. Nf4 Re8 34. h4
e5 35. dxe5 Bxe5 36. Nxd5 Bxc3 37. Bxc3 Bc2 38. Nf6+ Ke7 39. Nxe8 Kxe8 40. b4
Bxa4 41. Ne4 Bc2 42. Nf6+ Kd8 43. e4 Ne7 44. Ke3 h6 45. h5 Bd1 46. Kf4 Nc6 47.
g5 hxg5+ 48. Kxg5 Ne7 49. h6 Ng6 50. h7 Bc2 51. Ng4 Ke7 52. Bf6+ Ke6 53. Ne5
1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b5 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1
Be7 9. a4 b4 10. Na2 e5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. c3 bxc3 13. Nxc3 O-O 14. Bc4 Be6 15.
Bxe6 fxe6 16. b4 Nxb4 17. Qb3 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Rxe5 Rb8 20. Qd1 Bc5 21. Be3
Bd6 22. Rf5 Qd7 23. Nd4 g6 24. Rf3 Ng4 25. h3 Rxf3 26. Qxf3 Nxe3 27. Qxe3 Bc5
28. Rd1 Re8 29. Qd2 Rf8 30. Nf3 Rf5 31. Qe2 Qe7 32. Qd2 Qf6 33. Re1 Kg7 34. Nd1
d4 35. Nb2 Nd5 36. Nd3 Bd6 37. Qb2 Nf4 38. Nxf4 Rxf4 39. Qb7+ Kh6 40. Qd5 d3
41. Qxd3 Rxa4 42. Qd5 Ra1 43. g4 Rxe1+ 44. Nxe1 Qe5 45. Qd2+ Qf4 46. Qd3 a5 47.
Nf3 Kg7 48. Qc3+ Kf7 49. Qb3+ Ke7 50. Qb7+ Kd8 51. Qd5 Kc7 52. Kf1 Qc1+ 53. Kg2
a4 54. Nd4 Kd7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O Bh5 10. Nb3 O-O 11. Bf4 a5 12. a3 a4 13. Nc1 Nb6 14. Qd3 Bg6 15.
Qd1 Be4 16. Nd3 Nbd5 17. Bg5 Qb6 18. e3 Rfd8 19. Qe2 Qb5 20. Rfd1 Rac8 21. Bf1
h6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Rac1 b6 24. Nfe5 c5 25. dxc5 bxc5 26. Nc4 Qb7 27. Nde5 Rd5
28. f3 Bh7 29. e4 Rd4 30. Na5 Qa8 31. Nac6 Bd6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 a6 8.
O-O Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Qe1 Bd7 12. Qg3 b5 13. e5 Ne8 14. Bd3 g6 15.
Ne4 Rc8 16. Rad1 dxe5 17. fxe5 Ng7 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. exf6 Qxg3 20. hxg3 Nf5 21.
Bxf5 exf5 22. Bh6 Rfe8 23. Nxb5 axb5 24. Rxd7 Ne5 25. Re7 Ng4 26. Rfe1 Nxf6 27.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. c3 Rc8 29. Kg1 Ne4 30. g4 f6 31. gxf5 gxf5 32. Bf4 Kf7 33. Rd1
Ke6 34. Rd4 h5 35. Rb4 Rc5 36. a4 bxa4 37. Rxa4 Rb5 38. Ra6+ Kf7 39. Ra2 Rb3
40. Kf1 h4 41. Ke2 Kg6 42. Kd3 Kh5 43. Kc2 Rb7 44. b4 Kg4 45. Bh2 f4 46. Ra8
Rc7 47. Ra3 Rd7 48. b5 Rd2+ 49. Kc1 Rxg2 50. b6 Nc5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "6"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. O-O Na6 12. Qd2 Nc7 13. Bc2 exd5 14. exd5 f5 15. f4
Nxg3 16. Nxg3 g4 17. Rae1 Bd7 18. Kh1 Rf7 19. Re2 Bh8 20. Rfe1 Qf6 21. Re3 Re8
22. Rxe8+ Nxe8 23. Bxf5 Bxf5 24. Rxe8+ Rf8 25. Nce4 Bxe4 26. Nxe4 Qf5 27. Nxd6
Qb1+ 28. Re1 Qxa2 29. Nxb7 Qxc4 30. d6 Rxf4 31. Qd1 Rd4 32. Qb1 Qf7 33. Nd8 Qf6
34. Re8+ Kg7 35. Ne6+ Kf7 36. Rf8+ Kxe6 37. Rxf6+ Bxf6 38. h3 g3 39. d7 Kxd7
40. Qf5+ Ke7 41. Qxc5+ Ke6 42. Qc6+ Kf5 43. Qf3+ Rf4 44. Qd3+ Ke6 45. Qe3+ Be5
46. Qe2 Rf2 47. Qc4+ Kf6 48. b4 Rb2 49. Qc6+ Kg5 50. Qc1+ Kf5 51. Qf1+ Ke6 52.
b5 Kd6 53. Qd3+ Ke7 54. Kg1 Ra2 55. Kf1 Rf2+ 56. Ke1 Rxg2 57. Qe3 Ke6 58. Qxa7
Rb2 59. Qa6+ Kf5 60. Qc8+ Kf4 61. Qc4+ Kf5 62. Qf7+ Ke4 63. Qg6+ Kd5 64. Qd3+
Ke6 65. Qg6+ Kd5 66. Qc6+ Kd4 67. Qd7+ Ke3 68. Qf5 Bc3+ 69. Kd1 g2 70. Qe6+ Kd3
71. Qd5+ Bd4 72. Qf3+ Kc4 73. Qc6+ Kb4 74. Qd6+ Bc5 75. Qf4+ Ka3 76. Qf3+ Ka2
77. Qd5+ Ka1 78. Qa8+ Ra2 79. Qh8+ Rb2 80. Qa8+ Kb1 81. Qe4+ Ka2 82. Qd5+ Ka1
83. Qa8+ Kb1 84. Qe4+ Ka2 85. Qd5+ Ka1 86. Qa8+ Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Qd2 a6 7. a4 Qb6 8. Rb1 O-O
9. Bd3 Qb4 10. h3 Nbd7 11. Nf3 c4 12. Be2 Nc5 13. O-O Nxa4 14. Nxa4 Qxa4 15.
Ra1 Qb5 16. Qe3 Bd7 17. b3 Rfc8 18. Bxc4 Qc5 19. Qe2 Qc7 20. Ra2 b5 21. Bd3 a5
22. c4 a4 23. bxa4 bxc4 24. Bc2 c3 25. Rfa1 Qc4 26. Qe3 Rab8 27. Bd3 Qc5 28.
Rc2 Rb2 29. a5 Bb5 30. Qe2 Bxd3 31. Qxd3 Qc4 32. Qxc4 Rxc4 33. a6 Rxc2 34. a7
Rc8 35. a8=Q Rxa8 36. Rxa8+ Bf8 37. Bh6 Nd7 38. Nd4 Rb2 39. Rc8 c2 40. Kh2 Rb8
41. Rxb8 Nxb8 42. Be3 Nd7 43. Nxc2 Bg7 44. f3 Be5+ 45. Kg1 Kg7 46. g4 Bc3 47.
Kf2 Ne5 48. f4 Nc4 49. Bd4+ Bxd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Be3 Bd7 12. Bg2 Qc4 13. Qd2 Rd8 14. Bf1 Qd5
15. Nb5 Qxd2+ 16. Bxd2 Bc5 17. Bg2 O-O 18. Nc3 Nb4 19. Rc1 Bc6 20. Bxc6 Nxc6
21. Ne4 Be7 22. g5 Nd4 23. Rg2 Nf3+ 24. Ke2 Nxh4 25. Rg4 hxg5 26. Bxg5 Bxg5 27.
Rxg5 f6 28. Rg4 Nf5 29. Rcg1 Kf7 30. c3 Rh8 31. Nd2 g5 32. Nf3 Rd7 33. a4 e5
34. a5 Ke6 35. Rb4 Ne7 36. c4 Ng6 37. Ne1 Nf4+ 38. Ke3 Rh3+ 39. f3 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "35"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. d4 O-O 8. Bd3
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. O-O Bg4 13. Be2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2
d4 15. exd4 Bd6 16. Qf3 Qd7 17. Rad1 Rfe8 18. Bc1 Rac8 19. h3 Bb4 20. Rd3 Bxc3
21. Rxc3 Nd5 22. Rc5 Red8 23. Bg5 f6 24. Bd2 b6 25. Rc4 Re8 26. Rfc1 Rcd8 27.
Bf4 Qf5 28. Bc7 Qxf3 29. gxf3 Rd7 30. Bg3 Re2 31. R4c2 Rxc2 32. Rxc2 Kf7 33.
Kf1 Nb4 34. Rd2 Ke6 35. Bf4 Kd5 36. Ke2 Re7+ 37. Kd1 g5 38. Be3 Rc7 39. a3 Nc6
40. Rc2 Rd7 41. Kc1 h6 42. Rd2 Rg7 43. f4 g4 44. hxg4 Rxg4 45. Rd1 h5 46. Rh1
h4 47. f3 Rg3 48. Rxh4 Rxf3 49. Kd2 Nxd4 50. Rh7 Nf5 51. Bg1 Rg3 52. Bf2 Rxb3
53. Rxa7 Rb2+ 54. Ke1 Ke4 55. Rb7 b5 56. Rb6 Kf3 57. Bc5 Ng3 58. Kd1 Ne4 59.
Bb4 Kxf4 60. Kc1 Rg2 61. Rxb5 Ke3 62. Rd5 Rg5 63. Rxg5 fxg5 64. Ba5 g4 65. Bc7
Nc5 66. Kd1 Ne6 67. Bh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "36"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4
c6 9. Bc4 d5 10. Bb3 Qd6 11. f4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 dxe4 13. fxe5 Qxe5 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. dxe4 Ng6 16. Nf5 Qxc3 17. Qc1 Bxf5 18. exf5 Ne5 19. Qh6 Ng4 20. Qh4 Ne3 21.
Qg3+ Kh8 22. Rae1 Nd5 23. Qh4 Rae8 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Rd1 Re4 26. Qh6 Rg8 27.
Rd3 Qe5 28. Rh3 Rg7 29. Rg3 Rxg3 30. hxg3 Kg8 31. Qd2 Re2 32. Qd3 Re3 33. Qb5
Rxg3 34. Qxb7 Qe3+ 35. Kh2 Rg4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "37"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Qe2
d5 9. h3 Re8 10. Nf1 h6 11. g4 Na5 12. Ng3 Nxb3 13. axb3 dxe4 14. dxe4 Be6 15.
g5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 Bxb3 17. Rg1 b5 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Nh5 Qh6 20. Nxg7 Kh8 21. Nf5
Qf6 22. Nd2 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "38"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
f4 d6 9. g4 a6 10. g5 Nd7 11. Qd2 b5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. O-O-O b4 15.
Ne2 Nc5 16. Ng3 b3 17. Kb1 Nxd3 18. cxd3 bxa2+ 19. Ka1 O-O 20. f5 Rfc8 21. f6
Bf8 22. Bd4 Qc2 23. Qb4 e5 24. fxg7 Bxg7 25. Be3 a5 26. Qb6 Ba6 27. Rc1 Qxd3
28. Rxc8+ Rxc8 29. Nf5 Qxe4 30. Ne7+ Kh8 31. Nxc8 Qxh1+ 32. Kxa2 Qd5+ 33. b3
Qg2+ 34. Ka3 Bf8 35. Qxa6 d5+ 36. Nd6 d4 37. Bc1 Qc2 38. Ka4 Qxc1 39. Nxf7+ Kg8
40. Qe6 Qa1+ 41. Kb5 Qf1+ 42. Kxa5 Qxf7 43. Qxe5 Qa7+ 44. Kb5 Qc5+ 0-1

[Event "ITA-ch 70th"]
[Site "Siena"]
[Date "2010.11.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bonafede, Alessandro"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2010.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 e6 4. axb4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. d4 d6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. Ne2
Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 e5 11. f4 Bg4 12. d5 Nb8 13. f5 Nbd7 14. h3 Bxe2 15.
Qxe2 Rc8 16. Nc4 Nc5 17. Bc2 Qc7 18. Na5 Bd8 19. Bd2 Ncxe4 20. Bxe4 Qc5+ 21.
Be3 Qxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Bb6 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Nxb7 Nxe4 25. Rfb1 Nxc3 26. Rxb6 Nxd5
27. Rxd6 Ne3 28. g4 Nc2 29. Rc1 Nd4 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rd7 f6 32. Nd6 Ra8 33.
Kf2 h5 34. Ne4 Ra2+ 35. Kf1 Ra3 36. Kg2 Ne2 37. g5 Nf4+ 38. Kh2 Rxh3+ 39. Kg1
Rd3 40. Rxd3 Nxd3 41. gxf6 Nf4 42. Kf2 h4 43. fxg7 Kxg7 44. Kf3 h3 45. Nf2 h2
46. Kg3 Nd3 47. Nh1 Kf6 48. Kxh2 Kxf5 49. Kg2 Kf4 50. Ng3 Ke3 51. Nf5+ Ke2 52.
Ng3+ Ke3 53. Nf5+ Kd2 54. Nd6 Nb2 55. Kf3 Kd3 56. Ne4 Kd4 57. Ng5 Kd3 58. Ne4
Na4 59. Nf2+ Kd4 60. Ke2 Nc3+ 61. Kd2 Nd5 62. Ke2 Nf6 63. Nd3 e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITA-ch 70th"]
[Site "Siena"]
[Date "2010.11.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Piscopo, Pierluigi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2010.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 d5 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bg2
O-O 9. f4 c6 10. h3 Nh6 11. g4 Bc5 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qd3 Bb6 14. O-O-O c5 15.
Ndb5 d4 16. Nd6 dxc3 17. Qxc3 Nc6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. g5 Nf5 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21.
Rxd8 Raxd8 22. Bxc5 Rd5 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Qxc6 Red8 25. Qxb6 Rd2 26. Qc7 g6 27.
b3 R2d4 28. Qc3 R4d5 29. Rh2 1-0

[Event "ITA-ch 70th"]
[Site "Siena"]
[Date "2010.11.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Genocchio, Daniele"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2010.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. c4 e6 7. Nf3 exd5 8.
Ne5 Qf5 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. g4 Qe6 12. g5 d4 13. gxf6 dxc3 14. fxg7 Re8
15. Ng4 c2 16. Qf3 f5 17. Ne3 Nc6 18. Nxc2 Qxc4 19. Ne3 Qf7 20. b3 Nd4 21. Qd5
Re6 22. Bb2 Rd8 23. Kh1 b6 24. Rae1 Be7 25. Qb7 Nc6 26. Bc3 Rb8 27. Qd7 Rd8 28.
Qb7 Rb8 29. Qd7 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITA-ch 70th"]
[Site "Siena"]
[Date "2010.11.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Brunello, Sabino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2010.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 b6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 Bb7 8. Ng3
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Bd3 f5 12. f3 c5 13. fxe4 fxe4 14. Bb5 cxd4 15.
Nce2 d3 16. Nd4 Bc5 17. Be3 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Bc6 19. Ba4 Qg5 20. Bb3 Nd7 21. Qd2
Qg6 22. Rc1 Rae8 23. Rf1 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Nxe5 25. Kg1 Nc4 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27. Rxc4
e3 28. Bxe3 Qe6 29. Rxc6 Qxc6 30. Qxd3 Qe6 31. Bd2 Qe5 32. Bc3 Qc5+ 33. Qd4
Qxd4+ 34. Bxd4 g6 35. Kf2 Kf7 36. Kf3 Ke6 37. Ne4 h5 38. Nc3 Kf5 39. h3 Rd8 40.
g4+ Ke6 41. Ke4 hxg4 42. hxg4 Rd7 43. Ne2 Kf7 44. Nf4 Re7+ 45. Be5 Rd7 46. Nd3
Ke6 47. Bc3 Re7 48. g5 Rc7 49. Ne5 Rc5 50. Kf4 Kd5 1-0

[Event "ITA-ch 70th"]
[Site "Siena"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ortega, Lexy"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Qc8 11. Qd3 a6 12. Qf3 Ra7 13. Bb2 d6 14. Na4 Nfd7
15. Kg1 Rc7 16. Rfd1 Ne5 17. Qe3 Nbd7 18. Rac1 Qb7 19. Nc3 Nf6 20. Nf3 Ned7 21.
Nd4 Nc5 22. f3 Re8 23. Qd2 Ncd7 24. e4 Ne5 25. Qe2 Bf8 26. Rc2 Rcc8 27. Qg2
Rcd8 28. Rcd2 Nc6 29. Nxc6 Qxc6 30. e5 Qc5+ 31. Kh1 Qxe5 32. Nd5 Qf5 33. Bxf6
gxf6 34. Nxb6 Qa5 35. Na4 d5 36. cxd5 exd5 37. f4 d4 38. Qc6 Re1+ 39. Kg2 Rde8
40. Qf3 h5 41. f5 R1e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITA-ch 70th"]
[Site "Siena"]
[Date "2010.11.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Rombaldoni, Axel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2010.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Bg5 e6 7. Ndb5 Bc6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qh5 a6 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Nb3 Qb6 13. Rd2 Rc8 14. f4
Qe3 15. g3 b5 16. Bd3 Nb4 17. Kb1 Be7 18. a3 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Nxd3 20. cxd3 O-O
21. Qe2 Qb6 22. g4 a5 23. g5 b4 24. axb4 fxg5 25. Nxa5 Bf6 26. e5 Bg7 27. Nc4
Qc6 28. Rg1 f6 29. exd6 Kh8 30. Rc2 Rb8 31. h4 Be8 32. hxg5 Qc5 33. Qe3 1-0

[Event "ITA-ch 70th"]
[Site "Siena"]
[Date "2010.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "D'Amore, Carlo"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "300"]
[EventDate "2010.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. e4 Ne7 8. d4
O-O 9. Re1 Bc7 10. c3 Bh5 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. Qa3 b5 13. b3 Bb6 14. b4 a5 15. Nb3
Ra8 16. Qb2 dxe4 17. Rxe4 Nd5 18. Bd2 Bg6 19. Ree1 a4 20. Nc5 Bc7 21. Bg5 Qc8
22. Nh4 Bh5 23. Qc1 Nxc5 24. dxc5 e5 25. c4 bxc4 26. Qxc4 f6 27. Bd2 Bf7 28.
Qc2 Be6 29. a3 Qd7 30. Rad1 Bg4 31. Bc1 Bxd1 32. Rxd1 Rab8 33. Be4 g6 34. Bh6
Rf7 35. Qxa4 Qe6 36. Qb3 Rd7 37. Ng2 f5 38. Bxd5 Rxd5 39. Rxd5 Qxd5 40. Qxd5+
cxd5 41. Ne3 d4 42. Nd5 Bd8 43. c6 d3 44. Be3 Kf7 45. Kf1 Ra8 46. c7 Bxc7 47.
Nxc7 Rxa3 48. Ke1 Rc3 49. Bc5 e4 50. h4 h6 51. Nb5 Rc1+ 52. Kd2 Rc2+ 53. Ke1
Rc1+ 54. Kd2 Rc2+ 55. Ke1 Re2+ 56. Kd1 Rb2 57. Nc3 Ke6 58. b5 Ke5 59. Be3 g5
60. hxg5 hxg5 61. Bxg5 Rxf2 62. Be3 Rg2 63. b6 Kd6 64. Nb5+ Kc6 65. Nd4+ Kxb6
66. Nxf5+ Kc6 67. Bf4 Ra2 68. Ne3 Kc5 69. Nf5 Ra5 70. Kd2 Kc4 71. Nd6+ Kd4 72.
Be3+ Kd5 73. Bf4 Ra2+ 74. Kd1 e3 75. Bxe3 Kxd6 76. Bf4+ Kd5 77. Ke1 Kd4 78. Kd1
Rf2 79. Bc7 Re2 80. Bb6+ Ke4 81. Bc7 Rg2 82. Bf4 Rf2 83. Bc7 Ra2 84. Bf4 Kd4
85. Bc7 Kc4 86. Bf4 Rf2 87. Bc7 Re2 88. Bd8 Ra2 89. Bc7 Kd4 90. Bf4 Rg2 91. Bc7
Kc4 92. Bf4 Kb3 93. Bc7 Re2 94. Bd8 Rf2 95. Bc7 Kc4 96. Bf4 Kd4 97. Bc7 Ke4 98.
Bf4 Ra2 99. Bd6 Rg2 100. Bf4 Rf2 101. Bc7 d2 102. Kc2 Ke3 103. Ba5 Rg2 104. Bb4
Rxg3 105. Bxd2+ Kd4 106. Ba5 Kc4 107. Kd2 Rb3 108. Ke2 Kd4 109. Kf2 Ke4 110.
Kg2 Rf3 111. Bc7 Rf7 112. Bd6 Rf6 113. Bc5 Rc6 114. Be7 Kf4 115. Bb4 Rc2+ 116.
Kg1 Kf3 117. Kh1 Kf2 118. Kh2 Rc7 119. Kh3 Kf3 120. Kh2 Kf2 121. Kh3 Rc1 122.
Bd6 Rd1 123. Bc5+ Kf3 124. Kh2 Rd2+ 125. Kg1 Rg2+ 126. Kh1 Kg3 127. Bd6+ Kf2
128. Bc5+ Kf1 129. Bd6 Rg6 130. Bh2 Kf2 131. Be5 Rh6+ 132. Bh2 Kf3 133. Kg1
Rg6+ 134. Kh1 Ra6 135. Bg1 Ra2 136. Bh2 Kg4 137. Bg1 Kg3 138. Bc5 Rc2 139. Bd4
Rh2+ 140. Kg1 Rd2 141. Be5+ Kf3 142. Kh1 Kf2 143. Bc7 Rd7 144. Bb6+ Kf3 145.
Kh2 Rd2+ 146. Kh1 Rd6 147. Bc5 Rh6+ 148. Kg1 Rc6 149. Bd4 Rc1+ 150. Kh2 Rc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "ITA-ch 70th"]
[Site "Siena"]
[Date "2010.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2010.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 g6 8. h4 h6
9. Bc2 Bg7 10. Nf1 b5 11. Ng3 a5 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 Qb6 14. Be3 Ba6 15. Nh2
O-O-O 16. Ng4 h5 17. Nh2 Kb8 18. Nf3 Rc8 19. Ne2 Rc7 20. Ng5 Nd8 21. Nf4 Nf8
22. Nd3 Nd7 23. b4 a4 24. Nc5 Bb7 25. Bd3 Nf8 26. Qe2 Bc6 27. Rfc1 Be8 28. Rc2
1-0

[Event "ITA-ch 70th"]
[Site "Siena"]
[Date "2010.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Garcia Palermo, Carlos H"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2010.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 d6 5. Nc3 g5 6. Bg3 Nh5 7. e4 Bg7 8. Bb5+
c6 9. Ba4 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Nd7 11. Qd3 a6 12. Bb3 b5 13. a4 Bb7 14. O-O O-O 15.
Ne2 c5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Qxb5 Bxe4 18. Nd2 Rb8 19. Qa6 Bg6 20. Rfd1 d5 21. c4
cxd4 22. cxd5 Nc5 23. Qa3 Nxb3 24. dxe6 Qd5 0-1

[Event "ITA-ch 70th"]
[Site "Siena"]
[Date "2010.12.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2010.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 exd4 6. Nxd4 Ne7 7. Bf4 Bxc3+
8. bxc3 Ng6 9. Bg3 Qe7 10. Bxc4 Qxe4+ 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Na6 13. Rb1 O-O
14. O-O Re8 15. Rfe1 Nc5 16. Bxc7 Bd7 17. Bf3 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Rc8 19. Bg3 b6 20.
h4 Ne6 21. h5 Ne7 22. Be5 Nc6 23. Nxc6 Bxc6 24. Bg4 Re8 25. Bg3 g6 26. h6 f5
27. Bd1 f4 28. Bh4 Kf8 29. Re5 g5 30. Bh5 Rc8 31. Bxg5 Nxg5 32. Rxg5 Bd7 33.
Rg7 Rc5 34. Bf3 Bf5 35. Rxa7 Rxc3 36. Bd5 Bg6 37. Ra4 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Rc5 39.
Rxf4+ Ke7 40. Bf3 Ra5 41. Rb4 b5 42. Bd5 Kf6 43. f4 Bf5 44. Bc6 Bd3 45. Rd4 Ra3
46. Bd5 Bb1 47. Rd1 Bd3 48. Bb3 Bc4 49. Bc2 Ke7 50. Bf5 Rxa2 51. Rd7+ Kf8 52.
Rxh7 Bd5 53. Rd7 1-0

[Event "ITA-ch 70th"]
[Site "Siena"]
[Date "2010.12.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Rombaldoni, Denis"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Ne1 Qc8 8. f4 c5
9. g4 h6 10. h4 Nbd7 11. a4 a6 12. g5 hxg5 13. hxg5 Nh5 14. Rf3 g6 15. Rh3 b4
16. Bf3 Qc7 17. Bxh5 gxh5 18. Rxh5 O-O-O 19. Ng2 f6 20. Be3 d5 21. Nd2 dxe4 22.
Nxe4 f5 23. Ng3 Qc6 24. Ne1 Nb6 25. Qe2 Nd5 26. Bd2 Rxh5 27. Qxh5 Bd6 28. Ne2
e5 29. fxe5 Bxe5 30. Nf3 Bxb2 31. Rf1 Qe6 32. Qh2 Ne3 33. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 34. Qf2
Re8 35. Ng3 Qf4 36. Qxc5+ Kb8 37. Kg2 Be5 38. Qf2 Bd4 39. Nh5 Qg4+ 40. Qg3+ Be5
0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 53rd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2010.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2010.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 Ne4 8. Nbd2
Nc6 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Ne1 d5 11. c4 dxc4 12. e3 Be6 13. Bxe4 Bd5 14. Bxd5+ Qxd5
15. Rc1 cxb3 16. Rc5 Qf7 17. Qxb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 Rf5 19. Nd3 e6 20. g4 Rd5 21.
Rxd5 exd5 22. Nf4 Rd8 23. Ne6 Rc8 24. e4 Kf7 25. Ng5+ Kg8 26. Ne6 Kf7 27. Ng5+
Kg8 28. e5 Bh6 29. Nh3 a5 30. f4 Ra8 31. Ra1 Ra6 32. Bc3 Rb6 33. Bxa5 Rxb3 34.
Kg2 Rb2+ 35. Kh1 b6 36. Be1 Rb3 37. Ra8+ Kf7 38. Bg3 Nxd4 39. Rd8 c6 40. Rd7+
Kg8 41. Rd8+ Kf7 42. Rd7+ Kg8 43. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 53rd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2010.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2010.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 {These days many players have switched
to 11.c4, which requires a minimum theoretical knowledge and usually leads to
a quiet positional play. Nevertheless the "classical" 11.c3 is certainly a
more flexible approach.} O-O 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. Be2 Bg5 14. O-O Be6 (14... a5 {
has established itself as the main and most reliable continuation.} 15. Qd3 Ne7
$1 {and White's edge is insignificant.}) 15. Ncb4 $5 ({White has scored well
in practice with} 15. Qd3 {but after} a5 16. Rfd1 Ne7 17. Nxe7+ Bxe7 {Black
has good chances to equalise.}) (15. Ndb4 Nxb4 16. Nxb4 Qb6 $14 {/=}) 15... Qc8
$5 {An interesting and rare idea: Black protects the a5-pawn 6 and in the
event of c3xb4 later one can penetrate with the queen to c2. On the other hand
on c8 the queen in misplaced and will soon have to find another square. For
instance, in spite of having available square d8 now for the bishop, Black
still cannot transfer it to b6 (Bd8-b6) in view of the fork on e7.} ({The
point of 15.Ncb4 is that after} 15... Nxb4 {White can consider to take back
with the pawn:} 16. cxb4 $5 (16. Nxb4 Qb6 $14 {/=})) 16. Qd3 $146 {A good new
move in this rare variation.} (16. Nxc6 Qxc6 $11 {has been played before.})
16... Nxb4 17. Nxb4 (17. cxb4 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qc2 $1 $11) 17... a5 18. Nd5 Qd7 {
So Black has lost a tempo (Qd8-c8-d7), but avoided c3xb4. As usual in such
positions, White retains some strategic pressure.} (18... Qc5 19. b4 $5 axb4
20. cxb4 Qa7 21. Bd1 $1 Rfc8 22. Bb3 $14) (18... Bd8 19. Rfd1 $14) 19. Rad1
Rfc8 20. Qg3 $1 Qd8 {Black starts to play inaccurately and ends up in a
passive position. The main drawback of his last move is that it allows White
to play Be2-g4 without the preparatory h2-h3.} ({Although after} 20... h6 21.
h4 Bd8 22. Rd2 {Black hasn't equalised completely (White's play is easier), it
often makes sense to provoke the advance of the white h-pawn, which slightly
limits White's possibilities later on.}) 21. a3 h6 {The idea behind this move
is simple - to free the queen from protecting the bishop. Still it allows
White to implement all major strategic plans without making any concessions.} (
21... Rc5 $142 22. b4 {(otherwise Black exchanges the knight for either of his
bishops)} (22. Bg4 Bxd5 $11) (22. Ne3 Bxe3 $11) 22... Rcc8 $13 23. bxa5 $140
Bh4 $1 {In such slightly inferior positions it is very important to fully
exploitf the available tactics in order to solve the strategic problems. It
turns out that thanks to this tactical trick Black can free the queen from
protecting the bishop.} 24. Qd3 Qxa5 $11) 22. Bg4 $1 {A smart way to use the
fact that the black queen has left the diagonal c8-h3. And as we'll see, it is
especially effective after Black's h7-h6.} Rc5 23. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 24. Ne3 {
This position requires a more detailed examination. The advantages of the
black doubled pawns on the e-file are often overestimated. True, Black
controls the d5-square now, but he has a lot of other weaknesses. Black would
certainly prefer to have his pawn on h7, but alas, now he must deal with the
weakness on g6 as well. As long as the queens are on the board with other
pieces, White will always keep pressure in the centre and on the kingside. It
is very important that White hasn't advanced the pawn from h2 yet, which keeps
his pawn structure on the kingside very flexible. In my opinion Black should
avoid such static positions in the Sveshnikov Sicilian, although there are
strong players who consider them equal (but I've also seen them losing such
"equal" positions when playing passively). The present game is one more proof
that it is highly unpleasant to sit and wait in a position full of weaknesses,
even if the opponent has no direct way of exploiting them. I believe that
Black should try some sort of counterplay on the queenside instead of waiting
passively for White to start the assault on the kingside.} Qe7 ({Now was a
good moment to start activity with} 24... b4 $1 25. cxb4 (25. axb4 axb4 26. c4
{loses the pawn:} Bxe3 27. Qxe3 Rxc4) 25... axb4 26. a4 b3 $1 $132) 25. Rd3 Rf8
$6 26. f3 Bh4 $2 {Completely losing the thread. Potentially White's knight is
much stronger than the bishop and therefore the bishop had to be exchanged on
e3, even if it didn't mean the end of suffering for Black.} (26... Bxe3+ 27.
Rxe3 $14) 27. Qg6 Rf6 28. Qh5 Rf8 29. Rfd1 $16 {Now White has a stable
positional advantage and the next part is very instructive.} Rc6 30. g3 Bg5 31.
Nc2 $1 {Due to Black's strategic mistakes White has achieved a perfect
position: he has kept the knight and prevented the counterplay with b5-b4. The
next stage is to advance the kingside pawns while keeping up the pressure on
d6.} Qd7 32. h4 Bd8 33. Kg2 Qe7 34. Qg4 Bb6 {In this position the transfer of
the bishop to the queenside only helps White, but is difficult to organise a
defence anyway.} (34... Qd7) 35. h5 $1 {[%csl Rg6]} Kh8 $6 36. Kh3 $1 {[%cal
Gc2e1,Ge1g2,Gg2h4]} Rf7 37. Ne1 a4 $2 38. Ng2 Bc7 (38... Kg8 39. f4 exf4 40.
Nxf4 {changes nothing - Black cannot keep material equality.}) 39. f4 $1 $18
Rc4 40. Nh4 Kh7 41. fxe5 dxe5 42. Rd7 Qe8 (42... Qxd7 43. Rxd7 Rxd7 44. Qg6+
$18) 43. Qg6+ Kg8 44. R1d3 {White wins easily thanks to his light-square
domination.} Rc6 45. Rxf7 Qxf7 46. Qxf7+ Kxf7 47. Rd7+ Kf6 (47... Kg8 48. Ng6
Bd6 49. Rb7 Rc5 50. Rb6 $18) 48. Ng6 Bd6 49. Kg4 Rb6 50. Nh8 {Besides his
miserable structure Black is having problems with the king, which even in
endgame finds itself in a mating net.} Be7 51. Rd3 Bc5 52. Rf3+ Ke7 53. Rf7+
Ke8 54. Rxg7 Be3 (54... Rd6 55. Rg8+ Kd7 56. Nf7 Rd2 57. Rd8+ $18) 55. Rg8+ Ke7
56. Ng6+ Kf6 57. Rf8+ Kg7 58. Rf3 Bc1 59. Rf2 Rd6 60. Rc2 Rd1 61. Nxe5 Re1 62.
Nc6 Rxe4+ 63. Kf3 Re1 64. Nd4 e5 65. Nxb5 e4+ 66. Kg4 e3 67. c4 Bd2 68. c5 Rd1
69. Nd4 Ba5 70. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 53rd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2010.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2010.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 cxd4 $5 {A
somewhat rare idea, which I had never seen before, although it makes perfect
sense.} ({I only knew something about the main line} 6... Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 {, and here 10.Nbd4 would transpose to the game, but White
has more useful moves such as 10.Bg5 or 10.Re1.}) 7. O-O {Not very critical. I
didn't really understand what was going on.} (7. Nxd4 Bd7 ({I was worried
about something like} 7... Qe7+ $5 {, since the endgame after} 8. Qe2 Qxe2+ 9.
Kxe2 Bd7 10. N2f3 {didn't seem like so much. However, it is probably still
unpleasant for Black. The following game is a nice demonstration of White's
possibilities:} Bd6 11. Re1 Nge7 12. Kf1 a6 13. Bd3 O-O 14. c3 Rfe8 15. h3 Nxd4
16. Nxd4 Nc6 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Be3 Be5 20. Rd1 g6 21. Be2 $14 {
1-0 Akopian,V (2660)-Lputian,S (2585)/Yerevan 1997/EXT 2010 (54)}) 8. N2f3 Bd6
9. O-O Nge7 {Since Black has played ...Bd7, this is probably a better version
than I had in the game, but it still seems very solid for Black.} 10. Bg5 (10.
Re1 O-O 11. Bd3 {is another possibility.}) 10... O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bh4 {
White is preparing to meet ...Qc7 with Bg3, but there is another problem.} (12.
c3 Qc7 13. Bf1 a6 {remains roughly equal.}) (12. Bd3 $5 {might be the best try
for an advantage. For example,} a6 13. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 14. c4 Qb6 15. Qc2 {
, with a slight advantage.}) 12... Qb6 $1 {Now White is really pinned. Black
should have enough for equality.} 13. Bg3 Bc5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nb3 Nf5 16.
Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Qd3 f6 18. b3 Kf7 19. Bf4 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8 21. Rxe8 Kxe8 22. h3
h5 23. Bd2 Qb5 24. c4 dxc4 25. bxc4 Qa4 26. Qb1 c5 27. Qb8+ Ke7 28. Qc7 Qxc4
29. Qxa7 Qb5 30. Bc3 Kf7 31. Nd2 Kg6 32. Nb3 Be6 33. Nxc5 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Qxa2 35.
Qb8 Qc4 {1/2-1/2 Kobalia,M (2639)-Vaisser,A (2563)/Istanbul 2003/CBM 096}) (7.
Qe2+ {is probably the best try for an advantage. Black can go into the
aforementioned endgame with 7...Qe7, or else play} Be7 8. O-O a6 (8... Nf6 9.
Re1 {looks unpleasant for Black.}) 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Nxd4 (10. Re1 $5 {is an
interesting idea, and perhaps the only try for an advantage.}) 10... c5 11. Nc6
(11. N4b3 Be6 12. Nf3 h6 {, and I don't see any way to take advantage of
Black's lack of development.}) 11... Qd6 12. Nxe7 Nxe7 13. Re1 Ra7 ({There is
no reason to refrain from the natural} 13... Be6 14. b3 O-O 15. Ba3 Ng6) 14. b3
({Extremely interesting was} 14. b4 $5 cxb4 15. Nb3) 14... O-O 15. Ba3 Rc7 16.
Rad1 Qb6 17. Qe5 f6 18. Qf4 Ng6 19. Qg3 Rc6 20. h4 {, and White had an
unpleasant initiative.} Qc7 21. c4 Qxg3 22. fxg3 dxc4 23. Nxc4 Bg4 24. Rd5 Rfc8
25. h5 Ne5 26. Nxe5 fxe5 27. Rexe5 c4 28. bxc4 Be6 29. Rd2 Bxc4 30. Rf2 Re6 31.
Ref5 h6 32. Bb2 Re1+ 33. Kh2 Re2 34. a3 Rxf2 35. Rxf2 Rc5 36. g4 Be6 37. Kg3
Rc4 38. Re2 Bxg4 39. Re7 Bxh5 40. Rxg7+ Kf8 41. Ra7 Rg4+ 42. Kf2 Rg6 {1/2-1/2
Kosashvili,Y (2470)-Vaisser,A (2540)/Tel Aviv 1990/EXT 2004}) 7... Bd6 8. Nb3
Nge7 9. Nbxd4 O-O 10. h3 {Spending an important tempo and weakening the
kingside, but I felt it was important to stop ...Bg4. This move is neither
better nor worse than the alternatives; in any case White has no advantage.
Nigel had been playing very quickly up to this point, but now he started to
think.} Re8 {A somewhat mysterious move. Black had stronger alternatives.} ({
After} 10... Bd7 11. Bd3 {Black should avoid} Nxd4 (11... Ng6 $5 {is an
interesting option.}) 12. Nxd4 Nc6 $2 {because of} 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qxd5 {
, winning a pawn.}) (10... a6 11. Bd3 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. Nf3 (13. Be3 Ne5 {
is o.k. for Black.}) 13... Qf6 (13... Nb4 {doesn't make much sense:} 14. Be2
Bf5 15. c3 {, since the "logical" continuation of Black's play, 15...Nc2,
probably just loses.}) 14. c3 (14. Re1 Nb4 15. c3 (15. Bf1 Bf5 {now works, and
after} 16. Nd4 Be4 17. c3 Nc6 {, the bishop is very strong on e4.}) 15... Nxd3
16. Qxd3 Qf5 17. Qxf5 Bxf5 {I don't believe White can really be better in this
ending.}) 14... Ne5 15. Be2 (15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. g3 {Black can't take on h3, but
he has other good possibilities, such as} Qe6 17. h4 Qh3) 15... Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3
Qe5 17. g3 Bxh3 18. Re1 Qf6 19. Bxd5 {, and the computer claims White has an
advantage, which may be true, but Black shouldn't have serious problems.}) ({
Often Black has opted to begin attacking with} 10... Bc7 {, but in the
following game White proved an advantage:} 11. Bg5 Qd6 12. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 13.
Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxc6 Qf6 15. Nb4 Qxb2 16. Nxd5 Bd8 17. Qd3 g6 18. Nd4 Qb7 19. Qf3
Qd7 20. Rfd1 Bb7 21. c4 Rc8 22. Qb3 Rc5 23. Nc2 Qc8 24. Nce3 Ba6 25. Rac1 Re8
26. Ng4 Re6 27. Qb2 {1-0 Tukmakov,V (2565)-Vaganian,R (2510)/Leningrad 1971/
URS-ch}) ({That's why it makes sense to play} 10... Nxd4 11. Nxd4 (11. Qxd4 Bf5
) 11... Bc7 $1 {, which gives Black a reasonable position.} 12. Bd3 Qd6 13. Nf3
(13. g3 $5 Qf6 14. c3 {comes into consideration, but White cannot play for an
advantage in this way.}) 13... Ng6 14. Re1 Bd7 15. Be3 Rae8 {, and White is
under pressure.}) 11. c3 a6 12. Bd3 Nxd4 (12... Qc7 $5 13. Re1 Bd7 {was an
alternative. Black will continue with ...Ng6 next. The position is complex,
although objectively White probably has a small advantage. It's important to
note that} 14. Bxh7+ $2 Kxh7 15. Ng5+ Kg8 16. Qh5 Ng6 {doesn't work for White.}
) 13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. Nf3 {The only way to continue playing. Otherwise ...Ne5
would come.} (14. Be3 Ne5) 14... Bc7 {The logical continuation of Black's play.
} (14... Ne5 $6 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Be3 {gives White a pleasant, albeit small
advantage.}) 15. Bg5 {Nigel seemed surprised by this move, but to me it is the
only logical choice. I need to find some way to neutralise the Bc7-Qd6 battery,
and a bishop on g3 fits the bill perfectly.} Qd6 16. Bh4 Qh6 {Unfortunately,
the bishop seems a little bit strange on h4 now.} 17. Bc2 Be6 18. Bg3 {A key
idea, but premature here.} ({I didn't play} 18. Re1 {, because I was worried
about} d4 ({Now} 18... Qh5 19. Bg3 $1 Bxg3 20. fxg3 {works perfectly well for
White.}) 19. Bg5 ({Possible is} 19. cxd4 Bd5 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Bb3 {, but
even after the simple} Bxb3 22. axb3 {, White's poor coordination should
compensate for the extra pawn.}) 19... Qh5 20. Re4 $1 {I overlooked this
possibility.} ({I saw I could play} 20. cxd4 Bd5 21. Be3 {, but felt that
Black's compensation for the pawn was fully sufficient after} Rad8) 20... Bd5 (
20... f6 21. Rh4 Qf7 22. Bxh7+ Kf8 23. Bc2 $1 {is good for White. After} fxg5
24. Nxg5 {, the attack will be too strong.}) (20... Ne5 21. Nxe5 Qxg5 22. Nf3 {
wins a pawn. Black won't have enough for it.}) 21. Rh4 Bxf3 22. Qd2 $1 (22.
Rxh5 Bxd1 23. Bxh7+ Kf8 24. Rxd1 g6 {leaves the bishop on h7 trapped.}) 22...
Re2 (22... dxc3 23. bxc3 {just makes it worse for Black.}) 23. Rxh5 Rxd2 24.
Bxh7+ Kf8 25. gxf3 Rxb2 {, with a strange endgame, where the computer is
suggesting all sorts of moves, but in the end it always seems to peter out to
a draw. (Although if White wants, he can force a draw at will with 26.Be4 Kg8
27.Bh7) In any case these lines are very difficult to calculate, and 18.Re1
would have been a very serious test for Nigel.}) 18... Bxg3 {Nigel considered
this move for a long time, which made me feel my play at least wasn't
completely absurd!} ({I suppose he was thinking about} 18... Bb6 {, but this
is just what White wants. After} 19. Re1 Rad8 20. Ba4 {, Black is under
pressure.}) 19. fxg3 {White's structure has been damaged, but that isn't the
end of the story. If White can comfortably blockade the d-pawn, he will have
an advantage.} Rad8 (19... Qe3+ 20. Kh2 Rad8 21. Re1 {doesn't make a whole lot
of sense for Black.}) 20. Qd3 {This move took some nerve to play, because I
always had to watch out for ...d4.} ({I saw a very safe alternative in} 20. Nd4
Qe3+ 21. Kh2 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. cxd4 {, but of course this is just to make
a draw.}) ({I was attracted to} 20. Kh2 {, until I saw the annoying} Bg4 $1 {
, and ...d4 will be unstoppable.}) 20... g6 {For some reason I was surprised
by this move, although it is not a bad one.} ({I was expecting the critical
and natural} 20... d4 $5 {, and spent a lot of time calculating all the
consequences.} 21. Nxd4 (21. cxd4 Nb4 {is dangerous for White.}) 21... Ne5 22.
Qe4 Bd5 (22... Bc4 $2 23. Rfe1 {is bad for Black.}) 23. Qf4 ({The computer
shows me an idea I hadn't considered} 23. Qf5 Nc4 24. Rfe1 Ne3 25. Qf2 {
I can't imagine allowing the knight to e3, but in fact it does nothing from
there!}) 23... Qxf4 24. Rxf4 ({I calculated the following variation during the
game:} 24. gxf4 Nc4 25. b3 Ne3 26. Rf2 Nxg2 27. Rxg2 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Rxd4 29.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 30. cxd4 {, and felt it would be a draw. The easiest way is} Re4 31.
Rd1 Rxf4 32. d5 Re4 33. d6 Re8) 24... Nc4 25. b3 (25. Rb1 Ne3 26. Bb3 Nxg2 27.
Rf2 Ne3 $11) 25... Ne3 26. Rf2 ({I missed the strong} 26. Re1 Nxg2 27. Rxe8+
Rxe8 28. Rf1 $1 {, and Black has problems with his offside knight.}) 26... Bxg2
27. Rxg2 Nxg2 28. Kxg2 Rxd4 29. Bxh7+ Kxh7 30. cxd4 {This time the ending is
much more difficult for Black, although he may be able to hold the draw.}) 21.
g4 {I can't allow ...Bf5.} f5 {A big surprise for me, although it is the
computer's recommendation!} ({I was expecting} 21... Qg7 22. Rad1 {, and
looked forward to a comfortable advantage.}) ({Again, Black could have tried} 
21... d4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 ({After} 22... Ne5 $6 {I now have the important
g3-square at my disposal:} 23. Qg3 $1 {, with advantage.}) 23. cxd4 Bd5 24.
Rae1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Qf4 26. Rf1 Qd6 {, and because the d-pawn is so well
blockaded, White cannot really hope to win. This was a serious alternative for
Black.}) 22. Rae1 ({I rejected the natural} 22. g5 Qf8 {, because I didn't see
a way to continue. Black has a perfectly reasonable position.}) 22... fxg4 23.
hxg4 Bf7 $6 {A little bit passive. But I wasn't surprised when Nigel opted for
this "safe" choice, because he was already low on time. This isn't strictly
much of a mistake, but White does have some slight pressure after (which is
easily neutralised).} (23... Bxg4 $1 {is obviously critical:} 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8
25. Qxd5+ ({In fact, White should play} 25. Bb3 Kh8 26. Bxd5 {, with roughly
equal play.}) 25... Be6 26. Qc5 {I considered my position promising here, but
I missed an incredible defence which the computer immediately points out:} Bxa2
$3 {Grabbing a pawn. It looks like the bishop will just get trapped, but here
it somehow works! In fact, there are almost no lines to calculate; it's just
so simple!} (26... Bf7 $4 27. Ng5 {is awful for Black.}) ({I mainly calculated
} 26... Qf8 27. Qb6 Bc4 28. Bb3 Bxb3 29. Ng5 Qe7 30. Qxb3+ Kh8 31. Nf7+ Kg7 {
, and couldn't find any advantage, but I thought I would find some ideas to
keep the play going if we went this way. (In fact, there's probably nothing
for White!)}) 27. b3 (27. Ng5 Re5) 27... Qe3+ 28. Qxe3 Rxe3 29. Ra1 Rxc3 30.
Rxa2 Nb4 $19) 24. g5 ({I wanted to play} 24. Bb3 {at first, but then I
realized that} Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Qf4 {is annoying.}) 24... Qf8 25. Ba4 {Trying to
provoke ...b5. I wasn't sure if it was really much of a weakness, but it can't
hurt me (and gives him something to think about).} ({After} 25. Bb3 Qc5+ ({Or} 
25... Qd6) 26. Nd4 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Re8 28. Rxe8+ Bxe8 29. Qe3 Bf7 {, Black will
make an easy draw.}) 25... Rxe1 26. Rxe1 b5 ({After} 26... Qc5+ {I was going
to play} 27. Kh1 b5 28. Bb3 {White isn't really better, but it's a bit more
comfortable.}) 27. Bb3 Qd6 28. Nd4 {Up to this point, we had played pretty
consistently and the normal result is a draw. But now things go wild!} Nxd4 $6
{Not a very good move, but it's the idea behind it that's really disastrous.} (
{After the game Nigel mentioned} 28... Ne5 29. Qg3 (29. Qe2 Re8) 29... Nc4 30.
Qxd6 Rxd6 {, and assessed it as equal, but I'm not sure if Black is completely
o.k. after} 31. Re2 {At least, there's no clear way to neutralise the pressure,
and Black will have to suffer for at least a few moves.} (31. Bxc4 dxc4 {
is equal.})) ({I prefer} 28... Re8 $1 {, trading rooks.} 29. Rxe8+ ({Well, I
considered} 29. Rf1 {, but this is somehow too much freedom for Black.} Nxd4
30. Qxd4 Re5) 29... Bxe8 {, and during the game I felt that I would just have
a symbolic advantage. I completely missed} 30. Ne6 $5 {, but lucky for Black
it makes no difference:} Ne7 31. Qe3 Bf7 32. Nd4 Nc6 33. Nxc6 Qxc6 {Of course
White will press in this position, but against a player like Nigel the result
is inevitable: draw.}) 29. Qxd4 Qg3 $4 {This is the real lemon.} (29... Rd7 {
Although I'm not a big fan of Black's 28th, if he had played this no real
damage would have been done.} 30. Re5 (30. Rf1 Re7 31. Rf6 Qg3 32. Bxd5 Re1+
33. Rf1 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Qxg5 35. Bxf7+ Kxf7 36. Qa7+ Kg8 $11) 30... Rd8 31. a3 (
31. a4 bxa4 32. Bxa4 Rb8 {doesn't change a great deal.}) 31... Rd7 {, and
really, that's it. White has no ideas. A trade of queens would be nice, but
how can White arrange it? Actually, with all that, Black's last move was not
very accurate and allows} (31... a5 {is probably a better choice for Black.})
32. a4 $3 {, with the point that} bxa4 ({However, after the sober} 32... Rd8
33. a5 Rd7 {Black's position is still pretty solid.}) 33. Bxd5 $1 Bxd5 34. Re8+
Kf7 35. Qh8 Qc5+ 36. Kh2 Qd6+ 37. g3 {leads to unstoppable mate!}) 30. Re5 {
Nigel just missed this. Now Black loses a pawn.} a5 $6 {Almost certainly not
the best defence. This just weakens the position, but you can't blame Nigel in
such a difficult position.} (30... Rd7 31. Bxd5 (31. a4 bxa4 32. Bxa4 Rb7 33.
b4 Rc7 $132) 31... Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Rxd5 34. Qxd5+ Kf8 {With best
defence perhaps Black can hold, but it is a very difficult task.}) 31. a3 {
A weird move. I should mention we were both in time trouble, which might
explain our less-than-ideal play in the following phase.} (31. Bxd5 Bxd5 32.
Rxd5 Qe1+ (32... Re8 33. Rd8 Qe1+ 34. Kh2) 33. Kh2 Rxd5 34. Qxd5+ Kg7 35. Qxb5
$1 {Now White can even take the pawn!} Qh4+ 36. Kg1 Qe1+ 37. Qf1 Qe3+ 38. Qf2
Qc1+ 39. Kh2 Qxg5 40. Qd4+ Kf7 41. a4 {, and next b4, and White's pawns are
too strong.}) 31... b4 32. axb4 axb4 33. Bxd5 bxc3 $5 {Considering this allows
mate, I feel strange not giving it a question mark, but considering the time
situation (I had about a minute), this was a reasonable practical chance.
Nigel played this move almost instantly, so it was clear he had calculated no
more than 2 moves ahead, and was pretty much just bluffing. But this turned
out to be a good bluff!} (33... Bxd5 34. Rxd5 Re8 35. Rd8 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 {
This is a clearly better version of this endgame than we had in the game.
Black is probably just losing here, so 33...bxc3!? was a pretty interesting
decision.}) 34. bxc3 $2 {I spent almost all of my time, calculating 34.Bxf7,
feeling that there should be something, but not being able to work out the
details. By the time I had pretty much worked out the line, I saw I had 10
seconds and couldn't bring myself to play 34.Bxf7, since I felt that I should
be winning anyway.} (34. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 35. Qc4+ Kf8 ({Obviously not} 35... Kg7
$4 36. Qc7+ $18) 36. Qf1+ $1 {The first important point (which I saw).} Kg8 37.
Re7 {A quiet move, but Black has no checks, so it's still forced. I think I
saw this one also, but the details are so blurry I don't even remember.} Rf8
38. Qc4+ Kh8 39. Qd4+ {I don't know, I suppose this is the move I missed?!
Anyway, White mates here. The important thing to realize is that this is not
an easy line to visualize quickly. And if you miss one detail, then White has
nothing; the whole line is forced, without which it is a draw,}) 34... Bxd5 35.
Rxd5 Rxd5 $2 {An unfortunate choice. He must have missed 37.Qd2.} (35... Re8
36. Rd8 Rxd8 37. Qxd8+ Kf7 38. Qf6+ Kg8 {Surprisingly, Black will probably
hold a draw here (only after a long defence of course!). So the bluff worked
perfectly!}) 36. Qxd5+ Kg7 37. Qd2 $1 {Kinda forced, but very strong. I
protect my pawns, defend my king from perpetual, and now the c-pawn is ready
to roll.} Qc7 38. Qd4+ Kg8 39. c4 Qe7 40. c5 {I was a bit afraid sacking a
pawn on the last move of the time control, with only seconds left to reassure
myself, but the c-pawn just looked unstoppable.} Qxg5 41. Qc4+ Kf8 42. c6 Qd8
43. Qf4+ {Not a bad move, but White will be forced to repeat. The idea that I
played this with was really terrible, however.} (43. c7 Qc8 44. Qc5+ Ke8 45.
Qd6 {is just an easy win of course:} g5 46. Kh2 h5 47. Kg1 {In fact everything
wins here, but the following way looks simplest:} g4 (47... h4 48. Qg6+ Kd7 49.
Qxg5 Qxc7 50. Qg7+ Kc8 51. Qxc7+ Kxc7 52. Kh2 Kd6 53. Kh3 $18) 48. g3 Kf7 (
48... Qd7 49. Qe5+ Kf7 50. Qxh5+ $18) 49. Qe5 Kg6 50. Qe7 $18) ({Also
efficient was} 43. Qc3 Ke7 44. Qe5+ Kf7 45. c7 Qc8 (45... Qd7 46. Qc3 Qc8 47.
Qh3 Qxc7 48. Qxh7+ $18) (45... Qd1+ 46. Kh2 Qd7 47. Qf4+ Kg7 48. Qc1 Qc8 49.
Qb2+ Kf7 50. Qb8 $18) 46. Kf2 $1 {I like the march of the king to the aid of
the c-pawn.} h5 47. Ke3 g5 (47... Qb7 48. Qc5 Qc8 49. Qd6 $18) 48. Kd4 $18)
43... Kg8 ({My idea was} 43... Ke8 44. Qe5+ Qe7 45. Qh8+ Kf7 46. Qxh7+ {
, winning a pawn (and the game).}) 44. Kh2 $4 {Now this is just plain stupid.}
(44. Qc4+ {repeats. No harm done.}) (44. c7 $4 {on the other hand....} Qd1+ 45.
Kh2 Qh5+ 46. Kg3 Qc5 {is just a draw!}) 44... Qd5 45. Qf6 {I thought it would
be even easier to win like this, which was a terrible misjudgement.} Qh5+ (
45... Qc4 $5 {may have been a better chance. After} 46. Kh3 (46. Qd8+ Kf7 47.
c7 Qf4+ {is perpetual.}) 46... Qd3+ 47. Kg4 Qc4+ 48. Kg3 Qd3+ 49. Qf3 Qc4 {
it is difficult to make progress.}) 46. Kg3 Qc5 47. Kg4 Qd5 48. Kh3 Qh5+ 49.
Kg3 Qc5 50. Qe6+ {I realized that to avoid perpetual check I would have to
move my king to the queenside.} (50. Qd8+ Kf7 51. c7 Qe3+ $11) ({Unfortunately
} 50. Kf3 Qd5+ 51. Ke3 Qc5+ 52. Kd2 Qd5+ 53. Kc2 Qc4+ 54. Qc3 Qe2+ 55. Kb3 Qb5+
56. Ka3 Qa6+ 57. Kb2 Qe2+ 58. Qc2 Qe5+ 59. Kb3 Qb5+ 60. Ka3 Qa5+ 61. Qa4 Qc5+ {
leads to a draw.}) 50... Kg7 $2 {Losing.} ({The computer tells me that} 50...
Kf8 $1 {is a draw. However, I can't imagine a human finding the line it
suggests.} 51. Kf3 (51. Kf4 Qd4+ 52. Qe4 Qc5 $11) 51... Qd4 $3 (51... Qe7 52.
Qc4 {wins, because of a check on f4 incase of 52...Qc7 or 52...Qf6.}) 52. Ke2 (
52. Qe4 Qc5) (52. g3 $5 {is also possible, and again Black will have to find a
number of accurate moves before he can secure the draw.}) 52... Qd8 $1 {
, and Black will be able to hold the draw.}) 51. Kf3 $1 {Wins! Finally I came
to my senses. Now Black won't be able to make a draw, because he can't stop
the king's migration to the queenside.} Qc3+ 52. Ke4 Qc2+ 53. Kd4 Qxg2 {
This is a useless pawn, but in any case Black couldn't hold, although other
moves could've prolonged the game by a lot.} 54. c7 Qd2+ 55. Kc5 Qa5+ 56. Kd6
Qa3+ 57. Kd7 Qa4+ 58. Ke7 Qa7 59. Qd7 {A really tough and complicated game,
with a lot of errors by both sides, but with many interesting ideas as well.}
1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 53rd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2010.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2010.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 Ng4 12. Qa4 Bb7 13. Nbxd4 Qb6 14. O-O Bc5 15.
h3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Nxf2 17. Bc2 Nxh3+ 18. Kh2 Nf2 19. Bg5 Ra7 20. Bh4 O-O 21.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Bxf2 Bxf2 23. Qc2+ Kg8 24. Rxf2 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 53rd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2010.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O Nd5 12. Qh5 Nce7 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2
Qe8 15. Qf3 Qc6 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Rac1 Bd7 18. Qg3 Qb6 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Bb4
Rfc8 21. Bc5 Qc7 22. Rfe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 53rd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2010.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O a6 {A rare continuation in this position. It is less logical than a
move earlier since after 10.e4 Black can't play 10...c5. Stll, White has not
found a way to an advantage so far.} (9... O-O {is more common.}) 10. e4 e5 (
10... c5 $2 11. e5 cxd4 12. exf6 dxc3 13. fxg7 Rg8 14. Be4 $18) 11. Ne2 $6 {
Too soft.} (11. Bg5 h6 (11... exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Bc2 Bg4 14. f3 Bc5 15. Nce2
Be6 16. Kh1 Bc4 17. Nf5 O-O 18. Qe1 $14 {1/2 Cruz Lopez Claret,C (2320)
-Cuartas,J (2504)/Sabadell 2007/CBM 119 ext (28)}) 12. Bh4 O-O 13. Rc1 (13. Bc2
{-11.Bc2}) 13... Re8 14. a3 Ra7 15. Bb1 Bb8 16. Re1 exd4 17. Qxd4 Ne5 $11 {
0-1 Benza,A (2305)-Potapov,P (2478)/Moscow RUS 2010/The Week in Chess 839 (66)}
) (11. Kh1 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Be2 Bc5 14. Nb3 Qxd1 15. Nxd1 Bb6 16. f3 Be6
$11 {1/2 Georgiev,V (2517)-Jonkman,H (2399)/Wijk aan Zee 2005/CBM 105 (120)}) (
11. Bc2 $5 O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 exd4 (13... Re8 $5) 14. Qxd4 Qe7 15. Rad1 Bc7
16. e5 $5 Bxe5 (16... Nxe5 17. Rfe1 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Be6 $2 19. Ne4) 17. Nxe5
Qxe5 18. Qd3 Qh5 19. Bg3 $44 {1-0 Aleksandrov,A (2639)-Sengupta,D (2494)/
Kolkata 2009/CBM 132 Extra (45)}) (11. a4 $5) 11... c5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]
Immediately clarifying the position in the centre.} (11... O-O $144 12. Qc2 $6
(12. a4 $5 Bb7) (12. Be3 $5) 12... c5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Rd1 Qc7
16. Ng3 c4 17. Be2 Bb7 18. Bf3 Rfe8 19. Re1 Nd7 $17 {1/2 Vavrak,P (2412)
-Virostko,P (2354)/Czechia 2003/EXT 2004}) 12. d5 (12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5
14. f4 Bd4+ 15. Kh1 Bb7 {, and Black has no problems.}) 12... c4 13. Bc2 O-O
14. Ng3 {White must develop his initiative on the kingside but Black has
enough resources to contain it.} Re8 15. Nh4 Nc5 16. Nhf5 Bf8 17. Qf3 h6 18.
Bd2 Nb7 19. b3 {White tries to exploit the temporarily awkward position of the
black pieces.} Bxf5 20. Nxf5 Nd6 $1 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. bxc4 Rec8 23. Rfc1 (23.
Bb3 bxc4 24. Ba4 (24. Bc2 c3 25. Be3 Rab8 $132 {[%cal Yb8b2]}) 24... c3 $1 {
[%cal Rd6b4]} 25. Bxc3 Nxe4 26. Bc6 Nxc3 27. Bxa8 e4 28. Qe3 Rc4 $44 {[%cal
Yf7f5]}) 23... Rxc4 24. Bd3 Rcc8 (24... Rcc8 25. Qh3 Qd7 26. Qg3 Qd6 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 53rd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2010.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Nb1 Ba6 7. Qc2 Nf6 8. Nd2 c3
9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. bxc3 e6 11. Ngf3 bxc3 12. Qxc3 Rc8 13. O-O Nb4 14. Re1 Be7 15.
Nb3 Nd7 16. Ba3 a5 17. Reb1 Rb8 18. Bxb4 Bxb4 19. Qxc6 O-O 20. Rc1 Nf6 21. Qc2
Rc8 22. Qe2 Qd7 23. Nc5 Qa7 24. Qe3 Ng4 25. Qf4 Nf6 26. Qe3 Ng4 27. Qf4 Nf6 28.
Nd3 Qb7 29. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 53rd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2010.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
f4 d6 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O Nd7 11. g4 b5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. a3 Bb7 14. g5 Nc5 15.
Rhf1 Qc7 16. Bd4 O-O 17. f5 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. f6 Rfc8 20. c3 Bd8 21. fxg7
e5 22. Be3 Be7 23. Bh5 Bg6 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Rf3 Kxg7 26. Qd5 Rf8 27. Rdf1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 53rd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2010.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. Re1 Nc6 8. Bf4
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd7 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Qd2 Na5 13. Be2 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5
15. Rad1 b5 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Nc6 18. Qe3 b4 19. Nd5 e6 20. Nf4 a5 21. Bb5
Ne5 22. Nd3 Qf6 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Qd4 Rb8 25. Bf1 Rfd8 26. b3 Rbc8 27. Rd2 Kf8
28. f3 Qf4 29. Qe3 Qg3 30. Qf2 Qe5 31. Qd4 g5 32. Red1 Qf4 33. Kf2 Ke7 34. g3
Qe5 35. Qxe5 dxe5 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. Rc1 f5 38. exf5 exf5 39. Be2 a4 40. bxa4
Nxa4 41. Bd3 Kf6 42. g4 e4 43. fxe4 f4 44. Rb1 Rd4 45. a3 bxa3 46. Ra1 Nc5 47.
Rxa3 Nxe4+ 48. Kf3 Nc5 49. Bxh7 Rd2 50. Ra5 Ne6 51. c3 Rh2 52. Bg8 Rxh3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 9th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2011.01.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nezad, Husein Aziz"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2011.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 d6 6. Bd2 a5 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3
Qe7 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 a4 11. O-O Bd7 12. e4 e5 13. d5 Nb8 14. Nh4 Na6 15. Rae1
Rae8 16. Qd1 b5 17. f4 bxc4 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Nf5 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Qb6 21. Qe2 Nc5
22. Ne3 Bb5 23. Nf5 Bd7 24. Ne3 Bb5 25. Nf5 Nd3 26. Qd2 Ng4 27. Bf3 Ngf2+ 28.
Kg2 Nxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Nd3 30. Rf1 Bd7 31. Ne3 Qh6 32. h4 f5 33. exf5 Bxf5 34. Qe2
Nf4+ 35. gxf4 exf4 36. Qxc4 fxe3 37. Rg1 e2 38. Kh2 Re4 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 9th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2011.01.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2011.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Nd7 9. Be3 Nb6 10. Bb3 Kh8 11. Nbd2 f5 12. Bxb6 cxb6 13. Bd5 g5 14. h3 g4 15.
hxg4 fxg4 16. Nh2 Bg5 17. Nc4 b5 18. Ne3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Qf6 20. Qe1 Ne7 21. f3
Nxd5 22. exd5 Rg8 23. Qg3 gxf3 24. Qxf3 Bf5 25. Rf1 Rg5 26. Kh1 Qh6 27. Rf2
Rag8 28. Re1 Qg6 29. Re3 Bxd3 30. Kg1 e4 31. Qh3 Rxd5 32. Qd7 Rg5 33. g4 Qh6
34. Rf7 R5g7 35. Rxg7 Rxg7 36. Qd8+ Rg8 37. Qb6 Qf6 38. Qxb7 Rf8 39. Qa7 b4 40.
Rh3 Qg7 41. Qe3 bxc3 42. bxc3 Qxc3 43. Rh5 d5 44. g5 Qa1+ 45. Kg2 Bf1+ 46. Kg3
Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 9th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2011.01.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tabatt, Hendrik"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2011.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 Nxe4 7. d5 Ne5 8.
Bxd7+ Nxd7 9. Bf4 Nef6 10. Re1 Nb6 11. Na3 Nbxd5 12. Nb5 e6 13. Qa4 Qd7 14. c4
Nxf4 15. Rad1 Ng6 16. Ng5 Be7 17. Nc7+ Kd8 18. Nb5 Rf8 19. Re2 Kc8 20. Red2 Kb8
21. Qb3 a6 22. Nxd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Qc7 24. Qg3 e5 25. Qe3 h6 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27.
Qxe4 Ka7 28. b4 Rad8 29. bxc5 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Qxc5 31. Rd7 Qc8 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 9th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2011.01.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Fernandez Romero, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2011.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. Nbd2 Nh6 8. Nb3
Nf5 9. Bd2 Be7 10. g4 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. f4 f5 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. g5 Be7 15.
Bg4 Bf5 16. Re1 O-O 17. Rxe6 Bxe6 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. Qg4 Nb6 20. Rf1 Nc4 21. Bc1
Nd6 22. Nc5 g6 23. Nd7 Rf5 24. Ne5 Qe8 25. b3 Bf6 26. Bxf5 Bxe5 27. fxe5 Nxf5
28. Ba3 Qe6 29. h4 Rd8 30. h5 Rd7 31. Rf2 Kg8 32. Qh3 Rf7 33. hxg6 Qxg6 34. c3
h5 35. Bc1 b6 36. a4 c5 37. dxc5 bxc5 38. Qd3 Qe6 39. g6 Rf8 40. Qf3 Qxe5 41.
Qxh5 Qe1+ 42. Kg2 Qe4+ 43. Kh2 Qh4+ 44. Qxh4 Nxh4 45. Rxf8+ Kxf8 46. Ba3 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 9th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2011.01.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2011.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. h3 O-O 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Na3 exd4 14. cxd4 Na5 15.
Bc2 b4 16. Nb1 Re8 17. Nbd2 b3 18. Bb1 Qd7 19. Qe2 h6 20. Qd3 Rbd8 21. d5 Ra8
22. Nf1 c6 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Nxe3 Nxe4 25. Nc4 Nxc4 26. Rxa8 Bxa8 27. Rxe4 Ne5
28. Rxe5 dxe5 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Nh4 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 9th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2011.01.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Lafuente, Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2011.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. d5 Nb6 13. a4 c4 14. Nbd2 Bd7 15. axb5
axb5 16. Nf1 Nb7 17. Be3 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Na4 19. Ng3 g6 20. Qc1 Nbc5 21. Bh6 Re8
22. h4 Qb8 23. Bg5 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 Qd8 25. Qh6 Qe7 26. Rb1 Rb8 27. Nd2 Qf8 28.
Qe3 Qd8 29. h5 Qh4 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Ne2 Kg7 32. f4 Rh8 33. fxe5 Qh2+ 34. Kf2
Qh4+ 35. Kf1 Qh1+ 36. Ng1 Rh2 37. Qg5 dxe5 38. Ndf3 f6 39. Qg3 Rh8 40. Qf2 Ra8
41. Nd2 f5 42. Qg3 Rf8 43. Ke2 Qh5+ 44. Ngf3 Nd3 45. Bxd3 cxd3+ 46. Kf2 fxe4
47. Nxe4 Rf4 48. Ned2 Bg4 49. d6 Nc5 50. Ra1 Rf7 51. Kg1 Bxf3 52. gxf3 Rf5 53.
Ra7+ Kf6 54. Qh2 Qxh2+ 55. Kxh2 e4 56. Re7 exf3 57. b4 f2 58. bxc5 f1=N+ 59.
Nxf1 Rxf1 60. Re8 Kg7 61. d7 d2 62. d8=Q d1=Q 63. Qxd1 Rxd1 64. c6 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 9th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2011.01.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2011.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 b6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Bh6 Rad8 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Qe3 e5 16. d5 Ne7 17. Ng3 f6 18. h4 Nc8 19. Bd3 Nd6 20. f4 exf4 21.
Qxf4 Qe7 22. Rf2 Qe5 23. Qxe5 fxe5 24. Nf1 c4 25. Bc2 Bc8 26. Nh2 h6 27. Rxf8
Rxf8 28. Nf3 Re8 29. Kf2 Bg4 30. Nh2 Bd7 31. Ke3 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Nf3 g4
34. Nh4 Rf8 35. Rh1 Rf4 36. g3 Rf6 37. a4 Rh6 38. Rb1 Rh8 39. Rh1 Ne8 40. Rf1
Nd6 41. Rh1 Rh6 42. Rb1 Kf7 43. Rf1+ Ke7 44. Rh1 a5 45. Rf1 Rf6 46. Rb1 Nf7 47.
Nf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 9th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2011.02.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Qe6 7. b3 Ne7 8.
Nc4 Ng6 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Qg4 11. Bb2 f6 12. f4 Bc5 13. h3 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Kf7
15. Kh1 Re8 16. f5 Ne5 17. Nxe5+ Rxe5 18. Ne6 Rxe6 19. fxe6+ Bxe6 20. Rd3 h5
21. Be5 Rc8 22. Bg3 Ke7 23. e5 f5 24. Bh4+ Kf7 25. Rd8 Be3 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27.
Bd8 Be6 28. h4 b5 29. Bxc7 g5 30. hxg5 Kg6 31. Bd8 h4 32. Rd1 Bc5 33. c3 Bd5
34. b4 Bf8 35. Kh2 f4 36. Kh3 Bxa2 37. Ra1 Bd5 38. Rxa6 Kf5 39. Bf6 c5 40. bxc5
Bxc5 41. g6 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 9th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2011.02.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the ninth round. If I won, I would be tied with
Ivanchuk before the final round.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5.
O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. c3 {An interesting choice. I didn't remember much after
this move, but I knew it was the only chance to fight.} (7. dxe5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1
fxe5 9. Rd3 {is very safe for White, but doesn't offer many winning chances. I
actually played this position from the black side against Sergei Karjakin, and
drew, but I was suffering the whole game.} Bd6 10. Nbd2 Nf6 (10... b5 $5 {
is another, more complicated alternative.}) 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Nfxe5 Be2 13. Re3
Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Bc5 15. Re1 Rae8 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Rxe4 18. Rxe4 Nxe4 19. f3
Nd6 20. Ne3 {In this slightly worse position I successfully defended:} a5 21.
Rd1 Re8 22. Kf2 Re5 23. Rd4 Kf7 24. f4 Rh5 25. h3 Ke6 26. Kf3 b5 27. c3 a4 28.
Rd1 Rc5 29. a3 g5 30. g4 gxf4 31. Kxf4 Re5 32. h4 h5 33. gxh5 Rxh5 34. Rh1 c5
35. Rh3 Kf7 36. Kg4 Re5 37. h5 Kg7 38. Kf4 Re4+ 39. Kf3 Re5 40. h6+ Kh7 41. Kf4
Re4+ 42. Kg5 Nf7+ 43. Kf5 Nd6+ 44. Kf6 b4 45. cxb4 {1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S (2720)
-Caruana,F (2675)/Wijk aan Zee 2010/CBM 135}) 7... Qe7 $146 {An extremely rare
move. In fact, I could only find correspondence games where this move was
played! Despite this, it is a reasonable idea, and it's difficult to prove an
advantage.} 8. dxe5 $5 {A reasonable move, but I wasn't able to find the
correct follow-up. Black should be fine after this, but the alternatives don't
offer any advantage.} (8. Be3 {is natural, but offers no advantage:} exd4 9.
Qxd4 Bxf3 (9... Rd8 $6 10. Qa7 {is unpleasant for Black.}) 10. gxf3 Qe6 11. Nd2
Bd6 {, and White's damaged kingside gives Black sufficient counterchances.}) (
8. h3 Bh5 9. Re1 O-O-O 10. Nbd2 {was another variation I considered, but I
didn't see how to continue after a simple move like} Nh6) 8... fxe5 9. Re1 $6 {
Too slow. I wanted to continue Nbd2-f1-g3 in order to trade Black's
light-squared bishop, but it was more important to stop Black from playing ...
Bc5.} ({Strongest is} 9. Be3 $1 Nf6 10. Nbd2 O-O-O (10... Qe6 11. Qb3 {can't
be very promising for Black.}) 11. Qc2 {Now White just wants to attack with b4,
a4, b5. Black has to be very accurate.} h6 12. b4 Qe6 (12... Bh5 13. a4 Ng4 {
, and now I'm impressed with the seemingly very anti-positional} 14. b5 $1 Nxe3
15. fxe3 {, and White's attack is very strong.} Qc5 (15... a5 16. bxc6 b6 17.
Nc4 $16) 16. bxa6 bxa6 17. Rab1 $40 {The e3-pawn doesn't even matter, as Black
is close to getting mated.}) 13. a4 Nd7 {A good move; it is necessary to have
the e-pawn protected. Black is on the defensive here, but his position is
still solid.} 14. Rfb1 (14. b5 a5 {is o.k. for Black.}) 14... g5 {Many other
moves are possible as well.} 15. c4 (15. b5 {is again met by} a5) 15... c5 (
15... Bh5 $2 16. c5 {, with b5 to come, is unpleasant for Black.}) 16. bxc5 (
16. b5 a5 {shores up the queenside.}) 16... Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Bxc5 18. Qb2 Qc6 19.
Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Nxe5 Qxe4 21. Nf7 Nd3 22. Qb3 Rdf8 23. Nxh8 Rxf2 24. Qxb7+ Qxb7
25. Rxb7 Kxb7 26. Rd1 Rf8 {Finally, Black has a better endgame due to the
vulnerability of White's queenside pawns. This variation was hardly forced,
but in any case White seems unable to prove an advantage.}) 9... Nf6 10. Nbd2
O-O-O 11. Qe2 Qe6 {Black prepares ...BNc5. White already is playing for
equality.} 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nf1 Bc5 14. Ng3 Rhf8 {Now White is under pressure.
All of Black's pieces are aiming at the White king!} 15. Be3 {Trying to trade
off some pieces. A good idea; the only problem is that Black will gain control
over the d-file.} Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rd2 18. Re2 Rfd8 {Here I spent a
lot of time deciding between 19.Qe3 and 19.Nf1. I really could have used the
time later. The funny thing is that both moves have pretty much the same value,
so it was a real waste of time!} 19. Qe3 ({I was worried about} 19. Nf1 Rd1 20.
Rxd1 Rxd1 {, but the computer shows that White is perfectly fine after} 21. Qf5
$1 {The position looks dangerous, but Black can't create threats with his rook
alone.}) 19... R2d3 $1 {Good play. Vassily is keeping the position as
complicated as possible. The queen creates threats from a7, but it is also in
danger of being trapped!} 20. Qa7 (20. Qg5 $6 g6 {, and White is really
suffering because Black dominates the d-file.}) 20... Qc4 $5 {Enterprising. I
had been expecting 20...Nd7, which is also a very challenging move.} (20... Nd7
21. a4 (21. Nf5 g6 22. Ne3 Nb6 23. a4 Rd2 24. Rxd2 Rxd2 25. a5 Nd7 {, and
White's pawns are dropping like flies.}) 21... Qc4 (21... c5 22. Nf5 g6 23. Ne3
c6 24. b4 {, and White has sufficient counterplay.}) (21... Qb3 22. Nf5 Rd1+
23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 {is unclear.}) ({Black can consider} 21... g6 $5 22. Nf1
Qc4 {, with some pressure. The idea is to trade queens with ...Qc5, with a
better ending.}) 22. Nf5 Qc5 23. Qa8+ ({The ending after} 23. Qxc5 Nxc5 24.
Nxg7 Rd2 25. Rxd2 Rxd2 {is unpleasant, but White may be able to salvage a draw.
}) 23... Nb8 24. Nxg7 {The computer considers White's position fine, but from
a human point of view it seems very risky to play without a queen! However, I
was unable to prove an advantage for Black.} Rd2 25. Rae1 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Rd1+
27. Kh2 {, and White will start counterplay with Nf5 and Re3-f3.}) 21. Re3 {
A reasonable move. The alternative 21.Nf5 would have led to unfathomable
complications. In my opinion it would be unnecessarily risky.} (21. Qa8+ $4 {
loses:} Kd7 22. Qxb7 Rxg3 23. Rd2+ Rd3 24. Qb3 Qxb3 25. Rxd3+ Ke7 $19) (21. Nf5
{was also possible. In the ensuing play Black seems to have the upper hand,
but it's highly complex.} g6 ({The greedy} 21... Rxh3 {is well met in a number
of ways. One such way is} 22. Ree1 Rhd3 23. Qa8+ Kd7 24. Qxb7 {, and Black can
only be worse.}) (21... Rd1+ 22. Re1 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Qe2 (23... Qxe4 24. Ng3 {
, with Qa8 to come, winning the b7-pawn.}) 24. Qa8+ Kd7 25. Qxb7 Nxe4 26. f3 $1
{, and Black's attack has been staved off.} (26. Rf1 $2 Rf8 {is, on the other
hand, losing for White.})) (21... Qb5 22. c4 Qb4 23. Nxg7 Rd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rxd1+
25. Kh2 Qxc4 26. Qa8+ Kd7 27. Re3 {, and White is fine.} ({Or} 27. Qf8 {
, which always seems to end in a draw.})) 22. Ne3 Qb5 23. Ree1 {A clever move.
The idea is simply to prepare Rad1. The b2-pawn is obviously taboo due to Rab1.
} Nd7 ({Not} 23... Nxe4 $2 24. Ng4 {, and the tables have turned dramatically!}
) (23... Rd2 24. Rad1 Nxe4 (24... Rxd1 $4 {is of course impossible because of}
25. Qa8+ Kd7 26. Rxd1+ Nd5 27. Qa7 $18) 25. Ng4 (25. Rxd2 Nxd2 26. Ng4 {
is an attempt to play for a win.}) 25... Rxd1 26. Qa8+ Kd7 27. Rxd1+ Nd6 28.
Nf6+ Ke7 29. Ng8+ {, with a draw by perpetual check.}) ({The endgame arising
after} 23... Qb6 24. Qxb6 cxb6 25. Nc4 {is not worse for White.}) 24. a4 {
Black was threatening ...Nb6, so White's hand is forced.} Qb6 (24... Qb3 {
is met by} 25. Ra3 {, which can only help White.} Qxb2 $2 26. Nc4 Qc2 27. Na5
$40) (24... Qc5 25. Qa8+ $5 {The endgame after 25.Qxc5 Nxc5 26.Nc4 is probably
about equal.} Nb8 26. b4 $5 Qxc3 27. b5 {, with complex play.}) 25. Qa8+ (25.
Qxb6 cxb6 26. f3 Kc7 27. Kf2 Nc5 {looks like an uncomfortable ending.}) 25...
Nb8 {, and in this strange position I believe Black is better. The computer
suggests great moves like 26.Rf1!? and evaluates the position as nearly equal,
but with the queen stuck on a8 I would feel very uncomfortable. However, if
White gets b4-b5 in at an opportune moment he might obtain sufficient
counterplay.}) 21... Rxe3 22. Qxe3 g6 $1 {Very impressive, patient play. I had
overlooked this possibility. Black just takes the f5-square away from White's
knight, and White doesn't have a single useful move!} 23. Qa7 ({Perhaps White
should have tried} 23. Qg5 $5 Qe6 (23... Nd7 {met by} 24. Qe7 {, with some
counterplay.}) 24. Re1 Nd7 25. b3 Nc5 26. Nf1 {, and White seems to be holding
on.}) 23... Nd7 24. Qe3 {I have to go back, as otherwise my queen will be
trapped!} (24. Rd1 $6 Rf8 {, and due to the dual threats of ...Nb6 and ...Qxa2
White is in serious trouble.}) 24... Qb5 $1 {Another nice move.} (24... Nc5 $5
25. b3 Qb5 {was also possible.} 26. Qh6 (26. a4 Qb6) ({After a move like} 26.
Rc1 $5 {Black is certainly better, but White should be able to defend.}) 26...
Nd3 27. Qxh7 Qc5 28. Rf1 Nf4 {, and Black has a strong initiative.}) 25. b3 Qc5
{After provoking b3, Black offers a trade of queens.} 26. Qd3 {Avoiding the
trade. Probably a correct decision.} (26. Nf1 Qxe3 27. Nxe3 Nc5 28. f3 Rd3 29.
Nc4 Rxc3 30. Nxe5 Rc2 {I saw this positon during the game, and didn't like it.
Black's pieces are dominating, and next he will play ...Ne6-d4/f4, and then
start with ...c5, ...b5 and ...c4, creating a passed pawn. I didn't see any
way to get counterplay.}) 26... Nf8 {Black sets his eyes on the f4-square.} 27.
Qc2 Ne6 28. Nf1 $4 {The culmination of an unpleasant defence. I was low on
time, got nervous and just played the first move that came to mind.} ({I first
thought about, then saw} 28. Ne2 Qd6 $1 {is very strong. White can't stop ...
Qd2. That's when I realised how useful the knight would be on e3......} (28...
Nd4 29. Nxd4 exd4 30. c4 Qe5 31. Qd3 c5 {is also pretty good for Black.})) (28.
Rc1 $1 Nf4 29. Nf1 {would have been a tough defence. Black is of course
clearly better, but White should hold.}) 28... Nd4 $19 {And that's it. I lose
a pawn and have all the old positional problems to worry about too.} 29. Qd1 (
29. Qb2 Qxc3 30. Qxc3 Ne2+ 31. Kh2 Nxc3 $19) 29... Qxc3 {The rest requires no
comments.} 30. Rb1 h5 31. Ne3 b5 32. Qf1 Qd2 33. a3 Rf8 34. Rd1 Qb2 35. b4 Ne2+
36. Kh2 Nc3 37. Rc1 Rxf2 38. Qe1 Rd2 39. Qf1 Kb7 40. a4 Rf2 41. Qe1 Nxa4 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 9th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2011.02.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lemos, Damian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2011.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 c3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. O-O
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Bb2 Bf5 11. Nd2 Bg4 12. f3 Be6 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Qb6 15.
Ndc4 Qa6 16. Bf1 b5 17. Nd2 c4 18. Nc2 Qa4 19. Rdc1 Bd7 20. f4 Nd5 21. Ne4 Nb8
22. Nd2 Nc6 23. Ne4 Nb8 24. Nd2 Na6 25. a3 Nb6 26. Nb4 Qa5 27. Rab1 Na4 28. Ba1
Qb6 29. Bg2 Rfe8 30. h3 Nc7 31. Nc2 Qd6 32. Ne4 Qa6 33. Nd2 f6 34. Nb4 Qd6 35.
Rd1 a5 36. Nc2 Kh8 37. Ne4 Qa6 38. Nf2 Qe6 39. e4 Qf7 40. Ne3 e5 41. dxe5 fxe5
42. f5 Nc5 43. Rf1 gxf5 44. Nxf5 Bxf5 45. exf5 e4 46. Nxe4 Nxe4 47. Bxe4 Bf6
48. Qf3 Re5 49. Rbd1 Qe7 50. Bc6 Re3 51. Qh5 Rxg3+ 52. Kh1 Qe3 53. Bg2 Rxg2 54.
Kxg2 Rg8+ 55. Kh1 Rg3 0-1

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "2011.02.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2011.02.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Riehen"]
[BlackTeam "Winterthur"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d5 O-O 6. Nf3 e6 7. Be2 exd5 8. cxd5
d6 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Re8 12. Bd2 Na6 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Nb4 15.
Qb3 Nd3 16. Rab1 c4 17. Qa3 Nd7 18. Be2 N7c5 19. b4 cxb3 20. Bxd3 Nxd3 21. Rxb3
Nc5 22. Rbb1 a6 23. Ne2 Qh4 24. Bb4 Be5 25. Nd4 Ne4 26. Be1 Qe7 27. Qb4 Rc7 28.
Rdc1 Nc5 29. Nf3 Bf6 30. Qa3 Qe4 31. Rd1 Qa4 32. Bb4 Qxa3 33. Bxa3 Rec8 34. Nd2
b5 35. Bb4 Be7 36. Ba5 Rb7 37. Rdc1 Rbb8 38. Kf1 Kf8 39. Nf3 Bf6 40. Nd4 Bxd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Netzer, Jean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.02.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Winterthur"]
[BlackTeam "Le Joueur"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. a3
Bd6 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bf4 11. Qd3 e5 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 O-O 14. O-O-O d6
15. f4 b5 16. g4 exf4 17. Qxf4 Bb7 18. g5 Nd7 19. Rxd6 f5 20. Rhd1 fxe4 21. Qe3
Nc5 22. Kb1 Rae8 23. Bg4 Bc8 24. Bh5 Re5 25. h4 Qe7 26. R6d5 Bb7 27. R5d2 Bc6
28. Bg4 Rb8 29. Rd6 Bb7 30. b4 Na4 31. Nxa4 bxa4 32. Qb6 1-0

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "2011.05.08"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.02.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Winterthur"]
[BlackTeam "Reti"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Bd7 11. b3 Kc8 12. Bb2 a5 13. a4 Bb4 14. Ne4 Be6
15. g4 Bd5 16. Nfd2 Bxd2 17. Nxd2 Nh4 18. Kh2 g5 19. e6 Re8 20. exf7 Bxf7 21.
Kg3 Rd8 22. Ne4 c5 23. f4 Bd5 24. Rae1 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Rd2 26. Rf2 Rxf2 27. Kxf2
Kd7 28. f5 Ra6 29. Bc3 Rd6 30. Bxa5 Rd1 31. Be1 Rc1 32. Re2 Kd6 33. Ke3 1-0

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "2011.10.22"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2011.02.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wollishofen"]
[BlackTeam "Winterthur"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Na4 Bxb2 10. Nxb2 Na6 11. d3 Nf6 12. d4 Bf5 13. Ne5 Qd6 14. e3 Rad8 15.
Qe2 Be4 16. f3 Bf5 17. g4 Bc8 18. f4 Nd7 19. c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "2011.10.23"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Olivier, Jean Christophe"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2011.02.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Echallens"]
[BlackTeam "Winterthur"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
O-O Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bc5 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Na4 Qc7 12. c4 d6 13. Qb3 Bd7 14. Nb6
Rd8 15. Rad1 Qc5 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 17. Qc3 O-O 18. b4 Qc7 19. Qd4 Rc8 20. f3 e5 21.
Qe3 Rdd8 22. Rf2 a5 23. a3 Nd7 24. Rfd2 axb4 25. axb4 Nf8 26. Ra2 Ne6 27. Rda1
Nd4 28. Qf2 Qe7 29. Ra7 h5 30. Qe3 h4 31. f4 Nc6 32. R7a4 exf4 33. Qxf4 Ne5 34.
Bf1 Nxc4 35. Ra7 Ne5 36. Qe3 Rc2 37. R7a2 Rxa2 38. Rxa2 Rc8 39. h3 g6 40. Bb5
Kg7 41. Bf1 Nd7 42. Qf4 Rc3 43. Rd2 Ne5 44. Rd1 Rb3 45. b5 Rb4 46. Qd2 Rxe4 47.
Qxd6 Qg5 48. Qd5 Rf4 49. Qxb7 Nf3+ 50. Kh1 Nd2 51. Bd3 Rf2 52. Qc6 Nf3 53. Bf1
Qg3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Erdogdu, Mert"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 (5. f3 e6 (5... axb5 6. e4) 6.
e4 exd5 7. e5 Qe7 8. Qe2 Ng8 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Nh3 $13) 5... g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3
(7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 Bg7 9. g3 d6 10. Kg2 O-O 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. a4 (12. Re1)
12... Qa5 13. Ra3 Nb6 $146 {Brunello,S (2575)-Caruana,F (2727) ITA 71th Ch
Perugia 2011 (2) 1/2}) 7... d6 8. Bg2 Nbd7 (8... Bg7 9. Nf3 Nfd7 $5 {Cette
idée de S.KASPAROV est devenue trés populaire récemment}) 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. Rb1 (
10. O-O) 10... O-O (10... Nb6) 11. O-O Qa5 12. Bd2 {[%cal Gd2a5]} Ng4 (12...
Rfb8 {La grande ligne} 13. Qc2 Ng4 14. b3 Nge5 15. Ne1 (15. Nxe5)) 13. Qc2 (13.
Qc1 Rfb8 14. b3 Qc7) 13... Nge5 14. b3 (14. Nxe5 {Plus courant} Nxe5 15. b3 Qa3
16. Rfd1 Rfc8 17. Be1 Rab8 18. h3 c4 19. Kh2 Nd7 20. bxc4 Bxc4 21. Rxb8 Nxb8
22. Qc1 Qa7 23. Qf4 Bxa2 24. Nxa2 Qxa2 25. Qe4 Bf6 26. f4 Nd7 27. Bf3 Rc4 28.
Qb1 Qxb1 29. Rxb1 h5 30. Rb4 Rc2 {Lazarev,V (2443)-Brunner,N (2450)/Mulhouse
2011/Mega2011 Update 23/1/2-1/2 (34)}) 14... Nxf3+ (14... Rfb8 {Plus courant}
15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. a4) 15. Bxf3 Qa3 $5 $146 {[%csl Ra2]} (15... Rfb8 {Zaiatz,E 
(2332)-Kostiuk,T (2277) RUS-Cup 300 years (Women) 2003 (6) 1/2}) 16. Bc1 (16.
h4 $5 {[%cal Gh4h5,Gg1g2,Gf1h1]} Nb6 (16... Rfb8 17. h5) 17. h5 c4 18. Kg2 Rfb8
19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Rh1 $14) 16... Qb4 17. Bd2 {[%cal Gd2b4]} Ne5 18. Bg2 c4 19.
Ne4 (19. Rfc1) 19... cxb3 $1 20. axb3 (20. Rxb3 Qa4 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Ga4c2,
Ga6e2]}) 20... Qb6 21. Be3 Qb5 22. Rfe1 Ng4 $1 {Les pièces Blanches sont assez
mal coordonnées} 23. Bc1 Bb7 $132 {[%csl Rd5]} 24. h3 Rfc8 $15 {[%csl Rc2]} 25.
Qd1 Ne5 26. Bb2 Qb4 27. f4 Nd7 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Rb2 (29. Qd2 Qxd2 30. Nxd2 {
[%cal Gg2d5]} Rc2 $36) 29... Bxd5 $17 30. Qd2 Rcb8 31. Qxb4 Rxb4 32. Nf2 Bxg2
33. Nd3 Rb5 34. Kxg2 Ra3 {[%csl Rb3]} 35. Rc1 (35. Reb1) (35. b4 Nf6) 35... Nf6
36. b4 Nd5 37. Kf2 Nc3 38. Rbc2 Nd5 39. Rb2 f5 40. Rc4 Nc3 41. Kf3 (41. Rc2
Nd1+ 42. Kf3) 41... e5 $36 42. Rc7+ Kh6 43. fxe5 dxe5 44. Kg2 Nxe2 45. Rc5 Rxc5
46. Nxc5 $6 $138 (46. bxc5 e4 (46... Rxd3 47. Rxe2 e4 48. Rc2 {[%csl Gc2,Gc5]
[%cal Gc5c8]})) 46... f4 47. Nb3 e4 48. b5 f3+ 49. Kh2 e3 50. b6 f2 {Temps des
Blancs 47s Temps des Noirs 28mns} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Be6 {A rare move, instead of the usual} (8... Nc6 {or}) (8... e5) {Black
provokes d4-d5 in order to subsequently undermine that pawn. But the idea
hardly justifies the loss of time.} 9. O-O-O (9. d5 $142 Bc8 (9... Bd7 10. h4
$1 (10. O-O-O c6 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 cxd5 13. exd5 Qc7 14. h4 {0-1 Gasanov,E
(2414)-Kovchan,A (2513)/Kharkov 2006/CBM 111 ext (52)} Na4 15. Nge2 Rc8 16. h5
Qb6 $132) 10... c6 11. h5 cxd5 12. hxg6 fxg6 13. Nxd5 Be6 14. Rd1 Bxd5 15. exd5
Qd6 16. Nh3 $14 {[%cal Yh3g5] 1-0 Shishkin,V (2543)-Kolodiy,T (1869)/Odessa
2007/CBM 120 ext (24)}) 10. Bh6 (10. O-O-O e6 11. h4 exd5 12. exd5 c6 13. d6 {
1/2 Psakhis,L (2549)-Eljanov,V (2419)/Ashdod 2003/CBM 096 ext}) (10. h4 $5)
10... Bxh6 11. Qxh6 e6 12. O-O-O Qf6 13. h4 exd5 14. exd5 N8d7 15. Nh3 Qg7 16.
Qd2 Ne5 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nge4 Bf5 19. Ng3 Bd7 20. Qf4 $14 {1-0 Mamedyarov,S 
(2657)-Eljanov,P (2592)/Dubai 2004/CBM 101 (78)}) 9... Bc4 (9... Nc4 $142 10.
Bxc4 Bxc4 11. h4 c5 $132) 10. Nge2 $1 {[%csl Rb6]} e5 (10... a5 11. Kb1 a4 12.
Bh6 Nc6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. h4 $36 {0-1 Korov,Z (2119)-Mihalinec,D (2232)/Zagreb
2010/CBM 135 Extra (37)}) 11. d5 (11. dxe5 $5 Qxd2+ 12. Rxd2 Bxe5 13. b3 $14
Ba6 14. f4 Bg7 15. Nd4 $14) 11... c6 12. b3 Ba6 13. d6 $5 {A double-edged move.
This pawn restricts Black's pieces but can be surrounded, which requires
energetic and accurate play from White.} (13. Kb1 Qd6 14. dxc6 Qxd2 15. Rxd2
Nxc6 16. Nc1 $1 $14) 13... N8d7 14. h4 Re8 15. h5 $2 {This enables Black to
capture the d6-pawn.} (15. Bg5 $1 f6 (15... Bf6 16. g3 $1 $36 {[%cal Yf1h3]})
16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Re6 18. h5 Nf8 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. f4 $5 (20. Qh8+ Kf7 21.
Rh7+ Nxh7 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 $11) 20... Rxd6 21. f5 $40) 15... Re6 16. hxg6 hxg6 17.
Bg5 f6 18. Bh6 Qf8 19. Bxg7 Qxg7 20. g3 Nc8 21. Bh3 Rxd6 22. Qe3 Nf8 23. f4 Qe7
24. fxe5 $6 {Unnecessarily giving up the e5-square and facilitating Black's
task of converting his extra pawn.} (24. Kb2 $17) 24... Qxe5 25. Nd4 Ne7 26.
Nf3 $6 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Qxg3 28. Bf1 Bxf1 29. Rxf1 Rd8 30. Rg1 Qd6 31. Kb2 Qb4
32. Qf4 Kg7 33. Qe3 Qb6 34. Qe2 Ne6 35. e5 f5 36. Qh2 Rh8 37. Qd2 Qd8 38. Qf2
Nf4 (38... Rh3 $5 $19 39. Qg2 $140 Nf4) 39. Qxa7 Rh3 40. Rf1 Nd3+ 41. Ka1 (41.
Kb1 $142 {but Black should in any case win after} Nxe5 42. Rd1 Nd5 $1 43. Nxd5
Rxf3 44. Qxb7+ Qd7 45. Qxd7+ Nxd7 46. Nc7 Ne5) 41... Ne1 $1 42. Rxe1 Rxf3 43.
Qc5 Rd3 44. Qb4 b6 45. Rh1 Nd5 46. Nxd5 Rxd5 47. Qf4 Rd1+ 48. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 49.
Kb2 Qe2+ 50. Kc3 c5 51. a4 Qe4 52. Qg3 Qb4+ 53. Kc2 c4 54. bxc4 Qxc4+ 55. Kd2
Qxa4 56. Qe3 Qb4+ 57. Kd1 Qc5 58. Qe2 Qd5+ 59. Kc1 Kf7 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zawadzka, Jolanta"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 (5... b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nf3
{Caprio,G (2354)-Caruana,F (2727) ITA 71th Ch Perugia 2011 (11) 0-1}) 6. Bd3
Nf6 7. O-O d6 8. Kh1 (8. f4 $142) (8. Qe2 $142) 8... Nbd7 9. f4 Be7 (9... Nc5
10. Qe1 Be7 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Nf3 Nxd3 13. cxd3 O-O 14. d4 Nb6 15. Be3 Bd7 16.
Rc1 Qd8 17. Qg3 Nd5 18. Bd2 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 f5 20. d5 Bb5 21. Rfc1 dxe5 22. Rc7
exf4 23. Bxf4 Bf6 24. dxe6 {Felgaer,R (2607)-Hellsten,J (2574)/Santiago de
Chile 2006/CBM 111 ext/1/2-1/2}) 10. Qe2 (10. Qf3) (10. a4) (10. Qe1 {[%cal
Ge1g3]}) 10... Nc5 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Rae1 {Peut-être un peu prématuré car les
Blancs se privent du plan cd3 et Rac1 si les Noirs jouent Nc5d3} (12. Nb3 $142
$5 Nxd3 13. cxd3 {[%cal Ga1c1,Gc1c7]}) (12. b4 $5 {Nedev,T (2489)-Djuric,S 
(2487) Basel Hilton op 06th 2004 (6) 1/2}) 12... Nxd3 13. Qxd3 $146 (13. cxd3 {
Parma,B-Gligoric,S Belgrade 1964 (13) 1/2}) 13... b5 14. a3 Bb7 15. Qh3 $6 {
Il manque un Bd3 pour attaquer а l'aile-roi et le plan des Blancs semble un
peu douteux} Qc4 (15... Rac8) 16. Nb3 a5 $1 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Gb5b4]} 17. e5 Nd7
$1 (17... dxe5 $143 $6 18. fxe5 Nd7 19. Rf4 $132 {[%cal Gf4c4,Gf4h4,Gh4h7]})
18. exd6 Bxd6 $17 {[%csl Gb7,Gd6] La paire de B dans une position ouverte
donne déjà l'initiative aux Noirs} 19. Be3 b4 (19... Bxa3 $5 20. Nxb5 (20. bxa3
$2 Qxc3) 20... Bb4 {[%cal Ga5a4]}) 20. Nd2 Qc6 21. axb4 Bxb4 (21... axb4 22.
Nce4 {[%cal Ge4d6,Ge4g5]}) 22. Bd4 Qd6 23. Qe3 Rae8 $1 {[%cal Gf7f6,Ge6e5]} 24.
Nde4 Qc6 {[%csl Rg2,Rh1][%cal Gf7f5]} 25. Qg3 f6 26. Rd1 Kh8 27. Bg1 Nb6 {
[%cal Gb6c4,Gb6d5]} 28. Rf3 Nc4 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gc4b2]} 29. b3 Nd6 30. Nxd6
Bxd6 31. Ne2 (31. Ne4 Bb4 (31... Qxe4 32. Rxd6 $11)) 31... e5 $1 {[%cal Gd6g3]}
32. c4 Rb8 (32... Bc7) 33. Qh3 a4 34. fxe5 $6 Bxe5 35. Nf4 {[%cal Gf4g6,Gg6h8]}
Qe4 36. Nd3 $2 (36. bxa4 $8) 36... Bc8 37. Nf2 Qc2 38. Qh5 axb3 39. Rdd3 b2 40.
Rd1 Bf5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gozzoli, Yannick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[PlyCount "236"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Bg5 {
[%cal Gg5f6,Gc3d5]} (8. Rb1 {La grande ligne mais le Bc1 est souvent une pièce
peu utile et l'échanger pour lutter pour le contrôle de la case d5 est une
option importante.}) 8... h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Rb1 Qd8 (10... a5) 11. b4 Ne7 (
11... a6 12. Nd2 e4 13. d4 e3 14. Nf3 Bf5 15. Rb3 Re8 16. fxe3 Rxe3 17. Qd2 Qe8
18. Rf2 Rc8 19. b5 Na5 20. Rb4 axb5 21. cxb5 c5 22. bxc6 Nxc6 23. Rc4 Be6 24.
d5 Na5 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 26. Nb5 Nc4 27. Qb4 Bd7 28. Nc7 Qc8 29. Qxc4 Rc3 30. Qf4
Qxc7 31. Nd4 Rc1+ 32. Rf1 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Be5 34. Qd2 Kg7 35. Nb3 h5 36. Bf3 Qc4
37. Kg2 h4 38. Qd3 Qa4 39. Qd2 Bf5 40. Kf2 Bb1 41. Na5 {Van Oosterom,C (2384)
-Giri,A (2730) Netherlands 2012 0-1}) 12. b5 Be6 13. Qa4 $146 (13. Qc2 Qd7 14.
Rfc1 a5 15. bxa6 b6 16. Nd2 Rxa6 17. a4 c6 18. Rb3 Rfa8 19. a5 bxa5 20. Na4 Nc8
21. Rcb1 R8a7 22. Rb8 Kh7 23. Ne4 Qc7 24. R1b3 Qe7 25. Qb1 Rc7 26. Nec3 Qd7 27.
Ne4 Qe7 28. h4 Raa7 29. Nec3 f5 30. Nb6 Nxb6 31. R3xb6 e4 32. Na4 d5 33. cxd5
cxd5 34. dxe4 dxe4 35. h5 Bf7 36. hxg6+ Bxg6 37. Bh3 Qa3 38. Qb5 Qa1+ 39. Kh2
Rc1 40. Bg2 Qe5 41. Qb3 Rf7 42. Rb5 Qe7 {Wohl,A (2404)-Akshat,K (2414) North
Geelong 2012 1/2-1/2}) 13... a6 14. Ne1 axb5 15. Qxb5 e4 16. Nxe4 Rxa2 17. Qb3
Ra7 18. Nc2 f5 19. Nd2 c6 20. e3 d5 21. Rfd1 dxc4 22. dxc4 b5 23. Nb4 Rd7 24.
Qc2 Qb6 25. c5 Qc7 26. Nb3 Rfd8 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. h4 Bc4 29. Rd1 Bf6 30. Rxd7
Qxd7 31. Na5 Qa7 32. Nbxc6 Nxc6 33. Nxc6 Qxc5 34. Na5 Be7 35. Nb3 (35. Nxc4
Qxc4 36. Qd1 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gd1d7,Gg2d5]} Qc5 37. h5 g5 38. Qd7 $36) 35...
Qd6 36. Nd4 Kg7 37. Nxb5 {Gagne un P mais la présence de B de couleurs
opposées doit permettre aux Noirs d'annuler surtout en cas d'échange des Q}
Bxb5 38. Qb2+ Bf6 39. Qxb5 h5 40. Bd5 Kh6 41. Qb7 Qe7 42. Qb8 Qd8 43. Qf4+ Kg7
44. Be6 Qa5 45. Qf3 Qc5 46. Qb7+ Qe7 47. Qd5 Qd8 48. Qb5 Qd1+ 49. Kg2 Qc2 50.
Qb7+ Kh6 51. Bg8 Bg7 52. Qf3 Bf6 53. Bf7 Kg7 54. Qb7 Qc5 55. Be6+ Kh6 56. Qa8
Bg7 57. Bg8 Qf8 58. Qd5 Qf6 59. Be6 Bf8 60. Qd7 Bg7 61. Bd5 Qe5 62. Bf3 Bf6 63.
Qc6 Be7 64. Bd5 Kg7 65. Qa8 Bf8 66. Bb3 Qf6 67. Qc8 Kh6 68. Be6 Kg7 69. Qd7+
Be7 70. Kh3 Kh6 71. Bd5 Kg7 72. Qc8 Bf8 73. Kg2 Kh6 74. Qe8 Kg7 75. Bf3 Kh6 76.
Bc6 Qe7 77. Qa8 Kg7 78. Bd5 Qf6 79. Qe8 Qe7 80. Qc6 Qf6 81. Qb7+ Be7 82. e4
fxe4 83. Bxe4 Kh6 84. Qd5 Kg7 85. Qd3 Bc5 86. Qc2 Bb6 87. f4 Kh6 88. Qc8 Bd8
89. Qd7 Be7 90. Qe8 Bd6 91. Bd3 Bc5 92. Kh3 Bd6 93. Be4 Kg7 94. Bc2 Kh6 95. Kg2
Bc5 96. Bd1 Qd4 97. Kh3 Qf6 98. Bc2 Bd6 99. Qb5 Qe6+ 100. Kh2 Kg7 101. Bd1 Qf6
102. Kg2 Kh6 103. Qd5 Qb2+ 104. Kh3 Qf6 105. Bc2 Kg7 106. Kg2 Kh6 107. Kf3 Kg7
108. Ke2 Kh6 109. Kd3 Qf5+ 110. Qxf5 gxf5 111. Kc4 Kg6 112. Kd5 Bb4 113. Ke6
Be1 114. Bxf5+ Kh6 115. g4 hxg4 (115... Bxh4 {Saisi а tort par la FFE}) 116.
Bxg4 Bxh4 117. f5 Kg7 118. f6+ Bxf6 {Un premier faux-pas de l'italien dans le
tournoi} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gritsak, Orest"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Qe8 (7... c6
8. b3 Qa5 $5 9. Rb1 $5 (9. Qc2) (9. Bd2 Qc7 10. d5 Na6 11. Rc1 Nc5 12. Be3 a5
13. Bd4 Bd7 (13... e6 {Shipkov}) 14. Ne5 {Timofeev,A (2668)-Volokitin,A (2681)
EU-Cup 25th Ohrid 2009 (3.3) 0-1}) (9. Bb2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. e4 f4 12. gxf4
Nh5 $44) 9... e5 {Manoeuvre,A (2150)-Sorbe,S (2361) Syre Memorial op 32nd 2009
(4) 1-0} (9... Qxc3 $4 10. Bd2)) 8. d5 (8. b3 {L'alternative} c6 (8... e5 9.
dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 Nc6 11. Nd5 Qd7 12. exf5 e4 13. Ng5 gxf5 14. Be3 Ng4 15. Bc5
Re8 16. f3 exf3 (16... e3 17. Qe2 Bxa1 18. fxg4 $44)) 9. Ba3 Na6 10. Qd3 Rb8
11. Nd2 b5 12. cxb5 cxb5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5+ e6 15. Bg2 b4 (15... Qd7 $5 {
[%cal Gc8b7]}) 16. Bb2 Nc7 {Savchenko,S (2480)-Malaniuk,V (2520) URS-ch FL56
Simferopol 1988 1/2}) 8... Na6 9. Rb1 Bd7 10. b4 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. a3 Kh8 ({
RR} 12... Ng4 13. Bb2 f4 14. Ne4 Bxb2 15. Rxb2 fxg3 16. hxg3 Qf7 17. b5 Nc7 18.
c5 d5 19. bxc6 Bxc6 20. Neg5 Qf5 21. Bh3 h5 22. Qb1 e5 23. Bxg4 hxg4 24. Nxe5
Qxe5 25. Qxg6+ Qg7 26. Qxc6 Rf6 27. Qb7 {Novikov,I (2611)-Dzhumaev,M (2495)/
Korinthos 2000/EXT 2001/1-0 (36)}) (12... Nc7 {La grande ligne} 13. Bb2 Ne6 (
13... Rb8)) 13. Bb2 Rb8 14. Ba1 Ng4 {[%cal Ge7e5]} 15. e3 c5 {[%csl Rd5]} (
15... Nc7) 16. b5 Nc7 17. a4 $14 Be6 18. Qd3 (18. Nd2 Qf7 {[%csl Rc4]}) 18...
h6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Bxg7+ Kxg7 21. cxd5 {[%csl Rc7,Re6]} Qf7 22. Rfd1 Qf6 23.
h3 (23. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2c4]} Ne5 24. Qc2) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kabanov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O e5 7. d4 {Retombe
sur une Est-Indienne} Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. c5 (9. e4 {La grande ligne} a5 10. Ne1
Nd7 11. Nd3 b6 12. a4 f5 13. f4 Nc5 {Matamoros Franco,C (2490)-Garrido
Dominguez,J (2213) Seville op 29th 2004 (9) 1-0} (13... fxe4 14. Nxe4 exf4 15.
Nxf4 $14 {[%csl Ge4,Re6,Gf4][%cal Ge4g5]})) 9... Ne8 10. cxd6 Nxd6 (10... cxd6)
11. e4 Bg4 (11... h6 12. Nd2 f5 13. b3 fxe4 14. Ncxe4 Nef5 15. Ba3 Rf7 16. Rc1
Kh7 17. Re1 Nb5 18. Bb2 Nbd4 19. Nc5 Rb8 20. Nd3 Rd7 21. Nxe5 Rxd5 22. Bxd5
Qxd5 23. Rxc7 Ne6 24. Rxg7+ Nexg7 25. Ne4 {1-0 Ivanov,I (2606)-Meyer,J (2519)/
Pasadena 1983/EXT 2002}) 12. Qd3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 c5 $146 (13... f5 14. Bg2 fxe4
15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf5 17. Bd2 Nd6 18. Qc2 Qd7 19. Rae1 Rf7 20. Bc3 Re8 21.
Re2 Bf6 22. Rfe1 Rfe7 23. h4 Kg7 24. a4 Qf5 25. Bb4 Rf7 26. Kh2 g5 27. Qxf5
Nxf5 28. hxg5 {Johannsson,I-Bjornsson,T/Reykjavik 1964/MCD/1-0 (31)}) 14. a3 {
[%cal Gb2b4]} f5 {[%csl Gd6]} 15. Bg2 f4 $132 16. Bh3 {[%cal Gh3e6]} h5 17. Qe2
Bh6 18. b4 (18. Be6+ Kh7) 18... c4 19. a4 Kh7 20. Nb5 $1 {[%csl Re5][%cal
Gc1b2]} Nxb5 21. axb5 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Ge2c4,Ga1a2,Gf1a1]} Nc8 22. Bb2 (22.
Qxc4 Nd6 23. Qd3 fxg3 24. hxg3 Bxc1 25. Rfxc1 (25. Raxc1)) 22... Bg7 23. Qxc4
Nd6 24. Qd3 Qb6 {[%cal Gb6g1,Gd6b5]} 25. Ra5 {[%cal Gf1a1,Ga5b5]} Rae8 26. Be6
Re7 27. Raa1 Nxb5 28. Rac1 f3 $13 {[%csl Rg2]} 29. Rfe1 a6 30. Re3 Bh6 31. Rxf3
Rxf3 $2 {Se trompe dans l'ordre de coups probablement а cause du zeitnot} (
31... Bxc1) 32. Qxf3 Bxc1 33. Bxc1 $4 {L'italien n'était pas en forme dans le
tournoi et il rate un coup intermédiaire} (33. Bxe5 $3 {[%cal Gf3f8,Gf8e7,
Gf8h8]} Qd8 34. Qf6 $18 Bh6 35. Bf7 {[%csl Rg6]} Rxf7 36. Qxf7+) 33... Nd4 34.
Qf8 Rg7 35. Bg8+ Kh8 36. Be6+ Kh7 37. Bg8+ Kh8 38. Kg2 $4 {J'ai vérifié la
feuille partie qui correspond а l'enregistrement du plateau dgt} (38. d6 Rxg8
39. Qh6#) 38... Qc7 39. Be6+ Kh7 40. Bg8+ Kh8 41. Bg5 Qc2 42. Be6+ Kh7 43. Bg8+
Kh8 44. Be6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 (7. d4 {
[%cal Ge2e4] Tranpose sur une Gruenfeld}) 7... Nb6 (7... O-O) 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3
Bg4 (9... e5) (9... h6) 10. Qd2 Rb8 $146 (10... Qd7 {Krylov,M (2482)-Vorobjov,
D (2249) Moscow-ch sf 2009 (2) 1/2}) 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd4 $1
$132 {[%csl Gd4,Re2]} 14. Bg2 e5 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. e3 {[%csl Rd3]} Nf5 17. Qh3
c6 18. Qg4 Rfd8 19. Qe2 Nd7 20. Bh3 Nd6 21. Rac1 Nf6 22. e4 $6 {[%csl Rd3,Rd4]}
Nb5 {[%cal Gb5d4]} 23. Nxb5 cxb5 24. Rc3 (24. d4 $5 exd4 25. Bg2 a6 26. Rd3
Rbc8 27. Rcd1 $44) 24... Rd4 25. Rdc1 Qd6 26. Bf1 Qe6 27. Rc5 a6 28. a3 Rbd8
29. Qe3 Kg7 30. Qg5 Re8 31. Rc7 h6 32. Qe3 Re7 33. Qe1 Rxc7 34. Rxc7 Qb6 35.
Qc1 b4 36. a4 Rd6 37. a5 $1 Qxa5 38. Rxb7 Rd7 39. Rb8 Rd8 40. Rb7 Rd7 41. Rb8 (
41. Rxd7 Nxd7 42. Qc6 Nf8 43. d4 $1 exd4 44. Bc4 $44 {[%csl Rf7]}) 41... Rc7
42. Qe1 Nd7 43. Rd8 Rc1 44. Qxc1 Qxd8 45. Qc6 Nf6 46. Qxa6 Qd4 47. Qa2 Ng4 48.
b3 Nf6 49. Bh3 Qxd3 50. Bf1 Qd4 51. Bc4 Nxe4 52. Kg2 Nd2 53. Qc2 Qc3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 (4. Nc3) 4... Be7 (4... Qe7) (4... a5) 5.
Bg2 d5 {Retombe sur une Catalane} 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 {La
variante fermée} 9. Rd1 (9. Bf4) (9. b3) (9. Nc3) 9... b6 (9... Ne4 $5 10. Bf4
(10. Be1) (10. Ne1 f5 11. e3 g5 12. f3 Nd6 13. cxd5 {Khairullin,I (2617)-Ortiz
Suarez,I (2544) Capablanca Memorial Premier 45th 2010 (1) 1/2}) 10... f5) 10.
Bf4 (10. b3 Bb7) 10... Ba6 (10... Bb7 11. Nc3 dxc4 (11... Nh5 12. Bc1 f5 13. b3
Rc8 14. Bb2 Bd6 15. e3 Qe7 16. Ne2 Nhf6 17. Nf4 Ne4 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bb8
20. a4 g5 21. Nd3 g4) 12. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2c4]}) 11. Ne5 (11. b3 {La grande ligne}
Rc8 {[%cal Gc8c2]} 12. Nc3 $1 dxc4 13. e4 (13. Nd2 Nd5) 13... Qe8 14. Nd2)
11... Rc8 (11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 (12... Nh5 13. Be3) 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e4 Rc8
15. Nc3 d4 16. Rxd4 Qc7 17. Rad1 Rfd8 (17... Nxe5 18. Qa4 Bb7 19. Rd7) 18. h4
h6 19. h5 Nc5 20. Bf1) 12. Nc3 $1 (12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nc6 Bb5 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.
Nc3 a5 16. Rac1 Ba6 {Ponomariov,R (2737)-Grischuk,A (2756) Amber-blindfold
19th rapid 2010 (2) 1/2}) 12... Bxc4 (12... b5 13. c5 b4 14. Nb1 Nxe5 15. Bxe5
Bb5 16. Nd2 a5 (16... Bxe2 17. Re1 Bb5 18. a3 a5 19. axb4 axb4 20. Ra7 $44))
13. Nxc4 dxc4 14. e4 $44 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4,Gf4,Gg2]} b5 ({RR} 14... Bb4 15. a4 a5
16. Na2 b5 17. Nxb4 axb4 18. b3 Qe7 19. bxc4 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. c5 b3 22.
Qxb3 Qxc5 23. Rac1 Qe7 24. axb5 cxb5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Qxb5 Ng6 27. Bd6 Qa7 28.
e5 Nd7 29. Qb7 {Yevseev,D (2527)-Mokshanov,A (2372)/St Petersburg 2011/1-0 (54)
}) (14... Nh5 $5) 15. a4 (15. d5 $5 {[%cal Gd1d8]} cxd5 16. exd5 e5 17. d6 $5 {
[%csl Re7]} exf4 (17... Bxd6 18. Rxd6 exf4 19. Rad1 $36) 18. Nxb5 fxg3 19. hxg3
Rc5 20. dxe7 Qxe7 21. Nd6 {[%cal Gd6c4]} Nb6 22. Rd4 $11 (22. Nf5 Qe6)) 15...
a6 16. axb5 ({RR} 16. d5 cxd5 17. exd5 e5 18. Bg5 b4 ({RR} 18... Qb6 19. Ne4
Bc5 20. a5) 19. d6 bxc3 20. Qxc3 h6 21. Be3) 16... axb5 17. Ra6 $146 {Un plan
naturel mais d5 semble plus fort et d'ailleurs aucune partie n'a repris depuis
un an cette idée Ra6} (17. d5 cxd5 18. exd5 e5 19. Bg5 b4 20. d6 $36 {Wang Hao
(2722)-Efimenko,Z (2677) Sarajevo Bosna op 40th 2010 (10) 1/2}) 17... Nb6 18.
Ra7 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Ga7e7,Gd4d5]} (18. Rda1 $5 {[%cal Ga6a7]} b4 19. Ne2 c5 $1
$132 (19... Nh5 20. Be3)) 18... Ra8 $1 19. Rc7 (19. Rb7 $5 Nh5 20. Be3 {
[%cal Ge3b6,Gd4d5] C'est la grande différence avec Rc7 qui a été joué dans la
partie}) 19... Nh5 $132 {[%csl Rc7,Rf4]} 20. Rxc6 {Les Blancs sont contraint
de faire de l'équilibrisme et la position de l'italien n'est pas saine} Nxf4
21. gxf4 b4 22. Ne2 Rc8 (22... Ra5 $5 {[%csl Gd5]}) 23. d5 $1 {[%cal Gd1d8]}
exd5 24. exd5 Bf6 25. Ng3 b3 26. Qe2 c3 27. bxc3 Na4 {[%csl Rc3] (=) Un bon
moment psychologique pour proposer la nulle} 28. Ne4 Nxc3 29. Nxc3 Bxc3 30. Bh3
(30. Be4 $5 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Ge2h5]}) 30... Rxc6 31. dxc6 Qb8 (31... Qb6 $5 {
[%cal Gb3b2,Gb6c6]}) 32. Qc4 b2 33. Rb1 Ba5 34. Qd4 Qc7 35. Bg2 Rb8 36. f5 {
[%cal Gf5f6]} (36. Rxb2 Rxb2 37. Qxb2 $11) 36... Rb4 {Recherche la nulle mais
Bb6 posait des problèmes aux Blancs} (36... Bb6 $1 {[%csl Rf2]} 37. Qe4 Qa7 {
[%csl Rf2]} 38. Qe2 Bd4 $15 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Gd4b2,Gd4f6]}) 37. Qe3 Qd8 38. Qe2
h6 39. Rxb2 Rxb2 40. Qxb2 Qd1+ 41. Bf1 Qg4+ 42. Bg2 Qd1+ 43. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before the game I had 5/8, performing lower than my rating. So, my objective
chances of beating three very strong grandmasters in a row to qualify for
World Cup looked very low. Nevertheless, I didn't try to win the game at any
cost, but just intended to play normally and see what happened.} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 {I didn't really expect Gruenfeld, so I
decided to go for the line which I hadn't played before, neutralising the
preparation of my opponent.} dxc4 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Qxc5
10. Bb3 Nc6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. g4 {This is the latest
trend. The older main line 14.Nd5 recently failed to yield White any advantage.
} (14. Nd5 e5 15. Bh2 (15. Rxc6 bxc6 16. Ne7+ Kh8 17. Nxc6 Qb6 18. Ncxe5 Be6 {
has appeared in many games with satisfactory results for the second player.})
15... Be6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Qc4 Nf6 18. e4 Rac8 19. Ng5 Nd4 20. Ne7+ Kf8 21.
Nxe6+ Kxe7 22. Nxd8 Rxc4 23. Bxc4 Ne8 24. Nxf7 b5 25. Bd5 Ne2+ 26. Kh1 Nxc1 27.
Rxc1 Qd2 28. Rc8 Qxf2 29. Bg1 Qf1 30. Ra8 Nc7 31. Rxa7 Kd7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Kramnik,V (2788)-Kamsky,G (2723)/Moscow 2008/CBM 126 (38)}) 14... Nxc3 15. bxc3
Bd7 16. Rfd1 {The structure has become inferior for White, so his play must be
dynamic and concrete.} Rad8 17. Rd5 Qb6 {Recently, all attention has switched
to 17...Qa3, but the move in the text is also playable.} (17... Qa3 $1 {
The latest games have proved that this is the most precise way to equality.
For instance:} 18. Rcd1 Be6 19. Rxd8 Nxd8 20. Qb5 a6 21. Qb6 Bxb3 22. axb3 Ne6
23. Be5 Bxe5 24. Nxe5 Qc5 25. Qxc5 Nxc5 26. b4 Ne4 27. Rd7 {1/2-1/2
Tomashevsky,E (2699)-Svidler,P (2722)/Moscow RUS 2010/The Week in Chess 841})
18. Rb1 Bc8 $2 {In fact, only this is a mistake.} (18... e6 $1 19. Rdd1 (19.
Bc2 $6 Qxb1+ 20. Bxb1 exd5 $15) 19... Na5 20. Bc2 Qc6 21. Ne5 Qc8 $11) 19. Rg5
$1 {[%csl Rb6] This, seemingly awkward move, is very strong. Black's queen is
practically trapped. I can't promise that I would find it over the board, but,
in fact I knew it! In my annotations to the fascinating game
Mamedyarov-Sutovsky from the World team championship 2010 (CBM 134), I pointed
out this move as an improvement. Indeed, the work for ChessBase Magazine pays
off sometimes! :)} (19. Rb5 $2 Qa6 20. Bc4 Qa3 21. R5b3 Qc5 22. Rb5 Qa3 23.
R5b3 Qc5 24. Rb5 {1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R (2672)-Svidler,P (2739)/San Sebastian
2009/CBM 132}) 19... Be6 {After a long thought Caruana found the only
reasonable continuation, but, of course it's a serious concession by
definition.} (19... Qa6 20. Qxa6 bxa6 21. Rc5 {is unsatisfactory for Black, as
he is practically a pawn down in a worse position.}) 20. Rb5 (20. Qf1 Bxb3 21.
Rxb3 Qa6 22. Qxa6 bxa6 23. Rc5 {is an alternative way for an advantage, but
the move in the text is more tempting.}) 20... Qa6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Ng5 $6 (
22. Qc4 {was more simple and strong.} Na5 (22... Rd5 23. a4 Na5 24. Qc7 Qc6 25.
Qxa5 Rxb5 (25... Bxc3 26. Qc7 Qxc7 27. Bxc7 Rxf3 28. Rxb7 $16) 26. Qxb5 Qxf3
27. Qd7 $16) 23. Qb4 b6 24. Ng5 (24. Qxe7 $6 Rfe8 25. Qb4 Qc8 $44) 24... e5 25.
Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Rxe5 Qe2 27. Rf1 Rd1 28. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 29. Kg2 Qd2 30. Ne4 Qxa2 31.
Qxe7 Nc6 32. Qe6+ Qxe6 33. Rxe6 {and White should win.}) ({I also considered} 
22. Qc2 $6 {with ideas like Nf3-g5xh7 followed by Rb5-h5+, but it's clear that
this is too slow.}) 22... Na5 23. a4 (23. Bc7 $6 Rd5 24. c4 $140 (24. Bxa5 Rxg5
$11) 24... Nxc4 $1 25. Qxc4 Rxg5 $11) 23... Rc8 $2 ({Black had to eliminate
the knight by} 23... Bf6 24. Qa2 (24. Ne4 $5) 24... Bxg5 25. Bxg5 Rf7 {Of
course, White is better, but nothing decisive.}) (23... Bxc3 $2 24. Ne4 Qc6 25.
Qc2 Bg7 26. Rc5 Qa6 27. Bc7 Rd5 28. Rxa5 Rxa5 29. Bxa5 Qxa5 30. Rxb7 $18) 24.
Qa2 $2 {I played this move quickly, as this was my plan after 23.a4.} (24. Qd3
$1 {Surprisingly, Black doesn't have a satisfactory reply.} Bf6 (24... Rxc3 25.
Qd7 Qc6 26. Qxe6+ Qxe6 27. Nxe6 $18) (24... Rfd8 25. Qe4 $18) 25. Nxh7 $1 Kxh7
26. Rh5+ Kg7 27. Qxa6 bxa6 28. Rxa5 Rc6 29. Rb7 $18) 24... Nc4 {Now my queen
on a2 is just misplaced.} 25. Rxb7 e5 26. Bg3 Qc6 $1 {Suddenly, Black's pieces
became active as well.} 27. Qc2 {Consuming a lot of time at this stage of the
game, I realised that I had spoiled most of my advantage.} (27. Rxe7 $6 {
I was trying to make this work, but it doesn't.} Bf6 28. Rxh7 (28. Re6 Qd5 $13)
28... Bxg5 29. Rbb7 Bf6 30. Qb1 Bh8 $13) 27... h6 28. Ne4 Kh8 29. R7b3 {
Everything backwards just in order to avoid the annoying fork on a3.} Rfd8 $6 (
{After} 29... Qxa4 30. Nd2 Nxd2 31. Qxd2 {the position is still in White's
favour, as Black's structural defects are permanent. Still, he should have
chosen this, because here, at least, the material is equal.}) 30. Ra1 a6 31.
Rbb1 $16 {Black has reached the maximum activity he could hope for, but there
is no way for him to advance. The mighty knight on e4 covers everything,
White's king is safe as well.} Rd7 32. Rd1 Rcd8 33. Rxd7 Rxd7 34. Kh2 {A
useful move in general, and also preparing the manoeuvre that followed...} g5
$6 {I didn't know how to provoke this, but Caruana played it voluntarily,
pleasantly surprising me. It's, however, easy to criticise, but very difficult
to suggest a constructive improvement.} (34... Kh7 35. h4 Kh8 36. Qb1 Nd6 37.
Nxd6 Rxd6 {with the idea to penetrate with the queen to f3. Perhaps, this
would give Black more chances.}) 35. Qb1 $1 Rb7 36. Qh1 $1 {The point.
Spinning around the knight, the queen is getting activated from the other side.
} Rb2 {This activity is illusory.} 37. Rd1 Rb8 (37... Nxe3 $2 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39.
Nxg5+ hxg5 40. Qxc6 $18) (37... Qxa4 $2 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. Qf3 $18 {[%cal Rf3f5]}
) 38. h4 {Now my dreaming bishop also gets into play. White is winning.} gxh4
39. Bxh4 Qg6 40. Qf3 Rf8 41. Qg2 Rf7 (41... Nd6 42. Nxd6 exd6 43. Be7 $18) 42.
Rd7 Nb6 43. Rd8+ Kh7 44. Nc5 Bf6 {This loses quicker than I expected, but, the
best Black could do is to prolong the resistanse.} 45. Bxf6 Rxf6 46. a5 $1 Nc4
47. Nd7 {Followed by the fork on f8.} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.04.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Michalik, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {L'italien n'était pas en forme dans le tournoi et dans cette partie, il
ne va pas réussir а transformer son avantage positionnel.} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3
Nc6 {La grande variante des 04 N} 4. a3 $5 {Une ligne tranquille pour éviter
le système Bb4} (4. g3 Bb4 {Wyss,J (2292)-Michalik,P (2505) Universiad Men
26th 2011 (4) 0-1}) (4. d4) 4... g6 (4... d5 {Transpose sur une sicilienne
ouverte avec couleurs inversées où l'utilité du temps de plus est trés
controversée. BOTVINNIK condamnait notamment cette ligne avec les Noirs mais
la théorie moderne a relativisé l'intérêt du temps supplémentaire qui donne
notamment de l'information а l'adversaire pour s'y adapter.}) 5. g3 (5. d4 exd4
6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 O-O 9. e3 Re8 10. Be2 Nxd4 {Kortschnoj,V (2635)
-Salov,V (2665) St Petersburg 1997 (2) 1/2} (10... d5 $5 {KORTCHNOI})) 5... Bg7
6. Bg2 O-O 7. d3 (7. O-O) 7... Re8 (7... d6 {Plus courant} 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6
Bxf6 10. O-O Be6 11. b4 Ne7 12. Rc1 c6 13. b5 d5 14. Nd2 Bg7 15. bxc6 bxc6 16.
Qa4 f5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. e3 e4 19. Rfd1 Rc8 20. Nb5 Bd7 21. Rb1 Rb8 22. dxe4
Qe8 {Carlsen,M (2786)-Mamedyarov,S (2731)/Dresden 2008/1/2-1/2 (33)}) 8. O-O d6
9. Nd2 {Trop lent} (9. e4) (9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd2 Bg7 12. Rc1 h5 13.
b4 h4 14. b5 Nd4 15. e3 Ne6 16. Nb3 a6 17. a4 Bh6 18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 hxg3 20.
hxg3 Nc5 21. Re1 Bg7 22. Qc2 Bd7 23. Ne4 Ne6 24. Nxe6 Bxe6 25. Nc3 Rb8 {
Johansen,D (2490)-Barus,C (2465)/Bali 1999/1/2-1/2 (62)}) 9... Be6 $11 10. Nd5
Qc8 {[%csl Ra8,Rc8][%cal Gc8b7,Ge6h3,Gc6d8,Gc7c6]} (10... Qd7 $142 {Plus actif
même si Qc8 permet de protéger b7}) 11. Rb1 Ne7 {[%cal Gc7c6]} (11... Nd8 {
[%cal Gc7c6]}) 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Re1 {Anticipe Bh3} Bg7 14. b4 f5 15. b5 Kh8
16. a4 Rb8 $6 {[%csl Rb8,Rc8]} (16... f4 $5 {Plus naturel après avoir joué Qc8}
17. Ne4 Bh3 $132) 17. Bb2 c5 {[%csl Rd5,Rd6]} 18. e3 Qc7 (18... d5 19. Qb3 (19.
cxd5 Nxd5) 19... dxc4 20. Nxc4 $14 {[%csl Gc4]}) 19. Qb3 $14 {[%csl Gd5]} Ng8
20. Ra1 (20. b6 $5 Qxb6 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Bc3 b5 (22... Bd7 23. Rxb6 Bxa4 24.
Rxd6) 23. Rxb5 Bd7 24. Rb6 Bxa4 25. Rxd6 (25. Rxb7) (25. Bxb7) 25... b5 26.
cxb5 Bxb5 27. Ra1 $36 (27. Nc4)) 20... Qf7 {La position noire est assez passive
} 21. f4 Rbd8 {Reconnaissant que 16. Rb8 était trop passif} 22. Nf3 Bc8 23. a5
(23. Ng5 $5 {[%cal Gg5f7,Gg2d5]}) 23... h6 {Les Noirs jouent sur deux rangées}
24. Bc3 Re7 25. Qa3 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gf4e5] Les Blancs continuent de
manoeuvrer mais ils n'ont pas obtenu d'avantage concret} (25. a6 $5 b6 {
[%csl Rb7,Rc6]} 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. Qb2 {[%csl Re5]} e4 28. Ne5 Bxe5 29. Bxe5+
Kh7 30. dxe4 fxe4 31. Rac1 Bf5 32. Bc3 {[%csl Gc3] Avec la paire de B, les
Blancs ont des perspectives d'attaque а l'aile-roi}) 25... exf4 $5 26. exf4
Rde8 27. Rxe7 Rxe7 28. Re1 Rxe1+ {(=)} 29. Nxe1 {Les Blancs n'ont aucune
raison d'accepter la proposition} Bxc3 30. Qxc3+ Qf6 31. Qd2 (31. Qxf6+ $5 Nxf6
32. Nc2 Kg7 33. Ne3 Kf7 34. Nd5 $1 $14 {[%csl Rb7,Rc8,Rf5,Gg2,Rg6] En cas
d'échange des N, le Bc8 n'est pas trés bon}) 31... Kg7 32. Nc2 Qb2 $1 33. Qe2 (
33. d4 {[%cal Gd2d4]} Nf6 34. dxc5 dxc5 35. Qd6 g5 {[%cal Gg7g6]} (35... Qxc2
36. Qe7+) 36. Qe7+ Kg6 37. Ne3 $13) 33... Kf8 34. d4 Nf6 (34... cxd4 $1 35. Qd3
Qc3 $132) 35. dxc5 dxc5 36. Qd3 Ke7 37. Qe3+ Kd6 38. h3 b6 (38... Qxc2 39. Qe5+
) 39. axb6 axb6 40. Qd3+ Ke7 41. Qe3+ Kd6 42. Nb4 $3 {Les Blancs trouvent une
pirouette tactique pour éviter la répétition de position.} Bd7 (42... cxb4 43.
Qxb6+ Ke7 44. Qc5+ Kd8 45. b6 $44 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Gb6b7]}) 43. Nc2 Be6 44.
Qd3+ Ke7 45. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.04.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Javakhishvili, Lela"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 (6. Ndb5 {Le coup
naturel n'apporte pas grand-chose aux Blancs} Qb8 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb6 axb5 9. Nxb5
Bb4+ 10. c3 Ba5 11. Nc7+ Qxc7 12. Bxc7 Bxc7 13. Qg4 g6 14. Bb5 $13 {Fontaine,R
(2529)-Ilincic,Z (2535) Novi Sad TS01 GM 2003 (5) 0-1}) 6... a6 7. Qd2 {
[%cal Ge1c1] L'attaque anglaise va conduire а des positions tranchées où la
différence de niveau doit prévaloir.} (7. Bd3 {La grande ligne} Nf6 8. O-O Ne5
(8... b5)) 7... Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 (8... Be7 {Moins ambitieux} 9. f3 h5 $5 {
[%csl Gg4];Negi,P (2615)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2723) Biel GM 43rd 2010 (9) 1/2} (
9... d6)) 9. f3 Ne5 {[%cal Gb4c3,Ge5c4]} (9... O-O 10. g4 b5 11. g5 $36) (9...
Ne7 {[%cal Gb4c3]} 10. Nde2 $14 {[%cal Ge2c3]} (10. Nb3 d5 (10... O-O) 11. e5
Nd7 12. f4 b6 13. Bd4 (13. Bd3 Bxc3 $11) 13... Nc5 {Carlsen,M (2872)-Ivanchuk,
V (2757) FIDE Candidates 2013 (12) 0-1}) 10... b5 11. Kb1 Ba5 12. Bf4 e5 13.
Bg5 Bb7 $132) 10. Nb3 b5 11. Qe1 (11. Kb1) 11... Be7 {91} 12. f4 Ng6 13. e5 Ng4
14. Ne4 {84} ({RR} 14. Bd2 Bb7 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Qe2 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Rhf1
O-O 19. g3 b4 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 a5 22. Nd4 Bf6 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Be3 Ne7
25. Nb5 Nf5 26. Bf2 Rc6 27. g4 Rfc8 28. Rd2 Rc4 {Svidler,P (2750)-Vitiugov,N 
(2596)/Moscow 2006/CBM 116/1/2-1/2 (36)}) 14... Nxe3 {91} 15. Qxe3 O-O 16. Nd6
$5 $146 {[%csl Rc8,Gd6] 67 La nouveauté a probablement été trouvée devant
l'échiquier car le GMI a réfléchi plus de 20 mns sur cette position.} (16. h4 {
[%csl Rg6][%cal Gh4h5] La partie de référence qui avait été jouée quleques
jours plus tôt par le futur Champion d'Europe} Bb7 17. h5 (17. Nd6 Nxh4 18.
Nxb7 Qxb7 19. Bd3 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. g4 Be7 22. Be4 Qa7 23. Qd3 Rac8 24. Qxd7
Qxd7 25. Rxd7 Bd8 26. Bb7 Rc4 27. Nd4 {1-0 Mamedov,N (2580)-Geller,J (2544)/
Moscow 2011/CBM 141 Extra}) 17... Rac8 18. Bd3 Nxe5 $13 {Ter Sahakyan,S (2575)
-Potkin,V (2653) EU-ch 12th Aix-les-Bains 2011 (4) 0-1}) (16. g3 Bb7 17. h4 (
17. Bd3 $5) (17. Bg2 Rac8 (17... a5 18. h4 {[%cal Gh4h5]} a4 19. Nd4 b4 20. h5
Nxe5 $1 (20... b3 $5 {Le sacrifice est peut-être jouable} 21. hxg6 bxa2 22.
gxh7+ Kh8 23. Kd2 Qb6 24. Ke2 Qxb2 $44) 21. fxe5 Qxe5 22. Qf4 (22. h6 f5) 22...
Qxf4+ 23. gxf4 Bd5 24. h6 $3 f5 25. Nf2 Bxg2 26. Rhg1 Rf6 27. Rxg2 Rxh6 28. Nf3
$14 {[%cal Gf3e5,Gf3g5]})) 17... f5 {Cernousek,L (2439)-Szabo,K (2518) BCF-chT
0809 (4NCL) 2008 (10.4) 1-0}) 16... Bxd6 {81 Les Blancs vont obtenir un bon
contrôle des cases noires après cet échange} (16... f6 $5 17. Bd3 Qa7 $1 {
Comme souvent dans une sicilienne ouverte, l'échange des Q est dans l'intérêt
des Noirs} 18. Qxa7 (18. Nc5 $143 {[%csl Rc5,Re3] Empêche l'échange des Q et
Bb7 mais ce coup ne parait pas trés sain} fxe5 19. fxe5 Bxd6 20. exd6 Bb7 21.
Qg5 (21. h4 Nf4) 21... Bd5 $132 {[%cal Ga8c8]}) 18... Rxa7 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20.
Na5 {[%cal Gc2c4]} (20. Rhf1) 20... g5 21. g3) 17. Rxd6 {[%csl Rd7]} Bb7 {
[%csl Gb7] 71} 18. Bd3 $1 {[%cal Gd3c2]} (18. h4 {[%cal Gh4h5]} Ne7 $1 {
[%cal Ge7d5]}) 18... f5 {65} (18... Bxg2 $6 19. Rg1 $44 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gh2h4,
Gh4h5,Gf4f5,Ge3g3]}) (18... a5 $5 19. Bxb5 Bxg2 (19... a4 20. Rxd7 Qb8 21. Nd4
Bxg2 {Paradoxalement, c'est maintenant moins risqué de prendre ce P car
l'ouverture de l'aile-dame doit donner des compensations aux Noirs} (21... a3
22. b3)) 20. Rg1 (20. Rxd7 Qb8) 20... Bc6 {[%cal Ga5a4]} 21. Bxc6 dxc6 22. Nc5
Rfb8 $132 {[%csl Rb2]}) (18... f6 19. Nc5 Rac8 20. Nxb7 Qxb7 21. Be4 $14) (
18... Rac8 19. Kb1 f6) 19. Nc5 $1 Nxf4 {41} (19... Rac8 $5 20. b4 (20. Rxd7
Qxc5 21. Qxc5 Rxc5 22. Rxb7 Nxf4) 20... Rfd8 {[%cal Ga6a5]} 21. h4 a5 $1 22.
Nxb7 Qxb7 23. h5 Ne7 (23... Qxg2 24. Rg1)) 20. Rxd7 Nxd3+ 21. cxd3 Qc6 22. Kb1
(22. Rxb7 Rac8 23. Kb1 (23. d4 Qxb7) 23... Qxc5 24. Qxc5 Rxc5 25. d4 Rc6) 22...
Bc8 {18} (22... Rf7 $5 {Conduit а des échanges qui doivent soulager la défense
des Noirs} 23. Rxf7 Kxf7 24. Nxb7 Qxb7 25. Rg1 Rc8 26. g4) 23. Re7 Rf7 24. Rxf7
Kxf7 25. Rg1 {[%csl Rf7] On est déjà au 25ème coup mais les Blancs sont
toujours mieux développés!} Kg8 {11} 26. b4 $1 {[%csl Gc5,Rc8,Re6] Le N domine
le B} (26. g4 f4 $1) 26... a5 27. bxa5 Rxa5 28. Qd4 {[%csl Rc8,Rg8]} Qb6 $6 (
28... Kf7 {[%cal Gf7e6,Gc6d5]}) 29. Nxe6 $1 {Une petite combinaison profitant
de la failbesse de la 08ème rangée} Qxd4 30. Nxd4 {[%csl Ge5]} Ra4 {06} 31. Nb3
Be6 32. g3 (32. Kb2) 32... Kf7 33. Rc1 $1 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gc1c7]} Bxb3 $1 {
Une bonne décision car le B était dominé malgré le jeu ouvert} 34. axb3 Rd4 35.
Rc7+ Ke6 36. Kc2 g5 $2 (36... Rg4 37. d4 Rxd4 38. Rxg7 Kxe5 39. Rxh7) 37. Kc3
$36 Rd8 38. d4 f4 39. gxf4 gxf4 40. Kd3 f3 41. Rxh7 Kd5 (41... f2 42. Rh6+ Kd5
43. Rf6) 42. Rf7 b4 43. Rxf3 Rh8 44. Ke3 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Nizhny Tagil Politekhnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1
exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Ba2 Re8 11. h3 Bd7 12. f4 Ng6 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Qd3 Bd8 15.
Bd2 Qh5 16. f5 Ne5 17. Qg3 Bb6 18. Be3 d5 19. Bf2 Qh6 20. Be3 Qh5 21. Rad1 dxe4
22. Nce2 Bc7 23. Nf4 Qh6 24. Nfe6 Nf3+ 25. Qxf3 exf3 26. Bxh6 fxe6 27. fxe6 Bc8
28. Bg5 fxg2 29. e7+ Kh8 30. Kxg2 Nd5 31. Bxd5 cxd5 32. Nb5 Bb8 33. Rxd5 b6 34.
Rf1 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Economist SSSEU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. b3 Kc8 11. Bb2 h5 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Rad1 a5 14. a4
c5 15. c4 Ra6 16. Rd3 Rg8 17. Rfd1 Bc6 18. Nc3 g5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Rd8 21.
Bc3 g4 22. Ne1 Bg5 23. g3 f6 24. e6 h4 25. f4 gxf3 26. Nxf3 hxg3 27. h3 Rad6
28. Nxg5 fxg5 29. Be5 Rb6 30. Rf1 Nd6 31. Rdf3 Rb4 32. Rf8 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Belgorod BelGu"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. h4 Qa5 8. Bd2
Nbc6 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa4 11. Bd3 Nxd4 12. h5 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Qd4 14. O-O
Qxe5 15. h6 Bd7 16. Bf4 Qf6 17. Qg3 Nf5 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Rab1 g5 20. Be3 Bc6
21. Rfe1 O-O-O 22. Bxa7 Qf4 23. Qxf4 gxf4 24. Rb4 f3 25. g3 Rhg8 26. Rf4 Rd7
27. Bd4 Rg6 28. Bg7 d4 29. Rd1 e5 30. Bxe5 Rxh6 31. Rfxd4 Re6 32. Bf4 Rxd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chadaev, Nikolay"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Desnogorsk Atom"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. c3 Nfd7 8. d5
Na6 9. a4 Nc7 10. Re1 b6 11. Nc4 Ba6 12. Bg5 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 a6 14. Qe2 Re8 15.
Bf4 Qc8 16. Rad1 Rb8 17. e5 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bb3 dxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21.
Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 c4 23. Bc2 Qd7 24. Rd4 Rb6 25. b3 cxb3 26. Bxb3 Qd6 27. Qe3
Qc5 28. h4 Rd6 29. Red1 Red8 30. h5 Ne8 31. Qxe7 Qxc3 32. R4d3 Qf6 33. Qxf6
Nxf6 34. hxg6 hxg6 35. Rd4 Rc8 36. Ra1 Rc5 37. Rb4 Kg7 38. Ra5 Rb6 39. d6 Rxd6
40. Raxb5 Rc1+ 41. Kh2 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nge4 Be7 14. a3 a5 15.
Rb1 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 b4 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 b3 19. Qxb3 Nxc5 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21.
Rxd8 Nxb3 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Bc2 Nxc1 24. Rxc1 Rd8 25. h3 Rd2 26. b4 axb4 27.
axb4 Rd5 28. Be4 Rb5 29. Rc4 Kg8 30. Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Makarov, Marat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg Mikhail Chigorin CC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 c5 6. Bxb4 axb4 7. dxc5 Na6 8.
Nd2 Nxc5 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. Qd4 Ra6 13. Nxc5 e5 14. Qe3 Ng4
15. Qd3 Qxc5 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Rfd1 h6 18. h3 Qa7 19. Qb3 Qc5 20. e3 Bd7 21. Qd3
Bc6 22. Nb3 Qa7 23. Qd2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qb6 25. Kg1 Rc8 26. Qd3 Qc6 27. Nd2 Rca8
28. Qb3 Qa4 29. Rab1 Qa5 30. g4 Qc5 31. Ra1 R8a7 32. Nf3 Rc6 33. Rac1 g6 34.
Rc2 Rca6 35. Rcd2 Qc6 36. Ne1 Ne4 37. Rd5 Rxa2 38. Nd3 Qa4 39. Qxa4 R7xa4 40.
Rb5 Ra1 41. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 42. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Khanty Mansiysk Yugra"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qf3 a6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd4 Bd6 11. Na4 O-O 12. g3 Be5 13. Bb6 Qb8 14. Qe3
d5 15. f4 Bc7 16. e5 Nd7 17. Bd4 a5 18. Qc3 Bb7 19. Bd3 Rc8 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21.
Bxc5 Ba6 22. Rhe1 Bb6 23. Bd6 Bc7 24. Bc5 Bb6 25. Bxa6 Rxa6 26. Ba3 a4 27. Qd3
Ra5 28. f5 Bc5 29. f6 Qb5 30. Bxc5 Qxc5 31. Qd4 Qxd4 32. Rxd4 h5 33. h4 Kh7 34.
g4 gxf6 35. exf6 Kg6 36. Rf4 hxg4 37. Re5 Re8 38. Rg5+ Kh6 39. Rfxg4 e5 40. Rg7
Ra7 41. Kd2 e4 42. Ke3 Rd7 43. c3 Rb7 44. R4g5 Rxb2 45. Rxf7 Rh2 46. Rg3 Rxh4
47. Rc7 Rf8 48. Rxc6 Rf7 49. Re6 Rh2 50. Re8 Rh5 51. Rh8+ Rh7 52. Rhg8 Rf7 53.
Rh8+ Rh7 54. Rxh7+ Kxh7 55. Kf4 Rh2 56. Ke5 Rxa2 57. f7 Rf2 58. Ke6 e3 59. Rxe3
Kg6 60. Rg3+ Kh5 61. Rg8 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kuznetsov, Viktor2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Yamal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 b6 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
Ne7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nc4 f6 11. a3 a5 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 b5 15.
Ncd2 cxb4 16. Qa2+ Kh8 17. Bc5 g5 18. Ra1 Bd7 19. Qa5 Qe8 20. Qxb4 Rf7 21. Ra7
Bf8 22. d4 Nc8 23. Ra8 exd4 24. Nb3 g4 25. hxg4 Bxg4 26. Nfxd4 Bh6 27. Nf5 Bxf5
28. exf5 Rd7 29. Bd4 Kg8 30. Nc5 Rd5 31. Qb3 Bf8 32. Qg3+ Kf7 33. Qc7+ Qe7 34.
Rxc8 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 {
I have played many games with 7.Bc4, but I decided to try a different
variation for this game.} c5 8. Be3 Bg4 {A somewhat rare move, although it's
not clear exactly why, because the move looks very natural.} 9. Rc1 Bxf3 {
My opponent decided to deviate from a game of mine against Rodshtein, in
favour of a move recently endorsed by Ian Nepomniachtchi.} ({After} 9... O-O
10. d5 Qa5 11. Qd2 Bxf3 12. gxf3 c4 13. Bd4 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bxc4 Rac8 16.
Bb3 Rc5 {Black obtained good compensation and made a comfortable draw in
Caruana-Rodshtein, Biel 2010. Perhaps this is why White should consider 10.Be2,
as recently played by Kramnik against Vachier Lagrave.}) 10. gxf3 cxd4 11. cxd4
O-O {I didn't clearly remember the details of the game Giri-Nepomniachtchi
from Wijk aan Zee, but I remembered that Black got a solid position after
playing ...e6. And indeed, after calculating some variations, it seemed like
my centre would become immbolised after that. So I played a logical move:} 12.
d5 $1 $146 {In fact, Anish told me after the game that he had considered this
move to be most promising for White.} (12. f4 {seems to give Black a
reasonable position:} e6 13. Bg2 Nc6 14. e5 Qa5+ 15. Qd2 Qa6 16. Qe2 Qa5+ 17.
Qd2 Qa6 {, and most likely White should have acquiesed in the repetition now,
as Black has fully equalised.} 18. Bf1 Qa4 19. Rc4 Qb5 20. Rc5 Qb1+ 21. Ke2 Qe4
22. f3 Qf5 23. h4 Qh5 24. Bf2 Rfd8 25. Bh3 Bf8 26. Bg4 Qh6 27. Rc4 Rd5 28. h5
Rad8 29. Rh3 Bc5 30. hxg6 Qxg6 31. f5 exf5 32. Bh5 Nxd4+ 33. Kf1 Nxf3 34. Qxd5
Rxd5 35. Bxf3 Bxf2 36. Bxd5 Qg1+ 37. Ke2 Qe1+ 38. Kf3 Qf1 {0-1 Giri,A (2686)
-Nepomniachtchi,I (2733)/Wijk aan Zee NED 2011/The Week in Chess 846}) 12...
Nd7 13. Bh3 {I was happy with this move during the game, because the pressure
down the long diagonal seemed very annoying, especially as Black will be
unable to play ...Rc8.} ({However, the simple} 13. Be2 {deserves consideration
as well.}) 13... Kh8 {A slow but nevertheless interesting move. Areshchenko is
preparing ...f5, removing his king from g8 in view of the eventual pin after
White plays Rg1.} (13... f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Rg1 Kh8 {, and here White has
the very strong} 16. Rg5 $1 {, attacking the f5-pawn for which Black has no
comfortable defence. After} Nb6 17. Bxf5 Nxd5 18. Be4 Nxe3 19. fxe3 {, if
Black opts for the endgame he will be clearly worse due to the dominating
position of the bishop on e4.}) ({Another totally different approach was to
play} 13... b6 $5 14. O-O Nc5 {, and if White takes on c5 then Black gains
total control over the dark squares.}) 14. f4 {I logically continue with my
plan. If Black doesn't come up with something fast he will be run down by my
enormous centre.} f5 $1 {Of course, totally forced.} 15. e5 {A very commital
move, which I spent a great deal of time over. I had to calculate all the
details of the sacarifice with 17.Rxg7. Of course there was no objective
reason to go for this; I understood that it was a risky sacrifice, but I felt
this would be my chance to win the game.} ({White could have continued with a
slight advantage after} 15. exf5 gxf5 16. O-O {, when the bishop pair is quite
strong. However, Black's position is very solid and I wanted more!}) 15... g5 {
This was the clear idea behind Black's last move. White's centre is being
undermined by the base.} 16. Rg1 gxf4 17. Rxg7 {The point of my play. Black is
forced to take the rook, after which he will be up an exchange, but White has
compensation based on his pair of bishops and strong centre, as well as
Black's vulnerable king. A lot of people told me they felt White had great
compensation after this sac (as did I), but in reality White can only be worse.
The reason is that White's king is also very weak, and will come under attack
in the future.} Kxg7 (17... fxe3 $2 {just loses:} 18. Rxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 (
19... Kg7 20. Ke2 exf2 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22. Rc4 $18) 20. Qg6+ Kh8 21. Ke2 ({
but definitely not} 21. Rc4 $4 Qa5+) 21... exf2 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Rc3 $18) 18.
Bxf4 Kh8 {It's very hard to develop White's attack. For example, 19.Qd4 is met
by 19...Qb6. I decided to move my king away from the check on a5.} 19. Kf1 $6 {
Although this was far too slow.} (19. Qd3 {would have offered better chances
for equality.}) 19... Rc8 20. Rxc8 ({A variation to demonstrate how vulnerable
White's king is:} 20. Bh6 $2 Rxc1 21. Qxc1 Rg8 22. Bxf5 Qb6 {, threatening ...
Qa6 and winning.}) 20... Qxc8 21. Qd4 b6 $4 {A terrible mistake, which
surprisingly already loses the game!} ({I was expecting} 21... Qc5 22. Qxc5
Nxc5 23. Bg5 {, when White has reasonable compensation in the endgame.} e6 24.
Be7 Rc8 25. dxe6 Nxe6 26. Bxf5 Re8 27. Bf6+ Kg8 28. f3 {, and the bishop pair
is quite strong. White will continue with Kf2-e3, and should have sufficient
play for equality.}) ({However, there was the very strong} 21... Qc2 $1 {
In fact, after this move I can't find a way to save the game.} 22. e6+ Nf6 23.
d6 Qb1+ 24. Kg2 Rg8+ 25. Bg3 Qe4+ 26. Qxe4 Nxe4 27. dxe7 f4 28. e8=Q Rxe8 29.
Bxf4 Nc5 {, winning the e6-pawn and the game.}) 22. e6+ Nf6 23. Bxf5 {Now
White wins. Black is completely tied down and is unable to prevent d6.} Qa6+ (
23... Qc5 {also loses:} 24. Qxc5 bxc5 25. d6 exd6 26. Bxd6 Re8 27. Be5 Kg7 28.
Ke2 {, with a deadly pin Black cannot remove himself from.}) 24. Bd3 Qxa2 25.
Be5 {Simple play. My beautiful bishops are dominating. Black can only try to
stir up a mess with his queen. Although I was very low on time at this point,
I converted the advantage accurately.} Qb3 {Trying to land a check on d1.} (
25... Qd2 26. d6 Qd1+ 27. Kg2 Rg8+ 28. Bg3 Rg4 29. Qc3 $18) 26. Ke2 Qa2+ 27.
Ke1 Kg8 (27... Qa5+ 28. Kd1 {ends all the checks.}) 28. Qh4 Qa5+ 29. Ke2 Qa2+
30. Ke1 Qa5+ 31. Kd1 Qa3 (31... Qxd5 32. Qg5+ Kh8 33. Bxf6+ $18) 32. Qg5+ Kh8
33. Qf5 Qa4+ 34. Ke2 {Finally all the checks are finished.} Qh4 35. d6 exd6 36.
e7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Zontakh, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Lipetsk EGU-Perspektiva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. Bd3 d4 10. Ne2 e5 11. O-O O-O 12. b4 Be6 13. Bd2 a6 14. a4 Qd6 15.
Qe1 b5 16. Ng3 Rab8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ra6 Bc8 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 Qd5 21. f3
Rfe8 22. Be4 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Qd6 24. Qg3 f6 25. Rf3 Qd7 26. Qh4 Qb7 27. Raa3 d3
28. Rfxd3 Red8 29. Bc3 Rxd3 30. cxd3 Rd8 31. Qg3 Qf7 32. Qe3 Qh5 33. Ra1 h6 34.
Qb6 Rc8 35. Qb7 Ne7 36. Be1 Qe8 37. Bf2 Rb8 38. Qc7 Rc8 39. Qb7 Rb8 40. Qa7 Rd8
41. Bc5 Nc6 42. Qa2+ Kh7 43. Qe6 Qd7 44. Qxd7 Rxd7 45. Ra3 h5 46. Kf2 Nd4 47.
Ra6 Kh6 48. Ke3 Kg5 49. Rb6 h4 50. Rb8 Kg4 51. Kd2 Nb3+ 52. Kc2 Nd4+ 53. Bxd4
exd4 54. Rxb5 Kf4 55. Kb3 Ke3 56. Kc4 Rc7+ 57. Rc5 Ra7 58. e5 Kf2 59. e6 Kxg2
60. Ra5 Rc7+ 61. Kd5 Kxh2 62. Kd6 1-0

[Event "ITA-chT 43rd"]
[Site "Spoleto"]
[Date "2011.04.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2011.04.28"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ancona"]
[BlackTeam "Oiettivo Risarcimento"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O b6 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Bf1 Rfe8 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bxc5 bxc5 13. Nd2 Ng6 14. g3
Rad8 15. Bg2 Ne5 16. Qc2 c4 17. Re2 Qg6 18. f4 Qh5 19. Qd1 Ng4 20. Nf1 d6 21.
Qd2 f5 22. exf5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nxh2 24. Rae1 Rxe2+ 25. Qxe2 Qxe2+ 26. Rxe2 Nxf1
27. Kxf1 Kf7 28. Re4 d5 29. Re5 h5 30. b3 cxb3 31. axb3 Kf6 32. Kf2 c5 33. Re6+
Kxf5 34. Rc6 h4 35. gxh4 Kxf4 36. Rxc5 Rd7 37. h5 Ke4 38. Kg3 Rb7 39. b4 d4
1/2-1/2

[Event "ITA-chT 43rd"]
[Site "Spoleto"]
[Date "2011.04.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kogan, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.04.28"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Oiettivo Risarcimento"]
[BlackTeam "Libertas Nereto"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f3 b5 10. g4 b4 11. Na4 Rb8 12. g5 Nh5 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. b3 d6 15.
Be2 g6 16. Rhf1 O-O 17. f4 Ng7 18. Bf3 Qc7 19. h4 Bd7 20. Nb2 Bb5 21. Rh1 f6
22. Qg2 Rbc8 23. Rd2 a5 24. Qh3 e5 25. h5 Qc3 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. f5 Kf7 28. Bg4
Ke8 29. gxf6 Bxf6 30. fxg6 Rc7 31. Kb1 a4 32. bxa4 Ba6 33. Rhd1 d5 34. Rxd5
Qxc2+ 35. Ka1 Qxe4 36. Bd7+ Ke7 37. Bc6 Qf5 38. Bc5+ 1-0

[Event "ITA-chT 43rd"]
[Site "Spoleto"]
[Date "2011.04.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Radulski, Julian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2011.04.28"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Oiettivo Risarcimento"]
[BlackTeam "ASD Scacchi Latina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qc2 Ne4 8. Nc3
f5 9. Bf4 g5 10. Be3 Bf6 11. Rad1 Kh8 12. Ne5 Ne7 13. f4 gxf4 14. Bxf4 Ng6 15.
Nxg6+ hxg6 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bxc7 Qd5 19. Qd2 Kg7 20. g4 Be6 21.
g5 Be7 22. Qf4 Kg8 23. Be5 Rf7 24. b3 a5 25. Rc1 a4 26. h4 axb3 27. axb3 Rh7
28. Rc7 Re8 29. Rb1 Bd7 30. Bf1 Bd8 31. e3 Qxe5 32. Bc4+ Kh8 33. dxe5 Bxc7 34.
Qf2 Bxe5 35. Be2 Ra8 36. Rd1 Bc6 37. h5 Be8 38. Rd5 Bc3 39. Qf4 Re7 40. Qd6 1-0

[Event "ITA-chT 43rd"]
[Site "Spoleto"]
[Date "2011.04.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2011.04.28"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "ASD Fischer"]
[BlackTeam "Oiettivo Risarcimento"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Ne5 Qb6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qd2 e6 10. e3 Qb7 11. Rc1 c5 12. Be2 Bd7 13. O-O Bc6 14. Rc2 Be7
15. dxc5 O-O 16. Rfc1 Rfd8 17. Bf3 Nd7 18. b4 Bf6 19. a3 e5 20. Bg3 Nf8 21. Qe1
Ne6 22. e4 d4 23. Nd5 Ng5 24. Nb6 Rab8 25. Nc4 d3 26. Na5 Qa8 27. Nxc6 Qxc6 28.
Rd2 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 h5 30. h4 a5 31. Qe3 axb4 32. axb4 Qb5 33. c6 Rd4 34. Qxd4
exd4 35. Bxb8 Qxb8 36. c7 Qc8 37. b5 Be5 38. b6 Kh7 39. Kg2 Bf4 40. b7 Qxb7 41.
c8=Q Qxc8 42. Rxc8 Bxd2 43. Rb8 Bf4 44. Rb4 d2 45. Rxd4 f6 46. Rd7 Kh6 47. Kg1
g5 48. Kf1 Kg6 49. Rd8 Kf7 50. Rd7+ Kg6 51. Rd5 Kh6 52. Rd3 Kg6 53. Kg2 Kh6 54.
Kg1 Kg6 55. Kf1 Kh6 56. Rd4 Kg6 57. Kg1 Kh6 58. Kg2 Kg6 59. Rd8 Kf7 60. Kf1 Kg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "ITA-chT 43rd"]
[Site "Spoleto"]
[Date "2011.04.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2011.04.28"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Oiettivo Risarcimento"]
[BlackTeam "Vimar Marostica"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. d5 Ne5 6. Bf4 Ng6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nc3
e5 9. Bxc4 Nh4 10. Rg1 Ng6 11. Bb5+ Nd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 a6 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7
15. Qg4 Bb4 16. Rc1 Qb5 17. Qe2 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. a3 Bxc3+ 20. Rxc3 Qb6 21.
g3 f3 22. Rxf3 O-O 23. Kf1 Rae8 24. g4 c6 25. dxc6 Qxc6 26. Re3 Re5 27. Kg2 f5
28. gxf5 Rexf5 29. Rf1 Rg5+ 30. Kh1 Rc5 31. Rd1 Rc2 32. Rd2 Rc1+ 33. Kg2 h6 34.
Qd3 Kh8 35. Qd5 Qf6 36. Rg3 Rd1 37. Qd3 Rxd2 38. Qxd2 h5 39. Qe3 Qxb2 40. Rg5
h4 41. Rh5+ Kg8 42. Rxh4 Qe5 43. Rg4 b5 44. h4 Re8 45. Qb3+ Qe6 46. Qg3 Qe5 47.
Qxe5 Rxe5 48. Kf3 Rc5 49. Kf4 Rc2 50. Ke5 Rxf2 51. Rg6 a5 52. Rb6 Ra2 53. Rxb5
Rxa3 54. Kd6 a4 55. e5 Ra1 56. e6 Rd1+ 57. Ke7 a3 58. Ra5 Ra1 59. Ke8 a2 60. e7
g6 61. h5 gxh5 62. Rg5+ Kh7 63. Rxh5+ Kg6 64. Rh2 Kf6 65. Kf8 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Mulhouse"]
[Date "2011.06.01"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.05.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Evry Grand Roque"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Nh4 13. Nd4 Nf5 14.
Nce2 g5 15. Bh2 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Rh6 17. Rfe1 Bc5 18. e6 Bxe6 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20.
Rxe6+ fxe6 21. Bxc7 Ke7 22. g4 Rf8 23. gxh5 Rh8 24. b4 Bxb4 25. Rb1 a5 26. a3
Bxa3 27. Rxb7 Rxh5 28. Bxa5+ Kd6 29. Kg2 Bc1 30. Bc7+ Kd5 31. Bg3 c5 32. Rf7
Rh8 33. Rd7+ Kc4 34. Rd6 Rh6 35. Rd3 Bf4 36. h4 Rh7 37. Bxf4 gxf4 38. Kh3 e5
39. f3 Rg7 40. h5 Rg3+ 41. Kh4 e4 42. fxe4 Rxd3 43. cxd3+ Kxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Mulhouse"]
[Date "2011.06.03"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Miton, Kamil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2011.05.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Evry Grand Roque"]
[BlackTeam "Marseille Echecs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 Nd7 7. O-O h6 8. Nbd2
Bh7 9. Nb3 Nf5 10. Bd3 Bg6 11. Ne1 h5 12. g3 c5 13. Bb1 Ne7 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15.
dxc5 Bxb1 16. Rxb1 Qa5 17. Qb3 Qa6 18. Qc2 Qxa2 19. Nd3 Nc6 20. Be3 Qc4 21. Ra1
Be7 22. b3 Qe4 23. Ra4 Qf5 24. Qe2 a6 25. f4 Rc8 26. Kg2 Nb8 27. Bd4 Nc6 28.
Raa1 Rd8 29. Rae1 Na5 30. b4 Nc6 31. h3 Kd7 32. Qd2 Rh6 33. Kh2 Rhh8 34. Rb1
Rb8 35. b5 axb5 36. Rxb5 Rhc8 37. Rfb1 Rc7 38. Qe2 Qg6 39. Rb6 Qf5 40. h4 g6
41. Ra1 Ke8 42. Nb4 Kf8 43. Qb2 Rbc8 44. Qd2 Nd8 45. Nd3 Nc6 46. Nb4 Nd8 47.
Rd6 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Mulhouse"]
[Date "2011.06.04"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2011.05.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mulhouse Philidor"]
[BlackTeam "Evry Grand Roque"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. a4 c5 13. Bc2 Qc7 14. Nf1 Rfc8 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Bg5 c4 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Ne3 Bf8 20. Bh4 Ra6 21.
Qb1 h6 22. Bg3 Re6 23. b3 cxb3 24. Qxb3 Nxe4 25. Nd4 Rb6 26. Nxb5 Qc6 27. Bxe4
Qxe4 28. c4 Nc5 29. Qb1 f6 30. f3 Qxb1 31. Rxb1 Bc6 32. Nd5 Rb7 33. Nbc3 Rxb1+
34. Nxb1 Nd3 35. Kf1 Nb2 36. Ne3 Kf7 37. Nd2 Ke6 38. Ke2 f5 39. Nd1 Na4 40. Bf2
Bb4 41. Ba7 Bb7 42. Nb3 g5 43. Be3 f4 44. Bd2 Be7 45. Na5 Ba6 46. Nc3 Nb2 47.
Nb5 Kd7 48. Ke1 Bd8 49. Na3 Bb6 50. Bc3 Na4 51. Bb4 Nc5 52. Ke2 e4 53. fxe4
Nxe4 54. Nb5 Ke6 55. Nb3 Bb7 56. c5 Bd8 57. c6 Bxc6 58. N5d4+ Kd5 59. Nxc6 Kxc6
60. Bf8 h5 61. Nd4+ Kd5 62. Nf3 Ng3+ 63. Kd3 Nf5 64. Bb4 Ne3 65. g3 Ng2 66. Ne1
Nxe1+ 67. Bxe1 f3 68. g4 Bb6 69. Bd2 hxg4 70. hxg4 f2 71. Ke2 Ke4 72. Bxg5 Ke5
1/2-1/2

[Event "New Delhi AAI"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2011.06.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2011.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
{This came as a big surprise. I had expected Parimarjan to play 8.c3.} b4 9. d4
d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Bg5 {Now I was totally out of any knowledge,
and I began to feel very uncomfortable because I couldn't see any way to deal
with White's threat of Bxf6 and Bd5. After long thought I embarked on a
speculative exchange sacrifice, which I wasn't sure would work, but seemed to
be worth a shot.} h6 $5 {A bizarre move. I'm basically forcing White to do
what he wants. However, I played this with a concrete idea in mind.} ({The
main line is} 12... Rb8 13. Nbd2 h6 {, which I rejected because I assume White
would be better after} 14. Be3 {, but in fact Black obtains a reasonable
position with} Bd6 $1 15. a5 Ng4) 13. Bxf6 gxf6 {An essential move. I need the
e5-pawn to be secured.} 14. Bd5 {If White doesn't immediately use this pin he
will have nothing.} (14. Nbd2 Na5 {is of course not what White wants.}) 14...
Rd6 $1 {This exchange sacrifice was my idea with 12...h6.} ({After a
conventional sequence like} 14... Bd7 15. Nbd2 Rab8 16. Nb3 Bd6 17. a5 Ne7 18.
Bc4 {Black finds himself in a very unpleasant position with no chances for
active counterplay. This was what I was trying to avoid.}) 15. Nbd2 Be6 16. Nc4
{Principled and probably correct.} ({White can also try} 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Nc4
Rd7 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Rxd7 Rxd7 20. Kf1 {, with a small edge but Black should
be able to hold.}) 16... Rxd5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Ne3 Be6 {During the game I
wasn't sure if I had full compensation, but at least I felt it wasn't easy for
White to prove an advantage. My bishop pair is very strong and controls a lot
of squares, and if I manage to advance my pawns with ...f5 White's position
could become unpleasant.} 19. Nh4 $6 {I don't like this move. White's knights
might look nice on e3 and f5 but they don't contribute much, and will probably
be chased around a lot.} ({After} 19. Rad1 f5 20. Nd5 Bd6 {I believe Black's
position is fine.}) ({During the game I was most worried about} 19. g4 $1 {
, when White plans Nd2-e4, and it could start to get really dangerous for
Black. I had planned} h5 20. h3 Kh7 21. Kh2 {, but I wasn't sure what to do
here. Black has a number of ways which probably can hold a draw, but there
isn't any forced way to equalize.} Bc5 ({After} 21... Rg8 22. Rg1 e4 23. Nd2
Ne5 {I'm worried about} 24. Nxe4 Nf3+ 25. Kh1 Nxg1 26. Rxg1 hxg4 27. hxg4 $14 {
, which looks harmless but I can't find anything satisfactory for Black.}) 22.
Rg1 Nd4 23. Nxd4 Bxd4 24. c3 bxc3 25. bxc3 Bxc3 26. Rac1 Bd4 27. Rxc7 hxg4 28.
hxg4 Kg6 {This is a normal continuation, and Black can probably hold this, but
there's still work to be done.}) 19... Bc5 20. Nhf5 Kh7 {Now it's not clear
what White wants to do with his knights. In fact, it's much easier to play
Black's position because he has a clear plan to kick the f5-knight with ...Kg6
and slowly advance his pawns, while White has no targets for attack at all.} (
20... Nd4 {is inaccurate and is met strongly with} 21. Ng3 $1 {, when} f5 {
doesn't work due to} 22. Ngxf5) 21. c3 bxc3 22. bxc3 Rg8 {I wanted to prevent
White from playing g4.} (22... h5 $5 {was also good for this reason.}) 23. Kh1
$6 {This looks like a waste of time, and leads White to difficulties.} ({
A natural move like} 23. Rad1 {must be preferred.}) 23... h5 24. Rad1 ({
A logical continuation would be:} 24. h3 Rg5 25. g4 (25. Ng3 f5 26. h4 Bxe3 $1
{is a nice trick.}) 25... hxg4 26. hxg4 Bxe3 $1 (26... e4 $2 {first doesn't
work:} 27. Ng3) 27. Nxe3 e4 $1 {, and Black will have a good position after ...
Ne5. Most likely it will end in a draw, which White should be satisfied with
at this point.}) 24... Kg6 25. Nh4+ Kh6 26. g3 ({After} 26. Nhf5+ {Black can
already play for a win:} Kg5 $1 27. Ng3 f5) 26... Ne7 {Finally Black's pawns
are ready to go. Although the position probably remains about equal, I much
prefer to play Black's position.} 27. Rd2 $6 {An inaccuracy. Later on I'll
take advantage of this with ...Rb8, when White can't respond with Rb1.} (27. f4
$2 {doesn't work:} exf4 28. gxf4 Bxe3 29. Rxe3 Bd5+ 30. Nf3 Nf5 $17) ({The
computer suggests} 27. Kg2 c6 28. c4 a5 {, with a roughly balanced position.} (
28... f5 $2 {loses:} 29. Nexf5+ Nxf5 30. Nxf5+ Bxf5 31. Rxe5 Bg4 32. f3 $18))
27... c6 28. Nhg2 Rb8 $1 {Suddenly White is in big trouble due to the threat
of ...Rb3. Negi was also in time trouble at this point, further complicating
his task.} 29. Red1 Rb3 30. Rd8 Rxc3 31. Ra8 Bb3 {Grabbing another pawn.} 32.
Ra1 (32. Re1 Bxa4 33. Rxa6 Bb3 {is similar to the game, but at least Black
doesn't have the extra tempo ...Bd4.}) 32... Bd4 33. Re1 Bxa4 34. Rxa6 ({
A very important variation is} 34. Re8 Nd5 35. Nf5+ Kh7 36. Rf8 {, and now
Black has the only but winning move} Bc5 $1 37. Rxf7+ Kg6 $19) 34... Bb3 $17 {
White's defensive task is really tough, because all Black's pieces are
dominating. In severe time trouble Negi couldn't cope.} 35. Ra8 Be6 36. h4 $2 {
A strange move, but I'm not sure what to suggest for White.} Ng6 37. Rb1 f5 {
With every move the position gets worse for White.} 38. Nd1 Rc2 39. Kg1 Rd2 40.
Ra3 c5 {And after the time control it's just hopeless...} 41. Ne1 e4 42. Ng2 c4
43. Nde3 Ne5 44. Ra6 Nf3+ 45. Kf1 c3 46. Rc6 Kh7 47. Rc7 Bxe3 48. Nxe3 f4 49.
gxf4 c2 0-1

[Event "New Delhi AAI"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2011.06.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2011.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 h6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nbd2
Ng6 9. Nb3 a5 10. a4 h5 11. h3 h4 12. Nh2 f6 13. Re1 fxe5 14. dxe5 Bc5 15. Nxc5
Nxc5 16. Nf3 Ne4 17. Bd3 O-O 18. Be3 Qe8 19. Qe2 Rd8 20. Rad1 Rd7 21. Bc2 Rdf7
22. Rf1 b6 23. Rd4 c5 24. Rdd1 c4 25. Bb1 Qxa4 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Ng5 Rd7 28.
Rd6 Rxd6 29. exd6 Qc6 30. Rd1 Rd8 31. Rd4 b5 32. Qd1 Rd7 33. Qa1 Rxd6 34. Qxa5
Rd5 35. Qa7 Qe8 36. Qb7 Ne7 37. g4 hxg3 38. fxg3 Bg6 39. Nxe6 Bf5 40. Rxd5 Bxe6
41. Re5 Nc6 42. Rxe4 Qd8 43. Bd4 Qg5 44. Qxg7+ Qxg7 45. Bxg7 1-0

[Event "New Delhi AAI"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2011.06.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2011.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. a4 Rb8 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5
15. Kh1 Qf6 16. Rg1 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Ba4 Ra8 19. Na3 Nd8 20. Nc4 Ne6 21.
d5 Ng5 22. Rg4 Qf6 23. Nxb6 cxb6 24. Rg3 Qf4 25. Rg4 Nh3 26. Kg2 Qh6 27. Bd7
Nf4+ 28. Kh1 Nd3 29. Kg2 Rxa1 30. Qxa1 Qd2 31. Qf1 h5 32. Rg3 Ra8 33. Bb5 Nf4+
34. Kh1 Qxb2 35. Rg1 Qxc3 36. Be2 Ra2 37. Bd1 Qd4 0-1

[Event "New Delhi AAI"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2011.06.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. b4 Bb6 6. d3 d6 7. a4 a6 8. O-O O-O
9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. Bb3 Ng6 11. Nc4 Ba7 12. Be3 Be6 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. Ne3 Qd7 15.
a5 Raa8 16. Re1 Bxb3 17. Qxb3 Rfe8 18. c4 c6 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Qc3 Rad8 21. c5
d5 22. Qc2 Ne7 23. Nf1 Nh5 24. Qb2 Ng6 25. g3 Nf6 26. Qc2 h6 27. Ne3 Ne7 28.
Qb2 Ng6 29. Qc2 Ne7 30. Qb2 Ng6 31. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Delhi AAI"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2011.06.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2011.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nd2
Nbc6 9. N2f3 Be4 10. O-O Ng6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Ng5 Be7 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qd4
Qd5 15. Bh5 Nxe5 16. Rad1 O-O 17. Qc3 Qb5 18. a4 Qb8 19. Kh1 Bf6 20. Bd4 Rc8
21. Qe3 c5 22. Bc3 Qb7 23. Be2 Ng6 24. f3 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Rab8 26. fxe4 Qc7 27.
Bb5 Rd8 28. Rd3 Ne5 29. Qg3 Rbc8 30. Rdd1 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Rd8 32. Rd3 f6 33. h3
Rd6 34. Rxd6 Qxd6 35. Qe3 a5 36. Qe2 g6 37. Qe1 Kg7 38. Qe2 h5 39. g3 Kh6 40.
Kg2 Kg7 41. Kf2 Qf8 42. Qe3 g5 43. Be2 Kg6 44. Kg2 Qd6 45. Kf2 h4 46. gxh4 gxh4
47. Kg2 Nf7 48. Qf2 Ng5 49. Qxh4 Qc6 50. Bb5 Qa8 51. Bd3 f5 52. Qg3 Kf6 53. Qf4
Kg6 54. Kg3 Nxe4+ 55. Bxe4 fxe4 56. c4 Qc6 57. Kg4 Qxa4 58. Qxe4+ Kf6 59. Qf4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "New Delhi AAI"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2011.06.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "195"]
[EventDate "2011.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Qf2 b4 12. Nce2 Nc4 13. Ng3 Qc7 14. Bxc4 Qxc4
15. Kb1 g6 16. h4 e5 17. Nb3 Be6 18. h5 g5 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. gxf5 Rc8 21. Rd3
Be7 22. a3 d5 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Rhd1 Nf6 25. axb4 Qxb4 26. Bd2 Qb8 27. Bc3 O-O
28. Qe3 Rfe8 29. Bxe5 Qb5 30. f4 Qc4 31. Qd2 Ne4 32. Qg2 Qc6 33. Rd5 Nf6 34.
fxg5 hxg5 35. Qxg5+ Kh7 36. Bxf6 Qxc2+ 37. Ka2 Rg8 38. Qxg8+ Rxg8 39. Bxe7 Rg3
40. Na5 Rg2 41. Ba3 Rf2 42. Nb3 Rf3 43. Nc5 Qc4+ 44. Kb1 Rf1 45. R5d4 Qe2 46.
Rxf1 Qxf1+ 47. Ka2 Qxf5 48. Rd6 Qf1 49. Nxa6 f5 50. Nb4 Qc4+ 51. b3 Qe2+ 52.
Bb2 Qxh5 53. Nd5 Qf3 54. Rd7+ Kg6 55. Ne7+ Kh6 56. Rd6+ Kh7 57. Rd8 Kh6 58.
Rd6+ Kh7 59. Rd4 Kh6 60. Nd5 Qe2 61. b4 Kg5 62. Kb3 Qf1 63. Nf4 Qa6 64. Bc1 Kf6
65. Bd2 Qf1 66. Rd5 Qb1+ 67. Kc4 Qa2+ 68. Kb5 Qa8 69. Bc3+ Kg5 70. Be5 Qa7 71.
Ne6+ Kg4 72. Rd4+ Kf3 73. Nc5 Ke3 74. Kc6 Qf7 75. Rd3+ Ke2 76. Rd5 Qe8+ 77. Kb6
Qf7 78. Rd6 Kf3 79. b5 Qe8 80. Re6 Qc8 81. Bc7 Qa8 82. Rd6 Ke2 83. Ne6 Qe4 84.
Nd4+ Kf2 85. Nc6 Qc2 86. Kb7 Qb3 87. b6 f4 88. Kc8 Qh3+ 89. Rd7 f3 90. b7 Kg2
91. b8=Q f2 92. Qb2 Kh1 93. Ne5 f1=Q 94. Kb8 Qh8+ 95. Rd8 Qhf6 96. Qb7+ Kg1 97.
Rg8+ Kh2 98. Ng4+ 1-0

[Event "New Delhi AAI"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2011.06.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2011.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. b3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Qb3 Ng4 12. e3 Nc6 13. Rd1 Na5 14. Qxb6 axb6
15. Ba3 Nc6 16. Bb2 Nge5 17. Nd2 Bd7 18. h3 Ra4 19. Nb5 Bf5 20. Nc3 Rb4 21. Ba3
Rxc4 22. Nd5 Rc2 23. Bxe7 Ra8 24. Ne4 Nd7 25. Bf6 Nxf6 26. Nexf6+ Bxf6 27.
Nxf6+ Kg7 28. Ne4 Raxa2 29. Rxa2 Rxa2 30. g4 Be6 31. Rb1 Ra6 32. Nd6 Kf8 33.
Bf1 Ra2 34. Bc4 Bxc4 35. Nxc4 Ra4 36. Nd6 Rb4 37. Rc1 Ke7 38. Nxb7 Kd7 39. Rd1+
Ke7 40. Nd6 Na7 41. Nxf7 Nc6 42. Nd6 b5 43. Nc8+ Ke8 44. Kg2 Rb2 45. Nd6+ Ke7
46. Ne4 Rc2 47. Rd5 b4 48. Rb5 Rc4 49. f3 Ke6 50. Kg3 Ne5 51. Rb6+ Nc6 52. g5
Kd7 53. Nf6+ Kd6 54. Rb7 Na5 55. Rb5 Nc6 56. Ne4+ Kc7 57. Nf6 Ne7 58. e4 Kc6
59. Rb8 Kc7 60. Rb5 Kc6 61. Re5 Nc8 62. Rd5 Ne7 63. Rd8 Rc5 64. Kf4 b3 65. Rd1
Kb5 66. Nd7 Rc3 67. Ne5 b2 68. Rb1 Rb3 69. h4 Nc8 70. h5 gxh5 71. Nd3 Rxd3 72.
Rxb2+ Kc6 73. Rh2 Ne7 74. Rxh5 Ng6+ 75. Kg4 Ne5+ 76. Kf5 Nxf3 77. Rxh7 Nxg5 78.
Kxg5 Kd6 79. Kf4 Ra3 80. Rh6+ Ke7 81. Kf5 Ra1 82. Rh7+ Ke8 83. Rb7 Ra5+ 84. e5
Ra6 85. Rg7 Rb6 86. Ra7 Rc6 87. Ke4 Rb6 88. Ra5 Ke7 89. Kd5 Rh6 90. Ra7+ Ke8
91. e6 Rh1 92. Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Delhi AAI"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2011.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2011.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
b4 9. Nce2 e5 10. Nb3 Nc6 11. c4 Be6 12. Ng3 Qc7 13. Be2 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15.
Nc1 a5 16. b3 Nd7 17. Nd3 Nc5 18. Rab1 Rfb8 19. f4 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 exf4 21. Bxf4
Ne5 22. Qd2 Qc6 23. Nf5 Re8 24. Rbd1 Bxf5 25. exf5 Rad8 26. Qd5 Qa6 27. Qb5
Qxb5 28. cxb5 d5 29. Bxe5 Bc5+ 30. Bd4 Bxd4+ 31. Rxd4 Rxe2 32. Rc1 Kf8 33. b6
Rb8 34. Rc6 Rxa2 35. Rxd5 a4 36. bxa4 b3 37. Rb5 Re8 38. h4 Ree2 39. Kh2 Rxg2+
40. Kh3 Rh2+ 41. Kg3 Rhg2+ 42. Kf4 Rgf2+ 43. Ke5 g6 44. Kf6 Rac2 45. Rxc2 bxc2
46. b7 1-0

[Event "New Delhi AAI"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2011.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2011.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. O-O Qb6 8. Nc3
Rd8 9. Rd1 Bf5 10. Ne1 Be6 11. c5 Qc7 12. Nd3 Bf5 13. Bf4 Qc8 14. Ne5 Be6 15.
f3 Nfd7 16. Qa3 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bh6 18. e4 Na6 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. g4
Rd8 22. h3 Nc7 23. f4 Bg7 24. Qe3 Rd7 25. f5 Qf8 26. Qg3 Ne8 27. Rf1 g5 28. h4
h6 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Qe3 Rad8 31. Rae1 Rxd4 32. f6 Bxf6 33. Rxf6 Rxg4 34. Rf2
Qh6 35. Qf3 Qh5 36. Bc3 Ng7 37. Rff1 Ne6 38. Rxe6 fxe6 39. Qe2 Kh7 40. Qxe6 1-0

[Event "New Delhi AAI"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2011.07.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2011.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Ba5 Qb8 13. b4 Be4 14. Qc1 Qb7 15.
Re1 Bd5 16. Nc3 Ne4 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Ng5 Nxg5 19. Qxg5 c6 20. axb5 axb5 21.
Rac1 Nb6 22. e4 dxe4 23. Bxe4 Nc4 24. d5 c5 25. bxc5 Rxa5 26. cxd6 Qd7 27. Qf4
Nxd6 28. Rc6 Nxe4 29. Qxe4 b4 30. Qxb4 Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Accentus"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2011.07.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2011.07.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4
Qb6 9. a3 Nbd7 10. Bc4 g5 11. Bf2 Qc7 12. Qe2 Nb6 13. Bb3 gxf4 14. O-O-O Be7
15. Rhe1 Rg8 16. g3 fxg3 17. Bxg3 e5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Rg7 20. Kb1 O-O-O
21. Bf2 Rd7 22. Bxb6 Qxb6 23. Bxf7 Kb8 24. Bb3 Rc7 25. Rd3 Rg5 26. Rf1 h5 27.
h3 Rg1 28. Rxg1 Qxg1+ 29. Ka2 Qg5 30. Qf3 h4 31. Re3 Rc5 32. Ne4 Nxe4 33. Rxe4
Bf6 34. Rb4 Qg7 35. Qd3 Qd7 36. Rb6 Rc6 37. Rb4 Qc7 38. Qd5 Ka7 39. Rg4 Qc8 40.
Qe4 d5 41. Qxd5 Qxf5 42. c3 Qf2 43. Qf7 e4 44. Rg7 Qb6 45. Rg2 e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Accentus"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2011.07.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2011.07.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5
8. Be3 Qc7 9. Qe2 a6 10. O-O b6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. Qe5 Qxe5 14.
Nxe5 Ke7 15. a4 Bb7 16. Ra3 a5 17. f4 g6 18. Re1 Rhd8 19. g3 Rab8 20. Rb3 Ba8
21. Rc3 Rbc8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Kf2 Nd7 24. Nxd7 Kxd7 25. h4 h5 26. Ke3 Rc5 27.
Kd2 Bc6 28. b3 Kd6 29. c3 Bd7 30. Re4 Rd5 31. Ke3 Rc5 32. Bc4 b5 33. Rd4+ Kc7
34. axb5 Bxb5 35. Bxb5 Rxb5 36. b4 axb4 37. cxb4 e5 38. fxe5 Rxe5+ 39. Re4 Rb5
40. Rf4 f5 41. Rd4 Re5+ 42. Kf4 Re6 43. Kg5 Kc6 44. Rd8 Re3 45. Kxg6 Rxg3+ 46.
Kxh5 f4 47. Rf8 f3 48. Rf5 Kb6 49. Kh6 Kc6 50. h5 Kb6 51. Kh7 Kc6 52. h6 Kb6
53. Kh8 Kc6 54. h7 Kb6 55. Rf8 Kb5 56. Rb8+ Kc6 57. b5+ Kc7 58. Rg8 f2 59. Rf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Accentus"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2011.07.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2011.07.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. a3
h6 9. Nf1 Nh7 10. Ng3 Nb6 11. Bb3 Ng5 12. c3 Bg4 13. d4 Qc8 14. Qd3 Nxf3+ 15.
gxf3 Be6 16. d5 Bh3 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Qg4 19. Bd2 Bg5 20. f3 Qh4 21. Bxg5
hxg5 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. exf5 d5 25. Qd4 Qh6 26. Re2 Rfe8 27. Rae1
Rxe2 28. Rxe2 Qd6 29. c4 c5 30. Qd2 d4 31. Qxg5 d3 32. Re4 Nd7 33. Qe7 Qc6 34.
Re3 d2 35. Rd3 Nf6 36. Qe3 Qc7 37. Qxd2 Qe5 38. Rd8+ Rxd8 39. Qxd8+ Kh7 40. Qd2
a5 41. Kf1 Kg8 42. Bd1 Qc7 43. Ke1 Qe5+ 44. Be2 Qc7 45. Kd1 Nd7 46. h4 Nf6 47.
Kc2 Kh7 48. Kb3 Nd7 49. Ka2 Nf6 50. Bd1 Nh5 51. Ba4 f6 52. Be8 Nf4 53. Qd7 Qb8
54. Bf7 Ne2 55. Bg6+ Kh8 56. h5 Nd4 57. Kb1 Qg8 58. h6 gxh6 59. Qe7 Nxf3 60.
Bf7 Qg1+ 61. Ka2 Ne5 62. Qf8+ Kh7 63. Bg6+ 1-0

[Event "Biel Accentus"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2011.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2821"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2011.07.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 Qh4 7. Qe2 Ne7
$146 {Black has developed the queen to an active square and made castling for
White more complicated. The knight move to e7 is a novelty, Black players have
usually fared well after the natural move 7...Nf6.} (7... Nf6 8. h3 (8. Be3
Bxe3 9. Qxe3 O-O 10. Nd2 Re8 11. O-O d6 12. Rae1 a5 13. Qg3 Qxg3 14. hxg3 a4
15. f3 Be6 16. b3 Nd7 17. Re3 axb3 18. axb3 Ne5 19. Be2 Ra2 20. Rc3 c5 21. b4
cxb4 {1/2-1/2 Carlsen,M (2714)-Kamsky,G (2714)/Khanty Mansiysk 2007/}) 8... d5
(8... O-O 9. g3 Qh5 10. g4 Qh4 11. Nd2 Ne8 12. Nb3 (12. Nf3 Qe7 13. Bd2 Rb8 14.
b3 d6 15. Bc3 Bb4 16. Bxb4 Rxb4 17. e5 c5 18. exd6 Qf6 19. d7 Bxd7 20. Ne5 $14
{1-0 Kovchan,A (2554)-Annaberdiev,M (2459)/Konya 2011/ (61)}) 12... Be7 13. Nd4
Bc5 14. Nf5 Qd8 15. Bd2 Nd6 16. O-O-O Nxf5 17. gxf5 Qh4 18. Rh2 Bd4 19. Rg1 Be5
20. Rhg2 $16 {1-0 Motylev,A (2641)-Liang Chong (2531)/Moscow 2001/ (53)}) 9. g3
(9. exd5+ Kd8 10. O-O Bxh3 11. dxc6 Re8 12. Qd2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qg4+ $11) 9...
Qh5 10. Qxh5 Nxh5 11. Nc3 (11. e5 Bd4 12. g4 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Bxb2 14. Kd2 Bxa1 15.
Nc3 Bxc3+ 16. Kxc3 c5 $17 {0-1 Nataf,I (2534)-Fressinet,L (2673)/Pau 2008/ (32)
}) 11... Nf6 12. Bf4 Bb4 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bd2 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Be6
17. f4 O-O 18. Kf2 Rab8 19. f5 Bd7 $14 {0-1 Ivanchuk,V (2739)-Malakhov,V (2706)
/Warsaw 2009/ (68)}) 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be3 Bb6 10. O-O {Carlsen is a courageous
player, but he decided to abstain from castling long due to the semi-open
b-file. He correctly guessed, that the attack against the black king was
unlikely to succeed.} (10. O-O-O d5 $132) 10... d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 (11... cxd5
12. g3 Qf6 13. Qh5 $14) 12. Bd2 Bd4 {In the new era of chess and computers the
top players have to live with the fact, that achieving an advantage from the
opening is a rare feat. The remaining ambition is a bit more modest - to build
up a position, that can be full of life.} (12... Bg4 13. Qe4 Rae8 14. Qc4 Qh5
$14) (12... Nb4 $5 13. Qe4 (13. Be4 $2 Ba6 $17) 13... Qxe4 14. Bxe4 Rd8 15. Bf4
Nd5 16. Rad1 Be6 $11) 13. Rae1 Nb4 $1 (13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bb6 15. Qe8 $1 Rb8
16. Qxc6 Bb7 17. Qc4 $14) 14. Qe4 (14. Ne4 $2 Bg4 15. g3 Qh5 $19) 14... Qxe4
15. Bxe4 Ba6 16. Ne2 {The passive retreat of the knight is certainly far from
what White is dreaming about, but Black has problems with the coordination of
his pieces as well.} Bc5 17. a3 (17. Bxb4 Bxb4 18. c3 Be7 19. Bxc6 Rad8 20. b4
Bc4 $11) 17... Nd5 (17... Rae8 18. Nf4 (18. axb4 Rxe4 19. bxc5 Bxe2 20. f3 Re6
21. Rf2 Rfe8 (21... Bc4 22. Ra1 $16) 22. Bf4 $14) 18... Nd5 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20.
Nxd3 $14) 18. b4 Bd6 {Caruana is playing sensible moves and does not try to
solve the position with the help of tactics.} (18... Rfe8 19. Bf3 (19. Bd3 Bxd3
20. cxd3 Bd6 $11) 19... Bd6 20. Nd4 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 $14) 19. Nd4 $5 {[%mdl 1024]
Sporting the best rating in the world does not come cheap, Carlsen has to try
for a win even against the very good opponents. Breaking the balance with the
help of an exchange sacrifice fuels the tension in the position.} (19. g3 Be5
20. Kg2 f5 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. cxd3 Rfe8 $11) 19... Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Nb6 (20... Rae8
21. Nxc6 Nf6 22. Bf3 Rxe1+ 23. Bxe1 a6 $11) 21. Nxc6 Rfe8 22. a4 {The danger
for Black does not seem to be great, but White's active approach is calling
for exact solutions.} (22. h3 g6 $11) 22... Kf8 (22... Nxa4 $6 23. Ne7+ Rxe7
24. Bxa8 Rxe1+ 25. Kxe1 $16) 23. a5 Nc4 24. Bc1 (24. Bc3 Bf4 25. Re2 Bd2 $1 26.
Bd4 Bxb4 27. Bxh7 (27. Nxb4 Rxe4 $17) 27... Rxe2 28. Kxe2 Bxa5 $15) 24... a6 {
The defender is choosing a passive move, that does not spoil anything. He
could have found the courage for the speedier clarification of the position
with the help of the active move 24...f5!} (24... f5 $1 25. Bxf5 Rxe1+ 26. Kxe1
Re8+ 27. Kf1 Ne5 28. Be4 Nxc6 29. Bxc6 Rd8 (29... Bxb4 $2 30. Bxe8 Kxe8 31. a6
$16) 30. Bd2 Be7 31. Bc3 Rd1+ 32. Ke2 Rb1 $11) 25. f4 $6 (25. g3 f5 26. Bxf5 (
26. Bd5 Rxe1+ 27. Kxe1 Re8+ 28. Kf1 Ne5 29. c3 Nxc6 30. Bxc6 $11) 26... Rxe1+
27. Kxe1 Re8+ 28. Kf1 Ne5 29. Be4 Nxc6 30. Bxc6 Bxb4 31. Bxe8 Kxe8 $11) 25...
Re6 $2 {A small comedy of errors on the highest level. The shocking and well
disguised move of the black knight to e3 would have clearly shown the gap in
White's concept.} (25... Ne3+ $1 26. Rxe3 (26. Bxe3 $2 Rxe4 $19) 26... Bxf4 27.
Rf3 Bxc1 28. Bd5 f6 29. Nd4 Rab8 $15) 26. Bd5 $1 Rf6 (26... Rxe1+ 27. Kxe1
Bxb4+ 28. Nxb4 Re8+ 29. Kf2 Nxa5 30. Nxa6 $18) 27. Re4 {A truly tragic finish
of the game for Caruana. One serious mistake and the battle was immediately
over.} 1-0

[Event "Biel Accentus"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2011.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2011.07.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. Nc3
Nd5 9. Nd2 Nb6 10. Qe2 Na5 11. Rd1 Bb4 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Bd2 Qe7 14. Ne4 Bb5 15.
Bc3 Na4 16. Qd2 Nxc3 17. Nxc3 Ba4 18. Rdc1 c5 19. d5 Rad8 20. e4 b5 21. Qe3
Bxc3 22. Qxc3 b4 23. Qe5 Bb5 24. Rd1 Rd6 25. Rac1 Qd8 26. Qh5 exd5 27. exd5 Rh6
28. Qf5 Rf6 29. Qe4 Nb7 30. Qc2 Re8 31. Re1 Nd6 32. Rxe8+ Qxe8 33. Re1 Qc8 34.
Ne5 Qf5 35. Qxf5 Rxf5 36. Bh3 Rh5 37. Bg4 Rh6 38. Rc1 f6 39. Nc6 f5 40. Bd1 Kf8
41. Bf3 Ne4 42. Bxe4 fxe4 43. Nd8 Ke7 44. Nb7 Rh5 45. Nxc5 e3 46. Re1 Kd6 47.
Ne4+ Kxd5 48. Rxe3 Kd4 49. Nd2 Bc6 50. h4 Ra5 51. a3 bxa3 52. bxa3 Rb5 0-1

[Event "Biel Accentus"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2011.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.07.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 d6 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. e3 O-O 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Rfd1 a6 12. Rac1 Rfe8 13. d4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4
15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 cxd4 17. exd4 Qb7 18. Ne3 Rac8 19. Ba3 Bf8 20. d5 e5 21.
h4 g6 22. h5 f5 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Kg2 Nf6 25. Rh1 Qd7 26. Rh4 Bg7 27. Rch1 g5
28. Rh5 f4 29. Rxg5 fxe3 30. Qxe3 Rf8 31. Rh4 Nh7 32. Rgh5 Nf6 33. Rg5 Nh7 34.
Rgh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Accentus"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2011.07.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2011.07.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qd2 e6 13. f4 Bc7 $5 {The
transfer of the bishop to the a5-square belongs to the most original solutions
in the Grünfeld Defence. Black is refusing to defend passively after the
natural retreat of the bishop to g7 or h8. The bishop on the queenside will
pin the pawn and complicate the natural advance c3-c4.} (13... Bg7) (13... Bh8)
14. O-O exd5 15. exd5 Ba5 16. d6 {White players are not facing an easy task in
this system. The passive approach would have enabled the opponent to ideally
develop pieces and take over the initiative. The first player simply has to
play ambitiously.} (16. f5 Bxf5 17. Rxb7 Qd6 (17... Qf6 18. g4 Bxc3 19. Bb2
Bxb2 20. Rxb2 c4 21. Bxc4 Qh4 22. Rf4 Bxg4 23. Qd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Shabalov,A 
(2593)-Areshchenko,A (2625)/Port Erin 2005/ (39)}) 18. Bc4 (18. Rb5 Bc7 19. g3
(19. Qh6 Qe5 20. Rb7 Ba5 21. c4 Bc3 22. Bf3 Rae8 23. Bd2 Qd4+ {0-1 Doeppner,
T-Lindinger,M/Germany 1998/}) 19... c4 20. Rxf5 gxf5 21. Ba3 Qxa3 {1/2-1/2
Kiriakov,P-Mikhalevski,V/Dieren 1997/}) 18... Rfb8 (18... Rae8 19. Rxa7 Bb6 20.
Ra6 Bc8 21. Ra8 Bc7 22. Qf4 $16 {1-0 Jelen,I-Borge,N/Budapest 1998/ (31)}) (
18... Qe5 19. Re1 Qf6 20. Bb2 Rfb8 21. Ree7 Rxb7 22. Rxb7 Qd6 23. Qe3 Bc7 24.
Qg3 Qxg3 25. hxg3 Bxg3 $17 {1/2-1/2 Johannessen,L-Sutovsky,E/Saint Vincent
2005/ (33)}) 19. Rxb8+ (19. Qb2 $5 Rxb7 20. Qxb7 Re8 21. Bf4 Qb6 $13) 19...
Rxb8 20. Qg5 Rb1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bacrot,E (2725)-Sutovsky,E (2654)/Khanty
Mansiysk 2005/ (27)}) 16... Rb8 $1 {The great number of games and problems
after the more natural looking move 16...b6 have convinced the defenders that
the rook move is more flexible and promising.} (16... b6) 17. Bb2 $146 {
[%mdl 4] The first players have tried a variety of methods how to question
Black's defence. Surprisingly enough this modest bishop move has never been
tried in known practice.} (17. Ba3 Bf5 18. Rbd1 (18. Rbc1 $5 Rc8 19. g4 Bd7 20.
Bf3 b5 21. f5 Qh4 22. Rce1 Qf6 23. Bb2 c4 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Re7 Bb6+ 26. Kg2
Be6 27. Ba3 Rcd8 $14 {1-0 Alpert,A-Nemec,B/ICCF Email 2001/ICCF Telechess (32)}
) (18. Rb5 a6 19. Rxc5 Bb6 20. Kh1 Bxc5 21. Bxc5 Qd7 22. Bb6 Be4 23. Qd4 Rbe8
$15 {0-1 Gajewski,G (2567)-Sutovsky,E (2650)/Rijeka 2010/ (53)}) 18... Rc8 (
18... b6 {is illogical:} 19. h3 Qf6 20. Bb2 Rbd8 21. Bb5 Bd7 22. c4 $1 Qf5 23.
Bxd7 Rxd7 24. Qe2 Qe6 25. Qxe6 fxe6 26. Be5 $16 {1-0 Khalifman,A (2655)-Roos,D
(2420)/Germany 1998/ (48)}) (18... Qf6 19. Bxc5 Bxc3 20. Bd4 Bxd4+ 21. Qxd4
Qxd4+ 22. Rxd4 b5 23. Rc1 Be6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Mikhalevski,V (2571)-Ftacnik,L 
(2579)/Bellevue 2006/ (34)}) 19. g4 (19. Bf3 Qf6 20. d7 (20. Bb2 $6 c4 21. Rfe1
Bd3 22. Re5 Qxd6 $1 23. Bxb7 Rce8 24. Kh1 Rxe5 25. fxe5 Qxe5 26. Re1 Qf6 $19 {
0-1 Belov,V-Nikolenko,O/Moscow 2000/ (32)}) 20... Rcd8 21. Bxc5 Rxd7 22. Qe3
Rc8 23. Rxd7 Bxd7 24. Bd4 Qd6 (24... Bb6 25. Bxb6 {1/2-1/2 Hessenius,
I-Povchanic,D/ICCF Email 2002/ (25).}) (24... Qe6 25. Qd2 Qc4 26. Rf2 Bf5 27.
Bxb7 Rb8 28. Qe3 $14 {1-0 Sharavdorj,D (2452)-Mammadova,G (2284)/Moscow 2011/ 
(37)}) 25. Re1 Rxc3 26. Qe8+ {1/2-1/2 Eckstein,M-Kordts,W/IECG 2002/ (26)})
19... Bd7 (19... Be4 20. d7 Rc7 21. Bf3 $16) 20. f5 Qh4 21. Bf3 Rfe8 $6 (21...
b5) 22. Kh1 Re5 (22... b5 23. fxg6 $5 hxg6 24. Bd5) 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Qf4 Qg5
$6 (24... Bxc3 25. Bg2 $1 Rf8 26. Rd3 $1 g5 27. Qf6 Bd4 28. Bxc5 $1 (28. Rxd4
Re6 29. Qe7 $1) 28... Rxc5 29. Qxd4 $18) (24... Rf5 25. Qe3 Rxf3 26. Qxf3 Bc6
27. Rd5 Rf8 28. c4 $16) 25. Bxb7 $2 (25. Bc1 Qxf4 26. Bxf4 Ree8 27. Bxb7 Re2
28. Rfe1 Rce8 $14) (25. Qg3 $1 $16) 25... Qxf4 26. Rxf4 Rb8 27. Bd5 Bxc3 $1 (
27... Rxd5 $143 28. Rxd5 Bc6 29. c4 $16) 28. Bxf7+ Kg7 $14 {1/2 Krasenkow,M 
(2676)-Avrukh,B (2614)/Izmir 2004/ (33)}) (17. Rb5 $5 Bd7 18. Rxa5 Qxa5 19. f5
c4 20. f6 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Kh8 22. Qh6 Rg8 23. Bg5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bormida,A-Peto,P/
IECG 2001/ (34)}) (17. g4 $5 Bd7 (17... c4 $5) 18. f5 gxf5 (18... Qf6 19. Bb2
gxf5 20. gxf5 Rfe8 $14) 19. Bd3 Kh8 20. Bxf5 Rg8 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. h3 f5 23.
Bb2 c4 24. Qd4+ Rg7 25. Bc1 b5 26. Qf6 $16 {1-0 Wells,P-Huzman,A/Antwerp 1993/
(31)}) (17. Bf3 b5 18. Ba3 Bf5 19. Rbd1 c4 20. Rfe1 Bd3 21. Be4 Qf6 22. Rc1
Rfe8 23. Bxd3 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 cxd3 25. d7 Qc6 {0-1 Xu Jun (2591)-Ni Hua (2607)/
Wuxi 2006/ (29)}) 17... b5 18. Rbd1 Bd7 {Caruana had no need to play with fire
and test the more dangerous form of defence after the move 18...Be6.} (18...
Be6 19. Kh1 Rb6 20. Bf3 (20. Qe3 Rxd6 21. c4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Qb6 $11) 20... Re8 (
20... Qb8 21. Rfe1 Rd8 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. d7 c4 (23... Ra6 24. f5 $1 Qe5 25.
fxe6 $14) 24. Bg4 Kf7 25. Bc1 $14) 21. Rfe1 Qf6 22. Qf2 Bxc3 23. Bxc3 Qxc3 24.
Bg4 Rd8 25. Bxe6 Rbxd6 26. Rxd6 Rxd6 $13) 19. Bf3 c4 20. Kh1 Bf5 {The black
bishop on the d3-square would seriously limit the coordination of the enemy
pieces. The white queen begins to dance about with the iintention of
sacrificing an exchange.} (20... Re8 21. Rfe1 Qf6 22. Re7 Rxe7 23. dxe7 Be8 24.
Ba3 b4 25. cxb4 c3 26. Qe1 Bb6 $13) 21. Qd4 (21. Qd5 Qf6 22. Qe5 Qxe5 23. fxe5
Bd3 24. Rfe1 b4 $11) 21... Bb6 (21... Qb6 22. Rfe1 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Rfe8 24. Re7
b4 25. cxb4 Bxb4 $11) 22. Qd5 Be6 23. Qe5 (23. Qc6 Re8 24. a4 Bd7 25. Qd5 Be3
$15) 23... Qd7 (23... Re8 24. Rfe1 Bd7 25. Qd5 Be3 $11) 24. Ba3 Rfe8 {Black
has firmly blockaded the dangerous pawn on d6 and thus uses the chance to
enhance the impact of his own pieces.} 25. Rfe1 (25. Qf6 Qd8 26. Qxd8 Rexd8 27.
Bd5 Ba5 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Rf3 b4 $11) 25... Bf2 (25... Bg4 26. Bxg4 Qxg4 27.
Qxe8+ Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ Kg7 29. Ree1 $14) 26. Rf1 (26. Re2 Bf5 27. Qd5 Rxe2 28.
Bxe2 Re8 $11) 26... Bb6 27. Rfe1 Bf2 28. Rf1 Bf5 (28... Bb6 $11) 29. Qf6 $2 {
Pelletier was ready to accept the draw by repetition of moves, so the
opponent's deviation has partly disturbed his concentration. The queen simply
does not yet belong on the f6-square.} (29. Qd5 Bh4 30. Bb4 Bd3 31. Rxd3 cxd3
32. Qxd3 $11) 29... Be3 (29... Re6 $1 30. Qg5 Bb6 $17) 30. Bd5 Be4 31. Bxe4 $6
{White has avoided the immediate punishment for his positional sin. At this
moment he could have used the chance to force the repetition with the help of
the courageous sacrifice of the whole rook.} (31. f5 $1 Bxf5 32. Rxf5 gxf5 33.
Bc5 Bxc5 34. Qg5+ $11) 31... Rxe4 32. f5 Rbe8 33. h3 (33. Rf3 Bh6 34. Rdf1 Bg7
35. Qg5 R8e5 $15) 33... Bh6 34. Bb4 Bg7 35. Qg5 h6 (35... R8e5 $15) 36. Qd2 {
Time trouble is lurking on the horizon and the precision of the moves for both
players begins to suffer.} (36. Qg3 gxf5 37. Rd5 R8e5 38. Rxe5 Rxe5 $15) 36...
gxf5 37. Qf2 f4 $6 (37... R8e5 38. a3 Re2 $15) 38. Qc5 Be5 39. Qd5 $2 {The
impulsive queen move is losing, the centralised queen will not be able to
avoid the catastrophe on the kingside.} (39. Rfe1 $1 Rxe1+ 40. Rxe1 f6 41. Qd5+
Kg7 $15) 39... Re3 40. a4 (40. Rfe1 Rxh3+ $1 41. gxh3 Qxh3+ 42. Kg1 f3 43. Qd2
Re6 $19) (40. Rf3 Kg7 41. Rb1 Re2 $17) 40... bxa4 41. Qxc4 a5 $6 {Black is
dreaming about the winning endgame and ignores the chance to punish the white
king.} (41... Rxh3+ $1 42. Kg1 (42. gxh3 Qxh3+ 43. Kg1 f3 44. Rf2 Bg3 45. Rfd2
Re5 46. d7 Bf2+ 47. Rxf2 Rg5+) 42... Rg3 $19) 42. Bxa5 Kh8 (42... Bxd6 43. Bb4
Qc7 44. Qxc7 Bxc7 $17) 43. Rd3 (43. Kg1 Rg8 44. Qc7 Rxg2+ $1 45. Kxg2 Qxh3+ 46.
Kg1 Qg4+ $19) (43. Qc7 Qe6 44. d7 Rg8 45. Qxe5+ Qxe5 46. d8=Q Rxd8 47. Bxd8 f3
$19) (43. Bb4 Rxh3+ 44. Kg1 f3 45. Rxf3 Rxf3 46. gxf3 Qh3 $19) 43... Rxd3 44.
Qxd3 Qxd6 45. Qxd6 (45. Qf5 $2 Qa6 $19) (45. Qb5 Rb8 46. Qxa4 f3 $1 $19) 45...
Bxd6 {The advanced pawn on the a-file is much more dangerous than White's
trump on the c3-square.} 46. Bb4 Bc7 (46... Bxb4 $2 47. cxb4 a3 48. Ra1 Ra8 49.
b5 $11) 47. Ra1 Ra8 48. Kg1 Kg7 49. Kf2 Kf6 50. Ke2 Ke5 51. Kd3 Kd5 52. Rd1 {
It is really difficult to define the concept of successful defence in this
situation. All types of endgames seem to be critical for White.} (52. c4+ Kc6
53. Ke4 Bd6 $17) 52... Be5 53. Kc2+ Kc4 54. Re1 f6 55. Re4+ Kb5 (55... Kd5 56.
Re2 Rb8 $17) 56. Kb2 (56. Re1 Rg8 57. Re2 Rg3 $19) 56... Rg8 {Pelletier has
managed to block the advance of the a-pawn, but the weaknesses on the kingside
are equally fatal.} 57. Re2 Rg3 58. Rf2 h5 (58... Kc4 59. Ka3 f3 60. Rxf3 Rxf3
61. gxf3 Bxc3 62. Bf8 h5 63. Kxa4 f5 $19) 59. Ka2 Re3 (59... f3 60. Rxf3 Rxg2+
61. Ka3 Rg3 $19) 60. Kb2 Re1 61. Ka2 Kc4 62. Ka3 Ra1+ 63. Kb2 Rd1 64. Ka3 Re1
65. Ba5 {The defender has found himself in a strange form of zugzwang. Any
step seems to be able to make his situation worse.} (65. Kb2 Kd3) (65. Ra2 Bxc3
66. Bxc3 Kxc3 67. Kxa4 Kd3 $19) 65... Kd3 66. Kxa4 Re2 {Black will be able to
advance his pawns on the kingside.} (66... Re2 67. Rf1 Kc4 68. Ka3 Rxg2 $19)
0-1

[Event "Biel Accentus"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2011.07.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2011.07.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nb3 Nf6 9. Nbxd4 Bc5 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Ne5 Qb6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Bd3 Nd5 14. Qe4
f5 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Bc4 Bd6 17. Nf3 Bd7 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Be3 f4 20. Bd4 Bf5 21.
Bc3 Rae8 22. Qd2 Be4 23. Rad1 h6 24. Rfe1 Qf7 25. Qd4 b6 26. Bb4 Bxb4 27. Qxb4
Bxc2 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Be4 31. Nd4 f3 32. gxf3 Bxf3 33. Qe6
Qxe6 34. Nxe6 Kf7 35. Nd4 Bg4 36. f3 Bd7 37. Kf2 g5 38. Ke3 h5 39. Ne2 Kf6 40.
Nd4 a5 41. a3 a4 42. Nc2 Ke5 43. Nd4 Be8 44. Ne2 Bg6 45. Nd4 Kd6 46. Kd2 Bh7
47. Ne2 Kc5 48. Kc3 h4 49. Nd4 Kd6 50. Kd2 Bg6 51. b3 axb3 52. Nxb3 Ke5 53. Ke3
Be8 54. Nd4 Bd7 55. Ne2 Bc8 56. Nd4 Kd6 57. Kd3 Ba6+ 58. Kd2 Bf1 59. Nb3 Bh3
60. Nd4 Bd7 61. Kd3 g4 62. fxg4 Bxg4 63. Kd2 Ke5 64. Ke3 Bh5 65. Nc6+ Kd6 66.
Nd4 Kc5 67. Kd3 Bg6+ 68. Kc3 Kd6 69. Kd2 Be4 70. Ne2 Ke5 71. Ke3 Kf5 72. Nd4+
Kg4 73. Kf2 Kh3 74. Kg1 Bg2 75. Nf5 Bf3 76. Nd4 Be4 77. Ne6 Kg4 78. Kf2 Bf5 79.
h3+ Kxh3 80. Nf4+ Kg4 81. Nxd5 Be4 82. Nc3 Bf3 0-1

[Event "Biel Accentus"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2011.07.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2011.07.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
{The Moscow Variation has remained a privileged battlefield for grandmasters.
The positions with weaknesses on both exposed flanks for the prize of single
pawn are very difficult to handle for lesser mortals.} 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11.
Nxg4 Nxg4 12. Qxg4 Qxd4 13. Qf4 {This colourful position has been tested many
times in practice. The quiet move of the white queen is preparing an attack
along the b8-h2 diagonal, but first of all preventing the retreat of the black
lady to the f6-square.} (13. Rd1 Qf6 14. e5 (14. a4 h5 (14... Bb4 15. e5 Qf5
16. Qd4 O-O 17. Qe3 Na6 18. Be2 Nc7 19. Qxh6 Rfd8 20. O-O Bf8 21. Qc1 a6 22.
Bf3 $16 {1-0 Akobian,V (2619)-Rodshtein,M (2650)/Moscow 2009 (27)}) 15. Qg5 (
15. Qe2 Bb4 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. Be2 Nd7 18. O-O a6 19. Qc2 e5 20. b3 Bc5 21. axb5
axb5 22. bxc4 b4 23. Na4 Bd4 24. Rxd4 exd4 25. c5 $13 {0-1 Van Wely,L (2625)
-Perunovic,M (2568)/Budva 2009 (63)}) 15... Qxg5 16. hxg5 a6 17. Be5 Rg8 18.
Rxh5 Nd7 19. Bf4 b4 20. Nb1 c5 21. f3 Bg7 22. Rh7 Bd4 23. Bxc4 Nf8 $11 {
1-0 Aronian,L (2786)-Leko,P (2752)/Moscow 2009 (43)}) (14. Be2 Nd7) 14... Qf5
15. Qd4 Be7 16. b3 (16. a4 O-O (16... c5 17. Qd2 a6 (17... b4 $2 18. Nb5 Qe4+ (
18... O-O 19. Qxh6 (19. Nc7 Nc6 20. Nxa8 Nd4 21. f4 Rxa8 $15) 19... Nc6 20. Nd6
Bxd6 21. exd6 Nd4 22. Qg5+ Kh7 23. f3 $1 $16) 19. Qe3 (19. Qe2 Na6 20. Qxe4
Bxe4 21. Bxc4 Bxg2 22. Rg1 Bf3 23. Rd3 Be4 24. Rd6 Bb7 25. Rxa6 Bxa6 26. Nc7+
Kd7 27. Nxa6 $16) 19... Qxe3+ 20. fxe3 {1-0 Wang Hao (2696)-Harikrishna,P 
(2686)/Sarajevo 2009 (41)}) 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Qe4+ 20. Be2 Qxg2 21. Rh2 (
21. Nc7+ Kf8 22. Rf1 Ra4 23. Nxe6+ fxe6 24. Qf4+ Kg7 25. Qg4+ Kf7 26. Qf4+ Kg7
27. Qg4+ Kf7 28. Qf4+ {1/2-1/2 Cheparinov,I (2678)-Aronian,L (2768)/Jermuk 2009
}) 21... Qc6 22. Nd6+ Bxd6 23. exd6 Nd7 24. h5 Qb5 25. Qc3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Grischuk,A (2748)-Leko,P (2751)/Nalchik 2009 (38)}) (16... Kf8 17. Be2 (17. f3
Na6 18. axb5 cxb5 19. Nxb5 Nb4 20. Qf4 Qxf4 21. Bxf4 Bd5 22. Nd6 Nd3+ 23. Bxd3
cxd3 24. Rxd3 Rb8 25. O-O $14 {1-0 Shulman,Y (2632)-Van Wely,L (2622)/Ledyard
2009 (32)}) 17... b4 18. Bg4 c5 19. Qxc4 Qc2 20. Rd2 Qc1+ 21. Rd1 Qc2 22. Rd2 {
1/2-1/2 Onischuk,A (2659)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2628)/Moscow 2009}) 17. axb5 (17.
Qf4 Qc2 18. Qg4+ Kh7 19. Qe2 $11) 17... cxb5 18. Nxb5 Nc6 $132) 16... c5 17.
Qe3 $6 (17. Qd2 $1 $13 {preventing 17...Nc6.}) 17... Nc6 $1 18. bxc4 Nb4 $1 19.
Qf4 Nc2+ 20. Ke2 Qxf4 21. Bxf4 bxc4 $17 {1/2-1/2 Aronian,L (2757)-Kramnik,V 
(2772)/Dresden 2008 (41)}) (13. Be2 Na6 $5 (13... h5 14. Qf4 Na6 15. Rd1 Qg7
16. O-O Be7 17. a4 b4 18. Nb1 Qf6 19. Nd2 $14 Qxf4 20. Bxf4 Nc5 21. Nxc4 Ba6
22. Rfe1 Bxc4 23. Bxc4 Nxa4 $11 {0-1 Greenfeld,A (2559)-Roiz,M (2644)/
Beersheba 2007 (45)}) (13... Nd7 $5 14. Rd1 Qc5 15. Qf4 Rd8 16. O-O Bg7 17. Qg4
Be5 18. Kh1 h5 19. Qg5 Bf6 20. Qc1 Ne5 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. f4 Ng4 23. e5 Be7 24.
Bxg4 hxg4 25. Ne4 Qb6 26. Qd1+ Kc8 27. Qxg4 c5 $13 {0-1 Nebolsina,V (2345)
-Shumiakina,T (2360)/Chelyabinsk/2008/ (68)}) 14. Rd1 (14. O-O Nc5 15. Qh5 Rg8
16. Be5 Qd7 17. Rfd1 Nd3 18. Bxd3 cxd3 19. Qf3 Rd8 20. Rd2 c5 21. a4 b4 22. Nb5
f5 $17 {0-1 Rodshtein,M (2626)-Nyback,T (2587)/Plovdiv 2008 (40)}) 14... Qg7
15. Qh5 (15. Qf3) 15... Qg6 (15... Nc5 16. Be5 Qxg2 17. Bf3 Qg8 $13) 16. Qe5
Qg7 17. Nxb5 Qxe5 18. Bxe5 cxb5 19. Bxh8 Bxe4 20. b3 Bxg2 $19 {0-1 Greenfeld,A
(2559)-Gelfand,B (2736)/Beersheba 2007 (23)}) 13... Bb4 $146 {Caruana has done
his homework in preparation and his bishop move immediately sharpens the
situation. The main move so far has been the knight move to a6.} (13... Nd7 14.
Rd1) (13... Na6 14. Rd1 Qg7 15. Be2 (15. e5) (15. a4 $5 Bb4 16. Be2 O-O 17. O-O
Nc5 18. Qe3 Nb3 (18... Bxc3 $142 19. bxc3 Nxa4 20. Rd7 $44) 19. axb5 Bc5 20.
Qf4 cxb5 21. Nxb5 Nd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Bxc4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Sasikiran,K (2700)
-Stefanova,A (2483)/Zafra 2007 (72)}) 15... Be7 (15... Nc5 16. O-O Rc8 17. e5
Be7 18. Qe3 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. b4 cxb3 21. axb3 a5 22. Rc1 $36 {1-0 Bellon
Lopez,J (2440)-Almagro Mazariegos,S (2311)/La Roda 2006/CBM 111 ext (32)}) (
15... e5 16. Qxe5+ Qxe5 17. Bxe5 Rg8 18. a4 Bb4 19. O-O Nc5 20. axb5 Bxc3 21.
Bxc3 cxb5 22. f3 $16 {1-0 Pashikian,A (2611)-Motylev,A (2672)/Kallithea 2008 
(45)}) 16. O-O $5 (16. e5 Nb4 17. Ne4 Nd5 18. Qc1 Bb4+ 19. Kf1 O-O-O 20. h5 Kb8
21. Rh4 Ka8 22. b3 c3 23. a3 Be7 24. Rg4 Qf8 25. Nxc3 Bxa3 26. Qa1 $11 {
0-1 Eljanov,P (2641)-Dreev,A (2705)/Sochi 2005 (104)}) 16... Nc5 17. e5 Qg6 18.
Rd4 Rd8 19. Rfd1 Rd5 $6 (19... Rxd4 20. Rxd4 Qc2 (20... Nd3 21. Qd2 h5 22. Bxd3
cxd3 23. Rxd3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Caruana,F (2640)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2616)/Pamplona
2008 (52)}) 21. Bh5 Qf5 $13) 20. Qe3 h5 21. Bf3 a6 22. b4 cxb3 23. axb3 $16 {
1-0 Aronian,L (2757)-Caruana,F (2640)/Dresden 2008 (32)}) 14. Rd1 Bxc3+ 15. Ke2
$1 {A somewhat irrational position is calling for a non-standard solutions.
White can postpone the capture of the bishop as the black queen is under
attack.} (15. bxc3 Qxc3+ 16. Rd2 (16. Ke2 c5 $15) 16... Nd7 17. Qc7 O-O 18. Bf4
(18. Qxb7 Nc5 19. Qxc6 Rfd8 20. Bf4 Qc1+ 21. Ke2 Nd3 22. Kf3 Qxd2 23. Bxd2 Ne5+
$19) 18... Rac8 19. Qxd7 Qc1+ 20. Ke2 c3 21. Qxb7 cxd2 22. Bxd2 Qc2 23. Qxa7
Ra8 24. Qe3 Rfd8 $15) 15... Qe5 (15... Qf6 16. Qc7 Qe7 17. bxc3 Qxc7 18. Bxc7
Nd7 $11) (15... c5 16. Rxd4 Bxd4 17. a4 a6 18. f3 $14) (15... Na6 16. Rxd4 Bxd4
17. h5 Bxb2 18. Bh4 Bg7 19. Rh3 $16) 16. Qxe5 (16. bxc3 Qxf4 17. Bxf4 Nd7 $11)
(16. Qf3 Qf6 17. bxc3 Qxf3+ 18. gxf3 Nd7 $11) 16... Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Rh7 {The
smoke from the initial phase of the game has cleared and chances are roughly
equal. White is missing a pawn, Black is mourning the absence of his bishop
pair.} (17... Rg8 18. Bf4 h5 $11) 18. Ke3 Nd7 19. Bg3 (19. Bd6 O-O-O 20. Be2 f5
) (19. Bc7 Rc8 20. Bd6 Nf6 21. b3 c3 22. Bd3 Rg7 $14) 19... O-O-O (19... a6 20.
Be2 O-O-O 21. Rd6 $14) 20. Be2 (20. b3 cxb3 (20... c3 21. Be2 b4 22. Rd6 Re8
$11) 21. Bxb5 bxa2 22. Rc1 f5 23. Bxc6 Bxc6 24. Rxc6+ Kb7 $11) 20... f5 $5 {
The active counterplay is partly resting on the somewhat over-exposed location
of the white king.} 21. Rd6 fxe4 (21... Re7 22. Bf4 Rg8 23. Bxh6 Rh7 24. Rxe6
Nc5 25. Rf6 Nxe4 26. Rf8+ Rxf8 27. Bxf8 Rf7 $11) (21... c5 $5 22. Rxe6 (22. f3
Rg8 $15) 22... Bxe4 23. Rd1 Nb6 $11) 22. Rxe6 {[%mdl 2048] The choice of each
move turns into a difficult task in very complicated positions. With the help
of analysis it seems, that Morozevich could have played better by centralising
all his pieces.} (22. Rhd1 $5 Re7 (22... Rg8 23. Rxe6 h5 24. Rd4 Ba8 25. Rdxe4
Kd8 26. Rf4 $14) 23. b3 cxb3 24. Bxb5 $14) (22. Bg4 Nc5 23. Rhd1 Rxd6 24. Rxd6
(24. Bxd6 Nd3 25. Bxe6+ Kd8 $11) 24... h5 $11) 22... Nc5 23. Rg6 (23. Re5 Rd5
24. Re8+ Kd7 25. Rb8 h5 (25... Ke6 26. Bg4+ Kf6 27. h5 Rf7 28. Bh4+ Kg7 29. Rd1
$11) 26. b4 cxb3 27. axb3 $11) 23... h5 (23... Rd5 24. h5 $14) 24. Rg5 {
The balance has still not received a decisive knock, but after each move there
is an abundance of lines to be calculated.} (24. Bd6 Nd3 25. g4 Rhd7 26. Bg3
Nb4 (26... Nxb2 27. gxh5 $14) 27. gxh5 Nd5+ 28. Kd2 (28. Kxe4 Re8+ 29. Be5 c5
30. Re1 Nc3+ 31. Kf4 Rf7+ 32. Kg3 Ne4+ 33. Kh2 Rxf2+ 34. Kg1 Rxe2 35. Rxe2 Rxe5
36. h6 $11) 28... e3+ 29. fxe3 Nf4+ 30. Ke1 Nxe2 (30... Nxg6 31. hxg6 $16) 31.
Kxe2 Rd2+ 32. Kf3 c5+ 33. e4 Rf8+ 34. Bf4 Rd3+ 35. Kg4 Bxe4 36. Rf1 $11) 24...
Rd5 25. Rd1 (25. Rxd5 cxd5 26. Be5 Nd3 27. Bxd3 exd3 28. Rg1 Kd7 29. g4 hxg4
30. Rxg4 $11) 25... Nd3 26. b3 $1 {White needs to undermine his opponent's
queenside, otherwise there would be no end to the problems of the b2-pawn.} (
26. Kxe4 $2 Re7+ 27. Kf3 c5 $1 $19) 26... Ba6 (26... c3 27. Rxd5 (27. Bxd3 exd3
28. Rxd3 Re7+ $19) 27... cxd5 28. Bxd3 exd3 29. Kxd3 b4 30. a3 a5 31. axb4 axb4
32. Bd6 $11) (26... c5 27. bxc4 bxc4 28. Rb1 c3 29. Rg8+ Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Kxd8 31.
Bxd3 exd3 32. Kxd3 $11) 27. bxc4 bxc4 28. Rd2 (28. Rxd5 cxd5 29. Kd4 Kd7 30.
Rb1 Kc6 31. Rb8 Bb7 $15) (28. Rg8+ Kd7 (28... Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Kxd8 30. Kd4 Rd7+
31. Kc3 Rd5 $11) 29. Ra8 Ke6 30. Re8+ Re7 31. Rxe7+ Kxe7 32. Kxe4 $11) 28...
Kb7 29. Rg8 $6 {Morozevich must have been oblivious to the lurking danger.
Otherwise he would surely have been able to change track and concentrate on
defence with equality after the best 29.Rc2!} (29. Rc2 $1 Kb6 (29... Ne1 $2 30.
Rb2+ Rb5 31. Rgxb5+ Bxb5 32. Bxc4 $16) 30. a3 Re7 31. Rc3 $11) 29... Kb6 30.
Rc2 $2 {The critical move will decide the fate of White's defence. The main
theme of the battle will now change to a scramble for survival by White.} (30.
Re8 $2 c3 $1 31. Rc2 Ne1 32. Rxc3 Nxg2+ 33. Kxe4 Bxe2 $19) (30. Rb8+ Ka5 31.
Rb1 Rb5 $15) 30... Ne1 $1 31. Rc1 (31. Rb2+ Kc5 32. Bh2 Bb5 $19) 31... Nxg2+
32. Kxe4 Re7+ 33. Kf3 Nxh4+ $1 34. Bxh4 Rf5+ 35. Kg2 Rxe2 {Morozevich has
woken up in a position with two missing pawns that is bordering on losing.} 36.
a4 (36. Rb1+ Kc5 37. Rg5 (37. Rg7 Rxa2 38. Rxa7 c3 39. Rg7 c2 40. Rc1 Bc4 $19)
37... Rxg5+ 38. Bxg5 c3 $19) 36... Rb2 (36... Kc5 37. Rg7 Ra2 38. Rxa7 Rxa4 $17
) (36... Re4 37. Bg3 $17) 37. Rb8+ (37. Rg7 Rd5 38. Bf6 Rb3 $19) (37. Bd8+ Kc5
38. Be7+ Kd5 39. Rd8+ Ke6 40. Bh4 Rb7 $17) 37... Bb7 38. Rxc4 c5+ {The
difference in piece coordination is becoming striking. The main hero of the
endgame will be a passed pawn on the c-file.} 39. Kh2 (39. Kf1 Rb4 40. Rxb4+
cxb4 41. Ke1 Rf7 42. Rh8 Bf3 $19) 39... Rb1 (39... Rb4 40. Bd8+ Kc6 41. Rc2
Rxa4 $19) 40. f4 (40. Rc3 Rh1+ 41. Kg3 Rg1+ 42. Kh3 Rf4 43. Rb3+ Rb4 $19) 40...
Rd5 (40... Rb2+ 41. Kg3 Rb4 42. Rxb4+ cxb4 43. Rh8 b3 $19) 41. Rd8 Rbd1 42.
Rxd5 Bxd5 43. Rc3 c4 44. Bf6 (44. Be7 Ka5 45. f5 Rd3 46. Rc1 c3 47. Bf6 Kb4 $19
) 44... Kc5 45. Kg3 Kb4 {The defender will not be saved even by the presence
of the bishops of opposite colours. White's a4-pawn is about to drop.} 46. Rc2
(46. Kf2 Be6 47. Re3 Bg4 $19) 46... a5 47. f5 Rf1 (47... Rf1 48. Rf2 Rxf2 49.
Kxf2 Kxa4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Biel Accentus"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2011.07.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2821"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2011.07.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 a6 8. a5
h6 9. Re1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. Bf1 c5 12. Nb3 Be6 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. h3 Re8 15.
Bxe5 dxe5 16. Nd2 c4 17. Ra4 Bc5 18. Nxc4 Bd4 19. Qf3 Rc5 20. Nd1 Qc7 21. Nde3
Bxe3 22. Nxe3 Rxa5 23. Rb4 Rd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Rc5 26. Ra4 Rc6 27. Bd3
Rd6 28. Qe1 b5 29. Ra3 g6 30. b4 Rc6 31. Qa1 Qd6 32. Kh2 h5 33. Rc3 Rxc3 34.
Qxc3 h4 35. Nf1 Nh5 36. Nd2 g5 37. Nf3 f6 38. g3 hxg3+ 39. fxg3 Ng7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.08.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1
b6 9. Bg5 a6 10. d5 c5 11. Nd2 Ne8 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bf1 g6 14. Nc4 Rb8 15. Qd2
Ng7 16. Rab1 Bb7 17. b4 cxb4 18. Rxb4 f5 19. Nxb6 Nc5 20. a5 Rf6 21. Nba4 Nxa4
22. Nxa4 Rbf8 23. Reb1 Bc8 24. Nb6 Bb7 25. Nd7 Qxd7 26. Rxb7 Qd8 27. Ra7 fxe4
28. Rbb7 Nh5 29. Rxh7 Rf4 30. g3 Qg5 31. Bh3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.08.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 Nf6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Rc8 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd1 b5 12. a3 c4 13. c3 cxd3 14. Qxd3 a6 15.
Be3 Na5 16. Bf2 Nb3 17. Rb1 Qd7 18. Re1 Nc5 19. Qc2 Qe6 20. e5 dxe5 21. Rxe5
Qd6 22. Ne3 e6 23. Rd1 Qe7 24. Nf1 Ne8 25. Re2 Nd6 26. g4 Qc7 27. f5 Rcd8 28.
b4 Na4 29. fxe6 fxe6 30. Rxe6 Nc4 31. Rxd8 Qxd8 32. Rxa6 Nxc3 33. Ra8 Qd7 34.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Ne3 Nxa3 36. Qb3 Nab1 37. Nd5 Be5 38. Qc2 Kg7 39. Nxc3 Nxc3 40.
Kh1 Qd6 41. Bc5 Qd8 42. Qf2 Qd1+ 43. Bf1 Bf6 44. Qf4 Nd5 45. Qf2 Nc3 46. Bf8+
Kxf8 47. Qxf6+ Kg8 48. Qe6+ Kf8 49. Qc8+ Kf7 50. Qc7+ Kg8 51. Qb8+ Kf7 52. Qf4+
Ke6 53. Qe3+ Kf7 54. Kg1 Nd5 55. Qe5 h6 56. Qe4 g5 57. Qf5+ Ke7 58. Qh7+ Kd8
59. Qa7 Ke8 60. Qf2 Nf4 61. Qe3+ Kf7 62. Kf2 Qd5 63. Qa7+ Kg8 64. Qb8+ Kg7 65.
Qc7+ Kg8 66. Qc8+ Kg7 67. Qc3+ Kf7 68. Ke3 Qd6 69. Qb3+ Kf6 70. Qb2+ Qe5+ 71.
Qxe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.08.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Drozdovskij, Yuri"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. Qc2 Nb4 12. Qb1 Nc6 13. Qc2 Nb4 14. Qb1 Nc6 15.
Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Drozdovskij, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. Nc3
Nd5 9. Nd2 Nb6 10. Qe2 Na5 11. Nf3 Bb4 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Rfc1 Qe7 14. Ne4 Bb5 15.
Bxb4 Qxb4 16. Qc2 h6 17. Ne5 Na4 18. Rab1 Rac8 19. Bf1 Rfd8 20. a3 Qe7 21. Nxc4
Nxc4 22. Bxc4 e5 23. Bxb5 axb5 24. dxe5 Qxe5 25. b3 Nb6 26. Nc5 Rb8 27. Rd1
Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Qe7 29. a4 bxa4 30. bxa4 Ra8 31. Rd4 c6 32. Re4 Qc7 33. Qb3 Nd5
34. Qxb7 Qxb7 35. Nxb7 Nc3 36. Rc4 Nxa4 37. Rxc6 Nb2 38. Nd6 Nd3 39. Rc8+ Rxc8
40. Nxc8 h5 41. Nd6 g6 42. e4 Kf8 43. Kf1 Ke7 44. Nc4 Nc5 45. Nd2 Ne6 46. Ke2
Nc5 47. Ke3 Nd7 48. Kd4 Ke6 49. f4 Ke7 50. Nc4 Nf8 51. Ne3 Nd7 52. h3 Ke6 53.
Nd5 Kd6 54. Nb4 Nf8 55. Nd3 Ne6+ 56. Ke3 Ng7 57. Ne5 Ke7 58. Nc6+ Kd6 59. Nd4
Ne8 60. h4 Ng7 61. Nf3 Ke7 62. Ne5 Kf6 63. Nf3 Ke7 64. Kd4 Kd6 65. Kd3 Ke7 66.
Nd4 Ne8 67. Ke3 Ng7 68. f5 Kf6 69. fxg6 Kxg6 70. Kf4 Ne8 71. Ke5 Ng7 72. Ne2
Ne8 73. Nf4+ Kh6 74. Kd4 Nf6 75. Ke5 Ng4+ 76. Kf5 f6 77. Nd3 Kg7 78. Nf4 Kh6
79. Nd5 Kg7 80. Ke6 Kg6 81. Nf4+ Kh6 82. Kf5 Nf2 83. Nd5 Nh1 84. Kf4 Nf2 85.
Nxf6 Kg6 86. Nd5 Nd3+ 87. Ke3 Ne5 88. Nf4+ Kh6 89. Kd4 Nf3+ 90. Kd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 Ne4 8. Nc3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Qb6 13. e4 Qa6 14. Qb4 dxe4
15. Bxe4 Be6 16. Bf4 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. Bg2 Qc4 19. Qa3 c5 20. Bf1 Qd5 21.
Bg2 Qc4 22. Bf1 Qd5 23. Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. h3 Re8 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Bc2 Nb8 14. dxe5 dxe5 15.
Bxb6 cxb6 16. c4 b4 17. Nf1 Nbd7 18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Qxb4 Nfxe4 20. Rad1 Qc7 21.
Ne3 a5 22. Qa3 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Rd1 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was the first of our two game tiebreak match. Our classical games had
both ended uneventfully in draws.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5.
Qb3 Qc7 6. Ne5 e6 {I wasn't very familiar with 5.Qb3, so I chose a rare line,
hoping to avoid my opponent's preparation. Black gives up the bishop pair and
accepts a slightly worse position, but I was happy to just get a normal
position to play.} 7. Nxg4 Nxg4 8. Be2 Nf6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Rc1 ({
White could have also considered} 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rc1 a6 13. g4 $1 h6 14. h4
{, when Black stands worse. White's plans of kingside or central expansion are
relatively clear-cut, while Black doesn't seem to have any meaningful
counterplay.}) 11... dxc4 {I was happy to get this fluid center.} 12. Qxc4 a6
13. h3 O-O 14. O-O e5 {I could have waited for this until White plays e4, but
I was a bit impatient. However, the position remains roughly the same in any
case.} 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Qb3 {It seems like White must have an advantage here
due to his bishop pair, but Black is very solid and it isn't easy for White to
find a concrete plan.} Rad8 17. Rfd1 Qe7 {It seemed like a good idea to escape
the gaze of the rook on c1. But the main idea of this move is to create
threats to White's king with ...Ng6 and ...Qe5.} 18. Be1 Ng6 19. Rd3 {Peter
continues to play logically. He is hoping to trade all the rooks and count on
his bishop pair in a simplified position.} b5 {After White's last move I
wanted to cause him discomfort with the idea of ...c5 and ...c4.} 20. Rcd1 h5
$5 {An interesting move. I wanted to fix White's pawns with ...h4, opening
ideas of ...Qe5.} (20... c5 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 {brings Black nothing but
regret. The exchange of knights frees White's position considerably.}) 21. Qc2
h4 22. f4 $2 {A serious mistake.} ({White should have continued patiently with
} 22. a3 {, slowly planning b4 and eventually f4. It isn't clear what Black
will do.} Rfe8 23. b4 $14 {, and the onus is on Black to demonstrate
counterplay.}) 22... Bc5 23. Bf2 Rxd3 {I could see that Peter had missed
something and was upset with his position.} 24. Qxd3 ({I believe he had
overlooked} 24. Rxd3 Nxf4 ({Actually,} 24... Re8 $1 {, preparing ...Nxf4 on
the next move, is even stronger.} 25. a3 Qa7 $1 {is the important point.}) 25.
exf4 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Qc5+ 27. Kf1 b4 {, when Black is at least equal.}) 24...
Re8 25. Bf3 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Qxe3 27. Bxe3 Rxe3 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Ne2 {I had
expected Peter would go for this position. White is down a pawn, but due to
his strong bishop on f3 he has good chances to make a draw.} c5 $2 {Returning
the favor.} (29... Nd5 $1 30. Kf2 Rd3 {would have given White difficult
problems to solve. The game and perhaps the entire tournament might have
turned out differently had I played this.}) 30. Ra8 {I had missed this for
some bizarre reason, thinking only about 30.Rd6.} Rd3 $6 {The result of
general panic.} (30... Ne4 $1 {was a strong move, which would have at least
forced White to calculate a bit.} 31. Kf1 (31. Rxa6 Nxf4 {is the idea, which
seems to lead to a draw in the end, but of course White has to prove it.})
31... Nd2+ (31... Ne7 32. Rxa6 Nf5 {is another possibility, which is
objectively close to equal but White has to demonstrate accuracy.}) 32. Kf2 Rd3
33. Bb7 Nc4 34. b3 Nd6 35. Bf3 {, when neither side is in any real danger.})
31. Rxa6 {Now with his strong bishop against my ineffectual knights, White is
calling the shots, although with accurate play Black can still restore the
balance.} Rd1+ $2 {A really awful move pushes Black over the edge.} (31... Rd2
32. b3 Ne4 $1 {keeps Black in safety.}) 32. Kf2 Rd2 33. b3 {Now things are
seriously wrong for Black.} Rb2 34. Ke1 Ne7 $2 {A move beyond comprehension,
self-trapping my rook.} (34... c4 35. bxc4 bxc4 {is of course the only way,
although Black may already be in too deep.} 36. Kd1 {, and I don't think Black
can save the game.}) 35. Kd1 $18 {The game is over, the rest was simple.} Rb1+
36. Nc1 Rb2 37. Nd3 Rb1+ 38. Kc2 Rg1 39. a4 bxa4 40. Rxa4 Nfd5 41. Kd2 Rb1 42.
Nxc5 Rb2+ 43. Kc1 Rf2 44. Nd3 Rf1+ 45. Kd2 Rb1 46. Ra5 Nb6 47. Rb5 Nbc8 48. Kc2
Ra1 49. Kb2 Ra6 50. Rb7 Re6 51. b4 Nd6 52. Rc7 Nb5 53. Rc5 Nd4 54. Re5 Rd6 55.
Be4+ f5 56. Rxe7 fxe4 57. Rxe4 Nf5 58. Kc3 Rg6 59. Re5 Nd6 60. Ne1 Rg3+ 61. Kd4
Rb3 62. Nd3 Rb1 63. Rd5 Ne8 64. Rh5+ Kg6 65. Rxh4 Nd6 66. Rh8 Kf6 67. Rb8 Rd1
68. g4 Ke7 69. f5 Kd7 70. Rg8 Ne8 71. Ke3 Ke7 72. Ne5 Rb1 73. h4 Rb3+ 74. Kf4
Rxb4+ 75. Kg5 Re4 76. Ng6+ Kd7 77. Rf8 Nd6 78. Ra8 Ne8 79. h5 Rb4 80. Ra7+ Kd6
81. Re7 Nf6 82. Re6+ Kd7 83. Ne5+ Kc8 84. Rxf6 gxf6+ 85. Kxf6 {In the second
game, I came close to creating problems for Peter, but I missed a crucial
tactic and my hopes of equalizing the score evaporated. Finally, I would like
to extend my congratulations to Peter on his great achievement! He showed
great fighting spirit and exciting chess and in the end was a very deserving
winner.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 Bd7 11. Nb3 Be7 12. c4 O-O 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Nfd4
Rac8 15. Nb5 Be8 16. c5 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Nd8 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. cxd6 Ba4 20. Rd2
Nd7 21. f4 f6 22. Kf2 Kf8 23. g4 b6 24. g5 fxg5 25. fxg5 e5 26. h4 Rc4 27. Kg3
Bc6 28. Bh3 Ke8 29. e3 g6 30. Bg4 Be4 31. Be2 Rc8 32. Bb5 Nf7 33. Ba3 a6 34.
Be2 a5 35. Bb5 a4 36. Nc1 Rc3 37. Bb4 Rxc1 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 27th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2011.09.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lendwai, Reinhard"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Invest"]
[BlackTeam "SHSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Be2 Be6 8.
O-O O-O 9. a3 a5 10. Bd2 Nb6 11. Na4 Nxa4 12. Qxa4 Qd7 13. Kh1 f6 14. Rac1 Rfd8
15. Rg1 Bd6 16. g4 g5 17. Bc3 Bd5 18. Rg3 Qf7 19. Qc2 Re8 20. e4 Bb3 21. Qd2 h6
22. h4 a4 23. Rh3 Rad8 24. Kg2 Ne7 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Rch1 Ng6 27. Kg1 Qg7 28.
Bd1 Bf8 29. Bxb3+ axb3 30. Qd1 Qf7 31. Ne1 c5 32. Qf3 Rd7 33. Ng2 Red8 34. Qf5
Rxd3 35. Ne3 Bg7 36. Rh7 Rxc3 37. bxc3 b2 38. Kg2 b1=Q 39. Rxb1 Kxh7 40. Nd5
Kg8 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 27th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2011.09.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SHSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Oslo Schakseskap"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Nd5
Nbd7 9. Qd3 Nc5 10. Nxc5 Bxd5 11. exd5 dxc5 12. c4 Bd6 13. Be2 O-O 14. Qf5 Qd7
15. g4 Rfb8 16. a4 a5 17. Qxd7 Nxd7 18. f3 Nf6 19. Kd2 b6 20. h4 Bc7 21. Bd3
Ne8 22. b3 Nd6 23. Rae1 Rf8 24. Rhg1 Rae8 25. Bc2 f5 26. gxf5 Nxf5 27. Bxf5
Rxf5 28. Ref1 Ref8 29. Ke2 R8f7 30. Rg5 Bd8 31. Rxf5 Rxf5 32. Bf2 Kf7 33. Bg3
Ke8 34. Ke3 Bf6 35. f4 Kd7 36. Ke4 g6 37. h5 exf4 38. Rxf4 Rxf4+ 39. Bxf4 gxh5
40. Kf5 Be7 41. Bg5 h4 42. Bf4 h5 43. Ke4 h3 44. Kf3 Bh4 45. Bg3 Bf6 46. Bh2
Bh4 47. Bf4 Kc8 48. Ke2 Bg5 49. Bh2 Kd7 50. Kf2 Bh4+ 51. Kg1 Bd8 52. Bf4 Ke8
53. Kh2 Kf7 54. Kxh3 Kf6 55. Kg3 Kf5 56. Kf3 h4 57. Bb8 h3 58. Bf4 Kf6 59. Kg4
Ke7 60. Kxh3 Kd7 61. Kg4 Bf6 62. Kf5 Bh4 63. Kg6 Be1 64. Kf7 Bh4 65. Bb8 Kc8
66. Be5 Kd7 67. Bf4 Bf2 68. Bb8 Bh4 69. d6 Bg3 70. Bc7 Be1 71. Kf6 Bc3+ 72. Kf5
Bd4 73. Bxb6 Kxd6 74. Bxa5 Bf2 75. Bb6 Kc6 76. a5 Bh4 77. Ke6 Bg5 78. Ba7 Bd2
79. a6 Bb4 80. Bb8 Ba3 81. a7 Kb7 82. Kd5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 27th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2011.09.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SHSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "DAN DZO & PGMB"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. Ne5 Ra7 8. O-O
Ba6 9. Bf4 Be7 10. b3 d6 11. Nc6 Nxc6 12. Bxc6 Bb7 13. Bxb7 Rxb7 14. Nc3 d5 15.
cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Rc1 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Qd3 Rd8 20. Rfd1 c6 21.
Qc4 Rc7 22. Qa6 Rb8 23. e3 h5 24. Rc2 g6 25. Rdc1 Kg7 26. h4 Qd5 27. Qc4 Qe4
28. Qe2 Rbc8 29. Rc4 Qd5 30. Rd1 Kg8 31. a3 Ra8 32. Rdc1 Rac8 33. Qc2 Kh7 34.
b4 axb4 35. axb4 Kg8 36. Qb2 Qb5 37. Qb1 Ra7 38. Qc2 Ra4 39. Rxc6 Rxc6 40. Qxc6
Qxc6 41. Rxc6 Rxb4 42. Kg2 Rb2 43. Kf3 b5 44. Rb6 b4 45. Rb7 b3 46. e4 Kg7 47.
Ke3 Rb1 48. Kf4 Kf6 49. Rb6 b2 50. d5 Rd1 51. Rxb2 exd5 52. e5+ Kg7 53. Rb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 27th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2011.09.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ugra"]
[BlackTeam "SHSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e3 c5 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nb3 Rc8 12. h3 a6 13. Be2 Na5 14. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 27th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2011.09.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SHSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. c4 Bd7 13. Bb2 Rac8 14. c5
Nb8 15. Ne5 Bc6 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20.
Rc4 Nd7 21. e4 Rb8 22. Bd4 Rb5 23. Kf1 f5 24. e5 g5 25. f4 gxf4 26. gxf4 Kf7
27. Ke2 h6 28. h3 a6 29. Be3 Bf8 30. Kd3 Be7 31. Bf2 Bf8 32. Kc3 Be7 33. a4 Rb7
34. Na5 Rc7 35. Kd3 Kg6 36. Rc1 Kh5 37. Kc4 Bh4 38. Be3 Bg5 39. fxg5 Nxe5+ 40.
Kd4 Nf3+ 41. Kd3 hxg5 42. Ke2 Nh4 43. Rd1 e5 44. Rd6 f4 45. Bf2 e4 46. Re6 e3
47. Bxh4 Kxh4 48. Kf3 Rh7 49. Nxc6 Kxh3 50. Nd4 Kh2 51. Rg6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 27th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2011.09.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kristjansson, Stefan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bolungarvik"]
[BlackTeam "SHSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 f6 7. Bd3 fxe5 8. dxe5 c4
9. Bc2 Nh6 10. O-O g6 11. b3 cxb3 12. Bxb3 Bg7 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxh6 Bxh6 15.
Bxc4 O-O 16. Nbd2 Nd4 17. Qa4 Nc6 18. Ne4 Qc7 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Rfe1 Bg7 21.
Rad1 Qe7 22. Ba2 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Qxf6 24. Re2 b6 25. h3 Bb7 26. Rd7 Rac8 27. Ng4
Qa1+ 28. Rd1 Rc1 29. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 30. Kh2 Qf1 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 27th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2011.10.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "Eljanov,P"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SHSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Ekonomist"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 {Our previous game saw the ''Berlin wall''. This time I had decided
to enter a more complex game.} 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3
c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 {A modern way to handle this system. Black is ready to get a
rid of his dark-squared bishop.} 8. Nxc5 Nxc5 9. Nd4 Ne7 10. Bb5+ ({White
could take the second bishop,but after} 10. Nxf5 Nxf5 11. Bb5+ Nd7 12. O-O O-O
13. Re1 Qc7 $11 {Black gets a comfortable position, while the Pe5 is somewhat
weak.}) 10... Nd7 11. Bg5 {That move was connected with an interesting
strategical idea.} (11. O-O O-O 12. f4 a6 13. Be2 Be4 $11) 11... Bg6 {A
logical retreat. Black keeps a flexible pawn structure.} (11... O-O 12. Nxf5
exf5 13. Bxe7 (13. Qe2 $5) 13... Qxe7 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. O-O Rfd8 16. Qd4 Rac8
$11 {1-0 Antal,T (2222)-Magyar,O (2248)/Paks HUN 2011/The Week in Chess 863 
(41)}) 12. Qd2 $146 {The white king can hardly feel safe on the q-side,so
white's last move doesn't really bring a ''new life'' in this position.} ({
In the following recent game Black solved all his problems too:} 12. h4 h6 13.
Bxe7 Qxe7 14. h5 Bh7 15. Qg4 O-O 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. O-O Rac8 18. c3 b5 19. a3 a5
20. Rfe1 b4 $6 (20... Rc4 21. Re3 Kh8 22. b3 Rc7 23. Rg3 Rg8 $11) 21. axb4 axb4
22. Re3 (22. cxb4 $1 Rc4 23. b5 Qxb5 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Nxb5 $14) 22... bxc3
23. bxc3 Kh8 24. Rg3 Rg8 $11 {1/2 De la Riva Aguado,O (2541)-Peralta,F (2602)/
Barcelona ESP 2011 (33)}) ({After} 12. O-O a6 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11
{White has a very safe position, but he can hardly make any progress.}) 12...
a6 ({It looks a bit strange, but probably he can even afford} 12... O-O $5 13.
Qb4 Re8 14. Qd6 (14. Qa4 Nc5 15. Qa3 Nd7 $11) 14... Nf5 15. Bxd7 Nxd6 16. Bxd8
Rexd8 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. exd6 e5 19. Nf3 Rxd6 $11) 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7
15. h4 {I can hardly recommend any other constructive plan.} ({For instance,
after} 15. O-O O-O 16. f4 $6 Be4 17. Rae1 f6 18. exf6 Rxf6 $15 {[%csl Ge4] the
bishop is extremely strong.}) 15... h5 ({As we can see according the above
mentioned game,black's possible reaction is also:} 15... h6 16. h5 Be4 17. O-O
O-O $11) 16. c3 b5 {Not hurrying with castling.} (16... O-O $2 {would offer
White additional chances:} 17. Qg5 Rac8 18. g4 hxg4 19. Qxg4 Qc7 20. Qe2 $36)
17. Qg5 ({After} 17. Rh3 a5 18. a3 O-O 19. Qg5 (19. Kf1 Rfc8 20. Kg1 Rc4 21.
Rg3 Rb8 $11) 19... b4 $132 {Black is just in time to start his counterplay.})
17... a5 18. a3 Rc8 19. O-O O-O {Only now! White has no time to push g2-g4.}
20. Rfe1 ({White could still try} 20. f3 $5 {[%cal Gg2g4]} Rc4 ({Another
interesting idea to meet it is:} 20... Kh7 $5 21. g4 $140 f6) 21. g4 hxg4 22.
fxg4 {but the endgame after} Qd8 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 {is OK for Black. For instance,}
24. Rf4 b4 25. cxb4 Be4 26. Rd1 axb4 27. axb4 Ra8 28. b5 Raa4 29. Nc6 Rc5 30.
Nd4 Rcc4 $11) 20... Rc4 21. Re3 (21. g4 {is not dangerous for black. The play
may continue:} Qd8 22. gxh5 Qxg5+ 23. hxg5 Bxh5 24. Nxb5 Rg4+ 25. Kh2 Rb8 26.
a4 Rxg5 $15) 21... b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. g4 {What else?} bxc3 24. bxc3 Qd8 $1
$11 {White cannot avoid the exchange of queens, so there is no attack anymore.
I was quite satisfied with my position,but at this moment White is not in a
danger yet.} 25. gxh5 (25. Qxd8 $5 Rxd8 26. g5 Rdc8 27. Ra3 $11) 25... Qxg5+
26. hxg5 Bxh5 27. f3 $6 {The first slight inaccuracy. There was no reason to
remove the knight from d4, since White could easily protect the pawn with the
second rook.} (27. Rh3 $142 g6 28. Re3 Rfc8 29. Ra3 $11) 27... Rfc8 28. Ne2 ({
Now, after} 28. Ra3 Kh7 29. Kf2 Kg6 30. f4 Rb8 31. Kg3 Rb1 32. Ra6 Rf1 {
Black is slightly better due to his activity, but White should hold on with
energetic play:} 33. f5+ Rxf5 34. Nxf5 Kxf5 35. Rb6 {[%cal Gb6b4]}) 28... Rb8
29. Kf2 (29. Nd4 Kh7 30. f4 Rb2 $15) 29... Bg6 ({I could activate my king
immediately, but after:} 29... Kh7 $5 30. Nd4 Kg6 31. f4 $15 {White should
hold on.}) 30. Kg3 Rc7 {The rook is not useful on c4 anymore.} 31. Nd4 Rbc8 32.
Ra3 ({White could achieve an immediate draw by:} 32. Nb5 $1 Rc5 33. Nd6 Rxc3
34. Nxc8 Rxe3 35. Ne7+ Kf8 36. Nxg6+ fxg6 37. Ra8+ Kf7 38. Ra7+ Kg8 39. Ra8+
Kf7 (39... Kh7 $6 40. Kf4 Rb3 41. Ra6 $14) 40. Ra7+ $11) 32... Rc5 33. Rb3 Kh7
{Although I didn't see any constructive plan, according to our situation in
this match I had to play for a win.} 34. Ne2 {Once again, there was no reason
to remove the knight from its ideal position.} (34. Ra3 $11) 34... R5c7 35. Nd4
Ra7 36. Kf4 $6 {One more step in a wrong direction!} ({White could activate
his rook:} 36. Rb6 Ra1 37. Rc6 Rg1+ (37... Rb8 38. Re2 Bh5 39. Rh2 Kg6 40. f4 {
[%cal Gf4f5]} Rg1+ 41. Rg2 $11) 38. Kf2 Rxc6 39. Kxg1 $11) 36... Ra1 {Now the
position is unpleasant for White, since the Ra1 may disturb him all the time.}
37. Rb2 Rc1 38. Ne2 Rc4+ 39. Kg3 Re1 40. Rd2 Ra4 {Black has got all he could,
but it's still not enough...} 41. Rd4 Ra2 42. Rh4+ Kg8 43. Kf2 Rb1 44. Kg3 Ra3
45. Kf2 {It's obvious that Black cannot do much without bringing his king into
play.} Rb2 46. Kg3 Rc2 47. Rb4 Ra1 48. Rh4 Re1 49. Kf2 Rd1 50. Rd4 Rh1 51. Kg3
Rh5 ({After} 51... Bf5 $5 52. Rh4 Re1 53. Rh2 g6 (53... Kf8 $6 54. Kf4 {
[%cal Ge2d4] and White is consolidating.}) 54. Rf2 Kf8 55. Rh2 Ke7 56. Kf4 $15
{White's life is not easy, but it's possible to hold on.}) 52. f4 $2 {A
decisive mistake. A weakness of white's king and a lack of coordination don't
leave white any hopes.} ({White had to find} 52. Rg4 $1 Bf5 $6 ({Black should
play} 52... Rh1 53. Rd4 Bf5 $15 {getting the position from the previous note.})
53. Nd4 Bxg4 54. fxg4 Rhh2 55. Nxc2 Rxc2 56. g6 fxg6 57. Kf4 {with an obvious
draw.}) 52... Bf5 $19 {White has almost no moves.} 53. Kf3 Rh2 (53... Rh3+ 54.
Ng3 (54. Kf2 Rh2+ 55. Kf1 Bh3+ 56. Ke1 Bg4 57. Rd2 Rh1+ $19) 54... Rhh2 55. Ne2
Kh7 $19) 54. Rb4 (54. c4 {looks like an agony, but there is nothing better.
Black easily wins after} dxc4 55. Rd1 Bg6 (55... Kh7 56. Re1 Bd3 57. Ng3 Rcf2+
58. Kg4 Rhg2 59. Kh3 Kg6 $19) 56. Ng3 c3 57. Rf1 Kh7 $19) 54... Kh7 55. Ra4 Kg6
56. Rb4 Kh5 {[%cal Gf5g4] That's it. White cannot avoid the loss of his knight,
so Fabiano resigned.} ({The following line is obvious:} 56... Kh5 57. Ng3+ Kh4
58. Nxf5+ exf5 {and mate is coming.}) 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 12th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2011.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2011.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ne3 Bf8 15. h3
Nc6 16. Nh2 b4 17. Nhg4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Be7 19. Bb3 Be6 20. Bd5 Rc8 21. Nf5 Bg5
22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. dxc4 Re6 24. Bxg5 Qxg5 25. Re3 Rd8 26. Rd3 Kh7 27. Rh3 Rb8 28.
Qe2 Rg6 29. Ne3 Ne7 30. Rd1 a5 31. Rh5 Qf6 32. Nf5 bxc3 33. bxc3 Rb6 34. g3 Kg8
35. Kg2 Qe6 36. Rdh1 Rb3 37. Qf3 Rg5 38. R5h2 Nxf5 39. exf5 e4 40. Qf4 Qe7 41.
Re1 Rxc3 42. Rxe4 Qb7 43. Kh3 f6 44. Re3 Rb3 45. Rxb3 Qxb3 46. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 12th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2011.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2011.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. Qe2 Be6 12. Nd2 Nb4 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. a3 Na6 15.
Rb1 c6 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Nc7 18. Bb2 Nbd5 19. Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 12th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2011.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O e6 8. b4
Nbd7 9. Bb2 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. b5 Bb7 12. a4 Re8 13. Na2 a5 14. bxa6 Bxa6 15.
Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Nc3 Bf8 17. Nd2 Qb8 18. Nb5 Rc8 19. Qb3 Ra8 20. Rfc1 Qb7 21. Ba3
Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. f3 Kg7 26. Qc3 Qxc3 27. Nxc3
Nb8 28. Kf2 Nc6 29. Nb5 Kf8 30. h4 Ke7 31. g4 h5 32. Kg3 Nb4 33. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 12th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2011.10.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nd5 14. Rad1 Nxf4+
15. gxf4 Bd6 16. e3 Qh4 17. Qe2 Bxe5 18. fxe5 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. f4 Nb4 21.
Kh1 Rg6 22. Rg1 Rxg1+ 23. Rxg1 Qe7 24. Rg5 h6 25. Re5 Qf7 26. Qg2 c6 27. Qe4
Nd5 28. Rxe6 Qh5 29. Re5 Nxc3 30. bxc3 Qd1+ 31. Kg2 Qxa4 32. Re7 Qa2+ 33. Kg3
Qa1 34. Rxb7 Qxc3 35. Qe5 Qe1+ 36. Kg2 Qe2+ 37. Kg3 Qe1+ 38. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 12th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2011.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2011.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qd2 e5 13. Bh6 exd4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. cxd4 cxd4 16. Rac1 Nb7 17. Bc4 Nc5 18. Bd5 Rb8 19. Qxd4+ Qf6 20. Qe3 Be6
21. Nc3 Rbd8 22. Rfd1 Rfe8 23. Rd4 Qe5 24. f4 Qf6 25. Rcd1 Bxd5 26. e5 Qf5 27.
Nxd5 Ne6 28. R4d2 h5 29. Nc7 Nxc7 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Rxd8 Qb1+ 32. Kf2 Ne6 33.
Rd2 h4 34. h3 Qf5 35. g4 hxg3+ 36. Kxg3 b5 37. Re2 a5 38. Qe4 Qh5 39. Rf2 Nc5
40. Qd5 Ne6 41. Qe4 Nc5 42. Qc2 Ne6 43. f5 Nd4 44. f6+ Kg8 45. Qe4 Ne6 46. Rc2
Qg5+ 47. Kh2 b4 48. Rc8+ Kh7 49. Rc4 Kg8 50. Qa8+ Kh7 51. Qd5 Kg8 52. Rg4 Qh6
53. Qa8+ Kh7 54. Qe4 Qd2+ 55. Qg2 Qh6 56. Qc2 Qh5 57. Qe4 Ng5 58. Qe3 Ne6 59.
Kg3 Kg8 60. Kg2 Kh7 61. Qe4 Kg8 62. Qe3 Qf5 63. Qe4 Qh5 64. Qa8+ Kh7 65. Qa7
Kg8 66. Qxa5 Ng5 67. Qd8+ Kh7 68. Qd3 Ne6 69. Qe3 Kg8 70. Rxb4 Qd1 71. Rb2 Qd5+
72. Kh2 g5 73. Rg2 Kh7 74. Rd2 Qa5 75. Qe4+ Kh6 76. Rc2 Qa3 77. h4 Kh5 78. Rg2
1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 12th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2011.10.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2011.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Qc7 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Bd6 12. Bg3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Nf6 14. Qf3 O-O
15. Qf4 e5 16. Qf3 Rfe8 17. Qe2 Nd7 18. Na4 Qa5 19. b3 Nb6 20. Nxb6 Qxb6 21.
Qh5 Qc7 22. Re3 Re6 23. Rae1 Rae8 24. g4 Qd6 25. Rg3 Rg6 26. g5 Rxg5 27. Rxg5
hxg5 28. Qxg5 Re6 29. Re3 Rg6 30. Qf5 Rf6 31. Qg4 Rg6 32. Qe2 d4 33. Rf3 c5 34.
Bc4 Rf6 35. Rh3 Bc8 36. Rh2 Be6 37. Bxa6 Bxb3 38. Qb5 Qd8 39. axb3 Qa8 40. Bb7
Qa1+ 41. Qf1 Qc3 42. Rh3 Qxc2 43. Bd5 g6 44. Rd3 Kg7 45. Bc4 Rf4 46. Qe1 Rh4
47. g3 Rh5 48. Qd1 Qb2 49. Qf3 f5 50. Rd1 Qc2 51. Qd3 Qa2 52. Qe2 Qa8 53. Bd5
Qd8 54. Ra1 f4 55. Qg4 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 12th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2011.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2011.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3 Qxd1
15. Rxd1 O-O 16. Ng5 h6 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Be4 Rad8 20. Be3 Bg5 21.
Bxg5 hxg5 22. Kf1 g6 23. Ke2 Kg7 24. g3 Rfe8 25. Ke3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Nc5 27. f4
gxf4+ 28. Kxf4 Ne6+ 29. Ke3 Rh8 30. h4 Rh5 31. Rd5 c6 32. Rd6 Rxe5 33. Kf3 c5
34. Rxa6 Nd4+ 35. Kf4 f6 36. Ra7+ Kh6 37. g4 Ne6+ 38. Kf3 Nd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 12th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2011.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be2 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Nxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 Ne7 11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 Rc8 13. a4 Qc7 14. f4 Be4 15.
a5 Nf5 16. Bf2 f6 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. g3 Nd7 19. Ra3 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Rff8 21. Bd3
Bxd3 22. cxd3 Nb8 23. Qg4 Qd7 24. Re1 Nc6 25. Bc5 Rf6 26. d4 h6 27. Rae3 Kh7
28. b4 Re8 29. Qh5 Kg8 30. Qe2 Qf7 31. Qd3 Qd7 32. Qe2 Qf7 33. Qd3 Qd7 34. Qe2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 12th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2011.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2011.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Be6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Rd1 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Nxc5 16. O-O Qd6 17. Rc1 Qb8 18. Bxc5 Nd7 19. Bxa6 Rxc5 20. Qd2 Qd6 21.
Rxc5 Nxc5 22. Bc4 Na4 23. Bb3 Nc5 24. Bc4 Na4 25. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Qe7
15. b3 Nb6 16. Bb2 Nd5 17. Qf3 f5 18. Bc1 Rf6 19. Bd2 Bd6 20. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Williams, Arthur Howard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 b5 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. Re1 Be7 11. c4 O-O 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Bf4 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. cxd5 Bb5 16. a4 bxa3 17. bxa3 Bf6 18. Ra2 Bc3 19. Bd2 Bd4 20. a4 Bd7 21.
Be3 Bc3 22. Rf1 Rb8 23. Bc4 Rxe4 24. Qd3 Qh4 25. Bg5 Qg4 26. f3 Qxg5 27. fxe4
Be5 28. Bxa6 Ra8 29. a5 Qh4 30. h3 Qg5 31. Bb7 Bb5 32. Qxb5 Qg3 33. Bxa8 Qh2+
34. Kf2 Qg3+ 35. Ke2 Qxg2+ 36. Kd1 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 e5 4. Nc3 g6 5. a3 a5 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Ne1 Be6
9. d3 Nge7 10. Nd5 O-O 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. Nxe7+ Nxe7 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 cxb4 15.
Bd2 b5 16. Bxb4 bxc4 17. dxc4 Bxc4 18. Nc2 Nf5 19. Bd5 Qc7 20. Ne3 Nxe3 21.
fxe3 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Qc2 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24. exd3 Rb6 25. Ba5 Ra6 26. Rb5 Bh6 27.
Kf2 Rc8 28. Kf3 Rc2 29. Rf2 Rc1 30. d4 exd4 31. exd4 Ra1 32. Bb4 Bf8 33. Rb8
Kg7 34. Rc2 Ra8 35. Rxa8 Rxa8 36. Rc7 Rb8 37. Bd2 Rb5 38. h4 h6 39. g4 g5 40.
hxg5 hxg5 41. Ke4 Kg6 42. Rd7 Rb8 43. Be3 Ra8 44. Bd2 Rb8 45. Be3 Kf6 46. d5
Kg6 47. Bd4 Rb4 48. Kd3 Rb3+ 49. Kc4 Rb8 50. Kd3 Re8 51. Bc3 Ra8 52. Bd4 f6 53.
Ke4 Ra3 54. Be3 Ra8 55. Bd4 Re8+ 56. Kf3 Be7 57. Bb6 f5 58. Bc7 fxg4+ 59. Kxg4
Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nb3 Ne7 8. c4
Nbc6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Ne5 13. Be2 N7g6 14. Qd6 Nf4 15.
Bxf4 gxf4 16. Nd2 Qg5 17. Kh1 Kh7 18. Rg1 Rg8 19. Rad1 Bf6 20. Nf3 Nxf3 21.
Bxf3 Be7 22. Qd2 Qe5 23. Ne2 b5 24. Rc1 d6 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Rc7 Re8 27. Nd4
Qg5 28. e5 d5 29. Nc6 Kg7 30. g3 Kf8 31. gxf4 Qh4 32. Nxe7 Rxe7 33. Qb4 Qxf2
34. Qxe7# 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.07"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Qa5 {
A somewhat rare line, but I knew something about it. Black is hoping to get an
improved version of the Benoni lines should White play d5.} 8. Nc1 {Instead
White forces the game into a Maroczy structure. Due to the threat of Nb3 Black
is forced to capture d4.} cxd4 9. Nb3 Qh5 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Be2 {I wasn't aware
about any theory in this position, so I continued to make natural moves, but
perhaps this was inaccurate.} ({After} 11. Qd2 {, it doesn't make any sense to
play} Qh4+ 12. Bf2 {anymore, because the g5-square is covered.}) 11... Nxd4 12.
Bxd4 Qh4+ $5 {This move came as a big surprise, but after some thought I
realized it's actually a strong idea. White's problem is that after 13.Bf2 Qg5
he's unable to comfortably defend his pawn, so he's forced to weaken his
position by moving it.} 13. g3 ({I considered} 13. Bf2 Qg5 14. g4 {, but I
didn't like the continuation} Be6 15. h4 Qe5 {, and White's pawn structure is
severly weakened.}) 13... Qg5 {I had expected him to play this way, but my
next move casts doubt on the soundness of Black's position. 13...Qh3 may have
offered better chances for equality.} (13... Qh3 {I assume Maxim was worried
his queen might become trapped, but in reality it's never in any danger.} 14.
Kf2 Be6 15. Qd2 Bh6 16. f4 (16. Be3 Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 Rfc8 18. b3 Qh5 {offers
White nothing.}) 16... Bg7 $1 {After provoking f4 the bishop returns, leaving
the e4-pawn vulernable and the g4 square open to invasion. Black has
sufficient counterplay.}) 14. Kf2 $1 {A strong move, preparing to regroup with
Be3, Qd2, Rc1 and b3, when White has organized his position and enjoys a
typical Maroczy bind. Instead, castling would allow ...Bh3 with gain of tempo.}
Be6 15. Rc1 {No drastic measures such as f4 are necessary yet. First it's
important to make sure Black has no counterplay.} Qa5 (15... Rfc8 16. b3 a6 17.
a4 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f4 Qc5+ 20. Kg2 {is similar to the game, but perhaps
a slight improvement for Black.}) 16. Kg2 {Getting out of any potential checks
on c5 or g4.} Rfc8 17. b3 a6 18. a4 {Pretty much required to stop ...b5. The
weakening of the b3-pawn could be an important issue but Black has no way to
exploit it.} Nd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. f4 {Of course this is the point of my play.
If Black continues after the b3-pawn with ...Nc5 he leaves his kingside
vulnerable to an attack with Rf1 and f5.} Nf6 $2 {A strategic mistake. Black
opts for a passive defence, hoping his position is solid enough that White
can't break through. However, White has more than enough resources to attack
on the kingside.} ({I had expected} 20... Nc5 21. Rf1 f6 {, and had planned
the interesting} 22. Rf3 $5 {, with the idea to meet} Qb4 {with} 23. Nd5 Bxd5
24. exd5 $14 {, and after Re3 Black will be under some pressure, but his
position remains solid. In any case this was the best option available to him.}
) 21. Bf3 {Patient play. I defend my e4-pawn in anticipation of ...b5.} Rab8
22. Re1 Rd8 {Maxim doesn't seem to have any clear idea what to do. White's
advantage continues to grow with each move.} ({I had actually expected the
drastic} 22... b5 $5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Nxb5 Rxb5 25. cxb5 Rxc1 26. Qxc1 Qxb5
27. Qc3 Qxb3 28. Qxb3 Bxb3 29. Rc1 {, when I felt I would be able to win the
endgame, but matters are not totally clear.}) 23. g4 $1 {The time has come to
begin the assault. Now White will continue with f5 and g5, when moves like Nd5
and Qd4 will be in the air. Black's king is totally unprotected.} h6 24. h4 Rh8
{Anticipating g5, but now I liquidate to a winning endgame.} 25. Qd4 (25. f5
Bd7 26. Nd5 {was another strong option.}) 25... Qc5 {Due to the threat of g5,
this is forced.} 26. Qxc5 dxc5 27. f5 {Black gets steamrollered down the
center.} Bc8 28. e5 Ne8 29. fxg6 fxg6 30. Nd5 Rf8 (30... e6 31. Nb6 Rf8 32. a5
{would have led to a comical situation, where Black can hardly move a single
piece.} Nc7 33. Rcd1 Na8 34. Na4 {, and Black collapses.}) 31. Nxe7 {Winning a
pawn and keeping a decisive positional advantage.} Be6 32. Kg3 Rf7 33. Nd5 b6
34. Rcd1 Nc7 35. Nxc7 Rxc7 36. Rd6 Re7 37. Bd5 Rbe8 {Here there are many ways
to win, but I decided to keep it simple.} 38. Bxe6 Rxe6 39. Rxe6 Rxe6 40. Kf4
Kf7 41. Ke4 {Next comes Kd5. so Black resigned. Due to this win and the win of
Sabino Brunello on board four, Italy was able to defeat Israel with a score of
2.1-1.5!} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 Be6 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. dxc5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bxc5 13. Ng5 O-O 14.
Bf4 Rfe8 15. Kf1 Rad8 16. Nxe6 Rxe6 17. Rxd8+ Nxd8 18. Rd1 Nc6 19. Rd5 Ba3 20.
g3 h6 21. h4 Kf8 22. h5 Ke8 23. Bg4 Re7 24. Bc8 b6 25. Ba6 Bc5 26. Bb5 Re6 27.
Bc7 Ke7 28. f4 g6 29. g4 Kf8 30. f5 Rf6 31. Bg3 gxf5 32. gxf5 Kg7 33. Bh4 Ne7
34. Bxf6+ Kxf6 35. Rd7 a5 36. Bc4 Nxf5 37. Bxf7 Ng3+ 38. Kg2 Ne4 39. Be8 Ke5
40. Rd3 Kf4 41. Bg6 Nd6 42. Kf1 Nc8 43. Ke2 Ne7 44. Kd2 Kg5 45. Be8 Nf5 46. Rf3
Kg4 47. Rf1 Ng7 48. Bf7 Kg5 49. Re1 Nf5 50. Bg6 Nd6 51. Rf1 Nc4+ 52. Kd3 Nd6
53. Rf8 Kg4 54. Rf6 Kg5 55. Re6 Kh4 56. Kc2 Kg5 57. Kb3 Nb5 58. Re5+ Kf4 59.
Rxc5 bxc5 60. Kc4 Na3+ 61. Kxc5 Ke3 62. c4 Kd2 63. Kd4 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Moldova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MDA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Bd2 Ke7 12. Ne1 Ne5 13. Be2 Rd8 14. a5 Bd7
15. f4 Neg4 16. Nc2 Rac8 17. h3 Nh6 18. b4 Bd6 19. g4 Ne8 20. Bf3 Bc6 21. Bxc6
Rxc6 22. Nd4 Rc4 23. a6 Rd7 24. axb7 Rxb7 25. b5 Bc7 26. Nc6+ Kf8 27. Nxa7 f5
28. g5 Nf7 29. Nc6 Nd8 30. Nd4 Bb6 31. Nce2 Nc7 32. Ba5 Bxa5 33. Rxa5 Nf7 34.
Raa1 e5 35. fxe5 Nxe5 36. Nf4 g6 37. Rab1 Rb6 38. Kf2 Nf7 39. Rdc1 Rxc1 40.
Rxc1 Ne8 41. Nd5 Rd6 42. b6 Nd8 43. Rd1 Nb7 44. Ne2 Kf7 45. h4 Rc6 46. Rc1 Rxc1
47. Nxc1 Ke6 48. Nf4+ Kd6 49. Ncd3 Kc6 50. Ne6 Kd6 51. Ndf4 Ke7 52. Ke2 Ned6
53. Nc7 Nc5 54. Ncd5+ Kf7 55. Kd2 Kg7 56. Kc3 h6 57. Kd4 Nb3+ 58. Ke5 Nf7+ 59.
Ke6 hxg5 60. hxg5 Nxg5+ 61. Ke7 Na5 62. Ne6+ Nxe6 63. Kxe6 Nb7 64. Ne7 Na5 65.
Nc8 Nb7 66. Nd6 Nc5+ 67. Kd5 Nd7 68. b7 Kf6 69. Nc4 g5 70. Ne5 Nb8 71. Nc6 Na6
72. Kc4 f4 73. Kb5 f3 74. Kxa6 f2 75. b8=Q f1=Q+ 76. Qb5 Qxb5+ 77. Kxb5 Kf5 78.
Nd4+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.11"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 a6 11. Rc1 Bg4 12. d5 Rd8 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O e6 15.
Rfd1 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 exd5 17. exd5 Ne5 18. Be2 c4 19. Rb1 b5 20. a4 Nd3 21. axb5
axb5 22. Bxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITA-ch 71st"]
[Site "Perugia"]
[Date "2011.11.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bruno, Fabio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2011.11.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Nbc6 8. Nf3
Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. h5 h6 11. Rh4 c4 12. Rf4 Bd7 13. g3 Rf8 14. Bh3 O-O-O 15.
Nh4 Rde8 16. Kf1 Nd8 17. Kg1 Rg8 18. Rf3 Ref8 19. Kh2 Ndc6 20. Ng2 Kb8 21. g4
Rh8 22. Be3 Nc8 23. Rg3 a6 24. Qd2 Nb6 25. Nf4 Bc8 26. Ne2 Na7 27. f4 Nb5 28.
f5 Ka8 29. f6 gxf6 30. Bxh6 fxe5 31. Bxf8 Rxf8 32. dxe5 Nd7 33. Re3 Nc5 34. Bg2
Rg8 35. h6 Qa5 36. a4 Rh8 37. g5 Na7 38. Nd4 Qc7 39. Qf2 Rh7 40. Qf4 Bd7 41.
Rg3 Be8 42. Rf1 Nc8 43. Bf3 Ne7 44. Bh5 Qd7 45. Rgf3 Ne4 46. a5 Ng8 47. Re3 Qe7
48. Rg1 Rh8 49. Bf3 Nc5 50. Kg2 Nd7 51. Rh1 Nf8 52. Bh5 Rh7 53. Rf3 Nd7 54. Rg3
Nf8 55. Rf1 Qd7 56. g6 Nxg6 57. Bxg6 fxg6 58. Qf8 Nxh6 59. Rh1 1-0

[Event "ITA-ch 71st"]
[Site "Perugia"]
[Date "2011.12.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Brunello, Sabino"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2011.11.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 d6 8. e4
Bxf1 9. Kxf1 Bg7 10. g3 O-O 11. Kg2 Nbd7 12. a4 Qa5 13. Ra3 Nb6 14. e5 Ng4 15.
exd6 exd6 16. Nb5 Rad8 17. Qb3 Rd7 18. Rd1 Nf6 19. Nc3 Rb8 20. Bf4 h6 21. h3
Rdd8 22. Qb5 Qxb5 23. axb5 Nc4 24. Ra2 Ne8 25. Bc1 Nc7 26. Ra4 Nb6 27. Ra7 Bxc3
28. Rxc7 Bg7 29. Nd2 Nxd5 30. Ra7 Rxb5 31. Nc4 Rb4 32. Na5 Rd4 33. Rxd4 cxd4
34. Nc4 Rc8 35. b3 Nb6 36. Nxb6 Rxc1 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Ra2 Rc3 39. b4 d3 40. Rd2
Rb3 41. Nd5 h5 42. Nf4 Rxb4 43. Rxd3 Be5 44. Nd5 Rd4 45. Rxd4 Bxd4 46. g4 Kg7
47. gxh5 gxh5 48. Kf3 Kg6 49. Nf4+ Kg5 50. Nd3 Bc5 51. Ne1 d5 52. Nd3 Bd6 53.
Ne1 Kf6 54. Nd3 Kf5 55. Ke3 Bc7 56. Kf3 Be5 57. Ke3 Bc3 58. Kf3 Bd2 59. Ke2 Bh6
60. Kf3 Bg5 61. Nb4 Ke5 62. Nc6+ Ke6 63. Nb4 Ke5 64. Nc6+ Kd6 65. Nb4 Kc5 66.
Nd3+ Kd4 67. Ke2 Bh6 68. Ne1 Ke4 69. Nd3 Bf8 70. Ne1 Bc5 71. Nd3 Bb6 72. Ne1 f5
73. Nd3 f4 74. f3+ Kf5 75. Kf1 Be3 76. Nb4 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITA-ch 71st"]
[Site "Perugia"]
[Date "2011.12.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Rombaldoni, Axel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2011.11.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. e3 Bg7 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Be2 e5 12. dxe5 Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2
Nxe5 15. Rab1 Nc6 16. Rhc1 O-O 17. Bd3 Re8 18. h3 h6 19. g4 Be6 20. Bc4 Na5 21.
Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Rc7 Re4 23. Rbc1 Ra4 24. R1c2 b5 25. Ke2 Nc4 26. Nd2 Nxd2 27.
Rxd2 b4 28. Be7 a5 29. h4 Rb8 30. g5 Rxa2 31. Rxa2 b3 32. Rd2 b2 33. Rd1 b1=Q
34. Rxb1 Rxb1 35. f4 Rh1 36. gxh6 Bxh6 37. Ra7 Ra1 38. Kf3 Bg7 39. e4 Rf1+ 40.
Kg3 Rg1+ 41. Kh3 Rf1 42. Bd6 Rh1+ 43. Kg4 Rg1+ 44. Kf3 Rh1 45. Ra8+ Kh7 46. Kg3
Rg1+ 47. Kf2 Rd1 48. e5 Bf6 49. Ke2 Rd5 50. Rf8 Bxh4 51. Rxf7+ Kg8 52. Ra7 Bg3
53. Kf3 Rd3+ 54. Ke4 Rd4+ 55. Kxd4 Bf2+ 56. Kd5 Bxa7 57. e6 Bf2 58. Kc6 Bh4 59.
Kd7 Kh7 60. Be7 Bf2 61. Bd8 g5 62. e7 Bb6 63. Bxb6 1-0

[Event "ITA-ch 71st"]
[Site "Perugia"]
[Date "2011.12.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Genocchio, Daniele"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2011.11.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Bb4 7. Nde2 Be7 8.
Bg2 Nf6 9. O-O d6 10. h3 Nc6 11. a4 Rb8 12. g4 Nd7 13. Ng3 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15.
f4 O-O 16. g5 b4 17. Nce2 b3 18. c3 Re8 19. f5 Bf8 20. Nf4 Nce5 21. h4 Bb7 22.
h5 exf5 23. exf5 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Bxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Nc4 26. g6 Nf6 27. gxf7+ Kxf7 28.
h6 gxh6 29. Kh3 Ne3 30. Bxe3 Rxe3 31. Rf3 Be7 32. Ra5 Qb6 33. Ra6 Qc5 34. Ra5
Qb6 35. Ra6 Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITA-ch 71st"]
[Site "Perugia"]
[Date "2011.12.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ortega, Lexy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2011.11.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Qb3 Bc8 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. f4 Qb6 12. Bf3 Qxb3 13. axb3 e6 14. Bd2 Bd7 15.
g4 Rfd8 16. Be1 Be8 17. g5 Nh5 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. f5 Bf8 20. f6 h6 21. h4 Bd6
22. Kg2 e5 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Ra5 Bc7 25. Rxd5 Bxd5 26. Nxd5 Rd7 27. Bc3 Re8 28.
Nxc7 Rxc7 29. Kf2 b5 30. b4 Rc4 31. Rh1 a6 32. Bd5 Rg4 33. Bf3 Rc4 34. Rh3 Rd8
35. Rh2 Re8 36. Rh1 Rd8 37. Be2 Re4 38. Bf3 Rc4 39. Kg2 Re8 40. Kf2 Rd8 41. Rh2
Re8 42. Bd5 Rg4 43. Rg2 Rxh4 44. gxh6 Rf8 45. Rxg6+ Kh7 46. Rg7+ Kxh6 47. Rxf7
Rd8 48. e4 Kg6 49. Ra7 Nxf6 50. Rxa6 Rf4+ 51. Kg3 Rf1 52. Kg2 Rf4 53. Be5 Rxd5
54. Bxf4 1-0

[Event "ITA-ch 71st"]
[Site "Perugia"]
[Date "2011.12.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Codenotti, Marco"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2011.11.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 Qc7 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. Bd3 d6 11. O-O e5 12. Nc2 Be6 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Nbd7
15. Ne3 Nh5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Nxf4 18. Rxf4 Rfe8 19. Rd1 Nf6 20. Qd4 Rad8
21. Be4 h6 22. g3 b5 23. Bf3 Re5 24. b4 Qe7 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Bc6 Rc8 27. Qb6
h5 28. h3 Re3 29. Rf3 Rxf3 30. Bxf3 Qe5 31. Qf2 Rc3 32. Kg2 Rxa3 33. Qe2 Re3
34. Qd2 Rb3 35. Re1 Qxf5 36. Bd1 Ne4 0-1

[Event "ITA-ch 71st"]
[Site "Perugia"]
[Date "2011.12.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Rombaldoni, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.11.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 h6 8. c3
Qc7 9. Nb3 g5 10. Ne1 O-O-O 11. Nd3 Ng6 12. Be3 f6 13. exf6 Bd6 14. h3 Nxf6 15.
Nbc5 Nf4 16. Bxf4 gxf4 17. Bg4 Bxg4 18. hxg4 Rdg8 19. f3 h5 20. Qe2 Qf7 21.
Qxe6+ Qxe6 22. Nxe6 hxg4 23. Nexf4 Rh4 24. Rae1 gxf3 25. Rxf3 Ne4 26. Nh3 Rg7
27. Ndf2 Nxf2 28. Nxf2 Rh2 29. g4 Rh8 30. Re6 Kd7 31. Ref6 Rhh7 32. Kf1 Be7 33.
R6f5 Bh4 34. Nd3 Be7 35. Ne5+ Kc7 36. Kg2 Bd6 37. Rh3 Rxh3 38. Kxh3 Rh7+ 39.
Kg3 Rh1 40. g5 Rg1+ 41. Kf2 1-0

[Event "ITA-ch 71st"]
[Site "Perugia"]
[Date "2011.12.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.11.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d6 8. d4
Ba7 9. a4 exd4 10. axb5 axb5 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nc3 Bb6 14. Rxa8 Qxa8
15. h3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qa5 17. f4 b4 18. Ne2 b3 19. Bb1 Qh5 20. Kg2 Re8 21. Ng3
Qxd1 22. Rxd1 Nb4 23. Rc1 Na2 24. Rd1 Nb4 25. Kf3 Ra8 26. Ne2 c5 27. dxc5 Bxc5
28. Nd4 Bxd4 29. Rxd4 Nc2 30. Rxd6 Ne8 31. Rb6 Ra1 32. Bxc2 bxc2 33. Rb8 1-0

[Event "ITA-ch 71st"]
[Site "Perugia"]
[Date "2011.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mogranzini, Roberto"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.11.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 e5 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O d6 7. a3 a5 8. d3 Nge7
9. Rb1 O-O 10. Bd2 Be6 11. Ng5 Bg4 12. h3 Bc8 13. Nf3 h6 14. Ne1 Be6 15. Nc2 d5
16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Ne3 Nxe3 18. Bxe3 Nd4 19. Kh2 Qc7 20. Rc1 Nb3 21. Rc2 Rad8
22. Na4 b6 23. Rc3 Nd4 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 f5 26. bxc5 b5 27. Nb6 f4 28. Bd2
b4 29. Rc1 b3 30. e3 f3 31. exd4 fxg2 32. Kxg2 Rxd4 33. Be3 Rdd8 34. Rc3 Qc6+
35. Kh2 Qb5 36. Re1 b2 37. Qb1 e4 38. d4 Rxd4 39. Bxd4 Bxd4 40. Rc2 Qa5 41.
Rce2 Qxc5 42. Rxe4 Rxf2+ 43. Kh1 Qf5 0-1

[Event "ITA-ch 71st"]
[Site "Perugia"]
[Date "2011.12.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2011.11.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. Rc1 Nh5 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Qc2 Nd7 15. g4
Nhf6 16. h3 c4 17. Bf4 Qb4 18. Rfd1 Nb6 19. Ra1 h5 20. g5 Bf5 21. Qd2 Nfxd5 22.
Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 c3 24. Bxd6 Qxb2 25. Ra2 Be6 26. Rxb2 Bxd5 27. Rb4 c2 28.
Rc1 Rxe2 29. Bf4 a5 30. Rd4 Bb3 31. Be3 Re8 32. Bf1 Bxd4 33. Nxd4 R2xe3 34.
fxe3 Bxa4 35. Kf2 Re5 36. h4 b5 37. Ke2 Re4 38. Nxc2 Bxc2 39. Rxc2 b4 40. Kf3
Rxh4 41. Ra2 b3 42. Rxa5 Rb4 43. Bd3 b2 44. Bb1 Rg4 45. Rb5 Rg1 46. Ba2 Kg7 47.
Rb7 b1=Q 48. Bxb1 Rxg5 49. e4 Rg1 50. Kf2 Rg4 51. Kf3 Rg1 52. Ba2 Rf1+ 53. Ke3
Kf8 54. Bc4 Rf6 55. Bd5 Rf1 56. Bc4 Rf6 57. Ra7 Ke8 58. Ra8+ Ke7 59. e5 Rf5 60.
Ke4 1-0

[Event "ITA-ch 71st"]
[Site "Perugia"]
[Date "2011.12.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caprio, Guido"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2011.11.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 f5 11. Bf4 Nh6 12. Nd4 Nf7 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. Bxf5 O-O 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Qc4 17. Qxa8 Nc6 18. Qxa6 Qxf4 19. Bxd7 Nd4 20. c3 Nc2 21.
Qxb5 Nxa1 22. Rxa1 Nxe5 23. Rf1 Bd6 24. g3 Nf3+ 25. Kg2 Qh6 26. h3 Nh4+ 27. Kh1
Kh8 28. Qd5 Bxg3 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 ({Some time ago, Morozevich
introduced to high level practice} 12... Na5 {obtaining good results with it,
see my comments to Volokitin,A (2662)-Morozevich,A (2731)/Biel 2006/CBM 114/
[Marin,M] (0-1, 59). Over the past few years, he has switched to the approved
game continuation, though.}) 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7
17. Ra3 c4 (17... f5 18. Nh2 (18. g4 $5 {Kasimdzhanov,R (2673)-Ivanchuk,V 
(2731)/Turin 2006/CBM 113/[Postny] (1-0, 46)}) 18... Nf6 19. Rf3 {Karjakin,S 
(2660)-Bacrot,E (2717)/Wijk aan Zee 2006/CBM 111/[Finkel,A] (1-0, 41)}) 18.
axb5 {This is supposed to be the best move order. Before attacking b5, White
exchanges pawns.} (18. Nd4 {allows the intermediate} Qf6 19. N2f3 Nc5 20. axb5
axb5 21. Nxb5 Rxa3 22. Nxa3 Ba6 $44 {Shirov,A (2739)-Anand,V (2801)/Moscow
2007/EXT 2008 (0-1, 41). Black's pieces are more harmoniously placed than in
the main game.}) 18... axb5 19. Nd4 Ne5 {Deviating from two recent games of
his, but sacrificing a pawn for the initiative anyway.} (19... Rxa3 20. bxa3
Nd3 21. Bxd3 cxd3 22. Bb2 Qa5 23. Re3 Nc5 24. h4 (24. Nf5 g6 25. Ng3 b4 26. Nh5
bxa3 27. Nf6+ Kh8 28. Ba1 Rc8 29. Ne8+ Kg8 30. Nf6+ Kh8 31. Nh5+ {1/2
Stellwagen,D (2612)-Morozevich,A (2771)/Wijk aan Zee 2009/CBM 129}) 24... Bc8
25. Nc6 Qa4 26. Qxa4 bxa4 27. Nb4 f5 $1 $132 {Stellwagen,D (2627)-Morozevich,A
(2762)/Porto Carras 2011/CBM 146 (1/2, 50)}) (19... Qb6 {has the drawback of
taking the queen a bit far from the kingside, allowing White to start a
dangerous (although possibly withstandable) attack:} 20. Nf5 g6 (20... Ne5 21.
Rg3 {Anand,V (2788)-Adams,M (2719)/San Luis 2005/CBM 110/[Stohl] (1-0, 32)})
21. Nf1 Rxa3 (21... gxf5 22. Rg3+ Kh8 23. Qh5 $40) 22. bxa3 Nxd5 23. exd5 Rxe1
24. Qxe1 gxf5 25. Bxf5 Ne5 26. Qc3 Bg7 27. Qg3 Kf8 28. Qh4 Bxd5 29. Ng3 $44 {
Volokitin,A (2645)-Azarov,S (2583)/Moscow 2007/CBM 117 (1/2, 39)}) 20. Rxa8 {
Forcing the queen on to a more passive square than b6.} (20. Nxb5 Qb6 $1 21.
Rxa8 Rxa8 {looks more active for Black than the game continuation.} 22. Na3 Ba6
(22... Rc8 {Stellwagen,D (2621)-Nijboer,F (2558)/Hilversum 2008/CBM 124 (1/2,
34)} 23. b3 $5) 23. Nf3 ({Here, too} 23. b3 $5 {comes into consideration,
although Black is better prepared against it.}) 23... Nbd3 24. Bxd3 Nxd3 25.
Re3 Be7 $36 {Sax,G (2545)-Wells,P (2495)/Balatonbereny 1997/EXT 2001 (0-1, 31)}
) 20... Qxa8 (20... Bxa8 {makes little sense, because the bishop will need two
tempi to get back into play.}) 21. Nxb5 Rc8 (21... Qa1 {may be too optimistic,
since the queen can easily get in danger.} 22. Re3 (22. Na3 Ba6 23. Nc2 Nxc2
24. Bxc2 Rc8 25. Nb1 g6 {Topalov,V (2743)-Almasi,Z (2676)/Monte Carlo 2003/CBM
093 ext (1-0, 54)} 26. Qd4 $5 {[%cal Gd4b6]}) 22... Ned3 23. Nc3 Ba6 $4 {
Blocking the queen's retreat, which should have had fatal consequences.} (23...
Rc8 $44) 24. Nf1 $2 {Missing his chance.} (24. Bxd3 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 $1 cxd3 26.
Nb3 $18) 24... Nxc1 25. Qxc1 Nd3 26. Qd2 Rb8 $44 {Kotronias,V (2626)
-Mastrovasilis,A (2496)/Kalamata 2005/CBM 109 ext (0-1, 66)}) 22. Re3 (22. Na3
{Leko,P (2694)-Alvarez Villar,H (2321)/ICCF email 1997/Corr 2002/[Ftacnik] (1/
2, 27)}) (22. Nf3 {Shirov,A (2704)-Lekic,D (2410)/Neum 2002/CBM 090/[Wedberg] 
(1-0, 36)}) 22... Ba6 23. Nc3 {A solid move, safely blocking the c-pawn, but
which has the drawback of blocking the rook's access to the a-file.} (23. Nd4
Nbd3 24. N2f3 Qb7 25. Bxd3 (25. Nxe5 dxe5 26. Nc6 Nxb2 $13) 25... Nxd3 26. Qc2
Rb8 (26... g6 $5) 27. Nc6 Qb3 28. Qd2 Re8 29. Kh2 ({If he planned to offer the
knight exchange, he should have done it at once with} 29. Ne1 $5 {, while the
knight is pinned.}) 29... Qa4 30. Ne1 Nc5 31. Ra3 Qb5 $13 {Pavlovic,M (2500)
-Jenni,F (2525)/Bad Woerishofen 2002/EXT 2003 (1/2, 41)}) (23. Ra3 $5 $146 {
also deserves attention.} Ned3 ({The thematic sacrifice} 23... Bxb5 24. Rxa8
Rxa8 {does not seem to work out properly:} 25. f4 Ned3 26. Kh2 $1 Ra1 27. Qg1
$16 {Only this regrouping, planning Qb6, poses Black problems. Otherwise, it
is not clear how White could compensate for the piece jam.}) 24. Nd4 Qa7 $44 {
[%cal Ga7b6]}) 23... Ned3 24. Bxd3 $146 ({Previously, White exchanged the
other knight:} 24. Na2 Nxa2 25. Bxa2 {Das,A (2411)-Babu,N (2298)/Hyderabad
2005/CBM 110 (1/2, 31)} c3 $1 $146 26. bxc3 $8 Rxc3 27. Nb3 $8 Nxc1 28. Nxc1
Rxe3 29. fxe3 Be7 $44) ({Actually, he could have delayed the exchange with} 24.
Nf3 $5 $146 {although after} Qb7 {it is not easy to avoid transposing to the
game, because not so many useful moves are available. For instance,} 25. Re2 {
places the rook on an exposed square, encouraging} Nxc1 26. Qxc1 Nd3 $44) 24...
Nxd3 25. Nf3 Qb7 26. Re2 Be7 $1 {The fastest way of activating the bishop.
With the h-pawn on its initial square, ...g6 would have been stronger,
avoiding back rank problems and creating the possibility of both ...Bg7 and ...
Bh6.} 27. Nd4 Bf6 28. Nf5 (28. Nc6 {may look more tempting, but the knight is
not too stable here:} Qb3 $5 {wins an important tempo for ...Bb5.} 29. Rc2 (29.
Qxb3 cxb3 $17 30. Be3 Bxc3 31. bxc3 b2 32. Ne7+ Kf8 33. Rxb2 Nxb2 34. Nxc8 Bxc8
$19) 29... Bb7 30. Na5 Qb4 31. Nxb7 Qxb7 $44 {White has exchanged his active
knight for the relatively passive black bishop. Having been left with very
active pieces only, Black has excellent compensation for the pawn.}) 28... Qb3
29. Rc2 (29. Qxb3 cxb3 $19 {is similar to one of the sub-lines above.}) 29...
Rd8 {Planning to kick the enemy knight away with ...Bc8, and then develop the
initiative with ...Re8. White has to react quickly.} 30. Be3 $1 Nxb2 (30... Bc8
31. Nd4 (31. Bd4 Bxf5 32. Bxf6 Re8 $1 33. Bd4 Bxe4) 31... Nxb2 32. Qd2 Bxd4 33.
Bxd4 Nd3 34. Ra2 $14) 31. Qd2 Nd3 32. Bd4 $1 {Stabilising White's position on
the dark squares.} (32. Bxh6 gxh6 33. Qxh6 Qxc2 34. Qxf6 Qxf2+ $1 $11 {with
perpetual check.}) 32... Be5 $6 {An original, but not optimal decision. Black
fights for space, but allows White to create a dangerous passed pawn.} (32...
Bxd4 33. Nxd4 Qb6 34. Nc6 Re8 35. Ra2 Bb7 36. Na5 Ba6 $11) 33. Bxe5 dxe5 34.
Ra2 $14 Bb5 (34... Bc8 35. Ne7+ Kh7 36. Nc6 $16) 35. Ra1 (35. Nxb5 Qxb5 36. Kh2
$5 $14) 35... Bd7 36. Ne3 Rc8 (36... Qb4 $1 $132 {[%cal Gb4c5,Gc5d4]}) 37. Ra7
Nc5 38. Qc1 Qb6 39. Qa3 Qb3 40. Qa1 Kh7 41. Kh2 $5 {A prophylactic move,
famously used by Kasparov against Karpov, in a game where the same variation
was played.} (41. d6 Qb8 42. Ncd5 c3 $132) 41... Qb6 $2 {Giving up a pawn for
nothing, but Black's position was difficult already. It is not easy to make a
waiting move that does not harm the position.} (41... Kg8 42. d6 Qb8 43. Ncd5
$16 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Gd5e7]}) (41... Kh8 42. d6 Qb8 43. Ncd5 c3 44. Rc7 Qb2 45.
Qa5 $1 $18 {With the white king on g1, Black would win with ...Nxe4, but here
this would be wasted effort while the black king is exposed on the back rank.})
(41... f6 $5 $16 {[%cal Ga7g7] looks solid, but the seventh rank becomes
vulnerable.}) (41... h5 $5 {weakens the king, too, and allows WHite to win a
tempo with Qd1 in certain forced lines.}) 42. Nxc4 Qf6 43. Qf1 Be8 44. d6 Qd8
45. Nd5 Bb5 46. Rxf7 Nxe4 47. Nc7 $4 (47. Qd3 Rxc4 48. d7 $18 {leaves Black
for dead..}) 47... Bxc4 48. Qxc4 Nxd6 49. Ne6 Nxc4 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 {A tricky move order. White retains the possibility
of offering a transposition to the Four Knights variation, but only after
Black chooses his setup.} ({After} 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 {, the simplifying} Nd4 {
may be kind of boring.}) 3... Bb4 ({White could delay Ng1-f3 or even switch to
some other way of developing the knight after} 3... Bc5) ({or} 3... d5 4. cxd5
Nxd5 {, too.}) ({He has to be ready for the old Keres line:} 3... c6) 4. Nf3 {
This is the best moment to develop this knight.} ({After} 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 {
Black could maintain his absolute flexibility with} Re8 $1) 4... Qe7 {This is
more committal than ...Re8, of course.} (4... e4 {is likely to lead to a Four
Knights tabyia after a long transposition:} 5. Nd4 Nc6 6. Nc2 Bxc3 7. dxc3 h6
8. Bg2 d6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O) (4... Nc6 {is an immediate transposition, of
course.}) 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. e4 $5 $146 {Tactically, this is obviously
correct, but the only open question which remains is whether defining the
central structure so soon really favours White.} (7. Qb3 Na6 8. d3 (8. d4 $5)
8... h6 {After ...Qe7, the threat of Bg5 has to be taken seriously. There is
no ...Be7 available, and an exchange on f6 would lead to considerable loss of
time for Black, who would have to move with the queen for the second time
before completing his development.} 9. Bd2 Rd8 10. e4 Bxc3 $6 {An unnecessary
concession.} 11. Bxc3 d6 12. Rfe1 Bg4 13. Nh4 Nc5 14. Qc2 g6 15. d4 Ncd7 16. h3
exd4 17. Bxd4 Be6 18. f4 (18. Nf5 Qf8 19. Be3 $16) 18... Nb6 19. b3 $16 {
Psakhis,L (2605)-Myrvold,T (2310)/Gausdal 1994/EXT 97 (1-0, 39)}) (7. d3 Rd8 ({
The following game is a classical example of playing with a massive centre and
the bishop pair:} 7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 h6 9. e4 d6 10. Nh4 Na6 11. f4 exf4 12.
Rxf4 Nc5 13. Be3 Nh7 14. Qd2 Ng5 15. Kh1 Bd7 16. Raf1 Rae8 17. g4 Qd8 18. Nf5
Bxf5 19. gxf5 $16 {Portisch,L (2650)-Kavalek,L (2550)/Amsterdam 1981/MCL (1-0,
28)}) 8. Qb3 $1 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Gf3e5]} (8. Qc2 {exerts less pressure.} d5 9.
Bg5 dxc4 10. dxc4 Nbd7 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Re8 13. Nd2 h6 14. Be3 Ng4 $11 {
Markowski,T (2558)-Campora,D (2547)/Ciudad Real 2004/CBM 102 ext (1/2, 38)})
8... Ba5 (8... d5 $2 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nxe5 $1 $16 {Black cannot take advantage
of the apparently hanging position of the e5-knight:} Bxc3 11. Qxc3 d4 12. Qa5
b6 $2 13. Qa3 $18 {[%cal Gg2a8]}) 9. Bd2 Bc7 (9... d5 $2 10. Nxd5 $1 $16) 10.
e4 Na6 11. d4 d6 12. Qa3 Qe8 $6 {Too passive.} (12... exd4 13. Nxd4 Bb6 {
offers better possibilities for counterplay.}) 13. Bg5 Qe6 14. d5 Qe7 15. b4 c5
16. b5 Nb8 17. Nh4 $16 {Psakhis,L (2555)-Lev,R (2420)/Tel Aviv 1991/CBM 027
ext (1-0, 40)}) 7... d6 (7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 Nxe4 $6 {is obviously premature,
and the punishment is elegant:} (8... d6 9. Nh4 $14) 9. Re1 d5 10. d3 Nxc3 11.
Qb3 d4 12. Ba3 c5 13. Nxd4 $5 $16 {A nice way of taking advantage of the
double pin.}) 8. d3 a6 {[%cal Gb7b5]} 9. Qb3 {White obstinately goes for the
bishop pair, thus losing a lot of time.} (9. Nh4 $5 Bc5 (9... b5 10. Nf5 Bxf5
11. exf5 $36) 10. Kh1 {[%cal Gd1e1,Gf2f4,Gh4f5]}) 9... Bc5 10. Na4 Ba7 11. Nb6
Bxb6 12. Qxb6 c5 $5 {[%cal Gb8c6,Gc6d4]} 13. Ne1 {[%cal Gf2f4,Ge1c2,Gc2e3]} Bg4
$5 (13... Nc6 14. Nc2 h6 15. f4 (15. b4 {is premature:} Nd7 16. Qc7 cxb4 17.
Rb1 a5 18. a3 Nc5 19. Qxe7 Nxe7 20. axb4 Nxd3) (15. Bd2 {, preparing b4,
leaves the queen in some danger after} a5 {/\...a4, ףb6}) 15... a5 16. Qb3 a4
17. Qc3 $36) 14. f3 Be6 15. Bg5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Gg5f6,Gg7f6] This will prove
ineffective after Black's careful defence.} (15. f4 $5 {is an important
alternative.}) 15... Nbd7 (15... Nc6 16. Nc2 Rab8 {[%csl Gb7]} 17. f4 h6 18.
fxe5 hxg5 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Rad1 $14 {[%cal Gd3d4]}) 16. Qa5 (16. Qxb7 Rfb8 17.
Qc7 (17. Qc6 $2 Nb6 $1 $17 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Gb8b7,Ga8c8] /\...Rb7, ...Rc8})
17... Rb6 $1 18. f4 Qf8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. f5 Rc8 $11 {with perpetual pursuit
of the queen.}) (16. Qb3 b5 $132) 16... h6 17. Bd2 Nb8 $1 {Returning to the
initial plan. The exposed position of the white queen helps Black in getting
back some of the time lost on the going back and forth with his knight.} 18.
Nc2 Nc6 19. Qc3 (19. Qb6 a5 $5 20. Qb3 a4 21. Qc3 Rfb8 {[%cal Gb7b5]}) 19... b5
20. Ne3 (20. b3 $5 {would avoid the weakening of the e4-pawn, thus making the
plan based on f3-f4 more realistic than in the game.}) 20... Nd4 21. Rae1 Rab8
22. Qc1 ({This was the last moment at which} 22. b3 $5 {could have changed the
course of the game.}) 22... bxc4 23. dxc4 Qd7 24. Rf2 Rfe8 25. Bc3 a5 26. Qd1
a4 27. Bf1 Ra8 28. Bd3 Kh8 {White has regrouped harmoniously, but cannot make
progress easily. The only constructive plan is f3-f4, but this would weaken
the e4-pawn. The game will end in a draw without any special adventures.} 29.
Kh1 Qb7 30. h4 Rf8 31. Kh2 Qd7 32. Ref1 (32. f4 Bg4 33. Qc1 Nf3+ $17) 32...
Rae8 33. a3 (33. f4 Ng4+ 34. Nxg4 Bxg4 35. Qd2 f6 36. f5 Qf7 {White will not
be able to unblock the kingside structure.}) 33... Ra8 34. Qd2 Nb3 35. Qd1 Nd4
36. Rg1 Rae8 37. Qf1 Qd8 38. Qd1 Qd7 39. Nd5 Bxd5 40. cxd5 Rc8 41. Re1 Ra8 42.
Bf1 Qe7 43. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 f5 12. g3 fxe4 13. Bg2 Bg7 14. Bxe4 Be6
15. O-O O-O 16. c3 f5 17. Bg2 Rb8 18. Nc2 a5 19. a3 Kh8 20. Qe2 Qd7 21. Rad1 e4
22. f3 Nd4 23. Nxd4 Bxd5 24. Qd2 b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. fxe4 bxc3 27. bxc3 fxe4
28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Qe3 Qe7 30. Bh3 Qe5 31. Re1 Rf6 32. Bg2 Rf7 33. Rb1 Bb7 34.
Ne2 d5 35. Rb6 Qc7 36. Rb1 Be5 37. Nd4 Ba6 38. Bf1 Bc4 39. Bxc4 Qxc4 40. Ne6
Qa6 41. Nd4 h6 42. Ne2 Kh7 43. Rf1 Rxf1+ 44. Kxf1 Qa1+ 45. Kg2 Qe1 46. Qf2
Qxf2+ 47. Kxf2 Kg6 48. Ke3 Kf5 49. h3 Bf6 50. Nd4+ Ke5 51. Kd2 Bg5+ 52. Ke2 Bc1
53. Nb5 Ke6 54. Nd4+ Kf6 55. Nb5 Ke5 56. Nd4 Ba3 57. Nc2 Bc5 58. Ne3 Ke6 59.
Ng4 Bf8 60. Ne3 Bg7 61. Kd2 Be5 62. g4 Bf4 63. Ke2 Bg5 64. Nf5 Ke5 65. Ne3 Kd6
66. Nf5+ Kc5 67. Ne3 Bf4 68. Ng2 Bc7 69. Ne3 Ba5 70. Nd1 Kd6 71. Ke3 Ke5 72.
Ke2 Ke6 73. Ke3 Bb6+ 74. Ke2 Kf6 75. Ne3 Bxe3 76. Kxe3 Kg5 77. Kf2 Kf4 78. Kg2
Ke3 79. h4 Kf4 80. g5 hxg5 81. h5 Kf5 82. Kg3 Kf6 83. Kg4 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e4 d5 6. e5 g5 7. Bg3 Nfd7 8. h4 g4
9. dxc5 h5 10. Bb5 Nc6 11. Ne2 Nxc5 12. O-O a6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. c4 a5 15. Nd4
Qb6 16. Qc2 Nd7 17. Qd3 Ba6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qg6+ Kd8 20. Qxe6 Be7 21. Rfd1 d4
22. c5 $2 (22. Qf5 c5 23. e6 $11) 22... Nxc5 $19 23. Qf7 Ra7 24. Rac1 Rd7 25.
e6 Rd5 26. Nc4 Bxc4 27. Rxc4 Rf8 28. Qg6 Nb7 29. Qe4 Nd6 30. Bxd6 Rxd6 31.
Rcxd4 Rxd4 32. Rxd4+ Kc8 33. g3 Qc5 34. Rd2 Kb7 35. Rd7+ Kb6 36. Qe2 Rd8 37.
Rxd8 Bxd8 38. Qd2 Be7 39. a3 Qe5 40. Qd7 Qd6 41. Qe8 Qxe6 42. b4 axb4 43. axb4
Qe5 44. Kf1 Bd6 45. Qd8+ Bc7 46. Qd2 Bd6 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.12.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. c4 Bb4+ 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O Bf5 10. Nb3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nc6 12. Bd3 Bg6 13. a3 Bd6 14. Re1 f5
15. Qc2 Kh8 16. Be3 Qf6 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Rae8 19. Rad1 Bh5 20. Be2 f4 21.
Bc1 a5 22. Qc4 Re7 23. h3 Rfe8 24. Kf1 h6 25. Qc2 Nxf2 26. Kxf2 Bxf3 27. gxf3
Qh4+ 28. Kf1 Qxh3+ 29. Kf2 Qg3+ 30. Kf1 Re5 31. Bxf4 Qxf4 32. Qc4 Re4 33. Qb5
Qg3 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2012.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. h4 {A rare line which has gained
some popularity recently.} Bg7 6. e3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qxd5 9. Qf3 Qxf3 (
{I also considered} 9... Qf5 {, but the unpleasant check} 10. Bb5+ {disrupts
Black's plans.} Nd7 11. Qxf5 gxf5 12. Ne2 {is slightly better for White due to
Black's doubled f-pawns.}) 10. Nxf3 Nc6 {An inaccuracy, after which White
obtains slight pressure.} (10... Bf5 {was a stronger move, after which the
play is approximately equal.}) 11. Rb1 Na5 (11... b6 {was also possible. I had
missed an important detail in the following line:} 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Be4 Rc8 14.
d5 Bxc3+ 15. Ke2 {, and here I didn't notice that Black has an advantage after}
f5 $1) 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Ke2 Rc8 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. Rb5 $5 {Embarking on an
interesting plan, which doesn't offer any objective advantage but puts Black
under strong pressure.} ({I had expected} 15. Rhd1 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rc2+ 17. Rd2
Rhc8 {, with equal play.}) 15... b6 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Rxc5 bxc5 18. Rd1+ Ke6 {
The pawn structure suggests a drawish position, but the vulnerable position of
Black's king adds a sharper element to the position.} 19. e4 Bxc3 {I decided
to bite the bullet and take the pawn on offer, although it took a fair bit of
calculation to make sure I wasn't running into any mating attack.} ({A safer
option was} 19... h6 20. Be3 Nb7 {, and after ...Nd6 Black will hold the
position easily.}) 20. Be3 Bf6 21. h5 $5 {Continuing to sharpen to play. After
the routine 21.Bxc5 the game would have petered out to equality.} (21. Bxc5 Rc8
22. Bxa7 Ra8 23. Nd4+ Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Nc6 {, with an inevitable draw.}) 21... Rc8
22. h6 {Tightening the noose around Black's king. The position look very
unusual and complicated, but it always remains about equal: Black is totally
tied up, but White can't make much use of it.} Nc4 23. Bf4 Nb2 24. Rd5 c4 {
There were many other possibilities as well. This move allows White to force a
draw immediately, which due to my lack of time, I wasn't opposed to.} ({
For example,} 24... Na4 25. Rd2 Nc3+ 26. Ke3 c4 27. e5 Nd5+ 28. Ke4 Nc3+ 29.
Ke3 Nd5+ {leads to a draw.}) ({Or even} 24... a6 $5 {, when White's next move
isn't entirely clear.}) 25. Ra5 {A decision to continue the struggle, which
was to be expected from a fighter like Morozevich, but objectively Black's
position is fine here.} (25. Be5 {forces perpetual:} Bxe5 26. Ng5+ Kf6 27.
Nxh7+ Ke6 28. Ng5+ $11) 25... Nd3 26. Be3 Rb8 27. Nd4+ (27. Ra6+ Kd7 28. Rxa7+
Ke8 {, and Black's counterplay with ...Rb2 is enough to at least hold the
balance, and even claim the initiative if White gets careless.}) 27... Kd7 {
A good move. Giving up my bishop would hand White the initiative.} 28. Kd2 {
White is losing the thread.} ({There is no reason for White to avoid} 28. Rxa7+
Ke8 29. Nc2 Rb2 30. Kd1 {, with a safe position.}) 28... Rb7 29. g4 $2 {
And this is a really big mistake.} (29. Nc2 {still should be enough for
equality.}) 29... e6 $2 {Playing too routinely and missing a big chance in
time trouble.} ({The strong} 29... Bh4 $1 {, which I noticed seconds after I
played 29...e6, gives Black a nearly decisive advantage.}) 30. f3 Bd8 {Black
has consolidated his extra pawn, but matters remain far from simple. The
advanced h6-pawn gives White good counterchances.} 31. Ra4 Nb2 32. Ra6 Bb6 33.
Nc2 Nd3 34. Bxb6 axb6 35. g5 (35. Ra8 f6 36. Rg8 {is enough for equality.})
35... Nf4 36. Ne3 Kc6 37. Ng4 Kb5 38. Ra8 Rc7 39. Nf6 $2 {A very natural move
and a decisive error!} ({The computer demonstrates a study-like defence:} 39.
Kc2 $1 Ne2 40. Ne5 $1 c3 41. Kd3 $1 c2 $2 ({Black should concede a draw with} 
41... Nf4+ 42. Kc2 Ne2 $11) 42. Kxe2 c1=Q (42... Rc3 43. Nd3 Rxd3 44. Rc8) 43.
a4+ {, and after any king move Nd3+ wins!}) 39... c3+ 40. Kc2 Ne2 {Now Black's
c-pawn wins.} 41. Rd8 Kc4 42. Nd7 (42. Nxh7 Nd4+ 43. Kc1 Ra7 44. Nf6 Rxa2 {
wins.}) 42... Nd4+ 43. Kc1 c2 44. Nxb6+ Kd3 {White can't stop ...Ke3 and ...
Ne2, so he resigned. A good start for my first game of the new year! This also
marked my comeback from a difficult -2 position in the tournament, finally
finishing with a decent +1 and shared second place.} 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2012.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O e5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. Nf5 g6 10. Ne3 Bc5 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. b4 Ba7 13. a4 d6 14. a5 Be6 15. Bc4
O-O 16. Qd3 Nc6 17. c3 Ne7 18. Nd2 Rc8 19. Rac1 Kg7 20. Kh1 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Qe7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2012.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. c3
Nbd7 9. Bh2 Qe8 10. a4 a6 11. Na3 e5 12. Nc4 Ne4 13. Nfd2 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Kh8 15.
Qc2 f5 16. Rfe1 g5 17. Bd3 Qg6 18. f3 Rae8 19. Rf1 d5 20. a5 c5 21. g4 e4 22.
fxe4 dxe4 23. Be2 f4 24. axb6 Qxb6 25. Qb3 Qa7 26. Bb5 cxd4 27. Bxd7 dxe3 28.
Nc4 Rd8 29. Ba4 Rd2 30. Qxb7 Qxb7 31. Rxf4 gxf4 32. Nxd2 exd2 33. Bxf4 Rxf4 34.
Bc6 Qb6+ 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2012.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Likavsky,T"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 {Caruana's standard reactions
and also the main contenporary weapon of other high level players is 5.Bd3.
But he could have at least two good reasons to switch to the game move 5.Be2.:
a) A rather easy draw of Black just two rounds ago in this tournament. See
here below.  b) A rather easy victory of White just one round ago also in this
tournament! Please look the side line 6...Bb4 below.  I've written at least,
but I don't really believe that he prepared 5.Be2 at home. Otherwise he would
probably already have played it against Nakamura.} (5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O e5 7. Bg5
h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nf5 g6 10. Ne3 Bc5 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. b4 Ba7 13. a4 d6 14. a5
Be6 15. Bc4 O-O 16. Qd3 Nc6 17. c3 Ne7 18. Nd2 Rc8 19. Rac1 Kg7 20. Kh1 Nxd5
21. Bxd5 Qe7 {1/2 Caruana,F (2727)-Nakamura,H (2758)/Reggio Emilia ITA 2012/
The Week in Chess 896}) (5. Nc3 b5 $1 6. a4 $6 b4 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gb4c3]
tempo! Please compare with 5.Be2 b5. Look the next note.}) 5... Nf6 (5... b5 $5
{[%csl Yc4][%cal Gd8c7,Gc8b7,Ya2a4,Rb5b4,Yb1d2,Yd2c4] is quite logical, though
the N is not on c3 yet and therefore White can get the c4-square easily at
some moment (in the event of a2-a4, b5-b4).}) 6. Nc3 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Ge4e5]
We can understand the sense of 5.Be2 now. At this moment 6... b5 is impossible
because of 7.e5.} Qc7 {[%cal Gc7e5]} (6... Bb4 7. e5 Nd5 8. O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3
Bxc3 10. Ba3 Qa5 11. Bd6 Nc6 12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. f4 Bxa1 14. Qxa1 Qd2 15. Bd3
Qe3+ 16. Kh1 Bd7 17. Qb2 b5 18. a4 Rc8 19. f5 exf5 20. e6 Qxe6 21. Qxg7 Qxd6
22. Qxh8+ Qf8 23. Qxh7 Kd8 24. Bxf5 Bxf5 25. Qxf5 {1-0 Giri,A (2714)-Vitiugov,
N (2729)/Reggio Emilia ITA 2012/The Week in Chess 896 (54)}) (6... b5 7. e5) 7.
O-O Bb4 {I am not a great fan of giving this bishop for the knight almost in
any kind of Sicilian. But it seems Black just wants to avoid some line after
an immediate 7...Nc6 in this case.} (7... Nc6 8. Be3 ({After} 8. Kh1 Nxd4 9.
Qxd4 Bc5 {we have the same position as in the game, but one move earlier...})
8... Be7 (8... Bb4 9. Na4) 9. f4) 8. Qd3 Nc6 9. Kh1 (9. Be3 $2 {is not
accurate, gently said, now.} Ne5 $1) 9... Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bc5 (10... Bxc3 $6 11.
bxc3 e5 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Bd6 $16) 11. Qd2 $1 ({A more common but
probably worse move is} 11. Qd3 {which allows} b5 $1 {[%cal Gc8b7]}) 11... h6 (
{Black was fine in the attached game after} 11... O-O {However, White could
have prepared something stroger and it isn't so easy for the black K to call
out: "Here I am, on the kingside...".} 12. Qg5 d6 13. Bd3 b5 14. Qg3 Bb7 15.
Bh6 Ne8 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. Rae1 Bd4 18. f4 d5 19. e5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bxe4
Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Rfd8 {1/2 Jakovenko,D (2691)-Lautier,J (2656)/France 2007/CBM
116 ext (60)}) (11... b5 $2 12. Qg5 $1) 12. f4 {[%cal Ge4e5]} d6 13. Qe1 {
[%cal Ge4e5]} Bd7 {Covering the e5-threat and developing the B.} (13... b5 $2
14. e5 $1 dxe5 15. fxe5 Qxe5 $4 16. Bxb5+) 14. Qg3 Bd4 {Vitiugov has already
no taste for castling to a kingside weakened with h6.} (14... O-O $2 15. e5 Ne8
16. Ne4 {[%csl Rg8,Rh6]}) 15. Bf3 (15. Qxg7 $2 Rg8 16. Qxh6 Bc6 $40) 15... Qc4
(15... Bxc3 $6 16. bxc3 Qxc3 17. Rb1 Qxc2 18. Bb2 (18. Rxb7) 18... Nxe4 19.
Qxg7 $16) (15... O-O-O $6 16. Ne2 Bb5 17. Nxd4 $1 Bxf1 18. Be3 Bb5 19. Qxg7 $16
) (15... Bc6 $2 16. Ne2 $18) 16. Bd2 (16. Ne2 $2 Nxe4 $1) 16... Bc6 17. Rae1 $2
{A serious mistake after which Black will take the initiative.} (17. e5 $1 {
looks like a reasonable try; e.g.:} Bxf3 18. Rxf3 dxe5 19. fxe5 Nd7 20. Ne4 (
20. Re1 $5 {[%csl Rf7,Rg7]} O-O-O $1 $13 {[%csl Rd2][%cal Gd4e5,Yd8d2]} 21.
Qxg7 $2 Rdg8 22. Ne4 Qc6 23. Qxf7 Nxe5 $17) 20... Bxe5 21. Qxg7 (21. Nd6+ $5
Bxd6 22. Qxd6 $44) 21... Bxg7 22. Nd6+ Kf8 23. Nxc4 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Raf1
$14) 17... O-O-O $15 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Yh6h5,Yg7g5,Yc6h1,Yd4g1] |^} 18. Be2 (18.
e5 $2 dxe5 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. fxe5 Bxe5 {[%csl Rd2][%cal Gd8d2]}) 18... Qc5 19.
Bd3 g5 {[%cal Gf6h5]} (19... h5 $5 {[%cal Yf6g4,Gh5h4,Gf6h5,Gh5g3]} 20. Na4 h4
21. Qf3 Bxa4 22. c3 Be5) 20. Qf3 (20. fxg5 $2 Be5 21. Qe3 hxg5 $17) 20... Rhg8
$2 (20... gxf4 $142 21. Bxf4 Nd7 $5 $15 {[%cal Gd7e5,Yf7f5]}) 21. Na4 $1 {
[%mdl 64]} g4 (21... Bxa4 $143 22. c3 {[%csl Rd4,Rf6,Rf7][%cal Gc3d4,Gf4g5]} g4
23. Qe2 $1 $14 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gd3a6]}) 22. Qe2 Qh5 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. Nxc3 $11
{White fortunately has solved some of his problems and the chances are more or
less equal.} Qc5 $6 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Ge4e5,Yc3e4,Ye4c5] One slip leads often
to another. This is an uinfortunate square.} 25. e5 $1 Nd7 26. Ne4 Bxe4 {
At last the very dangerous black B is out!} 27. Bxe4 d5 {It's good to chase
the B from the long /^, but now I don't see any good hopes for the black rooks.
..} (27... dxe5 $142 {[%cal Gd8d1]} 28. f5 $1 $14 {[%csl Rb7,Rd7,Ye4][%cal
Ye4b7,Ye4g2,Gf1f7][%mdl 32] |^ White's B is much stronger than the black N now.
} Nf6 $2 29. fxe6 Nxe4 30. exf7 Ng3+ 31. hxg3 Rg5 32. Qf2 $16) 28. Bd3 $14 {
[%cal Gc2c4] The position is somewhat closed, but White has some prospects to
open it, Black does not...} Kb8 29. Rb1 $1 {[%cal Gb2b4,Gb4b5][%mdl 32]} Rc8
30. b4 Qd4 31. Qe1 $1 {[%cal Ge1a5,Ye1h4]} (31. b5 $143 a5 $1) 31... Nb6 32. b5
axb5 33. Rxb5 $40 {[%mdl 128]} Rc7 34. Qa5 Nd7 35. Rfb1 (35. Qa3 $5) 35... Qa7
$2 {Under pressure!} (35... Nc5 $142 {and Black could hope to play on.}) 36.
Qb4 $18 {[%csl Yb1,Yb4,Yb5,Rb7,Rb8]} Nc5 37. Bh7 $1 {A long and a nice move.} (
37. Ra5 Nxd3 $1) 37... Rgc8 38. Ra5 Na6 $8 39. Qd6 {[%cal Ga5a6]} Ka8 40. Rb6
$1 {[%cal Ga5a6,Gb6a6]} Rc6 41. Raxa6 $1 {[%mdl 64]} bxa6 42. Rxc6 Rb8 43. c3
$1 {[%cal Gh7b1] We have seen perfect strategic and tactical play by White
from move 21 and then his energetic attack!} 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2012.01.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e3 Nge7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. h3
Ba7 9. Kh2 Be6 10. Nd5 Bd7 11. b3 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. d4 Nf5 14. Bb2 Re8 15.
Rc1 Rc8 16. a4 a5 17. Qd2 Bb6 18. Rc2 Qg5 19. Qd3 Qg6 20. Rd1 Rcd8 21. e4 Nxd4
22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 c5 25. dxc6 Bxc6 26. Rc4 Qh5 27. Qd2 h6
28. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd2+ 11. Bxd2 O-O 12. Nf3 e6 13. h4 Nc6 14. e5
Rd8 15. Bg5 Re8 16. Be3 h6 17. Bd3 Bd7 18. Rb1 Rab8 19. Nd2 Ne7 20. Ne4 Bc6 21.
g4 Red8 22. Ke2 Nd5 23. Rhc1 Bf8 24. Bd2 Nb6 25. Be3 Nd5 26. Bd2 Nb6 27. Be3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. b4
c6 9. Ng3 b5 {Black starts queenside counterplay.} (9... Re8 {is more common
here.}) 10. Bd2 (10. Rb1 a5 11. Qc2 axb4 12. axb4 Bd6 (12... Na6 $144 13. Na2
Bd7 14. Bd3 Re8 15. O-O Bd6 16. f3 Qc7 17. Qf2 Be6 18. Bd2 Qe7 19. Rfc1 Nb8 20.
Rb2 Ra3 21. Rc3 Ra6 $15 {0-1 El Gindy,E (2510)-Almasi,Z (2726)/Khanty-Mansiysk
2011/CBM 145 (36)}) 13. Bd3 Qe7 14. Qb2 Na6 15. Na2 Ne4 16. O-O f5 17. Bd2 Rf6
18. f4 Rh6 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Be1 Bd7 $15 {1/2 Vaisser,A (2490)-Horvath,J (2520)
/Sochi 1985/MCD (46)}) 10... Nbd7 $6 {An inaccurate move, after which White
seizes the initiative on the queenside.} (10... Be6 11. a4 Bxb4 12. axb5 Qe7
13. Na4 Nfd7 14. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 15. Qd2 Qd6 16. Bd3 cxb5 17. Bxb5 $14 {1-0 Graf,A 
(2405)-Smagin,S (2495)/Pinsk 1986/EXT 2000 (80)}) (10... Bg4 11. f3 Be6 12. a4
Bxb4 13. axb5 c5 14. Na4 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 c4 16. Be2 Nbd7 17. Nc3 h5 18. Bd1 h4
19. Nge2 Bf5 20. Nf4 Nb6 21. g4 $1 $14 {1-0 Smirnov,A (2286)-Loginov,V (2524)/
St Petersburg 2002/CBM 089 (47)}) (10... Re8 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. a4 Bxb4 13. axb5
c5 14. O-O c4 15. Bc2 a5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Ncxe4 Bb7 18. Bxb4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4
20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21. Bc3 Nf6 $11 {1-0 Socko,M (2486)-Dzagnidze,N (2534)/
Khanty-Mansiysk 2010/CBM 139 (41)}) (10... a5 $5 {looks the most logical, e.g.}
11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. a4 b4 (12... bxa4 13. Nxa4 Ra7 14. Bd3 Bd6 15. f3 Re8 16. Kf2
h5 17. Qc2 Qc7 18. Ne2 Na6 19. Rab1 Qe7 $132 {1-0 Manolache,M (2437)-Burnoiu,N
(2431)/Curtea de Arges 2002/CBM 091 ext (63)}) 13. Na2 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15.
Nxb4 d4 16. Nd3 dxe3 17. fxe3 Re8 18. Bxa5 Qxa5+ 19. Qd2 Qxd2+ 20. Kxd2 Bxe3+
21. Kc2 Nc6 $44 {1/2 Graf,R (2353)-Prudnikova,S (2419)/Warsaw 2001/CBM 082 ext
(54)}) 11. a4 $1 Bxb4 12. axb5 c5 13. Qb3 {I am not sure this move is
necessary.} (13. Bd3 {brought White a clear advantage in the following game:}
c4 $6 (13... cxd4 $142 14. exd4 Re8+ 15. Nce2) 14. Bc2 Nb6 15. O-O Re8 16. h3
g6 17. Qf3 Bb7 18. Rfb1 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Ne4 20. Be1 Re6 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Qe2 Qd5
23. Ra5 f5 24. Rba1 $16 {1-0 Asis Gargatagli,H (2374)-Corrales Jimenez,F (2499)
/Barbera del Valles 2007/CBM 119 ext (41)}) (13. Na4 $5) 13... Nb6 (13... a5 $5
) 14. Be2 Qe7 15. O-O Be6 16. Qb2 cxd4 17. exd4 Bd6 18. Rfe1 Rac8 19. Bd3 Qb7 (
19... Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Nf5 Qd8 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Ra6 Qc7 24. h3 $14 Rxd4
25. Be3) (19... Bb8 $5 {[%cal Yb6c4]} 20. Bg5 $140 (20. Nce2 Nc4) 20... h6) 20.
Bg5 Nfd7 21. Nce2 Nc4 22. Qb1 h6 23. Bf4 $1 {The exchange of these bishops is
clearly favourable for White.} Be7 (23... Ndb6 {may be the lesser evil after
all.}) 24. Nf5 Bf6 $6 {Surprisingly,} (24... Bxf5 25. Bxf5 Bd6 $5 {deserved
attention as after getting rid of the "bad" bishop this bishop exchange
becomes quite satisfactory for Black.}) 25. Neg3 Bxf5 $6 {It was already very
difficult to defend.} (25... Rce8 {may be more stubborn.}) 26. Nxf5 Ndb6 27.
Qd1 $1 {[%mdl 128] Black's king is almost naked, and White starts a decisive
attack.} Rfe8 (27... Nb2 28. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 29. Qg4+ Bg7 (29... Kh8 30. Qf5 Nxd3
31. Qxf6+ Kh7 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Qg5+ Kh7 34. Qh5+ Kg8 35. Bh6 f6 36. Re3 $18)
30. Bf5 (30. Bxh6 f5 31. Bxf5 {is quite good, too}) 30... Kh8 31. Qh4 $18 {
[%cal Rf4h6,Re1e7]}) 28. Qg4 Kf8 29. Bd6+ Nxd6 30. Nxd6 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Qc7 32.
Qxc8+ $5 Qxc8 33. Nxc8 Nxc8 {The rest is clear.} 34. Be2 Nd6 35. Ra1 Bxd4 36.
Rd1 Bb6 37. Rxd5 Ke7 38. g3 g6 39. Kg2 Ke6 40. Rd1 h5 41. Bd3 Ke7 42. Re1+ Kf6
43. f4 Kg7 44. Kf3 Kf6 45. Re5 Bg1 46. h3 Bb6 47. g4 hxg4+ 48. hxg4 Kg7 49. Rd5
Bc7 50. Rc5 Bb6 51. Rc6 Ne8 52. g5 Kf8 53. Ke4 Ke7 54. Rc2 Nc7 55. Bc4 Ne8 56.
Kd5 Kd7 57. Rh2 Be3 58. b6 Nd6 59. bxa7 Bxa7 60. Bd3 Be3 61. Ke5 Ke7 62. Rh7
Bc1 63. Bxg6 Bb2+ 64. Kd5 Bc1 65. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qd2 e5 13. Bh6 exd4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. cxd4 cxd4 16. f4 f6 17. f5 {A popular attacking continuation.} (17. e5 Bd7
$5 18. exf6+ Qxf6 19. Ng3 Kh8 20. f5 gxf5 21. Bxf5 Bxf5 22. Rxf5 Qd6 23. Raf1
Nc6 24. Ne4 Qe7 25. Qh6 Rxf5 26. Rxf5 Ne5 $13 {1/2 Topalov,V (2796)-Kamsky,G 
(2725)/Sofia 2009/CBM 129/[Marin,M] (36)}) (17. Rac1 Bg4 18. Ng3 Rc8 $1 19. f5
Nc6 $13) 17... Nc6 {The most logical move. The following games show problems
Black can face here:} (17... Bd7 18. Nf4 Nc6 19. Bb5 Ne5 20. Qxd4 g5 21. Ne6+
Bxe6 22. Qxd8 Rfxd8 23. fxe6 Ng6 24. Rac1 Rac8 25. e5 $1 fxe5 26. Rf7+ Kg8 27.
Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxa7 $18 {1-0 Najer,E (2665)-Safarli,E (2594)/Moscow 2010/CBM
135 (38)}) (17... Qd6 18. Nf4 $1 gxf5 (18... g5 19. e5 $1 Qxe5 20. Rae1 $40)
19. exf5 Nc6 20. Rae1 Ne5 21. Rxe5 $1 Qxe5 22. Re1 Qc7 23. Qf2 Qf7 24. Qg3+ Kh6
25. Re6 $1 $18 {1-0 Korobov,A (2657)-Smith,A (2416)/Pardubice 2010/CBM 137
Extra (30)}) 18. Bb5 Ne5 19. Nxd4 gxf5 {Black intends to benefit from the
opening of the g-file.} (19... a6 $6 {just pushes White's bishop to a better
position:} 20. Ba4 Qe7 21. Rac1 Rd8 22. Bb3 Ra7 23. Be6 $1 Bb7 24. Bd5 Bc8 25.
Be6 Bb7 26. Qe3 Qd6 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Rfd1 Qe7 29. Bh3 $16 {1-0 Giri,A (2642)
-Bok,B (2430)/Eindhoven 2010/CBM 137 (37)}) 20. Rad1 $5 $146 ({Black obtained
a comfortable position in the following game:} 20. exf5 Kh8 21. Rad1 Bb7 22.
Rf4 Qd5 23. Bf1 Rg8 24. Kh1 Rad8 25. Qf2 Rg4 26. Rd2 Rdg8 27. Ne6 Qc6 $132 {
0-1 Rodshtein,M (2609)-So,W (2674)/Biel 2010/CBM 138 (39)}) 20... Qe7 (20...
fxe4 $5 {e.g.} 21. Qf4 Qe7 22. Qxe4 Bb7 $1 {and Black is apparently OK.}) 21.
Ba6 $5 Bd7 22. exf5 Kh8 {Black's position is less favourable now than in the
20.exf5 line as his bishop can't come out to the a8-h1 diagonal. Still, his
strong e5-knight guarantees him sure equality.} 23. Qc3 Rae8 24. Rf4 Rg8 25.
Bf1 Rc8 26. Qe1 Bc6 {Finally!} 27. h3 $6 {After this move the Black seizes the
initiative.} (27. Nxc6 {was nearly a must, e.g.} Rxc6 28. Kh1 Rc2 29. Rd2 $11)
27... Bd5 28. a4 Rg7 (28... Qa3 $5) 29. Qf2 Rcg8 30. Ne6 $1 {[%mdl 512] White
corrects his mistake. Black will have no winning chances despite his extra
pawn, due to the weakness of his f6-pawn and the fact that the position opens
up (therefore White's bishop will be stronger than Black's knight).} Bxe6 31.
fxe6 Qxe6 32. Kh1 Rg6 33. Rd2 Qe7 34. Rfd4 Rc8 35. Rd1 Rgg8 36. Qd2 Qg7 37. Qf2
Qe7 38. Qd2 Rg3 39. Rf4 Rg6 40. a5 bxa5 41. Qxa5 Rgg8 42. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 Bb4 11. Ne2 Be6 12. Nf4 Bd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14.
g4 Ne7 15. Nd4 Bc5 16. Rd1 h5 17. Kg2 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 c5 19. Rd3 d4 20. b4 cxb4
21. Rxd4 Nc6 22. Rd5 hxg4 23. hxg4 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Bg5+ Kc7 26. f4 b5
27. Rd1 a6 28. Rd5 Re8 29. Kf3 Rh8 30. Kg2 Re8 31. Bh4 Na5 32. Bf2 Nc4 33. Kf3
g6 34. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. d4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. f3 c5 13. Qe3 c4 14. Ba2 Ng6 15.
Bg3 Nh5 16. Nc3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Ne5 18. Rfd1 Be6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bb1 Qc7 21.
Ra7 Qc6 22. Ne2 Ra8 23. c3 h6 24. Nf4 Rxa7 25. Qxa7 Ra8 26. Qe7 Qb6+ 27. Kh1
Nc6 28. Qh4 Bd7 29. e5 Nxe5 30. Nd5 Qd8 31. Qe4 Ng6 32. Nf4 Nxf4 33. Qh7+ Kf8
34. gxf4 Qh4+ 35. Kg1 Re8 36. Qh8+ Ke7 37. Qxg7 Qxf4 38. Be4 Be6 39. Qd4 Qe5
40. Qa7+ Kf6 41. Qb6 Qc5+ 42. Qxc5 dxc5 43. Rd6 b4 44. f4 Ke7 45. Rc6 f5 46.
Bf3 Rd8 47. Rxc5 bxc3 48. bxc3 Rd3 49. Kf2 Rxc3 50. Ke2 Ra3 51. Rc7+ Kd6 52.
Rc6+ Kd7 53. Rc5 Rb3 54. Kd2 Rd3+ 55. Ke2 Ra3 56. Kd2 h5 57. Bxh5 Kd6 58. Re5
Ra2+ 59. Kc3 Rxg2 60. Be2 Rf2 61. Bxc4 Bxc4 62. Rxf5 Bd5 63. Kd4 Rd2+ 64. Ke3
Ra2 65. Rf8 Ra3+ 66. Kd4 Ra4+ 67. Ke3 Bc6 68. Rf5 Bd5 69. Rf8 Kc5 70. f5 Re4+
71. Kf2 Kd6 72. Rd8+ Kc5 73. Kg3 Ra4 74. f6 Ra6 75. Rf8 Kd4 76. Kf4 Ra1 77. Re8
Kc5 78. Rd8 Kc6 79. Kg5 Rg1+ 80. Kh6 Be6 81. Ra8 Kd6 82. Ra7 Ke5 83. f7 Rf1 84.
Kg7 Rxf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Bd2 e6 8.
Nd5 Qd8 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. c3 Qc7 13. Qf3 O-O-O 14. Bf4
Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. g3 c5 17. Rfd1 Bc2 18. Rd2 Ne5 19. Qxf6 Nxc4 20. Rxc2
Rhf8 21. Rd1 Qd5 22. b3 Nd6 23. c4 Qh5 24. Qf3 Qxf3 25. Nxf3 b6 26. dxc5 bxc5
27. Re2 Nb7 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. Re5 Ke7 30. Rh5 Rh8 31. Ne5 a5 32. f4 a4 33.
bxa4 h6 34. g4 Ra8 35. g5 f6 36. gxf6+ Kxf6 37. Nd7+ Ke7 38. Ne5 Kf6 39. Kg2
Kg7 40. f5 exf5 41. Rxf5 Nd6 42. Rf2 Rxa4 43. Rc2 Ra3 44. Kf1 Nf5 45. Ke1 Ne3
46. Re2 Kf6 47. Nd7+ Kf5 48. Rf2+ Kg4 49. Ne5+ Kg5 50. Kd2 h5 51. Re2 Ng4 52.
Kc1 Nxe5 53. Rxe5+ Kf4 54. Rxh5 Rxa2 55. h4 Ke3 56. Rd5 Rh2 57. h5 Rh4 58. Rxc5
Kd4 59. Ra5 Rh2 60. Kd1 Kxc4 61. Ke1 Kd4 62. Kf1 Ke4 63. Kg1 Rb2 64. h6 Kf4 65.
Ra8 Rb7 66. Kg2 Kg5 67. Ra6 Rh7 68. Kg3 Rxh6 69. Rxh6 Kxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Re1 h6 13. Be3 Ra8 14. Nbd2 Re8 15. Bc2
Bb7 16. Bb1 Nb8 17. c4 exd4 18. Bxd4 bxc4 19. Bxa7 Rxa7 20. Ra3 Nbd7 21. Nd4
Ne5 22. Rg3 g6 23. f4 Nd3 24. Bxd3 cxd3 25. f5 g5 26. h4 g4 27. Rxd3 Ra8 28.
Rde3 h5 29. Qc1 Kh7 30. Ne2 Re5 31. Ng3 d5 32. Nb3 dxe4 33. Nc5 Bc6 34. b4 Qd6
35. Qa1 Bd5 36. Nd3 exd3 37. Qxe5 Qxe5 38. Rxe5 c6 39. Rd1 Rb8 40. Rxd3 Rxb4
41. Ra3 Kg7 42. Re2 Bc4 43. Rd2 Bd5 44. Ra1 Ne4 45. Nxe4 Bxe4 46. Rf1 Kf6 47.
Rd6+ Ke5 48. Rd8 Kf6 49. Rd6+ Ke5 50. Rd8 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 {Heutzutage wird dieser Zug zumindest genauso oft
gespielt wie 3...Bb4.} 4. Bg5 {Wenn sich das auch überraschend anhört, aber
dieser Zug führt zu Vereinfachungen und problemlosen Ausgleich für Schwarz.} (
4. e5 $1 {Wenn man als Weißspieler die Hauptvariante spielt, dann muss man 4.
e5 ziehen.} Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 (7... Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Be2 a6
10. O-O b5 11. a3 $14 {mit interessantem Spiel, aber die Chancen von Weiß sind
doch etwas besser.}) (7... Qb6 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Nxb4 11. cxb4
Bxb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 $14 {und wieder hat Weiß Vorteil.}) (7... cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 $14) 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 Qb6 10. Ne2 $14 {
Die Stellung von Weiß ist etwas angenehmer.}) 4... dxe4 $1 {Das ist der Grund,
warum 4.Bg5 zu nichts führt. Wenn Schwarz im 3. Zug genommen hätte, dann hätte
Weiß später nicht Bg5 spielen müssen.} (4... Be7 $6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7.
f4 a6 8. Nf3 c5 9. Qd2 $14 {Offensichtlich hat Weiß die bessere Stellung, weil
Schwarz seinen guten Läufer abgetauscht und den schlechten Läufer c8 behalten
hat.}) (4... Bb4 $5 {Das ist immer eine interessante Fortsetzung, wenn man auf
Konter spielen möchte.} 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2
10. Kxd2 $14 {Und trotz dass der weiße König im Zentrum steckt, hat Weiß
soliden Vorteil, weil Schwarz unterentwickelt ist, einen schlechten Läufer hat
und sein Königsflügel kompromittiert ist.}) 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 {Richtige Variante
gewählt. Nicht so toll sieht 5...Be7 aus.} (5... Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 8.
g3 b5 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Qe2 $14) 6. Nf3 h6 {Das ist eine bekannte Variante.} 7.
Nxf6+ (7. Bh4 Be7 8. Nxf6+ Bxf6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Bd3 c5 $11 {Schwarz hat keine
Schwierigkeiten.}) 7... Nxf6 8. Bh4 (8. Be3 $5 {Das ist eine Betrachtung wert.
Doch auch hier kann Schwarz ohne Mühe ausgleichen.} Nd5 9. Bd3 (9. Bd2 c5 10.
Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. c4 Nb6 13. Rc1 Be7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. b4 Be7 16. c5
Nd5 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Qa4+ Kf8 19. f4 g6 20. O-O Kg7 $11 {Shirov - Wang Hao 
(Moscow, 2010)}) 9... Nxe3 10. fxe3 Bd6 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Bc5 13. Bb5+ c6 14.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 15. Bc4 Ke7 $11 {Leko - Ivanchuk (Morelia/Linares 2007)}) 8... c5 $1
{Schwarz muss so schnell wie möglich zu ...c5 kommen, so dass Weiß keine Zeit
hat, seine Initiative zu entwickeln.} (8... Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qe2 c5 11. dxc5
Qa5+ 12. c3 Qxc5 13. O-O-O $14 {Hier hat Schwarz viel Zeit verloren, und Weiß
steht etwas besser.}) 9. Bc4 {Auch nichts bringt 9.Bb5.} (9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+
Qxd7 11. Bxf6 (11. Qe2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. dxc5 Qc6 14. Ne5 Qxc5 15. Bxf6
Bxf6 16. Nd7 Bxb2+ 17. Kxb2 Qb4+ 18. Kc1 Qa3+ $11 {Es ist zu riskant für den
König nach d2 zu gehen:} 19. Kd2 Rfc8 $1 20. Ke1 Qxa2 21. c3 Qa5 $44 {Schwarz
gewinnt den dritten Bauer und faengt an, seine Bauern a und b nach vorne zu
bewegen.}) 11... gxf6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. Ke2 Ke7 $11 {Weiß hat
sicherlich keinen Vorteil.}) 9... cxd4 10. O-O {Üblicherweise will Weiß nicht
auf d4 nehmen, sondern erst rochieren und dann Rd1-Rxd4 spielen.} (10. Nxd4 Be7
11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Qb6 13. Bb3 a5 14. a4 Rd8 15. c3 Nd5 16. Bg3 Bf6 $11 {
Ponomariov - Bareev (Moscow, 2001)}) (10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 a6 $11 {Es ist
klar, dass Schwarz in so einem Endspiel nichts zu befürchten hat.}) 10... Be7
11. Qe2 Nd7 $5 {Interessante Neuerung. In der Hauptvariante hatte Schwarz
zuletzt Schwiriegkeiten gehabt.} (11... O-O 12. Rad1 Qb6 13. Nxd4 Qxb2 14. Nf5
exf5 15. Qxe7 $44 {Weiß hat offensichtlich gute Kompensation.}) 12. Bxe7 Qxe7
13. Rad1 {Das macht offensichtlich Sinn, Weiß will die Türme auf der d-Linie
verdoppeln.} (13. Nxd4 O-O 14. Rad1 Nf6 15. Rfe1 Bd7 $11 {Wenn der Läufer
draußen ist, dann ist der Ausgleich da.}) 13... O-O 14. Rxd4 Nf6 15. Rfd1 (15.
Ne5 b6 16. Rfd1 {führt nur zu Zugumstellung.}) 15... b6 16. Ne5 Qc7 {Schwarz
muss noch Zeit verlieren, trotzdem kann Weiss nicht viel machen.} (16... Bb7
17. Rd7 $1 Nxd7 18. Rxd7 Qc5 19. Rxb7 $18) 17. h3 {Das ist zu langsam. Man
darf dem Gegner in so einer Stellung keine Sekunde Zeit schenken. Aber auch
wenn Weiß aktiver gespielt hätte, würde er zu keinem Vorteil kommen.} (17. Bb5
$5 Bb7 18. Nd7 Nxd7 19. Rxd7 Qc8 $11 {Es sieht alles wunderbar aus, doch die
Frage ist, was will Weiß jetzt machen? Im nächsten Zug spielt Schwarz ...a6,
und danach ...Bc6, und Weiß wird im Endeffekt nichts haben.}) 17... Bb7 $11 {
Noch ein Zug und Schwarz spielt einfach Bd5.} 18. Rd7 $1 {Die beste Chance für
Weiß!} Qc8 $1 {Sehr kaltblütig und auch richtig.} (18... Nxd7 19. Rxd7 Qc8 20.
Bxe6 $1 fxe6 21. Qg4 Qxd7 22. Nxd7 $16 {Dame und Springer sind sehr stark,
wenn sie zusammen arbeiten.}) 19. Nxf7 (19. Re7 Bd5 $1 20. Bxd5 exd5 $1 $11 {
Das einfachste. Nun spielt Schwarz ...Qc5, ...Re8 und gleicht die Stellung aus.
}) 19... Nxd7 20. Nxh6+ (20. Qxe6 Nf6 21. Nd6+ Qxe6 22. Bxe6+ Kh7 23. Nxb7 Rae8
$13 {Dieses Endspiel ist sehr unklar.}) (20. Nd6 Qc6 21. Bxe6+ Kh8 22. Nxb7
Rae8 $1 $13 {Die Stellung ist wieder zweischneidig.}) 20... Kh7 21. Qh5 Nf6 (
21... Nf6 22. Bd3+ Kh8 23. Nf7+ Kg8 24. Nh6+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 {This has become very popular lately,
thanks to Grischuk's efforts during the Kazan Candidates Matches.} 5. d4 (5. a3
{1/2 Aronian,L (2808)-Grischuk,A (2747)/Kazan 2011/CBM 143/[Marin] (61)}) 5...
cxd4 (5... e4 6. Ne5 g6 7. Be2 (7. Rb1 {1/2 Kramnik,V (2785)-Grischuk,A (2747)/
Kazan 2011/CBM 143/[Marin] (65)}) 7... Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 {1-0 Kramnik,V 
(2781)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2711)/Moscow 2011/CBM 144/[Marin,M] (53)}) 6. exd4 e4
7. Ne5 Bb4 8. Be2 {Many years ago, I had this as a main line in my repertoire,
but at the top level it took some time before White came up with dangerous
ideas. This game may change the course of theory for a while.} Qa5 {This is
the critical continuation, putting pressure on both white knights. Other plans
allow White to retain at least some advantage.} (8... Qe7 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Nb5
Bb8 11. c5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Nd6+ $16 {Sherbakov,R (2555)-Maksimenko,A 
(2545)/Niksic 1996/EXT 2000 (1-0, 32)}) (8... O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 Bf8 (10...
Qb6 11. c5 Qd8 12. Qb3 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qc7 15. e6 $1 $18 {Rozum,I 
(2481)-Duzhakov,I (2325)/St Petersburg 2011/CBM 144 Extra (1-0, 30)}) 11. c5 ({
Maybe} 11. Rb1 $5 {[%cal Gb2b4] offers better chances for retaining the
initiative.} d6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. b4 $14) 11... d6 (11... d5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13.
b4 $16 {Moskalenko,V (2460)-Aseev,K (2455)/Lvov 1985/MCD (0-1, 51)}) 12. cxd6 {
1/2 Ivkov,B (2525)-Karlsson,L (2520)/Cannes 1986/MCL. After} Bxd6 {White could
try to maintain some tension with} 13. Bb5 $5) 9. O-O $5 {A radical way of
fighting for the initiative.} (9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Bd2 {is not a bad continuation,
either. White aims to stabilise the position on the dark squares, while Black
should try to get dynamic counterchances. In other words, the opposite of what
happens in the main game! I had tried this line once with White, but lost and
got disappointed. I can see now that my decision was quite subjective.} O-O 11.
O-O Re8 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qg5 14. Qc1 $5 (14. Bd2 Qg6 15. Bf4 Bh3 16. Bg3
Bg4 $132 {Kharlov,A (2628)-Jakovenko,D (2608)/Sochi 2005/CBM 107/[Ribli] (0-1,
38)}) 14... e3 $1 {Curiously, this (apparently best) solution to Black's
problems was offered by a recent game in which Grischuk played with White!
Black prevents the blockade on the dark squares while this is still possible.}
({My old game went} 14... Qg6 15. Qf4 h5 16. Rfe1 Bg4 17. Bf1 h4 18. h3 Bxh3
19. Qxh4 Bg4 20. Re3 $14 {Marin,M (2557)-Movsesian,S (2666)/Neum 2000/CBM 080/
[Ribli] (0-1, 33). Ribli's comments may have been influenced by my pessimism
displayed in the notes for Chess Informant. In fact, White is doing well at
this point.}) (14... Qh4 15. d5 cxd5 16. g3 Qh3 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. cxd5 Bg4 19.
Bxg4 Qxg4 20. Qe3 b6 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. Rd4 $14 {Meier,G (2648)-Dominguez Perez,
L (2710)/Lubbock 2011/CBM 145 (1/2, 34)}) 15. fxe3 Bg4 {The game embarks now a
simplifying course, leading to a drawn pawn ending.} 16. Bf3 Qxe3+ 17. Qxe3
Rxe3 18. Bxg4 Nxg4 19. h3 Nf6 20. Rae1 Rae8 21. Kf2 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Rxe1 23. Bxe1
Kf8 24. Ke3 Ke7 25. Bh4 Ke6 26. Bxf6 Kxf6 27. Kf4 Ke6 28. g4 f6 $11 {Grischuk,
A (2752)-Dominguez Perez,L (2712)/Beijing 2011/CBM 145 Extra (1/2, 34)}) 9...
Nxe5 (9... Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qxc3 {needs to be checked, too, but it seems that
White has several ways of getting a strong initiative for the pawn(s).} 11.
Nxc6 (11. Be3 Nxe5 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. Bd4 Qe6 15. Rc3 $40) 11...
dxc6 (11... Qxa1 $2 12. Qd2 $3 $16 {[%csl Ra1,Rg7][%cal Gc1a3,Gd2g5] /\Ba3, /
\Qg5}) 12. Rb1 O-O 13. Bf4 $44) 10. dxe5 Qxe5 (10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxc3 $2 12.
Qd6 $1 $18 Qxa1 $140 13. Ba3) 11. Bd2 $5 {So far, it has been relatively easy
for Black to choose the safest continuation, but now he starts facing choices.}
Bc5 {Possibly not the best. Retreating without really being forced to looks
like a small concession.} (11... O-O $6 {loses the extra pawn and offers White
an advantage for nothing:} 12. Nxe4 $1 Bxd2 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Qxd2 $14) ({
Intuitively, I would prefer} 11... a5 {, although the queenside tension may
cause some additional problems if play continues more or less as in the game:}
12. a3 Bc5 13. Nb5 O-O 14. b4 Be7) 12. Nb5 O-O 13. b4 Be7 ({Giving up the
bishop pair with} 13... Bd4 {is an open invitation to troubles, since Black is
underdeveloped and his dark squares are weak.} 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Bf4 Qxd1 16.
Rfxd1 b6 17. a4 Bb7 18. a5 {This is not bad, but maybe White could get even
more.} (18. g4 $5 h6 19. h4) (18. Rd6 $5) 18... d5 19. a6 Bc6 20. b5 Bd7 21.
Bg5 Be6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. cxd5 Bd7 24. f3 exf3 25. gxf3 $14 {Buhmann,R (2579)
-Gschnitzer,O (2444)/Bonn 2011/CBM 142 Extra (1-0, 46)}) 14. f4 $1 {An
energetic move, causing Black problems with finding a safe square for the
queen.} Qe6 $146 (14... exf3 $6 15. Bxf3 $16 {/\Re1}) (14... Qb8 15. f5 d6 16.
Bf4 a5 {Well, Black plays this anyway, but White is not forced to answer with
a2-a3 anymore.} 17. c5 Bd7 18. cxd6 Bd8 19. Nc7 Qa7+ 20. Kh1 Rc8 21. b5 $36 {
Kribben,M (2504)-Logdahl,H/ICCF email 2003/Corr 2006 (1-0, 26)}) 15. Be3 $1 {
[%csl Ra8,Gb6,Re6][%cal Gb5c7] /\Nc7} (15. Nc7 $2 Qb6+) 15... Bxb4 (15... Qc6
16. Nxa7 $14) 16. Nc7 Qc6 17. Nxa8 {A curious position. Black will most likely
have one pawn for the exchange and a solid structure, but his delay in
development represents a serious problem. Aronian's dynamic play in the next
phase of the game is quite instructive.} b6 18. Rb1 $1 ({A more ambitious (and
probably more accurate) move order than:} 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. Rb1 Bc5 20. Bxc5
Qxc5+ 21. Kh1 Ba6 22. Qb3 Rb8 $44 {/+/=}) 18... Bc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 (19... Qxc5+
20. Kh1 Bb7 (20... Ba6 {fails now to} 21. Qa4 $1 $16) 21. Rb5 Qc6 22. Nxb6 axb6
23. Qd4 $16) 20. Rb8 Bb7 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Qb3 $16 {/+- Black will inevitably
have two pawns for the exchange, but the opening of the b-file and the
previous rook exchange leave him with serious problems of coordination. His
bishop will be trapped and the back rank will be weak.} g6 23. Rb1 Bxa8 24.
Qb8+ Kg7 25. Qxa7 e3 26. Bf3 d5 (26... Ne4 27. Rb6 Qc8 (27... e2 28. Bxe2 $18)
28. Rb8 Qc6 29. Qxa8 $18) 27. Re1 (27. Rb6 $6 {leads to unnecessary
complications:} e2 28. Kf2 (28. Bxe2 Qe8 $1 $44) 28... Qe8 29. Ke1 Qe3) (27.
Rb8 $5 $18) 27... Qd6 28. Qxa8 d4 {The position is basically won for White,
but Black's far advanced pawns offer some chances to prolong the fight.
Aronian's play in the next phase of the game is more hesitant than it has been
until now.} 29. Qa3 Qxf4 30. Rf1 Qe5 31. Qd3 Qe8 32. g3 h5 33. Bg2 Qa4 34. a3
Qa5 35. Bf3 Qa6 36. Be2 Qa5 37. Qb1 Qd2 38. Qe1 (38. Qb7 $1 Qxe2 39. Qe7 Qxc4
40. Qxf6+ Kg8 41. Rb1 $18 {Golubev (Chess Today)}) 38... Qa2 39. g4 hxg4 (39...
Nxg4 $1 40. Bxg4 hxg4 $44) 40. Qg3 Qxe2 41. Qe5 $18 d3 42. Rxf6 Kh6 43. Rxf7
Qe1+ 44. Kg2 Qe2+ 45. Kg3 Qe1+ 46. Kxg4 Qg1+ 47. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O e5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. Nf5 g6 10. Ne3 Bc5 11. Nc3 d6 12. Ncd5 Qd8 13. Kh1 Nc6 14. Ng4 O-O 15.
Ngf6+ Kg7 16. c3 Be6 17. f4 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 exf4 19. Rxf4 Qg5 20. Qf1 Ne5 21. Rd1
Rae8 22. Bc2 h5 23. Bb3 Ng4 24. g3 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Nf2+ 26. Qxf2 Bxf2 27. Kg2 Bc5
28. h4 Qf5 29. Re2 Qg4 30. Rde1 g5 31. Re4 Qf5 32. R1e2 gxh4 33. Nf4 Qg5 34.
Kh1 d5 35. Bxd5 hxg3 36. c4 Qh4+ 37. Kg2 Qh2+ 38. Kf3 Qh1+ 39. Kxg3 h4+ 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the 11th round. Following a win against Veselin
Topalov, I was highly motivated to increase my score. I also wanted to avenge
my loss against Giri, just a few weeks before, at Reggio Emilia.} 1. d4 d5 2.
c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Ne5 Bg7 8. f4 {To be honest, I
couldn't remember much about this variation during the game, but I decided it
was important to meet ...Nfd7 with Nd3, without having to worry about ...e5.} (
{After} 8. Be2 {I vaguely remembered once looking at the following variation:}
Nfd7 9. f4 Nxe5 10. fxe5 O-O 11. O-O f6 12. exf6 exf6 13. e4 b4 14. Nxd5 cxd5
15. exd5 {, which looks tempting for White, but I decided to be more
conservative.}) 8... a5 9. Be2 (9. Bd3 {runs into} Bf5 10. Bxf5 gxf5 {, and
the bishop on c1 isn't happy.}) 9... Qc7 10. O-O h5 $1 {A novelty, and a good
one! Actually the idea is very simple: Black wants to play ...Bf5 without
running into g4, so it's a bit strange nobody played like this before.} ({
My main source of inspiration in this line was the following game:} 10... O-O
11. a3 Be6 12. Bf3 Nbd7 13. Nd3 $1 {, and Black is really cramped and will
have to defend a miserable position for a long time. White eventually won in
Gelfand-Wang Yue, Bazna 2010.}) 11. h3 Bf5 12. Bd2 (12. g4 hxg4 13. hxg4 Be6 {
gives White nothing but weaknesses.}) 12... Nbd7 {Black has achieved an ideal
setup. His bishop is securely placed on f5, he has perfect control over the
e4-square, and is ready to trade off the e5-knight.} 13. Bf3 {This was the
only move to keep any tension in the position. Surprisingly, Anish started to
look a bit uncomfortable after this move, although his position is still
perfectly fine.} (13. Be1 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 {leads to a dull equality.}) 13...
h4 {An unnecessary move. White has no plans to play g4, so there isn't any
reason to fix the kingside.} ({It was most accurate to begin with} 13... Ne4
14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Be2 f6 $1 {With the queen on d1, White has no tactics like
Bxa5.} 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. a4 b4 18. Bc4 e6 19. Qb3 Ke7 {, and next ...f5 leads
to complete equality.}) 14. Qe1 {White is threatening e4, so Black's hand is
forced.} Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Be2 f6 $2 {Surprisingly, this is a blunder,
although the computer won't tell you why. Black's position was still pretty
decent, but after this careless move he is on the verge of losing.} ({After} 
16... Nxe5 {I had planned} 17. dxe5 $5 (17. fxe5 f6 18. exf6 Bxf6 {gives White
nothing.}) 17... f6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bc3 {, with some pressure but nothing
too dramatic. Black should hold without much problem.}) 17. Bxa5 $1 {A
tremendous and unexpected blow, which was certainly overlooked by Anish. For
the piece, White eliminates Black's entire queenside, and he will be
hard-pressed to stop the avalance of pawns.} Rxa5 $2 {It's natural to seek
chances with the queens on, but this is probably already the decisive mistake.}
({There was still a miracle chance for Black:} 17... Qxa5 18. Qxa5 Rxa5 19.
Nxc6 Ra8 20. Bxb5 {, and here Black has to act fast before he is overrun:} e5
$1 {, opening up the center and starting some effective counterplay.} ({
On the other hand, a slow continuation like} 20... Be6 21. a4 f5 22. a5 Kf7 23.
a6 {obviously favors White.}) 21. b4 (21. a4 exf4 22. exf4 Be6 {, and after ...
f5 Black will have his share of the chances.}) (21. fxe5 fxe5 22. Rad1 exd4 23.
Nxd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Ra7 25. b4 Ke7 26. a4 Ne5 {is also unclear, since White's
pawns are too vulnerable to advance.}) 21... exf4 22. exf4 Be6 23. d5 $1 {
White also has to act quickly, before Black consolidates his position with ...
Bd5 and ...f5. After this the game spins out of control, with both sides
having numerous options and no clear conclusion in sight. A possible
continuation out of many:} Bxd5 24. Rfd1 f5 25. Rac1 Be6 26. Rd6 Nf8 27. Rcd1
Bd7 28. a4 {, and White's initiative persists.}) 18. Nxc6 Ra8 ({The point of
White's combination is this:} 18... Ra6 19. Nb4 Ra5 (19... Ra8 20. Bxb5 Kf7 21.
a4 {is similar to the game. Black has no counterplay and White can just keep
rolling his pawns down the board.}) 20. Nd5 Qa7 21. a4 $1 Rxa4 (21... bxa4 22.
b4 {wins the rook.}) 22. Bxb5 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Qxa1 24. Rxa1 Kf7 25. Ra7 Rd8 26.
b4 {, and Black is helpless.}) 19. Bxb5 {Black's position is depressing to
look at. He can't make a dent in White's pawn mass, and his extra bishop is
trapped behind his own pawns.} Be6 20. a4 f5 21. Qd2 ({The simple} 21. Ne5 Bxe5
22. fxe5 Kf7 23. b4 Bd5 24. Be2 {also promised a winning advantage.}) 21... Bf6
22. d5 {Now White begins taking even more space.} Bf7 23. Rac1 Kf8 (23... O-O
24. d6 exd6 25. cxd6 {, wins a piece with Ne7 coming next.}) 24. b4 Qc8 25. d6
{Now is a perfect time to open the position, since Black is completely
uncoordinated.} exd6 26. cxd6 Qe8 27. Ne7 Be6 28. Rc7 Rh7 29. Nd5 ({I missed
an even simpler way:} 29. Bxd7 Bxd7 30. Rxd7 Qxd7 31. Qd5 {, winning the rook
on a8 due to the mate threat Qg8.}) 29... Bd8 30. Rb7 Rc8 31. a5 {The sadistic
approach, slowly advancing the a-pawn while Black can't even move.} Kg7 32. a6
Kh6 33. a7 Qf8 34. Ne7 Nb6 35. Qf2 Rf7 ({After} 35... Qf6 {I had planned the
attractive finishing blow} 36. Bd7 $1 {, and I'm glad to see the machine
approves.}) 36. Qxh4+ Kg7 37. Qg5 {White is winning every Black pawn. Black
could have safely resigned here, but Anish decided to play on until the time
control.} Bd5 38. Qxg6+ Kh8 39. Qh5+ Kg7 40. Nxf5+ Kg8 41. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. h3 Re8 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Bc2 Qb8 14. a3 a5 15. Bd3
Qa7 16. Bxb5 exd4 17. cxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Rc1 Bxe3 21.
Rxe3 a4 22. Nf3 Rab8 23. Rc2 Nc5 24. Nd4 Qb7 25. Nf5 g6 26. Nxh6+ Kg7 27. Ng4
Nb3 28. Rc4 Re6 29. Rxa4 c5 30. Rc4 Nd4 31. b4 Rxe4 32. bxc5 dxc5 33. Rxc5 Rf4
34. Rd3 Rd8 35. Qa1 Kh7 36. Nf6+ Kg7 37. Ng4 Kh7 38. Qf1 Ne2+ 39. Qxe2 Qb1+ 40.
Kh2 Qxd3 41. Qe7 Qd6 42. Qh4+ Kg7 43. Rc6 Qxc6 44. Qxd8 Qc5 45. Qd2 Qd4 46. Qc1
Rf5 47. Kg1 Rc5 48. Qh6+ Kg8 49. Qe3 Qxe3 50. Nxe3 Rc3 51. h4 Rxa3 52. g3 Kg7
53. Kg2 Kf6 54. Nd5+ Ke5 55. Nf4 Kf5 56. Nh3 Ra2 57. Kf3 f6 58. Nf4 Ra3+ 59.
Kg2 g5 60. hxg5 fxg5 61. Nd5 Ke5 62. Ne3 Ke4 63. Ng4 Ra2 64. Nf6+ Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 c6 11. Bg5 {Almost never played before.} (11.
Kb1 Bg4 12. Be2 Nxf3 13. Bxf3 (13. gxf3 {Karjakin,S (2760)-Gelfand,B (2739)/
Moscow 2010/CBM 139/[Mueller,Karsten] (1-0, 57)}) 13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qa5 15.
h5 Qf5 16. Rdg1 f6 17. Rg4 Qxf3 (17... Rf7 {Radjabov,T (2740)-Wang Yue (2752)/
Astrakhan 2010/CBM 137/[Kritz] (1/2, 91)}) 18. Rhg1 {Jakovenko,D (2725)
-Gelfand,B (2741)/Astrakhan 2010/CBM 137/[Kritz] (1/2, 53)}) 11... f6 12. Bf4
Qa5 13. a3 Bg4 14. Be2 d5 $146 (14... Rad8 {Thiel,T (2291)-Sergeev,A (2379)/
Moscow 2006/EXT 2007 (0-1, 47)}) 15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. Bxe5 Rxf2 17. Rde1 Bxe2 18.
Rxe2 Rf7 19. g3 Raf8 20. Rhe1 Qd8 21. Qd4 $14 {White's centralisation and the
safer king offer him a small but lasting advantage.} b5 22. Kb1 Qd7 23. h5 Bg5
24. a4 Re8 {Allowing his structure to be spoiled.} ({Black may have feared
that after} 24... a6 25. Qb6 {he would lose control.}) 25. axb5 cxb5 26. Qd3
Rfe7 27. Bd4 Rxe2 28. Rxe2 Rxe2 29. Qxe2 {Black has somewhat relieved the
tension by simplifying.} Bf6 $2 30. Qf2 $2 (30. Bxa7 $1 $16 {[%csl Ge8]}) 30...
Bxd4 31. Qxd4 h6 32. b3 Qf7 33. Qe5 a6 34. Kb2 $14 {The position remains
unpleasant for Black. The centralised white queen is annoying.} Kh7 $6 (34...
Qd7 {would have offered better chances to defend:} 35. Qb8+ Kf7 36. Qb6 Qe6)
35. Qd6 $1 $36 {Brilliant judgmenet. In the subsequent pawn race, White will
be faster by one tempo.} Qxh5 36. Qxa6 Qe8 37. Qb7 Qe5 38. Qxb5 h5 39. Qd3+ Kh6
40. b4 g5 41. b5 h4 42. gxh4 gxh4 43. b6 Qb8 44. Qa6 Qd6 45. Qb5 d4 46. b7
dxc3+ 47. Ka2 Qe6+ 48. Ka1 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.02.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2012.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O e5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. Nf5 g6 10. Ne3 Bc5 11. b4 Ba7 12. Na3 d6 13. Nac4 Nc6 14. Qd2 Qd8 15.
c3 b5 16. Nb2 O-O 17. a4 Rb8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nd5 Kg7 20. Kh1 Rb7 21. Ra6 Bd7
22. Nd1 Qg5 23. N1e3 Rc8 24. Qe2 Be8 25. Ng4 Ne7 26. Ngf6 Nxd5 27. Nxe8+ Rxe8
28. exd5 Reb8 29. Rxd6 Re7 30. Ra6 e4 31. d6 Re6 32. Rxa7 exd3 33. Qxe6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.02.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2012.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. d3
d6 9. axb5 axb5 10. c3 O-O 11. Re1 Bb6 12. h3 Ne7 13. Nbd2 Ng6 14. Nf1 h6 15.
Ng3 Nh7 16. d4 Qf6 17. Nh5 Qe7 18. Bc2 Ng5 19. Be3 c5 20. d5 c4 21. Ng3 Qf6 22.
Nh2 Nf4 23. Kh1 g6 24. Bxb6 Rxb6 25. Qd2 h5 26. Qe3 Rb8 27. Ne2 Nxe2 28. Rxe2
h4 29. Ree1 Re8 30. Ra7 Qf4 31. Rea1 b4 32. Nf1 bxc3 33. bxc3 Rb2 34. R1a2 Rxa2
35. Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.02.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2012.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nd2
Nbc6 9. N2f3 Bg4 10. O-O Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Qc7 12. Rc1 Rd8 ({Taking is very
dangerous and is similar to the suicidal lines in the French Bd3 Advance.} 
12... Nxe5 $2 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. c4 Nc6 15. Bf3 {and now} Bd6 {is answered with
the very unpleasant} 16. g3 {threatening Bf4, picking up the bishop.} Qf6 17.
cxd5 exd5 18. Bxd5 $16) 13. c4 $146 (13. c3 Ng6 14. Qa4 Be7 15. c4 O-O 16. cxd5
Rxd5 17. Qxa7 Rc8 18. Qa4 Ngxe5 19. b4 Ng4 20. b5 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Bc5 22. Rxc5
Rxc5 23. bxc6 Qxc6 24. Qb4 g6 25. h4 Rc1 26. Ne5 Qc5 27. Qf4 Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Qe7
29. Bc4 Rc5 30. Bb3 Qc7 31. Nf3 Qxf4 32. exf4 Kg7 33. Kf2 h6 34. Ke3 Kf6 35.
Ke4 Ke7 36. Kd4 Rc1 37. g4 {1/2-1/2 (77) Giri,A (2714)-Wojtaszek,R (2705)
Porto Carras 2011}) 13... d4 {Black's most ambitious reply.} 14. Bf4 h6 15. h3
g5 16. Bh2 Bg7 17. Bd3 Ng6 {Black is anything if not consistent.} 18. Qe2 Ngxe5
19. Kh1 $1 {This king move highlights some of the problem. Black got his pawn,
but the knight is pinned, with no saving Nxf3 check to escape with.} f6 20.
Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Rce1 Qe7 22. Bxe5 fxe5 {Black has secured his pawn, but
strategically his position is very difficult, and Caruana has ample
compensation. White has superb control of the light squares, has two pawn
islands to Black's three, and a 3-2 majority on the queenside.} 23. Bg6+ Kd7
24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Rfd1 Rc7 26. Rd3 Rf8 27. Be4 b5 28. Rb3 Rb8 29. Rc2 b4 30. a3
Qc5 31. Qh5 Kd6 32. Qg6 a5 33. axb4 Rxb4 34. Rxb4 axb4 35. b3 Ra7 36. Rd2 ({
The immediate} 36. Bf5 $1 {was best.} Re7 37. Bxe6 $1 Rxe6 38. Qxg7 e4 39. Qf8+
Re7 40. Ra2 $18 {and Black's exposed king is decisive.}) 36... Qc7 37. c5+ $1
Qxc5 38. Rc2 Qb5 39. Rc6+ {Winning the queen.} Qxc6 40. Bxc6 Kxc6 41. Qxe6+ Kb5
42. Qc4+ Kb6 43. Qxb4+ {Black's uncoordinated forces cannot fight the powerful
queen and passed pawn.} Kc6 44. Qc4+ Kd6 45. Qd3 Re7 46. f3 e4 47. fxe4 Rc7 48.
Kg1 Rc3 49. Qa6+ Ke5 50. Qg6 Rc7 51. Qf5+ Kd6 52. Qd5+ Ke7 53. e5 Rd7 54. Qc5+
Kf7 55. Qc4+ Kf8 56. e6 Re7 57. Qc8+ Re8 58. Qd7 Re7 59. Qd8+ Re8 60. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.02.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2012.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 d6 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. Rb1 O-O 11. O-O Qa5 12. Qc2 Nb6 13. Rd1 Nfd7 14. Bd2 Nc4
15. Be1 Rfb8 16. Qc1 Nde5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. h3 Bc8 19. b3 c4 20. f4 Nd7 21. Qe3
cxb3 22. axb3 Qd8 23. Na4 Nf6 24. Bf2 Bf5 25. Rbc1 Rb4 26. g4 Bd7 27. Rc6 Rab8
28. Rd3 Bxc6 29. dxc6 Qc7 30. Be1 R4b5 31. Nc3 Ra5 32. g5 Nh5 33. Nd5 Rxd5 34.
Bxd5 e6 35. Bf3 Rb5 36. Bc3 e5 37. fxe5 Bxe5 38. Bxe5 Rxe5 39. Qd2 Qa7+ 40. Kg2
Qe7 41. h4 d5 42. b4 Qd6 43. b5 Re6 44. Bxh5 gxh5 45. Rxd5 Rxe2+ 46. Qxe2 Qxd5+
47. Kg3 Qd6+ 48. Kf3 Qd5+ 49. Kf4 Qd6+ 50. Ke4 Qe6+ 51. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.02.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2012.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne7 10. Nde2 b5 11. Kb1 Ba5 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bg5 h5 14. Qd3 Bb7
15. h4 Qc4 16. Qxc4 bxc4 17. Bd2 Bb6 18. Ng3 Rc8 19. Na4 Bf2 20. Be1 Bxe1 21.
Rxe1 Rc6 22. b3 cxb3 23. axb3 d6 24. Bc4 Bc8 25. Nf1 Be6 26. Ne3 Kd7 27. Rd1
Rb8 28. Kc1 Rb4 29. Nc3 Bxc4 30. Nxc4 Ke6 31. Rhe1 a5 32. Rd3 a4 33. Red1 Ne8
34. Nd5 Rb8 35. Nc7+ Kd7 36. Nxe8 Kxe8 37. Nxd6+ Kf8 38. bxa4 Rb4 39. Nb5 Ng6
40. Rd8+ Ke7 41. R1d7+ Kf6 42. Nc7 Nf4 43. g3 Ne2+ 44. Kd2 Rd4+ 45. Rxd4 Nxd4
46. Nd5+ Ke6 47. c3 Nxf3+ 48. Ke2 Nh2 49. Rb8 Kd6 50. a5 Kc5 51. Nb4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.02.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2012.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h4
Nd7 9. g5 h6 10. g6 fxg6 11. Bd3 Nf8 12. Nf3 Bf5 13. Ne5 Nf6 14. Rg1 Ne4 15.
Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qb3 Qa5+ 18. Kf1 Qb5+ 19. Qxb5 cxb5 20. Rc1 Bxh4
21. Bh2 Bd8 22. Rg4 Nd7 23. Rxg6 Bf6 24. Rc7 Nf8 25. Rg4 Ne6 26. Rxb7 O-O 27.
Nd7 Rf7 28. Rxe4 Rd8 29. Nxf6+ Rxf6 30. Rxa7 Rc8 31. d5 Ng5 32. Ree7 Rc1+ 33.
Kg2 Rg6 34. Bg3 h5 35. d6 Rd1 36. d7 Kh7 37. Ra8 h4 38. d8=Q Rxd8 39. Rxd8 hxg3
40. f4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.02.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Bartel,M"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2012.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In round 6 I managed to beat GM Sasikiran. In that game I was very lucky - my
opponent overplayed me, but in time trouble he spoiled his win and eventually
lost. I was on a very pleasant +3, but to win the tournament that would not be
sufficient. However, I didn't expect to go to +4 as easily as I did in the
following game - first I was still shaking after the game vs. Krishnan,
secondly my opponent was Fabiano Caruana...} 1. d4 d5 {This came as a surprise,
as I expected the Grünfeld.} 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 {I had only decided
that in the event of the Slav I should play e3.} Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 (6...
Bxf3 {was probably too calm for my opponent.}) 7. Qb3 Qc7 ({The alternative is
} 7... Qb6) 8. Nh4 $146 {It's funny, but I was sure that we are still in a
very popular line and Nh4 is one of White's options. The truth is different -
Nh4 has been played only once in the past! I didn't know that, so I could play
quickly and probably my opponent, who surely knew the theory much better than
I did, was a bit afraid of my "preparation". The line I thought we are in is:
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5.Nc3 e6 6.Qb3 Qb6 7.Nh4. So, it's similar
but different. The idea of Nh4 also exists with the queen on c7, so later on
we - in fact - will enter some more known positions, but at this moment, we
are a bit out of theory.} Nbd7 ({It was possible to play} 8... g5 9. g4 gxh4
10. gxh5 {, but I think it's not something you are dreaming about when playing
Black.}) 9. Bd2 {According to my database - it's a novelty, although very soon
we will be again in a position which has appeared in the past. White's idea is
simple - not to play g4 as long a possible. In the game White gained a lot
from delaying (and in fact avoiding) g4.} Nb6 $6 {A strange move. Engines, of
course, will say that this is not that bad, but I see absolutely now reason to
place knight on such a bad pleace.} ({I think that} 9... Be7 {was very much in
the style of the line, as after} 10. g4 (10. Rc1 $2 Ne4) 10... Bg6 11. Nxg6
hxg6 12. Bg2 {we have a quite typical position. There are some players who
prefer White, some who think that Black is absolutely fine.}) 10. cxd5 {
A key moment of the game from the psychological point of view. There is no
point hiding the fact that I offered a draw here. As I mentioned before, I was
still a bit shocked after the game vs. Sasikiran, so a draw would make me a
bit calmer. In fact a draw offer was very tempting in itself - nowadays you
can't make a quick draw, as it's usually forbidden. So, I thought that if an
opponent accept the offer it's ok - I was in fact a bit tired, as I had played
Moscow Open before Aeroflot, and a quick game would allow me to save some
precious energy. But, Fabiano, after thinking for about 20 minutes, decided to
reject my offer. I must say I wasn't disappointed - I already had much better
time (some 40 minutes up), my position was - in my opinion - slightly better
and solid. So, ok - let's play!} exd5 $6 {I think after this move Black is
worse - it's obvious that the knight on b6 is misplaced.} (10... Nbxd5 {
was better, but after} 11. g4 Bg6 12. Bg2 {I still prefer White. Anyway, I
think this was better than what Fabiano did.}) 11. Rc1 {This ooks a bit
strange, but White can exert some unpleasant pressure exploiting the fact that
queen is not feeling very comfortable on c7 and has no other good square.} Bg6
{Probably you must play this, as in the event of ...Be7 or ...Bd6 White can
play Nf5.} 12. Nxg6 hxg6 {This position is a big success for White - I had won
the pair of bishops without playing g4. Now the plan is very easy - push e4,
open the centre and press.} 13. Bd3 Be7 14. O-O {I spent some time over this
move as I was afraid of some direct attack.} Kf8 $2 {Many spectators were very
surprised by this move. Of course, this time it absolutely does not work, but
the whole idea is not so unfamilar - Black didn't want to put the king on the
a2-g8 diagonal and wanted to keep the rook on the h-file.} ({At the beginning
I was considering} 14... Ng4 {, but it's pointless as after} 15. f4 Nf6 16. a4
a5 17. e4 {White is better.}) ({Then I calculated} 14... g5 15. e4 g4 {, but
it's bad for many reasons:} 16. Nxd5 ({I saw only} 16. e5 gxh3 17. g3 {and
White should be better}) 16... Nbxd5 17. exd5 gxh3 18. g3 {with a big plus for
White.}) ({The most natural - and the best - was} 14... O-O {but anyway after}
15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nfd5 {(this is probably the most logical, to avoid
problems with the g6-pawn)} 17. Rfe1 {White is better.}) 15. a4 {If White can
force Black to play ...a5 and Black weren't able to play ...Bb4 - then a4 is a
must-play continuation.} a5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 {So, after 17 moves White is
visibly better. Not only the white king is safer than the black one, not only
White is better developed and controls the centre, but also - there are some
tactical problems in Black's position. Anyway, I couldn't have expected that
the game would finish in 5 moves!} Rh5 {The rook on h5 would be great - it
prevents d5 (what actually could be some kind of threat after Nxf6) and also
defends the a5-pawn. The problem is that the rook is very unsafe there.} 18.
Rfe1 {A calm move - the rook was the only piece which hadn't entered the
action yet, so - when there was no direct attack - it's a good move.} Nxe4 $2 {
The losing move. Black was already in a difficult situation, though not lost.}
({Both after} 18... Nfd5 19. Be2 Rh8 20. Bf3 {and after}) (18... Rd8 19. Ng3
Rhd5 20. Ne2 {White would be significantly better, but the game would be in
progress. Especially the second option seems to be pretty stubborn, as only a5
is a weak spot in Black's position. Ok, Black is probably paralysed, but it's
not easy to find a decisive plan.}) 19. Bxe4 {Now the 5th rank is too short
for the black rook.} Bd6 {After this move my opponent... offered a draw. Well,
the position is so much better for White, that I simply couldn't agree and,
moreover, White has a trick after which he wins material.} ({After} 19... Rd8
20. Bf3 Rf5 21. g4 Rxf3 ({after} 21... Rfd5 {engines suggest that even} 22. Re2
{(and only later Bxd5) is completely winning}) 22. Qxf3 {and there is no hope
for Black.}) 20. Qf3 $1 {I spend some minutes, as I didn't see this move
immediately. At the beginning I wanted to put one of my rooks on f3, but as
after both Rc3 (because of ...Bb4) and Re3 (because of ...Bf4) there is
nothing, I started to look for some other moves. I even started to analyse the
move... g3 to take f4 under control and prepare Re3-f3... Luckily, I finally
realised that Qf3 is not simply attacking on g6, but also on c6.} Nxa4 ({
The "normal"} 20... Kg8 {was better, but there is a more or less engine-like
defence:} 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Rxc6 Rf5 23. Qe4 Bh2+ {(move order of last 3 black
move could be also another)} 24. Kh1 Qb7 25. Rxb6 Qxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxf2 27. Kxh2
Rxd2 28. Rb7 {and White is only pawn up in a rook endgame, so Black still
would have some (slight) chances for a draw.}) 21. Bxg6 {Not it's totally over.
The next move of Black does not help.} Rh8 $2 (21... Rd5 22. Bf5 $5 (22. Bc2
Nb6 23. Re4 $18) 22... Kg8 23. Qxd5 cxd5 24. Rxc7 Bxc7 25. Re7 Bb6 26. b3 Nb2
27. Bc3 $18) 22. Bg5 {and due to many threats, especially putting some pieces
on e7 (after f6 there is a good idea to use the e8-square by playing Re2-Rce1),
Black resigned. I think it was one of the worst games in Fabiano's career, so
I was a bit lucky to meet him when he was playing below his normal, very high,
standard.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.02.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2012.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 O-O 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Ne8 12. Kb1 Bb7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. h4 f5
15. gxf6 Nxf6 16. Rg1 Rf7 17. Bd3 Raf8 18. a3 Be7 19. Ne2 Nh5 20. Nd4 Ba8 21.
Rc1 Qb8 22. Rg4 Bd6 23. Rg5 Nf4 24. h5 h6 25. Rg4 Be5 26. Rcg1 Kh8 27. Ne2 Nxe2
28. Bxe2 Qd6 29. Bd3 Bc6 30. Rg6 Bf4 31. R1g4 Qe5 32. Bxf4 Rxf4 33. Rxg7 Qxg7
34. Rxg7 Kxg7 35. Qg2+ Kh8 36. e5 Rg8 37. Qd2 Rgf8 38. Bg6 Bd5 39. b3 Kg7 40.
Qa5 Bxf3 41. Qc7 Bc6 42. Qd6 a5 43. Kb2 Rf3 44. Qe7+ R3f7 45. Bxf7 Rxf7 46. Qd8
a4 47. Kc3 Bf3 48. Kb4 axb3 49. cxb3 Bxh5 50. Kxb5 Bf3 51. b4 h5 52. Kc5 Rf5
53. Qxd7+ Kg6 54. Qxe6+ Kg5 55. Kd6 h4 56. Qg8+ Kf4 57. e6 Rd5+ 58. Kc7 h3 59.
e7 h2 60. Qf8+ Kg3 61. Qg7+ Kh3 62. e8=Q h1=Q 63. Qe6+ Kh2 64. Qeh6+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.02.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2012.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Qd6 9. f4 Rd8 10. Nf3 Qb4 11. Qc2 Nc4 12. Bf2 c5 13. O-O-O cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bg4
15. Be2 Bxe2 16. Ndxe2 Nc6 17. a3 Qa5 18. e5 Rac8 19. Kb1 b5 20. Nc1 Qa6 21.
Nb3 b4 22. Nc5 Qxa3 23. Nb5 b3 24. Nxa3 Nxa3+ 25. bxa3 bxc2+ 26. Kxc2 g5 27. g3
Bh6 28. Rxd8+ Nxd8 29. fxg5 Bxg5 30. Kd3 e6 31. Ne4 Be7 32. Nd6 Rc7 33. g4 f6
34. Bh4 Rd7 35. Ke2 Nc6 36. Ne4 fxe5 37. Bxe7 Rxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2012.03.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Andersson, Christin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2012.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. O-O g6 8.
Bg5 Bg7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Re1 h6 11. Bh4 e5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nb3 Be6 14. Qd3
Qc7 15. Rad1 Rd8 16. Qa6 O-O 17. Rd3 Rb8 18. Red1 Be7 19. R3d2 Rfd8 20. Qd3 Bg5
21. Re2 Bg4 22. f3 Bc8 23. Kh1 Rb6 24. Nb1 Ba6 25. c4 d5 26. Qc3 dxc4 27. Rxd8+
Qxd8 28. N3d2 Qd3 29. Re1 Qxc3 30. bxc3 Rb2 31. Rd1 Rxa2 32. g3 Bb5 33. f4 exf4
34. Nf3 fxg3 35. hxg3 Ba4 36. Re1 Ra1 37. Nxg5 hxg5 38. Rg1 Bc2 39. Nd2 Rxg1+
40. Kxg1 Bd3 41. Kf2 a5 42. Ke1 a4 43. Kd1 a3 44. Kc1 g4 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2012.03.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Sigfusson, Sigurdur Dadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2012.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4
9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. c3 bxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Re1 Nd7 15.
d4 Bf6 16. Ba3 Qe7 17. Rb1 Qf7 18. Qe2 g5 19. h3 Kh8 20. Nf1 Qg6 21. d5 exd5
22. exd5 Bd8 23. Ne3 Rf4 24. c4 Nb6 25. c5 Nxa4 26. Qd2 Nc4 27. Nxc4 Rxc4 28.
Rbc1 Rxc1 29. Qxc1 e4 30. cxd6 cxd6 31. Nd2 Ba5 32. Qc4 Kg8 33. Qxa4 Bxd2 34.
Rxe4 Bf4 35. g3 Be5 36. Bc1 Kh8 37. Be3 Qf7 38. Qc4 h6 39. h4 Qf5 40. hxg5 hxg5
41. Bxg5 Rc8 42. Qe2 Rc7 43. f4 Rc3 44. Kg2 Bg7 45. Re8+ Bf8 46. Qb2 Qc2+ 47.
Qxc2 Rxc2+ 48. Kf3 Kg7 49. Ra8 Ra2 50. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2012.03.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2012.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Be2 Nd7 9. Be3 Nb6 10. Qc5 f5 11. d5 f4 12. dxc6 fxe3 13. Qxe3 bxc6 14. O-O Qe8
15. Rac1 Kh8 16. Bd1 h6 17. Ne2 e5 18. Nd2 a5 19. Nc4 Ra6 20. a3 Be6 21. Nxb6
Rxb6 22. Qc3 Qa8 23. Ba4 c5 24. Ng3 c4 25. Bd1 Rfb8 26. Be2 Rb3 27. Qc2 c3 28.
bxc3 Rxa3 29. Ra1 Rab3 30. Ra4 Rb2 31. Qd3 Rf8 32. Rfa1 Qa7 33. Rxa5 Qxf2+ 34.
Kh1 Bg4 35. Rf1 Qb6 36. Raa1 Bxe2 37. Rxf8+ Bxf8 38. Nxe2 Qf2 39. Qg3 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2012.03.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2012.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 Nc5 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15.
Be3 O-O 16. Bd4 Qd5 17. Re1 d2 18. Re2 Bxb1 19. Rxb1 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bg5 21. g3
c5 22. Nf5 Qd3 23. Nd6 Qg6 24. h4 Bxh4 25. Rxd2 Be7 26. Rd5 f6 27. e6 f5 28.
Qd3 Qxe6 29. Nxf5 Rad8 30. Qe3 Qxe3 31. Nxe3 Rxd5 32. Nxd5 Bd8 33. f4 Kf7 34.
Kg2 Re8 35. Kf3 Re6 36. g4 Rd6 37. Rd1 h6 38. f5 g6 39. fxg6+ Kg7 40. Ke4 Bg5
41. Ke5 Rc6 42. Rf1 Rxg6 43. Nc7 Be7 44. Ne6+ Kg8 45. Rf4 h5 46. gxh5 Rg2 47.
h6 Rxb2 48. Rg4+ Kh8 49. Nf4 Kh7 50. Rg7+ Kxh6 51. Rxe7 Rxb3 52. Nd5 Rb1 53.
Kd6 c4 54. Ra7 Ra1 55. Kc5 Kg5 56. Kb6 Rd1 57. Nb4 Rc1 58. Na2 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2012.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2012.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. d4 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. Qd3 a6 12. Rfe1 Qd7 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Na4 Qf5
15. Bf4 Bb4 16. Qxf5 Bxf5 17. c3 Ba5 18. Bf1 Bd8 19. b3 Ne4 20. h4 Bf6 21. Rac1
g5 22. hxg5 Nxg5 23. Bg2 Nh3+ 24. Bxh3 Bxh3 25. Be5 Bg5 26. f4 Be7 27. Bd4 Rfe8
28. Re3 Bf5 29. Nc5 Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2012.03.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Thorfinnsson, Bragi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2012.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. h4 h6 11. Kb1 a6 12. Bd3 Bf6 13. Qe2 Ne5 14. Nxe5
Bxe5 15. a3 Bf6 16. f3 Qa4 17. g4 O-O-O 18. g5 hxg5 19. hxg5 Be7 20. f4 Rxh1
21. Rxh1 Qa5 22. Rh7 Bf8 23. Bd4 Qd5 24. Bxg7 Bxg7 25. Rxg7 Qh1+ 26. Qf1 Qxf1+
27. Bxf1 Rh8 28. Bg2 c6 29. f5 Bxf5 30. Rxf7 Rh2 31. Rxf5 Rxg2 32. a4 Rg1+ 33.
Ka2 d5 34. a5 Kb8 35. Rf8+ Ka7 36. Rg8 Rg2 37. Kb3 Rg4 38. g6 Rg2 39. Rg7 Rg4
40. Ka3 Rg2 41. Ka2 Kb8 42. Kb3 Rg4 43. Ka3 Ka7 44. b3 Kb8 45. Rg8+ Kc7 46. Ka2
Rg2 47. Kb1 Rg1+ 48. Kb2 Rg3 49. Rg7+ Kb8 50. Kc1 Rg2 51. Kd1 Ka7 52. b4 Kb8
53. Ke1 Rxc2 54. Rf7 Rg2 55. g7 Ka7 56. Kf1 Rg4 57. Kf2 Rg6 58. Ke3 Rg4 59. Re7
1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2012.03.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8.
Ba4 O-O 9. Ne2 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 Na5 12. dxc5 Qc7 13. Bb3 Bg4 14. f3 Bd7
15. Qb1 e6 16. Rd1 Rfd8 17. Kh1 Be8 18. Qb2 Bf8 19. f4 Bxc5 20. Nd4 Bf8 21. f5
Nxb3 22. axb3 e5 23. Nf3 f6 24. c4 Bc6 25. Qc2 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Rxd8 Qxd8
28. fxg6 hxg6 29. Bxa7 b6 30. c5 b5 31. b4 Bh6 32. Kg1 Kg7 33. Kf2 Qa8 34. Qa2
Bxe4 35. Qa5 Qb7 36. Bb6 Qd7 37. Qa7 Bb7 38. Bd8 e4 39. Ne1 Qd2+ 40. Kg3 Qf4+
0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2012.03.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2012.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. c3 d5 5. Nxe5 dxe4 6. Qe2 Be6 7. d4 exd3 8.
Nxd3 Ng6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Ne4 Re8 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6
15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. b3 a5 17. Rad1 Qc8 18. c4 a4 19. Rfe1 axb3 20. axb3 Rb8 21.
Qc2 Bf5 22. Qc3 Qb7 23. Nf4 Ne5 24. Rxd6 Qxb3 25. Qxb3 Rxb3 26. c5 Kf7 27. h3
Rc8 28. Ra1 Rb7 29. Ra6 Bd7 30. Rd4 Re8 31. Nd3 Bxh3 32. Nxe5+ fxe5 33. Rh4 Bf5
34. Rxc6 Rd8 35. Rh5 Be4 36. Ra6 Rd5 37. Rh4 Bd3 38. Ra8 h6 39. Rha4 Rc7 40.
R4a7 Rdd7 41. c6 Rxa7 42. Rxa7 Rxa7 43. Bxa7 e4 44. c7 Ba6 45. Kh2 g5 46. Bd4
h5 47. f3 exf3 48. gxf3 Kg6 49. Be3 Kf5 50. Bd2 h4 51. Be3 g4 52. fxg4+ Kxg4
53. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2012.03.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2012.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. h3 O-O 10. Be3 h6 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Re1 {Soweit keine Überrschung für
die Weltmeisterin. Caruana spielt die Variante aber mit verschiedenen
Fortsetzungen.} Bd7 (12... Bb7 13. Bc2 Nb8 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bxb6 cxb6 16. c4
b4 17. Nf1 Nbd7 18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Qxb4 Nfxe4 20. Rad1 Qc7 21. Ne3 a5 22. Qa3 Rad8
23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Rd1 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 (24) Svidler,P (2739)-Caruana,F (2711)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) 13. Qb1 (13. Bc2 Qb8 14. a3 a5 15. Bd3 Qa7 16. Bxb5 exd4
17. cxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Rc1 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 a4 22. Nf3 Rab8
23. Rc2 Nc5 24. Nd4 Qb7 25. Nf5 g6 26. Nxh6+ Kg7 27. Ng4 Nb3 28. Rc4 Re6 29.
Rxa4 c5 30. Rc4 Nd4 31. b4 Rxe4 32. bxc5 dxc5 33. Rxc5 Rf4 34. Rd3 Rd8 35. Qa1
Kh7 36. Nf6+ Kg7 37. Ng4 Kh7 38. Qf1 Ne2+ 39. Qxe2 Qb1+ 40. Kh2 Qxd3 41. Qe7
Qd6 42. Qh4+ Kg7 43. Rc6 Qxc6 44. Qxd8 Qc5 45. Qd2 Qd4 46. Qc1 Rf5 47. Kg1 Rc5
48. Qh6+ Kg8 49. Qe3 Qxe3 50. Nxe3 Rc3 51. h4 Rxa3 52. g3 Kg7 53. Kg2 Kf6 54.
Nd5+ Ke5 55. Nf4 Kf5 56. Nh3 Ra2 57. Kf3 f6 58. Nf4 Ra3+ 59. Kg2 g5 60. hxg5
fxg5 61. Nd5 Ke5 62. Ne3 Ke4 63. Ng4 Ra2 64. Nf6+ Kf5 {1/2-1/2 (64) Navara,D 
(2712)-Caruana,F (2736) Wijk aan Zee 2012}) 13... Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15. d5 c4 16.
b4 cxb3 17. axb3 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Nb7 19. b4 Nh5 {Die Stellung befindet sich im
Gleichgewicht. Dem weißen Spiel am Damenflügel begegnet Schwarz zunächst
mit Gegenspiel am Königsflügel.} 20. Bd3 Nf4 21. Bf1 Rf8 22. c4 bxc4 23. Bxc4
a5 24. bxa5 Nxa5 {Besonders Caruana wurde allmählich die Zeit knapp...} 25.
Qb4 Nxc4 {Der menschliche "Normalzug"} ({Der Rechner votiert für} 25... Nc6
26. Rxa8 Nxb4 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 {usw.}) ({oder noch besser:} 25... Nxg2 $5 {
mit der Idee} 26. Kxg2 (26. Rea3 Bxh3 27. Rxa5 Rxa5 28. Rxa5 Nf4 {mit
unklarere Situation.}) 26... Nxc4 27. Rxa8 (27. Nxc4 Rxa1 28. Qxd6 Bxh3+ 29.
Kxh3 Qc8+ 30. Kg3 Rh1 $19) 27... Nxe3+ {Schach!} 28. fxe3 Qxa8 $19) 26. Rxa8
Qxa8 27. Nxc4 {Nun hat Schwarz Probleme mit dem schwachen d6.} Qa1+ 28. Re1 ({
Aber nicht} 28. Kh2 $2 Qf1 29. Ne1 Qxf2 $19) 28... Qa2 29. Nfd2 Rc8 ({Nach} 
29... Nd3 $2 30. Qb1 Qxb1 31. Rxb1 {ist der Bauer d6 und das Endspiel nicht
mehr zu retten.}) 30. Re3 (30. Rb1 $5 Rxc4 $1 31. Nxc4 Nd3 32. Qb6 Qxc4 33.
Qd8+ Kh7 34. Qxd7 $11) 30... Qc2 31. Kh2 Nd3 ({Richtig ist} 31... Qd1 32. Qb3
Qa1 33. Qb7 (33. Nxd6 $2 Rc1 34. Kg3 Rg1 $19) 33... Rxc4 34. Qxd7 (34. Nxc4 $2
Qf1 35. Rg3 Ne2 $19) 34... Rc1 35. Rb3 Rh1+ (35... Rg1 $2 36. Rb8+ Kh7 37. Qf5+
Ng6 38. Qxf7 $18) 36. Kg3 Rxh3+ $1 37. gxh3 Qg1+ 38. Kf3 Qd1+ 39. Kg3 (39. Ke3
Qe2#) 39... Qg1+ $11 {Dauerschach.}) 32. Qb7 $18 {Bei beiderseitig zunehmend
knapper Bedenkzeit ist die Partie messerscharf geworden. Die Engines sehen
Weiß jetzt entscheiden im Vorteil.} Nc5 33. Qb6 Nd3 34. Nxd6 ({Verwickelt,
aber gut ist} 34. Qxd6 Bb5 (34... Bxh3 $5 35. Rxh3 Nxf2 36. Rg3 Qc1 37. Rxg7+
$1 Kxg7 38. Qxe5+ Kg8 39. Qg3+ Kf8 40. Qxf2 Rxc4 41. Nxc4 Qxc4 42. Qf4 $18) 35.
Rg3 Bxc4 36. Qf6 g6 37. Rxg6+ $1 fxg6 38. Qe6+ Kf8 39. Qxc8+ Kg7 40. Nxc4 Qxf2
41. Qg4 $18) 34... Rf8 35. N6c4 Nxf2 36. Qb1 (36. Qb3 $5 Qxb3 37. Rxb3 $18)
36... Qxb1 37. Nxb1 Bb5 38. Nba3 Ba6 39. Nxe5 Re8 40. d6 $1 Bb7 (40... Rxe5 41.
d7 $18) 41. Nxf7 $2 {Der erste Zug nach der Zeitkontrolle. Diese Idee führt
nicht zum Gewinn.} ({Der Rechner sieht hier:} 41. Nd7 $5 Nxe4 (41... Rxe4 42.
Nc5 Rxe3 43. d7) 42. Nc5 Nxd6 43. Rxe8+ Nxe8 44. Nxb7 $16 {Ist es gewonnen?}) (
{"Normal" war} 41. Nac4 Nxe4 42. d7 Rd8 43. Na5 Bd5 44. Rd3 Nf6 45. Rxd5 Nxd5
46. Nac6 Rxd7 47. Nxd7 $16 {Und am Ende bleibt Weiß hier vielleicht auch auch
mit König und Springer gegen König über.}) 41... Kxf7 42. Rf3+ Ke6 43. Nb5
Rb8 44. Rxf2 Bxe4 45. Re2 Rxb5 46. Rxe4+ Kxd6 47. Kg3 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "2012.03.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2012.03.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Winterthur"]
[BlackTeam "Riehen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Bc4 cxd4 10. O-O Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rad1 Qb6 13. Nxd4 Nd5 14. Bg3
Bf6 15. c3 Bd7 16. Nf3 Bc6 17. Ne5 Rad8 18. Bd3 Be7 19. Kh1 Nf6 20. f4 Rfe8 21.
Bf2 Qc7 22. Bd4 Bf8 23. Qe3 Nd5 24. Qg3 f5 25. c4 Nb6 26. Be2 Be4 27. Bh5 Re7
28. b3 Nc8 29. Bc3 Nd6 30. Rd4 Bc6 31. Rfd1 Ne4 32. Rxd8 Nxg3+ 33. hxg3 Qb6 34.
Rb8 Qf2 35. Nxc6 1-0

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "2012.06.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.03.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zuerich"]
[BlackTeam "Winterthur"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. O-O e5 8. d3
Be7 9. Nd2 Bd7 10. Nc4 f6 11. f4 b5 12. Ne3 exf4 13. Rxf4 O-O 14. Ned5 Bd6 15.
Nxc7 Bxc7 16. Rf2 Rb8 17. a4 a6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Be3 Nd4 20. Ne4 Re8 21. b4
Bg4 22. bxc5 f5 23. Bxd4 Qxd4 24. Ng5 h6 25. Nf3 Qxc5 26. Qb3+ Kh8 27. d4 Qb6
28. e3 b4 29. Rc1 Bxf3 30. Bxf3 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "2012.06.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2012.03.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Winterthur"]
[BlackTeam "Mendrisio"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. h3 Bb7 10. Re1 Ne7 11. dxe5 Nxe4 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Nc5 14. exd6 Qxd6
15. Qxd6 cxd6 16. Nbd2 Kf8 17. Nd4 g6 18. Rd1 Rd8 19. Nf1 Rd7 20. Re2 Kg7 21.
Ne3 Rc8 22. f3 Kf8 23. Red2 Rcd8 24. Kf2 Nc8 25. g4 Re7 26. g5 Nb6 27. Ng4 Nc4
28. Bxc4 bxc4 29. Kg3 Kg7 30. h4 Nd3 31. Rh1 Rb8 32. h5 Ba8 33. hxg6 fxg6 34.
Rdh2 Rh8 35. Rh6 Bd5 36. Nf6 Bg8 37. R1h2 Re5 38. f4 Re3+ 39. Kg4 Re1 40. Kg3
Re3+ 41. Kg4 Re1 42. Rg2 Rf1 43. Ne2 Ne1 44. Kg3 Nxg2 45. Kxg2 Rb1 46. Nd4
Rxb2+ 47. Kg3 Bf7 48. f5 Rxa2 49. Ne4 Rd8 50. Nf6 Rh8 51. Ne4 Rd8 52. Nf6 Rh8
53. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "2012.10.20"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2012.03.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Winterthur"]
[BlackTeam "Luzern"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. Re1 Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Bd3 Nh5 10. Nb3 Bg4 11. Be2 h6 12. h3 Bc8 13. Be3 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15.
Nc1 g5 16. Nd3 Ne7 17. Nd2 b6 18. e5 d5 19. Bg4 Be6 20. a4 a5 21. b4 Qd7 22.
Ra2 Nc6 23. Nb3 Rfe8 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Rc2 Bf8 26. b5 Ne7 27. Qh5 c6 28. bxc6
Nxc6 29. Nd2 Rac8 30. Rb2 Ne7 31. Rb3 Rc6 32. Nb2 Rec8 33. Qf3 R8c7 34. Nd1 Qf5
35. Rb2 Rg6 36. Re2 Bg7 37. Nf1 Rc4 38. Ra2 Qd7 39. Nb2 Rc8 40. Ra3 Qf5 41. Rb3
Qd7 42. Rb5 Qc6 43. Rc2 f6 44. exf6 Rxf6 45. c4 Qd7 46. Qb3 Rfc6 47. Rxb6 Bxd4
48. Rxc6 Qxc6 49. c5 Bxc5 50. Nd3 Qb6 51. Qa2 Rc7 52. Re2 Bd4 53. Nd2 Bf6 54.
Nf3 Rc3 55. Nde5 Rc1+ 56. Kh2 Qb1 57. Qxb1 Rxb1 58. Ng4 Kg7 59. Re6 Ng8 60. Ra6
Bc3 61. Ra7+ Kg6 62. Rc7 Rb3 63. Rd7 Ra3 64. Rxd5 Rxa4 65. h4 Nf6 66. Rd6 Ra1
67. Rc6 Bb2 68. h5+ Kg7 69. Rc7+ Kf8 70. Nxf6 Bxf6 71. Kh3 a4 72. Kg4 a3 73.
Rc6 Bg7 74. Ra6 Ke7 75. Kf5 Bb2 76. Rxh6 Rh1 77. Ra6 Rxh5 78. Nxg5 Rh2 79. Kxf4
Rxg2 80. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "2012.10.21"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2012.03.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wollishofen"]
[BlackTeam "Winterthur"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. h3 e6 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
Ne5 9. e4 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 a6 11. a4 Nf6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Qe7 14. Bd3 g5 15.
Bg3 Nd7 16. Qh5 Ne5 17. Bc2 Ng6 18. a5 Bd7 19. Ra3 Rb8 20. Rb3 Nf4 21. Qf3 Be5
22. Rb6 Rg8 23. Nd1 Nxd5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Bb3 g4 26. hxg4 Bxg4 27. Bxd5 Bxf3
28. gxf3 Rg6 29. Ne3 Kf8 30. Ke2 h5 31. Nf5 Re8 32. Kf1 Rg5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kabanov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {Avoiding the sharp Sicilian lines.} Nc6 4. Bxc6+
bxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. e5 e6 {Caruana chooses a more solid continuation.}
(7... dxe5 8. g4 e4 9. gxh5 exf3 {is extremely messy. For instance:} 10. Nc3
Nf6 11. Qxf3 Nd5 12. d3 e6 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Kh1 O-O 15. Rg1 f5 16. Rae1 Qd7 17.
Qe2 Kf7 18. Rg2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S (2683)-Teterev,V (2511)/
Khanty-Mansiysk 2010/CBM 139 (53)}) 8. d3 (8. exd6 Bxd6 9. d3 Ne7 (9... Nf6 10.
Nbd2 O-O 11. Qe2 Nd5 12. Ne4 Bc7 13. c4 Nb4 14. Rd1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Na6 16. f4
Qe7 $15 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S (2688)-Bu Xiangzhi (2676)/Ningbo 2010/CBM 137
Extra (39)}) 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Ne4 Nd5 12. Re1 Re8 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Ne4 Bc7 $6 (
14... Bh5 $11) 15. Nxc5 e5 16. a3 $14 {1-0 Shirov,A (2697)-Gelfand,B (2710)/
Dortmund 2002/CBM 090 (51)}) 8... d5 9. Nc3 $6 {It's preferable to develop the
knight on d2. Later on the knight can be transferred to the kingside. Also the
advance c2-c4, making the position more static, might be good for White,
therefore it's not a good idea for him to block his own c-pawn.} (9. Re1 Ne7
10. Nbd2 Nc8 11. Nf1 Be7 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Ne2 ({Worth consideration was:} 13. c4
Nb6 14. b3 {trying to make the position more static.}) 13... Nb6 14. Nf4 O-O
15. b3 d4 16. Nd2 Nd5 17. Nxg6 fxg6 18. Ne4 Rf5 19. Qg4 Rxe5 20. Bd2 Qd7 21.
Re2 Rf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Meier,G (2570)-Motylev,A (2644)/Moscow 2008/CBM 123 (83)})
9... Ne7 10. Re1 ({Also after} 10. b3 Nc8 11. Ba3 Nb6 {Black experiences no
problems.}) 10... Nc8 {The knight goes to b6, this will prevent White's idea
of Nc3-a4 pressing against the Pc5.} 11. Qe2 Nb6 12. b3 Be7 13. Bb2 (13. Nd1
O-O 14. c4 a5 15. Bf4 a4 16. Ne3 Qc7) 13... O-O 14. Nb1 {White admits that the
development of the knight to c3 was actually wrong.} a5 15. a4 c4 $1 {All in
accordancewith the rule that the side which has the bishop pair should open
the position.} 16. dxc4 dxc4 17. Rd1 (17. bxc4 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 (18. gxf3 $2 Bb4
19. Rd1 Qg5+ 20. Kh1 Qf5 21. Kg2 Rad8 $17) 18... Nxc4 19. Bc3 Qd5 $15) (17. g4
$1 Bg6 18. bxc4 Qc7 19. Nc3 {It's not really about the extra doubled pawn, but
rather more important to control the d5-square. The position is dynamically
balanced.}) 17... Qb8 $1 18. Nbd2 cxb3 19. cxb3 Nd5 $15 {[%csl Gd5]} 20. Rac1
Qb6 21. Bd4 (21. g4 Bg6 22. Nd4 c5 23. Nb5 Qc6 24. Qf3 f5 $1 $17) 21... c5 22.
Be3 Rfd8 23. Rc4 Rd7 $6 (23... h6 $1 {Useful prophylaxis.} 24. Rdc1 Bg6 25.
Bxc5 (25. Nh4 Bxh4 26. Rxh4 Nxe3 27. Qxe3 Rd3 28. Qe2 Rad8 29. Nc4 Qb4 $17)
25... Bxc5 26. Rxc5 Nf4 27. Qe3 (27. Qf1 Bd3 $19) 27... Nd3 $17) 24. Rdc1 Rad8
25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 Nf4 {Probably Caruana was counting on this knight move,
but it's not so dangerous for White.} 27. Qf1 Bxf3 (27... Nd3 28. Rb5 Qa7 29.
Rc3 Bxf3 30. Nxf3 Nxf2 31. Kh2 {keeping the balance.}) 28. Nxf3 Qxb3 29. R5c3
$2 {Probably Kabanov was concerned about the threat 29...Nxh3+, but in fact
it's not so dangerous. White should have activated his dreaming queen.} (29.
Qc4 Nxh3+ 30. Kf1 $1 Qa3 (30... Rd1+ $6 31. Ne1 R1d2 32. Rc2 Rxc2 33. Nxc2 Qb7
34. Rb5 Qa8 35. Ne3 Ng5 36. Qc7 $14) 31. Rc3 Qa1+ 32. Rc1 Qa3 {Black has no
more than a repetition.}) 29... Qb2 $6 ({It was possible to grab the pawn
immediately:} 29... Qxa4 $1 $17) 30. R3c2 $6 {Probably White was hoping to
repeat moves, but Black can still change his mind.} (30. R1c2 Qb7 31. Qb5 {
was still equalising.}) 30... Qb3 31. Rc3 Qxa4 $1 {The only thing Black needs
to calculate is that he doesn't lose the knight.} 32. Rc4 Qb3 33. Rxf4 (33.
R4c3 Qb7 $19) 33... Rd1 34. Rxd1 Rxd1 35. Ne1 Qb1 {Black gets the knight back.}
36. Qa6 Rxe1+ 37. Kh2 h5 ({It was more precise to start with a check, forcing
White's king to go forward:} 37... Rh1+ $1 38. Kg3 h5 {If White exchanges
queens:} 39. Qa8+ Kh7 40. Qe4+ Qxe4 41. Rxe4 {then the rook ending is lost.})
38. Qxa5 $2 {This loses by force.} (38. Qa8+ Kh7 39. g3 {[%csl Yh1][%cal Ya8h1]
} Rxe5 40. Rxf7 Rf5 41. Rxf5 Qxf5 42. Kg1 {In this ending White has decent
chances for a draw.}) 38... Rh1+ 39. Kg3 Qg6+ 40. Kh4 Qxg2 {White's king is
doomed.} 41. Qd8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Banusz, Tamas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Nd2 c6 8.
Ba4 d6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. c3 Bb6 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Be6 14. Ne3 g5 15.
Bg3 d5 16. Qf3 Kg7 17. Nf5+ Bxf5 18. Qxf5 dxe4 19. dxe4 Qc8 20. Qf3 Qg4 21.
Qxg4 Nxg4 22. f3 Nf6 23. Rfd1 Rfd8 24. a4 Nh5 25. Be1 Nf4 26. Bc4 Kf6 27. Kf1
Ke7 28. g3 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Ne6 30. Ke2 Bb6 31. Bd2 a5 32. Rh1 Rg8 33. Be1 h5 34.
h4 g4 35. Bd2 gxf3+ 36. Kxf3 Rg4 37. b3 Nc5 38. Re1 Ne6 39. Bc1 Rg6 40. Re2
Rf6+ 41. Kg2 Rg6 42. Ra2 Bc5 43. Bd2 Ba7 44. Ra1 Nc5 45. Rf1 f6 46. Be3 Nxe4
47. Bxa7 Rxg3+ 48. Kh2 Rxc3 49. Rg1 Rc2+ 50. Rg2 Nd2 51. Bc5+ Kd8 52. Bb6+ Kd7
53. Be2 Rc1 54. Rg7+ Ke6 55. Bxh5 f5 56. Rxb7 Rc2 57. Kg1 Rc1+ 58. Kg2 Rc2 59.
Bf7+ Kd6 60. h5 Ne4+ 61. Kf1 f4 62. Bg6 Ng3+ 63. Kg1 e4 64. h6 Ne2+ 65. Kh2
Nd4+ 66. Kh3 Nf3 67. Bc7+ Ke6 68. Bxf4 Ng1+ 69. Kh4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Popov, Ivan1"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 O-O 13. g3 Bg5 14. h4 Bh6 15.
Bh3 Be6 16. Kf1 Qa5 17. Kg2 Qc5 18. Qd3 a5 19. Rhf1 Ra7 20. b3 Bxd5 21. Qxd5
Rd8 22. Rfd1 Qb6 23. Qb5 Qc7 24. Qa4 g6 25. Rd3 Nd4 26. Nxd4 exd4 27. Qb5 Qc5
28. f4 Bg7 29. Qxc5 dxc5 30. a4 Re7 31. Kf3 Rde8 32. Re1 f5 33. e5 h5 34. Bg2
Kf8 35. Kf2 Re6 36. Bd5 Ke7 37. Rdd1 Rf8 38. Kf3 Bh6 39. Rd3 Kd7 40. Re2 Ke7
41. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Radulski, Julian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. b3 Ne4 8. Bb2
Bd7 9. Nc3 Be8 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 Nxd4 12. Nxe4 Nf5 13. Nc3 c6 14. e4 Nh6
15. e5 Nf5 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Rad1 Nd4 18. Nb1 c5 19. Bxb7 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21.
Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Kg2 Bg6 23. f3 Bxb1 24. Rxb1 a5 25. f4 Rd6 26. Rbe1 g6 27. Re2
Rfd8 28. Bf3 Kf7 29. Bg4 h5 30. Bh3 Kf6 31. Rfe1 Re8 32. Re5 Kf7 33. R5e4 Kf6
34. R1e2 Re7 35. g4 hxg4 36. Bxg4 Bc3 37. Re5 Bd4 38. Bf3 Rdd7 39. Rg5 e5 40.
Be4 Rg7 41. Kf3 exf4 42. Kxf4 Rd6 43. Bd5 Rh7 44. Kg4 Kg7 45. Kg3 Kf8 46. Be6
Kg7 47. h4 Rh5 48. Bd5 Bf6 49. Rxh5 gxh5 50. Re8 Rd8 51. Re6 Rd6 52. Re8 Rd8
53. Re2 Rd7 54. Kf4 Bxh4 55. Rh2 Be1 56. Rxh5 Re7 57. Be4 Bd2+ 58. Kf3 Bb4 59.
Rd5 Kf6 60. Kf4 Re5 61. Rd7 Rh5 62. Rd6+ Ke7 63. Ra6 Rh2 64. a4 Rh6 65. Bg6 Rh2
66. Ke5 Rd2 67. Bf5 Bc3+ 68. Ke4 Rd4+ 69. Ke3 Rd6 70. Ra7+ Kf6 71. Be4 Rb6 72.
Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Ng5 Rf8 11. Nf3 Re8 12. Ng5 Rf8 13. d4 Bb7 14. Nf3 Re8 15.
Nbd2 Bf8 16. d5 Nb8 17. Nf1 Nbd7 18. N3h2 Nc5 19. Bc2 c6 20. b4 Ncd7 21. dxc6
Bxc6 22. Bg5 Qc7 23. Qd3 Rac8 24. Bb3 Qb7 25. Ng3 h6 26. Bxf6 Nxf6 27. Ng4 Nxg4
28. hxg4 g6 29. Qf3 Qe7 30. Rad1 Bg7 31. Rd3 Bd7 32. Red1 Rc6 33. Bd5 Rc7 34.
Bb3 Rc6 35. Bd5 Rc7 36. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Qe1 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Ne4 Qc7
15. Bc5 Rfd8 16. Qh4 Qa5 17. Ba3 h6 18. Nc5 Bf5 19. Bb3 g5 20. Qf2 Qb6 21. g4
Bg6 22. Rd2 Nc7 23. Ne4 Qxf2 24. Rxf2 Nb5 25. Be7 Rdb8 26. c3 Rb7 27. Bc5 a5
28. Bc2 a4 29. a3 Nc7 30. Bd6 Ne6 31. Rd2 h5 32. Re1 hxg4 33. fxg4 Rb5 34. Ng3
Nc5 35. Bxc5 Rxc5 36. Bxg6 fxg6 37. Ne4 Rd5 38. Rf1 Rad8 39. Kc2 Rb8 40. h3
Rdb5 41. Kc1 Rd5 42. Rf3 Rbd8 43. Kc2 Rb8 44. Rfd3 Rbd8 45. Rd1 Kf7 46. Rf1+
Kg8 47. Rdf3 Rb5 48. R1f2 Rdb8 49. Kc1 R5b7 50. Rd3 Bf8 51. Nf6+ Kg7 52. Rd7+
Be7 53. Rxb7 Rxb7 54. Ne4 Rd7 55. Kc2 Rb7 56. Nd2 Rb5 57. Nc4 Rc5 58. Kd3 Bd8
59. Rf1 Bc7 60. Nd2 Rb5 61. Kc2 Bd8 62. Rf3 Be7 63. Rf1 Bd8 64. Rd1 Be7 65. Nc4
Rc5 66. Nb6 Ra5 67. Rd7 Kf6 68. Rc7 Ra6 69. Rxc6+ Kg7 70. Rc7 Rxb6 71. Rxe7+
Kf6 72. Re8 Rb7 73. Ra8 e4 74. Re8 Re7 75. Rxe7 Kxe7 76. b4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Ra8 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Re1 Re8 15. dxe5
Nxe5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Nf1 Qe7 18. Qf3 Bd7 19. Bxa7 Rxa7 20. Ne3 Raa8 21. Rad1
Rad8 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Be6 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rd6 27. Rxd6
Qxd6 28. Qe3 c5 29. f3 h5 30. h4 g6 31. Kf2 c4 32. Kg3 Kg7 33. Qb6 Qd2 34. Qxa6
Qxb2 35. Qb6 Qxc3 36. Qxb5 Qe1+ 37. Kh3 Qh1+ 38. Kg3 Qe1+ 39. Kh3 Qh1+ 40. Kg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Jones,G"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Already a slight surprise. Fabiano is generally a 1.e4 player. 95% of
my preparation wasted but I had looked at this for about ten minutes that
morning.} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 {I'd seen the Italian had
previously tried the Sämisch so I wasn't caught completely off-guard. Luckily
I had prepared this line for my game against Gupta at the London Open and so I
at least had some idea.} O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 a6 8. Nge2 Rb8 9. Rc1 Bd7 10.
Nd1 b5 {Delaying moving my e-pawn to try and play ...e5 in one go.} ({I had
this position back in the European Team Championships and there tried} 10... e6
11. g3 Re8 12. Bg2 b5 13. c5 dxc5 14. Rxc5 Bf8 15. Rc1 e5 16. d5 Bb4 17. Nec3
Nd4 $5 {with a really crazy game which eventually boiled down to a draw in
Bartel, M (2653)-Jones,G (2635) European Team Championships 2011. I'm sure
Caruana had an improvement prepared here somewhere.}) 11. c5 {White's typical
method of dealing with ...b5. The b-file remains closed while White manages to
get pressure on the c-file. This was the point of the strange looking knight
retreat on the previous move.} Re8 $5 {This was my idea. Although not actually
a novelty, Black has played this very rarely and it's not really surprising.
Black's move looks very odd: The d4-d5 advance hasn't been countered while
it's not clear what the point of the rook move is. However if you went through
my game against Bartel you'd see the idea; Black vacates the f8-square in
order that the bishop can drop back hitting the rook on c5.} 12. Nf2 (12. d5 {
initially looks promising but White is in danger of over-extension, e.g.} Ne5
13. c6 Bc8 14. Nf4 e6 {and I'll be able to open up the centre when Black is
certainly fine.}) 12... dxc5 13. Rxc5 e5 14. d5 Ne7 15. Nd3 {After a long
think Fabiano comes up with a move that I hadn't examined and I was now on my
own.} (15. Qc1 {hitting the c7-pawn is critical but then Black has the
interesting possibility:} Bf8 ({The organiser of the London Classic, IM
Malcolm Pein, sent me an email with his effort after seeing my game. However
he wasn't sure what to do after} 15... c6 $5 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Rxc6 Bxc6 18.
Qxc6 Qa5+ 19. Qc3 Qxa2 {White's two pieces will outweigh the rook and pawn in
the long term so it's a question of whether Black can manage enough
compensation before White sorts out his minor pieces and gets castled.} 20. Nc1
Qa1 (20... Qa4 {is the computer's suggestion so that c2 is covered, e.g.} 21.
Be2 Rec8 (21... Nh5 $5) 22. Qd2 Rc2 23. b3 Rxd2 24. bxa4 Rc2 25. axb5 axb5 {
and Black has survived into the endgame where the rook and pawn should be
stronger but still White has a pleasant edge.}) 21. Nfd3 $6 Nd5 $1 22. Qd2 Nxe3
23. Qxe3 Rbc8 24. Be2 Qa5+ 25. Kf2 Bf8 26. Bd1 Qc7 27. Bb3 a5 28. Ne2 Bc5 29.
Nxc5 Qxc5 30. Rd1 a4 31. Bd5 {Galopoulos,N (2430)-Pein,M (2382) Neos Marmaras
2012. Here had Black played} Qxe3+ 32. Kxe3 Rc2 33. Rb1 (33. Rd2 Rxd2 34. Kxd2
b4) 33... b4 {I don't think he should be worse.}) 16. Rxc7 Nexd5 $1 {
sacrificing a piece to open up White's position and try to exploit White's
delayed kingside development. The e2-knight gets in the way of the bishop's
development. Of course Black has to play dynamically but I think he has good
chances.}) 15... c6 {It's logical to try and undermine White's centre. The
position is very interesting: White has more space and a better structure and
should he get time to complete his development he will stand better. It's
vital therefore that Black fights back dynamically as quickly as possible.} 16.
d6 Nc8 17. Ng3 (17. Nxe5 $6 {is premature as} Nxe4 $1 18. fxe4 Bxe5 {is great
for Black. He'll pick up at least the pawn on d6.}) 17... Nxd6 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 $5
{Around here I thought for a long time to find the right plan.} (18... Qc7 {
is the computer's suggestion but I was concerned that} 19. Bf4 {would leave me
in a horrible pin. However the computer has no fear and claims the simple} Re6
{defending the knight is actually a little better for Black.}) 19. Rxe5 Nd5 $5
{Trapping the rook in the centre of the board.} (19... Ng4 {was my original
intention and probably stronger. I was scared by} 20. Bg5 {However the
computer informs me that} ({Being greedy and trying to hold onto the exchange
with} 20. Rc5 $6 {is dubious:} Nxe3 21. Qxe3 {when} Qb6 {was my idea. Black
threatens ...Nb7 picking up the exchange. Black's control of the dark squares
is far more important than the nominal material advantage.}) 20... f6 $1 {
is actually fine for Black. Following} 21. fxg4 fxg5 22. Qxd6 {it looks like
White is doing well but} Bxg4 $1 {exchanging queens and leaving White a whole
rook up is actually good for Black. The rook can't escape as} 23. Qxd8+ Rxd8
24. Rxg5 $4 Rd1+ 25. Kf2 Bd4#) 20. Bd4 $1 {It's important to force my next
weakness.} f6 21. Bc5 (21. Rxd5 cxd5 22. exd5 {is similar to the game. Here
the computer suggests} Nf5 {with equality.}) 21... Nf7 22. Rxd5 ({Perhaps
White's last meaningful try for the win was} 22. Rh5 $5 {The position becomes
pretty crazy after} gxh5 23. exd5 h4 {Black's fractured kingside pawns look
vulnerable but there is past experience in the Samisch with Fischer happily
allowing his opponent to force ...gxh5.} 24. dxc6 Rc8 $1 25. Qxd7 Qxd7 26. cxd7
Rxc5 27. Ne4 Re5 28. Kd1 Rd5+ 29. Kc2 Rxd7 {with equality.}) 22... cxd5 23.
exd5 {White has an extra pawn but he is still behind in development and so I
have full compensation.} (23. Qxd5 {was also possible but both Fabiano and I
thought this was an extremely dangerous way of playing.}) 23... f5 24. Be2 Qf6
25. b4 Rd8 {Lining up on the d5 pawn.} 26. f4 Bc6 27. Bf3 Qc3 $1 {Winning the
d5-pawn and liquidating into a drawn endgame.} 28. Qxc3 Bxc3+ 29. Ke2 Bxd5 30.
Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Rc1 Bf6 32. Be3 Rd6 33. Rc8+ Nd8 (33... Rd8 34. Rc6 Rd6 {was a
safer path to the draw.}) 34. Nf1 Rc6 35. Ra8 Kf7 36. Ra7+ Be7 {This is a
little inaccurate.} (36... Kg8 37. Nd2 Ne6 {is equal as} 38. Nb3 Rc2+ {is fine
for Black.}) 37. Bc5 (37. Nd2 Ne6 38. a3 Ke8 $1 {should also be drawn but
Black has to be slightly more careful.}) 37... Re6+ 38. Ne3 Nc6 39. Rb7 Ke8 40.
Bxe7 Rxe7 (40... Nxe7 41. Kd3 Re4 {looks tempting but} 42. a3 {is fine for
Black as} Rxf4 $4 43. Rxe7+ Kxe7 44. Nd5+ {would be tragic.}) 41. Rxe7+ Kxe7 {
And I offered a draw which Fabiano accepted. An interesting game and it was
nice to hold my own against one of the top ten in the world.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nd4 4. e3 Nxf3+ 5. Qxf3 g6 {Black can play rather
slowly as the white queen on f3 occupies far from the ideal spot.} 6. b3 Bg7 7.
Bb2 d6 (7... Rb8 8. Qd1 (8. g4 $6 b6 $15) 8... a6 9. Qc2 Nf6 10. Ne4 Qb6 11.
Be5 d6 12. Nxf6+ exf6 13. Bc3 {1/2-1/2 Mohr,G-Sokolov,I/Bihac 1999/ (41)}) 8.
g3 {It has to be admitted, that this timid move is not the only solution in
the position. White players have invested lots of energy into the extravagant
line 8.g4 hoping to draw the full benefit from the odd location of the queen
on f3.} (8. g4 Nf6 (8... Rb8 9. Bg2 (9. Be2 Bd7 10. Qg2 (10. Qg3 Bc6 11. Bf3
Qd7 12. O-O-O a6 13. d4 cxd4 14. exd4 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nf6 16. g5 Nh5 {1/2-1/2
Claesen,P-Vadasz,L/Paks 1997/ (16)}) 10... Bc6 11. Bf3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 h5 13. g5
e6 14. Rb1 Ne7 15. Ne4 e5 16. Nf6+ Bxf6 17. Qxf6 O-O 18. d4 cxd4 19. exd4 Nc6 {
1/2-1/2 (26) Fridman,D-Breder,D/Senden 1999/ (36)}) 9... Bd7 (9... b6 $5) (9...
a6 10. g5 b5 11. Qe2 h6 12. h4 hxg5 13. hxg5 Rxh1+ 14. Bxh1 e6 15. f4 Qa5 16.
O-O-O bxc4 17. Qxc4 Rb4 18. Qd3 d5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Bf5 $11 {1-0 (25)
Izoria,Z (2602)-Palac,M (2574) Warsaw 2005}) 10. Qe2 (10. d4 cxd4 11. exd4 Qa5
12. Qf4 Bh6 13. Qg3 Qg5 14. Ne4 Qxg4 15. d5 f6 16. c5 Bf4 17. Qxg4 Bxg4 18.
cxd6 Bxd6 19. Nxd6+ exd6 20. Bd4 a6 $11 {Pomes Marcet,J-Bellon Lopez,J/
Barcelona 1990/ (40) 0-1}) 10... a6 (10... Qc8 $5 11. g5 (11. h3 Bc6 $11) 11...
Bc6 $11) 11. g5 b5 (11... h6 12. h4 hxg5 13. hxg5 Rxh1+ 14. Bxh1 e6 15. f4 Ne7
16. O-O-O $14) 12. d3 Qa5 (12... e6 $2 13. Nxb5 $18) 13. Rc1 h6 (13... e6) 14.
h4 Rh7 (14... hxg5 15. hxg5 Rxh1+ 16. Bxh1 e5 (16... e6 $5) 17. Qd2 Ne7 18. Ne4
Qb6 19. f4 Bf5 20. Qh2 $14 {1-0 Petrosian,A-Skripchenko,A/Dortmund 2000/ (51)})
(14... b4 15. Ne4 $14) 15. Ba1 hxg5 16. hxg5 Rxh1+ 17. Bxh1 b4 $6 (17... e6 $5
18. Kd1 Kf8 (18... Ne7 $2 19. Nxb5 $18 (19. Ne4 $18))) 18. Ne4 $14 {1-0 (34)
Krasenkow,M (2661)-Macieja,B (2538) Plock 2000/}) (8... Nh6 9. g5 Nf5 10. h4
Bd7 11. Qxb7 Rb8 12. Qf3 Rb6 13. Bd3 Bc6 14. Be4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 d5 16. cxd5 Rb4
17. Qc2 O-O 18. d3 Rxh4 19. Rxh4 Nxh4 20. O-O-O $14 {1-0 (30) Tomashevsky,E 
(2624)-Shaposhnikov,E (2554) Moscow 2007}) 9. g5 Nd7 (9... Nh5 $5) 10. h4 Ne5 (
10... h6 11. Bg2) 11. Qg2 (11. Qg3) 11... Bg4 12. Be2 Bxe2 13. Kxe2 $14 Nc6 (
13... Qd7 14. h5 $14 (14. d4 $6 cxd4 15. exd4 Nc6 $132)) 14. Rab1 (14. h5 $14)
14... h5 (14... h6 $6 15. h5 $36) 15. Nd5 O-O 16. f4 Bxb2 (16... Qa5 17. f5 $36
) 17. Rxb2 e6 $5 18. Nf6+ Kg7 19. a3 $14 {0-1 (42) Van Wely,L (2670)-Akopian,V
(2654) Enghien les Bains 2001}) (8. Qd1 Nf6 (8... e5 9. Be2 Ne7 10. O-O O-O $11
{0-1 Galliamova,A-Kramnik,V/Kazan 1997/ (41)}) 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Ne4 11. Qc2 {
1/2-1/2 Mohr,G-Zvjaginsev,V/Portoroz 1997/ (11)}) 8... e6 {Both players are
more attuned to their general understanding of the opening positions than to
the concrete knowledge. Otherwise Black would have spent more time on the
crictial line starting with the rook move 8...Rb8.} (8... Rb8 9. Bg2 Nf6 $1 (
9... Nh6 10. h3 (10. Qd1 a6 (10... Nf5 11. Qc2 O-O 12. O-O a6 13. a4 Bd7 14.
Nd5 e6 15. Bxg7 Nxg7 16. Nf4 Nf5 17. Qc3 Bc6 18. b4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 cxb4 20. Qxb4
$11 {1/2 (45) Ribli,Z (2625)-Benjamin,J (2545) Wijk aan Zee 1989}) 11. O-O O-O
12. d3 b5 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Bxb7 Rxb7 15. Nd5 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Ng4 $13 {Ftacnik,
L-Miles,A/Manila izt 1990/}) 10... Nf5 11. Qe2 a6 12. O-O b5 {1/2-1/2 Gabriel,
C-Lalic,B/Pula 1997/ (12)}) (9... Bd7 10. O-O Bc6 11. Qe2 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nf6 13.
Ne4 O-O 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxf6 exf6 16. d4 cxd4 17. exd4 d5 18. c5 Re8 19. Qd2
$11 {1/2 (35) Andersson,U (2605)-Ljubojevic,L (2610) Brussels 1988}) 10. h3 (
10. Qd1 O-O (10... Bg4 $5) 11. d4 Bg4 12. Qd2 Qc8 13. O-O Bh3 {Ribli,Z-Miles,A/
Wijk/1989/}) 10... O-O (10... b5 11. Nxb5 $1 Bb7 12. Qxb7 Rxb7 13. Bxb7 O-O 14.
Bg2 $14 {Karpov}) 11. O-O a6 12. Qe2 b5 $1 13. d3 b4 14. Nd1 (14. Nb1) 14... a5
15. a4 e5 16. e4 (16. d4 $2 e4 $1 {><d1} (16... cxd4 $6 17. exd4 Nd7 18. dxe5
dxe5 19. Ne3 $14) (16... exd4 17. exd4 Re8 $10 18. Ne3 $140 Ng4 $1)) 16... h5
17. h4 Ne8 18. Ne3 Nc7 (18... Bh6 {/\ Ng7=}) 19. Kh2 Ne6 20. Bh3 $11 {0-1 (46)
Karpov,A (2725)-Anand,V (2635) Linares 1991}) (8... Nf6 9. Nd5 (9. Bg2 O-O 10.
O-O Rb8 {1/2 (12) Sherbakov,R (2580)-Krasenkow,M (2645) Koszalin 1997}) 9... e5
10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Qxf6 Bxf6 12. Bg2 Rb8 13. Bd5 Ke7 14. O-O-O Be6 15. Bxe6 {
1/2 (15) Bacrot,E (2649)-Azmaiparashvili,Z (2676) Dubai 2002/}) 9. Bg2 Ne7 10.
O-O O-O 11. Rad1 {White can fall back on slightly better development, but his
main idea if the d-pawn advances is not easy to realise.} (11. Qe2 Nc6 12. d3
Rb8 $11) 11... Nc6 12. Qe2 e5 {Caruana probably knows, that he could have
survived the d2-d4 advance. He probably can not see the reason why he should
help his opponent in any way.} (12... Rb8 13. d4 $5 cxd4 14. Nb5 e5 15. Ba3 a6
16. Nxd6 Qa5 17. Qb2 Nb4 $11) 13. a3 Re8 14. Nd5 a5 15. Rb1 Be6 16. Bc3 Ne7 17.
b4 {Rodshtein wants to be consequent, but then he becomes strategically a bit
insensitive. The position was still equal, but only if White would abstain
from the controversial b3-b4 advance.} (17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 18. f4 (18. b4 cxb4 19.
axb4 a4 $15) 18... Qd7 $11) 17... cxb4 $1 18. axb4 a4 19. Qd3 (19. e4 b5 $1 20.
Ne3 bxc4 21. Nxc4 d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 $15) 19... f5 20. e4 $6 {Only pressure can
break the spine of the good player, but Caruana knows how to generate heat for
his opponent. White still had a chance to keep the balance with the help of a
pawn sacrifice.} (20. Nxe7+ Rxe7 21. Bd5 $1 Qd7 22. Ra1 e4 23. Bxe6+ Qxe6 24.
Qc2 Qxc4 25. Rxa4 Rxa4 26. Qxa4 Bxc3 27. dxc3 Qxc3 28. Rd1 $11) 20... Nxd5 21.
exd5 (21. cxd5 $2 fxe4 22. Bxe4 Bh3 $17) 21... Bf7 22. Ra1 b5 $5 {Caruana is
simply obliged by his rating to always look for an initiative against even the
strongest opponents. The pawn sacrifice creates new tension on the board.} (
22... Qc7 23. Rfc1 Rec8 24. Bb2 $11) 23. cxb5 (23. c5 Rb8 24. Rfb1 e4 25. Qe3
Bxc3 26. Qxc3 Bxd5 $17) 23... Qb6 24. Rfc1 e4 25. Qe3 $6 {[%mdl 16] Many
fighting games have been lost as a result of second rate decisions at critical
moments. It seems, that White could have still hoped for equality after the
precise 25.Qc2!?:} (25. Qc2 $5 Qxb5 (25... Bxc3 26. dxc3 Qxb5 27. Bf1 Qxd5 28.
Rxa4 Rxa4 29. Qxa4 e3 30. Qc2 f4 31. gxf4 Qf3 32. Bg2 Qxf4 33. Re1 $11) 26. Bf1
Qxd5 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Bc4 Qd4 29. Bxf7 Kxf7 30. Rxa4 Rxa4 31. Qxa4 Qxd2 32.
Rc7+ Re7 33. Rxe7+ Kxe7 34. Qa7+ Kf6 35. Qxh7 Qxb4 36. Qh8+ $11) 25... Qxe3 26.
fxe3 (26. dxe3 Rec8 27. Bxg7 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Kxg7 29. Ra1 a3 30. Kf1 Bxd5 31.
Ke1 Ra4 32. Kd2 Rxb4 33. Rxa3 Rxb5 $17) 26... Bxd5 27. Bxg7 (27. Ra3 Bb3 28.
Bf1 Rab8 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Rc6 d5 31. b6 Rec8 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Bb5 Rb8 34.
Bxa4 Bc4 35. Bd7 Rxb6 36. b5 $11) 27... Kxg7 28. Bf1 {Defending endgames with
quite long horizons of decision is anything but easy. White's chances do not
look all that bad, but Caruana can certainly improve his position.} (28. Ra3 $1
Kf6 29. d3 h5 30. dxe4 fxe4 31. Rc7 Reb8 32. Bf1 Bb3 $15) 28... Kf6 (28... a3
29. Rc3 a2 30. Bc4 Bxc4 31. Rxc4 Reb8 32. Rc2 Rxb5 33. Rcxa2 Rxa2 34. Rxa2 Rxb4
$15) 29. Ra3 Reb8 30. Be2 Bb3 31. Rc6 Ke6 32. Kf2 Kd7 33. d4 (33. h3 Rc8 34.
Ra6 Kc7 $17) 33... Rc8 $1 34. Ra6 {White was always hoping that the presence
of the a6-sqaure might save him from the worst.} Rxa6 35. bxa6 Kc6 36. Ra1 Kb6
37. Ke1 Rc2 38. h4 h6 39. b5 d5 {White's two passed pawns have been stopped,
but he finds it difficult to hold his opponent's dangerous a4-pawn.} 40. Rb1 $6
(40. Kf1 Ka7 41. Ke1 Ba2 $1 42. Kd1 Rb2 43. Rc1 a3 44. Rc3 Bb3+ 45. Kc1 Rxe2
46. Rxb3 a2 47. Ra3 g5 48. b6+ Kxb6 49. a7 a1=Q+ 50. Rxa1 Re1+ 51. Kb2 Rxa1 52.
Kxa1 Kxa7 $19) 40... Rc3 {If you want to see some miserable 40th moves just
have a look at a few chess games. Even your annotator could show some
understanding for the barely rational moves under time constraints.} (40... a3
41. Rxb3 a2 $19) 41. Kd2 Rc2+ 42. Ke1 (42. Kd1 $2 Rb2+ $19) 42... a3 $1 43.
Rxb3 (43. Bd1 Rb2 44. Rc1 a2 $19) 43... a2 44. Ra3 Rc1+ 45. Kf2 a1=Q 46. Rxa1
Rxa1 {If you think an exchange advantage is easily winning you have to try
again. Black's king is tied to the passed pawns so rook is supposed to win on
its own.} 47. Bf1 (47. g4 fxg4 48. Bxg4 Kxb5 49. Bc8 Kc4 50. Bb7 Kd3 51. Bxd5
Rxa6 $19) 47... g5 48. hxg5 hxg5 49. Be2 Rh1 50. Kg2 Rh8 51. Kg1 Rf8 52. Kf2
Rf7 53. Bf1 Rc7 54. Be2 Rc1 55. Kg2 Rc8 56. Kf1 Rf8 57. Kf2 Rf6 58. Bf1 f4 $1 {
Caruana finally accepts that he will have to exchange some pawns in order to
make any progress.} 59. gxf4 (59. Be2 $2 f3 60. Bf1 (60. Bd1 Kxb5 61. Bb3 Kc6
$19) 60... g4 61. Ke1 Rh6 62. Kf2 Rh1 63. Ke1 Rh2 64. Kd1 Ra2 65. Ke1 Rb2 $22
$19) 59... gxf4 60. exf4 (60. Be2 f3 61. Bf1 Rh6 62. Kg3 Rh1 63. Kf2 Ka7 64.
Ke1 Rh2 65. Kd1 Kb6 66. Ke1 Rb2 $19) 60... Rxf4+ 61. Ke1 Rf3 62. Be2 Rb3 63.
Kf2 Rh3 64. Bf1 e3+ 65. Ke1 (65. Kg2 Rh7 66. Kf3 Rf7+ 67. Ke2 Rf2+ 68. Ke1 Rd2
69. Be2 Rxd4 $19) 65... Rh1 {Finally a position that forces a sacrifice from
the defender.} 66. Ke2 Kxb5 67. a7 Rh8 68. Kxe3+ Kc6 69. Kf4 Ra8 {The pawn on
a7 will be annihilated, but is the position also winning?} 70. Ke5 Rxa7 71. Bg2
(71. Bd3 Rf7 72. Bc2 Re7+ 73. Kf4 Kb5 $19) 71... Re7+ 72. Kf4 Kd6 73. Bf3 Re1
74. Bg2 Ra1 75. Bf3 Ra3 76. Be2 (76. Bg2 Rd3 $19) 76... Kc6 77. Bf1 Ra2 78. Ke5
$2 {The position should be winning for Black, but the work required was still
substantial. Rodshtein's active move speeds up the decision.} (78. Bd3 Ra4 79.
Ke3 Ra3 80. Ke2 Kb6 81. Ke3 Ka5 $17) 78... Rd2 79. Ba6 Rd1 (79... Rd1 80. Bc8
Re1+ 81. Kf5 Re4 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Ne5
Nfd7 9. Nd3 Qxb3 10. axb3 Bg6 11. Bd2 Na6 12. c5 Nc7 13. b4 a6 14. Nf4 Bc2 15.
Bd3 Bxd3 16. Nxd3 g6 17. g4 Bg7 18. f4 f5 19. Ke2 Nf6 20. Rag1 O-O 21. Be1 Ne4
22. h4 Nf6 23. Ne5 fxg4 24. Nxg4 Nxg4 25. Rxg4 Ne8 26. Kd3 Nf6 27. Rg2 Nh5 28.
Ne2 Rf5 29. Kc2 Bf6 30. Kb3 Kf7 31. Ka4 Ke8 32. Ng1 Kd7 33. Nf3 Rg8 34. Bd2 Rg7
35. Bc3 Rg8 36. Bd2 Rg7 37. Re1 Rg8 38. Ng5 Rg7 39. Nf3 Rg8 40. Rgg1 Rg7 41.
Re2 Rg8 42. Ng5 Rg7 43. e4 dxe4 44. Rxe4 Bxg5 45. hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 {The Arkhangelsk
Variation has become so widespread that we tend to forget its nature: it is
tainted with danger. Black simply has to know his theory, otherwise he can
easily hit problems at an early stage.} 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3
O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 exd4 14. Nbxd4 {The battle on the board
will be fought in one of the main lines. Tempting as it is, the recapture with
a pawn on d4 is an idea which has not caught on in praxis. Black has enough
resources to equalise without too much strain.} (14. cxd4 d5 (14... Re8 15. Ra4
Qd7 16. Qd3 Rxe4 (16... Ba5 $5) 17. Bg5 Bf5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nc3 Rf4 20. Qd2
Bxc2 21. Qxf4 Bxa4 22. Nd5 $14 {Kunte,A-Ganguly,S/Calcutta 2001}) 15. e5 (15.
Bg5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Bxd4 (16... dxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Bc2 h6 20.
Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. Rfd1 Rfd8 23. Rxd8+ {1/2-1/2 Harikrishna,P (2551)
-Ganguly,S (2531)/Goa 2002}) 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z (2650)
-Piket,J (2605)/Groningen 1998}) 15... Ne4 16. Be3 f6 17. h3 Bh5 18. e6 Re8 19.
Nc3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Rxe6 21. Bf5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A (2590)-Georgiev,K 
(2675)/Germany 1998 (63)}) 14... Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Kh1 Qf6
18. Be3 Ra8 {The second important moment with alternative options for Black.
The fight for the open a-file is important as Black will build his
compensation on a collection of small pluses.} (18... Nf4 19. Ra4 $1 (19. Qd2
$2 Ne6 $15) (19. Rg1 g6 20. Ra4 Ne6 21. f4 Ra8 22. e5 dxe5 23. dxe5 Qd8 24.
Qxd8 Rfxd8 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. f5 Bxe3 27. fxe3 Nf8 $11 {1/2 (39) Berbatov,K 
(2481)-Lenic,L (2603) Rijeka 2010}) 19... Ra8 20. Rb4 Ne6 $6 (20... Ra1 $5 21.
Qxa1 Nd3 22. Bd1 (22. Bxd3 Qxf3+ $11) 22... Nxb4 23. Qa4 c5 24. Rg1 $14) 21.
Rg1 Rfb8 22. f4 $1 $16 c5 (22... Nxf4 $2 23. e5 Qh6 24. Rxb6 Rxb6 25. Qf3 $18)
23. e5 Qd8 (23... Qh4 24. dxc5 Bxc5 25. Rxb8+ Rxb8 26. Rg4 Qh3 27. f5 Bxe3 28.
fxe6 Bc5 29. b4 $1 $18) 24. dxc5 Bxc5 (24... dxc5 $1 25. Rc4 $16) 25. Rxb8 Rxb8
26. f5 $18 {1-0 (33) Adams,M (2737)-Leko,P (2763) Miskolc 2005}) (18... c5 $5
19. e5 $1 Qe6 (19... dxe5 20. dxc5 Rfd8 21. Qe2 Bc7 22. Be4 $16) 20. exd6 c4
21. Rg1 $14) 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Rg1 {White players have already tried different
ideas in order to shake the enemy from the chosen path. Defenders have been
able to meet all the challenges with flying colours.} (20. f4 Nxf4 21. e5 dxe5
22. Qf3 Qd8 23. dxe5 Ng6 24. Bxb6 cxb6 25. Qe4 $11 {1/2 (34) Szabo,K (2492)
-Pavasovic,D (2597) Hungary 2008/}) 20... Nf4 21. Bb3 g6 (21... Ne6 22. Bxe6
fxe6 23. Rg3 Kh8 24. Kg2 e5 25. dxe5 dxe5 26. Bxb6 cxb6 27. Qd7 $14 {1-0 (66)
Karjakin,S (2732)-Adams,M (2729) Baku 2008}) 22. e5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] In games
with very strong players it makes sense to shake them with unexpected and
dangerous ideas. Kryvoruchko is using the fruits of his excellent preparation:
suddenly Black is suffering along the a2-g8 diagonal.} (22. Rg4 Ne6 23. Bxe6
Qxe6 24. Rg1 Ra2 25. Qd2 Qh3 26. Qe2 Rxb2 27. Qxb2 Qxf3+ $11 {1/2 (29)
Alekseev,E (2715)-Caruana,F (2652) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009}) 22... dxe5 (22... Qf5
$2 23. Bc2 $18) 23. dxe5 Qf5 (23... Qxe5 24. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 25. Bxf4 Qb5 26. Rg5
Qc4 27. Rg4 Bxf2 28. Kg2 $14) 24. Bxf7+ $1 Kg7 $6 {Even majestic trees will
bend under very strong wind, Caruana finds it difficult to sniff out the best
defence.} (24... Kxf7 25. Bxf4 Bxf2 26. Qd5+ Kg7 27. Rd1 Rf8 28. Qd7+ Kg8 29.
Qxf5 Rxf5 30. e6 Kf8 31. Bxc7 Bc5 $14) (24... Qxf7 $5 25. Bxf4 Bxf2 26. Rf1 Bb6
27. Qd3 c6 28. Be3 $14) 25. Bd5 $6 {White is spoiling the impact of his
surprise by willingly parting with his strong light squared bishop. It is true
that it could have died in many variations, but in this position it was
precious and should have been saved.} (25. Bb3 $1 Nh3 26. Rg2 Rf8 (26... Bxe3
27. fxe3 Qxe5 28. Qd7+ Kh8 29. Bd1 Ra1 30. Rc2 $16) 27. e6 Bxe3 28. fxe3 Qxf3
29. Qxf3 Rxf3 30. Re2 Rf5 31. Kg2 Ng5 32. Rc2 $16) 25... Nxd5 26. Qxd5 Ra5 27.
Qc6 Rxe5 {Black is not ready to make a concession and fight against White's
improved pawn structure.} (27... Bxe3 28. Qf6+ (28. fxe3 Rxe5 29. Qxc7+ Kh6 30.
Rf1 Rxe3 31. Qc1 Qg5 $11) 28... Qxf6 29. exf6+ Kxf6 30. fxe3 Rf5 31. Rf1 Rb5
32. Rf2 Rb3 33. Re2 $14) 28. Bxb6 cxb6 29. Qc3 Qf6 30. Rd1 {The position on
the board is undeniably better for White, but his advantage verges on the
small. Doubled f-pawns are not easy to convert into something real.} Kh6 (30...
Re7 31. Rd4 h6 32. f4 $14) 31. Rd4 Re7 (31... Rc5 32. Qd2+ Qg5 33. f4 Qf5 34.
Qe3 $14) 32. Kg2 Rf7 33. Qe3+ Kg7 34. Rb4 Rb7 35. h4 (35. b3 Qd6 36. Re4 $14)
35... h5 36. b3 Rf7 37. Re4 (37. Rxb6 Qxh4 38. b4 Qf4 39. b5 Rf5 40. Qxf4 Rxf4
41. Rb8 $14) 37... b5 38. Rd4 Re7 {Black his holding the situation, but can
never really improve his position.} 39. Qd3 Rf7 40. Rd6 Qf5 41. Qd4+ (41. Qxf5
Rxf5 $11) 41... Kh6 $2 {The defence is a tiring and an ungratefull task, so it
is understandable that Black can make a mistake. Why it happened right after
the time control in a slightly strange manner remains a small mystery. It was
much more natural to step aside to h7.} (41... Kh7 42. Qe4 Qxe4 43. fxe4 Rf4
44. f3 Rxh4 45. Rd5 $14) 42. Qh8+ Rh7 43. Qc3 Rf7 (43... Qf4 44. Rd4 Rc7 45.
Qd3 Qf5 46. Qxf5 gxf5 47. Rd5 $16) 44. Rb6 Rg7 $6 {The second mistake
aggravates the misery and Black will find himself in a hopeless position.} (
44... Rf8 45. Qc6 $1 Rc8 46. Qb7 $16) 45. Qc6 Qf4 46. Qe4 $1 Qc7 (46... Qxe4
47. fxe4 $18) 47. Rxb5 {Black has nothing to claim in terms of compensation
for the two pawn deficit.} Re7 48. Qd4 Kh7 49. Rd5 Qb7 50. b4 Rf7 51. b5 Qc7
52. Rd8 Rg7 53. Qf6 Qc5 54. Qc6 (54. b6 g5 55. b7 $18) (54. Qc6 Qf5 55. Qe8 Kh6
56. Qh8+ Rh7 57. Qd4 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 19th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2012.04.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Lipetsk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. Nbd2 Nh6 8. Nb3
Nf5 9. c3 Be7 10. g4 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. f4 f5 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Nd2 Qf7 15.
Nf3 Be7 16. Be3 O-O-O 17. b4 h5 18. g5 Kb8 19. a4 Rc8 20. Nh4 Bf5 21. a5 a6 22.
Bd3 g6 23. Qc2 Bd6 24. Rae1 Rhe8 25. Rf2 Nf8 26. Qe2 Bg4 27. Qf1 Bf5 28. Bd2
Rcd8 29. Qe2 Bg4 30. Qe3 Bf5 31. Rfe2 Bg4 32. Nf3 Kc8 33. Rf2 Bf5 34. Bf1 Qc7
35. Nh4 Qd7 36. c4 dxc4 37. Bxc4 Bb8 38. Bc3 Ba7 39. Rd2 Kb8 40. Kh1 Ka8 41.
Qf3 Bg4 42. Qg2 Bb8 43. Qg3 Qc7 44. Rf2 Ba7 45. h3 Bf5 46. Qe3 Qf7 47. Rfe2 Rd7
48. Nxf5 Qxf5 49. Kg2 Red8 50. Rd1 Bb8 51. Rf2 Ba7 52. Qe5 Qf7 53. Qe4 Rd6 54.
Re2 Qd7 55. Qf3 Qf7 56. Re4 Qf5 57. Qe3 Qf7 58. Re1 Bb8 59. Re2 Qf5 60. Be1 Ba7
61. Rd2 Bb8 62. Bg3 R6d7 63. Bxe6 Nxe6 64. Rxe6 h4 65. Bh2 Rxd4 66. Rxd4 Rxd4
67. Qxd4 Qxe6 68. Bg1 Qf5 69. Be3 Qc2+ 70. Bf2 Qf5 71. Be3 Qc2+ 72. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 19th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2012.04.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Bd2 Bb7 7. d5 Ne7 8. dxe6
fxe6 9. Bc3 Ne4 10. Nbd2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Ng6 12. Bg2 Qf6 13. Qc2 Be7 14. O-O O-O
15. Rad1 Qf5 16. e4 Qh5 17. Ne1 Ne5 18. Nd3 Nc6 19. Nb3 e5 20. f4 a5 21. a4 d6
22. Rde1 Ba6 23. Qc3 Rae8 24. Nd2 Nd4 25. Nf3 Nxf3+ 26. Bxf3 Qh6 27. f5 Bg5 28.
Qc2 g6 29. Nf2 Bc8 30. Ng4 Qg7 31. Bg2 h5 32. Ne3 Bxe3+ 33. Rxe3 gxf5 34. exf5
Qg5 35. Bd5+ Kg7 36. Ref3 Rf6 37. h3 Ref8 38. Be4 Kf7 39. Kh2 Ke7 40. Qd3 Bd7
41. b3 Bc8 42. Qc2 Bd7 43. Qd3 Bc8 44. Qc2 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 19th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2012.04.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "253"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Economist"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Be6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Rd1 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Nxc5 16. O-O Nce4 17. Qb1 Nd6 18. Rfe1 Qa5 19. Nd4 Qxd5 20. Bf3 Qe5 21.
Nc6 Rxc6 22. Bxc6 Ng4 23. g3 Qh5 24. h4 Nxe3 25. Rxe3 Qc5 26. Be4 Qb6 27. a4
Rc8 28. Re2 Bf6 29. Rc1 Rxc1+ 30. Qxc1 Qd4 31. Bf3 Kg7 32. Kg2 h5 33. Qc6 Qd3
34. Qd5 Qc4 35. Qxc4 Nxc4 36. b3 Na5 37. Re4 Nxb3 38. Rxb4 Nd4 39. Rc4 e6 40.
Be4 a5 41. f3 Nb3 42. Bc2 Nd4 43. Bd3 Nb3 44. Bc2 Nd4 45. Be4 Nb3 46. Rc7 Bd8
47. Rd7 Bf6 48. Bc2 Nd4 49. Bd3 Nb3 50. Bc4 Nc5 51. Rc7 Bd4 52. Bb5 Kf8 53. g4
hxg4 54. fxg4 Ne4 55. Rc4 e5 56. Rc8+ Kg7 57. Rc7 Nd6 58. Bc6 Kf6 59. Bd5 Bb2
60. Kf3 Ba3 61. g5+ Kg7 62. Kg4 Kf8 63. h5 gxh5+ 64. Kxh5 Bb4 65. Rd7 Ke8 66.
Bc6 Kf8 67. Ra7 Nf5 68. Bd5 Nd6 69. Rc7 Ba3 70. Rc3 Bb4 71. Re3 Ne8 72. Rf3 Nd6
73. Re3 Ne8 74. Rxe5 f6 75. Re2 fxg5 76. Kxg5 Nc7 77. Bc6 Kf7 78. Kf5 Bc3 79.
Bb5 Bb4 80. Bc4+ Kf8 81. Re5 Kg7 82. Ba2 Kf8 83. Re2 Na6 84. Kg6 Nc7 85. Bf7
Bc5 86. Rc2 Bd6 87. Kf6 Be7+ 88. Kg6 Bd6 89. Re2 Bc5 90. Bc4 Bb4 91. Re5 Ne8
92. Bb5 Nd6 93. Bc6 Bc3 94. Re3 Bb2 95. Bd7 Bc1 96. Re5 Bd2 97. Bh3 Bb4 98. Re3
Nc4 99. Re2 Nb6 100. Bf5 Nd5 101. Re5 Ne7+ 102. Kg5 Bd2+ 103. Kg4 Kf7 104. Be4
Kf6 105. Rb5 Ke6 106. Kf3 Kf6 107. Ke2 Bb4 108. Kd3 Nc8 109. Kd4 Nd6 110. Rb6
Ke6 111. Bg2 Ke7 112. Kd5 Nf5 113. Rb7+ Kd8 114. Bh3 Ne3+ 115. Kc6 Nc4 116.
Rd7+ Ke8 117. Rd4 Ne5+ 118. Kc7 Bc3 119. Rd6 Ke7 120. Re6+ Kf7 121. Kd6 Ng6
122. Re3 Bb4+ 123. Kc6 Kf6 124. Kb5 Ne5 125. Rb3 Bd2 126. Ka6 Ke7 127. Rb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 19th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2012.04.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Belorechensk Univ"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c4 b4 13. Nc2 O-O 14. h4 Rb8 15.
b3 Be7 16. g3 Be6 17. Bg2 Rb7 18. O-O Qb8 19. Qd3 Bd8 20. Rad1 Rd7 21. Kh2 a5
22. Bh3 Bb6 23. f4 Bxh3 24. Kxh3 exf4 25. gxf4 Bc5 26. Nce3 Kh8 27. f5 Qe8 28.
Ng4 Ne5 29. Qg3 f6 30. Nf4 Re7 31. Nxe5 Rxe5 32. Rfe1 Rg8 33. Ne6 g6 34. Qf3 g5
35. hxg5 fxg5 36. Kg2 g4 37. Qg3 Rxe6 38. fxe6 Qxe6 39. e5 Qf5 40. exd6 Qc2+
41. Kh1 Rg5 42. Rd5 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 19th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2012.04.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Chigorin CC"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. d4 Bxc3+
8. bxc3 e4 9. Bg2 h6 10. c5 O-O 11. c4 b6 12. O-O Re8 13. Qa4 bxc5 14. dxc5 Bb7
15. Qa5 Ng4 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. Rfd1 Bc6 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Bh3 Re7 20. Qa6 Ng6 21.
Be3 Nf8 22. Rc3 Ne6 23. Qa5 Qf8 24. Rb1 f5 25. Ra3 Ra8 26. Qc3 a6 27. Ra5 Kh7
28. Qe5 g6 29. Bg2 g5 30. Qc3 f4 31. Bc1 Qf5 32. Bb2 Rf7 33. Qc2 g4 34. Rd1 Ng5
35. Bc1 fxg3 36. fxg3 Nh3+ 37. Kh1 Nf2+ 38. Kg1 Nxd1 39. Qxd1 e3 40. Bxc6 dxc6
41. Bxe3 Rd8 42. Qe1 Qc2 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 19th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2012.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Chess Fed"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bf5 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O Be7 8. d3
h6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qc2 Bh7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bd6 13. Qb2 a5 14. Nf3 Bxe5
15. Nxe5 Qd6 16. a3 d4 17. f4 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. b4 Rfe8 20. b5 c5 21. b6
Re7 22. Rab1 e5 23. Qb5 Qc8 24. fxe5 Rxe5 25. Bd5 Bf5 26. Qb2 Re7 27. Qd2 Be6
28. e4 dxe3 29. Qxe3 Qd7 30. Rfe1 Rc8 31. Bg2 Ree8 32. Qf3 Rc6 33. Qf2 Rd6 34.
Qxc5 Rxd3 35. Qc7 Qxc7 36. bxc7 Rc8 37. Rxb7 Rd7 38. c5 Rdxc7 39. Rxc7 Rxc7 40.
c6 Kf8 41. Re5 a4 42. Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITA-chT"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2012.04.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2012.04.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Padova Obiettivo"]
[BlackTeam "Banca Nuova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. c5 Be7 8. b4 c6
9. Nf4 Nbd7 10. Bb2 b6 11. Be2 a5 12. O-O Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Qc2 Qc7 15. f3
Rfa8 16. Nd3 R6a7 17. g4 Qc8 18. Rfc1 axb4 19. axb4 bxc5 20. bxc5 Bd8 21. Ne2
Ne8 22. Rxa7 Rxa7 23. Ra1 Rxa1+ 24. Bxa1 Qa6 25. Bb2 Ba5 26. Bc3 Nc7 27. Bxa5
Qxa5 28. Nc3 e5 29. Kg2 exd4 30. exd4 Ne6 31. Ne2 Qa1 32. Qc1 Qa6 33. Qe3 Qa2
34. Kg3 g6 35. Nef4 Ndf8 36. Ne5 Qa4 37. Ne2 f6 38. Nd3 Kf7 39. h4 Qd1 40. Kg2
Qc2 41. Kf2 Qd1 42. Kg2 Qc2 43. Kg3 Qd1 44. Kg2 Qc2 45. Nb4 Qa4 46. Qd2 g5 47.
h5 Nf4+ 48. Nxf4 gxf4 49. Nc2 Qb3 50. Nb4 Qa4 51. Nc2 Qb3 52. Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITA-chT"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2012.04.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Brunello, Sabino"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2012.04.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pesaro Scavolini Datagest"]
[BlackTeam "Padova Obiettivo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. cxb5 a6 7. bxa6 d6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. e4 Nxa6 10. Be2 Bh3 11. Ng5 Qc8 12. Nxh3 Qxh3 13. Bf1 Qc8 14. Be2 Qh3
15. Bf1 Qd7 16. h4 Rfb8 17. a3 Qc7 18. Bc4 Nd7 19. f4 Qa5 20. Qc2 Nb6 21. Bxa6
Qxa6 22. h5 Na4 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Nd1 Qa5+ 25. Kf2 c4 26. Qxc4 Qc5+ 27. Ne3
Nxb2 28. Qxc5 Nd3+ 29. Kf3 Nxc5 30. Ra2 Ra4 31. e5 dxe5 32. fxe5 Bxe5 33. Rh4
Rb3 34. Rxa4 Nxa4 35. Rc2 Nb6 36. Ke4 Bxg3 37. Rb2 f5+ 38. Kf3 Rxb2 39. Bxb2
Bc7 40. Bd4 Kf7 41. Bxb6 Bxb6 42. Nc4 Bc7 43. a4 Ke8 44. a5 Kd7 45. a6 Kc8 46.
Ne3 Be5 47. Nc4 Bd6 48. Ne3 Bc5 49. Nc4 g5 50. Ne5 g4+ 51. Kg2 Kc7 52. Nf7 f4
53. Ne5 f3+ 54. Kf1 Kd6 55. Nxg4 Kxd5 56. Nh6 e5 57. Nf5 e4 58. Ne7+ Kc4 59.
Nc6 Kc3 60. Ke1 Kd3 61. Ne5+ Kc2 62. Nc6 e3 63. a7 Bxa7 64. Ne5 f2+ 65. Ke2 Kc3
66. Ng4 Bb6 67. Nh2 Kd4 68. Nf1 Ke4 69. Ng3+ Kf4 70. Nh5+ Kg4 71. Nf6+ Kh3 72.
Nd5 Kh2 73. Nf4 Bc7 74. Nd5 Kg1 75. Nxe3 Bf4 76. Nf1 Kg2 0-1

[Event "ITA-chT"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2012.04.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Garcia Palermo, Carlos H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2012.04.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Padova Obiettivo"]
[BlackTeam "Chieti"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Be7 10. h3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. g4 Be7 13. Be3 h5 14. f3
b6 15. Kg2 Ke8 16. Rfd1 a5 17. a4 Be6 18. Ne2 c5 19. Nf4 hxg4 20. hxg4 Bd7 21.
b3 Bg5 22. Nd5 Bxe3 23. Nxc7+ Ke7 24. Nd5+ Kd8 25. Nxe3 Re8 26. Nc4 Rb8 27. Rd6
Kc7 28. Rad1 Bc6 29. Kg3 Re7 30. f4 Rh8 31. g5 f6 32. exf6 gxf6 33. Rxf6 Reh7
34. Ne5 Be4 35. g6 Rh3+ 36. Kf2 Rc3 37. Rd7+ Kc8 38. Rh7 Rd8 39. Nc4 Bxc2 40.
Rc6+ Kb8 41. Rxb6+ Ka8 42. Ra6+ Kb8 43. Rb6+ Ka8 44. Rbb7 1-0

[Event "ITA-chT"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2012.04.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Genov, Petar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2012.04.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Padova Obiettivo"]
[BlackTeam "Latina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 Nd7 7. O-O Nc8 8. Nbd2
Be7 9. Ne1 Bg6 10. Nd3 c5 11. Nf4 cxd4 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. cxd4 Qb6 14. Nf3 a6
15. g3 Na7 16. h4 Rc8 17. Rb1 Nc6 18. Kg2 Nb4 19. a3 Nc6 20. Be3 Na5 21. Nd2
Qc7 22. Bd3 Nc4 23. Qg4 b5 24. Nf3 Ndb6 25. Bg5 a5 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27. Qxe6 a4
28. b3 axb3 29. Rxb3 Qd7 30. Qxg6+ Kf8 31. Re1 Bxg5 32. Nxg5 Rh6 33. Nh7+ 1-0

[Event "ITA-chT"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2012.04.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ronchetti, Niccolo"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2012.04.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bologna Italiana"]
[BlackTeam "Padova Obiettivo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O cxd4 8.
cxd4 O-O 9. Ne5 Qd8 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Bf3 Nb6 12. Be3 Nbd5 13. Qb3 Nxe3 14. fxe3
Nd7 15. Nc4 Rb8 16. a4 a6 17. Rfd1 b6 18. d5 e5 19. d6 Bg5 20. Nd5 Bb7 21. Qc3
Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Kh8 23. Rad1 Qe8 24. e4 f5 25. exf5 e4 26. Be2 Bf6 27. Qe3 Qd8
28. Qxe4 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Nd2 Nb6 31. Rxb5 Qxd6 32. Nf3 Qc7 33. Qb4 Rfe8
34. Bf1 Nd7 35. Qd6 Qa7+ 36. Kh1 Rbd8 37. Qa3 Qc7 38. Rbd5 Ne5 39. Rxd8 Rxd8
40. Rxd8+ Qxd8 41. Nd4 Ng4 42. Ne6 Qb8 43. Qf8+ Qxf8 44. Nxf8 Bxb2 45. h3 Nf2+
46. Kg1 Bd4 47. Ne6 Ba7 48. Kh2 Bb8+ 49. Kg1 Ba7 50. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITA-chT"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2012.05.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Olszewski, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2012.04.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Padova Obiettivo"]
[BlackTeam "Palermo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. g4
O-O 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Nce2 Qa5 12. f4 Qb4 13. Rb1 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5
15. a3 Qc4 16. Qd2 Ne6 17. Ne2 Bd7 18. f5 Nd8 19. Nc3 Bc6 20. h4 Be5 21. Rf2
Rc8 22. Re1 f6 23. Bf1 Qf7 24. Rg2 Kh8 25. Bd3 Rg8 26. Ree2 b5 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28.
exd5 Qxd5 29. Ref2 Nf7 30. g5 gxf5 31. Rxf5 e6 32. Rff2 f5 33. h5 Bd4 34. g6
Ne5 35. Kf1 Bxe3 36. Qxe3 Rg7 37. Be2 Qc5 38. Qxc5 Rxc5 39. c3 hxg6 40. hxg6
Rxg6 41. Rh2+ Kg7 42. Rf4 Ng4 43. Bxg4 fxg4 44. Rhf2 Rh5 45. Rf7+ Kh6 46. Kg1
g3 47. Re2 e5 48. Rf8 Kg7 49. Rd8 Kf7 50. Rd2 Ke7 51. Ra8 Rgh6 52. Rd3 Rh1+ 53.
Kg2 R6h2+ 54. Kxg3 Rh3+ 55. Kg2 Rxd3 56. Kxh1 Rd2 57. b4 e4 58. Kg1 Rc2 59.
Rxa6 Rxc3 60. Kf2 Ke6 61. Ra5 d5 62. Rxb5 Rxa3 63. Rb8 Rb3 64. b5 Ke5 65. b6
Rb2+ 66. Ke1 Kd4 67. b7 Ke3 68. Kd1 d4 69. Kc1 Rb6 70. Kc2 d3+ 71. Kc3 Rc6+ 72.
Kb4 d2 73. Rd8 Rb6+ 74. Kc3 Rxb7 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co 20th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2012.05.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. d4
Bb6 9. Re1 c6 10. Bd3 Ng6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Rad1 Bc7 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Bf1 Qe7 18. b4 Red8 19. a4 Be6 20. a5 Nd7 21. Ra1
b6 22. a6 Nf8 23. Nf3 Ng6 24. g3 Bd6 25. Red1 Rac8 26. Rd2 Bc7 27. Rad1 Rxd2
28. Rxd2 Rd8 29. h4 Nf8 30. Rxd8 Qxd8 31. Nd2 Qc8 32. Qa4 Bd6 33. Nc4 Bxc4 34.
Bxc4 b5 35. Qd1 Be7 36. Bb3 Ne6 37. Qg4 Kf8 38. Qf5 Bf6 39. g4 Ke8 40. g5 hxg5
41. hxg5 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 20th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2012.05.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Tikkanen, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2012.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. Qc2 a4 12. Rd1 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ra5 14. Bd2 Be6 15.
Ne4 Bc4 16. Qe1 Rb5 17. Bc3 Nd5 18. Nc5 a3 19. Nd2 axb2 20. Bxb2 Na5 21. Ba3 c6
22. Rdc1 Qa8 23. Rxc4 Nxc4 24. Nxc4 Nb6 25. Nxb6 Rxb6 26. Bb4 e5 27. dxe5 Bxe5
28. Bc3 Rb5 29. Nd7 Bxc3 30. Qxc3 Re6 31. Nf6+ Kf8 32. Nd5 Qa5 33. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 20th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2012.05.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2012.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. Bc2 Nb8 14. b3 Nbd7 15. Bb2
g6 16. a4 c6 17. Bd3 Nh5 18. g3 Bg7 19. Qc2 Qb6 20. Bf1 Rac8 21. Bg2 a5 22. Nf1
bxa4 23. bxa4 exd4 24. Nxd4 Ne5 25. Ne3 Ba6 26. Ba3 Nc4 27. Nxc4 Bxc4 28. Rab1
Qa6 29. Red1 d5 30. exd5 cxd5 31. Nb5 Red8 32. Rd2 Nf6 33. Be7 Rd7 34. Bxf6
Qxf6 35. Qd1 Rcd8 36. Qf3 Qg5 37. Qd1 h5 38. h4 Qe5 39. Bf1 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 20th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2012.05.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
a6 9. a4 Rb8 10. h3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Be3 Nc5 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Rfe1 Nfxe4
15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Qxe4 17. Bd2 Qxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 19. Bxe1 Bxd4 20. Qe4
Be5 21. Bc3 Bf5 22. Qe3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Rc8 24. Qf3 Rb8 25. g4 Bd7 26. a5 Bc6 27.
Qf6 Re8 28. f4 Re3 29. Kh2 Re2+ 30. Kg3 Re3+ 31. Kh2 Re2+ 32. Kg1 Re3 33. Qh4
Kg7 34. f5 Rf3 35. c5 h6 36. fxg6 fxg6 37. cxd6 cxd6 38. Qe7+ Rf7 39. Qxd6 g5
40. h4 gxh4 41. Kh2 Rf1 42. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 20th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2012.05.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Li, Chao B"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2012.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qd2 e6 13. f4 Bc7 {A rather
unusual manoeuvre of the bishop, that was partly born out of frustration with
more natural retreats.} (13... Bg7) (13... Bh8) 14. O-O exd5 15. exd5 Ba5 16.
d6 Rb8 17. Rb5 $5 {[%mdl 4] This critical position has seen quite a few
different attempts to deal with the pesky black bishop on a5. White is ready
to sacrifice the exchange as the black king is rather vulnerable without his
natural defender.} (17. Bb2 b5 18. Rbd1 Bd7 (18... Be6 19. Kh1 Rb6 20. Bf3 (20.
Qe3 Rxd6 21. c4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Qb6 $11) 20... Re8 (20... Qb8 21. Rfe1 Rd8 22.
Rxe6 fxe6 23. d7 c4 (23... Ra6 24. f5 $1 Qe5 25. fxe6 $14) 24. Bg4 Kf7 25. Bc1
$14) 21. Rfe1 Qf6 22. Qf2 Bxc3 23. Bxc3 Qxc3 24. Bg4 Rd8 25. Bxe6 Rbxd6 26.
Rxd6 Rxd6 $13) 19. Bf3 c4 20. Kh1 Bf5 {0-1 Pelletier,Y (2590)-Caruana,F (2711)/
Biel 2011/ (66)}) (17. Ba3 Bf5 18. Rbd1 (18. Rbc1 $5 Rc8 (18... b6 19. g4 Bd7
20. f5 Qh4 21. Bf3 Rbd8 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Qf4 Qh8 24. Bb2 Be6 25. Rf2 c4 26.
Ba3 b5 27. Bc5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Del Rio Angelis,S (2534)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2675)/
Melilla 2011/ (41)}) 19. g4 Bd7 20. Bf3 b5 21. f5 Qh4 22. Rce1 Qf6 23. Bb2 c4
24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Re7 Bb6+ 26. Kg2 Be6 27. Ba3 Rcd8 $14 {1-0 Alpert,A-Nemec,B/
ICCF Email 2001/ICCF Telechess (32)}) (18. Rb5 a6 19. Rxc5 Bb6 20. Kh1 Bxc5 21.
Bxc5 Qd7 22. Bb6 Be4 23. Qd4 Rbe8 $15 {0-1 Gajewski,G (2567)-Sutovsky,E (2650)/
Rijeka 2010/ (53)}) 18... Rc8 $1 (18... Qf6 19. Bxc5 Bxc3 20. Bd4 Bxd4+ 21.
Qxd4 Qxd4+ 22. Rxd4 b5 23. Rc1 Be6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Mikhalevski,V (2571)-Ftacnik,L
(2579)/Bellevue 2006/ (34)}) 19. g4 $1 (19. Bf3 Qf6 20. d7 (20. Bb2 $6 c4 $1
21. Rfe1 (21. Bxb7) 21... Bd3 22. Re5 Qxd6 $1 23. Bxb7 Rce8 24. Kh1 Rxe5 25.
fxe5 Qxe5 26. Re1 Qf6 $19 {0-1 Belov,V-Nikolenko,O/Moscow 2000/ (32) 0-1 Belov,
V-Nikolenko,O/Moscow 2000/EXT 2001 (32)}) 20... Rcd8 21. Bxc5 Rxd7 22. Qe3 Rc8
23. Rxd7 Bxd7 24. Bd4 Qd6 (24... Bb6 25. Bxb6 {1/2-1/2 Hessenius,I-Povchanic,D/
ICCF Email 2002/ (25)}) (24... Qe6 25. Qd2 Qc4 26. Rf2 Bf5 27. Bxb7 Rb8 28. Qe3
$14 {1-0 Sharavdorj,D (2452)-Mammadova,G (2284)/Moscow 2011/ (37)}) 25. Re1
Rxc3 26. Qe8+ {1/2-1/2 Eckstein,M-Kordts,W/IECG 2002/ (26)}) 19... Bd7 (19...
Be4 20. d7 Rc7 21. Bf3 $16) 20. f5 $1 (20. Bf3 b5 $132) 20... Qh4 (20... gxf5
21. g5 (21. gxf5 Qf6 22. Bb2 c4 $15) 21... c4 22. Bf3 Re8 23. Kh1 b5 24. Rfe1
Re6 25. Rxe6 $6 (25. Bd5 $142 Bc6 26. Bxc6 Rxc6 27. d7 Bc7 $11) 25... fxe6 26.
Rg1 (26. g6 hxg6 (26... Qh4 27. Rg1 Bb6 $17) 27. Rg1 Qf6 28. Qh6 Kf7 $19) 26...
Bb6 27. Rg3 Qf8 {It took me almost one hour to find this move! Black stops
White's attack this way, however 27...Kh8 was good enough to get rid of
White's threats.} (27... Be8 $2 28. g6 Bxg6 (28... hxg6 29. d7 $18) 29. d7 Rc7
30. Bd5 $3 exd5 31. Qxd5+ Kg7 32. Qe5+ $11) (27... Kh8 28. g6 Qh4 (28... Qf6
29. Qh6 $16) 29. gxh7 f4 $1 $17) 28. g6 h6 29. Rh3 (29. Bc1 Bc5 $1) 29... f4 $1
$17 {0-1 Gerzhoy,L (2372)-Tyomkin,D (2505)/Ashdod 2004/ (45)}) 21. Bf3 Rfe8 $6
(21... b5 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Rde1 c4 $132) (21... gxf5 22. gxf5 (22. Bxb7 Qxg4+
23. Kh1 Kh8 24. Rf4 Qg7 25. Rf3 c4 $13) 22... Rfe8 (22... b5 $142 $5) 23. Kh1 (
23. Bxb7 Kh8 24. Rf3 $16) 23... Re5 24. Qf4 Qg5 25. Bxb7 Qxf4 26. Rxf4 Rb8 27.
Bd5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Krasenkow,M (2676)-Avrukh,B (2614)/Izmir 2004/}) 22. Kh1 Re5 (
22... b5 23. fxg6 $5 hxg6 24. Bd5) 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Qf4 Qg5 $6 (24... Bxc3 25.
Bg2 $1 Rf8 26. Rd3 $1 g5 27. Qf6 Bd4 28. Bxc5 $1 (28. Rxd4 Re6 29. Qe7 $1)
28... Rxc5 29. Qxd4 $18) (24... Rf5 25. Qe3 Re8 (25... Rxf3 26. Qxf3 Bc6 27.
Rd5 Rf8 28. c4 $16) 26. Qxe8+ Bxe8 27. gxf5 Bb5 $11) 25. Bxb7 $2 (25. Bc1 Qxf4
26. Bxf4 Ree8 27. Bxb7 Re2 28. Rfe1 Rce8 $14 {was not quite clear but}) ({
the simple} 25. Qg3 $1 {lead to a hopeless position for Black.}) 25... Qxf4 26.
Rxf4 Rb8 27. Bd5 Bxc3 $1 (27... Rxd5 $143 28. Rxd5 Bc6 29. c4 $16) 28. Bxf7+
Kg7 $14 {1/2 Krasenkow,M (2676)-Avrukh,B (2614)/Izmir 2004/ (33)}) (17. g4 $5
Bd7 (17... c4 $5) 18. f5 gxf5 (18... Qf6 19. Bb2 gxf5 20. gxf5 Rfe8 $14) 19.
Bd3 Kh8 20. Bxf5 Rg8 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. h3 f5 23. Bb2 c4 24. Qd4+ Rg7 25. Bc1 b5
26. Qf6 $16 {1-0 Wells,P-Huzman,A/Antwerp 1993/EXT 97 (31)}) (17. Bf3 b5 18.
Ba3 Bf5 19. Rbd1 c4 20. Rfe1 Bd3 21. Be4 Qf6 22. Rc1 Rfe8 23. Bxd3 Rxe1+ 24.
Qxe1 cxd3 25. d7 Qc6 {0-1 Xu Jun (2591)-Ni Hua (2607)/Wuxi 2006/ (29)}) 17...
Bd7 (17... b6 18. Ba3 (18. Rxa5 bxa5 19. Ba3 c4 20. Bxc4 Qb6+ $11) 18... Ba6
19. f5 Re8 20. Bc4 Bxb5 21. Bxb5 Re5 22. d7 $14) 18. f5 $5 {White has
reconsidered and sacrifices his rook for the other bishop. Caruana must be
very careful.} (18. Rxa5 Qxa5 19. f5 c4 20. f6 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Kh8 22. Qh6 Rg8 23.
Bg5 Qe5 24. Bxc4 Rbf8 25. Qh4 Qxd6 26. Rf4 Qd1+ 27. Rf1 Qd6 {1/2-1/2 Bormida,
A-Peto,P/IECG 2001/ (34)}) 18... Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Qh4 {It was certainly tempting
to advance the c-pawn, but it does not promise full equality.} (19... c4 20.
Bxc4 (20. f6 $2 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Qxb5 $19) 20... Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Qc5 22.
Bb3 Qxc3 23. Qf4 Qf6 24. fxg6 Qxf4 25. gxh7+ Kxh7 26. Bxf4 $14) 20. Rf4 Qg5 21.
Qe1 Qd8 $2 {If we try to be objective it must be said, that the voluntary
retreat of the queen to d8 can not be the best solution. Now it seems, that
only White has been moving pieces since Black's 18th move...} (21... a6 $1 22.
fxg6 Qxg6 (22... axb5 23. gxf7+ Kh8 24. Rf3 Qh5 25. Bf4 Rxf7 26. Be5+ Kg8 27.
Rg3+ Kf8 28. d7 $1 Rxd7 29. Qf1+ Qf7 30. Rf3 $14) 23. Rf3 Qxd6 24. Bf4 Qd4+ $1
25. cxd4 Bxe1 26. Bxb8 Rxb8 27. Bc4 b5 28. Bxf7+ Kg7 29. dxc5 Rc8 $11) 22. Qe5
(22. fxg6 $6 hxg6 23. Qe5 Re8 24. Bxe8 Qxe8 25. Qd5 Rd8 26. Re4 Qc6 $11) 22...
Re8 (22... a6 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Bc4 b5 25. Bd5 $18) 23. Qd5 $1 {Li Chao is
logical and refuses to grab the exchange with only a small advantage in the
endgame.} (23. Bxe8 Qxe8 24. Qd5 Qc6 (24... Bxc3 25. d7 Qe1+ 26. Rf1 Bd4+ 27.
Qxd4 Qxf1+ 28. Kxf1 cxd4 29. Bg5 $18) 25. Qxc6 bxc6 26. Be3 Bxc3 27. Bxc5 Be5
28. Re4 f6 $14) 23... Re1+ (23... Rf8 24. Rf3 Qh4 25. Qe5 Bd8 26. d7 $16) 24.
Kf2 g5 (24... Rxc1 $2 25. fxg6 Rc2+ 26. Kf1 Rc1+ 27. Ke2 Re1+ 28. Kxe1 Bxc3+
29. Kf2 Kh8 30. gxf7 Qf8 31. d7 $18) 25. f6 $1 {The black king deserted by the
dark squared bishop was always going to be vulnerable. The attack is very hard
to meet with black pieces scattered over the board.} h6 (25... gxf4 $2 26. Qg5+
Kf8 27. Qg7#) 26. Qf5 Qxd6 (26... Rxc1 27. Bd3 $18) 27. Kxe1 Rd8 (27... Bxc3+
28. Ke2 Qe5+ 29. Qxe5 Bxe5 30. Rf5 $18) 28. Kf2 $2 {Li Chao spoils his fine
performance with this imprecise move. Simple defence with the lightsquared
bishop would promise him a huge advantage.} (28. Be2 $1 Bxc3+ 29. Kf1 Qe5 30.
Qxe5 Bxe5 31. Rf5 Bxh2 32. Rxc5 $18) 28... Qd1 $1 29. Bc4 Kh8 30. Rf3 (30. Bxf7
Qxc1 31. Rd4 $1 Qb2+ 32. Kf1 Qa1+ 33. Kf2 Rxd4 34. cxd4 Qxd4+ 35. Kf1 $15)
30... Qxc1 31. Bd3 Qd2+ 32. Kf1 {The tragedy for the aggressive side is
becoming obvious. The white king is unable to run away from checks.} (32. Kg3
$2 Qe1+ $18) 32... Qd1+ 33. Kf2 Qd2+ 34. Kf1 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 20th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2012.05.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8.
d3 Be7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Nbd2 Ng4 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Nh6 14. Nb3 Nf5
15. Bf4 Qd8 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Rc3 Bb4 18. Rcd3 Be7 19. a3 a5 20. Nbd2 a4 21. Nb1
b5 22. g4 Nh4 23. Nxh4 Bxh4 24. Nc3 Rb8 25. Rh3 Bg5 26. Bg3 b4 27. Nxa4 bxa3
28. Qc2 h6 29. Qxc6 $2 (29. f4 axb2 30. Nxb2 $15) 29... axb2 $2 (29... Qa5 30.
Bh4 Rbc8 $19) 30. Qc2 $11 Qa5 31. f4 Rfc8 32. Nc5 Qb4 33. Qb1 $6 (33. fxg5 b1=Q
34. Rxb1 $11) 33... Qc3 $6 (33... Be7 34. Be1 Qxd4+ $17) 34. Kg2 $11 Rxc5 35.
dxc5 Rb3 36. Rf1 $1 (36. fxg5 $2) 36... Ra3 $4 (36... Be7 37. f5 Bg5 $15) 37.
Rf2 $18 Ra1 38. Qxb2 Qe1 39. Rh5 g6 40. fxg5 gxh5 41. Qb8+ Kg7 42. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 20th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2012.05.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8.
Ne2 Bg4 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Kh1 Ng5 11. d3 f6 12. Bxg5 fxg5 13. c3 Be7 14. Qa4 Bd7
15. Nd2 c5 16. Rxf8+ Bxf8 17. Qb3 Bf5 18. c4 Rb8 19. Qc3 d4 20. Qc2 Qe8 21. Ng3
Bg6 22. Re1 g4 23. h3 Qe6 24. hxg4 Qxg4 25. Ndf1 Be7 26. b3 Bh4 27. Qd1 Qxd1
28. Rxd1 Re8 29. Ne2 Bh5 30. Rd2 Bg5 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2012.06.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e4 d5 6. e5 g5 7. Bg3 Nfd7 8. h4 g4
9. dxc5 h5 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. Nf4 Ndxe5 12. Nb3 Bd7 13. c3 Qf6 14. Bb5 a6 15. Ba4
Bh6 16. Nd3 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 O-O 18. O-O Bf4 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Qe2 Ne5 21. Bxd7
Rxd7 22. Nd4 Ng6 23. c6 bxc6 24. Nxc6 e5 25. Nb4 Rfd8 26. Qxa6 Rd6 27. Qb5 d4
28. cxd4 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Nd5 Qd6 31. Nc3 Kg7 32. a4 e4 33. Bxf4 Nxf4 34.
Qg5+ Kf8 35. Nb5 Ne2+ 36. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2012.06.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nge2 a6 6. O-O b5 7. d3 Bb7 8. Be3
Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. g4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5
15. Nf5 Bf6 16. Bd4 g6 17. g5 Bxg5 18. Bxe5 gxf5 19. Qd4 Rc8 20. b3 Rxc2 21.
Qd3 Rc6 22. Rad1 Rg6 23. Kh1 Bf6 24. Bf4 Re8 25. Bxd5 Qd7 26. Bxb7 Qxb7+ 27.
Qd5 Qxd5+ 28. Rxd5 Re2 29. a4 bxa4 30. bxa4 Re4 31. Rxf5 Rxa4 32. Rb1 Ra2 33.
Bg3 Kg7 34. Rb7 a5 35. Ra7 Rg5 36. Rxf6 Kxf6 37. Bh4 Kg6 38. Bxg5 Kxg5 39. Rxf7
Kg6 40. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2012.06.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. d3 Nd4 6. Ba4 a6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3
Nxb3 9. axb3 Bb7 10. Bg5 e6 11. Re1 h6 12. Bh4 Be7 13. e5 Ng8 14. Bg3 h5 15.
Ne4 Nh6 16. Bf4 Nf5 17. Qd2 h4 18. h3 Rh5 19. Rad1 Qc6 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Nfxg5
Qd5 22. Qf4 b4 23. c4 Qc6 24. Nf3 Qb6 25. d4 cxd4 26. Nxd4 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Rd8
28. Qg4 g6 29. Qf3 Qc7 30. Nxf5 Rxf5 31. Qe3 g5 32. Rd6 a5 33. Rg4 f6 34. c5
Rxe5 35. Qd3 Qxc5 36. Rgd4 Rf5 37. Rxe6+ dxe6 38. Rxd8+ Kf7 39. Qd7+ Qe7 40.
Qc8 Rc5 41. Qa8 Rc1+ 42. Kh2 Qc7+ 43. g3 hxg3+ 44. Kg2 Qc6+ 45. Kxg3 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2012.06.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Ne2 Nbd7 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 e5 8. Nbc3
c6 9. a4 b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. g4 a6 12. Ng3 b5 13. g5 Ne8 14. d5 cxd5 15. Nxd5
Nc7 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Qe2 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qb8 20. Rd1 f5 21. gxf6
Nxf6 22. c3 Qe8 23. Bg5 Bb7 24. b3 Bc8 25. c4 bxc4 26. bxc4 Qf7 27. Be3 Ba6 28.
Qa2 Ra8 29. c5 dxc5 30. Bxc5 Bb7 31. Qb3 Rd8 32. Ne4 Nxe4 33. Bxe4 Bc8 34. Qd3
Bf5 35. d6 Bf8 36. Qe3 Bxe4 37. Qxe4 Qe6 38. Rd5 Bg7 39. Kg2 Rd7 40. Rd3 Bf8
41. Qc6 g5 42. Qc8 h5 43. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2012.06.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. a4
O-O 9. Re1 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. c3 Qc7 13. Nf1 c4 14. Ng3 Rfe8 15.
Nf5 Bf8 16. Bg5 Nd7 17. Nd2 Nc5 18. dxc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Re3 Re6 21. Qe2
d5 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Rg3 Rg6 24. h4 Ne6 25. Re1 Nxg5 26. hxg5 Re8 27. Ne4 Qc6
28. Qg4 Qxa4 29. Rh3 Qc6 30. Qh4 h6 31. Ree3 Qe6 32. Ref3 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2012.06.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. Bb2 Bb7 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Bc2 d5 8. e5 Nd7
9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. O-O Rc8 12. Nc3 Nxc2 13. Qxc2 Be7 14. Qd2 O-O 15.
Ne2 Ba6 16. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 17. Rxc1 Qb8 18. h4 Rc8 19. Nf4 Rxc1+ 20. Qxc1 Qc8 21.
Qb1 Nf8 22. g3 Ng6 23. Ng2 h6 24. Ne3 Be2 25. Kg2 Qa6 26. Ne1 Bb4 27. f3 Bd2
28. Kf2 Bxe3+ 29. Kxe3 Bf1 30. Qc2 Qxa2 31. Bc3 Qxc2 32. Nxc2 a5 33. h5 Ne7 34.
g4 Nc6 35. Kd2 g6 36. Ne3 Ba6 37. f4 b5 38. hxg6 fxg6 39. f5 Kf7 40. f6 b4 41.
Bb2 g5 42. Nd1 Na7 43. Nf2 Bf1 44. Ke1 Bg2 45. Ke2 Nb5 46. Nd3 Be4 47. Nc5 Bg6
48. Nb7 Ke8 49. Nxa5 h5 50. gxh5 Bxh5+ 51. Ke3 Bd1 52. Nb7 g4 53. Kf4 Nc3 54.
Kg3 Ne4+ 55. Kg2 Bxb3 56. Bc1 Bd1 57. Nd6+ Nxd6 58. exd6 b3 59. Kg3 Bc2 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2012.06.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. dxe5 Nf5 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Qe2 O-O-O 12. Rad1 Kb8 13. b4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2012.06.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 e6 4. a3 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 O-O
9. h3 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Bd3 Nh5 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Ne2 c5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. c5
dxc5 16. Rc1 Qe7 17. O-O Rb8 18. Qc2 Rd8 19. Rfd1 g5 20. Qxc5 Qxc5 21. Rxc5
Rxb2 22. e5 Nf4 23. Nxf4 gxf4 24. Bc4 Bb7 25. Ra5 Bf8 26. e6 fxe6 27. Rxd4 Rxd4
28. Nxd4 Bd6 29. Nxe6 Rb1+ 30. Kh2 f3+ 31. g3 Kh8 32. Rh5 Kh7 33. Bd3+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2012.06.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 d6 6. e5 d5 7. d3 Ne7 8. O-O
Ng6 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Re1 f6 12. Bb2 fxe5 13. Na4 e4 14. dxe4 d4 15. e5
Nf4 16. Ba3 Qa5 17. Re4 Bd7 18. Bc1 Ng6 19. Ne1 Rf5 20. Nd3 Raf8 21. f4 Be8 22.
Qe2 Nh4 23. Bd2 Qd8 24. Rf1 g5 25. Naxc5 Bxc5 26. Nxc5 Qe7 27. b4 gxf4 28.
Rexf4 Rxf4 29. Rxf4 Rxf4 30. Bxf4 Ng6 31. Qg4 a5 32. a3 axb4 33. axb4 Qa7 34.
Qxe6+ Bf7 35. Qc8+ Kg7 36. Qg4 Qa1+ 37. Kf2 Qb2+ 38. Kg3 Qxb4 39. Nd3 Qxc4 40.
Qf5 Qe6 41. Qe4 Qd5 42. Qf5 Qe6 43. Qe4 Qd5 44. Qf5 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 {Not a common move in this tabiya. Makes sense though! White
prepares to move his rook to d1 and pressure d5.} Be7 10. Rd1 Na5 11. c3 {
And we're out of book. Morozevich will always make sure that will happen early;
even if he plays one of the main lines of chess.} Nxb3 12. axb3 O-O 13. Nd4 Qe8
14. f3 Nc5 15. b4 Nb7 16. Be3 Bd7 17. Na3 c6 18. Nac2 {White has achieved a
slight edge. He has a nice central control, better pawn structure and his
pieces are well coordinated for the most part. Black would like to open the
position for his bishops but it does not seem easy.} a5 19. f4 Qc8 20. h3 Re8
21. Bf2 Bf8 22. Qf3 Ra6 {It's possible that this inaccurate move is the start
of Black's problems. In essence, Black does not have enough resources to
occupy the a-file, which means that his rook will be stuck on a6,
discoordinated with the other one on e8. This will be important later as the
rook is unable to transfer in time to the kingside.} (22... axb4 23. Rxa8 Qxa8
24. cxb4 (24. Nxb4 $6 Nc5 $15 {[%csl Ye4][%cal Gc5e4]}) 24... Qc8 {is slightly
unpleasant but perfectly playable. Black will continue Nd8-e6 maybe attempting
a c5 at some point.}) 23. Ne3 Qa8 24. Ndc2 Qd8 (24... axb4 25. Rxa6 Qxa6 26.
Ra1 $16 {is the reason why Black can't favorably open the a-file. Since Black
can't really ever do this his battery there seems pointless.}) 25. bxa5 Nc5 (
25... Rxa5 26. b4 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 {and the control of the file is very nice for
White. This line is very similar to one considered above (after 22... axb4)
but in this case of course the structure is better for Whtie and the advatange
undisputed.}) 26. b4 Ne4 27. Rd3 {Black sacrificed a pawn to obtain a strong
knight on e4. This gives him a few resources, as now it makes sense for him to
try to break in the center. However the pawn is strong and passed. Black has
chances, but White should be better.} f6 28. Bh4 (28. exf6 Qxf6 {just seems
too normal of a continuation for Morozevich, but it was probably the best
alternative.}) 28... g5 {Black had to try something crazy at some point. He is
forced to because if the game remains closed, he will never be able to
activate his bishops.} 29. fxg5 (29. Rad1 $5 gxh4 30. Nxd5 cxd5 31. Rxd5 Ra7
32. Qxe4 {gets a bunch of pawns for the piece, but the pair of bishops seems
pretty strong. Since Black can play Qa8! and unpin himself, I'd take Black in
this position.}) 29... fxg5 30. Bg3 {Black's king is a little open, but the e5
pawn is now a clear target. The pair of bishops are quickly gaining scope and
White has to be careful.} Bg7 31. Bh2 Rf8 32. Qe2 Rf2 33. Qe1 {The rook
penetrates, but not with decisive effect. Actually it needs a lot of support.
Since the other rook is on a6, it doesn't seem like it will get it any time
soon. Black continues forward on the kingside.} g4 (33... Qe7 34. Rd4 Rf4 $5
35. Nxd5 cxd5 36. Bxf4 gxf4 37. Rxd5 Ng5 {is another crazy line that is hard
to evaluate. The rook is finally coming into play and many sacrifices on h3
are threatened.}) 34. Rd4 $1 {A strong rook! This takes advantage of the
f2-rook being overextended, and forces it back.} Rf8 35. Rad1 Qe8 36. Nxg4 Bf5
37. Nce3 Bg6 {White is up two pawns, but things are not easy yet. The knight
on g4 will be kicked to an awkward spot soon, and the bishops threaten to
become powerful. Once e5 falls, the activity could potentially outweigh the
pawn.} 38. Nf1 (38. c4 $1 {This move gave White the necessary counterplay to
counteract the bishops. With the center disintegrating, the knight on e5 loses
support and e5 will be defensible. However seeing this move with a few minutes
on the clock is not the easiest.}) 38... h5 39. Nge3 Ra7 $1 {I like this move.
It brings the rook back and prepares to swing it to the field of action.} 40.
Ng3 $1 Bxe5 41. Nxe4 {a forced continuation after Ng3.} Bxd4 42. cxd4 Qxe4 $6 {
The queen actually turns out to be badly placed on e4. The reason is that it
lacks movement, and e4 belongs to the bishop. Now Black's pieces become
awkward and it isn't easy to see how to coordinate them.} (42... Bxe4 43. Bd6
Rf6 44. Be5 Rg6 {was more logical. Chances are about even.}) 43. Be5 {White
controls the dark squares, which allows him to defend his kingside which seems
about to come under much pressure. He really is banking on the passed a-pawn
once he neutralizes the activity. White has more than enough compensation for
the sacrificed exchange, it is Black that needs to prove himself.} Kh7 44. Rc1
Raf7 45. Kh2 Rf2 {all very nice in appearance, but is there a real threat?
Morozevich says there isn't - and he is right.} 46. Rxc6 (46. a6 Ra2 47. a7
Rxa7 48. Rxc6 {was stronger but the move in the game is fine.}) 46... R8f3 {
The only way to continue. The knight is threatened and cannot move.} 47. Rc7+ (
47. Nc2 $2 Rxh3+ {with mate to follow.}) 47... Bf7 $4 {This move loses the
game. The reason is that there no longer is any threat on the e3-knight. It
was imperative to play ...Kh6.} (47... Kh6 48. Re7 Qh4 $1 49. Kh1 Rxh3+ 50.
gxh3 Qxh3+ 51. Kg1 Be4 52. Qc1 $1 Qh1+ 53. Kxf2 Qxc1 54. Bf4+ {is still
complex. But only a computer can see all this.}) 48. Kh1 {A weird looking move,
but it wins the game. Black has no moves, and the rook is now under attack.} (
48. a6 {was also possible.} Qxe3 49. Rxf7+ $18) 48... Rf1+ (48... Rxe3 49. Qxf2
$18) (48... Qxe3 49. Rxf7+ Kg6 50. Qxe3 $18) (48... Rxh3+ 49. Kg1 {is
completely winning for White.}) 49. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 50. Nxf1 {Black is at a
material disadvantage, and the queen cannot create any play by herself. This
leaves her powerless against the passed a-pawn.} Kg6 51. Rc6+ Kh7 52. Ng3 Qb1+
53. Kh2 h4 54. Ne2 Qxb4 55. Rc7 Kg8 56. a6 {Despite the wild nature of the
game, it is hard to improve with too many wild tactical variations. Black's
fatal mistake of interposing with the bishop cost him the game. It would have
been a very different story had he played Kh6.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "214"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. a4 Nf6 5. e3 e6 6. Bxc4 b6 {This move order
is a kind of positional challenge. Black delays ...c7-c5 in favour of quick
development. He can face problems if White stops ...c7-c5 altogether. However,
in the present game Black's concept works perfectly.} 7. O-O Bb7 8. Qe2 (8. Nc3
{here or on move 9 is more common}) 8... Nbd7 9. Rd1 Bb4 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (9...
c5 10. Nc3 {still leads to a common theoretical position.}) (9... Qb8 10. b3 (
10. e4 $5 Bxe4 11. d5) 10... c5 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. exd4 Bb4 13. Bb2 O-O $11 {
1-0 Jolly,J (2392)-Guliyev,N (2534)/Elancourt 2009/CBM 129 Extra (71)}) 10. Bd2
(10. Nc3 $5) (10. Bd3 $5 {[%cal Ye3e4]} c5 11. Bd2) 10... Bd6 $1 {As often
happens in various openings, the "development" of White's bishop to d2 rather
disrupts the harmony of his setup.} 11. Nc3 (11. Bc3 $5 O-O 12. Nbd2 {looks
more logical although Black has hardly any problems after} c5 ({or} 12... Nd5))
11... c5 12. e4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Qb8 (13... Qc7 $143 14. Bxe6 $1) (13... O-O {
was, however, more solid, e.g.} 14. f4 Nc5 $1 15. e5 Bxe5 16. Nxe6 Nxe6 17.
fxe5 Qd4+ 18. Be3 Qxe5 19. Bxb6 Qg5 $1 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Qxe6+ Rf7 22. Qh3 Nh5
$44) 14. g3 {Here, too, the piece sacrifice deserved serious attention:} (14.
Bxe6 $1 fxe6 15. Nxe6 $44 {[%csl Re8]}) 14... O-O 15. f3 {Perhaps too early.} (
15. Rac1) (15. Ba2) 15... Ne5 16. Bb3 Bc5 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Rd2 h6 19. Rad1 Rad8
20. Bf2 g5 $15 {Black has obtained a "dream QGA" position. The most important
thing is that White's king is unsafe. However, White plays accurately, and
Black never gets real winning chances.} 21. h3 Ng6 22. Bc4 Ne5 23. Kg2 Qc8 24.
Bb3 Kh8 25. Nc2 Rxd2 26. Qxd2 Bxf2 27. Kxf2 Qc5+ 28. Qd4 Rb8 29. Ne3 Kg7 30.
Nc4 Qxd4+ 31. Rxd4 Nc6 32. Rd2 Ba8 33. Nd6 Kf8 34. Bc4 Nb4 35. Na2 Nxa2 36.
Bxa2 Rd8 37. e5 Nd7 38. f4 gxf4 39. gxf4 a5 40. Rd4 Ke7 41. Bb1 f6 42. Nc4 Bd5
43. exf6+ Nxf6 44. Bd3 Nd7 45. Be2 Rf8 46. Bf3 Bxc4 47. Rxc4 Nc5 48. Ke3 Rd8
49. b4 axb4 50. Rxb4 Rd3+ 51. Ke2 Ra3 52. Rxb6 Rxa4 53. f5 Ra2+ 54. Ke3 Ra3+
55. Ke2 exf5 56. Rxh6 Ne6 {Well, this is not rapid chess and not WCh match
tie-break so Black's efforts eventually prove vain.} 57. Rh4 Kd6 58. Kf2 Ke5
59. Rc4 Nd4 60. Bg2 Ra2+ 61. Kf1 Rd2 62. Rc3 Kf4 63. Ra3 Kg5 64. Rg3+ Kh4 65.
Rg8 Nc2 66. Kg1 Ne1 67. Rg7 Rb2 68. Rg8 Nd3 69. Rg7 Nf4 70. Rg8 Ne6 71. Kh2 Kh5
72. Kg1 Kh6 73. Rg3 Nf4 74. Bf3 Rb3 75. Kh2 Rb2+ 76. Kg1 Ra2 77. Kh1 Ng6 78.
Bd5 Rd2 79. Bb7 Kg7 80. Rg2 Rd3 81. Kh2 Kf6 82. Rf2 Nh4 83. Be4 Re3 84. Bg2 Ke5
85. Bb7 Kf6 86. Bg2 Rc3 87. Bb7 Kg5 88. Bg2 f4 89. Bb7 Nf5 90. Be4 Ne3 91. h4+
Kf6 92. Bf3 Kf5 93. h5 Ra3 94. Rb2 Nc4 95. Rb5+ Ne5 96. Kg2 Kf6 97. Rb6+ Kg5
98. Rb5 Re3 99. Bd1 Rg3+ 100. Kf1 Re3 101. Ra5 f3 102. Kf2 Kf4 103. Ra4+ Re4
104. Rxe4+ Kxe4 105. Bxf3+ Nxf3 106. h6 Ng5 107. h7 Nxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Be3 (9. Bg5 {was the original idea of the Janjghava system but it
doesn't force} h6 {. Therefore White prefers a simpler way of development.})
9... c5 10. Rc1 (10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Bd3 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfe1 a6 14. Qa3 e6 15.
Qb2 b5 16. a4 Nf6 17. Bg5 bxa4 18. Qa3 h6 19. Bd2 cxd4 20. cxd4 Bc6 21. Rc1 Qb7
22. Rb1 Bb5 23. Ne5 Rfd8 {1/2 Schandorff,L (2534)-Khalifman,A (2622)/Fuegen
2006/CBM 115}) (10. Be2 Nf6 (10... Qc7 $5) (10... e5 $5) 11. Bd3 (11. Nd2 Ng4
12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. Qb3 cxd4 15. cxd4 b5 $15 {1-0 Korobov,A (2511)
-Obodchuk,A (2438)/Moscow 2002/CBM 088/[Krasenkow] (39)}) 11... a6 12. O-O Qc7
$11 {[%cal Yb7b5]}) 10... Nb6 (10... Nf6 11. Bd3 Ng4 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 cxd4
14. cxd4 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. d5 Qd6 17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Bd7 19. Qd4 $14 {
1-0 Tunik,G (2435)-Gutman,L (2535)/Moscow 1989/TD (45)}) (10... b6 11. Be2 Bb7
12. e5 Qc7 13. h4 Bd5 14. h5 c4 15. Qc2 Qc6 16. Qd2 f6 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Bh6
$36 {0-1 Gurevich,M (2644)-L'Ami,E (2516)/Belgium 2005/EXT 2006 (44)}) (10...
e6 {is unnecessary but also possible:} 11. Be2 a6 12. Qa3 b6 13. Qb3 cxd4 14.
cxd4 Bb7 15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Bh6 Bg7 17. Bg5 Qb8 18. Qe3 Rc8 19. O-O Qd6 $11 {
1-0 Lenic,L (2637)-Gabrielian,A (2554)/Plovdiv BUL 2012/The Week in Chess 907 
(40)}) (10... a6 $5 11. Qa3 (11. Be2 b5 $1) 11... b6 12. e5 Bb7 13. h4 b5 14.
h5 e6 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Ng5 Rc8 17. f4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rxc1+ 19. Bxc1 {1-0
Twardon,M (2355)-Jasnikowski,Z (2460)/Katowice 1993/EXT 1998 (21)} Re8 $13) (
10... cxd4 11. cxd4 Nb6 12. Qa5 (12. Qb4 Qd6 13. Qxd6 exd6 14. Bd3 f5 15. O-O
fxe4 16. Bxe4 d5 $11 {1/2 Karner,H (2365)-Rytshagov,M (2425)/Tallinn 1989/EXT
1997 (26)}) 12... f5 13. e5 Be6 14. Be2 Qd5 15. Qb4 Qxa2 16. Qxe7 Rfc8 $13 {
0-1 Pisulinski,J (2400)-Malisauskas,V (2500)/Warsaw 1989/EXT 1997 (23)}) (10...
Qc7 {The main move, quite sufficient for equality.} 11. Be2 (11. Bd3 a6 (11...
b6 12. e5 Bb7 13. h4 Rad8 14. Bb1 Bc6 15. Qc2 {1-0 Twardon,M (2340)-Murawski,G
(2260)/Lubniewice 1994/CBM 045 ext (48)} b5 16. h5 Nb6 $13) 12. Qa3 c4 13. Bb1
e5 14. O-O b5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bd6 18. Qb2 Bb7 19. Qf2 Rae8
20. e5 Ba3 21. Rce1 f6 $132 {1-0 Comas Fabrego,L (2435)-Fernandez Garcia,J 
(2445)/Spain 1993/TD (32)}) 11... a6 (11... e5 12. O-O b6 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. d5
a6 15. Qb3 Nf6 16. Nd2 Bc8 17. a4 $14 {0-1 Ortiz Suarez,I (2556)
-Nepomniachtchi,I (2711)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2011/CBM 145 (59)}) 12. O-O b5 13. Qa3
Bb7 14. d5 Rac8 15. c4 b4 16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qc2 a5 18. Qd2 e5 19. Ne1 Qd6 20. a3
f5 21. f3 Nd7 $13 {1-0 Litinskaya,M (2370)-Veroci,Z (2320)/Subotica 1991/TD 
(34)}) 11. Qd1 Bg4 (11... Qc7 {is less logical now:} 12. Bd3 Rd8 13. h3 e5 14.
O-O Be6 15. Qe2 $14 {[%csl Rb6] 1/2 Hughes,T (2161)-Dragicevic,D (2302)/
Gaziantep 2008/CBM 125 Extra (24)}) 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 cxd4 {The simplest
course. Black opens up the c-file and trades all the rooks along it, reaching
full equality.} 14. cxd4 Qd7 15. O-O Rac8 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Rxc1 18. Qxc1
Rc8 19. Qa3 Na4 20. Bf1 b5 21. Rc1 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Bxd4 23. Bxb5 Bxe3 24. Bxd7
Bxc1 25. Bxa4 Bf4 26. h3 Be5 27. Kg2 Bf4 28. Kg1 Be5 29. Kg2 Bf4 30. Kg1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 {Looking back at the number of games I have annotated over the past years,
I can safely conclude that this variation has been repeated quite intensively.}
9. d3 (9. a5 {Ponomariov,R (2703)-Aronian,L (2741) Moscow 2006 CBM 116 [Marin]
(1/2, 25)}) (9. d4 {Nisipeanu,L (2668)-Sokolov,I (2673) Kemer 2007 CBM 121 
[Marin,M] (1-0, 35)}) 9... d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 (10... Be6 {Leko,P (2751)-Grischuk,
A (2726) Mexico City 2007 CBM 120 [Marin,M] (1-0, 60)}) 11. Ba2 c5 12. c3 Rb8 (
12... Nc6 {Anand,V (2792)-Grischuk,A (2726) Mexico City 2007 CBM 120 [Marin,M]
(1-0, 50)}) 13. d4 {We have reached a position that is typical for the
Chigorin Variation. There are some small differences, though. Having played
d2-d4 in two moves, White did not have the time to insert h2-h3, which offers
Black the possibility to undermine the impressive centre with ...Bg4. The
a2-bishop stands more actively than in a normal Chigorin, but at the same time
it is exposed to being completely cut off from the play with ...b3 and ...c4.}
Qc7 {Strategically, a consistent move, maintaining the tension. In practice,
several ways of releasing the tension have been tried.} (13... bxc3 14. bxc3
cxd4 15. cxd4 Nc6 (15... Bb7 $6 {leaves the bishop misplaced after} 16. d5 $1
Qd7 17. Bb1 Bd8 18. Bd3 Bb6 19. Ba3 $14 {Kholmov,R (2445)-Rajskij,E (2420)/
Warsaw 1991/EXT 97 (1-0, 28)}) (15... Nd7 {weakens Black's control in the
centre, allowing White to build up his position freely.} 16. Ba3 exd4 17. Nxd4
Ne5 18. Nf1 Nec6 19. Ne3 $16 {Efimenko,Z (2654)-Jenni,F (2500)/Novi Sad 2009/
CBM 133 (1/2, 41)}) 16. Ba3 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Nf3 Bb7 19. Qd3 (19. Qxd4
Nxe4 $1 20. Rxe4 $2 Bf6 $1) 19... d5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. exd5 {Rather dull.} (21.
e5 Ne4 22. Qxd4 {[%csl Gb7] may be worth a try.}) 21... Qd8 22. Rab1 Bxd5 23.
Rxb8 Qxb8 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Qxd4 Nf6 26. h3 Qc7 $11 {Despite the final result
in Dominguez,L (2708)-Pelletier,Y (2569) Biel 2008 CBM 126 (1-0, 56), the
position looks rather drawish.}) (13... cxd4 14. cxd4 Qc7 (14... Nc6 15. h3
exd4 16. Nb3 Bb7 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Nbxd4 $14 {Wang,J (2275)-Nie,X (1970)/Ningbo
2011/CBM 141 Extra (1-0, 34)}) 15. Nb3 (15. b3 Nd7 16. Bb2 Bf6 17. Rc1 Qb6 18.
Nc4 Nxc4 19. Rxc4 Bb7 20. Bb1 Rbc8 21. Rxc8 {1/2 Palac,M (2587)-Banusz,T (2481)
/Trieste 2008/CBM 126 Extra}) 15... Nxb3 16. Bxb3 Bg4 17. Bg5 exd4 18. Qxd4
Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nh5 20. Rac1 Qd7 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. e5 {In Carlsen,M (2815)
-Karjakin,S (2776)/Monte Carlo 2011/CBM 142/[Moradiabadi] (1-0, 34), White's
initiative eventually prevailed over Black's kingside strategic plusses.}) ({
Practice has not offered a clue as to what to do against} 13... Bg4 {yet.} 14.
h3 (14. Qe2 {Kupreichik,V (2500)-Piket,J (2630)/Germany 1998/CBM 063/[Piket] 
(0-1, 37)}) 14... Bxf3 15. Nxf3 b3 16. Bb1 Qc7 17. d5 c4 {Kulaots,K (2556)
-Bartel,M (2602)/Gjovik 2009/CBM 128 Extra (1/2, 70). With two of his pieces
immobilised on the queenside, White is doomed forever and probably lost.
However, Black needs some effort and accuracy in order to prova that.}) 14.
dxe5 dxe5 15. Nc4 {If White could stabilise the position, he would get a
decisive strategic advantage. Black needs to react quickly.} Rd8 16. Qe2 b3 $5
17. Nxa5 Qxa5 (17... bxa2 18. Nc4 Be6 19. Nfd2 ({There is no obvious
refutation to} 19. Nfxe5 $5 {, snatching an important pawn.}) 19... Nd7 20. b3
Nb6 21. Ne3 c4 $132 {Efimenko,Z (2706)-Onischuk,A (2675)/Ningbo 2011/CBM 144 
(1/2, 58)}) 18. Bb1 c4 {A necessary sacrifice, fighting against the blockade
on c4..} (18... Qc7 19. Bd3 a5 20. Bg5 Nh5 21. Be3 Bb7 22. Bc4 $14 {allowed
White a perfect regrouping in Carlsen,M (2714)-Adams,M (2729)/Moscow 2007/EXT
2008 (1-0, 63)}) 19. Qxc4 Rb7 $146 {Black hurries to take over the control of
the d-file in order to cause White problems with redeveloping the b1-bishop. I
analyzed this move in my notes to the Cheparinov-Aronian (see below),
concluding that it is not quite sufficient for equality. This game will not
question my evaluation at all..} (19... Bc5 20. Be3 (20. h3 Qb6 21. Be3 {
Cheparinov,I (2696)-Aronian,L (2763)/Sofia 2008/CBM 124/[Marin,M] (1/2, 45)})
20... Bxe3 21. Rxe3 Rd1+ 22. Re1 Be6 23. Qf1 Rxe1 24. Nxe1 Nd7 25. Bd3 Nc5 26.
Qe2 Rd8 27. Bc4 {Prathamesh,S (2392)-Pashikian,A (2611)/Al Ain 2008/CBM 127
Extra (1/2, 46). In view of his better coordination, Black has reasonable
compensation for the missing pawn.}) 20. Qe2 Rbd7 21. h3 $1 {White finally has
to play this typical Ruy Lopez move, this time with the aim of preventing ...
Ng4 (and not ...Bg4 as usual).} (21. Be3 Ng4 $15) 21... Rd6 {This finally
comes as a novelty with respect to my comments.} ({I examined only} 21... Qc7
22. Be3 Bb7 23. a5 {[%cal Ge3b6]} Bc5 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25. Ra3 {[%cal Ga3b3]}) ({
and} 21... Bb7 22. Qc4 {[%cal Gc4b3]}) 22. Be3 h6 $2 {Rather pointless and
definitely too slow.} ({The best chance to get some counterplay would have been
} 22... Nh5 $5 {threatening ...Nf4 and clearing the sixth rank for the rook.})
23. Nd2 Be6 24. Nc4 Qc7 {Desperation.} ({Black does not get anywhere after} 
24... Bxc4 25. Qxc4 Rd1 26. Kf1 $1 $16 {followed by Qxb3, which would free
White's pieces.}) 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. a5 Rd7 27. c4 $18 {The advance of the
c-pawn prevents Black from maintaining the domination along the d-file. White
will soon develop and retain a decisive material advantage.} Qb4 28. Bd3 Bc5
29. Red1 Rc7 30. Bxc5 Qxc5 31. Qe1 Kf8 32. Qc3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 Be6 {This order of
moves is rarely seen in practice. 6...Be6 is played more often after 4.Bf4 Bg7
5.e3 0-0 6.Rc1.} 7. Ng5 $6 {This activity proves premature. The exchange of
this bishop is not worth a crucial tempo.} (7. Qb3 c5 8. Qxb7 Qb6 9. Qxb6 axb6
10. e3 {leads to a position from the 4.Bf4 system. Here is an example:} dxc4
11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Ng5 Bd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxc4 Nxf4 15. exf4 Bxb2 16. Rc2 Bf6
17. O-O Nc6 18. Bd5 Nb4 19. Rxc5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Rxa2 $11 {1/2 Ding,L (2574)-Le
Quang,L (2681)/Manila 2010/CBM 138 Extra (30)}) (7. e3 dxc4 {leads to the 6...
dxc4 7.e3 Be6 system, with Black avoiding the 7.e4 line.}) 7... c5 $1 8. dxc5 (
8. e3 Bg4 $1 9. f3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bf5 {[%csl Rf3,Rg5] is good for Black.}) 8...
d4 9. Nb5 Nc6 $5 {[%mdl 512]} (9... Bd7 {is also satisfactory for Black, e.g.}
10. Nxd4 (10. Nc7 Nh5) 10... Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxa2 {etc. However, a true Grünfeld
player never cares about material losses in the Bf4 systems!}) 10. Nc7 Bf5 $1
11. Nxa8 e5 12. Bd2 e4 $1 13. e3 h6 14. Nh3 (14. exd4 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Nxd4 $17 {
- the a8-knight will not escape!}) 14... Bxh3 15. gxh3 Ne5 16. Bg2 Nd3+ 17. Kf1
Nxc1 18. Qxc1 d3 19. Bc3 Qe7 $2 {[%mdl 16384]} (19... Re8 $1 $17 {was much
stronger. Black will finally recapture the a8-knight keeping his strong
central pawns and a clear advantage.}) 20. Nc7 $1 {What a surprise! The doomed
knight sells its skin quite expensively: White captures Black's crucial
e4-pawn and activates his pieces.} Qxc7 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Bxe4 Rd8 23. Bd5 Qxc5
24. Qd1 Rxd5 (24... d2 25. Ke2 $5 (25. Qxd2 $143 Qxc4+ 26. Bxc4 Rxd2 $15 {_|_})
) 25. cxd5 Qxd5 26. Rg1 Kg7 27. Qb3 Qe4 28. Rg4 Qh1+ 29. Rg1 Qe4 30. Rg4 Qh1+
31. Rg1 Qe4 {Both sides have nothing better than this repetition of moves.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Likavsky,T"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 {This is an attempt to play the King's Indian Defence and
avoid some lines, e.g. the Sämisch System (and play KID Classical System) or
to play some side lines.} 3. Nc3 $1 {Allows e7-e5, but restrics other
possibilities.} ({After} 3. Nf3 g6 {we can see the sense of the try.} 4. Nc3
Bg7 (4... Bf5 {is one of the side lines.})) 3... e5 ({Black doesn't want to
"return to Earth"} 3... g6 $1 4. e4 Bg7 {and enable Fabiano to use his weapons:
} 5. f3 ({or} 5. Bd3)) 4. Nf3 e4 (4... Nbd7 5. e4 (5. Bg5 $5) (5. g3 $5) 5...
g6 {could be still a variation from KID Classiclal, but not the principal one.}
(5... Be7)) 5. Nd2 Qe7 6. Nb3 Bf5 $6 ({More logical is} 6... h6 {which Luke
played just one round ago in the same tournament, beause here after} 7. g3 {
White's pawn structure is not so perfect "French" as in the game.} g6 8. Bg2
Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. Be3 c6 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. g4 d5 13. g5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Qd6 15. c5
Qe6 {1/2 Tomashevsky,E (2738)-McShane,L (2706)/Moscow RUS 2012/The Week in
Chess 919 (48)}) 7. Bg5 $1 Nbd7 8. e3 $14 {[%csl Gc4,Gd4,Ge3,Gf2,Gg5] /+/- A
rock solid French pawn chain and the bishop is actively placed on g5. If we
compare all the similar lines from the French Defence (reversed colours), the
conclusion is that White is at least slightly better.} h6 9. Bh4 g5 {This is
necessary.} (9... g6 $6 {[%cal Yc3d5,Yh4e7]} 10. Be2 $5 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gg2g4]
}) 10. Bg3 a6 (10... Bg7 $2 11. Nb5 Nb6 (11... Nf8 12. c5) 12. c5 $40) 11. Na5
$1 Rb8 12. b4 $1 {A standard queenside approach.} Bg7 13. Be2 (13. Rc1 $1 O-O (
13... Nb6 14. c5 Nbd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxa6 $1) 14. c5 {[%csl Yc1,Rc7,Rd6,Yg3]
}) (13. c5 $2 dxc5 14. bxc5 Nxc5 $1 15. dxc5 Qxc5 {[%cal Gc5c3,Gc5a5]} 16. Qa4+
Nd7 $1 17. Nxe4 Bc3+ $1 18. Ke2 Qxa5 19. Nxc3 Qxc3 $132) 13... O-O 14. Rb1 {
[%csl Ya5,Yb1,Rb7,Rc6][%cal Gb4b5] We can see that White has many pleasant
choices on the queenside.} (14. Rc1 $5 {[%cal Gc4c5]} Nb6 $1 15. c5 $6 dxc5 16.
bxc5 Nbd5 $14) 14... Bg6 15. h4 $1 ({Simpler is maybe} 15. b5 $5 axb5 16. Rxb5
$36) 15... g4 $1 16. h5 (16. Bxg4 {McShane} Nxg4 17. Qxg4 Nf6 18. Qd1 (18. Qe2
$5 Nh5 19. O-O Nxg3 20. fxg3 c6 $14) 18... Nh5 19. Ne2 Nxg3 20. Nxg3 c5 $132) (
16. b5 $5 Qe6 (16... Qd8 17. Rb3 $5 $16 {[%cal Gb5a6,Ga5c6]}) 17. h5 $1 Bh7 (
17... Bxh5 18. Rxh5 $1) (17... Bf5 18. Nd5 $1) 18. bxa6 bxa6 19. Nc6 $16) 16...
Bxh5 (16... Nxh5 $2 17. Bh4 $1) 17. b5 axb5 (17... Qe8 18. Bf4 $1 $36 {[%csl
Rg8,Rh6]}) 18. Rxb5 Bg6 19. Nxb7 Rfc8 20. Na5 $6 (20. Bxg4 $5 $16 Nxg4 21. Qxg4
Nf6 22. Qe2 Qd7 23. O-O $1 c6 24. Nc5 $1) 20... Ra8 21. Nc6 Qe8 {White has not
taken advantage of his best opportunities and the situation has changed a bit.
He is still better, but it's not so easy to break through.} 22. a4 Nf8 $6 (
22... Ra6 23. Nb4 Ra7 {[%cal Gc7c6,Yc7c5]}) 23. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 24. cxd5 f5 25. a5
(25. Bh4 $1 {was stronger:} Kh7 26. Ne7 $5 (26. Qc2 $5 {[%cal Gc6e7]}) 26...
Rcb8 27. Qc2 {[%cal Gc2c7] White can combine his play on both flanks, but also
press on c7.} Qd7 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. O-O {[%cal Ge2b5]} (29. Bb5 Rxb5 $1)) 25...
Bf7 26. Qc2 Ng6 $1 {[%cal Yf5f4,Yh6h5,Gg6e7] Now Black obtains some marks of
counterplay. Primarily he plans to exchange the knights via e7.} 27. Bh4 {
White stops that idea, but permits a counter-plan.} Nxh4 28. Rxh4 h5 29. g3 Bf6
30. Rh1 h4 $1 $132 31. gxh4 Kh8 32. Kd2 Qg8 33. Bc4 g3 34. Rg1 (34. fxg3 $5
Qxg3 35. Rf1 $14) 34... g2 $13 {/=} 35. Kc3 Bxh4 36. Qe2 Qg5 37. Rb2 Bh5 $2
$138 (37... Rg8 38. Qc2 (38. a6 $6 f4) 38... Bg6 39. Qd2 (39. a6 f4) 39... Qg4
40. a6 $11) 38. Rxg2 $1 Bxe2 39. Rxg5 Bxg5 40. Rxe2 {White is a piece up now
in fact. The pawn on a7 will cost Black a rook.} (40. Bxe2 $1 Bh4 41. Bc4 Rg8
42. a6 Rg2 43. a7 Kg7 44. Rb8 Rxa7 45. Nxa7 Bxf2 46. Rb7 $18) 40... Kg7 41. a6
Rh8 42. a7 Rh1 {[%cal Gh1a1]} 43. Kb2 $1 Bh4 44. Rc2 $5 (44. Ba6 Rh2 45. Bb7
Rxa7 46. Nxa7 Rxf2 47. Rc2 $16) 44... Kf6 (44... Rh2 $2 45. f4 $1) (44... f4 $1
) 45. Ba6 Kg5 46. Bb7 Rxa7 47. Nxa7 Rf1 48. Nc6 Rxf2 49. Na5 f4 50. Nc4 Rxc2+
$6 (50... Kg4 $1 $14 51. exf4 Kxf4 (51... Kf3 52. Rxf2+ Bxf2 53. Nd2+ $1 Kxf4
54. Nb3) 52. Rxf2+ Bxf2 53. Kc3 Be1+ 54. Kc2 Bf2 55. Kd2 Bxd4 56. Ke2) 51. Kxc2
fxe3 $4 (51... Kg4 $1 52. exf4 Bf2 53. Nd2 Kxf4 54. Nb3 Kf3 55. Ba6 Bh4 56. Bb5
Be1 $14 (56... Ke3 57. Kc3 Bf6)) 52. Nxe3 $18 Bf2 53. Kd2 Kf4 54. Nc2 Kf3 55.
Ba6 Bh4 (55... e3+ 56. Kd3 e2 57. Kd2 e1=Q+ 58. Nxe1+ Bxe1+ 59. Kxe1 Ke4 60.
Bb7) 56. Be2+ Kf2 57. Bh5 Bg5+ 58. Kc3 Bf6 59. Na3 Ke3 60. Nb5 Bh4 61. Nxc7
Be1+ 62. Kc4 Kd2 63. Nb5 e3 64. Nxd6 e2 65. Nf7 Bf2 66. Bxe2 Kxe2 67. d6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Bxd2 {The Grünfeld Defense
also features this interesting type of fight after an early exchange of queens.
Can the defender eliminate the rather active pieces of the opponent?} Rd8 (
12... b6 13. O-O Bb7) 13. d5 Na6 {Caruana is drifting from the main lines
proved to offer equality in this line. Black has had a positive experience
with the transfer of the knight to the f6-square with 13...Nd7.} (13... e6 14.
Bc4 exd5 15. Bxd5 Nc6 16. O-O Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Be3 Rd6 19. Rfd1 $16 {
1-0 Brestak,J (2300)-Palecek,P/Michalovce 1989 (60)}) (13... Nd7 14. Bb4 Bf8
15. O-O (15. Nd4 Nf6 16. f3 e6 17. Ba5 b6 18. Bd2 h6 19. Nc6 Re8 20. Bc3 Nh5
21. Nd4 exd5 22. Bb5 Re7 23. Bb4 Rc7 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. exd5 {1/2-1/2 Cebalo,M 
(2505)-Herzog,J (2200)/Bern 1989 (89)} Bb7 26. d6 Rc5 $17) 15... Nf6 16. Bd3 e6
17. Bc3 Ne8 18. Ne5 exd5 19. exd5 Nc7 20. Be4 Nxd5 21. Rfd1 Be6 22. Bxd5 Bxd5
23. Ng4 {1/2-1/2 Najer,E (2455)-Odeev,H (2430)/Moscow 1998 (26)} Bg7 24. Nf6+
Bxf6 25. Bxf6 Bxa2 $17) 14. Rc1 (14. Bg5 Kf8 15. O-O Nc5 16. Nd2 b6 17. Rfc1
Bd7 18. Be3 Na4 19. Ba6 Bc8 20. Bf1 f5 21. f3 Bf6 (21... Bd7 22. Ba6 Nc3 23.
Rb3 Rac8 24. Kf2 Nxa2 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 $11) 22. Rb4 Bd7 {0-1 Yevseev,D (2503)
-Dvoirys,S (2562)/Novgorod 1999 (64)} 23. Ba6 $14) (14. Bxa6 bxa6 15. O-O (15.
Ba5 Rd7 16. Nd2 f5 {1/2-1/2 Csizmadia,L (2363)-Blasko,I (2336)/Hungary 2008})
15... f5 16. Ba5 Rd7 17. Rfd1 fxe4 18. Ng5 Bb7 19. Ne6 Rc8 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 $17 {
0-1 Riha,A-Dvoirys,S (2590)/Oberwart 1999 (42)}) 14... f5 {Out of two ways to
undermine White's centre the second player chooses the more dubious one. In
future games it is realistic to expect to see a preference for the more
conservative move 14...e6!} (14... e6 $1 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bf4 exd5 17. exd5 Nb4
18. d6 Be6 $11) 15. e5 h6 $6 (15... Rxd5 $5 16. Bc4 Be6 17. O-O h6 18. Be3 Kf8
19. Rb1 Bf7 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Rfd1 $14) 16. Bc4 Kh8 {Even the best chess
players sometimes play one phase of the game not on the highest level. Later
they must often work hard to compensate for the damage.} (16... Kh7 17. h4 Nc5
18. Bb4 (18. Bc3 b5 19. Bxb5 Rb8 20. Bc4 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Nxa6 $14) 18... b6 19.
Bxc5 bxc5 20. d6 Bf8 21. Rb1 a5 22. dxe7 Bxe7 23. Ke2 $14) 17. O-O (17. Ke2 Nc7
18. d6 exd6 19. Bf7 Na6 20. Nh4 $14) 17... g5 (17... Nc7 18. Rfd1 Nxd5 (18...
Rxd5 19. Bb3 Rd7 20. e6 Nxe6 21. Bxe6 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Bxe6 23. Re1 Bc4 24. Rxe7
$16) 19. Ba5 Be6 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. Rc2 Bg8 22. e6 Nb4 23. Rxd8 Nxc2 24. Nh4 Kh7
25. Nxg6 $18) 18. Rfd1 (18. Rfe1 Kh7 19. Bd3 Kg6 20. g4 Rxd5 21. Rxc8 Rxd3 22.
gxf5+ Kxf5 23. Rxa8 Rxf3 24. Rxa7 $16) 18... f4 $6 {Black's counterplay on the
kingside smacks of desperation. The defender was positive, that the normal
moves are leading into a difficult position.} (18... Bd7 19. Re1 Nc5 20. h4 g4
21. Nd4 Rac8 22. Bf4 $16) 19. Bxa6 (19. h3 Bf5 20. h4 Be4 (20... g4 21. Nd4 $18
) 21. hxg5 Bxf3 22. gxf3 hxg5 23. Ba5 b6 24. Bxa6 bxa5 25. Re1 Rab8 26. Kg2 $16
) 19... bxa6 20. Ba5 Rg8 (20... Rd7 21. e6 Rb7 22. h4 g4 23. Nd4 $16) (20...
Re8 21. Rc7 g4 22. Nh4 Kg8 23. d6 exd6 24. exd6 Bf6 25. Ng6 Bf5 26. Nxf4 $16)
21. e6 $2 {Radjabov must have been very happy with his position, but it does
not mean that any normal move will enhance his advantage. White is missing a
golden opportunity to force a near winning superiority.} (21. Rc7 $1 g4 (21...
e6 22. d6 g4 23. Nd4 Bxe5 24. Nc6 $18) 22. Nh4 Bxe5 23. Rxe7 Bf6 24. Rf7 Bb2
25. Re1 Rb8 26. d6 $18) 21... Rb8 22. a4 (22. Rc7 Rb5 23. Be1 Bf6 $14) 22...
Bb7 23. Rc7 g4 (23... Bf6 24. h3 h5 25. Rd7 $16) 24. Nh4 Bf6 25. Nf5 {The
gifted player from Azerbaijan has probably not suspected, that his huge plus
could dissipate into something miniscule. On the way to finish he will ignore
many ideas, that might have made his winning chances more realistic.} (25. g3
$5 f3 26. d6 exd6 27. Rf7 Be5 28. Bc7 Rbc8 29. Nf5 $16) 25... Bxd5 $1 26. Nxe7
Bxe7 27. Rxe7 Rg5 28. Bc7 $6 {The bishop is hitting the rook and the pawn f4,
but the other route via the d2-square might have been more unpleasant for the
defender.} (28. Bd2 $5 Rf5 (28... Rf8 $2 29. Bc3+ Kg8 30. Rxd5 $1 Rxd5 31. Rg7+
Kh8 32. Rd7+ $18) 29. Re1 Kg8 30. Rxa7 $16) 28... Rb4 29. Re8+ $2 {[%mdl 256]
One of the attraction of chess played by human beings are the emotions
reflected in the choices of moves. White must have been becoming nervous about
the difficulties with reaching the goal and it does not help with finding the
best solutions.} (29. Rc1 Re4 (29... Kg8 $2 30. Be5 $1 Rc4 31. Rxc4 Bxc4 32.
Re8+ Kh7 33. Rh8+ Kg6 34. e7 $18) 30. Ba5 Bxe6 31. Bc3+ Kg8 32. Rb1 $16) (29.
g3 $5 fxg3 (29... f3 30. Bf4 Rh5 31. h3 gxh3 32. g4 Rg5 33. Bxg5 Rxg4+ 34. Kh2
Rxg5 35. Rc1 $18) 30. fxg3 Kg8 31. Bf4 Rf5 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. e7 Bf7 34. Ra8 Re4
35. Rxa7 Be8 36. Rxa6 $16) 29... Rg8 (29... Kh7 30. e7 (30. Re1 Rg6 31. Ba5 Re4
32. Rxe4 Bxe4 33. Bc3 Rg8 $14) 30... Re4 31. Bd6 Bc6 32. Rd8 Kg7 $14) 30. Be5+
Kh7 31. Re7+ Kg6 32. Rxa7 Re4 33. Bxf4 {The domination of the white pieces has
become a matter of the past. The lion's share of former advantage has gone up
the chimney.} (33. Bc3 Bb3 34. Rb1 Ba2 35. Rb6 (35. Ra1 Rc8 36. f3 Re2 37. Rg7+
Kf5 38. fxg4+ Kxe6 $11) 35... Rxe6 36. Raxa6 Kf5 37. Rb5+ Kg6 $14) 33... Bb3
34. Rb1 Bxa4 35. Be3 Bb5 {Caruana has survived the unpleasant middlegame and
can now even choose to play a safer line. Sufficient was also the more
enterprising line after 35...Rxe6.} (35... Rxe6 36. Rb4 Bd1 37. Rd7 a5 38. Rbb7
(38. Rf4 Be2 39. Rd2) 38... Bc2 $11) 36. e7 Re8 (36... Rc8 $5 37. h3 g3 38. Re1
Rc6 39. fxg3 Rce6 40. Kf2 Rxe7 $11) 37. Bc5 Rc8 38. Be3 (38. Bd6 Rd4 39. Be5
Rd7 40. Rxd7 Bxd7 $11) 38... Re8 39. Rd1 h5 40. Rd5 h4 41. h3 {Right after the
time control Radjabov indirectly admits his failure. Defence will become very
easy and chances for a win will be purely academic.} (41. Rb7 h3 42. Rb6+ Kf7
43. Rh5 R8xe7 44. gxh3 gxh3 45. Rh7+ Kg8 46. Rxh3 Rg4+ 47. Rg3 Rxg3+ 48. hxg3
Kf7 $11) 41... gxh3 42. gxh3 R4xe7 43. Rxe7 Rxe7 44. Rg5+ (44. Rd4 Rh7 45. f3
Kf5 46. Kf2 Ke5 $11) 44... Kf6 45. Rg4 Rh7 46. Bg5+ Kf7 47. Bxh4 {The white
pawns are isolated and the demise of one will inevitably lead to a drawish
position.} (47. Rf4+ Kg8 48. Bd8 Bd7 49. Kh2 Rf7 $11) 47... Bd7 48. Rf4+ Kg8
49. Kh2 a5 50. Kg3 Rg7+ 51. Kh2 Rh7 52. Rd4 a4 53. Rd3 a3 $1 {The witty
reminder, that Black has nothing to fear any more. Naturally it was also
possible to accept the completely drawish rook endgame.} (53... Rxh4 54. Rxd7
Rf4 55. Kg3 Rf7 56. Rd3 Ra7 57. Ra3 Kf7 $11) 54. Bf6 a2 55. f4 Rf7 56. Be5 Rh7
57. Ra3 Be6 58. Kg2 Kf7 59. Ra7+ Kg8 60. Ra6 Bxh3+ 61. Kg3 Bd7 62. Rxa2 Rh3+
63. Kg2 Rd3 {Black has survived a very precarious middlegame. Radjabov
certainly left the playing arena quite unsatisfied.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the penultimate round. In the previous game, I had
miraculously survived a dead lost position against Radjabov, and as a result I
was in tied first place with +1. Diese Begegnung wurde in der vorletzten Runde
gespielt. In der Partie zuvor hatte ich auf wundersame Weise eine totale
Verluststellung gegen Radjabov überlebt, und als Resultat lag ich mit +1 auf
dem geteilten ersten Platz.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {The decision to play
the Scotch for the first time in my life, in such an important game, and
especially against a player like Kramnik, wasn't such an easy one. However, I
felt like getting a new, interesting position from the opening, rather than
bashing my head against the Berlin Wall yet again. In hindsight, this decision
was a perfect one. Die Entscheidung, Schottisch zu spielen, zum ersten Mal in
meinem Leben, in so einer wichtigen Partie, und vor allem gegen einen Spieler
wie Kramnik, war keine sonderlich leichte. Doch mir war danach, aus der
Öffnung eine neue, interessante Stellung zu erhalten und mir nicht wieder den
Kopf gegen die Berliner Mauer einzurennen. Im Nachhinein erwies sich diese
Entscheidung als perfekt.} exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5
8. c4 Ba6 9. Nd2 g6 10. Nf3 Bg7 ({Before the game I had also checked Vor der
Partie hatte ich auch} 10... Qb4+ 11. Kd1 Rb8 12. Qc2 Ne7 {, with very complex
play, which perfectly suited my mood. gecheckt, mit sehr komplexem Spiel, was
perfekt zu meiner Stimmung passte.}) 11. Bg5 f6 {This move took me by surprise,
although I must admit it's a very logical one. Dieser Zug überraschte mich,
obwohl ich zugeben muss, dass er sehr logisch ist.} ({I had looked at the
following forced variation: Ich hatte die folgende forcierte Variante
betrachtet:} 11... Qb4+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Nb6 14. b3 d6 15. O-O-O dxe5 16.
Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Re1 Nd7 18. f4 f6 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Bc3 O-O 21. Be2 Rfe8 22. Bxe5
fxe5 23. Bf3 {, with a pleasant advantage, despite the pawn deficit. , mit
angenehmen Vorteil trotz des Bauerndefizits.}) 12. exf6 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 Nxf6 14.
O-O-O O-O-O 15. Be3 Rde8 16. Bd3 d6 ({After Nach} 16... Ng4 $2 {White can grab
the pawn safely: kann Weiß ruhig den Bauern schnappen:} 17. Bxa7 Kb7 18. h3 {
, with a clear advantage. , mit klarem Vorteil.}) 17. c5 {The only logical way
to proceed, as otherwise Black would play ...c5 himself, with a comfortable
position. Die einzig logische Fortsetzung, denn sonst würde Schwarz selbst ...
c5 spielen, mit bequemer Stellung.} Bxd3 18. Rxd3 Nd5 {The most natural move,
but perhaps not the best. Der natürlichste Zug, aber vielleicht nicht der
beste.} ({Nach} 18... d5 19. Bd4 {leaves Black's position a bit awkward. ist
die schwarze Stellung ein wenig unbehaglich.}) ({However, the accurate Doch
das genaue} 18... Ne4 $1 19. cxd6 cxd6 {would have resulted in dead equality,
since White can't capture on a7 any more due to ...c5. hätte zu totem
Ausgleich geführt, denn Weiß kann nicht mehr auf a7 nehmen wegen ...c5.}) 19.
cxd6 cxd6 20. Bxa7 {Black should have enough compensation here, but over the
board it isn't so simple to prove it. Every one of Kramnik's next moves is
quite natural and hard to criticize, but each move slightly deteriorates
Black's position, until he no longer has any compensation for the pawn.
Schwarz sollte hier genug Kompensation haben, aber am Brett ist dies nicht so
leicht nachzuweisen. Jeder einzelne von Kramniks nächsten Zügen ist völlig
natürlich und kaum zu krisieren, doch jeder Zug verschlechtert die schwarze
Stellung , bis er gar keine Kompensation für den Bauern mehr hat.} Kc7 ({
Perhaps stronger was Stärker war vielleicht} 20... Kd7 $5 {, which has the
advantage of avoiding Ne6 check in some variations. This seems sufficient for
rough equality. , was den Vorteil hat, in manchen Varianten das Schach Ne6 zu
vermeiden. Dies scheint zum ungefähren Ausgleich zu genügen.} 21. Rb3 Kc7 22.
Be3 Rb8 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. Nxd4 Nf4 {, and Black regains the pawn
with a fine position. und Schwarz gewinnt den Bauern mit guter Stellung zurück.
}) 21. Be3 Ra8 {Another small step in the wrong direction. Wieder ein kleiner
Schritt in die falsche Richtung.} (21... Rb8 22. Rd2 Rhe8 23. Re1 Nxe3 $1 {
It seems difficult to part with such a beautiful knight, but as is well known,
the pieces that remain on the board are more important than the pieces that
are traded off. This exchange ensures a bright future for Black's bishop,
which is much more versatile than White's knight. After Es scheint schwer,
sich von einem so schönen Springer zu trennen, aber bekanntlich sind die
Figuren, die auf dem Brett verbleiben, wichtiger als diejenigen, die getauscht
werden. Dieser Abtausch sichert eine glänzende Zukunft für den schwarzen
Läufer, der weitaus vielseitiger ist als der weiße Springer. Nach} 24. fxe3 Rb4
{, Black has adequate compensation for the pawn. hat Schwarz ausreichende
Kompensation für den Bauern.}) 22. a3 Ra4 ({Another possible continuation was
Eine andere mögliche Fortsetzung war} 22... Rhb8 23. Bd4 Nf4 24. Re3 Bxd4 25.
Nxd4 Nxg2 26. Re7+ Kb6 27. Rxh7 Nf4 {, and Black should be able to make a draw
due to White's broken pawn structure. , und aufgrund der zersplitterten weißen
Bauernstruktur sollte Schwarz remisieren können.}) 23. Re1 Rf8 $2 {After this
strategic mistake Black will be struggling for the rest of the game. It was
his last chance to trade off White's bishop. Nach diesem strategischen Fehler
wird Schwarz den Rest über der Partie zu kämpfen haben. Es war seine letzte
Chance, den weißen Läufer abzutauschen.} (23... Nxe3 {is simply mandatory now.
ist jetzt einfach Pflicht.} 24. fxe3 Re8 {, and Black will have to suffer a
bit, but he should be able to hold the position. und Schwarz wird ein bisschen
leiden müssen, sollte aber in der Lage sein, die Stellung zu halten.}) 24. Ng5
{Now Black is even facing tactical problems. Nun sieht sich Schwarz sogar
taktischen Problemen gegenüber.} Re8 (24... Kd7 25. Rb3 {threatens Rb7, which
is surprisingly difficult to counter. droht Rb7, was überraschend schwer zu
kontern ist.}) 25. Bb6+ {I was happy to trade off some material, since it
became clear that my king would never be in any danger. Ich war froh, etwas
Material abzutauschen, weil damit klar wurde, dass mein König nie in Gefahr
schweben würde.} Kd7 26. Rxe8 Kxe8 27. Be3 Kd7 ({Maybe Black should still try
Vielleicht sollte Schwarz noch immer} 27... Nxe3 28. Rxe3+ Kd7 {, although
this version of the exchange is clearly unfavorable for him. versuchen, obwohl
diese Version des Abtauschs eindeutig ungünstig für ihn ist.}) 28. Rb3 Kc8 29.
Bd2 h5 (29... h6 30. Nf7 {wins another pawn. gewinnt einen weiteren Bauern.})
30. Nf7 {I continue to pursue my advantage in the most concrete way, but
perhaps it was more practical (especially due to my time shortage at this
stage) to simply consolidate my position and begin advancing on the queenside.
Ich gehe meinem Vorteil weiter auf die konkreteste Weise nach, aber vielleicht
war es praktischer (vor allem angesichts meiner Zeitknappheit in dieser Phase),
einfach meine Stellung zu konsolidieren und zu beginnen, am Damenflügel
vorzurücken.} Kc7 31. Rg3 Ne7 32. b4 Kd7 33. Rd3 d5 34. Kc2 Nf5 35. Bc3 {
A very important move, as otherwise Black gets sufficient counterplay with ...
Nd4. Ein ganz wichtiger Zug, denn sonst erhält Schwarz ausreichendes
Gegenspiel mit ...Nd4.} d4 (35... Rxa3 36. Bxg7 Rxd3 37. Kxd3 Nxg7 38. Ne5+ Kd6
39. Nxg6 {is most likely winning for White. ist höchstwahrscheinlich gewonnen
für Weiß.}) 36. Kb3 Ra8 37. Ng5 Kd6 {For the last couple of moves Kramnik has
defended accurately, and it seems like he is beginning to get counterplay with
...Kd5, supporting his advanced d-pawn. Über die letzten paar Züge hinweg hat
Kramnik akkurat verteidigt, und es scheint, als würde er langsam Gegenspiel
bekommen mit ...Kd5, was seinen vorgerückten d-Bauern stützt.} 38. f3 $6 {
An inaccuracy which.....wins the game immediately! Surprisingly, this move,
which was made with only seconds on the clock, almost spoils all the hard work
I had done. Eine Ungenauigkeit, welche... die Partie sofort gewinnt!
Überraschenderweise macht dieser Zug, der mit nur Sekunden auf der Uhr
gespielt wurde, die gesamte harte Arbeit, die ich zuvor geleistet hatte, fast
zunichte.} ({The precise Das präzise} 38. Kc4 $1 Rxa3 39. Bxd4 Rxd3 40. Bc5+
Ke5 41. Kxd3 {gives White good chances to score the full point, although there
is still plenty of work to be done. gibt Weiß gute Chancen, den vollen Punkt
einzufahren, obwohl noch eine Menge Arbeit zu tun ist.}) 38... Kd5 39. Ne4 Ne3
$4 {A bizarre blunder, ending the game immediately. Instead, Black had a
miraculous chance to turn the game around. Ein bizarrer Bock, der die Partie
sofort beendet. Stattdessen hatte Schwarz eine wundersame Chance, die Partie
zu drehen.} (39... Rxa3+ $3 {is a move I hadn't even noticed during the game.
ist ein Zug, den ich während der Partie nicht einmal bemerkt hatte.} 40. Kxa3
Kc4 41. Rd1 (41. Bxd4 Kxd3 42. Bxg7 Nxg7 {is close to a draw due to Black's
active king. ist nahe am Remis aufgrund des aktiven schwarzen Königs.}) 41...
dxc3 {, and it seems like Black's advanced c-pawn will secure a draw. und es
scheint, als wird der vorgerückte c-Bauer von Schwarz ein Remis sichern.}) 40.
Rxe3 {And now it's all over. An unfortunately abrupt finish to an interesting
game. To my great shock (and probably to many others' as well) I found myself
in clear first place going into the final round. However, I wasn't quite up to
the challenge and lost without a fight against Levon Aronian, ending up in
shared second place. Und jetzt ist alles vorbei. Ein leider abruptes Ende
einer interessanten Partie. Zu meinem großen Schreck (und womöglich auch dem
vieler anderer) fand ich mich, als es in die letzte Runde ging, auf dem
unangefochtenen ersten Platz wieder. Allerdings war ich der Herausforderung
nicht ganz gewachsen und verlor ohne Kampf gegen Levon Aronian, wonach ich auf
dem geteilten letzten Platz landete.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 $5 {Increasing piece pressure against White's centre. This
alternative recently seriously competes with the more direct central blows} (
9... e5 {and}) (9... f5) 10. Kb1 (10. h4 Rd8 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. h5 a6 13. Nc3 Bxd4
(13... Nxd4 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. g4 Qc6 (15... e5 $5 16. Qh2 h6 $11) 16. Qf2 Ne6
17. Rxd8+ Nxd8 18. Nge2 Nf7 19. Qh4 h6 20. Qxe7 Qd7 21. Qxd7 Bxd7 22. Bg2 Nc4
$132 {Grischuk,A (2760)-Mamedyarov,S (2761)/Moscow/2010/}) 14. Bxd4 Qxd4 15.
Qf4 Qf2 16. hxg6 Rxd1+ 17. Nxd1 Qc5+ 18. Nc3 hxg6 19. Qh6 Qe5 20. f4 Qg7 21.
Qh4 Be6 22. Nf3 Rd8 $15 {Pitkaenen,J (2214)-Gyger,T (2073)/corr/2007/}) (10.
Nb5 Qd7 11. Kb1 (11. h4 Rd8 {-10.h4}) (11. Na3 e5 12. d5 Nd4 13. Kb1 ({More
consistent is} 13. f4 $5 Qe7 14. fxe5 c5 $13) 13... c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Qa5
Qb7 (15... Rb8 $5 $36) 16. Ne2 Rb8 17. Rd2 {Ivanchuk,V (2768)-Sutovsky,E (2700)
/Ningbo/2011/} c5 $1 $36 {/\} 18. Qxc5 $2 Na4 19. Qc1 Be6 $19) (11. d5 Ne5 12.
Qc2 c6 13. dxc6 Qxc6 14. Qxc6 bxc6 15. Nc7 Rb8 16. b3 a5 (16... f5 $5) 17. Na6
Bxa6 18. Bxa6 a4 19. Be2 axb3 20. axb3 f5 21. f4 Nf7 {Mayorga,N (2330)-Fabian,
G (2317)/Villa Martelli/2011/} 22. Bxb6 Rxb6 23. Bc4 fxe4 24. Nh3 $11) (11. Bh6
Bxh6 12. Qxh6 a6 13. Nc3 Nxd4 14. f4 c5 15. h4 (15. Nf3 f6 16. h4 $13) 15...
Qc6 (15... Qg4 $5) 16. Nf3 Qf6 $5 (16... Nxf3 17. gxf3 Qf6 18. h5 Qg7 19. Qg5
$44) 17. e5 Qg7 18. Qxg7+ Kxg7 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Rxd4 Be6 21. Be2 Rac8 22. Kb1
{Mamedyarov,S (2657)-Petrosian,T (2539)/Antalya/2004/} Rfd8 23. Rhd1 Rxd4 24.
Rxd4 Rc7 $11) (11. f4 Qe6 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. Nf3 Nc4 14. Qe2 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Nb4 16.
b3 Qb6 17. a3 Nc6 18. Na4 Qa5 19. d5 Nb8 20. Qc5 Qxc5+ 21. Nxc5 c6 $15 {
Mamedyarov,S (2747)-Negi,P (2641)/Caleta/2012/}) 11... Rd8 {transposes back
into the game.}) 10... Rd8 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. d5 a6 (12... Ne5 $2 13. Qc2 c6 14.
Nxa7 {just loses material for nothing:} Rxa7 15. Bxb6 Ra8 16. Ne2 Re8 17. Nc3
Qd6 18. Be3 Bd7 19. dxc6 Qxc6 20. Bb5 Qe6 21. Bxd7 Nxd7 22. Qb3 $16 {Anand,V 
(2817)-Mamedyarov,S (2746)/Bastia rpd/2011/}) 13. Nc3 (13. dxc6 Qxd2 14. Rxd2
Rxd2 15. Bxd2 axb5 16. cxb7 Bxb7 17. Bxb5 f5 $5 18. exf5 Bd5 19. Ne2 (19. a3
Rb8 $1 $44) (19. b3 gxf5 $32 {/\} 20. Ne2 $2 Bxb3) 19... Bxa2+ 20. Kc2 gxf5 21.
b3 (21. Bc3 Bc4 22. Bxc4+ Nxc4 $11 23. Nd4 Ne3+ 24. Kd3 Nxg2 25. Nxf5 Nf4+ 26.
Kc4 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Kf7 $11 {Vitiugov,N (2729)-Giri,A (2714)/Reggio Emilia/2011/}
) 21... c5 22. Be3 c4 $1 23. Bxb6 Bxb3+ 24. Kd2 Rb8 25. Rb1 e6 26. Ke3 Ba2 $1
27. Rc1 Rxb6 28. Bxc4 Bxc4 $11 {So,W (2653)-Lou,Y (2428)/Ho Chi Minh City/2012/
}) 13... Qe8 {While engines quite like this move, it might not be necessarily
ideal.} (13... Na5 14. Bd4 (14. b3 Qd6 $132 {[%cal Yd6b4,Yb4a3]}) 14... Nbc4
15. Bxc4 (15. Qf2 $6 e5 16. Bc5 b6 17. Bb4 c5 18. Bxa5 Nxa5 19. h4 Qd6 20. h5
b5 $36 {Gustafsson,J (2647)-Mekhitarian,K (2529)/Reykjavik/2011/}) 15... Nxc4
16. Qc1 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 b5 18. Nge2 Bb7 19. b3 Nb6 20. h4 c5 21. dxc6 Qxc6 22. h5
Rxd4 23. Nxd4 Qf6 24. Qe3 Nd7 $13 {Mekhitarian}) (13... Ne5 $5 14. Bd4 Nec4 (
14... c5 15. Bxc5 Nec4 16. Qc1 Qc7 17. Bd4 $14 {is a wild idea - I doubt Black
has enough for the pawn.}) 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 {transposes to the position, which
could arise after 13...Na5.}) 14. Qe1 (14. Bh6 e6 $11 (14... Bh8 $5)) 14... Ne5
15. Be2 (15. Bd4 e6 16. f4 Nec4 (16... Ng4 $5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. h3 Nf6) 17.
Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nf3 b5 $13) 15... e6 (15... Nec4 $5 16. Bd4 e5 $13
(16... e6 $5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 $132)) 16. Bxb6 $1 cxb6 17. f4 Nd7 18. dxe6 Qxe6 19.
Nf3 $5 (19. Bf3 $14 {[%cal Yc3d5] also gives White chances for an edge, as
Black must yet finish his development. Aronian gets his pieces out as fast as
possible and prefers to up the stakes with a pawn sacrifice.}) 19... Qe8 $6 ({
Caruana rejects the principled} 19... Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Qxe4+ 21. Bd3 Qxf4 22. Rhf1
$32 {White has compensation here, but now he will have an advantage without
much risk.}) 20. Qh4 Bf6 (20... Bxc3 21. bxc3 b5 (21... Qxe4+ 22. Bd3 Qe8 23.
Rde1 Qf8 24. Bc4 $18 {[%cal Rc4f7,Re1e7,Rf3g5]}) 22. Rd4 $40) 21. Ng5 Nf8 22.
Bc4 Kg7 (22... Be6 23. Bxe6 (23. Nd5 $36) 23... fxe6 24. e5 $16 {[%csl Re6,Rg8]
}) 23. Qg3 Bxg5 (23... Be6 24. Nxe6+ Nxe6 25. e5 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Bd8 27. Ne4 $40
{[%cal Re4d6,Rf4f5]}) 24. fxg5 $5 {[%cal Gf1f8]} Be6 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 $16
{[%csl Gd5,Rf7,Rg7] White's dominant bishop gives him a large advantage.} Rd7
27. h4 Rc8 28. a3 Qd8 29. Qf2 Ne6 30. Ka2 Qe7 31. Rhf1 b5 32. Rd3 Rcc7 33. Kb1
a5 34. g4 a4 35. Rf3 Qd6 36. Rf6 {[%cal Yh4h5]} Qc5 (36... Qe5 $2 37. Rxe6 fxe6
38. Qf8#) 37. Qg3 {[%cal Yg3e5]} b4 38. axb4 (38. Qe5 Qc2+ 39. Ka1 Qc1+ $5 40.
Rxc1 Rxc1+ 41. Ka2 Rxd5 (41... b3+ 42. Bxb3 axb3+ 43. Kxb3 $19) 42. Rxg6+ Kf8
43. Qh8+ Ke7 44. Rxe6+ fxe6 45. Qf6+ $18) 38... Qc2+ (38... Qd4 39. Bxe6 (39.
Qf3 Nd8 40. h5 $18) 39... fxe6 40. h5 Qxe4+ 41. Ka1 $18) 39. Ka1 a3 40. bxa3
Rxd5 (40... Rc3 41. R6f3 Rxf3 42. Qxf3 $18) ({Somewhat more resilient was} 
40... Qd2 $142 $5 41. Rxf7+ (41. Qe5 Rc1+ 42. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 43. Ka2 Qd2+ 44. Qb2
Rxd5 45. exd5 Qxd5+ 46. Qb3 Qd2+ 47. Kb1 $16) (41. R6f2) 41... Rxf7 42. Qe5+
Kf8 43. Qh8+ Ke7 44. Rxf7+ Kxf7 45. Qf6+ Ke8 46. Qxe6+ Kd8 47. Qg8+ Kd7 48.
Qxh7+ Kc8 49. Qg8+ Kd7 50. Qe6+ Kd8 51. Qd6+ Rd7 $16) 41. exd5 Nd4 42. Rxf7+ $1
Rxf7 43. Qe5+ Kf8 44. Qb8+ Kg7 45. Rxf7+ Kxf7 46. Qxb7+ Ke8 47. Qb8+ Kd7 48.
Qa7+ Kd6 49. Qxd4 $18 Qc1+ 50. Ka2 Qc2+ 51. Qb2 Qc4+ 52. Ka1 Qxg4 (52... Qxd5
53. Qf2 $18) 53. Qf2 Kxd5 $6 54. Qc5+ (54. Qc5+ Ke4 (54... Ke6 55. Qc8+) 55.
Qc4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "GRE Cup 30th"]
[Site "Achaia"]
[Date "2012.06.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gavrilakis, Nikolaos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2012.06.28"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Peristeriou"]
[BlackTeam "Corinth Argonaftis PM"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. a4
O-O 9. Re1 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nf1 h6 13. Ng3 Re8 14. Bd2 b4 15. Nh4
d5 16. Nhf5 Bf8 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Re6 21. Qh5
Qd7 22. b3 Rae8 23. Be3 Kh7 24. Qh3 Nc6 25. Re1 Nd4 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. R4e2 Rc6
28. g4 g6 29. Ng3 Bg7 30. Ne4 Rec8 31. Rc1 Kg8 32. Qf3 R8c7 33. Kg2 Qe6 34. h3
Bf8 35. Qg3 Bg7 36. Qf3 Bf8 37. h4 Bg7 38. g5 h5 39. Rd2 Qc8 40. Re2 Qe6 41.
Qh3 Qd5 42. Kf1 Kh7 43. Kg1 Kg8 44. f3 Kh7 45. Qh2 Qd7 46. Rf1 Qc8 47. Rff2 Qe6
48. Qg2 Qc8 49. Kh2 Qd8 50. Qh3 Re6 51. Kg1 Rec6 52. Kf1 Qe7 53. f4 exf4 54.
Nf6+ Bxf6 55. Rxe7 Bxe7 56. Rxf4 Bf8 57. Qf3 Kg8 58. Rf6 Rxc2 59. Qd5 Bg7 60.
Rf2 R2c6 61. Kg2 Rc3 62. Qa5 Kh7 63. Qxa6 Rxb3 64. a5 Rbc3 65. Qb6 b3 66. a6
R3c6 67. Qb8 Rc8 68. a7 1-0

[Event "GRE-chT 40th"]
[Site "Achaia"]
[Date "2012.07.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2012.06.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Peristeriou"]
[BlackTeam "Heraklion CN"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O
Qxb2 9. Qe1 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4 12. Ndb5 Ba5 13. Rb1 Qxc2 14. Rb3
Ne7 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. Nxb7 Bb6 17. Bd1 Qc1 18. Na4 Qc7 19. Nd6 Bg6 20. Qb4 Kg8
21. Nxb6 axb6 22. Rc3 Qd8 23. Ba4 h5 24. Rfc1 Kh7 25. Rc7 Nf5 26. Nxf5 Bxf5 27.
Rxf7 Rc8 28. Rxc8 Qxc8 29. h3 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 Rc8 31. Bb3 Bg6 32. Rf4 Qc5 33. Qd2
Rf8 34. Rd4 Be4 35. f3 Bg6 36. Rh4 Qe7 37. Qf2 Qg5 38. Qg3 Qe3 39. Rb4 Rc8 40.
Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRE-chT 40th"]
[Site "Achaia"]
[Date "2012.07.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Sedlak, Nikola"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2012.06.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Thessaloniki"]
[BlackTeam "Peristeriou"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nd7 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Nf3 Nb6 9. Bb3 a5 10. a3 Bd7 11. O-O a4 12. Ba2 Re8 13. h3 Bd6 14. e4 Ra5 15.
Re1 Be6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. Qd3 Bf8 18. Rad1 g6 19. Nd2 Rd6 20. Nc4 Nxc4 21. Qxc4
c6 22. d5 Qb8 23. Qe2 Qe8 24. Qc2 Qa8 25. Qe2 Qe8 26. Qc2 Qa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRE-chT 40th"]
[Site "Achaia"]
[Date "2012.07.02"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2012.06.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nice Fysiolatris"]
[BlackTeam "Peristeriou"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Rc1 Nfd7 12. f4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Nc6 14. Be3 Rc8
15. h4 Ba6 16. Kh2 f5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Qd2 Qd6 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. Be3 Ne7 21. Bh3
Nf5 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Bg5 Rce8 24. Rf2 f4 25. Bxf4 Rf7 26. Rcf1 Ref8 27. Qe3 h6
28. Be5 Bxe5 29. Rxf7 Rxf7 30. Rxf7 Bxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Qxf7 32. Qe5 Bb7 33. Nb5 Bc8
34. Nc7 Bb7 35. Ne6 Qg6+ 36. Kf2 Bc6 37. Ke3 Qf7 38. Nf4 Kh7 39. Kd2 Kg8 40.
Ne6 Qe7 41. Qb8+ Qe8 42. Qd6 Qd7 43. Qf8+ Kh7 44. Qf5+ Kg8 45. Qf8+ Kh7 46. Nf4
Qg4 47. e3 Bd7 48. Qd6 Bf5 49. Qxd5 Bb1 50. h5 Qc8 51. Qb3 Qg4 52. d5 Qh4 53.
d6 Qh2+ 54. Kc3 Bf5 55. Qd1 Qh4 56. Qd5 Qf6+ 57. Kb3 Bd7 58. a4 a6 59. Ka3 b5
60. axb5 axb5 61. Qe4+ Kg8 62. Qa8+ Kh7 63. Qe4+ Kg8 64. Qd4 Qd8 65. Kb4 Qc8
66. Nd5 Qc1 67. Nb6 Qe1+ 68. Qc3 Qh4+ 69. Ka5 Be6 70. Qe5 Kf7 71. d7 Qe1+ 72.
Kxb5 Qd2 73. Qf4+ Ke7 74. Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "GRE-chT 40th"]
[Site "Achaia"]
[Date "2012.07.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2012.06.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Peristeriou"]
[BlackTeam "Corinth Argonaftis REC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f3 O-O 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nh5 12. Kb1 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 g6 14. Qd2 Rd8
15. Qf2 Rb8 16. Bd3 d5 17. exd5 b4 18. d6 Rxd6 19. Ne4 Rd7 20. Rhe1 Bb7 21. Bb6
Qf4 22. h4 Rc8 23. b3 Bf8 24. Bd4 Rcd8 25. Bf6 Be7 26. Bxe7 Rxe7 27. Qb6 Red7
28. Nc5 Bxf3 29. Nxd7 Rxd7 30. Rf1 Qg3 31. Rd2 e5 32. Qxb4 Bg4 33. Bc4 1-0

[Event "GRE-chT 40th"]
[Site "Achaia"]
[Date "2012.07.04"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2012.06.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Peristeriou"]
[BlackTeam "Kavalas"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Qb3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Nc3 Qa5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
e3 Ne4 9. Bd3 Nxg5 10. Nxg5 Be7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O Qd8 13. Qc2 g6 14. a3 a5
15. Rab1 Bd6 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Nb6 18. b5 c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Ra1 Rxa1 21.
Rxa1 Qf6 22. Rd1 Bg4 23. Be2 Rc8 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Bxe3 26. Qe4 Rc1+ 27.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Qa1 29. fxe3 Qxd1+ 30. Kf2 Bxf3 31. Qe8+ Kg7 32. Qe5+ f6 33.
Qe7+ Kh6 34. gxf3 Qd2+ 35. Kf1 Qc1+ 36. Kf2 Qb2+ 37. Ke1 b6 38. Qd6 Qxb5 39.
Qxf6 Qc5 40. Kd2 Qd5+ 41. Kc3 Qc5+ 42. Kd3 Qd5+ 43. Kc3 Qc5+ 44. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 O-O 8.
Be3 Re8 9. f3 d5 $146 (9... Bxe3 10. Qxe3 d6 {0-1 Karjakin,S (2269)-Zubov,O 
(2328)/Alushta 2001/EXT 2003 (58)}) (9... d6 {Panarin,M (2538)-Khalifman,A 
(2651)/Tyumen 2012/CBM 149 (1/2, 41)}) 10. O-O-O {We have a position with
mutual pins. The outcome of the opening greatly depends on who will manage to
solve the tension to his favour.} Be6 11. Qf2 Ne5 $6 {/\...Ng4} (11... Qd6 $5 {
/\...Qe5 (with or without ...Rad8) would be a simpler way to get out of the
pin and make the threat against the e4-pawn real.}) 12. h3 Ng6 13. Bxb6 axb6
14. f4 (14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. c4 $2 Qg5+ $17) 14... Bd7 15. f5 $36
Ne5 16. exd5 b5 17. a3 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Nd2 b5 20. g4 b4 21. axb4 Ra1+ 22.
Ndb1 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. f6 Qa8 25. Qf3 Qe8 26. Qc3 (26. d6 $1 $16) 26... Qa8
27. Qf3 Qe8 28. Rhf1 g5 (28... Ba4 $5 {[%cal Ge4e2]}) 29. Qg3 Re3 30. Rf3 $2
$19 (30. Qf2 Qe4 (30... Re2 31. Rde1 $1 $18) 31. Rfe1 $16) 30... Re2 $1 $40 31.
Rf2 Ba4 32. Qf3 Rxb1+ $1 33. Kxb1 Bxc2+ 34. Kc1 Bxd1 35. Kxd1 Re3 36. Qf5 h6 $2
({The following winning line is not easy to spot during the game:} 36... Re1+
37. Kc2 Qa4+ 38. Kc3 Qb3+ 39. Kd4 Rd1+ 40. Kc5 Qe3+ 41. Kc6 {Naiditsch might
have stopped his calculating around here. It seems that the king escapes, but
this is not true.} Qb6+ 42. Kd7 Qd6+ 43. Kc8 Rxd5 $19) 37. b5 Re5 $2 (37...
Re1+ $1 $19) 38. Qf3 Qxb5 $2 $15 (38... Re1+ 39. Kc2 Qxb5 $40) 39. Re2 Qxd5+
40. Qxd5 Rxd5+ 41. Kc2 Rd6 42. Re8+ Kh7 43. Re7 Rxf6 44. Rxc7 Rf4 45. Kc3 Kg6
46. Rxc4 Rf3+ 47. Kc2 Rxh3 48. b4 h5 49. gxh5+ Rxh5 50. b5 Rh8 51. b6 Rb8 52.
Rb4 Kf6 53. Kd3 Ke6 54. b7 Kd6 55. Ke4 Kc6 56. Kf5 Rxb7 57. Rxb7 Kxb7 58. Kxg5
Kc6 59. Kf6 Kd5 60. Kxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Ponomariov,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Strangely enough, this was my first serious game with Fabiano. Previously, we
had only played a couple of blitz games during the Nice tournament.
Seltsamerweise war dies meine erste ernste Partie mit Fabiano. Zuvor hatte wir
nur beim Turnier in Nizza ein paar Blitzpartien gespielt.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6
{The Chelyabinsk Variation has again become popular, after the Anand - Gelfand
match, as might have been expected, just like the Catalan and Queen's Gambit.
Thus, in my preparation for the tournament, I had to look into a great many
nuances in these lines. Die Chelyabinsk-Variante ist wieder populär geworden,
nach dem Match Anand-Gelfand, wie man hätte erwarten können, genau wie
Katalanisch und das Damengambit. Daher musste ich in meiner Vorbereitung auf
das Turnier in diesen Abspielen eine große Vielzahl von Nuancen untersuchen.} (
{Even so, in the recent Ukrainian Championship, Pasha Eljanov tricked me, by
playing Allerdings legte mich bei der kürzlichen ukrainischen Meisterschaft
Pasha Eljanov rein, indem er} 2... e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 {
and thus avoiding the Rossolimo. But that is another story. spielte und somit
Rossolimo vermied. Aber das ist eine andere Geschichte.}) 3. Bb5 d6 $6 {
In our computerised day, even an inaccuracy at move 3 can lead to difficulties.
But even a couple of years ago, it was hard to believe that this second-most
popular move in this position may not actually be so good. In unserem
computerisierten Zeitalter kann sogar eine Ungenauigkeit im 3. Zug zu
Schwierigkeiten führen. Doch selbst ein paar Jahre zuvor war es kaum zu
glauben, dass dieser zweitbeliebteste Zug in dieser Stellung tatsächlich
vielleicht nicht so gut ist.} ({It is probably correct to play а la Gelfand
with Wahrscheinlich ist es richtig, а la Gelfand zu spielen mit} 3... e6 $1 {
Even so, months had been spent preparing this! Allerdings steckte monatelange
Vorbereitung darin!}) 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 {
The bishop has to be given up, conferring on White a small, but stable edge.
Der Läufer muss gegeben werden, was Weiß ein kleines, aber stabiles Plus
verschafft.} (8... Bh5 $6 {is dubious, as shown by the following game between
two of my teammates for Ukraine: ist zweifelhaft, wie durch die folgende
Partie zwischen meinen Mannschaftskollegen für die Ukraine gezeigt wird:} 9. g4
$1 Bg6 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 e5 (11... d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nc3 $36) 12. Nc3 Be7
13. Nd5 $1 $146 O-O 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. d5 Nb8 16. Bg5 Nbd7 17. Nd2 $14 {
1-0 Efimenko,Z (2689)-Moiseenko,A (2711)/Kiev UKR 2012 (62)}) 9. Qxf3 g6 10. d3
Bg7 11. Be3 O-O ({If immediately Wenn sofort} 11... Nd7 {, then White has the
additional plan , so hat Weiß den zusätzlichen Plan} 12. Qd1 O-O 13. a4 $5 Rb8
14. Na3 b5 $6 15. axb5 axb5 16. d4 c4 17. b3 $16 Na5 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Nxc4
Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Qc7 21. Qd3 Rfc8 22. Bb5 Nb6 23. c4 Nxc4 24. Rec1 Rxb5 25. Rxc4
Rc5 26. dxc5 d5 27. Rcc1 {1-0 Zhigalko,S (2658)-Sjugirov,S (2622)/Moscow RUS
2012/}) 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Qd1 {13 moves have been made, but already after 3...d6,
it was hard for Black to avoid this position. In my preparation, I
concentrated on a recent game by Garry Kasparov. Even though only a blitz game,
the opening choice of the 13th world champion is always a mark of quality.
Therefore, I played my moves quite quickly and confidently. Fabiano, on the
contrary, was thinking a long time, perhaps condemning himself for his opening
choice. As a result of this waste of time, he suffered from time shortage
until the end of the game. 13 Züge wurden gemacht, aber schon nach 3...d6 war
es schwer für Schwarz, diese Stellung zu vermeiden. In meiner Vorbereitung
konzentrierte ich mich auf eine kürzliche Partie von Garry Kasparov. Obwohl es
nur eine Blitzpartie war, ist die Eröffnungswahl des 13. Weltmeisters immer
ein Qualitätsmerkmal. Daher spielte ich meine Züge recht schnell und
zuversichtlich. Fabiano dagegen dachte lange Zeit nach, wobei er sich
vielleicht selbst für seine Eröffnungswahl verurteilte. Als Resultat dieser
Verschwendung litt er bis ans Ende der Partie unter Zeitknappheit.} b5 ({
The above-mentioned game continued Die oben erwähnte Partie ging weiter mit} 
13... Rc8 14. f4 e5 15. f5 gxf5 16. exf5 d5 17. g4 e4 18. Bf4 Nde5 19. dxe4 d4
20. g5 Re8 21. Qh5 dxc3 22. bxc3 Nd3 23. Bxd3 Qxd3 24. f6 Bf8 25. Qf3 c4 26.
Qxd3 cxd3 27. e5 Nd8 28. Ne4 Ne6 29. Be3 Red8 30. Rad1 Rd5 31. Bd4 Nxd4 32.
cxd4 Rxd4 33. Kf2 Re8 34. Ng3 Rd5 35. h4 Bb4 36. Re4 Bc3 37. Nf5 Kf8 38. Ne7
Rd4 39. Kf3 Red8 40. Rxd4 Rxd4 41. Nf5 Rd5 42. Ne3 Rd4 43. Nf5 Rd5 44. Ne3 Rd4
45. Rc1 Ba5 46. Rc8+ Bd8 47. h5 Ke8 48. e6 d2 49. e7 d1=Q+ 50. Nxd1 Rxd1 51. h6
Rd6 52. Kg2 Rd2+ 53. Kf3 Rd6 54. Ke2 Re6+ 55. Kd3 Rd6+ 56. Ke4 b5 57. g6 fxg6
58. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 59. f7+ {1-0 Kasparov,G (2812)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2715)/
Clichy 2011/ Not bad, eh? Especially for someone who gave up professional
chess quite a while ago, playing an opponent who is the European Champion and
the World Mind Games blitz champion. Nicht übel, eh? Vor allem für jemand, der
professionelles Schach vor einer ganzen Weile aufgegeben hat und gegen einen
Gegner spielt, der Europameister ist und der World-Mind-Games-Blitzchampion.})
14. Nf3 {Now it was my turn to think. I wanted to play the same plan as
Kasparov with f2-f4, but Black's counterplay with b5-b4 must be watched. Nun
war es an mir nachzudenken. Ich wollte den gleichen Plan spielen wie Kasparov
mit f2-f4, aber man muss das schwarze Gegenspiel mit b5-b4 im Auge behalten.} (
{This can be stopped with Dies lässt sich stoppen mit} 14. a3 {. But looking
at my opponent, I saw he was looking only at the queenside. I decided he was
probably calculating only moves on that side of the board, so I decided to
play the text, which may not be objectively stronger, but turns out to be more
unpleasant for Fabiano. Aber als ich meinen Gegner anblickte, sah ich, dass er
nur zum Damenflügel schaute. Ich entschied, dass er vermutlich nur Züge auf
dieser Brettseite berechnete, daher beschloss ich, den Textzug zu spielen, der
vielleicht objektiv nicht stärker ist, aber sich für Fabiano als unangenehmer
erweist.}) 14... Nb6 $6 {This was what I expected most of all. Dies war, was
ich vor allem erwartet hatte.} ({In reality, In Wirklichkeit ist} 14... b4 {
is not so strong, and was tested in the recent Ukrainian Championship. That is
how quickly theory develops! nicht so stark und wurde in der kürzlichen
ukrainischen Meisterschaft getestet. So schnell entwickelt sich Theorie!} 15.
Qa4 ({\/Also good is Gut ist auch} 15. d4 $5 Qa5 16. Rc1 bxc3 (16... Qxa2 17.
Ra1 (17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qd5 Qxd5 19. exd5 bxc3 20. bxc3 Na7 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22.
Rxe7 Nb5 $11) 17... Qxb2 18. Qa4 (18. Re2 Qxc3 19. Rc2 Qxa1 20. Qxa1 b3 $13)
18... Rfc8 19. Reb1 bxc3 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22. Rxb2 cxb2 23. Rb1 a5 (
23... Nd4 24. Ng5) 24. Nd2 $16) 17. bxc3 Rab8 18. Qd3 Rb6 (18... cxd4 19. cxd4
Nb4 20. Qd2 Qxa2 21. Qxa2 Nxa2 22. Rc7) 19. e5 {[%csl Ge3,Gf1]}) 15... Qc7 16.
d4 Rfb8 17. Rac1 Nb6 18. Qc2 bxc3 19. bxc3 Na5 20. Nd2 e6 21. g3 $14 {White
has the pawn centre and two bishops. Black could not stand the tension and
started to give up material. Weiß hat das Bauernzentrum und zwei Läufer.
Schwarz konnte die Spannung nicht ertragen und begann, Material zu geben.} Qd7
$2 22. dxc5 dxc5 23. Bxc5 Qc6 24. Bd4 Nac4 25. e5 Qc7 26. Bg2 Nxd2 27. Bxa8
Nbc4 28. Bg2 Rb2 29. Qa4 h5 30. Rc2 h4 31. Rxb2 Nxb2 32. Qxa6 Nbc4 33. Qa8+ Kh7
34. Qb7 {1-0 Fedorchuk,S (2634)-Kuzubov,Y (2623)/Kiev UKR 2012}) ({I thought
Black's best move was Für den besten Zug von Schwarz hielt ich} 14... e5 {
Now if White plays d3-d4, the position can simplify quite quickly and it will
be hard for White to count on winning chances. I would therefore probably have
played Wenn Weiß jetzt d3-d4 zieht, kann sich die Stellung recht schnell
vereinfachen, und es wird für den Anziehenden schwer sein, sich Gewinnchancen
auszurechnen. Gespielt hätte ich daher wahrscheinlich} 15. g3 {, retaining the
tension. Depending on events, I had in mind several plans: a3-b4, or h3-h4-h5,
or admitting my error and moving the knight from f3 and playing f2-f4. If
White manages to open the position favourably, then his two bishops will
obtain space for action. which will give him a small but lasting advantage. ,
was die Spannung aufrechterhält. Je nach Verlauf hatte ich mehrere Pläne im
Auge: a3-b4, oder h3-h4-h5, oder Einräumen meines Irrtums und Abzug des
Springers von f3 nebst f2-f4. Wenn Weiß es schafft, die Stellung günstig zu
öffnen, so werden seine Läufer Aktionsraum erhalten, was ihm einen kleinen,
aber anhaltenden Vorteil verschafft.}) 15. d4 Na4 $6 16. Re2 Qa5 $6 {Where is
she going? I could not understand Fabiano's plan. Surely he cannot think I am
going to blunder a pawn on b2 or a2? It is also clear that the knight on a4 is
occupying an unstable position and will sooner or later be driven back with
b2-b3. So Black just loses precious time. Wo will sie hin? Ich konnte Fabianos
Plan nicht begreifen. Er kann doch wohl nicht denken, dass ich auf b2 oder a2
einen Bauern einstelle? Klar ist auch, dass der Springer auf a4 eine unsichere
Stellung innehat und früher oder später mit b2-b3 zurückgetrieben wird. Daher
verliert Schwarz einfach kostbare Zeit.} 17. Rc1 {Defending the c3-pawn and in
what follows ready for a possible opening of the c-file. Deckt den c3-Bauern
und im Folgenden bereit für eine mögliche Öffnung der c-Linie.} Rad8 ({The
instability Black's pieces on the queenside is well illustrated by the
following variation, where he attempts to become active: Die Instabilität der
Figuren von Schwarz am Damenflügel wird gut illustriert durch die folgende
Variante, wo er versucht, aktiv zu werden:} 17... b4 $2 18. cxb4 {Now the
c-pawn cannot take, because the knight on c6 will be left hanging, whilst
after Nun kann der c-Bauern nicht nehmen, weil der Springer auf c6 hängen wird,
und nach} Qxb4 19. a3 $1 {Black loses the Na4. verliert Schwarz den Na4.}) 18.
Rec2 Qc7 19. b3 Nb6 20. a4 {Scenting blood, I also started to lose patience,
which almost cost me my advantage. In addition, my opponent finally obtains a
position where calculation matters: there is no need to think in terms of
plans, but concrete variations are everything. In such positions, he is
especially strong. Blut witternd, begann ich ebenfalls, die Geduld zu
verlieren, was mich fast meinen Vorteil kostete. Außerdem erhält mein Gegner
endlich eine Stellung, wo Berechnung zählt: Es ist nicht nötig, planbezogen zu
denken, dafür sind konkrete Varianten alles. In solchen Stellungen ist er
besonders stark.} ({The truth is that I thought this the best moment to open
the position, whereas after, for example, Die Wahrheit ist, dass ich diese für
den besten Moment hielt, die Stellung zu öffnen, während nach beispielsweise} 
20. Rd2 Na5 {it is not so easy to open the queenside, and it may be necessary
to transfer the focus of the battle to the other flank, which requires some
preparation and accuracy. nicht so leicht fällt, den Damenflügel zu öffnen,
und es vielleicht nötig ist, den Fokus der Schlacht auf die anderen Flanke zu
richten, was einiges an Vorbereitung und Genauigkeit erfordert.}) 20... bxa4
21. bxa4 c4 $5 {It often happens that if one player wants something, the other
tries to prevent it out of psychological considerations, even if objectively
it is not the best decision. Oft passiert es, dass wenn ein Spieler etwas will,
der andere versucht, dies aus psychologischen Erwägungen zu verhindern, selbst
wenn es objektiv nicht die beste Entscheidung ist.} ({I considered the logical
continuation to be Für die logische Fortsetzung hielt ich} 21... Nxa4 22. Ra2
Nb6 23. Rxa6 {and the white pieces obtain operating space on the queenside.
Now, however, the c4-pawn is cut off from the rest of its forces and becomes a
target. und die weißen Figuren erhalten Operationsspielraum am Damenflügel.
Jetzt allerdings ist der c4-Bauer vom Rest seiner Kräfte abgeschnitten und
wird zur Zielscheibe.}) 22. a5 $6 {Black's calculations prove correct. I
wanted immediately to open as many lines as possible on the queenside. Die
Berechnungen von Schwarz erweisen sich als korrekt. Ich wollte sofort so viele
Linien wie möglich am Damenflügel öffnen.} ({Otherwise, it is hard to explain
why I did not play the logical Ansonsten ist es schwer zu erklären, warum ich
nicht das logische} 22. Rb1 Na5 23. Rcb2 {occupying the only open file.
spielte, was die einzige offene Linie besetzt.} Rb8 ({Or Oder} 23... Nb3 24.
Qc2 $1 {followed by Nd2. nebst Nd2.} ({Things are not quite clear after Nicht
ganz klar sind ist die Sache nach} 24. Bxc4 Nxc4 (24... Qxc4 25. Rxb3 Nxa4 26.
Rb4 $18) 25. Rxb3 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Qc6 $1 {regaining the pawn , was den Bauern
zurückgewinnt -} 27. Qd3 Qxa4) 24... Nxa4 $140 25. Ra2 Nb6 26. Rxa6) 24. Nd2 {
with a clear advantage to White. It is far from clear how much longer Black
can defend his weaknesses on the queenside. mit eindeutigem Vorteil für Weiß.
Es ist bei weitem nicht klar, wie lange noch Schwarz seine Schwächen am
Damenflügel verteidigen kann.} Nb3 (24... e6 25. d5) (24... d5 25. g3) 25. Qc2
Nxa4 26. Ra2 Nxd2 27. Bxd2 Rxb1 28. Qxb1 Bh6 29. Bxh6 Nxc3 30. Qb2 Nxa2 31.
Bxf8 c3 32. Qxa2 Kxf8 33. Bd3 $18 {[%cal Gg1f1,Gf1e2,Ge2d1,Gd1c2]}) 22... Nxa5
23. Ra1 Nb3 24. Rxa6 d5 $6 {I find it strange that Black does not fight for
the open a-file. Ich finde es seltsam, dass Schwarz nicht um die offene
a-Linie kämpft.} (24... Ra8 {Maybe Caruana did not see that after Vielleicht
sah Caruana nicht, dass es nach} 25. Rca2 $2 {there is the double attack den
Doppelangriff} ({I would probably have played Gespielt hätte ich wahrscheinlich
} 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Rb2 Ra1 27. Rb1 Rxb1 28. Qxb1 {retaining some advantage,
although probably not as much as after 24...d5. , was einigen Vorteil
behauptet, wenngleich nicht so viel wie nach 24...d5.} d5) 25... Rxa6 26. Rxa6
Qb7 $1 {gibt.}) 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Qe2 Na5 27. Bd2 Ra8 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Ra2 Rc8
$6 {Another passive move, the only point of which is to defend the pawn on c4.
Noch ein passiver Zug, dessen einzige Zweck ist, den Bauern auf c4 zu decken.}
({Again, why not occupy the open file? Nochmals, warum nicht die offene Linie
besetzen?} 29... Rb8 30. g3 ({White gets little from Wenig erreicht Weiß mit} 
30. Ng5 Rb5 31. g3 h6 32. Nf3 e6) ({Or Oder} 30. Ne5 Bxe5 31. Qxe5 Qxe5 32.
dxe5 Rb5 (32... Nb3 $6 33. Be1 Nc1 34. Ra5 Nb6 35. Rb5 Nd3 36. Bd2 Nd7 37.
Rxb8+ Nxb8 38. f4 Nd7 39. Bxd3 cxd3 40. Kf2 $16) 33. g3 Rc5 34. Ra4 Nb6 35. Rb4
Nd5) 30... Nb3 (30... Rb1 31. Qe4) 31. Ra4 Nxd2 32. Qxd2 Nb6 33. Ra5 e6 34. Qa2
$14 {and one weakness on c4 may be insufficient for victory. In addition, not
much material remains and the opposite bishops neutralise much of the value of
any material advantage. und eine Schwäche auf c4 reicht vielleicht nicht für
den Sieg. Außerdem bleibt nicht viel Material, und die ungleichfarbigen Läufer
neutralisieren einen Großteil des Wertes jeglichen Materialvorteils.}) 30. Ng5
$5 {My opponent was already seriously short of time, which may explain his
passive moves. Mein Gegner war bereits in ernster Zeitnot, was vielleicht
seine passiven Züge erklärt.} ({Objectively the strongest was Objektiv am
stärksten war} 30. Ra4 $14 {, eyeing the c4-pawn. But I decided on another
move, which is not best, but is more unpleasant for my opponent in this
specific position. The move 30.Ng5 is a bit like knocking the puck into the
opponent's half in ice hockey. There are many threats: Ne6, Qf3, maybe even
Nxf7, whilst the Na5 is also hanging. , was den c4-Bauern beäugt. Aber ich
entschied mich für einen anderen Zug, welcher nicht der beste, aber für meinen
Gegner in dieser spezifischen Stellung unangenehmer ist. Der Zug ist ein
bisschen so, als würde man beim Eishockey den Puck in die gegnerische Hälfte
schlagen. Es gibt viele Drohungen: Ne6, Qf3, vielleicht sogar Nxf7, zudem
hängt auch noch der Na5.}) 30... Nb3 31. Qxc4 Nxd2 $4 $138 {My suspicions
quickly prove true. Fabiano cannot manage just with 30 second increments and
loses quickly, practically in just two moves. Meine Annahmen bewahrheiten sich
schnell. Fabiano schafft es nicht mit nur 30 Sekunden Aufschlag und verliert
rasch, praktisch in gerade zwei Zügen.} ({Of course, Natürlich ist} 31... Qxc4
{is bad: schlecht:} 32. Bxc4 Rxc4 33. Ra8+ Bf8 34. Ne6 $1 fxe6 35. Bh6 {
with a nice mate mit einem schönen Matt}) ({Best is Am besten ist} 31... Qb7 $1
32. Qa6 Qxa6 33. Bxa6 Ra8 {and Black is OK. und Schwarz ist okay.} 34. Be3 ({
Probably, if this had happened, I would not have risked Nicht risikiert hätte
ich wahrscheinlich, wäre es so gekommen,} 34. Be1 {since then it is White who
can have problems, with correct play: denn dann ist es Weiß, der bei korrektem
Spiel Probleme haben kann:} Nc1 $1 (34... Nc7 35. Rb2 Nxd4 36. Bc4 Nde6 37.
Nxe6 Nxe6 38. Bxe6 fxe6 39. Kf1 $14) 35. Rc2 Rxa6 36. Rxc1 Bh6 $1 {[%cal Gh6c1]
}) 34... Nxc3 35. Rc2 Nd1 36. Bc4 Nxd4 37. Bxf7+ Kh8 {with equality. mit
Ausgleich.}) 32. Qxd5 Nxf1 33. Nxf7 $1 {The most accurate. Am genausten.} ({
If Falls} 33. Qxf7+ Kh8 34. Ne6 Qh2+ 35. Kxf1 Bf6 36. Nc5 Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Qxg2 38.
Qe6 {Black still has some chances. He is only one pawn down, after all, whilst
in the game, he loses two at least. , so hat Schwarz noch einige Chancen. Er
hat schließlich nur einen Bauern weniger, während er in er Partie mindestens
zwei verliert.}) 33... e6 ({If Falls} 33... Qc4 {I considered, given my time
advantage, that it was good enough to play , so hielt ich es angesichts meines
Zeitvorteils für gut genug,} 34. Nh6+ $1 Kh8 35. Qxc4 Rxc4 36. Ra8+ Bf8 37.
Rxf8+ Kg7 38. Rf7+ Kxh6 39. Kxf1 Rxc3 40. Rxe7 {with a winning rook ending. zu
spielen, mit gewonnenem Turmendspiel.}) 34. Qxe6 Rf8 35. Ne5+ Kh8 36. Kxf1 {
and Black loses three pawns. und Schwarz verliert drei Bauern.} (36. Kxf1 Qxc3
37. Nf7+ Rxf7 38. Qxf7 {Thus I scored my first win in the tournament. In
general, Fabiano's play rather surprised me: in the first few rounds he, as
well as to me, should also have lost to Naiditsch and Leko. But he found some
strength from somewhere for the second half of the tournament, and in the end,
shared first place with Karjakin.   Damit erzielte ich meinen ersten Sieg in
dem Turnier. Generell fand ich Fabianos Spiel ziemlich überraschend: In den
ersten Runden hätte er, abgesehen von mir, auch gegen Naiditsch and Leko
verlieren sollen. Aber von irgendwoher fand er Kraft für die zweite Hälfte des
Turnier und teilte sich am Ende den ersten Platz mit Karjakin.}) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 (6... Qb6 {is a
more principled, but also a more risky line which I played against Fabiano a
couple of weeks before this game.}) 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nd2 {Currently the main
line.} ({The line} 8. c4 Nbc6 9. Qa4 a6) ({as well as} 8. Bg5 Qd7 9. Bxe7 Bxe7
10. Nxf5 exf5 {proved to be harmless for Black.}) 8... Nbc6 9. N2f3 Be4 {
The most fashionable continuation. In general Black wishes to get rid of this
bishop in one way or another.} 10. O-O Ng6 (10... Bxf3 11. Nxf3 {The main
defender of this position is Czech grandmaster Viktor Laznicka. Here is the
most recent example from his match against Alexey Shirov:} Qc7 12. c4 dxc4 13.
Bxc4 Nf5 14. Bf4 Be7 15. Bd3 O-O 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Qa5 18. a3 Ncd4 19. Nxd4
Rxd4 20. g3 Qd5 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Qxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Kf8 25.
Rd7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A (2706)-Laznicka,V (2683)/Novy Bor 2012/CB32_2012 (41)
}) 11. Nd2 $5 {Very rare. Caruana deviates from his own game versus Laznicka
where he was suffering. However, perhaps 11.Bb5 is a preferable way to fight
for an advantage.} (11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Ng5 Be7 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qd4 Qd5 15. Bh5
Nxe5 16. Rad1 O-O 17. Qc3 Qb5 18. a4 Qb8 19. Kh1 Bf6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Caruana,F 
(2714)-Laznicka,V (2681)/New Delhi 2011/CBM 143 (59)}) (11. Bb5 Bxf3 12. Nxf3
Be7 (12... Qa5 $5 {is yet to be tried.}) 13. c4 O-O 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Qb3 Qd7
16. Rfd1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Zhigalko,S (2649)-Ipatov,A (2561)/Plovdiv 2012/CB13_2012
(40)}) 11... Ngxe5 {Black got the extra pawn, but not for very long.} 12. Nxe4
dxe4 13. c3 Bd6 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Very sensible novelty, considering that
Black is still behind in development. So far very few games reached this
position. The development of the line goes on.} (13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bd6 15.
Qa4+ (15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Qa4+ Ke7 17. Qxe4 Qc7 18. g3 $14) 15... Nc6 16. Rfd1
Qc7 17. Bxg7 Bxh2+ 18. Kf1 Rg8 19. Bh6 f5 20. Qa3 Kf7 $13 {1-0 Zhigalko,S 
(2671)-Guidarelli,L (2446)/Cappelle la Grande 2011/CBM 141 Extra (36)}) 14. Qa4
({The immediate} 14. Qb3 $6 {is met by} Qh4 $1) 14... Qa5 15. Qb3 Bc7 $5 {
This is not a pawn blunder, there will be an exchange of b-pawns.} ({A serious
alternative is} 15... Qd5 {This is also a way to defend Pb7. The following
variations confirm that Black is okay.} 16. Nxc6 (16. Qxb7 $4 Nxd4 17. Qxd5
Nxe2+ 18. Kh1 exd5 $19) (16. Rfd1 Qxb3 17. axb3 O-O-O 18. Ra4 Bc7 19. Nxc6
Rxd1+ 20. Bxd1 Nxc6 21. Rxe4 f5 22. Ra4 (22. Rxe6 $2 Kd7 {trapping the rook.})
22... Rd8 23. Be2 Bb6 $11) 16... Qxb3 (16... Nxc6 $6 17. Qxb7 Nd4 18. Qa6 Nxe2+
19. Qxe2 $14) 17. axb3 Nxc6 18. b4 Ke7 19. b5 Ne5 20. Ra4 (20. Rxa7 $6 Rxa7 21.
Bxa7 Nd3 22. Bxd3 exd3 23. Rd1 Ra8 $15) 20... f5 21. Rfa1 Nd3 22. Bxd3 exd3 23.
Rd1 a6 24. bxa6 Rxa6 25. Rxa6 bxa6 26. Rxd3 e5 $11) 16. Qxb7 Rb8 17. Qa6 (17.
Nxc6 $6 Rxb7 18. Nxa5 Rxb2 $1 {[%csl Ra5,Re2] Black will get back the piece on
the next move.}) 17... Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Qxa6 19. Bxa6 Rxb2 20. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 21. Rxb1
Kd7 $1 ({The engine insists on castling:} 21... O-O $6 {but, for a human
player this move is weird. In an endgame the king should be in the centre!} 22.
Rb7 Bd6 23. Bxa7 $14) 22. a4 {Now the Pa4 is indirectly protected by the
bishop and Black's Pa7 is hanging.} (22. Bxa7 $2 Ra8 23. Rb7 $2 (23. Bb5+ Kc8
24. Bd4 Rxa2) 23... Kc6) (22. Rb7 Nc6 23. Bxg7 Rb8 24. Bf6 Kd6 25. Kf1 Na5 26.
Rxb8 Bxb8 {[%cal Ga5c6,Gc6e5] I believe Black should hold this position fairly
easily.}) 22... Nc6 {A difficult choice as Black has to part with his extra
pawn.} ({After} 22... f5 $6 23. Bxa7 Nd3 24. Bb7 {The a-pawn will become a
factor in the position.}) 23. Bxg7 Rb8 ({I prefer} 23... Rg8 24. Bh6 Bb6 {
The bishop is active and also blocks the b-file.}) 24. Bb5 {Of course, White
should keep the rooks if he wants to keep his initiative going.} Bd6 25. Rd1
Kc7 26. Bh6 Be5 $6 {The threat to Pc3 is imaginary. Instead Black should have
activated his knight.} (26... Ne5 $1 27. Be3 (27. h3 Nd3 28. Bxd3 exd3 29. Kf1
Rb2 $44) 27... a6 $1 (27... Ng4 $2 28. Bxa7) 28. Bxa6 Ng4 29. Bd4 e5 30. Be3
Nxe3 31. fxe3 Bc5 32. Bb5 Rd8 {Opposite coloured bishops promise Black half a
point.}) 27. Be3 f5 28. g3 Bd6 $6 {A loss of tempi.} (28... Rd8 29. Rb1 (29.
Rxd8 Nxd8 30. Bxa7 Bxc3 {The exchange of rooks increases Black's chances to
hold.}) 29... Rb8 {[%cal Ga7a6]} 30. Re1 {White is pressing, but will have to
find a plan to progress.}) 29. c4 {Now White is clearly better as the position
is open enough for the bishops to show their strentgh. White's seemingly weak
pawns on the queenside can't really be targeted.} Ra8 {[%cal Ga7a6]} 30. a5 $1
e5 $6 {This move can't be approved of either as it weakens the light squares.}
({The pawn is taboo:} 30... Nxa5 $4 31. c5 Be5 32. Rd7+ Kc8 33. c6 $18) (30...
Rd8 {hoping for} 31. Bxc6 $2 (31. a6 $1 {keeping the advantage.}) 31... Kxc6
32. Bxa7 Ra8 33. Bb6 Bc5 34. Rd8 Rxd8 35. Bxd8 Kb7 {I don't see how White can
win here.}) 31. c5 (31. Bb6+ $2 axb6 32. axb6+ Kb7 $1 33. Rxd6 Nd4 {would
allow Black to get back into the game.}) 31... Bf8 32. Rd5 Re8 33. a6 Re6 {
The movements of Black's rook are not very effective, but it's much easier to
criticise than to offer an improvement.} (33... Re7 {[%cal Ge7d7]} 34. Rd6 Nd4
35. Bxd4 exd4 36. Rxd4 {is not a relief for Black.}) 34. Kg2 Bg7 35. Bd2 Rg6
36. h4 $1 h5 {In bad position all moves are bad - this is the case here.} 37.
Kf1 Re6 38. Be2 $6 (38. Ba5+ $1 {This surprising check could win by force.}
Nxa5 39. Rd7+ Kb8 40. Rxg7 $18) 38... Nd4 39. Rd6 Rxd6 40. cxd6+ Kxd6 41. Bxh5
Kc6 (41... Ke6 {was more stubborn, but after} 42. g4 {White has every chance
to finish the game victoriously.}) 42. Be2 Nxe2 43. Kxe2 Kb5 44. h5 Kxa6 45. h6
Bf8 46. h7 Bg7 47. g4 $1 {Breaking the barrier of Black's pawns.} fxg4 {
For the moment Black is two pawns up, but he is completely lost. The White
king penetrates and the h-pawn decides the outcome.} (47... f4 48. Bb4 Kb5 49.
Bf8 Bh8 50. g5 $18) 48. Ke3 Kb5 49. Kxe4 Kc6 50. Kf5 e4 51. Kxe4 Kd7 52. Kf5 (
52. Kf5 Ke8 53. Kg6 Bd4 54. Bh6 $18 {[%cal Gh6g7]}) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ {Es gibt noch eine alte
Variante - 5...Ba5, die zuletzt jedoch selten gespielt wurde, und hier ist
warum:} (5... Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7 9. Nxc7+ Qxc7 10. Nf3 Ba4 11.
Bd3 Qc3+ 12. Bd2 Qxd3 13. cxd3 Bxd1 14. Kxd1 Ne7 15. Nxd4 $14) 6. bxc3 Ne7 7.
Qg4 $1 {Weiß kann nur so um Vorteil kämpfen, andere Züge führen zu nichts.} (7.
Nf3 b6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bd3 Ba4 10. h4 h6 11. h5 c4 12. Be2 Kd7 $1 {Das ist die
richtige Idee - die Dame geht nach h7 und der König zum Damenflügel.} 13. Bf4
Qg8 14. Nd2 Qh7 15. Ra2 Na6 $11 {Bologan - Vitiugov (Dagomys, 2010)}) ({Nach} 
7. a4 Qa5 8. Bd2 Nbc6 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Bb5 Qc7 11. O-O O-O $132 {entsteht eine
Stellung mit guten Gegenchancen.}) 7... cxd4 {Die Hauptalternative heute ist
der Zug 7...0-0:} (7... O-O 8. Bd3 f5 (8... Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3
c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 14. Ng5 Qe8 15. h4 $36) 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7
11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Nbc6 13. Nf3 c4 14. Be2 $14) 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2
(10. cxd4 $4 Qc3+ $19) 10... Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Qd3 {So lange waren die Züge
für beide Seiten erzwungen, nun hat Schwarz die Wahl.} (12. h4 $5 {Diese
Variante hat Leko später im selben Turnier gespielt.}) 12... d4 13. Nxd4 {
Eine gute Möglichkeit ist auch 13.Ng3.} (13. Ng3 Bd7 14. Be2 O-O-O 15. O-O Qb6
16. Ne4 Nd5 17. Nd6+ Kb8 18. Nxf7 $16 {Karjakin - Kamsky (Nalchik, 2009)})
13... Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bd7 (14... Nf5 15. Bb5+ Bd7 16. Qxd7+ Qxd7 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7
18. Kf2 $16 {Greet - Pyrich (Edinburgh, 2009)}) 15. Rg1 Nf5 {Schwarz kann noch
nicht lang rochieren.} (15... O-O-O $4 16. Qxa7 $18) 16. Qf2 Qc6 {Weiß wollte
g4 spielen, Schwarz hindert ihn daran.} (16... Bc6 17. g4 $16) 17. Bd3 $1 (17.
g4 $2 Qe4+ 18. Be2 Nd4 $17) 17... Qd5 18. Rb1 Bc6 19. Rb3 O-O-O 20. Rxc3 Kb8
21. g4 {Das ist der Hauptzug, die Alternativen sind nicht ausreichend.} (21.
Rc5 $5 Qa2 22. Rxc6 $5 {Ein strategischer Qualitätsopfer. Weiß zerstört das
schwarze Angriffspotenzial und hat mit dem Läuferpaar und zwei Bauern gute
Kompensation.} bxc6 23. Qc5 Rxd3 $1 {Schwarz findet den besten Weg, um die
Partie gleich zum Remis zu führen.} (23... Qd5 $2 24. Qxd5 cxd5 25. Kf2 $16 {
Das Endspiel ist natürlich viel besser für Weiß.}) 24. cxd3 Rxg2 25. Rxg2 Qxg2
$11 {Ganguly - Shulman (Ningbo, 2011)}) (21. Qc5 Rxg2 22. Qxd5 Rxg1+ 23. Kf2
Rdg8 $3 {Schwarz hatte gute Kompensation nach} 24. Qd8+ Rxd8 25. Kxg1 Rg8+ 26.
Kf1 Nh4 27. Be2 Rg2 $15 {Muzychuk - Lahno (Moscow, 2010)}) (21. Rc4 b6 22. g4
Bb5 {Es ist offensichtlich, dass Schwarz eine starke Initiative besitzt.} 23.
Rc3 Nd4 24. Bxb5 Qxb5 $36 {Kuipers - Stellwagen (Netherlands, 2011)}) 21... Nd4
22. Rg3 Qh1+ {Der stärkere von zwei Damenzügen.} (22... Qa2 23. Be3 Qa1+ 24.
Kd2 Nxc2 25. Bxa7+ Ka8 26. Rxc2 Ba4 27. Bc5 Bxc2 28. Kxc2 Rc8 29. Kb3 Qd1+ 30.
Kb2 Rgd8 31. Bd6 $18 {Ernst - Einarsson (Reykjavik, 1990)}) 23. Bf1 {Nach Qf1
hat Schwarz die Chance, ein Endspiel mit ungleichfarbigen Läufern zu bekommen.}
(23. Qf1 Nf3+ 24. Kf2 Qxh2+ 25. Qg2 Qxg2+ 26. Rxg2 Ne1 27. Rg3 Nxd3+ 28. Rcxd3
(28. cxd3 Rh8 $44) 28... Be4 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $11 {Przewoznik - Barbulescu 
(Naleczow, 1988)}) 23... b6 {Die stärkste Fortsetzung.} (23... Rxg4 24. Rxg4
Nf3+ 25. Rxf3 Bxf3 26. Qg1 Rd1+ 27. Kf2 Rxc1 (27... Qxg1+ 28. Rxg1 Rxc1 29.
Kxf3 $18) 28. Qxh1 Bxh1 29. Bd3 $18 {Leviczki - Racz (Hungary, 2011)}) (23...
Qe4+ 24. Be3 Nb5 25. Rd3 $16) 24. Bb2 {Das ist eine neue Idee, früher wurde
nur 24.a4 gespielt.} (24. a4 Qe4+ 25. Rge3 Qd5 26. Red3 Qa5 27. Ba3 Nb5 28. Qd2
Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Nxa3 30. Rxa3 Qxd2+ 31. Kxd2 Rxg4 $44 {Borisovs - Cerrato (ICCF
email 2009/Corr 2011)}) 24... Be4 (24... Rh8 25. h3 Be4 26. a4 $14) 25. a4 {
Weiß will a5 spielen und den schwarzen König schwächen. Daher spielt Schwarz ..
.Rd5, um a5 zu verhindern.} Rd5 26. Ba3 (26. a5 Nxc2+ $1 27. Rxc2 Bxc2 28. Qxc2
Rgd8 $17 {Weiß ist hilflos gegen die Drohung ...Rd1.}) 26... Rc8 27. Bd6+ Kb7
28. Rxc8 Nf3+ $4 {Ein Fehler, der von Leko nicht ausgenutzt wird.} (28... Kxc8
29. c4 Nc2+ 30. Ke2 Rd4 $44) 29. Ke2 Rd2+ (29... Kxc8 30. Rxf3 Bxf3+ 31. Qxf3
Rd2+ 32. Ke3 Qxf3+ 33. Kxf3 Rxh2 34. Bd3 $18) 30. Ke3 Kxc8 31. Rg1 $4 {Weiß
greift ebenfalls fehl. Nach 31.Ba6+ könnte er gewinnen.} (31. Ba6+ Kd8 32. Qf1
Qxh2 (32... Qxf1 33. Bxf1 $18) 33. Rh3 $18) 31... Nxg1 {Nun kommt die Stellung
langsam zum Gleichgewicht.} 32. Kxd2 (32. Ba6+ Bb7 33. Bxb7+ Kxb7 34. Kxd2 Nf3+
(34... Nh3 $2 35. Qg3 Qf1 36. Qe3 Nxf4 37. Qe4+ Ka6 38. h4 $18) 35. Kd3 Qd1+
36. Ke3 Nd4 $44) 32... Nf3+ 33. Kc3 Nxh2 34. Be2 (34. Ba6+ Bb7 35. Bxb7+ Kxb7
$44) 34... Qa1+ 35. Kd2 Qh1 36. Qg3 $2 {Führt sofort zum Remis. Die letzte
Chance war 36.a5.} (36. a5 $5 Kb7 37. axb6 axb6 38. Be7 Nf3+ 39. Ke3 Nh2 $44 {
und Schwarz hat immer noch genug Kompensation.}) 36... Nf1+ $1 {Das Endspiel
mit ungleichfarbigen Läufern ist einfach Remis.} 37. Bxf1 Qxf1 38. Qe3 Qg2+ 39.
Qe2 Qxe2+ 40. Kxe2 Bxc2 41. a5 bxa5 42. Kd2 Bg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. Bc2 d5 {The most active reaction against the solid, but modest looking
bishop retreat to c2.} 10. Nbd2 {White keeps the position closed, hoping to
outplay his opponent in a middlegame with all the pieces on the board.} ({
The main alternative is} 10. exd5 Qxd5 {In practice, White has not achieved
much, since the queen's vulnerability in the centre is compensated for by
Black's space advantage and the relative weakness of the d3-pawn. Here are two
games between two classic players, from one of the first editions of the
candidates' tournament.} 11. Nbd2 (11. Bg5 Bg4 12. Nbd2 Rad8 13. Qe2 Rfe8 $11 {
Pilnik,H-Geller,E/Helsinki 1952/MCD (1/2, 22)}) 11... Bb7 12. Ne4 Rae8 {
The start of a somewhat clumsy regrouping.} (12... Rad8 13. Be3 Nxe4 14. dxe4
Qe6 $11) 13. Be3 Kh8 {Pilnik,H-Geller,E/Amsterdam 1956/Candidates (1/2, 62)}
14. b4 $5 $14 {[%cal Gc2b3,Ge4c5]}) 10... dxe4 {AIming for plain equality.} ({
The ambitious} 10... d4 {is not popular but worked out well in the following
game:} 11. cxd4 exd4 12. a3 Nd7 13. Nf1 Nde5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. f4 Ng6 16. Ng3
c5 $132 {Efimenko,Z (2682)-Onischuk,A (2684)/Poikovsky 2009/CBM 131 (0-1, 35)})
11. dxe4 Be6 12. Qe2 {Targetting b5 and preparing the knight transfer to g3
without allowing the queen exchange.} ({For} 12. h3 {see Carlsen,M (2823)
-Aronian,L (2807)/Sao Paulo/Bilbao 2011/CBM 145/[Moradiabadi] (1/2, 56)}) 12...
Bc5 $146 {A seemingly active move, which does not seem the most appropriate,
though.} (12... Qb8 13. a4 b4 $5 {Quite a committal move. It is interesting to
see how Black will manage to neutralize White's pressure on the weakened
queenside squares.} (13... Qb7 $5) 14. Nc4 Nd7 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Nb6 17.
Nd2 bxc3 18. bxc3 Na5 19. Be7 Re8 20. Bb4 Nbc4 21. Nxc4 Bxc4 22. Qe3 Qb6 23.
Qxb6 cxb6 $11 {Palac,M (2562)-Binder,M (2270)/Oberwart 2010/CBM 137 Extra (1/2,
69)}) (12... Qc8 13. Nf1 $6 {Allowing unfavourable simplifications.} Bc4 14.
Bd3 (14. Qd1 Rd8 15. Bd2 Bc5 $36) 14... Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Rd8 16. Qc2 Qe6 17. Ne3
h6 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. h3 Qc4 20. Qb1 Rd7 21. b3 Qd3 $132 {Motylev,A (2683)
-Smirnov,P (2599)/Sochi 2012/CBM 148 (1/2, 46)}) 13. b4 Ba7 14. a4 Nh5 {
For the time being, it seems that Black has active play, but his initiative
will be extinguished soon. Quite a typical pattern for these almost
symmetrical positions which can arise from the d2-d3 Spanish as well as from
the Gioco Pianissimo.} 15. Nf1 Bc4 16. Qd1 Qf6 {Quite an ambitious move, but
in the long run the queen will be Black's most exposed piece.} ({Playing for
equality with} 16... Qxd1 17. Bxd1 Rfd8 {might have been better.}) 17. Bg5 $5 {
Driving the queen away from the control of the f4-square before gaining the
bishop pair with Nf1-e3.} ({Caruana probably was afraid that after} 17. Ne3
Bxe3 18. Bxe3 Rad8 19. Qc1 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Qxf4 exf4 22. e5 {his
advantage would be rather symbolic.}) 17... Qg6 18. Ne3 Bxe3 19. Bxe3 Rad8 $6 {
With hindsight, this looks like the main cause of Black's future problems.} ({
With the queen on g6 the knight move} 19... Nf4 $2 {is simply bad:} 20. Bxf4
exf4 21. axb5 axb5 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. e5 $36) (19... Rfd8 {may be better, in
the way that it does not give up the control of the a-file, but after} 20. Qc1
{Black would be short of constructive plans anyway. He probably should play a
generally useful move such as} h6 {, hoping that White will not find an easy
way to imrpove his position.}) 20. Qc1 Rfe8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ra6 Rd6 23. h3
$14 {An useful move, threatening Nh4-f5 without allowing ...Qg4.} Nd4 $6 {
Black overestimates the dynamic potential of his position.} ({He should have
simply parried the threat, kindly passing to his opponent the turn to come up
with something concrete.} 23... Qf6 $5 $14) 24. Nxe5 $1 ({The best, but
actually, even the simple} 24. cxd4 $6 Rxa6 25. dxe5 {[%csl Gh5] looks
threatening. The h5-knight is in big danger.}) 24... Nf3+ $5 {The only way to
avoid heavy material losses.} 25. Nxf3 Rxa6 26. e5 ({And once again there
seems to be more than one road leading to Rome, but the last move is an
inaccuracy. In this case, Caruana misses the objectively stronger} 26. g4 $5 {
/\e5, /\Nh4, פh5} Ra2 27. Bb1 (27. Nh4 $5) 27... Re2 28. Rxe2 Bxe2 29. Nh4 Qe6
30. Nf5 Nf6 31. Bd4 $40) 26... Qc6 (26... Bd3 27. Bb3 $5) 27. Nd4 Qa8 $2 {
Missing an unexpected chance.} (27... Qd7 $1 28. g4 $6 (28. Bf5 $36) 28... Rxe5
29. gxh5 Qxh3 30. Bf4 {would have allowed a fantastic way of giving perpetual
check after sacrificing all but one of Black's pieces:} Bf1 $1 31. Rxf1 Rg5+
32. Bxg5 Qg4+ 33. Kh2 Rh6 $3 (33... Qxh5+ 34. Kg3 $18) 34. Bxh6 Qh4+ $11) 28.
g4 $16 {Just winning material.} Rxe5 29. gxh5 Rxh5 30. Bf4 {There is no real
counterplay available with the queen on a8.} g6 (30... Rxh3 31. Be4 $16) 31.
Qe3 Ra1 $2 {Missing the next move.} 32. Bd1 $1 $18 {[%cal Gd1h5,Ge3e8]} c5 33.
bxc5 Rxc5 34. Bh6 Rc8 35. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 {Dieser Zug hat heute die alte
Hauptvariante 4.Bg5 abgelöst.} Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O
9. Be2 (9. O-O-O $2 c4 $1 10. f5 b5 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxb5 Rb8 13. Nd6 Bxd6 14.
exd6 Nf6 $17 {Szelag - Gurevich (Warsaw, 2007)}) ({Eine gute Alternative zum
Partiezug ist} 9. dxc5 $5 Bxc5 (9... Nxc5 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Kb1 {und nun kann
sich Schwarz nicht ordnungsgemäß entwickeln:} Bd7 $2 12. Nxd5 $3 exd5 13. Qxa5
Nxa5 14. Bxc5 Bxc5 15. Rxd5 $18 {Zhigalko - Li Shilong (Cappelle la Grande,
2006). Weiß gewinnt zumindest einen Bauern und damit auch die Partie.}) 10.
O-O-O Qa5 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. h4 Bd7 13. h5 Rab8 14. h6 $14 {Svidler -
Riazantsev (Moscow, 2008)}) 9... a6 (9... b6 $5 {Ein seltener, aber sehr
konkreter Zug. Die eigentliche Idee ist es nicht den Läufer auf b7 zu
entwickeln, wo er eher schlecht steht, sondern den Bauern c5 zu verteidigen.
Schwarz beabsichtigt, so schnell wie möglich ...f5 zu spielen, und nach exf6
mit dem Springer zurückzunehmen. Dafür muss der Bauer c5 gedeckt werden.} 10.
O-O f5 $1 {Wenn Weiß nicht en-passant nimmt, kann er kaum auf einen Vorteil
hoffen. Der einzige aktive Plan mit g4 dauert zu lange, in der Zwischenzeit
bekommt Schwarz gutes Spiel. Das Nehmen auf f6 muss dann als erstes geprüft
werden.} (10... Bb7 {Zu langsam.} 11. Nd1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nb8 14.
Ne3 Nc6 15. c3 $14 {und Schwarz verblieb mit einem schlechten Läufer b7 in
Zherebukh - Sethuraman (Kirishi, 2010)}) (10... Ndb8 11. Rad1 Kh8 (11... cxd4
12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc6 14. Be3 Bb7 15. Nb5 $14) 12. Kh1 Ba6 13. f5 $1 Bxe2
14. Nxe2 exf5 15. c3 cxd4 16. Nexd4 $44 {Ovetchkin - Morozevich (Russian Cup,
1998)}) 11. exf6 $1 $146 {Prinzipiellste und stärkste Fortsetzung.} Nxf6 12.
Kh1 (12. Bb5 Bb7 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. Rad1 $14 {Diese Stellung ist
etwas besser für Weiss aus dem einfachen Grund, dass Schwarz keinen Plan hat.
Er kann nicht den b-Bauern aufrollen, weil dann sofort auf c5 genommen wird;
er sollte nicht auf d4 nehmen, weil dadurch der weiße Läufer aktiviert wird;
und er sollte nicht ...Ne4 spielen, weil sein Bauernstruktur dadurch
verschlechtert wird. Weiß seinerseits kann seine Stellung langsam verbessern
mittels h3-Kh2-Qf2 usw.}) 12... Ne4 $1 {Ein Versuch, aktiv zu spielen.} (12...
Bb7 13. Rad1 $14) 13. Qe1 (13. Nxe4 $6 dxe4 14. Bb5 exf3 15. Bxc6 fxg2+ 16.
Qxg2 Rb8 $132) 13... Bb7 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Ng5 $14)
10. O-O b5 11. a3 {Eine spielbare Alternative ist 11.Nd1:} (11. Nd1 b4 12. Nf2
a5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15. Bd3 Ba6 16. Qe3 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Na4 18. Rab1
Ne7 19. Rfc1 Qd7 20. Nd4 $14 {Kamsky - Morozevich (Amsterdam, 1996)}) 11... Bb7
{In dieser Stellung hat Weiß fast überall eine etwas angenehmere Stellung, die
jedoch schwer zu verwerten ist.} (11... Qb6 12. Nd1 a5 13. c3 Bb7 (13... a4 14.
Nf2 Na5 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Bd3 Nc4 17. Qe2 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 b4 19. f5 $36 {Karjakin
- Rodriguez Vila (Khanty-Mansiysk, 2009)}) 14. Bf2 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. dxc5
Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Qe3 Qxe3+ 19. Nxe3 $14 {Svidler - Hou (Amsterdam, 2009)
}) (11... Qc7 12. Nd1 Rb8 13. c3 a5 14. Bf2 b4 15. axb4 axb4 16. Ne3 Na5 17.
Qd1 bxc3 18. bxc3 Nb3 19. Rb1 Na5 20. f5 $14 {Alekseev - Riazantsev (Moscow,
2008)}) 12. Kh1 Qc7 13. dxc5 {Es gibt viele Züge in dieser Stellung, die Weiß
gut spielen kann.} (13. Rad1 Rac8 14. Qe1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc5 17.
Qh4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 f6 19. Bd3 h6 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. f5 $14 {Karjakin - Carlsen 
(Wijk aan Zee, 2010)}) (13. Bd3 g6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Qe1 b4 17.
axb4 Nxb4 18. Nfd4 a5 19. b3 Ba6 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. c4 Rfd8 22. Qg3 Bf8 $11 {
Hou - Peng (Dresden, 2008)}) 13... Nxc5 14. Qe1 $5 {Das ist eine neue Idee.} (
14. Bd3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 d4 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Rfd8 18. Qe3 b4 19. axb4 Bxb4
$44 {Fluvia Poyatos - Narciso Dublan (Sabadell, 2011)}) 14... f6 $1 {Mutige
Entscheidung. Schwarz schwächt seinen e-Bauer, bekommt jedoch aktives Spiel.} (
14... Ne4 15. Bd3 (15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 (16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Qxc2 18. Rc1
Qa4 19. Qf2 Rac8 $17) 16... Na5 17. b4 Nc4 18. Nxc4 bxc4 $132) 15... Na5 16.
Bd4 $14) 15. Bxc5 $2 {Den Läufer sollte man nicht so leicht aufgeben.} (15.
exf6 Rxf6 16. Qf2 Nd7 17. Bd3 b4 18. axb4 Nxb4 $132) 15... Bxc5 16. Bd3 f5 $1
$15 {Schwarz schließt den Königsflügel und behält die Kontrolle über die
schwarzen Felder und vor allem über das Feld d4.} 17. Ne2 d4 (17... b4 18. axb4
Nxb4 19. Qc3 Rac8 20. Ned4 $132) 18. b4 (18. c3 dxc3 19. Qxc3 Qe7 20. Rac1 Bb6
$15) 18... Bb6 19. a4 $1 {Weiß muss dynamisch spielen, weil seine Stellung
strategisch gesehen schlechter ist.} Qe7 (19... bxa4 $2 20. Rxa4 Qe7 21. Bc4
$14) 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rb1 (21. Bxb5 d3 $1 22. Bxd3 Nxb4 $44 {Schwarz hat
ausgezeichnete Kompensation für den Bauern dank seiner starker Läufer.}) 21...
Ra2 $6 (21... Ba6 $1 22. c3 dxc3 23. Qxc3 Rfc8 $15) 22. Nc1 $6 {Beide Spieler
machen viele Ungenauigkeiten, so dass die Stellungsbewertung hin und her geht.}
(22. Qd2 $5 Rd8 23. Bxb5 $14) 22... Ra4 23. Bxb5 Rxb4 24. Nd3 (24. Rxb4 Nxb4
25. Qd2 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Rc8 27. Bd3 Nd5 $17) 24... Rxb1 25. Qxb1 Rc8 (25... Rb8
$5 26. Bc4 Bc8 27. Qa2 Bd7 28. Ng5 Nd8 29. Rb1 h6 30. Nf3 Nc6 $132) 26. Bc4 (
26. Ba6 $5 Bxa6 27. Qxb6 Qa3 28. Rd1 $11) 26... Na5 27. Ba2 Rc6 28. Ng5 (28.
Qb2 h6 29. Nxd4 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 Rxc2 31. Rf2 $11) 28... Bd8 $2 {Das ist ein
grober Fehler.} (28... h6 $1 29. Nxe6 $2 Kh7 $3 (29... Rxe6 30. Qxb6 $18) 30.
Qb4 Rxe6 31. Bxe6 Qxe6 32. Rb1 Nc4 $19) 29. Qb4 $2 {Weiß nutzt den Fehler
nicht aus.} (29. Bxe6+ Rxe6 30. Qa2 Bc8 31. Nc5 Qxc5 32. Nxe6 Bxe6 33. Qxe6+
Kf8 34. Qxf5+ $18) 29... Bc8 30. Qxd4 h6 31. Nf3 Rxc2 {Nach allen
Komplikationen ist man in ein fast gleiches Endspiel gekommen.} 32. Nb4 Nc6 33.
Nxc6 Rxc6 {Dieses Endspiel ist sicherlich Remis, nur muss Weiß trotzdem
aufpassen, nicht dass die schwarzen Läufer zu aktiv werden.} 34. Qa4 Bd7 35.
Rd1 Rc1 36. Qb3 Qc5 (36... Rxd1+ 37. Qxd1 g6 38. Qd4 $11) 37. Qd3 {Es macht
mehr Sinn, ein Luftloch zu machen:} (37. h3 $5 Bb6 38. Kh2 Rxd1 39. Qxd1 Bc8
40. Qa4 $11) 37... Rxd1+ 38. Qxd1 Bb6 39. h3 Bc8 40. Qa4 Kf7 {Im Vergleich zu
37.h3 hat Weiß seinen König immer noch auf h1, und das spielt eine Rolle.} 41.
Kh2 Ke7 42. h4 Bd7 43. Qd1 Qb4 $15 {Schwarz entwickelt seine Initiative, Weiß
hat sich schon zusätzliche Schwächen machen müssen.} 44. Qd6+ $3 {Das ist der
beste Weg für Weiß! Das entstehende Endspiel ist glücklicherweise Remis.} Qxd6
45. exd6+ Kxd6 46. Ne5 Bc8 (46... Bb5 47. Nc4+ Bxc4 48. Bxc4 $11) 47. Nc4+ Kc5
48. Nxb6 Kxb6 49. Kg3 Kc5 50. Kf2 Kd4 (50... Kd6 51. Ke3 Ke7 52. Kd4 Kf6 53.
Bc4 Bb7 54. g3 $11 {Schwarz kommt nicht zu ...g5.}) 51. Bb3 e5 (51... Ke4 52.
g3 e5 53. Bc2+ Kd4 54. fxe5 Kxe5 55. Ke3 $11) 52. fxe5 Kxe5 53. g3 f4 54. Bd1
$1 (54. gxf4+ $2 Kxf4 55. Bd1 Bg4 56. Ba4 Bf3 57. Bd7 Be4 $19) 54... g5 {
Das macht das Leben von Weiß sehr leicht.} (54... Kf5 55. Bc2+ Kg4 56. Bd1+ Kh3
57. gxf4 Kxh4 58. Kg2 $11) 55. hxg5 hxg5 56. gxf4+ Kxf4 $11 57. Bf3 g4 58. Bxg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 {Das ist die Hauptvariante
gegen den Aufbau mit e6 und a6.} Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. O-O {Die Idee, die in
dieser Partie angewandt wurde, wird nicht so oft gespielt. Schwarz hat
üblicherweise keine großen Sorgen.} (7. Qe2 {ist die klassische Fortsetzung.})
7... Nc6 8. Qg4 (8. Qe2 d6 9. Be3 {führt zu der selben Stellung wie nach 7.Qe2.
}) 8... Nf6 $1 {Schwarz hat keine Angst, den Bauer g7 zu geben. Es ist zu
gefährlich für Weiß, das Opfer anzunehmen.} 9. Qg3 (9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qh6 Ne5 11.
Be2 (11. Nc3 b5 12. Bg5 Rg6 13. Qh4 Nf3+ 14. gxf3 h6 15. f4 hxg5 16. fxg5 Nh5
17. Kh1 Rxg5 $17 {Ernst - Hamdouchi (Fuegen, 2006)}) 11... d5 12. Bg5 Neg4 13.
Bxf6 (13. Bxg4 Nxg4 14. Bxd8 Nxh6 15. Bc7 dxe4 $15) 13... Nxf6 14. exd5 Qxd5
15. g3 Qe5 16. Nc3 Bd7 $44 {Salgado Lopez - Smirin (Paks, 2011)}) 9... d6 {
Schwarz verhindert den Vorstoß e5.} (9... Bb8 10. Qh4 $14) (9... O-O 10. Bh6
Nh5 11. Qg4 Qf6 12. Bg5 Qe5 13. Nc3 (13. Qxh5 f6 $15) 13... g6 14. Nd2 $14) 10.
Kh1 {Dieser Zug wird selten gespielt. Schwarz hat danach ziemlich leicht
ausgeglichen. Die alternative Fortsetzung ist Nc3.} (10. Nc3 Ne5 (10... b5 11.
a4 b4 12. Nb5 axb5 13. axb5 Ne5 14. b6 Nh5 (14... Qxb6 15. Qxg7 Rg8 16. Qxf6
$18) 15. Qg5 Qxb6 16. Qxh5 O-O 17. Be3 $14) 11. Be2 b5 12. Bf4 b4 13. Rad1 Qe7
14. Rxd6 Qxd6 15. Bxe5 Qe7 16. Bd6 $44 {Nisipeanu - Korneev (Benidorm, 2005)})
10... e5 11. Nc3 (11. c4 Nh5 12. Qf3 Qh4 13. g3 Qh3 14. Nc3 Nf4 15. Bxf4 Bg4
16. Qg2 Qh5 17. f3 Bh3 $15 {Mokos - Rigo (Slovakia, 2008)}) 11... Nh5 12. Qf3 {
In einer sehr alten Partie hat Weiß sofort die Damen getauscht, jedoch nichts
erreicht.} (12. Qg5 Qxg5 13. Bxg5 h6 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Ne7 $11
{Jimenez Zerquera - Taimanov (Havana, 1964)}) 12... Qh4 13. g3 {Das ist ein
neuer Zug. In dem entstehendem Endspiel hat Weiß jedoch keinen Vorteil.} (13.
Be2 Nf6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Ne7 16. c4 O-O 17. Qg3 Qxg3 18. hxg3 {Le Goff -
Mullon (Guingamp, 2008)} b5 $1 $15) 13... Qg4 {Der Damentausch ist günstig für
Schwarz, vor allem auch, weil er im Endspiel den kleinen Vorteil hat, dass
sein König schon im Zentrum steht.} 14. Qxg4 (14. Be2 Qxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Nf6 $11)
14... Bxg4 15. Nd5 Rc8 {Schwarz koennte 15....Bh3 versuchen:} (15... Bh3 $5 16.
Nc7+ Kd7 17. Nxa8 Bxf1 18. Bxf1 Rxa8 19. Bh3+ Ke7 20. Kg2 Nf6 $11) 16. Kg2 Be6
$6 {Schwarz konnte sofort ...Nf6 spielen:} (16... Nf6 17. Nxf6+ (17. c4 Nxd5
18. cxd5 Nb4 19. Bb1 Nc2 20. Bxc2 Rxc2 $17) 17... gxf6 18. c3 Ke7 19. Be3 Bxe3
20. fxe3 Rhg8 $11) 17. Nd2 $6 {Das dauert zu lange.} (17. c4 $5 Bxd5 (17... Nf6
18. Bg5 Nd7 19. Rac1 $14) 18. exd5 Nb4 19. Be2 Nf6 20. Bd2 Nc2 21. Rac1 Nd4 22.
Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Bd3 $14) 17... Nf6 {Nun kommt Schwarz leicht zum Ausgleich.} 18.
Nc4 (18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Nc4 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Nd4 $15) 18... Bc5 19. Nxf6+ (19. Be3
Bxe3 (19... Nxd5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Nd6+ Ke7 22. Nxc8+ Rxc8 23. exd5 Bxd5+ 24.
f3 Nb4 $44) 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Nxe3 Nb4 $11) 19... gxf6 20. c3 {Weiß muss
vorsichtig spielen.} (20. Bh6 Nb4 21. Bg7 Rg8 22. Bxf6 b5 23. Nd2 Rg6 24. Bh4
Nxd3 25. cxd3 Bd4 $44) 20... h5 21. h4 (21. Be3 $5 Rd8 (21... h4 22. Bxc5 Bxc4
23. Bxc4 dxc5 24. Rfd1 $16) 22. b4 Bxe3 23. Nxe3 $14) 21... Ne7 (21... d5 $5
22. Ne3 Ne7 {->21....Ne7}) 22. Ne3 d5 {Es kommt zu Vereinfachungen, und
Schwarz endet in einem Endspiel mit schlechterer Bauernstruktur, aber besserer
Entwicklung.} 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Nf5 (24. Nxd5 Bxd5+ 25. f3 Ke7 $11) (24. Be4
Nxe3+ 25. Bxe3 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Ke7 $11) 24... Rg8 25. Be4 Rd8 26. Re1 {Weiß kann
seine Entwicklung nicht vollenden.} (26. Bd2 Bxf5 27. Bxf5 Ne7 28. Be3 Nxf5 29.
Bxc5 Rd2 $17) 26... Rd7 27. Bh6 Nf4+ 28. Bxf4 exf4 29. b4 (29. Rad1 Kd8 30. b4
Ba7 $11) 29... Bb6 30. Rad1 fxg3 (30... Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Bc7 32. Nh6 Rh8 33. Nf5
Rg8 $11) 31. fxg3 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Bc7 33. c4 {Weiß kann den Bauern nicht so
leicht verteidigen.} (33. Rd3 Rg4 34. Kf3 Be5 $15) 33... Rg4 (33... Bxf5 34.
Bxf5 Rxg3+ 35. Kf2 Ra3 36. Rd7 Bg3+ 37. Kg2 Bxh4 38. Rxb7 Rxa2+ 39. Kh3 Bg5 40.
c5 $14) 34. Kf3 {Das entstehende Endspiel ist trotz Mehrbauern Remis.} Bxf5 35.
Bxf5 Rxc4 (35... Rxg3+ 36. Ke4 Rc3 37. c5 Rc4+ 38. Rd4 $11) 36. a3 Rc3+ 37. Rd3
Rxd3+ 38. Bxd3 Kf8 39. Be4 b6 40. a4 b5 41. axb5 axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{It was clear to me from the beginning that this would be a fighting game.
Vladimir had just played a very long (nearly 8 hours!) and certainly
disappointing game against Leko the previous round, so I felt it was a good
time to strike.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O
7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. d4 {This is of course the only testing move. After others Black
will play ...Ng6, ...c6 and ...Bb6, with a comfortable position.} exd4 9. cxd4
Bb6 10. b3 {I was told this move looks unusual, but I just wanted to develop
my bishop. Other possibilities are 10.h3, 10.Re1 or 10.Bd3, which all lead to
unclear positions.} d5 {In general this is the principled and correct course
of action. The play now becomes very forcing, as Black tries to undermine
White's center.} 11. e5 Ne4 12. Bd3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. Bb2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Be4 {
A crucial move. If Black allows the exchange of bishops on White's terms then
he will face a worse position without active prospects.} 16. Be2 $5 {It was
difficult to take this decision. The alternative would result in a sterile
position, while this leads to double-edged play.} (16. Qe3 {is the safe option.
} Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qd3+ Kg8 21. Qxd4 {
, with a roughly equal positon.}) 16... f6 {The computer suggests other
options for Black, but I don't see any reason to avoid this move, which is the
most natural and principled.} 17. b4 $1 {This was my idea when I played 16.Be2.
Now Black will be forced to reckon with the possibility of b5 on each move.
Additionally, I prevent ...Ba5.} fxe5 18. dxe5 {Now Vladimir sank into a long
thought. At first I was very worried I had overlooked something and Black
would have a strong attack, but after his indecisiveness I became more at ease.
} Kh8 $6 {This move doesn't meet the demands of the position. Black had two
viable options, one aggressive and one prophylactic.} ({I was expecting} 18...
h6 {, which prevents Ng5, and I wasn't sure what the evaluation of the
position is after} 19. b5 Na5 20. Rae1 {Here, the computer points out a strong
idea:} c6 {, undermining the b5-pawn with a satisfactory position.}) ({The
other possibility, which I hadn't taken seriously during the game, is} 18... d4
$5 {, immediately starting aggresive counterplay. The positions after this
move are incredibly complex, with variations branching out at after every move.
A possible continuation out of many is} 19. Rae1 Bd5 20. b5 Ba5 21. Qd1 Bxe1
22. Rxe1 {and the machine estimates this as roughly equal, although it's not
clear to me exactly what's going on at first sight!}) 19. b5 Ne7 ({The problem
for Black, compared to 18...h6, is that after} 19... Na5 {, White has the
strong} 20. Ng5) 20. Ng5 {This move isn't bad, but 20.Nd4 was cleaner.} ({
Stronger, and less complicated, was} 20. Nd4 Nf5 21. f3 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Bg6 23.
Rac1 {, with a stable positional advantage.}) 20... Ng6 {A very natural move.
It seems like Black is getting a strong initiative, but after my next move it
becomes clear White has everything under control.} ({Perhaps better chances
were offered by} 20... Nf5 21. e6 (21. Ne6 $2 Qh4 22. Nxf8 Rxf8 {gives Black a
strong attack.}) 21... Qe7 {, but after the accurate} 22. a4 $1 {Black is
still clearly worse.}) 21. g3 $1 {Simply preventing ...Nf4. Next White can
consider ideas like e6, h4-h5 or just taking the bishop on e4 at the right
moment.} Qe7 (21... Ba5 {is met by the calm} 22. Qc1) 22. e6 Rf5 23. Nxe4 {
A good time to trade, since I'm ready to invade on d7 and head to an endgame.}
dxe4 24. Qd7 Raf8 25. Qxe7 {Again simplest is strongest!} ({In the event of} 
25. Kh1 {, Black can consider a move like} Bc5 {, and when the bishop comes to
d6 it won't be easy to break through Black's defence.}) 25... Nxe7 26. Ba3 Re8
{A good move I had underestimated.} ({I was expecting} 26... Bc5 27. Bxc5 Rxc5
28. Rac1 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 c6 30. Rd1 {, with a decisive advantage for White.}) 27.
Rad1 h5 $2 {The idea behind this move is to prevent g4, but it's too slow.} ({
Black had to go for the exchange sacrifice with} 27... Nd5 28. g4 Re5 29. Bb2
R8xe6 30. Bc4 c6 31. bxc6 bxc6 32. Bxe5 Rxe5 {, with good drawing chances.})
28. Rd7 {Now it's hard to find any salvation for Black.} Nd5 29. Rf7 Nf6 30.
Bc4 {Now White has complete control, and with the rook on f7 Black can hardly
move.} Bc5 31. Bb2 Re7 32. Bd4 Bd6 33. Re1 {A reasonable move, but maybe not
the most accurate.} ({After the strong} 33. f3 $1 {, Black is unable to
recapture on f3, so next fxe4 will open the position with decisive effect.})
33... b6 ({Black should have avoided Rxe4 with} 33... Kh7 {Here White can try}
34. f4 $5 {, and since Black can hardly move White has unlimited time to
improve his position.}) 34. Rf8+ Kh7 35. Rxe4 {Winning a pawn. Kramnik trys a
last desperate shot .... which nearly works!} Rxf2 $5 (35... Nxe4 36. Rxf5 Kg6
37. Rf3 {is clearly hopeless for Black.}) 36. Kxf2 $2 {A huge mistake made in
time trouble, which greatly endangers the win.} ({After the cool} 36. Re1 $1 {
, Black would have faced a hopeless situation.} Rd2 37. Be3 Bc5 38. Bxc5 bxc5
39. Rf7 {, and it's all over.}) 36... Nxe4+ 37. Kg2 Nc5 {Now I realized, to my
great disappointment, that the b3-square is controlled by Black's knight, so
there's no way to switch to the b1-h7 diagonal.} 38. Ra8 Nxe6 $4 {A very
surprising blunder. Black was close to the draw, but after this greedy capture
I can weave a deadly net around his king.} (38... Kg6 {forces the trade of
White's bishop:} 39. Bxc5 Bxc5 40. Rxa7 Kf6 41. Ra8 g6 {, and Black will make
a draw.}) 39. Bd3+ Kh6 40. h4 (40. Be3+ g5 41. Rg8 {is even faster.}) 40... g6
41. Rh8+ Rh7 42. Rg8 {Now everything becomes clear. Black must sacrifice the
exchange.} Rg7 43. Bxg7+ Kh7 44. Re8 Nxg7 45. Re3 {More accurate than taking
the a7-pawn. Black is nearly unable to move his pieces, and soon he will be
forced into zugzwang.} Kh6 46. a4 {Slow and steady.} Kh7 47. Kh3 Kh6 48. Bc2
Kh7 49. g4 hxg4+ 50. Kxg4 Kh6 51. Re2 Bb4 52. Re5 {The lethal switch to g5.}
Nh5 53. Re6 {I really enjoyed this game with its creative, unusual play that
resulted from the opening. After this win I climbed into shared first place,
and with some luck in the final round I managed to clinch first place on
tiebreaks.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Bxd2 e6 13. O-O b6 14. Rbc1
Bb7 15. Rc7 (15. Bb4 Rd8 16. Bb5 $1 {[%cal Rb4e7] is the main theoretical
continuation but the whole well-forgotten line is quite harmless. Here is a
relatively recent (12-year-old!) example:} Ba6 17. a4 Bxb5 18. axb5 a6 19. bxa6
Nxa6 20. Bc3 b5 $1 21. Rfe1 (21. Rb1 $142 $11) 21... b4 22. Bb2 b3 23. Rc4 Rab8
24. Re3 e5 25. d5 f5 26. Ng5 fxe4 27. Nxe4 Rxd5 $15 {1-0 Krivoshey,S (2425)
-Peter,A (2440)/Budapest 2000/EXT 2004 (77)}) 15... Bxe4 16. Ng5 $2 {It looks
like GM Mateusz Bartel mixed up something.} (16. Bb4 Rd8 17. Rfc1 (17. Be7 Re8
18. Ng5 Bd5 (18... Nc6 19. Bf6 $1 Bd5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Rxf7+ Kh6 22. f4 Re7
23. Rxe7 Nxe7 24. Bf3 Re8 {1/2 Vaisser,A (2505)-Epishin,V (2400)/Tashkent 1987/
EXT 2002}) 19. Bd6 Nc6 20. Nxf7 Nxd4 $17 {0-1 Ahlander,B (2415)-Hjelm,N (2255)/
Stockholm 1993/EXT 2000 (64)}) 17... Nc6 $1 18. R1xc6 Bxc6 19. Rxc6 Rac8 20.
Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Kf1 Rc1+ 22. Be1 Bf8 {[%cal Yf8b4] , and it is White who must
fight for equality.}) (16. Rfc1 $142 $1 a5 17. Ne5 Na6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. a4 h6
20. Be3 Bd5 21. R1c3 Raa8 (21... Bxe5 $1 22. dxe5 Kg7 $11) 22. Nd7 Rfd8 23. h4
$44 {1-0 Dijksman,L-Jenkinson,S (2242)/ICCF Email 2000/Telechess CBM 108 (37)})
16... Bd5 17. Bb4 Rd8 $1 18. Bb5 {There is no good continuation anymore; in
any case Black ends up with a material advantage without any compensation for
White:} (18. Nxf7 Rd7 19. Rfc1 (19. Rxd7 Nxd7 20. Ng5 Bxd4) (19. Rc8+ Kxf7 20.
Bb5 Rb7) 19... Kxf7 20. Bb5 Bxd4 $1 21. Bxd7 Na6 22. Bb5+ Nxc7 23. Rxc7+ Kg8
$17) (18. Be7 Re8 19. Bb5 Nc6 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Nxf7 Rec8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23.
Nd6 Rc7 24. Rc1 Rxe7 25. Rxc6 Bxd4 $17) (18. Rfc1 Nc6 $1 (18... e5 $2 19. Be7
Re8 20. Bb5 Rxe7 21. Rxe7 Nc6 22. Bxc6 Rc8 23. Re8+ {1-0 Belotti,B (2355)
-Sokolowski,S (2325)/Cap d'Agde 1986/EXT 2004}) 19. R1xc6 Bxc6 20. Rxc6 Rac8
21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Kf1 Rc1+ 23. Be1 Bxd4 $17 {[%cal Yd4c3]}) 18... a6 $1 19.
Nxf7 (19. Be7 axb5 20. Bxd8 Nc6 21. Rxc6 Bxc6 22. Bxb6 Rxa2 $19) 19... axb5 $1
20. Nxd8 Na6 21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Be7 b4 23. Rc1 Bxa2 24. Rc6 b5 25. h4 b3 26.
Ba3 Nb4 $1 27. Nxe6+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.08.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. a4 e6 8. e5 $5
{A very concrete way to fight for the advantage. White is using his better
development to occupy important central squares. Less aggressive attempts did
not seem to give White anything special:} (8. h3 b6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Bb7 11.
Bf3 Qc8 12. Bg5 Nfd7 13. Ng4 h5 14. Nh2 Nc6 15. Ne2 e5 16. c3 exd4 17. cxd4 Nf6
18. Rc1 Ne7 19. Qc2 Ned5 20. Nf4 Qd7 21. Rfd1 Rac8 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Bxd5 Bxd5
24. Nxd5 Qxd5 25. Qc6 Qxc6 26. Rxc6 Kg7 27. Nf3 Rfd8 28. b3 Rd5 29. Kf1 Rcd8
30. Rxc7 Bxd4 {1/2-1/2 Gruenfeld,Y (2470)-Finkel,A (2485)/Israel 2002/CBM 087})
8... dxe5 {This was forced. Otherwise, White gets an obvious advantage:} (8...
Nfd7 9. Bg5 Qe8 $140 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Ne4 $18) (8... Nd5 9. Ne4 $36) 9. Nxe5 {
[%cal Ye2f3]} Nbd7 $146 (9... Nc6 {is too crazy to be true. The idea of this
move is to open up the b-file and create some pressure along it. If White
moves b2-b3, then Black gets tactical chances such as the c6-c5 advance.
However, it seems that White can manage that:} 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf3 Nd5 12.
Ne4 $14) (9... c5 {doesn't work due to} 10. dxc5 Qc7 11. Qd6 $16) (9... Nfd7
10. Nf3 $1 Nf6 11. Bf4 b6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Bf3 Qc8 14. Bxb7 $6 (14. Re1 Nbd7 15.
Nc6 Re8 16. b4 $14 {[%cal Yb4b5]}) 14... Qxb7 15. Qf3 Qxf3 16. Nxf3 Rc8 17.
Rad1 Nc6 18. Rfe1 Nb4 19. Re2 c6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Murariu,A (2279)-Itkis,B (2442)/
Bucharest 2001/CBM 082 ext (51)}) 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 c5 {Actually, Black has
just sacrificed a pawn. He did so to activate his pieces, because otherwise,
it is not very obvious how to complete the development.} ({In the event of} 
11... g5 {, White can exploit the weaknesses in Black's camp:} 12. Bg3 Nxe5 13.
Bxe5 Nd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 (14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 Kxg7 16. f4 $14 {[%cal Ye2f3]}) 15.
Nxd5 exd5 16. f4 $36) (11... Qe7 12. f4 {with unpleasant pressure.}) 12. Nxd7
Bxd7 13. dxc5 Bc6 14. a5 {Preventing Qa5, in fact.} (14. Rb1 {was worth
consideration as well. The idea is to push the b-pawn forward and move away
the rook from the long diagonal. For example, after} Qe7 15. b4 Rfd8 16. Qc1
$14 {I don't see sufficient compensation for the sacrificed pawn.}) 14... Rc8
15. b4 Rc7 $6 {This is too slow. White gets sufficient time to coordinate his
pieces.} ({Black had to play} 15... Qxd1 $1 16. Raxd1 (16. Rfxd1 Nh5 17. Ra3
Nf4 18. Bf1 g5 19. Bg3 Rfd8 $13) 16... Nh5 $1 17. Na2 Nf4 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. gxf3
g5 20. Bg3 Ne2+ 21. Kg2 Rfd8 $13) 16. Qxd8 $1 Rxd8 17. Bg3 Rcd7 (17... Rcc8 18.
Be5 Ne4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Na2 $1 $14) 18. Be5 {After White activated his
bishop and blocked the activity of its counterpart along the long diagonal,
White should be a lot better.} Nh5 (18... Nd5 {isn't any better, due to} 19.
Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. Rfd1 Rd2 22. Bd3 $16) 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. g3 $1 $16 {
Cutting off the black knight. Now, White is simply a pawn up and Black has
nothing for it.} Rd4 (20... Nf6 21. Rfd1 e5 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Rd1 $16) 21. Rfd1
e5 22. f3 f5 23. Rxd4 exd4 {Black had to take with the pawn, since otherwise,
White breaks through on the queenside:} (23... Rxd4 $2 24. b5 axb5 25. a6 $18)
24. Rd1 f4 25. g4 Nf6 26. h4 (26. Kf2 $5 {was good enough as well:} Rd7 27. Nb1
$16 {[%cal Yb1d2,Yd2b3]}) 26... g5 27. h5 Rd7 28. Nb1 (28. Na2 $5 {[%cal Ya2c1,
Yc1b3]} Ba4 29. Rd2 $16) 28... d3 $5 {Probably the best practical chance.} ({
Passive defence would likely to lead to a slow death. For example,} 28... Ne8
29. Kf2 Nc7 30. Bc4 $16 {and White slowly improves his position.}) 29. Rxd3
Rxd3 30. cxd3 Nd5 31. d4 Kf6 ({Perhaps} 31... Nxb4 {would pose more problems
to White:} 32. Nc3 Be8 {[%cal Yb4c6]} 33. Bd1 $1 (33. Ne4 Nc6 34. Nd6 Nxd4 35.
Nxe8+ Kf8 36. Nd6 (36. Bxa6 bxa6 37. Nc7 Nxf3+ 38. Kg2 Ne5 39. Nxa6 Nc6 $11)
36... Nxe2+ 37. Kf2 Nd4 38. Nxb7 Ke7 $11) 33... Kf8 (33... Nc6 34. Ba4) 34. d5
Ke7 (34... Bf7 35. Bb3 $16) 35. Bb3 Nd3 36. Ne4 $16) 32. Kf2 Nxb4 33. Nc3 Nc2
$2 {Apparently, Caruana was in time trouble. Otherwise, I do not believe he'd
miss the d4-d5, c5-c6 idea.} ({Black retained chances of survival after} 33...
Bd7 34. Bc4 (34. Bd1 $5 $16) 34... Nc6 35. Nd5+ Kg7 36. Nb6 Be8 37. d5 Nxa5 38.
Ba2 $16) 34. d5 Bd7 35. c6 $18 {The passed a-pawn is the decisive factor in
this battle. Black has to give up one of his minor pieces to stop it, and that
marks the end of the story.} bxc6 36. Bxa6 Nb4 37. Bb7 cxd5 38. a6 Nxa6 (38...
Bc6 39. Bxc6 Nxc6 $18) 39. Bxa6 Bc6 40. Ke2 Ke5 41. Bd3 Bb7 42. Kd2 Ba8 43. Nb5
d4 44. Ke2 Bc6 45. Bc4 Bb7 46. Nc7 {Bringing the knight to f5, which forces
Black to exchange his only minor piece.} Bc8 47. Ne8 Bd7 48. Ng7 Kf6 49. Nf5 $1
Bxf5 50. gxf5 Kxf5 51. Ba6 $1 {Black's pawns are fixed and it does not matter
how many of them there are on the board: they will all be captured.} Ke5 52.
Bc8 Kd5 53. Kd3 Kc5 54. Bb7 {Zugzwang.} (54. Bb7 Kb6 55. Be4 Kc5 56. Ba8 $18)
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.08.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bravo, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Nicaragua"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NCA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. Qd3 Bc5 7. Nc3 d6 8.
Bg5 O-O 9. O-O-O Be6 10. Bc4 Qe8 11. Bxf6 Nb4 12. Qe2 Rxf6 13. a3 Nc6 14. Bxe6+
Qxe6 15. Nd5 Rf7 16. Qc4 Qh6+ 17. Kb1 Nd8 18. Nxc7 Rc8 19. Nd5 Nc6 20. b4 b5
21. Qxb5 Bxf2 22. Rhf1 Bb6 23. Qc4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.08.31"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chile"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bd2 Bg4 7. e3 O-O 8.
Rc1 Nxc3 9. Bxc3 Nd7 10. Be2 Nf6 11. O-O Nd5 12. h3 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 Bd7 14. Qb3
Rb8 15. Qa3 a6 16. Qa5 c6 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Rfc1 Be6 19. Bc4 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Rd5
21. Rc5 Rbd8 22. Kf1 e6 23. Ke2 Kf8 24. R1c3 Ke8 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Rb3 Rb5 27.
Rxb5 axb5 28. b3 f6 29. Kd3 Bf8 30. Nd2 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Maznitsin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Kyrgyzstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KGZ"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Ra7 11. Rd1 Nc6 12. a3 Qa8 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bxe7 Ndxe7 16. Nc3 Nb8 17. e4 Nd7 18. b4 Nb6 19. Nd2 Rd8 20. Nb3 Nc4 21. Nc5
Bc6 22. a4 bxa4 23. d5 Be8 24. dxe6 a5 25. b5 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Qb8 27. Rd4 Nd6
28. e5 Ndf5 29. exf7+ Bxf7 30. Rd7 Be8 31. e6 Qb6 32. Nd5 Nxd5 33. Bxd5 Nd6 34.
Qc3 Nf5 35. g4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.03"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. d3 Be7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Qd1 Nd7 13. Nf3 Nde5 14. Nh2 d5 15.
f4 Nd7 16. exd5 exd5 17. g3 b5 18. Bg2 Nb6 19. Be3 Rc8 20. Bf2 Re8 21. Rc1 Bd6
22. Rc2 a5 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Ng4 Qd7 25. d4 cxd4 26. cxd4 Ne7 27. Ne5 Qb7 28.
Bf3 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 Nd7 30. Ng4 g6 31. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.04"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Georgiev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 {The main
idea of this move, as compared to the plan with 7.Re1 with following d2-d4, is
that White is limiting Black's light squared bishop.} Be7 ({The less common
continuation nowadays is} 7... Bc5 {. In this case, White has the resource of
Bg5, which creates an unpleasant pin for Black. One of the model games in this
line is Carlsen's victory against Beliavsky from 2006:} 8. Nc3 d6 9. a4 Na5 10.
Ba2 b4 11. Ne2 Bc8 12. c3 bxc3 13. bxc3 Bb6 14. Ng3 Be6 (14... h6 $142 $14) 15.
d4 Bxa2 16. Rxa2 O-O 17. Bg5 exd4 (17... h6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Nxg5 $18) 18. Nh5
dxc3 19. Nh4 Kh8 20. Nf5 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2625)-Beliavsky,A (2626)/Wijk aan Zee
2006/CBM 111}) 8. a4 {Creating some tension on the queenside and preparing the
shelter for the light-squared bishop.} O-O 9. Re1 {[%csl Re5][%cal Yb1d2,Yd2f1,
Gf1e3,Gf1g3,Re1e5,Rf3e5] Preventing the d7-d5 breakthrough in the centre and
preparing the f1-square for the queenside knight.} d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5
12. Nf1 {White brings the knight to e3 without wasting time on c2-c3.} ({
Earlier this year, Caruana played} 12. c3 {, but apparently was not very
satisfied with what he got:} Qc7 13. Nf1 c4 14. Ng3 Rfe8 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. Bg5
Nd7 17. Nd2 Nc5 18. dxc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Re3 Re6 21. Qe2 d5 22. exd5
Bxd5 23. Rg3 Rg6 24. h4 Ne6 25. Re1 Nxg5 (25... f6 $142 $1) 26. hxg5 $11 {
0-1 Caruana,F (2770)-Tomashevsky,E (2738)/Moscow 2012/CB23_2012 (32)}) 12... b4
{With the clear intention to shut in White's bishop by b4-b3. The other way to
accomplish the same idea is by pushing the c-pawn. Perhaps not right away
though...} ({GM Tomashevsky, who is one of the experts in this variation for
Black, has previously played} 12... Re8 13. Ne3 h6 14. Bd2 c4 {There we go!
But Grischuk brings his other knight to d2 to destroy Black's pawn
construction.} 15. Bc3 $1 {[%cal Yf3d2]} Bf8 16. h3 Qb6 17. Nd2 cxd3 18. cxd3
Nc6 (18... b4 19. Ndc4 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 $14) 19. Qb3 Re7 20. Rec1 $14 {1-0
Grischuk,A (2736)-Tomashevsky,E (2708)/Moscow 2009/CBM 134 (75)}) 13. Ne3 {
The point of White's opening strategy has become clear. White's light-squared
bishop has no challenge from its counterpart, which is blocked by White's
strong centre.} b3 $6 ({Perhaps it was a better idea to bring the bishop to e6
with} 13... Bc8 {\/} 14. Nd2 (14. Bd2 $5) 14... Rb8 15. Ndc4 Nc6 16. Bd2 Be6
17. a5 Rb5 18. Bb3 Nxa5 19. Nxa5 Rxa5 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Nc4 $11 Rxa1 22. Qxa1
Qc8 23. Qa2 Qc6 24. Na5 Qd7 25. Nc4 Qc6 26. Na5 Qd7 27. Nc4 {1/2-1/2 Milos,G 
(2633)-Adams,M (2755)/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001}) 14. Bxb3 $1 {Here is the
problem with Black's 13th move! White does not keep his bishop, but rather,
makes sure that the b-file is closed and White gets the excellent c4-outpost
for his knight.} ({Black did fine after} 14. cxb3 Nc6 15. Bd2 a5 16. b4 axb4
17. Nf5 Bc8 18. N3h4 Be6 $11 {0-1 Horvath,A (2413)-Ivanovic,Z (2334)/ICCF
email 2005/Corr 2008 (57)}) 14... Nxb3 15. cxb3 Bc8 $146 {Obviously, Black's
bishop should be placed on e6.} ({In the preceding game, Black tried} 15... Re8
16. Nc4 Nd7 17. Bd2 a5 18. Bc3 Nb8 19. Nfd2 Bg5 20. Ne3 Nc6 21. Ndc4 Bc8 22.
Nd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sjol,H (2244)-Taksrud,V (2157)/ICCF email 2008/Corr 2011 (33)}
) 16. Nc4 Rb8 17. Bd2 Be6 18. h3 Qc8 $6 {The c8-square was meant to be for the
kingside rook.} ({It made more sense to play} 18... Qd7 19. Rc1 Rfc8 $14) 19.
Rc1 Qb7 20. b4 cxb4 $6 {By closing the b-file and allowing White's pieces to
occupy active positions, Black gives up on his last hopes for counterplay.} ({
He was better off keeping the b-file open:} 20... Nd7 21. Na5 Qa8 22. bxc5 Nxc5
23. Be3 Rfc8 $16) 21. Na5 Qd7 22. d4 $16 {Now all White's forces get the ideal
spots and Black can not maintain the material balance any more.} exd4 23. Nc6
Rbc8 24. Nfxd4 d5 $4 {A blunder, though not an obvious one.} ({The least of
the evils was} 24... Rfe8 25. Bxb4 Bf8 $16 {/+-}) 25. Bg5 $1 $18 {Now it's
over. Black is going to lose too much material.} h6 (25... dxe4 26. Nf5 $1 Bxf5
27. Qxd7 $18) (25... Bd8 26. e5 $18) 26. exd5 Nxd5 27. Bxe7 {A model game by
GM Caruana.} (27. Bxe7 Nxe7 28. Nxe6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.06"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 b6 7. O-O e5 8. a4
a5 9. Na3 Qc7 10. Nc4 Be6 11. b3 Nf6 12. Ncxe5 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Bxa1 14. Bg5 Bg7
15. Bf6 Bxf6 16. Nxf6+ Ke7 17. e5 h6 18. Qd2 Kd8 19. Qf4 Kc8 20. Nd2 Qe7 21.
Nde4 Kc7 22. Re1 Rad8 23. Nd6 Rxd6 24. exd6+ Qxd6 25. Qf3 Rd8 26. Re3 Kb7 27.
Ne4 Qe5 28. Qe2 Qa1+ 29. Kh2 Qe5+ 30. Ng3 Qc7 31. Kg1 Rd5 32. Ne4 Rd8 33. Nd2
Qf4 34. Nf3 Qf6 35. Ne5 Rd5 36. Qe1 h5 37. Nc4 Rd4 38. Nd2 Rd5 39. Ne4 Qd8 40.
Nc3 Rf5 41. Ne4 Rd5 42. Qa1 Rd4 43. Nd2 Rd7 44. Nf3 Bd5 45. Qd1 Qf6 46. Qe2
Bxf3 47. Rxf3 Qg5 48. Re3 Kc7 49. Re4 Qf6 50. g3 Rd4 51. Re3 Rd7 52. h4 Kd6 53.
Rf3 Qe5 54. Re3 Qf6 55. Kg2 Kc7 56. Re4 Qd6 57. Qe3 Qf6 58. Qe1 Qd6 59. Re8 Rd8
60. Qe7+ Rd7 61. Qxd6+ Kxd6 62. Kf3 Kc7 63. Kf4 b5 64. f3 bxa4 65. bxa4 c4 66.
Ke3 cxd3 67. cxd3 Kb6 68. Re5 c5 69. g4 Rd4 70. gxh5 Rxh4 71. hxg6 fxg6 72.
Re6+ Kc7 73. f4 Rg4 74. Kf3 Rg1 75. Ra6 g5 76. fxg5 Rxg5 77. Rxa5 Kb6 78. Rb5+
Kc6 79. Rb1 Rd5 80. Ke3 Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.07"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Elsness, Frode"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D96"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bg5 O-O 8.
Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Nxd5 Bg7 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. e3 e5 12. d5 e4 13. Nd2 Na5 14. Qb4 Bf5
15. Rd1 Rc8 16. Be2 Re8 17. O-O Bf8 18. Qa4 a6 19. Ndxe4 b5 20. Nf6+ Kh8 21.
Qh4 h6 22. d6 Re6 23. d7 Rb8 24. Qf4 Rb7 25. Ncd5 Bg7 26. e4 Bxf6 27. Qxh6+ Kg8
28. exf5 Bg7 29. fxe6 Bxh6 30. e7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.09"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Papaioannou, Ioannis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4
Nh5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bd2 Bg4 11. e3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd7 13. Qd1 O-O 14. Be2 Nhf6
15. g4 Ne8 16. O-O Bf6 17. f4 h6 18. Qb3 Rb8 19. Ne4 Bg7 20. g5 Qe7 21. gxh6
Bxh6 22. Ng3 Nc7 23. e4 b5 24. a5 Bg7 25. Rae1 Qh4 26. Kh1 Rbe8 27. Rg1 b4 28.
Rg2 Nb5 29. Bxb5 axb5 30. Nf5 Qf6 31. Qh3 Nb8 32. b3 Na6 33. Nxg7 Kxg7 34. f5
Rh8 35. Qg3 Rh5 36. Bf4 c4 37. Bxd6 c3 38. fxg6 fxg6 39. e5 Qf5 40. Rf2 Qh3 41.
Qxh3 Rxh3 42. Rd1 Rc8 43. e6 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2012.09.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2843"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
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[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Nbc6 8.
Bd3 Bd7 9. O-O Qc7 10. Re1 Na5 11. Ng5 Ng6 12. Re3 c4 13. Be2 Nc6 14. Bh5 Nce7
15. Qg4 Ba4 16. Ra2 Nf5 17. Re1 O-O-O 18. Nf3 Kb8 19. h4 Rdf8 20. Qh3 Nge7 21.
Qh2 h6 22. Bg4 g5 23. h5 Ng7 24. Nd2 f5 25. exf6 Qxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Rxf6 27. Bf3
Rhf8 28. Nf1 Nef5 29. Bg4 Be8 30. Bxf5 Nxf5 31. Ne3 Nxe3 32. Bxe3 Bxh5 33. Kg3
Bg6 34. Rb2 h5 35. f3 g4 36. Bg5 Rf5 37. f4 Re8 38. Re2 Kc7 39. Rb1 Rf7 40. Rh1
Rh7 41. Kf2 Kb6 42. g3 Ka5 43. Ke3 Bf5 44. Kd2 Rc8 45. Bh4 Rd7 46. Rb1 Rc6 47.
Ree1 Rb6 48. Rxb6 Kxb6 49. Rb1+ Kc7 50. Kc1 Rd6 51. Kb2 Rb6+ 52. Kc1 Ra6 53.
Kb2 Be4 54. Bg5 Kd7 55. Bh4 Ke8 56. Ka2 b6 57. Kb2 Kf7 58. Re1 b5 59. Rb1 Kg6
60. Re1 Kf7 61. Ra1 Rb6 62. Rb1 Kg6 63. Kc1 Ra6 64. Kb2 Kf5 65. Re1 Rb6 66. Rb1
a5 67. Kc1 Bg2 68. Kd2 Ke4 69. Re1+ Kf3 70. Re2 b4 71. axb4 axb4 72. Re3+ Kf2
73. Re2+ Kf3 74. Re3+ Kf2 75. Re2+ Kg1 76. Re1+ Kh2 77. cxb4 Rxb4 78. Rxe6 Be4
79. Rxe4 dxe4 80. f5 Kg2 81. Ke3 Rb2 82. d5 Rxc2 83. d6 c3 84. d7 Rd2 85. d8=Q
Rxd8 86. Bxd8 h4 87. gxh4 g3 88. f6 c2 89. Kd2 e3+ 90. Kxc2 e2 91. Ba5 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2012.09.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
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[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Re1 exd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Qe2 c5 14. a3 Nc6 15.
d5 Ne7 16. h3 Re8 17. Bc2 Ng6 18. b3 Ba5 19. Rab1 Bc3 20. Rec1 b4 21. a4 a5 22.
Bd3 h6 23. Qd1 Ba6 24. Bc2 Ra7 25. Kh2 Rae7 26. g4 Nxe4 27. Nxe4 Rxe4 28. Bxe4
Rxe4 29. Qc2 Qe7 30. Rg1 Rxe3 31. fxe3 Qxe3 32. Rbf1 Be2 33. Qf5 Bd3 34. Qd7
Be5+ 35. Kh1 Be4 36. Qe8+ Nf8 0-1

[Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2012.09.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. Nde2 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. a4 e6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Rfd8
15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Kh1 Rd7 17. Rc1 Re8 18. Nd5 exd5 19. cxd5 Qb6 20. Bf2 Qxb2 21.
dxc6 bxc6 22. Rxc6 Rdd8 23. Rxa6 Qb4 24. Rb6 Qc4 25. Nd4 Ra8 26. Nb5 Red8 27.
Rxd6 Rxd6 28. Nxd6 Qxa4 29. Qxa4 Rxa4 30. Rd1 Nh7 31. Ne8 Be5 32. Bg3 Bxg3 33.
hxg3 Ng5 34. Rd8 h5 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. e5 Ra1+ 37. Kh2 Ra2 38. Kg1 Ra1+ 39. Kf2
Ra2+ 40. Kf1 Ra1+ 41. Ke2 Ra2+ 42. Rd2 Ra5 43. Nd5 Ne6 44. Kf2 Rb5 45. f4 Rb3
46. Rd1 Rb2+ 47. Kg1 Ra2 48. Kh2 Ra4 49. Nf6 h4 50. Rf1 g5 51. f5 Nc5 52. Re1
Nd3 53. Re2 Ra5 54. gxh4 gxh4 55. Nd7 Nc5 56. Nxc5 Rxc5 57. Re4 Rc3 58. e6 fxe6
59. fxe6 Kf8 60. Rxh4 Re3 61. Rh8+ Kg7 62. Re8 Kf6 63. g3 Re4 64. Kg2 Re3 65.
Kh3 Re4 66. g4 Re1 67. Rf8+ Kg7 68. Re8 Kf6 69. e7 Kg7 70. Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2012.09.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
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[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Bd3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 g6 12. Nc3 Nxb4 13. axb4 Bxb4 14. O-O Bxc3
15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Ng5 O-O 17. Qg4 Bd2 18. Qh3 h5 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20. Qf3 Qd8 21.
Nxf7 Bxe3+ 22. Kh1 Qh4 23. Bxg6 Bg5 24. Bh7+ 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2012.09.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
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[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
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1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 e6 9. Bb5 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 Ba6 13. Re1 Nb6 14. Nc5 Bc4
15. Qc3 Bd5 16. Ne5 Qh4 17. b3 Rfe8 18. f3 f6 19. Ng4 h5 20. Nf2 f5 21. Bb2
Rad8 22. Qe3 g5 23. g3 f4 24. Qxe6+ Rxe6 25. gxh4 Rg6 26. Nh3 gxh4+ 27. Kf2 Rf6
28. Re5 Nd7 29. Nxd7 Rxd7 30. Rg1 Rff7 31. Ba3 Rd8 32. Bc5 a5 33. Rxh5 Re8 34.
Rxh4 Re3 35. Ng5 Rc3 36. Ke2 Rd7 37. Kd2 Rxc5 38. dxc5 Bxb3+ 39. Kc1 Bxa2 40.
Ne4 Rb7 41. Nc3 Bb3 42. Rxf4 a4 43. Nxa4 Kh7 44. Rxg7+ Rxg7 45. Kb2 Bd5 46. Nb6
Be6 47. Kc3 Rg5 48. Kb4 Kg7 49. Nc4 Rg1 50. Ne3 Rc1 51. h4 Kg6 52. Ng4 Bd5 53.
Ne5+ Kg7 54. h5 Re1 55. h6+ Kxh6 56. Rf5 Kg7 57. f4 Rb1+ 58. Kc3 Rb3+ 59. Kd4
Rb4+ 60. Ke3 Rb3+ 61. Kf2 Rc3 62. Nd7 Kg6 63. Rf8 Ra3 64. Nb6 Be4 65. Ke2 Bf5
66. Rd8 Be4 67. Nc4 Rc3 68. Rd4 Bd5 69. Ne5+ Kf5 70. Nd7 Be6 71. Kd2 Rf3 72.
Nb8 Bd5 73. Na6 Rxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2012.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2843"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Carlsen,M"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
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[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d3 {The French Defence was a huge surprise to me, so I decided to
employ the same strategy that had brought me my only victory so far in the
tournament, namely push the d-pawn one square forward as early as possible.
Die Französische Verteidigung war eine Riesenüberraschung für mich, daher
beschloss ich, dieselbe Strategie anzuwenden, die mir meinen einzigen Sieg
bislang in dem Turnier eingetragen hatte, nämlich, den d-Bauern so früh wie
möglich ein Feld vorzuschieben.} d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 {A perfectly
reasonable way of avoiding the "fearsome" King's Indian Attack, starting with
4...c5 5.g3 and so on.  Ein absolut vernünftiger Weg, den "furchterregenden"
Königsindischen Angriff zu vermeiden, beginnend mit 4...c5 5.g3 und so weiter.}
5. c3 Bd6 {Looks a little weird, but is actually quite logical. If immediately
5...e5, or 5...dxe4 6.dxe4 e5, then Black would have to reckon with the
b4-push. Sieht ein wenig seltsam aus, ist aber eigentlich ganz logisch. Falls
sofort 5...e5, oder 5...dxe4 6.dxe4 e5, dann müsste Schwarz mit dem Vorstoß b4
rechnen.} 6. Be2 {It seemed to me that the bishop would have more work here
than on g2 after a subsequent dxe4 dxe4 e5, and besides, this one seemed to
fit better with ideas of pushing b4. Mir schien, dass der Läufer hier nach
anschließendem dxe4 dxe4 e5 mehr Arbeit hätte als auf g2, und außerdem schien
dieser Zug besser zu Ideen mit dem Vorstoß b4 zu passen.} O-O 7. O-O (7. b4 {
here or on the previous move, could have been well met with hier oder im
vorigen Zug hätte gut begegnet werden können mit} dxe4 8. dxe4 a5 9. b5 Ne5 {
and White has gained some space, but also weakened some squares, so Black
should be doing fine. und Weiß hat zwar einigen Raum gewonnen, aber auch ein
paar Felder geschwächt, daher sollte Schwarz gut stehen.}) 7... a5 {Black had
several choices here: Schwarz hatte mehrere Möglichkeiten hier:} (7... e5 {
would be met by würde beantwortet werden mit} 8. b4 {and White obviously has
an excellent version of the Philidor. Whether that would be sufficient for an
advantage though, is quite unclear. und Weiß hat offensichtlich eine
ausgezeichnete Version des Philidor. Ob dies allerdings zu einem Vorteil
reichen würde, ist völlig unklar.}) (7... b6 8. Re1 Bb7 9. Bf1 {seems a little
artificial for Black. scheint ein wenig künstlich für Schwarz.}) (7... Re8 8.
Re1 a5 9. Bf1 e5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc4 {would transpose to the game. würde zur
Partie überleiten.}) 8. Re1 e5 9. exd5 {Other Philidor-style moves like Bf1 or
b3 were certainly possible, but I felt like forcing things a bit. Andere
Philidor-gemäße Züge wie Bf1 oder b3 waren durchaus möglich, aber mir war
danach, die Dinge ein bisschen zu forcieren.} Nxd5 10. Nc4 Re8 11. Bf1 Bg4 12.
h3 (12. g3 {is not as accurate, as Black can play ist nicht so genau, denn
Schwarz kann} Qd7 {when the annoying bishop cannot be kicked away with h3. I
actually once tried that in a similar position in a blitz game against
Ponomariov, who with a puzzled look in his face simply captured the pawn.
spielen, wonach sich der lästige Läufer nicht mit h3 vertreiben lässt.
Tatsächlich hatte ich dies einmal in ähnlicher Stellung in einer Blitzpartie
gegen Ponomariov versucht, der mit verdutztem Gesichtsausdruck einfach den
Bauern nahm.}) 12... Bh5 13. g3 {Once the e4-pawn is not there to obstruct it,
the bishop is re-deployed to the long diagonal. Nachdem es keinen e4-Bauern
mehr gibt, der ihn behindert, wird der Läufer auf die lange Diagonale
überführt.} ({Going on a fishing expedition with Auf Fischfang zu gehen mit} 
13. g4 Bg6 14. Qb3 {as the comp seems to recommend, would probably have
appealed to me on the next day against Paco, when I was in more of a
coffee-house mood. wie der Comp offenbar empfiehlt, hätte mir vermutlich am
nächsten Tag gegen Paco zugesagt, als ich eher in Kaffeehaus-Stimmung war.})
13... Nb6 {A decent move, made after a long period of thought. As you might
have guessed, by this point we were both way "out of book".  Ein ordentlicher
Zug, gespielt nach einer langen Denkphase. Wie Sie wohl erraten haben, waren
wir an dieser Stelle beide weit "aus dem Buch".} 14. Nxb6 cxb6 15. Bg2 b5 $2 {
This one however, is rather questionable, as will become apparent after a few
more moves. Dies allerdings ist ziemlich fragwürdig, wie sich nach ein paar
weiteren Zügen herausstellen wird.} (15... a4 {would have retained equal
chances. hätte gleiche Chancen bewahrt.}) 16. a4 $1 {Favourably fixing the
black queenside pawns on dark squares. Fixiert günstig die schwarzen
Damenflügelbauern auf dunklen Feldern.} b4 (16... bxa4 17. Qxa4 {also gives
Black plenty to worry about. gibt Schwarz ebenfalls viel, worüber er sich
sorgen muss.}) 17. Be3 Bc7 18. Qb3 {Now the queen is active, and soon the
knight will be brought to d2 and e4, when all the white minor pieces will be
much more active than their black counterparts. Nun steht die Dame aktiv, und
bald wird der Springer nach d2 und e4 gebracht werden, wonach alle weißen
Leichtfiguren weit aktiver sein werden als ihre schwarzen Gegenüber.} h6 {
It's not so easy to find a more useful move for Black here. Es ist nicht so
leicht, hier einen nützlichen Zug für Schwarz zu finden.} (18... Qxd3 $2 {
loses immediately: verliert sofort:} 19. Rad1 Qa6 (19... Qe4 20. Nh4 Bxd1 21.
Rxd1) 20. g4 Bg6 21. Bf1 {and the queen is trapped. und die Dame ist gefangen.}
) (18... Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Qxd3 {is possible, but even here Black has a very
unpleasant position after ist möglich, doch selbst hier hat Schwarz eine sehr
unangenehme Stellung nach} 20. Rad1 Qf5 21. Bg4 Qg6 22. Rd7 Rac8 23. Be2 $1 {
with the threat of Rxf7. mit der Drohung Rxf7.}) 19. Qc4 {According to a
Russian GM, this was the move of a 2nd category (1600) player. Laut einem
russischen GM war dies der Zug eines Spielers der 2. Kategorie (1600).} ({
He instead recommended Stattdessen empfahl er} 19. Nh4 {which looks very
attractive, as , was sehr attraktiv aussieht, da} Qxd3 (19... Qc8 {however,
bothered me a little, as after allerdings störte mich ein wenig, denn nach} 20.
g4 Qd8 $1 21. Nf5 Bg6 {it is not entirely clear what White has achieved ist
nicht gänzlich klar, was Weiß erreicht hat.}) 20. Rad1 Bxd1 21. Rxd1 Qh7 22.
Rd7 Re7 23. Bxc6 {wins. gewinnt.}) 19... bxc3 20. bxc3 e4 {Otherwise, the
pressure on the queenside would quickly have become unbearable. Ansonsten wäre
der Druck am Damenflügel schnell unerträglich geworden.} 21. dxe4 {I played
this and the next few moves quickly, as I couldn't wait to get to torture him
in the endgame. Dies und die nächsten paar Züge spielte ich schnell, denn ich
konnte es nicht erwarten, ihn im Endspiel zu quälen.} (21. Nd4 {would have
been even stronger. I would have probably have considered it had I noticed
that after wäre sogar noch stärker gewesen. Ich hätte es vermutlich erwogen,
wäre mir aufgefallen, dass nach} Ne5 22. Qb5 Nxd3 {The bishop is actually
hanging der Läufer tatsächlich hängt:} 23. Qxh5) 21... Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Ne5 23.
Qe2 Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Qd3 {The position has been simplified quite a bit, but I
had seen many moves ago that even in the endgame Black is far away from a draw.
Die Stellung wurde ziemlich vereinfacht, aber ich hatte viele Züge zuvor
gesehen, dass selbst im Endspiel Schwarz von einem Remis weit entfernt ist.}
25. Kg2 $1 {This is much stronger than Dies ist viel stärker als} (25. Rab1
Qxe4 26. Qxe4 Rxe4 27. Rxb7 Be5 {when Black is pretty close to a draw, e.g. ,
wonach Schwarz ziemlich nach am Remis ist, z.B.} 28. Bd2 Rxe1+ 29. Bxe1 Rc8 30.
Rb5 Bxc3 31. Bxc3 Rxc3) 25... Qxe4 26. Bd4 Qxf3+ (26... Qc6 27. Qxc6 bxc6 28.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rb1 {also gives Black a very difficult defence. gibt Schwarz
ebenfalls eine sehr schwierige Verteidigung.}) 27. Kxf3 b6 28. Rab1 Rac8 29.
Re4 g6 (29... h5 {seems logical, in order not to be stuck with a weak pawn on
a dark square, but then after wirkt logisch, um nicht mit einem schwachen
Bauern auf einem dunklen Feld sitzenzubleiben, aber dann nach} 30. Rb5 g6 31.
g4 hxg4+ 32. hxg4 {he might have to deal with a rook penetrating via the
h-file at some point. hätte er eventuell damit fertigwerden müssen, dass ein
Turm an irgendeiner Stelle über die h-Linie eindringt.}) (29... f6 {might be
the best way to arrange the pawns, but even here, after an eventual g4-h5,
Black will have problems on both flanks. ist womöglich der beste Weg, die
Bauern aufzustellen, doch selbst hier, nach schließlichem g4-h5, wird Schwarz
auf beiden Flanken Probleme haben.}) 30. g4 $1 {Fixing the pawn on h6. Fixiert
den Bauern auf h6.} Kf8 31. h4 Rxe4 32. Kxe4 Re8+ 33. Kd3 Re6 34. Be3 Kg7 35.
Rb5 Bd8 36. h5 Rd6+ 37. Kc4 Rc6+ (37... f5 {was suggested by Caruana as a
possible improvement after the game. I was intending to keep the pressure with
wurde von Caruana nach der Partie als mögliche Verbesserung vorgeschlagen. Ich
hatte vor, den Druck aufrechtzuerhalten mit} 38. f3 {when Black can exchange a
couple of pawns, but is still a long way from a draw - , wonach Schwarz zwar
ein paar Bauern tauschen kann, ein Remis aber noch immer in weiter Ferne liegt
-} fxg4 39. fxg4 gxh5 40. gxh5 $16) 38. Kd5 Re6 39. Bd4+ Kf8 40. f4 {With the
pawn coming to f5, I felt pretty sure that I was winning. White just gains
more and more ground, and eventually Black cannot hold on to everything.
Angesichts des nach f5 kommenden Bauern war ich ziemlich sicher, dass ich
gewinne. Weiß erobert einfach mehr und mehr Boden, und am Ende kann Schwarz
nicht mehr alles festhalten.} Bc7 41. f5 Rd6+ 42. Ke4 Rc6 43. Rb1 Ke8 {
Allowing a more or less forced win, but the position was lost in any case.
Lässt einen mehr oder weniger forcierten Gewinn zu, aber die Stellung war in
jedem Fall verloren.} (43... g5 {closes the kingside, but now the king creates
havoc on the queenside, while Bg7 is always an issue. schließt den
Königsflügel, aber jetzt wütet der König am Damenflügel, während Bg7 immer ein
Thema ist.} 44. Kd5 Rd6+ 45. Kc4 Ke7 46. Kb5 Kd7 47. Ka6 Rc6 (47... Kc6 48.
Bxb6 Rd8 49. Rb5 Ra8+ 50. Ba7 $18) 48. Kb7 Rc4 49. Bg7 $1 Bd6 (49... Rxg4 50.
Rd1+ Bd6 51. Be5) 50. Bxh6 Rxg4 51. Bg7 Rh4 52. Rd1 Ke7 53. Kc6 $1 Rc4+ 54.
Kxb6 Rxa4 55. Rh1 {and the h-pawn will cost Black a rook. und der h-Bauer wird
Schwarz einen Turm kosten.}) (43... gxh5 44. gxh5 Rc4 45. Ra1 Rc6 46. Rg1 Rd6 (
46... Rc4 {allows White to finish in style: erlaut Weiß, stilvoll zu vollenden:
} 47. Kd5 Rxa4 48. Rg4 $1 Ra1 49. Kc6 Bh2 50. Bg7+ Ke8 51. Re4+ Kd8 52. Bf6+ {
and mate next and mate next}) 47. Be5 $1 (47. Rg7 $4 Rxd4+) 47... Rc6 48. Bg7+
Ke7 49. Bd4 Kf8 50. Rg7 {and the rook penetrates with decisive effect. und der
Turm dringt mit entscheidender Wirkung ein.}) 44. hxg6 $1 {Reducing the number
of pawns, but I had seen a more or less forced win. Reduziert die Anzahl der
Bauern, doch ich hatte einen mehr oder weniger forcierten Gewinn gesehen.} fxg6
45. Rh1 Kf7 $6 (45... gxf5+ 46. gxf5 Bd8 {was certainly the most tenacious
defence, and the line I had spent the most time calculating: war sicherlich
die zäheste Verteidigung und das Abspiel, für das ich die meiste Bedenkzeit
aufgewandt hatte:} (46... Rc4 47. Kd5 Rxa4 48. Rxh6 {wins easily, despite the
limited material gewinnt leicht trotz des begrenzten Materials.}) 47. f6 $1
Bxf6 48. Rxh6 Rxc3 $1 {Other moves lose rather trivially Andere Züge verlieren
ziemlich trivial.} 49. Bxf6 (49. Bxc3 $4 Bxc3 50. Rxb6 {is a tablebase draw!
ist ein Tablebase-Remis!}) 49... Ra3 (49... Rc4+ 50. Kd5 Rxa4 51. Ke6 Re4+ 52.
Be5) 50. Rh7 $1 (50. Kd5 Kf7 $11) 50... Rxa4+ 51. Kd5 Ra2 52. Ke6 Re2+ 53. Be5
Rf2 54. Rb7 Rd2 55. Rxb6 {and the tablebase shows a win in 23 moves. In fact,
the win is quite simple as soon as White captures the pawn, as was shown many
times, for instance in the recent game Grischuk-Kamsky from the Olympiad. und
die Tablebase zeigt einen Sieg in 23 Zügen. Tatsächlich ist der Gewinn
ziemlich einfach, sobald Weiß den Bauern schlägt, wie viele Male gezeigt wurde,
zum Beispiel in der kürzlich gespielten Partie Grischuk-Kamsky bei der
Olympiade.}) 46. Kd5 Rd6+ 47. Kc4 {Caruana spent a lot of time on this move
and the next, but in vain. Caruana verbrauchte eine Menge Zeit für diesen Zug
und den nächsten, aber vergeblich.} gxf5 (47... g5 48. Kb5 {holds out longer,
but the winning plan is quite clear even here hält länger, aber der Gewinnplan
ist selbst hier recht klar:} Bd8 49. Ka6 Rc6 50. Rh3 $1 (50. Kb7 Rc7+ {is less
accurate ist weniger genau.}) 50... Rd6 (50... Kg8 51. f6 $1) 51. Kb7 Ke8 52.
Rh1 Kf7 53. Kc8 {with total zugzwang. Check for yourselves! mit totalem
Zugzwang. Überprüft es selbst!}) 48. gxf5 Bd8 49. f6 {I played this
immediately, as I had double and triple-checked the lines so many times
already while he was thinking. Ich zog dies sofort, da ich die Abspiele
bereits so oft doppelt und dreifach gecheckt hatte, während er nachdachte.}
Bxf6 (49... Kg6 50. Rg1+ Kf7 51. Rg7+ Ke8 52. Rg6 Kf7 53. Rxh6 {and there is
nothing Black can do. und es gibt nichts, was Schwarz tun kann.}) 50. Rxh6 Be7
(50... Ke7 51. Bxf6+ Rxf6 52. Rxf6 Kxf6 53. Kb5) 51. Rxd6 Bxd6 52. Kb5 Ke6 53.
Bxb6 Kd7 54. c4 Kc8 55. Bxa5 {It only remains for White not to let Black sac
the bishop for the c-pawn. I (and a suspect quite a lot of other people) knew
the winning method from the famous game Fischer-Keres, Zurich 59. Nun muss
Weiß nur noch aufpassen, dass Schwarz nicht seinen Läufer für den c-Bauern
opfert. Die Gewinnmethode kannte ich (wie vermutlich viele andere auch) aus
der berühmten Partie Fischer-Keres, Zürich 59.} Kb7 56. Bb4 Bf4 57. c5 Ka7 58.
c6 Kb8 59. a5 Ka7 60. a6 Ka8 61. Bc5 Bb8 62. Kc4 Bc7 63. Kd5 Bd8 64. Ke6 Bc7
65. Kd7 Ba5 66. Be7 {Black resigned, as Bd8 followed by c7 is coming up.
Schwarz gab auf, denn es steht Bd8 nebst c7 ins Haus.} 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2012.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14.
Rfe1 Bb4 15. g4 hxg4 16. Nxe6 Rxe6 17. hxg4 Ne7 18. Kg2 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nd5 20.
Bd2 b5 21. f4 Kd7 22. f5 Ree8 23. Re4 g6 24. Rf1 gxf5 25. Rxf5 f6 26. Kf3 Rxe5
27. Rexe5 fxe5 28. Rxe5 a5 29. g5 Rf8+ 30. Kg2 Ne7 31. Re4 Ng6 32. Kg3 Rf5 33.
Bf4 Nxf4 34. Kg4 Rxg5+ 35. Kxg5 Nd5 36. c4 Nb4 37. cxb5 cxb5 38. c4 Nxa2 39.
cxb5 Nc3 40. Rc4 Nxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2012.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 {
A rare continuation, considered (perhaps undeservedly) second-rate. It was
examined in annotations to Mamedyarov-Kamsky by GM Igor Stohl - see his survey
in CBM 149.} 8. d5 (8. Bb5 $5) 8... Ne5 (8... Nb8 9. a4 $5) 9. Bd4 (9. f4 Ng4
10. Bb5+ (10. Bd4 Nf6 $6 (10... O-O {- game}) (10... Bxd4 $5 11. Qxd4 O-O) (
10... e5 $5) 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Nf3 O-O 14. O-O c6 15. dxc6 Qxc6
16. Qe1 Rfd8 17. Rc1 $14 {1-0 Gelfand,B (2736)-Timofeev,A (2631)/Eilat ISR
2012/The Week in Chess 937 (33)}) 10... Bd7 11. Bd4 (11. Qxg4 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3
Bxb5 13. Bd4 Rf8 14. a4 Nxa4 15. Qd1 Nb6 16. Nf3 Qd6 17. Be5 Qd7 $13 {Gupta,A 
(2652)-Zhu,C (2472)/Caleta/2012/ (23)}) 11... Bxd4 12. Qxd4 O-O 13. Be2 Nf6 $5
14. a4 a5 15. Bf3 c6 16. Nge2 cxd5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Bc6 $132 {
1/2 Khismatullin,D (2584)-Yandemirov,V (2520)/Sochi 2006/CBM 111 ext (51)})
9... O-O 10. f4 Ng4 (10... Bg4 11. Be2 Bxe2 12. Ngxe2 Ng4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14.
Qd4+ Nf6 {Laurentius,L-Alexander,C/Warsaw olm/1935/} 15. Rd1 $36 {[%csl Gd5,
Ge4,Gf4] I.Stohl}) (10... c5 $6 11. Bxc5 $1 Nec4 12. e5 f6 {Nikcevic,N (2459)
-Sarthou,G (2385)/Creteil/2002} 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qa3 Nxd5 15. Rd1 $16) 11. Nf3 (
11. h3 $6 e5 $1 12. Bxb6 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qxg3+ 14. Kd2 axb6 15. hxg4 exf4 16. Qf3
Bxg4 17. Qxg3 fxg3 $15 {A.Mikhalchishin}) (11. Bxg7 {is the most popular move
but, surprisingly, White doesn't get too much:} Kxg7 12. Be2 {Probably the
right way to play but still not very promising.} (12. Qd4+ {is a bit premature:
} Nf6 (12... f6 13. h3 (13. Nf3 e5 14. dxe6 Qe7 $5 15. f5 (15. h3 Rd8 $132)
15... Rd8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 gxf5 18. O-O-O c6 $132 {0-1 Goganov,A (2525)
-Yandemirov,V (2398)/Kazan RUS 2012 (28)}) 13... e5 14. Qd2 Nh6 15. fxe5 fxe5
16. Nf3 Nf7 17. Be2 Bd7 18. O-O Qe7 19. Rf2 c6 20. Raf1 $14 {1/2 Svetushkin,D 
(2514)-Ionescu,D (2377)/Bucharest 2005/CBM 108 ext (62)}) (12... Kg8 $5 13. Nf3
(13. h3 Nf6 14. Nf3 e6 15. O-O-O exd5 16. exd5 {1/2 Cebalo,M (2476)-Bentivegna,
F (2324)/Bratto 2009/CBM 132 Extra (99)} Qd6 $11 17. Nb5 $140 Qe7) 13... e6 14.
O-O-O exd5 15. exd5 Re8 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. Rhe1 Qf6 $11 {1-0 Varga,
P (2478)-Isepy,J (2282)/Sarospatak 2003/EXT 2005 (33)}) 13. Nf3 (13. O-O-O c6 (
13... e6 $5 14. g4 c5 15. Qxc5 Nxg4 16. dxe6 Qf6 $132 {I.Stohl}) 14. h3 (14.
dxc6 Qxd4 15. Rxd4 bxc6 16. Nf3 Bb7 17. Rd2 c5 $132) 14... Qc7 (14... cxd5 $142
$5 15. e5 Ne8 16. g4 $44 {I.Stohl}) 15. Qe5 Qxe5 16. fxe5 Nfd7 17. Nf3 $14 {
1/2 Mamedyarov,S (2725)-Kamsky,G (2720)/Nalchik 2009/CBM 149/[Stohl,Igor] (43)}
) 13... e6 {is even simpler:} (13... c6 14. dxc6 (14. O-O-O Bg4 15. dxc6 Bxf3
16. gxf3 bxc6 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Ba6 Nh5 20. Ne2 Kf6 $11 {
1/2 Yang,D (2432)-Kudrin,S (2543)/Philadelphia 2011/CBM 143 Extra (48)}) 14...
Qxd4 15. Nxd4 bxc6 16. Be2 c5 17. Nb3 c4 18. Na5 Be6 19. O-O-O Rac8 20. Bf3
Nfd7 21. f5 {1/2 Dreev,A (2676)-Smirin,I (2676)/Biel 2002/CBM 091}) 14. O-O-O
exd5 15. e5 (15. exd5 Qd6 16. Be2 Rd8 17. Rd2 Nbxd5 18. Nxd5 Qc6+ 19. Qc3 Rxd5
20. Qxc6 bxc6 21. Rc2 Rd6 $15 {1/2 Postny,E (2563)-Boros,D (2401)/Budapest
2004/EXT 2005 (59)}) 15... Ng8 16. h4 {1-0 Jakab,A (2354)-Csaszar,G (2075)/
Budapest 2000/EXT 2001 (22)} h5 $13) (12. a4 a5 13. Qd4+ Nf6 14. Be2 e6 15. g4
$6 c5 16. Qxc5 exd5 $17 {1/2 Hermesmann,H (2122)-Bruemmel,A (2287)/Travemuende
2002/EXT 2004 (34)}) 12... e5 $5 (12... Nf6 13. Nf3 $1 (13. Qd4 e6 $1 14. O-O-O
exd5 15. exd5 (15. e5 $5 Ne8 16. g4 Qe7 {[%cal Gc7c5]} 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5
f6 $13 {V.Golod}) 15... Re8 $1 16. Bf3 Kg8 17. Nge2 Qe7 18. h3 Bd7 19. Rhe1 c5
$1 $132 {0-1 Bykhovsky,A (2481)-Golod,V (2523)/Modiin 2002/CBM 092/[Golod,V] 
(25)}) 13... c6 (13... e6 $5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. O-O) 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. O-O $14 {
1/2 Piazzini,L-Castillo Larenas,M/Buenos Aires 1935/HCL (48)}) 13. Bxg4 Qh4+
14. g3 Qxg4 15. Qxg4 (15. fxe5 Qxd1+ 16. Nxd1 Re8 17. Nf3 Bg4 18. O-O Bxf3 19.
Rxf3 Rxe5 $15 {1/2 Bykhovsky,A (2481)-Tyomkin,D (2482)/Tel Aviv 2002/CBM 092/
[Tyomkin,D] (31)}) 15... Bxg4 16. h3 Bd7 17. Nf3 exf4 18. gxf4 Rae8 19. O-O-O
f6 $13 {[%cal Ge8e7,Gf8e8,Gb6c4,Yc4d6] D.Tyomkin}) 11... Nf6 $146 {I don't
like this move. Black is constricted so he should not avoid exchanges.} (11...
c5 $6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qd2 e6 14. d6 $16 {1-0 Benitah,Y (2421)-Lagarde,M 
(2200)/Aix les Bains 2007/CBM 120 ext (45)}) (11... Bxd4 $5 12. Qxd4 {- see 11.
Bxg7 Kxg7 12.Qd4+ Kg8 13.Nf3}) 12. Qd2 {Probably not the best plan.} (12. a4 $5
) (12. Be2 $5 e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. O-O) 12... e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. O-O-O c5 $1
{A good equalising idea.} 15. Be5 (15. Bxc5 Qxd2+ 16. Nxd2 (16. Rxd2 Rfc8 17.
Bxb6 axb6 {[%csl Ra2,Re4]}) (16. Kxd2 Rfc8 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5
Bxd5 20. a3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Bh6 $36 {[%csl Rd2]}) 16... Rfc8 17. Bd4 Nh5 18. Bxg7
Kxg7 19. f5 Bxa2 $11) 15... Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Rfd8 (16... Ng4 $5) 17. Bd3 Ng4 (
17... Nh5 $1 18. g3 Bg4 19. Bxg7 Bxf3 20. Rf1 Nxg7 21. Rxf3 Ne6 $11) 18. Bxg7
Kxg7 19. Re1 Bc4 20. h3 Nf6 21. Red1 Re8 22. Bc2 Nh5 23. f5 gxf5 24. exf5 (24.
b3 $142 Ba6 (24... fxe4 $6 25. Nxe4) 25. exf5 $14 {White's pieces are placed
better so he keeps some chances.}) 24... Ng3 25. Rd6 (25. b3 {is too late due
to} Ne2+ $11) 25... f6 26. Nd2 Bf7 27. a4 Bh5 28. Rg1 Rad8 29. Nde4 Rxd6 30.
Nxd6 {[%mdl 4096]} Re5 31. Nde4 $6 (31. Nxb7 Nd5 $1 32. Bd3 Nxc3 33. bxc3 Be2
34. Bc2 Bf1 {[%csl Rg1]}) (31. Kb1 Nd5 32. Nxd5 Rxd5 33. Nxb7 c4 $44 {[%csl
Rb7]}) (31. Bd1 $1 Bxd1 32. Rxd1 Nxf5 33. Nxb7 $11) 31... Nxe4 32. Nxe4 Be8 33.
Nc3 Bc6 $15 {Black has taken over the initiative; now his pieces are more
active.} 34. g4 $6 (34. b3 $142 {[%cal Yc1d2]} Re3 35. Kd2 Rg3 36. Ne2 Rxg2 37.
Rxg2+ Bxg2 38. Nf4) 34... Nc4 $6 {It was more essential to activate the rook
rather than the knight:} (34... Re3 $1 35. h4 Rh3 {, and White is in a big
trouble.}) 35. Bd3 Ne3 (35... Na5 $1 {was still very strong.}) 36. Rg3 b6 37.
Kd2 Nd5 {The knight has to ungloriously retreat; meanwhile, White has
consolidated his position.} 38. Bb5 Nxc3 39. Rxc3 Bxb5 40. axb5 c4 41. Rxc4
Rxb5 42. Rc7+ Kg8 43. Kc3 a5 44. Rc8+ Kf7 45. Rc7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2012.10.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{A critical game. I felt I would have to win to keep chances for first place,
while for Levon it was the last chance to catch the leaders.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 {I decided to
avoid the dense theory of the Marshall with this forgotten move, which despite
its harmless appearance can be surprisingly venomous.} d6 9. a4 Bd7 10. c3 Na5
11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 Re8 {So far we've both been making logical schematic moves,
but here I felt it was time to create some play in the center. Objectively I
should have continued quietly with 13.Nf1.} 13. d4 exd4 $5 {Levon showed that
he was ready for a sharp fight with this move.} ({During the game I tried to
evaluate the position after} 13... Bf8 14. d5 c4 15. b4 cxb3 16. Nxb3 Nc4 17.
Nbd2 ({Perhaps White can try} 17. Nfd2 Nb6 18. a5 Na4 19. c4 {, with a messy
position.}) 17... Nb6 18. a5 Na4 19. Bxa4 Qxa5 20. Ba3 bxa4 21. c4 Qc7 22. Rc1
{, which I was optimistic about, but the computer disagrees, offering the
strong idea to play ...Rb8, ...a5 and ...Rb4.}) (13... Qc7 $1 {was just a
clean way to equalize without any problems, indicating that 13.d4 was
premature.}) 14. cxd4 Bg4 {Black's play is very ambitious but also very risky.
His bishop is liable to get locked out of the game on g6, so he will have to
rely on tactics to keep White from consolidating.} 15. h3 Bh5 16. d5 ({I
didn't like} 16. g4 Bg6 17. d5 Bf8 {, because I couldn't see how to remove my
knight from d2.}) 16... Qc8 {A creative idea to solve Black's problems. Levon
wanted to prevent g4 by arranging a piece sacrifice. Black also plans the
manouver Bd8-b6.} ({Black could have considered} 16... Nd7 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nf1
h6 19. Ng3 Bf6 {, with plans to attack on the queenside with ...b4 and ...c4.
White on the other hand will continue with Kg2, h4 and g5. The play is very
double-edged but my feeling during the game was that White would be faster.})
17. Nf1 (17. g4 $6 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Qxg4+ 19. Kf1 {looks far too risky for White.
Black can continue slowly with} Bf6 $5 {, and it's not clear how to free
White's pieces.}) 17... Bd8 18. g4 {I thought I was being clever with this
move, but in this case simpler was better.} ({I should have played} 18. Ng3
Bxf3 (18... Bg6 19. Bf4 {, with Nh4-f5 coming next, doesn't look too pleasant
for Black.}) 19. Qxf3 g6 (19... Nxd5 {and now even stronger than 20.Nf5 is} 20.
e5 $1 Nb4 21. e6 $1 Rxe6 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Qh5 {, with a nasty attack.}) 20.
Bh6 {This is the move I underestimated, but it's the most natural so I don't
understand why. Nf5 next will give White a strong initiative.}) 18... Bg6 ({
Of course now} 18... Nxg4 $2 19. hxg4 Qxg4+ 20. Ng3 {is losing for Black.}) 19.
Ng3 b4 {Black is advancing very quickly on the queenside, and it could soon
get very dangerous for White if the pawns get to b3 and c3. However, White's
superiority on the kingside and in the center will secure an edge.} 20. Nh4 {
Not a bad move, but it allows too much of a mess.} ({As usual the most natural
is best:} 20. Bf4 $1 b3 (20... Qd7 {is met by the strong} 21. b3 $1 c4 22. bxc4
Nxc4 23. a5 $1) 21. Bb1 Qd7 22. Bd2 {, and Bc3 next gives White a pleasant
advantage.}) 20... b3 {This move prepares the following piece sacrifice. Black
had other options as well.} ({I spent a lot of time calculating} 20... c4 21.
Nhf5 (21. Bd2 c3 22. bxc3 bxc3 23. Bf4 Nc4 {should be fine for Black.}) 21...
b3 22. Bb1 Bb6 (22... c3 23. Nxd6 c2 {was also a concern during the game, but
White seems to come out on top after} 24. Bxc2 bxc2 25. Qd3) 23. Qf3 Qc5 {
and here there are many possibilities. One wild continuation is} 24. Bf4 c3 25.
Bxd6 cxb2 26. Bxc5 bxa1=Q 27. Bxb6 Qxa4 28. Bd4 {, and despite the material
deficit White has a powerful attack.}) 21. Bb1 Nxg4 $5 {A very enterprising
piece sacrifice, which is perhaps not fully correct, but leads to unstable and
violent positions.} 22. Nxg6 Nxf2 23. Ne7+ $1 {A very important move, without
which White would face an unpleasant situation. White has to avoid the
structure with pawns on g6 and g7, which cover all the important squares.} (23.
Kxf2 $2 fxg6 $1 24. Kg2 Bf6 {doesn't look like a great deal of fun to me. In
fact, I can't see how to free White's pieces at all.}) 23... Rxe7 $2 {This
awkward move is the decisive mistake.} (23... Bxe7 {is a lot harder to crack.}
24. Kxf2 Bf6 25. Nf5 c4 {Black has to play this as quickly as possible, before
White can extricate the bishop with Bd3.} 26. Rg1 ({After} 26. Kg2 Be5 {
, I don't see a clear continuation for White.}) 26... Kh8 27. Be3 $5 {If White
wants to stop Black from consolidating, this double-edged move is the way.}
Bxb2 28. Nxd6 ({After} 28. Rxg7 Bxg7 29. Nxg7 Qxh3 $1 {it all ends
surprisingly with perpetual.}) ({The position after} 28. Bd4 Bxd4+ 29. Qxd4 Qc5
30. Qxc5 dxc5 31. Rxg7 {is evaluated as good for White by the computer, but I
doubt I'd have the guts to go for it.}) 28... Qc7 29. Nxe8 (29. Bd4 Bxa1 30.
Bxa1 c3 31. Qd4 f6 32. Bxc3 Qxd6 33. Bxa5 {might be better for White, but it's
more likely Black will find a perpetual.}) 29... Rxe8 30. d6 Qb8 $1 31. e5 $1 (
31. Bd4 Bxa1 32. Rxg7 (32. Bxa1 b2 {is the point behind 30...Qb8!}) 32... Bxd4+
33. Qxd4 Nc6 34. Qf6 Qa7+ 35. Kf1 Re6 {and Black hangs on by a thread.}) 31...
Rxe5 (31... Bxa1 $2 32. Rxg7 Kxg7 33. Qg4+ Kh8 34. Qf5 {mates}) 32. Qf3 $3 {
An astonishing idea, which wins the game for White. The point is} Bxa1 33. Rxg7
$1 Kxg7 34. Bh6+ Kxh6 35. Qf6+ Kh5 36. Qxf7+ Kg5 37. Qg7+ Kh5 38. Qxh7+ Kg5 39.
Qg6+ Kf4 40. Qg3# {Of course this fantastic play is impossible to discover
over the board, with limited time on the clock. In a practical game any result
is possible.}) 24. Kxf2 Re5 {I understood Levon wanted to sacrifice the rook
with Bf4 Bf6, and achieve a dark square blockade, but White isn't obligated to
capture the rook at all.} 25. Kg2 (25. Bd3 {is also very strong.}) 25... c4 26.
Nf5 {Now the attack starts.} Bf6 ({Levon mentioned} 26... Rxf5 27. exf5 Bf6 {
as a possibility, but after the simple} 28. Re2 {Black has insufficient
compensation for the rook.}) 27. Qf3 c3 ({After} 27... Rxf5 28. Qxf5 Qxf5 29.
exf5 c3 {White wins without much difficulty:} 30. Re2 c2 31. Bxc2 bxc2 32. Ra3
Nc4 33. Rb3 Rc8 34. Kh1 Ne5 35. Rxc2 {, and it's all over.}) 28. Nh6+ Kh8 (
28... Kf8 29. Bd3 {is similar to the game.}) 29. Bd3 {Maybe even more accurate
than taking the pawn on f7.} Re7 30. e5 {Of course I was happy to open lines
to Black's king.} Bxe5 31. Qe4 {There's many other ways to win as well.} g6 32.
Qh4 f6 33. Rxe5 dxe5 34. Qxf6+ Rg7 35. Qxe5 Qe8 36. Qxc3 Rc8 37. Qxa5 Re7 38.
Bg5 Re2+ 39. Kg1 {A very important victory, which allowed me to stay in the
race for first place.} 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2012.10.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Ng5 Rf8 11. Nf3 Re8 12. Ng5 Rf8 13. d4 Bb7 14. Nf3 Re8 15.
Ng5 Rf8 16. Nf3 Re8 17. Ng5 Rf8 18. Nf3 Re8 19. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final playoff 5th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2012.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2843"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.10.13"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 h6 11. Ne4 b6 12. b3 Bd7 13. Bb2 Kc8 14. Rad1
a5 15. a4 Nd5 16. Ng3 Rg8 17. Nd4 c5 18. Nb5 Nf4 19. Rfe1 Bc6 20. f3 Kb7 21. c4
Re8 22. Kh2 Be7 23. Nf5 h5 24. h4 Ne6 25. Nxe7 Rxe7 26. Rd2 g5 27. hxg5 Rxg5
28. Re3 Re8 29. Nc3 Nd4 30. Ne4 Rgxe5 31. Bxd4 cxd4 32. Red3 Bxe4 33. fxe4 Rxe4
34. Rf2 R8e7 35. Rf5 h4 36. c5 R7e5 37. Rxe5 Rxe5 38. cxb6 c5 39. Rf3 f5 40.
Rf4 d3 41. Rxh4 Rd5 0-1

[Event "Grand Slam Final playoff 5th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2012.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2843"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2012.10.13"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Qe2 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Rd1 a6 10. e5 Bxg2 11. exf6 Bh3 12. Qh5 Qxf6 13. Qxh3 Be7 14. Nc3 Qg6
15. Nc6 Ne5 16. Nxe7 Kxe7 17. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Kings 6th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2012.11.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2012.11.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Bb5+ c6 9. Ng5 O-O 10. Be2 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 {This line, which has gained some
popularity this year, was examined in CBM 147, annotations to Aronian - Navara.
} e5 (11... h6 12. Nf3 N8d7 13. Be3 Re8 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Bf4 Qc8 16. O-O Nf8 17.
Nc3 Qe6 18. Qc2 Rad8 19. a4 Qc8 20. b3 $14 {1-0 Bernasek,J (2487)-Shishkin,V 
(2485)/Brno CZE 2012/The Week in Chess 931 (50)}) (11... Na6 12. Qh3 $5 (12.
Be3 Qd6 13. O-O Qb4 $1 14. Qxb4 (14. Qc2 $142 Qc4 15. Rfc1 Qxc2 16. Rxc2 e5 17.
dxe5 Bxe5 18. a3 $11) 14... Nxb4 {[%cal Rb4c2]} 15. Rfc1 e5 $1 $15 {0-1
Aronian,L (2805)-Navara,D (2712)/Wijk aan Zee 2012/CBM 147/[Krasenkow] (60)})
12... h6 13. Nf3 Qd7 14. Qh4 h5 (14... g5 15. Bxg5 hxg5 16. Nxg5 $44) 15. h3 c5
16. g4 cxd4 17. gxh5 $13 {0-1 Fressinet,L (2714)-Sutovsky,E (2687)/Istanbul
2012/CBM 151/[Ftacnik,L] (37)}) 12. dxe5 $146 {[%mdl 8] This move itself is
quite obvious but GM Veselin Topalov's idea is very interesting.} ({The attack
started with} 12. Qh3 {was unsuccessful in the following game:} h6 13. Nf3 exd4
14. Bxh6 Re8 15. O-O-O (15. O-O $5 c5 16. Rac1) 15... c5 16. Ng5 Qd7 17. Qh4 f6
18. Bxg7 Qxg7 19. Nh3 Nc6 $17 {0-1 Navara,D (2706)-Svidler,P (2741)/Prague
2012/CBM 149 (41)}) 12... h6 (12... Bxe5 $2 13. Qh3 h5 14. Ne6 $1 {winning a
pawn.}) 13. Nh3 $5 (13. Nf3 {is more natural although after} N8d7 {Black
should gradually equalise, e.g.} 14. O-O (14. e6 $6 Nc5 15. exf7+ Rxf7 16. Qc2
Nd3+ 17. Kf1 c5 $44) (14. Nf4 Kh7) 14... Qe7 15. a4 (15. Bf4 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5
17. Bxh6 Qh4 18. f4 Qxh6 19. fxe5 Rae8) 15... Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. a5 Nd7 18.
Qxb7 Qxe4 19. Qxd7 Qxe2 {etc.}) 13... N8d7 14. f4 {An ambitious attempt. White
holds his pawn but leaves his king in the centre.} Nc5 15. Qc2 Nd3+ 16. Kf1 f5
(16... c5 {was played in a later game but White managed to consolidate his
position:} 17. Nf2 c4 18. Be3 Qd7 19. Rd1 Rfd8 20. Nc3 Qc6 21. Ke2 Nb4 22. Qb1
Na4 23. a3 Nxc3+ 24. bxc3 Nd3 25. Nxd3 cxd3+ 26. Rxd3 $16 {1-0 Lupulescu,C 
(2613)-Nyback,T (2598)/Bremen GER 2012/The Week in Chess 940 (48)}) 17. exf6
Rxf6 18. Be3 $6 (18. Nf2 Nxf2 19. Kxf2 Qe7 20. Rf1 (20. g3 Re8 21. Nc3 g5 $1
22. f5 $6 Rf7 {[%csl Re4][%cal Rg7c3]}) 20... Re8 21. Ng3 {[%cal Yf2g1]} h5 $1
$132) (18. a4 $5 {[%cal Ra4a5]}) 18... Rf7 $2 ({Surprisingly,} 18... Nxb2 $1 {
was possible at once:} 19. e5 (19. Bd4 N2c4 20. Bxf6 $2 Qxf6 {[%cal Rf6a1,
Rc4e3]}) 19... N6c4 20. Bd4 c5 $5 ({well,} 20... Qxd4 21. Nxd4 Ne3+ 22. Kf2
Nxc2 23. Nxc2 Rf7 $15 {is good enough}) 21. exf6 (21. Bxc5 $2 Rc6) 21... cxd4
22. Qxg6 Qxf6 23. Qxf6 Bxf6 $36) 19. Rd1 Rd7 20. Nf2 $1 Nxb2 21. Rxd7 Qxd7 22.
Bc1 $2 {[%mdl 2048] Both players start committing mistakes in complications.} (
22. e5 $1 N2c4 (22... N6c4 23. Bc1) 23. Bxb6 Nxb6 24. Qxg6 $16) 22... N6c4 $2 {
[%csl Rb2,Rc4]} (22... N2c4) 23. h4 (23. e5 $5 Rd8 24. Qxg6 Nd1 25. h3 $16)
23... b5 24. Rh3 (24. e5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc2g6]}) 24... Rd8 25. Rg3 Nd1 26. e5 $1
Qf5 27. Qxf5 gxf5 {[%mdl 4096]} 28. Rg6 (28. Nd3 $1 {[%cal Rf1e1]} Nde3+ 29.
Bxe3 Rxd3 30. Bxa7 $16) ({If White preferred to play for a positional
advantage rather than win a pawn, then} 28. h5 {was more appropriate.}) 28...
Nce3+ (28... Nde3+ $5 29. Kg1 c5) 29. Kg1 c5 30. Ng3 Kf7 31. Ra6 Bf8 32. Rxa7+
Be7 {Black has considerably improved the position of his pieces.} 33. Nxd1 (33.
h5 $5 Ke8 34. Ra6) 33... Rxd1+ 34. Kf2 Ng4+ 35. Ke2 Rxc1 36. Nxf5 Ke6 37. Nxe7
h5 {White has won a second pawn but Black is now even more active.} 38. Nc8 c4
$6 (38... Rc2+ $142 39. Kd3 Rxg2) 39. Nd6 (39. Ra6+ $1 Kd5 (39... Kf5 40. Kd2
$1 Rg1 41. e6 Rxg2+ 42. Kc3) 40. Rd6+ Kc5 41. Ne7 {was the best way to keep
the position alive.}) 39... Rc2+ 40. Kf3 Rc3+ 41. Ke4 Re3+ 42. Kd4 Rd3+ 43. Kc5
c3 44. Rc7 c2 45. Kxb5 Ne3 {A third pawn has gone but the threat of losing the
rook for the c2-pawn forces a liquidation into a drawish endgame.} 46. f5+ ({Or
} 46. Rc6 Ke7 47. Nf5+ Nxf5 48. Rxc2 Nxh4 {, and Black should not lose.}) 46...
Kxe5 47. Nc4+ Nxc4 48. Rxc4 Rd5+ 49. Kc6 Rd6+ 50. Kc7 Rd2 51. a4 Rd4 52. Rc5+
Kf6 53. a5 Rd5 54. Rc6+ Kxf5 55. a6 Ra5 $1 56. Kb6 Ra2 57. a7 Rb2+ 58. Kc7 Ra2
59. Kb7 Rb2+ 60. Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Kings 6th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2012.11.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2012.11.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 {This line continues to be
very topical.} 6. Be3 cxd4 ({There are fewer andfewer players going for the
brave} 6... Qb6) 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nd2 (8. O-O Nbc6 9. Bb5 {is an alternative way
to fight for an advantage.}) 8... Nbc6 9. N2f3 Be4 (9... Bg4 10. O-O Bxf3 11.
Nxf3 Qc7 {is another actual line constantly defended by Viktor Laznicka. Here
is an example from the recent Olympiad:} 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nf5 14. Bf4 Be7
15. Rc1 O-O 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. Bd3 Nfd4 18. Nxd4 Rxd4 19. Be3 Rd7 20. f4 Rad8 21.
Be4 Qa5 22. Bxc6 bxc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nakamura,H (2778)-Laznicka,V (2683)/
Istanbul 2012/CB36_2012 (30)}) 10. O-O a6 (10... Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Qc7 {may
transpose to the "Laznicka" line.}) 11. c3 Qd7 $146 {I suppose this is the
fruit of home preparation. In general Black wants to move his kingside knight
to f5, then bishop to e7 and castle. If he plays 11...Nf5 immediately, then 12.
Nxc6 bxc6 13.Qa4 may be trouwith a piece. For that purpose either the move in
the text, or the previously played 11...Rc8 suit well.} (11... Rc8 12. Bf4 ({
It is worth checking in practice the piece sacrifice:} 12. Ng5 Bg6 13. Ngxe6 $5
fxe6 14. Nxe6 Qd7 15. Nc5 Qc7 16. Bg4 Nf5 17. Qxd5 {Though White, probably,
doesn't have more than equality here.}) (12. Re1 Qd7 {could transpose to our
game Caruana-Nisipeanu.}) 12... h6 13. Bg3 Nf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. Nd4 {1/2-1/2
Salgado Lopez,I (2627)-Nisipeanu,L (2648)/Mamaia 2012/CB39_2012}) 12. Re1 {
This plan is a bit too slow and allows Black to complete the development
without any concessions.} (12. Bd3 {might be an improvement for White.} Bxd3
13. Qxd3 Ng6 (13... Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Ng6 15. f4 Bc5 16. f5 Nxe5 17. fxe6 fxe6 18.
Qe2 Nf7 19. Rae1 e5 20. Nf5 Bxe3+ 21. Qxe3 O-O 22. Qg3 g6 23. Ne3 $44 {[%cal
Ge3g4]}) 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. h4 h5 16. Qe2 $14 {In future the Ph5 will be a
target.}) 12... Rc8 13. Bf1 h6 {Another useful move, covering the g5-square.
If necessary, Black's light-squared bishop may retreat to h7.} (13... Nxd4 14.
Nxd4 Nf5 {also looks pretty equal.}) 14. h4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Nf5 {In general,
exchanges favour Black in this type of position as he has a little less space.}
16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. a4 {Trying to seize space on both flanks.} Be7 18. h5 O-O {
Black has equalised.} 19. Bd4 Bc5 20. a5 Qe7 21. Ra4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 (22. Rxd4 $6
Rc5 {[%csl Ra5]}) 22... Rc5 23. Re3 Rfc8 24. b4 Rc4 $5 {An interesting
exchange sacrifice, although it wasn't necessary at all.} ({After} 24... R5c7 {
I don't see any problems for Black. He can't really improve his position, but
neither can White. The position is just equal.}) 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Qd1 Bg4 $6 (
26... Qh4 $1 {This move prevents b4-b5 followed by the exchange of rooks shich
is favourable for White.} 27. Ra2 (27. g3 Qh3 28. b5 Bg4 29. Qb3 Rxa4 30. Qxa4
Qxh5 31. bxa6 bxa6 32. Qf4 g5 33. Qf6 Bf5 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qf6 $11) 27... Qg5
28. Rg3 Bg4 29. Qe1 Re4 30. Qd2 Qxe5 31. Re3 Bxh5 $11) 27. Qb3 Re4 $2 {
Creatively played but, doesn't work.} (27... Bxh5 $6 28. b5 axb5 29. Qxb5 $16)
(27... Qd7 $1 {was still playable for Black.} 28. b5 axb5 29. Rb4 Rxb4 30. cxb4
({Also inhe event of} 30. Qxb4 Bxh5 31. Qc5 Bg6 {Black should hold.}) 30... d4
31. Re4 Bf5 32. Re1 d3 {[%csl Gd3] The strong passed pawn guaranties him
sufficient counterplay.}) 28. Rxe4 dxe4 29. Qc4 Bf3 {I suppose, Nisipeanu was
counting on this idea, but it has a flaw.} 30. gxf3 Qg5+ 31. Kf1 Qc1+ 32. Ke2
Qc2+ 33. Ke3 Qc1+ 34. Kxe4 $4 {Now White falls into perpetual check.} ({
The king should go on the queenside towards the Pb7:} 34. Kd4 $1 Qd1+ 35. Kc5
Qxa4 36. Kb6 $18) 34... Qe1+ 35. Kf4 Qc1+ 36. Ke4 (36. Kg3 Qg1+ $11) 36... Qe1+
(36... Qe1+ 37. Kd4 Qxf2+ 38. Kd3 Qf1+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Kings 6th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2012.11.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.11.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 {Yesterday Ivanchuk had the Ruy Lopez
with the black pieces, today he tries it with White.} Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 (10. Ng5 Rf8 11. Nf3 Re8 12. Ng5 {is a
well-known way to finish the game avoiding the 30-moves no-draw-rule, which,
by the way, is valid in Kings Tournament.}) 10... Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 h6
13. a3 Nb8 {Quiet strategic play is typical of the Ruy Lopez. By transferring
the knight to d7 Caruana soon gets a mix between the Zaitsev and Breyer
variations.} 14. a4 $5 {Didn't he just play a2-a3? Obviously with the knight
on b8 Ivanchuk feels that the start of direct activity on the queenside is
more justified.} Nbd7 15. Bd3 c6 16. b3 g6 17. Qc2 Nh5 18. Ba3 Nf4 19. Bf1 Rc8
20. Rad1 {White has some pressure and Caruana tries to clarify the situation
in the centre. However, as he admitted after the game, he didn't feel very
comfortable with Black's position.} exd4 ({The Italian grandmaster rejected a
move like} 20... Qc7 {(or 20...Qb6) in view of} 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23.
b4 {with better prospects for White.}) 21. cxd4 Ne6 22. Qc3 Qb6 {Black is
ready for the advance c6-c5 now.} ({The immediate} 22... c5 {doesn't work:} 23.
axb5 cxd4 24. Qb2 axb5 25. Bxb5 {and White is clearly better}) 23. Qa1 $5 {
Amazingly, this is the best square for the queen. It influences the centre
without being exposed to Black's pieces.} Bg7 (23... c5 24. d5 {followed by
Bb2 looks better for White.}) 24. Bb2 d5 {Being under some pressure Caruana
tries to blockade the centre.} 25. a5 ({Also deserving of attention was the
immediate} 25. b4 {and Black cannot play} a5 {in view of} 26. exd5 cxd5 27.
Bxb5) 25... Qc7 26. b4 dxe4 27. Nxe4 Nf4 28. Ne5 Nd5 29. Nd3 ({Ivanchuk's deep
strategic play led to some advantage for White, but Black's position is very
solid thanks to his strong knight on d5. Possibly here is the only moment
where White could try to increase the pressure with} 29. Nc5 Nxc5 (29... Nxe5
30. dxe5 Nxb4 {runs into} 31. Rd7) 30. dxc5 h5 31. Nd3 Bxb2 32. Qxb2 Rcd8 33.
g3 {Black still has problems with his weak light-squared bishop, as the
immediate try to activate it doesn't work:} Bc8 34. Rxe8+ Rxe8 35. Bg2 Bf5 $2
36. Bxd5 {with big advantage for White.}) (29. Nxd7 Qxd7 30. Nc5 Qc7 31. Qa3
Rcd8 32. g3 Bc8 33. Bg2 Re7 {is equal.}) 29... Rcd8 30. g3 Bc8 31. Bg2 Nf8 {
Now Caruana rearranges his pieces and equalises.} 32. Qa3 Ne6 33. Ndc5 Re7 34.
Nxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Kings 6th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2012.11.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2012.11.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {Anand had his problems with this line in Sao Paulo/
Bilbao; this undoubtedly inspired Caruana to use it against another
world-class GM.} Nd7 {This could have been expected, as Topalov had played it
in the past, notably only a few weeks ago against Bologan - see the notes to
this game in CBM 151.} (3... Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 {still retains its solid
reputation:} {White's main try is definitely} 5. c4 (5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7.
Rd1 {and Black has a choice here:} e6 (7... Rc8 8. c3 e6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Bg5 Be7
11. cxd4 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e5 Be7 14. exd6 Qxd6 15. Nc3 O-O 16. d5 exd5 17.
Nxd5 Rfd8 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qxe7 Nxe7 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $11 {Ghaem Maghami,E 
(2572)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2711)/World Cities Al Ain/ 2012/}) ({Also fine is} 
7... g6 8. c3 Qg4 $5 {/\} 9. d3 c4 (9... Ne5 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. d4 Nf4 12. Qb5+
Nc6 13. g3 O-O-O 14. Kh1 Nh3 15. Rf1 d5 16. exd5 Rxd5 17. Qc4 Rf5 18. d5 Qxc4
19. Nxc4 Rxf3 20. dxc6 Rxf2 21. cxb7+ Kxb7 22. Be3 $36 {Guliyev,N (2555)
-Vocaturo,D (2372)/Villa San Giovanni/2005/}) 10. d4 Qxe4 11. Qxc4 Bg7 12. Bg5
O-O 13. Nbd2 Qf5 14. Nf1 Rac8 15. Ne3 Qd7 16. Qe2 {Lyell,M (2226)-Szeberenyi,A
(2331)/Budapest/2012/} Ne4 $11) 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Rc8 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. c4 a6 (
11... Ne5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. b3 Bc5 14. Nc3 a6 15. Be3 Bb4 16. Bd2 Qc6 17. Rac1
Bc5 18. Bg5 Bd4 19. Qf3 Nd7 20. Nb5 Qb6 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. e5 Nxe5 23. Qg3 f6
24. Bf4 Ng6 25. Bd6 e5 {Kadric,D (2458)-Saric,A (2533)/Zadar/2012/} 26. c5 Qc6
27. f4 $1 $40) 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. Nbd2 Ng6 14. Be3 Be7 15. a4 Ng4 16. Bd4 Bf6 17.
a5 Nf4 18. Qf1 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 O-O 20. g3 Qc5 21. N2f3 Ng6 22. b3 Rfe8 23. h3 Nf6
24. Qe1 Qh5 25. Kg2 d5 $11 {Iordachescu,V (2651)-Kokarev,D (2618)/Moscow/2012/}
) 5... Nf6 (5... Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. Nde2 $5 Nf6 10. f3 O-O
11. O-O a6 12. a4 e6 13. Bg5 $11 {/+/=, Caruana,F (2773)-Anand,V (2780)/Sao
Paulo/Bilbao/2012/}) 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 {and now} Qc7 $5
10. b3 Qa5 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nce2 Rfd8 14. Bc3 Qb6 15. Kh1 d5 16.
Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qe1 {Carlsen,M (2843)-Anand,V (2780)/Sao Paulo/Bilbao/2012/ This
game was also annotated in CBM 151. Here Anand recommended} Re8 $5 $11 {/\} 18.
e5 Nd7 19. e6 fxe6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nf4 e5 22. Nd3 Qb8 {and Black is fine.})
4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 $5 {[%cal Yc2c3,Yd3c2,Yd2d4] A paradoxical retreat, which
started appearing mainly in 2012. White values his bishop higher than the
extra tempi, by preparing its transfer to c2 he aims for a Closed Ruy Lopez
type of position.} ({The usual continuation} 5. Bxd7+ {didn't give White
anything in the aforementioned game after} Bxd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 e5 8. Qd3 h6
9. c4 b5 10. Nfd2 Nf6 11. Nc3 Qb8 12. a4 bxa4 13. Nxa4 Be7 14. Nc3 O-O 15. b3
Bc6 16. Ba3 a5 17. Rfd1 Rd8 18. f3 Ra7 19. Kh1 Rb7 20. Rdb1 Rc8 $13 {/<=>,
Bologan,V (2695)-Topalov,V (2751)/ECC Eilat/2012/}) (5. Be2 Ngf6 6. d3 g6 {
is rather soft, an interesting and original example is} 7. c4 Bg7 8. Nc3 O-O 9.
Ng5 $6 h6 10. Nh3 Nb8 $1 11. f4 Nc6 12. g4 Nd4 13. f5 b5 14. Nf4 g5 15. Nfd5 e6
16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Bf3 Qe5 18. Bg2 Rb8 19. Rb1 Re8 20. Qd2 bxc4 21. dxc4 Rb4
$15 {[%csl Gd4,Ge5,Gg7] Campora,D (2565)-Suba,M (2520)/Ponferrada/1992/}) 5...
Ngf6 (5... g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. Bc2 {can have an independent character after} Ne5 $5
(7... Ngf6 {transposes back into the game.}) 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. a4 Nf6 10. d3 O-O
11. a5 Qc7 12. Nd2 Rd8 13. h3 Be6 14. Qe2 Nh5 15. Nc4 Nf4 16. Qf3 Bxc4 17. dxc4
Rd7 18. Rd1 Rad8 19. Rxd7 Rxd7 20. g3 Ne6 21. Be3 Bf8 22. Ba4 Rd6 $11 {Nguyen,
V (2311)-Nguyen Huynh Minh,H (2460)/VIE-ch Can Tho/2012/}) 6. c3 g6 {This
branch is relatively unexplored and both sides are still searching for the
best setup.} (6... e5 {was too passive:} 7. Bc2 Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. a4 b6 10. Qe2
Qc7 11. d5 Re8 12. c4 Bf8 13. Ne1 g6 14. Nc3 Nh5 15. g3 Ng7 16. Ng2 f5 17. Bg5
Be7 18. Bh6 fxe4 19. g4 $1 Qd8 20. h3 Bg5 21. Bxg5 Qxg5 22. Nxe4 Qe7 23. f4 $16
{(),Bartel,M (2658)-Lu,S (2516)/Moscow/2012/}) ({I like} 6... b5 $142 $5 {
Looking forward, later in the game Black spent a lot effort to get in exactly
this push, which right now he has for free. He has been doing well after} 7.
Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2 e5 $5 ({Black doesn't need the risky complications after} 8...
c4 9. b3 Qc7 10. bxc4 bxc4 11. Na3 Rc8 12. Rb1 Ba8 13. Rb4 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. e6
$1 fxe6 16. Nxc4 a5 17. Ra4 Bc6 18. Nce5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. f3 $36) (8...
Qc7 9. a4 (9. d4 $142 $13) 9... b4 10. d3 g6 11. Bb3 Bg7 12. a5 bxc3 13. bxc3
O-O 14. Bg5 Rab8 15. Nbd2 Bc6 16. Ra3 h6 17. Bh4 g5 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. Rc1 Rb5 20.
Nc4 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Rfb8 22. Qa2 e6 $15 {[%csl Gc6,Gg7] Devereaux,M (2367)
-Hansen,T (2444)/NOR-chT/2012/}) (8... e6 9. d4 Be7 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Bd3 O-O
12. Re1 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. c4 b4 15. Nf1 Rfe8 16. Qc2 Nf8 17. Ne3 Ne6 18. Nd5
Qd6 19. a3 a5 20. b3 Nd7 21. Bd2 Bf8 22. Bf1 Bc6 23. g3 Qb8 24. a4 Nd4 $11 {
Wang Chen (2490)-Ding,L (2660)/Xinghua/2012/ Black got a good Ruy Lopez here,
but why not play e5 in one move?}) 9. d4 Be7 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. a4 cxd4 12. axb5
axb5 13. Rxa8+ Bxa8 14. cxd4 b4 15. Ne1 O-O 16. d5 Nc5 17. Nd2 Bb7 18. b3 Ba6
19. Qf3 Nfd7 20. Nf1 Ra8 21. Ne3 Bg5 $132 {/=/+,Kalegin,E (2467)-Khismatullin,
D (2635)/Ufa/2012/ However, the move order in this game was 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qe2 a6
6.Ba4 e5 7.0-0 b5 8.Bc2 Bb7.}) 7. Bc2 Bg7 8. d4 Qc7 ({Keeping the centre
closed is more logical than} 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O {which allows the active
development} 10. Nc3 {However, Black got counterplay after} e5 11. dxe5 (11. d5
$5 $14 {()}) 11... dxe5 12. a4 Qc7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 b6 15. Nd2 Bb7 16. Bb3 g5
17. Bg3 Nc5 18. Qe2 Rfd8 19. Bc4 Rac8 $11 {Okhotnik,V (2446)-Kavcic,Z (2273)/
Feffernitz/2012/}) 9. a4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 40] A new idea, connected with a well
prepared strategy.} (9. h3 O-O 10. a4 b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Nbd2 e5 13. dxe5 ({
Innocuous,} 13. d5 {is more ambitious}) 13... dxe5 14. Qe2 Bc6 15. b4 cxb4 16.
cxb4 b5 17. Rfd1 bxa4 18. Bxa4 Bxa4 19. Rxa4 Qc2 20. Rda1 Nxe4 21. Ne1 Qb2 22.
Nd3 Qc2 23. Ne1 Qb2 24. Nd3 Qc2 25. Ne1 Qb2 {1/2,Bartel,M (2653)-Cheparinov,I 
(2650)/EU-chT Porto Carras/2011/ Topalov undoubtedly knew this game and
Caruana could have reasonably expected him to use a setup employed by his
second.}) (9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 e5 11. Nbd2 b5 12. Nf1 exd4 13. cxd4 cxd4 14. Nxd4
Bb7 15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Be3 Rac8 (16... d5 $6 17. exd5 Nhf6 18. Rc1 Qd6 19. Nc6
Rac8 20. Bb3 $36 {Chudinovskih,A (2379)-Lajthajm,B (2502)/EU-ch Budva/2009/})
17. Rc1 Rfe8 $11 {[%cal Ge8e4,Gb7e4] is again a typical Ruy Lopez position, in
which Black has reaonable counterplay against e4.}) 9... O-O 10. d5 $1 {
The point of White's idea - after preventing b5 he closes the centre, aiming
for Benoni-like positions.} b6 11. c4 e6 {Afterwards Topalov suggested} (11...
e5 {as a possible improvement. However, although Black's pieces are better
placed than in Bartel-Lu Shanglei above, White still has more space and a
pleasant position after} 12. Nc3 $14) 12. Nc3 {A natural move.} ({Caruana
hardly considered} 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Nc3 Nb8 $5 $13 {[%cal Yb8c6,Yc6b4,Yc6d4]})
12... exd5 13. cxd5 ({Even the symmetrical} 13. exd5 {promises White a slight
edge, but Caruana has higher ambitions. In the resulting Modern Benoni
position Black has some extra moves (b6, Qc7), but they are not too relevant
and he must fight for equality.}) 13... Re8 14. h3 {A useful move, which
limits both Bc8 and Nf6.} Rb8 15. Qe2 $1 {White doesn't mind the X-ray, it's
more important to stop b5.} (15. Bd3 $143 $2 c4 16. Bc2 b5 $36) 15... Ne5 (
15... Qb7 {[%cal Rb6b5,Rf6d5]} 16. Bd3 $1 $14 (16. Bf4 Bf8 17. Bd3 b5 $1 18.
axb5 axb5 19. Bxb5 Nxe4 $132) {/\} 16... b5 $6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bxb5 Nxe4 $2
19. Bc6 $18) (15... c4 16. Be3 {[%csl Rc4] is not too effective, as the
advanced pawn is vulnerable:} b5 $2 {runs into} 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ra7 Rb7 (
18... Qd8 19. Nd4 $18 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Rd4c6]}) 19. Nxb5 $16) 16. Nxe5 ({
White doesn't need complications after} 16. Nd2 g5 $13 (16... c4 $5 17. f4 Nd3
$44)) 16... Rxe5 (16... dxe5 17. Bd3 $14 {/+/- gives White a permanent edge.})
17. Be3 Re8 18. Bd3 Bb7 (18... c4 {also doesn't fully solve Black's problems
after} 19. Bxc4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21. Bxa6 Bxa6 22. Qxa6 Bxb2 (22... Rb4 23.
Rac1 Qd7 (23... Qd8 24. Rc4 $5 $16) 24. Rc6 $16) 23. Rab1 Rb4 (23... Bd4 24.
Qd3 $16) 24. Bd2 Rb3 25. Bh6 $1 $36 {[%csl Rb2,Rb3,Rb6,Rd6,Rg8] Black's forces
are uncoordinated.}) 19. Rac1 $14 {[%csl Gb5,Gc4] White is better, as he has
stopped both c4 and b5.} Re7 20. Qd2 (20. b3 $142 $14) 20... Qd7 $6 {Black
lacks a clear plan.} (20... Nd7 $142) (20... c4 $5) 21. b3 Bc8 22. Bh6 Bh8 (
22... b5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rfe1 $36 {[%csl Rg7] and without the
Bg7, Black's queenside play is ineffective and his kingside is vulnerable.})
23. Qe2 $1 {[%csl Gb5] Once again controls b5.} Re8 24. Rfe1 Ra8 25. Qf3 Qc7
26. Qg3 Nd7 27. f4 Bb7 28. Kh1 $36 {Caruana patiently improves his position,
while Black has nothing constructive to do.} Nf6 29. Bc4 Nh5 30. Qf3 Rab8 31.
Rcd1 $1 {No hurry.} ({Black would probably welcome} 31. g4 Nf6 32. e5 $6 dxe5
33. fxe5 Rxe5 (33... Nd7 $5 34. Ne4 Qxe5 35. Bf4 Qe7 36. Bxb8 Rxb8 37. g5 Qf8
$14) 34. Rxe5 Qxe5 35. Bf4 Qe8 36. Bxb8 Qxb8 $44 {/+/=}) 31... Ra8 (31... Bd4
$142 $5 {activates the B, chasing it away would disrupt White's setup.}) 32.
Rd2 b5 $6 {[%mdl 64] Lashing out. This liberating attempt leads to tactical
complications, but objectively it's insufficient.} 33. axb5 Qa5 34. e5 $1 {[]}
(34. bxa6 $2 Qxc3 $17) 34... dxe5 35. Rde2 $2 $138 (35. bxa6 Bxa6 (35... e4 36.
Nxe4 Bxa6 (36... Rxe4 37. Rxe4 Qxd2 38. axb7 $18) 37. Rde2 $16) (35... exf4 36.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 37. axb7 (37. Ra2 Qxc3 38. Qxc3 Bxc3 39. axb7 $18) 37... Bxc3 38.
Rd1 Bd4 39. g4 $1 {[%csl Gb7] /\} fxg3 40. d6 $18) 36. Ra2 (36. Rde2 $5 $16 {
is maybe even more convincing}) 36... e4 (36... Qb6 37. fxe5 Bxc4 38. Rxa8 Rxa8
39. bxc4 $18) 37. Rxe4 (37. Rxa5 exf3 {is less incisive}) 37... Qxc3 38. Qxc3
Bxc3 39. Rxe8+ Rxe8 40. Rxa6 Bg7 $5 $16 {Although Black is still fighting here,
White retains excellent winning chances.}) 35... e4 $6 $138 {Topalov repays
the favour.} (35... axb5 $142 $1 36. Nxb5 e4 $13 {/\} 37. Rxe4 $2 Qxe1+ 38.
Rxe1 Rxe1+ 39. Kh2 Raa1 $19) 36. Nxe4 axb5 37. g4 $1 {Topalov underestimated
this strong move.} Rxe4 $2 {This should have lost by force.} (37... f5 38. gxf5
bxc4 39. bxc4 $40) (37... bxc4 38. bxc4 $5 (38. gxh5 f5 39. hxg6 (39. Nf6+ Bxf6
40. Rxe8+ Kf7 $13) 39... Rxe4 40. Rxe4 fxe4 41. gxh7+ Kxh7 42. Qxe4+ Kxh6 43.
Qe6+ Kh7 44. Rg1 Bxd5+ 45. Qxd5 Bg7 46. Qf7 Qa1 $1 47. Rxa1 Rxa1+ $14 {gives
Black chances to create a fortress.}) 38... f5 39. gxf5 {-37...f5 White has a
strong attack here, but Black can at least fight on.}) 38. Rxe4 Nf6 39. Re7
bxc4 40. bxc4 Bg7 41. Bxg7 Kxg7 42. f5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf5g6,Rg4g5] This
powerful move costs Black material.} g5 (42... gxf5 43. Qe3 $5 (43. Qxf5 Qd2
44. Rf1 $18) 43... Qa3 44. Qg5+ (44. Rxb7 $18) 44... Kf8 45. R7e3 Qb2 46. gxf5
Nxd5 47. Qh6+ Qg7 48. Re8+ $18) 43. Qe3 h6 44. Qe6 $5 (44. Rxb7 Re8 45. Re7
Rxe7 46. Qxe7 Qc3 {is less convincing.}) 44... Rf8 45. Rxb7 Qc3 46. Kg2 Qxc4
47. d6 Qd3 48. Re3 Qd1 49. Re1 Qd2+ (49... Qd3 50. Re3 Qd1 51. Re7 $5 {is
similar to the game.}) 50. Re2 Qd3 {[%mdl 256] The final phase of the game is
notable for Topalov's valiant defence, in a hopeless situation he continues to
create problems and is finally rewarded for his resourcefulness.} 51. Re7 c4
52. d7 c3 53. Qc6 Qd4 ({The rook can't join in:} 53... Rb8 54. Qc7 {[%csl Rf7]
it must return to protect f7.}) 54. Qc7 $1 {[%cal Re7f7]} Qd3 (54... Nd5 55.
d8=Q $18) 55. d8=Q Rxd8 56. Rxf7+ Kg8 57. Rg7+ Kh8 58. Rge7 h5 $5 (58... Qd4
59. R7e3 $18 {[%csl Rc3]}) 59. gxh5 ({The simplest solution was} 59. Qe5 Qd5+
60. Qxd5 Nxd5 (60... Rxd5 61. R2e6 $18) 61. Re8+ Rxe8 62. Rxe8+ Kg7 63. Rc8 $18
) 59... g4 60. hxg4 Qd5+ (60... Rg8 61. Rh7+ $1 Nxh7 62. Qe5+ Rg7 63. h6 $18)
61. Kg3 (61. Kh2 Nxg4+ 62. Kh3 $18 {is the computer recommendation, but a
human player prefers to avoid a king walk.}) 61... Qd4 (61... Rg8 62. Rh7+ $1
Nxh7 63. Qxc3+ $18) 62. Qf4 Qxf4+ 63. Kxf4 Nd5+ 64. Kf3 $2 {The first serious
error.} (64. Kg5 Rg8+ (64... c2 65. Re8+ Kh7 66. R2e7+ $18) 65. Kh4 c2 66. Rxc2
Nxe7 67. f6 Nd5 68. Rf2 $18 {should win, the pawns are too strong.}) ({Even
better was} 64. Kg3 $1 {, now contrary to the game} c2 (64... Nxe7 65. Rxe7 Rc8
66. Re1 $18) 65. Re8+ Kg7 (65... Kh7 66. Rxd8 c1=Q 67. Rd7+ Kh6 68. Re6+ Kg5
69. Rg6#) {fails to} 66. f6+ $1 Nxf6 (66... Kf7 67. R8e7+ Nxe7 68. fxe7 c1=Q
69. exd8=Q $18 {and there is no perpetual.}) 67. R2e7+ Kh6 68. Rxd8 c1=Q 69.
Rh8+ Kg5 70. Re5# {- here White's king controls the h4-square.}) 64... c2 $1
65. Re8+ $6 {Losing control.} (65. Rxc2 Nxe7 66. f6 Nd5 67. Rc6 $16 {[%cal
Rg4g5] /+- still gives White excellent winning chances.} (67. g5 $2 Nxf6 68.
gxf6 Rd6 69. Rc8+ Kh7 70. Rf8 Ra6 $11)) 65... Kg7 $1 {[]} (65... Kh7 $2 66.
R2e7+ Kh6 67. Re6+ Kg5 (67... Kg7 68. h6+ Kf7 69. g5 $1 $18) 68. Rg6+ Kh4 69.
Re2 $18) 66. h6+ (66. f6+ Nxf6 67. R8e7+ (67. R2e7+ Kh6 $11) 67... Kf8 68. Rc7
Rd3+ 69. Kg2 Nxg4 70. h6 Nxh6 71. Rexc2 $11 {/+/= gives only practical chances
- according to the Tablebases the endgame is a draw.}) 66... Kf7 (66... Kh7 $2
67. Rxd8 c1=Q 68. Rd7+ $18) 67. Rxd8 $6 {Squanders the last opportunity.} (67.
Rxc2 $142 $1 Rxe8 68. g5 Re3+ $16 {/+/= and although White's king must now
retreat to the 2nd rank, he still has winning chances.}) 67... c1=Q $11 68.
Rd7+ (68. Rxd5 Qh1+ 69. Rg2 Qf1+ 70. Kg3 Qe1+ {and White can avoid an
immediate perpetual only at the cost of a rook:} 71. Kf4 Qf1+ 72. Kg5 Qxg2 73.
Rd7+ Kg8 $11) 68... Kf6 69. Rd6+ Kf7 70. Rd7+ Kf6 71. g5+ Kxg5 72. Rxd5 Qf4+ (
72... Qh1+ 73. Rg2+ Kxh6 $11) 73. Kg2 Qg4+ 74. Kf2 Qf4+ 75. Kg1 (75. Ke1 $2
Qh4+ 76. Kd2 Qb4+ 77. Kd3 Qb3+ $19) 75... Qc1+ 76. Kg2 Qc6 77. Red2 (77. Ree5
Qc2+ $11) 77... Kxh6 78. Kg3 Kg5 79. f6+ Kg6 80. R2d3 Qc7+ 81. Rd6 Qc5 {
White's king is too exposed for any winning attempts.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Kings 6th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2012.11.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.11.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. f4 b5 {The first important decision for Black. Ivanchuk
is not prepared to wait for the commencement of enemy activity without
counterplay.} 11. Kb1 {Caruana chooses the move that in the sharp position
could amount to the loss of a tempo. White is understandably concerned about
dangers on the queenside as well as a potential mishap along the c1-h6
diagonal.} (11. f5 Bc4 12. g4 Nxg4 13. Rg1 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 h6 15. Kb1 Bg5 16. Qe1
Bxf1 17. Qxf1 Nb6 18. Na5 Qc7 19. Qh3 Bf6 20. Qd3 Rd8 21. a4 Nxa4 22. Nd5 Qd7
$1 (22... Qxa5 23. b4 Nc5 24. Qc3 Qa4 25. Nb6 $18 {1-0 Sevian,S (2343)
-Yankovsky,R (2474)/Los Angeles 2012 (28)}) 23. Rg2 Nc5 $11) 11... O-O 12. f5
Bc4 13. g4 {All the manuals for aspiring players would insist, that in
position with opposite castling time is possibly the most valuable commodity.
The cautious move 13.Rg1 is certainly not the most radical solution.} (13. Rg1
Bxf1 (13... Qc7 14. g4 b4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Qxd5 18. exd5 Bd8
19. Nd2 Bb6 20. Bxb6 Nxb6 21. Ne4 Rfd8 $11 {1-0 Socko,B (2644)-Swiercz,D (2501)
/Lublin 2010 (63)}) 14. Rdxf1 (14. Rgxf1 b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 a5 17. Qd3
Nf6 18. Bg5 Ne8 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Rfe1 a4 21. Nc1 Ra5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Socko,B 
(2644)-Dziuba,M (2576)/Lublin 2010 (31)}) 14... b4 15. Nd5 a5 16. g4 a4 17. Nc1
Nxd5 18. exd5 Qa5 19. g5 b3 20. cxb3 Qxd2 21. Bxd2 f6 22. bxa4 Rxa4 $11 {
1-0 Nepomniachtchi,I (2616)-Najer,E (2682)/Serpukhov 2008 (45)}) 13... Bxb3 $5
$146 {[%mdl 8] Ivanchuk might not be the youngest player among the world's
best, but we can assume he is still excellently informed about opening
subtleties. There must be a reason, why he prefers the swap on b3 instead of
immediately taking the g4-pawn g4, a move which brought success in several
games.} (13... Nxg4 14. Rg1 Nxe3 (14... Ndf6 15. Bg5 Bxf1 16. Rdxf1 b4 17. Bxf6
Nxf6 18. Qh6 Ne8 19. Nd5 Bf6 20. Rf3 Kh8 21. Qh5 g6 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Rxg6 $18
{1-0 Anwesh,U (2412)-Safarli,E (2603)/Chotowa 2010 (55)}) 15. Qxe3 Bxb3 $1 16.
Qh6 $2 (16. axb3 Kh8 17. Nd5 $44) 16... Bxc2+ (16... Bf6 17. axb3 Kh8 18. Qh5
Be7 19. Nd5 Nf6 20. Nxf6 Bxf6 21. Rd3 h6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Spoelman,W (2554)-Najer,
E (2681)/Germany 2009 (102)}) 17. Kxc2 Bf6 18. Rxd6 (18. Rd3 Kh8 19. Qh5 h6 20.
Rh3 Kh7 21. Nd5 Rc8+ 22. Kb1 Nb6 23. Ne3 (23. Rxg7+ Bxg7 24. f6 Nxd5 25. fxg7
Qf6 26. gxf8=N+ Rxf8 $17) 23... Qc7 24. Bd3 Qc5 $17) 18... Kh8 19. Qd2 (19. Qh5
Qe7 20. Qd1 Rfd8 21. a3 Nb6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Qc1 b4 24. axb4 Qxb4 25. Bxa6
Na4 $19 {0-1 Salgado Lopez,I (2554)-Zakhartsov,V (2529)/Cappelle la Grande
2009 (30)}) 19... Ra7 20. Kb1 (20. Qg2 Rg8 21. Rd3 Be7 $17) (20. Nd5 Qc8+ 21.
Kb1 Qc5 $17) 20... Qc7 21. Rd3 Nb6 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Rd8 24. Be2 Rxd5 25.
Qxd5 g6 $17 {0-1 Nisipeanu,L (2668)-Karjakin,S (2694)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2007/ 
(37)}) 14. cxb3 Nxg4 15. Rg1 {Caruana plays logically, but in the future some
players with the white pieces may resort to the repetition after the retreat
15.Bg1.} (15. Bg1 Ngf6 16. Be3 Ng4 (16... b4 17. Na4 Qa5 18. Qg2 $14) 17. Bg1
$11) 15... Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Kh8 {In a blitz game at the end of the year 2012
Karjakin tried to improve on the play of his great predeccesor with 16...Nb6.}
(16... Nb6 17. Be2 Bf6 18. Rg3 Re8 19. Qd2 Ra7 20. Qxd6 Rd7 21. Qc6 Rd4 22.
Rgd3 Qb8 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Rxd3 25. Bxd3 e4 26. Be2 Qe5 27. Qc2 Qxf5 $17 {
0-1 Jakovenko,D (2741)-Karjakin,S (2775)/Moscow 2012 (39)}) 17. a4 d5 $5 {
Black is not happy to accept equality after the normal moves. The advance in
the centre opens up new tactical possibilities.} (17... bxa4 18. Nxa4 Nf6 19.
Bc4 $11) (17... b4 18. Nd5 a5 19. Bb5 $11) 18. Rxd5 (18. Nxd5 $2 Bc5 $17) 18...
b4 19. Rxd7 $6 {Brave, courageous and in some sense ingenious. Still the
radical reaction to crises is objectively wanting. Caruana should have
invested some energy in finding the clean solution with 19.f6! with complete
equality.} (19. Qg3 Rg8 20. f6 $5 gxf6 (20... Bxf6 21. Qg4 Ra7 22. Nb5 axb5 23.
Bxb5 Qb6 $11) 21. Qxg8+ Qxg8 22. Rxg8+ Rxg8 23. Rxd7 bxc3 24. Rxe7 Rg1 25. Rxf7
$14) (19. f6 $1 Bxf6 20. Bh3 bxc3 21. Rxd7 Qb8 22. Qxc3 a5 $11) 19... Qxd7 20.
Nd5 Qd6 21. Bc4 a5 22. Rd1 Bd8 $6 {White's positional sacrifice is not easy to
meet and even such a great master as Ivanchuk misses the best line. In
retrospect it seems that the d8-square had belonged to the black f8 rook.} (
22... Rfd8 $1 23. Qg3 Qh6 $17) 23. Rd3 Rc8 24. Qg3 Rc6 {The situation has
become a bit delicate, Black does not have an easy way to try improving his
piosition. The fact, that the move 24...Rg8!? seems like the best solution is
indicative of the difficulties facing the second player.} (24... Qb8 $6 25. f6
$1 Rg8 26. Qh4 h6 27. Qh5 Rc6 28. Qxf7 Bxf6 29. Nxf6 Rxf6 30. Qxg8+ Qxg8 31.
Bxg8 Kxg8 32. Rd5 $16) (24... Rg8 $5 25. Ne3 Qc7 26. Nd5 Qb8 $15) 25. Bb5 (25.
Nb6 Qc7 (25... Qe7 26. Nd7 Rg8 27. Nxe5 Rxc4 28. Nxc4 Qxe4 29. Nd6 Qe7 30. Qe5
$16) 26. Nd7 Kg8 27. Nxf8 Kxf8 $11) 25... Rc8 26. Bc4 Rc6 27. Ne3 {White is
even showing some teeth, he could have repeated the moves with small moral
victory.} Qc7 (27... Qe7 28. Nd5 Qc5 29. Qxe5 Bc7 30. Qe7 Bd6 31. Qh4 Qg1+ 32.
Ka2 Bc5 33. f6 Qf2 34. Qg4 $11) 28. Qg2 Qe7 (28... Bh4 29. Qg4 Rh6 30. Nd5 Qa7
31. Rd2 $15) 29. Nd5 Qh4 30. Rh3 Qe1+ {The game has ended on the first move,
that Sofia rules enable for offering the draw. Ivanchuk did not like his
position, even though objectively his chances should still be somewhat better.}
(30... Qe1+ 31. Ka2 Rd6 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Kings 6th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2012.11.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2012.11.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 {This quiet continuation gained popularity after
the encounter Kramnik-Aronian from the recent Tal Memorial supertournament.
I've annotated that game and don't believe that this move can cause Black
serious problems. However, practice shows that Black still has to play
precisely and not every possible move leads to equality.} ({The main line goes:
} 10. Bg5 c6 {and here White has a wide choice of plans.}) 10... Be6 (10... Re8
11. Qf3 c6 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. a3 Bxc3 $6 (13... Bf8 {is satisfactory for Black.})
14. bxc3 Ne4 15. Rfe1 Qf6 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qe3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2801)
-Aronian,L (2825)/Moscow 2012/CB24_2012 (40)}) 11. Ne2 $146 {A logical attempt
to improve on White's previous play. The knight is going to d4 or f4,
harassing black's light-squared bishop.} (11. Qf3 Be7 12. Ne2 c5 13. c3 Rb8 14.
b3 Rb6 15. Ng3 g6 16. Bg5 {1/2-1/2 Filippov,A (2617)-Sokolov,I (2699)/Sibenik
2012/CB39_2012}) 11... Bd6 (11... c5 12. c3 Ba5 13. Nf4 Qd6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15.
c4 {is slightly better for White.}) 12. Nd4 c5 $6 {Black should not allow the
exchange on e6.} (12... Bd7 {It seems that Black lost a tempo by playing
Bc8-e6-d7, but, in fact the white knight will be kicked away by c7-c5 as well.}
13. c4 (13. Bg5 $6 {is met by} h6) (13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. Bxf5 Re8 {is not a worry
for Black. Compared to the game, here his kingside pawn structure remains
intact.}) 13... c5 14. Nf3 d4 15. b4 cxb4 16. Bb2 Re8 17. Nxd4 Be5 18. Re1 Qc7
$11) 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. c4 $14 {Now the weakness of the light squares in
Black's camp becomes a factor. He really needs one more pawn on f7.} Qc7 15.
Bg5 Be5 $6 (15... Bf4 $6 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17. cxd5 c4 (17... exd5 $2 18. Qh5 $16 {
[%csl Rd5,Rh7]}) 18. d6 $1 Qc5 (18... Qxd6 19. Bxc4 $16) (18... Bxd6 19. Rc1
$16) 19. Qc2 Bxd6 20. Bxc4 $16) (15... d4 16. f4 e5 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. f5 {
White is slightly better. He has an excellent blockade on the light squares.
Later he can try to advance his kingside pawns. Still, for Black this would be
safer than in the game.}) 16. Qe2 h6 17. Bh4 Kh8 (17... Rae8 18. Bg6 Re7 19.
Rae1 Bd6 20. Qd3 {is very unpleasant for Black. White can follow with doubling
the rooks on the e-file.}) 18. Rae1 Bd4 19. Bxf6 $1 Rxf6 20. cxd5 e5 {The
recapture on d5 wasn't possible, so Black lost a pawn.} (20... exd5 $4 21. Qe8+
Rf8 22. Qg6 Kg8 23. Qh7+ Kf7 24. Bg6+ Kf6 25. Bh5 $18 {A good illustration for
the weakness of the light squares.}) 21. Qe4 g6 22. d6 $6 {This looks tempting
but, if White does't find anything concrete, this pawn would be lost.
Objectively, it's very difficult to achieve any progress for White. Black has
managed to stabilise his position and opposite coloured bishops hint at a draw
as usual.} ({The best way for White would be to improve his position slowly.
For instance:} 22. Kh1 Raf8 23. b3 Kg7 24. f3 Qd6 25. Bc4 a5 26. Qc2 Rb8 27.
Re4 {and try to figure out the plan later. One of the ideas could be placing
the queen on d2, followed by g2-g3 and f3-f4.}) 22... Qd8 23. Kh1 (23. d7 Rb8
24. Qd5 Rbb6 $11 {[%cal Gb6d6]}) (23. Re3 Rb8 24. Rg3 Qxd6 $11) 23... Rb8 (
23... Bxb2 $2 {This naive capture would allow the opponent to break through
the centre.} 24. d7 Rb8 25. f4 Qxd7 26. fxe5 Re6 27. Bc4 Rxe5 28. Qxg6 Rxe1 29.
Rxe1 {and White is nearly winning.}) 24. f4 exf4 25. Rxf4 Qxd6 26. Rxf6 Qxf6
27. Rf1 Qd6 28. b3 (28. Rf7 Bxb2 29. Rxa7 Be5 $11) 28... Kg7 {Now the position
is just equal. Both sides control their own squares.} 29. Qf3 Bf6 30. Qe4 Bd4
31. Bc4 Bf6 32. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Bd4 O-O 10. f4 Ng4 {This system was examined in annotations to Anand -
Caruana (see CBM 151).} 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qd4+ Kg8 13. Be2 $146 {A harmless
novelty.} (13. Nf3 e6 14. O-O-O exd5 15. exd5 Re8 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18.
Rhe1 Qf6 $11 {1-0 Varga,P (2478)-Isepy,J (2282)/Sarospatak 2003/EXT 2005 (33)})
(13. h3 Nf6 14. Nf3 e6 15. O-O-O exd5 16. exd5 {1/2 Cebalo,M (2476)-Bentivegna,
F (2324)/Bratto 2009/CBM 132 Extra (99)} Qd6 $11 17. Nb5 $140 Qe7) 13... c6 14.
Bxg4 Bxg4 15. h3 Bd7 16. Nf3 cxd5 17. exd5 e6 $1 18. d6 {This pawn will be
rather weak but} (18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. O-O Qxd4+ 20. Nxd4 Bc4 21. Rfd1 Rad8 {
leads to a pleasant endgame for Black, who will have B vs N in an open
position.}) 18... Bc6 19. O-O Nd5 20. Nxd5 $6 (20. Ne4 $5 f5 21. Neg5 Qxd6 22.
Ne5 $44 {[%csl Ge5]}) 20... Bxd5 21. Ne5 f6 22. Ng4 Kg7 23. Ne3 Qxd6 24. Rad1
Rfd8 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Rf3 {Black has won a pawn but fails to improve his
position.} b6 $6 (26... Rd7 $142 27. Rfd3 Rad8 {keeping some winning chances.
Perhaps GM Peter Svidler overlooked that} 28. Qxa7 Qxf4 29. Rxd5 $4 {didn't
work due to} Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 Qc7+ 32. Kg1 Rxd5) 27. Rfd3 Rac8 28.
Qxd5 $1 Qxd5 (28... Qxf4 29. Qxd8 Rxd8 30. Rxd8 {is not dangerous for White.})
29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Rc2 31. Rd7+ Kg8 32. Rxa7 Rxb2 33. Rb7 Rxa2 34. Rxb6 f5
35. Rb8+ Kg7 36. Rb7+ Kg8 37. Rb8+ Kg7 38. Rb7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 {The most common "anti-Berlin" approach.}
Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 {This position may also arise after: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5
a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d3 Bc5. The only difference is the extra move a7-a6
which is not significant. In this line White can can only lay claim to a
slight superiority, at best.} 6. h3 (6. Nxe5 $4 {falls into a primitive trap.}
Qd4 $19 {[%csl Re5,Rf2]}) 6... Be6 (6... Bd6 7. Be3 c5 {This plan is reliable
for Black.} 8. Nbd2 Nd7 {The knight is going to e6 to control the important d4
and f4 spots.} 9. Nc4 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Nfd2 Nf8 {[%cal Gf8e6]} 12. Nxd6 cxd6
13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ng6 15. Bg3 Be6 16. Kh2 d5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (21) Hamdouchi,H 
(2600)-Bacrot,E (2720) Belfort 2010}) 7. Qe2 $146 (7. Ng5 Qd6 8. Nd2 O-O-O 9.
Nb3 Bb6 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. Nxe6 Qxe6 12. a4 a6 13. a5 Ba7 14. Be3 Kb8 15. O-O $14
{1-0 (67) Inarkiev,E (2676)-Efimenko,Z (2682) Poikovsky 2009}) (7. Bg5 Qd6 8.
Nbd2 Nd7 9. O-O f6 10. Be3 O-O-O 11. Qe2 g5 12. Nh2 h5 $132 {1/2-1/2 (18)
Areshchenko,A (2650)-Khenkin,I (2609) Dagomys 2008}) 7... Nd7 8. Be3 {White
doesn't mind swapping pieces. His position is risk-free, in the long run he
may benefit from the superior structure.} Qe7 9. Bxc5 Qxc5 10. Nc3 Qd6 11.
O-O-O {[%cal Gd3d4] Now we see the point of delaying the kingside castling,
Morozevich made it to the other side!} c5 12. Nh4 $5 (12. Nd2 O-O-O 13. Nc4
Bxc4 14. dxc4 Qe6 $11) 12... O-O-O {Caruana decided to ignore the idea Nh4-f5.}
(12... g6 13. Qe3 O-O-O 14. g3 Nb8 $11 {[%cal Gb8c6,Gc6d4]}) 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14.
exf5 Nf6 15. Rhe1 Rhe8 16. Qf3 Qd4 17. g4 h6 18. a3 a6 $6 {Looks like a useful
move, but it was the last opportunity to exchange queens on f4. This way Black
could also solve the problem of his Pe5.} (18... Qf4+ 19. Qxf4 exf4 {I don't
see a problem here for Black.} 20. Ne2 (20. Kd2 g5 21. fxg6 fxg6 $11) 20... h5
21. g5 Nd5 22. Ng1 (22. c4 f3 23. Ng1 Nf4 $132) 22... Ne7 23. Re5 Nc6 $1 24.
Rxc5 Nd4 $44) 19. Re3 $14 {Now it's unpleasant for Black. White has a plan of
doubling or tripling his major pieces on the e-file to press on the Pe5.} Re7
20. Kb1 Nd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 (22. f6 $6 Qxf3 23. Rxf3 gxf6 24. Rxf6 Rd6 {
would make Black's defensive task easier.}) 22... Rxd5 23. Rde1 f6 24. f4 Kd7
25. c3 b5 26. Kc2 Kd6 27. b3 (27. b4 Kc6 28. bxc5 Kxc5 29. d4+ Kd6 30. Re4 c5
31. dxe5+ fxe5 32. h4 (32. a4 c4 33. axb5 axb5 {doesn't change much.}) 32... c4
33. g5 hxg5 34. hxg5 Re8 35. R1e2 Re7 36. f6 gxf6 37. gxf6 Rf7 38. fxe5+ Ke6 {
The blockade is safe, Black can hold.}) 27... Re8 {Black is tied to defending
the Pe5 and can only wait and see what White can come up with.} ({It was
possible to play} 27... a5 {with an idea to exchange as many pawns as possible.
}) 28. Re4 Re7 29. b4 Re8 30. c4 bxc4 31. dxc4 Rd4 32. fxe5+ fxe5 (32... Rxe5
$4 33. Rxd4+ cxd4 34. Rxe5 Kxe5 (34... fxe5 35. Kd3 $18 {White will create
passed pawns on both flanks.}) 35. Kd3 $18 {Black will be in zugzwang very
soon.}) 33. bxc5+ Kxc5 34. Rxe5+ Rxe5 35. Rxe5+ Kxc4 36. Re7 c5 37. Rxg7 Rd3
38. h4 (38. Rg6 Rxh3 39. Rxa6 h5 (39... Rh2+ 40. Kd1 Rg2 $2 41. f6 Rf2 42. Ke1
Rf3 43. Ke2 {No place for the black rook on the f-file.} Rf4 44. Ra4+ $18 {
[%cal Ga4f4]}) 40. g5 Rg3 41. g6 Kd5 42. Kd2 c4 43. f6 (43. Re6 c3+ 44. Kc2 h4
45. Re1 h3 46. Rf1 h2 47. Rh1 Ke5 48. Rxh2 Kxf5 $11) 43... c3+ 44. Ke2 (44. Kc2
Rxg6 $11) 44... c2 45. Kd2 Rxg6 46. Kxc2 h4 $11) 38... Rf3 39. Kd2 Kd4 40. Ke2
Rxa3 $4 {Too greedy. This pawn is of little significance, while it was
important to keep the rook on the f-file.} (40... Rf4 $1 {Here White's pawns
can't run so easily. Black seems to hold as his pieces are active and the
c-pawn is also dangerous.} 41. h5 (41. Rg6 c4 42. h5 {is just a transposition.}
) 41... c4 42. Rg6 c3 43. Rxh6 Rxg4 44. Rd6+ Kc4 45. f6 Rg2+ 46. Kd1 Rh2 47.
Rd8 Rh1+ 48. Ke2 Rh2+ 49. Ke3 Rh3+ 50. Kf4 Rh1 51. Kg5 Rg1+ 52. Kh6 Rf1 53. Kg7
Rg1+ 54. Kf8 Rh1 55. f7 Rxh5 56. Ke7 Rh7 57. Ke6 Rxf7 58. Kxf7 Kb3 $11) 41. f6
$18 {Now White's pawns are simply unstoppable.} Ra2+ 42. Kf3 Ra1 43. Kg2 Ra2+
44. Kg3 Ra1 45. g5 hxg5 46. hxg5 Rf1 47. Rc7 a5 (47... c4 48. f7 c3 49. g6 Kd3
50. g7 Rg1+ 51. Kf2 Rxg7 52. f8=Q Rxc7 53. Qd6+ $18) 48. f7 a4 49. g6 a3 50.
Ra7 Rf6 51. g7 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 g6 {Transposing to the Schlechter
Variation.} 6. Bd3 Bg7 (6... Bf5 $5 7. Bxf5 (7. O-O $5 Bxd3 (7... Bg7 8. Bxf5
gxf5 9. Qb3 Ra7 10. cxd5 {After cxd5 cxd5, the bishop is poorly located on g7:}
cxd5 11. Ne5 $14) 8. Qxd3 Bg7 9. e4) 7... gxf5 8. Qb3 Ra7 9. Ne5 e6 10. Bd2
Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ne2 Qb6 14. Nf4 Ra8 15. Ke2 Bd6 16. Nd3
Ke7 17. Rhc1 Rhc8 $11 {Ernst,S - Saltaev,M Bundesliga 2007 1/2 (25)}) 7. O-O
O-O 8. h3 {White prevents Bg4. Another way to prevent Bg4 is 8 Qb3.} (8. Qb3 e6
(8... Ra7 9. Rd1 Bf5 10. Be2 $5 (10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. Bd2 e6 12. Rac1 Ne4 $13)
10... b5 (10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bg4 $2 12. Bxf7+ $1 Rxf7 13. Ng5 Qf8 14. Nxf7
Bxd1 15. Nxd1 Qxf7 16. Qb6 $18) 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. a4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 $14 {
Lysyj,I-Dimitrov,P EU-ch 9th Plovdiv 2008 1 - 0 (51)}) 9. e4 dxe4 10. Bxe4 Nbd7
11. Be3 Qc7 12. c5 $6 Ng4 {Jakovenko,D - Kamsky,G Jemruk FIDE GP 2009 1-0 (29)}
(12... e5 $1 13. d5 (13. Qc4 Ng4 14. d5 (14. Rae1 exd4 15. Bxd4 Nde5 16. Nxe5
Be6 17. Qa4 Bxe5 18. g3 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Rad8 $15 {Ftachnik,L}) 14... Nxe3 15.
fxe3 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxc5 17. Rac1 Qxc4 18. Rxc4 f5 19. Bc2 e4 $15 {Ftachnik, L})
(13. Rfe1 Ng4 14. Rad1 exd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Nxc5 17. Qa3 Ne6 $15 {
Ftachnik,L}) 13... Nxe4 14. Nxe4 cxd5 15. Qxd5 Nf6 16. Qd6 Ne8 17. Qxc7 Nxc7
18. Rfd1 f5 19. Nd6 e4 $11)) 8... b5 {I believe Black wasn't satisfied with
the position after the opening so let's see other options} (8... Nbd7 9. a4 (9.
cxd5 $5 {the most natural reply} cxd5 (9... Nxd5 $6 10. e4 $14) 10. Qb3 e6 11.
Bd2 b6 12. Rfc1) 9... Re8 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bd2 b6 12. Qe2 $6 (12. Qb3 Bb7 13.
Rac1 Rc8 14. Ne2 {Krasenkow,M}) 12... Bb7 (12... e5 $5 13. dxe5 Nxe5) 13. Rfd1
(13. Bc2 e5) (13. a5 $6 b5 14. Na2 Ne4 $1 $15 (14... e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5
Rxe5 17. Bc3 $11)) 13... e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Be1 $2 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Qb8 $17 {
Aronian,L - Anand,V Moscow Botvinnik Memorial rapid 2011 0-1 (48)}) (8... dxc4
9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bb3 (10. Bd3 c5 11. dxc5 Nfd7 12. Qe2 Nxc5 13. Bc2 Bb7 14. Rd1
Nbd7 15. Bd2 Nb6 16. Be1 Qb8 $11 {Illescas Cordoba,M - Granda Zuniga,J Buenos
Aires 1993 1/2 (42)}) 10... a5 11. a3 Na6 $6 12. Re1 b4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Na2
c5 15. Nxb4 cxb4 16. e4 $14 {Spraggett,K - Ipatov,A Andorra Open 28th 2010 1/2
(35)}) 9. b3 Nbd7 (9... bxc4 10. bxc4 c5 11. Nxd5 (11. dxc5 $1 Nbd7 (11... Ne4
12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Nd4 $16) 12. Ba3 $5 Qa5 13. Na4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bb7 15. Nd4 Ne5
16. Rb1 $1 Nxc4 $2 17. Rxb7 Nxa3 18. Nc6 $18) 11... Nxd5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Ba3
cxd4 14. Bxe7 Re8 15. e4 Qd7 16. Ba3 {1/2 Tukmakov,V - Delchev,A Pula 1999} Bb7
17. Nd2 Nc6 18. Nc4 Ne5 $11) 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. c5 $1 Ne8 $146 (11... a5 12. a3 e5
13. dxe5 Ne8 14. Ne2 $6 (14. e4 $1 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bh6 $5
(17. Rb1 $5 Qc7 (17... Nf6 $6 18. Bg5 $16) 18. Re1 Nf6 19. Bb2 Nxe4 20. Bxe5
Qxe5 21. Bxe4 $14) 17... Bxa1 18. Rxa1 f5 19. Ng5 Nc7 (19... Rf6 20. Rd1 Qe7
21. Qc3 $16) 20. Rd1 Qf6 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Qd2 $14) 14... Qe7 15. e4 dxe4 16.
Bxe4 Nxc5 $6 (16... Qxc5 $1 17. Ra2 Qxc2 18. Rxc2 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bh6
Ng7 21. Bxc6 Rac8 22. Rfc1 Bxc6 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 Rd8 $11) 17. Ng3 Nxe4
18. Nxe4 c5 19. Re1 Rc8 20. Bg5 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Qe6 22. Qh4 Nc7 23. Bh6 Bxh6 24.
Qxh6 f6 25. Rad1 Rf7 26. Rd6 Qxb3 27. Rxf6 $2 {Chernin,A -Murey,J Copenhagen
1986 0 - 1 (39)} (27. exf6 $1 Re8 28. Rxe8+ Nxe8 29. Rd8 Qb1+ 30. Kh2 Qe4 31.
Qg5 Rf8 32. Ne5 Qf5 33. Qxf5 gxf5 34. f7+ $18)) 12. Bb2 Nc7 13. b4 a5 14. a3
Ne6 $6 (14... e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Ne2 $5 (17. Nxb5 Bxb2 18. Nxc7
Bxa1 19. Nxa8 Be5 $1 (19... Qxa8 20. Rxa1 axb4 21. Qb2 $1 $16) 20. Nb6 axb4 21.
axb4 Bc7 $11) 17... Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Ne6 19. Rad1 Re8 20. e4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 $14) (
14... Re8 15. Rfe1 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Ne2 (18. e4 $6 axb4 19.
axb4 Rxa1 20. Bxa1 Qh4) 18... Bxb2 19. Qxb2 $14) 15. Nd2 Qc7 16. f4 axb4 (16...
f5 $5 17. Nf3 $14 (17. g4 $2 fxg4 18. hxg4 Nxf4 $1 19. exf4 Rxf4 $40)) 17. axb4
Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Ra8 19. Rxa8+ Bxa8 20. Nf3 Bb7 $2 {Black shouldn't allow White
to play g4} (20... f5 $1 21. g4 $6 fxg4 22. hxg4 Nxf4 23. exf4 Qxf4 24. Qe2 (
24. Qg2 $4 Qe3+ $19) 24... Qxg4+ 25. Kf1 {Black needs to choose between two
options} Bxd4 (25... e5 26. dxe5 Qh3+ 27. Ke1 Qg3+ 28. Kd2 Nxe5 29. Nxe5 Qxe5
30. Qxe5 Bxe5 $14 {I think Black would be able to draw if he played precisely})
26. Nxd4 Qxd4 27. Qe6+ Kf8 28. Qxd7 Qxd3+ 29. Ne2 Kf7) 21. g4 $1 $16 {Black
has problems on both sides. Probably the position is winning for White} Bc8 22.
Bc1 Nf6 23. Qa2 h6 24. Ne5 g5 $6 (24... Bb7 25. Kg2 Nd7 26. Nf3 Bc8 27. Qf2 $16
) 25. Bf5 (25. Qa8 $1) 25... Nd8 26. Bd3 gxf4 (26... Ne6 27. Qa8 Nd8 28. Kg2
$16 (28. Bf5 $6 Bxf5 (28... e6 29. Bb1 $16) 29. Nxc6 Qxc6 $1 (29... Bxg4 30.
Nxd8 $18) 30. Qxd8+ Kh7 31. gxf5 gxf4 32. Qxe7 (32. exf4 Qa6 33. Qa5 Qc8) 32...
Qa6 33. exf4 Qa1 34. Qe1 Ne4 $132)) 27. exf4 Nd7 (27... h5 28. g5 Ne8 29. Kh2
$16) 28. Nf3 Ne6 29. Ne2 Qb7 (29... Nf6 30. f5 Nf8 31. Bf4 Qb7 32. Ng3 $16) 30.
Be3 (30. f5 $5 Nc7 31. Ng3 Nf6 32. Bf4 $16) 30... Qa6 31. Qb2 Nef8 32. Ng3 e6
33. Nh5 Bh8 34. f5 $18 Nf6 (34... exf5 35. gxf5 Nf6 36. Nxf6+ Bxf6 37. Bxh6 Nh7
38. Qg2+ Kh8 39. Qe2 Bd7 40. Ne5 $18) 35. Bxh6 Ne4 36. f6 $1 Nxf6 $8 (36... Bd7
37. Bxe4 dxe4 38. Nd2) 37. Ne5 Ne4 38. Bxe4 dxe4 39. Qf2 Bxe5 40. dxe5 Qa1+ 41.
Kg2 f5 (41... Ng6 42. Nf6+ Kh8 43. Qd2 $18) 42. exf6 Kf7 43. Bxf8 Kxf8 44. Qd2
Kf7 45. Qd8 Qb2+ 46. Kg3 Qc3+ 47. Kh4 Qe1+ 48. Ng3 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Nd4 {Black has build up a
good defence of the knight on c6. Unfortunately his pieces are obstructing
natural development. The move of the knight to d4 aims to complicate the
occupation of the centre.} 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. d3 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 {The
development of the bishop seems natural, but it does not contribute to solving
the the question of the kingside arrangement. More players have trusted the
logical jump of the knight to c6, since the bishop move can be made at any
moment.} (9... Ng6 10. a4 Bb7 11. Nd2 Bc5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Qh5
Qc8 15. Nf3 h6 16. h4 O-O 17. Bd2 Rd8 18. Nh2 Bd6 19. Qxb5 Nxh4 $14 {1-0 (40)
Sutovsky,E (2703)-Midonet,M Caleta 2012}) (9... Nc6 10. Nd2 (10. Qg4 Qf6 11.
Nd2 h5 12. Qe2 g5 13. e5 Qg6 14. Qe4 g4 15. Qxg6 fxg6 16. f4 Bb4 17. Re2 Bxd2
18. Bxd2 Ne7 19. Bb4 Nf5 20. Bc5 Bb7 21. c3 dxc3 22. bxc3 h4 $11 {1/2 (44)
Ulibin,M (2518)-Petrosian,T (2606) Cappelle la Grande 2008 Ambitious and
interesting concept for Black.}) (10. f4 Be7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Nf3 Bb7 13. Kh1
Rc8 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. Qe2 Bc5 16. a4 b4 17. f5 Be7 18. Bg5 Qd8 19. Bf4 Bc5 20.
Bg5 Be7 21. Bf4 Bc5 22. Bg5 {1/2 (22) Horvath,A (2476)-Nedev,T (2476)
Kallithea 2002}) 10... g6 (10... Be7 11. Qh5 O-O 12. Nf3 Qb6 13. Bd2 Bb7 14.
Qg4 {1/2 (14) Meier,G (2558)-So,W (2531) Yerevan 2007}) 11. a4 (11. Nf3 Bg7 12.
Bg5 Qb6 13. e5 h6 14. Bf4 Bb7 15. c3 g5 16. Bg3 dxc3 17. bxc3 Ne7 18. d4 Rc8
19. Rc1 Nf5 20. Qd3 O-O 21. h4 Nxg3 22. fxg3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 d6 $11 {1-0 (40)
Glek,I (2566)-Sherbakov,R (2544) Tomsk 2001}) 11... Bb7 12. e5 Be7 (12... Qc7
13. f4 Na5 {1/2 (13) Ulibin,M (2580)-Rowson,J (2512) Stockholm 2002}) 13. f4 d6
14. exd6 Qxd6 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Ng5 Bf6 18. Qg4 Ne7 19. axb5 axb5 20.
Rxa8 Bxa8 21. Bb4 $14 {1-0 (35) Iordachescu,V (2603)-Moiseenko,A (2649)
Zlatibor 2006 This natural and logical development for White might have been
the reason that Black was looking for alternatives.}) 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. f4 Na5 {
Gelfand is striving to gain the medium term advantage of the two bishops, but
after the strong tactical response by White this ambition will fail.
Development with the help of 11...Qc7 looks much more natural.} (11... Qc7 12.
Nf3 Bd6 13. g3 $11) 12. Bd5 $1 Be7 (12... exd5 $2 13. exd5+ Be7 14. d6 Nc6 15.
dxe7 Nxe7 16. Qe2 $16) (12... Bc6 13. a3 Be7 14. Ba2 Bb7 $13) 13. Bxb7 Nxb7 14.
Nf3 Qb6 15. Qe2 Na5 $6 {Once again Black is stepping with the knight to the
dubious square a5 in order to return to c6. It happens at the moment, when the
position might have still been close to equal if Black would try to finish his
development.} (15... O-O 16. Qf2 Bc5 17. a3 a5 18. f5 f6 19. Bd2 Qc7 $11) 16.
Qf2 Bc5 17. a3 b4 {The fact that Black is forced to play this unseemly move is
indicating that his opening strategy was not fully successful.} (17... Nc6 18.
b4 Be7 19. Bb2 $16) 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. Rf1 (19. c3 Nb3 20. Ra4 Bc5 21. cxd4 Bb4
22. Bd2 Nxd2 23. Nxd2 $14) 19... Bc5 {The latest challenger for the world
crown was clearly having an unlucky day. The slow play in the opening,
unfinished development and the sorry bundle of pieces on the queenside have
brought him to the edge of catastrophe.} (19... O-O 20. Nxd4 Bc5 21. Be3 Nc6
22. Ra4 $14) 20. f5 $1 (20. Qg3 $5 O-O 21. f5 f6 22. Bh6 Rf7 23. e5 $16) 20...
f6 (20... Nc6 21. Qg3 Bf8 22. fxe6 dxe6 23. Bd2 (23. Ng5 Ra7 24. Ra4 Bb4 25.
Qh3 Qb5 $14) 23... a5 24. Ra4 Qb8 25. Bf4 Qxb2 26. Bd6 $16) 21. fxe6 {Caruana
is an exceptionally gifted player, in recent months he has begun to gain
recognition on the highest level. His solution in the critical moment is
suggestive of great fantasy, but it clearly lacks in pure discipline. The
position was ripe for the direct attack and at least two other moves can be
considered more dangerous for the opponent.} (21. Qg3 $5 Rg8 (21... O-O 22. Bh6
Rf7 23. e5 Bf8 24. fxe6 dxe6 25. Ng5 $1 $16) (21... Bf8 22. e5 O-O-O 23. Nd2
$16) 22. fxe6 dxe6 23. Qh3 Kd7 24. Qxh7 $16) (21. e5 O-O 22. Qg3 Kh8 23. Nh4
$16) 21... dxe6 22. b4 $1 Bxb4 23. Rb1 Qc5 (23... Nc6 $2 24. c3 $18) 24. Nxd4
e5 (24... Bc3 25. Be3 Qc8 26. Ne2 $16) 25. Ne6 {White was surely content about
the fact that he is winning the pawn by force. Objectively more dangerous for
Black would have been to attack the kingside at the cost of exchange sacrifice.
} (25. Nf5 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Bf8 27. Bd2 Nc6 28. Rb7 Rg8 29. Ra1 $14) (25. Rxb4 $5
Qxb4 26. Nf5 O-O 27. Bd2 Qa4 28. Bh6 Rf7 29. Bxg7 $16) 25... Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Kf7
27. Rxb4 (27. Ng5+ fxg5 28. Rxb4 Rhb8 $14) 27... Kxe6 28. Rb6+ Kd7 29. Bd2 Nc6
30. Rb7+ Ke6 31. Rxg7 a5 {From afar this position must have seemed very
attractive. In reality White's advantage is limited by the counterplay with
Black's passed a-pawn. Gelfand can put up serious resistance.} 32. Ra1 (32. Rc7
Kd6 33. Rb7 Rab8 $14) 32... Rhb8 33. Ra2 (33. Rxh7 Rb2 34. Rc1 Nd4 35. Bc3
Rxc2+ 36. Rxc2 Nxc2 $14) 33... h5 34. Rc7 Rc8 (34... Kd6 35. Rh7 Nb4 36. Bxb4+
Rxb4 37. Rh6 $16) 35. Rb7 (35. Rxc8 Rxc8 36. c3 $16) 35... Rcb8 36. Rh7 Rh8 (
36... a4 $1 37. Rxh5 a3 38. Bc1 Nb4 39. Rxa3 Rxa3 40. Bxa3 Nxc2 41. Bc5 Rb5 $14
) 37. Rxh8 Rxh8 38. Rb2 Ra8 39. c3 Rb8 {[%mdl 4096] The defender was correctly
sensing, that Caruana will not have an easy task even in the endgame without
rooks. Even so the decision to offer the swap of the rooks right before the
time control is somewhat risky. Objectively better might have been the advance
of the a-pawn.} (39... a4 40. Ra2 f5 41. exf5+ Kxf5 42. Kf3 Ne7 $14) 40. Rxb8 (
40. Ra2 f5 41. exf5+ Kxf5 $14) 40... Nxb8 41. Bc1 Nd7 42. Ba3 f5 43. exf5+ Kxf5
44. c4 (44. Kf3 Ke6 45. c4 Nf6 $14) 44... e4 {Black will never feel
comfortable again in this game. There is no continuation that would secure a
truly promising defence.} (44... Nb8 45. Ke3 Nc6 46. Bc5 a4 47. Kd2 e4 48.
dxe4+ Kxe4 49. Kc3 $16) 45. Ke3 (45. d4 Nb6 $1 46. c5 Nd5 47. c6 Ke6 $14) 45...
exd3 46. Kxd3 Ne5+ (46... Ke5 47. Bb2+ Kd6 48. Kd4 Nf6 49. h3 Nd7 50. Ba3+ $16)
47. Kd4 Ke6 48. c5 {Caruana had enough time to grasph that his road to victory
will not be easy at all. In the endgame on the edge between a draw and a win
the choice of the further course of action is not an easy one. White probably
felt that his chances after the tempting 48.Kc5!? would not be sufficiently
real.} (48. Kc5 $5 Ng4 49. h3 Ne3 50. Kb5 Nxg2 51. c5 Kd7 52. c6+ Kc7 53. Bb2
Nh4 54. Be5+ Kc8 55. Kxa5 $16) 48... Nc6+ 49. Kc4 Ne5+ 50. Kd4 (50. Kb5 Kd5 $14
) 50... Nc6+ 51. Ke4 Ne5 52. Bb2 Nc4 (52... Nc6 53. g3 a4 54. h3 $16) 53. Bc3
$6 {Caruana is logically hoping to use the king advance towards the weak pawn
h5. Sometimes it is advisable to make an exception and the retreat of the
bishop to c1 promised better chances for converting the advantage.} (53. Bc1 $1
a4 54. Kd4 Ne5 55. Ba3 Nc6+ 56. Kc4 Ne5+ 57. Kb5 Kd5 58. Kxa4 Kc6 $16) 53... a4
54. h4 (54. Kd4 Na3 55. Ba5 Kd7 56. Kd5 Nc2 57. c6+ Ke7 58. Kc4 a3 59. Kb3 Nd4+
60. Kxa3 Nxc6 $14) 54... a3 55. c6 a2 56. Kf4 Nd6 $2 {Black is intuitively
defending against the threat Kg5 and loses precious time. It is quite tragic
in the moment when the position was already drawn after the correct 56...Kd6!}
(56... Kd6 $1 57. g4 (57. Kg5 Ne3 58. g3 Nf1 $11) 57... hxg4 58. h5 g3 59. Kxg3
Ne3 60. Ba1 Nf5+ 61. Kf4 Nh6 62. Kg5 Ng8 63. Kg6 Kxc6 64. Kg7 Ne7 65. Kf7 Nf5
$11) 57. Ba1 Kd5 58. c7 Kc6 59. Kg5 {A very interesting game with difficult
choices at several moments.} (59. Kg5 Kxc7 60. Kxh5 Kd7 61. Kg6 Ke6 62. h5 Nf7
63. h6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 {A harmless continuation.} Bb7 11. Bb2 b4 {Black wants
to immediately push ...c6-c5.} (11... a6 {is another option.}) 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13.
Bxe4 Nf6 14. Bc2 (14. Bd3 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Qe2 (16. Qc2 Rc8 17. Rad1 Qe7
18. Bxf6 {1/2 Kortschnoj,V (2598)-Grachev,B (2610)/Dagomys 2008/CBM 124 (36)}
gxf6 19. Bxh7+ Kg7 20. Be4 Bxe3 21. Qe2 Bxe4 22. Qxe3 Bg6 $11) 16... Qe7 17.
Rac1 Rac8 18. Bxf6 (18. Ba6 Ne4 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Rc4 Be7 21. Rfc1 Bf6 22. Bxf6
gxf6 23. Nd4 Rxc4 24. Rxc4 Rc8 25. h3 f5 $11 {1/2 Moiseenko,A (2677)-Potkin,V 
(2611)/Moscow 2010/CBM 135 (29)}) 18... Qxf6 (18... gxf6 19. Ba6 Bb6 20. Bxb7
Qxb7 21. Nd2 $14 {0-1 Li Shilong (2557)-Zhou Weiqi (2563)/Xinghua Jiangsu 2009/
CBM 131 (60)}) 19. Ba6 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qxf3 21. gxf3 Rc6 22. Bb7 Rc7 23. Rfd1 Bb6
24. Rxc7 Bxc7 25. Rd4 Ba5 26. Kf1 Rd8 27. Rc4 g6 $11 {1/2 Grigoriants,S (2564)
-Belov,V (2625)/Irkutsk 2010/CBM 138 (33)}) 14... c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Ng5 Qxd1
17. Rfxd1 Be7 $6 (17... Rfd8 $2 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Bxh7+ Kg7 20. Be4 fxg5 21.
Bxb7 Rab8 22. Ba6 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rb6 24. Bd3 Rd6 25. Kf1 $16 {1-0 Brodsky,M 
(2563)-Debashis,D (2454)/St Petersburg RUS 2012/The Week in Chess 939 (69)}) (
17... Kh8 $1 {(the idea from the famous Carlsen - Anand game, Morelia -
Linares 2007, where a similar position arose) was probably the most
appropriate, e.g.} 18. Bxf6 (18. Rac1 Rac8) 18... gxf6 19. Rd7 (19. Nxh7 $2 Rg8
20. g3 Kg7 {[%csl Rh7]}) 19... fxg5 20. Rxb7 Bb6 $11) 18. Nxh7 $1 Nxh7 19. Rd7
(19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Rd7 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Bh4 {1/2 Lupulescu,C (2616)-Inarkiev,E 
(2695)/Plovdiv 2012/CBM 148 (47) is less dangerous for Black}) 19... Bf6 ({
Of course, the rook endgame after} 19... Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bf6 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22.
Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rc1 {can be difficult for Black.}) 20. Bxf6 Bc8 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7
22. Rd8 Rxd8 23. Bxd8 {[%mdl 4096]} a5 {Black's plan is simple: to get rid of
all the queenside pawns, after which the game should end in a draw.} 24. f3 e5
{[%cal Yc8e6,Ya5a4]} 25. Rc1 Be6 26. Be7 Ra7 27. Bd6 f6 28. Rc6 Bd5 ({The
asymmetric structure after} 28... a4 29. Bxe5 $1 axb3 (29... Bd7 30. Bd4 Bxc6
31. Bxa7 {is also questionable}) 30. axb3 Bxb3 {was something Black wanted to
avoid.}) 29. Rb6 a4 $5 30. Rxb4 axb3 31. axb3 Ra1+ 32. Kf2 Rb1 33. Rh4+ ({
It was probably better to try} 33. e4 Bxb3 34. Rb7 {. After the text move
White keeps his b-pawn but his rook finds itself in an extremely awkward
position.}) 33... Kg8 34. b4 g5 $1 35. Rg4 (35. Rh3 Rb2+ 36. Kg3 $6 Kg7 $11 ({
but not} 36... Be6 $2 37. Rh6 Kg7 38. Bxe5 $3)) 35... Be6 36. Rg3 {[%csl Rg3]}
Bc4 37. e4 Rb2+ 38. Kg1 Rb1+ 39. Kf2 Rb2+ 40. Ke1 Kf7 {Despite two extra pawns,
White can't make any progress.} 41. Bc5 Be6 (41... Ra2 $5 42. Kd1 Bf1) 42. h3 (
42. Kd1 $5 Bc4 43. Kc1 Ra2 44. Kb1 Re2 {changes nothing.}) 42... Bc4 43. h4
gxh4 44. Rg4 Bb5 45. Rxh4 Re2+ 46. Kd1 Rxg2 47. f4 Kg6 48. fxe5 fxe5 49. Rh8
Rg4 50. Rg8+ Kh5 51. Rh8+ Kg6 52. Rg8+ Kh5 53. Rh8+ Kg6 54. Rg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nc3 Qf6 7. Qf3 Bd4
8. Bd2 Qxf3 9. gxf3 Rb8 10. Na4 Ne7 11. Ba5 Bb6 12. Bc3 f6 13. h4 d5 14. h5 Kf7
15. b4 Be6 16. Bd3 a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 Rhd8 19. Ke2 Ra8 20. Nxb6 cxb6 21.
Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Bd4 c5 23. bxc5 Nc6 24. c3 dxe4 25. fxe4 bxc5 26. Bxc5 Ne5 27.
Bb1 Rb8 28. Bd4 Rb2+ 29. Ke3 Bc4 30. Kf4 g5+ 31. hxg6+ hxg6 32. Kg3 g5 33. Rc1
Nd3 34. Bxd3 Bxd3 35. f3 Rb1 36. Rxb1 Bxb1 37. c4 f5 38. exf5 Bxf5 39. f4 gxf4+
40. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
h3 a6 9. Re1 (9. a4 {is normally played. Here Dominguez doesn't stop b5,
perhaps inteding to explore the queenside weaknesses later, but Caruana plays
c5 2 moves later, so I don't quite understand why allow b5-Bb7 in the first
place. A recent example (not quite successful) is from the top specialist in
the Qd6 Scandinavian - S. Tiviakov} Nc6 10. b3 Ne8 11. Ba3 Qd8 12. Re1 Nd6 13.
Bd5 Bd7 14. Qd3 {and it seems White has built up a great opening position, and
is indeed looking for an advantage} e6 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Ne5 Be8 17. Rad1 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Vovk,A (2549)-Tiviakov,S (2656)/Altenkirchen 2012/Mega2012 Update 24 
(67)}) 9... b5 10. Bb3 (10. Bd3 Bb7 11. a4 b4 12. Ne4 {also doesn't bring much,
because Black equalises right away:} Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Rxe4 c5 $11) 10...
Bb7 11. Bg5 c5 $1 {Right on time, solving Black's opening problems indeed, and
also avoiding any kind of Qe2-Rad1 disturbances.} 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Qe2 e6 14.
Rad1 Nbd7 $11 {=/+, it feels like White is the one that has to play properly
now. His pieces are active, but Black's structure is very good and the e6-P
controls the position very well. This is a typical Sicilian-like structure,
when Black was already able to play d5 and exchange White's e4-P, not to
mention the awkardly placed b3-B.} 15. Bf4 Rfe8 16. Bd6 Qb6 {Now to follow
calmly with Rac8, Rc6, or just Bf8, again trying to play against the passive
b3-B. Nc5 is another possible idea.} 17. Qe3 Qxe3 18. Rxe3 Nb6 19. Be5 Rac8 20.
Red3 Nc4 {Caruana forces White to get rid of his passive-B, but he is now
looking for a different advantage, the B vs N fight.} (20... Ne4 $5 {was
another way to play the position} 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Rd6 Bxf3 24.
gxf3 Rb8 $15 {with Kf6-Ke7 to come and after a slow re-grouping, Black could
try something in this endgame, where the white-B remains passive.}) 21. Bxc4
Rxc4 22. a3 h6 (22... Nd5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 $11 {=/+, would be a
better version of the game, with a pleasant endgame for Black and a
microscopic advantage, if there's any.}) 23. Nd2 Rcc8 24. Bxf6 $1 {Forcing the
subsequent exchanges:} Bxf6 25. Nde4 Bxc3 26. Nxc3 Bc6 {In this kind of
endgames, Black is always more comfortable, because the K-side majority has
better prospects than the Q-side one, since the B plays amazingly well with
the 4 Rs still in the game.} 27. R1d2 (27. h4 $11 {/=/+, exchanging a P would
be a good decision, trying to follow with f3-Kf2-Ke3.}) 27... g5 28. Rd6 Kf8
29. Nd1 Ke7 30. Ne3 h5 {Now Black could be eyeing the g2-P (by playing h4!).
That's why I liked the h4-move earlier. Besides, a rule of thumb in the N vs B
fight is to try to 'bring' the Ps as close to the centre as possible (in this
case, without the 'h' Ps, the N would be working better, since it's 'closer'
to the Ps).} 31. c4 $4 {A blunder, because White won't be able to take the P
back.} (31. f3 {and Kf2 to follow was the natural way to play the position.})
31... bxc4 $17 32. R6d4 (32. Nxc4 Bd5 33. b3 Rxc4 $1 {maybe this was missed by
Dominguez} 34. R6xd5 exd5 35. bxc4 dxc4 $19 {should be easily winning for
Black.}) 32... Bb5 33. h4 Rg8 {Preferring to maintain the K-side flexible.} (
33... g4 $17 {was the other way to play the position, the safest one I think,
getting space on the K-side and preparing to follow with c3 opening lines or
even f5 and a possible central expansion} 34. Rc2 f5 $1 35. Nxc4 e5 $19 {
This is the difference, now White doesn't have e4 available for his R.}) 34.
Kh2 (34. Rc2 $5 {could be a little bit annoying} g4 {one of the reasons I
think 33...g4 would be more precise} 35. Nxc4 e5 36. Re4 f6 37. Rc3 Ke6 {
and Black retains a clear advantage, because White's pieces are oddly placed,
and his structure remains better. But again, I don't think allowing this was
necessary.}) 34... c3 35. Rc2 cxb2 36. Rxb2 {Now we're talking about the same
endgame as before, but Black has an extra pawn, which makes things easier than
before. Naturally, there's still a fight going on.} Rc5 37. a4 Bc6 38. Rb6 a5
39. hxg5 Rgxg5 {It's interesting to notice how strong Bs are in this kind of
positions. Our c6 fellow plays an important role attacking g2, and at the same
time protects the black K on his march through e6 (after e5!).} 40. Ra6 e5 $6 (
40... f5 $1 {with the same idea was more precise, since White doesn't have the
Rc4 trick.}) 41. Ra7+ $2 (41. Rc4 $1 {would be a strong and unexpected try}
Rxg2+ 42. Kh3 Rxc4 43. Nxc4 Rg6 $1 (43... Be4 44. Rxa5 $132 f6 45. Ra7+ {
and after Nd6, Black is not going to stabilise, and won't be able to bring
home the full point. For example:} Kd8 46. Nd6 Bd5 47. Nf7+ Ke8 48. Nd6+ Kf8
49. Ra5 Bf3 50. Ra7 $1 $11) 44. Rxa5 f6 45. Nxe5 $1 fxe5 46. Rxe5+ Kf6 47. Rxh5
Bxa4 {and the famous RB vs R endgame would arrive. Drawn, in theory, but with
huge winning chances, as we all know. In 2012 for example, we had had the
famous Grischuk - Kamsky in Olympiad, that ended up in 0-1.}) 41... Ke6 42. Rd8
f5 $1 {g2-P becomes a real target now. And, as said before, the c6-B shows its
strong defensive potential.} 43. Rh8 Rg6 44. Rhh7 f4 45. Rae7+ Kd6 46. Nf5+ Kd5
47. Rxh5 Bxa4 {The a-P will be decisive, as will become clear soon.} 48. Ra7 $2
(48. g3 {last chance for something} fxg3+ 49. Nxg3 Re6 $17) 48... Kc4 $1 49.
Rh8 Bc2 50. Nh4 Rb6 $19 {Showing an amazing control of the endgame, Caruana
built this position to perfection, and nothing can stop his win now. This move
allows the black-K to the 'b' file, and the further advance of the a-P. It's
all going to be over soon, since Black is well coordinated and the pawn will
just march to a1} 51. Nf3 a4 52. Ng5 Kb4 53. Rha8 Rh6+ $1 54. Nh3 Bb3 55. f3
Rc2 56. Kg1 Rd6 57. Re8 Rdd2 58. Rg7 a3 59. Rxe5 a2 60. Re1 Rb2 61. Kh2 Rb1 62.
Re4+ Kc5 63. Ra7 a1=Q 64. Rxa1 Rxa1 {x} 65. Nxf4 Ra4 66. Re5+ Kd6 67. Rf5 Bc2
68. Rf7 Ke5 69. Kg3 Rd8 70. Nh3 Rg8+ 71. Kh2 Rh4 72. Rc7 Bf5 73. Rc5+ Ke6 74.
g4 Rgh8 75. Rxf5 Rxh3+ 76. Kg2 Rh2+ 77. Kg3 R8h3+ 78. Kf4 Rf2 79. Re5+ Kf6 80.
Re3 Ra2 81. g5+ Kf7 82. Kg4 Rh1 83. Rb3 Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 $5 {
If you are not a fan of the 7 Qc2 a6 8 a4 line this is the the most accurate
move order} (7. Qc2 b5 $5 8. a4 b4 {This position has become very popular over
the last 2 years} 9. Nfd2 $5 c6 10. Nxc4 Qxd4 11. Be3 Qd8 (11... Qg4 12. Nbd2 (
12. Ne5 Qh5 13. Nxc6 $6 (13. Bd4 Ba6 14. Bf3 Qf5 15. e4 Qh3 16. Rd1 $44) 13...
Nxc6 14. Qxc6 Ng4 15. h3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Rb8 17. Qc7 Ba6 (17... Qc5 $1 18. Qxc5 (
18. Qxb8 $2 Bd6 $19) 18... Bxc5 $17) 18. Qxe7 Qxe2 19. Qxa7 Ra8 20. Qb6 Rab8 {
1/2 Golichenko,I - Vysochin,S 10th Nabokov memorial 2012}) 12... Ba6 13. Ne5
Qh5 (13... Qf5 $5 14. Qxf5 exf5 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Bxc6 Rac8 17. Bb5 Bxb5 18.
axb5 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. Rxa7 Rxb5 21. Nc4 $14) 14. Ndf3 Ng4 $6 (14... Nd5 {
is a bit risky} 15. Bc1 (15. Bd4 $6 c5 $17) 15... f5 (15... b3 16. Qxb3 f6 (
16... Bxe2 $4 17. g4 $18) 17. Nd3 Rd8 18. Nd4 Qf7 19. Bh3 $16)) 15. Nxg4 Qxg4
16. Rfd1 Qc4 17. Rac1 (17. Qb1 $1 b3 (17... Rd8 $2 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Ne5 Qb3 (
19... Qxe2 20. Bf3 $18) 20. Qc1 Bb7 21. Nc4 Bf6 22. Na5 Qxb2 23. Qxb2 Bxb2 24.
Rb1 $18) (17... Qxe2 $2 18. Rd2 Qc4 19. Ne5 Qb3 20. Be4 Bf6 21. Bc2 $18) 18.
Rd2 Qb4 19. Qd1 $16) 17... Qxc2 18. Rxc2 b3 19. Rcd2 $44) 12. Rd1 Nd5 13. Bd4
Nd7 (13... Ba6 14. e4 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Nb6 (15... Nf6 16. Nd2 Qc7 17. e5 Nd5 18.
Rac1 Rc8 19. Nb3 Nd7 20. Qe2 $44) 16. Qe2 Qc8 $6 (16... Qc7 17. a5 N6d7 18. e5
Bc5 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Nd2 Nba6 21. Qe3 Rfd8 22. Nc4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Nd6)
17. a5 N6d7 18. e5 {Gagunashvili,M - Shabava,K 71th ch-GEO 2012 1-0 (41)} Bc5
19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Nd2 Nba6 21. Nc4 Qc7 22. Nd6 $16 {If we compare with the
line after 16...Qc7 Black lost one tempo}) 14. e4 N5b6 15. Nbd2 (15. Na5 $5 c5
16. Be5 Qe8 17. Bc7 $44) 15... c5 16. Be3 Ba6 17. a5 (17. Bf4 Nxc4 18. Nxc4
Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qc8 20. Rac1 $44) 17... Nxc4 18. Nxc4 Qc7 19. Bf4 e5 $15 {
Gagare, S - Kravtsiv,M NIT Nagpur GM Open 2012 0-1 (73)}) 7... a6 (7... Qd5 $6
{2700 players haven't played this yet} 8. Nc3 Qc6 9. Qc2 $1 (9. Qa5 Qb6 10. Qa4
Qc6 11. Qa5 Qb6 12. Qa4 Qc6 {1/2 Colovic,A -David,A 4-th Rethymno Open 2012})
9... Qa6 10. e4 (10. a4 Nc6 11. Nb5 Nb4 (11... Qb6 $5 12. Qxc4 a6 13. Nc3 Na5
14. Qd3 Nb3 15. Rb1 Rd8 $13) 12. Qb1 (12. Qxc4 c6 13. Na3 Qxc4 (13... Qxa4 14.
Bd2 Ne4 15. Be1 f6 16. Ne5 Nxg3 17. hxg3 fxe5 18. dxe5 $14) 14. Nxc4 Rd8 15.
Bd2 Ne4 $11) 12... Qb6 13. Bf4 Nfd5 14. Bd2 c5 15. e4 Nf6 16. e5 Nfd5 17. Na3
cxd4 18. Nxc4 Qa6 19. Rc1 d3 20. Ne1 Rd8 21. Bf1 b5 $6 (21... Nc2 $1 22. Nxc2
Qxc4 23. Ne3 Qd4 24. Nxd5 Qxd5 25. Bc3 Bd7 26. Qxd3 Qxd3 27. Bxd3 Bc6 $11) 22.
axb5 Qxb5 23. Nxd3 Qb8 24. Na5 $14 {Brunello,S - Vaisecchi,A 11-th Bergamo
Open elite 2012 1/2 (68)}) 10... Nc6 11. Qe2 Nb4 12. Rd1 Bd7 (12... Nd3 13. Bg5
h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. b3 Qa5 16. e5 Be7 17. Ne4 $14) 13. Ne5 Rad8 14. Be3 (14.
Nxc4 $5 c5 15. dxc5 Bb5 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Nxb5 Qxb5 18. a4 Qa6 19. b3 Bxc5 20.
Bb2 $14) 14... Nd3 15. Nxc4 Qxc4 16. Rxd3 e5 17. Rc1 $14 {Le Quang,L -
Megaranto,S FIDE World Cup 2011 1-0 (58)}) 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 {
Sergey Karjakin used to play 10....Ra7 but for last 3 years he has preferred
10...Bd6} Bd6 (10... Ra7 11. Rc1 Be4 12. Qb3 Nc6 (12... Bd5 13. Qe3 Ng4 14. Qd3
Bc4 15. Rxc4 bxc4 16. Qxc4 Nf6 17. Nc3 Nbd7 18. b4 c6 19. Na4 Qb8 20. Nc5 (20.
Rc1 $5 Rc8 21. Nc5) 20... Qb5 21. Rc1 {Sakaev,K - Karjakin,S Russia 2008 1/2 
(32)}) 13. e3 Qa8 14. Qd1 Nb8 15. Ba5 Bd6 (15... Rc8 16. a3 Bd6 17. Nbd2 Bd5
18. Qf1 Nbd7 (18... c5 $2 19. Bb6) 19. b4 e5 (19... h6 20. Rc2 e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5
22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Rac1 c6 25. Qg2 $14) 20. dxe5 Bxe5 (20... Nxe5
21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Ra2 $14 {Marin,M}) 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. f3 Nc4 (22... Nc6 $5 23.
e4 Be6 24. Qf2 $14) 23. Nxc4 Bxc4 24. Qf2 Re8 25. e4 $14 {Kramnik,V - Anand,V
Corus Wijk aan Zee 2007 1-0 (53)}) 16. a3 Nbd7 17. Nbd2 Bd5 18. Qf1 c5 19. dxc5
Bxc5 20. Rc2 Qb7 21. Rac1 {Aronian,L - Karjakin,S Corus Wijk aan Zee 2007 1-0 
(47)}) 11. Nh4 $146 {I'm not sure that this idea will gain many followers, but
it's clear that for one game this is a good try.} (11. Ng5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nbd7
13. e4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. f4 Nc4 16. b3 (16. e5 $6 h6 17. exf6 (17. Nf3 $6
Ng4 18. Qe4 Bc5 $17) 17... hxg5 18. fxg7 $2 Re8 $1 19. Nc3 $2 (19. Qd1 Bc5 20.
Bc1 Kxg7 $40) 19... Qd7 $1 (19... Bc5 $2 20. Rad1 $11 g4 21. Bc1 Qf6 22. h4
Qc6+ 23. Kh2 Rad8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Qf5 $4 Nd2 {0-1 Szabo,G - Baratosi,D
ROM-ch Sarata Monteoru 2011}) 20. fxg5 Qc6+ 21. Kh3 Kxg7 22. Rf6 Rh8+ 23. Rh6
Be7 24. Re1 (24. Nd1 Qd7+) 24... Bxg5 25. Bxg5 Rxh6+ 26. Bxh6+ Qxh6+ 27. Kg2
Ne3+ $19) 16... Nxd2 17. Nxd2 h6 18. Ngf3 Bb4 19. Rf2 (19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. e5 Nd5
21. Nf1 Rad8 22. Nd4 c5 23. Nf5 (23. Nc6 $4 Qb7 24. Nxd8 Nxf4+ 25. Kf2 Qg2+ $19
) 23... Qb7 24. Kh3 Qc8 25. Kg2 Qb7 26. Kh3 Qc8 27. Kg2 Qb7 {1/2
Miroshnichenko,E - Djukic,N EU-Cup 25th Ohrid 2009}) 19... Qe7 $11 {Ponomariov,
R - Karjakin,S Amber-blindfold 19-th rapid 2010 0-1 (71)}) (11. a4 Nbd7 12. Ba5
Qb8 13. b4 e5 (13... Be4 14. Qc1 Qb7 15. Re1 Bd5 16. Nc3 Ne4 17. Nxd5 exd5 18.
Ng5 Nxg5 19. Qxg5 c6 20. axb5 (20. Rec1 $5 Rfe8 21. Qd2 Nb6 (21... Re6 22. Qc2
Bf8 23. e4 $14) 22. Bxb6 Qxb6 23. e3 Qb7 24. Qc2 Rac8 25. Qb3 $14) 20... axb5
21. Rac1 Nb6 22. e4 dxe4 23. Bxe4 Nc4 24. d5 c5 $11 25. bxc5 Rxa5 26. cxd6 Qd7
27. Qf4 Nxd6 28. Rc6 Nxe4 29. Qxe4 b4 30. Qxb4 Rxd5 {1/2 Caruana,F - So,
Wesley New Delhi AAI 2011}) 14. Rd1 (14. axb5 axb5 (14... exd4 $6 15. bxa6 Rxa6
16. b5) 15. Nc3 Rc8 16. Qd2 (16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qf5 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3
Be5 $11 20. Rac1 $6 c5) 16... exd4 17. Nxd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Be5 19. e3 c5 $11)
14... Rc8 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 $11 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Ra3 Bd6 19. Rad3
Bf8 20. Qb3 c5 21. bxc5 Bxc5 22. Bc3 Qb6 {1/2 So,Wesley - Karjakin,S FIDE
World Cup 2011}) 11... Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qc8 13. Rc1 Qb7+ 14. Nf3 Rc8 15. a4 (15.
b4 $6 e5 $1 (15... a5 16. bxa5 b4 {Golubev,M} 17. a3 b3 $5 (17... Rxa5 18. Qb2
Nc6 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Rb8 21. b5 Qxb5 22. Nc3 Qf5 23. Qa4 {it seems that
White has the better chances}) 18. Qb2 Ne4 19. Bb4 Nc6 20. Qxb3 Nxd4 21. Qd3
Be5 22. Nc3 Nxc3 23. Bxc3 Nxf3 24. exf3 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Rxa5 $11) 16. dxe5 Bxe5
17. Bc3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 (18. Nxc3 c5 19. bxc5 Nbd7 $11) 18... Nbd7 19. Qc6 Qxc6
20. Rxc6 Nd5 21. a3 a5 $11) 15... bxa4 16. Rxa4 Nbd7 17. Qc6 {Black's position
seems to be unpleasant. However, by playing precisely, Black can level the
game.} Rcb8 (17... Qxb2 $1 {I would recommend this brave move as the most
precise one} 18. e4 $5 {the only way to play for an advantage} (18. Rxa6 Rxa6
19. Qxa6 Rb8 20. Nc3 Qb7 21. Qxb7 Rxb7 $11 {followed by c5}) 18... Nb6 19. Ra5
Bb4 {a normal solid move} (19... Qb3 $5 {if you prefer computer style moves,
here is your choice} 20. e5 Nfd5 21. Nc3 (21. exd6 $2 cxd6 22. Qb7 Rxc1 23.
Bxc1 Qxb1 24. Rxa6 Rf8 25. Bd2 Qb2 $17) 21... Bf8 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Rxa6 Rxa6
24. Qxa6 Rb8 $11) 20. Bxb4 Qxb4 21. Qc5 (21. Ra1 a5 22. Na3 a4 23. Rcb1 Qe7 24.
Nb5 Qd7 25. Ne5 Qxc6 26. Nxc6 Kf8 {White has compensation for a pawn, which is
sufficient for equality. For example} 27. f3 (27. Nba7 Nxe4 28. Nxc8 Rxc8 {
Black has nothing to worry about}) (27. Nca7 Rcb8 28. Nc6 Rc8 $11) 27... Ra6
28. Nb4 Ra5 29. Nc6 Ra6 30. Kf2 Ke8 31. Ke3 Nc4+ 32. Ke2 Nd6 {White needs to
be careful} 33. Nb4 Nxb5 34. Nxa6 Nc3+ 35. Kd3 Nxb1 36. Rxb1 Nd7 37. Rb4 Nb6
38. Nxc7+ Rxc7 39. Rxb6 Ra7 $11) 21... Qxc5 22. dxc5 Nbd7 23. c6 Nb6 (23... Nb8
$6 24. Nbd2 $16) 24. Nbd2 Rd8 25. Rca1 Ne8 26. Nb3 f6 27. Nc5 Kf7 28. Rxa6 Rxa6
29. Nxa6 Rd6 $11) 18. Na3 Ne4 $5 {Perhaps this line is the best practical
choice.} (18... Qxb2 $6 19. Rb1 $1 (19. Nc4 $2 Qb5) 19... Qa2 20. Rxb8+ Rxb8
21. Nc4 Qb3 22. Rxa6 $14) (18... Nb6 19. Ra5 Ne4 20. Be1 Bxa3 21. Rxa3 Nd5 22.
Qxb7 Rxb7 23. b3 $14) 19. Qxb7 $1 (19. Qxd7 $6 Nxd2 20. Qc6 Nxf3 21. Kxf3 Qxb2
22. Rb1 Qa2 {This doesn't look attractive for White.}) 19... Rxb7 20. Nc4 Bf8
21. Be3 c5 22. Nfe5 $6 {[%emt 0:00:22] After this move a draw seems almost
inevitable. I think White should have chosen between Nce5 or prophylaxis with
22.Ra2.} (22. Nce5 $5 cxd4 (22... Nb6 23. Ra5 cxd4 24. Bxd4 f6 25. Nd3 e5 26.
Be3 Nd7 27. Rc6 Nd6 28. Nd2 $14) (22... Nxe5 $6 23. dxe5 f5 24. exf6 Nxf6 25.
Rc2 (25. Ng5 $5 Rxb2 26. Nxe6 Rxe2 27. Nxf8 Rxf8 28. Rxc5 h6 29. Rf5) 25... Nd5
26. Bd2 h6 27. Ne5 $16) 23. Rxd4 $1 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Nd6 25. Rd2 f6 26. Nd3 e5 27.
Rc6 {the position is drawish but not a draw yet}) (22. Ra2 cxd4 (22... f6 23.
Na5 Rb4 24. dxc5 Bxc5 25. Bxc5 Ndxc5 26. Nc6 Rb6 27. Nfd4 e5 28. Nf5 Kf8 29.
Nce7 $14) 23. Nxd4 Rc7 24. b3 Rac8 25. Rac2 Nef6 26. Bf4 Rc5 27. f3 Re8 (27...
e5 $2 28. Nxe5 $16) 28. Be3 Nd5 29. Bf2 $14 {perhaps the position is drawish
but Black still needs to play precisely.}) 22... cxd4 $1 {Black is out of
danger now.} (22... Nef6 23. Nd3 cxd4 24. Bxd4 Nd5 25. Na5 Rc7 26. Rxc7 Nxc7
27. Nc6 $14) 23. Nxd7 (23. Bxd4 $6 Ndc5 24. Ra2 Nb3 25. Rd1 f6 26. Nc6 Rc8 27.
N4a5 Nxa5 28. Nxa5 Rd7 {White needs to be precise otherwise he gets into
troubles:} 29. f3 $1 (29. Rd3 $6 Rc2 30. Kf3 e5 31. Kxe4 (31. Be3 Rxd3 32. exd3
Nc3 33. Ra1 Rxb2 $17) 31... exd4 32. Kf3 Re7 33. e3 dxe3 34. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 35.
fxe3 (35. Kxe3 Bc5+ $17) 35... Rxh2 36. Nb3 h5 37. Rxa6 Rxb2 38. Nd4 Bc5 $17) (
29. Raa1 $6 Rc2 30. Rd3 e5 31. Be3 Rxd3 32. exd3 Bc5 $1 $15) 29... Nxg3 (29...
Ng5 $13) 30. hxg3 e5 31. Nb3 exd4 32. Rxd4 Rb7 $11) 23... dxe3 24. Nxf8 Kxf8
25. Nxe3 Nf6 26. Nc4 Ke7 27. Rd1 Rc7 28. Nb6 Raa7 29. Rc4 (29. Rda1 Rc2 30.
Rxa6 Rxa6 31. Rxa6 Rxe2 32. Ra7+ Kf8 33. b4 h5 34. h3 Rb2 35. Nc4 Rxb4 36. Nd6
Rd4 $11) 29... Rxc4 30. Nxc4 $11 Rc7 31. b3 Nd7 32. Ra1 Nc5 33. Nd2 Rb7 34. Ra5
Nxb3 35. Nxb3 Rxb3 36. Rxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
Nge2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Rc1 Bh5 $6 {An artificial line. Frankly speaking I
don't understand the reason to play such options if there are 2 reliable way
to get a normal position.} (10... O-O 11. Na4 (11. f3 Bh5) 11... Nd7 (11... Bh5
$6 {a bit dubious} 12. f3 (12. Qb3 $5 Ra7 13. Nc5) 12... Bg6 13. Bxg6 (13. a3
Nd7 14. b4 e5 $5 (14... Rc8 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. bxc5 Qa5 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qb3 (
18. Rb1 $5 e5 19. Bg3 Qxa3 20. Rb3 Qa4 21. Rxb7 $13) 18... e5 19. dxe5 (19. Bg3
exd4 20. exd4 Bf6 21. Bf2 Rfe8 22. Rc2 $11) 19... g5 20. Bg3 Bxc5 21. Bf2 Nxe5
22. Qxd5 Bb6 (22... Rfe8 $5) 23. Qxb7 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Nd3 $15 {Van der Sterren,P
- Shirov,A Bundesliga 0001 2001 1/2 (47)}) 15. dxe5 Ndxe5 16. Bxg6 Nxg6 17. Nc5
Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Qe7 (18... d4 $5 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Bc7 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Qe7 $11)
19. Re1 a5 20. Rxd5 Nxf4 21. Nxf4 axb4 22. Rd7 Qc5 23. axb4 $14 {Landa,K -
Zherebukh,Y Bundesliga 2012 1/2 (52)}) 13... hxg6 14. Qb3 Ra7 15. Bg3 $6 (15.
Nc5 Qc8 16. Bg3 Nd7 17. Nd3 $14) 15... Nd7 16. Nf4 Na5 17. Qd1 Nc4 18. Qe2 b5
19. Nc3 Bh4 20. Bxh4 Qxh4 $11 {Fressinet,L -Volkov,S 12-th ch-EUR
Aix-les-Bains FRA 2011 1/2 (43)}) 12. f3 Bh5 13. Qb3 Ra7 14. Bg3 Bg6 15. Nf4
Na5 16. Qd1 (16. Qc2 $5 b5 17. Nc3 (17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Nc3 Nb6 19. Nb1 Bd6 $11)
17... Bxd3 18. Nxd3 Nc4 19. Nd1 Bd6 $11) 16... b5 17. Nc3 Bxd3 18. Nxd3 Nc4 19.
Qe1 Bd6 20. b3 Bxg3 21. hxg3 Nd6 {1/2 Granda Zuniga,J - Gelfand,B 39th
Olimpiad Men 2010}) (10... Rc8 $5 11. Qb3 (11. a3 Nd7 $1 12. Rc2 (12. Qb3 $6
Na5 13. Qa4 b5) 12... Nb6 (12... Bh5 13. Bg3 O-O 14. Qb1 Bg6 15. Nf4 Bxd3 16.
Nxd3 Nb6 17. Qa2 Nc4 18. Nb1 Bg5 19. Re1 h5 20. b3 Nd6 21. Bxd6 {1/2 Vaisser,A
- Gurevich,M Escaldes zt 1998}) 13. Qc1 (13. Bg3 Bh5 14. Qc1 Bg6 $11) 13... Bh5
14. Bg3 Bg6 15. Nf4 O-O 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Nb1 Bd6 $11 {Vaisser,A - Chernin,A
EU-chT 11th 1997 0-1 (44)}) 11... Na5 12. Qa4+ Nc6 (12... b5 $2 13. Nxb5 $18)
13. Qb3 (13. Ng3 Bh5) 13... Na5 14. Qa4+ Nc6 15. Qb3 {1/2 Vaisser,A - Tkachiev,
V FRA-chT 2001}) 11. Qb3 $6 (11. Na4 $1 Nd7 (11... O-O {See the notes to the
game Fressinet,L - Volkov,S}) 12. Qb3 Na5 (12... Ra7 13. Bg3 Bg6 (13... Bh4 14.
Bxh4 Qxh4 15. Nf4 Bg6 16. Nb6 $16) 14. Nf4 Bxd3 15. Nxd3 O-O 16. h3 $14) 13.
Qc3 Nc6 (13... Nc4 $6 14. b3 (14. e4 $5 b5 (14... O-O 15. exd5 exd5 16. b3 Nd6
17. Qc7 $16) 15. exd5 exd5 16. b3 $1 $16) 14... Nd6 15. Nc5 Rc8 16. Qb2 $16)
14. Bg3 Rc8 15. a3 Bg6 16. Nf4 Bxd3 (16... Bh4 $5 17. Bxh4 Qxh4 18. b4 O-O 19.
Nc5 $14) 17. Nxd3 O-O 18. Ndc5 $6 (18. b4 b6 19. Qb3 $14) 18... Na5 (18... Nxc5
$5 19. dxc5 (19. Nxc5 Na5 20. Qd3 Nc4 21. b3 (21. Nxb7 $6 Qb6 22. b3 Nxe3 23.
Qxe3 Qxb7 $15) 21... Nxa3 22. Nxb7 Qb6 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 Qxc5
26. Qxa6 Nb5 $11) 19... Na5 20. b4 Nc4 21. Rfd1 f5 $11) 19. b4 Nxc5 $2 (19...
b6 $1 20. Nxb6 (20. bxa5 bxc5 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Rfd1) 20... Nxb6 21. bxa5 Nc4
22. Nxa6 Bxa3 $11) 20. bxc5 Nc4 21. Qb3 $1 Qd7 (21... Nd2 22. Qxb7 Nxf1 23.
Rxf1 $1 $18 (23. Kxf1 $2 Qa5 24. Qb4 Bd8)) 22. Nb6 Nxb6 23. Qxb6 $16 {[%emt 0:
00:11] Landa,K - Svetushkin,D TCh-FRA TOP12 20 1-0 (32) Based on this game, I
believe that Black does not have equality after 10....Bh5. It is interesting
to speculate as to what F.Caruana had prepared after 11.Na4.}) 11... Na5 12.
Qa4+ Nc6 $1 (12... b5 $6 13. Nxb5 axb5 14. Bxb5+ Kf8 15. Bc7 Nc4 16. Bxd8 Rxa4
17. Bxe7+ Kxe7 18. Bxa4 Bxe2 19. Rfe1 Nxb2 (19... Bd3 20. b3 Nb6 21. Rc7+ $16)
20. Rc7+ Kd6 21. Rxe2 Nxa4 (21... Kxc7 22. Rxb2 $16) 22. Rxf7 Rb8 23. h3 Ne8
24. Rc2 $16) 13. Bg3 (13. Qb3 $11) 13... Bg6 14. Nf4 Bxd3 {I don't think that
this is the best way. Why not 14 ...Bd6?} (14... Bd6 $5 15. Qd1 O-O 16. Nxg6
hxg6 $11) 15. Nxd3 Nd7 16. Qd1 O-O 17. Na4 Rc8 18. Ndc5 Nxc5 $6 (18... Bxc5 $1
19. Nxc5 (19. dxc5 b5 $5 20. cxb6 Nxb6 21. Rc3 (21. Nc5 a5 22. Nb7 Qd7) 21...
d4 $1 22. exd4 Nxa4 23. Qxa4 Nxd4 24. Qxa6 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Qc8 26. Qxc8 Ne2+ 27.
Kh1 Rxc8 $11) 19... Nxc5 20. dxc5 e5 21. Qb3 Qd7 22. Rfd1 Rfd8 $11) 19. dxc5
$14 Na7 20. b4 Rc6 (20... Bh4 21. Nb6 $1 Rc6 22. Be5 Nc8 (22... Bf6 $2 23. Bxf6
Qxf6 24. Nd7 $18) 23. Qg4 g6 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. e4 $14) 21. h3 a5 $2 22. b5 $1
Nxb5 23. Qb3 Nc7 24. Qxb7 Qa8 25. Rb1 $16 Rc8 26. Qxa8 Nxa8 27. Rb7 Bf8 (27...
Bxc5 $2 28. Rc1 $18) 28. Rfb1 f6 29. Ra7 (29. Rb8 $5 {I believe this way is
better than 29 Ra7. If White trades rook, Black has no counterplay at all.} e5
30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rb7 h5 32. Ra7 $18 Rb8 (32... g5 33. f3) 33. f4) 29... e5 30.
f4 $6 (30. Rbb7 h5 31. h4 {White's position seems to be winning.}) 30... d4 31.
fxe5 dxe3 32. exf6 gxf6 $2 (32... Rxf6 $1 33. Re1 (33. Rxa5 e2 34. Re1 Re6 35.
a3 g6 $132) 33... Rfc6 34. Rxe3 Nc7 35. Rxa5 Ne6 {Black has some chances to
draw.}) 33. Kf1 $18 Re8 34. Ke2 (34. Rb8 $1 Rxb8 35. Bxb8 $18) 34... Rcc8 (
34... Bxc5 $5 35. Nxc5 Rxc5 36. Rbb7 Rg5 37. Bf4 Rxg2+ 38. Kf3 Rg6 (38... e2
39. Kxg2 e1=Q 40. Rg7+ Kh8 41. Rxh7+ Kg8 42. Rag7+ Kf8 43. Bd6+ Re7 44. Bxe7+
Ke8 45. Rg8+ Kd7 46. Bb4+ $18) 39. Bxe3 h5 40. a4 h4 41. Bf4 $18) 35. Rbb7 f5
36. Rxa5 Rcd8 37. Be1 Bh6 38. Nb2 Rb8 39. Raa7 Rxb7 40. Rxb7 Rc8 41. Nd3 Nc7
42. Rb6 Bg5 43. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.12.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. a4 b4 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. c3 Rb8 13. Nc4 Nc6 14. h3 h6 15. Ne3
Be6 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 Re8 18. Be3 Bf8 19. Nfd2 d5 20. exd5 Qxd5 21. Qf3
Qxf3 22. Nxf3 Nd5 23. Bd2 f6 24. a5 Kf7 25. g4 Red8 26. Kf1 Rb7 27. Red1 Re7
28. Rac1 Re6 29. Re1 Nde7 30. Re3 Ng6 31. Re4 Rxd3 32. Be3 Rd5 33. h4 h5 34.
gxh5 Nf4 35. Bxf4 exf4 36. Rxf4 Kg8 37. Kg2 Rxh5 38. Rd1 bxc3 39. bxc3 Ne7 40.
Rg4 Nd5 41. Ng5 fxg5 42. Rxd5 Rxh4 43. Rdxg5 Rxg4+ 44. Rxg4 Be7 45. Rg3 Bf6 46.
Rd3 Re4 47. Nb6 c4 48. Rd5 Bxc3 49. Rc5 Re2 50. Rc8+ Kh7 51. Nxc4 Bd4 52. Rf8
Rc2 53. Nb6 Bc5 54. Ra8 Rxf2+ 55. Kg3 Ra2 56. Rxa6 Bxb6 57. Rxb6 Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.12.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Nb5 {It is just
natural to question the viability of such a provocative way of developing the
queen.} Qb6 7. Na3 $5 {A rare move, aiming to maintain the flow of White's
play. The knight is heading for e5, gaining more time on account of the still
exposed placement of the black queen. White's main continuations have a more
concrete and apparently threatening character.} (7. c4 c6 {We will follow 3
games of Motylev. In the first one (chronologically) he had the white pieces
and his impossibility of gaining an advantage might have inspired him to take
up the variation in his repertoire with Black. There is a common element in
his games with Black: the flexibility of thinking when it comes to the
light-squared bishop. In one of the games, the bishop travelled along the
route ...Bc8-g4-c8-a6 and in the other one it had almost a reverse trajectory!}
8. Nc3 (8. c5 Qd8 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. Be3 b5 13. cxb6 axb6
14. h3 Bc8 15. a4 Ba6 {Bartel,M (2629)-Motylev,A (2677)/Warsaw 2012/ (0-1, 90)}
) 8... Bg7 (8... Bg4 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nbd7 13. Re1
Rfe8 14. d5 Rad8 15. Qb3 cxd5 16. cxd5 a6 17. Bg5 Qxb3 18. axb3 h6 {1/2
Motylev,A (2677)-Inarkiev,E (2676)/Poikovsky 2009/CBM 131/[Kritz]}) 9. h3 O-O
10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Bg5 Nf8 14. Qd2 Ne6 15. Be3 b6 16.
Rac1 Bb7 17. c5 bxc5 18. dxc5 Rad8 19. Qc2 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Bf1 Bc8 22.
Qb3 Be6 {Wan Yunguo (2441)-Motylev,A (2683)/Hangzhou 2012/ (0-1, 80)}) (7. Bf4
{initiates some interesting piece play.} Nd5 8. Be5 (8. Bd2 {is too modest to
cause problems, but once again we can see Motylev's light-squared bishop at
work:} c6 9. Na3 Bg7 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Nce5 O-O 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bb3 a5 14. a4 b4
15. O-O Bb7 16. Qc1 Nd7 17. Bh6 Nxe5 18. Bxd5 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Ng4 20. Qh4 cxd5
21. Qxg4 Bc8 22. Qg5 Bf5 {Boros,D (2485)-Motylev,A (2705)/Rijeka 2010/CBM 136 
(0-1, 42)}) 8... f6 9. Bg3 a6 10. c4 axb5 11. cxd5 c6 (11... e6 $6 12. Bd3 Qa5+
$6 13. Kf1 c6 14. Qc2 $1 $16 {Petrosian,T (2613)-Kurajica,B (2535)/Plovdiv
2010/CBM 139 (1-0, 34). ^The last move prevents both possible captures on d5,
for instance:} exd5 $2 15. Bxg6+ hxg6 16. Qxg6+ Ke7 17. Re1+ $40) 12. Bd3 Qa5+
$1 {It is important to cause some lack of harmony in White's position to
compensate for the somehow chaotic character of Black's structure and his
delay in development.} (12... cxd5 13. O-O Nc6 14. Qb3 e6 15. Bxb5 $14 {
Menkinovski,R (2349)-Milanovic,D (2516)/Obrenovac 2011/CBM 145 Extra (0-1, 33)}
) 13. Kf1 cxd5 $13 {Jerez Perez,A (2416)-Alonso Rosell,A (2502)/Sabadell 2011/
CBM 144 Extra (1/2, 38)}) 7... c6 (7... Bg7 8. Nc4 Qc6 {looks very provocative,
to put it mildly, but one of the greatest players ever (true, well after his
best years) could not prove it wrong:} 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1 Nd5 12.
c3 h6 13. Bd2 Qf6 14. Nce5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Rd8 16. Bf3 c6 17. Qc1 g5 18. Bh5 $14
{(1/2, 29) Karpov,A (2686)-Fernandez Garcia,J (2452)/Santurtzi 2003/CBM 093 ext
}) 8. Nc4 Qd8 {It is hard to tell which is the best square for the queen. On
d8, it certainly stays out of the range of the white dark-squared bishop.} (
8... Qc7 {is possible, though.} 9. Nce5 Bg7 ({As a common pattern in this
structure, I would offer the exchange of the active knight immediately after
it goes to e5; otherwise, Ng5xf7 may cause some troubles.} 9... Nbd7 $1) 10.
Bc4 (10. Ng5 O-O 11. Bc4 e6 12. O-O {would leave Black with the potential
threat of a sacrifice on f7, with ample compensation for White for just a
negligible material deficit.}) 10... Nd5 11. O-O Nd7 12. Nd3 O-O 13. Bb3 b5 14.
Re1 N7b6 15. c3 a5 $132 {Solak,D (2567)-Milanovic,D (2499)/Vrnjacka Banja 2010/
CBM 138 Extra (1/2, 29)}) 9. g3 $5 $146 {The solid choice of a player who also
has 1.d4 in his repertoire. White does not rush in, but hopes that his space
advantage will tell in the long run.} (9. Nce5 Bg7 (9... Nbd7 $1) 10. Bc4 O-O
11. O-O Nbd7 12. c3 (12. Nxf7 Rxf7 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. Ng5+ Kg8 15. Ne6 Qb6 16.
Qe2 $16) 12... Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Nd5 14. Re1 Be6 {Soltanici,R (2367)-Grigore,G 
(2505)/Baia Sprie 2011/CBM 142 Extra (1/2, 52); With normal play for Black.})
9... Be6 10. Qe2 Bg7 11. Bg2 O-O {Black, too, relies on long term elements,
mainly his lack of weaknesses and flexibility.} ({A more active approach would
be} 11... Qd5 12. Ne3 (12. Nce5 Nfd7) (12. Ncd2 O-O 13. O-O Qh5) 12... Qa5+ 13.
Bd2 Qa6 $5) 12. O-O Qc8 ({After White's castling,} 12... Qd5 13. Nce5 $14 {
leaves queen without the possibility of gaining a tempo with check.}) 13. Ng5
Bd5 {The idea of distracting the enemy bishop to h6 is right, but concretely
this move presents some risks.} (13... Bxc4 14. Qxc4 e6 {would not change much
with respect to the game.}) 14. Bh3 ({And for the last time, we see White
refraining from the interesting sacrifice on f7, after} 14. Ne5 $5) 14... Bxc4
15. Qxc4 Nbd7 16. Qe2 Qd8 {This structure is typical of several openings: the
Caro-Kann, the Pirc, the Alekhine, or, as is the case now, the Scandinavian.
Classical players would claim an advantage for White, who has more space and
the bishop pair, hypermodern thinkers would enjoy the prospect of slowly
building up counterplay against White's centre.} 17. c4 {This increases
White's space advantage, but also weakens the d4-square somewhat.} h6 18. Nf3
Re8 19. Rd1 e6 20. Bd2 a5 {Since Black's hopes for counterplay are based on
either ...e5 or ...c5, it is useful to ensure the stability of one of his
knights on c5 in advance. Besides, the last move prevents a massive white
queenside expansion.} 21. Bc3 Qc7 22. Rac1 a4 {But this is double edged
already. In some cases, the a4-pawn may become weak. For instance, in the
endgame it would be within the range of the light-squared bishop.} 23. Bg2 Rad8
{Both sides are fully mobilised, so what should come next? White is not ready
for any pawn break yet and should be mainly concerned to anticipate ...c6-c5
and ...e6-e5, which cannot be stopped forever.} 24. Rd3 Ng4 $5 {Abstractly a
very nice plan: Black intends to increase the pressure against d4 with ...
Nh6-f5, as a complement to the ...c5-break. Concretely, there seems to be a
flaw, though.} ({The simple} 24... c5 $5 $132 {looks quite OK.}) 25. Re1 $6 {
After this neutral move, Black carries out his plan without problems.} ({
Caruana probably intended to meet} 25. h3 {with} e5 $5 26. dxe5 Ngxe5 27. Nxe5
Nxe5 {If Black manages to transfer his knight to c5 and exchange the
dark-squared bishops, he will get a dream ending, especially in the presence
of queens. Still, there are some concrete problems:} 28. Re3 Re6 29. Re1 (29.
f4 $2 Nd3 $1 $17) 29... Rde8 30. Qd1 $14 {Suddenly, there are some problems
with the a4-pawn, while the pin along the e-file is also a bit annoying.})
25... h5 26. h3 Nh6 27. Bd2 c5 $132 (27... Nf5 $5 28. Bg5 Bf6 29. Bxf6 Nxf6 $11
) 28. Bg5 Rc8 29. Bf4 (29. d5 Nf5 $132 {[%csl Gd4]}) 29... Qa5 30. dxc5 Nxc5
31. Qd2 (31. Rdd1 Qb4) 31... Qxd2 (31... Qa7 $5 32. Ra3 (32. Rd6 $2 Nf5 $19)
32... Red8 33. Qe2 Qb6 $132) 32. Rxd2 Red8 33. Red1 Rxd2 34. Rxd2 Ne4 35. Rc2
Nc5 36. Rd2 Ne4 37. Rd7 Nc5 38. Rd1 f6 $6 {Quite a mysterious weakening move,
allowing White to take over the initiative.} (38... Nf5 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4
Ne7 41. Bd6 Bf8 $11 {[%cal Ge7c6]}) 39. Be3 Nf5 40. Bxc5 Rxc5 41. Rd8+ Kh7 42.
Bf1 Rc7 43. Ra8 $14 {White wins a pawn, but Black will somehow manage to
generate enough counterplay to hold a draw.} e5 44. Rxa4 e4 45. Nd2 Nd6 46. Ra5
f5 47. Rd5 Nc8 48. b4 Bc3 49. a3 Ne7 50. Rd6 Bb2 51. Nb1 Nc6 52. c5 Re7 53. Kg2
h4 54. b5 Nd4 55. Nd2 hxg3 56. Kxg3 Bc3 57. Nb1 Bb2 58. Nd2 Bc3 59. Nb1 Bb2 60.
Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Nge2 c5 6. d3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Nge7 8. a3
Nd4 9. b4 Bg4 10. h3 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Nxe2 12. Qxe2 Nc6 13. Rb1 b6 14. O-O O-O 15.
Be3 Rc8 16. Qd2 Rc7 17. Kh1 Kh8 18. Rb2 f5 19. Rbb1 Nd4 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. exf5
gxf5 22. Bd5 Qe8 23. b5 Re7 24. Rbe1 e4 25. f4 exf3 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. Rxf3 Be5
28. a4 Qg7 29. Qf2 Rf6 30. Rxf5 Bxg3 31. Qf3 Be5 32. Be6 Rxf5 33. Bxf5 Qg5 34.
Be4 Kg7 35. Qg4 Qxg4 36. hxg4 h6 37. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nf1 d5 11. Be3 Bf8 12. Qc2 Bg4 13. N3d2 Nh5 14. h3 Bxh3 15.
gxh3 d4 16. Nf3 dxe3 17. fxe3 Qd7 18. Kh2 Re6 19. Nh4 Rd6 20. Rad1 Rd8 21. d4
g6 22. Nf3 Bg7 23. Ng3 Nxg3 24. Kxg3 c5 25. d5 Qe7 26. Kh2 f5 27. Rg1 Bh6 28.
Rde1 Rf8 29. Kh1 f4 30. exf4 Bxf4 31. Qg2 c4 32. b3 cxb3 33. axb3 a5 34. Ng5
Bxg5 35. Qxg5 Rdf6 36. Ref1 Qd7 37. Qg2 Rf4 38. Rxf4 Rxf4 39. Rf1 Qf7 40. Rxf4
Qxf4 41. Qg4 Qc1+ 42. Kg2 Qc2+ 43. Kg1 Kg7 44. Qd7+ Kh6 45. Qxc7 Qd1+ 46. Kf2
Qd2+ 47. Kf1 Qf4+ 48. Kg1 Qe3+ 49. Kf1 Qf4+ 50. Kg1 Qe3+ 51. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 {A common approach
nowadays. This way White avoids the Marshall attack and other variations which
have been analysed until the endgame.} b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 {White wants to keep
his bishop on the important a2-g8 diagonal.} (8. a4 {is more common. I have
had myself several games here as Black, where I played either 8...b4 or 8...
Bd7.}) 8... O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 $146 {This move hadn't appeared beforehand but, of
course, it is a standard one in these Ruy Lopez positions. However, I find it
as an inaccuracy. White hasn't played c2-c3 followed by d3-d4 yet, therefore
the Pe4 is not a target so far. This means that Black's rook might be not very
useful on e8. Instead, I prefer the plan adopted by Levon Aronian.} (9... Na5
10. Ba2 c5 {White can't really make use of the d5-square. Meanwhile, Black
seizes some space.} 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Nf1 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. c3 Qd7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (24) Anand,V (2792)-Aronian,L (2750) Mainz 2007}) (9... h6 10. Re1 Be6
11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. c3 Qe8 13. d4 Nh5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Nf3 Bd6 17.
b4 a5 18. Be3 Nf6 19. Nd2 $14 {1/2-1/2 (93) Balogh,C (2641)-Ragger,M (2655)
Austria 2013}) 10. Re1 Bf8 11. Nf1 {The knight is heading to the d5-square.} h6
{Covering the g5-square.} 12. Ne3 Be6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 (13... fxe6 {is possible,
but then the rook is rather pointless on e8. In such case it should be on f8,
at least on the opened f-file, like in the above-mentioned game Balogh-Ragger.}
) 14. Nd5 Re8 {Black has neutralised the dangerous bishop, but he has lost a
couple of tempi.} 15. c4 Nb8 {In Breyer style.} (15... Nd4 $5 {was an
interesting alternative. In general, simplifications help Black to equalise.}
16. Be3 (16. Nxd4 exd4 $11 {[%cal Gc7c6] The pawn on d4 is not weak at all.})
16... Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Re6 18. Rac1 c6 {and White has only a minimal advantage
at best.}) 16. Bd2 Nxd5 17. cxd5 c6 18. Qb3 (18. Rc1 cxd5 19. exd5 Nd7 {
The c6-square gives White nothing special.} 20. Rc6 Nb8 21. Rc3 Nd7 $11) 18...
cxd5 (18... c5 $5 {was an option, getting a different type of structure.} 19.
a4 (19. Qc2 Nd7 20. b4 Rc8) 19... b4 20. a5 Nd7 21. Be3 f5 {In both cases
White should be slightly better, but the position is full of strategical
nuances.}) 19. Qxd5 Nd7 20. Rac1 Qb8 21. Rc3 $6 (21. Rc6 Nb6 22. Qb3 Qb7 23.
Rec1 Rac8 24. Qc2 Rxc6 25. Qxc6 Qb8 {[%cal Ge8c8]} 26. Qc7 Qxc7 27. Rxc7 Rc8
28. Ra7 Na4 29. b4 Rc2 30. Rxa6 Ra2 $11) (21. Ba5 $1 {[%csl Yc7] would be more
troublesome for Black, eyeing the c7-square.} Nf6 22. Qb3 Rc8 23. Rc3 Qa7 (
23... Qb7 24. Rec1 $14) 24. Rec1 $14) 21... Nf6 22. Qb3 Qb7 23. Rec1 Rac8 24.
h3 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 d5 {Black has achieved this favourable advance and is very
close to equalising.} 26. Nxe5 dxe4 27. d4 Qd5 28. Be3 {White still has
chances thanks to his control over the c-file.} Bd6 29. Ng4 Re6 30. Nxf6+ Rxf6
31. Kh1 $5 {I guess this move puzzled Caruana a bit. Now there is the threat
of 32.Qc6, which wasn't possible before, in view of Bd6-h2+.} Be7 {It was more
logical to offer the exchange of bishops straight away, but the move in the
text is not bad either.} (31... Bf4 32. Bxf4 Rxf4 33. Qe3 g5 34. Rc5 Qa2 35.
Rc8+ Kg7 36. Qc3 Rxf2 37. d5+ Rf6 38. Rc6 Qb1+ 39. Kh2 Qf1 40. d6 Qf4+ $11) 32.
Qc7 Re6 33. Qb8+ Kh7 34. Rc8 Bd6 $2 {Only this is the decisive mistake. It was
necessary to swap bishops.} (34... Bg5 35. Rh8+ Kg6 {White doesn't have more
than equality here, for example:} 36. Qf8 Bxe3 37. fxe3 Qg5 38. Rg8 Kh7 39.
Rh8+ Kg6 $11) 35. Rh8+ Kg6 36. Qg8 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gh8h6] Now Black's
position collapses.} Kf6 37. Rh7 Ke7 38. Qxg7 Qh5 {[%tqu "En","How should
White continue the attack?","","","e3g5","The bishop delivers the final blow.",
5]} 39. Bg5+ $1 {The bishop delivers the final blow.} Kd7 (39... Qxg5 40. Qxf7+
Kd8 41. Qd7#) 40. Qxf7+ Qxf7 41. Rxf7+ ({After} 41. Rxf7+ Ke8 42. Rf6 Rxf6 43.
Bxf6 {two extra pawns are easily enough for a win.}) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Bc5 8. a4
h6 9. Nc3 b4 10. Nd5 {In the long lines of the Ruy Lopez, the knight usually
gets on this square after consuming two more tempi (Nd2-f1-e3-d5) and meeting
all kind of problems on the way.} d6 11. a5 O-O 12. Be3 {Not the main
continuation, but an interesting one. The central piece tension becomes
chalenging for both players now.} ({There is some theory after} 12. c3 Rb8 {
, see for instance two annotated games from older CBM issues.} 13. Bd2 (13. Be3
{Kindermann,S (2565)-Timman,J (2590)/Biel 1995/CBM 049/[Wedberg] (1-0, 24)})
13... bxc3 14. bxc3 Ba7 15. Be3 {Timman,J (2635)-Bareev,E (2675)/Wijk aan Zee
1995/CBM 045/[Konikowski] (1/2, 38)}) 12... Nd7 $6 $146 {This stepping back
looks like a concession, weakening the control over the d5-square. From the
tested moves, I only found one to be acceptable.} (12... Nd4 $6 13. Bxd4 exd4
14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Nd2 Ba7 16. f4 c5 17. Qh5 Kh7 18. Bd5 $16 {Hossain,E (2436)
-Sharma,D (2369)/Dhaka 2004/CBM 100 ext (1/2, 69)}) (12... Rb8 $6 13. Bxc5 dxc5
14. c3 (14. Ne3 $5) 14... Re8 (14... Nxd5 15. exd5 Na7 16. c4 c6) 15. Ne3 $14 {
Motylev,A (2634)-Sebag,M (2413)/Bastia 2003/EXT 2004 (1-0, 58)}) (12... Bxe3
13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. fxe3 $14 Ne7 $6 (14... Qd8 15. Qe1 $36) 15. Qe1 c5 16. Nd4 (
16. Nd2 Qg5 17. Rf3 $36) 16... Qg6 17. Nf5 Nxf5 18. Rxf5 Bc8 19. Rf3 Be6 $11 {
Khakpoor,A (2252)-Moradi,B (2220)/Teheran 2003/EXT 2004 (1/2, 31)}) (12... Nxd5
$5 13. Bxd5 (13. exd5 {is more tsting, but I wonder whether White can claim a
palpable advantage after} Ne7 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Nxe5 Bxd5 16. Bc4 $5) 13...
Bxe3 14. fxe3 Nxa5 $1 15. Rxa5 c6 $11 {Egger,J (2415)-Godena,M (2510)/Elista
1998/CBM 066 ext (0-1, 45)}) 13. Qd2 $16 {[%cal Gd2h6,Gd2b4] A strong
developing move, taking both wings under control.} Kh7 (13... Rb8 14. Bxh6 gxh6
15. Qxh6 $18 {[%cal Gf3g5]}) (13... Nxa5 14. Rxa5 c6 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. Rfa1
cxd5 17. Bxd5 $16) (13... Bxe3 14. fxe3 $16 {[%csl Gb4]}) 14. c3 $6 {But this
looks too neutral.} (14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. c3 $16) 14... Bxe3 15. fxe3 Nc5 $6 {
Preparing another release of the tension, with almost ireparable result this
time.} (15... bxc3 16. bxc3 Na7 {[%cal Gc7c6,Ga7b5]}) 16. Bc2 b3 $6 17. Bb1 Rb8
18. d4 Nd7 19. Bd3 $16 {Black's jumping around with the knight has not
prevented White from builidng up a strong centre. Besides, the b3-pawn is weak.
} Kh8 20. Ra3 Nxa5 21. Rxa5 c6 22. c4 cxd5 23. cxd5 (23. exd5 $5) 23... Qb6 24.
Ra4 Rbe8 25. Rb4 Qa7 26. Rxb3 Bxd5 27. exd5 e4 28. Nh4 exd3 29. Nf5 $16 Rb8 $2
(29... Qa8 $16 30. Nxd6 $2 Qxd5 $1) 30. Qxd3 $18 {Disaster is looming over d6.}
Rxb3 (30... Rb6 31. Rxb6 Qxb6 32. Qa3 $18) 31. Qxb3 Nf6 32. Nxh6 $1 Rb8 33. Qa3
Qc7 34. Nf5 ({Why not} 34. Qxd6 $5 {, was he in time trouble?}) 34... Ne4 35.
Qd3 Re8 36. Ng3 $6 (36. Qe2 $1 $18 {[%cal Ge2g4]}) 36... Nxg3 37. hxg3 a5 38.
e4 Rb8 39. Qd2 Rb4 40. Kh2 f6 41. Qe2 Kg8 42. Qg4 Kf8 $2 (42... Rxd4 43. Rxf6
Rxe4 $16) 43. Rf5 (43. Rf5 Rxd4 44. Rh5 {[%cal Gh5h8,Gg4h5]} Kf7 45. Rh7) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 {This position has been a frequent guest in top tournaments recently. I
also have experience in this line.} 9. c3 (9. Be3 O-O 10. h3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12.
Nc3 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bc6 15. Bxc6 Nxc6 16. Nd2 d5 $11 {1-0 (62)
Volokitin,A (2709)-Postny,E (2638) Istanbul 2012}) 9... O-O 10. Bc2 {White
moves the bishop away in advance, not allowing the opponent to play Nc6-a5
followed by c7-c5.} (10. Nbd2) ({and} 10. Re1 {are the standard alternatives.})
10... b4 11. Re1 Re8 (11... bxc3 12. bxc3 d5 {was played twice by another top
Hungarian grandmaster Zoltan Almasi - a big expert in the Ruy Lopez.} 13. Nbd2
(13. h3 Be6 14. Nbd2 dxe4 15. dxe4 Nd7 16. Bb3 Nc5 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Qc2 Nf4
19. Nc4 Qd3 20. Qxd3 Nxd3 21. Rd1 Nc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (68) Almasi,Z (2717)-Adams,
M (2724) Caleta 2012}) 13... Re8 14. a5 h6 15. h3 Bd6 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Ne4 Nf6
18. Ng3 Rb8 19. Nd2 Nd5 20. Nde4 Bf8 21. Bb3 Be6 22. Ba4 Bd7 23. Qf3 Re6 24.
Ng5 hxg5 25. Qxd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 (73) Bologan,V (2680)-Adams,M (2724) Caleta 2012
}) 12. Nbd2 Na5 $6 {This allows White to expand the centre comfortably.} (12...
Rb8 13. Nf1 (13. d4 bxc3 14. bxc3 exd4 15. cxd4 Nb4 {This is the point of
keeping the knight on c6.} 16. Bb1 h6 17. e5 Nfd5 {is not frightening for
Black.}) (13. Nc4 Be6 $11) 13... Bf8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Be7 16. h3 Nh7 17. Bg3
Ng5 $11 {1-0 (61) Karjakin,S (2775)-Aronian,L (2815) Beijing 2012}) 13. d4 $14
(13. cxb4 $6 Nc6 {[%cal Gc6b4] is Black's dream.}) 13... Bf8 14. h3 h6 15. Bd3
bxc3 16. bxc3 c5 17. d5 {The position is stabilized. White has long-term
pressure thanks to his space superiority.} Qc7 $6 {Logical, but passive.
Probably, Fabiano didn't realize that his position is strategically quite
dangerous.} ({Black's play should be more dynamic:} 17... Nh5 $1 18. Nc4 Nxc4
19. Bxc4 Qf6 20. Rb1 Be7 21. Bf1 Qg6 22. Kh1 Bd8 {I have no doubt that White
is slightly better, but he doesn't have such a free hand as in the game.}) 18.
Nc4 {Of course, White is not going to play c3-c4. The c4-outpost is very
useful for his pieces.} Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Reb8 ({Black can't create any active
play. For instance:} 19... g6 20. Nd2 Bg7 21. Bd3 Rf8 22. Nc4 Nh7 23. a5 $16 {
[%cal Gc4b6,Ga1b1,Gb1b6]}) 20. Nd2 {White is going to change the guard on c4.}
Be8 21. Bd3 Nd7 22. a5 $1 {[%mdl 32]} ({The exchange of knights after} 22. Nc4
$2 Nb6 {would be a relief for Black.}) 22... Nf6 23. Nc4 {[%csl Gc4]} Bb5 24.
Nb6 Ra7 25. Qe2 ({It was also good to keep the bishops by} 25. Bc2 {Now} Nd7 $2
{loses a piece after} 26. c4 {[%csl Rb5]}) 25... Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Nd7 27. Nc4 Rab7
{Black has good control over the b-file, but it's of pretty little use to him.}
28. Bd2 Rb5 29. Rf1 {White is slowly going for the kingside offensive.} Be7 30.
f4 Bf6 31. g3 R8b7 32. Kg2 Nf8 33. Rf2 Ng6 34. Raf1 Qe7 35. Kh2 Rb8 (35... exf4
36. gxf4 Rb8 37. Re2 Re8 38. Rfe1 Bh4 39. Rg1 Bf6 40. e5 $1 dxe5 41. Rxg6 $1
fxg6 (41... e4 $2 42. Rxf6 $1 exd3 43. Rxe7 Rxe7 44. Rxa6 $18) 42. fxe5 Bg5 43.
d6 Qe6 44. Bxg5 hxg5 45. Nb6 {Black is a whole exchange up, but his position
is lost. Just compare those pawns on the g-file to White's connected passers.})
36. Rg2 Qc7 37. Rfg1 {I was amazed to see that Houdini engine evaluates this
position as equal. For a human player White's advantage is quite obvious.} Rb3
{This is the only square where Black's rook can penetrate, but there are no
objects to attack. The mighty Nc4 keeps everything under control.} 38. f5 Nf8
39. h4 Qd7 $2 (39... Nh7 $1 {was the only way to hold.} 40. Kh3 Bd8 41. g4 f6 {
It won't be easy at all for White to break through.}) 40. g4 $1 {Now White's
attack is straighforward and irresistible.} g5 (40... Bxh4 41. g5 $18 {The
knight is missing on h7.}) 41. fxg6 fxg6 (41... Nxg6 42. g5 hxg5 43. Bxg5 Bxg5
44. Rxg5 Kf8 45. h5 Nf4 46. Qg3 $18) 42. g5 hxg5 43. Bxg5 Bg7 (43... Bxg5 44.
Rxg5 $18 {[%cal Gh4h5]}) 44. h5 R8b4 45. hxg6 {A fine positional game by Leko!}
(45. hxg6 Qb5 46. Qf3 Rxc4 47. Qf7+ Kh8 48. Bf6 {mating.}) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. b3 Be7 13. Rad1 h4 14. Ne4
a5 15. a4 b6 16. Bf4 c5 17. Neg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Nd4 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. Bc1 Rh5
21. Rfe1 Ke7 22. c3 Rah8 23. Re4 Rf5 24. Be3 Rhh5 25. Rd5 Ke8 26. c4 Ke7 27. f3
g6 28. Kf2 Rh8 29. Rd1 Rfh5 30. Kf1 Nd8 31. Rxh4 Rxh4 32. Bg5+ Ke6 33. Bxh4
Rxh4 34. Rxd8 Rd4 35. Re8+ Kd7 36. Rf8 Ke7 37. Rc8 Kd7 38. Rf8 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2
d6 9. Na3 Nc6 10. Be3 Rb8 11. O-O Nf6 12. Bh6 e5 13. Bg7 Rg8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Nc4 Bg5 16. Ne3 Ne7 17. a4 Bd7 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. Nd2 Kf8 20. a5 Kg7 21. Ndc4 Bc6
22. Nb6 Rgf8 23. Ra3 Rbd8 24. c4 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Bd7 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. exd5 Rb8
28. Qb6 Qxb6 29. axb6 Rfe8 30. f3 f5 31. b4 e4 32. fxe4 fxe4 33. Be2 h5 34. Kf2
Bg4 35. h3 e3+ 36. Ke1 Bxe2 37. Kxe2 Re4 38. Rxe3 Rxc4 39. Re7+ Kh6 40. Re6
Rxb4 41. Rxd6 Re8+ 42. Kd3 Ree4 43. Rf1 Rbd4+ 44. Kc3 Rc4+ 45. Kd3 Rcd4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 (4... h5 {is the way to stop White's pawn
offensive on the kingside. On the other hand, it weakens the g5-square and the
Ph5 may become a target. Here is one recent example:} 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7.
Nge2 Nd7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Ng3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bg6 11. Be2 Qa5 12. Bd2 $14 {
1-0 (35) Zherebukh,Y (2628)-Eljanov,P (2681) Reykjavik 2012}) 5. g4 Bd7 6. h5 {
Otherwise, Black could play h6-h5 himself, ruining White's structure.} e6 ({
An immediate} 6... c5 {has also appeared in practice.} {Black's idea is:} 7. c3
Nc6 {[%cal Gd8b6] to delay the move e7-e6 a bit and try to attack White's Pd4
straight away.}) 7. f4 c5 8. c3 Qb6 (8... Nc6 9. Nf3 Qb6 10. Kf2 f6 11. Kg3
O-O-O {This position has appeared in several games. White has a space
advantage, but the centre is not stabilised yet and might get opened against
the white monarch. I don't think that Black is worse here.}) 9. Nf3 Bb5 ({
It was possible to transpose to the above-mentioned 8...Nc6 line:} 9... Nc6)
10. Bxb5+ Qxb5 11. Na3 Qb6 12. Qa4+ $1 $146 (12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. b4 Be3 14. Qd3
Bxc1 15. Rxc1 a6 16. f5 Ne7 $13 {0-1 (39) Kotronias,V (2626)-David,A (2560)
Plovdiv 2003}) (12. Nc2 {is an option, of course, but then White's queen
remains somewhat passive.}) 12... Nc6 13. Nc2 cxd4 (13... a6 14. dxc5 $1 Bxc5
15. b4 Bf2+ 16. Ke2 Qa7 17. Ne3 Bxe3 18. Bxe3 Qb8 19. Bc5 $14) 14. cxd4 Qa5+ $2
{This is just wrong by definition. White's pawns went forward, his camp is
weakened, so the king may become vulnerable only in the middlegame. The
exchange of queens basically gives White a free hand on the kingside, and his
space advantage becomes a dominant factor.} (14... Nge7 15. Ne3 (15. b4 a6 $13
{[%cal Gb6b5]}) 15... f6 (15... g6 $6 16. hxg6 Nxg6 17. Nc2 Nge7 18. Kf2 Rg8
19. Ne3 O-O-O 20. Bd2 $16) 16. Kf2 fxe5 17. dxe5 (17. fxe5 g5 $1 $11) 17... Nc8
18. Bd2 Be7 19. Kg3 O-O $13) 15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. Ke2 $1 {The king is heading to
d3 where it will be absolutely safe.} Ne7 17. b3 Rc8 18. Kd3 $16 {This is
where White benefits from the exchange of queens. His king is active enough
and, at the same time, doesn't obstruct other pieces.} Nac6 19. Bd2 Rc7 (19...
f5 20. Rhg1 fxg4 21. Rxg4 Nf5 22. Nh4 Nce7 (22... Nxh4 23. Rxh4 Ne7 24. Ne3 $16
) 23. Nxf5 Nxf5 24. Ne3 Nxe3 25. Bxe3 $16) 20. Nh4 Nc8 21. f5 a5 22. Raf1 Rg8
23. Rh2 f6 $2 {Black loses his patience. It's difficult to suggest a decent
improvement, though.} ({The lesser evil would be to swap bishops:} 23... Bb4
24. Rhf2 Bxd2 25. Kxd2 N8e7 $16) 24. exf6 gxf6 (24... e5 25. fxg7 e4+ 26. Ke2
Rgxg7 27. Ng6 $18) 25. Ne3 (25. fxe6 Rxg4 26. Rxf6 Bg7 27. Rg6 $18) 25... e5 $1
{Black is lost, but this is the best practical chance.} 26. Nxd5 Rf7 27. Ng6
Nxd4 28. Be3 $6 (28. g5 $1 {was a neat push.} fxg5 ({After} 28... hxg5 29. h6 {
the pawn is simply unstoppable.}) 29. Nxe5 {[%csl Rd4,Rf7] and White wins
material.}) 28... Nc6 29. Ke2 Bg7 {The bishop is horrible here, but also the
Ng6 looks very decorative.} 30. Kf3 Rd7 31. Rd2 Kf7 32. Rfd1 (32. Nxf6 $6 {
is the engine's suggestion, but no human would calculate this, when there is a
safe alternative.} Rxd2 33. Nxg8 e4+ $1 34. Kxe4 Nd6+ 35. Kf3 Nd4+ 36. Bxd4
Rxd4 37. f6 Kxg8 38. fxg7 a4 {and Black has chances to squeeze half a point.})
32... Rgd8 33. Kf2 $6 {This move is a bit strange. It's more logical to put
the king on e2, if he wants to move the king at all.} Ke8 $6 (33... Nd6 $2 34.
Nc3 $18 {[%cal Ge3b6]}) (33... a4 $1 {In general, the exchange of pawns
favours the defending side.} 34. bxa4 (34. Rd3 axb3 35. axb3 N6a7 {[%cal Ga7b5]
The knight will be good on b5.}) 34... Nd6 35. Nc3 Nd4 36. Rd3 (36. Bxd4 Nc4
37. Re2 exd4 $132) 36... Nc4 {Black is still worse, but not without a hope.})
34. Ke1 $6 {Caruana's technique is not convincing in this game. White's win is
already under question.} (34. Rd3 {was a good waiting move.} Kf7 35. Ke2 Nd4+
$140 36. Bxd4 Rxd5 37. Bc5 $1 Rxd3 38. Rxd3 Rxd3 39. Kxd3 $18 {[%cal Gd3c4,
Gc4b5]}) 34... Nd4 35. Bxd4 Rxd5 36. Bc3 Rxd2 37. Bxd2 b6 38. Rc1 Kd7 $2 {
It was necessary to move the knight from the hole on c8.} (38... Na7 $1 39. Be3
(39. Rc7 Rd7 $14) 39... Rc8 $14) 39. Be3 {Now the knight is tied to defend the
Pb6 and Black is out of useful moves.} Re8 40. Ke2 Kd6 41. Kd3 Kd7 42. Rc3 Bf8
43. Ke4 {White is dominating again.} Bb4 {Black can't remain passive forever,
but now he is going to lose the Ph6.} (43... Bg7 44. Kd5 $18 {[%cal Gc3c6]})
44. Rc2 Nd6+ 45. Kd5 Nb5 46. Bxh6 Nc3+ 47. Rxc3 ({It's never too late to spoil
everything:} 47. Kc4 $4 Rc8+ 48. Kd3 e4+ 49. Kd2 Nxa2+) 47... Bxc3 48. Be3 Bd4
49. Bxd4 exd4 50. Kxd4 Kc6 51. h6 Rd8+ 52. Ke4 Rd7 53. g5 ({Even} 53. Ne5+ $1 {
was possible.} fxe5 54. g5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Wang-Caruana started out as a boring and solid affair, but quickly turned
messy and interesting.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6.
cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e6 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rac1
Qe7 13. a3 Rac8 14. Rc2 a6 15. Rfc1 Rcd8 16. Qd1 e5 17. Ne2 e4 $1 18. Bxa6 Na7
$1 {The fabulous bishop trap setup forced Wang to find some resourceful moves
in order to not be down a piece. The resulting material balance was of a rook
and two knights against a queen, but the queen was aided by two passed pawns
on the queenside.} 19. Ng3 Bxg3 20. fxg3 bxa6 21. Rc7 Rd7 22. Bb4 Rxc7 23. Bxe7
Rxe7 24. Qb3 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Nxc8 26. Qb8 Re8 27. a4 Kf8 28. g4 Ke7 29. Qb7+ Ke6
30. Qxa6+ Nd6 31. b4 Nd7 32. b5 Rb8 33. Kf2 h6 34. Ke2 Nb6 35. a5 Na4 36. b6
Nc3+ 37. Kd2 Ncb5 38. Kc2 Kd7 39. Kb3 Rc8 40. Kb2 g6 41. g3 Rb8 {It's possible
that Caruana missed many chances to push for some sort of advantage} (41... Rc3
$5 {seemed better than the passive 41...Rb8.}) 42. Kb3 Re8 43. h4 f6 44. g5
fxg5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Kb4 Rc8 47. b7 Rb8 48. Kc5 Ke7 49. Qc6 Nxb7+ 50. Kxb5
Nd8+ 51. Qb6 Rxb6+ 52. Kxb6 {After winning the queen for a rook and a knight,
Caruana had an extra knight, but it was powerless against White's passed
a-pawn. It sacrificed itself on a8 to force a stalemate.} Kd6 53. a6 Ne6 54. a7
Nc7 55. g4 Na8+ 56. Kb7 Kd7 57. Kxa8 Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. Bc2
Ne8 9. O-O Nc7 10. a4 Na6 11. f4 Nb4 12. Be3 e6 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Qd2 Nf6 15.
Rad1 Ng4 16. Bb1 Nc6 17. Kh1 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Nd4 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Rxf1+ 21.
Rxf1 Bd7 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Qxd4 Bc6 24. Qg4 Qe7 25. b3 Bxe5 26. Ne2 Rd8 27. Be4
Be8 28. Qf3 b6 29. Nf4 Bf7 30. Nd3 Bd6 31. Qe3 Qh4 32. h3 Qg3 33. Qxg3 Bxg3 34.
Rf3 Bc7 35. Kg1 Rd4 36. Re3 g5 37. Kf2 h5 38. Re2 a5 39. Ke3 Rd8 40. Bf3 Kg7
41. Rb2 Bd6 42. Rb1 Kf6 43. Rf1 Ke7 44. Be4 Rg8 45. Rh1 h4 46. Bf3 Rf8 47. Rd1
Rd8 48. Rf1 Bg6 49. Be4 Bh5 50. Bf3 Rf8 51. Nf2 Bg6 52. Ne4 Bc5+ 53. Kd3 Rd8+
54. Kc2 g4 55. hxg4 h3 56. Rd1 Rf8 57. Kd3 h2 58. Rh1 Bg1 59. Ke2 Bxe4 60. Bxe4
Kf6 61. Bf3 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. g3 $5 {White steps away
from the long forced lines of the Noteboom system, adopting a Catalan setup.
There is less theory after the game move, but White's long term compensation
is beyond any doubt.} Nf6 {Quite illustrative for Caruana's policy in the
first phase of this game. He will not make any attempt to defend the c4-pawn,
prefering to get developed as soon as possible.} (6... a5 7. Ne5 {This leads
nowhere.} (7. e4 $5 {/\Bxc4} Nf6 8. Qc2 b5 9. Bg2 $44) 7... Nf6 (7... f6 8.
Nxc4 $140 Qd5) 8. Bg2 Nd5 9. Bd2 Nb6 10. e3 N8d7 11. f4 O-O 12. Ne4 f6 13. Nxd7
Qxd7 14. O-O Nd5 15. g4 b6 $15 {Seirawan,Y (2555)-Kortschnoj,V (2650)/Bad
Kissingen 1981/MCL (1/2, 32)}) (6... c5 {although this basically loses a tempo,
it is not entirely clear yet whether a2-a4 is useful or harmful for White. If
the pawn reaches the fifth or even sixth rank, then White can be happy, of
course.} 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. Be3 Nge7 9. dxc5 (9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Nc2 Bxc3
12. bxc3 Bd7 13. a5 $44 {Del Rio Angelis,S (2484)-Perez Candelario,M (2579)/
Leon 2012 (1/2, 61)}) 9... Nd5 10. Bd2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. O-O
Qxc5 14. Rb1 a6 15. Nd2 O-O 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Qd6 $36 {Harikrishna,P (2672)
-Nyback,T (2643)/Wijk aan Zee 2010/CBM 135 (1/2, 67)}) ({Taking the bull by
the horns with} 6... b5 {is not without risk, as it weakens the dark squares
chronically. One important aspect is that the b4-bishop is exposed to the
exchange by means of Ne4 followed by Bd2.} 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O a6 9. Ne5 Ne7 (
9... f6 {wins time, but weakens the e6-square.} 10. Nf3 Ne7 11. Bh3 Bxc3 12.
bxc3 Bc8 13. Ba3 $16 {Garcia Ilundain,D (2480)-Anguix Garrido,J (2340)/
Zaragoza 1993/EXT 97 (1-0, 42)}) 10. h4 {I like this move best. White
increases the pressure little by little, taking advantage of his better
mobilization.} ({Retrieving the pawn does not offer White much:} 10. axb5 $6
axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Nxb5 cxb5 13. Bxa8 f6 14. Nf3 Nbc6 15. Bxc6+ Nxc6 $11 {
Gleizerov,E (2592)-Solovjov,S (2458)/St Petersburg 2004/CBM 102 (1/2, 22)}) (
10. Ne4 O-O 11. Bd2 {also offers White some pressure>} c5 12. dxc5 Bxd2 13.
Qxd2 Qxd2 14. Nxd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nbc6 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ne4 $14 {
Bruzon Batista,L (2691)-Vera Gonzalez Quevedo,R (2482)/Guarenas 2012/EXT 2013 
(1-0, 62)}) 10... Nd7 11. Ne4 O-O 12. h5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 h6 14. Bf4 Nd5 15. Qc1
Qc7 16. Rd1 Be7 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. exd6 Qd7 19. e4 Nb4 20. Qc3 Nd3 21. b3 Nxf4
22. gxf4 cxb3 23. Qc5 $44 {(1-0, 33) Maze,S (2559)-Zhigalko,S (2680)/
Aix-les-Bains 2011/CBM 142}) 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 Qa5 ({Deviating
from a previous game of his own:} 9... Qe7 {1-0 Sokolov,I (2638)-Caruana,F 
(2680)/Rijeka 2010/CBM 136/[Krasenkow] (66)}) (9... a5 10. Rd1 (10. e4 {
Lehtivaara,P (2370)-Apicella,M (2500)/Eupen 1997/CBM 062/[Hecht] (0-1, 49)})
10... Qe7 11. Ne5 {Atalik,S (2525)-Zhu Chen (2420)/Beijing 1996/CBM 054 ext/
[Atalik] (1/2, 33)}) 10. Na2 {It appears that even in the lines without ...
b7-b5 the exposed position of the black bishpp plays a part. White retrieves
the pawn without making any significant concession.} ({The normal developing
move} 10. Bf4 {does not put too much pressure on Black, but looks playable.}
Nd5 11. Bd2 N5f6 $6 {Black is not well enough developed to afford wasting time
like this.} (11... c5 $5) 12. e4 $6 (12. Na2 Bxd2 13. Nxd2 e5 14. Nxc4 Qc7 15.
Rad1 exd4 16. Rxd4 {retains some lead in development for White.}) 12... e5 $1
13. d5 Re8 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Na2 Bxd2 16. Nxd2 Nb6 17. Nc3 Be6 $17 {Goldin,A 
(2595)-Kaidanov,G (2550)/Philadelphia 1992/TD (0-1, 63). Black is a pawn up.})
10... Bd6 11. Qxc4 Nb6 $6 $146 {Black goes for the a4-pawn, giving up the
natural freeing idea ...e6-e5.} (11... e5 12. b3 {This looks too slow to be
dangerous.} (12. Bd2 Qc7 13. a5 $5 {looks more promissing.}) 12... Nb6 (12...
e4 13. Ng5 Qf5 14. Qc2 Re8 15. Nc3 Bb4 16. Ncxe4 h6 17. Nxf7 $1 {The knight is
taboo because of Nd6+ winning the queen.} Nxe4 18. Nxh6+ gxh6 19. Qc4+ Qf7 20.
Qxb4 $44) (12... exd4 $5) 13. Qc2 exd4 14. Nxd4 Qh5 15. e4 Bh3 $6 {This allows
White consolidate his kingside majority.} (15... Ng4 $5 {forces some
unpleasant weakening of the kingside.}) 16. Bxh3 Qxh3 17. f3 Be5 18. Bb2 Rfd8
19. Rad1 $14 {Ilincic,Z (2555)-Blagojevic,D (2450)/Nis 1996/EXT 1999 (1-0, 41).
White has completed his dveelopment and retains space advantage and a mobile
kingside majority.}) 12. Qc2 Qxa4 (12... Qf5 {is a manoeuvre frequently seen
in the 4.Qc2 Nimzoindian, but here it does not promis Black anything:} 13. Qb3
Qd5 (13... c5 $2 14. Nh4 Qh5 15. a5 $16) 14. Qd1 Qh5 15. Nc3 $14) 13. b3 Qa5 $6
{Black's choice is not simple. The game move intends to keep the knight pinned
just to win a tempo to transfer the queen to the relatively safe kingside area.
The problem is that the queen gets under the Bc1-d2 attack.} (13... Qb5 {
is somewhat better.} 14. e4 Be7 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nc3 Qb4 17. Nf3 $14 {White can
choose the best moment to win the queen for a bishop and a rook with Bc1-a3,
retainingn the better chances because of his superior mobilization.}) 14. Ne5 {
This is not bad, but there was something even better.} (14. e4 $1 Be7 15. Ng5 {
Black can forget about his dreams of playing ...Qh5.} Nbd7 (15... h6 16. Bd2
$18) 16. e5 Nxe5 $8 $16) 14... Nbd7 (14... Bxe5 15. Bd2 Qb5 16. Nc3 Qb4 17.
dxe5 Nfd7 18. Nd5 Qg4 19. Bf3 Qh3 20. Nc7 Rb8 21. Bb4 $16 {Black is
pathetically underdeveloped.}) 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Rd1 $44 {White
has excellent compensation for the sacrificed pawn. His bishops and centre are
strong and for Black it is not easy to complete his development.} e5 $6 {
Under these circumstances, opening the centre is an invitation to troubles.} (
17... a5 18. Nc3 Re8 19. Bf4 Qe7 (19... Qb4 20. Ra4 {[%cal Gd1a1]}) 20. Bc7 $14
) (17... Nb6 18. e4 $14) 18. Nc3 $1 $16 {[%cal Gc1a3]} exd4 (18... Re8 19. Ba3
Qb8 (19... Qc7 20. Nb5) 20. d5 c5 21. d6 $16) 19. Ba3 c5 ({The exchange
sacrifice} 19... Qe5 {does not quite solve the developing problems:} 20. Bxf8
Nxf8 21. Ne4 Nd5 (21... Ne6 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. b4 $16 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Gg2h3]
The weakness of the d4-pawn precenst Black from completing his queenside
development.}) 22. f4 Qe7 23. Rxd4 Ne3 24. Qd3 Nxg2 25. Rd8 $16) 20. e3 d3 21.
Rxd3 Qb8 (21... Qe6 22. Nb5 $16) 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 b6 24. Bb2 $18 {Black's
kingside is desperately vulnerable.} a5 25. Ra4 {Elegant and not requiring any
concrete calculating. White simply brings his last resources into the attack.}
(25. Rh5 $5 g6 (25... h6 26. Bd5 {[%cal Gc2g6]} Qd6 27. Rd1 $18) 26. Qf5 $1 $18
{[%cal Gf5g5,Gg5h6]}) 25... Re8 26. Rg5 g6 27. Bd5 Kf8 28. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bd2 Nd5 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. Rc1 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Be7 15. Kf1 Rd8 16. Rc2 a6 17. a4 Nf6 18. Kg2 c5 19. Be2 Rd7 20. Bf3 O-O 21.
Rb1 Rb8 22. Rcb2 Nd5 23. a5 cxd4 24. cxd4 Qd8 25. Qd3 Bd6 26. Qe2 Qe7 27. Be4
Rc8 28. Qf3 Bb8 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Bb4 Qd8 31. Bc5 Qxa5 32. Rxb7 Qd8 33. Qe2
Rxb7 34. Rxb7 Rc6 35. Qb2 Bd6 36. Qb4 Bxc5 37. dxc5 Rc8 38. Ra7 Qf6 39. Qb7 Qe6
40. Rxa6 Qe4+ 41. Kh2 Qe5+ 42. Kg1 Rxc5 43. Ra8+ Kh7 44. Qxf7 Rc1+ 45. Kg2 Qe4+
46. f3 Rc2+ 47. Kg3 Qe5+ 48. f4 Qxe3+ 49. Kh4 g5+ 50. Kxg5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "207"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Nc3 Kc8 11. b3 b6 12. Bb2 Be7 13. Rad1 Nh4 14. Nd4
h5 15. Kh2 Kb7 16. g3 Ng6 17. Rfe1 c5 18. Nf3 Bf5 19. Rd2 Rhd8 20. Rde2 Nf8 21.
Ne4 Ne6 22. Bc1 a5 23. Neg5 Bxg5 24. Bxg5 Rd5 25. Be3 a4 26. Nh4 Rxe5 27. f4
Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Bxc2 29. bxa4 Rxa4 30. a3 Nd4 31. Nf3 Bf5 32. Rc1 Be6 33. Nd2 c4
34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 Nb3 36. Rc2 Nxd2 37. Rxd2 Bxg4 38. Rg2 Bh5 39. Rxg7 Ra5
40. Kg3 Bg6 41. Rc3 Rc5 42. Rg8 b5 43. Re8 Rd5 44. Kf2 Bd3 45. Ke3 c5 46. Rc1
Rh5 47. Re7+ Kb6 48. Rxf7 Rh3+ 49. Kf2 b4 50. Re1 Rh2+ 51. Kf3 Rh6 52. axb4
cxb4 53. f5 b3 54. Rf8 Kc5 55. f6 Kd4 56. Kf4 Kc3 57. Ke5 Rh5+ 58. Ke6 Kd2 59.
Rg1 Rh6 60. Rd8 b2 61. Ke7 Rh7+ 62. f7 c3 63. Rg2+ Ke3 64. Rb8 Bc4 65. Rbxb2
Rxf7+ 66. Kd6 cxb2 67. Rxb2 Kd4 68. Rd2+ Bd3 69. Rd1 Rf6+ 70. Ke7 Ra6 71. Kd7
Ke4 72. Ke7 Bb5 73. Rc1 Kd5 74. Rd1+ Ke5 75. Re1+ Kf5 76. Re3 Bc6 77. Re1 Be4
78. Rf1+ Ke5 79. Re1 Ra7+ 80. Ke8 Kd5 81. Kf8 Bf5 82. Re7 Ra6 83. Re1 Be4 84.
Re2 Re6 85. Ra2 Ke5 86. Ra7 Rb6 87. Re7+ Kf4 88. Ra7 Bd5 89. Rc7 Ke5 90. Ke7
Rh6 91. Kd8 Bc6 92. Re7+ Kd5 93. Rg7 Re6 94. Kc7 Kc5 95. Rg5+ Bd5 96. Rg7 Ra6
97. Kd8 Kd6 98. Rd7+ Ke5 99. Rc7 Ra5 100. Re7+ Be6 101. Rb7 Rc5 102. Ke7 Rc1
103. Ra7 Bc8 104. Ra5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2013.02.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2013.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 Nd5
8. Bd2 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. c4 Nb6 12. Rc1 f6 {So far we've been
following theory. This last move looks a little bit strange, but it makes
sense to prevent Ne5. Georg had played it before so I had checked it a bit
before the game.} ({If Black plays a standard move like} 12... Be7 13. dxc5
Bxc5 14. b4 Be7 15. c5 Nd5 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. Qa4+ {he will be forced to move his
king.}) 13. O-O {In another game White took on c5 immediately, but I see no
reason to facilitate Black's development.} cxd4 14. Re1 Rc8 15. Qb3 {
Indirectly attacking e6 and preparing to play c5.} ({After} 15. Qe2 e5 {
the sacrifice doesn't offer much:} 16. Nxe5 fxe5 17. Qxe5+ Kf7 {, and Black's
king escapes.}) 15... Be7 {I hadn't expected this because I thought it would
be very dangerous for Black to play with his king in the center. However, as
the game shows, the move isn't a mistake.} (15... e5 $2 16. Nxe5 fxe5 17. Rxe5+
{is devastating now.}) ({After} 15... Kf7 16. Qd3 {the position is very
unclear, but White will have long-term compensation. I don't plan on capturing
on d4 immediately, first I'll try to kick Black's knight with b4 and c5.}) 16.
c5 Rxc5 (16... Nd5 $2 17. Nxd4 e5 18. Nb5 {leaves Black's knight hanging on d5.
} Bxc5 (18... O-O 19. Nd6 {wins}) 19. Red1 {, and Black is losing material.})
17. Rxc5 Bxc5 18. Rxe6+ Kd8 19. Re1 {It's actually only here that my
preparation finished. I thought that White's initiative is very unpleasant to
face, but over the board I realized Black has a lot of defensive resources.
Objectively it's very likely he can defend.} Qd5 20. Qd3 Nd7 $6 {This move is
too slow and doesn't meet the demands of the position.} ({Black has to think
about how to get his king to safety as fast as possible, so} 20... Kc8 $1 {
was logical and correct.} 21. Bf4 (21. Rc1 Kb8 {leads nowhere.}) 21... Bd6 22.
Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Nxd4 Kb8 {is slightly better for White but no more.}) 21. b4 Bb6
22. a4 a6 $2 {Another careless move.} ({Black urgently had to trade rooks with
} 22... Re8 {, with good chances to defend. If} 23. Rc1 Re4 $1 {is a
satisfactory response.}) 23. a5 Ba7 $2 {Surprisingly, this is already the
losing move.} ({However, Black is already in deep trouble. For example,} 23...
Bc7 24. Nxd4 Kc8 25. Rc1 Kb8 26. Be3 Ne5 27. Qe2 {, and Black will come under
a strong attack after b5.}) 24. Bf4 $1 {A nice position. Black can hardly move!
} Nb8 ({Georg mentioned a nice variation after the game:} 24... g5 25. Bg3 g4
26. Qe2 $1 gxf3 27. Qe7+ Kc8 28. Qe8+ Rxe8 29. Rxe8#) ({I was mainly concerned
about the logical} 24... Nf8 {, transferring the knight to e6, after which
White has to find} 25. Qc2 $1 Ne6 (25... Qc6 26. Qb3 {, and next Rc1 finishes
Black off.}) 26. Rxe6 $1 Qxe6 27. Qc7+ Ke8 28. Qxb7 {, and Black will lose his
bishop, with a hopeless position.}) 25. Bxb8 Bxb8 26. Nxd4 {The material
balance has been restored, but Black's king is still stuck in the center. I
could have finished it off faster, but the advantage is so overwhelming it's
hard to ruin it, even for me!} Qd6 27. Ne6+ Ke7 28. Nc5+ Kf7 29. Qc4+ Kg6 30.
g3 h5 31. Qe4+ Kh6 32. Qxb7 Qd2 33. Re7 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 h4 35. Qd7 Bd6 36. Ne4 {
A good start to the tournament. I wish I could say that about the rest of it.}
1-0

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2013.02.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 Nc5 15.
Bc2 c6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ng4 a5 $5 {
Caruana's trainer Vladimir Chuchelov had recommended the night before instead
of the previous grandmaster choice of 20...Nxg4. There are five games with
this move in the online database. Three were drawn and two won by White.} 21.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Ne3 {Anand continued to play relatively quickly, but he lived
to regret it - lamenting this "careless" move which allowed Caruana to
equalise with 23...d5!} axb4 23. cxb4 d5 {Anand in the press conference: "I
should have at least thought about this.!} 24. exd5 Bd7 25. Qb1 $146 {A
novelty. Caruana emphasised that both sides had a lot of options and he'd
barely looked at this move.} ({Predecessor:} 25. Ng4 Qg5 26. d6 Ra6 27. Qd3 e4
28. Rxe4 Rxd6 29. Qe2 Rd2 30. Qe1 Rxe4 31. Qxe4 g6 32. Bb3 Bxg4 33. hxg4 Qf6
34. Rf1 Rd4 35. Qe2 {1/2-1/2 (35) Colin,S (2113)-Suto,J (2382) ICCF email 2005}
) 25... g6 26. d6 Rad8 {Caruana said he thought "maybe this wasn't the best"...
} 27. a4 Bxd6 28. axb5 {... but after the crucial} e4 $1 {he was visibly
confident in his position as he left the stage.} 29. Bxe4 Qf4 30. Nf1 Bxb5 31.
g3 Qf6 32. Bg2 Rxe1 33. Qxe1 Bxf1 34. Qxf1 Bxb4 35. Ra8 Rxa8 36. Bxa8 Bd6 37.
Kg2 Kg7 38. Bf3 Bf8 39. Qe2 Qe7 40. Qxe7 Bxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2013.02.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2013.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Qd2
{The move is an attempt to speed up the queenside castling, but it enables
Black to get the dark-squared bishop.} Ng4 {Naiditsch is confident, that he
can afford to play with the piece, that was already developed. The absence of
the knight on f6 weakens the d5-square, but Black will get strategic
compensation in the exchange of enemy bishop.} 9. g3 O-O {The most natural
move, but not the only option for the defender. The immediate exchange on e3
deserves closer scrutiny, as it complicates life for White with an attack on
the dark squares. Alternatively 9...Nd7 contributes to the solution of the
most annoying problem - the defence of the weak spot on d5.} (9... Nxe3 10.
Qxe3 Bg5 (10... Be6 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. f4 b5 13. Kb1 Qb6 14. Qe2 O-O 15. f5 Bc4
16. Qf3 Rfc8 17. Nd2 Rab8 18. h4 Qc6 $11 {1/2 (27) Yemelin,V (2564)
-Voitsekhovsky,S (2503) Sochi 2007}) 11. f4 exf4 12. gxf4 Bh4+ 13. Kd2 {
It is remarkable, that White can put the king in the centre. The development
advantage of the first player hugely diminishes Black's chances of get a real
profit from the unusual position.} Nc6 (13... O-O 14. Rd1 Be6 15. Kc1 Nc6 16.
Rg1 Qe7 17. Qd2 a5 18. Bb5 Rfd8 19. Kb1 Bf6 20. Ba4 $14 {1-0 (51)
Nepomniachtchi,I (2658)-Loskutov,O (2423) Moscow 2010}) 14. Rg1 (14. Rd1 Bg4
15. Be2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Bf6 17. e5 dxe5+ 18. Kc1 Qc8 19. Nd5 $14 {1/2 (53) Ortiz
Suarez,I (2504)-Delgado Ramirez,N (2574) Ciego de Avila 2010}) 14... g5 15.
fxg5 Ne5 16. Kc1 Bg4 17. Kb1 Bxg5 18. Qg3 Bh4 19. Qe3 Be6 20. Be2 Rc8 21. Nd4
Qf6 {1/2 (21) Jakovenko,D (2742)-Gashimov,V (2740) Novi Sad 2009}) (9... Nd7
10. Nd5 (10. O-O-O Nxe3 11. Qxe3 b5 (11... Nf6 12. Bc4 O-O $11) 12. Nd5 Nf6 13.
Nxe7 Kxe7 14. f4 Qc7 15. Kb1 Be6 16. h3 Rab8 17. g4 h6 18. Rh2 a5 19. Rhd2 $11
{0-1 (50) Najer,E (2681)-Tihonov,J (2460) Ohrid 2009}) (10. Bh3 Ndf6 11. Bg5 h6
12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Bxc8 Rxc8 14. O-O O-O 15. Qd3 b5 16. a4 b4 17. Nd1 d5 18. Ne3
Nxe4 19. Nxd5 f5 $11 {0-1 (37) Eliseev,U (2490)-Amonatov,F (2610) Moscow 2012})
10... Nxe3 11. Nxe3 Nf6 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O b5 14. a4 Bb7 15. Qd3 Qb6 16. a5
Qc7 17. Rfc1 Bc6 18. c4 Qb7 19. Nf5 Rfd8 $11 {1/2 (50) Saric,I (2638)-Amonatov,
F (2610) Istanbul 2012}) 10. O-O-O {Caruana will try to find the best moment
for the obvious move of the knight to the d5-square. Castling seems to be the
flexible solution, as all the options remain open.} (10. Nd5 Nxe3 11. Qxe3 Be6
12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Kb1 b5 14. h4 Bxd5 15. exd5 Qc7 16. g4 Nb6 17. Bd3 Nc4 18.
Qe4 g6 19. h5 Bg5 20. Rh3 {1-0 (31) Deepan Chakkravarthy,J (2492)-Swapnil,S 
(2429) Chennai 2010} a5 $1 21. a4 bxa4 22. Qxc4 Qxc4 23. Bxc4 axb3 $11) 10...
a5 $5 $146 {The counterplay with a pawn is gaining popularity in quite a few
lines of the English Attack in Najdorf. Those, who prefer to limit the risk in
the opening should look into the exchange of the bishop followed by 11...Nd7.}
(10... Nxe3 11. Qxe3 Nd7 12. f4 (12. Nd5 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bc4 Bg5 15. f4
Bh6 16. Kb1 Be6 17. Bd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 exf4 19. gxf4 Qe7 20. Nd4 g6 $11 {
1/2 (50) Vuilleumier,A (2361)-Borovikov,V (2601) Rethymnon 2010}) 12... b5 13.
Kb1 Qb6 14. Qe1 Nf6 15. Bd3 Bg4 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bf6 19. Nd2
Rae8 $15 {1/2 (108) Areshchenko,A (2673)-Wojtaszek,R (2608) Budva 2009}) 11.
Kb1 a4 12. Nc1 a3 13. b3 {Black has managed to weaken the b2 spot for the
future attack, but it came at a cost of mild neglect of his development.} (13.
b4 Be6 14. f4 g6 $15) 13... Nxe3 (13... Nd7 14. Nd5 Nxe3 15. Nxe3 Nf6 16. f3
Qc7 $11) 14. Qxe3 Bg5 {Black does not have to play so aggressively, even
though counterplay on the dark squares is very desirable.} (14... Nc6 15. Nd5
Bg4 16. Rd2 Be6 $11) 15. f4 Bh6 16. Nd3 (16. Bc4 Nc6 17. N1e2 Be6 18. Nd5 exf4
19. gxf4 Ne5 20. Bb5 Rc8 $11) 16... Nc6 17. h4 {White needs to play for an
attack himself, his main zone of operation is located on the kingside.} (17.
Bg2 g6 18. h4 exf4 19. Nxf4 Qf6 $11) 17... Nd4 18. Nb4 (18. Bh3 Bxh3 19. Rxh3
Qc8 20. Nf2 Qc6 21. Ng4 Rfc8 22. Nxh6+ gxh6 23. Rd3 Nb5 24. g4 d5 25. exd5
Nxc3+ 26. Rxc3 Qxd5 $11) 18... Bg4 19. Rd2 Rc8 20. Nbd5 f5 {The advance is
positionally desirable but also somewhat risky due to White's firm conctrol of
the centre. Black would love to have more space for his bishops, but the piece
on h6 has no mobility.} (20... Rc6 21. Bc4 (21. Bh3 Be6 22. Rxd4 exd4 23. Qxd4
$11) 21... Ne6 22. Rf2 $14) (20... Be6 21. h5 Nc6 22. Bc4 Ne7 $11) 21. Bc4 Kh8
22. Rxd4 $5 {The positional sacrifice of the exchange is very tempting, as the
queen on d4 will enjoy a magnificent position.} (22. exf5 Nxf5 23. Qd3 Qe8 $11)
22... exd4 23. Qxd4 Bf3 (23... fxe4 24. Nxe4 Bf3 25. Rf1 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Qd7 $11)
24. Re1 {The natural reflex is dictating the centralisation of the rook, but
the modest 24.Rg1 might have had more venom.} (24. Rg1 fxe4 25. Nxe4 $11) 24...
fxe4 25. Nb5 (25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Re8 $15) (25. Be2 Re8 26. Bb5 Re6 27. Re3
Rb8 $11) 25... Rc6 (25... Rb8 26. Rg1 Qd7 27. Nb6 Qc6 28. Nxa3 $11) 26. c3 {
Caruana has decided to eliminate the pesky a3-pawn, even though it will cost
him perfect coordination of his pieces.} (26. Nxa3 $2 Qa5 $19) 26... Qd7 27.
Nxa3 Qh3 $1 28. Rg1 $2 {The second half of the game was played under great
pressure, with both players drifting gradually into serious time pressure.
Caruana refuses to decentralise the queen, but the rook move is too risky.} (
28. Qf2 Qf5 (28... g6 29. Nb5 Bg7 $11) 29. Kb2 Qh5 $11) 28... Qh2 29. Nb5 (29.
Qe3 Ra8 30. Nc2 g6 $15) 29... Ra8 {The number of smaller and bigger omissions
in the next few moves reveals, how difficult it is to handle the extremely
complex position under time constrains.} (29... e3 $5 30. Qxe3 Ra8 31. Re1 (31.
Nb4 Be4+ 32. Ka1 d5 $17) 31... Qxa2+ 32. Kc1 g6 $15) 30. a3 $2 {White's fear
of advancing the pawn to a4 is understandable. It is only for objectivity's
sake that we give the complex analyses of its consequences.} (30. a4 $1 e3 (
30... Rxc4 31. bxc4 e3 32. Rc1 Rxa4 33. Nb4 Qxg3 34. Qxe3 Ra8 35. Rf1 Qg6+ 36.
Kb2 $11) 31. Rc1 (31. Qxe3 Rxc4 $1 32. bxc4 Bh5 $19) 31... Bh5 32. g4 $1 (32.
Nxe3 Bg6+ 33. Nc2 Qxg3 $15) 32... Bxg4 33. Nxe3 Qxf4 34. Qxf4 Bxf4 35. Nxg4
Bxc1 36. Kxc1 Rxa4 37. Nxd6 Raxc4 38. Nxc4 b5 39. Nge5 Rc7 40. Nd2 $11) 30...
e3 $1 31. Re1 (31. Qxe3 Be4+ 32. Qxe4 (32. Ka1 Rca6 $1 33. Be2 Bxd5) 32...
Qxg1+ 33. Kb2 Qxg3 $17) 31... e2 32. Qe3 (32. Qg1 Qxg1 33. Rxg1 Rc5 34. Nb4 Re8
35. Re1 d5 $17) 32... Qg2 $2 {[%mdl 64] The most critical moment of the game.
Naiditsch has managed to generate great counterplay and his pawn on e2 is a
huge asset. Unfortunately for him he misses a golden opportunity to decide the
battle with small combination.} (32... Qxg3 $1 33. Rxe2 Qg6+ 34. Bd3 Qh5 $19)
33. Nd4 $1 Rxc4 {Suddenly the table are turned and Black is struggling to find
a line that is halfway equal.} (33... Bxd5 34. Rxe2 Qh1+ 35. Re1 Qe4+ (35...
Qg2 36. Qe8+ Bg8 37. Qxa8 Rxc4 38. Re8 $18) 36. Qxe4 Bxe4+ 37. Rxe4 d5 38. Bxd5
Rxc3 39. Nf5 $16) 34. bxc4 Bh5 (34... Bxd5 35. cxd5 Qxd5 36. Qxe2 g6 37. Qa2
$16) 35. Nxe2 $6 {Under stress even the best players turn to natural urges!
The desire to eliminate the pawn on e2 was too strong.} (35. Kb2 Qf1 (35... Re8
$2 36. Qxe8+ Bxe8 37. Rxe2 $18) 36. Qg1 Qxg1 37. Rxg1 $16) 35... Re8 36. Ne7 g5
$2 $138 {Great idea, only the execution is terrible! The game should have
ended with perpetual check after 36...g6.} (36... g6 37. Nd4 Bf8 38. Qe6 Rxe7
39. Qf6+ Kg8 40. Rxe7 Bxe7 41. Qxe7 Qf1+ 42. Kb2 Qg2+ 43. Nc2 Bd1 44. Qe8+ $11)
37. fxg5 Bf8 38. Nf4 {A terrible final blow which finishes the fight right
away. Black has prepared his own demise by offering the perfect spot on f4. 
An exciting game full of tactical errors, but a perfect spectacle for
spectators!} (38. Nf4 Rxe7 39. Qxe7 Bxe7 40. Nxg2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2013.02.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2013.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Qd3 O-O 12. Bg5 exd4 13. cxd4 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15.
Bg3 Nh5 16. Nc3 Bg4 17. Nd5 Bxf3 18. Nxb6 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rxb6 20. f4 d5 21. e5
Nb4 22. Qe2 Nxf4+ 23. Bxf4 gxf4 24. Kh1 Rg6 25. Rxf4 Kh8 26. Raf1 Rfg8 27. Rf6
Qd7 28. Qh5 Qe7 29. Bd1 c5 30. Bg4 cxd4 31. Rxf7 Qg5 32. Qxg5 Rxg5 33. Bf5 Re8
34. e6 Nc6 35. h4 Rg7 36. Rf6 Ne5 37. Rxh6+ Kg8 38. Rh5 Ng4 39. Rf4 Ne3 40. Bh3
d3 41. Rd4 Rf8 42. Rxd3 Rf3 43. Bg2 Rxg2 44. Rxe3 Rxe3 45. Kxg2 Rxe6 46. Kf3
Re4 47. Rg5+ Kh7 48. Rg4 Rc4 49. Rg5 Rb4 50. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2013.02.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 c6 11. Kb1 Qa5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Bc4 b5 14. Bb3
Qc7 15. Bg5 a5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. a4 Rb8 18. axb5 a4 19. Bc4 cxb5 20. Ba2 b4 21.
cxb4 Rxb4 22. Qd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Bf5 24. Kc1 Rfb8 25. Rhd1 Kf8 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27.
Rxd8+ Ke7 28. Ra8 Rxh4 29. Ra7+ Kd6 30. Bxf7 Rh1+ 31. Kd2 Rf1 32. Ke2 Rc1 33.
c3 Rc2+ 34. Ke3 Bd7 35. Bg8 h6 36. Ra6+ Ke7 37. Rb6 a3 38. bxa3 Rxc3+ 39. Ke4
Rxa3 40. Kxe5 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2013.02.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2013.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Ne4 9. g3 Nd6 10. b3 Be7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qd3 Nf6 13. Bf3 g5 14. Bg2 g4 {
Caruana was unhappy with how he played the opening. He said his plan "was
probably a bit ambitious - the pawn on g4 just turned out to be a little weak,
" and added, "the position looks normal but I just didn't see any plan."} 15.
Rd1 Qc7 ({Fabiano explained the concrete problems for Black with an
"attacking" line where he wins the h2-pawn but is going to get crushed in the
centre after} 15... Qa5 $6 16. Bd2 dxc4 17. bxc4 Qh5 18. c5 Qxh2+ 19. Kf1) 16.
Bb2 Rd8 17. Rac1 Qa5 18. c5 Nf5 19. a3 Qc7 20. Qe2 Nh6 21. e4 dxe4 22. Nxe4
Nxe4 23. Bxe4 O-O 24. b4 Bf6 25. a4 Rfe8 26. b5 Re7 27. Rd3 Red7 28. Rcd1 Nf5
29. Qxg4 Bxd4 $2 30. Bxd4 ({The win is surprising and pretty, but also forced
and relatively simple:} 30. Qf4 $3 Qc8 (30... Qxf4 {loses a piece}) 31. Bxf5
Bxb2 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Rxd7 Qxd7 {and after everything has been traded off
there's the final blow} 34. Qb8+ {and mate.}) ({The players explained
afterwards that they'd missed the above line because they were both
calculating another much more complicated forced line:} 30. Bxf5 Bxb2 31. b6
axb6 32. cxb6 Qc8 33. Bxe6 Rxd3 34. Bxc8 Rxd1+ 35. Kg2 R1d4 36. Qe2 Rxc8 37.
Qxb2 Rxa4 {and the position's equal.}) 30... Nxd4 31. Rxd4 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 {
After everything was exchanged on d4, even the nice finesse} Rxd4 33. Bh7+ $1 {
couldn't bring Meier anything more than a drawn queen ending.} Kxh7 34. Qxd4
Kg8 35. b6 axb6 36. cxb6 Qe7 37. a5 Qa3 38. Qe5 Kh7 39. h4 Qd3 40. Kg2 Qc4 41.
Kf3 Qd3+ 42. Kg2 Qc4 43. Qc7 Qe4+ 44. Kg1 Qe1+ 45. Kg2 Qe4+ 46. Kg1 Qe1+ 47.
Kg2 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2013.02.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2013.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Nh4 g6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Qd2 Ng4 14. Nf3 Nd7 15.
Bg5 Ngf6 16. a4 {Anand identified} Rab8 $6 {as a mistake.} 17. Qe2 Bxb3 18.
cxb3 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Rfd1 Rec8 22. Ne1 b4 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24.
Rxd5 Rb6 $6 {Anand: "The rook just gets in the way. It's already unpleasant
for Black. He may objectively be ok, but it's not a fun position to play."} 25.
g3 Bf8 26. Qe3 Rb7 27. Nd3 Rcb8 28. Rc1 Qe7 29. Rc4 f5 30. Kg2 fxe4 31. Qxe4
Qf7 32. Qf3 Be7 33. Ra5 Qxf3+ 34. Kxf3 Bd8 35. Rd5 Rb6 36. Ke4 Kf7 37. g4 Ke6
38. f4 exf4 39. Nxf4+ Kd7 40. Rd3 Rb5 41. Nd5 {Anand had thought the white
knight was never going to get to d5, but when it did he explained the time the
players were taking with, "White is very close to winning."} Ba5 $1 {Anand was
pleased with some accurate moves around this stage.} 42. Kf4 h6 43. Re4 Bd8 44.
Kg3 h5 {Caruana accepted Anand's draw offer.} (44... h5 45. h4 {It's worth
noting as a curiosity that Houdini rates this line as better for White than
any other position that occurred in the game.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2013.02.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Andreikin,D"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2013.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 {Caruana applied this opening in his first chess years.
Now, the Spanish system is a good weapon in the top tournaments.} 3. Bb5 a6 4.
Bxc6 {I prefer this move too. Here we get positional play without forced lines.
} dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 {This move is popular in recent years. Black has many other
good moves:} (5... f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. c3 exd4 8. cxd4 Qd7 9. Be3 f5 10. Qb3 Bxf3
11. Qxb7 Rd8 12. gxf3 fxe4 13. Rc1 exf3 14. Qxc6 Bd6 15. Nd2 Qxc6 16. Rxc6 Ne7
17. Rxa6 O-O 18. Ne4 Bf4 19. Re6 Nd5 20. Nc3 Rf5 21. Nxd5 Rdxd5 22. Bxf4 Rxf4
23. Re3 Rg5+ 24. Kh1 Rh5 25. Rae1 Rfh4 26. Re8+ Kf7 27. R8e7+ Kf8 28. Re8+ Kf7
29. R8e7+ {1/2 Andreikin,D (2705)-Morozevich,A (2737)/Saratov 2011/CBM 145}) 6.
d4 exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 {The queen move early in the game does not spoil the black
position. The bishop on g5 is usually located badly.} 8. Nxd4 {If White is
looking for simple play, the queen should take the pawn.} (8. Qxd4 Qxd4 9. Nxd4
Bd7 10. Nc3 f6 11. Be3 O-O-O 12. Rad1 Re8 13. Rd2 Ne7 14. Rfd1 Ng6 15. Nde2 Ne5
16. h3 Bb4 17. b3 Be6 18. Ra1 Ba3 19. Rf1 Bb4 20. Ra1 Ba3 21. Rf1 Bb4 22. Ra1 {
1/2 Andreikin,D (2715)-Karjakin,S (2785)/Moscow 2012/CBM 150}) 8... Be7 $1 {
The black bishop quickly comes into play.} 9. Be3 $5 {This move keeps the
tension. A few years ago, Naiditsch prefered to go into an endgame:} (9. Bxe7
Nxe7 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Nb3 Qxd1 12. Raxd1 b6 13. Nc1 O-O-O 14. b4 Be6 15. f3 Rd6
16. Kf2 Rhd8 17. Ke3 Bc4 18. Nd3 Re6 19. Rfe1 Nd5+ 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Nf4 Red6
22. e5 Rh6 23. a3 Rxh2 24. Rh1 Rxh1 25. Rxh1 d4+ 26. Ke4 h6 27. Rd1 c5 28. bxc5
bxc5 29. Nd3 Bxd3+ 30. cxd3 Kc7 31. Rb1 Kc6 32. f4 g6 33. g4 c4 {1/2 Naiditsch,
A (2685)-Grandelius,N (2525)/Stockholm 2010/CBM 140 Extra}) 9... Nf6 10. f3 O-O
11. Nd2 c5 $5 $146 (11... Be6 12. N2b3 Rfd8 13. Qe2 Qe5 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. c3
Qb5 16. Qc2 c5 17. a4 Qb6 18. Nd2 Qc6 19. Nc4 b6 20. Qe2 Qd7 21. Bf4 b5 22.
Rfd1 Qc6 23. Ne5 Qb7 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. c4 c6 27. g4 Rd8 28. Rxd8+
Bxd8 29. Qd3 Bc7 30. g5 Bxe5 31. Bxe5 Nd7 32. Bg3 bxc4 33. Qxc4 Kf7 34. Qd3 c4
35. Qxc4 Qxb2 36. Qxc6 Qb6+ 37. Qxb6 Nxb6 38. Kf2 Kg6 39. Bf4 Nd7 40. Be3 Ne5
41. Kg3 Kf7 42. Bd4 Nc6 43. Bc3 g6 44. Kf4 Ke7 45. h4 Kd6 46. Kg4 Ke7 47. h5 e5
48. h6 Kd6 49. Kg3 Nd8 50. Bb4+ Kd7 51. Kg4 Ke6 52. Bf8 Nf7 53. Bg7 Kd6 54. Bf6
Ke6 55. Kg3 Nd6 56. Kf2 Ne8 57. Bh8 Nc7 58. Ke3 Kd6 59. Kd3 Ne6 60. Bf6 Nf4+
61. Ke3 Ne6 62. Kd3 {1/2 Huschenbeth,N (2459)-Heimann,A (2471)/Rosenheim 2010/
CBM 138 Extra}) 12. Nc4 $1 {A very useful move. Now White has a small, but
stable advantage.} (12. Ne2 $6 Rd8 $11) 12... Qd8 (12... Qd7 $6 13. Nf5 $14)
13. Ne2 Qe8 {Caruana don't want to go into a slightly worse ending. White's
idea was associated with the transfer of the knight to a5.} (13... Be6 $6 14.
Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Na5 $1 Rab8 16. Nf4 Nd7 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Rad1 $16) 14. Bf4 $5 {
An interesting move in Naiditsch's style. White prepares the transfer of the
c4-knight to the kingside for creating an attack. Also White had the
opportunity to play positionally:} (14. Nf4 $5 {/\e4-e5} b5 $5 (14... Be6 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qe2 $14) 15. Na5 Bd6 16. Qd2 Nd7 17. Nd5 Qe6 18. Rad1 Re8 19.
Rfe1 f6 20. Qf2 Qf7 21. c4 $36) 14... b5 $6 {Caruana pushes the white knight
in the right direction.} (14... Be6 $5 15. Ne3 Rd8 16. Qe1 Qc6 17. Ng3 c4 18.
Kh1 g6 19. Qc3 $36) 15. Ne3 c4 {This move seems good, but it leads to
potential problems. Black can play more reliably:} (15... Qc6 16. c4 $1 Rd8 17.
Qc2 Be6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Qb6 20. Kh1 Nd7 21. Rad1 Bd6 22. Be3 c6 $14) 16.
Kh1 $1 {An important preventive move. Now White easily can transfer his pieces
into the attack.} Qc6 {Of course such a move is not pleasant, but the black
queen is obliged to join the game.} 17. Nd4 Qb6 18. Ndf5 {White completed his
plan to transfer the knight. Now it is necessary to connect the queen.} Bc5 19.
Qe1 $1 $40 g6 $2 {In a bad position Caruana starts complications.} ({After} 
19... Bxf5 20. Nxf5 Nh5 21. Bd2 Rfd8 {the black position is tenable. This is a
possible continuation:} 22. a4 $5 b4 23. Rd1 Rd7 24. Qh4 $6 Rad8 $1 25. Qxh5
Qg6 $1 26. Qh4 Bf8 $3 27. Qxd8 (27. Qe1 c3 28. Rf2 Qf6 $1 $44) 27... Rxd8 28.
Bxb4 Re8 $1 $11) 20. Nh6+ Kg7 21. g4 $5 {An energetic attacking move, but it
weakens also the white king and gives Black hope for counterplay. White gets a
big advantage playing with pieces:} (21. e5 $5 Nh5 (21... Ng8 $2 22. Nd5 Qc6
23. Nxg8 Rxg8 24. Qh4 $1 $18) 22. Bg5 Qe6 (22... Be6 23. Rd1 Qc6 24. Neg4 $18)
23. Nhg4 Re8 24. Rd1 Bb7 25. Qh4 $40) 21... Bb7 $2 {I think, Caruana was
shocked by his position after the opening, so he makes one mistake after
another. Correct was to develop the bishop in the center.} (21... Be6 $1 22.
Rd1 (22. g5 Nh5 23. Be5+ f6 24. gxf6+ Nxf6 25. Nhg4 Bd4 $1 26. Rd1 Bxe5 27.
Nxe5 Rad8 $11) 22... Ng8 $1 23. Nhf5+ Kh8 24. Qc3+ f6 25. Nd4 b4 26. Qd2 Rad8
27. c3 $14) 22. g5 Nh5 $6 {The best practical chance was to sacrifice the
knight:} (22... Nxe4 $5 23. fxe4 Rae8 $1 (23... Bxe4+ 24. Ng2 $18) 24. Ng2 Rxe4
25. Qg3 $1 (25. Be5+ $6 f6 26. Bxf6+ Rxf6 27. gxf6+ Kxh6 28. Qg3 Qe6 29. Rae1
Bd6 30. Rxe4 Qxe4 31. Qh3+ Kg5 $44) 25... f6 $8 26. Rae1 $1 Bf2 27. Rxe4 Bxg3
28. Re7+ Kh8 29. Bxg3 Qc6 30. Rf2 Qd5 (30... Qc5 31. Rxf6 Qxe7 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8
33. Be5+ $18) 31. h4 $1 $18) 23. Be5+ f6 24. gxf6+ Nxf6 25. Neg4 $2 {Naiditsch
played superbly until this moment. Maybe he has not found the winning move
because he had little time. AIt is aways sad to destroy a beautiful game in
one move. The logical result of this game was obtained after playing the rook.}
(25. Rd1 $1 $18 Bxe3 (25... Qe6 26. Neg4 Be7 27. Qg3 Kh8 (27... Rae8 28. Nf5+
$18) 28. Bxf6+ Bxf6 29. Qxc7 $18) (25... Rae8 26. Rd7+ Kh8 27. Bxf6+ Qxf6 28.
Nhg4 Qxb2 29. Qh4 h5 30. Qg5 $18) 26. Rd7+ Kh8 (26... Kxh6 27. Qh4+ Nh5 28.
Bg7#) 27. Ng4 $1 Bh6 $5 (27... Bg5 28. Nxf6 Rxf6 (28... Bxf6 29. Qh4 h5 30. Qg5
$18) 29. Qg3 $1 h6 30. h4 Qe6 31. Rxc7 $18) 28. Qh4 Bg7 29. Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 30.
Rd1 Qe6 31. Rd7+ Qxd7 32. Bxf6+ Kf7 33. Ne5+ Ke6 34. Nxd7 Kxd7 35. Qxh7+ Kc6
36. Qxg6 $18) 25... Bd4 $1 $14 {Black is OK!} 26. Bxd4 (26. Nxf6 Bxe5 27. Nd7
Qe6 28. Nxf8 Rxf8 29. Ng4 Bxb2 $44) 26... Qxd4 27. Rd1 $1 Qxb2 $6 {A
provocative move!} (27... Qb6 28. Qc3 Bc8 29. Kg2 Bxg4 30. Nxg4 Rad8 $14) 28.
Nxf6 $2 {The obvious move, but now Black can defend his king. A quiet pawn
move allowed the continuing of the attack:} (28. c3 $1 $16 {the black queen is
cut off!} Bc8 $8 29. Nf5+ $3 Bxf5 (29... gxf5 $2 30. Nxf6 Rxf6 31. Rg1+ Rg6 32.
exf5 $1 Rxg1+ (32... Bxf5 33. Qe5+ Kh6 34. Qf4+ Kg7 35. Qxf5 $18) 33. Qxg1+ Kf7
34. f6 $1 Kxf6 35. Qd4+ Kf7 36. Qf4+ Ke6 37. Qxc7 $18) 30. exf5 Rae8 31. Qh4
Qxc3 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. fxg6 Re7 34. Rc1 $3 Qd4 (34... Qb2 35. Rf2 $1 Qd4 (35...
Qxc1+ 36. Qxc1 Nxg4 37. gxh7+ Kh8 38. Rg2 Ne3 39. Rg3 Rf6 40. Qa1 $18) 36. Rd2
Qb6 37. Rg2 Rg7 38. Ne5 Kh8 39. Rcg1 $18) 35. Rfd1 Qb6 36. Rg1 $1 Rg7 37. Ne5
Kh8 38. gxh7 Ng4 39. Qxb6 cxb6 40. Rxg4 Rxg4 41. fxg4 Rf2 42. a4 Re2 43. Nf3
Re4 44. axb5 axb5 45. h3 b4 46. Nd2 Re3 47. Nxc4 Rxh3+ 48. Kg2 Rc3 49. Rxc3
bxc3 50. Na3 b5 51. Nc2 $18) 28... Qxf6 $15 {So, Naiditsch missed his winning
chance twice. As they say in soccer: If you didn't open the score, your
opponent will do it for you. Now White's initiative is enough for only a few
checks.} 29. Ng4 Qf4 {The only move, but the hand does it automatically.} 30.
Rd7+ Rf7 31. Qc3+ Kg8 32. Rxf7 (32. Rfd1 $5 Raf8 (32... Re8 $6 33. Rd8 $1 Ref8
34. Ne5 $36) 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 {with transition to game.}) 32... Kxf7 33. Rd1 Rf8 {
Mathematically this is not the strongest move.} ({The iron decision consisted
in the following option:} 33... Re8 $1 $19 34. Rd7+ Ke6 $3 {dare a man make
such a move? Perhaps, but only in a friendly blitz game.} 35. Rxh7 Bxe4 36. Kg1
Bxf3 37. Ne3 Kd6 $19) 34. Kg2 Bc8 {It was still not too late to centralize the
king! :)} (34... Ke6 $3 $17) 35. h3 $6 {After this move White is helpless.
Arkady could prepare for a long defence and go to the endgame:} (35. Qe5 $1
Qxe5 36. Nxe5+ {Black has an extra pawn, but realising it is not easy.} Kf6 (
36... Ke6 37. Nc6 Bd7 38. Nb4 Ra8 39. Nd5 Rc8 40. Nf4+ Ke7 41. Nd5+ Kf7 42. Nb6
$1 $11) 37. Rd5 $5 Re8 38. Nc6 Bb7 39. Rc5 Bxc6 40. Rxc6+ Re6 41. Rxc7 Rd6 $15)
35... Kg8 $17 36. e5 $2 {Such moves are usually made in frustration over
missed opportunities.} Qg5 $4 {But why does Caruana pass by an easy win? I
guess it was not his day, too. Even the best chess players have such moments...
} (36... Bxg4 37. hxg4 b4 $1 $19) 37. Qd4 $2 {Obviously the players had little
time.} ({After} 37. Qd2 $1 Qxd2+ 38. Rxd2 {play continues.}) 37... Bb7 $1 $19 {
White can't hold the fort any more.} 38. Kh2 Bxf3 39. Nf6+ Kg7 40. Rg1 Qf5 41.
Kg3 Bc6 42. h4 Rf7 43. Qe3 Re7 44. Ng4 h5 45. Qh6+ Kg8 46. Nf6+ Kf7 47. Qh7+
Ke6 48. Qg8+ Kxe5 49. Re1+ Kd4 {The black king had great difficulties in this
game, but led his army to victory. The final position in the center of the
board is symbolic.} 0-1

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2013.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. O-O
b6 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc6 Bxc6
15. Qxc6 Rc8 16. Qb5 Ne8 17. Qd3 Nd6 18. b3 f5 19. f3 Nb8 20. Nc3 Nc6 21. e3
Bf6 22. Ne2 Qd7 23. Rac1 Rc7 24. Be1 Rfc8 25. g4 a5 26. a3 a4 27. bxa4 Nc4 28.
gxf5 exf5 29. Rb1 Ne7 30. Bb4 Kh8 31. f4 Qe6 32. Bd2 Bh4 33. Rb5 Rc6 34. Rdb1
h6 35. Kh1 Bf2 36. R5b3 Ng8 37. Rf1 Bh4 38. Be1 Bxe1 39. Rxe1 Nf6 40. Ng3 Ne4
41. Nxe4 dxe4 42. Qd1 Qf7 43. Rg1 Kh7 44. Qe1 Ne5 45. Qb1 Ng4 46. h3 Nf2+ 47.
Kh2 Qh5 48. Kg3 Nxh3 49. Bxh3 Rg6+ 50. Kh2 Rxg1 51. Kxg1 Qxh3 52. d5 Rd8 53.
Qf1 Qg4+ 54. Kh2 Rxd5 0-1

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2013.02.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2013.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
Nge2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. f3 Bh5 12. Bg3 Rc8 13. Nf4 Bg6 14. Na4 Nd7
15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Nd3 Na5 $146 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Qe1 Nc4 19. b3 Nd6 20. Qd2 Nb5
21. Rc1 Qa8 22. Rc2 b6 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Qb7 25. Bg3 Re8 26. Qc1 Ba3 27.
Qd2 Rd8 28. Qd3 Rc8 29. h3 Rc6 30. Kh2 Be7 31. Nb2 a5 32. Qd2 {Caruana now
knew he needed a win, and his} Bg5 {provoked his opponent into pushing his
pawn to h4.} 33. Rxc6 Qxc6 34. h4 Be7 35. Nd3 Nd6 {Under normal circumstances
all this would have changed little, but Fridman was coming off a run of three
losses in four games, and short of time he overlooked a simple pawn-winning
tactic:} 36. Bxd6 $2 Qxd6+ 37. f4 Bxh4 38. Qc1 Bd8 39. Qc8 g5 40. g3 gxf4 41.
gxf4 Qc7 42. Qxc7 Bxc7 43. Kh3 Kh7 44. Kg4 Kg6 45. Ne1 Bd6 46. Nf3 f6 47. Ne1
Bb4 48. Nf3 Ba3 49. Ng1 Bc1 50. Kf3 Bd2 51. Ne2 Bb4 52. a4 Bd2 53. Ng3 Be1 {
In this ending Black was the clear favourite, but with both players exhausted
and a play-off place up for grabs anything could still happen. Fridman had had
a disappointing tournament overall, but he at least managed to demonstrate
some endgame wizardry at the close with} 54. f5+ $1 {and after} exf5 (54... Kf7
$5 {was another try.}) 55. Ne2 Kf7 56. Nf4 g5 57. Nxd5 Ke6 58. Nc7+ Kf7 59. Nd5
Bb4 60. Nxb6 {pawns were suddenly level, although the Italian still had
chances of disturbing Vishy Anand's evening.} g4+ 61. Kf2 Ke6 62. Ke2 Kd6 63.
Nc4+ Kd5 64. Kd3 g3 {The final chance came after} 65. Ke2 Ke4 $2 {Caruana
still had almost twenty minutes to think at this point.} ({The} 65... f4 $1 {
break would have allowed the black king to rush towards the white pawns on b3
and a4.}) ({or} 65... g2 66. Kf2 f4) 66. d5 $1 {Now Black still had a long
time to contemplate the ruins of his position, but there was no longer any way
to avoid an inevitable draw.} Kxd5 67. Kf3 Be1 68. Nb2 g2 69. Kxg2 Ke4 70. Nc4
Bc3 71. Kf2 f4 72. exf4 Kxf4 73. Ke2 f5 74. Kd3 Bb4 75. Ne3 Bc5 76. Nc4 Bb4 77.
Ne3 Bd6 78. Nc4 Bc7 79. Ne3 Bd8 80. b4 axb4 81. Nd5+ Kg3 82. Nxb4 f4 83. Ke2
Kg2 84. Nd3 f3+ 85. Ke3 Kg3 86. Ke4 Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2013.02.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2013.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
N1d2 Nf6 9. f4 d6 10. Qf3 Nb4 11. O-O O-O 12. a3 Nxd3 13. cxd3 Bd7 14. Rac1 Bb5
15. Bf2 e5 16. Nc4 Nd7 17. Rfd1 exf4 18. Nd4 Bxc4 19. dxc4 Ne5 20. Qb3 Qc7 21.
Nf5 g6 22. Qb6 Rac8 23. Qxc7 Rxc7 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Rxd6 Rc8 26. c5 Ng4 27.
Rd4 g5 28. h3 Nf6 29. Rcc4 Rce8 30. c6 bxc6 31. Rxc6 Nxe4 32. Rd5 Re6 33. Rxe6
Rxe6 34. Bd4 f6 35. b4 Rc6 36. Kf1 Rc2 37. Ra5 Nd2+ 38. Ke1 Nb3 39. Rd5 Nxd4
40. Rxd4 Rxg2 41. Rd6 f5 42. Rxa6 g4 43. Rf6 gxh3 44. Kf1 f3 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2013.02.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2013.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg5 f6 6. Be3 d5 7. exd5 exd5 8. d4
Bg4 9. Be2 Nge7 10. dxc5 Nf5 11. Bc1 Bxc5 12. O-O Qd7 13. Nc3 O-O-O 14. Na4 Bd6
15. Qxd5 Rhe8 16. Bd1 Qe7 17. Qc4 Bh3 18. c3 Kb8 19. b4 Bxf1 20. Qxf1 h5 21.
Nb2 h4 22. Nc4 hxg3 23. hxg3 Bc7 24. b5 Na5 25. b6 axb6 26. Nxa5 bxa5 27. Rb1
Qe4 28. Rb5 Bxg3 29. Nd4 Bh2+ 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2013.02.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2013.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be3 d6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. h4 Ngf6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 Nb6
9. h5 Rg8 10. Nh3 b4 11. Nd1 a5 12. a3 bxa3 13. Rxa3 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qe2
Ra8 16. c4 Nfd7 17. Nc3 e6 18. Kf2 gxh5 19. g5 Qe7 20. Nf4 h6 21. Nxh5 hxg5 22.
Nxg7+ Rxg7 23. Rh8+ Nf8 24. Rb3 Nbd7 25. Rb7 g4 26. fxg4 Rh7 27. Rxh7 Nxh7 28.
Qf3 Qh4+ 29. Qg3 Qxg3+ 30. Kxg3 a4 31. Bc1 Nhf8 32. Rb4 c5 33. dxc5 Nxc5 34.
Nb5 Kd7 35. Be3 Nd3 36. Bd2 Nxb4 37. Bxb4 Ra6 38. e5 Ng6 39. Bxd6 Rc6 40. c5
Ne7 41. Kf4 Ra6 42. Kg5 Nd5 43. Nd4 Ra8 44. c6+ Ke8 45. Kh6 Ne3 46. Kg5 Nc4 47.
Nb5 Rc8 48. c7 Nxb2 49. Na7 Kd7 50. Nxc8 Kxc8 51. Kf6 Nc4 52. Kxf7 a3 53. Bxa3
Nxe5+ 54. Kxe6 Nxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2013.02.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2013.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. dxe5 Ne4 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. h3 O-O 12. Nb3 Rd8 13. Qe2 Nxb3 14. axb3
c5 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. Nd2 a5 17. Nc4 b6 18. Rd2 Be6 19. Rad1 Rxd2 20. Qxd2 a4 21.
f4 axb3 22. cxb3 g6 23. Kh2 b5 24. Na5 Qh4 25. Rf1 Qd8 26. Qxd8+ Rxd8 27. Rf2
Rd3 28. Nb7 Rd5 29. Rc2 c4 30. b4 Rd4 31. Rf2 Bd5 32. Nc5 Rd1 33. g4 Kf8 34. f5
gxf5 35. gxf5 Ke7 36. Kg3 h6 37. Kg4 Re1 38. Kf4 Rh1 39. Kg4 c6 40. h4 Re1 41.
Kf4 Rg1 42. f6+ Kf8 43. Kf5 h5 44. e6 fxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2013.02.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2013.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. e5 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. O-O e6 8.
Re1 Ne7 9. exd6 Nd5 10. d3 Bxd6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. Qe2 Kh8 14. Bd2
Nb4 15. Bxb4 cxb4 16. Qe3 Qd5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nfe5 Rfe8 19. Qf3 f6 20. Nxg6+
hxg6 21. Re4 f5 22. gxf5 exf5 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qxd5 cxd5 25. Ne3 Rd8 26. a3
bxa3 27. Rxa3 Bb6 28. Kg2 Kg8 29. Kf3 Kf7 30. c3 Ke6 31. h4 d4 32. Ng2 Kf6 33.
c4 a5 34. b4 axb4 35. Ra6 Rd6 36. Nf4 Kf7 37. Nd5 b3 38. Ra3 Bd8 39. Kg3 g5 40.
hxg5 Bxg5 41. Rxb3 Rc6 42. Rb7+ Kf8 43. Rd7 Bd2 44. f4 Bc1 45. Ne7 Rf6 46. Kf3
Ba3 47. Nd5 Rh6 48. Kg3 Rg6+ 49. Kf2 Rh6 50. Ra7 Bd6 51. Ra6 Kf7 52. Ra7+ Kf8
53. Ra5 Rh2+ 54. Kg3 Rc2 55. Ra6 Bc5 56. Rc6 Ba3 57. Nc7 Rd2 58. Ne6+ Kf7 59.
Ng5+ Ke7 60. Rc7+ Kd6 61. Rxg7 Rxd3+ 62. Kf2 Rc3 63. Rg6+ Kc5 64. Rf6 Kxc4 65.
Rxf5 d3 66. Ne4 Rc2+ 67. Kf3 Rh2 68. Ra5 Bb4 69. Ra8 d2 70. Rd8 Rh3+ 71. Ke2
Rh2+ 72. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2013.02.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2013.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e3 Bb4 4. Nge2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Nxc3 c6 7. d4 e4 8. d5
d6 9. dxc6 Nxc6 10. Be2 Be6 11. O-O Rc8 12. b3 Qe7 13. Ra2 Rfd8 14. Rd2 h5 15.
Bb2 h4 16. Nb5 Ne8 17. Bg4 f5 18. Bh5 a6 19. Bxe8 axb5 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. cxb5
cxb5 22. Qh5 Rc5 23. Bd4 Rd5 24. f4 exf3 25. Qxf3 Qf7 26. Qf4 Qh5 27. h3 Rc8
28. Kh2 Bd7 29. g3 g5 30. Qf2 hxg3+ 31. Qxg3 Kh7 32. Rdf2 Be6 33. Rg1 f4 34.
Qg2 Rxd4 35. exd4 Rc3 36. Qe4+ Qg6 37. Qb7+ Kh6 38. Rf3 Rc2+ 39. Kh1 Qf5 40.
Qa8 Bd5 41. Qh8+ Kg6 42. Qe8+ Kg7 43. Qe7+ Kh6 44. Qxd6+ Kh5 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2013.02.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2013.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qe2 Nf6 14. Rad1 Bg4
15. Qe3 Rac8 16. Rd2 Na5 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. h3 Nxb3 19. axb3 Be6 20. b4 h6 21.
b5 axb5 22. Nxb5 d5 23. exd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Bxd5 25. Nxe5 Rxc2 26. Nc3 Bc6 27.
Qd4 Qe6 28. Qd8+ Be8 29. Re1 Qf5 30. Qd4 Bc6 31. g4 Qc8 32. Rb1 Qe6 33. Nxc6
bxc6 34. Qd8+ Ne8 35. Qd3 Qb3 36. Qd8 Qe6 37. Qd3 Qb3 38. Re1 Nf6 39. Ra1 g5
40. Rb1 Rxb2 41. Rxb2 Qxb2 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. Qd4 Qa3 44. Qe5 Qb4 45. Kg2 c5 46.
Kf3 Qc4 47. Ke3 Qf1 48. f3 c4 49. Ne4 Qe1+ 50. Kd4 Qa1+ 51. Nc3 Qf1 52. Qf5 Nd7
53. Qe4 Qxh3 54. Nd5 Qg3 55. Ne3 Qf2 56. Kc3 Nf6 57. Nf5+ Kh7 58. Qb7 Qe1+ 59.
Kxc4 Qe6+ 60. Kd3 Nd5 61. Nd4 Nf4+ 62. Kd2 Qa2+ 63. Ke3 Qa3+ 64. Kf2 Qa2+ 65.
Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2013.02.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 {This, relatively new but already very popular move, was
examined in several CBM issues, most recently in CBM 149, annotations to
Aronian - Caruana by GM I.Stohl, and, and CBM 150, annotations to Eljanov -
Areshchenko by GM A.Mikhalchishin.} 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Kb1 {Alternatives:} (11. f4
) (11. Bh6) (11. d5) (11. Na3) 11... Rd8 12. d5 a6 $1 13. Nc3 (13. dxc6 Qxd2
14. Rxd2 Rxd2 15. Bxd2 axb5 16. cxb7 Bxb7 17. Bxb5 Rd8 $5 (17... f5 18. exf5
Bd5 {1/2 (41) Vitiugov,N (2729)-Giri,A (2714) Reggio Emilia 2011} 19. b3 $140
gxf5 $44) 18. Be3 (18. Bc1 Rd4 $44 {[%cal Rd4e4,Rd4b4]}) 18... Rd1+ 19. Kc2 Ra1
20. a3 c6 21. Be2 Na4 22. Bc1 Nxb2 $1 23. Nh3 c5 24. Bb5 c4 $36 {1/2 (82) Toth,
E (2473)-Fogarasi,T (2407) Hungary 2012}) 13... Qe8 (13... Ne5 14. Bd4 (14. Qe1
Nec4 15. Bd4 Qd6 $132) 14... c5 $5 (14... Nec4 15. Qf2 $5) 15. Bxc5 Nec4 16.
Bxc4 Nxc4 17. Qc1 Qc7 18. Bd4 e5 19. Bf2 b5 20. b3 Nd6 $44 {[%csl Rb1][%cal
Yf7f5,Ya6a5] 0-1 (35) Eljanov,P (2693)-Areshchenko,A (2691) Kiev 2012 [A.
Mikhalchishin]}) (13... Na5 $5 {may be the simplest:} 14. Bd4 (14. b3 Qd6 $132)
14... e5 $5 (14... Nbc4 15. Bxc4 (15. Qf2 $2 e5 $1 16. Bc5 b6 17. Bb4 c5 18.
Bxa5 Nxa5 $17 {1/2 (38) Gustafsson,J (2647)-Mekhitarian,K (2529) Reykjavik
2011 CBM 149 [Mekhitarian]}) 15... Nxc4 16. Qc1 $11 {K.Mekhitarian}) 15. Bc5
Nbc4 16. Qc1 b6 17. Bf2 Qd6 18. h4 Qb4 19. g4 f5 20. g5 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Bf5 22.
Bd3 Rxd5 23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24. Rxd5 Bxe4+ 25. fxe4 Na3+ 26. Ka1 Qxe4 27. Rd2 Qxh1
28. bxa3 Rf8 $44 {1/2 (46) Mamedyarov,S (2729)-Volokitin,A (2709) Istanbul 2012
}) 14. Qe1 (14. Qc1 Na5 (14... Ne5 $5) 15. h4 e6 16. Bf4 Qe7 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3
exd5 19. Bxb6 cxb6 20. Nxd5 Qf7 21. h5 Be6 $13 {1/2 (44) Rodshtein,M (2642)
-Bok,B (2512) Biel 2012}) 14... Na7 $5 $146 {[%cal Ya7b5][%mdl 8]} (14... Ne5
15. Be2 (15. Bd4 e6 $132) 15... e6 (15... Nec4 $5 16. Bd4 e5 $13 {I.Stohl}) 16.
Bxb6 $1 cxb6 17. f4 Nd7 18. dxe6 Qxe6 {1-0 (54) Aronian,L (2825)-Caruana,F 
(2770) Moscow 2012 CBM 149 [Stohl,I]} 19. Bf3 $14 {I.Stohl}) 15. h4 (15. Bf4 $5
{doesn't stop ...Na7-b5 but can delay Black's development:} Rd7 16. h4 Nb5 $1
17. Nxb5 (17. Bxb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Rxd5 $1 19. Rxd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Qxb5 $19 {
[%cal Rc8f5]}) 17... axb5 18. h5 $1 (18. Bxb5 $6 c6 $1 19. dxc6 $2 Rxd1+ 20.
Qxd1 bxc6 21. Be2 Na4 $19) 18... e6 $1 $13 {Here is a crazy variation leading
to a draw:} 19. Qh4 (19. hxg6 $143 fxg6 20. Qh4 h5) 19... exd5 $1 20. hxg6 dxe4
$1 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Bh6 $1 Rxd1+ 23. Kc2 Bxh6 24. Qxh6+ Ke7 25. Kxd1 Bf5 26.
Qg5+ Ke6 27. gxf7 Qd8+ 28. Qxd8 Rxd8+ 29. Ke1 Kxf7 30. fxe4 Bxe4 31. Bxb5 Rg8
$11) (15. Bd3 e6 $1) 15... Nb5 16. Nge2 ({Here is a line demonstrating the
strength of Black's eventual attack:} 16. Nxb5 axb5 17. h5 $2 Nxd5 $1 18. exd5
(18. Rxd5 $2 Rxd5 19. exd5 Bf5+ 20. Kc1 Rxa2) 18... Bf5+ 19. Bd3 b4 $1 20. Bxf5
(20. Ne2 Rxa2 $1 21. Kxa2 Qa4+ 22. Kb1 Qb3 $19) 20... Qa4 21. Bd4 Qxa2+ 22. Kc2
Qc4+ 23. Kb1 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Qxd4 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Be4 Rxd5 $1 27. Ne2 Qc4 $19)
16... Nc4 17. Bd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Nb6 $15 {With a bishop pair, especially his
strong g7 bishop, Black can get an unpleasant initiative.} 19. h5 $1 ({Passive
defense like} 19. Qe3 {is hardly successful after} e6 20. dxe6 Bxe6 {[%cal
Yb6a4] etc.}) 19... e6 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. f4 (21. Qh4 exd5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Re1
Qd7 24. Bc4 Nf6 {[%cal Yc7c5,Yb7b5] hardly gives White sufficient compensation
for the pawn.}) 21... Qe7 (21... exd5 22. e5 c5 23. Nf3 Qe7 {- below}) 22. Nf3
exd5 23. e5 d4 $1 {The position is extremely complicated. White's possible
attack along the h-file can't be underestimated. Therefore GM Fabiano Caruana
decides to give the pawn back but avert the danger. A wise, practical decision!
} (23... c5 24. Qg3 d4 25. Ne4 Nd5 26. Nfg5 $44) (23... Bf5+ 24. Bd3 d4 25. Ne2
(25. Ne4 Nd5) 25... Bxd3+ 26. Rxd3 c5 27. Ng5 $44 {[%cal Yd3h3]}) 24. Nxd4 (24.
Ne4 $6 Nd5) 24... c5 25. Nf3 Bf5+ 26. Ka1 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Rd8 $15 28. Qe1 $6 (
28. Qc1 $142 Qd7 29. Be2 {[%cal Yh1d1]}) 28... Qd7 29. Be2 Nd5 30. Nxd5 Qxd5
31. Qc1 {White must lose a tempo.} Be6 32. b3 Qc6 33. Rd1 (33. Bc4 Bxc4 34.
Qxc4 b5 $40) 33... Rxd1 34. Qxd1 (34. Bxd1 $142 $17) 34... Qe4 35. g3 Bf5 $2 (
35... Bg4 {was indicated by several commentators. If} 36. Nd4 {(otherwise
after ...Qe3 White will be out of moves) then} cxd4 (36... Bxe2 37. Nxe2 Qe3 {
[%cal Yb7b5,Yc5c4] is quite strong, too}) 37. Bxg4 d3 {, and with such a weak
king and Black's strong d-pawn White can hardly survive.}) 36. Bc4 $1 {[%cal
Rc4f7,Rf3g5] After this activation White is out of danger.} Bh6 37. Bd5 Qe3 38.
Qd2 Qxd2 39. Nxd2 g5 40. Bxb7 gxf4 (40... gxf4 41. gxf4 Bxf4 42. Nc4 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2013.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2013.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 {An unusual opening choice for Kramnik. After he
played this move I understood we would have a big fight.} 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6
6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 a6 11. a4 h6 $5 {This
wasn't some elaborate preparation from Vladimir. He just wanted to take the
game into original channels, far away from opening theory. The move itself is
probably a bit dubious, but over the board it isn't so easy to refute.} 12. Re1
({It was probably more accurate to first play} 12. Qc1 {, which is similar to
the game, but gives White extra options. For example,} g5 13. Bd2 Bf5 14. h4 g4
15. Ne1 $1 {, and next White will play Nc2 and Ne3, with an advantage.}) 12...
Bf5 13. Qc1 ({After} 13. Nh4 Bc8 {, due to the threat of ...g5 White will
either have to acquiesce in a repetition (with Nf3 Bf5, etc) or retreat the
bishop from f4, which is a clear concession.} 14. Bd2 Nbd7 {, is totally fine
for Black.}) 13... g5 ({In case of} 13... Kh7 14. Nh4 Bc8 15. Qc2 $1 {was my
idea, preventing ...g5. Now after} Kg8 16. Nf3 Bf5 {White has the option of}
17. e4 $1) 14. Bd2 Nbd7 ({An interesting option was} 14... Ne4 $5 {, which is
what I was mainly concerned about during the game.} 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. h4 $1 {
was my intention, with the following possible variations:} Bxf3 (16... g4 17.
Nh2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 h5 19. Nf1 {is better for White. After Ne3 the f5-square
will be very weak.}) 17. Bxf3 gxh4 18. Bxh6 hxg3 19. Kg2 $1 gxf2 20. Rh1 {
starts a strong attack against Black's king.}) 15. h4 {Forcing Black's
kingside pawns to advance. On the one hand, Black gains space and creates an
outpost on e5 for his knight, but the long-term kingside weakness will be more
important.} g4 16. Nh2 {Now the knight looks a bit clumsy; soon, however, it
will move to e3.} Kh7 ({Kramnik suggested} 16... h5 {as an improvement after
the game. I still think White has an advantage after} 17. Nf1 Ne5 18. Bg5 Qd7
19. Ne3 Bg6 20. a5 {, which is pretty similar to the game.}) 17. Nf1 Ne5 18.
Bf4 Bg6 19. Ne3 h5 20. a5 {Now White has a pleasant advantage. Black is
deprived of counterplay, but his position is very solid so it won't be easy
for White improve.} Qc7 21. Ra4 Kg8 22. Qd2 {It feels like I misplayed the
position a bit around here and allowed Black too much counterplay. However, it
isn't easy to find the correct plan for White. Normally White should prepare
b4, but it won't be easy because of the unstable knight on c3.} (22. Qa1 $5 {
may have been more accurate. White will continue with Rc1, Qa3 and then
consider playing b4 at the right moment.}) 22... Nfd7 23. Ra2 ({I could have
played the ambitious} 23. Be4 $5 b5 24. axb6 Nxb6 25. Bxg6 Nxg6 (25... Nxa4 26.
Bxh5 Nxc3 27. bxc3 {gives White an initiative.}) 26. Re4 {I wasn't sure about
this position over the board, but in the absence of Black's counterplay the
weakness of f5 will tell.}) 23... b5 ({It was also possible to just wait with} 
23... Nf6 {, but naturally Vladimir wanted to start his own counterplay.}) 24.
axb6 Qxb6 (24... Nxb6 25. b3 {, and next Be4 will be very unpleasant for Black.
}) 25. Be4 $2 {A very big mistake, which leads to a fascinating position!} ({
If I had just protected my pieces before starting action:} 25. Rea1 {, I
could've counted on a big advantage.}) 25... Bxe4 26. Nxe4 Ng6 {Now for the
sake of consistency I had no choice but to go for the following line:} 27. Nxd6
Nxf4 28. Nec4 Nh3+ 29. Kf1 (29. Kg2 {was much more accurate considering what
follows.}) 29... Qb8 30. Nxe8 Qxe8 {After some brief fireworks we've landed in
an extremely unusual position. In terms of material the game is relatively
balanced, but the unusual configuration of the pieces, especially the knight
on h3, makes the position extremely complex and hard to understand.} 31. Qc2
Ne5 32. Nd6 $6 {This move loses a few tempi. I didn't understand that the
knight will be weak rather than strong on f5!} (32. Ne3 {was a more accurate
move.}) 32... Qd7 33. Nf5 Bf8 {Black had a spectacular opportunity to take
over the initiative, but this misses it.} (33... c4 $5 {threatens ...Nd3 and
would have posed significant problems for me.} 34. Nxg7 ({The move I intended
to play,} 34. Qe4 {would be met by the stunning} Bf8 $3 35. Qxe5 Re8 36. Qf6
Qxd5 {and Black wins because of the threat of ...Qh1!}) 34... Kxg7 35. Qe4 f6 {
and as always it's very hard to assess this irrational position. Will the
knight on h3 turn out to be a weakness or an asset? For the moment it helps in
the attack against White's king, so Black can claim a certain advantage, but
the result of the game is totally unclear.}) 34. Ne3 $1 {Well I managed to get
my knight to e3 in three moves instead of just one! But not much harm was done,
and White is pretty much okay after this move.} (34. Rd1 $2 c4 {would really
become unpleasant. The threat of ...Nd3 is difficult to prevent.}) 34... c4 35.
Qf5 Qxf5 36. Nxf5 {The trade of queens lessens the danger to White's king.
Also the passed d-pawn may become an important force in the future.} Bb4 ({
More testing would have been} 36... Bc5 {, when White has to find the strong}
37. f4 $1 (37. Rea1 Nxf2 38. Rxa6 Rxa6 39. Rxa6 Ne4 {, and after the knight
has returned from limbo White will face an unpleasant defence.}) 37... gxf3 38.
exf3 Nxf3 39. Rea1 {White has very good chances to make a draw because of the
activity of his rooks and d-pawn.}) 37. Rd1 a5 {The position remains
complicated, but White is already out of danger.} 38. Raa1 ({In fact, I could
have already started active counterplay with} 38. d6) 38... f6 39. Rac1 $6 {
A pointless move.} ({If I play some logical moves the game will be balanced.
For example,} 39. d6 Kf7 40. Kg2 Rd8 41. f3 {, and perhaps Black should go for
the repetition with} Kg6 42. Ne7+ Kf7 43. Nf5) 39... Bc5 {Now I'm already
slightly worse again.} 40. Nd4 Kf7 41. Kg2 Rb8 42. Rc2 Rb4 43. d6 $1 {The
situation was becoming a bit too murky, so I decided to think a while and
calculate things till the end. So I made this concrete move which forces a
draw.} (43. Nc6 $6 Nxf2 44. Nxe5+ fxe5 45. Rf1 Ke7 46. Rxf2 Bxf2 47. Kxf2 Kd6
48. e4 a4 {is a variation I calculated. The ending is very unpleasant for
White due to the passivity of my rook.}) (43. f4 gxf3+ 44. exf3 (44. Kxh3 {
unfortunately runs into the nice tactical shot} Ng4 $1 {, threatening decisive
forks on e3 and f2.}) 44... Nd3 {looked very dangerous to me during the game,
but the ruthless computer says it's just equal after} 45. Nc6 Nhf2 46. Nxb4
Nxd1 47. Nxd3 Ne3+ 48. Kh3 cxd3 49. Rd2 Nxd5 50. Rxd3) 43... Rb6 ({The point
behind my last move is} 43... Bxd6 44. f4 $1 {and Black is losing material.})
44. Nf5 Bxf2 45. d7 Nxd7 46. Rxd7+ Ke6 47. Rh7 Kxf5 48. Rxh5+ Kg6 49. Rxa5 {
The last few moves have been totally forced. I calculated all this when I
played 43.d6 and decided it should be a draw.} Rb4 (49... c3 $1 {was the last
chance to cause White some problems.} 50. Ra2 $1 (50. Rxc3 Be1 51. Ra4 Bxc3 52.
Rxg4+ Kf5 53. Kxh3 Rxb2 54. Rf4+ Ke6 {and White just has to trade off Black's
last pawn to make a draw, but it's not so easy!}) 50... Re6 51. e4 Rxe4 52.
bxc3 {and Black doesn't seem to have many winning chances left.}) 50. Ra6 Bd4
51. Rc6 Bxb2 52. R6xc4 Rxc4 53. Rxc4 Kh5 {Neither side can make progress. A
fascinating struggle! This game inspired me for the remainder of the
tournament, where I managed a strong 2.5/3 and took clear first.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2013.02.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2013.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. h3 Re8 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Bc2 Rb8 14. Rc1 Nh7 15.
Bd3 Qf6 16. Nb3 Nf8 17. Kh2 {Der König deckt h3 und verhindert
Läufereinschläge.} g5 {Mutig gespielt, denn das Feld f5 könnte sich leicht als
Schwäche erweisen.} 18. d5 Ne7 19. c4 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 c5 21. dxc6 Bxc6 22. Kg1
Nfg6 {Bis hier hat Weiß sicher nichts falsch gemacht und steht vielleicht
geringfügig vorteilhaft, aber beginnend mit dem nächsten Zug findet der
Weltmeister keinen guten Plan.} 23. Nfd2 ({Z.B.} 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Na5 {
kann besser gefallen.}) 23... Nf4 24. Bf1 Bd7 25. c5 ({Und hier stärker} 25. g3
{, denn} Nxh3+ $2 26. Bxh3 Bxh3 {scheitert an} 27. g4 $1) 25... Red8 26. Qe1
Nc6 27. Nf3 $6 ({Stattdessen ist} 27. cxd6 {ausgeglichen.}) 27... d5 $1 {
Schwarz hat den weißen c-Bauern ideal blockiert und besitzt im Zentrum ein
Übergewicht.} 28. exd5 Nxd5 29. Rxe5 $6 {Das Qualitätsopfer war sicher so
geplant, aber Weiß erhält keine ausreichende Kompensation.} ({Nach dem besseren
} 29. Rd3 Be6 {sind aber die schwarzen Steine ebenfalls vorzuziehen.}) 29...
Nxe5 30. Qxe5 Be8 31. Na5 Qxe5 32. Nxe5 Ne7 $1 {Verteidigt gegen die Gabel auf
c6 und macht die d-Linie für den Rd8 frei. Noch wichtiger: der Springer strebt
nach c6, womit der Bauer c5 erneut blockiert wird.} 33. a3 Rbc8 34. Nd3 Nc6 35.
Nb7 Rd4 36. Nd6 Rd8 37. Re1 Bd7 38. g4 Be6 39. Re3 Kf8 40. b4 Ne7 41. Bg2 $2 {
Es war klar, dass Schwarz mit ...Nc8 den Nd6 abtauschen will, aber nun kann er
nachfolgend zusätzlich ein Turmpaar tauschen.} ({Mehr Widerstand leistet} 41.
Nb7 R8d7 42. Nd6 {und Weiß ist noch lange nicht verloren.}) 41... Nc8 $1 42.
Nxc8 Bxc8 43. Ne5 Re8 $1 44. Rd3 Rxd3 45. Nxd3 Re2 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2013.02.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Andreikin,D"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2013.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 {Kramnik did not show opening secrets in this
tournament. For example, in the first game against Gelfand he played 1.Ng1-f3
and 2.b2-b3. The fact is that two weeks after this tournament Kramnik will
participate in a much more important event. I think, this tournament Kramnik
saw as training before the Candidates Tournament in London.} d5 {I like
another idea:} (3... b6 $5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 $5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 Ne4 $132)
4. Bg2 Nc6 {If Caruana planned to play d5-d4, he could do it now.} (4... d4 $5
5. b4 $5 cxb4 6. a3 bxa3 7. Bxa3 Nc6 $11 {This is a Volga Gambit (A58) with a
change of colour. Chess players who use this opening know that the side with
the extra pawn will not suffer much from being a tempo down.}) 5. O-O (5. cxd5
$5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 $14 {=}) 5... d4 $1 {Caruana does not hesitate before his
famous opponent! Of course, it is not only the capture of the center and the
space, but also a responsible decision.} 6. e3 e5 7. exd4 cxd4 {Black has no
problems after recapturing symmetrically:} (7... exd4 $5 8. d3 Be7 9. Bf4 O-O
10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Ng4 12. Bf4 Bd6 $11 {I am not sure what Kramnik intended
in this variation.}) 8. d3 {After this move the position goes to a Benoni
Defence (A70) with an additional tempo for White. Aggressive play could begin
right now:} (8. b4 $5 Bxb4 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Qa4+ Nfd7 11. Qxb4 Nd3 {In the
classic version the knight takes a pawn located on d3/d6... but the assessment
does not change.} 12. Qa3 (12. Qd6 $5 $11) 12... N7c5 13. Be4 Nxe4 14. Qxd3 Nc5
15. Qf3 O-O 16. Ba3 Qa5 17. Qd5 b6 18. Bxc5 Be6 19. Qxd4 bxc5 20. Qc3 Qxc3 21.
Nxc3 Bxc4 $11) (8. Re1 $5 Bd6 (8... Nd7 $5 9. Nxe5 Ncxe5 10. f4 Bd6 11. fxe5
Nxe5 12. c5 Bc7 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Qxd4 O-O $44) 9. b4 O-O 10. b5 Nb4 11. d3 a6
$1 12. Nxe5 Re8 13. a3 axb5 14. Bb2 bxc4 (14... Na6 15. cxb5 Nc5 16. Nf3 Rxe1+
17. Nxe1 Na4 $44) 15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Bxa1 Bxb4 17. Re2 c3 18. Qb3 Qc7 19. Qxb4
Rxe5 20. Rxe5 Qxe5 21. Bxc3 dxc3 22. Qxc3 Qxc3 23. Nxc3 $11) 8... Be7 9. Bg5 $5
{Having an extra move White tried this idea.} (9. Re1 Nd7 $11) 9... O-O 10.
Nbd2 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. a3 {/\b2-b4.} a5 $11 {So I think each player
obtained what he wanted. White has a pawn advantage on the queenside and a
strong bishop on g2. Black has a strong pawn center, but it is difficult to
use it without playing f7-f5.} 13. Ne1 $5 {A typical idea of this system. The
diagonal of the white bishop increases, the white knight goes to c2 to support
the pawn advance b2-b4. I think Kramnik still hadn't chosen the final plan,
until he had transferred his pieces to good positions. The pawn attack can
begin right now:} (13. c5 $5 Be6 14. Rc1 a4 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Nfd2 Bg5 17. h4 (
17. Nd6 $5 Be7 18. Re1 Bxd6 19. cxd6 Qxd6 20. Ne4 Qc7 21. Nc5 $36) 17... Bxc4
18. Rxc4 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 $36 {=}) 13... Bf5 {This move ties the white knight to
the d3-pawn, but the square on d5 remains free. The bishop can take another
position:} (13... Be6 $5 14. Nc2 Be7 15. Re1 a4 16. Nf3 (16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Rxe5
c5 $44) 16... Ra5 17. Nb4 Bd6 $11) 14. Rb1 {This move can be useful in many
ways. Kramnik plays in his manner - he slowly prepares the basis for active
actions.} (14. Bd5 $5) 14... Be7 15. Qe2 Re8 $6 {In my opinion this is a small
inaccuracy. White was not threatening to take on c6, so why weaken the point
f7?} (15... Qd7 $5 16. Nc2 Bd6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Nd2 Bd6 $11) 16. Bd5 $1 {
Unexpectedly White starts to disturb the black king.} Bf8 {The black pieces
are quite harmonious.} 17. Ng2 {A logical solution. Active white ideas are
associated with f2-f4 or the capture of the white squares.} Qd7 {/\Bf5-g4} 18.
Qf3 {Another important decision. Now Black doesn't have active ideas.} Be6 (
18... Bg4 $4 19. Bxf7+ $16) 19. Rfe1 $6 {Knowing the development of this game
it is possible to assume that rook will be useful on f1.} (19. Rbe1 $5) 19...
Rad8 20. Bxe6 Rxe6 $11 21. Ne4 {After the exchange of bishops the position
became considerably simpler, but Kramnik continues active play. It was the
penultimate game of the tournament. Vladimir Kramnik had a half point less
than Caruana and did not want an easy draw.} Be7 $1 {/\ Rd8-f8 /\f7-f5. Simple
and clever solution. Soon Black wants to use the power of his pawn center.
White's knight on g2 is not in play.} 22. Qh5 Rf8 23. g4 {Aggressive, but at
the same time forced action.} Kh7 $6 {A provocative move. Black can start
counterplay on the queenside.} (23... Rb8 $5 24. h4 b5 25. c5 b4 $132) (23...
Rg6 24. Qf5 Re6 25. Qh5 Rg6 $11) 24. g5 $132 {Queen + knight are very
dangerous sheaf in hands of the master. Now small forces create unpleasant
threats for the black king. And White has two knights...} Rg6 (24... Kg8 25. h4
Qe8 26. Qg4 Rg6 27. Qf5 Qc8 28. Qxc8 Rxc8 29. h5 Re6 30. f4 $36) (24... Qe8 25.
Qh3 Kg8 26. f4 $40) 25. f4 exf4 {Caruana decided to donate the material to
release the pressure. It is a bold and reasonable decision. Black had another
interesting move:} (25... Rh8 $5 26. Nh4 (26. h4 Qh3 27. Nf2 Qd7 28. Ne4 Qh3
$11) 26... exf4 (26... Qh3 $2 27. Nf2 $18) 27. Nxg6 fxg6 28. Qe2 Rf8 $1 29.
gxh6 f3 30. hxg7 $1 Kxg7 (30... fxe2 $4 31. gxf8=N+ $1 Bxf8 32. Nf6+ $18) 31.
Qf1 Qg4+ 32. Kh1 Qf4 $44) 26. Nxf4 Rxg5+ $6 {The rook needed to be given in
another way:} (26... Ne5 $1 27. Kh1 Qf5 $1 28. Nxg6 (28. Nd5 Bd8 29. Rf1 Qg4
30. Qxg4 Nxg4 $11) 28... fxg6 29. Qe2 Bxg5 $11 30. Nxg5+ hxg5 31. Qxe5 (31. Rf1
Nf3 $11) 31... Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Qf2+ 33. Kh1 Qf3+ 34. Kg1 $11) 27. Nxg5+ Bxg5 28.
Ng2 $6 {White did not have to take away his pieces from the center.} (28. Re4
$1 Ne7 (28... f5 $4 29. Ne6 $18) 29. Qf3 Nf5 30. Nd5 g6 31. Re5 $5 $14) 28...
f5 $1 {Caruana correctly sees the dynamics of this position. The f-pawn can
become a big danger for the white king.} 29. Qf3 Bf6 {Useful move, but Bg5 was
good. Black had full counterplay in such option:} (29... Qc7 $5 30. h4 $5 Bd2
$1 31. Re2 Be3+ 32. Nxe3 dxe3 33. Qxe3 Qd6 $1 $13 {The white king is too weak.}
) 30. Rf1 g6 {Black would have good drawing chances in the endgame:} (30... Ne5
31. Qxf5+ Qxf5 32. Rxf5 Nxd3 $14 {The black pieces are active and this
compensates for material losses.}) 31. Qd5 $1 $14 {This move starts the second
wave of White's attack!} Qc7 $5 {Caruana keeps his queens and plays on three
results!} (31... Qxd5 $5 32. cxd5 Ne5 33. Rbc1 $14) 32. Nf4 Re8 33. Kh1 {
A good prophylactic move, but now the white queen has to leave the center.
Stabilizing the situation in the center could be achieved thus:} (33. Ne6 $5
Qe7 34. Rbe1 Ne5 $1 35. Nf4 {White wants to double rooks on the e-line, what
is the plan of Black?}) 33... Re5 $1 34. Qg2 Ne7 (34... Bg5 35. Nd5 $14) 35. b4
$1 $14 {White realized his opening idea. The rook went to b1 twenty moves ago,
and now became useful.} a4 {Of course, Caruana does not want to open the
b-line.} 36. b5 {White is using his pawn majority on the queenside.} Bg5 (36...
Re3 $5) 37. Ne2 $1 Qd7 38. Rb4 Re3 39. c5 $2 {Vladimir Kramnik made a series
of strong moves, but now goes wrong. A big advantage was very close, and it
remained only to make some exact defensive moves.} (39. Rf3 $1 Qe6 40. Ng1 $1
Re1 41. Rf1 Re3 42. Rd1 $1 $16) 39... Rxd3 40. c6 bxc6 41. b6 {Doing move 39.
c5 Kramnik overestimated the prospects of this pawn.} Qb7 $1 $15 42. Nxd4 Nd5 {
This move forces the draw. The result gives Caruana a good chance for first
place in the tournament. Black could continue the game with a small advantage
after:} (42... Rd2 $5 43. Qf3 Nd5 44. Rxa4 Nxb6 45. Rb4 Be7 46. Nxf5 $1 Bxb4
47. axb4 Qf7 $1 48. Nd4 Qxf3+ 49. Nxf3 $15) 43. Rxa4 Qxb6 44. Ne6 Qe3 $1 {
Important centralization of the queen. It seems that White has yet to solve
some problems. Kramnik finds an effective combination for a draw!} 45. Re4 $1
$11 Qxe4 46. Qxe4 fxe4 47. Rf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2013.03.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2013.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 ({Kramnik against Caruana ventured into a a
Fianchetto Benoni with} 3... c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 a6 (10... Ne4 $5 11. Nxe4 Rxe4 12. Nd2 Rxf4 13. gxf4
Bxb2 $44) 11. a4 h6 (11... Nh5 $5 12. Bg5 Qc7 $132) 12. Re1 Bf5 13. Qc1 g5 14.
Bd2 Nbd7 15. h4 g4 16. Nh2 Kh7 $6 (16... h5 $142 17. Bg5 Bg6 18. Nf1 $14 {/~~})
17. Nf1 Ne5 18. Bf4 Bg6 19. Ne3 h5 20. a5 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 Caruana,F (2757)
-Kramnik,V (2810)/Zürich 2013/The Week in Chess 955 (53)} 21. Na4 $5 Nfd7 22.
b4 $14 {|^}) 4. Nf3 Bb4+ {The Catalan is still very popular at the top level,
it brought some exciting chess also in Zürich:} (4... dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6
7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qd3 c4 ({A risky attmept to create an unbalanced
position. The more restrained option is} 9... Rc8 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 Nb4 $5
12. Qd1 O-O 13. a3 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Ne5 Be8 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Bd2 f6 18.
Nd3 Bb6 19. Bb4 Rf7 20. Rc1 Rfc7 21. Qd2 Bg6 $11 {Kraemer,M (2516)-Nguyen Anh
Dung (2500)/Khanty-Mansiysk olm/2010/}) 10. Qd1 Rc8 11. Nc3 b4 12. Na4 Be7 13.
Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. a3 O-O 16. e3 a5 17. Nc5 Be8 18. Rc1 Na7 19. axb4 axb4
{1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B (2740)-Anand,V (2780)/Zürich 2013/The Week in Chess 956 (40)
} 20. Nd2 $14 {/+/-}) (4... Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9.
Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Qc8 12. b4 ({A rare move, Kramnik himself against
Leko in the 2007 World Championship preferred the more usual} 12. Bg5 {See
notes to this game by Marin in CBM 120.}) 12... Nbd7 13. Nc3 Bc6 $5 $146 (13...
Bb7 14. a3 Nb6 15. Qc2 Nc4 16. e4 Rd8 17. Rfd1 h6 $13 {Witte,R (2077)-Manz,A/
Berlin/2008/}) 14. a3 Qb7 15. Qc2 h6 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Rfe1 Nb6 18. e4 Nc4 19.
d5 Bd7 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. e5 Ng4 22. Re4 Nxf2 $1 23. Kxf2 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B 
(2740)-Kramnik,V (2810)/Zürich 2013/The Week in Chess 956 (46)} Bc6 $44) 5. Bd2
Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 (8... b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Ne5 $5 (10. b3
Nbd7 {-E15 This line can and often does arise via the 4.g3 Ba6 Queen's Indian.}
) 10... Nfd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. e4 Nxe5 13. exd5 Be2 14. dxe5 Bxd1 15. Qxd1 exd5
16. Nc3 Nc6 17. Nxd5 Nxe5 18. Bc3 Bd6 19. f4 Ng6 20. f5 Ne5 21. f6 Rc8 22. fxg7
{is a line, that appears promising for White. However, in practical and postal
games he was mostly unable to transform his initiative into something more
tangible after Black returns the exchange:} Re8 (22... Kxg7 23. Qd2 Rxc3 (23...
Kh8 24. Rf1 f6 25. Kh1 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 Ng6 27. b3 Be5 28. Qc2 Qd7 29. Ne3 Ne7 30.
Rd1 Qc8 31. Qd3 f5 {Alekseev,E (2701)-Sjugirov,S (2626)/Moscow/2011/} 32. Nc4
$36) 24. Qxc3 Qc8 25. Qd2 Ng6 26. Rf1 Be5 27. Kh1 Qd7 28. b3 f5 29. Qg5 Bb8 30.
Re1 Rf7 $14 {/=,Tomashevsky,E (2710)-Alekseev,E (2662)/Saratov/2011/}) 23. Qe2
(23. Qh5 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Bc5+ 25. Kh1 Nd3 26. h3 Re5 27. Qf3 Nf2+ 28. Kh2 Qg5 29.
Rf1 h5 30. Rxf2 Bxf2 31. Qxf2 {1/2,Stohl,I (2510)-Bokros,A (2501)/SVK-chT/2011/
}) 23... Rc5 24. Kh1 Re6 25. Rf1 Qg5 26. Qf2 Qxg7 27. Nf6+ Qxf6 {1/2, Standke,
W (2511)-Jensen,E (2501)/corr/2011/} 28. Qxf6 Rxf6 29. Rxf6 Nc4 $132) 9. Bf4 b6
10. Rd1 Bb7 (10... Ba6 {can lead to positions of a similar type:} 11. cxd5 (11.
b3 Rc8 {again leads to the Queen's Indian/Catalan position we have already
mentioned. Marin wrote an article about this line in CBM 122.} 12. Nc3 Nh5 13.
Bc1 Nhf6 14. Bb2 Qc7 15. e4 dxc4 16. Nd2 e5 17. Nxc4 exd4 18. Rxd4 Rfd8 19. Ne2
Bc5 $132 {Topalov,V (2752)-Leko,P (2737)/London/2012/}) (11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Nc3 (
12. cxd5 {- 11.cxd5}) 12... Bxc4 13. Nxc4 dxc4 14. e4 b5 15. a4 a6 16. axb5
axb5 17. Ra6 (17. d5 cxd5 18. exd5 e5 19. Bg5 Qb6 $132) 17... Nb6 18. Ra7 Ra8
19. Rc7 $6 (19. Rb7 $142) 19... Nh5 20. Rxc6 Nxf4 21. gxf4 b4 22. Ne2 Rc8 23.
d5 exd5 24. exd5 Bf6 25. Ng3 (25. b3 $142 $15) 25... b3 26. Qe2 {Caruana,F 
(2716)-Palac,M (2586)/EU-ch Aix-les-Bains/2011/} Re8 27. Ne4 Bxb2 $1 $17) 11...
cxd5 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Nc6 {Here, contrary to our game, White will "win" Black's
dark-squared bishop. Although his bishops give him a slight and riskless pull,
the symmetrical nature of the resulting positions makes it difficult to get
something more concrete and in GM practice draws mostly prevail:} Bb5 (13...
Nh5 14. Bc1 $5 (14. Be3 Nb8 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Nc3 f5 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. Rac1 Qd7
19. f3 h6 20. Bf2 Nf6 21. b3 Rc7 22. Bf1 Ne7 23. Rc2 Rfc8 24. Rdc1 Kf7 25. Nb1
Rxc2 26. Rxc2 g5 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 $11 {Tomashevsky,E (2710)-Ponomariov,R (2758)/
Saratov/2011/}) 14... Nb8 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Qd2 Nc6 17. b3 b5 18. a3 Nf6 19.
Nc3 Qc7 20. Na2 Qb6 21. Qb2 h6 22. Bf4 Rfd8 23. Nb4 Nxb4 24. axb4 Bb7 25. Rac1
Nd7 26. h4 $11 {/+/=,Leko,P (2728)-Ponomariov,R (2758)/Saratov/2011/}) 14.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Nc3 a5 16. Rac1 Ba6 17. Qd2 h6 18. Bf3 (18. Rc2 Qb4 19. f3 Rfe8
20. Rdc1 Rc4 21. Be3 Rec8 22. Bf2 a4 23. e3 R4c7 24. Be1 a3 25. b3 e5 26. Qd1
Qe7 27. Bf2 Qb4 28. Be1 Qe7 $11 {Ponomariov,R (2737)-Grischuk,A (2756)/Nice
blindfold rpd/2010/}) 18... Qb4 19. h4 Bb7 20. Nb1 Qxd2 21. Nxd2 Rxc1 22. Rxc1
Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Kf1 Ne8 25. Ke1 Kf8 26. Nb1 Bb7 27. Nc3 Bc6 28. a4 Ke7
29. b3 Nd6 30. Bc1 b5 31. axb5 Nxb5 32. Nxb5 Bxb5 33. Ba3+ Ke8 34. Bd6 a4 $11 {
Stupak,K (2520)-Almasi,Z (2707)/St Petersburg/2012/}) 11. Ne5 Nh5 (11... Rc8
12. Nc3 Nh5 13. Bc1 Nhf6 14. e4 dxc4 15. Nxc4 {leads to a more complex
struggle, but White's chances are somewhat higher:} b5 16. Ne3 Qb6 17. b3 Rfe8
18. Bb2 Bf8 19. Qe2 Ba6 20. Qd2 Rcd8 21. Rac1 c5 22. d5 Qa5 23. Qc2 c4 24. bxc4
bxc4 25. Ne2 exd5 26. exd5 Bb5 27. Nc3 Ba6 {Leko,P (2737)-Kramnik,V (2797)/
Istanbul olm/2012/} 28. Ne4 $36 (28. d6 $5)) 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc6
Bxc6 15. Qxc6 {Currently quite a topical position in top-flight practical
games. Just as in the note to the 10-th move, Black's set-up is very solid,
but White's bishops provide him with a reason to fight on.} Qb8 (15... Rc8 16.
Qb5 $5 (16. Qa4 Nb8 17. Be1 a6 18. Qb3 Nc6 19. Qd3 b5 20. a4 bxa4 $1 21. Nc3 (
21. Qxa6 $6 Nxd4 $1 22. Rxd4 Rc1 23. Kf1 Qb8 $36) 21... a5 22. e3 Bb4 23. Rxa4
Qe7 24. Raa1 h6 25. Qa6 Nb8 26. Qe2 Rc7 27. Na4 Nc6 $11 {Gelfand,B (2739)
-Kramnik,V (2790)/Moscow/2010/}) 16... Ne8 (16... Nb8 17. Nc3 (17. e3 Ne8 18.
Be1 Nd6 19. Qe2 Nc6 20. Nc3 Bf6 21. Rac1 Qd7 22. Nb5 Nf5 23. Bf1 g6 24. Nc3 Bg7
25. Qc2 Qb7 26. Qa4 Nb8 27. Ne2 Rfd8 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rc1 Rxc1 30. Nxc1 Nd6
$11 {Mchedlishvili,M (2651)-Alekseev,E (2683)/Bundesliga/2012/}) 17... Nc6 18.
e3 Na5 19. Qe2 Nc4 20. Be1 Qd7 21. Rac1 b5 22. b3 Na3 23. Bf1 a6 24. Qb2 Rc6
25. Bd3 Rfc8 26. Ne2 b4 27. Rxc6 Rxc6 28. Rc1 a5 29. f3 Bd8 30. Rxc6 Qxc6 31.
Qc1 Qxc1 32. Nxc1 {/+/=,Sasikiran,K (2676)-Alekseev,E (2691)/New Delhi/2012/})
17. Qd3 Nd6 18. b3 ({Similar is} 18. Nc3 g6 19. b3 Nb8 20. Bc1 Nc6 21. Bb2 Nf5
22. e3 Qd7 23. Rac1 Rfd8 24. Qd2 Nd6 25. Qe2 Bf6 26. Bf1 Bg7 $11 27. Qe1 Qb7
$11 {/+/=,Tomashevsky,E (2707)-Matlakov,M (2632)/Taganrog/2011/}) 18... f5 $5 (
{The standard} 18... Nb8 {is playable as well, Black opts for a more
interesting Stonewall position.}) 19. f3 Nb8 20. Nc3 Nc6 21. e3 Bf6 22. Ne2 Qd7
23. Rac1 Rc7 24. Be1 Rfc8 $11 25. g4 a5 26. a3 a4 $5 27. bxa4 Nc4 (27... fxg4
28. fxg4 Nc4 $44) 28. gxf5 exf5 29. Rb1 Ne7 $44 {Caruana,F (2757)-Adams,M 
(2725)/Baden-Baden 2013/CB07_2013 (54) Black has lasting pressure against
White's central pawn mass, in the end his loss cost Caruana the tournament
victory.}) (15... a6 16. e3 b5 17. Qc2 Qc8 18. Qd3 Qc4 19. Bf1 Ne4 20. Be1 Rfc8
21. b3 Qxd3 22. Bxd3 e5 23. a4 exd4 24. exd4 b4 25. a5 {[%csl Ra6,Rb4]} Ng5 26.
Be2 Rc2 27. Kf1 Rb2 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Nxd2 g6 30. h4 Ne6 31. Nf3 $14 {Giri,A 
(2701)-Meier,G (2656)/Dortmund/2011/ Black's queenside pawns are more
vulnerable, than their White counterparts, this went on to decide the game
later on. Gelfand will also advance his queenside pawns, but at least they
won't get split.}) ({After} 15... Qc8 {White would presumably keep the queens
on the board for the time being and fight for an edge with} 16. Qa4 $5 (16. Rc1
Qxc6 17. Rxc6 Rfc8 18. Rxc8+ Rxc8 19. Nc3 Ne8 20. Rc1 Nd6 21. Nd1 Rxc1 22. Bxc1
Nb5 23. e3 f5 24. Bf1 Nd6 25. Nc3 Kf7 26. Nb5 {1/2,Cyborowski,L (2555)
-Sadzikowski,D (2433)/Wroclaw/2012/})) 16. Qc2 $146 {[%mdl 32] For now Caruana
keeps the major pieces on the board and prepares for a long positional and
manoeuvring fight.} (16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Qxc8+ Qxc8 18. Rxc8+ Rxc8 {leads to a
position, which was already evaluated as equal in the above note. Apart form
the quoted game here Gajewski and Yu Yangyi split the point a weak earlier in
the Rejkjavik open.}) 16... b5 (16... Rc8 17. Qd3 b5 (17... Qb7 18. Nc3 {
[%cal Ye2e4] gives White chances to toy with the idea of a well-timed central
advance.}) 18. a3 $5 (18. Nc3 b4 19. Na4 a6 20. b3 Qb5 $11) (18. Be1 Nb6 $1 19.
Qxb5 (19. b3 b4 $11) 19... Nc4 $11 20. Qxb8 Raxb8 21. b3 $2 Nb2 $19) 18... a5 (
18... b4 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. Nc3 a5 $132) 19. Nc3 b4 20. Nb5 Nb6 $11) 17. Qd3 b4
(17... Rc8 $5 {-16...Rc8 tranposes to the previous note and might be more
accurate.}) 18. Be1 {White slowly starts to get his pieces out.} Qb6 (18... e5
{is an idea Gelfand employs later on. It attention even now, when White's
forces still lack coordination.} 19. Nd2 (19. dxe5 Qxe5 $32) (19. Bh3 a5 $132)
19... e4 (19... a5 20. e4 $1 $36) 20. Qa6 $5 $13 {/+/=}) 19. Nd2 a5 (19... Rac8
20. Rac1 Qa5 $5 21. Qb3 Rc7 22. Nf3 Rfc8 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Bd2 $11 {[%cal
Yd1c1] /+/=}) 20. Rac1 Rac8 21. e3 e5 ({Instead of maintaining the status quo
with solid moves as} 21... Rfd8) ({or} 21... Rc6 {, Black somewhat
surprisingly lashes out.}) 22. Bh3 $5 (22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Qf5 (23. Qe2 Rfd8 24.
Nf3 Nxf3+ 25. Bxf3 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Ne4 $132 {[%csl Re1][%cal Ye7f6]}) 23... Qb8
$5 $132 (23... Qe6 24. Bh3 $11 {/+/=})) 22... Rc7 {[%mdl 512] Gelfand wants to
keep the position more dynamic and decides to sacrifice a pawn.} (22... exd4
23. exd4 $14 (23. Qxd4 Bc5 $13)) (22... e4 $5 23. Qb3 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Rh3d7]}
(23. Qe2 Rc6 $11) {seems more comfortable for White due to the weaknesson d5,
but he has yet to show, how he can make inroads after e.g.,} 23... Qa7 24. Qa4
Nb6 25. Qb5 Rc7 $5 (25... Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rb8 27. Qc6 $14) 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Nb3
Nc4) 23. Bxd7 {White accepts the challenge, but a worthy alternative was} (23.
Rxc7 $5 Qxc7 24. Nb3 $14 {[%cal Yd1c1] /<=> with a slight edge.}) 23... Nxd7
24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Qxd5 Rfc8 (25... Bf6 $5 26. Rxc7 (26. b3 Rd7 27. Nc4 Qd8 28.
Nd6 g6 $44) 26... Qxc7 27. Nb3 Rd8 (27... a4 $2 28. Bxb4 Rd8 29. Qxd8+ Bxd8 30.
Ba5 $18) 28. Qb5 (28. Rc1 Qb6 (28... Rxd5 29. Rxc7 Nf3+ 30. Kf1 g5 $132) (28...
Qxc1 29. Qxd8+ Bxd8 30. Nxc1 Nf3+ 31. Kf1 Nxh2+ 32. Ke2 Ng4 33. a3 $11 {/+/=})
29. Qxa5 Nf3+ 30. Kf1 Qb7 $11) 28... Rb8 29. Qe2 Qc4 30. Qxc4 Nxc4 31. Rc1 Nxb2
32. Nxa5 Nd3 33. Rd1 Nxe1 34. Rxe1 Ra8 35. Nc6 Bc3 36. Rb1 Rxa2 37. Nxb4 Bxb4
38. Rxb4 h5 $11 {In this line White has only limited and practical winning
chances; theoretically it's a draw.}) 26. Nb3 (26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Nf3 Nxf3+ (
27... Rd8 $4 28. Qxe5 Qxe5 29. Rxd8+) 28. Qxf3 h6 $132 {/= and it's difficult
to activate the Be1 and also prevent a liqudation of the queenside into some
drawish endgame.}) 26... Nc4 $44 27. Rd4 (27. Rc2 Qa6 $5 {[%cal Rc4e3]} (27...
g6 28. Qe4 Bf6 29. Nd4 $14 {[%cal Yb2b3]}) (27... Bf6 28. Qd3 g6 (28... Nxb2 $4
29. Rxb2 Bxb2 30. Qd8+ Rxd8 31. Rxd8#) 29. Qe2 $14) 28. Re2 (28. Qd3 Qa8 {
[%cal Rc4e5]} 29. Qd5 Qa6 $11) 28... Bf6 $44) 27... Qa6 28. Rf4 Bf6 {[%csl Rb2]
} 29. Qd3 Qe6 30. Re4 Qd6 $6 {Only this gives White serious winning chances.
Black had two better moves:} (30... Be5 31. f4 (31. Rexc4 Rxc4 32. Nc5 Rxc1 33.
Nxe6 fxe6 34. Kg2 Bxb2 35. Qb3 Bf6 36. Qxe6+ Kh8 $11) 31... Nxb2 32. Qb5 (32.
Qb1 Rxc1 33. Nxc1 Qc6 34. Rxe5 Nc4 35. Nb3 (35. Re7 Kf8 36. Qe4 Qxe4 37. Rxe4
Nd6 $15) 35... Nxe5 36. fxe5 Qd5 $44) 32... Rxc1 33. Nxc1 Qc6 34. Qxc6 (34.
Qxe5 f6 35. Qe7 (35. Qxb2 $2 Qxe4 $40) 35... Qxc1 36. Qe6+ Kf8 37. Qe7+ $11)
34... Rxc6 35. Nb3 (35. Rxe5 f6 $17) 35... Nd3 36. fxe5 Nxe1 37. Nxa5 Rc2 38.
Rxb4 Nf3+ 39. Kf1 g5 40. a4 Rd2 $11) (30... Ne5 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Qd1 (32. Qb5
Rc8 33. Kg2 Qf5 34. Nd2 h5 $1 $44 {[%cal Yc8c1]}) 32... Qf5 $44) 31. Re8+ $1
Rxe8 32. Qxd6 Nxd6 33. Rxc7 a4 (33... Bxb2 34. Nxa5 $18 {[%csl Rb4]}) 34. Nc5
b3 35. axb3 axb3 36. Rc6 Bxb2 37. Nxb3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] /+/- After a series of
forced moves White has managed to liquidate the queenside pawns without
exchanging any minor pieces. Rook endgames, or R+B:R+B endgames are drawn (or
drawish), but in the current situation Caruana can torture his opponent almost
for ever.} (37. Rxd6 $6 Ba3 38. Rb6 Bxc5 $11 {/+/=}) 37... Ne4 38. Kg2 h5 39.
f3 Ng5 40. Bf2 (40. e4 $5) 40... g6 41. Nc5 (41. e4 $142 {[%cal Yf2e3,Yb3d2,
Yd2c4]}) 41... Ne6 $1 42. Ne4 ({As we have already mentioned,} 42. Nxe6 $6 Rxe6
{helps the defence.}) 42... Bg7 43. Rb6 Ra8 ({Gelfand was reluctant to give
White a passed central pawn after} 43... f5 44. Nd6 Re7 45. e4 fxe4 46. fxe4
$14 {/+/-}) 44. h3 Ra2 45. f4 Ra5 (45... Ra3 46. g4 (46. Kf3 $6 Nd4+ 47. Kg2
Nf5) 46... hxg4 47. hxg4 $36 {or}) (45... Rb2 46. Rc6 {doesn't change the
character of the position.}) 46. Kf3 g5 {[%csl Rh5] A risky endeavour. Gelfand
wants to prevent the gradual advance of White's pawns, but weakens his own
pawn-structure.} 47. Rb8+ Kh7 48. Nd6 (48. Re8 $1 Rd5 (48... Kg6 49. Nd6 $16 {
[%cal Rf4f5]}) 49. Rxe6 (49. Be1 $5 $16) 49... g4+ $5 (49... fxe6 50. Nxg5+ Kg6
51. Nxe6) 50. hxg4 fxe6 51. Ng5+ Rxg5 52. fxg5 hxg4+ 53. Kxg4 Kg6 54. e4 $16 {
[%cal Yf2e3,Yg4e2,Ye2b5,Yb5d7,Ye3f4]}) 48... f5 49. Rb6 $6 (49. Rb7 Nc5 (49...
Kg6 50. Rb6 g4+ 51. hxg4 hxg4+ 52. Kg2 Ra2 53. Ne8 $1 $18) 50. Rc7 g4+ 51. hxg4
fxg4+ (51... hxg4+ 52. Kg2 Nd3 53. e4 $1 Ra2 (53... fxe4 54. Bd4) 54. Nxf5
Rxf2+ 55. Kg1 $18) 52. Kg2 Nd3 53. Ne4 Ra2 54. Rd7 $36) 49... g4+ 50. hxg4
fxg4+ $2 (50... hxg4+ $142 $1 51. Kg2 Nc5 {/\} 52. Nxf5 (52. Bg1 $5 $14) 52...
Ra2 (52... Ne4 53. Nd6 $18) 53. Nd6 (53. Rb1 Ne4 54. Rf1 Bf8 55. Kg1 Kg6 56.
Nd4 Bc5 $44 {and there is no obvious way for White to break the blockade.})
53... Bf8 54. Nf7 (54. Ne8 Be7 (54... Ne4 55. Nf6+ Nxf6 56. Rxf6 Bb4 {[%cal
Rb4e1]} 57. Kf1 Ra1+ 58. Ke2 Ra2+ $11) 55. Rc6 Nd3 56. Rc7 Rxf2+ 57. Kg1 Re2
58. Rxe7+ Kh8 $11 {and Black has a perpetual.}) 54... Ne4 (54... Nd3 $2 55.
Ng5+ Kh8 56. Ne4) 55. Ng5+ Nxg5 56. fxg5 Bc5 57. Re6 Kg7 $11) 51. Kg2 Nc5 52.
Nb7 Nxb7 53. Rxb7 $16 {/+/=} Ra4 54. Rb6 {Now White has good winning chances,
but it will take time and patience to break down the light-square blockade.}
Re4 (54... Rc4 $142) 55. Kf1 h4 $2 {Desperation, or possibly a gross oversight.
} (55... Rc4 {was still more resilient.}) 56. gxh4 g3 57. Bg1 (57. Bxg3 Rxe3
$16 {/+/= poses big technical problems, as a bishop swap leads only to a drawn
rook endgame.}) 57... Bh6 {[%cal Rh6f4]} 58. Kg2 {The last pawn falls and
further resistance is meaningless.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 20th"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2013.04.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM Our Hopes"]
[BlackTeam "Nizhny Tagil Politekhnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Na6 8. O-O
c6 9. d5 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Ne1 Nh6 13. Nd3 g5 14. Bg3 f5 15. exf5
Bxf5 16. Bf3 Bg6 17. Be4 Nf5 18. Re1 Nb8 19. f3 Nd7 20. Nf2 Nf6 21. Bxf5 Bxf5
22. Nfe4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 a5 24. Rc1 Rf7 25. Bf2 h6 26. h3 Rb8 27. Qe2 Qd7 28. Rc3
Bf8 29. Rb3 b6 30. Be3 a4 31. Ra3 b5 32. b3 bxc4 33. bxc4 Rb4 34. Qc2 Qb7 35.
Rxa4 Rb2 36. Qd3 Qc8 37. Bd2 Bxh3 38. gxh3 Qxh3 39. Ra3 Rf4 40. Nf2 Qg3+ 41.
Kf1 Rf6 42. Ne4 Qh3+ 43. Ke2 Rf4 44. Kd1 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 20th"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2013.04.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Navigator"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM Our Hopes"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O exd4 7. Qxd4 O-O 8.
Bf4 Nb6 9. Be2 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Rad1 Nfd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Bxe5 Bg6 14. Qf4 c6
15. a4 a5 16. Bc7 Qc8 17. Nd4 Bb4 18. Bf3 Re8 19. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Nc4 21.
Nxc6 bxc6 22. Bxc6 Ra7 23. Nb5 Rxc7 24. Qxc7 Qxc7 25. Re8+ Nf8 26. Nxc7 Bxc2
27. Nd5 Bd6 28. Rd8 Bc5 29. Bb5 Nb6 30. Nxb6 Bxb6 31. Rd6 Ba7 32. Ra6 Bd4 33.
Rxa5 g6 34. Ra8 Bxb2 35. a5 Kg7 36. Rc8 Bf5 37. Rc4 Ne6 38. Bd7 Bd3 39. Rc6 Bb5
40. Rb6 Bxd7 41. Rxb2 Bc6 42. a6 Nf4 43. Rc2 Ba8 44. Rc8 Bd5 45. Rd8 Bc6 46.
Rd6 Ba8 47. Rd8 Bc6 48. f3 h6 49. h4 Nd5 50. a7 Ne3 51. Rc8 Bb7 52. Rb8 Bc6 53.
Rc8 Bb7 54. a8=Q Bxa8 55. Rxa8 Nf5 56. Ra4 Kf6 57. Kh2 h5 58. Kh3 Ng7 59. Rf4+
Ke7 60. Rb4 Kf6 61. Rb6+ Ne6 62. Kg3 Kg7 63. Kf2 Nd4 64. g4 hxg4 65. fxg4 Ne6
66. Ke3 Nc5 67. Rd6 Kf8 68. Kd4 Ne6+ 69. Ke5 Ke7 70. Rb6 Nc5 71. Rc6 Ne6 72.
Rc4 f6+ 73. Kd5 Kf7 74. Kd6 g5 75. h5 Nf4 76. Rc7+ Kg8 77. h6 Kh8 78. Rf7 Ng2
79. Ke6 Ne3 80. Kxf6 Nxg4+ 81. Kxg5 Ne5 82. Re7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 20th"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2013.04.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM Our Hopes"]
[BlackTeam "Rostov PGMB"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. d5 Na6 6. Nd4 Bd7 7. e4 Nc5 8. f3 a5
9. Be3 Bg7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Be2 e5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Ndb5 e5 14. O-O-O Ne6 15.
g4 b6 16. h4 Be8 17. Kb1 Kh8 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Nc5 20. Nc3 a4 21. h5 gxh5
22. gxh5 Bf6 23. Rdg1 Bf7 24. Rg5 Rg8 25. Rf5 Rg2 26. Qe1 Qe7 27. Bf1 Rgg8 28.
Bb5 Bg5 29. f4 Bf6 30. Rf1 Raf8 31. Rxf6 Qxf6 32. fxe5 Qxe5 33. Rf5 Qh2 34.
Bd4+ Rg7 35. Qc1 Kg8 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. Qg5+ Kh8 38. h6 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 20th"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2013.04.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yugra"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM Our Hopes"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nf4+ 8.
Kf1 Nd3 9. Ke2 Nf4+ 10. Kf1 Nd3 11. Qb3 e6 12. Bb5+ Nc6 13. Na4 Ndb4 14. a3 Qa5
15. Be2 Na6 16. Nc3 Be7 17. d3 O-O 18. Be3 Rd8 19. Rc1 Bf6 20. h4 Nd4 21. Qd1
Nxf3 22. gxf3 Bd4 23. Qd2 e5 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Nb1 Qxd2 26. Nxd2 Be6 27. Kg2
Rac8 28. Kg3 Nc5 29. f4 exf4+ 30. Kxf4 Bd7 31. Nf3 Bb5 32. Kg3 f6 33. Rhe1 a6
34. b4 Ne6 35. Rxc8 Rxc8 36. Ra1 Rc3 37. Ne1 g5 38. hxg5 fxg5 39. a4 Bc6 40.
Kg4 Bd7 41. Bd1 Kf7 42. Kf5 Ke7 43. a5 Bb5 44. Ke5 Bxd3 45. Bg4 Bc4 46. Nf3 Be2
47. Bxe6 Rxf3 48. Rh1 d3 49. Rxh7+ Kf8 50. Rh8+ Ke7 51. Rh7+ Kf8 52. Rh8+ Ke7
53. Rh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 20th"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2013.04.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM Our Hopes"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Economist SGSEU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nb3 Qe8 13. d4 Nd7 14. d5 Nd8 15.
dxe6 Nxe6 16. Qd5 Qf7 17. Na5 c5 18. Be3 Nf6 19. Qc4 Nd4 20. Qxf7+ Kxf7 21.
Ng5+ Kg6 22. Rac1 Nd7 23. Nh3 Nb6 24. c3 bxc3 25. bxc3 Ne6 26. Ra1 Bd8 27. g3
Kf7 28. f4 exf4 29. gxf4 g6 30. Bf2 Kg8 31. Bg3 Bc7 32. Kg2 Rae8 33. Red1 Rf7
34. Ra2 c4 35. Nb7 Nc8 36. Rb2 Nb6 37. Rb4 Nc5 38. Nxd6 Bxd6 39. Rxd6 Nbxa4 40.
Ng5 Rfe7 41. e5 Rc8 42. Bf2 Rec7 43. Rxc4 Kg7 44. Bd4 h6 45. Nf3 Nb2 46. Rxc5
Rxc5 47. Bxc5 Rxc5 48. Nh4 g5 49. Rd7+ Kf8 50. Ng6+ Ke8 51. Re7+ Kd8 52. f5 Nd3
53. f6 Rxc3 54. Ra7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 20th"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2013.04.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Martin,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM Our Hopes"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Fed"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{Our first game this month features an exciting King's Indian, where Svidler
shows respect to Robert Byrne by employing one of his opening systems.} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nge2 {6.Be3 is no longer
automatic here, as White players try to find a way around lines with a quick ..
.c7-c5.} a6 ({I guess the idea is that} 6... c5 7. d5 {gives White options
based on Bg5. In our game Caruana takes this opportunity immediately.}) 7. Bg5
c6 8. Qd2 b5 {This method of counterplay gains in strength when c4 is
unprotected. Good timing by Svidler.} 9. h4 h5 10. O-O-O (10. e5 {whilst the d
file can be opened, looks premature. Black acheived good prospects in the
following recent game:} dxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd2+ 12. Bxd2 Nfd7 13. f4 f6 (13... Nc5
14. Ng3 Bg4 {also looks perfectly OK}) 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Ng3 e5 $1 16. fxe5 Ng4
17. Nce4 {Harikrishna,P (2684)-Wen,Y (2569)/Biel 2012, after which} Bxe5 $1 {
leads to a position which can only be a bit better for Black} 18. Bb4 (18.
O-O-O $2 Bxg3 19. Nxg3 Nf2) 18... Re8 19. O-O-O Bf4+ $2 20. Kb1 Bxg3 21. Nxg3
Nf2) 10... Nbd7 11. g4 $5 {Really going for it, but White has burned his
bridges already by playing h4 and then castling long.} (11. e5 {looks a bit
more dangerous now, but Black can lie on the ropes with} Nh7 $1 {and soak up
the pressure:} 12. Bh6 Nb6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nf4 {Psakhis,L (2625)-Gentilleau,
J (2220)/Andorra 1995 and now} bxc4 $1 {would have been best, with plenty of
counterplay.}) 11... b4 12. Na4 hxg4 13. Ng3 ({If he moved on with} 13. h5 {
we might have seen an extraordinary sequence:} Nxh5 $5 14. fxg4 Nhf6 15. Bh6
Nxg4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qf4 Rh8 18. Rxh8 Qxh8 19. Qxg4 Nc5 20. Qg5 Nxa4 21. Qa5
Qh6+ 22. Kb1 Qe3 23. Qxa4 Bg4 {White's queen has enjoyed a world tour, but I
prefer Black in this final position.}) 13... Nh7 14. Bh6 gxf3 $1 (14... Qa5 {
was a serious alternative, but Svidler cannot see a reason why he should not
capture on f3.}) 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. h5 g5 $1 {Absolutely necessary, to block
lines.} 17. Qxb4 Ndf6 (17... Rb8 $1 18. h6+ Kh8 19. Qd2 g4) 18. Rd3 g4 {
To the end White will be labouring to get rid of the advanced Black pawns.
This is classic King's Indian play by Svidler, who first drains all the life
out of White's attack and then completely takes over the position. Caruana is
already struggling to find a way to revive his initiative.} 19. Rg1 $2 (19. e5
$1 {was the best try, initiating complications and keeping Black's advantage
to a minimum:} Nd7 20. exd6 Rb8 21. dxe7 (21. Nf5+ Kh8 22. Qd2 exd6 23. Nxd6
Nb6 24. Nxb6 Qxd6 25. c5 Qf6 $15) (21. Qd2 exd6 22. Nf5+ Kh8 23. Nxd6 Qg5 $1
24. c5 Ndf6 $17) 21... Rxb4 22. exd8=Q Rxd8 $15) 19... Qc7 20. Qd2 Kh8 21. c5
Rb8 22. b3 Rg8 23. Rc3 e5 $1 {Undermining what is left of the White centre.
What becomes clear is that the white king is by far the more vulnerable of the
two.} 24. dxe5 dxe5 25. Qe3 a5 26. Nb6 Be6 27. Nc4 ({After} 27. Bc4 Rbd8 $1 {
Black can comfortably allow his pawns to be doubled, as the d5-square is then
covered and he can occupy d4.} 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Nc4 a4 30. bxa4 Rd4) 27... a4
{Another excellent move, opening lines.} 28. bxa4 Rb4 29. Nb6 Qa7 30. a5 Rd8
31. a6 Bxa2 ({I think I prefer} 31... Rbd4 $1 32. Bd3 Nd7 33. Nxd7 Qxd7 {
with total control, although as Black wins quickly one can hardly be critical.}
) 32. Bd3 Bb3 33. Nf5 Be6 34. Kc2 $2 {After this, White is swept away.} (34.
Ra3 {put up sterner resistance, but even there} Bxf5 35. exf5 Rbd4 36. Bc2 e4 {
looks completely winning for Black.}) 34... Bxf5 35. exf5 e4 36. Bc4 Rxc4 37.
Rxc4 Qxa6 38. Qb3 Qa5 39. Rc3 f2 40. Rb1 e3 41. Nc4 e2 {A very picturesque
final position. Touchdown!} 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 20th"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2013.04.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ekaterinburg Malakhit"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM Our Hopes"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Ra8 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Re1 Re8 15. Nf1
exd4 16. cxd4 Rxe4 17. Ng3 Re7 18. Qd2 Qf8 19. Rec1 Bd7 20. Nh4 d5 21. Nhf5 Re6
22. Rc2 Rae8 23. Rac1 Qb4 24. Qxb4 Nxb4 25. Rxc7 Bb8 26. Rb7 Rc6 27. Ne7+ Rxe7
28. Rxb8+ Re8 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 30. Ne2 Rxc1+ 31. Bxc1 Nc6 32. Bd2 Bd7 33. g4 Be6
34. f3 Ne8 35. Bc2 Nd6 36. b4 g5 37. Bc3 f6 38. Nc1 f5 39. Nd3 f4 40. h4 Kg7
41. Bb3 Ne7 42. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 {Das Spanische Jänisch-Gambit gehört zum
ständigen Repertoire von Teimour Radjabov.} 4. d3 ({Zur Hauptvariante führt} 
4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 {und nun hat Schwarz die Wahl:} d5 ({oder} 5... Nf6 6.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxe5 Qe6 10. Nf3 Qxe2+ 11. Kxe2 c5 12.
Re1 Bb7 13. Kf1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Rf8 15. Kg2 Rf5 16. d3 d5 17. f4 Rf7 18. Re5
O-O-O 19. Rb1 c6 20. Bd2 Bd6 21. Re6 Kd7 22. Rbe1 Rdf8 23. R1e2 Rf6 24. Rxf6
Rxf6 25. Be3 Re6 26. Kf3 d4 27. Bd2 Rxe2 28. Kxe2 Ke6 29. Kf3 Kf5 30. h3 {
1/2-1/2 (30) Karjakin,S (2776)-Radjabov,T (2744) Medias 2011}) 6. Nxe5 dxe4 7.
Nxc6 Qg5 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. f4 Qxf4 10. d4 Qd6 11. Ne5+ c6 12. Bc4 Be6 13. c3 Be7
14. Bg5 O-O 15. O-O Rae8 16. Rae1 Bxc4 17. Qxc4+ Qd5 18. Rf5 Qxc4 19. Nxc4 Nd5
20. Rxf8+ Bxf8 21. g3 c5 22. Ne3 cxd4 23. Nxd5 Re5 24. Nf6+ gxf6 25. Bxf6 Rb5
26. Bxd4 Rxb2 27. Bxa7 Rxa2 28. Bd4 Bg7 29. Rxe4 Bxd4+ 30. Rxd4 b5 31. Rd5 {
1/2-1/2 (31) Karjakin,S (2788)-Radjabov,T (2744) Ningbo 2011}) 4... fxe4 5.
dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O Bc5 7. Bxc6 (7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bg5 d6 9. Nd5 Kh8 10. c3 Ne7 11.
Nxf6 gxf6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 Ng6 14. Nd2 c6 15. Bd3 Be6 16. Rf2 Qb6 17. Nf1
Rf7 18. Qh5 Rg8 19. Re1 d5 20. Ng3 d4 21. exd4 exd4 22. e5 dxc3 23. Bxg6 Rxg6
24. bxc3 Bg4 25. Qh4 fxe5 26. Ne4 Be6 27. Kh1 Rxf2 28. Nxf2 Qb2 29. Rd1 Qe2 30.
h3 h6 31. Kh2 Qe3 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Rb8 Rg7 34. Rf8 Qg5 35. Qe4+ Qg6 36. g4 Bxa2
37. Qxe5 Qe6 38. Qf4 Rf7 39. Rxf7+ Qxf7 40. Qe4+ Kg7 41. Nd3 Qc7+ 42. Ne5 Qd6
43. Kg3 a5 44. Qf4 a4 45. g5 hxg5 46. Qxg5+ Kf8 47. c4 c5 48. Qf5+ Ke7 49. Kg2
Bb3 50. Qe4 b6 51. Ng4+ Qe6 52. Qb7+ Kf8 53. Qb8+ Kg7 54. Qc7+ Kg6 55. Qf4 Bc2
56. Qh6+ Kf7 57. Qf4+ Kg7 58. Qc1 Be4+ 59. Kg3 Qd6+ 60. Kh4 Qe7+ 61. Kg3 Qd6+
62. Kh4 Kf7 63. Qb2 Bf5 64. Qf2 Kg6 65. Qa2 Bxg4 66. hxg4 Qd8+ 67. Kg3 Qd3+ 68.
Kh4 a3 69. Qa1 Kf7 {0-1 (69) Anand,V (2817)-Ivanchuk,V (2765) Sao Paulo/Bilbao
2011}) ({Die genaueste Zugfolge scheint} 7. Qd3 d6 8. Qc4 {zu sein:} Qe7 9. Nc3
Bd7 (9... Be6 $2 10. Nd5 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Nxc7+ $16) 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5
Nd4 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Nxe5 Qf5 14. Nd3 O-O-O 15. a4 Rhe8 16. Kh1 g5 17. Be3
Nf3 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Rfd1 Re4 20. Qf1 Nd4 21. Qd3 Qe5 22. Bxg5 Re8 23. Bd2 Rh4
24. h3 Qxd5 25. c4 Qc6 26. Qg3 Nf5 27. Qd3 Nd4 28. Qg3 Nf5 29. Qd3 Nd4 30. Qg3
Nf5 {1/2-1/2 (30) Mamedyarov,S (2752)-Radjabov,T (2751) Baku 2008}) 7... bxc6
8. Nxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 d6 10. Na4 (10. Nxc6 Qe8 11. Nd4 Nxe4 {bringt Weiß nichts
ein.}) 10... Qe8 11. Nd3 Nxe4 12. Naxc5 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 {Im Ergebnis der
weißen Manöver hat Schwarz einen Triple-Bauern auf der c-Linie erhalten, der
seine Damenflügelmehrheit entscheidend entwertet. Auch der a-Bauer ist sehr
schwach geworden.} 14. Be3 Qg6 15. Qd3 Bf5 16. Qc4+ Be6 (16... Kh8 $5 17. Qxc5
(17. c3 $2 Bh3 $19) (17. Kh1 Bxc2 18. Qxc5 Bd3 19. Rfe1 Be4 20. Qg5 $11) 17...
Bxc2 18. f3 (18. Rac1 Be4 19. Qg5 Qxg5 20. Bxg5 Bd5) 18... Bd3 19. Rf2 $14) 17.
Qe2 {Sonst folgt unangenehm Lh3} c4 (17... Rae8 $5 {mit der Idee} 18. Z0 Bh3
19. f3 Rxe3) 18. f3 a6 19. Bd4 Rae8 20. Kh1 Bd5 21. Qd2 Re6 22. Bc3 h6 23. Rf2
Kh7 24. Raf1 Rf5 25. Re1 Rd6 (25... Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Rf8 27. Qe7 Qf7 28. Re2 Qxe7
29. Rxe7 Rf7 30. Re8 {und der a-Bauer wird fallen.}) 26. Be5 Rd7 27. Qc3 Qg5
28. Rfe2 Rdf7 {Es droht Txf3.} 29. Re3 h5 30. R1e2 Qg6 31. h3 Qg5 32. Kh2 h4
33. Qd4 Re7 34. Qg4 Kg8 ({Nach} 34... Qxg4 35. hxg4 Rff7 {erobert Weiß auch
die e-Linie.} 36. Bc3 Rxe3 37. Rxe3) 35. Bc3 Rxe3 36. Rxe3 Kf7 (36... Qxe3 $2
37. Qxg7#) 37. Be1 Qf4+ (37... Qxe3 38. Qxf5+ $18) 38. Qxf4 Rxf4 39. Ra3 {
Mit dem Fall des a-Bauern ist die Partie entschieden.} Rd4 40. Rxa6 g5 41. Ra7
Rd1 42. Rxc7+ Ke6 43. Bb4 c3 44. Bxc3 Rc1 45. Rg7 ({Nach} 45. a4 Rxc2 46. Rg7 {
hat Schwarz noch} Bxf3 {.Nach} 47. Rxg5 Bd5 48. a5 {liegen die Trümpfe aber
auch hier auf Seiten von Weiß.}) 45... Bxa2 (45... Rxc2 46. Rxg5 Bxf3 {
führt zur obigen Variante.}) 46. Rxg5 Rxc2 47. Rg6+ Kd7 48. Rg4 Bd5 49. Kg1
Rc1+ 50. Kf2 Rc2+ 51. Kf1 Be6 (51... Rc1+ 52. Ke2 Rc2+ 53. Kd3 $18) (51... Be6
52. Rxh4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Re1 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. h3 Nc6 14. dxc5 dxc5 15.
a4 Rb8 16. axb5 axb5 17. c4 Nb4 18. cxb5 Bd7 19. Nc4 Bxb5 20. Nfd2 Bc7 21. Ra3
Bxc4 22. Nxc4 Qxd1 23. Bxd1 Nxe4 24. Ra7 Nd6 25. Ba4 Rec8 26. Nxe5 Nb5 27. Bxb5
Rxb5 28. Bd2 Nc2 29. Nc6 Bd6 30. Ne7+ Bxe7 31. Rexe7 Rf8 32. Bc3 Nb4 33. Red7
h6 34. Kf1 Rb6 35. f3 Nc6 36. Rac7 Nb8 37. Rd5 Na6 38. Ra7 Rc6 39. Rdd7 c4 40.
Rd4 Rfc8 41. Re7 R6c7 42. Rxc7 Rxc7 43. Ke2 Rc6 44. f4 Kf8 45. f5 g6 46. g4
gxf5 47. gxf5 Nc7 48. Kd2 Ke7 49. Re4+ Kd7 50. Bb4 Rf6 51. Re5 Ne8 52. Ke3 Rb6
53. Rd5+ Kc6 54. Rc5+ Kd7 55. Bc3 Nd6 56. Kf4 Ra6 57. Be5 f6 58. Bxf6 Ra1 59.
Bc3 Rf1+ 60. Kg4 Rf2 61. h4 Rf1 62. Rd5 Kc6 63. Ra5 Kb6 64. Re5 Kc6 65. Bb4 h5+
66. Kxh5 Nxf5 67. Kg5 Nd4 68. Rc5+ Kb6 69. Rxc4 Nf3+ 70. Kh5 Ne5 71. Re4 Nd3
72. Bc3 Kc6 73. Rc4+ Kb5 74. Rd4 Nf4+ 75. Kg4 Ne6 76. Re4 Nc5 77. Re1 1-0

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 Nc5 15.
Bc2 c6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21.
hxg4 Be7 22. Bb3 Bg5 23. Qf3 Rf8 24. Ne3 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Bd7 26. g5 Be6 27. Qh5
Qe7 28. Rd1 g6 29. Qh4 h5 30. Rf3 Kg7 31. Rf6 Rac8 32. Rd3 Bc4 33. Rdf3 Qd7 34.
Qh3 Qg4 35. Rxd6 Qxe4 36. Re3 Qf4 37. Qg3 Bxb3 38. axb3 Rfd8 39. Rxa6 Qxg3 40.
Rxg3 Rd1+ 41. Kh2 Rc1 42. Re3 R1xc3 43. Rxe5 Rxb3 44. Rxb5 Rc4 45. g3 Rcxb4 46.
Rxb4 Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. d5 Nd7 14. Rxb7
Nc5 15. Rxe7 Bf6 16. Bh6 Rfd8 17. Rc7 Nxe4 18. Bc4 Qa3 19. Rxf7 Kxf7 20. Ne5+
Bxe5 21. Qxg4 Qd6 22. Qxe4 Re8 23. g3 Bg7 24. Qf3+ Kg8 25. Bc1 Qc5 26. Qd3 Rac8
27. Ba6 Rcd8 28. Be3 Rxe3 29. fxe3 Bh6 30. Rf3 Rf8 31. Kg2 Qd6 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8
33. Bc8 Qc5 34. Be6 Qxe3 35. Qf1+ Ke7 36. Kh3 Kd6 37. Qf7 Qc1 38. Bg4 Bg5 39.
Qe6+ Kc5 40. Bf3 Qe3 41. Qc6+ Kd4 42. d6 Qe6+ 43. Kg2 Qa2+ 44. Kh3 Qe6+ 45. Kg2
Qa2+ 46. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 Nd7 8.
Ng3 Bg6 9. Be2 Qb6 10. Qd2 Ngf6 11. h4 h5 12. a3 a5 13. Rd1 O-O 14. Bf3 Rfe8
15. Bg5 Bd6 16. Nce2 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. O-O a4 19. Nc3 Bxg3 20. fxg3 Qa5 21.
Qe2 Qa6 22. Qf2 f6 23. Bf4 Bf5 24. Rc1 Bg4 25. Rc2 Rad8 26. Na2 Nf8 27. Nb4 Qb5
28. Rc5 Qb6 29. Qc2 Ne6 30. Rc4 Qb5 31. Rc1 Kh8 32. Kh2 Kg8 33. Ra1 Rd7 34. Rc1
Rdd8 35. Qf2 Rd7 36. Na2 Qd5 37. Qf1 b5 38. Nb4 bxc4 39. Nxd5 cxd5 40. Qe1 Ra8
41. Qb4 Nxf4 42. gxf4 Kf7 43. Qb5 Kg6 44. Rf1 Raa7 45. Qb8 Kf5 46. Rf2 Rab7 47.
Qa8 Ra7 48. Qh8 Rab7 49. Qh7+ g6 50. Qg8 Ra7 51. Qc8 Ke6 52. Qe8+ Kf5 53. Kg1
Rdc7 54. Kf1 Rd7 55. Ke1 Rdc7 56. Rc2 Rd7 57. Qg8 Rab7 58. Qa8 Ke6 59. Qxa4 Rb3
60. Kf2 Kf7 61. Qa8 Rdb7 62. Kg1 Rd7 63. Kf2 Rdb7 64. a4 Rxb2 65. Rxb2 Rxb2+
66. Kg3 Be6 67. Qc6 Rb3 68. a5 Rxe3+ 69. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nc4 Nd7 8.
O-O Re8 9. Kh1 a5 10. a4 b6 11. g3 $146 (11. Be3 Bb4 12. Nfd2 b5 13. axb5 cxb5
14. c3 bxc4 15. cxb4 cxd3 16. bxa5 Ba6 17. Qb3 Nf6 18. h3 Nh5 19. Rfc1 Nf4 20.
Rc6 Ne2 21. Qd5 Qb8 22. Rxa6 Rxa6 23. Qxd3 Qxb2 24. Rb1 Rd6 25. Qxe2 Qa2 26.
Qb5 c6 27. Qb2 {1-0 (27) Anand,V (2780)-Kramnik,V (2810) Zuerich 2013}) 11...
Nf8 12. Ncxe5 f6 13. d4 Bd6 14. Nxc6 Qd7 15. d5 Rxe4 16. Nd2 Re8 17. Nc4 Ba6
18. b3 Bxc4 19. bxc4 Ng6 20. Nd4 {Karjakin now chooses the dubious} Ne5 $2 {
and gives Caruana the opportunity to get a winning advantage with} 21. f4 $1 c5
22. Nb5 Nf7 23. Qd3 Bf8 24. Bd2 Nd6 25. Nc3 Qh3 26. Rab1 Rab8 27. Rfe1 Rxe1+
28. Bxe1 Kf7 29. Bf2 Rb7 30. Kg1 h5 31. Ne4 Qd7 32. Nxd6+ Bxd6 33. Re1 Qxa4 34.
Qf5 Re7 35. Re6 ({Caruana missed an easy win with} 35. Rxe7+ Bxe7 36. Qe6+ Kf8
37. d6 Bd8 38. d7 Be7 39. Qd6 $18) 35... Qd7 36. Qxh5+ Kg8 37. f5 {After} a4 {
Black was back in the game as the pawn had to be blockaded before it became a
runner.} 38. Qf3 Re8 39. Qa3 Ra8 40. Be1 Be5 41. Bf2 Qb7 42. d6 {Fabiano
Caruana had started to make mistakes, and it was hard for the Italian player
to defend his position after this move.} Qc6 43. d7 Qxd7 44. Rxb6 Qxf5 45. Qxc5
Rd8 46. Qe3 Qxc2 47. Qf3 a3 48. Qxa3 {Chess engines are showing -6 = totally
winning for Black.} Bd4 $4 49. Bxd4 Rxd4 50. Rxf6 $1 Rd2 (50... gxf6 51. Qa8+
Kf7 52. Qa7+ Ke6 53. Qxd4 {and White is winning.}) 51. Qf8+ Kh7 52. Rf2 Rxf2
53. Qxf2 Qxc4 54. Qf5+ Kh8 55. Qf8+ Kh7 56. Qf5+ Kh8 57. h4 Qa2 58. h5 Qe2 59.
Qf8+ Kh7 60. Qf5+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Be3 Nc6 14. d5
Ne5 15. Rxb7 a5 16. Rxe7 a4 17. Re1 a3 18. Nxe5 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Qxe2 20. Qxe2 a2
21. Bd4 a1=Q+ 22. Bxa1 Rxa1+ 23. Qf1 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Bf6 25. Nc6 Bxe7 26. Nxe7+
Kg7 27. Nc6 Rc8 28. g4 h6 29. e5 Kf8 30. f4 Ra8 31. Ke2 Ra2+ 32. Kd3 Rxh2 33.
f5 gxf5 34. gxf5 Rh1 35. e6 fxe6 36. fxe6 Rd1+ 37. Ke4 h5 38. Ke5 h4 39. d6 Ke8
40. d7+ Rxd7 41. exd7+ Kxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. a3 Na5 10. Ba2 c5 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Nd5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. f4 Be6 15.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bb1 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ng4 18. Qd2 a5 19. Bg3 Rfc8 20. Qf4 Ne5 21.
Bf2 Nc6 22. Bh4 Qc7 23. Bg3 Ne5 24. Bf2 Nc6 25. Ba2 Bxa2 26. Rxa2 Nd8 27. Re2
Ne6 28. Qd2 Ra6 29. Ra1 Rc6 30. Rc1 Nc5 31. Rf1 Ne6 32. Rc1 Nc5 33. Rf1 Ne6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Be3 {This is not such a common move, but it has been played before by
strong players.} O-O 10. axb5 axb5 11. Nc3 Nb4 $5 {An unusual square for this
knight in the Ruy, but here I think the move makes a lot of sense. I'm just
trying to maintain control over d5.} (11... Na5 {is of course also playable:}
12. Ba2 (12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 c6 14. Ba2 c5 {seems okay for black.}) 12... c5
13. h3 {transposes to the game Sutovsky-Adams, and here instead of 13...b4,
I'm wondering what the problem with} h6 {is.}) 12. Qe2 {It's not easy to find
a move for White.} ({For example, if} 12. d4 $6 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 c5 14. dxc5 dxc5
{the threat of ...c4 is very uncomfortable.}) 12... c6 $5 {A little bit
optimistic and not really necessary.} ({The automatic move is} 12... c5 {
, which leads to approximate equality after} 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5
Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6) ({I wanted to prepare ...c5 by first
preventing Bg5, but after} 12... h6 13. d4 {I thought my position would be
slightly worse.}) 13. h3 ({In the event of} 13. d4 Rxa1 14. Rxa1 Qb8 {Black's
position is reasonable.}) 13... Rxa1 ({My first intention was} 13... h6 {
, but I got worried about} 14. Rxa8 $1 Qxa8 15. Nh4 d5 (15... Kh7 16. f4 exf4
17. Bxf4 {is dangerous for Black.}) 16. Bd2 Re8 17. Qf3 {, although the
computer shows some moves like ...Qc8 and ...c5 here, I couldn't calculate it
during the game.}) 14. Rxa1 h6 15. Qd2 ({Now I thought my position would be
good after} 15. Nh4 Kh7) ({I mainly considered} 15. d4 Qb8 16. Qd2 c5 17. dxe5
dxe5 18. Nd5 {, when Black has to be accurate:} Nfxd5 ({My intention was} 18...
Nbxd5 19. Bxd5 Qc7 {, but this allows a great resource:} 20. Ra6 $1 {, with
the threat of Bxh6}) 19. Bxd5 Qc7 $1 20. c3 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 Bc6 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23.
Nxe5 Bxe4 {should end in a draw.}) 15... c5 {I was very happy to get this move
in.} 16. Qe2 $6 {With this move White just gives up 2 tempi. He had to go for
the sacrifice.} (16. Bxh6 $5 {is really the only way to justify 15.Qd2.} gxh6
17. Qxh6 Nh7 18. Qg6+ Kh8 19. Bxf7 Be8 20. Bxe8 Qxe8 21. Qxe8 Rxe8 {I thought
Black would be better here, but after} 22. Ne1 {the ending is just unclear.})
16... Qb6 17. Nh2 Be6 18. Ng4 $6 {This wrecks White's pawns.} (18. Bxe6 fxe6
19. Ng4 {would be more reasonable. White isn't any better but shouldn't be
worse either.}) 18... Nxg4 19. hxg4 Bxb3 20. cxb3 Qb7 21. g3 {Despite White's
mangled pawns, the position is pretty close to equal.} Qd7 ({Gata pointed out
the following variation after the game:} 21... d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Qf3 Rd8 24.
b4 $1) 22. Qf3 Bg5 {I wasn't very happy to make this move, but I didn't see an
alternative.} (22... Rd8 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 {looks totally equal to me.})
23. Bxg5 hxg5 ({I also thought about the intermediate} 23... Nc2 $5 {, but I
decided it wouldn't change much.}) 24. Qf5 Qe7 ({The endgame offers nothing:} 
24... Qxf5 25. gxf5 Rb8 26. Ra5 {, with an inevitable draw.}) 25. Kg2 $2 {
This move surprised me, because I didn't see anything wrong with taking the
pawn.} (25. Nxb5 Nc6 (25... Nc2 $2 26. Ra7) 26. Qf3 Rb8 {and here I only
considered 27.Nc3, but the accurate} 27. Ra6 $1 {forces a draw.} (27. Nc3 Nd4
28. Qd1 {should also be fine for white.}) 27... Qd7 28. Qf5 $1 Qb7 29. Nxd6
Qxa6 30. Qxf7+ {, with perpetual.}) 25... g6 26. Qf3 Rb8 {Now White will be
worse for a long time.} 27. Ra5 Kg7 28. Rxb5 ({White could have considered} 28.
Nxb5 Nc6 29. Ra6 Qd7 30. Nc3 Nd4 31. Qd1 {, with good chances to defend.})
28... Ra8 29. Nd5 (29. d4 {is met by} Nc2 $1) (29. Rxb4 cxb4 30. Nd5 Qd8 {
might be a draw in the long run, but white will have to suffer for it.}) 29...
Nxd5 30. exd5 Qa7 31. b4 cxb4 32. Rxb4 Rh8 33. Qe3 $4 {The decisive mistake.} (
33. Qd1 Qc5 34. Rc4 Qxd5+ 35. f3 {is of course much worse for White, but he
has good chances to defend.}) 33... Qa1 34. Kf3 Qd1+ 35. Qe2 Qh1+ 36. Ke3 Qxd5
{There were even more accurate ways to finish the game, but this is enough.
White's king will never find safety.} 37. Qc2 Rh1 38. Qb3 Qg2 39. Qc3 Rf1 40.
Qd2 d5 0-1

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Margvelashvili,G"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Before this game, Topalov was leading the tournament and had half point
more than Caruana. So it was one of Caruana's last chances to catch Topalov.
No wonder he chose a very aggressive set-up with White.} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O (9... h5 {
This move has been played by Topalov previously. The idea is to prevent g4 and
develop an attack on the queenside. On the other hand the h5-pawn almost
denies Black an opportunity to castle short.}) 10. O-O-O {Caruana and Topalov
have castled on opposite sides. Now the question is whose attack will be
faster.} a5 $5 {Topalov tries to push his pawn to a4 and then possibly to a3,
getting rid of the knight from b3 and weakening Caruana's queenside pawns.} 11.
a4 {Preventing the above mentioned plan.} Na6 {We will see on the next move
why Topalov developes his knight on a6, and not c6.} 12. Bb5 Nc7 $1 {Strong
move. Topalov wants to exchange the b5-bishop that defends Caruana's position
on the queenside, and also prepares for a possible d5-push.} (12... Nb4 {
is more natural, but in many variations this knight is misplaced on b4.}) 13.
Bb6 {Caruana cannot afford to give up his b5-bishop, so he decides to exchange
the dark-squared bishop for the c7-knight.} (13. Be2 {this retreat is too slow,
since after} d5 $1 {Black developes a big initiative in the center.}) 13... Qc8
14. Bxc7 Qxc7 15. g4 {Caruana proceeds with his own plan. He wants to get rid
of the f6-knight and occupy the d5-square.} Rfd8 16. g5 Nh5 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18.
exd5 g6 19. Kb1 {The opening phase of this game is over and we can draw some
conclusions. Both kings are defended very well, and neither side can develop
an attack. But whereas Black has a clear plan of pushing f6 and attacking the
weak f3-pawn, White's plan is less obvious. Probably the best Caruana can do
is to bring the b3 knight to e4. Overall, I think Topalov's position is
slightly preferable and easier to play.} Rf8 $1 20. Qe3 Qd8 (20... Nf4 21. h4
f6 {was already possible, with a slight advantage for Black.}) 21. h4 Nf4 22.
Qg1 h6 $5 {Topalov deviates from his original plan. He wants to exchange the
h6-pawn for the g5-pawn, which would allow him to push ...f5 and dominate in
the center.} 23. Nd2 Kg7 24. gxh6+ Kxh6 {The king looks dangerously placed on
h6, but Caruana does not have enough resources to cause any troubles.} 25. Nc4
Qc7 26. Qe3 Kh7 27. h5 $1 {A strong move by Caruana: sacrificing a pawn to
open files.} g5 $1 {Topalov is correct to decline the pawn sacrifice.} (27...
Nxh5 $4 {would just lose a game.} 28. Rdg1 f5 29. f4 $1 {with the following
Qf3 and Black has no defence against Rxh5.}) (27... gxh5 {is possible, but
risky. For example:} 28. Nb6 Rad8 29. Rd3 $1 {preparing Rc3 followed by Nd7.})
28. h6 f5 29. Qd2 {Freeing the e3-square for the knight, which can attack the
f5-pawn from there. This position is very complicated, which means that plan
with ...f6 was better than Topalov's h6-plan.} Rf6 30. Rdg1 Rg6 31. Ne3 Rf8 32.
Nc4 $6 {Not a good move.} (32. Ng2 $1 {is the right move, exchanging the
f4-knight} Nxg2 33. Rxg2 Bd8 34. Bd3 {with a slight advantage for Caruana.})
32... Bd8 $1 33. Rd1 Rff6 34. Qf2 Rxh6 35. Qa7 $2 {In time trouble Caruana
makes several inaccurate moves.} (35. Ne3 {is better.}) 35... Rxh1 36. Rxh1+
Rh6 37. Qg1 $6 (37. Rxh6+ Kxh6 38. Qg1 {was more accurate, since it would not
allow Topalov to place his rook on h4.}) 37... Rh4 $1 38. Ne3 Qf7 39. Ng2 $6
Rxh1 40. Qxh1+ Qh5 41. Qxh5+ Nxh5 42. Ne3 Ng3 43. Kc1 Kg6 44. Kd1 g4 $6 (44...
e4 $1 45. fxe4 Nxe4 46. Bd7 Ng3 {and White cannot stop the black pawns from
advancing.}) 45. fxg4 f4 46. Nc4 $2 {The final mistake by Caruana.} (46. Nf5 $1
{aiming for an opposite coloured bishop ending that has huge drawing
tendencies.} Nxf5 47. Bd3 f3 48. Kd2 Kg5 49. Bxf5 Kf4 50. Kd3 Kg3 51. Be4 Kxg4
52. c3 {and it is not clear to me how Topalov was going to win this position.})
46... Bc7 {Now it is over.} 47. Bd7 Kg5 48. Ke1 f3 49. Ne3 Bb6 {Topalov's
pawns are unstoppable, so Caruana resigned. A very intense game, where Caruana
took a lot of risks, but in the end Topalov just played a better game.} 0-1

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
Nge2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. a3 Bh5 12. Na4 Nd7 13. Qb3 Ra7 14. Bg3 Bg6
15. Nf4 Na5 16. Qa2 Bxd3 17. Nxd3 Nc4 18. Nac5 b6 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. a4 Rc8 21.
b3 Nd6 22. a5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc7 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. axb6 Qxb6 26. Qc2 h6 27. h3
Bf8 28. Bf4 Qb5 29. g4 Ne4 30. f3 Nf6 31. h4 h5 32. g5 Nd7 33. Bc7 g6 34. Kf2
Be7 35. Qc3 Nb8 36. Bxb8 Qxb8 37. Ne5 Qb7 38. Qc6 Qxc6 39. Nxc6 Bd6 40. e4 Kf8
41. Ne5 Ke8 42. Nd3 a5 43. exd5 exd5 44. f4 f6 45. gxf6 Kf7 46. f5 Kxf6 47.
fxg6 Kxg6 48. Ke3 Kf5 49. Kf3 Bc7 50. Nc1 Bd8 51. Ne2 Bxh4 52. Nf4 Bf6 53. Nxd5
Bxd4 54. Ne7+ Kg5 55. Nc6 Bc3 56. Nxa5 Bxa5 57. b4 Bxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qb8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Be6 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. h3
Rc8 16. Bg3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nh5 18. Bh2 Nf4 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Bd3
Nc4 22. Qe2 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Bf6 24. Rc1 Nxd2 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Qxd2 g5 27. Qe2
g4 28. hxg4 Bxg4 29. e5 dxe5 30. dxe5 Bxf3 31. gxf3 Qxe5 32. Qxe5 Bxe5 33. Bxb5
Bxb2 34. Kg2 Kg7 35. Bc4 Kg8 36. Bb3 Kg7 37. Bc4 Kg8 38. Bb3 Kg7 39. Bc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 g6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. h3 h6
9. Be3 Nge7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bc5 Re8 13. Re1 b6 14. Ba3 Na7 15.
Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Nc4 Qe6 17. Ne3 Nb5 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Qa4 Nd6 20. Qc6 Rc8 21.
Rad1 Kh7 22. Rd2 Ne8 23. Qb7 Nd6 24. Rxd6 cxd6 25. Qxa6 Rcc7 26. Nd5 Ra7 27.
Qb5 Reb7 28. a4 f5 29. Nd2 Bf6 30. Qe8 Be7 31. c4 Qg8 32. Qc6 Qd8 33. b3 Qd7
34. Qxd7 Rxd7 35. Nxb6 Rdb7 36. Nc8 Ra6 37. Nxe7 Rxe7 38. Re3 Kg7 39. Rd3 Rb7
40. Kf1 Rab6 41. Ke2 Kf6 42. Kd1 Ke6 43. Kc2 h5 44. f3 Kf6 45. Kc3 Ra6 46. Rd5
Kg5 47. a5 Kf4 48. b4 Kg3 49. Nb3 Kxg2 50. b5 Ra8 51. Rxd6 Kxf3 52. a6 Rg7 53.
Nc5 fxe4 54. b6 e3 55. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 a6 13. Nc3 Nxd4 14. f4 f6
15. Nf3 e5 16. fxe5 fxe5 17. Nxe5 Qd6 18. Nf3 c5 19. Ng5 Qe7 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21.
Bc4 Kh8 22. exd5 Qg7 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. d6 Bf5 25. b4 b6 26. Rhe1 Rfe8 27. Re7+
Rxe7 28. dxe7 Re8 29. bxc5 bxc5 30. Re1 Nc2 31. Re2 Nd4 32. Re3 Nc2 33. Re2 Nd4
34. Re3 Nc2 35. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qf6
15. Nd2 Qg6 16. Bd1 Bxd3 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qxe4 19. Rxe4 Rfe8 20. Rxe8+
Rxe8 21. Kf1 Be5 22. Bd2 b4 23. Rc1 bxc3 24. bxc3 Bf4 25. Bxf4 Nxf4 26. Bf3 Nd5
27. c4 Nb4 28. Rb1 c5 29. a3 Nc2 30. Bd5 Kf8 31. g3 Nxa3 32. Rb2 g6 33. h4 h5
34. Rb7 Re7 35. Rb8+ Re8 36. Rb2 Re7 37. Kg2 Kg7 38. Kf3 f5 39. Ra2 Nb1 40.
Rxa6 Nd2+ 41. Kg2 Nb3 42. Rc6 Kh6 43. Rc8 Kg7 44. Bf3 Ra7 45. Bc6 Nc1 46. Rd8
Rc7 47. Rd6 Re7 48. Bb5 Nb3 49. Rd5 Ra7 50. Rd6 Re7 51. Rc6 Ra7 52. Rc8 Nd2 53.
Re8 Ne4 54. Bc6 Nf6 55. Re5 Ng4 56. Re2 Kf6 57. Bd5 Re7 58. Ra2 Kg7 59. Kf3
Ne5+ 60. Kg2 Ng4 61. Rb2 Kh7 62. Bf3 Ne5 63. Re2 Kg7 64. Bd5 Kf6 65. Ra2 Kg7
66. Ra6 Kh7 67. Rd6 Kg7 68. Ra6 Kh7 69. Ra8 Ng4 70. Kf3 Ne5+ 71. Kg2 Ng4 72.
Ra2 Kg7 73. Rd2 Ne5 74. Re2 Nc6 75. Rd2 Ne5 76. Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 e6 6. Qa3 c6 7. Nf3 a5 {This
sytem was examined many years ago in CBM 77, annotations to
Kortschnoj-Krasenkow (Lviv 2000). Black is threatening 8...dxc4 and preparing .
..Nb8-a6-b4. Eventually, White's queen will have to retreat from its powerful
position on a3.} 8. b3 Na6 9. Be2 (9. c5 Nd7 10. Bxa6 Rxa6 11. Na4 O-O (11...
g5 $5 12. O-O g4 13. Ne1 h5 14. Nd3 Qg5 15. Qb2 e5 16. e4 Qg6 {0-1 (40)
Kortschnoj,V (2620)-Van Wely,L (2643) Istanbul 2000 EXT 2001 [Krasenkow,M]} 17.
Re1 $13 {L.Van Wely}) 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. O-O Re8 14. Rac1 Bf8 15. Ba1 b5 16. Nb2
b4 17. Qa4 Bb7 18. a3 bxa3 19. Qxa3 Raa8 20. Rfe1 Bg7 21. Na4 Ba6 22. Bc3 Bb5
23. Nb2 e5 $36 {1/2 (60) Kortschnoj,V (2629)-Kurnosov,I (2580) Cheliabinsk 2007
}) (9. Bd2 $5 Nb4 (9... Ne4 10. Qb2 O-O 11. Be2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 dxc4 13. bxc4 Qe7
14. O-O Rd8 15. Rab1 Rb8 16. Rfd1 e5 $11 {1/2 (34) Baumgartner,U (2242)-Siger,
I (2093) Lechenicher SchachServer 2008}) 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Be2 b6 12. Na4 Na6 13.
c5 bxc5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Rxc5 {1-0 (55) Krizsany,L (2385)-Wapner,J (2155)
Budapest 1994} a4 $1 $13) 9... Ne4 (9... Nb4 10. Qb2 c5 11. O-O O-O 12. Rd1 b6
13. a3 Nc6 14. Qc2 cxd4 15. exd4 Bb7 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. c5 (17. h3 Qe7 18. Bg5 h6
19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Qb2 Qd6 $11 {0-1 (67) Jakobsen,O (2402)-Ruck,R
(2472) Koszeg 2000}) 17... bxc5 (17... Nd7 $1 $13) 18. dxc5 d4 19. Bc4 h6 20.
Nb5 Nd5 21. Bg3 Ba6 22. Nd6 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Nc3 24. Nxc8 Nxd1 25. Rxd1 Qxc8 26.
b4 $16 {1-0 (38) Ringoir,T (2468)-Greenfeld,A (2540) Amsterdam NED 2013}) 10.
Qb2 (10. Na4 Nb4 (10... Bd7 11. c5 O-O 12. Bb2 Nc7 13. Nb6 Ra7 14. b4 Be8 15.
bxa5 f6 16. O-O g5 17. Bc3 Bg6 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Ba1 $14 {1-0 (31) Gabriel,C 
(2553)-Moor,R (2391) Switzerland 2005}) 11. Qb2 c5 $5 12. O-O O-O 13. Rd1 cxd4
14. exd4 dxc4 15. bxc4 Bd7 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Ba4 $1 18. Rd2 Qc7 $11 {
1/2 (42) Kortschnoj,V (2659)-Krasenkow,M (2661) Lvov 2000 CBM 077 [Krasenkow,M]
}) 10... O-O 11. O-O b6 (11... c5 12. Rd1 b6 13. Bd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 cxd4 15.
exd4 Bb7 16. Rac1 Re8 17. Na4 dxc4 18. bxc4 Bc6 19. Qc2 Re7 $11 {0-1 (36)
Vorobiov,E (2581)-Cernousek,L (2440) Teplice 2012}) (11... Nac5 $5) 12. Rd1 Bb7
13. Bd2 Nxd2 (13... c5 {is also possible. In any case Black has no problems.})
14. Qxd2 Nb8 15. Rac1 Nd7 16. Na4 Qe7 17. Ne1 Rfd8 {Threatening ...d5xc4 and ..
.e6-e6 or ...c6-c5, Black practically forces c4xd5, which clarifies the
position in the centre.} 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Nd3 {[%mdl 32] Taking into
consideration what happened in the game, I would suggest another plan for
White:} (19. Nf3 {[%cal Yh2h4,Yg2g3] restricting Black's dark-squared bishop
and stopping his h-pawn. Such a plan would hardly be good if Black's knight
could join his attack (say, ...Nd7-f6-e4) but here it is tied to the b6-pawn.})
19... Re8 20. Rc2 h5 $1 21. Bf1 h4 22. Qc1 Qe6 23. h3 Bf8 24. Be2 Bd6 {A
typical manoeuvre. White's position becomes dubious.} 25. Nf4 Qe7 26. Qb1 Kg7 (
26... Bb8 $5 {[%cal Ye7d6] (H.Nakamura). White can't protect the naked b8-h2
diagonal.}) 27. Nd3 {White must just build up a defensive set-up and wait} Rac8
28. Ne1 f5 29. Bd3 Qf6 30. Re2 Re7 31. Qc2 Rf8 {[%cal Yg6g5]} 32. f4 {A
desperate attempt to change the unfavourable course of events. However, the
e3-pawn now becomes weak.} (32. Nf3 g5 33. Nh2 Kg8 {[%cal Ye7g7,Yg5g4]}) 32...
Rfe8 33. Qd2 g5 (33... b5 $5 34. Nc3 (34. Nb2 c5 $1 35. Bxb5 cxd4 36. Qxd4 (36.
exd4 Rxe2 37. Bxe2 Bb4 38. Qd3 Re6 $17 {[%cal Rb7a6]}) (36. Bxd7 dxe3 $17 37.
Rxe3 $140 $2 Bc5) 36... Rxe3 $1 37. Rxe3 Rxe3 38. Qxf6+ Nxf6 $17) 34... b4 35.
Na4 c5 36. Nxc5 Nxc5 37. dxc5 Bxc5 38. Nc2 Qb6 39. Rde1 Bc6 $15) (33... c5 $5)
34. Nf3 $5 gxf4 35. exf4 Rxe2 36. Bxe2 Bb4 (36... Qh6 $5 37. Ne5 Nf6 {[%cal
Yf6e4]} 38. Bd3 Nh5 $1) 37. Qc2 Re4 38. Nb2 (38. Ne5 $142 $15) 38... Nf8 $1 {
[%cal Yf8e6] The knight becomes extremely powerful.} 39. Nd3 Bd6 40. Nde5 Ne6
41. Bd3 Nxd4 {The first material gains.} 42. Qc1 Nxf3+ 43. gxf3 Bxe5 44. fxe5
Rxe5 $19 {It is hard to believe that a super-GM will not be able to convert
two extra pawns.} 45. Qf4 c5 $2 {Black underestimates the only chance of his
opponent: counterplay along the g-file.} (45... Kf7 $142 $1 46. Kf2 (46. Kh2
Qd6) 46... Bc8 47. Rg1 Re7 {with full consolidation. If} 48. Rg5 {then} Qa1)
46. Kh2 Kf7 (46... Qd6 47. Qg5+) (46... Kg6 $5 47. Rg1+ Kh5) 47. Rg1 Bc8 48.
Rg5 Qd6 49. Rg4 Re6 50. Qxd6 Rxd6 51. Rxh4 {[%mdl 4096] White has recaptured
one of the pawns but Black should still win this ending.} Rg6 $6 (51... Be6 $1
{[%cal Yf7f6,Yf6e5]}) 52. Rh8 Rg8 {After the exchange of rooks, surprisingly,
Black faces serious problems breaking down White's defence.} 53. Rxg8 Kxg8 54.
Kg3 Kg7 55. Kf4 Kf6 56. Bb5 Be6 57. h4 c4 $2 (57... d4 $1 {was probably the
right course:} 58. Be8 (58. Bc6 Ke7 59. Ke5 d3 60. Bb5 d2 61. Be2 a4 62. bxa4
Bxa2 63. Bd1 c4 $19) 58... Ke7 59. Bb5 Bd7 60. Bd3 (60. Bc4 Kf6 {followed by ..
.a5-a4 and ...Bd7-e6.} 61. h5 a4 62. h6 Kg6 {doesn't help.}) (60. Be2 a4 61.
Ke5 Be6 62. Bd1 Bxb3 $1 63. axb3 a3 $19) 60... a4 $1 61. Ke5 (61. Bc2 axb3 62.
axb3 Kf6 63. h5 b5 64. Bd3 Be6 $19) 61... Be6 62. bxa4 c4 63. Bf1 d3 64. Kd4 f4
$1 {, and Black should win.}) 58. bxc4 dxc4 59. Ke3 c3 (59... Ke5 60. f4+ Kd5
61. h5 Bf7 62. h6 Bg6 63. Be8 Bh7 64. a4 Kc5 65. Bh5 Kb4 66. Bd1 {, and Black
can't make progress.}) 60. a3 Bd5 61. Ba4 Bb7 (61... f4+ 62. Kxf4 b5 63. Ke3 $1
b4 64. axb4 axb4 65. Kd4 $11) 62. f4 Be4 63. Bb5 Kg6 64. Be8+ Kh6 65. a4 Bb1
66. Ke2 Bc2 67. Ke3 Be4 68. Ke2 Kg7 69. Ke3 Kf8 70. Bd7 Ke7 71. Bb5 Kd6 72. Be8
Ke6 73. Ke2 Kf6 74. Ke3 Kg7 75. Ke2 Kh6 76. Ke3 Bb1 77. Ke2 Bc2 78. Ke3 Bb3 79.
Kd3 c2 80. Kd2 Kg7 81. Kc1 Kf6 82. Kd2 Kg7 83. Kc1 Kf6 84. Kd2 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 ({Still} 8... Ba6 {is more common, but nowadays the text move is
becoming more popular.}) 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 Bb4 (10... d5) (10... Ba6) ({or} 
10... g6 {are the lines usually played.}) 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. b3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5
14. Qh4 dxc4 15. Rc1 {The new variation.} ({Before} 15. Be2 {was the main line,
for example in 2000 Kasparov himself played this move against Timman} Nd5 16.
Bxc4 g5 17. Qd4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Nf4 19. Qxe6+ Nxe6 20. O-O-O Ke7 21. Rhe1 $14 {
with a very comfortable endgame. Later White managed to win, Kasparov-Timman,
Wijk aan Zee 2000.}) 15... Qg6 (15... O-O {was also tried. For example:} 16.
Be2 Nd5 17. Ba1 Nb4 18. bxc4 Rad8 19. O-O Nd3 20. Rc3 Nxe5 21. Re3 Ng6 22. Qg5
Qd7 23. h4 f6 24. Qa5 $36 {with a strong initiative, Radjabov-Karjakin, Dos
Hermanas 2005.}) 16. g3 $146 {The first novelty in the game. A logical one, as
White protects his g-pawn, the engine also suggest this one.} (16. Bb4 {
Karjakin played this line enthusiastically with Black, but one month ago he
himself played this move with White.} f6 17. Qh3 Qe4+ (17... Bc8 18. Qf3 (18.
Qg3 Nd5 19. Qxg6+ hxg6 20. Bd2 cxb3 21. axb3 Rb8 22. exf6 gxf6 23. Bc4 Be6 24.
O-O Kf7 25. Ra1 Rb7 26. Rfe1 Re8 27. h4 $44 {Wang Hao-Karjakin, Al Ain 2008})
18... Nd5 19. Rxc4 Qb1+ 20. Qd1 Qxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Ba6 22. Re4 $5 {was an
interesting move} (22. Rg4 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 {(Carlsen-Karjakin, Moscow blitz 2010)
} h5 24. Rc4 Nxb4 25. Rxb4 O-O-O+ 26. Kc2 fxe5 27. Ra4 Kb7 28. Rb4+ $11) 22...
f5 (22... Bxf1 23. exf6+ $14) 23. Rd4 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Kf7 25. Bd2 $14 {and White
is slightly better.}) 18. Be2 Kf7 19. Qe3 Qxe3 20. fxe3 Rhe8 21. exf6 Rxe3 22.
fxg7 Kxg7 23. Kf2 Rxe2+ $1 24. Kxe2 cxb3+ 25. Kf2 bxa2 26. Rxc6 Nd5 27. Bc3+
Nxc3 28. Rxc3 Bc8 29. Rxc7+ Kh8 30. Re1 Be6 $1 $44 {Karjakin-Kasimdzhanov, Zug
2013. Black has enough compensation.}) 16... O-O (16... c5 {was an interesting
alternative} 17. Be2 Bb7 18. O-O cxb3 19. axb3 O-O {Black is a P up, but White
has nice compensation thanks to his ^^ and the flexible P structure.}) 17. Be2
Rad8 18. O-O c5 19. Rfe1 $5 {A very deep move. White wants to push e6 at a
good moment.} (19. bxc4 {was also possible} Qe6 20. Bg4 Qg6 (20... Qxc4 $2 {
doesn't work, as} 21. e6 $1 $18 {and White wins.}) 21. f4 Rd3 22. e6 (22. f5 $2
{is a mistake, because} Qc6 {White hasn't got Bf3 and Black continues with Bb7.
}) 22... fxe6 23. Rfe1 Bxc4 24. Ba1 $44 {with a very interesting double-edged
fight. White has good compensation for two P.}) 19... Bb7 20. Bg4 ({In case of
} 20. bxc4 Na4 $1 21. Ba1 Rd2 $132 {with some counterplay.}) 20... Qc6 $6 {
Black removes his Q from the important K side. After this move, the Black K
will be weak and White can attack it more easily.} ({The natural} 20... Bd5 {
was the best. Black defends his c4 P and he prepares for Be6.}) 21. f3 Bc8 {
A logical move, but it doesn't prevent White's strong answer.} (21... h6 22. e6
$1 $36) 22. e6 $1 {A very strong P sacrifice. Caruana opens the long diagonal
for his B and he can create a very dangerous attack against the opposing K.}
fxe6 23. Qe7 (23. Qg5 {was also strong} e5 24. Rxe5 Qf6 25. Rxc5 Qxg5 26. Rxg5
g6 27. bxc4 Bxg4 28. fxg4 $16 {and White has a promising endgame.}) 23... e5
24. Bxe5 Qh6 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. f4 cxb3 27. axb3 Nd5 ({After} 27... c4 28. bxc4
Rf7 29. Qc5 {is also comfortable for White.}) 28. Qxc5 Qb6 29. Bd4 Qxc5 30.
Bxc5 Rfe8 {White has an indisputable advantage, but if Black exchanges a7 and
c7 P for b3, Black has some drawing chances.} 31. Bxa7 ({In the event of} 31.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Bxa7 Ra8 33. Bd4 (33. Ra1 {transposes to the game}) 33... Rb8
34. Rc5 c6 35. Rxc6 Rxb3 {+/=/= Black could exchange the Q side's P.}) 31...
Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Ra8 33. Ra1 $1 {A little bit strange, but a strong move.
Otherwise Black can exchange the P on the Q side.} (33. Bd4 Rb8 34. Rb1 Kf7 {
+/=/= and maybe Black can escape.}) 33... c5 ({After} 33... Nb6 34. Kf2 Kf7 (
34... Nc8 35. Bd4 Rb8 36. Rc1 $1 $16 {now the position changed, because the
Black N is very passive and White's pieces dominate the board.}) 35. Ra5 Nc8
36. Rf5+ {and White continues the torture.}) 34. Ra5 {Threatens Rxc5.} Nf6 35.
Kf1 c4 $6 {After this Black loses more quickly, but his position was already
bad.} (35... Kf7 36. Ke2 Nd7 37. Kd3 {also looks hopeless for Black.}) 36. b4 (
36. bxc4 $18 {was also winning.}) 36... Nd5 37. Rxd5 {Caruana simplifies to a
winning rook engame.} Rxa7 38. Ke2 Ra2+ 39. Rd2 Ra1 40. Rc2 Rh1 41. Ke3 {
A nice win by Caruana!} 1-0

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 e6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. a3 O-O 8. b3
b6 9. Bb2 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. h4 Nac7 12. Ne2 Bf6 13. Ng5 g6 14. Nf3 Bxb2 15.
Qxb2 f6 16. b4 e5 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Qc2 Ne6 19. O-O Rc8 20. Rab1 Qd7 21. d3
Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Qc6 23. Nd2 Rd7 24. Rdc1 Nb6 25. h5 Kg7 26. Rb3 Rcd8 27. Ng3 Qd5
28. Rc3 Qc6 29. Rb3 Qd5 30. Nf3 Rc7 31. Rc3 Qd7 32. Nh4 Qa4 33. Qa2 Ng5 34. e4
Qb5 35. Qe2 Na4 36. Rc4 Nb6 37. hxg6 hxg6 38. Nxg6 Nxc4 39. dxc4 Qe8 40. Nh4
Kh8 41. Rd1 Rxd1+ 42. Qxd1 Rd7 43. Qg4 Rh7 44. Nhf5 Ne6 45. Ne3 Nf4 46. Nd5 Qb8
47. Nf1 Nh3+ 48. gxh3 Rg7 49. Nfe3 Rxg4+ 50. hxg4 Qb1+ 51. Kg2 Qxe4+ 52. Kg3 a5
53. a4 Qd4 54. Kh4 f5 55. Nxf5 Qxc4 56. Nde7 Qe6 57. Kh5 c4 58. Ng6+ Kg8 59.
Nh6+ Kg7 60. Nf5+ Kf7 61. Nh6+ Ke8 62. Nf5 Qf6 0-1

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. Qe2 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. c3 Na5 15. g4
Bg6 16. Bc2 bxc3 17. bxc3 Nd5 18. Nb1 Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Nbd2 Qe7 21. Kg2
Bb6 22. Nc4 Qc5 23. Nce5 Qxc3 24. Rad1 Rfe8 25. Nxg6 hxg6 26. e5 Re7 27. h4
Rae8 28. h5 gxh5 29. Qe4 g6 30. gxh5 Qc6 31. hxg6 Qxg6+ 32. Qxg6+ fxg6 33. Rg1
Nc6 34. Bxg6 Rg7 35. Kf1 Re6 36. Bf5 Rxg1+ 37. Kxg1 Re7 38. Rd5 Kg7 39. Be4 a5
40. Kg2 Kh6 41. Rd1 Rg7+ 42. Kf1 Ne7 43. Ke2 Rg4 44. Rh1+ Kg7 45. Rh7+ Kf8 46.
e6 Rg7 47. Rh4 Ng8 48. Rxf4+ Ke7 49. Bf5 Nf6 50. Nh4 Nd5 51. Rf3 Kd6 52. Ng6
Bd4 53. Nf4 Nxf4+ 54. Rxf4 c5 55. Re4 Rb7 56. f4 Ke7 57. Kf3 Rb3+ 58. Kg4 Re3
59. Rxe3 Bxe3 60. Kf3 Bd2 61. Bd3 Kxe6 62. Bc4+ Kf6 63. Bd3 Ke6 64. Bc4+ Kf6
65. Bd3 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.06.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
h5 {The idea of preventing the main plan in the English Attack with h5 is
among the most solid defensive ideas for Black. The compromising of the
kingside pawn structure is amply compensated for by the slowing of the
opponent's plans.} 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 g6 12. Be2 {Quiet
development for White seems to be natural enough, but it may not be sufficient.
The only real alternative is an immediate attempt to hinder Black's plans with
the move 12.Na5!?} (12. Na5 $5 Qc7 13. Be2 (13. c4 Bg7 14. Be2 O-O (14... h4
15. O-O Nh5 16. Rfd1 Nf4 17. Bf1 b6 18. Nc6 Kf8 19. b4 Bf6 20. a4 h3 21. g3 Ng2
22. Bxg2 hxg2 23. Ra3 Kg7 24. a5 {1-0 Horvath,A-Papp,G/Balatonlelle 2004/ (33)}
) (14... e4 15. f4 Ng4 16. Bxg4 hxg4 17. O-O f5 18. Rab1 Nc5 19. b4 Nd3 20. c5
Qf7 21. Nc4 O-O 22. Nb6 Rad8 $15 {0-1 (33) Mamedov,N (2580)-Korobov,A (2670)
Moscow 2011}) 15. O-O b6 16. Nc6 Nb8 17. Nxb8 Raxb8 (17... Rfxb8 18. Rac1 Qd7
19. Bd3 Kh7 20. f4 e4 21. Be2 Qf5 22. h3 b5 {1/2-1/2 Jenni,F-Hort,V/Basel 2004/
(62)}) 18. Rac1 Nd7 19. Rfd1 a5 20. Bd3 f5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (25) Bonnet,
E-Guidarelli,L/Paris 2002/ (48)}) 13... Bg7 (13... Ng8 14. O-O (14. Qb4 Ne7 15.
O-O-O Rc8 16. c3 b5 17. Kb1 Nf5 18. Bc1 Bh6 19. Bxh6 Rxh6 20. c4 Nd4 21. Rhe1
Kf8 22. Nc6 Nxe2 23. Rxe2 bxc4 24. Qxc4 $14 {1-0 (44) Smeets,J (2628)-Asis
Gargatagli,H (2431) Barcelona 2011}) 14... Bh6 15. b4 Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 Ne7 17. c4
Nf5 18. Qf2 Nd4 19. Bd3 f5 20. f4 b6 {1/2-1/2 Apicella,M-Gerard,N/St Quentin
2001/ (27)}) (13... b6 14. Nb3 Bg7 15. a4 O-O 16. O-O Kh7 17. c3 Ng8 18. g4
Ndf6 19. g5 Nd7 20. f4 exf4 21. Rxf4 Ne7 22. Raf1 Kg8 23. c4 $11 {0-1 (62)
Bologan,V (2678)-Dominguez Perez,L (2719) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) 14. O-O-O Rc8
(14... Nb6 $5 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Qc3 (16. Nc4 Qc5 17. Kb1 Rc8 18. Rhe1 b5 $13)
16... O-O 17. Rhe1 Rac8 $13) 15. Kb1 O-O (15... Nb6 16. c4 O-O 17. Rhe1 $14)
16. Rc1 e4 (16... Rfe8 17. c4 Nc5 18. b4 Ncd7 19. g4 h4 $13) 17. f4 Nc5 18. Nb3
(18. b4 $2 b6 $1 19. Nb3 (19. Nc6 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Na4 21. c4 Qxc6 $17) 19... Nxb3
20. cxb3 (20. axb3 Nxd5 $1 $19) 20... Qb7 $15) 18... Na4 19. c3 (19. c4 $5 Ng4
20. Bxg4 hxg4 21. Nd4 $14) 19... Rfe8 (19... b5 $5 20. c4 Qd7 21. Bd4 Qf5 $13)
20. Rhf1 Nb6 21. c4 Ng4 22. f5 Nxe3 (22... Nxh2 23. Rh1 Ng4 24. Bxg4 hxg4 25.
Qf2 g3 (25... Nxc4 26. f6 $18) 26. Qf4 gxf5 27. Bd4 f6 28. Nd2 Re7 29. Qxg3 $16
) 23. Qxe3 Nd7 (23... a5 24. Nxa5 Na4 25. b4 Qe7 26. Qb3 Qe5 27. f6 Bxf6 28.
Rxf6 Qxf6 29. Qxa4 Qf2 30. Qd1 $14) 24. g4 $1 {1-0 (31) Anand,V (2782)-Kramnik,
V (2770) Dortmund 2004}) 12... Qc7 {Dominguez is preparing the great plan of
queenside counterplay with this natural queen move. Black has given up the
light-squared bishop, but his other pieces are doing a good job of controlling
vital squares.} (12... Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. Na5 Qc7 15. c4 Rfe8 16. Rac1 b6 17.
Nc6 a5 18. b3 Nb8 19. Nxb8 Qxb8 20. a3 Nd7 21. Rc2 f5 22. Rb1 Kh7 23. Qc1 Re7
24. Bg5 Bf6 $11 {1/2 (65) Bulmaga,I (2393)-Duda,J (2506) Legnica 2013}) 13. c4
a5 $5 {A new idea of advancing an queenside initaitive. Black is not afraid to
expose his pawn structure on the dark squares since White is not prepared any
better for the oncoming conflict.} (13... Bg7 14. O-O b6 15. Rac1 O-O 16. Na1 (
16. Qc2 Rfe8 17. Nd2 a5 18. Ne4 Nc5 19. b3 Nh7 20. Nc3 f5 21. a3 Nf6 22. h3 Kh7
23. Nb5 Qb8 24. b4 $16 {1/2 (34) Turutin,A (2321)-Tihonov,J (2470) Zvenigorod
2008}) 16... Kh7 17. Bd1 Qb7 18. Be2 b5 19. Nb3 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Rfb8 21. Rfd1 {
0-1 (45) Arenas Vanegas,D (2420)-Dominguez Perez,L (2716) Santiago de los
Caballeros 2011} Qb4 $11) (13... b6 14. O-O-O Bg7 15. Kb1 Nc5 16. Na1 O-O 17.
Nc2 Rfe8 18. h3 Rac8 19. Rc1 a5 20. g4 e4 21. f4 Nd3 22. Nd4 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 hxg4
24. hxg4 $11 {1-0 (35) Lopez Martinez,J (2506)-Guerra Mendez,J (2434) Montcada
2012}) 14. Rd1 (14. O-O a4 15. Nc1 Bg7 16. a3 e4 17. Na2 $11) 14... a4 15. Na1
Qa5 {The exchange of the queens will alter the dynamics of the position to a
significant degree. White will not be able to exploit Black's weaknesses with
the help of a direct attack and will have to resort to positional measures.} (
15... Bg7 16. Nc2 O-O 17. Na3 $14) 16. Qxa5 Rxa5 17. Nc2 Bh6 18. Bf2 {For
better or worse the dark-squared bishop is the valuable piece for White, so
Caruana is retreating to safety.} (18. Bxh6 Rxh6 19. Kf2 Ke7 $11) 18... Ke7 {
Keeping the king in the centre seems very logical since the d6-pawn is
vulnerable, but Black could have chosen castling with a similar effect on the
value of the position.} (18... O-O 19. Na3 Rc8 20. O-O e4 $1 21. Bd4 (21. Nb5
Rxb5 22. cxb5 Rc2 $15) 21... exf3 22. Bxf3 Bf4 $11) 19. g3 (19. O-O Rc8 20. Na3
$14) 19... Ne8 (19... e4 20. Bd4 exf3 21. Bxf3 Ne5 $11) 20. O-O f5 {The
kingside expansion is a way for Black to show some teeth in a balanced
position. He could have concentrated more on maintaining the equilibrium with
the modest idea of 20...h4!?} (20... h4 $5 21. Rfe1 Nc5 22. Na3 Nc7 $11) 21.
Rfe1 Nef6 22. Bf1 (22. Kg2 Rc8 23. Na3 Nc5 24. Nb5 $14) 22... Kf7 23. Na3 e4 {
It would take a lot of imagination to believe in any advantage for White. On
the other hand Black is not obliged to wait for his adversary's initiative and
can start some activity on his own accord.} 24. f4 (24. fxe4 Nxe4 25. Nb5 Ra6
26. Bd4 Bg7 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Bg2 Ndf6 $11) 24... g5 $5 {Dominguez must have
decided to play normal positions for the win; he is conciously avoiding the
still waters of more peaceful continuations.} (24... Ng4 25. Bd4 Bg7 26. Nb5
Bxd4+ 27. Rxd4 Ra6 28. h3 Ngf6 29. Be2 $11) 25. fxg5 (25. Be3 $6 gxf4 26. gxf4
Rg8+ 27. Bg2 h4 $15) 25... Bxg5 26. Bd4 Ne5 27. Be2 {White does not see the
need for any extreme measures. The position is balanced , but we are talking
about dynamic equality.} (27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. h4 Bh6 29. Bh3 Kg6 30. Nb5 Rd8 31.
d6 $11) 27... h4 28. Rf1 Kg6 29. Nb5 Rxb5 $1 {Black is demonstrating excellent
nerves, even though this positional sacrifice was carefully prepared by the
previous play.} (29... Ra6 $2 30. c5 $1 $16) 30. cxb5 hxg3 31. hxg3 Rc8 {
[%mdl 4096]} 32. Rf2 {Despite the nominal material advantage Caruana will have
to exercise some caution. All the black pieces are located actively and his
coordinaton is examplary.} (32. b3 axb3 33. axb3 Nfg4 34. Bxg4 Nxg4 35. Ra1 Bd2
$11) 32... Nfg4 33. Bxg4 (33. Rg2 $2 Be3+ 34. Kf1 Nf3 $19) 33... Nxg4 34. Re2
Rc4 35. a3 (35. b3 $2 axb3 36. axb3 Rb4 $17) 35... Bf6 $1 {Black hopes to
exchange the strong white bishop that is holding the position together.} 36.
Ba7 (36. Bxf6 Kxf6 37. Rdd2 Rc1+ 38. Kg2 Ke5 $15) 36... Be5 (36... Ne5 37. Rb1
Nd3 38. Rh2 $11) 37. Kg2 Nf6 38. Rdd2 (38. Be3 Nh5 39. g4 $1 (39. Rc1 Rxc1 40.
Bxc1 Nxg3 41. Rc2 f4 42. Rc4 Ne2 $1 43. Rxe4 Nxc1 $17) 39... fxg4 40. Rc1 Rxc1
41. Bxc1 Bf4 42. Be3 $11) 38... Rc8 (38... Nh5 39. Rc2 Rxc2 40. Rxc2 Nxg3 41.
Rc7 $11) 39. Bd4 (39. Rc2 Ra8 40. Bf2 Ra5 41. b6 Nxd5 42. Rc4 Rb5 43. Rxa4 Nxb6
44. Bxb6 Rxb6 45. b4 $11) 39... Re8 40. Re1 {It is highly probable, that White
could not have made up his mind about his goals at this stage of the game.
There were quite a few ways to keep the balance, but it is hard to point at
any idea that would promise White any plus.} (40. b6 Kg5 41. Rd1 Kg4 42. Rc2
Bxd4 43. Rxd4 Nh5 44. Rxa4 f4 45. gxf4 e3 46. f5+ Nf4+ 47. Kf1 Kxf5 48. Re2 $11
) 40... Kg5 41. Bxe5 (41. Be3+ Kg4 42. Rh1 Bxg3 43. Rh6 f4 44. Rxf6 fxe3 $11)
41... Rxe5 42. Rd4 f4 $5 {It would be difficult to overlook Black's consequent
drive towards initiative. Dominguez is definitely not happy about only keeping
the balance.} (42... Nxd5 43. Rxa4 Nb6 44. Ra7 Rxb5 45. b4 Nc4 46. Kf2 d5 $11)
43. gxf4+ Kxf4 44. Rxa4 (44. b6 $5 Nxd5 45. Rxa4 Nxb6 46. Rb4 Nd5 47. Rxb7 e3
48. Rg7 Ke4 $11) 44... Rxd5 45. Re2 (45. Rf1+ Ke5 46. b4 Rd3 47. Ra8 Nd5 $11)
45... Rxb5 46. b4 $6 {Caruana is still experiencing problems in evaluating the
position properly. His move demonstrates that he has grossly underestimated
the inherent dangers.} (46. Kf1 d5 47. Rf2+ Ke5 48. Rg2 $11) 46... Rg5+ 47. Kf1
(47. Kf2 Ng4+ 48. Ke1 e3 $17) 47... Ng4 48. Ke1 (48. Ra8 Ne3+ 49. Kf2 Rg2+ 50.
Ke1 Rg1+ 51. Kd2 Rd1+ 52. Kc3 Rd3+ 53. Kb2 Nc4+ 54. Kc1 d5 $17) 48... Ne3 49.
Rf2+ Ke5 50. Ra7 Rg7 51. a4 d5 $1 {Dominguez is now much closer to his lasting
dream of taking over the initiative. Black has no reservations about his
ambition to play for a win.} (51... Nd5 52. Ra5 e3 53. Rf5+ Kxf5 54. Rxd5+ $11)
52. a5 (52. Rh2 Rc7 53. Rf2 Nc2+ 54. Kd1 Nxb4 $17) 52... d4 53. a6 Rg1+ (53...
d3 54. Rxb7 (54. axb7 Rg1+ 55. Kd2 Kd4 $19) 54... Rg1+ 55. Kd2 Nd5 56. Re2 Ra1
$19) 54. Ke2 (54. Kd2 bxa6 55. Re7+ Kd5 56. Rd7+ Kc4 57. Re7 Nf1+ 58. Rxf1 Rxf1
59. Rxe4 Rf2+ $19) 54... bxa6 $6 {Unfortunately the final phase of the game
was not conducted in a perfect manner. Black must have been excited about his
promising chances and most likely lacked the time to calculate dangerous
attacking lines after 54...Nd5!} (54... Nd5 $1 55. Rf7 (55. axb7 d3+ 56. Kd2
Kd4 57. Rf3 e3+ 58. Rxe3 Nxe3 $19) 55... d3+ 56. Kf2 d2 57. axb7 d1=Q 58. b8=Q+
Kd4 $19) 55. Re7+ Kd5 56. Rd7+ $2 {White is also demonstrating very human
features, his nervous check decides the game.} (56. Rh2 $1 Rg2+ (56... Rg5 57.
Rc7 Kd6 58. Rc8 $15) 57. Rxg2 Nxg2 58. Kd1 Nf4 $17) 56... Kc4 57. Rc7+ Kb3 58.
Rh2 (58. Rd7 Nc2 59. Rh2 d3+ 60. Kf2 Rd1 $19) 58... Rg3 $1 {With his own king
in complete safety Black can switch his attention to the famous motif of the
perfect coordination of forces.} 59. Rd7 d3+ 60. Ke1 (60. Kf2 Rf3+ 61. Ke1 Rf1+
62. Kd2 Nc4#) (60. Kd2 Nf1+ 61. Ke1 Nxh2 $19) 60... Rf3 (60... Kc3 $5 61. Rc7+
Nc4 $19) 61. Rh1 Nc4 62. Rd4 {A symbolic way of resigning in the face of the
inevitable. White is unable to do anything against the coordinated advance of
the black pawns in the centre.} (62. Rd8 Kc3 63. Rh6 d2+ $19) (62. Rh4 Re3+ 63.
Kf2 Re2+ 64. Kg3 d2 $19) 62... Re3+ 63. Kf2 (63. Kd1 Nb2+ 64. Kc1 Re2 $19)
63... Re2+ 64. Kg3 Kc3 65. Rd8 d2 {A fascinating ending with a great
performance by Black. Confidence still plays a huge role in modern competitive
chess..} 0-1

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.06.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 {This is
not so popular as 7.c3 or 7.a4, but a logical positional move, White wants to
occupy the d5-square immediately.} d6 (7... O-O {is the other line.}) 8. Nd5
Na5 {A rare move. Black would like to remove the b3 B, but he allows White's
next move.} ({In the event of} 8... Rb8 9. c3 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Ne7 11. Bb3 O-O 12.
d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bb6 14. h3 h6 15. Re1 c5 16. Be3 Bb7 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. dxc5 Bxc5
19. Nh4 Qb6 20. Rc3 $14 {White was slightly better, Grischuk-Lenic, Porto
Carras 2011.}) 9. d4 $1 {An important principle. When your opponent's piece
goes to the edge of the board, you should attack in the centre!} Nxb3 (9...
exd4 $5 {was the alternative} 10. Bg5 c6 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Bh4 Rg8 13. Nxd4
Bxd4 14. Qxd4 c5 {followed by c4. This is the point, why Black doesn't take on
b3.}) 10. axb3 Nxd5 $146 {The new move in the game.} (10... exd4 $6 {was
dubious, as} 11. Bg5 c6 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Bh4 Rg8 {(Satyapragyan-Deshmukh,
Tirupati 2012)} 14. Nxd4 Rg4 15. Bg3 Rxe4 16. Nxb5 $1 {and Black's position is
hopeless, for example:} cxb5 17. Qd5 $18) 11. exd5 exd4 12. Re1+ Kf8 13. Nxd4 {
White has gained some space. His position looks comfortable, because the black
K didn't castle, that's why it is not so easy to finish the development for
Black.} Bd7 {Otherwise Nc6.} 14. Be3 Qf6 15. Qd2 h5 {A logical move. Black
wants to find some counterplay with h4-h3, and sometimes he can bring his R
from h5.} 16. b4 Bb6 17. Ra3 ({The engine suggests} 17. Nf3 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 {
, but I like Topalov's move too.}) 17... h4 18. Ne6+ $1 {A very pretty
tactical move, but still Black's position doesn't collapse.} Kg8 $1 {This is
forced.} (18... fxe6 $6 {is bad, as} 19. Bxb6 {followed by Rf3.}) 19. Bxb6 cxb6
20. Ng5 (20. Rf3 $5 {was an interesting alternative} Qh6 (20... Qg6 21. Nf4)
21. Ng5 {is also dangerous for Black!}) 20... Rc8 $6 {A dubious move, but
Caruana wants to activate his R.} (20... Qxb2 $6 21. Rc3 $36 {and White is
very active.}) ({Maybe} 20... Rh5 {was the best} 21. f4 Qxb2 22. Rc3 Rf8 23.
Rc7 Bf5 {and it is also difficult to continue with White.}) 21. Rf3 $6 (21.
Rxa6 $1 {The computer is very happy and immediately takes the material. By
human measures, in a practical game it is too risky, probably that's why
Topalov didn't take it.} Rh5 22. f4 Qxb2 23. Ra7 $1 Bf5 24. Rc7 $1 $18 {
and Black's back rank is weak.}) 21... Qg6 22. Rd3 {A good solid move.} (22.
Rxf7 $2 {doesn't work, as} Rh5 $1 23. Rxd7 Rxg5 {and suddenly Black becomes
very active.}) ({or} 22. Nxf7 $6 {is also weak, because of} Rh5 $1 {the f7 N
is in a trouble and the c2 P is also hanging.}) 22... Rh5 23. f4 f6 24. Ne4 Rc7
25. Nxd6 $6 {A very dangerous move. After this, the N can't come back.} ({
The solid} 25. c3 {was easier, for example:} Bf5 26. Rde3 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Qf5 28.
Qe3 $14 {and Black's position has some weaknesses.}) 25... f5 $1 {Black
deprives the N of the e4-square.} 26. Qe2 (26. Ne8 $5 {is a typical engine line
} Bxe8 27. Re6 Qf7 28. Rde3 Bd7 29. Re7 Qf6 30. d6 Ra7 31. Qd5+ Kh7 32. Rf7
Qxb2 33. Qe5 Qxe5 34. fxe5 Kg6 35. e6 Rh8 {and finally Black should level the
endgame.}) 26... Rh6 27. Ne8 Rc8 28. Re3 Kf8 29. Nxg7 $6 (29. c3 {was
interesting} Rxe8 30. Re7 $44 {with some compensations.}) 29... Qxg7 30. c3 Qg4
31. Qd2 Rh7 32. Qd4 Rg7 $15 {Caruana protects his position, Black is already
slightly better.} 33. R1e2 Qg6 34. b3 a5 35. bxa5 bxa5 36. h3 a4 37. Qb4+ Kg8
38. bxa4 bxa4 39. c4 Qf6 40. c5 Qf8 41. d6 (41. Rc2 $142 {was more precise,
but White's position was already difficult.}) 41... Rb8 42. Qd4 Bc6 43. Re7 a3
44. Qc4+ Kh8 45. Qc3 Ra8 $6 (45... Kh7 {was the correct move} 46. Qxa3 Be4 $1
$19 {and Black should be winning.}) 46. Qa1 $6 (46. d7 $1 {was the only chance}
Be4 (46... a2 47. Qa1 {transposes to the game.}) 47. R7xe4 $1 fxe4 48. Qe5 $1 {
Black can't avoid the perpetual check.}) 46... Be4 $1 47. Qe5 Bc6 $2 (47... a2
$19 {was an easy win.}) 48. Qa1 $6 {Another inaccuracy.} (48. Kh2 $1 {is the
exact} a2 49. Qa1 {with transposes to the game.}) 48... a2 $2 (48... Be4 $1 {
Black should return to the game.}) 49. Kh2 (49. d7 $1 Be4 50. Rxg7 Qxg7 51.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 52. Rxa2 Rd8 53. Ra7 Kf7 54. Rc7 Ke7 55. c6 $11 {with a drawish
endgame.}) 49... Be4 50. Rc7 Qg8 51. Re7 $2 (51. Rd2 $1 {was a very difficult
computer move.} Kh7 52. Qf6 $1 Rxc7 53. Qxh4+ Kg7 54. dxc7 a1=Q 55. Qg5+ Kh7
56. Qh4+ {with a nice perpetual check.}) 51... Kh7 52. Qf6 Rxe7 53. Qxh4+ Kg7
54. Qxe7+ Kh8 $2 {Another mistake.} (54... Qf7 {was the only winning move:} 55.
Qg5+ Qg6 56. Qe7+ Kg8 $19 {and Black wins.}) 55. Rxe4 $2 (55. Rxa2 $1 {have
been saved the game} Rxa2 (55... Qxa2 56. Qf6+ Kg8 57. Qg5+ $11) 56. Qh4+ Kg7
57. Qg5+ $11) 55... a1=Q $19 56. Re5 Qb2 57. Re2 Qbg7 58. Qh4+ Q8h7 59. Qe1
Qhg6 60. d7 Qxd7 {This was a fantastic huge, struggle!} 0-1

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.06.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 {The most common move. Nowadays 9...d5 is becoming more popular
than ever, but Kamsky preferred a solid line.} 10. a3 Qd7 ({Other main lines
are} 10... Na5) ({and} 10... Nb8) 11. Nbd2 ({The main line is by far} 11. Nc3 {
, but the text move also has a huge amount of theory.} Rfe8 12. Ne2 Nd8 13. Ng3
{White's N chose another way, but it transposes to the game.}) 11... Rfe8 ({
Other options are} 11... Nd8) ({or} 11... Rae8) 12. Nf1 Nd8 13. Ng3 g6 $146 {
The first novelty in the game. It's funny, but there are two novelties in this
game.} (13... Ne6 {is the main line, with some top games. For example:} 14. Ng5
c5 (14... Nxg5 15. Bxg5 h6 16. Bd2 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Bc3 Bc5
20. Ne4 {1/2 Anand-Leko, Monaco (blindfold) 2005}) 15. Nxe6 (15. Bxe6 fxe6 16.
Nf3 Rf8 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. Bd2 Qe8 19. b3 Nh5 20. Nxh5 Qxh5 21. Nh2 Qxe2 22. Rxe2
Bc6 $11 {Anand-Aronian, Mainz rapid 2007}) 15... fxe6 16. c3 Bd8 17. a4 Bb6 18.
Be3 Kh8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Nh5 Bd8 22. Nxf6 Bxf6 23. Qg4 Bc8 24.
Rd1 Qe7 $11 {With an equal position, Leko-Aronian, Nice (blindfold) 2008.}) 14.
Bh6 Ne6 {Now we are back in the line with 11.Nc3 Nd8 12.Ne2 Ne6 13.Ng3 g6 14.
Bh6 Rfe8.} 15. Qd2 $146 {The second novelty.} ({Before only} 15. Ng5 {was
played} Bf8 $1 (15... Nxg5 {Shirov} 16. Bxg5 $16) 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. Bxe6 {
Shirov} (17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qd2 (18. d4 exd4 19. Qxd4 (19. e5 $6 {Too
optimistic.} dxe5 20. Rxe5 Rae8 21. a4 Qd6 22. Qe2 Nd5 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 $17 {
and Black is better, Stefansson-Chudinovskih, Plovdiv 2008.}) 19... c5 20. Qe3
c4 {Black looks nicely placed.}) 18... c5 19. f4 (19. c3 $5) 19... exf4 20.
Qxf4 d5 $1 $132 {with a double-edged fight, Gelfand-Shirov, Rethymnon 2003.})
17... fxe6 18. c3 $14) 15... c5 16. Ba2 $1 {A very logical prophylactic move.
The B has found a safe place, preparing for the next move.} Rac8 17. c4 {
A strange move, but Caruana wanted to avoid ...c4. On the other hand, it is
not so easy to find a logical plan with White.} Kh8 {Kamsky prepares for Ng8.}
18. Ng5 Nxg5 19. Bxg5 Ng8 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. b4 $1 {A good move, White wants to
open the position, because now he has the "bad" B.} f5 {Kamsky is also very
ambitious, he immediately tries to take the initiative. Now Black threatens f4.
} 22. cxb5 ({Immediately} 22. f4 {is similar to the game.}) 22... axb5 23. f4
$5 {A very interesting tactical move.} ({The engine suggests} 23. Rac1 {
, but in a practical game, the players don't want to allow} f4 {. For example:}
24. Nf1 Nf6 {and Black has an acceptable position.}) 23... cxb4 ({In the event
of} 23... exf4 24. Qxf4 fxe4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. Qxe4 {and White
looks nicely placed, as his pieces are more active and also in such positions
the B is stronger than the N.}) 24. axb4 Rf8 {A cold-blooded move, Black
ignores the hanging centre P...} (24... fxe4 {helps only White, because} 25.
Nxe4 $36) ({or} 24... exf4 25. Qxf4 $36 {and White has some initiative.}) 25.
Rf1 {but White too...} Rg7 26. Rae1 {Both players have played the logical
moves, but now Black has to find an acceptable answer.} h5 $6 {Too dangerous.}
(26... Qd8 {was an interesting move} 27. Rf2 Qh4 {and Black activates his Q on
the K side. The position is very unclear.}) 27. Rf2 $1 {A good move, White
frees the f1-square for his N.} h4 28. Nf1 {Still Black is very optimistic. On
the other hand, he needs to play aggressively, because the h4 P is a big
weakness on his K side.} exf4 29. Rxf4 g5 {It's forced.} 30. Rxf5 Rxf5 31. exf5
Qxf5 32. Re8 ({The computer suggests} 32. Ne3 {, but I like the text move too.}
Qf4 33. Qc3 Nf6 34. Be6 $16 {Followed by Nf5.}) 32... Bd5 33. Bxd5 Qxd5 34. Ne3
Qd4 35. Qd1 $1 Kh7 $2 {Loses immediately, probably a move made in time trouble.
} (35... Qf6 {was the only defence} 36. Ng4 Qd4+ 37. Nf2 Qf4 {and maybe Black
can hope for survival.}) 36. Qh5+ Nh6 37. Re6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Nc6 8. Bg2
Nd7 9. Be3 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. e5 d5 14. f4 b4 15.
Na4 Bb7 16. b3 Bc6 17. Nb2 a5 18. f5 a4 19. Nd3 axb3 20. cxb3 Bb5 21. Kb1 Qa5
22. Rhf1 Nc5 23. Bxc5 Bxc5 24. Rf4 Rfc8 25. g5 Be3 26. Rf3 Bxd3+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. e5 Nd5 11. O-O Nd7 12. a4 a6 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Ne1 Be7 15. f4
gxf4 16. Bxf4 Qb6 17. a5 Qc6 18. Bg3 Rh7 19. Qc2 Rg7 20. Bh5 O-O-O 21. Rxf7
Rdg8 22. Nf3 Rxf7 23. Bxf7 Rg7 24. Bh5 Qc7 25. Bf4 Bg5 26. Nxg5 hxg5 27. Be3
Qd8 28. Bg4 Qe7 29. Rf1 b4 30. Qa4 b3 31. Bd2 Rf7 32. Qb4 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Qf7+
34. Ke1 Qg6 35. Kf2 Qe4 36. Bxe6 Qxd4+ 37. Kf1 Qd3+ 38. Kf2 Qd4+ 39. Kf1 Bc6
40. Qd6 Qd3+ 41. Ke1 Qe4+ 42. Kf2 d4 43. Bxc4 Qxg2+ 44. Ke1 Qh1+ 45. Ke2 Qxh2+
46. Kd3 Nxe5+ 47. Kxd4 Nf3+ 48. Kc5 Qxd6+ 49. Kxd6 Nxd2 50. Bxa6+ Bb7 51. Be2
Ne4+ 52. Ke5 Nc5 53. Kf6 Ba6 54. Bg4+ Kc7 55. Kxg5 Bc4 56. Kf4 Nd3+ 57. Ke3
Nxb2 58. Kd2 Na4 59. Bf5 Kb7 60. Bd7 b2 61. Bf5 Ba2 62. Bc2 Ka6 63. Ke3 Kxa5
64. Kd4 Kb4 65. Kd3 Nc3 66. Kd2 Nb1+ 67. Kd3 Na3 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3
e6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Nd7 13. Ng2 O-O 14. f4 h6 15. Nf3
Bh7 16. f5 Nde5 17. Nf4 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Bh4 19. Rd1 b5 20. Qe2 Qe7 21. Bg2 Rac8
22. Be3 b4 23. d4 bxc3 24. bxc3 a5 25. Rab1 cxd4 26. cxd4 Rb8 27. Rbc1 Rfc8 28.
d5 exd5 29. Nxd5 Qd8 30. Qa6 Ne5 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. g5 Ra8 33. Ne7+ Kh8 34. Qxd6
Qxd6 35. Rxd6 Bxg5 36. Bxg5 hxg5 37. Nc6 Nxc6 38. Rxc6 f6 39. a3 Bg8 40. Rc5
Ra7 41. Kf2 a4 42. Bf3 Bf7 43. e5 fxe5 44. Rxe5 Rc7 45. Re3 Kh7 46. Kg3 Kh6 47.
Rd3 Bb3 48. Rd6+ Kh7 49. Bh5 Rc3+ 50. Kg4 Rc8 51. Kxg5 Bg8 52. Bg6+ Kh8 53. h4
Ra8 54. h5 Bb3 55. h6 gxh6+ 56. Kxh6 Kg8 57. Rd7 Rc8 58. f6 Kf8 59. Ra7 Rd8 60.
Rh7 Rd1 61. Ra7 Rd8 62. Bh5 Rc8 63. Rh7 Bg8 64. Rh8 Rc6 65. Kg6 Rc1 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Qc2 b4 5. e4 d6 6. f4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bd3 Bg4
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. O-O a5 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Nfd7 13. Bd2 a4 14. Rae1 e6 15. Qc1
exd5 16. cxd5 Nb6 17. e5 Ra7 18. e6 Nxd5 19. exf7+ Kh8 20. Ng5 Qf6 21. Kh1 Nd7
22. f5 Qxb2 23. Qd1 Ne5 24. fxg6 Nxd3 25. Nxh7 Nxe1 26. Qh5 Qxd2 27. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2864"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 e5 5. O-O d6 6. d3 Be7 7. Bg5 O-O 8. Bxf6
Bxf6 9. Nd5 Be6 10. Bc4 g6 11. c3 Bg7 12. a3 Kh8 13. b4 f5 14. Rb1 b6 15. Ne3
Bd7 16. Bd5 Rc8 17. Qb3 f4 18. Nc4 Qe7 19. Nfd2 g5 20. f3 g4 21. fxg4 Bxg4 22.
Nf3 Bf6 23. Rb2 Nd8 24. a4 Ne6 25. a5 b5 26. Ncd2 a6 27. h3 Bxf3 28. Nxf3 Ng5
29. c4 Nxf3+ 30. Rxf3 cxb4 31. Qxb4 Rc5 32. Qa3 Bh4 33. Rb1 Qc7 34. cxb5 Rc2
35. bxa6 Rf6 36. Qb4 Qg7 37. Qb8+ Rf8 38. Qxf8+ Qxf8 39. a7 Rc8 40. d4 Qg7 41.
Rb7 Rc1+ 42. Rf1 Bf2+ 43. Kxf2 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 d6 3. e3 e5 4. Bb2 f5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. O-O Nf6 8.
c4 Be7 9. d4 cxd4 10. exd4 e4 11. Ng5 d5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Nh3 Nc6 14. Nf4 dxc4
15. d5 Ne5 16. Ne6 Rfc8 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Bxe5 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20. Rad1 Rc6
21. Nxg7 Nb6 22. Nf5 Bc5 23. Bd4 Bb4 24. Bxb6 axb6 25. Rd4 Rxa2 26. bxc4 Re6
27. Ng3 e3 28. Rd8+ Kf7 29. fxe3+ Ke7 30. Rb8 Bc5 31. Rxb7+ Kd6 32. Nf5+ Kc6
33. Rxh7 Rc2 34. Rh4 Rg6 35. g3 Kb7 36. Rf2 Rc3 37. Re4 Rc6 38. h4 Bb4 39. Rff4
Rc2 40. h5 Rc7 41. h6 Be1 42. Rh4 Rd7 43. Rd4 Rh7 44. Rdg4 Bc3 45. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8.
Nbd2 Nd7 9. Nc4 f6 10. Nh4 Nf8 11. Be3 Bb6 12. a4 Be6 13. a5 Bd4 14. Bxd4 Qxd4
15. b3 Ng6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Qe2 Bxc4 18. bxc4 g5 19. Rfb1 b5 20. cxb5 cxb5 21.
Qe3 a6 22. Ra3 c5 23. c3 Qxe3 24. fxe3 Rad8 25. Rd1 c4 26. Kf2 cxd3 27. Ke1 f5
28. exf5 e4 29. Kd2 Rf8 30. g4 g6 31. Rf1 gxf5 32. gxf5 Rd5 33. Rb3 Rdxf5 34.
Rxf5 Rxf5 35. Rb4 Rf2+ 36. Kd1 Rf3 37. Rxe4 Rxh3 38. Kd2 Rh2+ 39. Kxd3 Ra2 40.
Rg4 Rxa5 41. Rxg5+ Kf7 42. e4 Ra3 43. Rc5 b4 44. Kc2 Rxc3+ 45. Rxc3 bxc3 46.
Kxc3 Ke6 47. Kb4 Ke5 48. Ka5 Kxe4 49. Kxa6 Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Qd3 h6 5. Bh4 e6 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Be7 8.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Qe3 c5 12. O-O-O cxd4 13. Rxd4 Nb6 14.
c4 Bd7 15. Ne5 Rad8 16. Be2 Ba4 17. Rf4 Qe7 18. Rg4 Kh8 19. h4 Nd7 20. Rh3 Nxe5
21. Qxe5 f6 22. Qa5 Bc6 23. Rhg3 Rf7 24. Qxa7 e5 25. Rd3 Rxd3 26. Bxd3 f5 27.
Rg6 e4 28. Bc2 Qc7 29. Qd4 Kh7 30. Rd6 Qa5 31. a3 Qe1+ 32. Bd1 f4 33. h5 Re7
34. Qd2 Qxd2+ 35. Kxd2 Re5 36. Bc2 Kg8 37. b4 e3+ 38. fxe3 fxe3+ 39. Ke2 Bxg2
40. Bg6 Kf8 41. Rd8+ Ke7 42. Re8+ Kf6 43. Rxe5 Kxe5 44. Kxe3 b6 45. a4 Bc6 46.
a5 bxa5 47. bxa5 Bb7 48. c5 Bc8 49. Be4 Ba6 50. Bd3 Bc8 51. a6 Kd5 52. a7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. f3
d5 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. e5 Nd7 12. f4 Bb4 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15.
Qd4 Rb8 16. a3 Bxc3+ 17. Qxc3 Qh4+ 18. Bf2 Qxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Ne4+ 20. Ke3 Nxc3 21.
bxc3 Kd7 22. Rab1 Rb6 23. Rb4 c5 24. Ra4 a6 25. f5 h5 26. h4 c4 27. g5 exf5 28.
Kd4 Ke6 29. Rb4 Rhb8 30. Rhb1 Rxb4 31. axb4 Rb6 32. Ra1 g6 33. Ra5 f4 34. Rxd5
f3 35. Ke4 f2 36. Rd1 Rb5 37. Rd6+ Ke7 38. Rf6 a5 39. bxa5 Rxa5 40. Rxf2 Ra1
41. Kd4 Rg1 42. Rf4 Rg4 43. Ke3 Ke6 44. Rf6+ Kxe5 45. Rxf7 Rxh4 46. Rf6 Rh3+
47. Kd2 Rh2+ 48. Kd1 Rg2 49. Rxg6 Kf5 50. Rc6 h4 51. Ke1 h3 52. Kf1 Rxc2 53.
Rxc4 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 f6 12. c3 {Not exactly a new move, but not
one which I had spent much time analysing. The main focus of attention in this
position has been 12.c4.} Kh8 {I spent a long time deciding between this move
and the principled 12...Na5. As usual, I probably maid the wrong choice.} 13.
Bc2 {This move may look passive, but it has a purpose: White is planning Nb3
and d4, when he can recapture on d4 with a piece.} ({During the game I was
most worried about} 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4) 13... Qd7 ({I spent some time trying
to make} 13... f5 {work, but I couldn't find sufficient compensation after} 14.
Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Bd6 16. Re1 {, and next Nf3 covers everything.}) ({I was
also considering} 13... b4 14. c4 Nf4 15. Nb3 Ne6 16. d4 Ncxd4 17. Nfxd4 Nxd4
18. Nxd4 exd4 {, and felt it was very dangerous for Black, but in fact it
isn't easy for White to prove any advantage.}) 14. Nb3 a5 {Taking measures
against d4.} 15. a4 ({After} 15. d4 a4 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Rfd8 18. Qd3 g6 {
, Black has total control over the white squares.}) 15... bxa4 16. Rxa4 Ncb4 {
At this point I'm already committed to a pawn sacrifice. For the pawn I
eliminate White's bishop, and I was happy my king would finally feel secure.} (
{I can't afford to allow White's rook to h4:} 16... Nb6 17. Rh4 $1 f5 {, and
here I stopped calculating when I saw Ng5 with what seemed to be a tremendous
attack. Instead, the machine suggests} 18. d4 $5 {a move which, to put it
mildly, I find shocking. Since I don't understand much in this position, I'll
trust Houdini and say White has an advantage.}) 17. Rxa5 Nxc2 18. Qxc2 Nb6 {
Too hesitant.} ({I should have played the energetic} 18... g5 {, when the
position is completely unclear and Black has full compensation for the pawn.})
19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Nbd2 g5 {A little bit late, but it's still okay.} (20... c5
21. Ne4 Nd5 {was also a perfectly viable option. Black keeps reasonable
compensation.}) 21. Nh2 {In hindsight this looks like a mistake, but during
the game it was the move I expected.} (21. d4 g4 22. hxg4 Qxg4 {It seems risky
for White to allow this, and I felt like I would have a strong attack here,
but White has more than sufficient defensive resources. A possible variation is
} 23. Ne4 Rg8 24. Ng3 h5 25. Nxe5 fxe5 26. Rxe5 Bg5 27. Bxg5 Rxg5 {, and White
has a perpetual with} 28. Re8+ Rg8 29. Re5 {, but nothing more.}) 21... Rd8 22.
d4 exd4 ({I spent a lot of time on} 22... Qc6 {, but wasn't satisfied with} 23.
Qe4 (23. Ndf3 Rxd4 $1 {exploiting 2 pins, is the point behind Qc6.}) 23... Qxe4
24. Nxe4 exd4 25. Ng4 {, when I even felt I would be worse, which is of course
not the case, but Black also won't be better.}) 23. cxd4 Bb4 24. Re2 ({I was
mostly concerned about} 24. Ng4 {, when I planned the simple} Nd5 {The machine
is very optimistic for Black, but during the game I had no ambitions beyond
equality.}) 24... Qxd4 25. Ndf1 $2 {This is the first very serious mistake
Vishy made, and after it he is on the verge of losing.} ({Although it looks
risky, White should bite the bullet with} 25. Qxc7 {, when he will probably
survive. For example,} Qd5 26. Nhf3 Na8 27. Qc2 Rc8 28. Qd1 {is a variation I
gave in the press conference after the game, and White has gotten over the
worst of it.}) 25... Qc5 26. Qxc5 Bxc5 {This endgame is extremely unpleasant
for White. Black's advantage is enduring and there is no way for the defender
to release the tension.} 27. Rc2 Bd6 28. Ng4 Kg7 29. Bd2 Kg6 {I can calmly
start advancing on the kingside.} 30. Nge3 f5 31. Nc4 {Trades don't ease
White's defensive task. The bishop pair is a tremendous force even in
simplified positions.} Nxc4 32. Rxc4 Ra8 33. Rc1 f4 34. Bc3 h5 35. Nd2 Bd5 36.
f3 $2 {After this I encroach even more on White's territory.} Bc5+ 37. Kf1 Be3
{Now the situation has become really critical for White. Only with extremely
accurate play can he attempt to hold the balance. His next move, however, was
a blunder which loses immediately.} 38. Ke2 $2 Bc4+ {Now it's all over.} 39.
Ke1 (39. Kd1 Bf1 {picks up all White's kingside pawns. The tactical point is}
40. Nxf1 Bxc1 41. Kxc1 Ra1+) 39... Re8 40. Kd1 ({During the game I started to
get worried by the clever} 40. Be5 $5 {, which would have been a great last
chance. After} Bb5 41. Bxc7 {, I would have to find the study-like} Re7 $3 {
, and the bishop on c7 is trapped!} ({Instead, something like} 41... Bb6+ $2
42. Ne4 {gives Black nothing}) 42. Bd8 (42. Kd1 Ba4+ 43. b3 Bxb3+ 44. Nxb3 Bxc1
{wins.}) 42... Rd7 43. Ba5 Bxd2+ 44. Bxd2 Re7+ {and White is completely
dominated.}) 40... Bxd2 41. Kxd2 Re2+ {Mopping up White's kingside.} 42. Kd1
Rxg2 43. Bd4 Be2+ 44. Ke1 Bxf3 45. Rxc7 Re2+ 46. Kf1 Rh2 47. Rg7+ Kf5 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {This game follows one of the most complex positions in the Sicilian
that has been extensively analysed. The author of this annotations spend a
huge amount of time on it especially while writing a book where one of the
subjects was this line.} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8
14. f4 {So far we are just following the usual path.} a5 15. f5 a4 16. fxe6 {
Not the only move and surely not the main line. Probably the critical move is
16.Nbd4 with immense complications; it has been tested many times.} axb3 17.
cxb3 fxe6 18. Bh3 Rxa2 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20. Ng3 Nc7 21. Bc4 Qa8 22. Rhf1 Rxf1 23.
Rxf1 Ra1+ 24. Kc2 Rxf1 25. Bxf1 d5 {So far this is all theoretical..} 26. h4 $6
$146 {Finally we see what White wanted. This is a new idea but compared to
alternatives doesn't look good.} (26. exd5 {A bit dry} Nxd5 27. h4 Nc5 (27...
Nxe3+ 28. Qxe3 Qd5 29. Bc4 Qg2+ 30. Kb1 g6 (30... Bc5 31. Qd3 Bd4 32. Ne2 Nc5
33. Qf5 Qe4+ 34. Qxe4 Nxe4 35. Nxd4 exd4 36. Kc2 Nc5 37. h5 $1 {A nice endgame
position, Black is very difficult, his king is cut off from play.}) 31. Ne4 Qg4
32. Ka2 $14 {1/2-1/2 (52) Hoeven,D (2635)-Avotins,M (2459) ICCF 2006. White
looks a tidy bit better although Black's chances to hold are much bigger then
the white chances to win as proved in some games like this one.}) 28. Bf2 Ne6
29. Bc4 Ndf4 {1/2-1/2 (29) Schulz,G (2423)-Bos,H (2435) ICCF 2009. This looks
ok to me.}) (26. Qf2 $5 {This looks like an interesting try} Qc6+ (26... d4 27.
Bd2 $1 {I give an exclamation mark only to emphasise the difference with the
main game; here the bishop is active and the queen on the f-file as well} Qe8
28. Bc4 g6 29. Qf7 Qxf7 30. Bxf7 Kg7 31. Bc4 $14 {[%cal Gg3h1,Gh1f2,Gf2d3]})
27. Kb1 d4 28. Bd2 g6 29. h4 Nb6 30. Qe1 Qd6 31. Nh1 $1 {[%cal Gh1f2,Gf2d3]}
Ne6 32. Nf2 Nf4 33. Ng4 {1-0 (65) Müller,G (2568)-Soberano,J (2583) ICCF 2010.
To me this looks like slight pressure for White although due to the passed
pawn Black's chances can't be dismissed.}) 26... d4 $1 {If we compare this
position with the above mentioned 26.Qf2 the differences are hugely in favour
of 26.Qf2.} 27. Bg1 {The bishop on g1 is somehow "locked in"} Ne6 28. Qe2 $2 {
A further mistake.} (28. Kb1 $1 Ndc5 29. Qxb4 Bd6 30. Qc4 Nf4 31. Qf7 $1 Nxe4
32. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 33. Ka2 Qa8+ 34. Kb1 Qg8 $1 {trying to play for win} 35. Qb7 {
A position like this was White's best chance and it looks more or less like
equal chances.}) 28... Ndc5 $1 $17 29. Qc4 Nf4 $6 {Inaccurate, but still Black
keeps the better game.} (29... h6 $1 30. gxh6 Bxh4 31. hxg7+ Kxg7 32. Nf5+ Kf6
$1 $19 {Due to the pressure on e4 and better coordination of his pieces Black
is winning.}) 30. Qf7 Qf8 31. Qc4 $6 (31. Qxf8+ {The only chance} Bxf8 32. Bh2
g6 $15 {The endgame is better for Black.}) 31... g6 32. Bf2 $2 Ne2 $19 {
Now Black wins.} 33. Nh1 d3+ 34. Kd1 Qf3 35. Bxc5 Qxf1+ 36. Kd2 Nf4 37. Ng3
Qg2+ 38. Kc1 Qxg3 39. Kb1 Ne2 40. Qf7 Qe1+ 41. Ka2 Nc3+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2864"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 cxd5 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. d4 Be7 10. e3 O-O 11. b3 Qa5 12. Bb2 Ba3 13. Qc1 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 Rfc8
15. Rac1 Ne7 16. Na4 Nd7 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. b4 Rb5 20. a3 Qd8 21.
e4 a5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Rc5 Qb6 24. Rxb5 Qxb5 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Rc1 Re8 27. Qd4
axb4 28. axb4 h6 29. Kg2 b6 30. Rd1 Re4 31. Qxd5 Qxd5 32. Rxd5 Rxb4 33. h4 Kf8
34. Rd7 Re4 35. Rb7 Re6 36. g4 g5 37. f4 gxf4 38. Kf3 Rf6 39. g5 Rc6 40. Kxf4
h5 41. Kf5 Kg7 42. Rb8 Rc5+ 43. Kf4 Rb5 44. Ke4 Rb1 45. Kf5 Rb2 46. Kf4 Rb4+
47. Ke5 Kg6 48. Rg8+ Kh7 49. Rf8 Rxh4 {Caruana's cut off This is an important
technique in rook endings:} 50. Rxf7+ $2 {This capture is too greedy.} (50. Rb8
$1 {saves the day, e.g.} b5 (50... Rb4 51. Kf6 $1 {(Golubev)} h4 52. Rb7 Rf4+
53. Ke5 Rf1 54. Rxb6 $11) 51. Rxb5 Kg6 52. Rb8 Kxg5 53. Rg8+ $1 {(Golubev in
Chess Today 4603)} Kh6 54. Kf5 Ra4 55. Rh8+ Kg7 56. Rb8 h4 57. Rb3 Kh6 58. Rb6+
Kh5 59. Rb8 Ra5+ 60. Kf4 Ra6 61. Rb5+ Kg6 62. Kg4 Ra4+ 63. Kh3 $11) 50... Kg6
51. Rf6+ (51. Rf8 {is also insufficient, e.g.} Kxg5 52. Rg8+ Kh6 53. Rb8 Rc4
54. Kf6 Rc6+ 55. Kf5 Rd6 56. Ke5 (56. Rh8+ Kg7 57. Rxh5 $6 Rd5+ 58. Kg4 Rxh5
59. Kxh5 b5 $19) 56... Rg6 57. Kf5 Rc6 58. Rg8 Rd6 59. Rb8 Kg7 60. Rb7+ Kf8 61.
Kg5 Ke8 62. Kxh5 Kd8 63. Kg5 Kc8 64. Rh7 Rd7 $19) 51... Kxg5 52. Rxb6 (52. Rf5+
{is met by} Kg4 53. Ke4 Rh3 54. Rb5 Rh1 $1 {(Heimers)} 55. Rxb6 Re1+ 56. Kd3 h4
57. Kd2 Re5 58. Rg6+ Kh5 59. Rg8 h3 60. Rh8+ Kg4 61. Rg8+ Rg5 $19) 52... Ra4 {
The cut off decides.} 53. Rb8 Kg4 54. Rg8+ Kf3 55. Rf8+ Kg3 56. Rg8+ Kh2 57.
Kf5 h4 58. Rb8 ({Just waiting with} 58. Rg7 {is broken by} h3 59. Rg8 Kh1 60.
Rg7 h2 61. Rg8 Ra1 62. Kf4 Rg1 63. Ra8 Kg2 64. Ra2+ Kh3 65. Ra3+ Kh4 66. Ra8
Rf1+ $19) 58... h3 59. Kg5 ({After} 59. Rb2+ {Caruana's king hides on h4:} Kg3
60. Rb3+ Kh4 $19) 59... Re4 60. Kf5 Re2 61. Rg8 (61. Kf4 Kg2 62. Rg8+ Kf1 63.
Kf3 h2 64. Rh8 Rf2+ 65. Ke3 Kg1 66. Rh7 Rg2 $19) 61... Rg2 62. Rd8 Rf2+ (62...
Rf2+ 63. Ke4 Kg1 64. Ke3 h2 65. Rh8 Rg2 66. Ra8 h1=Q $19) 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
h5 {A very interesting and popular line nowadays. Black avoids White's main
attacking plan by g4, so after this play becomes positional.} 9. Qd2 (9. Nd5 {
is similar to the game, but in the event of} Nxd5 10. exd5 Bf5 {White has an
extra} 11. Bd3 {and he doesn't lose a tempo with Qd2.}) 9... Nbd7 10. Nd5 (10.
O-O-O {is another main line.}) 10... Nxd5 (10... Bxd5 {is more common.} 11.
exd5 g6 $5 {a very interesing idea by Topalov.} 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Qa5 Bh6 $1 {
This is the point of 11...g6.} 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15. Kb1 Rc8 (15... Kf8 $5) 16. Qb4
$1 {Prepares for c4.} Kf8 17. c4 Kg7 18. g3 Rh8 19. Rc1 Qc7 20. Bh3 $1 Rce8 21.
Rhd1 Re7 22. a3 Rd8 23. Nd2 {(Anand-Topalov, Wijk aan Zee 2008)} e4 $1 {
and Black has some counterplay, for example:} 24. Qc3 ({or} 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25.
fxe4 Rxe4) 24... Na4 25. Qc2 (25. Qd4 exf3 26. Rf1 Qc5 $15) 25... Nc5 $132) 11.
exd5 Bf5 12. Be2 Rc8 13. Rc1 $146 {Novelty. Caruana prepares for c4 and the R
can be useful on c1.} ({Immediately} 13. c4 {is very similar} Qh4+ 14. Bf2 Qf6
15. O-O h4 16. Be3 Be7 17. Na5 Rc7 18. b4 Qg6 (18... O-O $5) 19. Rad1 {This
move is also prepares for the break-through by c5!} Bc2 (19... e4 20. c5 $1)
20. Rc1 Bf5 21. c5 $1 $36 {Maliangkay-Hiltunen, Czechia 2003.}) 13... Qh4+ $1 {
A nice provoking move. Black wants to create weaknesses on White's K side.} 14.
g3 ({In the event of} 14. Bf2 Qf6 {.}) 14... Qf6 {Now White has to calculate
with h4 after all moves.} 15. O-O Be7 ({Still} 15... h4 $2 {doesn't work, as}
16. g4 $1 Bh7 17. Bg5 Qg6 18. Bd3 $18 {and the Q is trapped.}) 16. Na5 Rc7 17.
Bd3 (17. c4 O-O 18. Bd3 {transposes to the game.}) 17... O-O 18. c4 Bxd3 19.
Qxd3 Re8 20. b4 Bf8 21. Rce1 (21. Kg2 $5 {improves the K's position and
prepares h3, which can be useful in case of ...e4 f4.} g6 (21... e4 22. fxe4
Qb2+ 23. Qd2 Qxd2+ 24. Bxd2 Rxe4 25. Bf4 {The _|_ can be slightly better for
White.}) 22. Nb3 $5 (22. Rc2 e4 (22... Qe7 23. Qd2 e4 24. f4 Nf6 25. h3 $14)
23. fxe4 Qe7 24. Bf4 Qxe4+ 25. Qxe4 Rxe4 26. Rd1 Nb6)) 21... g6 22. Qd2 ({Still
} 22. Kg2 $5 {is also interesting} e4 23. Qb3 (23. fxe4 Qb2+ 24. Qd2 Qxd2+ 25.
Bxd2 Ne5 26. Rc1 Nd3 $132 {with some counterplay.}) 23... exf3+ 24. Rxf3 {
and White looks nicely placed.}) 22... Qf5 (22... Bg7 $6 {is dubious, because}
23. c5 $1 $16 {is working.}) 23. a4 (23. Kg2 b5 (23... Nf6 24. h3 $14) 24. Nc6)
23... Nf6 24. Bb6 ({After} 24. Kg2 b5 $1 $132 {is very strong.}) (24. c5 h4 25.
c6 (25. g4 Nxg4 $1 26. fxg4 Qxg4+ 27. Kh1 Qe4+ 28. Kg1 (28. Qg2 Qxb4 $132)
28... Qg4+ $11 {and Black has perpetual checks.}) 25... hxg3 26. hxg3 bxc6 27.
dxc6 Rb8 28. Rb1 d5 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 d4 $13 {with a double-edged fight,
because Black looks also very fast.}) 24... Rcc8 25. f4 $6 (25. Kg2 $5) 25...
e4 26. Bd4 Rc7 27. h3 $6 {Dubious, but White's position is already difficult.}
({Now} 27. Bb6 $6 {is not effective because of} Rce7 $15) ({Maybe} 27. Re2 {
was the best, but after} h4 {Black has a nice initiative.}) 27... Bg7 28. Qg2 (
28. Kg2 {is too late, as} b5 $1 $17) (28. Qb2 b5) 28... b5 $1 {A very strong
break-through by Nakamura!} 29. axb5 axb5 30. Bxf6 Bxf6 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4
Bd4+ 33. Kh2 Qf6 34. Nc6 Bb6 35. g5 Qf5 36. c5 (36. Qh3 bxc4 37. Qxf5 gxf5 {
is also hopeless for White.}) 36... dxc5 37. Ne5 cxb4 38. d6 Rc3 39. Rxe4 Kg7 {
A great win by Nakamura!} 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Rac1 a6 14. Bf1 Qe7 15.
Rc2 h5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Rcd8 19. Re2 Nb6 20. g3 Rd7 21. h4
Red8 22. Red2 Nc8 23. Bh3 Qf8 24. Bc3 Bf6 25. Ba5 b6 26. Bc3 Ne7 27. Bb4 a5 28.
Ba3 Qg7 29. Kf1 Rc7 30. Rd3 Rcd7 31. R1d2 Kh7 32. Qf3 Kg8 33. Qd1 Rc7 34. Bg2
Nf5 35. d5 exd5 36. cxd5 c5 37. d6 Ra7 38. Bh3 Nd4 39. d7 Be5 40. f4 Bf6 41.
Qe1 Kh7 42. Bb2 Qf8 43. Qe4 Bh8 44. Bxd4 Bxd4 45. Re2 f5 46. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Kc8 11. g4 Ne7 12. Ng5 Be8 13. f4 h5 14. f5
hxg4 15. hxg4 Rh4 16. Kf2 Rxg4 17. Rh1 Nxf5 18. Rh8 Bc5+ 19. Kf3 Rg1 20. Rxe8+
Kd7 21. Rxa8 Nd4+ 22. Ke4 Rxc1 23. b4 Bb6 24. c4 c5 25. a3 Re1+ 26. Kd3 Rd1+
27. Kc3 Rc1+ 28. Kd3 Rd1+ 29. Kc3 Rc1+ 30. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "275"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. c3 Rb8 13. Nc4 Nc6 14. h3 Be6 15. Ng5
Bd7 16. f4 Rb7 17. a5 Qb8 18. Nb6 Be8 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Be3 Qd8 21. Nf3 Bd6 22.
Nd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 bxc3 24. bxc3 Rb5 25. Nd2 Ne7 26. Bc4 Rxa5 27. Bxa6 Rxa1 28.
Qxa1 Ng6 29. Bc4 Bd7 30. Qa7 Nf4 31. Nf3 Be6 32. Bxf4 Bxc4 33. dxc4 exf4 34. e5
Be7 35. Rb1 Qd3 36. Re1 Re8 37. e6 fxe6 38. Rxe6 Kf8 39. Qc7 Qxc3 40. Qxf4+ Bf6
41. Qd6+ Be7 42. Qf4+ Bf6 43. Qd6+ Be7 44. Qd5 g6 45. Re1 Rd8 46. Qb7 Qf6 47.
Ne5 Qd6 48. Kh1 Re8 49. Qe4 Qe6 50. Qf4+ Kg8 51. Nf3 Qf7 52. Qe5 h6 53. Qe4 Kg7
54. Kg1 Qf6 55. Qb7 Qd6 56. Kh1 Kg8 57. Qe4 Kg7 58. Qe3 Qf6 59. Nh2 Qg5 60. Qe6
Qf5 61. Qc6 Qf7 62. Qd7 Kf8 63. Qc6 Kg7 64. Nf3 Rd8 65. Qc7 Bf6 66. Qxc5 Rd7
67. Qb4 Rb7 68. Qa4 Qc7 69. Qc2 Qc5 70. Qd3 Rc7 71. Re4 Ra7 72. Re1 Rc7 73. Rc1
Re7 74. Qc2 h5 75. Qd2 g5 76. Nh2 Re4 77. Qd7+ Qe7 78. Qxe7+ Bxe7 79. g4 Re3
80. c5 Rxh3 81. c6 Bd6 82. c7 Bxc7 83. Rxc7+ Kg6 84. Rc6+ Kf7 85. Kg2 hxg4 86.
Nxg4 Ra3 87. Ne5+ Ke7 88. Nf3 Ra5 89. Kg3 Rf5 90. Ng1 Rf4 91. Nh3 Rf6 92. Rc5
Kd6 93. Ra5 Kc7 94. Kg4 Kb6 95. Ra1 Rd6 96. Nxg5 Kb5 97. Kf4 Kc6 98. Ne4 Rd8
99. Rc1+ Kb6 100. Ke5 Rh8 101. Nf6 Rh2 102. Kd6 Kb5 103. Rc5+ Kb4 104. Nd5+ Kb3
105. Rc3+ Kb2 106. Rg3 Kc2 107. Ne3+ Kb2 108. Kc5 Rh4 109. Rf3 Rh5+ 110. Kd4
Rh4+ 111. Kd3 Kb3 112. Rf5 Rb4 113. Nc2 Rb6 114. Ra5 Rb7 115. Ra6 Rd7+ 116.
Nd4+ Kb4 117. Rc6 Rd8 118. Rc4+ Ka5 119. Kc3 Kb6 120. Rb4+ Ka6 121. Kc4 Rc8+
122. Kd5 Ka5 123. Rb1 Rc3 124. Ne6 Rh3 125. Kc4 Rh4+ 126. Nd4 Ka6 127. Kc5 Rh5+
128. Kd6 Rh6+ 129. Ne6 Ka5 130. Kc5 Rh5+ 131. Kc4 Rh4+ 132. Nd4 Ka6 133. Kc5
Rh5+ 134. Kd6 Rh6+ 135. Ne6 Ka5 136. Rb2 Ka4 137. Kd5 Rh5+ 138. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Re8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6
gxf6 15. Ne2 Bd6 16. Rad1 Be6 17. Ng3 Rab8 18. Nh5 Be5 19. b3 Kf8 20. f4 Bb2
21. Rf3 c5 22. Bh7 Rb6 23. c3 Bc8 24. Rg3 d4 25. cxd4 Bxd4+ 26. Kh2 Bd7 27.
Rg8+ Ke7 28. Re1+ Re6 29. Rxe6+ fxe6 30. Rg7+ Kd6 31. Rg6 Rh8 32. Rxh6 Bb5 33.
g4 Bd3 34. f5 Be5+ 35. Kg2 Be4+ 36. Kf2 Bd4+ 37. Ke2 c4 38. g5 c3 39. Ng3 c2
40. Nxe4+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. h3 Nf6
9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Bc2 Qe7 12. Nf1 Qf8 13. Ng3 Rad8 14. d5 Ne7 15. Nh2
Bh6 16. Qf3 Bxc1 17. Raxc1 Qg7 18. Qe3 Nh5 19. Nxh5 gxh5 20. Kh1 f5 21. exf5
Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Nxf5 23. Qd3 Rf8 24. Nf3 Ne7 25. c4 Ng6 26. Rc3 Kh8 27. Qf1 Qf6
28. Re4 a5 29. Rb3 b6 30. h4 Rd7 31. g3 Qf5 32. Re2 Qg4 33. Nd2 Rdf7 34. Ne4
Rf3 35. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 36. Kh2 h6 37. Re1 Ne7 38. Qe2 Qf7 39. Qd2 Nf5 40. Nc3 Qg6
41. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 41st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2013.07.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Ne2 O-O 8.
Nc3 {This system (introduced by Lodewijk Prins in his game vs. Donald Byrne at
the Tel Aviv Chess Olympiad in 1964) has gained some popularity in recent
years. White brings his knight to c3 and gets ready to reply d4-d5 both to ...
c7-c5 and ...e7-e5. However, even if Black temporarily refrains from the
undermining of the centre, without a pair of knights, White's space advantage
is hardly significant.} Qd6 {Other options:} (8... Qd8) (8... Qa5) (8... Qd7) (
8... Qc6) 9. Be2 c6 {Black is planning ...e7-e5.} (9... c5 10. d5 {tends to be
favourable for White, e.g.} Rd8 11. e4 e6 12. Bg5 Re8 13. O-O Bxc3 $6 14. bxc3
exd5 15. exd5 Qe5 $2 16. Qd2 $1 Qxe2 17. Rae1 Qb5 18. c4 Qa4 19. Qc3 f6 20.
Bxf6 Bf5 21. Bh8 {1-0 (21) Godard,M (2348)-Maruejols,C (2005) Naujac sur Mer
2013}) (9... Nd7 $5 10. O-O a6 11. a4 c5 {is a better way to carry out the
c7-c5 plan:} 12. d5 f5 (12... b6 13. f4 Bb7 14. e4 c4 15. Be3 Qb4 16. e5 Rac8
17. Rb1 Nc5 18. Qd4 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. f5 $40 {1-0 (30) Tregubov,P (2601)
-Vastrukhin,O (2336) Sochi RUS 2012}) 13. a5 (13. g3 Nf6 14. Bc4 Kh8 15. Ra3
Bd7 16. a5 Qc7 17. e4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Re1 Bd4 $13 {1-0 (29) Zontakh,A 
(2556)-Kanter,E (2394) Plovdiv 2012}) 13... Nf6 14. Ra3 Kh8 15. Na4 Bd7 16. Nb6
Rad8 17. Qb3 Be8 18. Rd1 Bf7 19. Bf3 g5 $13 {1/2 (30) Shinkevich,V (2501)
-Kurnosov,I (2668) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010}) 10. O-O Nd7 {Development first! It
is important that the position of Black's queen on d6 prevents e3-e4.} (10...
e5 {is a bit premature:} 11. dxe5 Qxe5 12. e4 Nd7 13. Be3 Nf6 14. f4 Qe7 15.
Bf3 Bf5 {0-1 (73) Truta,S (2231)-Jelen,I (2399) Ljubljana 2010} 16. e5 $36) 11.
Ne4 (11. f4 Rd8 (11... Nb6 12. Bf3 Rd8 13. Qe2 a5 {1/2 (13) Lalic,B (2470)
-Llaneza Vega,M (2465) Pardubice 2011}) 12. Qc2 Nf6 13. Rd1 Bf5 $1 14. e4 Ng4
15. Qd2 {1-0 (46) Almeida Quintana,O (2555)-Esserman,M (2439) Montcada 2011}
Qb4 $1 16. e5 Nh6 $132) (11. Bf3 Nb6 (11... Rd8 $5) 12. a4 a5 13. b3 Re8 14.
Ba3 Qd8 15. Rc1 Be6 16. Qc2 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. e4 Be6 19. Rfd1 {1/2 (19)
Piorun,K (2521)-Greenfeld,A (2571) Deizisau 2011}) (11. Qc2 e5 12. dxe5 Qxe5
13. e4 Nf6 14. Be3 Ng4 15. Bxg4 Bxg4 16. h3 Be6 $5 (16... Bd7 17. Rad1 Qe7 18.
Bd4 Rfd8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rd3 Be6 21. Rfd1 a5 22. b3 Rxd3 23. Qxd3 b5 24. Ne2
$14 {1/2 (31) Kramnik,V (2790)-Svidler,P (2750) Nice 2010}) 17. Rfd1 Qa5 $11) (
11. b3 e5 (11... Rd8 $5 12. Bb2 Nb6 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. Qc1 Bf5 15. Nc5 Nd7 16. Bf3
Nxc5 17. Qxc5 Qd6 18. Rac1 Qxc5 19. Rxc5 e5 20. e4 Be6 21. d5 cxd5 22. exd5 Bf5
$11 {1/2 (26) Kunte,A (2517)-Gopal,G (2609) New Delhi 2010}) 12. d5 (12. dxe5
Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bxe5 14. Bb2 Re8 15. Na4 Bxb2 16. Nxb2 Nb6 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4
a5 $11 {1/2 (29) Brynell,S (2500)-Kulaots,K (2574) Sweden SWE 2012}) 12... Nf6
13. dxc6 Qxc6 14. Bb2 Be6 15. Rc1 Rfd8 16. Qe1 Qd7 $11 (16... Qe8 $143 $6 17.
Nb5 Nd5 {1/2 (28) Georgiev,K (2685)-Cheparinov,I (2661) Plovdiv 2010} 18. e4
$16)) 11... Qc7 12. Bd2 (12. f4 Rd8 13. Qb3 Nf6 14. Ng5 e6 15. Bd2 b6 16. Rac1
Bb7 17. Bf3 Rac8 $11 18. Rc2 $6 h6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 c5 $132 {0-1 (48)
Fayard,A (2234)-Bosiocic,M (2593) Rome 2011}) (12. b3 Rd8 13. Qc2 Nb6 (13...
Nf6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bb2 e5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Rad1 Be6 {
1/2 (18) Gleizerov,E (2579)-Bosiocic,M (2561) Zagreb 2011}) 14. Bb2 Bf5 (14...
Nd5 15. Nc5 e5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Rad1 b6 18. Nd3 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Bf5 20. Bf3 Bxd3
21. Rxd3 Be5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Qd2 Qf6 24. Rd1 Re8 {1/2 (24) Nisipeanu,L (2659)
-Edouard,R (2602) Mulhouse 2011}) 15. g4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 e6 17. Rfd1 Rd5 18. Rac1
Rad8 19. f4 h6 20. Rf1 Qe7 21. Kh1 R5d7 $11 {1/2 (51) Postny,E (2641)-Giri,A 
(2624) France 2010}) 12... Nb6 {Not necessarily the best square for the knight.
Black has good alternatives:} (12... Rd8 13. Qc2 {1/2 (13) Grachev,B (2688)
-Edouard,R (2686) Basel SUI 2013} Nf6 $1 $11) (12... Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Rc1
(14. Bc3 e5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Qb3 Qe7 {1/2 (17) De Jong,J (2444)
-Huzman,A (2605) Plovdiv 2010}) 14... Be6 15. b3 Bg7 16. Qc2 Rfd8 17. h3 Rd7
18. Rfd1 a5 $11 {0-1 (64) Szabo,M (2199)-Bormida,A (2306) Lechenicher
SchachServer 2012}) 13. f4 {A typical move preventing ...e7-e5 (and ...c7-c5
has been already prevented). However, it weakens White's position, which can
be important if Black manages to break up the centre after all.} a5 {A typical
active move in this structure. However, it is double-edged as this pawn can
become weak.} (13... Be6 14. Rc1 Rad8 15. b3 Nd5 16. Bf3 Nf6 17. Nc5 Qc8 18.
Qe2 Rd6 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Be1 Nd5 21. Kh1 f5 22. Nd3 Nf6 23. Bb4 R6d7 24. Ba5
Re8 25. Ne5 $36 {1-0 (62) Brynell,S (2500)-Gauci,J (2128) Bugibba MLT 2012}) (
13... Nd5 14. Bc4 Bf5 15. Ng3 Rad8 16. Rc1 Qd7 17. Qe1 Nf6 18. Ba5 b6 19. Nxf5
gxf5 20. Bc3 Ne4 21. Qe2 e6 22. Rfd1 Kh8 23. Be1 Rc8 24. Bd3 Nf6 25. Kh1 Rg8
26. Rc2 Nd5 27. Qf3 Bf8 28. a3 Bd6 29. Bf1 $14 {1-0 (45) Portisch,L (2519)
-Beliavsky,A (2657) Szentgotthard 2010}) 14. h4 $5 {[%mdl 32] An aggressive
modern approach. However, Black takes some action in the centre and sets up a
solid blockade.} (14. Rc1 $5 {looks more appropriate to me.}) 14... Be6 15. h5
Bd5 (15... Nc4 $5) 16. Ng5 (16. Nc3 Be6 $5 {[%cal Yb6c4]}) 16... f6 17. Nf3 f5
18. Qe1 (18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Rc1 $5 {, preventing ...Nb6-c4, was probably more
to the point.} Bxa2 {was not good in view of} 20. Ra1 Bd5 21. Bxa5) 18... Nc4
19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Qg3 Qd6 21. Bxc4 ({Keeping the light-squared bishop was
probably a better option:} 21. Rfd1 $5 Nxb2 $140 22. Rdb1 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24.
Rxb7) 21... Bxc4 22. Rfc1 Bd5 23. Ne5 (23. Ng5 Bf6 {[%cal Yg8g7,Yf8h8]}) (23.
Kf2 Bxf3 $1 24. gxf3 Kf7) 23... Bxe5 24. fxe5 Qe6 $15 {White's plan has not
succeeded. We have a classic position with opposite-coloured bishops, where
Black's bishop is definitely stronger than White's.} 25. Kf2 Kf7 {Not the best
plan.} (25... Kg7 $142 26. Rh1 Rh8 $15 27. Rxh8 $140 Rxh8 28. Bxa5 Bxa2) 26.
Rh1 Ke8 {Giving up the h-file.} (26... Rh8 {can now be met with} 27. Bxa5 $1 (
27. Rxh8 $143 Rxh8 28. Bxa5 Bxa2) 27... Bxa2 (27... Rxh1 $2 28. Rxh1 Rxa5 29.
Rh8) (27... Rh5 $5) 28. Bc3 $11) 27. Rh6 Rg8 28. a4 ({After} 28. Qg5 Kd7 29. a3
{[%cal Ya1h1] Black can hardly make any progress.}) 28... Be4 29. Kg1 $6 {
Strangely, White abandons his attempts on the kingside and tries to create
counterplay on the queenside. This concept completely fails. His king comes
under an attack which is especially powerful due to the opposite-coloured
bishops.} (29. Qg5 $142 Kd7 30. Rh7 Rh8 $140 31. Rah1) 29... Kd7 30. b4 $6 Rh8
$1 {Perhaps White missed this tactical trick.} 31. Rxh8 (31. Rxg6 $2 Rag8 $1
$19 ({or} 31... f4 $1 $19)) 31... Rxh8 32. bxa5 g5 $1 {[%mdl 128] Black starts
a decisive assault on White's king.} 33. Rf1 Rh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g4,Re6h6]} 34.
Rf4 Rh5 $1 35. Rxe4 {Desperation.} (35. Rf1 Qh6 36. Kf2 (36. e6+ $5 {is not
much more stubborn}) 36... Rh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g4]} 37. Rg1 $140 Rg4 38. Qh3 Rxg2+
$1) 35... fxe4 36. Bb4 Ke8 37. Bc5 Qh6 38. Qg4 Rh1+ 39. Kf2 Qh4+ 40. Qxh4 gxh4
41. e6 Ra1 42. g4 Ra2+ 43. Kg1 Re2 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 41st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2013.07.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Be6 (9... Bb7 {was played in the crucial Carlsen,M (2872)-Svidler,P
(2747)/London 2013 (0-1, 48)}) 10. Nd5 Nd4 (10... Na5 {Leko,P (2744)
-Kasimdzhanov,R (2709)/Zug 2013/CBM 154 (1/2, 51)}) 11. Nxd4 (11. Nxe7+ Qxe7
12. Nxd4 exd4 {Ivanchuk,V (2755)-Svidler,P (2769)/Thessaloniki 2013 (0-1, 41)})
11... exd4 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qg4 $146 (14. a4 {Anand,V (2783)
-Svidler,P (2747)/Paris/St Petersburg 2013/CBM 154 (1/2, 35)}) 14... Qc8 15. f4
e5 16. f5 c5 17. Bg5 Kh8 18. Rf3 {The structure certainly looks interesting,
but Black's counterplay seems to be just enough for a draw.} c4 19. Rh3 Bxg5
20. Qxg5 Rf6 21. g4 cxd3 22. cxd3 Qc2 23. Rc1 Qe2 24. Rc7 Qe1+ 25. Kg2 Qe2+ 26.
Kg1 Qe1+ 27. Kg2 Qe2+ 28. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 41st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2013.07.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Adams,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 {
Although I have spent an unhealthy amount of my life analysing the endgame
arising from the Berlin variation my only previous outing on the Black side
against Peter Leko occurred back in 2004. The 101 moves of suffering didn't
encourage me to rush into a second outing.} 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 {The new
fashion which enables White to advance his kingside pawns very rapidly in some
variations.} Bd7 10. Rd1 Kc8 11. g4 Ne7 12. Ng5 Be8 13. f4 h5 14. Kf2 ({
I was only aware of the previously played} 14. f5 {and}) (14. Kg2 {This
novelty is quite clever as the king is ready to cover the g-pawn but avoids
possible bishop checks on the light squares. White's positional assets looked
rather daunting over the board but his king will not feel comfortable for some
time.}) 14... b6 ({The pawn is safe for now as} 14... hxg4 15. hxg4 Rh2+ 16.
Kg3 Rxc2 17. Nh7 {wins material. My move improving Black's king position seems
logical.}) 15. f5 Kb7 16. Nc3 ({If White can complete development without
incident his advanced pawns will be a crucial asset} 16. c4 {was the
alternative.}) 16... hxg4 ({Accepting the challenge as} 16... Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5
18. Kg3 {looks pleasant for White.}) 17. hxg4 Rh2+ 18. Kg3 Rxc2 19. Nh7 {
My bishop is destined to perish on its starting square but my other pieces
become very active.} ({Play remains murky after the alternative} 19. e6 f6 20.
Nh7 c5 21. Nxf8 Bc6 22. Ng6 Nxg6 23. fxg6 Rg2+ 24. Kf4 Rf2+) 19... c5 20. Nxf8
({If White wants to play for a win I think} 20. Rd2 Rxd2 21. Bxd2 Bc6 22. Rd1 {
which offers good compensation for a pawn is worth a try.}) 20... Bc6 21. f6 ({
Unusually my opponent seriously miscalculates; I was expecting the better} 21.
Bg5 Nxf5+ 22. gxf5 Rg2+ 23. Kf4 Rf2+ 24. Kg4 (24. Ke3 Rxf5 25. Nh7 Rh8 {
is ok for Black}) 24... Rg2+ {repeating}) ({White is also in difficulties after
} 21. Nd7 Rg2+ 22. Kf4 Rh8 23. Nxc5+ bxc5 24. Rd2 Rg1) 21... Rg2+ 22. Kf4 ({
White is already in dire straits as his king can't find a safe spot} 22. Kh4
gxf6 23. exf6 Nf5+ 24. gxf5 Rxf8 {wins}) (22. Kh3 gxf6 23. Bh6 f5 24. g5 f4 {
is also bad.}) 22... gxf6 23. exf6 Rf2+ 24. Ke3 (24. Ke5 Re8 {forces mate in 2}
) (24. Kg5 Rxf8 25. fxe7 Rg8+ 26. Kh4 Rg2 {only lasts a little longer.}) 24...
Rxf6 25. Nh7 Rf3+ 26. Kd2 ({The alternative} 26. Ke2 Rh8 27. Ng5 Rh2+ 28. Ke1
Rff2 29. Be3 (29. Rd2 Rxd2 30. Bxd2 Rh1+) 29... Rfg2 {is no better.}) 26...
Rd8+ 27. Kc2 ({Or} 27. Ke1 Rh8 28. Ng5 Rh1+ 29. Kd2 Rh2+) 27... Rxc3+ 28. bxc3
Ba4+ 29. Kb2 Rxd1 {With 2 extra pawns and the better position the rest is
simple.} 30. Bg5 Nc6 31. Rxd1 ({If} 31. Bf4 Rd3) 31... Bxd1 32. Bf4 (32. Nf6
Ne5 {wins another pawn.}) 32... Bxg4 33. Nf6 Bf3 34. Ne8 Na5 35. Nxc7 Bc6 {
Now the white knight is dominated.} 36. Kc2 Kc8 37. Kd3 Kd7 38. Kc2 Nc4 39. Na6
Bb7 40. Nb8+ Kc8 41. Kd3 b5 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 41st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2013.07.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Sumets,A} Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. d3 dxc4 {
Sumets,A: 'Probably the most solid option. Black also has played 6...Nd7 and 6.
..Be7.'} (6... Nbd7 {Sumets,A} 7. cxd5 exd5 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nc3 Bc5 10. Qb3 b5 11.
e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Ne5 $6 (13... O-O 14. Bg2 Qe7 15. Kh2 Rfe8) 14.
Be2 O-O 15. Kg2 Ned7 16. Bg5 (16. f4 $5 b4 17. Na4 Nxe4 18. Bf3 Re8 19. Qc2 Qe7
20. Rd1 $44) 16... Bd4 17. Rad1 Qb6 $11 {Dizdarevic,E (2475)-Eljanov,P (2761)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2010 1/2 (37)}) (6... Be7 {Sumets,A} 7. Qb3 (7. Be3 Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 d4 9. Bd2 (9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. e4 e5 11. Bc1 h5 $1 12. Nd2 h4 13. Be2 Nc5 14.
b4 Ne6 15. c5 $2 (15. Rb1 hxg3 16. fxg3 Qc7 $13) 15... hxg3 16. fxg3 a5 17. Nc4
$6 axb4 18. Nxe5 Qc7 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. Qb3 Bxc5 21. Bg4 Rae8 22. Bf4 Qd7 23.
Bg5 Kg6 $19 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. e5 fxe5 26. Qc2 Qd5 27. Bf3 e4 28. Bxe4+ Qxe4 29.
Rae1 Qd5 {0-1 (29) Loginov,V (2499)-Grischuk,A (2667) Tomsk 2001}) 9... Nbd7
10. b4 h5 11. h3 Qc7 12. Bg2 Ne5 13. Qc1 Ng6 14. Na3 Rd8 15. Nc2 h4 16. g4 e5
17. Qa3 O-O $11 {Pelletier,Y (2595)-Matamoros Franco,C (2548) Istanbul Chess
Olimpiad 2012 1-0 (49)}) 7... Qb6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Be3 Bc5 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Nbd2
a5 12. Rfc1 O-O 13. cxd5 Qxc2 14. Rxc2 exd5 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Rfe8 $11 {
Meier,G (2638) -Grachev,B (2667) Lublin 2010 1/2 (30)}) 7. dxc4 Nbd7 {Wang Hao
already had a recent game with this slightly uncommon structure, see below.} 8.
Nc3 Qc7 {With the exception of one game which ended ina draw one move later,
this seems to be a novelty. However, I would rather refrain from attaching the
"N" sign to it, since this is a very transpositional line. For instance, I
found two games which had escaped my attention when annotating the previous
game for CBM 155.} (8... Be7 9. Nh4 (9. h3 {Sumets,A} Bxf3 10. exf3 $5 Nc5 11.
Be3 Qd3 12. Ne4 Nfxe4 13. fxe4 Qxc4 $6 (13... O-O 14. Qc1 Rfd8 15. Bf3 Qd6 $11)
14. Rc1 Qb5 15. Qd4 O-O 16. Rxc5 Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Qxb2 18. a4 $16 {Hauchard,A 
(2518) -Dutreeuw,M (2375) Belgium 2001 1-0 (60)}) 9... O-O 10. h3 Bh5 {would
transpose to the aforementioned Wang Hao (2743)-Aronian,L (2813)/Sandnes 2013/
CBM 155 [Marin] (1/2, 37)}) ({Even more than the game move, this looks like an
early committment.} 8... Qa5 9. Be3 Be7 10. Qb3 Qc7 {Now Black can really say
he has lost a tempo.} (10... Qa6) (10... Nb6) 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bf4 {But now,
White gives it back.} (12. Rad1) (12. Nh4) 12... e5 13. Be3 Nc5 14. Qc2 a5 $6 (
14... Bg6 15. Qc1 a5 {would have gained time with respect to the game, maybe
two whole tempi!}) 15. Nh4 Bg6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Rad1 O-O 18. Na4 Nfd7 19. Nxc5
Nxc5 20. Rd2 $14 {[%csl Ge3,Gg2] Markowski,T (2548)-Ermeni,A (2245)/Biel 2001/
CBM 083 ext (1-0, 46)}) (8... Bxf3 9. exf3 $5 {Since the d4-square is not
important, this may be the best way to ensure a long term space advantage on
the kingside.} Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 a5 12. Na4 Qb8 13. Bf4 Qa7 14. Be3 Qb8
15. f4 Re8 16. g4 $16 {Danielsen,H (2533)-Milliet,S (2369)/Reykjavik 2011/CBM
141 Extra (1-0, 37)}) 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nh4 Be7 (10... O-O-O {Sumets,A All engines
recommend it but for human player it seems to be risky. White can easily
prepare b4,b5}) (10... Bc5 {Sumets,A} 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg5 O-O-O 13. Qc2 Kb8 (
13... h6 $6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. g4 $1 g5 $8 16. gxh5 gxh4 17. Qf5+ Nd7 18. Ne4
Kb8 19. Rad1 $16) 14. Rab1 Bb4 15. Ne4 {Due to the forthcoming a3, b4 etc.,
Black's position is difficult.}) (10... Bd6 $5 {Sumets,A} 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qc2
Rad8 13. Rfd1 Ne5 14. Bd4 Be7 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. b3 Ned7 $14 {
Black's position is a bit worse.}) 11. Bf4 $1 {A logical way of taking
advantage of the early committment of the queen. Black more or less has to
weaken the f5-square and, although this is less obvious at this point, the
d5-square.} e5 {Sumets,A: 'Certainly he didn't want to weaken the square f5,
but other alternatives weren't very joyful.'} (11... Qb6 {Sumets,A} 12. g4 Bg6
13. Na4 Qb4 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. b3 $14) (11... Qa5 $5 {Sumets,A} 12. a3 Qa6 13.
b3 (13. b4 $5 Qxc4 14. Rc1 Qa6 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Qb3 O-O 18. Rfd1
$44) 13... h6 (13... O-O $2 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. g5 $18) 14. Bd6 (14.
g4 $6 g5 $1) 14... Rd8 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Qc2 g5 17. Nf3 Bg6 18. Qb2 $14) 12.
Bg5 Bg6 {It is hard to choose between the possible positional concessions. One
thing is clear: White will get one form of advantage or another.} (12... h6 13.
Be3 {would leave the h5-bishop in an uncomfortable situation.}) (12... O-O 13.
Nf5 {would most likely force Black to part with the other bishop.}) 13. Nxg6
hxg6 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. Rad1 $14 {White has the bishop pair and the more flexible
structure, allowing him to start long term positional attacks on either wing.}
Ne6 16. Bc1 {This looks too passive.} ({White probably refrained from} 16. Be3
$5 {because of} Bc5 (16... O-O 17. Na4 $14 {[%csl Gc5]}) {but after} 17. Bxc5
Nxc5 18. b4 Ne6 19. b5 {White would get time for his queenside attack.} O-O {
Sumets,A} 20. e3 Nc5 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Na4 $14) 16... Nd4 17. Qa4 Nd7 18. Rd2
Nc5 $6 (18... Nb6 $5 {[%csl Gc4] deserves to be mentioned.} 19. Qa5 (19. Nd5
Qb8 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. Qd1 Rxa2 $15) 19... O-O-O $5 {It is useful to create the
threat ...Nxc4 as soon as possible. Curiously, the hanging a7-pawn is not so
relevant for the moment, since White is incompletely developed.} (19... O-O {
gives White the time to redevelop.} 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. b3 $14) 20. e3 (20. Qxa7
Nxc4 21. Rdd1 Bb4 $11 {[%cal Gc7a5]}) 20... Nxc4 (20... Ne6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.
Qxa7 Nxc4 23. Qa8+ Qb8 24. Qa4 $14) 21. Qxc7+ Kxc7 22. exd4 Nxd2 23. Bxd2 Rxd4
24. Be3 Rd7 25. h4 $14) (18... Ne6 $1 {Sumets,A The strongest option. I don't
see how White can get any edge here.} 19. Rfd1 Nb6 20. Qb3 Nd4 21. Rxd4 exd4
22. Bf4 Bd6 (22... Qd7 23. Be5 O-O 24. Bxd4 Qe6 25. c5 Qxb3 26. axb3 Nd7 27. b4
$44) 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. e3 Qe6 25. Rxd4 O-O 26. c5 Qxb3 27. axb3 Nc8 28. Rd7 Rb8
29. b4 $44) 19. Qd1 a5 $6 {Probably overlooking the simple tactical trick.} (
19... Qb6 20. e3 Nde6 21. Na4 Nxa4 22. Qxa4 Nc5 23. Qc2 O-O 24. b3 a5 25. Bb2
$14 {and Black is not in time with his counterplay based on ...a5-a4.}) 20. e3
Nde6 21. Nd5 $1 cxd5 22. cxd5 {[%csl Gc7,Ge7]} Ng5 ({Maybe it would have been
better to accept a simply unpleasant position with} 22... Qb6 23. dxe6 Qxe6 24.
b3 $14) 23. h4 Qd6 (23... Nh7 24. d6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 $16) 24. hxg5 Bxg5 25. b3
$16 {The d5-pawn counts almost as an extra pawn.} Nd7 26. a4 O-O 27. Ra2 Nc5
28. Ba3 Be7 29. Rc2 $1 Rac8 30. Qe2 Qb6 31. Rfc1 Bd6 32. Qg4 Qa7 33. Bf3 $1 {
The start of the winning plan. With his pieces busy ensuring the stability of
his queenside, Black cannot defend against the attack along the h-file.} b6 34.
Kg2 $18 Rfe8 35. Rh1 Qe7 36. e4 Nd7 37. Rxc8 Rxc8 38. Qh3 f5 39. Bxd6 (39. Bxd6
Qxd6 40. Qh8+ Kf7 41. Qxc8) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 41st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2013.07.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 {Man kann nicht sagen, dass
dieser Zug Weiß viel verspricht, aber wenn man keine scharfen Varianten
spielen will, ist es die richtige Fortsetzung.} (5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 {führt zu
langen, komplizierten Varianten:} Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 $132) 5... Bb4 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O {Das Endspiel nach 9.Qe2 ist ausgeglichen.}
(9. Qe2+ Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11. O-O (11. Bd2 c6 12. O-O-O Re8 13. Rhe1+ Kf8 14.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 15. Be3 Be6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kharchenko,B (2506)-Aleksandrov,A (2637)/
Izhevsk 2013/CB29_2013 (39)}) 11... c6 12. Na4 Re8 $11) 9... O-O 10. h3 (10.
Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Be7 12. h3 h6 13. Bf4 Nd7 14. Na4 Nb6 15. Nxb6 axb6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Galkin,A (2598)-Karjakin,S (2788)/Moscow 2011/CBM 144 (41)}) (10. Bd2
$2 Rb8 11. Be3 Bd6 12. h3 c5 $15 {0-1 Gunnarsson,A (2227)-Bykhovsky,A (2409)/
Reykjavik 2000/CBM 075 ext (39)}) 10... Rb8 {Öfters wird 10....c6 gespielt.} (
10... c6 11. Qf3 Re8 12. Bg5 (12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Rfe1 Be6 14. Ne2 Qb8 15. b3 Bd7
$11 {1/2-1/2 Andreikin,D (2713)-Karjakin,S (2782)/Moscow 2013/CB23_2013 (44)})
12... h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. Ne2 Bd6 16. Rad1 Be6 17. Ng3 Rab8 18.
Nh5 Be5 19. b3 $11 {0-1 Morozevich,A (2760)-Caruana,F (2774)/Moscow 2013/
CB25_2013 (40)}) 11. Qf3 Re8 (11... c6 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. b3 Qc7 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15.
Rfe1 Bd7 16. Qg3 Qxg3 17. fxg3 Rfe8 $11 {1-0 Andreikin,D (2713)-Morozevich,A 
(2760)/Moscow 2013/CB23_2013 (32)}) 12. Bg5 (12. Bf4 Bd6 13. b3 Bb7 (13... d4
$5 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Nb5 Qd7 16. Na3 Bb7 $132) 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Qg3 Re5 16.
Rae1 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bc4 Bc6 19. Qe3 Ra5 $11 {1-0 Giri,A (2730)-Buhmann,
R (2584)/Germany 2013/CB05_2013 (39)}) 12... c6 {Eigentlich ist die Idee
solcher Zugfolge, die lange Diagonale offen zu halten. Aber wie man sehen kann,
ist 12....Bb7 ziemlich riskant.} (12... Bb7 13. Nb5 Be7 14. Rae1 d4 15. Qf5 Ne4
16. Bxe4 g6 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Qc5 Rxe4 19. b3 $14 {1-0 Adams,M (2710)
-Fressinet,L (2693)/England 2013/CB18_2013 (69)}) 13. Ne2 {Es gibt nichts
Neues in dieser Stellung - viele Partien waren hier gespielt und es wurde
festgestellt, dass Weiß auf keinen Vorteil hoffen sollte. Die vorliegende
Partie bestätigt ein Mal mehr diese Behauptung.} Bd6 (13... Be7 $5 14. b3 (14.
Nd4 Bd7 15. Rfe1 h6 16. Bh4 Rb4 17. c3 Rxb2 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Ne4 $15 {
1/2-1/2 So,W (2531)-Kazhgaleyev,M (2599)/Macau 2007/EXT 2008 (52)}) 14... Ne4 (
14... h6 $2 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qg3+ Bg4 (16... Kh8 17. Qxb8 $18) 17. hxg4 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Shrestha,K (2154)-Iuldachev,S (2526)/New Delhi 2008/CBM 122 Extra (30)}
) 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11) 14. Bxf6 {Das Endspiel wurde ebenfalls sehr oft gespielt;
ohne wirklichen Erfolg für Weiß - der schwarzfeldrige Läufer ist wichtiger als
die zerstörte Bauernstruktur am Königsflügel.} (14. Nd4 $6 Bd7 15. b3 Be5 16.
c3 c5 $17) 14... Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. b3 Rb6 {Der Turm steht auf der 6.
Reihe sehr gut.} (16... Bd7 17. Rad1 Re5 18. Nd4 Bb4 $132) 17. Ng3 c5 18. Nh5 (
18. f4 Bd7 (18... Be6 19. Nh5 Be7 20. f5 Bc8 21. Rf4 Bd8 22. Rg4+ Kh8 23. Rg7
Re7 $11) 19. Nh5 Be7 20. Rae1 Re6 $11) (18. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Be6 20. c4 dxc4
21. Bxc4 Bxg3 22. fxg3 Bxc4 23. bxc4 Rb4 $11) 18... Be5 $1 {Der Läufer geht
nach c3 von wo er das Feld e1 kontrollieren und den Bauer f6 verteidigen wird.}
19. Rad1 f5 20. f4 (20. Rfe1 Kf8 $11) 20... Bc3 21. Rf3 d4 22. Ng3 (22. Rg3+
Kf8 (22... Rg6 $4 23. Nf6+ Kf8 24. Rxg6 fxg6 25. Nxe8 $18) 23. Rg7 $2 Rh6 24.
Bc4 Re7 $17) 22... Rf6 {Es sieht so aus, als ob Schwarz eine Schwäche auf f5
hätte, doch Weiß kann nicht wirklich dran kommen. Dazu kann der König noch zu
der Verteidigung des Bauern f5 gelangen.} 23. Bb5 Re1+ 24. Rxe1 Bxe1 25. Kf1
Bd2 {Der Bauer f4 ist auch nicht gerade stark.} 26. Bd3 Be3 27. Nh5 Rb6 28. g4
{Zugwiederholung ist nicht möglich.} (28. Ng3 Bb7 29. Rxe3 dxe3 30. Nxf5 Re6
31. g3 (31. Be2 Rf6 32. g4 Be4 33. Nxe3 Rxf4+ $19) 31... Bg2+ $1 32. Kxg2 (32.
Ke2 Bxh3 $19) 32... e2 $19) 28... Rh6 {Langsam aber sicher hat Schwarz die
Initiative übernommen.} 29. Rg3 (29. Kg2 $4 fxg4 30. hxg4 Bb7 $19) 29... Kf8
30. Be2 Bb7 $6 {Das lässt den großen Teil des Vorteils aus.} (30... fxg4 31.
hxg4 (31. Bxg4 Bb7 $17) 31... f6 $5 $15 {Mit der Idee Bd7-Be8!}) 31. g5 $1 Re6
(31... Rxh5 $5 32. Bxh5 Bxf4 33. Rf3 Bxf3 34. Bxf3 Bxg5 35. Be2 $11 {Der
Läufer geht nach d3, der König nach f3 - die Stellung ist absolut Remis.}) 32.
h4 Be4 33. Bd3 a5 34. Bxe4 fxe4 {Schwarz will kein Risiko eingehen.} (34...
Rxe4 $5 35. Rf3 Bd2 36. Nf6 Re1+ 37. Kg2 $13 Rc1 $2 38. Rf2 Rxc2 39. Re2 $16)
35. Ke2 c4 {Nach dem Läufertausch hat sich die Stellung wesentlich vereinfacht,
und Weiß bekommt sehr gute Chancen, um auszugleichen.} 36. f5 (36. bxc4 $6 {
Weiß hat es nicht mehr nötig, in Komplikationen zu gehen.} Rb6 37. Nf6 Rb2 38.
Kd1 Rxa2 39. Nxh7+ Kg7 40. Nf6 a4 41. h5 a3 42. h6+ Kg6 43. Rh3 Ra1+ 44. Ke2 a2
45. h7 Re1+ 46. Kxe1 a1=Q+ 47. Ke2 Qg1 $19 {Diese Variante ist nicht forciert,
aber man kann sehen, dass Weiß zusätzliche Probleme zu lösen bekommt.}) 36...
Re5 37. Nf6 Rxf5 38. Rg2 cxb3 39. axb3 Rf4 (39... Re5 $4 40. Nd7+ $18) 40. h5 {
Einfacher war 40.Nd5!} (40. Nd5 $5 Rxh4 41. Nxe3 dxe3 42. Kxe3 Kg7 43. c4 $11 {
Dieses Endspiel ist remis, weil Schwarz nicht genug Zeit hat, um den Bauern g5
zu gewinnen.}) 40... Kg7 41. Ne8+ Kh8 42. Nd6 Bc1 43. g6 fxg6 44. hxg6 hxg6 $6
(44... h6 $1 {Das wäre der beste Versuch, um auf Gewinn zu spielen.} 45. g7+
Kg8 46. Rg6 $1 e3 47. Kd3 Rf2 48. Nc4 e2 49. Re6 $11) 45. Rxg6 Ba3 46. Re6 $1 {
Die Bauern müssen nun alle auf schwarze Felder und die Stellung ist remis.} e3
47. Kd3 Bxd6 (47... Kg7 48. Nb5 $11) 48. Rxd6 Kg7 49. Re6 Kf7 50. Re5 Kf6 51.
Re8 Kf7 (51... Kf5 52. c3 dxc3 53. Rxe3 $11) 52. Re5 Kf6 53. Re8 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 41st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2013.08.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 {Typical Pirc
play, that we saw also in the last round must win game of the Candidates 2013
Ivanchuk-Kramnik. Black has a couple of other ideas more common actually, and
all of them, like the line from the game, give interesting play.} (6... Bg4) (
6... Nc6) (6... c6) 7. Re1 (7. a4 e6 8. Be3 Nc6 9. h3 b6 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. Bh6 e5
$1 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. Bf1 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Qxd4 Qe7 17. Rad1
Qe5 18. Qxe5 Rxe5 {0-1 (18) Popov,I (2632)-Grischuk,A (2779) Khanty-Mansiysk
RUS 2013 black is fine}) 7... Nc6 {There is also another approach:} (7... e6 8.
a4 b6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Bb7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Qc8 13. Bf3 Nfd7 14. Ne4 Ra7
15. Ra3 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 c5 17. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 18. d5 $36 {1/2-1/2 (55) Andreikin,D
(2718)-Svidler,P (2747) Eilat ISR 2012}) 8. Bg5 (8. d5 Ne5 9. a4 (9. Nxe5 dxe5
10. Be3 e6 11. Bc5 Re8 12. Bc4 exd5 13. Nxd5 Be6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bb3 Bh6 16.
Qe2 b6 17. Bb4 a5 18. Bc3 Bf8 19. Red1 Red8 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (49)
Boensch,U (2545)-Graf,A (2646) Konin GER 2003}) 9... Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Nd7 11. Bg5
h6 12. Be3 e5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Be2 g5 15. g3 Ne5 16. Rf1 Bd7 17. f3 (17. f4
gxf4 18. gxf4 Ng6 $13) 17... Qf6 18. Rf2 Bc6 $13 {0-1 (32) Kokarev,D (2627)
-Onischuk,V (2574) Taganrog RUS 2013}) 8... h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. d5 Nb8
(11... Nxg3 12. hxg3 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bg4 c6 15. Rb1 Qb6 16. Bxc8 Raxc8
17. Qh5 Kg7 18. Nd1 $1 Qd4 19. Qf3 (19. c3 Qd3 20. Ne3 Qxe4 21. Qh3 Qh7 22.
Nf5+ Kh8 23. Nxe7 Rce8 24. Nf5 h5 $13) 19... f5 20. c3 Qc4 21. exf5 g4 22. Ne3
gxf3 23. Nxc4 Rxf5 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. Rbd1 fxg2 26. Kxg2 Kf7 27. Re4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 (55) Iuldachev,S (2520)-Rahman,Z (2564) Kuala Lumpur MAS 2008}) 12. Nd4
Nxg3 13. hxg3 c6 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 Nd7 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Na4 $14 {We can
say that White has managed to put on some slight pressure due to his easier
play.} Bf6 18. c3 Kg7 19. Qc2 Qc7 20. Rad1 Rh8 $13 21. Bh5 Be5 22. Re3 Nf6 23.
Qe2 $1 {White must block h5-h4 and at the same time to put pressure on the
e-file.} Nd5 $6 24. Re4 (24. Rxe5 $1 dxe5 25. Bxf7 Nf6 (25... Kxf7 26. Qh5+ Kf8
27. Nc5 $18) 26. Bb3 e4 27. Nc5 $40) 24... Rab8 25. Bxf7 Nf6 26. Rxe5 dxe5 27.
Bb3 Rhd8 28. Re1 Rb5 29. Qc4 Qd6 (29... Rdd5 $1) 30. Qf7+ Kh8 31. Qg6 Nh7 32.
Rd1 $1 Qc7 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8 34. Qxc6 Nf6 $6 (34... Rxb3 35. axb3 Qd1+ 36. Kh2
Qh5+ $11) 35. Qxa6 Qd7 36. Nb6 Qd3 37. Bc4 (37. Qc8+ Kg7 38. Qc4 Qxc4 39. Nxc4
e4 40. Bc2 Rxf5 41. b4 Rd5 42. a4 $16) 37... Qb1+ (37... Qd1+ $1 38. Bf1 Rxb2
39. Nc4 Rb1 40. Ne3 Qd6 $13) 38. Bf1 Rxb2 39. Qc8+ Kg7 40. Nc4 $16 Rb7 41. Nxe5
$18 Qb6 42. Qc4 e6 43. fxe6 Qc7 44. f4 Qxc4 45. Bxc4 Ne4 46. Kh2 Nf2 47. Kg1
Ne4 48. Kh2 Nf2 49. Bb3 Rc7 50. c4 Ne4 51. Ba4 Nc5 52. Bd7 Kf6 53. Ng4+ $2 {
The last mistake that throws a full point away.} (53. f5 $1 $18) 53... Ke7 54.
Nxh6 Nxe6 55. Bxe6 Kxe6 56. fxg5 Rc5 57. g4 Rxg5 58. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 41st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2013.08.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Kb1 b4 15.
Ne2 Qc7 16. Ng3 a5 17. Nh5 a4 18. Bb5 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Rd3 Rc8 21. Rc1 Ne7
22. Qd2 Qb7 23. g4 Rac6 24. Bd4 Qb5 25. Rf3 b3 26. axb3 axb3 27. Rxb3 Qc4 28.
Qb4 Nc5 29. Bxc5 Rxc5 30. Qxc4 dxc4 31. Rb7 Nd5 32. c3 g6 33. Nf6+ Nxf6 34.
exf6 h5 35. h3 hxg4 36. hxg4 g5 37. Rf1 gxf4 38. Rxf4 R8c7 39. Rb8+ Rc8 40. Rb7
R8c7 41. Rxc7 Rxc7 42. b3 cxb3 43. Kb2 Kh7 44. Kxb3 Kg6 45. c4 Kg5 46. Rf1 Rc8
47. Kb4 Rb8+ 48. Ka5 Rc8 49. Kb5 Rb8+ 50. Ka6 Rc8 51. Rc1 Kxf6 52. c5 Kg5 53.
Kb7 Rh8 54. c6 f5 55. gxf5 exf5 56. c7 f4 57. c8=Q Rxc8 58. Rxc8 f3 59. Kc6 Kg4
60. Rf8 Kg3 61. Rxf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 41st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2013.08.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd2+ 11. Bxd2 O-O 12. Nf3 e6 13. Bc4 {Rather
harmless.} (13. Bb5 {and}) (13. h4 {are more common here}) 13... Nc6 14. d5
exd5 15. Bxd5 h6 $146 (15... Be6 {is usually played as this move should be
made anyway:} 16. O-O (16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Ke2 Rac8 18. Rhd1 Bb2 19. Rb1 Nd4+ 20.
Kf1 Nxf3 21. Rxb2 Nxh2+ (21... Nxd2+ $5 22. Rbxd2 g5 $11) 22. Ke1 Ng4 23. f3
Ne5 24. Rxb7 Rf7 $11 {1/2 (34) Bazant,P-Ftacnik,L (2550) Czechoslovakia 1992})
16... Bxd5 (16... Rac8 17. Be3 h6 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. h3 Kf8 20. a3 b6 21. Bxe6
Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 fxe6 {0-1 (23) Bazant,P (2355)-Baumgartner,U (2380) ICCF 1996}
23. Rd7 $14) 17. exd5 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Rfe1 Bd6 20. g3 Rfd8 21. Bg5 Rd7
22. Kg2 {1/2 (22) Bazant,P (2355)-Grasso,G (2445) ICCF 1996}) 16. O-O Re8 17.
Rb1 Re7 18. Rfc1 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Kf1 Rd8 $11 {White has no advantage in
this ending but the position is still playable and to Kramnik's taste.} 21. Be3
Rd3 22. Ne1 Rd8 23. h4 Rf7 24. Nf3 Rd3 25. Bc5 Rfd7 26. Ke2 Rc3 27. Rxc3 Bxc3 {
[%mdl 4096]} 28. g4 Bf6 $6 (28... Kf7 $142 29. Be3 Bg7 30. g5 $140 h5) 29. Be3
Kg7 (29... Bg7 $1) 30. g5 {[%mdl 32]} hxg5 31. hxg5 {The opening of the h-file
is the first real achievement for White.} Be7 (31... Bc3 $142 {keeping control
of the long diagonal} 32. Rb3 $140 Ba1 {M.Golubev}) 32. Bd2 Bd8 (32... Kf7 $142
33. Bc3 Bf8 {[%cal Yf8g7]}) 33. Bc3+ Kg8 34. Bf6 (34. Rh1 {is harmless due to}
Rh7 {e.g.} 35. Rd1 Bb6) 34... Bb6 (34... Bxf6 35. gxf6 {[%csl Gf6] - such a
bishop exchange is obviously favourable to White.}) 35. Nh2 $5 Rh7 (35... e5
36. Ng4 Rd4 37. Kf3 (37. f3 Ra4) 37... Rd3+ 38. Kg2 Rd2 39. a4 {- Black's
problems remain.}) 36. Ng4 {White's pressure gradually increases.} Kf8 (36...
Nd4+ $2 37. Bxd4 Bxd4 38. Rd1) (36... Rh4 37. Kf3 {[%cal Yf3g3,Yb1d1]}) 37. Kf3
Ke8 38. Kg2 Rh4 39. Kg3 Rh7 40. f4 (40. Ba1 Bd8 41. Nf6+ Bxf6 42. gxf6 {
was possible but White was not sure that he could break up Black's position
after} Nd8 {and preferred to keep some tension.}) 40... Rd7 41. Rh1 (41. Ne5
Nxe5 42. Bxe5 Rd3+ 43. Kg4 Bf2 44. f5 exf5+ 45. exf5 Rd5 {(M.Golubev)} 46. Bf6
Rxf5 47. Rxb7 Ra5 {- Black should not lose.}) 41... Rd3+ 42. Kg2 Rd2+ (42...
Bc7 $5 43. Rh8+ Kd7 44. Rh7+ Kc8) 43. Kf3 Rd3+ 44. Kg2 Rd2+ 45. Kf3 Rd3+ 46.
Ke2 Rg3 47. Rh4 Kd7 (47... Ra3 {looks risky due to} 48. Rh6 {A line like} Rxa2+
49. Kf1 Ra3 50. Rxg6 Rf3+ 51. Kg2 Rxf4 52. Kg3 Rxe4 53. Rg8+ Kd7 54. g6 Nd4 55.
Ne5+ Kc7 56. g7 Nf5+ 57. Kf3 Re3+ 58. Kf4 Rg3 59. Bd8+ Kd6 60. Bxb6 Rxg7 61.
Rd8+ Ke7 62. Ba5 {can hardly be calculated over the board :-), and even then
it is not yet a draw.}) 48. Bg7 (48. Rh7+ $5 Ke8 (48... Kc8 49. Ne5 Re3+ (49...
Nxe5 50. Bxe5 Re3+ 51. Kd2 Rxe4 52. Rh6) 50. Kd2 Rxe4 51. Nxg6 $16 {[%csl Gg5]}
) 49. Ne5 Nxe5 50. Bxe5 Re3+ 51. Kd2 Rxe4 52. Rxb7 $14 {_|_}) 48... Nd4+ (48...
Bc7 $5) (48... Kd6 $5) 49. Kf1 $1 Kc6 {After Black's king launches queenside
counterplay, the endgame turns into a total mess.} (49... Nf3 50. Ne5+ Nxe5 51.
Bxe5 Re3 52. Rh7+ Kd8 $1 53. Rg7 Rxe4 54. Kg2 $1 (54. Rxg6 $143 Bd4) 54... Bd4
55. Bxd4 Rxd4 56. Kf3 {- this rook ending is dangerous for Black.}) 50. Ne5+
Kb5 51. Rh2 $1 (51. Nxg6 $143 Nf3 52. Rh7 Nd2+ 53. Ke2 Nxe4) 51... Re3 52. Rb2+
Ka4 53. Bf8 (53. Nxg6 $5 Rxe4 54. Bxd4 Bxd4 (54... Rxd4 55. Kg2) 55. Rxb7 Ka3 (
55... a5 56. Rb3) 56. Rb5 $1 {(stopping Black's pawn)} Kxa2 57. Kg2 {, but here
} e5 $1 {apparently saves the game.}) 53... Ba5 $6 (53... Rxe4 $1 54. Rb4+ Ka5
55. Nxg6 Ka6 {[%cal Yb6a5]}) 54. Nxg6 Rxe4 55. Bd6 $6 (55. Rxb7 $142 $16 {
Somehow both players neglect this pawn!}) 55... Nf5 56. Be5 Ne3+ 57. Ke2 Nf5+
58. Kf2 Bb6+ 59. Rxb6 {[%mdl 512] Unable to neutralise Black's annoying pieces,
White sacrifices an exchange.} axb6 60. Nf8 Ka3 $6 {Not a good plan. The king
is needed on the kingside:} (60... Kb5 61. Nxe6 (61. g6 Ra4) 61... Ra4 62. Kf3
Kc6 {, and Black is not worse.}) 61. Nxe6 Kxa2 (61... Rc4 $5) 62. g6 Rc4 63.
Nd4 $1 Nh6 (63... Nxd4 $2 64. g7 Rc2+ 65. Kf1 Rc1+ 66. Kg2 Rc2+ 67. Kh3 Rc8 68.
Bxd4 $18) 64. g7 (64. Kf3 $5 {[%cal Ye5g7,Yf4f5]}) 64... Rc5 (64... Rc8 $5) 65.
Ne6 (65. Nf5 $5 Ng8 66. Nd6 b5 67. Ne4 Rc8 68. Nc3+ Kb3 69. Nxb5 {with some
winning chances for White, according to GM M.Golubev.}) 65... Rc8 66. Nf8 b5
67. f5 Rc2+ (67... b4 $5 68. f6 b3 {is quite possible as after} 69. f7 Nxf7 70.
g8=Q Nxe5 {Black is not worse}) 68. Kf3 Rc1 (68... b4 $5) 69. f6 Rf1+ 70. Ke4
Ng8 (70... b4 $2 71. Bf4 Ng8 72. f7 $18) 71. Kd5 b4 72. Nh7 b3 73. Ke6 Nxf6 $1
(73... b2 $4 74. Bxb2 Kxb2 75. f7 Rxf7 76. Kxf7 Nh6+ 77. Kf8 b5 78. Ng5 b4 79.
Nf7 $18) 74. Bxf6 Rg1 75. Bg5 Rxg5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] A terrible blunder.} (75...
b2 76. g8=Q b1=Q 77. Qa8+ Kb3 78. Qxb7+ Kc2 {was not as dangerous for Black as
it might seem, e.g.} 79. Qe4+ Kb3 80. Qd5+ Kc2 81. Qc4+ Kd1 $11) 76. Nxg5 {
Only now Black noticed} (76. Nxg5 b2 77. Ne4 $1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 41st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2013.08.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 b6 (9... cxd4 {and}) (9... c4 {are the main lines.}) 10. Bd2 $1 {
The best move. Now White threatens c4!} c4 {Forced.} 11. b4 Nxb4 $5 {The
sharpest reply.} (11... Qa6 {was the positional move.}) 12. cxb4 Bxb4 13. Qc2 {
White had to avoid c3.} Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 b5 15. Nc3 b4 16. Nd1 (16. Qa4 $5 {
was an interesting alternative} Qb6 ({The endgame by} 16... Qxa4 17. Nxa4 Bb7
18. Be2 Bc6 19. Bd1 $14 {looks slightly better for White.}) 17. Nb5 $1 O-O 18.
Nf3 f6 ({The inventive sacrifice with} 18... Nxe5 {leads to an advantage for
White after} 19. fxe5 Bd7 20. Qxb4 Bxb5 21. Be2 $16 {and White is better.}) 19.
Be2 fxe5 20. fxe5 $14 {Skripchenko-Hmadi, Djerba 1998.}) 16... Qb6 17. Nf3 O-O
18. a3 $146 {The first novelty in the game.} ({The development by} 18. Be2 {
is also possible} f6 (18... a5 19. O-O a4 20. a3 b3 21. Qd2 Nb8 22. Nc3 Nc6 23.
g3 $14) 19. exf6 Nxf6 (19... Rxf6 20. g3 Nb8 21. Nf2 Nc6 22. Rd1 $16 {
Luther-Cremers, Bad Zwesten 2004}) 20. O-O $14 {and White has a comfortable
position.}) 18... b3 19. Qd2 f6 ({In the event of} 19... Qc6 {/\ Nb6-a4} 20.
Nc3 Nb6 21. Be2 Na4 22. O-O Bd7 23. Nxa4 Qxa4 24. Qb2 Rac8 25. Rfc1 $14 {
followed by Nd2-b1-c3.}) 20. h4 ({The natural} 20. Be2 {was an alternative}
fxe5 (20... Nb8 21. exf6 Rxf6 22. O-O Nc6 23. g3 $14 {and White's position is
more promising.}) 21. fxe5 Nb8 22. Nc3 Nc6 23. O-O ({or} 23. Na4 Qc7 24. Nc5 {.
})) 20... Nb8 (20... fxe5 $5 21. fxe5 Nb8 22. Nc3 (22. h5 Nc6 23. Nc3 (23. h6
$6 {is dubious, because of} Rxf3 $1 24. gxf3 Nxd4 25. Be2 g6 26. Rc1 Bb7 {
and Black is very active.}) 23... h6 $13 {with an unclear position.}) 22... Nc6
23. Be2 {is similar to the previous analysis.}) 21. h5 a5 (21... Nc6 $5 22. h6
g5 $5 23. exf6 Rxf6 $132 {with a double-edged fight.}) 22. h6 Ra7 {This was
the idea of Black's previous move.} 23. Nc3 Nc6 (23... fxe5 $6 {is dubious, as}
24. Nxe5 $1 (24. fxe5 Nc6 25. Be2 {, but 24.Nxe5 is more ambitious.}) 24... Nc6
25. Nxc6 Qxc6 26. g3 $14 {and White's position is very powerful.}) 24. Rd1 (24.
Na4 $5 {was also possible} Qb5 (24... Qb8 25. g3) 25. Nc5 {the N looks strong
on c5, on the other hand White has to pay more attention to the c4, b3 Ps.}) (
24. Be2 {is very similar to the previous lines.}) 24... Raf7 ({Probably} 24...
fxe5 $142 {is more exact} 25. fxe5 gxh6 26. Qxh6 (26. Rxh6 Rg7) 26... Rg7 {
and the Black Rs are very powerful.}) 25. exf6 $1 gxf6 26. g3 Kh8 27. Bh3 Qd8
28. Kf2 Qd6 29. Rhe1 f5 {At first sight this is a strange move, because this
weakens the dark squares. On the other hand Black's plan is Rf6 to win the
h6-P.} (29... Qxa3 $6 {is weak, because of} 30. Bxe6 Bxe6 31. Rxe6 $16 {
and White is better.}) ({The simple} 29... Re7 {was also possible to hold the
position. Now White also has a difficult task working out how he can improve
his position.}) 30. Qb2 (30. Ra1 $5) 30... Rf6 31. Rh1 Rxh6 32. Ng5 Kg7 33. Na4
Qe7 34. Nf3 Na7 35. Nc3 Bd7 36. Rde1 Qd6 37. Re3 Qb6 38. Qd2 Qd6 39. Qb2 Qb6
40. Kg2 Nc8 {Both side have just played some easy moves; now after the time
control they can study the deeper plans.} 41. Ne5 Be8 42. Qd2 Nd6 43. Ree1 a4
$6 {A useless move.} ({In the event of} 43... Kh8 44. g4 {is not so logical as
it is in the game,} fxg4 45. Bxg4 Rxh1 46. Rxh1 Nf5 {and Black looks nicely
placed.}) 44. g4 fxg4 45. Bxg4 Rxh1 46. Rxh1 Nf5 47. Bxf5 Rxf5 48. Qe3 h5 (
48... Kh8 49. Rh6 Qd6 50. Qh3 Qe7 {and Black tries to hold.}) 49. Rg1 Kf8 50.
Nf3 (50. Kh2 $1 {was the strongest move. White prepares for Qg3!} h4 (50... Ke7
51. Nxd5+ $1 $18 {and White wins.}) 51. Qf2 $1 Qc7 52. Qg2 Qh7 53. Nxd5 $3 exd5
54. Qxd5 $18) 50... Qd6 51. Ne2 Bg6 52. Kf2 Bh7 53. Ng5 Bg8 54. Qg3 Qe7 55. Qh4
Qf6 56. Qxh5 c3 $6 {Loses immediately, but it was already a very difficult
position for Black.} (56... Ke7 57. Qf3 {followed by Qc3 is also hopeless for
Black.}) 57. Nh7+ Bxh7 58. Qxh7 Rxf4+ 59. Nxf4 Qxf4+ 60. Ke2 Qe4+ 61. Qxe4 dxe4
62. Kd1 Ke7 63. Rg5 {A very interesting struggle!} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "G, Akash"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8.
Nc3 a6 9. g3 b5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Ne5
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Ke7 16. Rad1 Ra7 17. a4 b4 18. Ne2 Rc8 19. b3 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Rxd7
21. Rxd7+ Kxd7 22. Rd1+ Bd6 23. Rd2 e5 24. Nc1 Ke6 25. Re2 e4 26. f3 Kd5 27.
Rd2+ Ke5 28. Re2 Rc3 29. Nd3+ Kd5 30. Ne1 Bc5 31. f4 Be3 32. Kf1 Bc1 33. Ng2 e3
34. Ke1 Ke4 35. Kd1 Bd2 36. Nh4 Rc6 37. c4 bxc3 38. Kc2 a5 39. Rg2 Rh6 40. Re2
Rxh4 41. gxh4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "G, Akash"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8.
Nc4 Nf6 9. Be3 b5 10. Nb6 Rb8 11. Nxc8 Qxc8 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O b4 14. Nd5 Nxe4
15. a3 Bd8 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. c3 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Rxb2 19. Bxa6 Nxc3 20. Qxd6 Qe6
21. Qxe6 fxe6 22. Bc8 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Nd4 24. Ra8 Rb6 25. Rc1 Bf6 26. g3 Rd6 27.
Ra6 Rxa6 28. Bxa6 Re8 29. Rc7 Re7 30. Rc8+ Kf7 31. Bd3 g6 32. g4 Rd7 33. Kg2
Kg7 34. Bc4 g5 35. Bd3 Rf7 36. Ra8 Rd7 37. Ra6 h6 38. Bc4 Rc7 39. Bxe6 Nxe6 40.
Rxe6 Rc4 41. h3 Ra4 42. Rc6 Kf7 43. Kf3 Rb4 44. Ra6 Rc4 45. Ke2 Rb4 46. Kd3 e4+
47. Ke2 Kg7 48. Re6 Kf7 49. Rd6 Kg7 50. Rd5 Rb1 51. Bd2 Rb3 52. Be3 Rb1 53. Bd4
Bxd4 54. Rxd4 Rh1 55. Ke3 Re1+ 56. Kd2 Rh1 57. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc6 Bxc6
15. Qxc6 Rc8 16. Qb5 Ne8 17. Qd3 Nd6 18. b3 Nf6 19. Nc3 Qd7 20. f3 Nf5 21. e3
Rfd8 22. Ne2 Qc7 23. Rac1 Qd7 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Rc1 Qd7 26. a4 Ba3 27. Rc2 a5
28. Qa6 Rb8 29. Nf4 Bd6 30. Nd3 Ne7 31. Bf1 h6 32. Ne5 Qd8 33. Nc6 Nxc6 34.
Rxc6 Ne8 35. Kg2 Ba3 36. Bd3 Nc7 37. Qa7 Ne8 38. Be1 Bd6 39. g4 Bc7 40. Bg3
Bxg3 41. hxg3 Nd6 42. Rc7 Qf8 43. Kf2 Qe8 44. Re7 Qf8 45. Rc7 Qe8 46. e4 dxe4
47. fxe4 e5 48. dxe5 Ra8 49. Qxa8 Qxa8 50. exd6 Qd8 51. e5 g6 52. Bc4 Qg5 53.
Rxf7 Qd2+ 54. Kf1 Kh8 55. d7 Qd1+ 56. Kg2 Qd2+ 57. Kh3 Qd1 58. Kg2 Qd2+ 59. Kf3
Qd1+ 60. Ke4 Qe1+ 61. Kd5 Qh1+ 62. Kd6 Qa8 63. Ke7 Qb7 64. Ke8 Qc6 65. Rf6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 c5 5. c4 d6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
Rb8 9. Nc3 a6 10. e3 b5 11. Qe2 e6 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Rac1 bxc4 14. dxc4 Bb7 15.
Nd2 Ne8 16. f4 f5 17. g4 Nb4 18. Rb1 Nf6 19. h3 Rbd8 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. gxf5
exf5 22. a3 Nc6 23. Qg2 Rfe8 24. Nf1 Na5 25. Qxb7 Nxb7 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. Rxd5
Bxb2 28. Rxb2 Na5 29. Kf2 Rb8 30. Nd2 Rb6 31. b4 Kf7 32. Rb1 Nb7 33. h4 Rc8 34.
h5 cxb4 35. axb4 a5 36. bxa5 Rxb1 37. Nxb1 Rxc4 38. Rb5 Nc5 39. h6 g5 40. fxg5
Kg6 41. Nd2 Ra4 42. Rb6 Rxa5 43. Rxd6+ Kxg5 44. Kg3 Ne4+ 45. Nxe4+ fxe4 46. Re6
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. O-O d6 8. Be3
Bxe3 9. fxe3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. h3 Nb8 13. Bc2 c5 14. d4 Bd7 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Nc4 Bb5 17. a4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Nc6 19. a5 Na7 20. Nh4 g6 21. Rf2
Rac8 22. Raf1 Ne8 23. Nf3 Nc6 24. Qa2 Nd6 25. Nd2 c4 26. Nxc4 Nxc4 27. Qxc4
Nxa5 28. Qd5 b5 29. Rf6 Rcd8 30. Rxf7 Rxf7 31. Rxf7 Rxd5 32. Rxe7 Rd2 33. b4
Rxc2 34. bxa5 Rxc3 35. Re6 Rxe3 36. Rxa6 Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 d6 8.
Be3 Be6 9. O-O-O Qe7 10. g3 O-O-O 11. Bg2 Kb8 12. Bxb6 axb6 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14.
Rxd4 g5 15. Kb1 g4 16. Qe3 Bd7 17. Rhd1 h5 18. Bf1 h4 19. Bb5 hxg3 20. hxg3 Rh5
21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. f4 gxf3 23. Qxf3 Qe6 24. Nd5 Rh6 25. a4 Nxd5 26. exd5 Rf6 27.
Qd3 Qh3 28. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.19"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 d6 8.
Be3 Be6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g3 Re8 11. Bg2 Bg4 12. Bf3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Bxe3+ 14.
Qxe3 a6 15. Rhe1 b5 16. f3 b4 17. Ne2 a5 18. Nbd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Nd7 20. g4 Ne5
21. Kb1 a4 22. g5 Nc4 23. Qe2 d5 24. Nf5 Qxg5 25. Rxd5 Ne5 26. Rf1 Qf4 27. Ne3
a3 28. Rd4 c5 29. Rdd1 Nc6 30. Nd5 Qe5 31. c3 bxc3 32. bxc3 Rab8+ 33. Ka1 Nb4
34. f4 Qh5 35. Rfe1 Qxe2 36. Rxe2 Rxe4 37. Red2 Nxd5 38. Rxd5 Kf8 39. Rxc5 Rxf4
40. Ra5 Rf2 41. h4 Rh2 42. h5 Rc8 43. Rxa3 Rxh5 44. Ra7 Rf5 45. a4 g5 46. Kb2
g4 47. a5 g3 48. a6 Rf2+ 49. Kb3 Rf3 50. Rb7 Rcxc3+ 51. Kb2 Ra3 52. a7 Kg7 53.
Rdd7 Ra6 54. Rd6 g2 55. Rxa6 g1=Q 56. a8=Q Qd4+ 57. Ka2 Rf2+ 58. Ka3 Qa1+ 59.
Kb4 Rf4+ 60. Kb5 Qe5+ 61. Kb6 Qd4+ 62. Kc7 Qe5+ 63. Rd6 Rc4+ 64. Kd7 Qf5+ 65.
Kd8 Qc5 66. Rbd7 Qg5+ 67. Re7 Qc5 68. Qg2+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.19"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. a3 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Ne6 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. Nc4 Ned4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4
15. Qd2 Bg7 16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 Nd4 18. Bxb7 Nb3 19. Qe3 Nxc1 20. Rxc1 Rb8 21.
Na5 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Qb6 23. Qe4 Bf5 24. Qxe7 Rfe8 25. Qc7 Qxb4 26. Bd5 Re7 27.
Qc4 Qxa5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 Bb4 11. Bd2 Bb7 12. Bd3 O-O-O 13. O-O-O c5 14. Qe2
Rhe8 15. f4 d6 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 g6 18. Rhf1 Na4 19. Ba5 dxe5 20. fxe5 f5
21. exf6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c5 3. c4 d4 4. d3 Nc6 5. e4 e5 6. Ne2 Be7 7. f4 h5 8. h3 h4 9.
g4 g5 10. fxg5 Bxg5 11. O-O f6 12. Nd2 Nge7 13. Nb3 Qd6 14. Rf3 Ng6 15. Qf1 O-O
16. a3 Be6 17. Nd2 a6 18. Rf5 Rae8 19. Kh1 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Nf3 Bxf5 22.
exf5 Nf4 23. Nd2 Qc7 24. Ne4 Na5 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Rc1 Nb3 27. Rc2 c4 28. Ng1
Nc5 29. Nxc5 Qxc5 30. dxc4 Re3 31. b4 Qc7 32. Bd5+ Kh8 33. Rd2 f3 34. Rxd4 Qg3
35. Nxf3 Rfe8 36. Rd1 Re2 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.23"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Bg4 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Be2 Qa5 11. O-O Qxa2 12. Ra1 Qb2 13. Qd3 Qb6 14. Rfb1
Qc7 15. Qc4 b6 16. h3 Bc8 17. dxc5 Bb7 18. Qb4 Nc6 19. Qb3 Qc8 20. cxb6 axb6
21. Qxb6 Nd8 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Ne6 24. Qe3 Qc5 25. Rxa8 Bxa8 26. Nd4 Rd8
27. Bf1 Bc6 28. Rb4 Ba8 29. Ra4 Bb7 30. Rc4 Qe5 31. Nxe6 Qxe6 32. Rb4 Ba8 33.
Be2 Qe5 34. h4 Rc8 35. Rd4 h5 36. g3 Kg7 37. Kh2 Qc5 38. Rd3 Qxe3 39. Rxe3 Rb8
40. Kg2 Rb2 41. f3 Bc6 42. Kf1 Kf6 43. e5+ Ke6 44. g4 Kd5 45. f4 hxg4 46. Bxg4
e6 47. Ke1 Rh2 48. Rh3 Ra2 49. h5 gxh5 50. Bf3+ Kc5 51. Bxh5 Be8 52. Rg3 Rh2
53. Be2 Bb5 54. Bxb5 Kxb5 55. Rg7 Kc4 56. Rxf7 Kxc3 57. Rd7 Rh4 58. Kf2 Rxf4+
59. Ke3 Rg4 60. Rc7+ Kb4 61. Rc6 Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 h6 8. Bh4 a6
9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Re8 11. a3 b5 12. c5 e5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Bg3 Bxc5 15. h3
Ngxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxd5 Bd6 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Be2 Qf6 21. O-O
Rcd8 22. a4 Bf8 23. b3 bxa4 24. bxa4 a5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qe4 Rd5 27. Rc1 Bb4
28. h4 g6 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 Nd7 31. Qe8+ Nf8 32. Bb3 Qf5 33. Bc4 Qd7 34.
Qe5 Qe7 35. Qb8 Qe4 36. Bf1 h5 37. Qd8 Kg7 38. Bd3 Qd5 39. Qxd5 cxd5 40. Be5+
f6 41. Bb2 Ne6 42. Bc2 Nc5 43. f3 Kf7 44. g4 hxg4 45. fxg4 Be1 46. Bd4 Nd7 47.
h5 gxh5 48. gxh5 Kg7 49. Kf1 Bb4 50. Bg6 Bc5 51. Bc3 Nb6 52. Be8 Nc4 53. Ke2
Bb6 54. Be1 Nxe3 55. Bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.25"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. h4 dxc4 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. g5 Nd5 12. Bxc4 Bb4 13. Bd2 Qe7 14. Qb3 N7b6
15. Be2 O-O-O 16. a3 Ba5 17. O-O-O e5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 20. Rxd2
Rxd5 21. Rxd5 cxd5 22. Qb4 Kb8 23. Bd3 Nc4 24. Kb1 a5 25. Qb5 Rc8 26. Bxc4 Qe4+
27. Ka2 dxc4 28. Rc1 f6 29. Qxa5 Qxh4 30. f4 Qh3 31. Qc3 Qf5 32. Rg1 Ka8 33.
gxf6 gxf6 34. Rd1 Qe6 35. Rg1 Qf5 36. Rh1 Qd5 37. Rh7 g5 38. fxg5 fxg5 39. Rg7
Kb8 40. e4 Qxe4 41. Rxg5 Qc6 42. Ra5 Qb6 43. a4 Qb3+ 44. Qxb3 cxb3+ 45. Kxb3
Rh8 46. Rg5 Ka7 47. Kb4 Ka6 48. a5 b6 49. axb6 Kxb6 50. Rg6+ Kb7 51. Ka4 Rh4+
52. b4 Rh5 53. Rf6 Rg5 54. b5 Rg1 55. Rf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.25"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Nf3 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Nb5
Ne8 9. c4 c6 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Qb3 Kh8 12. Rad1 Nd6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Ne5 Nf6 15.
Nd3 Nh5 16. e3 Qe8 17. Rfe1 Nf6 18. f3 Qd8 19. Re2 b6 20. Qa4 Bd7 21. Ne5 Be8
22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Qd1 h6 24. Nd3 Bf7 25. Bh3 Be6 26. Qa4 Bd7 27. Qc2 Qe8 28. Be5
Nh7 29. Bg2 Ng5 30. Qa4 Ra8 31. Rce1 Nc4 32. Bf4 Ne6 33. Qd1 Bf6 34. b3 Na5 35.
Bd6 Rg8 36. Be5 Qf7 37. Qc2 Rae8 38. Rf2 h5 39. Ne2 Nb7 40. e4 c5 41. exd5 Nxd4
42. Nxd4 cxd4 43. f4 Bb5 44. a4 Rc8 45. Qd2 Bd7 46. Rfe2 Rge8 47. Bxf6 gxf6 48.
Ne5 Qg7 49. Nxd7 Qxd7 50. Qxd4 Kg7 51. Bf3 Nc5 52. d6 Rxe2 53. Rxe2 Re8 54.
Bxh5 Rxe2 55. Bxe2 Nxb3 56. Qd5 Nc5 57. Bb5 Qf7 58. Qxf7+ Kxf7 59. h4 Nb7 60.
d7 Nd8 61. Bc4+ Kf8 62. Bd5 a6 63. Kf2 b5 64. axb5 axb5 65. Ke3 Ke7 66. h5 1-0

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 5. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6.
e5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} 8. c4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qe6
{[%emt 0:00:44]} 10. Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 11. Bd2 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} (11... Bb7 12. Bd3 O-O-O 13. O-O-O c5 14.
Qe2 Rhe8 15. f4 d6 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 g6 18. Rhf1 Na4 19. Ba5 dxe5 20. fxe5
f5 21. exf6 {1-0 (21) Caruana,F (2796)-Granda Zuniga,J (2664) Tromso 2013}) 12.
b3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 13. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d5 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} 14. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 15. Be2 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:46]} 16. O-O {[%emt 0:02:17]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:03:
49]} 17. Rac1 $146 {[%emt 0:00:10]} (17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Rac1 c5 19. Bf1 Nd5 20.
bxc4 Nb4 21. Bxb4 cxb4 22. Qe3 {1/2-1/2 (22) Ljubojevic,L (2590)-Spassky,B 
(2640) Montreal 1979}) 17... c5 {[%emt 0:14:30]} 18. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} h6 {
[%emt 0:23:35]} 19. Ba1 {[%emt 0:19:44]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:12:33]} 20. Qg3 {
[%emt 0:13:02]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:11:58]} 21. Qxg6 {[%emt 0:10:51]} fxg6 {[%emt 0:
01:06]} 22. h4 $14 {[%emt 0:17:02][%csl Rg6] The Italian super-star was able
to obtain a very slight edge from this Scotch, but it was not enough to win
the game. With clever regrouping of his pieces and an excellent feel for what
was truly important in the position Bacrot was able to neutralize White's pair
of bishops and his superior pawn structure by maintaining enormous pressure on
the c4 pawn throughout the game. White's own pawn on e5 limited the scopre of
his dark-squared bishop and he was unable to use this pair of bishops
advantage. The players repeated moves in an equal position that was at least
much more fighting than the Ivanchuk-Dominguez game.} Bc8 {[%emt 0:08:08]} 23.
bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Be6 {[%emt 0:04:27]} 24. Kf1 {[%emt 0:14:00]} Kf7 {
[%emt 0:13:02]} 25. Rxd8 {[%emt 0:04:04]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 26. Ke1 {
[%emt 0:00:18]} g5 {[%emt 0:03:50]} 27. h5 {[%emt 0:07:12]} c6 {[%emt 0:02:32]}
28. Rc3 {[%emt 0:05:43]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 29. Bd3 {[%emt 0:05:27]} Ke7 {
[%emt 0:04:00]} 30. f3 {[%emt 0:03:40]} Na4 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 31. Ra3 {[%emt 0:
07:43]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 32. Rc3 {[%emt 0:03:37]} Na4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 33.
Rb3 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Na4 {Compared to the
Nadanian system (4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Na4), Black can't play ...e7-e5 here; however, .
..Bc8-g4 becomes possible.} O-O {As well as in the Nadanian system, Black can
prevent e2-e4 by means of} (6... Bf5) ({or} 6... Nf6) 7. e4 Nb6 (7... Nf6 8.
Nc3 {[%csl Rf6] is more favourable for White.}) 8. Be3 {The most natural move.}
(8. h3 Nxa4 9. Qxa4 c5 10. dxc5 Nd7 11. c6 Nc5 $44 {1-0 (44) Meister,P (2396)
-Flumbort,A (2513) Germany 2010}) (8. Be2 Bg4 9. Be3 Nxa4 10. Qxa4 c5 $1 11.
dxc5 Bxb2 12. Rb1 Bc3+ 13. Kf1 (13. Nd2 Bxd2+ 14. Bxd2 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 Nc6 16.
Be3 Qc7 17. g3 Rad8 $36 {0-1 (44) Lysyj,I (2590)-Morozevich,A (2762) Sochi 2007
}) 13... Bc8 $1 14. g3 Nc6 15. Kg2 Bg7 16. Rhd1 Qc7 17. Bb5 Bd7 18. Bf4 Qc8 $11
{1/2 (52) Oms Pallisse,J (2522)-Lopez Martinez,J (2557) Lleida 2009}) 8... Nxa4
{Two most important alternatives:} (8... Bg4 $5 9. Nc5 $1 (9. Be2 {- see above}
) 9... Nc6 $1 (9... Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nc6 11. d5 (11. Nxb7 Qc8 $44) 11... Ne5 12.
Rc1 $14) 10. Nxb7 Qb8 (10... Qc8 11. Ba6) 11. Ba6 (11. Nc5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Bxd4
$1 13. Bxd4 Rd8 $17 {0-1 (26) Pridorozhni,A (2325)-Kalod,R (2440) Pardubice
1999}) 11... Nb4 (11... e5 $5 12. d5 Nb4 13. Nc5 N6xd5 14. Bb7 (14. exd5 e4 15.
Nxe4 Nxa6 $44) 14... Nxe3 15. fxe3 Na6 $1 16. Bxa8 Nxc5 $44 {0-1 (34) Kiss,E 
(2139)-Gara,T (2312) Hungary 2008}) 12. Nc5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Bxd4 $1 14. Bxd4 Rd8
15. O-O Nxa6 16. Nxa6 Qc8 {[%cal Re7e5]} 17. Qe2 Rxd4 $11 {1-0 (28) Minko,V 
(2307)-Cori Quispe,K (2073) Maribor SLO 2012}) (8... Nc6 $5 9. Nc5 (9. Be2 Bg4
10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nxa4 13. f4 e6 $1 14. O-O-O Qe8 15. d6 cxd6
16. Rxd6 Nb6 17. Kb1 Qa4 $132 {1/2 (22) Saric,S (2470)-Kadric,D (2407) Novi
Sad 2012}) 9... Nd7 $5 ({this is quieter than} 9... Bg4 {leading to the
previous line}) 10. Nxd7 (10. Nb3 a5 $1) 10... Qxd7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. d5 Ne5 13.
Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Qc2 Qd6 15. Be2 e6 16. Bc5 Qd7 17. Rd1 exd5 18. Rxd5 Qe8 $11 {
1/2 (31) Demian,V (2422)-Dolgitser,K (2438) ICCF 2001}) 9. Qxa4 c5 (9... Bg4 {
is still possible, e.g.} 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. Be2 (11. Bb5 $5) 11... Qd6 12. O-O
Rfd8 13. d5 Ne5 14. Nd4 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 c6 16. h3 cxd5 17. Rxd5 Qc6 18. Qxc6 Nxc6
19. Rfd1 e6 {1/2 (19) Javakhishvili,L (2421)-Khurtsidze,N (2451) Tbilisi 2007})
10. Rd1 Qb6 (10... Bg4 $5 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. Qa3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nc6 14. Bg2 Rfd8
15. O-O Be5 16. h3 {1-0 (59) Luehrig,W (2018)-Lukin,A (1883) IECG 2001} a5 $44)
(10... Bd7 11. Qa3 (11. Bb5 Bxb5 12. Qxb5 cxd4 13. Qxb7 Qb6 $1 14. Qxb6 axb6 {
1/2 (14) Saric,S (2310)-Dekic,J (2318) Pancevo 2005}) 11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qc7
13. Be2 Bc6 (13... Nc6 14. Nb5 Qc8 15. O-O Rd8 16. h3 Bf8 17. Nc3 e6 18. Bc5
Bxc5 19. Qxc5 Be8 20. Qe3 Qc7 $11 {1-0 (33) Golod,V (2547)-Rodshtein,M (2642)
Biel 2012}) 14. Nxc6 (14. f3 $5 Be5 15. g3) 14... Nxc6 15. O-O Rfd8 $11 {
0-1 (36) Maisuradze,N (2118)-Kviriashvili,I (2252) Tbilisi 2000}) (10... cxd4
11. Nxd4 Qc7 $5) 11. Rd2 $1 (11. dxc5 Qxb2 12. Bc4 Bd7 13. Qb3 Qxb3 14. Bxb3
Bb5 15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Nc6 17. Rd7 Ba6 18. f3 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Kf2
Kf8 $11 {1/2 (30) Melkumyan,H (2639)-Kurnosov,I (2663) Biel 2012}) (11. Qc2 Bg4
12. dxc5 Qxb2 13. Qxb2 Bxb2 14. Bc4 Nc6 15. O-O Na5 16. Be2 Rfd8 17. h3 {
1-0 (36) Grigoryan,K (2463)-Bernadskiy,V (2435) Moscow 2011} Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Be6
$11) 11... Bd7 (11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qc7 $5 13. Rc2 Qd8 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Rd2 Bxb5
16. Nxb5 Qe8 17. Qb3 Qc6 18. O-O a6 19. Nc3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Qxc3 21. bxc3 Nc6 22.
Rd7 {1/2 (22) Galyas,M (2420)-Flumbort,A (2355) Hungary 2000}) 12. Qa3 cxd4 (
12... Qb4 13. Qxb4 cxb4 14. h3 Nc6 15. Bd3 Rac8 16. Ke2 $16 {V.Kortschnoj}) 13.
Nxd4 Qc7 (13... Rc8 14. Be2 (14. Nb3 Qc6 15. Bd3 Qa4 16. Qxa4 Bxa4 $11 {
1-0 (69) Zaiatz,E (2424)-Ilieva,H (2106) Sunny Beach 2012}) 14... Qc5 (14...
Bf8 $5 15. Qd3 e5 16. Nf3 Bc5) 15. Qxc5 Rxc5 16. O-O Rc8 17. Nb3 Be8 18. Bg4 e6
19. Nc5 $14 {1-0 (36) Jelen,I (2435)-Kos,T (2295) Krsko 1997}) 14. Be2 (14.
Qxe7 $6 Qc1+ 15. Rd1 Qxb2 {L.McShane}) 14... Bc6 {It turns out that it is not
easy for Black to complete his development, which may mean that the whole plan
with 9...c5 and 10...Qb6 is insufficient for equality.} (14... Nc6 15. Nb5 Qc8
16. O-O $14 {1-0 (49) Justo,D (2306)-Mohandesi,S (2358) France 2002}) (14... e5
15. Rc2 (15. Nb5 Bxb5 16. Bxb5 a6 17. O-O Nc6 18. Bc4 Rfd8 19. Bd5 Bf8 20. Qa4
Nb4 $11 {V.Kortschnoj}) 15... Qd8 16. Nb5 Nc6 17. Nd6 Qb8 18. Bc4 (18. O-O $5
$14) 18... Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 {1-0 (25) Kortschnoj,V (2625)-Sutovsky,E (2595)
Dresden 1998 CBM 065 [Kortschnoj]} 20. f4 $14) 15. O-O $5 $146 {[%mdl 512]
Sacrificing a pawn for quick development.} (15. f3 $5 Be5 16. g3 Bd6 17. Qc3
Rc8 18. Kf2 Na6 (18... Be8 19. Qxc7 Bxc7 20. Rhd1 {is not full equality either}
) 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Qxc6 Rxc6 21. Bb5 Rc7 22. a3 Bc5 23. b4 Bxe3+ 24. Kxe3 $14
{1-0 (46) Gareev,T (2614)-Antal,G (2519) Irvine 2010}) 15... Bxe4 16. Nb5 Qc6
17. f3 Bd5 18. Qxe7 {This quick restoration of the material balance yields
Black some precious time for consolidation.} (18. Rfd1 $142 $1 e6 (18... Bc4
19. Nxa7 $1 Qe6 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Qxe7 $36) 19. Nc3 Rd8 20. Bb5 Qc7 21. Bg5 $1
Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Rf8 23. Nxd5 Qxb5 24. Nf6+ $44 Kh8 $140 25. f4 $1 {[%cal Ra3h3] A.
Korotylev}) 18... Re8 19. Qg5 Na6 (19... Bxa2 $5 $13) 20. Qxd5 (20. Nc3 Re5 $1
21. Qf4 (21. Nxd5 Rae8 $3 22. Qf4 Rxd5 $132) 21... Nc7 22. Bf2 Rae8 23. Rfd1 a6
$13) 20... Qxd5 21. Rxd5 Rxe3 22. Bc4 Re7 $11 {The position has simplified,
Black has no problems any more.} 23. Rd2 Bh6 24. f4 Nc5 25. g3 a5 {This move
unnecessarily weakens Black's queenside.} (25... Bf8 $142 26. Nc3 Ne4 $11 {
A.Korotylev}) 26. Rd5 (26. Nd6 $5 {was the last attempt to try something.})
26... Ne4 27. Rfd1 Bf8 28. Rd8 Rxd8 29. Rxd8 Kg7 30. Kg2 Nf6 31. Kf3 Rd7 32.
Rxd7 Nxd7 33. Nc7 Bc5 34. Bb5 Nf6 35. Ne8+ Nxe8 36. Bxe8 Kf8 37. Bb5 Kg7 38.
Be8 Kf8 39. Bb5 Kg7 40. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 (10... dxe5 {is slightly more common - see
Grischuk-Svidler, Negi-Caruana and Carslen-Aronian.}) 11. Nxe5 (11. Nbd2 Nxf3+
$5 (11... Nfd7 $146 12. Nd4 c5 13. Nf5 Nf6 14. Ne3 (14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Nc4 $14
{/=}) 14... Bb7 15. f3 Ng6 16. Ndc4 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nf5 Qc7 19. Nxe7+
Ngxe7 20. Bg5 Nf5 21. c3 (21. Na5 $5) 21... bxc3 22. bxc3 h6 23. Qd3 g6 24. Bd2
Rad8 25. Qe2 Nf4 26. Bxf4 Qxf4 27. Rad1 Bd5 28. Nd2 Bxb3 29. Nxb3 Qxa4 30. Nxc5
{Nakamura,H (2772)-Aronian,L (2813)/Saint Louis/2013/} Qc6 $11) 12. Nxf3 Bb7
13. e5 Nd7 14. e6 fxe6 15. Bxe6+ Kh8 16. Bd5 c6 17. Ba2 c5 18. Bd5 Bxd5 19.
Qxd5 Nb6 20. Qe6 Bf6 21. a5 Nd7 22. Qd5 (22. Qxd6 Ne5 $44) 22... Ne5 23. Nd2
Ng4 24. Nf3 Ne5 25. Nd2 Ng4 $11 {1/2,Anand,V (2782)-Naiditsch,A (2574)/
Dortmund/2004/}) 11... dxe5 12. Qe2 (12. Qf3 Be6 $5 13. Nd2 Bc5 14. h3 Nd7 $5
15. Qe2 Qe7 16. Bc4 a5 (16... Bxc4 17. Qxc4 a5 18. Nf3 Qd6 19. Be3 Bxe3 20.
Rxe3 Nc5 $11 {Dominguez}) 17. Nb3 Bb6 18. Bd2 $6 (18. Bxe6 Qxe6 $14) 18... Rfd8
19. c3 Qf6 20. Rf1 Qg6 21. cxb4 Bxh3 22. Qf3 Bg4 23. Qg3 Nf6 24. Qxe5 Nxe4 25.
Be3 {Dominguez Perez,L (2647)-Navara,D (2658)/Turin olm/2006/} Bf3 26. Qh2 Nd6
$17) 12... Bc5 {The most usual move, but maybe Black can consider other
alternatives:} (12... Bb7 13. f3 (13. Rd1 Qe8 (13... Bd6 14. f3 Nh5 (14... Qe7
$5) 15. Be3 Kh8 (15... Nf4 $142 $132) 16. Bd5 $5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Qe7 18. Nd2 c6
19. Ra5 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Rxa6 Bc5+ 22. Kh1 Bd4 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Nc4 $16 {
Sutovsky,E (2565)-Brito Garcia,A (2395)/Benasque/1996/}) 14. f3 Bc5+ 15. Be3
Nd7 16. Nd2 a5 17. Nf1 Bxe3+ 18. Nxe3 Nb6 19. Qf2 Bc6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5
Nxd5 22. Rxd5 $36 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gd1d8] Korneev,O (2475)-Wegner,H (2365)/
Hamburg/1992/}) 13... Bc5+ (13... Nh5 14. g3 Kh8 15. Be3 Qc8 {Marin's
recommendation} (15... f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Nd2 Qd6 18. Bc4 Raf8 19. Rf1 (19.
Rad1 $1 Qf6 20. Rf1 $14 {Nisipeanu}) 19... e4 20. f4 $8 (20. fxe4 $2 Nxg3 $1
21. hxg3 Qxg3+ 22. Kh1 Qh3+ 23. Kg1 Bc5 $1 $19) 20... g5 21. Qxh5 gxf4 22. Qg4
Rg5 23. Qxf4 Rxf4 24. Rxf4 Qe5 25. Nb3 c5 26. Rd1 $44 {1-0 Nisipeanu,L (2668)
-Sokolov,I (2673)/Kemer 2007/CBM 121/[Marin,M] (35)}) 16. Qg2 (16. Nd2 $142 f5
17. exf5 Qxf5 $132) 16... f5 17. exf5 Qxf5 18. g4 $2 Qd7 19. gxh5 Bxf3 20. Qg3
Bb7 21. h3 Bh4 $1 22. Qg4 (22. Qxh4 Qc6) 22... Qc6 23. Kh2 Bxe1 24. Qg1 Qf3 25.
Nd2 Qe2+ {0-1,Roser,K (2429)-Brunello,S (2467)/Chur/2010/}) 14. Be3 Bd4 $5 15.
c3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 Qe7 18. Nd2 Nd7 19. Rab1 Rab8 20. a5 Rfd8 $11 {
Rapp,J (2092)-Makovsky,P (2305)/corr/1998/}) (12... Qd4 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Kh1 a5
15. f3 Rfd8 16. Nc4 Ba6 17. Be3 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Qd7 19. Red1 Qe8 {Palac,M (2591)
-Aronian,L (2610)/Lausanne/2003/} 20. Bb3 $36 {[%csl Ra5,Gb3,Ge3]}) (12... a5
$5 13. Rd1 (13. Nd2 Bc5 14. Nc4 Ng4 15. Ne3 Nf6 16. h3 Qe7 17. Bd2 c6 18. Qf3
Be6 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Rad8 21. Red1 h6 22. Be1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Bd4 24. c3
bxc3 25. bxc3 Ba7 26. Bc2 Rb8 $132 {Rowies,A (2375)-Dos Santos,M (2412)/corr/
2011/}) 13... Ba6 14. Qf3 Qc8 15. Bg5 c5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bd5 Ra7 18. c4 Qc7
19. Nd2 Bc8 20. Nf1 Bg5 21. Ng3 Ra6 22. Nf5 g6 23. Ne3 Kg7 24. Rd3 f5 $13 {
Turcan,M (2093)-Botta,M (2222)/corr/2007/}) 13. Be3 (13. Nd2 a5 {transposes
into 12...a5!?}) 13... Qe7 $146 (13... Bd4 $5 14. c3 {The human move, which
leads nowhere. Perhaps Caruana wanted to test one of the engine continuations,
, but even here White's edge is at best only minimal:} (14. Bxd4 $5 Qxd4 15.
Rd1 Qc5 (15... Qa7 16. Nd2 Bg4 17. Nf3 Qc5 18. Rd3 Rad8 19. Rad1 $11 {/+/=})
16. Qc4 Qe7 $5 17. Nd2 a5 18. Qc6 $5 (18. Qe2 Rd8 19. Bc4 Bb7 (19... Rd4 20.
Nf3 Rd6 21. Rxd6 cxd6 22. Rd1 Bg4 23. Qe3 h6 24. b3 Rb8 25. h3 Bh5 26. Re1 Bg6
27. Nd2 Qc7 28. f3 Rd8 $11 {DavideBENEDETTO,H (2348)-Next-Level,H (2588)/
Engine Room/2012/}) 20. f3 Bc6 21. Qf2 h6 22. Bb3 Kh7 23. h4 Nh5 24. Nc4 Rd7
25. Ne3 Nf4 26. Kh1 Rdd8 27. Kh2 Bb7 28. g3 Ne6 29. Bxe6 Qxe6 30. b3 Qf6 31.
Kg1 c5 {love u chess,h (2548)-geisterjÄger,h (2541)/Engine Room/2011/}) 18...
Ra7 19. Re1 Rd8 20. Nf3 Bg4 21. Ng5 Rf8 22. h3 Bh5 23. Re3 Qd6 24. Qc4 c5 25.
Nf3 Rc8 26. Rd3 Qe7 $11 {/+/=,pablitoo,d (2463)-sweaty carpenter,r (2472)/
Engine Room/2012/}) (14. Qd3 c5 15. c3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Rb8 18. Nd2
Qc7 19. Bc4 Rd8 20. Reb1 (20. Nb3 Rd6 21. Rad1 Rdb6 22. Qxc5 Rc6 23. Rd8+ Qxd8
24. Qxc6 Bd7 {skypilot,k (2626)-dynamic coins,h (2494)/Engine Room/2012/} 25.
Qxa6 Qc7 26. f3 Rb7 $1 27. Rd1 Ra7 28. Qd6 Qxc4 29. Qb8+ Be8 30. Qxa7 Qxb3 $11)
20... Rxb1+ 21. Rxb1 Bd7 22. Bxa6 Bxa4 23. Bc4 Qd6 24. Nf1 g6 (24... Bc2 25.
Ra1 Bxe4 26. Ra6 $14) 25. f3 Kg7 26. Qf2 Bc6 27. Ne3 Ra8 28. Bf1 Nd7 29. Rd1
Qe7 $11 {/+/=,cyclops_,h (2718)-no fear,h (2727)/Engine Room/2011/}) 14... bxc3
15. bxc3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Qe7 17. Nd2 Be6 18. h3 Rfd8 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Nf3 Ne8
21. c4 Nd6 22. c5 Nc8 23. Ng5 Qe7 24. Red1 Na7 25. Rd5 Nc6 $11 {Baklan,V (2578)
-Pinter,J (2535)/AUT-chT/2005/}) 14. Nd2 Bg4 $6 {This will in the end just
cost Black time.} (14... Rd8 $142 15. Nc4 a5 16. f3 $11 {/+/=}) 15. Bxc5 Qxc5
16. Qe3 Qxe3 {In an endgame the queenside pawns will be more vulnerable.} (
16... Qe7 $5 $14) 17. Rxe3 Rad8 18. Nc4 {[%csl Re5]} Rfe8 19. Na5 {[%cal Ra5c6,
Rc6b4]} Be6 (19... Rd2 20. Rd3 $5 (20. Nc6 Be6 $14) 20... Rxd3 (20... Rd8 21.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Nc6 $16) 21. cxd3 $36 {[%csl Ra6,Rb4,Rc7]}) 20. f3 $1 Rd2 {
Black's activity will be only temporary.} (20... Rd6 21. Rc1 $36 {[%cal Yb3e6,
Yc2c3] can be similar to the game.}) 21. Rc1 Nd7 $6 (21... Bxb3 $142 22. Rxb3
c5 23. c3 Nh5 $5 (23... bxc3 24. Rcxc3 Rd1+ 25. Kf2 Rd2+ 26. Kf1 Red8 27. Nc4
$16 {[%csl Ra6,Rc5,Re5]}) 24. g3 bxc3 25. Rcxc3 Rd1+ 26. Kg2 Rd2+ 27. Kh3 Nf6
$14 {[%cal Yg7g5,Yh7h5]}) 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Nb3 Rdd6 $8 24. c3 bxc3 (24... c5
25. cxb4 cxb4 26. Rc8+ Nf8 27. Na5 $16) 25. Rexc3 $16 Rb6 (25... c6 26. Na5 c5
{was more resilient.}) 26. a5 $1 Rb5 27. Rxc7 Rxb3 28. Rxd7 h5 (28... g6 29.
Rcc7 Rf6 (29... Rxb2 30. Rxf7 Rd6 31. Rfd7 Rxd7 32. Rxd7 {/\} Rb5 33. Rd5 $18)
30. Rb7 Rxb7 31. Rxb7 $16 {/+-}) 29. Rc8+ Kh7 30. Rxf7 Rxb2 31. Rf5 Rb1+ (31...
h4 32. Rh5+ Rh6 33. Rxh6+ (33. Rxe5 $6 h3 $132) 33... gxh6 (33... Kxh6 34. Rc6+
Kg5 35. h3 $18) 34. h3 $5 (34. Rc7+ Kg8 35. Rc5 $5 Rb1+ 36. Kf2 Rb2+ 37. Ke3
Rb3+ 38. Kd2 Rb2+ 39. Kd3 Rxg2 40. h3 Rg3 41. Ke3 $16) 34... Rb5 35. Rc7+ Kg8
36. Rc6 Rxa5 37. Rxh6 Kg7 $5 38. Rxh4 Rb5 39. Rg4+ Kh7 (39... Kf7 40. h4 a5 41.
h5 Rb6 42. Rg5 Re6 43. h6 Rxh6 44. Rxe5 Ra6 45. Rc5 a4 46. Rc2 a3 47. Ra2 $16 {
/+-}) 40. f4 exf4 (40... a5 41. f5 a4 42. Rg3 {/\} Rb3 43. Rg6 $18) 41. Rxf4
$16 {/+-}) 32. Kf2 Rb2+ (32... h4 $142 33. Rh5+ Rh6 34. Rxh6+ (34. Rxe5 $5 Rb2+
35. Ke3 Rxg2 36. f4 Rxh2 37. f5 Rf6 38. Ree8 $40) 34... gxh6 35. Rc7+ Kg8 36.
h3 $5 {- 31...h4!?}) 33. Kg3 Rg6+ 34. Kh3 Rgxg2 35. Rxh5+ Kg6 36. Rxe5 Rxh2+
37. Kg3 $18 {Black is lost, as he will drop another pawn.} Rhg2+ (37... Rbg2+
38. Kf4 Rh4+ 39. Ke3 Rh6 40. Rc6+ Kf7 (40... Kh7 41. Rxh6+ gxh6 42. Re7+ Kg8
43. Re6) 41. Rf5+ Kg8 (41... Ke7 42. Rc7+ Ke8 43. Rff7 $18) 42. Rxh6 gxh6 43.
Rf6 $18) 38. Kf4 Rb5 39. Rc6+ (39. Rc6+ Kf7 40. Rxa6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 {A relatively fresh
anti-Grünfeld attempt, to which, however, Black transposes into a relatively
rare system of the King's Indian - with e2-e3.} d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 {
Such positions are much more popular with reversed colours. White has an extra
tempo here, and Alexander Grischuk finds an interesting way to exploit it.} 8.
Qc2 ({The immediate} 8. b4 {is another option.}) 8... Re8 9. Rd1 $5 e4 10. Nd2
Qe7 {[%mdl 32] Black's standard plan is: ...Nd7-f8, ...h7-h5-h4(-h3 if
possible); alternatively ...Bc8-g4 with the pawn on h5; ...Nf8-h7-g5 etc. with
a kingside attack. Meanwhile, White creates counterplay on the queenside and
in the centre.} 11. b4 Nf8 12. Bb2 ({Here is an example how White can be
crushed when he plays inaccurately:} 12. a4 Bf5 13. b5 h5 14. Ba3 Ne6 15. Nf1
h4 16. a5 Ng5 17. a6 b6 18. Na2 $4 (18. h3 {was a must}) 18... Nf3+ $1 19. gxf3
exf3 20. Qb2 Qe4 21. Bd3 Qg4+ 22. Ng3 Bxd3 {0-1 (22) Houska,M (2364)-Bisby,D 
(2252) Witley 1999}) 12... h5 13. Rac1 (13. Nb3 $5 N8h7 14. d5 h4 15. h3 Ng5
16. c5) 13... Bf5 (13... h4 14. h3) (13... Bg4 $5) (13... N8h7 $5 14. Nb3 h4
15. h3 g5 $5 (15... Bf5 16. d5 $1 {[%cal Yb3d4]}) 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Nf6 18.
Qc4 b6 19. b5 Bb7 20. Qxc7 Nxd5 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Ba3 {1-0 (50) Hera,I (2557)
-Schreiner,P (2460) Fuerstenfeld AUT 2013} Rd8 $11) 14. Nb3 {A logical plan
after ...Bc8-f5: d4-d5 and Nb3-d4. Actually, White's position turns out to be
quite pleasant, which means that Black should look into this system more
carefully.} (14. Qb3 c6 $5 (14... N8h7 15. c5 a6 16. b5 Ng5 17. bxa6 bxa6 18.
cxd6 cxd6 19. Ba3 $36 {1-0 (47) Freise,H-Wolter,K (2270) Germany 1998}) 15. d5
(15. c5 d5) 15... N8d7 $132 {[%cal Yd7e5]}) 14... N8h7 15. d5 h4 16. Nd4 (16.
h3 {is possible. In such situations a piece sacrifice on h3 can be dangerous
but here White successfully parries Black's threats:} Ng5 17. Nd4 Bxh3 18. gxh3
Qd7 19. Bf1 $1 Nxh3+ 20. Kh1 Qg4 21. Bg2 Ng5 22. Rg1 Nh3 23. Kh2 $1 Nxg1 24.
Rxg1 Qh5 25. Bh3 {keeping better prospects.}) 16... Bd7 (16... h3 $5 17. Nxf5
gxf5 {was an attempt to make use of White's delay of h2-h3 but after} 18. Nb5 {
Black's damaged pawn structure could be an important factor.}) 17. c5 $6 {
A principal error.} (17. h3 {was necessary; only after, say,} Ng5 {White could
continue} 18. c5 $1 dxc5 19. bxc5 Qxc5 20. Qb3 {with a queenside initiative.})
17... dxc5 $6 {Returning the favour.} (17... h3 $1 {, weakening light squares
around White's king, gave Black a good counterplay, e.g.} 18. g3 (18. c6 bxc6
19. dxc6 Bc8 20. g3 Ng5) 18... Ng5 19. c6 bxc6 20. Nxc6 (20. dxc6 Bg4) 20...
Bxc6 21. dxc6 Qe6 22. Nb5 Qc8 $13) 18. bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qb3 {White's pressure now
forces Black to forget about ...h4-h3.} ({Of course, not} 19. Nxe4 Qxc2 20.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. Nxc2 Rad8 $132) 19... Qb6 (19... Qa5 $142 20. Ncb5 Rac8 {
holding on.}) 20. Ncb5 (20. Ndb5 $1 {was even stronger, e.g.} c6 21. Na4 Qd8
22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Nd6 Re7 24. Nc5 $16 {[%csl Gc5,Gd6]}) 20... c5 21. dxc6 bxc6
22. Nd6 Rf8 (22... Qxb3 $142 23. axb3 (23. Nxb3 Re7 24. Nc5 {is not so
powerful without queens}) 23... Reb8 24. Nxc6 Bxc6 25. Rxc6 Rxb3 26. Bd4 Ng5
$14) 23. Ba3 {It was now better to evade the queen exchange on b3:} (23. Qc2 h3
(23... c5 24. Nb3) 24. Ba3 hxg2 25. Nxc6 Ng5 (25... Bxc6 26. Qxc6 Ng5) 26. Kxg2
{with full domination. It is essential that White keeps his a-pawn for a
future ending.}) 23... Qxb3 24. axb3 (24. Nxb3 $143 Rfd8 25. Nd4 Bf8) 24...
Rfb8 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 (25... Rxb3 $2 26. Ne7+ Kf8 27. Bc5 Kxe7 28. Bc4 Rbb8 29.
Nf5+ Kd8 30. Nxg7 {[%csl Rd8]}) 26. Rxc6 Rxb3 27. Bc5 Ng5 28. Bc4 Rbb8 29. Nxf7
{White decides to force matters.} (29. Bd4 $5 $36 {[%csl Gc4,Gc6,Gd4,Gd6]})
29... Nxf7 30. Rc7 Rf8 $138 (30... Rc8 $142 31. Bxf7+ Kh7 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Bd4
Rc7 {, and Black should not lose.}) 31. Bxf8 Rxf8 32. Rxa7 Ng4 33. Bd5 $138 (
33. h3 $142 Nge5 (33... Nf6 $2 34. Rd6 {[%cal Rd6b6,Rb6b7]}) 34. Bd5 Bf6 35.
Bxe4 Kg7 $16) 33... Bh6 (33... Be5 $1 34. h3 Nf6 {keeping the e4-pawn}) 34. Re7
Bg5 35. Rxe4 Nf6 36. Red4 Nxd5 37. Rxd5 h3 $2 (37... Bf6 $142) 38. f4 Bd8 39.
gxh3 $2 (39. g3 $1 {should be winning. The h3-pawn will fall at a later stage.}
) 39... Bb6 $2 (39... g5 $5 40. f5 Re8 {creating a blockade.}) 40. Kf2 $2 (40.
R1d3 $16 {[%cal Yg1g2,Ye3e4]}) 40... Nh6 {The time pressure is over, and it
becomes clear that White's winning chances have vanished. Black now wants to
give up two pieces for a rook and the e3-pawn, which will lead to a drawn rook
ending.} 41. Kf3 (41. Rd6 Bxe3+ $1 42. Kxe3 Nf5+) 41... Nf5 42. e4 {The last
but unsuccessful attempt.} (42. Rg1 Kh7 43. Rd7+ Kh6 {was equally fruitless.})
42... Ne3 43. Rd6 Nxd1 44. Rxg6+ Kf7 45. Rxb6 Rh8 $1 {White can't keep one of
his h-pawns, and the draw is inevitable.} 46. Rb7+ Kf6 47. e5+ Kf5 48. Rf7+ Ke6
49. Rf6+ Ke7 50. Rd6 Nc3 51. f5 (51. Kg4 Rg8+ 52. Kh5 (52. Kf5 Rf8+) 52... Rh8+
53. Rh6 Rf8 $1 $11) 51... Rxh3+ 52. Kf4 (52. Kg2 Re3) 52... Rxh2 53. f6+ Ke8
54. e6 Rf2+ 55. Ke5 Re2+ (55... Rxf6 $5 56. Kxf6 Ne4+ 57. Ke5 Nxd6 58. Kxd6 Kd8
$11) 56. Kf5 Rf2+ 57. Ke5 Re2+ 58. Kf5 Rf2+ 59. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:
00:06]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 6.
Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf5 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} 8. Qxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kxd8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 10. Rd1+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 11.
Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} (11... a6 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Rd3 Ne7 14.
Rad1 Be6 15. Nd4 Bc4 16. R3d2 c5 17. Nb3 b6 18. e6 fxe6 19. Bxc7 Nd5 20. Nxd5
Bxd5 21. Bxb6 c4 22. Nc1 c3 23. bxc3 Rc8 24. Ba5 Be7 25. Nb3 Bf6 26. Bb4 Kf7
27. Rd3 Rc7 28. Na5 Rhc8 29. c4 Bxc4 30. Rd7+ Rxd7 31. Rxd7+ Ke8 32. Rd6 Bxa2
33. Rxa6 Rxc2 34. Rc6 Rb2 35. Ba3 Rb1+ 36. Rc1 Rxc1+ 37. Bxc1 Bd5 38. Be3 Kd7
39. Kf1 Kc7 40. Bd2 Kb6 41. f3 {Karjakin,S (2779)-Carlsen,M (2837) Astana 2012
0-1}) 12. Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 13. e6 {[%emt 0:21:46]}
Bxe6 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 14. Bxc7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxd1+ $146 {[%emt 0:05:20]} (
14... Rd7 15. Rxd7 Kxd7 16. Bh2 Bd6 17. Rd1 Ke7 18. Bxd6+ Nxd6 19. Nd4 Bd7 {
1/2-1/2 (19) Hanemann,I (2188)-Huisl,W (2284) Germany 2009}) 15. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:
01:19]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 16. g4 {[%emt 0:26:56]} Nh4 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 17.
Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:14:07]} 18. Re1 {[%emt 0:05:13]} Kf8 {
[%emt 0:09:12]} 19. Bg3 {[%emt 0:01:10]} g5 {[%emt 0:10:12]} 20. Bxh4 {[%emt 0:
03:01]} gxh4 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 21. Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:55]} Kg7 $11 {[%emt 0:17:56]
[%cal Gh8d8] Caruana posed no problems to Ponomariov's Berlin Defence, and it
was even the black player that held a slight edge due to his pair of bishops
and then an extra (but crippled) pawn. It's hard to say that White was in any
real danger at any point but it was certainly Black that had the easier game.}
22. Kg2 {[%emt 0:30:55]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:05:16]} 23. c3 {[%emt 0:01:14]} h5 {
[%emt 0:09:49]} 24. f3 {[%emt 0:06:10]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:11:08]} 25. Nf5+ {[%emt 0:
06:56]} Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 26. gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:46]}
27. c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxf5 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 28. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ra5 {
[%emt 0:05:56]} 29. Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 30. Nxf6 {
[%emt 0:02:38]} Kxf6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 31. a3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:04:
26]} 32. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 33. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
Rc2+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 34. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 35. a4 {
[%emt 0:01:16]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:06:26]} 36. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rxh3 {[%emt 0:00:
44]} 37. Rxc6+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 38. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:45]}
Rh1+ {[%emt 0:01:29]} 39. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 40. Rc4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rxh4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:
42]} 42. Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 43. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Rg1+
{[%emt 0:00:18]} 44. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 45. Kg3 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Rg1+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 46. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:
08]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. e5 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. f4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. Nf3 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:
38]} 8. Na4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Qa5+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. c3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c4 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 10. b4 {[%emt 0:02:23]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 11. Be2 {[%emt 0:
04:27]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:03:16]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:18]} 13.
Qc2 {[%emt 0:07:52]} b5 {[%emt 0:12:38]} 14. Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Nxc5 {
[%emt 0:00:55]} 15. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 16. a3 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} Bd7 $2 {[%emt 0:03:40] Ivanchuk: "I was calculating 16...f6 but then
my hands moved 16...Bd7?"} 17. Nd4 {[%emt 0:03:20]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 18.
Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} axb4 $6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} (18... Ra6 $142 {[%cal Gf8a8]})
19. axb4 {[%emt 0:05:48]} Rxa1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 20. Rxa1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qb7 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 21. Qa2 {[%emt 0:41:14]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 22. Qb1 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} (22. Bg4 Ra8 23. Qxa8+ Qxa8 24. Rxa8+ Bxa8 25. f5 exf5 26. Bxf5 Bc6)
22... f5 {[%emt 0:04:47]} 23. exf6 {[%emt 0:05:02]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 24.
Qd1 {[%emt 0:02:38]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} (24... Qc7 25. Ra6) 25. Rxa8+ {
[%emt 0:03:51]} Qxa8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 26. Bg4 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:
42]} 27. h3 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 28. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Qf7
{[%emt 0:00:21]} 29. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 30. Qxd4 {
[%emt 0:01:04]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 31. Qxf6 {[%emt 0:15:16]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:
00:09]} 32. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 33. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:51]}
(33. Ke3 Bc6 34. Kd4 Ke7 35. Bh5 h6 36. g4 {[%cal Gh3h4,Gg4g5] Dorfman}) 1-0

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} g6 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 3. f3 {[%emt 0:00:11] An aggressive system against the Gruenfeld.
Black could transpose back into the King's Indian Defense after which White
would have already committed to the Saemisch.'} d5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 4. cxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O {
[%emt 0:00:39]} 8. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 9. O-O-O {[%emt 0:
00:13]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:18] A position of much interest in recent years.'} (
9... e5) (9... f5) 10. h4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} (10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6
a6 13. Nc3 Nxd4 {was Sivdler-Caruana from earlier this year that ended in a
draw.}) 10... Rd8 {[%emt 0:03:10]} 11. Nb5 {[%emt 0:03:21]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:39]
} 12. h5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} a6 {[%emt 0:03:47]} 13. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nxd4 {
[%emt 0:43:22]} 14. hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} hxg6 $4 {[%emt 0:08:43]
Unexplainable. Black loses disastrous amounts of material with basic tactics.'}
(14... fxg6 $8 15. g4 Qc6 $5 16. Qf2 Ne6 {Grischuk-Mamedyarov, Tal Memorial
2010. This ended in a draw.}) 15. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:04:09]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:10:14]} (
15... Bxd4 16. Qh6 {with the simple threat of Nge2, so Black must get out of
the way and fall to the secondary threat.} Qd6 17. Rxd4 (17. Nge2 $2 Qf6 $11)
17... Qxd4 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. Qh8+ Qxh8 20. Rxh8+ Kg7 21. Rxd8 $18 {And Black is
simply down a piece.}) 16. Qe1 {[%emt 0:01:02]} (16. Qf4) (16. Qg5 {both win
as well with the same idea.}) 16... Qxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 17. Nxd1 {[%emt 0:
00:04] Black has a rook and a pawn for a queen. That's just not enough.'} Na4 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 18. b3 {[%emt 0:10:59]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 19. e5 {[%emt 0:
00:10]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 20. f4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} a5 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 21.
Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:07]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:13] If Caruana hadn't blundered so early
he might have resigned as soon as he lost his queen.'} 22. b4 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
Nb3+ {[%emt 0:00:25] might as well go for the desperado'} 23. axb3 {[%emt 0:01:
32]} a3 {[%emt 0:03:23]} 24. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 25. Ne3 {
[%emt 0:02:10]} a2 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 26. Qa1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:
19]} 27. Nxf5 {[%emt 0:04:24]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 28. b5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} c6
{[%emt 0:05:32]} 29. bxc6 {[%emt 0:04:28]} Rdc8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 30. Bc4 {
[%emt 0:00:19]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 31. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rcc8 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} 32. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 33. g4 {[%emt 0:00:47]}
fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 34. f5 {[%emt 0:00:05] Black's run out of immediate
threats and he will get promptly mated. A big blunder for sure!'} 1-0

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played the day after I lost horribly to Nakamura. I realized
that I needed a win to stay in contention for first place.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 $5 {Not a new move, but by far not the most common
one. Last time against Boris I played 5.Re1 and won after a long struggle.}
cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 ({A week later Teimour Radjabov played} 6... Ng6 {and
although I won that game, it didn't have much to do with the opening.}) 7. Nxc6
bxc6 8. Bd3 {In many correspondence games White players preferred to place the
bishop on e2, but to me this seems more natural.} Ng6 9. c4 Be7 {Boris already
had an important choice of where to place his bishop. On c5 also makes sense,
although there it may be bothered by Na4.} 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rb1 {Preparing Be3
and later the rook might support b4.} Qc7 12. Be3 ({If I immediately play} 12.
f4 {Black can consider} d5 $5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. exd5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Qc5+ 16. Ne3
Bb7 {, with good compensation.}) 12... e5 $2 {This seems like a serious
positional error to me. Black's biggest problem in this position is his knight
on g6, and after my next move it will be very difficult to get it back in the
game.} (12... Nf4 $1 13. Bc2 e5 {, quickly bringing the knight to e6, was a
stronger alternative. White still retains some advantage, but Black would have
good chances to fully equalize.}) 13. g3 $1 d6 ({Preventing b4 with} 13... Rb8
{doesn't help:} 14. c5 d6 15. cxd6 Bxd6 16. Qa4 {, and the weakness of c6 will
haunt Black for the remainder of the game.}) 14. b4 {Now I just arrange b5 and
create an outpost on d5.} Be6 (14... a6 15. a4 {changes nothing.}) 15. Qd2 Rac8
{Black's defensive task is unenviable, but this move makes it even worse. He
had to keep a7 protected.} 16. b5 Bd8 17. Rfc1 {White's play is so simple,
it's almost impossible to screw it up as I usually manage.} Qd7 18. bxc6 Rxc6
19. Nd5 Bb6 $5 {Boris sacrifices a pawn as a last resort. There weren't many
other options available to him.} ({For example,} 19... Ne7 20. c5 $1 Nxd5 21.
exd5 Bxd5 22. Bxh7+ (22. Bb5 Bf3 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. cxd6 Qd7 {doesn't look
entirely clear to me, but the machine assures me White is winning after} 25.
Qd3) 22... Kxh7 23. Qxd5 {, and White has an enormous advantage.}) ({Lashing
out with} 19... f5 {won't solve Black's problems.} 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Rb8 {
Not the only good move, but a very effective one.} e4 22. Be2 Ne5 23. Rcb1 $1 {
, and White will invade on b7.}) 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. Bxb6 {White has won a pawn,
but Black has solved many of his positional problems. After some time I
understood that the advantage isn't easy to convert.} Ra8 22. Bf1 Qc8 23. Rb4
Nf8 24. a4 Nd7 25. a5 h6 {So what's next? It seems like White has hit an
impasse, as there is no way to further advance the a-pawn. I decided to
prepare f4.} 26. h4 Kh7 27. Qe3 Nc5 28. f4 exf4 $5 {This shocked me, and then
I got worried. Objectively speaking White is totally winning here, but in time
trouble the position can get a bit messy.} ({I thought} 28... f6 {was the only
move, but naturally Boris wanted to avoid the sad fate that awaited him after}
29. f5 Bf7 30. g4 {, and next g5 steamrolling Black.}) 29. gxf4 f5 30. exf5
Bxf5 31. Re1 $1 {At first Houdini wants to play 31.Rb5, but when he gets to
around depth 25 he begins to like my move! I didn't really see any relevant
variations but based my play on preventing Re8.} (31. Bg2 $2 Nd3 {is obviously
not what I want.}) (31. Rd1 Qf8 {, with Re8 coming next worried me.}) 31... d5
{Black is committed, of course, so he doesn't hesitate to sacrifice more
material to sustain his initiative.} (31... Be4 32. Bxc5 (32. Bh3 Bf5 {is
Black's tricky point.}) 32... Qg4+ 33. Kf2 Qxh4+ 34. Qg3 Qxg3+ 35. Kxg3 dxc5
36. Rb5 Bf5 37. Re5 {is more or less winning.}) 32. cxd5 Rg6+ 33. Kf2 Nd7 34.
h5 Rg4 35. Bh3 (35. d6 $1 {is how the machine wins this position, but this is
just too cool for me.}) 35... Nf6 (35... Nxb6 {would have made things very
tricky for me. Although there are many ways to win, none of them are easy:} 36.
Bxg4 (36. axb6 {might be enough, but you have to be a genius (or Borislav
Ivanov) to evaluate it correctly:} Ra2+ 37. Re2 Rxe2+ 38. Kxe2 Qc2+ 39. Ke1
Rg1+ (39... Rh4 40. Bxf5+ Qxf5 41. Qe4 $18) 40. Qxg1 Qc3+ 41. Kf2 Qd2+ 42. Kf3
$1 Qxd5+ 43. Kg3 Qd3+ 44. Kg2 Bxh3+ (44... Qxh3+ 45. Kf2) 45. Kh2 Qd2+ (45...
Bf5 46. Qg2) 46. Kxh3 Qxb4 {, and even here White's technical task isn't
simple.}) 36... Nxd5 37. Qe4 $1 (37. Bxf5+ $2 Qxf5 38. Qe4 Qxe4 39. Rbxe4 Rxa5
{is close to a draw.}) 37... Bxe4 38. Bxc8 Nxb4 39. Rxe4 Rxc8 40. Rxb4 Ra8 (
40... Rc2+ 41. Ke3 Ra2 42. Rb5 Ra4 43. Kf3 {, bringing the king round to f5
wins.}) 41. Rb5 $1 {Not going behind the pawn is best! Now White just marches
the king forward with an easy win.}) 36. Qc1 $1 {Accurate.} Qf8 37. Rc4 Qf7 38.
Bxg4 Nxg4+ 39. Kg1 Qxh5 {This looks scary, but White has too many pieces
defending.} 40. Qd2 Qh4 41. Re2 (41. Rc3 Rc8 42. Re2 Rxc3 43. Qxc3 Be4 44. Rxe4
Qh2+ 45. Kf1 Qh1+ 46. Ke2 Qxe4+ 47. Kd2 {was a variation I calculated during
the game. I felt White should win but of course what I played is much cleaner.}
) 41... Rf8 42. Rc3 Qh5 43. d6 Rf6 44. d7 Rg6 45. Rg2 {A very important win
for me. After some further dramatic events, especially in the crazy game
Nakamura-Gelfand, I shared first with Boris.} 1-0

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.10.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. f3 c5 (3... g6 {is more popular.}) 4. d5 e6 ({In the
event of} 4... g6 {White can play} 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O {transposes to the
King's Indian Sämisch Variation.}) 5. c4 exd5 6. cxd5 Be7 {The B is rather
passive here, it belongs to the long /^ in the Benoni.} (6... g6 7. Nc3 {
transposes to the A65 Benoni!}) 7. Bd3 (7. Ne2 O-O 8. Nec3 Nh5 9. f4 (9. g4 $2
{was a mistake, because of} Bh4+ 10. Ke2 Nf6 $17 {and the white K is really
bad, Black is better, Rustemov-Kramnik, ICC INT blitz 1999.}) 9... Nf6 10. Be2
{and White looks nicely placed.}) 7... O-O 8. Ne2 $146 {Novelty by Giri. This
is a very typical plan, when the white N is still on b1, White would like to
play Nec3 and then Nd2 followed by Nc4.} (8. Nc3 Re8 9. Nge2 {The N is not so
effective here.} a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. O-O Ne5 12. Bc2 $5 (12. b3 Bd7 (12... Nxd3
13. Qxd3 Nd7 $13) 13. Be3 ({Now} 13. Bc2 {is allowing} b5 $1) 13... Rc8 14. a5
$5 (14. Bc2 b5 15. h3 b4 16. Na2 a5 17. f4 Ng6 18. Ng3 (18. Bd3 $2 {was too
optimistic, because of} Bf8 $1 {and suddenly White's central Ps are very weak,
Black is better, Antonic-Mitrovic, Belgrade 2008}) 18... c4 $132)) 12... Bd7
13. a5 $14 {and White has a comfortable position.}) 8... Nbd7 9. O-O (9. Nec3
Ne5 10. Be2 {looked more flexible.}) 9... Rb8 10. a4 (10. Nec3 a6 11. a4 {
- 10.a4}) 10... a6 (10... Ne5) 11. Nec3 $142 (11. Nbc3 {was also possible, but
I think the text move was more accurate.}) 11... Ne5 12. Be2 {Now the B has a
comfortable retreat keeping an eye on the vital f1-a6/^.} Ne8 {A typical
manoeuvre, Black prepares for f5.} 13. f4 Ng6 14. Na3 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Nc4
Bf6 {Finally the B gets to the long diagonal, as in the real Benoni.} 17. Kh1
Bd4 18. Ne3 Ne7 19. Bf3 (19. Nxf5 Nxf5 20. Qd3 Qd7 ({or} 20... Qh4)) 19... g6 {
A useful move. Caruana frees the g7-square for his B.} ({After the natural} 
19... Nf6 {White can take one of Black's Bs with} 20. Nc2 ({or} 20. Ne2 Bxe3
21. Bxe3 Qd7) 20... Bxc2 21. Qxc2 {On the other hand Black can continue with}
Qd7 {followed by Nf5 and Black looks nicely placed.}) 20. Ne2 Bg7 21. Ra2 b5
22. axb5 axb5 23. b4 Qb6 24. Bb2 $6 {An inaccuracy.} ({Probably} 24. Ng3 {
was more accurate, but} c4 25. Ngxf5 Nxf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 {and the position is
very difficult.}) 24... Bxb2 25. Rxb2 c4 26. Qd2 Ra8 {Suddenly Black's
position became very active, now White has to play some exact moves.} 27. Nc3
Nc7 28. Re1 Rae8 (28... Bd3) 29. Be4 Bxe4 30. Nxe4 Nf5 31. Nxf5 Rxf5 (31...
gxf5 $1 {was stronger} 32. Nc3 Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 Qd4 34. Qg3+ Kf7 $36 {White's
pieces are out of play and the d5 P is also weak, so Black's chances are
better.}) 32. g4 $1 Rf7 33. Rbb1 {Giri played some exact moves and suddenly
Black has to face some threats after g5.} Qb8 34. g5 Qd8 $1 {Caruana finds the
best defence; he sacrifices an exchange.} 35. Nf6+ Rxf6 36. gxf6 Qxf6 37. Rxe8+
Nxe8 38. Qe3 Nc7 {Thanks to Black's activity, the d5 weakness and White's
problem with his K, Black has enough compensation.} 39. Re1 Nxd5 40. Qa7 Qf7
41. Qb8+ Kg7 42. Qxd6 Kh6 43. Qd8 Nxf4 44. Qh4+ Nh5 45. Qe4 Nf4 46. Rf1 g5 47.
Qf3 {The computer considers Black to have a slight advantage, but I think it
should be absolutely equal.} Qh5 48. Qa8 Ng6 49. Qc6 Qe2 50. Qg2 Qe6 51. Qf3
Qe7 52. Rg1 Nh4 53. Qd5 Qf6 54. Re1 Ng6 55. Qe4 Qf2 56. Qe3 Qf5 57. Qe4 Qf6 58.
Qg4 Qc6+ 59. Qg2 Qd7 60. Qf3 Qd2 61. Rd1 Qxb4 {Finally Black has won the 3rd P,
but now he can't avoid the perpetual checks.} 62. Qh3+ Nh4 63. Qe6+ Ng6 64.
Qh3+ Nh4 65. Qe6+ Ng6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.10.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 3. e5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} e6
{[%emt 0:00:16]} 5. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:
00:40]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 8.
Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 9. a4 {[%emt 0:06:08]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:
13:24]} (9... Be7 10. g4 Nh6 11. h3 Ng8 $5 {has been played successfully by
Dreev and Laznicka this year, but it is also true that the black setup seems a
bit suspicious here!}) 10. a5 {[%emt 0:02:24]} h5 $146 {[%emt 0:17:38] A new
move. Black wants to keep his knight on f5!'} 11. g3 $5 {[%emt 0:12:08]
Stopping ...h4 (because of g4) and allowing a future h4-move for White.'} Be7 {
[%emt 0:07:10]} 12. Bf4 $5 {[%emt 0:08:11]} a6 {[%emt 0:19:08]} (12... c5 $5
13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. c4 {should be a bit difficult for Black.}) 13.
c4 {[%emt 0:05:05]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 14. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} O-O {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 15. Qe2 {[%emt 0:04:24][%csl Ga5,Rb6,Rb7] Due to the
super-pawn on a5, Black's position is a bit difficult since no knight can come
to d5!'} b5 $6 {[%emt 0:05:07] An interesting practical decision, but
objectively not such a good move.'} 16. axb6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nxb6 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 17. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:05:22]} 18. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:14:54]} (
18. Rfc1 $1 {should be more precise, e.g.} Qd7 19. Qd1 Nd5 20. Bg5 $16) 18...
Ra7 {[%emt 0:12:56]} 19. h4 {[%emt 0:16:30]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:10:44]} 20. Bd2 {
[%emt 0:08:16]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 21. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Rfa8 {[%emt 0:00:
12]} 22. Bc3 $6 {[%emt 0:08:20]} (22. Qe1 {[%cal Ge1a1,Gd1a1] with the idea to
exchange one rook and play Ra1 again should give White a clear advantage,
though with that structure it is never so easy to convert it.}) 22... Rxa1 {
[%emt 0:05:24]} 23. Rxa1 {[%emt 0:02:39]} Rxa1+ {[%emt 0:01:33]} 24. Nxa1 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 25. Nb3 {[%emt 0:07:54]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:
44]} 26. Nfxd4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:09:29]} 27. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:17]
Black is still worse but saved some of the problems. Now the drawing chances
should, in principle, be much higher. But Tomashevsky blundered and Caruana
brillantly punished it.'} Bc5 $4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 28. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:04:39]}
Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 29. Nxe6 $1 {[%emt 0:02:16]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 30.
Bxe6+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:03:02]} (30... Kf8 {Romain Edouard} 31. Qe4
$1 $18) 31. Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 32. Qxh5+ {[%emt 0:00:
13]} Bh7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 33. Qe8+ {[%emt 0:03:03]} Bg8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 34. e6
$1 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 35. e7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:
00:18]} 36. Qf8 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Bd5 $8 38. Qf5+ $18 1-0

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.10.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 6. Be3 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 7. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:29]
} 8. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:09]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 9. f3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} b5 {
[%emt 0:00:28]} 10. g4 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 11. Qxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 12. g5 {[%emt 0:08:20]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:
25]} 13. Rd2 {[%emt 0:03:05]} (13. Kb1 {looks more natural, but since it's
already been played successfully in Almasi-Inarkiev (2013), most probably
Caruana had something in mind.}) 13... Rc8 {[%emt 0:41:43]} 14. Bxb5 $5 $146 {
[%emt 0:12:51]} (14. Rg1 {was unclear in Saric-Khairullin 2013.}) 14... axb5 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 15. Nxb5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:05:46]} ({After} 15...
Qd8 {Caruana probably considered} 16. Qa7 {to be 'killing', but after} O-O 17.
Qxb7 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 {Black has very decent compensations for the pawn, e.g.
} 19. a4 Nf4 20. Kb1 Nd5 $1 $13) ({However} 15... Qb8 $6 16. Qxd7+ Kf8 17. Nd6
Rc7 18. Qa4 {is very dubious for Black.}) 16. Na7 {[%emt 0:03:48]} Qc7 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} (16... e5 $5 17. Qd3 (17. Qxe5 Qc7 $13) 17... Qe6 18. Nxc8 Bxc8
19. Kb1 O-O 20. Rhd1 Qh3 {seems unclear.}) 17. Nb5 {[%emt 0:03:44]} (17. Nxc8
Bxc8 {is just unclear.}) 17... Qc6 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 18. Na7 {[%emt 0:00:32]}
Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 19. Nb5 {[%emt 0:27:18]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:03:49] What a weird
decision! Caruana almost for sure had to win to qualify for Candidates. Of
course both the ...e5 and ... Qd8 ideas were not putting White in any kind of
trouble, but the position would remain playable.'} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Kings 7th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2013.10.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2013.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 {A move popularised mainly by
the Rusian GM Alexander Morozevich. The main purpose is to avoid the endless
theory of the Grünfeld.} c6 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. h5 g5 ({Earlier this
year Magnus Carlsen played differently:} 8... Bf5 9. e3 e6 10. hxg6 Bxg6 11.
Bd3 Nd7 12. Qe2 e5 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Rd1 Qa5 17.
Kf1 Rad8 18. Nd4 Qc5 19. Nb3 Qc6 20. Na5 Qc7 21. Nb3 Qc6 22. Na5 Qc7 23. Nb3
Qc6 {draw, Grischuk,A (2764)-Carlsen,M (2872) London 2013. However, Caruana
wasn't willing to see what improvement had been prepared by Nisipeanu.}) 9. e4
{A new move. After the game Nisipeanu agreed that the previously met 9.h6 is
more logical.} dxe4 10. Nxe4 h6 ({The computer's recommendation} 10... g4 11.
Nxf6+ exf6 12. Nh4 Re8+ 13. Be2 Re4 {looks dubious for Black. For instance
after} 14. O-O Rxd4 15. Qc2 {White has good compensation for the pawn.}) 11.
Nxf6+ exf6 12. Qd2 Re8+ ({After the immediate} 12... Bg4 {White could consider
castling long at once} 13. O-O-O {since} Bxf3 14. gxf3 {with the idea f3-f4
secures White an initiative on the kingside.}) 13. Be2 Bg4 14. O-O-O Nd7 15.
Rhe1 $5 Qc7 ({Caruana rejects the pawn sac. After} 15... Bxh5 16. Rh1 Bxf3 {
White can consider even} 17. gxf3 {with the idea f3-f4.} (17. Bxf3 {is
possible too, with compensation for the pawn.})) 16. g3 b5 {Black starts
active actions in the centre and on the queenside. White's pawn structure
might seem better, but in reality Black has easier play: his king is safe and
he will soon create targets for attack on the queeenside.} (16... Bxh5 17. Rh1
Bg6 18. Rxh6 Kg7 {was another attractive alternative.}) 17. cxb5 cxb5+ 18. Kb1
Nb6 ({Here} 18... Bxh5 19. Rh1 Bg6+ {looked even stronger than on the previous
comment. However, the move played in the game also keeps the advantage.}) 19.
Nh2 Nc4 20. Qd3 Rxe2 {This is just a temporary exchange sac.} 21. Rxe2 Bxh5 $1
22. f4 (22. f3 Bg6 23. Re4 Qxg3 {is winning for Black.}) 22... Bxe2 23. Qxe2
Kg7 (23... f5 {looks stronger, not allowing White to activate the knight.}) 24.
Ng4 Rc8 25. Nxh6 $1 {This combination should have led to a draw.} Kxh6 26. Rh1+
Kg6 (26... Kg7 27. Qh2 Kf8 28. Re1 Kg7 29. Rh1 $11) 27. Qc2+ $2 {Instead of
this White had more than one way to achieve a draw.} ({The easiest is} 27. Qh5+
Kf5 28. Qe2 $1 {(threatening g4 followed by Qh2).} Kg6 29. Qh5+ Kf5 30. Qe2 $11
) 27... f5 28. Qh2 Kf6 29. Qh6+ (29. Re1 $2 Kg7 $19) 29... Ke7 30. Qxg5+ Kd7
31. Qxf5+ Kc6 32. Qc5+ Kb7 33. Qxb5+ Nb6 {Three pawns for the knight don't
secure complete compensation here: it is Black who plays for a win.
Nisipeanu's task was even more difficult due to his severe time trouble.} 34.
Qd3 Qc6 35. Re1 Rc7 36. a3 a5 37. g4 Nc4 38. Ka2 a4 39. d5 $6 Qf6 40. Qc3 $2 (
40. Re2 Qxf4 41. Re4 Qc1 42. Qe2 {would have allowed White to put up much
tougher resistance.}) 40... Qxc3 41. bxc3 Kb6 {The endgame is lost for White.}
42. g5 Nd6 43. Rb1+ Kc5 44. Rb4 Ra7 45. Kb2 Nc4+ 46. Ka2 Ne3 47. Rb8 Nxd5 48.
f5 Ne7 49. Re8 Kc4 50. f6 Ng6 51. Kb2 Ra5 52. Rc8+ Kd5 53. c4+ Kd4 54. Rc7 Ne5
55. Kc2 Rc5 56. Ra7 Rxc4+ 57. Kd1 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Kings 7th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2013.10.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In today's round players with the white pieces put considerable pressure on
their opponents. Caruana achieved a pleasant strategic advantage against
Ponomariov, but converting it into a full point proved to be impossible and
the draw was agreed on move 41. In the other game Wang Hao with the black
pieces was constantly under pressure against Nisipeanu and lost an exchange in
a complicated middlegame. The resulting endgame was difficult for Black and
Nisipeanu converted his advantage by sacrificing back the exchange and
creating a passed pawn, which decided the game. White won on move 42.} 1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nf6 {Apparently the Petroff Defence was starting to be popular in
Bucharest.} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 ({Ponomariov
himself against Nisipeanu played yesterday} 7. Bf4 {but the opening outcome
was more than satisfactory for Black.}) 7... Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O ({Another plan is} 
8... Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 {after which Black can choose later which side to castle.
}) 9. O-O-O Ne5 {Caruana had this position in his previous practice four times
and in all games he inevitably chose 10.h4. But in the present game the
Italian GM went for a completely different setup.} 10. Nxe5 {A relatively rare
move, never met at this high level before.} dxe5 11. Bd3 Be6 {Looking at the
position it seems that Black is doing very well thanks to his superior pawn
structure. All he needs to do is to exchange pieces, ideally the queens. But
obviously things are not so simple. White will avoid the exchange of queens
and will try to create some activity on the kingside, taking advantage of the
fact that his own king is potentially better protected against a possible
advance of his opponent's pawns. As we'll soon see, Caruana's plan is to
provoke the advance f5-f4 and then use the e4-square for his pieces.} 12. Qe2
Qe8 13. Kb1 f5 {After some 20 minutes of thought Ponomariov chooses the most
natural move in the position: Black is trying to make use of his kingside pawn
majority.} 14. Bc4 Bf6 {A serious inaccuracy, after which Black will suffer
for the entire game.} ({As indicated after the game by the players, Black
shouldn't have had many problems after} 14... Bd6) 15. g4 $1 {Now suddenly
White gets a strategic advantage.} Bxc4 ({If Black tries to keep his mighty
pawn on f5 with} 15... g6 {then after} 16. gxf5 gxf5 17. Bh6 {White has good
attacking prospects.}) (15... fxg4 16. Qxg4 $14) 16. Qxc4+ Qf7 17. Qb4 $1 {
As mentioned before, White is avoiding the trade of queens.} ({Black has no
problems whatsoever in an endgame:} 17. Qxf7+ Rxf7 18. gxf5 Bh4 $5) 17... f4
18. Bc5 (18. Bc1 {was suggested by Caruana as a possible improvement. The idea
is to transfer the bishop to the long diagonal later to put pressure on e5.})
18... Rfb8 {Protecting b7.} 19. f3 b6 (19... Bh4 $5) 20. Bf2 Rd8 21. Qe4 $14
Qe6 22. c4 g6 23. h4 Kf7 24. h5 c6 25. a4 ({Here White missed the opportunity
to transfer the bishop to the desired diagonal:} 25. hxg6+ hxg6 26. Bd4 $1 {and
} Qxc4 $2 {loses due to} 27. Rh7+ Ke6 28. Qxg6) 25... Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27.
hxg6+ hxg6 28. Rxd8 Bxd8 29. Be1 a5 $1 30. Bf2 Qd6 31. Kc1 Ke8 32. c3 Kd7 33.
Kc2 c5 {White's positional advantage is not enough for a win.} 34. Qb7+ Bc7 35.
Qd5 g5 $1 (35... Qxd5 36. cxd5 {looks very dangerous for Black. After the game
Ponomariov indicated the following win for White if Black continues} Kd6 {:}
37. Kd3 Kxd5 38. c4+ Ke6 39. Bh4 $1 Kd6 40. Ke4 Ke6 41. b3 Kd6 42. Bf6 Ke6 43.
g5 {and Black loses due to zugzwang.}) 36. Be1 Ke7 37. Qe4 Qh6 38. Bd2 Qh1 {
Now that Black has counterplay Caruana gave up his hopes.} 39. Qb7 Kd8 40. b4
Qf1 41. Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Kings 7th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2013.10.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2013.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Today the first game to finish was Wang Hao-Caruana. In a rare variation of
the Grünfeld Defence on the black side Caruana implemented a novelty already
on move seven, designed to sacrifice a pawn for piece activity. Wang Hao was
well prepared and continued to play quickly for a while, but White didn't get
anything special and at some point the Italian GM equalised comfortably. In
the resulting rook endgame the players could not avoid the inevitable draw.
The second game lasted much longer: Radjabov with the white pieces against
Nisipeanu achieved an advantage after the opening and at some point Black's
position looked highly unpleasant. However, with accurate defence the Romanian
GM neutralised his opponent's initiative and practically equalised completely
the position, only to blunder a pawn before the first time control. After that
Radjabov was trying to convert an extra pawn in a rook and bishop endgame
versus rook and knight, which finally resulted in a pawnless, theoretically
drawish endgame rook and bishop versus rook. Nisipeanu demonstrated his
knowledge and finally achieved the desired draw on move 116.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. e3 {Much more often White continues 6.
Bg5 or 6.Nf3, but Wang Hao had already played this move before.} Bg7 7. f4 c5 {
A very rare case in modern chess: a novelty on move 7!} (7... O-O 8. Nf3 a5 9.
Rc1 {happened just few months ago in Wang Hao (2752)-Grischuk,A (2780),
Beijing 2013.}) 8. dxc5 N6d7 9. Na4 {If Black recaptures the sacrificed pawn
without making concessions he should be doing more than fine, so for the
moment White is trying to keep his extra pawn.} ({Other options were} 9. b4) ({
and} 9. Ne4) 9... e5 {Logical: Caruana opens the centre, exploiting the fact
that his opponent's knight went to the edge of the board.} 10. Nf3 exf4 11.
exf4 O-O 12. Bc4 b6 $5 {Played after more than half an hour of thinking. Black
sacrifices a pawn in order to be able to use the weaknesses in his opponent's
pawn formation.} (12... Re8+ {was tempting, although after} 13. Kf2 {Black
cannot make use of the temporarily slightly exposed position of the white king.
}) ({Wang Hao mentioned that he remembers that after} 12... Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Qe7+
14. Qe2 Qxc5 15. Rc1 {"Black must still make a lot of precise moves and even
after that White has a slightly better endgame".}) 13. O-O {An almost instant
reply by Wang Hao.} (13. cxb6 Nxb6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 {offers Black an obvious
compensation.}) ({It is important that} 13. Bd5 {doesn't work for White:} Nxc5
14. Bxa8 Nd3+ 15. Kf1 Ba6 {and Black wins.}) 13... Ba6 ({After the game
Caruana said that possibly} 13... Nxc5 {is a better way for Black to equalise:}
14. Nxc5 bxc5 15. Bc3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Ba6) 14. Bxa6 ({As established in the
post-mortem analysis, Black's compensation is obvious in the variation} 14. Bd5
Bxf1 15. Kxf1 Na6 16. Bxa8 Qxa8 17. cxb6 Nxb6 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20.
bxc3 Nc5) 14... Nxa6 15. c6 {Only around here did Wang Hao start to consume
more time. However, it seems that White cannot achieve any sensible advantage.}
({Also now} 15. cxb6 Nxb6 {is good for Black. For instance:} 16. Nxb6 Qxb6+ 17.
Kh1 Qxb2 {and White must already think about keeping the balance.}) 15... Ndc5
16. Nxc5 (16. Rb1 {is also no problem for Black:} Qd5 ({or} 16... Ne4) 17. b4
Ne4) 16... Nxc5 17. Bc3 ({Another try was} 17. Qc2 {with the idea} Qc7 ({
a better move is} 17... Rc8 18. Bc3 Qd3) ({or} 17... Qe8 {and if} 18. Bc3 {then
} Qe3+) 18. Bc3 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 {and Black cannot take on c6 in view of b2-b4.})
17... Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rc8 19. Nd4 Ne6 {White is not able to keep his extra pawn
on c6 and Black equalises completely.} 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qa4 Qc7 22. Rad1 a5 (
22... Qxc6 23. Qxa7 Ra8 24. Qd7 Qxd7 25. Rxd7 Rxa2 {is also a draw.}) 23. g3
Qxc6 24. Qxc6 Rxc6 {The endgame is of course drawish. In what follows it
looked like Black got some chances for advantage, although after the game Wang
Hao said he never felt in any danger.} 25. Rfe1 Rf7 26. Rd2 Rfc7 27. Kf2 Kf7
28. Rb1 Rb7 29. Rd3 Ke7 30. g4 Rc4 31. Kg3 b5 32. Rb2 Rc5 33. a4 Rd7 34. Rxd7+
Kxd7 35. axb5 Rxc3+ (35... Kc7 36. Re2 $11) 36. Kh4 Rc5 37. b6 Kc8 38. Re2 a4
39. Rxe6 Ra5 (39... a3 40. Re2 Ra5 41. Ra2 Kb7 42. f5 gxf5 43. gxf5 Kxb6 44. f6
$11) 40. Re5 Rxe5 41. fxe5 a3 42. e6 a2 43. e7 Kd7 44. b7 a1=Q 45. e8=Q+ Kxe8
46. b8=Q+ Kf7 47. Qc7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Kings 7th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2013.10.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Today Caruana increased his lead by beating Radjabov with the white pieces.
The opening looked very okay for Back, but the Azerbaijani GM overestimated
his position and gave up a pawn for attacking prospects. Caruana took the pawn
and prepared for defence, when suddenly Radjabov miscalculated something and
wrongly sacrificed the rook, only to resign a few moves later. In
Ponomariov-Wang Hao the players displayed another Petroff Defense. After a
strong novelty by Ponomariov White quickly got a slightly more pleasant rook
endgame, which might have been extremely unpleasant for Wang Hao, had the
Ukrainian GM started to advance his passed pawn. Having missed this
opportunity White got no more chances to play for a win and the draw was
agreed on move 47.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {No Open Sicilian (3.d4) today.
Radjabov is a renowned specialist of the Sveshnikov Sicilian - an opening with
a lot of theory, which forced even the World Champion Anand to put aside 3.d4
in favour of 3.Bb5 during the 2012 World Championship match.} e6 4. O-O Nge7 5.
d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ng6 ({Less than two weeks ago Caruana won a highly important
game versus Gelfand in the Paris Grand Prix tournament. Gelfand played} 6...
Qb6 {and lost after a long and complicated middlegame fight.}) 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Be2 {This is a new move. Caruana was heading for a Maroczy pawn structure 
(pawns on c4 and e4).} ({After the immediate} 8. c4 {the bishop on b5 looks
misplaced.}) 8... O-O 9. c4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bf6 {"I underestimated the plan with
Be7-f6", said Caruana after the game. "Now Black has a good game", continued
the Italian GM.} 11. Qd2 b6 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. f3 {After the game Caruana was
somewhat sceptical about this move and suggested as a possible improvement for
White 13.Bd3 in order to keep the possibility to play f2-f4.} Qe7 14. a4 {
The hidden idea of this move was to be able to protect the bishop on e3 if
Black plays d5.} ({Caruana rejected} 14. Rfd1 {in view of} d5 15. cxd5 Bxc3 16.
Qxc3 exd5 17. exd5 Rfe8) 14... Rad8 ({The idea of White's previous move can be
seen in the following variation:} 14... d5 15. cxd5 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 exd5 17. exd5
Rfe8 18. Ra3) 15. Ra3 Be5 16. a5 {The critical moment according to Caruana.} f5
$6 {This aggressive move allows White to create a permanent weakness in
Black's structure - the pawn on b6.} ({Black should be doing fine after} 16...
bxa5) 17. axb6 axb6 18. exf5 (18. Bxb6 {is too early in view of} Qh4 {and if}
19. h3 $2 {then} Qg3) 18... Rxf5 19. Bd3 Rh5 20. h3 Bb8 (20... Nh4 21. Be4 $14)
21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Bxb6 {Black has compensation for the sacrificed pawn thanks
to his bishop pair and some attacking prospects, but objectively it is
probably not entirely enough and White's chances are preferable.} Rf8 23. Ne2 {
An important resource to cover the weakened squares f4 and g3.} Rh4 ({Another
option to play for compensation was indicated by Caruana after the game:} 23...
d5 24. c5 (24. cxd5 $2 Qd6) 24... e5) 24. Qd3 Kh7 $6 25. Bf2 Rxh3 $2 {
Something went wrong in Radjabov's calculations. Black had to retreat the rook,
although there is no attack any longer and White would have had a clear
advantage. However, the move in the game just loses.} 26. gxh3 Qg5+ 27. Kh1
Rxf3 (27... Qh5 28. Kg2 $1 $18) 28. Qxf3 Qe5 ({or} 28... Bxf3+ 29. Rxf3 {
with a large advantage for White.}) 29. Bg3 $1 Qxe2 $2 ({After the most
stubborn} 29... Qxb2 30. Bxb8 Bxf3+ 31. Raxf3 Qxb8 {Black could have put up a
long resistance, even if his position is objectively lost.}) 30. Qxb7 Qxf1+ 31.
Kh2 {Radjabov resigned due to} (31. Kh2 Qf2+ 32. Qg2 {and White remains with a
rook up.}) 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Kings 7th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2013.10.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2013.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The sixth round of the Kings Tournament had two balanced games that finished
in draws. In both Caruana-Nisipeanu and Ponomariov-Radjabov Black didn't have
opening problems and at some moment even took over the initiative, but in
neither of them did White have any problems achieving the draw. Thus the
standings didn't change: Caruana was leading with a plus two score, followed
by Ponomariov and Nisipeanu on 50 per cent. Radjabov and Wang Hao had minus
oneќ.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6
8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Ne5 {This move has become popular only
in the past two years and Caruana has already played it a few times.} ({
The main line is considered to be} 11. Nc3) 11... Nh5 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. cxd5
cxd5 14. Nc6 Bxc6 15. Qxc6 {A position with a long strategic battle ahead. On
the long run White hopes to use his bishop pair, which is not an easy task,
since Black's position is very solid. His only weaknesses are created by the
pawn being on b6 instead of b7, but White has no way to exploit this factor
directly.} Rc8 (15... Qb8 16. Qc2 b5 17. Qd3 {was slightly better for White in
Caruana,F (2757)-Gelfand,B (2740) Zuerich 2013.}) 16. Qb5 (16. Qa4 Nb8 17. Be1
a6 18. Qb3 Nc6 19. Qd3 b5 20. a4 bxa4 21. Nc3 a5 22. e3 Bb4 23. Rxa4 Qe7 24.
Raa1 h6 25. Qa6 Nb8 26. Qe2 Rc7 27. Na4 Nc6 28. Nc3 Nb8 29. Na4 Nc6 30. Nc3 {
Gelfand,B (2739)-Kramnik,V (2790) Moscow 2010}) 16... Ne8 17. Qd3 Nd6 18. b3
Nf6 (18... f5 19. f3 Nb8 20. Nc3 Nc6 21. e3 Bf6 {Caruana,F (2757)-Adams,M 
(2725) Baden-Baden 2013.}) 19. Nc3 Qd7 20. f3 Nf5 21. e3 h5 {Nisipeanu does
not wish to wait passively and let his opponent slowly improve the position.
Instead, the Romanian GM gains space on the kingside in order to secure some
squares for his knights and eventually prevent White from expanding there.} ({
A passive strategy was fatal for Black in the following game:} 21... Rfd8 22.
Ne2 Qc7 23. Rac1 Qd7 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Rc1 Qd7 26. a4 Ba3 27. Rc2 a5 28. Qa6
Rb8 29. Nf4 Bd6 30. Nd3 Ne7 31. Bf1 h6 32. Ne5 Qd8 33. Nc6 Nxc6 34. Rxc6 Ne8
35. Kg2 Ba3 36. Bd3 Nc7 37. Qa7 Ne8 38. Be1 {and the Italian converted his
advantage into a full point in Caruana,F (2796)-Yu,Y (2662) Tromso 2013.}) 22.
Ne2 Rfd8 23. Rac1 {An inaccuracy according to the players.} ({Better is} 23. a4
{after which Black continues} a5) 23... a5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rc1 {The second
inaccuracy leads to a very comfortable position for Black.} Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1 g5
$1 {Nisipeanu continues the same strategy of getting space on the kingside and
fighting for the important square e4. As long as the centre remains closed
Black can allow himself to play such advances on the kingside.} 27. Bd2 (27. e4
dxe4 28. fxe4 Nxd4 $1 29. Nxd4 Bc5 {works fine for Black.} (29... e5 30. Bxg5))
({Slightly better than the game is} 27. h3 g4 ({Nisipeanu considered to play} 
27... Qc7 $5 28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Nh4) 28. hxg4 hxg4 29. fxg4 Nxg4 30. e4 dxe4
31. Bxe4) 27... g4 28. Be1 Bf8 {Black has achieved a very comfortable position,
which Nisipeanu evaluated in his favour. Nevertheless, White is basically
almost always out of real danger and the balance in the game was never broken.}
29. h3 Bh6 30. Bf2 Qc7 ({As indicated by Nisipeanu after the game, Black could
keep the pressure with} 30... Nd6 {in order to prevent the advance e3-e4.}) 31.
e4 {Forces the matters and leads almost by force to a draw.} gxf3 32. Bxf3 dxe4
33. Bxe4 Nxe4 34. Qxe4 Ne7 35. Qh4 Nd5 (35... Qc2 36. Qxe7 Qxe2 37. Qf6 $11)
36. Qxh5 Qc2 37. Qxh6 Qxe2 38. Qg5+ Kh7 39. a4 Qd1+ 40. Kg2 Qxb3 41. Qh5+ Kg8
42. Qg5+ Kh7 43. Qh5+ Kg8 44. Qg5+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Kings 7th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2013.10.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2013.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 e5 $5 {An interesting new
concept. Usually 5...d6 or 5...d5 is played.} 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 (7. d3 O-O {
, and Black will prepare ...d5 while it's not clear what White is doing.}) 7...
O-O 8. d4 {Ruslan instinctively went for the most critical line.} (8. Rd1 d5 9.
exd5 Qxd5 {is very fine for Black.}) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 $5 {Enterprising,
but not required.} (9... exd4 10. e5 Ne8 {seems fine for Black, but it seemed
a bit awkward to me.}) 10. exd5 (10. dxe5 dxe4 11. exf6 exf3 {liquidates
everything with complete equality.}) 10... Nxd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Qe5 d3 {
This pawn looks like it's ready to fall off the board, but it's surprisingly
difficult to get rid of!} 13. Nc3 ({During the game I was more concerned by} 
13. Bf4 Re8 14. Qd4 Bf5 15. d6 {, but as I mentioned during the press
conference, Black is doing well after} Qd7 {, and next ...Rad8.}) 13... Re8 14.
Bf4 $2 {A terrible blunder.} ({After} 14. Qd4 Bf5 15. Bf4 Qd7 {the position is
balanced.}) 14... Ba3 {I imagine Ruslan completely overlooked this move.
Suddenly White is on the verge of losing.} 15. Qd4 Bxb2 16. Qxd3 {Correctly
sacrificing the exchange, and keeping some practical chances to hold on.} (16.
Rab1 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Nxd5 {is simply hopeless for White, two pawns down.}) 16...
Bxa1 17. Rxa1 Bd7 18. h3 Rc8 19. Be3 Bf5 {A difficult decision. I chose well,
but there were other attractive options.} 20. Qxf5 Rxc3 21. Bd4 Rc4 $6 {
A ridiculous move. Now White gets an extra tempo to play Bf1.} (21... Rc7 $1
22. Rd1 (22. Bxa7 Rd7 {wins the d-pawn because} 23. Rd1 $2 b6 {traps the bishop
}) 22... b6 {, and Black has an advantage which I feel will be sufficient to
win.}) 22. Rd1 Qd6 $2 {Another strange mistake. I had begun to drift and
almost lost all my advantage.} ({Prophylaxis was required:} 22... a6 $1 23. Bf1
Rc7 {, and now White doesn't have Bb5.} 24. Bb6 {is met by} Qd7) 23. Bf1 Rb4 (
23... Rcc8 24. Bd3 {is starting to look very unclear.}) (23... Rc7 24. Bb5 $1 {
is what I had missed, although Black still keeps a significant advantage after}
Nd7) 24. Bc3 ({I was most concerned by} 24. Qc2 $5 {, which nearly traps my
rook! I can fight on with} Qd7 {, but White has very good chances to defend by
now.}) 24... Rbe4 $1 {This took a fair amount of calculation. I saw I could
more or less take a draw with 24...Rb6, or play this risky but principled move.
In the end I realized it would be such a shame to spoil an advantage like I
had from the opening, so I pulled myself together and finally calculated a
line or two.} (24... Rb6 25. Bd4 {just repeats.} Qxd5 26. Qxd5 Nxd5 27. Bxb6
Nxb6 28. Bg2 {is absolutely equal.}) 25. Bb5 (25. Bd3 $2 Qxd5 26. Qxd5 Nxd5 27.
Bxe4 Nxc3 {wins.}) 25... Qc5 {Forced or I'm worse.} 26. Bxf6 $2 {This loses.
The alternative wasn't great but White would have chances to survive.} (26.
Bxe8 Qxc3 27. Bb5 g6 28. Qg5 Re1+ 29. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 30. Kg2 (30. Bf1 Ne4 31. Qe3
Qxe3 32. fxe3 Nxg3 {seems winning.}) 30... Qe4+ 31. Kg1 Nxd5 {, with an extra
pawn and chances to win, but the outcome is far from certain.}) 26... Re1+ (
26... Qxb5 $4 27. Qg5 Re1+ 28. Kh2 g6 29. Qh6 {mates.}) 27. Kh2 (27. Kg2 Qxb5 {
, and now after Qg5 I have a crucial check on f1.}) (27. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 28. Kh2
gxf6 {is also winning.}) 27... Rxd1 28. Bxe8 Rxd5 $1 {I imagine Ruslan missed
this move when he took on f6.} 29. Be5 (29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. Be5+ Ke7 31. Qg5+
Ke6 $19) 29... Rxe5 (29... f6 $1 {is even more clinical, but this was too much
to ask from me.}) 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 {White is simply an exchange down with no
compensation. I could have been more accurate finishing the game, but it was
enough.} 31. Bd7 Qe7 32. Qf4 Qf6 33. Qd2 b5 34. Bg4 h5 35. Bd1 h4 36. Bg4 Re8
37. gxh4 Qxh4 38. Kg2 Qe7 39. Bf3 Rd8 40. Qf4 Qf6 41. Qg4 g6 42. Qe4 Qg5+ 43.
Kf1 a5 44. h4 Qf5 45. Qc6 Rf8 46. Qc3+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Kings 7th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2013.10.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2013.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In the 9th round of Kings Tournament the leader Fabiano Caruana unexpectedly
lost with the white pieces to Wang Hao. Caruana achieved a large advantage
against the Petroff Defence, but then the things went completely downhill for
the Italian and first he let the advantage slip away and in time trouble White
missed even the forced draw.  Nisipeanu-Radjabov is best explained by
Nisipeanu's own words after the game: "If you want to become a 2700-player,
you don't have to beat them, it's enough to make a draw with them"ќ. The
Romanian chose a safe strategy and only the tournament rules didn't allow the
players to shake hands before move 30.  Thus before the last round Caruana was
leading with plus two score, Nisipeanu and Wang Hao were on 50 per cent and
Ponomariov with Radjabov shared places 4-5 with minus one.  The last round
started at 13:30 local time.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3
Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 (7. Bf4 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Be3 c6 11. c4
Ne4 12. Qe1 Re8 $11 {Ponomariov,R (2751)-Nisipeanu,L (2674) Bucharest 2013})
7... O-O (7... Nc6 {was played by Wang Hao in the fifth round:} 8. Qd2 Be6 9.
O-O-O Qd7 10. h4 h6 11. Kb1 Bf6 {Ponomariov,R (2751)-Wang,H (2733) Bucharest
2013}) 8. Qd2 {In this popular position Black usually chooses between 8...Nc6
and 8...Nd7. It is also common to develop the bishop to e6, f5 of g4.} b6 $5 {
The patent of Wang Hao, who played this move earlier this year. In no other
games did Black try 8...b6. At this point Caruana started to think longer.} 9.
O-O-O Bb7 10. Nd4 Nc6 11. Nf5 Bf6 12. Ng3 {An improvement over Wang Hao's
previous game, which forced the Chinese GM to start thinking over the board as
well. Up until this moment Caruana had spent about half an hour, while Wang
Hao was replying instantly.} (12. h4 Re8 13. Bg5 Ne5 14. f4 Ng4 15. Bb5 Re4 16.
Ng3 Re6 17. Rde1 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 {was good for White in Nakamura,H (2775)-Wang
Hao (2743) Sandnes 2013, but Black's play can certainly be improved at several
points.}) 12... Ne7 {Played after more than 20 minutes of thinking. Most
likely Wang Hao was trying to recall his home preparation.} 13. Nh5 Nf5 14. Bf4
Be5 15. h4 g6 $6 {A committal, rather dubious move.} 16. Bd3 $1 gxh5 (16... Ng7
$5) 17. Bxf5 Qf6 18. Bxe5 dxe5 (18... Qxf5 19. Bd4 {leads to an unpleasant
position for Black due to the more vulnerable position of his king. For
instance} c5 20. Be3 d5 21. Rh3 $16) 19. Bd3 {Black's pawn structure is broken
and his position is becoming dangerous.} Kg7 $6 {This move is hard to
understand. Even Wang Hao couldn't explain its purpose after the game...} (
19... Rad8 {looks more logical}) ({or even} 19... Kh8) 20. Qe2 ({An attractive
alternative was} 20. Rh3 Rg8 21. Rg3+ Kh8 22. Rg5) ({Also} 20. f3 {is a good
option.}) 20... e4 21. Bc4 Qh6+ 22. Kb1 Rad8 23. a3 {Defending such a position
with Black is highly unpleasant.} f5 {[#]} 24. Bb3 {Now Qc4 becomes an
additional option for White. Strong was} (24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rd6 26. g3 {
and White keeps a clear strategic advantage.}) 24... Kg6 {Another daring move
with the king.} (24... c5 {is preferable, and if} 25. Qc4 Qf6 26. Qa4 {Black
has} Qc6 $1) 25. Rh3 ({Again} 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 {was a simple and good
solution.}) 25... f4 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. g4 ({Even here White could transfer the
rook to the d-file with the help of unexpected tactics -} 27. Rd3 $1 {and
Black is in troubles:} Rxd3 (27... Qf8 28. Bf7+ $3 Kxf7 29. Qxh5+) (27... exd3
28. Qe6+ Kg7 29. Qe7+ {with an imminent mate}) 28. cxd3 e3 29. Qe1 $1 {
followed by fxe3 and Qg3, keeping the attack.}) 27... c5 28. Rh1 (28. gxh5+ Kf6
(28... Kg7 29. Rd3 $1) (28... Qxh5 $2 29. Bf7+) 29. Rh1) 28... f3 29. Qc4 (29.
gxh5+ {is stronger}) 29... Bd5 30. Qa4 Bxb3 {Here both players had about 10
minutes left on the clock - very little for such a sharp position, with a lot
of variations to calculate. White is still better, but things are getting more
and more complicated and under pressure Caruana collapses - a rare case for
the young Italian GM. In the next part White's play is obviously influenced by
the time trouble.} 31. cxb3 (31. Qc6+ $142 Kg7 32. Qc7+ Bf7 33. Qxd8 hxg4 34.
Qc7) 31... Qf4 32. Re1 $6 hxg4 33. Rxe4 Qf5 34. Ka2 Kh5 {Black is not worse
any longer.} 35. Re1 (35. Rf4 Qg6 {is bad for White.}) 35... h6 36. Qxa7 g3 37.
fxg3 $2 ({White could still make a draw:} 37. Qe7 gxf2 38. Re5 Qxe5 39. Qxe5+
Kg4 40. Qe4+ Kg3 41. Qg6+ Kh2 42. Qc2 Kg1 43. Qg6+ $11) 37... f2 38. Rf1 Kg4
39. Qg7+ Kf3 40. g4 Qf4 {The time trouble is over and Black is winning now!}
41. Qb7+ Ke2 42. Rb1 Rd3 ({Instead Wang Hao had a nice forced win:} 42... f1=Q
43. Qe7+ Kd2 44. Qxd8+ Kc2 45. Rxf1 Qxf1 {with inevitable mate}) 43. Qg2 ({
A more stubborn try was} 43. Qxb6 f1=Q 44. Rxf1 {and Wang Hao had to find} Qxf1
$1 (44... Kxf1 $2 {is a mistake due to} 45. Qxc5 Qxg4 46. Qf8+ Ke2 47. Qxh6 {
and it is still a question if Black can win this.}) 45. Qxc5 Kd2 $1 46. a4 Kc2
{Black is very active and should win}) 43... Rd1 {Now it is easy for Black.}
44. Rxd1 Kxd1 45. Qf1+ Kd2 46. g5 hxg5 47. hxg5 Qg3 48. Qb5 Qd3 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Kings 7th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2013.10.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2013.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Fabiano Caruana became the winner of Kings Tournament 2013. After a quick
draw in the last round with the black pieces against Radjabov, the Italian GM
had scored 5 points out of 8 and secured the first place. Wang Hao-Ponomariov
was a long game, where Black equaliaed after the opening, but then started to
face some problems which the Ukrainian GM failed to solve. In the resulting
endgame with rooks and opposite-coloured bishops Wang Hao won a pawn and then
converted his material advantage to achieve his second win in a row in
Bucharest.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. e5
Nd5 8. Bd2 b5 9. axb5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 cxb5 11. Ng5 h6 12. Qh5 O-O 13. Ne4 Nc6 14.
Bxh6 {Although this move has been already played, there is practically no
theory in this variation and after the game the players discussed the move 14.
Bg5. Their first conclusion was that Black should be doing fine after both 14..
.Qd7 and 14...Nce7.} gxh6 15. Qxh6 f5 16. Qg6+ Kh8 17. Qh6+ Kg8 18. Qg6+ Kh8
19. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SOCAR"]
[BlackTeam "Oslo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3 Qe7
15. Rxb7 Qh4+ 16. Bf2 Qd8 17. Bb6 Qc8 18. Rc7 Qd8 19. Qd4 Ba3 20. Nb1 Be7 21.
c4 Rc8 22. Rb7 Bb4+ 23. Kf2 Qxb6 24. Rxb6 Bc5 25. Rd1 dxc4 26. Nc3 Bxd4+ 27.
Rxd4 Rc7 28. Rxa6 Ke7 29. Rb6 Ra8 30. Ke3 Ra3 31. Kd2 Ra5 32. h4 h5 33. Rb8 f6
34. exf6+ gxf6 35. g3 e5 36. fxe5 fxe5 37. Rd5 Rca7 38. Rh8 Be8 39. a4 Bf7 40.
Rb5 Rxb5 41. axb5 Rd7+ 42. Kc2 e4 43. b6 e3 44. Ra8 Bg6+ 45. Kc1 Bf5 46. Ra5
Ke6 47. Rb5 Rd8 48. Nd5 Be4 49. Nxe3 Rd3 50. Nf5 Kf6 51. b7 Bxb7 52. Rxb7 Kxf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SOCAR"]
[BlackTeam "Padova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Kc8 11. g4 Ne7 12. Ng5 Be8 13. f4 b6 14. f5 c5
15. Nd2 h6 16. Ngf3 Bc6 17. Kf2 Kb7 18. b3 g6 19. f6 Nd5 20. Bb2 Nb4 21. Rdc1
a5 22. a3 Nd5 23. Kg3 g5 24. a4 Nb4 25. Nc4 Be4 26. Ne3 c4 27. bxc4 Rd8 28. Re1
Nxc2 29. Nxc2 Bxc2 30. e6 Bd6+ 31. Be5 Bb4 32. Rec1 Be4 33. e7 Rd3 34. Rf1 Re3
35. Rad1 Kc8 36. Bd4 Ra3 37. Rf2 Bc6 38. Bb2 Rb3 39. Be5 Bxa4 40. Rdf1 Bc6 41.
Kh2 Bc5 42. Nd4 Bxd4 43. Bxd4 Rd3 44. Ba1 h5 45. gxh5 Rxh5 46. Rf3 Rd2+ 47.
R3f2 Rxf2+ 48. Rxf2 g4 49. h4 Rxh4+ 50. Kg3 Rh1 51. Be5 Bd7 52. Re2 Rh3+ 53.
Kf4 a4 54. Bd4 Rh8 55. Bb2 Kb7 56. Re3 Kc6 57. Bd4 Rg8 58. Kg3 Ra8 59. Bb2 Rh8
60. Kf4 Rh2 61. Ba1 Rh1 62. Bb2 Rb1 63. Bd4 Be8 64. Kxg4 Rb4 65. Rc3 b5 66. Kf4
bxc4 67. Ke5 Rb5+ 68. Ke4 Rh5 69. Rxc4+ Kd6 70. Ke3 c5 71. Bc3 a3 72. Rg4 Rh3+
73. Kd2 Rh2+ 74. Ke3 a2 75. Rg1 Bb5 76. Rd1+ Ke6 77. Ba1 Kf5 78. Rd5+ Kg6 79.
Rxc5 Rh1 80. Bb2 Be8 81. Ra5 Rh3+ 82. Kf4 Rh2 83. Rxa2 Re2 84. Kf3 Rh2 85. Ke3
Rxb2 86. Rxb2 Kxf6 87. Rb7 Ke6 88. Kf4 Bd7 89. Kg5 Kxe7 90. Ra7 Ke6 91. Rb7
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[BlackTeam "SOCAR"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 a6 11. Rc1 cxd4 {A simple course, instead of the
modern trends like} (11... f5) 12. cxd4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 e6 {A very solid move,
sufficient for equality.} (13... f5 {is a more popular alternative.}) 14. Bd3 (
14. Bc4 O-O 15. Rhd1 Bd7 16. Ke1 Na5 17. Be2 Rfc8 18. Bd2 Nc6 19. Bc3 Na7 $1
$11 {0-1 (72) Karpov,A (2730)-Kamsky,G (2595) Tilburg 1991 CBM 026 [Anand]}) (
14. d5 exd5 15. exd5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. g3 Bf5 18. Bg2 Kd7 19. d6 Bxd6 20.
Bxb7 Rab8 21. Bc6+ Ke7 22. Bd4 Rhc8 {1/2 (22) Ftacnik,L (2535)-Jansa,V (2445)
Bratislava 1983}) 14... O-O (14... Bd7 15. h4 (15. d5 Nb4 16. Bc4 exd5 17. exd5
{1-0 (41) Khenkin,I (2633)-Stohl,I (2578) Germany 2001} b5 $5 18. Bb3 Bf5)
15... h6 16. g4 Rc8 17. g5 h5 18. Rc2 O-O 19. Rb1 b5 20. Rbc1 Rfd8 21. a4 bxa4
22. Bxa6 Ra8 23. Bb7 Na5 24. Bxa8 Nb3+ 25. Kc3 Nxc1 26. Bxc1 Rxa8 $11 {1/2 (30)
Istratescu,A (2616)-Howell,D (2611) Hastings 2011}) 15. Rc5 $146 {A harmless
novelty.} (15. Rb1 Rd8 16. e5 b5 17. Rhc1 Bb7 18. a4 b4 19. Be4 Rac8 $11 {
1/2 (59) Zakhartsov,V (2608)-Akesson,R (2470) Pardubice 2010}) (15. Ke2 Bd7 16.
Rb1 b5 17. h4 h6 18. e5 Rfd8 19. Be4 Rac8 20. Nd2 Na5 21. f4 Bc6 22. h5 Bxe4
23. Nxe4 Rc2+ $132 {1/2 (43) Kelecevic,N (2405)-Horvath,J (2480) Austria 1992})
(15. Rc4 Bd7 (15... f5 16. g3 (16. Ke2 Bd7 17. exf5 (17. Rhc1 Rfc8 18. d5 exd5
19. exd5 Ne5 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 $11 {0-1 (60) Deze,A 
(2435)-Smejkal,J (2565) Novi Sad 1982}) 17... gxf5 18. Rhc1 Rac8 19. g3 Rfd8
20. h3 b5 21. R4c2 Nb4 $11 {1/2 (28) Ftacnik,L (2560)-Sax,G (2550) Baile
Herculane 1982}) 16... Bd7 17. Rhc1 Rad8 (17... Rfc8 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Ne5
20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bb6 Rxc4 22. Bxc4 {1-0 (57) Khenkin,I (2627)-Seel,C (2315)
Bad Wiessee 2003} Kg7 $11) 18. Bg5 Rc8 19. d5 exd5 20. exd5 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5
22. Be7 b5 23. Rc5 Rxc5 24. Bxc5 Rc8 25. f4 Bg7 26. Rc2 Bf8 27. Bd4 {1/2 (27)
Soltau,A (2621)-Mannermaa,J (2490) ICCF 2002}) 16. Rhc1 Rfd8 (16... Rfc8 17. d5
exd5 18. exd5 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. g3 Rxc4 21. Rxc4 b5 22. Rc2 b4 $11 {
1/2 (40) Georgiev,K (2685)-Ftacnik,L (2568) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010}) 17. Bg5 $6 (
17. Ke2 Be8 $11) 17... f6 18. Be3 Bf8 (18... Be8 19. Ke2 Rac8 20. g3 Bf8 21.
R4c3 b5 22. h4 Bb4 23. Rb3 Be7 24. Rbc3 Bb4 25. Rb3 Bd6 26. Rbc3 Bb4 {1/2 (26)
Karjakin,S (2776)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2733) Moscow 2011}) 19. e5 fxe5 20. Bg5
exd4 $1 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 $15 {0-1 (36) Grigoryan,K (2482)-Melkumyan,H (2620)
Yerevan 2012 CBM 147}) 15... Rd8 16. Rb1 {That's the idea: White sacrifices
his central pawn but obtains an active position for his rooks. However, this
is not enough for an advantage.} Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. Ke3 Rd8
20. Rb6 Bd7 $1 21. Rxb7 Bb5 {The pawn has been kindly returned but Black has
completed his development.} 22. Bc2 Rac8 23. Rbc7 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 {One rook on
the 7th rank is not enough!} Bf1 25. g4 g5 26. f3 Rb8 27. Bb3 h6 28. f4 gxf4+
29. Kxf4 Rb4 $11 30. Ke5 Bd3 31. Kf6 Rxe4 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Kxf7 Rxg4 34. Bxe6
Rf4+ 35. Ke7 Kg6 36. Rg8+ Kh5 37. Rg3 Bc4 38. Rh3+ Kg5 39. Rg3+ Kh5 40. Rh3+
Kg5 41. Rg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.24"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SOCAR"]
[BlackTeam "Ugra"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. Nd2 g6 10. Nf3 Qb4+ 11. Kd1 Nb6 12. b3 Bg7 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Bxd2 O-O
15. c5 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 Nd5 17. Rc1 f6 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Rc4 Rf5 20. Ne1 Ne7 21.
Nd3 Rd5 22. Kc2 Nf5 23. Bc3 Re8 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Kc3 g5 26. Nb4 Rde5 27. Rd1
R8e7 28. Nd3 Rd5 29. g3 h5 30. Rd2 Nh6 31. h4 Nf7 32. Ra4 Ne5 33. Nxe5 Rexe5
34. hxg5 Rxc5+ 35. Kb2 Rcd5 36. Rxd5 Rxd5 37. Rxa7 Rd2+ 38. Kc3 Rxf2 39. a4
Rf3+ 40. Kb4 c5+ 41. Kc4 d5+ 42. Kxd5 Rxb3 43. a5 Rxg3 44. Rxc7+ Kg6 45. a6 Ra3
46. a7 h4 47. Kxc5 h3 48. Kb6 h2 49. Rc1 Rb3+ 50. Ka6 Ra3+ 51. Kb6 Rb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.25"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novy Bor"]
[BlackTeam "SOCAR"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 ({Even the Berlin move} 3... Nf6 {is often met
with} 4. d3 {Nowadays the elite prefers the active reaction} Bc5 (4... d6 5.
O-O Bd7 {allows the Duras setup with} 6. c4 $5 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. h3
Nb8 $146 (9... Nh5 $5 $13) 10. Qb3 c6 11. Ba4 Qc8 12. Qd1 Na6 13. d4 exd4 14.
Bxd4 Be6 15. Qe2 Re8 16. Rad1 Nc5 17. Bc2 Ncd7 $2 ({Too passive, necessary was
} 17... b5 $142 $1 {/\} 18. cxb5 cxb5 19. Nxb5 (19. Qxb5 Bxh3 20. gxh3 Qxh3 $11
) 19... Ncxe4 20. Bxf6 Bc4 21. Qxe4 Bxb5 22. Qd5 Bxf6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Qxb5
Rb8 25. Qa4 Rxb2 26. Rxd6 Re6 27. Rxe6 Qxe6 28. Qxa7 Rxa2 $14 {/=}) 18. Ng5 Qc7
19. f4 Qa5 20. a3 h6 {Svidler,P (2740)-Andreikin,D (2706)/RUS-ch Nizhnij
Novgorod/2013/} 21. Nxe6 Rxe6 22. Qf2 $16 {[%csl Gc4,Ge4,Gf4][%cal Yb2b4,Yf4f5]
()}) 5. c3 (5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Bg5 Qd6 8. Qd2 a5 9. h3 Re8 10. Nh4 a4
11. a3 b5 12. O-O Nh5 13. Ne2 Bb6 14. g4 h6 15. Be3 Nf4 16. Nxf4 exf4 17. Bxf4
Qf6 18. Nf5 Qxb2 19. Kh2 h5 20. Rab1 $6 (20. Rg1 $142 $5) 20... Qxa3 21. Rg1
Bxf5 22. gxf5 Bd4 $19 {[%csl Ga4][%cal Ga1g7] Motylev,A (2676)-Kramnik,V (2796)
/RUS-ch Nizhnij Novgorod/2013/}) (5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8. b3 Nd7
9. Nc4 Bxc4 10. bxc4 O-O 11. Rb1 b6 12. g3 f5 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. Qe2 Nc5 15. Be3
Ne6 16. Nd2 Qf6 17. Qg4 Rf8 18. Ne4 Qf7 19. a4 h5 20. Qe2 Be7 21. a5 Qg6 22.
axb6 axb6 23. Kh1 Rf3 24. Rbe1 Bb4 25. Ra1 Qg4 26. Qd1 Qh3 $132 {Carlsen,M 
(2843)-Aronian,L (2816)/Sao Paulo/Bilbao/2012/}) 5... O-O 6. O-O d6 {Here the
game often gets a Giuoco Piano character, but Black also has to reckon with a
timely Bxc6 swap. Effective top-level examples of such strategy:} 7. Nbd2 a6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Re1 Re8 10. h3 Bb6 ({Committal is} 10... d5 11. exd5 Qxd5 12. Nb3
Bf8 13. c4 Qd6 14. Be3 Nd7 15. d4 e4 16. Nfd2 a5 17. a4 f5 18. c5 Qg6 $2 (18...
Qe6 $1 $132 {Postny}) 19. Nc4 Nf6 20. Bf4 Nd5 21. Qd2 Be6 22. Nbxa5 Reb8 23.
Ne5 Qf6 24. Bh2 $18 {Carlsen,M (2872)-Grischuk,A (2764)/London Candidates/2013/
For more details see the notes to this game in CBM 154 by Postny.}) 11. Nf1 h6
12. Ng3 (12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 c5 14. Qc2 a5 15. Rad1 {Negi,P (2661)-Bok,B 
(2512)/Leiden/2012/} a4 $132 {[%cal Yc8d7,Ya8b8]}) 12... Be6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14.
Rxe3 c5 15. Qc2 Nd7 (15... Bd7 $142 $5 $11 {/+/=}) 16. d4 $1 cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4
18. Nxd4 a5 19. b3 Nc5 20. Rd1 Bd7 21. e5 $1 dxe5 22. Nf3 Nb7 23. Nxe5 $16 {
Svidler,P (2741)-Navara,D (2706)/Prague m/2012/}) 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 {
One of the plausible and fashionable d3 lines, which is currently in the
repertoire of many GMs, starting with Carlsen (see e.g. Carslen-Topalov,
Nanjing 2010).} ({In CBM 157 there is a theoretical article about the
Anti-Marshall line} 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d3 ({The survey deals
also with} 9. d4 {, which was Carlsen's choice against Aronian in St.Louis
2013.})) 6... b5 {While this is the more popular reaction, feasible is also} (
6... d6 {After} 7. c3 (7. c4 {radically prevents b5, but Black can hold his
own after} O-O 8. h3 (8. Nc3 Bg4 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Bxd4 exd4 11. Nd5 c6 12. Nxf6+
Bxf6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 g6 15. Rae1 Bg7 16. Qd1 Qb6 17. Qd2 a5 18. f4 Qb4 19.
Qc2 Qc5 20. Qf2 Rae8 21. Bd1 f5 22. Bf3 Bh6 $132 23. Qh4 Bxf4 $1 24. Qxf4 fxe4
25. Qg3 exf3 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Qxf3 Qf5 28. Qxf5 gxf5 29. Rxf5 Re2 $11 {
Anand,V (2783)-Aronian,L (2813)/Sandnes/2013/}) 8... Nd7 (8... Be6 9. Nc3 Nd7
10. Be3 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. d4 Bf6 13. d5 Na5 $6 14. Nd2 Bd3 15. Qg4 Nb6 16.
Bxb6 cxb6 17. Rfd1 Kh8 18. Nde4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 g6 20. Bc2 Bg7 21. Bd3 Rf4 22.
Qe2 $16 {[%csl Ra5] Naiditsch,A (2702)-Sokolov,I (2653)/EU-ch Plovdiv/2012/})
9. Be3 Bf6 10. Nc3 Nd4 11. Bxd7 Bxd7 12. Nd5 b5 13. c5 dxc5 14. Rc1 c6 15.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Rxc5 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Rae8 19. Kh2 f5 20. Rg1 Rf6
21. d4 exd4 22. Bxd4 Rg6 23. Rxg6 hxg6 $11 {Naiditsch,A (2700)-Ponomariov,R 
(2726)/Dortmund/2012/ Here the opposite-coloured bishops are a clear
equalizing factor.}) 7... O-O {there are some transpositional possibilities,
but the game mostly gets a slightly different and independent character, as
after a subsequent ...b5 White already mostly prefers Bc2:} 8. Re1 ({After} 8.
Nbd2 {Black can play} Nd7 $5 {more effectively} (8... b5 9. Bc2 d5 {transposes
to the main line after 10.Re1, but White has also} 10. Qe2 $5 {The chance to
go Rd1 can come in handy especially after a subsequent dxe4.}) 9. Bc2 (9. Re1
Nb6 $5 ({The older} 9... Nc5 {can be met with} 10. Bxc6 $5 (10. Bc2 Ne6 11. Nf1
$11 {/+/=}) 10... bxc6 11. d4 Nd7 $6 (11... exd4 12. cxd4 Nd3 13. Re3 Nf4 $5
14. Nc4 {is perhaps also better for White, but here Black has more counterplay,
than in the game.}) 12. Nc4 exd4 13. cxd4 c5 14. Na5 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bf6 16. Bf4
Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qf6 18. Qd2 Rb8 19. b4 $16 {[%csl Rc7,Rd6] Movsesian,S (2659)
-Blatny,P (2486)/AUT-chT/1999/}) 10. Bb3 a5 (10... Kh8 11. d4 exd4 (11... f5 $5
) 12. Nxd4 Bg5 13. N2f3 Bxc1 14. Rxc1 Ne5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Nf5 Qf6 17. Ne3 $14
{Mamedov,R (2647)-Sokolov,I (2667)/Al Ain/2012/}) 11. a4 Kh8 12. d4 exd4 13.
Nxd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 f5 15. e5 (15. Qe2 $5 fxe4 16. Qxe4 Bf6 17. Nf3 c6 $13 {/+/=
}) 15... dxe5 16. dxe5 Bb4 $132 17. e6 $2 c6 18. Re2 Re8 19. Qc2 Qf6 20. Nc4
Nd5 $15 {Giri,A (2734)-Ivanchuk,V (2733)/Peking/2013/}) (9. d4 Bf6 10. Bxc6
bxc6 11. Re1 c5 12. Nc4 cxd4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15. Ne3 Bb7 16. Nd5 Re8
17. Nf5 Ng6 18. f3 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Ne7 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $11 {Hernandez Guerrero,G 
(2536)-Harikrishna,P (2668)/Merida/2007/}) 9... Nb6 10. d4 $5 (10. Re1 f5 11.
exf5 Bxf5 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 Bxc2 15. Qxc2 Bf6 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17.
Nf3 a5 (17... Qd7 $5 $11 {[%cal Yd7f5,Yd7f7]}) 18. a4 Qd7 19. Bd2 Qf7 $2 (19...
h6 $142 $13 {[%cal Yd7f7]}) 20. Qxf7 Rxf7 21. Bxa5 $1 Nd5 22. Bd2 $14 {/+/-,
Dominguez Perez,L (2753)-Topalov,V (2771)/ECC Rhodos/2013/}) 10... Bf6 (10...
exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 f5 13. Bb3+ Kh8 14. e5 f4 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. Re1 f3
$5 17. Nxf3 Bg4 18. Re3 Bh4 19. Qd3 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 Rxf3 21. gxf3 Re8 22. Be3 Nd5
$44 {Karjakin,S (2725)-Carlsen,M (2813)/Nice rpd blindfold/2010/}) 11. d5 Ne7
12. c4 c6 (12... a5 13. b3 Ng6 14. Re1 Be7 15. Rb1 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5
Rxf5 18. Ne4 Nd7 19. Be3 b6 20. g3 Ngf8 21. Nfd2 $14 {Salgado Lopez,I (2621)
-Pridorozhni,A (2524)/EU-ch Plovdiv/2012/}) 13. Rb1 Ng6 14. b4 cxd5 15. cxd5
Bd7 16. a4 Rc8 17. a5 Na8 18. Ba4 Be7 19. Qb3 Nf4 20. Bb2 Nc7 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22.
h3 Nb5 $15 {Efimenko,Z (2689)-Bartel,M (2677)/Lublin/2012/}) 8... b5 9. Bc2 d5
10. Nbd2 d4 $5 ({It's not easy to effectively retain the central tension. This
is the most ambitious response, but more usual is} 10... dxe4 11. dxe4 Be6 (
11... Bc5 12. h3 h6 13. a4 Rb8 14. b4 Bd6 {costs Black a tempo, but the Bd6
supports e5 and White's edge was at best minimal after} 15. Nf1 Ne7 16. Ng3 Be6
17. Be3 Re8 18. Bb3 Qc8 19. Qc2 Ng6 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ra6 Ra8 23.
Rea1 Rxa6 24. Rxa6 {/+/=,Smeets,J (2643)-Sokolov,I (2650)/NED-ch Amsterdam/
2013/}) 12. a4 (12. Bb3 Bxb3 13. axb3 Qd3 14. b4 Rfd8 15. Qb3 Qd7 16. Qc2 Qe6
17. Qb3 Qd7 18. Qc2 Qe6 19. h3 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Rxa5 Nxa5 22. b4 Nb7 23.
Qb3 Qxb3 24. Nxb3 Nd7 25. Be3 Nd6 26. Nfd2 Ra8 $11 {Ivanchuk,V (2776)-Carlsen,
M (2815)/Medias/2011/}) (12. h3 Nd7 (12... h6 13. Nh2 Nh7 14. Ng4 Bg5 15. Qe2
Qd6 16. Ne3 Rfd8 17. Nf3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Qe7 19. Nh2 Nf8 20. Qf3 Rd7 21. Nf1 Nh7
22. Ng3 Rad8 23. Nf5 Qf6 $132 24. g4 $6 Ne7 25. Qg3 Bc4 26. f3 Bd3 27. Bb3 c5
28. Be3 c4 $36 {[%cal Gd8d1] Smyslov,V-Botvinnik,M/Leningrad/Moscow/1941/}) 13.
Nf1 Nc5 14. Ne3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 f6 16. Nd5 Bd6 17. Be3 Nb7 18. b4 Ne7 19. a4 {
Carlsen,M (2823)-Aronian,L (2807)/Sao Paulo/Bilbao/2011/} Nxd5 $5 20. exd5 Bf7
$132 {[%csl Rd5]}) 12... b4 13. Qe2 Qc8 14. Nc4 Nd7 15. a5 (15. Ng5 Bxg5 16.
Bxg5 Nb6 17. Nd2 bxc3 18. bxc3 Na5 19. Be3 Qd7 20. f4 f6 21. f5 Bf7 22. g4 Qc6
23. g5 Kh8 24. Bd3 Rfd8 $36 {Kamsky,G (2741)-Ivanchuk,V (2768)/WChT Ningbo/
2011/}) 15... f6 (15... Qb7 $142 $5 $13 {Marin}) 16. Ne3 b3 17. Bb1 Bd6 18. Nd5
Bxd5 19. exd5 Ne7 20. Bd3 Qb7 21. Bc4 Nxd5 $6 (21... Kh8 $142 22. Rd1 $14) 22.
Nd4 $1 exd4 23. Qe6+ Kh8 24. Bxd5 c6 25. Qxd6 cxd5 26. cxd4 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rb3,
Rd5] Movsesian,S (2698)-Almasi,Z (2713)/Istanbul olm/2012/}) 11. h3 {A waiting
move, but more principled is} (11. cxd4 exd4 (11... Nxd4 12. Nxe5 Ng4 $5 13.
Nef3 f5 $44 {is a computer idea.}) 12. e5 $5 (12. a3 Nd7 13. h3 (13. Nf1 Nde5 (
13... a5 $5 14. Bb3 Nc5 15. Bd5 Ra6 16. Qc2 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Bg5 Rxf3 19.
gxf3 Ne5 $36 {Najer,E (2626)-Bruzon Batista,L (2698)/WCup Tromso/2013/}) 14.
Nxe5 Nxe5 15. f4 Ng6 16. Ng3 c5 $13 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Nh4 19. Qg4 Qd7 20.
Bd2 Bf6 21. Bb3 Nxf5 $17 {Efimenko,Z (2682)-Onischuk,A (2684)/Poikovsky/2009/})
13... Nb6 14. Nf1 a5 15. Bb3 a4 16. Ba2 b4 17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Bb1 c5 19. Ng3 Re8
20. Bf4 Be6 21. Bc2 c4 $132 {/=/+,Chirila,I (2528)-Sokolov,I (2650)/Ottawa/
2013/}) 12... Nd5 13. Nb3 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Bd2 (15. g4 Bg6 16. Nbxd4 Nxd4 17.
Nxd4 Qd7 $13) 15... Ndb4 (15... Qd7 $5 16. Rc1 Rfe8 $13) 16. Bb1 Qd5 17. a3
Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Qxe5 20. f4 Qf5 21. axb4 Qxh3 22. Nxd4 Bf6 23. Qf3
Qxf3 24. Nxf3 Bxb2 25. Ra2 Bf6 26. Ne5 $36 {[%csl Ra6,Rb5,Rc7] Santamaria
Perez,T (2280)-Vegjeleki,A (2224)/ICCF email/2010/}) 11... Nd7 $5 $146 {
A novelty, Black strives for the positions from the previous note.} (11... Re8
$143 12. cxd4 exd4 13. e5 (13. Nb3 $5) 13... Nd5 14. Nb3 $14 {is a better
version of the previous line}) 12. Nb3 a5 $5 (12... dxc3 13. bxc3 b4 14. Bd2 a5
15. d4 $14) (12... Nb6 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Bf4 $14) 13. a4 $1 (13. cxd4 a4 14.
Nbd2 exd4 15. Nf1 Nde5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 Ng6 $13 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Yc7c5] /=/
+}) 13... bxa4 14. Nbd2 (14. Rxa4 Nb6 15. Ra1 a4 16. Nbd2 Be6 $11) 14... Nc5 (
14... a3 15. Nc4 $5 axb2 16. Bxb2 dxc3 17. Bxc3 $14 {[%csl Ra5,Re5]}) (14...
Nb6 $5) 15. Nc4 (15. Bxa4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Bd7 17. Qc2 Qb8 $5 $132 {[%cal Yb8b5]})
15... f6 16. Bxa4 Nxa4 17. Rxa4 dxc3 (17... Be6 $5 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4
20. Be3 (20. Nxa5 Qd7 $11 {[%csl Rd3]}) 20... Qd7 $132 {[%csl Rb2,Rd3,Ge6,Ge7]}
) 18. bxc3 Ba6 19. Qb3 Kh8 20. Rd1 Qb8 21. Qc2 Bb5 22. Ra2 Bxc4 $6 {It's
tempting to split White's pawns, but this activates his pieces and Pa5 will be
vulnerable.} (22... a4 $142 23. Na3 Rd8 $1 24. Nxb5 Qxb5 25. Ba3 Qb3 $1 26.
Bxe7 Qxc2 27. Rxc2 Nxe7 $11) 23. dxc4 Nd8 24. Be3 Ra6 25. Qa4 $6 (25. Rd5 Qa8
26. Qa4 Nc6 (26... Ne6 27. Nd2 {[%csl Ra5]}) 27. Rb2 $36) (25. Rd7 $5 Re8 (
25... Bd6 26. c5 Qc8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. cxd6 cxd6 29. Ra4 $14 {/+/-}) 26. Rd5
$36) 25... Ne6 26. Qb5 (26. Rd5 $6 Qb1+ {[%csl Re4]}) (26. Nd2 $5 $11) 26...
Qa8 27. c5 $2 (27. Rd7 c6 (27... Rb8 $5 28. Qd5 Bf8 $15) 28. Qa4 Bc5 $14) 27...
Rb8 28. Qc4 Qc6 29. Ne1 Nxc5 $17 {Adams,M (2753)-Aronian,L (2795)/Bilbao/2013/}
) 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 ({After} 8... b4 9. Nbd2 {White can try to enter the 8.
a4 Anti-Marshall lines without the Re1 move:} Na5 (9... O-O 10. a5 Be6 11. Nc4
Rb8 12. Be3 h6 13. h3 Rb7 (13... Qc8 $142 {see Nepomniachtchi-Melkumyan, EU-ch
Rijeka 2010, annotated in CBM 136.}) 14. Nfd2 Nd7 15. Ba4 Ncb8 $6 16. c3 Bg5
17. d4 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Nf6 19. Qc2 c5 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Ndc4 $16 {[%csl Rc5,Re5]
Karjakin,S (2779)-Kotsur,P (2548)/Astana blitz/2012/}) 10. Ba2 O-O 11. c3 $5
Rb8 12. Nc4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 bxc3 14. bxc3 Qe8 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Qa2 h6 17. Re1 Bc6
18. h3 Kh8 19. Be3 Nh7 20. Bxa6 f5 21. Qc4 Bd8 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Bb5 $5 Bxb5
24. axb5 Qxb5 25. Qxb5 Rxb5 26. d4 e4 27. Nd2 d5 28. c4 $36 {Topalov,V (2771)
-Korobov,A (2716)/ECC Rhodos/2013/}) 9. c3 Na5 {Immediate queenside expansion
is rare, but possibly playable. Black usually precedes it with castling} (9...
O-O 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Re1 Re8 {This position was already featured in
Caruana's previous practice, but with White. In both cases he was successful:}
13. Nf1 (13. d4 exd4 (13... cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 $11 {is fine for Black, Caruana
also pointed out}) (13... Qc7 $5 {with a good version of the Chigorin.}) 14.
cxd4 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. d5 Qc8 17. Nf1 Bd8 18. g4 Bg6 19. Ng3 b4 20. Nh4 b3 21.
Bb1 Nxg4 $2 (21... c4 22. Nhf5 $13 {/+/=}) 22. Nxg6 Nxf2 23. Ne7+ $1 Rxe7 24.
Kxf2 Re5 25. Kg2 c4 26. Nf5 Bf6 27. Qf3 c3 28. Nh6+ Kh8 29. Bd3 Re7 30. e5 $18
{->,Caruana,F (2773)-Aronian,L (2816)/Sao Paulo/Bilbao/2012/}) 13... Nc6 (13...
h6 14. Ne3 Bf8 15. h3 Nc6 16. Nh2 b4 17. Nhg4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Be7 19. Bb3 Be6 20.
Bd5 Rc8 21. Nf5 Bg5 22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. dxc4 Re6 24. Bxg5 Qxg5 25. Re3 $14 {
Caruana,F (2712)-Jakovenko,D (2716)/Poikovsky/2011/}) 14. Bg5 $5 (14. Ne3 b4 $1
15. h3 Rb8 16. Nc4 $6 ({Safer is} 16. Bd2 $11) 16... Be6 17. Bb3 h6 18. Be3
bxc3 19. bxc3 d5 $5 (19... Qc7 $11 {[%cal Yd6d5] /=/+}) 20. exd5 (20. Ncxe5
$142 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Rxb3 22. Qxb3 d4 23. Qb7 $5 dxe3 24. Rxe3 $15 {/<=>}) 20...
Nxd5 $15 21. Qc2 $2 e4 $1 22. dxe4 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Rxb3 24. Qxb3 Na5 25. Nxa5
Bxb3 26. Nxb3 Qb6 27. Nbd2 Qb2 $17 {McShane,L (2713)-Aronian,L (2815)/London/
2012/}) 14... Be6 $5 (14... h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne3 Ne7 17. Bb3 Rb8 18. axb5
axb5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Be6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qc2 Ra8 $11 {/+/=,Jakovenko,D
(2741)-Karjakin,S (2775)/Moscow rpd/2012/}) 15. h3 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ne3 Na5
(17... Ne7 $5 18. Bb3 d5 $132) 18. b4 cxb4 19. cxb4 Nc6 20. Bb3 Nxb4 21. Bxe6
fxe6 22. Qb3 a5 23. axb5 d5 24. Ng4 $14 {[%csl Re5,Re6] Horvath,A (2532)
-Kuljasevic,D (2574)/Mitropa Meissen/2013/}) 10. Bc2 c5 {Consistent.} (10...
O-O 11. d4 Nc6 12. Nbd2 $14 {is pleasant for White.}) 11. d4 Qb8 (11... Nc6 12.
Bg5 (12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Qe2 c4 14. Rd1 O-O 15. Nbd2 Qc7 16. Nf1 Be6 $132) 12...
cxd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. dxe5 Nxe5 (14... dxe5 $5) 15. Nbd2 Rc8 16. axb5 axb5 17.
Bb1 O-O 18. h3 Bh5 19. Bf4 Nxf3+ 20. Nxf3 Ra8 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. Re1 Rd8 23. Qb3
$14 {Baklan,V (2619)-Gretarsson,H (2512)/Reykjavik/2013/}) 12. Bg5 (12. axb5
axb5 13. b3 Bg4 ({More solid is} 13... O-O $142 $11) 14. Nbd2 cxd4 15. cxd4 O-O
16. h3 Bh5 17. Bb2 Nc6 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Qa1 Bg6 $6 (19... Qb7 $5) 20. dxe5
Qxa1 21. Rxa1 dxe5 22. Bxe5 Rc8 23. Bb2 Bb4 24. Bd3 $16 {Van Kampen,R (2581)
-Melkumyan,H (2656)/Basel/2013/}) 12... h6 13. Bxf6 $146 {Navara doesn't want
to lose a tempo and parts with his bishop-pair instead.} (13. Bh4 Be6 (13...
Bg4 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. h3 Be6 16. Bg3 Nd7 17. Nbd2 O-O 18. Qe2 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Bxc4
20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Rd8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. Qxb5 Qxe4 25. Rd1 $16
{[%csl Rc5,Re5] Akopian,V (2684)-Baron,T (2473)/St Petersburg/2013/CB41_2013 
(40)}) 14. Nbd2 (14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bg3 Nd7 $11 (15... Bd6 $5)) 14... O-O 15. h3
Rc8 16. Bg3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nh5 $1 18. Bh2 Nf4 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bxf4 exf4 21.
Bd3 Nc4 22. Qe2 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Bf6 $11 {Ponomariov,R (2742)-Caruana,F (2774)/
Thessaloniki/2013/ In this game Black had no problems at all and it was rather
White who had to tread with care to hold the balance.}) 13... Bxf6 14. dxc5
dxc5 15. Qd5 Nb7 $5 (15... c4 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rd1 Be6 18. Qc5 {[%csl Re8]}
Ra6 19. Na3 $36) ({Apart from Caruana's move, also deserving attention was the
pawn sacrifice} 15... Qc8 16. Nxe5 Be6 17. Qd6 b4 $5 (17... Be7 18. Qd3 O-O 19.
Nd2 $14) 18. f4 (18. Nf3 Nc4 $44) (18. Nd3 Be7 19. Qg3 O-O $32 {~~}) 18... Be7
19. Qd3 Bf6 $5 $132) 16. axb5 {The best.} ({After} 16. Rd1 Be6 {White is
practically forced to play} 17. Qc6+ Ke7 18. axb5 Rc8 19. Qb6 a5 $1 20. Na3 (
20. Nbd2 $143 Kf8 $15 ({Black has no problems whatsoever even after the simple
} 20... Nd6 21. Qxb8 Rcxb8)) 20... Kf8 $13 {White won't lose his trapped queen,
but it's Black who can choose when he will win the exchange. Although the
position is not quite clear, it seems that Black has no real problems. A
sample line is} 21. h3 Bd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Qd6 $5 25.
Qxb7 Qxd1+ 26. Kh2 Re8 27. Qc7 (27. b6 Qd7 28. Qxd7 Bxd7 29. Nc4 Rb8 30. Nfxe5
Bb5 $15) 27... Qc1 28. b6 Qf4+ (28... Qxb2 $6 29. b7 $36) 29. Kh1 Qc1+ $11 30.
Ng1 $2 Qxb2 $17) 16... Be6 $8 (16... axb5 $2 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Nxe5 $18) (16...
Bxb5 17. c4 $5 (17. Ba4 $14) 17... Bd7 18. Nc3 $36 {[%csl Rb7,Rc5,Re5]}) 17.
Qc6+ Bd7 18. Qd5 Be6 19. Qd1 $5 {Navara bravely spurns repetition with} (19.
Qc6+ Bd7 $11 {and decides to play on.}) 19... axb5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Na3 Qa5 ({
Houdini considers} 21... b4 {safer:} 22. Nb5 (22. cxb4 cxb4 23. Nb5 Qd8 $11)
22... Qd8 $5 (22... Qb8 23. cxb4 O-O $5 $11 (23... cxb4 24. Bb3)) 23. Qxd8+
Kxd8 24. Ra1 Kd7 25. Ra6 b3 26. Bd3 c4 27. Be2 Nc5 28. Ra7+ Kc6 29. Nc7 Rd8 30.
Nxe6 fxe6 31. h3 Nxe4 32. Ra4 $1 $11) 22. Nxb5 $1 Bc4 $6 {[%mdl 514] In a
tense match between the leading teams Black greedily accepts the offered
exchange and gets into trouble.} (22... O-O $142 23. Qe2 c4 24. Na3 Nd6 $44 {
promises reasonable compensation, converting the extra backward pawn is
extremely difficult.}) 23. Nd6+ Nxd6 24. Qxd6 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Qb5+ (25... Qa1+
26. Ne1 Qa7 27. Bb3 (27. Nd3 $36) 27... Qe7 28. Qb8+ Qd8 29. Qb5+ Qd7 30. Qxc5
$36 {/+/- Material is equal and Black's forces are still uncoordinated.}) 26.
Ke1 c4 27. g3 {[%csl Re8,Rh8] Black's rook is offside and his king is in
danger - and all this for a minimal price.} h5 28. h4 $1 Be7 {Caruana was
already running out of constructive moves, so he sheds pawns to simplify the
position and continue the fight.} (28... Rh6 29. Qa3 Kd8 30. Ba4 Qb7 31. Qf8+
Kc7 32. Qxf7+ Kb8 33. Qf8+ Ka7 34. Nd2 $16 {/\} Qxb2 35. Bc6 $18) (28... Qd7
29. Qb8+ Qd8 (29... Bd8 30. Nxe5 $16) 30. Qb4 {[%cal Rc2a4]} Qe7 (30... Qc7 31.
Ba4+ Kd8 32. Nd2 g5 33. Nxc4 gxh4 34. Nb6 $1 $40 {[%cal Yb6d5,Yb4a5]}) 31. Ba4+
Kf8 32. Qb8+ Qd8 33. Qxd8+ Bxd8 34. Nxe5 $14 {/+/- is similar to the game
continuation.}) 29. Qxe5 Qxe5 30. Nxe5 g5 31. Ba4+ {Hopes to post his bishop
more actively.} (31. hxg5 Bxg5 32. Nxc4 h4 $14 {/+/-}) 31... Kf8 32. hxg5 Bxg5
(32... h4 33. gxh4 Rxh4 34. Bc6 Bxg5 35. Nxc4 {-32...Bxg5 is only a
transposition.}) 33. Bc6 h4 34. gxh4 Rxh4 35. Nxc4 {[%mdl 4096] The resulting
endgame is difficult for Black - White has already a material advantage (3
pawns for the exchange) and can play for a win almost endlessly and without
any risk. His practical winning chances are definitely higher, than Black's
chances to hold.} f5 (35... Rh1+ 36. Ke2 Rc1 {is perhaps more resilient, but
even here after} 37. Ba4 $14 {/+/- White is pushing.}) 36. Ne5 Rh1+ (36... Rh7
37. f4 ({White doesn't have to force matters,} 37. Ke2 $5 fxe4 38. Bxe4 {
also retains good winning chances.}) 37... Bh6 38. exf5 Ke7 39. Ke2 $5 (39. Be4
Bxf4 40. f6+ Ke6 $1 (40... Kxf6 $2 41. Ng4+ Kg5 42. Bxh7 Kxg4 43. Ke2 $18 {
is winning accroding to Tablebases.}) 41. Bxh7 Bxe5 42. Kd2 Bxf6 $11 {is
already insuffcient to win.}) 39... Kd6 40. Be4 Bxf4 41. Nf3 $36) 37. Ke2 Rb1
38. Nd3 fxe4 39. Bxe4 Ke7 (39... Bf6 40. Kd2 {[%cal Yd2c2]}) 40. f4 (40. b4 $5
Bf6 41. c4 $16) 40... Bh6 (40... Bf6 {is perhaps more tenacious.}) 41. b4 Bg7
42. Kd2 Ra1 43. Bd5 (43. c4 $16 {is roughly equivalent.}) 43... Kd6 44. c4 {
The pawns advance gradually, but surely.} Bd4 45. Kc2 Ra3 46. f5 Rc3+ (46...
Bf6 $142) 47. Kd2 Ra3 48. Be4 Ra2+ 49. Kd1 Be3 ({After} 49... Ra3 $5 50. c5+
Ke7 {White should still win with} 51. Kc2 $5 (51. b5 Rb3 $1 (51... Rc3 52. Kd2
Rxc5 53. Nxc5 Bxc5 54. Ke2 $18) 52. b6 Bxc5 53. Nxc5 Rxb6 $11 {TB})) 50. c5+
Ke7 51. Ne5 $1 Rb2 (51... Rh2 $5 {was the last chance to resist.}) 52. Bc2 $1
$18 {[%cal Re5c4,Rf5f6] Limits the rook and coordinates the pieces with the
pawns.} Bg5 (52... Ra2 53. f6+ Ke6 (53... Kxf6 54. Ng4+ $18) 54. Bb3+ Kxe5 55.
Bxa2 Kxf6 56. Kc2 Ke7 57. Kd3 $18 {Tablebases}) (52... Bxc5 53. bxc5 Rb5 54.
Nd3 Kf6 55. c6 $18 {retains both pawns.}) 53. c6 {[%cal Rc6c7]} Ra2 {The rook
must retreat.} (53... Kd6 54. Nc4+) (53... Kd8 54. Nf7+) 54. b5 ({White
already had a choice:} 54. c7 Ra8 55. b5 Be3 (55... Kd6 56. b6 Bf4 57. Nc4+ Kd5
58. f6 Kxc4 59. f7 $18 {[%cal Rb6b7,Rc2f5]}) 56. Nc4 Bf4 57. b6 $18 {/\} Bxc7
58. bxc7 Rc8 59. Nb6) 54... Be3 55. f6+ Kd8 (55... Kxf6 56. c7 Ra8 57. Ng4+ $18
) 56. f7 Bc5 57. b6 {[%csl Gb6,Gc6,Gf7] The pawns are too powerful.} Ra1+ 58.
Ke2 Ra2 59. Kd3 Rb2 60. Nc4 Rb5 (60... Ra2 61. c7+ Kc8 62. Kc3 {[%cal Rc2f5]})
61. Bd1 $1 {[%cal Rc6c7,Rd1g4]} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.26"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SOCAR"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f3 b5 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 (11. Qxd4 {is the other option.} Bb7
12. g5 Nh5 13. Rd2 $5 (13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Qd2 {is another idea}) 13... Rc8 $1 14.
Bxb5 $5 (14. Rg1 Bc5 15. Qxc5 Qxc5 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 {and Black looks nicely placed
}) 14... axb5 15. Nxb5 Qc6 (15... Qd8 $5 {was also possible} 16. Qa7 $1 {
with a very difficult fight}) 16. Na7 Qc7 17. Nb5 $1 (17. Nxc8 $6 Qxc8 18. Rhd1
Bc6) 17... Qc6 18. Na7 Qc7 19. Nb5 Qc6 {and draw by repetition of moves, 1/2
Dominguez Perez-Caruana, Elancourt 2013.}) 11... Bb7 12. Kb1 O-O 13. Qf2 $146 {
Novelty by Caruana. He is a good expert of this line.} (13. Bd3 b4 14. Ne2 e5
15. g5 exd4 16. gxf6 Bxf6 17. f4 a5 18. e5 $5 {brave decision by Yu Yangyi} Bh4
(18... Bxh1 19. Rxh1 Be7 20. Nxd4 {with some compensation, but no more.}) 19.
Nxd4 Bxh1 20. Rxh1 g6 $13 {Yu Yangyi-Nepomniachtchi, St Petersburg 2012.})
13... Rac8 (13... b4 14. Na4 d5 15. Nb6 Rad8 (15... dxe4 16. Nxa8 Rxa8 17. g5
e3 18. Qxe3 (18. Bxe3 Ng4 $1) 18... Nd5 19. Qe5 Qxe5 20. Bxe5 Bxg5 21. Rg1 $14
{and White is slightly better.}) 16. e5 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. f4 {with a
comfortable position for White.}) 14. Rg1 ({White doesn't want to hurry with} 
14. g5 {, because of} Nh5 {and Black is controlling the f4 square, he has a
comfortable position.}) 14... Bc6 (14... b4 15. Na4 {followed by Nb6.}) 15. Bd3
b4 16. Ne2 (16. e5 $5 {was a very interesting option} Ne8 (16... Nd5 17. Nxd5
Bxd5 18. f4 a5 19. f5 $40) 17. Ne4 (17. Ne2 Bb5 (17... f6 18. Qh4 g6 19. f4)
18. Nf4 f6 $13) 17... f6 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. g5 Be5 21. Nf6+ Rxf6
$1 (21... gxf6 $6 22. gxf6+ Kf7 (22... Kh8 $2 23. Rg7 $18) 23. Rg7+ Ke8 24. Qc5
Bxf6 25. Rxh7 Qe5 26. Bg6+ Kd8 27. Qxf8+ Kc7 28. Qxb4 Rb8 29. f4 $1 Qxb2+ 30.
Qxb2 Rxb2+ 31. Kc1 Rxa2 32. Rd3 a5 {and White is slightly better, but Black's
Bs give strong counterplay, so still it is difficult to manage to win with
White.}) 22. gxf6 Bxf6 $44 {and Black has a very good compensation.}) 16... d5
(16... d6 $5) 17. g5 (17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 Bb5 19. Nc1 Bxd3 (19... Nc5 20. f5) 20.
Nxd3 Bc5) 17... Nh5 18. exd5 (18. Qh4 {could have been met by} Bb5 $1 $132)
18... Bxd5 19. Rg4 (19. f4) ({or} 19. Qe3) 19... e5 $1 20. Be3 Qc6 21. Rf1 g6 (
21... f5 $1 {was the best reply} 22. gxf6 Nxf6 23. Rgg1 Nd7 (23... g6 $5) 24.
Rg3 Rf7 $36 {and Black has a very strong initiative.}) 22. Nc1 f5 23. gxf6 Nxf6
24. Rgg1 Nh5 (24... e4 25. fxe4 Nxe4 26. Qe2 Bf6 $1 $40 {was also very
dangerous for White.}) 25. Qd2 Bxf3 (25... a5) 26. Nb3 Rfd8 27. Qf2 Rf8 (27...
e4) 28. Bh6 (28. Qd2 {was repetition of moves, but I think Svidler wanted to
continue with} Be4 $15) 28... Rf7 29. Qe3 e4 30. Nd4 Qd5 31. Nxf3 exd3 32. Qxd3
Qxd3 33. cxd3 Bf8 ({The engine recommends} 33... Bd6 34. d4 (34. Ng5 {is
dubious, as} Rxf1+ 35. Rxf1 Bxh2 $15) 34... Ng7 {is slightly better endgame
for Black.}) 34. Bd2 Bd6 35. Ng5 Rxf1+ 36. Rxf1 Bxh2 37. Bxb4 Be5 38. Ne6 Ng7 (
38... Ng3) 39. Re1 (39. d4) 39... Bg3 40. Re4 Re8 41. Nc5 h5 42. Bc3 Rxe4 43.
Nxe4 Bf4 (43... h4) 44. Kc2 Nf5 45. Kd1 Kf7 46. Bd2 Be5 47. b4 Ke6 48. a4 Ng3
49. Nxg3 Bxg3 50. b5 axb5 51. axb5 Kd5 52. Be3 Bd6 53. Ke2 Bc5 54. Bg5 Bb6 55.
Kf3 Kc5 56. Ke4 Bc7 57. d4+ Kxb5 58. Kd5 Bg3 59. Be3 Kb4 (59... h4 60. Ke4 h3
61. Kf3 h2 (61... Bd6 62. Bg1 $1 $11 {followed by Kg4.}) 62. Kg2 Kc4 63. Bg5
Kxd4 64. Bc1 $11) 60. Ke6 h4 61. d5 Kc4 62. d6 Bxd6 63. Kxd6 Kd3 64. Bg1 $1 Ke4
65. Ke6 g5 66. Kf6 Kf4 67. Bh2+ Kg4 68. Kg6 Kh3 69. Kxg5 Kxh2 70. Kxh4 {
A very big fight!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.08"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. a5 Qe7 13. Bd5 Bb7 14. Nb3 Ba7 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qd3 Rfe8 18. Qc4 Rab8 19. h3 Nd4 20. Nbxd4 exd4 21.
Bxb7 Rxb7 22. b3 Qe6 23. Qd3 c5 24. Nd2 Bb8 25. e5 Qc6 26. f4 Rbe7 27. Re2 f6
28. Qg6 Rf8 29. Rae1 Qe8 30. Qd3 fxe5 31. fxe5 Qc6 32. Re4 Re6 33. Nc4 Bc7 34.
Qg3 Rg6 35. Rg4 Rxg4 36. Qxg4 Qd5 37. e6 Re8 38. e7 Kf7 39. Ne5+ Bxe5 40. Qf5+
Kg8 41. Rxe5 Qd6 42. Re6 Qd7 43. Qe4 Kf7 44. Rxa6 Qxe7 45. Qf5+ Kg8 46. Rc6
Qe3+ 47. Kh2 Rf8 48. Rc8 Rxc8 49. Qxc8+ Kh7 50. Qf5+ Kh8 51. a6 Qe7 52. Qc8+
Kh7 53. Qb8 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.09"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. Qe2 Nd7 8.
Nb3 Bd6 9. Bd2 b6 10. Ng5 Qe7 11. O-O a5 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. a4 Nc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5
15. Be3 Bd6 16. b3 O-O 17. Kh1 Bb4 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Bd6 20. Qf2 Rae8 21.
Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Rae1 Re6 23. Re3 Rf6 24. Rf3 Rxf3 25. Qxf3 Qc5 26. Qe2 b5 27. Qd2
bxa4 28. bxa4 Rb8 29. Qf4 Qe7 30. Qf5 c5 31. Qd5 g6 32. h3 Kg7 33. c3 f6 34. d4
Rd8 35. Qc4 Re8 36. Re1 cxd4 37. cxd4 Qb4 38. Qxb4 axb4 39. Rc1 Rxe4 40. Rxc7+
Kf8 41. Rxh7 b3 42. Rb7 Rxd4 43. Rxb3 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.10"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Lenic, Luka"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Ne4 (6... c6 {is
another line.}) 7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 c5 (9... Nd7 10. Qd2 c5 {
transposes to the text move.}) 10. Qd2 Qb6 (10... Nd7 {was also tried by a
strong grandmaster,} 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. dxc5 (12. Bh6 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 cxd4 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Qxd4+ Ne5 16. b3 Kg8 17. Bg2 a5 $11 {with an equal position,
Czakon-Volokitin, Lublin 2009.}) 12... Nxc5 13. Bh6 Rfd8 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. h4
Nd7 16. Qe3 Nf6 {and Black is also solid, Maki Uuro-Efimenko, Saint Vincent
2005.}) 11. Bh6 $146 {The first novelty in the game.} (11. Rad1 Nc6 12. d5 Nb4
(12... Bxf3 13. exf3 (13. Bxf3 Ne5) 13... Nd4 14. Rfe1 Qa6 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. b3
Bf6 $11 {Van der Sterren-Van der Wiel, Hilversum 1987}) 13. a3 Nc2 $1 {This
knight is very cheeky in White's position.} 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Bxf3 16. Bxf3
Nd4 {and Black has a nice position, J.Torres-Gajewski, Barcelona 2012.}) 11...
Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Bxf3 {Forced, otherwise Ng5.} 13. dxc5 Qxc5 (13... dxc5 {was
enough for equalising,} 14. Bxf3 Nc6 15. Bxc6 (15. b3 Nd4) 15... Qxc6 $11 {
with a completely drawish position.}) 14. Bxf3 Nc6 15. Rac1 a5 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17.
Qd2 a4 18. h4 Ne5 19. h5 Rfc8 (19... Ra5 {was also possible,} 20. hxg6 Nxf3+
21. exf3 fxg6 $11 {and Black hasn't got any problem.}) 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Kg2
Rxc4 $2 {A big blunder, Black underestimates White's possibilities.} ({Black
should protect his king's position with} 21... Kg7 22. Rh1 Rh8 {and Black can
hold.}) 22. Rxc4 $6 {Not bad,} ({but} 22. Qh6 $1 {was winning immediately,}
Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Nxf3 24. Rh1 Qxb2 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Qxh8 27. Rxh8+ Kg7 28.
Rxa8 $18 {and Black is hopeless.}) 22... Nxc4 23. Qh6 Ra5 $6 {Another
inaccuracy, but Black's position was already difficult.} ({Still} 23... Qxb2 {
was the best chance} 24. Bd5 Nb6 25. Qxg6+ Qg7 26. Bxf7+ Kf8 27. Qb1 $1 Qxf7
28. Qxb6 $16 {, but White is also better here.}) 24. b3 ({The natural} 24. Rh1
{was the easiest} Qxb2 25. Qh4 $1 $18 {and after this nice double attack White
is winning.}) 24... axb3 25. Rh1 $2 {Suddenly White also goes wrong in his
winning position, but it was difficult to find the right plan.} (25. axb3 $1 {
was the correct move.} Qxb3 26. Rh1 Qc3 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Rc1 $1 $18 {a great
deadly stroke!}) 25... Qd4 26. axb3 Nb6 (26... Nd2 $142 {was more accurate.})
27. Rh4 $1 Qf6 $6 {Loses immediately, but Black's position wasn't very
enviable.} (27... Qe5 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Re4 Qg7 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rxe7 $16) 28.
Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh6+ (29. Rb4 $1 {transposes to the game after a repetition of
moves.}) 29... Kg8 (29... Qg7 $142) 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Rb4 $1 $18 {This
unpleasant R move decides the game.} Nc8 32. Rxb7 Rc5 33. b4 Rc2 34. Rb8 {
White's position is completely safe, he can simply push the bP.} Ke8 35. Qg8+
Kd7 36. b5 d5 37. Bxd5 (37. b6 $18) 37... Qd6 38. Rb7+ Rc7 39. Qxf7 Rxb7 40.
Bxb7 Nb6 41. Be4 g5 42. Qf5+ Qe6 43. Bc6+ Kd6 44. Qxg5 Qxe2 45. Qe3 Qxe3 46.
fxe3 {Two Ps up is too much, Black has no chance to survive.} Nc4 47. Kf3 Ke5
48. Ke2 Kf5 49. Kd3 Nb6 50. Kd4 Kg4 51. Kc5 Na4+ 52. Kb4 Nb6 53. Ka5 Nc4+ 54.
Ka6 Ne5 55. Be8 Nc4 56. b6 Nxb6 57. Kxb6 Kf3 58. g4 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.11"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. a4 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8
15. Na3 Bb4 16. Re5 Bd6 17. Re1 Bb4 18. Re5 Bd6 19. Re1 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.12"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Nd2 Kc8 14.
Nf3 Be7 15. Rd3 h6 16. Nd4 Re8 17. Bf4 c5 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. c4 a6 20. Ne3 b5 21.
b3 g5 22. Bg3 Be6 23. Rad1 Kb7 24. h4 Kc6 25. h5 Reb8 26. f3 a5 27. Nd5 bxc4
28. bxc4 Rb2 29. R3d2 Rab8 30. Kf2 a4 31. Ke2 a3 32. Ne3 Bg7 33. f4 gxf4 34.
Bxf4 f6 35. exf6 Bxf6 36. Kf3 Rf8 37. Ke4 Bc3 38. Rd3 Bd4 39. Rxa3 Bxe3 40.
Bxe3 Bxg4 41. Rd2 Bf3+ 42. Kd3 Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.14"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Popilski, Gil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O g6 6. Qa4 Qa5 7. Qxa5 Nxa5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bg7 11. Rd1 Nb6 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. Nb3 Bxc3 14. bxc3
Nbc4 15. Rd5 Nc6 16. Rc5 Nd6 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Bxd6 exd6 19. Rd5 Ke7 20. Rad1 Rc7
21. Rxd6 Rhc8 22. Nc5 Be8 23. Ne4 Nd8 24. R6d3 Ba4 25. R1d2 Rd7 26. Nd6 Rcc7
27. f4 Ne6 28. f5 gxf5 29. Nxf5+ Kf8 30. Nd6 Bc6 31. Bxc6 Rxc6 32. Nf5 Rxd3 33.
Rxd3 Rb6 34. Kf2 Rb2 35. h4 Rxa2 36. Rd7 Rb2 37. Nh6 Ke8 38. Rxf7 a5 39. Rxh7
a4 40. Nf5 a3 41. Nd6+ Kf8 42. Rh8+ Kg7 43. Ra8 a2 44. Ne4 Nc7 45. Ra5 Nd5 46.
h5 b5 47. g4 Nb6 48. Ra7+ Kh6 49. Ra6 Kh7 50. g5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.15"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 a6 4. Nf3 d5 5. d3 Nc6 6. g4 d4 7. Ne2 e5 8. f5 h6 9.
Ng3 Nf6 10. h3 Bd7 11. c4 dxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Kf2 O-O-O 14. Qb3 Be8 15. Rb1
h5 16. g5 h4 17. gxf6 hxg3+ 18. Kxg3 gxf6 19. Nh2 Na5 20. Qb6 Qxb6 21. Rxb6 c4
22. dxc4 Rd1 23. Be3 Nxc4 24. Bxc4 Rxh1 25. Rxf6 Be7 26. Rh6 Rxh6 27. Bxh6 Rg1+
28. Kf2 Bc5+ 29. Kf3 Ba4 30. Bb3 Bxb3 31. axb3 a5 32. Ng4 b5 33. b4 a4 34. bxc5
a3 35. Ne3 Rc1 36. Nd5 Rh1 37. Kg2 Rb1 38. c6 a2 39. Bg7 a1=Q 40. Bxe5 Rb2+ 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.16"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Solak, Dragan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Bd6 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. O-O Rc8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 b6 14. d5 e5
15. Bf5 Rc7 16. Rd1 O-O 17. Qg4 g6 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Rac1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Nf8 21.
Rc8 Qe7 22. Bg5 f6 23. Rxe8 Qxe8 24. Bxf6 Kf7 25. Bg5 Kg7 26. Be4 h5 27. Qf3
Nh7 28. Bh4 Qf7 29. Qxf7+ Kxf7 30. f3 Nf6 31. Kf1 Bc5 32. Ke2 Ne8 33. g4 Nd6
34. Kd3 a5 35. b3 Bd4 36. gxh5 gxh5 37. f4 Nb7 38. Bf5 Bb2 39. Be6+ Kf8 40. Kc2
Bd4 41. Bf6 Nc5 42. Bxe5 Bxe5 43. fxe5 Nxe6 44. dxe6 Ke7 45. Kd3 Kxe6 46. Ke4
b5 47. a3 h4 48. Kd4 b4 49. a4 Ke7 50. Kc5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.17"]
[Round "9.17"]
[White "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 f5 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. Rb1 a5
9. d5 (9. Qb3 h6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qe8 12. d5 cxd5 13. cxd5 Nc5 14. Be3 b6
15. b4 axb4 16. Rxb4 Bd7 17. Nd4 Ng4 18. Bc1 g5 19. Ne6 Nxe6 20. dxe6 Bxe6 21.
Bxa8 Qxa8 22. Bb2 Qe8 23. h3 Nf6 24. Nb5 f4 25. g4 Qf7 26. Nd4 Rc8 27. Qd3 Bc4
28. Qc2 Be6 29. Qd2 Bd7 30. Rxb6 Qxa2 31. Rb7 Qd5 32. Ra7 h5 33. Ra5 Rc5 34.
Rxc5 Qxc5 35. Rc1 Qd5 36. Nf3 hxg4 37. Bxf6 Qxd2 38. Nxd2 Bxf6 {Wojtaszek,R 
(2701)-Ivanchuk,V (2731) Riga 2013 1/2-1/2}) 9... e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. b3 Na6
12. Bf4 Nh5 {A typical manoeuvre: Black protects the pawn on d6 indirectly by
attacking the knight on c3 with his bishop. At the same time he threatens to
exchange his own knight for the white bishop, so White must either retreat to
d2 or attack the queen.} 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Qd2 Nc5 15. Rfd1 Nf6 $146 (15... Rae8
16. Be3 f4 17. Bd4 fxg3 18. hxg3 Nf6 19. Rbc1 Bf5 20. Nh4 Bc8 21. Bf3 Qe7 22.
Ng2 Bf5 {1/2-1/2 (22) Gustafsson,J (2647)-Halkias,S (2579) Reykjavik 2011}) 16.
Nd4 (16. Qxd6 {leads to a completely different game, for example} Qxd6 17. Rxd6
Ne8 18. Rd4 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Nf6 20. Be3 Ng4 21. Bf4 Rad8 22. Na4 Rxd4 23. Nxc5
Bc8 24. h3 Nf6 25. Be3 Rd6 26. f3 b6 27. Bf4 Rd4 28. Nd3 Re8 29. Kf2 Rd7 30.
Bf1 c5 31. Nb2 Kg7 32. Na4 Re6 33. Rb2 h6 34. Rc2 g5 35. Bc1 $11 {but of
course this is just one of the possibilities. It seem best for White not to
advance his queenside pawns and keep the options open for positioning his
knight.}) 16... Rfe8 17. Bf4 Rad8 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. a3 Qf7 20. Na4 $1 Nxa4 21.
Qxa5 Rde8 22. bxa4 $1 Rxe2 23. Qa7 R2e7 24. Bxd6 Rd7 25. Bf4 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 h6
27. a5 g5 {White now has to make a critical decision, whether to retreat the
bishop to e3 or switch to the queenside by way of d6. The latter seems the
better option.} 28. Be3 $6 (28. Bd6 Ne4 29. Bb4 c5 {allows some nice tactics:}
30. Bxe4 $1 Rxe4 31. a6 $3 bxa6 (31... cxb4 32. axb7 Be5 33. Rd7 Qe8 34. Qc5
Re1+ 35. Kg2 Bb8 36. Qd5+ Qe6 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Rxb8 Qxd5+ 39. cxd5 bxa3 40. Ra8
$18) 32. Rd7 Qf6 33. Qa8+ Kh7 34. Bxc5 Re1+ 35. Kg2 Qa1 36. h3 $1 Rg1+ 37. Kh2
Rd1 38. Ra7 Qb2 39. Qf8 $1 Qe5 40. Re7 $18) 28... Ng4 29. a6 $2 {White misses
the last opportunity to keep the advantage.} (29. Rb1 $1 Nxe3 ({After} 29...
Re7 30. Bc5 Rd7 31. a6 bxa6 32. Qa8+ Kh7 33. Bxc6 {the power of the white
bishops is decisive.}) 30. Rxb7 Qf6 31. fxe3 Qa1+ 32. Bf1 f4 $1 33. Rb8 Qe5 34.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 35. a6 fxe3 36. Be2 Qd8 37. h3 Qd2 38. Kf1 Bc3 39. Qb8+ Kf7 40. Qc7+
Kg8 41. Qc8+ Kg7 42. Qb7+ Kh8 43. Qb1 Qd7 44. Kg1 {White must have the better
chances here, but a clear win is far from visible.}) 29... Nxe3 30. fxe3 bxa6
31. Qxf7+ $6 (31. Qxa6 {would have kept a slight edge, but White prefers half
an egg to an empty shell...}) 31... Kxf7 32. Rd7+ Re7 33. Bxc6 Rxd7 34. Bxd7
Bf8 {Well, bishops of opposite colour and no other material. It's not
difficult to predict the outcome...} 35. a4 Kf6 36. g4 fxg4 37. Bxg4 a5 38. Kf2
Bc5 39. Bh5 Bd6 40. h3 Ke5 41. Kf3 Bc5 42. Be8 Bb6 43. Bg6 Kf6 44. Be4 h5 45.
Bd5 Ke5 46. Bc6 g4+ 47. hxg4 hxg4+ 48. Ke2 g3 49. Bg2 Bc5 50. Kf3 Bb6 51. e4
Kd4 52. Kxg3 Kxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic Gp-D 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2013.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 d6 4. h3 c5 5. dxc5 Qa5+ 6. Qd2 Qxc5 7. Nc3 Bf5 8.
Nd4 Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. f3 Bc6 11. e4 e5 12. Be3 exd4 13. Bxd4 Bh6 14. Qf2
Qa5+ 15. Bc3 Qd8 16. Bxh8 f6 17. Qh4 Bg5 18. Qxh7 Qa5+ 19. c3 Nd7 20. Qxg6+ Ke7
21. h4 Be3 22. Bxf6+ Nxf6 23. Qg7+ Ke6 24. g3 Bf2+ 25. Kd2 Be3+ 26. Kc2 Bxe4+
27. fxe4 Qa4+ 28. b3 Qxe4+ 29. Kb2 Qf3 30. Bh3+ 1-0

[Event "London Classic Gp-D 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2013.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Be2 e6 5. a3 Be7 6. d3 h6 7. Nd2 Nbd7 8. Ngf3
O-O 9. h3 Bg6 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. g4 e5 12. Nh4 Bh7 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. gxf5 Re8 15.
Rg1 c5 16. bxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Bf1 Rc8 19. Qd2 Bb6 20. Kd1 Ba5 21. c3
Kh8 22. f3 d4 23. Qg2 Rg8 24. cxd4 Nd5 25. Qf2 Qb6 26. Be2 Qb3# 0-1

[Event "London Classic Gp-D 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "252"]
[EventDate "2013.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. b3 Ne4 7. d4 O-O 8. Bb2
Bf5 9. Nbd2 a5 10. Nh4 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be6 12. Rac1 a4 13. Nf3 Bf5 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. Ne5 axb3 16. axb3 Qd6 17. Rc5 Be6 18. Rfc1 Qb6 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Qxb3
21. Rdc5 Ra2 22. R5c2 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Nc6 24. Bc3 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Rd8 26. Qc1 Qd5
27. Rb2 b5 28. Qe3 Qc4 29. Rb1 b4 30. Ba1 Qc2 31. Qc1 b3 32. Kg2 Nb4 33. Qb2
Rd1 34. Rxd1 Qxd1 35. e6 f6 36. Qc3 Nc2 37. Qc8+ Kg7 38. Qb7 Qd6 39. Bc3 Qxe6
40. e3 Kf7 41. Qb5 h5 42. h4 Na3 43. Qb7 Nc4 44. Kg1 Nxe3 45. Bb4 Ng4 46. Bc5
Ne5 47. Ba3 Nd3 48. Kg2 Ne1+ 49. Kg1 Nc2 50. Bc5 Na1 51. Bd4 Nc2 52. Bc5 Kf8
53. Qb8+ Kg7 54. Qb7 Qf7 55. Qb8 Ne1 56. Qb7 Nd3 57. Ba3 e5 58. Qb5 e4 59. Qb6
Ne5 60. Bb2 Nd3 61. Bd4 Ne1 62. Bb2 Nd3 63. Bd4 Ne5 64. Bb2 Kh7 65. Bc3 Ng4 66.
Bb2 Kh6 67. Bc1+ Kg7 68. Bb2 Kh7 69. Bc3 Qd5 70. Qc7+ Kh6 71. Qf4+ Kg7 72. Qc7+
Kg8 73. Qb8+ Kg7 74. Qc7+ Qf7 75. Qb6 Nh6 76. Qc6 Qe7 77. Qb6 Qf7 78. Qc6 e3
79. fxe3 Ng4 80. Bd4 Kh7 81. Qb5 Qe6 82. Qb7+ Kh6 83. Qb8 Kg7 84. Qb7+ Qf7 85.
Qc6 Ne5 86. Bxe5 fxe5 87. Qb5 Kf6 88. Qc6+ Qe6 89. Qf3+ Kg7 90. Qb7+ Kh6 91.
Qb8 g5 92. hxg5+ Kxg5 93. Qb4 Qd5 94. Kf2 Qf7+ 95. Kg2 Kf5 96. e4+ Kg4 97. Qc3
b2 98. Qc8+ Kg5 99. Qb8 Qa2 100. Qxe5+ Kg6 101. Qd6+ Kf7 102. Qd7+ Kf6 103.
Qd6+ Qe6 104. Qb4 Qe5 105. Qf8+ Kg6 106. Qg8+ Kh6 107. Qf8+ Kg6 108. Qg8+ Qg7
109. Qe6+ Kh7 110. Qf5+ Kh6 111. Qf4+ Qg5 112. Qf8+ Kh7 113. Qf7+ Kh6 114. Qf8+
Qg7 115. Qf4+ Kh7 116. Qf5+ Kg8 117. Qc8+ Qf8 118. Qc4+ Qf7 119. Qb5 Qa2 120.
Qe8+ Kg7 121. Qe7+ Kg6 122. Qd6+ Kf7 123. Qd7+ Kf6 124. Qd6+ Qe6 125. Qb4 Qe5
126. Qf8+ Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic Gp-D 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2013.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Ne4 Be7 9. Qe2 Nf6 10. Bg5 a6 11. Bd3 Nd5 12. Rad1 Bxg5 13. Nfxg5 h6 14. Nf3
O-O 15. Bc4 Nf4 16. Qd2 e5 17. Ng3 Qc7 18. h3 b5 19. Bd3 f5 20. Be2 Bb7 21.
Rfe1 Rad8 22. Nh4 Ne7 23. a4 e4 24. axb5 axb5 25. Nh5 Nxh5 26. Bxh5 Qd6 27. Qa5
Bc6 28. g3 f4 29. g4 g6 30. Bxg6 Nxg6 31. Nf5 Rxf5 32. gxf5 Nh4 33. Kf1 e3 34.
Rd3 Qd5 0-1

[Event "London Classic Gp-D 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.13"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2013.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. e3 d4
9. exd4 cxd4 10. Re1 Ne8 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 f6 13. Re1 e5 14. f4 exf4 15.
gxf4 Bc5 16. Qf3 Rb8 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Qd5+ Qxd5 19. Bxd5+ Kh8 20. Nxa3 Nc7 21.
Bg2 Ne6 22. Rf1 Bd7 23. f5 Nc5 24. Rf4 Nd3 25. Rxd4 Bxf5 26. Nb5 g5 27. Nd6 Bg6
28. Bxb7 Rbd8 29. Bh1 Rd7 30. Rf1 Re7 31. Nf5 Bxf5 32. Rxf5 Nf4 33. Re4 Rfe8
34. Rxe7 Rxe7 35. Kf1 Nd3 36. Bc6 Kg7 37. Rd5 Re1+ 38. Kg2 Nf4+ 39. Kf2 Re2+
40. Kf3 Rxh2 41. Rd7+ Kf8 42. Ke4 Ng6 43. d4 g4 44. Bd5 g3 45. Kf5 Rf2+ 46. Kg4
g2 47. Bxg2 Rxg2+ 48. Kf5 Rf2+ 49. Ke6 Rxa2 50. Rxh7 Ra6+ 51. Kd7 Rb6 52. c5
Rb7+ 0-1

[Event "London Classic Gp-D 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.13"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2013.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d5 7. e3 Ba6 8.
b3 Nc6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. O-O Na5 12. Rd1 h6 13. Bd2 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. Bc3 Rb8 16. Rab1 Kh8 17. h3 Bb7 18. b4 cxb4 19. axb4 Nc6 20. b5 Ne7 21. c5
Rc8 22. c6 Ba8 23. Qa4 Rc7 24. Ba5 Nc8 25. Bxc7 Qxc7 26. Qd4 Re8 27. Ne5 Kg8
28. f4 Re7 29. Ra1 Ne8 30. Ra6 f6 31. Nd7 Qd6 32. Qc5 Qxc5 33. Nxc5 Nc7 34. Ra5
Kf7 35. Rda1 g5 36. Rxa7 Nxa7 37. Rxa7 Nxb5 38. Rxe7+ Kxe7 39. Bxb5 Kd6 40.
Nb7+ Kc7 41. fxg5 fxg5 42. Kf2 Bxb7 43. cxb7 Kxb7 44. Kf3 Kb6 45. Bd7 e5 1-0

[Event "London Classic KO 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. b3 Ne4 7. d4 O-O 8. Bb2
Bf5 9. e3 Qa5 10. Nh4 Be6 11. Qc2 g5 12. Nf3 Nd7 13. Nc3 Ndf6 14. Ne5 g4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Bc3 Qc7 18. Qxe4 f5 19. Qf4 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Rf7 21.
Rad1 Rg7 22. Rd2 Rf8 23. Rfd1 Rg6 24. e4 Qb6 25. exf5 Rxf5 26. Rd8+ Kf7 27. Qd2
Rg8 28. Rxg8 Kxg8 29. Ba5 Qc5 30. Bb4 Qxe5 31. Re1 Qf6 32. Qe3 Kf7 33. Bc3 Qg6
34. Qxa7 b5 35. cxb5 cxb5 36. a4 bxa4 37. bxa4 Rd5 38. a5 Qd3 39. Qc7 Qf3 40.
Qc6 Rd6 41. Qxf3+ gxf3 42. h3 Bxh3 43. Bb4 Re6 44. Rxe6 Bxe6 45. a6 Bd5 46. a7
h5 47. Kf1 e5 48. Ke1 Ke6 49. Kd2 Kd7 50. Bc3 Kc8 51. Bxe5 Kb7 52. Ke3 Kxa7 53.
Kf4 Ka6 54. Kg5 Bf7 55. Kf4 Bd5 56. Kg5 Bf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic KO 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. d5 e5 6. dxe6 Bxe6 7. Nd4 Bd7 8. g3
Bg7 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc2 Rb8 12. Ne3 Re8 13. Ned5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Ne5
15. Bf4 g5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Rc1 f5 18. e3 Qe7 19. Qh5 Qg7 20. Rc2 Re7 21. f4
Bf6 22. fxg5 Bxg5 23. e4 Re5 24. Kh1 Rf8 25. exf5 Rfxf5 26. Rxf5 Bxf5 27. Re2
Rxe2 28. Qxe2 Bf6 29. Be4 Bd7 30. Qe3 Qg5 31. Qxg5+ Bxg5 32. Ne2 Bf6 33. b3 a5
34. Kg2 c5 35. dxc6 bxc6 36. Nf4 d5 37. Bd3 h6 38. Kf3 Kf7 39. g4 Bc8 40. Ng6
c5 41. h4 c4 42. bxc4 dxc4 43. Bc2 c3 44. Kf4 Be6 45. a4 Bb3 46. Bxb3+ Kxg6 47.
Bc2+ Kg7 48. g5 hxg5+ 49. hxg5 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic KO 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 $5 {This plan is
becoming increasingly popular as of late since 7.c5 hasn't been yielding great
results for White.} 7. Ng3 c6 (7... c5 {is also possible.}) 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4
e5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Qc2 Nb6 13. Be2 Re8 14. e4 Ng4 15. Bxg4 Bxg4
16. f4 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 Qh4 {Something has obviously gone wrong. Black's bishops
dominate the board and it is White that is completely in the defensive.} 18.
Nce2 $1 {Accurate, this forces one bishop off the board and White equalizes.}
Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Rad8 20. e5 Qe7 21. Be3 Qe6 22. Rae1 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 f5 24. Rd1 g6
25. Ne2 Qc4 26. Nd4 Rd5 27. Nf3 Qc2 28. Rd2 $4 (28. Rxd5 Nxd5 29. Qd4 Rd8 30.
Rd1 {maintains an approximate equality although I would prefer to be Black.})
28... Nc4 $1 {oops. Suddenly White is completely lost.} 29. Rxc2 Nxe3 {
Unfortunately for Caruana both of his rooks are under attack.} 30. Rcc1 Nxf1
31. Rxf1 Red8 {and on top of that Gelfand will force an exchange of rooks,
making the win trivial. Very unfortunate turn of events for the Italian.} 0-1

[Event "London Classic KO 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8.
Ne5 h5 9. Ng6 Rh7 10. Nxf8 Kxf8 11. O-O Nc6 12. dxc5 Qe7 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. b4
b6 15. Ne2 bxc5 16. Nf4 Kf7 17. bxc5 Rg8 18. Qd3 Rhg7 19. g3 Qxc5 20. Nxh5 Rh7
21. Nf4 Bb5 22. c4 Bxc4 23. Rfc1 Rc8 24. Qc2 Qc6 25. Rab1 Kg8 26. Qd2 Rhc7 27.
Rb2 e5 28. Ng2 Qe6 29. Rbc2 Rh7 30. f4 Kf7 31. Qb4 Rch8 32. Nh4 exf4 33. Qb7+
Kg8 34. Qb8+ Kf7 35. Qc7+ Ke8 36. Qb8+ Kd7 37. Qxa7+ Kc6 38. Rxc4+ dxc4 39.
Qa6+ Kd7 40. Rd1+ Ke7 41. Qb7+ Ke8 42. Qb8+ Kf7 43. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {Boris has been playing
the Sveshnikov a lot recently, but for this game he returned to his old love,
the Najdorf; no doubt inspired by my recent games.} 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 g6 12. Be2 Bg7 ({The following game,
played a couple of days after mine, followed a similar route:} 12... Qc7 13.
Rc1 Bg7 14. c4 b6 15. O-O O-O 16. h3 $5 {Déjà vu!} Nh7 17. Bd3 a5 18. Na1 Nc5
19. Nc2 f5 20. Na3 g5 21. Nb5 Qd7 22. Bc2 f4 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Qd3 {, and
White had a tremendous advantage in Saric-Duda, Wijk 2014.}) 13. O-O O-O 14.
Rac1 {This had been played before by correspondence players. I didn't fully
understand the move, but I figured I should listen to them!} (14. c4 e4 15. f4
Ng4 16. Bxg4 hxg4 17. f5 Ne5 {shows the downside of c4.}) (14. Na5 Rb8 15. c4
e4 16. f4 Ng4 17. Bxg4 hxg4 18. f5 {, and here Wojtaszek showed an impressive
manoeuvre:} Qh4 $1 19. Bg5 Qh8 $1 20. Rab1 Be5 {with unclear play in
Leko-Wojtaszek, Istanbul 2012}) 14... b6 $5 {After long thought Boris found an
interesting move, preventing Na5 and c4-c5.} ({The straightforward} 14... e4
15. f4 Ng4 16. Bxg4 hxg4 17. f5 {will probably end badly for Black.}) 15. h3 $5
{This prepares g4 in some cases.} Re8 {I don't get this. The rook serves no
purpose on e8.} (15... Nh7 $1 {, like in the Saric game, makes more sense.} 16.
c4 (16. g4 hxg4 17. hxg4 f5) 16... f5 17. Bd3 {, and here Black can take
advantage of the queen on d8 by preparing a trade of bishops:} Bf6 $1 {, with
a decent position.}) 16. g4 $6 {I felt that Re8 was a mistake and wanted to
punish it, but perhaps I got too excited.} ({There is nothing wrong with} 16.
c4 {, and next comes the typical manouver Na1-c2-b4 (or Na3-b5 if Black plays .
..a5).}) 16... hxg4 17. hxg4 Nh7 $2 ({A couple of people asked me what I
intended after} 17... Nc5 18. Nxc5 bxc5 {Well, I have no shame!} 19. Kg2 $1 Qd7
20. Kg3 $1 {, which stops ...e4 once and for all. Although the computer
insists I'm worse here, I'd be more worried for Black. Isn't he nearly getting
mated after Rh1 and Bh6?}) (17... b5 $1 {, on the other hand, would have been
strong. The d5-pawn turns out to be very weak, and Black is at least no worse.}
) 18. g5 $1 {Black's kingside pawns are fixed and suddenly he's under real
pressure.} f5 {This opens up Black's king, but there was no other way to
relieve the bind.} ({Black can win material, but it will hardly ease his
suffering:} 18... e4 19. f4 Bxb2 20. Rb1 Bg7 21. Nd4 {, with strong
compensation.}) 19. gxf6 Bxf6 (19... Ndxf6 20. Rf2 $1 {, and next Rg2, with
pressure against g6.}) 20. Rf2 Bg5 21. Rg2 Bxe3+ 22. Qxe3 {The trade of
bishops won't stall the attack.} Ndf8 23. Bd3 Ra7 24. Rf1 $6 {This move
impressed Yasser Seirawan, although he admitted it's probably not too good! Of
course, I had stronger options at my disposal.} (24. Na5 {tempted me, but I
realized that the knight doesn't do much on c6:} Rg7 25. Nc6 Qh4 {, and this
isn't so clear.}) (24. Qh6 $1 Rg7 25. Nd2 $1 {was very simple and very strong.
All my pieces get into the attack.}) 24... Rf7 $2 (24... Nf6 {was the best
chance, although after} 25. f4 $1 {, Black is still in trouble.}) 25. Qh6 Kh8
26. Nd2 {All the moves come so naturally. The knight is heading for e4 and g5.}
Rf4 27. Rg4 (27. Bxg6 $4 Rf6 $1 {was a nasty little trap.}) 27... b5 ({The
endgame after} 27... Rxg4+ 28. fxg4 Qg5 29. Qxg5 Nxg5 30. Nc4 {is probably
lost for Black, but knights are tricky pieces and you never really know.}) (
27... Qd7 {should be met, rather than the greedy Rxf4, by the far more
convincing} 28. Ne4 $1 Rxg4+ 29. fxg4 Qxg4+ 30. Kh2 {, and Black's position
crumbles.}) 28. Ne4 Nd7 $2 {Desperation in time trouble, but there was no way
to save the position.} 29. Rxg6 Rg8 30. Ng5 (30. Ng5 Qxg5+ 31. Rxg5 Rxg5+ 32.
Kf2 Ndf6 33. Rg1 {is the end.}) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bf4 {
This simple development should not be too dangerous for Black; however, in the
present game White manages to create a lot of problems for his opponent.} Bg7
8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 $5 (9. Be2 cxd4 {(probably the best)} (9... Nc6 10. O-O cxd4
11. cxd4 Qa5 12. Nd2 (12. Qb3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16.
Bf3 Rb8 17. Rfd1 Be6 $11 {1/2 (60) Dumpor,A (2330)-Pasic,E (2260) Bihac 1999})
12... Bf5 13. Nc4 Qd5 14. Rc1 Rfd8 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Qb2 Rac8 17. Bg3 b5 18. Nd2
a6 19. Bf3 Qd7 20. Nb3 $14 {1-0 (40) Ruck,R (2572)-Goormachtigh,J (2303)
Belgium 2003}) (9... Qa5 10. O-O (10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Rb1 b6 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4
Qxd2 14. Nxd2 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nf3 Bg4 {1/2 (16) Cifuentes Parada,R (2540)
-Ruck,R (2562) Mallorca 2004}) 10... Qxc3 11. Rc1 Qa3 12. Rxc5 Nd7 (12... Qxa2
13. Bc4 Qa3 14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. Qc4+ e6 17. d5 $40 {1-0 (40) Von
Herman,U (2381)-Figura,A (2417) Berlin 2009}) 13. Rc2 Nb6 14. Qc1 Qxc1 15.
Rfxc1 Bf5 16. Rc5 Rfc8 17. Nd2 Rxc5 18. Rxc5 Rc8 19. Nb3 Rxc5 20. Nxc5 Nd5 21.
Bb8 Nc3 {1/2 (21) Krivoshey,S (2455)-Palac,M (2605) Metz 2001}) 10. cxd4 Qa5+
11. Qd2 Nc6 {leads to a position from the Grünfeld defence with 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bf4
}) 9... Nd7 (9... Nc6 10. O-O Bg4 11. Be4 $36) 10. O-O Qa5 (10... Nb6 {[%cal
Yc8e6] is another possible plan deserving attention.}) 11. Qc2 cxd4 12. cxd4 e5
{A typical break in the centre; however, White keeps an edge due to his
advantage in development.} 13. Bg3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nb6 (14... Ne5 15. Be4 f5 16.
Rfb1 $1 fxe4 17. Rb5 $16 {(indicated by GM S.Zagrebelny)}) 15. Qc7 Bxd4 {
A risky decision since the weakness of dark squares can be dangerous for Black.
However, there is no other clear way for Black to develop his queenside.} (
15... Be6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rac1 $14 {[%csl Re6] ^^}) 16. exd4 Bf5 (16... Be6
$5 17. Qxb7 Rad8 {regains the d4 pawn but after} 18. Be5 $1 f6 19. Bf4 {
[%cal Yf4h6] White keeps a bishop pair in an open position and the better
prospects.}) 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Qxb7 {White has won a pawn but it will be
blockaded and very hard to convert.} Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Rd7 20. Qa6 Qe4 21. Be5 Rf8
22. h3 f6 23. Bg3 Rff7 24. f3 Qf5 25. Rac1 Kg7 26. Kh2 Rfe7 27. Rc5 Nd5 28. Qa5
Qe6 $6 {[%mdl 16384] This unfortunate move allows the activation of White's d1
rook.} (28... Re2 $142) 29. Re1 Qf7 30. Re4 $1 {[%csl Ge4] White will now try
to force ...Re7xe4, say, by means of Rc5-c6 and Bg3-d6.} Ne3 {Black doesn't
want to wait.} 31. Bf2 (31. Qe1 $5 Nf5 32. d5) 31... Nf5 32. Qd2 $2 (32. Qa4 $1
$16) 32... Re6 $2 {[%mdl 64] Both players missed a tactical motif enabling
Black to recapture the pawn:} (32... Rxe4 $1 33. fxe4 Qe7 $3 {[%cal Re7c5,
Re7e4] White must give up one of his central pawns although after} 34. Qc2 $1
Nxd4 35. Qa4 $1 Ne6 36. Rd5 $1 {[%cal Ye4e5] he keeps some advantage.}) 33.
Rxe6 Qxe6 34. d5 Qd6+ 35. Kg1 Rb7 36. Qe1 Ne7 37. Ra5 Nxd5 38. Qd1 Rd7 39. Rxa7
Rxa7 40. Bxa7 {[%mdl 4096]} g5 $2 ({The queen ending after} 40... Qa6 41. Qxd5
Qxa7+ {was a better chance for Black (although White should probably win in a
long term). GM Fabiano Caruana was probably misled by the stereotype "Q+N are
stronger than Q+B" but here White's bishop, supporting his a-pawn, is stronger
than Black's knight as Black can't create any counterplay against the white
king.}) 41. a4 Qa6 42. Bd4 Qc4 43. Qa1 Qc2 44. a5 Nf4 45. Bf2 Ne2+ 46. Kh2 Nf4
47. Qf1 Nd3 48. Bd4 Qd2 49. Bg1 Qf4+ 50. Kh1 Qc4 51. Qa1 (51. Qe2 $142 $1 {
[%cal Re2e7,Ye2e4]}) 51... Qc2 (51... Qa6 52. Qd4 Nf4 53. Qa7+ $18) (51... Qe6
$5 52. Qf1 $5 {, "admitting his mistake", may be a better option} (52. a6 Qe2
53. Bd4 $1 Ne1 (53... Nf4 54. Bxf6+ Kg6 55. Qb2 $1 Qf1+ 56. Kh2 Qxa6 57. Bxg5
$1 $18) 54. Bxf6+ Kg6 55. Qb2 Qxa6 56. Bd4 Qf1+ 57. Kh2 Nxf3+ 58. gxf3 Qxf3 {
, and it is difficult for White to convert his extra piece}) 52... Qc4 $140 53.
Qe2) 52. Be3 h6 53. a6 Qe2 54. Qg1 Qa2 55. a7 Nb4 56. Qd1 Nd5 57. Qd2 Qa1+ 58.
Bg1 (58. Bg1 Nb6 59. Qd6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 {I have never understood how come this paradoxical
move, moving for the second time with the bishop before completing the
development, became so fashionable and successful at the same time. I admit,
10.Bd2 is not very natural from the classic point of view, but it is a
developing move after all.} 11. a3 {White has tried a wide range of
continuations here. I was surprised to find out how many games with this line
I have annotated over the past years!} (11. Re1 Be4 12. Qc1 Bb7 (12... Nbd7 13.
Ba5 {Volokitin,A (2684)-Onischuk,A (2664) Foros 2008 CBM 125 [Marin,M] (1-0,
31)}) 13. Bg5 (13. a3 Nbd7 14. b4 {Cheparinov,I (2696)-Jakovenko,D (2737)
Elista 2008 CBM 128 [Marin,M] (1/2, 51)}) 13... Nbd7 14. Nbd2 c5 15. Bxf6 gxf6
16. Nb3 {Dominguez Perez,L (2713)-Alekseev,E (2700) Havana 2010 CBM 137 [Stohl,
I] (1-0, 55)}) (11. Bg5 {Paradox for paradox...} Nbd7 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Nb3 c5
14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Nxc5 Be4 16. Qc3 e5 17. e3 (17. Qe1 {Fridman,D (2655)-Leko,P
(2730) Dortmund 2012 CBM 150 [Marin,M] (1/2, 27)}) 17... Bxc5 18. dxc5 Qd5 {
Kramnik,V (2785)-Carlsen,M (2714) Moscow 2007 CBM 122 [Marin,M] (1/2, 40)}) (
11. Ng5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nbd7 13. e4 {Eljanov,P (2687)-Carlsen,M (2765) Foros
2008 CBM 125 [Marin,M] (0-1, 82). At that time, I found this line to be good
for White.}) 11... Nbd7 12. b4 (12. Ba5 Qb8 13. b4 Qa7 (13... e5 {Ganguly,S 
(2630)-Shyam,S (2484) Kolkata 2012 (1/2, 23)}) 14. Nbd2 Rac8 15. e4 e5 {
Cheparinov,I (2689)-Atalik,S (2603) Burgas 2012 CBM 151 [Atalik,S] (1-0, 44)})
12... Ra7 13. Bc3 $146 {Now that I see it, this looks like the most natural
move. The knight belongs on the route d2-b3, while the bishop inhibits the
freeing ...e6-e5. The fact that at depth 23/56 it does not make the top 8 in
my engine's preference list hardly has anything to do with the merits of the
move; it most likely is the engine's problem!} (13. Nc3 {Carlsen,M (2872)
-Aronian,L (2809) London 2013 CBM 154 [Marin,M] (1/2, 41)}) 13... Be4 14. Qc1 {
The most flexible retreat. Most likely, the queen will return to c2 after Nbd2,
but in the meanwhile the queen stays out of the d7-knight's range (Nb6-a4)
allowing the rook's activation with Ra2 at the same time.} Qa8 15. Nbd2 Bd5 16.
Qc2 Nb6 {Very natural play on both sides. Black seems to be well coordinated,
but his a7-rook lacks mobility and there is no freeing pawn break in view.} 17.
Ne1 {[%cal Ge2e4]} Na4 {Starting with this moment, Karjakin will do his best
to keep up the tension, an issue featured by the game Giri-Aronian, too.} ({
However, this might have been the right moment for giving up tension, with
chances to get a dynamically balanced position.} 17... Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Nfd5 {
Threatening ...Nxc3 followed by ...a5, but also ...Na4 with the same idea.} 19.
Bb2 (19. Nb3 Nc4 {[%cal Ga6a5]} 20. Bd2 e5 $132) 19... a5 $1 (19... Na4 20. Nb3
$14 {stops ...a6-a5.}) 20. e4 {Black loses a piece, but he can get good
compensation.} axb4 $1 21. exd5 bxa3 22. dxe6 (22. Bc1 Nxd5 {with three strong
pawns for the knight.}) 22... axb2 23. Rxa7 Qxa7 24. Qxb2 $13 {The black
kingside will be somewhat weakened, but there is no obvious way of exploting
that.}) 18. Nb3 Be4 ({It is hard to say whether the knight stands better on g2
or e1:} 18... Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Qe4 20. Ra2 Nxc3 21. Qxc3 e5 22. Rd1 {[%csl Gd4]} (
22. Ne3 a5 $1) 22... Raa8 23. Ne3 $14 {Nothing really changes with respect to
the game variation.}) 19. Bxe4 Qxe4 20. Ra2 $1 {White, too, maintains the
tension, but this is absolutely compulsory for him.} ({If} 20. Qxe4 Nxe4 {
he would luckily still have a square for his bishop:} 21. Bd2 {but this would
not prevent Black's counterplay:} a5 22. bxa5 Nxd2 23. Nxd2 Rxa5 $15) 20...
Nxc3 21. Qxc3 e5 ({Nothing is changed by} 21... Raa8 22. Rc2) 22. Nf3 exd4 23.
Nfxd4 Raa8 24. Rc2 Nd5 25. Qf3 Qxf3 26. Nxf3 {White has obtained a dream
position. In a few moves, the queenside will be completely blocked, after
which the kingside majority will advance slowly but surely. It is not easy to
choose an evaluation in the range +/= to +-. White's advantage does not look
so threatening yet, but a technical player will feel very unlucky if he fails
to win such a dominating position.} Rfe8 27. Rd1 Nb6 28. Na5 g6 29. e3 Kg7 30.
Rd3 Rac8 31. Rc6 Rb8 32. Kf1 h5 33. h3 Kf6 34. Nd2 Kg7 35. Ndb3 Re6 36. Kg2 Kf8
37. f4 Ree8 38. Kf3 Red8 39. Rc2 Rd7 40. e4 Ke8 41. e5 {Nothing spectacular
has happened over the last sequence of moves, but in the meanwhile it has
become crystal clear that White has at least a huge advantage.} Be7 42. Rxd7
Kxd7 43. Rd2+ Ke8 44. Nc6 Ra8 45. Nba5 f5 $6 {This makes things easier for
White.} ({If Black did not wish to wait until he is crushed by the white pawns,
} 45... f6 {should have been preferred.}) 46. g4 $1 {Probably underestimated
by Karjakin.} hxg4+ 47. hxg4 fxg4+ 48. Kxg4 Kf7 49. Rh2 Bf8 50. f5 {White
plays on automatic pilot.} ({The engines indicate several "more convincing"
wins, for instance} 50. Rh7+ Bg7 51. Ne7 Rh8 52. Rxh8 Bxh8 53. Nac6 Bg7 54. Kg5
$18 {But in a game between humans, one should not forget that the better may
well turn into the enemy of very good!}) 50... Nd5 ({A curious decision,
although} 50... gxf5+ 51. Kxf5 {is hopeless.}) 51. f6 Nxf6+ $2 {Mathematically,
the best move. But actually the only reasonable possibility at this level was
immediate resignation. The last phase of the game was completely unnecessary.}
52. exf6 Kxf6 53. Rf2+ Ke6 54. Re2+ Kd5 55. Rd2+ Ke4 56. Nb7 Ke3 57. Rd7 Re8
58. Rxc7 Bh6 59. Nc5 Rf8 60. Re7+ Kd2 61. Re6 Rf1 62. Na7 Be3 63. Rxa6 Ke2 64.
Rxg6 Rf4+ 65. Kh3 Rf3+ 66. Rg3 Rf7 67. Nxb5 Bf2 68. Rb3 Rf4 69. Nc3+ Kf1 70.
Rb1+ Be1 71. Rxe1+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "215"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Be3 {It's funny how unexplored chess is after all. With
seemingly natural moves, we already arrive at a position that has never been
played before.} Qd7 11. Nd5 Bd8 12. Bg5 Bxd5 (12... Ne8 {was the alternative,
keeping the B pair} 13. Bd2 $5 {wanting to play a4 next (now Black doesn't
have b4).}) 13. exd5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 {A rare structure is starting to come
about. In any case, White is the only looking for the advantage.} 15. a4 (15.
Qf3 $6 Ne4 $1 16. Bxd8 Nd2 $11 {and Black should be cool after taking on b3
and d8.}) 15... Qf5 16. Bd2 Rb8 17. axb5 axb5 18. h3 h5 (18... Nxd5 $2 19. g4
Qe5 20. Re1 Ne3 21. Qf3 $18) 19. Ra7 h4 {Apparently wanting to take on d5.} 20.
Qf3 $5 (20. Re1 $5 {keeping the tension was also possible. Because:} Nxd5 21.
Qg4 Ne7 22. Re4 Qxg4 23. hxg4 {and it feels White could get a better position
out of this, there is a lot of compensation, and the d4-P is soon to be lost,
after a move like Ra6.} d5 24. Re1 {Bb4 threatened} c5 25. Rd7 c4 26. Ba2 $44 {
Bb1 if needed and Bb4 next. Not easy for Black.}) 20... Qxf3 21. gxf3 {A
difficult position to evaluate. White has a lot of space, potential weaknesses
to attack, but also a couple of double isolated pawns of his own. I think this
is one of the things that separates super elite players from others - they are
ready to play and most of the time evaluate with precision any
non-conventional position, where we, normal humans, would take much much
longer to start understanding what is going on.} Re8 {Wanting Re5 at some
point.} (21... g6 {is one of the bizarre computer suggestions. Black wants to
play Kg7-Rh8-Rh5!?, trying to hit on d5. Meanwhile, White would probably get
nice counterplay on the a-file. In any case, even if d5 falls, as shown in the
20th move analysis, White will have strong play, for his b3-B comes into life
again} 22. Rfa1 Kg7 23. Kg2 Rh8 $5 24. R1a5 Rh5 25. Ra8 Rxa8 26. Rxa8 Be7 {
and Black is defending himfself.}) 22. f4 Nd7 23. Bb4 Nb6 24. Kg2 Na4 25. Ba3 (
25. Bxa4 $6 {there's no point giving this chance to Black} bxa4 26. Rxa4 Rb5 $1
$132) 25... Nb6 26. Bb4 Na4 27. Rb1 {Ok, now things kind of settled. White is
controlling any sort of invasions with Re2, and also all the N moves (...Nc5
normally loses to Bxc5! dxc5 d6!). We are planning to go with Kf3, and
possibly even c4!? for example:} Re7 $5 {Avoiding the c4 trick forever, and
gently threatening c5! - yes, we won't be able to exchange on e7, and then
take en passant - even though it seems the natural thing to do :)} (27... g6
28. Kf3 Kg7 29. c4 {taking advantage of the hanging a4-N (and the e8-R for
that matter, Bxa4, Bxe8)} dxc3 (29... Nb6 30. c5 $1 $16 {Black's nightmare is
the opening up of the position, since the Bs would be just winning easily}) 30.
bxc3 $16 {one of the ideas is to play Ba5 now, and have Bc2 available (not
possible before c4).} (30. Bxa4 $5 bxa4 31. bxc3 Rb5 $1 {trying not to lose
the P for free} 32. c4 Rb8 {the pin in somewhat annoying I think, and the
quick exchange gives Black drawing chances:} 33. Bc3+ Bf6 34. Bxf6+ Kxf6 35.
Rxb8 Rxb8 36. Rxa4 {A funny moment, Black has to decide between Kf5 with Rc8,
waiting passively, or Rb1-Rh1-Rd1, looking for counterplay. Sample lines
follow:} Rb3 37. Ke3 Rb1 38. Ra7 Rh1 39. Rxc7 Rxh3+ 40. f3 Rh1 41. Rd7 Re1+ $1
42. Kf2 (42. Kd2 $4 h3 $1 $19) 42... Rd1 43. Rxd6+ Ke7 44. c5 (44. Ra6 Rxd3 $11
{doesn't chance much, White can't advance the c-P anymore}) 44... Rxd3 $11 {
and White can't move his R from d6 anymore, making this a draw})) 28. Ra6 Re8
29. Kf3 Rb7 30. Ra8 (30. c4 {maybe doesn't work quite well now:} dxc3 31. bxc3
Bf6 $1 {probably one of Caruana's ideas when playing 29...Rb7 and exploiting
the fact that the white R has left a7} 32. d4 Nb6 $1 $13 {and after Reb8,
Black is quite solid, also looking to harass d5, Nc4 at some point.}) 30... Kf8
31. Ra1 Nc5 32. R1a7 (32. Bxc5 $5 {totally changing the position's character;
the opposite-coloured Bs are very dangerous for Black now} dxc5 33. d6 cxd6 34.
Bd5 Rc7 $8 {other moves are clearly losing} (34... Rb6 $2 35. Rc8 $18 {Raa8
next}) 35. Rb8 Bf6 36. Raa8 Rxb8 37. Rxb8+ Ke7 38. Rxb5 $16 {Also a difficult
endgame for Black. The R has to remain passive, meanwhile White could improve
his K, eventually bring the R to the 8th rank. I don't know about winning
chances here, it would be curious to know how Dominguez evaluated this endgame
compared to the game. In any case, with 32.R1a7 he maintains a solid and
lasting advantage.}) 32... Rxa7 33. Rxa7 Nxb3 34. cxb3 Ke7 35. Rb7 Kd7 36. Rxb5
{Grabbing the first soldier - a long fight begins now!} Rh8 37. Bd2 Rh5 38. Ra5
g6 39. Ke4 Rh8 40. Ra8 f5+ 41. Kf3 Bf6 42. Ra1 Rb8 43. b4 Re8 44. Ra7 Rb8 45.
Ke2 Kc8 46. Kd1 Rb5 47. Ra5 Rb8 48. Kc2 Kd7 49. Ra1 Rb5 50. Ra5 Rb8 51. b5 Kc8
52. Kb3 Kb7 53. Ra1 Re8 54. Re1 Rxe1 55. Bxe1 {A curious endgame, White is a P
up, but 6 of his pawns are doubled and isolated! Nevertheless, the d4-P is a
major weakness, not to mention the potential c7-d6-h4 targets. At a first
glance, I was sure this should be winning. But with long analysis, it turns
out that matters are not that easy:} Kb6 56. Kc4 Be7 57. f3 Bf6 58. Kb4 Bd8 59.
Bf2 Bf6 60. b3 Kb7 $2 {Evaluating correctly was very hard, but I believe this
is the losing move. Now White will be able to create a passed P on the Q-side
as the game shows:} (60... Bg7 $1 {was the alternative, giving the P away, but
stopping the Ka5-b6 plan, that creates the passed b-P for White} 61. Bxh4 Bh8 {
Now we can not force the black K to go to b7. The only way would be to grab
yet another P, the d4 one.} 62. Kc4 Bg7 63. Bf2 Bf6 $1 (63... Bh6 {would be
similar to the game. White takes on d4, plays b6, and uses the same plan to win
} 64. Bxd4+ Kb7 65. b6 cxb6 66. Kb5 Bxf4 67. Bxb6 $18 {kind of transposes to
the 74th move}) 64. b4 Bg7 {And I'm convinced with extensive analysis that the
P endgame is drawn. Meaning I can't find anything else for White in the
endgame. Apparently 60...Bg7 is securing a very difficult, bizarre, but
realistic draw} 65. Bxd4+ Bxd4 66. Kxd4 Kxb5 67. Kc3 Ka6 {and White can not
make any progress, even being 2 Ps up} 68. Kb3 (68. Kd2 Kb5 {running to the
K-side is a major failure} 69. Ke3 $4 Kxb4 70. Kf2 Kc5 71. Kg3 Kxd5 72. Kh4 Ke6
73. Kg5 Kf7 $19) 68... Kb5 69. Ka3 Ka6 $1 {very important detail} 70. Ka4 Kb6 {
with the K on b6, now White is forced to play d4 in order to advance b5 -
otherwise Kc5 and Black is fine. We'll see that this tempo is essential for
the draw} 71. d4 Ka6 72. b5+ Kb6 73. Kb4 Kb7 $1 74. Ka5 Ka7 75. b6+ cxb6+ 76.
Kb5 Kb7 77. h4 Kc7 78. Ka6 b5 $1 79. Kxb5 Kb7 $11 {without invading the 6th
rank, White can't do anything.}) 61. Ka5 Bd8 62. Kb4 Bf6 63. Ka5 Bd8 64. b6 $1
{The key. Now White wins, but not without hard work:} cxb6+ 65. Kb5 Bf6 66. b4
Be7 (66... Bg7 {is simply suicide} 67. Bxh4 Bh6 68. Bg5 $1 Bf8 {stopping Be7}
69. h4 $18 {now Ka6/Kc6 or Be7 has to be allowed.}) 67. Bxd4 Bd8 68. Bc3 Be7
69. Bg7 Bd8 70. Bd4 Be7 71. Bxb6 Bf6 72. Bf2 Bc3 73. Bxh4 Bd2 74. Bf2 Bxf4 75.
Ka4 Ka6 76. b5+ {And gradually White brings the K over to the K-side to
deliver the final blow:} Kb7 77. Kb3 Kc7 78. Kc2 Kb7 79. Bd4 Bg3 80. Be3 Be5
81. Kb3 Kc7 82. Ka4 Kb7 83. Kb4 Bg3 84. Kc4 Be5 85. Kb3 Bg3 86. Kc2 Be5 87. Kd2
Bg3 88. Ke2 Bh4 89. Kf1 Bg3 90. Kg2 Bh4 91. Bf2 Bf6 92. Be3 Bh4 93. Bf2 Bf6 94.
h4 $1 {Opening space on the K-side for the decisive invasion.} Kc7 95. Kh3 Kb7
96. h5 $1 {The finishing touch. Now after Bh4-Be7 and Kh4, White finally wins.}
gxh5 97. Bh4 Bd4 98. Be7 $1 (98. Bd8 {would allow} Bf2 $1) 98... Be5 99. Bd8
Kc8 100. Bg5 {Black rushes to take on b5, but naturally, there's no time.} Kb7
101. Kh4 Kb6 102. Be3+ Kxb5 103. f4 Bb2 104. Kxh5 Kb4 105. Kg5 Kc3 106. Kxf5
Kxd3 107. Bg1 Bc1 108. Bh2 {Followed by Ke6 and f5. A highly exotic and tough
B endgame, that shows us how resourceful chess is, there's always a chance to
escape if you try hard!} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 O-O 13. g3 Be6 14. h4 $1 {
[%mdl 4]} a5 15. Bh3 Rb8 $6 {A natural but second-rate continuation, after
which White keeps a small but clear plus since his control of the d5-square is
not for compensated by the activity of Black's dark-squared bishop, which
comes out to g5-h6 in other lines.} (15... a4 {is more ambitious.}) 16. Qd3 (
16. b3 Rb7 (16... Bxd5 17. cxd5 Na7 18. Bf1 Qd7 19. Ne3 Bd8 20. Bh3 Qb7 21. Rc1
Bb6 22. Nf5 Bc5 23. Qg4 f6 24. Bf1 Kh8 25. h5 $16 {1-0 (43) Swinkels,R (2451)
-Skripchenko,A (2455) Germany 2009}) (16... Kh8 17. Kf1 {(a typical plan)} Qd7
$1 18. Kg2 Bd8 19. Qd3 Qb7 20. Rad1 Bb6 21. Nxb6 Qxb6 22. Rd2 Rbd8 23. h5 h6
24. Bf5 Qb7 25. Qf3 Qe7 26. Qg4 Nb8 27. Rhd1 Na6 28. Ne1 Nc5 29. Nf3 Bxf5 30.
Qxf5 a4 $11 {1-0 (60) Korneev,O (2606)-Bokros,A (2465) Austria 2007}) 17. Kf1
Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qb6 19. Qd3 Qc5 20. Rd1 Nd4 21. Kg2 a4 22. Bf5 g6 23. Nxd4 exd4
24. Qf3 Qe5 25. Bh3 axb3 26. axb3 Ra7 $132 {1/2 (30) Lenic,L (2584)-Nedev,T 
(2518) Plovdiv 2008}) 16... a4 (16... Qd7 {is probably premature:} 17. Nxf6+
gxf6 18. Bg2 f5 19. Rd1 (19. O-O-O $5) 19... Rbd8 20. Qe3 f4 $6 21. gxf4 f5 22.
c5 Nd4 23. Nxd4 exd4 {1/2 (39) So,W (2577)-Pascua,H (2174) Manila 2008} 24.
Rxd4 $16) (16... Rb7 17. Rd1 $1) 17. b3 Bxd5 {Opening the c-file is hardly a
good idea since the c8-square is unavailable for Black's rook (and the
c1-square is available for White's). However, it is difficult to find a good
plan.} (17... Be7 18. Rd1 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Rd5e7]} Rb7 $1 {may be relatively
better} 19. Bxe6 $140 fxe6 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Qxd6 Nd4) 18. cxd5 Na5 (18... Nd4
19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Rc1 {[%cal Gc1c8]}) 19. O-O Qe8 {[%cal Ya5b7]} 20. Ne3 Bd8 {
[%cal Yd8b6]} (20... Nb7 21. Rac1 $5 (21. Nc4 $5) 21... Nc5 22. Rxc5 $5 dxc5
23. Nc4 $44 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5]}) (20... g6 21. Qa6 Nb7 22. Rfc1 $36) 21. Nf5 $1 {
White energetically prevents the consolidation of Black's pieces.} Rb6 (21...
Nb7 22. Qa6 $5) 22. Qe3 {[%cal Yf1c1]} g6 23. Qh6 Bf6 24. Rab1 (24. bxa4 $5
Qxa4 25. Rfc1 $16 {[%cal Gc1c8] The text move, after which one of White's
rooks will be tied to his b3-pawn, is less strong but still enough to keep an
edge.}) 24... axb3 25. axb3 Qd8 26. Rfc1 Re8 27. Ne3 Bg7 28. Qg5 Rb8 (28... Bf6
29. Qg4) 29. Nc4 Nb7 (29... Nxc4 30. Rxc4 {[%cal Yb1a1,Yc4c6]}) 30. Qe3 Bf8 31.
Ra1 Nc5 32. Na5 Ra8 33. Nc6 Qf6 (33... Qb6 {makes no sense as the queen will
be very passive there, and the b4-pawn is doomed anyway (say, after Ra1-b1 and
Rc1-c4).}) 34. Bf1 {To win the b4-pawn, White must first protect his b3-pawn.}
(34. Nxb4 $6 Rxa1 35. Rxa1 Rb8) 34... h5 (34... Qg7 $1 {[%cal Yf7f5] was a
better option. Instead, Black plans to open the g-file; however, it is a less
fortunate idea.}) 35. Bc4 Kh7 36. Qe2 Bh6 37. Rf1 g5 38. hxg5 {However, White
misses his best chance:} (38. Rxa8 $1 Rxa8 39. Qxh5 gxh4 40. f4 $1 $16) 38...
Qxg5 39. Qf3 Kg7 40. Nxb4 Qg4 $6 (40... Qg6 $1 {could have solved Black's
problems as White had no good ways to protect his e4-pawn. If} 41. Na6 Nxe4 42.
Nc7 {then} Nd2 $1 {, and Black is not worse.}) 41. Qxg4+ hxg4 42. Na6 $1 Nxa6 (
{Now after} 42... Nxe4 43. Nc7 $1 {White just wins an exchange; therefore,
Black can't regain the pawn.}) 43. Rxa6 Rxa6 44. Bxa6 {[%mdl 4096]} Rb8 45. Rb1
Bd2 46. Be2 Rb4 47. Bc4 {It is still very difficult for White to convert his
material advantage due to opposite-coloured bishops.} f5 {This pawn sac looks
temporary but Black finally fails to recapture it.} (47... Kg6 $5 48. Ra1 Rb8 {
[%cal Yd2b4,Yb4c5]}) 48. exf5 Kf6 49. Ra1 Rb8 (49... e4 $142 $1 50. Ra6 Ke5 51.
f6 Rb7 52. Ra8 Kxf6 53. Re8 Kf5 54. Ba6 Rb4 $1 {, and it is still unclear how
White can make progress.}) 50. Ra6 Bb4 51. Bd3 Bc5 52. Bc2 e4 $6 {Another
unfortunate move, opening a new way for White's rook (e4-e6).} (52... Rh8 $142
53. Kg2 Rc8) 53. Ra4 e3 54. fxe3 Bxe3+ 55. Kf1 Rc8 56. Bd3 Rg8 57. Re4 Bc5 58.
b4 Ba7 59. Re6+ Kf7 60. Rxd6 {White has won a third pawn and easily converts
his advantage:} Bb8 61. Rg6 Bxg3 62. d6 Rxg6 63. fxg6+ Kf6 64. d7 Bc7 65. b5 g3
66. Kg2 Kg7 67. Bf5 Kf6 68. Kf3 Kg7 69. d8=Q Bxd8 70. Kxg3 Kf6 71. Kf4 Bc7+ 72.
Ke4 Bb6 73. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "263"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 {This
Arkhangelsk variation is one of Caruana's favourite weapons.} 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 {This is the main tabiya
position of this system. Black has sacrificed a P, but the f3N is in a
dangerous pin and Black has always some counterplay in the centre.} 13. Bc2 {
The B leaves the b-file, and protects the e4 P.} (13. Re1 {is also very
popular.}) 13... exd4 14. Nbxd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Kh1 (17.
Be3 {is also possible.}) 17... Qf6 18. Be3 Nf4 19. Ra4 Ne6 20. Rg1 Ra8 21. Rb4
Ba7 $146 {This was the first novelty in the game.} (21... Rfb8 {was tried by
Leko in 2005} 22. f4 c5 (22... Nxf4 $2 {is not working, because of} 23. e5 $1
Qh6 24. Be4 $18 {followed by Qf3.}) 23. e5 Qd8 {(Adams-Leko, Miskolc rapid (m/
3) 2005) and here:} 24. f5 $1 {was the strongest move} dxe5 (24... cxb4 25.
fxe6 Qh4 26. exf7+ Kf8 27. e6 $18) 25. dxc5 $1 Qxd1 26. Rxd1 Nxc5 27. Rd6 $18 {
and White is winning.}) 22. Rc4 (22. f4 {is transposing to the game.}) 22...
Bb6 23. Rb4 Ba7 24. f4 $1 {A typical reaction in this type of Arkhangelsk.} c5
({The f4 P is taboo, because of} 24... Nxf4 $2 25. e5 $1 $18 {and the f4 N
will be lose.}) 25. e5 Qe7 26. exd6 Qxd6 27. dxc5 Bxc5 28. Qxd6 ({Probably} 28.
Rc4 $1 {was more accurate} Qxd1 29. Rxd1 Bxe3 ({or} 29... Rfc8 30. Bxc5 Rxc5
31. Rxc5 Nxc5 32. b4 {is very unpleasant for Black.}) 30. fxe3 {and White's
endgame is very hopeful.}) 28... Bxd6 29. Re4 $14 {White has a comfortable
endgame. His has a passed P up and two Bs. On the other hand, Black's position
is solid, and White has double Ps on the kingside.} Rfc8 30. Bb1 g6 31. f5 Ng7
32. fxg6 hxg6 {It looks a big progress with White to exchange his double P,
but Black can hold easily the b P.} 33. Bd2 Rc5 34. Rh4 Rb8 35. b4 Rcb5 {
Suddenly Black wins the P, now White has to find some counterplay on the
kingside very quickly.} 36. Ba2 $1 {The right move. Harikrishna found the
weaknesses in Black's position, so still he is holding his advantage.} Bxb4 37.
Bf4 ({The computer suggests} 37. Be3 $142 {because he doesn't want to allow
Rb6 and Black is in trouble, how can he protect the g6 P.} Be7 38. Rf4 Rf5 39.
Rxf5 Nxf5 40. Rxg6+ Kf8 41. Ba7 $14 {with some pressure.}) 37... R8b6 38. Bc4
Rh5 39. Rhg4 Bc3 40. Be3 Rc6 $6 {A mistake, probably in time trouble.} (40...
Be5 $1 {was the correct reply,} 41. f4 Rb2 $1 {and draw immediately.}) 41. Rc1
$1 Rxc4 {The only chance.} 42. Rxc4 Be5 43. Rc8+ Kh7 44. Rf8 Rf5 45. Rc4 Ne6
46. Rh4+ Kg7 47. Re8 Bd6 48. Kg2 Bc5 49. Bxc5 Rg5+ 50. Kf1 Rxc5 51. Rg4 Rf5 {
Probably objectively this endgame should be a draw, but still it will be a
long torture for Black.} 52. Ra8 Nf4 53. Ra3 Kh6 54. h4 Kh5 55. f3 Kh6 {
Black tries to create some small weaknesses, but he can only hold himself.} 56.
Kf2 Kg7 57. Ra7 Nh5 58. Re4 Nf4 59. Rea4 Nh5 60. R7a5 Rf6 {Of course, Black
doesn't want to exchange the Rs, because after that the white K can go quickly
without any problem.} 61. Rg4 Kh6 62. Rb4 Kg7 63. Ra7 Rf5 64. Ke3 Nf6 65. Rba4
Rb5 66. Ra3 Rb2 67. R7a4 Rb5 68. Ra5 Rb4 69. R5a4 Rb5 70. Rc4 Rf5 71. Kf2 Rb5
72. Ra7 Nh5 73. Rcc7 Rf5 74. Rcb7 Nf4 75. Re7 Nd5 76. Re8 Nf6 77. Rb8 Nh5 78.
Rc8 Rf4 79. Rcc7 Rf5 80. Rd7 Nf4 81. Rd4 Nh5 82. Ke3 Re5+ 83. Re4 Rb5 84. Ree7
Rf5 85. Rad7 Kf8 86. Rb7 Kg7 87. Ra7 Kf8 88. Re4 Kg7 89. f4 Nf6 90. Rc4 Rh5 91.
Kf3 Ng8 92. f5 {Finally White sacrifices a P for the exchange of Rs, but that
is already an easy draw.} Rxf5+ 93. Rf4 Nh6 94. Rxf5 Nxf5 95. Kg4 Nd4 96. Kf4
Nf5 97. h5 Nh6 98. Kg5 gxh5 99. Kxh5 Nf5 100. Kg5 Nd4 101. Rd7 Ne6+ 102. Kf5
Nf8 103. Rd1 Ng6 104. Rg1 Kf8 105. Kf6 Ne7 106. Rd1 Ng8+ 107. Ke5 Ne7 108. Rd7
Ng8 109. Ra7 Kg7 110. Kd6 Nf6 111. Ra1 Kf8 112. Rg1 Ng8 113. Ke5 Ne7 114. Ra1
Kg7 115. Kd6 Ng8 116. Ra2 Kf8 117. Re2 Kg7 118. Ke5 Ne7 119. Rg2+ Kf8 120. Kf6
Ng8+ 121. Kg5 Kg7 122. Kh5+ Kh7 123. Rg1 Ne7 124. Rf1 Kg7 125. Re1 Ng8 126.
Rg1+ Kh7 127. Rg5 Ne7 128. Kg4 Ng6 129. Kf5 Kg7 130. Rg1 Kf8 131. Rxg6 fxg6+
132. Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 {Such an opening is not often seen in top level
events.} Nxe4 {This is considered as the most principled and recommended for
Black by old theoretical books.} 4. Qh5 (4. Nxe4 $6 d5 $15) (4. Bxf7+ $6 Kxf7
5. Nxe4 d5 {is fine for Black as well.}) 4... Nd6 5. Bb3 (5. Qxe5+ Qe7 6. Qxe7+
Bxe7 $11 {1/2-1/2 (31) Rogers,I (2605)-Shirov,A (2720) Salamanca 1998}) 5...
Be7 {The most solid move, avoiding immense complications.} (5... Nc6 $5 6. Nb5
g6 7. Qf3 f5 8. Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 {is the old theoretical
recommendation. Nowadays, an engine will certainly figure out an advantage for
White. Still, at least from a human point of view, I believe Black has decent
play for a big material deficit (after Nxb6, at some point, Black will be down
an exchange and a pawn).}) 6. Qxe5 (6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nxe5 g6 8. Qe2 Nd4 9. Qd3
Nxb3 10. axb3 Nf5 11. O-O d6 12. Nf3 c6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (33) Anand,V (2670)
-Ivanchuk,V (2720) Roquebrune 1992}) 6... O-O 7. d4 (7. Nge2 Nc6 8. Qh5 g6 9.
Qf3 Nf5 $11 {0-1 (34) Kalygin,S (2511)-Bezgodov,A (2576) Moscow 1999}) ({After
} 7. Nf3 Bf6 8. Qf4 Re8+ {White is forced to lose his right to castle, even
though the position remains equal.}) 7... Nc6 8. Qf4 Na5 9. Bd5 $146 {Trying
to save the bishop.} (9. Nf3 Nxb3 10. axb3 b5 $11 {[%cal Gc8b7]}) 9... Ne8 {
Typical manoeuvre: the knight is going to f6, where it won't obstruct further
development.} ({For players, desperately looking for a win as Black:} 9... c6
10. Bf3 g5 $5 {is an option to consider.}) 10. Bf3 Nc6 11. Nd5 (11. d5 $6 Bd6
$132 {followed by 12...Ne5.}) ({A real tactical melee could arise after} 11.
Nge2 Nf6 12. g4 $5 h6 13. h4 d5 14. g5 Nb4 15. gxf6 Nxc2+ 16. Kd1 Bd6 17. fxg7
(17. Qd2 Qxf6 18. Rg1 $1 Qxf3 19. Rxg7+ Kxg7 20. Qxh6+ Kg8 21. Qg5+ {with a
perpetual check.}) 17... Bxf4 18. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 19. Kxc2 Bf5+ 20. Kd1 Bxc1 21.
Rxc1 c6 {Here White has a lot of pieces for the queen, but they are not well
coordinated.}) 11... Bd6 12. Qd2 b6 (12... Nf6 13. Ne3 Bf4 {followed by 14...
d5 would equalise easily.}) 13. Ne2 Nf6 14. Ne3 Re8 15. O-O Bf8 $6 {Black
should be more active than that.} (15... Ne4 16. Qd3 Nb4 17. Qb3 Ba6 18. c4 Nc6
$11 {[%cal Ge4g5]}) 16. c4 $14 g6 17. b3 Bg7 18. Bb2 {White is now
harmoniously developed and has clear space superiority.} Bb7 19. Rae1 d6 20.
Nc3 Qd7 21. Ned5 ({White could also try to improve his position a bit more:} 
21. Re2 Re7 22. Rfe1 Rae8 23. b4 {It's very unpleasant to handle this position
as Black; it is not so easy to find useful moves.}) 21... Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Re8 23.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Nd5 Bd8 26. g3 Na5 {Strange looking move, but
Black needs to swap as many pieces as possible.} 27. h4 Bxd5 28. Bxd5 Nc6 29.
h5 Ne7 30. Bf3 Nf5 (30... d5 31. cxd5 Qd7 32. d6 $1 Qxd6 33. d5 Nf5 34. Qc3 f6
35. Be4 $16) 31. d5 Qf8 32. Bg4 $6 {Somewhere here Fabiano's advantage started
to slip away. White is enjoying a pair of good bishops, so he should try to
open the position as much as possible.} (32. b4 Qh6 33. Qe1 Ng7 34. hxg6 hxg6
35. c5 $5 bxc5 36. bxc5 dxc5 37. Qa5 {[%csl Ra7,Rc5] I wouldn't claim that
White's advantage is sufficient for a win here, but this is kind of play that
he should strive for.}) 32... Qh6 $1 33. Qe1 Ng7 34. Qc3 Kf8 $1 {Giri defended
well at this stage.} 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. b4 (36. Bd7 Ne8 37. Bxe8 Kxe8 {is not
much for White either.}) 36... Ne8 37. Bc1 Bg5 38. f4 Bf6 {Occupying the long
diagonal is a big relief for Anish.} 39. Qd3 Qh8 $11 40. Kg2 Bc3 41. a3 a5 42.
Bd7 axb4 43. axb4 Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 $6 {Sometimes you can play such
lines but probably you shouldn't play them twice.} 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 ({Another
attempt to search your own way is} 5... Qxf6 6. Nf3 h6 7. Be3 (7. Bd3 c5 8. Be3
Nc6 9. O-O a6 10. dxc5 Qxb2 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Rb1 $16 {1-0 (51) Gharamian,T 
(2614)-Shirazi,K (2433) France 2009 1-0 (51)}) 7... Nd7 8. Qd2 Bd6 9. Bd3 b6
10. Be4 Rb8 11. O-O O-O 12. c4 Rd8 13. Rad1 c5 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16.
Bh7+ Kh8 17. b4 Na6 18. c5 (18. a3 f5 19. Bg6 Bb7 20. Qe2 Qf6 21. Bh5 e5 $15)
18... bxc5 19. bxc5 Bc7 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Rd1 Qe7 $11 {Cornette,M (2578)
-Feller,S (2576) Nimes 2009 0-1 (30)}) 6. Nf3 Nc6 {This move is not a novelty,
but it has never been played by GMs.} (6... b6 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bc4 Bb7 9. Bf4 Bd6
10. Bg3 Qe7 11. O-O Nd7 12. Re1 (12. Qe2 O-O-O 13. Ba6 h5 14. a4 $16) 12...
O-O-O 13. a4 a5 14. c3 Nf8 15. Qb3 Bc7 16. Bf1 h5 17. Nh4 Rg8 18. Nf5 Qd7 19.
Ne3 Kb8 20. Rad1 $6 (20. Nc4 $5 Ka7 21. Qa3 $16) 20... f5 21. Nc4 Ka7 $13 {
Ivanov,A (2587)-Nakamura,H (2640) Philadelphia 2006 0-1 (29)}) 7. Bf4 {The
most popular reply, however is it the strongest move? Let's see other options}
(7. g3 e5 8. Bg2 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. c3 Qd7 12. Be3 h5 13. dxe5 Qxd1+
14. Rxd1 fxe5 15. Nh4 $14 {Kasparov,G (2849)-Gazet Van Antwerpen sim ACE
Deurne 2000 1-0 (25)}) (7. Be3 Ne7 8. Bd3 Bd7 9. c4 Bc6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Re1 O-O
12. d5 $1 exd5 13. Bc5 (13. Qc2 $1 h6 14. Rad1 Re8 15. Bc5 $16) 13... Re8 14.
Bxe7 Rxe7 15. Rxe7 Qxe7 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qxd5 $14 {Delgado
Ramirez,N (2594)-Dolezal,C (2392) Asuncion 2011 1-0 (26)}) (7. c3 {My Houdini
votes for this move} Qd5 8. Qb3 Qe4+ 9. Be3 b6 10. Nd2 Qf5 11. Qc4 (11. Bb5 $5
Bd7 12. Qc4 Qd5 13. Qxd5 exd5 14. Bf4 $14) 11... Qd5 12. Qxd5 exd5 13. Bf4 Kd8
14. Bd3 Be6 15. O-O-O $14 {Antoniewski,R (2559)-Gerasimenyk,M (2225) Warsaw
2011 1-0 (29)}) 7... e5 $5 $146 8. Be3 (8. dxe5 $6 Qe7 $1 9. Nd4 (9. Qe2 $2
Qb4+ 10. Bd2 Qxb2 11. exf6+ Be6 $17) 9... Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qd4 Bg7 12. Be3
fxe5 13. Qg4 O-O 14. O-O-O f5 $11) 8... Bg4 $5 {Richard Rapport considers 9.d5
as not dangerous.} (8... Be6 9. Bb5 Qd6 (9... Qd5 $6 10. c4 Qe4 11. d5 O-O-O
12. Qe2 Nb4 13. dxe6 Nc2+ 14. Kf1 Nxa1 15. Bd7+ Rxd7 (15... Kb8 $4 16. Bxa7+
$18) 16. exd7+ Kd8 (16... Kxd7 17. Qd1+ Bd6 18. Qxa1 Qxc4+ 19. Kg1 $16) 17. Ne1
Rg8 18. b3 $16) 10. c4 a6 (10... exd4 $5 11. Nxd4 Bxc4 $1 12. Bxc4 Qb4+ 13. Qd2
Nxd4 $1 (13... Qxc4 $6 14. Rc1 Qa6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qe2 Bb4+ 17. Kf1 Qxe2+ 18.
Kxe2 $16) 14. O-O Qxd2 15. Bxd2 $44 {White has enough compensation for the
pawn, but nothing more}) 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. b3 $14) 9. Bb5 ({Let's check} 9. d5
Ne7 10. h3 Bd7 $1 (10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qxd5 (11... Nxd5 $2 12. O-O-O c6 13. c4
$18) 12. Qxf6 Rg8 13. Rd1 Qe4 14. Bb5+ Nc6 15. c3 $14 Rxg2 $2 16. Bd3 Rg6 (
16... Qa4 17. Bf5 $18) 17. Qxf7+ Kxf7 18. Bxe4 $16) 11. Qd2 c6 12. dxc6 Bxc6
13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Bc4 Ke8 15. O-O-O $13 {A position with mutual chances.})
9... Qd6 ({I would recommend} 9... Qd5 $1 10. c4 Qe4 11. h3 (11. d5 $2 O-O-O
12. h3 Bh5 13. Bxc6 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 bxc6 $17) 11... Bh5 12. dxe5 Rd8 13. Qe2 Bb4+
14. Kf1 fxe5 15. a3 Be7 16. Re1 $13 {It seems that Fabiano Caruana, who was
faced with a rare line, didn't manage to find the best way.}) 10. c3 e4 $6 {
A premature activity.} (10... a6 11. Qa4 Bxf3 12. gxf3 O-O-O 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14.
Qxc6 bxc6 15. O-O-O Bd6 $11) 11. h3 ({More convincing is} 11. d5 $1 exf3 12.
dxc6 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 b6 14. g3 Bd6 15. O-O O-O-O 16. Rd4 $14) 11... exf3 $6 {
A mistake, he should have played} (11... Be6 12. Nd2 f5 13. Qa4 O-O-O 14. O-O-O
(14. Bxc6 $2 Qxc6 15. Qxa7 Bd6 $44) (14. Nc4 $2 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 f4 16. Bc1 Bh6)
14... a6 ({Of course he can't play} 14... f4 $2 15. Nxe4 Qd5 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17.
Nf6 Qf5 18. d5 $1 $18) 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Qxc6 bxc6 17. Kc2 Rg8 18. g3 Be7 $11 {
The pair of bishops and space superiority compensate for the defects in the
pawn structure.}) 12. hxg4 fxg2 13. Rg1 a6 (13... Qh2 14. Kd2 $1 O-O-O 15. Qf3
Qd6 16. Kc2 $16 {White's king is in a safe place and Black has no argument to
offset his weaknesses.}) 14. Bd3 $16 Ne7 15. Qf3 O-O-O 16. Rxg2 Nd5 17. Be4 $1
Kb8 18. Bd2 {Black's position is unpleasant and it is not easy to give him
worthwhile advice.} Nb6 $6 {This is a sort of a bluff. At the cost of his
pawns Richard creates some threats.} (18... h5 19. gxh5 Bh6 20. Bxh6 Rxh6 21.
O-O-O Nf4 22. Rg4 $16 {doesn't look very attractive.}) 19. Bxb7 Nc4 20. Bf4 Qb6
21. Be4 Re8 (21... h5 22. gxh5 Re8 23. Kf1 Qb5 24. Kg1 Qxh5 25. Qxh5 Rxh5 26.
Bc6 $18) 22. Kf1 $18 {A bit funny, that it is the only move which provides him
a decisive advantage.} h5 23. gxh5 Bh6 24. b3 $1 Nd2+ (24... Bxf4 25. bxc4 $18
(25. Qxf4 $4 Rxe4 $19)) 25. Bxd2 Bxd2 26. Rd1 Bg5 27. Bc6 Re6 28. d5 Re5 29.
Rg4 a5 30. Ra4 Qc5 31. Rdd4 Rg8 32. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qc7 8. b3
d5 9. Ndb5 Qa5 10. Bd2 dxc4 11. bxc4 Qd8 12. O-O a6 {For this line - see
Kramnik-Radjabov in CBM 154, with extensive annotations by GM Igor Stohl.} 13.
Na3 Nc6 (13... Bf5 {is more common. Here is a recent example:} 14. Nc2 Nc6 15.
Ne3 Qd4 16. Nxf5 $1 $146 gxf5 17. Rc1 Rad8 18. Nd5 Ne4 19. Be3 Qxd1 (19... Qb2
$5) 20. Rfxd1 e6 21. f3 $5 exd5 22. fxe4 dxe4 23. Bh3 Bd4 24. Kf2 Rfe8 25. Bxf5
Re5 26. g4 $14 {1-0 (69) Wojtaszek,R (2711)-Rodshtein,M (2682) Basel 2014}) 14.
Nc2 Be6 {Controlling the d5-square. This plan is probably more solid than ...
Bc8-f5 despite the fact that White's rook can go to b1.} 15. Rb1 (15. Ne3 Na5
16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Ncd5 Nxc4 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Nxc4 Rxc4 20. Bh6 Qxd1 21. Rfxd1
Bg7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Bxb7 a5 $15 {_|_: 1/2 (87) Khismatullin,D (2656)-Giri,A 
(2749) Rhodes 2013}) 15... Rc8 16. Ne3 Na5 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Rxb7 {White has
won a pawn but the strong bishop pair guarantees Black sufficient compensation.
} Bh3 {The bishop will eventually get into trouble here.} (18... Qd4 $5 $132 {
[%cal Yf8d8]}) 19. Re1 e6 20. Qc2 Qd4 21. Reb1 Rfd8 22. Be1 Ng4 23. Nxg4 Bxg4
24. Qa4 $1 Bh3 (24... Rxc4 $2 25. R7b4 $1 {[%csl Rg4]} Rdc8 $8 26. Qxa6 $16) (
24... Qc5 $5 {[%cal Rg7c3]}) 25. Rd1 Qg4 (25... Qc5 $11) 26. f3 Rxd1 $6 (26...
Qg5 $142 27. Rbd7 $1 Bxc3 $1 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Bxc3 Qb6+ 31. c5
Qxc5+ 32. Bd4 Qb5 $11) 27. Nxd1 Qd4+ (27... Qxc4 $2 28. Qxc4 Rxc4 29. Rb8+ Bf8
30. Nf2 Rc1 31. Nd3 Rd1 32. Kf2 {[%cal Re1b4]} Kg7 33. Bc3+ {(M.Notkin)}) 28.
Nf2 Bf8 $6 (28... Qa1 29. Qd1 Qxd1 30. Nxd1 h5 31. Nf2 Bd4 32. Bd2 Bf5 33. e3
Bc5 34. g4 $14) (28... e5 $142 29. g4 Bf8 30. Qd7 $5 (30. Rd7 Qe3 31. Qd1 Bc5
32. Rd3 Qf4) 30... Qxd7 31. Rxd7 Bc5 32. Rd5 $1 Ba7 (32... f6 33. Rxc5 Rxc5 34.
Nxh3 Rxc4 35. a3 $14) 33. Rxe5 Rxc4 34. e3 Rc1 35. Nxh3 Rxe1+ 36. Kf2 Rb1 {
and Black should not lose}) 29. Qd7 $6 {White misses a good opportunity; the
text move enables Black to restore the balance.} (29. Rd7 $1 Qe3 30. Qd1 Bc5 (
30... Rxc4 $2 31. Bd2 Qc5 32. Rd3 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Rd2e3]}) 31. Rd3 Qg5 32. Bd2
$16 {(indicated by IM M.Notkin)}) 29... Qxd7 30. Rxd7 {[%mdl 4096]} Bc5 31. Bb4
(31. Bc3 e5 $1 32. Rd3 e4 33. fxe4 Be6 $44) (31. Rd3 e5 32. g4 e4 33. Rd5 exf3
34. exf3 f5 35. g5 (35. Rxc5 Rxc5 36. Nxh3 fxg4 37. fxg4 Rxc4 {[%cal Rc4a4,
Rc4g4]}) 35... Be3 $132) 31... Bxb4 32. Nxh3 h6 {A solid continuation although}
(32... Rxc4 {was possible, too:} 33. Ng5 Bc5+ 34. Kg2 Rc2 35. Kf1 Rc1+ 36. Kg2
Rc2 $11) 33. Nf2 Bc5 (33... Rxc4 34. Ng4) 34. Rd3 Bxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Rxc4 36. Ra3
Rc6 $11 {Black's rook is active enough so he easily holds his ground.} 37. Ke3
Kf8 38. h4 h5 39. Kd4 Ke7 40. e4 Kd7 41. e5 Rb6 42. Ra5 Rc6 43. Ra4 Rb6 44. Ke4
Ke7 45. Kf4 Kf8 46. Ke4 Ke7 47. g4 hxg4 48. fxg4 Kf8 49. Ra5 Rb4+ 50. Kf3 Rb6
51. Kf4 Kg7 52. Ra4 Rc6 53. Ke4 Rb6 54. a3 Rb1 {Black gives up his a6-pawn but
recovers the balance with the pawn on h4.} 55. Rxa6 Rh1 56. a4 Rxh4 57. Kf4 Rh1
58. g5 Rf1+ 59. Kg4 Rg1+ 60. Kf4 Rf1+ 61. Kg4 Rg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 dxc4 5. Na3 Bg7 6. Nxc4 c5 7. Nfe5 {
Caruana has decided that the immediate pressure in the centre has the chance
to complicate his opponent's development. Several games played with this line
have featured castling with rather peaceful play.} (7. O-O O-O (7... Nc6 8.
Nce5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Qc7 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. Nc4 O-O 12. d3 a6 13. Bf4 e5 14. Be3 Rb8
15. Rac1 b6 16. b4 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Nd6 Qa7 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 bxc5
21. Rc2 $14 {1-0 (36) Jovic,A (2375)-Peric,S (2325) Vrnjacka Banja 1996}) 8. d3
(8. d4 Na6 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Be3 Nce4 11. Qa4 Be6 12. Rac1 Qd5 13. Nd4 Bd7 14.
Qa5 Qxa5 15. Nxa5 b6 16. Nac6 Rfe8 17. Ne5 Rad8 18. Ndc6 Bxc6 19. Nxc6 Rd7 20.
Rfd1 $16 {1-0 (62) Nuri,M (2206)-Asgarizadeh,A (2354) Kocaeli 2013}) (8. b3 Nc6
9. Bb2 Be6 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. d3 Nb4 12. a3 Nc6 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4
Qxd4 16. Bxd4 b6 17. e3 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nd2 Nc5 20. b4 Nd3 21. Rxc8 Rxc8
$15 {0-1 (40) Terreaux,G (2251)-Sokolov,A (2567) Martigny 1999}) 8... Nd5 (8...
Be6 9. Qb3 Qc8 10. Ng5 Bd5 11. Bxd5 Nxd5 12. Na5 Nc6 13. Qxd5 Nxa5 14. Bd2 Nc6
15. Qxc5 Bxb2 16. Rab1 Bg7 17. Rfc1 $11 {1-0 (49) Lajthajm,B (2477)-Atalik,E 
(2430) Paracin 2013}) (8... Nbd7 9. Qb3 Ne8 10. Bf4 Nb6 11. Na5 Nd6 12. Rac1
Be6 13. Qa3 Nd5 14. Rxc5 Qb6 15. Bxd6 exd6 16. Rc2 Nb4 17. Rcc1 Bxa2 18. Nd2
Bh6 19. Ndc4 Bxc4 20. Nxc4 $16 {1-0 (36) Pavlovic,M (2471)-Sutter,O (2392)
Biel 2005}) 9. Qc2 (9. a3 Nc6 10. b3 b6 11. Rb1 Bb7 12. e4 Nc7 13. b4 cxb4 14.
axb4 Nb5 15. Rb3 Qd7 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17. Bb2 Bxb2 18. Nxb2 Ncd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 $11
{0-1 (41) Adzic,S (2230)-Deegens,V (2290) Korinthos 1998}) 9... b6 10. a3 Bb7
11. Rb1 Nc6 12. Ne3 Rc8 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Be3 Nd4 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Qa4 Qc6 17.
Qb4 Qc5 18. Qd2 Qh5 19. Qb4 Qc5 20. Qd2 Qh5 21. Qb4 {1/2 (21) Kuzmicz,K (2397)
-Tazbir,M (2428) Wroclaw 2007}) 7... O-O 8. d3 Nd5 {Naiditsch was not in his
best form in Wijk aan Zee. This might have influenced his decision to avoid
the natural move 8...Nbd7 with the much larger dose of risk involved.} (8...
Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Qc2 $5 Ne8 11. Na5 Nd6 12. Qxc5 Qe6 13. Qe3 Rb8 14. Qxa7
Bd7 $13) 9. Qb3 e6 (9... Nb6 10. Bf4 Nxc4 11. Nxc4 Nc6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Be5
Be6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11) 10. O-O Qc7 11. f4 (11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Bd2 b6 13. Rac1 Qd7
$11) 11... Nd7 12. Bd2 b6 {Both players are way too strong to believe that
Black can achieve a good life when he accepts the sacrifice of the pawn for
his splendid g7-bishop. The position would remain balanced, but the level of
risk for the second player would rise significantly.} (12... Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5
14. fxe5 Qxe5 15. Rf2 Ne3 16. Bf3 Nf5 $11) 13. Nf3 Bb7 14. e4 Nb4 (14... Ne7
15. Bc3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Ba6 17. Rab1 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Nf6 $11) 15. Bc3 {White
sensibly abstains from accepting the offer of the pawn sacrifice as his
chances for advantage would simply disappear.} (15. Bxb4 cxb4 16. Qxb4 Nc5 17.
Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Bf1 Rac8 19. Rac1 f5 $11) 15... b5 (15... Bxc3 16. Qxc3 b5 17.
Nce5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rfd8 19. a4 bxa4 20. Rxa4 Qb6 21. Ng4 Nxd3 $11) 16. Bxg7
Kxg7 (16... bxc4 $6 17. Qc3 cxd3 18. Bh6 f6 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Ne1 Ba6 21. Rf2
$16) 17. Qc3+ f6 18. Ncd2 Qd6 $6 {The brave queen move in the critical
position indicates that the German chess star was going through difficult
times. Much more natural and desirable would have been to mobilise the rook
for the control of the d-file.} (18... Rad8 $1 19. a3 Nc6 20. Nb3 Qb6 21. Rf2
e5 $11) 19. a3 Nc6 (19... Nxd3 20. e5 b4 21. axb4 cxb4 22. exd6 bxc3 23. bxc3
N3c5 24. Ra5 $14) 20. Nb3 {Caruana might have tried to put his opponent under
pressure with the immediate advance of the e-pawn.} (20. e5 $5 fxe5 21. Nxe5
Nd4 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Qxc5 $14) 20... Rac8 (20... b4 21. axb4
cxb4 22. Qc4 Rfc8 23. Bh3 f5 24. Rfc1 $14) 21. Rac1 $6 {The worries about top
players achieving perfection with a negative effect on the number of wins are
simply illusory. Even the great stars from the top 20 are missing chances and
paying a huge price for it. White should have punished the defender for his
dubious queen move to d6 with the radical advance of his e-pawn.} (21. e5 $1
fxe5 22. Nxe5 Nd4 (22... b4 23. axb4 cxb4 24. Nc4+ bxc3 25. Nxd6 cxb2 26. Rab1
Rb8 27. Nxb7 Rxb7 28. Nd4 $16) 23. Nxd7 Bxg2 24. Nxf8 Bxf1 25. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 26.
Qxd4+ cxd4 27. Nxe6+ Kf6 28. Nxd4 Bxd3 29. Rd1 $14) 21... Ne7 22. e5 Qb6 23.
exf6+ Rxf6 24. Kh1 (24. Rf2 c4 25. dxc4 Rxc4 26. Qd2 Rxc1+ 27. Qxc1 Bxf3 28.
Bxf3 e5 $11) 24... Nd5 25. Qd2 c4 {Naiditsch feels that all of his pieces are
well coordinated and he can start active actions in the centre.} 26. dxc4 bxc4
27. Nbd4 Nc5 28. Rc2 {The Italian star feels the heat coming from the black
army, but he is reluctant to to look for lines that may positively equalise
the game.} (28. Rxc4 $2 Ne4 29. Qd3 Rxc4 30. Qxc4 Ne3 $19) (28. Rfd1 Nd3 29.
Rxc4 $1 Rxc4 30. Qxd3 Rc7 31. Qd2 $11) 28... Nd3 29. b3 Nb2 $5 {Black deserves
lot of credit for the creative approach. The knight move to b2 in order to
advance the c-pawn is highly original and certainly not without dangers for
White.} 30. Ne5 (30. bxc4 Nxc4 $17) (30. Rfc1 c3 31. Rxc3 Nxc3 32. Rxc3 Rd8 33.
Qxb2 Bxf3 34. Nxf3 Rd1+ 35. Bf1 Rxf1+ 36. Kg2 Rd1 37. Qe2 Qd8 38. Qe5 $11)
30... c3 31. Qf2 Rd8 32. Re1 $2 {Caruana's feeling for chess fails him
terribly with this unfortunate move. It was much more difficult to decide for
the correct 32.Qg1! The queen would be out of harm's way but at the same time
would be exercising lot of control in the position.} (32. Qg1 $1 Nxf4 (32... g5
33. Bf3 (33. Ng4 Rff8 34. Ne5 Rf6 $11) 33... h6 $11) 33. gxf4 Rxd4 (33... Bxg2+
34. Kxg2 Rxd4 35. Rxc3 Qd8 36. Rff3 $11) 34. Rxc3 Rd2 35. Bf3 Rxf4 36. Qg5 Qb5
37. Rg1 Bxf3+ 38. Rxf3 Rxf3 39. Qe7+ Kg8 40. Qxe6+ Kg7 41. Qe7+ $11) 32... Nxf4
$1 {[%mdl 64] Naiditsch was certainly hoping for the chance to unleash the
potential of his pieces. His tactical prowess in the complicated position
deserves the highest praise.} 33. gxf4 (33. Nxe6+ Nxe6 34. Qxb6 Bxg2+ 35. Kxg2
axb6 36. Rxc3 Rd2+ $19) 33... Rxd4 34. Rxc3 (34. Bxb7 Qxb7+ 35. Qf3 (35. Kg1
Rfxf4 36. Qg3 Nd1 $19) 35... Qxf3+ 36. Nxf3 Rdxf4 37. Ne5 Rf1+ 38. Rxf1 Rxf1+
39. Kg2 Re1 40. Ng4 Nd1 $19) (34. Qe3 Bxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Nd1 36. Qe2 Qxb3 37. Rxd1
Qd5+ $19) 34... Nd1 $1 {The knight on the unusual square b2 is becoming the
hero of the day. White is fighting with so many problems that will not find
the chance to prevent it's decisive transfer to the f2-square.} 35. Rc7+ Kg8 $1
(35... Qxc7 $2 36. Qxd4 $16) 36. Qc2 (36. Qg1 Bxg2+ 37. Kxg2 (37. Qxg2 Qxc7 $19
) 37... Rd2+ 38. Kg3 Nf2 39. Rc8+ Kg7 40. Nf3 Rxf4 41. Nxd2 Rg4+ $19) 36...
Rdxf4 37. Rxb7 (37. Rxd1 Rf1+ 38. Rxf1 Rxf1#) (37. Qxd1 Qxc7 $19) 37... Nf2+
38. Kg1 (38. Qxf2 Qxf2 39. Rg1 Qe2 $19) 38... Nh3+ 39. Kh1 Rf1+ $1 {A charming
mixture of back rank motifs with a pattern known from smothered mate. The
final part of the game is esthetically very pleasing.} (39... Rf1+ $1 40. Rxf1
Rxf1+ 41. Bxf1 Qg1#) 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Rxb7
Rab8 15. Rc7 Rfc8 16. Rxc8+ Rxc8 17. h3 Bd7 18. Bb5 (18. d5 Nb4 19. d6 {
Radjabov,T (2715)-Swiercz,D (2627)/Warsaw 2013/EXT 2014 (1-0, 74)} exd6 $1 $146
20. Qxd6 Bxh3 $1 {[%cal Gg7f8] Amazingly, this tactical blow works out well
for Black.} 21. Qxb4 Qxe2 {[%csl Gf3]} 22. Re1 Qc2 {[%csl Ge1]} 23. gxh3 Bc3
24. Qb7 Bxe1 25. Nxe1 Qc6 26. Qxc6 (26. Qxa7 Qxe4 $11) 26... Rxc6 27. Bxa7 Re6
28. f3 f5 $11) 18... a5 $146 (18... Nb8 {Hernandez Basante,F (2282)-Valdes
Romero,L (2285)/San Jose 2002/EXT 2007 (1/2, 28)}) 19. Qa1 Qxa1 20. Rxa1 Ra8
21. Ba4 e6 22. Nd2 ({White should have maintained the tension with} 22. Kf1 $5
{and Black may still have had to struggle a bit.}) 22... Nxd4 $1 23. Bxd7 Ne2+
24. Kf1 Bxa1 25. Kxe2 a4 {A rook and an outside passed pawn usually are at
least a fair match for two minor pieces. In certain cases, the player with the
pieces is just lost. Here, White is helped by the presence of an additional
piece pair, whicl allows him to avoid troubles.} 26. Bc6 Ra6 27. Bb5 Ra8 28.
Bc6 Ra6 29. Bb5 Ra8 30. Bc4 Rb8 31. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.01.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2014.01.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. c3 d6 7. Nd2 Nf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 e5 10. N4b3 Ba7 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3
Ne7 16. Nbd2 Ng6 17. Rfe1 h5 18. h3 h4 19. Bh2 g4 20. Kh1 gxh3 21. gxh3 Bxh3
22. Rg1 Kg7 23. Ne3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Ng4 25. Qf3 Qf6 26. Rxg4 Qxf3+ 27. Nxf3 Bxg4
28. Nxh4 Nxh4 29. Rg1 Nf3 30. Rxg4+ Kf6 31. Rg3 Nxh2 32. Kxh2 Rh8+ 33. Kg2 Rag8
34. Bc4 Rxg3+ 35. fxg3 a5 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.01.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2014.01.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Nge7 7. e4 O-O 8. a3
a5 9. b3 h6 10. Bb2 d4 11. Qe2 a4 12. b4 Na7 13. Nc4 Nec6 14. Bc1 Be6 15. Bd2
Nb5 16. h3 Nd6 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. c3 dxc3 19. Bxc3 Na7 20. d4 Qc8 21. Rfc1 Bxh3
22. dxe5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qe6 24. exd6 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Qxd6 26. Rd1 Qe7 27. e5 Nc6
28. Re3 Nd8 29. Nd4 Ra6 30. b5 Rb6 31. Qc4 Ne6 32. Nxe6 Rxe6 33. Rd5 Rd8 34.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 35. Rd3 Qe7 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Rd8 Rxe5 38. Rd7 Qe6 39. Qxb7 Rf5 40.
Rd2 Qb3 41. b6 Rf6 42. Qa7 Rxb6 43. Rd4 Rf6 44. Qa8 Qb2 45. Rf4 Rxf4 46. gxf4
Qxa3 47. Qe8 Qb3 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.01.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2014.01.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 d5 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Ngf3 O-O 7. a3 Bd6 8. c5
Be7 9. b4 a6 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Bd3 f5 12. b5 Nb8 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Ndf3 Bf6 15. c6
Nb6 16. Qc2 axb5 17. Bxb5 Nd6 18. a4 Nxb5 19. axb5 Rxa1+ 20. Bxa1 Qd6 21. O-O
bxc6 22. Nxc6 Bd7 23. Nfe5 Bxc6 24. Nxc6 Ra8 25. Bc3 Nc4 26. Bb4 Qd7 27. Qc3
Nd6 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. Ra1 Rxa1+ 30. Qxa1 f4 31. Qa8+ Kf7 32. Qa7 fxe3 33. fxe3
Kg6 34. Qc5 Qd7 35. Qc2+ Kh6 36. g3 Qd6 37. Qc5 Qd7 38. Kg2 Qf7 39. Qc1 g5 40.
Qf1 Qg6 41. Qf3 Kg7 42. Qe2 Qe4+ 43. Kg1 g4 44. Qf2 Bg5 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.01.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2014.01.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. e4 c5 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. c3
Rc8 9. g4 Bg6 10. d4 h5 11. d5 Ne5 12. Nh2 hxg4 13. hxg4 e6 14. Bf4 Nf6 15. Bg2
c4 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Bg3 Nd3 18. Re2 e5 19. Nd2 b5 20. b3 Bf7 21. bxc4 bxc4 22.
Ndf1 g6 23. Rb1 Qd7 24. Ne3 Bh6 25. Rb6 Be6 26. a4 Ra8 27. a5 O-O 28. f3 Qc7
29. Bf2 Nd7 30. Rb1 Nxf2 31. Kxf2 Nc5 32. Kg1 Nd3 33. Nhf1 Qxa5 34. Qc2 Rab8
35. Nd1 Qc5+ 36. Nfe3 a5 37. Ra1 Rb3 38. Kh1 Kg7 39. Qa2 Ra8 40. Qa4 Nb2 41.
Nxb2 Bxe3 42. Bh3 Rxc3 43. Nd1 Rd3 44. Nxe3 Rxe3 45. Rb2 Rxf3 46. Rb7+ Bf7 47.
Kh2 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.01.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2014.01.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. a4
b6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Bb7 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Qxe5 15. c3 Rae8 16. Bd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 a5 18. Qxe5 Rxe5 19. f3 Rfe8 20. Kf2 g5
21. g4 Kg7 22. c4 h5 23. h3 Rh8 24. Re2 hxg4 25. hxg4 Re6 26. Ke3 Rh3 27. Rd1
Kf6 28. b3 Re5 29. Ree1 Re8 30. Rd5 Rh2 31. Re2 Rh1 32. Rf5+ Kg6 33. Kd4 Rd1+
34. Kc3 Rh1 35. Kd4 Rd1+ 36. Kc3 Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.01.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2014.01.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 O-O 8.
Bf4 c6 9. e4 {For this line, see Wang Hao - Dominguez in CBM 152 and
Mamedyarov - Giri in CBM 156.} b5 (9... Qa5 $1 {is quite to the point in this
system but Fabiano Caruana proves that the text move is not bad either.}) 10.
Qd3 {This retreat is more logical here than in the 5.Qb3 system, where Black's
bishop is still on c8 and can attack White's queen by means of ...Bc8-a6 
(after ...b5-b4).} c5 $5 {[%mdl 4] A rare but perhaps the most accurate move
order.} (10... Qa5 11. Be2 c5 (11... b4 12. Nd1 c5 13. d5 e6 14. Ne3 exd5 15.
exd5 c4 16. Qxc4 Rc8 17. Qd3 $16 {1-0 (46) Hillarp Persson,T (2528)-Grandelius,
N (2573) Orebro 2013}) 12. O-O b4 13. Nd1 $1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Rd8 15. Rc1 $1 $36 (
{but not} 15. Ne3 $6 {1/2 (38) Wang,H (2737)-Dominguez Perez,L (2726) Tashkent
2012 CBM 152 [Krasenkow,M]} Nh5 $1 16. Bxh5 Qxh5 {, and now White must fight
for equality.})) 11. dxc5 Na6 12. e5 (12. Be3 Ng4 $132) 12... Nxc5 13. Qe3 Nh5
14. Bg5 Ne6 15. Rd1 (15. Be2 {passes the initiative to Black:} Nxg5 16. Qxg5 {
1-0 (29) Kustar,S (2383)-Liepold,S (2260) Bayern 2000} b4 $5 17. Ne4 Bf5 $36)
15... Qe8 ({Now in the event of} 15... Nxg5 16. Qxg5 b4 17. Nd5 {White keeps
pressure.}) 16. Bh6 $6 $146 {Hardly an improvement.} (16. Be2 f6 17. Bh6 Bxh6
18. Qxh6 Nhf4 19. O-O g5 (19... Bc6 $5) 20. Rfe1 Bc6 21. Bd3 Nxd3 22. Rxd3 Nf4
23. Rd4 Qg6 (23... Bxf3 $5) 24. Qxg6+ hxg6 25. exf6 exf6 26. h4 Bxf3 27. gxf3
b4 28. Ne2 Rad8 29. Rxd8 Nxe2+ 30. Rxe2 Rxd8 {1/2 (30) Jumabayev,R (2548)-Le
Quang,L (2712) Incheon 2013}) (16. Bd3 {is probably the most precise but Black
has no problems in any case:} f6 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Bc6 (18... Nhf4 19. O-O
Bc6 20. Nd4 $1) 19. Qe3 Nhf4 20. O-O $13) 16... Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Bc6 18. Qe3 a6 $6
{Too soft.} (18... b4 19. Ne4 Nhg7 {[%cal Rg7f5] looks very strong. White's
king is still uncastled and vulnerable.}) 19. Bd3 Nhf4 20. O-O Nxd3 21. Rxd3
Rd8 (21... b4 {was still possible but White could hold his ground:} 22. Ne2
Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Qb5 24. Rd5 Qa4 25. Nd4 Rac8 (25... Qxa2 26. Nc6) (25... Nxd4 26.
Rxd4 Qxa2 27. Rxb4) 26. a3 bxa3 27. Qxa3 Qxa3 28. bxa3 Nxd4 29. Rxd4 Rfd8 30.
Ra4 {etc.}) 22. Nd4 Nxd4 (22... b4 23. Nce2) 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Qxd4 Qa8 25. f3
Rd8 26. Qc5 Qb7 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Nxd1 Qd7 29. Ne3 Qd2 30. Qc3 (30. Nf1 $5 {
White, however, correctly judged that Black was unable to break up White's
defence in the B vs N ending.}) 30... Qxc3 31. bxc3 {[%mdl 4096]} f6 (31... Kg7
$142 32. Kf2 f6 33. exf6+ Kxf6 {quickly centralizing the king.}) 32. exf6 exf6
33. Kf2 Kf7 34. Ke2 Ke6 35. Kd3 h5 (35... Ke5 36. Ng4+) 36. Kd4 h4 $6 {There
was no need to allow the invasion of White's king.} (36... Kd6 $142 $11) 37.
Kc5 {It is now Black who must take care in order to get the draw. Fortunately,
even after the loss of the a6 pawn he is out of danger.} Ba8 38. f4 (38. Kb6 $6
h3) 38... g5 39. g3 hxg3 40. hxg3 gxf4 41. gxf4 Be4 42. Kb6 Kd6 43. Kxa6 Kc5
44. a3 Bf3 45. Ka7 Kc6 46. Kb8 Kb6 47. Nf5 Bg4 48. Nd6 Be6 49. Ne4 f5 50. Nd2
Bd5 51. Kc8 Ka5 52. Kc7 Ka4 53. Kb6 (53. Kd6 Bg2 54. Ke5 Kxa3 55. Kxf5 b4 56.
cxb4 Kxb4 {is a theoretical draw, similar to the game continuation.}) 53... Bg2
54. c4 bxc4 55. Nxc4 Bd5 56. Kc5 Bg8 57. Kd4 Kb3 58. Nd6 Kxa3 59. Ke5 Kb4 60.
Kf6 Kc5 61. Nxf5 Bh7 $11 62. Ne7 Bb1 63. Ke5 Bh7 64. Nd5 Kc6 65. Nf6 Bb1 66. f5
Bxf5 67. Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.01.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2014.01.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. b4 e5
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 Be6 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Nxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nfd7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7
15. Bb2 Nb6 16. Rac1 Bxc4 17. Ba1 Rad8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Bh3 Bd3 20. Nd1 Nc4
21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Bf1 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Rd4 24. Ke2 Kf6 25. f3 Na3 26. Rc3 Nb5 27.
Rb3 Rc4 28. Kd3 Rc1 29. Nc3 Rf1 30. Ke3 Re1+ 31. Kd3 Rf1 32. Ke3 Re1+ 33. Kd3
a6 34. a4 Nd6 35. Rb1 Rxb1 36. Nxb1 b5 37. axb5 axb5 38. Kd4 Nc4 39. Kc5 Ne5
40. Nd2 h5 41. f4 Nd3+ 42. Kxc6 Nxb4+ 43. Kxb5 Nd3 44. Nf3 Nf2 45. Kc6 Ng4 46.
Kd6 h4 47. gxh4 Ne3 48. Ne5 Ng2 49. Nd7+ Kg7 50. Ke5 Nxh4 51. h3 Kf7 52. Nb8
Kg6 53. Nc6 Nf3+ 54. Ke6 Ng1 55. Ne5+ Kh5 56. Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.02.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.01.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Ne5 Bb4 10. Bd2 Nd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. a3 Ba5 13. Bg2 g5 14. Qc2 Rc8 15.
Rd1 Bc7 16. Ne2 Nf8 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. e4 Nf4 19. Bxf4 Bxf4 20. h4 e5 21. d5 Ng6
22. dxc6 Qa5+ 23. Nc3 O-O 24. cxb7 Qc7 25. Nd5 Qxb7 26. Qxb7 Rxb7 27. b4 gxh4
28. Bf1 Bg5 29. Rh3 Rd8 30. Bc4 Rbb8 31. Rhd3 Rdc8 32. Bb3 Rb7 33. a4 a6 34.
Rb1 Nf8 35. Nc3 Ng6 36. Nd5 Nf8 37. Nc3 Ng6 38. Nd5 Nf8 39. Nc3 Ng6 40. Nd5 Nf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.02.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2014.01.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 ({The last round featured finally featured a
Marshall, after} 3... a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9.
exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 15. g3
Qh3 16. Be3 Bxd3 17. Nd2 Qf5 {White came up with a novelty} 18. Bd4 $5 $146 {
, which retained some pressure:} (18. Qxf5 Bxf5 19. Bd4 Rfd8 20. a4 Bf8 21. Ne4
h6 22. h4 Bg6 23. Rad1 Bh5 24. Rc1 Nb4 25. Re3 Nd5 26. Ree1 Nb4 $11 {Ivanchuk,
V (2751)-Aronian,L (2739)/Nice rpd blindfold/2008/}) (18. Rad1 {did not offer
superiority either.} Rfe8 19. Qxf5 Bxf5 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Nb3 Be6 22. Bc5 Bc7
23. Nd4 Rac8 24. b4 Bd7 25. Nc2 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Re8 27. Rxe8+ Bxe8 28. Ne3 Bd8
29. Nxd5 Bc6 $11 {Polgar,J (2707)-Leko,P (2753)/Wijk aan Zee/2008/}) 18... Rfe8
19. a4 h6 20. Kg2 Kf8 (20... Bf8 $5) 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Qxf5 Bxf5
24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Ra6 Be7 $6 (25... Be5 $1 $14 {/<=>}) 26. Nf1 b4 27. Ne3 Bd3
28. Ra5 bxc3 29. bxc3 $14 {/+/-,Caruana,F (2782)-Aronian,L (2812)/Zürich/2014/
Black loses a pawn, in the end he didn't make the most of his drawing chances
and went down in the endgame. See the winner's notes in CBM 159.}) 4. d3 {
In Zürich nobody ventured into the Berlin endgame; we'll check out some recent
examples mainly from Wijk 2014:} (4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 (6. dxe5 Nxb5
7. a4 Nbd4 ({The fighting option is} 7... d6 8. e6 fxe6 9. axb5 Nb4 {is not
without risk after} 10. Ng5 Be7 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qh6 Bf8 13. Qh3 Qf6 14. Ra4 Nd5
15. Re4 e5 16. Qb3 h6 17. Qxd5 hxg5 18. Rc4 g4 19. Nc3 Rh7 20. f3 Rf7 21. Qe4
Qf5 22. Nd5 c6 23. bxc6 b5 24. Rc3 Be6 {Larin,I (2293)-Grigoryev,V (2498)/corr/
2012/} 25. Qe2 $5 $36) 8. Nxd4 d6 9. exd6 Bxd6 $5 10. Re1+ Be7 11. Nxc6 Qxd1
12. Rxd1 bxc6 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Re1 O-O-O 15. Na3 Rhe8 16. Bxa7 Bxa3 17. Rxe8
Rxe8 18. bxa3 Re4 19. c3 Rxa4 20. Bd4 g6 21. f3 Kd7 $11 {Naiditsch,A (2718)
-Aronian,L (2812)/Wijk aan Zee/2014/}) 6... dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.
h3 ({The tension quickly dissipated after} 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Bf4 Ne7 11. h3 Ng6
12. Bh2 Be7 13. Nc3 Bd7 14. Nd4 Nf8 15. Rd2 h5 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. a3 h4 18. Nce2
c5 19. e6 Nxe6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Bxc7 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 f6 23. Nf4 Kf7 24. Nxe6
Kxe6 $11 {Dominguez Perez,L (2754)-Giri,A (2734)/Wijk aan Zee/2014/}) 9... Bd7
({Another topical and playable alternative is} 9... Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Rd1 (11.
Ne2 Be7 12. Re1 Be6 13. Ned4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc8 15. Bf4 c5 16. Nb5 Bd8 17. e6
Bxe6 18. Rad1 Ke7 19. Nxc7 Bxc7 20. Bxc7 Rac8 21. Bd6+ {1/2,Fressinet,L (2710)
-Giri,A (2749)/Bundesliga/2014/} Kf6 22. Rd3 h4 $11) (11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6
13. Ng5 Rh6 14. g3 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rg6 16. h4 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bf4 Nxh4 19.
f3 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Kf2 Nf5 22. Rh1 Ng7 23. Nd1 $44 {/=, Naiditsch,A 
(2718)-So,W (2719)/Wijk aan Zee/2014/}) 11... Be7 12. Ne2 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14.
Bf4 Be7 15. Nd4 g5 16. Bh2 Rh6 17. e6 Bxe6 18. Bxc7 Rc8 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. Ba5
Bf6 21. Rab1 b6 22. Be1 Rd8 $11 {Harikrishna,P (2706)-So,W (2719)/Wijk aan Zee/
2014/}) 10. Rd1 Kc8 11. g4 Ne7 12. Ng5 Be8 13. f4 b6 (13... h5 14. Kf2 b6 15.
f5 Kb7 16. c4 $146 (16. Nc3 hxg4 17. hxg4 Rh2+ 18. Kg3 Rxc2 19. Nh7 c5 $1 20.
Nxf8 Bc6 $44 {Caruana,F (2796)-Adams,M (2740)/Dortmund/2013/} 21. Bg5 $1 Rg2+
22. Kf4 Rf2+ 23. Kg3 $11 {See the notes to this game by Adams in CBM 156.})
16... c5 17. Bf4 Nc6 18. Nc3 g6 $1 19. e6 fxe6 20. Nxe6 hxg4 21. Nxc7 Bh6 $1
22. Bxh6 Kxc7 23. Bf4+ Kb7 24. hxg4 gxf5 25. g5 Rh4 26. Ne2 Bh5 27. Rh1 Rxh1
28. Rxh1 Bxe2 29. Kxe2 Nd4+ 30. Kd3 Ne6 31. Rf1 Rd8+ 32. Kc3 Rg8 $11 {Giri,A 
(2737)-Nakamura,H (2772)/Elancourt/2013/}) 14. f5 $5 (14. Nc3 c5 (14... h5 15.
Kg2 c5 $13) 15. Kf2 h6 16. Nf3 g6 17. Be3 Bc6 18. a4 Kb7 19. a5 Re8 20. Nd2 Nd5
21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Nf3 Be6 23. Rd3 Be7 24. Rad1 h5 25. Kg3 hxg4 26. hxg4 Rh7 27.
R3d2 Kc6 28. axb6 cxb6 29. Rh2 Rxh2 30. Nxh2 a5 $36 {[%csl Ga5,Gb6,Gc5,Ge6,Ge7]
Sutovsky,E (2700)-Harikrishna,P (2669)/WChT Ningbo/2011/}) 14... c5 (14... h5
15. Kg2 c5 16. Nc3 g6 17. f6 Nc6 18. Nf3 Nb4 19. Bf4 $1 Nxc2 20. Rac1 Nb4 21.
a3 Nc6 22. Ne4 $44 Bd7 23. Neg5 hxg4 $2 (23... Nd8 $142 24. Rxd7 $1 Kxd7 25.
e6+ fxe6 26. Ne5+ $36) 24. hxg4 Bxg4 25. Nxf7 Rh5 26. Kg3 Bf5 27. N7g5 Bh6 28.
e6 {Dominguez - Nakamura, Wijk aan Zee 2014.} Bxg5 29. Nxg5 Rxg5+ 30. Bxg5 Bxe6
{Dominguez Perez,L (2754)-Nakamura,H (2789)/Wijk aan Zee/2014/} 31. b4 $16) 15.
Nd2 (15. e6 $5) 15... h6 16. Ngf3 Bc6 17. Kf2 Kb7 18. b3 g6 19. f6 Nd5 20. Bb2
Nb4 21. Rdc1 a5 22. a3 Nd5 23. Kg3 g5 24. a4 Nb4 25. Nc4 Be4 26. Ne3 c4 $5 27.
bxc4 Rd8 $44 {/=/+,Caruana,F (2779)-Nakamura,H (2783)/ECC Rhodes/2013/
Nakamura was probably worried about some improvement right from the start, as
against Dominguez he was the first to deviate.}) 4... Bc5 {I have already
mentioned in the notes to Navara-Caruana,ECC 2013 (CBM 157) and Anand-Carlsen,
WCh 2013 (CBM 158), that this active developing move is all the rage nowadays.}
({However, even the modest} 4... d6 {is playable and retains some top level
fans:} 5. O-O Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. c4 a6 8. Ba4 Nd7 9. Nc3 Nc5 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. d4
exd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Be3 Bf6 14. Re1 Re8 15. Qc2 Qe7 ({The traditional way to
deploy the queen in these positions is} 15... Qb8 $5 $132 {[%cal Yb8b4,Ya6a4]})
16. Rad1 g6 17. Bc1 Ne6 $6 (17... a5 $142 $11) 18. Nf3 $1 {[%csl Re7][%cal
Ye4e5]} Bg7 19. b3 Qf8 20. Ba3 $1 Rad8 21. e5 c5 22. Nd5 dxe5 23. Nxe5 Nd4 24.
Rxd4 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Bxe5 26. Rd1 Bc6 {Sjugirov,S (2641)-Jakovenko,D (2721)/
Khanty-Mansiysk/2013/} 27. Qe4 Bg7 28. Qe3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rc5]}) 5. Bxc6 {
This swap changes the character of the position and is also very topical.} (5.
Nc3 {is too weak:} O-O (5... d6 6. Na4 Bb6 7. Nxb6 axb6 8. c3 Bd7 9. Ba4 Ne7
10. Bc2 Ng6 $11 {was Anand's choice in his game against Carlsen, London 2012.
For more details see the notes by Postny in CBM 152.}) 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Bg5 Qd6
8. Qd2 a5 9. h3 Re8 10. Nh4 a4 11. a3 b5 12. O-O Nh5 13. Ne2 Bb6 14. g4 h6 15.
Be3 Nf4 16. Nxf4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Qf6 18. Nf5 Qxb2 19. Kh2 h5 $13 {/=/+,Motylev,A
(2676)-Kramnik,V (2796)/RUS-ch Nizhny Novgorod/2013/}) (5. c3 {was featured in
the recent title match:} O-O 6. O-O Re8 $5 ({A welcome change to the standard} 
6... d6 {, where the struggle strongly resmebles the Giuoco Piano:} 7. h3 (7.
Nbd2 Bb6 8. h3 (8. Nc4 Ne7 9. Nxb6 axb6 $132) 8... Ne7 {is similar and often
only transposes.}) 7... Ne7 8. d4 Bb6 9. Re1 (9. Nbd2 exd4 $5 (9... c6 10. Bd3
Ng6 11. Re1 h6 12. a4 Re8 13. Bf1 d5 $5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. exd5 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3
Rxe1 17. Nxe1 Nxd5 18. Qf3 Be6 19. Nd3 a5 20. Bd2 Qh4 21. b3 Rd8 $11 {
Movsesian,S (2699)-Alekseev,E (2683)/St Petersburg rpd/2012/}) 10. cxd4 d5 11.
e5 Ne4 12. Bd3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxe4 17.
Qxe4 Qxd4 $11 {/=/+,Areshchenko,A (2709)-Kramnik,V (2784)/WCup/2013/}) 9... Ng6
(9... d5 $5 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 11. Nd2 Nd6 12. Bf1 c6 13. b3 Re8 14. a4 Ng6 15. Nxg6
Rxe1 16. Qxe1 hxg6 17. Ba3 a5 18. Qe3 Be6 19. Re1 Bc7 20. Bd3 Bf5 21. Nf3 Bxd3
22. Qxd3 Ne4 23. Nd2 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Bd6 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. g3 Qd7 27. Kg2 Re8 $11
{Karjakin,S (2756)-Le Quang,L (2703)/Beijing rpd/2013/}) 10. Bd3 (10. Nbd2 d5
$5 $11) 10... Re8 11. Qc2 c6 12. Be3 h6 13. Nbd2 Nh7 14. Bf1 Ng5 15. Rad1 Qf6
16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. Nc4 b5 20. Nd6 Rd8 21. Nxc8 Raxc8
22. Be2 Ra8 $11 {Areshchenko,A (2720)-L'Ami,E (2648)/WChT Antalya/2013/}) 7.
Re1 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 (9. Bc2 d5 $1 $11 {is one of the main ponts behind 6...
Re8!?}) 9... d6 10. Bg5 $5 ({I have already quoted almost all the relevant
examples with} 10. Nbd2 Bb6 ({or} 10... Be6 {in the notes to Anand-Carlsen.}))
10... Be6 11. Nbd2 (11. Bxe6 $142 $1 fxe6 12. b4 (12. d4 $5) 12... Bb6 13. a4
$14) 11... h6 12. Bh4 Bxb3 13. axb3 Nb8 $5 14. h3 Nbd7 15. Nh2 Qe7 16. Ndf1 Bb6
17. Ne3 Qe6 18. b4 a5 $1 19. bxa5 Bxa5 20. Nhg4 Bb6 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Nxf6+
Qxf6 $11 {Anand,V (2775)-Carlsen,M (2870)/WCh Chennai/2013/ - see the notes in
CBM 158 for more details.}) ({After} 5. O-O {White must reckon with} Nd4 $5 (
5... d6 6. c3 O-O {transposes to 5.c3 and was already mentioned above.}) 6.
Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. Nd2 c6 9. Ba4 O-O 10. Nf3 d5 $5 ({Black has no serious
problems even after the more restrained} 10... d6 11. h3 h6 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Kh1
d5 14. Qe2 dxe4 15. dxe4 Nh5 16. Nh2 Qh4 17. Qf3 {Kamsky,G (2723)-Kramnik,V 
(2788)/Moscow blitz/2008/} Be6 $11) 11. Nxe5 dxe4 12. d4 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14.
Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Bb3 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Nc4 b5 18. Be3 bxc4 19. Bxc5 Rd5 20.
Bd4 e5 21. Be3 Rd3 22. Rfe1 h6 $11 {Perunovic,M (2613)-Andreikin,D (2710)/
EU-chT Warsaw/2013/ Black's active pieces balance the split pawns.}) 5... dxc6
6. h3 {This has become White's main try after Chennai.} (6. Nbd2 Bg4 $5 ({
A reliable antidote, but Black may possibly go for the more complex} 6... O-O
7. O-O Re8 8. Nc4 Nd7 9. a4 f6 $5 {as well:} 10. Bd2 Nf8 11. Nh4 (11. b4 $142)
11... Ne6 12. Nf5 Bf8 13. Kh1 c5 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Nxf4 16. Rxf4 Be6 17. b3
a6 18. a5 b5 19. axb6 cxb6 20. Nce3 g6 21. Ng3 Bh6 22. Rf3 b5 $132 {/=/+,
Michalik,P (2529)-Lysyj,I (2656)/EU-ch Plovdiv/2012/}) 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nc4 $5 (8.
Nf1 Nd7 9. Ng3 Bxf3 $1 10. Qxf3 g6 11. Be3 Qe7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Ne2 Rhe8 14.
Kb1 b6 15. h4 Kb7 16. h5 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Nc5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. g3 a5 20. Rh7 Rh8
21. Rdh1 Rxh7 22. Rxh7 Qf6 23. f4 Rh8 24. Rxh8 Qxh8 25. fxe5 Qxe5 26. Qf3 f5
$11 {Anand,V (2775)-Carlsen,M (2870)/WCh Chennai/2013/}) 8... Nd7 9. Be3 f6 10.
Qd2 Qe7 ({A simpler and more consistent way is} 10... Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qe7 $11)
11. Nh4 $5 O-O-O 12. Nf5 Qf8 13. O-O Bf7 14. b3 g6 15. Ng3 h5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17.
Qe3 Kb8 18. f4 Bxc4 19. bxc4 Qd6 20. Ne2 Rhf8 $132 {Sjugirov,S (2641)-Maletin,
P (2598)/Khanty-Mansiysk/2013/}) (6. b3 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Bb2 f6 9. Nf1 (9. h3
Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Qe7 11. a3 O-O-O 12. b4 Bd6 13. c3 Nf8 14. Qa4 Kb8 15. O-O-O Ne6
16. Qc2 c5 17. Nd2 c6 18. Nc4 {1/2,Trent,L (2433)-Parker,J (2531)/England/2012/
} Bc7 $15) 9... Nf8 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Ne6 12. Ne3 Qd7 13. h4 a5 14. a4 O-O
15. h5 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 c5 17. Qh3 Qc6 $11 18. O-O Nf4 19. Qh2 Qe8 20. h6 g5 21.
g3 Ne6 22. f4 $5 gxf4 23. gxf4 Nxf4 24. Rxf4 exf4 25. Kf2 $44 {/=,McShane,L 
(2671)-Kramnik,V (2800)/London/2011/}) (6. O-O {may be somewhat premature.
White has committed his king and in some cases opposite-side castling can be
advantageous for Black. An illustrative example is} Bd6 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8. Nc4 Nd7
9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 $6 (10. Ne3 $11 {/\} Qf6 11. Nf5) 10... Bg6 11. Kg2 Qe7 12.
Ne3 O-O-O 13. Nd2 h5 14. Nf5 Qf6 15. Nf3 hxg4 16. hxg4 Rdg8 17. Rh1 Bxf5 18.
Bg5 Qe6 19. exf5 Qe8 20. Rxh8 Rxh8 21. Qe2 f6 22. Bd2 Qg8 $1 23. Qe1 g6 24.
fxg6 Nc5 $1 $40 {[%cal Rg8g6] Karjakin,S (2756)-Leko,P (2730)/Beijing rpd/2013/
} (24... Qxg6 25. Qe4 $11)) 6... Nd7 {Black also doesn't show his hand with
his king.} (6... Be6 7. Qe2 ({A novel idea is} 7. Nc3 $5 $146 Qd6 8. O-O O-O-O
(8... a5 $5 $132) 9. a3 Nh5 $6 {Black's ultra-sharp reaction is maybe not
ideal, after} 10. Na4 $1 Bb6 11. Nxb6+ axb6 12. a4 $5 f6 13. Be3 Nf4 14. a5 b5
15. Bxf4 (15. d4 $6 Nxh3+ $1 16. gxh3 Bxh3 17. dxe5 Qe6 18. Nd2 Bxf1 19. Qxf1
Qxe5 20. c3 Kb8 21. a6 b6 22. Qg2 Rd6 23. Nf1 f5 $1 $36 {Anand,V (2773)
-Nakamura,H (2789)/Zuerich/2014/}) 15... exf4 16. Re1 $14 {[%cal Ye4e5] Here
Black's king is more exposed, than White's.}) 7... Nd7 8. Be3 f6 ({Black
doesn't want to part with his bishop immediately after} 8... Bd6 9. Ng5 $14) (
8... Qe7 9. Bxc5 Qxc5 10. Nc3 Qd6 11. O-O-O c5 12. Nh4 O-O-O 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14.
exf5 Nf6 15. Rhe1 Rhe8 16. Qf3 Qd4 17. g4 h6 18. a3 a6 $6 (18... Qf4+ 19. Qxf4
exf4 20. Ne2 h5 $132 {Postny}) 19. Re3 Re7 20. Kb1 Nd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Qxd5
Rxd5 23. Rde1 f6 24. f4 Kd7 25. c3 b5 26. Kc2 $36 {Morozevich,A (2748)-Caruana,
F (2786)/Tashkent 2012/ See the notes by Postny in CBM 152 for more details.})
9. Bxc5 Nxc5 10. Qe3 Qe7 11. Nc3 O-O-O 12. O-O-O Kb8 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nd7
15. f4 Nb6 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Qc5 Rd6 18. b3 Rhd8 19. Qh5 h6 20. Qg4 Qe7 {
White has the better pawn structure, but he has no obvious way to make
progress. The simplifying} 21. Rxd6 cxd6 22. Rd1 {allowed Black to force a
draw with} d5 $1 23. exd5 Qa3+ 24. Kb1 Nc4 25. bxc4 Qb4+ $11 {Nakamura,H (2772)
-Fressinet,L (2708)/Elancourt/2013/}) ({However, Black can also refrain from
any speculations and play the simple} 6... O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. Nc4 f6
10. Nh4 $5 (10. Be3 Bf8 11. Qd2 Nc5 12. Qc3 Ne6 13. b4 b6 14. a4 c5 15. bxc5
Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. a5 Be6 18. Ne3 Qd7 19. Qa3 Rad8 20. axb6 axb6 $11 {
Antoniewski,R (2559)-Balogh,C (2665)/AUT-chT/2012/}) 10... Nf8 11. Be3 Bb6 12.
a4 Be6 13. a5 Bd4 14. Bxd4 Qxd4 15. b3 (15. Ne3 $1 $13 {retains more tension
in the position}) 15... Ng6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Qe2 Bxc4 18. bxc4 g5 19. Rfb1 b5
$1 20. cxb5 cxb5 $11 {/=/+,Caruana,F (2774)-Anand,V (2786)/Moscow blitz/2013/})
7. Be3 (7. Nbd2 {is too weak:} O-O 8. Nf1 (8. O-O Re8 {transposes to the line
from the previous note}) 8... Re8 9. Be3 Bd6 10. Ng3 Nf8 11. Qd2 c5 12. O-O Ne6
13. Nf5 Nd4 14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. c3 dxc3 17. Qxc3 Qf6 18. d4 exd4
19. Qd3 b6 20. Rfe1 Bb7 21. Nxd4 d5 22. exd5 Bxd5 $11 {/=/+,Solak,D (2583)
-Sargissian,G (2678)/EU-chT Novi Sad/ 2009/}) 7... Bd6 (7... Bxe3 8. fxe3 $13 {
/+/= is not a direct mistake, but given a choice, Black would nevertheless
prefer to retain both his bishops.}) 8. Nc3 $146 {A novelty, but hardly an
impressive one - this game certainly wasn't decided by opening preparation.} (
8. Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. c3 $5 (10. Nc4 Nf8 11. d4 exd4 12. Qxd4 c5 13. Qd3
b6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Qxd6 cxd6 16. Rfd1 Bb7 17. Rxd6 Bxe4 18. Ne1 Rad8 19. Rad1
Ne6 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Nxd8 $11 {Anand,V (2773)-Carlsen,M (2872)/Zuerich/
2014/ This colourless draw was played on the following day, it seems the
players had an unwritten non-aggression pact.}) 10... Nf8 (10... c5 $5 $11) 11.
d4 Ng6 12. Qc2 exd4 13. cxd4 Bf4 14. Rfe1 Qf6 15. Nf1 Be6 16. Ng3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3
Nf4 18. a3 a5 19. Qd2 Qh6 20. Rc1 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4] /<=>,Inarkiev,E (2671)
-Aronian,L (2783)/Mainz rpd/2010/ White is somewhat better due to his pawn
centre, but Black's defences are still solid.}) 8... c5 9. O-O ({White could
have played} 9. Nd2 {immediately, but Carlsen doesn't speculate with his king
placement anymore. If necessary, Black can follow suit and prepare 0-0, or
0-0-0 in accordance with White's choice.}) 9... Nf8 10. Nd2 Ng6 (10... Ne6 11.
Nc4 O-O 12. a4 $11 {/+/= is perhaps a tad better for White. Caruana sensibly
keeps e6 free for his bishop.}) 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Ne2 Qd7 (12... Bxc4 13. dxc4
$14 {[%csl Rd6,Ge3]}) ({However, Black had no serious reason to hesitate with} 
12... O-O $1 {/\} 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. f4 f5 $5 $11) 13. Nxd6+ {Radically
counters any ideas as Bxh3 (Anand-Nakamura!), or Nh4xg2.} cxd6 14. f4 exf4 ({
With the king still on e8} 14... f5 $6 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. d4 $1 {is definitely
risky:} Nc4 17. Bc1 fxe4 18. b3 Nb6 19. Ng3 $36) 15. Nxf4 Nxf4 16. Rxf4 b6 $6 {
[%cal Yd6d5] This is really toying with fire.} ({There was still nothing
really wrong with} 16... O-O {, the direct attack} 17. Qh5 f6 {[%cal Yd7f7]} (
17... f5 $5 {is also a plausible alternative}) 18. Rh4 $2 g5 {leads nowhere
and otherwise White has only a very slight and almost surely temporary pull.})
17. Qh5 d5 {A natural follow-up to the previous move.} (17... O-O 18. Rh4 h6
19. Rf1 $1 {[%cal Re3h6]} (19. Bxh6 $2 gxh6 20. Qxh6 f6 {doesn't give White
anything concrete and his compensation for the piece is somewhat vague.}) 19...
f6 $8 20. Qg6 Qf7 21. Rxh6 Qxg6 22. Rxg6 $14 {/+/-}) ({Black's king is more
exposed after} 17... O-O-O 18. a4 $14 {[%csl Rc8]}) 18. d4 $1 {[%csl Re8]} c4
19. b3 {Black now can't afford to open the position, while Magnus wants to
blast apart the centre. However, White had also other moves:} (19. Raf1 $14 {or
}) (19. e5 $5 {[%csl Rf7] both give White an edge.}) 19... Qc6 {Again risky.
Caruana insists on castling queenside, but this is risky.} ({Houdini insists on
} 19... Rc8 $1 {and this indeed seems better. After} 20. e5 cxb3 21. cxb3 O-O
22. Raf1 (22. Rh4 Bf5) 22... Qb5 $11 {[%cal Yb5d3] Black can defend his
kingside from d3.}) 20. Raf1 O-O-O 21. bxc4 $5 (21. e5 {[%cal Ye3c1,Yc1a3,
Ya3d6,Gf1f7] also gives White nagging pressure, but Carlsen is already more
ambitious and envisages a positional exchange sacrifice to further his attack.}
) 21... Qxc4 22. Rxf7 $1 {[%mdl 640]} Bxf7 ({Black could have considered} 22...
g6 $5 {, but after} 23. Qh6 $1 (23. Qe5 Bxf7 24. Rxf7 Rhe8 25. Qg7 Qc6 26. e5
Rd7 $11) 23... Bxf7 24. Rxf7 dxe4 (24... Qc6 25. c4 $1 {/\} dxc4 26. d5 $16 {->
}) 25. Qg7 (25. Rxa7 Rhf8 26. Qxh7 $36 {leads to the same position}) 25... Rhg8
26. Qxh7 Rgf8 27. Rxa7 $36 {he still faces a difficult defence.}) 23. Rxf7 Rd7
$8 {[%cal Gd7f7] Black must fight back on the 7th rank.} (23... dxe4 $2 24.
Qf5+ Kb8 25. Qe5+ Ka8 26. Qxe4+ Qd5 27. Qe7 $18) (23... g6 24. Qg4+ (24. Qh6 {
-22...g6!?}) 24... Kb8 25. Qg5 {[%cal Rg5e7]} Ka8 26. Qe7 Qa6 27. Bg5 {/\} Rhe8
28. Qc7 Rc8 29. Qd7 $18) 24. Rxd7 Kxd7 25. exd5 g6 ({The engine prefers} 25...
Rd8 26. Qxh7 Kc8 27. Qxg7 Rd7 {for a while, but gradually the evaluation of
Black's chances decreases - the kingside passed pawns are dangerous after} 28.
Qg8+ Kb7 29. Qe6 Rxd5 30. h4 $14 {/+/-}) 26. Qg4+ Kc7 27. Qe6 Kb7 28. Qe7+ $6 {
Gives Black some respite.} (28. Qf6 $142 $1 {/\d6 I don't see any perpetual
after} Qe2 29. Qxh8 Qxe3+ 30. Kf1 (30. Kh2 Qf4+) 30... Qc1+ 31. Kf2 Qf4+ (31...
Qxc2+ 32. Kg3 Qc3+ 33. Kf4 $16) 32. Ke2 Qe4+ 33. Kd1 $16) 28... Qc7 29. Qe4 {
[%csl Gc2,Gd4,Gd5] The material is equal, but White with his strong central
pawns holds the initiative. However, now Black's rook joins the fray and he
can fight back.} Qd7 (29... Rd8 $142 $1 30. Bg5 (30. d6+ $2 Qc6) 30... Rd7 31.
Bf4 Qc4 32. d6+ Ka6 $14 {with drawing chances.}) 30. d6+ (30. c4 $143 $6 Re8
31. Qf3 Qf5 $132 {/=/+}) 30... Ka6 (30... Qc6 $2 31. Qe7+ Kc8 32. Bf4 $40 {/\}
Qd7 33. Qe4 Kb8 34. c4 Rc8 35. c5 $1 bxc5 36. dxc5 Rxc5 37. Qe8+ $1 $18) 31.
Bf4 Rc8 32. Kh2 $6 ({Useful prophylaxis, but White had the more direct} 32.
Qe2+ $142 $1 Kb7 (32... Qb5 $2 33. Qe7 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Qf1 35. Bg5 Rxc2 36. Qe4
Re2 37. Qc6 $18 {[%cal Rd6d8] , ako aj}) (32... b5 $2 33. a4 $40) 33. c4) 32...
Rc4 $2 {Blockade was necessary, but the rook is misplaced here, as Qe7 becomes
an issue.} (32... g5 33. Bg3 b5 $14 {or the immediate}) (32... b5 $5 {makes it
more difficult for White to convert his advantage.}) 33. Bg3 {Carlsen is in no
hurry and spurns such tempting alternatives as} (33. Qe2 $5 b5 34. Qe7 $16) ({
or} 33. Qe7 Qxe7 34. dxe7 Rc8 35. Bc7 $36) 33... Rc8 $6 {Losing tempi is more
than Black's position can stand.} ({A more resilient try was} 33... b5 {
, although} 34. a4 $5 (34. Qe7 Qxe7 35. dxe7 Rc8 36. Bc7 Rg8 $5 $14 {might not
be enough}) 34... bxa4 35. Qe2 Kb5 36. d5 {[%cal Re2e6]} a3 37. Qd3 a2 38. Qb3+
Kc5 39. Qxa2 Kxd5 40. Qb3 $16 {/+- is probably winning anyway. Black's king is
permanently exposed and his pieces are not coordinated well enough to prevent
either a decisive attack, or an advance of the c-pawn.}) 34. Qd3+ Kb7 (34...
Qb5 $2 35. Bh4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd6d8]}) 35. c4 $18 {-> Once all the pawns join
in, Black is facing an uphill fight.} Qc6 36. Qb3 {Now he has got in c4, White
doesn't force the issue before the time control.} (36. c5 $5 {/\} bxc5 37. dxc5
Qxc5 38. Qe2 $1 $40) 36... Ka8 (36... Qxc4 $2 37. d7 $18) (36... Qe4 37. a4 $5
{[%cal Ra4a5,Rc4c5] /\} Qxd4 38. Qf3+ Ka6 (38... Rc6 39. a5 $1 {[%cal Ra5a6]}
bxa5 40. Qf7+ Ka6 41. Qe8 $18) 39. Qe2 Ka5 40. Qe7 $18) 37. a4 $1 Re8 38. a5
Kb7 (38... bxa5 39. d5 (39. c5 $18 {[%cal Yb3c4,Yd4d5]}) 39... Qb7 (39... Qc5
40. Qa4 Rd8 41. Qc6+ $18) (39... Qb6 40. Qxb6 axb6 41. Bh4 $18) 40. Qxb7+ Kxb7
41. d7 Rd8 42. c5 $18 {[%csl Gc5,Gd5,Gd7]}) 39. c5 {White already had more
than one way to win.} (39. d5 $5 Qc5 40. a6+ $1 Kc8 41. Qf3 Qxc4 42. Qf7 Re2
43. Qg8+ Kd7 44. Qxh7+ Ke8 45. d7+ Kd8 46. Bh4+ $18) 39... Kc8 40. axb6 axb6
41. d5 $1 {Move 40 has passed and Carlsen calmly finds and calculates the most
convincing win.} Qxc5 42. Qa4 Re3 43. Qa8+ Kd7 44. Qb7+ Ke8 45. d7+ Kd8 46.
Bh4+ Re7 47. Qc8+ $1 {Now White wins a whole rook.} (47. Bxe7+ $2 Kxe7 48. Qc8
Qd6+ $11 {was still a way to spoil the game.}) 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.02.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2014.01.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before this game, the tournament hadn't been going well for me. I had missed
a lot of chances and the previous day I had lost a terrible game to Carlsen.
But unless you're stranded in the Indian Ocean, all is not lost!} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O {The Marshall has
been one of the toughest nuts to crack in modern chess. Players (myself
included) have tried nearly every move here, but for this game I decided to
play the most principled.} 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12.
d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 ({Last year Kasimdzhanov played} 14... Qf6 {
against me, but I also got a slight advantage there.}) 15. g3 Qh3 16. Be3 {
Not a new move, but a rare one. Levon had faced this before, and easily held a
draw, but I felt that Black would still have some problems to solve.} (16. Bxd5
cxd5 17. Qxd5 {is the main line, with an enormous body of theory.}) 16... Bxd3
17. Nd2 Qf5 18. Bd4 {Ivanchuk opted for the queen trade right away, which
makes less sense to me.} Rfe8 19. a4 h6 {A slightly mysterious move, which
Levon played very quickly. I wasn't surprised, because it's the first line of
Houdini and one of the moves I had checked} ({Neither side wants to release
the tension by trading queens. For example,} 19... Qxf3 $6 20. Nxf3 {would
give White an advantage because a knight or bishop can land on e5.}) 20. Kg2 {
Just a useful waiting move.} Kf8 {This came as a surprise to me.} ({If Black
tries to force matters, for instance with} 20... b4 {, he might become worse:}
21. c4 c5 22. Qxd5 Qxd5+ 23. cxd5 cxd4 24. Nc4 Bxc4 25. Bxc4 {, and rather
instructively, this ending is extremely unpleasant for Black, mainly because
his pawn is on b4, which leaves the bishop on d6 obstructed and vulnerable to
Rc6.}) 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Qxf5 {Too compliant. I spent a lot of
time on these moves, because I felt it was the critical moment, but I couldn't
find a clear path to an advantage.} (23. Ra6 $1 {, my first intention, was the
right way:} Ne7 24. Bd1 $1 {A very important move, which I saw, but rejected
based on} Qg6 {, overlooking that I can continue chasing the queen:} 25. Qg4 $1
{, and White's advantage becomes obvious.}) 23... Bxf5 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Ra6 {
White's advantage looks minuscule, but I remember analysing similar positions
and concluding that there are some dangers for Black.} Be7 $6 {This doesn't
look entirely accurate.} (25... Re2 $1 {was the best move and the one I
expected during the game.} 26. Rxd6 (26. Be3 Ke7 27. Ra1 {traps the rook, but
it can never be won because ...Bd3 defends everything.}) ({I don't recommend
the shameless pawn grab with} 26. Nf3 Ke7 27. Bxg7 Be4) 26... Rxd2 27. b4 {
I thought White would have an advantage here, but it turns out Black gets
counterplay against my king.} Be4+ 28. Kh3 f5 $3 {An incredibly strong move,
courtesy of Houdini.} 29. Rg6 (29. Rb6 g5 30. Rxh6 Bd3 31. Kg2 Be4+ {is a draw}
) (29. Rd8+ Ke7 30. Rh8 Kf7 31. Rh7 Rxd4 32. cxd4 Kg8 {is a funny line. If you
didn't know the previous moves it would be hard to figure out how the rook got
to h7!}) 29... Rd1 $1 {Getting the rook out of the attack from Bxh6. Now White
can't capture on g7 and} (29... f4 30. Rb6) 30. Rb6 g5 {again leads to a draw.}
) 26. Nf1 ({The machine shows its weakness here, preferring} 26. Rb6 Bg5 27.
Nf3 Be4 28. Rxb5 {, which wins a pawn but allows an eternal pin on the knight.
I was worried I might get worse here.}) 26... b4 {Naturally Black takes his
chance to trade off his weak b-pawn. Nevertheless, White keeps some advantage.}
27. Ne3 Bd3 (27... Be6 28. f4 {, and White can start to expand on the kingside.
Black has no counterplay.}) 28. Ra5 bxc3 29. bxc3 Bd8 {Levon was very upset
about this move after the game. Although it's not very accurate, I don't think
it was the main cause for Black's defeat.} 30. Ra8 f6 31. f3 Be7 32. Ra7 Bd6
33. Rd7 Ba3 34. Rxd5 Kg8 35. h4 Bc1 36. Ng4 ({I felt my chances to win
wouldn't be so high if I allowed the trade.} 36. Kf2 Bxe3+ 37. Bxe3 Bc4 38. Rc5
Be6 {looks very drawish.}) 36... Bc4 37. Rc5 Be6 ({It made more sense to get
the rook to the 2nd immediately:} 37... Re2+ 38. Nf2 (38. Kf1 Ba6) 38... Be6)
38. Nf2 Ra8 39. g4 Ra2 $2 {This move, made extremely quickly, shocked me.
Levon started to play poorly over the next few moves, despite the fact that
his position is perfectly fine.} (39... Bf4 $1 {, preventing Kg3, was
necessary.} 40. Nd3 Ra2+ 41. Bf2 Be3 42. Rc6 (42. Rc7 Rd2) 42... Bd7 43. Rc7
Rd2 44. Rxd7 Bxf2 45. Kh3 Be3 {, and Black gets enough counterplay to make a
draw.}) 40. Kg3 {Suddenly, my king is free and Black is in serious trouble.
The bishop on c1 is especially poorly placed.} Ra6 41. Rc7 {A strong move,
which prepares Bc5 in case of ...Ba3.} Bd2 (41... Ba3 42. Bc5 Bb2 43. Bb4 $1 {
, and again it's hard for Black to get his bishop out.}) 42. Ne4 Be1+ 43. Bf2 {
I was very happy to get rid of Black's bishop pair.} Bxf2+ 44. Kxf2 Ra2+ $6 {
For better or worse, Black had to take his chances with 44...f5, because in
the game he goes down without a fight.} (44... f5 45. Nc5 Rd6 46. Nxe6 (46. g5
hxg5 47. hxg5 f4 {is not what I want.}) 46... Rxe6 47. gxf5 Re5 {, and here
White has to decide whether or not to take a move to damage Black's pawns with
48.f6 or start pushing with 48.c4. Both ways offer good winning chances but I
couldn't find a clear-cut path to victory.}) 45. Kg3 Rc2 ({Now} 45... f5 46.
Nc5 {just wins.}) 46. Kf4 Ra2 47. h5 {I've achieved a bind and stopped ...f5.
Now all that remains is to push the c-pawn.} Ra5 {At first, I wasn't entirely
sure how to proceed here, but then I saw a very attractive idea and got
excited.} 48. Nc5 Bd5 49. Rc8+ Kf7 {Perhaps Levon thought I just wanted to
repeat the position, because he seemed surprised by my next move.} (49... Kh7 {
has the benefit of not losing on the spot, but that's where the good news ends.
} 50. Nd7 g5+ 51. Ke3 (51. hxg6+ Kxg6 52. Rc7 {threatens Nf8# and is also very
strong.}) 51... Kg7 52. Rc7 {, and Black won't survive for long.}) 50. c4 {
The point. Now it's very easy, although I manged to prolong the game a bit
more than was necessary.} Ba8 (50... Bxc4 51. Nb7 {wins a piece.}) 51. Rc7+ Kg8
52. Ne6 Ra3 53. Rxg7+ Kh8 54. Kf5 Bxf3 55. Rg6 Be2 56. Rxh6+ Kg8 57. Rg6+ Kh8
58. Rxf6 Rf3+ 59. Nf4 Bxc4 60. Kg5 Kg8 61. Kh6 Ra3 62. g5 Ra7 63. g6 Rc7 64.
Nh3 Rc8 65. Ng5 Rd8 66. Nh7 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 exd5 8. cxd5
d6 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 a6 11. a4 h6 12. Qc1 Kh7 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Nh4 Bc8 15. Qc2
Nh5 16. Bd2 Nd7 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Ne3 Rb8 19. a5 b5 20. axb6 Nxb6 21. Na4 Nxa4
22. Rxa4 Ng7 23. Be4 Be7 24. Ba5 Qd7 25. Bc3 Qd8 26. Nc4 Bd7 27. Ra3 Bb5 28.
Na5 Qd7 29. Nc6 Rbc8 30. h4 Bf8 31. Bg2 Nh5 32. Kh2 Bg7 33. Bh3 f5 34. e4 Kh8
35. exf5 Rxe1 36. Bxe1 Nf6 37. fxg6 Ng4+ 38. Kg1 Qe8 39. Bc3 Bxc6 40. dxc6 h5
41. Bxg4 hxg4 42. Qf5 Bxc3 43. Rxc3 Qe1+ 44. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.02.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2014.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c4 Nf6 7. Nc3 g6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg7 10. Nde2 Qe6 11. Nd5 Qxe4 12. Nc7+ Kd7 13. Nxa8 Qxc4 14.
Nb6+ axb6 15. b3 Qd5 16. Be3 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 b5 18. a4 b4 19. f3 e6 20. Nf4 Ke7
21. Rfe1 g5 22. Ne2 h6 23. Nd4 Kd7 24. Nb5 Nd5 25. Bf2 Be5 26. Bg3 Bf4 27. Bxf4
gxf4 28. Re4 f5 29. Rc4 Rg8 30. Rxd5 exd5 31. Rxf4 Ke6 32. Rh4 Rg6 33. Nd4+ Ke5
34. Nc2 d4 35. Ne1 Kd5 36. Nd3 Rf6 37. Kf2 Ne5 38. Ke2 Nxd3 39. Kxd3 Kc5 40.
Rxd4 d5 41. Rf4 Rg6 42. g3 Re6 43. Rxf5 Re1 44. Rf8 Rd1+ 45. Kc2 Rf1 46. Kd3
Rd1+ 47. Ke3 Re1+ 48. Kd2 Rb1 49. Kc2 Rf1 50. Kd3 Rd1+ 51. Kc2 Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.02.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2014.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. O-O Bc5 8.
Bg5 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Kh1 d5 11. Bd3 Be7 12. f4 Bb7 13. Qe1 h6 14. Bh4 O-O
15. e5 Ne8 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Ne2 c5 18. c3 a5 19. Ng1 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. c4
Nc7 22. b3 a4 23. Nf3 Rfa8 24. Rb1 axb3 25. axb3 Ra2 26. Rf2 Qd7 27. Rxa2 Rxa2
28. h3 Na6 29. Ra1 Rxa1 30. Qxa1 Nb4 31. Qa8+ Kh7 32. Qf8 Nd3 33. f5 exf5 34.
Qd6 Qa7 35. Qxd5 Nf4 36. Qd2 Ne6 37. Kh2 Qb7 38. Qd3 g6 39. Kg1 Kg7 40. Kf2 Qa8
41. Qc2 Qa1 42. Qd2 Qb1 43. Qc3 Kg8 44. Ne1 Ng5 45. Qc2 Qa1 46. Nd3 Ne4+ 47.
Ke3 Qg1+ 48. Kf3 Qh2 49. Ne1 Qxe5 50. Ke2 Qg3 51. Qd3 Qf2+ 52. Kd1 Qb2 53. Qc2
Qd4+ 54. Ke2 h5 55. Qd3 Qe5 56. Kf1 Qf4+ 57. Ke2 Kg7 58. Qe3 Qe5 59. Nd3 Qh2
60. Nxc5 Qxg2+ 61. Ke1 Ng5 62. h4 Nf3+ 63. Kd1 Qg4 64. Kc2 f4 65. Qe7 Qf5+ 66.
Kc3 Ne5 67. Qg5 Qxg5 68. hxg5 h4 69. Ne4 Ng4 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.02.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8.
Be3 Bc5 9. Bxc5 Nxc5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qd2 h6 12. Rfc1 Rc8 13. b4 Ncd7 14. a4 Qe7
15. Nb5 a6 16. Nbd4 Bg6 17. Nb3 e5 18. Nh4 Bh7 19. Bh3 d4 20. Nf3 Rxc1+ 21.
Rxc1 Nb6 22. a5 Nbd5 23. Rc5 Rd8 24. Na1 e4 25. Nxd4 exd3 26. exd3 Bxd3 27.
Qxd3 Nxb4 28. Qc3 Ne4 29. Nf5 Qf8 30. Qxb4 Nxc5 31. Nc2 Nd3 32. Qc3 g6 33. Nfd4
Nc5 34. Bg2 Qd6 35. h4 h5 36. Qe3 Qf6 37. Nf3 Qf5 38. Nfd4 Qf6 39. Kh2 Kg7 40.
Qc3 Nd7 41. f4 b5 42. Nb4 Nb8 43. Nd5 b4 44. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.02.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2826"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2014.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 f5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. h3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O e6 8. Bh2
Nc6 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. c3 b6 11. b4 a5 12. Qb3 Bb7 13. a3 h6 14. c4 Nd8 15. c5
axb4 16. axb4 Nf7 17. Nh4 Kh7 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Nc4 Bd5 20. Qb2 Ne4 21. Nf3 Qb7
22. b5 Rfc8 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Ra1 Rxa1+ 25. Qxa1 Qc7 26. Nfd2 Nxd2 27. Nxd2 e5
28. Bf3 Bxf3 29. Nxf3 Qc4 30. Qf1 Qb4 31. Kh1 Ng5 32. Nxg5+ hxg5 33. dxe5 dxe5
34. f3 e4 35. fxe4 Qxe4 36. Qc1 Be5 37. Qc6 Qb1+ 38. Bg1 Bg3 39. Qd7+ Kh6 40.
Qd4 Kh7 41. Qd7+ Kh6 42. Qd4 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 {The main idea of Black's last move is to exert
pressure on c4. Sooner or later, White should play Nd2, where he might be
placed worse than on b3 and then Black will play ...Bb7.} ({Those, who doesn't
believe in it, could play another popular line} 10... Bb7 11. Bf4 (11. f4 d6
12. Be3 Rc8 13. Bf3 Qc7 14. Rc1 Qb8 15. Qe2 Rfe8 16. Rfd1 Bf8 17. Kh1 Ne7 18.
Nd2 Ba6 19. b4 Ng6 20. g3 Rc7 21. a4 Rec8 22. Na2 $6 (22. b5 Bb7 23. Ra1 Nd7
24. a5 $14) 22... d5 23. e5 Ne4 24. b5 Bb7 25. cxd5 {1/2 Jakovenko, D (2718)
-Bocharov,D (2595) Olginka 2011}) 11... d6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Re1 Ne5 14. Nd2 Nfd7
{An aggressive plan, which is connected with ...Kh8 and ...g5.} ({A usual way
is} 14... Ned7 15. Bf1 a6 16. Be3 Re8 {etc}) 15. b4 Kh8 16. Bg3 g5 17. Nb3 a6
18. Bf1 (18. Qd4 $5 Bf6 19. Qxd6 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. e5 Bg7 22. Red1 Qc8 $1
$13) 18... Rg8 19. Na4 Bc6 20. Nd4 Bb7 21. Nb3 Bc6 22. Nd4 Bb7 23. Nb3 {
1/2 Van Wely,L (2692)-Gashimov,V (2761) Wijk aan Zee 2012}) 11. Bf4 (11. f4 {
This move seems to me more dangerous for Black than Bf4.} d6 12. Be3 Rc8 13.
Rc1 Re8 14. Rf2 (14. Bf2 Bb7 15. Nd2 Bf8 16. b4 Ne7 (16... e5 $5 17. Be3 (17.
f5 Nd4 18. Bd3 Be7 19. Kh1 h6 $13) 17... exf4 18. Bxf4 Ne5 19. Nd5 Be7 $11) 17.
Bf3 Ng6 18. g3 h6 19. Re1 Qc7 20. Qe2 Qb8 21. Nf1 Bc6 22. Ne3 a6 $13 {
Khairullin,I (2631)-Jakovenko,D (2736) Tyumen 2012 1/2 (57)}) 14... Nb8 15. Qf1
Nbd7 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. Bf3 e5 18. g3 $5 (18. f5 a6 19. Qe2 h6 $13) 18... a6 19.
b4 exf4 (19... h5 $6 20. h3 h4 21. Rg2 hxg3 22. f5 Nh7 23. Rxg3 Kh8 24. Qg2 $40
) 20. gxf4 Bf8 21. Bd4 b5 $2 (21... g6 22. Rd1 Qc7 $132) 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Re1
Bc6 24. Nxb5 Ra8 25. Bb2 Qb6 26. Nd4 $16 {Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2616)
-Moiseenko,A (2677) Moscow 2010 1-0 (46)}) 11... d6 12. Nd2 {A rare line.
Usually White waits untill the opponent plays ...Ne5 and only then does he
play Nd2. The main line is Re1.} (12. Re1 Ne5 (12... Rc8 13. Bf1 Ne5 14. Nd2
Bb7 15. Rc1 Qc7 16. Bg3 Ned7 $2 (16... a6 17. b4) 17. c5 $3 Qb8 (17... bxc5 18.
Nc4 Ne8 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. Ncxd6 Nxd6 21. Nxd6 $18) 18. cxd6 Bxd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6
20. Nc4 Qb8 21. Qd6 Ba6 22. Qxb8 Rxb8 23. e5 Ng4 24. f4 Nc5 25. h3 Nh6 26. g4
$16 {1-0 (49) Bacrot,E (2695)-Avrukh, B (2645) Kemer 2007}) 13. Nd2 Rc8 (13...
Qd7 14. b3 Rad8 15. Bg3 Ng6 16. h3 Rc8 17. Ra2 Bb7 18. Qa1 Rfd8 19. Bd1 a6 20.
a4 a5 (20... Qc7 $1 21. Be2 {preparing a piece sacrifice} (21. a5 $2 b5 $17)
21... Nd7 22. a5 $5 b5 23. cxb5 $8 Qxc3 24. Qxc3 Rxc3 25. bxa6 Ba8 26. b4 d5
27. b5 $44) 21. Nb5 Rc5 22. Qb1 Qc8 23. Rc2 Bf8 24. Rc3 d5 25. exd5 Nxd5 $1 $11
{Sasikiran,K (2664)-Bacrot,E (2700) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009 0-1 (57)}) 14. b3 Ng6
15. Bg3 Bb7 16. b4 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. Bf1 Bh4 19. f4 f6 20. cxd5 $2 ({White
could get an advantage after} 20. Bxh4 Nxh4 21. Nb5 fxe5 (21... dxc4 22. Nd6
Rc7 23. Nxb7 Rxb7 24. Bxc4 $16) 22. Nd6 Rc7 23. Nxb7 Rxb7 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Nc4
$1) 20... Bxg3 21. hxg3 Rxc3 22. Ne4 Rc7 23. dxe6 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Nb8 $13 {
Olafsson,H (2595)-Anand,V (2610) Novi Sad 1990 0-1 (35)}) 12... Rc8 13. Re1 Nd7
(13... Ne5 {leads to the game Olafsson,H-Anand,V.}) 14. b4 Bb7 (14... Bf6 15.
Rc1 Bxc3 $6 16. Rxc3 Qf6 17. Rf3 Nd4 {It seems that Black wins an exchange but
after} 18. Bxd6 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 {due to the threat e5 with the subsequent b5 he
has no time to save the exchange} Qc3 (19... Rfd8 20. e5 Qh6 21. b5 Bxb5 22.
cxb5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Qxd2 24. Qxd2 Rxd2 25. h3 $16) 20. Nb1 Qxc4 $2 (20... Qb2
21. Bxf8 Nxf8 22. b5 Bb7 {with some compensation for the pawn}) 21. Bxf8 Nxf8
22. Be2 Qxe2 23. Rxe2 Bxe2 24. Qd2 $16 {Krasenkow,M (2595) -Ciemniak,R (2415)
Lubniewice 1993 1-0 (45)}) 15. Rc1 {A hedgehog pawn formation is on the board.
Here we can see that both sides have placed their knights on atypical
positions. The black knight, which is placed on c6, usually should be placed
on f6 or on e8. The white knight usually is on d4 or b3 but not on d2. Within
several moves Black fixes this drawback.} a6 16. Bf1 Re8 17. Qe2 {White could
put his queen on f2. It's not easy for White to find the best setup against a
hedgehog defence.} Nce5 18. Be3 Nf6 19. Na4 Ned7 {Black dislocate his knights
on the typical squares.} 20. Bd4 Qc7 21. f3 Bc6 22. Nc3 Qb8 23. Kh1 (23. Qf2
Bd8 24. Kh1 $13) 23... Bd8 24. a4 Bc7 (24... Ne5 25. b5 Bb7 $6 26. c5 $1 dxc5
27. Bxe5 Qxe5 28. bxa6 Bc6 29. Nc4 Qh5 (29... Qb8 30. Rb1 $5 (30. e5 Nd5 31.
Nd6 Bh4 32. g3 Be7 33. Nxe8 Rxe8 $14 {Black has some compensation for the
exchange}) 30... Nd7 31. e5 Bc7 32. Nb5 $16) 30. e5 Nd5 31. Nxd5 exd5 32. Nd6
$16 {winning an exchange.}) 25. g3 Qa8 26. Ra1 Bb7 27. Bg2 h6 28. Rec1 Qb8 29.
Re1 Qa8 {Neither player sees how to strengthen his position.} 30. Rec1 Qb8 31.
f4 {Hikaru doesn't agree to a draw by repetition.} (31. Re1 Qa8 $11) 31... e5 {
A typical and very logical move. However I suppose that Caruana's last move is
a premature one. He should have prepared it better.} ({For example} 31... Qa8
32. Kg1 (32. g4 $2 e5 $1 33. fxe5 Nxe5 34. Nd5 Bd8 35. h3 a5 36. b5 Nfd7 $17) {
now is the time to play} 32... e5 33. fxe5 dxe5 34. Be3 Bd6 35. Rab1 a5 36. b5
Ba3 37. Rf1 Bb4 $11 {So everything in the hedgehog defence is based on tactics.
}) 32. fxe5 Nxe5 $6 {I believe that Fabiano should have played 32...dxe5.
Let's see some lines.} (32... dxe5 33. Be3 a5 34. bxa5 bxa5 35. Bh3 Bd8 36. Nd5
Bc6 37. Rcb1 Qa8 38. Kg1 $14) 33. Nd5 {An inaccuracy.} (33. Bh3 $1 Rcd8 34. Nd5
{Black can't play ...Bd8 so it is not easy to find the right squares for his
pieces.} Nh7 (34... Nxd5 $6 35. cxd5 $16) 35. Rf1 Ng5 36. Bf5 Ne6 37. Be3 $16)
33... Nxd5 {It is not easy to recommend something good for Black, but probably
he shouldn't have traded the knights on d5.} (33... Bd8 $5 34. Nxb6 Bxb6 35.
Bxb6 Nxe4 36. Nxe4 Bxe4 37. Qxe4 Qxb6 38. b5 a5 39. Qf5 Rxc4 40. Rxc4 Nxc4 41.
Bd5 Ne5 42. Rf1 $44 {The activity of White's pieces is more important than the
sacrificed pawn.}) 34. cxd5 Bd8 35. Nf3 $6 {A strange move.} (35. b5 $1 a5 {
He would have a choice between the solid 36.Nc4 and the aggressive 36.Rc6!} 36.
Nc4 (36. Rc6 $1 Bxc6 37. dxc6 Bc7 38. Rf1 Re7 39. Nb1 $1 $16 {Black is short
of a move. Probably his position is lost.}) 36... Nxc4 37. Rxc4 Rxc4 38. Qxc4
Qc7 39. Qd3 Bc8 40. Qa3 Bd7 41. Rc1 Qb8 42. Qc3 $16) 35... Nd7 $1 {Now b5 will
be met with ...Nc5.} 36. Qd3 Bf6 37. Bh3 Bxd4 38. Qxd4 $6 (38. Nxd4 {White
still wants to play b5 and Nc6.} Rxc1+ 39. Rxc1 Nf6 40. Bg2 Ng4 41. Qd2 Qd8 42.
h3 Ne5 43. Nc6 Qa8 $1 (43... Qd7 44. b5 axb5 45. axb5 $14) 44. b5 axb5 45. axb5
Nd7 46. Qf4 Qa3 $11) 38... Rxc1+ 39. Rxc1 Qd8 40. Kg1 Re7 $11 {The position is
about equal. Probably complicated lines, which he had to calculate during
first 40 moves, made Hikaru so tired that he soon got a hopeless position. It
has happened to many players who have fought against the Hedgehog Defence.} 41.
Rc3 a5 $1 42. b5 $6 (42. Bxd7 $6 axb4 43. Qxb4 Qxd7 44. Kf2 Qe8 $15) (42. bxa5
bxa5 43. Bf5 $1 {an artificial but strong move} Qe8 (43... g6 $6 44. Bxd7 Qxd7
45. Nd2 $14 {Due to g6 Black has some problem with the king.}) 44. Rc4 Nc5 45.
e5 Nd7 46. exd6 Re1+ 47. Nxe1 Qxe1+ 48. Kg2 Qe2+ 49. Kg1 Qe1+ $11) 42... Nc5
43. Re3 Bc8 {Now Black is the side who is playing to win.} 44. Bg2 Bg4 $15 45.
Ne1 Bh5 (45... Qc8 $1 {preventing Nd3} 46. Bf1 (46. Nd3 $2 Nxd3 47. Qxd3 Rc7
$17) 46... Bh3 47. Bxh3 Qxh3 48. Nd3 Nxd3 49. Rxd3 Qg4 50. Re3 Rc7 $15 {
White's position is very unpleasant.}) 46. Nc2 $2 {He missed his chance to
save the game.} (46. Nd3 $1 Nxd3 (46... Rc7 $2 47. Nf4 Bg6 48. e5 $14) (46...
Qc7 47. Nxc5 dxc5 48. Qc3 $11) 47. Rxd3 Rc7 48. h3 $1 Rc1+ 49. Kh2 Qc7 50. e5
$1 dxe5 51. d6 $1 exd4 52. dxc7 Rxc7 53. Rxd4 Rc2 54. Kg1 $44 {Due to the
weakness of the black pawn on b6, White should be able to make a draw. For
example} Ra2 55. Rd6 Rxa4 56. Rxb6 Rb4 57. g4 Bg6 58. Rb8+ Kh7 59. b6 Be4 60.
Bxe4+ Rxe4 61. b7 Rb4 62. Ra8 Rxb7 63. Rxa5 $11) 46... Bg6 47. Qc4 Re8 48. Nd4
Qf6 $17 49. Nb3 $6 Nxb3 50. Rxb3 (50. Qxb3 Qd4 $19) 50... Qa1+ 51. Kf2 f5 $1
$19 52. Re3 fxe4 53. Bxe4 Qe5 54. Kf3 Bxe4+ $2 ({The simple move} 54... Bh5+ $1
{leads to victory.} 55. g4 (55. Kf2 Qf6+ 56. Kg2 Rf8) (55. Kg2 Qb2+ 56. Kg1 Qd2
) 55... Qxh2 56. gxh5 Rf8+ $19) 55. Rxe4 Qf5+ {Now the most likely outcome of
the game is a draw. Nevertheless, the exposed king creates some problems for
Nakamura.} 56. Ke3 Rc8 57. Qd3 Rf8 58. Kd2 $2 (58. Rf4) 58... Qg5+ $1 59. Kc2
Rf2+ 60. Kb3 Qf6 $2 (60... Rxh2 61. Re8+ Kf7 62. Re3 (62. Rb8 Qe5 63. Rb7+ Ke8
64. Qg6+ Kd8 $19) 62... Qh5 63. Rf3+ Kg8 64. Qe4 Rg2 $17) (60... Qc1 $1 {
The winning continuation.} 61. Re8+ Kf7 62. Re2 Rxe2 63. Qxe2 Qb1+ 64. Kc3 Qb4+
65. Kd3 Qa3+ 66. Ke4 Qxa4+ 67. Kf3 Qb3+ 68. Ke4 a4 $19) 61. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Ne2 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14.
Be3 Be7 15. Rd2 h4 16. Rad1 Rh5 17. Bf4 a6 18. Nd4 c5 19. Ne2 Be6 20. Nc3 Rd8
21. Nd5 Rd7 22. Nxe7 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Kxe7 24. a3 Rf5 25. Bh2 Rg5 26. Bf4 Rf5 27.
Bh2 Rg5 28. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Rxb7 Bxf3 14.
Bxf3 Bxd4 15. Bb4 Rd8 16. Qc1 Na6 17. Bxe7 Rac8 18. Qg5 Nc5 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20.
Bg4 Rd2 21. Rxf7 Kxf7 22. Bxc8 Bxf2+ 23. Kh1 Qc4 24. Qf4+ Kg7 25. Qe5+ Kh6 26.
Qf4+ Kg7 27. Qe5+ Kh6 28. Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 h6 {In the match, Magnus played 9...Bd7. Perhaps he feared
preparation and was hoping to surprise me, but he made an unfortunate choice,
going for a line I knew well, as I had faced it last year against Ponomariov.}
(9... Bd7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Nc3 {It's interesting that exactly 1 day before
Anand and Carlsen's game, Grischuk played the same variation against me during
the European Team Championship. I played 11.g4 and the game was eventually
drawn.} Kc8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Rd2 c5 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Ne1 Ng6 17.
Nd3 b6 18. Ne2 {, and now Magnus grabbed a pawn with} Bxa2 $1 {Anand-Carlsen,
Chennai 2013; , held onto it and nearly won the game.}) 10. Rd1+ {Now Black's
king is forced to e8, which generally speaking is an awkward square.} Ke8 11.
Nc3 Bd7 12. Bf4 Rd8 13. Ne4 {This is the new move. In the aforementioned game
against Ponomariov, I played 13.e6 and didn't pose serious problems to my
opponent.} (13. e6 Bxe6 14. Bxc7 Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Be7 16. g4 Nh4 17. Nd4 Bd7 18.
Re1 Kf8 19. Bg3 g5 20. Bxh4 gxh4 21. Ne4 Kg7 {, although perhaps if I had
played more accurately here I could have counted on a minuscule advantage.})
13... Be7 {I was happy to see this move. After the trade of knights White's
position is very comfortable.} (13... c5 $5 {seems like the most critical move.
I was planning} 14. e6 Bxe6 15. Bxc7 Rc8 16. Bh2 {, with a small advantage,
but Black should be able to defend with accuracy.}) 14. g4 Nh4 15. Nxh4 Bxh4
16. Kg2 Be6 17. f3 b6 18. b3 c5 $6 {A strategic mistake. After the game,
Magnus said he wanted to use the d4-square but underestimated the importance
of the d5-square.} ({I was expecting} 18... Rd7 19. c4 Kd8 {If Black is given
time to play ...Kc8 and ...Rd8 he will have a fine position. White has to act
fast:} 20. Bg3 Be7 21. f4 g6 22. Rf1 $1 {, and the threat of f5 is very
unpleasant.}) 19. c4 ({Perhaps} 19. Bg3 Be7 20. c4 {was more accurate.}) 19...
Rd7 (19... Rd4 20. Be3 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 {doesn't solve Black's problems.}) 20. Bg3
Be7 21. Rxd7 Bxd7 {Understandably, Magnus wanted his bishop out of the way of
f4-f5.} ({However,} 21... Kxd7 {was a stronger alternative.} 22. f4 g6 23. Rf1
Kc8 24. f5 gxf5 25. gxf5 Bd7 {and it isn't easy to prove a clear advantage for
White.}) 22. Nc3 Kd8 $6 ({It made sense to set up a passive but solid
defensive formation.} 22... Bd8 23. Nd5 Bc8 {, and just sit and wait,
unpleasant though it may be.}) 23. Nd5 Re8 {Magnus played this and the next
move surprisingly quickly. He was probably already disgusted with his position.
} ({After} 23... c6 {, White should simplify into an opposite colored bishop
ending:} 24. Nxe7 Kxe7 25. f4 {, with good winning chances.}) 24. Rd1 Kc8 $4 {
Just losing a pawn for nothing. It's hard to say what Magnus overlooked.} (
24... c6 25. Nxe7 (25. Nc7 Rg8 26. e6 fxe6 27. Nxe6+ Kc8) 25... Rxe7 26. Bh4 g5
27. Bg3 {is awful for Black, but there was already no choice.}) 25. Nxc7 Rd8
26. Nd5 {Besides being up a pawn, White also has a commanding position.} Re8
27. Be1 Bd8 28. Bc3 g6 29. Kg3 ({I would prefer} 29. a4 $1 {, snuffing out any
hopes of counterplay.}) 29... b5 30. cxb5 Bxb5 31. Ne3 Re6 32. f4 Ra6 {Black
is trying to create counterplay any way he can, but White is too solid.} 33.
Rd2 h5 34. gxh5 gxh5 35. Nf5 Rg6+ 36. Kh2 Bc6 37. Nd6+ Kb8 38. f5 Rg8 39. f6 $1
{An important move, blocking the bishop's access to h4.} Bb6 40. Nc4 $2 {
With 2 minutes on my clock for the last move, I got spooked by Black's
counterplay with ...c4 and committed a serious inaccuracy.} (40. Nxf7 $1 c4 41.
h4 $1 {is the game.}) 40... Re8 $2 {Giving me a second chance! I calculated a
bit and decided to take the pawn.} (40... Bc7 41. Ba5 {is probably winning for
White, but he could have put up serious resistance.}) 41. Nd6 Rg8 42. Nxf7 $1 {
A pawn is a pawn, after all.} c4 43. h4 Rg4 44. e6 {This is what I hadn't seen
before the time control. The bishop will protect everything from e5.} Be3 45.
Be5+ Ka8 46. Rd8+ Kb7 47. Bg3 c3 48. Rb8+ Ka6 49. Rc8 Bd5 ({During the game I
spent some time figuring out what happens after} 49... Rc4 50. bxc4 c2 51.
Rxc6+ Ka5 52. Bc7+ Ka4 53. Ra6+ Kb4 54. Bd6+ Kc3 55. Ba3 {Good calculation,
but unfortunately I missed a mate in two with 52.Be1!}) 50. Rxc3 Bd4 51. Rd3
Re4 52. Rd2 Rxe6 53. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg5 {One of off-beat
continuations against the Grünfeld Defence which are gaining popularity.} Nxc3
(6... c5 7. Rc1 Nc6 $5 {is another option} (7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 {- game}) {
. Here is a recent practical example:} 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Rxc5 Qxa2 10. e3 $5 (10.
Qc1 {was played earlier, e.g.} h6 11. Bd2 O-O 12. e3 Be6 13. Be2 Rac8 14. O-O
Nb8 15. Bc3 Rxc5 16. dxc5 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Rc8 18. Nd4 Nc6 $11 {1/2 (42)
Zvjaginsev,V (2653)-Golod,V (2555) Rethymnon 2003}) 10... Qxb2 11. Be2 h6 12.
Bh4 e5 13. O-O exd4 14. exd4 O-O 15. d5 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Be7 Re8 18. Rc7
Qb6 19. d6 Be6 20. Bf3 $14 {0-1 (48) Grandelius,N (2562)-Salem,A (2546)
Istanbul 2012 Of course, all this needs further checking and analysis.}) (6...
h6 $5 7. Bh4 c5 8. Rc1 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O (9... Be6 10. e4) 10. e3 Be6 11. Qd2
Nc6 12. Be2 Bd5 13. O-O Qa5 14. c4 Bxf3 15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. Bxf3 g5 {1/2 Colin,V
(2375)-Bobras,P (2563)/Hastings 2006/CBM 110 ext}) 7. bxc3 c5 8. Rc1 {This
position (which usually arises from the English opening: 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.
Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 g6 7.Bg5 Bg7) offers White some
alternatives like} (8. e3) ({or} 8. Qd2) 8... Bg4 $146 {Black has a lot of
satisfactory continuations:} (8... Qa5 9. Qd2 Bf5 (9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd2+ 11.
Nxd2 Nc6 12. e3 Be6 13. Bc4 Bxc4 14. Rxc4 Kd7 15. Ke2 Na5 16. Ra4 b6 $11 {
1/2 (37) Smith,A (2484)-Nyback,T (2598) Puhajarve 2012}) 10. e3 Nd7 11. Be2 Nf6
12. O-O Ne4 13. Qb2 Nxg5 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. Nxg5 Bf6 16. Nf3 Kg7 $11 {1/2 (50)
Rychagov,A (2512)-Grischuk,A (2705) Moscow 2004}) (8... Nc6 9. e3 h6 10. Bh4
O-O 11. Be2 Be6 12. Qd2 cxd4 (12... g5 13. Bg3 Qa5 14. d5 Rfd8 {0-1 (38) Ulko,
J (2451)-Nikolenko,O (2537) Moscow 2010} 15. e4 $14) 13. cxd4 g5 14. Bg3 Qa5
15. h4 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 g4 17. Ne1 Bxa2 18. Rc2 Bd5 19. Bxg4 e5 $132 {0-1 (58)
Van Wely,L (2678)-Safarli,E (2653) Antalya TUR 2013}) (8... O-O 9. Qd2 (9. e3
Be6 $5 (9... b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Nd7 12. e4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nf6 14. d5 Rc8 15.
Qa4 $14 {1-0 (28) Arutinian,D (2556)-Bernasek,J (2487) Pardubice 2012}) (9...
cxd4 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. Qd2 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qd5 13. Rg1 e5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. f4 Qe6
16. Bc4 $14 {1-0 (27) Ulko,J (2420)-Belitsky,A Nizhnij Novgorod 1998}) (9...
Nc6 $5) 10. Qa4 Nc6 11. Be2 Rc8 12. O-O h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Qa5 $1 15. Qxa5
Nxa5 $11 {0-1 (38) Banikas,H (2522)-Eljanov,P (2597) Plovdiv 2003 CBM 098 
[Ftacnik,L]}) (9. e4 Bg4 10. d5 Qa5 11. Qd2 e6 12. Be2 exd5 13. exd5 Bxf3 14.
Bxf3 Re8+ 15. Be3 Nd7 16. O-O Qa6 17. c4 Qd6 $11 {1-0 (37) Shipov,S (2557)
-Bykhovsky,A (2501) ICC INT 2010}) (9. d5 Bf5 $1) 9... Bg4 (9... Nc6 10. d5 Na5
11. c4 b6 12. e4 Qd7 13. Bd3 e5 {0-1 (39) Ulko,J (2443)-Belous,V (2554) Moscow
2013} 14. h4 $36) (9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Bf5 11. e3 h6 12. Bh4 Nc6 13. Be2 Qd7 14.
O-O Be4 15. Qb2 Rfc8 16. Rfd1 Bd5 17. Rc5 $14 {1-0 (24) Rychagov,A (2509)
-Smikovski,I (2538) Moscow 2006}) 10. e3 Bxf3 (10... Nc6 11. Be2 Qd5 12. Bh4 (
12. c4 Qf5 13. Bd3 Qd7 14. d5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Ne5 16. Be2 f5 17. Bf4 Nf7 18. h4
e5 $15 {1/2 (26) Dubov,D (2498)-Khairullin,I (2638) Moscow 2012}) 12... Rad8
13. h3 Bc8 14. O-O Qd7 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Qb2 b6 17. Qa3 $14 {1-0 (68) Ulko,J 
(2420)-Vinokurov,A Nizhnij Novgorod 1998}) 11. gxf3 Nc6 12. Bg2 Qd5 13. Bh4 e5
14. dxe5 $2 (14. c4 $142) 14... Qc4 $1 15. f4 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Qxh4 17. O-O Rad8
18. Qe2 Bxe5 $17 {0-1 (28) Hochstrasser,M (2386)-Sutovsky,E (2675) Zuerich 2009
}) 9. Qb3 (9. Qd2 O-O {- see above}) 9... Qc7 (9... O-O $5 10. Qxb7 Nd7 {
A.Korotylev}) 10. e3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 O-O 12. d5 a6 13. a4 b5 $5 {[%mdl 512] A
very interesting pawn sacrifice, however, typical for variations of the
Grünfeld Defence in which White delays castling.} 14. axb5 axb5 15. Bxb5 (15.
Qxb5 $6 Qe5) 15... Nd7 16. c4 (16. f4 $5 {preventing ...Nd7-e5} Rfb8 $44) 16...
Ne5 17. Ke2 Ra7 18. f4 Ng4 {[%mdl 64] Black misses} (18... h6 $1 19. Bh4 (19.
fxe5 hxg5) 19... Rfa8 $3 ({or} 19... Qc8 20. h3 Qf5 $1 21. fxe5 Qh5+ 22. Kf1
Qxh4 {with an excellent position}) 20. fxe5 Qxe5 {with a strong attack 
(recommended by A.Korotylev)}) 19. Rc2 Nf6 20. Qd3 Rfa8 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 {Still,
in this position Black should have enough counterplay for the missing pawn. He
controls the a-file, White's b5 bishop is out of play, and it is very
difficult for White to push his e-pawn.} 22. Bc6 Rb8 23. h3 Rb6 24. Bb5 Qc8 25.
Rd2 Kg7 26. Kf3 Ra1 27. Rdd1 Ra2 28. Kg2 {White has removed his king from the
dangerous area.} Bh4 (28... Qa8 {, keeping control of the a-file, looks more
logical}) 29. Rhf1 Rf6 $6 {[%mdl 32] Black wants to push ...g6-g5 but this is
not a good plan.} 30. Qb3 Ra7 $6 (30... Qa8 {still enabled Black to control
the a-file due to the resource} 31. Qc3 g5 $1 32. fxg5 Bxg5 33. Ra1 (33. Bd7
$142 {bringing the bishop into play}) 33... Bh4 $1) 31. Qc3 Kh6 32. Ra1 Rxa1
33. Qxa1 g5 34. fxg5+ Bxg5 35. Qe5 {Black has no longer has any compensation
for the pawn; still, it is difficult for White to convert it due to the
opposite-coloured bishops.} Bh4 36. Qe4 Rg6+ 37. Kh2 Bf6 38. Ba4 Qc7+ 39. Kh1
Qc8 40. Qf3 Kg7 41. Bc2 Rg5 42. Rb1 Be5 43. Rg1 {Alas, White has no better
plan.} Rxg1+ 44. Kxg1 {[%mdl 4096]} Bd6 45. Kg2 Qg8 46. Qh5 Kh8+ 47. Kf1 Qg7
48. f4 Kg8 49. Kf2 Kh8 50. Kf3 Bc7 51. Qf5 Bd6 52. Qh5 Bc7 53. Bb1 Bb8 54. Bd3
Bd6 55. h4 (55. e4 $5 {was a good opportunity to advance White's central pawns
but after} Qg6 $1 ({but not} 55... Qc3 56. Qxf7 $1 Qxd3+ 57. Kg4 {, and Black
has nothing better than} h5+ 58. Qxh5+ Kg7 59. e5 {, where White should win})
56. Qxg6 hxg6 57. e5 Bb8 58. Ke4 f5+ $1 59. Kf3 Kg7 {Black should hold a draw.}
) 55... Qg8 56. Bc2 Qg7 57. Bd3 Qg8 58. Be4 Qg7 59. Bb1 Qg8 60. Bd3 Qg7 61. e4
{With the pawn on h4, this advance gives Black a choice.} Qc3 (61... Qg6 {
is still possible but the text move is good, too.}) 62. Qxf7 Qxd3+ 63. Kg4 Qe2+
64. Kf5 h5 $1 {[%cal Re2g4] That's the difference! White doesn't control the
g4-square.} 65. Qf8+ Kh7 66. Qf7+ Kh8 67. Qg6 {The last try, which
unexpectedly succeeds.} (67. Qe8+ $5 Kg7 68. Qg6+ Kf8 $1 69. e5 {was another
interesting attempt:} Bb8 $1 (69... Bxe5 $6 70. fxe5 Qxc4) 70. Qh6+ Ke8 $1 71.
Qh8+ Kd7 72. e6+ (72. Qxb8 Qg4+ 73. Ke4 Qe2+ $11) 72... Kc7 73. d6+ Kb7 $1 (
73... exd6 $143 74. Qh7+ Kb6 75. Kf6) 74. dxe7 Qg4+ 75. Kf6 Qxf4+ 76. Kg6 Qg4+
77. Kf7 Qf5+ 78. Qf6 Qh7+ 79. Qg7 (79. Kf8 Bd6) 79... Qf5+ 80. Kg8 Qxe6+ 81.
Qf7 Qg4+ 82. Kh7 Qe4+ 83. Kh6 Qe3+ 84. Kxh5 Qe2+ {, and White can't escape the
perpetual}) 67... Qxc4 $2 {In the seventh hour of play Black finally goes
astray.} (67... Qf3 $1 68. e5 (68. Qh6+ Kg8 69. Qg5+ Kf7 $5 70. Qg6+ Kf8) 68...
Qh3+ 69. Ke4 Qh1+ $11) 68. Qxh5+ Kg7 69. Qg6+ Kh8 70. Ke6 {White's king finds
a shelter, and his pawns decide the game.} Qf1 71. Qh6+ Kg8 72. Qg6+ Kh8 73.
Qh5+ Kg7 74. Qg4+ Kf8 75. Qh5 Kg7 76. Qg5+ $1 Kf8 77. e5 Qb1 78. Qh6+ Kg8 79.
Qg5+ Kf8 80. f5 $1 Bxe5 81. Qxe7+ Kg8 82. Kxe5 Qb2+ 83. Ke6 Qe2+ 84. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 {This line has become very popular in
the last four years at the top level. In this type of Open Ruy Lopez, White
usually wants to retain the d4-square, but now Black immediately avoids this.}
12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15. Re1 (15. Be3) ({and} 15. b4 {are the
other lines.}) 15... O-O 16. b4 (16. Be3 {is another main line.}) 16... Qd7 (
16... Qd5 $6 {was the first top game in 2009,} 17. h3 Rfd8 18. g4 $1 Be6 19.
Re3 $16 {and now the d3-pawn is lost, Karjakin-Mamedyarov, Khanty-Mansiysk
2009.}) 17. h3 (17. Bg5 Rfd8 (17... Bxg5 $5 18. Nxg5 h6 {was easier and Black
looks OK.}) 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Re3 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Rxa5 Nxa5 22. Nd4 Bg6
23. e6 Nc4 $132 {with a double-edged fight, Safarli-Nakamura, Tromso m/2 2013.}
) 17... Bg6 18. Bg5 $1 $146 {A nice novelty by Caruana.} ({Four years ago
Caruana already had a game with Black for} 18. Ba2 Kh8 19. Bf4 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5
21. b4 Ra4 22. Bb3 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Nd8 24. Qa7 Ne6 25. Bd2 Rd8 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27.
Nd4 Bxb4 28. Nxb5 Qxb5 29. cxb4 Rc8 30. Qa5 Qd7 31. Ra1 Be4 32. Qc5 $11 {
and the position should be equal, but later White managed to win,
Shirov-Caruana, Wijk aan Zee 2010.}) 18... Bxg5 19. Nxg5 a5 {A typical
reaction. Black simplifies the position on the queenside and he gets rid of
the a6 weakness. On the other hand this move allows White's reply.} ({In the
event of} 19... Rfe8 {, the engine suggests} 20. e6 $1 fxe6 21. Re3 $1 {
What interesting play!} h6 22. Nxe6 $1 Qd6 23. Qg4 (23. Ba2 Kh7 $132 {with a
very complicated middlegame}) 23... Ne5 24. Rxe5 Qxe5 25. Qxg6 Qxe6 26. Qxe6+ (
26. Ba2 $4 {is losing, because of} Qxa2 $1 27. Rxa2 d2 $19 {and suddenly Black
is winning}) 26... Rxe6 27. Ba2 Kf7 28. Re1 Rae8 29. Re3 d2 30. Rd3 Kf6 31.
Bxe6 Kxe6 32. Rxd2 $14 {and finally White has a P up in this R endgame.}) 20.
e6 $1 fxe6 21. Nxe6 Rfe8 22. Nc5 (22. Bxd3 Bxd3 23. Nc5 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Qe7 25.
Qxe7 Nxe7 26. Nxd3 Rd8 27. Ne5 axb4 28. cxb4 {is a little bit similar to the
game.}) 22... Qd6 23. Bxd3 (23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Bxd3 {transposes to the game.})
23... Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Re8 25. Qd1 axb4 26. cxb4 (26. Bxg6 $1 {was more exact}
Qxd1+ (26... hxg6 27. Qxd6 cxd6 28. Nb7 $14) 27. Rxd1 hxg6 28. Na6 $1 {and the
position is more comfortable with White, but I think it will be also equal.})
26... Bxd3 27. Qxd3 (27. Nxd3 Nxb4 28. Qh5 Rf8 {and Black can hold.}) 27...
Qxd3 28. Nxd3 Rd8 $44 {Still White has a P up, but du to his weak queenside P
Black should have enough compensation in this endgame.} 29. Ra3 Rd4 30. Rb3 Ne7
31. Nc5 c6 32. Re3 Nd5 33. Re6 Nxb4 34. Re7 Rd6 35. Ne6 Nd5 36. Rxg7+ Kh8 37.
Nc7 Rd8 38. Rf7 Kg8 39. Rg7+ Kh8 40. Rf7 Kg8 41. Rg7+ {A nice repetition...}
Kh8 {and a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Be3 Nc6 14. d5
Ne5 15. Rxb7 a5 16. Rxe7 a4 17. Re1 a3 18. Nxe5 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Qxe2 20. Qxe2 a2
21. Bd4 a1=Q+ 22. Bxa1 Rxa1+ 23. Qf1 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Bf6 25. Nc6 Bxe7 26. Nxe7+
Kg7 27. Nc6 Rc8 28. g4 h6 29. h4 Kf8 30. h5 gxh5 31. gxh5 Ra8 32. Kg2 Ra1 33.
f3 Rd1 34. Ne5 f5 35. Nc4 Rd3 36. Ne5 Rd1 37. Ng6+ Kf7 38. Nh4 fxe4 39. fxe4
Re1 40. Kf3 Rh1 41. Kg4 Rg1+ 42. Kf4 Rh1 43. Nf5 Rxh5 44. e5 Rh1 45. e6+ Kf6
46. e7 Rf1+ 47. Kg3 Kf7 48. Kg4 Rxf5 49. Kxf5 Kxe7 50. Kg6 Kd6 51. Kxh6 Kxd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 {The King's Indian is one of the main weapons of
Radjabov.} 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 Nc6 (9...
g5 10. Bg3 Nh6 {is also very popular.}) 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 f5 (11... Nh6 {
is the common main line.}) 12. Bxg4 fxg4 13. Bg5 {Important, otherwise h6.} h6
14. Be3 c5 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. b4 d5 $146 {A novelty by Radjabov.} ({A few month
ago} 16... Be6 {was tried} 17. O-O g5 18. b5 Qd7 19. bxc6 Nxc6 20. Nd5 Rab8 21.
Nb3 a5 22. a4 Rb7 23. c5 Rfb8 $13 {with an unclear fight, Van Wely-Rapport,
Wijk aan Zee 2014.}) 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Bc5 e4 {A logical decision. Black opens
the long diagonal for his B, on the other hand, this was also a risky choice.}
(18... d4 19. Nce4 Be6) 19. Bxe7 {A very ambitious move. Caruana sacrifices an
exchange and he will have very active pieces.} Qxe7 20. Nxd5 Qf7 21. O-O Bxa1
22. Qxa1 {A very interesting position. Black is an exchange up, but he gives
up his important dark-squared B and White has a great d5N too.} Bf5 23. Ne3 {
At first sight this is a slightly strange idea, because the strong d5N is
coming back. On the other hand, White would like to activate his another N
from b3, but the immediate} (23. Nb3 $2 {could have been met by} Be6 $1 $17 {
and White is in big trouble.}) 23... Rad8 24. Nb3 Be6 25. Qc1 h5 26. Nc5 Rd4
27. Qc3 Rxc4 {Radjabov gives back the exchange, because White's pieces are too
active. Moreover the R cannot now be taken.} 28. Qb2 ({Of course} 28. Nxc4 $2 {
is not working, because of} Bxc4 $19 {and Black is better, as the f1 R can't
move.}) 28... Rxc5 29. bxc5 Bxa2 30. g3 {A logical practical move, White opens
his back rank. On the other hand} (30. Ra1 {was slightly more accurate} Be6 31.
Ra6 {and White immediately activates his R.}) 30... Be6 31. Ra1 Kh7 $6 {
A small inaccuracy.} (31... Qg7 $1 {was better,} 32. Qb1 Qf6 33. Qe1 Rc8 34.
Rxa7 Rxc5 $13 {and Black hasn't got any problem.}) 32. Ra4 Qg7 33. Qd2 Rf7 34.
c6 Qe5 35. Ra5 Qc7 36. Qc3 $1 {White is threatening to play with Re5.} Qd6 37.
Rb5 ({Now} 37. Re5 $6 {is dubious, because} Rc7 38. Rc5 Bf7) 37... Bc8 38. Qc2
a6 $6 (38... Rc7 $1 {was the exact reply,} 39. Qxe4 Kg7 $1 {and after this
cool-blooded move, Black is fine.}) 39. Rd5 Qf6 40. c7 {The critical point of
the game.} Rf8 $2 {A decisive mistake, probably in time trouble.} (40... Qg7 {
was better} 41. Rc5 (41. Qxe4 Qa1+ 42. Kg2 Qc3 {is transposing to 40...Qa1.})
41... a5 {and}) ({or} 40... Qa1+ 41. Kg2 Qg7 $1 {It is very important to
attack the c7 P!} 42. Rc5 (42. Qxe4 Qc3 $1 (42... Rxc7 $2 {is losing, as} 43.
Rxh5+ $18) 43. Rxh5+ Kg7 {and Black hasn't got any problem.}) 42... a5 43. Qxe4
Rxf2+ $1 {This is the point of 40...Qa1!} 44. Kxf2 Qf8+ $11 {and Black can
hold his position.}) 41. Qd2 $1 $18 {A very strong move! Now the c7 P is not
hanging, so Caruana immediately improves his Q's position. Black is in a big
trouble.} Qf7 42. Rd8 Kg8 43. Qd5 Kg7 44. Qd4+ Kh6 45. Nc4 Be6 46. Qc5 Rg8 47.
c8=Q {The practical solution.} (47. Nd2 $18 {was also nice.}) 47... Bxc8 48.
Rxc8 Rxc8 49. Qxc8 Qd5 50. Ne3 Qd3 51. Qh8+ Kg5 52. Qf8 {and Black can't avoid
the mate. A great win by Caruana!} 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nh4 {
Modern chess is not always the most logical game. The surprising move of the
knight hopes to force the exchange of Black's bishop on h5.} g5 9. Nf3 h6 10.
Ne5 Nfd7 (10... Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Bd3 dxc4 (12... Rg8 13. Qxb6 axb6 14.
cxd5 exd5 15. Bd2 b5 16. O-O Bg6 17. Bxg6 Rxg6 18. Ne2 Bd6 $11 {0-1 (52)
Andersen,M (2410)-Sandipan,C (2641) Caleta 2011}) 13. Qxc4 Qb4 14. Qxb4 Bxb4
15. Bd2 O-O-O 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Bc3 Nf6 20. Nd2 h5 21.
Ke2 Rh6 22. Rhg1 hxg4 23. hxg4 Rdh8 $11 {1/2 (45) Vidit,S (2563)-Nabaty,T 
(2567) Kavala 2013}) 11. Nd3 {The knight retreats to the centre as the
opponent has chosen the most exact moves in order to save his bishop. The
position will be full of life, but White can not claim any advantage - not
surprising after the 5th move with the same piece in the opening stage of the
game.} Bg6 (11... Na6 12. h4 Bg7 13. Qa4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Bg6 15. Bd2 Nc7 16. g3
a5 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Rxh8+ Bxh8 19. Bg2 Qa6 20. Qxa6 Rxa6 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4
$14 {1-0 (31) Giri,A (2717)-Zontakh,A (2556) Sochi 2012}) (11... Be7 12. h4
gxh4 13. c5 Qc7 14. e4 Bg5 15. f4 Be7 16. Be3 Bg4 17. Nf2 h5 18. f5 b6 19. cxb6
Nxb6 20. Nxg4 hxg4 21. Qc2 Qg3+ 22. Bf2 Qf4 $11 {0-1 (80) Greet,A (2426)-Tan,J
(2308) England 2014}) 12. h4 {Caruana has risen to the top 10 players in the
world, so his ideas in opening positions deserve serious scrutiny. The Italian
player believes, that h-pawn advance forces Black to make some sort of
concession.} (12. Bd2 Na6 13. Rc1 (13. Qa4 Qd8 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Be2 Bd6 16.
O-O g4 17. hxg4 h5 18. g5 Bxd3 19. Bxd3 Nb4 20. Be2 Qxg5 21. f4 $14 {0-1 (95)
Ter Sahakyan,S (2569)-Hovhannisyan,R (2589) Yerevan 2012}) (13. Na4 Qxb3 14.
axb3 Be7 15. Rc1 O-O 16. Be2 Rac8 17. O-O Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Kf8 19. Be1 Kg8 20. Kf1
Kf8 21. Ra1 Ra8 22. Rdc1 $11 {1-0 (65) Gareev,T (2610)-Holt,C (2417)
Philadelphia 2011}) 13... Qxb3 14. axb3 Nb4 15. Nxb4 Bxb4 16. h4 O-O 17. cxd5
exd5 18. Be2 a6 19. Na2 Be7 20. Bb4 Rfe8 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Nc3 $11 {1/2 (43)
Wang,Y (2736)-Aronian,L (2757) Dresden 2008}) 12... Rg8 (12... g4 13. Bd2 Na6
14. Be2 Bf5 15. O-O Rg8 16. g3 Qxb3 17. axb3 Nb4 18. Nf4 Bc2 19. Ra3 Na6 20. c5
Nc7 21. b4 a6 22. Nd3 Rd8 23. Rc1 Bxd3 24. Bxd3 f5 25. Ne2 Rc8 {1/2 (25)
Mchedlishvili,M (2625)-Smeets,J (2669) Sestao 2010}) (12... Bg7 13. Bd2 Na6 14.
Rc1 Qxb3 15. axb3 O-O 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Na4 dxc4 18. bxc4 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20.
Nxe5 Bxe5 21. c5 Nc7 {Iordachescu,V (2599)-Nezad,H (2400) Dubai 2013/}) 13.
hxg5 (13. Bd2 Na6 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Rc1 Qxb3 16. axb3 Nb4 17. Nxb4 Bxb4 18. Na4
a5 19. f3 Ke7 20. Be2 Rh8 21. Bxb4+ axb4 22. Rxh8 Rxh8 23. Kf2 Ra8 $15 {
1/2 (40) Grandelius,N (2491)-Cramling,P (2528) Kungsor 2009}) 13... hxg5 14.
Bd2 {Mamedyarov decided to live without the control of the h-file for a while.
In other respects his position remains firm and without visible blemish.} dxc4
(14... Na6 15. f3 O-O-O $11) 15. Qxc4 Qa6 $1 {After the exchange of the queens
Black can look into the upcoming middlegame without any worry.} 16. Nc1 (16.
Qxa6 Nxa6 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. e4 Be7 $11) 16... Qxc4 17. Bxc4 Nb6 (17... Na6
18. Bxa6 bxa6 19. Nb3 c5 $11) 18. Be2 N8d7 19. e4 Be7 20. Nb3 (20. f3 O-O-O 21.
a4 Rh8 22. Rxh8 Rxh8 23. Kf2 $11) 20... f5 21. f3 (21. exf5 exf5 22. O-O-O
O-O-O $11) 21... a5 {At this stage it seems that the player with higher
ambitions is the one with the black pieces. Mamedyarov was playing without
much success in Shamkir and would have loved to improve his results towards
the end of the prestigious event.} 22. a4 e5 (22... g4 23. e5 gxf3 24. gxf3 Kf7
$11) 23. exf5 Bf7 $5 {The charm of super tournaments is connected with the
chess the best players produce. Black is not obliged to be satisfied with the
obvious solution of recapturing the pawn.} (23... Bxf5 24. Ne4 g4 25. Nxa5 gxf3
26. gxf3 O-O-O 27. Nb3 Rh8 $11) 24. Bd1 {The merit of the unexpected move by
Black was mostly psychological since the chess value was somewhat dubius.
Caruana has failed to rise to the ocassion with the equally unexpected idea 24.
d5! with some advantage.} (24. d5 $1 Bxd5 (24... cxd5 25. Nb5 Kf8 26. Nxa5 $16)
(24... Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Nxa5 $16) 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. g4 (26. Nxa5 Nb4 $11)
26... N7f6 27. Kf2 $14) 24... Nc4 25. Ne4 (25. Bc1 exd4 26. Nxd4 Nc5 $11) 25...
g4 (25... Bd5 26. dxe5 Ndxe5 27. Bc2 g4 28. f4 $14) 26. Bc3 (26. fxg4 Nxb2 27.
dxe5 Nxe5 28. Nbc5 Nxd1 29. Rxd1 b6 30. Ne6 Bxe6 31. fxe6 Nxg4 $11) 26... gxf3
27. gxf3 (27. Bxf3 Ne3 28. dxe5 (28. Ke2 Nxf5 29. Bh5 exd4 $11) 28... Bxb3 29.
e6 Nc5 30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31. Bxf6 $11) 27... O-O-O {Finally Black completes his
development and his pieces all influence the centre. White will have to play
carefully otherwise his adversary could steal the show.} (27... Rf8 28. dxe5
Ndxe5 29. Be2 Bd5 30. Nd4 O-O-O 31. Kf2 c5 32. Ne6 Rxf5 33. Nxd8 Bxe4 $11) 28.
Kf2 (28. Rh7 $6 Rg1+ 29. Kf2 Rdg8 $11) 28... exd4 29. Nxd4 Nc5 {[%mdl 2048]
Very rich positions can be very attractive, but the players can hardly aspire
to find the most exact continuations. Black could definitely dream also about
very controversial lines after the tricky move 29..Nf6!?} (29... Nf6 $5 30. Be2
(30. Bb3 Nxe4+ 31. fxe4 Rg4 32. Bxc4 Bxc4 33. b3 Bd3 34. Ne6 Re8 (34... Bxe4
35. Nxd8 Bc5+ 36. Ke2 Rg2+ 37. Ke1 Bf3 38. Rh3 Bg4 39. Rh4 Kxd8 $11) 35. Kf3
Reg8 $11) 30... Nd6 31. Nxf6 Bxf6 32. Ne6 Bxc3 33. bxc3 Bxe6 34. fxe6 Rg6 35.
Bf1 Nf5 36. Bh3 Rd2+ 37. Kf1 Ng3+ 38. Ke1 Re2+ 39. Kd1 Rg5 40. Rg1 Rd5+ 41. Kc1
Kc7 $11) 30. Be2 Nxe4+ {Mamedyarov is getting a bit nervous and strives to
clarify the situation. His move improving White's pawn structure fails to hit
the mark on the scale of exact choices, but was still good enough for keeping
the balance.} (30... Rge8 $1 31. Rh7 (31. Rag1 Nxe4+ 32. fxe4 Bc5 33. Bxc4 Bxc4
34. Ke3 Rd5 35. f6 Rd6 36. Rg5 Bb6 37. Rh7 Rde6 38. Rh4 Rxf6 $11) 31... Nxe4+
32. fxe4 Bc5 33. Rxf7 (33. Bxc4 Bxc4 34. Ke3 Rd5 35. b3 Bxb3 36. Kd3 Rd6 $11)
33... Nd6 34. Rg7 Nxe4+ 35. Kg2 Bxd4 36. Bxd4 Rxd4 $11) 31. fxe4 Nd2 $6 (31...
Bc5 $1 32. Rad1 (32. Bxc4 Bxc4 33. Rad1 Rg7 $11) 32... Nd6 33. Rh4 Rge8 34. Bd3
Bb3 (34... b5 35. Kg3 b4 36. Nxc6 Bb3 37. Nxd8 Bxd1 38. Bf6 Nxf5+ 39. exf5 Re3+
40. Kf4 Rxd3 41. Rh8 $14) 35. Rd2 Nf7 36. Be2 Bxa4 $11) 32. Bxd2 (32. Bf3 Nxf3
(32... Bc5 33. Bxd2 Bxd4+ 34. Be3 Bxb2 35. Rad1 $14) 33. Kxf3 c5 34. Nc2 Rd3+
35. Ne3 Bg5 36. Rae1 Bb3 37. Bxa5 Bxa4 38. Bc3 $14) 32... Rxd4 33. Ke3 (33. Be3
Rxe4 $17) 33... Bc5 (33... Rgd8 34. Bxa5 Bg5+ 35. Kf2 Rxe4 36. Bxd8 Kxd8 37.
Rh7 $16) 34. Bc3 {Caruana is demonstrating very good nerves in the face of
Black's battery along the a7-g1 diagonal. Black has a lot of options but no
clear road to equality.} (34. Rac1 Re8 35. Rxc5 Rdxe4+ 36. Kd3 Rxe2 37. Rxa5
Rf2 38. Bc3 $14) 34... Rg3+ (34... Rxa4+ 35. Kf4 (35. Kd2 Rxe4 36. Rxa5 Rg2 37.
Rxc5 Rgxe2+ $11) 35... Bd6+ 36. Be5 Bxe5+ 37. Kxe5 Re8+ 38. Kf6 Raxe4 39. Bf3
Rf4 40. Bxc6 Re2 41. Rh7 Be6 42. Bxb7+ Kb8 43. Rxa5 Rxf5+ 44. Rxf5 Bxf5 45.
Kxf5 Rxb2 $14) 35. Kf2 (35. Kf4 $4 Bd6#) (35. Bf3 Rxa4+ 36. Kf4 Bd6+ 37. Ke3
Bc5+ $11) 35... Rxc3 (35... Rdd3+ 36. Kf1 Rd8 37. Be1 Rgg8 38. Rc1 $14) 36.
bxc3 Rxe4+ 37. Ke1 {Annotators can try to appear smart with the help of books
and computers in the aftermath of the fight. The choices were not easy to
judge, but most likely 37.Kf1! would have been more unpleasant for the
defender.} (37. Kf3 Bd5 38. Rhe1 Rc4+ 39. Kg3 Bd6+ 40. Kf2 Rxc3 $11) (37. Kf1
$1 Bd5 38. Rh7 Re5 39. Bd3 Re3 40. Rd1 Bb3 41. Rd2 Bxa4 42. Rh5 $14) 37... Bc4
38. Rh2 Re5 {The impending time trouble is causing problems even for a very
creative player like Mamedyarov. Under ideal conditions he would have the
chance to find 38...Bd6 and keep the position in balance.} (38... Bd6 $1 39.
Rg2 Be5 40. Kd1 (40. Kf1 Bd5 41. Rg4 Bxc3 42. Ra3 Bb2 43. Rxe4 Bxe4 44. Rb3 Bd4
45. Bd3 Bd5 46. Rb1 Bf6 $11) 40... Bb3+ 41. Kd2 Bf4+ 42. Ke1 Bd5 43. Rg4 Bc4
44. Kf2 Bxe2 45. Rg8+ Kc7 46. Re1 Bd3 47. Rxe4 Bxe4 48. Rg4 Bxf5 49. Rxf4 Bc2
$11) 39. f6 (39. Kd2 Bxe2 40. Rxe2 Rxf5 41. Rh1 Kc7 42. Rh7+ $14) 39... Bxe2 $2
{Black's game is collapsing with this poor decision to exchange the bishops.
Black could still put up serious resistance with the more nuanced idea 30...
Re6!} (39... Re6 $1 40. Kd2 (40. f7 Kc7 41. Kd2 Rd6+ 42. Kc2 Bxf7 43. Rh7 Rd7
44. Bd3 Bd5 $14) 40... Bxe2 41. Rxe2 Rxf6 42. Rh1 Kc7 43. Rh5 $14) 40. Rxe2 Rf5
41. Re8+ Kc7 42. Ra8 Bf2+ (42... b6 43. Ra7+ Kd6 44. f7 Kd5 45. Rc7 Kc4 46. Rc1
$16) 43. Ke2 Bh4 44. f7 Rxf7 (44... Rf2+ 45. Ke3 Rxf7 46. Rxa5 $16) 45. Rxa5 {
The tears for the missed chances can start to flow, Black has been left
without either the exchange or any compensation.} Rf2+ 46. Ke3 Rc2 47. Ra3 (47.
Rc5 Bf6 48. Kd3 Rh2 49. Rc4 $16) 47... Be7 48. Rb3 Ra2 49. Re5 Bd6 (49... Bd8
$1 50. Rh5 Rxa4 51. Rh7+ Kd6 52. Rbxb7 $16) 50. Rf5 Kb8 (50... Rxa4 51. Rf7+
Kc8 52. Rbxb7 $18) 51. Rf7 Bc7 52. Rb4 Rh2 53. Kd3 Rg2 54. Re4 Rg3+ 55. Kc2 Ba5
(55... Bd6 56. Re6 Bc5 57. Rh6 Ka7 58. Rxc6 $18) 56. Ree7 $1 {For the first
time in the battle the white forces have achieved perfect coordination. The
effect on the defender is devastating despite the chance to eliminate the
penultimate white pawn on c3.} (56. Ree7 $1 Rxc3+ 57. Kb2 Rc5 58. Rxb7+ Kc8 59.
Ra7 Kb8 60. Rfb7+ Kc8 61. Rh7 Kb8 62. Raf7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. c3 d5 {[%mdl 512] It was
not a good decision for Fabiano Caruana to sac the c5-pawn, taking into
consideration that Magnus Carlsen is especially strong in this kind of
position.} 6. dxc5 O-O 7. O-O {This line was examined in CBM 129, annotations
to Kamsky-Karjakin.} a5 {This attempt to encircle the c5-pawn proves fruitless.
} (7... Nc6 8. Qb3 Qa5 9. Qa3 Qc7 10. Bg5 Ne4 11. Be3 e5 12. Nbd2 f5 13. Rad1
Nf6 14. b4 Re8 15. Nb3 Ne4 16. b5 Ne7 17. Qc1 $16 {1-0 (41) Kamsky,G (2725)
-Karjakin,S (2706) Wijk aan Zee 2009}) (7... Qc7 $5 8. b4 e5 {deserves
attention. In the following game Black obtained decent compensation for the
pawn:} 9. Bb2 Rd8 10. Nbd2 Bf5 11. Qb3 (11. c4 $5) 11... Nc6 12. a3 b6 13. cxb6
axb6 14. Rfd1 h6 15. e3 Be6 16. Qc2 {1/2 (16) L'Ami,E (2626)-Bok,B (2527)
Haarlem 2013}) 8. Be3 (8. Nd4 $5 e5 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Bg5 e4 11. Bf4 Bd7 12. N1a3
b6 13. cxb6 Qxb6 14. c4 dxc4 $6 15. Nd6 $16 {1/2 (90) Harika,D (2525)-Muzychuk,
M (2462) Antakya 2010}) (8. c4 $5 Na6 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. Ne5 $5 Nxc5 11. Be3 Nfe4
12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxc4 Nd6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Qxd6 exd6 16. Rad1 $14) 8... Nc6 (
8... Ng4 9. Qd2 {, and Black can't recapture the pawn anyway.}) 9. Na3 a4 10.
Qc1 $1 e5 {Black's pawn centre doesn't fully compensate for his missing pawn.}
11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Nb5 {[%csl Rd6]} Be6 13. Ng5 (13. Nd6 {was less clear in view
of} b6) 13... Bg4 $1 14. Nd6 $1 (14. f3 $6 Bc8 15. Nd6 h6 16. Nh3 Bxh3 17. Bxh3
b6 $13) 14... h6 $1 (14... Bxe2 15. Rxd5 $1 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Nd8 17. Qc2 Bg4 18.
Qe4 $16 {[%csl Gd5,Gd6,Ge4]}) 15. Nf3 Kh7 {An unnecessary loss of a tempo.} (
15... b6 $142 $1 {- a typical undermining although White keeps the better
prospects after} 16. Ne1 $1 (16. Bxh6 $2 bxc5) 16... e4 $1 (16... Bxe2 17. Rxd5
Nxd5 18. Bxd5 bxc5 19. Bxc5 {[%csl Gc5,Gd5,Gd6]} Ra5 20. Qe3) 17. f3 exf3 18.
exf3 Be6 19. Nd3) 16. h3 Be6 17. b4 {This move unexpectedly gives Black good
counterplay.} (17. Ne1 $142 {[%cal Ye1d3]}) 17... axb3 18. axb3 Rxa1 19. Qxa1
Ne4 20. Nd2 f5 $6 (20... Nxd6 21. cxd6 Qxd6 22. Nc4 Qd8 23. Bc5 Rg8 (23... Re8
24. Nd6 Bf8 25. Nxb7 Qb8 26. Qa6) 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. e4 Nd4 26. exd5 Nxb3 27.
Qa3 Qc8 28. Qxb3 Qxc5 29. d6 $16 {[%csl Gd6]}) (20... d4 $1 21. Bxe4 (21. N2xe4
dxe3 22. fxe3 f5 23. Nd2 e4 $44 {[%csl Rg2]}) 21... dxe3 22. fxe3 Bxh3 $44 {
White's king is unsafe, and Black's attacking chances should not be
underestimated.}) 21. N2xe4 dxe4 (21... fxe4 22. Qb1 {[%cal Yc3c4] e.g.} h5 23.
c4 d4 24. Bc1) 22. Qb1 $1 f4 23. Bd2 e3 {This is now harmless.} 24. Be1 {
Safely protecting White's king while his other pieces are very active. Black
has no compensation for the pawn whatsoever.} Bf5 25. Qc1 h5 26. fxe3 fxg3 27.
Bxg3 Qg5 28. e4 $1 Qxg3 29. Rd3 Qh4 30. exf5 gxf5 31. e4 $1 {White seizes the
light squares.} fxe4 (31... f4 32. Nf5) (31... Bh6 32. Qd1) 32. Bxe4+ Kh8 33.
Qe3 Rf4 34. Bg2 Qe7 35. Qe2 Qh4 36. b4 {The rest is clear. Black has no real
counterplay anymore, and the advance of White's queenside pawns decides the
game.} e4 37. Nxe4 Ne5 38. Rd5 Kg8 39. b5 Rf5 40. c6 bxc6 41. bxc6 Qe7 42. Nd6
Rg5 43. Nb5 Qe6 44. Rd8+ Kh7 45. Qe4+ Rg6 46. c7 Qa6 47. c8=Q Qa1+ 48. Kf2 Qb2+
49. Ke1 1-0

[Event "ITA-chT 46th"]
[Site "Condino"]
[Date "2014.05.02"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.04.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Padova Obiettivo"]
[BlackTeam "WorldtradingLab"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 Be7 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3
d5 9. dxe5 Na5 10. Rd1 c6 11. Nbd2 Nc5 12. c3 Naxb3 13. Nxb3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bg4
15. h3 Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nd4 Qc8 18. b4 O-O 19. Bf4 Re8 20. Qf3 Be4 21. Qg3 g5
22. Be3 f6 23. Re1 Qc7 24. Ne6 Qd7 25. Nc5 Bxc5 26. Bxc5 fxe5 27. f3 Bg6 28.
Rxe5 h6 29. Bd4 Kh7 30. Rxe8 Qxe8 31. Qc7+ Qf7 32. Qxc6 Qxf3 33. Qb7+ Bf7 34.
Qxa8 Qg3+ 35. Kf1 Qxh3+ 36. Ke1 Qh1+ 37. Kd2 Qg2+ 38. Kc1 Qf1+ 39. Kc2 Bg6+ 40.
Kb3 Qxa1 41. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "ITA-chT 46th"]
[Site "Condino"]
[Date "2014.05.03"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gajewski, Grzegorz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2014.04.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Padova Obiettivo"]
[BlackTeam "Latina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. Qg4
g6 9. Qg3 Nd7 10. c4 h5 11. h3 h4 12. Qe3 Ngf6 13. Nc3 Nh5 14. Be2 g5 15. Bxh5
Rxh5 16. Qe2 Rh7 17. Be3 Ne5 18. c5 dxc5 19. Nxc5 b5 20. Rac1 Nc4 21. b3 Nxe3
22. Qxe3 Qb6 23. b4 Bb7 24. e5 Rg7 25. N3e4 Bd5 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. Nd7 Qxe3 28.
Nxf6+ Kf8 29. fxe3 Bc4 30. Rfd1 Rg6 31. Rd7 Kg7 32. Rc2 a5 33. bxa5 Rxa5 34.
Ne8+ Kf8 35. Nd6 Rxa2 36. Rxa2 Bxa2 37. Rxf7+ Kg8 38. Ra7 Bc4 39. Ne4 Rg7 40.
Ra8+ Kh7 41. Kf2 Kg6 42. Nd6 g4 43. hxg4 Kg5 44. Rf8 Kxg4 45. Rf4+ Kh5 46. Nxc4
bxc4 47. Rxc4 Rg5 48. Rc5 Rf5+ 49. Kg1 Rg5 50. Kf2 Rf5+ 51. Kg1 Rg5 52. Kh2 Rg3
53. Rc6 Rxe3 54. Rxe6 Kg5 55. Re8 Kf5 56. e6 Kf6 57. Rh8 Kg7 58. Re8 Kf6 59.
Rg8 Ra3 60. Rg4 Kxe6 61. Rxh4 Kf5 62. Rb4 Kg5 63. g3 Ra1 64. Rb8 Kg6 65. Kh3
Ra4 66. g4 Ra1 67. Rb3 Kh6 68. Kg3 Kg5 69. Rb5+ Kg6 70. g5 Rg1+ 71. Kf2 Rxg5
72. Rxg5+ Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITA-chT 46th"]
[Site "Condino"]
[Date "2014.05.04"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Georgiev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2014.04.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Torino"]
[BlackTeam "Padova Obiettivo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Bc4 a6 5. O-O e6 6. Re1 Ne7 7. c3 O-O 8. Bb3
Nd7 9. Nbd2 b5 10. a4 Bb7 11. Qe2 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. h4 c5 14. h5 Nc6 15.
hxg6 hxg6 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5 c4 18. Nf1 Nce5 19. Bf4 Bxd5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21.
exd5 Nc5 22. Red1 e4 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Nd3 25. Ne3 Qf6 26. b3 Qxd4 27. bxc4
bxc4 28. Ra4 Rb2 29. Rd2 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Flor/Fjaere"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. d4
Bd7 9. b3 Rb8 10. Bb2 a6 11. Rc1 e6 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. h3 Be8 15. d5
exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Ne5 19. Nc3 Bc6 20. Qe2 Nd7 21. Qf3
Rbc8 22. Ne4 Ne5 23. Qf6 Qxf6 24. Nxf6+ Kf8 25. Nxh7+ Ke7 26. Ng5 b5 27. f4
Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Nc6 29. Ne4 Nb4 30. Rd2 bxc4 31. bxc4 a5 32. Rcd1 Rc6 33. Nc3 Ke6
34. Kg2 Na6 35. g4 Nc7 36. a4 Rb6 37. Nb5 Nxb5 38. axb5 a4 39. Ra2 Ra8 40. e4
a3 41. Rd3 Ra4 42. Rc3 f5 43. exf5+ gxf5 44. Raxa3 Rb4 45. Re3+ Kf6 46. g5+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Flor/Fjaere"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4
b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. h3 dxe4 11. dxe4 h6 12. b4 Bb6 13. a4 Rb8 14. Re1 Nh5 15. Nf1
Nf4 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Be3 Be6 18. Bxb6 cxb6 19. Ne3 f6 20. h4 bxa4 21. Bxa4 Ne7
22. g3 Nd3 23. Red1 Rbc8 24. Bc2 Rxc3 25. Rxa6 Bg4 26. Bxd3 Rdxd3 27. Rxd3 Rxd3
28. Nxg4 Rxf3 29. Ne3 f5 30. exf5 Nxf5 31. Nxf5 Rxf5 32. Rxb6 Rf3 33. Kg2 Rb3
34. h5 e4 35. g4 Kf7 36. b5 Ke7 37. Rb8 Kf6 38. Rb7 e3 39. fxe3 Rxe3 40. b6 Rb3
41. Kf2 g6 42. hxg6 Kxg6 43. Rb8 Kg7 44. Ke2 Rb4 45. Kf3 Kf7 46. Kg3 Kg7 47.
Kh4 Kh7 48. Rb7+ Kg6 49. Rb8 Rb3 50. Rb7 Kf6 51. Rh7 Kg6 52. Rb7 Kf6 53. Rb8
Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Flor/Fjaere"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. b3 e5 4. Bb2 d6 5. e3 f5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. exd4
e4 9. d5 exf3 10. dxc6 Qe7+ 11. Kd2 bxc6 12. Qxf3 Ne4+ 13. Kc2 Be6 14. Nxe4
fxe4 15. Qxe4 d5 16. Qe5 Qf7 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Re1 Rc8+ 19. Kb1 Qg6+ 20. Ka1
Kf7 21. Bd3 Qh6 22. Bf5 Rc6 23. Bxe6+ Rxe6 24. Qf5+ Ke7 25. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Flor/Fjaere"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d3 c6 6. e4 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. exd5
Na6 9. Nge2 Nc7 10. Nf4 Rb8 11. O-O b5 12. Be3 a5 13. Ba7 Rb7 14. Bc5 b4 15.
Na4 Ncxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Re1 Re8 18. Rc1 e6 19. d4 Rd7 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Nb6
Bb7 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. f3 Qxa2 24. Ra1 Qxb2 25. Rxa5 b3 26. Qd3 Rd8 27. Rb1
Bxd4+ 28. Bxd4 Rxd4 29. Qxb3 Qxb3 30. Rxb3 Bd5 31. Re3 Rd2 32. Ra1 Kg7 33. Rf1
g5 34. g4 Kg6 35. Rf2 Rd1+ 36. Kg2 h5 37. h3 hxg4 38. hxg4 f5 39. gxf5+ Kxf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Flor/Fjaere"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. e4 Nf6 6. Qe2 d5 7. d3 O-O 8. e5
Ne8 9. h3 Nc7 10. c3 d4 11. Nbd2 dxc3 12. bxc3 Nd5 13. Bb2 h6 14. Rfd1 Qa5 15.
Nb3 Qb6 16. c4 Nc7 17. Rab1 Ne6 18. d4 cxd4 19. Nbxd4 Qa5 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Nd4
Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Qa6 23. Bc5 Be6 24. Rbc1 Rfe8 25. Kh2 Rab8 26. a3 Qa5 27. Bb4 Qc7
28. Bc3 Rb3 29. Qe4 Rxa3 30. Bb2 Ra2 31. Bd4 c5 32. Be3 Bxe5 33. h4 Rb8 34. h5
g5 35. Rc2 Rxc2 36. Qxc2 Kg7 37. Re1 Rb4 38. Bd2 Rxc4 39. Qd3 Rd4 40. Qe3 Bf6
41. Bc3 Rc4 42. Bxf6+ exf6 43. Rd1 a5 44. Bd5 Rd4 45. Rxd4 cxd4 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Flor/Fjaere"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nb5 Na6 8.
Nc3 Qd8 9. a3 Be7 10. Qf3 O-O 11. Bxa6 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Flor/Fjaere"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. c4 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 Qe7 13. e4 Nc7 14. e5 fxe5
15. Qe2 Nd4 16. Nbxd4 exd4 17. Ne5 Nd5 18. Nc4 Bc5 19. a3 b5 20. Ne5 Qd6 21.
Nd3 Bb6 22. Bb4 Nxb4 23. Bxa8 Nc6 24. Rac1 Bd7 25. Bb7 Rb8 26. Bxc6 Bxc6 27.
Qe5 Rd8 28. Rfe1 Qxe5 29. Rxe5 Bd5 30. Nf4 Bc4 31. b3 Bxb3 32. Rxb5 Ba4 33. Rb4
Bd7 34. Nd3 Be8 35. Rb3 Ba4 36. Rb2 Kf7 37. Re1 Kf6 38. Rbe2 Rd6 39. Re4 Bc2
40. Rf4+ Ke7 41. Rf3 Ba4 42. g4 Bc6 43. Rh3 h6 44. Rg3 a5 45. g5 h5 46. g6 Bb5
47. Re5 Ba6 48. Rxh5 Rc6 49. Rh7 Kf6 50. Nf4 Rc1+ 51. Kg2 Bb7+ 52. Kh3 e5 53.
Nh5+ Kf5 54. Nxg7+ Ke4 55. Nh5 Bc8+ 56. Rg4+ Bxg4+ 57. Kxg4 d3 58. Ng3+ Kd5 59.
Rd7+ Ke6 60. Rxd3 Bxf2 61. Ne4 Bd4 62. Rf3 Rg1+ 63. Kh5 Kd5 64. Ng5 e4 65. Rf5+
Be5 66. g7 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Flor/Fjaere"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. exd5 exd5 10. d4 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. a4 bxa4 15.
Rxa4 Re8 16. Bg5 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 h6 18. Be3 Bg6 19. c3 Bc2 20. Ra3 Rb8 21. Nfd4
Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Rxb2 24. Kh2 Be4 25. Rxa7 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Ne4 27. Qa1
Rb8 28. Qa5 Qxa5 29. Rxa5 Rc8 30. Rxd5 Nxc3 31. Bxc3 Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Flor/Fjaere"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. b3 d6 6. Bb2 e5 7. c4 c6 8. d3 Re8
9. e4 Nbd7 10. Nc3 a5 11. Qc2 Nc5 12. h3 Ne6 13. Rad1 Nh5 14. Ne2 c5 15. Nc3
Bd7 16. Nd5 b5 17. cxb5 Bxb5 18. Nd2 a4 19. Nc4 Nd4 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Ncb6 Rb8
22. bxa4 Ba6 23. a5 Rb7 24. Nb4 Bb5 25. Qb3 Nf6 26. N4d5 Ba6 27. Nxf6+ Bxf6 28.
Rc1 Qb8 29. Rc6 Bd8 30. Rfc1 Rc7 31. Bf1 Rxc6 32. Rxc6 Re7 33. Nd5 Rb7 34. Qa3
Bb5 35. Rxd6 Bxa5 36. h4 Be1 37. Rf6 Be8 38. h5 Rb1 39. Kg2 Rb2 40. Rf3 Rc2 41.
Qe7 Ba4 42. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nf3 exd5 8. cxd5
d6 9. O-O Re8 10. a4 {Quite a rare continuation.} ({The main alternatives are:
} 10. Bf4) ({and} 10. Nd2) 10... Ne4 {A natural response - exchanging one pair
of knights may definitely ease Black's play.} (10... b6 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. h3 a6
13. e4 Qc7 $132) (10... Na6 11. Nd2 Ng4 12. h3 Ne5 13. f4 Nd7 14. e4 Nb4 15. a5
b6 $6 (15... b5 $142 $1 16. Nxb5 Nf6 $132) 16. Nc4 Ba6 17. Nxd6 Bxf1 18. Qxf1
$36 {1-0 Nikolic,P (2584)-Hracek,Z (2581)/Germany 2005/CBM 110/[Marin,M] (42)})
11. Nxe4 Rxe4 12. Nd2 Rb4 $1 {A brave decision - the rook is in danger, but
Black gets some time for completing his development.} ({After} 12... Re8 13.
Nc4 b6 14. Bf4 g5 15. Bd2 Ba6 16. Rc1 $14 {White is able to mobilise all his
forces and puts some pressure on the Pd6.}) 13. Ra2 {A natural prophylactic
move - White is ready to consolidate the position by means of b2-b3 and Nd2-c4.
} ({Black is doing fine after} 13. Rb1 b5 14. axb5 Nd7 15. b3 Rxb5 16. Bb2 a5
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11) ({Or} 13. Qc2 Nd7 14. Rb1 Qe7 15. Re1 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Ju,W
(2552)-Guseinov,G (2634)/Moscow 2012/CBM 147 (19)}) 13... a5 $5 $146 {Fabiano
comes up with an interesting new idea. He finds an original way to develop his
q-side pieces.} ({Another decent continuation was connected with a sacrifice:} 
13... Na6 $5 14. b3 Rd4 $1 15. Bb2 Nb4 16. Ra1 a6 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Rb1 b5 19.
Nf3 Bg7 $44) ({In the preceding game Black didn't solve all the problems:} 
13... Bd7 14. b3 b5 15. axb5 Bxb5 16. Ne4 $14 {0-1 Yuffa,D (2368)-Shomoev,A 
(2560)/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2013 (40)}) 14. b3 b5 {That is the point! Now Black
can afford to leave the rook on b4.} (14... Nd7 $5 15. Ba3 b5 16. Bxb4 axb4 $44
) 15. axb5 (15. Ba3 bxa4 16. Bxb4 axb4 17. Rxa4 Rxa4 18. bxa4 Ba6 19. Qc2 Bxe2
20. Re1 Ba6 $132) 15... Nd7 $1 {A precise move. Black is not obliged to take
back the pawn immediately.} (15... Rxb5 $2 16. Nc4 Na6 17. Bf4 Bf8 18. e4 Nb4
19. Ra3 $16) 16. Ne4 {The position is about equal, since both sides have their
weaknesses.} (16. Nc4 Ne5 17. Bd2 Rxb5 $132) 16... Qe7 ({Deviating from} 16...
Qc7 17. Bf4 Ne5 18. Bg5 h6 19. Nf6+ Kf8 (19... Kh8 $2 20. Ne8 Qd7 21. Nxg7 hxg5
22. Ne6 $1 $36) 20. Nh7+ Kg8 21. Nf6+ Kf8 $11) 17. Qc2 Rxb5 18. Bg5 (18. Bd2
Ne5 19. Rfa1 Rab8 20. Rxa5 Rxb3 21. Ra8 R3b7 $11) 18... Nf6 $5 {This
provocative move looks awkward, but White cannot make any use of the pin.} (
18... f6 19. Bf4 Ne5 20. Rfa1 Bf5 21. Ra3 Rab8 $11) 19. Qd3 Rb7 20. Qe3 {
Both players are playing well in such a complex position.} (20. h4 Bf5 21.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. e4 $11) 20... h6 $5 {A positional pawn sacrifice.} ({A quiet
alternative is} 20... Bf5 21. Nd2 Qxe3 22. Bxe3 $11) 21. Bxf6 {Accepting the
challenge.} ({Alexander deviates from a drawish endgame:} 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22.
Qxe7 Bxe7 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Rfa1 Kg7 25. e4 Rb8 26. Rxa5 Rxb3 27. Ra8 Bb7 28.
Rd8 $11) 21... Bxf6 22. Qf4 ({Of course, not} 22. Qxh6 Rxb3 23. Nxc5 dxc5 24.
d6 Qe5 $1 25. Bxa8 Bg5 $19) 22... Be5 23. Qxh6 Rxb3 ({Another tempting
continuation was} 23... Bg7 24. Qf4 Ra6 25. Qf3 Rb4 $44 {keeping nice
compensation too.}) 24. Nxc5 Rb5 {Once again, Black decides to keep more
pressure on the board.} ({The following line could lead to a draw:} 24... dxc5
25. d6 Qa7 26. Qg5 (26. Bd5 Bg7 27. Qxg6 Rb5 28. Ra3 Be6 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30.
Qxe6+ Qf7 31. Qe4 Rd8 32. Rd1 $132) 26... Bxd6 27. Bd5 Be6 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29.
Qxg6+ Kh8 30. Rxa5 Qxa5 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Qxe6+ Kg7 33. Qd7+ Kh8 34. Qh3+ $11)
25. Nd3 Bg7 26. Qd2 (26. Qf4 Bd7 27. Rc1 Qf6 $44) 26... a4 {The position is
still balanced - Black has sufficient compensation for a pawn, but not more.}
27. Qc2 (27. Qc1 Rb3 28. Rxa4 Rxa4 29. Qxc8+ Kh7 30. Bf3 $11) 27... a3 28. Rxa3
Rxa3 29. Qxc8+ Kh7 (29... Qf8 30. Qg4 Rb8 31. Bf3 $11) 30. Bf3 Rc3 31. Qg4 Rbb3
32. h4 {I guess both players were quite ambitious at this stage of the game.
In fact, White has some attacking prospects, since the Kh7 is somewhat exposed.
} (32. Kg2 $5) 32... f5 33. Qa4 (33. Qg5 Bf6 34. Qf4 $11) 33... Ra3 34. Qd1 (
34. Qb4 Rab3 35. Qa4 Ra3 $11) 34... Bh6 35. Kg2 (35. h5 $6 {is hardly a good
idea:} g5 36. g4 Qd7 37. gxf5 Qxf5 {and only Black can be better here.}) 35...
Qf6 36. Rh1 Qd4 $1 37. Qb1 Rab3 {All Black's pieces are very active, so
Alexander had to be careful, but...} 38. Qa2 $4 {A terrible blunder.} ({After} 
38. Qa1 Ra3 (38... Rxd3 39. exd3 Rb2 40. Qe1 Be3 41. Rf1 $14) 39. Qb1 Rcb3 40.
Qc2 $11 {Black had no reason to avoid a draw.}) 38... Rxd3 $1 39. exd3 Rb2 {
White cannot avoid the loss of his queen. A sad end for Grischuk.} (39... Rb2
40. Qxb2 Qxb2 41. Re1 Bg7 42. Re2 Qd4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 ({Kamsky's
brilliant win against Mamedyarov last year inspired others to try} 6. f4 {
However, Black mostly played the typical Paulsen move} a6 ({Transposing to the
Scheveningen} 6... d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Qf3 a6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Kh1 Bd7
12. Rae1 b5 13. a3 {would give White an extra tempo after taking on d4 - his
bishop went to d3 in one move. He had a dangerous attack even after} Rab8 14.
Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Qh3 Rfd8 16. Bd2 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. f5 $5 Nxd2 19. fxe6 Ne4 20.
exf7+ Kh8 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxe4 g6 23. Ref4 (23. Re3 $5 $36) 23... Kg7 $2 (
23... Qxe5 24. Bxg6 Qg7 25. Bd3 h6 $11) (23... Qc6 $132) 24. e6 Rf8 25. Qe3 {
[%cal Re3d4]} Bc5 26. Qe1 {[%cal Re1c3]} Bd6 27. Rh4 Be7 28. Qe3 h5 29. Qd4+
Kh6 30. Rxh5+ {1-0, Kamsky,G (2741)-Mamedyarov,S (2775)/WCup/2013/}) ({Another
possible option is} 6... Nxd4 7. Qxd4 a6 8. Be3 b5 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Kb1 Rc8 11.
Bd3 Nf6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Be7 15. Qg3 g6 16. h4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 d5
$11 {Hracek,Z (2638)-Gagunashvili,M (2556)/EU-chT Warsaw/2013/}) 7. Nxc6 $5 ({
White doesn't want to commit either of his bishops yet. After} 7. Be3 b5 $13 {
Black has done fine in practice.}) 7... bxc6 (7... Qxc6 8. Bd3 (8. Be2 b5 9.
Bf3 Bb7 10. Qd3 Rc8 11. Be3 Qc4 12. O-O-O Nf6 13. e5 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qxd3 15.
Rxd3 b4 16. Na4 Nd5 17. Nb6 Nxb6 18. Bxb6 Rb8 19. Bc7 Rb7 20. Bd6 a5 21. c4
Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Ke7 23. Kd2 Rc8 24. Kd3 Rbc7 25. b3 Rc6 $11 {Balogh,C (2664)
-Vitiugov,N (2709)/EU-ch Plovdiv/2012/}) 8... b5 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be7 $5 (
10... Bc5 11. O-O-O Ne7 12. a3 {and now Black should probably prefer the
double-edged} O-O $5 (12... O-O-O 13. Kb1 $14 d5 $6 (13... Kb8 $142) 14. Rhe1
Rd7 $2 (14... d4 $8 15. Na2 $14) 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. f5 $1 $36 Re8 17. Nxd5 Qxd5
18. Ba5 Bd4 (18... Qxg2 19. fxe6 Rxe6 20. Qh5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re1e6,Rh5c5,Rh5e8]}
) 19. Qf1 $1 {[%cal Rf5e6,Rd3e4]} Bc6 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Be4 Qc5 22. Qf3 $18 {
Naiditsch,A (2716)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2731)/Mulhouse/2011/}) 13. Qh5 f6 14. g4
Rac8 15. Rhe1 Qb6 16. Kb1 Bd4 17. Ne2 Bf2 18. Rf1 Rf7 19. Qh3 Ng6 20. Bc1 Bc5
$6 (20... a5 $132 {[%cal Yb5b4]}) 21. e5 b4 22. axb4 Bxb4 23. f5 $1 $40 {
Nepomniachtchi,I (2702)-Vitiugov,N (2729)/RUS-ch Nizhny Novgorod/2013/}) 11. a3
Rc8 12. O-O-O (12. O-O Nf6 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Rae1 f5 $13) 12... Nf6
13. g4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Be4 Qc7 16. Kb1 O-O 17. f5 Bf6 18. fxe6 fxe6 19.
Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bc1 Qe5 21. Rhe1 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Qxe4 23. Rxe4 Rc6 $132 {Volokitin,
A (2647)-Landa,K (2639)/RUS-chT/2014/}) 8. Bd3 d5 9. O-O Nf6 10. Kh1 Be7 11. b3
(11. e5 Nd7 12. Na4 c5 13. c4 d4 14. Be4 Bb7 15. Qf3 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Rc8 17. b3
Qc6 18. Qe2 O-O 19. Bd2 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 $15 {Adams,M (2708)-Timman,J (2650)/
Dortmund/1999/}) (11. Qf3 Bb7 (11... O-O $5) 12. f5 e5 ({Once more an
interesting try is} 12... O-O {/\} 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Qh3 Bc8 $132) 13. Qg3 d4
14. Nb1 c5 15. Nd2 O-O (15... h5 $5 16. Qe1 h4 17. Nc4 h3 18. g3 Bc6 $13 {
Timofeev,A (2622)-Volokitin,A (2679)/Sarajevo/2005/}) 16. Re1 (16. Nc4 $142 $1
$14) 16... Ne8 $5 17. Nc4 Bf6 18. a4 Nd6 19. Bg5 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 {Haslinger,S 
(2543)-Rodshtein,M (2664)/Hoogeveen/2013/} f6 $11) 11... Bb7 12. Bb2 c5 13. Qe2
(13. exd5 exd5 14. Qe2 O-O 15. Rae1 Rfe8 16. Nb5 $5 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2680)
-Lazarev,V (2438)/FRA-chT Belfort/2012/} axb5 $5 17. Bxf6 Bf8 $1 18. Be5 Qb6
19. Bxb5 Re7 $11 {[%cal Ya8a2,Rf7f6] /=/+}) 13... O-O 14. e5 Nd7 15. Rae1 c4 $5
16. bxc4 dxc4 17. Be4 (17. Bxc4 Bb4 18. Rb1 Rac8 19. Bd3 Nc5 $44) 17... Nc5 18.
Qxc4 Rfc8 19. Bxb7 Nxb7 20. Qe4 Rab8 21. Ba1 Nc5 22. Qe2 Qc6 $44 23. f5 $6 (23.
Rd1 $5) 23... exf5 24. Rxf5 Ne6 25. Ne4 Qxc2 26. Qf1 Qxa2 27. Nd6 Rf8 28. Nxf7
Qc2 29. h3 Rb3 30. Kh2 Qd3 $17 {[%csl Ga6] Shabalov,A (2546)-Vachier Lagrave,M
(2719)/WCup/2013/}) (6. Be2 Nf6 (6... a6 {is in the Pauslen spirit, our
example shows this move shouldn't be postponed too long.}) 7. Be3 Be7 $6 8. f4
d6 9. Ndb5 $5 Qb8 10. g4 Nd7 11. h4 a6 12. Nd4 Qc7 13. g5 Na5 14. h5 b5 15. Nf5
$1 exf5 16. Nd5 Qc6 17. exf5 (17. h6 $1 g6 18. Bd4 Rg8 19. Bf3 $40 {+/-}) 17...
Nc4 18. Bf3 Nxe3 19. Nxe3 Qc5 20. Qd2 Rb8 21. b4 $1 Qa7 $6 (21... Ne5 $142 22.
Bd5 $36) 22. O-O-O Bb7 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. h6 $1 $40 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2745)
-Mareco,S (2582)/Caleta/2014/}) 6... a6 ({Even now omitting this move might
cause Black some problems:} 6... Nf6 7. f4 $5 Bb4 8. Ndb5 Qa5 9. e5 Nd5 10. Bd2
Nxc3 11. Bxc3 O-O (11... Bxc3+ $6 12. Nxc3 O-O 13. Qd6 $1 {, po} f6 14. exf6
Qb4 15. O-O-O Qxd6 16. Rxd6 gxf6 17. Bc4 Kf7 18. Rhd1 Ke7 19. Ne4 Rd8 20. g4
$16 {Inarkiev,E (2656)-Kurnosov,I (2602)/Moscow/2009/}) 12. Qd2 Bxc3 (12... f6
13. exf6 Rxf6 14. g3 d5 15. Bxb4 Nxb4 16. Nd4 Qb6 17. c3 Nc6 18. O-O-O Bd7 19.
Be2 Be8 20. Bg4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Bg6 23. Bf3 $14 {Giri,A (2715)
-Bauer,C (2639)/ESP-chT Leon/2012/}) 13. Nxc3 f6 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. O-O-O d5 16.
g3 $5 $146 ({Earlier White played} 16. Kb1) 16... Bd7 $6 (16... d4 17. Ne4 Qxa2
18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Qd3 Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Qxb2 21. Qb3 $13 {/+/=}) (16... Rb8 $5 $132
{[%cal Yb7b4]}) 17. Ne4 Rh6 18. Qxa5 Nxa5 19. Nf2 Rf6 20. Ng4 Rff8 21. Ne5 Rad8
22. Bh3 $14 {/+/-, Motylev,A (2677)-Shimanov,A (2550)/EU-ch Aix-les-Bains/2011/
}) 7. Qd2 (7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O {was once one of the main lines, now it has
fallen out of fashion:} Ne5 (8... Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bc5 10. Bxc5 (10. Be2 d6 11. Qd3
Bxd4 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qb4 Be6 ({The more passive} 13... O-O {is also tenable:}
14. Rfd1 Rd8 15. Rd2 Be6 16. Rad1 Ne8 17. a4 Rdc8 18. a5 Qc5 19. Qxc5 Rxc5 20.
Ra1 Rac8 21. Bd3 Nf6 22. Na4 R5c6 23. Nb6 Rb8 24. c4 Nd7 $11 {Ma,Q (2595)
-Mchedlishvili,M (2649)/Hastings/2014/}) 14. Rfd1 Qc5 15. a3 Qxb4 16. axb4 Ke7
17. Ra5 Rhc8 18. f3 Bc4 19. Bd3 g6 20. Kf2 Ke6 21. Rda1 Nd7 22. Ke2 Nb6 23. Kd2
Rc7 24. Na4 Nxa4 25. R1xa4 Rac8 26. c3 f5 $11 {Dembo,Y (2429)-Schneider,V 
(2261)/EU-ch Plovdiv/2008/}) 10... Qxc5 11. Qd2 d6 (11... O-O 12. Rae1 d6 13.
Re3 e5 (13... b5 14. Rg3 {[%cal Re4e5]}) 14. Rf3 $1 Kh8 15. Rxf6 gxf6 16. Qh6
Rg8 17. Nd5 Rg6 18. Qf8+ Rg8 19. Qxf7 Bh3 20. Qxf6+ Rg7 21. Ne3 $36 {Solak,D 
(2615)-Safarli,E (2660)/Baku op/2013/}) 12. Rae1 e5 13. Re3 Be6 14. Rg3 Nh5 $5
(14... h6 15. Be2 Kf8 16. Kh1 Rd8 17. f4 exf4 18. Qxf4 Qe5 19. Qe3 Kg8 20. Bd3
Kh7 {Solak,D (2590)-Pelletier,Y (2589)/EU-chT Novi Sad/2009/} 21. Rxf6 $1 gxf6
22. Nd5 {[%cal Rd5f6]} Bf5 $8 23. Qf3 Bg6 24. h4 $1 h5 25. Nxf6+ Kg7 26. Nd5
$16) 15. Rg5 ({White is consistent,} 15. Rf3 O-O $11 {is too timid.}) 15... g6
16. Rxh5 gxh5 17. Qg5 Kd7 18. Nd1 Rag8 19. Qxh5 h6 20. Ne3 Rg5 21. Qf3 Rc8 22.
Rd1 Kc7 23. a4 Qc6 24. h4 Rgg8 25. b3 {Here White's compensation for the
exchange is not as impressive as in the above games and Black can even get
some initiative with} f5 $5 26. Nxf5 Rcf8 27. Qh3 h5 $13 {/=/+, Solak,D (2583)
-Ivanisevic,I (2614)/SRB-chT Kragujevac/2009/}) (8... b5 9. Nxc6 (9. Qe2 Bb7
10. f4 (10. a3 Be7 11. f4 d6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Rae1 b4 14. Nd1 bxa3 15. bxa3 e5
$1 16. Nf2 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ne5 $15 {Polgar,J (2630)-Ljubojevic,L (2580)/Buenos
Aires/1994/}) 10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc5 12. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 13. Kh1 (13. Rf2 $6 b4 14.
Nd1 O-O 15. Kh1 d6 16. Rf3 e5 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Rf5 Qe6 19. Nf2 Rae8 20. Qd2 d5
$1 $36 {Sengupta,D (2538)-Grachev,B (2668)/Basel/2014/}) 13... b4 $1 ({
Practically forced, as White gets a huge attack after} 13... d6 $2 14. e5 dxe5
15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Be4 $1 Bc6 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh4 $1 $16 {->} (18. Qf3 $6 O-O 19.
Bxc6 Nxe5 20. Bxa8 Nxf3 21. Bxf3 b4 22. Ne4 Qxc2 23. Rf2 Qc7 $13 {Vachier
Lagrave,M (2715)-So,W (2684)/Reykjavik/2013/})) 14. Nd1 (14. Nb1 d5 (14... d6
$11) (14... h5 $5 15. e5 Ng4 $13) 15. e5 Ne4 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 g6 18. Rae1
a5 $1 19. Rf3 Ba6 20. a3 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 Rc8 22. axb4 axb4 23. c3 O-O $11 {
Vorobiov,E (2534)-Vescovi,G (2590)/Moscow/2002/}) 14... d6 15. Nf2 e5 16. Ng4
Nxg4 17. Qxg4 O-O 18. a3 Bc6 19. Qf5 bxa3 (19... a5 $5) 20. Rxa3 Bb5 21. Rc3
Qb4 22. Rb3 Qc5 23. Rc3 {1/2, Byrne,R (2510)-Karpov,A (2540)/Moscow/1971/ One
of the few Sicilians with Black in Karpov's career.}) 9... Qxc6 10. a3 Bb7 11.
Qe2 (11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Rfe1 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 d6 15. Re3 Nd7 16. Qh4 Ne5
17. Nd5 Ng6 18. Ne7+ Nxe7 19. Qxe7 Rae8 20. Qg5 Qc5 $11 {Leko,P (2763)-Kramnik,
V (2744)/Dortmund/2005/}) 11... Be7 12. f4 O-O 13. e5 (13. Bd4 Bc5 14. Bxc5
Qxc5+ 15. Kh1 {Golubev,M (2487)-Tregubov,P (2647)/Manama/2009/} d6 $132) 13...
Nd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. c4 bxc4 16. Bxc4 Qc6 17. Rac1 (17. f5 Rac8 18. Bd3 exf5
19. Bxf5 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 21. Kh1 Rce8 22. Rae1 Re7 23. b4 Qc3 $11 {Bacallao
Alonso,Y (2526)-Gonzalez Vidal,Y (2549)/Santa Clara/2014/}) 17... Bc5 18. Bxc5
Qxc5+ 19. Qf2 Qxf2+ 20. Rxf2 Rfb8 21. b4 Bc6 22. f5 a5 $11 {Landa,K (2615)
-Tregubov,P (2658)/Novokuznetsk/2008/}) 9. h3 Bc5 10. Kh1 d6 11. f4 Ng6 {
was earlier played with success:} 12. Qe1 (12. Qd2 O-O 13. Rae1 b5 14. a3 Re8
$11 (14... e5 $5 $132)) 12... Bd7 $5 (12... O-O 13. f5 Ne5 14. Qh4 $13 {
[%cal Yf1f3] followed by the sacrificial Rf3 is more dangerous, but probably
playable as well}) 13. f5 (13. b4 Ba7 $1 14. a4 O-O 15. Ra3 e5 16. fxe5 dxe5
17. Nf5 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 (18. Nxe3 Nf4 $11) 18... Bxf5 19. exf5 Nf4 20. Ne4 N6d5
21. Qe1 f6 $15 {1/2, Pinkovetsky,S (2549)-Toro Solis de Ovando,G (2541)/email/
2011/}) 13... Ne5 14. Qh4 (14. Nce2 exf5 15. exf5 Nd5 16. Bg1 O-O 17. Qg3 Kh8
18. a3 Rae8 19. b4 Bb6 20. c4 Nf6 $13 {/=/+, Mitkov,N (2530)-Ivanisevic,I 
(2548)/EU-chT Plovdiv/2003/}) 14... Qb6 15. Nce2 (15. Bh6 $2 Ng6 $1 $17) (15.
fxe6 fxe6 16. Rxf6 gxf6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Qxf6 Kd7 19. Na4 Bxe3 20. Nxb6+ Bxb6
$15) 15... O-O-O 16. Bg1 (16. Qg3 Nh5 $11) 16... exf5 17. b4 $6 (17. exf5 $142
Qxb2 18. Rfb1 Qa3 19. Rb3 Qa5 20. Rab1 b5 21. Qg3 $13) 17... Qxb4 18. Rab1 Qa4
19. exf5 Rhe8 20. Nc3 Qa5 21. Ne4 Nxd3 22. cxd3 Nxe4 23. dxe4 Qa4 24. Rfc1 Kb8
25. e5 Bxd4 (25... dxe5 $2 26. Rxc5 exd4 27. Rd5 $18 {[%cal Rd5d8]}) (25... Ka8
$5 $15) 26. Bxd4 Bc6 27. Rb4 (27. e6 $1 fxe6 28. Rb4 $1 Qxb4 29. Ba7+ Kxa7 30.
Qxb4 exf5 31. Qd4+ Ka8 32. Rxc6 bxc6 33. Qb6 $11) 27... Qxb4 28. Ba7+ Kxa7 29.
Qxb4 dxe5 $15 {Haznedaroglu,K (2430)-Ribli,Z (2591)/EU-Cup Saint Vincent/2005/}
) (7. Qf3 {also prepares 0-0-0, but is still only a sideline:} b5 8. Nxc6 (8.
Qg3 $5) 8... Qxc6 9. O-O-O $6 (9. Bd3 $142) 9... Bb7 10. Bd3 Nf6 {[%cal Rb5b4]}
11. Bd4 b4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Ne2 f5 $1 14. Ng3 Bg7 15. Kb1 Qc5 16. Qf4 Be5 17.
Qd2 f4 $17 {[%csl Gb7,Ge5] Grischuk,A (2783)-Wang,Y (2723)/Beijing blitz/2013/}
) 7... Nf6 8. O-O-O (8. f4 $5 {is right now highly topical:} Bb4 ({The
Scheveningen continuation} 8... d6 9. Be2 Be7 {allows White to spice it up
with the dangerous} 10. O-O-O O-O 11. g4 $1 Nxd4 (11... b5 12. g5 Nd7 13. a3 $5
$36 {[%cal Yf4f5,Yg5g6,Yh2h5]}) 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qd3 Bxg4 (13... exf4 14. Bxf4
Be6 15. g5 Nd7 16. Bxd6 $14) (13... d5 14. exd5 exf4 15. Bd4 $36) 14. Bxg4 Nxg4
15. Nd5 Qd7 16. f5 Bd8 17. Rhg1 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 f6 19. h4 Qf7 20. h5 Kh8 21. Rg6
$40 Rg8 22. Rdg1 h6 $2 23. Nxf6 $1 Bxf6 24. Rxh6+ $1 $18 {Shirov,A (2726)
-Ljubojevic,L (2571)/Monte Carlo rpd blindfold/1999/}) (8... b5 9. e5 {isn't
quite ideal either:} Ng4 (9... b4 10. Ncb5 axb5 11. Nxb5 Qb8 12. exf6 gxf6 13.
c4 bxc3 14. bxc3 Ra5 (14... Rg8 15. Rb1 Na7 16. a4 Nxb5 17. Bxb5 Qc7 18. Bb6 (
18. O-O $36 {[%csl Re8,Gg1]}) 18... Qb7 19. Rg1 Be7 20. g3 Qe4+ $6 (20... Kf8
$1 21. Qe3 Rb8 $13) 21. Kf2 Bb7 22. Bxd7+ Kf8 23. Qe2 Qd5 24. Bb5 Bc5+ 25.
Bxc5+ Qxc5+ 26. Qe3 Qh5 27. h4 $16 {Popov,I (2653)-Demianjuk,A (2345)/Moscow/
2014/}) 15. a4 Ba6 16. Kf2 (16. Be2 $1 $16 {[%cal Ye1g1] /\} Bxb5 17. Bxb5 Qxb5
18. axb5 Rxa1+ 19. Kf2 Rxh1 20. bxc6 dxc6 21. Qa2 $18) 16... Be7 17. Be2 O-O
18. Qxd7 Bb7 19. Rhd1 Rc8 20. g3 Bf8 21. Nd6 Bxd6 22. Qxd6 Qa8 {Hansen,E (2567)
-Shankland,S (2605)/Barcelona/2013/} 23. Qa3 $16 {/+-}) 10. Bg1 Bb7 11. O-O-O (
11. Nb3 $5 d5 (11... d6 12. Qe2 $1 {[%cal Yc3d5,Re2g4]}) 12. O-O-O $14) 11...
Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Be7 13. Bd3 f5 14. h3 Nh6 15. Rhg1 O-O 16. Kb1 (16. Qe3 Rac8 17.
Kb1 Bc6 18. Ne2 Bd5 19. g4 g6 20. b3 Qb7 21. Rdf1 a5 22. Ng3 Bc4 23. Be4 Bd5 {
1/2, Karjakin,S (2766)-Svidler,P (2758)/Khanty-Mansiysk Candidates/2014/}) (16.
g4 $14) 16... Kh8 17. g4 Bc6 18. Ne2 b4 $6 (18... g6 $142 $14) 19. gxf5 Nxf5
20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21. Ng3 Rf7 22. f5 $1 exf5 23. Rdf1 Raf8 $2 24. Nh5 Rg8 {Schrott,
E (2059)-Collutiis,D (2449)/Amantea/2009/} 25. Qh6 $3 gxh6 26. e6+ $18) 9. Bd3
Na5 $5 (9... d5 10. e5 Ng4 11. Bg1 f6 12. Be2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 $5 (13. Qxd4 Bxc3+
14. Qxc3 $36) 13... fxe5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. O-O {[%cal Rc3d5]} (15. Qg5 $6 Ng6
16. O-O Qe7 17. Qe3 Bd7 18. a3 Bd6 19. Bh5 O-O-O 20. Bb6 $2 {Dominguez Perez,L
(2757)-Robson,R (2628)/St Louis blitz/2014/} Qh4 $1 $19) 15... Bd6 16. Bh5+ g6
17. Rae1 $1 Rf8 (17... gxh5 18. Nxd5 $1 exd5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Qxd5 $18) 18.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 19. Qf4+ Nf7 (19... Qf7 20. Qh6+ Qg7 21. Qxg7+ Kxg7 22. Rxe5 $16)
20. Qf6 e5 (20... gxh5 21. Nxd5 $1 Qd8 22. Qg7+ Ke8 23. Rf1 $18) 21. Rf1 $1 Bf5
22. Rxf5 gxf5 23. Nxd5 Qd7 24. Bxf7 Be7 25. Qxe5 Kxf7 26. Nb6 {1-0, Smirnov,P 
(2635)-Maletin,P (2611)/Tomsk/2013/}) (9... O-O 10. a3 $1 Bxc3 $6 11. Qxc3 Ng4
12. Bd2 $36 e5 ({This line won't be tested anymore, as Black's former intention
} 12... Qb6 {runs into} 13. h3 $1 $16) 13. Nxc6 dxc6 14. h3 Nf6 15. fxe5 Nd7
16. Bf4 Re8 17. Bc4 Nxe5 18. Rf1 $1 Kh8 19. O-O-O f6 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 (20... Rxe5
$2 21. Qxe5 $1) 21. Qxe5 fxe5 22. Rf7 $32 {+-, Solak,D (2610)-Navara,D (2700)/
EU-ch Yerevan/2014/}) (9... Ne7 10. Nde2 d6 11. a3 (11. O-O-O O-O 12. Kb1 $14)
11... Bc5 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Ng3 b5 14. e5 Nfd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17.
Be4 Bb7 18. Nh5 Rad8 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Qe3 f5 21. exf6 g6 22. f5 exf5 23. Nf4
Bf7 24. Nd3 {Perunovic,M (2617)-Firat,B (2480)/EU-ch Yerevan/2014/} Qb6 $1 $11)
(9... e5 $6 10. Nf5 g6 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Bg5 Nfg4 $6 {Popov,I (2620)-Potkin,V 
(2666)/EU-ch Legnica/2013/} 13. Ne7 $1 $16 {[%cal Re7d5]}) 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3
Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 d5 (12... d6 13. Nb3 Nc6 14. O-O-O b5 15. Rhe1 Bb7 16. Bb6 Rc8
17. c4 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Ke7 19. e5 dxe5 20. Nc5 Nb8 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Nxb7 Nfd7
23. Bf2 exf4 24. Bh4+ Nf6 25. Rd6 $40 {Shomoev,A (2560)-Grigoriants,S (2581)/
Taganrog/2014/}) 13. e5 (13. exd5 exd5 $132 (13... Nxd5 14. Bd2 Nb6 $13)) 13...
Ne4 14. Nb3 Nc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Na5 Bd7 (16... b5 17. Bd4 f5 18. exf6 gxf6
19. O-O Rf8 20. Rae1 f5 21. Rf3 Rf7 22. Rh3 Bb7 23. Nxb7 Rxb7 24. Rh6 Re7 25.
g4 $14 {Edouard,R (2658)-Javakhishvili,L (2430)/Caleta/2014/}) 17. Bd4 Rc8 18.
Nxb7 Bc6 $1 (18... Ba4 19. Ke2 Bxc2 20. Ke3 O-O 21. Ra2 Bd3 22. Rb2 Rb8 23. Rb4
f5 24. Na5 $13 {/+/=, Sutovsky,E (2652)-Oral,T (2528)/EU-ch Yerevan/2014/}) 19.
Na5 Bd5 20. Rb1 Kd7 $1 $146 {An important novelty by Giri saves the line for
Black.} (20... O-O 21. Ke2 (21. Rb4 f6 22. O-O $14) 21... Nc5 (21... f6 $142 $1
) 22. Kf2 Ne4+ 23. Ke3 Nc5 24. Rhg1 Nd7 25. Rb4 Nb8 {Popov,I (2650)-Oral,T 
(2528)/EU-ch Yerevan/2014/} 26. Nb7 $16) 21. Ke2 (21. Rb4 f5 {[%cal Yg7g5]} 22.
exf6 gxf6 23. O-O Rhg8 $132) 21... f5 22. Rb6 g5 $1 23. fxg5 Rhg8 {The point
of Black's 20th move - he can use his rook for active counterplay. If he had
castled, his own king would get in the way.} 24. Rg1 Rxg5 25. Rxa6 Rgg8 26. Rb6
Rb8 27. Rb4 f4 $44 {[%csl Ra5] Volokitin,A (2683)-Giri,A (2749)/Bundesliga/
2014/ With White's sidelined knight Black has full compensation and he even
went on to win the game.}) 8... Be7 ({The other main move is} 8... Bb4 {
, but this has gradually almost disappeared from the scene since last year:} 9.
f3 Ne5 ({After} 9... Ne7 $5 10. Nde2 ({Here} 10. Nb3 {is too soft due to} d5
11. e5 Nd7 12. f4 b6 13. Bd4 Nc5 14. a3 Ne4 15. Qe1 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3
Qxc3 18. bxc3 a5 19. Nd4 Ba6 20. Bd3 Kd7 $11 {Carlsen,M (2872)-Ivanchuk,V 
(2757)/London Candidates/2013/}) 10... d5 {the critical line seems to be} 11.
Bg5 $5 (11. a3 Ba5 12. Bg5 dxe4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qh6 f5 15. Qf6 Ng6 16. fxe4
f4 $1 17. g3 fxg3 18. hxg3 Qe5 $5 19. Qf2 Bd7 20. Bg2 O-O-O 21. Kb1 Be8 22.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Nf4 Bc7 24. Rh5 Qg7 25. Rc5 Ne5 $11 {Scheuermann,B (2544)-Ugge,
A (2541)/email/2003/}) 11... dxe4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qd4 exf3 14. Qxb4 fxe2 15.
Bxe2 f5 16. Rd6 Bd7 17. Rhd1 Bc6 18. Bf3 $5 $44 {[%csl Re8]} (18. Qd4 O-O 19.
g4 Rfc8 $1 $132)) 10. Nb3 b5 11. Qe1 Be7 12. f4 Ng6 13. e5 Ng4 14. Ne4 Nxe3 $1
(14... O-O 15. Bc5 $14) 15. Qxe3 O-O 16. h4 (16. Nd6 f6 17. Bd3 $5 $14) 16...
Bb7 17. h5 (17. Nd6 f6 18. Nxb7 Rac8 19. c3 fxe5 $5 $132) 17... Rac8 18. Bd3
Nxe5 $1 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. Nbd2 f5 21. Nf3 Qc7 22. Neg5 (22. Nc3 $13) (22. Ned2
$5) 22... Bd5 23. Nh4 $2 (23. h6 g6 $44 {[%cal Ye7f6]}) 23... Qc5 $1 24. Qd2
Bf6 25. a3 b4 $1 26. axb4 Qd4 27. c3 Bxg5 28. Qxg5 Rxc3+ $19 {->, Ter Sahakyan,
S (2575)-Potkin,V (2653)/EU-ch Aix-les-Bains/2011/}) 9. f3 {White opts for the
English Attack setup.} ({Just like one move earlier, the alternative is} 9. f4
b5 10. e5 (10. Bd3 b4 11. Na4 (11. Nce2 Na5 $132) 11... Rb8 12. Kb1 (12. e5 Nd5
13. Be4 Bb7 14. Bxd5 Nxd4 15. Bxb7 $2 (15. Qxd4 Bxd5 16. Nb6 Bc6 $11 {/=/+})
15... b3 $1 16. Bxd4 bxa2 17. b4 (17. b3 $4 Ba3+) 17... Rxb7 18. Ba1 Bxb4 19.
Qe3 O-O 20. c3 d5 21. Kd2 Ba3 22. f5 Qa5 23. Qd4 Rc8 $40 {Soares,F (1924)-Tosi,
F (2370)/email/2009/}) 12... d6 13. b3 O-O 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Rhe1 Qc7 16. Qe2
Bd7 17. Nb2 Bb5 18. Bd4 Qc6 19. Qf3 Rfc8 $132 {1/2, Gashimov,V (2719)
-Movsesian,S (2723)/Reggio Emilia/2010/}) 10... b4 11. exf6 (11. Na4 Nd5 $15) (
11. Ncb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Qb8 (12... Qa5 $5 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6
Qxa2 16. Rd3 Qa1+ 17. Kd2 Ra2 18. Rb3 (18. Bd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Rxb2 20. Bb5 Qxh1
21. Bxd7+ Bxd7 22. Qb8+ $1 $11) 18... Rxb2 19. Bb5 Qa2 20. Rxb2 Qxb2 21. Bc5
Qc3+ 22. Kd1 Ba6 $1 23. Bxa6 (23. Bxc6 Qa1+ $11) 23... Qa1+ 24. Kd2 Qxa6 25.
Bd4 Rg8 26. g3 Qb7 27. Bc5 Qb8 $11 {Wei,Y (2551)-Stukopin,A (2522)/WChJ
Kocaeli/2013/}) 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Kb1 d5 15. c4 bxc3 16. Qxc3 Bd7 17. Bc5 O-O
18. Qg3+ Kh8 19. Qh4 Bxc5 20. Qxf6+ Kg8 21. Qg5+ (21. Rd3 $2 Ne7) 21... Kh8 {
1/2, Yu,Y (2662)-Cori Tello,J (2587)/WChJ Kocaeli/2013/}) 11... bxc3 12. Qxc3
Bxf6 13. g4 h6 (13... Bb7 14. g5 Bxd4 15. Rxd4 O-O $5 (15... Rc8 16. Ra4 (16.
Rd2 Ne7 17. Qxc7 Rxc7 18. Rg1 Nf5 19. Bb6 Rc6 20. Bf2 d5 21. Bd3 (21. Rd3 $5
$14) 21... Nd6 22. Bd4 O-O 23. h4 (23. a4 a5 24. Bb5 $5 $14) 23... a5 24. h5
Ba6 25. Bxa6 Rxa6 26. h6 g6 $11 {Sengupta,D (2529)-Konguvel,P (2347)/Kolkata/
2014/}) 16... O-O 17. Rg1 d5 18. Kb1 d4 $1 (18... Rfd8 19. Bd3 d4 $2 20. Bxd4
Rxd4 21. Rxd4 Qb6 22. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 23. g6+ $1 fxg6 24. Qh3+ Kg8 25. Qxe6+ Kf8
(25... Kh8 26. Rg3 $18) 26. Qd6+ Kg8 27. Rdd1 $18 {Yu,Y (2675)-Svidler,P (2753)
/Dubai rpd/2014/}) 19. Bxd4 Qxf4 20. Qg3 Qxg3 21. Rxg3 Rfd8 22. Rd3 a5 (22...
Nxd4 $142 23. Raxd4 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Kf8 $132) 23. Bb6 Rxd3 24. Bxd3 $14 {Yu,Y 
(2675)-Ganguly,S (2619)/Dubai blitz/2014/}) 16. Rd2 Rfc8 17. Rg1 Qd8 {[%cal
Ya8b8,Gb8b1,Gc8c1]} 18. Bd4 (18. Bd3 Ne7 (18... a5 $2 19. g6 $1 hxg6 20. Bxg6
fxg6 21. Rxg6 e5 22. Qb3+ $18) 19. Qd4 Rab8 $13) ({Interesting is} 18. Qb3 $5
Qc7 (18... Rab8 19. Bc5 $5) 19. Qb6 $14 {and the endgame is slightly better
for White.}) 18... Ne7 $5 (18... Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Bd5 $11) 19. Qd3 Qa5 (19... Nf5
$132) 20. a3 Qa4 $6 (20... Nf5 $142 21. Bc3 (21. Bf2 $6 Qa4 $36 {[%csl Rf4]})
21... Qb6 22. Bd4 Qa5 $11 (22... Qc7 $5)) 21. Bh3 $1 Nd5 22. Kb1 (22. Qe4 $1 {
[%cal Re4e5]} Nb4 (22... Rxc2+ 23. Qxc2 Rc8 24. Bc3 $16) 23. Qxb7 Nxc2 24. Bc3
Nxa3 25. Qxd7 Nb5 26. Rg3 $14 {Black has counterplay, but hardly full
compensation for the piece.}) 22... Nxf4 23. Qe3 Ng6 (23... Nxh3 24. Qe5 Qxd4
25. Qxd4 Nxg1 26. Qxg1 Be4 27. Qd4 d5 28. b3 $14) 24. Rf1 Qb5 (24... Bd5 $5 {/\
} 25. Qf2 e5 26. Bxe5 Nxe5 27. Rxd5 Nc4 28. Rd3 Rab8 29. Ka1 Ne5 $132) 25. Qf2
Rf8 26. Bc5 Ne5 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28. Rd4 $14 {/~~, Sutovsky,E (2642)-Morozevich,A
(2719)/Poikovsky/2014/}) 14. h4 (14. Bg2 Bb7 15. Rhg1 Rc8 16. Kb1 Nxd4 17. Qxc7
Rxc7 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Ke7 20. Ra4 Bxg2 21. Rxg2 Rc6 $11 {Hracek,Z (2635)
-Akesson,R (2469)/Pardubice rpd/2013/}) 14... Bb7 15. Rh2 (15. Rh3 Rc8 16. Kb1
Nxd4 17. Qxc7 Rxc7 18. Bxd4 Be4 19. Bd3 Bxd4 20. Bxe4 Bf6 21. Bd3 Rb7 22. b3 a5
23. Ba6 Rb6 24. Be2 d5 25. Re3 Be7 26. f5 a4 27. fxe6 fxe6 28. c4 axb3 29. Rxb3
Rxb3+ 30. axb3 dxc4 31. Bxc4 Bxh4 $11 {Ramsden,J (2000)-Voigt,D (1991)/email/
2012/}) 15... Rc8 (15... Qd6 $5 16. Qd2 (16. Rhd2 $5 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Qxf4 18.
Bxf6 gxf6 19. Kb1 $44) 16... Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bf3 18. Bxf6 Qxd2+ 19. Rdxd2 gxf6
20. Bg2 Bxg2 21. Rhxg2 Ke7 22. Rd4 d5 23. b3 {1/2, Pikula,D (2489)-Arsovic,Z 
(2434)/Valjevo/2012/}) 16. Qd2 Nxd4 (16... Be7 17. Nxc6 (17. Kb1 $6 Nb4 $1 18.
Nb3 $2 Bf3 19. Rc1 Bxg4 20. Bd4 O-O 21. Be2 Bf5 $17 {Aagaard,J (2528)
-Rasmussen,A (2538)/DEN-ch Odense/2011/}) 17... Bxc6 18. Kb1 $13 {/+/=}) ({
Too risky is} 16... g5 $6 17. fxg5 hxg5 18. Rf2 Bxd4 $6 (18... Be5 $142) 19.
Bxd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 e5 {Gorovykh,E (2446)-Geller,J (2534)/Dagomys/2010/} 21. Qe3
$1 $16 {/\} gxh4 22. Rxd7 $1 $18) 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 O-O 19. g5 h5 20. Rf2
d5 $5 (20... Qa5 21. a3 Rc7 22. Bd3 g6 23. Rdd2 Bc6 (23... Bd5 $5) 24. Qf6 Ba4
25. f5 $1 exf5 26. b4 Qd5 27. Bxf5 Qa2 (27... Qh1+ $142 28. Rd1 Qxh4 29. Bxg6
Qxf2 $1 30. Qxf2 fxg6 $14) 28. Bxg6 Qxa3+ 29. Kd1 d5 30. Qe5 $1 {[%cal Re5c7]}
(30. Rxd5 Qxb4 31. Bxf7+ Rcxf7 32. Qg6+ Rg7 33. Qe6+ Kh8 34. Qh6+ Kg8 35. Qe6+
Kh8 {1/2, Inarkiev,E (2674)-Movsesian,S (2716)/Olginka/2011/}) 30... Rb7 (30...
Rfc8 $2 31. Rxf7 $18) (30... Qxb4 31. Qxc7 Qb1+ 32. Ke2 Re8+ 33. Kf3 Qh1+ 34.
Kg3 Qg1+ 35. Rg2 $18) 31. Bh7+ $1 Kxh7 32. Rxf7+ Rbxf7 33. g6+ $1 Kg8 34. gxf7+
Rxf7 35. Rg2+ Kf8 36. Qb8+ Ke7 37. Re2+ Kd7 38. Qe8+ Kd6 39. Qe6+ $18) 21. Re1
({Black wants to exchange his passive bishop after} 21. Bd3 g6 22. a3 a5 23.
Re1 Bc6 24. Qf6 Bb5 $1 25. Bxb5 (25. Bxg6 Qa7 26. Rf3 fxg6 27. Qxg6+ Qg7 28.
Qxe6+ Qf7 $11) 25... Qb6 26. Ree2 Qxb5 27. Rxe6 fxe6 $11 {Guseinov,G (2613)
-Macieja,B (2594)/Istanbul olm/2012/}) 21... g6 22. Re3 {[%cal Ye3c3,Yc3b3,
Yb3a3]} a5 (22... Bc6 {[%cal Yc6b5]} 23. Bxa6 (23. Rb3 $5) 23... Ra8 24. Ra3
Ra7 25. Rff3 Rfa8 $132) 23. Rb3 a4 $5 24. Qxa4 Qc5 25. Rg2 Ra8 26. Qb4 (26. Qb5
Qc7 $1 $11 {[%csl Ra2,Rf4]}) 26... Qxb4 27. Rxb4 Rxa2 28. Be2 (28. Kd2 Ba6 $11
{is drawish, so White retains the bishops. However, this shouldn't have given
him an advantage either.}) 28... Ba6 29. Bd1 Ra8 (29... Rc8 $5) 30. Rg3 Bc4 31.
Kd2 {Saric,I (2637)-Yu,Y (2677)/Wijk aan Zee-B/2014/} R2a7 $5 $11) 9... b5 {
All the rage nowadays.} (9... O-O 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nh5 12. Nce2 Rd8 13. Ng3
Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Nf4 15. h4 Bb7 16. Qb6 Qb8 17. Kb1 d5 $1 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Qxb7
Bc5 20. exd5 (20. Ne2 Qd6 $1 {[%csl Rb7]}) 20... Qxg3 21. Bd3 {1/2, Salgado
Lopez,I (2626)-Movsesian,S (2721)/Moscow/2011/} Rdb8 22. Bxh7+ Kf8 23. Qd7 Ra7
24. Qc6 Rc7 25. Qxa6 Ra7 $11) 10. Kb1 {This quiet prophylactic move (moving
the king away from the semi-open c-file is usually useful) has started to
replace the openly aggressive} (10. g4 Nxd4 {which has brought Black excellent
results in recent practice:} 11. Qxd4 (11. Bxd4 Bb7 12. g5 (12. Qf2 O-O 13. Bd3
Rac8 14. Ne2 d6 15. Ng3 Nd7 16. Rhe1 Nc5 17. Kb1 Rfd8 18. b3 e5 19. Bb2 Bh4 20.
Rg1 g6 21. Qe3 f6 22. f4 exf4 23. Qxf4 d5 $1 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 $15 {Karjakin,S 
(2776)-Topalov,V (2767)/Beijing/2013/}) (12. Ne2 $6 Rc8 13. c3 h6 14. Ng3 b4
15. c4 d5 $1 $36 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Nf5 exf5 18. Bxf6 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxf6 20.
Rhe1+ Kf8 21. Kb1 Qxc4 22. Rc1 Bc3 23. Qd7 Kg8 $19 {Volokitin,A (2688)-Robson,
R (2623)/WCup Tromsoe/2013/}) ({Caruana was understandably unwilling to repeat
} 12. Kb1 O-O 13. Qf2 (13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 f6 $1 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6
17. Bg2 Nd5 18. Rhe1 Rae8 (18... Rad8 $5 $11 {/\} 19. Be5 d6 20. Bg3 e5 {
and White doesn't have f4 anymore.}) 19. Be5 d6 20. Bg3 e5 21. f4 $1 Nxf4 22.
Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Qxd6 Re6 24. Qc5 $14 {/<=>, Inarkiev,E (2682)-Le,Q (2712)/Dubai
rpd/2014/}) 13... Rac8 14. Rg1 Bc6 15. Bd3 b4 16. Ne2 d5 17. g5 Nh5 18. exd5
Bxd5 19. Rg4 e5 20. Be3 Qc6 21. Rf1 g6 22. Nc1 f5 $1 23. gxf6 Nxf6 24. Rgg1 Nh5
25. Qd2 Bxf3 $15 {Caruana,F (2779)-Svidler,P (2740)/ECC Rhodes/2013/ For more
details see the notes to this game by Kr. Szabo in CBM 157.}) (12. Bd3 O-O {
only transposes after} 13. g5 Nh5) 12... Nh5 13. Be5 (13. Kb1 O-O 14. Bd3 (14.
Rg1 Rac8 15. Qf2 Rfd8 16. Bb6 Bc5 17. Bxc7 Bxf2 18. Bxd8 Bxg1 19. Rxd7 Bxh2 20.
Be7 Bc6 21. Ra7 Rc7 22. Rxc7 Bxc7 $11 {/=/+, Blomqvist,E (2508)-Cramling,P 
(2520)/SWE-chT/2014/}) (14. Be3 d5 $1 15. exd5 b4 16. Na4 Bxd5 17. Nb6 Rad8 18.
Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Qc1 Rxd1 20. Qxd1 Nf4 $132 {/=/+, Bauer,C (2622)-Ganguly,S (2630)
/Linares/2013/}) (14. Ne2 $5 $13 {is an unexplored version of Almasi's idea
below.}) 14... Nf4 15. h4 Rac8 16. Ne2 Nxd3 17. cxd3 e5 18. Be3 Bb4 (18... d5
$5 $15) 19. Qxb4 Qc2+ 20. Ka1 Qxe2 {s pohodlnou hrou, Mamedov - Morozevic,
Europsky pohar 2013.} 21. Qd2 (21. Bd2 $5 {[%cal Yd2c3]}) 21... Qxd2 (21...
Qxf3 $142 $15) 22. Bxd2 f6 {Mamedov,N (2612)-Morozevich,A (2734)/ECC Rhodes/
2013/} 23. Bb4 Rf7 24. Rhf1 $11) (13. Ne2 Rc8 14. Rg1 O-O 15. Bh3 g6 16. Kb1 d5
17. e5 Ng7 18. f4 b4 19. Bg4 a5 20. Nc1 Ba6 21. Rg2 a4 $132 {Almasi,Z (2710)
-Movsesian,S (2700)/EU-chT Warsaw/2013/}) (13. Bd3 O-O 14. Ne2 e5 15. Be3 g6
16. Ng3 Nf4 17. h4 Rac8 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Ne2 d5 20. Qxf4 Bd6 21. e5 Bxe5 22.
Qd2 Bg7 23. f4 Rfe8 24. Kb1 {Dominguez Perez,L (2725)-Potkin,V (2642)/Havana/
2012/} d4 25. Rh2 Re3 $15) 13... Qxe5 14. Qxd7+ Kf8 15. Qxb7 Qb8 $5 (15... Rb8
16. Qa7 g6 17. Kb1 h6 $5 18. Rd7 Re8 19. gxh6 Rxh6 20. Qxa6 b4 21. Ne2 Nf6 22.
Rd1 Rxh2 23. Rxh2 Qxh2 24. Nd4 (24. Nc1 $5) 24... Rd8 25. Qe2 Qc7 26. Nb5 Rxd1+
27. Qxd1 Qf4 28. c3 g5 $1 $44 {[%cal Yg5g4] Safarli,E (2653)-Movsesian,S (2700)
/`WChT Antalya/2013/}) (15... Bxg5+ 16. Kb1 Qb8 17. Rd7 $5 (17. Qc6 g6 18. Rd7
Qe8 $132) 17... Qxb7 18. Rxb7 Bf6 19. a4 $1 Bxc3 20. bxc3 bxa4 21. Bxa6 g5 22.
Bb5 Kg7 23. Rd1 Rhb8 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. c4 Nf4 26. Kb2 Ng6 27. Ka3 $14 {/~~,
Ter Sahakyan,S (2572)-Polgar,J (2693)/EU-ch Yerevan/2014/ Although Black has
counterplay here, White's passed pawns on the c-file eventually decided the
game in his favour.}) 16. Rd7 Qxb7 17. Rxb7 g6 $1 18. a4 b4 19. Na2 Bxg5+ 20.
Kb1 a5 21. Bc4 Nf4 ({Black has avoided weakenening his queenside and should
hold the balance with} 21... Rc8 $5 22. b3 Nf4 23. Rd1 Kg7 24. Rdd7 Rhf8 {/\}
25. Rb5 Rfd8 $11) 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Nc1 h5 25. Nd3 (25. Nb3 $142
$14) 25... Nxd3 26. cxd3 g5 $11 {Khairullin,I (2651)-Jumabayev,R (2564)/Moscow/
2014/}) 11... Bb7 12. g5 Nh5 {Now the most concrete move is} 13. Bh3 (13. Ne2
Rc8 14. Rd2 (14. Qd2 d5 15. e5 d4 $5 16. Nxd4 O-O 17. Bd3 Rfd8 18. Kb1 g6 19.
Rhf1 Qxe5 20. f4 Qc7 21. Qf2 Bf8 $11 {Bauer,C (2622)-Lopez Martinez,J (2543)/
ESP-chT Linares/2013/}) 14... d5 (14... Bc5 $5 15. Qd3 d5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. e5
d4 $1 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Rc5 20. Re2 Nf4 21. Re3 Ng6 22. Rg1 Ke7 23. Bg2 h6
24. gxh6 Rxh6 $15 {[%csl Re5,Rf3,Rh2] Proudian,A (2259)-Mekhitarian,K (2548)/
Mogi das Cruzes/2013/}) 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Nf4 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 Qa5 18. Qxg7 Rf8
19. Rxd5 Qa4 $1 20. Rd2 Qxf4 21. h4 $2 (21. Qd4 $1 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Bxg5+ $11)
21... Rd8 22. Bd3 (22. Qc3 f5 $1 $17 {[%csl Rd2][%cal Re7b4]}) 22... Bb4 23.
Rhd1 {Inarkiev,E (2698)-Schlosser,P (2612)/EU-ch Yerevan/2014/} Bxd2+ 24. Rxd2
Ke7 $17) (13. Rd2 Rc8 14. Bxb5 (14. Rg1 Bc5 15. Qxc5 Qxc5 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. a4
bxa4 18. Nxa4 Ra5 19. b3 Bc6 20. Nc3 Rc5 21. Nd1 a5 $11 {Saric,I (2622)
-Khairullin,I (2657)/EU-ch Legnica/2013/}) 14... axb5 15. Nxb5 Qc6 16. Na7 Qc7
17. Nb5 {1/2, Dominguez Perez,L (2757)-Caruana,F (2779)/Elancourt/2013/}) (13.
Kb1 Rc8 14. Qd2 b4 $5 (14... g6 15. Bh3 b4 16. Ne2 d5 17. e5 O-O 18. Bd4 a5 19.
Bg4 Ng7 20. h4 a4 21. Nc1 Ba6 22. h5 a3 23. Qh2 gxh5 24. Rd2 $1 $40 {Almasi,Z 
(2689)-Inarkiev,E (2688)/Havana/2013/}) 15. Na4 (15. Ne2 d5 16. e5 d4 $5 17.
Nxd4 O-O 18. Be2 Rfd8 19. Qc1 g6 20. Rhe1 Qxe5 21. f4 Qc7 22. f5 e5 23. fxg6
hxg6 24. Bxh5 gxh5 25. Nf5 Be4 26. Nxe7+ Qxe7 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Re2 Bg6 $36 {
[%csl Rc2,Re3,Gg6] Volokitin,A (2683)-Najer,E (2628)/Bundesliga/2013/}) 15...
d5 $142 (15... Bc6 $6 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nd5 exd5 18. exd5 Ba4 19. b3 Bd6 20. bxa4
O-O 21. Bxa6 Qa5 22. Bc4 Qxa4 23. Rhe1 g6 24. Bb3 Qb5 25. Bd4 $14 {/+/-,
Erenburg,S (2615)-Rasmussen,A (2502)/Helsingor/2013/ White's king is
relatively safe and he went on to convert his extra pawn.}) 16. exd5 Bxd5 17.
Nb6 Rd8 $132) 13... Rc8 (13... f6 $5 $13) 14. Bg4 (14. Qd2 b4 15. Na4 Bc6 16.
Nb6 Rb8 17. Bg4 Rxb6 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Bxh5 Qa5 20. Kb1 Qxg5 21. Qxg5 Bxg5 22.
Bg4 Bf4 23. Bh3 Ke7 24. Bf1 a5 $44 {/=/+, Robson,R (2628)-Wang,Y (2705)/Ningbo
WChT/2013/}) (14. Rd2 Bc5 15. Qxc5 Qxc5 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. Rg1 Nf4 18. Bf1 h6
19. gxh6 g6 20. Rg4 Nh5 $11 {/=/+, Feygin,M (2512)-Wirig,A (2495)/BEL-chT/2014/
}) 14... b4 15. Bxh5 bxc3 16. Qxg7 (16. b3 O-O $5 (16... e5 17. Qa4 Bc6 18. Qc4
$1 $14 (18. Qxa6 $2 Ra8 19. Qc4 Rxa2 20. Qxc3 O-O 21. Bg4 Rc8 22. Bc5 Bxe4 23.
fxe4 Bxc5 24. Kb1 Bd4 {0-1, Browne,W (2444)-Van Kampen,R (2603)/Reykjavik/2014/
})) 17. Qxd7 {Van Foreest,J (2380)-Ivanov,J (2375)/Can Picafort/2014/} Bc5 $1
$36) 16... cxb2+ 17. Kxb2 (17. Qxb2 $4 Ba3 $19) 17... Rf8 18. Qd4 (18. Ka1 d5
19. Bd4 dxe4 20. fxe4 Bxe4 21. Rhf1 Bg6 22. Be2 Qa5 $13 {Demetrio,A (2510)
-Schiendorfer,R (2348)/email/2009/}) 18... Bc5 $5 (18... d5 $132) 19. Qxc5 Qxc5
20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. h4 h6 22. Rhg1 Ke7 $44 {[%csl Rh5] Rasik,V (2450)-Miton,K 
(2597)/SVK-chT/2014/}) 10... Ne5 {This is still only a sideline, but Caruana
was excellently prepared anyway.} ({Statistically the most often played move is
} 10... h5 11. Nxc6 (11. Qf2 $5 d6 12. h3 h4 (12... Bb7 13. Bd3 h4 14. Nxc6
Bxc6 15. Rhe1 b4 16. Ne2 e5 17. Bb6 Qb7 18. Nc1 Nd7 19. Ba5 O-O 20. Bc4 Rfc8
21. Nd3 Ba4 22. Bb3 Bxb3 23. axb3 $16 {Yu,Y (2527)-Movsesian,S (2718)/
Khanty-Mansiysk WCup/2009/ For more details see the notes to this games by
Kritz in CBM 134.}) 13. g4 (13. Bd3 $5 Ne5 $13) 13... hxg3 14. Qxg3 g6 15. Nxc6
Qxc6 16. e5 Nh5 17. Qg1 Bb7 18. exd6 Bxd6 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Bg5 Qc7 21. Bxe7 {
1/2, Karthikeyan,P (2415)-Malakhatko,V (2552)/Mumbai/2013/} Kxe7 $13 {/=/+})
11... dxc6 12. e5 Nd5 $5 $146 (12... Qxe5 13. Bd4 Qc7 14. Qg5 Rg8 15. Be5 Qa5 (
15... Qa7 16. Be2 $36) 16. Bd6 (16. Qg3 $5 $44) 16... Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Qc7 18. Rd2
({Now Black consolidates, so White should consider other moves:} 18. Qc5 $44) (
18. Qe5 $5) 18... Bb7 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. fxe4 c5 21. Be2 g6 22. Rhd1 Bxe4 23. Bf3
Bxf3 24. gxf3 Qe7 25. Qe5 Rc8 26. Rd6 Qc7 27. Qg5 a5 28. Qd2 Kf8 29. Rd7 Qe5
30. Qh6+ Ke8 31. Ra7 Qf6 32. Qd2 Kf8 33. Qh6+ {1/2, Kryvoruchko,Y (2676)
-Macieja,B (2614)/Lublin/2012/}) 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. f4 Bd7 15. g3 Rc8 16. Bg2 a5
17. Bd4 b4 $11 {The centre is closed and Black's position is solid, so Motylev
goes for the double-edged} 18. f5 exf5 19. e6 $5 (19. Bxd5 Be6 $11) 19... fxe6
20. Bxg7 Rg8 (20... Rh7 $5) 21. Bd4 a4 22. Bf3 $44 {Motylev,A (2656)-Eljanov,P
(2723)/EU-ch Yerevan/2014/}) ({After} 10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bb7 (11... b4 $6 12.
Na4 Rb8 13. Qf2 (13. c4 $1 $36 {Karjakin}) 13... O-O 14. Nb6 e5 (14... d6 $142
$132) 15. Be3 d6 16. Nxc8 Qxc8 {Karjakin,S (2756)-Safarli,E (2653)/WChT
Antalya/2013/} 17. g4 $1 $36) {White can avoid the lines from the above note
with} 12. Qg5 (12. g4 {transposes to the 10.g4 lines.}) (12. e5 $5 Nd5 13. Ne4
{also deserves attention; this is a better vesrion of White's idea from
Inarkiev-Le Queng Liem.}) 12... b4 (12... O-O $2 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 $18 {
shows one concrete tactical reason for 10.Kb1.}) 13. Na4 O-O 14. Nb6 Rae8 15.
Qg3 d6 16. Nc4 e5 17. Bb6 Qc6 18. Be3 Rc8 19. Bd3 Rfe8 20. Rhe1 Nd7 21. Na5 Qc7
22. Nxb7 Qxb7 23. Qf2 a5 $6 (23... Nc5 $142) 24. Qe2 Nc5 25. Bc4 $36 {[%csl
Gc4] Ivanchuk,V (2731)-Wang,Y (2723)/Beijing blitz/2013/}) ({After} 10... Bb7 {
it's quite possible Fabiano intended to play} 11. Bf4 $5 {, finally this idea
was used somewhat later by Anand:} (11. g4 Nxd4 {again resembles (and can
transposes into) 10.g4 Nxd4. Black equalized after} 12. Qxd4 Rc8 13. Rd2 Bc5
14. Qxc5 Qxc5 15. Bxc5 Rxc5 16. h4 Ke7 17. a4 b4 18. Na2 b3 19. Nc3 bxc2+ 20.
Rxc2 d6 21. b4 Rcc8 22. Be2 h6 23. Rhc1 g5 24. h5 Nd7 $11 {Tazbir,M (2555)
-Movsesian,S (2688)/CZE-chT/2013/}) 11... e5 (11... Qb6 12. Nb3 $1 $14 {
[%cal Re4e5]}) 12. Nf5 ({The bishop sortie makes no sense after} 12. Nxc6 dxc6
$11) 12... exf4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 (13... Qb8 14. Nxg7+ Kf8 15. Nf5 $44 {[%csl Rf8]})
14. exd5 Nb4 15. c4 $1 (15. Nxe7 Qxc2+ 16. Qxc2 Nxc2 $15) ({White has higher
ambitions than} 15. d6 Qxc2+ 16. Qxc2 Nxc2 17. Nxg7+ Kf8 18. dxe7+ Kxg7 19.
Kxc2 Bc6 20. Rd4 Rhe8 $11) 15... Bd6 (15... Bc5 16. a3 Nxd5 17. cxd5 O-O 18. d6
Qb6 19. Qxf4 $36) 16. a3 (16. Nxg7+ $5 Kf8 17. Nf5 $13) 16... Be5 (16... O-O $5
17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Qxb4 Qg6+ $132) 17. Qxb4 (17. d6 $1 $14) 17... d6 18. cxb5
O-O 19. g3 axb5 20. Bxb5 Rfb8 $2 (20... Bc8 $142 21. Nd4 $14 {/<=>}) 21. gxf4
Bc8 22. Nh6+ $1 gxh6 {Anand,V (2785)-Movsesian,S (2672)/Dubai rpd/2014/} 23.
Rhg1+ $1 {/\} Bg7 24. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 25. Qd4+ f6 26. Rg1+ Kf7 27. Qe4 $1 $18)
11. g4 b4 (11... Bb7 12. g5 Nh5 (12... b4 13. gxf6 (13. Na4 $142 $1 $36) 13...
bxc3 14. fxg7 Rg8 15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. bxc3 Rxg7 17. Be2 Rc8 $44 {Luther,T (2551)
-Mastrovasilis,D (2462)/Fuerth/2002/}) 13. Rg1 O-O (13... b4 14. Na4 d5 15.
exd5 Bxd5 16. f4 (16. Qf2 Ng6 17. b3 Bd6 18. Bd3 Nhf4 $13 {Worek,J (2274)
-Krejci,J (2454)/CZE-chT/2011/}) 16... Nf3 17. Nxf3 Bxf3 18. Bg2 Bxg2 19. Qxg2
O-O 20. f5 $1 $16) 14. f4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 (15... bxc4 $5 16. f5 $14) 16. Nb3
Bb4 17. Qxd7 Bc6 18. Nd2 Qxc3 19. bxc3 Bxd7 20. cxb4 Bc6 21. Kb2 $16 {Shomoev,
A (2587)-Morozevich,A (2722)/RUS-chT Loo/2014/}) (11... d6 $6 12. g5 Nfd7 13.
f4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. Rhe1 $36 {leads to a position, which arises more
often via Scheveningen move orders. White has a powerful initiative here:} b4 (
15... Bb7 16. e5 $1 b4 17. Na4 Qd5 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qxd6 Bxd6
21. Rxd6 $18 {Fedorchuk,S (2599)-Lazarev,V (2517)/FRA-chT/2007/}) 16. Na4 Rb8
17. f5 Ne5 18. f6 $1 gxf6 19. gxf6 Bd8 (19... Bxf6 20. Nf5 $1 exf5 21. Qxd6 $18
) 20. Bf4 Qc7 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Nc6 $1 $18 {Svidler,P (2635)-Maksimenko,A 
(2550)/Tivat/1995/}) (11... h6 12. Rg1 b4 {- 11...b4}) 12. Na4 h6 13. Rg1 ({
After} 13. Bf4 Bb7 (13... Rb8 $5 14. Rg1 d6 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Yc8d7] /\Bd7}) 14.
h4 d5 {the central break is more effective:} 15. Qh2 Bd6 16. Nc5 Qxc5 17. Bxe5
Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Rc8 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Qh2 Qa5 21. Nb3 Qc7 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Be2
Ke7 $11 {1/2, Janosi,E (2223)-Koch,C (2175)/email/2009/}) 13... d5 (13... g5
14. h4 {won't slow White down, so Svidler logically seeks central counterplay.}
) 14. Bf4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Only this move is a novelty. The pin is unpleasant,
but} (14. g5 {was less flexible:} hxg5 15. Rxg5 Nxf3 $6 (15... dxe4 16. Bf4 {
transposes back to our game.}) (15... Ng6 16. Rxg6 $5 fxg6 17. e5 $44) ({
However, White has to reckon also with other moves as} 15... Bd7 $5) 16. Nxf3
Nxe4 17. Qd4 Bxg5 (17... Bf6 18. Re5 $16) 18. Nxg5 Rxh2 19. Bd3 $32 {->,
Wiegner,D-Bretz,D/email/1998/}) 14... dxe4 ({It's difficult to give a clear
verdict about} 14... Bd6 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nf5 $1 O-O 17. Nxd6 Nxf3 $1 (17...
Qxd6 $2 18. g5 $40) 18. Qf2 Nxg1 19. Bg3 $5 (19. Rxd5 exd5 20. Qxg1 Qa7 $5 $13)
19... Qc6 20. b3 Nf3 21. Bg2 Ng5 22. h4 Nh7 23. Nf5 $44 {|^ In any case
entering such a tactical labyrinth without thorough prior preparation is very
impractical to say the least.}) 15. g5 (15. Bxe5 $6 Qxe5 16. Nc6 Qd5 $15) 15...
hxg5 16. Rxg5 Nfd7 (16... e3 $143 $6 17. Qg2 $40) 17. Rxg7 exf3 ({Natural
enough, but Black had also the alternative} 17... Qa5 $5 {The follow-up} 18.
Qg2 (18. b3 $5 exf3 19. Nb2 Bf6 20. Rg3 $13) 18... exf3 19. Nxf3 Bb7 20. Be2
Bf6 $5 $11 {is chaotic to the human eye, Houdini indicates the position is
roughly equal.}) 18. Nxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512] A typical Sicilian sacrifice. Once
Black manages to coordinate his forces with Bf6, Bb7 and possibly 0-0-0, he
would have little to of his lead in development.} fxe6 {A sensible choice.} (
18... Qc6 19. Nd4 $5 Qxa4 20. Nf5 $40 {is far more dangerous for Black. Even
the engine agrees, a sample line is} b3 21. axb3 Qb4 22. Qe3 Qc5 23. Rd4 $16 {
[%cal Rb3b4]}) 19. Bd3 {White's moves were coming fast, Caruana was obviously
still on well-known terrain.} Bf6 $6 {If one has to choose the decisive error,
objectively it's probably already this move. However, it's difficult to blame
Svidler for not playing (finding?) the computer move} (19... Rb8 $142 $1 {/\}
20. Qe3 (20. Bg6+ Kd8 21. Bg5 Nxg6 22. Bxe7+ Nxe7 23. Qg5 Re8 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25.
Qg8+ $11 {is one of the possible forced draws, but White can play on without
much risk - Black's king remains permanently exposed.}) 20... Rb5 21. c4 bxc3
22. Nxc3 $5 (22. Bg6+ Kd8 23. Nxc3 Qc5 (23... Rxb2+ 24. Ka1 Re2 $5 25. Nxe2
fxe2 26. Rxd7+ Bxd7 27. Bxe5 Qc5 28. Qxe2 Rf8 $132 {=}) 24. Nxb5 Qxe3 25. Bxe3
Nxg6 26. Bb6+ Ke8 27. Nc7+ Kf8 28. Nxe6+ Ke8 $11) 22... Rxb2+ $5 (22... Ra5 23.
Bg6+ Kd8 24. Rxe7 (24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Qxf3 Rf8 $15) 24... Kxe7 25. Bg5+ Kf8 26.
Bh6+ Ke7 27. Qf4 $5 (27. Bg5+ $11 Nf6 $2 28. Qf4 Rf8 29. Ne4 $18) 27... Rxh6
28. Qg5+ Nf6 29. Qxh6 Rd5 $8 30. Nxd5+ Nxd5 31. Rc1 Qb7 32. Bh5 $14) 23. Kxb2
Kf8 $1 24. Rxe7 (24. Rg6 Kf7 $1 $13) 24... Kxe7 25. Kc2 Qa5 $132) 20. Bg6+ Nxg6
$8 (20... Kd8 $2 21. Bxe5 $18) (20... Kf8 $2 21. Rf7+ $1 Kg8 22. Rg1 Qa7 23.
Be3 $1 Nxf7 24. Bxa7 Rxa7 25. Qe3 $18) 21. Bxc7 Bxg7 22. Qd3 $1 {Black has
more than enough material for the queen, but his pieces are uncoordinated.} ({
The energetic text move is the best, after} 22. Qxb4 Ra7 23. Qg4 O-O $5 {
Black may even spurn the perpetual with} 24. Qxe6+ Kh7 25. Qh3+ Bh6 $15) 22...
Nge5 ({Svidler didn't like} 22... Ne7 23. Qxf3 Ra7 24. Bd6 $36 {, so he holds
on to the passed pawn as a potential source of counterplay.}) 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24.
Qe4 $5 ({White's move is even more forcing than} 24. Qxf3 Rb8 25. Qc6 Ke7 26.
Nc5 Nf6 27. Nxa6 Bxa6 28. Qc5+ Kf7 29. Qxe5 $14 {/+/-}) 24... Ra7 $8 (24... Rb8
$2 25. Nc5 $18) 25. Nc5 Ke7 (25... Rh6 $142 $1 26. Qe3 (26. Nxd7 Rxd7 27. Rxd7
Bxd7 28. Qxe5 f2 $11) 26... Rg6 {, but after} 27. Qxf3 $1 Nf6 (27... Nxc5 28.
Qh5 Rag7 29. Qxe5 Rg1 (29... Nd7 30. Qc7 $18) (29... Nb7 30. Qb8 $18) 30. Qh5+
$18) 28. Qe3 $1 Ng4 29. Qe4 {White has a clear advantage:} Rg8 30. h3 Nf2 31.
Qxe5 Nxd1 32. Qb8 Re7 33. Qxc8+ Kf7 34. Qxa6 Rg1 35. Kc1 $16) 26. Rf1 $1 {
White cleverly avoids the rook swap.} (26. Nxd7 $2 Rxd7 27. Rxd7+ Bxd7 28. Qxe5
Rf8 $11 {[%csl Gf3] and White must already give a perpetual.}) 26... Rf8 $6 ({
A more resilient try was} 26... Rd8 $5 27. b3 $1 f2 (27... Rc7 28. Nxd7 Rcxd7
29. Qxe5 Rd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31. Kb2 {[%csl Rf3] and Black will lose the Pf3:}
Bb7 32. Qg7+ Ke8 33. Qxb7 f2 34. Qa8+ Rd8 35. Qc6+ $18) 28. Rxf2 Rg8 29. Rf1
Nxc5 30. Qxe5 Nd7 31. Qe4 $16 {[%cal Re4b4,Re4h7] /+-}) 27. Nxd7 Rxd7 28. Qxe5
Rd5 29. Qe3 Rdf5 30. Qf2 ({Caruana is understandably unwilling to calculate if
he can afford the rook swap after} 30. Qa7+ Bd7 31. Rd1 Rd5 $5 (31... Rd8 32.
Qf2 $18 {is a better version of the game position.}) 32. Rxd5 exd5 33. Qc5+ Ke8
34. Qe3+ Kd8 35. Qb6+ Ke8 36. Qb8+ Kf7 37. Qf4+ Ke7 38. Qxb4+ {While this
probably also wins, the text move is more practical.}) 30... a5 31. b3 {
White already has a material advantage, his plan is to first free his king,
then activate the rook and prepare the opportunity for the queen to rejoin the
attack.} Bd7 32. Rg1 Bc6 33. Kb2 R8f7 34. Rg8 Rf8 35. Rg4 R8f7 (35... Rf4 $2
36. Qc5+ Kd7 37. Qa7+ Kd6 38. Rxf4 Rxf4 39. Qb8+ $18 {[%csl Rf4]}) 36. a3 $1
$18 bxa3+ 37. Kxa3 Kd6 38. Rc4 Bd5 $6 ({Shortens his suffering, but} 38... Bd7
39. h4 $5 $18 {would also gradually win for White.}) 39. Rc8 {Black's
resignation was maybe slightly premature, but not unjustified - the threat c4
decides the issue:} (39. Rc8 Be4 (39... Bc6 40. Qb6 Rc5 41. Rd8+ Ke7 42. Qc7+
Kf6 43. Qf4+ Rf5 44. Qh4+) 40. Qd4+ Bd5 (40... Rd5 41. Qxe4 f2 42. Rc6+ $1) 41.
c4 f2 42. cxd5 f1=Q 43. Rc6+ $18 {with a mating attack.}) 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. d5 a6 13. Nc3 Qe8 14. Qc1 (14. Qe1
{was played in Gelfand-Caruana (see CBM 153, where you can learn more about
this line). After} Na7 $1 {some new games have been played since then:} 15. h4
(15. Nge2 Nb5 $1 (15... Nc4 16. Bd4 e5 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nd4 Nb6
20. Qe3 Nc6 21. Be2 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Qe7 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. h4 {1/2 (42) Jarmula,L
(2213)-Wagner,D (2467) Al-Ain UAE 2013} h6 $11) 16. Nxb5 axb5 17. Bd4 {1-0 (28)
Yang,D (2486)-Schut,L (2289) Philadelphia 2013} Rxd5 $3 18. exd5 Bf5+ 19. Kc1 (
19. Ka1 Rxa2+ 20. Kxa2 Qa8+ 21. Kb3 Qa4+ 22. Kc3 Nxd5+ 23. Kd2 Qc2#) 19... Rxa2
$40 20. Bxg7 $140 $2 Nc4 $1 $19) 15... Nb5 16. Nxb5 (16. Nge2 Nc4 $15 {1/2 (40)
Gelfand,B (2740)-Caruana,F (2757) Zuerich 2013 CBM 153 [Krasenkow,M]}) 16...
axb5 17. h5 $2 Nc4 ({Black misses} 17... Nxd5 $1 18. exd5 (18. Rxd5 $2 Rxd5 19.
exd5 Bf5+ 20. Kc1 Rxa2) 18... Bf5+ 19. Bd3 b4 $1 20. Bxf5 (20. Ne2 Rxa2 $1 21.
Kxa2 Qa4+ 22. Kb1 Qb3 $19) 20... Qa4 21. Bd4 Qxa2+ 22. Kc2 Qc4+ 23. Kb1 Bxd4
24. Rxd4 Qxd4 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Be4 Rxd5 $1 27. Ne2 Qc4 $19) 18. Bc1 f5 19. Bd3
Qf7 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Qh4 Qf6 22. Qxf6 Bxf6 23. Ne2 $13 {1-0 (40) Thorfinnsson,
B (2484)-Gordon,S (2533) England 2013}) 14... Na5 15. Bh6 $146 {A new move
order although not a new plan, of course. White will play h2-h4 at a later
stage.} (15. h4 e6 16. Bg5 $5 f6 17. Bd2 Nbc4 18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 exd5 20. h5
d4 21. hxg6 Qxg6 22. Bxc4+ Nxc4 23. Qxg6+ hxg6 24. Nge2 d3 25. Nf4 d2 26. Nxg6
Kg7 27. Nf4 Ne3 $13 {1/2 (45) Berczes,D (2497)-Sarkar,J (2452) Dallas USA 2014}
) 15... Bxh6 (15... Bh8 16. Bf4 Rd7 17. h4 {and here the position of Black's
bishop on h8 is worse than on g7.}) 16. Qxh6 e6 17. Nh3 {[%cal Rh3g5]} (17. h4
exd5 18. h5 {is harmless due to} Qf8 {.}) 17... Qe7 (17... Qf8 $5 {- the
position after the queen exchange is nearly equal but I understand Caruana
avoiding it against Carlsen.}) 18. Bd3 $5 {White goes for sharp play...} (18.
Nf4 $5 e5 19. Nd3 c6 $132 {e.g.} 20. Qe3 Nac4 21. Qc5 Qxc5 22. Nxc5 Ne3 23. Rd3
Nxf1 24. Rxf1 cxd5 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Rfd1 Be6 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. exd5 Rxd5 29.
Rxd5 exd5 30. Rxd5 Re8 31. Rd7 (31. Kc2 Kf7 32. Rd7+ Re7 33. Rxe7+ Kxe7 34. Kd3
Ke6 35. Ke4 a5 {is not enough either}) 31... e4 32. fxe4 Rxe4 33. Rxb7 Re2 {
and the endgame should be drawn.}) 18... e5 {... and Black prefers a solid
continuation. However, the resulting position is quite passive and slightly
inferior for him.} (18... exd5 19. Nf4 {[%cal Rf4h5,Rf4d5] looks dangerous but
Black holds on by means of} Be6 20. Nh5 $1 f6 $1 (20... gxh5 $2 21. exd5) 21.
exd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Bxg6 $1 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 hxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Nxf6
Bg8 $1 27. Rd5 Qe1+ 28. Kc2 Qe2+ $11) 19. Nf2 Nbc4 (19... c6 {can now be met
with} 20. h4 $1 cxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Rxd5 23. h5 Bf5 24. Bxf5 Rxd1+ 25.
Nxd1 gxf5 26. Ne3 $16 {[%csl Ra5]} Nc6) (19... Qc5 $5 20. Qh4 $14 {A.Korotylev}
) 20. h4 Rd6 21. Bxc4 (21. Qc1 $5) 21... Nxc4 22. Qc1 {[%cal Yh4h5]} b5 (22...
Rb6 23. Nd3 $14) (22... c6 23. b3 Nb6 24. Qe3 cxd5 25. exd5 $14 {[%csl Re5]
[%cal Rf2e4,Yh1e1]}) 23. Nd3 $14 {[%csl Rc5]} Bd7 24. b3 Nb6 25. h5 g5 26. g3
$6 {[%cal Yf3f4]} (26. Qe3 $142 {preventing ...c7-c6.}) 26... c6 $1 27. f4 $6 {
White continues his plan despite Black's counterplay.} ({It was probably
better to reduce ambitions and play} 27. dxc6 Rxc6 28. Qe3 Rxc3 29. Qxb6 $13)
27... cxd5 28. Nxe5 $6 (28. fxe5 Rc6 29. Qd2 Be6 $36) 28... d4 $1 29. Qa3 a5 $1
30. Nxb5 $6 {Panic. White doesn't get sufficient compensation for the piece.} (
30. Nd5 Nxd5 31. exd5 Bf5+ 32. Ka1 a4 $36 {A.Korotylev}) 30... Bxb5 31. Rxd4
Re6 32. Qxe7 Rxe7 33. Rc1 Nd7 34. Rc7 Nxe5 $6 (34... gxf4 $1 35. gxf4 (35. Nxd7
f3 36. Nf6+ Kg7 37. Rxe7 f2 38. Rd1 Kxf6 $19) 35... Nxe5 36. Rxe7 Nc6 37. Rd5
Nxe7 38. Rxb5 Kg7 {and Black should gradually win.}) 35. Rxe7 Nc6 36. Rd5 Bd3+
37. Rxd3 Nxe7 38. fxg5 {[%mdl 4096] White has got a third pawn for the piece
and now has good drawing chances.} Rb8 39. Rd7 $6 {It was more essential to
bring the king into the game.} (39. Kb2 $142 {A.Korotylev}) 39... Kf8 40. Ra7
Rb5 41. Ra8+ Kg7 42. Re8 (42. Ra6 {[%cal Rh5h6]} Rc5 $1 $17 (42... Rxg5 43. h6+
Kh8 44. Kb2)) 42... Re5 (42... Nc6 $142 $1 43. h6+ Kg6 44. Rg8+ Kh5 45. Rg7 Ne5
46. Rxh7 Kxg5 {and Black should win, according to GM A.Korotylev.}) 43. g4 Rxe4
44. Kc2 Re5 45. Kd3 f6 46. gxf6+ Kxf6 47. Rh8 Kg7 48. Re8 (48. Ra8 $142 Rg5 49.
a3) 48... Kh6 (48... Nc6 $142 {Caruana was probably tired and couldn't
evaluate the position after the exchange of rooks:} 49. Rxe5 Nxe5+ 50. Kc3 (50.
Kd4 Nxg4 51. a4 Kf7 52. Kc4 Nf6 53. b4 Ke6 $19) 50... Nxg4 51. b4 axb4+ 52.
Kxb4 Kf6 53. Kb5 Ke7 54. Kc6 Kd8 55. Kb7 Nf6 56. h6 (56. a4 Nxh5 57. a5 Nf4 58.
a6 Ne6 59. a7 Nc7) 56... Ng4 57. a4 Nxh6 58. a5 Nf5 59. a6 Nd6+ 60. Kc6 Nc8 $19
) 49. a3 Kg5 50. Rh8 $5 (50. b4 axb4 51. axb4 Kxg4 52. b5 Kxh5 {should be
winning for Black.}) 50... h6 51. Rh7 Re6 52. Rg7+ Kf6 53. Rh7 Ke5 54. Rg7 Kf4
55. b4 axb4 56. axb4 {This passed pawn is White's main trump. The position is
very hard to evaluate and calculate; White's drawing chances are realistic.}
Nc6 57. b5 Ne5+ 58. Kd4 Nxg4 59. Kc5 Re5+ 60. Kc6 (60. Kb4 $1 Rxh5 (60... Ne3
61. Rg6 Rxh5 62. b6 Nd5+ 63. Kc4 Nxb6+ 64. Rxb6 {is a draw.}) 61. b6 Ne5 62.
Rh7 Nc6+ 63. Kc4 {, keeping White's king closer to Black's pawn, was probably
more appropriate.}) 60... Rxh5 $2 ({A.Korotylev recommends} 60... Ne3 $142 $1 {
as the rook endgame after} 61. b6 Nc4 {will now be winning for Black: White's
king is too far away. Meanwhile it is unclear whether White can reach a draw
by refraining from b5-b6.}) 61. b6 Ne5+ 62. Kc7 Nc4 $6 (62... Nd3 $142 $1 {
, but} 63. Rh7 $1 ({but not} 63. Rf7+ Rf5 64. Rxf5+ $2 Kxf5 65. b7 Nc5 66. b8=N
$8 h5 $19) 63... Nc5 64. Kd6 {looks like a positional draw.}) 63. b7 Rc5+ 64.
Kd8 Rb5 65. Kc7 Rc5+ 66. Kd8 Rb5 67. Kc7 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. Be3 {Delaying the queenside attack, which is usually met
with ...a7-a5 in favour of developing.} f5 11. Rc1 {White has an extra tempo 
(a2-a3) with respect to the similar Classical Dragon variation. Since b2-b4
never really ceases being part of White's general plan, this tempo may tell.}
Kh8 (11... Bf6 12. Nd2 Kh8 13. b4 Rb8 14. Bc5 {Kamsky,G (2741)-Svidler,P (2769)
Thessaloniki 2013 CBM 155 [Stohl,I] (1-0, 43)}) (11... f4 {gains a tempo but
weakens the e4-square without offering real attacking chances.} 12. Bd2 Qd7 13.
Ne4 Rf5 (13... fxg3 {[%cal Gd2g5]} 14. hxg3 Rf5 15. Neg5 $16) 14. b4 fxg3 15.
Nxg3 $5 ({An interesting deviation from} 15. hxg3 {[%cal Ge4g5] which looks ok,
too:} h6 16. Rxc6 $5 bxc6 17. Qa1 $14) 15... Rff8 16. b5 Nd8 17. Nxe5 Qxb5 18.
f4 $14 {Wang,Y (2723)-Mamedyarov,S (2757) Beijing 2013 (1-0, 31)}) 12. b4 {
The most active continuation. After having almost completed his development,
White finally switches to the queenside plan.} (12. Na4 {is not without venom,
though.} f4 13. Nc5 Bd5 14. Bd2 Bxc5 15. Rxc5 Qe7 16. Qc1 Rf7 17. b4 Bxf3 18.
Bxf3 Nd4 {(1/2-1/2, 31) Cebalo,M (2485)-Romanishin,O (2570) Taxco 1985} 19. Bc3
$1 Nb3 20. Rxe5 Qxe5 21. Bxe5 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 fxg3 23. Bxb7 gxf2+ 24. Kf1 Re8 25.
Bg3 Ree7 26. Bf3 $14 {[%csl Gf3,Gg3]}) 12... a6 {Trying to keep stability all
over the board.} ({The typical reaction against the setup with an early b2-b4
does not work so well no that White is fully mobilised.} 12... a5 $6 13. b5 Nd4
14. Nxe5 Bxa3 15. Bxb7 Bxc1 16. Qxc1 Rb8 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Nc6 Qd6 19. Nxb8
Rxb8 20. Bc6 $16 {Ivanchuk,V (2746)-Morozevich,A (2751) Leon 2009 (1/2-1/2, 38)
}) (12... Bf6 {defends e5 but allows White take over the initiative in a way
known from Botvinnik's old Dragon games.} 13. Bc5 Rf7 14. e4 Rd7 15. Qe2 Rxd3 {
Savchenko,B (2583)-Rublevsky,S (2676) Moscow 2007 (1-0, 54)} 16. exf5 Bxf5 17.
b5 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Ne4 Rb3 20. Qd1 Rxb5 21. Nxf6 Qxf6 22. Bxd4 Qd6 23.
Bxb7 $16) 13. Bc5 Bg8 14. e3 $146 {A flexible move and a novelty! White sets
up some sort of hedgehog in the centre, inviting Black to permanently worry
about either d3-d4 or e3-e4.} (14. e4 {is less impressive with the black
bishop on e7 rather than f6.} f4 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Gf8f4,Ge7c5]} 15. Re1 Bd6 16.
Bxb6 cxb6 17. Nd5 fxg3 18. hxg3 a5 $132 {Vaganian,R (2605)-Petursson,M (2555)
Reykjavik 1990 CBM 018 [Ribli] (1/2-1/2, 29)}) 14... Bxc5 15. bxc5 Nd5 {
It would make no sense to refrain from occupying this square.} (15... Nd7 16.
d4 e4 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. Re1 {[%cal Gg2f1,Gc1b1,Gf1c4] would offer White some
initiative.}) 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. Ne2 {A truly hypermodern way of playing with
White. Black has more space but his position could easily become over-extended
at the slightest inaccuracy. White's main policy is maintaining flexibility
and inviting Black to create some more weaknesses. The (relative) actual ones
are b7 and e5.} Rab8 18. Nh4 Qf6 (18... g5 $2 19. Nxf5 Rxf5 20. e4 $16) 19. Qb2
({The thematic} 19. f4 {would allow White get some pressure along the central
files starting with} Rbd8 {[%cal Ge5e4]}) 19... g5 {Not really forced, but
Black has to take one decision or another. This makes this kind of position
difficult to play over the board.} 20. Nf3 Nde7 {A bit passive.} (20... e4 {
would fail to maintain equality:} 21. Qxf6+ Nxf6 22. dxe4 Nxe4 23. h4 h6 24.
Rfd1 $14) ({But the thematic} 20... f4 {, putting pressure on the dark squares,
looks entirely viable.} 21. Nd2 Qg6 {[%csl Ge3]} 22. Nc3 fxe3 23. Nxd5 exd2 24.
Qxd2 Rbd8 $11) 21. Rcd1 {White keeps manoeuvring, missing a good moment for
concrete action.} (21. d4 $5 e4 22. Nd2 {[%cal Gg3g4,Gf2f3]}) 21... Qg7 22. Nd2
{Remaining faithful to the safety policy.} (22. d4 {is less effective already
since after} f4 $1 {23.dxe5 would not attack the queen.}) 22... Bd5 (22... Rfd8
23. Qc2 Qf6 24. f4 $5) 23. e4 {In the absence of the dark-squared bishop this
typical reaction has an obvious drawback: it gives away the d4-square.} ({
In principle, one is afraid of exchanging his fianchetto bishop, but Black's
attack would not be easy to carry out after} 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Qb3 Qf7 25. d4
e4 26. Nc3 Nxc3 27. Qxc3 Qd5 28. Rb1 {White plans Rb3 followed by R1b1. If ...
Ne7 then Nc4-e5. And finally, after} f4 $6 29. Qc4 $1 {Black would weaken his
e4-pawn for nothing, for instance} Qf5 30. d5 Ne5 31. Qxe4 $16) 23... Be6 24.
exf5 Nxf5 25. Rde1 Rfd8 {Black is fine here, but the game proved that from the
practical point of view White's play is simpler.} 26. Be4 Nfe7 (26... Nfd4 27.
Nxd4 Nxd4 28. Re3 b6 $11) 27. f3 Bf5 28. Qc2 Rd7 29. Nc4 b5 30. cxb6 cxb6 31.
Ne3 Bh3 {This leaves the e4-bishop too much freedom.} (31... Bg6 $5 $11) 32.
Rf2 Be6 33. Qb2 b5 34. Rc1 {Black starts experiencing small problems without
knowing what really went wrong for him.} Nd4 35. Rc5 Rc8 36. Nxd4 exd4 37.
Rxc8+ Nxc8 38. Nf5 Qe5 39. f4 (39. Qb4 $5 Rd8 40. Rc2 Bxf5 41. Rc5 Qg7 42. Rxf5
$16) 39... gxf4 40. Rxf4 Ne7 41. Nh4 (41. Nxe7 Rxe7 42. Qb4 Re8 43. Rf8+ $16)
41... Qc5 42. Qf2 $6 (42. Rf8+ $5 Kg7 43. Rf1 $5 {[%cal Gb2f2,Gf1c1]} Nd5 (
43... Kh8 44. Qd2 {[%cal Gd2h6]}) 44. Bf5 Re7 45. Bxe6 Rxe6 46. Nf5+ Kg8 (46...
Kh8 47. Qxd4+ Qxd4+ 48. Nxd4 Re3 $2 49. Rf8+ Kg7 50. Rd8 $16) 47. Qg2 $5 (47.
Qxd4 Qxd4+ 48. Nxd4 Re3 49. Rf3 Rxf3 50. Nxf3 b4 $11) 47... Kh8 48. Qh3 $36)
42... Kg7 43. Nf5+ Bxf5 44. Bxf5 Nxf5 45. Rxf5 Qc1+ 46. Kg2 Qe3 $11 47. Qa2 Re7
48. Qd5 Qxd3 49. Rg5+ Kf6 50. Qd6+ Kxg5 51. Qxe7+ Kg6 52. Qe6+ Kg7 53. Qe7+ Kg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. Nc3 {In Norway Caruana
invited his opponents into the Benoni, but Kramnik declines the offer.} (6. d5
e6 (6... b5 7. cxb5 a6 8. bxa6 d6 9. Nc3 Nxa6 10. O-O Bf5 $5 11. Ne1 Qb6 12.
Nc2 Rfb8 13. Ne3 Bc8 14. h3 Nd7 15. Na4 Qb5 16. Nc3 Qb6 17. Qd2 Nc7 18. b3 Ba6
19. Bb2 c4 20. Na4 Qb4 21. Qxb4 Rxb4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nc2 Rb7 24. b4 Bb5 25.
Nc3 Ba4 26. Ne3 Rxb4 27. Rfb1 Na6 28. Rxb4 Nxb4 29. Rb1 Nc2 30. Nxc2 Bxc2 31.
Rb2 Ba4 32. Rb4 Nc5 33. Rxc4 Bd7 $11 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Ga8a2] Caruana,F (2791)
-Grischuk,A (2792)/Dubai rpd/2014/ Black used an unusual setup and although
White retained the extra pawn well into the endgame, he has no means to
convert it.}) 7. Nc3 exd5 8. cxd5 d6 9. O-O Re8 (9... a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Bf4
Qe7 12. h3 Nh5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 f5 15. e4 $5 f4 $5 (15... fxe4 16. Re1 Nhf6
17. Bf4 Rb8 18. Re2 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qe1 Nb6 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Qf6 23.
Ra7 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Nxa8 25. Qa5 Bf5 26. Re1 h6 27. h4 Qxb2 28. Qa7 Qf6 29. Re7
Qa1+ 30. Qxa1 Bxa1 31. Bxd6 Rc8 32. Be5 $18 {[%csl Gd5] Wang,H (2715)
-Tomashevsky,E (2701)/RUS-chT/2010/}) 16. g4 Nhf6 17. Qc1 (17. Bxf4 Nxg4 $1 (
17... Nxe4 $6 18. Bh2 Nxc3 19. bxc3 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Yf1e1,Ye1e6]} Ne5 20. Bxe5
Bxe5 21. Re1 Rxf3 22. Qxf3 $16 {Mikhalevski,V (2584)-Kurmann,O (2446)/EU-ch
Aix-les-Bains/2011/}) 18. Bg5 (18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. hxg4 Ne5 $36) 18... Ngf6 $13)
17... g5 18. Nxg5 Ne5 19. Ne2 (19. Nf3 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 h5 $1 $36 21. g5 $2 Nh7
22. h4 Nxg5 23. hxg5 Qxg5+ 24. Kh2 Rf6 $19) (19. f3 Nh5 (19... h5 $5) 20. Ne6
Bxe6 21. dxe6 Ng3 22. Qc2 Nxf1 23. Rxf1 Qxe6 24. Nd5 Ng6 25. Nc7 Qa2 26. Nxa8
Rxa8 $11 {Carron,J (2355)-Kurmann,O (2431)/Leukerbad/2011/}) 19... Nfxg4 20.
Nxf4 Qxg5 21. Ne6 Qe7 22. Nxf8 Nd3 23. Qc2 Ngxf2 24. Ne6 Bxe6 25. dxe6 Bd4 26.
Bc3 Be3 27. Bd2 Bd4 28. Bc3 {1/2, Gmuer,A (2426)-Nuesch,G (2239)/email/2008/})
10. Bf4 {Nowadays White's main try to get an advantage.} ({Rare is} 10. a4 Ne4
11. Nxe4 Rxe4 12. Nd2 Rb4 13. Ra2 a5 $5 14. b3 b5 15. axb5 (15. Ba3 Na6 16.
Bxb4 Nxb4 17. Ra3 Bb2 18. axb5 Bxa3 19. Nc4 Bd7 20. Nxa3 Qb8 $132) 15... Nd7
16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Qc2 Rxb5 18. Bg5 Nf6 19. Qd3 Rb7 20. Qe3 h6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22.
Qf4 Be5 23. Qxh6 Rxb3 24. Nxc5 Rb5 25. Nd3 Bg7 26. Qd2 a4 $44 {Grischuk,A 
(2792)-Caruana,F (2791)/Stavanger/2014/ Later on White lost an equal position
due to a major oversight in time trouble.}) ({The classical} 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4
Nbd7 12. h3 Rb8 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Na3 Nh5 15. e4 {is in a crisis, after} Bd7 16.
a5 Qxa5 ({An even simpler and equally viable alternative is} 16... b5 $5 17.
axb6 Bb5 $1 18. Ncxb5 axb5 19. g4 Nf6 20. Nxb5 Qxb6 21. Na3 Qb3 $1 $44 22. Qxb3
Rxb3 23. Rd1 h6 24. Nc2 $2 Nd3 25. Ra4 Nd7 26. Ra6 Nxc1 27. Rxc1 Bxb2 28. Rd1
Be5 29. Na3 Nb6 $17 {Ponomariov,R (2756)-Bacrot,E (2723)/Elancourt/2013/ For
more details about this game see the notes by Marin in CBM 157.}) 17. g4 Nf6
18. f4 Nfxg4 19. hxg4 Nxg4 20. f5 h5 $5 {Black is doing OK in the sharp
complications:} 21. Bg5 ({The most recent example went} 21. Qf3 Qd8 22. Qg3 b5
23. Nd1 b4 24. Nc2 Bb5 25. Re1 Be5 26. Bf4 Bxf4 27. Qxf4 Qf6 28. Nde3 Ne5 $17 {
Golichenko,I (2430)-Simantsev,M (2479)/Marianske Lazne/2014/}) 21... Qb4 22. f6
Bh8 23. Qd2 (23. Na2 Qd4+ 24. Qxd4 cxd4 $13) 23... Qd4+ 24. Qxd4 cxd4 25. Ne2
Re5 26. Bf4 $5 (26. Bh4 Ne3 27. Nxd4 Nxg2 28. Kxg2 Rxe4 29. Nf3 Bf5 30. Rac1 {
Sasikiran,K (2689)-Anand,V (2817)/Bastia rpd/2011/} Rg4+ $17 {[%cal Rf5e4]})
26... Bxf6 27. Bxe5 (27. Nxd4 $5 Ree8 28. Rad1 Rbc8 $132) 27... Bxe5 28. Nc4
Bh2+ 29. Kh1 Bb5 30. b3 Be5 31. Ra2 Ne3 32. Nxe3 dxe3 $44 {Evans,G (2423)
-Overton,D (2462)/email/2010/ Here Black has enough even for a whole rook!})
10... a6 (10... Ne4 {is better without inserting a6 and a4, the exchange
sacrifice gives Black compensation after} 11. Nxe4 (11. Rc1 Nxc3 12. bxc3 b5 $5
13. Nd2 g5 14. Be3 Bf5 15. a4 a6 16. Qb3 bxa4 17. Qxa4 Nd7 18. Nc4 Ne5 19. Nxe5
Bxe5 20. Bd2 a5 21. f4 gxf4 22. gxf4 Bg7 23. e4 Bd7 24. Qc2 f5 $11 {/=/+,
Sargissian,G (2679)-Van Wely,L (2691)/ESP-chT Leon/2012/}) 11... Rxe4 12. Nd2
Rxf4 13. gxf4 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Bg7 15. e4 (15. Re1 Bh6 (15... Na6 16. e3 Nc7 17. a4
b6 18. Qb3 Qf6 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Nd2 Qf6 21. Ne4 Qe7 22. Nd2 Bh6 $5 23. Nc4 Bd7
24. Ra1 Na6 25. Qd1 Nb4 $44 {Tomashevsky,E (2733)-Yu,Y (2656)/St Petersburg
rpd/2012/}) 16. e3 Na6 17. Nc4 Rb8 18. Qd2 b6 19. Rb3 Qf6 20. Qb2 Qxb2 21. Rxb2
Nb4 22. Reb1 Bf5 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. a3 Na6 25. Bf3 Nc7 26. a4 Bg7 $132 {
Gretarsson,H (2509)-Yu,Y (2688)/Reykjavik/2013/}) (15. Nc4 b5 $1 16. Rxb5 Ba6
17. Qa4 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Bf8 19. Bh3 f5 20. e4 Nd7 21. exf5 {1/2, Gleizerov,E 
(2565)-Indjic,A (2451)/Paracin/2012/} Rb8 $132 {[%cal Yb8b4,Yd8h4]}) 15... Nd7
(15... Na6 16. Nc4 Rb8 17. a4 Nb4 18. Qf3 b6 19. Rbc1 Ba6 20. Rfe1 Na2 21. Rc2
Nb4 22. Rcc1 Na2 23. Rc2 Nb4 24. Rcc1 Na2 {1/2, Lagno,K (2543)-Hou,Y (2618)/
Khanty-Mansiysk/2014/}) 16. Qf3 (16. Nc4 Nb6 $1 $44) 16... b5 17. Rfe1 {
Eljanov,P (2723)-Sjugirov,S (2653)/EU-ch Yerevan/2014/} a6 $44) (10... Na6 11.
Re1 Bg4 12. e4 (12. Qb3 b5 $5 $44) 12... Nh5 (12... Nd7 $5 $13 {[%cal Yd7e5]})
13. Be3 Nf6 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nd7 16. Bg2 Nc7 17. a4 Rb8 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. b3
b5 20. Bg5 Qc8 $132 {Ivanchuk,V (2753)-Giri,A (2734)/Leon blitz/2013/}) (10...
Nh5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Qc1 Nd7 13. h3 f5 14. e4 fxe4 15. Re1 Nhf6 16. Nd2 e3 17.
Rxe3 Rxe3 18. Bxe3 Ne5 19. b3 Bf5 20. Qd1 Re8 $11 {Aronian,L (2783)-Ivanchuk,V
(2754)/ECC Plovdiv/2010/}) 11. a4 h6 (11... Nh5 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Re1 $5 Nd7 14.
e4 Rb8 15. Bf1 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qf3 Bd7 18. a5 b6 19. axb6 Rxb6 20. Nd1
Bd4 21. Bd2 Qc8 22. Ba5 Rb8 23. Bc3 Bb5 24. Ne3 $36 {Nguyen,N (2625)-Akopian,V
(2691)/WCup Tromsoe/2013/}) 12. Qc1 (12. Re1 Bf5 13. Qc1 g5 14. Bd2 Nbd7 (14...
Ne4 $5 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. h4 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 gxh4 18. Bxh6 hxg3 19. Kg2 Qf6 $5 20.
Rh1 Nd7 21. Rh3 Kf8 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. Rxg3+ Kf8 $11) 15. h4 g4 16. Nh2 Kh7 (
16... h5 $142 {saves a tempo}) 17. Nf1 Ne5 18. Bf4 Bg6 19. Ne3 h5 20. a5 Qc7
21. Ra4 Kg8 22. Qd2 $14 {/<=>, Caruana,F (2757)-Kramnik,V (2810)/Zuerich/2013/
For more details abou this game see the notes by Caruana in CBM 153.}) 12... g5
(12... Kh7 13. Re1 (13. Nd2 g5 14. Be3 $14) 13... Bf5 14. Nh4 $5 Bc8 15. Qc2
Nh5 (15... Kg8 16. Nf3 g5 17. Bd2 $14 {[%cal Ye2e4]}) 16. Bd2 Nd7 17. Nf5 $1
Bf8 18. Ne3 Rb8 19. a5 b5 20. axb6 Nxb6 21. Na4 Nxa4 22. Rxa4 Ng7 23. Be4 Be7
24. Ba5 Qd7 25. Bc3 Qd8 26. Nc4 Bd7 27. Ra3 Bb5 28. Na5 Qd7 29. Nc6 $16 {
Caruana,F (2781)-Nakamura,H (2776)/Zuerich rpd/2014/}) 13. Bd2 Bf5 (13... Nbd7
14. h4 g4 15. Ne1 Kh7 (15... h5 16. Nc2 $1 Ne5 17. Ne3 Rb8 18. Rb1 b5 19. b4
Bd7 20. Qc2 Qc8 21. Rfc1 $36 {Atalik}) 16. Nc2 Ne5 17. Ne3 Rb8 18. b4 b5 19.
axb5 axb5 20. Qc2+ Kg8 21. Rfb1 Bd7 22. Ra6 Qc7 23. Nf5 $16 {Nikolic,P (2490)
-Kindermann,S (2440)/EU-chT Plovdiv/1983/}) 14. h4 g4 15. Ne1 h5 16. Bg5 Bg6
17. Qf4 Qe7 18. f3 (18. Nd3 Nbd7 19. a5 Qf8 $13) 18... Nbd7 19. fxg4 hxg4 (
19... Qf8 $5 20. gxh5 Nxh5 $44) 20. Nd3 Rac8 {Doroshenko,M (2336)-Bruzon
Batista,L (2687)/Edmonton/2013/} 21. a5 $5 $13 {/+/=}) 6... cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qc7 (
7... Nc6 8. O-O {leads to the index A39, even now we get a line of the
Symmetrical English.}) 8. Qd3 ({Last year Kramnik was successful with} 8. b3 d5
$1 9. Ndb5 (9. Bxd5 $6 Bh3 $1 $36) 9... Qa5 10. Bd2 dxc4 11. bxc4 Qd8 12. O-O
a6 (12... Nc6 13. Rb1 (13. Nd5 a6 14. Nbc3 Nd7 15. Rc1 e6 16. Nf4 Nc5 17. Ne4
Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bd7 19. Nd3 Qc7 20. Re1 Rab8 21. c5 Rfd8 $11 {Tesic,D (2348)
-Baklan,V (2610)/Trieste/2012/}) 13... Be6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 $1 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16.
Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Nc7 Qxa2 18. Nxa8 Rxa8 19. Be3 Rd8 20. Qc1 Qxe2 21. Rxb7 Ne5 $44
{Rustemov,A (2544)-Jochens,A (2298)/Bundesliga/2013/}) 13. Na3 Nc6 $1 ({
A clever move-order, which is better than} 13... Bf5 14. Nc2 Nc6 15. Ne3 Qd7 (
15... Qd4 $5 16. Nxf5 gxf5 17. Rc1 Rad8 18. Nd5 Ne4 19. Be3 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 e6
21. f3 $5 (21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Nb6 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 $11 {Gelfand,B (2700)
-Sokolov,I (2665)/Wijk aan Zee/1996/}) 21... exd5 22. fxe4 dxe4 23. Bh3 Bd4 24.
Kf2 $14 {Wojtaszek,R (2711)-Rodshtein,M (2682)/Basel/2014/}) 16. Nxf5 Qxf5 17.
Rb1 Rad8 18. Qc1 {Kramnik,V (2810)-Radjabov,T (2793)/London Candidates/2013/} (
18. Rxb7 Na5 19. Rb4 Qe6 20. Qc2 $5 $14) {Now} 18... Rd7 {would have kept
White's pull minimal. For more details about the game see the notes in CBM 154}
) 14. Nc2 Be6 15. Rb1 (15. Ne3 Na5 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Ncd5 Nxc4 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19.
Nxc4 Rxc4 20. Bh6 Qxd1 21. Rfxd1 Bg7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Bxb7 a5 24. Rxc4 Bxc4
25. Rd2 Rb8 $15 {Khismatullin,D (2656)-Giri,A (2749)/ECC Rhodes/2013/}) 15...
Rc8 16. Ne3 Na5 $1 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Rxb7 Bh3 (18... Qd4 $142 $1 $11 {[%cal
Yf8d8]}) 19. Re1 e6 20. Qc2 Qd4 21. Reb1 Rfd8 22. Be1 Ng4 23. Nxg4 Bxg4 24. Qa4
Bh3 25. Rd1 Qg4 26. f3 Rxd1 27. Nxd1 Qd4+ 28. Nf2 Bf8 29. Qd7 Qxd7 30. Rxd7 Bc5
31. Bb4 Bxb4 32. Nxh3 h6 33. Nf2 Bc5 34. Rd3 Bxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Rxc4 $11 {Nakamura,
H (2789)-Caruana,F (2782)/Wijk aan Zee/2014/ Kramnik undoubtedly knew this
game and was trying to avoid a line, well-known to Caruana.}) (8. Nd5 Nxd5 (
8... Qxc4 9. Nxe7+ Kh8 10. Nxc8 Rxc8 11. O-O Nc6 $132) 9. cxd5 Qb6 (9... Qa5+
10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Bc3 d6 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Nb3 Bxc3+ 14. Rxc3 a5 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16.
Nxd4 Nc5 17. Kd2 Bd7 18. Rhc1 a4 19. b4 axb3 20. axb3 Ra2+ $11 {Karpov,A (2619)
-Gashimov,V (2758)/Moscow blitz/2009/}) 10. e3 d6 11. O-O Na6 12. a4 Bd7 13. a5
Qc7 14. Bd2 Rac8 15. b4 Qb8 16. b5 Nc7 17. Qe2 e6 18. dxe6 Nxe6 19. Nxe6 Bxe6
20. Rac1 d5 21. Bb4 Rfd8 22. Qd3 d4 23. e4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26.
Bf1 h5 27. f4 Qc1 28. Kf2 Qa1 29. a6 bxa6 30. bxa6 Bf8 $11 {Wang,H (2737)
-Radjabov,T (2793)/Beijing blindfold/2012/}) 8... Nc6 9. O-O (9. Ndb5 Qa5 10.
Bd2 (10. Bf4 d6 11. O-O a6 12. Na3 Qh5 13. f3 Qa5 14. Kh1 Be6 15. Rac1 d5 $1
16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Bxd5 $15 {Kutirov,R (2381)-Cvitan,O (2526)
/EU-ch Ohrid/2001/}) 10... a6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Na3 b5 $5 ({More ambitious, than
} 12... d6 $11) 13. Bc3 Nxd5 (13... Rb8 $2 14. Nxf6+ exf6 15. cxb5 axb5 16.
Nxb5 Ba6 17. a4 Ne5 18. Qc2 Qb6 19. O-O Rfc8 20. Rfd1 Ng4 21. e3 Bxb5 22. axb5
$16 {Schmidt,W (2505)-Haik,A (2425)/Buenos Aires olm/1978/}) 14. cxd5 (14. Bxg7
Ndb4 15. Qc3 Nxa2 $1 16. Rxa2 b4 17. Qd2 Kxg7 18. Nc2 $44 {/=}) 14... Bxc3+ 15.
bxc3 Ne5 16. Qd4 d6 $15 {Brotherton,T (1800)-Suhardjo,J (1665)/email/2010/}) ({
Absolutely harmless is} 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. O-O Rd8 11. Qc2 Be6 12. Bf4 Qa5 13.
Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Rd7 15. a3 Rad8 16. Rac1 Rd4 17. Bd3 a6 18. Be3 R4d7 19. Rfd1
Bd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 $36 {[%cal Gd8d1] Madebrink,L (2244)-Berg,E (2561)/Halmstad/
2013/}) 9... d6 {[%cal Rc6e5] This simple developing move is the best.} (9...
Ne5 10. Qe3 {only makes it more difficult for Black.}) (9... Qb6 10. e3 d6 11.
b3 Bd7 12. Bb2 Rfe8 13. Rfd1 Rac8 14. Qd2 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. exd4 Bc6 17.
d5 Bd7 18. Rd2 a6 19. a4 $11 {/+/=, Rotaru,D (2384)-Balshaw,A (2157)/email/
2010/}) 10. b3 (10. Ncb5 Qb6 11. Be3 Ne5 12. Qb3 Nfg4 $5 13. Nf5 Nxe3 14. Nxe7+
Kh8 15. fxe3 Be6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Ng4 $44 {|^}) 10... Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Ne4
$146 {[%mdl 8] Black simplifies the position.} ({More complex, but quite
playable is} 11... Be6 12. Bb2 Rfc8 13. Rac1 a6 14. Na4 (14. Qd2 $5) 14... Ne8
15. Qd2 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Bd7 17. c5 ({Kramnik probably wanted to play something
like} 17. Nc3 Nf6 18. Rfd1 $11 {/+/= The Maroczy like space advantage is very
stable, but while White's position is riskless, his pull is minimal at best.})
17... Bxa4 18. bxa4 dxc5 19. Qxb7 Ra7 20. Qb3 Nd6 21. Rfd1 Qa5 22. Rd5 Rac7 23.
Qc2 Nf5 {Bocharov,D (2647)-Shomoev,A (2567)/EU-ch Budva/2009/}) 12. Nd5 (12.
Qxe4 Bxc3 13. Bh6 Bxa1 14. Bxf8 Bf6 $5 15. Bh6 Qa5 16. Qc2 (16. a4 Qb4 $11 {
[%cal Rb4b3,Yc8f5]}) 16... Bf5 17. Qd2 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Rb8 $11) 12... Bxd4 13.
Nxc7 Bxa1 ({A plausible alternative was} 13... Rb8 $5 {, after} 14. Bxe4 (14.
Bh6 $6 Nxf2 $1) 14... Bxa1 15. Be3 Bf6 16. Bxa7 Bh3 17. Rd1 {the simplest is}
Ra8 $5 18. Nxa8 Rxa8 19. Be3 Rxa2 20. Bxb7 Be6 $1 (20... Rb2 21. c5 dxc5 22.
Bh6 e6 23. Ra1 Rd2 $8 24. Bxd2 Bxa1 25. Be3 Bd4 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. b4 $14) 21.
Bd5 Rb2 $11) 14. Be3 $1 {[%mdl 576] This tactical sequence with a temporary
rook sacrifice will spice things up a bit.} (14. Nxa8 Nc3 15. Bg5 Nxe2+ 16. Kh1
Bf6 17. Bxf6 exf6 {is a drawish endgame, e,g,,} 18. Nc7 Nc3 19. a3 Bd7 20. Rc1
Rc8 21. Rxc3 Rxc7 22. Rd3 b5 $11) 14... Bf6 (14... Bf5 $6 15. Rxa1 Nc5 16. Nxa8
Rxa8 17. b4 Na4 $2 18. Rc1 Bd7 19. c5 {[%csl Ra4]} dxc5 20. bxc5 Bc6 21. Bxc6
bxc6 22. Rc4 Nb2 23. Rb4 Nd1 24. Bd4 Rd8 25. Kf1 f6 26. Ke1 e5 27. Ba1 e4 28.
Rd4 {1-0, Esen,B (2570)-Barbosa,E (2471)/Golden Sands/2014/ This game took
place later, than ours - Esen was obviosuly inspired by Kramnik.}) 15. Nxa8 (
15. Bxe4 $2 Bh3 $15 {and White drops an exchange.}) 15... Nc3 16. Bxa7 (16. Nc7
b6 $11 (16... Bd4 $5 17. Bh6 Bg7 $11)) 16... Nxa2 (16... Bh3 17. Nb6 Nxe2+ 18.
Kh1 Bxg2+ 19. Kxg2 $14 {/= and the endgame is more pleasant for White.}) 17.
Nc7 Nb4 18. Rd1 Kg7 (18... Bg4 $5 19. f3 Bf5 20. e4 Bd7 21. c5 (21. Kf2 Bc6
$132) 21... Rc8 22. Bb6 Be5 $5 23. f4 Bg4 24. fxe5 Bxd1 25. exd6 exd6 26. cxd6
$44) 19. f4 h5 $6 (19... Nc6 20. Bb6 Bf5 21. e4 Bg4 22. Rd5 $14) (19... Bg4 $1
20. Kf2 Rc8 21. Bb6 Na2 $5 $132) 20. Kf2 ({White could have already played} 20.
c5 $5 $14 {, but Kramnik is in no hurry.}) 20... h4 21. c5 hxg3+ 22. hxg3 dxc5
23. Bxc5 Na6 (23... Nc6 24. b4 $36 {() and Black's forces lack space.}) 24.
Nxa6 bxa6 25. e4 Bg4 26. Rd5 Bb2 ({Black prefers giving up a pawn; he will
retain reasonable drawing chances.} 26... Be6 $6 27. e5 $14 {/+/- is weaker,
White's bishops are powerful.}) 27. Bxe7 Re8 28. Bd8 Be6 29. Rd3 (29. Rd2 Bc3
30. Rd3 Bf6 {transposes into 29.Rd3 with an extra move.}) 29... Bf6 30. Bxf6+ (
30. Ba5 $5 Rb8 31. b4 Bc4 $14 {/<=>}) 30... Kxf6 31. Bf3 ({Allowing a
liquidation of the queenside with} 31. b4 Rb8 32. Rd4 a5 $5 33. bxa5 Rb2+ 34.
Kg1 Ra2 $11 {/+/= gives White practical chances at best.}) 31... Rb8 32. Bd1
Rb4 {Needlessly exposes the rook} (32... Ke7 $142 $1 $44 {[%cal Ya6a5,Yf7f6]})
33. Ke3 Ke7 ({Now} 33... a5 34. g4 $36 {[%cal Re4e5,Rf4f5] is unpleasant for
Black.}) 34. g4 {White could have postponed this.} (34. Rd4 $142 $1 Rb6 35. b4
$14 {gives him more realistic winning chances.}) 34... f6 35. g5 $6 ({Kramnik
wants to avoid the blockade} 35. Rd4 Rb6 36. b4 g5 {, , but now his pawn gets
fixed on b3.}) 35... fxg5 36. fxg5 a5 $1 {[%csl Rb3]} 37. Kf4 Rb5 38. Rc3 Kd6
39. Bc2 Rb4 40. Rg3 Ke7 41. Rd3 Rb5 42. Rc3 Kd7 $5 ({Black doesn't have to
allow even} 42... Kd6 43. e5+ $5 Rxe5 44. Rc6+ {, although} Kxc6 (44... Kd5 45.
Rb6 Kd4 46. Bxg6 $14) 45. Kxe5 Bd5 46. Kf6 Kc5 47. Kxg6 Kd4 48. Kf6 Kc3 49. Bd1
Kd2 $132 {holds the balance.}) 43. Bd1 (43. e5 Bd5 $1 44. Bxg6 Rb4+ {and the
king must retreat} 45. Ke3 (45. Kf5 $2 Be4+ 46. Kf6 Rb6+ $17) (45. Kg3 Rxb3 $11
) 45... Ke6 46. Bc2 Kxe5 47. g6 Rg4 {with a clear draw:} 48. Kd2 (48. Rc8 Bxb3
$11) 48... Rg2+ 49. Kc1 Be4 $1 50. Bxe4 Kxe4 51. Rc6 Kd3 $11) 43... Kd6 44.
Rd3+ Ke7 45. Rd2 {The last try, which is unexpectedly crowned with success.}
Bxb3 ({Consistent, Caruana doesn't want to sit tight anymore with} 45... Bf7
46. Ra2 $14 {He prefers to act and rightly so.}) 46. Bxb3 Rxb3 47. Rd5 a4 48.
Ra5 a3 49. Ke5 Kf7 50. Ra7+ Ke8 $4 {[%mdl 8192] A serious error just at the
moment when} (50... Kf8 {/\} 51. Kf6 Rb6+ $11 {draws easily.}) 51. Kf6 Rb6+ 52.
Kg7 ({Resignation in a position with equal material is often considered
premature, but here it was justified, as the position is won for White rather
easily:} 52. Kg7 Rb3 (52... Re6 53. Rxa3 Rxe4 54. Kxg6 $18 Rg4 55. Ra8+ Ke7 56.
Rg8 $18 {[%cal Rg6h7,Rg5g6]}) 53. e5 $1 ({Even quicker than} 53. Kxg6 Kf8 54.
Kf5 $18) 53... Rf3 54. e6 Re3 55. Kf6 Rf3+ 56. Kxg6 Re3 57. Kf6 Rf3+ 58. Kg7
Re3 59. g6 $18 {[%cal Rg7f6,Rg6g7]}) 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Be3 Qa5 8.
Qd2 Qxd2 9. Nxd2 a6 10. c4 Nf6 11. h3 e5 12. N4b3 Nc6 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. Bg5
O-O-O 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxd8 Nxg3 17. fxg3 Rxd8 18. Bd5 Bxh3 19. Bxf7 Bg4 20.
Rf1 e4 21. Bd5 Bf5 22. e3 Nb4 23. Rf2 Bh6 24. Kg2 Nxd5 25. cxd5 Bxe3 26. Re2
Bg5 27. Nd4 Re8 28. Nxf5 gxf5 29. Rf1 Re5 30. Ref2 e3 31. Rc2+ Kb8 32. Rd1 f4
33. gxf4 Bxf4 34. Kf3 Bg5 35. b4 h6 36. a4 Rf5+ 37. Ke2 Rf4 38. Rb1 Rd4 39. b5
Rxa4 40. bxa6 Rxa6 41. Rcb2 Ra7 42. Rf1 Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2
b4 {Topalov is ready to defend his fascinating idea of an early b5-b4 in the
Sicilian Defence. The system is playable, but Black has to go to extremes to
prove that the pawn advance was not hopelessly premature.} 9. Na4 Nbd7 10.
O-O-O Qa5 11. b3 Bb7 12. a3 Qc7 13. axb4 d5 14. b5 {Caruana is well prepared
for the pet line of his dangerous opponent. White has to play well in order to
minimise the counterplay of Black's pieces in the centre.} (14. c4 dxe4 (14...
dxc4 15. bxc4 a5 16. Nb5 Qc6 17. bxa5 Be7 18. Qc3 $16) 15. f4 (15. Kb2 Be7 (
15... exf3 16. gxf3 (16. Nxf3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rb8 $17) 16... e5 17. Bh3 $1 (17.
Nf5 Bxf3 18. Bg2 Bxd1 19. Bxa8 Bg4 $17) 17... exd4 (17... Qd6 18. Rhe1 Qxb4 19.
c5 $16) 18. Bxd4 Be7 19. Rhe1 $40) (15... e5 16. Nf5 exf3 17. c5 Rb8 18. Rg1
$15) (15... g6 16. Be2 exf3 17. Bxf3 Bg7 18. Bh6 O-O 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rhe1 e5
21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Nc2 Rad8 $11 {0-1 (39) Grandelius,N (2366)-Palac,M (2587)
Schwarzach 2008}) 16. Be2 O-O 17. Bf4 (17. f4 Rfd8 18. Qe1 Rab8 $17) 17... e5
18. Bg3 g6 (18... exf3 $5 19. gxf3 Rfd8 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. Qg5 Kh8 $17) 19. Nc2
Rfd8 (19... a5 20. b5 Rfd8 21. Qe3 Rac8 (21... Nc5 22. b6 $15) 22. Rhf1 Nc5 $17
) 20. Qe3 Bc6 (20... a5 $5) 21. Nc3 $11 {1-0 (42) Motylev,A (2638)-Cheparinov,
I (2625) Wijk aan Zee 2006}) 15... Nd5 16. Nc2 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Be7 18. Rxd7 Qxd7
19. Nb6 Qc7 20. Nxa8 Bxa8 21. Be2 O-O 22. Rd1 a5 23. bxa5 Qxa5 $15 {1-0 (32)
Ponomariov,R (2738)-Grischuk,A (2719) Sochi 2006}) (14. Kb1 dxe4 15. b5 Nd5 (
15... Be7 16. Bf4 (16. bxa6 Bxa6 17. Nb5 Qb7 18. Nac3 O-O 19. fxe4 Rfc8 20. e5
Nxe5 21. Qe1 Bxb5 22. Nxb5 Qa6 23. Na7 Qa3 $19 {0-1 (29) Stets,D (2468)-Smith,
A (2478) Fagernes 2012}) 16... Qc8 17. Bc4 axb5 18. Bxb5 O-O 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20.
Bxd7 Nxd7 21. Qxd7 $11 {1/2 (30) Szabo,K (2520)-Kulaots,K (2556) Budapest 2008}
) 16. fxe4 Bb4 17. Qf2 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 O-O 19. bxa6 Bxa6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Qd3
Rfa8 22. Nxe6 Qb8 $11 {1-0 (59) Serfling,R-Solodovnichenko,Y (2585) playchess.
com INT 2007}) 14... e5 $5 {The whole system is not for the fainthearted, but
the e-pawn advance maximises the conflict at the moment when White is better
developed. It is most likely, that in the days before computers could help
grandmasters the idea would have been considered to be too dangerous.} (14...
dxe4 15. b6 Ba3+ 16. Kb1 Qd6 17. Ka2 Qe7 18. c3 O-O 19. Nc2 Bc5 20. Nxc5 Nxc5
21. Qd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Rfc8 23. b4 Na4 24. c4 exf3 25. gxf3 Bxf3 26. Rg1 Ne4 $2
(26... a5 27. b5 Ne8 $11) 27. Rd7 $18 {1/2 (59) Saric,I (2643)-Lahno,K (2554)
Germany 2011}) (14... Ba3+ 15. Kb1 O-O 16. Qc3 Qd6 17. bxa6 Bxa6 18. Qc6 Qxc6
19. Nxc6 dxe4 20. fxe4 Bb7 21. Bb5 Rfc8 22. Na7 Rc7 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Nxd7
25. Rd1 Nf6 $11 {1/2 (52) Aroshidze,L (2490)-Nielsen,P (2640) Kalamaria 2006})
15. bxa6 (15. b6 Nxb6 16. Ne6 fxe6 17. Bxb6 Ba3+ 18. Kb1 Qe7 19. Ba5 Rb8 20.
Qc3 Bd6 21. Bd3 O-O 22. Rhe1 d4 23. Qd2 Nd7 24. Nb2 Nc5 $15 {0-1 (34) Brodsky,
M (2566)-Cheparinov,I (2632) Hoogeveen 2006}) 15... Bxa6 {Topalov's move is
technically speaking a novelty, but the recapture on d4 is just plain bad. It
is very likely, that both players had analysed this position before meeting
over the board.} (15... exd4 $2 16. Bf4 $1 Qc6 17. axb7 Rxa4 (17... Qxb7 18.
Qxd4 $16) 18. b8=Q+ Nxb8 19. bxa4 Ba3+ 20. Kb1 O-O 21. Bb5 Qb6 22. Qxd4 Bc5 23.
Qe5 $18 {1-0 (38) Wei,Y (2418)-Yilmaz,M (2543) Athens 2012}) 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17.
Bxb5 d4 18. Bxd4 $5 {[%mdl 4] Caruana is admitting that he has to bite the
bullet and try to punish Black for his risky play. The modest retreat with the
bishop would enable Topalov to finish his development and entertain promising
prospects on the queenside.} (18. Bg5 Ba3+ 19. Kb1 O-O 20. c4 Qd6 $15) 18...
exd4 19. Qxd4 Ra5 20. Qd3 Ba3+ 21. Kb1 Ke7 $1 {A brave move by any measure as
the ex-world champion demonstraties his excellent handling of risk. Castling
would have been safer, but White would have an easy time dealing with the
situation.} (21... O-O 22. Bxd7 Rd8 23. Qc3 Qxc3 24. Nxc3 Nxd7 25. Rd5 Rxd5 26.
Nxd5 $11) 22. Bxd7 (22. c4 Rb8 23. f4 Raxb5 24. cxb5 Qxf4 25. Rhf1 Qe5 $14)
22... Nxd7 23. Nc3 $2 (23. Qc3 Qxc3 24. Nxc3 Nb6 $15) 23... Ne5 $2 {This
moment in the battle is affecting both players in equal measure as they make
weak moves. Topalov was surely quite unhappy about his decision not to play
the brave move 23...Nb6! with better chances.} (23... Nb6 $1 24. Nb5 Qc5 25.
Nd4 Bb4 26. Nf5+ Kf6 27. c4 Rha8 28. Qd4+ Qxd4 29. Nxd4 Ra1+ 30. Kc2 R1a2+ 31.
Kd3 R8a3 $17) 24. Nd5+ (24. Qd2 Rb8 25. Nd5+ Rxd5 26. exd5 Bd6 27. Rhe1 Kf8 28.
Re4 Nc4 29. Qd3 $11) 24... Rxd5 25. Qxd5 Rc8 (25... Rd8 $2 26. Qxd8+ Qxd8 27.
Rxd8 Kxd8 28. c3 $16) 26. c4 Bc5 {The last mysterious moment when Black has
abstained from the tempting idea of attacking the b3-pawn. Most likely Black
was still hoping to organise a hunt against the white king loosely sitting on
b1.} (26... Rb8 $5 27. c5 Qxc5 28. Qxc5+ Bxc5 29. Rd5 Bd6 30. f4 Ng4 31. e5 Bc7
32. Rhd1 $11) 27. f4 Ng6 28. g3 Ke8 {It would have been useful to enter the
minds of great players, where one would surely find normal human emotions
defining other mortals. Black is probably feeling way too exposed with his
king on the e7-square.} (28... Qa7 29. Qd2 Ra8 30. Qb2 Kf8 $11) 29. Rd3 Ne7 30.
Qe5 {Caruana has worked his way up to the highest level even among the best
players. He must have judged the position to be somewhat risky for him so he
decided to simplify the matters into a middlegame/endgame without queens.} (30.
Qg5 Kf8 31. Rhd1 f6 32. Qg4 Qa5 33. Qe2 Ra8 34. Qb2 $11) 30... Qxe5 31. fxe5
Nc6 32. Rhd1 (32. Rd5 Nb4 33. Rd2 Be3 34. Rdd1 Ra8 35. Kb2 Bc5 36. Kc3 Na2+ 37.
Kb2 Nb4 $11) 32... Nxe5 33. Rd5 f6 {White has got a stable position with rook
and two pawns for two his opponent's two minor pieces. The great base for the
knight on e5 is helping to complicate his efforts to get the pawns rolling.}
34. Kb2 Ke7 35. Kc3 Bf2 36. Ra1 (36. g4 g5 37. h3 h5 38. gxh5 Rh8 $11) 36...
Rc7 (36... h5 37. Rb5 Rc7 $11) 37. Ra2 Be1+ 38. Kb2 (38. Kd4 $2 Nc6+ 39. Ke3
Nb4 $15) 38... Nc6 39. Ra1 Bb4 (39... Bf2 40. Rad1 Ne5 $11) 40. Ra8 Bd6 {
Objectively speaking the position is very close to a dynamic equilibrium, but
White still entertains some mild hopes for an initiative.} (40... h6 41. Rb5
Be1 $11) 41. Ra6 Be5+ 42. Ka3 Nb8 (42... Bc3 43. Rb5 Nd4 44. Rb8 Kf7 45. Rba8
Nc2+ 46. Ka4 Bd4 $11) 43. Raa5 (43. Rb6 Ra7+ 44. Kb4 Na6+ 45. Kb5 Nc7+ 46. Kc6
Nxd5 47. exd5 Rc7+ 48. Kb5 $11) 43... Nc6 44. Ra4 Nd4 45. Rda5 Bd6+ 46. Kb2 Be5
47. Ka3 Nc2+ (47... Bd6+ $11) 48. Ka2 Bd4 49. Rd5 Bc3 (49... Be5 50. c5 Rb7 $11
) 50. Kb1 Nb4 51. Rb5 Nc6 52. Rc5 Bd4 53. Rd5 Bg1 {Topalov loses his patience
with the repeated efforts of his opponent and thus he tries to force matters
with an attack on the pawns on the kingside.} 54. b4 Ne5 (54... Bxh2 55. b5 Rb7
56. Ka2 Nd8 57. c5 Rxb5 58. c6 Rxd5 59. exd5 Bxg3 60. Rg4 Bc7 61. Rxg7+ Nf7 $11
) 55. c5 Rb7 56. Kc2 (56. h3 Nc6 $15) 56... Bxh2 57. b5 Rxb5 58. Ra7+ {A
slight omission is making the defensive task easier for Black. It seems to be
more exciting to play 58.c6!? right away even though Black would have been
able to cope just fine.} (58. c6 $5 Rb8 59. Ra7+ Ke8 60. Rxg7 Nxc6 61. Rd6 Rb6
62. Kd2 Bg1 63. Rxf6 Bd4 64. Re6+ Kf8 65. Rxh7 Rb2+ $11) 58... Ke8 59. Rxg7 (
59. c6 Nxc6 60. Rxb5 Nd4+ 61. Kd3 Nxb5 62. Rxg7 $11) 59... Bg1 60. Rc7 (60. c6
Nxc6 61. Rxb5 Nd4+ 62. Kd3 Nxb5 63. Kc4 $11) 60... Rb4 {The elimination of the
majority of the pawns is not far away. The battle never left the territory of
approximate equality.} 61. c6 Bb6 62. Rxh7 (62. Rc8+ Ke7 63. c7 Rc4+ $17) 62...
Rxe4 63. Rh4 Rxh4 {Topalov has no reason to complicate his defensive tasks by
avoiding exchanges.} (63... Re2+ 64. Kd1 Rb2 65. Rh8+ Ke7 66. Rh7+ Ke6 67. Rc5
Rb3 68. c7 Bxc7 69. Rhxc7 Rxg3 $11) 64. gxh4 Nxc6 65. Rd6 Nb4+ 66. Kb3 Bc5 (
66... Bc5 67. Rxf6 Be7 68. Rf5 Nc6 69. Rf4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 (5... cxd4 6. exd4 e4 7. Ne5 {
see the game Aronian,L-Caruana,F/Tata Steel-A 2012, which is annotated by
Marin, M} (7. Ng5 Bb4)) 6. d5 (6. Ne5 g6 7. b3 $6 {is premature because of} (7.
Rb1 Bg7 (7... h5 {Kramnik,V (2785)-Grischuk,A (2747) Kazan 2011 1/2 (65) CBM
143 [Marin,M]}) 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. dxc5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 (10. Nxd1 Nd7 11. Bd2 a5
12. Bc3 Bxc3+ 13. Nxc3 {1/2 (13) Buhmann,R (2578)-Hamdouchi,H (2602) Haguenau
2013}) 10... O-O 11. Be2 Re8 12. Kc2 Re5 13. b4 Rg5 14. g3 (14. Rg1 a5 15. a3
axb4 16. axb4 Bh3 17. Bf1 Be6 $44) 14... Bh3 15. Bf1 Be6 16. Bb2 Rf5 17. Nd1
Ng4 18. Be2 h5 19. h4 Nxf2 (19... a5 $1 20. a3 axb4 21. axb4 Nxf2 22. Rf1 Nxd1
23. Rbxd1 Rxf1 24. Bxf1 Bg4 25. Rb1 f5 $15) 20. Rf1 $11 {Wang Hao (2735)
-Grischuk,A (2783) Beijing CHN 2013 1/2 (36)}) (7. g4 $5 {I don't think that
it would be approved of by Tarrasch or Nimzowitsch.} h6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. O-O (9.
h4 cxd4 $6 10. exd4 d5 11. g5 hxg5 12. hxg5 Rxh1+ 13. Bxh1 Nh5 14. cxd5 $6 (14.
Qa4 $1 Bd7 (14... Bxe5 15. cxd5 $1 Bg7 16. dxc6 $16) 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Be3 Nxd4
17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. O-O-O $16) 14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Be3 $14 {Buhmann,R 
(2569)-Bosiocic,M (2542) Wolfsberg AUT 2014 1/2 (44)}) 9... Qe7 10. f4 exf3 11.
Qxf3 O-O 12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. h3 h5 $15 {Fridman,D (2602)-Almasi,Z (2707) 0-1 (42)
Rapid Bastia 2013}) 7... cxd4 8. exd4 Qa5 $36 {The rook will prove useful on
b1 in many situations (Marin,M).}) 6... exf3 7. dxc6 bxc6 ({It is not easy to
prove White's superiority after} 7... dxc6 $5 8. Qxd8+ (8. Qxf3 $6 Bg4 9. Qg3
Bd6 10. Qh4 O-O $15) 8... Kxd8 9. gxf3 g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 Ke7 12. O-O-O (12.
Ne4 $5 b6 13. O-O-O Be6 $11) 12... Be6 13. Bd3 Rhd8 14. Kc2 Rd7 $11 {Ju,W 
(2544)-Muzychuk,A (2585) 1/2 (39) Geneve 2013}) 8. e4 $5 $146 (8. Qxf3 Bd6 9.
g4 $5 {I'm not sure about the right assessement of the last move but at least
it makes the game much more interesting than after the boring 9.Ne4=} O-O 10.
Bd3 Rb8 11. h4 Be5 $2 (11... g6 $1 12. Rb1 Be5 13. g5 Nh5 14. O-O d6 $15) 12.
g5 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Ne8 14. Qf5 g6 15. Qxc5 $16 {Georgiev,V (2538)-Yemelin,V 
(2540) Hamburg 2000 0-1 (34)}) 8... Qc7 ({Fabiano could take the pawn but in
that case he would have had to play very precisely against a well-prepared
opponent.} 8... fxg2 9. Bxg2 $44 Qc7 10. O-O d6 (10... Qe5 $5 11. Be3 (11. f4
$6 Qd4+) 11... Qe6 12. Qe2 Be7 13. f4 Ba6 14. b3 O-O 15. Rad1 $44) 11. f4 Be7 (
11... Bg4 $5 12. Qd3 O-O-O {On the queenside Black's king doesn't feel
comfortable but he has no choice.} (12... Be7 $6 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd7 15.
Qg3 Be6 16. Nd5 $1 $16)) 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Ng4 14. Bf4 $40 {Black is in
danger.}) 9. gxf3 $1 {The point of e4.} (9. Qxf3 $6 Bd6 10. g3 (10. Be3 $6 Rb8
11. b3 Be5 12. Bd2 O-O $17) 10... O-O 11. Bg2 Be5 12. O-O d6 $15) 9... g6 {
This move looks a bit strange. Due to the weakness on d6, it is unlikely that
he can afford to develop the bishop on g7.} (9... d6 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Qd2 O-O
12. O-O-O Rd8 13. Rg1 $40) (9... Be7 10. Be3 d6 11. Rg1 g6 12. Qd2 Be6 13.
O-O-O O-O-O 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. f4 Nb6 16. b3 $14) 10. Be3 d6 11. Qd2 Be6 12. O-O-O
Nd7 $6 {Now White can play Nd5.} (12... O-O-O) 13. f4 $6 (13. Nd5 $1 {It seems
to me that Black is in danger.} Qb7 (13... cxd5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Rb8 16.
a4 $1 Qb6 17. Bb5 $16) (13... Bxd5 14. cxd5 Rb8 (14... Bg7 $2 15. dxc6) 15. Qc3
Rg8 16. dxc6 Qxc6 17. b3 Bg7 18. Qd2 Rb6 19. Kb1 $16) 14. Nf4 Ne5 15. Nxe6 fxe6
16. Be2 Nf7 17. f4 Bg7 18. h4 O-O 19. h5 Rfb8 20. b3 a5 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Rdg1
$16 {White is the first who threatens the opponent's king.}) 13... O-O-O 14.
Rg1 $14 f5 15. exf5 $1 gxf5 ({Probably} 15... Bxf5 {was stronger but he would
still have problem after} 16. Bd3 Be6 17. Qc2 Kb8 18. h4 Nb6 19. b3 d5 20. f5
gxf5 21. Bxf5 $14) 16. Qe2 Rg8 $2 {Black simply loses a pawn without
compensation} (16... Nb6 $2 17. Bxc5 $1 $16 Bf7 (17... Bxc4 $2 18. Bxb6 $18)
18. Bd4 Bh6 (18... Bxc4 $2 19. Qh5 $18) 19. Bxh8 Bxf4+ 20. Kb1 Rxh8 21. Qc2 $16
) ({The strongest continuation is} 16... Re8 $1 17. Qd3 (17. Qc2 Kb8 18. Kb1
Nb6 19. b3 Qb7 20. Ka1 Rg8 $132) 17... Kb8 18. b3 Nf6 (18... Nb6 19. Be2 Be7
20. Bf3 $13) 19. Kb1 Ng4 20. Rg2 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Rd8 $13) (16... Kb8 17. Kb1 Re8
18. Bh3 $5 (18. Qc2 Nb6 19. b3 Qb7) 18... Nf6 19. Qd3 Qf7 20. b3 $14) 17. Rxg8
Bxg8 18. Qd3 Nb6 ({He could have tried} 18... Be6 $5 19. Bh3 Nb6 20. Bxf5 Bxf5
21. Qxf5+ Qd7 22. Qc2 $5 (22. Qxd7+ Rxd7 23. b3 d5 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Bd2 $14 {
the endgame is rather drawish}) 22... Qf7 23. b3 d5 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. f5 $14
Re8 (25... d4 $6 26. Bg5 Re8 27. Ne4 $16) 26. Bf4 Kb7 27. a4 $14) 19. Qxf5+ Kb7
20. b3 d5 21. Qd3 Qg7 $6 {A dubious decision.} ({He should have centralised
his pieces with} 21... Bd6 $1 22. cxd5 Nxd5 (22... cxd5 $2 23. Qa6+ Ka8 24. Nb5
Qe7 25. Bg2 Be6 26. b4 $1 $18) 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. f5 Qg7 25. Kb1 Qe5 26. f4 $1 (
26. Qc2 $2 Be7 $19 {and unexpectedly Black is winning} 27. Bd3 Bf6 28. Kc1 Bf3
29. Rd2 (29. Rf1 Rxd3) 29... Rg8 $1 $19) 26... Qe8 27. Qc3 $14) 22. cxd5 Nxd5
23. Qa6+ Kb8 24. Qa5 $1 Be7 25. Bc4 Nxe3 26. fxe3 (26. Rxd8+ $6 Bxd8 27. Qxd8+
Kb7 28. Qd3 Nxc4 29. bxc4 Qd4 30. Qxd4 cxd4 $11 {Black is not worse} 31. Ne4
Kb6 $5 (31... Kc7 32. Nd2 c5 33. Kd1 Be6 $44) 32. Nf6 Bxc4 33. Nxh7 Bxa2 34. h4
a5 35. h5 a4 36. h6 a3 37. Nf6 Bg8 $8 38. Nxg8 a2 39. Kb2 d3 40. h7 d2 41. h8=Q
d1=Q 42. Kxa2 Qd5+ 43. Kb2 Qd2+ 44. Ka3 Qd3+ 45. Ka2 Qd5+ $1 $11) 26... Rxd1+
27. Nxd1 $16 Bd5 28. Bxd5 (28. Qc3 $5 Bf6 29. Qd3 {stabilising the position}
Bxc4 (29... Bg2 30. Qd6+) 30. Qxc4 Qe7 31. e4 Bd4 32. Qg8+ Kc7 33. e5 $16 {
White should win the game.}) 28... cxd5 29. Nc3 $6 ({First Levon had to
centralise the queen:} 29. Qb5+ $1 Kc7 30. Qa6 Kb8 31. Qe6 d4 (31... Qa1+ 32.
Kc2 Qxa2+ 33. Nb2 $18) 32. e4 Bd8 33. Qe8 Qf6 34. f5 $16 {with excellent
chances to win the game.}) 29... Qg1+ 30. Kb2 $2 {This leads to a forced draw.}
(30. Kd2 Qxh2+ 31. Ne2 Qh1 32. Qb5+ Kc7 33. Qa6 Bh4 34. Qxa7+ Kd6 35. Qb6+ Kd7
{Black has good chances for a draw} 36. Kc2 Qg2 37. Qb7+ Kd6 38. Qa6+ Kc7 39.
Qd3 Kd6 $14) 30... Qf2+ ({Why didn't he take the pawn?} 30... Qxh2+ $11) 31.
Ka3 Qd2 $1 $11 32. f5 Kb7 33. Qb5+ Kc7 34. Qe8 Bd6 35. Qf7+ (35. Nb5+ Kb6 36.
Nxd6 Qa5+ 37. Kb2 Qd2+ $11) 35... Kc6 36. Qe8+ Kc7 37. Qf7+ Kc6 38. Qe8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Negi,P"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. a3 g6 8. h4
h6 9. d3 Bg7 10. O-O ({I prefer the move order of} 10. Be3 {just to make Black
commit to ...Ne6 or ...Nd4.} Ne6 (10... b6 {isn't possible due to} 11. h5 $1 g5
12. Nxg5 $16) (10... Nd4 11. Rc1 $5 O-O 12. b4 $14) 11. O-O {was the move
order preferred by Anish. I think Karjakin probably planned to go 11...Bd7
here anyway, therefore transposing to this game.}) 10... Bd7 $5 {Anish had
managed to put Karjakin under serious pressure in round 7, so this time
Karjakin tries to make a logical change. Black's idea is to defend the
c6-knight, so Black can easily meet h5 with ...g5 without the constant worry
of Nxg5.} (10... O-O 11. Be3 Nd4 $5 {seems an interesting improvement allowed
by the 10. 0-0 move order. But perhaps I'm missing some subtlety?} (11... Ne6 {
would transpose to the Giri-Karjakin game}) 12. Rc1 Bg4 13. Nd2 Qd7 $13) 11.
Be3 Ne6 12. Rb1 {This seems to be a bit slow - White doesn't make take
advantage of Black's awkward pieces and incomplete development...} (12. Ne4 $5
$146 b6 (12... Ncd4 13. Nxc5 $1 Nxc5 14. Bxd4 Ba4 15. Qd2 Bxd4 16. Qb4 $1 $16 {
winning back the piece}) 13. b4 $1 {The critical position. Of course, there's
a lot more to explore here... but it doesn't seem to be an easy task for Black
at first:} O-O $5 (13... f5 14. Ned2 O-O 15. Rc1 f4 16. gxf4 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 Rxf4
18. bxc5 $14) (13... Bxa1 14. Qxa1 {should always be very dangerous.} f6 15.
bxc5 bxc5 16. Rc1 $44) (13... cxb4 14. d4 (14. axb4) 14... Nc7 (14... b3 15. d5
$16) 15. h5 $1 g5 16. d5 Bf5 17. Nd4 $16) 14. bxc5 (14. Qd2 $5) (14. Rc1 cxb4
15. axb4 (15. d4 bxa3 16. d5 Na5 $13) 15... Ncd4 $132 (15... Nxb4 16. Qd2 $14))
14... f5 15. Ned2 f4 16. gxf4 Bxa1 17. Qxa1 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. Ne5 $44)
12... Rc8 13. Ne4 b6 14. b4 cxb4 15. axb4 Ncd4 $1 {Now Black gets an ideal
setup.} 16. Bxd4 $5 {An interesting idea. Giving up the bishop doesn't seem a
nice decision, but White tries to blockade the dark-squared bishop and
continue with slow manoeuvring...} Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. e3 Bg7 19. b5 O-O 20.
d4 Rc7 (20... e5 {seems a fairly simple way to maintain the equality but Black
was possibly worried about} 21. dxe5 (21. h5 $5) 21... Bxe5 22. h5 {When he
might have to allow hxg6 - fxg6 which doesn't look nice from a human
perspective.} g5 23. f4 $14) 21. f4 $5 {White's structure looks extrememly
unusual... but he's at least creating a lot of fight.} Qc8 22. Rb2 {Another
unusual, but interesting way to fight for the c-file.} (22. h5 Bg4 23. Bf3 gxh5
$15) 22... Rd8 (22... Bh3 {exchanging these bishops seems to be in Black's
favour, although it's hard to say what's going on after} 23. Bxh3 Qxh3 24. Qf3
Rfc8 25. Nf2 {/\ kingside advances, although Black should be ok of course.})
23. Kh2 Be6 24. Rff2 {White continues to follow his plan.} Bf5 {I'm not really
sure about the idea behind this move... it seems like Black was struggling to
find a proper plan... while White's unusual regrouping seems to be working!}
25. Rbc2 a5 $5 {Finally, creating some counterplay... but surprisingly, after
a few aimless moves, it's Black who has to struggle to equalise:} 26. Qc1 {
Being ambitious} (26. bxa6 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Qxa6 {Black should be able to
equalise due to his activity.}) 26... Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Qb8 28. Rc6 $1 {/\ Nc3.
Black's position is almost on the edge... but he has:} Bd7 $1 29. Nc3 $1 e6 {
Just in time.} 30. Rc4 {White still continues to manoeuvre around with a
rather pleasant bind on the position.} Bf8 31. Bc6 $14 Qd6 (31... Be7 32. Bxd7
Rxd7 33. Rc6 $14 {will be continuous suffering.}) 32. Na4 $2 {A careless
mistake... White was just ready to start squeezing in the efforts of his
excellent play, instead, he gives it all away:} (32. Bxd7 Qxd7 33. Rc6 Bb4 $1
34. Rxb6 Qc7 35. Rc6 Qb7 {would give Black enough play to equalise.}) (32. Ne4
$1 Qe7 33. Bxd7 Rxd7 34. Rc6 {Caruana probably did not want to allow} a4 {
but it's not such a big deal.} 35. Rxb6 Rc7 (35... Ra7 36. Rb8 a3 37. b6 $1 $18
) (35... a3 36. Ra6 $16) 36. Rc6 $14) 32... Bxc6 33. Rxc6 Qb4 $1 {The sudden
turning of the tables couldn't have been easy to deal with... and Caruana
fails to hold on to his position.} 34. Nc3 (34. Nxb6 Qxb5 $15 {is pretty
one-sided. Now the open white king is a real liability.}) 34... a4 $1 35. Qc2
a3 36. Rxb6 Rc8 37. Rc6 Rxc6 38. bxc6 Qc4 $1 {It is not so easy to realise
that White is just lost here.} 39. c7 Qxc7 40. Qb3 Qa5 {All that enterprising
play in the early part of the game now comes back to haunt White... these
pawns will be just too easy to pick up.} 41. Qc2 Qb4 42. Na4 Qe1 43. Nc5 Qxe3
44. Nd7 Qxd4 45. Qc8 Qb4 46. Nf6+ Kg7 47. Ne8+ Kh8 48. Qc7 Qe7 49. Qe5+ f6 50.
Nxf6 Bg7 51. Qb8+ Qf8 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Ne4 7. Qd4 f5 8.
exf6 Nxf6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc3 d5 12. Na4 Ng4 13. h3 c5 14. Nxc5 Bf6
15. Qa4 Ne5 16. Be3 Bxh3 17. gxh3 Nf3+ 18. Kg2 Bd4 19. Qc6 Bxc5 20. Qe6+ Kh8
21. Bxc5 Qh4 22. Qg4 Qf6 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Rad1 c5 25. Be2 Ne5 26. Qg3 d4 27.
Bd3 g5 28. Be4 h5 29. Rde1 h4 30. Qa3 g4 31. Qxc5 Rg8 32. Bb7 Rg5 33. Qxd4
gxh3+ 34. Kh1 Qg7 35. Qxh4+ Kg8 36. Bd5+ Kf8 37. Qb4+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Bf5 7. Nh4 Be4 8. f3
Bc6 9. Nc3 e5 10. d5 Bd7 11. e4 Ne8 12. Bh1 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 e4 15. Be3
Na6 16. Ng2 Nc5 17. Bd4 Nf6 18. Ne3 Nd3 19. Ne2 b5 20. b3 h5 21. h4 bxc4 22.
bxc4 Qe7 23. Qd2 Rfb8 24. Rab1 Ng4 25. Bg2 Bxd4 26. Nxd4 Qf6 27. Nec2 Rb6 28.
Bh3 Ngf2 29. Bg2 Ba4 30. Rxb6 axb6 31. Rxf2 Bxc2 32. Nxc2 Nxf2 33. Qxf2 Rxa2
34. Qd4 Kf7 35. Qxf6+ Kxf6 36. Nd4 Rd2 37. Nb5 Rc2 38. Nxc7 Rc1+ 39. Kf2 Rxc4
40. Ne8+ Ke7 41. Ng7 Rc2+ 42. Kf1 Rc1+ 43. Kf2 Rc2+ 44. Kf1 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be3 Qb6 5. Rb1 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 d5 8. e5
Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nd2 c5 11. c3 cxd4 12. cxd4 f5 13. g3 Kh8 14. h4 h6 15.
Nc4 Qd8 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. Rd1 Qd5 18. Na3 Nc6 19. Bc4 Qa5 20. O-O Qxd2 21. Rxd2
e6 22. Nb5 Rf7 23. Nd6 Re7 24. Rc1 a6 25. Bb3 Rb8 26. g4 fxg4 27. Bc2 h5 28.
Bxe4 Rc7 29. Ne8 Re7 30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31. exf6 Rf7 32. Bf4 Ra8 33. Be5 Nb4 34. f3
gxf3 35. Kf2 Nd5 36. Rg1 Rxf6 37. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O b5 8. a3
Nbd7 9. h3 a5 10. g4 Ba6 11. Ng3 exd4 12. Qxd4 b4 13. Nce2 d5 14. e5 Bxe2 15.
Nxe2 Bc5 16. Qf4 Nxe5 17. Qxe5 Re8 18. Qf5 Rxe2 19. Bg5 bxa3 20. bxa3 Qd6 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. Kh1 Rb8 23. Rae1 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Bxa3 25. c4 Qb4 26. Rg1 Qxc4 27.
g5 Qh4 28. gxf6 Kh8 29. Bf3 Bb2 30. Rg7 Bxf6 31. Rxf7 Bg7 32. Rc7 Rf8 33. Rc8
Qe7 34. Be2 Rxc8 35. Qxc8+ Bf8 36. Bd3 Qf6 37. Kg2 a4 38. Qa8 a3 39. Kf1 Kg7
40. Qa4 Bc5 41. Qg4+ Kh6 42. Bf5 Qg5 43. Qf3 a2 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bb4 6. Bg5 dxe4 7. Bxe4 Ne7 8.
Bd3 Ned5 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc3 11. Rb1 h6 12. Bh4 c6 13. Rb3 Bxd4 14. Bc4
Bb6 15. Rd3 Qe7 16. Ne5 g5 17. Bg3 Ne4 18. Qe2 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Bc7 20. Rfd1 Qf6
21. Ng4 Qg7 22. Rf3 Bd8 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Nf6 g4 25. Qd2+ Kc7 26. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. g3 dxe4 5. dxe4 e5 6. Ngf3 Bc5 7. Bg2 Qe7 8.
O-O O-O 9. b3 Nc6 10. Bb2 a5 11. a4 Rd8 12. Qe2 b6 13. Nc4 Ba6 14. Rad1 Rxd1
15. Rxd1 Qe6 16. h3 h6 17. Bf1 Re8 18. Kg2 Bb7 19. c3 Ne7 20. Ncd2 Rd8 21. Re1
Ng6 22. Kh2 Nh5 23. Nc4 Nf6 24. Nfd2 h5 25. Bg2 Ba6 26. Bc1 h4 27. Qf3 Nh7 28.
Re2 Qe7 29. Nf1 Bxc4 30. bxc4 Rd1 31. Be3 Nf6 32. Bg5 Qe6 33. Rd2 Rxd2 34. Nxd2
hxg3+ 35. fxg3 Nh7 36. Be3 Qd7 37. Bxc5 bxc5 38. Qe3 Nf6 39. Nf3 Qd6 40. Ne1
Nf8 41. Nd3 Ne6 42. Qe2 Nd7 43. h4 Nb6 44. Nb2 Nf8 45. Bh3 Nh7 46. Bg2 Nf6 47.
Bf3 Qd7 48. Qc2 Ne8 49. Be2 Nd6 50. Bd3 Kf8 51. Kg2 Ke7 52. Kh2 f6 53. Be2 Kd8
54. Bd3 Kc8 55. Bf1 Kb8 56. Bd3 g6 57. Qf2 Nxa4 58. Nxa4 Qxa4 59. Qxc5 Qa2+ 60.
Kh3 Qa1 61. Qd5 Qh1+ 62. Kg4 Qd1+ 63. Kh3 f5 64. exf5 gxf5 65. c5 e4 66. Bxe4
Qg4+ 67. Kh2 Nxe4 68. Qd3 Nxc5 69. Qb5+ Nb7 70. Qe8+ Ka7 71. h5 f4 72. gxf4
Qxf4+ 73. Kh3 Nd6 74. Qg6 Nf5 75. Qg4 Qxg4+ 76. Kxg4 Nh6+ 77. Kg5 a4 78. Kxh6
a3 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3
d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rac1 a6 12. b3 O-O 13. Qh4 Rc7 14. Bh3 Qb8 15.
g4 e6 16. Bd4 Rfc8 17. g5 Ne8 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Ne4 Ne8 20. Qf4 d5 21. Nf6+
Ndxf6 22. gxf6 dxc4 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Ng5 Rf7 25. Qxb8 Rxb8 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27.
Rd7+ Kxf6 28. Rxc4 h5 29. Rf4+ Ke5 30. Rf8 Bc6 31. f4+ Ke4 32. Re7 Kd5 33. Rg8
Kd6 34. Ra7 a5 35. Kf2 Be4 36. Ke3 Bb1 37. a3 Rc8 38. b4 axb4 39. axb4 Rc7 40.
Ra6 Ke7 41. Rxb6 Kf7 42. Rh8 Nf6 43. Rbb8 Kg7 44. Rhd8 Nd5+ 45. Kd4 Ne7 46. b5
Nf5+ 47. Ke5 Rc5+ 48. Kxe6 Ba2+ 49. Kd7 Bc4 50. b6 Bb5+ 51. Ke6 Bc4+ 52. Kd7
Bb5+ 53. Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. c3 Qc7 12. Qe2 Be7 13. a4 O-O 14. Nf3 b6
15. Ne5 Bd6 16. Bf4 Bb7 17. Bd3 Rfe8 18. Bg3 g6 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. Nf3 Bxg3 21.
hxg3 a5 22. Bb5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Qd2 Qc7 26. Qd4 Bxf3 27.
Qxf6 Bd5 28. Qd4 Bb3 29. g4 e5 30. Qe3 Qd6 31. g5 Kg7 32. Kh2 Qe6 33. c4 Bxc4
34. Bxc4 Qxc4 35. Qxe5+ Kg8 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Qe5+ Kg8 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Qe5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. d5 b5 7. cxb5 a6 8. bxa6
d6 9. Nc3 Nxa6 10. O-O Bf5 11. Ne1 Qb6 12. Nc2 Rfb8 13. Ne3 Bc8 14. h3 Nd7 15.
Na4 Qb5 16. Nc3 Qb6 17. Qd2 Nc7 18. b3 Ba6 19. Bb2 c4 20. Na4 Qb4 21. Qxb4 Rxb4
22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nc2 Rb7 24. b4 Bb5 25. Nc3 Ba4 26. Ne3 Rxb4 27. Rfb1 Na6 28.
Rxb4 Nxb4 29. Rb1 Nc2 30. Nxc2 Bxc2 31. Rb2 Ba4 32. Rb4 Nc5 33. Rxc4 Bd7 34. h4
Ra3 35. Bf3 f5 36. Kf1 Bc8 37. Nb5 Rxa2 38. Nd4 Kf6 39. Rc3 Rd2 40. Nb3 Nxb3
41. Rxb3 Bd7 42. Ke1 Rd4 43. Bg2 Ba4 44. Rb1 Bc2 45. Ra1 Be4 46. Bxe4 Rxe4 47.
e3 Rc4 48. Ke2 Rc2+ 49. Kf3 Rc5 50. e4 Rc3+ 51. Kf4 Rc4 52. f3 h6 53. Ra7 g5+
54. hxg5+ hxg5+ 55. Ke3 Rc3+ 56. Kf2 fxe4 57. fxe4 g4 58. Ra4 Ke5 59. Ra7 Kxe4
60. Rxe7+ Kxd5 61. Rg7 Rc4 62. Ke3 Ke5 63. Rg5+ Kf6 64. Rg8 d5 65. Re8 Kf5 66.
Rf8+ Ke6 67. Re8+ Kd7 68. Re5 Kd6 69. Re8 Ra4 70. Rd8+ Ke6 71. Re8+ Kd7 72. Re5
Kd6 73. Re8 Rc4 74. Rd8+ Kc5 75. Re8 Kb4 76. Kd3 Rc3+ 77. Kd4 Rxg3 78. Rb8+ Ka3
79. Kxd5 Rg1 80. Ke4 g3 81. Kf3 Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O exd4 7. Qxd4 Nb6 8.
Bb3 O-O 9. a4 a5 10. Bf4 Bg4 11. Qd3 Nfd7 12. Nd4 Bf6 13. Ndb5 Nc5 14. Qg3 Nxb3
15. cxb3 Be6 16. Rac1 Nd7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Rc8 19. Bd2 Be5 20. Qh3 c6 21.
dxc6 Rxc6 22. Bxa5 Qxa5 23. Qxd7 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qd2 25. Rf1 Qxb2 26. Qxb7 Qxb3
27. a5 d5 28. Qc6 Rb8 29. Rc1 g6 30. a6 Qa2 31. a7 Rf8 32. g3 d4 33. Qb7 Kg7
34. Rc8 Rxc8 35. Qxc8 Qb1+ 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37. Kh3 Qd3 38. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg4 g6 12. Bh6 Rb8 13. Nd1 Rb4 14. c4 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Qa5 16. Ne3 Nxe5 17. Qd4 f6 18. Qc3 Qc5 19. Rac1 a5 20. a3 Rb7 21. Bf4
O-O 22. Red1 a4 23. Qc2 Nxc4 24. Nxc4 Qf5 25. Qxf5 exf5 26. Bd6 Be6 27. Na5 Rd7
28. Bxe7 Rxe7 29. Nxc6 Rc7 30. Re1 Re8 31. Rc3 Bf7 32. Rxe8+ Bxe8 33. Nb4 Rxc3
34. bxc3 Kf7 35. c4 Ke6 36. f4 Kd6 37. Nd3 Bf7 38. Nb2 Be8 39. Kf2 Kc5 40. Ke3
Bc6 41. g3 g5 42. Kd3 h5 43. h4 gxh4 44. gxh4 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. a5 h6 13. h3 Qe7 14. Qe2 Be6 15. Bc4
Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Nb3 Rfd8 18. Nxd4 Bxc4 19. Nf5 Qe6 20. Qf3 Kh7 21. b3 Bb5
22. Qg3 Rg8 23. Qh4 Ne8 24. Bd2 Nd6 25. Qe7 Rge8 26. Qxe6 Rxe6 27. Bxb4 Nxf5
28. exf5 Ree8 29. Rad1 Bc6 30. Rd3 Rab8 31. Rc3 Bd5 32. Ba3 Rb5 33. Rxc7 Rxa5
34. Bd6 f6 35. c4 Bg8 36. Re3 e4 37. Rg3 Rxf5 38. Rgxg7+ Kh8 39. Rg6 Rh5 40. g4
Rxh3 41. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 b6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qe1 f5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Bb5 Qc8 13. Kh1 Ba6 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15.
Rg1 Rf7 16. Qd2 Nf8 17. Nd1 Ng6 18. Nf2 Nh4 19. Nxh4 Bxh4 20. a4 Rc8 21. Rgc1
Rfc7 22. Nh3 Be7 23. Ng1 Bb7 24. Nf3 a5 25. Bf2 Qe8 26. c3 Bc6 27. Qc2 Bd7 28.
Be3 Rb7 29. h3 c4 30. Rg1 b5 31. axb5 Rxb5 32. Raf1 Qh5 33. Kh2 Ra8 34. Bc1 a4
35. Rf2 Be8 36. Nd2 Qf7 37. Nb1 Qf8 38. Na3 Bxa3 39. bxa3 Bg6 40. Re1 Rb3 41.
Rff1 Rab8 42. Re3 Qe8 43. Rfe1 Rb1 44. Qf2 R8b3 45. Qa2 Qb5 46. Rg1 Qb6 47.
Rge1 Qd8 48. Rg1 Qh4 49. Rg3 Bh5 50. Qf2 Kh8 51. Rf1 Ra1 52. Qd2 Qe7 53. Re3
Rbb1 54. Ree1 Qb7 55. Qf2 Bg6 56. Qh4 Qd7 57. Bb2 Rxe1 58. Rxe1 Rxe1 59. Qxe1
Qb5 60. Qd2 Qb3 61. Bc1 Qb1 62. Qb2 Qxb2 63. Bxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. Nb3 Bd6 8.
Na5 Rb8 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Bd2 c5 11. Nc4 Bxc4 12. dxc4 Nd7 13. h4 a6 14. h5 b5 15.
Nh4 Qe8 16. Nf5 Kh8 17. Ba5 Nb6 18. Bxb6 Rxb6 19. O-O-O Qe6 20. Rh3 bxc4 21.
Ne3 c3 22. b3 Rbb8 23. Nc4 f5 24. Rxc3 fxe4 25. Re3 Rf5 26. Rxe4 Rbf8 27. f3
Rxh5 28. Ne3 Qc8 29. Kb1 Rg5 30. Rh1 Rf4 31. Qd3 h6 32. Rd1 Qb7 33. Rd2 Rxe4
34. fxe4 Rg3 35. Re2 Kh7 36. Qd2 Qb4 37. Qd1 Rg6 38. Nc4 Qb8 39. Rf2 Qe8 40.
Qe2 Qe6 41. Ne3 Be7 42. Nd5 Bg5 43. Nxc7 Qc6 44. Nd5 c4 45. Qxc4 Qxc4 46. bxc4
Rc6 47. Rf5 Rxc4 48. Rxe5 Rd4 49. Re6 Rd2 50. g4 Rg2 51. Rxa6 Rxg4 52. e5 h5
53. e6 h4 54. e7 Re4 55. Kb2 Bxe7 56. Rc6 Bb4 57. c3 Be7 58. Kc2 h3 59. Rb6 Re1
0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. c3 b6 6. e3 Bb7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Bh2 Re8 10. a4 a6 11. Na3 e5 12. Qc2 Ne4 13. Rad1 Ng5 14. Nxg5 Qxg5 15.
d5 Nf6 16. e4 Bc8 17. Kh1 Nh5 18. Bxh5 Qxh5 19. a5 bxa5 20. Qa4 Re7 21. f3 Rb8
22. Nc4 f5 23. Qxa5 fxe4 24. fxe4 Qe2 25. Nd2 Rxb2 26. Rfe1 Qf2 27. Rf1 Qe2 28.
Rfe1 Qd3 29. Nf3 Qc4 30. Nd2 Qa2 31. Qxa2 Rxa2 32. Bg1 Bd7 33. Be3 a5 34. Ra1
Rxa1 35. Rxa1 a4 36. Rb1 Re8 37. Nc4 Ra8 38. Na3 Bf6 39. Kg1 Kf7 40. Kf2 h5 41.
c4 c5 42. Ke2 Ke8 43. Kd3 Bd8 44. Bd2 Bc7 45. h4 Ra6 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Bg2 Qd7 5. O-O O-O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Nbd2 e5 8.
Qa4 a6 9. Nxc4 Bxf3 10. exf3 exd4 11. f4 Nf6 12. Bd2 Nd5 13. Rac1 Kb8 14. Qb3
h5 15. Rfe1 h4 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Nb6 18. Ba5 Rh6 19. Qf3 c5 20. g4 h3 21.
Bxh3 Rc8 22. Bg2 d3 23. g5 Rd6 24. b3 c4 25. Bh3 Qc6 26. Qxc6 Rcxc6 27. Bxb6 d2
28. Rd1 Rxb6 29. bxc4 Rd8 30. Bg2 Bb4 31. Bd5 f6 32. Re2 fxg5 33. fxg5 Rh8 34.
Kg2 Rh4 35. Kg3 Rd4 36. h4 Bd6+ 37. Kh3 Bf4 38. Re8+ Ka7 39. Re7 g6 40. Rf7 Be5
41. Re7 Bf4 42. Kg2 Rb2 43. Kf3 Bd6 44. Rd7 Bc5 45. Ke2 Rf4 46. f3 Rxh4 47. Kd3
Rb6 48. Rxd2 Rf4 49. Be4 Rh4 50. Kc2 Rh5 51. R2d5 Be3 52. c5 Rb5 53. c6 Rxg5
54. Rxg5 Bxg5 55. cxb7 Bf4 56. Rd8 Rc5+ 57. Kd3 g5 58. Ra8+ Kb6 59. b8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ragger, Markus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. d5 e5 6. dxe6 Bxe6 7. Nd4 Bd7 8. e4
Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 Re8 12. f3 Nh5 13. Qd2 Nf4 14. Rfd1 Nxd4 15.
Bxd4 Qg5 16. Bf1 Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 Bc6 18. b4 Qe5 19. b5 Qxd4+ 20. Rxd4 Ne6 21.
Rd2 Bd7 22. c5 Nxc5 23. Nd5 Re5 24. Nxc7 Rc8 25. Nd5 Kg7 26. Ne3 Be6 27. Rxd6
Na4 28. Rd4 Nc3 29. a4 Rec5 30. h4 h6 31. Re1 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Rb4 Kf6 34.
a5 Ke5 35. b6 a6 36. Ra1 Na2 37. Rb2 Nc3 38. Kf2 Rd8 39. Rc2 g4 40. Kg3 gxf3
41. gxf3 Rdc8 42. Rac1 Kd4 43. Kf4 Ne2+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Michalik, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 cxd4 6. exd4 Nc6 7. Bxe4 dxe4 8.
Ne2 e5 9. dxe5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 g5 11. Bxg5 Rg8 12. h4 h6 13. Bf6 Rxg2 14. Ke1
Bg4 15. Nf4 Nd4 16. Nxg2 Bf3 17. Rg1 Nxc2+ 18. Kd2 Nxa1 19. Ne3 Rc8 20. Nc3 Kd7
21. Rxa1 Ke6 22. a3 Bc5 23. Rg1 Bd4 24. Kc2 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Kxe5 26. Rg7 f5 27.
Re7+ Kf6 28. Ned5+ Kg6 29. Nf4+ Kf6 30. Re6+ Kg7 31. Kd2 h5 32. Ke3 Kf7 33. Rh6
Kg7 34. Rd6 b6 35. Rd7+ Kh6 36. Rxa7 Rg8 37. Ncd5 Rg4 38. Ne7 Kg7 39. Nxf5+ Kf6
40. Ng3 Rxh4 41. Nxe4+ Bxe4 42. Kxe4 Rh1 43. Rh7 h4 44. Kf3 Kf5 45. Rh5+ Kf6
46. Rh6+ Kg5 47. Rxb6 Rc1 48. Rb5+ Kf6 49. Nh3 Rc4 50. b3 Rc3+ 51. Kg2 Ke6 52.
a4 Kd6 53. b4 Kc6 54. Rc5+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Na3 Nh6 7. Nc2 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O Bd7 11. g4 Nh6 12. h3 O-O-O 13. Rb1 Kb8 14. b4 Ng8 15.
Bd2 h5 16. b5 Na5 17. Qe1 Qc7 18. Bxa5 b6 19. Nb4 Ka8 20. Na6 Qb7 21. Bb4 hxg4
22. hxg4 Bc8 23. Rc1 Qd7 24. Rc7 Qe8 25. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. b3 e5 7. Bb2 e4 8. Nd4
Re8 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rae1 c6 12. b4 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. a3 Nb6 15.
d3 Bd7 16. Rd1 e3 17. f4 Rac8 18. Qb3 h5 19. h4 Kh7 20. Rc1 a6 21. a4 Ng4 22.
Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Qd6 24. Bxf7 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 Qxd4 26. Bxe8 Rxe8 27. Qf7+ Qg7
28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. Rc7 Nf6 30. Rfc1 b5 31. a5 Re6 32. Ra7 Rd6 33. Rcc7 Kf8 34.
Rcb7 Rd4 35. Rxa6 Ke7 36. Kg2 Rxb4 37. Rxf6 Kxf6 38. Rxd7 Ra4 39. Rd6+ Kf7 40.
a6 b4 41. Kf3 b3 42. Rb6 b2 43. Rxb2 Rxa6 44. Kxe3 Kf6 45. Kf3 Rd6 46. Rb3 Rd7
47. e4 Rc7 48. Rb6+ Kg7 49. e5 Rc1 50. d4 Re1 51. d5 Kf7 52. d6 Ke6 53. Rb7 Rd1
54. Re7+ Kf5 55. Rf7+ Ke6 56. Rf6+ Kd5 57. d7 Rd3+ 58. Ke2 Ke4 59. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. Ne2 Nc6 5. c3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 d5 8. e5
Nge7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbc3 b6 11. f4 Ba6 12. Be3 Rc8 13. g4 f5 14. h3 Qd7 15. Rf2
Rc7 16. Kh2 Rfc8 17. Qh1 Nb4 18. Nc1 Nd3 19. Nxd3 Bxd3 20. g5 Be4 21. h4 b5 22.
h5 b4 23. Ne2 Rc2 24. b3 Rb2 25. Bc1 Rbc2 26. Be3 Qb5 27. Qe1 gxh5 28. Ng3 Rxf2
29. Bxf2 h4 30. Nh5 Rc2 31. Rc1 Rxc1 32. Qxc1 Qe2 33. Bxe4 fxe4 34. Kg1 Qxh5
35. Qc5 Bf8 36. Qxb4 Qg4+ 37. Kf1 h3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O c6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 a5 10. a4 Na6 11. Qe2 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nc5 13. Nc4 Nfd7 14. e5 Qc7
15. Re1 e6 16. Bd2 Rfd8 17. b3 b6 18. Rad1 h6 19. h4 Na6 20. h5 g5 21. f4 gxf4
22. Bxf4 Nb4 23. Nd6 Nd5 24. c4 Nxf4 25. gxf4 Nc5 26. Qg4 Kh8 27. Qf3 Rf8 28.
f5 f6 29. fxe6 fxe5 30. Nf7+ Kg8 31. Qg4 Nxe6 32. Nxh6+ Kh8 33. Nf5 Bf6 34. Qg6
Nf4 35. Qh6+ Qh7 36. Qxh7+ Kxh7 37. Rd7+ Kh8 38. Bxc6 Rad8 39. Red1 Ne2+ 40.
Kh2 Nd4 41. Nxd4 Rxd7 42. Bxd7 exd4 43. Kh3 Rd8 44. Bf5 Re8 45. Kg4 Re3 46. Bd3
Kg7 47. Kf4 Rh3 48. Rg1+ Kf8 49. Rg6 Ke7 50. Be2 d3 51. Bg4 Rh1 52. Rh6 Rf1+
53. Ke4 d2 54. Rh7+ Ke8 55. Rh6 Ke7 56. Rh7+ Ke8 57. Rh6 Ke7 58. Rh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gundavaa, Bayarsaihan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O exd4 7. Qxd4 Nb6 8.
Bb3 O-O 9. a4 a5 10. h3 Nfd7 11. Be3 Nc5 12. Rad1 Nxb3 13. cxb3 Be6 14. Nd5
Nxd5 15. exd5 Bf5 16. Rd2 Re8 17. Rc1 Bf6 18. Qc4 Rc8 19. Nd4 Be4 20. Ne6 Bxd5
21. Qxd5 Rxe6 22. Qxb7 h6 23. Qc6 Bg5 24. Bxg5 Qxg5 25. Rd5 Qf6 26. Qc3 Qf4 27.
Rxa5 c5 28. Rf1 Rb8 29. Rb5 Ree8 30. Qc4 Qe5 31. a5 Qxb2 32. a6 Qa2 33. Rd1 Ra8
34. Rb6 Re2 35. Rf1 Re6 36. Qb5 Kh7 37. Qd3+ g6 38. Qf3 Rf8 39. Qb7 Kg7 40. a7
Rfe8 41. Ra6 Qe2 42. g3 Qd3 43. a8=Q Re1 44. Qg2 Rxa8 45. Rxa8 Re7 46. Rb8 d5
47. Rd8 d4 48. Qd5 Qc2 49. b4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Breckenridge, Steven James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. c4 c5 7. e3 Nc6 8. Bb2
Qb6 9. d3 Rd8 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. Nc3 Rac8 12. Rac1 Qa6 13. Rfd1 Na5 14. Ne5 Be8
15. Ng4 dxc4 16. dxc4 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. Na4 Ne8 19. h4 Qa5 20. h5 h6 21.
Qf3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Qd7 26. Bb8 b6 27.
Qa8 Qd1+ 28. Kg2 Kh7 29. Bxa7 Nf6 30. Bxb6 Qxh5 31. Qf3 Ng4 32. Bxc5 Bxc5 33.
Nxc5 Qh2+ 34. Kf1 Qh3+ 35. Ke2 Ne5 36. Qe4+ Ng6 37. Nd3 Qh5+ 38. g4 Qa5 39. a4
Qc3 40. b4 Qc2+ 41. Kf3 f5 42. gxf5 Nh4+ 43. Qxh4 Qxd3 44. fxe6 Qd1+ 45. Kg2
Qxa4 46. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. Bxh6
gxh6 9. cxd4 Bd7 10. Ra2 Rg8 11. g3 Rg4 12. Rd2 Nxb4 13. axb4 Bxb4 14. Be2
Bxd2+ 15. Nbxd2 Rxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. O-O a5 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Qa2 Qxe5 20. Nf3
Qe4 21. Bd1 a4 22. Re1 Qb4 23. Be2 Rc3 24. Qd2 Rb3 25. Qc1 a3 26. Ne5 a2 27.
Kg2 Qc3 28. Qf4 f5 29. Bh5+ Kd8 30. Nf7+ Kc8 31. Nd6+ Kb8 32. Nb5+ e5 33. Rxe5
0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 d4 8. Ne4 f5
9. Nc5 b6 10. Nb3 Nbc6 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Rc1 h6 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. c5 b5 15. Nbd2
Qf7 16. a4 a6 17. Ra1 Kh7 18. Ne1 h5 19. Nc2 Rab8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nf3 Qe7 22.
Qd2 Bh6 23. Qd1 Qxc5 24. h4 Rfe8 25. Ng5+ Bxg5 26. hxg5 e4 27. dxe4 fxe4 28.
Qd2 Qe5 29. e3 d3 30. Nb4 Nd8 31. Rfc1 Ne6 32. Ra7 Qd6 33. Rxb7 Rxb7 34. Bxe4
Rbb8 35. Rc6 Qd7 36. Nd5 Rf8 37. Qxd3 Nxg5 38. Nf6+ Rxf6 39. Qxd7+ Rf7 40.
Bxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 f6 7. b4 c4 8. Be3 Bd7 9.
Nbd2 Qc7 10. b5 Na5 11. a4 O-O-O 12. g3 Ne7 13. h4 h5 14. Qc2 Be8 15. Bh3 Qd7
16. b6 a6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bf4 Bg6 19. Qb2 Bd3 20. Bc7 Re8 21. Kd1 Nf5 22. Ne1
Bd6 23. Nxd3 cxd3 24. Qb1 Nc4 25. Nxc4 dxc4 26. Bg2 e5 27. Qa2 Bxc7 28. Qxc4
Nd6 29. Qc5 e4 30. Re1 f5 31. Bh3 Rhf8 32. c4 Kb8 33. bxc7+ Qxc7 34. Qxc7+ Kxc7
35. Rc1 Nc8 36. Bg2 Nb6 37. Kd2 Nxa4 38. c5 Rd8 39. Rc4 Nb2 40. Rb4 a5 41. Rxb2
Rxd4 42. Reb1 Kc6 43. Rxb7 Ra4 44. R1b2 Rd8 45. f3 Kxc5 46. fxe4 fxe4 47. Rc7+
Kd4 48. Re7 Kd5 49. Ke3 Kc5 50. Rxe4 d2 51. Rc2+ Kb6 52. Re6+ Ka7 53. Rc7+ Kb8
54. Rb7+ Kc8 55. Ree7 Ra3+ 56. Kf2 Rc3 57. Bh3+ Rd7 58. Rbxd7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4
Bg6 9. Nh4 Bd6 10. e3 Nf8 11. f4 N6d7 12. Qe1 f6 13. e4 d4 14. Nc4 Bc7 15. Nf5
Bxf5 16. exf5 Qe7 17. a4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Bxf4 19. Rxf4 Ne5 20. Rxd4 Nfd7 21. Nd6+
Kf8 22. a5 h5 23. Nxb7 hxg4 24. hxg4 Rb8 25. a6 c5 26. Rd6 g6 27. Re6 Qh7 28.
Qg3 gxf5 29. Rf1 Rg8 30. Rxf6+ Nxf6 31. Qxe5 Kg7 32. Rxf5 Rbf8 33. g5 Qh4 34.
Rxf6 Kh7 35. Be4+ Kg7 36. Rg6+ Kf7 37. Qe6# 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. c3 g6 5. Nbd2 Bg7 6. e4 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Nh5 9. Bd3 e6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. e5 g4 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Nh4 Nxg3
15. hxg3 Qg5 16. Kb1 d5 17. f4 gxf3 18. gxf3 e5 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 Qf6 21.
Nf5 Nc5 22. Nxh6+ Bxh6 23. Rdg1+ Kh8 24. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nc6 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Nh6 7. d3 Nf5 8. Bd2
O-O 9. Rb1 Qd7 10. a3 b6 11. b4 Bb7 12. e3 Rac8 13. Ne1 Rfd8 14. Qe2 e6 15. Nc2
Nce7 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. Rfd1 Nc6 19. f4 Rd7 20. Be1 Rcd8 21. g4
Nfe7 22. Ne4 Qa6 23. Bh4 Kh8 24. Bf6 Rf8 25. g5 Ng8 26. Ne1 Qc8 27. Nf3 Bxf6
28. gxf6 Qd8 29. Ne5 Nxe5 30. fxe5 Qc7 31. Qb2 Rfd8 32. Qc3 Nh6 33. h3 Nf5 34.
Kf2 Rc8 35. Rd2 Qd8 36. Rh1 Qf8 37. h4 Qh6 38. Rh3 Qh5 39. Qc1 Rcd8 40. Qf1 Qg4
41. Ng5 h6 42. Nf3 Rxd3 43. Rxd3 Rxd3 44. Qxd3 Qxh3 45. Qd8+ Kh7 46. Qf8 Qg3+
47. Ke2 Qg2+ 48. Kd3 Qf1+ 49. Kc2 Qxc4+ 50. Kd2 Qd5+ 51. Ke2 Qc4+ 52. Kf2 Qc2+
53. Kg1 Qd1+ 54. Kf2 Qc2+ 55. Kg1 Qb1+ 56. Kf2 Qc2+ 57. Kg1 Qc1+ 58. Kg2 Nxe3+
59. Kf2 Nd1+ 60. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. c3
e5 9. a4 b6 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc4 f6 12. Re1 Be6 13. Nfd2 Qd7 14. Ne4 Rfd8 15.
Qe2 Kh8 16. a5 Rab8 17. axb6 axb6 18. Bd2 Bg8 19. Ra6 f5 20. Ng5 e4 21. Raa1
Nde7 22. dxe4 b5 23. Bf4 Bxc4 24. Qe3 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. exf5 Nxf5 27. Qxc5
Rc8 28. b3 Nce7 29. Qa3 Bg8 30. g4 Nh4 31. Qxe7 Qxg4 32. Bg3 Nxg2 33. Kxg2 Bd5+
34. f3 Qf5 35. Be5 Qf8 36. Qd7 Qg8 37. Bxg7+ Qxg7 38. Qxc8+ Bg8 39. Re8 h6 40.
Ne6 Qf7 41. Rxg8+ Qxg8 42. Qxg8+ Kxg8 43. Nd4 Kf7 44. Nxb5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. h3 Bg7 6. g4 Bc8 7. e4 h5 8. g5 Nfd7
9. Be3 c5 10. d5 Na6 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O Nc7 13. a4 Rb8 14. Nh4 e5 15. dxe6
Nxe6 16. f4 Bd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Nb5 Re8 19. Nxd6 Re6 20. e5 Nf8 21. Ne4 Rb6
22. Rf2 Be6 23. Nxc5 Bxc4 24. Rc1 Ne2+ 25. Kh2 Nxc1 26. Qxc1 Qd4 27. Ne4 Ne6
28. Rd2 Qe3 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Qxe3 Rxb2 31. f5 gxf5 32. Nxf5 Bf1 33. Nh4 Rd3
34. Nf6+ Kg7 35. Qe4 Nxg5 36. Qf5 Rxh3+ 37. Kg1 Nf3+ 38. Nxf3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Bf5 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nd5
c6 9. Ne3 Bd7 10. b3 e5 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Qc2 f5 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. c5 dxc5 15.
dxe5 Be6 16. Nc4 Bd5 17. Nfd2 Nxd2 18. Rxd2 Na6 19. a3 Rad8 20. Rad1 Be6 21.
Nd6 Rf8 22. f4 Qb6 23. Nc4 Qc7 24. Kh1 Qe7 25. Nd6 h6 26. e4 b6 27. exf5 gxf5
28. Bh3 Bd5+ 29. Rxd5 cxd5 30. Rxd5 Nc7 31. Rd2 Ne6 32. Bxf5 Nd4 33. Bxd4 Rxd6
34. exd6 Qe1+ 35. Bg1 Bd4 36. Rxd4 cxd4 37. Qe4 Qd1 38. Kg2 Rf6 39. d7 Rd6 40.
Qe8+ Kg7 41. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O d5 5. c4 d4 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3
Nf6 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Ne4 h6 12. a3 a5 13. Rb1 a4 14. Nh4 Kh7 15. f4
f5 16. Nf2 e5 17. Nf3 Re8 18. b4 axb3 19. Rxb3 exf4 20. Bxf4 Nc5 21. Rb5 b6 22.
Nd2 Bd7 23. Rxe8 Bxe8 24. Nb3 Rxa3 25. Nxc5 bxc5 26. Rxc5 Qa8 27. Rb5 Ra1 28.
Rb1 Rxb1 29. Qxb1 Qa5 30. h4 Ne5 31. Bd5 Nd7 32. Kg2 Nf6 33. Bf3 Nh5 34. Bd6
Qa6 35. Qb8 Bc6 36. Bd5 Bxd5+ 37. cxd5 Nf6 38. Be5 Nxd5 39. Bxg7 Ne3+ 40. Kh2
Kxg7 41. Qc7+ Kf6 42. Qd8+ Kf7 43. Qd7+ Kg8 44. Qxd4 Qe6 45. Qd8+ Kf7 46. Qc7+
Qe7 47. Qxe7+ Kxe7 48. Nh3 Kf6 49. Kg1 g5 50. hxg5+ hxg5 51. Kf2 Nd5 52. Ng1
Ke5 53. Nf3+ Kf6 54. Ng1 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Ne2 O-O 8. O-O
e5 9. h3 Bxd2 10. Qxd2 Ne7 11. Nbc3 c6 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. b3 Ng6 14. f4 Re8 15.
f5 Nf8 16. g4 h6 17. d5 Rd8 18. Ng3 Bd7 19. Nge4 N8h7 20. Qe2 a4 21. h4 Nxe4
22. Nxe4 cxd5 23. cxd5 axb3 24. axb3 Qb6 25. Qf3 Ra3 26. g5 Rxb3 27. Rde1 f6
28. Kh1 hxg5 29. hxg5 Rb4 30. g6 Ng5 31. Nxg5 fxg5 32. e4 Rc8 33. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 d5 4. c4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Bg7 9. e4 e5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. b4 a6 13. a4 Nb6 14. Qb3 Bd7 15.
Ba3 Rfe8 16. b5 Qe6 17. Qxe6 Bxe6 18. a5 Nbd7 19. Ng5 Bb3 20. Rdc1 h6 21. Rab1
hxg5 22. Rxb3 axb5 23. Nxb5 Rxa5 24. Rxc7 Bf8 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Nd6 Ra1+ 27.
Bf1 Rb8 28. Kg2 b6 29. Be2 Ke7 30. Nc4 Kd8 31. Rc6 Ke7 32. Nxb6 Rxb6 33. Rcxb6
Nxb6 34. Rxb6 Ra2 35. Bd1 Rd2 36. Bb3 Rxd3 37. Rb7+ Rd7 38. Rb5 Kd6 39. Kf3 Rc7
40. Ke2 g4 41. Kd3 Nd7 42. Rd5+ Ke7 43. Kd2 Rc5 44. Rxc5 Nxc5 45. Bc2 Ne6 46.
Ke3 Nd4 47. Bd1 f5 48. exf5 gxf5 49. f3 gxf3 50. Bxf3 Kf6 51. h4 Ne6 52. Be2
f4+ 53. gxf4 Nxf4 54. h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 42nd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2014.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Baramidze, David"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 {
This is one of the tabiya positions of this system. White has a plenty of
interesting tries. The three most popular moves are: 8.Re1, 8.b3, 8.d5; each
of them involves a different plan.} 8. Re1 ({Kasimdzhanov played} 8. b3 {
and after} Nc6 9. Ba3 Ne4 10. Rc1 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 f4 12. Qd2 fxg3 13. hxg3 Bg4
14. d5 $1 Nd8 (14... Bxc3 15. Qxc3 $16) 15. Nd4 c5 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Re3 $1 $16
{easily got the better of things in the game Kasimdzhanov-Malaniuk, Trzcianka
2014.}) 8... Qf7 9. b3 (9. e4 $5 fxe4 10. Ng5 Qxc4 11. Ngxe4 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 Qf7
13. Rf4 Bf6 14. Nd5 g5 (14... Na6 15. Qb3 Kg7 16. Nxf6 exf6 17. Bd5 $16 {
Bacrot-Pruijssers, Bremen 2012}) 15. Rf3 c6 16. Nc7 Bg4 17. Nxa8 Na6 18. d5 c5
19. Rxf6 Qxf6 20. Qd2 h6 21. f4 $1 gxf4 22. Qxf4 Qxf4 23. Bxf4 $16 {
Gelfand-Svidler, Jerusalem 2014. I guess, that Gelfand's preparation could
finish here. White has a clear advantage, although he couldn't win the game.})
9... Ne4 {This is Black's plan. He activates his N and prepares for ...Nc6
followed by ...e5.} 10. Qc2 (10. Bb2 {is the most popular move.}) 10... Nc6 11.
Be3 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 e5 {I guess Caruana was happy with the outcome of the
opening, as it seems like Black has achieved everything he could hope for.} (
12... h6 $5 {is one of the recommendations of the computer and indeed it makes
sense, because g5 would be a very good attacking move, which would be
unpleasant for the e3 B.}) 13. d5 $146 {This the first novelty in the game.} (
13. dxe5 dxe5 $36 {Krutti-Hoang, Budapest 1993; and Black has a dangerous
initiative, because his centre is ready for advancing and White's pieces are
hanging in mid air.} ({Of course not} 13... Nxe5 $6 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bd4 Bxd4
16. Qxd4 $14 {with a pleasant position for White because of the better P
structure, B and Q.})) 13... Nb8 $1 {Caruana prefers to go away with the N and
keep all of his possibilities open} ({The computer suggests} 13... e4 {, but I
understand that Caruana didn't want to commit himself to this move as the
resulting position seems drawish.} 14. Nd4 f4 (14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16.
Qxd4 {is drawish}) (14... Ne5 15. Rad1 {and somehow Black doesn't have much in
the way of attacking chances} h6 16. f3 $1 {is the tactical refutation.}) 15.
gxf4 (15. dxc6 fxe3 16. fxe3 (16. Qxe3 bxc6 17. Bxe4 Bb7 {and despite being a
pawn up, White's only continuation is} 18. Ne6 $1 d5 $1 (18... Qxe6 $2 19. Bd5
$1 $18) 19. Nxf8 dxe4 20. Nxh7 Bxa1 (20... Kxh7 21. Rad1 Qe7 22. c5 Re8 $132)
21. Ng5 Qf6 22. Rd1 c5 23. Nxe4 Qc6 24. Rxa1 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Bxe4 26. f3 Bc6 27.
Rd1 g5 28. Kf2 {and White should hold.}) 16... bxc6 17. Rf1 Qe8 18. Rxf8+ Bxf8
{isn't so clear.}) 15... Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxf4 18. Rf1 Bg4 19. Qxe4
Qxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe2 21. Rfe1 {and despite the weakened structure, White easily
holds the position .}) (13... f4 $5 14. dxc6 (14. Ng5 Qe8 15. dxc6 (15. Bd2 Nd4
$132) 15... fxe3 16. Qxe3 bxc6 {- 14.dxc6}) 14... fxe3 15. Qxe3 bxc6 16. Ng5
Qe8 $13 {In this unclear position I prefer Black because of his flexible
structure and B pair.}) 14. Rac1 (14. Qd2 Qe7 $5 (14... Nd7 15. Ng5 $1) 15.
Rac1 Nd7 16. b4 Nf6 $13) 14... h6 (14... Na6 {is also possible.}) 15. c5 Na6 $1
{Caruana's move is the best. He prepares for ...g5, which doesn't work here.
It is worth mentioning, that with this move Black is threatening to play ...e4
or ...f4.} (15... g5 $2 {would be a terrible mistake, as} 16. cxd6 cxd6 17.
Qxc8 $1 Rxc8 18. Rxc8+ $18 {is winning for White, because Black's pieces are
hopelessly restricted.}) (15... e4 16. Nd4 Qxd5 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Red1 $36 {
would be good for White, as the P isn't worth the open files.}) 16. cxd6 cxd6
17. h4 (17. Nd2 b6 $1 {Defending the a5-square and restricticting the d2 N.We
can understand this move from the 17...g5 line.} (17... g5 18. Nc4 Rd8 19. Na5
f4 20. Bd2 {Is a bit unpleasant for Black.}) 18. Nc4 Rd8 19. Qd2 Kh7 $132 {
with a very pleasant position for Black.}) 17... Bd7 (17... e4 18. Nd4 Qxd5 19.
Red1 Bd7 20. Qe1 Rfc8 $13) 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. Red1 b6 $1 {If you saw the 17.Nd2
line, you can understand this move. It's the same, but the restricted piece is
the Q.} 20. Ne1 Rac8 (20... Nc5 {is also good.}) 21. Nd3 Nc5 22. Nb2 Qe7 (22...
f4 23. gxf4 exf4 24. Bd4 Qe7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 $15) 23. b4 Na4 (23... Na6 $5 {
also deserved attention, not exchanging White's worst piece.}) 24. Nxa4 Bxa4
25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rc1 Qd7 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 {The position is very pleasant for
Black, but the only question is whether he can win the position or not.} 28.
Qc1 Qxc1+ (28... Qa6 29. Qc7 $1) (28... Qc2 $5 {was possible, but after} 29.
Qxc2 Bxc2 30. Bc1 Bf6 31. f3 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Kf2 Kg6 {there is only a
more pleasant position for Black, but nothing more.}) 29. Bxc1 Bc2 (29... e4
30. f3 $11) 30. f3 Bf6 31. Kf2 Kg7 (31... g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. g4 f4 34. e4 $11
) 32. e4 f4 33. Bh3 $1 {Activating the B.} h5 34. Bd7 g5 35. hxg5 (35. Be8 Kh6
36. a3 $11) (35. Kg2 $11) 35... Bxg5 36. Kg2 (36. gxf4 Bxf4 37. Bxf4 exf4 38.
Be8 h4 39. Bd7 $11) 36... Kf6 37. g4 $2 {And White can't withstand the
pressure.} (37. gxf4 $1 Bxf4 (37... exf4 38. Be8) 38. Bxf4 exf4 39. Be8 Kg5 40.
a3 {and draw.}) 37... h4 38. Bb5 {White would be fine if it were his move,
because he could defend the f3 P by Be2, but now comes the decisive move.} Bd1
$1 39. Bd3 h3+ $1 40. Kxh3 Bxf3 $17 {White's Ps are so weak, that Black is
almost winning, the rest is a matter of technique.} 41. b5 Bh6 42. Kh4 Kg6 43.
Bd2 Bf8 44. Be1 Bg2 45. g5 Bf3 46. a4 Be7 47. a5 Bxg5+ 48. Kh3 Kf7 49. axb6
axb6 50. Bf2 Bd8 51. Bg1 Kg6 52. Bf2 Kh5 53. Bg1 Bd1 54. Kg2 Kg4 55. Kf1 Kg3
56. Bf2+ Kh2 57. Bg1+ Kh1 58. Bf2 Bh5 59. Bg1 Bg4 60. Bf2 Bf3 61. Ke1 Kg2 62.
Bf1+ Kh2 63. Bd3 Bh5 64. Kf1 Bg6 65. Bc2 Kh3 66. Kg1 Kg4 67. Kf1 Kh3 68. Kg1
Kg4 69. Kf1 f3 70. Be1 f2 71. Bxf2 Kf3 72. Bd1+ Kf4 73. Bb3 Be8 74. Bc4 Kxe4
75. Ke2 Bh5+ 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 42nd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2014.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The previous day I had won a long and exhausting game against David Baramidze,
which might explain my rather sedate choice of opening in this game.} 1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 {The modern treatment of the Petroff.
It might seem a bit innocuous to the uninitiated, but this quiet line carries
with it a surprising amount of positional venom.} Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 {In our previous game in this variation, Ruslan castled kingside. This
time he goes for the safer queenside castle, where he is unlikely to meet a
crude attack.} Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. h3 $5 {For this game I decided
to try an uncommon plan with g4 and Bg2. Years ago, I preferred the more
straightforward 11.h4 and won a nice game against Landa, but since then
remedies have been found for Black.} h6 12. b3 a6 13. g4 O-O-O 14. Bg2 g5 $2 {
This move surprised me. I was expecting the natural 14...Kb8.} (14... Kb8 {
My intention was} 15. Ng1 $5 {, with the idea of playing Ne2-f4 or f4-f5,
depending on Black's response. Although White's play is slow, Black remains
under some pressure. In any case, this was better for him than the game.}) 15.
Nd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. f4 {Now Black's kingside is weakened.} gxf4 18. Bxf4
h5 19. g5 Bg7 20. Rde1 {I wasn't very comfortable allowing ...h4, but I felt
it was necessary to act fast to prevent ...f6.} ({I saw no clear-cut way to
continue after} 20. h4 f6) 20... h4 21. Be5 {Now it seems I have a grip over
the dark squares, but due to the weakness of g5 and h3, it's difficult to make
any inroads into Black's position.} Rdg8 22. Qf4 Qd8 23. Bf1 Kb8 24. Bd3 {
Creating the threat of g6. I felt this was a clever maneuver, but Ruslan
quickly responded with an even more clever defense:} Bc8 $1 {I overlooked this.
} 25. Kb2 ({I was initially attracted to} 25. Qxf7 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Rf8 27. e6 $5
{, which seemed highly promising if Black accepts the queen sacrifice. Then I
noticed} Qxg5 $1 28. Qg6 Qe7 $1 {, and the e-pawn is safely blockaded.}) 25...
Bxe5 26. Rxe5 Rg7 {At this point I realized that I have no constructive ideas
to improve my position. On the other hand, Black also doesn't want to spoil
his ideal setup, so I decided to give him a move.} 27. a4 a5 {Not entirely
ideal, as this weakens the b5-square. I could see Pono was hesitant to play
this, but it's difficult to find another move.} 28. Ka2 {Keeping on waiting...}
Ka7 (28... Rhg8 29. Qxh4 Rxg5 30. Rxg5 Qxg5 31. Qxg5 Rxg5 32. h4 Rh5 33. Be2
Rh6 34. h5 {seems dangerous for Black, but because White's king is so far from
the action, Black shouldn't have many problems defending.}) 29. Qd2 Kb8 30. Qf4
Ka7 31. Rhe1 {Finally doing something, now that the king is misplaced on a7.}
Bxh3 32. Rh1 {This was the point of my last move. The only chance at progress
is to eliminate the h-pawns.} (32. Re7 Qd6 {poses Black no problems.}) 32...
Bc8 (32... Qd7 $2 33. Qf6 Rhg8 34. Re7 Qc8 35. g6 $1 {is immediately decisive.}
) 33. Rxh4 Rxh4 34. Qxh4 {Considering how quickly the game ends from here,
it's possible to assume that Black doesn't have significant improvements. In
fact, the position is far from lost for Black, although it is rather
unpleasant to defend.} b6 $2 {The first and perhaps already the decisive
mistake.} ({After} 34... c6 {, d5 is securely defended and White will have a
hard time breaking down Black's defense.}) 35. Qh6 Rg8 36. Qc6 $1 {A very
powerful move, luring Black's bishop to b7.} Be6 (36... Rxg5 37. Rxg5 Qxg5 38.
Qxc7+ Bb7 39. Qxf7 {might be defensible, but I'd rather not endure such a
torture.}) (36... Bb7 37. Qf6 Qxf6 38. gxf6 Kb8 39. Re7 Rf8 40. Bb5 $1 {
is where I finished my calculations during the game. Black is completely
passive and likely to be positionally squashed.}) 37. g6 Rg7 $2 {When he
played this move, I became very excited. I had already seen the winning
combination while he was thinking about his 36th move, but could hardly
believe my good fortune when he fell into it - so I spent my remaining time in
double and triple checking.} (37... Rf8 38. g7 Rg8 39. Rg5 $3 {is another
beautiful end to the game. Black is unable to take the rook, and has to sit
and wait for Rg1 and Bh7.}) (37... Bd7 {was the only chance to survive, but
it's also pretty close to hopeless:} 38. Qxd5 fxg6 39. Be4 Qc8 40. Re7 Rd8 41.
Qf7 Kb8 42. Qxg6 {, and besides being down a pawn, Black is also horribly
passive with a weak king.}) 38. gxf7 Bxf7 39. Re7 $1 {Now comes a double
deflection.} Qxe7 40. Ba6 $1 {There is no way for Black to stop mate.} Kxa6 41.
Qa8# {One of the most satisfying combinations I have ever played! The rest of
the tournament went just as smoothly, and I finished on a solid 5.5/7, without
any losses.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 42nd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2014.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Nc3 Kc8 12. Bf4 b6 13. Rd2 Nh4 14. Nxh4
Bxh4 15. Ne4 h6 16. g4 Be7 17. Ng3 g6 18. Ne4 Be6 19. Nf6 a5 20. a3 a4 21. Re1
h5 22. Kg2 hxg4 23. hxg4 Ra5 24. Kg3 Rb5 25. c3 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8 27. Bc1 Bxf6
28. exf6 Rd5 29. Re4 b5 30. Rd4 Rxd4 31. cxd4 Kd7 32. Bf4 Bb3 33. Kf3 Bd1+ 34.
Ke4 Bxg4 35. Ke5 Be6 36. Bd2 Bd5 37. f4 Be6 38. Bb4 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 42nd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2014.07.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Kb1 b4 15.
Ne2 Qc7 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 a5 18. Bb5 Ba6 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. g4 a4 21. b3 Qc6
22. f5 Bb5 23. Rd2 axb3 24. cxb3 Ra3 25. Re1 Rfa8 26. Re3 Rc8 27. Qe1 Rc7 28.
Qd1 Ra8 29. Re1 Rac8 30. Qf3 Qa6 31. Red1 Qa3 32. Bb2 Qa6 33. Qe3 Kh8 34. f6
gxf6 35. exf6 Rg8 36. g5 h6 37. Rg1 Rcc8 38. g6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 42nd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2014.07.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Nc3
b6 9. Bg5 Bb7 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. Bf4 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 f6 13. Nc4 Rf7 14. O-O Nc6 15.
Na3 e6 16. Qa4 Rc8 17. Rfc1 a6 18. Qd1 g5 19. Bd2 f5 20. Nc2 Rfc7 21. Bf1 Nb8
22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Nb4 h6 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. e3 a5 26. Nd3 Nd7 27. b4 axb4 28.
Nxb4 Nf6 29. Qa4 Bf8 30. Nd3 Bc6 31. Qa6 Ne4 32. Bb4 Bxb4 33. Nxb4 Nd6 34. Qa3
Be8 35. Nd3 Bb5 36. Ne5 Bxf1 37. Kxf1 Nc4 38. Qa8+ Kg7 39. Nd3 Nd2+ 40. Kg2 Qc4
41. Qa7+ Kg8 42. Qa8+ Kg7 43. Qa3 b5 44. Qe7+ Kh8 45. Qf8+ Kh7 46. Qf7+ Kh8 47.
Qf8+ Kh7 48. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 42nd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2014.07.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 {They are both big experts in the
Berlin line.} 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 {Caruana
is still waiting for the Nc3.} Bd7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Nc3 Kc8 {Usually Black's K
goes to the queenside. He prepares for b6, protects the d7 B and then will
play Kb7.} 12. g4 {Of course White will play on the kingside quickly.} Nh4 13.
Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Be3 $146 {A novelty by Caruana.} ({Before} 14. Ne4 {was tried} b6
15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 h6 17. Nxf7 (17. Ne4 {was the alternative} h5 18. f3 c5
$13 {with an unclear position.}) 17... Re8 18. f4 Rf8 19. Rxd7 Kxd7 20. f5 Ke7
21. e6 Rxf7 22. exf7 Rd8 23. Re1+ Kxf7 24. Kf2 Rd2+ 25. Re2 Rd1 $11 {with an
equal R endgame, Dominguez Perez-Navara, Linares 2013.}) 14... b6 15. Rd2 c5 (
15... h5 $5 {was also possible} 16. Rad1 (16. f3 $2 {does not work because of}
Bg3 $1 {and the e5 P is lost.}) 16... Be6 17. g5 f6 {should be an equal
endgame.}) 16. Nd5 {Caruana immediately occupies the centre with his N.} (16.
f4 $5 {was an interesting alternative.}) 16... Re8 (16... h5 $5) 17. Rad1 ({
The natural} 17. f4 {could have been met by} f6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Nxf6 (19. c3
h5 $1) 19... gxf6 20. Bf2 (20. Kf2 h5) 20... f5 {with an approximately equal
position.}) 17... Bc6 18. Bf4 ({In the event of} 18. f4 f6 $1 $132) 18... h6 (
18... Kb7 {was also fine.}) 19. Kg2 Kb7 20. c4 a5 ({The engine suggests} 20...
Re6 21. Re1 (21. Rd3 f6) 21... f6 22. Kf1 Rd8 {and Black looks OK.}) 21. Re1
Rad8 ({Now} 21... f6 $6 {is dubious, as} 22. e6 {and White's P is very
unpleasant for Black.}) 22. Bg3 Bxg3 ({Keeping the tension with} 22... Be7 {
looks a little bit passive} 23. f4 h5 24. Red1 hxg4 25. hxg4 Rh8 26. Kf2 Rde8
27. Nxe7 Rxe7 28. Rd8 Rxd8 29. Rxd8 {and still Black is under pressure.}) 23.
Kxg3 f6 24. f4 Re6 25. Rdd1 {White protects the e1 R, now the f6-pawn is
hanging.} fxe5 26. Rxe5 ({Of course not} 26. fxe5 $6 Rde8 27. Kf4 g5+ 28. Kf5
Bd7 {and Black is fine.}) 26... Red6 27. f5 a4 $6 {This still isn't a mistake,
but it is a little bit slow.} (27... b5 $1 {was more logical} 28. b3 Bxd5 29.
Rdxd5 (29. cxd5 Kb6 $11) 29... Rxd5 30. cxd5 ({the P endgame with} 30. Rxd5
Rxd5 31. cxd5 c4 ({or} 31... Kb6 {and Black can lose.})) 30... c4 31. bxc4 bxc4
32. Kf3 c6 {with a drawish R endgame.}) 28. Kf4 $1 {Now already White's K is
too active.} b5 29. b3 a3 (29... axb3 30. axb3 Bxd5 31. Rdxd5 Rxd5 32. cxd5 Rd7
33. h4 c4 {and White's position looks slightly better, but R endgames always
give some hope for a draw.}) 30. Ke4 ({Probably} 30. h4 $1 {was more accurate}
Bxd5 31. Rdxd5 Rxd5 32. cxd5 b4 33. g5 {and White is very fast.}) 30... b4 ({
In the event of} 30... Bxd5+ 31. Rdxd5 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 (32. cxd5 b4 $1 {and c4
is always an unpleasant threat.}) 32... Re8+ 33. Kf3 b4 (33... bxc4 34. bxc4
Re1 35. Rd3 Rc1 36. h4 Rxc4 37. g5 {and it is still not easy for Black.}) (
33... Re1 34. Rxc5) 34. h4 {transposes to the 31...Bxd5 line.}) 31. h4 R6d7 $6
({Maybe} 31... Bxd5+ $1 {was the most precise} 32. Rdxd5 (32. Rexd5 Kc6 33.
Rxd6+ cxd6 $11) 32... Rxd5 33. Rxd5 (33. cxd5 $2 {does not work because of} c4
$1) 33... Re8+ 34. Kf3 Re1 35. g5 hxg5 36. hxg5 Rf1+ 37. Kg2 Rf4 38. Kg3 Rf1
39. Rxc5 Rg1+ 40. Kh4 Rg2 41. Rb5+ Kc6 42. Rxb4 Rxa2 43. Ra4 Rh2+ 44. Kg3 Ra2 {
and Black can still hope for the draw.}) 32. Rd2 ({The computer suggests} 32.
Re6 $1 {and now} Bxd5+ {is too late, as} 33. cxd5 {and Black's position is
very unpleasant.}) 32... Rf7 ({Still} 32... Bxd5+ $1 33. Rdxd5 (33. cxd5 c6 $11
) 33... Rxd5 {transposes to 31...Bxd5.}) 33. g5 hxg5 34. hxg5 Rh8 35. Kf4 Rh1
$6 (35... Rh4+ $1 {was better} 36. Kg3 Rh1 37. Rf2 Rf8 $1 38. Ne7 Rfh8 $1 {
This is the point! Now Black is not losing.}) 36. Rf2 Rg1 37. Ne7 $1 {A strong
move. Now Black is in a difficult situation.} Bh1 $6 (37... Bd7 {was tougher,
and now} 38. g6 Rf8 39. Rd2 (39. Rxc5 $2 Re1 $1) 39... Rf1+ 40. Kg4 Be8 {
and it is still not so easy for White.}) 38. g6 $1 Rf6 39. Rxc5 Rd6 40. Rb5+
Ka6 41. Nd5 Bxd5 42. Rxd5 Rxd5 $2 {Loses immediately, but Black's position was
already difficult.} (42... Rf6 {was the best chance} 43. Ke3 Re1+ 44. Kd4 $16)
43. cxd5 $18 Kb6 44. f6 $1 gxf6 45. Kf5 Kc5 46. Kxf6 Kxd5 47. g7 c5 48. Rf5+ {
followed by Rg5, so Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 42nd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2014.07.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. d4 Bf6 11. Re1 d5 12. Ne2 Nd6 13. c3 Re8 14. Bf4 c6
15. Ng3 Rxe1 16. Qxe1 g6 17. Bh6 Nf5 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. Qd2 Qd7 20. Re1 Re8 21.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. f3 Bg7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. g4 Bd7 25. Qf4 Qe1 26. Qc7 Be6 27. Qxb7
Qe3+ 28. Kg2 Qd2+ 29. Kg1 Qe3+ 30. Kg2 Qd2+ 31. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Solomon, Kenny"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "South Africa"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RSA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Bd2 Be6 8.
O-O-O Nd7 9. Ng5 Bxc4 10. b3 Be6 11. g3 Ngf6 12. Bg2 c6 13. Nxe6+ fxe6 14. Ne4
Nd5 15. h4 h6 16. Nd6 Kc7 17. Nc4 b5 18. Ba5+ Kb7 19. Nd6+ Ka6 20. Bd2 Bf8 21.
Ne4 Kb6 22. Bh3 Ba3+ 23. Kb1 Rae8 24. Rhg1 a5 25. f4 Bb4 26. Bc1 Nc5 27. Nd6
Rd8 28. Nf7 Nc3+ 29. Kc2 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Rf8 31. Rd8 Rxf7 32. a3 Nxe2 33. axb4
axb4 34. Be3 exf4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{One of the main problems of modern opening preparation is how to break
Black's walls in a series of fashionable hyper-solid lines. At first sight,
this may seem to be a perennial problem, but things have not always been like
this. Fashion and general approach change with the alternation of generations.
In the best years of Tal and Kasparov, for instance, one common question was
how to avoid being smashed tactically in the King's Indian! Moreover, some of
Black's most reliable openings of today enjoyed a rather questionable
reputation in the past.  ** After the supposedly warming-up days, the third
round scheduled matches between teams of similar strength already, which makes
natural the emergence of solid variations. The good news for those believing
in the inexhaustible character of our favourite game is that in a few
important games between strong players Black's walls did not withstand White's
pressure. The first game of the today's selection features what may be the
main source for White's nightmares: the Berlin Defence. In the past, this was
considered a modest variation, suited only for players wth good defensive
skills in desperate need of a draw with Black. Things have changed quite a lot
over the past decades...} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6
6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 {Actually, this is a
questionable opening choice against the Italian super GM, who has obtained a
few important victories against it.} ({Among other, he has caused Carlsen's
only Berlin defeat in a game at classical time rate. It is interesting to
mention that just as in the current game, Caruana met ...Bf8-e7 with g2-g4:} 
9... h6 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Bf4 Rd8 13. Ne4 Be7 14. g4 {Caruana,F 
(2783)-Carlsen,M (2881) Shamkir 2014 CBM 160 [Caruana,F] (1-0, 53)}) 10. Rd1
Be7 11. g4 ({Earlier this year, Caruana had delayed the advance of the g-pawn
for one move:} 11. Nc3 Kc8 12. g4 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Be3 (14. Ne4 b6 15. Bg5
Bxg5 16. Nxg5 h6 17. Nxf7 Re8 18. f4 Be6 19. Nxh6 gxh6 20. f5 Bxf5 21. gxf5
Rxe5 {Karjakin,S (2771)-Carlsen,M (2881) Stavanger 2014 CBM 161 [Marin,M] (1/
2-1/2, 38)}) 14... b6 15. Rd2 c5 16. Nd5 Re8 17. Rad1 Bc6 18. Bf4 h6 19. Kg2
Kb7 20. c4 a5 (20... Re6 21. Re1 Rae8 22. Re3 f6 23. exf6 Bxf6) 21. Re1 Rad8
22. Bg3 Bxg3 23. Kxg3 f6 24. f4 $14 {Caruana,F (2789)-Adams,M (2743) Dortmund
2014 (1-0, 48)}) 11... Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 {The knight exchange has a few
positive consequences for White. The f-pawn will be easier to advance while
Black's chances for counterplay are reduced to the minimum.} 13. Nd2 $5 {
This is where Caruana truly deviates from his game against Adams. The knight
hurries to unblock the kingside and prepare the exchange of the dark-squared
bishops.} Kc8 14. Nf3 Be7 15. Rd3 {Activating the rook without defining
anything yet.} ({With the c5-square available,} 15. Bg5 {did not prove too
effective:} Bc5 $5 16. Rd3 Be6 17. Be3 Bxe3 (17... Be7 18. Nd4) 18. Rxe3 Kd7
19. Rd1+ Ke7 20. Nd4 Rad8 21. Red3 g6 22. Nxe6 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Kxe6 24. f4 h5 25.
Kg2 hxg4 26. hxg4 a5 27. Kg3 Rh1 28. Rd8 g5 {Leko,P (2737)-Adams,M (2743)
Dortmund 2014 (1/2-1/2, 33)}) 15... c5 $146 {This is a thematic move,
restricting the knight and preparing for ...Bc6. Its drawback is taking the
c5-square away from the other bishop. This kind of dilemma was long ago
highlighted by Rudolf Spielmann. After 1.d4 d5 2.c4, he said, Black has to
choose which bishop to activate in the opening, but he cannot do it with both
at the same time.} ({However, it makes sense to prevent White's next move with
} 15... h6 16. Nd4 Re8 17. Bf4 c5 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. c4 a6 20. Ne3 b5 21. b3 g5
22. Bg3 Be6 23. Rad1 Kb7 24. h4 Kc6 25. h5 Reb8 26. f3 a5 {Caruana,F (2782)
-Grischuk,A (2785) Warsaw 2013 (1/2-1/2, 42). Despite White's optically
impressive kingside progress, Black is solid, perfectly regrouped and ready
for queenside counterplay.}) ({I would also consider the equally thematic} 
15... b6 $5 {keeping the possibility of meeting} 16. Bg5 {with} Bc5) 16. Bg5 {
It is worth mentioning that with the king on e8 this move would rather help
Black who would get the e7-square for his king, with chances to attack the far
advanced e5-pawn.} c4 $6 {With his development incomplete, Black should have
abstained from displaying dynamic ambitions. Weakening the queenside dark
squares will have a decisive influence in the final part of the game.} ({
The cautious} 16... Re8 $5 {would have not offered Black real chances to get
some counterplay against the e5-pawn, but might have been a better alternative:
.} 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Re1 Bb5 19. Rd2 b6 20. Nh4 g6 21. f4 Kb7 22. Kf2 Rf8 23.
Kg3 a5 24. Nf3 $14 {With good chances for White on the kingside.}) 17. Rd4 Bc6
18. Bxe7 Bxf3 {Black must have overestimated the drawish tendencies of the
rooks and opposite colured bishops ending. White can advance his massive
kingside majority without having any kind of worries on the opposite side of
the board.} 19. Kh2 Re8 20. Bh4 c6 21. Re1 Bd5 22. f4 a5 23. c3 b5 $6 {Same
complaint as after ...c5-c4. Black does not get any real counterplay, but
weakens his dark squares even more.} (23... a4 $5 24. a3 b6 {would secure the
queenside and the centre, restricting White's area of activity.} 25. f5 Ra7 $14
) 24. Rd2 b4 25. Bf2 bxc3 26. bxc3 Rb8 27. f5 a4 (27... Rb5 $5 {[%csl Gc5]} 28.
Kg3 (28. a4 $6 Rb3 $132) 28... a4 29. Kf4 $14) 28. Bc5 {All through this phase,
we can notice the high mobility of the white bishop, a direct consequence of
the impatient ...c5-c4 and ...b7-b5. I assume that by now Black's position is
very hard to save.} Rb7 29. Kg3 Kd7 30. Ba3 Rb5 31. Kf4 Rbb8 32. h4 Rb5 33. h5
h6 {From a practical point of view, it is very hard to decide which would be
the best defensive structure. Black is doomed to passivity and can only hope
not to make things even worse for himself.} 34. Rdd1 f6 {Another committal
decision. Black was probably worried about the threat f5-f6, but his move
leaves the whole kingside weak transforming the e-pawn into a dangerous passer.
} 35. e6+ Kc7 36. Rb1 Reb8 37. Rb4 Ra8 38. Reb1 Rab8 39. Ke3 Kb6 40. Rd1 Rxb4
41. Bxb4 Kc7 42. Re1 $1 {An instructive zugzwang position. Black's
possibilities are strongly retsricted. He has to defend the b-file against the
enemy rook's intrusion and the back rank against Bf8. This more or less
imobilises the king and rook, while the bishop has only one move at its
disposal!} Kd8 {The alternatives are no better.} (42... Bg2 {exposes the
bishop, allowing White to gain a decisive tempo in the following variation:}
43. Rb1 $1 {Threatening Bd6!+} Kc8 44. Rg1 $1 {Unpinning the bishop.} Bd5 45.
Bf8 {With similar play as in the game.}) ({Or if} 42... Re8 43. Rb1 {the rook
invades through the b-file since} Rb8 {is impossible due to} 44. Bd6+ $1) 43.
Bf8 Rb7 44. e7+ Ke8 45. Re2 $5 {According to classical standards, a technical
move, preventing any second rank counterplay.} ({But White's position was so
strong that he could have done without it by playing} 45. Kf4 $5 {followed by
Bxg7 soon.}) 45... Rb1 46. Bxg7 Kxe7 47. Kf2+ Kf7 48. Bxh6 a3 49. Bf4 Rd1 50.
Bd6 {The start of the decisive attack.} Rd3 51. Re7+ Kg8 52. h6 Rh3 53. Rg7+
Kh8 54. Rg6 Rxc3 55. Be7 Kh7 56. Bxf6 {There is no defence against the mating
attack based on g4-g5 and Rg7+.} Rc2+ {The last "revenge check".} 57. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Solak, Dragan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. Qe2 c5 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bb2 g6 15.
Nd1 Qb6 16. c4 d4 17. Bc1 h5 18. Be4 h4 19. f4 Kg7 20. Nb2 a5 21. Bd2 Nb8 22.
Rab1 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Nc6 24. Rf1 Rab8 25. Rf3 Qc7 26. Rbf1 Bd8 27. Rh3 Ne7 28. g4
hxg3 29. Rxh8 g2 30. Kxg2 Kxh8 31. Kf3 Nf5 32. Ke2 Kg7 33. Rf3 Be7 34. Rh3 Rd8
35. Kd1 Bh4 36. Qf3 Be7 37. Kc1 Bh4 38. Qg2 Rh8 39. Qf3 Rb8 40. Qg2 Be7 41. Qe4
Bd8 42. Kc2 a4 43. Nxa4 Rc8 44. Qg2 Qa7 45. Bc1 Be7 46. Bd2 Qa6 47. Bc1 Rc7 48.
Kb1 Rb7 49. Nb2 Rb8 50. Qe2 Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2877"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 d5 {A big surprise on the very first move: Carlsen has never played the
Scandinavian before! His opening choice must be a bit more than a display of
peninsular patriotism; if intended as a psychological weapon, it worked
wonderfully well. The Scandinavian Defence used to be a frequent guest in Bent
Larsen's games, but otherwise it is very uncommon at such a high level. True,
when things started going wrong during his match with Kasparov, Anand
unexpectedly used this opening and even got an advantage with it, but this was
just an exception.} 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 {White gets a developing tempo for
free, but placing the knight in front of the c-pawn is likely to restrict his
strategic possibilities. I remember that when 30 years ago I switched from 1.
e4 to 1.d4, one of my main ghosts was precisely the Scandinavian. I simply
could not find a way to a harmonious development!} ({If I should no decide to
switch back to 1.e4, I would consider} 3. d4 {, aiming for a development based
on c4, Nc3, Nf3, with full control in the centre. One possible problem is that
after} e5 {White's advantage might prove symbolic.}) 3... Qd8 {Without being
new, of course, this really looks provocative. After three moves Black has not
developed any piece yet! But on the other hand, he will not have to spend
additional time retreating with his queen from d6 or a5, whenever attacked by
a white minor piece.} 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6 8. Ne2 {
An almost new and logical move, clearing the path for the c-pawn in an attempt
to restore White's harmony. However, the knight will still need doing a bit of
jumping before reaching a perfect square.} ({The usual continuation is} 8. Be3
{see for instance the heavily annotated game Kovacevic,A (2525)-Georgiev,K 
(2670) Belgrade 1997 CBM 062 [Mueller,Karsten] (0-1, 47)}) 8... e6 $146 {
A new move, leaving the queen's acess to d5 open.} ({The only previous game
reaching this position went} 8... Nbd7 {deprives Black from the possibility of
activating the queen with ...Qd8-d5, but creates the threat ...e7-e5.} 9. g3 $6
{This does not cross Black's intentions at all.} (9. Bd2 $5 {[%cal Gg2g4,Gc2c4,
Gd2c3]} e5 $6 10. O-O-O $32 Bd6 11. g4 $36) 9... g6 {But Black refrains from
his main plan. The bishop's development to the fianchetto is typical for a
wide range of openings reaching this structure, such as the Alekhine, the Caro
Kann, the Pirc and the Scandinavian, of course, but here it loses too much
time.} (9... e5 $5 10. Bg2 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Bb4 12. c3 {[%csl Gd3]} Bd6 13. O-O O-O
) 10. Bg2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rd1 $14 e5 {With his development almost complete,
White is better prepared for this central break.} 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. dxe5 Nxe5 {
The structure is almost symmetrical, but the bishop pair may prove a telling
factor in the ending. It greatly depends on the way Black will find stability
for his knights, especially on dark squares. In the following manoeuvring
phase both sides will commit small inaccuracies, typical for such apparently
dull positions, which are actually full of subtleties.} 15. Bf4 {The bishop
stands actively here, but in the long run the control of the c5-square would
be important.} (15. a4 a5 16. Be3 $14) 15... Nfd7 16. a4 Nc5 17. Qb4 Ne6 18.
Be3 a5 19. Qb3 Nd7 20. Nc3 $6 {This allows Black to consolidate.} (20. Nf4 $5
$14 {would exchange the e6-knight, shaking Black's overall stability.}) 20...
Ndc5 21. Qc4 Na6 (21... Qe7 $5 $11 {would keep Black's stability.}) 22. Rd2 $6
(22. Ne4 $5 Nb4 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. Bxc5 Rfe8 25. c3 $14) 22... Rfd8 23. Rad1 Rxd2
24. Rxd2 {Fedorchuk,S (2647)-Danielsen,H (2501) Kolkata 2014 (1-0, 39)} Nb4 $5
25. Nb1 Bf8 26. c3 Na6 $11 {[%csl Gc5]}) 9. g4 {Being better developed and
enjoying more space, White surely can afford such active moves.} ({But against
such a strong strategist as Carlsen, I would consider the more restrained} 9.
g3 Qd5 10. Bg2 {True, after} Nbd7 {the queen would not have the g3-square at
its disposal, which more or less forces White into castling short. As we will
see, Caruana had other plans for his king.}) 9... Qd5 10. Bg2 Nbd7 11. Qg3 Qc4
$1 {After the bishop has parted from the f1-a6 diagonal, the queen can cause
some minor problems in the surrounding area.} 12. Qb3 {Caruana spent 25
minutes on this move. This was a critical moment, indeed, when White had to
decide whether to exchange queens or not.} ({The main alternative is} 12. c3 {
for instance} Be7 13. b3 Qa6 14. Bd2 {[%cal Gc3c4]} O-O 15. c4 Rad8 16. O-O $14
{[%csl Ra6]}) 12... Qxb3 {I would consider this an important strategic
concession, allowing White to recapture towards the centre, but Carlsen played
it almost without thinking. Eventually, White lost because of his double pawns
and even though his position looked very promising for a long while, I will
refrain from attaching an "?!" to the last move. Since the Carlsen era seems
to be lasting for a while, I suggest introducing a sign for "inspired, even
though probably not the best, move". I would use that here.} ({And if I had to
choose a move without thinking,} 12... Nb6 {would surely be my candidate. If
White wants to exchange queens, let him activate my knight! For instance} 13.
Qxc4 Nxc4 14. c3 (14. b3 Na3 {[%csl Ya1,Gc2,Ye1]}) 14... Be7 15. b3 Nd6 (15...
Na3 16. O-O {[%csl Ga3]}) 16. c4 h5 17. g5 Nd7 {with a perfect regrouping of
the knights.}) 13. axb3 Bd6 14. c4 a6 {Preparing long castling. White has the
bishop pair and more space on practically the whole board, but the relative
weakness of the b4- and f4-squares offers Black hopes for counterplay.} 15. Be3
({A natural move, but it would make sense solving one of the aforementioned
problems by playing} 15. Bd2 {This could turn the weakness into a strength by
means of b4-b5.} O-O-O 16. b4 Kb8 17. O-O) 15... O-O-O 16. O-O-O {Another
natural move and again an original available alternative.} ({White could have
tried} 16. Kd2 $5 {followed by Kc3 and b3-b4. In many cases, the rook would be
useful on a1, being ready for activating along the fifth rank. If} e5 {then}
17. Kc2 {would be safest, switching to play along the central files with white
pressure due to his two bishops.} Rhe8 18. Rhd1) 16... Rhe8 $6 {This looks a
bit dogmatic: centralisation without a clear purpose.} ({Black cannot think of
starting counterplay in the centre, for instance} 16... e5 $6 17. d5 cxd5 $6
18. g5) ({But the rook could have been more useful on h8 than in the centre.
Black could have tried} 16... h5 17. Bf3 (17. g5 Ng8 {[%cal Gg8e7,Ge7f5]})
17... Nf8 18. g5 Ng8 19. d5 cxd5 20. Bd4 (20. cxd5 Ne7 21. dxe6 Nxe6 $11 {
[%csl Rb4,Rb5,Gd6,Ge6,Ge7,Rf4,Rf5]}) 20... e5 21. Bb6 Bc7 22. Bxc7 Kxc7 23.
Bxd5 f6 24. Rhg1 Ne7 25. gxf6 gxf6 26. Nc3 Nfg6 $132 {[%csl Rf4]}) 17. Ng3 Nf8
(17... h6 $5 {, slowing down White's expansion, could be somewhat better.}) 18.
Bf3 {Preparing h4-h5.} ({But I see no reason to keep the g-pawn on a light
square, restricting the bishop, so why not} 18. g5 {followed by h3-h4? This
would have prevented Black's plan of exchanging the dark-squared bishops.} N6d7
19. h4 Ng6 20. h5 Ne7 (20... Nf4 21. Bf1 Bc7 22. Rh4 e5 23. Nf5 $16) 21. Kc2
$14) 18... Ng6 19. h4 Bf4 $1 {Even though this will strengthen White's control
in the centre, it will mainly offer Black some stability on the dark squares
and some breathing space.} 20. h5 Bxe3+ 21. fxe3 Ne7 22. e4 $6 {Played after
eight minutes, this move marks a turning point on the game.} ({White would
have retained a positional advantage in a rather one-sided position with either
} 22. g5 Nd7 23. Bg4) ({or} 22. h6 g6 (22... Rg8 23. hxg7 Rxg7 24. Rdf1 $14
Nxg4 $2 25. Nh5 Rg6 26. Bxg4 Rxg4 27. Rxf7 Nf5 28. Nf6 $16 {[%cal Gh1h7]}) 23.
Rdf1 $14 {It is curious that Caruana neglected the dark squares issue that
much.}) 22... h6 $1 {Finally, Black gets some stability on at least one part
of the board.} 23. e5 Nh7 24. Ne4 Rf8 25. Nd6+ Kc7 26. Bg2 Ng5 {White has
installed a magnificent knight on d6, having gained tempi in the meanwhile,
but it will soon become clear that the knight is kind of hanging there!} 27.
Rhf1 f6 $1 {Starting from this moment, Carlsen plays at full strength. Even
though the position is approximately equal still, Black's play is easier to
carry out.} 28. Kc2 fxe5 29. dxe5 Nc8 30. c5 {When playing this ambitious move,
consolidating the knight but conceding the d5-square, Caruana might have still
been under the spell of his previous advantage.} ({From a practical point of
view, it would have been safer to exchange the active black knight with} 30.
Ne4 $11) 30... Ne7 31. b4 $2 {Played after a quarter of an hour, this move
leads to some trouble. Any move taking measures against the thteatened ...
Nd5-e3 would have been enough for maintaining equality.} ({One possible
continuation was} 31. Kd3 Nd5 32. Bh1 {White's position surely is unpleasant
to play over the board, as it seems to be hanging. But the far advanced
d6-outpost seems to keep trouble away from him. Black has no obvious way of
making progress. For instance} b6 33. cxb6+ Kxb6 34. Rc1 {[%cal Gd6c4,Gc4a5]
creates some sort of perpetual harassing mechanism.}) 31... Nd5 $1 {Played
almost without thinking. Finally, the weakness of the doubled pawns makes
itself felt. Black not only attacks b4, but also threatens ...Ne3, attacking
three white pieces and the g4-pawn. How did he do that? How could he confuse
his strong opponent so greatly? Did the knight manoeuvre along the route
b8-d7-f8-g6-e7-c8-e7-d5 hypnotise Caruana?} 32. Bxd5 cxd5 {Suddenly, there are
some problems defending the e5-pawn against the threats of ...Nf3 or ...Rf3.}
33. b5 $6 {This desperate attempt at counterplay weakens the c5-pawn.} (33. Kb3
$5 Nf3 (33... Rf3+ 34. Rxf3 Nxf3 35. Ka4 Kc6 36. Rf1 $11 Nxe5 $6 37. Re1 $36)
34. Nf5 exf5 35. Rxf3 fxg4 36. Rg3 Rf3+ 37. Rxf3 gxf3 38. e6 f2 39. e7 Re8 40.
Rf1 Rxe7 41. Rxf2 b6 42. Rf8 $15) 33... axb5 34. Nxb5+ Kc6 35. Nd6 Nf3 $6 {
This should have offered White saving chances.} (35... Rf3 $1 36. Ra1 Rdf8 37.
Rxf3 Nxf3 $19 {When I think of choosing between these two moves, 35...Nf3 and
35...Rf3, I cannot help remembering a friendly blitz game played some 30 years
ago against IM Parik Stefanov. I was White in a Benoni and he could install a
magnificent knight on d4 (I believe ...Nb5-d4). But the question was whether
he should previously exchange bishops with ...Bg7xb2. We used to comment
loudly on our thoughts (Romanians are very forthcoming and outspoken, as most
of the Latins) and he asked himself: "Do I need the g7-bishop? Should I
obstruct it with my knight?" The answer was obvious (2 x NO) and after ...Bxb2
followed by ...Nd4 he got a crushing advantage. It is strange that after so
many years in chess I consider that some of the most teaching moments have
taken place casually, like in this case. And I believe that if I had reached
the current position I would have felt sceptical about 35...Nf3, if I only had
got the time and inspiration to remember Parik's words.}) 36. b4 $1 (36. Nf5 {
is premature because of} exf5 37. Rxf3 fxg4 38. Rg3 Rf4 $17 {partly because
the c5-pawn is doomed.}) 36... Ra8 37. Ra1 $2 ({But now was a good moment for} 
37. Nf5 $1 Nxe5 (37... exf5 38. Rxf3 fxg4 39. Rxf8 Rxf8 40. Rd4 g5 {The only
way to keep the game tense.} 41. hxg6 h5 42. Rf4 $3 {[%cal Gf8f4,Gg6g7]} Rg8
43. Rf6+ Kd7 44. Kd3 g3 45. Ke2 h4 46. Kf3 d4 47. Kg2 $11 {[%cal Gf6d6,Gf6f4]})
38. Rfe1 exf5 39. Rxe5 fxg4 40. Rdxd5 $1 (40. Rexd5 Ra3 {leaves White without
counterplay.}) 40... Rf6 ({If} 40... Ra3 {the rooks are well prepared for
counterplay:} 41. Rd6+ Kb5 42. c6+) 41. Rd4 g3 42. Rg4 $15 {White is
struggling but not necessarily lost.}) 37... Rxa1 38. Rxa1 Nxe5 {The first
pawn has dropped and in view of the hanging (rather than active) white knight,
grabbing the second one is not far away...} 39. Ra7 Rb8 40. Ra3 b6 41. Ra7 bxc5
42. Ra6+ Kc7 43. bxc5 Nd7 44. Ra7+ Kc6 45. g5 Nxc5 {The rest is simple.} 46.
Nf7 d4 47. Ne5+ Kd5 48. Nd7 d3+ 49. Kc1 Nxd7 50. Rxd7+ Ke4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Berend, Elvira S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Luxembourg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LUX"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O g6 6. d4 exd4 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5
Bd7 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Re1+ Be7 12. Bh6 Qd6 13. Nd2 O-O-O 14. Nc4
Qc5 15. Ne5 Qd5 16. c4 dxc3 17. Qa4 Qb5 18. Qxa7 Qb7 19. Qxb7+ Kxb7 20. Nxf7
cxb2 21. Rab1 Nd5 22. Rxb2+ Kc8 23. Bd2 Rhf8 24. Nxd8 Bxd8 25. Rc2 Kd7 26. Re4
Be7 27. g3 Bd6 28. Kg2 Rb8 29. a4 c5 30. Rh4 h5 31. Re4 Nb4 32. Rc1 Ra8 33. Be3
Ra5 34. g4 hxg4 35. Rxg4 Nd3 36. Ra1 Ne5 37. Rg5 Ke6 38. Bd2 Ra8 39. a5 Be7 40.
Rg3 Bh4 41. Rh3 Bf6 42. Bc3 Nd7 43. Bxf6 Nxf6 44. Rg3 Kf7 45. Rg5 Ra6 46. Rxc5
c6 47. Kf3 Nd7 48. Rg5 Kf6 49. h4 Ne5+ 50. Ke4 Nf7 51. Rgg1 Nd6+ 52. Kd4 Nb7
53. Rgb1 Nxa5 54. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.10"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. Qe2 Bg5 14. Nf5
d5 15. Ne7+ Kh8 16. Nxc8 Rxc8 17. d4 Bxc1 18. Raxc1 Nf6 19. c3 Re8 20. Qd2 Qd6
21. Bd3 h6 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Re1 Kg8 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. g3 Nf6 26. Kg2 Kf8 27.
Qe3 Ng4 28. Qf3 Nf6 29. Qf5 Qd8 30. b4 g6 31. Qe5 h5 32. h3 Kg8 33. f4 Nd7 34.
Qd6 Qe8 35. Kf3 Kg7 36. g4 hxg4+ 37. hxg4 b5 38. g5 Qe6 39. Qc7 Qh3+ 40. Ke2
Nf8 41. Qxc6 Ne6 42. Qd6 a6 43. Qe5+ Kg8 44. f5 Qg4+ 45. Kd2 Qxg5+ 46. Kc2 Nf4
47. Qe8+ Kg7 48. Qe5+ Kg8 49. Qe8+ Kg7 50. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.11"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 b6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Bb7 8.
e4 g6 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. O-O d6 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Qd2 Ng4 13. h3 h6 14. Bf4 e5 15.
Be3 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Bc8 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. b3 Qe7 19. Rd3 Rfd8 20. Rad1 h5 21. h4
Kh7 22. Kh2 Bh6 23. Qe2 Rac8 24. Bh3 Rc6 25. Kg2 a6 26. Rf3 Kg7 27. a4 Qb7 28.
Rfd3 Qc8 29. Rh1 Kh7 30. Nd5 Qb7 31. g4 hxg4 32. Bxg4 Bxd5 33. exd5 Rc5 34. h5
g5 35. Qe4+ Kg8 36. Rf3 Kg7 37. Be6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.12"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Djukic, Nikola"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MNE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O g6 8. a4
Nbd7 9. Be3 b6 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Ng4 13. Qh3 h5 14. Be2 Ngf6
15. Qe3 Qc7 16. Rad1 Qc5 17. Qd3 Ne5 18. Qe3 Ned7 19. Qd3 Qb4 20. f4 Nc5 21.
Qh3 Ncxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kf8 25. f5 Qc5+ 26. Kh1 g5 27.
f6 Qc7 28. Bd3 Re8 29. Qf5 Re5 30. Qg6 h4 31. b4 h3 32. Kg1 hxg2 33. Rf5 Rxf5
34. Qxf5 d5 35. h3 Bc8 36. Qxd5 Rxh3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.14"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Peru"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. e3 Bb4 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
Nxc3 d6 9. d4 e4 10. f3 exf3 11. Qxf3 Bd7 12. b3 Rb8 13. Bb2 Qe8 14. Rae1 Qg6
15. Qd1 Ne7 16. e4 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Rxf1+ 19. Qxf1 Rf8 20. Qe1 Nc6
21. d5 Nd8 22. Re7 Rf7 23. h3 b6 24. g4 Kf8 25. Re4 Nb7 26. b4 Kg8 27. Qh4 h6
28. Kh2 a5 29. a3 axb4 30. axb4 b5 31. cxb5 Bxb5 32. Qe1 Nd8 33. h4 Rf8 34. Qc3
Qf7 35. h5 Re8 36. Kg3 Rxe4 37. Bxe4 Qe7 38. Bb1 c6 39. Ba2 Kh8 40. Qc1 Kh7 41.
Qc2+ Kh8 42. Qd2 Nf7 43. dxc6 Bxc6 44. Bxf7 Qxf7 45. Qxh6+ Kg8 46. Qe3 Qd5 47.
Qd4 Qf3+ 48. Kh4 Qf7 49. Bc3 Qe7+ 50. g5 Kh7 51. Qf4 Qe6 52. Qd4 Qe7 53. Qd3+
Be4 54. Qe3 Kg8 55. b5 Qb7 56. b6 Qe7 57. Kg3 Qb7 58. g6 Qd5 59. Qf4 Qc4 60.
Kh4 Qe6 61. Qg5 Bc6 62. Qf4 Bd5 63. Kg3 Qe2 64. Kh4 Qe7+ 65. Kg3 Qe2 66. Kh4
Qe7+ 67. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.08.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Caruana had a dream tournament at the Sinquefield Open 2014. He won ahead of
Magnus Carlsen with an astonishing three point margin. After seven rounds
Caruana had a perfect score of 7.0/7. This was the first game of the
tournament and hence, it is interesting to see how it all began.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2.
c4 c5 {White can play quietly with g3, Bg2 or he can play the Maroczy
structure with d4. Against whatever White chooses, Black has a good number of
ways to play as well. Hence, the Symmetrical English is one of the richest
openings in chess literature.} 3. Nc3 Nc6 ({Just to give you a glimpse of how
many varied setups are possible, let's consider the move ...d5.} 3... d5 4.
cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 (5. g3 Nc6 {transposes to the game.}) 5... Nb4 (5... Nxc3 6.
dxc3 (6. bxc3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 {And believe it or not, we have transposed to the
Grünfeld Defence.}) 6... Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 $14 {is a comfortable endgame for White
in which he scores well.}) 6. Bc4 Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nf4+ 8. Kf1 Ne6 $13 {And out of
the eight opening moves, the black N has made five. But that's how modern
openings work.}) 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 (6. e4 $2 {is no longer any good
as after} Ndb4 $1 $17 {Black is just better.}) (6. d4 {is very strongly met
with} Qa5 $1) 6... Nc7 {In order to set up the Maroczy Bind with ...e5.} (6...
g6 {is another way to play} 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 O-O {The latest
trend now is to sacrifice the b2-pawn with} 10. Be3 $5 {The game Karpov-Ribli,
Amsterdam, 1980, is one of the classics in this line.}) (6... e5 $2 7. Nxe5 $1
$16) 7. O-O e5 {In the Maroczy Bind structure which is defined by the pawns on
e5 and c5, Black has more space. But White is ahead in development and will
try to break Black's hold on the position with either b4 or f4. In the
meanwhile Black will try to finish his development.} 8. a3 {This move has
become quite popular after Mihail Marin recommended it in his book on the
English Opening. The idea is to pressurise the centre with the intention of
playing b4.} (8. d3 {is the normal way to play this system.} Be7 9. Nd2 {
Now there are two schools of thought here. One is that of the players who do
not mind ruining their structure by allowing Bxc6 and other is for thos who
prevent it by going Bd7. I prefer the former.} (9. Be3 {followed by Rc1 is the
other plan.} O-O 10. Rc1 f5 $5 {A relatively untested idea. But I think Black
is doing fine here.} 11. Na4 b6 12. b4 Nxb4 13. Nxe5 Nbd5 14. Bd2 (14. Nc6 Qd6
15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $11) 14... Bf6 $11) 9... Bd7 $6 {this is a little timid and
unnecessary.} (9... O-O 10. Nc4 f6 11. f4 (11. Bxc6 bxc6 {I cannot believe
that White has an advantage here but it does lead to an imbalanced game,})
11... exf4 12. Bxf4 Kh8 {with an interesting position.}) 10. Nc4 f6 11. f4 b5
12. Ne3 exf4 13. Rxf4 $14 {White's chances have to be preferred here.}) 8...
Rb8 $5 {a very shrewd way to stop White from going b2-b4.} (8... Be7 $6 9. b4
$1 cxb4 10. axb4 Bxb4 $2 11. Nxe5 $1 Nxe5 12. Qa4+ Nc6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Qxb4
$18 {shows White's idea perfectly.}) 9. d3 {Topalov changes his plans and goes
for normal play.} (9. b4 $2 cxb4 10. axb4 Bxb4 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Qa4+ Nc6 13.
Bxc6+ bxc6 {[%cal Gb8b4] And you notice how the subtle move Ra8-b8 changes
everything!}) (9. Rb1 {is Marin's recommendation.} f6 {defending against b4.}
10. d3 (10. e3 $6 Bf5 $1) 10... Be7 11. Be3 Be6 $1 {A move which Marin does
not cover.} (11... O-O $6 {allows White to play b4.} 12. b4 $1 cxb4 13. axb4
$36) 12. Nd2 (12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 {[%csl Ra7]} Bxb4 $15 {There are no tactics
for White here.}) 12... Qd7 {Black is already very comfortable. In a top level
game between Ding and Nepomniachtchi, White played} 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 O-O (
14... Bxb4 $2 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Bxa7 $14) 15. b5 Nd4 $15 {Black is already
pushing for an advantage.}) 9... Be7 10. Be3 (10. Nd2 {As we already know, the
knight is going to c4 and then White will go f4.} O-O 11. Nc4 Be6 $1 {The key
difference because of the inclusion of a3 and Rb8.} (11... f6 $6 12. f4 (12.
Bxc6 bxc6 {is one of the ideas in this opening. But here the inclusion of the
moves a3 and Rb8 seems to favour Black as his rook is on the open file.}) 12...
exf4 13. Bxf4 $14 {[%cal Gf4b8] and this pin can be quite irritating.}) 12.
Bxc6 Bxc4 {b7 is no longer hanging.} (12... bxc6 13. Nxe5 $14) 13. Bxb7 Bxd3
14. Bg2 Bg6 $11) 10... O-O 11. Rc1 Bd7 (11... b6 $6 {with the idea of ...Bb7
is met with} 12. b4 $1 cxb4 13. axb4 Bxb4 14. Qa4 Bb7 (14... b5 15. Nxb5 Rxb5
16. Rxc6 $14) 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxb4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 $14) (11... Be6 $5 {was an
interesting way to continue.} 12. Ne4 b6 13. b4 (13. Nfg5 Bg4 14. h3 Bd7 {
Black is fine.}) 13... f5 14. Neg5 Bd5 15. bxc5 h6 16. Nh3 Ne6 17. cxb6 axb6
$44) 12. Nd2 (12. Ne4 {Only a month previously Nisipeanu had played this. And
this looks like a much more coherent way to play.} b6 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Nb5
$1 {As played by Gabor Nagy is the best.} (14... Bxb4 $6 {This can be a good
point to stop and think - why did White sacrifice his b4 pawn?} 15. d4 $1 {
Precisely so! A superb central break which leaves Black in trouble.} exd4 (
15... Nd5 16. Bg5 f6 17. dxe5 $18) 16. Nxd4 Ne7 (16... Nxd4 17. Qxd4 $16) 17.
Nc2 Ba5 18. Bf4 $16) 15. Rc4 {And now instead of Rc8 as in the game, f6 is
strong with a fine position for Black.} f6 $11) 12... Nd4 $1 $11 {Black has
finished his development without any major catastrophe happening. Caruana's
opening play has been successful.} 13. Nc4 f6 14. f4 {The only way to create
counterplay in this position.} exf4 (14... b5 15. Na5 {with the knight looking
towards squares like b7 and c6, White has some pressure.}) 15. Bxf4 Nde6 (15...
b5 16. Na5 $14) 16. Bd2 (16. Bd6 Bxd6 17. Nxd6 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Qxd6 19. Bg2 f5 $11
) 16... b6 {Caruana is careful and consolidates his position. The position is
quite complicated and dynamic, but Black holds the long term trumps. Mainly
because he has no weak pawns and has only two pawn islands as compared to
White's three. This explains why, if White doesn't do anything his position
will go downhill pretty soon.} 17. g4 $5 {What is Topalov trying to achieve?
The main idea is to put his B on g3 via e1. On g3 the B will be wonderfully
placed and looking at the important dark squares like d6 and c7. It's an
ambitious plan that weakens the white pawn structure and his king position but
that is how Topalov plays.} Be8 {Caruana too senses that f7 might be the best
square for his bishop.} 18. Be1 b5 19. Ne3 (19. Na5 $2 Qd4+ 20. Kh1 Qxg4 $17)
19... Bd6 {Stopping Bg3.} 20. Ncd5 $6 {As mentioned previously, any exchange
is just going to help Black as he has THE long term advantage of a better pawn
structure.} (20. Nf5 {should have been preferred.} Be5 21. e3 g6 22. Ng3 Qd7 {
The position remains complicated with mutual chances.}) 20... Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Bf7
{Black consolidates and White's g3-g4 is looking very silly now. There are
weaknesses all over the board.} 22. Nf5 Be5 {I wonder what Topalov saw when he
decided to go for this position.} 23. Qd2 (23. Bxe6 Bxe6 24. Rxc5 Bxf5 25. gxf5
Bd4+ 26. Bf2 Bxc5 27. Bxc5 Re8 (27... Rf7 28. e4 Qd7 29. d4 {The central pawns
looks a little menacing.}) 28. Bxa7 Rb7 29. Bc5 Qd5 $15 {White may hold this
one but there is no doubt that Black is better.}) (23. Bc3 g6 24. Bxe5 fxe5 25.
Nh6+ Kg7 26. Nxf7 Qxd5 $19) 23... Nd4 $1 {Cool play by Caruana. He keeps
exchanging pieces which accentuates the weaknesses in White's camp.} 24. Bxf7+
Rxf7 {The threat of Nb3 forces White to exchange one more pair of minor pieces.
} 25. Rd1 Nxf5 26. gxf5 {Let us take stock of what has happened. White's king
is shivering. White's pawns are weak. The bishop which had a dream of going to
g3 is lying passively on e1. Black on the other hand has a safe king, a
perfect pawn structure and a monster on e5. This should be winning for Black.}
(26. Rxf5 Qd4+ $19) 26... Qd4+ 27. Bf2 Qg4+ 28. Kh1 c4 $1 {At first it is
difficult to understand what is the point of this move. But on closer
inspection, we can notice that Caruana is trying to remove the d3-pawn which
controls the important e4-square and at the same time open the b-file for his
R standing on b8.} (28... Qxf5 29. Bxc5 {unnecessarily gives White counterplay.
}) (28... Qh5 29. Bg1 {and White is holding on.}) 29. Qc2 {trying to control
the important e4 square after dxc4.} (29. dxc4 Qe4+ 30. Kg1 bxc4 31. Bd4 Rd7
32. e3 h5 33. Qc3 Qg4+ 34. Kh1 Kh7 $19) 29... Re8 $1 {X-raying the e2-pawn.}
30. dxc4 $2 {Missing Black's idea but the position is already very difficult
and it is hard to suggest a reasonable alternative for White.} Qh5 $1 {
Surprisingly, it is difficult to defend h2.} 31. h4 (31. Bg1 Bxh2 $1 {This
move ends all resistance.} 32. Bxh2 Rxe2 33. Rd8+ Rf8 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $19) 31...
Qg4 32. Qd3 bxc4 33. Qe3 Rfe7 34. b3 Bb2 $1 {The final accurate move. The B
controls the c1-square and next will follow c3-c2. A perfect game by Caruana
who made use of every little mistake committed by the Bulgarian grandmaster.}
35. Z0 (35. Qf3 Qxf3+ 36. exf3 c3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.08.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 {Black has quite a variety of
moves here. The choice of Maxime is principled, but also risky. Black has
suffered some heavy blows in this line in the last few years. The main
executioner was Sergey Karjakin.} 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 $1 Nc6 (7... Qxb2 8. Qb1 $1
{is the point.} Qxb1+ (8... Qxc3+ $2 9. Bd2 {[%csl Rb7,Rc3] and Black has to
part with his queen to avoid the worst.}) 9. Rxb1 c4 10. Rxb7 Nc6 11. Nb5 Nd8
12. Rc7 Rb8 13. Nd6+ $1 Bxd6 14. exd6 Rb1+ 15. Bd1 Bxc2 16. Kd2 Bxd1 17. Rxd1
Rb6 18. Bf4 Nf6 19. Re7+ Kf8 20. Rxa7 Ne4+ 21. Kc2 f6 22. h4 $16 {1-0 (34)
Karjakin,S (2747)-Eljanov,P (2761) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010}) 8. O-O Qxb2 9. Qe1 (
9. Nb5 $6 c4 $1 10. Nc7+ Kd7 11. Nxa8 Bxc2 {Black will capture the white
knight soon and will have marvellous play for the exchange.} 12. Qe1 Bb4 13.
Bd2 Nge7 14. Bxb4 Nxb4 15. Ng5 Rxa8 16. Nxf7 Nec6 $17 {0-1 (46) Karjakin,S 
(2706)-Morozevich,A (2771) Nice 2009}) 9... cxd4 (9... c4 {is an alternative
attempt to close the position, but here too White has the initiative.} 10. Rb1
Qxc2 11. Rxb7 Bb4 12. Rxb4 $1 Nxb4 13. Bd1 Qd3 14. Ba4+ Kf8 15. Qa1 $1 Bg4 16.
Qb2 Rb8 17. Rb1 Bxf3 18. Bc2 Be2 19. Bxd3 Bxd3 20. a3 Bxb1 21. axb4 Bg6 22. Qa3
$18 {1-0 (30) Karjakin,S (2772)-Laznicka,V (2701) Poikovsky 2011}) 10. Bxd4
Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4 12. Ndb5 Ba5 13. Rb1 Qxc2 {This position has already
appeared once in my career against ... Caruana!} 14. Rc1 $5 $146 {This new
move is obvious in itself, but the following kingside offensive is a new
concept in this line. I wouldn't call it as a refutation of the whole line,
but it definitely poses new problems for the second player.} (14. Rb3 Ne7 15.
Nd6+ Kf8 16. Nxb7 Bb6 17. Nd6 (17. Bd1 Qc1 18. Na4 Qc7 $6 (18... Bd4 $1 $13)
19. Nd6 Bg6 20. Qb4 $36 {1/2-1/2 (40) Caruana,F (2770)-Postny,E (2651) Achaea
2012}) 17... Ba5 18. Bf3 Bd3 $6 (18... h6 $142) 19. Qc1 Qxc1 20. Rxc1 Ng6 21.
Nxd5 $1 Nxe5 22. Nf4 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Bg6 24. Rb7 $16 {1-0 (46) Karjakin,S (2779)
-Fridman,D (2655) Dortmund 2012}) 14... Qb2 15. g4 (15. Nd6+ $6 Kf8 16. Nxf5
exf5 17. Na4 Bxe1 18. Nxb2 Bd2 {White has full compensation here too, but the
exchange of queens would be a big relief for Black.}) 15... Bg6 16. f4 {
Fabiano continues to play quickly, following his home preparation, while
Maxime has to figure out the right path over the board. A very difficult task,
especially in such a complex position! At the moment Black is two pawns up,
his bishops are excellent, but he is still undeveloped and the king is in the
centre. White's threats may come from both flanks.} Be4 $6 (16... Ne7 {seems
to be the real test for Caruana's concept. Future games will tell. Here is
what might follow:} 17. Nd6+ ({After} 17. f5 {Black has an additional option
of sacrificing a piece for a quick development.} O-O $5 18. fxg6 fxg6 $44)
17... Kf8 18. f5 exf5 19. gxf5 Nxf5 $1 20. Nxf5 Rc8 21. Bb5 (21. Nxd5 Qxc1 22.
Qxa5 Qc5+ 23. Qxc5+ Rxc5 24. Nfe3 Be4 25. e6 f5 $1 $13) 21... Bxf5 (21... Bxc3
$2 22. e6 Qxb5 23. Rxc3 Rxc3 24. e7+ $1 Ke8 25. Nxg7+ Kd7 26. e8=Q+ $18) 22. e6
$1 f6 $1 23. Rxf5 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Qxc3 25. e7+ Kf7 26. e8=Q+ Rhxe8 27. Bxe8+ Kf8
28. Qxc3 Rxc3 29. Ba4 {Black is going to lose the Pd5, but still will keep
three pawns for a piece, which is enough to maintain the balance.}) 17. Rf2 $1
Nh6 $2 {Maxime went astray too soon.} (17... Qb4 $2 18. f5 $1 exf5 (18... Bb6
19. Nd6+ Kf8 20. fxe6 $40) 19. Nd6+ Kf8 20. Qd1 $1 Bb6 21. Ncxe4 dxe4 22. Qd5
Nh6 23. g5 Qd4 24. Qxd4 Bxd4 25. gxh6 $16) (17... Kf8 {was the only sensible
move. Caruana himself mentioned this move in the interview after the game.} 18.
Bd3 Qb4 19. Rb1 Qe7 (19... Qc5 $6 20. Nxe4 Qxb5 $1 21. Qf1 $1 Qc6 22. Rc2 Bb6+
23. Kh1 Qd7 24. Nd6 h5 25. Qc1 $16 hxg4 $140 $2 26. Rxb6 $1 axb6 27. Rc7 $18)
20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Nd6 Bb6 22. Rxb6 $1 axb6 23. Ncxe4 {with great compensation
for the exchange, but the position is still playable for Black,}) (17... Bb6 $2
{loses to} 18. Na4 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Qxa2 20. Qb4 $18) 18. Bd3 Qb4 ({Black
doesn't get sufficient play for the queen after} 18... Qxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Bxd3 20.
Nd6+ Kf8 21. Qd1) 19. Rb1 {Black loses material by force.} Qc5 (19... Qe7 20.
Nd6+ Kf8 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. g5 Bb6 (22... Nf5 23. Rxb7 $18) 23. gxh6 $18) 20.
Nxe4 dxe4 (20... Bxe1 21. Nxc5 Bxf2+ 22. Kxf2 O-O 23. g5 {is also lost for
Black. White's pieces dominate the board.}) 21. Qxa5 O-O 22. Be2 $18 e3 23.
Rff1 {Black has only two pawns for a piece. On top of that the knight on h6 is
out of play. No chance.} Rfc8 24. Qe1 $1 {The most accurate.} Qd5 25. Rb2 f6
26. Qg3 fxe5 27. fxe5 Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Qxe3 Nf7 30. Nc3 {[%mdl 4]} 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2877"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 {As usual, Magnus is not going for the theoretical
lines, trying to minimise the value of any opening preparation.} c6 4. Nf3 d5
5. Bb3 Bb4+ {Provoking the move that now follows, so that White won't be able
to develop his knight to c3 anymore.} (5... Bd6 {used to be the main move.}) 6.
c3 Bd6 7. Bg5 dxe4 (7... Be6 8. d4 dxe4 9. Nfd2 exd4 10. Nxe4 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. cxd4 Na6 16. Nc3 O-O-O $11 {
1/2-1/2 (34) Shirov,A (2713)-Roiz,M (2668) Saratov 2011}) 8. dxe4 h6 (8... O-O
9. O-O Qe7 $6 (9... h6 10. Bh4 Qe7 $11) 10. Nh4 $1 Na6 11. Nd2 Nc5 12. Qf3 Nxb3
13. axb3 $14 {1-0 (29) Karjakin,S (2772)-Efimenko,Z (2703) Poikovsky 2011}) 9.
Bh4 Qe7 {Fabiano is playing it flexibly, not castling immediately, but
developing the queenside pieces instead. The position is, of course, equal.}
10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Bg3 $6 $146 {This move looks strange to me - moving the
bishop away without even provoking g7-g5.} (11. Qe2 Bc7 12. O-O Nf8 13. Bg3 Ng6
14. Nh4 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Rfe1 Bg4 17. f3 Be6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Nf5 O-O $11
{1-0 (73) Pridorozhni,A (2491)-Aleshin,O (2423) Moscow 2005}) (11. O-O {
would also be normal.}) 11... Bc7 12. O-O Nh5 13. h3 $6 {Carlsen continues the
odd strategy. Anything else that makes sense would be preferable.} Nxg3 14.
fxg3 Nc5 (14... Nf6 {would avoid the complications that followed in the game.
Black is slightly better.}) 15. Bxf7+ $5 {Obviously, Carlsen wasn't happy with
the course of the game. This intuitive sacrifice is an interesting practical
chance as it leads to a murky position where both sides have to calculate a
lot.} Kxf7 (15... Qxf7 $4 16. Nxe5 {and Black has to part with his queen to
avoid the deadly check on h5.}) 16. Nxe5+ (16. Nh4+ $5 {was an interesting
alternative which could lead to a position where White wins the queen for
several pieces.} Kg8 17. Ng6 Qe8 18. Rf8+ Qxf8 19. Nxf8 Kxf8 20. Qh5 Be6 21.
Nf3 Nd7 22. Rf1 (22. Nh4 Nf6 23. Rf1 Rg8 $17) 22... Kg8 23. Nh4 Rh7 $1 24. Qg6
Bxa2 25. Nf5 Kh8 26. Ne7 Bb6+ 27. Kh2 Bc5 28. Qf5 g5 $1 29. Rd1 $1 Rf7 30. Qxd7
Rxe7 31. Qf5 Kg7 32. Rd7 Bf7 33. Rxe7 Bxe7 34. Qd7 Re8 35. Qxb7 {Black is
better, but to win this position would be quite a difficult task.}) 16... Kg8
17. Ng6 Qg5 18. Rf8+ Kh7 19. Nxh8 (19. Rxh8+ Kxg6 20. Nf3 (20. b4 Qxg3 $1 21.
bxc5 Bxh3 22. Qf3 Rxh8 23. Qxg3+ Bxg3 24. gxh3 Be5 $17) 20... Qxg3 (20... Qe3+
$6 21. Kh1 Nxe4 22. Nh4+ Kg5 23. Nf3+ Kf6 24. Qd4+ Qxd4 25. Nxd4 Nxg3+ 26. Kg1
{Here the matters are not entirely clear as long as Black's queenside is
undeveloped.}) 21. Qc2 Bg4 $1 22. hxg4 Rxh8 23. e5+ Kf7 24. Qf5+ Ke7 $19) 19...
Bg4 (19... Qe3+ $1 {was even stronger, but required precise calculation.} 20.
Kh1 Bg4 21. Qf1 $2 (21. Qxg4 Rxf8 22. Ng6 Rf7 $17) 21... Qxg3 22. e5 {[%cal
Gf1b1,Gb1h7]} Rxf8 23. Qxf8 Qxe5 (23... Bxe5 $4 24. Nf1 $18) 24. Nf1 Bxh3 $1 {
This must have been seen in advance!} 25. gxh3 Qe4+ 26. Kg1 Ne6 $19 {[%csl Rg1]
[%cal Gc7b6]}) 20. Qf1 Nd3 $1 {[%cal Gg5e3,Ge3g3] Great resource, adding the
knight to the counterattack.} 21. Qxd3 (21. Ng6 {was an interesting chance,
but insufficient.} Qe3+ (21... Kxg6 $2 22. Qf7+ Kh7 23. Qg8+ $11) 22. Kh1 Qxg3
23. e5 Rxf8 24. Nxf8+ Kg8 25. Ng6 Nf2+ 26. Kg1 Nxh3+ 27. Kh1 Nf2+ 28. Kg1 Be6
$1 29. Ne7+ (29. Qxf2 $2 Bb6 $19) 29... Kh8 30. Ng6+ Qxg6 31. Kxf2 Qc2 $17)
21... Rxf8 22. hxg4 Qxg4 23. Nf3 Qxg3 (23... Kxh8 {would have been slightly
more precise.}) 24. e5+ (24. Nf7 $1 Rxf7 25. e5+ g6 (25... Kh8 $6 26. e6 {
is the point of White's idea, the black rook gets kicked away by the pawn.})
26. Rf1 {White is worse as in the game, but here Black's seventh rank is
slightly weakened, which might give White some additional practical chances.})
24... Kxh8 25. e6 {Carlsen is rushing forward with his passed pawn, but
unfortunately for him his king is too vulnerable.} (25. Rf1 Bb6+ (25... Bxe5
26. Nxe5 Rxf1+ 27. Qxf1 Qxe5 28. Qf7 {White has decent chances to hold this
endgame.}) 26. Kh1 Qg4 (26... Rf4 27. Qd7 $8 {still surviving.}) 27. Nh2 Rxf1+
28. Qxf1 Qh5 29. Qf8+ Kh7 30. Qd6 Qg6 31. Nf3 Qxd6 32. exd6 Kg6 33. Kh2 Kf6 34.
Kg3 Ke6 35. Kg4 Kxd6 36. Kf5 Kd5 {This endgame should be won for Black. If the
white king goes to g6, its counterpart will penetrate to the queenside via e4.}
) 25... Bb6+ 26. Kh1 Qg4 (26... Rf4 $4 {No, it's not mate.} 27. e7 Rh4+ 28.
Nxh4 Qxh4+ 29. Qh3 $16) 27. Qd6 (27. e7 Re8 28. Re1 Qh5+ 29. Nh2 Bc7 30. g3 Qf7
{The pawn is going down and White's prospects are very grim.}) 27... Rd8 28.
Qe5 Rd5 29. Qb8+ Kh7 30. e7 Qh5+ (30... Rh5+ $4 31. Nh2 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Ge7e8]
would turn the tables.}) 31. Nh2 $2 {A blunder in a bad position.} (31. Qh2 {
was the only way to prolong the fight.} {Still, after} Qe8 {White loses the
passed pawn. The bishop is also superior to the knight.} 32. Re1 $2 {fails to}
Bf2 33. Rf1 Rh5 $19) 31... Rd1+ 32. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 33. Nf1 Qxf1+ 34. Kh2 Qg1+ (
34... Qg1+ 35. Kh3 Qe3+ {capturing the Pe7.}) 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.08.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3
d6 9. a3 {Caruana chose this line mainly because of the fact that Aronian
plays the Marshall.} Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. Bxe6 ({In Wijk aan Zee, Dominguez
Perez played} 11. Bg5 {against Aronian, but after} c5 12. b4 Nc6 13. Nd5 Bxd5
14. exd5 Nd4 15. bxc5 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 dxc5 17. Rfe1 Nd7 18. Bd2 Bd6 19. a4 f5
$13 {Black got enough play in the game Dominguez Perez-Aronian, Wijk aan Zee
2014.}) 11... fxe6 12. b4 Nc6 13. Bd2 d5 (13... Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Ne2 c5
16. h3 Qd7 17. Qb1 e5 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. a4 Qc6 20. Ng3 c4 21. Nf5 Bc5 22. axb5
$142 (22. f4 $6 Nxe4 23. dxe4 Qxe4 24. Ng3 Qxc2 25. Ne4 d3+ 26. Kh1 Bd4 $15 {
Topalov-Kasimdzhanov, Thessaloniki 2013}) 22... axb5 $13) 14. Re1 Qd6 15. Na2
$146 {A very interesting novelty by Caruana. The N was a bit out of play on c3,
so he decides to put in on b3 after Nc1.} (15. h3 Nd7 16. Ne2 {was unclear in
the game Dominguez Perez-Karjakin, Beijiing 2013.}) 15... Nd7 ({After} 15... a5
{White gets a promising position after some forced moves:} 16. Nc3 $1 Rfb8 (
16... axb4 17. Nxb5 Qd7 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Nc3 dxe4 21. Nxe4 $14)
17. exd5 exd5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. Bxe5 axb4 21. axb4 Ng4 22. Rb1 Nxe5
23. Rxe5 c6 24. Re1 $14) (15... Rad8 16. Qe2 dxe4 17. dxe4 {- 15...dxe4}) (
15... dxe4 16. dxe4 Nd4 (16... Rad8 17. Qe2 $14) 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Bc3 Qd6 19.
h3 Rf7 20. Qe2 $14) (15... d4 16. Qe2 Nh5 $5 {is a more active possibility} (
16... a5 17. bxa5 (17. Reb1 a4) 17... Nxa5 18. Reb1 Nc6 19. Nb4 Nd7 20. c3 Nxb4
21. axb4 $14) (16... Nd7 {- 15...Nd7}) 17. Reb1 Nf4 18. Qd1 Rf6 19. Nc1 Raf8
20. Bxf4 Rxf4 21. Nb3 Qd8 $1 $13 {followed by Qe8.}) 16. Qe2 d4 (16... Bf6 {
would be interesting, keeping the pressure in the centre. After a sample line}
17. h3 Rfb8 18. Rab1 a5 19. bxa5 Nxa5 20. a4 bxa4 21. Rxb8+ Nxb8 22. exd5 exd5
23. Nxe5 Nbc6 $11 {Black equalises.}) 17. Reb1 $1 {White prepares against ...
a5.} (17. Nc1 {allows} a5 $1) 17... Nb6 (17... a5 18. bxa5 Nxa5 19. Rxb5 Qxa3
20. Qd1 Nc6 21. Rbb1 Qc5 22. Nc1 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 h6 24. Nb3 $14 {The queenside
is hopelessly weakened and White will play Ba5 and Nfd2-c4.}) (17... Rfb8 {
threatens to play a5, so White has to defend it with} 18. Qe1 $1 {/\ Nc1-b3})
18. Nc1 $1 Na4 19. Nb3 Rf7 20. Rc1 $1 {Having improved the N, White wants to
start some active operations. So he plays Rc1, because he wants to play Ng5;
but it doesn't work immediately, because of Bxg5 and Nc3.} Rd8 {Black is
operating against c3.} (20... Raf8 $5 21. c4 dxc3 22. Bxc3 Rxf3 $1 23. gxf3 Bg5
24. Rc2 Bf4 25. Bd2 Nd4 26. Nxd4 exd4 $44 {gives Black sufficient compensation.
}) 21. Ng5 Rf6 $6 (21... Bxg5 $1 {was better, because Rf6 allows Qh5! This
move gives up the B, because it seems less valuable than the N.} 22. Bxg5 Rdf8
23. Rf1 Nc3 {with reasonable counterchances.}) 22. Qh5 $1 h6 $6 {After this
move White's position is better, because the kingside Ps are weak.} (22... Rh6
$142 {was the best move in order to avoid weakening the kingside.}) 23. Nf3
Rdf8 24. Rf1 {White starts regrouping his pieces.} R8f7 25. Rae1 Bf8 $6 {
After this move, the Rs will be vulnerable, after h3 followed Nh2-g4.} (25...
Rf8 $142 $14) 26. h3 $1 (26. h4 {was also possible with the idea of Qg4, h5
and Nh4-g6.}) 26... g6 27. Qh4 Qe7 28. Qg3 Bg7 (28... Rxf3 29. gxf3 Qf6 30. Rc1
Kh7 31. c3 $16) 29. Na5 $1 {The most exact! There were other moves like Nh2 or
h4, but this immediately starts destroying Black's position.} Nxa5 (29... Rxf3
30. Nxc6 Qd6 31. gxf3 Qxc6 32. Rc1 $16) 30. Nxe5 $1 (30. bxa5 Rxf3 $1 31. gxf3
Kh7 32. Kh2 Rf6 33. Rg1 Qf7 {would lead to unnecessary complications.}) 30...
Nb7 31. Nxg6 $1 (31. Nxf7 $6 Qxf7 $13 {would be inaccurate.}) 31... Qd8 32. e5
Rf5 33. f4 $1 c5 34. Nh4 Rh5 35. Nf3 Kh7 $2 (35... Re7 {was better, but it is
also much better for White after} 36. bxc5 Nbxc5 37. Qg6 Qe8 38. Qxe8+ Rxe8 39.
Nxd4 $16) 36. Qg4 $1 $18 Rhf5 37. Nh4 Kh8 38. Nxf5 Rxf5 39. Qg6 Qe7 40. g4 Rf8
41. f5 Qe8 42. Qxe8 Rxe8 43. f6 Bf8 44. f7 Re7 45. Rf6 Nb6 46. Bxh6 Nd7 47.
Ref1 cxb4 48. axb4 Bxh6 49. Rxh6+ Kg7 50. Rh5 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.08.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was the last round before the half-way mark in the tournament. Caruana
was leading the tournament wth 4.0/4. Nakamura on the other hand was on just 1.
5/4.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 $5 {A very surprising and
unambitious move by Hikaru. Checking in the Mega-database you will find that
this is the first time that he has played this with White. Maybe he just
wanted to avoid all theoretical continuations and play a normal game of chess.}
Bf5 {A natural move by Caruana, developing his B on an active square.} 5. Nh4
Be4 6. f3 (6. Nxe4 $6 {gives White the advantage of the bishop pair but he
starts to lag behind in development because of his N on h4.} Nxe4 7. Nf3 e5 $1
{threatening Bb4+} 8. a3 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 11. Nxd2 exd4 $15)
6... Bg6 7. e3 e6 8. g3 (8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Bd3 {could have been the most normal
way to continue} Bd6 10. f4 c5 $36 {Black has a good initiative.}) 8... Be7 9.
a3 {Nakamura's play is quite confusing. What is the point of the move a3? I am
not really sure.} Nbd7 {On the other hand Fabiano plays natural and good
developing moves.} 10. cxd5 {You will notice that Nakamura took on d5 only
after the black N had developed to d7. If he were to take on d5 with the N
still on b8, then it would have given Black the opportunity to develop his N
to c6.} cxd5 {Caruana figures that later he could break in the centre with ...
e5 and hence takes back with c-pawn.} (10... exd5 {usually creates more
imbalance in the pawn structure. In this position White can aim for an
eventual e4 and gaining space in the centre.} 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bg2 {with an
interesting position.}) 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bd3 e5 $5 {Caruana makes use of his
lead in development to open the position.} 13. O-O O-O (13... exd4 $6 14. exd4
Qb6 15. Nb3 $14 {is a clear advantage to White.}) 14. Qb3 Qc8 $6 (14... Qb6 $6
{Usually Qb3 is met with Qb6 in the Slav. But here it is not so good as after}
15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Nb1 $1 {A theme that you will see in the game also. The N is
more useful on c3 and hence is re-routed over there.}) (14... a5 $5 {can be an
improvement.} 15. Qxb7 a4 $44 {White's pieces are clumsily placed and Black
has sufficient compensation.}) 15. Nb1 $1 {This is the reason why Hikaru
Nakamura is one of the best players in the world. The American grandmaster
senses that the N will be excellently placed on c3 and is not hesitant about
"undeveloping" it.} exd4 16. exd4 Nb8 $1 {With the same logic as Nakamura,
Caruana too brings his N to a more active square on c6. But, in this
symmetrical position, White has slightly better chances thanks to his B pair.}
17. Nc3 Nc6 18. Be3 (18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Nxd4 $1 (19... Rd8 $6 20. Qa2 Nxd4
21. Bxg6 $14) 20. Kg2 (20. Bxg6 $2 Qc5 $1 $19) 20... Rd8 21. Qa2 g5 $11) 18...
Qd7 19. Rad1 Rfd8 (19... Rfe8 {looked more natural to me and then putting the
other R on c8. But Caruana has quite a nice regrouping plan in mind.}) 20. Rfe1
Ne8 $5 {[%cal Ge7f6,Gc7e6,Ge8c7,Ge6d4,Gf6d4,Gc6d4] Caruana regroups his pieces
in such a way that his N could go from f6-e8-c7-e6 and B could go to f6 and
all would attack the pawn on d4.} 21. Bf2 (21. Bb1 $5 {With the same logic as
Caruana, White too could have placed his B on a2 in order to pressurise the
d5-pawn.} Nc7 22. Ba2 Bf6 23. Qc2 $13) 21... Nc7 22. Bf1 $1 {Nakamura is
waiting for the N to come to e6 so that he could pin it with Bh3.} (22. Qxb7
Rdb8 $1 $19 (22... Rab8 23. Rxe7 Nxe7 24. Qxa7)) 22... Bf6 (22... Ne6 $2 23.
Bh3 $16) 23. Qa2 $6 {The Q makes way for the b-pawn to go b4-b5.} (23. f4 $5 {
with the idea of Bg2 is definitely an improvement over the game move.}) 23...
g5 $1 {Gaining space on the kingside and at the right moment he can also play
g4. Another idea behind this move is to play g6 followed by Kg7 which Caruana
does play in the game. You can see how one move has multiple purposes.} 24. b4
g6 25. Qd2 (25. b5 Na5 $132) 25... Kg7 {Caruana is waiting and slowly
improving his position. He knows that Nakamura does not have the same amount
of patience and will lash out pretty soon.} 26. b5 $6 {Unnecessary. This move
creates too many weaknesses in White's camp.} Ne7 {The N will go to f5 now.} (
26... Na5 {With the idea of ... Nc4 was also a good idea.} 27. Nxd5 Qxd5 28.
Qxa5 Ne6 $15 {[%csl Rd4,Rf3]}) 27. Be3 Ne6 28. Bh3 Nf5 {Black's pieces picked
a target (the d4-pawn) and built up the pressure on it.} 29. Bxf5 gxf5 30. f4 {
Why would Nakamura put another pawn on a square of the same colour as his B?
The point is that Black having the option of playing ...f5-f4 at an
appropriate moment was too much for Nakamura to calculate on every move and
hence he decided to clarify the situation.} (30. Ne2 Qxb5 31. Qc2 Qd7 32. Qxf5
Nf4 33. Qc2 (33. Qxd7 Nxe2+ 34. Rxe2 Rxd7 $15) 33... Rac8 34. Qd2 Nxe2+ 35.
Rxe2 Qf5 $15) (30. a4 Rac8 $15) 30... g4 $15 {Black has a small but stable
advantage thanks to a better B and also an outpost on the c4 square for his R.}
31. Qd3 Rac8 32. Rc1 Rc4 $1 {Caruana sees that his pawn on f5 is not hanging
and tries to maximize his position on the c-file and also attack the d4-pawn.}
33. Ne2 (33. Qxf5 $2 Nxd4 34. Qxd7 Nf3+ 35. Kf2 Rxd7 $19 {[%cal Rf3e1,Rf6c3,
Rc4c3]}) 33... Nc7 $1 {The computer like precision with which Caruana is
playing is mind boggling.} (33... Qxb5 $6 34. Qxf5 $14 {and with the g4-pawn
falling, this has to be better for White.}) 34. Nc3 (34. a4 Rxa4 $17) (34. Rxc4
dxc4 35. Qxc4 Nxb5 $17) 34... Rc8 $1 {The threat is stronger than its
execution. Rather than doing something concrete, Black keeps improving his
pieces before the final blow. The R was passive on d8 and hence he has
activated it along the c-file.} 35. h3 {In desperation Nakamura tries to find
some counterplay. But he just loses a pawn.} gxh3 36. Kh2 Nxb5 $19 {And there
goes another one.} 37. Nxb5 Qxb5 38. Kxh3 (38. Qxf5 $2 Qb2+ 39. Kxh3 Rxc1 $19)
(38. Rxc4 dxc4 $19 {defends the f5-pawn.}) 38... Qd7 $1 {Cool play by Caruana.
He is a pawn up and has a completely winning position. There is no need to
rush. He brings back the Q in order to defend f5 and also to unpin his c4-R.}
39. Kg2 b5 40. Rb1 a6 {no hurry. Just slowly improving the position.} 41. Rbc1
Qe6 {Threatening a Q exchange with ...Qe4+. Nakamura tries his last chance to
disturb the material balance.} 42. Bf2 (42. Bd2 Rxd4 $19) 42... Rxc1 (42...
Qe4+ $1 {would have been a clean finish.} 43. Rxe4 fxe4 44. Qd1 Rxc1 45. Qg4+
Kf8 {Black has a better pawn structure than in the game and will win easily.})
43. Rxe6 fxe6 {The material balance has bee disrupted but Black has a
completely winning position. However sometimes it works in the favour of the
defender to change the material balance as it is difficult for the winning
side to adjust to the new situation quickly.} 44. g4 $2 {Nakamura plays as
actively as he can. He knows that if Black consolidates then he is lost. But
here he misses a very strong tactic for the black side.} fxg4 $6 {Thats a
human move. But considering the form Caruana was in he should have found the
extremely strong} (44... Bh4 $3 {What a fantastic move. For a few minutes you
might be wondering what exactly is the point of this move. It's a Q trap!!} 45.
Bxh4 (45. gxf5 R8c2 $19) 45... R8c3 $1 $19 {The Q is trapped as it cannot go
to the second rank. What domination!}) 45. Qe2 Kf7 46. Qd3 $5 {Nakamura keeps
finding resources to make Black's technical task as difficult as possible. He
is now threatening Q infiltration to h7.} (46. Qxg4 Rg8 $19) 46... R1c2 47.
Qh7+ Ke8 48. f5 $2 {The fatal mistake.} (48. Kf1 $1 {How should Black win this
crazy position?} R8c6 {trying to keep everything defended.} 49. Qg6+ Ke7 50. f5
$1 exf5 51. Qxf5 $15 {pawns keep getting exchanged and Black's task keeps
getting tougher.}) 48... Bxd4 $1 {White's Q checks will soon end and then he
will be a piece down.} 49. Qg6+ Kd8 50. Qxe6 (50. Qg8+ Kc7 51. Qf7+ Kb8 $19)
50... Rxf2+ 51. Kg3 Rc3+ 52. Kxg4 Rg2+ 53. Kf4 Rf2+ 54. Kg4 Kc7 55. Qe7+ (55.
Qxd5 Rc4 $19) 55... Kb6 56. Qd8+ Rc7 57. Qxd5 Bc5 {Everything has been
consolidated and the game is over.} 58. Qd8 Kb7 59. f6 Bxa3 60. Qd5+ Kb6 61.
Qd8 Bc5 62. Qb8+ Rb7 63. Qd8+ Ka7 64. Qd5 Bb6 65. Kg5 Rc7 66. Kg6 b4 67. Qe6
Bd4 {There were a lot of interesting ideas and tactics in the game but what I
particularly liked was the way in which Caruana outplayed Nakamura in the
equal middlegame. Sometimes just being there, and not doing anything can force
the opponent to make a mistake!} 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.09.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 {Topalov has some experience handling this variation
as White.} (10. Qf3 O-O 11. Bg5 d4 12. Na4 e5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (64) Topalov,V (2772)-Mamedyarov,S (2757) Sofia 2007}) 10... Nd7 11.
Qg4 {This game appeared only a couple of weeks after I completed a survey on
this line, which already included a couple of Caruana games. The current game
is another important contribution.} Kf8 {This move used to be in a shadow of
the main continuation 11...g6. However, recently Black has experienced
problems, allowing White's bishop to sneak to h6.} (11... g6 12. Bh6 Rb8 13.
Nd1 $1 Rb4 14. c4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Qa5 16. Ne3 Nxe5 17. Qd4 f6 18. Qc3 $6 (18. a3
Qb6 19. Qh4 $1 Rxb2 20. Bg7 $16) 18... Qc5 19. Rac1 $14 {1-0 (44) Caruana,F 
(2791)-Svidler,P (2753) Dubai 2014}) 12. Na4 {Fabiano has played this line as
Black as well.} (12. Qe2 c5 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bb2 g6 15. Nd1 Qb6 16. c4 d4 17. Bc1
h5 18. Be4 h4 19. f4 Kg7 20. Nb2 a5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (50) Solak,D (2632)-Caruana,F
(2801) Tromsoe 2014}) 12... Qa5 $146 {A novelty, but Caruana responded quickly,
clearly hinting at thorough preparation.} (12... h5 13. Qf4 (13. Qe2 c5 14. c4
d4 15. Bd2 Bb7 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 a5 18. f4 g6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (38) Filipenko,
A (2309)-Tunik,G (2437) Togliatti 2014}) 13... Kg8 14. Bd2 g6 $6 (14... a5 $5 {
[%cal Gc8a6]}) 15. c4 Kg7 16. b4 $16 {0-1 (58) Leon Hoyos,M (2484)-Granda
Zuniga,J (2621) Cali 2007}) (12... c5 13. c4 (13. b3 {would transpose to the
game Karjakin-Ivanchuk with a slightly different order of moves.} Bb7 14. c4 d4
15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Qf4 g5 $1 17. Qg3 h5 $132 {1/2-1/2 (37) Karjakin,S (2786)
-Ivanchuk,V (2757) Loo 2013}) 13... Qa5 14. Qd1 d4 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Qe2 Rb8 17.
b3 Bb7 18. Rad1 h5 19. Nb2 g6 20. Bf4 Kg7 $11 {0-1 (41) Andreev,E (2501)-Popov,
I (2632) Taganrog 2013}) 13. Re2 $1 {Veselin unleashed a novelty, but went
into a deep thought already on the next move. Fabiano appeared to be better
prepared for this line.} (13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. Qxg5 h6 15. Qf4 g5 16. Qg4 h5 17.
Qxg5 Qxa4 18. Qd8+ Kg7 19. Qg5+ $11) 13... h5 (13... Qb4 {was another option
to swap queens.} 14. Qxb4 Bxb4 15. c4 Bb7 16. a3 Be7 17. Bd2 {White keeps some
slight pressure on the queenside.}) 14. Qf4 g5 15. Bd2 Qc7 $6 {That was a
tough dilemma. Topalov decided to keep the queens on the board. However,
having pushed forward the kingside pawns, it would have been safer to swap
queens, even at the cost of spoiling the structure.} (15... gxf4 16. Bxa5 {
The Pf4 is now a clear target, but it's not easy for White to get it.} Rg8 (
16... c5 17. c4 d4 18. Be4 Rb8 19. b3 $14) 17. Kf1 Bb7 18. c4 (18. b4 Ke8 19.
Rb1 Bd8 20. Bxd8 Kxd8 {is also decent for Black.}) 18... h4 19. h3 c5 20. cxd5
Rg5 $1 {[%csl Re5]} (20... Bxd5 $2 21. Be4 $16) 21. Rae1 Bxd5 22. Be4 Rxe5 23.
Bc7 Rxe4 24. Rxe4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 f3 26. gxf3 Rc8 $11 {White's play could,
probably, be improved upon somewhere along the variation, but the conclusion
is clear: Topalov should have traded queens.}) 16. Qg3 h4 17. Qg4 Rg8 $6 (17...
h3 18. Bxg5 hxg2 19. Bxe7+ Kxe7 20. Qg5+ Kf8 21. c4 Rg8 22. Qf4 $16) (17... c5
{was worth trying. White can develop a ferocious attack, but has to calculate
very precisely.} 18. Bxg5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 c4 20. Bf5 $1 exf5 21. Rae1 $3 {
A remarkable follow-up. Such quiet moves, when you just sacrificed a piece,
are very difficult for a human player to make.} (21. e6 $2 fxe6 22. Rxe6 Ne5
$13) 21... Rg8 22. Qxh4 Rg6 (22... Nb8 $2 23. e6 $1 Bxe6 24. Nb6 $1 Qxb6 25.
Rxe6 fxe6 26. Qf6+ Ke8 27. Rxe6+ Qxe6 28. Qxe6+ Kf8 29. Qxf5+ Kg7 30. Qxd5 $18)
23. e6 Nf6 24. Qh8+ Ng8 25. exf7 Kxf7 (25... Qxf7 26. Qd4 Rc6 27. Nb6 Rb8 28.
Nxd5 {White has already three pawns for a piece and his attack is in full
swing.}) 26. Re8 Qd6 27. Nb6 Bd7 (27... Qxb6 $2 28. R1e7+ $1 Nxe7 29. Qf8+ Ke6
30. Qxe7#) 28. Rxa8 Qxb6 $16) (17... Nxe5 $5 {was an interesting possibility
to change the unfortunate course of the game.} 18. Rxe5 Qxe5 19. Bc3 Qf4 20.
Qxf4 gxf4 21. Bxh8 f6 {Black has lost a piece, but White's dark-squared bishop
is locked in and will be captured soon.} 22. Nb6 Rb8 23. Bxa6 $1 Rxb6 24. Bxc8
Kf7 25. Re1 {Provoking e6-e5 in order to weaken the light squares.} e5 26. Rb1
Kg8 27. Bxf6 Bxf6 28. a4 e4 29. b4 Bc3 30. b5 {White is a pawn up, but
opposite coloured bishops yield Black chances to hold.}) 18. Rae1 c5 19. c4 $16
dxc4 ({White keeps a big advantage also after} 19... d4 20. Qh5 Bb7 21. b3 {
Later on the knight can be transferred to d3.}) 20. Bxc4 Bb7 21. h3 Rd8 22. Bc3
Nb8 23. Re3 Nc6 $2 (23... Rg7 $1 {was a necessary prophylactic move.} 24. Rd3
Rxd3 25. Bxd3 Nc6 {Black's position is not a piece of cake, but the fight is
still on.}) {[%tqu "En","How can White achieve a decisive advantage?","","",
"c4e6","The decisive blow!",10]} 24. Bxe6 $1 {The decisive blow!} fxe6 (24...
Nd4 25. Bf5 {leads to a position where White has a pawn and a compensation.})
25. Rf3+ Ke8 ({After} 25... Kg7 26. Qh5 Rdf8 27. Rf6 $1 {is crushing.} Rxf6 (
27... Bxf6 28. exf6+ Rxf6 29. Rxe6 $18) 28. exf6+ Bxf6 29. Qxg5+ $18 ({or} 29.
Nxc5 $18 {[%cal Gc5e6]})) 26. Qxe6 Rg7 27. Qh6 Nd4 28. e6 $1 {The most precise
and effective.} Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 Bf8 (29... Rg8 30. Qh5+ Kf8 31. Qf7#) 30. Qh5+
Ke7 31. Bxg7 (31. Bxg7 Bxg7 32. Qf7+ Kd6 33. e7 {is more than enough.}) 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.09.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Nbd7 (6... c5 {
is more popular here but the text move is quite good, too.}) 7. c5 $146 {
Already an untested position on the board! However, this novelty is quite
harmless.} (7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nb5 c6 9. Bc7 {doesn't work due to} Bb4+) (7. Nf3 {
leads to the 4.Nf3, 5.Bf4 system with the harmless 7.Rc1.}) 7... Ne4 (7... c6 {
[%cal Yb7b6] is another option.}) 8. Bd3 f5 (8... Nxc3 9. Rxc3 e5 $5 {was
apparently a simple way to get a good position:} 10. Bxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 b6 $1
12. cxb6 $140 Bb4) 9. Nf3 c6 {This position has already been seen in practice,
with a transposition of moves.} (9... g5 $5 10. Bg3 f4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bxe4
fxg3 13. hxg3 Rf7 14. Qc2 Nf6 15. Bd3 Rg7 {[%cal Yb7b6] - White's compensation
for the piece is under doubt.}) 10. Ne5 (10. h3 Bf6 11. O-O Qe8 12. Ne2 e5 13.
dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16. b4 Bd7 17. f4 Qe7 18. Bxe4 Qxe4 19.
Qd2 Rfe8 20. Rf3 a5 $132 {1/2 (36) Kozul,Z (2624)-Lalic,B (2493) Bol na Bracu
2013}) (10. h4 $5) 10... Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Ne2 e5 $1 {
[%mdl 32] A typical advance "reviving" the c8-bishop. After the pawn exchange,
despite White's control of the d4-square, he has no advantage.} 14. Qa4 $6 {
A strange move. White wanted to recapture with his queen in case of ...e5xd4
but probably forgot about his kingside.} (14. O-O exd4 15. Nxd4 Re8 $11) 14...
Qh4 (14... Qg6 $5 15. Bxe4 (15. O-O f4 $1 {[%cal Re4c5,Rf4f3]}) 15... fxe4 16.
O-O Bg4 17. Rc2 (17. Ng3 h5) 17... exd4 18. Qxd4 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Rf6 $36) 15. g3
$6 {[%csl Rf3] An unnecessary weakening.} (15. O-O $142 {with a possible draw
after} Nd2 16. Rfd1 Ne4 17. Rf1) 15... Qg4 16. Rf1 (16. Qd1 {may be the lesser
evil. Surprisingly, White holds his ground:} exd4 (16... f4 $5 17. gxf4 exf4
18. Nxf4 Rxf4 19. Qxg4 Rxg4 20. f3 Nxc5 21. Rxc5 Rg2 22. Rc2 Bh3 23. Rf2 $11) (
16... Qf3 $5 17. Rf1 Qg2 18. dxe5 Qxh2 19. Nd4 Re8) 17. exd4 Qf3 (17... Re8 18.
O-O Ng5 19. f4 Ne4 20. Kg2 {[%cal Ye2g1,Yg1f3]}) 18. O-O Ng5 19. Nf4 Qxd1 20.
Rfxd1 Nf3+ 21. Kg2 Nxd4 22. Ba6 $1 bxa6 23. Rxd4 $44 {M.Notkin, M.Golubev})
16... Ng5 17. Kd2 $2 (17. Ng1 $142 f4 $1 18. dxe5 fxg3 19. Qxg4 gxf2+ 20. Rxf2
Bxg4 21. Rg2 Nf3+ 22. Nxf3 Bxf3 23. Rf2 {M.Notkin} Rae8 24. Kd2 Be4 $1 $17 {
[%csl Re5]} 25. Rxf8+ $140 Kxf8 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Rf1+ Kg8 28. Rf5 g6 29. Rg5
Kf7) 17... Nf3+ 18. Kc3 Nxh2 19. Rh1 Nf3 {White has lost a pawn without any
compensation, and his king is still unsafe.} 20. Qa5 Qg5 21. dxe5 Qe7 22. Nd4
Nxe5 23. b3 $2 (23. Kd2 $17) 23... b6 $1 24. cxb6 c5 {White's king collapses.}
25. Nb5 Bb7 26. bxa7 d4+ 27. exd4 Nxd3 28. Kxd3 Bxh1 29. Rxc5 Qe4+ 30. Kc4 Qe2+
31. Kb4 Qd2+ 32. Rc3 Bc6 33. a4 Bxb5 34. Kxb5 Qxd4 35. Rc7 Rfd8 36. Qb6 Rd5+
37. Ka6 Rd6 38. a5 Qd3+ 39. Kb7 Qd5+ 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.09.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2877"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. f3 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 ({The most popular continuations here are} 10...
Be6) ({and} 10... Qa5 {but the text move is also well known.}) 11. b3 {
Restricting Black's activity on the queenside.} ({Another way to handle the
position was shown by 13th World Champion:} 11. Be2 a4 12. O-O Qa5 13. Rac1 Bd7
(13... Be6 $5) 14. c5 Bc6 15. cxd6 Rfd8 16. Nb1 Qxd2 17. Nxd2 exd6 18. Nc4 d5
19. Nb6 Ra5 20. e5 Nd7 21. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G (2825)-Alterman,B (2615)/
Tel Aviv 1998/CBM 065/[Tsesarsky] (25)}) 11... a4 $6 {This move is quite risky
from a strategic point of view: the a-pawn may become a target, while Black
has a couple of weak squares on the queenside.} ({In the following recent game
Black had a solid, but rather passive position:} 11... Bd7 12. Be2 Bc6 13. O-O
Nd7 14. Rfd1 Nc5 15. Rac1 Qb6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Qb4 18. Rc2 Qxd2 19. Bxd2
$14 {1-0 Khismatullin,D (2671)-Vorobiov,E (2587)/Vladivostok RUS 2014}) ({
The most reasonable setup is connected with:} 11... Be6 12. Rb1 (12. Be2 $5 Nd7
13. O-O Nc5 14. Rac1) 12... Nd7 13. Be2 Nc5 14. O-O Qb6 15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. Kh1 (
16. Nd5 $5 {deserves a serious attention, but after} Bxd5 17. cxd5 Qb4 {
Black is a tempo up compared to Khismatullin-Vorobiov,2014.}) 16... Qb4 17. Bg5
a4 18. Bxe7 axb3 19. axb3 Nxb3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L (2691)-Iturrizaga,E 
(2627)/Istanbul TUR 2012 (122)}) 12. b4 Be6 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. Be2 {Fabiano is
not in a hurry.} ({Black's position also looks unpleasant after} 14. Nd5 f5 (
14... a3 15. Nf4 Rc8 16. Be2 $14) 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Be2 $14) 14... Nb6 15. Nb5
$5 $146 {This ambitious continuation is a novelty. Having a serious space
advantage, White wants to keep as many pieces as it possible.} ({In the
preceding game Black was able to defend an inferior position after:} 15. Nd5
Nxd5 16. exd5 Bd7 17. a3 (17. O-O a3 18. c5 dxc5 19. bxc5 $14) 17... e6 18.
dxe6 Bxe6 19. O-O d5 20. c5 d4 21. Bf2 Qd7 22. Bd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Felgaer,R 
(2586)-Cuenca Jimenez,J (2477)/La Massana AND 2013}) 15... a3 {Desperately
looking for any kind of counterplay.} ({After} 15... Rc8 16. Na3 f5 17. exf5
gxf5 18. O-O $16 {Black's position lacks any active ideas.}) 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. h4
$1 {Once again, Caruana chooses the most ambitious way to handle the position.}
(17. O-O Na4 18. f4 Qc7 19. Kh1 $14 {was a quiet alternative. White maintains
a stable advantage.}) 17... h5 (17... e6 18. h5 Qe7 19. Nb3 $16 {followed by
20.c5 is extremely unpleasant.}) 18. g4 $1 {Now Black is under a direct attack.
} hxg4 19. fxg4 ({Correcty deviating from} 19. h5 e5 20. Nb3 gxf3 21. Bxf3 Be6
22. Qh2 Nd7 $132) 19... e5 {This is an obvious positional concession, but
Magnus had no choice.} (19... Be5 20. h5 Na4 21. Nf3 $40) 20. Nb3 (20. Nb5 $5 {
also deserved serious attention:} Bxb5 21. cxb5 d5 22. h5 d4 23. Bh6 $36) 20...
Bc6 21. Bf3 f5 {Now Black's king is exposed, but Black cannot sit and wait
anymore.} 22. gxf5 (22. Na5 $5 Rxa5 (22... f4 23. Bf2 Qc7 24. h5 $16) 23. bxa5
Na4 24. gxf5 gxf5 25. Bg5 $16) 22... gxf5 23. Na5 {Keeping an eye on the
light-squared bishop.} f4 (23... Rxa5 24. bxa5 Na4 25. Bg5 {leads to a
position from the previous note. Black has some practical chances, but
objectively there is no compensation for an exchange.}) 24. Bf2 $16 {White's
monarch feels quite safe now, while Black has numerous weaknesses.} Na4 25.
Nxc6 (25. Rg1 Kh8 26. Ke2 Bf6 27. h5 $16) 25... bxc6 26. O-O {Caruana doesn't
mind spending some time on removing his king from the centre.} ({Also good
enough was} 26. h5 Bf6 27. Rg1+ Kh8 28. Ke2 $16) 26... c5 {In such a difficult
situation, Magnus is trying to fix the pawn structure in order to set up some
kind of blockade.} (26... Bf6 27. Kh1 Kh8 (27... Bxh4 $2 28. Rg1+ Kh8 29. Rg2
$18) 28. Rg1 Qe7 29. Rg2 Rf7 (29... Rg8 30. Bg4 Rg7 31. Rcg1 Rag8 32. Qe2 $16)
30. Bg4 Rh7 31. Bf5 Rh6 32. b5 Bxh4 33. Rh2 $16) (26... Rf6 27. Kh1 Rh6 28. Rg1
Kh8 29. Rg2 Bf6 30. h5 $16) 27. b5 Bf6 28. Kh1 Nb6 $2 {This could be a
decisive mistake.} ({A better move was} 28... Ra7 $142 29. Rg1+ Kh8 30. h5 Nb6
31. Rg6 Rg8 32. Bg4 Rag7 33. Bf5 $16) ({The pawn was untouchable:} 28... Bxh4
29. Rg1+ Kh8 30. Rg2 {with a decisive attack.}) 29. Rcd1 $2 {Wrong rook!} ({
Fabiano misses a clear win:} 29. Rfd1 $1 Be7 30. Bxc5 Kh8 31. Bf2 Bxh4 $140 32.
Bxb6 Qxb6 33. Qxd6 $18 {and the 2 strong passed pawns will decide the game.})
29... Kh8 $1 30. Qxd6 $6 {Underestimating Black's defensive resources in the
resulting endgame.} ({After} 30. Bg4 Bxh4 31. Qxd6 Qxd6 32. Rxd6 Bxf2 33. Rxb6
Be3 $14 {Black gets excellent drawish chances.}) ({It was still possible to
pose serious problems by means of} 30. Be2 $1 Be7 31. Rg1 Rf6 32. Qd3 Qd7 33.
Qf3 $36) 30... Qxd6 31. Rxd6 Nxc4 {[%cal Gc4e3] The knight is heading to e3,
forcing White to exchange the dark-squared bishop.} 32. Rd5 (32. Rd7 {also
achieves nothing special:} Rad8 33. Bxc5 (33. Rfd1 Ne3 34. Bxe3 fxe3 35. Be2 c4
36. Rxd8 (36. Bxc4 Rc8 37. Bd3 Bxh4 $11) 36... Rxd8 37. Rxd8+ Bxd8 38. Bxc4
Bxh4 39. b6 Bd8 40. b7 Bc7 $11) 33... Rxd7 34. Bxf8 Rd2 35. Rc1 Ne3 36. b6 Rxa2
37. Bxa3 Rxa3 38. b7 Rb3 39. Rc8+ Kg7 40. b8=Q Rxb8 41. Rxb8 Bxh4 $11) 32...
Ne3 33. Bxe3 fxe3 34. Be2 Bxh4 {Magnus should be happy with his position at
this moment.} 35. Rf5 ({After} 35. Rxf8+ Rxf8 36. Rd3 {the easiest way is} c4
$1 37. Rxe3 Rc8 38. Rc3 (38. Rxa3 c3 39. Bd3 Bf2 40. Bc2 Bd4 41. Rb3 Rf8 $11)
38... Be1 39. Rxc4 Rxc4 40. Bxc4 Ba5 $11) 35... Rxf5 36. exf5 Rd8 $11 {
Liquidating into a drawish bishop endgame.} 37. Rxd8+ (37. Rxe5 Rd2 38. Rxe3
Rxa2 $11) 37... Bxd8 38. Kg2 Kg7 39. Kf3 Kf6 40. Ke4 c4 41. Bxc4 Bb6 42. Bd3 ({
A draw was agreed in view of} 42. Bd3 Bd4 43. Kd5 Ba7 44. Kc6 e4 45. Be2 Kxf5
46. b6 Bxb6 47. Kxb6 Kf4 48. Kc5 Kg3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.09.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 ({In the previous round Topalov played} 
10... Ne7 {against Nakamura} 11. Ne4 Ng6 12. Re1 h6 13. Kh2 c5 {with a
difficult game; later Black managed to win.}) 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5
Rh6 14. Rfe1 Bb4 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Ne7 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. Kg2 Rd8 $146 {
A novelty by Nakamura.} ({Karjakin has had a few games with} 18... Bxc3 19.
bxc3 Rd8 (19... Nd5 20. Bd2 b5 21. f4 Kd7 22. f5 Ree8 23. Re4 {looks a little
bit more comfortable for White, Caruana-Karjakin, Sao Paulo/Bilbao 2012.}) 20.
Rxd8+ (20. Rb1 b5 21. Kg3 Rd5 22. c4 Rc5 23. Re4 a6 $11 {Karjakin-Grischuk,
Moscow rapid 2013.}) 20... Kxd8 21. Rh1 Nd5 22. Bg3 g5 $13 {Anand-Karjakin,
Khanty-Mansiysk 2014.}) 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Rd1+ Kc8 ({In the event of} 20...
Ke8 $6 21. Ne2 $1 Ng6 22. Bg3 Nxe5 23. Nd4 $36) 21. Bg3 ({Now} 21. Ne2 $6 {
could have been met by} Ng6 22. Bg3 Nxe5 23. Nd4 Re8 $15 {and Black is a
healthy P up.}) 21... Bxc3 {A logical decision. If Black doesn't take it,
White can play with his N and the b4 B is out of play.} ({For example:} 21...
f6 22. exf6 (22. f4 $5) 22... gxf6 23. Nb1 $1 $14 {and thanks to the virtual P
advantage, White is slightly better.}) 22. bxc3 {White's idea is f4-f5, so
Black has to avoid it.} Rg6 (22... f6 $6 {is dubious as} 23. f4 $1 fxe5 24. f5
$36 {and White looks nicely placed.}) (22... Nd5 $5 {was also possible,} 23.
Rd3 b5 24. f4 Rh6 {followed by Kd7 and Black can hold the position.}) 23. Rd4 {
This active move protects the g4-pawn and he prepares for Rf4 too.} f5 $5 {
A brave decision, Black would like to disrupt White's kingside's play with
this move.} 24. Bh4 (24. exf6 gxf6 25. Kf3 f5 26. gxf5 Nxf5 $11 {should be an
equal endgame.}) 24... c5 $1 {The only move.} ({Of course} 24... Nd5 $2 {
does not work because of} 25. c4 $1 $18 {and the N is lost.}) ({or} 24... Re6
$2 {is also bad, as} 25. gxf5 Rxe5 26. f4 $18 {and White is winning.}) 25. Rf4
Nd5 26. Rxf5 Rxg4+ 27. Bg3 Kd8 {Black has played well and he has equalised,
but in this type of practical game Black still remains under pressure.} 28. Kh3
Rg6 (28... Re4 $1 {was more active behind the e-pawn and he also avoids c3-c4,}
29. Rg5 Ke7 $1 30. Rxg7+ Ke6 {Suddenly Black's K becomes very active.} 31. Rg4
Re2 {with some counterplay,} ({or} 31... Rxg4 32. Kxg4 c4 33. f4 Ne3+ 34. Kg5
Nf5 {and Black can hold the position on the light squares.})) 29. c4 Ne7 $6 {
A logical move, but it is an inaccuracy.} (29... Nc3 $1 {was the best, but
this is not a human move,} 30. Rf7 Ne2 $1 {Black's N is very cheeky!} 31. Bh2 (
31. e6 Nxg3 32. Rd7+ $1 Kc8 33. Re7 Kd8 $11) 31... Nd4 32. f4 Rh6+ 33. Kg3 Rg6+
34. Kh3 (34. Kf2 Ra6 $132 {with unpleasant counterplay.}) 34... Rh6+ {and a
draw.}) 30. Rf8+ Kd7 31. f4 $1 {Suddenly White is very fast with his f-pawn.}
Ke6 $2 {Black would like to put his N to f5, but White is very fast. After
this mistake Black's position becomes almost losing.} (31... Rh6+ {was more
solid, but} 32. Kg4 g6 33. Bh4 Nf5 34. Bg5 Rh7 35. Rg8 Rg7 36. Rd8+ Ke6 37. Bf6
Rh7 38. Kg5 $16 {and Black is in trouble.}) 32. Bh4 $1 Rh6 (32... Nf5 $2 {
could have been met by} 33. Bg5 $18 {and Black has no hope.}) 33. Re8 g5 34.
fxg5 Rg6 35. Kg4 Kf7 36. Rh8 Ra6 37. Rh7+ Kf8 38. Rh6 ({Probably} 38. Bf2 $1 {
was stronger,} b6 39. e6 Rxa2 40. Bg3 Rxc2 41. Rh8+ Ng8 42. e7+ $18 {and White
is winning.}) 38... Ng6 39. Kf5 ({The pretty} 39. e6 $1 $18 {was immediately
winning for White.}) 39... Kg7 $6 (39... Kf7 40. Bf2 Ne7+ 41. Ke4 $18) (39...
Ne7+ 40. Kg4 Ng6 {was a repetition, but after the 40th move White has extra
time again and he can find the win.}) 40. Bf2 $2 {Caruana missed the immediate
win in time trouble.} (40. Rxg6+ $1 {was the elegant sacrifice,} Rxg6 41. e6 $1
Kh7 42. e7 Rg8 43. Kf6 $18 {and Black can resign.}) 40... Ne7+ {After the time
control, Black survives the most difficult problems, but still White's chances
are better.} 41. Ke4 ({The engine suggests} 41. Kg4 Rxa2 (41... Ra4 $2 42. Kh5
$18 Rxc4 43. g6 $18) 42. Bxc5 {and still White's pressure is hard.}) 41... Ra4
$1 {Nakamura finds the only practical chance.} 42. Re6 $6 {After this move
Black will make a draw.} (42. Kd3 $1 {was the last possibility} Ng6 (42... Nc6
43. e6 $16) 43. e6 $1 {and still White has good chances.}) 42... Nc6 $1 43. Kf5
Rxc4 44. Rg6+ Kf8 45. Rf6+ Kg8 $1 46. g6 Rxc2 47. Be3 Nd4+ $1 {Black forces
the R ending, which will be an easy draw.} 48. Bxd4 cxd4 49. Rf7 d3 50. Rd7
Rf2+ 51. Kg5 Rg2+ 52. Kf6 Rf2+ 53. Kg5 Rg2+ 54. Kf6 Rf2+ 55. Kg5 Rg2+ {What a
great battle!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.09.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. cxd4 {This is the first unusual move. White usually
plays 10.Qxd4 since recapturing with the pawn more or less forces white to
move his king.} (10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Ke7 {
was seen twice last year at the Super level; Gelfand-Leko and Fridman-Meier,
and both games ended in draws.}) 10... Bb4+ 11. Kf1 (11. Bd2 Qxd4 {and 12.Qa4+
does not win the Bb4, since white's rook is hanging on a1.}) 11... O-O 12. Rb1
Bd6 13. h4 Rb8 14. h5 h6 15. e4 $6 {Levon thought quite a long time about this
advance in the center, but white cannot claim any advantage due to the Kf1 and
Rh1 being misplaced.} b6 16. Be3 e5 17. dxe5 (17. d5 Bd7 {looks pretty good
for black. The d5 pawn is blocked and black can decide whether he wants to
advance his queenside majority or play for an attack with f7-f5.}) 17... Bxe5
18. f4 Qxd1+ (18... Qf6 19. Bf3 Rd8 20. Qe2 Bd4 {is more aggressive, but I
think Fabiano felt the slightly better ending offered by a queen trade suited
the situation more.}) 19. Rxd1 Bg4 20. Rd5 Bb2 21. Rb5 Ba3 22. Bh3 Bxh3+ ({
The last chance to increase black's advantage was} 22... Bd1 23. Kf2 Ba4 24.
Rd5 Bc6 25. Rd4 Bc5 26. Rc4 f5 27. Bxc5 bxc5 28. Rxc5 Rb2+ 29. Ke3 Bxe4 30. Ra1
{and black has some winning chances.}) 23. Rxh3 Rbc8 24. Rh2 Rfd8 (24... Rfe8
25. e5 f6 26. Re2 fxe5 27. Rxe5 Rxe5 28. fxe5 {was a better winning try,
although a draw is the most likely result.}) 25. Rb3 Bc1 26. Re2 Bxe3 27. Rbxe3
{Now it is completely equal. An easy game for Fabiano, who was a little better
with black the whole way through.} Kf8 28. e5 Rc5 29. Kg2 Ke7 30. Rb2 Rdc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Roberson, Peter T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Padova"]
[BlackTeam "Grantham Sharks"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 Ne4 8. Qc2
f5 9. Rd1 c6 10. Nd4 cxd5 11. cxd5 Bxd5 12. Nxf5 Rxf5 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4
Nc6 15. Nc3 e6 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. Rd6 g5 18. Be3 Ne5 19. Rad1 Qf8 20. Qb7 Rf7 21.
Ne4 h6 22. Bd4 Rc2 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Rxd7 Rc7 25. Rxf7 Qxf7 26. Qa8+ Kg7 27. b3
Rd7 28. Rc1 Rc7 29. Rxc7 Qxc7 30. Qe8 Qc2 31. Qe7+ Kh8 32. Qf8+ Kh7 33. Qf7+
Kh8 34. Nf6 Qc1+ 35. Kg2 Qc6+ 36. e4 Bxf6 37. Qxf6+ Kh7 38. Qf7+ Kh8 39. Qg6
1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.16"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Padova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 c6 6. d4 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Qa4 Rc8 12. Rac1 a6 13. Nxc6 Rxc6 14. Be5 e6 15.
Nxd5 Rxc1 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Rxc1 Bxe5 18. Bxb7 Qxd4 19. Qxd4 Bxd4 20. Bxa6
Bxb2 21. Rc8 Rxc8 22. Bxc8 Kg7 23. e3 h5 24. Kg2 Kf6 25. Bd7 Kg7 26. Ba4 Kf6
27. Kf3 Ke7 28. Bb3 Bc3 29. Ke2 Ba5 30. Kd3 Be1 31. Ke2 Ba5 32. Kd3 Be1 33. Ke2
Ba5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.17"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Padova"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
a4 Nb6 16. a5 Nbd7 17. b4 Bg7 18. d5 Qb8 19. Bb3 Nf8 20. Ra2 c6 21. dxc6 Bxc6
22. Rd2 Rd8 23. Rd3 Rd7 24. Ng5 Qc7 25. Be3 h6 26. Nxf7 Rxf7 27. Rxd6 Be8 28.
Bb6 Qb7 29. f4 N6d7 30. f5 Nxb6 31. axb6 Kh7 32. Bd5 Qb8 33. Bxa8 Qxa8 34. Rf1
gxf5 35. Rxf5 Qb8 36. Rxf7 Bxf7 37. Nf5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.18"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Padova"]
[BlackTeam "SOCAR"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8.
Ne5 O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Rb8 11. O-O Ba6 12. Re1 Qd6 13. Ba4 Rfc8 14. Bb3
e5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Nxd5 Ne4 17. f3 Nc5 18. Bc2 Bd3 19. Bxd3 Qxd5 20. Bf1 Qe6
21. e4 Bxb2 22. Bxb2 Rxb2 23. Re2 Qb6 24. Rxb2 Qxb2 25. Rc1 Qb6 26. Qd4 Rc6 27.
h4 h5 28. Qe3 Kh7 29. Rd1 Qc7 30. Bb5 Rb6 31. Bc4 Rb2 32. e5 Ne6 33. Bb3 Kg7
34. Rc1 Qd7 35. Rd1 Qc7 36. Rd6 Qc5 37. Qxc5 Nxc5 38. Bd5 Rd2 39. Bc4 Rxd6 40.
exd6 Nb7 41. d7 Kf6 42. Ba6 Nd8 43. Kf2 Ke7 44. Bb5 Nb7 45. g4 Nd6 46. Ba4 hxg4
47. fxg4 Ne4+ 48. Ke3 Nf6 49. Bd1 Nxd7 50. Kd4 Kd6 51. a4 a5 52. Kc4 f5 53.
gxf5 gxf5 54. h5 Ke7 55. Kb5 Kf6 56. h6 f4 57. Bh5 Ne5 58. Kxa5 f3 59. Kb6 Nc4+
60. Kb5 f2 61. Be2 Nd2 62. Kb4 Nf3 63. Kc3 Ng5 64. a5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.19"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Swinkels, Robin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eynatten"]
[BlackTeam "Padova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. f4 b5 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be3 Nd7 7. Bd3 c5 8. e5 b4
9. Ne4 Nh6 10. dxc5 dxe5 11. c6 Nb8 12. Nxe5 Qc7 13. Qf3 O-O 14. Bc4 Nxc6 15.
Bd5 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Bg4 17. Qf2 Rad8 18. Bb3 Qxe5 19. Ng3 Bd7 20. Qf4 Qxf4 21.
Bxf4 Bxb2 22. Rd1 Bc3+ 23. Bd2 Bc6 24. Bxc3 Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 bxc3 26. Re1 Rd8+
27. Kc1 Kf8 28. Re3 Bxg2 29. Rxc3 Nf5 30. Nxf5 gxf5 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.20"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Padova"]
[BlackTeam "Malachite Sverdlovsk Region"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3
d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Nc5 11. Rac1 O-O 12. Qh4 Nce4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bd4 Re8
15. b3 Bc6 16. Ne1 Qc7 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Nc2 Rac8 19. Nb4 Qb7 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21.
Qf4 Be5 22. Qe3 e6 23. a4 Bg7 24. Rd3 h5 25. h4 Kh7 26. Qd2 Bh6 27. e3 Bf8 28.
Na2 Red8 29. Nc3 Rd7 30. Nb5 Rcd8 31. Qe2 a6 32. Nd4 e5 33. Nf3 b5 34. Rd5 bxa4
35. bxa4 Rc8 36. Qd3 Rdc7 37. c5 Rxc5 38. Rcxc5 Rxc5 39. Rxc5 dxc5 40. Nxe5 Bg7
41. Nc4 Qc6 42. a5 Qb5 43. Qd5 Kg8 44. Kg2 Qe8 45. Nd2 Bf8 46. Ne4 Qc8 47. Nf6+
Kg7 48. Nd7 Qc7 49. Nb6 Be7 50. Qc4 Qc6+ 51. Kg1 Bf6 52. Qd3 Qb7 53. Qd6 c4 54.
Nd7 Qb1+ 55. Kh2 Qf5 56. Kg1 c3 57. Qf8+ Kh7 58. Nxf6+ Qxf6 59. Qc5 c2 60. Qxc2
Qa1+ 61. Kg2 Qxa5 62. Qc4 Kg8 63. e4 Qb6 64. Qc8+ Kg7 65. Qc3+ Qf6 66. Qa5 Qe6
67. Kf3 Qb3+ 68. Kg2 Qb5 69. Qc3+ Kf8 70. Qc8+ Ke7 71. Qc7+ Ke6 72. Qc8+ Ke5
73. Qc7+ Ke6 74. Qc8+ Ke7 75. Qc7+ Kf8 76. Qc8+ Kg7 77. Qc3+ Kh7 78. Qc7 Qb3
79. Qa5 Qb7 80. Kg1 Qb5 81. Qc7 Qb1+ 82. Kh2 Qa2 83. Qa7 Qc4 84. e5 Qe6 85. Qc7
Kg7 86. Kg1 Qd5 87. Qa7 Qc6 88. Qd4 Kh7 89. Qa7 Kg8 90. Qb8+ Kg7 91. Qd8 Qc1+
92. Kg2 Qc4 93. Kg1 Qc6 94. Qd4 Qe6 95. Qa7 Qa2 96. Qd4 Kh7 97. Qa7 Kg8 98.
Qb8+ Kg7 99. Qa7 a5 100. e6 Qxe6 101. Qxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2844"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 {
Black can't take with the knight - that's the idea of White's move order.
However, c1 is not the appropriate place for White's rook in the resulting
so-called Karlsbad structure.} 8. e3 c6 9. h3 ({After} 9. Bd3 {Black can play}
Nh5 {getting rid of White's dark-squared bishop.} 10. Qc2 Nxf4 11. Bxh7+ $6 {
doesn't work:} Kh8 12. exf4 Bd6 (12... g6 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Qxg6 Rf6 {is
possible, too, albeit it looks more risky}) 13. Ne5 Qh4 14. Bf5 Nxe5 15. fxe5
Qxd4 16. exd6 Qe5+ 17. Be4 f5 $17 {0-1 (37) Jorgensen,B (2248)-Antonsen,M 
(2456) Horsens 2013}) 9... Ne4 (9... Re8 10. Bd3 Nf8 11. O-O {leads to a
position arising from various move orders. It was examined by GM Igor Stohl in
his annotations to the blitz game Kasparov-Karpov (CBM 147). Here are some
more recent examples:} Ng6 (11... Bd6 $5 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Rb1 a5
15. a3 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 f5 18. Nc4 Be6 19. Ne5 Ng6 $11 {0-1 (52)
Colpe,M (2343)-Grabarczyk,M (2476) Lueneburg 2014}) 12. Bh2 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6
14. Qc2 Qe7 (14... Bd7 15. b4 $1 b6 16. b5 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19.
Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bc4 Be6 21. e4 Qf4 22. Bxd5 Bxh3 23. Ne1 Be6 24. Bc6 Re7 25. Nd3
Qf6 26. Nxc5 $16 {1/2 (40) Molner,M (2528)-Aravindh,C (2395) Reykjavik 2014}) (
14... Re7 15. Rb1 Bd7 16. b4 b6 17. b5 cxb5 18. Bxb5 Bc8 19. Bd3 Bb7 20. Rfc1
Ne4 21. Qa4 f5 22. Nb5 Qd8 23. g3 a6 24. Nc3 b5 25. Qb3 Rc8 26. Ne2 Rc4 $5 27.
h4 Rec7 $13 {1/2 (54) Giri,A (2701)-Nakamura,H (2770) Dortmund 2011}) 15. Rfe1
(15. a3 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 f5 18. Ne2 Be6 19. Qc5 Qh4 20. Qd6 Rad8 21.
Qg3 Qh6 22. Nc4 Rf8 23. Ne5 f4 24. exf4 Nxf4 25. Nxf4 Rxf4 $132 {1/2 (37)
Bischoff,K (2547)-Baramidze,D (2591) Germany 2011}) (15. Rb1 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4
17. Nd2 Bf5 18. f4 h5 19. b4 Rad8 20. b5 Nh4 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Kh2 Be6 $1 $132
{[%cal Yh4f5,Yc6c5]} (22... Qe6 23. Nb3 Rb8 24. Qf2 Qf6 25. Nc5 $16 {0-1 (47)
Dragun,K (2546)-Narayanan,S (2420) Pune IND 2014})) 15... Ne4 16. b4 a6 17. a4
Nh4 18. Nxh4 Qxh4 19. Bf1 Bf5 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Qd2 Re6 22. f3 Bf5 23. Qf2 {
1/2 (23) Banikas,H (2609)-Rychagov,A (2544) Paleochora 2013}) {You see that
Black obtains quite decent play after 9...Re8; however, the text move is even
simpler.} 10. Bd3 (10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 Nf6 {[%cal Yc8e6]} 12. Bc4 Bf5 {
also looks comfortable for Black}) 10... Ndf6 (10... f5 $6 {weakens the dark
squares too much:} 11. O-O Ndf6 12. Ne5 Nd6 13. b4 Nfe4 14. a4 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 a5
16. b5 cxb5 17. axb5 Be6 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Rxc8 Nxc8 20. Rc1 Bd6 21. Nf3 $14 {
1-0 (30) Krajic,K (2072)-Stastny,P (2072) Czechia 2011}) 11. O-O Bf5 {[%mdl 4]
An important development: Black has solved the problem of his light-squared
bishop, which is his common headache in the Karlsbad structure.} 12. Ne2 {
[%mdl 32] An attempt to apply the concept of "excessive piece", formulated by
Mark Dvoretzky (too many black pieces control the e4-square and get in each
other's way when White removes his pieces).} Nd7 {Fabiano Caruana has also
read Dvoretzky's books so he removes his "excessive" knight :-). Besides, his
knight now controls the e5-square.} 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Qc2 {A small trick:
Black's queen is a bit misplaced on b6. However, it doesn't change the
evaluation: the position remains equal.} Bg6 15. Bh2 Rfe8 (15... Ng5 $5 {
(M.Notkin) allows} 16. Nxg5 Bxg5 17. b4 $5) 16. Nf4 Bd6 17. Nxg6 Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2
hxg6 19. g3 Qd8 20. Kg2 ({IM Maxim Notkin recommends} 20. h4 {, preventing ...
g6-g5. Then White could try Kh2-g2, Rf1-h1 and h4-h5, although Black could
reply ...g6-g5 at the end. The position remained equal.}) 20... g5 $1 21. Rh1
Qe7 22. b4 {This allows Black to sharpen the game.} (22. h4 g4 23. Ng5 {
is harmless due to} Ndf6 {(S.Zagrebelny)}) (22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Nd2 Rad8 $11)
22... a5 $5 {Still, this plan is a bit risky since White's position in the
centre is quite strong.} (22... a6 {is more solid}) 23. b5 c5 24. h4 $5 {
An unusual example: a flank action in reply to an attack in the centre! Quite
a possible strategy when your centre is solid!} (24. dxc5 Ndxc5 $132) 24... g4
25. Ng5 Rac8 (25... cxd4 26. exd4 Ndf6 27. Qc7 $14 {S.Zagrebelny}) 26. Bxe4
dxe4 27. Qb3 (27. Rhd1 {, recommended by various commentators, is more
appropriate. After, say,} Qf6 (27... g6 28. dxc5 Nxc5 29. Rd4 {threatening 30.
Nxe4 Nxe4 31.Rxe4! Rxc2 32.Rxe7}) 28. a4 g6 29. Qb3 {White keeps some
initiative.}) 27... g6 {Black has noticed an idea of trapping White's
g5-knight by means of ...f7-f6. However,} (27... a4 {is premature due to} 28.
Qd5 c4 $2 29. Qxb7 f6 $2 30. Qd5+) (27... cxd4 28. exd4 Nb6 $11 {S.Zagrebelny}
29. Rc5 a4 $1) 28. Rc4 (28. Rhd1 a4 $1 29. Qxa4 $140 ({or} 29. Qd5 c4 $1 {
[%cal Rd7b6]} 30. Qxb7 f6 31. Qd5+ Kg7) 29... f6 {winning the g5-knight}) (28.
a4 $5 Kg7 {[%cal Rf7f6]} 29. Qc3 f6 30. d5 Nf8 31. Rhd1 Rcd8 32. b6 $1 Qe5 $1
33. Ne6+ Nxe6 34. Qxe5 fxe5 35. dxe6 $11 {_|_}) 28... b6 (28... a4 $5 {(S.
Zagrebelny)} 29. Rxa4 Nb6 30. Ra7 c4 31. Qc2 f6 32. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 33. Qxe4 Rxe4
34. Rxb7 Re6 $15) 29. Rhc1 Rcd8 30. dxc5 Nxc5 31. Rxc5 {White must sacrifice
the exchange to save his knight. His active position and passed pawn give him
decent compensation, though.} bxc5 32. Rxc5 Rc8 33. Re5 Qf6 34. Rd5 (34. Rxe8+
$142 Rxe8 35. Qd1 Qf5 36. a4 $44 {[%csl Gb5]}) 34... Red8 35. a4 $4 {[%mdl
8192] A terrible blunder.} ({However, after} 35. Rxd8+ Rxd8 36. Qc2 a4 $5 {
it is Black who can play for a win.}) 35... Rxd5 36. Qxd5 Rc2 37. Kh1 (37. Nxe4
Qf3+ $19 {was what White had overlooked}) 37... Rxf2 0-1

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2844"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 (10... Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 {is the alternative line
for Black.}) 11. exd5 g6 12. Be2 {This is the most popular reaction nowadays.}
Bg7 (12... Qc7 {is the another main move.}) 13. Na5 {Caruana deviates from his
own game against Gelfand with this move. White takes under control the b7 P
and he prepares for some queenside play by c4, b4.} ({In Wijk aan Zee Caruana
played} 13. O-O O-O 14. Rac1 b6 15. h3 Re8 16. g4 {also with an extremely
complex game, which was later won by Caruana.}) 13... Qc7 {Of course Black
can't move with his b-pawn, because of Nc6.} ({Still} 13... Rb8 {was possible}
14. O-O O-O 15. c4 e4 $13 {with an unclear middlegame in Leko-Wojtaszek,
Istanbul 2012.}) 14. c4 e4 {Black immediately starts his counterplay in the
centre, he also opens the diagonal for his strong B and his d7 N is ready to
go to e5.} (14... O-O {has also been tried.}) 15. O-O ({In the event of} 15. f4
$6 Ng4 $1 16. Bxg4 hxg4 17. O-O f5 18. Rab1 Nc5 $15 {and Black looks nicely
placed, N.Mamedov-Korobov, Moscow 2011.}) 15... exf3 16. gxf3 $5 $146 {The
first new move in the game. This looks a strange at first sight, but White's
kingside is safe. It is more important to control the g4- and e4-squares.} (16.
Bxf3 {could have been met by} O-O {and Black prepares for Rae8 followed by Ne4.
} (16... Ng4 17. Bf4)) 16... O-O 17. b4 Rfe8 18. Rac1 {Until this moment both
sides have been making their most useful developing moves. Now suddenly
Gelfand offers a fantastic sacrifice!} ({In the event of} 18. Bf4 $2 {to avoid
the text move, Black can win with a nice tactical line} Nxd5 $1 19. cxd5 Qb6+
20. Kg2 Bxa1 21. Rxa1 Rxe2+ $1 22. Qxe2 Qd4 $19 {and Black is winning!}) 18...
Rxe3 $1 {A great positional exchange sacrifice! Black wants to gain the dark
squares with Kh7, Bh6, all his pieces are becoming very active.} ({The natural
} 18... Re7 {to double the Rs on the e-file allows White to play} 19. Bf4 Rae8
20. Rf2 $1 $14 {followed by Bf1 and White has a comfortable middlegame.}) 19.
Qxe3 Re8 {Now Black's all pieces are becoming very active.} 20. Qd2 {Still
White wants to control the c1-h6 diagonal.} ({In the event of} 20. Qf2 Bh6 $1
21. f4 Re4 $44 ({or} 21... Ne4 $44 {and Black has an excellent compensation!}))
20... Kh7 $6 {Black continues his main plan, he is threatening to play Bh6.
Nevertheless it was a little bit slow.} (20... Qb6+ $1 {was the strongest
reply,} 21. Kh1 Bh6 $1 {This is the point! Black could save Kh7, because the
e2 B is hanging.} 22. f4 (22. Qxh6 Rxe2 $36 {with a strong initiative.}) 22...
Ne4 $44 {and Black has enough compensation.}) 21. Nb3 {A very logical move.
The N was already out of play on a5 and now he is preparing for c5.} ({The
engine suggests} 21. Kg2 $1 {This avoids the unpleasant Qb6!} Bh6 22. f4 Ne4
23. Qd3 {and White has a comfortable position.}) 21... Bh6 22. f4 Ne4 23. Qe1 (
{Now} 23. Qd3 $2 {does not work, as} Qb6+ {followed by Qxb4.}) 23... Ndf6 24.
Bd3 Qd7 $1 {A very nice reply by Gelfand. His last piece is also coming into
the attack!} 25. Rc2 $1 {White also continues with a strong reply. He would
like to play Re2, moreover he avoids the Qg4 with Rg2.} Qh3 26. Qd1 {A logical
move, but this is an inaccuracy, allowing a tactical blow for Black.} (26. Bxe4
Rxe4 27. Qc3 (27. Qg3 $2 {is weak, because of} Qf5 $1 {and White is in trouble.
}) 27... Qf5 28. Nd4 Rxd4 29. Qxd4 Qxc2 30. Qxf6 Bg7 31. Qxf7 Qe2 $1 {and
White can't avoid the perpetual check.}) ({The computer suggests the strange} 
26. Qe2 $1 Nf2 (26... Ng3 $2 {is met by} 27. Qf3 $1 $18) 27. Bxg6+ $1 fxg6 28.
Qxf2 Re4 29. Nd2 Rxf4 30. Qe2 $16 {and still Black has some pratical chances,
but White should be better.}) 26... Bxf4 $1 {Gelfand immediately takes his
chance!} 27. Qf3 ({White could have forced a draw with} 27. Rxf4 Qe3+ 28. Rff2
Nxf2 29. Rxf2 Ng4 30. Qf3 Nxf2 31. Qxf7+ Kh8 32. Qf6+ $11 {with perpetual
check.}) 27... Qxf3 28. Rxf3 Ng5 $1 {Another nice reaction.} 29. Rf1 ({Of
course} 29. Rxf4 $2 {does not work, as} Nh3+ $19 {and Black wins.}) 29... Re3
$1 30. Nc1 $6 {Too passive.} ({Probably} 30. Be2 $142 {was more accurate to
avoid Black's dangerous reply.}) 30... Ng4 $1 {Very aggressive play by
Gelfand! Still White has a material advantage, but Black is very active;
White's position becomes very difficult.} 31. c5 $1 {The best chance his
passed c-pawn.} dxc5 32. bxc5 Re8 $2 {A decisive mistake! This was Black's
first passive move, which immediately is bad.} ({The difficult} 32... Be5 $1 {
was the correct reply,} 33. c6 (33. d6 Rh3 $1 34. d7 {and now} Bxh2+ $1 35. Kg2
(35. Rxh2 Rxh2 36. d8=Q Nh3#) 35... Ne3+ 36. Kf2 Bc7 $19 {a very nice
variation by Mr.Houdini and Black is completely winning.}) 33... bxc6 34. dxc6
Bc7 $1 35. Re2 Rh3 {and White is under pressure on the kingside.}) 33. h4 $2 {
Returns the compliment. White wants to free his king's position, but he missed
his chance.} (33. Kh1 $1 {was the strongest answer and now Black can't
continue his attack. For example:} Ne3 (33... Nh3 34. Kg2 $18) (33... Be3 34.
c6 $18) 34. Re2 $1 $18 {and White is winning.}) 33... Re3 $3 {This brilliant
move forces perpetual check! Suddenly Black comes back with his R, because now
the g3 square is unprotected.} 34. hxg5 Rg3+ 35. Kh1 (35. Rg2 $2 {loses to}
Be3+ 36. Kh1 Rh3+ $19 {and mate.}) 35... Rh3+ 36. Kg2 Rg3+ 37. Kh1 Rh3+ {
What a wonderful fight!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2844"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h4
Nd7 9. Bg3 {This rare move was already tried by Hikaru before. The main idea
of White's last move is freeing the f4-square for the knight.} ({White's most
agressive approach here is:} 9. g5 h6 10. g6 Ngf6 ({accepting the sacrifice
looks quite dangerous:} 10... fxg6 11. Bd3 Bf7 12. Qc2 g5 13. hxg5 Bxg5 14. Bg3
Ne7 15. Nf3 Bf6 16. O-O-O $36 {1-0 Tomashevsky,E (2711)-Aghasaryan,R (2503)/
Yerevan ARM 2014 (26)}) 11. gxf7+ Bxf7 12. Bd3 Nh5 (12... Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14.
Nge2 O-O 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. Rg1 Kh8 17. Be5 $36 {1-0 Nepomniachtchi,I (2717)
-Ponomariov,R (2756)/Riga LAT 2013 (33)}) (12... O-O 13. Qf3 Qb6 (13... Nh5 14.
Nge2 Nxf4 15. Nxf4 Bd6 16. Nce2 $14) 14. O-O-O c5 15. Nge2 Rac8 16. Rhg1 $16 {
1-0 Nepomniachtchi,I (2721)-Aronian,L (2803)/Beijing CHN 2013 (75)}) 13. Bh2 (
13. Be5 O-O {didn't give White much and led to a quick draw after:} 14. Qg4
Nhf6 15. Qg3 Nh5 16. Qg4 Nhf6 17. Qg3 Nh5 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A (2762)-Giri,A 
(2714)/Reggio Emilia 2012/CBM 146}) 13... O-O 14. Qg4 (14. Nf3 $5) 14... Ndf6
15. Qg2 Be6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Stefanova,A (2496)-Kosteniuk,A (2495)/Tashkent UZB
2013 (39)}) 9... Nb6 {A standard manoeuvre. The knight is heading to c4, while
the queen is getting more mobile.} ({In his previous game in this line,
Nakamura was able to get a serious advantage quite quickly:} 9... Ngf6 10. f3
Nb6 11. Bd3 Nc4 12. Qe2 c5 $2 (12... Qb6 13. O-O-O Bb4 14. Be1 $132) 13. Bxc4
dxc4 14. d5 Nxd5 15. O-O-O $16 {1-0 Nakamura,H (2772)-Bacrot,E (2723)/
Elancourt FRA 2013 (35)}) 10. f3 Bd6 {Both players are following Hikaru's
preceding game.} (10... h5 11. g5 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Qc2 Ne7 14. Bd3 {
leads to the text.}) 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qc2 {A good prophylactic move - now the
check on g3 is not dangerous.} h5 {Black prefers to fix the pawn structure in
order to get some stable squares for the knights.} ({In the event of} 12... Ne7
13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. Nge2 Kb8 15. Nf4 Bd7 16. O-O-O Rhe8 17. Qh2 $14 {Black's
position would lack any active ideas.}) 13. g5 Ne7 14. Bd3 O-O $5 $146 {
Fabiano comes up with an interesting novelty. The king is quite safe on the
k-side at the moment, while Black may consider some counter-attacking
activities like c6-c5 on the opposite side.} ({Levon Aronian got a solid
position after} 14... O-O-O 15. Nge2 Kb8 16. Kf2 (16. O-O-O $5 {might be a
possible improvement.} Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Nf4) 16... g6 17. a4 a5 18. Ng3
Rdf8 19. Qd2 f6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Nakamura,H (2758)-Aronian,L (2802)/Moscow 2011/
CBM 146/[Krasenkow,M] (53)}) 15. Nge2 Rac8 {A logical continuation of Black's
previous play.} ({It was also worth considering} 15... Rae8 16. Kf2 g6 17. Rad1
Qd7 18. Ng3 Nbc8 19. Nce2 Nd6 20. Nf4 Ndf5 $132) 16. Rd1 {Long castling was
still possible, but White decides to keep the king in the centre.} (16. O-O-O
c5 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Kb1 Rfc8 19. Nd4 Nc4 $132) 16... g6 17. Kf2 a6 {Black is
not in a rush, so that a prophylactic move makes sense.} 18. b4 {A risky move
- White prefers to prevent the above mentioned play along the c-file, but the
text move has a clear drawback: Black gets full control over the c4-square.} (
18. Qd2 c5 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Nf4 Rfc8 21. Nce2 Bf5 22. b3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Nd7 $11
) (18. Nf4 Bf5 19. Nce2 c5 20. dxc5 Rxc5 21. Qd2 Bxd3 22. Nxd3 Rc7 $11) 18...
Bf5 $1 {Correctly exchanging the bishops. Now White is under some pressure.} (
18... Rfe8 19. a4 Nd7 20. Qb2 $11) 19. Bxf5 $6 {Now White's position is
becoming dangerous from the strategic point of view.} ({It seems, that it is
only after} 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 $1 {that White should be able to avoid a
clearly worse position. For instance,} (20. fxe4 Bg4 21. Rdf1 Nd7 22. Qd2 Rcd8
$15) 20... Qc7 21. N2g3 Bxe4 (21... Be6 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Rhe1 $132) 22. fxe4
Qd6 23. Ne2 f5 24. gxf6 Rxf6+ 25. Ke1 Qxb4+ 26. Qd2 $44 {with definite
compensation for a pawn.}) 19... Nxf5 20. e4 Ng7 {White's position is rather
unpleasant now.} 21. Qb3 ({Hardly better was} 21. e5 Qxb4 22. Rb1 Qa5 23. Qb3
Nc4 24. Qxb7 Nf5 $36) 21... Nc4 22. e5 Qe6 {Black is taking control of the
important light squares.} (22... Qd7 $5) 23. Nf4 ({Also after} 23. Na4 b6 24.
Nb2 b5 25. Nd3 a5 $15 {Black may make some progress on the queenside.}) 23...
Qe7 (23... Qf5 $5 24. Nd3 a5 25. b5 a4 26. Qb4 Ne6 27. Ne2 c5 $36) 24. Ne4 {
White is trying to change the character of play.} dxe4 25. Qxc4 Ne6 $1 {
A nice tactical way to exploit the vulnerable placement of White's monarch.}
26. Ne2 exf3 27. Ng3 $6 {One more inaccuracy - there was no reason for
delaying taking the pawn back.} (27. Kxf3 Rcd8 28. a3 a5 29. Kf2 axb4 30. axb4
Nc7 $15) 27... a5 (27... b5 $5 28. Qc3 a5 29. bxa5 Ra8 30. Ne4 b4 31. Qxc6 Rxa5
32. Rd2 Qa7 $17) 28. a3 $2 {Allowing Black to seize the open a-file looks
fatal in this situation.} ({A more stubborn move would be} 28. bxa5 c5 29. d5
Nd4 30. Rhe1 Qd7 31. Rh1 $17) 28... axb4 29. axb4 (29. Qxb4 c5 30. dxc5 Nxc5
31. Rd5 Rc6 32. Rhd1 Ra8 33. Ne4 Nxe4+ 34. Qxe4 Rxa3 $19) 29... Ra8 30. Ne4 (
30. Rd2 Ra3 31. Ne4 Nf4 {leads to the same position.}) 30... Ra3 31. Rd2 Nf4 $1
{Fabiano energetically develops his initiative.} 32. Rb1 Kg7 {Black's position
is winning, but Fabuano had to find some precise moves.} ({It was possible to
liquidate into a winning endgame:} 32... Nd5 33. Rb3 Ra1 34. Nf6+ (34. Rxf3 Qe6
$19) 34... Nxf6 35. gxf6 Qd7 36. e6 Qxe6 37. Qxe6 fxe6 38. Rxf3 Rb1 $19) 33.
Rb3 Rfa8 {The most logical move from a human point of view.} ({The following
winning line wasn't trivial:} 33... Nh3+ 34. Kg3 (34. Kxf3 Qe6 $1 35. Qxe6
fxe6+ $19) 34... b5 35. Qc2 Qe6 36. Rxa3 Qg4+ 37. Kh2 Qxh4 38. Rxf3 Nxg5+ 39.
Kg2 Qg4+ $1 40. Rg3 Qxe4+ 41. Qxe4 Nxe4 $19) 34. Nf6 Ra2 $6 {The first step in
a wrong direction.} ({Once again, Caruana deviates from a forcing winning line:
} 34... Qd8 $1 35. Kxf3 Nd5 36. Kf2 Qc8 37. Qd3 Ra2 38. Rdb2 Nxf6 39. gxf6+ Kh7
$19) 35. Rxa2 Rxa2+ 36. Kxf3 {As a result, White has managed to take the pawn
back, while the position is simplified.} Ng2 $2 {Finally spoiling all the
advantage.} ({At the same time, the correct} 36... Nd5 $1 37. Nxd5 Qe6 38. Ne3
Qh3+ 39. Ke4 Rd2 $1 40. Qf1 $8 Qxh4+ 41. Kf3 Rxd4 42. Qg2 Qf4+ 43. Ke2 Qxe5 $17
{would still allow Black to obtain excellent winning chances.}) 37. Kg3 Ne1 38.
Re3 {Now the queen cannot take part in the attack, so White is out of danger.}
Nc2 (38... Rg2+ 39. Kh3 Rc2 40. Qb3 Ng2 41. Re4 Qe6+ 42. Qxe6 fxe6 43. Kg3 $11)
39. Qxa2 (39. Rf3 Nxb4 40. Ne4 Qd7 41. Nf6 Qe7 $11) 39... Nxe3 40. Qa8 ({
Another possibility was} 40. Kf3 Nf5 41. Qa8 Qf8 42. Qxb7 Nxd4+ 43. Kf2 Ne6 $11
) 40... Qf8 41. Qxb7 Nf5+ 42. Kh3 Nxd4 43. Qd7 (43. Kg2 Qd8 44. Kf2 Nf5 45. Ke2
Qd4 46. Qb8 $11) 43... Qxb4 44. Qd8 $11 {There was no more than a perpetual
now.} Qc3+ 45. Kg2 Qd2+ 46. Kh3 Qd3+ 47. Kg2 Qf3+ 48. Kh2 Qf2+ 49. Kh3 Qf1+ 50.
Kh2 Qf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2844"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Nh4 Bh5 8. h3 g5
9. Nf3 h6 10. c5 {A rare line. Up to the moment, we have only 1 GM game.
However, as we can see, this move isn't harmless.} (10. Qc2 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bxd3
12. Qxd3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Qa6 {should be enough to get an equal game:} 14. Qxa6
Nxa6 15. Ke2 c5 $6 {probably a bit premature} 16. b3 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bc5 18. Ndb5
Ke7 19. Na4 $14 {Wojtaszek,R (2711)-Muzychuk,A (2566) Wijk aan Zee NED 2014 1/
2-1/2 (51)}) ({In the previous game Fabiano played} 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nd3 Bg6 (
11... Na6 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. h4 Bg7 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Be2 Bg6 17.
Rxh8+ Bxh8 18. Bd2 Bg7 $11 {Werle,J (2511)-Petrov,N (2418) Riga LAT 2014 1/2-1/
2 (24)}) 12. h4 (12. Bd2 Na6 13. Be2 Qxb3 14. axb3 Nb4 15. Nxb4 Bxb4 16. h4 Rg8
17. hxg5 hxg5 18. f3 f6 19. c5 Kf7 20. Ra4 a5 $11 {Abasov,N (2528)-Harsha,B 
(2296) Pune IND 2014 1/2-1/2 (31)}) 12... Rg8 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Bd2 dxc4 15.
Qxc4 Qa6 16. Nc1 Qxc4 17. Bxc4 Nb6 18. Be2 N8d7 19. e4 Be7 $11 {Caruana,F 
(2783)-Mamedyarov,S (2760) Shamkir AZE 2014 1-0 (56)}) (10. Bd3 {You can see
my annotations to the game Radjabov,T (2713)-Nakamura,H (2772) Shamkir AZE
2014 1/2-1/2 (67)}) 10... Qc7 (10... Qxb3 {would be in White's favour:} 11.
axb3 Nbd7 12. b4 a6 13. b5 cxb5 14. Bxb5 $14 {with a comfortable edge.}) 11.
Bd3 Rg8 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. b4 Be7 $6 {I don't like this move.} ({I consider as a
stronger continuation} 13... Bg6 14. Bxg6 Rxg6 15. Bb2 ({What might be
recommended as an improvement is} 15. Rb1 h5 16. e4 (16. h4 $5 g4 $6 (16...
gxh4 17. Kf1 Rg4 18. Nxh4 b6 19. Nf3 a5 20. a3 $14) 17. Ng5 {threatening Nxe6!}
e5 18. Qf5 Be7 19. Ne2 $16) 16... Nxe4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Nxg5 Be7 19. h4 $14 {
I would estimate this position in White's favour.}) 15... h5 16. Ne2 g4 17. Ne5
Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. hxg4 Rxg4 20. Nf4 Nxe5 21. Rxh5 {1/2-1/2 Eljanov,P (2761)
-Sandipan,C (2641) Plovdiv 2010} Nc4 22. Bf6 Rxf4 $5 23. exf4 Qxf4 24. Qc3 a5
$44) 14. Bb2 g4 $6 {This leads to an unnecessary weakening of the kingside.} (
14... Bg6 15. Bxg6 Rxg6 16. Ne2 h5 17. h4 g4 18. Ng5 Rg8 19. O-O Nf8 20. Nf4
$14) 15. hxg4 Rxg4 16. Kf1 $1 $16 (16. Nh4 $2 Ne4 $1 17. Bxe4 Rxh4 18. Rxh4
Bxh4 19. Bd3 Qh2 20. g3 Be7 $36) 16... O-O-O 17. Ne2 {This is a stronger than}
(17. b5 Rdg8 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Ne1 Bg6 20. Rxh6 e5 {with some complications.})
17... Rdg8 18. Nf4 Rxf4 $8 ({I don't think that Shakhriyar considered as an
option} 18... Bg6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Nxe6 $18) 19. exf4 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qxf4 21.
Ke2 $1 Rg2 $6 (21... h5 22. Rag1 Rh8 23. Qc3 $1 h4 24. Bc1 Qc7 25. Rg7 $16) 22.
Qc1 $1 Qg3 23. Qf1 $18 {Threatenning to take on g2.} Ng4 $5 ({A completely
hopeless position could have occurred after} 23... Qg7 24. Qxg2 $1 Qxg2 25.
Rag1 $18) 24. fxg4 Qxg4+ (24... Ne5 {doesn't work:} 25. dxe5 Qxg4+ 26. Kd2
Qxb4+ 27. Bc3 Qf4+ 28. Ke1 $18) 25. Kd2 Qf4+ 26. Ke2 Qg4+ 27. Ke1 Ne5 $1 {
The last try to complicate the game.} 28. Be2 (28. dxe5 $4 {leads to a draw}
Qxb4+ 29. Kd1 Qxb2 30. Rb1 Qd4 $44 {Black has enough compensation for the
sacrificed rook.} 31. Rb4 Qxb4 32. Qxg2 Bg5 33. f3 Qc3 34. Qc2 Qxe5 35. Rf1
Qa1+ 36. Ke2 Qe5+ 37. Kf2 Qh2+ 38. Ke1 Qe5+ 39. Be2 Qd4 40. Bd3 Qe5+ $11) 28...
Qe4 29. Kd1 Bg5 $5 {Trying to get to the white king Black sacrifices too much.
Other options were hopeless as well.} (29... Nc4 30. Bxc4 dxc4 31. Qe2 Qf4 32.
Rf1 Bg5 33. Rc1 h5 34. Rxc4 Qf5 35. Bc1 $18) (29... Ng4 30. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 31. Qe2
Qf4 32. Rf1 h5 33. Kc2 h4 34. Qd3 $18) 30. dxe5 Qxb4 31. Kc2 Qxc5+ (31... Qd2+
32. Kb1) 32. Kb1 Rxf2 33. Qd1 Qe3 34. Re1 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2844"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Bd3 c5
15. Be4 Rb8 16. Qc2 a5 17. Rc1 Ba6 18. Bc6 Rfc8 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. dxc5 Rxc5 21.
Rxc5 bxc5 22. b3 Rc8 23. Qc3 a4 24. Qa5 Bb7 25. Qxa4 Qxa4 26. bxa4 Ra8 27. Rxc5
Rxa4 28. Rc2 Bd5 29. Ne5 Rxa2 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. f3 f6 32. Nd7 e5 33. e4 Bb3 34.
Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2844"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 {Sharp and topical.} d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3
Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 {On the top level this is the most
popular way to meet the 3.f3 line. It's curious that last year the same
players had a clash in this line ... with colours reversed!} 10. Kb1 (10. Nb5
Qd7 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 a6 13. Nc3 Nxd4 14. f4 f6 15. Nf3 e5 $1 16. fxe5 fxe5
17. Nxe5 Qd6 18. Nf3 c5 19. Ng5 Qe7 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Bc4 Kh8 22. exd5 Qg7 23.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. d6 Bf5 25. b4 b6 26. Rhe1 Rfe8 $11 {1/2-1/2 (35) Svidler,P 
(2769)-Caruana,F (2774) Thessaloniki 2013}) 10... a6 $5 {Basically, a novelty
at the top level. In previous games 10...Rd8 was played automatically,
including by Caruana himself.} ({Here is a recent example from the Tromso
Olympiad:} 10... Rd8 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. d5 a6 13. Nc3 Na5 14. Qc1 Qd6 15. h4 Qb4
16. h5 Nac4 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Nge2 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Qb6 21. Qg5 Qf6
22. Qg3 b5 23. Nd4 b4 24. Na4 Bd7 $2 (24... Qd6 $1 25. Qxd6 exd6 26. Nc6 Re8
27. Nxb4 f5 $132) 25. Nc5 Qb6 26. Nxd7 Rxd7 27. Nc6 b3 28. a3 $16 {1-0 (80)
Giri,A (2745)-Gelfand,B (2753) Tromsoe 2014}) 11. h4 {In the only previous
game White chose 11.b3, but there is no reason to play it now, as Black hasn't
even created the threat of a knight move to c4 yet.} Rd8 12. d5 Ne5 $2 (12...
Na5 {is an improvement for the next game. It seems that Black has adequate
counterplay. For instance:} 13. b3 (13. Bd4 Nac4 (13... Nbc4 14. Qc1 e5 $13)
14. Qc1 e5 $13) 13... Qb4 14. Nce2 Qa3 15. Qc1 Nac4 $1 16. Nd4 (16. bxc4 $2
Qb4+ 17. Kc2 Bd7 $40) 16... Qxc1+ 17. Bxc1 c5 18. Nc2 Nd6 $11) 13. Qf2 {
Now White gets desirable regrouping and Black is not in time to create any
counterplay.} h5 (13... Nec4 14. Bc5 Qf6 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Nge2 {[%cal Gh4h5,
Gg2g4] is a very harmonious setup for White with good chances for a successful
attack on the kingside.}) 14. Bc5 Qf6 15. Bd4 Qd6 (15... e6 16. Qg3 $16 {
[%cal Gf3f4]} ({But not} 16. f4 $2 Ng4 17. Bxf6 Nxf2 18. Bxd8 Bxc3 $17)) (15...
Bd7 16. g4 $1 $16 {The same idea followed in the game.}) 16. g4 $1 hxg4 17. f4
{Now the g4-square is occupied, so the knight has to retreat.} Ned7 18. e5 $2 {
Too hasty.} ({Either} 18. h5 Bxd4 19. Rxd4) ({or} 18. Nge2 {were very
attractive for White, keeping all the benefits.}) 18... Nxe5 $1 {Fabiano
clearly underestimated this piece sacrifice, even though it is forced.} (18...
Qb4 $2 19. h5 {is what White is aiming for. Black must ruin White's centre at
any cost.}) 19. fxe5 Bxe5 {Now matters became very unclear. Black has three
pawns for a piece, while White has lost his domination in the centre.} 20. Bg2
Bxd4 21. Rxd4 (21. Qxd4 Bf5+ 22. Ka1 e5 23. Qf2 Nc4 {would transpose to the
same position as in the game.}) 21... Bf5+ 22. Ka1 e5 23. Rd1 Nc4 24. h5 Qb6 $1
25. Qe2 $1 {Obviously, White must keep the queens on the board to retain
attacking chances.} (25. Qxb6 $2 cxb6 {In the endgame Black has potentially
three connected passers!}) 25... Ne3 26. Rd2 (26. Rc1 $1 {was probably better,
as the rook may be more useful on the c-file. The position is immensely
complex.} g5 $5 (26... Kg7 27. Be4 Bxe4 28. Nxe4 Qd4 29. Ng3 $14) 27. h6 $1 (
27. Na4 $2 Qd4 {Black has this resource here, compared to 26.Rd2.}) 27... Qd4
28. Nd1 Nxg2 (28... Nxd5 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. Qe3 $1 $14) 29. Qxg2 Qe4 (29... Be4
30. Qf1 {[%cal Gf1f6]} Qd2 31. Ne2 Bf3 32. Ndc3 $14) 30. Qh2 g3 31. h7+ Bxh7
32. Qh5 Qg6 33. Qh3 Rxd5 34. Ne3 $14) 26... Kg7 $1 (26... gxh5 $6 27. Rxh5 Qg6
28. Qxe3 $1 Qxh5 29. Nge2 {[%cal Ge2g3] White is behind in material, but his
initiative is coming.}) (26... g5 $6 27. Na4 Qa7 28. Qf2 $16) 27. Be4 Rh8 $2 {
After a series of strong moves in a critical moment Svidler goes astray and
his position collapses quickly.} (27... Bxe4 28. Nxe4 f5 $1 {Besides precise
calculation, such play requires a lot of optimism!} (28... Rxd5 $2 29. Rxd5
Nxd5 30. Qxg4 $16) 29. Ng5 Kf6 $1 30. Nh7+ Kg7 31. Qh2 $1 f4 32. Qh4 g5 $1 33.
Nxg5 Rxd5 34. N1f3 $1 (34. Rxd5 Nc2+ 35. Kb1 Na3+ $11) 34... Rxd2 (34... gxf3
$2 35. h6+ Kf6 36. Nxf3+ Ke6 37. Rc1 $40 {[%csl Re6]}) 35. Nxd2 Nc2+ 36. Kb1
Na3+ 37. Kc1 Qc6+ 38. Kd1 Qc2+ 39. Ke1 Qc1+ 40. Ke2 f3+ 41. Ngxf3 gxf3+ 42.
Nxf3 Qc4+ 43. Qxc4 Nxc4 $11) 28. Rd3 {Now Black has to go backwards.} Nc4 29.
b3 Nd6 (29... Rxh5 30. Rxh5 Bxe4 31. Nxe4 gxh5 32. bxc4 Qxg1+ 33. Rd1 Qb6 34.
Qh2 {Black has four pawns for the piece, but he won't survive the attack.}) 30.
Bxf5 Nxf5 31. Qxg4 {Black has lost an important pawn and is still under attack.
} e4 {Desperation.} 32. Nxe4 Rae8 33. Ne2 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2844"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 {A little surprise as Caruana had only ever played the Scandinavian
twice before.} 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 ({He might have been inspired by his
recent game against Carlsen's... first experience ever with this opening:} 3...
Qd8 {Caruana,F (2801)-Carlsen,M (2877) Tromso 2014 CBM 162 [Marin,M] (0-1, 50)}
) 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Nb5 (6. Bc4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 {Dominguez Perez,L 
(2726)-Caruana,F (2786) Tashkent 2012 CBM 152 [Mekhitarian,K] (0-1, 83)}) 6...
Qb6 7. Be2 $5 {(N) If we consider that the only previous game with this move
ended in a draw after just 11 moves, we can safely say this is a novelty.
White does not try taking immediate advantage of the queen's exposure on b6.
He is just happy for having unblocked the c2-pawn with gain of time, leading
to a flexible central structure, as the knight's repeated moves are
compensated for by the queen's early moving around.} (7. c4 c6 8. Nc3 {Motylev,
A (2677)-Inarkiev,E (2676) Poikovsky 2009 CBM 131 [Kritz,L] (1/2-1/2, 18)}) (7.
Na3 c6 8. Nc4 Qd8 9. g3 {Leko,P (2732)-Caruana,F (2786) Tashkent 2012 CBM 152 
[Marin,M] (1/2-1/2, 60)}) 7... c6 8. Na3 Bg7 9. O-O $146 {Rigourously speaking,
this is the new move.} (9. Bf4 Be6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc4 {1/2-1/2 Todorovic,G 
(2488)-Bogosavljevic,B (2552) Kragujevac 2013}) 9... O-O 10. c3 Qc7 $6 {
I do not see the point of this voluntary retreat. Under different
circumstances, it would prevent the optimal developing of the bishop to f4,
but since b2 was hanging this was not a threat anyway. I believe it was better
to wait for Na3-c4 before retreating to c7.} ({If Black had decidced already
to develop his bishop to f5, he could have played} 10... Bf5 11. Nc4 Qc7 {
Due to the tempo wasted on Na3-c4, White would not be in time to answer ...
c6-c5 with d4-d5 as in the game:} 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Qc1 c5 14. Rd1 Be6 $5) ({
But I am not so enthusiastic about the plan based on ...Bf5. Following my
experience as a Pirc player, I would have chosen the more flexible} 10... Nbd7
11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Bg5 b6 13. Qc1 Bb7 {[%cal Ga8d8]} 14. Bf4 Qc8 {[%cal Gc6c5]})
11. Bg5 Bf5 12. Qc1 {[%cal Gg5f4,Gg5h6]} Nbd7 13. Bf4 Qc8 14. Rd1 {White has
done his best to prepare against ...c5 and has hopes to retain at least a
slight edge.} Rd8 (14... Nd5 15. Bg3 b5 {[%cal Gc8b7] was a possible plan, too,
keeping the threat of ..c6-c5 in reserve.}) 15. Nc4 c5 16. d5 {The position is
acquiring some threads of the ...Nb8-a6 variation from the Moscow Grünfeld.
Quite complicated stuff, so we should not wonder that mutual mistakes and
inaccuracies will pop in.} Nb6 17. d6 $1 {The only way to fight for an
advantage.} ({If} 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. c4 b5 $132 {the doubled pawns prove strong.
}) 17... Qe6 $6 {[%cal Ge6c4,Ge6e2] This tempting move, attacking two white
pieces, could have run into a very strong reply.} ({The position arising after
} 17... Nxc4 18. Bxc4 exd6 19. Bxd6 Ne4 20. Bf4 {[%cal Ga2a4,Gf3e5,Ge5c4] is
assessed as dead equal by engines, but humanly speaking White has the more
pleasant position due to the relative weakness of the d5 and c4-squares.}) 18.
Bf1 $6 {The correct idea in a sub-optimal execution.} ({It would have been
useful to remove the rook from the d-file with} 18. Re1 $1 Nxc4 19. Ng5 Qd5 20.
dxe7 $1 {As we will see, this zwischenzug will not be possible in the game.}
Re8 21. Rd1 Qc6 22. Bxc4 Rxe7 {[%cal Gb7b5,Gh7h6]} 23. a4 $1 {This is a much
more active form of the structure resulting in the line from the comments to
17...Qe6 above. Black has to permanently reckon with the pseudo-sacrifice on
f7.} a6 (23... h6 $2 24. Bd6 Rd7 25. Bb5 $18) 24. Rd6 Qc8 25. Qd2 h6 26. Nxf7
$1 Rxf7 27. Be5 (27. Bxh6 $2 Ne4 {[%csl Gd6,Gh6]}) 27... Ne8 28. Bxf7+ Kxf7 29.
Qd5+ Kf8 30. Bxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rb6 $16 {/+-One rook is clearly stronger than two
minor pieces, due to the exposed position of the black king and White's
superior activity.}) 18... Nxc4 19. Ng5 Qc8 20. Bxc4 ({Unfortunately,} 20. dxe7
$2 {does not work due to} Rxd1 $19) 20... e6 {The position has settled down,
at least temporarily. Is the d6-pawn weak or strong? This is hard to evaluate,
only a practical game and susequent analysis can give a more or less
definitive answer. The question is almost as complicated as: "Is the Grünfeld
playable?"} 21. Be5 Qc6 22. a4 {As in a similar line above, this not only
ensures the bishop against ...b7-b5, but also creates the threat Bb5.} a6 (
22... Ne8 $2 23. Bb5 $1 Qb6 24. d7 Nc7 25. Bxg7 (25. Rd6 Bxe5 26. Rxb6 axb6 $14
) 25... Kxg7 26. g4 $1 Bxg4 27. Qf4 $18) 23. Be2 $5 {Trying to hit the queen
from the other available diagonal.} ({White has no time to play the
strategically desirable} 23. a5 {because of} Ne8 $1 {[%csl Gd6,Ge5]}) 23... c4
$2 {This clears some space for the queen but weakens the c-pawn and the
d4-square.} ({A better chance to obtain adequate counterplay was} 23... h6 {
when two minor pieces would be competing for the f3-square.}) 24. Rd4 Qc5 25.
Nf3 b5 {More or less forced, but it develops... the a1-rook without the
necessity of moving!} (25... Ng4 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. h3 Nxf2 (27... e5 28. hxg4
exd4 29. cxd4 Qxd6 30. gxf5 $18) 28. Qe3 Nxh3+ 29. gxh3 Rxd6 30. Kf2 $16) 26.
h3 $1 {Suddently, the f5-bishop is in danger, a typical drawback of this way
of developing it.} h6 $2 {I do not get the point behind this move as it does
not prepare against g2-g4 in any way. If I had not seen that Black played ...
h6-h5 at a later moment, I would have believed that it was an error of
transmission and that Caruana actually advanced his pawn to h5 at once.} ({
The attempt to prepare against g2-g4 by putting some pressure on the queenside
with} 26... Rac8 {does not seem entirely satisfactory:} 27. g4 Bd3 28. Bxd3
cxd3 29. axb5 axb5 30. Qe1 (30. Rxd3 Nd5) 30... Nd5 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Qe5+ Kg8
33. Ng5 Qxd6 34. Nxf7 $1 Qxe5 (34... Kxf7 $2 35. Ra7+) 35. Nxe5 b4 36. c4 Nb6
37. Rxd8+ Rxd8 38. b3 $16) (26... h5 {was necessary, with the possible
continuation} 27. d7 Nxd7 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. axb5 e5 30. Rxc4 Qxb5 $14) 27. d7
$6 ({I fail to find anything wrong with} 27. g4 Bd3 28. Bxd3 cxd3 29. axb5 axb5
30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Bxf6 Bxf6 32. Rxd3 $16 {Could Andreikin have feared that his
extra pawn was not enough for a win? Hardly so, it might have been some sort
of mutual hallucination.}) 27... Qe7 $2 ({Here, too,} 27... Nxd7 {would have
been a better chance:} 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. axb5 e5 30. Rxc4 Qxb5 $14) 28. axb5
axb5 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Qd1 $6 (30. g4 $1 Bd3 31. Bxd3 cxd3 32. Bxf6 Bxf6 33.
Rxd3 Rd8 34. Qd2 $16) 30... Nd5 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Ne5 f6 33. Nc6 Qxd7 34. Nb4 {
White's position looks more pleasant, as Black's seventh rank is weak. But it
will turn out that White's king is not entirely safe either!} Qa7 $2 {
Obviously, Black has to search for counterplay along the a-file. However, when
setting up batteries, queens go in front of the bishops, but... behind the
rooks...} (34... Ra4 $5 35. g4 (35. Nxd5 exd5 36. Rxd5 Qa7 {[%cal Gf5d7]} 37.
Qd2 Ra1+ 38. Kh2 Qxf2 39. Rxb5 Bd3 40. Rb7+ Kg8 $11 {With both kings exposed,
one way or another, the game will end in a perpetual.}) 35... Qa7 36. Qd2 Rxb4
37. cxb4 Bd3 $11 {Retrieving the exchange.}) 35. g4 $1 {Finally!} Bd3 36. Bxd3
cxd3 37. Qxd3 Qa1+ 38. Kg2 Qxb2 39. Nxd5 exd5 40. Rxd5 {Black's counterplay
has left the queen far from the weakened king and the b5-pawn hanging.} Ra7 (
40... Rb8 41. Rd7+ Kh8 42. Qxg6 $18) 41. Rxb5 {This is good enough for
retaining chances for a technical win, but...} ({White could have used the
favourable queenside situation for starting a decisive attack:} 41. h4 $3 Rb7
42. h5 (42. g5 $18 {, weakening the dark squares, is good enough, too}) 42...
gxh5 43. gxh5 {Alekhine,A-Saemisch,F Baden-Baden 1925 (11) 1-0 This method of
winning reminds me of the final phase of the game}) 41... Qa2 42. Rd5 {With
the black king exposed, the queen ending would be won. If necessary, White
could bring his king into the attack, when the exposure of his rival would
allow attempts at parrying perpetual check. But the rook ending may offer
saving chances, it depends on the concrete circumstances.} Qa4 43. Rd6 Qe8 44.
Qd4 Qa8+ 45. Kh2 Rf7 46. c4 Qe8 47. c5 Qe5+ {There was nothing better, as the
pawn was becoming too strong. But the weakness of the e5-pawn proves fatal.}
48. Qxe5 fxe5 49. Kg2 Rf4 50. Re6 $1 Re4 51. f3 Re2+ 52. Kf1 Rd2 53. Rxe5 Kf6
54. Re2 {White will bring the rook behind the passed pawn and even if he loses
the f3-pawn this will be just enough for a simple win.} Rd1+ 55. Re1 Rd3 56.
Rc1 Rxf3+ 57. Ke2 Ra3 58. c6 Ra8 59. c7 Rc8 60. Rc5 $5 {[%cal Ge2b5,Gb5b7]
Setting up an original plan. Usually, White advances with his king to the
centre and then, with the help of sixth rank checks, invades the kingside.} Ke6
61. Kd3 h5 62. g5 ({Blindly following the initial plan could result in a draw:
} 62. Kc4 hxg4 63. hxg4 Kd6 64. Kd4 $1 {It is time to switch to the classical
plan.} ({If} 64. Kb5 $2 Rxc7 65. Rxc7 Kxc7 66. Kc5 g5 $11) 64... g5 65. Rc4 Ke6
66. Rc6+ Kd7 67. Kd5 Rxc7 68. Rxc7+ Kxc7 69. Ke6 {[%csl Gg5,Gg7] and Black is
not in time to reach the opposition.}) 62... Kd6 63. Kc4 h4 64. Kb5 {A great
fighting game, despite the inevitable mistakes.} 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2844"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. Be2 c5 11. e6 fxe6 12. Qxe6+ Kh8 13. dxc5 Ne5 14. Qd5 Qxd5
15. Nxd5 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bb7 17. Nc7 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Ra7 19. Ne6 Rxf3 20. Ke2 Rf6
21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. Be3 Nc6 23. Rad1 Rf5 24. h4 Kf7 25. Rh3 Rc7 26. a3 Ke6 27. h5
gxh5 28. Rdh1 Kd5 29. Rd1+ Ke6 30. Rdh1 Kd5 31. Rd1+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2844"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 {Just one of Black's ways of reacting to White's
fashionable last move.} ({If Black wishes to avoid transposing to a King's
Indian, the usual way to do it is} 3... d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7.
Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Kb1 (11. f4 {Wojtaszek,R (2716)
-Safarli,E (2656) Shamkir 2014 (1-0, 36)}) 11... Rd8 12. d5 a6 13. Nc3 Na5 (
13... Qe8 {Carlsen,M (2881)-Caruana,F (2791) Stavanger 2014 CBM 161 [Krasenkow,
M] (1/2-1/2 , 67)}) 14. Qc1 {Giri,A (2745)-Gelfand,B (2753) Tromso 2014 CBM
162 [Krasenkow,M] (1-0, 80)}) (3... e5 $5 {is occasionally played, too}) ({
And lately} 3... Nc6 4. Nc3 d5 {has come into the limelight as in Vallejo Pons,
F (2698)-Le,Q (2710) Tromso 2014 CBM 162 [Krasenkow,M] (1-0, 38)}) 4. dxc5 $5 {
A rare move with a long history behind, though. The first game with it dates
back to 1953!} ({It is worth mentioning that an earlier game between the same
players but with reversed colours continued in the spirit of the Volga/Benko
Gambit:} 4. d5 b5 5. e4 Bg7 6. cxb5 a6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nh3 d6 9. Nf4 Nbd7 10. Be2
axb5 11. Nxb5 Ne8 12. O-O Ba6 13. Kh1 Nc7 14. Nc3 Qb8 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Nfe2
Nb5 17. Bg5 Re8 18. Qd3 Ra5 19. Rab1 Ne5 20. Qc2 Nxc3 21. Nxc3 Qb4 $44 {
Grischuk,A (2760)-Caruana,F (2700) Plovdiv 2010 (1/2-1/2, 36). As we wil see,
there will be Volga/Benko elements in our main game, too, even though the
structure in the centre will be quite different.}) 4... e6 $5 $146 {This
interesting novelty completely changes the character of the play with respect
to the previous games. But when I first saw it, I could not help remembering
how my former trainer, the late GM Theodor Ghitescu, used to define chess
patzers: "...g6 and ...e6 players"! I assume he had seen some unfortunate
combinations of these moves on the lower boards of our national team
championship which made him issue this definition, but it may also have been
some sort of well masked display of envy with respect to Florin Gheorghiu and
Mihai Suba, our by far strongest players in the '70s and the '80s. Gheorghiu
constantly played the Paulsen Kan Hedgehog with ...g6 and Suba used to answer
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 with 4...g6!?} ({And since I have mentioned
Ghitescu, here is a game of his from this position:} 4... Na6 5. Nc3 Nxc5 6. e4
d6 7. Be3 b6 8. Qd2 a6 9. Rc1 h5 10. Nge2 h4 11. Nd5 Bg7 12. Nec3 Nxd5 13. cxd5
Bd7 14. Be2 O-O 15. O-O h3 16. g3 Qb8 17. b4 Na4 18. Nxa4 Bxa4 19. f4 $14 {
Ghitescu,T-Ghinda,M Sinaia 1975 (1-0, 41)}) (4... Qa5+ {has been played in a
few games.} 5. Nc3 Qxc5 6. e4 {White has build up the Maroczy bind, but will
need to find a coherent way to complete his development in order to have any
chance of claiming an advantage.} d6 ({It seems to be useful to defend the
queen, since after} 6... Bg7 7. Qd3 Nc6 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 d6 10. Nge2 O-O 11.
Nf4 {Sliwa,B-Filip,M Gotha 1957 (1/2-1/2, 38). White retained his space
advantage with a normal development and very few chances for Black to get any
counterplay.}) 7. Na4 (7. Qd3 Nc6 8. Be3 Nb4 $1 {This is the moment when it is
important that the queen is defended.} 9. Bxc5 Nxd3+ 10. Bxd3 dxc5 11. e5 Nd7
12. f4 Bh6 13. Nd5 Rb8 14. g3 f6 $11 {Gurevich,D (2575)-Gulko,B (2635)
Beersheba 1993 (1/2-1/2, 19)}) 7... Qh5 (7... Qa5+ 8. Bd2 Qd8 9. Ne2 Nc6 10.
Nac3 Bg7 11. Nf4) 8. Ne2 Bh6 9. Nf4 Qe5 10. Nd3 Qh5 11. Nf4 Qe5 12. Nd5 Bxc1
13. Rxc1 Nxd5 14. cxd5 O-O 15. Be2 Bd7 16. Nc3 $14 {Giri,A (2745)-Matamoros
Franco,C (2525) Tromso 2014 (1-0, 51)}) 5. Be3 {The only reasonable way to
defend the pawn. It has the drawback of blocking the development of the other
bishop, though.} (5. b4 $6 {is completely inadequate due to} a5 $1 $15 {
[%csl Gc5]}) ({The attempt to prove the combination of ...g6 and ...e6 wrong,
in accordance with Ghitescu's definition, fails due to White's poor
development:} 5. Nc3 Bxc5 6. e4 (6. e3 d5) 6... Nc6 {If White could get
developed in time, the move ...g6 would surely be harmful, but concretely
Black is just in time to start strong counterplay in the centre.} 7. a3 (7. Nh3
d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. exd5 Nd4 {[%csl Gd5,Ge1]} 10. Be3 $6 Qe7 $1 $17) 7... d5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. b4 Bb6 10. exd5 Nd4 11. Nge2 Nf5 $44 {[%csl Ge1]}) 5... b6 $3 {
Here it is, the Volga Gambit spirit! Rather than retrieving the pawn, Black is
interested in opening files and diagonals for rapid queenside development.} (
5... Na6 {would retrieve the pawn but allow White retain a small edge.} 6. Nc3
Nxc5 7. Qd2 $1 ({It makes no sense to drive the knight away since this piece
is a slight source of worries for Black, being kind of hanging on c5.} 7. b4
Na6 8. a3 Bg7 9. Qc2 d5 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Bf2 Bd7 $132) 7... b6 {In order to
play ...Bg7, Black needs spending a tempo on defending the knight.} 8. Rd1 Bg7
9. Bg5 O-O 10. e4 $14) 6. Nc3 {White, too, aims for rapid development. But the
last move looks more like an acceptance of the fact that after Black's last
move White has no advantage at all.} (6. cxb6 axb6 7. Nc3 Ba6 {would transpose
below.}) 6... Ba6 $5 {To tell the truth, Black does not seem to need such
radical measures anymore.} ({Retrieving the pawn ensures him excellent play:} 
6... Bxc5 7. Bxc5 bxc5 8. e3 Nc6 9. Nh3 Rb8 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Be2 d5) 7. cxb6
axb6 8. Bg5 {Sticking to the material advantage would offer Black ample
compensation. Here are just a few suggestive lines:} (8. b3 Nc6 {This
developing move keeps the main threats, ...Bb4 or ...d5, in reserve. If White
moves with his e3-bishop in order to continue his development, ...Bb4 would be
unpleasant. Otherwise, ...d5 would threaten the fork ...d4} 9. Rc1 (9. Bf4 Bb4)
9... Bb7 {[%csl Ga2][%cal Gf8b4]} 10. a4 d5) (8. Qb3 Bc5 (8... Nc6 9. Bxb6 Qc8
$44) 9. Bxc5 bxc5 {White faces a dilemma. e2-e4 would weaken the d4-square
while otherwise ...d7-d5 is hard to stop.} 10. e4 (10. e3 Nc6 11. Rd1 O-O 12.
Nh3 Ne5 $36 {[%cal Gd8a5,Gf8b8,Gd7d5]}) 10... Nc6 11. Qd1 O-O 12. Nh3 Nd4 13.
Bd3 d5 $36) (8. Na4 Bxc4 (8... b5 9. Nb6 Ra7 10. c5 d5 11. Rc1 Nc6 {The
b6-knight is somewhat out of play and Black's centre may become threatening.})
9. Nxb6 Nd5 10. Nxc4 Qh4+ 11. Bf2 Qxc4 12. Qd4 Qb4+ $5 {The best way of
maintaining the initiative.} 13. Qxb4 Nxb4 {[%cal Gb4c2,Ga8a2]}) 8... h6 9. Bh4
g5 10. Bf2 {The bishop has reached this safe square after having provoked the
weakening of the black kingside. But White's main problem is his delay in
development, which offers Black great play in any case.} Bxc4 11. e4 Bxf1 12.
Kxf1 {Even though pawns are equal now, the last exchange once again reminds us
of one of the main lines of the Volga/Benko Gambit.} Nc6 13. Nge2 Bc5 14. Nd4
Qe7 {The position has more or less settled down, but evaluating it properly
implies taking into account several aspects. White's development is typical
for the Sicilian defence (which he had aimed for with 4.dxc5) but his main
problem is getting the king out of the way of the major pieces. This can be
achieved with either g2-g4 followed by Kg2 or Kfe-e2, Re1, Kf1-g1. Both plans
are time consuming and with ...d7-d5 in the air one would expect certain
dangers for His Majesty. An additional plan would be fighting against the
c5-bishop with a2-a3 and b2-b4, but this would not do much for his kingside
development. Black has comfortable development, but still needs to decide
between castling right away or spending some time with ...Kf8-g7 in order to
avoid problems along the h-file. His structure is flexible enough, but he
should not forget that there are several weak dark squares in his structure, 
(Xf6, d6, b6).} 15. Ncb5 {Consolidating the d4-square before switching to the
aforementioned queenside plan. This move has the drawback of spending yet
another tempo with the development incomplete.} (15. a3 $5 {is an important
alternative. If Black plays like in the game White would have chances for
retaining an edge.} Kf8 ({And just as in the game,} 15... O-O $1 {looks better,
although White would have to take into account} 16. g4 $13 {[%cal Gh2h4,Gf1g2]
with sharp play.}) 16. b4 {The merit of this plan is that after the inevitable
Bf2xd4 the king will get the relatively comfortable f2-square.} Nxd4 (16...
Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 $14) 17. Bxd4 (17. e5 $5) 17... e5 (17... Bxd4 18.
Qxd4 Kg7 19. Kf2 $14) 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. b5 $14 {[%csl Ga3,Gb5,Rd5]}) 15... Kf8
{Not a bad move, but it offers White the time to carry out his idea under
acceptable circumstances.} (15... O-O $5 16. h4 ({Black's last move may have
been aimed at inhibiting the plan based on} 16. g4 {but it seems that he would
get a great game after} Nxd4 17. Nxd4 d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. Nc6 Qe8 20. h4 f5 {
[%csl Gf1]}) 16... g4 17. a3 Rac8 18. b4 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Ne5 $132 {[%csl Gf1]})
16. a3 (16. g4 h5 $17) (16. h4 g4) 16... Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Kg7 18. b4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4
{White has eliminated the enemy bishops, but his chances of taking advantage
of the weakness of the dark squares are not too high due to his poor
development.} e5 $5 {Switching back to the Volga Gambit mode.} (19... d5 $5 20.
exd5 Rhd8 $1) 20. Bxb6 Qe6 21. Be3 {In view of the predictable ...d7-d5, the
bishop is exposed on this square.} ({But} 21. Bc5 {would have failed to keep
things under control due to} d6 $1 22. Qxd6 Qc4+ 23. Kg1 $8 (23. Kf2 Qc2+ 24.
Kg1 Rhd8 25. Qc6 Rd1+ 26. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 27. Kf2 Qd2+ 28. Kf1 Rxa3 $19) 23... Qc3
24. Qd1 Rhd8 25. Qc1 Qxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Rxa3 $11) 21... d5 $44 {Black has
excellent compensation for the pawn and White needs to display certain
accuracy to avoid problems.} 22. Qb3 (22. exd5 Nxd5 {[%csl Ge3]}) 22... Rhb8 $6
{In the Volga/Benko Gambit this is the most common way of using the rooks, but
here there are things to do in the centre as well. The last move offers White
chances to complete his development while keeping his extra pawn.} (22... Qa6+
23. Kf2 {White needs to spend a tempo on connecting his rooks.} (23. b5 $2 Rhb8
$1 24. a4 $2 Rxb5 $1 $19) 23... dxe4 24. b5 {[%cal Ga3a4]} Rhb8 25. a4 exf3 26.
gxf3 Qc8 27. Kg2 Qf5 {[%cal Gg5g4] Due to the vulnerability of the white king,
Black should count on at least a draw by perpetual.}) (22... Rhd8 $5 {also
looks more to the point than the game move, since the d-file is more important
than the b-file.}) 23. Ke2 $6 (23. exd5 $1 Nxd5 24. Kf2 $5 $14 {[%cal Gh1d1]} (
24. Bd2 Nxb4 $3 25. Qxe6 fxe6 $11) (24. Rd1 Qa6+ 25. Kf2 Nf4 26. Rd2 Qxa3 27.
Rb1 $11)) 23... Qa6+ 24. Qd3 Qe6 ({Without queens, the structure resulting
after} 24... dxe4 25. Qxa6 Rxa6 {looks dangerous for Black. The white king is
safe and the queenside pawns are threatening.}) 25. Qb3 Qa6+ 26. Qd3 Qe6 27.
exd5 $5 {Continuing the fight rather than accepting a draw by repetition.} (27.
Qb3 $11) 27... Nxd5 28. Kf2 Rd8 {Finally correcting the rook's position, but
time is important in such situations.} 29. Qc4 $6 {The queen is exposed here
and it does not defend the bishop.} (29. Qb3 Qf5 30. Rhe1 $14) 29... Qf5 $132 (
29... Rdc8 $5 30. Bc5 Nxb4 $1 31. Qxe6 Nd3+ 32. Ke3 fxe6 $11) 30. Rhe1 (30.
Rhd1 Nxe3 31. Kxe3 Rxa3+ $1 $36 {[%csl Ge3]}) (30. Qe4 Qxe4 $5 31. fxe4 Nc3
$132) 30... Rac8 {With all his pieces on active squares, Black has at least
enough compensation for the pawn.} 31. Bc5 (31. Qe4 Rc2+ 32. Kg1 (32. Re2 $4
Rxe2+ 33. Kxe2 Nc3+) 32... Qxe4 33. fxe4 Nxe3 34. Rxe3 Rdd2 35. Rg3 Rb2 $5 $11)
31... Nf4 {[%csl Rc5,Re1,Rf2][%cal Gf4d3]} 32. Kg1 $2 {Ironically, occupying
what looks the safest square for the king is the decisive mistake.} ({For
reasons that will be revealed soon, it was essential to defend the e1-rook:} 
32. Kf1 Rd2 33. Ra2 Rxa2 34. Qxa2 Qd3+ 35. Kg1 Qc3 $44) 32... Rd2 33. Ra2 Nxg2
$1 $19 {This is the point! With the king on f1 this move would have been
impossible.} 34. Rxd2 Nxe1 35. Rf2 Nxf3+ 36. Kg2 e4 {Black is a pawn up and
retains dangerous threats. Engines are not too enthusiastic about Grischuk's
play in the next phase, since he repeatedly chooses -3.00 or -4.00
continuations when there were -9.00 alternatives. But this does not have any
meaning, the main thing is that Black's win will not be in any shadow of doubt
until the end.} 37. Re2 Re8 (37... Rd8 $1 $19 38. Qc3+ (38. Qxe4 Nh4+ 39. Kg3
Rd3+) 38... f6 39. Qc2 Nh4+ 40. Kg1 Qh3) 38. a4 (38. Bf2) 38... Qf4 (38... Rd8)
39. Kh1 Rd8 40. Qc3+ f6 41. Qc2 Rd3 42. a5 Ne1 43. Rxe1 Rd2 44. Qxd2 Qxd2 45.
Re3 f5 46. Kg1 Qa2 47. Re1 f4 48. a6 e3 49. Bd4+ Kg6 50. Ra1 Qf2+ 51. Kh1 Qf3+
52. Kg1 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2844"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Rb1 ({Usually White starts with} 5.
a3 {- in some lines White may push b2-b4 without spending a tempo on a rook
move.}) 5... b6 {A solid setup. Black completes the development of his q-side
pieces and stabilises the pawn structure on the queenside.} ({Of course, there
are different ways to handle this position. The following alternative looks
quite attractive:} 5... Nf6 6. a3 O-O 7. b4 cxb4 8. axb4 a5 $5 {Not necessary,
but interesting!} 9. bxa5 (9. b5 $6 Nb4 10. Ba3 d5 $36) 9... Rxa5 10. d3 d5 $5
11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Rxd5 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 $44) 6. a3 Bb7 7. b4 d6 {Fabiano is
looking for a complex fight.} (7... Rb8 {was sufficient for equality as well:}
8. bxc5 bxc5 9. Na4 (9. Nf3 Nh6 10. O-O Nf5 $11) 9... Na5 10. Bxb7 Rxb7 11.
Rxb7 Nxb7 12. Nf3 d6 13. O-O Nf6 $11) 8. Bb2 {A double-edged decision. White
doesn't mind swapping the dark-squared bishops, but the b-file is locked now.}
(8. b5 Na5 9. Bxb7 Nxb7 10. Bb2 Nf6 {releases the pressure and gives Black a
comfortable game.}) ({The following alternatives led to a long strategic
battle:} 8. Qa4 Qd7 9. Nf3 e6 10. Bb2 Nge7 11. Ne4 Bxb2 $6 (11... O-O $11) 12.
Rxb2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Miezis,N (2564)-Vehi Bach,V (2425)/Santa Cruz de la Palma
2005/CBM 106 ext (21)}) (8. Nf3 Qd7 9. O-O Rc8 10. Qa4 Nh6 11. b5 Na5 12. d3
Nf5 13. Bd2 O-O 14. e3 e6 $11 {1-0 Colovic,A (2471)-Pogorelov,R (2459)/
Balaguer 2008/CBM 125 Extra (55)}) 8... e6 $146 {A logical novelty - Black's
setup looks rather flexible now.} (8... Qd7 {was played before and is also
good for Black:} 9. Qa4 Nf6 (9... Nh6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O $11) (9... f5 10. Nd5
Bxb2 11. Rxb2 e6 12. Nf4 Nge7 $11 {0-1 Silva,F (2344)-Lazarev,V (2459)/Lisbon
2001/EXT 2002 (35)}) 10. bxc5 dxc5 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O $11) 9. Nb5 {This
active move doesn't really pose Black any problems.} ({The normal} 9. Nf3 Nge7
10. O-O O-O 11. Qb3 Qd7 $11 {should be preferred}) 9... Bxb2 ({It was possible
also to keep the dark-squared bishops on the board:} 9... Nf6 $5 10. d4 cxd4
11. Nxd4 Qd7 $11) 10. Rxb2 Nge7 11. e3 $2 {White is undeveloped and hardly can
afford delaying castling again.} ({Accuracy was already required:} 11. bxc5
$142 dxc5 12. Nf3 Ne5 13. Qb3 a6 14. Nc3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 16. exf3 $11 {
The pressure along the b-file compensates for the obvious drawback of White's
pawn chain.}) 11... O-O 12. Nf3 {This way of development has a clear
refutation, but I can hardly recommend anything better.} ({After} 12. d3 cxb4
13. axb4 d5 $17 {Black is clearly better due to his advantage in development.})
({Also after} 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Qb8 14. Ngf3 Ne5 $17 {White can hardly
avoid a loss of material.}) 12... Ne5 13. d3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 {Obviously the last
moves of Leinier were quite forced.} d5 $1 {Caruana had a pleasant choice here,
but the text move is strongest.} (14... a6 15. Nc3 d5 16. cxd5 Rc8 17. b5 c4
18. O-O cxd3 19. Rb3 a5 $15) 15. Be2 {A sad necessity.} (15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. O-O
a6 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Nc3 d4 $17) (15. O-O dxc4 $1 16. Bxa8 Qxa8 17. dxc4 Rd8
18. Qc1 Nf3+ 19. Kh1 cxb4 20. axb4 Ne1+ 21. f3 Nd3 $17) 15... d4 $2 {A serious
mistake. The closed type of position allows White to consolidate now.} ({
A much stronger move was} 15... a6 $142 16. Nc3 cxb4 17. axb4 (17. Rxb4 d4 18.
Nb1 N7c6 19. Rb2 b5 $17) 17... dxc4 18. d4 (18. dxc4 Qxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Rac8 $17)
18... Nd7 19. b5 Nd5 20. Qc1 Qc8 $17 {and Black keeps a sound extra pawn.}) 16.
exd4 cxd4 17. a4 {The only way to save the knight.} a6 18. Na3 a5 19. O-O $6 {
This natural move enables Fabiano to get control over the dark squares.} ({
There was no reason to deviate from the most active continuation:} 19. Nb5 axb4
({After} 19... N7c6 20. f4 Nd7 21. Bf3 Nxb4 22. Bxa8 Qxa8 23. O-O Nc5 24. Rd2 {
Black has some compensation for the exchange, but White is definitely doing
well here.}) 20. Rxb4 N7c6 21. Rb1 Nd7 22. O-O Nc5 23. Bf3 $11) 19... axb4 20.
Rxb4 Qd6 21. Nc2 ({Dominguez had another defensive resource at his disposal:} 
21. Qb3 Ra6 22. Ra1 (22. f4 Nd7 23. Nb5 Qc5 $15) 22... Rfa8 23. Qb2 N7c6 24.
Rxb6 Rxb6 25. Qxb6 Rxa4 26. Nc2 Rxa1+ 27. Nxa1 Qa3 28. Qb1 $15 {Black is still
better here, but the reduced material balance makes the task of winning
difficult.}) 21... Nd7 22. Qa1 e5 {Black's main idea is advancing the central
pawns. However, it takes a lot of time to do it.} ({After} 22... Nc6 23. Rb5
Nc5 24. Rxb6 Nxa4 25. Rxc6 Qxc6 26. Nxd4 Qd7 27. Rd1 $15 {it would not be easy
to convert the material advantage into a full point.}) 23. f4 f6 24. Rb5 (24.
Qb2 $1 {was stronger, forcing Black to find the precise} Rab8 $1 (24... Nc6 25.
Rb5 Nc5 26. Bf3 Nxa4 27. Qb3 $132) (24... Ra6 25. Rb5 Kg7 26. fxe5 fxe5 27.
Rxf8 Kxf8 28. Ne1 $11) 25. Rb5 Nc5 $15) 24... Nc5 25. fxe5 fxe5 26. Rxf8+ $2 {
Allowing Black to seize the open f-file and develop a decisive attack.} ({
Instead,} 26. a5 $1 Rxa5 27. Rxa5 bxa5 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Qxa5 e4 30. Ne1 $15 {
promises White great drawing chances.}) 26... Rxf8 27. a5 {Now it's too late.}
(27. Rb1 Nf5 $19) (27. Nb4 e4 $19) 27... bxa5 28. Qxa5 Nc6 29. Qe1 (29. Rb6 Qf6
30. Qe1 e4 $19) 29... e4 $19 {Now, when White's rook is far away from the king,
this move comes with decisive effect.} 30. Nb4 (30. Qd1 Ne5 31. Ne1 h5 $19)
30... Ne5 31. dxe4 d3 {White's king is helpless. The rest is easy.} 32. Bd1
Qd4+ 33. Kg2 d2 34. Qe2 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2844"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 {Tomashevsky is a great expert in many Spanish systems. The quick a4 line
is done to avoid the Marshall Gambit, but the Russian player is well prepared.
He loves playing variations where he has the chance of sacrificing with d5
later on anyways.} 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nf1 bxa4 13. Ne3 Bc6
14. Nh4 Bd7 15. Nhf5 Rb8 16. Qf3 Kh8 17. Qg3 Nh5 18. Qg4 g6 19. Qf3 Nc6 (19...
gxf5 20. Qxh5 f4 21. Nf5 $14 {even though the attack is only a queen and a
knight, it is dangerous for Black. The back-up provided by the bishop on a2 is
sufficient to make it difficult for Black to repel White's pieces.}) 20. c3 Nf4
21. Nxe7 Qxe7 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 f6 24. Qg3 Rb6 25. f4 (25. Rxa4 Nb4 $1 26.
Ra5 Nxd5 27. exd5 Bf5 $11) 25... exf4 26. Bxf4 Ne5 27. d4 g5 $1 {Most precise.}
(27... Nf7 $2 28. e5 $1 dxe5 29. dxe5 {gives White some initiative.}) 28. Bc1
cxd4 29. cxd4 Ng6 30. Qf2 Bc6 31. Be6 Rb4 32. Bf5 Nh4 33. d5 Bb5 34. Ra3 {
Black is up a pawn and a little better, but very far from winning.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2844"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. Rg1 {White is waiting with the
g4-g5 move with a useful rook development. The heavy artillery can later dream
about transfer to the queenside via the 4th rank.} Nb6 (12... b4 13. Nd5 Bxd5
14. exd5 a5 15. g5 Nh5 16. Kb1 a4 17. Nc1 $14) 13. Na5 (13. g5 Nh5 14. Nd5 Bxd5
15. exd5 Rc8 16. Na5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Qxa5 18. Kb1 Qc7 19. Bd3 g6 20. h4 Rb8 21.
Be4 {1/2 (21) Zhigalko,S (2647)-Borovikov,V (2599) Alushta 2010}) 13... Rc8 {
Vachier Lagrave occupies the semi-open c-file with a rook, Black needs to
think about a sensible queenside counter-attack.} (13... Qc7 14. g5 Nh5 15. Nd5
Bxd5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Qxa5 18. Kb1 $11) 14. g5 Nh5 15. Kb1 Qc7 {The
whole line was worked out to a great degree, but Black retains some
flexibility in his options. Two ideas worth mentioning are an attempt to save
tempo with the immediate 15...g6 or even the spoiling of White's plan by
moving to f4.} (15... g6 16. a3 (16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qxa5 19.
c4 (19. Bd3 $5) 19... Nf4 (19... Rb8 20. Rg4 Ng7 21. h4 Nf5 22. Bf2 Bd8 23.
cxb5 axb5 24. Bd3 b4 25. Qb3 $44 {1/2 (61) Anand,V (2791)-Karjakin,S (2706)
Nice 2009}) 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Qxb5 Qa7 $13) 16... Qc7 17. Nd5
Nxd5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxa5 20. Rg4 (20. Bd3 Rfd8 21. Rg4 Rb8 22. Rh4 $1 {
A very strong move. Now Black can't avoid Rxh5 and Qe4 with a decisive attack.}
Qc7 23. Rxh5 $1 gxh5 24. Qe4 f5 25. Qxf5 Bf8 26. g6 $18 {1-0 (37) Ter Sahakyan,
S (2567)-Wei,Y (2418) Athens 2012}) 20... Ng7 21. h4 Qc7 22. c4 Ne6 23. Bd3 Qb8
24. cxb5 Nc7 25. Qb3 d5 26. h5 Nxb5 $11 {1-0 (47) Svidler,P (2756)-Sjugirov,S 
(2653) Loo 2014}) (15... Nf4 16. a3 g6 (16... Qc7 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 (
18... Bxd5 19. exd5 Qc5 20. Rg4 Rfe8 21. h4 Bf8 22. Rxf4 Nxd5 23. Nb3 {1/2 (25)
Leko,P (2735)-Anand,V (2772) Wijk aan Zee 2013}) 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Qxa5
21. Bd3 g6 22. h4 Rc5 23. Qe4 Re5 24. Qxf4 Rb8 25. c3 Qb6 26. Bc2 a5 27. Bb3
$36 {1/2 (45) Dominguez Perez,L (2712)-Van Wely,L (2641) Wijk aan Zee 2010})
17. h4 Qc7 (17... d5 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Qxa5
22. Bd3 Rfd8 23. Qb3 Rc5 24. Be4 $14) 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 20. exd5
Nxd5 {This is forced, otherwise Nc6 is very unpleasant.} 21. Qxd5 Qxa5 22. Rg4
$1 Rc5 23. Qb3 d5 24. Rxf4 Qc7 25. Rfd4 Qh2 26. c3 Rd8 27. Qc2 $1 {1-0 (41)
Anand,V (2783)-Topalov,V (2793) Stavanger 2013}) (15... b4 16. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 17.
exd5 Qxa5 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Bh3 Kf7 $2 20. g6+ $1 hxg6 21. Qg2 $18) 16. Nd5
Nxd5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qxa5 19. Bd3 {The transfer of the rook via g4
deserves serious attention now or on the next move. Caruana has to seek
positional compensation for the sacrificed pawn and maximising the impact of
his pieces must surely be a sensible strategy.} (19. Rg4 $5 Qc7 20. Bd3 Qc6 (
20... g6 21. h4 Qd7 22. a4 bxa4 23. Bxa6 Rb8 24. Rd3 Ng7 25. Ra3 Ne6 {0-1 (68)
Zhigalko,A (2538)-Dydyshko,V (2574) Minsk 2007} 26. Rc4 $11) 21. Qxc6 Rxc6 22.
a4 bxa4 23. Rxa4 d5 24. Rxa6 Rc7 25. c3 g6 26. Ra5 Rb8 27. Rxd5 Rxc3 28. Rxe5
Ba3 {1-0 (37) Kramnik,V (2777)-Vallejo Pons,F (2663) Monte Carlo 2004} 29. Bc1
$14) 19... g6 20. c4 (20. Rg4 Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. h4 Rc5 23. Qd4 Re5 24. Be4
Qc7 25. Bd5 Rc8 26. c3 b4 27. Qxb4 Rb8 28. Qd4 Re2 29. Rd2 Re1+ 30. Kc2 $16 {
1-0 (38) Zherebukh,Y (2586)-Onischuk,V (2498) Alushta 2011}) 20... Nf4 21. Bxf4
exf4 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Qxb5 Qa7 {Black has given up the queenside pawns, but
open files against the white king promise serious compensation in the
complicated middlegame with opposite coloured bishops. Please note that the
second player enjoys relative safety for his monarch.} 24. Be4 (24. Rge1 Rc7
25. Bc4 (25. Rc1 Rb7 26. Qd5 Bxg5 27. Qxg5 Qd4 28. Bb5 h6 29. Qg1 Qxg1 30. Rxg1
Rxb5 31. Rc4 $11) 25... Rb8 26. Qd5 Bf8 (26... Bxg5 $15) 27. Bb3 Qf2 28. Qd3
Qxh2 29. Re2 Qh3 $15 {0-1 (55) Gonzalez de la Torre,S (2459)-Sarralde Osua,R 
(2351) Zornotza 2014}) 24... Rc7 25. Bd5 (25. Qd5 Rb8 26. Qd4 Qa6 27. Rc1 Rxc1+
28. Rxc1 Bxg5 29. Bd5 Bf6 30. Qxf6 Qd3+ 31. Ka1 Qxd5 32. Qxf4 $11) 25... Qf2 $1
{An excellent strategy of combining attack on both flanks. The elimination of
the h2-pawn will play a great role later in the game.} (25... Rb8 26. Qd3 Bf8
27. Bb3 Qf2 $15) 26. Qb3 (26. h3 $2 Bxg5 $1 $17) 26... Qxh2 27. a4 Qf2 28. Rc1
Ra7 {The choice between exchanging the rooks and keeping more pieces on the
board was important and difficult for Black. The defender would like to slow
down the advance of the a-pawn.} (28... Rc5 29. Rxc5 dxc5 30. Rd1 Qe3 31. Ka2
Bxg5 32. a5 $11) 29. Qb4 Qe3 30. Rcd1 (30. Qb5 Rxa4 $1 31. Qxa4 Qd3+ 32. Qc2
Qxd5 33. Qc6 Qd3+ 34. Rc2 Qf5 $15) 30... Qe5 31. Qb5 Kg7 (31... Rc7 32. Bc6
Rfc8 33. Qxe5 dxe5 34. Be4 Ra7 35. b3 $11) 32. Bc6 Rc8 33. Rg2 $2 {[%mdl 32]
The critical moment of the middlegame as Caruana has probably missed the very
strong reply by Black. The g5-pawn will fall and endgames will be painful for
White.} (33. Rde1 $1 Qd4 34. Rd1 Qf2 35. Rdf1 Qd2 36. Rc1 $11) 33... d5 $1 34.
Bxd5 (34. Rxd5 Qe1+ 35. Ka2 Qe6 36. Rc2 (36. Bd7 $2 Rxa4+ 37. Qxa4 Qxd5+ $19)
36... Bxg5 37. Kb1 Bf6 $17) (34. Qxd5 Qxd5 35. Bxd5 Rxa4 $17) 34... Rc5 $5 (
34... Rb8 35. Re2 Qf5+ 36. Qd3 Qxd3+ 37. Rxd3 Bxg5 38. Bc6 h5 $17) 35. Qb3 Bxg5
{Black will be a pawn up and his king remains very safe. Both aspects give him
excellent winning chances as White struggles to get his pieces aligned.} 36.
Bc4 (36. Qb6 Rxd5 37. Rxd5 Qxd5 38. Qxa7 Bf6 39. Rc2 Qd1+ 40. Rc1 Qxf3 41. Qc5
h5 $17) 36... Bf6 37. Re2 Qf5+ 38. Re4 (38. Bd3 Qg5 39. Rdd2 h5 $17) 38... Re5
{Move 40 has a very tainted reputation in practical chess. The main time
control with all forms of time trouble for one or both players have influenced
too many games in chess history. Vachier Lagrave dis not suspect that the
advance of the h-pawn would promise him an easier win.} (38... h5 $1 39. Bd3
Qg5 40. Re8 Qg2 41. Bb5 h4 $19) 39. Rde1 Rxe4 (39... h5 $1 40. Bd3 Rxe4 41.
Rxe4 Qg5 $19) 40. Rxe4 Re7 (40... h5 $1 41. Qb5 Qh3 42. Rxf4 Qh2 43. Rxf6 Qg1+
44. Ka2 Kxf6 $19) 41. Bd3 Rxe4 42. Bxe4 Qd7 43. Qb5 {Caruana is desperate, as
he has understood that with queens on the board he will not be able to stop
Black's h-pawn running towards h1.} (43. a5 h5 44. a6 h4 45. Bb7 (45. Qb7 Qd1+
46. Ka2 h3 47. Bd5 (47. a7 Qa4+ 48. Kb1 h2 $19) 47... Qa4+ 48. Kb1 h2 49. Qxf7+
Kh6 $19) 45... h3 46. a7 h2 47. a8=Q h1=Q+ 48. Ka2 Qc1 49. Qaa3 (49. Qb4 Kh6
$19) 49... Qdd2 $19) 43... Qxb5 44. axb5 Bd4 45. Kc2 h5 46. b6 (46. Bd3 f5 47.
Bc4 Kf6 48. Kd3 Bb6 $19) 46... Bxb6 47. Kd1 f5 48. Bc6 g5 49. Bd7 Kf6 50. Ke2
g4 {Unfortunately for White it is impossible to stop the pawns on the kingside
as Black can boast of 4 against one.} 51. Kf1 Kg5 (51... Kg5 52. Kg2 h4 53. Kh2
h3 54. Bb5 Kh4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2844"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 {A very rare opening. Jobava wants to avoid the
main lines, he would like to play a solid Philidor defence with White.} Nf6 4.
d3 d5 5. Nbd2 Bc5 6. c3 a5 7. Qa4 O-O 8. b4 Bd6 9. O-O $2 $146 {White
continues his development, but he missed Black's strong reply.} (9. b5 Ne7 10.
O-O Ng6 11. Re1 (11. Nb3 $6 Qe7 (11... Bd7 $5) 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14.
Rfe1 Nf4 15. exd5 Bh3 $1 {A very strong move by Black!} 16. Bf1 Bxg2 17. Bxg2
Qg6 18. Nh4 Qg4 $19 {with a decisive attack, Avdeenko-Keosidi, Krasnoyarsk
2009.}) 11... Bd7 $13 {with an unclear middlegame.}) 9... b5 $1 {A very strong
tactical blow! White has to take, otherwise the b4 P is lost.} 10. Qxb5 axb4 {
Now the Q is in a big trouble.} 11. exd5 ({Of course} 11. Qxc6 $2 {does not
work, because} Ra6 12. Qb5 c6 $19 {and the queen is trapped.}) 11... Na5 $6 {
This is not a bad move, but} (11... Ne7 $1 {was stronger,} 12. Re1 {White
protects the e2 B.} (12. Qc4 {could have been met by} Ba6 13. Qb3 bxc3 ({or} 
13... e4) 14. Qxc3 (14. Nc4 Nexd5 $19) 14... e4 $1 $19 {and Black is winning.})
({or} 12. cxb4 Ba6 13. Qa4 e4 $1 {is also very bad for White.}) 12... Nexd5 13.
cxb4 Nxb4 $19 {followed by Ba6, Black should be winning.}) 12. cxb4 Bd7 13.
Qxa5 Rxa5 14. bxa5 Nxd5 15. Ne4 {Black's position should be better, but the
a-P and 2 Bs can give some chance, as we will see in the game.} Qa8 16. d4 exd4
(16... Nf4 $5 {was also an interesting option. Black also wants to deprive
White of his B pair.} 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. a6 Bc8 $17) 17. Nxd6 cxd6
18. Nxd4 Qxa5 19. Bf3 Rb8 20. a4 Qc3 21. Ba3 $1 {Still White doesn't lose his
piece.} Qxd4 22. Rad1 Qxa4 23. Bxd6 Rd8 24. Bxd5 Bg4 25. f3 Be6 (25... Rxd6 26.
fxg4 {and White has also some chance of a draw.}) 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Rd2 {
With all Ps on the kingside, it is very difficult to win.} e5 28. Rfd1 Qb5 29.
h3 Kf7 30. Rd5 Qe2 31. Kh2 Qc4 32. Kh1 h5 33. Kg1 {White is threatening Rxe5.}
(33. Rxe5 $5 {looks as if it loses immediately, but} Rxd6 $1 34. Rxd6 Qc1+ 35.
Kh2 Qf4+ 36. Kg1 Qxe5 37. Rc6 {and still White can't put his R on e4; he has
some drawing chances.}) 33... Qb3 34. R1d3 Qb6+ 35. Kh1 Qc6 36. Rd1 g5 37. R5d3
Qc4 $1 {Black always has to attack the R, otherwise the e5 P is hanging. Black
wants to play for g4.} 38. Rd5 g4 {This is Black's last chance.} 39. fxg4 hxg4
40. hxg4 e4 $1 {Now Black has some unpleasant threats, White's situation is
not easy.} ({In the event of} 40... Qe2 41. Bxe5 Rxd5 42. Rxd5 Ke6 43. Rc5 Qf2
{now Black wins the B, but...} 44. Bd4 $1 Qxd4 45. Rf5 Qxg4 46. Rf3 $11 {
is a well-known fortress, White just plays Rh3-f3.}) 41. Rf5+ $2 {Error, but
the position is very complicated.} (41. Kh2 {was a tough move,} Qb3 $1 (41...
e3 42. Rf5+ $1 Kg6 43. Rdd5 $11 {and Black can't avoid the perpetual checks.})
42. R1d4 Rh8+ 43. Rh5 Rxh5+ 44. gxh5 Qe3 45. Ra4 Qh6 46. Rxe4 $1 $11 {and
White survives.}) 41... Kg6 42. Rdd5 Rh8+ 43. Kg1 Qc1+ 44. Kf2 Ra8 $2 {The
last mistake.} (44... Rh1 $1 {was the winning move} 45. Rg5+ Qxg5 46. Rxg5+
Kxg5 47. Kg3 $1 (47. Ke3 $2 {loses to} Re1+ 48. Kd2 Ra1 49. Ke3 Ra4 50. Be5
Kxg4 51. Bd4 (51. Bd6 Kf5 52. g3 Ra6 53. Bc7 Ra3+ 54. Kf2 Ke6 $19) 51... Rxd4
$1 52. Kxd4 Kf4 $19 {and White is in zugzwang! Black wins!}) 47... Rf1 48. Bc5
Kf6 49. Bf2 Ke5 $19 {and Black should be winning.}) 45. Bc5 $1 $11 {From this
moment on White can hold his position.} Ra6 46. Kg3 Qe1+ 47. Kh3 Qc3+ 48. Kh2
Qh8+ 49. Rh5 Qb8+ 50. Kh3 Qf4 51. Rdf5 Qc1 52. Bf8 Re6 53. Kh2 Qc7+ 54. g3 Qc2+
55. Kh3 Qc1 $1 56. Kg2 Re8 57. Rh6+ Qxh6 58. Bxh6 Kxh6 59. Kf2 e3+ {What an
interesting game!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2844"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14.
Rfe1 Bb4 15. Nge4 Rg6 16. Kh2 h4 17. g4 hxg3+ 18. fxg3 Ne7 19. a3 Bxc3 20. Nxc3
Nd5 21. Ne2 Ke7 22. g4 Rh8 23. Kg2 Nxf4+ 24. Nxf4 Rgh6 25. Nxe6 Kxe6 26. Rd3 a5
27. a4 b6 28. Re4 Re8 29. Red4 c5 30. Rf4 Rhh8 31. Kg3 Rd8 32. Rdf3 Rhf8 33. g5
Rd1 34. h4 Re1 35. Rf5 g6 36. Rf6+ Ke7 37. Rc6 Rc8 38. Kf4 Kd7 39. Rf6 Ke7 40.
b3 Rh8 41. Kg3 Rh7 42. Rc6 Kd7 43. Rcf6 Ke7 44. Rc6 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2844"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Nd2 Nb6 8.
Nxc4 O-O 9. Ne5 c5 10. dxc5 Qxd1+ 11. Nxd1 Bxc5 12. O-O Nfd5 13. b3 a5 14. a4
Bd6 15. Bb2 f6 16. Nd3 Bd7 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Nd5 19. Bd2 Bc6 20. Rfc1 e5
21. Nb2 Bb4 22. Rd1 Nc3 23. Bxc3 Bxc3 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Rab1 Bxb2 26. Rxb2 Rab8
27. Rc1 Rb6 28. Rc5 Rfb8 29. Rxa5 Rxb3 30. Rc2 Rb2 31. Rxc6 R8b7 32. e3 Ra2 33.
Rc1 h5 34. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2844"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Nh4 Bh5 8. h3
Qxb3 $5 {A principled way to handle this fashionable theoretical position. Now
Black gets a safe square on b4 for the knight.} ({Black has a wide choice of
solid alternatives here:} 8... g5) (8... Be7) (8... Nbd7) (8... Bg6) 9. axb3
Na6 10. g4 Nb4 11. Ke2 {Keeping the king in the centre makes much sense in the
endgame.} (11. gxh5 $2 Nc2+ 12. Kd1 Nxa1 $19) ({Black didn't experience any
difficulties after} 11. Ra4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. f3 (13. c5 a5 14. Be2 Be7 (
14... Nd7 15. Na2 b5 16. Nxb4 bxa4 17. Nxc6 axb3 18. Bb5 f6 19. Bd2 $44) 15.
Bd2 e5 16. Na2 Nxa2 17. Rxa2 Ne4 18. Rxa5 Rxa5 19. Bxa5 exd4 20. exd4 Bf6 21.
Bc3 Kd7 $11) 13... a5 14. Kf2 b6 15. Kg2 Be7 16. Be2 Kd7 17. Bd2 Kc7 18. Raa1
Kb7 19. Rad1 Rad8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lupulescu,C (2648)-Jianu,V (2508)/Sarata
Monteoru 2012/CBM 147 Extra (23)}) 11... g5 $1 {The most principled response -
Black prefers to change the pawn structure.} ({A quiet alternative} 11... Bg6
12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bg2 Be7 14. Bd2 $14 {was played in a couple of games and it
gives White a small, but stable advantage.} a5 (14... Nd7 15. f4 f5 16. g5 Kf7
17. Rhc1 Rhc8 18. h4 Rh8 19. Be1 a5 20. Nb1 Ra6 21. Nd2 Rha8 22. Nf3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Gnusarev,P (2381)-Ponkratov,P (2589)/Pavlodar KAZ 2012 (29)}) 15. Rhc1
(15. c5 $5) 15... b6 16. Na4 Nd7 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Bf1 Bd6 19. Kf3 Ke7 20. Kg2
Rhb8 21. Nc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 L'Ami,E (2628)-Smeets,J (2662)/Wijk aan Zee 2011/CBM
141 (27)}) 12. gxh5 gxh4 13. Bg2 ({GM Alexei Dreev is a real expert in this
line, but he was unable to pose any problems after} 13. Kf3 Rg8 14. Bd2 Rg5 15.
c5 e5 {<=>1-0 Dreev,A (2698)-Ernst,S (2578)/Plovdiv 2012}) 13... Nxh5 {Black's
extra pawn does not have much value here, but the open g-file is a more
important factor.} 14. Bf3 ({Black should be also OK after} 14. Bd2 Be7 15. Ra4
Kd7 16. c5 a5 17. Rha1 Nc2 18. Rc1 Nb4 19. Na2 Nxa2 (19... b5 20. Ra3 Nxa2 21.
Rxa2 Bd8 22. Rca1 Rg8 23. Bf3 Nf6 24. Bxa5 Rxa5 25. Rxa5 Bxa5 26. Rxa5 Rg1 27.
Ra7+ Ke8 28. Rc7 Rb1 $11) 20. Rxa2 Bd8 21. b4 Rg8 22. Bf3 Nf6 23. bxa5 Ne4 24.
Bxe4 dxe4 $11) 14... Nf6 15. Bd2 Be7 $146 {GM Mamedyarov comes up with a
logical novelty. It general, the following game is quite important for theory
and offers Black easy equality.} ({Instead, the inaccurate} 15... Nd7 16. Ra5
Nb6 $6 (16... b6 $142 17. Raa1 a5) 17. c5 {is too slow and gives White time to
extend the q-side initiative:} Nc8 18. Rha1 Na6 19. Rxa6 bxa6 20. Rxa6 Kd7 21.
b4 $36 {1-0 Wojtaszek,R (2711)-Popov,I (2644)/Zurich SUI 2013}) 16. Rhc1 {
White has no many effective ideas here - the e3-e4 advance shouldn't be
delayed for a long time, since the dark-squared bishop has no job.} ({A
natural alternatives would be} 16. Ra4 Kd7 17. c5 a5 18. Rha1 Nc2 19. Rc1 Nb4
$11 20. Na2 (20. Rca1 Nc2 21. R1a2 Nb4 {is just a draw.}) 20... Nxa2 21. Rxa2
b6 22. cxb6 Rhb8 23. Rxa5 Rxa5 24. Bxa5 Bd8 $11) 16... Kd7 {Black's king is
quite safe in the centre.} 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 (18. Nxe4 {does not promise
anything either:} Nxe4 19. Bxe4 a5 20. Bc3 f5 21. Bf3 Rhg8 $11) 18... Nxe4 {
Shakhriyar prefers to exchange one of White's bishops.} ({Nor was there
anything wrong with} 18... Rhg8 19. Bf3 a5 20. Na2 Kc7 $11) 19. Nxe4 Na6 {
This move looks like a concession, but the knight will find another good
square soon.} (19... b6 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. Bxg5 a5 22. Bxh4 Rhg8 $11) 20. Ra5 {
Fabiano is trying to keep some pressure on the board.} (20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. Bxg5
Nb4 22. Bxh4 Rhg8 23. Ra4 a5 $11) 20... f5 {Restricting rook activity along
the 5th rank.} 21. Ng5 Bd8 22. Raa1 Bf6 {Reminding White about his weaknesses
as well.} 23. Nf3 c5 $1 {A correct decision.} ({The inaccurate} 23... Rhg8 $6
24. b4 Nc7 25. Bf4 {would lead to a passive position.}) 24. Bc3 cxd4 ({After} 
24... Ke7 25. Rd1 Rhd8 26. dxc5 Rxd1 27. Bxf6+ Kxf6 28. Rxd1 Nxc5 29. b4 Na4
30. Rd7 Nxb2 31. Rxb7 Nxc4 32. Rxh7 $11 {a draw becomes unavoidable.}) 25. Nxd4
Nc5 {Black is still a pawn up, so White cannot push too hard.} 26. Rd1 Ke7 27.
Bb4 ({Another way to simplify the position was} 27. Nc6+ bxc6 28. Bb4 Rhb8 29.
Bxc5+ Ke8 30. Rd6 Rxb3 31. Rxe6+ Kf7 32. Rxc6 Rxb2+ 33. Kf1 Rxf2+ 34. Bxf2 Bxa1
35. Ra6 $11) 27... Rhc8 28. Nb5 a5 ({Avoiding the unnecessary complications
after} 28... Bxb2 29. Ra2 (29. Rxa7 Rxa7 30. Nxa7 Rc7 31. Nb5 Rc6 $11) 29...
Bf6 30. Nxa7 Kf7 31. Bxc5 Rxc5 32. Rd7+ Kg6 33. Rxb7 Re5+ $44) 29. Rxa5 Rxa5
30. Bxa5 Bxb2 31. Bb4 Be5 {Now White has no reasons to avoid a draw.} (31... b6
32. Rd6 Kf6 33. Rxb6 Nxb3 34. c5 Nd4+ 35. Kd3 Nxb5 36. Rxb5 $11) 32. Na7 Rc7
33. Nb5 Rc8 34. Na7 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2844"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. Bd2 Nxc5 8.
a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Nce4 10. e3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 b6 12. Be2 Ba6 13. Qb3 Rc8 {With
pressure on c4 and finished development it doesn't seem as if Black could be
worse here. Actually, if anything, White is the one that has to be careful.}
14. Qa4 Bb7 15. O-O Qc7 16. Nd4 a6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Qb4 Be4 19. Rac1 e5 20.
Nb3 d6 21. Qe1 Qb7 22. Qf1 Bc6 23. Nd2 Qe7 24. Rc3 a5 25. Rdc1 a4 {Isolating
the c4 pawn.} 26. Qd1 Ra8 27. Bf3 e4 28. Be2 Nd7 29. Qe1 Nc5 {Caruana keeps
improving his position while Nakamura is without a plan. He lashes out, but
this costs him a pawn.} 30. b4 axb3 31. Nxb3 Rxa3 32. Nd4 Rxc3 33. Qxc3 {
White's activity has greatly improved and he has ripped apart the bind on the
queenside, he also gains a chance to attack the b6 pawn. Practically speaking
this seems like a good position, but he is after all down a pawn now.} Bd7 34.
Ra1 Rb8 35. Ra7 Qd8 36. Qa1 Rc8 37. h3 g6 38. Nb5 {an unusual decision to
trade the nice knight on d4, but White does gain the spot for the queen. It
will be very difficult for Caruauna to try to make progress from this position.
} Bxb5 39. cxb5 h5 40. f4 exf3 41. Bxf3 Qg5 42. Qc3 Rd8 43. Qd4 d5 44. h4 Qf5
45. Ra1 Qd7 46. Qf6 Qe8 47. Kh1 Ne4 $2 (47... Ne6 {kept the extra pawn and
starts to actually consolidate Black's position.} 48. Ra7 $15) 48. Bxe4 dxe4
49. Qxb6 Qe7 50. Kg1 $1 Rd2 (50... Qxh4 51. Qc7 {starts to actually be bad for
Black as the b-pawn is a real concern.}) 51. Qc6 Qxh4 {In this scenario
Black's attack is very fast, but White has a good resource to neutralize it.}
52. Ra8+ Kh7 53. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 54. Qc3+ Kh7 55. Qxd2 Qg5 {White's passed pawn
on the b-file is worth more than anything else in the position. Black has the
material advantage but w ould be happy with a draw.} 56. b6 h4 57. Qf2 Kg7 58.
Qf4 Qb5 59. Qc7 h3 60. gxh3 Qb1+ 61. Kg2 Qb2+ 62. Kg3 Qf6 63. b7 Qf3+ 64. Kh2
Qf2+ 65. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2844"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
e3 O-O 9. a3 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 c5 13. Ne2 Nd7 14. O-O
Qc6 15. a4 Rfc8 16. Rfb1 Rc7 17. a5 Rac8 18. h3 Nf6 19. Ng3 Qe6 20. dxc5 Ne4
21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Qd6 Qf5 23. Ra4 Rxc5 24. Rxb7 Rxa5 $2 (24... Rxc3 25. Qf4
Qxf4 26. exf4 Rc1+ 27. Kh2 R1c2 28. Rxe4 Rxf2 29. Rxa7 Rcc2 $11) 25. Rxa5 Qxa5
26. Rxf7 $1 $18 Qxc3 27. Rxa7 Kh8 28. Rf7 Re8 29. g4 Kh7 30. Qd7 Rb8 31. Qf5+
Kg8 32. Ra7 Qb2 33. Qxe4 Rf8 34. Qd5+ Kh7 35. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2844"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 b6 11. a3 {I'm not sure about the value of this
move.} (11. Nc4 {and}) (11. Nb3 {have been proven by Kramnik to be interesting
moves and that the symmetrical position is still tricky for Black.}) 11... Bb7
12. b4 Be7 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Bb2 Bd5 15. Nfe5 b5 16. Na5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Nd7 18.
Bc7 Bf6 19. Rac1 Bb2 20. Rc2 Rfc8 {Kasimdzhanov has, at the very least,
equalized.} 21. Nc6 {Caruana gets himself out of problems with some tactics,
he already had to be very careful.} (21. Rxb2 Rxc7 {leaves him a little worse
with Black controlling the most important file on the board.}) 21... Rxc7 22.
Ne7+ Kf8 23. Rxc7 Kxe7 24. e4 Be5 25. Rxd7+ Kxd7 26. exd5 {The opposite
colored bishops are still dangerous because the a3 and b4 pawns can be
attacked, but it is not a big deal.} Rc8 27. dxe6+ Kxe6 28. Bg4+ f5 29. Bf3 Rc3
30. Bb7 Rxa3 31. Bc8+ Kf6 32. g3 {Kasimdzhanov won a pawn, but it is still
very far from a win.} f4 33. gxf4 Bxf4 34. Rd5 g6 35. Rd7 h5 $6 (35... a5 36.
bxa5 Rxa5 37. Rxh7 {is better for Black still but one would imagine it is a
drawn endgame.}) 36. Ra7 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2844"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Bb4 {actually kind of rare. We have
seen a lot of duels recently with 11...Be7, but with the amazing draw rate in
that line it is refreshing to see something slightly different.} 12. Ne4 (12.
Ne2 Be6 13. Rfd1 Bd5 {Bacrot-Sargissian, 2014}) 12... Be6 13. c3 Be7 14. Rfe1
Rd8 15. Neg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Ke7 17. Ne4 Rd5 18. Rad1 b6 19. b3 h4 20. c4 Rd4 21.
g4 (21. Bg5+ Kd7 22. Rxd4+ Nxd4 23. Rd1 c5 24. Be3 Kc6 25. Bxd4 Rd8 $11) 21...
hxg3 22. fxg3 c5 23. h4 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Nd4 25. Kf2 Bf5 26. Nc3 Ke6 27. Rd2 Rc8
28. Ne2 Nc6 29. Bg5 Bg4 30. Nf4+ Kxe5 31. Nd5 Ke4 32. Bf4 Ne5 33. Nc3+ Kf5 34.
Nd5 Ke4 35. Nc3+ Kf5 36. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.11.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2844"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Ne4 {
I didn't examine this move order in my survey in CBM 155. It has some
subtleties but often leads to positions from the 7.0-0 line.} 8. Qb3 Nxc3 (8...
Nc6 $2 {(Black's best reply after 7.0-0 0-0 8.Nc3 Ne4 9.Qb3) now simply loses
a pawn after} 9. Qxd5) 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nd2 e6 11. e4 Nc6 (11... dxe4 12. Nxe4 {
[%cal Rc1a3] is dangerous for Black}) ({A position similar to the present game
arose in another encounter between top GMs:} 11... b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. e5 Nc6
14. Re1 Rc8 15. Re3 Na5 16. Qd1 Qe7 17. a4 Rfd8 18. h4 Rd7 19. Ba3 Qd8 20. h5
Rdc7 21. Rc1 Ba6 22. Bd6 Rd7 23. Bb4 Nc6 24. Ba3 Rdc7 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. f4 Bf8
$13 {1-0 (66) Vachier Lagrave,M (2719)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2717) Biel 2013}) (
11... e5 $5 {is an interesting option:} 12. dxe5 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe5 14. O-O Qc7
15. Ba3 Be6 16. Qb2 Rd8 17. Nc5 Bd5 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 b6 21.
Ne4 Nc6 $11 {1-0 (37) Maras,M (2272)-Urukalovic,R (2250) Croatia 2009}) 12. O-O
{Now we get a position which can also arise after 7.0-0 0-0 8.Nc3 Ne4 9.Nd2
Nxc3 10.bxc3 Nc6 11.Qb3 e6 12.e4. It was mentioned in CBM 155.} (12. exd5 {
is now senseless due to} Na5 13. Qb5 $6 a6 14. Qc5 b6) (12. Ba3 Re8 13. O-O Na5
14. Qd1 b6 15. e5 Ba6 16. Re1 Rc8 17. Re3 Qd7 18. h4 Rc6 19. h5 Rec8 20. Bb4
Nc4 21. Nxc4 Bxc4 22. f4 a5 23. Ba3 b5 $13 {1-0 (43) L'Ami,E (2625)-Smirin,I 
(2652) Stockholm 2013}) 12... Na5 13. Qd1 (13. Qb4 b6 14. exd5 exd5 15. Re1 Be6
16. Nf3 Rc8 17. Bg5 Qc7 18. Rac1 Rfe8 19. Bf4 Qc4 20. Qb2 {1/2 (20) Galego,L 
(2484)-Movsziszian,K (2558) Can Picafort 2008}) (13. Qb5 Bd7 14. Qd3 Bc6 15. e5
Qd7 16. Re1 Bb5 17. Qf3 Rfc8 18. Nb3 Nc4 19. h4 Rc7 $132 {0-1 (33) Zakharchev,
V (2228)-Yandemirov,V (2504) Kazan 2007}) (13. Qc2 b6 14. Ba3 Re8 15. Bb4 Nc6
16. Ba3 Na5 17. Bb4 Nc6 18. Ba3 {1/2 (18) Swiercz,D (2633)-Mchedlishvili,M 
(2637) Denizli 2013}) 13... b6 (13... Qc7 14. Qf3 b6 15. Ba3 Rd8 16. e5 Ba6 17.
Rfe1 Rac8 18. Bb4 Bh6 19. Qd1 Nc6 20. Ba3 Na5 21. Bb4 Nc6 22. Ba3 Na5 $11 23.
Nb1 $6 {1-0 (80) Nakamura,H (2778)-Kramnik,V (2797) Istanbul 2012} Rd7 $132 {
[%cal Yc7d8,Yd7c7]}) 14. e5 Ba6 15. Re1 Rc8 16. Re3 Re8 17. h4 {White starts a
kingside attack but Black has strong counterplay along the c-file.} Re7 18. h5
(18. Nb3 $5 {M.Notkin} Rec7 $5 19. Nxa5 bxa5 20. Bd2 Rb7 $132) 18... Rec7 19.
Bb2 Nc4 20. Nxc4 Bxc4 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. a4 b5 $5 23. axb5 Rb7 24. Ba3 Rxb5 25.
f4 a5 26. g4 Rcb8 27. Re1 $2 {A strange retreat.} (27. Qe1 {[%cal Yg4g5,Ye1h4,
Ye3h3] is more logical. A possible continuation:} Bf8 (27... Bh6 $5) 28. Bxf8
Kxf8 29. Rh3 Ke7 {running away from the dangerous area, with uncleaar
consequences.}) 27... Bf8 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Qf3 Qh4 {Black has seized the
initiative completely.} 30. f5 gxf5 31. gxf5 Ke7 {[%cal Yb8g8,Yb8h8]} 32. Rec1
$2 (32. Qh3 $17 {may be the lesser evil.}) 32... exf5 (32... Qh7 $3 33. fxe6 (
33. f6+ Kd7 $19) (33. Qh3 Qxh3 34. Bxh3 Rg8+ 35. Kh1 Bd3) 33... fxe6 {[%cal
Yb8f8]} 34. Qh3 Qxh3 35. Bxh3 Rg8+ 36. Kh1 Rh8 37. Kg2 Rb2+ $19 {->}) 33. Qxf5
{[%csl Gf5] Now White has some prospects of counterplay, due to the strong
position of his queen.} Rb2 34. Rc2 $1 Rxc2 (34... Rb1+ $5 35. Rc1 Rxc1+ 36.
Rxc1 a4 $17) 35. Qxc2 Rh8 36. Qf5 Rh6 37. Rb1 {[%cal Gb1b8]} Kf8 38. Qf3 $1 (
38. Rb7 $4 Qe1+ 39. Bf1 Qe3+ 40. Kg2 Bxf1+ $19) 38... a4 $2 {This lets Black's
advantage slip.} (38... Ba6 $1 {(preventing the invasion of White's rook)} 39.
Qxd5 a4 $17) 39. Rb7 $1 f6 (39... Qe1+ 40. Bf1 Qxf1+ (40... Rg6+ 41. Kh2 Qd2+
42. Bg2 Rh6+ 43. Kg1) 41. Qxf1 Bxf1 42. Kxf1 {, and White should not lose}) (
39... Rh7 40. e6 Qe1+ 41. Bf1 Qxe6 42. Bxc4 dxc4 43. Qg3 {with sufficient
counterplay}) 40. Rb8+ Kf7 41. Rb7+ Kf8 (41... Ke8 42. Rb8+ Ke7 (42... Kd7 $4
43. Qf5+) 43. exf6+ Rxf6 44. Qe3+ Re6 45. Rb7+ Kf6 46. Qf3+ Kg5 47. Rg7+ Kh6
48. Rg3) (41... Kg6 42. Rb6 $5 (42. exf6 $144 Qe1+ 43. Bf1 Qxf1+ 44. Qxf1 Bxf1
45. f7 Kg7 46. Kxf1 Ra6 47. Ke2 a3 48. Rb1 $11) 42... Qe1+ 43. Bf1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.11.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2844"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 {Caruana sometimes plays 1...g6 if he wants to play for a win.} 2. e4
d6 3. c4 Bg4 $5 {This is a rare, but interesting move.} ({After} 3... Bg7 4. d4
Nf6 {the game would transpose to the King's Indian Defence.} ({If Black wants
to play a less usual position, he can play} 4... Bg4 $5)) 4. d4 Bxf3 (4... Bg7
{is more popular.}) 5. Qxf3 e5 (5... Bg7 {is more popular} 6. d5 (6. Qd1 c6 7.
Nc3 Qb6 8. Be3 Qxb2 9. Na4 Qb4+ 10. Bd2 Qa3 11. Bc1 Qb4+ 12. Bd2 Qa3 13. Bc1 {
1/2 Gelfand-Morozevich, Moscow 2008}) 6... Nd7 7. Be2 Ngf6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O c6
10. Rb1 a6 $13 {Buhmann-Salgado Lopez, Belfort 2012}) (5... Nc6 {has also been
tried} 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd1 e5 8. d5 Nd4 9. Nc3 c5 $13 {Cmilyte-Kazhgaleyev,
Koszalin 1999}) 6. d5 Nd7 $146 {This move is a novelty.} ({The very logical} 
6... Bh6 {was played before} 7. Nd2 Nd7 8. Bd3 Ngf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rb1 a5 $13 {
Rahman-Torre, Bled 2002}) 7. Nc3 ({If White avoids the exchange of the bishops
by playing} 7. Bd2 {Black answers} Bh6 8. Bc3 Ngf6 $13) 7... h5 {Black gains
some space on the kingside and postpones ...Bh6.} ({It would also be very
logical to exchange the "bad" bishop by playing} 7... Bh6) 8. Bd3 {White wants
to activate his bishop via d3-c2-a4.} Ngf6 (8... Bh6 {was again possible.}) 9.
O-O h4 10. Bc2 (10. b4 a5 $1 $13) (10. h3 Nh5 $13) 10... Be7 {After this move,
Black will castle artifically by playing Kf8-g7.} 11. Ba4 {White activates his
bishop.} (11. Be3 $5 {is also good} Kf8 (11... Nh7 12. b4 Bg5 13. c5 $36) 12.
b4 Kg7 13. Ba4 $14 (13. a3 $14)) 11... Kf8 12. b4 $6 {This move is an
inaccuracy because} (12. Be3 $1 {was better and after} Kg7 13. b4 {the game
transposes to 11.Be3.}) 12... a5 $1 13. bxa5 (13. a3 Nb6 $132) 13... Rxa5 (
13... Nc5 {was also possible} 14. Bc2 Rxa5 $132) 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 (14... Nxd7 {
seems better} 15. Rb1 b6 $13) 15. a4 Kg7 16. Rb1 b6 17. Rb5 Ra6 (17... Rha8 {
is also good.}) 18. Bd2 Nh7 {Black prepares for ...Bg5 in order to get rid of
the bad bishop.} 19. Qe2 (19. h3 {was more logical:} Bg5 20. Bxg5 Nxg5 21. Qe3
f6 22. f4 $11) 19... Bg5 20. Bxg5 Nxg5 21. h3 Qe7 22. Rbb1 ({White could have
waited with a move like} 22. Qd3 {and it will be very hard to make progress
for Black} {after} Nh7 23. Rb2 {and} Ra5 {White even seizes the initiative with
} 24. f4 $1) 22... Ra5 $1 {Black prevents c5 and improves his rook.} 23. Qe3 {
This move seems a bit useless.} (23. f4 {was a better try, but Black is also
slightly better after} exf4 24. Rxf4 Qe5 25. Qe3 Rc5 $1 26. Rb4 f5 $132 {
, but this is still better than the game}) ({If White does nothing and waits
with} 23. Rb5 Rha8 24. Ra1 {Black can reorganise his forces with} Nh7 $1 $15 (
24... R5a6 $5 {is also possible disturbing White's coordination, not allowing
Rxa5 followed by Nb5})) 23... Nh7 $1 {The knight was already useless on g5,
Black is going to play ...Nf6.} 24. f4 $5 {White seizes the best practical
chance, otherwise his position is much worse.} (24. Rb5 Rha8 $15) 24... Nf6 {
This move allows White some nice moves, which give him enough activity.} (24...
Rc5 $1 {was a strong intermediate move and Black is better after} 25. Qd3 {
This move is practically forced. The advantage of Rc5 will become clear after
24...Nf6 fxe5 Qxe5.... and there is no Rf4.} ({In the event of} 25. Rb4 {
, the rook is very badly placed on b4} exf4 26. Rxf4 Nf6 $15) 25... Nf6 $15 (
25... exf4 26. Rxf4 $36)) 25. fxe5 $1 {White does the right thing, opens the
position.} (25. f5 {can seem to be dangerous in connection with doubling on
the f-file, but black has good resources} Nh5 $1 26. Rf2 Nf4 $132 {followed by
...g5}) 25... dxe5 (25... Qxe5 {is also logical to occupy the e5-square with
the queen, but this move allows White some activity on the kingside with} 26.
Rf4 $1) 26. Rb5 $1 {And White also comes up with a strong counter-move.} Rha8
27. Qg5 $2 {This move is a blunder.} (27. Qf2 $1 {was better and White seems
to hold the position after a line like} Ne8 28. Rxa5 Rxa5 29. d6 $1 Nxd6 30.
Nd5 Qd8 31. Nf6 Nf5 32. Ng4 $11) 27... Nxd5 $1 {Caruana doesn't miss such an
opportunity.} 28. Qxe7 Nxe7 $17 29. Rd1 Rxb5 (29... Nc6 {was also good} 30. Rd7
Rc8 $17 {and White's activity slowly disappears}) 30. cxb5 Kf8 (30... Kf6 {
is also good} 31. Rd7 Rc8 $17) 31. Kf2 Ke8 32. Ke3 f5 (32... Rd8 $17) 33. Nd5
$2 ({Nor is there any hope after} 33. Rd2 Rd8 $17) 33... Rxa4 34. Nxc7+ Kf7 35.
exf5 Nxf5+ 36. Kf3 e4+ 37. Kf4 e3+ 38. Kf3 Ra2 39. Rf1 Rd2 40. Na8 Rd6 41. Ra1
Nd4+ 42. Ke4 e2 43. Re1 Nxb5 0-1

[Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhu, Richard"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "1869"]
[BlackElo "2839"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Na3 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. c4 O-O 10. Qc2 Bf5 11. Qa4 Qb6 12. Qb3 Qxb3 13. axb3 Rab8 14. cxd5
cxd5 15. Be3 Rxb3 16. Bxa7 Rxb2 17. Bf3 Ne4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. f3 Rb7 20. fxe4
Rxa7 21. Ra2 dxe4 22. Rb1 Rfa8 23. Rb3 Bd4+ 24. e3 Bc5 25. Rc3 Bxa3 26. Rc4 f5
0-1

[Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Richardson, John R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2839"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. e4 e6 8. O-O
Bc5 9. Qe2 O-O 10. b3 a5 11. a3 Bd4 12. Ra2 Bc3 13. Nb1 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bd4 15.
c3 dxe4 16. dxe4 Be5 17. Bg2 Qb6 18. Rb2 Bd6 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4
b5 22. Be3 Ra1 23. Nd2 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Ra8 25. Nb3 Be5 26. Qd3 Bd6 27. Na5 Ne5
28. Qe2 Bf8 29. Bf4 Nfd7 30. Rd2 f6 31. h4 Nb6 32. Bh3 Re8 33. Kg2 Qc8 34. Bxe5
fxe5 35. Qh5 Nd7 36. Nb3 Re7 37. Rd6 g6 38. Qg5 Qe8 39. Nc5 Nxc5 40. bxc5 Bg7
41. Qd2 Qf7 42. Rxc6 h6 43. Qd6 Kh7 44. Bxe6 Qe8 45. Rc8 1-0

[Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mortazavi, Ali"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2839"]
[Annotator "Saunders,J"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:00:50"]
[BlackClock "0:00:47"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Bd6 6. c4 Nf6 7. b3 dxc4 8. d4
cxb3 9. Qxb3 Qb6 10. Qa4 Qa6 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Rb1 b5 14. Bf4 Bxf4
15. gxf4 Rab8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd5 18. e3 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Be2 20. Rfc1 Bc4
21. e4 Rbd8 22. Qg3 Qxa2 23. f5 Qd2 24. f4 Kh8 25. Kh1 exf5 26. exf5 Bd3 27. f6
gxf6 28. Qh4 fxe5 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Rg1 Bg6 31. f5 Qd6 32. Qg5 Kg7 33. Rbf1 c5
34. Rf3 Qd2 35. Qh4 {[diag] Under heavy kingside pressure, the world number
two goes wrong.} Rd4 $2 (35... Qd4 36. Qg5 Rde8 {is some sort of defence,
though it's still tricky.}) 36. Qe7 e4 37. Rg3 Qf4 38. Rf1 $4 ({White is
seeing ghosts. Just the natural} 38. fxg6 $1 hxg6 {and now the obvious tactic}
39. Rxg6+ $1 {turns out to be crushing after} Kxg6 {and now simply} 40. Qxf8 {
when Black has nothing.} ({Maybe White wasted time trying to make the double
check} 40. Bxe4+ {work, against which Black plays} Kh5 {when Black is winning.}
)) 38... Qd6 {Black now has things back under control.} 39. Qh4 (39. Qxd6 Rxd6
40. fxg6 fxg6 41. Rxf8 Kxf8 42. Bxe4 {wins a piece but at the price of too
many pawns.}) 39... e3 40. Qh5 Qxg3 $1 41. f6+ Kh8 42. Qh6 Qxg2+ $1 43. Kxg2
Rg8 44. Kf3 Re4 45. Rd1 Ree8 46. Re1 Re6 47. Rxe3 Rxf6+ 48. Ke2 Bd3+ 0-1

[Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dragun, Kamil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2839"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nf3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Nc6 7. Nc3 d5 8.
Bg2 dxc4 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Qd4 Qc5 12. Qxc5 Nxc5 13. O-O-O Nd7 14.
f4 Ke7 15. Rd4 Nb6 16. Rhd1 Rb8 17. Ne4 Bd7 18. Nc5 Bc6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Na6
Rbd8 21. Nb4 Rd5 22. Nxc6+ Kd7 23. Nb4 Rxd4 24. Rxd4+ Kc8 25. Nc6 a6 26. Kd2 h5
27. h3 Re8 28. e4 g6 29. Kc3 Rf8 30. Kb4 Kb7 31. Rd8 1-0

[Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2839"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 Nf6 6. e5 d5 7. Be2 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 f6 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Rc1 Rad8 14. h3 h6 15.
a3 Ne7 16. Na4 c6 17. Qb3 Bc7 18. Qxb7 Rd7 19. Qb3 Bxh3 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. dxc5
Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qg6+ 23. Ng5 Nf5 24. Rh1 Re7 25. Bh5 Nxe3+ 26. Qxe3 Qf6 27. Nh7
Kxh7 28. Qd3+ g6 29. Rc2 Qg5+ 30. Kf1 Re3 31. Bxg6+ Kg7 32. Rh5 Rxd3 33. Rxg5
Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2839"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Kc8 11. g4 Ne7 12. Ng5 Be8 13. f4 f5 14. exf6
gxf6 15. Ne6 Bd7 16. Nxf8 Rxf8 17. f5 h5 18. Kf2 c5 19. Nc3 Bc6 20. Re1 Rf7 21.
Ne4 hxg4 22. hxg4 b6 23. b3 Kb7 24. Bb2 Ng8 25. Kg3 Raf8 26. Rad1 Rg7 27. Kf4
Rh7 28. Rd2 Rh3 29. Rde2 Rf7 30. Re3 Rh4 31. Kg3 Rhh7 32. Nf2 a5 33. Re6 Bd7
34. R6e2 Bc6 35. Nd3 Rfg7 36. Nf4 Ne7 37. Rxe7 Rxe7 38. Rxe7 Rxe7 39. Bxf6 Re3+
40. Kh4 Rf3 41. Be5 Kc8 42. g5 Be4 43. f6 Kd7 44. Kh5 Rxf4 45. Bxf4 Ke6 46. c4
c6 47. Bc7 b5 48. Bxa5 Kf7 49. a4 bxa4 50. bxa4 Bc2 51. Bc3 Bxa4 52. g6+ Kf8
53. Be5 1-0

[Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2839"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 Bb4 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 Ne7 8. Ne2
d5 9. Ng3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Ng6 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. c3 Bd6 13. Be4 Bf5 14. d3 Bxe4
15. dxe4 Bc5 16. Qe2 h6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Nf4 19. h4 Rfd8 20. Red1 Rd6 21.
g3 Ng6 22. Kg2 Rad8 23. Rxd6 Rxd6 24. h5 Ne7 25. Qxa7 Rd3 26. Ne1 Rd2 27. Nf3
Rd3 28. Ne1 Rd2 29. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2839"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Kc8 11. g4 Ne7 12. Ng5 Be8 13. f4 f5 14. exf6
gxf6 15. Ne6 Bd7 16. Nxf8 Rxf8 17. f5 h5 18. Kf2 Rg8 19. Rg1 b6 20. Nd2 Kb7 21.
Ne4 Raf8 22. Bd2 c5 23. Rae1 Nc6 24. Bc3 Nd4 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. Kf3 c5 27. Kf4
hxg4 28. hxg4 Kc7 29. Rh1 Rf7 30. Rh6 Re8 31. Rf1 Ref8 32. Ng3 Bc6 33. Nh5 Bd5
34. Re1 Bxa2 35. Ra1 Bd5 36. Rxa7+ Bb7 37. Rxf6 Rxf6 38. Nxf6 Rxf6 39. g5 Rf8
40. g6 c4 41. g7 Rd8 42. f6 d3 43. cxd3 cxd3 44. f7 d2 45. Ra1 d1=Q 46. Rxd1
Rxd1 47. f8=Q Bd5 48. Ke5 Ba2 49. g8=Q Bxg8 50. Qxg8 Re1+ 51. Kd5 Rd1+ 52. Ke4
Re1+ 53. Kd5 Rd1+ 54. Kc4 Rc1+ 55. Kb4 Rc5 56. Qa8 Re5 57. Ka4 Re1 58. Qa7+ Kc6
59. Qb8 Re4+ 60. b4 1-0

[Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2839"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ng6 7. Be2 Bc5 8.
Nb3 Bb6 9. c4 d6 10. Nc3 a6 11. Kh1 e5 12. Nd5 Ba7 13. Bg4 O-O 14. Bxc8 Rxc8
15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Nge7 17. Rc1 a5 18. c5 dxc5 19. Nxc5 Nd4 20. Qd3 Qd6 21.
Nb3 a4 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Qb1 Qd2 24. Rcd1 Qb4 25. Rd7 Nc6 26. a3 Qb3 27. Rd3
Qb6 28. Nd5 Qb5 29. Rc1 Rcd8 30. b4 Nd4 31. Rc5 Qe8 32. Qd1 f5 33. exf5 Rxf5
34. f3 Rf8 35. Nc3 b6 36. Rc7 b5 37. Rc5 Rc8 38. Ne4 Rxc5 39. Nxc5 Qf7 40. h3
Qf5 41. Re3 h6 42. Qd2 Rd8 43. Re4 Kh7 44. Qf2 Rd5 45. Kh2 Nb3 46. Nxb3 axb3
47. Qe3 b2 48. Qe1 Rd4 0-1

[Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2839"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. e5 c5 8. Be3 b4
9. Ne4 Nh6 10. c3 bxc3 11. bxc3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nb6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. O-O Nd5 15.
Bd2 Bg4 16. Nf2 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 e6 18. Be4 Nf5 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. g4 fxg4 21. Nxg4
f5 22. exf6 Nxf6 23. Rae1 Qd7 24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. Qg4+ Kh8 26. Qxe6 Bxd4+ 27.
Kh1 Qb5 28. Qe4 Bf6 29. Rb1 Qh5 30. Qd3 Rae8 31. Rf3 Qf7 32. Bc3 Bxc3 33. Qxc3+
Qf6 34. Qxf6+ Rxf6 35. Rb6 Re1+ 36. Kg2 Re2+ 37. Rf2 Rxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Rxf4+ 39.
Kg3 Ra4 40. Rxd6 Rxa2 41. h4 Ra5 42. Kg4 Ra1 43. Kh5 a5 44. Ra6 a4 45. Kh6 Kg8
46. h5 a3 47. Ra8+ Kf7 48. Kxh7 Rh1 49. Ra7+ Kf6 50. Rxa3 Rxh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. Ne1 d6 8. Nc2
Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. Ned5 Rb8 11. d3 a6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2 b5 14. Rb1 b4 15. Na4
Bf7 16. a3 a5 17. axb4 axb4 18. b3 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Nd4 20. Nb2 Ra8 21. Nc4 Qc7
22. e3 Nb5 23. Ra1 f5 24. Qc2 Qb7 25. Na5 Qd7 26. Ra4 Na3 27. Qd1 Rfe8 28. Bc1
Nb5 29. Bb2 e4 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. dxe4 Nc3 32. Qa1 fxe4 33. Rc1 Kg8 34. Rxc3
bxc3 35. Qxc3 Bxd5 36. h4 Qg7 37. Qc2 Qf7 38. Ra1 Ra7 39. Qd2 Rea8 40. b4 cxb4
41. Qxb4 Qc7 0-1

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be3 c5 6. Qd2 Nf6 7. f3 cxd4 8. Bxd4
Nc6 9. Be3 d5 10. Bh6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 dxe4 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. fxe4 a6
15. Nc3 Qe5 16. Nge2 Nb4 17. Rd2 Nxe4 18. Qe3 Rc8 19. a3 f6 20. axb4 Nxc3 21.
Qxb6 Be4 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Nxd4 1-0

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. Qg4
g6 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. a4 Ne5 11. a5 Nf6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Bb6 Qe8 14. Nc3 Nxd3 15.
cxd3 e5 16. Nd2 Bg4 17. f3 Be6 18. f4 exf4 19. Rxf4 Nd7 20. Bd4 Ne5 21. h3 Bd8
22. Rf2 Rc8 23. Nf3 Bf6 24. Qe3 Bg7 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Rf3 Qd8 27. Bb6 Qe7 28.
Raf1 Bg7 29. R1f2 h6 30. Bd4 Bxd4 31. Qxd4 Qc7 32. Rg3 Kh7 33. Kh2 h5 34. Nd5
Bxd5 35. Qxd5 Qe7 36. d4 Rc1 37. Rb3 Rc7 38. Rbf3 Kg7 39. b4 Rc1 40. Rf6 Re1
41. Rxd6 Qxe4 42. Qxe4 Rxe4 43. Rd7 h4 44. Kg1 Re1+ 45. Rf1 Re4 46. Rf3 g5 47.
Kf2 Kg6 48. Re3 Rf4+ 49. Ke2 Rc8 50. Kd3 Rf2 51. Re2 Rf1 52. Rxb7 Rd1+ 53. Rd2
Rb1 54. Rb6+ Kg7 55. Ke4 Rc4 56. Rxa6 Rcxb4 57. Rc6 Ra4 58. Rc5 Rba1 59. Rxg5+
Kh6 60. Rf5 Rxa5 61. Rxf7 Rg5 62. Rf4 Re1+ 63. Kd3 Kh5 64. Kc4 Rc1+ 65. Kd3 Re1
66. Kc2 Rg1 67. Rff2 Rd5 68. Kd3 Ra1 69. Ke4 Rg5 70. Rfe2 Ra4 71. Rc2 Rg7 72.
Rc5+ Kh6 73. Kd3 Rg3+ 74. Ke4 Rg7 75. Rc6+ Kh5 76. Rec2 Re7+ 77. Kd3 Ra3+ 78.
R2c3 1-0

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. c4 c5 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. e4 a6
9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Rac1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Nd7 15.
b3 Bf6 16. Be3 Rac8 17. Qd2 Rfd8 18. Ne2 Qb8 19. Nd4 Qa8 20. Bg5 h6 21. Bxf6
Nxf6 22. Qe3 Qb8 23. h3 Rc5 24. f4 Rdc8 25. a4 g6 26. Rcd1 Re8 27. Ne2 e5 28.
Nc3 exf4 29. Qxf4 Re6 30. Nd5 Nxd5 31. exd5 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Qd8 33. Qxh6 b5 34.
Be4 Qf6 35. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 d6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3
Nbd7 9. Nf3 h6 10. Bh4 a6 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Nd2 f5 15. f4
Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qe8 17. Rf3 Qg6 18. Raf1 h5 19. Qc2 g4 20. R3f2 Qh7 21. Re1 h4
22. Nf1 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Nf6 24. gxh4 Ne4 25. g3 Qg7 26. Rb1 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28.
cxb5 Nxc3 29. Rb2 Na4 30. Ra2 Qc3 31. Qd1 Qc4 32. Qa1 Qxb5 33. e4 c4 34. exf5
c3 35. Qd1 Kf7 36. Qxg4 Ke8 37. Rae2 Ra7 38. Qg6+ Kd8 39. Qg7 Qe8 40. Qd4 Ra6
41. Ne3 Qb5 42. Qg7 Re8 43. f6 exf6 44. Qxf6+ Kc7 45. Qg7+ Kc8 46. Nf5 Rxe2 47.
Ne7+ Kb8 48. Nc6+ Rxc6 49. dxc6 Qb1+ 50. Kg2 Rxf2+ 51. Kxf2 Qb6+ 52. Ke2 Qxc6
53. Qg8+ Ka7 54. Qf7+ Ka6 0-1

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 d6 8. Nc2
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. Bd3 e5 11. O-O Be6 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nc6 14. Bg5 Nxe4
15. Bxd8 Nxc3 16. Bc7 Na4 17. b3 Rac8 18. Bxd6 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Nc3 20. Rd2 Rxd6
21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Rxd6 Nxa2 23. Rf3 a5 24. Na3 Nab4 25. Nb5 Na6 26. Rd2 Nc5
27. Re3 Rd8 28. Rxd8 Nxd8 29. Nd4 Nc6 30. Nxc6 bxc6 31. Kf2 Kg6 32. Ke2 a4 33.
bxa4 Nxa4 34. Kd3 Nb2+ 35. Kd4 Nxc4 36. Rg3+ Kh7 37. Kc5 Bd5 38. Rg4 Ne3 39.
Rh4+ Kg6 40. g3 f5 41. Rf4 Kf6 42. Kd4 g5 43. Rf2 Ng4 44. Rb2 Ne5 45. Rf2 Nf3+
46. Ke3 Ke5 47. h3 f4+ 48. gxf4+ gxf4+ 49. Kd3 c5 50. Rb2 c4+ 51. Kc3 Nh4 52.
Re2+ Kf6 53. Kd4 f3 54. Rf2 0-1

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Bc4 e6 5. O-O a6 6. Re1 Nf6 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. Qf3 cxd4 12. Nd2 Nbd7 13. Nxf7 Rxf7 14. Bxe6 Nf8
15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Ne4 g5 17. Bg3 Bg4 18. Nd6+ Kg8 19. Qxb7 N8d7 20. Qb3+ Kh7
21. Qd3+ Kg8 22. Qxd4 Bh5 23. Nf5 Bf8 24. Bd6 Bg6 25. Ne7+ Kh7 26. Nxg6 Kxg6
27. Re6 Bxd6 28. Rxd6 Qe7 29. h3 Ne5 30. Rd1 Rc8 31. Qe4+ Kg7 32. Qf5 Rc6 33.
Rxc6 Nxc6 34. c3 Ne5 35. Kh1 Ng6 36. Qd3 Qb7 37. b4 Nf4 38. Qf3 Qc7 39. a4 h5
40. b5 axb5 41. axb5 Qc5 42. Rb1 N6d5 43. b6 Nxc3 44. b7 Nxb1 45. b8=Q Nd2 46.
Qfb7+ Kf6 47. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 Nb4 5. Na3 e6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bf4 c6 8. c3
Na6 9. Nc2 Be7 10. Ne5 h6 11. Ne1 O-O 12. N1d3 Rc8 13. b4 Nb8 14. a4 a5 15. Qb3
axb4 16. cxb4 Ne4 17. Nc5 Nd6 18. Rfc1 Bg5 19. Bxg5 hxg5 20. a5 f6 21. Nf3 Qe7
22. Nd2 Na6 23. Nxa6 bxa6 24. Rc5 Nb7 25. Rc3 Bg6 26. Rac1 Nd8 27. e4 Rb8 28.
Rc5 Nb7 29. Bh3 Bf7 30. Qe3 Nxc5 31. Rxc5 Rxb4 32. Rxc6 dxe4 33. Nxe4 Rb1+ 34.
Kg2 g4 35. Bxg4 f5 36. Bxf5 exf5 37. Nf6+ Qxf6 38. Rxf6 Bd5+ 39. f3 Rb2+ 40.
Kg1 Rxf6 41. Qe8+ Rf8 42. Qd7 Rb5 43. Kf2 f4 44. gxf4 Rxf4 45. Qc8+ Rf8 46.
Qxa6 Rxf3+ 47. Ke2 Rb2+ 48. Ke1 Rc3 0-1

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. e4 dxe4 7. dxe4 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bg4 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Bxd4 exd4 11. Na3 O-O-O 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Ne7 14.
Nc4 Nc6 15. Bg4+ Kb8 16. f4 b5 17. Na3 a6 18. Bf3 g5 19. fxg5 d3 20. c3 h6 21.
gxh6 Bxh6 22. Rf1 Ne5 23. Rad1 Bf8 24. Bg2 Bxa3 25. bxa3 Rh6 26. Rf5 Re6 27.
Kf2 f6 28. Bf1 Rc6 29. Rc1 d2 30. Rd1 Rxc3 31. Rxf6 Rxa3 32. g4 Nc4 33. Bxc4
bxc4 34. Rc6 Rd4 35. h4 Kb7 0-1

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. e5 c5 8. Be4 Rb8
9. Be3 cxd4 10. Bxd4 dxe5 11. fxe5 e6 12. O-O Ne7 13. Qe1 O-O 14. a4 b4 15. Ne2
Bb7 16. Nf4 Qc7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. c3 bxc3 19. bxc3 Nf5 20. Nd3 a5 21. g4 Nxd4
22. cxd4 Rb3 23. Qe4 Qb6 24. Kh1 f5 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. Qe2 Qa6 27. Rad1 Kh8 28.
Nf4 Qxe2 29. Nxe2 Rb4 30. Nf4 Re8 31. Ng5 Nf8 32. Nf7+ Kg8 33. Nd6 Re7 34. Rg1
Kh8 35. Nh5 Ng6 36. Rc1 Rxd4 37. Rc8+ Bf8 38. Rxg6 hxg6 39. Rxf8+ Kh7 40. Nf6+
Kg7 41. Ra8 Rxa4 42. Kg2 Rb4 43. Rxa5 g5 44. Ra8 g4 45. Kg3 Rb3+ 46. Kf4 Kh6
47. Rh8+ Kg7 48. Rh7+ Kg6 49. Rxe7 Rf3# 0-1

[Event "London Classic Pro Biz Cup 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.09"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 e6 3. c3 a6 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb3 Qe7+ 7. Qe2 Nf6 8. d4
Nc6 9. Be3 c4 10. Bc2 Ng4 11. Nbd2 g6 12. Bf4 Bh6 13. Bxh6 Nxh6 14. Nf1 Bf5 15.
Ne3 Bxc2 16. Nxc2 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 f6 18. Ne3 Ne7 19. Rhe1 Kf7 20. g4 Rhd8 21. g5
fxg5 22. Nxg5+ Kg8 23. Kd2 Nef5 24. Nxf5 Nxf5 25. Nf3 Rf8 26. Re5 Nd6 27. Ke2
Rae8 28. Rxe8 Rxe8+ 29. Ne5 Kg7 30. a4 g5 31. Rg1 Kf6 32. f4 gxf4 33. Kf3 Ke6
34. Rg7 Re7 35. Rxe7+ Kxe7 36. Kxf4 Kf6 37. Nd7+ Ke7 38. Nc5 Kf6 39. Nd7+ Ke7
40. Nc5 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2014.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 h6 13. Ne3 Re8 14. a4 Be6 15. h3 {
Adams stays true to his style and prefers a slow build-up of forces.} (15. d4 {
is a more dynamic choice which is quite testing for Black.} exd4 16. cxd4 Nxd4
(16... Nb4 $1 17. Bb1 Qb6 18. e5 dxe5 19. dxe5 Rad8 20. Qe2 Nfd5 21. Nf5 {
leads to a very sharp middlegame position that is hard to assess - both sides
have their trumps.}) 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Qxd4 {left White somewhat better in
Polgar,J (2722)-Aronian,L (2649) Hoogeveen 2003}) 15... Bf8 16. Nh2 b4 17. Bb3
$6 {= White seems somewhat worse after this, so perhaps it was already time to
start looking for improvements.} (17. a5 $1 {might be a good way to start,
trying to grab some valuable space on the queenside at the cost of a pawn.}
Nxa5 (17... d5 18. Ba4 Rc8 19. Nhg4 Nxg4 20. Nxg4 {gives White some initiative
at least}) 18. Ba4 Re7 (18... Bd7 $2 19. Bxd7 Nxd7 20. Qa4 Nb7 21. Bd2 {
gives White excellent compensation for the pawn}) 19. c4 $1 {White blocks the
centre so he can shift his attention to the kingside} Rc7 20. Nd5 {with easy
play on the kingside for White with f4, etc.}) 17... Rb8 ({Already Black can
start to take over the initiative with the thematic central break} 17... d5 $1
18. Nhg4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 d4 20. Bxe6 Rxe6 21. cxd4 Nxd4 $13) 18. Bc4 bxc3 19.
bxc3 d5 $1 20. Bxa6 Qa5 21. c4 $5 {An interesting but risky choice. Instead of
backing down, White sharpens the play even further.  Adams is a practical
player par excellence and always has been, hence the moniker "tricky Micky" 
One of the key attributes of practical play is to keep asking your opponent
difficult questions. In other words if you have a choice between two lines,
one of which is slightly worse for you but little chance of the opponent going
wrong, and a line which can be a lot worse in certain variations but contains
more chances for him to go wrong somewhere, you choose the second line every
time.} ({The more sedate} 21. Bb5 {would have enabled Black to keep the
advantage without the complications that ensue in the game after would have
enabled Black to keep the advantage without the complications that ensue in
the game after} Rxb5 22. exd5 Nxd5 $1 (22... Rbb8 23. dxe6 Rxe6 24. Bd2 $11)
23. Nc4 Qa8 24. axb5 Qxa1 25. bxc6 f6 $1 {where despite being a pawn to the
good, White will inevitably lose at least one back, and more importantly has
completely lost any hope of gaining the initiative.}) 21... Qxa6 (21... d4 {
Was the major alternative. This would lose the exchange, but Black would get a
rampaging initiative in return.} 22. Bb5 Rxb5 $1 23. cxb5 dxe3 24. bxc6 exf2+
25. Kxf2 c4 $1 {All of which looks extremely scary for White. The game might
conceivably continue with something like} 26. dxc4 Bb4 $1 27. Nf3 $1 Qb6+ 28.
Be3 Bxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Qxc6 {when Black seems better, though the game remains
terribly sharp.  Choosing between such tempting alternatives is one of the
hardest things in chess and must have been one of the factors that landed
Caruana in time trouble later.}) 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Nb4 24. Ra3 Nfxd5 25.
Neg4 f6 26. Nf1 Rbd8 27. Ng3 c4 $2 {Up to this point Fabiano had played pretty
much perfectly, as he so often does these days, but now he hands White an
opportunity.} ({In a way this game reminds me of some of these famous
Kasparov-Karpov battles in the Ruy Lopez from the 1980s - where on many
occasions it would look as if Karpov was overwhelming Kasparov on the
queenside, only for Gazza to launch an astonishing attack out of nowhere. 
That's why I like the Ruy Lopez for White - his king is always much safer.
Even if something goes horribly wrong there's always a good chance that a sac
at the right moment will destablise the Black position.  Even though Karpov
was more the victim than victor in those famous games, as a master of
prophylaxis he would surely have sensed the danger here and found} 27... Kh8 $1
{White is left with this weak structure, so there's no need to rush.} 28. a5 c4
29. dxc4 Nf4 30. Qa4 Nbd3 {winning material.}) 28. Nxh6+ $3 {A hammer blow!
All of a sudden White gains a huge attack out of nowhere.} gxh6 29. Qg4+ Kh8
30. dxc4 Ne7 31. Qh5 Ng8 32. Nf5 $5 {White chooses to amass his pieces before
the final assault, a very human way to play.} ({Incredibly the engine points
out that White can already sacrifice a second piece here with} 32. Bxh6 $5 Bxh6
(32... Nxh6 {makes White task easier after} 33. Nf5 Nd3 34. Nxh6 Re7 35. Re4
Qb6 36. Nf7+ Kg8 37. Nxd8 Qxd8 38. Rg4+ Bg7 39. Qf5 $18) 33. Nf5 Qe6 34. Nxh6
Rd7 35. Nf7+ Kg7 36. Rg3+ Kf8 37. Nh8 $1 Ke7 38. Rg7+ Kd8 39. Rxd7+ Kxd7 40.
Rd1+ Kc7 41. Nf7 {when White is better as the Black king remains exposed while
his pieces lack co-ordination.  But this line is the suggestion of an engine,
unsurprisingly enough, (who would play Nh8!) and caculating and assessing this
line accurately in the limited time available would be almost impossible for a
human player.}) 32... Qb7 (32... Qa7 33. Rg3 Qh7 34. Ba3 $1 Nd3 35. Bxf8 Rxf8
36. Rg7 Nxe1 37. Rxh7+ Kxh7 38. Qg4 Rf7 39. c5 {and despite his small material
disadvantage White stands incredibly well - the Black position is just in too
much disarray.}) 33. Rg3 Qh7 34. Nh4 $2 ({I ran into Mickey later in the
Persian resturant opposite the venue (he was there with his wife, Tara,
looking forward to a quiet meal when luck would have it they ran into the gorm)
and he pointed out that he could have won here with} 34. Re4 $1 {when Black's
defences collapse under the weight of White's forces -} Nd3 35. Reg4 Nxc1 36.
Rxg8+ Qxg8 37. Rxg8+ Kxg8 38. Qg6+ Kh8 39. Nxh6 $18 {It was interesting that I
suggested to Mickey after the game that I thought Black was even better at one
point during the complications he reply was to the point - "maybe, but he has
a very bad king"  Players of that level seem to think in very sweeping, broad
terms. I might be thinking negatively, that Fabiano would beat off my attack
and win with the extra piece, but Adams is thinking in very much deeper,
strategic terms.}) 34... Ne7 35. Ba3 Nbc6 36. Kh2 Bg7 37. Bxe7 Nxe7 38. Rd1 Qg8
$1 {Fab plays this part of the game very well. He keeps finding the only moves
to fend off the White initiative.} 39. Rb1 Rb8 40. Rd1 Red8 41. c5 {White's
attack has fizzled out to some extent, but Black remains with this bad king.
Over the board it's extremely difficult to play this for Black, as not only do
you have to worry about your exposed king but you have to keep an eye on
White's queenside passers as well. Fabiano quickly goes wrong.} Rxd1 (41... Rd4
$5 42. Rxd4 exd4 43. Qe2 Re8 44. c6 f5 45. c7 {also looks quite dangerous for
Black. Even if objectively the correct assement is "draw by perpetual check",
over the board it's not easy to find all these perfect defensive moves.}) 42.
Qxd1 Rb4 $2 (42... Rd8 $1 43. Rd3 Rxd3 44. Qxd3 Qc8 45. Qb5 e4 46. a5 f5 47.
Qb6 Be5+ 48. g3 Kg7 49. a6 f4 {is still completely messy of course, but Black
should have enough counterplay to at least not be losing.}) 43. Qd7 $1 Rxh4 44.
Qxe7 {It turns out that the passed pawns are now almost unstoppable. Adams
does not give Black any more chances to save the game.} Rd4 45. c6 Qf8 46. Qb7
Rb4 47. Qd7 Rd4 48. Qb7 Rb4 49. Rc3 $1 f5 50. Qd7 Rd4 51. Qe6 Rd6 52. Qxd6 Qxd6
53. c7 e4+ 54. g3 Bxc3 55. c8=Q+ Kh7 56. Qxc3 $18 f4 57. gxf4 Qxf4+ 58. Qg3 Qd2
59. Qc7+ Kg6 60. Qb6+ Kh7 61. Qb7+ Kh8 62. Qa8+ Kg7 63. Qxe4 Kf6 64. Qf3+ Kg6
65. Kg2 Qa2 66. Qe4+ Kf6 67. Qf4+ Kg6 68. Qd6+ Kg7 69. Qe5+ Kh7 70. a5 Qg8+ 71.
Kh2 Qf7 72. Qe4+ Kg7 73. a6 1-0

[Event "London Classic 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2014.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Ne4 8. Rc1
Nxc3 9. Rxc3 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 axb4 12. axb4 bxc5 13. bxc5 Nf6 14. Nd2 Nd7
15. Nf3 Nf6 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2014.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. Ne2 b6 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. b3 Rc8 13. Bb2 Be7 14. Ned4
Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Rg8 16. Nf5 c5 17. c4 Be4 18. Ng3 Bg6 19. f4 h5 20. f5 h4 21.
fxg6 hxg3 22. gxf7+ Kxf7 23. hxg3 Ke6 24. Kf2 Rcd8 25. Ke2 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rh8
27. Bc3 c6 28. Bd2 Re8 29. Rh1 Kxe5 30. Bc3+ Kf5 31. Kf3 Kg6 32. Rd1 Rd8 33.
Rxd8 Bxd8 34. Be5 Kf7 35. Kf4 a6 36. Bb8 Ke6 37. g4 b5 38. Be5 g6 39. Ke4 Be7
40. Bf4 Bf8 41. Be3 Bd6 42. Bf4 Bf8 43. Be3 Bd6 44. Bf4 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
cxd5 Qxd5 9. e3 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Be2 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nc6 14.
Rhc1 Rd8 15. Rc5 Bf5 16. Rac1 Be4 17. Bd3 Bd5 18. Bc4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nxd4 20.
exd4 Rxd4+ 21. Ke3 Rxf4 22. Kxf4 Bh6+ 23. Rg5 Kf8 24. Kg4 f6 25. f4 fxg5 26.
fxg5 Bg7 27. Be6 Be5 28. h4 Kg7 29. h5 gxh5+ 30. Kxh5 Rf8 31. Rc8 Rxc8 32. Bxc8
b5 33. Ba6 b4 34. Kg4 h6 35. gxh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2014.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 Be6 11. g4 Ne7 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Re1 h5 14. e6
fxe6 15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Rxe6 Kd7 17. Re2 hxg4 18. hxg4 Ng6 19. Bg5 Bd6 20. Ne4
Rh7 21. Nxd6 cxd6 22. f4 Rah8 23. Rae1 c5 24. a4 a6 25. Rg2 Rh3 26. Re4 b5 27.
axb5 axb5 28. f5 Ne5 29. Bf4 Nf3+ 30. Kf1 g5 31. fxg6 Rg8 32. Rge2 Nd4 33. Re7+
Kc6 34. Kg2 Rh4 35. Kg3 Rh1 36. R2e6 Nxe6 37. Rxe6 Kd5 38. Rxd6+ Ke4 39. Re6+
Kd5 40. Re5+ Kd4 41. Rg5 Ke4 42. Re5+ Kd4 43. c3+ Kc4 44. Be3 Rxg6 45. Rxc5+
Kd3 46. Bf2 Rgh6 47. g5 R6h3+ 48. Kg4 R3h2 49. Rd5+ Kc2 50. Bd4 Kxb2 51. Rxb5+
Kc2 52. Kf5 Rg2 53. Kf6 Rh3 54. Rc5 Rhg3 55. Kg6 Kd3 56. Bf6 Rg1 57. Rc8 R3g2
58. Kf5 Rf1+ 59. Ke6 Rfg1 60. Rc5 Re2+ 61. Kf7 Reg2 62. Kg6 Rg3 63. Bd4 R1g2
64. Bf6 Rg1 65. Rc7 R3g2 66. Rc8 Rg3 67. c4 Rg4 68. c5 Kc4 69. Be7 Re4 70. Bf6
Kd5 71. c6 Kd6 72. Kf7 Rf4 73. Kg7 Rc4 74. Kf7 Rxc6 75. Rd8+ Kc7 76. Rf8 Rf1
77. Kg7 Kd7 78. Rf7+ Ke6 79. Re7+ Kf5 80. Re5+ Kg4 81. Kg6 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 {This solid way of playing the Grünfeld Defence
against the kingside fianchetto by White.} 4. Bg2 d5 {Black's structure is a
hybrid of the Slav and the Grünfeld. You could also call it the Schlechter
setup. The point to note is that in the Schlechter Variation of the Slav,
White does best to put his bishop on e2 or d3. On g2 it isn't so effective.} 5.
Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 (7. Qb3 {Two months after this game in a match
between India and China, Ding Liren tried out this move against B Adhiban and
won the game.} Qb6 8. Nc3 Rd8 9. Na4 $5) (7. cxd5 cxd5 {is the main line of
the Symmetrical Variation. In this position White has two options which are
equally played:} 8. Nc3 (8. Ne5)) 7... dxc4 8. bxc4 c5 9. Bb2 Qb6 10. Qc1 (10.
Qb3 {was the main move in this position.} Ne4 {is currently Black's most
fashionable response.} 11. e3 Nc6 $13) 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 {I have often
wondered, "What does White get for his isolated c-pawn in such positions?" It
seems as if in addition to a compact pawn structure, Black also has good
development and a great outpost for his knight on c5. However, things are not
so simple. First thing that must be noticed is the monstrous bishop on g2
bearing down the black queenside. Additionally the knight on d4 and c4 pawn
can team up to cause a lot of immediate worries for Black with a move like
c4-c5 and Nd4-b5. Not to forget that after a move like Nd2, White can make use
of the semi-open b-file. So, for the time being Black has to play very
carefully. If he can do that and weather the initial storm, he will have an
excellent game.} Nc6 {Caruana makes the most prudent move. He spoils his pawn
structure by letting White take on c6 but in return he diminishes the dynamism
of White's position. Ding had tried this same idea with 10.Qc1 just a few
months ago in his game with Gelfand and hence it is quite possible that
Fabiano came to the game well prepared.} (11... Na6 {with the idea to put the
knight on c5 looks interesting.} 12. Nd2 (12. Bc3 $5 Nc5 $6 (12... Ne4 13. Bxe4
Bxd4 14. Nd2 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Nc5 $11) 13. Nd2 $14 {[%cal Ga1b1]}) 12... Rd8 (
12... Nc5 $6 13. Rb1 $1 Qa6 14. N2b3 $14) 13. N2b3 Nc5 14. Rd1 Ng4 15. e3 $14)
12. Nxc6 (12. e3 Rd8 13. Nd2 Ng4 14. c5 Qc7 15. N2b3 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bd7 $13 {
leads to a position with quite a complicated middlegame to look forward to.})
12... bxc6 13. Nd2 Bf5 (13... Bg4 14. Nb3 Bxe2 15. Re1 Bd3 16. c5 Qa6 17. Rxe7
Rae8 18. Re1 Bc4 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Qxc4 Ne4 22. Na5 Qxc5 23. Qxc5
Nxc5 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rc1 Ne6 26. Nb3 Kf6 27. Kf1 Ke5 28. Nc5 Nxc5 29. Rxc5+
Kf6 30. Ra5 Re7 31. g4 g5 32. Ra6+ Kg7 33. Kg2 f6 34. Kg3 Rc7 35. a4 Kg6 36. a5
Rb7 37. f3 Rb3 38. h3 Ra3 39. Rxa7 h5 40. Kf2 Ra2+ 41. Ke3 Ra3+ 42. Ke4 Ra4+
43. Kd5 Ra3 44. a6 hxg4 45. fxg4 Rxh3 46. Rc7 Ra3 47. a7 f5 48. Rc6+ {1/2-1/2 
(48) Ding,L (2730)-Gelfand,B (2759) Moscow 2014}) 14. Nb3 Rac8 (14... Rfd8 {
was much more precise and would have avoided White's space gaining move that
occurred in the game.} 15. e4 $2 Bxe4 16. Bxf6 Bxg2 17. Bxg7 Bxf1 $17 {and
there is no rook to take on f8.}) 15. e4 $1 {Ding is alert to the tactical
possibilities and gains space in the centre.} Be6 (15... Nxe4 {The refutation
to this move is not at all difficult but a little unusual.} 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17.
g4 $1 $16) (15... Bxe4 $2 16. Bxf6 $1 exf6 (16... Bxg2 17. Bxg7 Bxf1 18. Bxf8
$18) 17. Bxe4 f5 18. Bf3 Bxa1 19. Qxa1 $16) 16. e5 {This move made by the
Chinese player is natural and any human would have made it. However, it was
better to overprotect the b2-bishop with Rb1.} (16. Nd4 $2 {gets refuted due to
} Nxe4 $1 17. Bxe4 (17. Nxe6 Bxb2 18. Qc2 fxe6 19. Rab1 Rxf2 20. Rxf2 Nxf2 21.
Qxb2 (21. Rxb2 Nh3+ $1) 21... Qxb2 22. Rxb2 Nd3 $15) 17... Bxd4 $17) (16. Rb1
$1 {Defending b2 so that Nd4 becomes possible.} Rfd8 17. Ba3 $1 Qa6 18. Bxe7
Re8 19. Nc5 Qxc4 20. Rb7 Qxc1 21. Rxc1 Bxa2 22. Rxa7 $14) 16... Nd7 17. Re1 (
17. c5 Qa6 18. f4 {was a better choice than what happened in the game.}) 17...
c5 $1 {With this move Black fixes the weakness on c4. The initiative is in the
hands of the Caruana now. Watch how little by little he improves his position.}
18. Nd2 (18. f4 Qa6 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gd7b6,Gb6c4,Ga6c4,Ge6c4]}) 18... Qa6 19.
Re3 Rb8 20. Ra3 Qb6 21. Rb3 Qc7 22. f4 Nb6 {There is nothing much to choose
between both the sides in this position. The thing which tilts the balance
slightly in Black's favour is the fact that it is easier for him to attack the
c4-pawn than it is for White to get to the c5-pawn.} 23. Rb1 Rbd8 24. Bc3 Qd7 (
24... Nxc4 $6 25. Nxc4 Bxc4 26. Rb7 Qc8 27. Ba5 $36) 25. Bf1 Bf5 {Caruana is
an expert in slowly improving his position. If youlook, over the last few
moves Black has been slowly getting his pieces to better squares while White
hasn't done anything substantial.} 26. Ra1 f6 $1 {A well timed break
activating the g7 bishop and nullifying White's space advantage.} 27. exf6 exf6
$15 {[%csl Ra1,Rb3][%cal Gf8e8,Ge8e1,Gd8d1] The two key open files will be
dominated by the black pieces. White's major pieces are stuck in the corner
doing nothing.} 28. Rb5 Na4 {The strong bishop on c3 is lost and that would
render the one on g7 very powerful.} 29. Nb3 Nxc3 30. Qxc3 Be4 $1 {An
excellent move! The tactical point after Nxc5 is very nice.} 31. f5 $6 (31.
Nxc5 Qc6 $1 (31... f5 $6 32. Nxd7 Bxc3 33. Rd1 $13 (33. Nxf8 Bd4# {would be a
very pretty mate.})) 32. Nxe4 (32. f5 a6 $1 $17 33. Nxe4 axb5) 32... f5 $17)
31... Qxf5 {White has given up the pawn for almost nothing. In fact it has
activated his opponent's queen.} 32. Re1 Rfe8 33. Rxc5 (33. Nxc5 Bc6 34. Rxe8+
Rxe8 35. Ra5 Bh6 $19) 33... Qd7 {Once the dark squared bishop is activated
with f6-f5, it will be curtains for White.} 34. Qc1 f5 35. Qf4 Re7 $1 {Such
moves which prevent the opponent's ideas and put the ball back into his court
are surprisingly strong. White is once again pressed to find an idea in the
position.} (35... Bd4+ 36. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 37. Qf2 $15) 36. h4 a5 $1 {A strong move
which aims to dislodge the knight from b3 and gain access to the all important
d4-square.} 37. Rxa5 Bc3 $19 {[%cal Gc3e1,Gc3a5]} 38. Rd5 Qa7+ (38... Bxd5 39.
Rxe7 Qxe7 40. cxd5 Qe1 {is also winning but not as clearly as in the game.})
39. Kh2 Rxd5 40. cxd5 Bxe1 {Black wins a rook and Ding gives up. A very nice
and smooth win for Caruana. But it is extremely difficult is to emulate
Fabiano's middlegame play where little by little he improved his position to
such an extent that it became unbearable for the Chinese player.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 {The Zaitsev Variation of the Spanish is not exactly
topping the popularity rankings nowadays, but it remains fully playable.} 11.
Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 {Both players were playing rather
quickly up to this point. The main line and a move that has been tried more
than 100 times is 14...Nc5, but Saric felt like deviating.} a5 {Actually this
move has only been seen twice in grandmaster play.} 15. a4 {Perhaps Caruana
was not familiar with the Saric game from 2010, because he spent a significant
amount o time fron this move forward. However his moves were good and
strategically sound.} (15. Qf3 h6 16. Be3 c6 $132 {Brkic-Saric, 2010!}) 15...
b4 16. cxb4 axb4 {In the long term Black will have problems with this passed
pawn on a4, but for now he can hope to put pressure on e4 and break the center
with c6.} 17. Bg5 {With the impending central breaks and potential weakness on
e4, it makes sense to trade this bishop off.} Be7 18. Bc4 Nc5 {Threatening 19..
.Nxd5, as unlike 18...Nxd5 the bishop on b7 is now defended at the end.} (18...
Nxd5 $4 {This standard trick doesn't work.} 19. Bxd5 Bxg5 (19... Bxd5 20. Bxe7
$18) 20. Bxb7 $18) 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Bb5 Rf8 21. Nd2 Ba6 22. Nb3 $1 Bxb5 23.
Nxc5 Be8 24. Nd3 $14 {White's pair of knights is not that much inferior than
the pair of bishops yet, and with the protected passed pawn on a4 White has a
long term s trategical advantage. Black has to hurry up and open the game.} Qb8
25. b3 Bg5 26. Nf1 (26. Nf3 {was maybe more cautious.}) 26... c6 27. Nb2 f5 $1
{Certainly the correct approach.} 28. dxc6 Bxc6 (28... fxe4 29. Nc4 Qa7 $13)
29. exf5 d5 $2 {But this is way too ambitious. Black's play does not
compensate the lack of a pawn, and he will soon be forced into the defensive.}
(29... Rxf5 30. Qc2 Qc8 31. Ng3 {and both sides still have chances.}) 30. Ne3
$1 Qb7 (30... Bxe3 31. fxe3 Rxf5 32. Rc1 Bb7 33. Nd3 {the pawn center yields
nothing to Black while his pieces look misplaced. White would hold a strong
advantage in this line.}) 31. Nd3 Rae8 32. Qg4 Bxe3 33. fxe3 Bd7 34. Qxb4 {
Two free pawns, the rest just requires some accuracy in time pressure.} Qa8 35.
g4 {why not be greedy?} Qa6 36. Nc5 Qd6 37. e4 Rc8 38. Rac1 Rfd8 39. exd5 e4
40. Re3 Qh6 41. Qe1 Bxf5 42. gxf5 Rxd5 43. Nxe4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "194"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 {A few
month ago I read "New in Chess" magazine #8 and enjoyed Anish Giri's
annotations to the game Anand-Carlsen, Wch 2014 game #3.} Ne4 {According to
Anish, this is an ultra-modern way of playing this position. Yes, at least
here you can hope to make a novelty earlier than on the 20th move.} ({Here is
the aforementioned game:} 7... c6 {A. Giri confessed that he had nevertheless
played this particular position.} 8. Bd3 b6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6
12. b5 cxb5 13. c6 Qc8 14. c7 b4 15. Nb5 a4 16. Rc1 Ne4 17. Ng5 Ndf6 18. Nxe4
Nxe4 19. f3 Ra5 $2 20. fxe4 $1 $146 (20. Qe2 $6 Qd7 21. fxe4 Rc8 22. exd5 exd5
23. axb4 Rxb5 24. O-O Rxb4 $15 {Aronian,L (2795)-Adams,M (2753) Bilbao 2013 1/
2-1/2 (40). Due to the strong c7-pawn White has some compensation, but Black
has the upper hand.}) 20... Rxb5 21. Qxa4 Ra5 22. Qc6 bxa3 23. exd5 Rxd5 24.
Qxb6 Qd7 25. O-O Rc8 26. Rc6 $16 {1-0 (34) Anand,V (2792)-Carlsen,M (2863)
Sochi RUS 2014}) 8. Rc1 ({Anish tried} 8. Nxe4 {but he didn't get an advantage
after} dxe4 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Bd7 $146 (10... b6 11. b4 f6 12. Bg3 a5 13. a3
axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Qd5 $1 16. Be2 bxc5 17. bxc5 e5 18. O-O (18. dxe5
f5) 18... Be6 19. dxe5 f5 $44 {Lenic,L (2633)-Grachev,B (2672) Germany 2012 1/
2-1/2 (28)}) 11. Be2 (11. Bc4 $5 {could be recommended as an improvement} Bf6
12. Qh5 g6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qg4 {with some pressure}) 11... Bc6 12. O-O Bf6
13. Bg3 Bh4 14. Be5 Bf6 15. b4 Bxe5 16. dxe5 a6 $11 {Giri,A (2745)
-Kasimdzhanov,R (2700) Tromso NOR 2014 1/2-1/2 (34)}) (8. Qc2 {See the game
Topalov,V-Giri,A/Istanbul ol 2012. The game is annotated by M. Krasenkow, who
dislikes 7...Ne4: 'This rare continuation will hardly gain new adherents'.})
8... Nxc3 9. Rxc3 b6 10. c6 ({Anand has got nothing after} 10. b4 a5 11. a3
axb4 12. axb4 bxc5 13. bxc5 Nf6 14. Nd2 Nd7 {intending to play ...e5} 15. Nf3 {
draw offer} Nf6 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 (17) Anand,V (2793)-Caruana,F 
(2829) London ENG 2014}) 10... Nf6 11. a3 a5 12. Rc2 Ne4 (12... Ba6 $6 $146 {
Black needs to trade light-squared bishops but he should wait till after White
has played Bd3.} 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Ne5 a4 {It is not clear if Black really
needs to play a4} 15. g4 $5 (15. f3 Re8 16. Bg3 Ra8 17. O-O $14) 15... Ne4 16.
Nd7 Re8 17. Qd3 Ra5 18. O-O Nd6 19. Bxd6 Bxd6 20. f4 $14 {Vitiugov,N (2735)
-Raznikov,D (2494) Caleta ENG 2015 1-0 (32)}) 13. Bd3 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Ne5
Bd6 16. Nd7 Bxf4 $5 {It wasn't necessary to sacrifice an exchange.} (16... Re8
17. O-O Bxf4 18. exf4 a4 19. Qe2 Ra8 20. g3 {Black's position is very solid.})
17. Nxf8 Bxe3 {Due to the closed character of the position and the potential
weakness of the d4-pawn, Black has some compensation for the exchange but it
seems to me that 16...Re8 was stronger then 16...Bf4.} 18. Nd7 Bg5 (18... Bh6 {
intending ...g6, ...Bg7} 19. Qh5) 19. Qd3 Ra8 20. a4 {I don't like this move.
White could have tried to prepare b4, or if Black plays ...a4, then after b4
axb3 Qxb3 White could push his a-pawn. Another drawback of 20.a4 is the weak
b4-square.} Nf6 21. h4 ({It would be good for White if he managed to open the
e-file after f4, f5 but it is not obvious how to realise this plan.} 21. Nxf6+
Bxf6 22. O-O g6 23. Rd1 (23. f4 Qd6 24. g4 $2 Qb4 $15) 23... Qd6 24. g3 h5)
21... Bh6 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. h5 {Intending g3, f4.} Bg5 24. O-O (24. g3 $1)
24... Qf4 $1 25. Rd1 Bf6 {Black's position is solid and it is not clear how
White wants to profit from his extra exchange.} 26. g3 Qg4 27. Qe2 Qh3 $5 {
Did Fabiano try to win the game?!} ({After} 27... Qxe2 28. Rxe2 Kf8 29. f4 Ke7
30. Kf2 Kd6 31. Rc2 g6 $5 {the position which has arisen is roughly equal.})
28. Rc3 Be7 29. g4 Qh4 30. f4 Bd6 31. Rf1 Qf6 32. Qf2 Rb8 {Intending ...b5.}
33. Rb3 g6 {Black lacks space. That's why he opens the h-file.} 34. hxg6 hxg6
35. Kg2 {Anish prepares some activities on the h-file.} Kf8 $6 (35... Kg7 $5
36. Rh3 Rh8 37. Rxh8 Kxh8 {and due to the weak pawns White can't organise an
invasion on the h-file.}) 36. Rh3 Ke7 37. b3 Rh8 38. g5 $5 {Anish gains space
but he can't play f4-f5 anymore.} Qg7 39. Rxh8 Qxh8 40. Rh1 $14 Qg8 41. Rh3 (
41. Kf3 Qa8 42. Qc2 Qg8 {and it is not obvious if White has something.}) 41...
Qg7 42. Kf3 Qg8 43. Kg2 Kd8 44. Qh4 Qe8 45. Rc3 (45. Qh8 Qxh8 46. Rxh8+ Ke7 {
is a draw because White needs to protect the f4-pawn. If he had the king on f3
then after ...Rc8 White wins due to Zugzwang.}) 45... Kc8 46. Kf3 Kb8 47. Qh7
Qf8 48. Kg4 Ka7 49. Rf3 Qe8 50. Qg7 Qxc6 $11 51. Qxf7 Qc1 52. Qxe6 Qg1+ 53. Rg3
Qxd4 $5 {Fabiano doesn't want to finish the game.} (53... Qd1+ 54. Rf3 Qg1+ $11
) 54. Qe3 Qh8 55. Rh3 Qc8+ 56. Kh4 Qf8 57. Rf3 Qh8+ 58. Kg3 Qh5 59. Kg2 $8 Qg4+
60. Kf1 Bc5 61. Qd3 Qg1+ 62. Ke2 Bb4 63. Rf1 Qg4+ (63... Qg2+ 64. Rf2 Qh1 65.
Qxg6 Qe1+ 66. Kf3 Qd1+ 67. Kg3 Qg1+ 68. Kf3 Qd1+ $11) 64. Qf3 Qf5 65. Rd1 c6 $8
{Fabiano protects the pawn however after 66.Rh1 his king will be in danger.}
66. Rh1 $1 Bc5 67. Kf1 ({It is worth considering playing} 67. Rh7+ Ka8 68. Kf1
$1 {White wants to continue Kg2 and Qe2.} Bd6 69. Kg2 Bxf4 70. Qe2 Qc8 $8 (
70... Qxg5+ 71. Kh1 $18) 71. Kf3 Bxg5 72. Qd3 Qf5+ $11) 67... Bd6 68. Rh7+ Kb8
69. Qe3 Qxf4+ 70. Qxf4 Bxf4 71. Rg7 Bxg5 72. Rxg6 Be7 73. Rxc6 Bc5 $11 {
Black still has to play precisely but it is a fortress.} 74. Ke2 Kb7 75. Rg6
Kc7 76. Kf3 Kd7 77. Kf4 Bd4 $1 78. Kf5 Ke7 79. Rg4 Bc3 80. Rg3 Bb2 81. Rg2 Bc3
82. Rc2 Ba1 83. Rc6 Bd4 84. Rh6 Kd7 85. Re6 Kc7 86. Kf4 Kd7 87. Rh6 Kc7 88. Kf3
Kd7 89. Ke2 Bc5 90. Kf3 Bd4 91. Rh4 Bc5 92. Rg4 Kd6 93. Rg6+ Kd7 94. Rh6 Bd4
95. Kf4 Kc7 96. Kf5 Kd7 97. Rh4 Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3
d6 9. a3 Nb8 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 c6 13. Bb3 Nd7 14. d4 a5 15. dxe5
dxe5 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. Be3 c5 18. Bc4 Nb6 19. Bb5 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. c3 bxc3
22. bxc3 Kh8 23. Nd2 Nd5 24. Rac1 Rad8 25. Nc4 Bf6 26. f3 Nf4 27. Bxf4 exf4 28.
Nd2 c4 29. Ne4 Rd3 30. Nxf6 Qb6+ 31. Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Re1
Na6 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Nc5 12. Ng5 d5 13. Nh3 Ne4 14. Bb2 Be6 15.
Nf4 Bf7 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nd3 a5 18. a4 b5 19. axb5 Qb6 20. e3 Rfb8 21. Bf1
Qxb5 22. Ra3 Qe8 23. f3 Nd6 24. Qa1 g5 25. Bc3 g4 26. f4 Ne4 27. Bxa5 h5 28.
Rc1 h4 29. Be1 Bf6 30. Nc5 hxg3 31. hxg3 Nxc5 32. Rxc5 e5 33. Rxa8 Rxa8 34. Qb1
exd4 35. Qxf5 Qxe3+ 36. Bf2 Qe6 37. Bd3 Qxf5 38. Bxf5 Ra1+ 39. Kg2 d3 40. Bxd3
d4 41. b4 Bb3 42. b5 Be7 43. Rh5 Rd1 44. Be2 Rd2 45. Bxg4 Rb2 46. Bf3 Bb4 47.
b6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 {Magnus is in a fighting mood - no Berlin after beating Aronian the
day before!} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {On the other hand Caruana lost to Wojtaszek
and is in a different frame of mind - no Open Sicilian either!} (3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 {The last game between our 2 protagonists featured} g6 ({Carlsen hasn't
played Sveshnikov structures with Black since 2010. In Wijk he faced} 4... e5
5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 (6... g6 $5 7. Be3 Be6 8. N1c3 a6 9. Na3 Nf6 10. Be2 Bg7
11. Nc2 Rc8 12. Rc1 O-O 13. O-O Ne7 14. Na3 Nc6 15. Re1 Nd4 16. f3 Qb6 17. Rb1
Nxe2+ 18. Rxe2 Qb4 19. Rd2 Rfd8 20. c5 Qa5 21. Rxd6 Bf8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Qe2
Bxc5 $15 {Ivanchuk,V (2715)-Jobava,B (2727)/Wijk aan Zee/2015/}) 7. N1c3 a6 8.
Na3 Be6 9. Nc2 Bg5 10. Be2 Bxc1 11. Rxc1 Nf6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd2 Qb6 14. Rfd1
Rfd8 15. b3 h6 (15... Rac8 {is a more standard setup.}) 16. h3 Qa7 17. Bf3 Ne7
18. Ne3 Nc6 19. Bg4 Nd4 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Nc2 Nxc2 22. Rxc2 Rd7 23. Qe2 Rad8
24. Rd3 $11 {/+/=, Carlsen,M (2862)-Hou,Y (2673)/Wijk aan Zee/2015/ White has
a very slight edge due to his more flexible pawn structure, but he managed to
increase his pressure only in the late middlegame.}) 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. f3
Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. b3 a4 $6 ({Risky, as the pawn will
be vulnerable. The solid move is} 11... Be6 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. Be2 Nc5 14. O-O Qb6
15. Rfc1 Rfc8 {then} 16. Kh1 Qb4 17. Bg5 a4 $1 18. Bxe7 axb3 19. axb3 Nxb3 $11
{Van Wely,L (2691)-Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2627)/Istanbul olm/2012/} {/\} 20. Qd1
Bxc4 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 22. Rxb3 Qxb3 $1 23. Qxb3 Rxc3 {[%cal Rc3c1,Ra8a1] wins the
Q back.}) 12. b4 {[%csl Ra4]} Be6 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. Be2 Nb6 15. Nb5 $5 $146 ({
More ambitious than} 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 $14) 15... a3 (15... Rc8 16. Na3 $14
) 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. h4 $1 h5 18. g4 hxg4 19. fxg4 e5 20. Nb3 (20. Nb5 $5) 20...
Bc6 (20... Na4 21. h5 Be6 $14) ({or} 20... Be6 {are engine suggestions, but
they seem too passive. Carlsen seeks central counterplay, but doesn't equalise
either.}) 21. Bf3 f5 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. Na5 $1 f4 24. Bf2 $36 {[%csl Rd6,Rg8]
Caruana,F (2801)-Carlsen,M (2877)/Saint Louis/2014/ For more details see the
notes to this game in CBM 162 by Roiz.}) ({Magnus uses the bishop sortie
himself:} 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 (4... e5 5. O-O ({Rather soft; a more critical
line is} 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 Nxe4 7. Nxe4 Qd5 8. Qe2 Qxe5 9. f4 $13) 5... d6
6. d3 Be7 7. Bg5 O-O 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Nd5 Be6 10. Bc4 g6 11. c3 Bg7 12. a3 Kh8 (
12... Ne7 $5 $11) 13. b4 f5 14. Rb1 b6 $6 {Caruana,F (2774)-Carlsen,M (2864)/
Moscow blitz/2013/} 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Bxe6 Rxa3 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Rb3 $14 {
[%csl Ge6,Rg7]}) 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6 7. Bc4 b5 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. Bxd5 Rb8 10.
Nxd4 cxd4 11. d3 e6 12. Bb3 Bd6 13. Qh5 Bb7 14. f4 Bxf4 15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Rf1
Qe3+ 17. Kh1 O-O 18. Rf3 Qh6 19. Qe5 a5 20. a4 Bc6 21. axb5 Rxb5 22. Qxd4 Qd2
$11 {Carlsen,M (2862)-Saric,I (2666)/Wijk aan Zee/2015/}) 3... g6 {The most
usual move, but in the past Carlsen has slso played other standard
alternatives:} (3... e6 {became more fashionable after Anand-Gelfand in 2012} {
After} 4. O-O ({Anand preferred} 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 ({or} 5. b3)) 4... Nge7 {
Caruana's specialty is the rare} 5. d4 $5 (5. c3 {is played very often.}) ({
The same goes for} 5. Re1 Ng6 (5... a6 $142 6. Bf1 d5 $132) 6. c3 d5 7. Qa4 Be7
8. d4 O-O $5 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. Nc4 Qd8 13. Bxc6 bxc6
14. Nd4 c5 15. Nc6 Qc7 16. Nxe7+ Nxe7 17. Qa5 Qxa5 18. Nxa5 Ba6 19. Bg5 Rfe8
20. Rad1 h6 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. c4 Kf8 23. Rd6 Bb7 24. Red1 Ke8 {Wang,H (2752)
-Carlsen,M (2861)/Wijk aan Zee/2013/} 25. a3 $14 {[%cal Yb2b4]}) 5... cxd4 6.
Nxd4 Ng6 (6... Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Ng6 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rb1 Qc7
12. Be3 e5 $6 (12... Nf4 13. Bc2 e5 $14 {/~~ Caruana}) 13. g3 $1 d6 14. b4 Be6
15. Qd2 Rac8 16. b5 Bd8 17. Rfc1 Qd7 18. bxc6 Rxc6 19. Nd5 $36 {Caruana,F 
(2779)-Gelfand,B (2764)/Elancourt/2013/ For more details see the notes by
Caruana in CBM 157.}) 7. Be3 (7. Be2 Bc5 $5 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. c4 d6 10. Nc3 a6 11.
Kh1 e5 12. Nd5 Ba7 13. Bg4 O-O 14. Bxc8 Rxc8 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Nge7 17. Rc1
a5 18. c5 dxc5 19. Nxc5 Nd4 20. Qd3 Qd6 $11 {Caruana,F (2839)-Nakamura,H (2767)
/London rpd/2014/}) 7... Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. c4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bf6 11. Qd2 b6 12.
Nc3 Bb7 13. f3 Qe7 14. a4 Rad8 15. Ra3 Be5 16. a5 f5 $6 (16... bxa5 $13 {/\}
17. Rxa5 d5 {[%cal Re5h2,Re7c7]}) (16... Bd6 17. Rb3 Bc5 $132) 17. axb6 axb6
18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Bd3 Rh5 20. h3 Bb8 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Bxb6 Rf8 23. Ne2 Rh4 24.
Qd3 Kh7 25. Bf2 $14 {/+/-, Caruana,F (2779)-Radjabov,T (2723) /Bucharest/2013/
For details see the notes to this game by Rogozenco in CBM 157.}) (3... d6 {
Nowadays more topical is} 4. O-O (4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. e5 $5 (5. O-O e5 6. c3 Nf6
7. Re1 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 ({The simple} 8... Bxf3 {is quite solid:} 9. Qxf3 Be7 10.
d3 O-O 11. Nd2 Ne8 12. Nc4 Nc7 13. b4 cxb4 14. cxb4 Ne6 15. Be3 Qd7 16. Rac1
Rfc8 17. Rc2 Rab8 18. a3 Bd8 19. Rec1 Bb6 20. Qg4 {Rublevsky,S (2679)-Tregubov,
P (2599)/Krasnoyarsk/2007/} Bxe3 21. fxe3 c5 $11) 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nd7 11.
Be3 Be7 12. Nbd2 O-O (12... exd4 13. Bxd4 O-O 14. Nf1 $14) 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Rac1
Rfc8 15. Qd3 Qb7 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Rc3 Rab8 18. Rec1 {Palac,M (2604)-Tomic,B 
(2418)/Sarajevo/2012/} c5 $132) 5... Bg4 (5... d5 6. h3 $5 $14 {gives White
excellent practical results}) 6. h3 Bh5 7. O-O e6 (7... dxe5 8. g4 e4 $13) 8.
Re1 (8. d3 d5 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Re1 Nc8 $1 11. Qe2 Nb6 12. b3 Be7 13. Bb2 O-O 14.
Nb1 a5 15. a4 c4 $1 16. dxc4 dxc4 17. Rd1 Qb8 18. Nbd2 cxb3 19. cxb3 Nd5 20.
Rac1 Qb6 $15 {Kabanov,N (2502)-Caruana,F (2767)/EU-ch Plovdiv/2012/}) (8. exd6
$142) 8... Ne7 (8... d5 $5) 9. exd6 Nd5 10. d3 Bxd6 11. Nbd2 O-O {and Black's
piece play should compensate for his split pawns:} 12. Nc4 (12. Ne4 h6 13. Ng3
Bg6 14. Ne4 Bh5 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. Ne4 {½, Rabiega,R (2501)-Boensch,U (2540)/
Austria/2002/}) 12... Bc7 13. Qe2 Kh8 14. Bd2 Nb4 15. Bxb4 cxb4 16. Qe3 Qd5 17.
g4 Bg6 18. Nfe5 Rfe8 19. Qf3 f6 20. Nxg6+ hxg6 21. Re4 f5 22. gxf5 exf5 23.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qxd5 cxd5 25. Ne3 {Caruana,F (2757)-Gelfand,B (2740)/Zuerich
blitz/2013/} d4 $132 {[%cal Ye8e2]}) 4... Bd7 (4... Bg4 $5 5. h3 Bh5 {is for
the more aggressively minded.}) 5. Re1 Nf6 ({After} 5... a6 {Black must also
reckon with} 6. Bxc6 $5 Bxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Rc8 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bd7 11.
b3 b5 12. Bg5 bxc4 13. Nd5 h6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qf3 h5 16. h3 Bh6 17. Nf5 Bf8
18. bxc4 e6 19. Rab1 Bc6 20. Qc3 $18 {Anand,V (2793)-Nakamura,H (2775)/London
blitz/2014/}) 6. c3 (6. h3 e6 7. c3 d5 $5 8. d3 (8. e5 $2 Nxe5) 8... a6 9. Ba4
b5 10. Bc2 dxe4 11. dxe4 e5 12. a4 Be7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Bg5 Be6
16. Na3 b4 17. Nb1 $6 (17. cxb4 cxb4 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Bd3 O-O 21.
Nh4 Rd8 $13) 17... O-O 18. Ba4 h6 19. Bh4 Rd8 20. Nbd2 g5 21. Bg3 Nd7 22. Bb3
Nf8 23. Qc2 f6 24. Nc4 Qa6 {Bologan,V (2732)-Carlsen,M (2837)/Biel/2012/} 25.
Nfd2 $11) 6... a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 g6 10. d3 Bg7 11. Be3 Nd7 12.
Nd2 O-O 13. Qd1 b5 14. Nf3 b4 15. Qa4 Qc7 16. d4 Rfb8 17. Rab1 e6 (17... Na7 $6
18. cxb4 Rxb4 19. Qc2 Nc6 20. dxc5 dxc5 21. a3 Rb7 22. Rec1 $36 {Efimenko,Z 
(2649)-Markos,J (2590)/Slovakia/2014/}) (17... a5 $5 18. Rec1 Qb7 19. Qd1 Rc8
20. Bc4 Nb6 21. Bf1 Nd7 22. Bc4 Nb6 {½, Haug,J (2121)-Lissang,C (2273)/
Stockholm/2014/}) 18. Rec1 (18. Qc2 a5 19. a4 Rc8 20. Bb5 bxc3 21. bxc3 cxd4
22. cxd4 Qb7 23. Qd1 Nb4 24. d5 exd5 25. exd5 Qc7 $132 {Partenie,M (2130)
-Ulbig,S/email/2011/}) 18... Ra7 19. Qd1 a5 20. Bf4 bxc3 21. bxc3 Rxb1 22. Rxb1
cxd4 23. cxd4 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 e5 26. Qd2 exf4 27. Qxf4 $14 {
Ottesen,S (2399)-Hansen,L (2182)/email/2010/}) (3... Nf6 4. e5 ({More usual is
} 4. Nc3 {- 3.Nc3}) 4... Nd5 5. O-O (5. Nc3 Nc7 $132) 5... g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. d4
cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc7 9. Nc3 Nxb5 10. Nxb5 O-O 11. Bf4 a6 12. Nc3 d6 13. exd6 exd6
14. h3 d5 15. Re1 Be6 16. Qd2 Re8 17. Re2 Qb6 18. Rae1 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20.
Qxd4 Bxd4 21. Nxd5 Rac8 22. Bd6 Kh8 23. Nc7 Red8 24. Nxe6 Rxd6 $11 {Zvjaginsev,
V (2636)-Bacrot,E (2722)/Moscow/2009/}) 4. Bxc6 {Caruana mostly plays the text
move.} ({The main alternative is} 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 (5. c3 Nf6 {is usually
just a transposition}) 5... Nf6 6. c3 (6. e5 Nd5 7. Nc3 Nc7 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Ne4
Ne6 (9... b6 10. Nf6+ Kf8 11. Ne4 h6 12. d3 g5 $5 (12... Kg8 13. h3 Kh7 $132)
13. Ng3 Be6 14. Qe2 Qd5 15. c4 Qd7 16. b3 f5 17. exf6 exf6 18. Bb2 Re8 19. Qc2
h5 20. Re3 h4 21. Ne4 Rh6 22. Rae1 h3 23. g3 Bf7 $13 {Rapport,R (2693)
-Moiseenko,A (2699)/Biel/2013/}) 10. d3 O-O 11. Be3 b6 12. Qd2 Nd4 13. Nxd4
cxd4 14. Bh6 c5 15. h4 Qd5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ng3 Bb7 18. f3 Qe6 19. b3 {
½, Bacrot,E (2714)-Moiseenko,A (2699)/W Cup Tromsoe/2013/}) 6... O-O 7. h3 (7.
d4 d5 8. e5 Ne4 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nbd2 cxd4 11. cxd4 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nb3
Nxb3 14. Qxb3 Bg4 15. Nd4 Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. b3 Rfc8 18. a4 Bd7 19. f4 e6
20. Ba3 Bh6 21. g3 g5 22. Ra2 b5 $132 {Vegjeleki,A (2224)-Latronico,N (2441)/
email/2010/}) 7... Qb6 $5 (7... e5 8. d3 d6 9. a3 {[%cal Yb2b4] is perhaps
slightly more promising for White.}) 8. Ba4 (8. Bf1 e5 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5
11. Qb3 Qxb3 12. axb3 Rd8 13. g3 f6 14. Nbd2 Nc7 15. Nc4 Bf5 16. Rd1 Be6 17.
Be3 Bf8 18. Nfd2 Nd5 19. Re1 Bf7 20. g4 b6 $15 {Kamsky,G (2741)-Christiansen,L
(2579)/USA-ch Saint Louis/2013/}) 8... Rd8 9. d3 (9. d4 d5 $1 10. e5 Ne4 $132)
9... d5 10. e5 Nd7 11. d4 Nf8 $1 12. Na3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bf5 14. Be3 Ne6 15. Qd2
Be4 16. Ng5 $1 (16. Rad1 $2 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rac8 18. f4 Kh8 19. Bb5 Bh6 20. Be2
Ng7 21. Nb5 Nf5 22. Nc3 e6 23. Bg4 Nh4 24. Kh1 Rg8 $40 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Yg6g5]
Muminova,N (2315)-Hou,Y (2661)/Sharjah/2014/ After thorough preparation Black
gradually broke through on the kingside.}) 16... Nxg5 17. Bxg5 f6 $11 {Hou
Yifan}) 4... dxc6 (4... bxc6 {is somewhat more risky, as was seen a few rounds
later:} 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nf6 (6... Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 {also gives White
chances to fight for an advantage}) 7. e5 Nd5 8. c4 Nc7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 O-O
(10... d6 11. Bh6 $1 $36) 11. Qh4 f6 12. Nc3 Ne6 13. Ne4 fxe5 14. Nfg5 Nxg5 15.
Bxg5 Qb6 16. c5 $5 Qxb2 17. Rad1 $44 d5 $6 (17... Qxa2 $142 $5 {[%csl Ga7]})
18. cxd6 exd6 19. Rxd6 Bf5 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Bxf6 Rab8 $2 22. Qc4+ Rf7 23. Red1
Qb1 24. h3 {1-0, Van Wely,L (2667)-Hou,Y (2673)/Wijk aan Zee/2015/}) 5. d3 Bg7
6. h3 Nf6 {[%mdl 32] White has swapped his light-squared B and places his
pawns strategically on the light squares, Black continues developing naturally
and a positional battle starts.} ({Carlsen is not attracted by} 6... b6 7. O-O
e5 8. Be3 Ne7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nc4 f6 11. a3 a5 $2 {[%csl Ra5,Rb6]} (11... Nd5
$142 $1 $13) 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 b5 15. Ncd2 cxb4 16. Qa2+ Kh8
17. Bc5 g5 18. Ra1 Bd7 19. Qa5 Qe8 20. Qxb4 Rf7 21. Ra7 Bf8 22. d4 $16 {
Caruana,F (2716)-Kuznetsov,V (2427)/RUS-chT Olginka/2011/}) 7. Nc3 b6 ({
Basically a useful move, but Black usually plays it a bit later, preferring} 
7... O-O 8. Be3 b6 9. Qd2 ({Caruana probably would have played} 9. O-O {
, transposing to our game.}) 9... e5 10. Bh6 Qd6 11. O-O-O (11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12.
g3 $146 a5 13. Nh4 a4 14. a3 b5 15. Qe3 Rb8 16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 Nh5 {[%csl
Re1]} 18. Ne2 Qf6 19. Nf3 Qxb2 20. Kf2 Qf6 21. Rag1 b4 22. Qxc5 {Hansen,E 
(2577)-Saric,I (2680)/Doha/2014/} Nxf4 23. Nxf4 Qxf4 24. axb4 f5 $1 $36) 11...
a5 12. Nh2 (12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. g4 a4 14. Ne2 b5 15. Ng3 b4 16. Qg5 Re8 17. Nd2
a3 18. bxa3 h6 19. Qe3 Be6 20. Nb3 Rxa3 21. Qxc5 Qb8 $40 {Shirov,A (2697)-Leko,
P (2722)/Dortmund/2002/}) 12... a4 13. Ng4 Nh5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Ne2 f6 16. g3
a3 17. b3 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Qe3 Rae8 20. f3 Nf6 21. Nxf6 Qxf6 $132 {
Pedersen,H (2527)-Serradimigni,R (2477)/email/2006/}) 8. Be3 ({Black gets in
the central advance even after} 8. Bf4 Nd7 9. Qd2 h6 10. a3 e5 11. Be3 Qe7 12.
O-O h5 13. Rfb1 a5 14. b3 O-O 15. Bh6 Rd8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qe3 Ba6 18. a4 Nf8
19. Ne2 Qf6 20. Ng5 Qd6 21. f4 exf4 22. Nxf4 Qd4 23. Re1 Ra7 24. Kh2 Qxe3 25.
Rxe3 Re7 $11 {Chadaev,N (2574)-Alekseev,E (2691)/Irkutsk/2010/}) 8... e5 $6 {
Strategically sound, but right now rather careless...} (8... O-O $142 9. O-O (
9. Qd2 e5 {see 7...0-0 above}) 9... Ne8 (9... e5 $5 {leads back to the game})
10. Qd2 e5 (10... Nc7 11. Bh6 Ne6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Ne2 $14) 11. Bh6 f6 12. Nh2
Qe7 13. Bxg7 Nxg7 14. f4 exf4 15. Qxf4 Ne6 16. Qh4 Nd4 17. Rf2 Rf7 18. Raf1 f5
19. Qf4 Be6 20. e5 g5 21. Qd2 c4 22. Rd1 cxd3 23. Qxd3 Rd8 $15 {Veinger,I 
(2597)-Wills,M (2500)/corr/1996/}) 9. O-O $6 ({White misses an opportunity to
play} 9. Nxe5 $1 Nxe4 10. Qf3 $1 f5 11. Bf4 (11. Nxg6 $5 hxg6 12. dxe4 O-O 13.
Qg3 $14) 11... Qe7 12. Nxc6 ({A simpler way is} 12. dxe4 Bxe5 13. O-O-O $1 $36)
12... Qe6 (12... Ng5+ $142 $1 13. Nxe7 (13. Qe3 Qxe3+ 14. fxe3 Nf7 {[%csl Rc6]}
) 13... Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Kxe7 $44) 13. dxe4 Qxc6 14. Nd5 (14. O-O-O $142 $1 $14)
14... Kf7 15. O-O-O fxe4 16. Qxe4 Re8 17. Qf3 Bf5 18. Rhe1 Rad8 19. c4 Qa4 20.
Qb3 Qxb3 21. axb3 Be4 22. f3 Bxd5 23. Rxe8 Kxe8 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. cxd5 Kd7 26.
Kc2 b5 $2 (26... Bf6 {/\} 27. Bb8 Kc8 $11) 27. Bb8 $1 a6 28. f4 $18 {[%cal
Rb8e5] Macieja,B (2430)-Pyda,Z (2305)/Polanica Zdroj/1996/}) 9... O-O 10. a3 {
As with Kuznetsov, Caruana concentrates on the queenside.} ({However, White
far more often plays} 10. Qd2 Qd6 11. Bh6 Nh5 12. Ne2 (12. Rae1 f6 13. Ne2 Be6
14. Bxg7 Nxg7 15. b3 a5 16. a4 Rfd8 17. Qe3 b5 18. Ra1 Bf7 19. Nh2 c4 $132 {
Nijboer,F (2510)-Piket,J (2670)/Amsterdam/1995/}) 12... f6 13. b3 (13. a3 a5
14. Nh2 Ra7 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Bxg7 Rxg7 17. Ng4 Rd7 {½, Vachier Lagrave,M 
(2458)-Lautier,J (2666)/Val d'Isere/2004/}) (13. Bxg7 Nxg7 14. Nh2 Ne6 $11)
13... Be6 (13... g5 14. Bxg7 Nxg7 15. Ng3 h5 16. h4 $1 Bg4 {Jansa,V (2449)
-Zwardon,V (2383)/CZE-chT/2013/} 17. hxg5 {/\} Bxf3 18. g6 $1 $40) ({Lautier's
} 13... a5 $5 {deserves attention even here.}) 14. Bxg7 Nxg7 15. Qh6 Rad8 16.
Nd2 Bc8 (16... Nh5 $142 $5) 17. f4 exf4 18. Rxf4 Qe5 19. Raf1 Qg5 20. Qxg5 fxg5
21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Nc4 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 $14 {Magem Badals,J (2573)-Alsina Leal,D
(2531)/Barcelona/2011/}) 10... Qe7 (10... Qd6 $5) 11. Qb1 $146 (11. Qe2 $6 {
only helps Black in improving his knight with} Nh5 12. Rfb1 Nf4 13. Qd2 Ne6 $11
{/=/+, Fougerit,V (2233)-Desbonnes,S (2332)/France /2009/}) (11. Qd2 {also
prepares queenside activity:} Nh5 12. b4 $1 cxb4 13. axb4 Qxb4 14. Rfb1 $14 {
[%cal Rb1b6,Re3b6] wins the pawn back with an edge.}) 11... Nh5 $5 {Carlsen
wants to develop his own play on the opposite flank.} (11... a5 12. Na4 $5 {
[%csl Rb6]} (12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 cxb4 15. Na4 Nd7 16. Nxb6 Nxb6
17. Bxb6 Bb7 18. Qa5 Ra8 19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. Bxc5 Ra2 $11)) (11... Rd8 $5 {
Korotylev, /\} 12. b4 c4 $1 13. dxc4 Ba6 $11 14. Qb3 (14. b5 $2 cxb5 15. cxb5
Bb7) 14... Qe6 15. Nd2 Rxd2 16. Bxd2 Bxc4 $11) 12. b4 f5 $6 {This seems too
hasty, as it gives White a free hand on the queenside.} (12... Nf4 $142 $1 13.
bxc5 bxc5 $13 {[%cal Yf4e6,Yf7f5] improves the knight, f5 can come later.}) 13.
bxc5 f4 14. Bd2 bxc5 (14... Qxc5 15. Qb3+ Kh8 16. Qb4 $36 {swaps queens and
quashes Black's attacking ambitions.}) 15. Qb3+ {Very direct and logical.} ({
The engines recommend} 15. Qb2 Be6 16. Na4 $14 {[%csl Rc5,Re5][%cal Yb2c3,
Ya4b2]} (16. Rfb1 $5 {is also interesting, stopping Rab8.})) 15... Be6 16. Qa4
Rac8 ({After} 16... Qd7 $5 {[%cal Ye6h3] White should probably play the
prophylactic} 17. Kh2 $5 $14 (17. Ng5 c4 18. Qa6 f3 $5 $132)) 17. Qa5 (17. Qa6
$142 $5 g5 18. Rfb1 {[%cal Yb1b7] forces Black to lose a tempo with} Rf7 19.
Na4 g4 20. hxg4 Bxg4 21. Qc4 $36) 17... g5 $1 {[%mdl 640] Carlsen throws
caution (and a pawn) to the winds and concentrates on his attack.} ({After} 
17... c4 18. Na4 c5 19. Nb2 $14 {Black must defend his weaknesses.}) 18. Na4 ({
Consistent,} 18. Nh2 c4 $132 {is a concession.}) 18... g4 19. hxg4 Bxg4 20.
Qxc5 Qf6 21. Nh2 $6 {Gives the attack a new impulse.} (21. Rfb1 Qg6 22. Kf1
Ng3+ $1 23. Ke1 (23. fxg3 fxg3 {/\} 24. Ke2 Qh5 25. Rf1 Qh2 26. Qg1 Rxf3 $1 $19
) 23... Nxe4 $5 24. Qc4+ Be6 25. Qxe4 Bf5 (25... Qxg2 $2 26. Ke2 Bd5 27. Rg1)
26. Qc4+ (26. Qe2 Qxg2 $44 {|^}) 26... Be6 $11 {and repetition seems to be a
logical outcome.}) (21. Rfe1 Rf7 $5 $13 {[%cal Yg7f8,Yg8h8,Yc8g8]} (21... Qg6
22. Kf1 Ng3+ 23. fxg3 fxg3 24. Ke2 Qh5 25. Kd1 $1 $16)) 21... f3 $1 22. Nxg4 $8
(22. gxf3 $2 Bxf3 $19) (22. g3 $6 Bh3 $36 (22... Qg6 $5 $15 {/-/+})) 22... Qg6
23. Qe7 $1 {[]} ({The queen must quickly return, White can't afford} 23. Ne3 $2
Bh6 $19 (23... Nf4 $19)) 23... fxg2 (23... Qxg4 $2 24. Qg5 $16 {leads to a
premature queen swap.}) 24. Rfb1 (24. Rfe1 Qxg4 25. Qg5 Qxg5 26. Bxg5 Nf4)
24... Qxg4 25. Qg5 Qe2 26. Qe3 Qg4 27. Qg5 Qxg5 $1 ({Carlsen spurns} 27... Qe2
$11 {, Black already risks nothing by continuing the fight.}) 28. Bxg5 Nf4 {
[%cal Rf4h3]} 29. Bxf4 $2 {A serious error with disastrous consequences.} ({
The series of forced moves continued with} 29. Kh2 $1 {[]} Kh8 $1 (29... Bf6
30. Bh6 Bg7 $11) (29... c5 $5 30. Rg1 c4 31. Bxf4 exf4 32. Rxg2 cxd3 33. cxd3
f3 $44) 30. Re1 (30. Ra2 c5 31. Bxf4 exf4 32. Kxg2 f3+ $40 {[%csl Ra2]}) 30...
h6 31. Bh4 (31. Bxf4 exf4 32. e5 f3 $17) 31... Bf6 $15 {[%csl Gg2] Black holds
the initiative, but the game is far from over.}) 29... exf4 30. Kxg2 f3+ 31.
Kf1 $6 ({Black should gradually win after} 31. Kh3 Bxa1 32. Rxa1 Kf7 $17 {
, as his Pf3 remains very much alive. However, this was still more resilient,
as now White's king can't escape the mating net.}) 31... Rf4 $1 32. c3 ({
Caruana most probably overlooked} 32. Ke1 Rd8 $1 (32... Bxa1 $2 33. Rxa1 {
[%cal Ye1d2,Yd2e3,Ya4c5] is actually OK for White}) 33. Kd2 Rxe4 {[%cal Re4a4,
Re4e2]} 34. Nc3 Bh6+ 35. Kd1 Rh4 {with mate to follow.}) 32... Rd8 $1 33. d4 (
33. Rd1 Rh4 34. Ke1 Bh6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh4h1]}) (33. Ke1 Rxd3 $19 {[%cal Rf4h4,
Rf4e4]}) 33... Bh6 {Black already had a choice:} (33... Rxe4 34. Nc5 Rh4 35.
Ke1 Bxd4 36. cxd4 Rdxd4 37. Rb8+ Kf7 38. Rf8+ Kxf8 39. Ne6+ Kf7 40. Nxd4 Rh1+
$19) (33... Bxd4 $142 $1 {and taking the bishop leads to mate after} 34. cxd4
Rh4 35. Ke1 (35. Kg1 Kh8 {[%cal Rd8g8]}) 35... Rxd4 $19) 34. Ke1 Rxe4+ 35. Kd1
c5 $1 $19 {Now the only winning move.} (35... Re2 $143 $6 36. Rb2 $15) 36. Kc2
(36. Nxc5 Re2 37. Nb3 Rde8 $19 (37... Kh8 $19 {[%cal Rd8g8]})) 36... cxd4 37.
Kd3 Re2 38. c4 Rxf2 (38... Rd2+ $142 $1 39. Ke4 Rxf2 $19) 39. Rd1 (39. Rb2 {
prolongs White's suffering, his position remains hopeless after} Rxb2 40. Nxb2
Rb8 41. Nd1 Kf7) 39... Re2 {[%cal Re2e3] Black's passed pawns will soon clinch
the point.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 {The e3-variation against the Nimzo-Indian
is maybe the most popular way for White to play after the classical system
with Qc2. How can a move that shuts in the bishop on c1 be any good. As
experience has shown in this opening, it is much better for White to play in a
slightly unambitious fashion with 4.e3 rather than 4.Bg5, the Leningrad
Variation. The reason of it is that White would like to open the centre with
e3-e4 after due preparation when it is the most advantageous for him.} O-O 5.
Nf3 (5. Nge2 {is another popular way to play this position.}) 5... c5 6. Bd3 d5
7. O-O {The classical tabiya of this opening variation. At this point Black
has to make an important decision. Would he like to dissolve the tension in
the centre with the move cxd4 and dxc4 which would leave White with an
isolated pawn or would he like to play his knight to c6 which results in an
extremely popular opening position after Nc6 a3 Bxc3 bxc3. Caruana chooses the
former.} cxd4 (7... Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 {is one of the
most popular opening tabiyas in the e3 Nimzo Indian.}) 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6
{This is a good position in which to take stock of the opening. White has an
isolated pawn on d4 but in return he has free flowing development. His bishop
has a natural square on g5 and his rooks have two semi-open files to work with
from e1 and c1. On the other hand Black is a tad passive but he too has a very
cohesive way of developing with the bishop going to b7 and the knight
developing either on d7 or c6. The thing which gives this position a different
flavour from normal IQP positions is the location of the bishop on b4 instead
of e7. In many positions Black takes on c3 and gives White hanging pawns which
he then tries to blockade or break up with e6-e5.} 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Rc1 {
A question which puzzles player even at the highest levels is where to place
rooks in such IQP positions. Nimzowitch said that it is logical to put the
rooks on c1 and d1 in his famous book "My System". Later through praxis it was
confirmed that in order to avoid exchanges and launch a successful attack,
White must place his rooks on d1 and e1. But here things are different as the
bishop is on b4. Aronian would like to recapture the on c3 with his rook just
in case Caruana chops off the knight with his bishop.} Nc6 (11... Nbd7 {
is the normal way to develop because it allows Black to put his rook on c8
which will put pressure down the c-file. Yet Nc6 is not so uncommon.}) 12. Qd3
$5 {Now this is a rare move. It had been played by Alekhine back in 1933. It
could be possible that Aronian got the idea of trying out this move when he
was studying the games of the fourth World Champion. The idea is twofold. One
is to at some point exchange the bishop on b7 with Ba6 and the other could be
to play a3-Ba2-b1 and put pressure on the black kingside.} (12. a3 {is more
commonly played.} Be7 13. Qd3 Rc8 {White would have preferred that he hadn't
wasted a tempo on playing his rook to c1 and that he could have brought it
directly to d1.}) 12... Rc8 (12... Na5 $6 13. Ba6 $1 Bxf3 {Trying to win the
d4-pawn but this backfires badly after} (13... Bxa6 14. Qxa6 $14 {puts quite
some pressure on the Black queenside.}) 14. Qxf3 Qxd4 15. Rfd1 $1 Qe5 (15...
Qg4 16. Qxg4 Nxg4 17. Rd4 $16) 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 (16... gxf6 17. Qg4+ $18 {[%cal
Gg4b4]}) 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Ne4 Kg7 (18... f5 19. Nf6+ Kg7 20. Nd7 Rfd8 21. Rd3
$16 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gd3g3,Gd7e5]}) 19. a3 Be7 20. b4 f5 21. Nd2 $16) ({
The game of Alekhine went like this} 12... Be7 13. a3 Nd5 $6 14. Bxd5 $1 (14.
Bxe7 Ncxe7 $11 {is very comfortable for Black.}) 14... Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16.
Be4 g6 (16... f5 {is weakening but maybe better than the text.} 17. Bf3 $14)
17. Qb5 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 {Black's queenside is pretty weak and on the verge of
falling apart.} Na5 19. Bxb7 Nxb7 20. Rc7 Rfb8 {Even though Black is horribly
passive, White lacks an effective finishing shot.} 21. Re1 a6 22. Nc3 Nd6 23.
d5 Ne8 $2 (23... exd5 24. Nxd5 b5 $11 {was probably not enough for an
advantage for White.}) 24. Rc6 exd5 25. Nxd5 b5 $2 (25... a5 {was relatively
better but after} 26. Rxb6 {White wins a pawn.}) 26. Nb6 $1 {The game ends all
of a sudden!} Rxb6 (26... Ra7 27. Nc8 $18 {is the neat point!}) 27. Rxb6 $18 {
The rest is a matter of technique for Alekhine.} Kf8 28. Rc1 Ra7 29. Rb8 Re7
30. Kf1 Re6 31. Re1 Ke7 32. Rxe6+ fxe6 33. Rb7+ Kd6 34. Rxh7 a5 35. Rh6 Kd5 36.
Rxg6 Nd6 37. h4 Nc4 38. h5 {1-0 (38) Alekhine,A-Baratz,A Paris 1933}) 13. Rfd1
{Defending the d4-pawn so that it is possible to play Ba6.} (13. a3 Bxc3 (13...
Be7 {is also possible and equally good.}) 14. Rxc3 (14. bxc3 Na5 15. Ba2 Be4 $1
16. Qe2 Bd5 $1 {and as c4 is not possible in this position, Black will clamp
down on that square and achieve a firm blockade.} 17. c4 $6 (17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18.
Bxf6 gxf6 $11) 17... Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxd4 $15) 14... Na5 15. Ba2 Rxc3 16. bxc3 (
16. Qxc3 h6 $1 {Smartly pushing the bishop to the h4-square.} (16... Bxf3 17.
Qxf3 Qxd4 18. b4 $18 {[%csl Ra5]}) 17. Bh4 (17. Bxf6 Qxf6 $15) 17... Bxf3 $1
18. Qxf3 Qxd4 $15 {[%cal Gd4h4]}) 16... Be4 17. Qe2 Bd5 18. Bxd5 (18. c4 Bxf3
19. Qxf3 Qxd4 $15) 18... Qxd5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nd2 f5 $11) (13. Ba6 {is
natural but doesn't really work.} Bxa6 14. Qxa6 Nxd4 $15 {doesn't really give
White too much compensation.}) 13... Na5 14. Bb5 {This move is a little
surprising. It seemed natural to go to a6 and exchange the bishop.} (14. Ba6
Bxa6 15. Qxa6 {Maybe Aronian was afraid of some kind of a blockade on the
c4-square after} Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nc4 (16... h6 $1 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxa7 Nc4 $44)
17. Qxa7 $6 {This position reminds me of the game Taimanov-Karpov, 1973 which
is an absolute classic in such structures.} (17. Ne5 $1 $14 {is the best move
for White after which he keeps an advantage.}) 17... Rc7 18. Qa6 (18. Bxf6 gxf6
19. Qa6 Qd5 $15) 18... Qd5 $1 19. Bxf6 Ra8 $1 $19) 14... h6 15. Bh4 Bxc3 {
The start of a very interesting idea by Black to blockade the c4-square.} 16.
bxc3 (16. Rxc3 Rxc3 17. bxc3 Qd5 {is not so dangerous for Black.}) 16... Qd5 $1
{Caruana assesses the position very well and comes to the conclusion that
controlling the c4-square is much more important than maintaining the
integrity of his kingside pawn structure.} 17. c4 {Aronian understands the
urgency of the position and prevents the blockade on c4 at all costs.} (17.
Bxf6 gxf6 $15 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ga5c4,Gc8c4,Gd5c4] With this move Qd5, the
knight on f3 is sort of pinned to the g2-square and cannot move. So Bxf6 loses
some of its punch because White doesn't really have a way to take advantage of
the weakened black kingside after that.}) 17... Qh5 18. Bxf6 (18. Bg3 $6 a6 19.
Ba4 Nxc4 $1 20. Rxc4 Rxc4 21. Qxc4 b5 22. Qb3 Rc8 $1 $17 {[%csl Ra4] The
bishop is anyway trapped.} (22... Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Qxf3 24. gxf3 bxa4 $15)) 18...
gxf6 19. d5 {White is burning all his bridges. But that is what he has to do
in this position. The bishop on b7 is shooting down the long diagonal, there
was the threat of a6 followed by pressure on the c4-pawn and also the idea of
Kh8 and Rg8. All these factors were good enough for Aronian to play in the
most aggressive fashion.} exd5 20. c5 $5 {A brilliant idea by Aronian. Full
marks for the creativity. Objectively this might not be the best try but when
you give up two pawns it is bound to create some confusion in the mind of your
opponent.} Nc4 $1 {The most human way to play this position.} (20... bxc5 {
was interesting.} 21. Qc3 {was most probably Aronian's idea to launch a double
attack on a5 and f6.} d4 $1 (21... Nc4 $6 22. Qxf6 $36) 22. Qxa5 Bxf3 23. gxf3
Kh8 $1 {What is the assessment of this position is quite an open question. To
me, it seems that White's defensive task is pretty difficult.} 24. Bd7 Rg8+ 25.
Kf1 Rce8 $1 {Brilliant!} 26. Bxe8 Rxe8 {The threat is Qh3 followed by Rg8.} 27.
Kg2 Rg8+ 28. Kf1 Qxf3 $19 {with the decisive idea of Rg2 followed by Qg4.}) 21.
Qd4 $5 {Once again creating maximum confusion on the board. It is not for
nothing that Aronian is considered one of the most resourceful players in top
level chess.} (21. cxb6 Nb2 22. Qd4 Nxd1 23. Rxd1 axb6 $15 {might well be
insufficient compensation.}) 21... Rxc5 $1 22. Qxf6 Qg6 $1 {Credit must also
go to Caruana for continuously playing the best possible move in the given
position.} (22... Rxb5 23. Nd4 $1 {was the very nice idea that Aronian had up
his sleeve. The rook is attacked and there is also a brutal mating threat with
Nf5.} Rc5 24. Nf5 $18) 23. Qe7 {Continuing the fight.} (23. Qxg6+ fxg6 $17 {
would not be such a great idea. Black is a pawn up without White having any
concrete compensation.}) 23... Bc8 (23... Rxb5 24. Qxb7 Ra5 {Black has
defended all his weaknesses i.e the d5 pawn as well as the a7. But White keeps
some compensation after} 25. Qe7 $5 Rxa2 26. h3 $1 {The idea of this brilliant
move found by the computer is to play Rd4-g4.} Ra5 27. Rd4 $44 {In spite of
Black being two pawns up the king on g8 is not sitting comfortably.}) 24. Bxc4
dxc4 25. Rc3 (25. Rd6 $5 {was a more active choice but Black keeps an edge
after} Qg7 $15 (25... Be6 26. Qxa7)) (25. Qxa7 $2 Bh3 26. g3 Qf6 $19 {[%csl
Rf3,Rg1,Rg2,Rh3] The weak light squares will spell the doom of the white king.}
) 25... Qg7 26. Nd4 Rg5 27. Rg3 (27. g3 b5 $19) 27... f6 $2 {Caruana is unable
to keep up the fantastic defensive effort and finally commits an error. Black
had almost consolidated his extra pawn and should have continued} (27... Rxg3
28. hxg3 Qg5 29. Qxa7 Qc5 $17 {With Rd8 coming up and the passed c-pawn, this
looks like an extremely difficult position for White.}) 28. Qe2 {Aronian
retreats his queen proving his point that the move f6 has left Black with lots
of holes in his position.} Qf7 29. Nb5 Qe6 30. Qc2 {Not exchanging the queens.}
Bb7 31. Nd4 $1 Qe4 (31... Qf7 32. Nf5 $1 {[%csl Rh6]} Qe6 33. Nd4 $11 (33.
Nxh6+ Kh8 $13)) 32. Qxc4+ {White recovers his pawn and no longer stands worse.}
Bd5 33. Qc3 Rxg3 34. Qxg3+ Kh7 35. f3 Qe3+ 36. Kh1 Rg8 37. Qc7+ Kh8 38. Qc2 (
38. Qxa7 Qf2 $19) 38... Bf7 39. h3 Rd8 40. Nf5 Rxd1+ 41. Qxd1 Qg5 42. Qd8+ (42.
g4 $1 {Could White have tried to play for a win in this position? We all know
how dangerous the combination of a knight and queen is in such endgames. An
illustrative line could go something like this} Bxa2 43. h4 Qg6 (43... Qf4 44.
Qd8+ Bg8 (44... Kh7 45. Qe7+ $18) 45. Qxf6+ $18) 44. h5 Qf7 45. Qd8+ Kh7 46.
Qd2 Bb1 47. Qxh6+ Kg8 48. Ng3 $14 {I would not prefer to be in Black's shoes
in a position like this.}) 42... Kh7 43. Qc7 Kg6 44. Nd6 Bxa2 45. Qc2+ f5 46.
Nc8 Qe3 47. Nxa7 {Finally both the players settle for the draw. It must be
said that Caruana's defensive skills and Aronian's resourcefulness were two
things that shone brightly in this game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5 5. a3 Qxc5 6. b4 Qc7 7. Bb2 Bg7 8.
c4 d6 9. g3 b6 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O O-O 12. e4 Nbd7 13. Qe2 Rac8 14. Rac1 Qb8
15. Ne1 e6 16. Nd3 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Qa8 18. f3 Bc6 19. Nf1 Qb8 20. Ne3 Bb7 21. Rc2
Ba6 22. Qe1 Bh6 23. Nf2 Bg7 24. Nd3 Re8 25. Qd2 Bh6 26. Nf2 Bxc4 27. f4 Bb3 28.
Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rb1 e5 30. Nfg4 Bg7 31. fxe5 dxe5 32. Bh3 Rd8 33. Qc3 Ba2 34. Rd1
Nxe4 35. Qc6 Ng5 36. Bg2 Be6 37. h4 h5 38. hxg5 hxg4 39. Nd5 Nf8 40. Rd2 Rd7
41. Nf6+ Bxf6 42. Rxd7 Nxd7 43. gxf6 Nxf6 44. Qb5 Nd7 45. Bc6 e4 46. Kg2 Qd6
47. Bxd7 Qd2+ 48. Kh1 Qd1+ 49. Kh2 Qc2+ 50. Kg1 Qb1+ 51. Qf1 Qxb2 52. Bxe6 Qd4+
53. Kh2 fxe6 54. Qf4 Qb2+ 55. Kg1 Qb1+ 56. Kh2 Qc2+ 57. Kg1 Qd1+ 58. Kh2 Qe2+
59. Kg1 Qf3 60. Qb8+ Kf7 61. Qxa7+ Kf6 62. Qxb6 Qxg3+ 63. Kh1 Qh3+ 64. Kg1 g3
65. Qd4+ Kf5 66. Qd2 Qh8 67. a4 Qa1+ 68. Kg2 Qxa4 69. Kxg3 Qb3+ 70. Kh4 e3 71.
Qd4 Qc2 72. Qg4+ Ke5 73. Qg3+ Kd4 74. Qd6+ Kc3 75. Qc5+ Kd2 76. Qd4+ Qd3 77.
Qb2+ Ke1 78. b5 e2 79. Qc1+ Kf2 80. Qf4+ Qf3 81. Qd4+ Kg2 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. g3
Be7 9. Bg2 b5 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. Nxe7 Qxe7 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Nc3 Qe6 14. a3 O-O 15.
O-O Rfc8 16. Re1 Rab8 17. Re2 Nb6 18. Qe1 Nc4 19. Bc1 Nb6 20. b3 Nbd7 21. h4 d5
22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Ne4 N5f6 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Bg5 Qf5 26. Bxb7 Rxb7 27. Qa5
Rbc7 28. Qxa6 Rxc2 29. Be3 Nf6 30. Qxb5 Ng4 31. Rf1 Rxe2 32. Qxe2 Rc2 33. Qd1
Rb2 34. Bc5 e4 35. Bd4 Ra2 36. a4 Kh7 37. b4 Ra3 38. a5 Rf3 39. Qb1 Rd3 40. Qb2
Qd5 41. Bc5 Ne5 42. Be3 Nf3+ 43. Kg2 f5 44. Rc1 f4 45. Rc7 Nxh4+ 46. gxh4 f3+
47. Kg3 Qd6+ 48. Bf4 Qg6+ 49. Bg5 Qd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Nge2 O-O 6. a3 Bd6 7. g3 b6 8. Bg2
Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. Re1 Be7 11. h3 Nc6 12. g4 Rc8 13. Qd2 a6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15.
Rad1 Qa5 16. Nc1 c4 17. N1e2 Rfd8 18. Nd4 Qb6 19. Qc1 Nd7 20. g5 Bf8 21. h4 g6
22. h5 Bg7 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Nf3 Nc5 25. Nh2 e5 26. Bg3 Ne7 27. Ng4 e4 28. f4
Nf5 29. Bf2 Rb8 30. Rd2 Qe6 31. Bh3 Qc6 32. Bg2 Qe6 33. Red1 Nh4 34. Bh3 Nf3+
35. Kg2 Qd6 36. Rxd5 Bxd5 37. Rxd5 Qb6 38. Rxc5 Qxc5 39. Nxe4 Qc6 40. Nef6+
Bxf6 41. Nxf6+ Kg7 42. e4 Nd2 43. Bg4 c3 44. b4 Rd6 45. Qe1 Rbd8 46. Qh1 {
As strange of a position as it gets. Black is up two exchanges (!) but White
has two pawns and he is currently threatening checkmate on h6.} Rxf6 (46... Rh8
$1 47. Qe1 Qc4 48. Bc5 Rdd8 {keeps the material, and although White's position
retains compensation it is unclear if it is enough.}) 47. Qh6+ Kg8 48. gxf6
Qxf6 49. Bh4 Qd4 50. Bxd8 {White recovers all of his material.} Qxe4+ 51. Kg3
$4 {An absolute blunder... and White still had plenty of time to calculate!} (
51. Kf2 Qd4+ 52. Ke2 $1 (52. Kg2 Qxd8 53. Be6 Qa8+ 54. Kh2 Qe4 {is bad for
White.}) 52... Qxd8 53. Be6 $1 {is fine for White. If the bishop is taken then
a perpetual follows, if it isn't the bishop can retreat to d5 and put pressure
on f7.} (53. Qh3 {is worse for White, but still would make Black work for it.})
53... Qf6 54. Bd5 $11) 51... Qe1+ {Now White is simply getting mated.} 52. Kg2
Qf1+ 53. Kh2 (53. Kg3 Ne4+ 54. Kh2 Qf2+ 55. Kh3 Qg3#) 53... Qf2+ 54. Kh1 Nf1 {
There is no way to avoid Ng3+ except with Bh4, but that allows Qh2#. oops.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Ne4 6. Qc2 Qa5 7. Qxe4 Bxc3+ 8.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 Nc6 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Bg2 b5 12. Qe3 Qxe3 13. fxe3 bxc4 14.
Bxc6 dxc6 15. Nxc4 Ba6 16. Nd2 Rb8 17. b3 Ke7 18. Ne4 Rhd8 19. Rc1 e5 20. Kf2
Rb6 21. Rc5 Rd5 22. Rhc1 f5 23. Ng5 h6 24. Nf3 Kd6 25. R5c2 Kc7 26. h3 g6 27.
h4 Bb7 28. e4 fxe4 29. Nd2 Bc8 30. Ke3 Bf5 31. Rc5 Rxc5 32. Rxc5 Rb5 33. Rc4
Ra5 34. a4 h5 35. Nxe4 Bxe4 36. Kxe4 Rd5 37. e3 Kd6 38. Rc2 Rd1 39. Rf2 Ke6 40.
Rf8 Rg1 41. Re8+ Kd6 42. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
cxd5 Qxd5 9. e3 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Be2 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nc6 14.
Rhc1 Rd8 15. Ke1 Bf5 16. h3 h5 17. Nh4 Bc8 18. Bc4 {Black has some problems
with development and Nxg6 is now a threat. if he is forced to play e6, there
is no doubt he would be worse, but he has a nifty resource at hand.} Nxd4 $1
19. Bc7 (19. exd4 Rxd4 20. Nxg6 Re4+ $1 (20... Rxc4 21. Nxe7+ Kf8 22. Rxc4 Bxa1
23. Nxc8 {does not work.}) 21. Be3 Bxa1 22. Bd5 Rxe3+ 23. fxe3 Bf6 {And Black
has no problems, to say the least.}) 19... Rd7 20. exd4 Rxd4 {Both the bishop
on c4 and the knight on h4 are hanging! This is the tactical point.} 21. Nxg6
Re4+ $1 (21... Rxc4 22. Rxc4 Bxa1 23. Nxe7+ Kh7 24. Rh4 $14) 22. Kf1 Bxa1 23.
Bd5 Bf5 (23... Re6 {was also good enough, but the solution that Caruana chose
is more natural.}) 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Nxe7+ Kf8 26. Rxa1 Bd3+ {necessary to
avoid the pin on the e-file.} 27. Kg1 Kxe7 28. Re1+ {Sadly, at the end of
everything we reached and endgame that is very clearly drawn.} Kf6 29. Bg3 Rc8
30. Bh4+ Kg7 31. Re3 Bg6 32. Bg3 Rc4 33. f3 Bf5 34. Re7 Be6 35. Rxb7 Ra4 36.
Rb5 Kg6 37. Be1 Rxa2 38. Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 {No more Caro-Kann against Fabiano!} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. g3 {I have plenty of experience on this line
from both sides, although mostly with Black. At first sight it might seem a
bit slow, and it is why it was not the most popular option until 2013. Then
ideas have been found for White to create pressure by gradually removing
Black's counterplay, generally connected with long term plans on the kingside.
This was urged as well by the fact that immediately playing for the control of
the d5-square is not enough for an edge:} (8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8
11. Nec3 g6 12. Bc4 Bh6 {Unexpectedly, this bishop controls a few key squares,
preventing notably Ne3.} 13. O-O O-O 14. Bb3 (14. a4 Nc6 15. Qd3 Rc8 16. Bb3
Nd4 $11) 14... Nc6 15. Qd3 Rc8 16. Rad1 Nd4 17. Ne2 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 b5 19. a4 {
is the latest example in this line. Here} Rb8 {would have guaranteed me at
least an equal position.}) 8... Be6 (8... Be7 9. Bg2 b5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5
Ra7 12. Be3 Be6 13. Qd2 Rb7 14. Nc3 Nd7 15. Nd5 $14) (8... b5 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10.
Bg5 Bb7 11. Nec3 Be7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. Bg2 {is also more pleasant for White.
In general playing ...b5 too fast gives White good control of the d5-square,
without having to part with his dark squared bishop, which apparently has got
itself a great summer-house on g5.}) 9. Bg2 Nbd7 {I've always been faithful to
this line instead, allowing White to prevent an expansion on the queenside. My
main hope is to get a good control of the centre. Still, there is a serious
danger of not managing anything on the queenside, nor the d5-break in the
centre, while White calmly improves on the kingside.} 10. a4 Be7 {More precise
than} (10... Rc8 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Bg5 $1 {remember this cute double bishop move!
} Be7 13. b3 {which was the course of my game with Judit Polgar. I certainly
was not satisfied with the outcome of the opening as now my Nb6 is out of
place and d5 is not happening:} d5 $6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. exd5 Bf5 16. Be4 $16)
11. O-O {I warmly recommend readers interested in this line to investigate the
move order subtleties, for instance between the text move and 11.Be3 or 11.a5
right away.} Rc8 (11... Qc7 $6 12. Be3 Rc8 13. a5 O-O 14. b3 Rfe8 {was the
course of another of my games, this time with White. Here the obvious} 15. f4
d5 16. exd5 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Kh2 Bf5 19. Ra4 {and Black doesn't have
enough compensation.}) 12. Be3 (12. a5 {now allows} Rc5 {and although this
pawn grab appears a bit reckless after} 13. Be3 Rxa5 14. Rb1 {and the Ra5 has
no way back, but being a pawn up Black certainly has resources.}) 12... Nb6 {
A very ambitious option, and although I couldn't remember all the details of
my preparation I felt quite confident going for it.} 13. b3 (13. Bg5 {the same
double bishop move as in Judit's game against me! But White has now castled
and this might give Black some counterplay:} Nh7 (13... Qd7 14. a5 Na8 15. h4
$1 $14) 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. a5 Nd7 {and White is not too confident on the
kingside with h4 coming as} 16. f4 h4 17. b3 Ndf6 18. f5 Bd7 {is a bit awkward.
}) 13... d5 $1 {otherwise, there is simply no point to 12...Nb6.} 14. Bxb6 (14.
a5 d4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Bxd4 Bc5 $1 {is ok for Black.}) 14... Qxb6 15. Nxd5 (
15. exd5 {is not the most logical approach:} Bf5 16. a5 Qc7 17. Qd2 O-O {
and White can't make any pawn advance on the queenside, where he's supposed to
make a difference. The lack of good available squares for his knights also
makes it perfectly logical why he would exchange one pair of those.}) 15...
Nxd5 16. exd5 Bd7 $1 {Generally, when you sacrifice pawns, you want to push
your pieces forward. But the bishop has to make way for the f7-pawn. Now for
an assessment of the position: I have no clue whether White is better, but he
is struggling to move his queenside pawns because of the fantastic job the Be7
is doing. Meanwhile on the kingside, my pawn majority can start rolling. Still,
I need to be careful not to allow White to create a blockade, and especially
the battle for the e4-square will be crucial as White's knight can get there
quite quickly.} 17. c4 Qd6 $5 {After a long period of thought trying to
remember my analysis starting with 17...Bc5, I decided to keep on being very
ambitious as obviously Fabiano was not very comfortable with his position and
getting already quite low on time. Also, I couldn't find a concrete way for
him to make use of my apparent loss of time, while preventing d6 is very
useful in any case.} (17... Bc5 {was actually part of my preparation, but I
didn't like to allow} 18. d6 $1 {allowing White to bale out as his knight will
get to d5 soon.}) (17... Bb4 $6 {would be a logical move as well, preventing
both a5, Nc3 and Re1. But here White has another powerful recycling at his
disposal with} 18. Nc1 $1) 18. a5 $6 {This is too slow. Even though it is
understandable to prevent Black from going ...a5 and ...b6, shutting down
White's majority, White needs too much time to get it rolling so he should for
now focus on the kingside.} (18. h4 g5 $1 19. hxg5 Bxg5 {and ...h4 might come
soon, and White is not preventing f5 for now so he still has no blockade on e4.
Still is was quite playable.}) (18. f4 e4 $1 {was not to Fabiano's taste. I
was mainly focused on 18...exf4, but I like this option more.} (18... h4 19. f5
$5 {Now White has a blockade on e4 but his queenside is also vulnerable after}
b5 $13) (18... exf4 19. Nxf4 h4 20. g4 O-O 21. Nd3 b6 {looks unclear.}) 19. Nd4
(19. f5 Qe5) 19... f5 {and Black's dark squared bishop is on his way to
becoming an unrivalled monster all over the board, while the Bg2 is lacking
any prospects at all.}) (18. Nc3 f5 19. Re1 h4 20. g4 g6 $5 21. Qe2 Bf6 {
might have been the best option available. But White's king is not safe after
the unavoidable e4 which is coming later on.}) 18... f5 (18... h4 $6 19. g4 {
only helps White when Black hasn't played ...f5 yet.}) 19. Qd3 h4 20. g4 O-O $1
(20... fxg4 21. Nc3 O-O 22. Kh1 {is quite playable, but offering a nice
central square and thereby giving up most of my initiative for one lame pawn
is not in my habits.}) 21. Nc3 $6 {This move feels logical but White had to
prevent 21...e4 now, although it took me a lot of time to find the logical
follow-up.} (21. gxf5 Bxf5 22. Qe3 (22. Qd2 Qg6 23. Kh1 Be4 24. f3 Bg5 $1 {
with a strong attack}) 22... Qg6 {looked very threatening to me, but White
might be alright after the cool-headed} 23. Kh1 (23. Qxe5 $2 Bxh3) 23... Bc5
24. Qd2 $1 {to my great surprise Black has no forced win, but probably no
advantage at all as well as White is threatening b4.} Bd3 25. Rad1 Bc2 26. Rc1
Bd3 $11) 21... e4 22. Qe3 Bd8 $1 {After hitting a wall in the very logical
line 22...Qe5 23.f4, I was also investing a considerable amount of time in
slow play like 22...g6 when I suddenly realised there was another way to
create the typically lethal Q+B battery. A few seconds later, my hand was
lashing out the moves and I knew my position was already close to winning.} 23.
Bxe4 {White's best hope. He gives up a piece but the bishop pair is a bit less
scary for now, and especially the Bd7 might be restricted by White's pawns.} (
23. f4 exf3 24. Rxf3 Bc7 25. g5 Rfe8 $1 26. Qf2 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Bd6 $1 {followed
by 28...Bc5 is curtains.}) (23. gxf5 Bc7 24. Rfe1 Qh2+ 25. Kf1 Bf4 26. Qxe4
Bxf5 27. Qf3 Bg3 $1 $19) 23... fxe4 (23... Bc7 $1 24. f4 fxe4 {was more
precise with the idea} 25. Nxe4 (25. c5 Qh6 26. d6 Bd8 $17) 25... Rce8 $1 $17)
24. Nxe4 Qf4 25. Qxf4 Rxf4 26. f3 Be7 {I am aiming for the ideal setup Bb4,
Rcf8 followed by Be8-g6 and White will have too many weaknesses. White
bringing his king to the centre is thus no surprise although it accelerates
his fate.} 27. Kf2 (27. Kg2 Bb4 28. Ra2 Rcf8 29. Rff2 Kh7 30. Rfe2 Kh6 31. Re3
Be8 $1 {and the extra piece shall prevail.}) 27... Rcf8 28. Ke3 Be8 $1 {
Bg6 is now a very serious threat and the Ne4 can't move as it would expose the
Ke3 too much. Fabiano tries cleverly to create a new chain of pawns.} 29. c5
Bb5 30. b4 $1 Rxe4+ $1 {An obvious shot. Black's remaining pieces will work
together in perfect harmony.} (30... Bxf1 $2 {would probably not be my option
even without the tactical shot at my disposal. Now after} 31. Rxf1 {BLACK
SHALL NOT PASS, at least, that is what it feels like with not any of Black's
remaining pieces or pawns able to make a breakthrough.}) 31. Kxe4 Re8 {White's
king is suddenly under fire and he can't run away, being hindered by his own
pawns.} 32. Kf4 (32. Kd4 Bf6# {I don't use the word "cute" lightly, but this
is one hell of a cute checkmate!}) (32. f4 Bxc5+ 33. Kf3 Be2+ 34. Kg2 Bxf1+ $19
) (32. Kf5 Bf6 {this is not the only way to Rome.} 33. g5 (33. Rae1 Bd3+ 34.
Kf4 g5#) 33... Bd7+ 34. Kg6 Re5 35. gxf6 Be8+ $19) 32... g5+ 33. Kf5 Kf7 $1 {
Closing the door.} 34. Rfe1 (34. Rad1 Bf6 35. Rfe1 Bd3+ 36. Rxd3 Rxe1 37. f4
Rf1 $19) 34... Bd3+ 35. Re4 (35. Ke5 Bxc5# {I also have a thing for that one.})
35... Bf6 {And mate follows. Obviously, I'm delighted with the course of the
game, starting from my preparation to the flow of moves leading to my strong
attack, which did not stop after the exchange of queens. It also helped me
finish my successful tournament on a high note, and it didn't take me long to
fulfill my New Year's resolution to win a last round again after one and a
half years!} 0-1

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 3rd"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2015.02.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2015.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a5 8. b5 Ne7
9. O-O O-O 10. h3 c6 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nbd2 d5 14. Nf1 dxe4 $146 {
Novelty by Anand.} (14... h6 15. Ng3 Be6 16. bxc6 (16. Rb1 cxb5 17. axb5 dxe4
18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. dxe4 Qc7 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 Red8 $15 {and Black looks
nicely placed, Vazquez-Bachmann, Asuncion 2013.}) 16... bxc6 17. Rb1 {with a
balanced middlegame.}) 15. Ng5 {An important intermediate move.} ({The natural
} 15. dxe4 {could have been met by} Qxd1 16. Bxd1 cxb5 17. axb5 Be6 $15 {
and Black has a comfortable position with his passed pawn on the a-file.})
15... Re7 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Be6 (17... cxb5 $5 {was the alternative} 18.
Qxd8+ Bxd8 19. axb5 Rc7 20. Rd1 $11 {with a nearly equal position.}) 18. Rb1
Rd7 19. Qc2 Nf8 {The N already wasn't useful on g6. Now he protects the e6 B,
and sometimes ...Bxb3 followed by ...Ne6 can be fine for Black.} 20. Ne3 {
White activates his N, now he is ready to play Bxe6 followed by Nc4.} Bxe3 ({
The natural} 20... Qc7 {was also possible,} 21. Bxe6 Nxe6 22. bxc6 bxc6 (22...
Qxc6 23. Nd5) 23. Nc4 Bc5 {Anand was probably scared of some sort of position
like this, in which the N on c4 can attack a5 and e5, but his position is
solid, White can't improve his position so easily.}) 21. Bxe3 h6 22. Red1 ({
The engine suggests} 22. bxc6 $5 bxc6 23. Bxe6 Nxe6 24. Rb6 {with some
pressure on the queenside, for example} c5 25. Qb3 {and however Black is solid,
still it is not so easy for him to equalise.}) 22... Rc8 23. Rxd7 (23. bxc6
Rxc6 {and the R is fine on the c-file.}) 23... Qxd7 24. Rd1 Qe8 ({It wa salso
possible to simplify with} 24... Bxb3 25. Qxb3 Qe6 26. Qxe6 Nxe6 $11 {with an
equal endgame.}) 25. bxc6 Qxc6 {The symmetrical structure is a little bit
changed, but still the position is equal.} 26. Bd5 {An ambitious reaction.
Caruana tries to complicate the position.} Qxc3 ({In the event of} 26... Bxd5
27. Rxd5 Nd7 (27... Qxc3 $6 {is dubious, because of} 28. Qxc3 Rxc3 29. Rxe5 $16
{and White will be a P up, moreover the B is stronger than the N.}) 28. Rxa5
Qxc3 29. Qxc3 Rxc3 30. Rb5 Rc7 {and Black can hold his position.}) 27. Qxc3
Rxc3 28. Bxb7 Nd7 $1 {It's important to bring the N back into the game.} 29.
Ba6 (29. Bd5 Nc5 30. Bxc5 Rxc5 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Rd8+ Kf7 33. Ra8 Rc4 34. Rxa5
Rxe4 {and it should be a draw.}) 29... Nc5 $1 30. Bxc5 Rxc5 31. Bb5 Kh7 32. Rd6
Bc4 {Finally Anand exchanges the Bs, so the draw is obvious.} 33. Rb6 Bxb5 34.
Rxb5 Rxb5 35. axb5 a4 36. b6 a3 37. b7 a2 38. b8=Q a1=Q+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 3rd"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2015.02.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2015.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Ne2 {This concept (White delays the
development of his b1 knight, and his other knight goes to c3) has recently
become popular. Frankly speaking, I don't see any major sense in it, other
than an attempt to avoid deeply developed theoretical lines.} O-O 6. Be3 c5 {
Other possibilities:} (6... e5) (6... Nc6) 7. Qd2 {This move means that White
plans to develop his b1 knight to a3 and then c2 (if not to c3, of course).} (
7. d5 {with idea Ne2-c3 and Nb1-d2 is another option.}) 7... Nc6 (7... Nbd7 8.
d5 b5 $5 9. cxb5 a6 10. Nec3 axb5 11. Nxb5 Ne8 12. N1c3 Nc7 13. Be2 Nxb5 14.
Nxb5 Qa5 15. Qxa5 Rxa5 16. Bd2 Ra4 17. Bc3 $16 {1/2 (31) Laznicka,V (2608)
-Hracek,Z (2613) Ostrava 2007}) (7... cxd4 $5 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 {leads to a
Sicilian Maroczy (B38) in a decent version for Black but it is not to
everyone's taste.}) 8. d5 (8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Bxc5 {needs checking; the following
game is not convincing:} Nd7 10. Be3 Qa5 $6 (10... Nde5 $5 11. Nec3 f5 $44) 11.
Qxa5 Nxa5 12. Nec3 (12. Nd4 $5) 12... Ne5 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 {1-0 (34)
Latorre Lopez Moreira,L (2093)-Zacarias,M (2184) Asuncion 2011} 15. exd5 $16) (
8. Nbc3 Qa5 (8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 {- B38}) 9. Rd1 a6 10. a3 e6 11. Nb1 Qxd2+ 12.
Rxd2 d5 13. dxc5 dxe4 14. Nec3 exf3 15. gxf3 e5 $13 {0-1 (39) Crouch,C (2388)
-Rose,M (2303) England 2013}) (8. Na3 $5 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Nac2 Nc5 11. Be2
a5 $5 (11... Ne6 $6 12. O-O Nexd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 Qb6 16.
Qxb6 axb6 17. a4 Bd7 18. b3 Bc6 19. Kf2 Kg7 20. Rad1 Ra5 21. Bd3 f6 $14 {
1-0 (41) Indjic,A (2502)-Vovk,A (2564) Cappelle la Grande 2013})) 8... Ne5 (
8... Na5 9. Nec3 (9. Nc1 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 {1/2 (33) Kohlweyer,B (2440)
-Kerigan,D (2257) Vlissingen 2013} b5 $1 $132) (9. Na3 $5 a6 $5) 9... a6 10.
Na3 $1 (10. Bh6 b5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qg5 (12. cxb5 axb5 {[%cal Ra5b3]}) 12...
bxc4 13. Na3 Nd7 14. h4 Ne5 15. h5 f6 16. Qe3 g5 $15 {1/2 (40) Rowson,J (2586)
-Hebden,M (2540) England 2013}) 10... Nxc4 ({looks nice but} 10... e6 $5 {
is probably more to the point}) 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Be2 (12. Naxb5 axb5 13. Bxb5
Ba6 14. a4 $5) 12... b4 13. Nc4 bxc3 14. bxc3 Rb8 15. O-O Qc7 16. a4 $14 a5 $6
17. Na3 Bd7 18. Nb5 $16 {[%csl Gb5] 1-0 (33) Ivanisevic,I (2624)-Rombach,M 
(2103) Deizisau 2014}) 9. Nec3 (9. Ng3 e6 10. Nc3 exd5 11. cxd5 {leads to a
position from Modern Benoni when White develops his g1 knight to e2 too early;
it is quite favorable for Black.}) 9... Nh5 (9... e6 {is more common but after}
10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 {is is not easy for Black to equalise:} h5 (11... Nh5 12.
O-O $5 (12. g4 $143 Nf6 13. h3 Re8 14. O-O h5 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. a4 hxg4 17. hxg4
Nh7 18. Bh6 Qe7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Na3 {1-0 (36) Ward,C (2498)-Mortensen,E 
(2450) Copenhagen 2002} g5 $11)) (11... Ne8 12. O-O f5 13. a4 Nf6 14. exf5 Bxf5
15. Na3 a6 16. Rae1 Re8 17. Bf4 Qc7 18. g4 Bd7 19. h3 Nf7 20. Kg2 Re7 21. Bc4
$14 {[%cal Yh3h4,Yh4h5] 1/2 (21) Bischoff,K (2564)-Stellwagen,D (2487) Germany
2004}) ({It is rather senseless for Black to play} 11... a6 {as White plans
a2-a4 and Nb1-a3 anyway:} 12. a4 Re8 13. O-O h5 14. Na3 Nh7 15. Kh1 (15. Rae1
$5 {may be even more useful}) 15... f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Rae1 Rb8 18. h3 h4 19.
f4 Nf7 20. Bf2 Bf6 21. Bd3 $14 {0-1 (61) Dinic,G (2232)-Dimic,P (2243)
Belgrade 2013}) 12. O-O Nh7 13. a4 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Na3 Re8 16. Rae1 a6 17.
h3 Qh4 18. Bf2 Qb4 19. f4 Nf7 20. Nc4 Nf6 21. a5 Ne4 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23. Qxb4
cxb4 24. g4 hxg4 25. hxg4 Rxe2 26. gxf5 Rxe1 27. Bxe1 gxf5 28. Bxb4 $14 {
_|_ 1-0 (45) Laznicka,V (2594)-Mamedov,R (2587) Pardubice 2007}) (9... a6 $5
10. a4 Nh5 11. Be2 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Na3 Qe8 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Qg6 16.
Qxg6+ hxg6 17. g3 f4 18. g4 Nf6 19. O-O-O Kg7 20. Nab1 Bd7 21. Nd2 Rh8 22. h4
Rh7 23. Rh2 Rah8 24. Rdh1 g5 25. h5 Kh6 $11 {1/2 (42) Ivanisevic,I (2633)
-Damljanovic,B (2566) Skopje 2014}) {In the present game Black doesn't insert .
..a7-a6 a2-a4 and obtains a decent position, too.} 10. Be2 f5 11. Na3 $6 {
It was not a good idea to allow a blockade.} (11. exf5 $142 gxf5 12. Bh6 {
trading Black's strong bishop and keeping the position semi-open. In that case
Black's king will be unsafe, which gives White good chances although the
position requires further exploration.}) 11... f4 $1 12. Bf2 Bd7 13. Nc2 a6 14.
a4 g5 15. a5 Qe8 {[%mdl 32]} (15... g4 $142 $1 $36) 16. Rb1 {[%cal Yb2b4]} b5 {
A logical continuation of Black's plan but it is less dangerous for White than
a kingside break.} 17. axb6 a5 18. Na3 Qb8 (18... g4 $5 {still deserved
attention}) ({or} 18... Rb8 19. Ra1 Rxb6 20. Nab5 g4 $5) 19. Nab5 Qxb6 20. Ra1
Rfb8 21. Ra3 Qd8 22. Kd1 h6 23. Kc2 {White's king is safe, and now he seizes
initiative on the kingside, too.} Nf6 24. h4 $1 Be8 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. g3 Nh5
27. Rg1 Rb7 28. gxf4 gxf4 29. Bh4 a4 $6 {The pawn will be weak here.} (29...
Bg6 $142 30. Bg5 $140 Qf8 $14) 30. Bg5 Ng6 31. Rga1 ({White didn't like the
mess after} 31. Rxa4 Rxa4 32. Nxa4 Ng3 33. Bd3 Bxb5 34. cxb5 c4 35. Bxc4 Qc7) (
31. Bf1 $5 {[%cal Yd2h2,Yf1h3] was a good positional decision, with a clear
advantage for White.}) 31... Qc8 {[%cal Rc8h3]} 32. Bf1 Ng3 33. Bd3 $2 {
[%mdl 16384] A positional error. White should not allow Black's queen to h3.} (
33. Qh2 $1 Nxf1 34. Rxf1 {, and the initiative still belongs to White.}) 33...
Bxb5 34. Nxb5 Qh3 (34... Rxb5 $5 35. cxb5 c4 36. Be2 Rb8 $36 {(indicated by
the Chesspro.ru website)}) 35. Bxf4 Nxf4 36. Qxf4 Rf8 37. Qd2 Rxf3 38. Rxa4 Bh6
$6 {This allows White to simplify the game and obtain an endgame with an extra
pawn (however too hard to convert).} (38... Qh4 $1 {[%cal Rg3e4,Yh4f6]} 39.
Ra8+ Kf7 $44 {Black's king is safer than White's.}) 39. Ra8+ Kf7 40. Rh8 Bxd2
41. Rxh3 Bf4 42. Rh7+ Kg6 43. Rh2 Be5 44. Ra8 Kg5 (44... Kf7 $5) 45. Be2 Rf7
46. Rg8+ Rg7 47. Rf8 Rg6 48. Bd3 Rf6 49. Rf2 Rxf2+ 50. Rxf2 Rb8 51. Kb3 Bd4 52.
Rf3 Kg4 53. Rf7 Bf6 54. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 3rd"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2015.02.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd2 (7. Bxf6
{is possible, too, but White looksfor a more complicated position.}) 7... Qxc5
(7... Na6 8. a3 Nxc5 9. e4 $5 $36 (9. Rc1 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qa4 11. Qxa4 Nxa4 12.
Bxf6 gxf6 13. b3 Nc5 14. b4 Na4 15. Nf3 b6 16. Nd2 Ba6 $11 {1/2 (46) Krush,I 
(2380)-Dragomarezkij,E (2468) Moscow 2002})) 8. e3 (8. a3 Bxc3 9. Qxc3 d5 10.
cxd5 Qxc3 11. Bxc3 Nxd5 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. e4 Nb6 14. Be3 e5 15. Bxb6 axb6 16. Bc4
Nd4 $132 {0-1 (45) Balla,T (2377)-Prodileanu,A (2204) Sarata Monteoru 2012}) (
8. e4 Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 e5 11. Nf3 d6 12. h3 a5 13. Bd3 a4 14. O-O Be6
15. Bd2 Rfc8 16. Be3 Qa5 17. Qe2 h6 18. Rad1 Nd7 $132 {0-1 (43) Borulya,L 
(2105)-Serper,G (2420) Pula 1990}) 8... Qc7 (8... b6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 {
[%cal Rc3b4]} Qe7 11. Bd3 $36) (8... d5 $6 {(not a good time to open up the
position!)} 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 a5 11. Bd4 Qc7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Rc1 dxc4 14.
Bxc4 Bd7 15. Nf3 Rc8 16. O-O $14 {1/2 (16) Jaracz,P (2548)-Jedynak,R (2475)
Czechia 2013}) (8... Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 e5 (10... Qe7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Ne2
Re8 13. Ng3 $14 (13. O-O $4 e4 14. Bxf6 gxf6 {0-1 (14) Ivanov,J (2300)-Dautov,
R (2535) Sverdlovsk 1989})) (10... a5 11. Nf3 (11. b3 $6 e5 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Be2
d5 14. O-O d4 15. exd4 exd4 16. Bb2 Bg4 $132 {0-1 (29) Wagner,A (2241)-Kishnev,
S (2488) Germany 2004}) 11... e5 12. Bd3 $14) 11. Nf3 $5 (11. b4 Qe7 12. b5 Nb8
13. Nf3 d6 14. Be2 Nbd7 15. O-O b6 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. a4 d5 18. Qb2 d4 19. Bb4 Nc5
$132 {1/2 (53) Krivko,Y-Khasin,A (2530) Omsk 1996})) ({Black's queen can
therefore retreat to give to his bishop a route back to e7.} 8... Qc6 {is not
the best square:} 9. Nf3 a6 10. Bd3 (10. a3 Be7 11. Bd3 d6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. b4
Qc7 14. h3 Rd8 15. Rac1 Nf8 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Qb3 Rdc8 18. f4 $14 {1-0 (61)
Marovic,D (2485)-Tatai,S (2465) Beersheba 1976}) 10... Qc7 11. g4 $5 Nxg4 12.
Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Rg1 Nce5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Be2 f5 17. Nb1 Bxd2+ 18.
Nxd2 $36 {1-0 (71) Mascarinas,R (2465)-Smagin,S (2540) Zenica 1989}) (8... Qb6
$142 $5 9. a3 (9. Nf3 $5) 9... Be7 10. Nf3 a6 11. Be2 Qc7 12. Rc1 b6 13. O-O
Bb7 14. Rfd1 d6 15. e4 Nbd7 16. h3 Nc5 17. Bd3 Rac8 18. b3 Qb8 19. Nd4 Rfe8 $13
{1/2 (56) Tozer,R (2235)-Smagin,S (2535) London 1989}) (8... Qh5 $5 9. a3 Be7
10. Nge2 b6 11. Nf4 Qe5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O Nc6 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. b4 d5 16.
cxd5 exd5 $132 {[%cal Yd5d4] 0-1 (60) Hartston,W (2465)-Ornstein,A (2450)
Skara 1980}) 9. Nf3 (9. Nb5 $5 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Qb6 11. Nd6 {needs checking.
Black can try to oust White's knight by means of ...Nf6-e8 later on.}) 9... Be7
10. Bd3 Nc6 ({A more classic hedgehog setup was seen in the following game:} 
10... Na6 11. a3 Nc5 12. Be2 d6 13. O-O b6 14. b4 Ncd7 15. Rac1 Bb7 16. e4 Rac8
17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Bf4 Qb8 19. h3 h6 20. Qb1 Ne8 $13 {1/2 (39) Zysk,R (2395)
-Ribli,Z (2620) Germany 1988}) ({but} 10... a6 11. O-O d6 {[%cal Yb7b6,Yc8b7,
Yb8d7] was a more direct way to get a hedgehog.}) 11. a3 b6 (11... a6 $5 {
not allowing the following manoeuvre, which is, however, quite harmless.}) 12.
Nb5 Qb8 13. Bc3 h6 (13... a6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Nc3 g6 17. Bxg6
fxg6 18. Qxg6 {looks risky for Black but objectively White hardly has anything
better than a perpetual check.}) 14. Rd1 a6 15. Nbd4 (15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd6 Be7
17. Nxc8 Qxc8 18. O-O Qc7 {is hardly promising for White.}) 15... Nxd4 16. Bxd4
d6 $5 ({Equally good was} 16... Bb7 {(here or on the next move). ...b6-b5
would be possible in any case.}) 17. O-O Bd7 18. e4 e5 19. Bc3 Rc8 (19... b5
20. c5 $5 {although after} Rc8 21. cxd6 Bxd6 {Black is OK, too.}) 20. Qe2 Be6
21. Nh4 $5 g6 22. g3 {A passive continuation after the sharp previous move.} (
22. f4 $5 {was more logical:} Bg4 (22... exf4 $2 23. Nf5 $1) 23. Nf3 exf4 24.
h3 Bh5 (24... Bxf3 $2 25. Qxf3 g5 26. g3) 25. e5 dxe5 26. Bxe5 Qb7 27. Bxf4 Re8
28. Qc2 {[%cal Rg2g4,Rf4h6]} g5 $13) 22... Qc7 {The c4 pawn is now doomed.} 23.
Ng2 (23. b3 b5) (23. Bd2 $5 Bxc4 24. Bxh6 Bxd3 25. Rxd3 Qc2 26. Qf3 $1 d5 27.
Nf5 gxf5 28. Qxf5 Nxe4 29. Qg4+ (29. Rf3 $143 Nd6 30. Qxe5 Qg6 31. Qxe7 Nf5)
29... Ng5 30. Rfd1 $13 {(Chesspro.ru)}) 23... Bxc4 24. Ne3 Bxd3 25. Rxd3 Nxe4
26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Nd5 Qd6 (27... Nxg3 28. fxg3 Qb7 {looks too risky.}) 28. Qxe4
Bf8 29. Rfd1 $44 {White has powerful pieces but Black has no real weaknesses
so this compensation can only be enough for equality.} b5 30. Qf3 (30. Nf4 Qf6
31. Nd5 $11 Qe6 32. Re1 {[%cal Rd5c7,Re4e5]} (32. Nc7 $2 Qc4 $1)) 30... Kg7 31.
Nc3 $6 {[%mdl 16384] White takes the wrong way by preparing a rook invasion,
which doesn't bring him any benefit. He had a good opportunity to regain the
pawn:} (31. Nc7 $1 Qxc7 32. Rd7 Qc4 33. R1d5 Be7 $8 34. Rxe7 Rf8 35. Rdxe5 $11)
31... Qe6 32. Rd7 Bc5 33. Qe4 Ra7 {Black has improved the position of his
pieces, and White's compensation has vanished.} 34. Rd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]
Blundering another pawn. Positional mistakes often lead to tactical oversights
when you try to prove the unprovable: the correctness of your wrong plan.} Rxd8
35. Rxd8 Bxf2+ $1 36. Kg2 (36. Kxf2 Qb6+) 36... Bb6 37. Rd2 Rc7 38. Qa8 Bd4 39.
Ne2 Rd7 40. b4 h5 0-1

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 3rd"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2015.02.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. g3 Be7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O a5 10. Ne5 Bh5 11. h3 Nbd7 12. g4 Bg6 13. e4 Qb6 14. Kh1 Qb4 15.
Nxd7 Nxd7 16. f4 Qxc4 17. Nxc4 f5 18. gxf5 exf5 19. e5 Bf7 20. Ne3 g6 21. d5
cxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5+ Kg7 24. Bxb7 Rab8 25. Bf3 Nc5 26. b3 Rfd8 27. Ba3
Kf8 28. Rad1 Nd3 29. Bxe7+ Kxe7 30. Be2 Nc5 31. Kg2 h6 32. Bc4 Ne4 33. Rd5 Rxd5
34. Bxd5 Rd8 35. Bxe4 fxe4 36. Rc1 Rd2+ 37. Kg3 Rd3+ 38. Kf2 Rxh3 39. Rc7+ Ke6
40. Rc6+ Kf7 41. Rc7+ Ke6 42. Rc6+ Kf7 43. Rc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 3rd"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2015.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2015.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4
15. g3 Qh3 16. Be3 Bxd3 17. Nd2 Qf5 18. Bd4 Rfe8 19. a4 h6 20. Kg2 Rxe1 21.
Rxe1 Kf8 22. Qxf5 Bxf5 23. Ne4 Bxe4+ 24. Rxe4 Rb8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Re1 Nb6 27.
Rd1 Be7 28. Bc2 Nc4 29. b4 Rd8 30. Be4 Nd6 31. Bb6 Rc8 32. Bd3 Ne8 33. Bf5 Rb8
34. Be3 Nf6 35. Bd4 Nd5 36. Be4 Rd8 37. Ra1 Bf6 38. Bxf6 gxf6 39. Bxd5 Rxd5 40.
Ra6 Rd6 41. Kf1 Re6 42. f4 f5 43. Ra8+ Kg7 44. Rc8 Kf6 45. Kg2 Kg6 46. Kh3 Kg7
47. Kg2 Kg6 48. Kf3 Kg7 49. Rc7 Kf6 50. h3 h5 51. Rc8 Kg7 52. Kf2 Kh7 53. Kg2
Rd6 54. Kf2 Re6 55. Kf3 Kg7 56. Rc7 Kf6 57. Rd7 Re4 58. Rd6+ Re6 59. Rd4 Re1
60. Kf2 Re6 61. c4 bxc4 62. Rxc4 Kg6 63. Rc2 f6 64. Rc4 Re4 65. Rxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 3rd"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2015.02.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2865"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2015.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 h6 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. Bf4 Ng6 13. Bh2 Bb4 14. Ne2
Be7 15. Nfd4 Nf8 16. g4 h5 17. Nf5 Ne6 18. Kg2 b6 19. f3 c5 20. Bg3 Bg5 (20...
Bb7 {was also perfectly possible.}) 21. h4 hxg4 {and now the draw is forced}
22. hxg5 gxf3+ 23. Kxf3 Nxg5+ 24. Kf4 (24. Kg4 Nh3 {is risky for White:} 25. e6
Bxe6 26. Nf4 g6 27. Nxe6 gxf5+ 28. Kxf5 fxe6+ 29. Kg4 e5 $1 {with this key
move the knight from h3 is rescued and Black remains out a pawn, though
probably one that is very hard to convert.} 30. Bxe5 (30. Rd5 Ke7 $15) (30. Re1
Kd7 $1 $17) 30... Nf2+ $17) 24... Nh3+ 25. Ke4 Ng5+ 26. Kf4 Nh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 3rd"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2015.02.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Baramidze, David"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2015.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
Nc3 Qa5 9. Nb3 Qh5 10. e4 d6 11. Qxh5 Nxh5 12. c5 a5 13. a4 dxc5 14. Nxc5 Rb8
15. Rd1 b6 16. Nd7 Bxd7 17. Rxd7 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Be3 Bd4 20. e5 Bxe3
21. Bxc6 Bc5 22. Re1 Ng7 23. Kg2 Bd4 24. Nd5 Kf8 25. Re2 Bc5 26. b4 axb4 27.
Rb2 Ne6 28. Nxb4 Nc7 29. Rb3 Rd2 30. Nd3 Bd4 31. Bb5 Nd5 32. Kf3 Nc3 33. Ba6
Nxa4 34. Rb4 Nc5 35. Rxd4 Nxa6 36. Ke3 Ra2 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Rd7 Ra3 39. Kd2 e6
40. Ra7 Ra5 41. f4 h5 42. h4 Ra2+ 43. Kc3 Ra4 44. Ra8 b5 45. Kd2 Ra2+ 46. Kc1
Ra4 47. Kd2 Nc5 48. Rxa4 Nxa4 49. Kc2 Nb6 50. Nc5 Kf8 51. Kc3 Nd5+ 52. Kd4 Ke7
53. Ne4 f6 54. Kc5 f5 55. Nd2 b4 56. Kc4 Kd7 57. Kb5 Kd8 58. Kc4 Kc8 59. Nb3
Kd7 60. Nd2 Kc6 61. Nf3 Ne3+ 62. Kxb4 Kd5 63. Nd2 Nd1 64. Kb5 Nc3+ 65. Kb6 Ne2
66. Nf1 Ke4 67. Kc6 Nxg3 68. Nxg3+ Kxf4 69. Nf1 Kxe5 70. Kd7 f4 71. Nd2 Kf6 72.
Kc6 g5 73. Ne4+ Kf5 74. Nxg5 Kg4 75. Kd6 Kxh4 76. Ne4 Kg4 77. Kxe6 h4 78. Ke5
f3 79. Kd4 h3 80. Ke3 h2 81. Nf2+ Kg3 82. Nh1+ Kg2 83. Nf2 h1=Q 84. Nxh1 Kxh1
85. Kxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 c6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. O-O e6 8.
Ne2 Nbd7 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. Bf4 Nd5 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd6 13. c4 N5f6 14. Re1 O-O
15. Nh4 c5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Bc2 Be5 19. Rb1 Rad8 20. Qe2 Bd4 21.
b4 Ncd7 22. Bb3 a5 23. a3 axb4 24. axb4 Ra8 25. Qd3 Ba7 26. Bc3 Ng4 27. c5 Ndf6
28. Qf3 b6 29. h3 Nxf2 30. Qxf2 bxc5 31. Be5 Qe7 32. bxc5 Bxc5 33. Bd4 Bxd4 34.
Qxd4 Rfd8 35. Qf2 Rd3 36. Bc4 Rc3 37. Rbc1 Rxc1 38. Rxc1 Rc8 39. Rc2 Qb4 40.
Bf1 Rxc2 41. Qxc2 Nd5 42. Qf2 Qb1 43. Kh2 Qb8 44. Bc4 Nf6 45. Qe3 Qc7 46. Be2
Nd5 47. Qd4 Ne7 48. Bd3 Nd5 49. Be4 Nf6 50. Bf3 Nd7 51. h4 Nf6 52. Qe3 Nd7 53.
h5 gxh5 54. Bxh5 Nf6 55. Bf3 Nd7 56. Qg5 Ne5 57. Be4 f5 58. Bf3 Qd6 59. Kh3 Nf7
60. Qg6 Qe7 61. Nh5 Ng5+ 62. Kg3 Nxf3 63. gxf3 Qf7 64. Qg5 e5 65. Qd8+ Kh7 66.
Qg5 Qg6 67. Kh4 e4 68. Qxg6+ Kxg6 69. f4 e3 70. Ng3 Kf6 71. Ne2 g6 72. Kg3 g5
73. fxg5+ Kxg5 74. Kf3 f4 75. Nxf4 e2 76. Kxe2 Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O c6 8. b3 Qc7
9. Ba3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. e4 f4 14. c5 Bg4 15. b4
Nd7 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. Rad1 b6 18. cxb6 axb6 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 b5 21. h4 Nb6
22. h5 {The pair of bishops is only an advantage when those bishops have long
diagonals to breathe in. Here it is clear that they are shut out, and Black
has a powerful knight to coordinate with his a-rook!} Nc4 23. hxg6 Ra3 $1 {
It's not necessary to take on g6! Caruana pushes his initiative forward.} 24.
Qc2 fxg3 25. Rd3 (25. fxg3 Ne3 $17 (25... Qa7+ $1 $19)) 25... Qa7 $1 {The
coordination of Black is impressive. His attack on the kingside is very strong,
even though he only has one rook on that side of the board! (The bishop
doesn't really count as it is not part of the attack yet).} 26. Qd1 Rxa2 27.
Rd7 Qxf2+ $1 {Flashy but not the only way to win...} (27... gxf2+ 28. Kh2 Qe3
$19) 28. Rxf2 gxf2+ 29. Kh1 Ne3 {Attacking the queen and threatening f1} 30.
Bxe5 Bxe5 31. Rxh7+ Kg8 {White is out of resources, for example:} (31... Kg8
32. Qb3+ Nc4 33. Kg2 Rb2 $1 $19 (33... Rxf3 34. Qxf3 f1=Q+ 35. Kxf1 Nd2+ {
is also very good.})) 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Bb3
Bb6 9. d4 g5 10. Bg3 g4 11. dxe5 $5 (11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nh7 13. e6 $1 fxe6
14. Qxg4 {is very, very unclear.}) 11... gxf3 12. exf6 fxg2 13. Bxf7+ $5 {
Exposing the king to checks by sacrificing a piece!} (13. Rg1 {is logical,
with a position that is very difficult to evaluate.}) 13... Kxf7 14. Qh5+ Ke6 (
14... Kxf6 {keeps the game going, and even though Black is up a bishop it
looks extremely risky. A computer might win this game, but in blitz it seems
suicidal as it is difficult to find the necessary defensive resources.}) 15.
Qf5+ (15. Qg4+ Kf7 $11) 15... Kf7 16. Qh5+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 Nd7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nc3 Re8 9. Be3 Bd6 10. Nd2 Nf8 11. Nc4 Ng6 12. a4 Be6 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. d4 Qf6
15. d5 Bd7 16. a5 c5 17. Kh2 Qd8 18. Ne2 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Ng3 Bd7 21. b4
cxb4 22. Qd2 b3 23. cxb3 Qh4 24. Rfc1 Rac8 25. f3 Nf4 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Ne4
Rcd8 28. Rc7 Bf5 29. Qd4 Re5 30. Nf2 Qg3+ 31. Kg1 Re2 32. Kf1 Rde8 33. Rac1 h5
34. Rxb7 R8e3 35. Rxg7+ Qxg7 36. Qxf4 Re5 37. g4 Bg6 38. Rc8+ Kh7 39. Qc4 Re7
40. Qf4 Qb2 41. Qg3 Bd3 42. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 f5 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Rb1
Na6 9. b4 Ne4 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Nd2 d5 12. b5 Nc7 13. e3 Bf5 14. bxc6 bxc6 15.
Qa4 Rf6 16. Ba3 Bd7 17. Qa5 Bf8 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rb7 Rc6 20. Rc1 e6 21. Nb3
Bxa3 22. Qxa3 Nb5 23. Rxc6 Bxc6 24. Rxb5 Bxb5 25. Nc5 Qd6 26. Bh3 Bd7 27. Qa5
Bc8 28. Qb5 Kf7 29. Bxe6+ Ke7 30. Bxc8 Rxc8 31. Qb7+ Rc7 32. Qb3 Rc6 33. Qa4
Qc7 34. Kg2 Qb6 35. h4 Rc7 36. Qd1 Qf6 37. Qb3 Qc6 38. Qb8 Rc8 39. Qxa7+ Qc7
40. Qa4 Qc6 41. Qa7+ Qc7 42. Qa6 Qc6 43. Qe2 Ra8 44. h5 Kf7 45. a4 Qf6 {
By all means it is clear that White is the one pushin for a win. He has two
pawns for his exchange, and the safer king. However Black should be ok as
White's knight must stay on c5 to defend the a4 pawn and there is no clear way
to add pressure on the kingside.} 46. Qg4 Kg8 47. hxg6 hxg6 48. Nd7 Qf5 49.
Qxf5 gxf5 {With the treate of bishops a draw is the most likely result.} 50.
Nb6 (50. Nf6+ Kf7 51. Nxd5 Rxa4 $11) 50... Ra5 51. g4 Kf7 52. gxf5 Kf6 53. Nd7+
$6 (53. f3 {it was about time to settle down for the draw. Exchanging some
pawns makes the draw trivial.}) 53... Kxf5 54. Nc5 Kg4 55. Kf1 $2 {Too
passive! This gives Black excellent winning chances by swinging his rook to
the kingside.} Kf3 56. Ke1 (56. Nd7 {was necessary, with the small threat of
57.Ne5 mate!} Kg4 57. Kg2 $1 $11) 56... Ra8 {Now it is all over. The White
king must abandon f2 and the a4-pawn provides no counterplay.} 57. Kf1 Rb8 58.
Ke1 Rb1+ 59. Kd2 Kxf2 60. a5 Ra1 61. a6 Ra2+ 62. Kc3 Kxe3 {The rest is trivial.
} 63. Kb3 Ra1 64. Kb2 Ra5 65. Kc3 Kf2 66. Kb4 Ra1 67. Kb5 e3 68. Nd3+ Ke2 69.
Nf4+ Kf3 70. Nd3 e2 71. Kb6 Ke3 72. Nb4 Rb1 73. Kc5 Rxb4 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 {A popular line
nowadays, played by Bobby Fischer on a very few occasions a long time ago, has
now resurfaced again. I guess that 6.Bg5 is in crisis as well as 6.Be3,
otherwise I don't really see why would anybody would play such a passive move
with White.} e5 7. Nde2 h5 {A very popular line, it is a direct attempt to
stop a g4 expansion or Ng3.} 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg5 Be7 10. a4 Nc5 $5 {I can't say
if this is new or not. In today's chess with so many games played every day it
is difficult to draw a line as to what is new and what is not.} (10... b6 11.
Bg2 Bb7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Re8 15. Qe3 Rc4 16. b3 Rc5 17. Rd3 Qc7
18. Rad1 Qc6 19. h4 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bh3 Bf8 22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23. Qf3 Qc8 {
1/2-1/2 (53) Shirov,A (2675)-Oparin,G (2543) Moscow (rapid) 2014; with a
complicated struggle ahead of us.}) 11. Bg2 Be6 12. a5 b5 (12... O-O 13. g4 $5
{Although interesting, there is no real need for this; White can play 13.0-0
and transpose to the game.} b5 14. axb6 hxg4 15. b7 Rb8 16. Ng3 Qb6 17. hxg4
Qxb2 18. Bd2 Bxg4 19. f3 Be6 20. Rb1 Qa3 21. Rh2 $13 {1-0 (34) Romm,M-Dolin,B
corr. 2014}) 13. axb6 Qxb6 14. b3 O-O 15. O-O a5 16. Qd2 Rfc8 17. Rfd1 a4 {
An intuitive pawn sacrifice, there are interesting computer generated ideas as
an option:} (17... Rc6 18. Ra3 Rac8 19. Rda1 Ncxe4 $5 20. Nxe4 Rxc2 21. Qd3
Nxe4 22. Be3 Nxf2 23. Kxf2 Qd8 24. Rxa5 Bf8 25. R5a2 Rxa2 26. Rxa2 d5 27. Kg1
d4 28. Bd2 Qb6 $44) ({A logical attempt is} 17... Qb4 $5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxd6
Rd8 20. Qc6 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rc8 22. Qb5 Qxb5 23. Nxb5 a4 24. bxa4 Nxa4 25. Rc1
Be7 $11) 18. bxa4 Bc4 19. a5 $1 $14 {White has an initiative: the black pawn
sacrifice didn't fully pay off and White is gaining momentum.} Qd8 (19... Rxa5
20. Bxf6 Rxa1 21. Bxe7 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 $16) 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6
Nb7 23. Rd2 Rxa5 {Black should have considered an alternative to be played
sooner or later:} (23... h4 $5 24. Nd5 Rxa5 25. Rxa5 Nxa5 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27.
Nc3 Be6 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. exd5 Nc4 30. Rd3 Nd6 31. Rb3 hxg3 32. fxg3 Rxc2 33.
Rb6 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Nf5 {Black has good counterplay in this endgame.}) 24. Rb1 Nc5
25. Nd5 Bd8 26. h4 $1 Ra3 27. Nec3 Rca8 28. Rdd1 Ba5 {Black has accumulated
all his forces on the queenside but still that won't be enough.} 29. Nb5 Ra2
30. Bf3 g6 31. Ne7+ (31. Nd6 $1 Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Rxc2 33. Ra1 {with an unpleasant
position for Black.}) 31... Kg7 32. Nc6 Na4 33. Nd6 Be6 34. Rb7 Rxc2 35. Nxe5
$2 {A serious mistake after which White loses the thread in the game.} (35.
Nxf7 $1 Nc5 (35... Bxf7 36. Nxe5 Rc7 37. Rxc7 Bxc7 38. Nxf7 $16) 36. Rb5 Bxf7
37. Rxa5 Rxa5 38. Nxa5 {White is a pawn up.}) 35... Nc5 36. Re7 Kf8 {The rook
is trapped now, the position has changed dramatically in Black's favour.} 37.
Nc6 (37. Rxf7+ Bxf7 38. Ndxf7 Bc7 39. Nd6 Kg7 40. Ndc4 Raa2 41. Rd5 Bb8 42.
Rxc5 Bxe5 43. Rxe5 Rxc4 44. Rg5 Rcc2 45. Bxh5 Rxf2 $17) 37... Nb3 38. e5 Bb6
39. Rb7 $2 {A big mistake but a logical one; previous moves had been played to
save the rook and not to sac it so Rb7 is consequently played, unfortunately
for White it just loses.} Bxf2+ 40. Kg2 Bc5+ 41. Kh1 Raa2 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {The Berlin Defence has become so popular after
1.e4.} 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 {This is a standard method of exchanging pieces
for Black. Another way is 5...d6.} 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. Na3 {Leaving the
c1-h6 diagonal open so that the bishop can land on g5 at any moment.} c6 9. Ba4
d6 (9... O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 d6 (11... g5 12. Bg3 d6 13. Nc4 Bg4 14. Qd2 Nh5
15. d4 Be6 16. Ne3 Nf4 17. Bb3 Qf6 18. d5 Bd7 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Nc4 Bc7 21.
Nxd6 {1-0 (45) Balogh,C (2632)-Buhmann,R (2582) Eppingen 2014; White is
clearly better.}) 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. Ne3 Be6 14. Bc2 d5 15. exd5 cxd5 16. d4 exd4
17. Qxd4 $14 {1-0 (59) Van Kampen,R (2615)-Sevian,S (2511) Wijk aan Zee 2015.
This is a typical position which White would like to establish.}) 10. Bb3 a5 {
An interesting waiting move, some others have been tried recently as well.} (
10... Bc7 11. f4 h6 12. Qf3 Qe7 13. Nc4 Be6 14. Ne3 exf4 15. Qxf4 d5 16. e5 Nd7
17. d4 O-O-O 18. Nf5 Qf8 19. Qg3 g6 20. Nh4 Qe7 21. Bd2 Kb8 {1/2-1/2 (55)
Balogh,C (2660)-Fedorchuk,S (2673) Bastia (rapid) 2014. We have a very sharp
game.}) (10... O-O 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Kh7 15. Ne3 Ne8
16. d4 f6 17. f3 Ng7 18. Bf2 Qe7 19. Qd3 Bd7 20. a4 Rad8 21. Bc2 Kh8 22. b4 Bc8
23. a5 a6 24. d5 $16 {1-0 (56) Bok,B (2572)-Loetscher,R (2444) Basel 2015}) 11.
Nc4 Bc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 {That is Black's idea, he is holding back
castling in order to meet Bg5 with this sharp continuation.} 14. Bg3 h5 15. f3
Be6 16. Ne3 h4 17. Bf2 d5 18. Re1 Kf8 19. h3 {A very complicated game in the
centre is still not defined so all kinds of possibilities are ahead of us.} Bb6
20. Qc2 {The idea is Rad1} Nh5 21. d4 exd4 22. cxd4 Nf4 23. Ng4 a4 24. Bxa4
dxe4 25. Rxe4 $1 (25. fxe4 Bxg4 26. hxg4 Qd7 $17) 25... Bf5 26. Rd1 Kg7 27. Bb3
{A pawn for an exchange is not a bad trade for White.} Qc7 28. Ne3 Bg6 $1 (
28... Bxe4 29. fxe4 $40 {[%cal Ge3f5] Such a position is not recommended for
Black.}) 29. Nc4 Rhe8 30. Kh1 {White could have played differently.} (30. Nxb6
Qxb6 31. d5 Bxe4 32. fxe4 Qb5 33. d6 Rad8 34. Bc4 Qa5 35. Bd4+ (35. Qb3) 35...
f6 36. e5 Rxe5 37. b4 Qa3 38. Kh1 $13) 30... Ba7 31. Ne5 Bxe4 32. fxe4 Rxe5 33.
dxe5 Bxf2 34. Qxf2 Rd8 35. Qe1 Rxd1 36. Qxd1 Qxe5 37. Qd7 Qf6 {Probably in
time trouble Black didn't want to risk all that much, but the alternative was
a better try.} (37... Qxb2 38. Qxf7+ Kh6 39. Qf8+ Qg7 40. Qd6+ Ng6 $15) 38. e5
Qg6 39. Kh2 {Now it is not easy for either side to make progress.} b6 40. e6
Nxe6 41. Qxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 (3... Nf6 {is a different scenario!}) 4. d4 c6 5.
c4 dxc4 6. Na3 {With a knight on f6 this move makes no sense. But the knight
is not on f6.} b5 7. Nxb5 cxb5 8. Nh4 {White wins the exchange as a8 cannot be
defended. If the knight were on f6 it could block on d5, but this is not the
case. On the other hand Black has good chances of obtaining compensation as
White's development is seriously compromised.} Bd7 9. Bxa8 Nc6 10. Bxc6 (10.
Bb7 Qb6 {is not much of an improvement.}) 10... Bxc6 11. O-O Qd5 12. f3 (12.
Nf3 Nf6 {is somewhat uncomfortable to play for White. There isn't any clear
plan, e4 is firmly under Black's control, and overall it's just annoying to
find a move. The move that Caruana chose loses a pawn but at least gives him a
clearer direction.}) 12... Qxd4+ 13. Kh1 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 e6 15. Rb1 Nf6 16. Be3
O-O 17. Ng2 Nd5 18. Bd4 e5 19. Bxa7 {White regains one of his pawns, but Black
has a very specific idea} c3 $1 {The pawn is untouchable and it causes serious
threats.} 20. Ne1 (20. bxc3 Nxc3 21. Rdc1 Nxb1 22. Rxc6 {can only favor Black;
White's knight on g2 is too far away from the action.}) 20... e4 $6 (20... Ra8
{was certainly better.} 21. e4 (21. Bf2 e4 {is now a stronger version of the
game.} 22. Bd4 Rxa2 $13) 21... Nf6 22. Be3 Nxe4 $1) 21. Bd4 (21. fxe4 Nb4 {
thereatening Bxe4 and c2.}) 21... exf3 22. exf3 Re8 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Nc2 $2 (
24. Rd3 $1 {This move would have put some serious problems for Anand. The rook
move threatens bxc3 and covers f3.} Re2 25. bxc3 Ne3 (25... Rxa2 26. Kg1 $16)
26. Kg1 $1 {And Black retains compensation, but it is not clear if it is
enough.}) 24... Ne3 $1 25. Re1 (25. Nxe3 Rxe3 26. Rdc1 Rxf3 $1 27. Kg1 Be4 28.
bxc3 Bxb1 29. Rxb1 Rxc3 {with an endgame that is probably drawn, but only
Black can win.}) 25... Nxc2 26. Rxe8 Bxe8 27. bxc3 {The two pieces are
superior to the rook. Anand does not show the best technique from now on, and
Caruana easily draws, but without time pressure it is possible that the Indian
could have put White in a serious bind.} Na3 28. Rd1 Nc4 29. Kg1 Kf6 30. Rd4 h5
31. Kf2 Ne5 32. h3 g5 (32... Ke6 $15) 33. f4 gxf4 34. gxf4 Ng6 35. c4 bxc4 36.
Rxc4 Bd7 37. a4 Bxh3 38. a5 Be6 39. Rd4 Ne7 40. a6 Nc8 41. Kg3 Bg4 42. Rc4 Kg6
43. Rc7 f6 44. a7 Nxa7 45. Rxa7 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Be2 Nd7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 dxc4 13. Rxc4 e5 14. Qc2 a5
15. Rc1 Re8 16. a3 Nb6 17. Rc5 Nd7 18. Rc3 exd4 19. Nxd4 Nf6 20. Rc4 Bd7 21.
Bf3 Red8 22. Qb3 Be8 23. Nf5 Qe6 24. Nd4 Qe7 25. Qc3 Nd7 26. Be2 g6 27. Qb3
Rab8 28. Nf3 Ne5 29. Nxe5 Qxe5 30. Qc2 b6 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Rd6 33. h3 Rbd8
34. Qc3 Qxc3 35. R4xc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bb3 Be6 {
This specific move order is already very unusual. The Italian is interesting
in that, even though the plans are quite repetitive, the specific
implementations and move orders seem to vary greatly.} 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. O-O O-O
10. b4 Ba7 11. a4 Nh5 12. Nb3 Qe8 13. Qe2 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Rxf4 {Black's pressure
on the f-file coordinated with his bishop on a7 shohuld ive him enough
counterplay for any queenside or central action that White undertakes.} 15. b5
Ne7 16. d4 exd4 17. Nbxd4 Ng6 18. bxa6 bxa6 19. Qc4 Rxe4 20. Qxc7 Qc8 {the
pawn sacrifice is only temporary.} 21. Qxd6 Bc5 22. Qc6 (22. Qg3 e5 {leaves
White in an already dangerous situation since retreating the knight allows Rg4}
23. Nc2 Rg4 $19) 22... Qxc6 23. Nxc6 Rc4 {White cannot defend the pawn on c3
and the discovered attack against the knight on c6.} 24. Ncd4 Nf4 {Black
doesn't even have to rush taking on c3...} (24... e5 $11) (24... Rxc3 $6 25.
Nxe6 $14) 25. g3 Bxd4 26. Nxd4 e5 27. gxf4 exd4 28. cxd4 Rxd4 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2015.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. a3 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. Rb1 b6
9. O-O Bb7 10. Qd2 a5 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 d5 13. Ne1 Nd4 14. Qd1 Rb8 15. Na4 e5
16. Nc2 Bc6 17. Ne3 Ne6 18. Nc3 d4 19. Ncd5 dxe3 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Bxc6 Nd4
22. Bd5 Bh6 23. f3 Bg5 24. Bc3 h5 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 h4 27. g4 Bf4 28. Kh1 h3
29. b5 Rbd8 30. Rg1 Kg7 31. Be4 Ra8 32. Bxa8 Rxa8 33. Ra1 Rxa1 34. Bxa1 Qh4 35.
Rf1 Qh8 36. Bc3 Qa8 37. Re1 Qb7 38. Rg1 Qa8 39. Bxd4 exd4 40. Qa1 Qb8 41. g5
Bxh2 42. Rg4 Bd6 43. Rh4 h2 44. Qf1 Qa8 45. Kg2 Qb7 46. Qe1 Qa8 47. Re4 Qh8 48.
Qh4 Qxh4 49. Rxh4 f6 50. gxf6+ Kxf6 51. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 Nc6 7. g4 Qb6 8. Nb3
e6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 b5 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. g5 Nd7 13. O-O Nb6 14. Nd2 Be7 15. Qe1
g6 16. Qf2 Nd7 17. a4 b4 18. Ne2 O-O 19. h4 a5 20. c4 bxc3 21. Nxc3 Rac8 22.
Nb3 Qb8 23. Nb5 Ba6 24. Qe2 Nc5 25. Nxc5 dxc5 26. f5 Nd4 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28. fxe6
fxe6 29. e5 Rc5 30. Rae1 Bxb5 31. axb5 Rxb5 32. Rxf8+ Bxf8 33. Qc4 Rxe5 34. Rf1
Bc5 35. Kh1 Qb4 36. Qa6 d3 37. Qc8+ Kg7 38. Qc7+ Kg8 39. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2015.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 c6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. e5 Nb6 8. O-O Nh6
9. a4 b4 10. Ne4 O-O 11. c4 Bg4 12. Nf2 Bf5 13. Bxf5 Nxf5 14. g4 Nh6 15. b3 f5
16. g5 Ng4 17. Nd3 c5 18. h3 h5 19. hxg4 fxg4 20. Nh4 cxd4 21. Nxg6 Qd7 22. a5
1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2015.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 O-O 7. Nbd2 d6 8. O-O
Re8 9. Re1 Be6 10. Nf1 d5 11. Bg5 dxe4 12. dxe4 Qxd1 13. Raxd1 Bxb3 14. axb3
Ng4 15. Re2 h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Bg3 Nf6 18. b4 Ba7 19. h3 Nh5 20. Bh2 f6 21. Rd7
Re7 22. Red2 Kf7 23. Ne1 Ke8 24. Rxe7+ Nxe7 25. Nc2 Nf4 26. Nfe3 h5 27. Kf1 Rd8
28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. Bxf4 gxf4 30. Nc4 Kd7 31. Ke2 b5 32. Nd2 Nc8 33. Ne1 c5 34.
Nd3 c4 35. Ne1 Nb6 36. b3 cxb3 37. Nxb3 Na4 38. Nd3 Nxc3+ 39. Kf3 Kd6 40. g3 f5
41. Nd2 fxe4+ 42. Nxe4+ Nxe4 43. Kxe4 fxg3 44. fxg3 Bd4 45. g4 hxg4 46. hxg4
Bc3 47. g5 a5 48. bxa5 Bxa5 49. Nxe5 Ke6 50. Nc6 Bb6 51. Nd4+ Bxd4 52. Kxd4 Kf5
53. Kc5 Kxg5 54. Kxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 c5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. c4 d6 7. d4 Ne4 8. O-O
Nc6 9. h3 Bf5 10. e3 Nf6 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Qe2 a6 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15.
Rac1 Qa5 16. a3 Rfe8 17. b4 Qc7 18. Nb3 Qb8 19. c5 Be6 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. exd4
Bb3 22. Re1 e5 23. dxe5 Rxe5 24. Ne4 Rxe4 25. Bxe4 Be6 26. Bg2 dxc5 27. Be5 Qa7
28. bxc5 Rxc5 29. Bd4 Nd7 30. Bxc5 Nxc5 31. Red1 h5 32. Bd5 b5 33. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 c5 6. dxc5 Ne4 $146 {[%mdl 8] A
new continuation at such an early stage!} (6... Qa5 {is the common move but
the whole 5...c5 line is considered dubious, and the game move is unlikely to
change that evaluation.}) 7. Nxe4 (7. cxd5 $5 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bxc3+ 9. Bd2 Bxa1
10. Qxa1 {looks dangerous for Black; it is curious what Fabiano Caruana had
prepared in that case.}) 7... dxe4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. O-O-O+ Ke8 10. Bxb8 {
Hardly a good idea: to exchange a bishop for an undeveloped knight.} (10. Nd2
$5 f5 11. g4 $14) 10... Rxb8 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. e3 a5 13. Be2 Rc8 14. Rd2 f5 15.
Rhd1 a4 16. b4 axb3 17. axb3 Rxc5 {Black has recaptured the missing pawn.
White keeps an edge due to his queenside pawn advantage but Black's bishop
pair should rescue him.} 18. b4 Rc8 19. Ra2 Kf7 20. Ra7 Rc7 21. c5 Be5 22. Kc2
Rhc8 23. Kb3 Kf6 24. Bc4 e6 25. g3 g5 26. f4 exf3 27. Nxf3 Bc6 28. Nxe5 Kxe5
29. Rd6 Re7 30. b5 Bxb5 {[%mdl 512] Black wants a clearer draw but a piece
sacrifice is not necessarily the best way to reach it. Although good knowledge
of the endgame "R+B vs R" can help here.} (30... Be4 $14) 31. Bxb5 Rxc5 32. Rb6
Rec7 33. Rbxb7 Rc3+ 34. Kb4 Rxb7 35. Rxb7 {[%mdl 4096]} Rxe3 36. Rxh7 f4 37. g4
f3 38. Rf7 Re4+ 39. Bc4 Rxg4 (39... Rf4 $1 40. Re7 f2 41. Rxe6+ Kd4 42. Rd6+
Ke3 43. Rd1 Rxg4 $11) 40. Rxf3 Rh4 $2 {And this is a real mistake.} (40... Rg2
$1 41. Rh3 g4 42. Rh5+ Kf4 {[%cal Yg4g3] and White can hardly obtain anything
better than the above-mentioned endgame "R+B vs R", e.g.} 43. Bxe6 g3 44. h3
Rg1 {[%cal Rg3g2] etc. After the text move White prevents the advance of
Black's g-pawn.}) 41. Rf2 Kd4 42. Rg2 e5 43. Be6 $6 {A correct plan (the
bishop should be placed on g4) but the wrong execution. White's king will now
be cut off at the edge of the board.} (43. Be2 $1 Rh8 44. Kb3 $1 {was correct
although there was still a long way to a victory.}) 43... Rh6 44. Bg4 Rb6+ 45.
Ka5 Rb8 {, and White can't find a way to make progress:} 46. Rd2+ Ke3 47. Rd5
Ke4 48. Rd7 Kf4 49. h3 e4 50. Rf7+ Kg3 51. Rf5 Re8 52. Rxg5 Kh4 53. Rh5+ Kg3
54. Bd7 Re7 55. Rg5+ Kh2 56. Bg4 e3 57. Be2 Kxh3 58. Kb4 Kh4 59. Rg4+ Kh3 60.
Rg8 Kh4 61. Kc3 Rd7 62. Re8 Kg5 63. Rxe3 {Finally we have this classic ending,
and Black confidently holds his ground:} Rd8 64. Rf3 Rd6 65. Rf1 Rf6 66. Rg1+
Kf4 67. Kd2 Rh6 68. Rg4+ Ke5 69. Ke3 Rb6 70. Bd3 Rb3 71. Rg5+ Kf6 72. Rd5 Rb4
73. Be4 Ke6 74. Kf4 Rb2 75. Rh5 Rf2+ 76. Bf3 Rf1 77. Rh6+ Ke7 78. Ke4 Kf7 79.
Bh5+ Ke7 80. Ke5 Re1+ 81. Kd5 Re3 82. Bg6 Ra3 83. Be4 Ra1 84. Ke5 Re1 85. Rh7+
Ke8 {The famous Cochrane position.} 86. Ra7 Kf8 $6 {This move is inaccurate.} (
86... Re2 $1) 87. Kf5 Ke8 88. Rh7 (88. Bc6+ $1 Kd8 89. Kf6 {was a chance for
White to keep Black's king at the edge, which would require more accuracy from
him.}) 88... Kd8 89. Rh1 Rxh1 90. Bxh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. h3 Nd7 8.
Be3 Bd6 9. Qd2 c5 10. O-O Nb8 11. Nh2 Nc6 12. Ne2 Nd4 13. Rae1 Be6 14. b3 a5
15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bxf4 17. Rxf4 a4 18. Rf2 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Qd4 20. Qe3 Qxe3
21. Rxe3 axb3 22. axb3 Ra1+ 23. Rf1 Ra2 24. Rf2 Ra1+ 25. Rf1 Ra2 26. Rf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Caruana had reasonable results against the World Champion in the last 2 years,
but in 2015 the tide started to change. Despite having Black, Carlsen won a
nice attacking game in Wijk (see CBM 165) and easily drew in Baden.} 1. d4 {
Fabiano avoids the Sicilian, or Berlin...} f5 $5 {Magnus is in a fighting
mood! However, this could have hardly surprised Caruana, as his opponent has
already played the Dutch more than once this year.} 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4
c6 {Still following his win against Anand in Baden. The flexible text move
waits for White to declare his intentions with the Ng1 before committing the
Pd7.} ({After the immediate} 4... d5 {White scored well with the} 5. Nh3 $5 {
system, an impressive example was} c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nd2 Bd7 9. Nf3
Be8 10. Bf4 h6 11. Qb3 b6 12. Rfc1 Be7 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bd2 g5 15. Ne5 a5 16.
e4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Ra7 18. f4 gxf4 19. Kh1 Bf6 20. Nxf4 $16 {Anand,V (2769)
-Nikolic,P (2659) Wijk aan Zee 2000 See the notes to this game by Tyomkin in
CBM 75.}) 5. Nf3 ({Now} 5. Nh3 {allows} d6 $5 {[%cal Ye6e5]} 6. Nc3 e5 (6...
Be7 7. e4 e5 $132) 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ng5 Ke8 10. e4 Bd6 11. exf5
Bxf5 12. O-O h6 13. Rd1 Bc5 14. Nge4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Kf7 16. Bf5 Na6 17. Re1 g6
18. Bh3 Nb4 19. Re2 Rad8 20. Rb1 Bd4 21. Kg2 Nd3 22. Be3 b6 $11 {[%csl Gd3,Gd4]
Wojtaszek,R (2721)-Vaisser,A (2533) FRA-chT Mulhouse 2011}) 5... d5 {[%mdl 32]
The Stonewall leads to a complex strategic fight with almost no long forcing
lines - all in all an opening suiting Carlsen's style. Moreover it belonged to
the repertoire of his trainer Agdestein.} 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 {Allows
Black to fianchetto his Bc8.} ({He was fine also after} 8. Ne5 O-O (8... b6 {
now runs into} 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc4 $1 Nc6 11. Nxd6+ Qxd6 12. Ba3 Nb4 13. Nd2
$14) 9. Nd2 a5 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Qc2 a4 (11... Ne4 12. Ndf3 a4) 12. Ndf3 ({
Possibly critical is the greedy} 12. bxa4 Ne4 (12... Bxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Nf3
Nb6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. h3 Nh6 17. Nd4 Nc4 (17... f4 $5 $13) 18. f4 Ne3 19. Qb3
Nxf1 20. Ba3 Qd8 21. Bxf8 Nxg3 22. Bxg7 Nxe2+ 23. Nxe2 Kxg7 24. Nd4 Ng8 25. Re1
$36 {Visloguzov,V (2036)-Jardi Talarn,J (2054) email 2011}) 13. Nxe4 $1 (13.
Ndf3 Bxe5 (13... Qd8 14. Nd3 Qa5 15. Nf4 Bxf4 16. gxf4 Qxa4 17. Qxa4 Rxa4 18.
cxd5 exd5 19. e3 Nb6 20. Ne5 {Kiriakov,P (2555)-Moskalenko,V (2540) playchess.
com blitz 2006} Nc4 $15) 14. dxe5 (14. Nxe5 $142 $5) 14... Nb6 15. cxd5 exd5
16. Rab1 Nc4 17. Rfd1 Qb4 18. Nd4 Qxa4 $36 {Goganov,A (2550)-Sandipan,C (2590)
Moscow 2013}) 13... fxe4 14. f4 exf3 15. Nxf3 $14 {Roiz}) 12... Ne4 13. e3 a3
14. Bc3 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bd7 16. Nxd7 (16. Be1 $142 $1 $14) 16... Qxd7 17. c5 Bc7
18. b4 h5 19. Be1 e5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Rd1 Qe6 $11 {Anand,V (2797)-Carlsen,M 
(2865) Baden-Baden 2015 For more details see the notes to this game by Roiz in
CBM 165.}) 8... b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Nd2 ({White will later redirect his N to c3,
but here the immediate} 10. Nc3 {is not too effective due to} Nbd7 $11 {
forcing White to make a decision about his Ne5.}) 10... O-O 11. Rc1 ({My own
experience with this line was rather bleak, after} 11. e3 a5 12. Nd3 Na6 13. a3
Rac8 14. Qe2 Ne4 15. Rfc1 c5 16. dxc5 Naxc5 17. Nxc5 bxc5 18. Rd1 a4 19. bxa4
Ra8 20. f3 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Rxa4 22. cxd5 exd5 23. f4 $11 {Stohl,I (2465)-Glek,I 
(2430) Tallinn 1986 White just barely managed to hold the balance (and lost
due to a miscalculation later on).}) 11... a5 12. e3 {The most usual move, but
it's not easy for White to get anything tangible from the opening.} (12. Nd3
Na6 13. Nf3 {avoids ideas with Bxe5; White intends to put the other N on e5,
but this manoeuvring costs time and Black gets counterplay after} Ne4 14. Nfe5
Rac8 (14... c5 15. f3 Nf6 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Re1 Nb4 18. a3 Nc6 19. e3 Nd8 20.
Bh3 g6 21. Nf4 Qe8 22. Ned3 Rc8 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Qd2 a4 25. e4 $5 dxe4 26.
fxe4 Bxe4 27. b4 $36 {Martin Clemente,J (2638)-Timmerman,G (2694) email 2009})
15. e3 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Nf4 Nb4 18. a3 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Nc6 {½ Avrukh,B 
(2425)-Gleizerov,E (2535) St Petersburg 1994} 20. Bb2 d4 $1 $132) (12. Nb1 Nbd7
(12... Ne4 13. f3 Nf6 14. Nc3 Nbd7 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. e4 dxc4 17. bxc4 e5 18.
exf5 exd4 19. Re1 Ne5 20. Ne4 Ba3 21. Bxa3 Qxa3 22. Qxd4 Nxf3+ 23. Bxf3 Qxf3
24. c5 $16 {Gordon,S (2556)-Djurhuus,R (2436) Oslo 2012}) 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc4
b5 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Nc3 Ba6 {[%csl Ga6,Rg2] Black's bad Ba6 is more effective,
than the "good"one on g2.} 17. Qd2 Rfc8 18. f3 b4 19. Nd1 a4 20. Ne3 a3 21.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Bc1 f4 23. gxf4 Qxf4 $11 {()=/+, Tukmakov,V (2575)-Agdestein,S 
(2560) Dortmund 1987}) 12... Na6 13. Nb1 $146 {A novelty, but judging by the
time-consumption an over the board idea. The N heads for c3 and possibly for
a4 (or e2-f4).} ({Until now White mostly connected his rooks with} 13. Qe2 Ne4
(13... Nc7 14. Ndf3 Ne4 15. Rfd1 a4 16. Nd3 a3 17. Ba1 Na6 18. Nfe5 c5 19. f3
Nf6 20. Bh3 g6 21. Rd2 Rac8 22. Rdc2 Rc7 23. Rd1 Rfc8 24. Rcd2 cxd4 25. Bxd4
Nc5 26. Nxc5 Bxc5 27. Bg2 Ba6 28. Bf1 Nd7 29. Nxd7 Rxd7 30. Bxc5 Qxc5 31. Qf2
Rcd8 32. e4 d4 $132 {Hansen,O (2499)-Timmerman,G (2694) email 2009}) (13... a4
14. bxa4 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. a5 Nac5 17. Bc3 bxa5 18. Nb3 Nxb3 19. axb3 Nc5
20. Qc2 Ne4 21. Bb2 a4 22. bxa4 Ba6 23. f3 Ng5 24. cxd5 Bxf1 25. d6 $16 {
So,W (2656)-Reinderman,D (2573) Wijk aan Zee 2010}) (13... Bxe5 14. dxe5 Ne4
15. Rfd1 a4 $5 16. Nb1 Nb4 (16... axb3 17. axb3 Nac5 18. Qc2 Ra2 $132 {/\} 19.
f3 $6 Qg5 $1 20. fxe4 fxe4 $44) 17. Ba3 axb3 18. axb3 c5 19. f3 Ng5 20. h4 Nf7
21. Bxb4 cxb4 22. f4 dxc4 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Rxc4 Rfd8 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 {Alekseev,
E (2640)-Moiseenko,A (2662) Sochi 2006} 26. Rxb4 $14) 14. Rfd1 c5 15. Nb1 Nb4
16. f3 Nxa2 17. fxe4 Nxc1 18. Bxc1 fxe4 19. Nc3 Rad8 20. Nb5 cxd4 21. exd4 Bxe5
22. dxe5 dxc4 {Van Wely,L (2668)-Ulibin,M (2581) Moscow 2003} 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24.
bxc4 Qc5+ 25. Be3 Qxe5 26. Bxb6 $13) 13... Bxe5 $5 {A very straightforward
solution.} ({Black can also redirect his N with} 13... Nb8 14. Nc3 Nbd7 {
Carlsen maybe didn't relish the possibility} 15. f4 $5 (15. Na4 b5 $11 {
is harmless}) 15... Rac8 $13 {with a complex double Stonewall.}) 14. dxe5 Ne4
15. Qe2 (15. cxd5 exd5 $5 16. Nc3 Nac5 $132) ({It was worth considering} 15.
Nc3 $5 {/\} Nac5 (15... Rac8 $142 $5) 16. Ba3 $14) 15... a4 $5 16. Nc3 $6 {
A mediocre reaction, after which already White will have to tread with care.} (
{The principled continuation was} 16. Ba3 $142 c5 17. f3 Ng5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 (
18... exd5 $5 19. bxa4 $13) 19. bxa4 (19. Nc3 Nc7 $13 {can transpose}) 19...
Nc7 20. e4 fxe4 21. fxe4 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Bc6 23. h4 Nf7 24. Qb2 $13) (16. Rfd1 {
transposes to Alekseev-Moiseenko above.}) 16... axb3 (16... a3 $5 17. Ba1 Nb4
$13 {[%csl Ra1] /=/+ also deserves attention, but true to himself, Carlsen
chooses a simple technical solution.}) 17. axb3 Qb4 18. Nxe4 (18. cxd5 exd5 {
is also pleasant for Black.}) 18... dxe4 {Black continues in the spirit of his
16th move and chooses the simpler symmetrical recapture.} ({More complex is} 
18... fxe4 19. Bh3 (19. Bc3 $5 Qxb3 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Bh3 $44) 19... Rfe8 20.
f4 $1 $13 {[%cal Yf4f5]}) 19. Qc2 Nc5 20. Bc3 Qxb3 21. Qxb3 Nxb3 22. Rb1 Nc5
23. Rxb6 Na4 24. Rxb7 Nxc3 {[%csl Gc3,Rg2][%mdl 4096] A series of natural
moves has led to an endgame in which White must still solve the problem of his
passive Bg2. It would seem that this is simple enough, but in such technical
positions Carlsen is incomparable.} 25. Re7 {Voluntarily exchanges the R on
the 7th rank.} ({A more active way is} 25. f3 $5 {White intends to reanimate
his bishop either on the long diagonal, or by hitting Pe6 from h3 after a pawn
swap on e4. All this should be sufficient to hold the balance.}) 25... Rfe8 26.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Ra1 $6 (27. f3 $1 $132 {still seems preferable.}) 27... Rd8 28.
Bf1 {White must already change plans and start calculating.} (28. Ra6 $5 Ne2+
29. Kf1 Nc1 30. Kg1 Rd1+ (30... Rc8 31. Bf1 $132 {and Black's R is too passive}
) 31. Bf1 Nb3 32. Kg2 Nd2 33. Ra8+ Kf7 34. Ra7+ {/\} Kg6 35. Rd7 Rxf1 36. Rxd2
Rc1 37. Rd6 $11) (28. f3 Rd1+ $1 29. Rxd1 Nxd1 30. fxe4 Nxe3 $15 31. exf5 $2
Nxg2 32. Kxg2 exf5 33. Kf3 Kf7 34. Ke3 c5 $1 35. Kf3 Ke6 36. Kf4 h6 $19) 28...
c5 29. Ra3 (29. Ra5 $5) 29... Nb1 $5 30. Ra1 (30. Ra5 {or}) (30. Ra6 $142 {
seems preferable:} Rd1 31. Ra8+ Kf7 32. Ra7+ Kg6 33. Ra1 {and it's still not
clear, how Black should make progress.} (33. Kg2 Rd2 (33... Nd2 34. Rd7 Rxf1
35. Rxd2 Rc1 36. Rd7 Rxc4 37. Re7 $11) 34. Re7 Nc3 35. Kg1 Nd1 36. Rxe6+ Kf7
37. Rd6 Rxd6 38. exd6 g6 $11 {/=/+})) 30... Nd2 $1 31. Be2 $2 ({This is
already a serious error, more or less necessary was} 31. Kg2 $8 Nf3 32. Ra6 Kf7
33. Ra7+ Kf8 34. Rc7 Rd1 35. Rc8+ (35. Rxc5 Nd2 36. Be2 Re1 {[%csl Re2]}) 35...
Kf7 36. Rc7+ Kg6 37. Rc6 $1 $132) 31... Nf3+ 32. Bxf3 (32. Kg2 Nxe5 $17 {
gives Black a healthy extra pawn.}) 32... exf3 33. h3 h5 $17 {White had a
slightly unpleasant position, some nine moves later he is on the verge of
losing.} 34. g4 (34. Ra6 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Rf1 36. Rxe6 Rxf2+ 37. Kg1 (37. Kh1 $2
Rf1+ 38. Kh2 Rc1) 37... Rg2+ 38. Kf1 Kf7 $17) ({With the passive} 34. Ra5 Rd1+
35. Kh2 Rf1 36. Ra2 (36. Rxc5 Rxf2+ 37. Kg1 Rg2+ 38. Kf1 Rxg3 $17) {, White
pins his hopes to stalemate tricks after} 36... g5 (36... Rc1 $5) 37. h4 g4 38.
e4 $17 {However, it's difficult to believe this would save the game, moreover
in time trouble one naturally strives for activity.}) 34... fxg4 35. hxg4 h4 $1
{[%csl Rg1]} 36. Kh2 (36. g5 Kh7 37. Ra6 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Rf1 39. Rxe6 Rxf2+ 40.
Kh3 Rc2 $19) 36... Rd2 37. Kh3 $6 (37. g5 $1 Rxf2+ 38. Kh3 Kh7 39. Kxh4 Rg2 40.
Rf1 $17 {was the last chance to fight on. Black will have an extra pawn, but
converting it still presents technical problems.}) 37... g5 {Keeps the king
boxed in.} 38. e4 Rd4 $1 (38... Rxf2 $2 39. Ra8+ Kf7 40. Ra7+ Ke8 41. Ra8+ Kd7
42. Ra7+ Kc6 43. Ra6+ Kb7 44. Ra7+ $11 {is too obvious, Carlsen easily avoids
the stalemate trap.}) 39. Ra8+ Kf7 40. Ra3 Rxc4 41. Rxf3+ Ke7 42. Re3 Rd4 43.
f3 c4 $19 {[%csl Gc4,Gh4] Material is still equal, but Black's positional
superiority with 2 strong passed pawns is decisive.} 44. Ra3 ({After} 44. Rc3 {
Black already has a choice:} Kd7 $19 (44... Rd3 $5 45. Rxc4 Rxf3+ $19)) 44...
Rd3 45. Ra7+ Kd8 46. Kg2 c3 47. Ra4 c2 48. Rc4 Rd2+ 49. Kh3 Kd7 50. Rc5 (50.
Rc3 Rf2 $19 {[%cal Rf2f3]}) 50... Rf2 51. f4 Rf3+ (51... gxf4 52. g5 f3 53. g6
Rd2 54. g7 f2 $19 {is more forcing, but Black can already win without any
calculation.}) 52. Kh2 Rxf4 ({White has had enough, the endgame after} 52...
Rxf4 53. Rxc2 Rxe4 $19 ({or} 53... Rxg4 $5 $19 {is completely hopeless.})) 0-1

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Na4 e5 $5 (5... Bg7 {is the most
popular move.}) 6. dxe5 Nc6 (6... Bb4+ {is the other line} 7. Bd2 Ne3 8. fxe3
Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qxa4 {, when the position is unclear, but White
might be better.}) 7. a3 (7. Nf3 Bg4 $13 (7... Ndb4 8. a3 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nd5 {
with compension for Black, as he is going to win the P back.})) 7... Nxe5 8. e4
Nb6 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bg5+ (10. Bf4 Bd6 $11) 10... Be7 11. O-O-O+ Ke8 12. Bxe7
$146 (12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Nxb6 axb6 $11 {1-0 (29) Bu,X (2607)-Sasikiran,K (2657)
ICC INT 2005}) 12... Kxe7 $11 {Black has equalised, he is even slightly better.
} 13. Nc5 Nbd7 $1 {Exchanging the active N is logical.} 14. Nxd7 (14. Nd3 Rd8
$15 (14... Nxd3+ 15. Bxd3 {transposes to the game.})) 14... Nxd7 (14... Bxd7
$15 {is much more natural} 15. f4 Ng4) 15. Bd3 (15. Ne2 $11 {is better, as N's
can be measured better, than the B's}) 15... Ne5 16. Ne2 Ng4 17. Rdf1 Rd8 18.
Nf4 c6 {Black defends the d5-square.} 19. Be2 Rd4 (19... h5 $132 {preparing
for Bxg4, Black still has a very little initiative.}) (19... f5 $132 20. Bxg4
fxg4) 20. Bxg4 Bxg4 21. f3 Be6 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 $11 {The game is equal.
Black has a B, but this isn't a decisive factor.} Bc4 24. Kc2 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Kxd8
26. Nd3 Ke7 27. b3 Bxd3+ {From now on, the players are trying to lock the
position.} (27... Ba6 {keeping the B is also good} 28. b4 b6 $11) 28. Kxd3 $11
Kd6 29. f4 h5 30. g3 b5 31. Kd4 c5+ 32. Kc3 f5 33. e5+ Kd5 34. b4 c4 35. h4 a6
36. Kc2 Ke6 37. Kc3 Kd5 38. Kc2 Ke6 39. Kc3 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 {Fabiano has deep theoretical knowledge in
various openings, so predicting his choice is a tough task.} Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6.
Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 Ba6 11. a4 c5 12. a5 Rc8 {
The most popular continuation.} ({There are a couple of alternatives:} 12...
cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. Be1 Rc8 15. Qb2 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 e5 17. Qb2 $14 {1-0 (31)
Tomashevsky,E (2736)-Landa,K (2645)/Sochi 2012/CBM 148}) (12... Qc8 13. cxd5
Nxd5 (13... exd5 14. Nc3 $14) 14. Nc3 N7f6 (14... Nb4 15. Qb2 bxa5 16. Rac1 Rd8
17. Bg5 $14 {1-0 (31) Gyimesi,Z (2595)-Parligras,M (2601)/Germany 2010/EXT 2012
}) 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rac1 Qe6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (44)
Nielsen,P (2693)-Almasi,Z (2707)/Beijing 2011/CBM 145 Extra}) 13. Qa2 $5 $146 {
Fabiano comes up with an interesting novelty.} ({A well known theoretical
position arises after:} 13. axb6 Qxb6 {and now White may choose between
different continuations, but none of them poses Black any serious problems.
For instance,} 14. Qa2 (14. Ba5 Qb8 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bc3 Bb7 17. Nbd2 dxc4 18.
bxc4 Qc7 $11) 14... Bb7 15. Ba5 (15. b4 cxb4 16. c5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. e3
Ra8 {as was played in Laznicka,V (2690)-Aronian,L (2783)/Plovdiv 2010/CBM 139
gives Black full compensation for a piece at the least.}) 15... Qa6 16. dxc5
Nxc5 17. Nbd2 (17. b4 Nce4 18. c5 Ng4 19. Nd4 Ngxf2 20. b5 Qxa5 21. Qxa5 Bxc5 {
leads to a wild position, where Black is definitely doing well.}) 17... dxc4
18. bxc4 Bd8 19. Ne5 (19. Bb4 Qxa2 20. Rxa2 Bb6 $11) 19... Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bxa5
21. Qxa5 Qxa5 22. Rxa5 Rc7 {Wang Hao (2752)-Leko,P (2735)/Wijk aan Zee NED
2013 Black was able to neutralise the slight small pressure.}) 13... Nb8 {
The looks extremely passive, but it is not that bad.} ({I guess, Fabiano's
preparation was mainly based on:} 13... b5 14. b4 $1 {and it looks like the
resulting complications are quite promising for White:} cxd4 (14... cxb4 15. c5
Nb8 ({After} 15... Nxc5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Qb2 Ne4 18. e3 $14 {Black doesn't
have sufficient compensation for a piece.}) 16. Ne5 Ne4 17. Bxb4 f6 18. Nd3 Nc6
19. Qb2 $14) (14... bxc4 15. dxc5 Ne4 16. Nc3 Ndf6 17. Rab1 $14) 15. cxb5 Bxb5
16. Nxd4 Ba6 (16... Bc4 17. Qa4 Ne5 18. Na3 Ba6 19. b5 Bb7 20. Rac1 $14) 17.
Na3 Ne5 18. b5 Bb7 19. Qb2 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Bc3 Bxa3 22. Qxa3 Qg5 23. Rac1
$14) ({However, the safest seems:} 13... Bb7 $1 14. a6 (14. Nc3 dxc4 15. bxc4
cxd4 16. Nb5 (16. Nxd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qc7 $11) 16... a6 17. Nbxd4 Ne4 18. Be1
Bc5 19. Nb3 Qc7 $11) 14... Bc6 15. Nc3 Qe8 $1 ({A less accurate way is:} 15...
Qc7 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. cxd5 Bxd5 (18... Nxd5 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. e4
Nxc3 21. Rxd6 Nxa2 22. Rxa2 $14) 19. Rac1 $14) (15... dxc4 16. bxc4 cxd4 17.
Nxd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rc5 19. Ncb5 Qa8+ 20. f3 $14) 16. Ne5 cxd4 17. Nxc6 dxc3 18.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bxc3 Rfd8 {with good chances for equality.}) 14. axb6 ({But} 14.
Nc3 {promises nothing special:} dxc4 15. bxc4 cxd4 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. cxb5 Bc5
18. Be1 Qe8 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Qxb5 $11) 14... axb6 ({Correctly rejecting} 
14... Qxb6 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Nbd2 $14 {and White is clearly better.
}) 15. Nc3 ({Another tempting continuation was} 15. Qb2 cxd4 16. Nxd4 dxc4 17.
Bf4 {Black's position looks scary now, but the precise} Nfd7 $1 18. bxc4 (18.
Rxa6 Nxa6 19. Nc6 Qe8 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Bd6 Qf6 22. Qxf6 Nxf6 23. Bxf8 Rxf8
24. bxc4 Nc5 $11) 18... Rxc4 (18... Bf6 19. Bd6 Re8 20. e3 $14) 19. Rxa6 Nxa6
20. Nc6 Qe8 {should solve Black's problems:} 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Bd6 Qe8 23. Nd2
Rc5 24. Nb3 Rc4 25. e3 Qc8 26. Bxf8 Nxf8 $11) 15... dxc4 {This decision seems
risky - opening up the d-file gives White definite tactical resources.} ({
As in the previous note, the safer way was:} 15... Bb7 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Qa7
Rc7 (17... Bc6 18. Ne5 Bd6 19. Nxc6 Nxc6 20. Qb7 $14) 18. Bf4 Rd7 19. Ne5 (19.
cxd5 Bxd5 20. Qa4 Bc6 21. Qc4 Qb6 22. Ne5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nc6 $11)
19... Nc6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Qa6 Bb7 22. Qb5 Qc8 23. Ra7 $14 {with only a small
edge for White.}) 16. Bf4 cxb3 17. Qxb3 {At the moment Black is a pawn up, but
White's pieces are much more active.} Bb7 $2 {This move leads to a major loss
of material.} ({Giri should have opted for} 17... Bc4 18. Qxc4 cxd4 19. Qb5
Rxc3 20. Nxd4 Nd5 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 exd5 23. Nf5 Bf6 24. Rab1 d4 25. Nxd4
$14) ({Or} 17... Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. dxc5 Bc4 20. Qxb6 Bxc5 21. Qb1 $14 {
In both cases White keeps a definite positional edge, but the reduced material
balance offers Black excellent drawing chances.}) 18. dxc5 Nbd7 19. Ra7 $1 {
The appearance of White's rook on the 7th rank is very unpleasant.} Bxf3 (19...
Bd5 {offered no hope:} 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. cxb6 Nxb6 22. Ne5 Bd6 23. Bh3 Bxe5 24.
Bxe5 Rc4 25. Rb7 Na4 26. Qxc4 dxc4 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rb4 $18) 20. Bxf3 Nxc5 ({
After} 20... Bxc5 21. Bb7 Rc7 22. Bxc7 Qxc7 23. Nb5 Qe5 24. Bf3 $18 {White
should be able to convert the material and positional advantages into a full
point.}) 21. Qb1 Ncd7 (21... Qe8 {didn't help to save material either:} 22. Nb5
Rd8 (22... Nd5 23. Bd6 $18) 23. Nd6 Bxd6 24. Bxd6 $18) 22. Nb5 Rc5 23. Bc7 ({
White has missed a very clean way to a victory:} 23. Be3 $1 {Suddenly it turns
out, that Black's rook doesn't have a normal square for retreat:} Rc4 (23...
Rc8 24. Bg5 Qe8 25. Nc7 Qd8 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Nb5 $18) 24. Qa2 Rb4 25. Nc7 Qb8
26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Qxe7 Qxa7 29. Qxb4 $18) 23... Qc8 24. Bd6 $2 {
That only leads to a simplifications, which are suitable for Black.} ({Luckily
for Anish, Fabiano has failed to find} 24. Qd3 $1 Nd5 {(I hardly can see any
other reasonable move)} 25. Nd6 Qxc7 26. Rxc7 Ne5 (26... Rxc7 27. Bxd5 exd5 28.
Qxd5 Nf6 29. Qb3 $18) 27. Rxc5 Nxd3 28. Rxd5 Nb2 (28... exd5 29. Nf5 $18) 29.
Nc4 $1 Nxc4 30. Rd7 Bc5 31. Rc7 $18 {some technical work is still required,
but White's position is winning here.}) 24... Bxd6 25. Nxd6 Qd8 ({Of course,
not} 25... Qb8 $2 26. Rb7 Qd8 27. Ne4 Rd5 28. Nxf6+ Nxf6 29. Bxd5 Nxd5 30. Ra7
$18) 26. Ne4 Rc7 {Now the Ra7 is unprotected, so Black manages to maintain the
material balance.} 27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28. Qa1 Re8 $1 {The only, but sufficient
defence.} (28... Qc8 $2 29. Ra8 Nb8 30. Qxf6 $18) 29. Bc6 ({After} 29. Rd4 f5
$1 ({But} 29... Rxa7 {is less accurate:} 30. Qxa7 Re7 31. Bc6 Nf8 $1 32. Qa1
Qc8 33. Rg4+ Ng6 34. Qxf6 $14) 30. Bc6 Rxc6 31. Rdxd7 Qg5 32. Kg2 Rf8 {White's
advatage would be rather symbolic.}) 29... Re7 30. Ra8 ({There are no special
prospects after} 30. Rxc7 Qxc7 31. Qa3 Nf8 32. h4 Kg7 33. h5 h6 $11) 30... Rc8
31. Rxc8 Qxc8 $11 {Black has finally consolidated.} 32. Qa3 Nc5 33. Qf3 Kg7 ({
There was also nothing wrong with} 33... f5 $5) 34. Rd4 f5 35. Rh4 {This move
isn't scary, since White cannot create any serious threats.} Ra7 36. h3 Ne4 ({
Anish could have tried} 36... Ra1+ 37. Kg2 Kg8 38. Bb5 Qb7 39. Bc6 Qc7 {
though after} 40. Bb5 {the vulnerablity of Black's king gives White sufficient
counterplay.}) 37. Bxe4 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Ra1 39. Qh1 {Liqudating into a drawish
rook ending. The remaining few moves didn't change much.} fxe4 40. Qxc1 Rxc1
41. Rxe4 b5 42. Re5 b4 43. Rb5 Rc2 44. Rxb4 Rxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 {Already a surprise.} Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3
Nbd7 7. Be2 c5 {More common is the plan with ...Re8 and ...e5, which also
leads to highly complicated play.} 8. O-O b6 9. a4 a6 10. b4 Bb7 $6 {Too slow.}
(10... c4 $1 {was the correct move, and what I initially wanted to play. My
worry was that after} 11. b5 $5 (11. Ne5 Bb7 12. f4 {can be met by} Ne8 $1 {
, and in the case of} 13. e4 Ndf6 $1 14. exd5 Nxd5 {is strong}) 11... Bb7 12.
Qc2 {I might not get sufficient counterplay and c4 would turn out to be weak
in the long run. Black gets a reasonable position, however, by pursuing
White's bishop:} h6 13. Bh4 (13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Be5 Nhf6 15. Bg3 Nh5) 13... Nh5 {
with the idea ...g5, and knowing Kramnik, he might try something like} 14. g4
$5 Nhf6 15. h3 h5 {, with a messy position.}) 11. a5 cxb4 12. cxb4 b5 {I
thought that I'd be able to reach c4 with my knight and achieve equality. The
first part is true, but the position is still far from equal.} 13. Rc1 Ne8 14.
Nb3 Nd6 15. Ne1 $1 {That's the point. White has no reason to rush to occupy c5;
instead, he will keep the tension, leaving me tied up, and I will have to
reckon with Nc5 at every moment.} (15. Nc5 $6 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Nc4 {is a very
fine position for Black.}) 15... Nc4 16. Nd3 Ra7 {Black can do nothing but
wait passively, so my goal was to arrange my pieces in the most harmonious way.
It is up to White to show a plan. Now a lengthy manuevering phase begins.} 17.
Bh4 (17. Nbc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 {would be the choice of most players, but it would
considerably ease my play. Kramnik rightfully keeps more pieces on the board.})
17... Ba8 18. Bf3 Nf6 19. Qe2 Ne8 20. g4 $5 {This feels good. The bishops will
find comfortable posts on g2 and g3 and White can continue to gain space on
the kingside.} Ned6 21. Bg2 Qc8 22. Nbc5 Re8 23. Bg3 Qd8 24. Rcd1 e6 25. f3 {
Kramnik prepares e4, but his play might have been a bit too direct.} (25. h4 $5
{was worthy of consideration.}) 25... Qe7 26. Kh1 Bh6 27. Nf4 $6 {This looks
so awkward. It's really weird that Kramnik, with his fantastic positional
feeling, would misplace his pieces in such a way.} ({The natural} 27. Bf2 {
was the move I expected, and I planned} f5 {, which is necessary to prevent e4.
Black's position is very hard to break but remains under some pressure.}) 27...
Nb7 28. Ncd3 Nd8 $1 {Perhaps he overlooked this. White has lost all
coordination and b4 is starting to look tender.} 29. e4 $4 {After this White's
position is nearly lost. It's astonishing how quickly a position can turn
around.} ({After} 29. Nc5 {I planned to repeat:} Nb7 $11) (29. Qe1 $5 {is an
attempt to keep the game going, but Black is no longer any worse after} Nc6 30.
Nc5 Rd8 {, and ...e5 is coming.}) 29... Nc6 30. exd5 Nxb4 31. dxe6 (31. d6 $5 {
was the toughest defense.} {I was planning the inaccurate} Qf6 $6 ({After the
game, Kramnik suggested the enterprising} 31... Nxd3 $5 32. dxe7 Nxf4 33. Qf2 (
33. Bxf4 Bxf4 {gives Black a terrific grip. White is very nearly dominated and
it would be a tall order to defend his position.}) 33... Nxg2 34. Kxg2 Ne3+ 35.
Kg1 Raxe7 {with a clear positional advantage.}) (31... Qxd6 {is the machine's
cool defense.} 32. Nxg6 Qd8 $1 {, and the g6-pawn turns out to be of little
importance. White is much worse.}) 32. Nh5 gxh5 33. Nxb4 Bf4 {, when Black is
better but the position is highly unclear.}) 31... Nxd3 32. Rxd3 fxe6 $6 ({
We both overlooked} 32... Qf6 $1 {, and I think White's position is just lost.}
33. Nh3 Rxe6 {looks like the end.}) 33. Qe1 Qd8 34. h4 Rf7 ({I was loathe to
part with my bishop, but objectively} 34... Bxf4 35. Bxf4 Qxa5 {was most
technical.} 36. Qg3 {seemed like some sort of compensation, but White's attack
is illusory.} b4 {, and it's winning.}) 35. g5 Bg7 ({To calculate} 35... Bf8 $1
{correctly was asking a bit too much, especially in time trouble:} 36. Bh3 Bd6
$1 37. Nxe6 (37. Bxe6 Kg7 38. d5 Rxf4 $1 39. Bxf4 Bxf4) 37... Qb8 $1 38. Bxd6
Qxd6 {, and the pin is decisive.}) 36. Bh3 Rxf4 $1 {I was very happy to have
seen this in advance, but it's not as decisive as it looks.} 37. Bxf4 e5 38.
Bg3 e4 39. Rd1 Bd5 (39... exf3 $4 40. Be6+ Kh8 41. d5 {would turn the game
around.}) 40. Be5 exf3 41. Qf2 (41. Kg1 $1 {was the best defensive chance,
when I planned} Nxa5 {and with 2 pawns and a monster on f3 for the exchange,
Black has serious winning chances, but the open position of both kings makes
the position highly double-edged.}) 41... Qxa5 $1 {Greedy...and equally strong!
} 42. Bg4 (42. Rfe1 $2 {runs into the fantastic} Nb2 $1 43. Rd2 Nd3 $1 44. Rxd3
Qxe1+ 45. Qxe1 f2+ {, and White's queen is replaced with one of Black's.})
42... Rf8 {I have to keep my most important asset - the f3-pawn - at all costs.
} 43. Rd3 (43. Rfe1 $2 {again loses to} Nb2 $1 44. Rd2 Nd3 45. Be6+ Kh8 $1 46.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 47. Rxd3 Qxe1+ 48. Qxe1 f2+ $19) 43... Qb4 $1 {A very important
move, and what Kramnik overlooked. Now White's position is beyond saving.} 44.
Bg3 (44. Bxf3 Rxf3 45. Rxf3 Nd2 46. Qe1 Bxe5 {wins material.}) (44. Bxg7 Kxg7
45. Bxf3 Be4 $1 {was the main point behind 43...Qb4, and took a fair bit of
time to see in advance.} 46. Bxe4 Rxf2 47. Rxf2 Qe1+ $19) 44... h5 $1 {Other
moves also win, but this is most accurate.} 45. gxh6 (45. Bxf3 Rxf3 46. Rxf3
Nd2 $19) 45... Bxh6 {Now ...Nd2 is a huge threat.} 46. Kh2 Nd2 47. Ra1 Ne4 {
White's position falls apart. The rest is agony.} 48. Qc2 Nxg3 49. Rxa6 Be4 50.
Bxf3 Qe1 51. Qb3+ Kh8 52. Bxe4 Rf2+ 53. Kh3 Qf1+ 54. Kg4 Rf4+ {This win put my
tournament back on track and permitted me to finish on a plus score.} 0-1

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 {It's always pleasant to see a
Rubinstein Variation.} Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bd3 f5 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. c5
$5 (10. Nd2 {has been played hundreds of times, and is considered to be the
main line.}) 10... Rf6 {Black isn't kidding around; he weill try to checkmate
White with his rook and bishop and queen. His queenside development will be
stalled, but for now that is ok. White might develop them for him, if for
example he takes on b6.} 11. Ne1 $1 {using hte fact that the knight on e4
doesn't have many retreat options with the rook on f6.} bxc5 (11... Rh6 12. g3
$1 {keeps the queen away. White won in both Leko-Andreikin and Georgiev,
V-Eljanov.}) 12. Rb1 Qc8 13. f3 Ng5 14. Be2 cxd4 15. cxd4 {White's down a pawn,
but Black's develompent is awkward. His bishop on b7 is exposed, the g5 knight
will have to retreat, the f6 rook doesn't do much but be a potential target.
However White does still need to do something concrete.} Nc6 16. Nd3 Ba6 17.
Bb2 Ne7 18. d5 Rh6 19. dxe6 Nxe6 20. Nf4 Nxf4 21. exf4 Bxe2 22. Qxe2 {How the
game has changed. White has a powerful bishop and still has the better
coordination. Black has two passed pawns, but hey are not going to be a factor
yet.} Re6 23. Qd3 Ng6 (23... Rb8 {looked stronger. The knight will be useful
on e7.}) 24. g3 Rb8 25. Qxf5 Reb6 26. Bd4 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 28. Qxb1 {
With material equality in the endgame it is time to take stock once agian.
White is clearly better: his bishop dominates the open board and coordinates
much better than the queen and knight.} c5 29. Qb3+ c4 (29... Kh8 30. Qc3 $18)
30. Qb5 {With little effort White has already blockaded the pawns. Now they
are ripe for the taking.} Ne7 31. Qg5 $5 (31. Bc5 Nd5 32. Qxc4 Qc6 33. Qd4 $16)
31... Qf8 32. Bc5 Kf7 33. Qe5 Qe8 34. Kf2 {Black is paralyzed.} Nc6 {losing a
pawn, but what else to do?} 35. Qh5+ g6 36. Qxh7+ Ke6 37. Qg7 Qf7 38. Qxf7+
Kxf7 39. Ke3 {White has too many pawns on the kingside.} Ke6 40. g4 d6 41. Ba3
d5 42. Bb2 Nb4 43. a4 Nc2+ 44. Kd2 Nb4 45. h4 Nd3 46. Bd4 a6 (46... Nxf4 47.
Bxa7 {leaves Black with too many passed pawns to deal with.}) 47. h5 gxh5 48.
f5+ Kd6 49. gxh5 $18 Ne5 50. Ke3 Nf7 51. Bg7 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nbd2 Qd7 15.
Rc1 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bb4 18. Qc2 Ne7 19. Bd2 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 Qxh3 21.
Rxc7 Nf5 22. Qg5 Rad8 23. e6 Nxd4 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. exf7+ Kh8 26. Qxd5 Nxf3+
27. Qxf3 Qxf3 28. Re8 Qd1+ 29. Kg2 Qd5+ 30. Kg1 Qd6 31. Rce7 Qd1+ 32. Kg2 Qg4+
33. Kf1 Qc4+ 34. Kg1 Qg4+ 35. Kf1 Qc4+ 36. Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. e3 c5
9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Nh4 dxc4 12. bxc4 Ne8 13. f4 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Bf6 15.
f5 Qc6 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Nf4 Nc7 18. d3 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 e5 20. Nh3 Ne6 21. Qg2
Qxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Rxf1 23. Rxf1 Nd8 24. Nf2 Nc6 25. Ne4 Rf8 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. a3
Ke7 28. Kf3 a6 29. a4 a5 30. h4 h5 31. g4 g6 32. g5 Ke6 33. Ng3 Ne7 34. Ke4 Nc8
35. Kf3 Ne7 36. Ke4 Nc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:36]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:
00:52]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 6.
Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 7. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nf5 {
[%emt 0:00:36]} 8. Qxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:35]} Kxd8 {[%emt 0:00:37] It takes some
courage to play this way against the Berlin's greatest slayer, but as we will
see Dominguez did not come to the game empty-handed.} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} h6
{[%emt 0:02:21]} 10. Rd1+ {[%emt 0:01:04] This is a very committal move, since
the rooks should in principle stay on e1 and d1.} ({Against the more natural} 
10. Nc3 {Black usually transfers his king to the queenside with} Bd7 {as in
the dramatical World championship game Carlsen,M (2863)-Anand,V (2792) Sochi
2014 CBM 164 [Nielsen,PH] (1-0, 45)}) 10... Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:37]} ({The king
has to stay in the centre, being slightly exposed to X-ray attacks along the
e-file and offering the rooks fewer or no chance to re-connect along the back
rank. In certain cases, this could prove a higher committment than the rooks'
temporary misplacement.The blunder} 10... Bd7 $2 {has been played in just one
game so far:} 11. g4 ({An important intermediate move before delivering the
small tactical blow. The immediate} 11. e6 {is less clear:} fxe6 12. Ne5 Ke8 {
13.Nxd7 Rd8 or} 13. Rxd7 Bd6 14. Rxd6 cxd6) 11... Ne7 12. e6 {Djukic,N (2551)
-Jovicic,J SRB-chT Kragujevac 2013 (9.5) 1-0} {Black resigned in view of} fxe6
13. Ne5 {[%csl Gd7,Gh8][%cal Ge5f7]}) 11. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:
38] Caruana is known for making the best of the kingside expansion with g2-g4,
so Dominguez decides to remove the knight from the unstable position at once.}
({Caruana had twice faced} 11... Bd7 {over the past years:} 12. Bf4 Rd8 13. Ne4
(13. e6 Bxe6 14. Bxc7 {offered White very little after} Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Be7 16.
g4 Nh4 17. Nd4 Bd7 $11 {Caruana,F (2779)-Ponomariov,R (2756) Elancourt 2013
CBM 157 [ChessBase Website] (1/2-1/2, 46)}) 13... Be7 14. g4 Nh4 15. Nxh4 Bxh4
16. Kg2 Be6 17. f3 b6 18. b3 c5 19. c4 Rd7 20. Bg3 Be7 21. Rxd7 Bxd7 22. Nc3
Kd8 23. Nd5 Re8 24. Rd1 Kc8 25. Nxc7 $16 {Caruana,F (2783)-Carlsen,M (2881)
Shamkir 2014 CBM 160 [Caruana,F] (1-0, 53), and White converted his extra-pawn
confidently.}) 12. Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 13. Bh2 {[%emt 0:
00:55]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} ({Deviating from another Caruana-Carlsen game:} 
13... Bb4 14. Ne2 Be7 15. Nfd4 Nf8 16. g4 ({With the rooks still misplaced,
this will prove premature. It would have made sense to play} 16. Rd2 $5 {
followed by either Re1 or R1d1.}) 16... h5 $1 17. Nf5 Ne6 18. Kg2 b6 19. f3 c5
20. Bg3 Bg5 $5 (20... hxg4 21. hxg4 Bg5 {also looks OK, since the opening of
the h-file is not dangerous for Black:} 22. Rh1 Rxh1 23. Rxh1 Bb7 $11) 21. h4 {
Not really a piece sacrifice, since play ends in a draw by repetition by force.
} hxg4 $1 22. hxg5 gxf3+ 23. Kxf3 Nxg5+ 24. Kf4 (24. Kg4 $6 Nh3 $1 {[%cal
Gg7g6]} 25. e6 $8 Bxe6 26. Nf4 g6 27. Nxe6 gxf5+ 28. Kxf5 fxe6+ 29. Kg4 e5 $1
$15 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gh3f4]}) 24... Nh3+ {1/2-1/2 (26) Caruana,F (2811)
-Carlsen,M (2865) Baden-Baden 2015} 25. Ke4 Ng5+ 26. Kf4 Nh3+ {1/2-1/2 (26)
Caruana,F (2811)-Carlsen,M (2865) Baden-Baden 2015}) 14. Nd4 {[%emt 0:03:55]}
Nf8 $146 {[%emt 0:00:55] A well timed regrouping, anticipating White's Re1.} ({
After} 14... Bd7 15. Re1 {Black suddenly fears some problems:} Bb4 (15... Nf8
16. e6 $1 Nxe6 17. Nf5 Kd8 (17... Rc8 18. Rad1 Rg8 19. Ne4 b6 20. Be5 $36) 18.
Nxe7 Kxe7 19. Bxc7 Rhc8 20. Bg3 $14 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gc3e4,Gf2f4,Ga1d1]}) 16.
e6 $1 fxe6 17. Nxe6 Kf7 (17... Bxe6 18. Rxe6+ Kf7 19. Re3 $14 {[%csl Rc7,Gf2,
Gg2,Gh3] The c7-pawn needs permanent defence while the white kingside majority
promises an advantage in all kind of endings.}) 18. Nxc7 Rad8 19. Re4 Bxc3 20.
bxc3 {Piorun,K (2513)-Miton,K (2616) Warsaw 2011 (1-0, 35), White has won a
pawn and the c7-knight is impossible to endanger, as it is safely defended by
the bishop.}) 15. Rd3 {[%emt 0:14:58] After having completed the development
of all other pieces, Caruana hurries to correct the rooks' position.} h5 {
[%emt 0:02:02]} (15... Ne6 16. Nce2 h5 {would be another possible move order.})
16. Re1 {[%emt 0:20:11] By creating the potential threat e5-e6, White intends
to provoke ...Ne6, after which his central knight will get the f5-square.} ({
However, this could have been achieved with} 16. Rad1 {, too,. True, it is not
clear whether the tempo saved with respect to the game would offer White
anything concrete.} Ne6 (16... Bd7 $6 {would still run into} 17. e6 Nxe6 18.
Nf5 Bc8 19. Re1 $36) 17. Nce2 c5 18. Nf5 h4 19. Nc3 Rh5 20. Ne3 b6 21. Ncd5 Bb7
22. Nxe7 Kxe7 23. Rd7+ Ke8 {with no obvious problems for Black.}) 16... Ne6 {
[%emt 0:27:13]} (16... Bd7 $6 17. e6 $1 Nxe6 (17... Bxe6 18. Bxc7 Rc8 19. Be5
Rg8 20. Nce2 $16 {[%cal Ge2f4]}) 18. Nf5 $36 {[%cal Gh2c7] In this line Black
seems to have an extra tempo over the similar one above, but in fact the
bishop is more exposed on d7 than o c8, making things by one tempo worse for
him!} g6 (18... Rc8 19. Red1 Nc5 20. Nxg7+ Kf8 21. Rxd7 Nxd7 22. Rxd7 Kxg7 23.
Rxe7 $18) 19. Be5 f6 (19... Rg8 20. Nxe7 Kxe7 21. Ne4 $40) 20. Nxe7 Kxe7 21.
Bxf6+ Kxf6 22. Rxd7 $16) 17. Nce2 {[%emt 0:08:50] Maintaining the tension
around the e6-file and inviting Black to give up the control over the d5- and
b5-squares.} c5 {[%emt 0:05:06]} 18. Nf5 {[%emt 0:34:05]} h4 {[%emt 0:34:54]
Dominguez makes sure as soon as possible that Caruana does not get a chance to
carry out his favourite kingside expansion.} ({However, he could have delayed .
..h5-h4 since after, for instance,} 18... b6 19. g4 $2 {would lead to troubles
for White:} hxg4 20. hxg4 c4 21. Rdd1 (21. Rg3 Bc5 $17 {[%cal Gc5f2,Gc8b7]})
21... Ng5 $17) 19. c4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} b6 {[%emt 0:06:24]} 20. Red1 {[%emt 0:
09:40] There was nothing the rook could threaten on the e-file already.} Rh5 {
[%emt 0:09:33]} 21. Ne3 {[%emt 0:02:31]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:06:54]} 22. Nd5 {[%emt 0:
02:11] White has obtained an active regrouping but as so many times in the
Berlin Black's position is almost impossible to break.} Bg5 {[%emt 0:05:08]
One of the few possible moves. Black avoids Nxe7 and takes the f4-square under
control, anticipating White's N2f4, aiming at exchanging the blocking knight.}
(22... Rc8 $5 23. Nxe7 Kxe7 24. Rd7+ Ke8 $11) 23. f3 {[%emt 0:05:49] Caruana
makes a couple of useful moves before starting the drawish simplifications.} ({
Even with the king on e8, Black's queenside is solid enough after} 23. Nec3 a6
24. a4 Bc6 ({Only not} 24... a5 $2 25. Nb5 Bd8 26. Nxb6 $1 cxb6 27. Nd6+) 25.
a5 b5 26. b3 Kf8 $11) (23. f4 {weakens the white structure without clear
prospects of playing f4-f5 under favourable circumstances.} Be7 ({The engines'
slight favourite is} 23... Bh6 {but I find this a bit speculative. The problem
is that ...g7-g6 is dangerous once the f6-square has lost its defender, while
otherwise Black has to rely on concrete play to stop f4-f5.}) 24. Rf1 g6 $11)
23... Rd8 {[%emt 0:06:59]} 24. Kf2 {[%emt 0:07:35]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 25.
Nef4 {[%emt 0:04:17] Equivalent to a draw offer.} ({While going through the
line} 25. f4 Be7 26. Kf3 {I found an amusing possibility:} f6 27. Kg4 f5+ $1
28. Kxh5 $2 Kf7 $19 {[%cal Gd8h8]}) 25... Bxf4 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 26. Nxf4 {
[%emt 0:00:34]} Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 27. Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:
04:57]} 28. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:02:56]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 29. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:45]
} a5 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 30. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:30] The king
hurries to defend the only real weakness - the h4-pawn.} 31. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:
47] And White hurries to do the same, before the enemy bishop gets to attack
the queenside pawns.} Kg6 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 32. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Rf7 {
[%emt 0:00:52]} 33. Rd3 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 34. Rxd7 {
[%emt 0:00:35]} Bxd7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 35. Bg1 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Kh5 {[%emt 0:02:
28]} 36. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Be8 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 37. b3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Bg6
{[%emt 0:00:57]} 38. a4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 39. Bd2 {[%emt 0:
00:37]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 40. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D57"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:34]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Be7
{[%emt 0:00:37]} 5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 6. Bh4 {[%emt 0:
00:40]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:44]} 7. e3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 8.
Bxe7 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 9. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:37] The
classical approach, forcing Black to strengthen White's centre at the cost of
clearing the h3-c8 diagonal.} ({The latest annotated game with the fashionable
} 9. Rc1 {was Carlsen,M (2877)-Aronian,L (2805) Saint Louis 2014 CBM 162 
[Krasenkow,M] (1/2-1/2, 84)}) 9... Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 10. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:
34]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 11. c4 {[%emt 0:02:31] A rare move.} ({The game
marking a turning point in the history of Lasker's defence, proving the
viability of the apparently premature knight move, went} 11. Qb3 Rd8 12. c4
dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nc6 14. Qc3 ({Much later, Karpov used this variation, too,
giving up his trademark and strategically more ambitious Tartakower system:} 
14. Be2 Na5 15. Qc3 b6 16. O-O Bb7 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. h3 c5 19. Qa3 Rc7 20. dxc5
Rd5 21. Qb2 Rdxc5 22. Rxc5 Rxc5 {Istratescu,A (2617)-Karpov,A (2674) Bucharest
(match) 2005 (½-½, 34), with chances for a better ending.}) 14... Bg4 15. O-O
Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qf6 17. Be2 Rac8 18. Rab1 b6 19. Rfc1 Ne7 20. Kh1 Rd5 {Karpov,A 
(2755)-Jussupow,A (2610) London 1989 Candidates [Jussupow,A] (½-½, 46), with
a dangerous kingside initiative.}) 11... Be6 {[%emt 0:08:11]} ({Another game
with Karpov on the black side went:} 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nc6 13. O-O Na5 14.
Be2 c5 15. Rc1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 b6 17. Bf3 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. Nc6 Qe6 20. Qb3
Rfe8 21. Qxe6 Rxe6 22. Nd4 Re7 23. Rc6 Rd8 24. Rfc1 Nc5 $11 {Seirawan,Y (2643)
-Karpov,A (2615) Saint Louis 2012 (1/2-1/2, 34)}) 12. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:12]} ({
Here, too, the queen incursion offers Black counterplay:} 12. Qb3 Rd8 13. c5 b6
14. Rc1 bxc5 15. Qa3 Nd7 16. Bb5 {Everything looks correct strategically, but
White's underdevelopment prevents him from claiming an advantage.} Rab8 17.
Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Qxc5 Qb5 19. Qxb5 Rxb5 20. O-O Rc8 21. Rc5 Rxc5 22. dxc5 Rb8 23.
Nd4 Rb2 {Malakhatko,V (2610)-Jojua,D (2484) Manama 2009 (½-½, 27), The
control over the only open file at least compensates for White's strategic
advantage in the centre.}) 12... Nd7 {[%emt 0:34:27]} 13. Qb3 {[%emt 0:16:57]
This looks like a good moment to develop the queen, since Black cannot
consolidate the d5-square with ...Rd8 anymore. But White has a tough job
proving an advantage anyway.} c6 {[%emt 0:11:20]} 14. Be2 {[%emt 0:02:04]} Nb6
{[%emt 0:16:43]} 15. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:04:27]} 16. Qb2 {
[%emt 0:00:42]} Na4 {[%emt 0:07:58]} 17. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:48] White's centre is
not easy to set in motion and Black is quite active. Chances are about equal,
but with such a non-symmetrical structure there is a lot of play left.} b5 $146
{[%emt 0:00:54] An ambitious novelty, aiming to conquer the c3-square with the
knight.} (17... Qa3 {turned out well for Black in the only game reaching this
position. White faces the problem of the hanging a2-pawn.} 18. Bc4 $6 (18. Rc2
{does not achieve much due to} Be4 19. Rc1 Bd5) ({The most principled
continuation is} 18. O-O {, since the pwn is not 100% edible:} Qxa2 19. Rc2 Qb3
(19... Qa3 20. e4 $36 Bxe4 $2 21. Ra2 Qb3 22. Bd1) 20. Ra1 $36 {The exposed
position of the black queen adds to White's Benko Gambit type of queenside
pressure.}) 18... Nb2 19. Be2 Qxa2 ({Avoiding a repetition with} 19... Na4 {
already}) 20. Ne5 Na4 21. Rc2 Qa3 ({Once again, Black was not interested in
repeating moves with} 21... Qa1+ 22. Rc1 Qa2) 22. O-O Qe7 23. Ra1 Nb6 {
Grischuk,A (2810)-Radjabov,T (2734) Beijing 2014 (0-1, 49), White has some
compensation for the pawn, but Black is at least fine.}) 18. Ne5 $5 {[%emt 0:
15:04][%csl Gc6] A daring pawn sacrifice, aiming at stabilising things in the
centre in White's favour.} (18. O-O b4 {is a crowning of Black's strategy.})
18... Rac8 $6 {[%emt 0:02:05] This allows White to consolidate his space
advantage. It is curious that one move after his novelty Caruana played
inaccurately. Had he overlooked Svidler's last move in his home analysis, or
was his novelty just an over the board experiment? Knowing Caruana's
outstanding preparation, none of them is probable, so we have a small paradox.}
(18... Bxg2 $5 19. Rg1 Bd5 20. Bd3 Qh4 21. e4 Qxh2 22. Kf1 Be6 {White surely
has compensation for the pawns (actually he can retrieve one of them on c6)
but the position remains double-edged.}) (18... Qg5 $5) 19. O-O {[%emt 0:05:04]
} b4 {[%emt 0:13:01]} 20. Ba6 $1 {[%emt 0:08:04]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 21. Nd3
{[%emt 0:04:34]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:04:37]} ({After White has taken the bishop out
of the black knight's range, the long awaited} 21... Nc3 $2 {fails to} 22. Nxb4
$1) 22. Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:04:45]} 23. Rxc5 $14 {[%emt 0:00:59]
After the knight exchange Black has no compensation for the radical weakening
of his queenside.} Qg5 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 24. g3 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Qg4 {[%emt 0:
02:23]} 25. Bc4 {[%emt 0:05:56]} Bf3 {[%emt 0:01:52] Threatening ...Qh3 with
mate!} 26. Rc1 {[%emt 0:07:29] Now and on the next move White could have used
one of his rooks to weaken Black's control on the light squares.} (26. Re1 $5 {
[%cal Gc4e2]}) 26... Rcb7 {[%emt 0:02:33]} (26... Qh3 27. Bf1 Qe6 28. Bg2 $16)
27. Qd3 {[%emt 0:12:38]} (27. Re5 $5 {[%cal Gc4d3,Gd2c2,Gd3e4]} b3 {There is
no other active plan. Could Svidler have over-estimated it?} 28. axb3 Rxb3 29.
Bf1 (29. Bxb3 $4 Qh3 $19) 29... Rb2 30. Qd3 $14) 27... g6 {[%emt 0:02:57]} (
27... Be4 28. Qd1 Bf3 29. h3 Bxd1 (29... Qe4 30. Bd3) 30. hxg4 Bxg4 (30... Bf3
31. g5 $14) 31. Rxc6 Bf3 32. Rc5 $14) 28. Bb3 {[%emt 0:01:58] Too soft.} ({
Once again the familiar idea} 28. Re5 $1 {would have been quite effective.} Kg7
29. e4 f6 30. Be6 (30. Re6 $16) 30... Be2 31. Qd2 Qf3 32. Rec5 $16) 28... Be4 {
[%emt 0:01:49]} {Black should have made his life easier by simplifying, but
Caruana might have still hoped to deliver mate on g2?!} 29. Qd1 {[%emt 0:02:59]
} Qd7 $6 {[%emt 0:00:34] Black should have made his life easier by simplifying,
but maybe Caruana still hoped to deliver mate on g2?!} (29... Qxd1+ 30. Bxd1
Rb5 {offers good chances for successful defence.}) 30. f3 {[%emt 0:09:39]} Bd5
{[%emt 0:00:32]} 31. e4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Bxb3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 32. axb3 {
[%emt 0:00:34]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 33. Qd3 {[%emt 0:03:01]} ({In view of the
line from the next comment,} 33. Qd2 Rd8 34. R1c4 {might have been more
precise.}) 33... Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 34. d5 $6 {[%emt 0:01:47] Possibly short
of time, Svidler settles for a draw.} (34. R1c4 Ra6 35. Qd2 h5 36. Kg2 $14 {
/+/- White has to be careful about his king, but from a structural point of
view he has an overwhelming advantage.}) 34... cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 35. Rxd5 {
[%emt 0:04:35]} (35. Rxd5 Rd6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} c6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} a6
{[%emt 0:00:35]} 5. a4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 6. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:
29]} ({The most common continuations here are:} 6. Bg5) ({and} 6. g3) 6... a5 {
[%emt 0:06:25] A standard way of development for a setup with 5.a4 - the
b4-spot is now vacant for the knight.} ({One of the most principled replies
here is:} 6... c5 $5 7. e3 Nc6 8. Be2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. O-O
O-O 12. Re1 Nb4 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nbxd5 16. Bxd5 Bg4 17. Nxg4
Nxd5 $11 {0-1 Carlsen,M (2786)-Movsesian,S (2732)/Kallithea 2008/CBM 127/
[Krasenkow,M] (76)}) ({Previously, Evgeny has also tried:} 6... Be7 7. e3 Nh5
8. Bd3 (8. Be5 {deserves serious attention here:} Nd7 9. a5 O-O 10. c5 Nxe5 11.
Nxe5 Nf6 12. f4 $14) 8... Nxf4 9. exf4 a5 10. O-O Na6 11. b3 (11. Rc1 Nb4 12.
b3 O-O 13. Bb1 Bf6 14. Re1 b6 15. cxd5 cxd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nakamura,H (2759)
-Carlsen,M (2835)/Wijk aan Zee 2012/CBM 147/[Marin,M] (21)}) 11... Nb4 12. Re1
O-O 13. Rc1 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 f6 15. g3 Bd6 {Nakamura,H (2775)-Tomashevsky,E (2695)
/Dubai UAE 2014 (37), Black had a solid, but somewhat passive position.}) 7. e3
{[%emt 0:00:38]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 8. g4 $5 $146 {[%emt 0:00:29] The idea
of early k-side activity with such an aggressive advance is usual in many
openings, such as the Keres attack in the Sicilian or the Anti-Meran. Still,
the fresh idea of Fabiano is quite impressive and forces Black to solve some
concrete problems.} ({Tomashevsky was able to equalise quite easily in his
preceding game:} 8. h3 Na6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nb4 11. Qb3 b6 12. Na2 Nxa2 13.
Qxa2 c5 14. Rfd1 Bb7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Indjic,A (2534)-Tomashevsky,E (2722)/Warsaw
POL 2013 (41)}) 8... Na6 {[%emt 0:10:53] A consistent reply - Black keeps the
king in the centre for a while and gets ready for developing the queenside
pieces.} (8... O-O 9. g5 Nh5 (9... Ne4 10. h4 c5 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 dxc4 13.
Bxc4 cxd4 14. cxd4 $14) 10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. h4 g6 12. Be2 {leads to a complex
position, where White's chances seem preferable, since Black's light-squared
bishop is very passive.}) 9. g5 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:34] The
knight's placement is much more safe than on h5 now, but White gets excellent
attacking prospects.} (9... Nh5 $5 10. Be5 Nb4 11. Be2 O-O 12. h4 (12. Nd2 $6 {
is premature:} f6 13. gxf6 Nxf6 14. Rg1 Bd6 $15) 12... f6 13. gxf6 gxf6 14. Bh2
Kh8 {was a possible way of handling this line, but entering into such a sharp
position against a well-prepared opponent is a tough decision.}) 10. h4 {
[%emt 0:15:29]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:04:11]} 11. Be2 {[%emt 0:03:19] Black cannot
attack White's centre at the moment, so Fabiano has time for this natural
developing move.} ({The most aggressive} 11. h5 {also looks quite promising:}
b6 12. Qd2 Ba6 (12... Bb7 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. O-O-O $14) 13. cxd5
Bxf1 14. Kxf1 exd5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 O-O 17. Rc1 $14 {would have yielded
White a stable edge.}) 11... b6 {[%emt 0:15:17] That move enables White to fix
the pawn structure, so the king would be much safer.} ({A more challenging
move was} 11... O-O $1 {intending to meet} 12. h5 {with} dxc4 13. Bxc4 ({
The over-aggressive} 13. g6 {doesn't promise much:} fxg6 14. hxg6 h6 15. Bxc4
Nd5 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Rxh6 Bf6 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Rh8+ Kg7 20. Rh7+ Kg8 21. Qh5
N7f6 22. Rh8+ Kg7 23. Rh7+ Kg8 $11) 13... Nb6 14. Be2 N6d5 $132) 12. h5 {
[%emt 0:10:15]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:03:51]} ({The exchange of bishops wouldn't solve
the problems:} 12... Ba6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qe2 $14 {Black's
position lacks any active ideas.}) 13. cxd5 {[%emt 0:05:31] Correctly
clarifying the pawn structure, so the light-squared bishop remains passive.}
exd5 {[%emt 0:02:55]} (13... Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17.
O-O O-O 18. Qb1 $16 {would have left Evgeny with a difficult position from the
strategic point of view: White has access to many important squares, while
most of Black's pieces are very passive.}) 14. Qd2 {[%emt 0:07:20] The most
natural continuation. There is nothing wrong with connecting the rooks now.} f5
$5 {[%emt 0:19:22] This advance helps White to open up the position.} (14...
Nf8 $5 {deserves seriou attention:} 15. Be5 f6 16. gxf6 gxf6 (16... Bxf6 17.
O-O-O Ne6) 17. Bh2 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. O-O-O O-O-O {with a slighly worse,
but solid position.}) 15. gxf6 {[%emt 0:11:19]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} (15...
Nxf6 {was hardly a better choice:} 16. Ne5 (16. O-O-O Ne4 17. Qe1 O-O 18. Ne5
$14) 16... Bd6 17. O-O-O Qe7 18. Rdg1 O-O-O 19. Kb1 Kb8 20. f3 $14) 16. h6 {
[%emt 0:04:54] This move is connected with a concrete idea, but it looks like
Black should be able to get definite counterplay against White's king.} ({
It looks like the consistent} 16. O-O-O O-O 17. Rdg1 {was objectively stronger:
} Qe7 18. Rg4 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Rhg1 Kh8 21. Kb1 $14) 16... g6 {[%emt 0:01:
09]} 17. e4 {[%emt 0:10:34]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:06:30] This move isn't bad, but now
White's pieces are becoming much more active.} ({At the same time, after} 17...
O-O $1 18. e5 (18. exd5 c5 $1 19. O-O-O cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nc5 $36) (18. O-O-O c5 $1
19. exd5 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nc5) 18... Be7 19. O-O-O Rf5 20. Be3 Nf8 $132 {Black
should be at least not worse.}) 18. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]}
19. O-O-O {[%emt 0:05:04]} Nd5 $6 {[%emt 0:05:24] This natural-looking move is
a serious mistake, since the second knight is quite useless now.} ({
Tomashevsky's task wasn't easy, but it looks like} 19... b5 $1 {would give
Black excellent counterplay:} 20. Rhe1 (20. Nfg5 c5 21. Bxb5 Bd5 $132) (20. Nd6
Bc8 21. Rdg1 Nd5 22. Bd3 Kh8 $132) 20... Nb6 21. Bg5 N6d5 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Nc5
Rb8 $132) 20. Bg3 {[%emt 0:06:11]} Ba6 $6 {[%emt 0:03:34] The exchange of
bishops definitely suits Caruana now.} ({Much stronger was} 20... Be7 $1 {
making the f6-spot vacant for Black's knight. In that case White's position
would be preferable, but the character of play is double-edged. For instance:}
21. Ne5 N7f6 (21... Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bc8 $14) 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Kb1 $14) 21. Bxa6
{[%emt 0:00:55]} Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 22. Rhe1 $6 {[%emt 0:03:07] Returning
the favour.} ({The precise} 22. Qc2 {would prevent Black from consolidating:}
Be7 (22... Ra8 23. Kb1 $16) 23. Qxc6 Qc8 24. Qxc8 Rxc8+ 25. Kb1 $16) 22... Ra8
{[%emt 0:04:23]} (22... Be7 $5 23. Nfg5 Re8 24. Ne6 Bb4 25. Nxd8 Bxd2+ 26. Nxd2
Rxd8 27. Re6 $14) 23. Kb1 {[%emt 0:05:09]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 24. Qd3 $14 {
[%emt 0:00:38] Evgeny is under strong positional pressure now, but the strong
Nd5 leaves some hopes for a successful defence.} Rf5 {[%emt 0:01:34]} ({
The immediate} 24... N7f6 {can be strongly met by} 25. Neg5 Nb4 26. Qe2 Qd5 27.
Qe6+ Kh8 28. Re5 Qxe6 29. Rxe6 $16) ({But} 24... Rc8 $5 {was possible and if}
25. Ne5 {then} N7f6 26. Rc1 Nb4 27. Nxf6+ Bxf6 28. Qc4+ Qd5 29. Qxd5+ Nxd5 30.
Nxc6 Rfe8 $14 {with definite drawing chances.}) 25. Ne5 {[%emt 0:03:18]} ({
There was another decent way to extend the initiative:} 25. Bd6 $5 N7f6 26.
Bxe7 Nxe7 27. Rc1 $16) 25... Qc8 $2 {[%emt 0:10:14]} ({There was no reason for
rejecting} 25... Nxe5 $1 26. dxe5 Qd7 27. e6 {looks scary, but the cool-blooded
} Qd8 28. Nc3 Qf8 $14 {would allow Evgeny to stay in the game.}) 26. Nc3 {
[%emt 0:07:17]} Nxc3+ {[%emt 0:08:18]} ({Possibly, the best practical chance
was} 26... Nxe5 27. Nxd5 cxd5 28. dxe5 Qe6 29. Qxd5 Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Re8 $16 {
White is a pawn up, but there are some weaknesses.}) 27. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:01:48]}
Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 28. Qb3+ {[%emt 0:07:40]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:01:51] The lesser
evil. The pin on the Rf7 is very annoying, but Black manages to avoid an
immediate loss of material.} ({Black's position is completely hopeless after} 
28... Kh8 29. dxe5 b5 30. e6 bxa4 31. Qxa4 $18 {[%cal Gd1d7]}) (28... Nf7 {
is also bad:} 29. Rxe7 Qf8 30. Rde1 Qxh6 31. Bd6 $1 $18 {with full domination.}
) 29. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qf5+ $2 {[%emt 0:00:03] Being short on time,
Evgeny makes White's task much easier.} ({Much more stubborn was} 29... Qh3 $1
{keeping an eye on the Ph6} 30. Qxb6 $140 Qe6 $1 31. Re2 Bf8 32. Rc2 Rc8 33.
Qxa5 Qg4 $1 34. Rdc1 Rb7 $16 {with some counterplay.}) 30. Ka2 $18 {[%emt 0:00:
10]} Bb4 $2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (30... b5 31. e6 Rff8 32. Rd7 Qc5 33. Bd6 Bxd6 34.
e7+ Qc4 35. Qxc4+ bxc4 36. exf8=Q+ Bxf8 37. Re4 $18) 31. e6 {[%emt 0:00:44]}
Re7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 32. Bh4 $1 $18 {[%emt 0:01:34] Now Black is completely
lost.} Ree8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 33. e7+ {[%emt 0:00:47]} (33. Rd7 {was also good
enough:} Bxe1 34. Rg7+ Kh8 35. Rf7 $18) 33... Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 34. Re6 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:59] Desperation.} 35. Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:23]} ({Or
} 35. Rg1 bxa4 36. Rexg6+ hxg6 37. Rxg6+ $18) 35... bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 36.
Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:24] The rest was just an agony.} Bxe7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 37. Rxa8
{[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxa8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 38. Bxe7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Re8 {[%emt 0:
00:43]} 39. Ka1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 40. bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Qc3 {[%emt 0:05:12]} 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Wagner,D"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bb4
{[%emt 0:00:05] The Ragozin is one of the most popular openings against 1.d4
nowadays!} (4... c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Ne4 9. O-O Nxg5
10. Nxg5 $14 {This specific position is supposed to be favourable for White.
Compared to the game White didn't waste time on Rc1 and his lead in
development is clearly visible.}) 5. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:10]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:11]
} 6. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} (6... h6 $5 {is the
alternative here.}) 7. Rc1 $5 {[%emt 0:05:19] With the obvious idea of
preventing c5.} (7. e3 {is the main move.}) 7... c6 {[%emt 0:05:13]} (7... c5
8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Bd2 $1 $16 {That's the point, without a pawn on e3 the bishop
can retreat.}) 8. e3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} (8. a3 {has been played more often.}
Bxc3+ (8... Bd6 {is also not dangerous for Black.} 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Re8 11.
Bh4 Nf8 12. Bg3 Ng6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. O-O Bg4 $11 {0-1 (44) Zubov,A (2588)
-Moiseenko,A (2701) Lvov 2014}) 9. Rxc3 (9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Qb3 Ne4 11. Qb4 (11.
e3 O-O $11) 11... Qxb4 12. cxb4 a5 $15 {0-1 (32) Kurbonboeva,S (2235)-Safarli,
E (2641) Tashkent 2015}) 9... h6 10. Re3+ $5 Kf8 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g3 g6 13.
Bg2 Kg7 14. O-O Ne4 {1/2-1/2 (25) Ivekovic,B (2300)-Palac,M (2581) Zagreb 2015;
with a funny, but equal position.}) (8. Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Nd2 (
11. e3 h5 $1 12. Bd3 h4 13. Bxe4 hxg3 14. Bf5 gxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Nf6 $11) 11...
Ndf6 12. e3 Nxg3 (12... Nxd2 $1 13. Qxd2 (13. Kxd2 $5 Ne4+ 14. Kd1 Bxc3 15.
bxc3 Bf5 16. Bd3 O-O 17. f3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qf6 $11) 13... Ne4 14.
Qc2 h5 15. f3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bd6 17. Kf2 h4 $15) 13. hxg3 Qe7 14. Bd3 Be6 15. a3
Bd6 16. Na4 Rd8 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. b4 Ng4 {1-0 (41) Carlsen,M (2813)-Grischuk,A 
(2756) Nice 2010; with complicated and unclear play, where Black is not worse.}
) 8... Qa5 $1 {[%emt 0:16:47]} 9. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} (9. Qb3 Ne4 10. Bf4 (10.
Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Nxg5 12. Nxg5 Nf6 13. a3 Bd6 14. Qc2 h6 15. Nh7 Nxh7 16. Bxh7+
Kh8 $11) 10... c5 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 c4 13. Qb4 Qxb4 14. axb4 a5 $11 {
1-0 (41) Mamedyarov,S (2741)-Halkias,S (2566) Bursa 2010}) 9... Ne4 {[%emt 0:
03:08]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:02:37]} Nxg5 {[%emt 0:09:01]} 11. Nxg5 {[%emt 0:00:14]
This position reminds me of a similar scenario in the Campridge Springs (see
above). White has given up the pair of bishops, but intends to use the outpost
on e5 by playing f4,Nf3,Ne5.} Nf6 {[%emt 0:05:12]} 12. Qc2 {[%emt 0:09:50]} h6
{[%emt 0:09:05]} 13. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} (13... O-O $5
14. h3 Be6 15. Ne5 c5 16. f4 (16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. a3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxc3 19. Rxc3
Rac8 $11) 16... cxd4 17. exd4 Rac8 $11 {1-0 (32) Sargissian,G (2677)-Cramling,
P (2536) Villafranca 2010}) 14. Ne5 {[%emt 0:06:07]} Ng4 $1 {[%emt 0:06:05]
Caruana tries to interfere with White´s plans.} 15. Nf3 {[%emt 0:17:00]} (15.
Nxg4 Bxg4 16. h3 Be6 $11 {is not dangerous at all.}) 15... Nf6 {[%emt 0:05:32]}
16. h3 {[%emt 0:00:23] Of course MVL doesn´t agree to the repetition and
prepares the knight invasion first.} O-O {[%emt 0:18:48]} 17. Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:
01]} a6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:37][%cal Gc6c5] The first novelty of the game, although
probably neither players knew that, as they had already used quite a huge
amount of time.} (17... c5 $2 {is premature.} 18. Nb5 $1 {This explains the
necessary prophylaxis 17.-a6.} Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. f4 c4 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Nd6
$16 {1-0 (30) Gelfand,B (2758)-Jakovenko,D (2736) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009}) 18. f4
{[%emt 0:06:55]} (18. Na4 $5 {preventing Black´s idea, before initiating play
of his own comes into consideration. I give some sample lines:} Qc7 19. f4 Re8
20. Nc5 (20. a3 a5 21. g4 (21. Rf3 Be6 22. Nc5 (22. Rg3 Rad8 23. Qe2 Kh8 24.
Bb1 Re7 $11) 22... Bxc5 23. Qxc5 Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Rf2 f6 26. f5 fxe5 27.
fxe6 exd4 28. Rf7 Qg3 29. Qxd4 Rxe6 30. Rxb7 Kh7 $11) (21. Nc5 $1) 21... Be6
22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. Qxc5 Nd7 $11) 20... a5 21. a3 Re7 (21... Nd7 22. Bh7+ Kf8 23.
Ncxd7+ Bxd7 24. Rf3 $36) 22. Qf2 Nd7 23. Na4 $1 Nf6 24. Qh4 {White has some
initiative.}) 18... c5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 19. g4 {[%emt 0:04:16] This pawn
thrust is aggressive, but rather risky, too. If the position opens, the king
is going to be very weak.} ({I prefer a move like this one, possibly preparing
the regroupment Bb1, Qc2:} 19. Qf2 Be6 20. a3 Rfe8 $1 (20... c4 21. Bb1 Rfe8
22. Qc2 b5 23. g4 $40) 21. Bb1 Rad8 22. Qc2 Qc7 23. g4 b5 $132) 19... cxd4 {
[%emt 0:07:36]} 20. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Be6 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 21. Qb3 $6 {
[%emt 0:10:21] I assume that this was played with the idea of f5 in mind and
is a first step in the wrong direction. White has to be extremly careful and
should keep control over his position, with a useful move like Kg2.} (21. g5 $2
hxg5 22. fxg5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Nd7 $17) (21. Kg2 {It makes sense to move the king
out of the diagonal g1-a7. The white queen will go to f2, and later, at the
right moment, g5 might follow. Black has counterplay, too and the position
should be dynamically balanced, althoug probably easier to play with Black,
since White has a long-term problem with his king safety.} b5 22. a3 Qb6 23.
Qf2 Rad8 24. Rfe1 Bc8 25. g5 (25. Bb1 Bb7 26. Rcd1 Rfe8 27. Qc2 {is not so
effective here.} (27. Qf3 b4 $132) 27... Ne4 $1) 25... hxg5 26. fxg5 Ne4 (26...
Nh5 $5) 27. Nxe4 dxe4 28. Bxe4 Bxe5 29. dxe5 Bxh3+ 30. Kg3 Qxf2+ 31. Kxf2 g6
$11) 21... b5 {[%emt 0:05:24]} 22. f5 {[%emt 0:03:18]} (22. Qc2 {Returning the
queen is safer, but of course not very principled.}) 22... Qb6 $1 {[%emt 0:01:
07]} 23. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 24. Kg2 $6 {[%emt 0:00:52]}
(24. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 25. Be4 $1 {It´s very difficult to decide on this sequence
during a game, because it´s easy to miss something due to White´s bad king
safety.} Nc7 26. Rc6 $1 {All the following complications should somehow end in
a draw.} Qb7 (26... Qb8 27. Rxd6 Ne8 28. Bxa8 Qxd6 29. Kg2 Nf6 30. Ne5 $1 Qxd4
31. Re1 {Somehow White is holding here.} Qd2+ 32. Kf1 Bxf5 33. gxf5 Rxa8 34.
Qxf7+ Kh7 35. Qg6+ $11) 27. Nd2 Be7 (27... Re8 28. Rxd6 Rxe4 29. Nxe4 Qxe4 30.
Rd8+ Kh7 31. Qxf7 Qe3+ 32. Kh2 Qe2+ $11) 28. f6 Bxf6 29. Rcxf6 (29. Rfxf6 Qa7 (
29... gxf6 30. Rxf6 $18) 30. Rf2 Ne6 31. Rd6 Qe7 32. Qg3 $11) 29... Qa7 30.
Rxf7 Qxd4+ 31. Kh1 Be6 32. Rxf8+ Rxf8 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Qc2 {with a tenable
position.}) 24... Bb7 $17 {[%emt 0:06:31] White has a lot of space on the
kingside, but his position turns out to be over-extended. In the long run he
is going to have major difficulties with his king.} 25. Na4 {[%emt 0:01:18]}
Qa7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 26. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 27. a4 {
[%emt 0:09:01]} (27. Nxb7 Qxb7 28. a4 (28. Rfe1 Bb8 $40) 28... b4 {is also
difficult for White. The opposite-coloured bishops increase Black's attacking
potential.} 29. Ne5 Qb6 $1 (29... Rfe8 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Re1 Qb6 32. Nf3 a5 $15
) 30. Nf3 Bb8 $1 {[%cal Gb6d6]} 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Rf2 Qd6 33. Ne5 Ba7 34. Nf3 (
34. Rc2 Re8 $19) 34... Ne4 $19) 27... Bxc5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 28. dxc5 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} d4 $1 {[%emt 0:02:06] This is even more convincing than the natural ...
Rxc5.} (28... Rxc5 29. Rxc5 Qxc5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Qxb5 Qa7 32. Qb4 d4 33. Kf2
Rd8 $19) 29. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 30. Qxb5 {[%emt 0:03:
55]} (30. Rfe1 Rxc5 31. Rxc5 Qxc5 32. Qxb5 Qc7 $19) 30... Bc6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:
32]} 31. Qb6 {[%emt 0:02:39]} Qd7 $1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 32. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
(32. Qa5 Rfe8 33. Rce1 Rxe1 34. Rxe1 Qb7 35. Rf1 Nd5 $19) 32... Rfe8 $19 {
[%emt 0:01:28] The game is more or less over. With such a weak king it's
impossible to survive.} 33. Rce1 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Rxe1 {[%emt 0:02:18]} 34.
Nxe1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 35. Ng2 {[%emt 0:03:26]} Nd5 {
[%emt 0:01:57]} 36. Qb3 {[%emt 0:02:23]} Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 37. Nxe3 {
[%emt 0:00:57]} dxe3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 38. Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:
59]} 39. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qxf4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 40. Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
e2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Bxe2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rxe2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 42. Rb4 {
[%emt 0:00:44]} Rg2+ {[%emt 0:03:27]} 43. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:
07] A convincing counterattacking game by Caruana.} 0-1

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c6 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 3. e5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} e6
{[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:
00:46]} fxe5 $146 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]
} 8. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Ngf6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 9. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Be7 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} 10. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 11. Nc3 {[%emt 0:
07:13]} Ndf6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 12. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} O-O {[%emt 0:06:26]} 13.
Nxe4 {[%emt 0:01:58]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 14. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} exd3 {
[%emt 0:00:04][%csl Gd3]} 15. Bxe7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 16.
c3 {[%emt 0:04:40]} c5 {[%emt 0:06:22]} 17. dxc5 {[%emt 0:09:24]} Qxc5 {
[%emt 0:00:26]} 18. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:03:32]} 19. Qxd3 {
[%emt 0:33:09]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 20. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qg5+ {[%emt 0:
01:50]} 21. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 22. Qe4 {[%emt 0:03:02]}
Qf5 {[%emt 0:07:45]} 23. Qxf5 {[%emt 0:08:08]} Rxf5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 24. Rad1 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Rfd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 25. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:05:04]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 26. Re2 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 27. f4 {[%emt 0:03:00]}
Rd1+ {[%emt 0:09:06]} 28. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 29. Kf3 {
[%emt 0:06:24]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 30. b3 {[%emt 0:03:37]} Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:53]
} 31. c4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Rc3+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 32. Ke4 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Ke7 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 33. Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 34. Kf3 {[%emt 0:
06:57]} b6 {[%emt 0:03:00]} 35. Rd3 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 36.
a4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:05:30]} 37. Ke3 {[%emt 0:01:45]} a5 {[%emt 0:
02:25]} 38. Kf3 {[%emt 0:04:25]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 39. h3 {[%emt 0:01:24]}
Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 40. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Re3 {
[%emt 0:04:47]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:07:26]} 42. f3 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:
09]} 43. Kh4 {[%emt 0:02:27]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 44. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Rb1
{[%emt 0:00:06]} 45. h4 {[%emt 0:03:57]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 46. Rc3 {[%emt 0:
05:41]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 47. f5 {[%emt 0:06:36]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 48.
Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 49. c5 {[%emt 0:03:27]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:05:28]} d5 {
[%emt 0:01:03]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (3... c6 4. Nc3 a6
5. a4 e6 6. Bf4 a5 7. e3 Be7 8. g4 $1 $146 {Caruana,F (2803)-Tomashevsky,E 
(2749) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 This game was played three rounds earlier - as we
will see, it was possibly a source of inspiration for Grischuk, who produced a
similar idea.}) 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:
00:16]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 6. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:03] The bishop zig-zag is
extremely rare. White was obviously aiming to avoid the solid lines with a
drawish reputation, namely} (6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 ({or} 7... Ne4)) 6... O-O {
[%emt 0:08:38]} ({Black's extra move h6 can hardly be a drawback after} 6... c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. e3 O-O 9. cxd5 (9. Be2 dxc4 10. Qxd8 (10. Bxc4 Nh5 11. Qxd8
Rxd8 12. Bc7 Rd7 13. Be5 Nc6 14. O-O Nf6 15. Bg3 Rd8 16. Bc7 Rd7 17. Bg3 Rd8
18. Bc7 {½, Larsen,B (2532)-Nielsen,P (2515) Aarhus 1999}) 10... Rxd8 11. O-O
a6 12. Ne5 b5 13. Bf3 Ra7 14. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 {1/2, Demakov,V (2412)
-Galanov,S (2544) email 2011} Nbd7 16. Nc6 Rb7 17. Ne5 Ra7 $11) 9... Nxd5 10.
Nxd5 exd5 11. a3 (11. Bd3 Bb4+ 12. Ke2 $6 {[%csl Re2]} Nc6 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Qd3
g6 15. Bxh6 Bg4 16. a3 Ne5 17. Qd4 Bc5 18. Qf4 Qb6 19. b4 Qa6+ 20. Kd2 Bd6 21.
Qf6 {0-1, Cifuentes Parada,R (2515)-Piket,J (2640) Rotterdam 1997} Bxb4+ $19)
11... Nc6 12. Rc1 Bb6 (12... Be7 13. Bd3 Bf6 14. Rc2 Be6 15. O-O d4 {[%cal
Re6b3]} 16. Rd2 dxe3 17. Bxe3 Qc7 (17... Qa5 $5 18. Bb1 Rfd8 19. Qc2 g6 20.
Bxh6 Qh5 21. Bf4 Bd5 $44) 18. Qa4 Ne5 (18... Rfd8 19. Bf4 Qa5 20. Qe4 $14) 19.
Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Rc2 $6 {Larsen,B (2540)-Shirov,A (2670) Buenos Aires 1993} (20.
f4 Bd6 21. Qe4 g6 22. Qf3 $14 (22. f5 Bxf5 23. Rxf5 Rfe8 $1 $15)) 20... Bxh2+
$1 21. Kh1 Qe7 $1 22. Kxh2 (22. g3 $2 Bxg3 {[%cal Re6d5]}) (22. Qe4 f5 $17)
22... Qd6+ $15) 13. Bd3 (13. Bb5 $2 Bxe3 $1 {[%cal Rd8a5]}) 13... Qf6 14. O-O
d4 $11) 7. e3 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:13:53] This is the fashionable
move with the pawn still on h7.} ({However, the other main move} 7... c5 {
seems fully viable, likely transposing to 6...c5.}) 8. g4 $5 {[%emt 0:00:55] A
very rare and wild try to exploit the "weakness" of Black's kingside.} ({After
} 8. Qc2 c5 {the extra 5...h6 helps Black, his h-pawn won't be en prise after
a subsequent Bd3:} 9. dxc5 (9. cxd5 cxd4 $5 (9... Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 {/\} 11.
Bd3 c4 $15) 10. exd4 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. a3 Re8 13. Be2 Nf6 14. Bc7 Bf5 $1
15. Qxf5 Qxc7 16. O-O Qb6 17. Rab1 Rac8 18. Qd3 a6 19. Nh4 Ne4 20. Nf5 Bf6 $36
{Kashdan,I-Rubinstein,A Prague olm 1931}) 9... Nxc5 10. Be2 (10. a3 Nce4 (10...
Bd7 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Rd1 Nfe4 $2 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. b4 f5 16. c5 a6
17. Bc4 Rc6 18. Qa2 Kf7 19. O-O $16 {Chernin,A (2615)-Gofshtein,L (2495)
Rishon Le Ziyyon}) 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Bd7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Qb3 Bc6 15. Ne5
Bd6 16. Rac1 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Ne4 {Bonoldi,F-Bergamini,L Email 1999}
19. Qd1 Nd2 20. Qg4 Qg5 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. Rfd1 Nxc4 23. Rxc4 $11) 10... dxc4
11. Bxc4 a6 12. a4 b6 (12... Bd7 13. O-O Nxa4 14. Nxa4 b5 15. Bb3 bxa4 16. Bxa4
Qb6 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Rfc8 $11 {½, Bagirov,V (2495)-Ubilava,
E (2435) Telavi 1982}) 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rfd1 Qe8 15. Ne5 Rd8 (15... Rc8 16. Qe2
Ra8 17. f3 Qc8 18. Rac1 Rd8 19. b4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Ncd7 21. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 22.
Bxe6+ $1 Kf8 23. Qd3 Bc6 24. b5 $16 {Tisdall,J (2465)-Ostenstad,B (2465)
Gausdal 1993}) 16. Rxd8 (16. Qe2 Rxd1+ {[%csl Ra4]}) 16... Qxd8 17. Rd1 Qc8 18.
f3 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. e4 Nfd7 21. Qd2 Qc8 22. Nxd7 Nxd7 $11 {Vladimirov,E 
(2612)-Onischuk,A (2658) Tomsk 2001}) (8. Qb3 c6 (8... c5 $5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 (9...
cxd4 10. exd4 Nb6 11. dxe6 Bxe6 $44) 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Qxd5 Qa5+ $32) 9. h3 Nb6
10. c5 Nbd7 11. Qa4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 e5 $1 14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bf5
16. g4 Bg6 17. Qc4 Qc7 18. e6 Qe5 19. exf7+ Rxf7 20. Bg2 Bxc5 21. Nxe4 (21.
Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Nxe4 b5 23. Qxc5 Qxe4 24. O-O Rf3 $44) 21... Bxe3 $1 22. O-O Bb6
$17 {Volkov,S (2605)-Gaprindashvili,N (2350) Groningen 1998}) 8... dxc4 $146 {
[%emt 0:11:41][%mdl 8]} (8... Nxg4 $2 9. Rg1 $40 {is a line in which Black
would well do without h6.}) ({Caruana reacts in a classical manner - central
blow against a wing attack. His move is new, but also} 8... c5 $5 {with
similar ideas deserves attention:} 9. Rg1 (9. g5 $6 hxg5 10. Nxg5 Qb6 11. b3
cxd4 12. exd4 Bb4 13. Qd3 e5 14. dxe5 Nc5 15. Qc2 Nce4 16. O-O-O Nxc3 17. exf6
Ba3+ 18. Kd2 Qd4+ 19. Qd3 Qxf4+ 20. Kxc3 Qxf6+ $19 {Cornu,C-Bouchez,D (2135)
email 2009}) 9... b6 ({Other interesting and possibly better moves are} 9...
Qb6) (9... dxc4) ({or even} 9... g5 $5 {Here we lack relevant practical
examples.}) 10. h4 cxd4 $6 11. exd4 (11. Nxd4 $1 $36 {[%cal Rd4c6,Rg4g5]})
11... Ne4 12. cxd5 $2 (12. g5 $1 $13) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 exd5 14. Qd2 Re8 15.
O-O-O Nf6 16. Bd3 Ne4 17. Bxe4 {Olbison,P (1950)-Horton,J (2045) Bolton 2015}
Ba3+ 18. Kb1 Rxe4 $17) 9. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:18:28]} (9. g5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 (10. Nxg5
Nd5 $17) 10... c5 $13 {/=/+ seems OK for Black, White's forces are not
coordinated well enough to launch a really dangerous attack.} (10... b5 $5 11.
Nxb5 c5 $44)) 9... Nb6 {[%emt 0:21:35]} 10. Bb3 {[%emt 0:04:45]} ({After} 10.
Bd3 {Black can consider} Nbd5 (10... c5 $5) 11. g5 Nxf4) 10... Nfd5 {[%emt 0:
05:20]} ({Here Caruana avoids opening the g-file, after} 10... Nbd5 11. g5 hxg5
12. Bxg5 {White's attacking chances are more realistic than later on}) 11. Bg3
{[%emt 0:25:51]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 12. Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:02]} (12. Nxd5 exd5 $5
{[%csl Rg4] eases Black's development.}) ({Perhaps more flexible was} 12. O-O
$5 {White gives up his kingside attacking ambitions and the Pg4 would rather
be back home on g2, but in the game he will shortly castle kingside anyway.}
Bd7 (12... cxd4 13. Qxd4 $32) 13. Ne5 Rc8 $13) 12... cxd4 {[%emt 0:08:40]} 13.
Qxd4 {[%emt 0:29:01]} (13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd4 Qa5+ 15. Ke2 b6 $1 $132) 13...
Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 14. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} (14. Qxc3 Nd5 {will probably
transpose to the previous note after} 15. Qd4) 14... Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} (
14... Nd7 {[%cal Ye7f6] is sufficient to hold the balance. The text move is
more complex.}) 15. O-O {[%emt 0:04:07] Safeguards the K.} (15. e4 Nf6 16. f3
Qa5 17. Nc4 Qa6 {is at the vey least double-edged and gives Black excellent
counterplay.}) 15... Qa5 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 16. Rac1 {[%emt 0:00:53]} (16. c4 {
is not without risk, Grischuk was probably worried about} Nc3 $1 (16... Nf6 17.
Rad1 Rd8 18. Qf4 Bd7 {is possible, but here Black is fighting for equality.}) {
A (probably) unforced computer line is} 17. Qd3 $5 (17. Qd2 Bf6 18. f4 b5 $5 (
18... Bxe5 19. fxe5 b5 20. cxb5 Rd8 21. Qc2 Bb7 22. Be1 Rac8 23. Rc1 Qb6 24.
Bxc3 Qxe3+ 25. Qf2 Qe4 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. Qf3 Qxf3 28. Rxf3 Bxf3 29. Bxe6 Rc7
$13 {/=/+}) 19. cxb5 Rd8 20. Qc2 Bb7 $36 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Ga8h1]}) 17... Bf6
18. f4 b5 19. Be1 Bxe5 20. fxe5 b4 21. Bc2 g6 22. Bxc3 bxc3 23. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7
24. Qxg6+ Kf8 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 $1 (25... Ke7 26. Qg5+ Kf8 27. Bg6 $1 $40) 26. Qg6+
Kf8 $11) 16... Rd8 {[%emt 0:04:22]} 17. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:10:
51]} 18. Bxd5 $6 {[%emt 0:13:41]} ({It was time for the modest} 18. Nxd7 Rxd7
19. Qa4 Qxa4 (19... Qd8 20. c4 {also forces the Q-swap.}) 20. Bxa4 Rdd8 21. c4
Nb6 $11) 18... exd5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 19. Qxd5 $6 {[%emt 0:02:54] Another risky
decision, probably born from overestimation.} ({However, even the more
circumspect} 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. Be5 Rc8 $1 $15 {[%cal Rc8c4] is already
pleasant for Black.}) 19... Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 20. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Be6
{[%emt 0:00:35]} 21. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ba3 {[%emt 0:01:48] Did Grischuk
overlook this move?} ({Actually it's not forced, Black has also} 21... f6 22.
Ng6 (22. Rxb7 Ba3) 22... Ba3 $36) 22. Ra1 {[%emt 0:02:23]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:44]
[%csl Ra2,Ga3,Rc3,Ge6,Rg4] White can't retain the extra pawn against the
active bishop pair and it's not a question as to whether Black is better, but
as tovhow large is his advantage.} 23. c4 {[%emt 0:01:07]} (23. h3 Rac8 $17 (
23... Rd2 $5)) 23... f6 {[%emt 0:06:47]} 24. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:
00:34]} 25. Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:19]} (25. Ng6 Bc5 $17) 25... Rdc8 {[%emt 0:05:19]}
(25... Rd2 $5 $17) 26. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:01:40] A difficult
decision.} ({Caruana relies on his queenside pawns, but} 26... Bxg4 $5 {
[%csl Rc4] was at least equivalent, leaving the weakness c4 on the board.}) 27.
Rbb1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bd5 $36 {[%emt 0:02:17][%mdl 4096] Even now Black has an
advantageous endgame and can play for a win almost endlessly without any risk.}
28. a4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 29. a5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bc5 {
[%emt 0:01:04]} 30. axb6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} (30. Nb5 Be4 31. Rc1 Rxc1+ 32. Rxc1
Rd8 $36 {/\} 33. a6 Rd7 34. Bb8 Bd3) 30... axb6 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 31. Rxa8+ {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxa8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 32. h3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Be4 {[%emt 0:00:
22]} 33. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bxd4 $5 {[%emt 0:01:14] Transforms his advantage,
using the moment when White can't exchange rooks.} ({Perhaps Caruana was
worried about} 33... Kf7 34. f3 (34. Nb3 $15) 34... Bxd4 35. Rxd4 Rxd4 36. exd4
Bxf3 $17 {- but even here Black's winning chances are very real.}) 34. exd4 $8
{[%emt 0:00:03]} (34. Rxd4 $4 Rc1+) 34... b5 {[%emt 0:00:14][%csl Gb5,Ge4,Rg3]
^-} 35. Kh2 {[%emt 0:01:03]} (35. d5 Bf3 36. Rb1 Bxd5 37. Bd6 Bc6 $17) 35... b4
$6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} (35... Kf7 $142 $1 36. d5 Ke7 37. d6+ Kd8 $15 (37... Kd7
38. Ra1 Ra4 39. Re1 $15)) 36. d5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 37. Ra1
$6 {[%emt 0:01:04]} (37. Rd2 $1 {practically forces a draw:} Ba4 (37... b3 38.
d6 Rc8 (38... b2 39. d7 b1=Q 40. d8=Q+ Kh7 41. Rd7 Be4 42. Rxg7+ Kxg7 43. Qe7+
Kg6 44. Qe8+ $11) 39. d7 Rd8 40. Bc7 Rxd7 41. Rxd7 b2 42. Rd8+ Kf7 43. Rb8 $11)
38. d6 Bd7 39. Rb2 {[%cal Yf2f3,Yg3e1]} Be6 40. d7 Bxd7 41. Bd6 $11) 37... b3 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 38. Ra8+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 39. Rb8 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 40. d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd1 $15 {[%emt 0:
00:00] Now both passed pawns are stopped, but Black remains on top, as it's
easier for him to activate his K.} 41. Kg2 {[%emt 0:30:40]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:08:21]
} 42. Rb6 {[%emt 0:02:22]} (42. h4 Bd1 43. Kh3 Kg6 $36) 42... Bd1 {[%emt 0:17:
22]} 43. f4 {[%emt 0:01:57]} h5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 44. g5 {[%emt 0:03:18]} (
44. gxh5 Kh6 $17) 44... Kg6 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 45. Bh4 {[%emt 0:07:34]} Kf5 {
[%emt 0:02:45]} 46. gxf6 {[%emt 0:02:12]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 47. Rb5+ {
[%emt 0:05:54]} (47. d7 Rxd7 48. Rxf6+ Ke4 49. Re6+ (49. Rb6 Rd2+ 50. Kg3 Rd3+
51. Kg2 Bf3+ 52. Kf2 Kxf4 53. Rb4+ Be4 $19) 49... Kxf4 50. Bg3+ Kf5 51. Re5+
Kf6 52. Rb5 Rd2+ 53. Kg1 Rd3 $17) 47... Ke4 {[%emt 0:07:26] Activates the K,
but allows the B to resume control over b2.} (47... Ke6 $5 48. d7 Rxd7 49. f5+
Ke7 50. Rb6 Rd5 51. Rxf6 Kd7 $17 52. Rb6 $8 Rxf5) 48. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:01:22]}
Rxd6 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 49. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:20] Contrary to the previous line
White now retains the Pf4, but he must still defend with great care.} (49. Bg5
$5 Rd3 50. Rb4+ $15) 49... Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 50. Rb4+ {[%emt 0:01:35]} Kf5 {
[%emt 0:00:37]} 51. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} h4 $1 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 52. Bh8+ {
[%emt 0:01:30]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} (52... Kxf4 53. Rb4+ Kg5 54. Rb5+ Kg6 55.
Rb4 (55. Rb6+ $5 Kf7 56. Rb4) 55... Rg3+ 56. Kh2 Rg5 57. Rf4 (57. Rxh4 Bf3 58.
Rf4 Rg2+ 59. Kh1 Bd5 $19) 57... Rh5 58. Bd4 $15) 53. f5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} ({
A more resilient try is} 53. Bf6 $142 $1 Rd2+ (53... Rg3+ 54. Kh2) 54. Kg1)
53... Ke3 $1 {[%emt 0:04:10] Caruana rightly prefers to go after the Ph3 with
his K. From now on the engines consider the endgame won for Black, but top GMs
are only human and the final phase will hold a lot of excitement.} (53... Rg3+
54. Kh2 Rg5 {[%cal Rd1f3]} 55. Rb4+ Kxf5 56. Bb2 $15 {/\} Bf3 57. Rb5+ Kg6 58.
Rb6+ Kh5 59. Rxb3 Rg2+ 60. Kh1 Be4 61. Rb4 (61. Re3 $2 Bb7 $1 $19) 61... Ba8
62. Rb8 Rg8+ 63. Rxa8 Rxa8 64. Be5 $11 {is a theoretical draw.}) 54. Re5+ {
[%emt 0:00:12]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 55. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rd2+ {[%emt 0:04:
20]} 56. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (56. Kf1 Kf3 57. Ke1 Rd7 {[%cal Rd1c2]} 58. Ra5
Bc2 59. Ra1 Bxf5 $19) 56... Kg3 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 57. Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bc2 {
[%emt 0:01:54]} 58. Be5+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} (58. Kf1 Kf3 59. Kg1 Rd1+ 60. Kh2 Be4
61. Be5 (61. Rxb3+ Kf4 {[%cal Rd1h1]}) 61... Rd2+ 62. Kg1 Rg2+ 63. Kh1 (63. Kf1
Bd3+ 64. Ke1 Re2+) 63... Re2 $1 64. Rxb3+ Kf2+ 65. Kh2 Kf1#) 58... Kxh3 {
[%emt 0:00:19]} 59. f6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} (59. Bf6 Bd3 $1 60. Rf4 (60. Rxh4+ Kg3
{[%cal Rd2d1]}) (60. Rxb3 Rg2+ 61. Kh1 Rg3 62. Rb4 Rf3 63. Rxh4+ Kg3 $19) 60...
Rd1+ 61. Kf2 Rf1+ 62. Ke3 Rxf4 63. Kxf4 Kg2) 59... Rg2+ {[%emt 0:01:01]} 60.
Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:00] The crucial 60th move. Caruana blunders with seconds left
on his clock} Rg5 $2 $138 {[%emt 0:00:00] The last move before the
time-control throws away the win.} (60... Bd3+ 61. Ke1 Re2+ 62. Kd1 Rxe5 63.
Rxb3 Kg2 $1 ({Caruana calculated only} 63... Rf5 64. Rxd3+ Kg2 65. Rd2+ $1 {[]}
Kg1 66. Rd8 $1 Rxf6 67. Rh8 $11) 64. Rxd3 h3 $1 {[]} 65. Rd2+ (65. Rd8 h2 66.
Rg8+ Kf2 67. Rh8 Re1+ 68. Kd2 h1=Q $19) 65... Kg1 66. Kc2 h2 67. Rd1+ Kg2 68.
Rd2+ Kg3 69. Rd3+ Kg4 70. Rd4+ Kg5 71. Rd1 Rc5+ 72. Kb2 Kxf6 $19 {and White's
king is cut off way too far.}) 61. Bd4 {[%emt 0:08:54]} (61. Bc3 Rg3 (61... Kg3
62. Be1+ $11) 62. Be5 {seems even simpler.}) 61... Kh2 {[%emt 0:06:09]} 62. Bb6
{[%emt 0:03:58]} h3 {[%emt 0:05:48]} ({After} 62... Rf5+ 63. Ke2 Kg2 64. Rg4+
Kh3 65. Rb4 Rxf6 66. Bd8 Rh6 67. Kf2 {and he has no obvious way to make
progress.}) 63. Bc7+ {[%emt 0:01:00]} Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 64. Rh4 $2 {[%emt 0:
00:18]} ({Making life difficult for himself.} 64. Ke2 $142 $1 {avoids possible
checks (Bd3,Rf5,b1Q) and draws in a striaghtforward fashion after} h2 (64...
Rf5 65. Rh4 Kg2 66. Rg4+) 65. f7 Rf5 66. Rf4 Rxf4 67. Bxf4 b2 68. f8=Q b1=Q 69.
Qd6 $11 (69. Bxh2 $11)) 64... Bd3+ {[%emt 0:03:36]} 65. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:53]}
Rg2+ {[%emt 0:01:24]} 66. Ke3 {[%emt 0:02:35]} b2 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 67. Rb4 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 68. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} h2 {[%emt 0:01:
03]} 69. f7 $1 {[%emt 0:00:01] [] Deflects the B.} ({White can't change the
move order,} 69. Bxb2 Kg1 70. f7 {fails to} h1=Q 71. f8=Q Qh3+ 72. Kd4 (72. Qf3
Rg3) 72... Rg5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh3d3] with a mating attack.}) 69... Bxf7 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} 70. Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rg5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:00] The last try.}
(70... Kg1 71. Be5 $1 {[%cal Rb4b1] threatens mate and disarms the Ph2,} Ba2
72. Bxh2+ {is a theoretical draw.}) 71. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:
39]} (71... Bg6 {forces White to find} 72. Rb3 $1 {[]} (72. Bf6 Rg2+ 73. Ke1
Bd3 $19) 72... Rg2+ (72... Rf5+ 73. Kg3) 73. Ke1 Bf7 74. Rb4 $1 {[]} (74. Rb7
Bc4 $19) 74... Bh5 75. Rb5 $1 {[]} Be2 76. Rc5 (76. Ra5 $11) 76... Bd3 77. Be5
$11) 72. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} ({Grischuk must have been very tired, after} 72.
Be5 $142 $1 {[%cal Rb4b1] Black must immediately force a draw:} Rf5+ 73. Bf4
Be4 74. Rxe4 Rxf4+ 75. Rxf4) 72... Rg2+ {[%emt 0:00:34]} 73. Kf1 {[%emt 0:01:
10] Still not losing, but not ideal either.} (73. Ke1 $142 $1 {[%cal Rd4e5,
Re5h2]} Bf3 74. Rb5 $1 {insists on Be5} Re2+ 75. Kf1 $11) 73... Rc2 {[%emt 0:
00:20]} (73... Be4 74. Rb3 Rd2 75. Ba7 Bd3+ 76. Rxd3 $1 (76. Ke1 $2 Re2+ 77.
Kd1 Kg2 78. Rxd3 Ra2 $19) 76... Rxd3 77. Kf2 $11) 74. Rb6 $2 {[%emt 0:00:54]} (
{Here White had to find the study-like} 74. Ba7 $3 {[%cal Ya7b8] []} Bc4+ 75.
Rxc4 Rxc4 76. Kf2 Rg4 77. Bc5 $11 {, drawing as in the previous note - Black's
K can't get out of the corner after} Rf4+ 78. Kg3 {, the /^ a7-g1 is long
enough for the B.}) (74. Bb6 $2 Bg2+ 75. Ke1 Bh3 $19 {[%cal Rh1g2]}) 74... Bc4+
{[%emt 0:00:09]} 75. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg2 {The pawn promotes and the game
is over.} (75... Kg2 76. Rg6+ Kf3 77. Rh6 (77. Rf6+ Ke4) 77... Rc1+ $18) (75...
Rg2) 0-1

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} g6 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:21]} Bg7
{[%emt 0:01:20]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 6. cxd5 {[%emt 0:
00:42]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:42]} 8.
Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 9. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:
03:50]} 10. Qd2 {[%emt 0:06:57]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 11. Rc1 {[%emt 0:10:03]}
Rac8 {[%emt 0:03:12]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:00:57]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 13. Na4 {
[%emt 0:15:58]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:03:42]} 14. b3 {[%emt 0:12:27]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:25:
44]} 15. dxe5 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 16. Qb2 {[%emt 0:04:52]} b6
{[%emt 0:10:40]} 17. Bd4 {[%emt 0:15:00]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:14:27]} 18. Rfd1 {
[%emt 0:11:07]} Rxc1 {[%emt 0:12:38]} 19. Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 20. e3 {[%emt 0:03:21]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:08:06]} 21. e6 {[%emt 0:19:05]}
Bxe6 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 22. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Nxa4 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 23. Rxc8+
{[%emt 0:00:08]} Bxc8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 24. Qa1 {[%emt 0:03:01]} f6 {[%emt 0:05:
21]} 25. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:01:34]} exf6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 26. Bxd5+ {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 27. bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qxa4 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 28. e4 {
[%emt 0:01:58]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 29. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:01:
02]} 30. Qd1 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Wagner,D"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. d3 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. Nbd2 $5 {[%emt 0:00:17] This specific move order
has been becoming popular recently in the Anti-Berlin with 5.d3.} (5. Bxc6 dxc6
6. Nbd2 Be6 $5 {Here Black can prevent Nc4.} (6... O-O {would transpose back
to the game.})) 5... O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} (5... d6 {Here Black is forced to
take back on c6 with the b-pawn.} 6. O-O O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. h3 $5) (5... Nd4 {
at once is an alternative.}) 6. Bxc6 $5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} (6. O-O Nd4 {
Jakovenko likes playing lines with ...Nd4.}) 6... dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} (6...
bxc6 $6 7. Nxe5 {drops a pawn now.}) 7. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:23] compared to the
move order with 6.Bxc6 Black has already decided on castling and thereby
allowed Nc4.} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 8. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} (8. O-O Re8 9. Bd2
$5 {[%cal Gb2b4,Ga2a4] is another arrangement of the pieces, with the plan of
playing on the queenside.} (9. Be3 {gives Black the additional possibility} Bf8
$1 10. a4 c5 11. Qe1 b6 12. Kh1 Ba6 13. b3 Bd6 14. Nfd2 Nf8 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16.
c4 Ne6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (34) Adams,M (2720)-Jakovenko,D (2732) Eilat 2012}) (9. a4
Bf8 10. Kh1 f6 11. Ng1 Nc5 12. b3 Ne6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (40) Malakhov,V (2706)
-Jakovenko,D (2742) Sochi 2015}) 9... Bd6 10. b4 Nf8 11. a4 f6 {Here Black is
pretty solid, too.}) 8... Bd6 {[%emt 0:02:09]} (8... f6 {is also played:} 9.
O-O b6 10. Nh4 a5 11. Qg4 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 Nc5 13. Nef5 Bxf5 14. Nxf5 g6 15. h4
Kh8 16. Ne3 {1/2 (27) Ivanchuk,V (2753) -So,W (2731) Havana 2014, White had
slight pressure.}) 9. O-O {[%emt 0:07:51]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 10. Nfd2 {
[%emt 0:01:35]} (10. d4 {is pretty harmless.} exd4 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. Qxd4 Qf6
$1 (12... Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Rfd1 Re8 16. a4 $36 {1/2 (51) -1/
2 (51) Leko,P (2730) -Giri,A (2734) Beijing 2013}) 13. Nd2 Qxd4 14. Bxd4 c5 15.
Be3 b6 16. Nc4 Ba6 17. Nxd6 Bxf1 18. Nxe8 Rxe8 19. Kxf1 Rxe4 $11 {1/2 (30) -1/
2 (30) Yu,Y (2697)-So,W (2755) Las Vegas 2014}) 10... Nf8 {[%emt 0:04:48]} 11.
Qh5 $146 {[%emt 0:08:58] Since the immediate f4-break doesn't yield anything,
White activates his queen first. Anyway I don't see any problems for Black,
because he has achieved a harmonious setup.} (11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. f4 exf4 13.
Bxf4 Be6 14. b3 Ng6 15. Bg3 Qd7 16. h3 f6 $11 {1/2 (47)-1/2 (47) Popov,I (2653)
-Jumabayev,R (2564) Moscow 2014. Black easily achieved equality.}) 11... Be6 {
[%emt 0:05:30]} 12. h3 {[%emt 0:15:22] It seems like Caruana didn´t know what
to do, which is understandable, as Black is prepared well for f4, while the d2,
c4-knight construction looks rather clumsy.} (12. f4 $6 exf4 13. Bxf4 Bxf4 14.
Rxf4 b5 $1 $15 {[%cal Gd8d4]}) (12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. f4 exf4 14. Rxf4 $11) 12...
Ng6 {[%emt 0:04:42]} 13. g3 {[%emt 0:07:38] White's play is very provocative.
He wants to control the f4-square in order to prepare f2-f4 for the future.}
Qd7 {[%emt 0:05:28]} 14. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} f5 $6 {[%emt 0:15:46] It´s
always a big question in this structure, if Black should go for f5 or not.
Because White has weakened his kingside this move is rather tempting, but has
also major drawbacks. White gets full control over the e4-square and finally
finds a useful job for his d2-knight.} (14... Bf8 {I think that it's better to
keep the status quo where Black doesn´t have any weaknesses, as White is the
one having problems in finding a useful idea. I would prefer being Black here.}
15. f4 {is countered by} exf4 16. gxf4 f5 $1 $11 17. Nf3 $1 {is enough for
keeping the balance.} fxe4 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nxe4 Bxc4 20. Qxg6 Qe6 21. Qxe6+ Bxe6
$11) (14... c5 $5 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4 f5 $1 $132) 15. exf5 {[%emt 0:02:46]}
Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 16. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:18] Now White is the one with
clear-cut play, while Black has to prove compensation for his bad structure.}
Rf8 {[%emt 0:08:31]} 17. Rae1 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:03:28]} (17... Ne7
{The knight has to be transferred to d5 in any case, so it makes sense to
start this manoeuvre at once.} 18. Bd2 Nd5 19. Ne3 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 b6 $11) 18.
Bd2 $1 {[%emt 0:06:28]} (18. Bxa7 {is refuted by} Bb4 $1 19. Re2 b6 {[%csl Ra7]
}) 18... Ne7 {[%emt 0:08:14]} 19. Ne3 {[%emt 0:15:52]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 20.
Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} (20... Nf5 $1 {The activation of
this knight is necessary sooner or later.} 21. Bc3 Qf7 22. Nc4 Qd5 $11) 21. Ng5
{[%emt 0:05:15]} Rf6 $6 {[%emt 0:01:58]} (21... Nf5 $142 {It would have been
better to coordinate the pieces.} 22. Nxf5 (22. Qc4+ Kh8 23. Ne6 $2 Rxe6 24.
Qxe6 Nd4 $19) 22... Rxf5 23. h4 Be7 24. f3 (24. Ne4 Ref8) 24... Qd7 $14 {
Black can hope to compensate his broken structure.}) 22. h4 {[%emt 0:08:12]} (
22. Qa4 $5 {[%cal Ga4a7,Ga4b3] with a double attack is also interesting.} Qb8 {
Now it´s worth comparing the two queens.} 23. d4 $1 {exchanging one weakness
but gaining activity for the pieces.} exd4 24. Qxd4 $36 {[%cal Gd2c3,Ge3g4]})
22... Nd5 {[%emt 0:13:14]} 23. Qc4 {[%emt 0:03:34]} Kh8 $6 {[%emt 0:04:14]
Black won't have enough compensation for the pawn.} (23... Bf8 24. Ng4 Rf5 25.
f3 {Black if facing a tedious defence, but has enough resources for defending.}
Kh8 26. Qb3 $1 {provoking further weakenings.} b6 (26... b5 27. a4 $14) 27. Qa4
$14) 24. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:10:24]} cxd5 25. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e4 {[%emt 0:01:
24]} 26. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:45]} exd3 {[%emt 0:13:54]} 27. cxd3 $2 {[%emt 0:00:20]
Surprisingly this natural recapture spoils a major part of the advantage.} (27.
Bc3 $1 {is a strong intermediate move, destroying Black´s coordination and
forcing him to sacrifice the exchange.} Rxe1 (27... Rf5 28. Qd4 Rg8 29. cxd3
$16 {with a much better version of the game}) 28. Rxe1 dxc2 $1 (28... c6 29.
Bxf6 Qxf6 30. Qa5 $1 h6 (30... dxc2 31. h5 $1 Bxh5 32. Ne4 $18) 31. h5 $1 Bxh5
32. Ne4 Qe5 33. Qxe5 Bxe5 34. cxd3 $18) 29. Bxf6 Qxf6 30. Qxb7 h6 31. Qc8+ Qf8
32. Qxf8+ Bxf8 33. Nf3 Be4 $1 (33... Kg8 34. Rc1 $18) 34. Nd4 c5 35. Nb3 $1 (
35. Ne2 c4 36. Rc1 Bc5 37. Kf1 g6 38. Ke1 Bf5 39. Kd2 Bxf2 40. Rf1 Bb6 $44)
35... c4 36. Na1 $1 {a very nice knight manouvre!} Bb4 (36... c3 37. bxc3 Ba3
38. Nxc2 Bxc2 39. c4 $16) 37. Rc1 Bd2 38. Rxc2 Bxc2 39. Nxc2 $16 {with winning
chances.}) 27... h6 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 28. Ne4 {[%emt 0:04:59]} (28. Rxe8+ {
I believe that it´s better to exchange one pair of rooks.} Bxe8 29. Ne4 Bc6 30.
Qh5 Re6 31. Bc3 Bf8 (31... Qe8 32. Qg4 $14) 32. Re1 $14) 28... Rfe6 {[%emt 0:
03:13] It's difficult to convert the extra pawn against Black's bishop pair,
which cannot be eliminated, since after the exchange of the knight on e4
against the d6-bishop the opposite-coloured bishops and the weakness of the
light squares give Black decent play.} 29. Bc3 {[%emt 0:02:19]} ({After} 29.
Nxd6 Qxd6 $1 30. Qxb7 Bxd3 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Rc1 Be4 33. Qb4 Qd7 34. Bf4 c6 {
Black has compensation on the light squares.}) 29... Bf8 $1 {[%emt 0:01:58]}
30. Qb3 {[%emt 0:02:28]} (30. Qxd8 Rxd8 31. Re3 Kg8 $44) 30... b6 {[%emt 0:01:
37]} 31. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc5 $1 {[%emt 0:06:34]} 32. Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
(32. Nxc5 Rxe3 33. fxe3 Qd6 $1 34. Rf3 Qxc5 35. Kf2 Kh7 $44) 32... Bd4 {
[%emt 0:00:17]} (32... Bxe4 $5 {is possible as well} 33. dxe4 Rxe4 34. Rd1 Bd4
35. Rf7 {Black can escape the pin in style:} (35. Rfd3 c5 $11) 35... Qa8 $1 (
35... c5 $5 $11) 36. Kh2 c5 $11) 33. Re1 {[%emt 0:05:06]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:51]}
34. Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 35. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:03:44]} Qd5 {
[%emt 0:00:53] Now it's already impossible to keep any edge and confronted
with this upleasant turnaround, Caruana blunders!} 36. Qb3 $4 {[%emt 0:00:37]}
(36. a3 Bxe4 37. Rf7 Qe5 38. Qxe5 Rxe5 39. dxe4 Rxe4 40. Rxe4 Rxe4 41. Rxa7
Re1+ 42. Kg2 Rb1 $11) 36... c4 $1 37. Qc3 (37. dxc4 Qa5 $1 $19 {Propably he
missed this riposte!}) 37... cxd3 {[%emt 0:00:22] White´s position is
immediately hopeless.} 38. f3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 39. fxe4 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 40. Rexe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 41. Rf2 {[%emt 0:12:36]} Re3 {[%emt 0:05:59]} 42. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:53]}
Qe4 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 43. Qc8+ {[%emt 0:12:41]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 44. Rf4 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} Re2+ {[%emt 0:02:29]} 45. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qg2+ {[%emt 0:
00:32]} 46. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} h5+ {[%emt 0:00:23]} 47. Kxh5 {[%emt 0:00:46]}
Qxg3 {[%emt 0:00:09] A lucky turn-around for Jakovenko after putting up great
resistance, that put him back into contention for one of the two qualification
spots.} 0-1

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} c5 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:
22]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} e6 {[%emt 0:05:59]} 6. cxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:
47]} 8. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 9. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 10. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 11. cxd4
{[%emt 0:00:07]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:05] This comparatively rare move and the
variation in general has been famous for the classic game Kramnik - Lautier,
1995. Caruana, armed with modern analysis, wants to have his own say on it.} ({
A more common line is} 11... Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 $14 {which leads to
another well known endgame where White enjoys a slight advantage with no risk.}
) 12. O-O {[%emt 0:10:09]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 13. e4 {[%emt 0:09:49]} b6 {
[%emt 0:01:28]} ({The above mentioned game went} 13... O-O 14. e5 $1 Be7 (14...
Bc7 15. Ba3 Rd8 16. Rac1 Rd7 17. Rxc7 Rxc7 18. Bd6 $18) 15. Be3 Bd7 (15... b6
16. Rfc1 Bd8 17. Bd2 {/\Bb4-d6}) 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Rxc8+ Bxc8 18. Rc1 {1-0
Kramnik,V (2730)-Lautier,J (2645)/Horgen 1995/CBM 050/[Kramnik] (64), and
Kramnik went on to score a fine technical victory in the resulting endgame.})
14. Bb2 {[%emt 0:02:02]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:08:54]} 15. Rac1 {[%emt 0:22:34] The
question of 'which R?' has been answered differently before.} ({A high level
blitz game went} 15. Rfc1 {[%cal Gf1c1,Gb7g2]} f6 (15... Kd7 $5 16. d5 $13) 16.
a4 (16. e5 $5 Bxg2 17. exd6 Bd5 18. Rc7 $14) 16... Kd7 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Bc5
$11 {1-0 Radjabov,T (2734)-Leko,P (2723)/Beijing 2014/CBM 163 Extra (33).
Black had comforably equalised although White went on to win later.}) (15. d5
$5 exd5 16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. Bf6 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Rfe1 {White's edge will be
too small.}) 15... f6 {[%emt 0:15:51]} (15... Kd7 16. d5 $5 $14 {is supposed
to be good for White according to some old analysis.}) 16. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:15:44]
} Ke7 {[%emt 0:18:30]} 17. f4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Rhc8 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 18. e5 {
[%emt 0:01:02]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 19. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:
01:47]} 20. Rxc8 {[%emt 0:06:53]} Bxc8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 21. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:20]
} g6 {[%emt 0:18:56]} 22. Rc1 {[%emt 0:04:53]} (22. a3 $5 Ba5 23. Rc1 b5 (23...
Kd8 $5) 24. Bc3 Bxc3 (24... Bb6 25. Bb4+ Kd8 26. Bd6 Bxd4+ 27. Kf1 Rb6 28. Bc7+
$18) 25. Rxc3 Kd7 $11 {White cannot really take advantage of Black's temporary
coordination problems.}) 22... Kd8 {[%emt 0:05:08] After some logical moves a
critical moment has arisen.} 23. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:20]} ({Caruana was expecting} 
23. Rf1 $5 {but even here Black has good defensive resources.} Bb7 24. Bd3 {
[%cal Gb2c1,Gc1h6]} Ke7 (24... Rc8 25. a3 Bd2 26. Rf7 Rc7 27. Rf8+ Kd7 28. Rh8
$14) (24... Bd5 25. a3 Bd2 26. Rf8+ Kc7 27. Rf7+ Kc6 28. a4 $16 (28. Rxh7 $2
Rf8 $19)) 25. a3 (25. Rf6 Rc8) 25... Bd2 26. Bc1 Bxc1 27. Rxc1 Rd8 $11) 23...
Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 24. Kf3 {[%emt 0:01:16]} (24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Ke3 Rf7 $11 {
[%cal Gd8d7]}) 24... Bd5 {[%emt 0:06:18]} 25. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:02:09]} exd5 {
[%emt 0:00:38] Caruana: "I already thought that I had completely equalised."}
26. Ke3 {[%emt 0:04:48]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:03:27]} 27. a4 {[%emt 0:03:37]} Rxc1 {
[%emt 0:00:53]} 28. Bxc1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 29. Bd2 {
[%emt 0:01:22]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} ({The P_|_ is clearly equal} 29... Bxd2+
30. Kxd2 a6 $11) 30. Kd3 {[%emt 0:02:57]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 31. a5 $6 {
[%emt 0:04:00] Unnecessarily giving Black practical chances, with a passed
pawn on the a-file. On top of that, it is now Black who gets to put his pawn
on the light square (g4) rather than White.} ({A simple draw could be achieved
by} 31. h3 {[%cal Gg3g4] for example} a6 32. Kc2 b5 (32... Ke6 33. g4 $11) 33.
axb5 axb5 34. Kb3 Ke6 35. g4 $11) 31... bxa5 {[%emt 0:10:23]} 32. Bxa5 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} g5 {[%emt 0:03:40]} 33. h3 {[%emt 0:01:40]} g4 {[%emt 0:01:27]}
34. hxg4 {[%emt 0:05:04]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:52][%csl Ga7,Rd4,Gd5,Rg3,Gg4] Once
the pawn reached g4 I felt like I had seen the position somewhere before (with
the name Kramnik in mind). After some digging I found that it is very similar
to Van Wely - Kramnik, 1990 except that in that game, the white pawn was on b3
instead of e5. Readers may well look for it to get an idea. Some principles of
that classic ending do apply here too.} 35. Ke3 {[%emt 0:05:30]} Bg5+ {[%emt 0:
00:18]} 36. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:05:42]} 37. Bd2 {[%emt 0:03:36]}
Be7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} (37... Bd8 {does not achieve anything at this moment.} 38.
Ke3 {[%cal Ge3f4]} Bg5+ 39. Kd3 {back to the game.}) 38. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
Bg5+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 39. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 40. Ke3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Ba5 {[%emt 0:04:42]} Bh6+ {[%emt 0:16:
49]} 42. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 43. Bd2 {[%emt 0:04:35]} Bf8
{[%emt 0:00:05]} 44. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 45. Ba5 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 46. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 47. Ke3 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Bg5+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 48. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 49. Bd2 $6 {Helping Black achieve what he wanted. A
strange thing happened here. Karjakin claimed a draw by threefold repetition.
According to him this position had arisen on move 37 and 39. The arbiter
accepted the claim and Caruana signed the scoresheets. (Caruana mentioned in
the press conference that he was annoyed that he had to sign the score sheets.
Probably by intuition, he did not feel that it was a draw.) But then Karjakin
asked Caruana if he wanted to play on. Caruana of course replied "Yes" and
then he thought again and realised that on those moves (37 and 39) the black
king was on c6. So there actually had not been a threefold repitition. Both
players just mentioned in passing their error and also the professional lapse
on part of the Arbiter.  Although it was not mentioned, it seems very likely
that Karjakin played this risky move with the erroneous expectation of a
threefold repetition.} ({Otherwise he would have chosen the simple} 49. Ke2 $11
) 49... Bd8 50. Ke3 Kf5 51. Bb4 $6 {White could have been more accurate in
this position.} (51. Kd3 $142 a5 52. Bc3 Ke6 (52... a4 53. Bb4 Bg5 54. Ba3 Ke6
55. Ke2 Kd7 56. Kd3 Kc6 57. e6 Kc7 58. e7 Kd7 59. Kc3 Bxe7 60. Bxe7 Kxe7 61.
Kb4 Kf6 62. Kxa4 Kf5 63. Kb5 Ke4 64. Kc5 Kf3 65. Kxd5 Kxg3 66. Ke4 Kf2 $11) 53.
Bd2 (53. Bb2 Be7 $17) 53... Kd7 54. Ke3 $1 a4 (54... Bg5+ 55. Kd3 Bd8 (55...
Bxd2 $4 56. Kxd2 $18 {[%csl Ge5]}) 56. Ke3 $11) (54... Bb6 $6 55. Bc3) 55. Kf4
a3 56. Kxg4 Kc6 57. Kf5 Kb5 58. Bc3 Kc4 59. Ba1 Kb3 60. e6 Ka2 61. Bc3 Kb3 62.
Ba1 Ka2 $11) 51... a5 52. Ba3 a4 {[%cal Gd8a5]} 53. Bb4 $8 (53. Kd3 Ba5 $19 {
[%cal Ga5e1]}) 53... Bg5+ 54. Kd3 Bc1 55. Bd2 (55. Kc2 Be3 56. Kd3 Bf2 $19) (
55. Bc3 a3 56. Ba1 a2 57. Bc3 (57. Kc2 Bf4 $19) 57... Ba3 58. Ba1 Bb4 {[%cal
Gb4e1]} 59. Ke2 Ke4 60. Bb2 Ba5 61. Ba1 Bb6 62. e6 Bd8 63. Kd2 Kf3 $19) 55...
Ba3 56. Kc3 Be7 57. Bh6 a3 (57... Ke4 58. Bg7 a3 59. Bh6 (59. Bf6 Bb4+ $19)
59... Bb4+ 60. Kb3 Kf5 {transposes to the game.} (60... Be1 61. e6)) 58. Kb3
Bb4 59. Bf4 $2 (59. Be3 $142 Be1 60. Kxa3 Bxg3 61. Kb4 Be1+ 62. Kc5 Ke6 {
transposing to game.}) 59... Ke6 $2 {Missing a very important chance.} (59...
Be1 $142 60. Kxa3 Bf2 61. e6 Bxd4 {simplest} (61... Kxe6 62. Be5 Kf5 63. Kb4
Ke4 64. Kc5 Be3 65. Bf6 (65. Bg7 Bf4 $19) 65... Bc1 66. Be5 (66. Kc6 Bd2 67.
Be5 Be3 68. Kc5 Bf2 $19) 66... Ba3+ 67. Kc6 Bb2 68. Kc5 Bc3 69. Bf6 Be1 70. Be5
Bf2 $19) 62. e7 Bc5+ $19) 60. Bc1 Be1 61. Be3 Bxg3 62. Kxa3 Kf5 (62... Bh4 63.
Kb4 Be7+ 64. Kb5 g3 65. Bf4 g2 66. Bh2 Ba3 67. Bg1 Bf8 68. Kc6 $11) 63. Kb4
Be1+ (63... Bh4 64. Kc5 Ke4 65. Bg1 $11) 64. Kc5 Ke6 65. Bf4 g3 {Caruana: "I
thought I was winning but I realised after I played this move that I had
missed some chance of putting my opponent in zugzwang. Now it was too late."} (
{But it is not really easy to achieve a zugzwang. For example} 65... Bf2 66.
Bg5 Kf5 67. Kc6 $8 {This is the most important move to hold this ending and it
was also found by Karjakin in the post-mortem analysis.} (67. Kd6 Kxg5 68. e6
Be1 $19) (67. Bf6 g3 68. Bh4 Ke6 {[%cal Gf2e1]} 69. Kc6 Be1 70. Bg5 Kf5 $19) (
67. Kxd5 Kxg5 68. Ke4 Be1 69. d5 g3 70. Kf3 Kh4 $19) 67... Bxd4 (67... g3 68.
Bh4 Ke6 69. Kc5 Be1 70. Bg5 {transposes to the game.}) (67... Kxg5 68. e6 Kf6
69. Kd7 g3 70. e7 $11) (67... Be1 68. Be3 Ke6 69. Kc5 g3 70. Bg5 {also
transposes to the game.}) 68. Kxd5 Bxe5 69. Bh4 Kf4 70. Ke6 Bd4 71. Be1 Kf3 72.
Kf5 $11 {Therefore, going into the Q+P ending of the game was objectively the
best progress available.}) 66. Bg5 Kf5 67. Bf4 Ke6 68. Bg5 Kf5 69. Bf4 Kxf4 (
69... g2 70. Be3 $11) 70. e6 g2 71. e7 Bb4+ 72. Kxb4 g1=Q 73. e8=Q Qxd4+ {
With the central pawn the tablebases give this position as mate in 59.} 74. Ka5
(74. Ka3 $4 Qe3+ $19) 74... Qe5 $2 {This move takes the game towards a draw,
although Black still keeps practical chances.} (74... Kf3 $5) (74... Qc3+ $142
$19 {[%cal Gd5d4] is an endgame tablebase win. Whether it would win
practically in the game or not is a different question.}) 75. Qc8 d4+ 76. Kb4
d3 77. Qh3 Ke4 $2 (77... Qd4+ $142 {with a lot of practical chances.}) 78. Qh1+
Kd4 79. Qa1+ Kd5 80. Qxe5+ Kxe5 81. Kc3 Ke4 82. Kd2 Kd4 83. Kd1 Kc3 84. Kc1 d2+
85. Kd1 Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 6. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:
18]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. f3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} 8. Qd2 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:24]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:
05] The Dragon is not a usual guest in such tournaments, but this opening is
still alive and can create problems in preparation.} 10. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:24]}
Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 11. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 12. Bd4 {
[%emt 0:00:04] Probably the best and safest line for White against the Dragon,
let's see.} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 13. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:05]
} 14. Na4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:07] The modern approach.} 15. Bc4 {
[%emt 0:01:17]} Nb6 $5 {[%emt 0:00:06] A novelty at such an early stage of the
game is a rarity in the Dragon.} 16. Bb3 {[%emt 0:06:42]} Nxa4 {[%emt 0:00:28]}
17. Qxa4 {[%emt 0:11:55]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 18. Rhe1 {[%emt 0:20:15]} (18. h4
{this move was probably heavily analysed by Nakamura as to me it appears as
the critical attempt to play for an advantage} Rb8 19. c3 {the main computer
move...} (19. a3 Qb6 20. h5 c4 $1 21. Qxc4 Be6 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Bxb3 24.
cxb3 Rxb3 25. hxg6 Rc8+ 26. Kb1 hxg6 {we have reached an equal endgame}) 19...
h5 $5 (19... Qb6 20. h5 c4 (20... Bf5 21. Qf4 $1) 21. Qxc4 Be6 22. Qh4 $16) (
19... Qg3 20. h5 Bf5 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Qh4 Qxh4 23. Rxh4 Kg7 24. g4 Be6 (24...
Bc8 25. g5 Bb7 26. Rdh1 Rh8 27. Rxh8 Rxh8 28. Rxh8 Kxh8 29. Bxf7 Kg7 30. Bc4
Bxf3 31. Kd2 $16) 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Rh3 Rfd8 27. Rdh1 Rd5 28. f4 e5 {White has
some initiative in this endgame}) 20. g4 hxg4 21. h5 Rb6 $5 22. hxg6 (22. fxg4
c4 23. Qxc4 (23. Bxc4 Qf4+ 24. Kb1 Qe4+ 25. Ka1 Be6 26. Bb3 Qxa4 27. Bxa4 Bxg4
28. Rdg1 Bf5 {with a similar endgame, again Black is close to equality}) 23...
Qxc4 24. Bxc4 Bxg4 25. Rdg1 Bf5 {around equal}) 22... Rxg6 23. fxg4 Bxg4 24.
Bc2 $5 Bxd1 25. Qh4 Bh5 26. Qxh5 Qf4+ 27. Kb1 Kg7 28. Qh7+ Kf6 29. Bxg6 fxg6
30. Re1 e6 31. Qxa7 {a long computer line but even here White has little or
nothing at all.}) 18... e6 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 19. Qe4 {[%emt 0:08:36] Again
White has an option here:} (19. h4 Rb8 20. c3 Qg3 21. Re2 Bb7 22. Red2 Bd5 $5
23. Bxd5 exd5 {again we can say that Black has counterplay.}) 19... Ba6 {
[%emt 0:23:41]} 20. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:19:01]} (20. Qe5 Rfc8 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. c4
Kf8 {looks perfectly ok for Black.}) 20... Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 21. Bd5 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 22. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:07:45]} Qxh2 {[%emt 0:
02:59] I don't see anything spectacular for White, it looks equal now.
Obviously Black did a good preparation; the entire Nb6 idea looks interesting.}
23. Qg5 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:03:19]} 24. Rh1 {[%emt 0:20:20]} Qe5 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} 25. Qxe5 {[%emt 0:03:19]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 26. Rd7 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} h5 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 27. g4 {[%emt 0:01:09]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:01:
22]} 28. fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Re4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 29. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:47]}
Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 30. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 31. Rc7 {
[%emt 0:05:03]} c4 {[%emt 0:04:09]} 32. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} f5 {[%emt 0:09:20]
} 33. a4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c3+ {[%emt 0:01:49]} 34. Kxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxa4 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 35. b4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:22:51]} 36. Rd1 {[%emt 0:
04:02]} (36. Rf4 Ra6 $1 37. Kd3 (37. Kc4 Rab6 38. c3 Rf6 39. b5 g5 40. Rf1 g4
41. Rc5 Rbf8 {and Black gets counter play}) 37... Rd6+ 38. Ke3 Re8+ 39. Kf3 Rd1
{Again Black is active in the endgame which gives him fair chances.}) 36...
Raxb4 {[%emt 0:00:28] Now it is just a draw.} 37. Rdd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rg4 {
[%emt 0:00:43]} 38. Rg7+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 39. Rh7+ {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 40. Rhg7+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 41. Rh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:01] One of the results that needed to go Jakovenko's way for
the Russian to qualify was for Caruana to lose. That did not come close to
happening - even though Giri's position was slightly preferable from the
opening, his attack on the kingside initiated with a quick g4 advance
backfired badly. Caruana had the much better position, he decided to play it
safe and draw the game, securing his place.} c5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 2. Nf3 {
[%emt 0:00:21]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} d5 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. a3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 7. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:
38]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8. b4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ba7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 9. Bb2 {
[%emt 0:01:09]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:24]} 10. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:
05]} 11. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 12. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:11]}
dxc4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 13. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nxd8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 14. Ne4
{[%emt 0:00:08]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 15. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c3 {[%emt 0:
01:46]} 16. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 17. O-O {[%emt 0:00:14]}
Rc8 {[%emt 0:03:02]} 18. Bb2 $146 {[%emt 0:00:29]} (18. Rc1 Ba4 19. h4 Bb8 20.
Qb1 f5 21. g3 Nf7 22. Ba1 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Bc6 24. Qc3 Nd6 25. Qc5 Bd5 26. Be5
Qd8 27. Qc2 Nf7 28. Bxb8 Qxb8 29. Nd4 Nd6 30. a4 Qc8 31. Qd1 Ne4 32. Bf1 Qc3
33. Bg2 Qxb4 34. Nxf5 Qf8 35. Bxe4 Bxe4 36. Nd4 Bd5 37. Qh5 h6 38. Qe5 Qb4 39.
f3 Qxa4 40. e4 Bc4 41. Nxe6 Qd1+ 42. Kh2 Qd2+ 43. Kg1 Qe1+ 44. Kh2 Qd2+ 45. Kg1
Qd7 46. Qb8+ Kf7 47. Nf4 a5 {Wang,H (2752)-Gelfand,B (2773) Beijing 2013 1/2-1/
2 (83)}) 18... Bc6 {[%emt 0:17:27]} 19. Qb1 {[%emt 0:03:12]} Ba4 {[%emt 0:02:
53]} 20. Bd3 {[%emt 0:03:59]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 21. Qa1 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Qf8
{[%emt 0:10:22]} 22. g4 $5 {[%emt 0:02:28]} Bb8 {[%emt 0:05:20]} 23. g5 {
[%emt 0:06:35]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:17:47]} 24. Nxg5 {[%emt 0:01:29]} f6 {[%emt 0:04:
09]} 25. Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:18]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:13:20]} 26. Qb1 {[%emt 0:05:02]} Qe7
{[%emt 0:07:52]} 27. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:03:56]} 28. b5 {[%emt 0:
03:42]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 29. Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} f5 {[%emt 0:08:22]} 30.
Ng3 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Ng5 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 31. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} bxc6 {
[%emt 0:00:23]} 32. Rd1 {[%emt 0:15:14]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 33. Ba1 {[%emt 0:
02:23]} Be5 {[%emt 0:04:35]} 34. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:10:39]} Nf3+ {[%emt 0:00:03]}
35. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 36. Qb5 {[%emt 0:04:56]} Qc7 {
[%emt 0:02:46]} 37. Qa6 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Qc6+ {[%emt 0:01:30]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3
Ne7 9. a4 Nbc6 10. a5 Rb8 11. Nd2 b6 12. axb6 cxb6 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Nc4 a6 15.
Ne4 Nf5 16. c3 h6 17. b3 Qc7 18. Ba3 Rfd8 19. Qe2 b5 20. Ne3 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Ne7
22. Bb4 Bxe4 23. Ba5 Qd7 24. Bxe4 Rdc8 25. c4 bxc4 26. bxc4 h5 27. Bc3 Rb6 28.
Reb1 Rcb8 29. Rxb6 Rxb6 30. c5 Rb5 31. Rxa6 Rxc5 32. Bb4 Rc1+ 33. Kg2 Qc7 34.
Ra2 Bf6 35. h4 Kg7 36. Qf2 Nf5 37. Bxf5 gxf5 38. Bd2 Qc6+ 39. e4 Rd1 40. Qxf5
Qb5 41. Bh6+ Kxh6 42. Qxf6+ Kh7 43. Qxf7+ Kh6 44. Qf6+ Kh7 45. Ra7+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O c6 7. d3 a5 8. a3
axb4 9. axb4 Rxa1 10. Bxa1 Na6 11. c3 Re8 12. Nbd2 e5 13. e4 Nc7 14. Qc2 b5 15.
Re1 Nd7 16. Nb3 Nb6 17. Na5 Qd6 18. Bb2 h6 19. Bc1 Na4 20. Be3 Ne6 21. Bd2 Bd7
22. c4 dxc4 23. dxc4 Nd4 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Qb3 Nc3 26. Nb7 Qe7 27. Nc5 Be6 28.
Bf1 Ra8 29. e5 Na4 30. Nxe6 Qxe6 31. Qc2 Nc3 32. Bxc3 dxc3 33. Qxc3 Qe7 34.
cxb5 cxb5 35. Bxb5 Rb8 36. Qc4 Bxe5 37. Bc6 Qf6 38. b5 Bd4 39. Re2 Rd8 40. Kg2
Bb6 41. Bd5 Kg7 42. h4 h5 43. Qe4 Rc8 44. Ba2 Rc5 45. Qd3 Rf5 46. f4 Rc5 47.
Bc4 Rc8 48. Re5 Rd8 49. Rd5 Qb2+ 50. Kh3 Bg1 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2876"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 c6 6. Bc4 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 e6 9. Bd2 Qc7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Bd6 13. Kb1 Nf6 14. Qf3
O-O 15. Bd3 a5 16. h4 Nd5 17. h5 Rfd8 18. Qe4 Nf6 19. Qe2 Bf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21.
g3 Qg5 22. c3 h6 23. Bc2 Kf8 24. Rde1 c5 25. dxc5 Qxc5 26. Rd1 b5 27. Rxd8+
Rxd8 28. Rd1 Rc8 29. a3 Qxh5 30. Qxh5 Nxh5 31. Rd7 b4 32. cxb4 axb4 33. axb4
Nf6 34. Rb7 Nd5 35. b5 Nb4 36. Be4 Rc4 37. Bg2 Rd4 38. Rc7 Rd1+ 39. Rc1 Rxc1+
40. Kxc1 Ke7 41. Kd2 Kd6 42. b6 h5 43. f4 f6 44. Kc3 Nc6 45. b7 Nb8 46. Kd4 Nd7
47. b4 Kc7 48. Bf3 g6 49. Be4 g5 50. fxg5 fxg5 51. Bf3 h4 52. g4 h3 53. b5 h2
54. Bh1 Nf6 55. Ke5 Nxg4+ 56. Kxe6 Nf2 57. Bg2 Nd1 58. Ke5 Kb8 59. Ke4 Nf2+ 60.
Kf5 h1=Q 61. Bxh1 Nxh1 62. Kxg5 Kxb7 63. b6 Kxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qb3 Nb6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb4 Bxb4 11. Qxb4 a5 12. Qc3 c6 13. Ne5 Re8 14. Nd2
Ng4 15. Nxg4 Bxg4 16. e3 Qd6 17. Rfe1 Be6 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. Nc5 Nd7 20. Nxe6 fxe6
21. e4 Qd6 22. Re2 dxe4 23. Bxe4 Nf6 24. Bc2 Rad8 25. Qxa5 Qxd4 26. Rd1 Ra8 27.
Qxa8 Qxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Rxa8 29. Bb3 Kf8 30. Rxe6 Nd7 31. Re3 h6 32. Rf3+ Nf6 33.
Kf1 Ke7 34. Ke2 Kd6 35. a3 b5 36. Bc2 Ra7 37. Rd3+ Kc5 38. f4 b4 39. axb4+ Kxb4
40. Rb3+ Kc5 41. Kf3 Nd5 42. Be4 Kd4 43. Rd3+ Kc4 44. h4 Rb7 45. Rd2 Rb3+ 46.
Kf2 Kc5 47. Bf3 Kd6 48. Bd1 Rb4 49. Kf3 Ke7 50. b3 Nc7 51. Rd3 Ne6 52. Ke3 g5
53. fxg5 hxg5 54. h5 Kf6 55. Rc3 c5 56. Rc4 Rb8 57. g4 Rd8 58. Bc2 Re8 59. Ke4
Nd4+ 60. Kd5 Re5+ 61. Kd6 Nb5+ 62. Kc6 Nd4+ 63. Kb6 Nxc2 64. Rxc2 Re3 65. Rf2+
Kg7 66. Kxc5 Rc3+ 67. Kd5 Rxb3 68. Rf5 Kh6 69. Rf6+ Kh7 70. Ke6 Rb4 71. Kf5
Rb5+ 72. Ke4 Rb4+ 73. Kf3 Rb3+ 74. Kg2 Rb2+ 75. Rf2 Rb4 76. Kg3 Rb3+ 77. Rf3
Rb4 78. Rf5 Rb3+ 79. Kf2 Kh6 80. Rf6+ Kh7 81. Rg6 Rb5 82. Ke3 Ra5 83. Ke4 Rb5
84. Rd6 Ra5 85. Rd5 Ra6 86. Rxg5 Kh6 87. Re5 Ra1 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Nh4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nbd7 13. e4 Be7 14. Nc3 c5 15.
dxc5 Nxc5 16. Be3 Qd3 17. Rac1 Qxc2 18. Rxc2 Ncxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Nf3 Rfc8
21. Rfc1 Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Nf6 23. Bd4 Nd5 24. Ne5 f6 25. Nc6 Kf7 26. Na5 Ke8 27.
f4 Kd7 28. Kf3 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Kxc8 30. Ke4 f5+ 31. Kd3 g6 32. a3 Kd7 33. Nb3 Bd6
34. Nd2 Ne7 35. Nf3 Nc6 36. Bc3 Be7 37. h3 Kd6 38. b3 Kd5 39. a4 Bd6 40. axb5
axb5 41. Ng5 h6 42. Nf7 Bf8 43. Nh8 g5 44. fxg5 hxg5 45. Nf7 Be7 46. Bd2 Ne5+
47. Nxe5 Kxe5 48. g4 f4 49. Bc1 Kd5 50. h4 gxh4 51. Bxf4 Bd6 52. Ke3 Bxf4+ 53.
Kxf4 e5+ 54. Ke3 h3 55. Kf2 e4 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. Be3 Rc8 12. f4 d6 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. Nd2 Bf6 15. Nf3
Na5 16. b3 Nc5 17. Nd2 Nd7 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. cxb5 d5 20. e5 Be7 21. b4 Nb7 22.
Nb3 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Qa8 24. Qc7 Rd8 25. Nd4 Qb8 26. Qxb8 Nxb8 27. Nc6 Re8 28.
Nxa7 Nd7 29. Rc1 Ra8 30. Rc7 Rxa7 31. Rxd7 Kf8 32. Bxb6 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Rb8 7. c3 Nf6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 d6 11. h3 Nd7 12. b3 c5 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Rc1 Rc8 15.
Qd2 Re8 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bd4 Bf8 18. Qe3 a5 19. Nd5 Ba8 20. Red1 Nd7 21. Rxc8
Qxc8 22. Rc1 Qb8 23. Ba7 Qd8 24. Nc7 Nf6 25. Nxe8 Qxe8 26. Nd2 h5 27. Qd3 Kh7
28. Be3 Bg7 29. Rc7 d5 30. e5 Ne4 31. Nxe4 dxe4 32. Qd7 Qb8 33. Qxe7 Bd5 34.
Qc5 Be6 35. Qxa5 Qd8 36. Qc3 h4 37. Kh2 g5 38. Rc5 g4 39. hxg4 Bxg4 40. Qd4 Qa8
41. Rc4 Bf5 42. Bf4 Qxa2 43. Qe3 Qa1 44. Rc1 Qb2 45. Rc7 Bg6 46. e6 fxe6 47.
Qa7 Kg8 48. Qb8+ Kh7 49. Qb7 Kg8 50. Qc8+ Kh7 51. Qxe6 e3 52. Be5 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 O-O 8. Be2
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 d6 10. Ba3 Re8 11. O-O b6 12. Nf3 Bb7 13. Nd2 d5 14. e5 Nfd7 15.
f4 Nc5 16. Qg3 Nbd7 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Kh1 Nf8 19. h4 h6 20. h5 Rad8 21. Qe3 Rd7
22. Nb3 Ne4 23. cxd5 exd5 24. Nd4 Ne6 25. Rc1 Qd8 26. Bd3 Qh4+ 27. Kg1 Qxh5 28.
Bxe4 dxe4 29. f5 Ng5 30. Qf4 e3 31. Rce1 Bd5 32. Rxe3 Bc4 33. Rfe1 Rdd8 34. Rg3
Rc8 35. Nf3 Nxf3+ 36. gxf3 Bd3 37. f6 Bg6 38. fxg7 Re6 39. Rd1 Kxg7 40. Be7 Kh7
41. Bf6 Ree8 42. Rd2 Rxc3 43. Rh2 Qxh2+ 44. Kxh2 Rec8 45. Rh3 Rc2+ 46. Kg3 h5
47. Qg5 Rg8 48. Kf4 Rc4+ 49. Ke3 Rc3+ 50. Kf2 Rc2+ 51. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. Qf3 Bf8 14. a5 Bd7 15.
Nb3 Bc6 16. Bb6 Qb8 17. Rae1 Nd7 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Qh3 b5 20. axb6 Nxb6 21. Nd4
Na4 22. Nd1 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Rab8 24. f5 exf5 25. Nxf5 Bd7 26. Nh6+ gxh6 27. Qg3+
Kh8 28. Rxf7 Rb4 29. Ref1 Qd8 30. Nc3 Be6 31. Ra7 Re7 32. Rxa6 Nxc3 33. bxc3
Rbb7 34. Rxd6 Rbd7 35. Rxf8+ Qxf8 36. Bd4+ Rg7 37. Bxg7+ Rxg7 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bxc6 bxc6 $5 $146 {
A novelty as early as on move six is always a remarkable thing nowadays!
Obviously, preparation, as Caruana played this position as White just few
weeks previously. I don't think this novelty is an improvement over the other
recapture 6...dxc6, but it leads to a different type of position.} (6... dxc6 {
Here the position is closed and a long manoeuvring battle is expected.} 7. Nc4
Nd7 8. Be3 (8. O-O Re8 9. a4 Bf8 10. Kh1 f6 11. Ng1 Nc5 12. b3 Ne6 13. Ne2 c5
14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 Be6 17. Ne3 Bd6 18. Qf3 $14 {1/2-1/2 (40)
Malakhov,V (2706)-Jakovenko,D (2742) Sochi 2015}) 8... Bd6 9. O-O Re8 10. Nfd2
Nf8 11. Qh5 Be6 12. h3 Ng6 13. g3 Qd7 14. Kh2 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Ne4 $14 {
0-1 (47) Caruana,F (2803)-Jakovenko,D (2738) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 7. Nxe5 {
White has to take, otherwise he can't even dream about the advantage.} Re8 8.
Nef3 d5 9. O-O ({After} 9. e5 Bg4 {White won't hold his extra pawn.} 10. O-O
Rxe5 $11 {An attempt to win material at any cost:} 11. d4 $6 Bxd4 12. h3 Bh5
13. g4 $2 Nxg4 $1 14. hxg4 (14. Nxe5 Qh4 $1 15. Nxg4 Qg3+ 16. Kh1 Qxh3+ 17. Kg1
Bxg4 $19) 14... Bxg4 {[%csl Rg1] would lead White to an opening disaster.})
9... Bg4 (9... dxe4 $6 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. dxe4 Bg4 12. h3 {is not sufficient
for Black.}) 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qe2 (11. exd5 cxd5 {Black doesn't have immediate
threats, but has sufficient compensation in all lines thanks to his activity.}
12. b3 (12. Re1 Qd6 $44) (12. Nb3 Bd6 13. Be3 Nd7 $44 {[%cal Gc7c5,Gd7e5]})
12... Ne4 $1 13. dxe4 dxe4 14. Bb2 exf3 15. Nxf3 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Bxf3 17. gxf3
Re2 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Rxc2 $11) (11. e5 Rxe5 $1 12. g4 Nxg4 13. Nxe5 (13.
hxg4 $4 Bxg4 {[%cal Ge5g5] leads to a ferocious attack.}) 13... Qh4 14. hxg4
Qg3+ 15. Kh1 Qh3+ $11) 11... dxe4 12. Nxe4 (12. dxe4 $6 Nxe4 $1 13. Nxe4 Qd5
14. Re1 f5 15. Nc3 Rxe2 16. Nxd5 Rxe1+ 17. Nxe1 cxd5 {and already White is the
one that has to be careful.}) 12... h6 $1 {A useful move, preventing Bc1-g5.
Now it's not easy for White to develop.} (12... Nxe4 $2 {Now this idea
wouldn't work.} 13. dxe4 Qd5 14. Re1 {and Black can't win the Pe4.}) 13. Be3 $1
{The best is to return the pawn immediately, but to complete the development.}
(13. Re1 Re6 $1 14. Bf4 (14. c3 $2 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Rf6 $19) 14...
Nxe4 15. dxe4 Qf6 16. Bxc7 Qxb2 {[%cal Ga8e8] and Black is doing well.}) (13.
c3 $6 Re6 $36 {[%cal Gd8e7]}) 13... Nxe4 14. dxe4 Rxe4 15. Qd3 {Massive
exchanges are to follow.} Bxf3 16. Qxd8+ (16. gxf3 $2 Re5 {Here White just
ruined his structure for nothing.}) (16. Bxc5 Qxd3 17. cxd3 Re5 $11 18. d4 Rg5
{It's important that Black doesn't lose a piece.}) 16... Rxd8 17. Bxc5 Be2 18.
Rfc1 {The opposite coloured bishops strongly hint at drawish tendencies.
White's only hope to squeeze something out of the game is Black's damaged
structure on the queenside.} a5 19. b3 a4 20. Re1 $6 (20. f3 Re6 21. Bb4 $1 {
covering the d2-square. White will continue with Kg1-f2, Rc1-e1, torturing his
opponent for a while. In the event of an exchange on b3, White will recapture
by cxb3, opening the c-file against Black's doubled pawns.}) 20... Rd2 21. Rac1
axb3 {Now White has to take with the a-pawn. Every simplification makes
Black's defensive task easier.} 22. axb3 Rd5 23. Be3 Bh5 24. Ra1 Bg6 25. Ra7
Re7 26. c4 Rd8 (26... Rd3 {was also okay.}) 27. Rea1 Bc2 28. b4 Rd1+ {Another
exchange that basically limits White's winning chances - close to zero!} 29.
Rxd1 Bxd1 30. b5 {More simplifications to follow and draw will be agreed soon.}
cxb5 31. cxb5 Re5 32. Rxc7 Rxb5 33. Rc5 Rxc5 34. Bxc5 Bc2 35. Bd6 Bd1 36. Bc5
Bc2 37. Bd6 Bd1 {The game might look boring at first sight, but the opening
battle was very interesting.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2876"]
[Annotator "Wagner,D"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the 2nd round of the Norway Chess tournament in
Stavanger. It has to be mentioned that Carlsen entered this game with a
certain psychological handicap, as he had lost his game in round one against
Veselin Topalov on time in a winning position, because he didn't know the time
control.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {Definitely not for the first time
the two experts have chosen the Berlin as their battleground.} 4. O-O Nxe4 5.
d4 {Caruana is principled enough to enter the ending.} Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5
Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 h6 $5 {That's the third time Carlsen has chosen this
setup against Caruana. The move h6 controls the important g5-square, but has
the drawback that White can seize space with g4 at the appropriate moment.} (
9... Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 {is the mainline.}) 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Nc3 Ne7 (11... Bd7 {
led to another disaster for Carlsen against the same opponent.} 12. Bf4 Rd8 13.
Ne4 Be7 14. g4 Nh4 15. Nxh4 Bxh4 16. Kg2 Be6 17. f3 b6 18. b3 c5 19. c4 Rd7 20.
Bg3 Be7 21. Rxd7 Bxd7 22. Nc3 Kd8 23. Nd5 Re8 24. Rd1 Kc8 25. Nxc7 $16 {
1-0 (53) Caruana,F (2783)-Carlsen,M (2881) Shamkir 2014}) 12. b3 $1 {I think
that the b3-setup is the most promising against the line with h6 and Ne7.} (12.
Bf4 {Apparently Caruana wasn't content with the result of their last game in
this line.} Ng6 13. Bh2 Bb4 14. Ne2 Be7 15. Nfd4 Nf8 16. g4 h5 17. Nf5 Ne6 18.
Kg2 b6 19. f3 c5 20. Bg3 Bg5 21. h4 hxg4 22. hxg5 gxf3+ 23. Kxf3 Nxg5+ 24. Kf4
Nh3+ 25. Ke4 Ng5+ 26. Kf4 Nh3+ {1/2-1/2 (26) Caruana,F (2811) -Carlsen,M (2865)
Baden-Baden 2015}) 12... Bf5 {Carlsen immediately activates his light-squared
bishop.} (12... Ng6 $5 {is an alternative.} 13. Bb2 Be7 14. Ne2 (14. Ne4 Nf4
15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Ng3 c5 17. Nde2 Nxe2+ 18. Nxe2 Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 (37)
Svetushkin,D (2597)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2676) Achaea 2012}) 14... h5 15. a4 a5 16.
c4 $14 {1-0 (83) Kamsky,G (2705)-Bruzon Batista,L (2679) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010})
13. Nd4 Bh7 14. Bb2 Rd8 15. Nce2 $1 (15. e6 {is rather harmless, if Black
reacts precisely.} Nd5 $1 $11 (15... Nc8 16. Nce2 Bd6 17. c4 Ne7 (17... f6 18.
g4 h5 $11) 18. Rac1 b6 19. g4 f6 20. f4 {1/2 (65)-1/2 (65) Polgar, J (2689)
-Howell,D (2644) Warsaw 2013; with a complicated position, where White has the
initiative.}) 16. Nxd5 (16. Nce2 Bd6 17. c4 Nb4 18. Bc3 Rg8 $132) 16... cxd5
17. exf7+ Kxf7 18. Nf3 Bd6 19. Ne5+ Bxe5 20. Bxe5 c6 $11) 15... Nd5 (15... g5 {
is another idea, but creates some further weaknesses.} 16. c4 (16. e6 Rg8 $1
$11) 16... Bg7 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Re1 a6 (18... Kd7 19. e6+ fxe6 20. Rad1 Kc8 21.
Nxc6 Nxc6 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Bxg7 Rh7 24. Bc3 $14) 19. Nf3 Rg8 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21.
Rxe4 c5 22. h4 $1 gxh4 23. Rxh4 Ng6 24. Re4 $14 {White is slightly better,
because of his mobile kingside majority, but Black can hope to compensate for
this with his control of the d-file.}) 16. c4 Nb4 17. Nf4 Rg8 18. g4 {I
already like White's position. The knight on b4 is out of the game, while
Black is still far away from active counterplay. Anyway, Black should still be
ok here.} Na6 $2 {But that´s the start of major problems.} (18... g5 $6 19. Nh5
Be7 20. Nf5 $14) (18... Nc2 $1 {Black can hope to survive by exchanging his
bad knight.} 19. Nxc2 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Bxc2 21. Rd2 Bb1 22. Bc3 Be7 23. Ne2 {
might be the best try, since Black can't attack ths knight on this square.} (
23. Kg2 Bg5 $1 {with a good exchange for Black} 24. Kg3 Bxf4+ 25. Kxf4 Ke7 $11)
(23. Nh5 Bg6 24. Kg2 Bxh5 25. gxh5 Bg5 26. Rd4 c5 27. Rd5 g6 28. Rxc5 gxh5 29.
Kf3 c6 $11) 23... Ba3 24. Kg2 Ke7 25. Nd4 Rd8 26. Nf5+ Bxf5 27. gxf5 Rxd2 28.
Bxd2 $14) (18... Be7 $5 {is also possible.} 19. Nf5 (19. Bc3 Nc2 20. Nxc2 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 Bxc2 22. Rd2 Bg5 $11) 19... Bg5 20. Ne2 c5 21. Rxd8+ (21. f4 Bxf5 22.
gxf5 Bh4 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Rd1+ Kc8 $11) 21... Kxd8 22. Rd1+ Kc8 23. a3 Nc6
24. Kg2 {with a double-edged position where Black should be able to defend
successfully.}) 19. Nf5 Nc5 20. Rxd8+ (20. Kg2 $5 {is also good, e.g.} Ne6 21.
Nxe6 fxe6 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Rd1+ Kc8 24. Nd4 Kd7 25. Ne2+ Ke7 26. Kf3 $14)
20... Kxd8 21. Rd1+ Kc8 22. Ba3 $5 {Setting a cunning trap...} Ne6 $2 {...
which Carlsen runs into!} (22... Bxf5 $6 23. gxf5 g6 24. fxg6 (24. f6 g5 (24...
Ne6 25. Nxe6 Bxa3 26. Ng7 Bb2 27. f4 g5) 25. Nh5 Ne6 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. Kg2 Re8
28. Kg3 $14) 24... Ne6 25. Bxf8 Nxf4 (25... Nxf8 26. Kg2 Nxg6 27. Nxg6 Rxg6+
28. Kf3 $14) 26. g7 Ne6 27. Kh2 Nxf8 28. gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 29. Kg3 $14 {with a
dangerous edge in the rook ending.}) (22... b6 $5 {is more pleasant for White,
but nothing decisive of course.}) 23. Nxe6 Bxa3 {A sad necessity.} ({Probably
Carlsen had planned} 23... fxe6 {but overlooked the strong reply} 24. Be7 $3
$18) 24. Nexg7 Bf8 25. e6 $1 Bxf5 26. Nxf5 fxe6 27. Ng3 $16 {This is a
nightmare for every Berlin-player. The black structure has even worsened and
White can exploit the kingside majority without the slightest risk.} Be7 28.
Kg2 Rf8 29. Rd3 $1 {[%cal Gd3f3] A great square for the rook.} Rf7 30. Nh5 Bd6
31. Rf3 Rh7 (31... Rxf3 32. Kxf3 Kd7 33. Ke4 {is also just bad.}) 32. Re3 Re7
33. f4 {The rest is a matter of technique.} Ba3 34. Kf3 Bb2 35. Re2 Bc3 36. g5
Kd7 37. Kg4 Re8 38. Ng3 Rh8 39. h4 b6 40. h5 c5 41. g6 Re8 42. f5 exf5+ 43. Kf4
Rh8 44. Nxf5 Bf6 45. Rg2 {A convincing technical game by Caruana and a tough
start for the World Champion.} 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Nd4 Qd6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Rc1
Qa6 {A harmless opening variation has resulted in a very dry position which
seems likely to be heading towards a draw.} 15. Qb3 (15. Rxc5 {has been tried
before by Karjakin and Radjabov but neither of them could achieve anything
more than a draw} b6 (15... Qxa2 $5 16. Rb5 b6 17. Qa1 Qe6 18. Qa6 Rfc8 19. Ra1
Qc6 {1/2-1/2 Gausel,E (2540)-Tisdall,J (2480)/Reykjavik 1997/CBM 062}) 16. Rc4
Qxa2 17. Rb4 Rac8 (17... Rfc8 18. Qa1 Qd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Radjabov,T (2788)
-Ivanchuk,V (2769)/Istanbul 2012/CBM 151 (30)}) 18. Qa1 Qxa1 19. Rxa1 Rc7 20.
Kg2 Rd8 21. Ra6 h5 22. b3 Be5 23. Re4 Bd6 24. b4 $5 Rdd7 25. b5 Rc2 26. Kf3 Rb2
$11 {1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S (2770)-Leko,P (2731)/Sochi RUS 2014/The Week in Chess
1045 (57)}) 15... b6 16. Rc4 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 Rd7 18. a3 Rad8 19. Rf4 $146 ({
A previous game simplified to an easy draw after} 19. Qc2 Bd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21.
b4 Rxc4 22. Qxc4 Qxc4 23. Rxc4 Rd4 24. bxc5 Rxc4 25. dxc4 bxc5 26. f4 f5 27.
Kf2 Kf7 28. e3 e6 29. h3 h5 30. h4 a5 {1/2-1/2 Meier,G (2623)-Safarli,E (2653)/
Antalya TUR 2013/The Week in Chess 996}) 19... Bf6 ({It is hard to notice any
risk in the move} 19... e6 {as well. Should be equal.}) 20. h4 Qb7 21. Rc2 ({
The thematic break} 21. h5 $6 {does not promise anything here as Black can
simply take} gxh5 {[%cal Gh5h4] and always have the move ...h4 in his hand.})
21... Qb8 22. Rf3 Rd5 23. Bg5 Qd6 (23... Bxg5 {could have unnecessarily gone a
bit wild after} 24. e4 Bxh4 25. gxh4 (25. exd5 $6 Bf6 $15) 25... R5d7 26. Qxf7+
Kh8 $13 {with some sort of dynamic equality.}) 24. Bxf6 exf6 {Not all doubled
pawns are weak. Black's structure, although very slightly damaged is very
solid enough to hold.} 25. Qa4 a5 26. Qf4 f5 27. Qxd6 R8xd6 28. Rf4 Rd4 29.
Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Rc3 Kf6 32. e3 Rd6 33. Kf3 Ke5 34. a4 Kd5 35. Ke2 Rd7
36. Kd2 h6 37. Rc1 Kc6 38. Kc3 {Everything has gone pretty logically so far in
the fight between the World no.4 and the World no.2. White's better pawn
structure might give him a very slight chance to try and persist but obviously
the advantage is simply negligible for the R endgame.} b5 $6 {Suddenly strange
things begin to happen. For no apparent reason, Caruana creates further damage
to his pawn structure.} (38... Kd5 $11 {is pretty much equal.} 39. f3 h5 40.
Rd1 (40. e4+ fxe4 41. dxe4+ Ke5 $11) 40... Rd6 41. e4+ Ke5 42. exf5 Kxf5 43.
Re1 f6 44. Re7 g5 $11 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Gd6d3,Gd6b6]}) 39. axb5+ Kxb5 40. b3 $5
{This move is also a bit curious as White had an option of using the b3-square
for a R manouevre.} ({For example} 40. h5 g5 (40... gxh5 $2 41. Rh1 $18) 41.
Ra1 Re7 42. Ra3 {[%cal Ga3b3,Gb3b8]} f4 (42... a4 43. b3 axb3 44. Rxb3+ Kc6 45.
Rb8 $16) 43. e4 (43. gxf4 gxf4 44. e4 Re5 $11) 43... Re8 (43... fxg3 44. fxg3
Re8 45. Ra1 {[%cal Ga1f1]}) 44. Ra1 (44. Rb3+ Kc6 45. Kc4 Rd8) 44... Re5 45.
gxf4 gxf4 46. Rh1 f5 47. f3 fxe4 48. dxe4 Rg5 49. Rh4 a4 50. Rxf4 Rxh5 51. Rf8
$14) 40... g5 $2 {Suicidal. Within a span of 3 moves the position has gone
from dead equal to lost for Black, and surpisingly the reason has been gross
positional mistakes rather than any obvious blunders. The move ...g5 is
totally inexplicable for a player of Caruana's calibre.} (40... h5 $142 41. Ra1
Rd8 42. Ra4 {is a very slight edge for White but with accurate play Black is
likely to hold.}) 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Rh1 {[%csl Rf5,Rf7,Rg5][%cal Gh1h6,Gh6h7,
Gh6f6,Gh7f7,Gh7g7,Gg7g5]} Ra7 43. Rh7 f4 (43... a4 44. bxa4+ Rxa4 45. Rxf7 Ra3+
46. Kd2 Ra2+ 47. Ke1 Ra1+ 48. Ke2 Ra2+ 49. Kf1 Ra1+ 50. Kg2 Rd1 51. Rxf5 Rxd3
52. Rxg5 $16) 44. gxf4 gxf4 45. e4 $1 {Making sure that he gets connected
passed pawns.} a4 46. bxa4+ Rxa4 47. Rxf7 Ra3+ 48. Kd2 Ra2+ 49. Ke1 Ra3 (49...
Kb4 50. Rxf4 Kc3 51. Rf3 Kd4 52. Re3 Ke5 53. Kf1 Rb2 54. Kg2 Rb7 55. Kf3 Rb2 (
55... Rd7 56. Ke2 $18) 56. Re1 Kd4 57. e5 $18) 50. Ke2 Ra2+ 51. Kf3 Rd2 52. Rd7
Kc6 53. Rd5 Kb6 54. e5 Kc6 55. Rd8 Kc7 56. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. g3
Be6 9. Bg2 b5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Be3 Be7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. f4 Qc8 15.
Rc1 O-O 16. b3 exf4 17. Bxf4 Qc5+ 18. Nd4 Bf6 19. Be3 Rfe8 20. Nxf5 Rxe3 21.
Kh1 Re5 22. c4 b4 23. Qxh5 g6 24. Qg4 Rxf5 25. Rxf5 Ne5 26. Rxe5 Bxe5 27. Rf1
Qd4 28. Qxd4 Bxd4 29. Bf3 Re8 30. Kg2 Re3 31. Rd1 Bc5 32. h4 Kg7 33. g4 Rc3 34.
Rd2 Be3 35. Re2 a5 36. Be4 Bd4 37. Bf3 Bf6 38. g5 Bd4 39. Be4 Be5 40. Bf3 Bd4
41. Be4 Be5 42. Bf3 Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Illingworth,M"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 $5 {[%cal Yd2d4] It is hard to 'outbook' Caruana
these days, so Aronian doesn't try to, preferring modest play to get some
strategic middlegame. It worked in that Caruana at least started to think a
little from here.} (3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bf4 {
1-0 (58) Aronian,L (2812)-Caruana,F (2782) Wijk aan Zee 2014 CBM 159 
[Krasenkow,M]}) 3... e6 (3... d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 {looks quite critical, when
White could transpose to normal Symmetrical lines with Nc3, but there are
alternatives such as} 5. Bc4 $5 (5. d4 $5 cxd4 6. Bc4 $5 $146 Nb6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8.
exd4 {provides an unusual IQP position, when Black shouldn't get too ambitious,
e.g.} Bf5 9. d5 Nb4 10. O-O N4xd5 11. a4 (11. Nd4 Bxb1 $1 12. Rxb1 e6 $11)
11... a5 12. Nd4 {[%csl Yb5]} Bg6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 e5 15. Ne6 Qd7 16. Nxf8
Kxf8 17. Qf3 $44 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Yb3g8,Yf1d1,Yb1c3] and with the bishop pair,
better development and a weak enemy king for the pawn, I'd prefer White's
chances.}) 5... e6 (5... Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 $5 7. Bxc4 Nxc4 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Qxc4 e5
10. Nc3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qc7 {[%csl Ra1,Rc1,
Yc8,Yd6] gives Black reasonable Marshall-style compensation for the pawn, but
this won't be to everyone's liking.}) 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. exd4 O-O 9. Nc3
Nc6 {transposing to a line of the Panov-Botvinnik Attack.}) (3... g6 $5 4. Nc3
Bg7 5. d4 (5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 {is another option, with a
possible transposition to a Symmetrical English line after} Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6
10. d4) 5... cxd4 6. exd4 d5 {transposes to a nice reversed colours Tarrasch ,
when trying to be creative with} 7. Bg5 O-O 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. cxd5 {sees Black
obtain full compensation after} e6 $5) (3... Nc6 4. Nc3 (4. d4 cxd4 5. exd4 d5
6. Nc3 Bg4 {is a major variation of the Panov-Botvinnik, known to be fine for
Black.}) 4... e6 (4... e5 5. d4 {transposes to a very serious line of the
Symmetrical with 2...Nc6 3.Nc3 e5.}) 5. d4 d5 {would be one way to transpose
to the Semi-Tarrasch while avoiding Aronian's 5.cxd5/6.Bb5 system played in
the game.}) 4. d4 {Once again play is quite likely to transpose to another
opening from here.} d5 (4... cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. Nc3 {for example transposes to
the Panov-Botvinnik main lines.} (6. a3 $5 {is an interesting fresh try, but
Black should be fine after} Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. c5 {[%csl Ya3][%cal Yb2b4]} Ne4
9. Qc2 f5 10. b4 Bf6 11. Bd3 Nc6 $11 {1-0 (38) Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2603)
-Peralta,F (2601) Arinsal 2011})) (4... a6 $5 {is an interesting move order
device for trying to avoid the 5.cxd5 variation.} 5. a3 $5 {White can also
play the waiting game!} (5. Nc3 d5 {[%cal Rf1b5] is Black's point.}) 5... d5 (
5... b6 $5 {would be a curious response, with the point that the standard
answer to ...b6 (d4-d5) would now allow Black to play ...b5, e.g.} 6. d5 exd5
7. cxd5 b5 8. Nc3 d6 9. e4 g6 10. h3 Bg7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O {and we
transposed to a line of the Modern Benoni.}) 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. b4 Be7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Nbd2 {and while it would be a stretch to claim White is better, his
position is quite harmonious, in the style of the Meran.}) 5. cxd5 {This is a
very safe system I played twice in 2009.} (5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 {is what Aronian
had opted for in a few previous games, e.g.} a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Ba7 9. Bb2
O-O 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. Be2 d4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. O-O e5
16. Na4 {1-0 (59) Aronian,L (2808)-Anand,V (2817) Monte Carlo 2011 CBM 142 
[Marin,M]}) 5... exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 (6... Nbd7 {is the engine's suggestion, but
it feels a bit unnatural to block the bishop in and after} 7. Nc3 a6 8. Be2 Be7
9. O-O O-O 10. b3 $5 b5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bb2 {I'd find it easier to play
White, though objectively it must be equal after} Bb7 $11) (6... Nc6 7. O-O Bd6
{is more combative, but again White has a harmonious setup after} 8. dxc5 Bxc5
9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 {[%csl Yd4]} Bg4 11. Bxc6 (11. h3 $6 Bh5 {[%cal Gh5g6,Gb5c6,
Gb7c6] only helps Black in my view; White will usually take on c6 in such
positions, and then ...Bh5-g6 will be a very standard plan.}) 11... bxc6 12.
Nbd2 {1-0 (65) Zhou,J (2578)-Adhiban,B (2646) Hyderabad 2015} Rc8 13. Qc2 Nd7
14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Qxc5 Nd3 16. Qd4 Nxb2 17. Qxg4 c5 {[%cal Gb2d3] and the
position is equal.}) 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. dxc5 Nxc5 (8... Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3
Nb6 11. b3 $14 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Yb3c4] leaves the b6-knight sorely misplaced.})
9. O-O Be7 (9... Bd6 {is playable, but after} 10. Bd2 (10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 {
is more conventional.}) 10... O-O 11. Bc3 Nfe4 12. Bd4 {White has scored well
in practice, though Black is not objectively worse after} Rc8 13. Nc3 Ne6 $11)
10. Nc3 {Aronian was also beginning to think at this point.} ({Also quite a
valid approach is} 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bc3 (11. Bb4 Nce4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11) 11...
Nfe4 12. Bd4 Ne6 (12... Rc8 $142 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Ne4 $11) 13. Nc3 Nxd4
14. Nxd4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qd7 16. Qb3 Rac8 17. Rfd1 Rc5 18. Rd3 $14 {[%csl Rd5]
[%cal Ya1d1,Yd4e2,Ye2f4] ½-½ (31) Hirneise,T (2440)-Nisipeanu,L (2674)
Germany 2013, was close to equal, but clearly White is pressing.}) 10... O-O
11. b3 Nce4 {Black's most common and natural move.} (11... Qa5 $6 {1/2-1/2 (55)
Illingworth,M (2250)-Mastrovasilis,D (2580) Queenstown 2009} 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13.
Qxd5 Rfd8 14. Qc4 b5 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. Qb1 $1 {doesn't give Black a lot for the
pawn.}) (11... Rc8 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Ne2 Qa5 14. a3 Qb5 15. Nfd4 Qd7 16. Rc1 Bd6
17. Nf4 Bxf4 (17... Be5 $5) 18. exf4 $14 {[%csl Yd4][%cal Yf2f3,Yd1d2,Yb3b4,
Yf4f5] also gives White room to press for some time.}) 12. Ne2 (12. Bb2 Qa5 ({
or} 12... Rc8 13. Ne2) 13. Ne2 {transposes to the game.}) 12... Qa5 (12... Rc8
13. Bb2 Re8 14. Rc1 Qa5 {1/2-1/2 (41) Javakhishvili,L (2475)-Zhukova,N (2427)
Porto Carras 2011} 15. a4 $5 Bb4 16. h3 $14 {[%cal Ye2f4,Yf3d4] is more
pleasant for White on account of his superior structure.}) 13. Bb2 Ba3 {
In general Black wants to avoid exchanging minor pieces when saddled with the
IQP.} (13... Rfe8 14. Nfd4 Bd6 15. f3 Nc5 16. Nf5 Be5 17. Ned4 $14 {[%csl Rc5,
Yd4,Yf5,Rf6][%cal Yf5e3] is White's dream position; Black's knights don't have
any good squares and White can steadily build up the pressure against and
around the IQP.}) ({The most common} 13... Rac8 {should be met with} 14. Nfd4
$1 Ba3 15. Bxa3 Qxa3 16. f3 Ng5 17. Qd2 Ne6 18. Rac1 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 a6 20. Rc3
$1 Rxc3 21. Qxc3 $14 {[%csl Rd5,Rf6][%cal Yc3c8] ½-½ (34) Khenkin,I (2595)
-Luther,T (2569) Osterburg 2006, and White had a very stable advantage.}) 14.
Bxa3 Qxa3 15. Qc1 $1 {Here the queen exchange makes sense as if Black takes,
White will get pressure down the open file.} (15. Nf4 Nc3 16. Qd2 Rfc8 17. Nd4
{is also better for White, but there's no real need to allow the knight to c3,
even if it doesn't threaten anything from there.}) 15... Qa6 {Caruana spent
some time on this move, although the choice of queen retreat doesn't alter the
stable nature of the position.} (15... Qxc1 $6 16. Raxc1 Rac8 17. Nfd4 $16 {
[%cal Yd4f5,Yf5e7,Gf2f3,Gf5d6] gives White ideas of Nf5 and Nf4 to harass
Black.}) ({A model game for White went} 15... Qd6 16. Qb2 Rac8 17. h3 (17. Nf4
$5) 17... Rc5 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. Nfd4 Qd7 (19... g6 $142 {was a preferable way
to cover the f5-square, but White is still clearly for choice.}) 20. Rxc5 Rxc5
21. Rc1 Qc8 22. Rxc5 Qxc5 23. f3 Nd6 24. Kf2 $16 {[%cal Ye2f4,Yg2g4,Yh3h4] 1-0
(37) Tregubov,P (2599)-Grishchenko,S (2498) Sochi 2012, and White had an ideal
position.}) 16. Qb2 Rac8 17. Nfd4 Rc7 {We've already seen from the
illustrative games that the exchange of rooks doesn't really improve Black's
drawing chances here (contrary to the majority of IQP positions), so} (17...
Nc5 $5 {readying ...Nd3 was a worthy alternative. Even so, White is definitely
better after} 18. Rad1 g6 (18... Nd3 $2 19. Qd2) 19. Nf4 $36 {and Black had to
slightly weaken his king to prevent Nf5. White has full control of the
position.}) 18. Rac1 {The most natural move by far.} (18. f3 Nc5 {[%cal Rc5d3]
makes it harder to challenge for the c-file, although} 19. Qd2 $1 {is
naturally still promising for White.}) (18. a4 $5 {[%cal Yd4b5,Rb5a7] is
suggested by the computers to prepare Nb5, however it's quite abstract to put
this long-term pressure on a7.}) 18... Rfc8 $6 (18... Nc5 {makes sense given
the position of White's major pieces. Then} 19. Qa1 Rfc8 20. h3 Nd3 21. Rxc7
Rxc7 22. Rd1 {would be a natural way to improve White's position.}) 19. a4 {
White wants to make Black trade rooks, but} (19. Rxc7 $142 Rxc7 20. Rc1 {
à la Tregubov would be my slight preference. The difference to the game is
that after} Qb6 21. Rxc7 Qxc7 22. f3 Nd6 23. Nf4 {[%csl Ya2,Yb3][%cal Yh2h4,
Yg2g4] White doesn't have to fear counterplay against b3 as in the game. Next
up he will expand on the kingside with g4 and h4, and Black will have a very
hard time of things.}) 19... Qb6 20. Nb5 (20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21. Rc1 {was still
possible, though now Black has extra options such as} Ng4 $5) 20... Rxc1 {
In this particular case, with b3 weakened I think the exchange of rooks is
worth going for.} 21. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 g6 23. f3 Nc5 24. Qc3 $14 {White is
still better, but the pressure on b3 really limits his options compared to
what he could have had.} a6 25. Nbd4 Qd6 (25... Qc7 26. Nf5 $6 gxf5 27. Qxf6
Qa5 $1 {gives Black counterplay, but of course there's no need to go crazy in
such a position.}) 26. h4 (26. Nf4 {will probably come to the same sort of
thing.}) 26... b6 $1 {[%cal Ya6a5] Caruana defends strongly with his plan of
fixing the queenside pawns.} 27. g3 (27. Nf4 a5 28. g4 {[%cal Rd6g3,Rd6h2] is
more ambitious, but I guess Aronian was concerned his king would be vulnerable
to perpetual checks later if he moved his pawns too far.}) 27... a5 $1 {
[%csl Ya4,Ya5,Yb3,Yb6] Black has handled the position well and should be fine
as White lacks a great pawn break, though naturally only White can win such a
position.} 28. Nb5 Qe7 29. Nf4 {White doesn't have any real threat in this
position, but he can try different setups. Also it's worth noting that Caruana
was experiencing some time pressure.} h6 {Probably the best defence, so that ..
.g5-g4 becomes an aggressive option later if White dawdles too much.} 30. Nd4
Qe5 31. Nfe2 {Aronian shuffles a bit in the hope of provoking a mistake in
time trouble, but he takes the strategy a little too far and loses his
advantage.} (31. g4 $1 $14 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Yh4h5,Rg6g5,Rd4f5] is best to play
for h5 and fixing h6 as a target.}) 31... Nfd7 (31... Ne8 $1 {with ideas of ...
Nd6-f5 was even better, but the text is also okay.}) 32. Kg2 Kh7 33. Nf4 g5 $1
{[%csl Ye4][%cal Yg5g4] This is very well timed, otherwise White could play g4
and h5 and actually make some progress.} 34. hxg5 (34. Nfe2 {would prevent
Caruana's idea in the game of} g4 $6 (34... gxh4 35. gxh4 Nf8 $11 {is also
normal and fine.}) 35. Qc2+ Kg8 36. fxg4 Nf6 (36... Qxe3 $2 37. Nf5) 37. Qf5
Qe4+ $1 38. Qxe4 dxe4 {but White has some winning chances in this knight
endgame after} 39. Nf4 Nxg4 40. Nd5 Nd7 41. Nf5 $1 $16 {and both Black's
knights are bound up, in turn tying up the Black king.}) 34... hxg5 35. Nh5 g4
$1 {Now this is an effective liquidator.} 36. fxg4 (36. Qc2+ $2 Kg8 37. fxg4
Qxe3 {now doesn't work for White as Nf5 doesn't hit a pawn on h6.}) 36... Qe4+
37. Nf3 ({Clearly not} 37. Kh3 $4 Qh1#) 37... Qxg4 38. Nf6+ Nxf6 39. Qxf6 {
Now the game should be a draw, but with no time on the clock Caruana thinks he
sees a way to instantly force a draw...} Qxg3+ $2 {Winning a pawn, but the
white pieces will be far too active in the resulting ending.} (39... Qg6 {
[%cal Rc5b3,Rg6c2] was simple and good, when ideas of ...Qc2 and ...Nxb3 mean
that White will probably press the bail-out option with} 40. Qh4+ Kg8 41. Qd8+
Kg7 42. Qxd5 Qc2+ 43. Nd2 Nxb3 44. Qg5+ $11 {, or any other normal way.}) 40.
Kxg3 Ne4+ 41. Kf4 Nxf6 42. Ke5 $18 {[%csl Ye5,Yf3,Rf6,Rh7][%cal Ye5d6,Yd6c6,
Yc6b6] White is winning as his king is far more active and his pieces will
simply mop up Black's pawns.} Kg6 (42... Kg7 43. Kd6 Kg6 44. Nd4 {merely
leaves Black a tempo down on the game.}) (42... Ng4+ 43. Kxd5 Nxe3+ 44. Kc6 Kg6
({or} 44... Nc2 45. Kxb6 Na1 46. Nd4) 45. Kxb6 Kf5 46. Kxa5 Kf4 47. Nd2 $18 {
is a very straightforward win, as White is a pawn up and his passers are
faster.}) 43. Nd4 {Black's pieces are simply dominated, as he can't afford to
allow the white king to c6, taking all his pawns, and yet he's powerless to
stop it.} Kg5 (43... Ng4+ 44. Kxd5 Nxe3+ ({or} 44... Kf6 45. Kc6 Ke5 46. Kxb6
Ke4 47. Kxa5 Nxe3 48. Ne2 $1 Kd3 (48... Nd5 49. b4 Ke3 50. Ng1 Kf2 51. Nh3+ Kg3
52. Ng5 f5 53. b5 $18) 49. Nf4+ Ke4 50. Nh5 $18 {[%csl Re4][%cal Yh5f4]}) 45.
Kc6 Kf6 46. Kxb6 Ke5 47. Ne2 f5 48. Kxa5 {and Black can't do anything with his
passed pawn, e.g.} f4 49. Nxf4 Kxf4 50. Kb5 $1 Ke5 51. a5 Kd6 52. Kb6 Nd5+ 53.
Kb7 Nb4 54. a6 Nc6 55. b4 $18) 44. Kd6 Ng4 (44... Kg4 45. Kc6 Kg3 46. Kxb6 Kf2
47. Nc2 Ke2 48. Kxa5 Kd2 49. Nb4 Kxe3 50. Kb5 {gives White a game-winning
a-pawn.}) 45. Nc2 $1 {The only move. Now White can collect Black's queenside
pawns.} Kf5 (45... Kf6 46. Kxd5 Kf5 47. Nd4+ (47. Kc6 Ke4 48. Kxb6 Nxe3 49.
Nxe3 Kxe3 50. Kxa5 f5 51. b4 f4 52. b5 f3 53. b6 f2 54. b7 f1=Q 55. b8=Q {
is known to be a draw.}) 47... Kf6 48. Kc6 {transposes to the 43...Ng4 note.})
(45... f6 46. Kxd5 Ne5 47. Nd4 $1 Kg4 48. Kd6 Nf3 49. Kc7 f5 50. Kxb6 Nxd4 51.
exd4 f4 52. d5 f3 53. d6 f2 54. d7 f1=Q 55. d8=Q $18 {is a winning endgame for
White.}) 46. Kxd5 Nf6+ (46... Ne5 47. Nd4+ Kf6 48. Kd6 {is also winning.}) 47.
Kc6 Ke4 48. Kxb6 Kd3 (48... Nd5+ 49. Kxa5 Nxe3 50. Nxe3 Kxe3 51. Kb4 $1 f5 52.
a5 f4 53. a6 f3 54. a7 f2 55. a8=Q f1=Q 56. Qa7+ {[%cal Ya7b7,Yb7b6,Yb6c6,
Yc6c5] wins for White who will eventually force the queens off the board using
the 'staircase' method:} Ke4 57. Qb7+ Kd4 58. Qb6+ Ke4 59. Qc6+ Ke5 60. Qb5+
$18) 49. Ne1+ $2 {This natural move actually throws away the win, whereas} (49.
Nb4+ $1 {just wins after} Kc3 (49... axb4 50. Kc6 $1 $18 {[%csl Yd5,Yd7,Rf6]
stops Black's pieces approaching the a-pawn.}) ({else} 49... Kxe3 50. Kxa5 Nd7
51. Kb5 {and White will have Nd5 when Black's pawn reaches f4.}) 50. Kxa5 Kxb3
51. Kb5 {and Black fails to save himself as} Ne4 52. Nd5 $1 Nd6+ 53. Kc6 Nc4
54. Kc5 $1 Na5 55. Kb5 Nc4 56. a5 $18 {demonstrates.}) 49... Kxe3 50. Kxa5 Kd2
$2 {The decisive mistake; Caruana had probably written off the game as dead
lost, but actually} (50... Ke2 $2 51. Nc2 Kd2 52. Nb4 Kc3 53. Kb5 Kxb3 54. a5
$18) (50... Nd5 $1 {[%cal Ye3e2,Ye3d4] offers an unlikely draw after} 51. b4 ({
or} 51. Kb5 Kd4 52. a5 Kc3 53. Ka4 Nc7 $11 {[%csl Ya6,Yb5]}) 51... Ke2 52. Ng2
Kf3 53. b5 (53. Nh4+ Kg4 {[%csl Rg6]}) 53... Kxg2 54. b6 Nxb6 55. Kxb6 f5 56.
a5 f4 57. a6 f3 58. a7 f2 59. a8=Q+ Kg1 $11) 51. Nf3+ Kc3 52. b4 $18 {Now it
really is decided.} Nd5 53. b5 Kb3 54. Ne5 f5 55. Nd7 Ne3 (55... f4 56. b6 Nxb6
57. Nxb6 f3 58. Nd5 $18 {[%cal Yd5e3]}) 56. b6 Nc4+ 57. Kb5 Nd6+ 58. Kc6 Nc4
59. Kc5 Na5 60. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d4 5. e3 Nc6 6. O-O Bc5 7. b4 Bxb4 8. exd4
O-O 9. Bb2 Rb8 10. Na3 Bxa3 11. Bxa3 Re8 12. Bb2 b5 13. Bc3 bxc4 14. Qa4 Bd7
15. Qxc4 Nd5 16. Rfb1 Rb6 17. a4 Qb8 18. Re1 a5 19. Qc5 Nxc3 20. dxc3 Rb2 21.
Ng5 Qb6 22. Ne4 Ne7 23. Qg5 Ng6 24. h4 h6 25. Qg4 Bc6 26. h5 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 Ne7
28. Qf3 Rd8 29. Rab1 Nd5 30. Rxb2 Qxb2 31. Rb1 Qa2 32. Rb7 Qxa4 33. Bxd5 exd5
34. Rxc7 Qe8 35. Rc5 a4 36. Rxd5 Rxd5 37. Qxd5 a3 38. Qa5 Qe1+ 39. Kg2 Qe4+ 40.
Kh2 Qc2 41. Qxa3 Qxf2+ 42. Kh3 Qf1+ 43. Kh2 Qf2+ 44. Kh3 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne5
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bd7 14. Qd2 Qe7
15. Rac1 Bc6 16. Rc2 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 Ne8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. e3 Nd6 20. Ne2 Bb5 21.
Nf4 Rac8 22. h4 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Rc8 24. Rxc8 Nxc8 25. Qa5 Qd7 26. b3 b6 27. Qc3
Qc6 {The position almost fits the description of dead drawn. With a trade on
c6 the symmetrical pawn structure would surely lead to a draw. Topalov wants
to fight for a win, but in the way that he does it is rather strange.} 28. Qa1
{threatening e4 ideas, with a discovered check down the long diagonal in case
of a capture by the d-pawn.} Qc7 29. Bh3 $2 {This move is just bad though.
Black's position is still not that much better, but White is allowing Caruana
chances for no reason.} (29. e4 dxe4 30. d5+ e5 31. Bxe4 Qe7 $15 {the knight
comes to d6 with a nice position for Black.}) 29... Qc2 {This is the point.
The queen penetrates in this square now that e4 is not really available.} 30.
a4 (30. e4 Qxe4 31. Qc3 {is still equal, but hard to play.}) 30... Ba6 31. Qa3
Qd1+ (31... Qd2 {might have been an inch more precise as it doesn't allow
White access to c1 too easily.}) 32. Kh2 Qd2 33. Bg2 $1 {in the nick of time.}
h6 (33... Qxf2 34. Qc1 {gives White enough counterplay with Qc7 coming up and
multiple threats.}) 34. a5 $1 {The only move to equalize.} Qxa5 (34... bxa5 35.
Qc5 $11) 35. Qc1 Qb4 36. e4 Qxd4 37. exd5 e5 38. Ne6+ {The final detail. The
perpetual is forced and the game ends in a draw.} fxe6 39. Qc7+ Kf6 40. Qd8+
Kf7 41. Qd7+ Kf8 42. Qd8+ Kf7 43. Qd7+ Kf8 44. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. d4 d5 4. c4 c6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Nc3 Qb6 8. O-O
Rd8 9. Na4 Qxb3 10. axb3 Na6 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bg5 Nf6 14. Bf4 Nh5
15. Bg5 Nf6 16. Rfc1 h6 17. Bd2 Ne4 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Be1 Nb8 20. e3 Nc6 21.
Nh4 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Be4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. b4 a6 25. c4 e6 26. Rab1 Na7 27. Ng2 g5
28. Bc3 Rac8 29. c5 e5 30. dxe5 Nc6 31. Ne1 Bxe5 32. Kf1 Bxc3 33. Rxc3 Rd2 34.
Rc2 Rcd8 35. b5 axb5 36. Rxd2 Rxd2 37. Rxb5 Nd8 38. Rb4 Ne6 39. Rxb7 Nxc5 40.
Rb5 Nd7 41. h3 Kg7 42. Rb4 f5 43. Rc4 Ne5 44. Rc2 Rd1 45. Ke2 Ra1 46. f4 exf3+
47. Nxf3 Nxf3 48. Kxf3 Rf1+ 49. Kg2 Ra1 50. Kf3 Rf1+ 51. Kg2 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15.
Re1 O-O 16. b4 Qd7 17. h3 Rfd8 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bf4 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Ba2 Rf8
22. b4 Ra4 23. Qd2 Nd8 24. Bg5 c5 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. bxc5 Qxc5 27. Nh4 Ne6 28.
Bb3 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 {Caruana used up too much time to get to this position. With
only minutes left on the clock (around seven or eight after Rxa1) it was
Giri's duty to find the precise moves to put pressure on Caruana. Instead the
Italian player escaped easily.} Qxe5 $2 {Simply letting Caruana off the hook.}
(29... Be4 $1 30. Re1 Ba8 31. Qxd3 Qc6 32. f3 Nc5 $1 33. Qd1 Nxb3 34. Qxb3 Qh6
{was a winning line. Giri had over an hour to figure this out.} (34... g5 $1))
30. Nxg6 hxg6 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Qxd3 b4 33. Rc1 Qf4 34. Rf1 (34. Qe3 Qxe3 35.
fxe3 Rc8 36. c4 $11) 34... b3 35. Qxg6 Qc4 36. Re1 Rf6 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. Qh5+ (
38. Re5 $11) 38... Rh6 39. Qe5 Rxh3 40. Qxe6 {The endgame is a draw, and with
this move Caruana completed the time control.} Qxe6 41. Rxe6 Rxc3 42. Rb6 Rc4
43. Rxb3 Rxg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 43rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2015.06.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2015.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Ne4 8. Nbd2
Bf5 9. c4 Nd7 10. Rc1 a5 11. Nh4 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Be6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nf3 Nf6
15. Ne5 Ne4 16. Qe3 a4 17. Nd3 axb3 18. axb3 Qb6 19. Nc5 Ra2 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21.
Bc3 Qb5 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rfe1 Qd5 24. Red1 Ra3 25. Qd2 Qxb3 26. Qg5 Ra2 27.
Rd2 Bf6 28. Qc5 Rxd2 29. Bxd2 Qd5 30. Be3 Rd8 31. Rb1 Rd7 32. Rb5 Kf7 33. Qb4
Qc6 34. Rb6 Qd5 35. Rb5 Qc6 36. Rb6 Qc2 37. Rxb7 Rxb7 38. Qxb7 Bxd4 39. Bxd4
Qd1+ 40. Kg2 Qxd4 41. e3 Qd5 42. Qb2 Qf5 43. Qh8 Qf3+ 44. Kg1 Qd1+ 45. Kg2 Qf3+
46. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 43rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2015.06.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2015.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 b5 8. g4
b4 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 h5 11. gxh5 Rxh5 12. a3 bxa3 13. Rxa3 Nd7 14. Bg2 Nf6
15. O-O Rb8 16. f4 Be7 17. c4 Qb6+ 18. Rf2 Rh4 19. Rc3 Bd7 20. b3 Bxh3 21. Bxh3
Ne4 22. Qe1 Nxc3 23. Qxc3 Qxb3 24. Qxb3 Rxb3 25. Bc8 e4 26. Bxa6 Bd8 27. c5
dxc5 28. Rg2 g6 29. Rg3 Rxg3+ 30. Nxg3 Rg4 31. Kh2 f5 32. Ne2 Rh4+ 33. Kg2 Bc7
34. Bc8 Kd8 35. Be6 Ke7 36. Be3 Bd6 37. Bf2 Rh8 38. Be1 c4 39. Bc3 Ra8 40. Be5
Ra2 41. Kf1 Rd2 42. Bc3 Rd3 43. Ba5 Ba3 44. Bg8 Bd6 45. Be6 Bc5 46. Ke1 Rb3 47.
Kd2 Rb2+ 48. Kd1 Bb4 49. Bxb4+ Rxb4 50. Kc2 Rb3 51. Nc3 e3 52. Bg8 Rb6 53. Ne2
Ra6 54. d6+ Rxd6 55. Bxc4 Kf6 56. Bd3 g5 57. fxg5+ Kxg5 58. Ng3 Rc6+ 59. Kd1 f4
60. Nf1 Rb6 61. Nh2 Kh4 62. Ke1 Kg3 63. Nf1+ Kf3 64. Nh2+ Kg2 65. Nf1 Re6 66.
Bc4 Re5 67. Ba6 Ra5 68. Bb7+ Kg1 69. Nxe3 Re5 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 43rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2015.06.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2015.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Be2 Nd7 5. c4 e5 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. h4 h6 8. g4 Nb6
9. g5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Bg4 11. d5 f6 12. Be3 Bh6 13. Qd3 Bh5 14. O-O-O Kf7 15.
Rdg1 Qd7 16. Bxh6 Rxh6 17. Bf1 Rah8 18. Bh3 Qd8 19. Ne1 c6 20. b3 Nd7 21. Qe3
cxd5 22. cxd5 Nc5 23. b4 Nd7 24. Qxa7 Qc7 25. Qe3 Nb6 26. Kb1 Kg7 27. Nb5 Qd8
28. f3 Rf8 29. Rg2 f5 30. Rc2 Na8 31. Qa7 fxe4 32. fxe4 Rf4 {White has more
material, the better position... just look at that knight on a8! Black's rook
on h6 is not very happy.} 33. Bg2 (33. Qxb7 {was way easier. The discomfort
caused by the queen on the 7th means that the rook will have to return soon to
defend.} Rxe4 34. Nd3 $1 {Locks the rook out of f4 and the game seems to be
over.}) 33... Bd1 34. Rd2 Bg4 35. Qxb7 Rf7 36. Qa6 Nb6 37. Nd3 {Black has some
counterplay, but two pawns are two pawns.} Nc4 38. Rc2 $2 (38. Rf2 $18) 38...
Bc8 39. Qa8 Ne3 40. Re2 Nxg2 41. Rxg2 Qb6 {Things are far from easy now.} 42.
a4 $2 {Weakening even further} Qe3 43. Rd1 Rf1 $2 (43... Qxe4 {keeps the
pressure and picks off a very important pawn.}) 44. Rxf1 Qxd3+ 45. Rc2 Qxf1+
46. Kb2 {Unfortunately for Caruana, he wins a piece but his initative
evaporates. White now has some counterchances.} Qe1 47. Qa7 $2 (47. Nc3 $1 {
Is not a human move at all, however the point is simple. Once White solidifies
the queenside from mating patterns, he is able to play Qb8,xd6 and create
counterplay. I don't blame Meier for missing this, though, it is too computer
like.}) 47... Qxb4+ 48. Ka2 Kf6 49. Rf2+ Nf5 {A nice detail.} 50. exf5 Bxf5 {
Material is somehow equal, but White's king is much weaker than Black's} 51.
Qa8 Rxh4 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 43rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2015.07.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Rc8 12. Bf4 Bc5 13. Qd3 Qb6 14. Nd2 O-O
15. Ne4 Nd5 (15... Nxe4 16. Bxe4 {double attacks h7 and d7.}) 16. Ng5 $5 (16.
Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Be5 {seemed more natural, simply obtaining the pair of bishops.
Caruana is more ambitious.}) 16... g6 17. Be5 $5 Be7 (17... f6 18. Bxd5 fxg5 $1
(18... exd5 19. Qxd5+ Kh8 20. Qxd7 $18) 19. Bf3 {looks visually ugly for Black,
but he does get the open f-file and some pressure on f2. Perhaps this was
Naiditsch's best move.}) 18. Nf3 Bc6 19. Qd2 {White retains some pressure
thanks to the darksquare weaknesses on the kingside. If f6 is played, the
kingside is weakened in the longterm.} f6 20. Bd4 Qb7 21. Rac1 Rfd8 22. Bh3 Bd7
23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Rc1 Bd7 25. Bc5 $1 {Nice timing for this. White retains most
of his attacking material while getting rid of the important e7 defender.} Bxc5
26. Rxc5 Rc8 27. b4 $1 Rxc5 28. bxc5 Qc7 29. e4 Ne7 30. Qd4 {Superb. White's
domination came almost out of nowhere. The passed pawn is now strong, while
the pressure on f6 is annoying. White's pieces are placed in great positions.}
Kg7 31. e5 $1 f5 32. Bg2 h6 33. Qd6 $16 {The two passed pawns are too strong
now, and Black has no choice but give them to Caruana.} Qxd6 34. exd6 Nc6 35.
Ne1 (35. Nd2 {was also good.}) 35... a5 $6 (35... Kf6 {resists longer, but
still looks too strong for White.}) 36. Nd3 b4 37. h4 Nd4 38. Kh2 Bb5 39. Ne5
Kf6 40. c6 {Finally the killing blow.} Bxc6 41. Nxc6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 43rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2015.07.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2015.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After four rounds Kramnik was jointly leading the tournament with Liviu
Dieter Nisipeanu with 3.0/4. Caruana was half a point behind with 2.5/4.} 1.
Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 {The solid setup
against the Fianchetto Grunfeld is one of the toughest systems for white to
crack. But who better than the big Vlad to give it a try!} 7. Nbd2 (7. Qb3 {
has become quite popular recently.}) (7. cxd5 cxd5 {Even though White has an
extra tempo I don't believe he has serious chances of obtaining an advantage.})
(7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4 c5 {is quite a heavily analyzed line.}) 7... a5 (7... Bf5 {
is much more common. A typical line of play would go something like this:} 8.
b3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. Nh4 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bh3 14. Rfe1
$14 {with a slight edge for White. This had been played between Nakamura and
Leko in 2012 London GP.}) 8. b3 a4 9. Ba3 $5 (9. Bb2 {is the more common move
but Ba3 is the latest innovation and has been scoring quite decently for White.
} Bf5 {with an interesting position.}) 9... axb3 10. axb3 Bf5 11. Nh4 Be6 12.
Re1 {White prepares the move e4.} (12. e4 $2 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qxd4
$17) (12. Qc2 $5 {has a nice trap of Bxe7 unleashing a discovered attack on
the rook on a8.} dxc4 $2 (12... Nbd7 13. e3 $14 (13. e4 $6 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Qb6 $15)) 13. Bxe7 $1 $16) 12... Ne4 13. Bxe4 $5 {A very unorthodox
exchange by Kramnik. He is trying to spice up the position.} (13. e3 {was a
safer choice with a slightly preferable position for White.}) (13. Nxe4 dxe4
14. Bxe4 Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxd4 16. Bb2 $1 Rxa1 17. Bxa1 Bg7 $11 {would have lead
to a handshake pretty soon.}) 13... dxe4 14. Nxe4 (14. e3 $11 {was necessary
as the move chosen by Kramnik in the game leads to a clearly inferior position.
}) 14... Qxd4 (14... Bxd4 $2 15. Bxe7 $1 $16 {just drops a pawn.}) 15. Qc2 $5 {
This is objectively a bad move. However, it takes many precise moves from
Caruana to prove that. If Black were to play anything apart from Bf5 on the
next move then White has a fine position.} (15. Qxd4 Bxd4 16. Bb2 Rxa1 17. Bxa1
Bb6 $15 {Keeping the double bishops. Of course, this was not the reason why
Kramnik had given up his light squared bishop on e4.}) 15... Bf5 $1 {An
excellent tactical resource that might have been missed or underestimated by
Kramnik.} (15... Qxa1 $6 16. Rxa1 Bxa1 17. Bxe7 $16 {The queen will prove to
be much stronger in such a position, with the knights on the board, than the
two rooks.}) (15... Nd7 16. Rad1 Qb6 17. Bxe7 Rfe8 18. Bd6 $13 {Black has
compensation but White is not worse.}) (15... Re8 16. Bb2 Rxa1 17. Bxa1 Qb6 18.
Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rd1 $11) 16. Nxf5 gxf5 17. Ng5 (17. Nd2 Qc3 $1 {is the neat
little point.} 18. Qa2 Qa5 $17 {The exchange is lost.}) (17. Nc5 Rxa3 18. Rxa3
Qxc5 $17) 17... Qg4 {The queen attacks the knight and the bishop on g7
uncovers an attack on the a1-rook.} 18. f4 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 h6 $6 (19... c5 $1 {
would have given Caruana a nearly decisive advantage. The idea is to develop
the knight on c6 where it will be much more active than on d7 as in the game.}
20. Bb2 (20. Qc3 Nc6 21. Bxc5 Rxa1+ 22. Qxa1 Qxe2 $19 {The is the difference
of not playing h6 and pushing the knight back to f3.}) 20... Rxa1+ 21. Bxa1 Nc6
$17) 20. Nf3 Nd7 (20... c5 {would no longer be strong because} 21. Qc3 Nc6 22.
Bxc5 $15 {when Black's advantage is reduced to a minimum.}) 21. Rd1 $1 {
Kramnik takes his best practical chance to keep the rooks on board.} Rxa3 22.
Rxd7 Qh3 $1 {Keeping an eye on the white king.} 23. Qc3 e6 $6 {This terribly
weakens the f6 square and gives White enough counterplay against the f7-point.}
(23... Rfa8 {would have been much stronger as after} 24. Rxe7 $6 (24. Rxb7 $2
Ra1+ 25. Kf2 Rf1+ 26. Ke3 Qg2 $19) 24... Ra1+ 25. Kf2 (25. Ne1 Rb1 (25... Rd1
26. b4 b6 27. c5 bxc5 28. bxc5 h5 $19) 26. b4 b6 {The rook on e7 cannot give
up the e-file is the main reason for the zugzwang.} 27. c5 b5 28. Rd7 Re8 $19)
25... Rf1+ 26. Ke3 Qg2 $19 {The attack against the white king breaks through.
The most critical move Qf6 is refuted in the following manner:} 27. Qf6 Rxf3+
$1 (27... Qf2+ $6 28. Kd3 Rd1+ (28... Rd8+ 29. Kc2 $16) 29. Kc3 Rc1+ 30. Kd2 (
30. Kd3 $2 Rd8+ $19) 30... Ra2+ 31. Kd3 $11 (31. Kxc1 Qf1+ $18) 31... Rd1+ 32.
Kc3 Rc1+ 33. Kd3 $11) 28. exf3 Qg1+ 29. Kd3 Qd1+ 30. Ke3 (30. Kc3 $2 Qa1+ $19)
30... Qe1+ 31. Kd3 Rd8+ $1 32. Kc2 Rd2+ 33. Kc3 Re2+ $19) 24. Rxb7 Rfa8 25. Kf2
Ra1 26. Ke3 $1 {The king is safe on the e3-square.} Rf1 27. Qf6 Rf8 {Once the
rook has to passively defend the f7-point, it is clear that White cannot be
worse.} 28. Rd7 (28. Kd4 $5 {In this age where we are seeing king walks in
almost every other tournament this move would have been really loved by the
spectators. It doesn't really change the assessment of the position but Black
has to quickly find a way to get his queen into the game. Most probably the
game would end something like this} Qg2 29. Qxh6 Qxe2 30. Qg5+ $11 Kh7 31. Qh4+
Kg8 32. Qg5+ $11) 28... Rb1 29. Rb7 c5 30. Rb5 Rf1 31. Nd2 $2 {It is quite
possible that Kramnik was under time pressure as this gives Black the golden
opportunity to get a winning position.} (31. Rxc5 Rxf3+ 32. exf3 Qxh2 $11 {
would have ended in a draw.}) 31... Rc1 32. Qb2 (32. Nf3 Qf1 $1 33. Qxh6 Rc3+
34. Kd2 Qc1#) 32... Rd1 33. Qc2 Rh1 {White has lost all his co-ordination and
now the Black pieces weave a deadly attack.} 34. Nf3 Qg2 35. Qc3 Rf1 36. Qf6
Rf2 37. Kd3 (37. Qb2 Rxf3+ $19) 37... Rxe2 38. Ng5 Rd2+ {What an exciting game.
First Kramnik plays the opening in dubious fashion and gets a minus position.
Caruana makes one inaccurate move and just when we felt that the game was
heading towards a draw, Kramnik makes a very huge mistake by playing Nd2.
After that Caruana finished off the game to perfection.} (38... Rd2+ 39. Kc3
Rc2+ 40. Kd3 Qd2#) 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 43rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2015.07.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. a3 {Caruana is in an attacking mood today as
he goes for the a3 variation in the Nimzo. One cannot really say that this is
a Nimzo because the knight is still not on f6 and the pawn is on d5. But after
a few moves it transposes into the Nimzo-Indian.} Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nf6 6. e3 c6 $5
{This line is not played very often. Just around 70 games in the database. But
it is one of the favourite lines of Yu Yangyi, and was also played by Hou
Yifan against Lin in 2010 and Dzagnidze in 2011. The main idea for Black is to
0-0 and then follow it up with b6-Bb7 or Ba6.} (6... O-O {is the main line and
readers will recall the famous Botvinnik-Capablanca game that was played in
AVRO 1938.} 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 c5 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 {with a complex and
interesting battle.}) 7. a4 $5 {A wise move by Caruana. Not only can he
develop his bishop to a3 but a move like ...b6 can be met with a5 putting
pressure on the black queenside.} (7. Bd3 {was nicely countered by Yu Yangyi
against Aleksandrov with the move} e5 $1 8. dxe5 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1
Ng4 11. Ke1 Nxe5 12. Be2 Bf5 $11 {when Black had already equalised comfortably.
0-1 (91) Aleksandrov,A (2554)-Yu,Y (2675) Dubai 2014}) (7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9.
O-O Ba6 $11 {0-1 (68) Dzagnidze,N (2516)-Hou,Y (2578) Beijing 2011}) 7... O-O
8. Nf3 b6 9. cxd5 exd5 {This is a much better recapture than taking with the
c-pawn because later Black can break with c6-c5.} (9... cxd5 {looks natural
but after} 10. Ba3 Re8 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. O-O $14 {White is just
better.}) 10. Bd3 (10. a5 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Ba3 Re8 13. O-O b5 $11) 10...
Ba6 $1 {Exchanging the strong d3-bishop is always a good idea for Black.} 11.
O-O c5 12. Ne5 (12. Bb5 Bxb5 13. axb5 {would retain some pressure for White.})
12... Re8 (12... Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qc7 $11 {followed by Nc6 would have allowed
Black to equalize with ease.}) 13. a5 $1 Bxd3 14. Nxd3 $6 (14. Qxd3 {was the
most natural but after} c4 15. Qf5 Nbd7 $11 {Black has about equal chances.})
14... Nc6 $6 {An odd move by Hou Yifan. She could have comfortably developed
her knight to d7 but instead chooses this square in order to clarify the
situation with regards to the a5-pawn.} (14... Nbd7 $11 {was very comfortable
for Black.}) (14... c4 15. axb6 $5 Qxb6 (15... cxd3 16. b7 $18) 16. Nc5 a5 {
followed by Nbd7 should be around equal.}) 15. axb6 axb6 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. dxc5
bxc5 18. Nxc5 {Black has some compensation because the c1-bishop doesn't have
a good square to go to, but Hou Yifan has to play very accurately now to keep
her compensation alive.} Ne5 $6 (18... Ne4 $5 19. Nxe4 (19. Qxd5 $6 Re5 $1 20.
Qxe4 Rxe4 21. Nxe4 Qa5 $15) (19. Nd3 Nxc3 20. Qc2 Ne4 21. Bb2 $14 {White
should be better over here.}) 19... dxe4 20. c4 Ne5 21. Qd4 Qc6 22. c5 (22. Bb2
Qxc4 23. Rc1 Qxd4 24. Bxd4 Nd3 $11) 22... Nd3 23. Ba3 h5 {White is slightly
better but the knight is well placed and Black should have decent chances to
hold. In any case this would have been the best way for Black to play.}) 19.
Nd3 $1 {A strong move in order to relocate the knight to f4 and put pressure
on the d5 pawn.} Nc4 (19... Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Qc6 21. Ba3 Rc8 22. Bb4 $16) 20. Nf4
(20. Nb4 {was also possible.}) 20... h6 21. Qd4 {Centralizing the queen. Look
how little by little Caruana tries to improve his position to the fullest.} Re4
22. Qc5 Re5 23. f3 $1 {Taking away the crucial e4 square from the rook so that
the queen cannot be disturbed on d4.} Qa2 24. Qd4 {This is a clear case of
reaching maximum activity and seeing no real way to improve your already well
placed pieces. Black has her pieces well stationed but what next?} Qa4 25. h4
$1 {The logical plan now is to expand on the kingside. The f3-pawn does a
wonderful job of limiting the black pieces.} Qb5 26. g4 $1 {Hou Yifan would be
under tremendous pressure here. She is a pawn down and unable to improve her
position, while Caruana is slowly but steadily taking over.} Nd7 27. Nd3 Re6
28. Kg2 Ndb6 $6 {The knight has wandered away a little too far away from his
king to b6. Caruana now tries to attack the kingside and the weakest point i.e
g7.} (28... Nde5 {was the best and after} 29. Nb4 Rd6 30. h5 (30. Rd1 Rf6 $1)
30... Qd7 {Black is holding the position.}) 29. Nf4 Re5 30. Nh5 {The knight is
so menacingly placed on h5 that Black will have to give up her rook for it.
Threats include moves like f4 but maybe stronger is Nxg7 followed by f4.} Qb1 (
30... Qc6 31. f4 (31. Nxg7 $2 Qg6 $1 $17 {The knight is trapped on g7.} (31...
Kxg7 32. f4 $18)) 31... Rxh5 32. gxh5 Nd7 $44 {followed by Nf6. And the
arising position is quite funny. Black is a pawn and exchange down but has
pretty decent chances to hold the position thanks to his light squared control.
}) 31. e4 $1 {Hawk eyed Caruana does not let the opportunity slip by. He
forces a black pawn to the e4-square so that later he can play f4 and there
would be no Qe4+.} (31. f4 $6 Qe4+ 32. Kf2 Qxd4 33. cxd4 Re6 $14 {gives Black
some hopes to defend the inferior endgame.}) 31... dxe4 32. f4 $1 Rxh5 {
Black is forced to give up an exchange but she doesn't have enough
compensation for it. The rest is really a matter of technique for Caruana as
he quickly wraps up the game.} 33. gxh5 {The pawns look weak and clumsy but
they do not matter any more. The g7 point is too weak and with a rook quickly
coming on the open g-file, it will all be over pretty soon.} Qc2+ 34. Kh1 Qe2
35. Rg1 Qf3+ 36. Rg2 g6 (36... Qf1+ 37. Kh2 $18) 37. hxg6 Qf1+ 38. Kh2 Qxc1 {
The bishop on c1 never moved in the game. He died on the initial square but
after making sure that his side is winning the game.} 39. Qf6 {One could say
that Hou Yifan's play was not up to the mark in this game but what I found
amazing was Caruana playing extremely accurate chess. His manouevres of
Nc5-d3-f4, and expansion on kingside with h4 followed by g4 and the central
break e4 coupled with f4 were supremely high level concepts.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 43rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2015.07.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 {In the comments section to the ChessBase
report of round six, a user by the name of Omoplata wrote, "The decisive last
game Nisipeanu-Caruana hopefully won't be a bitter disappointment like
Topalov-Anand in Norway." I am sure you remember the 15 odd move theoretical
draw where neither player tried hard. Nisipeanu was going to have nothing of
that. By playing the Evans Gambit he had made his intentions clear. It was a
do or die game for him. Winning it would mean a clear first in Dortmund. A
good enough inspiration!} Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 d6 (6... exd4 7. O-O {leads to
exciting positions where White is ready to sacrifice as many as three pawns.
Robert Fischer- Rueben Fine is one of the classics in this line.} dxc3 8. Qb3
Qe7 9. Nxc3 Nf6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Bb2 Qg5 14. h4 Qxh4
15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Rfe1+ Kd8 17. Qg3 {1-0 (17) Fischer,R-Fine,R New York 1963})
7. Qb3 (7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+ Nxd8 9. Nxe5 Be6 $11 {gives Black a very
comfortable position.}) 7... Qd7 (7... Qe7 {might seem more natural as it
doesn't block the c8-bishop but after} 8. d5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 (9. Qa4+ Qd7 10. Qxa5
Nc2+ $13) 9... exd4 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qxa5 Qxe4+ 12. Kd1 $13 {The position is
interesting and White is not worse.}) 8. dxe5 (8. O-O {is another way to play.
A sample line could possibly go something like this:} Bb6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Ba4 Ba7
11. d5 $2 (11. Bxc6 Qxc6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qe6 $15 {is also better for
Black.}) 11... b5 12. dxc6 Qxc6 $19) 8... Bb6 $1 (8... dxe5 9. O-O Bb6 (9...
Nf6 $2 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Ba3 $18) 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Ba3 Qf6 $13) 9. a4 (9. exd6 $6
Na5 $1 10. Qb4 Nxc4 11. Qxc4 Qxd6 $15) 9... Na5 10. Qa2 Nxc4 11. Qxc4 Ne7 12.
Ba3 $2 {At this point it would a good question to ask whether Nisipeanu knew
about the top level battle between Nakamura and Anand which occured in
December 2014. In a way that game showed that White has nothing at all in this
line. Yet Nisipeanu repeats it in this all important game. The fact that he
thought for 8 minutes and 53 seconds for this move clearly shows that he
hadn't prepared anything special here.} (12. exd6 cxd6 13. O-O O-O 14. Qd3 Ng6
15. a5 Bc5 16. Be3 Re8 17. Nbd2 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 d5 19. Rfe1 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Qe7 21.
Nd6 Qxe3 22. fxe3 Rd8 23. Red1 Rb8 24. Rd4 Be6 25. c4 b6 26. axb6 axb6 27. Ra7
h6 28. h3 Ra8 29. Rb7 Rdb8 30. Rc7 Ra5 31. Kh2 Rc5 32. Ra7 Kf8 33. g4 Ra5 34.
Rc7 {1/2-1/2 (36) Nakamura,H (2775)-Anand,V (2793) London 2014} Rc5 35. Ra7 Ra5
36. Rc7 {1/2-1/2 (36) Nakamura,H (2775)-Anand,V (2793) London 2014}) 12... O-O
{A very practical choice by Fabiano.} (12... d5 {was also pretty good.} 13.
exd5 Qxd5 {When White is struggling with his broken pawn structure.} 14. Qe2
Ng6 $17 {[%cal Gg6f4]}) 13. O-O Re8 ({Much more accurate could have been} 13...
Ng6 14. exd6 cxd6 15. Rd1 Qg4 $1 {Ne5 is a huge threat now.} 16. h3 (16. Rxd6
$2 Nf4 17. Qf1 Nh3+ 18. Kh1 Nxf2+ $19) 16... Ne5 $1 17. hxg4 Nxc4 $15 {with a
clearly better position for Black.}) 14. exd6 cxd6 15. Rd1 Qc6 16. Nbd2 Be6 17.
Qxc6 Nxc6 18. Bxd6 {So White has won a pawn. But look at the Black pieces.
They are perfectly positioned. White pawns are isolated and weak. Add to the
fact that he has the bishop pair, I would say that Caruana has excellent
compensation.} Rad8 19. Bb4 (19. e5 f6 $1 $15 {would have been difficult to
counter.} 20. Ne4 fxe5 21. Nxe5 $2 (21. Ba3 $15) 21... Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Rxd1+ 23.
Rxd1 Bb3 $19) 19... Rd3 20. a5 Bc7 21. Nf1 Rxd1 (21... Red8 {looks natural but
allows White to equalise after} 22. Rxd3 Rxd3 23. Ne3 $11 {when it's not clear
what Black's next plan should be.}) 22. Rxd1 Nxa5 $15 {The pawn has been won
back and all the advantages have been retained.} 23. Nd4 Nc4 $1 {One of
Caruana's and also an excellent quality of the top players is that they know
exactly when to trade one advantage for another. They are not attached to one
particular advantage. For example here, the bishop pair was Black's big asset,
but Fabiano is ready to give up his e6 bishop. He realises that it is much
more important to get the knight to c4 who then helps him to get his a-pawn
rolling down the board.} 24. Nxe6 Rxe6 25. Rd7 Rc6 (25... Bb6 26. Rxb7 h5 $15 {
would also have given Black the advantage in spite of being a pawn down.}) 26.
Ng3 {White has the plan to play Ne2 or f5-d4.} g6 27. Ne2 a5 $1 {No time to
waste!} 28. Nd4 {This was White's idea with getting his knight from f1-g3-e2.
But Caruana had seen a move further here.} (28. Be7 Nb6 29. Rd1 Re6 30. Bd8
Bxd8 31. Rxd8+ Kg7 $17) 28... axb4 $1 29. Nxc6 b3 $1 (29... bxc6 30. Rxc7 $18)
30. Rxc7 (30. Nb4 b2 31. Rd1 Nd2 $19) (30. Na7 $5 {was relatively best but
after} b2 31. Rd1 {Black has to find} Bf4 $1 ({The natural} 31... Nd2 $2 {
is a mistake because of} 32. Nb5 $1 $11) 32. Rb1 Bc1 $19 {with Nd2 to follow.})
(30. Ne7+ Kf8 31. Rxc7 Nd6 $19 {is similar to the game.}) 30... Nd6 $1 {
Ortueta Esteban,M-Sanz Aguado,J Madrid game 1934 0-1 A very nice finish to the
game. White is a rook up but can do absolutely nothing to stop the b-pawn from
queening. It is quite possible that we could criticize Nisipeanu for choosing
the Evans Gambit. But I think the problem here was not with the opening choice
but with the fact that Nisipeanu could not come up with an improvement to the
game Nakamura-Anand. As for Caruana, he played a fine game making absolutely
no mistakes and winning the tournament. And guess what, with 11 Elo points
gained, he is back to 2808! After the game Caruana tweeted, "That was my
Ortueta-Sanz." Here's the game for you to play over and enjoy the similarity.}
0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 ({After the move-order} 1... d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3
O-O {, White has the tricky attempt} 6. a3 $5 {Maybe the best way to meet
White's idea is} b6 $5 (6... Nbd7 7. Nb5 $1 Ne8 8. Nf3 $14 {Gelfand,B (2739)
-Aronian,L (2805) Wijk aan Zee 2012/ Practice has proven this is pleasant for
White, despite the result of the game - see the notes by Marin in CBM 147.}) ({
The idea is to induce Black to go for the older} 6... c5 {line, which is
nowadays under a cloud.} {A recent example:} 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5
10. Rd1 Be7 11. Be2 Ne4 (11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nh5 13. O-O Nxf4 14. exf4 g6 15.
g3 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Rd1 $14 {Kramnik,V (2759)-Carlsen,M (2772) Dortmund
2009/ This was one of the most important games to cause the turn away from the
...c5 lines - for more detail see the notes in CBM 131.}) 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13.
Qxc3 (13. bxc3 {also deserves attention:} exd5 14. O-O Be6 (14... Bf6 15. c4 $5
$32 Be6 16. Bg5 dxc4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Bxc4 Qc5 19. Rc1 Qxc4 20. Qxc4 Bxc4 21.
Rxc4 Rfd8 22. Rb1 Rd7 23. g3 a6 24. Kg2 $36 {[%csl Rf6,Rf7,Rh7] Giri,A (2752)
-Kasimdzhanov,R (2700) Rosmalen rpd 2014}) 15. a4 b6 16. Bd3 g6 (16... h6 $142
$5 17. Rb1 $14 {/<=>}) 17. Qe2 Bf6 18. Bb5 Rac8 19. Ng5 $1 Bf5 20. g4 Be6 21.
Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bd6 Rfd8 23. Ba6 Rxd6 24. Bxc8 Qxa4 25. e4 Ne7 26. f4 $16 {
Paredes,C (2252)-Sage,F (2339) email 2011}) 13... Qxc3+ 14. bxc3 exd5 15. Rxd5
Bxa3 16. Nd4 Nxd4 (16... a5 $5 17. Kd2 a4 $132 {might well be better, in mail
games Black has successfully defended this position.}) 17. exd4 b6 18. Kd2 Be6
$6 {is weaker, as now} (18... a6 $142 19. Bf3 (19. Ra1 Be6 20. Re5 Bd6 21. Re4
Bxf4+ 22. Rxf4 b5 23. Bf3 Ra7 24. d5 Bc8 25. c4 bxc4 26. Ra5 Bd7 27. Rxc4 Bb5
28. Rc5 Rd7 29. Ke3 $14 {/=, Bodiroga,P (2410)-Miranovic,R (2385) Sombor 2009})
19... Be6 (19... Bb7 20. Rd7 Bxf3 21. gxf3 $14) 20. Rh5 Rac8 21. Rb1 (21. Bb7
$1 Bb2 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Rb1 Bxc3+ 24. Kd3 $14) 21... g6 22. Rg5 Be7 23. Rg3 b5
24. Bb7 Rcd8 25. Rd3 b4 $1 $11 {Klemettinen,P (2428)-Glorstad,T (2362) email
2011}) 19. Rb5 Bd7 20. Rb3 Be7 21. Bf3 $36 {puts Black's queenside under heavy
pressure:} Ba4 22. Rb2 Rad8 23. Ra1 b5 24. Bc6 a6 25. Bb7 Bd6 26. Be3 a5 27.
Bc6 Rb8 28. d5 Rfd8 29. Kd3 Bf8 30. Bd4 f6 31. Ke4 Bd6 32. c4 Bb4 33. Ba7 (33.
g4 $5 $16) 33... f5+ 34. Kf3 Rbc8 35. cxb5 Bxb5 36. Bxb5 Bc3 37. Rab1 Bxb2 38.
Rxb2 Rxd5 {Carlsen,M (2853)-Nakamura,H (2814) Saint Louis 2015} 39. g3 $16) 7.
Nb5 (7. g4 c5 $5 $146 8. dxc5 Bb7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. cxd5 bxc5 11. Nge2 Nb6 12.
O-O Nfxd5 $132 13. Qc2 {½, Ivanchuk,V (2731)-Sargissian,G (2668) WChT
Tsaghkadzor 2015}) 7... Na6 8. Nf3 Bb7 9. Qc2 c6 10. Nc3 c5 11. Rd1 cxd4 12.
Nxd4 Nc5 13. Be2 Qc8 14. O-O dxc4 15. Bxc4 a6 16. Rc1 b5 17. Ba2 Qe8 18. f3 Rc8
19. e4 Nfd7 20. Be3 Ne5 $11 {Jobava,B (2664)-Swiercz,D (2617) Abu Dhabi 2015})
2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Ne4 {This knight
sortie has gradually become topical, not least due to Caruana's efforts. The
former more popular alternatives are currently facing some problems:} (7... Nh5
8. Bd3 Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 (12... Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6
14. Qe2 Ra8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. fxe5 b5 17. Rab1 axb4 18. axb4 Qd7 19. Ra1 Ra7 20.
Ra2 Rfa8 21. Rfa1 Qb7 22. Qb2 Ra6 23. g3 f5 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Rxa6 Rxa6 26. Ne2
Qa8 27. Rxa6 Qxa6 28. Kg2 Qa8 29. Ng1 Qa4 30. Nf3 $14 {Ding Liren (2755)
-Shankland,S (2661) WChT Tsaghkadzor 2015 See the notes to this game by Mokal
in CBM 166.}) 13. g3 Ba6 14. Re1 (14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qe2 Rfa8 16. b5 cxb5 17.
Nxd5 exd5 18. Qxe7 Rc8 (18... R6a7 19. Rfb1 bxc5 20. Rxb5 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Nf6 22.
Qxc7 Rxc7 23. a4 Rc4 24. Nb3 h6 25. Nxa5 Rd4 26. f5 Kh7 27. f3 Ne8 28. Nc6
Rdxa4 29. Rxa4 Rxa4 30. Rxd5 Nf6 $14 {Bacrot,E (2694)-Istratescu,A (2619)
Saint Quentin 2015/ White has some practical winning chances, but Black held
the endgame with patient defence.}) 19. Rab1 (19. c6 Nf6 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. Rfb1
Ne4 22. Rxb5 Nc3 23. Rb2 {Maksimenko,A (2492)-Salvetti,A (2239) Lugano 2015}
Rxc6 $11) 19... bxc5 20. Rxb5 Re6 21. Qg5 h6 22. Qxd5 Rd6 $132 {Ivanchuk,V 
(2731)-Kramnik,V (2784) WCup Tromsoe 2013}) 14... Bf6 15. Kg2 Rfb8 $5 (15...
Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Rfb8 17. h4 Qa7 18. Ne2 g6 19. Rab1 axb4 20. axb4 Qa2 21. Rec1
bxc5 22. bxc5 h5 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. fxe5 Bg7 25. Rb6 $16 {Anand,V (2797)
-Nakamura,H (2776) Zuerich 2015 This was a big win for White, which negatively
influenced the reputation of 7...Nh5. Possibly undeservedly, as the notes by
Krasenkow in CBM 165 indicate.}) 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Qd3 Ra7 $1 18. Rab1 axb4 19.
axb4 Rba8 20. Rb3 Rb7 21. Reb1 h6 $132 {/+/=, Sasikiran,K (2642)-Riazantsev,A 
(2671) Montpellier 2015}) ({Another big point for White was} 7... c6 8. Bd3 b6
(8... Nh5 $5 {can still transpose into the above line.}) 9. b4 a5 10. a3 Ba6
11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. b5 $1 cxb5 13. c6 Qc8 14. c7 b4 15. Nb5 a4 16. Rc1 Ne4 17.
Ng5 Ndf6 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. f3 Ra5 20. fxe4 Rxb5 21. Qxa4 Ra5 22. Qc6 bxa3 23.
exd5 Rxd5 24. Qxb6 $16 {Anand,V (2792)-Carlsen,M (2863) WCh Sochi 2014/ In his
notes in CBM 164 Krasenkow explains the details of this complex line.}) 8. Rc1
{The text move scores well, but we'll check the alternatives as well:} (8. Nb5
$2 c6 9. Bc7 Qe8 10. Nd6 Nxd6 11. cxd6 Bd8 {[%csl Rd6] doesn't make much sense
- the advanced pawn will fall in due course.}) (8. a3 $146 {is a profound
novelty, but the point remains unclear:} Nxc3 9. bxc3 c6 $5 {[%cal Yb7b6]} (
9... b6 10. c6 Nb8 11. Qa4 (11. Bb5 a6 12. Qa4 Bd6 13. Bg3 Ra7 $1 {[%cal Ra6b5]
}) 11... a6 12. c4 Ra7 {[%cal Yb8c6] liquidates the advanced Pc6, but White
has fair compensation after} 13. Bd3 Nxc6 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. O-O $44) 10. Qa4 $8
g5 11. Bg3 f5 12. h3 f4 13. Bh2 e5 14. Be2 e4 15. Nd2 Nxc5 $1 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17.
O-O {Here Grischuk was allegedly still following his preparation, this
position is critical:} (17. exf4 gxf4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qxe4 Qg5 $5 $13 {/=/+}
(19... Bf5 20. Qc4+ Qd5 21. Qxd5+ cxd5 22. Bxf4 Be4 23. Be3 $11)) 17... b5 $2 (
17... fxe3 $142 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. fxe3 (19. Qb3+ Kg7 20. Be5+ Kg6 21. fxe3 Qd5
$17) 19... Be6 20. Rxf8+ Qxf8 21. Rf1 Qe7 (21... Qe8 $5) 22. Qxe4 Re8 $36 {
Black's activity fully compensates for the weakened g5.}) 18. Qb3 Qe7 19. Kh1
Be6 20. a4 d4 21. Qd1 d3 22. Bg4 Bd5 23. axb5 cxb5 24. Nb3 fxe3 25. Nxc5 Qxc5
26. fxe3 Qxe3 27. Re1 Qf2 28. Bg1 $40 {Grischuk,A (2771)-Caruana,F (2808)
Saint Louis 2015/ Black's pawns are stopped and White's extra piece will tell,
as the Kg8 is terminally vulnerable.}) (8. Qc2 f5 (8... g5 $143 9. Bg3 f5 10.
Nxe4 $1 dxe4 11. Nd2 f4 12. Bc4 fxg3 13. hxg3 Rf6 14. Qxe4 Nf8 15. Nf3 Rg6 16.
Ne5 Rg7 17. O-O-O Qe8 18. Rh6 Ng6 19. Rdh1 $40 {Steinitz,W-Lasker,E St
Petersburg 1895/96 (4.2) 1-0 Ehlvest,J (2627)-Saidy,A (2376) Los Angeles 2000/
For a similar piece sacrifice see already}) 9. Bd3 (9. h4 c6 10. O-O-O ({
Very optimistic, solid is} 10. a3 $13) 10... Nxc3 11. Qxc3 b6 12. Ng5 (12. h5
$142 $5 bxc5 13. h6) 12... Rf6 13. b4 $2 a5 14. a3 axb4 15. axb4 bxc5 16. bxc5
Ra5 17. Kd2 e5 18. dxe5 Rg6 19. Bd3 Ra2+ 20. Ke1 Nxc5 $40 {[%csl Re1] Markos,J
(2590)-Cvek,R (2520) Slovakia 2014}) (9. Ne5 Bf6 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. f3 Ng5 12.
Bxg5 Bxg5 13. f4 Bf6 14. b4 g5 15. g3 Kh8 16. Be2 Rg8 17. O-O-O b6 18. Ba6 Rb8
19. Rhg1 Qe7 20. a3 Qg7 21. Ne2 c6 22. Qc3 gxf4 23. exf4 Bc8 $15 {Fressinet,L 
(2714)-Ponomariov,R (2734) Istanbul olm 2012}) (9. h3 c6 10. Be2 b6 11. cxb6
axb6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Rfc1 Nxc3 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qxc3 c5 16. a4 Qa8 17. b3 Rc8
18. Qb2 Qb7 19. Bg5 Bd6 20. Bf4 Be7 21. Bg5 Bd6 22. Bf4 Be7 {½, Khismatullin,
D (2640)-Matlakov,M (2653) Loo 2013}) 9... c6 (9... g5 $5 10. Bg3 c6 11. Ne2 b6
12. b4 a5 13. b5 Bb7 14. bxc6 Bxc6 15. cxb6 Bb4+ 16. Kf1 Qxb6 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18.
Nxg5 Rac8 19. Kg1 Bb5 20. Qd1 Bd3 21. Nf4 Bc3 22. Rc1 Bb2 23. Nxd3 Bxc1 24. Nc5
Bxe3 25. fxe3 Nxc5 26. dxc5 Rfd8 27. Qa1 Qxc5 {1/2-1/2, Lehnhoff,H (2174)
-Harding,A (2143) email 2013} 28. h4 Qxe3+ 29. Kh2 Qc3 $11 (29... Rc3 $5)) 10.
Ne5 Bf6 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. f3 Ng5 13. Bxg5 Bxg5 14. f4 Be7 15. a3 b6 16. b4 g5
17. g3 Kh8 $11 {/<=>, Topalov,V (2752)-Giri,A (2711) Istanbul olm 2012 The
position is very similar to Fressinet-Ponomariov above. Krasenkow's notes in
CBM 151 show Black has nothing to complain about.}) ({Perhaps the simplest and
risk-free solution is} 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Ne5 (9. Nd2 $6 e5 10. Bxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5
Qd5 12. Qc2 Qxe5 13. Rc1 Bf5 14. Be2 b6 15. Nb3 a5 $36 {Volodin,A (2506)
-Ehlvest,J (2605) Tallinn rpd 2013}) 9... Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Bd7 11. Bc4 (11. Be2
Bc6 12. O-O Bf6 13. Bg3 Bh4 14. Be5 Bf6 15. b4 Bxe5 16. dxe5 a6 17. a4 Qg5 18.
b5 axb5 19. axb5 Bd5 20. Qd4 f6 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 $11 {Giri,A (2745)
-Kasimdzhanov,R (2700) Tromso olm 2014}) 11... Bc6 (11... Bf6 12. Bg3 Bc6 13.
O-O (13. Qe2 $142 {transposes to Eljanov's game below.}) 13... Bh4 (13... b5 $5
14. Bb3 a5 $11) 14. Qh5 Bxg3 15. fxg3 Bd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 exd5 18. g4 f6
19. b4 a6 20. a4 Kf7 21. Kf2 Ke6 22. Kg3 Rf7 $11 {Salem,A (2595)-Harika,D 
(2509) Abu Dhabi 2015}) 12. Qe2 Bf6 13. Bg3 Rc8 (13... Qd7 $142 14. Rc1 b5 15.
cxb6 axb6 16. O-O $11 {/+/=}) 14. b4 Qd7 15. a4 Rfd8 16. O-O Bd5 17. Rfc1 c6
18. Bd6 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Be7 {Eljanov,P (2718)-Andreikin,D (2718) Havana 2015} 20.
Bg3 $14 {For more details see the notes by Eljanov in CBM 167.}) (8. Bd3 f5 9.
h3 (9. Ne5 Bf6 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. O-O g5 12. Bxe4 gxf4 13. Bd3 fxe3 14. fxe3 Kh8
15. Ne2 c6 16. Kh1 Qe7 17. Qb3 Rab8 18. Qa4 a6 19. Qa5 Bg5 20. Qc7 Rfc8 21. Qg3
Rg8 $11 {Amanov,M (2516)-Topalov,V (2752) Istanbul olm 2012}) (9. Bxe4 $6 fxe4
10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 b6 12. b4 a5 13. a3 bxc5 14. bxc5 {Esen,B (2587)-Ganguly,
S (2629) Vlissingen 2012} Bf6 $1 $40 {[%cal Rc8a6]}) 9... c6 10. O-O (10. Qa4
Bf6 11. Ne2 Nexc5 12. dxc5 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. O-O-O Qe7 15. Qc2 a5 (15... b6
$5 $36) 16. Nd4 g6 17. Kb1 a4 18. Rc1 Bd7 19. g4 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Qe4 $15 {
Inarkiev,E (2672)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2706) Germany 2014}) 10... b6 11. cxb6 axb6
12. a4 Ba6 13. Rc1 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 c5 15. b3 Qc8 16. Ne5 Bf6 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18.
Bxa6 Rxa6 $11 {Gajewski,G (2653)-Swiercz,D (2622) Chorzow 2013}) 8... Nxc3 9.
Rxc3 b6 10. c6 {The principled push. In the first game White bailed out with} (
10. b4 a5 11. a3 axb4 12. axb4 bxc5 13. bxc5 Nf6 14. Nd2 Nd7 {[%cal Ye6e5]} 15.
Nf3 Nf6 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. Nf3 {1/2-1/2, Anand,V (2793)-Caruana,F (2829) London
2014}) 10... Nf6 11. a3 a5 12. Bd3 (12. Rc1 Ne4 13. Qc2 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15.
O-O Bd6 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Ra8 18. a4 Nd6 19. h3 Rc8 20. b3 Nf5 21. Bf4 Qe7
22. Qd3 Rfd8 23. Rfd1 Re8 24. Rc3 Rcd8 25. Qc2 f6 26. e4 dxe4 27. Qxe4 Rd5 28.
Rcd3 Nh4 29. Bh2 Ng6 $11 {Salzmann,S (2103)-Sacerdotali,S (2056) email 2014
Although White has more space, Black's set-up is very solid.}) (12. Rc2 Ba6 $6
(12... Ne4 $1 {transposes to the game, as White hardly has anything better than
} 13. Bd3 {-12.Bd3}) 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Ne5 a4 15. g4 $1 Ne4 16. Nd7 Re8 17. Qd3
Ra5 18. O-O Nd6 19. Bxd6 Bxd6 20. f4 $36 {()} Re7 21. f5 e5 22. f6 Rxd7 23. Qf5
$1 $18 {Vitiugov,N (2735)-Raznikov,D (2494) Caleta 2015}) 12... Ne4 13. Rc2 f6
(13... Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. Nd7 Bxf4 (16... Re8 $5) 17. Nxf8 Bxe3
18. Nd7 Bg5 19. Qd3 Ra8 20. a4 Nf6 21. h4 Bh6 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. h5 Bg5 24. O-O
Qf4 25. Rd1 Bf6 26. g3 Qg4 27. Qe2 Qh3 28. Rc3 Be7 29. g4 Qh4 30. f4 $14 {
/=, Giri,A (2784)-Caruana,F (2820) Wijk aan Zee 2015/ White's material
advantage is minimal amd it's difficult to effectively open the position, see
the notes by Sumets in CBM 165. In the end Caruana held a draw, but after
almost 100 moves! It's not surprising he intends to deviate earlier.}) 14. Qe2
{Aronian naturally prevents Ba6, so now Black's hope to develop his Bc8 lies
with the e5 push.} Bd6 15. O-O g5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An double-edged push.
Although Black will later pay for the weakening of his >>, we can't judge it
solely by the result, as his play could have been improved upon (also Fabiano
repeated 7...Ne4 in Round 6 against Grischuk).} ({A less committal alternative
is} 15... Qe7 {[%cal Ye6e5]} 16. Bxd6 (16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Bxd6 (17. Rxd2 e5 $132)
17... Qxd6 18. Rxd2 $5 (18. Qxd2 Ba6 $11 (18... e5 $5 $11)) 18... Qxc6 19. Rc2
Qd7 20. Rfc1 Ra7 21. Rc6 $44 {, but is this more than just compensation?}) ({
It's not so easy to find an alternative to the simple swap on d6, perhaps} 16.
h3 $5 e5 17. Bh2 $13 {is worth considering, Black's centre may come under
pressure.}) 16... Nxd6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 ({I don't like this swap, a
more natural way seems to be} 18... Ba6 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qf7 $14 {/<=>})
19. Qxe4 Rd8 20. Re1 Qf7 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Ra4 23. Rb2 Rd5 24. Qc2 Ra3 25.
Ra2 Rxa2 26. Qxa2 Rd6 27. Qa8 Qe8 28. b5 $36 {Petrosyan,T (2441)-Johannessen,L
(2517) Sitges 2015/ This game was played roughly one month earlier, with some
help from the opponent White managed to realise his plan in an ideal form -
the Bc8 remains hemmed in.}) ({This is also why Black spurns} 15... Bxf4 $2 16.
exf4 $16 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Ge1e6] - a major positional concession, which
greatly increases White's control of the centre in general, particularly the
vital e5-square.}) 16. Bxd6 (16. Bg3 e5 $5 (16... Nxg3 17. fxg3 $5 f5 18. g4
Qf6 $132) 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qc4+ Rf7 $8 19. dxe5 fxe5 20. Qxe4 (20. Nd2 $5 Ba6
21. Qxe4 $44) 20... Bf5 21. Qc4 Bxc2 22. Qxc2 Qf6 $13) 16... Nxd6 17. Re1 $5 (
17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Ba6 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 g4 21. Ne1 (21. Nh4 f5 22. g3
Ne4 $13 {/=/+}) 21... Nf5 22. Qe4 Kh8 $132) (17. Nd2 e5 18. e4 f5 $132 {
Aronian makes a useful preparatory move before the central confrontation.})
17... a4 {Strategically useful in the long run, as it stops the b4-b5 squeeze.
However, with a storm brewing in the centre this is hardly a critical
consideration, moreover the follow-up in move 21 will cost Black the game.} ({
Possible improvements are} 17... Re8 18. Nd2 e5 $132) ({, as well as} 17... g4
$5 18. Nd2 e5) 18. Nd2 {[%cal Ye3e4,Yf2f4]} e5 {White is ready to expand in
the centre, so Black should act first.} (18... f5 $2 19. f4 $16 {[%csl Rc8] is
too static.}) 19. e4 f5 $5 {Increasing the tension.} (19... exd4 {Aronian
intended} 20. Rcc1 $5 {and this deserves attention. A sample line is} (20. exd5
Re8 21. Qd1 Bf5 (21... Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Ra5 23. Nc4 Rxd5 24. Nxd6 Rxd6 25. f4 $1
gxf4 26. Re2 $44) 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Nf3 Qf7 24. Bxf5 Nxf5 25. h4 $1 h6 (25...
Qxd5 26. hxg5 fxg5 27. Nxg5 Ng7 $5 $13) 26. g4 Nd6 27. Re2 (27. Qxd4 Re8 $44)
27... Qxd5 28. Qd3 Re8 $5 {and Black should hold - for example} 29. Qg6+ Kf8
30. Qxf6+ Nf7 31. Rxe8+ Kxe8 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Nxd4 Ne5 34. Qe6+ Qxe6 35. Nxe6
Ke7 36. Nxg5 Nxg4 37. Ne4 Ne5 38. Nc3 Nc4 39. Nxa4 Kd6 40. f4 Kxc6 $11 {
[%cal Rb6b5]}) (20. e5 fxe5 21. Qxe5 Qf6 22. Nf3 Qxe5 23. Rxe5 Bf5 $132) 20...
Re8 21. Qf3 Qe7 22. h3 Kg7 23. exd5 Qxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 25. Kh2 $32 {/+/=})
20. f3 {As the struggle heats up, Aronian holds on to the centre.} (20. exd5 $6
e4 21. Bc4 Qf6 $36) (20. dxe5 Nxe4 (20... fxe4 21. exd6 exd3 22. Qxd3 Qxd6 23.
Qe3 h6 24. Nf3 $36) 21. Nb1 (21. f3 Nc5 $132) 21... Be6 $13) 20... dxe4 $2 {
Releasing the tension is a concession, in such a volatile situation this has
dire consequences.} (20... Re8 $142 $1 21. Qf2 Ra5 (21... dxe4 22. fxe4 f4 23.
Nf3 (23. dxe5 Nf7 24. Bc4 Be6 $11) 23... exd4 24. e5 Nf5 25. Rd2 $13 {/+/=})
22. exf5 Bxf5 (22... exd4 23. g4 $16 {[%csl Rc8]}) 23. Bxf5 Nxf5 24. dxe5 d4
25. f4 gxf4 (25... Ne3 26. Ne4 $1 $14) 26. Nc4 Rc5 27. Qxf4 Qh4 {Black swaps
queens and he should survive the resulting endgame after} 28. Qxh4 Nxh4 29. Re4
Ng6 30. Rxd4 Rxc6) 21. fxe4 Ra5 $6 {This is not ideal, but White already has
an advantage:} (21... Re8 22. exf5 exd4 23. Qf2 $36) ({More testing was} 21...
exd4 22. e5 Re8 23. Qh5 Nf7 24. Nf3 g4 {, when White has a choice:} {Perhaps
even more promising is} 25. Bc4 (25. Nh4 Qg5 26. Qxg5+ Nxg5 27. Nxf5 (27. Rc4
$5) 27... Bxf5 28. Bxf5 Ra5 29. Rce2 g3 30. hxg3 Rd5 $14) 25... Be6 26. Bxe6
Rxe6 27. Qxf5 Rg6 28. e6 $1 (28. Nd2 Qh4 $132) 28... Nh6 29. Qe4 gxf3 30. e7
Qe8 31. Qxf3 $44 {[%csl Ge7] /+/- The powerful o^e7 paralyzes Black and even
the engines are not too optimistic about his defensive prospects, with the
evaluation gradually growing in White's favour. However, writing this sitting
by the monitor and deciding for the piece sacrifice over the board are two
very different things!}) 22. exf5 Nxf5 (22... exd4 23. g4 $16) 23. Bc4+ $1 (23.
dxe5 $6 Nd4 24. Qh5 Bf5 {perhaps keeps an edge, but is definitely far less
convincing.} 25. Rc3) 23... Kg7 24. d5 {[%csl Ra5,Re5,Rg7][%mdl 128] Shuts off
the hapless rook and proceeds with his attack.} Re8 (24... Nd6 25. Qxe5+ Kh6 (
25... Qf6 26. Qxf6+ Rxf6 27. Ne4 Nxe4 28. Rxe4 Bf5 29. Re7+ Kf8 30. Rce2 $16)
26. h4 $16 {is maybe more resilient, but still dreary enough.}) 25. Ne4 $1 $18
{[%mdl 512] The positionally desirable moves very often work even tactically!
This sacrifice is fully correct and decides the game.} Nd4 (25... Nd6 26. Rf1
Rf8 (26... Nxc4 27. Qh5 $18) 27. Nxd6 Rxf1+ (27... Qxd6 28. Rxf8 Kxf8 29. Qf3+
Kg7 30. Rf2 $18) 28. Qxf1 cxd6 (28... Qxd6 29. Rf2 Qe7 30. d6 Qxd6 31. Rf7+ Kg6
32. Rf8 $18) 29. Rf2 $18 (29. Bd3 $5 {/\} Rxd5 30. Rf2 $18 {[%cal Rf2f7,Rd3c4]}
)) 26. Qh5 Nxc2 (26... Bf5 27. Rf2 Bg6 28. Qg4 $1 $40 (28. Qxg5 $2 Qxg5 29.
Nxg5 Rc5 $132) 28... h6 (28... h5 29. Qg3 Bxe4 30. Rxe4 $18) 29. Nf6 $18 {
is simply hopeless, therefore Caruana accepts the challenge and takes the rook.
}) 27. Nxg5 Bf5 (27... Nxe1 28. Qxh7+ Kf6 29. Ne4#) (27... Rh8 28. Rf1 $18) 28.
Rf1 $1 {Caruana possibly overlooked/underestimated this quiet move.} (28. Qf7+
$2 Kh6 29. Qxf5 Qxg5 30. Qxc2 Rf8 $13) 28... Qf6 (28... Bg6 29. Rf7+ $1 Bxf7 (
29... Kh8 30. Rxh7+ $18) (29... Kg8 30. Qh6 $18 {[%cal Rh6g7]}) 30. Qxh7+ Kf6
31. Ne4+ Ke7 32. d6+ $18) 29. Ne6+ ({White has already more than one way, even
more incisive was} 29. Rxf5 $1 Qxf5 (29... Qg6 30. Rf7+ Kg8 31. Qh3 $18 {
[%cal Rd5d6,Rc4d3]}) 30. Ne6+ Rxe6 (30... Qxe6 31. dxe6 $18 {[%cal Rh5f7,Rf7e8]
}) (30... Kf6 31. Qxe8 e4 32. Qd8+ Kg6 (32... Ke5 33. Qxc7+ Kf6 34. Qg7#) 33.
Qg8+ Kh6 34. Qg7+ Kh5 35. Be2+ $18) 31. Qxf5 $18 {[%csl Rc2,Re6]}) 29... Rxe6
30. Rxf5 Qg6 31. dxe6 ({Levon goes for the won endgame, but there was the even
more powerful} 31. Rg5 $1 Re7 32. Bd3 $18) 31... Qxh5 32. Rxh5 Nd4 33. e7 Ra8
34. Rxe5 Re8 35. Re4 Nf5 (35... Nxc6 36. Bb5 Rxe7 37. Bxc6) 36. Be6 $1 Nd6 (
36... Nxe7 37. Bd7 $18) 37. Bd7 Nxe4 38. Bxe8 Kf6 39. Bg6 {The final touch,
winning a piece.} 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2853"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:3600+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:06];Caruana,F (2805)
-Carlsen,M (2876) Norway Chess 3rd 2015 (2) 1-0 There is little wonder that
Carlsen avoids the Berlin after the recent defeat by Caruana's hands in} 4. Ba4
{[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:06] By this moment I
guess Caruana was asking himself whether it would be a Marshall or a Breyer.}
b5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 6. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:06] None of them
in fact! Carlsen chooses the classical Arkhangelsk move order, which has
fallen into oblivion long time ago.} ({Fashion has the neo-Arkhangelsk based on
} 6... Bc5 {more reliable.}) 7. d3 {[%emt 0:01:15] Caruana does not show
himself keen of checking Carlsen's preparation in the main lines and chooses a
setup which is mainly played to avoid the Marshall.} (7. Re1 Bc5 8. c3 d6 9. d4
Bb6 {leads to positional play with reasonable black counterplay.}) (7. c3 {
is more challenging. The most fascinating line goes} Nxe4 8. d4 Na5 9. Bc2 exd4
10. Bxe4 Bxe4 11. Re1 d5 12. b4 Nc4 13. Nxd4 c5 14. bxc5 Bxc5 15. f3 O-O 16.
fxe4 dxe4 17. Rxe4 Qd5 {with certain compensation for Black in view of his
better development and the hanging d4-knight. The last games at high level went
} 18. Qf3 Ne5 19. Qf5 Rae8 20. Nd2 g6 ({Deviating from his slightly earlier
game} 20... b4 21. N2b3 g6 22. Qf1 Qxe4 23. Nxc5 $14 {Ivanov,A (2539)
-Tomashevsky,E (2708) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009 (½-½, 36)}) 21. Qf4 b4 22. Bb2
bxc3 23. Bxc3 Nc6 24. Kh1 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 Re2 27. Nf3 f6 28. h3 $14
{Hellers,F (2520)-Shirov,A (2580) Stockholm 1990 0-1 Shirov,A (2719)
-Tomashevsky,E (2708) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009 (1-0, 41). Maybe Shirov was not the
best suited opponent to try this opening against, since two decades ago he
used to be a specialist of it with... Black. See for instance}) 7... Be7 {
[%emt 0:00:09] A bit disappointing - the game now enters the Anti-Marshall
paths, (I find Alejandro Ramirez' description "An Archangel with Be7"
inaccurate, but this is relative, of course.)} ({Long before the
neo-Arkhangelsk story started to take shape, Malaniuk caused some sensation
winning three games with the slightly weird} 7... Bd6 {The idea is to
over-defend the e5-pawn in order to allow an early ...Na5 if needed. The most
famous of his games (of course, I am speaking from the perspective of somebody
who was playing chess at that time) went} 8. a4 ({Neutral play such as} 8. c3
O-O 9. Nbd2 {could eventually transpose to ...Bc5 lines (I do not know how to
baptize them already) when the bishop retreats to f8 a few moves later:} Re8
10. Re1 Bf8 {and so on.}) 8... h6 9. Nc3 b4 10. Ne2 Na5 {Now is when the
bishop proves useful on d6.} 11. Ba2 O-O 12. Ng3 Re8 13. h3 ({The modern
interpretation is} 13. c3 c5 {as for instance in Hovhannisyan,R (2560)-Bartel,
M (2638) Aix-les-Bains 2011 (0-1, 51)}) 13... Bf8 14. Nh2 d5 15. Qf3 c5 $15 {
Adams,M (2505)-Malaniuk,V (2560) Palma de Mallorca 1989 (0-1, 51)}) 8. Nc3 {
[%emt 0:02:22]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:01]} 9. a3 {[%emt 0:01:01] The third most
popular continuation after 9.Bd2 and 9.a4.} d6 {[%emt 0:16:21]} 10. Re1 {
[%emt 0:09:39]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:35];Jansa,V (2535)-Smyslov,V (2600) Sochi
Chigorin Memorial 1974 (9) 0-1 The regrouping initiated with this move reminds
me of one of Smyslow's ultra-solid systems in the classical Ruy Lopez} 11. Ne2
{[%emt 0:05:12]} Nd8 {[%emt 0:06:15] Unlike in Smyslow's game, Black can
already regroup with his knight, since there is no pressure on e5.} 12. Ng3 {
[%emt 0:01:06]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:32] This position was seen in five earlier
games, which makes Caruana's 30 minute thought a bit surprizing.} 13. Ba2 $146
{[%emt 0:29:44]} ({During my live comments I did not have access at the
"reference" button, nor to the engines, so I wondered what would be wrong with
} 13. c3 c5 14. d4 {After all, this is what the Spanish Opening is all about -
White needs occupying the centre. I must confess that I under-estimated
Black's dynamic potential, based on his better development. White has wasted
quite some time with a2-a3 and d2-d3-d4.} exd4 15. cxd4 {Black has two
playable ways of breaking the centre with ...d6-d5.} c4 (15... d5 16. exd5 Bxd5
17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. b4 Bb6 20. Ne5 Qb7 21. Nf5 {White's position
looks threatening but he still is underdeveloped.} Rad8 $1 (21... Ne7 22. Qf3
$1 Qa7 {Horvath,A (2531)-Banusz,T (2598) Gyula 2013 (0-1, 38)} 23. Nxe7+ Qxe7
24. Bb2 $14 {[%csl Rc6,Rg7][%cal Ge5c6,Ga1c1]}) 22. Qg4 Nf6 23. Qh4 Bd4 {
Black's position becomes dominant so White is best adviced to force a draw by
perpetual:} 24. Bg5 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 Nxg5 26. Qxg5 g6 27. Qxf6 {or 27.Nh6+.}) 16.
Bc2 d5 {This is Tomashevsky's specialty.} 17. e5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 ({White does not
get much by rejecting the sacrifice:} 18. Nf5 f6 19. Be3 Bd8 20. exf6 Bxf6 {
with active black play in Jakovenko,D (2711)-Tomashevsky,E (2658) Dagomys 2008
(½-½, 26)}) 18... dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Qd5 21. Qc2 Rfd8 {This looks
unnatural.} ({But if} 21... Rad8 {Black must have feared} 22. Bd2 {[%cal Gd2b4]
when ...a5 is impossible.}) ({Given this problems, I am actually asking myself
whether there is such a hurry to define the rooks' intentions. Since Black
plans playing ...f7-f5 anyway, I consider} 21... f5 {a serious candidate, for
instance} 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Be3 Rad8 {with a couple of extra tempi compared to
the game.}) 22. h4 f5 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Be3 Qf5 25. Re1 Rf8 {The rook returns
to the right square but I am not sure h2-h4 is such a weakening as to allow
wasting two tempi.} 26. Re2 Rad8 {Anyway, Black's blockade is relatively safe
and the game ended in a draw, Shirov,A (2740)-Tomashevsky,E (2658) Dagomys
2008 (½-½, 34) Even if the consequences of 13.c3 are far from clear, I do
not see the point behind Caruana's novelty. White wastes just another tempo
while big part of his army is placed on the initial squares.}) 13... Rfe8 {
[%emt 0:08:03] Black is one step away from completing his development with ...
Rad8, while White is far behind in the process. Besides, he does not have too
much space to deal with that. Little wonder that Caruana decided to exchange
some pieces.} 14. Ng5 {[%emt 0:06:30] Trying to make use of White's best piece
- his Spanish bishop.} ({If} 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. c3 c5 {Black threatens
undermining the white centre with ...c5-c4.}) ({The only reasonable
alternative to the game move is} 14. Bd2 {, without offering a clue to what
White should do with his queen, though.}) 14... d5 $5 {[%emt 0:16:04] Played
after 16 minutes, this is the most principled decision. Allowing an exchange
on e6 looks unappealing, while} (14... Nxg5 15. Bxg5 {would only speed up
White's development, for instance} h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nf5 Kh7 18. Qh5 Rf8 19.
h4 $36 {[%cal Gg2g4,Ge1e3] with a much better version of the game continuation.
}) 15. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:08:59] White needs releasing the tension in order to
clear the g5-square for the bishop. Delaying this exchange would give Black
time to increase his space advantage.} ({The pawn grabbing} 15. exd5 Nxg5 16.
Bxg5 Bxd5 17. Rxe5 Bxa2 18. Rxa2 {should not scare a Marshall Attack player.
The a2-rook is less than undeveloped.} h6 $5 19. Bxf6 (19. Bd2 Bd6) 19... Bxf6
20. Re4 Rxe4 21. Nxe4 Be5 {offers Black plenty of play.}) 15... Qxe6 {[%emt 0:
00:15]} 16. Bg5 {[%emt 0:07:46]} ({For instance} 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Bg5 c5 18. Qf3
({Or if} 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Ne3 d4 20. Nd5 Qd6 $11 {[%cal Gb7c8,Gc8e6,Ya8c8,
Yc5c4] the beautiful central knight would actually block the own bishop.})
18... c4 19. Nh6+ (19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. exd5 Rad8 21. dxc4 $2 e4 {[%cal Gf6b2]})
19... Kh8 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. Nf5 Rac8 $11 {Black's activity and
space advantage compensates for the structural deffect.}) 16... h6 $1 {[%emt 0:
04:17] It would be dangerous to delay this thematic move.} (16... c5 17. Bxf6
Bxf6 18. Nh5 Be7 (18... Rad8 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Nf4) (18... Qd6 19. Nxf6+ gxf6
20. Qh5 $16) (18... Bg5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qxd5 21. Qg4 Qd8 22. f4 $36) 19.
exd5 Bxd5 $2 20. Nf4 $18) 17. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 18.
Qf3 {[%emt 0:05:51]} (18. Nh5 Bg5 {is safe for Black due to the fact that his
bishop is defended, making the queen incursion after} 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. exd5
Qxd5 21. Qg4 {inoffensive, for instance} Qe6 $11) 18... c6 {[%emt 0:03:08]
This ultra ambitious move fails to keep the a2-bishop out of play after
Caruana's active answer.} (18... Rad8 {is more natural, even though the
evaluation remains the same: both sides' chances are even.}) 19. c4 $1 {
[%emt 0:06:36]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 20. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} ({One
important problem is that the a1-rook needs defending the bishop. For instance
completing the development with} 20. Rac1 {allows} dxc4 $1 (20... bxc4 {
is less clear:} 21. exd5 $1 ({Only not} 21. dxc4 $2 d4 22. b4 c5 $15 {[%csl
Ra2]}) 21... cxd5 22. dxc4 e4 23. cxd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 exf3 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26.
Rxe6 fxe6 $13) 21. dxc4 Bg5 22. Rc2 g6 {[%csl Ra2,Rg3][%cal Ge6a2]}) 20... cxd5
{[%emt 0:00:02]} 21. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:30] White tris compensating his space
defficit with active piece play.} ({It would be nice to fight for the c-file,
but} 21. Rac1 $2 {loses material to} dxe4 {[%csl Ga2]} 22. Bxe6 exf3) ({Or if} 
21. Rec1 {(not very natural - the rook belongs to e1.)} Rd7 22. Rc5 Qb6 23.
Rac1 Be7 24. R5c2 Bg5 25. Re1 Red8 26. Qg4 Rc7 $11) 21... Bg5 {[%emt 0:22:27]}
22. h4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Bd2 $5 {[%emt 0:03:54] When I saw this move, I thought
the bishop will finally reach b6, truly in the spirit of the Arkhangelsk. But
my expectations proved wrong...} ({As pointed out by Ramirez,} 22... Bf4 {
"is also possible."} 23. g3 dxe4 24. Qg4 (24. dxe4 $2 Qxf5 $17) 24... Qf6 25.
gxf4 exd3 {"gets crazy, but computers like Black a bit."} 26. fxe5 $2 d2 $19 {
"was something Carlsen missed."}) 23. Re2 {[%emt 0:04:26]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:14:28]
} 24. dxe4 {[%emt 0:05:18]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 25. g3 {[%emt 0:09:41]} Kf8 $3
{[%emt 0:01:45];Carlsen,M (2863)-Anand,V (2792) World Championship 2014 (11)
1-0 The evaluation is not only for the objective merits of the move, but also
for the whole king's moving around initiated now and the depth behind it. The
king manoeuvre reminds me a bit of the somewhat similar issue in the last game
of the return Carlsen-Anand match} ({Carlsen intended to drive the enemy
knight away with ...g6, which would not work with the king on h8 due to Nxh6+.
And if} 25... Kh8 {the f7-square would be vulnerable. White could play a
consolidating move such as} 26. Kg2 (26. h5 Bg5) 26... g6 $6 27. Nd4 Qg7 (27...
Qxf3+ $2 28. Nxf3 Ba5 29. Bxf7 $18) 28. Nb3 f5 29. Nc5 $14) ({The ARkhangelsk
plan should be carried out with care, for if} 25... Ba5 $6 26. Nxh6+ $1 Qxh6
27. Qxf7+ Kh7 28. Qxb7 $16) ({I would probably choose} 25... Kh7 26. Kg2 Ba5
27. Rc1 g6 28. Ne3 (28. Nd4 {does not work so well now, since after} Qxf3+ 29.
Nxf3 {the bishop is not hanging anymore, allowing} f5 $36) 28... Qxf3+ 29. Kxf3
Rd3 {[%cal Ga5b6]}) 26. h5 {[%emt 0:05:10]} ({With the f7-pawn defended,} 26.
Kg2 g6 27. Nd4 Qxf3+ 28. Nxf3 Ba5 {is safe for Black.}) 26... Bg5 {[%emt 0:04:
20] There were no reasons to refrain from occupying the concealed square. The
bishop defends the queen, making ...g6 an issue already, without fearing Nd4
at all.} 27. a4 {[%emt 0:01:14] By now, both players were approaching severe
time trouble. With jis last move Caruana opens a new front, clearing the
a3-square for the queen in order to harass the centralized king.} ({A neutral
move such as} 27. Rf1 {would allow} g6 ({If Black wants more than an immediate
draw he can try} 27... Bc8) 28. hxg6 fxg6 29. Qb3 (29. Nh4 Bxh4) 29... gxf5 30.
Qg8+ Ke7 31. Qh7+ Kf8 {White should take the draw by perpetual since} 32. Qxb7
$2 Re7 {[%csl Gb7] suddenly traps the queen!}) 27... b4 $6 {[%emt 0:01:13]
Carlsen renews the threat, without realizing that White's queenside play is
far from over.} (27... g6 $2 28. hxg6 fxg6 29. Qa3+) (27... bxa4 $1 {would
have absolved Black from any problems:} 28. Qa3+ Kg8 29. Qxa4 Bc8) 28. a5 $3 {
[%emt 0:02:02] Caruana spent most of his remaining time on this fantastic move,
going down to seconds on his clock. White prevents Black's consolidating with .
..a6-a5, endangering the b4-pawn and adding a small tactical detail to the
plot.} Kg8 $5 {[%emt 0:04:23] Typical for Carlsen's lack of pre-concepts. He
does not mind returning with his king now that there was some danger for it.} (
{When playing his precious move Carlsen might have thought that he could
finally carry out his plan, failing to notice that after} 28... g6 29. hxg6
fxg6 30. Qb3 gxf5 31. Qg8+ Ke7 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Qxb7 $1 Re7 {the queen has a
choice between} 34. Qxb4 {and the less strong 34.Qb6.}) ({But in principle} 
28... Bc8 {[%cal Gg7g6] would have been safer} 29. Qb3 Bxf5 30. Qxb4+ Kg8 31.
exf5 Qxf5 {[%cal Gf5f3] with some symbolic white advantage only, due to his
more active bishop. For instance:} 32. Qe4 Qxe4 33. Rxe4 Kf8 34. b4 Rd6 {
[%cal Ge8b8,Gg5d2]}) 29. Bc4 $6 {[%emt 0:00:09] Too slow. Besides, White
dismantles his potential battery along the a2-g8 diagonal.} (29. Rc2 $5 Rd7 (
29... Rc8 30. Rc4 Rxc4 31. Bxc4 $14 {[%cal Ga1d1]} Kh8 $6 32. Rd1) 30. Rc4 Kh8
31. Rd1 (31. Rxb4 g6 32. hxg6 fxg6 33. Rd1) 31... Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Rd8 33. Qf3 g6
34. Rc7) (29. Qb3 {would mainly transpose to the line above since} Bxe4 {
would be met with} 30. Qxf7+ Qxf7 31. Bxf7+ Kxf7 32. Rxe4 $14) 29... Rd7 $6 {
[%emt 0:00:51] Carlsen still had a few minutes left, but failed to remain
consequent to his curious king manoeuvre.} (29... Kh8 $1 30. Kg2 g6 31. Ne3 (
31. hxg6 $2 fxg6 32. Ne3 Qxf3+ 33. Kxf3 Rf8+ 34. Kg2 Bxe4+ $17) 31... Qxf3+ 32.
Kxf3 Rd4 33. Bd5 Bxd5 34. Nxd5 gxh5 35. Ra4 b3 $13) 30. Ra4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:28]
Suddenly, White's queenside play strongly interfers with Black's planned ...g6.
} Kh8 {[%emt 0:02:15] Carlsen spent most of his remaining time on this move,
joining his opponent for the blitz mode.} 31. Rxb4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} g6 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 32. hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} fxg6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 33. Qb3 $1 {
[%emt 0:00:41] The clue.} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} (33... Bxe4 34. Rxe4 (34. Nxh6
Rd1+ $5 35. Qxd1 Qf3 36. Nf7+ Kg7 37. Rxe4 $8 Qxd1+ 38. Kg2 $14) 34... gxf5 (
34... Qxf5 35. Bd3 $16) 35. Rb6 Rd6 36. Re2 $16 {[%cal Gc4a6]}) 34. Ne3 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 35. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} (35. Bb5 $5 Rb8
36. Rxe4 Rxb5 37. Qc3 {[%cal Ge3c4,Ge3g4]} Qf3 38. Rxe5 $36) 35... Bxd5 {
[%emt 0:01:03]} ({Ramirez:} 35... Qf3 36. Rxe4 $1 (36. Bxe4 Qxe2 37. Rb8 {
Carlsen thought this was "at least a draw" but actually Black is winning after}
Rxb8 38. Qxb8+ Kh7 $1 39. Bd5 Rg7 $1 $18) 36... Qxe2 37. Nc4 Qh5 38. g4 $1 Qh4
39. Nxe5 $1 {with a strong initiative.}) 36. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qc6 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 37. Nc3 $14 {[%emt 0:00:02] White has achieved stability on
light squares, but needs to be careful with his major piece regrouping,
something Caruana failed to do under the time pressure.} Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
38. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} ({Even with seconds on the clock, it is strange that
Caruana refrained from the natural} 38. Rb8 $16 {reducing Black's attacking
potential.}) 38... Red8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 39. Rbe4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} (39. Qe4 $1
$16 Rd1+ $2 40. Nxd1 Rxd1+ 41. Re1 {Ramirez}) 39... Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 40.
Rxd2 $4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (40. Qb3 Rd1+ $1 41. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 42. Nxd1 h5 $44) ({
It is hard to predict what would have happened after} 40. Qa4 {White would
retain his strategic advantage against any black move with one exception:} Bf4
$3 {leading to perpetual check (either Black, after 41.gxf4 or White after} 41.
Rxd2 Rxd2 42. Qe8+ {But would Carlsen have found it just before the control?})
40... Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D81"]
[WhiteElo "2814"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Be6 6. Qa4+ {This move order
eliminates the line} (6. Qb5+ Nc6 (6... Bd7 7. Qb3 {- game}) 7. Nf3 Nd5 {
etc. but Black gets some other possibilities.}) 6... Bd7 (6... Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg7
8. e4 Bd7 9. Qa3 a5 10. d5 Nb4 11. Qb3 e6 12. a3 Na6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Qxb7 $16
{1-0 (50) Guseinov,A (2430)-Bagirov,R (2305) Baku 1996}) (6... c6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8.
e4 O-O 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. h3 Rad8 13. Rd1 $14 {1-0 (62)
Kazhgaleyev,M (2626)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2684) Livry Gargan 2009}) (6... Qd7 7.
Qxd7+ Nbxd7 8. e4 c6 9. Bf4 Bg7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Nge2 Rfd8 12. Rd1 a5 13. O-O b5
{1/2 (22) Stark,M-Santasiere,A Ventnor City 1945} 14. b3 $14) 7. Qb3 c5 $1 {
The most energetic reply.} (7... Nc6 $143 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. e4 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4] e.g.
} O-O 10. e5 Ng4 (10... Ne8 11. Be3) 11. h3 Nh6 {1-0 (35) Le Roux,J (2480)
-Pujos,S (2314) France 2004} 12. d5 $1 Na5 13. Qa3 b6 14. b4 Nb7 15. Ba6 $16)
8. d5 (8. dxc5 Na6 $1 9. Qa3 Rc8 10. b4 Nb8 {, and Black gets good counterplay
for the sacrificed pawn due to his development advantage:} 11. Qb3 Bg7 12. Bb2
a5 13. a3 Be6 14. Qa4+ Nfd7 (14... Bd7 $5) 15. e3 O-O 16. Nf3 b6 $132 {0-1 (70)
Najer,E (2661)-Paravyan,D (2478) Kaliningrad 2015}) 8... b5 {Again the most
energetic move but} (8... Qb6 {is possible, too:} 9. e4 e6 (9... Na6 10. Qxb6 (
10. Qd1 $5) 10... axb6 11. Bd2 e6 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Nf3 O-O-O 14. Bb5 h6 15.
O-O-O g5 16. Rhe1 Bg7 17. Na4 $36 {1-0 (28) Aleksandrov,A (2612)-Khusnutdinov,
R (2492) Moscow 2012}) 10. Nf3 Bg7 (10... exd5 11. e5 d4 12. exf6 dxc3 13. Qxc3
Be6 14. Bc4 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Qe6+ 16. Qxe6+ fxe6 17. O-O Nc6 18. Re1 h6 19. Bf4 g5
20. Be5 Rh7 21. Rad1 Kf7 22. Bc3 $16 {1-0 (41) Mekhitarian,K (2566)-Tseitlin,M
(2389) Caleta 2014}) 11. dxe6 (11. Bc4 $5) 11... Bxe6 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Ng5 Nc6
14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bd3 Nd7 16. f4 Nb4 $132 {1-0 (52) Khismatullin,D (2651)
-Khusnutdinov,R (2513) Moscow 2010}) 9. Nxb5 (9. e4 $143 c4 $1 10. Qc2 (10.
Bxc4 bxc4 $1 11. Qb7 Qb6 12. Qxa8 Ng4 13. Nd1 Bg7 14. h3 O-O 15. hxg4 Na6 16.
Qxf8+ Kxf8 $36) 10... Na6 11. Nf3 Bg7 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Nc5 14. Be3 Rc8 15.
Nd4 b4 16. e5 Ng4 $1 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Nc6 Bf5 $1 $17 {0-1 (26) Dragun,K (2547)
-Rodshtein,M (2664) Germany 2013}) 9... Bxb5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (9... Qa5+ 10.
Nc3 Na6 11. e4 (11. f3 c4 12. Qd1 e6 13. e4 exd5 14. e5 $2 d4 $1 15. exf6 dxc3
16. bxc3 O-O-O $40 {0-1 (25) Svidler,P (2751)-Gelfand,B (2753) Jerusalem 2014})
(11. Bd2 $5) 11... Nb4 (11... c4 12. Qa3) 12. Bd2 Rb8 13. Qd1 Bg7 14. Bc4 $16 {
1-0 (42) Smyslov,V-Ragozin,V Sverdlovsk 1943}) (9... Na6 $5 {This developing
move looks appropriate. Here are some practical examples:} 10. Nc3 (10. Bf4 $5
c4 $1 (10... Qa5+ 11. Nc3 Bg7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Qa3 Qb6 14. e4 Nb4 15. Nf3 $14 {
1-0 (28) Dragun,K (2532)-Sliwicki,D (2027) Karpacz 2013}) 11. Qxc4 Rc8 $132)
10... Rb8 11. Qd1 Qa5 12. f3 (12. Nf3 Bg7 {[%cal Rf6e4]}) 12... Bg7 13. e4 Nc7
$44 14. Kf2 $6 c4 15. g3 O-O 16. Kg2 Nfe8 17. Qd2 Nd6 18. Nh3 f5 $36 {0-1 (28)
Djurhuus,R (2447)-Hansen,E (2587) Reykjavik 2014}) 10. Qxb5+ Nbd7 {
Surprisingly, it turns out that Black obtains decent counterplay.} 11. g3 Rb8
12. Qa4 (12. Qc4 Bg7 13. Bg2 O-O 14. Nf3 Qa5+ 15. Bd2 Nb6 $1 16. Qh4 Qa6 $132)
12... Bg7 13. Bg2 O-O 14. Nh3 Nb6 15. Qxa7 Nfxd5 $44 {As a result of the
opening, Black has obtained a good compensation for the pawn: a big
development advantage. His pieces are very active, and White's bishop pair is
meaningless.} 16. O-O (16. Nf4 $5 Ra8 17. Qb7 Rb8 18. Qc6 $6 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Bxb2
20. Rb1 Bc3+ 21. Kf1 Nc4 $1 $36) 16... Qc8 17. Qa3 Nb4 (17... e6 $5 {[%cal
Yf8d8,Rb6c4]}) 18. Qb3 Nc6 19. Bf4 Nd4 20. Qd1 e5 21. Be3 Rd8 22. Bxd4 Rxd4 (
22... cxd4 $5 $44) 23. Qc2 Rc4 24. Qd2 Rd4 25. Qc1 {White avoids the
repetition but he is not better anyway.} e4 (25... Rc4 26. Qe3) 26. e3 (26. Rb1
$5 Rc4 27. Qe3 $140 Nd5) 26... Rc4 27. Qd2 Rb4 28. Rac1 (28. Rab1 Nc4) 28...
Rxb2 29. Qd6 c4 30. Ng5 Rxa2 (30... c3 $5 31. Bxe4 Rxa2 $36) 31. Nxe4 Qf8 32.
Rfd1 Qxd6 33. Rxd6 Ra1 {Too straightforward. There was no need to trade an
active rook for a passive one.} (33... Rb2 $11) 34. Rxa1 Bxa1 {[%mdl 4096]} 35.
Rc6 Rc8 $5 {[%mdl 512] This temporary piece sacrifice leads to an endgame with
an extra pawn for White but with opposite-coloured bishops and pawns on the
same side. It looks risky but Black confidently holds his ground.} (35... f5
36. Nc5 c3 {doesn't guarantee a draw.}) 36. Rxb6 c3 37. Nxc3 Bxc3 38. Bd5 Rc7
39. h4 Kg7 40. g4 h6 41. g5 $6 {The exchange of these pawns helps Black.} (41.
h5 $5 gxh5 42. gxh5 {may be a better chance as Black's h6 pawn can be
vulnerable in some variations. Still, Black should survive.}) 41... hxg5 42.
hxg5 Rc5 $1 43. Rd6 (43. e4 Rc7 {[%cal Yc3d2]}) 43... Kf8 44. e4 Be5 45. Rd8+
Ke7 46. Ra8 Rc7 47. Kg2 Bf4 48. Ra5 Kf8 49. Bb3 Rc3 50. Rb5 Kg7 51. Bd1 Rd3 52.
Be2 Rc3 53. Rd5 Kf8 54. Bb5 Ke7 55. Kf1 Rc2 56. Be2 Rd2 57. Ra5 Rd4 58. Bf3 Rd3
59. Be2 Rd4 60. f3 Kf8 61. Ba6 Rd7 62. Bc4 Re7 63. Kg2 Re5 64. Ra8+ Re8 65. Ra5
Re5 66. Rxe5 Bxe5 67. Kh3 Bf4 68. Kg4 Bc1 69. f4 Ke7 70. f5 gxf5+ 71. Kxf5 Bb2
72. e5 Bc3 73. Bb3 Bb2 74. Bc4 Bc3 75. Bb3 Bb2 76. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 {the not very sharp
Moscow.} (6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 {is the ultra-sharp anti-Moscow.}) 6... Qxf6 7.
e3 g6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 {An interesting break, played rather
quickly. Sometimes White holds on to this and plays preparatory moves.} Qd8 11.
Re1 c5 $1 {An interesting novelty from the Indian player, always showing
superb opening knowledge.} 12. exd5 (12. dxc5 d4 13. Nb5 e5 {gives Black
plenty of compensation for the pawn. He will break on b6 if he cannot capture
c5, and his passed pawn, good development and open lines will give him a fine
position.}) 12... cxd4 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Ne2 {Caruana's solution clearly
cannot pose real problems for Anand. White has some kind of blockade, but
Black's position is active and well developed.} Qd6 15. Qd2 Nc6 16. Nf4 Bg4 {
giving up the bishop for the f3-knight is not necessary, but with the opposite
colored bishops coming into play the position should be rather equal.} 17. Be4
Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Ne5 19. Bd5 Rac8 20. b3 b5 21. Rac1 bxc4 22. bxc4 Rc7 23. Nd3
Nxd3 {Anand was critical of this move after the game, correctly pointing out
that the retreat with Nd7 was a better move and equalizing. Now he comes under
a little bit of pressure.} 24. Qxd3 Kh7 25. g3 Bf6 26. Rb1 {White is slightly
better with his control of the b-file and slightly better bishop.} Kg7 27. Rb5
Rfc8 28. Reb1 Rc5 29. a4 Rxb5 30. axb5 {White has some hopes of an advantage.
He can pressure f7 and he has potentially dangerous pawns, but to be fair this
should be holdable for Black if he just stays put.} Rc7 31. Qb3 Qe5 32. Qf3 Bg5
33. c5 {taking advantage of tactics to push the pawn, but Anand has this under
control.} Rd7 $1 34. b6 axb6 35. cxb6 (35. Bc6 Rd8 36. cxb6 d3 37. Qe4 Qxe4 38.
Bxe4 d2 39. Rd1 Bf6 {is going to be a draw, no matter what the computer says.})
35... Rxd5 36. Qxd5 Qxd5 37. b7 d3 38. b8=Q d2 {White won an exchange, but he
is simply not able to do anything with it due to the huge pawn on d2.} 39. Rd1
Qf3 40. Qb2+ Kh7 41. Qc2 Be3 {forcing the draw.} 42. fxe3 Qxe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. d4
exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Re1 {Logical move. Black often goes for the d5 push and
it is helpful to have the R on e1.} Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qb3 {White is leaving
the pin, and he prepares fot Nc4 with idea of playing Nxb6.} d5 {The most
direct reply. Black would like to fix the centre, because White's Ps are very
flexible.} 13. e5 Nd7 14. a4 a5 (14... c5 $2 {could have been met by} 15. a5 $1
{.}) (14... a6 {was played by Ragger,} 15. Bd3 c5 16. g4 $5 c4 ({In case of} 
16... Bg6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Ng5 $1 {followed by Qg3-h4 and Black's position
looks very dangerous.}) 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Nxc4 Bg6 19. Bg5 $1 Ba7 20. Qa3 f6 (
20... Re8 $2 21. Nd6 $1 $18 {and White is winning.}) 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Bh6 {
with a very complicated game, Svidler-Ragger, Bundesliga 2015.}) 15. Qd1 {
White prepares for Nb3.} Nb8 $5 {Interesting N maneuver. Caruana wants to put
his N on b4 by Nbc6-b4.} 16. Nb3 Nbc6 17. Bg5 h6 $146 {This is the first new
move in the game.} (17... Nb4 18. Rc1 h6 19. Bh4 c6 20. Be2 Qc7 21. g4 (21. Bg3
$5) 21... Bg6 22. Qd2 Na2 (22... Rfe8 $5) 23. Ra1 Nb4 24. Rec1 Qd7 25. Nc5 Bxc5
26. dxc5 $14 {and White had a slight advantage, Vachier Lagrave-Leko, Beijing
rapid 2014.}) 18. Bh4 Qc8 ({In case of} 18... Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4
21. Qg4 {and Black has to face a lot of unpleasant attack on the kingside.})
19. g4 $5 {A brave and ambitious reaction by Topalov. He would like to gain
some space, on the other hand his kingside can be a target for Black.} Bg6 20.
Rc1 Bh7 (20... Qe6 $5 {was also possible.}) 21. Bg3 $6 {A logical reply, but
this is an inaccuracy, because he allows Black next move.} (21. Nc5 $1 {
was correct,} Ng6 22. Bg3 Bxc5 23. dxc5 $14 {and White has a comfortable
position.}) 21... Nb4 {The N is very powerful from b4. Nobody can attack it,
controls the d3-square and Black is ready to play ...c6 too.} 22. Re3 Na2 23.
Ra1 Nb4 24. Ne1 {Topalov doesn't want to repeat right away.} Nec6 25. Qd2 Qe6
26. Bxc6 $6 {This is a strange idea to give the light-squared B so quickly.
The B blockated the light-squares very well, but from now the b4 N becomes
more stronger.} ({The natural} 26. Rc1 {was more solid.}) 26... Qxc6 27. Rc3
Qe6 28. Ng2 f6 {Caruana starts to open the lines for his pieces.} 29. Nf4 Qd7
30. e6 (30. Nh5 $5 {was an interesting option,} f5 31. Bf4 $5 fxg4 32. Bxh6 $1
gxh6 33. Qxh6 Bd3 34. Qg5+ Kf7 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Qg5+ {with perpetual checks.})
30... Qe7 31. Re1 f5 $1 {Very good move! Caruana immediately gains the
initiative and tries to create some weaknesses on the kingside.} 32. Nc5 Bxc5
33. Rxc5 c6 {Suddenly Black completely protects himself and White's pieces are
without coordination. Black is threatening with ...g5.} 34. Rc3 g5 $1 35. Ng2
$2 {The decisive mistake.} ({The engine suggests} 35. gxf5 $1 {as the most
tougher reply,} Bxf5 $1 (35... gxf4 $2 36. Bxf4 Bxf5 37. Rg3+ Kh7 38. Bxh6 {
and suddenly Black is in trouble.}) 36. Ng2 Be4 37. h4 Rf5 {and Black looks
nicely placed, but still White has some practical chance.}) 35... f4 36. Nxf4 (
36. Bh2 Rf6 $19 {is hopeless for White.}) 36... gxf4 37. Bxf4 Nd3 $1 {Caruana
continues with the strongest move.} 38. Rxd3 Bxd3 39. Bxh6 Rf3 $1 {Another
right reaction! Black is a R up and White's three Ps are nothing for it.} 40.
Re3 Rxe3 41. Qxe3 Qh7 42. f3 Re8 43. h4 Qg6 44. e7 Qd6 {Very precise solution!
Black sacrifices his B, and he reaches a completely winning endgame.} 45. Bf4
Qxe7 $1 {This is the point!} (45... Rxe7 46. Be5 Qg6 47. h5 {is more material,
but also more complicated.}) 46. Qxd3 Qe1+ 47. Qf1 Qxf1+ 48. Kxf1 Rf8 49. Be5
Rxf3+ 50. Kg2 Rb3 51. h5 Rxb2+ 52. Kg3 b5 53. axb5 Rxb5 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Ne4 {
Not the most common move here but still seen in dozens of games and recently
gaining popularity. It was examined in detail in my annotations to
Topalov-Giri (CBM 151) but a number of games have been played and annotated
since then.} 8. a3 $146 {This new move is hardly dangerous for Black but at
least spoils his preparation.} (8. Nxe4 {- see Eljanov-Andreikin in CBM 167}) (
8. Rc1 {- Giri-Caruana, CBM 166}) (8. Qc2 f5 {- Sjugirov-Jojua, CBM 166} {
It is essential that} 9. Nb5 c6 10. Nc7 $2 {doesn't work due to} e5 $1 11. Ne6
Qa5+) 8... Nxc3 {An obvious exchange, after which 8.a3 is just a loss of a
tempo. However, White's b-pawn moves towards the centre, ready to undermine it
with c3-c4.} ({White's main idea is that after} 8... f5 9. Nb5 c6 10. Nc7 {
is quite possible as} e5 {doesn't work due to} 11. Ne6 Qa5+ 12. b4) ({Black
has a lot of other moves, which may be tested in future:} 8... b6) (8... c6 {
etc.}) 9. bxc3 c6 (9... b6 10. c6 Nb8 (10... Nf6 {is hardly good as White's c6
pawn can't be easily eliminated after, say,} 11. Bd3) 11. Qa4 Bd6 {deserves
attention, with mutual chances, e.g.} 12. Bg3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Qd6 14. Bd3 h6 15.
g4 Nxc6 16. g5 $44) 10. Qa4 {Preventing 10...b6.} g5 $1 {White's queen has
moved to the queenside so Black starts counterplay on the kingside and in the
centre.} 11. Bg3 f5 12. h3 f4 13. Bh2 e5 $1 14. Be2 e4 15. Nd2 Nxc5 $1 {
[%mdl 512]} 16. dxc5 Bxc5 $44 {Black has sacrificed a piece to support his
pawn avalanche. However, the main drawback of his position is poor development
(Ra8 and Bc8).} 17. O-O $6 {This is risky but awkward moves like} (17. Bg1 {
are hardly promising.}) 17... b5 $2 (17... fxe3 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qb3+ (19.
Qc4+ Qd5) 19... Kg7 20. Be5+ Kg6 {, and White's compensation for the material
advantage is under doubt. It is unclear what Alexander Grischuk had in mind in
that case.}) 18. Qb3 Qe7 (18... fxe3 19. Nxe4 $16) 19. Kh1 $16 {[%csl Rg8]
[%mdl 32] Black's king is weak so he has no sufficient compensation for the
piece.} Be6 (19... fxe3 20. fxe3 Be6 $1 (20... Bxe3 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 (21... Qxf8
22. Nxe4) 22. Rf1+ Kg8 23. c4 $1 Bxd2 24. cxd5 $18 {->}) 21. a4 $16 {- below})
20. a4 (20. exf4 $5 gxf4 21. Qb2 {[%cal Yd2b3]}) 20... d4 (20... fxe3 21. fxe3
Bxe3 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Nf1 {[%cal Rf1e3,Ra4b5]} bxa4 (23... d4 24. Qd1 Bf2 25.
cxd4) 24. Qxa4 Bb6 25. Qxc6 Rc8 26. Qb5 Rxc3 27. Rd1 $16 {[%cal Ye2g4] Due to
the unsafe position of his king, Black can't make use of his central pawns.})
21. Qd1 (21. Qb2 d3 22. Bh5 {[%cal Rd2e4,Ra4b5] was even stronger.}) 21... d3
22. Bg4 Bd5 (22... Bxg4 23. Qxg4 fxe3 24. fxe3 Bxe3 25. Qxe4 Qxe4 26. Nxe4
Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 bxa4 28. Rd1 a3 29. Rxd3 Rf8 30. Rd1 $18) 23. axb5 cxb5 24. Nb3
fxe3 (24... Bb6 25. Nd4) 25. Nxc5 Qxc5 {^^} 26. fxe3 Qxe3 27. Re1 ({Of course,
finding something like} 27. Bd6 Rf2 28. Bc8 $3 Rxc8 (28... Rxf1+ 29. Qxf1 Rxc8
30. Qf5) 29. Rxf2 Qxf2 30. Qg4 {is impossible over the board but the line
brilliantly demonstrates the strength of White's bishops.}) 27... Qf2 28. Bg1
Qf7 (28... Qf6 29. Bc5 $1) 29. Qd2 Qg6 (29... h6 30. Ra6 Kh7 {is hopeless
enough but the text move allows a nice finale.}) 30. Ra6 $1 Rf6 (30... Qxa6 31.
Qxg5+ Qg6 32. Qxd5+ Kg7 33. Bd4+ Kh6 34. Rxe4 $18) 31. Rea1 {It is a pity that
White misses} (31. Rxf6 Qxf6 32. Rf1 $1 ({or} 32. Rxe4 $1 Bxe4 33. Qa2+ Kf8 34.
Bc5+ Kg7 35. Bd4 $18) 32... Qxf1 {(to queen retreats White plays 33.Rf5)} 33.
Qxg5+ Kf8 34. Qxd5 Re8 35. Bh5 {with a decisive attack. The text move doesn't
spoil anything, though.}) 31... Re8 (31... h6 32. Rxa7 Rxa7 33. Rxa7 $18) 32.
Rxf6 Qxf6 33. Rxa7 h6 34. Be3 Qe5 35. Qe1 Bc4 36. Bd4 Qf4 37. Be3 Qe5 38. Bd4
Qf4 39. Rg7+ Kf8 40. Qa1 b4 (40... b4 41. cxb4 $18 {[%cal Rd4c5]}) 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {Another bb5+ Sicilian!} Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6.
Ba4 e5 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 b5 9. Bc2 O-O {Clearly this structure resembles a
Spanish more than anything else. Black has already expanded on the queenside,
and has his knight on d7, which has always made me think that his position is
superior to a normal Spanish.} 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. a4 Rb8 (11... Bb7 {was also
possible, after} 12. d5 c4 {Black has some kind of Breyer type of counterplay
after Nc5.}) 12. axb5 axb5 13. Na3 Ba6 {Apparently MVL missed the idea of d5
followed by b4, which perhaps gives White a minimal advantage, but it isn't
anything exciting.} 14. d5 Qb7 15. b4 Bd8 $1 {Remaneuvering the bishop is
Black's best bet in keeping equality.} 16. Bd3 Ra8 17. Bg5 c4 18. Bc2 Nh5 19.
Bxd8 (19. Nxe5 $5 {Wins a pawn, but definitely not the game:} Bxg5 20. Qxh5 Bf6
21. Nc6 (21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Qf3 $44 {with plenty of compesantion thanks to the
strong dark squared bishop.}) 21... Bxc3 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. e5 g6 24. Bxg6 fxg6
25. Nxg6+ Kg7 26. Nxf8 {Is something the Frenchman considered, and it gets
quite crazy, but Black should be better in this material balance.}) 19... Rfxd8
20. Nh4 g6 21. Qe3 Qb6 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 {White's space advantage doesn't matter
much here. It's too difficult to create any kind of play. The game is
eventually drawn after this.} 23. g3 Nf6 24. Ng2 Ne8 25. Ra2 Bc8 26. Rda1 Bd7
27. Nb1 Rxa2 28. Rxa2 Ra8 29. Rxa8 Nxa8 30. Nd2 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. Qd2 e5 $5 {An unusual approach to a known position. This double
break} 10. Nf3 cxd4 11. cxd4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Bc4 Nc6 {Black is close to
equality, but Whtie will retain a small pressure as he can still avoid the
trade of pieces and can install a bishop on d5 at some point.} 14. Nf3 Bg4 15.
Qxd8 Raxd8 16. O-O Rfe8 17. Rb1 (17. Ng5 {was what Kasparov thought was going
to happen.} Ne5 $6 (17... Re7 $1 18. h3 Bc8 19. Bc5 Rc7 $14) 18. Bb3 $1 (18.
Bd5 h6 19. f4 Rxd5 $1 20. exd5 Nd3 $19) 18... h6 19. f4 hxg5 20. fxe5 Be6 21.
Bxg5 Rd4 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Bf6 $16) 17... Na5 18. Bd5 Be6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20.
Bxa7 Ra8 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Rxe4 {This position is very close to equal, but
somehow White finds his a-pawn hard to defend.} 23. Nf3 (23. Nb5 $11) 23... Re2
24. a4 Re4 25. Rfc1 Rxa4 26. h3 {Black is up a pawn now, after not putting in
much effort. The game is close to a draw because b7 is so weak and the
kingside is easy to attack for White, but it still involves plenty of
suffering.} Re8 27. Rc7 h6 28. Rb5 Re2 29. Ne5 Ra1+ 30. Kh2 Rxf2 31. Ng4 Rff1
32. Nxh6+ Kg7 33. Ng4 Rh1+ 34. Kg3 Rhb1 35. Rd5 Rd1 36. Rb5 Rd6 37. Ne5 Rf6 {
Black is hard pressed to find something to do.} 38. Rc3 $6 (38. Ng4 {just not
releasing the pressure from the seventh rank, should be fine for White.}) 38...
Rf5 39. Rcc5 {This clearly seems artificial.} b6 $6 (39... Ra3+ $1 {keeps the
pressure up} 40. Kh2 Rb3 $1 41. Rxa5 b6 42. Rcb5 bxa5 43. Rxb3 Rxe5 {is
probably a draw, but with more chances than the game.}) 40. Rxb6 $1 {Caruana
must have thought this wasn't possible..} Rg5+ 41. Kf2 Ra2+ 42. Kf1 (42. Kf3 $1
Rgxg2 43. Rbb5 $1 $11) 42... Rgxg2 43. Rxa5 Rxa5 44. Kxg2 Rxe5 45. h4 {This
position is a draw, but Black has some chance of pushing.} Re6 46. Rb7 Kf6 47.
Ra7 Re3 48. Ra5 Re5 49. Ra7 Re4 50. Kg3 Ke6 51. Ra5 f6 52. Ra6+ Kf5 53. Ra5+
Re5 54. Ra3 Rd5 55. Rf3+ Ke6 56. Re3+ Re5 57. Ra3 Re4 58. Ra6+ Kf5 59. Ra5+ Re5
60. Ra3 Rd5 61. Rf3+ Ke6 62. Re3+ Kf7 {Black can't make any progress.} 63. Ra3
Rd4 64. Ra6 Ke7 65. Ra3 Ke6 66. Re3+ Kf5 67. Rf3+ Ke5 68. Re3+ Re4 69. Ra3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.09.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3
d6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Rac1 Rc8 11. b3 a6 12. Rfd1 O-O 13. Qh4 Re8 {This position
is without a doubt Karjakin's specialty. He has proven that it is very solid
and difficult for White to do anything.} (13... Rc7 {is another possibility.})
14. Bh3 Rc7 (14... Ba8 {is what Karjakin has been playing lately, aiming for a
quick b5.}) 15. g4 Qa8 {These players also took a long, long time to get to
this position, despite being played in several high profile games. Topalov
mentioned that he thought this idea of Qa8 was "basically losing".} 16. Bd4 h6
17. g5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 e6 19. Be3 {Clearly something is wrong for Black. For
starters, d6 is very hard to defend, and h7 being weak is annoying.} Qb8 20.
Bf4 Bf8 (20... e5 {offered more resistance if Caruana found the right way, but
it looks positionally disastrous.}) 21. Rxd6 $2 (21. Bxd6 $1 {was already
almost decisive. For example:} Bxd6 22. Rxd6 {White's up a pawn, but the
tactics don't work for Black} Rxc4 23. bxc4 Qxd6 24. Qh8+ $1 {The point.} Kxh8
25. Nxf7+ Kg7 26. Nxd6 $18) 21... e5 {Now the game is rather complicated} 22.
Rxd7 exf4 23. Rcd1 Bg7 $6 24. R7d3 (24. R7d6 $1 $16) 24... Rce7 25. Bg2 Bxg2
26. Kxg2 Nh5 27. Nd5 {Rx} Rxe2 28. Qg4 Qd6 {The position nis completely
unclear. Black has some activity, but his knight on h5 isn't great and White
has a powerful one on d5.} 29. Qf3 Qc5 30. R3d2 R2e5 31. h4 b5 32. Rc2 b4 {
I don't know what So gained from closing down the queenside like this.} 33.
Rcd2 a5 34. Qg4 Bh6 35. Kf1 Rf5 {N} 36. Nf3 Bg7 {By this point the players
were in serious time pressure.} 37. Qg2 a4 38. Rd3 Qa5 39. Ng5 axb3 40. axb3
Bf8 {The last move of time pressure, but it lands Black in a little bit of
trouble} 41. Qf3 Bc5 42. Ne4 Kg7 43. Nxc5 Qxc5 44. Rd4 Kh6 45. Qd3 Kh7 46. Qf3
Re6 47. Kg1 {The computers prefer White, but neither side saw a good way of
improving their position.} Qa5 48. Kg2 Kh6 49. R1d3 Qd8 50. Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Zaibi, Amir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
Nc6 9. h3 Be6 10. O-O Rc8 11. Rc1 Nb4 12. Be2 Ne4 13. Qb3 Qa5 14. a3 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Nc6 16. Ng5 Bf5 17. g4 f6 18. Nxh7 Kxh7 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. Qxb7 Qxa3 21.
Qd7 e5 22. Qxf5+ Kg8 23. Bg3 Rfd8 24. Bd3 Qd6 25. c4 Ne7 26. Qg4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Zaibi, Amir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 h6 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3
g5 9. a4 a5 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. Rc1 Bg7 12. c4 O-O 13. Qe1 Qb6 14. Nxa5 Ng6 15. c5
Qc7 16. h3 f6 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. b4 Ne4 19. Be3 Nf4 20. Nh2 Rae8 21. Qd1 e5 22.
Bxf4 gxf4 23. Nb3 Ng5 24. dxe5 Qxe5 25. Bg4 Bxg4 26. Qxg4 f3 27. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 28.
gxf3 Rf4 29. Qg3 Qf6 30. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Rxf3 32. Qb8+ Kh7 33. Nc1 Qg5+ 34.
Kf1 Qh4 35. Qh2 Rxh3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8.
Nc4 Nd7 9. Be3 Bd6 10. Nfd2 Nf8 11. a4 Ng6 12. Kh1 Be6 13. Nb3 Bf8 14. f3 b6
15. Qe2 c5 16. Qf2 f6 17. Nbd2 Qd7 18. Qg3 a6 19. Qf2 Nf4 20. g3 Nh3 21. Qe2 h5
22. Nb3 g5 23. Qg2 Qh7 24. Nbd2 Rad8 25. b3 Rd7 26. Nb1 h4 27. g4 Nf4 28. Bxf4
h3 29. Qf2 gxf4 30. Nc3 Bh6 31. a5 b5 32. Nd2 Qe7 33. Nd5 Qf8 34. Rab1 Bg5 35.
b4 c6 36. Nb6 Rd4 37. bxc5 Qxc5 38. Nb3 Bxb3 39. Rxb3 Qe7 40. Rd1 Red8 41. Qf1
Qc5 42. c3 R4d6 43. d4 exd4 44. c4 d3 45. Rbxd3 Rxd3 46. Rxd3 Rxd3 47. Qxd3 Qb4
48. Qf1 Qxa5 49. c5 Qc3 50. Qxh3 Kg7 51. Nc8 Qxc5 52. Qf1 Qf8 53. Na7 Qd6 54.
Qf2 b4 55. h4 b3 56. Nb5 cxb5 57. Qa7+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 O-O 13. g3 Bg5 14. Bg2 Qa5
15. O-O Qc5 16. b3 a5 17. Kh1 a4 18. Qe2 Be6 19. Nc7 axb3 20. axb3 Rxa1 21.
Rxa1 Na5 22. Na6 Qb6 23. Naxb4 Nxb3 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. h4 Bd8 26. Nd5 Qa6 27. Nde3
g6 28. Qd3 Bxc4 29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Be6 31. Kh2 Ba5 32. Bh3 Bxh3 33. Kxh3
Nd2 34. Rd5 Bc3 35. Ng4 Nxe4 36. f3 Nc5 37. Nxe5 Bxe5 38. Rxe5 Nd3 39. Re2 Rc3
40. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3
e5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Be3 h5 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. Nd5 {White players find it difficult
to achieve an advantage against the clever 10.Be3 h5 line. The main
theoretical discussion has shifted towards the variation with the move of the
white knight to d5.} Bxd5 13. exd5 Qc7 14. c4 a5 15. a4 {Very solid but
somewhat alibistic line serving the purpose of totally stabilising the defence
of the queenside against Black's counterplay. If White wants to test the
opponent's skills in this type of position he will probably have to resort to
the more flexible move 15.Rc1.} (15. Rc1 a4 (15... b6 16. Be2 g6 17. O-O Bg7
18. Na1 O-O 19. Nc2 Nc5 20. Na3 h4 (20... Nh7 21. Nb5 Qe7 22. Bd1 f5 23. Bc2
$16 {1-0 (53) Zakhartsov,V (2529)-Kovchan,A (2488) Kharkov 2005}) 21. Nb5 Qe7
22. b3 Nh5 23. Bd1 f5 24. a3 $14 {1/2 (52) Goloshchapov,A (2556)-Anisimov,P 
(2500) Sochi 2006}) 16. Na1 e4 (16... g6 17. Be2 Bg7 (17... Ng8 18. O-O Bh6 19.
f4 Ne7 20. fxe5 Bxe3+ 21. Qxe3 Nxe5 22. Nc2 Nf5 23. Qf2 Qc5 $11 {0-1 (49)
Aguera Naredo,J (2417)-Van Kampen,R (2581) Basel 2013}) (17... Qa5 18. Qxa5
Rxa5 19. Nc2 Bh6 20. Bxh6 Rxh6 21. Na3 Nc5 22. Kd2 $11 {0-1 (52) Kuipers,S 
(2381)-Van Kampen,R (2529) Netherlands 2011}) 18. Nc2 Nc5 19. Na3 (19. O-O O-O
20. Na3 Rac8 21. Nb5 Qe7 22. Rfe1 $14 {1-0 (46) Varadi,V (2388)-Ardelean,G 
(2503) Hungary 2012}) 19... b6 20. O-O O-O 21. Nb5 Qe7 22. Rb1 Nfd7 23. b4 axb3
24. axb3 $14 {1-0 (38) Saric,I (2622)-Ardelean,G (2510) Legnica 2013}) 17. Nc2
exf3 18. gxf3 Ne5 19. Nd4 Be7 20. Be2 O-O 21. O-O Rfe8 22. Kh1 Bf8 23. Rg1 $14
{1/2 (52) Mekhitarian,K (2543)-Kovchan,A (2579) Wijk aan Zee 2013}) 15... b6
16. Be2 (16. Qf2 g6 17. Be2 Bg7 18. O-O O-O 19. h3 Nc5 20. Ra3 Nfd7 21. g4 hxg4
22. hxg4 f5 23. gxf5 gxf5 $11 {0-1 (42) Apicella,M (2501)-Areshchenko,A (2566)
Cappelle-la-Grande 2003}) 16... g6 17. O-O Bg7 18. Rae1 O-O 19. h3 {Caruana
does not object to the safe concentration of his forces in the centre and the
kingside, as the other flank was closed against counterplay.} Rfe8 (19... Nc5
20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Bd1 Nd7 22. b3 f5 23. Bc2 Nf6 24. Qd1 Nh7 25. g4 $14 {
0-1 (43) Nolte,R (2420)-Gopal,G (2604) Olongapo City 2010}) 20. g4 Rab8 21. g5
{White is openly admitting that his strategy has limits and it is not easy to
improve the position further.} Nh7 22. Qc2 Nc5 23. Nxc5 (23. Nd2 Qd7 24. Kg2
Nxa4 25. Ne4 Nc5 $11) 23... dxc5 $2 {[%mdl 32] The Argentinian player of
Russian origin lives in Canada and belongs to the most promising young GMs on
the American continent. Unfortunately for him his judgement in this critical
position has simply failed him. Recapturing with the d-pawn is strategically
inferior and Black will be devoid of any counterplay. After the correct 23...
bxc5! the game would most likely have ended with a draw.} (23... bxc5 $1 24. b3
e4 25. h4 (25. fxe4 Qe7 26. Bd3 Be5 $15) 25... exf3 26. Bxf3 Nf8 $11) 24. Kg2
Qd8 (24... h4 $2 25. Qe4 $18) 25. h4 Rb7 26. Bd3 Nf8 27. Bf2 Rbe7 28. Bg3 Qd6
29. Re4 {Caruana will concentrate all his pieces, aiming at Black's weakness
on e5. Unfortunately the defender can only wait and exercise his patience.} Nd7
30. Rfe1 Kf8 31. Qb3 {The Italian/American superstar understands very well
that it is not that easy to break Black's stronghold in the position. White's
queen will be threatening to sneak in via the b5-c6 axis, which is very
dangerous.} (31. R1e2 Kg8 32. Qb1 Nb8 (32... f5 33. gxf6 Nxf6 34. R4e3 Bh6 35.
Bxg6 Bxe3 36. Bxe8 $16) 33. Qe1 Nd7 34. R4e3 Kf8 $16) 31... Bh8 (31... f5 $5
32. gxf6 Qxf6 (32... Nxf6 33. R4e2 Kf7 34. Qc2 Nh7 35. f4 $18) 33. Qb5 $16) 32.
Qb5 $1 Bg7 (32... f5 33. gxf6 Nxf6 34. R4e2 Kf7 35. Rg1 $16) 33. R4e3 Bh8 34.
R1e2 Bg7 35. Be4 Rc8 {Kovalyov relents and prepares to reshuffle his forces
for the protection of the c6-square.} (35... Kg8 36. Qc6 $1 Qxc6 37. dxc6 Nb8
38. Rb3 $16) 36. Bc2 Ree8 37. Qb3 Red8 38. Re4 Re8 39. R4e3 Red8 40. Qc3 $1 {
Defence belongs to the most difficult skills for any chessplayer, as it is too
easy to get it not quite right. Black is suddenly unable to pile up his rooks
on the e-file and will perish.} Kg8 (40... Re8 41. Qe1 Qb8 42. f4 $1 exf4 43.
Bxf4 Rxe3 44. Bxb8 Rxe2+ 45. Qxe2 $18) 41. Qe1 Rf8 42. Re4 f5 {Kovalyov bows
to the necessity to do something against the impending idea f3-f4 with an
immediate decision.} (42... Rfe8 43. f4 Qe7 44. fxe5 $18) (42... Rfd8 43. f4
exf4 44. Bxf4 Qf8 45. Re7 Bxb2 46. R2e6 fxe6 47. Qxe6+ Kh8 48. Rh7+ $18) 43.
gxf6 Rxf6 44. Rxe5 $1 (44. Bxe5 Nxe5 45. Rxe5 Rcf8 $16) 44... Nxe5 (44... Nf8
45. Re7 Qd8 46. Qd2 $18) 45. Bxe5 Qf8 46. Bxf6 Qxf6 {The queen is hoping to
get some activity and complicate the progress of the white pieces.} (46... Bxf6
47. Bxg6 Qh6 (47... Qg7 48. Kh3 $18) 48. Be8 $18) 47. Qg3 Rf8 48. Bxg6 Qd4 49.
b3 Qd1 50. Re7 Kh8 51. Bd3 $1 {In a completely winning position Caruana enjoys
the task of finding the most precise continuations.} Qd2+ (51... Rg8 52. Qg6
$18) 52. Kh3 Qb2 (52... Qh6 53. d6 Qf6 54. Be4 $18) 53. Be4 Qa1 54. Qg2 {
White has managed to crush all the dreams of counterplay and is ready to
advance his passed pawn on the d-file.} Rf4 (54... Rd8 55. d6 Qf6 56. Qg5 Qxg5
57. hxg5 Bf8 58. Rb7 Bg7 (58... Rxd6 59. g6 $18) 59. g6 $18) 55. Qg5 Rxe4 (
55... Qf6 56. Re8+ Bf8 57. Qxh5+ $18) 56. Qxh5+ Kg8 57. Rxe4 Qf1+ {Kovalyov
feels obliged to give some checks and hope for the utterly impossble miracle.}
58. Kg4 Qg2+ 59. Kf5 Qc2 60. Kg6 Qg2+ 61. Qg4 {The game is very instructive
for the typical plans in this line. Black lost due to his unfortunate
recapture on the c5-square with the d-pawn.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8. e4
d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. c5 Bc7 11. Be2 O-O 12. Be3 Be5 13. Nd4 Ne4 14. O-O Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Qa5 16. Rc1 Re8 17. a4 a6 18. Bf3 Qxc5 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Bxd5 Qc7 21. h3
Be6 22. c4 Rab8 23. Qb3 b6 24. Rfd1 h6 25. Rb1 Bf5 26. Bxb6 Bxb1 27. Rxb1 Qe7
28. a5 Qf6 29. Qf3 Qxf3 30. gxf3 Bd4 31. Kf1 Bc5 32. Be4 Rec8 33. Bf5 Rc6 34.
Be4 Rd6 35. Kg2 Bxb6 36. c5 Bc7 37. Rxb8+ Bxb8 38. cxd6 Bxd6 39. f4 Bc7 40. Kf3
Bxa5 41. Bd3 Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Bg5 $5 {Another attempt to avoid the Grünfeld Defence.}
Ne4 (3... Bg7 4. Nc3 {, and Black should either play the King's Indian or go
for} d5 {(the system 4.Bg5 Bg7 in the Gruenfeld), which is quite risky.}) 4.
Bf4 c5 (4... e5 5. dxe5 Bb4+ 6. Nd2 d6 7. Ngf3 $14) 5. Qc2 (5. f3 {was played
in the following blitz game, without any success for White:} Qa5+ 6. Nd2 Nxd2
7. Bxd2 Qb6 8. Bc3 Bg7 9. e3 Nc6 10. Ne2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. Qd2 Rd8 13. Rd1
a5 14. Be2 d5 $11 {1/2 (39) Mamedyarov,S (2743)-Aronian,L (2815) Dubai 2014}) (
5. Nd2 Nxd2 6. Qxd2 Bg7 7. d5 d6 8. e4 O-O 9. Bd3 e5 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 Nd7 12.
Ne2 Nf6 13. Nc3 Kh8 14. O-O-O a6 15. exf5 gxf5 16. h3 b5 17. g4 $13 {1-0 (42)
Minzer,C (2350)-Sanchez Almeyra,J (2435) Buenos Aires 1994}) 5... Qa5+ (5... d5
6. cxd5 Qxd5 (6... Bf5 7. g4 $1) 7. e3 {[%cal Yf1c4]}) (5... Nf6 6. d5 Bg7 7.
Nc3 d6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. e4 a6 10. a4 Nh5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bd2 e5 13. g3 $14 {
0-1 (31) Stojanovic,M (2443)-Gross,D (2465) Valjevo 2000}) (5... f5 $5 6. f3
Qa5+ 7. Nd2 {- game}) 6. Nd2 f5 (6... Nxd2 7. Bxd2 Qc7 8. d5 (8. dxc5 Bg7 9.
Bc3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 O-O 11. h4 Qxc5 12. h5 Nc6 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. Nf3 d6 15. e3
Bg4 16. Be2 Rac8 $13 {1-0 (41) Chernyshov,K (2531)-Feher,G (2402) Zalakaros
2005}) 8... Bg7 9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 a6 11. Nf3 $14 {1/2 (11) Ivanisevic,I (2596)
-Macieja,B (2613) Vrsac 2006}) (6... Nf6 7. d5 d6 8. e4 Bg7 (8... Na6 9. a3 Bg7
10. Be2 $14 (10. Ne2 $2 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Bf5 12. Qf3 Nb4 {1/2 (23) Ovsejevitsch,S
(2508)-Eljanov,P (2568) St Petersburg 2002})) 9. Ne2 O-O 10. Nc3 Nh5 11. Bg5 f6
12. Be3 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 $132 {1-0 (35) Ovsejevitsch,S (2545)-Schmidt,W (2435)
Legnica 2006}) 7. f3 (7. e3 Bg7 8. Ngf3 Nc6 9. d5 e5 10. Bg3 Nb4 11. Qb1 {
1-0 (48) Ovsejevitsch,S (2582)-Bae,T (2411) Basel 2011} Nxg3 12. hxg3 e4 $36) (
7. Ngf3 Bg7 $132) 7... Nf6 8. d5 d6 (8... Bg7 9. Be5 d6 10. Bc3 Qc7 11. e4 O-O
12. Bd3 e6 13. dxe6 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe6 16. Ne2 Nc6 17. Bxg7 Qxg7
18. Bxc6 bxc6 $11 {1/2 (35) Barsov,A (2445)-Vareille,F (2380) Val Thorens 1995}
) 9. e4 (9. e3 $5 Bg7 10. Ne2 {[%cal Ye2c3]}) 9... Na6 10. Ne2 fxe4 11. fxe4
Bg7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be2 Nh5 (13... Ng4 $5 14. O-O Bd4+ 15. Kh1 Nf2+ 16. Rxf2
Bxf2 17. Bh6 $44 Bd7 $1 18. Nf3 Bd4 {, giving back the exchange with a decent
position.}) (13... Nb4 {hardly makes sense:} 14. Qc1 (14. Qb1 $2 Nxe4 15. Qxe4
Bf5) 14... Ng4 15. O-O Bd4+ 16. Kh1 Nf2+ 17. Rxf2 Bxf2 18. Bh6 $44) 14. Bg5 Qd8
$2 {[%mdl 16384] A bad move. The exchange on h5 destroys Black's kingside pawn
structure.} (14... Nf4 $1 15. O-O Nxe2+ 16. Nxe2 Bg4 $13) 15. Bxh5 gxh5 16. Nf3
h6 17. Be3 Bg4 18. O-O e6 19. Qd2 $1 Kh7 20. Rad1 $1 {A good move. White wants
Black to close the centre.} e5 $6 ({It was probably better to balk to the end:
} 20... Qd7 {After the game move White should not worry about the centre and
starts a decisive attack.}) 21. Rf2 Nc7 22. Rdf1 {[%mdl 128]} Rb8 {Too late
for counterplay!} (22... Qe7 {was not much better, though.}) 23. h3 Bd7 24. Ne2
$1 {[%cal Re2g3]} h4 25. Kh2 b6 26. g3 hxg3+ 27. Nxg3 Rg8 28. Nh5 Ne8 29. Nxg7
Nxg7 30. Bxh6 Nh5 31. Ng5+ Kg6 32. Rg1 Qe7 33. Nf7+ Kh7 34. Bg5 Qe8 35. Qe2 Ng7
36. Rf6 Rf8 37. Rh6+ Kg8 38. Bf6 Rxf7 39. Qh5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15.
Re1 O-O 16. Be3 Qd5 17. b4 Qd7 18. h3 Rfd8 19. g4 Be6 20. Bf4 h5 21. Re3 Bxg4
22. Qxd3 Qxd3 23. Bxd3 Be6 24. Kh2 Bd5 25. Rg1 a5 26. Bxb5 axb4 27. e6 fxe6 28.
Bxc6 Bxc6 29. Ne5 Bd6 30. Reg3 Rd7 31. Nxd7 Bxf4 32. Nf6+ Kf7 33. Nxh5 Bxg3+
34. Rxg3 g6 35. Nf4 Ra1 36. Rg5 bxc3 37. bxc3 Be4 38. Re5 Rh1+ 39. Kg3 Rg1+ 40.
Kh2 Rh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Inants, Aghasi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2015.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Nxd5 Qxd5 6. b3 Nc6 7. Bb2 Nd4 8.
Bxd4 cxd4 9. Bc4 Qe4+ 10. Kf1 e6 11. Bd3 Qd5 12. Qe2 Bc5 13. h4 O-O 14. Re1 h6
15. h5 Rd8 16. Bc4 Qf5 17. Bd3 Qd5 18. Be4 Qd6 19. Rh4 Bd7 20. Ne5 Qe7 21. g3
Be8 22. Bd3 Rab8 23. Qe4 f5 24. Qe2 Qf6 25. Bb5 d3 26. Bxd3 b5 27. Ng6 Rb6 28.
Qe5 Qxe5 29. Nxe5 Be7 30. Rh2 Bf6 31. f4 Rbd6 32. Re3 Rc8 33. Ng6 a5 34. Rhe2
Bd7 35. Kg2 a4 36. g4 fxg4 37. Kg3 axb3 38. axb3 Kf7 39. Kxg4 Rd4 40. Ne5+ Bxe5
41. Rxe5 Rd5 42. Rxd5 exd5+ 43. Kf3 Kf6 44. Re5 Bc6 45. Ke3 Ra8 46. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Li, Ruifeng"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2015.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 d6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. dxe5
Bb6 9. Nbd2 dxe5 10. Bb5 f6 11. Nc4 Nge7 12. O-O Qe6 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Nxb6 cxb6
15. Ba3 Na5 16. Rfd1 Bxb5 17. Qxb5+ Kf7 18. Rd7 Rhe8 19. Rad1 Nc4 20. Qb3 Rab8
21. h3 a6 22. R1d3 b5 23. Rc7 g6 24. Bb4 Rbc8 25. Rxb7 Rb8 26. Rc7 Rbc8 27. Rb7
Rb8 28. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Priyadharshan, Kannappan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2015.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8.
O-O Qa5 9. e3 d6 10. Bd2 Bd7 11. b3 Rac8 12. Rc1 Qb6 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. Rfd1 a6
15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. e4 Qa7 17. Be3 b6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Bd7 20. Bf1 Bb5 21.
Qd2 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Qb7 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 b5 25. Rc2 Kf8 26. Qa5 Ke8 27.
Rxc8+ Qxc8 28. Qb6 Bc3 29. h3 f6 30. Kh2 Kd7 31. h4 Qa8 32. a4 bxa4 33. bxa4
Qc8 34. Qb1 Ba5 35. h5 gxh5 36. Qf1 Kd8 37. Qe2 Bc7 38. Qxh5 Qd7 39. Qd1 Qe8
40. Qc2 Qh5+ 41. Kg2 Qe5 42. Qd3 a5 43. Bd4 Qg5 44. Qe3 Qg4 45. Qd3 h5 46. f3
Qc8 47. Qb5 f5 48. Qd3 fxe4 49. Qxe4 Qb7 50. Be3 Qb2+ 51. Kh3 Qe2 52. Bh6 Qf1+
53. Kh4 Qg2 54. Bf4 Qh1+ 55. Kg5 Bb6 56. Kg6 h4 57. g4 Qa1 58. Bg5 h3 59. Qxe7+
Kc8 60. Bf4 Qxa4 61. Qe6+ Kb7 62. Qf7+ Bc7 63. g5 h2 64. Bxh2 Qc2+ 65. Kg7 Qxh2
66. g6 a4 67. Qd7 Qe5+ 68. Kh7 Qh5+ 69. Kg7 Qe5+ 70. Kh7 Qh5+ 71. Kg7 Qe5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sheng, Joshua"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2015.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2
d6 9. a4 Nc6 10. O-O Ne5 11. a5 Nf6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Na4 Nxd3 14. cxd3 e5 15.
Nb6 Rb8 16. d4 Be6 17. d5 Bd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Nd2 Rfc8 20. Qd3 Qc7 21. b3 Qc2
22. Qxc2 Rxc2 23. f3 Nd7 24. Rb1 b5 25. b4 Rbc8 26. Re1 Bg5 27. Nb3 Bxc1 28.
Nxc1 f5 29. Ne2 fxe4 30. fxe4 Rd2 31. Kf2 Rcc2 32. Rbd1 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Nf6 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2015.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Qe2 Bb4 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 e5 11. O-O-O a5 12. Kb1 a4 13. Nd2 Qc5 14. Nc4 b5
15. Nd6 Ba6 16. Qe1 Nd4 17. Bxd4 Qxd6 18. Bc3 Qc7 19. f3 Rfc8 20. Qd2 Ne8 21.
h4 d6 22. Bb4 Qb6 23. h5 Rc6 24. h6 g6 25. f4 Nf6 26. Bd3 Re8 27. f5 Nd7 28.
fxg6 fxg6 29. Be2 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2015.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. h3 Be6 8. O-O
Ba7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ng3 Bxb3 13. Qxb3 Qd7 14. Be3 Bxe3
15. fxe3 d5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Nxd5 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Ne4 b6 20. g4 Re6 21.
Kf2 Nce7 22. Nh4 g6 23. Ng3 c5 24. Ke2 Nf6 25. Nf3 Nc8 26. Rf1 Kg7 27. Nd2 Nd6
28. Nde4 Ndxe4 29. Nxe4 Nxe4 30. dxe4 Red6 31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. h4 c4 33. Rg1 b5
34. a3 Kf6 35. Ra1 Rd3 36. Rc1 Ke6 37. Rf1 Rd6 38. Rg1 Rd8 39. Rf1 Rg8 40. Rg1
Rd8 41. Rf1 Rd3 42. Rg1 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. h3
Bh5 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nc3 N8d7 11. exd6 cxd6 12. b3 a5 13. d5 e5 14. Nb5 f5 15.
Rc1 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 e4 17. Be2 f4 18. Bd4 Nc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Bg4 Bg5 21. Qc2
e3 22. fxe3 fxe3 23. Rxf8+ Qxf8 24. Rf1 Bf6 25. Qe4 Nc8 26. Qxe3 Na7 27. Nxa7
Rxa7 28. d6 b6 29. d7 Ra8 30. Qe6+ Kh8 31. Qxb6 h5 32. Rf5 hxg4 33. Rh5+ Kg8
34. Qe6+ Qf7 35. Rh8+ Kxh8 36. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op playoff-A"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2015.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Nc4 Re8 9. Kh1 a5 10. a4 Bb4 11. Bd2 b6 12. Qe1 Qe7 13. g3 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 c5 15.
Nh4 Nb8 16. f4 Bh3 17. Rf2 exf4 18. Rxf4 Nc6 19. Ne3 Nd4 20. Nf3 Nxf3 21. Rxf3
Be6 22. b3 c6 23. Raf1 f6 24. g4 b5 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. Rxf5 c4 27. axb5 cxb5 28.
Rxb5 cxd3 29. cxd3 Qd7 30. Rd5 Qxg4 31. Rxa5 Rxa5 32. Qxa5 Qe2 33. Qd5+ Kh8 34.
Kg1 h6 35. Rf2 Qd1+ 36. Rf1 Qe2 37. Rf2 Qd1+ 38. Rf1 Qg4+ 39. Kh1 Qe2 40. Qf5
Qxd3 41. Re1 Qxb3 42. Qf4 Qc3 43. Qf2 f5 44. Re3 Qc6 45. Kg1 Rxe4 46. Rg3 Qc1+
47. Kg2 Qc6 48. Kg1 Qe6 49. Qa7 Qe7 50. Qa8+ Kh7 51. Qc8 Re1+ 52. Kg2 Qe2+ 53.
Kh3 Qf1+ 54. Kh4 Re4+ 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op playoff-A"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. Qe2 Be7 7. O-O b5 8. exd5
exd5 9. d4 c4 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qb6 13. Nc3 Rd8 14. g4 b4 15.
Ne2 h5 16. Rad1 hxg4 17. hxg4 Ne4 18. Nf4 Ng5 19. Qe2 Qb8 20. Rfe1 Kf8 21. Nxd5
Qh2+ 22. Kf1 Nh3 23. Qf3 Bd6 24. Ke2 Re8 25. Kd2 c3+ 26. Kc1 cxb2+ 27. Kb1 b3
28. axb3 Be7 29. Rh1 Qd6 30. Rxh3 Rg8 31. Kxb2 Qa3+ 32. Kb1 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op playoff-A"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2015.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 h6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nbd2 a6
9. Nb3 Rc8 10. a4 Bh7 11. Ne1 c5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Rxc5 14. Be3 Rc8 15. a5
Nc6 16. Bb6 Qd7 17. f4 Be7 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Nxd3 O-O 20. Qb3 f6 21. exf6 Bxf6
22. Rae1 Rfe8 23. Qd1 Qf7 24. Qg4 Nb8 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. fxe5 Qe7 27. Rf6 Kh8 28.
Rf3 Nd7 29. Bd4 Rf8 30. Ref1 Rxf3 31. Rxf3 Rf8 32. Rxf8+ Nxf8 33. h3 Qf7 34.
Bc5 Ng6 35. Bd4 Ne7 36. b4 Qf5 37. Qxf5 Nxf5 38. Kf2 Kg8 39. g4 Ne7 40. h4 g6
41. h5 Kf7 42. Bc5 Nc6 43. Bd6 Na7 44. Bc5 Nb5 45. Be3 Kg7 46. Bd2 Na7 47. Bf4
Nc6 48. Ke3 Kh7 49. Kd3 Kg7 50. Bh2 g5 51. Kc2 Kf7 52. Kb3 Ke7 53. c4 Kd7 54.
Kc3 d4+ 55. Kb3 d3 56. Kc3 Nxb4 57. Bg3 Nc6 58. Kxd3 Nxa5 59. Bf2 Nc6 60. Ke4
Ke8 61. Bc5 Na5 62. Kd3 Nc6 63. Bd6 Nd8 64. Ke4 Nf7 65. Bb4 Kd7 66. Kd4 Kc6 67.
Bf8 b5 68. cxb5+ Kxb5 69. Be7 a5 70. Bf8 Ka4 71. Kc3 Kb5 72. Kd4 Kc6 73. Be7
Kd7 74. Bf8 Kc6 75. Ba3 Kb5 76. Bf8 Ka4 77. Kc3 Kb5 78. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.19"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Fish, Gennadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Socar"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. O-O Nxe4 7. Bxf7+
Kxf7 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qd5+ Kg7 10. Qxe4 Qf6 11. d3 c6 12. Bf4 d6 13. Nd2 Bf5 14.
Qf3 Be7 15. Rae1 Rhe8 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Qf7 18. Rfe1 Bf6 19. Bxd6 Qxa2 20.
Be7 Rxe7 21. Rxe7+ Bxe7 22. Rxe7+ Kg8 23. h4 Rf8 24. Qg4 Qd5 25. Rxb7 Qe5 26.
Qe4 Qxe4 27. dxe4 Re8 28. f3 Re5 29. b4 a5 30. Rb6 axb4 31. Rxc6 Rb5 32. Rd6
1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.20"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Socar"]
[BlackTeam "Belorechensk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 (3... Bf5 {is much more popular nowadays, but
Fabiano must be well prepared for Baadur's choice.}) 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6.
c4 {The most common continuation. White is trying to exploit some delay with
the development of Black's pieces and open up the position.} ({The more
consistent way of development is based on protecting the Pe5, which promises
White a definite space advantage:} 6. Nd2 Nc6 7. N2f3 Nge7 8. Bd3 Ng6 (8... Bd7
9. O-O Ng6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. c4 Be7 12. Be3 Qb8 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Qc2 a5 15.
Rfc1 O-O 16. Qe2 Rc8 17. Rc3 Qc7 18. Rac1 $14 {1/2 Radjabov,T (2744)-Carlsen,M
(2775)/Bilbao 2008/CBM 126 (53)}) 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Be7 11. c4 O-O 12. Qc2
c5 13. h4 Bxh4 14. cxd5 Bb7 $6 (14... exd5 $142 15. Nxh4 Qxh4 16. Qxc5 d4 $132)
15. dxe6 Bxf3 16. exf7+ Rxf7 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. gxf3 $14 {1-0 Bologan,V (2690)
-Khenkin,I (2614)/Sibenik 2010/CBM 138 Extra (48)}) ({Another possible plan is
connected with an exchange on c6:} 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. O-O Ne7 9. c4 Ng6
10. Qe2 (10. f4 Bc5+ 11. Kh1 O-O 12. Nd2 a5 $132 {1-0 Nisipeanu,L (2690)-Kiik,
K (2444)/Fuegen 2006/CBM 115 (34)}) 10... Be7 11. f4 O-O 12. Nd2 a5 13. Nf3 Ba6
14. Be3 a4 15. Rac1 $14 {1-0 Karjakin,S (2727)-Short,N (2655)/Kiev 2008/CBM
125 Extra (37)}) 6... Bb4+ {This move seems very logical - it definitely makes
sense to remove the bishop from f8 in order to put the knight on e7 later on.}
({Another logical continuation is:} 6... Bc5 $5 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Be3 Bb6 (8...
Bxd4 9. Bxd4 O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Be2 Nbc6 13. O-O Be6 14. Nb5 a6
15. Nd6 $14 {1-0 Karjakin,S (2727)-Short,N (2655)/Kiev 2008/CBM 125 Extra (59)}
) 9. Be2 (9. Qg4 $6 O-O 10. Rd1 Nbc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. c5 Bc7 $15 {0-1
Perunovic,M (2614)-Wang Hao (2712)/Baku AZE 2015 (49)}) 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O
11. O-O Qc7 12. Bd3 Qxe5 13. Re1 $44) ({On the other hand, the most natural
developing move} 6... Nc6 {seems somewhat premature:} 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Nxc6 bxc6
9. Qa4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Be2 Bd7 12. O-O Ne7 13. Ba3 c5 14. Qa6 $14 {
1/2 Inarkiev,E (2597)-Kharitonov,A (2535)/Moscow 2006/CBM 111 ext (59)}) 7. Bd2
{In general, the exchange of dark-squared bishops would suit White, since
Black's other bishop remains passive. However, in this particular position
Black doesn't face any serious problems.} ({The alternative} 7. Nc3 {could
lead to a more complex battle:} Ne7 8. Be2 ({The over-aggressive} 8. h4 $6 {
only invites troubles:} Nbc6 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nxe5 $15 {1/2 Rogers,J (2277)
-Arkell,K (2497)/Hinckley Island ENG 2015}) 8... Nbc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nf3 {
, but Black is doing reasonably well here.}) 7... Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Ne7 9. Nc3 Nbc6
{A natural novelty. It looks like some lead in development and pressure on the
Pe5 enables Black to solve all his problems.} ({The previously played} 9... O-O
10. O-O-O Nbc6 {also looks perfectly playable:} 11. f4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qa5 13.
Kb1 Bd7 14. cxd5 exd5 $132 {1/2 Bologan,V (2682)-Okkes,M (2359)/Kallithea 2008}
) 10. cxd5 ({After} 10. O-O-O O-O {the game could have transposed to
Bologan-Okkes.}) 10... exd5 {Some vulnerablity of Black's isolated pawn is
fully compensated for by active piece play.} 11. f4 (11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd3 O-O
13. O-O Bf5 14. Bxf5 Nxf5 15. Na4 f6 $11) 11... O-O 12. O-O-O {A risky
decision, since White's king is not safe on the q-side.} ({Objectively,
Fabiano should have opted for} 12. Rd1 Be6 13. Nf3 f6 14. exf6 Rxf6 {with an
approximately balanced position.}) 12... Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Nf5 $2 {Now White's
ambitious idea is fully justified - Black fails to get adequate compensation
for a pawn.} ({At the same time, after} 13... Be6 {Black would have a great
position. For instance,} 14. Bd3 Nc6 15. Qa4 (15. Qf2 d4 $36) 15... Qb6 ({
Possibly, Black even may claim more than equality after} 15... a5 $5) 16. f5 d4
17. fxe6 dxc3 18. exf7+ Rxf7 19. bxc3 Nxe5 20. Bc2 Kh8 $11) 14. Qxd5 Qb6 15.
Qe4 $1 {White's queen is on the perfect spot now.} Be6 16. Bd3 $2 {This
natural move turns out to be a serious mistake - Black gets a good chance to
exploit the lack of harmony in White's camp.} ({A much stronger move was:} 16.
g4 $1 Ne3 (16... Qe3+ 17. Rd2 Qxe4 18. Nxe4 Ne3 19. Nd6 $16) 17. Rd6 Qc5 18.
Bd3 g6 19. f5 gxf5 20. Qf4 $1 Nxg4 21. Bxf5 Qe3+ 22. Qxe3 Nxe3 23. Bxe6 fxe6
24. Ne4 $16) 16... h5 {Baadur reasonably prevents White from pushing g2-g4.} ({
However, even stronger was:} 16... g6 $1 {White has nothing better than giving
the extra pawn back and liquidating into an equal endgame:} 17. g4 ({Black's
initiative is too strong after} 17. Bc2 $6 Rac8 18. Rd2 Rc4 19. Qf3 Rfc8 $36)
17... Ne3 18. f5 gxf5 19. gxf5 Bxf5 20. Qf3 Bg6 21. Rde1 Bxd3 22. Qxe3 Qxe3+
23. Rxe3 Bg6 $11) 17. Kb1 g6 18. Bc2 (18. Na4 $5 {deserves some attention,} {
though after} Qa5 19. b3 Rac8 20. Qe1 Qc7 $44 {Black's counterplay shouldn't
be underestimated anyway.}) 18... Rad8 19. Nd5 {The most practical choice - It
definitely makes sense to reduce Black's attacking potential and change the
character of play.} (19. Qf3 Nd4 20. Qf2 Qb4 21. a3 Qc4 22. Bd3 Qb3 $44) 19...
Qf2 {That move is not that bad, but the queen has little it can achieve in
White's camp.} ({It was better to get a rid of the centralised knight:} 19...
Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Rxd5 21. Qxd5 {and now} Ne3 $1 {offers Black sufficient
counterplay:} 22. Qe4 (22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. Bxb3 Nxg2 24. f5 Nh4 25. Rg1 Kh7 26.
fxg6+ Nxg6 27. Rg5 h4 $11) 22... Rd8 23. Bb3 Rd4 24. Qf3 Rd2 25. Rc1 Qd4 26.
Rc3 Rxg2 27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Qxb7+ Ke6 29. Qc8+ Qd7 30. Qxd7+ Kxd7 31. Rxe3 Rxh2
32. Rg3 Rf2 $11) 20. Bb3 {As a result, Fabiano manages to consolidate his
position.} Kg7 ({The following tactical trick leads only to simplifications:} 
20... Rxd5 21. Bxd5 Ng3 22. Qf3 Bf5+ 23. Ka1 Nxh1 24. Rxh1 $16) 21. Rhf1 Qc5
22. Rfe1 a5 (22... b5 $1 23. Nf6 Nd6 24. Qf3 Nc4 25. Ne4 Qb4 26. a3 Nxe5 $1 27.
fxe5 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Qxb3 $11) 23. Rc1 (23. Nf6 Nd6 24. Qd4 Bf5+ 25. Ka1 Qxd4
26. Rxd4 Nb5 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rd1 Nd4 29. Ne8+ Rxe8 30. Rxd4 g5 {The
vulnerablity of his back rank doesn't leave White real chances for converting
his extra pawn into a full point.}) 23... Qf2 ({For the second time in this
game, GM Jobava fails to evaluate the consequences of exchanging queens.
Correct was:} 23... Bxd5 $1 24. Rxc5 Bxe4+ 25. Rxe4 Rd2 {and it looks like
White has no reason to claim an advantage:} 26. Rc2 (26. Rxa5 Rxg2 27. Ra7 Rxh2
28. Rxb7 h4 {looks dangerous for White.}) 26... Rd1+ 27. Rc1 Rd2 28. Rc7 Rxg2
29. e6 Rg1+ 30. Kc2 Rg2+ $11) 24. Re2 Qa7 $2 {According to his uncompromising
style, Baadur prefers to maintain the pressure, but White is able to exploit
the poor placement of Black's queen.} ({A much better move was:} 24... Qd4 25.
Nc7 Qxe4+ 26. Rxe4 Bxb3 27. axb3 Rd2 28. e6 Kf6 $1 $14 {and the activity of
Rd2 offers Black excellent drawing chances.}) 25. Nc7 $1 {Most probably, this
strong move was underestimated by GM Jobava. The knight is supporting the
e5-e6 advance, so Black's king is in danger.} Bxb3 26. axb3 Rd4 $2 {A decisive
mistake.} ({The only way to put up resistance was:} 26... Rd7 $1 27. e6 Re7 28.
Qe5+ Kh7 $16 {White is a pawn up, but the resulting position is rather
unbalanced, so Black should have definite counterplay.}) 27. Qf3 a4 {Black's
counterplay looks serious, but...} ({Now it was too late for:} 27... Rd7 28. e6
Re7 29. Re5 $1 $18 {and White is dominating over the board.}) 28. e6 $1 {
Just in time!} axb3 ({Baadur misses the last practical chance:} 28... Rc8 29.
exf7 Rxc7 30. Rxc7 Rd1+ {would force White to find a couple of precise moves:}
31. Rc1 Rxc1+ 32. Kxc1 Qg1+ 33. Kd2 Qd4+ 34. Kc2 Qc5+ 35. Kd1 (35. Qc3+ $4 Nd4+
36. Kd3 Qxc3+ 37. bxc3 Nxe2 38. Kxe2 a3 $19) 35... Qd4+ 36. Rd2 Qg1+ 37. Kc2
Nd4+ 38. Rxd4 Qxd4 39. Qc3 $18) 29. Qxb3 Ra4 30. Qc3+ {Covering the key
a1-spot with tempo.} Nd4 (30... Kh7 {was also hopeless:} 31. b3 Rxf4 32. Nd5
Rd4 33. e7 $18) 31. b3 Kh7 32. Rd2 ({Black resigns in view of:} 32. Rd2 Nxb3
33. Qxb3 Ra1+ 34. Kb2 Rxc1 35. Kxc1 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Padova"]
[BlackTeam "Socar"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
cxd5 cxd4 9. cxd4 Qxd5 10. e3 Nc6 11. Be2 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 O-O 14.
Rhc1 Rd8 15. Ke1 Bf5 16. a3 Rac8 17. h3 h5 18. Bc4 e6 19. Bf1 a6 20. Bg5 f6 21.
Bh4 Na5 22. Nd2 Bc2 23. Bc4 Nxc4 24. Rxc2 Nxd2 25. Kxd2 Rxc2+ 26. Kxc2 Rc8+ 27.
Kb3 Kf7 28. a4 Bf8 29. f3 Bd6 30. e4 Bf4 31. Be1 Rc1 32. Rxc1 Bxc1 33. Kc4 Ke8
34. Kc5 Kd7 35. Kb6 Kc8 36. Kc5 Kd7 37. Kb6 Kc8 38. Bh4 f5 39. Be7 fxe4 40.
fxe4 Bf4 41. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.22"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Siberia"]
[BlackTeam "Socar"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 {Caruana himself prefers to start with 9.h3 as White.
This is a matter of taste, as there are too many nuances in this endgame.} Ke8
10. h3 h5 {Black's main idea is to block White's pawn majority on the kingside.
The only drawback of this move - the weakening of the g5-square.} 11. Ne2 {
Not the main move, but in general a standard manoeuvre. The knight is heading
to f4, where it will eye up the Ph5 and support the e5-e6 thrust. Nevertheless,
the main move 11.Bf4 seems to pose more problems for Black.} (11. Bf4 Be7 12.
Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. g3 Bxg5 (14... Bc4 15. Rfe1 Rg6 16. Nce4 Rd8 17. Rxd8+
(17. b3 {seems to be more precise.} {The point is that after} Bd5 18. c4 Bxg5
$4 19. Bxg5 {[%csl Rd8] the rook is hanging.}) 17... Bxd8 18. b3 Bd5 19. c4
Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Be6 21. Kg2 c5 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 $11 {½-½ (54) Adams,M (2745)
-Kramnik,V (2769) London 2014}) 15. Bxg5 Rg6 16. h4 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bf4
Nxh4 19. f3 Rd8 20. Kf2 (20. Rde1 Kf7 21. Kf2 Nf5 22. Rh1 Ng7 23. Ne4 Rc8 24.
Nc5 $14 {1/2-1/2 (37) Bacrot,E (2711)-Anand,V (2797) Baden-Baden 2015}) 20...
Rxd1 21. Nxd1 Nf5 22. Rh1 Bxa2 23. Rxh5 Be6 24. g4 Nd6 25. Rh7 Nf7 26. Ne3 Kd8
27. Nf5 c5 28. Ng3 $14 {1/2-1/2 (122) Carlsen,M (2863)-Anand,V (2792) Sochi
2014}) 11... b6 12. Bg5 (12. Rd1 Bb7 13. Ned4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Be7 (14... h4 $5 {
is a possible improvement. In some cases the kingside rook may enter the game
via h5.}) 15. Bf4 Rd8 16. Nf5 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Bc8 18. Nxe7 Kxe7 19. Bg5+ Ke6 20.
Bd8 Kxe5 21. Bxc7+ Kf5 22. Bb8 $1 a6 23. Ba7 b5 24. Rd6 Rh6 25. Rd8 Be6 26. b3
$14 {1/2-1/2 (87) Grischuk,A (2763)-Jakovenko,D (2722) Moscow 2012}) 12... Bb7
13. Rad1 $146 ({In the only preceding game Black achieved a good position after
} 13. Nf4 $6 c5 14. Nh4 Nxh4 15. Bxh4 Be7 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 {1/2-1/2 (43)
Volokitin,A (2695)-Hovhannisyan,R (2600) Plovdiv 2012}) 13... Be7 (13... c5 14.
Nc3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 c6 16. Ne4 Be7 {is also perfectly playable for Black.}) 14.
Bxe7 (14. e6 {This idea is standard and always deserves some attention. Black
should reply with} f6 (14... fxe6 $2 15. Nf4 $36) 15. Bf4 c5 $1 (15... Bd6 $6
16. Ng3 $1 Nxg3 17. Bxg3 $14) 16. Bxc7 g5 {with good compensation for the pawn.
}) 14... Kxe7 15. Nf4 c5 16. Ng5 Rh6 $2 {This move appears to be bad enough to
call it a decisive mistake!} (16... Rad8 $2 17. e6 $16) (16... Rhd8 $1 {
was the only right choice. It's psychologically not easy to sacrifice a pawn
in an endgame, so I don't find this move obvious at all.} 17. Nxh5 (17. e6 $2
f6 18. Ng6+ Ke8 {That's why it was important to put the kingside rook on d8.})
17... Ba6 $1 18. Rxd8 (18. Rfe1 $2 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Be2 $17 {[%csl Rd1,Rh5]})
18... Rxd8 19. Rc1 Rd5 20. f4 (20. Nf3 $6 Be2 $15) 20... Rd2 21. Ne4 Re2 22.
Neg3 Nxg3 23. Nxg3 Rd2 24. Nf5+ Kf8 25. Re1 Rxc2 26. Rd1 Ke8 27. Nxg7+ Kf8 28.
Nf5 Ke8 {White doesn't have more than a repetition.}) 17. c3 {As simple as it
is strong. Now White's plan is simple: to put the rook on e1 and push e5-e6.
So, Black's next move is practically forced.} f6 18. exf6+ Kxf6 (18... gxf6 $2
19. Rfe1+ Kf8 20. Nge6+ $18) 19. Nfe6 $1 Rg6 (19... Re8 20. Rfe1 Bc6 21. g3 {
White is in full control.}) 20. f4 Ne3 21. Rd7 {Threatening mate in one, so
Black's reply is forced.} Rxg5 22. Nxg5 Nxf1 23. Kxf1 Rc8 24. g4 {A dream
position for White in the Berlin variation!} hxg4 (24... Bc6 25. Rf7+ Kg6 26.
Kf2 hxg4 27. hxg4 {makes no difference.}) 25. hxg4 Bc6 26. Rf7+ Kg6 27. Kf2 $1
(27. Re7 $6 {would allow} Rf8 {[%csl Rf4] and the white knight will have to go
back to h3.}) 27... Bd5 28. Rd7 Bxa2 {This pawn is of little significance.} (
28... Bc6 29. Re7 $18) 29. Kg3 {All White's forces are superbly coordinated.}
a5 30. Ne4 $1 Bb1 (30... Kh7 31. Nf6+ Kh8 32. Nh5 Rf8 33. f5 Rf7 34. Rd8+ Kh7
35. Nf4 $18 {[%cal Gf4g6]}) (30... a4 31. f5+ Kh7 32. Kf4 {Slowly, but surely
White will prevail.}) 31. f5+ Kh6 32. Nd2 Bc2 33. Nf3 Be4 34. Ne5 (34. g5+ $1 {
would finish it quicker.} Kh5 35. Kf4 Bxf3 36. Rd2 $1 {[%cal Gd2h2] mating.})
34... Kg5 35. Nf7+ Kf6 36. Kf4 {[%cal Gg4g5] Mating net completed, so Black
has to give up a piece.} Bxf5 37. gxf5 g6 38. fxg6 Kxg6 {If the black king
were on the queenside, Caruana could hope for an escape "à la" Carlsen-Anand,
game seven of the 2014 Wch match, but not this time.} 39. Rd8 {The easiest way.
} Rxd8 40. Nxd8 Kf6 41. c4 Ke7 42. Nc6+ Kd6 43. Ne5 b5 44. Ke4 c6 45. b3 Kc7 (
45... a4 46. bxa4 bxa4 47. Nd3 a3 48. Nc1 $18) 46. Kd3 a4 47. bxa4 Kb6 48. Kc3
Ka5 49. Kb3 {Excellent play by Alexander Grischuk!} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.23"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Socar"]
[BlackTeam "Novy Bor"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. b3 h4 14. Ne4
a5 15. Neg5 Rh6 16. Nxe6 Rxe6 17. a4 c5 18. Rfe1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Re4 Rc6
21. Rc4 b6 22. Bd2 Re6 23. Bc3 Kd7 24. Rf4 g6 25. Kf1 Re8 26. Re4 Ke6 27. Ke2
Be7 28. Bd2 Rd8 29. c3 c6 30. Ng5+ Bxg5 31. Bxg5 Rb8 32. Bxh4 b5 33. Bf6 c4 34.
bxc4 bxa4 35. c5 Rb2+ 36. Kf3 Rc2 37. Rxa4 Rxc3+ 38. Kf4 Rxc5 39. Bd8 Rxe5 40.
Bxa5 Nd6 41. g4 Rc5 42. Ra2 f6 43. Bc7 Rc3 44. Re2+ Kd7 45. Bxd6 Kxd6 46. h4
Rh3 47. Rd2+ Kc7 48. Re2 Kd7 49. Rd2+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.24"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"]
[BlackTeam "Socar"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. Bf4 Na6 8.
e4 c5 9. Rd1 cxd4 10. e5 Nh5 11. Rxd4 Be6 12. Rxd8 Bxc4 13. Rxa8 Rxa8 14. Bd2
Bxf1 15. Kxf1 Bh8 16. Ke2 Nb4 17. g4 Ng7 18. Nd4 Rd8 19. Be3 h5 20. h3 hxg4 21.
hxg4 Ne6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. a3 Nc6 24. f4 g5 25. Rh5 gxf4 26. Bxf4 b5 27. Nxb5
Rb8 28. a4 a6 29. Nc7 Rxb2+ 30. Ke3 Rb3+ 31. Kf2 Nd4 32. Be3 Rb2+ 33. Kg3 Rb3
34. Kf2 Rb2+ 35. Kg3 Rb3 36. Kf2 Rb2+ 37. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Basque 1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.11.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2015.11.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
Be3 b6 (8... e5 {immediately is definitely more common. Black sometimes
doesn't play b6 at all, but Hikaru has his own idea.}) 9. Qd2 h6 10. O-O e5 11.
Nh2 {Black has trouble here if he plays his usual Nf8-e6 plan. White would be
too fast with f4, and overall Black's position would be uncomfortable. Hikaru
stops this on its tracks, even though it looks strategically unsound.} g5 12.
Ne2 Nf8 13. Ng3 {targetting the weak light squares, of course.} Ng6 14. a3 {
With the kingside locked up, Fabiano naturally focuses his attention on a
queenside break.} O-O 15. b4 cxb4 16. axb4 Nh4 $5 {Perhaps the objective of
this idea with Nh4 and f5 is dubious, but it is the type of complications that
Hikaru always manages to inject into positions that he feels are turning
slightly worse.} (16... Nf4 17. Ra3 $14) 17. f3 (17. Nh5 $1 f5 18. Qc3 $1 {
would have put Hikaru's idea into question.}) 17... f5 18. exf5 Nxf5 19. Nxf5
Bxf5 20. Ra6 Qe7 21. Ng4 {Trying to get to e4, cementing a strong positional
advantage for White clamping down on the center and kingside.} e4 $5 {What a
move! Beautiful positional understanding from America's #1. The pawn sacrifice
allows Black's bishops to breathe and discoordinates White's pieces.} 22. dxe4
(22. fxe4 Bxg4 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. hxg4 Qd7 (24... Rf7 {gives Black some
compensation for the pawn.}) 25. d4 $1 Qxg4 26. e5 $1 {with an advantage.})
22... Rfd8 23. Qe1 (23. Qe2 {was perhaps a little better.}) 23... Be6 24. Ra3
Bc4 25. Rf2 h5 26. Nh2 {White has been pushed back significantly.} Bb2 (26...
a5 $1 {This would have been a very nice tactical blow} 27. Bxb6 {what else?}
Qxb4 28. Qxb4 {forced} axb4 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 {and Black's monstrous bishops give
him enough activity for an advantage, even with the pawn deficit.}) 27. Ra4 Qe5
28. Nf1 $1 {White's rook is trapped but he understands the need to activate
his pieces} Qb5 29. Ra1 $1 Bxa1 30. Qxa1 Bxf1 31. Rxf1 Rd6 {Now it is White's
activity that more than compensates for the material disadvantage. Black is
too exposed on the kingside.} 32. Qa2+ Kg7 33. Qb2+ (33. f4 $1 {was much
stronger, ripping apart the kingside and making Hikaru's king very nervous.}
Qe2 34. Qa1+ Kh7 35. Re1 $1 $16) 33... Kh7 34. Ra1 a6 35. Rc1 {with a not very
subtle threat of c4.} (35. c4 Qxc4 36. Bxb6 $14 {still kept some edge.}) 35...
Qe2 $1 36. Qb3 Rg8 37. Qf7+ {Now a perpetual finishes the game.} Rg7 38. Qf5+
Kg8 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Qf5+ Kg8 41. Bxg5 Rd2 42. Qe6+ Kh7 43. Qh6+ Kg8 44. Qe6+
Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Basque 1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.11.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.11.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 {The Trompowsky! A rare guest in GM games.} e6 3. e4 h6 4.
Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qd2 d6 7. a3 Ba5 8. Nge2 Nc6 {This is probably why the
Trompowsky is a rare gues in GM games. I like Black already, he has the pair
of bishops and White's central position doesn't impress me to the point where
it would be compensation.} 9. Rd1 O-O 10. f4 e5 $1 {A very standard break on
the center. White's position is underdeveloped and his dark squares are going
to suffer without his bishop of that square.} 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. b4 Bb6 13. f5
Ne7 $2 {This was definitely not the way to punish White's play.} (13... Rd8 $1
14. Nd5 Qh4+ 15. Ng3 Nd4 $1 {with a big, big initiative all over the board.})
14. Na4 Qh4+ 15. Ng3 g6 16. fxg6 Nxg6 (16... fxg6 $15 {made much more sense,
opening the f-file and making it difficult for White to castle.}) 17. Be2 Nf4
18. Bf3 Be6 (18... Qg5 $1 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Qc3 h5 $1 {with an initiative.})
19. Nxb6 cxb6 20. O-O Qg5 21. Kh1 Rfd8 22. Qf2 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Ng6 24. Nf1 Rd8 {
Black exchanges rooks, good enough for equality but he is no longer thinking
of an advantage.} 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qd2 Qxd2 27. Nxd2 Ne7 28. Kg1 Nc8 29. Kf2
Nd6 30. Be2 f6 31. Bd3 Kf7 32. Ke3 {It's impossible for either side to make
any real progress here.} Ke7 33. h3 Kf7 34. c4 Ke7 35. Be2 Nf7 36. Nf1 Nd6 37.
Nd2 Nf7 38. Nf1 Nd6 39. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Rapid 1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.11.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "2015.11.14"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e4 d6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 {Someone tell Hikaru they aren't
playing Fischer Random anymore!} O-O 6. d4 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5+ 8. Qd2 Qxc5 9. c4 {
A Maroczy structure is rather normal. This one doesn't look too dangerous with
a Fianchetto already committed on b2.} Nc6 10. Nc3 Qd4 $5 {Trading queens
diffuses the advantage of space, but Black seems underdeveloped after this.}
11. Qxd4 Nxd4 12. O-O-O Ne6 13. h3 Nc5 14. Nge2 a5 $6 {Perhaps giving up b5
was not a good idea. Sometimes it is not an important square, but here it the
counterplay on the a-file is simply non existent.} 15. Ba3 Na6 16. e5 $1 {
Opening up the position for White's pieces.} dxe5 17. Bxe7 Re8 18. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6
19. Ne4 Be7 20. Nd6 {White wins back his bishop and the rook has a fantastic
spot} Bxd6 21. Rxd6 a4 22. Nc3 axb3 23. axb3 Kg7 24. Kb2 Nc5 25. Rd5 $1 Na6 26.
Rhd1 Nb4 27. Rd6 Ra6 28. Rxa6 bxa6 29. Ne4 Re7 30. Nd6 Be6 31. c5 Kf8 32. Bf1
$2 {This howler costs Nakamura most of his advantage.} (32. Ka3 $1 Nc2+ 33. Ka4
$1 Nd4 34. Rb1 {and White's king threatens decisive action in this position.
Black has serious difficulties stopping the queenside pawns.}) 32... Rc7 33.
Rc1 a5 34. Ka3 Ke7 35. f4 exf4 36. gxf4 Nc6 37. Nb5 Rd7 38. Nd6 Rc7 39. Nc4 Nd4
40. Nd2 $6 Bd7 {Black now wins the c-pawn! Luckily for Hikaru the 4v3 on the
kingside is very hard to win.} 41. Ne4 Ne6 42. Re1 Nxf4 43. h4 Ne6 44. Bc4 h6
45. b4 axb4+ 46. Kxb4 Ra7 47. h5 gxh5 48. Ng3 h4 49. Nf5+ Kf6 (49... Kf8 $1 {
was very inhuman but has a very subtle point.} 50. Nxh4 Ra4+ 51. Kc3 Nxc5 {
cannot be met with Rf1+ now.}) 50. Nxh4 Ra4+ 51. Kc3 Nxc5 52. Rf1+ Ke5 53. Nf3+
Kd6 54. Bxf7 Rf4 55. Rd1+ Ke7 56. Bd5 Be6 57. Ne5 Kf6 58. Bxe6 Nxe6 59. Nd3 Rf3
60. Rh1 Kg5 61. Kd2 h5 62. Rg1+ Kh6 63. Ne5 Rf6 64. Ng4+ hxg4 {This endgame is
almost impossible to win. Hikaru holds comfortably.} 65. Rxg4 Ng5 66. Ke3 Kg6
67. Ra4 Rb6 68. Ra5 Kf6 69. Ra3 Rb5 70. Kd4 Ne6+ 71. Ke4 Rb4+ 72. Ke3 Nc7 73.
Ra5 Ke6 74. Kd3 Nd5 75. Ra8 Nc7 76. Ra5 Rh4 77. Rc5 Kd6 78. Ra5 Ne6 79. Ra8 Kd5
80. Ra5+ Nc5+ 81. Ke3 Rc4 82. Ra8 Rc3+ 83. Kf4 Ne6+ 84. Kg4 Ke4 85. Ra4+ Nd4
86. Ra8 Rc6 87. Re8+ Ne6 88. Re7 Ke5 89. Kf3 Rc3+ 90. Ke2 Ra3 91. Kd2 Kd5 92.
Re8 Nc5 93. Rd8+ Kc4 94. Ke2 Rd3 95. Rxd3 Nxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Rapid 1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.11.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2015.11.14"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. e5 dxe5 6. Nxe5 f6 {It is hard
to say what Hikaru Nakamura was thinking when he made this move...} 7. Qh5+ g6
8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Qxh8 {As far as I can see, White is simply up the exchange and
a pawn.} Qd5 10. O-O Kf7 11. Nc3 Qd4 12. d3 Bg7 13. Qh7 f5 14. Ne2 {Black
simply has no compensation. Even worse, his position is actually rather bad.}
Qd6 15. Nf4 Bd7 16. Nh3 {Nice maneuvering of the knight, harassing Black's
king.} Be8 17. Ng5+ Kf8 18. Re1 e5 19. Bf4 $1 {Beautiful finishing touch.} Bf6
(19... exf4 20. Ne6+ $18) (19... Rb8 20. Qxg7+ $1 $18) 20. Qb7 Bxg5 21. Bxe5 {
Destruction!} 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Rapid 1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.11.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2015.11.14"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. d4 e5 7. dxe5 Nfd7 8. Bg2
Nxe5 9. Qd2 Nbc6 {Something like a King's Indian, but I never liked these
positions for Black when the g7 bishop is already challenged.} 10. O-O Bg4 11.
Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bd4 Qc8 13. f4 $1 {Pushing forward. White's advantage in space
is important despite the trade of some pieces.} Nc6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nc3 Ne7
$6 16. e4 f6 17. f5 (17. e5 $1 fxe5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Qg5 $1 $16 {looks very
dangerous for Black.}) 17... g5 18. c5 Rd8 19. Qe3 Qd7 20. h3 Bh5 21. g4 Bf7
22. e5 (22. Rad1 $14) 22... dxe5 23. Bxb7 Rab8 24. Rad1 Qe8 25. Bf3 Rb4 $6 (
25... h5 $1) 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27. Rd1 Rd4 28. Rxd4 exd4 29. Qd3 Qd7 30. Kf2 h5 31.
Ne2 $16 {Black loses the pawn and is in some trouble.} Nc6 32. Qe4 Ne5 33. Qxd4
Qe7 34. Nc3 Nxf3 35. Kxf3 Be8 (35... Qe1 $1 $11 {Was the cleanest way to a
draw: with activity!}) 36. Kf2 hxg4 37. hxg4 Bc6 38. Ne2 a5 39. Qe3 Qd7 40. Nd4
Bd5 41. a3 c6 42. Ke1 Qc7 43. Kd2 Qh2+ 44. Kc3 Kf7 (44... Kf8 $1) 45. Nxc6 Qc7
$1 46. Nd4 Qxc5+ 47. Kb2 a4 48. bxa4 Qc4 49. Qc3 Qxa4 50. Qc7+ Ke8 51. Qc8+ Kf7
52. Qc5 Qc4 53. Qxc4 Bxc4 {The endgame is difficult to win because of the
counterplay on the pawns.} 54. Nc2 (54. Kc3 $1 Bf1 55. Nc2 $1 Ke7 56. Ne3 Be2
57. Kd2 $1 {was the winning way, but hard to find.}) 54... Ke7 55. Kc3 Be2 56.
Ne3 Kd6 57. Kd4 Kc6 58. a4 Bf3 59. a5 Be2 {Now the endgame is a draw. White
can't make progress.} 60. a6 Bxa6 61. Nd5 Be2 62. Nxf6 Kd6 63. Ne4+ Ke7 64. Nf2
Kf6 65. Ke4 Ba6 66. Kf3 Ke5 67. Nd1 Bd3 68. Ne3 Be4+ 69. Kg3 Bd3 70. Kh3 Be2
71. Kg3 Bd3 72. Kf2 Kf4 73. f6 Bg6 74. Nc4 Kxg4 75. f7 Bxf7 76. Ne5+ Kf5 77.
Nxf7 Kf6 78. Nxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Rapid 1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.11.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2015.11.14"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
a6 9. Bd3 $5 {Not the most common, but it does look logical to develop a
bishop doesn't it?} b5 10. O-O Qb6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. Qf2 Nd7 14.
a3 Ke7 15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. Ne2 Bd7 17. b3 {White has a slight edge in these
structures usually, but Black has his chances with breaks on f6 if he can get
them in.} f6 18. Ned4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 fxe5 20. fxe5 h6 21. Kf2 Rhf8+ 22. Ke3 Rxf1
23. Rxf1 Be8 24. Bh7 Bf7 25. Nc6+ Ke8 26. Bd3 Rc8 27. Nb4 Nd7 28. Kd4 Nb8 29.
Nxa6 Nc6+ 30. Kc5 Ke7 31. Kxb5 (31. Kb6 $1 Nxe5 32. Bxb5 Rxc2 33. Nc5 {with a
clear advantage. Those pawns are rolling on the queenside.}) 31... Nxe5 32. Kb6
Be8 33. a4 Kd6 {With White's king so separated from his rook it does look like
Black can hold. However a pawn is a pawn, and he still has chances.} 34. Rf2
Nxd3 35. cxd3 Bg6 $6 (35... e5 36. a5 $14) 36. d4 e5 37. dxe5+ Kxe5 38. b4 $6 (
38. Nc5 d4 39. a5 {was more effective. Push the pawn that is ahead!}) 38... d4
39. b5 d3 40. Nb4 Kd4 (40... Be4 $1 41. Nc6+ Kd6 $1) 41. Nc6+ Ke3 42. Rf3+ Ke2
43. Nd4+ Ke1 44. Rg3 $1 {What a nice move! The bishop doesn't have any moves
at the moment.} Be4 {based on a miscalculation} 45. Re3+ Kf1 46. Rxe4 d2 47.
Nf5 {stopping everything, now the game is simply over.} Rc3 48. Rd4 Ke1 49. a5
g6 50. Nd6 {Black can get the rook if he wants, it does not matter. The pawns
are too powerful.} 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz 1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.11.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2015.11.15"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. d4 d5 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. O-O c5 8. Nfd2
Bf5 {Aggressive play by Black here is justified since White's opening is
rather passive. I even enjoy Caruana's positino more already.} 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10.
f3 Bf5 11. e4 $2 {A mistake already!} dxe4 12. fxe4 Bg4 $1 {What a nice
deflection! Black wins a pawn and takes control of the game.} 13. Qd3 (13. Qxg4
Bxd4+ 14. Bxd4 Qxd4+ {costs White an exchange.}) 13... Bxd4+ 14. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 15.
Qxd4 cxd4 16. e5 Nd7 17. Rf4 Nxe5 18. Na3 Rad8 19. Bxb7 g5 20. Rf2 d3 21. cxd3
Nxd3 22. Rc2 Ne5 23. Rf1 f6 24. Bg2 Rc8 25. Rfc1 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 Rd8 27. h3 Rd1+
28. Kf2 Bf5 29. Re2 Bd3 30. Rb2 Ba6 31. Ke3 Re1+ 32. Kd4 Nd3 33. Rd2 e5+ 34.
Kc3 Rc1+ 35. Rc2 Rg1 36. Rd2 Ne1 37. Bd5+ Kg7 38. g4 Rg3+ 39. Kb4 Rxh3 40. Ka5
Bd3 41. Rd1 Nc2 42. Nxc2 Bxc2 43. Rc1 Rh2 44. b4 e4 45. Re1 Bd3 46. a4 f5 47.
gxf5 Kf6 48. b5 g4 49. Ka6 Ke5 50. Bc6 Ra2 51. a5 g3 52. Kxa7 Rxa5+ 53. Kb6 Ra2
54. Kc7 Ra7+ 55. Kb8 Rg7 56. b6 g2 57. Rg1 Kd6 {The players only had seconds
at this point. Caruana is winning, but with only two second increment anything
can happen.} 58. Ba8 Rg8+ 59. Ka7 e3 $2 60. f6 $2 (60. Bxg2 $1 $16) 60... e2 $2
(60... Rxa8+ $1 61. Kxa8 Be4+ 62. b7 Ke6 $19) 61. f7 Rf8 62. b7 Rxf7 $1 63. Kb6
Rf8 64. Ka7 Rf7 65. Kb6 Rf8 66. Ka7 Be4 (66... Be4 67. b8=Q+ Rxb8 68. Kxb8 Bxa8
69. Kxa8 Ke5 {and Black just brings his king in and wins.}) 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz 1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.11.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2015.11.15"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 g6 7. c3 Bh6 8.
d4 Bxc1 9. Rxc1 O-O 10. e5 Nh5 11. Nbd2 dxe5 12. dxe5 Qb6 13. Nc4 Qa6 14. Qe4
Rad8 15. Rd1 Nb8 16. Ne3 h6 17. Nd5 Qe6 18. h3 b6 19. c4 f5 20. Qe3 Kh7 21. Rd2
Rd7 22. Rad1 Rfd8 23. a3 Nc6 24. b4 Kg7 25. bxc5 Na5 26. Qc3 Kh7 27. cxb6 axb6
28. Qb4 Ng7 29. Nf4 Qc6 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Rxd7 Qxd7 32. Qxb6 Nc6 33. a4 e6 34.
a5 g5 35. Ne2 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Qxe2 37. Qxc6 g4 38. hxg4 fxg4 39. Nh4 Qxf2 40. Qe4+
Nf5 41. Nxf5 exf5 42. Qb7+ Kg6 $4 (42... Kh8 $11) 43. Qc6+ $4 (43. Qb6+ $18)
43... Kh5 44. Qe8+ Kg5 45. e6 Qh4+ 46. Kg1 Qe1+ 47. Kh2 Qe5+ 48. Kg1 Qd4+ 49.
Kh1 $4 (49. Kf1 $11) 49... Qd1+ $4 (49... g3 $1) 50. Kh2 $11 Qd6+ 51. Kg1 Qd1+
52. Kh2 Qd6+ 53. Kg1 g3 54. Qd7 Qc5+ 55. Kh1 Qe3 56. Qe7+ Kg4 57. Qg7+ Kh5 58.
Qf7+ Kg5 59. Qg7+ Kh5 60. Qf7+ Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz 1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.11.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2015.11.15"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. d4 c6 6. e3 d5 7. Nc3 e6 8. Be2 b6
9. O-O Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 Nbd7 12. Nd2 a5 13. a3 b5 14. Nb3 a4 15. Nc1
Ne8 16. Nd3 Nd6 17. Nb1 Nc4 18. Nd2 Re8 19. Nf3 h5 20. Bc3 Bf6 21. Nd2 Bc8 22.
Bf3 Ndb6 23. Re1 Bf5 24. Nf1 Nd6 25. Ng3 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 h4 27. Nf1 Nbc4 28. Nd2
Qd7 29. Nxc4 Nxc4 30. Qd1 Re7 31. Be2 Kg7 32. h3 Nd6 33. Bd3 Kg8 34. Ra2 Bg7
35. Bb2 f5 36. Bc1 Bh6 37. Rc2 Nc4 38. Rce2 Rae8 39. Qc2 Kh7 40. Qc3 Qd6 41.
Bc2 Bg5 42. Qd3 Qf6 43. Qd1 Re6 44. Bd3 Qd8 45. Qc2 Qd6 46. Rd1 Bd8 47. Bxc4
dxc4 48. d5 cxd5 49. Red2 Bc7 50. Rxd5 Qh2+ 51. Kf1 Qh1+ 52. Ke2 Qxg2 53. Rd7+
R8e7 54. Qd2 Bg3 55. Qe1 f4 $1 56. Qf1 Qh2 (56... f3+ 57. Ke1 Be5 $19) 57. Qg1
f3+ 58. Kxf3 Qxh3 $2 59. fxg3 $2 (59. Rxe7+ Rxe7 60. fxg3 $13) 59... Rf6+ 60.
Ke2 Rxd7 {important details!} 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz 1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.11.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2015.11.15"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. Bd3 Bb7 4. Nf3 d5 5. e5 c5 6. c3 Ne7 7. O-O Qd7 8. Qe2
Nec6 9. Rd1 a5 10. a4 Ba6 11. Na3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Qb3 N8c6
15. Bd2 h6 16. Rac1 Be7 17. Nb5 O-O 18. Bxb4 Bxb4 19. Rc2 Rac8 20. Rdc1 Nb8 21.
h3 Rc6 22. Rxc6 Nxc6 23. Qd1 Rc8 24. Rc2 Ne7 25. Qc1 Rxc2 26. Qxc2 Nc6 27. Nh2
Be7 28. Nf1 f6 29. exf6 Bxf6 30. Qd3 Nb4 31. Qe2 Nc6 32. Qg4 Ne7 33. Ng3 Qc6
34. Nh5 Kf7 35. Nxf6 gxf6 36. Qf4 Kg7 37. Qg3+ Ng6 38. Qc7+ Qxc7 39. Nxc7 Kf7
40. Kf1 Nf4 41. Na8 Ke7 42. g3 Nd3 43. b3 Kd6 44. Ke2 Nb4 45. Nxb6 Kc7 46. Na8+
Kb7 47. f4 Nc6 48. Ke3 Kxa8 49. g4 Ne7 50. h4 Kb7 51. Kf3 f5 52. g5 h5 53. Kg3
Ng6 54. Kh3 Nxf4+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz 1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.11.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2015.11.15"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. h3 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 b6 7. c4 Bb7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Bh2 e5 11. d5 a5 12. b3 Nc5 13. Qc2 Bc8 14. Rad1 Bf5 15.
Qc1 Nfe4 16. Nb5 Bd7 17. Ne1 f5 18. f3 Nf6 19. Nc3 Bh6 20. Nc2 Nh5 21. f4 Qh4
22. fxe5 dxe5 23. d6 c6 24. Bxh5 Qxh5 25. Kh1 Re6 26. a3 Qh4 27. Qb2 Ne4 28.
Na4 Rb8 29. Ne1 Bxe3 30. Nf3 Nf2+ 31. Rxf2 Qxf2 32. Qa1 Bf4 33. Bg1 Qc2 34.
Nxb6 Rxb6 35. Bxb6 Qxb3 36. Bxa5 Qxc4 37. Bc3 c5 38. Nxe5 Bxe5 39. Bxe5 Kf7 40.
Rd2 Qe4 41. Bh8 Qe1+ 42. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 43. Kh2 Ke6 44. Bg7 Re3 45. Bf8 Rxa3 46.
Re2+ Kd5 47. Re7 Kc6 48. Rxh7 c4 49. Bg7 c3 50. Bh6 c2 51. Rg7 Ra4 52. Bc1 Ra1
53. Bg5 c1=Q 54. Bxc1 Rxc1 55. Rxg6 Kd5 56. h4 Be6 57. h5 Kxd6 58. h6 Ke7 59.
h7 Rc8 60. Rh6 Rh8 61. Kg3 Kf7 62. Kf4 Bc8 63. Kg5 Kg7 64. Rc6 Bd7 65. Rd6 Rd8
66. h8=Q+ Kxh8 67. Kf6 Kh7 68. Ke7 Rg8 69. Kxd7 Rxg2 70. Rf6 Rf2 71. Ke6 f4 72.
Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz 1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.11.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.11.15"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nb4 6. O-O g6 7. Nc3 Nxd3 8. Qxd3
Bg7 9. d5 Nf6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Rad1 Nxg3 14. fxg3 O-O 15.
Kh1 d6 16. Nd4 Qe7 17. h3 a6 18. Rf2 Rac8 19. Nf3 Rcd8 20. Qc2 c6 21. a4 cxd5
22. cxd5 Bc8 23. Qb3 e5 24. g4 h5 25. Nh2 hxg4 26. hxg4 Kh7 27. Ne2 Rh8 28. Ng3
Kg6 29. Nf5 Qc7 30. Rc2 Qa7 31. Qe3 Bxf5 32. gxf5+ Kh7 33. Rdc1 Qb8 34. Rc7 Rc8
35. Qh3+ Bh6 36. Ng4 Kg7 37. Rxc8 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz 1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.11.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "303"]
[EventDate "2015.11.15"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O Nge7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Nc3 h6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Qa3 Nf5 12. Bd2 Re8 13. Rac1 b6 14. Rfe1 a5
15. b3 Rc8 16. Qb2 Ncd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Ne4 c5 19. a3 Qe7 20. b4 axb4 21.
axb4 c4 22. Rxc4 Rxc4 23. dxc4 Bc6 24. f3 Bxe4 25. fxe4 Ne3 26. Bxe3 dxe3 27.
Qa3 Rd8 28. Bf3 Be5 29. Kg2 h5 30. Qxe3 Qxb4 31. Rc1 Qd6 32. Rb1 Bd4 33. Qg5
Bf6 34. Qb5 Rc8 35. Qd5 Qc5 36. Rb5 Qxc4 37. Rxb6 Qxd5 38. exd5 Be5 39. Rb7 Kg7
40. Rd7 Rc2 41. Kf2 Bd4+ 42. Kg2 Rd2 43. h3 Be5 44. Re7 Bd6 45. Re8 Kf6 46. Kf2
Bc5+ 47. Ke1 Bb4 48. Rb8 Rb2+ 49. Kf1 Bc3 50. Rc8 Be5 51. g4 hxg4 52. Bxg4 Rd2
53. Bf3 Bd6 54. Kf2 Rd4 55. Ke3 Rb4 56. Kd3 Rb3+ 57. Kc2 Ra3 58. Re8 Ra2+ 59.
Kb3 Ra3+ 60. Kc4 Ra5 61. Bg4 Rc5+ 62. Kd4 Rc1 63. e4 Re1 64. h4 Bg3 65. h5 gxh5
66. Bxh5 Bd6 67. Bf3 Bg3 68. Kd3 Bf4 69. Bg4 Be5 70. Ra8 Ra1 71. Re8 Ra3+ 72.
Ke2 Ra2+ 73. Kd1 Ra4 74. Bf5 Ra2 75. Rd8 Bc7 76. Rd7 Bf4 77. Ke1 Bg3+ 78. Kf1
Be5 79. Bg4 Rh2 80. Rb7 Kg5 81. Bf3 f6 82. Bg2 Kf4 83. Rb3 Rxg2 84. Kxg2 Kxe4
85. Rb5 Bd6 86. Ra5 Kd4 87. Kf3 Bc5 88. Kf4 Kxd5 89. Kf5 Kc4 90. Kxf6 Kd4 91.
Ke6 Bb6 92. Rh5 Ke4 93. Rh4+ Kf3 94. Kf5 Bf2 95. Rh3+ Kg2 96. Rb3 Ba7 97. Kf4
Bg1 98. Rb2+ Kh1 99. Kf3 Bh2 100. Rg2 Bg1 101. Kg3 Ba7 102. Rb2 Bg1 103. Rb7
Bh2+ 104. Kf3 Bg1 105. Rb1 Kh2 106. Rc1 Kh1 107. Rc4 Bh2 108. Rg4 Bg1 109. Kg3
Bh2+ 110. Kf2 Bb8 111. Rg7 Bh2 112. Kf3 Bg1 113. Kg4 Kg2 114. Kh4+ Kh2 115. Rg4
Bf2+ 116. Kg5 Kh1 117. Kf4 Bg1 118. Rh4+ Kg2 119. Kg4 Bf2 120. Rh8 Bg1 121. Rc8
Kh1 122. Kg3 Bh2+ 123. Kf3 Bg1 124. Rc1 Kh2 125. Ke2 Kg2 126. Rc6 Bf2 127. Rg6+
Bg3 128. Rg8 Kh2 129. Kf1 Kh3 130. Kg1 Bh4 131. Rg2 Bg3 132. Kf1 Bh4 133. Rg7
Bg3 134. Rg6 Bh4 135. Ke2 Kh2 136. Kf3 Be7 137. Re6 Bc5 138. Rh6+ Kg1 139. Rh7
Bb6 140. Kg3 Bf2+ 141. Kf3 Bb6 142. Rg7+ Kh1 143. Kg3 Kg1 144. Rb7 Bf2+ 145.
Kf3 Bc5 146. Rb5 Ba7 147. Ra5 Bb6 148. Ra1+ Kh2 149. Rb1 Ba7 150. Rb2+ Kh1 151.
Kg3 Bg1 152. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz 1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.11.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2015.11.15"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Bf4 a6 13. Qd2 Bf6 14. Ne2 h6
15. c3 Ne7 16. Ng3 Ng6 17. Be3 Bg5 18. Bd3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Qf6 20. Bxg6 Qxg6 21.
Qf4 Qb6 22. Re2 Bd7 23. Rae1 Rae8 24. h3 Re6 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Qd2 c5 27. Nh5
cxd4 28. cxd4 Qd6 29. Re5 Rc8 30. Qe2 Qf8 31. g3 Rc4 32. Qe3 Rc2 33. Nf4 Rxb2
34. Nxe6 Bxe6 35. Rxe6 Qf5 36. Kg2 Rxf2+ 37. Qxf2 Qxe6 38. a4 b5 39. axb5 axb5
40. Qb2 Qe4+ 41. Kf2 Qd3 42. Qb4 Qc4 43. Qb2 b4 44. Ke3 b3 45. Kd2 Kf7 46. Qc3
Qxc3+ 47. Kxc3 Kf6 48. g4 Kg5 49. Kxb3 Kf4 50. Kb4 Ke4 51. Kc5 g5 0-1

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "7200+1690"]
[WhiteClock "0:59:23"]
[BlackClock "1:03:03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3
d6 9. a3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. d4 {weicht von ihrer Begenung in St. Louis 2014
ab, wo Caruana beginnend mit 15.Sa2 eine sensationelle Partie ablieferte.} (11.
Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 Nc6 13. Bd2 d5 14. Re1 Qd6 15. Na2 Nd7 16. Qe2 d4 17. Reb1 Nb6
18. Nc1 Na4 19. Nb3 Rf7 20. Rc1 Rd8 21. Ng5 Rf6 22. Qh5 h6 23. Nf3 Rdf8 24. Rf1
R8f7 25. Rae1 Bf8 26. h3 g6 27. Qh4 Qe7 28. Qg3 Bg7 29. Na5 Nxa5 30. Nxe5 Nb7
31. Nxg6 Qd8 32. e5 Rf5 33. f4 c5 34. Nh4 Rh5 35. Nf3 Kh7 36. Qg4 Rhf5 37. Nh4
Kh8 38. Nxf5 Rxf5 39. Qg6 Qe7 40. g4 Rf8 41. f5 Qe8 42. Qxe8 Rxe8 43. f6 Bf8
44. f7 Re7 45. Rf6 Nb6 46. Bxh6 Nd7 47. Ref1 cxb4 48. axb4 Bxh6 49. Rxh6+ Kg7
50. Rh5 {1-0 (50) Caruana,F (2801)-Aronian,L (2805) Saint Louis 2014 CBM 162 
[Havasi,G]}) 11... Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. d5 Nb8 14. Be3 Qc8 15. Qe2 Nbd7 16.
Rd1 Qb7 17. Raa1 Rfc8 18. h3 Rab8 {Schwarz hat letztlich nur den Hebel ...c6
als Plan, dies würde seine weißen Felder jedoch sehr schwächen.} 19. Nh2 h5 {
verhindert Sg4 radikal, schwächt jedoch das Feld g5 unwiderruflich.} (19... c6
20. dxc6 Qxc6 21. Ng4 h6 {sieht ok aus}) 20. Nf3 (20. Bg5 $5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxg5
22. Qxh5 Bd8 {sieht vielversprechen für Weiß aus}) 20... Nb6 21. Bg5 g6 22. Na2
c6 23. dxc6 Rxc6 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Nb4 Rc4 26. Nd5 Be7 27. Nxb6 Qxb6 {eine
typische Situation, die man aus der Najdorf Variante kennt. Weiß muss unter
allen Umständen an einer Umgruppierung des Springers nach d5 gehindert werden,
Schwarz steht aktiv genug um dies erreichen.} 28. c3 a5 29. Rd5 Rc5 30. Rad1 b4
31. Rxc5 Qxc5 32. Rd5 Qa7 33. axb4 axb4 34. c4 Rc8 35. b3 Rc5 36. Rxc5 Qxc5 37.
g3 Bd8 38. Qd2 Bb6 39. Kg2 Kg7 40. Ne1 Qc7 41. Nc2 Bc5 42. Ne3 Bxe3 43. Qxe3
Qc6 44. g4 hxg4 45. hxg4 Qc8 46. Kg3 Qc5 47. Qxc5 dxc5 48. g5 Kf8 49. f4 Ke7
50. f5 Kd6 51. f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2850"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 {Magnus goes for a pretty
sedate line, trying to get a small edge.} Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5
O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Nc7 14. d4 d5 15. cxd5
Nxd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bf4 {All of this has been seen before in the game
Areshechenko-Bacrot in June 2015. White won that game. The position is very
symmetrical. However, White seems to have a small edge due to the better
placement of his pieces, like the rook being on e1 and the bishop on f4.
However, this is nothing much.} Bf6 {.} 18. Be5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 {One of the
reasons why White should have a small edge here is because the d5-pawn is on a
light square, which means that the bishop on c8 is slightly a bad piece.} Re8
20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Qb3 {Magnus was playing his moves pretty quickly and
confidently.} Qc6 22. Bb5 Qb6 {Black is ready to sacrifice his d5 pawn in
order to get some counterplay.} (22... Qd6 23. Rc1 (23. Re1 Be6 $11) 23... Be6
{also looks fine. But Caruana wanted to be more precise and hence chose ...Qb6
over ...Qd6.}) 23. Qxd5 a6 $1 {Very accurate.} (23... Be6 24. Qc5 $1 Qxc5 25.
dxc5 $16 {is just an extra pawn.}) 24. Bd3 {Magnus retreats to a square where
he can create some mating threats with Bd3.} Be6 25. Qe4 g6 26. d5 {It seems
as if White has things going his way but Caruana has everything under control.}
Bf5 27. Qe2 Bxd3 28. Qxd3 Qxb2 {Black recovers the pawn. However, the d5-pawn
is not at all a unit that should be underestimated.} 29. Re1 Rd8 30. d6 Rd7 {
Stopping the pawn in its tracks. This is not all easy to defend but Caruana
does a fine job.} (30... Qxa2 31. Qd4 $1 {looks pretty dangerous with Qf6
coming up next.}) 31. g3 $5 {Magnus takes out time to secure his back rank.}
Qf6 32. Rd1 Qe5 33. Qa3 a5 34. f4 {This move might well be strong practically,
however in the end it was this move that led to the perpetual check.} Qe2 35.
Qc1 Qe6 36. Qc5 b5 37. Qxb5 (37. Qe5 $11 {Anand and Aronian analysed this move
in their press conference and it is also equal.}) 37... Rxd6 $1 {Caruana is
tactically alert and sacrifices his rook in order to get a perpetual check.}
38. Qb8+ Kg7 39. Qxd6 Qe3+ 40. Kg2 Qe2+ 41. Kg1 Qe3+ 42. Kg2 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {A popular line
nowadays.} Qe7 $5 {Nakamura chooses a rare but interesting continuation.} ({
Another recent example is:} 6... Nd7 7. Nc4 O-O 8. Bd2 Re8 9. Qe2 f6 10. h4 Nf8
11. h5 Be6 12. Ne3 Qd7 13. h6 g6 14. O-O Bg4 15. Nxg4 Qxg4 16. Nd4 Qxe2 17.
Nxe2 Ne6 18. g3 g5 19. Be3 Bf8 20. Kg2 Bxh6 {1/2-1/2 (56) Adams,M (2744)
-Nakamura,H (2793) London 2015; from the same event, this time Nakamura is a
pawn up but failed to convert just like Caruana in this game.}) 7. h3 (7. O-O
Bg4 8. Nc4 O-O-O 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Be3 f6 11. a3 Nf8 12. b4 Bd4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14.
Rfb1 Ng6 15. h3 Nf4 16. Qd2 $1 Nxh3+ 17. gxh3 Bxh3 18. a4 {1-0 (30) Hou Yifan 
(2629)-Muminova,N (2332) Lopota 2014. Black doesn't have enough play for the
sacrificed piece.}) 7... O-O (7... Nd7 8. Nc4 f6 9. O-O Nf8 10. Be3 Be6 11.
Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Ne3 O-O-O 13. Nh4 g6 14. Qf3 Qe7 15. Qg3 Rg8 16. a3 Kb8 17. b4 f5
18. exf5 gxf5 19. Nhxf5 Qf6 20. Qh4 Qxh4 21. Nxh4 Bxh3 22. Kh2 Bc8 23. Rae1 {
0-1 (76) Hasangatin,R (2437)-Postny,E (2559) Internet (blitz) 2005. White has
better chances in this endgame.}) 8. Nc4 Nd7 9. Qe2 $5 {At a very early stage
we have entered a position that is practically new, but still we are not out
of usual ideas that can arise here.} (9. O-O Bd6 10. c3 a5 11. Re1 b5 12. Ne3
Nb6 13. d4 exd4 14. Qxd4 c5 15. Qd3 c4 16. Qc2 Qf6 17. Nd4 Bd7 {0-1 (45)
Bodnaruk,A (2411)-Pogonina,N (2480) Kazan 2014, Black got nice play.}) 9... b5
10. Ne3 Nb6 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Nd7 {The alternative could have brought us
highly interesting chess:} (12... Qd7 $5 13. Qe4 (13. f6 gxf6 14. Bh6 Rfe8 15.
O-O-O Qe6 16. Nh4 Kh8 17. Qf3 Rg8 18. g4 {this is one sharp possibility, White
is a pawn down but the position is rather unbalanced}) 13... f6 14. Be3 Bxe3
15. fxe3 Na4 16. O-O-O Qd5 17. Qxd5+ cxd5 18. d4 e4 19. Ne1 $1 {with the idea
g4-Ng2-f4 again with a highly interesting type of game.} {For instance:} Nb6
20. g4 Nc4 21. Ng2 Kf7 22. b3 Nd6 23. Nf4 c6 24. Kb2 a5 25. h4 {the position
is still in some kind of equilibrium.}) 13. Nd2 $1 Bb4 14. c3 Ba5 15. Ne4 b4
16. O-O Rfd8 (16... bxc3 17. bxc3 Rfd8 18. Qc2 {Here too White has the
initiative due to his better structure and better piece placement, especially
his knight on e4 looks strong.}) 17. cxb4 Bxb4 18. Be3 f6 19. Qc2 {White's
strategy is simple and it seems that so far it has worked well in this game.}
Nb6 20. a3 Bd6 21. Qxc6 {White has got a pawn and we can say that his chances
are much better.} Qd7 22. Qxd7 Rxd7 23. Rfc1 Nd5 24. Bd2 Bf8 25. g3 $6 {
An inaccuracy after which it will not be easy for White to convert his extra
pawn.} (25. b4 $1 Nb6 (25... Ne7 26. Nc5 $16) 26. Kf1 Rxd3 27. Rxc7 Nd5 28. Rb7
Rd4 29. f3 Rd3 30. Ke2 Rb3 31. Rd7 Nb6 32. Rd3 $16) 25... a5 $1 26. Kf1 a4 27.
Ke2 Rb8 28. Rc2 Rb3 {Cautious play by White allowed Black to reach his optimum
and now it is not easy at all to get something out of it.} 29. Rac1 Rd8 $1 {
The idea is Rdb8.} 30. Nc3 Nxc3+ 31. Bxc3 Rd5 32. g4 c6 33. Rg1 h6 34. h4 Be7
35. Rg3 Kf7 36. Kd2 Bd6 37. Ke2 Bc5 {Back is fine and we can say that the pawn
up means nothing now.} 38. g5 Bd4 39. gxh6 gxh6 40. Rg6 Bxc3 41. bxc3 h5 42.
Rh6 Kg7 43. Rg6+ Kf7 44. Rh6 Kg7 45. Rg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. d4
Bb6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qe2 $5 {Topalov decides to take the game into unknown
territory obviously looking for a fighting type of chess, which suits his
style perfectly.} ({Taking the pawn might prove to be risky:} 10. Nxe5 Qd6 11.
Nef3 Ng6 12. O-O (12. Bc4 Bd7 13. Qc2 Bc6 14. O-O Rae8 15. Re1 Nf4 $44) 12...
Bxh3 13. gxh3 (13. e5 Qe6 14. gxh3 (14. exf6 Qg4 15. Nh4 Qxh4 $17) 14... Qxh3
15. exf6 Nf4 16. Ne1 Qg3+ $11) 13... Qg3+ 14. Kh1 Qxh3+ 15. Nh2 c6 16. Bc4 Bc7
17. f4 Bxf4 18. Rxf4 Nxf4 19. Qf3 Qh4 20. Ndf1 Ng6 $19) 10... Ng6 11. g3 Qe7
12. Bd3 a5 13. Nc4 Bc5 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Ne3 h6 17. O-O-O Be6 18.
Kb1 b5 {We have got a very sharp position with unusual long castling in the
Ruy Lopez. I must say that it happened to me once, but the outcome of that
game was not encouraging.} 19. c4 b4 20. Nd5 Nd7 21. Ne1 c6 (21... Ngf8 22. f4
c6 23. Ne3 f6 24. h4 Bf7 25. f5 $36) 22. Nc7 Rac8 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. h4 $6 (24.
Bc2 $1 {preventing ...a4 is an important nuance in the position.} Ngf8 $1 (
24... Nb6 25. Nd3 $1 $14) 25. Nd3 (25. b3 Qb6 26. Nd3 {with next f4}) 25...
Qxc4 $1) 24... Rf8 $6 (24... a4 $1 25. Bc2 Ra8 26. Nd3 Qa5 27. Qe1 c5 28. h5
Ne7 $17) 25. Bc2 $1 {Probably missed by Caruana. Black has deprived himself of
the f8-square for a knight and that creates certain problems.} Qe7 (25... Rxf2
26. Qg4 Ngf8 27. Nd3 Qe3 28. Nxf2 Qxf2 29. Rhf1 $18) 26. Nd3 Nc5 27. Qe3 Nxd3
28. Rxd3 Rfd8 29. Rhd1 Rxd3 30. Qxd3 $14 Nf8 31. Ba4 {White definitely enjoys
the better position but somehow it is not so easy to win it.} ({An alternative
was highly interesting:} 31. Qd6 Qf7 $5 ({also possible is} 31... Qxd6 32. Rxd6
Kf7 33. Ba4 Ke7 34. Rxc6 Rxc6 35. Bxc6 Kd6 36. Be8 Nh7 37. Bf7 Nf6 38. f3 g5
39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Kc2 g4 41. fxg4 Nxg4 42. Bh5 Nf6 43. Bf3 Nd7 $1 44. g4 Ke7
45. g5 Kf7 46. Bh5+ Kg7 47. Kd2 Nc5 48. Ke3 {I am not sure also about this
position either that White can make further progress}) 32. Qc5 Qc7 33. Ba4 Kf7
34. Rd6 Nd7 35. Qxc6 Qxc6 36. Rxc6 Rxc6 37. Bxc6 Nc5 38. Kc2 g5 39. f3 Ke7 {
it is not clear if White can win this despite beeing a pawn up:} {for instance:
} 40. Kd2 gxh4 41. gxh4 a4 42. Ke3 a3 $1 43. bxa3 bxa3 44. Kd2 Nb3+ 45. Kc3 Nd4
46. Ba4 Nxf3 47. h5 Ng5 48. Bc2 Kd7 49. Kb4 Kc6 $11) 31... Qc5 $1 32. Rd2 Kf7
33. Bd1 Ra8 $6 (33... Rc7 $5 34. Qd6 (34. Qd8 Ra7 35. b3 a4 $5 $132) 34... Qxd6
35. Rxd6 Ke7 $11) 34. Qd6 $1 Qxc4 35. Qxe5 $16 Qb5 36. Qc7+ $6 (36. Bh5+ $1 Kg8
37. Qxb5 cxb5 38. Be2 Rb8 39. Rd6 Kf7 40. h5 Rb7 41. Ra6 a4 42. Ra5 Nh7 43.
Bxb5 $16) 36... Kg8 37. Qd6 a4 38. Be2 Qb6 39. Bc4 Re8 40. Qd4 (40. g4 $5 Qb7
41. g5 hxg5 42. hxg5 $16) 40... c5 41. Qd6 Qb7 42. f3 a3 $1 {This is a key
asset that helps Black to obtain certain counterplay.} 43. Rd3 (43. b3 Qf7 44.
f4 Qb7 45. Qe5 Kh8 46. Rd6 Qa8 47. h5 Re7 $14) 43... axb2 44. Kxb2 Kh7 45. Kc2
Rc8 $5 {Anticipating a very long line...} 46. Ba6 Qa7 47. Bxc8 Qxa2+ 48. Kd1 c4
49. Rd2 Qa1+ 50. Ke2 c3 51. Qxf8 cxd2 52. Kxd2 Qb2+ $6 (52... Qc3+ $1 53. Kd1
h5 $1 54. g4 Qb3+ 55. Ke1 hxg4 56. fxg4 Qe3+ 57. Kf1 Qd3+ 58. Kg2 Qc2+ 59. Kg3
Qc3+ 60. Kg2 Qc2+ $11) 53. Ke3 Qc1+ 54. Kf2 Qd2+ 55. Kf1 Qd1+ 56. Kg2 Qe2+ 57.
Kh3 h5 58. g4 (58. Qc5 Qxf3 59. Qg1 Qxe4 60. Qg2 Qf5+ 61. Kh2 b3 62. Ba6 $16)
58... hxg4+ 59. Kxg4 Qg2+ 60. Kf4 Qh2+ 61. Ke3 Qg1+ 62. Kd3 Qf1+ 63. Kd4 Qa1+
64. Kc4 Qc3+ 65. Kb5 b3 66. Bxe6 ({Another type of queen endgame could have
arisen after} 66. Qe8 $5 Qxf3 (66... Qe5+ 67. Ka4 b2 68. Bxe6 $1 $18) 67. Bxe6
b2 68. Qg8+ Kh6 69. Ba2 Qd3+ 70. Qc4 b1=Q+ 71. Bxb1 Qxb1+ 72. Kc6 $14) 66...
Qe5+ 67. Kb4 Qxe6 68. Kc3 Qb6 $6 (68... b2 $1 69. Kxb2 Qb6+ 70. Kc3 Qe3+ 71.
Kc4 Qe2+ 72. Kc5 Qc2+ 73. Kd6 Qd3+ 74. Ke5 Qc3+ 75. Kf4 Qc1+ 76. Kg4 Qg1+ 77.
Kf5 Qe3 78. f4 Qh3+ 79. Ke5 Qc3+ 80. Ke6 Qb3+ {it seems that White can't
progress in this endgame.}) 69. Qf5+ Kg8 70. Qd5+ {A better version of this
endgame is in the following line...} (70. Kb2 $1 Qf2+ 71. Kxb3 Qxh4 72. Kc4 Qh2
73. Qd5+ Kf8 74. e5 Qf4+ 75. Kd3 $16 {White has much more active pieces
compared to the game.}) 70... Kf8 71. Qxb3 Qf6+ 72. Kc2 Qxh4 {Now Black can
save this due to the inactive positions of the white king and queen.} 73. Qb8+
Kf7 74. Kd3 Qe1 75. Qf4+ Ke6 76. Qf5+ Ke7 77. Qc5+ Kf7 78. Qf5+ Ke7 79. Qg6
Qd1+ 80. Ke3 Qe1+ 81. Kf4 Qc1+ 82. Kf5 Qc5+ 83. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The main reason for annotating the game is the complete blind spot
experienced by both the players on the 46th move when both had enough time and
Caruana missed a simple move that would either mate Grischuk or win a piece.} 
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 {The Anti-Berlin.} Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6.
Nbd2 (6. Nxe5 $2 Qd4 7. Be3 Qxe5 8. d4 Qxe4 9. dxc5 Qxg2 $19) 6... Be6 {
Taking the e5-pawn still fails to ...Qd4.} 7. O-O {Now e5 is hanging and Black
has two ways to defend it.} Bd6 (7... Nd7 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 Bxb3 10. axb3 f6
11. Nf3 {had been seen in the top level encounter Yu Yangyi vs Vladimir
Kramnik which helped the Chinese player win the first edition of Qatar Masters
in 2014.}) 8. d4 Nd7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. f4 Bd4+ 12. Kh1 f5 (12...
f6 $11 {would have been better and Black can be confident about the soundness
of his position.}) 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qe2 O-O 15. Nf3 Bf6 16. e5 Be7 {Black's
bishop pair to some extent compensate for White's passer on e5. But White can
play Rd1 and Nd4 and chop off the bishop on e6, thereby enjoying a slight plus.
} 17. Rd1 Qe8 18. Nd4 Qf7 (18... Bd5 19. c4 $18) 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Be3 $14 {
Black has a dead majority on the queenside while White has a protected passed
pawn on the other wing. Simple common sense dictates that White should be
clearly better.} Rfd8 21. c4 a6 22. b3 Kf7 23. a4 {With these moves White
slowly but surely strengthens his position. On the other hand it is not so
easy to find a constructive plan for Black. Grischuk logically tries to
exchange the rooks.} Ke8 24. h3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. Bc5 {
In the press conference Grischuk said that he realised he was in some
difficulty.} Kf7 (27... Be7 {is a normal move but it is not so great as after}
28. Bxe7 Kxe7 29. Qd3 {You cannot offer the exchange of queens.} Qd7 30. Qxd7+
Kxd7 31. Kh2 Ke6 32. Kg3 h6 33. Kh4 c5 34. g4 $1 $18 {is just winning for
White. He will keep moving his king from g3 to h4 until Black has used up all
his moves. And then when the black king moves away from e6, he would take on
f5 and make his way to the h5 square.} a5 35. Kg3 b6 36. Kh4 c6 37. Kg3 Kf7 38.
gxf5 gxf5 39. Kh4 Kg6 40. e6 $1 Kf6 41. Kh5 Kxe6 42. Kxh6 $18) 28. Qd2 Bh4 {
Grischuk's deep idea was to provoke g3 and then go Be7 followed by the queen
exchange because then Kh2-g3-h4 would not be possible. But as Grischuk said,
"if you have to go for such deep defensive ideas then something is wrong with
your position!"} 29. Kh2 (29. g3 Be7 (29... Bxg3 30. Qd8 $18) 30. Bxe7 Kxe7 31.
Kg2 Qd7 32. Qxd7+ Kxd7 33. b4 b5 34. axb5 axb5 35. c5 h5 36. g4 h4 $11 {
and the pawn endgame is just a draw.}) 29... h5 30. a5 Qe8 31. Ba3 (31. Qb4 $1
Qc8 32. g3 Bd8 33. h4 {Black is almost paralysed. But it is not so easy for
White to breakthrough if Black just waits with Qb8-c8. On the other hand if
Black decides to become active, he would be in trouble.} Qd7 $2 34. Qxb7 Qd2+
35. Kh3 Qe1 36. Qxc6 $18) 31... Qd8 $1 32. Qb4 (32. Qxd8 Bxd8 $11 {With the
bishops on the board this is just a draw.}) 32... b6 $6 {Now White gets a huge
initiative.} (32... Bf2 $1 33. Qxb7 Be3 {[%csl Rf4] would have given good
counterplay to maintain equality.}) 33. Qc3 {Threatening axb6 cxb6 Bd6!} c5 34.
Bb2 Qd1 (34... Ke6 35. Qf3 $16) (34... Qd7 $1 {is the best.} 35. e6+ $6 Qxe6
36. Qg7+ Ke8 $11) 35. e6+ $1 {Giving up a pawn to get to the black king.} Kxe6
36. Qe5+ Kd7 37. Qg7+ Be7 38. Qxg6 $16 (38. Bf6 Qd6 $11) 38... Qc2 39. Be5 h4
40. axb6 cxb6 41. Qxb6 {At this point the 40 move mark was crossed and both
the players got an extra hour. White is a pawn up and has a completely winning
position. Grischuk looked pretty dejected at this point but he tried his best.}
Qd3 42. Qb7+ Ke8 43. Qa8+ Kd7 44. Qb7+ Ke8 45. Qc6+ Kf8 {And here it is, the
crucial moment of the entire game. Can you find the win for White?} 46. Qa8+ $2
(46. Qg6 $1 {was the crucial move which was overlooked by both the players.
The threat is Bg7+ with a mate and this also covers the g3-square. It is
surprising that such an easy move was missed by both the players and they were
not even aware of it even after the game ended! A complete blind spot.} Bd8 47.
Bd6+ Be7 48. Qf6+ $18) 46... Bd8 (46... Kf7 47. Qd5+ Qxd5 48. cxd5 {is a
winning endgame.}) 47. Bc3 Qg3+ 48. Kh1 Qd3 49. Qb8 Kf7 50. Qb7+ (50. Qe5 $16 {
centralising the queen was better.}) 50... Be7 51. Be5 a5 52. Bb8 $2 (52. Qf3
Qxf3 53. gxf3 {How would you assess this position? I have a feeling that White
has good winning chances. Let's have a look at it.} Bf6 54. Bd6 (54. Bxf6 Kxf6
$11) 54... Bd4 (54... Be7 55. Bc7 $18) 55. Kg2 Ke6 56. Bb8 Kd7 57. Kf1 Kc6 (
57... Bc3 58. Ke2 Bd4 59. Be5 $18) 58. Be5 Be3 59. Ke2 Bc1 60. Bf6 Bxf4 61.
Bxh4 $18) 52... Qb1+ $1 53. Kh2 a4 $1 {Now Black has enough counterplay and
the game ends in a draw.} 54. Qd5+ Kf8 55. Bd6 axb3 56. Qa8+ Kf7 57. Qd5+ (57.
Qb7 Qe4 $1 $11) 57... Kf8 58. Qa8+ Kf7 {A huge miss by Caruana. He ended the
tournament with nine draws! I am sure that he would have fared much better had
he won this game which he played so well until the 46th move.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 b6 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. e6 Bd6 14. Bxd6
Nxd6 15. exf7+ Kxf7 16. Ne5+ Kf6 17. Ng4+ Kf7 18. a4 a5 19. Ne5+ Kf6 20. Ng4+
Kf7 21. Ne5+ Kf6 22. f4 Rce8 23. Rd3 g6 24. Re1 Kg7 25. Ne4 Re6 26. Red1 Rd8
27. Ng5 Re7 28. Ne4 Re6 29. Ng5 Re7 30. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. c3 e6 7. b4 a5 8. Qb3
f5 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. b5 Nb8 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. c6 bxc6 14. bxc6 Nb8 15.
Bb5 Qb6 16. Ba4 Qc5 17. O-O Nxc6 18. c4 Ne7 19. cxd5 Qxd5 20. Qa3 Qb7 21. Rc4
Rd8 22. Rb1 Qa7 23. Qc1 Ba6 24. Rc7 Rdc8 25. Rxa7 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Rxa7 27. Rc5
Bb7 28. Nb3 Bd5 29. Nfd2 Be5 30. Rxa5 Rxa5 31. Nxa5 Bxa2 32. Bb3 Bc3 33. Bxa2
Bxa5 34. Nf3 Bc7 35. Nd2 Ba5 36. Nf3 Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Ng5 $5 {The main idea of this move is to get in
e4.} (11. Re1 {is the main move here.}) 11... Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nbd7 13. e4 e5 14.
dxe5 Nxe5 15. f4 Nc4 {Until this point we have been following some top level
games. Most notably Eljanov-Carlsen and Ponomariov-Karjakin. Both games
continued with 16.b3 but Caruana had a new idea up his sleeve.} 16. Bc1 $1 $146
(16. e5 $6 h6 $1 17. Nf3 Ng4 $1 18. Re1 Bc5 $15) (16. b3 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 h6 18.
Ngf3 Bb4 {Black has a perfectly fine position.}) 16... h6 17. Nf3 Ng4 {A huge
fork is threatened on e3.} 18. Re1 Bc5 19. Nc3 {Caruana was still very much in
his preparation. Now Anand could have won an exchange with ...Ne3+ but decided
against it.} Qd6 (19... Nge3+ 20. Bxe3 Nxe3+ 21. Rxe3 Bxe3 22. Nd5 Bb6 23. Ne5
$44 {[%cal Ge5c6] The knights in the centre should not be underestimated.
White has sufficient compensation for the exchange. What is very useful to
learn from this example is the fact that Caruana does not always follow the
best moves of the computer when preparing specific lines. He goes for ideas
and then the computer more often than not changes its evaluation.}) 20. Nd1
Rad8 21. h3 Qxd1 22. Qxd1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Nge3+ 24. Bxe3 Nxe3+ 25. Kh2 Nxd1 26.
Rxd1 {White has the slightly more pleasant endgame but nothing disastrous has
occurred for Black. With accurate play he can still hold.} Re8 {.} 27. e5 f6
28. Rd5 Bf8 29. Kg2 c5 30. Kf2 fxe5 31. Nxe5 {White's forces are centralised
and the king is coming into the game. Black has to be quick to get his
counterplay rolling with the queenside majority.} c4 32. Ke3 Bb4 33. Ke4 (33.
Kd4 Be1 34. g4 Bg3 35. Ke4 g5 $1 $15) 33... Be1 34. g4 c3 35. bxc3 Bxc3 36. h4
{By systematic play Caruana is increasing the pressure on Vishy.} b4 37. h5 a5
$1 {Anand knows that he cannot just sit around doing nothing. He tries his
best to create a passer even at the cost of giving up a pawn.} 38. Rxa5 b3 39.
Ra7 b2 40. Rb7 Ra8 41. Kd3 Bxe5 42. fxe5 Rxa2 43. Ke4 Ra1 {It is unclear what
symbol this move should be given. It can be given a dubious mark as Black
could have drawn even without giving up that pawn. But it is also a move
worthy of an exclamation mark, because Anand accurately assessed the endgame
where he was a pawn behind.} (43... Kf8 44. Kf5 Ke8 45. Kg6 (45. e6 Ra5+ 46.
Kg6 Rg5+ 47. Kh7 Rxg4 48. Rxb2 $11) 45... Ra6+ $1 46. Kxg7 $2 (46. Kh7 Ra4 47.
Rxb2 Rxg4 $11) 46... Ra7 $1 $17) 44. Rxb2 Kf7 45. Rb7+ Ke6 46. Rb6+ Kf7 47.
Rb7+ Ke6 48. Rxg7 Ra4+ $1 49. Kf3 Kxe5 50. Re7+ (50. Rg6 Ra3+ 51. Kf2 Kf4 $11)
50... Kf6 51. Rh7 Kg5 52. Rg7+ Kh4 53. Rg6 Rb4 54. Rxh6 Rb3+ 55. Kf4 Rb4+ 56.
Ke5 Kxg4 57. Rh8 Rb5+ 58. Ke4 Rxh5 59. Rxh5 Kxh5 {A high class game in all
respects.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 b4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 bxc3 15.
bxc3 c6 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bg5 d5 18. Ba2 dxe4 19. Nxe5 exd3 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Qf3
Qc7 22. Rad1 Qe5 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Rxd3 Rfd8 25. Qxf6 gxf6 26. Rfd1 Be7 27.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. Kf1 a5 30. Ke2 g5 31. Bb1 Bc7 32. Be4 Be5 33. Kd3
c5 34. Kc4 Kg7 35. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nf6 {
A rare and rather illogical continuation. Avoiding exchanges with an extra
pawn needs a good reason, which I don't see here.} 8. Bg5 (8. Qa4+ {, forcing}
Nc6 {, is probably more precise. It was examined in the annotations to
Halkias-Fressinet (CBM 136) and Aronian-Anand by GM Romain Edouard (CBM 145).
Here is a fresh example:} 9. Bg5 $1 Bxc3 (9... Be7 {was played in
Aronian-Anand, and White brilliantly won after} 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. d5 exd5 12.
Rfe1+ Be6 13. Bxd5 (13. Ba6 $142 $1 {R.Edouard}) 13... O-O 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15.
Rad1 $44 {1-0 (25) Aronian,L (2807)-Anand,V (2817) Sao Paulo/Bilbao 2011 CBM
145 [Edouard,R]}) 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Rae1 Ne7 12. Qc2 b5 13. Bxb5 Bb7 14. Qd3 Nf5
15. Ne5 h6 16. Bc1 Nd6 17. Ba4 $14 {1-0 (33) Wojtaszek,R (2735)-Pelletier,Y 
(2578) Tromso 2014}) 8... O-O (8... Be7 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. d5 exd5 14. Re1+ Kf8 15. Nxd5 Qd6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nxf6 Qxf6
18. Qh5 $36 {1/2 (57) Manolache,M (2535)-Thesing,M (2404) Brasov 2011}) 9. Qe2
h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Rad1 Nbd7 12. Ne5 Nb6 13. Bd3 Nfd5 14. Bg3 Bd7 $146 {
Black improves his defence compared to the following game:} (14... f5 15. h3
Bd6 16. Rfe1 Qg5 17. Qf3 Nf6 18. Bf4 Qh5 19. Qg3 Qe8 20. Bxh6 Nh5 21. Qg5 $16 {
1-0 (48) Mamedyarov,S (2719)-Kramnik,V (2772) Moscow 2009}) {Still, White
keeps an initiative for the missing pawn.} 15. Ne4 Ba4 16. Rc1 Nd7 17. b3 Nxe5
18. dxe5 Bc6 19. Rfd1 $44 a5 20. a4 Qe8 ({The Rubinstein-style manoeuvre} 20...
Qb8 {[%cal Yf8d8,Yb8a7] deserved serious attention. The position remained
double-edged.}) 21. h4 {[%mdl 128]} Rd8 22. h5 Nb4 23. Bb1 Kh8 ({An attempt to
simplify the game by means of} 23... Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qc8 {[%cal Yf8d8] led to a
balanced position:} 25. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 (25... Bxf6 26. exf6 Rd8 27. Be5) (25...
gxf6 26. Qg4+ Kh8 27. Qf4 Kg7 28. Bh4 f5 29. Bxe7 Rg8 30. g4 $1 Nd5 31. Rxd5 $1
Bxd5 32. Kh2 $40) 26. Rc1 $1 Bxf6 (26... gxf6 27. exf6 Bxf6 28. Rxc6 $1 {
[%cal Re2e4]}) 27. exf6 gxf6 28. Qe3 (28. Be5 fxe5 29. Qe3 Kg7 30. Qg3+ $11)
28... Kg7 29. Rc4 f5 30. Be5+ Kh7 31. Rg4 Rg8 32. Qg3 Qf8 $13) 24. Bf4 Rg8 25.
Bd2 {White's plan is to eliminate Black's powerful knight, which will allow
him to create threats along the b1-h7 diagonal.} Rd5 (25... Rd7 {was more
accurate, e.g.} 26. Bxb4 axb4 27. Ng3 (27. Qc2 f5) 27... Bg5 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29.
Rd1 Bd5 30. Qd3 g6 $13) 26. Bxb4 axb4 $6 (26... Rxd1+ $142 27. Qxd1 Bxb4 28.
Qd3 f5 29. exf6 gxf6 30. Nxf6 Rxg2+ 31. Kf1 Qe7 32. Rxc6 Rxf2+ $1 33. Kxf2
Qxf6+ 34. Ke2 Qe5+ $11) 27. Rxd5 exd5 {After this move Black's bishop is dead,
White gets the important f5-square, and his e5-pawn becomes mobile. But alas,}
(27... Bxd5 {is poor due to} 28. Qc2 $1 f5 (28... g6 29. Qd2 $1 Kg7 30. Nf6)
29. exf6 gxf6 30. Nxf6 Rxg2+ 31. Kf1 Qf7 32. Nxd5 {(the difference from the 26.
..Rxd1+ line)}) 28. Ng3 Bg5 29. Re1 g6 30. Qg4 (30. Qb2 $5 $36) 30... Qe7 31.
Qd4 b6 $2 (31... Qe6 {, giving up the b4-pawn but stopping White's strong
e5-pawn, was a must. White needn't restore the material balance at once:} 32.
hxg6 fxg6 33. Ne2 $14 {[%cal Yf2f4,Ye2f4]}) 32. e6+ $1 Bf6 ({Black probably
overlooked} 32... Rg7 33. exf7 $1 Qxe1+ 34. Kh2 Qe7 (34... Be7 35. Qf4 {
[%cal Rf7f8,Rf4h6]}) 35. hxg6 {[%cal Rg3f5] , and Black has no defence despite
his extra rook. E.g.} Qd6 (35... Bf6 36. Nf5 $1 Bxd4 37. Nxe7) 36. Kg1 Be7 (
36... Bf6 37. Qf4 $1 Qxf4 38. f8=Q+ Rg8 39. g7+ Bxg7 40. Qxf4) 37. Qe3 Bg5 38.
Qe8+ Bxe8 39. fxe8=Q+ Rg8 40. g7+ Kxg7 41. Nf5+ Kh8 42. Nxd6 Rxe8 43. Nxe8 $18)
33. Qf4 $1 g5 (33... Kg7 34. hxg6 fxg6 35. Bxg6 $1 Kxg6 36. Qf5+ Kg7 37. Nh5+
Kh8 38. Nxf6 $18) (33... Bg5 34. Qxf7) 34. Qf5 Rg7 35. Qc2 $1 {[%cal Rg3f5,
Rc2c6] A decisive attacking "retreat"!} Qc5 36. Qxc5 bxc5 37. Nf5 Rg8 38. exf7
{[%cal Rf7g8,Re1e6]} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2844"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 {By far not the main move in Carlsen's repertoire, but then the question
is whether the World Champion really has a main weapon with White. And it
surely is an excellent way to confuse a well prepared opponent from an early
stage.} g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. e4 {But only this is new in Carlsen's games.} ({
Three years earlier he transposed to a genuine English with} 3. Nf3 e5 4. O-O
c5 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. a3 {Carlsen,M (2868)-Nakamura,H (2775) Stavanger 
(blitz) 2013 (1-0, 62)}) 3... e5 4. Ne2 c5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Be3 d6 {Carlsen,M 
(2877)-Wojtaszek,R (2735) Tromso ol (Men) 41st 2014 (4.1) 1-0 The game finally
took the contours of the Closed Sicilian, an opening which Carlsen famously
used in} 7. Qd2 $5 {With the exception of a few games between lower rated
players, this is a novelty.} (7. Nbc3 Nge7 {would transpose to a genuine
Closed Sicilian, but Carlsen has other plans for his queenside development.})
7... Nd4 $146 ({Caruana obviously feared White's attack after} 7... Nge7 8. Bh6
O-O 9. h4) 8. c3 {In the Closed Sicilian White has to waste some time with
Nc3-d1 and Ne2-c1 before driving the enemy knight away from d4, while here he
has this plan on a plate.} (8. Nc1 {would be pushing things too far because of}
Bg4 {[%cal Gd4f3]}) 8... Nxe2 (8... Ne6 $6 {wastes too much time allowing
White to open the centre in his favour with} 9. d4) ({Actually White's last
move does not threaten to win a piece but after, say,} 8... Bg4 9. cxd4 cxd4
10. Nxd4 (10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 g5) 10... exd4 11. Bf4 Ne7 12. Na3 {White retains
the better structure and comfortable development.}) 9. Qxe2 Ne7 10. h4 {
This is the kind of move facing Black with a difficult choice of principle.} h6
$6 {This seems to be the least advisable reaction under the given
circumstances.} (10... O-O {exposes the king prematurely after} 11. h5 Be6 12.
Nd2 $14 {possibly followed by long castling.}) ({Caruana must have rejected
the principled} 10... h5 {because it causes problems with the thematic ...
f7-f5 due to weakening the g5-square. After the flexible} 11. Nd2 {White could
choose between a2-a3 followed by b2-b4 or 0-0-0 followed by opening the
kingside somehow (f2-f4 or f2-f3 followed by g3-g4.)}) 11. h5 g5 {If Black was
better developed, this would be the most ambitious continuation, aiming for
either ...f7-f5 or ...d6-d5. But the way it is it implies certain risk.} (11...
Be6 12. hxg6 fxg6 13. Bh3 $14) 12. f4 {This tempting move leads to sharp play,
offering Black more counterplay than Magnus must have thought.} ({The
developing} 12. Nd2 {would ensure White a plus without any risk.} Nc6 (12... f5
{only increases the force of} 13. f4 $16) (12... g4 13. O-O-O Be6 14. Kb1 Qd7
15. f4 gxf3 16. Nxf3 O-O-O 17. d4 $14) 13. Bh3 Bxh3 14. Rxh3 Qd7 15. g4 $14 {
[%cal Gd2f1,Gf1g3]}) 12... exf4 13. gxf4 gxf4 14. Bxf4 Nc6 15. Na3 {White has
the more compact and flexible structure and is better developed. Black's
prospects of bringing his king into safety are unclear yet, so in order to
compensate for all these drawbacks he needs making use of his main trump: the
control over the dark squares.} Be5 ({Leaving the e4-pawn without blocking can
have unpleasant consequences.} 15... Be6 16. O-O-O Bxa2 17. e5 Nxe5 (17... dxe5
18. Bxc6+ bxc6 19. Bxe5 $36) 18. d4 {[%cal Ge2b5]} cxd4 19. b3 $3 {[%csl Ga2]}
(19. cxd4 $2 Rc8+ 20. Nc2 O-O 21. dxe5 Bb3 22. Be4 Qa5 $36) 19... Bxb3 20. Qb5+
{[%cal Gb5b3]}) 16. Be3 Be6 ({Black should not hurry to fire his bullet too
soon with} 16... Bg3+ $6 17. Kd2 Be6 18. Bh3 $16) 17. Nc4 {Even though ...
b7-b5 needs some preparing, the knight is not too stable here, so things
become more and more concrete.} ({The point of the comment on the previous
line is that} 17. Bh3 $6 {allows} Qh4+ 18. Bf2 Bg3) ({The last move defends
the a2-pawn since after} 17. O-O-O Bxa2 18. Bh3 Qa5 {Black gets too much
counterplay:} 19. Qc2 Rb8 $1 (19... b5 20. d4 {[%csl Ga8,Gc6,Ge8]}) 20. d4 (20.
Rhg1 b5 21. d4 b4 $1 $40 {[%cal Gb8b2]}) 20... cxd4 21. cxd4 Bf6 $13) 17...
Bg3+ {This makes the position even sharper as the bishop is vulnerable here.} (
17... b5 {may not suffice for full equality, but is playable:} 18. Nxe5 Nxe5
19. d4 cxd4 20. cxd4 {[%csl Ge3,Gg2]} Nc4 21. O-O (21. Bf4 Qf6) 21... Nxe3 22.
Qxe3 Qg5 23. Qf3 $14) 18. Kd2 Qd7 {Over-defending the knight.} ({The position
is not ripe for} 18... b5 $2 {yet:} 19. e5 $1 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxa8 Qxa8
22. Bxc5 $1 Bxc3+ 23. bxc3 dxc5 24. Qe5 $5 Qg2+ 25. Ke3 $18) 19. d4 cxd4 (19...
b5 20. d5 $1 {The critical answer.} (20. Na3 b4 21. Nc4 bxc3+ 22. bxc3 cxd4 23.
cxd4 Ne5 {is a largely improved version of the game continuation, because
Black has attacking space on the queenside.}) 20... bxc4 21. dxe6 fxe6 22. Qg4
Be5 23. Qg6+ Kd8 (23... Qf7 24. Raf1 Qxg6 25. hxg6 $16) 24. Bh3 Rb8 25. Rab1
Re8 26. Rhf1 $36) 20. cxd4 Ne5 $5 {A nice, yet insufficient, trick aimed at
changing the course of the game.} (20... O-O-O $2 21. d5 Bg4 22. dxc6 Bxe2 23.
cxd7+) (20... Ke7 {removes the threat d4-d5xc6xd7 with check, but leaves the
king exposed in the centre.} 21. Rac1 $5 $16 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Ge2f3]}) (20...
b5 21. Na3 b4 22. Nc4 $16) (20... d5 $2 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Bf4+
Kf8 24. Bxg3 Qxc4 $2 25. Bd6+) 21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. d5 {White has a structural
advantage so Black needs to look for counterplay at any cost.} Bg4 (22... f5
23. Kc2 $1 Qc7+ (23... Rc8+ 24. Kb1 Bf7 25. Bh3 $18) 24. Kb1 Bd7 25. Qd3 $16)
23. Bf3 (23. Qd3 f5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Bh3 Bxd3 (25... Bxh3 26. Qg6+ Kd8 27.
Qf6+ Qe7 $11 28. Qxh8+ $2 Kd7 29. Qxa8 Qb4+ 30. Kc1 Bf5 $19) 26. Bxd7+ Kxd7 27.
Kxd3 Kd6 28. Ke4 Rag8) 23... Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Qb5 25. Rac1 $2 {Offering Black a
pawn and a lot of counterplay.} (25. Qxg3 $2 Qxb2+ 26. Kd3 Qb5+) (25. b3 $1 {
seems to keep all White's trumps, but after} Qb4+ {it takes clarity and
courage to play} 26. Kd3 $1 (26. Kc2 $2 Rc8+ {[%csl Gc3]}) (26. Kd1 Qc3 27. Ke2
Qc2+ 28. Bd2 Bf4 29. Qd3 Qxd3+ 30. Kxd3 Bxd2 31. Kxd2 Rc8 $14) 26... Bf4 (26...
Qb5+ 27. Kc2 Bf4 28. Bxf4 exf4 29. Rad1 $18) 27. Rac1 $5 Rg8 28. Rc4 Qa3 29.
Bxf4 exf4 30. Qxf4 Qxa2 31. Rhc1 Qxb3+ 32. R4c3 Qb5+ 33. Ke3 Qb6+ 34. Kf3 $16 {
The king has finally reached the desired safety and White can now start his
own attack, based on his superior coordination. Black's extra pawn does not
play any part at this stage.}) 25... Qxb2+ 26. Kd1 (26. Rc2 Qb4+ 27. Kd3 Qb5+
28. Rc4 Rc8 29. Rhc1 Rxc4 30. Rxc4 Qb1+ 31. Rc2 Rg8 $132 {After the exchange
of one rook, White does not have the pinning Rg1 anymore.}) 26... Bf4 27. Bxf4
exf4 28. Qxf4 Rg8 $132 29. Rf1 Qd4+ 30. Ke1 (30. Qd2 Qa4+ 31. Rc2 Rc8 32. Kc1
Rxc2+ 33. Qxc2 Qxc2+ 34. Kxc2 Rg5 $11) 30... Qb4+ 31. Kd1 Qd4+ 32. Ke1 Qb4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. f4 {The so-called "Pillsbury setup".} c5 11. Ne2 {White
brings another knight to the kingside and leaves Black's b4-bishop
"empty-handed".} (11. Bd2 {[%cal Yd2e1,Ye1h4] is simpler and frequently played
but in that case Black can reply} Ne4) 11... c4 {An aggressive, double-edged
continuation.} ({The solid} 11... cxd4 {was played in the stem game
Jussupow-Timman (see below). Still, White keeps a tiny edge in that case,
mostly due to the poor position of Black's d7-knight:} 12. exd4 Be7 (12... a6
13. Ng3 Re8 14. Be3 Bf8 15. h4 (15. a4 $1 $14) 15... b5 16. h5 Rc8 17. Qf3 Rc7
18. Rad1 Ne4 $1 $13 {1/2 (44) Jussupow,A (2605)-Timman,J (2630) Linares 1991
CBM 022 [Schussler]}) (12... Ne4 13. Qa4 Nxe5 14. fxe5 $14 Be7 15. Nf4 (15. Ng3
$5) 15... Bg5 16. Qb3 Rc8 17. Be3 Kh8 18. Rae1 Bxf4 19. Rxf4 Qe7 {1/2 (20)
Giffard,N (2353)-Moskalenko,V (2543) Banyoles 2006}) (12... Bd6 13. Ng3 Ne4 14.
Nf5 Ndf6 15. g4 Bc8 16. Ne3 $36 Bxe5 $6 17. fxe5 Ne8 18. Qf3 Bb7 19. b3 $16 {
1-0 (24) Vaisser,A (2540)-Hohler,P (2218) Kamena Vourla 2012}) 13. Ng3 (13. Be3
Ne4 14. Rc1 Ndf6 15. Qb3 Bd6 16. Ng3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Qe7 18. Rc2 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 g6
$11 {1/2 (45) Lysyj,I (2684)-Efimenko,Z (2641) Bilbao 2014}) 13... Ne4 14. Nf5
Bf6 15. Qg4 Kh8 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd6 Bd5 {1/2 (31) Danner,G (2415)-Biro,A 
(2395) Budapest 1985} 18. Qxd7 Bxe5 19. Nxf7+ Rxf7 20. Qxd8+ Rxd8 21. dxe5 $14)
12. Bf5 (12. Bc2 b5 13. b3 (13. Bd2 Be7 14. Ng3 Re8 15. Qf3 Bf8 16. Rac1 Nb6
17. Ba5 Ne4 $132 {0-1 (36) Iljiushenok,I (2422)-Shimanov,A (2549) Moscow 2012})
13... Nb6 14. Rb1 Qe7 $13 (14... Be7 $143 15. bxc4 bxc4 16. a4 Qc7 17. Nc3 Nc8
18. Nb5 Qd8 19. Rf3 a6 20. Nc3 Nd6 21. Rh3 $40 {0-1 (53) Georgiev,V (2554)
-Rosen,E (2414) Saint Louis 2015})) 12... g6 ({The immediate} 12... b5 {
was quite good, too:} 13. b3 Nb6 14. Rb1 Qd6 15. Ng3 Rfe8 16. Qc2 Bc8 17. bxc4
Nxc4 $11 18. e4 $2 dxe4 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Qxc4 a5 {0-1 (26) Gschnitzer,O (2475)
-Piskov,Y (2520) Germany 1993}) 13. Qa4 {That was probably White's idea behind
12.Bf5. However, Black obtains a good position after the bishop exchange.} ({
In the event of} 13. Bc2 {White's previous move doesn't make much sense:} b5
14. f5 $6 Bd6 $1 {is favourable for Black.}) 13... gxf5 14. Qxb4 Ne4 15. a4 f6
16. Nf3 Nb8 $1 {[%mdl 32] Finally activating this knight.} 17. Qe1 Nc6 18. Bd2
Kh8 19. Nh4 Qd7 20. Nc3 {White must get rid of Black's strong knight.} Rae8 21.
Nxe4 Rxe4 {Black's position is more active but it is not easy to break up
White's defences. Black's doubled f-pawns complicate his task.} 22. Qd1 Rg8 23.
Qh5 Bc8 24. Rf3 Qe8 25. Qh6 Qf7 26. b4 $6 {White anticipates Black's plan ...
a7-a6, ...b6-b5 etc. and tries to seal the queenside. However, this plan has a
tactical drawback.} Ne7 {[%cal Rg8g7,Re7g8]} ({Of course, after} 26... cxb3 27.
Rb1 {[%cal Yb1b3] the opening of the c-file is a big plus for White.}) 27. Rh3
Rg4 ({Black misses a good moment to play} 27... c3 $1 28. Bc1 (28. Bxc3 $2 Rg4
29. Nf3 Ng8 30. Qh5 Qxh5 31. Rxh5 Rxe3) (28. Be1 Bd7 29. Rc1 Rg7 30. Nf3 Rxe3)
28... Bd7 $15 {[%cal Yg8c8] , and the c3-pawn will play an important role.})
28. Nf3 Bd7 ({Now after} 28... c3 29. Bc1 {the c3-pawn is rather vulnerable,
and White obtains counterplay, e.g.} Bd7 (29... Ng8 30. Qh5 Qxh5 31. Rxh5 Rg7 {
[%cal Yg7c7]} 32. Nh4) 30. Ra3 Be8 {[%cal Re7g8]} 31. Rg3 Ng8 32. Qh3 {[%cal
Gh3f5]}) 29. Kf2 Be8 30. Rg3 Ng8 31. Qh3 Bd7 32. b5 Re8 33. Ng1 {White starts
improving his position. When his knight comes to c3, a4-a5 will be possible.
Black parries that idea.} a5 34. bxa6 $1 ({Of course, otherwise White is
completely passive, and Black can do whatever he wants, e.g.} 34. Ne2 Ne7 {
[%cal Ye7c8,Yc8d6]}) 34... Ra8 35. Ne2 Rxa6 36. Bb4 Kg7 {A careless move.
Black was still out of danger after} (36... b5 $1 37. a5 Ne7 {, and White
defends carefully by} 38. Be1 Nc6 39. Rb1) 37. Nc3 h5 $6 {This pawn will be
vulnerable.} (37... Nh6 $11) 38. Kg1 (38. Rf3 $5) 38... Nh6 $6 {Black misses a
tactical opportunity:} (38... Bxa4 $1 39. Rxa4 (39. Nxa4 $2 Qe8) 39... Rxa4 40.
Nxa4 Qa7 41. Nc3 $1 Qa1+ 42. Kf2 Qb2+ 43. Ne2 Qxb4 44. Qxh5 $13) 39. Rf3 $1 {
This rook joins White's queenside action while Black can't achieve anything on
the kingside.} Ra8 $6 ({Solid defence like} 39... Bc6 40. Rf2 Qe8 {was
required.}) 40. Rf2 Kh7 41. Qf3 Bc6 42. Rb2 h4 43. Ba3 Rag8 44. Kh1 Ba8 45. Rg1
{Black's attack is over.} Qe6 46. Rb5 R4g7 47. Bc1 Rg6 48. Bd2 R8g7 49. Rb2 Nf7
50. h3 Rg3 51. Qh5+ Nh6 52. Qxh4 {The ill-fated pawn has fallen, and White
converts his advantage.} Qg8 53. Be1 R3g6 (53... Rxe3 54. Rxb6) 54. Qh5 (54.
Rxb6 $142 $1 Rxg2 55. Rxg2 Rxg2 56. Bf2 $18 {but the text move finally leads
to a victory, too.}) 54... Re7 55. Bf2 Reg7 56. Qf3 Qd8 57. Bh4 Qd6 58. Rgb1
Qa3 59. Be1 Qe7 60. g3 Nf7 61. Rxb6 Rh6 62. Ra6 Qe8 63. Kg2 Qc8 64. Rbb6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Na5 13. Bg5 c5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Bxd5 Rd8 16. c4 Nxc4 17. Bc6+ Kf8 18. Qc3 b4 19. Qc1 h6 20. a3 bxa3 21.
bxa3 g5 22. Rb1 Qc7 23. Be4 Qa5 24. Rb7 Rg8 25. Rb3 Nd6 26. exd6 Bxb3 27. Qb2
Be6 28. Rd1 Qb5 29. Qf6 Qa4 30. Rb1 Qxe4 31. Qxd8+ Kg7 32. Qb6 g4 33. Nd2 Qd3
34. Qb2+ Kg6 35. f3 c4 36. Ne4 c3 37. Nxc3 gxf3 38. Nd1 Qxd6 39. Ne3 Qd3 40.
Qc2 Qxc2 41. Nxc2 Kf6 42. Ne1 fxg2 43. Rb6 a5 44. Ra6 Rg5 45. Nxg2 Rf5 46. h3
Rc5 47. Nf4 Kf5 48. Nxe6 fxe6 49. Kf2 h5 50. a4 e5 51. Ra8 e4 52. Ke3 Rc3+ 53.
Kd4 Rd3+ 54. Kc4 Kf4 55. Rxa5 Rxh3 56. Ra8 Rh1 57. a5 h4 58. a6 Ra1 59. a7 Ke3
60. Kb5 h3 61. Kb6 Rb1+ 62. Kc6 Ra1 63. Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. h4 h6 11. a3 Rg8 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 c5 14. Qf4
d5 15. Qg3 O-O-O 16. Be2 g5 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Rh7 Qa4 19. Kb1 Rd7 20. Bc1 Bd6
21. Qd3 Bf4 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Qe4 24. Qxe4 dxe4 25. Kc1 Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1 Kd7
27. Kd2 Kd6 28. Bh5 Ke7 29. Ke3 Kf6 30. Be2 Kg6 31. Rh1 f5 32. g3 Rd8 33. a4
Kf6 34. a5 Ke5 35. Rh5 Rg8 36. f4+ exf3 37. Bxf3 Rg7 38. Rh8 Re7 39. Ra8 a6 40.
Rd8 f4+ 41. gxf4+ gxf4+ 42. Kf2 Rc7 43. Rb8 Bc8 44. c4 Kd6 45. c3 Ke5 46. Bd5
Kf6 47. Kf3 Kf5 48. b3 Ke5 49. b4 cxb4 50. cxb4 Kf5 51. Ke2 Ke5 52. Kd3 Bf5+
53. Kd2 Kd4 54. Rf8 Ke5 55. Kc3 Re7 56. Rh8 Be4 57. Rh5+ Kd6 58. Kd4 Bxd5 59.
Rxd5+ Kc6 60. Rc5+ Kd6 61. Rf5 Rh7 62. Rf6+ Kc7 63. Rxf4 Rh5 64. Rf7+ Kc6 65.
Rf6+ Kc7 66. Re6 Rg5 67. Re5 Rg6 68. b5 axb5 69. cxb5 Rg1 70. Re7+ Kb8 71. b6
Rd1+ 72. Kc5 Rc1+ 73. Kd6 Rd1+ 74. Ke6 Re1+ 75. Kd7 Rxe7+ 76. Kxe7 Ka8 77. Kd7
Kb8 78. Kd8 Ka8 79. a6 Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 {Another recent
example from a similar type of play used by the World Champion:} (6... h6 7. a4
a5 $5 {not an usual reaction} 8. Na3 $5 O-O 9. Nc2 Re8 10. Re1 Ba7 11. Be3 $1
Be6 12. Bb5 $1 Bd7 13. Bxa7 Nxa7 14. Bc4 Be6 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. Ne3 Nc8 17. Nf5
Ne7 18. d4 exd4 19. N3xd4 Re5 20. Ng3 Ng6 21. Qc2 c6 22. Rad1 Qc7 23. Ndf5 $14
{1-0 (66) Carlsen,M (2844)-Adams,M (2744) Wijk aan Zee NED 2016}) 7. Re1 {
A similar move order but the idea is the same as was also seen just recently:}
(7. a4 O-O 8. Re1 h6 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Rxe3 Qd7 13. Nbd2
Qf7 14. g3 Nd7 15. Kg2 (15. b4 $1 {In my opinion this simply had to be played.}
) 15... a5 $1 16. Qc2 Nc5 17. Rf1 Qd7 18. b3 Ne7 19. Nc4 b5 20. axb5 Qxb5 21.
Rb1 Nc6 $132 {0-1 (45) Giri,A (2798)-Anand,V (2784) Zurich 2016}) 7... Ba7 8.
a4 $5 {As we see this little idea has been enjoying some popularity.} Be6 (8...
O-O 9. Na3 $5 h6 10. Nc2 Re8 11. Be3 $1 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. d4
exd4 15. Nfxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Ra8 17. f3 a5 18. Ne3 Qd7 19. Red1 b6 20. Qc4 Rae8
21. Qb5 {½-½ (38) So,W (2773)-Mamedyarov,S (2747) Wijk aan Zee 2016. With a
tiny plus, nevertheless an interesting strategy.}) 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Qb3 Qc8 11.
Be3 Bxe3 12. Rxe3 O-O 13. Nbd2 Na5 14. Qa2 c5 15. d4 c4 16. b4 cxb3 17. Nxb3
Nc4 18. Ree1 Qc6 $6 {Imprecise play; a better way was:} (18... Nh5 $5 19. Nbd2
Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Nf4 21. Re3 exd4 22. cxd4 Qe8 23. Qb2 Qg6 24. Ne1 Rf7 $13) 19.
Nc5 $1 {Now the initiative is on the white side.} dxc5 20. Qxc4 exd4 21. cxd4
Nd7 22. a5 Rac8 23. d5 exd5 24. exd5 Qd6 25. Re6 Qf4 26. Re4 Qd6 27. Rb1 $16
Rb8 28. Re6 Qf4 29. Qe2 c4 $1 {Black finds an interesting way to simplify even
at the cost of a pawn.} 30. Re4 Qf5 31. Qxc4 b5 32. axb6 Nxb6 33. Qe2 Nxd5 34.
Rxb8 Rxb8 35. Re8+ Rxe8 36. Qxe8+ Qf8 37. Qe6+ Qf7 38. Qxa6 {Pawn up for White,
but he was not able to break down Black's very good defence.} h6 39. Qc8+ Kh7
40. h4 Qg6 41. Qb8 Qe4 42. Qb7 Qf5 43. Qb5 Qe4 44. Nd2 Qe1+ 45. Nf1 Nf6 46.
Qd3+ Kg8 47. g3 Kf7 48. Kg2 Qe4+ 49. Qxe4 Nxe4 50. Ne3 h5 51. Kf3 Nc5 52. Nd5
g6 53. Nf4 Kf6 54. Ke3 Kf5 55. f3 Nd7 56. Nd3 Nf8 57. Nc5 Ke5 58. g4 hxg4 59.
fxg4 Nh7 60. Nd3+ Ke6 61. Kf4 Nf6 62. Kg5 Kf7 63. Nf4 Kg7 64. Ne6+ Kf7 65. Nc5
Kg7 66. Kf4 Nd5+ 67. Ke5 Ne3 68. Kf4 Nd5+ 69. Ke4 Nf6+ 70. Kf3 Nd5 71. Nd3 Kf6
72. Nf2 Ke6 73. Ke4 Nf6+ 74. Kf4 Kf7 75. Ke5 Ke7 76. g5 Nd7+ 77. Kf4 Ke6 78.
Ng4 Nb6 79. Nf6 Nc4 80. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
Na5 {Ding Liren's favourite move.} (8... O-O {is the main continuation.}) 9.
Ba2 c5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Nh4 $146 {A novelty by Caruana.} ({Ding Liren had a
game for} 11. Bg5 c4 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 e4 16. Rb1
exd3 17. cxd3 c3 18. bxc3 Bxc3 $13 {Anand-Ding Liren, Bilbao 2015}) ({and} 11.
Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 Nc6 13. bxc5 dxc5 14. Bb2 O-O 15. a4 b4 $132 {Wei Yi-Ding
Liren, Baku 2015, with a double-edged middlegame.}) 11... c4 $5 {An ambitious
reaction, Black would like to close out the a2-bishop.} (11... O-O {was the
natural move,} 12. Nf5 {and the N has reached f5.}) 12. Nf5 Bxf5 (12... O-O {
was the alternative to ignore the N on f5, but} 13. Bg5 $14 {and White looks
more comfortable.}) 13. exf5 O-O (13... Rc8 $5) 14. dxc4 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16.
Bg5 Rb8 17. Rb1 Nd7 $6 {Black wants to avoid Bxf6, Nd5, however this move
doesn't solve his problem either.} ({Inthe event of} 17... Qd7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6
19. Qf3 $14 {followed by Nd5.}) 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Qg4 $1 {A strong
move, which wins the c4-P.} Rb5 (20... Rc8 {could have been met by} 21. f6 $1
Nxf6 22. Qxc8 $1 Qxc8 23. Ne7+ $16 {and White is an exchange up.}) 21. Qxc4 Nb6
22. Nxb6 Qxb6 23. b4 {White is a healthy P up and his position is better;
however, it will be a long game.} d5 24. Qb3 Qc6 25. Rfe1 d4 26. a4 Rd5 27. h4
({The straightforward} 27. b5 $1 {was more accurate} axb5 28. axb5 Qb7 29. b6
$16 {and White is better.}) 27... Rb8 28. Qf3 f6 29. Red1 Qc4 30. Qd3 Rc8 31.
Rb2 Rd6 32. b5 Rb6 33. Ra1 h5 34. Ra3 Qd5 35. Rab3 e4 36. Qd1 Rd8 $6 {An
inaccuracy.} (36... axb5 {was important,} 37. axb5 (37. Rxb5 Rxb5 38. axb5 d3
$132) 37... Qe5 38. Qxh5 e3 {with some practical counter-chances for Black.})
37. bxa6 $1 {The right reply!} Rxa6 38. Rb5 $6 {A tempting move, but not the
best.} (38. Qxh5 $1 {was correct,} Rxa4 39. Rb7 $18 {and Black can't avoid
White's dangerous attack.}) 38... Qd6 39. a5 d3 40. cxd3 exd3 41. Rd2 $6 {
A little bit passive.} (41. Rb6 {was more accurate} Rxb6 42. axb6 $14 {and
White is slightly better.}) 41... Rc6 $6 {An inaccurate move, which allows
White's subsequent reply.} ({The engine suggests} 41... Qd7 $1 42. Qb3+ Kh7 43.
g3 Rc6 $132) 42. Rb3 Qc7 43. Rb1 Qxa5 $2 {A decisive mistake!} ({Black should
protect his d3-P with} 43... Rcd6 $1 {. Nevertheless} 44. Ra1 $1 (44. Qxh5 Qxa5
$44) 44... Qc3 45. a6 Ra8 46. Rb1 {is still difficult for Black.}) 44. Rxd3
Rdc8 45. Qxh5 $18 {White is two Ps up, Black's position is hopeless.} Qe5 46.
Rbd1 Rc1 47. Qf3 Rxd1+ 48. Rxd1 Qe8 49. g3 Rc5 50. Ra1 Qd7 51. Ra8+ Rc8 52. Ra5
Kh7 53. Rd5 Qe8 54. Kg2 {Caruana improves his position. He wins the game one
move at a time.} Rc7 55. Ra5 Qf7 56. Qd5 Qxd5+ (56... Qe7 57. Ra8 $18 {and
mate soon.}) 57. Rxd5 Rc4 58. Rd2 Kg8 59. f3 Kf8 60. g4 Rc1 61. Kg3 Rg1+ 62.
Rg2 Ra1 63. g5 Kf7 64. Kg4 Ra4+ 65. f4 fxg5 66. hxg5 Ra1 67. Rb2 Rg1+ 68. Kh3
Rf1 69. Rb7+ Kf8 70. Kg4 Rh1 71. f6 gxf6 72. g6 $1 {A nice solution, but this
was not the only one.} Ra1 73. Kf5 Ra6 74. Rf7+ Kg8 75. Re7 Ra4 76. Re4 Ra6 77.
Re6 Ra4 78. Rxf6 Ra5+ 79. Kg4 Kg7 80. Rd6 Ra1 81. Kg5 Rg1+ 82. Kf5 Kh6 83. Rd8
1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8.
Bg2 Nce4 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. e4 d6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qc7 14. Qe2
Nd7 15. Bf4 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bd6 17. Rfe1 Rb8 18. Rad1 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5
b6 21. c5 f6 22. cxb6 axb6 23. Re2 Kf7 24. f4 e5 25. fxe5 Bg4 26. e6+ Kg6 27.
Be4+ f5 28. e7 Bxe2 29. Rd6+ Kg5 30. exf8=R Rxf8 31. Bd5 Rf6 32. Rd7 Kh6 33.
Kf2 Bb5 34. Rc7 Rd6 35. c4 Be8 36. Rc8 Bd7 37. Rd8 Kg6 38. Ke3 Kf6 39. Kd4 Ke7
40. Rg8 Rg6 41. Ke5 Rg5 42. Rb8 Rg6 43. Rh8 Rh6 44. h4 Be6 45. Ra8 Bd7 46. Rh8
Be6 47. a4 Bd7 48. Ra8 Rg6 49. Ra7 Rxg3 50. a5 bxa5 51. c5 Kd8 52. h5 f4 53.
Kd6 Bc8 54. c6 Rg5 55. Bf7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {The solid and very popular Berlin Defence of
the Ruy Lopez, played a lot by many World Champions, most notoriously Emanuel
Lasker and Vladimir Kramnik. Nevertheless, it is curious to note that the
Belarusian GM Aleksej Aleksandrov has played it 268 times according to my
database (and he is only 42!).} 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {Caruana
chooses the Yangyi's pet line, with a very modern approach.} O-O 7. Nc4 Nd7 8.
Qe2 Re8 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. h4 {On the same day at Wijk aan Zee, the Chinese
prodigy Wei Yi scored one of his typical attacking wins, this time over David
Navara, which deviated from Karjakin's game with 10...c5.} Nf8 {a natural
manoeuvre, bringing the knight to e6 and d4.} (10... c5 11. h5 h6 12. O-O-O Nb8
13. Rdg1 Nc6 (13... Bg4 $5 {delays the attack a little bit} 14. Ne3 Qd7 {
was probably a better way to play the position} 15. Rh4 Be6 16. g4 f6 $13 {
although the attack isn't as brutal as in the game, the position definitely
needs more analysis}) 14. g4 {apparently White is already winning, since g5 is
a decisive attacking idea, and even the seemingly solid 14...f6 doesn't stop it
} f6 15. g5 $1 fxg5 16. Nxg5 Nd4 (16... hxg5 17. Bxg5 Be7 (17... Nd4 18. Qe3
Qd7 19. Bf6 Bf8 20. Bxg7 $18) 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. h6 g5 20. Qh5 g4 21. Ne3 Kh8
22. Nxg4 Bxg4 23. Qxg4 {h7 is threatened, followed by the unstopabble Qg8+ and
mate} Qf6 {wanting to exchange queens with ...Qf4+} 24. Kb1 Kh7 25. Rh3 $1 Ne7
(25... Rg8 26. Qg7+ $1 Rxg7 27. hxg7+ Kg8 28. Rh8+ Kf7 29. Rxa8 $18) 26. Qg7+
$1 Qxg7 27. Rxg7+ Kh8 28. Rf3 {now Rff7 is very strong} Ng8 29. Rff7 Nxh6 30.
Rh7+ Kg8 31. Rfg7+ Kf8 32. Rg5 $1 {winning the knight, and with it the game}
Nf7 33. Rf5 Re7 {is not possible, because of} 34. Rh8+ $18) 17. Qd1 hxg5 18.
Bxg5 Be7 19. Be3 Bf6 20. h6 Re7 21. hxg7 Rxg7 22. Qh5 Be6 23. Bh6 Bf7 24. Bxg7
Bxh5 25. Bxf6+ Kf8 26. Bxd8 Ne2+ 27. Kb1 Nxg1 28. Bxc7 {1-0 (28) Wei,Y (2706)
-Navara,D (2730) Wijk aan Zee 2016}) 11. h5 Ne6 12. O-O-O c5 13. Qf1 (13. Ncxe5
$4 {blunders a piece} Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Nd4 15. Qe3 Rxe5 $19) 13... f6 14. Nh4 Nd4
(14... b5 $5 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Qa5 (17... d5 $11 {is ok for
Black}) 18. Kb1 Nd4 19. Nf3 Be6 20. a3 $13) 15. c3 Nc6 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 h6
{Stopping any attacking prospects for White. Black looks fine, and could start
marching his queenside pawns towards the white king.} 18. g4 Bf8 19. Qe2 Qd7 (
19... b5 20. Qe4 Qd7 21. Ne3 Rad8 $13) 20. Be3 Rad8 21. Qc2 Kh7 22. Qb3 a6 23.
Nd2 Na5 (23... Qxd3 {accepting the challenge was an interesting option} 24.
Qxb7 Nd4 $1 25. cxd4 cxd4 26. Qe4 (26. Bxh6 Rb8 27. Qc6 Rb6 28. Qc4 Qxc4+ 29.
Nxc4 Rc6 30. Bd2 Rxc4+ 31. Kb1 Bd6 $11 {seems to be comfortable for Black,
since ...c5 and ...e4 are coming at some point.}) 26... dxe3 27. fxe3 Bc5 28.
Qxd3 Rxd3 29. Nc4 Bxe3+ 30. Kc2 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Bg5 32. Rd7 e4 33. Rd1 $1 {
now the e-pawn could be in danger} e3 34. Kd3 Rd8+ 35. Ke2 Re8 {threatening ...
Re4} 36. Kd3 Rd8+ 37. Ke2 Re8 $11) 24. Qc2 Qd5 25. Kb1 Qxd3 (25... c4 $5 {
led to a simpler position} 26. Nxc4 Nxc4 27. dxc4 Qxc4 28. f3 Bc5 $11) 26. Qxd3
Rxd3 27. Ne4 c4 (27... Red8 28. Rxd3 Rxd3 29. Bxc5 Bxc5 30. Nxc5 Rd5 (30... Rf3
$2 31. Rd1 $1 Rxf2 32. Rd8 {with a decisive attack, White simply wants to go
Ne6-Nf8-Ng6 and Rh8# or Rf8#} Nc6 33. Re8 $18) 31. Ne4 Nc4 32. Kc2 Kg8 $11 {
followed by ...Kf7 and ...Nd6, looks very drawish.}) 28. b4 $1 {A very
instructive concept from Caruana: the queenside expansion will be very
annoying for Black, even though he is a pawn up for now.} Nc6 29. Rxd3 cxd3 30.
a4 Rd8 31. Rd1 Kg8 32. Kb2 $14 {The white pieces, along with the pawn advances
create a very good harmony, showing progress. And the d3-pawn is going nowhere.
} Kf7 33. a5 $1 {Fixing a weakness on b7. If Black does nothing, then Kb3-Kc4
and Bc5 could be played.} b6 34. axb6 cxb6 35. Ra1 $1 (35. Bxb6 $5 {was also
tempting, but the game continuation is more promising} Rb8 36. Bc7 Rb7 37. Bd6
a5 $1 38. Nc5 Rb5 39. Bxf8 Kxf8 {White still has some initiative.} 40. Rxd3
axb4 41. Ne6+ Ke7 42. c4 Ra5 43. c5 $36) 35... d2 36. Nxd2 a5 37. b5 Na7 38. c4
Nc8 $16 {The dust has settled, and White enjoys a comfortable positional
advantage.} 39. Ne4 {Threatening c5 that would win the a5-pawn.} Bb4 40. Kc2
Ke8 41. Rd1 Rxd1 42. Kxd1 Kd7 43. Kc2 Kc7 {Black threatens ...Nd6 now that b6
is defended - it is time to act.} 44. c5 a4 $1 (44... bxc5 $2 45. Nxc5 Bxc5 46.
Bxc5 Nd6 47. Bxd6+ Kxd6 48. Kb3 Kc5 49. Ka4 Kb6 50. f3 $1 $18 {winning}) 45. f3
(45. Nxf6 $5 {was a very important alternative, Black is under serious
pressure now and has to find precise moves:} gxf6 46. Bxh6 (46. cxb6+ $6 Nxb6
47. Bxh6 Kd7 {should be ok for Black}) 46... Bxc5 $1 (46... Kd7 $2 47. Bg7 Ke7
48. h6 Kf7 49. Bh8 $1 {threatening h7} Kg8 50. cxb6 Nxb6 51. Bxf6 Nd7 52. Bg5
Bc5 {to stop Be3 and b6} 53. f3 {and White should win with the advance of the
g-pawn:} Nb6 54. Bc1 {keeping an eye on the a-pawn as well} Nc4 55. g5 Nd6 56.
g6 $1 Nxf5 57. h7+ Kh8 58. Bg5 Bf8 59. b6 Nd6 60. Kc3 $18) 47. Bg7 Be7 48. g5
Nd6 $1 (48... fxg5 49. f6 $18) 49. gxf6 Bd8 50. h6 Nf7 51. h7 {threatening 52.
h8=Q Nxh8 53.Bxh8 and f7 next} Kd7 {forced} 52. Kc3 (52. f3 {there is no time
for this, because Black plays Bc7-Bd6 and defends the important a-pawn} Bc7 53.
Kc3 Bd6 $11) 52... e4 $1 53. Kb4 Ke8 54. Kxa4 Bc7 {planning a counterattack on
f2} 55. Kb3 Bd6 56. Kc4 Bc5 57. h8=Q+ (57. Kd5 Bxf2 58. Kxe4 Ng5+ $1 $11 {
forcing a draw}) 57... Nxh8 58. Bxh8 Kf7 $1 (58... Bxf2 $4 59. f7+ $1 Kxf7 60.
Bd4 $18 {and White wins by Kd5 next (or Kd3, if 60...e3)}) 59. Kd5 Bxf2 60.
Kxe4 Be1 $1 {trying to lock the white bishop in on g7} 61. Bg7 Bd2 $1 {
suddenly White can not make any progress} 62. Kd5 Be3 63. Kc6 Kg8 $1 $11 {
the only move, but enough to keep the balance. If White arrives in the same
position with the bishop on h8 (let's say the black king is on f7), then ...
Kg8 loses to f7+! and the bishop escapes. In that case, Black could simply
play Bf2 (because there is no Bh6 now).}) 45... bxc5 $1 {Karjakin chooses the
perfect moment to release the tension and forces a draw with this move. In my
opinion, Sergey is the most resilient player in the world today, I have seen a
number of examples where he holds on to a worse position without losing focus
or motivation, and escapes with a draw, or even a win, if he is given that
chance. His games deserve serious attention from those who wish to improve
their defensive skills, or even their fighting spirit and determination.} 46.
Nxc5 (46. Bxc5 Bxc5 47. Nxc5 Kb6 48. Ne6 $2 {too optimistic} (48. Nxa4+ Kxb5
49. Nc3+ Kc4 50. Ne4 Kd5 $11) 48... Kxb5 49. Nxg7 Nd6 $17 {and Black suddenly
can think about winning.}) 46... Bxc5 47. Bxc5 Nd6 $1 $11 48. b6+ Kc6 49. b7
Nxb7 50. Bf8 Nd6 51. Bxg7 Nf7 52. Bxf6 a3 53. Bh4 (53. Bg7 {with the idea of
f6 and Bxh6, also doesn't work:} Kd5 54. f6 e4 55. fxe4+ Kxe4 56. Bxh6 Nxh6 57.
g5 Kf5 $1 58. gxh6 Kxf6 $11) 53... Kd5 54. Be1 a2 55. Kb2 Kd4 56. Bd2 Kd3 57.
Bc1 Ke2 58. f4 exf4 59. Bxf4 Kf3 60. Bxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 {Caruana chooses the old main line,} ({probably disappointed by his
recent draws with the fashionable} 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3
13. Bb1 ({For} 13. Nxc5 {See the last round games Adams,M (2744)-So,W (2773)
Wijk aan Zee 2016 [Marin] (1/2-1/2, 33) and Carlsen,M (2844)-Ding Liren (2766)
Wijk aan Zee 2016 [Marin] (1/2-1/2, 99)}) 13... Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15. Re1 O-O
16. Be3 (16. b4 Qd7 17. h3 Rfd8 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bf4 a5 {Caruana,F (2805)-Giri,A
(2773) Stavanger 2015 (1/2-1/2, 43)}) 16... Qd5 17. b4 Qd7 18. h3 Rfd8 19. g4
Be6 20. Bf4 h5 21. Re3 Bxg4 $1 {Caruana,F (2808)-Mamedyarov,S (2736) Baku 2015
(1/2-1/2, 40)}) 9... Be7 ({My only doubt is how would he have avoided a
transposition above after} 9... Nc5 10. Bc2 Bg4 11. Re1 Be7) 10. Bc2 Bg4 ({
The traditional move order is} 10... O-O {Beside 11.Nbd2, transposing to one
of the main lines, White tried} 11. Qe2 {in a few historic games:} Qd7 $1 {
Since White has deviated from the natural course of development, Black can
ignore the threat on e4.} ({Curiously, a few years ago the player who can be
considered the greatest Open Spanish specialist ever did not react too well in
two games against the same opponent:} 11... f5 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Nbd2 Bf5 14.
Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Qd7 17. Bf4 Rae8 18. Qc2 $16 {Bronstein,
D-Kortschnoj,V Leningrad 1962 (1-0, 39)}) (11... Nc5 12. Nd4 Qd7 13. Nd2 Nxd4
14. cxd4 Nb7 15. Nf3 $14 {Bronstein,D-Kortschnoj,V Leningrad 1962 (1/2-1/2, 24)
}) 12. Rd1 (12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Bf5 14. Qf4 f6 $36 {[%csl Ge7,Gf5]}) 12...
f5 13. Nbd2 Kh8 14. Nb3 (14. Nxe4 $2 fxe4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Rxd7 exf3 17. Qd3
Bxd7 18. Qxd7 Rad8 $19) 14... Bf7 15. Nbd4 Bh5 $13 16. Nxf5 $2 Qxf5 17. Rxd5
Bg6 $17 {Tal,M-Keres,P Moscow 1967 MCL [Dolmatov] (0-1, 30)}) 11. h3 Bh5 (11...
Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nc5 13. f4 Qd7 14. Qf3 Rd8 15. Rd1 f5 16. Be3 Qe6 17. Nd2 O-O 18.
Nb3 Na4 19. Rab1 Rd7 20. Kh1 g6 21. Bd3 $3 {The start of an instructive
manoeuvre, aimed at activating the only piece which was not doing anything
positive.} Bh4 22. Bf1 Rdd8 23. Bg2 $16 {Polgar,J (2540)-Huebner,R (2620)
Munich 1991 CBM 023 [Polgar,J] (1-0, 38)}) 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nd4 $146 ({Another
classical game went} 13. Bb3 Na5 (13... Nc5 14. Bxd5 (14. Qxd5 Na5 $44) 14...
Qd7 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Nd4 Qb7 17. f4 h5 18. f5 hxg4 19. Qxg4 Bh5 $44 {[%cal
Ge8c8]} 20. Qg2 $2 Qxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Nd3 $17 {[%csl Gb2,Ge5]} 22. e6 c5 23. Nc6 (
23. Nf3 fxe6 24. fxe6 $2 Bxf3+ 25. Kxf3 Rf8+ 26. Kg2 Rxf1 27. Kxf1 Nxc1 $19)
23... Be2 24. Rh1 Bd6 $19 {with complete domination.}) 14. Bxd5 c6 15. Bxe4
Bxe4 16. Qxd8+ (16. Nd4) 16... Rxd8 17. Nbd2 Bd5 18. Re1 h5 19. Ne4 hxg4 20.
hxg4 Nc4 21. Kg2 $14 {Fischer,R-Olafsson,F Havana 1966 EXT 1999 [Bulletin] 
(1-0, 37)}) 13... Qd7 {Black should not hurry about strengthening the white
centre with an exchange on d4 before it is really necessary.} 14. f4 (14. f3
Nc5 15. Nf5 Ne6 16. f4 h5 {leads to a typical Open RL blockade.}) 14... Nxd4 $1
(14... f5 $6 15. e6) 15. cxd4 f5 16. Be3 ({Caruana must have rejected the more
natural} 16. Nc3 {on account of} fxg4 {when in certain lines the queen is
overloaded with the defence of the g4-square and the c2-bishop.} 17. Nxe4 (17.
hxg4 Nxc3 18. Bxg6+ {White is forced to open the h-file in order to keep g4
defended.} hxg6 19. bxc3 O-O-O $40 {[%cal Gh8h3]}) 17... Bxe4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19.
hxg4 O-O-O 20. Be3 h5 $132) 16... O-O $6 {Too mild. Black should have used the
offered tempo to clear up matters on the kingside.} (16... h5 $5 17. g5 O-O (
17... h4 $5 {[%cal Gg6h5] looks principled, but it more or less forces Black
into castling long as otherwise the h4-pawn would be in danger.}) 18. Nc3 c6
19. Bxe4 $2 fxe4 $17 {[%csl Gf5]}) 17. Nc3 $1 {[%cal Gc3d5,Gc2b3] Suddenly
Black has serious problems of stability. The immediate threat is Nxd5.} c6 (
17... Nxc3 {does not solve all Black's problems. After} 18. bxc3 {he is doomed
to passivity as the attempts to free himself hand the initiative to White.} c5
(18... Rac8 19. Bb3 {[%cal Ga2a4]}) (18... c6 $14) 19. dxc5 Rac8 20. Bb3 Bf7
21. gxf5 Qxf5 22. Qg4 $36) 18. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 (18... fxe4 19. f5 {is crushing.})
19. d5 $1 b4 (19... cxd5 20. Qxd5+ Qxd5 21. Nxd5 {Black cannot defend his
bishop without losing the exchange.} Bd8 22. Rac1 Bf7 23. Rfd1 Be6 24. g5 $14 {
White is perfectly centralised while most of Black's pieces are passive and
his queenside weak.}) 20. dxc6 Qxd1 (20... Qxc6 21. Qd5+ {is even worse than
the previous line because in the end the b4-pawn would be hanging, but it was
maybe still preferable to the game continuation.}) 21. Nxd1 Rfd8 22. Rc1 {
White has a strong extra pawn and only needs to activate his knight to reach a
winning position.} Rd3 23. Bc5 (23. Kg2 $5 $18 {[%cal Gf1e1,Gd1f2]}) 23... Bd8
24. e6 Rc8 25. e7 Ba5 26. gxf5 Be8 $6 {Ignoring the f-pawns with the illusory
hope of eliminating the c6-pawn.} (26... Bxf5 27. Ne3 Bxh3 28. Rf2 $16 {
[%cal Ge3c4]}) 27. Nf2 Rd5 28. Nxe4 Bxc6 (28... Rxc6 29. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1
$18 {[%csl Ge7]}) 29. Bxb4 $1 Bxb4 30. Rxc6 $1 Re8 31. f6 Rd4 32. Re6 {[%cal
Gf4f5,Gf6g7,Gf5f6]} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {For some reason, GM Mamedyarov deviates from his main opening weapon 1.
d4, but the surprise effect didn't work well this time.} c5 {Perhaps, this
reply wasn't the most expected.} 2. c3 {As a result, White doesn't enter into
the Open Sicilians and goes for the solid Alapin.} Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5.
d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bd3 {This natural move is only White's 4th choice
according to statistics. Indeed, the following game proves that Black's task
is quite easy in this line.} ({The most common alternatives are:} 7. Bc4) (7.
Nc3) (7. a3 {and}) 7... dxe5 8. dxe5 ({Black also doesn't face any problems
after} 8. Nxe5 Nd7 9. O-O Nxe5 10. dxe5 Bd7 11. Nd2 Bc6 $11 {Bergez,L (2380) -
Velikov,P (2475) / Paris Apsap op 1998}) 8... Nb4 {Inviting simplifications.
Black's main task now - is activating the light-squared bishop.} ({Another way
of handling the position was} 8... Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Nf4 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxb4 (11.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. O-O Bxd2 13. Nbxd2 O-O $11) 11... Bxb5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Nc3
Nxg2+ 14. Kd2 Bc6 15. Nd4 $44 {White obtains some compensation for a missing
pawn.}) 9. Be4 {White is foced to spend more and more time on moving the
bishop.} ({A more precise way is} 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Be2 Be7 11. Nc3 Bc6 12. O-O
O-O $11 {Stoven,G (2103)-Epishin,V (2628)/ Marseille 2003}) 9... Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1
Nd7 $1 {Admitting the above-mentioned fact - Black manages to develop some
initiative due to the vulnerablity of the Be4.} 11. Bd2 $146 {Possibly, this
novelty is the best way of neutralising the opponent's activity.} (11. Nc3 Nc5
12. Bb1 (12. a3 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Nd5 $15 {Fruebing,T (2187) - Shankland,S (2539) /
Dresen ZMD op 2011}) 12... Bd7 $15 {Kantorik,M (2321) - Sikora Lerch,J (2324) /
Prerov Friendship IM 2001, was worse for White.}) 11... a5 ({It was still
possible to get rid of the light-squared bishop by means of} 11... f5 12. exf6
Nxf6 {, but it would expose Black's pawn structure, so after} 13. Nc3 Nxe4 14.
Nxe4 {White should be OK.}) 12. a3 Nc5 $1 {An important tactical resource.} ({
After} 12... Nc6 13. Bf4 Nc5 14. Nc3 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 b6 16. Rc1 Bb7 17. Nfd2 $11
{the activity of White's pieces compensates for Black's pair of bishops.}) 13.
axb4 ({Possibly,} 13. Nc3 $5 {would be the lesser evil, but still after} Nxe4
14. Nxe4 Nd3 15. Kc2 Nc5 $15 {White's position is somewhat worse.}) 13... Nxe4
14. Be1 b6 ({Fabiano reasonably deviates from the following complications:} 
14... Bxb4 $6 15. Bxb4 Nxf2+ 16. Ke2 Nxh1 17. Bd6 b6 18. Nc3 Ba6+ 19. Ke3 {
In the resulting unbalanced position White's chances are at least not worse.})
15. Nc3 (15. Nbd2 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 a4 17. Ke2 Bb7 $15) 15... Nxc3+ 16. Bxc3 a4 $1
{Correctly avoiding unnecessary simplifications. Black's position is clearly
better now due to pair of bishops and preferable pawn structure.} 17. Nd2 $6 {
An unsuccessful manoeuvre.} ({It was better to consolidate the position by
means of} 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. f3 Be7 19. Ke2 $15) 17... Bb7 18. f3 Bd5 $17 {
The bishop has found a perfect square.} 19. Kc1 (19. b5 Bc5 20. Ke2 Ke7 21.
Rhd1 Rhd8 $17) 19... b5 20. b3 a3 {This ambitious move is not the best.} ({
Indeed, after} 20... Be7 21. Kb2 Kd7 22. Rhd1 Rhc8 23. Ra3 axb3 24. Rxa8 Rxa8
25. Nxb3 g5 {White would be doomed to a passive defence in a difficult
position.}) 21. Kb1 ({It was well worth considering} 21. Nb1 $5 a2 22. Nd2 f5
23. Kb2 {Even though Black's position still would be better after collecting
the Pa2, it is still a definite achievement for White.}) 21... Be7 22. Ka2 {
White has managed to connect the rooks, but most of his problems are not
solved.} O-O 23. Rac1 Rfc8 ({It definitely makes sense to provoke the f3-f4
advance:} 23... Bg5 $5 24. Rhf1 Rfc8 25. f4 Be7 26. g3 Rc7 $17) 24. Nb1 Bg5 $2
{A serious mistake! Now White manages to release the tension.} ({It was the
right moment for activating the king by means of} 24... f6 25. exf6 gxf6 26.
Rhd1 Kf7 $17) 25. Bd2 Rxc1 (25... Be7 26. Nxa3 $11) 26. Rxc1 ({Another
possible move was} 26. Bxc1 Bxb3+ 27. Kxb3 a2 28. Bb2 axb1=Q 29. Rxb1 Rd8 30.
Bc1 $11) 26... Bxb3+ 27. Kxb3 a2 28. Na3 Bxd2 29. Ra1 Bf4 30. h3 Bxe5 {
Possibly, Fabiano had overestimated the value of his extra pawn in this
position.} 31. Rxa2 Rb8 32. Rc2 {That's the point - the Pb5 is too weak, so
Black cannot keep the material advantage.} Bd6 33. Rc6 Be7 34. Rc7 Bf8 35. Ra7
g6 36. Ra5 {Finally collecting the missing pawn.} Rd8 37. Rxb5 Rd2 38. Rb8 Kg7
39. Nc4 Rxg2 40. b5 {The strong b-passer fully compensates for the loss of
another pawn.} Rg1 $6 {I guess, White's next move was overlooked by GM Caruana.
} (40... Rg3 $6 {is too risky:} 41. b6 Rxf3+ 42. Ka4 Rf1 43. Kb5 Rb1+ 44. Kc6
Rb4 45. Ne5 {and now Black has to work hard in order to save half a point.}) ({
However, a better try was} 40... Bc5 41. b6 Bxb6 42. Rxb6 Rg3 {and Black is
out of risk.}) 41. Rxf8 $1 Kxf8 42. b6 $1 {Black is forced to play very
precisely now.} Rg5 $1 {The only reply.} (42... Rb1+ $2 43. Nb2 $18) ({After} 
42... Rd1 $2 43. b7 Rd8 44. Nb6 Ke7 45. Nc8+ Kd7 46. b8=Q Rxc8 47. Qb7+ Rc7 48.
Qb4 $18 {The rook doesn't get access to the 5th rank.}) 43. Kb4 ({After} 43.
Nd6 $5 Rg1 44. b7 Rb1+ 45. Kc4 Rxb7 46. Nxb7 Ke7 47. Kd4 {- this endgame is
drawish, but Black's task is not that easy.}) 43... Rg1 44. Nd2 ({White's best
practical chance was} 44. Nb2 $5 Rg2 45. Nd3 Rg1 46. Kb5 Rg5+ 47. Kc4 Rd5 48.
b7 Rd8 49. Ne5 {with the same type of endgame as was mentioned in the previous
note.}) 44... Rd1 45. b7 Rxd2 46. b8=Q+ Kg7 $11 {White cannot make any
progress now.} 47. Qe5+ Kg8 48. Qb8+ Kg7 49. Qe5+ Kg8 50. Qb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 {Loek goes for
the sharpest possible line in the Sicilian. Not really what I expected, but he
was probably inspired by my abysmal score in the Najdorf.} 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O Bb7 {The old, somewhat forgotten main line.} ({These
days everyone plays} 10... b4 11. Nce2 Qc7 12. h4 d5 {, and now White has a
million options, in all cases leading to immense complications (and very often
a computer analysis aided draw.)}) 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Be7 $5 {
This move was already new to me, although Loek had played it 16 years ago...
against Garry Kasparov! I don't think he prepared it for our game, but instead
decided to play it over the board.} ({I was trying to recall the theory after} 
13... Nc5 14. a3 {and here we get a position comparable to the game:} Rc8 (
14... Nxa4 15. axb4 Qc7 16. bxa4 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 {is another huge line,
with hundreds of games played.}) 15. axb4 Nxb3+ 16. Nxb3 Qxa4 17. Kb2 d5 {
Now if White attempts} 18. Bc5 {, as in the game, Black is perfectly fine after
} (18. c3 {is the correct move, which theory assesses as better for White.})
18... dxe4 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Nc5 Qc6) 14. Rh3 $1 {I spent a lot of time on
this move, and came up with an excellent one. I protect my rook, prepare g5,
and get out of the way of possible tactics on the long diagonal.} ({I didn't
like the stereotypical} 14. Bh3 {because of} g5 $1 {, freezing up White's
kingside play. The machine insists White is better after} 15. a3 d5 16. hxg5
hxg5 17. e5 Nxe5 18. Bxg5 {, but it seems unnecessarily complex to me.}) (14.
Be2 {was my instinctive reaction, but then I realized that} g6 $1 {, followed
by ...e5 leaves the knight comically trapped on d4.}) 14... Nc5 {Necessary, as
otherwise g5 comes.} 15. a3 Rc8 {A very natural move, and the one I was
expecting, but surprisingly it seems to be a serious error.} (15... Nxa4 16.
axb4 Qc7 17. bxa4 Nd7 {was probably the only way to achieve a playable
position.} (17... d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. f4 {is a better version of the same
position without Rh3 and Be7 for White. The rook is excellently placed on h3
to defend White's king after Bg1, with a quick attack with f5 to follow.}) 18.
a5 Ne5 19. Nb3 {, but Black is still struggling to find meaningful counterplay.
}) 16. axb4 (16. Qxb4 $6 Qc7 $1 {is unclear, because ...d5 is in the air.})
16... Nxb3+ 17. Nxb3 Qxa4 18. Kb2 {Logically it seems like the inclusion of
Rh3 and Be7 should favor Black, but the opposite is true.} d5 (18... Bxe4 $5 {
was Loek's suggestion after the game, but it doesn't work:} 19. Ra1 $1 Qc6 20.
fxe4 Nxe4 21. Qd3 Bf6+ 22. Bd4 Nf2 23. Qd2 Nxh3 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Bxh3 {
, and White emerges with a decisive advantage.}) 19. Bc5 {A good move, and
after this it becomes clear that all is not well with Black's position, but
there was an even stronger option.} ({The counter-intuitive} 19. Ra1 $1 {
was extremely strong:} Qc6 (19... Qxb4 20. c3 Qd6 21. e5 $1 {, and the pawn is
immune because the queen will get trapped on e5, so Black loses a piece.}) 20.
c3 Qc7 21. e5 Nd7 22. f4 {, with a tremendous positional advantage.}) 19... Qd7
({I spent a lot of time calculating what happens after} 19... dxe4 20. Bxe7
Kxe7 21. Nc5 Qc6 (21... Rxc5 $4 22. Qd6+ Ke8 23. Qd8#) 22. g5 (22. Nxb7 e3 $1
23. Qd6+ Qxd6 24. Nxd6 Rcd8 {regains the piece with an unclear position.})
22... Rhd8 (22... Nd5 23. fxe4 Nxb4 24. Qd7+ {wins a piece.}) 23. gxf6+ gxf6
24. Qe1 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 exf3 {, and although Loek seemed extremely skeptical
about Black's position after the game, this might have been a good practical
chance.}) 20. g5 ({In hindsight I think the less direct, more positional
approach with} 20. e5 Ng8 21. f4 {, would have been crushing. Black has no
counterplay and will soon be under attack after f5.}) 20... hxg5 ({I was
expecting} 20... Nh5 {and planned} 21. f4 Qc7 22. e5 {with a tremendous
advantage. Loek found a more resilient defense.}) 21. hxg5 Rxh3 22. Bxh3 Nh7
23. f4 {A natural move, restricting the knight on h7, but it was best to
aggressively break up Black's kingside immediately.} (23. g6 $1 Ng5 24. Bg4 {
was very strong, for example after} fxg6 25. exd5 Bxd5 26. c4) 23... Qc7 24.
Bxe7 $6 ({Again} 24. g6 {was best:} Nf6 25. gxf7+ Kxf7 {and this position
didn't look entirely clear to me, but there are various ways to win, the most
convincing being} 26. Qe2 $1 {, with the point that ...Nxe4 is met by Qh5+ and}
dxe4 {loses to} 27. Bxe6+ $1 Kxe6 28. Qc4+ Bd5 29. Rxd5 Nxd5 30. Nd4+ Kf6 31.
Qxd5) 24... Kxe7 25. Nc5 a5 {Now I started to realize that the position was
spiraling out of control and to make matters worse, we were both getting low
on time.} 26. g6 Nf6 ({Possibly better was} 26... Nf8 27. gxf7 axb4 28. Nxb7 {
and here what Loek missed and what concerned me during the game was} Qc3+ $1
29. Qxc3 bxc3+ 30. Ka3 (30. Kc1 Ra8) 30... Ra8+ 31. Kb4 Rb8 32. Kxc3 Rxb7 33.
exd5 exd5 34. Rxd5 Kxf7 {, and White still has chances to win this, but it
will be far from easy.}) 27. e5 Nd7 (27... Ne4 28. Nxe4 dxe4 29. Qd6+ Qxd6 30.
exd6+ {should win handily.}) 28. Nxd7 Qxd7 29. f5 {Now the situation looks
grim for Black, because threats like f6 and gxf7 are in the air.} Rc4 $2 {
This loses, but it was hard to find the correct defence for Black.} ({We tried
to make} 29... Qa4 {work after the game, but it isn't close to adequate:} 30.
f6+ gxf6 31. exf6+ Kd6 {, and now, among other moves,} 32. Bxe6 $1 Kxe6 (32...
fxe6 33. f7) 33. Re1+ Kd7 34. gxf7 {wins.}) (29... Qc7 $1 {was most persistent.
} 30. f6+ Kf8 $1 31. fxg7+ Kxg7 32. gxf7 Kxf7 {, and surprisingly checks lead
nowhere, so White needs to play the quiet move} 33. Kb1 $1 {, with an
initiative, but Black has good chances to hold on.}) 30. f6+ {Now it's all
over.} gxf6 31. exf6+ Kd6 (31... Kxf6 32. Rf1+ {is curtains.}) 32. Qh2+ $1 {
This is the move Loek missed when he played 29...Rc4.} (32. g7 Qa4 $1 {starts
counterplay, and although it's still winning for White, under time pressure
Black has swindling chances.}) 32... Kc6 33. g7 {Now Black's queen can't
quickly come to aid the attack.} Qd8 (33... Rxb4+ 34. Kc1) 34. Qe5 Bc8 ({
I was expecting} 34... Qb6 35. g8=Q Rxb4+ 36. Kc1 Rb1+ 37. Kd2 Qf2+ 38. Qe2
Qd4+ 39. Ke1 {, and was a bit worried about this position, but didn't see any
constructive checks for Black.} Qh4+ 40. Kf1 Qxh3+ 41. Kg1 Rxd1+ 42. Qxd1 Qe3+
43. Kg2 {is indeed winning for White.}) 35. b5+ Kb7 36. Rg1 (36. Rxd5 $1 exd5
37. Qe7+ Qxe7 38. fxe7 {was even stronger and more aesthetically pleasing.})
36... Qb6 37. g8=Q (37. g8=Q Qxb5+ 38. Kc1 {is the end of the checks, so Loek
resigned. After this win I moved to +4, with chances to catch up to 1st place
going into the last round, but a disappointing loss ended my hopes.}) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. Ng3
Bb7 9. f3 O-O 10. Bd3 d5 (10... cxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 d5 13. O-O (13.
cxd5 $5 exd5 14. O-O {[%cal Ya3a4]}) 13... dxc4 14. Bxc4 Rc8 15. Qe2 Nb8 16.
Bd2 Rxc4 17. Qxc4 Ba6 18. Qa4 Bxf1 19. Nxf1 Qc7 $11 {0-1 (50) Peralta,F (2556)
-Ponomariov,R (2695) Albox 2005}) 11. O-O cxd4 $2 {After this careless move
Black's a5-bishop gets into trouble.} (11... Rc8 $6 12. Nb5 Qd7 13. Nxa7 Ra8
14. Nb5 $16 {1/2 (72) Bluebaum,M (2513)-Dann,M (2434) Dresden 2013}) (11...
dxc4 $142 12. Bxc4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 {- this position is less favourable for Black
than it was after 10...cxd4 as now ...cxd4 can be met with cxd4. E.g.} Rc8 14.
Qe2 Nb8 15. Bb2 Nd5 16. Rfc1 Qg5 17. f4 Qe7 18. f5 Qg5 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Rf1
$14 Kh8 {1/2 (26) Hawkins,J (2511)-Adams,M (2752) England 2014} 21. e4 $1 Nf4
22. Rxf4 Qxf4 23. Bxe6 Rce8 24. d5 $36) 12. Nb5 $1 {[%cal Rb2b4]} (12. exd4 $2
dxc4 13. Bxc4 Rc8 14. Qd3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nc7 16. Bd2 Bd5 $11 {0-1 (58) Popov,S 
(2478)-Jeremic,V (2527) Zlatibor 2006}) 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 Rc8 $8 14. Qe2 $1 {
Even better than} (14. Bd3 Nc5 15. b4 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 a6 17. Nxd4 (17. Na7 $143
Ra8 18. bxa5 b5 19. Bb2 {1/2 (19) Feige,M (2421)-Natsidis,C (2227) Germany 2008
}) 17... Bxb4 18. axb4 e5 19. Bb2 exd4 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Bxd4 $16) 14... Bd5
15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. e4 (16. exd4 {is simpler, e.g.} Qb3 (16... Rc4 17. b3) 17.
Nxa7 {, winning a pawn...} Rc4 18. Qd1 $1 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 {...and renewing the
b2-b4 threat.}) 16... Qa2 (16... Qb3 17. Nxd4 Qc4 18. Qxc4 Rxc4 19. Nb5 {
[%cal Rb2b4]} Rc5 20. Nxa7 Ra8 21. b4 $18) (16... d3 $5 17. exd5 dxe2 18. Nxe2
Nxd5 19. b4 Naxb4 20. axb4 Bxb4 21. Nxa7 Rc2 22. Rb2 {- White parries
immediate threats but it will not be easy for him to convert his material
advantage as all the pawns are on the same side.}) 17. Bg5 $1 {The killing
b2-b4 will follow sooner or later.} Rc4 18. Rbd1 (18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qf2 $1 $18
{[%cal Rb2b4,Rg3h5]}) 18... d3 (18... Rd8 19. e5 Qb3 20. Nxd4 Rcxd4 21. Rxd4
Rxd4 22. Qxa6 Ne8 23. Qc8 Kf8 24. Qb7 Kg8 25. Qe7 Qa4 26. b4 $18) 19. Qxd3 Rc5
20. Be3 $6 (20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nd4 $18 {[%cal Rd3a6,Rb2b4]}) 20... Qxb2 21. Bxc5
Nxc5 $16 {The a5 bishop has survived; Black has only lost an exchange for a
pawn. However, Evgeny Tomashevsky manages to convert his material advantage
although it takes a lot of time.} 22. Qe2 Qxe2 23. Nxe2 a6 24. Nd6 b5 25. Nd4
Bb6 26. Kh1 g5 27. Nc6 Kg7 28. g3 h5 29. Rfe1 Na4 30. Rd3 Nc5 31. Rd2 Nb3 32.
Rc2 Nc5 33. Kg2 Na4 34. Rd1 g4 35. Rd3 Nc5 36. Rd1 Na4 37. h3 gxf3+ 38. Kxf3
Nh7 39. e5 Bc5 40. Rd3 f6 41. Kg2 Bb6 42. exf6+ Nxf6 43. Nd4 Bxd4 44. Rxd4 Nd5
45. Re4 Rd8 46. Nb7 Rd7 47. Na5 Rd6 48. Rc6 Rxc6 49. Nxc6 Nc5 50. Re5 Nd3 51.
Rg5+ Kh6 52. Rg8 Ne3+ 53. Kf3 Nc4 54. Nb4 Nde5+ 55. Ke2 a5 56. Nc2 Nd7 57. Rc8
Kg6 58. Rc7 Nf6 59. Rc6 Kf7 60. a4 Nd5 61. axb5 Ne5 62. Ra6 Nc3+ 63. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e3 $5 {While Nf3 and Nc3 are the main moves in
this position, e3 is not very uncommon. White's idea is simple that he wants
to play an immediate d4 or Nge2 followed by d4 and for that he doesn't need to
develop his b1-knight.} e6 {Fabiano wants to keep the game in uncharted
territory. ...Nf6 and ...Nc6 are both more popular.} (4... Nf6 5. d4 (5. Ne2
O-O 6. Nbc3 {might soon lead to a main line in the English.}) 5... cxd4 6. exd4
d5 {looks great for Black.}) 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 Ne7 7. d5 $5 exd5 8. cxd5 d6 {
Interesting comments were made about this position by Miroshnichenko,
Kosteniuk and Gelfand. As Kosteniuk and Miro said, "It's a tradeoff between
having more space with the pawn on d5 and the open bishop on g7. What is more
important? It is not so easy to decide!" Boris had some other important points
to make. "Black would have been completely fine if the black knight would have
been on f6 instead of e7. As things stand right now, the f5-square is the best
for both the knight and the c8-bishop and that in some ways hinders Black's
development."} 9. Nc3 Nd7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O h6 $5 {An intersting move
preventing ideas like Bg5 and getting ready to play g6-g5 at an appriopriate
moment.} 12. h4 $5 {White nips the g5 idea in the bud. But everything comes at
a cost. This move weakens the g4-square and the c8-bishop would like to reach
there soon.} Nc5 13. Re1 Bg4 {Now things look quite smooth for Fabi. The
knight is coming to f5 and the queen to f6 and the rooks to c8 and e8.
Suddenly all the co-ordination issues seem to have been solved, or have they?!}
14. Bf4 Nf5 15. Qd2 Bxf3 (15... Qf6 16. Nh2 {makes the bishop on g4 looks
silly and hence taking on f3 was the right choice.}) 16. Bxf3 Qf6 17. Rac1 {
This move prepares b4. After the knight on c5 is displaced, the c3-knight
jumps to e4. Black might have got his pieces co-ordinated but the bishop pair,
combined with the space always give the first player some better chances.} a5
18. Nb5 $1 {Nakamura is never averse when it comes to tactical complications.
He sees that exchanging the b2 pawn for the guy on d6 would be a good deal.}
Qxb2 19. Qxb2 Bxb2 20. Rc2 Bf6 21. Bxd6 (21. Nxd6 {looks natural but fails to}
Nd4 $1 {The knight on b5 keeps this possibility under check.}) 21... Nxd6 22.
Nxd6 (22. Rxc5 b6 23. Rc6 Nxb5 24. Rxf6 $14 {might also be a position to
explore for White, especially because Black cannot get his blockade on d6.})
22... b6 23. Rb1 Rab8 24. Nc4 (24. h5 $5 {Throwing in this move at some point
would have created an additional tension in the position that would have been
to White's advantage. It is a Karpovian move whose benefits are not so
apparent in the current position. But later, when the rooks penetrate, the
possibility of opening the seventh rank with hxg6 fxg6 might play an important
role.}) 24... Na4 25. Bg4 $6 {Black equalises after this inaccurate move.} (25.
Ne3 Nc3 26. Rb3 Rfc8 {also looks pretty much fine for Black.}) (25. h5 $5)
25... Rfd8 $1 {Attacking the d5-pawn.} 26. d6 h5 $1 27. Bh3 b5 28. Nxa5 Rxd6
$11 29. Nc6 Rb6 30. Nb4 Nc3 31. Rb3 {Nakamura had really got the pressure
going in the position. But he couldn't sustain it. One wrong move and Caruana
was right back and made what looked like an effortless draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O ({Anish opted for} 5... d5 {
against MVL in Tashkent 2014. The game ended in a comfortable draw.}) 6. O-O d6
7. Nbd2 {Caruana had earlier gone for 7.h3 in Malmo 2012 against Giri! Four
years later, both are players have become super strong and we are sure to see
many more battles in the years to come.} (7. h3 Ne7 8. d4 Bb6 9. Re1 c6 10. Bd3
Ng6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Nbd2 {1-0 (41) Caruana,F (2770)-Giri,A (2693) Malmo 2012})
7... Ne7 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 {All this was seen in
the game Anand-Topalov from the first round of the Candidates 2016. Anand went
12.a4 in this position. Caruana prefers to break the pin immediately and plays
Qb3.} 12. Qb3 d5 {Recently Caruana himself played this with Topalov in
Sinquefeld Cup 2015 and won a nice game. Its important to note though he won
with black he still chose to play this line from white. This shows that the
top players analyze their games objectively and make use of any new ideas that
they come across, especially in their own games.} 13. e5 Nd7 14. Qd1 {[%cal
Gd1b3,Gb3d1] What's going on?!! Qd1-b3-d1? Is Caruana our of his mind? Not
really! Things in the centre are settled now and the queen doesn't mind this
backward move, mainly vacating the b3-square for the knight.} f6 $5 {
Immediately challenging the center. As Giri said during the press conference,
he thought that this line was fine for Black, but after the game he thinks
that his seconds somehow had underestimated the dangers in the position.} 15.
e6 Nb8 {Undeveloping moves seem to be the order of the day. However, to be
fair, the knight simply didn't have a good square to go to.} 16. Nb3 {Eyeing
for the c5-outpost which would force Black to part with his dark-squared
bishop. At the same time the route for the bishop to develop on d6 has been
opened.} Qd6 (16... Nbc6 {was possible but it seems as if Anish wanted to
prevent his opponent from going Bf4.}) 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nh4 Nbc6 19. Bxc6 (19.
Nxg6 Nxg6 {looks fine for Black.}) (19. Ng2 {preparing Bf4 can be an option,
but Black has a strong move in the form of} f5 $1 20. Bf4 Qb4 21. Bxc6 Nxc6 $11
) 19... Qxc6 (19... bxc6 20. Ng2 {is now a clearly better position for White
as Bf4 is threatened and there is no bishop to attack on b5 with ...Qb4.} f5
21. Bf4 Qb4 22. a3 Qa4 23. g5 $16 {Black is left without any counterplay.}) 20.
Bd2 {White is ready to give up the d4-pawn in order to get good amount of
piece activity.} (20. Bf4 {is natural but it always seems dangerous to put a
piece where a pawn fork can happen. In this case the move g7-g5.} Bc2 21. Qd2
Bxb3 22. axb3 g5 23. Bxg5 fxg5 24. Qxg5+ Kh8 {Giri showed some blistering
analysis in this position. One of the lines that was very entertaining was the
following.} 25. Qe5+ Kg8 26. Nf5 Nxf5 27. gxf5 Qd6 28. f6 Qxe5 29. dxe5 $16 {
[%csl Ge5,Ge6,Gf6] Anish gave us an example of four rows of pawns (32 pawns!)
vs all the other pieces. Truly wonderful the kind of thing these top players
like to indulge in!}) 20... Bc2 21. Qe2 Bxb3 22. axb3 Bxd4 {Although Black has
won a pawn, it doesn't really matter. The pawn on e6 is a monster and the rook
on a1 is also activated without any efforts. Giri has to play carefully here.}
23. Bb4 Bc5 (23... Rfe8 $2 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Nf5 $18) 24. Rec1 b6 25. Bxc5 bxc5
26. Ra6 (26. Ra5 {winning the c5-pawn could have been even stronger.}) 26...
Qb7 27. Rxc5 Rfe8 28. Qb5 {It was possible to play more aggressively, but
Caruana had already spent a lot of his thinking time and hence decided it was
safer to simplify the game.} (28. Nf5 $142 $1 Qxb3 29. Ra3 $1 (29. Rxc7 $2 Nxf5
30. gxf5 Qxh3 $11) 29... Qb4 30. Rxc7 $16) 28... Qxb5 29. Rxb5 d4 $1 {This
pawn is the soul of Black's position. It will create threats and give him the
necessary counterplay.} 30. Nf5 (30. f4 {looks natural.} Rad8 31. Nf3 d3 32.
Nd2 {This was Vladimir Kramnik's suggestion. White threatens f5 now, so Black
must do something about it.} f5 $1 33. gxf5 (33. Kf2 {looks stronger but after}
Rd5 {it should nevertheless be around equal.}) 33... Rd5 34. Rxd5 Nxd5 35. Rxa7
Rf8 $11) 30... Rad8 31. Rxa7 (31. Nxe7+ Rxe7 32. Kf1 d3 33. Ke1 Rde8 34. Kd2
Rxe6 35. Rxe6 Rxe6 36. Kxd3 Rd6+ $11) 31... Nxf5 32. gxf5 d3 {Now it is just a
draw.} 33. Ra1 g6 34. Rc5 Re7 35. Rd1 gxf5 36. Rc6 Rd4 37. Kg2 Kg7 38. Kf3 Kg6
39. Rc4 Rd5 40. Rc3 d2 41. Re3 Rd6 42. Re2 {An exciting game where we could
have seen even more fireworks had Caruana not been under time pressure.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {It worked for him in game one and Vishy continues with 1.e4.} e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {Berlin! I wonder how the a-pawn must be feeling at this point
of time. Earlier just about everyone used to pushing it. Now no one really
cares about it and goes for ...Nf6!} 4. d3 {This seems to be Anand's weapon
against the Berlin in this event.} Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 $5 {A small
change by Anand. In his game against Topalov he had gone Nbd2, whereas here he
plays the little rook pawn move. It has two advantages: 1. it stops ...Bg4 in
the future, and 2. it gets Caruana out of his preparation.} Ne7 {Caruana
sticks to his plan of transferring his knight to the kingside.} 8. d4 Bb6 9.
Bd3 {Definitely more common is Re1. However, Anand played this move quickly.
Caruana went into a think after this, which meant that he hadn't really
revised the line before the game. The variation with Bd3 is less played than
Re1, but it has been essayed by players like Magnus Carlsen and Vasily
Ivanchuk!} (9. dxe5 {leads to absolutely othing for White after} Nxe4 $11) 9...
Ng6 (9... d5 {was Kramnik's reaction against Carlsen. And after} 10. Nbd2 dxe4
11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 exd4 13. Qc2 h6 14. a4 $5 {we saw an extremely
interesting game develop.}) 10. Re1 Re8 11. Qc2 {At this point Anand had used
only two minutes of his time while Caruana down by twenty five minutes. The
interesting thing is that Anand has already played this opening with black
against Michael Adams in 2013.} exd4 $146 {Caruana comes up with a new move,
but this is not home preparation. It was played after due thought.} 12. cxd4 c5
{An interesting move by Caruana trying to fight for the dark squares.} 13. dxc5
(13. d5 Ba5 {leads to a very odd kind of a Benoni which should be completely
fine for Black.}) (13. e5 $5 {is an interesting move. Although both players
rejected it after ...Nd5, it could be interesting to see a few more moves.} Nd5
{Threatening ...Nb4.} (13... dxe5 14. dxe5 {looks completely crushing for
White as after} Nd7 15. e6 fxe6 16. Bxg6 $18 {Black is busted.}) 14. Bg5 $1 (
14. a3 {might be too slow as after} cxd4 {Black is completely fine.}) 14... Qc7
{After the game Fabi said that he was planning to play this move but it
wouldn't have been great as White can now play} (14... Nb4 15. Qc3 Qc7 16. Bb5
$13) (14... f6 $6 15. dxc5 $1 dxc5 16. Nc3 $1 Nxc3 17. exf6 $1 gxf6 18. Bxg6 {
with a very strong attack.}) 15. Nc3 $1 {The main idea is to connect the rooks
on the first rank.} Nb4 (15... Nxc3 16. exd6 $1) 16. exd6 $1 $18 {Not an easy
move to see from a distance but now the rook on e8 is undefended.}) 13... Bxc5
14. Nc3 Be6 15. Be3 Qc8 (15... Ne5 $5 {After the game Miroshnichenko suggested
this smart move for Black which seems to equalise immediately.} 16. Nxe5 Bxe3
$1 17. Nxf7 Bxf2+ 18. Qxf2 Bxf7 {This looks like a much preferable position
for Black than was reached in the game.}) 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Qd2 Ne5 18. Be2 $1
Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 {Black has an isolated pawn on d6 while White is relatively
solid. This should give White an edge. However, it is not so clear as to how
White should proceed.} Rad8 20. Red1 $5 {One of the most difficult questions
in the game of chess is where should I place my rooks. In this position White
has many options. The most natural of course looks to be Rad1, but Red1 also
has its point. Vishy would like to put the a rook on c1.} (20. Rac1 {looks
natural. Black could reply with} Qe5) (20. Rad1 {is also answered by} Qe5 21.
Qd4 a6 22. Qb4 $14 {when White has an edge.}) 20... h5 $5 21. Qd4 Qg5 22. Qd2 (
22. Qxa7 Bxh3 $132) 22... Qe5 {I asked Fabiano whether he wanted to play on
and that was the reason why he chose ...Qe5 instead of ...Qc5. He said his
queen was much better placed on e5 than on c5 and Vishy would not have
repeated the position again.} 23. Qe3 $1 {Attacking the a7-pawn and getting
ready to double rooks on the d-file.} a6 24. Rd4 Bd7 $5 {The bishop wasn't
doing much on e6. On c6 it would not only control the d5-square but also
attack the one on e4.} 25. Rad1 Bc6 26. g3 Re6 27. Bg2 {White gets ready to
start his expansion with f4. Vishy truly has played really well until this
point.} h4 {[%cal Gh5h4]} 28. gxh4 $1 {An extremely bold move by Vishy.
Usually in chess not many times you will see people taking such a pawn and
accepting doubled rook pawns. However, here it is more important to make sure
that White is getting in f4 and hence this gxh4 move is very flexible and
meets the demands of the position.} (28. g4 $5 {Keeping the pawn structure
intact is definitely an idea. But it can be possible that Vishy was afraid of}
g5 {When f4 is stopped. However, White should at least be a tad better after}
29. Qd2 $14) (28. f4 $2 Qc5 29. g4 $2 Bxe4 $1 30. Nxe4 Nxe4 31. Bxe4 Rde8 $15)
28... Rde8 (28... Nh5 $2 {Trying to keep an eye on the f4-square loses to} 29.
Rd5 $1 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 $18) 29. Bf3 {After the game Vishy thought that this was
extremely clever as he was preparing Bg4.} (29. f4 Qc5 $13 {The e4-pawn would
be falling in this case.}) 29... a5 30. a4 $6 {Anand wants to stop all these
ideas beginning with ...b5 but this was a crucial loss of time.} (30. Bg4 R6e7
(30... Nxg4 31. hxg4 $16) 31. Rxd6 Nxe4 32. Nxe4 Qxe4 {Should be around equal.}
) (30. a3 {was definitely much better remaining flexible.} b5 31. Bg4 $1 $14)
30... Qc5 31. Qf4 (31. Bg4 R6e7 $11) (31. Rxd6 $5 Qxd6 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Qc5
Rde6 34. Qxa5 Nxe4 35. Nxe4 Bxe4 36. Bxe4 Rxe4 {might be an edge for White but
will most probably end in a draw.}) 31... Re5 32. R1d3 {Not really sure what
this move is all about, but it keeps up the pressure.} (32. Rxd6 Nxe4 33. Nxe4
Bxe4 $11) 32... R8e6 33. Kh2 Qb6 34. Rd2 Qd8 35. Qg3 $6 {This lets Caruana
equalise immediately.} (35. h5 $5 Nxh5 36. Bxh5 Rxh5 37. Rxd6 Rxd6 38. Qxd6
Qxd6+ 39. Rxd6 f5 {Black should regain his pawn, but in any case White will
maintain a small edge.}) 35... Bxe4 36. Nxe4 Nxe4 37. Bxe4 Rxe4 38. Rxe4 Rxe4
39. Rxd6 Qxh4 40. Qxh4 {...and a draw was agreed. It should be said that Anand
seemed to be slightly better throughout the game, but was never really able to
cash in.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. a4 a5 {The
players are following the game Carlsen-Adams from Wijk aan Zee 2016. Here
Carlsen went Na3 but Caruana first inserts Re1.} 8. Re1 O-O 9. Na3 Re8 10. Nc2
Ba7 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bxa7 Nxa7 14. Bc4 Nc8 {Caruana thought that
this manoeuvre was a little odd, but according to Topalov Black should be
completely fine here.} 15. Ne3 Nb6 16. Bb3 c6 17. h3 Be6 18. Bc2 Qc7 19. d4 {
White has a slight more pleasant position.} Nc4 20. Nxc4 Bxc4 21. Qd2 Rad8 22.
Rad1 Be6 23. Qe3 b6 24. Nd2 c5 25. Bd3 Re7 $6 {This doesn't seem to be a very
useful move. Emil Sutovsky was very critical about it in his facebook post:
"Topalov didn't have much of a problem out of the opening, but he simply
stunned me by making a move Re8-e7 in a very complex position literally within
a few seconds. The position required quite some thought, and it could have
been a critical point"} 26. d5 Bd7 27. Ra1 {The idea of Ra1 followed by b4 is
very interesting.} Nh5 28. b4 Nf4 {The knight is well placed on f4 but later
on it becomes the sole reason why Black's position goes downhill. It comes in
the way of other pieces.} 29. bxa5 bxa5 30. Reb1 Rf8 31. Bb5 Bc8 32. Bf1 f5 {
It is an interesting position with White playing on the queenside and Black on
the other wing. But soon Topalov goes wrong.} 33. c4 Ref7 34. Ra3 fxe4 35. Nxe4
Bf5 36. Rab3 {As previously pointed out the knight on f4 really stops Black
from getting his required counterplay.} Bg6 37. Rb6 Qe7 $2 (37... Bxe4 {
was necessary and although White is clearly better, Black doesn't lose
material. Instead Topalov hallucinated and committed a blunder.}) 38. Nxd6 {
White has simply won material and stands just better.} Nxh3+ 39. Qxh3 {True
the rook on b1 is hanging but so is the guy on f7. So it just a complete piece
up position.} Rf6 40. Nc8 $1 Qd8 41. R1b5 $2 {An error on the 41st move. Very
surprising.} (41. Rxf6 Qxf6 42. Rb2 {is just curtains. White is a piece up and
there is nothing more to play for as} Bf5 {fails to} 43. Qxf5 $18 {[%csl Rf5,
Rg8][%cal Rc8e7]}) 41... Rxf2 {Now it gets a little complicated.} 42. Rxg6
Rxf1+ 43. Kh2 Qxc8 44. Qxc8 (44. Qxh6 {would have still given White excellent
winning chances.}) 44... Rxc8 45. Rc6 (45. Rb7 Rf7 46. Rc6 $5 {was an option.
But it is not enough to win because after} Rxb7 47. Rxc8+ Kf7 48. Rxc5 Rb4 $11
{it is just equal.}) 45... Re8 {The two black rooks combined with the e-pawn
give Black enough counterplay to hold a draw.} 46. Rcxc5 e4 47. d6 Rd8 48. Rc6
Rd1 49. c5 e3 50. Rb2 Rd2 51. Rb1 e2 52. Re1 Rf8 {Quite a heartbreak for
Caruana who could have been on 2.5/4 with this win.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A77"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2 {
Classical systems never lose their actuality, even though other systems (such
as h3 and Bd3 or Bf4/h3) enjoy long periods of being in the limelight.} O-O 9.
O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. Qc2 {This used to be the fashion in the '70s.} ({
But after several historic games at the top level, White eventually switched to
} 11. a4 {. The main thing is that unlike most other pieces, the queen is well
placed on its initial square, keeping the control over the d1-h5 diagonal and
adding latent force to the d5-pawn. Here are two relatively recent examples:}
a6 12. Ra3 (12. h3 {1-0 (31) Atalik,S (2608)-Atanasov,R (2218) Golden Sands
2012 CBM 149 [Atalik,S]}) 12... Rb8 {1-0 (105) Drenchev,P (2511)-Atalik,S 
(2550) Paracin 2014 CBM 163 [Atalik,S]}) 11... Ne5 ({The eccentric but
possibly not entirely sound} 11... Nh5 {yielded Fischer his first win over
Spassky ever:} 12. Bxh5 gxh5 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Ne3 Qh4 15. Bd2 Ng4 {Spassky,B 
(2660)-Fischer,R (2785) Reykjavik 1972 MainBase [ChessBase] (0-1, 41)}) ({
My perception was that the move putting an end to the 11.Qc2 line was} 11...
Nb6 {[%csl Ge2][%cal Gf6d5]} 12. Bb5 (12. Re1 {[%csl Gf2]} Ng4 13. h3 $2 Nxf2
$1 14. Kxf2 Bd4+ 15. Kf1 Qh4 16. Nd1 Bxh3 $40) (12. a4 Nfxd5 13. exd5 Bxc3 {
[%csl Ge2]}) 12... Bd7 13. a4 Bxb5 14. Nxb5 a6 15. Nc3 Nfd7 16. a5 Nc8 17. b3
Na7 18. Bb2 Nb5 {Polugaevsky,L (2620)-Mecking,H (2635) Luzern 1977 (1/2-1/2,
42)}) 12. b3 Bg4 $5 $146 {By offering the exchange of the light-squared
bishops Black wishes to solve his development problems. In the Benoni, his
minor pieces (with the exception of the g7-bishop) compete with each other for
comfortable developing squares.} ({Prior to his game with Polugaevsky, Mecking
had also tried} 12... g5 13. Bb2 g4 14. Rfe1 Nh5 15. Nd1 Nf4 16. Bb5 Rf8 17.
Ne3 Qg5 $132 {Kortschnoj,V (2670)-Mecking,H (2615) Augusta 1974 (1-0, 42)}) ({
After White has weakened the long diagonal, Fischer's idea looks sounder:} 
12... Nh5 $5 13. Bxh5 gxh5 14. Bb2 Bd7 15. Rae1 Qh4 16. f4 $2 Ng4 17. Nf3 Bd4+
$40 {Polugaevsky,L (2635)-Nunn,J (2515) Skara 1980 (0-1, 32)}) 13. Bxg4 (13. f3
{[%cal Re2h5] only apparently gains a tempo. In fact, it simplifies the
knight's access to h5.} Bd7 14. Bb2 (14. f4 $2 Neg4 15. Nc4 Nxe4 $19) 14... Nh5
$132) 13... Nfxg4 14. Bb2 a6 15. h3 Nf6 16. f4 Ned7 17. Nc4 {White has almost
completed his development and gained considerable space. His only problem is
that the b2-bishop is not optimally placed. By now, it is sort of hanging
along the long diagonal but later we will notice another negative aspect.} Nb6
{The typical reaction to the attack on d6 and a good one here!} (17... Qc7 $6 {
Offers White the needed tempo to start the same kind of attack as in the game
without allowing Black's freeing ...b7-b5.} 18. a4 Nb6 19. Rae1 Nxc4 20. bxc4
Nd7 21. e5 dxe5 22. f5 $36) ({But the provocative} 17... Qe7 $5 {[%csl Ge4]
may be playable:} 18. e5 dxe5 19. Rae1 (19. f5 $2 b5) 19... b5 (19... e4 20. d6
$14 {[%csl Ge4]} Qe6 $2 21. g4 $1 $16) 20. d6 {Of course the position looks
promising for White, but concretely things may not be entirely clear.} Qf8 $1 (
20... Qe6 $6 21. fxe5 Nh5 (21... bxc4 $2 22. exf6 $18 {[%csl Re6,Rg7]}) 22. Ne4
$3 bxc4 23. Ng5 Qd5 24. Rd1 cxb3 25. axb3 Qb7 (25... Qc6 26. Qc4 $40) 26. Rxf7
(26. Qc4 Nb6) 26... Qb5 {[%csl Gc4]} 27. e6 Bxb2 28. Qxb2 Rxe6 29. Nxe6 Kxf7
30. Nc7 Qc6 31. Nxa8 Qxa8 32. Re1 $36) 21. Nxe5 Qxd6 22. Rd1 Qe6 23. Nxd7 Nxd7
24. Nd5 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 $44) 18. Rae1 Nxc4 19. bxc4 Nd7 {In principle this
structure favours White, as the exchange on c4 has strengthened his centre.
But with the bishop on b2 he is not optimally prepared for the thematic attack
launched by Aronian. In many lines White will miss the Bg5, increasing his
kingside pressure.} 20. e5 ({It would be nice to insert} 20. a4 {before the
central break, but Black could use the offered tempo for activating his play:}
Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Qh4 $132 22. e5 $6 dxe5 23. f5 e4) 20... dxe5 21. f5 {Penrose,
J-Tal,M Leipzig ol (Men) fin-A 1960 (11) 1-0 A pawn sacrifice known ever since}
b5 $1 {Shattering White's stability in the centre before the intiative becomes
too strong.} (21... Nf6 $6 22. Bc1 $1 $36 {[%cal Gc1g5,Gc3e4]}) 22. Ne4 (22.
cxb5 axb5 23. Nxb5 Rxa2 $132) 22... Nb6 {The second knight lands on b6. A
brave decision as it seems as if Black is neglecting his kingside defence, but
the pressure on c4 and d5 forces him to rush things or sacrifice material.} ({
The ultra-cautious} 22... Nf6 {is likely to offer White an edge:} 23. fxg6 fxg6
(23... hxg6 24. Qf2 Nxe4 25. Qxf7+ Kh7 26. Rxe4 Rf8 27. Bxe5 $1 Rxf7 28. Rxf7
Qf8 (28... Qg8 $4 29. Rh4#) 29. Rxg7+ Qxg7 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Kf2 $16) 24. Nxf6+
Bxf6 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Qxc5 $14) 23. Bc1 {Humanly the most natural move. In
this case the engines' scepticism shows that they are still far from
exhausting our favourite game. White finally retrieves his complete harmony
but Black's counterplay is too advanced to allow the last move to yield an
advantage.} ({The simplistic} 23. cxb5 axb5 24. fxg6 fxg6 (24... hxg6 $2 25.
Rxf7 $3 $36 Kxf7 $2 26. Rf1+ Kg8 27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28. Qxg6+ Bg7 29. Rf7 $18) 25.
Qxc5 Na4 26. Qxb5 Nxb2 27. Qxb2 Qxd5 28. Rf2 {is a worthy alternative.
Personally I prefer White due to his strong knight, but the engines 0.00
evaluation is a bit depressing. True, the a2-pawn is vulnerable and Black has
some activity, but over the board White's position should be at least easier
to play.}) 23... Nxc4 {[%csl Gd5]} 24. d6 gxf5 $5 {A clever way to more or
less force a draw.} (24... Nxd6 $2 25. Rd1 Bf8 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Bg5 $18) (
24... Ra7 25. Bg5 f6 26. Bh4 $44) 25. Rxf5 Nxd6 26. Bg5 Qa5 $1 {[%csl Ge1]
That is the point: due to his hanging rooks White does not have anything
better than repeating the moves.} 27. Bd2 Qd8 (27... Qb6 28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29. Rxf6
{[%cal Gd2h6,Gc2f2]} c4+ 30. Be3 Qc7 31. Qf2 $36) (27... Qc7 28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29.
Rxf6 Qe7 30. Bg5 $36) 28. Bg5 Qa5 29. Bd2 Qd8 30. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. a3 $5 {[%cal Ga2a3] While Topalov wanted to
enforce b4 with the move Rb1, Caruana went for a3. But this move has a deeper
point which is to use the safer square a2 to lift the rook rather than the
b2-square.} c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Bf4 Nbd7 (14... Bf8 {was played
by Karjakin against Topalov, and when Topalov had responded with Rb2, the
bishop came back to d6 as in many lines the rook was hanging on b2. Here
Caruana can avoid all of that with the move Ra2!} 15. Ra2 $1 Bd6 $2 16. Nxd5 $1
$18) 15. Nc4 $5 (15. Nxf7 $6 Kxf7 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5+ Bxd5 18. Qxd5+ Kf8
$15) 15... Nb6 16. Na5 Ba6 17. b4 $5 (17. Nc6 Qd7 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $11 {should
be around equal.}) 17... cxb4 {This move was not expected by Caruana. It is
really not the best, but to prove an advantage against it is not an easy task.}
({Better was} 17... Bd6) ({or} 17... Qd7) 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. Nc6 Bxc3 20. Nxd8
Bxe2 21. Qb3 (21. Qc2 {was also possible.} Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Raxd8 (22... Rexd8 23.
Qxe2 $18) 23. Rxa7 $16) 21... Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Raxd8 {Karjakin didn't want to
allow the manoeuvre Be5-d4 and hence took with this rook. But this means that
the a7-pawn falls.} (22... Rexd8 23. Bc7 Rdc8 24. Bxb6 axb6 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26.
Bxd5 $16) 23. Rxa7 Nc4 {This is critical for assessing the quality of
Karjakin's sacrifice. It must be said that over the board this position is not
so easy to win for White. Black hardly has any weaknesses. The pawns are all
on one side, which greatly reduces White's chances. Caruana tried hard but
couldn't crack through Karjakin's defences.} 24. h3 Bh5 25. Bg5 Bg6 26. Bxf6
gxf6 27. g4 Kg7 28. Qc3 d4 $1 {This was truly a study-like finish by Karjakin.
His defensive capabilities are truly fantastic.} 29. Qxc4 d3 30. g5 {This
looks like the most natural way to force events, but better could have been} (
30. Kh2 d2 31. Bf3 d1=Q 32. Bxd1 Rxd1 $16 {when White can keep trying. Whether
he can win or not is a different question, but he has some chances.}) 30... d2
(30... fxg5 $2 31. Bd5 $1 d2 32. Qd4+ Kg8 33. Qxd2 $18) 31. gxf6+ Kh8 (31...
Kxf6 32. Qc3+ Kg5 33. Bf3 {and the king on g5 doesn't really feel safe.} d1=Q+
34. Bxd1 Rxd1+ 35. Kh2 Kh6 36. Qf6 Re6 37. Qf4+ Kg7 38. Rxf7+ Bxf7 39. Qg4+ Kf8
40. Qxd1 {and although White is up a lot of material this might well be a
theoretical draw.}) 32. Bf3 Be4 $1 {A very strong move that had to be
accurately calculated.} 33. Kh2 (33. Qxf7 $2 d1=Q+ (33... Rg8+ 34. Qg7+ Rxg7+
35. fxg7+ Kg8 36. Bd1 $11) 34. Bxd1 Rxd1+ 35. Kh2 Rg8 36. Qxg8+ Kxg8 $19) (33.
Bg4 Rg8 34. Ra1 d1=Q+ 35. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 36. Kh2 Bd5 $11) 33... Bd5 $1 34. Qg4 (34.
Qh4 Rg8 $1 35. Rxf7 (35. Bxd5 d1=Q) 35... Bxf7 36. Be4 Bg6 37. f7 d1=Q 38. Qf6+
Rg7 39. f8=Q+ Rxf8 40. Qxf8+ Rg8 41. Qf6+ $11) 34... Rg8 35. Bd1 Rxg4 36. hxg4
h6 {A brilliant defensive effort by Sergey.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {This was the third white game for Peter in the event. In the first one
he opened with 1.e4, while against Aronian he went 1.c4. Today he repeats the
English Opening.} c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 {Fabiano has
had good success with black in this line, most notable being his win against
Topalov from the 2014 Sinquefield Cup.} 6. Bg2 g6 7. Ng5 $5 {This has been
played in eight encounters before this game, with the top game being Wang Yue
vs Ian Nepomniachtchi. But that was only a blitz.} (7. Ne4 {was an interesting
knight sortie tried in Li Chao vs Peter Leko.}) 7... e6 8. d3 (8. Nge4 Be7 9.
d3 O-O 10. Bh6 Re8 11. h4 $5 {1-0 (42) Agdestein,S (2560)-Polugaevsky,L (2575)
Haninge 1988}) 8... Bg7 9. Nge4 $146 (9. Bd2 {1/2 (61)-1/2 (61) Wang,Y (2723)
-Nepomniachtchi,I (2721) Beijing 2013}) 9... O-O (9... f5 10. Nxc5 $5 Nxc3 11.
bxc3 Bxc3+ 12. Bd2 Bxa1 13. Qxa1 O-O 14. h4 $5 {Even though White is an
exchange down and has no pawns to show for it, he has good compensation thanks
to the dark square weaknesses in Black's position.}) 10. h4 (10. Nxc5 Nxc3 11.
bxc3 Bxc3+ 12. Bd2 Bxa1 13. Qxa1 Nd4 $15 {White doesn't have enough
compenstation.}) 10... b6 $6 {[%cal Gb7b6] As Caruana said in the press
conference, this was not the most accurate move.} (10... f5 11. Nxc5 Nxc3 12.
bxc3 Bxc3+ 13. Bd2 Bxa1 14. Qxa1 Qd6 15. Qc3 $44) (10... h5 11. g4 $5 hxg4 12.
h5 {Using brute force to break through, but this may not be very good for
White.} f5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Nc3 Be6 15. hxg6 f4 $17) (10... h6 11. Nxc5 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Bxc3+ 13. Bd2 Bxa1 14. Qxa1 Nd4 (14... Qd4 15. Qxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxh6 $16)
15. O-O Nxe2+ 16. Kh2 Nd4 17. Bxh6 $44) 11. h5 Bb7 12. hxg6 hxg6 (12... fxg6 {
was necessary but to give the knight on e4 a permanent outpost is not
something that Black would like to do voluntarily.}) 13. Bh6 Nxc3 {Here
Svidler thought for 20 minutes, trying to understand whether he should take
back with the pawn or the knight.} (13... f5 {wouldn't make much sense as after
} 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd2 fxe4 16. Qh6+ Kf6 17. Nxe4+ Ke7 18. Qxg6 $16 {White is
just better.}) 14. bxc3 $1 (14. Nxc3 {is also possible, but taking with the
pawn is stronger.}) 14... f5 (14... Bxh6 15. Rxh6 Ne5 16. Qd2 $16) 15. Qc1 $1 (
15. Qd2 $6 {This move is not the most accurate as e4-e3 would come with a
tempo.} fxe4 16. Bxg7 e3 $1 17. Qxe3 Kxg7 18. Qh6+ Kf6 $13) 15... fxe4 16. Bxg7
Kxg7 17. Qh6+ Kf6 (17... Kf7 18. Qh7+ Kf6 19. Qxb7 $16) 18. dxe4 Rh8 (18... Qe7
19. e5+ Kf7 (19... Kxe5 20. Qxg6 Kd6 21. Rh7 $18) 20. Be4 Nxe5 21. Qf4+ Qf6 22.
Rh7+ Kg8 23. Qxf6 Rxf6 24. Rxb7 $16) 19. e5+ $1 (19. Qf4+ Kg7 $19) 19... Kf7 (
19... Kxe5 20. Qf4#) (19... Nxe5 20. Qf4+) 20. Qf4+ Kg7 21. Rxh8 Qxh8 (21...
Kxh8 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Qxg6+ Kf8 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Qxe6+ $18) 22. O-O-O $1 Kg8
23. Rd7 {Threatens mate on f7, and b7 is also hanging.} Rf8 24. Qg4 (24. Qg5
Qh5 25. Qxh5 gxh5 26. Rxb7 Nxe5 27. f4 $16 {was also another good position
that White could have aimed for.}) 24... Qh6+ 25. f4 Re8 26. Rxb7 Nxe5 27. Qh3
Qxh3 28. Bxh3 $16 {And there we have it. Svidler has a technically better –
and you can even go to the extent of saying close to winning position. But the
problem with facing guys like Caruana is that they defend staunchly and never
really give up.} Nc4 29. Rxa7 e5 30. Bg2 (30. Ra4 $1 Ne3 (30... Nd6 31. Ra6 $16
) (30... b5 31. Bd7 $1 $18 {is the key point.}) 31. Re4 Nd5 32. Kc2 $16) 30...
Ne3 31. Bc6 Re6 32. Bb5 exf4 33. gxf4 Rf6 34. Kd2 Nf1+ 35. Kd3 Rxf4 {Another
key moment of the game. Svidler said that he regretted the fact that he didn't
play Rb7 here.} 36. e4 $6 (36. Rb7 Rf6 37. e4 Kf8 38. e5 Re6 39. Ke4 $18 {
with complete domination.}) 36... Ng3 37. e5 Rf3+ 38. Kc4 Ne4 {Things have
already started becoming tricky and White's advantage is no longer obvious.}
39. Bc6 Rxc3+ 40. Kb5 Re3 41. Kxb6 c4 42. Bd5+ Kh8 43. e6 (43. Bxc4 Nd2 44. Bf7
Rxe5 {should end in a draw.}) 43... c3 44. Rc7 g5 45. Bxe4 {Peter calls it a
day. It was really a close call for the American GM, who is having a real
topsy turvy tournament.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {Apart from the Ruy Lopez, the Candidates featured
a few Italian games.} ({However, even here one could see the modern tendency
to avoid forcing lines and and fight for an advantage in manoeuvring struggles
with a predominantly strategic content. The positions after} 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O
Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 {resemble a Closed Ruy Lopez; in Moscow the fashionable
modern idea} 7. a4 $5 {was tested in 3 games.} (7. Nbd2 {and}) (7. Bb3 {
are the standard continuations.})) 3... Nf6 ({The trend, mentioned in the
previous note, was noticeable also after} 3... a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 {
, in Moscow we saw either} 6. d3 ({, or an Anti-Marshall with} 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3
O-O 8. a4)) 4. d3 {No simplification, keep the tension!} ({We saw no Berlin
endgames in Moscow, the only game with} 4. O-O Nxe4 {went} 5. Re1 (5. d4 Nd6 6.
Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {is the famous main line}) 5... Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 (7... Nf5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Nd2
Bg5 13. g3 Be6 14. Bd3 Qd7 15. Qc2 Bxd2 16. Bxd2 h6 17. Re3 Rae8 18. Rae1 Nd8
19. Qd1 Bg4 20. f3 Rxe3 21. Rxe3 Bf5 22. Bf1 Re8 23. Qb3 c6 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25.
Qa3 a6 26. Qd6 Qd7 27. Qxd7 Bxd7 $11 {Gao,R (2552)-Lin,C (2526) China 2016}) 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 (12... Bc7 13. Nf5 d5
14. Ne7+ Kh8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d3 f5 17. g3 Nf6 18. Qf3 Qd7 19. Be3 d4 20. Bf4
Nd5 21. Be5 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2788)-Kramnik,V (2801) Stavanger blitz 2016}
Nb4 $132) 13. c4 Nc7 14. d4 d5 15. cxd5 Bb4 $5 $146 (15... Nxd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5
17. Bf4 Bf6 18. Be5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Qb3 Qc6 22. Bb5 Qb6
23. Qxd5 a6 24. Bd3 Be6 25. Qe4 g6 26. d5 Bf5 27. Qe2 Bxd3 28. Qxd3 Qxb2 29.
Re1 Rd8 30. d6 Rd7 $14 {/<=>, Carlsen,M (2850)-Caruana,F (2787) London 2015,
Black is slightly worse, but with careful defence he should hold - the game
was drawn later on.}) 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Re5 Qd6 20.
Bc4 Bd7 21. Rae1 b5 22. Bb3 a5 23. a4 bxa4 24. Bxa4 Be6 25. Rxa5 Rxa5 26. Qxa5
Qxd4 $11 {Svidler,P (2757)-Topalov,V (2780) Moscow 2016}) 4... Bc5 5. Bxc6 {
The popular Anti-Berlin was played in Moscow quite a few times, but this was
the only game that featured the text move:} (5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 {is a
welcome swap,} 7. Nd2 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. a4 Bb6 11. axb5 Bg4 12. Nf3
axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. h3 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nh2 O-O 17. Ng4 Qe8 18. Be3
Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Qc6 20. Qd2 d5 (20... Ra8 $142 $1 $11) 21. f3 d4 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23.
hxg4 h6 24. g5 (24. Ra1 $5 {/\} Ra8 25. Rxa8+ Qxa8 26. g5 $14) 24... hxg5 25.
Qxg5 Qxc2 26. Qxe5 Qxd3 27. Qxe6+ Kh7 28. Qh3+ {½, Anand,V (2762)-Nakamura,H 
(2790) Moscow 2016 led to perpetual. After losing with Karjakin in the
previous round Vishy preferred to play it safe.}) ({The Candidates favourite
was} 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O {and now:} d6 (6... Re8 {is not played too often,
although Black is still doing OK here:} 7. Bg5 (7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4
Bg4 ({For} 9... Nd7 {Karjakin,S (2766)-Aronian,L (2830) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014 -
see the notes to this game in CBM 160.}) 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Re6 12. h3 Bxf3 13.
Qxf3 b5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15. d4 Re6 16. dxc5 Qd2 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. Qe3 Qxb2 19.
Rfb1 Qc2 20. Rd1 Re8 21. f3 Qb2 22. Rdb1 Qc2 23. Rd1 Qb2 $11 {Vachier Lagrave,
M (2765)-Leko,P (2708) EU-chT Reykjavik 2015}) ({For} 7. Re1 {Anand,V (2775)
-Carlsen,M (2870) Chennai 2013 - see the notes to this game in CBM 158.}) 7...
h6 8. Bh4 {Black first expands on the queenside.} a6 ({For the immediate} 8...
Be7 9. Nbd2 {Balogh,C (2637)-Rodshtein,M (2671) Tromso olm 2014: 1-0 (65); CBM
162 [Stohl,I] - see the notes to this game in CBM 162.} (9. Re1 d6 10. Nbd2 g5
$5 $13 {Inarkiev,E (2688)-Aronian,L (2797) Moscow 2014 For more details see
the notes to this game in CBM 164 by Marin.})) 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bb3 Be7 11. a4 b4
12. Bg3 $146 (12. Nbd2 Rb8 13. h3 d6 14. d4 bxc3 15. bxc3 exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17.
Re1 Be6 18. d5 Bd7 19. Bg3 Nd3 20. Re3 Nc5 $11 {Efimenko,Z (2661)-Stern,R 
(2513) Germany 2013}) 12... d6 13. a5 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Nbd2 Rb8 16. d4
bxc3 17. bxc3 exd4 18. cxd4 Rb5 19. Qc2 Nb4 20. Qb3 d5 21. Rfc1 c6 22. Ne5 Rxa5
23. Ng6 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Qb6 25. Be5 a5 $13 {Giri,A (2784)-Ponomariov,R (2710)
Doha 2015/ Black's shaky king gives White compensation for the pawn, but not
more than that.}) 7. Nbd2 (7. h3 Ne7 8. d4 Bb6 9. Bd3 d5 $5 (9... Ng6 10. Re1
Re8 11. Qc2 exd4 12. cxd4 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nc3 Be6 15. Be3 Qc8 16. Bxc5
Qxc5 17. Qd2 Ne5 18. Be2 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Rad8 20. Red1 h5 21. Qd4 Qg5 22. Qd2
Qe5 23. Qe3 a6 24. Rd4 Bd7 25. Rad1 Bc6 26. g3 Re6 27. Bg2 h4 $1 28. gxh4 Rde8
29. Bf3 a5 30. a4 Qc5 31. Qf4 Re5 32. R1d3 R8e6 $132 {Anand,V (2762)-Caruana,F
(2794) Moscow 2016 The position was more pleasant for White, but with
energetic play Caruana secured effective counterplay for Black.}) 10. Nxe5 $146
{White prefers a slight pull in a symmetrical structure.} ({Karjakin was
definitely prepared for} 10. Nbd2 dxe4 (10... exd4 $5 11. e5 Nh5 $13) 11. Nxe4
Nxe4 12. Bxe4 exd4 13. Qc2 h6 14. a4 $1 c6 15. Rd1 Nd5 16. Nxd4 Re8 17. a5 $1
$36 {Carlsen,M (2863)-Kramnik,V (2783) Shamkir 2015/ For more details see the
notes to this game in CBM 166 by M.Pavlovic.}) 10... Nxe4 11. Nd2 Nd6 12. Nb3
c6 13. Nc5 Ng6 14. Qh5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. Nxg6
hxg6 19. Qg5 Qxg5 20. Bxg5 f6 21. Be3 g5 22. Rd6 Re8 23. Rad1 Be6 24. b3 Kf7
25. R1d4 $14 {/=, Anand,V (2762)-Karjakin,S (2760) Moscow 2016 Further
concessions brought White a full point.}) 7... Ne7 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10.
Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qb3 (12. a4 a6 13. Bf1 Re8 14. a5 Ba7 15. Qb3 Nc6 $5 16.
d5 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxb7 Nd7 19. Nc4 $6 (19. Ra3 $1 $13 {/\} Qh4 20. Rae3)
19... Nc5 20. Qc6 Nb3 $6 (20... Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Qh4+ 22. g3 Nxe4+ 23. Rxe4 Qxe4
$36) (20... f6 $5 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Re7 {[%cal Rh5e8]} 23. b4 Be8 24. Qxa8
Qxa8 25. bxc5 dxc5 $15 {[%cal Ye8b5]}) 21. Rb1 Nxc1 $2 (21... Bg6 $142 $132)
22. Rbxc1 Rb8 23. Qxa6 $16 {1-0 (49) Anand,V (2762)-Topalov,V (2780) Moscow
2016}) 12... d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Qd1 $146 (14. a4 a5 15. Qd1 Nb8 16. Nb3 Nbc6 17.
Bg5 h6 (17... Nb4 18. Rc1 h6 19. Bh4 c6 20. Be2 Qc7 21. g4 Bg6 22. Qd2 Na2 23.
Ra1 Nb4 24. Rec1 Qd7 25. Nc5 $1 Bxc5 26. dxc5 $16 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2758)
-Leko,P (2723) Beijing rpd 2014}) 18. Bh4 Qc8 19. g4 Bg6 20. Rc1 Bh7 21. Bg3
Nb4 22. Re3 Na2 23. Ra1 Nb4 $11 24. Ne1 Nec6 25. Qd2 Qe6 26. Bxc6 Qxc6 27. Rc3
Qe6 28. Ng2 f6 29. Nf4 Qd7 30. e6 Qe7 31. Re1 f5 $36 {Topalov,V (2816)-Caruana,
F (2808) Saint Louis 2015}) 14... f6 15. e6 Nb8 16. Nb3 Qd6 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nh4
Nbc6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Bd2 Bc2 21. Qe2 Bxb3 22. axb3 Bxd4 23. Bb4 Bc5 24. Rec1
b6 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Ra6 Qb7 27. Rxc5 Rfe8 28. Qb5 Qxb5 29. Rxb5 d4 30. Nf5
Rad8 31. Rxa7 Nxf5 32. gxf5 d3 33. Ra1 g6 $11 {Caruana,F (2794)-Giri,A (2793)
Moscow 2016}) 5... dxc6 6. Nbd2 (6. h3 Nd7 7. Be3 (7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Re8 9. Be3
Bd6 10. Nd2 Nf8 11. Nc4 Ng6 12. a4 Be6 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. d4 Qf6 15. d5 Bd7 16.
a5 {1/2-1/2 (42) Caruana,F (2811)-Aronian,L (2777) Zurich 2015} Nf4 $132) 7...
Bd6 8. Nc3 c5 9. O-O Nf8 10. Nd2 Ng6 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Ne2 Qd7 (12... O-O $5) 13.
Nxd6+ cxd6 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Nxf4 16. Rxf4 {Carlsen,M (2872)-Caruana,F 
(2782) Zuerich 2014/ For more details about this branch I will refer to the
notes to this game in CBM 159.} O-O $11 {[%cal Yf7f5]}) ({White doesn't commit
his king yet - we will see that for the future he has different plans from} 6.
O-O Nd7 (6... Bd6 7. Nbd2 Be6 (7... Bg4 8. Nc4 Nd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 $6 (10. Ne3
$142 Qf6 11. Nf5 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 g6 13. Nxd6+ cxd6 14. Qg3 $36) 10... Bg6 11. Kg2
Qe7 12. Ne3 O-O-O 13. Nd2 h5 14. Nf5 Qf6 15. Nf3 hxg4 16. hxg4 Rdg8 17. Rh1
Bxf5 18. Bg5 Qe6 19. exf5 Qe8 20. Rxh8 Rxh8 21. Qe2 f6 22. Bd2 Qg8 23. Qe1 g6
24. fxg6 Nc5 $1 $40 {Karjakin,S (2756)-Leko,P (2730) Beijing rpd 2013}) 8. d4
$5 (8. b3 O-O 9. Nc4 Bxc4 10. bxc4 Nd7 11. Rb1 b6 12. g3 f5 13. exf5 Rxf5 14.
Be3 Qe8 15. Nd2 Qg6 16. Ne4 Raf8 17. Kg2 Nf6 $11 {Anand,V (2785)-Aronian,L 
(2815) Dubai rpd 2014}) 8... Nd7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. f4 Bd4+ (11...
Qd4+ 12. Kh1 Bd6 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. f5 Bd7 15. Nf3 Qa4 16. b3 Qa5 17. Bd2 Bb4
18. Bxb4 Qxb4 19. Qf2 b6 20. Ng5 Qe7 21. f6 gxf6 22. Qxf6 Qxf6 23. Rxf6 $14 {
Nakamura,H (2787)-Aronian,L (2792) Zuerich blitz 2016}) 12. Kh1 f5 13. Qh5+ g6
14. Qe2 O-O 15. Nf3 Bf6 16. e5 Be7 17. Rd1 Qe8 18. Nd4 Qf7 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20.
Be3 Rfd8 21. c4 a6 22. b3 Kf7 23. a4 Ke8 24. h3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+
Bxd8 27. Bc5 $14 {Caruana,F (2787)-Grischuk,A (2750) London 2015}) 7. Nbd2 O-O
8. Nc4 Re8 9. Bd2 (9. Kh1 {starts preparing f4:} a5 $5 10. a4 b6 11. Be3 (11.
g3 $5 {[%cal Yf3h4] deserves attention.}) 11... Bb4 12. Nfd2 b5 $1 13. axb5
cxb5 14. c3 bxc4 15. cxb4 cxd3 16. bxa5 Ba6 17. Qb3 Nf6 18. h3 Nh5 19. Rfc1 Nf4
$132 20. Rc6 {Anand,V (2780)-Kramnik,V (2810) Zuerich 2013} Nxh3 $1 21. gxh3
Qd7 $11) 9... Bd6 (9... Bf8 10. b4 f6 11. a4 Nb6 12. Ne3 Be6 13. Qe2 (13. Qb1
Qd7 14. Rd1 Bf7 15. h3 Rad8 16. Be1 Bh5 17. g4 Bf7 18. c4 c5 19. b5 Nc8 20. Qc2
Re6 21. Kf1 Ne7 22. Nh4 Rd6 23. Ke2 Re6 24. f3 b6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (40) Anand,V 
(2775)-Kramnik,V (2795) London 2012}) 13... Qd7 14. a5 Nc8 15. c4 Rd8 16. Ra3
Ne7 17. Rb1 Ng6 (17... Bf7 $5 $11 {[%cal Yf7h5]}) 18. g3 Be7 19. Ne1 Rf8 20.
Bc3 Rad8 21. Ra2 a6 22. Rd2 Qc8 23. N1g2 c5 24. b5 $14 {Alekseenko,K (2468)
-Baryshpolets,A (2546) Pardubice 2014}) 10. Bc3 f6 (10... c5 11. g3 (11. a4 b6
12. Kh1 Bb7 13. Ne3 Nf8 14. Nf5 Ng6 15. b3 Bc8 16. Bd2 Ne7 17. Ng3 Nc6 18. Bg5
Qd7 19. h3 Qe6 20. Be3 g6 21. Nh2 f5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. f4 {Wei,Y (2530)-Zhao,J
(2589) China 2013} Qg6 $15) 11... f6 12. Nh4 Nb6 13. Ne3 Bh3 14. Re1 Be6 15. a4
Qd7 16. b3 Nc8 17. Rf1 Bh3 18. Nhg2 Be6 19. Nh4 Bh3 20. Nhg2 Ne7 21. f4 exf4
22. gxf4 $14 {Wei,Y (2649)-Parligras,M (2594) Bazna 2014}) 11. Nh4 Nf8 12. Kh1
Ng6 13. Qh5 Be6 (13... Nf4 14. Qf3 Bf8 15. g3 Ne6 16. Qd1 Nd4 17. Ne3 (17. f4
$5) 17... c5 18. b3 Be6 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 f5 $5 21. Nhxf5 Bxf5 22. Nxf5 Nxf5
23. exf5 Qd5+ 24. Qf3 Qxf3+ 25. Rxf3 Re2 $44 {Zhao,J (2578)-Melkumyan,H (2678)
Doha 2014}) 14. Nf5 Qd7 (14... Nf4 $5 15. Qf3 (15. Qg4 g6 16. g3 Nd5 $1 $15)
15... Bxf5 (15... Bf8 $5) 16. exf5 Qd7 $11) 15. Nce3 Bc5 16. g3 Ne7 17. g4 Ng6
18. Ng2 Bd6 19. Rae1 a5 20. Re3 Bb4 21. Rh3 Nf8 22. f4 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qf7 24.
Qh4 $36 {1/2-1/2 (47) Wei,Y (2706)-Balogh,C (2655) Tsaghkadzor 2015}) 6... O-O
(6... Be6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 Bxb3 10. axb3 f6 (10... Qe7 11. Bd2
O-O-O 12. b4 Kb8 13. c4 Bd4 14. Nf3 Nf8 15. Qa4 a6 16. b5 cxb5 17. cxb5 Qd7 18.
bxa6 Qxa4 19. Rxa4 Ne6 20. axb7 Nc5 21. Ra3 Bxb2 22. Ra2 Nxd3 23. Rb1 c5 {
1-0, Giri,A (2790)-Carlsen,M (2851) Stavanger blitz 2016} 24. Ne1 $18) 11. Nf3
Nc5 (11... Nf8 12. Nd2 Ne6 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qd1 Qd7 (14... Bc5 15. Nc4 b5 16.
Na5 Qd7 17. Be3 Bb6 18. b4 O-O 19. Qd2 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Qc3 f4 22. Bxb6
cxb6 23. Nxc6 Qd6 24. Rxa7 Rxa7 25. Nxa7 f3 26. Qc6 $18 {Yu,Y (2705)-Kramnik,V
(2760) Doha 2014}) 15. Nc4 Bc5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 a6 18. b4 O-O 19. Kh1 Kh8
20. Qd2 Rad8 21. Ra5 Qe7 22. g3 Rd4 23. c3 Rdd8 $132 {Van den Doel,E (2564)
-Arnaudov,P (2446) Delft 2016}) 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nc4 Ne6 14. g3 (14. Kh1 Qd7 15.
Qg4 Rad8 16. Be3 Bd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd7 Rxd7 19. Rxa7 Nxc2 20. Rxb7 Rxd3
21. h4 Nd4 $11 {½-½ (72) Nakamura,H (2787)-Kramnik,V (2801) Zuerich rpd 2016}
) 14... Qd7 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 a5 17. Kh1 b6 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 Rad8 20.
f5 Nc5 21. Qf3 Qd4 22. Rab1 Rfe8 23. Rg1 Rd7 24. Rg3 Ree7 25. Rbg1 $36 {
Giri,A (2790)-Kramnik,V (2801) Stavanger blitz 2016}) (6... Bg4 7. Nb3 $5 ({
An attempt to improve upon} 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nf1 Nd7 9. Ng3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 g6 11.
Be3 Qe7 12. O-O-O O-O-O $11 {Anand,V (2775)-Carlsen,M (2870) Chennai 2013})
7... Bd6 8. h3 Bh5 9. Bd2 b6 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 Qd7 12. Qf3 a5 13. Bg5 Ng8 14.
Nf5 f6 15. Be3 a4 16. Nd2 Bxf5 17. exf5 a3 18. b3 Bb4 19. O-O-O Bc3 20. Ne4
Bb2+ 21. Kb1 O-O-O $13 {Yu,Y (2667)-Wen,Y (2581) China 2014/ While the current
position might be unclear, later in the endgame Black paid for his offside Bb2.
}) 7. Qe2 (7. Nc4 Nd7 8. Qe2 {doesn't necessarily have to transpose, Black can
try} f6 9. Bd2 Nb6 $5 10. Ne3 Be6 11. a4 Nc8 12. a5 Ne7 13. b4 Bd6 14. O-O c5
15. b5 a6 16. c4 Ng6 17. g3 axb5 18. cxb5 Qd7 19. Rfb1 Rfd8 20. Bc3 Bf8 21. Ne1
Ne7 22. Nc4 Nc8 $11 {Inarkiev,E (2677)-Bok,B (2611) Moscow 2016}) 7... Re8 (
7... Nd7 $5 {is also interesting, possibly leading to the previous note.
Practical examples are still quite scarce, the theory here is only developing.}
) 8. Nc4 Nd7 9. Bd2 (9. Bg5 f6 10. Bd2 {is an attempt to emulate Caruana, but
Black was OK after} Nf8 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Kb1 Qd7 13. Rhg1 a5 14. g4 Bxg4 15.
Rg3 Ng6 16. Rdg1 Bh5 17. Qf1 Bf8 18. Ne3 Nf4 19. Nf5 g6 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Rh3
Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Kh8 23. Qg2 Qf7 24. Nh4 {Giri,A (2790)-Eljanov,P (2765)
Stavanger blitz 2016} Re5 25. Rxf4 Rh5 26. Nf3 Bd6 $132) 9... Bd6 (9... b5 $5
10. Na5 Qf6 11. a4 Bb6 {seems weakening, but Black got counterplay after} 12.
Nb3 a6 13. Be3 Rb8 14. O-O Nf8 15. a5 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Qd6 17. Rad1 Bg4 18. d4
Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Ne6 20. d5 cxd5 21. Rxd5 Qb4 22. Rxe5 Nd4 $11 {Areshchenko,A 
(2661)-Balogh,C (2659) Germany 2016}) (9... f6 10. h4 ({Caruana possibly
intended the analogous} 10. O-O-O $13) (10. b4 $5 Be7 11. O-O {is also
interesting.}) 10... Nf8 11. h5 Be6 12. Ne3 Qd7 13. h6 g6 14. O-O Bg4 15. Nxg4
Qxg4 16. Nd4 Qxe2 17. Nxe2 Ne6 18. g3 g5 19. Be3 (19. Kg2 $11) 19... Bf8 20.
Kg2 Bxh6 21. Rh1 Bg7 22. Kf3 h6 23. Kg4 Re7 24. Raf1 Rf8 25. Rh3 Nd4 26. Nxd4
exd4 27. Bc1 Re5 28. f4 $44 {Adams,M (2744)-Nakamura,H (2793) London 2015
White had enough play for the pawn to hold the balance.}) 10. O-O-O (10. h4 {
was Fabiano's previous try in Wijk 2016; the following 2 games were played on
the same day:} Nf8 (10... c5 11. h5 h6 $2 12. O-O-O Nb8 13. Rdg1 Nc6 14. g4 f6
15. g5 fxg5 16. Nxg5 Nd4 17. Qd1 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Be7 19. Be3 Bf6 20. h6 $18 {
->, Wei,Y (2706)-Navara,D (2730) Wijk aan Zee 2016}) 11. h5 Ne6 12. O-O-O c5
13. Qf1 f6 14. Nh4 Nd4 15. c3 Nc6 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 h6 18. g4 Bf8 19. Qe2
Qd7 (19... b5 20. Qe4 Qd7 21. Ne3 Rad8 $13) 20. Be3 Rad8 21. Qc2 Kh7 22. Qb3 a6
23. Nd2 Na5 24. Qc2 Qd5 25. Kb1 Qxd3 (25... c4 $5) 26. Qxd3 Rxd3 27. Ne4 c4 28.
b4 $1 Nc6 29. Rxd3 cxd3 30. a4 Rd8 31. Rd1 Kg8 32. Kb2 $14 {½-½ (60) Caruana,
F (2787)-Karjakin,S (2769) Wijk aan Zee 2016 For more details see the notes by
Mekhitarian in CBM 171.}) (10. g4 Nf8 11. Ne3 Ne6 12. Nf5 a5 (12... c5 13. h4
b5 14. Rg1 Rb8 15. h5 c4 $6 16. dxc4 Qd7 17. c5 $6 (17. O-O-O $14) 17... Nxc5
18. O-O-O Bb7 19. Kb1 Nxe4 20. Ng5 Nxd2+ 21. Rxd2 Qc6 22. f3 e4 23. Nxe4 Bf4
24. Rdd1 Qc4 25. Qf2 Be5 26. Rge1 Rbd8 $15 {Libiszewski,F (2515)-Pashikian,A 
(2606) Al Ain 2015}) 13. h4 a4 14. Ng5 a3 15. b3 Bc5 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Qf3 Bf8
18. Ke2 c5 19. c4 Ra6 20. Bc3 Bd7 21. Ne3 Rae6 22. g5 c6 23. Ng4 R6e7 24. Ne3
b5 25. Rag1 b4 26. Ba1 Bc8 27. h5 Qd6 28. Nc2 f6 $5 29. g6 (29. gxf6 Rf7) 29...
h6 30. Ne3 Rd8 31. Rd1 Qc7 $11 {Anand,V (2803)-Giri,A (2798) Bilbao 2015 The
complete blockade led to a quick draw.}) 10... b5 {Nakamura starts a bayonet
attack. While this is a natural reaction, subsequently he criticised it -
Black's pawns will lack piece support (especially from major pieces) later on.}
({Thus an interesting concept is} 10... c5 11. Kb1 Nb8 $5 {, Black got his
play going after} 12. c3 Nc6 13. Ne3 b5 14. g4 Ne7 15. Ne1 Be6 16. h4 Qc8 17.
Rc1 c4 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 Qa6 20. Rc2 c5 21. d5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. f3 Be6
24. Bc1 Rad8 25. Rf1 c3 26. bxc3 Bc4 $44 {Perez Candelario,M (2527)-Sargissian,
G (2677) Villafranca 2010}) ({On the other hand, in a later game he was too
slow after} 10... Nf8 {Note the N will be misplaced...} 11. h4 b5 12. Ne3 Be6
13. Kb1 c5 14. h5 Qc8 15. Nh4 $1 Qa6 16. b3 Nd7 17. Nef5 Bf8 18. Qg4 c4 19. Bh6
cxb3 20. cxb3 Bxf5 21. Nxf5 g6 22. Rh3 Ba3 23. Rdh1 $40 {Brkic,A (2598)
-Blagojevic,T (2273) Skopje 2016}) 11. Ne3 (11. Na5 $143 $6 c5 {- the N has
nothing it can achieve on the queenside.}) 11... a5 12. Nf5 a4 13. Bg5 $5 {
[%mdl 32] Provocative, White invests time to force a weakness. His strategy
will fully pay off later on...} f6 {Natural enough.} ({One can hardly fault
Black for avoiding} 13... Nf6 14. g4 Be6 15. Kb1 $14 {- the pin seriously
limits his active options.}) 14. Be3 Nc5 15. g4 Be6 ({A logical move, but as
Black will later take on f5 anyway} 15... b4 $5 {might have saved him a tempo.
However, after} 16. g5 {he should again prefer} (16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. d4 Ba6 $13)
16... a3 $1 (16... b3 $6 17. Kb1 {is similar to the game}) 17. b3 Bxf5 18. exf5
e4 $132) 16. Kb1 b4 17. g5 b3 $2 {The problem with this break is Black can't
activate his major pieces to join the counterattack - his Q and both his Rs
will be ineffective until the bitter end.} ({The right way was already
indicated above:} 17... a3 $142 $1 18. b3 Bxf5 19. exf5 e4 20. dxe4 (20. d4
exf3 21. Qc4+ Ne6 22. fxe6 Qe7 23. Qxc6 Qxe6 $11) 20... Nxe4 21. Qc4+ Kh8 22.
Bd4 {allows} Ra5 $1 {[%csl Rf5]} 23. gxf6 gxf6 $13 {Here Black's forces are
well coordinated and he is doing fine.}) (17... Kh8 18. Rhg1 (18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19.
d4 exd4 20. N3xd4 Qd7 $5 $132) 18... Bxf5 19. exf5 a3 {is a try to get a
better version of the aforementioned position. However, the king on h8 is not
safe due to} 20. Nh4 $1 $36 {[%cal Re2h5,Rg5g6]}) 18. Rhg1 $1 {[%mdl 128]
After the game Caruana admitted he had analysed this type of position and
realised he could simply ignore Black! - the kingside attack is more powerful.}
bxa2+ {Now White's king will be safe, but this goes also for the alternatives:}
(18... a3 19. cxb3 $16) (18... bxc2+ 19. Qxc2 $16) 19. Ka1 Bxf5 (19... g6 20.
gxf6 Qxf6 (20... a3 21. b3 (21. b4 $5) 21... Qxf6 22. d4 Nxe4 23. Nh6+ Kh8 24.
dxe5 Qg7 25. Bd4 $36) 21. d4 $1 Nxe4 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. dxe5 Qg7 24. Bd4 (24.
exd6 a3 25. c4 $1 {[]} (25. Bd4 $2 axb2+ 26. Bxb2 Qxb2+ $1 27. Kxb2 a1=Q+ 28.
Rxa1 Reb8+ $19) 25... Nc3 26. Qc2 $16) 24... Be7 25. Qxe4 Qxh6 26. Qxc6 $16)
20. exf5 a3 (20... Kh8 21. Nh4 $1 $40 {is a motif we have already mentioned.})
21. b3 Na6 ({Nakumura's original intention} 21... e4 22. dxe4 Rxe4 (22... Nxe4
23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. gxf6 Nxf6 25. Ng5 $18) 23. Rd4 Kh8 24. Qc4 Qe7 25. Kxa2 $16 {
also fails to impress.}) (21... Qe7 {is perhaps more resilient, but White is
still well on top after} 22. Kxa2 $5) 22. c3 $1 {Asks Black a very unpleasant
question - "What do you want?" Stopping Nb4 is even more effective than the
straightforward} (22. d4 $5 e4 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. gxf6 Qxf6 25. Ne5 $1 $16) 22...
Bf8 (22... Nc5 23. Bxc5 Bxc5 24. d4 exd4 25. Qc4+ Qd5 26. gxf6 Kf7 27. cxd4
Qxc4 28. bxc4 Bb4 29. fxg7 {and Black's counterattack is too slow:} Re2 30.
Ne5+ Kg8 31. Rd3 {[%cal Rf5f7]} Rxf2 32. Ng4 $18) (22... Kh8 23. Nd2 $40 {
is similar to the game.}) 23. Nd2 {[%csl Ge4] Another strong positional move.}
fxg5 24. Rxg5 Nc5 25. Rg3 $1 e4 {Desperately trying to get at the Ka1.} (25...
Qxd3 26. Qxd3 Nxd3 27. Ne4 Nb2 (27... Red8 28. Bg5 {[%cal Rg3d3,Rg5d8]}) 28.
Rdg1 $40 {[%csl Rg7]} Re7 (28... Kf7 29. Bc5 $1 $18) 29. Bh6 Rf7 30. Bxg7 $1
Rxg7 31. Rxg7+ Bxg7 32. f6 $18) 26. Bxc5 (26. dxe4 $18) 26... Bxc5 (26... exd3
$2 27. Qg4 {wins a piece.}) 27. Nxe4 $18 {Material is equal, but only formally
- all White's pieces will soon pounce on the Kg8. The rest is agony.} Bd6 28.
Rh3 Be5 29. d4 Bf6 30. Rg1 Rb8 (30... Bxd4 31. Rd3 $18) (30... c5 31. Qc4+ Kh8
32. Nxc5 $18) 31. Kxa2 Bh4 32. Rg4 Qd5 33. c4 (33. c4 Qxd4 34. Rgxh4 $18 {
and in addition to the extra piece White has an ongoing attack.}) 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Wagner,D"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In round 9 of the Candidates Tournament attention was especially drawnd to
the game of Giri agianst Caruana, because the latter implemented a completely
fresh and surprising idea with Black in one of the sharpest lines against the
Grünfeld.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3
O-O 8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 c6 10. h4 cxd5 11. exd5 Na6 $5 {Caruana's team decided to
spring a surprise with this concrete approach. Though probably Black won't
gain full equality if confronted with the best possible play he hopes for the
practical value of the innovation and the complicated character of the
resulting position.} (11... N8d7 $1 {is the normal move.}) 12. h5 Nb4 13. hxg6
(13. Bc5 $6 N4xd5 14. Bxf8 Bxf8 $11) 13... Bf5 $1 {The strong and consistent
follow-up. Black gives up all his kingside pawns, but is able to initiate his
own counterplay afterwards.} (13... fxg6 14. Bc5 N4xd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bc4
Be6 17. Rd1 $16) (13... hxg6 14. g4 $18) 14. gxh7+ Kh8 15. Rd1 $1 {Not
surprisingly Giri was already out of book, but nevertheless he finds all the
critical moves.} (15. g4 Nc2+ 16. Kf2 Bg6 17. Rd1 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Rc8 19. d6 f5
$132) (15. Ne4 $2 N6xd5 $1 (15... N4xd5 16. Bc5 $14) 16. Bc5 Qa5 $1 17. Bxf8
Bxf8 $19) 15... Nc2+ (15... Rc8 $5 {can be considered.} 16. Nh3 Nc2+ 17. Kf2
Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Na4 {transposition.}) 16. Kf2 Nxe3 (16... Rc8 17. Bh6 $1) 17.
Qxe3 Bd7 (17... Rc8 $5 18. Nh3 (18. Be2 $5 Bc2 (18... Bd7 19. Nh3 f5 20. Kg1
$14) 19. Rd2 Bg6 20. Nh3 f5 21. f4 $14) 18... Na4 19. Nxa4 Qh4+ 20. Kg1 Qxa4
21. Rd2 $1 Qxa2 22. g4 Bd7 (22... Bg6 23. Bd3 f5 24. Ng5 $16) 23. Ng5 Qb1 (
23... f5 24. gxf5 Bxf5 25. Bd3 Rc1+ 26. Kh2 Rxh1+ 27. Kxh1 $16) 24. Ne4 f5 25.
gxf5 Bxf5 26. Nc3 Qa1 27. Kg2 $16) 18. Nh3 f5 ({In the interview after the
game Caruana mentioned} 18... Rc8 {as the right move and explained that he had
mixed up his analysis. But there too White stays on top.} 19. Kg1 f5 20. Nf2 (
20. f4 Qc7 $1) 20... Qf6 (20... e4 21. fxe4 f4 22. Qf3 $18) 21. Bd3 Qd6 22. Rh5
Qg6 23. Qg5 $14) 19. f4 $1 {a good response. The black pawns are blocked and
White intends to consolidate his pieces.} Rc8 (19... e4 20. Ng5 $16 {[%cal
Gg2g3,Gf1e2] is strategically bad for Black.}) 20. g3 Nc4 $2 (20... e4 21. Ng5
{is no fun for Black, of course, but the text move should lose the game.} Bf6
22. d6 Qe8 23. Rd2 Qg6 24. Kg2 $16) 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. fxe5 f4 23. Nxf4 Qg5 24.
Rd4 $2 {Unfortunately for Giri, who had already spent a huge amount of time,
he couldn´t come up with the most convincing solution.} (24. Ke1 $1 Bxe5 (
24... Rf5 25. Rh5) 25. Ng6+ Qxg6 26. Qxe5+ Qf6 27. Qxf6+ Rxf6 28. Rd2 $18 {
is technically much easier.}) 24... Rxd4 25. Qxd4 Bxe5 26. Qb4 Rf7 27. Nce2 Bg4
28. Qe4 $16 {Here too White is pretty close to winning with three extra pawns!
But Black still has the pair of bishops and the "safer king" for the moment,
so White's task is still not trivial.} Qf6 29. Rh4 Bf5 30. Qe3 b6 (30... Bxb2
31. Qxa7) 31. b3 Re7 32. Qd2 $6 {This retreat is a bit modest and doesn't
exploit the concrete circumstances of the position well enough.} (32. Rh5 $1
Bxh7 33. Kg1 $18 {Now the Black king is pretty jeopardised and White should
eventually break through.}) (32. Nh5 $5 Qf8 33. Qf3 Rxh7 34. Re4 $1 Qc5+ 35.
Re3 $18) 32... Rc7 33. d6 $6 {Understandably Giri wants to activate his queen,
but there was no need to give up the pawn.} (33. Kf3 $5 Bxh7 (33... Rc2 34. Qe3
Rc7 35. g4 $18) (33... Rxh7 34. Rxh7+ Kxh7 35. g4 Bb1 36. Qc1 $18) 34. Qe3 Kg8
35. Nd4 $18) 33... Bxd6 (33... Qxd6 $5 34. Qxd6 Bxd6 35. g4 Be4 {will also be
a difficult technical job against the two bishops.} 36. Ne6 Rf7+ 37. Ke3 Bb7
38. g5 Re7 39. N2d4 Rxh7 40. Rxh7+ Kxh7 41. Nf4 $14) 34. Qd5 Rf7 35. Kg2 Bc5 $6
(35... Rg7 $1 {is more precise, allowing the defence of the back rank with Qf8.
} 36. Qa8+ Qf8 37. Qxf8+ Bxf8 38. Nd4 Be4+ 39. Kh3 Be7 40. Rh5 Bf6 $14) 36. Rh5
Bg4 37. Rh6 {Exchanging the rooks should make the task easier for White, but
he could have created more practical problems.} (37. Rg5 $1 Bxe2 (37... Bf5 38.
Nc3 Bf8 39. Rg8+ Kxh7 40. Rg5 Kh8 41. Rh5+ Kg8 42. Ne4 Bxe4+ 43. Qxe4 $18) 38.
Qa8+ Rf8 39. Rg8+ Kxh7 40. Rxf8 Bxf8 41. Nxe2 $16 {should be nearly winning
with his queen and strong knight.}) 37... Qxh6 38. Qxf7 Qc6+ 39. Nd5 Be6 40.
Qf6+ Kxh7 41. Qh4+ Kg7 42. Qg5+ Kf8 {Even without rooks it's difficult to make
progress against the two bishops.} 43. Qf6+ (43. Nef4 $5) 43... Kg8 (43... Ke8
44. Qxe6+ Qxe6 45. Nc7+ Kd7 46. Nxe6 Kxe6 47. Nf4+ Kf5 48. Kf3 Bd6 49. g4+ Ke5
50. Ng6+ Kf6 51. Nh4 Kg5 52. Nf5 Bc5 53. Ng3 Kg6 54. Ne4 $18) 44. Qg6+ Kf8 45.
Qh6+ Kg8 46. Qg5+ Kf8 47. Nef4 Bf7 48. Qe5 Kg8 49. Kh3 Qd6 50. Nf6+ Kf8 51. Qf5
Ke7 52. N6d5+ Kf8 53. Kg4 $1 {activating the king!} Bd4 54. Nc7 (54. Qc8+ Kg7
55. Qb7 a5 56. Ne7 $1 {maximizing the coordination of the knights!} Be6+ 57.
Kf3 Kf8 58. Neg6+ Kg8 59. Nxe6 {It´s better to exchange the light-coloured
bishop, because the weakness of the light squares on the kingside is more
easily felt.} Qxe6 60. Nf4 $1 $18) 54... Be5 55. Ncd5 a5 56. Qc8+ Kg7 57. Ne3
Kh7 58. Qb7 (58. Nf5 $1 Qd1+ (58... Qf6 59. Qd7 Kg8 60. Kf3 Bxf4 61. Kxf4 $16)
59. Kg5 $18) 58... Kg8 59. Qa8+ Qb8 60. Qe4 Qd6 61. Nf5 Qd1+ 62. Ne2 (62. Qf3
Qxf3+ 63. Kxf3 Kh7 {should be drawn.}) (62. Kh3 $1 Qf1+ 63. Kh2 Qf2+ 64. Ng2 {
For the moment White needs to retreat with his pieces in order to activate
them with even more force after consolidation. Of course it´s difficult to
decide on such a way of play during a practical game.} Bf6 65. Kh3 Kh7 66. Ngh4
Qf1+ 67. Kg4) (62. Kg5 Qd8+ $1) 62... Bg7 63. Nxg7 $2 {I don't like this
exchange at this specific moment. In general it's good to halve the opponent's
pair of bishops, but the problem is that the remaining White knight is
currently pinned and it's difficult to restore coordination in the white camp.}
(63. Kh3 $1 Qf1+ 64. Kh4 $16 {should be preferred.}) 63... Kxg7 64. Qe5+ Kg6
65. Kf3 (65. Qe7 Kg7 66. Kf3 Qd3+ 67. Qe3 Qf5+ 68. Kg2 Qc2 69. Qc3+ Qxc3 70.
Nxc3 Kf6 71. Kf2 Ke5 72. Ke3 Be6 {with enough activity for a draw.}) 65... Qd3+
66. Kf2 Qc2 67. Qd6+ Kg7 68. Qd4+ Kg8 69. Qg4+ Kf8 70. Qa4 Be8 (70... Qd2 71.
g4 Kg8 $11) 71. Qa3+ Kg8 72. Qe7 Bf7 73. Qd8+ Kg7 74. Qd4+ Kg8 75. Qa4 Qd2 (
75... Kg7 $11 {is easier.}) 76. Qg4+ Kf8 77. Qc8+ $1 Ke7 (77... Be8 $5 78. a3
Qb2 79. Qe6 Qxa3 80. Qxb6 Qb2 $11) 78. Qc7+ Kf8 79. a3 $1 Bxb3 80. Qb8+ Kf7 81.
Qb7+ Kg8 82. Qxb6 Qa2 83. Qd8+ Kf7 84. Qd7+ Kg8 85. Qe8+ Kg7 86. Qe7+ Bf7 87.
g4 Qd2 {White still cannot make real progress.} 88. Qc5 (88. Qe3 Qxe3+ 89. Kxe3
Kf6 {the main problem is that the ending is drawn without queens.} 90. Nd4 a4
91. Kf4 Bb3 92. g5+ Kg6 93. Nf3 Bc2 94. Ne5+ Kg7) 88... Be6 89. Qe5+ Kf7 90. g5
Qa2 91. Qf6+ Ke8 {White suffers from his weak king and lacks activity. He has
no chance of converting his extra pawn.} 92. Qh8+ (92. g6 Bc4) (92. Ke3 Qxa3+
93. Kf4 Qd6+) (92. Qc3 Bc4) 92... Ke7 93. Qh7+ Kf8 94. Qh8+ Ke7 95. Qg7+ Ke8
96. Qh8+ {Giri reacted pretty well in the opening. Had he made the decisive
blow on move 24 he would have definitely won the game. After this inaccuracy
Caruana defended very tenaciously and deservedly reached a draw} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 {Almost three decades have passed since Kasparov surprised
Karpov by introducing the English Opening as a main weapon in the 1987 Seville
match, but the theoretical discussion still seems far from reaching an end.} ({
In the first match of the game the surprise turned out to be a boomerang when
Karpov reacted here with} 9... e3 $5 {, a novelty he had prepared for his
earlier matches with Korchnoi but which he had never got the chance to use.
Taken away from his analysed lines, Kasparov thought a lot before playing} 10.
d3 {, eventually got into severe time trouble and lost. Based on the fact that
Karpov did not repeat 9...e3 in later games, many commentators including
Kasparov and some of his seconds claimed that 10.d3 was some sort of
refutation of Karpov's idea. But then I wonder why in a much later game
Kasparov,G (2827)-Sadvakasov,D (2585) Astana 2001 (½-½, 43) Kasparov
deviated with 10.dxe3. Be it as it may, the game Svidler,P (2757)-Karjakin,S 
(2760) Moscow 2016 (½-½, 50) played two rounds earlier than Caruana-Anand
went 10.d3 and Black eventually came under serious positional pressure.}) 10.
Nxf3 d5 11. d4 ({This novelty over} 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. e4 Nb6 13. d4 {Uhlmann,W
(2530)-Smyslov,V (2620) Hastings 1972 (1-0, 30); was introduced by Kasparov in
his Moscow 1988 game against Ivanchuk. White sacrifices the c4-pawn in order
to obtain a central majority which was not that easy to block.}) 11... dxc4 {
Anand surely knew what he was doing since he had played this before.} ({
The aforementioned game went} 11... Ne4 12. Qc2 dxc4 13. Rb1 f5 14. g4 {
causing Black to lose ground in the centre and ending in a white win just ten
moves later Kasparov,G (2760)-Ivanchuk,V (2625) Moscow 1988 . (1-0, 24)}) 12.
Qc2 $146 ({Deviating from} 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. e4 $14 {Aronian,L 
(2765)-Anand,V (2816) Saint Louis 2015 (½-½, 31); and depriving Anand of the
possibility of showing his improvement. In principle, Bc1-g5 remains a
thematic threat, but the move order chosen by Caruana is more subtle. He not
only keeps an eye on the e4-square, preparing the dreamed of e2-e4, but also
prevents the natural and most desirable developing move for Black, namely ...
Bf5.}) 12... h6 {Anand decides to prevent Bg5, but the weakness of the h6-pawn
will soon prove decisive. However, it is not easy to find a convenient way of
completing Black's development.} (12... Bg4 {exposes the bishop to} 13. Bg5 h6
14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Ne5 Qg5 16. Nxg4 Qxg4 17. e4 {with a clear superiority of
the bishop over the knight. Black's extra pawn does not really count while
White's initiative in the centre and on the kingside is not easy to neutralise.
}) ({The pressure along the e-file set up by} 12... Qe7 {is partly illusory:}
13. Re1 Ne4 ({The most natural move, which fails to stabilise the centre,
though. If} 13... Bg4 14. Rb1 Rab8 15. e4 $1 {White gets a threatening
position since} Nxe4 $2 {loses material:} 16. Nh4 f5 17. h3) (13... Qe4 {
only apparently gains a tempo because the queen is exposed on e4:} 14. Qb2 {
Targeting b7 and delaying the c8-bishop's development.} Qg4 15. e4 $1 Rxe4 16.
Bg5 {with a considerable advance in development and strong initiative for
White.}) 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Qxe4 Ng6 16. Qxe7 Nxe7 ({Keeping the control of the
d5-square for if} 16... Rxe7 17. Bd5 {retrieves the pawn keeping the bishop
pair and the mobile centre.}) 17. Bf4 c6 18. e4 Be6 19. a4 {White will soon
set up pressure along the b-file while the permanent threat of d4-d5 restricts
Black's regrouping possibilities. Once again the extra pawn is not too
relevant and White has chances for a one-sided squeeze.}) (12... Be6 13. e4 $16
{is simply bad for Black.}) 13. Bf4 Ne4 14. Rad1 $5 {Very logical play by
Caruana who before undertaking anything concrete completes his development
harmoniously. The last move deserves some special attention, though, since the
rook may seem to belong to either b1 or e1. Caruana's idea was to force Black
to reveal his cards in view of the positional threat d4-d5.} (14. Rae1 {
[%cal Gf3d2] has a hidden drawback:} Bf5 15. Ne5 Nxg3 16. e4 Nxf1 17. exf5 Nxh2
18. Bxh2 f6 {[%csl Ge1]}) 14... Bf5 {Aiming to consolidate in the centre while
also completing the development.} (14... f5 {fails to consolidate the knight
after} 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 {, when the e5-bishop is an unchallenged monster
on the dark squares.}) ({The optically safer} 14... Qe7 {does not spare Black
problems:} 15. d5 Nb8 16. Rd4 Nd6 17. e4 {White's compensation for the pawn is
beyond doubt.} f6 18. e5 fxe5 19. Nxe5 Bf5 20. Qf2 $36) 15. Ne5 Nd6 $6 {
Losing ground in the centre.} (15... Nxg3 {allows} 16. e4 Nxf1 17. exf5 Nxh2
18. Bxh2 {but things may be not entirely clear due to Black's numerous pawns.}
Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Qg5 20. Rf1 c6 {For instance if} 21. f6 Rxe5 $5 22. dxe5 Re8 {
Three pawns for a bishop may well ensure a draw.}) 16. e4 Bh7 {The bishop has
landed on a joyless position and the knights are far from optimally placed,
too. We can see one more benefit of having played Rad1: the exchange on e5
loses a piece to dxe5.} 17. Qe2 $1 {A strong queen switch to the kingside.} Ne7
$6 {Removing the pressure on the central knight frees the bishop from its
defensive task making it available for an elegant combination. But at the same
time Black has no constructive moves...} 18. Bxh6 $1 {By far not the only good
move and curiously not among the engines' favourites.} gxh6 19. Qh5 Nef5 {
A despairing defence, returning the extra piece in order to exchange queens.} (
19... Z0 {White threatened to continue his attack with simple moves:} 20. Qxh6
Nc6 21. Ng4 Re6 22. Qf4 (22. Nf6+ Rxf6 23. Rxf6 Qf8 24. Qh4 {is also
reasonable, maintaining the initiative with approximately equal material, but
the main continuation, threatening to reinforce the threat Nf6+ with e4-e5, is
stronger.}) 22... f5 23. d5 {with a winning attack in which all White's pieces
take an active part.}) ({If} 19... Kh8 20. Rxf7 Rf8 21. Rxf8+ Qxf8 22. Rf1 Qg8
23. Nf7+ Nxf7 24. Rxf7 Nc6 25. e5 Qg5 26. Qxg5 hxg5 27. Rxc7 {White would soon
get a lot of pawns for the knight, with every chance to win.} Re8 28. Rxb7 Nxe5
(28... Ne7 29. d5 $18) 29. dxe5 Rxe5 30. Bf1 $5 Bd3 31. Bxd3 cxd3 32. Rd7 Re1+
33. Kg2 Re2+ 34. Kh3 Rxa2 35. Rxd3 Kg7 36. Kg4 Rxh2 37. Rd7+ Kf6 38. Rxa7 $18)
20. exf5 Qg5 21. Qxg5+ hxg5 22. f6 $16 {White has retrieved the sacrificed
pawn and even though the position has calmed down, Black is under serious
pressure on both wings.} Ne4 {The adventure initiated by this move will only
speed up Black's demise.} 23. Rfe1 ({The simple} 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Nxc4 Rad8
25. Ne5 {also looks convincing. White is a pawn up and his stable centralised
knight is more impressive than the bishop.}) 23... Nxc3 24. Rc1 Nb5 25. Bxb7
Rad8 {Sacrificig the exchange for insufficient compensation.} ({But} 25... Rab8
26. Bd5 {would win the c4-pawn with a more or less winning position.}) 26. Bc6
Nxd4 27. Bxe8 Rxe8 28. Kf2 Nc2 29. Red1 Be4 ({Freeing the h7-square for if} 
29... Rxe5 30. Rd8+ {mates on the next move.}) 30. Nxc4 Re6 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32.
Kg1 $1 {Planning to defend the f6-pawn with Rf1.} Rxf6 33. Rf1 {After the
forced exchange of the rooks White will soon win at least one pawn, with an
elementary win.} 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 {This
Symmetrical English is a very complicated variation; both sides have found
interesting new ideas and improvements over the last years. This game is
another example.} 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8. Bf4 Nfg4 9. e3 (9. Qa4 $5 {Aronian,L (2739)
-Leko,P (2753) Morelia/Linares 25th 2008 (6) 1/2 I was really surprised the
first time I saw this idea. How could it be good to give up the f2-pawn with
check, without any clear reason? Aronian played this novelty in 2008 against
Peter Leko (who amazingly reacted very well - it is very hard to deal with
such a strong novelty over the board)} g5 {is the common move (played by Leko
in 2008 and then in 2015 also)} (9... Qxf2+ 10. Kd2 {and white has his 'jumps'
as well - Nc7+ is threatened, there is no easy way to deal with it} Qb6 $2 (
10... Qc5 11. Ne4 {with a complex position}) 11. h3 $16) 10. Bxe5 Qxf2+ 11. Kd1
Nxe5 12. Nc7+ Kd8 13. Nxa8 Qd4+ 14. Kc2 Nxc4 15. e4 Qd2+ (15... Ne3+ $2 {
was a tragic confusion by Karjakin. He mixed up the lines and couldn't figure
it out during the game, leading to a quick end} 16. Kb3 Qd2 17. a3 $1 {and
Black is in deep trouble as White's king is safe on a2} Qc2+ 18. Ka2 Qxa4 19.
Nxa4 Nxf1 20. Rhxf1 b5 21. N4b6 $1 axb6 22. Nxb6 Bb7 23. Rxf7 Bc6 24. Rd1 $18 {
1-0 (27) Nakamura,H (2776)-Karjakin,S (2760) Zuerich 2015}) 16. Kb3 Qxb2+ 17.
Kxc4 Bg7 18. Qa5+ b6 19. Qxg5+ f6 20. Qb5 Ba6 21. Qxa6 f5 22. Qxa7 Qxc3+ 23.
Kb5 {1/2-1/2 (23) Shankland,S (2661)-Leko,P (2713) Tsaghkadzor 2015; is a
bizarre forced line that leads to a draw.}) 9... a6 10. Qa4 Ra7 (10... g5 {
is another option} 11. Bxe5 Nxe5 12. O-O-O Rb8 13. Nd4 Qb4 14. Qc2 Be7 15. a3
Qa5 16. f4 Nc6 17. Nb3 $14 {1/2-1/2 (43) Rambaldi,F (2560)-Abdumalik,Z (2390)
Doha 2015; and White had the better chances.}) 11. h3 axb5 $1 $146 (11... g5 {
is possible here also, and had been played by Grischuk once already, but
didn't look convincing} 12. hxg4 gxf4 13. gxf4 axb5 (13... Nxg4 14. Bh3 Nxf2
15. Kxf2 axb5 16. Qxb5 $14) 14. Qxb5 Qxb5 15. Nxb5 Nc6 16. Nxa7 Nxa7 17. Bd3
Bg7 18. O-O-O $16 {1/2-1/2 (52) Matlakov,M (2689)-Grischuk,A (2792) Dubai 2014;
with advantage for White in this weird endgame.}) 12. Qxb5 Qc6 (12... Qxb5 $5 {
is also playable, apparently} 13. Nxb5 Bb4+ 14. Ke2 Ra5 15. hxg4 Nxc4 $13 {
with a super complicated and odd endgame for both players.}) 13. hxg4 Qxh1 14.
Bxe5 Qc6 15. Bd4 Ra8 16. a3 (16. O-O-O $5 {I think Topalov didn't want to
allow ...Qxb5, because a2 was hanging. But it was in fact playable:} Qxb5 {
(this is not forced, I'm just trying to justify 16.a3)} 17. Nxb5 Rxa2 18. Kb1
Ra4 19. Be2 $1 {is an important move to stop h5, but a very hard move to find!
Because 19.Na7 simply wins the exchange back, but apparently it is not enough}
(19. Na7 e5 20. Bb6 Rxa7 21. Bxa7 h5 $11 {with a balanced endgame}) 19... d6
20. b3 Ra5 21. Kb2 $16 {followed by Bc3, winning the exchange and getting big
chances in the endgame, because of his opponent's lack of development.}) 16...
Be7 17. Qh5 (17. Bxg7 $5 Rg8 18. Bd4 {(threatening Qh5)} Rg5 19. Qb3 Rxg4 20.
O-O-O {and again we have an irrational position, but I would definitely choose
White here:} d6 21. c5 Kf8 22. Bb5 Qc7 23. cxd6 Bxd6 24. Be2 $36) 17... Kf8 (
17... O-O $6 18. O-O-O $40) 18. O-O-O $6 (18. c5 $1 {was a key move to create
more problems for Black. In the game, Caruana was able to play 18...b6 and 19..
.Ba6.} d6 $6 19. Rd1 $1 $16 dxc5 $2 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Qxc5 Bxc5 22. Rd8+ Ke7
23. Rxh8 $18) 18... b6 {Now Black has easy and simple moves to bring his
pieces into play.} 19. Kb1 Ba6 20. Nb5 Rd8 21. Bc3 {Topalov chooses to play on
and gradually gets into trouble.} (21. Nd6 $5 {would force a draw immediately}
Bxd6 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. Qg5+ Kf8 24. Qxd8+ Kg7 25. Qg5+ Kf8 26. Qd8+ Kg7 $11)
21... Bxb5 22. cxb5 (22. Qxb5 $5 Qxb5 23. cxb5 $13 {Black has to be watching
his queenside, b4-a4-a5 could be an idea.}) 22... Qf3 23. Rd2 Bf6 24. Bb4+ Kg8
25. Bd6 Rc8 26. Qh3 {Threatening the pretty Bg2.} Qe4+ (26... h5 27. gxh5 Rxh5
28. Qg2 Qxg2 29. Bxg2 Rxb5 30. Bb7 $1 $44 {followed by b4, puts the black
rooks in awkward positions.}) 27. Bd3 Qd5 28. Bb4 (28. Qf1 $5 {(threatening
Bxh7+)} g6 (28... Qf3 29. Qe2 Qxe2 30. Bxe2 $132 {now Black has trouble to
activate his h8-R. Meanwhile, White could start play on the queenside with
a4-b4-a5}) 29. Bf4 {(wanting to play e4-e5)} h5 30. e4 Qc5 31. Be3 $13 {
with an unclear position.}) (28. Bxh7+ $4 {fails because the queen on h3 also
stays under attack} Rxh7 $19) 28... Qf3 $1 29. Bf1 h5 30. Bg2 (30. gxh5 {
(similar to 26...h5)} Rxh5 31. Qg2 (31. Bg2 $5 Rxh3 32. Bxf3 d5 33. Ka2 {
The endgame remains complex, but Black has the better chances} Rh2 $17) 31...
Qxg2 32. Bxg2 d5 $17 {the difference is that Black is able to play the freeing
move ...d5, obtaining good chances in the endgame.}) 30... Qxg4 31. Qxg4 hxg4
32. Bd6 {Topalov wants to play a4-a5 (that would be very dangerous for Black).}
(32. Rxd7 {wouldn't change matters} Rh2 33. Bb7 Rb8 {and White is in trouble,
because there is no time to defend on f2 safely} 34. Be1 Rxb7 $1 35. Rxb7 Rh1
$19 {and Black wins the bishop.}) 32... Rc4 $1 {Stopping a4.} 33. Ka2 Rh2 34.
Bf1 Rc1 35. Bd3 Bg5 36. Bf4 Be7 (36... Bxf4 {was not an easy decision, because
White is marching fast with a4-b5-a5. But with precise play, it was good
enough for a win.} 37. exf4 Kf8 38. a4 Ke7 39. b4 Rg1 $1 40. a5 Rxg3 {scary,
but Black gets back in time} 41. axb6 Rgg2 42. b7 Rh8 $19) 37. e4 Bc5 38. e5
Re1 $2 {Throwing away the benefit of all the work so far by removing the R
from c1. Now White plays the strong 39.Rc2! threatening Rxc5 followed by b6.
Suddenly White has big chances to survive.} (38... f6 {is one of the winning
moves, threatening ...g5} 39. Bg6 fxe5 40. Bxe5 d5 $19 {and after taking on f2,
Black wins easily.}) (38... Kf8 {is also good enough, bringing the king to e7
and then thinking} 39. b4 Bd4 40. a4 Ke7 $19 {and Black takes on f2 at the
right moment, with an easy win.}) (38... Bxf2 $4 39. Rxf2 Rxf2 40. Bxc1 $18)
39. Rc2 $1 {Taking the opportunity to survive.} g5 $2 (39... Kf8 40. a4 $1 $132
{renewing threats (either Rxc5 or a5); it suddenly gets very dangerous for
Black} (40. Rxc5 $2 bxc5 41. b6 Ke7 $19 {and Black wins with ...Rh8})) (39...
Bxf2 $4 {it is never too late to go wrong} 40. Rc8#) (39... Rxf2 $2 40. Rxc5 $1
bxc5 41. b6 c4 42. b7 cxd3 43. b8=Q+ Kh7 44. Qb4 Ree2 45. a4 d2 46. Qd4 $16 {
Black is still fighting, but White should win this.}) 40. Bxg5 Rxe5 41. Bf6 Rd5
(41... Rd5 42. Be4 Rxf2 43. Rxf2 Bxf2 44. Bxd5 exd5 45. Be5 $13 {could have
been played, and it's hard to evaluate this weird bishop endgame, Black should
have the better chances, but White's queenside is scary. In any case, Caruana
probably wasn't in his best mindset to keep on pushing for the win. What a
crazy game!}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3
d6 9. a3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 (11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 {was played by the same
players in Sinquefield Cup 2014.}) 11... Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 {Until now
we are following the game Anand-Aronian and Dominguez-Tomashevsky but now
Aronian deviates.} Nd7 14. Be3 Nf6 15. Qb1 {Angling for a4.} d5 16. Bg5 d4 17.
Bxf6 dxc3 $5 {This was an interesting pawn sacrifice. Caruana didn't think too
highly of this move at first but later realised that it was tricky. He
commended his opponent for his play after the game.} (17... Bxf6 18. Nd5 a5 {
was a normal way to continue.}) 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Qd6 20. Ng4 $5 (20. Nf3
$5 a5 21. Ra1 $14) (20. f4 {was what Aronian thought was the most natural move.
} Bf6 21. Kh1 Bxe5 22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. Rf5 Qd6 24. Ra1 {Black has regained the
pawn but White has much better structure and stands better.}) 20... a5 21. Ne3
c6 22. a4 $5 (22. Nf5 Qe6 23. Nxe7+ Qxe7 24. Ra1 {Would not be sufficient
compensation for Black for the pawn as after} axb4 25. Qxb4 $1 $16 {There is
no way to regain the pawn.}) 22... axb4 23. axb5 cxb5 24. Nd5 Rfb8 25. Nxe7+ $2
{A pretty poor move which reduces all of White's advantage. It was better to
keep the knight on d5 as it is not possible to dislodge it from there.} (25.
Rxa8 Rxa8 26. d4) 25... Qxe7 26. Qb3 h5 (26... Ra3 27. Rxa3 bxa3 28. Ra1 b4 29.
Rxa3 bxa3 30. Qxb8+ Qf8 31. Qb7 g6 $11) 27. Rfa1 Rxa2 28. Qxa2 Qc5 29. Rb1 Rd8
30. h3 g6 31. Qb3 Rd4 {The position is round about equal.} 32. Re1 Qa7 33. Kf1
{This plan of centralizing the king looks pretty dubious. Maybe it was better
to just stay put. The position is equal.} Kg7 34. Ke2 h4 35. Rd1 Qa5 36. Rb1
Qa6 37. Kf1 Qd6 38. Ra1 $2 {A careless move by Caruana. Aronian had a winning
move here, which could have been of the most brilliant combinations of the
entire tournament!} (38. Re1 $11) 38... Qc5 $2 (38... Rxd3 $3 {Unbelievable as
it may seem, this rook sacrifice is made not for an immediate finish but to
clear the path for the queenside pawns which just cannot be stopped!} 39. cxd3
Qxd3+ 40. Ke1 (40. Kg1 $2 Qc4 $3 $19 {And the pawns are just cruising with
b3-c2 etc.}) 40... Qxe4+ 41. Kf1 (41. Kd1 c2+ $1 42. Qxc2 Qd4+ $19) 41... Qd3+
42. Ke1 Qd2+ 43. Kf1 c2 44. Qb2+ Kh7 {The king is safe here and now the next
threat is b3, b4 followed by Qc3!} 45. Kg1 b3 46. Rf1 (46. Kh2 Qf4+ 47. Kg1 b4
$19) (46. Qxb3 c1=Q+) 46... Qf4 $19 (46... b4 $2 47. Qxb3 c1=Q 48. Qxf7+ $11))
39. Rb1 Qa7 40. Ke2 g5 $6 {This move weakens the kingside a bit and it was
quite a drastic decision to make especially on the 40th move.} 41. Rg1 Qd7 42.
Ra1 Qe7 43. Ra6 Qc7 44. Ra8 Qf4 45. Ra1 g4 (45... Rxd3 {is similar to the
previous Rxd3 variation. The only difference is that the pawn is on g5 and
this is the thing which allows White to hold.} 46. cxd3 Qd2+ 47. Kf1 Qxd3+ 48.
Kg1 Qc4 49. Qd1 c2 50. Qc1 $1 {Attacking the g5 pawn. This is the crucial
tempo.} (50. Qh5 c1=Q+) 50... Kh6 (50... f6 51. e5 $1) (50... Kg6 51. Ra6+ Kh5
52. g4+ hxg3 53. fxg3 Qe2 54. Qb2 (54. g4+ Kh4 55. Rh6+ Kg3 $19) 54... Qe1+ 55.
Kg2 Qe2+ $11) 51. Qb2 $11) 46. hxg4 Qxg4+ 47. Ke3 (47. Kf1 h3 48. gxh3 Qxh3+
49. Ke2 Qg4+ 50. Ke3 Rd6 51. Qxb4 Rf6 $2 (51... Qh3+ $11) 52. Kd4 $1 $18) 47...
Rd6 48. Qxb4 Qg5+ 49. Ke2 Rf6 $1 (49... Qd2+ 50. Kf1 Rf6 51. Qc5 $11) 50. Qxc3
Qxg2 51. Qd4 h3 (51... Qf3+ 52. Ke1 (52. Kd2 h3) 52... h3 {forces White to be
extremely accurate.} 53. e5 Re6 54. Qe4 Qxe4+ 55. dxe4 Rxe5 56. Kf1 Rxe4 57.
Kg1 {With a probable draw.}) 52. Qe3 Qg4+ 53. Kd2 (53. f3 Qg2+ 54. Qf2 Rg6 55.
Qxg2 Rxg2+ 56. Kf1 Rxc2 57. Kg1 $11) 53... Qg2 54. Ke2 Qg4+ 55. Kd2 h2 56. Rh1
Qg2 57. Qg3+ Qxg3 58. fxg3 Rf2+ 59. Kc3 {This is a complicated endgame.
Although the evaluation is equal, White is the one who has to be careful. He
must create counterplay before the Black king reaches to g3.} Kf6 60. d4 Kg5 (
60... Rg2 61. Kb4 Rxc2 62. Kxb5 $11) 61. d5 Kf6 (61... Kg4 62. d6 Kxg3 63. d7
$18) 62. g4 Ke5 63. g5 b4+ 64. Kxb4 Rxc2 65. Kb5 Kd6 66. Kb4 Ke5 67. Kb5 {
No improvement can be made and the game ends in a draw. A very interesting
battle.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "231"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 {Two games in a row for Caruana against the Ruy
Lopez. These days it is normal to expect the Berlin starting with 3...Nf6. But
Svidler and Aronian both preferred the standard Ruy Lopez.} 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O
Be7 6. d3 {Caruana plays the 6.d3 variation, the same as he did against Levon
Aronian in the previous round.} b5 7. Bb3 d6 {Threatening ...Na5 to win the
b3-bishop now that the e5-pawn is defended.} ({Aronian's} 7... O-O {was met by
8.Nc3 in the previous round.}) 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 b4 11. Re1 Re8 12.
Nbd2 {Leko-Caruana and Karjakin-Aronian are the two main games that reached
this position.} Bf8 $146 {The first new move of the game. But definitely not
prepared at home. Both the players were taking quite a lot of time to make
their moves.} (12... Na5 {had been previously played.} 13. d4 (13. cxb4 Nc6 {
and the b4-pawn falls}) 13... Bf8 14. h3 h6 15. Bd3 bxc3 16. bxc3 c5 17. d5 Qc7
18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Reb8 20. Nd2 $14 {1-0 (45) Leko,P (2735)-Caruana,F (2781)
Wijk aan Zee 2013}) (12... Rb8 {has also been played.} 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Bg5 h6
15. Bh4 Be7 16. h3 Nh7 17. Bg3 Ng5 18. N1d2 Bf6 19. a5 bxc3 20. bxc3 Na7 $11 {
1-0 (61) Karjakin,S (2775)-Aronian,L (2815) Beijing 2012}) 13. a5 g6 14. Bb3 (
14. d4 bxc3 15. bxc3 exd4 16. cxd4 Bg7 {is what Black is looking forward to.})
14... Be6 15. Ba4 Bd7 16. Nf1 {Caruana isn't interested in going d4
immediately. Instead he tries to strengthen his position with Ne3.} (16. Bxc6
Bxc6 17. cxb4 {wins a pawn but after} Rb8 {it is difficult to hold on to the
extra pawn.} 18. Qb3 d5 19. exd5 Qxd5 $1 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Nxe5 f6 22. Nef3
Nxb4 $17 {with excellent play.}) 16... h6 {Although Bg5 wasn't such a huge
threat, Svidler prevents it.} 17. Ng3 {At first sight this move looks pretty
illogical as the knight on g3 is sort of dominated by the pawn on g6. The
knight could have been placed better on e3. However, White's idea now would
surely be to break in the centre with d4.} (17. Ne3 {with ideas of going to d5
and c4 looks natural.}) 17... bxc3 18. bxc3 Bg7 19. h3 {Caruana is taking it
slow. He wants to maintain maximum pressure in the position before committing
to anything.} (19. d4 {was of course possible. An illustrative line would go
something like} exd4 20. cxd4 Rb8 21. Bd2 Nb4 22. Bb3 c5 23. Bf4 {[%cal Gf4b8]}
Bb5 $1 {A very nice positional exchange sacrifice.} 24. dxc5 dxc5 25. Bxb8 Qxb8
{[%cal Gb4d3,Gc5c4]} 26. e5 Ng4 27. e6 f5 $13) 19... d5 $6 {Peter loses his
patience and breaks in the centre but this is exactly what Caruana was looking
for. This completely justifies the placement of the knight on g3 as it gets to
the e4-square.} (19... Rb8 {maintaining the pressure was better.}) 20. exd5
Nxd5 21. Ne4 $1 Nb8 (21... f5 22. Nc5 Nxc3 23. Qb3+ Kh7 24. Qxc3 e4 25. Qd2
exf3 26. Bb2 $18) (21... Nce7 22. Bb3 $16) 22. Bb3 (22. Qb3 {was also possible.
} Bxa4 23. Rxa4 Nf6 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Rc4 $16) 22... Be6 23. Bd2 $6 ({A very
weird but quite strong move was} 23. Nc5 $5 {sacrificing the c3 pawn.} Nxc3 24.
Nxe6 Rxe6 (24... Nxd1 25. Nxd8 Rxd8 26. Nxe5 $18) 25. Qc2 Nd5 (25... Rc6 26.
Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Qd4 28. Re8+ Kh7 29. Bb2 $18) 26. d4 $1 exd4 27. Rxe6 fxe6
28. Qxg6 $18) (23. Bb2 Nd7 $11) (23. Ra3 Nd7 24. d4 $1 $16) 23... Nd7 $1 {
Black has limited the damage by quite some extent by controlling the c5-square.
} 24. Ba4 (24. Qc2 {with the idea of d3-d4 was better way to proceed.} f5 $6
25. Qa2 $16) 24... f5 $1 25. Ng3 (25. Bxd7 Bxd7 26. Nc5 Bc6 $11) 25... c5 {
Black is already doing completely fine.} 26. Bb3 {Repeatedly moving the bishop
from b3 to a4 and back gains nothing.} (26. Bxd7 Bxd7 27. Qb3 Be6 $15) (26. c4
Nb4 27. Bc3 {putting additional pressure on e5 seems like the right way
forward.} Qc7 28. Qd2 {with a very complex position.}) 26... Qc7 27. h4 N5f6 $1
$11 {Black has a comfortable position.} 28. h5 f4 {The human reaction.} (28...
c4 $1 {was an extremely strong positional move.} 29. Bxc4 (29. dxc4 f4 30. Ne4
Nxe4 31. Rxe4 Nc5 $1 32. Re1 Bg4 $19) 29... Bxc4 30. dxc4 f4 31. Ne4 Nxe4 32.
Rxe4 Nc5 33. Re1 g5 $17 {Black's position is clearly to be preferred.}) 29.
Bxe6+ Rxe6 30. Ne4 Nxh5 31. d4 $5 (31. Qb3 c4 $1 32. dxc4 Kh8 $11) 31... Qc6 $1
{What a cool and calm move. Svidler calculates that all the captures lead to
an inferior position and just maintains the tension. He now has the threat of
taking exd4 and at the same time has prevented d4-d5.} (31... cxd4 $2 32. Qb3
$1 Qc6 33. cxd4 exd4 34. Rac1 $16) (31... exd4 $6 32. cxd4 Rae8 (32... c4 33.
Rc1 $16) 33. Nxc5 Rxe1+ 34. Bxe1 Nxc5 35. Rc1 $1 Rd8 36. Bb4 Kh7 37. Bxc5 $16)
32. Qb3 c4 $1 33. Qa4 Qd5 $1 {After a series of accurate moves Black is now
clearly better.} 34. Rad1 Rae8 $2 {A bad mistake by Svidler which changes the
evaluation of the position by 180 degrees.} (34... Rf8 $1 {Not an easy move to
find but this rook had to be brought into the game and the most natural square
is e8. However, Re8 fails tactically and hence Rf8 is the best move.} 35. dxe5
Nxe5 36. Nxe5 Rxe5 $17 37. Bxf4 $2 Rxe4 $1 38. Rxd5 Rxe1+ 39. Kh2 Rxf4 $19) (
34... exd4 $6 35. cxd4 Rxe4 36. Rxe4 Qxe4 37. Qxd7 $14) (34... Qb5 $5 35. Qa2
$13 (35. Qxb5 axb5 $17)) (34... Rc8 $5 {is also not bad.}) 35. dxe5 Nxe5 36.
Nxe5 (36. Bxf4 Nd3 $1 $19) 36... Rxe5 (36... Qxe5 37. Qxc4 $16) (36... Bxe5 37.
Bxf4 Qb5 38. Qxb5 axb5 39. Bxe5 Rxe5 40. f3 $18) 37. Bxf4 $1 Qb5 (37... Rxe4
38. Qxe8+ $1 {This is the move which Svidler saw just in the nick of time. Or
else he would have had to resign!} Rxe8 39. Rxe8+ Kf7 40. Rxd5 $18) 38. Qxb5
Rxb5 39. Bd6 {White is better now as the bishop will sit on b4 defending both
the pawns, while the black pawns on a6 and c4 would be weak.} Kh8 (39... Rxa5
$2 40. g4 $18 {[%cal Ge4f6]}) 40. g4 Nf6 41. Nxf6 Rxe1+ 42. Rxe1 Bxf6 43. Re8+
Kg7 44. Bb4 $16 Re5 45. Rc8 Re6 46. Rc7+ Kg8 47. Rxc4 $16 {Caruana is a pawn
up but as the game shows, the conversion into a win is not at all easy.
However, Svidler was quite depressed at this point, because he had blown a
clearly better position. From this point onwards he began to play quickly and
not really think much about what his opponent would do. He began to just
respond.} h5 48. Kg2 Kf7 49. Rc5 (49. gxh5 gxh5 {the passed h-pawn gives some
counterplay.}) (49. Rc7+ $145 $1 Ke8 50. gxh5 gxh5 51. f4 {is Kasimdzhanov's
proposal in his video.}) 49... hxg4 50. Rc7+ Ke8 51. Rc4 Kd7 52. Rxg4 Be5 53.
c4 Bc7 54. Kf3 Rf6+ 55. Ke3 Re6+ 56. Kd3 Rf6 57. Ke3 Re6+ 58. Kd3 Rf6 59. Rg5
Rxf2 60. Rxg6 Rf3+ 61. Kc2 Rf5 62. Rxa6 {White has won a second pawn but the
a5-pawn will soon fall.} Kc8 63. Kd3 Rh5 64. c5 Kb7 65. Rg6 Bxa5 {Svidler is
ready to defend the rook+bishop vs rook endgame.} 66. Bxa5 Rxc5 {The notorius
bishop+rook vs rook. Svidler defends this well for a while but soon goes
astray.} 67. Bb4 Rc6 68. Bd6 Kc8 69. Kd4 Rb6 70. Kd5 Rb7 71. Rg8+ Kd7 72. Bc5
Kc7 73. Rg6 Kd7 74. Rh6 Kc7 75. Rc6+ Kd7 76. Bb6 Ke8 77. Bd4 Kd7 78. Rd6+ Kc8
79. Ke6 Kc7 80. Ra6 Rb5 81. Ra1 Kc6 82. Rc1+ Kb7 83. Kd6 Ka6 84. Rc6+ Ka5 85.
Bc5 Rb7 86. Kd5 Kb5 87. Bd6 Ka4 88. Ra6+ Kb5 89. Ra1 Kb6 90. Rc1 Kb5 91. Rc6
Ka4 92. Bc5 Kb5 93. Rd6 Ka4 94. Kc6 Rb8 95. Rd3 Rc8+ 96. Kd5 Rd8+ 97. Bd6 Rc8
98. Ra3+ Kb5 99. Rb3+ Ka4 100. Rb4+ Ka5 101. Bc5 Rh8 102. Rb7 Ka4 $2 (102...
Ka6 {is the easiest way to draw} 103. Rb2 Rd8+ 104. Kc4 Rc8 $11) 103. Kc4 $1 {
This is the Philidor position and everything is in place. But can White win
within 116 moves? (The fifty move rule). Svidler said during the game that he
wanted to get up and sit adjacent to his board because that is the way he had
studied this endgame. Sitting at the place where he was did not give the
orientation of the board and pieces when he had worked on this endgame at
home! Peter has asked many players if it is possible to get up and view the
board from the side, but he has not yet received a conclusive answer!} Rh4+
104. Bd4 Rh5 {The enemy rook is already on the first rank so it is time to
take the rook from one side to the other.} 105. Bf2 $2 {This is incorrect. The
right way to remember it is the bishop should be defended by the rook. So you
should play Bf2 when your rook is on b2.} (105. Rb2 $1 Rh3 (105... Ka3 106. Re2
$1 {Threatening a check on c5.} Rh4 107. Re6 Ka2 108. Re1 {and it is game over}
) 106. Bf2 $1 {The rook defends the bishop and the bishop controls the
h4-square. This is the ideal formation.} Rf3 {Once the rook has been forced to
an inferior square on the third rank it is time to improve your bishop with a
tempo.} (106... Ka3 107. Re2 Ka4 108. Re7 Rh5 109. Be1 Ka3 110. Bc3 Rh4+ 111.
Bd4 Ka2 112. Re1 $18) 107. Bc5 Rf4+ 108. Bd4 Rf3 109. Rb4+ $1 {This check is
crucial.} Ka3 (109... Ka5 110. Rb7 {is immediate curtains.}) 110. Rb6 Ka2 111.
Rb2+ $1 {An important intermediate check.} Ka3 112. Re2 {Threatening Bc5+.
Keep an eye on the move counter - it is still not 116 moves!} Ka4 113. Be3 $1 {
Blocking the rook.} Ka3 114. Bc5+ Ka4 115. Ra2+ Ra3 116. Rxa3# {And wins on
exactly the 50th move! This analysis proves that Caruana not only
theoretically had a winning position, but if he made all the accurate moves
then he would have won the game within the 50 moves rule.}) 105... Rg5 {
The rook moves to a better square.} 106. Rh7 $2 {A crucial waste of time.} (
106. Bd4 {transposing back to Philidor is theoretically winning but now it is
impossible to win in 50 moves!}) 106... Rg4+ (106... Rb5) 107. Bd4 Rg5 108. Rh8
Rb5 109. Ra8+ Ra5 110. Rb8 Rh5 111. Bf6 $2 (111. Rb2 {as shown above was the
right way but it is already too late now.}) 111... Ka5 $1 {The king escapes
from the net.} 112. Bc3+ Ka6 113. Bd4 Rh6 114. Be3 Re6 115. Rb3 Rc6+ 116. Kd5 {
So many twists and turns! Just like a Hollywood movie!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In the final encounter I quite simply wanted to concentrate on my game and to
play well.  In der letzten Begegnung wollte ich mich schlicht und einfach auf
meine Partie konzentrieren und gutes Spiel zeigen.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 {Fabiano puts his trust in the complicated Rauzer
Variation, which is not particularly popular nowadays. . Fabiano setzt auf die
komplizierte Rauser-Variante, die heutzutage nicht besonders populär ist.} 6.
Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 {Black has several options here. Hier
verfügt Schwarz über mehrere Möglichkeiten.} h6 {As I learned later, one
great fan of this move order is the Chinese grandmaster Li Chao.  Wie ich
später erfahren habe, ist ein großer Anhänger dieser Zugfolge der
chinesische Großmeister Li Chao.} 10. Bh4 b5 (10... Nxe4 {would on account of
wäre für so eine wichtige Partie wegen} 11. Qe1 Nf6 12. Nf5 $1 {have been
too challenging for such an important game. zu herausfordernd gewesen.}) 11.
Bxf6 gxf6 12. f5 {The idea of weakening the light squares of the opponent's
king's residence seemed very tempting to me. All the more so that in
comparison with the variation with the pawn on h7, Black no longer has
available to him the manoeuvre Bf8-h6-f4. Die Idee, die weißen Felder der
gegnerischen Königsresidenz zu schwächen, schien mit sehr verlockend. Umso
mehr, dass dem Schwarzen im Vergleich mit der Variante mit dem Bauern auf h7
das Manöver Lf8-h6-f4 jetzt nicht mehr zur Verfügung steht.} Qb6 13. fxe6 ({
A more accurate move would be Genauer wäre} 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Bd3 {, which
would offer White additional options compared to the game. , was im dem
Weißen im Vergleich zur Partie zusätzliche Möglichkeiten anbieten würde.})
13... fxe6 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 $1 {Black continues to leave the e6-pawn protected..
Schwarz läßt den Bauern e6 weiterhin gedeckt.} ({In the event of Im Falle von
} 14... Bxc6 15. Bd3 {the plan h6-h5, b5-b4, Qb6-c5, Bf8-h6, a6-a5 looks less
convincing than it does in the game: sieht der Plan h6-h5, b5-b4, Qb6-c5,
Bf8-h6, a6-a5 weniger überzeugend aus, als in der Partie:} h5 16. Kb1 b4 17.
Ne2 Qc5 18. Rhf1 Bh6 19. Qe1 a5 20. b3 {[%csl Re6][%cal Rd3c4,Rf1f6] , and
Black must take defensive measures which will cost him time. , und der
Nachziehende muss Verteidigungmaßnahmen treffen, was ihn Zeit kosten wird.})
15. Bd3 h5 16. Kb1 b4 (16... Bh6 {would be inaccurate - after wäre ungenau -
nach} 17. Qf2 {White would obtain a better piece setup than will be the case
in the game. würde Weiß eine bessere Figurenauftsellung erreichen, als es in
der Partie der Fall sein wird.}) 17. Ne2 Qc5 18. Rhf1 ({THe typical central
breakthrough Stärker wäre der typische zentrale Durchbruch} 18. e5 $1 {
would be stronger, and after the rather forced variation , und nach der
ziemlich forcierten Variante} fxe5 19. Qg5 Be7 20. Qg7 Rf8 21. Rhf1 Rxf1 22.
Rxf1 Bc6 23. Rf7 d5 24. Bg6 Kd8 25. Qxe5 Be8 26. Rg7 Qf2 27. a3 $1 ({though
nicht so klar ist} 27. Qxh5 {is not so clear: .} Bxg6 28. Rxg6 Kd7) 27... Qf6
28. Qd4 $5 Qxd4 29. Nxd4 Kd7 30. axb4 Bxg6 31. Rxg6 e5 32. Nf3 e4 33. Ne5+ Kc7
34. c3 {White obtains an advantageous endgame. But that would be another story.
.. erhält Weiß ein vorteilhaftes Endspiel. Aber das wäre eine andere
Geschichte...}) 18... Bh6 19. Qe1 a5 20. b3 $1 {I like this move, which
obtains a better square for the bishop. Mit gefällt dieser Zug, der dem
Läufer einen besseren Platz besorgt.} Rg8 ({Opening the file with Die
Linienöffnung} 20... a4 21. Bc4 axb3 {does not pay dividends for Black; after
bringt dem Schwarzen keine Dividenden - nach} 22. Bxb3 {the white king feels
safe enough. fühlt sich der weiße König sicher genug.}) 21. g3 Ke7 22. Bc4
Be3 {as one might say in hockey, "cleverly sending the puck into the
opponent's zone". Wie man es beim Hockey sagen würde, "der geschickte Einwurf
in die Zone des Gegners".} ({After Nach} 22... Rg4 23. Nd4 a4 24. Rf3 {White
keeps everything under control and Black is short of ideas. hält Weiß alles
unter Kontrolle und dem Nachzienden mangelt an aktiven Ideen.}) 23. Rf3 ({
It was also worth considering Beachtung verdiente auch} 23. Nf4 {, which would
lead to more concrete play. , was zu einem konkreteren Spiel führen würde.})
23... Rg4 24. Qf1 Rf8 25. Nf4 Bxf4 ({The attempt to retain the bishop by means
of Der Versuch, mittels} 25... Bd4 {would on account of den Läufer zu
behalten, wäre wegen} 26. Rfd3 Be5 27. Nxh5 {have been too risky. zu riskant
gewesen.}) 26. Rxf4 a4 ({After the game Caruana thought it would have been
better to play Nach der Partie meinte Caruana, dass es besser wäre, mit} 26...
Bc6 {to maintain the tension. die Spannung aufechtzuerhalten.} {After Auf} 27.
Qd3 {Black plays spielt Schwarz} Rf7 {, and White cannot become active quickly.
I agree with him. , und dem Anziehenden gelingt nicht, schnell aktiv zu werden.
Ich bin mit ihm einverstanden.}) 27. bxa4 Bxa4 28. Qd3 {Now the idea of the
pawn sacrifice e4-e5 is in the air. Nun hängt die Idee des Bauernopfers e4-e5
in der Luft.} ({But Frühzeitig wäre} 28. Bb3 {would be premature - after -
nach} Bxb3 29. axb3 Rgg8 {Black has the initiative. besitzt Schwarz die
Initiative.}) 28... Bc6 29. Bb3 Rg5 30. e5 $1 {Even if I did not see how Black
could seriously defend his position I preferred to bring some clarity to the
situation. Auch wenn ich nicht sah, wie Schwarz seine Stellung ernsthaft
verstärken könnte, wollte ich die Lage lieber klären.} Rxe5 31. Rc4 ({
It was also worth considering Beachtenswert war auch} 31. Qh7+ Rf7 32. Qh8 {
with dynamic equality. mit dynamischem Gleichgewicht.}) 31... Rd5 32. Qe2 Qb6
33. Rh4 Re5 ({There was the interesting Interessant war} 33... Rxd1+ 34. Qxd1
Qe3 {(Nepomniachtchi), which, after (Nepomniachtchi), was nach} 35. Rxb4 Be4
36. a3 {, would lead to a complicated position. zu einer komplizierten
Stellung führen würde.}) 34. Qd3 Bg2 ({After Nach} 34... d5 35. Qh7+ Rf7 36.
Qh8 {Black has problems with the coordination of his pieces. hat Schwarz
Probleme mit Figurenkoordination.}) 35. Rd4 $1 {A useful centralisation.
Nützliche Zentralisierung.} d5 36. Qd2 Re4 $2 ({I was expecting the variation
with Ich erwartete die Variante} 36... Be4 37. Rxb4 Qc6 38. Kb2 {with
approximate equality. mit ungefährem Gleichgewicht.}) 37. Rxd5 $1 {I spotted
this decisive nove relatively quickly. But there was too much depending on the
game to play it quickly without first checking the variations. Dieser
entscheidende Zug ist mir relativ schnell eingefallen. Aber auf dem Spiel
stand zu viel, um ihn zu machen, ohne zuerst die Varianten zu überprüfen.}
exd5 38. Qxd5 {The black pieces are unharmoniously distributed and cannot
protect their king. Die schwarzen Figuren stehen unharmonisch und können
ihren König nicht beschützen.} Qc7 ({More resistance could have been offered
with Mehr Widerstand bot} 38... Rd4 39. Qxd4 Qxd4 40. Rxd4 Rb8 {, but it is
hard to believe that it would save him in the end. , aber es ist schwer zu
glauben, dass es am Ende die Rettung bringen würde.}) 39. Qf5 $1 Rf7 {Fabiano
offered me a draw here. Let us put that down to the nervous tension and the
high stakes...  Hier hat mir Fabiano Remis angeboten. Schreiben wir es der
Nervenanspannung und dem hohen Wetteinsatz zu...} 40. Bxf7 Qe5 41. Rd7+ Kf8 42.
Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com gf blitz 5m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D57"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qb3 Rd8 12. c4 Be6 13. Rc1 c5 14. dxc5 Qxc5
15. Nd4 Nc6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Be2 d4 18. O-O dxe3 19. fxe3 Ne5 20. Kh1 b6 21.
Qc3 Rd6 22. Rf4 Rad8 23. Re4 Nc6 24. Rf1 e5 25. Rg4 Rd2 26. Bf3 Ne7 27. Be4 Rd1
28. Kg1 b5 29. Bc2 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Nd5 31. Rxg7+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "chess.com gf blitz 5m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 b5 7. c3 e5 8. Bc2
Bb7 9. d4 Be7 10. d5 O-O 11. Nbd2 g6 12. a4 Nh5 13. b3 Nf4 14. Nf1 Qc8 15. g3
Nh5 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Qe2 Ndf6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. Qxb5 Nf4 21. gxf4
Qg4+ 22. Ng3 exf4 23. Bd1 fxg3 24. hxg3 Qh3 25. Bf4 h6 26. c4 Bf8 27. e5 dxe5
28. Bxe5 Qf5 29. Kg2 g5 30. Bxf6 Rxe1 31. Nxe1 Qxf6 32. Bh5 Qe7 33. Nf3 Bb7 34.
Bg4 Qc7 35. Qe8 Kg7 36. Ne5 Bd6 37. Nd7 Bc8 38. Nf6 Kxf6 39. Qh8+ Ke7 40. Bxc8
Qd8 41. Qxd8+ Kxd8 42. Bg4 Ke7 43. Kf3 h5 44. Bxh5 f5 45. g4 Kf6 46. Be8 Ke5
47. Bd7 f4 48. Bf5 Kd4 49. Ke2 Kc3 50. Bd7 Kd4 51. Kd2 Ke4 52. Bf5+ Kf3 53. Ke1
Kg2 54. f3 Kxf3 55. Kf1 Ke3 56. Be6 Kd3 57. Bd7 Kc3 58. Ba4 Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com gf blitz 5m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. c3 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
Nf6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. dxe5 Nxe4 11. exd6 O-O 12. dxc7 Qxc7 13. Be3 Rfe8 14. Nbd2
Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Rad8 16. Qc2 Qd7 17. Rad1 Qd5 18. Nf3 Qxa2 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Nd4
Bd5 21. h4 h5 22. Bg5 Rc8 23. Qd2 Qc4 24. Bh6 Bh8 25. Qf4 Qc7 26. Qg5 Kh7 27.
Qxd5 Bxd4 28. Bg5 Bg7 29. Re7 Rd8 30. Qb3 Rd7 31. Bf4 Qxf4 32. Rxd7 Qc1+ 33.
Rd1 Qf4 34. Qxb7 a5 35. Qf3 Qc4 36. g3 a4 37. Rd7 f5 38. Qb7 1-0

[Event "chess.com gf blitz 5m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Nb8 9. c5 Na6 10. cxd6 cxd6 11. e4 b5 12. a3 Nc5 13. Re1 a5 14. Bg5 Bd7 15. b4
axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Na4 18. Bf1 Qb8 19. Nxa4 bxa4 20. b5 Qa7 21. Bxf6
Bxf6 22. Qa3 Bd8 23. Qxd6 Bb6 24. Re2 a3 25. Ra2 Bxf2+ 26. Rxf2 Bxb5 27. Qxe5
Bxf1 28. Kxf1 Rb8 29. Qa1 Rb4 30. d6 Rxe4 31. Rd2 Qe3 32. Kg2 Re8 33. d7 Rd8
34. Qf6 1-0

[Event "chess.com gf blitz 5m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 Qb6 8. Na3
d5 9. e5 Ne8 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc7 12. Ba4 Bf5 13. Bc2 e6 14. g4 Bxc2 15.
Nxc2 f6 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Bg5 Rf7 18. Be3 Qxb2 19. Rb1 Qxa2 20. Rxb7 Qa6 21.
Rb3 Raf8 22. Ng5 Rd7 23. f4 Qc4 24. Rb7 Qa6 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Nxe6 Rcf7 27.
Nxf8 Rxf8 28. Qd2 Qc8 29. Qg2 Qd7 30. Rb1 Re8 31. Kh1 Re4 32. Rf1 Ne7 33. Qf3
Qe6 34. f5 gxf5 35. gxf5 Qf6 36. Bg1 Bh6 37. Nb4 Rf4 38. Qg3+ Qg7 39. Rxf4 Qxg3
40. Rg4+ Qxg4 41. hxg4 a5 42. Nc2 a4 43. Bf2 Bc1 44. Be1 a3 45. Bb4 Nc6 46.
Bxa3 Bxa3 47. Nxa3 Nxd4 48. Kg2 h5 49. gxh5 Nxf5 50. Kf3 Ng7 51. Ke3 Nxh5 52.
Kd4 Kh7 53. Kxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com gf blitz 5m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D95"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 e6 7. Bd2 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Be2 Be6 10. O-O c5 11. Rfc1 c4 12. Qd1 a6 13. a4 Nc6 14. b3 Na5 15.
bxc4 dxc4 16. Rcb1 Nb3 17. Ra2 Nd5 18. Be1 Re8 19. Rab2 Rc8 20. Bxc4 Nxc3 21.
Bxc3 Bxc4 22. Rxb3 Bxb3 23. Qxb3 Re6 24. Bd2 Rec6 25. h3 h6 26. Ne1 Qd7 27. Nd3
Rc4 28. Qxb6 Qxa4 29. Nc5 Qc2 30. Be1 Rxd4 31. exd4 Bxd4 32. Qxa6 Rxc5 33. Rb8+
Kg7 34. Qd6 Qe4 35. Qf8+ Kf6 36. Rb6+ Kg5 37. Bd2+ Kh4 38. Qxh6+ Rh5 39. Bg5#
1-0

[Event "chess.com gf blitz 5m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Rb8 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bf5 15.
g4 Bg6 16. Bf4 Qd7 17. Bc2 Nd8 18. Bg3 Ne6 19. Bf5 b4 20. c4 c5 21. dxc5 d4 22.
c6 Qxc6 23. Nxd4 Qxc4 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Re4 Qc6 26. Rc1 Qb6 27. Bxg6 hxg6 28.
Rec4 Rbd8 29. Qb3 Bg5 30. Rxb4 Qxb4 31. Qxb4 Bxc1 32. Qc4 Rd1+ 33. Kg2 Re8 34.
Qc2 Red8 35. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "chess.com gf blitz 5m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. a3 Nb6 13. Na5 Rc8 14. g5 Nh5 15.
h4 Ng3 16. Rh2 Nxf1 17. Rxf1 b4 18. axb4 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. b3
Qd7 22. Kb2 Qe6 23. c4 Ba8 24. c5 Rfd8 25. Qc3 e4 26. fxe4 Bxe4 27. Bd4 Bf8 28.
Rhf2 Bg6 29. Nc4 Qg4 30. Rf4 Qe2+ 31. Qd2 Qxd2+ 32. Nxd2 a5 33. Nc4 axb4 34.
Ne5 Bxc5 35. Bxc5 Rxc5 36. Nxg6 Rd2+ 37. Kb1 hxg6 38. Rxb4 Rf5 39. Rxf5 gxf5
40. Rf4 g6 41. b4 f6 42. b5 Kf7 43. b6 Rd7 44. Rb4 Rb7 45. Kc2 fxg5 46. hxg5
Ke6 47. Kd3 Kd5 48. Rb1 Kc5 49. Rc1+ Kd5 50. Rb1 Rd7 51. Ke3 Kc6 52. Kf4 Re7
53. Rb4 Rb7 54. Rc4+ Kd5 55. Rb4 Kc5 56. Rb1 Rxb6 57. Rd1 Rd6 58. Rc1+ Kd5 59.
Re1 Re6 60. Rd1+ Kc5 61. Kf3 Re4 62. Rc1+ Kd5 63. Rd1+ Ke5 64. Ra1 Rg4 65. Ra5+
Ke6 66. Ra6+ Kf7 67. Ra7+ Ke8 68. Rb7 Kd8 69. Rg7 Rxg5 70. Kf4 Rg4+ 71. Ke5 f4
72. Kd6 Ke8 73. Ke6 Kf8 74. Kf6 g5 75. Ra7 Ke8 76. Ke6 Kd8 77. Kd6 Kc8 78. Kc6
Kb8 79. Rb7+ Ka8 80. Rg7 Rg1 81. Kb6 Rb1+ 82. Ka6 Kb8 83. Rxg5 Kc7 84. Rf5 Rb4
85. Ka5 Rd4 86. Rf6 Kd7 87. Kb5 Ke7 88. Rh6 f3 89. Kc5 Rf4 90. Rh1 f2 91. Rf1
Ke6 0-1

[Event "chess.com gf blitz 5m+2spm Chess960"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bbqrknrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBQRKNRN w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "2"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c3 a5 1-0

[Event "chess.com qf blitz 1m+1spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.10"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 f6 7. Bd3 fxe5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. f4 Ne7 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Nf3 O-O-O 14. Qe2 Rhf8
15. b4 Nf5 16. g4 Ne7 17. bxc5 Bh6 18. g5 Bg7 19. Be3 Nf5 20. Bf2 Bc6 21. Rab1
d4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Rf7 24. Bc4 Qe7 25. Qa2 Re8 26. Qd2 h6 27. Bb5 Qd7
28. Bxc6 Qxc6 29. Qg2 Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 hxg5 31. fxg5 Rf5 32. Rxf5 exf5 33. Re1
Kd7 34. e6+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com qf blitz 1m+1spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.10"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. a3 Nb6 13. Na5 Rc8 14. Kb1 Qc7 15.
g5 Nh5 16. h4 Ng3 17. Rh2 Nxf1 18. Rxf1 Rfd8 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. Nd5 Qa7 21. h5
Bf8 22. h6 g6 23. f4 Bxd5 24. exd5 Re8 25. Nc6 Qd7 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. Rhf2 e4
28. Rxf7 e3 29. Qe2 Qxf7 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Nd4 Re5 32. Nc6 Ree8 33. Nd4 Re5 34.
Ne6 Bd6 35. Qf3+ Ke8 36. Qf6 e2 37. Qh8+ Kd7 38. Qg7+ Ke8 39. Qh8+ Kd7 40. Qg7+
Ke8 41. Qh8+ Kd7 42. Qg7+ Ke8 43. Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com qf blitz 1m+1spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.10"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Nc7 14. d4 d5
15. cxd5 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Re5 Qd6 20. Bc4 Bd7
21. Rae1 Rae8 22. Qc3 Rxe5 23. dxe5 Qe7 24. Qa5 a6 25. Qb6 Be6 26. Bxe6 Qxe6
27. Qxb7 Qxa2 28. Qxc6 Qxb2 29. Qxa6 Qc3 30. Qe2 h6 31. g3 Re8 32. Qe4 Qc8 33.
Re3 Qe6 34. Qf3 Rd8 35. Kg2 Qd5 36. Re4 Qe6 37. h4 Rd5 38. Qe2 Qc6 39. Kh2 Qe6
40. Re3 Ra5 41. h5 Ra2 42. Qf3 Ra5 43. Qe4 Ra2 44. Kg2 Ra5 45. Rd3 Qe8 46. f4
Ra2+ 47. Kf3 Ra8 48. Qd5 Rb8 49. Qd7 Qf8 50. Qc7 Rc8 51. Qd6 Qe8 52. Qd7 Qf8
53. g4 Rb8 54. Qc7 Qb4 55. Qd6 Qb1 56. Qd5 Qf1+ 57. Kg3 Qe1+ 58. Kf3 Qf1+ 59.
Kg3 Qe1+ 60. Kf3 Qf1+ 61. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com qf blitz 1m+1spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.10"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 Nc6 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bg7 8.
Be3 Nf6 9. f3 O-O 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. Rc1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Qd4+ Kg8 16. b3 Qb6 17. Rfd1 Qxd4+ 18. Rxd4 Nf6 19. a4 Rc5 20. Kf2
Rfc8 21. Rcd1 Kf8 22. Ke3 Ke8 23. R4d2 Nd7 24. Nd5 R5c6 25. a5 b6 26. axb6 Nxb6
27. Nb4 Rc5 28. Nxa6 Ra5 29. Nb4 Ra3 30. Rd3 Rb8 31. Nc6 Rb7 32. Nd4 Nd7 33.
Nb5 Ra2 34. R3d2 Ra6 35. f4 f6 36. Rb2 Nc5 37. b4 Nd7 38. Nd4 Ra3+ 39. Rd3 Ra4
40. Rdb3 Nb6 41. Kd3 Ra1 42. Rc2 Rd1+ 43. Ke3 Re1+ 44. Ne2 Nd7 45. Kf2 Ra1 46.
Nd4 Ra4 47. Nb5 Nb6 48. Nd4 Nd7 49. Nb5 Nb6 50. Nc3 Ra1 51. Nd5 Nd7 52. Rd3 e6
53. Ne3 Rxb4 54. Rxd6 Nc5 55. Kf3 Ra3 56. Rc6 Nb3 57. Rxe6+ Kd7 58. Rxf6 Nd4+
59. Kg4 Rxe3 60. Rd2 Rxe4 61. Rf7+ Ke6 62. Rxh7 Rxc4 63. g3 Nf5 64. Ra7 Red4
65. Ra6+ Kf7 66. Rxd4 Rxd4 67. Kg5 Rd6 68. Rxd6 Nxd6 69. h4 Ne4+ 70. Kg4 Nf6+
71. Kf3 Ke6 72. g4 Kf7 73. f5 gxf5 74. gxf5 Kg7 75. h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com qf blitz 1m+1spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.10"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Nc3 d6 8. Qg4
g6 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. O-O Qc7 11. f4 b5 12. Be3 Bb7 13. f5 gxf5 14. exf5 e5 15. Be4
Ngf6 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Rad1 Rg8 18. Rfe1 Rc8 19. g3 h5 20. Qg2 Qxg2+ 21. Kxg2
b4 22. Ne2 Rxc2 23. Rc1 Rxb2 24. Rc8+ Bd8 25. Na5 Nd5 26. Nc6 Nxe3+ 27. Kf3 Kf8
28. Rxd8+ Kg7 29. Rxg8+ Kxg8 30. Kxe3 a5 31. Nxa5 Rxa2 32. Nc6 b3 33. Rb1 Nf6
34. Nc3 Ng4+ 35. Kd3 Rxh2 36. Rxb3 Nf6 37. Ne4 Nxe4 38. Kxe4 Kg7 39. Nb4 Re2+
40. Re3 Rd2 41. Rd3 Re2+ 42. Kf3 Rb2 43. Nd5 Rb1 44. Ne3 Rb6 45. Rd5 Rc6 46.
Rb5 Kf6 47. Nd5+ Kg5 48. Rb7 Rc5 49. Ne3 d5 50. Rxf7 d4 51. Rg7+ Kf6 52. Rg6+
Kf7 53. Nf1 Rc2 54. Re6 Rc3+ 55. Ke4 Rc1 56. Nd2 Re1+ 57. Kd5 Re2 58. Ne4 d3
59. Kxe5 d2 60. Rd6 1-0

[Event "chess.com qf blitz 1m+1spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.10"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. e3 Bf5 11. Ba3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Rb1 Qc8 14. Qb3 Rb8
15. Rfd1 Re8 16. Nb5 a6 17. Bd5 axb5 18. Bxf7+ Kh8 19. Bxe8 Bxe8 20. Qxb5 Ne5
21. Qc5 Bc6 22. Qxe7 Nf3+ 23. Kf1 Nxh2+ 24. Ke1 Nf3+ 25. Ke2 Ne5 26. Rd4 Nf3
27. Rf4 Ne5 28. Bd6 Bf3+ 29. Kf1 Qh3+ 30. Ke1 Qh1+ 31. Kd2 Qxb1 32. Rxf3 Nxf3+
33. Ke2 Ng1+ 34. Kd2 Qb2+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com qf blitz 1m+1spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.10"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Rb8 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bf5 15.
g4 Bg6 16. Bc2 Qd7 17. Bf4 Nd8 18. Bg3 b4 19. cxb4 Rxb4 20. Rc1 Rc4 21. Bb3
Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Ne6 23. Qc3 Be4 24. Nd2 Ng5 25. Kh2 h5 26. h4 Qxg4 27. hxg5 h4
28. Nxe4 dxe4 29. g6 Qxg6 30. Bf4 Qf5 31. Be3 Rb8 32. Qxc7 Re8 33. Qc6 Rd8 34.
Rg1 Kf8 35. Bh6 Qxf2+ 36. Rg2 1-0

[Event "chess.com qf blitz 1m+1spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.10"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Bxf3 9. gxf3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Qb3 Nxd4 13. Qa4+ Nc6 14. Bxd5
exd5 15. Bf4 O-O 16. Rad1 d4 17. Nb5 Bf6 18. Nd6 Qd7 19. Ne4 Rfe8 20. Nxf6+
gxf6 21. Kh1 Kh8 22. Rg1 Qf5 23. Rg4 Ne5 24. Qxd4 Nxg4 25. fxg4 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com qf blitz 1m+1spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.10"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. f3 Rb8 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. Qd2
b5 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Nd4 Qd7 17. a3 c5 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Qf6
21. b3 Qb2 22. e5 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxe5 dxe5 25. Rd5 f6 26. Rxc5 Ra8 27.
Rxb5 Rxa3 28. Rb8+ Kf7 29. Rb7 Ke6 30. Rxc7 Ra2 31. Rxg7 Rxc2 32. Rxh7 Kf5 33.
Rh4 Rb2 34. b4 Ke6 35. Rc4 Kd5 36. Rc5+ Kd4 37. Rc6 Ke3 38. h3 f5 39. Rc5 Kf4
40. Kh2 Rxb4 41. h4 e4 42. fxe4 fxe4 43. Kg1 Rb1+ 44. Kf2 e3+ 45. Ke2 Rb2+ 46.
Ke1 Rxg2 47. Rc8 Rh2 48. Rf8+ Kg4 49. Re8 Rxh4 50. Re4+ Kh3 51. Rxh4+ Kxh4 52.
Ke2 Kg3 53. Kxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com qf blitz 3m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. f3 Rc8 11. b3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 e6 14. Be3 exd5
15. Rc1 dxc4 16. bxc4 Re8 17. Bf2 Nc6 18. Nb5 Rad8 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Nxa7 Nxa7
21. Bxa7 Ra8 22. Bf2 Rd2 23. Rfd1 Rdxa2 24. Rb1 Rc2 25. Rxb7 h5 26. h4 Be5 27.
Re7 Bf6 28. Ra7 Rb8 29. Bd4 Bxh4 30. c5 Rd8 31. Ra4 Bg3 32. Kh1 Rxc5 33. Rda1
Rcd5 34. Bg1 Kh7 35. Ra7 Kg7 36. R7a4 Rd1 37. Ra7 Bf2 0-1

[Event "chess.com qf blitz 3m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.10"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 f6 8. exf6
Qxf6 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 e5 13. dxe5 Ndxe5 14. Nxe5
Bxe5 15. Ng3 Be6 16. Rb1 g6 17. b4 Bd6 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. Be2 Nf7 20. f4 Qh4 21.
Bc5 b6 22. Bxd6 Nxd6 23. Bd3 Rae8 24. Rbe1 Bf7 25. Re5 Rxe5 26. fxe5 Qd4+ 27.
Kh1 Qxe5 28. Qf2 Re8 29. h4 Qe3 30. Bc2 Qxf2 31. Rxf2 Kg7 32. Rd2 Kf6 33. Kg1
Ke5 34. Kf2 Nc4 35. Rd1 Be6 36. Re1+ Kd6 37. Ne2 Bg4 38. Nd4 Rxe1 39. Kxe1 Ne3
40. Kf2 Nxc2 41. Nxc2 Ke5 42. Ke3 Bd7 43. Nd4 h6 44. a3 Be8 45. g4 Bd7 46. Nf3+
Kd6 47. Kf4 h5 48. gxh5 gxh5 49. Nd4 a5 50. Nb3 axb4 51. axb4 d4 52. Nxd4 Kd5
53. Ne2 Kc4 54. Ng3 Be8 55. Kg5 Kxb4 56. Nxh5 Kc4 57. Nf6 Bf7 58. Nd7 b5 59.
Ne5+ Kd5 60. Nxf7 b4 61. h5 b3 62. h6 b2 63. h7 b1=Q 64. h8=Q Qg1+ 65. Kf6 Qd4+
66. Ke7 Qxh8 67. Nxh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com qf blitz 3m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.10"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 b6 6. h3 Bb7 7. O-O d6 8. Bh2
Nbd7 9. c4 e6 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. Bf3 Qc8 14. Rc1 e5 15.
d5 f5 16. e4 a5 17. Kh1 Nc5 18. Rc3 Rf7 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Bh5 Re7 21. f3 Qd7
22. Bg1 Kh8 23. Re1 Rg8 24. Nf1 Bc8 25. g4 e4 26. Ng3 exf3 27. Rxf3 fxg4 28.
hxg4 Rxe1 29. Qxe1 Qd8 30. Nf5 Be5 31. Nh6 Rf8 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. Nf7+ Kg8 34.
Nxe5 dxe5 35. Qxe5 Nd3 36. Qg5+ Qg7 37. Qe3 Ne5 38. Qe4 Qf6 39. Kg2 Ng6 40.
Qe8+ Kg7 41. Bxg6 Bxg4 42. Be4 Qxb2+ 43. Kg3 1-0

[Event "chess.com qf blitz 3m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Nc7 14. d4 d5
15. cxd5 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Nxd5 18. Bc4 Be6 19. Rac1 Qd7 20. Bxd5 Bxd5
21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Re7 Qxa2 23. Rxb7 Rab8 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Rxc6 h6 26. h4 Qb1+
27. Rc1 Qxb2 28. Rc8+ Kh7 29. Qd3+ g6 30. Rc7 Qb1+ 31. Qxb1 Rxb1+ 32. Kh2 Kg7
33. Rxa7 Rd1 34. Rd7 Kf6 35. Kg3 Ke6 36. Rd8 Kf5 37. Kf3 Rd3+ 38. Ke2 Ra3 39.
Re8 h5 40. Re5+ Kf6 41. g3 Ra2+ 42. Kf3 Ra3+ 43. Kf4 Ra2 44. f3 Rd2 45. Re4 Rd1
46. g4 hxg4 47. fxg4 Rf1+ 48. Kg3 Rg1+ 49. Kf3 Rf1+ 50. Ke3 Re1+ 51. Kd3 Rh1
52. d5 Kg7 53. g5 f5 54. gxf6+ Kxf6 55. Kc4 Kf5 56. Rd4 Rc1+ 57. Kb5 Ke5 58.
Rc4 Rd1 59. Rg4 Rxd5+ 60. Kc4 Rd6 61. h5 gxh5 62. Rg5+ Kf6 63. Rxh5 Re6 64.
Rh6+ Ke7 65. Rxe6+ Kxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com qf blitz 3m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.10"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Nc3 e6 8. b3 d5
9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. a4 a5 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Nb5 Ne4 14. Nd2 Ndf6 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bd3 Re6 17. Rc1 c6 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 c5 20. Bb5 cxd4 21. exd4
Re4 22. Rd3 Rc8 23. Qd2 Qf6 24. Bb2 h5 25. f3 Re7 26. Re1 Bh6 27. Qd1 Rxe1+ 28.
Qxe1 Rc2 29. Ba3 Bc8 30. Be7 Qf4 31. Rd1 Bh3 32. Bf1 Bg7 33. gxh3 Qxh2# 0-1

[Event "chess.com qf blitz 3m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.10"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nge7
8. Qf3 Be6 9. Nh3 Qd7 10. Ng5 O-O-O 11. O-O Rdf8 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qe2 Nf5 14.
a4 Nd6 15. Re1 Re8 16. Bf4 Rhf8 17. Bg3 Nf5 18. Bb5 Nxg3 19. hxg3 a6 20. Bxc6
Qxc6 21. Qd3 g6 22. Re3 Rf5 23. g4 Rf6 24. a5 h5 25. gxh5 gxh5 26. Re5 h4 27.
Rh5 Ref8 28. f3 Qd6 29. Qe2 Qg3 30. Rf1 Rg8 31. Kh1 Rfg6 32. Rf2 Qf4 33. Qe5
Qc1+ 34. Kh2 Qa3 35. Rh7 Qxc3 36. Rxh4 Qxa5 37. f4 Qc3 38. f5 exf5 39. Rh3 Qc6
40. Qxf5+ Kb8 41. Qe5 a5 42. Rh7 Rh6+ 43. Rxh6 Qxh6+ 44. Kg1 Qc1+ 45. Kh2 Qh6+
46. Kg1 Rg5 47. Qe7 Qg7 48. Qe3 Rg4 49. c3 a4 50. Qe8+ Ka7 51. Qxa4+ Kb8 52.
Qe8+ Ka7 53. Ra2+ Kb6 54. Rb2+ Ka7 55. Qc8 c6 56. Qd8 b5 57. Ra2+ 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Iotov,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 $6 {A rare variation which I cannot personally recommend.
It is a standard option for lower rated players to go for such rare variations
in order to surprise the opponent, however as seen in this case it can prove
to be quite a risky one.} 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bc4 Bg4 5. f3 Bf5 6. Nc3 ({I took the
liberty of analysing this variation which seems to be quite good for White.
There doesn't seem to be enough evidence of counterplay for Black. In any case,
not the type of counterplay a player would willingly go for.} 6. g4 $5 Bc8 (
6... Bg6 7. Nc3 c6 8. f4 b5 9. Bb3 b4 10. f5 bxc3 11. dxc3 $16) 7. Nc3 c6 (7...
Nbd7 8. g5 Nb6 9. Bb5+ Nfd7 10. d4 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 c6 12. Qe2 cxd5 13. h4 a6 14.
Bd3 Nb6 15. Bf4 $16) 8. dxc6 Nxc6 9. Nge2 e5 (9... e6 10. d4 $16) 10. d3 Be7 $1
{Even though the alternative - 10...Bc5 - looks more logical from a human
perspective, this seems to be the better move. Black sacrificed a pawn and is
almost forced to play more defensive moves, which is exactly my problem with
the whole line. There is compensation, but it is the type of compensation
which can be very difficult to utilise in a real - practical - game.} (10...
Bc5 11. Bg5 (11. g5 $5) 11... O-O 12. Qd2 h6 13. Bh4 (13. Bxh6 $6 gxh6 14. Qxh6
Nh7 15. Ne4 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. O-O-O (17. h4 Qb6 18. Qxb6 Bxb6 19. O-O-O Bd7
20. Rde1 $14) (17. g5 Be3 18. Ke2 Bf4 $132) 17... b5 $1 18. Qg6+ Kh8 19. Bxf7
Bb7 $132) 13... Nd4 (13... e4 14. fxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxd8 Nxd2 16. Kxd2 Rxd8 17. h3
$16) (13... Rb8 14. O-O-O b5 15. Bb3 Qb6 16. Kb1 Be3 17. Qe1 $16) 14. Nxd4 exd4
15. Nd5 Qe8+ 16. Kf2 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 $16) 11. Be3 O-O 12. O-O (12. Ng3 a6 13. g5
Nd7 14. Nce4 Nb6 15. Bb3 (15. h4 Nxc4 16. dxc4 Be6 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Bb6 Rd7
19. b3 Nd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. Ke2 Rad8 $44) 15... Bh3 $132) (12. Qd2 e4 $1 13.
g5 Ne5 14. Ng1 exd3 15. gxf6 Nxc4 16. fxe7 Qxe7 17. Nd5 Qh4+ 18. Qf2 d2+ 19.
Bxd2 Qxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Nxd2 21. Rd1 Nc4 22. Ne2 f6 $132) 12... Be6 13. Ng3 (13.
Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qd2 Nd4 15. Rae1 Rc8 $132) 13... Nd4 14. Nce4 $14 {White is a
clear pawn up. Black's potential counterplay lies within the open c-file and
the exposure of White's king. However, the problem is that Black's pieces
don't seem active enough to actually create serious problems for White.} (14.
Bxe6 Nxe6 15. Nf5 Re8 16. Nxe7+ Rxe7 17. Qd2 Rc8 $44)) 6... Nbd7 7. g4 Nb6 8.
b3 $5 {An interesting move! However, the alternative 8.Bb3 seems to be the
better option. That being said, I completely understand why Caruana would go
for 8.b3. Such a move creates more practical problems for the opponent while
retaining the slight positional advantage. Sometimes the best move in the
position is not the best move! Psychology is a key element in every high level
game.} (8. Bb3 Bc8 9. d4 Nfxd5 10. Ne4 (10. Nxd5 $6 Nxd5 11. c4 Nb6 12. Ne2 e5
13. O-O exd4 14. Nxd4 Be7 $11) 10... h5 11. g5 Bf5 12. Ne2 e6 13. c4 Ne7 14.
Be3 Ng6 15. N2c3 Bb4 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. O-O-O $14 {with control of the centre as
well as a spatial advantage, White's position is solid and with lots of
potential!}) 8... Bc8 9. Bb2 Nfxd5 (9... h5 $1 {The d5-pawn is already doomed.
There is no need to rush and take it right away. White's advantage lies within
the spatial advantage on the kingside. Time is of crucial importance if Black
is to ever create counterplay before White finishes the development stage.} 10.
Qe2 (10. g5 $6 Nfxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 $11) 10... hxg4 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. fxg4 Nfxd5
13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. h4 $14) 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Qe2
{There are several worthy options for Black at the moment, and 11...e6 is not
one of them. Sometimes it is not enough to simply develop your pieces, but
also to be active while doing it. Staying passive is almost always a sign of
imminent doom.} e6 (11... a6 $5 {with the idea ...b5. However, the main
purpose of the move is to remove the active bishop from c4. Akobian is already
behind in development and only active moves can save the position!} 12. O-O-O (
12. Nh3 b5 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. Nf4 Qc6 15. O-O-O Bb7 16. Rhf1 O-O-O $132) 12...
b5 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. Nh3 Qe6 $1 {Destabilising the white queen!} (14... Bb7 15.
Rhf1 O-O-O 16. Nf4 Qd7 17. Nd3 e6 18. f4 $14) 15. Qf2 Bb7 16. Rhe1 Qd7 17. Ng5
e6 $132) (11... Nb4 $1 {A dangerous looking move! Sometimes the best defence
is attack!} 12. O-O-O (12. d3 e6 $11) 12... Nxa2+ 13. Kb1 Nb4 {Having an extra
pawn gives Black the possibility to sacrifice a pawn in the future in order to
solve potential problems.} 14. Nh3 (14. Qe4 e6 15. Ne2 (15. f4 Bd7 16. Nf3 b5
17. Be2 Bc6 18. Qe5 Bd5 19. f5 c6 20. fxe6 f6 21. Qf5 Qa5 22. Nd4 Qa2+ 23. Kc1
Nd3+ 24. cxd3 Ba3 25. Bxa3 Qxa3+ 26. Kb1 O-O $11) 15... Bd7 16. Qxb7 a5 $132)
14... c6 15. Nf4 Bd7 16. c3 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bxd5 e6 19. d4 Be7 20. Bc4
O-O $11) (11... h5 $6 {This move is no longer a possibility because of its
inability to force White into playing Bb5.}) 12. O-O-O b6 $2 {A crucial
mistake! Not only that Black willfully develops his bishop away from
protecting the e6-pawn but it also wastes development time.} (12... h5 $6 13.
h4 $1) (12... Qd6 $5 13. Nh3 Bd7 14. f4 f6 $132) 13. Nh3 Bb7 14. f4 $32 {
Black's position begins to crumble!} Bd6 (14... Qe7 $1 15. f5 O-O-O 16. Qe5 f6
17. Qxe6+ Qxe6 18. fxe6 h6 19. Rhf1 Bd6 20. Rf2 Rhe8 21. Re1 c5 $44 {Black is
still a pawn down, but at least he's assumed some control over the position.
Furthermore, White's pieces don't seem to be well coordinated.}) 15. f5 Qe7 16.
Bxg7 (16. fxe6 $5 {An interesting, yet needless variation. Simply put - white
has too many good options to choose from.} fxe6 17. Rhe1 O-O-O 18. Qxe6+ Qxe6
19. Rxe6 Bxh2 20. Re2 Bd6 21. Ng5 Nf4 22. Rf2 Rhf8 23. Rdf1 b5 24. Bxb5 h6 25.
Nh7 Rh8 26. Rxf4 Bxf4 27. Rxf4 Rxh7 28. Rf7 Bd5 29. Re7 $16) 16... Rg8 17. Bb2
O-O-O 18. Rhf1 Rde8 19. f6 Qf8 20. g5 {The game seems to be almost over. Black
is a pawn down with nothing to show for it. From now on is simply a matter of
technique to wrap up the game!} h6 21. Rg1 (21. Qh5 $142 $1 hxg5 22. Nxg5 Nf4
23. Rxf4 Bxf4 24. Nxf7 Rg2 25. h4 Kb8 26. Kb1 $18) 21... hxg5 22. Nxg5 Rh8 23.
h3 $6 (23. Nxf7 $1 {A brilliant tactical motif which could have ended the game
right away!} Qxf7 24. Rg7 Qf8 (24... Qh5 25. f7 Rd8 26. Qxe6+ Kb8 27. Rg8 $18)
25. f7 Rd8 (25... Re7 26. Qg4 $18) 26. Qxe6+ Kb8 27. Bxd5 Bxd5 28. Qxd5 Qxg7
29. Bxg7 Ba3+ 30. Kb1 Rxd5 31. Bxh8 Rf5 32. h4 Rxf7 33. Rh1 Rh7 34. Bf6 $18)
23... Rh6 24. Rdf1 a5 25. Kb1 Kb8 26. Rg4 Rd8 27. h4 (27. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 28. f7
Nf4 29. Rgxf4 Bxf4 30. Rxf4 Rxh3 31. Rf1 $18) 27... Ka7 28. Be5 (28. Nxe6 $1
fxe6 29. f7 $18) 28... Rd7 29. Bb5 Rd8 30. Bxd6 cxd6 (30... Rxd6 31. Qe5 Kb8
32. a3 Ka7 33. Kb2 Kb8 34. Ne4 Rd8 35. c4 $18 {There is no counterplay. There
is no hope!}) 31. Bc4 (31. c4 Nxf6 32. Rgf4 Qg7 33. Qf2 $18) 31... Nc7 32. Nxf7
Qxf7 33. Rg7 Qf8 34. Rxc7 Rxf6 35. Rxf6 Qxf6 36. Qxe6 Qxh4 37. Bd5 Rb8 38. Qf7
Qe1+ 39. Kb2 Qe5+ 40. c3 {A stellar game from Caruana! The poor choice of
opening cost Akobian his game. The Scandinavian Defence is a solid opening
which is meant to be played as a solid, more passive, alternative rather than
an active one.} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game features an interesting line in the most solid lines of the French
Winawer for Black in which White was able to slowly build up pressure in a
seemingly innocuous position.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3
Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 {So far we're still
following the mainline of the Winawer 7...0-0.} 10. Nh3 $5 {A clever choice by
Fabiano to test Shankland's knowledge and understanding of the subtleties of a
not-so-popular line.} (10. Nf3 {is the most common move here, and the mainline
runs} Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 {and recent practice shows that
Black is fine and can generally hold off White's attack on the kingside. Now
let's find out if White obtain something special with a N on h3!} ({or} 13...
b5 $1 {as recommended by Emmanuel Berg.})) 10... Qc7 11. Be3 ({The other way
to continue here is} 11. O-O {but Black is fine after} c4 12. Be2 Qa5 $1 $146 {
then later go f7-f6.} (12... f6 $6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Bg5 Rf8 15. f4 $1 $14))
11... c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 {Playing by analogy to the mainline which
is not the best way to react here.} (13... b5 $142 $5 {and}) (13... Qa5 $5 $146
{are both recommended by Emanuel Berg in the 2nd volume of his comprehensive
series of books on the French. One of his lines goes:} 14. Bd2 Qa4 15. Ra2 Bd7
16. Nf4 {and here I like his idea} Rf5 $1 17. h4 Raf8 {intending to meet h5
with g5, with a great position.}) 14. Nf4 Ne7 15. h4 h6 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. g4 {
Black is solid on the kingside, but he doesn't have as much freedom for his
pieces as in the line after 13...Qa5 making it an unpleasant position to play
for a long time.} b5 18. f3 $1 {Slowly improving his kingside, a move which
Caruana described as "creamy."} a5 {.} 19. Kf2 Rab8 20. Kg3 Be8 {Black is
still fine here but his pieces are clunky, without any future prospects, which
can be awkward to play with.} 21. Bd2 b4 $6 {A step in the wrong direction as
it only helps White achieve his goal of creating a second weakness/front.} ({
It was better to sit and be patient with} 21... Bc6 22. Rhb1 ({Maybe Shankland
was concerned about the idea} 22. a4 b4 (22... bxa4 23. Bc1) 23. Rhb1 {but
here Black can afford to wait and be solid with} (23. cxb4 axb4 24. a5 Bb5 $1)
23... Bd7 (23... b3 24. cxb3 cxb3 25. Nd3 $16) 24. Qe3 (24. cxb4 $6 axb4 25. a5
Bb5 $1 26. Qe3 c3 27. Bc1 Nc6 $17) 24... Nc6 25. Rb2 Rb7 26. Rab1 Rfb8 {
and Black is in time to hold the queenside fort.}) 22... Ra8 {and I don't see
a clear way for White to make progress:} 23. Bc1 Bd7 $1 $11 (23... Rfb8 $6 24.
a4 $1 bxa4 (24... b4 25. Bd2 bxc3 26. Rxb8+ Rxb8 27. Bxc3 Ra8 28. Qd2 Rf8 29.
Bxa5 $1 g5 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Nxe6 Qxe6 32. Qxg5 Ng6 33. Bb4 Rf7 34. a5 $16) 25.
Ba3 Nc8 26. Bc5 {and White can press on both sides of the board.}) (23... Be8
$5) 24. a4 b4 25. Qe3 (25. Bd2 $2 bxc3 26. Bxc3 Qxf4+) (25. cxb4 axb4 26. Rxb4
Nc6) 25... Rab8 26. Bd2 Nc6 {and Black has a fortress.} 27. h5 $2 {is no
longer dangerous due to} gxh5 28. Nxh5 Qg6 $1 29. Rh1 Ne7 $17 {[%cal Re7f5,
Rg6c2,Rg6g3,Rb4b3]}) (21... Nc8 $2 22. h5 Ne7 23. hxg6 Nxg6 24. Nh5 $40 {
simply looks scary.}) 22. axb4 axb4 23. Rhb1 {Another unpleasant moment for
Black as he's faced with another choice: to play b3 now or later.} Nc6 ({If} 
23... b3 24. cxb3 (24. Ra7 $4 Nf5+) 24... cxb3 25. Qe3 {preventing ...Bb5 and
preparing Nd3-c5, with still a much easier position to play. However this
whole line is a better choice than the game's only if Black can foresee the
idea} (25. Qd1 $5) (25. Ra3 $2 Bb5 26. Qe3 Bc4 $17) 25... Nc8 $1 {[%cal Gc8b6,
Gb6c4] in his analysis} 26. Qf2 Rb5 $1 27. Ra3 Nb6 28. Raxb3 Rxb3 29. Rxb3 Nc4
$44 {and I believe White's edge is only symbolic.}) 24. Qe3 b3 {From here on,
White starts his queenside invasion-domination.} 25. Bc1 Bd7 26. Ba3 bxc2 27.
Rc1 Rfc8 28. Rxc2 Ra8 29. Rca2 Be8 30. Bd6 $16 Rxa2 31. Rxa2 Qd7 32. Qc1 $1 {
Bringing another piece to the queenside party!} Bf7 33. Qb1 Qe8 34. Qb7 {
All Black can do now is sit and wait for any mistake from his opponent. Does a
2800-level player make errors in these types of positions?} Kh7 35. Ra6 Kg8 36.
Bc7 Ne7 37. Bd6 Nc6 38. Kg2 Kh7 39. Kh3 Kg8 40. Kg3 Kh7 41. Nh3 Kg8 42. g5 h5
43. Nf4 Kh7 {After some manoeuvring and planning, the N now joins the party.}
44. Ng2 $1 Bg8 45. Ne3 Bf7 46. Nc2 Bg8 47. Na3 Bf7 48. Kf2 Bg8 49. Ke3 $2 {
An inaccuracy which could've allowed Black to significantly minimise White's
advantage. Unfortunately and understandably, Black probably wasn't in the
right mindset to be alert to see such an opportunity:} Bf7 $6 (49... Qf7 $1 50.
Qxc8 (50. Qxf7 Bxf7 51. Nb5 Be8 {White may still be better but Black's chances
of holding have increased}) 50... Qf5 51. Kf2 Qf4 52. Ke2 Qf5 $1 53. Nxc4 Qc2+
(53... dxc4 54. Ra2 Qf4 $1 {should also be sufficient}) 54. Nd2 Nxd4+ 55. Ke3
Nf5+ $11 {and White cannot escape perpetual check. Therefore, the answer to
the question earlier is yes! Even top players slip up in much better positions
so it pays to stay vigilant in defending worse positions!}) 50. Kd2 {Black
doesn't get another chance, and White's N makes a dramatic and decisive
entrance.} Bg8 51. Kc2 Bf7 52. Kc1 Kg8 53. Nb5 Ne7 54. Na7 {A powerful display
of pressure play, domination and manoeuvring by the newly-crowned U.S. Chess
Champion Fabiano Caruana!} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "184"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O Qe7 13. Rc1 a5 14. Nb5 ({
Die einzige Referenzpartie wurde vor mehr als hundert Jahren gespielt:} 14. b5
Ne5 15. Qa4 Ned7 16. Nb1 Bf5 17. Nh4 Be4 18. g3 Nc5 19. Qd1 a4 20. Nc3 Nb3 21.
Nxe4 Nxc1 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Qxc1 Rac8 24. Qd1 Bxa3 25. Nf5 Qb4 26. Bxf6 {
1-0 (26) Lee,F-Sergeant,E Scarborough 1909}) 14... axb4 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. axb4
Qxb4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rb1 Qe7 19. Rb5 Rfd8 20. Nd4 Kg7 21. Re1 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 {
Diagramm [#] Über Vorteil verfügt Schwarz hier trotz des Mehrbauern nicht.
Dafür ist seine Struktur zu sehr zersplittert.} Bf5 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Qxd5 Be4
25. Qd1 Qb4 26. Rf1 {Nach diesem passiven Zug entwickelt Schwarz eine gewisse
Initiative.} Ra2 27. Qd7 Bg6 28. Bf3 b5 29. h4 {Diagramm [#]} Rd2 (29... h5 $1
30. Qh3 Qc3 31. g4 hxg4 32. Qxg4 {und jetzt wäre} b4 {möglich gewesen:} 33.
h5 $2 Ra5) 30. Qh3 h5 31. Qg3 Qd6 32. Qxd6 Rxd6 33. Rd1 Rb6 34. e4 b4 35. Rd2
f5 36. exf5 Bxf5 37. Bxh5 b3 38. Rb2 Bc2 39. Bf3 Rb5 40. Be2 Rb4 41. Bf3 Rxh4
42. Bd5 Rb4 43. Kf1 f5 44. Ke2 Kf6 45. f4 Ke7 46. Bg8 Kf8 47. Bd5 Kg7 48. Ke3
Kg6 49. Bf3 Kf6 50. Bd5 Kg6 51. Bf3 Rc4 52. g4 Rc3+ 53. Kf2 Bd3 54. Bd1 Bc4 55.
Ke1 Rg3 56. Kf2 Rh3 57. Ke1 Be6 58. Re2 Bc4 59. Rb2 Kf6 60. Kd2 Rd3+ 61. Kc1
Rc3+ 62. Kd2 Rg3 63. gxf5 Kxf5 64. Kc1 Kxf4 65. Rh2 Ke3 66. Kb2 Kd4 67. Rh4+
Kc5 68. Ka3 Bd5 69. Rh5 Kd4 70. Rxd5+ Kxd5 71. Bxb3+ Kd4 {Diagramm [#] Dieses
Endspiel ist nicht zu gewinnen.} 72. Kb2 Rg2+ 73. Ka1 Kc3 74. Ba2 Rg7 75. Bb1
Rb7 76. Ba2 Kc2 77. Bd5 Re7 78. Bg8 Re1+ 79. Ka2 Rh1 80. Bd5 Rh4 81. Bb3+ Kc3
82. Be6 Rf4 83. Bg8 Rf2+ 84. Kb1 Rb2+ 85. Ka1 Kc2 86. Bh7+ Kc1 87. Bg8 Rb1+ 88.
Ka2 Rb8 89. Bf7 Rb2+ 90. Ka1 Rb7 91. Bd5 Ra7+ 92. Ba2 Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 h5 {
A rare variation in this 6...e6 system. Black wants to stop White's kingside's
attack by g4, however this is a weakness for Black, meaning he probably can't
castle on the kingside.} 8. a4 (8. Bc4 {was also tried by Leko,} Nc6 9. Qd2 Na5
10. Bb3 Be7 11. O-O-O b5 12. Kb1 Bd7 13. Rhe1 b4 14. Nce2 g6 15. Nc1 e5 16.
Nde2 Nxb3 17. Nxb3 a5 $13 {Leko-Topalov, Morelia/Linares 2006, with an unclear
middlegame.}) (8. Qd2 {is the most common move.}) 8... Nc6 9. Bc4 $146 {
A novelty by Caruana.} ({Before} 9. Be2 {was played} d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5
Qxd5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 (12... bxc6 13. f4 $1 Rb8 14. Bf3 Qc4 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. Bxd4
$36 {Hracek-Ki.Georgiev, Herceg Novi 2001, with a tempting endgame for White.})
13. O-O Bc5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 15. Kh1 h4 16. Bd3 h3 17. g3 Bd7 18. Qe2 Rc8 $132 {
Soltanici-Arribas Lopez, Roquetas de Mar 2015, and Black looks fine.}) 9... Qc7
10. Qe2 Be7 11. O-O Ne5 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. f4 $5 {A brave move by Caruana,
because Black can gain the e3-B. On the other hand White also gains some tempi
and he would like to break in the centre.} Neg4 14. Kh1 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qc5 16.
Rad1 g6 $6 {A typical move, but here I think this is an inaccuracy, because
the g6-pawn can be a target for White.} (16... Rc8 17. Qe2) ({or even} 16...
O-O $5 {which is suggested by the computer.}) 17. Qe2 $1 {White avoids the pin.
Now he is ready for the break-through with e5 or f5.} O-O-O (17... O-O {
is too dangerous, because of} 18. f5 $1 $16 {and White has a strong attack.})
18. f5 (18. e5 $5 {was also tempting,} Ne8 (18... dxe5 19. fxe5 Ng4 20. Rxf7
$16 {and White is better.}) 19. Ne4 Qc7 20. Rf3 $36 {with a strong initiative.}
) 18... e5 19. Nf3 gxf5 20. Ng5 $1 f4 21. Rd3 $1 {A great move. White avoids ..
.Bg4, moreover the R is very useful on the 3rd rank.} ({The immediate} 21. Nxf7
{could have been met by} Bg4 {.}) 21... Kb8 22. Nxf7 h4 23. Nxh8 Rxh8 24. Qf2
Qb4 $2 {In the Sicilian after a4 usually the b4-square is comfortable for the
Q. However at this moment this is not true; it only helps White's attack on
the queenside.} ({A more solid move was} 24... Qa5 25. Qe1 ({of course now} 25.
Nd5 $2 {does not work, because of} Nxe4 $17) 25... Qc7 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. Bxd5
Bxa4 28. Rc3 Qd7 29. Qf2 $16 {and White should be better.}) 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26.
Bxd5 {Suddenly the b3-B becomes very strong and White is threatening with the
immediate Rb3.} Bxa4 $2 {Loses immediately, but Black's position was already
bad.} ({In case of} 26... Bc8 27. Ra1 $16 {and White is a clear exchange up
moreover his pieces are more active.}) 27. Ra3 $1 {A really strong move, now
Black can't save his B.} h3 28. c3 Qb5 (28... hxg2+ {doesn't change anything,}
29. Qxg2 $18 {and White wins, as in the game.}) 29. b3 Bh4 30. bxa4 Qd3 31. g3
{A nice victory by Caruana!} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Bf5 8. c4
Nbd7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. Rc1 Nb8 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. e3 h5 14. Qe2 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Ne4 16. Nb5 Qa5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. f3 Nc5 19. Bc3 Qb6 20. f4 Ne4 21. Bb2
Qa5 22. a4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Kf2 Qc5 27. Qb5
Qxb5 28. Nxb5 Be6 29. b4 a6 30. Nc7 Bd7 31. b5 axb5 32. axb5 e6 33. Ba3 f6 34.
Bd6 Kf7 35. h3 fxe5 36. fxe5 Bh6 37. Ke2 Bg5 38. Kd2 Kg7 39. b6 Kf7 40. Na6 Bc6
41. Nc5 Bd5 42. Ke2 Ke8 43. Bc7 Ke7 44. Kf2 Ke8 45. Ke2 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. a4 {
Anand played this move for the first time in 2000 against Shirov.} ({2 days
later, So played} 8. d4 dxe4 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxc5 Nd3 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Nd2 Bb7
13. Qe2 Qd5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qe3 Rad8 16. f3 Qxc5 17. Qxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxe4 Bxe4
19. fxe4 Rd2 20. Rf2 Rfd8 $11 {So Wesley-Onischuk, Saint Louis 2016, with an
equal endgame.}) 8... dxe4 9. axb5 Bg4 10. bxc6 (10. Bxe4 {was chosen by Anand,
} Nxe4 11. bxc6 O-O (11... Nxf2 $5) 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bb6 14. Nc3 Re8 15.
Be3 Qd6 16. d5 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Rad8 18. Rxa6 Nxc3 19. bxc3 {(Anand-Shirov, New
Delhi/Teheran 2000)} Rxe3 $1 20. Qd4 Rxf3 $1 21. gxf3 Bh3 $132 {with a
double-edged fight.}) 10... exf3 11. gxf3 Be6 {Black sacrificed a P, because
he wanted to weaken White's kingside. However the fight is direct, so Black
has no time to attack White's K.} 12. Ra5 $1 Qd6 13. f4 $5 e4 (13... Bh3 $5 14.
Qf3 $1 Bxf1 15. fxe5 Qxe5 16. Kxf1 Qe7 17. d4 Bd6 18. Na3 O-O 19. Nc4 Rfe8 20.
Kg2 $36 {and White has a powerful position.}) 14. d4 exd3 15. Qxd3 O-O 16. Qxd6
Bxd6 17. Rd1 Bg4 $6 $146 {A tempting novelty, but this is an inaccuracy.} (
17... Rfe8 {was played in a correspondence game,} 18. Be3 Bg4 19. Rxd6 (19. Rd4
$5) 19... cxd6 20. Nd2 $44 {Voiculescu-Gavrilakis, ICCF 2009, with
compensation.}) 18. Rd4 $1 {The correct reply. d4 is a nice square for the R
and now White is ready for the development with Be3, Nd2.} Bf3 19. Ba4 Rfe8 20.
Be3 Ne4 ({In the event of} 20... Re4 21. Nd2 Rxd4 22. Bxd4 Be2 23. Be3 $16 {
and White is a healthy P up.}) ({Or} 20... Ng4 21. Nd2 Be2 22. Ne4 $16 {
is also promising for White.}) 21. Bd1 $1 {The right move. Thanks to ...Ne4,
the c6-P is already not hanging, so White can exchange the light-squared Bs.}
Bxd1 22. Rxd1 Rab8 23. Nd2 Rxb2 $2 {Loses, but Black's position was already
difficult.} (23... Nxd2 24. Rxd2 Re4 25. Rxa6 $16 {is also better for White.})
24. Nxe4 Rxe4 25. Re5 $3 $18 {This is the point of Caruana's 23th move!
Black's back rank is weak, so White can win with this nice tactical move!} Rxe3
(25... Rxe5 26. fxe5 Be7 27. Rd7 $18 {is also hopeless for Black.}) 26. fxe3
Rb8 27. Ra5 Kf8 28. c4 {A nice and flawless victory by Caruana!} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Ngxe7 8.
Bxc6 Nxc6 9. Nxd4 Qf6 10. c3 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Qf3 Qxf3 13. Nxf3 Re8 14. Nbd2
d6 15. Rfe1 Bb7 16. Re3 Re7 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. Nf1 a5 19. h3 a4 20. N3d2 Ne5 21.
c4 Kf8 22. f3 h5 23. Ra3 f5 24. Rxa4 Nd3 25. Re3 Bc6 26. Ra7 Nxb2 27. Rb3 Na4
28. exf5 gxf5 29. Ng3 Rf7 30. Nxh5 Re2 31. Nf1 f4 32. Rd3 Nc5 33. Rd2 {[#]
Schwarz hat einen Bauern gegeben, dafür die Initiative erhalten. Weiß muss
eine Lösung für seinen versprengten Springer h5 finden.} Re1 (33... Ree7 $5 {
mit der Idee:} 34. Z0 Rf5 35. g4 fxg3 36. Nhxg3 Rxf3) 34. a4 Rc1 ({Die
Alternative war} 34... Bxa4 $5) 35. Nxf4 {[#] Weiß nutzt die Gelegenheit und
gibt seinen Springer für ein paar Bauern.} Rxf4 36. Rxc7 Be8 (36... Bd7 $5 {
war wohl besser, weil Schwarz dann die 7. Reihe für den König zugänglich
ist. Ob es zum Sieg reicht, ist eine andere Frage.} 37. Rxd6 Rfxc4) 37. Rxd6
Nxa4 38. Rd8 Rcxc4 39. Rh7 Rh4 40. Rb7 Rh6 (40... b5 $4 41. Rbb8 $18) 41. Ne3
Rc1+ 42. Kh2 Nc5 43. Rbb8 Re6 44. Nf5 {An einen Gewinn ist hier für Schwarz
nicht mehr zu denken, Weiß ist viel zu aktiv.} Rce1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 {Diagramm [#] Dieses Bauernopfer wurde schon hundertfach auf
höchstem Niveau gespielt.} 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 (12... Bb4 {
ändert nichts daran, dass Weiß den Bauern letztlich zurückbekommt:} 13. O-O
a6 14. Rb3 Qa5 15. Rfb1 Be7 16. Bxd7+ Bxd7 17. Rxb7 Bc5 18. Rb8+ Ke7 19. R1b5
Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Qa3 21. Rxh8 {1/2-1/2 (21) Edouard,R (2679)-Meier,G (2632)
Helsingor 2014}) 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3 Qe7 15. Rxb7 Qd8 16. O-O Rb8 17. Rxb8
Qxb8 18. f5 Qc8 19. f6 gxf6 {Diagramm [#]} 20. Qf4 ({Mit} 20. Rxf6 {erreichte
ein anderer Spieler der Weltspitze nichts und kam zwischenzeitlich gar in arge
Schwierigkeiten:} h5 21. Rf3 Qc4 22. h3 Be7 23. a3 Bxa3 24. Ne4 dxe4 25. Rxa3
Rg8 26. Rb3 Qc7 27. Rc3 e3 28. Bxe3 Qxe5 29. Rd3 Qb5 30. Rb3 Qc6 31. Rb8+ Bc8
32. c4 Qxc4 33. Rb4 Qc6 34. Rd4 f6 35. Kh1 Kf7 36. Rd6 Qb5 37. Kh2 h4 38. Bf4
Qf5 39. Rc6 Kg6 40. Rc7 e5 41. Be3 Be6 42. Qb4 Rg7 43. Rxg7+ Kxg7 44. Qb7+ Bf7
45. Qxa6 Qe4 46. Qe2 f5 47. Qf3 Qxf3 48. gxf3 Kg6 49. f4 exf4 {1/2-1/2 (49)
Grischuk,A (2792)-Agdestein,S (2628) Stavanger 2014}) 20... Qc4 (20... f5 21.
Nxd5 exd5 22. e6 fxe6 23. Bxh8 Qxc2 $11 {kam auch in Frage.}) 21. exf6 Rg8 22.
Nxd5 exd5 23. Re1+ Kd8 24. Qb8+ Bc8 25. Qa7 {Diagramm [#]} Be6 ({Oder} 25...
Bd6 26. Re7 Rxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Bh3+ $1 $11) 26. Bb6+ Kc8 27. Qa8+ Kd7 28. Qb7+ Kd6
29. Ba7 {Diagramm [#]} Rxg2+ ({Schwarz steht zu schlecht, als dass er
ernsthaft daran denken könnte, seine Mehrfigur zu verwerten. Z.B.:} 29... Qc6
30. Bb8+ Kc5 31. Ba7+ Kd6 $11) 30. Kxg2 Qg4+ 31. Kh1 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Qg4+ 33. Kh1
Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h4
Nd7 9. g5 {This has recently become more popular than} (9. h5) 9... h6 {
The most logical move but knight manoeuvres have been seen in practice, too:} (
9... Nf8 $5 10. Be5 f6 11. Bg3 $5) (9... Nb6 10. Be5 h6 $5 11. Bxg7 Rh7 12.
gxh6 Nxh6 13. Be5 Ng4 14. Bg3 Bxh4 15. Qf3 Qe7 $13 {0-1 (33) Lokander,M (2271)
-Talla,V (2388) Pardubice 2012}) 10. g6 f5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 40] An interesting,
aggressive novelty. Black avoids the opening of the g-file. White's g- and
h-pawns remain weak. In other cases Black faces problems:} (10... fxg6 11. Bd3
Bf7 (11... Ngf6 12. Bxg6+ Bf7 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. Nf3 Rf8 15. Rg1 $40 {1-0 (26)
Ponomariov,R (2743)-Sargissian,G (2671) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) (11... Nf8 12.
Qc2 (12. Nf3 Bf5 13. Ne5 Nf6 14. Rg1 $36 {1-0 (40) Caruana,F (2736)-Melkumyan,
H (2620) Moscow 2012}) 12... Bf6 (12... Nf6 13. Nf3 Qc8 14. Ne5 Bf5 15. Nxg6
Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nxg6 17. Qxg6+ Kd8 18. O-O-O $16 {1-0 (41) Artemiev,V (2499)
-Oparin,G (2496) Loo 2013}) (12... g5 13. hxg5 Bxg5 14. Bg3 Bf6 15. Nge2 h5 16.
O-O-O h4 17. e4 Nh6 18. Bf4 g5 19. Bd2 $40 {1-0 (33) Brodsky,M (2558)-Jojua,D 
(2507) Cappelle-la-Grande 2012}) 13. O-O-O Ne7 14. Nge2 Bf5 15. e4 dxe4 16.
Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nd5 18. Bg3 Qa5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Kb1 $40 {1-0 (35) Peralta,
F (2591)-Barsov,A (2514) Catalunya 2012}) 12. Qc2 Ngf6 (12... g5 13. hxg5 Bxg5
14. Bg3 Ne7 15. Nf3 Bf6 16. O-O-O c5 17. Kb1 c4 18. Bf5 O-O 19. Rdg1 Qe8 20.
Bf4 $16 {1-0 (26) Tomashevsky,E (2711)-Aghasaryan,R (2503) Yerevan 2014}) 13.
Bxg6 O-O 14. Nge2 Nh5 15. O-O-O Qe8 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Rdg1 $40 {1/2 (29) Savina,
A (2389)-Batsiashvili,N (2408) Loo 2014}) (10... Ngf6 11. gxf7+ Bxf7 12. Bd3 (
12. Nf3 Nh5 13. Bh2 O-O 14. Be2 Nhf6 15. Qc2 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 c5 $36 {
1-0 (33) Gretarsson,H (2560)-Ragnarsson,D (2272) Reykjavik ISL 2015}) 12... O-O
(12... Qa5 13. Nge2 Ne4 14. Qb3 b5 15. Qc2 Ndf6 16. Rg1 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Kf8 18.
Be5 $16 {1/2 (49) Dzagnidze,N (2545)-Kosteniuk,A (2491) Geneve 2013}) (12...
Ne4 13. Bxe4 (13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. Bf3 O-O 16. Ne2 {1-0 (81)
Ponomariov,R (2743)-Riazantsev,A (2708) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013} Nd5 $44) 13...
dxe4 14. Nge2 O-O 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. Rg1 Kh8 17. Be5 $36 {1-0 (33) Nepomniachtchi,
I (2717)-Ponomariov,R (2756) Riga 2013}) (12... Nh5 13. Bh2 (13. Be5 O-O 14.
Qg4 Nhf6 15. Qg3 Nh5 16. Qg4 Nhf6 17. Qg3 Nh5 {1/2 (17) Morozevich,A (2762)
-Giri,A (2714) Reggio Emilia 2012}) 13... O-O (13... Bxh4 14. Nf3 O-O {1-0 (44)
Song,M (2340)-Tang,A (2416) Las Vegas USA 2015} 15. Bf5 Be7 16. Rg1 $44) 14.
Qg4 Ndf6 15. Qg2 Be6 16. Bg6 Ne4 17. Nf3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qa5 19. Kd2 Qa3 20. Rhb1
$36 {1/2 (39) Stefanova,A (2496)-Kosteniuk,A (2495) Tashkent 2013}) 13. Qf3 Qb6
(13... Kh8 14. Nge2 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qg2 Bh5 {1-0 (32)
Rodshtein,M (2638)-Avrukh,B (2576) Beersheba 2013} 18. Be5 $16) 14. O-O-O Bh5 (
14... c5 15. Nge2 Rac8 16. Rhg1 Kh8 17. Bc2 cxd4 18. Rxd4 Bc5 19. Na4 Qa5 20.
Nxc5 Rxc5 21. Bd6 Qxa2 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Qg3 $18 {1-0 (75) Nepomniachtchi,I 
(2721)-Aronian,L (2803) Beijing 2013}) 15. Qg2 Bxd1 16. Nxd1 $44 {[%csl Rg8]
[%cal Rf4h6,Yg1e2,Yh1g1]}) 11. Bg3 $6 {The plan of bringing the knight to f4
is too slow. At the end White fails to castle, and his king finds itself under
attack.} (11. Qc2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Kb1 {[%cal Yg1e2] needs investigation.
}) 11... Ngf6 12. Nh3 Nb6 13. Nf4 Bd7 14. f3 O-O 15. Kf2 $6 (15. Qc2 {[%cal
Ye1c1] was called for.}) 15... Rc8 16. Bd3 c5 $1 {Black opens up the position
for his pieces.} 17. Kg2 {This place is not quite safe for White's king.} cxd4
18. exd4 Bd6 {One of Black's ideas is ...Bxf4 followed by ...Nh5; ...Nc4 is
possible at any moment, too.} 19. Qb3 $6 (19. Qd2 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 {[%cal
Yb7b5,Yd8b6] is quite unpleasant for White but "active" play leads to a quick
collapse.}) 19... Kh8 20. Bb5 Bxf4 $1 21. Bxf4 Nh5 22. Be5 Bxb5 23. Qxb5 Nc4
24. Rae1 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 Qf6 26. Kf2 Qxg6 $19 {[%csl Rf2] Black has captured
this important pawn; White's king has no safe haven and is doomed in the long
term.} 27. Rg1 Qf6 28. Rh1 Nf4 29. Ke3 Ng6 30. Rxd5 Nxh4 31. Rd7 Qg5+ 32. Kd3
Nxf3 33. Rd1 Qg2 34. Rxb7 Rfe8 35. Rc7 Rb8 36. Qc6 Red8 37. Kc4 Rxd4+ 38. Kc5
Rxd1 39. Nxd1 Qg1+ 40. Kc4 Qd4# 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 d6 7. e5 dxe5 8.
Nxe5 Qc7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nf6 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Qc5 Rc8 13. Bf4 Qb7 14. Na4
O-O 15. Qa3 Qa6 16. Nd3 Bf5 17. Ndc5 Qc4 18. Be5 Rfd8 19. c3 Rd2 20. Qb4 Qxb4
21. cxb4 Rcd8 22. Bc3 Rc2 23. h3 h5 24. a3 h4 25. Rxe7 Nd5 26. Rd1 Ra8 27. Bxg7
Nxe7 28. Bf6 Nd5 29. Bxh4 Re8 30. b5 cxb5 31. Rxd5 bxa4 32. Bf6 Rc4 33. Bc3 Rc8
34. Nd7 Rxc3 35. bxc3 Rxc3 36. g4 Bxd7 37. Rxd7 Rxh3 38. Rxa7 Rxa3 39. g5 Ra1+
40. Kg2 Kf8 41. Kf3 a3 42. Kf4 Ra2 43. Kg3 Ke8 44. Kf3 Ra1 45. Kf4 Kd8 46. Rxf7
Rf1 47. Ra7 Rxf2+ 48. Kg3 Ra2 49. Ra6 Ra1 50. Kg2 a2 51. Ra8+ Kc7 52. Ra7+ Kb6
53. Ra8 Kb5 54. Rb8+ Kc4 55. Rc8+ Kd3 56. Rd8+ Ke3 57. Ra8 Kf4 58. Ra5 Kg4 59.
Kh2 Kf3 60. Ra3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
b4 9. d4 O-O (9... Bg4 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nbd2 Qc8 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Qe3 Nxf3+ 14.
Nxf3 Re8 15. Bd2 Bf8 16. Qf4 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Bxb4 Qc4 19. Bc3 Rxe4 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (60) Salgado Lopez,I (2622)-Anand,V (2785) Dubai 2014}) 10. dxe5 dxe5
11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. a5 {Eine bekannte Methode, um den Bauern a6 festzulegen.
Bauer a5 wird allerdings auch oft schwach.} (12. Qe2 h6 13. h3 Qe7 14. Nc4 Be6
15. Be3 Nd7 16. a5 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Bxb3 18. cxb3 Nd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Nf5 Qf6
21. Nxd4 $14 {0-1 (62) Dominguez Perez,L (2732)-Karjakin,S (2762) Berlin 2015})
12... h6 13. Bc4 Bb7 14. c3 Qd6 15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Nf1 ({Nach} 16. Bxa6 Bxa6 17.
Qxa6 {gewinnt} Ra8 (17... Ng4 {Schwarz kann auch die Abwesenheit der Dame am
Königsflügel ausnutzen.} 18. Rf1 bxc3 19. bxc3) 18. Qb5 Rfb8 {den Bauern auf
Wunsch sofort zurück.}) 16... Ne7 17. Ng3 Ng6 18. Be3 bxc3 19. bxc3 Bxe3 20.
Qxe3 Qc6 21. Bf1 Bc8 22. h3 Be6 23. Reb1 Nd7 $11 24. Rb4 Kh7 25. Rab1 Qc5 26.
Bxa6 Qxa5 27. Bf1 Qc5 28. Qxc5 Nxc5 29. Bc4 (29. Rb5 {mit Blick auf e5 hält
das Gleichgewicht.}) 29... Nd3 30. Ra4 Ngf4 31. Ne1 Nxe1 32. Rxe1 Rd2 33. Bf1
Rb8 34. Rb4 Ra8 35. Rb7 Raa2 36. Nh1 {[#] Wenn man seinen Springer in die Ecke
ziehen muss, weiß man, dass etwas schief gelaufen ist.} c5 $17 37. Rc7 Ra5 38.
Ng3 Rc2 39. c4 g6 40. Rb1 Kg7 {[#]} 41. Rcb7 $2 {Nun verliert der Youngster
den Bauern c4 und die Partie ist gelaufen.} (41. Rd1 $17 Raa2 42. Nh1 {und nach
} Bxc4 $6 {ginge} 43. Bxc4 Rxc4 44. Rdd7 {mit Gegenspiel.}) 41... Raa2 42. Nh1
Bxc4 43. Bxc4 Rxc4 44. Re7 Rb4 (44... Kf6 $19) 45. Rd1 (45. Rxb4 cxb4 46. Rxe5
Ne2+ 47. Kf1 (47. Kh2 b3 48. Rb5 b2 49. Rb8 Nc3 $19) 47... b3 48. Rb5 Nd4 49.
Rb4 Ra1#) 45... Rd4 46. Rb1 Ne6 47. Rbb7 Nd8 48. Rbc7 Kf6 49. f4 Rd1+ 50. Kh2
exf4 (50... Rdd2 $19) 51. e5+ Kg5 52. Rxc5 Ne6 53. Rc3 Rdd2 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 Nc6 8.
Nf3 e5 9. Bg5 Qg6 10. d5 Nb8 11. h4 h6 12. h5 Qd6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Qa4 c6 15.
Rd1 Be7 16. Bd3 Qc7 17. O-O O-O 18. Rfe1 cxd5 19. cxd5 Bd6 20. Nh4 Nf6 21. c4
b6 22. Bf5 Nxh5 23. Bxc8 Qxc8 24. Qc2 f5 25. Bc1 Qd7 26. Bb2 e4 27. Ng6 Rfe8
28. Qe2 Nf4 29. Nxf4 Bxf4 30. Qh5 Qf7 31. Qh3 Bd6 32. Ba3 Rad8 33. Bxd6 Rxd6
34. Re3 f4 35. Ree1 Rg6 36. d6 f3 37. d7 Rd8 38. g3 Re6 39. Kh2 Re7 40. Rd4 e3
41. Rxe3 Rxe3 42. fxe3 Qe7 43. Rd3 f2 44. Qf5 Rf8 45. Qxf8+ Qxf8 46. Rd1 Qd8
47. Kg2 Kf7 48. Kxf2 Ke6 49. Ke2 h5 50. Rd5 g5 51. Kf3 Qf6+ 52. Ke4 Qd8 53.
Re5+ Kd6 54. Rd5+ Kc6 55. Kf5 h4 56. gxh4 gxh4 57. Kg4 a6 58. e4 Kc7 59. Kh3
Qxd7+ 60. Rxd7+ Kxd7 61. Kxh4 Ke6 62. Kg3 Ke5 63. Kf3 b5 64. cxb5 axb5 65. Ke3
b4 66. Kd3 Kf4 67. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 Nbd7 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 e5 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Bc5 10. Bg2 O-O 11. a4 a5 12. Nd2 b5 13. Qe2 Qb8 14. h4 Rd8 15.
Bh3 Be7 16. Nb3 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Bg5 Be7 19. b3 h6 20. Bd2 Qb6 21. Rfd1
Bc5 22. Be1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 bxa4 24. bxa4 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qd3 Qb6 27. Kg2
Bd4 28. Bc8 Qb8 29. Ba6 Nd7 30. Bc4 Qc7 31. Qf3 Nf6 32. g4 Kh8 33. g5 hxg5 34.
hxg5 Nh7 35. Bxf7 Qe7 36. g6 Qg5+ 37. Kf1 Nf6 38. Qh3+ Nh5 39. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 Bb7 10. b3 O-O-O 11. Bb2 g6 12. f4 Bg7 13. O-O-O c5 14. h4 Rhe8
15. Rh3 d6 16. Re3 dxe5 17. Bxe5 f6 18. Bd4 Qf7 19. Bxc5 f5 20. Nf3 Be4 21. Ne5
Bxe5 22. fxe5 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Rd8 24. Qe1 Qe6 25. Qc3 Qc6 26. Bb4 Bxg2 27. Bxg2
Qxg2 28. e6 f4 29. e7 fxe3 30. exd8=Q+ Kxd8 31. Qxe3 Qxa2 32. Qe6 Qa1+ 33. Kc2
Qg7 34. Bd2 Qd7 35. Qg8+ Qe8 36. Bg5+ Kd7 37. Qxh7+ Kc6 38. Qg7 Qe4+ 39. Kc3
Nd7 40. Qd4 Qf3+ 41. Kb4 a5+ 42. Kxa5 Nc5 43. Qf6+ Qxf6 44. Bxf6 Nxb3+ 45. Kb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. h3 O-O
9. Re1 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Qb3 Qd7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Nh5 14. g3 Kh8 15.
Nbd2 Nf6 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 d5 18. e5 Ng8 19. Rc1 Nge7 20. Rec3 Rab8 21. Qd1
Nf5 22. Nb3 Qf7 23. Qd2 Rbc8 24. Nc5 Nd8 25. b4 c6 26. h4 Qe8 27. Ng5 Rc7 28.
Rf3 Re7 29. Qd3 Qh5 30. Rf4 h6 31. g4 Qxh4 32. Nf3 Qh3 33. gxf5 g5 34. Nxg5
Qxd3 35. Nxd3 Rg7 36. f6 Rxg5+ 37. Kf1 b6 38. a5 bxa5 39. bxa5 Kh7 40. Nc5 Kg6
41. Nxa6 h5 42. Nc5 Rh8 43. a6 Rf5 44. Rxf5 Kxf5 45. a7 Nf7 46. Ra1 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 c6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bg2 O-O 8. Ne5
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Qd2 Nxe5 15.
Bxe5 Bc6 16. Rc2 Ne8 17. Rfc1 Nd6 18. Qf4 g5 19. Qf3 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nc4 21. Qg4
Nxe5 22. Qd4 Qf6 23. Qxa7 Ra8 24. Qc5 Rfc8 25. Qb4 h5 26. a4 Rd8 27. Nb5 Ng4
28. Rf1 e5 29. Nc7 Rxa4 30. Qb3 e4 31. h3 Ne5 32. Rd1 Rc4 33. Rcd2 Ba4 34. Qxb7
Bxd1 35. Nxd5 Rxd5 36. Rxd5 Rc1 37. Qb8+ Kg7 38. Kh2 Ng6 39. Qa7 Bxe2 40. Qe3
Rc2 41. Bxe4 Rxb2 42. Rf5 Qb6 43. Qxg5 Bc4 44. Kg2 Qd4 45. Rf4 Qe5 46. Qxe5+
Nxe5 47. Rf5 Nd3 48. Bxd3 Bxd3 49. Rxh5 Be4+ 50. Kf1 Bf3 51. Re5 Rb1+ 52. Re1
Bg2+ 53. Ke2 Rxe1+ 54. Kxe1 Bxh3 55. Ke2 Kf6 56. Kf3 Kf5 57. Ke3 Bg2 58. f3 Bh1
59. Kf2 Ke5 60. Ke3 f5 61. Kf2 Kd4 62. Ke2 Kd5 63. Ke3 Ke5 64. Kf2 Kd4 65. Ke2
Bg2 66. Kf2 Bh3 67. Ke2 Kd5 68. Ke3 Ke5 69. Kf2 Kd4 70. Ke2 Kd5 71. Ke3 Ke5 72.
Kf2 Kf6 73. Ke3 Kg5 74. Kf2 Kh5 75. Ke3 Kg5 76. Kf2 Kf6 77. Ke3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
c4 Nc7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Ne6 11. Qh4 d6 12. Nc3 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qd6 14. Nf3 h6
15. Be3 g5 16. Qe4 O-O 17. Qc2 f5 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 e5 21. Bc5
Re8 22. Bd6 Qf7 23. c5 e4 24. Ne2 Ba6 25. Nd4 Bd3 26. Qa4 f4 27. Nxc6 f3 28.
Nb4 Be2 29. Rc1 e3 30. Qb3 exf2+ 31. Kxf2 Bd4+ 32. Kg3 Qxb3 33. axb3 f2 34. Rh1
Re3+ 35. Kxf2 Rae8 36. Nc6 Rf3+ 37. Ke1 Bb5+ 38. Ne7+ Rxe7+ 39. Bxe7 Re3+ 40.
Kd2 Re2+ 41. Kd1 Rxe7 42. Re1 Rc7 43. b4 Bxb2 44. Rb1 Bc3 45. Re6 Rd7+ 46. Kc2
Bd3+ 47. Kxc3 Bxb1 48. Rxh6 Be4 49. b5 Kg7 50. Ra6 Bxg2 51. c6 Re7 52. Kd4 Kf7
53. Ra2 Bf3 54. Kc5 Re5+ 55. Kb4 Be2 56. Rxa7+ Ke6 57. Rb7 Kd6 58. h3 Bxb5 59.
Rxb5 Re4+ 60. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 f5 4. h4 Nf6 5. h5 d6 6. hxg6 hxg6 7. Rxh8+ Bxh8 8.
Bg5 Be6 9. e3 c6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Qd2 Bf7 12. f4 Qc7 13. Bh4 e5 14. Nh3 O-O-O
15. Ng5 Bg8 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. O-O-O exd4 18. exd4 Ng4 19. Nf3 Re8 20. Re1 Rxe1+
21. Qxe1 Qf4+ 22. Kb1 Qe3 23. Qd1 Bf6 24. Bxf6 Nf2 25. Qc2 Qxd3 26. Bh4 Qxc2+
27. Kxc2 Ng4 28. Kd3 a6 29. b3 b5 30. Ne2 bxc4+ 31. bxc4 Nb6 32. Nd2 Bf7 33.
Nf4 Kd7 34. Nh3 Bg8 35. Nf2 Nxf2+ 36. Bxf2 Nc8 37. Nf3 Nd6 38. Ne5+ Kc7 39. Bh4
Kb7 40. Be7 Ne4 41. Ke3 g5 42. g4 Ng3 43. Kf3 Ne4 44. gxf5 Nd2+ 45. Kg4 Nxc4
46. Kxg5 Ne3 47. a4 Kb6 48. Bd8+ Kb7 49. f6 Nc2 50. f7 Bxf7 51. Nxf7 Nxd4 52.
Nd6+ Kb8 53. Kf6 c5 54. Bb6 Nc2 55. Ke6 Nd4+ 56. Kd7 Nb3 57. Kc6 c4 58. Nxc4
Kc8 59. Ba7 Nc1 60. Ne5 Nb3 61. Be3 Na1 62. Nd3 Nc2 63. Bc5 Na1 64. Kd5 Kb7 65.
Kc4 a5 66. Kc3 Kc6 67. Kb2 Kd5 68. Ba3 Kc4 69. Nc1 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1
Nc6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Rb8 11. Rb1 b6 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. h4 Ne7 14. Bxb7 Rxb7
15. c4 Qd7 16. Qf3 Rbb8 17. Bb2 Nc6 18. h5 Rfe8 19. Ne4 Qf5 20. Qxf5 gxf5 21.
Nc3 Nd4 22. Rec1 e4 23. Kg2 c6 24. dxe4 fxe4 25. Re1 f5 26. Ne2 Nf3 27. Red1
Rbd8 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Nf4 Kf6 30. a4 Nd2 31. Rb4 c5 32. Nd5+ Ke5 33. Rxd2 cxb4
34. f4+ Ke6 35. Kf2 Rc8 36. Rd4 Red8 37. g4 fxg4 38. Rxe4+ Kd6 39. Nxb4 Rc5 40.
Rd4+ Ke7 41. Nd5+ Kf7 42. Kg3 Ra5 43. Re4 Rd7 44. Kxg4 Rxa4 45. Kf5 Ra5 46. Re6
Rc5 47. Rf6+ Ke8 48. Re6+ Kf7 49. Rf6+ Ke8 50. Re6+ Kf8 51. Kg5 Kg7 52. h6+ Kf8
53. f5 Rxc4 54. Nf6 Rd2 55. Nxh7+ Kf7 56. Nf6 Rg2+ 57. Kh5 Rh2+ 58. Kg5 Rg2+
59. Kh5 Rc5 60. h7 Rxf5+ 61. Kh4 Rh2+ 62. Kg4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 exf4 7. Bxf4 O-O 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Be6 10. Bb3 Nd4 11. Rf1 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bd4 13. Ne2 Bxb2 14. Rb1
Ba3 15. Nf4 Bb4+ 16. Ke2 Bg4 17. Qxg4 Nxg4 18. Bxd8 Raxd8 19. Ng6 Bc5 20. Nxf8
Rxf8 21. h3 Nf6 22. c3 Bb6 23. Rf5 Re8 24. Rbf1 c6 25. Kd2 Re7 26. g4 d5 27.
exd5 cxd5 28. Bxd5 Be3+ 29. Kd1 Bg5 30. Bb3 b6 31. Re1 Rc7 32. Kc2 g6 33. Rfe5
Kf8 34. Rf1 Kg7 35. d4 Bh4 36. Kd3 Bg3 37. Re3 Bh4 38. a4 Nh7 39. a5 Ng5 40.
axb6 axb6 41. Bc4 Ra7 42. Rb1 Rb7 43. Rb5 Bf2 44. Re8 Nxh3 45. Ke2 Bh4 46. Kf3
Ng5+ 47. Kg2 Rc7 48. Rb4 Nh7 49. Kf3 Bf6 50. Ke2 Be7 51. Ra4 Nf6 52. Rb8 Nxg4
53. Rxb6 h5 54. Rba6 h4 55. Ra7 Rxa7 56. Rxa7 Kf6 57. Bd5 Nh6 58. c4 Nf5 59.
Kd3 g5 60. c5 g4 61. c6 Bd6 62. Rxf7+ Kg5 63. c7 Bxc7 64. Rxc7 h3 65. Rh7 Nh4
66. Be6 Ng6 67. Rg7 h2 68. Bd5 Kf6 69. Rxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. c3 a6 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. b4 Ba7 12. Bg5 b5 13. Na5 Qd7 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. g4 Bg6 16. Qe2 Bb6 17. Nb3 Rad8 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Nh4 c5 20. a3 cxb4 21.
axb4 c5 22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. Ra1 Ra8 24. Ra2 Bb6 25. Rfa1 Qe6 26. Qc2 Rec8 27. Kg2
Bd4 28. Nxd4 exd4 29. c4 bxc4 30. Nxg6 hxg6 31. Ra4 c3 32. Rxd4 Rab8 33. Ra3
Rb2 34. Qc1 Rb3 35. Raa4 Rb2 36. Rac4 Rxc4 37. Rxc4 Qb6 38. d4 c2 39. Rxc2 Rxc2
40. Qxc2 Qxd4 41. Qc8+ Kg7 42. Qxa6 Qxe4+ 43. Kg1 Qf3 44. Qf1 f5 45. Qg2 Qd1+
46. Qf1 Qd5 47. Qa1+ Kh7 48. Qf6 fxg4 49. hxg4 Kg8 50. Qf4 g5 51. Qb8+ Kg7 52.
Qb2+ f6 53. Qe2 Qd7 54. Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nxe5 d5 8.
d4 Bb6 9. O-O Nxe4 10. Nxc6 Qf6 11. Nb4 Be6 12. Nd2 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nxe4
dxe4 15. Nd5 Qe5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 f5 18. f4 Qb5 19. Qd6 Rfe8 20. Qe5 Qxb2
21. Rab1 Qd2 22. Qd4 Red8 23. Qxd2 Rxd2 24. Rb5 g6 25. c4 Rc8 26. Re5 Bf7 27.
Rf2 Rd3 28. Re2 Bxc4 29. Kf2 Bf7 30. h3 h5 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 fxg4 33. Rxe4
Ra3 34. Nxg4 Rxa2 35. Rxa2 Bxa2 36. Re7 a6 37. Ra7 Rc6 38. Kg3 Bb1 39. Kh4 Kf8
40. Kg5 Ke8 41. Rb7 Bf5 42. Ne5 Rd6 43. Ra7 Rb6 44. Rg7 a5 45. Ra7 Rb5 46. Nxg6
Bc2+ 47. Ne5 a4 48. Kf6 Kd8 49. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. Bg2
Nfd7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qc7 13. f4 b5 14. g5 b4 15.
Na4 e5 16. Be3 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ne5 18. Qf2 Rb8 19. h4 Bg4 20. Rd2 Rfc8 21. b3 Qa5
22. Bh3 Be6 23. h5 Nc4 $1 {So eine Chance lässt Kasparov sich nicht entgehen.}
24. Re2 Bxg5 25. bxc4 Bxc4 (25... Bxf4+ 26. Qxf4 Qxa4 27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. Rg1 $13
) 26. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 27. Re3 Bd3 $2 28. Qg3 $4 (28. Bxc8 {Caruana sah nicht, dass
er den Turm einfach schlagen konnte - Sinnbild für seine Form in diesem
Turnier.}) 28... Rxc2+ 29. Kd1 Qxh5+ 30. Qg4 Qe5 31. Rxd3 Rxa2 32. Rd2 Qa1+ 33.
Ke2 Rxd2+ 34. Kxd2 Qxh1 {Schwarz hat jetzt einfach zu viele Bauern.} 35. Nb2
Qh2+ 36. Bg2 h5 37. Qg5 Qe5 38. Qxe5 dxe5 39. Bf1 a5 40. Bc4 h4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 c5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. O-O Be6 12. Bb5 Na5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. b4 Qb6 15.
Qa4 a6 16. Bd3 cxb4 17. Nd4 b3 18. Rab1 Qc5 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qd7 Rf6 21. Be5
Rd8 22. Qa4 Rf7 23. Qg4 Nc4 24. Bd4 Qd6 25. Qh5 h6 26. Qg6 Bf6 27. Rxb3 Bxd4
28. exd4 Nd2 29. Rc3 Nxf1 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Bg6 Qxh2+ 32. Kxf1 Qf4 33. Bxf7 Kxf7
34. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 a6 8. a4
Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Nf1 c6 12. Bb3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. d4 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Be6 16. Bc2 Qf6 17. Ng3 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Ngf4 19. Ra3 Qd8 20. Ne4 Bf5 21. Rf3
Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Ng6 23. g3 Qd7 24. h4 Rfe8 25. h5 Nf8 26. h6 g6 27. a5 Re6 28.
Bc2 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Re8 30. Qd1 Qg4 31. Kg2 Ne6 32. Be3 Rd8 33. Qd2 Nxe3+ 34.
Qxe3 Ng5 35. Rf6 Qh3+ 36. Kg1 Qxh6 37. f4 Ne6 38. Rxe6 fxe6 39. Qxe6+ Kf8 40.
Qf6+ Ke8 41. Qe6+ Kf8 42. Qf6+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.29"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O b6 9. Nc2 Ne5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. f4 N5g6 12. e5 Qe6 13. b4 Bxe3+ 14. Nxe3 Nh4
15. Bg4 f5 16. Be2 Kh8 17. Bc4 Qg6 18. Rf2 d6 19. exd6 Rad8 20. d7 Bc6 21. Nd2
Rxd7 22. Qe2 Re8 23. Re1 Nc8 24. g3 Rde7 25. Ndf1 Nd6 26. Bd3 Be4 27. Qd1 Bxd3
28. Qxd3 Ne4 29. Nd5 Rd7 30. Qc4 Nxf2 31. Rxe8+ Qxe8 32. Kxf2 Ng6 33. Nfe3 Qe6
34. Qb3 c6 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.29"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. c4 d4 8. e3 Nc6
9. exd4 cxd4 10. Re1 Ne8 11. d3 f6 12. Nbd2 e5 13. Ne4 Nc7 14. c5 Be6 15. Nfd2
Bd5 16. Nc4 Ne6 17. Ba3 b5 18. Ncd6 Bxd6 19. cxd6 b4 20. Bc1 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Qxd6
22. Qh5 g6 23. Qf3 Rac8 24. Bh6 Rf7 25. Rac1 Ne7 26. Rxc8+ Nxc8 27. Rc1 Ne7 28.
h4 Kh8 29. Ba8 Nc5 30. Bd2 a5 31. h5 Kg7 32. h6+ Kh8 33. Rc4 Rf8 34. g4 f5 35.
Bg5 Ne6 36. Bd2 e4 37. dxe4 fxg4 38. e5 Qxe5 39. Qe4 Qxe4 40. Bxe4 Rc8 41.
Rxc8+ Nxc8 42. Bd5 Nc7 43. Bc6 Ne7 44. Bd7 Kg8 45. Bxg4 Kf7 46. Kf1 Nc6 47. Ke2
Ne5 48. Bh3 Ke7 49. f4 Nf7 50. f5 g5 51. Kd3 Nb5 52. Kc4 Nc3 53. Kxd4 Kf6 54.
Bxc3 bxc3 55. Kxc3 {Die Partie sollte remis enden, aber beide Spieler müssen
aufmerksam bleiben.} Nxh6 56. b4 g4 57. Bg2 axb4+ (57... a4 58. b5 Nxf5 59. b6
Nd6 60. b7 Nxb7 61. Bxb7 Kg5 $11) 58. Kxb4 Nxf5 59. a4 Ne3 60. Be4 {Nahezu
jeder andere Läuferzug hätte das Remis gehalten. Jetzt gewinnt Schwarz ein
wichtiges Tempo.} (60. Bb7 Ke5 61. a5 Kd6 62. a6 Kc7 $11) (60. a5 $2 Nxg2 61.
a6 Nf4 62. a7 Nd5+ $19) 60... Ke5 61. Bh1 Kd6 62. a5 Kc7 63. Kc5 g3 64. Kd4 g2
65. Bxg2 Nxg2 66. Ke4 Nh4 67. Kf4 Ng6+ {Dieses Spiel zeigt anschaulich, wie
Caruana einfache Stellungen "verpfuscht" hat.} 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.29"]
[Round "17"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
O-O a6 9. a4 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Bxc4 Bd7 12. Ne5 Be8 13. a5 Ncd7 14. Nf3 Rc8
15. Be2 Nb8 16. Qb3 Bc6 17. Ne5 Nfd7 18. Rfd1 Nc5 19. Qa2 Qe8 20. Nc4 Bb5 21.
Nd6 Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Bxe2 23. Nxe2 Qb5 24. Nd4 Qb4 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Rac1 Ncd7 27.
Qa3 Qxa3 28. bxa3 b6 29. Nc6 bxa5 30. Nxb8 Nxb8 31. a4 Re8 32. Rc7 g6 33. Kf1
Kg7 34. Rb1 Kf6 35. Ke2 g5 36. Rbb7 Rf8 37. g4 h6 38. h3 Kg6 39. f4 Kf6 40. Kf3
Kg6 41. f5+ exf5 42. Rb6+ f6 43. Rcb7 fxg4+ 44. hxg4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.29"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. b3 e5 7. Bb2 c5 8. e3 Nc6
9. Nc3 Bf5 10. d4 e4 11. Ne1 (11. Ng5 Re8 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Nb5 Re7 14. Qxd8+
Rxd8 15. Rad1 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 h6 17. Nh3 g5 18. Nd6 Bg4 19. Rd2 Ne8 20. Bxg7 Kxg7
21. Kf1 Nxd6 22. Rxd6 Nb4 23. a3 Nd3 24. Ng1 Nc1 25. h3 Bc8 26. Ne2 Nxb3 27.
Nc3 Be6 28. Bxe4 Na5 29. Bd5 Nxc4 30. Bxc4 Bxc4+ 31. Ke1 Be6 32. e4 Bxh3 33. f4
gxf4 34. gxf4 Rd7 35. e5 Rxd6 36. exd6 f6 37. Nd5 Kf7 38. Nc7 Bd7 {0-1 (38)
Webb,S (2425)-Kasparov,G (2595) Skara 1980}) 11... Re8 12. Nc2 h5 {Kasparov
startet den Königsangriff.} 13. Qd2 h4 14. Ba3 b6 15. Rfd1 Bg4 16. Rdc1 Qd7
17. b4 Qf5 {Die Dame betritt das Schlachtfeld.} 18. Bb2 Rad8 19. Nb5 Bf3 20. d5
Ne5 (20... Nxb4 21. Nxb4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 h3+ 23. Kf1 Ng4 $19) 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22.
Ne1 hxg3 23. fxg3 Bh6 {Alle Figuren nehmen am Angriff teil.} 24. Rab1 Kg7 {
Ja, alle! Der Turm will nach h8.} 25. Rb3 Qh5 26. h3 Nh7 27. g4 Bxg4 {Man muss
etwas opfern, wenn man etwas Größeres dafür bekommen will!} 28. hxg4 Qxg4
29. Qd1 Qg3 30. Qe2 Ng5 31. Kh1 Rh8 {Der finale Angriff.} 32. Nxd6 Kg8 {
Macht dem Läufer den Weg frei.} 33. bxc5 Bf8+ 34. Kg1 Nh3+ 35. Kf1 Bxd6 36.
cxd6 Rf5+ 37. Nf3 Rxf3+ {Ein eindrucksvoller Sieg Kasparovs!} 0-1

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.05.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Iotov,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 $1 {
The line which persuaded me away from playing my most favourite variation
against 1.e4 - the Taimanov Defence. It is not a winning variation, but it is
definitely a dangerous option to be considered when learning this great
opening.} Nf6 (7... Ne5 8. Qg3 h5 9. Nf5 $3 f6 $1 (9... exf5 $6 10. Nd5 Qb8 11.
Bb6 h4 12. Qc3 Nc6 13. Bc7 Qa7 14. O-O-O Nf6 15. Bc4 $40) 10. O-O-O exf5 11.
Nd5 Qc6 12. Bb6 f4 13. Qxf4 $44) 8. O-O-O Nxd4 $1 (8... Ne5 {In my opinion, a
flawed continuation. I am not clear on why this move is so popular in high
level games.} 9. Qg3 b5 10. f4 (10. Bxb5 $5 axb5 11. Ndxb5 Qb8 12. Bf4 d6 13.
Rxd6 Nh5 14. Qg5 Bxd6 15. Nxd6+ Qxd6 16. Bxe5 Ra5 17. f4 Nxf4 18. Nd5 Rxd5 19.
exd5 Ne2+ 20. Kb1 Qxd5 21. Qxg7 Rf8 22. b3 $14 {1-0 Morozevich,A (2692)
-Bukavshin,I (2657)/Moscow RUS 2015}) 10... Neg4 11. Bg1 $1 (11. e5 Nxe3 12.
Qxe3 (12. exf6 $4 Nxd1 13. fxg7 Rg8 14. Nd5 exd5 15. gxf8=R+ Kxf8 16. Qf3 Nxb2
17. Kxb2 b4 $19 {0-1 Popilski,G (2522)-Adhiban,B (2630)/Caleta ENG 2015}) 12...
b4 13. Ne4 Nd5 $6 (13... Nxe4 $142 $1 14. Qxe4 Bb7 15. Qd3 Rc8 $17) 14. Qg3 $6
(14. Qe1 $14) 14... Bb7 15. f5 $40 {0-1 Ivanisevic,I (2623)-Bukavshin,I (2616)/
St Petersburg RUS 2014}) (11. Bd2 Qa7 $1 (11... b4 12. Na4 Qa7 13. e5 Qxd4 14.
exf6 Nf2 15. Qf3 Rb8 16. Bc3 Qxd1+ 17. Qxd1 Nxd1 18. fxg7 Bxg7 19. Bxg7 Nf2 20.
Bxh8 Nxh1 21. Be5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Edouard,R (2641)-Neiksans,A (2627)/Drancy FRA
2016}) 12. Be1 $8 b4 13. Na4 h5 14. e5 Nd5 $132) 11... b4 12. Na4 $1 Nh6 13.
Qe3 $1 Be7 14. Bd3 O-O 15. Kb1 $1 (15. h3 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. g4 Bd7 18. Bxe4
dxe4 19. b3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Salgado Lopez,I (2616)-Matlakov,M (2694)/Montpellier
FRA 2015}) 15... d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Nb3 $16) (8... Be7 $5) 9. Bxd4 e5 10. Be3 (
10. Qg3 d6 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Rxd5 O-O $11)
10... d6 11. h3 b5 12. Bd3 $6 (12. a3 $142 {Preventing Black's advances on the
queenside. There is no need to develop a piece for the sake of developing.} h6
$1 (12... Be6 13. g4 Be7 14. g5 Nd7 15. h4 Rb8 16. Bh3 $16) (12... Rb8 13. Bg5
Be7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Bg5+ 16. Kb1 Qd8 17. g3 $16 {[%csl Yd5,Rg5][%cal
Gh3h4,Gf1h3]}) 13. g4 Rb8 14. g5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Be7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Bg5+
18. Kb1 Qd8 19. Rg1 $14) 12... b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 $11 a5 $1 {Harikrishna
wastes no time in preparing his queenside attack!} 15. Kb1 (15. Qg3 f5 $1 16.
Qg5 Qf7 17. Bb5+ Bd7 18. Bxd7+ Qxd7 19. f4 g6 20. g4 Be7 21. Qh6 Bf8 22. Qg5
Be7 $11) (15. g4 $5 Be7 16. Qe4 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. f4 O-O 19. Kb1 Raa8 $1
$11) 15... Be7 16. g4 O-O 17. g5 Ba6 18. Qe4 g6 $6 {Creating a possible
weakness for no reason is never a good idea. Such a move allows h4-h5 ideas,
whereas the simple 18...Bxd3 would have kept Black's king in check.} (18...
Bxd3 $1 19. cxd3 $1 {[%csl Yc6][%cal Gd1c1,Gc1c6]} (19. Qxd3 f5 20. gxf6 Bxf6
$15) 19... f5 20. gxf6 Bxf6 21. Rc1 Qd7 22. Rc6 Be7 23. Qc4 Qf5 24. Qe4 Qd7 $11
) 19. h4 $1 $14 Rfc8 20. Rc1 $6 (20. h5 $142 {It is never an easy decision to
ignore the opponent's threat, but a necessary one in order to fight for the
advantage!} Bxd3 21. cxd3 $1 (21. Qxd3 $6 Qc4 $1 $11) 21... Qc2+ 22. Ka1 a4 23.
Rc1 Qe2 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Qxb4 a3 27. Qxa3 Qf3 28. Rb1 Qxd5 29.
Qa4 $16) 20... Qd7 (20... Bxd3 21. cxd3 Qd7 22. Rc6 Rxc6 23. dxc6 Qe6 24. f4
Rc8 25. Rc1 Bd8 {[%csl Ya5,Gc6,Yd8][%cal Gd8a5]} 26. c7 $1 Bxc7 27. fxe5 dxe5 (
27... d5 28. Qd4 Qd7 29. Qc5 $16) 28. Qc4 Qd6 29. Rc2 $16 {[%cal Gd3d4]}) 21.
Bxa6 Rxa6 22. f4 Qf5 23. Qxf5 gxf5 {Positionally speaking, a very flawed
endgame for Black due the pawn structure. White is simply a "pawn up" on the
queenside!} 24. c3 $1 bxc3 25. Rxc3 Rxc3 26. bxc3 Ra8 27. Kc2 Rb8 (27... Rc8
28. Rf1 $1 f6 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Rxf5 Rc4 31. h5 Ra4 32. Kb2 Rh4 33. g6 hxg6 34.
hxg6 Rg4 35. Bb6 a4 36. Rf7 $16) 28. Rf1 $1 {Fixing the centre takes away any
possible counterplay. It is the way of the technical player!} (28. fxe5 dxe5
29. c4 $16 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5]}) 28... e4 29. a4 (29. Rb1 $2 Rxb1 30. Kxb1 Bd8 31.
h5 Kf8 32. Kb2 Ke8 33. Kb3 Kd7 34. Ka4 Ke8 35. Kb5 Kd7 36. c4 Bc7 $11 {Such an
endgame may seem difficult to resist. However, the passed pawn on e4 manages
to save the position!}) 29... Kf8 30. h5 Ke8 31. Rg1 Kd7 32. Bd4 Kc7 $2 (32...
Ke8 $1 $132 {Having the king closer to the kingside would be the best way to
defend this position.}) 33. g6 fxg6 34. hxg6 hxg6 35. Rxg6 Rf8 36. Rg7 Kd7 37.
c4 $4 {[%csl Yc4]} (37. Kb3 {[%cal Gb3c4,Gc4b5]} Ke8 38. Kc4 $16) 37... Ke8 $11
38. Kc3 Bh4 39. Ra7 Be1+ 40. Kc2 Rg8 41. Ra8+ Kf7 42. Ra7+ Ke8 43. Ra8+ {
Caruana undoubtedly dominated for most of the game. It is only by luck that
Harikrishna managed to save this game and get a draw!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.05.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. e3
O-O 9. Be2 {Pavel employs an extremely rare idea in the well-known theoretical
position.} ({Fabiano has successfully solved all the problems in the endgame
which may arise after} 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd5 11. Be2 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+
13. Kxd2 Nc6 14. Rhc1 Rd8 15. Rc5 (15. Ke1 Bf5 16. a3 Rac8 17. h3 h5 $11 {
Karjakin,S (2762)-Caruana,F (2796) Skopje MKD 2015}) 15... Bf5 16. Rac1 Be4 17.
Bd3 Bd5 18. Bc4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nxd4 20. exd4 Rxd4+ 21. Ke3 Rxf4 22. Kxf4 Bh6+
23. Rg5 Kf8 24. Kg4 f6 25. f4 fxg5 26. fxg5 Bg7 $11 {Kramnik,V (2769)-Caruana,
F (2829) London ENG 2014}) 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd7 {This move was played after
a long period of meditation. Black is trying to exploit the somewhat
vulnerable placement of both White's bishops.} ({Liquidating into a similar
endgame by means of} 10... cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nc6 14.
Rab1 b6 15. Rhc1 Bf5 16. Bd3 $14 {Dubov,D (2661)-Grigoriants,S (2603) Berlin
GER 2015, didn't offer Black a full equality.}) 11. O-O Nb6 12. Bb3 $146 {
This natural retreat is a novelty and a clear improvement} ({over one
preceding game:} 12. Qb3 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Be6 15. Qb4 Bd5 $11 {
Hackner,O (2119)-Balaji,A (1973) Ascot 2014}) 12... c4 $1 {This advance makes
the play less concrete compared to the usual ''Grünfeld stuff''.} ({The
immediate} 12... Nd5 {is well met by} 13. Be5 $1 {, and then the ''greedy''}
Nxc3 14. Qc2 cxd4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nxd4 Nd5 17. Rfd1 Qa5 18. Rac1 {would put
Black under strong pressure.}) 13. Bc2 Nd5 14. Qd2 Nxf4 (14... Qa5 15. Be4 Nxf4
16. exf4 $14 {leads to the same character of play, but here the situation is
somewhat better for White.}) 15. exf4 {Liquidating the powerful dark-squared
bishop is a definite achivement for Black. However, the space advantage and
superiority in the centre still make White's position quite promising.} Be6 {
The bishop is heading to d5 in order to consolidate Black's position.} 16. a4
$6 {Pavel deviates from simplifying the position, but the centralised Bd5
would be too strong.} ({Instead, the correct} 16. Be4 $1 Bd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18.
a4 e6 19. Rfb1 $14 {would offer White a small, but stable advantage.}) 16...
Bd5 17. Ne5 e6 $11 18. Rfb1 {Compared to the above-mentioned note, it is much
more difficult for White to make any progress on the queenside.} Rb8 {This
move is connected with a concrete plan of creating a passer.} ({Another
reasonable way of handling the position was} 18... Qc7 19. f3 f6 20. Ng4 Rad8
$11) 19. Qe3 a6 20. a5 {The most natural response - it definitely makes sense
to separate the pawns.} (20. Be4 b5 21. Rb4 Qd6 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra5 f6 24.
Nf3 Qd7 $11) 20... b5 21. axb6 Rxb6 22. g3 {This move isn't a real mistake,
but it makes the monarch feel uncomfortably.} ({Possibly, a safer approach
would be} 22. Be4 $5 Bxe5 23. fxe5 a5 24. Rc1 Rb3 25. Ra4 Qa8 26. f3 $11) 22...
Rxb1+ 23. Rxb1 Bxe5 24. Qxe5 Qa8 $5 {An ambitious choice. The queen is going
to support the a-passer and disturb the opponent's king.} (24... Qa5 25. Be4
Qxc3 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Qxd5 $11) 25. h4 Bh1 26. Kf1 {The king is moving to the
centre. The limited material balance doesn't allow Black to develop a powerful
attack yet.} h5 {Caruana's monarch is also somewhat exposed, so he sensibly
takes care of it.} 27. Ke1 a5 ({White is OK after} 27... Qf3 28. Qe3 $11) 28.
Ra1 ({It was possible to force a draw by means of:} 28. Kd2 a4 29. Bxg6 fxg6
30. Qxe6+ Kg7 31. Qe7+ Rf7 32. Qe5+ Kh6 33. Rb8 Qe4 34. Qh8+ Rh7 35. Qf8+ Rg7
36. Qh8+ $11) 28... Qg2 29. Rxa5 (29. Qe2 Rb8 30. Qxc4 Rb2 31. Ra2 {leaves
Black nothing better than forcing a perpetual:} Qg1+ 32. Ke2 Bf3+ $1 33. Kxf3
Qh1+ 34. Ke3 (34. Ke2 Qe4+ $11) 34... Qc1+ 35. Kf3 Qh1+ $11) 29... Qg1+ 30. Ke2
Bg2 31. Qe3 {Objectively, White is still able to maintain the balance after
this move, but the initiative is definitely on Black's side now.} ({Once again,
it made sense to call it a day with} 31. Bxg6 $1 Qf1+ 32. Kd2 Qxf2+ 33. Kc1
fxg6 34. Qxe6+ Kh8 35. Rxh5+ gxh5 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Qg6+ $11) 31... Rb8 32. Ra2
{A sad necessity. All White's pieces are doomed to a passive defence.} Bh3 33.
Kd2 Bf5 {Exchanging the bishops would expose the light squares in White's camp,
so it's getting more shaky.} 34. Qe1 Qg2 35. Bxf5 $2 {Opening-up the e-file
yields Black additional attacking resourses.} ({It was necessary to sit and
wait:} 35. Qe2 Bxc2 36. Rxc2 Rb1 37. Rc1 Rb3 38. Rc2 $11 {and it looks like
Black cannot make any progress.}) 35... exf5 36. Kc2 $2 {Being under strong
time pressure, Pavel fails to defend properly and makes a decisive mistake.} (
36. Rc2 Rb6 37. Rc1 Re6 38. Qf1 Qf3 $17) 36... Qb7 $2 {Returning the favour.} (
{The precise} 36... Qf3 $1 {would win on the spot:} 37. Qe3 (37. Kc1 Rb3 38.
Rc2 Ra3 39. Kb1 Qa8 $19) 37... Qh1 38. Rb2 Ra8 $19) 37. Kd2 Qg2 38. Kc1 $2 ({
Once again,} 38. Rc2 {would be the only way to stay in the game.}) 38... Qf3 $1
{This time Fabiano doesn't miss the chance.} 39. Rc2 (39. Rb2 Ra8 40. Kb1 Ra6
$19) 39... Ra8 40. Qe2 ({Nor does} 40. Kb1 {offer any hope:} Ra6 41. Ra2 Re6
42. Qc1 Qb7+ 43. Ka1 Qe7 $19) 40... Qh1+ 41. Kd2 Ra1 $19 {White is paralysed.
The remaining few moves were just an agony.} 42. Qe8+ Kg7 43. Qe5+ Kh7 44. Qe2
Rb1 45. f3 Rg1 {White cannot avoid the loss of his queen.} ({Another
possibility was} 45... Qg1 46. d5 Qxg3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.05.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 {Lately the Open Ruy
Lopez has experienced a significant surge in popularity. In Shamkir Caruana
played it with both colours, Hou Yifan faced it in the World Championship
match against M.Muzychuk earlier this year and subsequently took it up herself
with Black. Other top GMs as Giri and DIng Liren have added it to their
repertoires as well.} (5... Be7 {is still the most popular alternative,
leading to the Closed Ruy Lopez.}) 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 (9.
Be3 {is one of the tricky sidelines:} {Black mostly continues his development
with} Be7 ({After} 9... Nc5 {White can fight for an advantage with} 10. Nc3 $5
(10. c3 Be7 {transposes to 9...Be7}) 10... Nxb3 11. cxb3 Be7 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. h3
(13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Qd4 Rad8 16. Qa7 (16. h3 $5 $14) 16... Nc6 17.
Qxa6 Bg4 18. Nd1 Nb8 19. Qb7 Bxf3 20. gxf3 {Shirov,A (2689)-Simacek,P (2454)
Czech Republic 2016} Qe6 $1 $44) 13... O-O 14. Ne2 {[%cal Ye2d4,Ye3c5]} f6 15.
exf6 Rxf6 16. Ned4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Rf5 18. Ne5 Qc8 19. Nc6 Bd6 20. Bc5 Qd7 21.
Bxd6 cxd6 22. Nd4 $16 {Ponomariov,R (2677)-Kortschnoj,V (2639) Donetsk 2001})
10. c3 {and now:} {The most natural reaction is} O-O (10... Qd7 11. Nbd2 Nxd2
12. Qxd2 Na5 13. Bg5 c5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Bxd5 $5 ({More principled than} 15.
Ng5 Nxb3 16. axb3 O-O 17. f4 g6 18. h3 Rfd8 19. Qf2 h6 20. Nf3 Bf5 21. b4 cxb4
22. cxb4 Rdc8 23. Nd4 Be4 24. Rac1 Rc4 $132 {Sokolov,A (2555)-Jussupow,A (2600)
Montpellier ct 1985}) 15... Rd8 16. c4 Nxc4 17. Bc6+ Kf8 ({Black goes for
complications. However,} 17... Bd7 18. Bxd7+ Qxd7 19. Qc1 Qc6 $13 {seems to be
playable as well.}) 18. Qc3 b4 19. Qc1 h6 20. a3 bxa3 21. bxa3 g5 22. Rb1 Qc7
23. Be4 Qa5 24. Rb7 Rg8 $1 (24... Qxa3 25. Nxg5 $1 hxg5 26. Qxg5 $40) {led to
a murky position, the sacrifice} 25. Rb3 Nd6 26. exd6 Bxb3 27. Qb2 Be6 28. Rd1
$44 {Giri,A (2798)-Caruana,F (2787) Wijk aan Zee 2016 gave White only
sufficient compensation at best.}) ({After} 10... Nc5 11. Bc2 Nd7 {However,
White has another enterprising sacrifice} 12. Nd4 $5 (12. Re1 Ndxe5 13. Nxe5
Nxe5 14. Bd4 Ng6 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Bxg6 Rxg7 17. Rxe6 (17. Bh5 Kf8 18. Nd2 c5
19. a4 {Aakash,G (2343)-Deepan Chakkravarthy,J (2462) Jalgaon 2013} b4 $1 {/\}
20. cxb4 c4 $15) 17... hxg6 18. Re2 Kf8 19. Nd2 Rh7 20. Nf3 Bf6 21. Qd3 Kg7 22.
a4 c6 23. h3 Rh8 24. Ne5 Qd6 25. Ng4 Rhe8 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. g3
Kg8 $11 {Dominguez Perez,L (2757)-Nakamura,H (2772) Elancourt 2013}) (12. Bf4
g5 {is also a gambit after} 13. Be3 (13. Bg3 h5 14. h3 g4 $36) 13... Ndxe5 14.
Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bd4 Bf6 $6 $146 (15... f6 $142 $1 $13 {[%csl Ge5]}) 16. a4 $1 (
16. f4 $36) 16... b4 17. cxb4 Nc6 18. Bc5 Be7 19. Re1 Rb8 20. Qh5 Kd7 21. Nc3
Bxc5 22. bxc5 Qf6 23. Rad1 Nb4 {Motylev,A (2658)-Khairullin,I (2662) Chita 2015
} 24. Bb3 {/\} c6 25. Ne4 $1 Qxb2 26. Qf3 $40 {[%cal Rf3g3,Re4g5]}) 12... Ndxe5
13. Nxe6 (13. f4 Nc4 14. Nxc6 Nxe3 15. Nxd8 Nxd1 16. Nxe6 Ne3 17. Nxc7+ Kd7 18.
Nxa8 Nxc2 19. Nd2 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 Nxa1 21. Rxa1 Rxa8 $11 {Tal,M (2565)-Timman,J 
(2640) Montpellier 1985}) 13... fxe6 14. Nd2 $32 Bf6 (14... O-O 15. f4 Ng6 16.
Nb3 Bd6 17. Qh5 Nce7 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 Rf7 20. Rae1 Qd7 21. g4 $16 {
Swiercz,D (2540)-De Jong,J (2437) Wijk aan Zee 2011}) ({Black should possibly
try the as yet untested} 14... g6 $5) 15. f4 Nf7 16. Qg4 Qc8 17. Bc5 h5 18. Qh3
Be7 19. Nb3 Bd6 20. Rae1 Rh6 21. Be3 Rf6 22. Nd4 Ncd8 23. Qxh5 $16 {Van
Foreest,J (2548)-Timman,J (2562) Hoogeveen 2015}) 11. Nbd2 Qd7 (11... Bg4 12.
Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 exf3 15. Bxc6 fxg2 16. Rfe1 $146 (16. Kxg2 Rad8
17. a4 b4 18. cxb4 Bxb4 19. Rfc1 {is more usual, although even here} Bd2 {
should hold the balance.}) 16... Rad8 17. a4 b4 18. cxb4 Bxb4 19. Rec1 Bd2 20.
Bxd2 Rxd2 21. b4 f6 22. e6 (22. a5 $5 {[%cal Rb4b5]}) 22... Bxe6 23. Bb7 {
Caruana,F (2804)-Giri,A (2782) Paris rpd 2016} Rd4 $11) 12. Bc2 (12. Re1 Nxd2 (
12... Rad8 13. Bc2 Bf5 $5 $13 {also deserves attention}) 13. Qxd2 (13. Bxd2
Rad8 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. h3 d4 19. Qf3 d3
20. Red1 Bd4 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. b3 Qxe5 24. Qxd3 Qf6 $11 {Adams,M
(2742)-Muzychuk,M (2528) Baku 2015}) 13... Na5 14. Bg5 c5 15. Bc2 Nc4 16. Qd3
g6 17. b3 Na3 18. Bd1 a5 19. Rc1 Rfe8 20. Qd2 b4 $6 {Opening the position is
risky.} (20... a4 $142 $5 $132 {Ftacnik}) 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. cxb4 axb4 23. Qh6
Bf5 24. Be2 Qf8 25. Qxf8+ Kxf8 26. Rxc5 Nc2 27. Rc1 Rxa2 28. Bd1 Rea8 29. Bxc2
Rxc2 30. R5xc2 Bxc2 31. Nd4 {Jakovenko,D (2691)-Sutovsky,E (2629) Poikovsky
2007/ For more details see the notes to this game in CBM 117 by Ftacnik.})
12... Nxd2 (12... f5 {is the older move, but it gradually went out of fashion:}
13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Bg5 Bd6 15. a4 $5 b4 16. a5 bxc3 17. bxc3 Qf7 18. Re1 h6 19.
Bh4 Ng4 20. Bg3 Bxg3 21. hxg3 Bf5 22. Ba4 $1 Nxa5 {Polgar,J (2710)-Koneru,H 
(2589) Caleta 2012} 23. Nd4 $1 {/\} Bh7 24. Qxg4 Qxf2+ 25. Kh2 Qxd2 26. Re7 Qg5
27. Qxg5 hxg5 28. Bd7 $40) 13. Qxd2 Bg4 (13... Na5 14. Nd4 c5 15. Qd3 g6 16.
Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bh6 Rf7 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. h4 Rg8 20. Rad1 Nc6 21. Rfe1 Bd8 22. Qh3
g5 23. hxg5 Bxg5 24. Rd3 Bxh6 25. Qxh6 c4 26. Rh3 d4 27. Bg6 Rfg7 28. Be4 {
[%cal Rh6f6]} Rf7 $14 {/<=>, Giri,A (2791)-Pruijssers,R (2507) Amsterdam 2015})
(13... Rad8 14. a4 Bf5 $5 15. Rfd1 b4 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Qd3 Qxd3 18. Rxd3 f6
19. e6 Ne5 20. Nxe5 fxe5 21. cxb4 d4 22. Bd2 e4 23. Rg3 Rd6 24. Rg4 Rxe6 25.
Re1 Rb8 $11 {Horvath,J (2520)-Karsa,L (2380) Kecskemet 1985}) 14. Bf4 (14. Qd3
g6 15. Bh6 Rfe8 {is more common, but White got nothing after} 16. Rfe1 Bf5 17.
Qd2 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Nd8 $1 19. Rad1 Ne6 20. h4 c5 21. h5 Rad8 22. a4 bxa4 23. Ra1
Rb8 24. Bc1 Rb6 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Rxa4 gxh5 $5 27. Ra5 Ng7 28. Bg5 Rg6 $36 {
Kokarev,D (2638)-Short,N (2664) Kolkata 2015}) 14... Bxf3 15. gxf3 Rad8 $146 (
15... Nd8 16. Rad1 c6 17. Kh1 f5 {is rather passive, although Black got
counterplay after} 18. Rg1 Ne6 19. Be3 Rae8 20. f4 Bc5 21. Rg3 (21. b4 $14)
21... Re7 22. b4 Ba7 23. a4 Kh8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra1 d4 $1 $132 {Nyman,
S-Lilloni,L corr Italy 1972}) (15... Bh4 $5 $13 {[%cal Yc6e7,Ye7g6,Yf7f6]
deserves attention, preventing Bg3.}) 16. Rfd1 $5 (16. Rad1 {is more natural,
but White envisages a different future for the Ra1. The idea pays off after
Black's slow reaction.}) 16... Qe6 17. Qe3 (17. Qe2 f6 $5 18. Qd3 Qh3 $13)
17... Rd7 $6 (17... Bh4 $5) (17... Na5 $142 $1 18. b3 c5 19. a4 (19. Bg3 Nc6
20. f4 (20. a4 $6 b4 $15) 20... f5 $13 {/=/+}) 19... c4 $132 ({Komodo
recommends} 19... b4 $5)) 18. Bg3 g6 $6 (18... f5 19. exf6 $5 Qxf6 (19... Qxe3
20. fxe3 Bxf6 21. e4 $36) 20. Bb3 $14 (20. a4 $5)) (18... Na5 19. f4 f5 20.
exf6 Qxe3 21. fxe3 Bxf6 22. e4 Nc4 $14 {/<=>}) 19. a4 (19. f4 $5 f5 20. b4 $36
{[%csl Rd5][%cal Rc2b3] Mikhalchisin}) 19... Nd8 $6 {Black should have kept
the a-file closed.} (19... b4 $142 20. f4 $14 (20. a5 $5)) 20. axb5 axb5 21. f4
{[%cal Rf4f5]} f6 $8 22. exf6 Qxf6 (22... Qxe3 23. fxe3 Bc5 (23... Bxf6 24. e4
$16) 24. Kg2 Bxe3 25. Re1 Bb6 26. Re7 $16 (26. Bh4 $5 {[%csl Gc2,Gh4]})) 23.
Qe2 $1 c6 24. Qg4 Rb7 25. f5 $36 {[%csl Gc2,Gg3] Hou,Y (2673)-Muzychuk,M (2554)
WchW Lvov 2016}) ({After} 9. c3 {Black has also lately turned to the solid} Be7
(9... Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 f6 {is not refuted, but Black had
to defend with care after} 13. exf6 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Qxf6 15. Nf1 Ne5 16. Kg1
Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Rxf3 19. Bg5 Bh3 20. Nd2 Rf7 21. Re1 Raf8 22. Be3
Re7 23. Bf2 Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 Re8 25. Kf2 Bg4 26. Bd3 g5 27. Nb3 Kf7 28. Nc5 Bc8
$11 {Areshchenko,A (2677)-Zubarev,A (2548) Lvov 2015}) 10. Bc2 {is less tested,
White wants to limit his opponent's options.} (10. Nbd2 {gives Black a choice:}
O-O (10... Nc5 11. Bc2 d4 {transposes to 9.Nbd2}) 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13.
Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 17. a4 Rad8 18. Bxg5 (18. axb5
axb5 19. Ra7 Rd7 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Be3 Ne6 $5 22. f4 g6 23. g3 Rd8 24. Bf2 d4
25. cxd4 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 27. Qxd4 Rxd4 28. Rd1 c4 $1 $11 {Gashimov,V (2730)
-Sutovsky,E (2660) Poikovsky 2009}) 18... Bxg5 19. f4 Be7 20. axb5 axb5 21. Kh1
d4 $5 (21... Qb6 22. Qd3 c4 23. Qh3 g6 24. g4 d4 25. gxf5 {Karjakin,S (2779)
-Hou,Y (2663) Shamkir 2016} d3 $1 $15) 22. cxd4 c4 23. b3 (23. Qd2 Rd7 24. Qa5
Qc6 25. Rad1 Rd5 $44 {has been tested in email games, Black held the balance.})
23... Bc5 24. bxc4 Rxd4 25. Qb1 bxc4 26. Ra5 Qc6 (26... Qb6 $6 {costs Black an
important tempo after} 27. Rb5 Qc6 28. Bd1 $14 {Sebag,M (2501)-Muzychuk,A 
(2566) Beijing rpd 2013}) 27. Bd1 (27. Bxf5 g6 28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. Rxc5 $11 {
is the safe choice}) 27... Qc7 28. Qb5 (28. Rb5 $142 $5) 28... Bb6 29. Ra6 Rb8
30. Bf3 c3 31. Rc1 Kh8 32. Ra8 $2 (32. g3 $132) 32... Rxa8 33. Bxa8 Rd8 34. Bf3
Be3 $19 {Sebag,M (2496)-Muzychuk,M (2542) EU-chT Reykjavik 2015}) {After} 10...
Bg4 $5 (10... O-O 11. Qe2 (11. Nbd2 {leads to the previous line}) 11... Qd7 $5
{is playable for Black, according to Marin.}) 11. h3 Bh5 (11... Bxf3 12. gxf3
Nc5 13. f4 Qd7 14. Qf3 Rd8 15. Rd1 f5 16. Be3 Qe6 17. Nd2 O-O 18. Nb3 Na4 19.
Rab1 Rd7 20. Kh1 g6 21. Bd3 Bh4 22. Bf1 $1 Rdd8 23. Bg2 $36 {Polgar,J (2540)
-Huebner,R (2620) Munich 1991}) 12. g4 Bg6 {the theory is still developing:}
13. Nd4 (13. Bb3 Nc5 $5 14. Qxd5 (14. Bxd5 Qd7 $32) 14... Na5 $44) 13... Nxd4 (
13... Qd7 14. f4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 f5 16. Be3 O-O $6 (16... h5 $5) 17. Nc3 c6 18.
Bxe4 $1 dxe4 19. d5 b4 20. dxc6 Qxd1 (20... Qxc6 21. Qd5+ $16) 21. Nxd1 Rfd8
22. Rc1 Rd3 23. Bc5 Bd8 24. e6 $16 {Caruana,F (2787)-Wei,Y (2706) Wijk aan Zee
2016 For more details see the notes in CBM 171 by Marin.}) 14. cxd4 h5 $5 15.
f3 Ng3 16. Rf2 hxg4 (16... Bxc2 17. Qxc2 c5 18. Bf4 h4 $13 {is the engine's
choice. Black goes for a more forcing continuation.}) 17. Bxg6 Rxh3 $1 18. Qc2
Bc5 19. Qxc5 Rh1+ 20. Kg2 Rh2+ $1 21. Kg1 Rh1+ {½, Hou,Y (2673)-Muzychuk,M 
(2554) WchW Lvov 2016}) (9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc5 13.
Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb8 15. Bb3 Na5 16. Nd4 {was tried by Fabiano a few rounds
later, but Black was well prepared and the game continued quickly with} (16.
Nbd2 Qa7 {has long been known as drawish:} 17. Qxa7 Rxa7 18. Nxe4 Nxb3 19. axb3
dxe4 20. Nd4 Rb7 21. Rxa6 Bxb3 22. Nxb3 Rxb3 23. Rc6 Rb5 $11 {Lu,S (2619)-Wei,
Y (2700) Xinghua 2016}) 16... c5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. f3 c4 19. fxe4 cxb3 20. exd5
bxa2 $1 21. Rxa2 Nc4 22. Qd4 Qb3 23. Nc3 Rac8 24. Rb1 Ne3 25. Qxe3 Rxc3 26.
Qxc3 Qxa2 27. Rd1 exd5 28. Qd4 {Caruana,F (2804)-Giri,A (2790) Shamkir 2016} {
Now the simplest was} Qc4 $5 29. Qxd5+ Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Rb8 $11) 9... Nc5 10. c3
Be7 {Also in this subvariation Black continues with his development.} ({
Currently out of fashion is the former main line} 10... d4 11. Bxe6 ({Zaitsev's
} 11. Ng5 {seems to be a forced draw - one of the possible lines is} Qxg5 12.
Qf3 O-O-O 13. Bxe6+ fxe6 14. Qxc6 Qxe5 15. b4 Qd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. bxc5 dxc3
18. Nb3 d4 19. Ba3 g6 20. Bb4 Bg7 21. a4 d3 22. axb5 d2 23. c6 Kb8 24. Rxa6 $1
d1=Q 25. Bc5 Qxb3 26. Ba7+ Kc8 27. Bd4 Qxb5 28. Ra8+ Qb8 29. Rxb8+ Kxb8 30.
Rb1+ Kc8 31. Ra1 $11) 11... Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 {and now after both} 13. Ne4 ({
and} 13. a4 {Black still hasn't completely resolved his problems. Both moves
were introduced into practice back in 1981 by Karpov in the World Championship
match against Korchnoi.})) 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 ({The main alternative is} 12.
cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 O-O {and although the endgame is
quite pleasant for White, getting a more tangible pull is difficult:} 16. Be3 (
16. Nd4 Rfd8 17. Be3 (17. b4 Na4 18. Nc6 Rxd1+ 19. Bxd1 Bf8 20. Bf3 Re8 21. a3
Nb6 22. g3 h6 23. h4 g6 24. Bg2 Bg7 25. f4 f6 26. Bb2 fxe5 27. Bxe5 Nc4 28.
Bxg7 Kxg7 29. a4 bxa4 30. Rxa4 Bg4 $132 {Hou,Y (2578)-Koneru,H (2600) WchW
Tirana 2011}) 17... Bd5 18. Rac1 Ne6 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. a3 b4 21. axb4 Bxb4 22.
Nd4 a5 23. f4 g6 24. f5 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Bf3 $5 26. gxf3 Rxd4 $11 {Vachier
Lagrave,M (2785)-Sethuraman,S (2639) Gibraltar 2016}) 16... Rfd8 17. Rdc1 h6
18. Nd4 Bd5 19. f4 (19. Bd1 $5 $146 Nd3 20. Rxc7 Bf8 21. e6 fxe6 22. Bg4 Re8
23. b3 Bd6 24. Rc2 Ne5 25. Be2 Be4 26. Rd2 Bb4 27. Rdd1 Bd5 28. Rac1 Rac8 {
Hou,Y (2673)-Muzychuk,M (2554) Lvov WchW 2016}) 19... Ne6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bg6
Rac8 22. Bc5 Kf8 23. Kf2 (23. Bxe7+ Kxe7 24. Rc5 Bc4 25. b3 Bd3 26. Bxd3 Rxd3
27. Rac1 Kd7 28. Rc6 Rd4 29. g3 g5 $11 {Hou,Y (2606)-Koneru,H (2610) Beijing
rpd 2012}) 23... Bb7 24. Bxe7+ Kxe7 25. Rc2 c5 26. Ke3 c4 27. a4 Bd5 28. axb5
axb5 29. g4 {So,W (2775)-Ding,L (2778) Shanghai m 2016} Ra8 $11) 12... d3 13.
Bb1 {White goes for a complex struggle.} (13. Nxc5 dxc2 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Nxe6
fxe6 16. Be3 (16. Bf4 $6 Rf8 17. Bg3 g5 18. h3 Rxf3 $1 19. gxf3 b4 $15 {
[%csl Gc2]}) {leads to a simplified position, in which White's edge is minimal.
Even such a technician as Carlsen didn't manage to retain it after} 16... Rd5
17. Rfc1 (17. c4 bxc4 18. Rfc1 Nb4 19. a3 Nd3 20. Rxc2 Kd7 $1 21. Nd2 Nxb2 $1
22. Nxc4 Nxc4 23. Rxc4 Rb8 24. Rac1 c5 $11 {Harikrishna,P (2753)-Ding,L (2766)
Huaian blitz 2016}) 17... Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Bd4 (19. Rxc2 Rd5 (19... O-O
20. a4 bxa4 21. Rxa4 Bc5 22. Re2 Rd8 23. Kf1 Rd1+ 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Kxe1 Bxe3
26. fxe3 a5 27. Kd2 Rb5 28. Kc2 Rc5 29. Kb3 Rb5+ 30. Ka3 Rc5 $11 {Bologan,V 
(2695)-Giri,A (2730) Germany 2013}) 20. c4 Rd7 21. cxb5 axb5 22. a4 bxa4 23.
Kf1 Kf7 24. Rxa4 Rb8 25. Rac4 c5 26. Bxc5 Bxc5 27. Rxc5 Rd1+ 28. Ke2 Rb1 $11 {
Karjakin,S (2779)-Caruana,F (2804) Shamkir 2016 This game was played in the
last round.}) 19... Rg5 20. Rxc2 Kf7 21. Be3 Re5 (21... Rh5 22. a4 Rd8 23. axb5
axb5 24. g3 Bc5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Re2 Ke7 27. Kg2 Rcd5 28. Ra7 R8d7 29. h4 h6
30. Kf3 Rf5+ 31. Kg2 Rfd5 $11 {½, Adams,M (2744)-So,W (2773) Wijk aan Zee 2016
}) 22. c4 b4 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. Kf1 (25. Rd2 Bf6 (25... Ke8 26. g3
Bg5 27. Bxg5 Rxg5 28. Kf1 Ra5 29. b3 Ra3 30. Ke2 c5 31. Kd1 a5 $11 {Xiong,J 
(2618)-So,W (2773) Saint Louis 2016}) 26. Kf1 Ke7 27. b3 Bg5 28. Bd4 Rf5 29.
Rc2 Bf6 30. Be3 Be5 $11 {Bacrot,E (2697)-Sethuraman,S (2639) Caleta 2016})
25... Bg5 26. Bd4 Ra5 27. b3 Bf6 28. Be3 Bg5 29. f4 Be7 30. g4 h5 31. h3 g6 32.
Ke2 hxg4 33. hxg4 e5 $11 {Carlsen,M (2844)-Ding,L (2766) Wijk aan Zee 2016})
13... Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15. Re1 (15. Bf4 O-O 16. Ne1 {is a quick attempt to
liquidate the Pd3, but it's amply met with} Qd5 17. Bxd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 (18.
Nxd3 Rfd8 $15) 18... Qxb3 19. Qf3 $6 (19. Nf3 $5 $11) 19... Qe6 20. Nd3 Rfd8
21. Rad1 Rd7 22. Rde1 Rad8 23. Nc1 Na5 24. Ne2 Nb3 25. Qg3 c5 $36 {[%cal Gd8d1]
Sengupta,D (2567)-Wei,Y (2706) Tsaghkadzor 2015}) (15. Be3 O-O 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17.
cxd4 c5 18. Bxd3 cxd4 19. Bxf5 (19. Bxd4 Qxd4 20. Bxf5 Qxb2 21. Qd5 Rfd8 22.
Bd7 Ra7 23. e6 Kh8 24. Qf3 fxe6 25. Bxb5 Bc5 $11 {Voiculescu,C (2502)-Grill,H 
(2474) email 2013}) 19... dxe3 20. fxe3 Bc5 $2 (20... Qb6 $11) (20... Bg5 $5)
21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qc2+ $16 {Tomashevsky,E (2728)-Ding,L (2766) Huaian blitz
2016}) 15... O-O 16. Be3 (16. b4 Qd7 17. h3 (17. Bg5 Bxg5 $142 $1 (17... Rfd8
18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Re3 a5 $1 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Rxa5 Nxa5 22. Nd4 Bg6 23. e6 (23.
Ba2 Qe8 $5 24. e6 Nc4 25. exf7+ Qxf7 26. Nxb5 Kh8 $11) 23... Nc4 (23... c5 $5)
24. Rxd3 Re8 $6 (24... Rd6 $142 {/\} 25. exf7+ Kf8 26. Rh3 Bxb1 27. Qxb1 c5 {
and White already must bail out with} 28. Rxh7 cxd4 29. Rh8+ Kxf7 30. Qf5+ $11)
25. Rf3 c5 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27. Rf7 Qd6 28. Rd7 $6 (28. Qf3 $1 $16 {[%cal Re6e7]})
28... Qe5 29. Nxb5 Nxb2 30. Rd8 Qxe6 $11 {Safarli,E (2660)-Nakamura,H (2772)
Tromsoe WCup 2013}) 18. Nxg5 h6 $11) 17... Rfd8 18. g4 (18. Bf4 a5 $5 19. bxa5
Rxa5 20. Rxa5 Nxa5 21. Nd4 g5 $1 22. b4 Nc4 23. Bc1 d2 24. Bxf5 dxe1=Q+ 25.
Qxe1 Qd5 26. e6 Qe5 27. exf7+ Kxf7 28. Be4 Re8 29. Nf3 Qe6 30. Nd4 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (32) Svidler,P (2745)-Mamedyarov,S (2743) Reykjavik 2015}) 18... Bg6
$142 $1 (18... Be6 $6 19. Bf4 h5 20. Re3 $1 Bxg4 21. Qxd3 (21. Rxd3 $5 $36)
21... Qxd3 22. Bxd3 Be6 {Caruana,F (2808)-Mamedyarov,S (2736) Baku 2015} 23.
Ng5 $1 $16) 19. Ba2 (19. Bf4 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Ba2 Rf8 22. b4 Ra4 23. Qd2 $6
(23. e6 Qd8 $11) 23... Nd8 $1 24. Bg5 c5 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. bxc5 Qxc5 $15 {
Caruana,F (2805)-Giri,A (2773) Stavanger 2015}) 19... Qc8 20. Bg5 (20. e6 f6
21. Nh4 a5 22. bxa5 Rxa5 23. b4 Ra6 24. Bf4 Qa8 25. Qd2 Qa7 {Shirov,A (2689)
-Mamedyarov,S (2743) Reykjavik 2015} 26. Be3 $13) 20... a5 21. bxa5 Bxg5 22.
Nxg5 Nxa5 23. Nxf7 (23. Bxf7+ Bxf7 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. e6+ Kg8 26. e7 Re8 27.
Qxd3 Nb7 28. Rxa8 Qxa8 29. Qxb5 Nd6 $11 {Robson,N (2668)-Hartl,H (2477) email
2010}) 23... Bxf7 24. e6 Nc4 25. exf7+ Kxf7 26. Qf3+ Kg8 27. Red1 Kh8 28. Rxd3
Rf8 29. Qe2 Qb7 $44 {½, Chukanov,I (2396)-Boldysh,K (2402) email 2014}) 16...
Qd5 17. Bd4 Rfd8 {Black has recently had good results with the text move.} ({
The alternative} 17... d2 18. Re2 $1 (18. Qxd2 Bxb1 19. Raxb1 Qxb3 20. Qf4 (20.
e6 $6 fxe6 21. Re4 Rad8 22. Qe2 Bf6 23. Rxe6 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. cxd4 Rxd4
26. Re7 Qd5 $15 {Brkic,A (2521)-Iordachescu,V (2584) Plovdiv 2008}) 20... Qe6
$5 $11) 18... Bxb1 19. Rxb1 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bg5 21. g3 (21. h4 Bf4 22. g3 Bxe5
23. Rxd2 Bf6 24. Qc2 Rfe8 25. Rbd1 g6 26. b4 Rad8 27. Nb3 Qf3 $11 {Bacrot,E 
(2697)-Aguera Naredo,J (2375) Skopje 2015}) 21... c5 22. Nf5 Qd3 23. Nd6 Qg6
24. h4 (24. Ra1 Bf4 (24... Rfd8 $142 $1 $13) 25. Qb1 Bxe5 $4 (25... Qe6 $132)
26. Qxg6 fxg6 27. Rxe5 Rad8 28. Rd5 Rf6 29. Rxa6 {1-0, Van den Doel,E (2565)
-Geirnaert,S (2449) Netherlands 2015}) 24... Bxh4 25. Rxd2 Be7 26. Rd5 f6 27.
e6 f5 28. Qd3 Qxe6 29. Nxf5 Rad8 30. Qe3 Qxe3 31. Nxe3 $11 {/+/=, Caruana,F 
(2767)-L'Ami,E (2611) Reykjavik 2012 leads to an endgame, which is more
comfortable for White. He went on to win this game, and a couple of others as
well.}) 18. h4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A novelty, but not so unexpected, as it's
suggested by most engines. Before dealing with the Pd3 White gets some 'luft',
which can enhance his chances in following tactical complications.} (18. Re3
Nxd4 19. Nxd4 (19. cxd4 c5 20. Bxd3 cxd4 21. Re2 Qe6 22. Rd2 (22. h3 Rac8 (
22... Rd5 23. Ne1 $1 a5 24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25. Nd3 h5 26. Rc2 f6 27. exf6 Bxf6 28.
Qe2 $14 {Topalov,V (2745)-Piket,J (2630) Antwerp 1997}) 23. Ne1 Rc6 24. Qb1 (
24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25. Nd3 h5 $11) 24... Bxd3 25. Qxd3 h6 26. f4 Qc8 $132 27. Nf3 $4
Rc1+ 28. Re1 Qc2 $19 {[%csl Gd4] Svidler,P (2735)-Motylev,A (2651) Moscow 2004
For details see the notes to this game in CBM 104 by Postny.}) 22... Bxd3 23.
Rxd3 Bc5 24. Qd2 Rd5 25. h3 h6 26. Qf4 Re8 27. Qd2 Ba7 28. Rd1 Bb8 29. Re1 Bxe5
30. Nxe5 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Qxe5 32. Rxd4 Qe1+ $11 {[%csl Rb2,Rb3] /=/+, Wei,Y 
(2706)-So,W (2773) Wijk aan Zee 2016 The endgame is already comfortable for
Black, who tried to win it till move 70.}) 19... Bg6 20. b4 (20. e6 Bg5 21.
exf7+ Qxf7 $132) 20... c5 (20... a5 $5 21. Rxd3 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 g6 23. Qe4 c5 24.
Qxd5 Rxd5 25. Be4 cxd4 26. Bxd5 Rd8 $11) 21. bxc5 Bxc5 22. Ba2 (22. e6 Bxd4 23.
exf7+ Kf8 $5 (23... Qxf7 $11 {/\} 24. Ba2 $2 Bxe3 25. Bxf7+ Bxf7 26. fxe3 d2
$19) 24. cxd4 Qxd4 25. Qd2 Ra7 $13) 22... Qb7 23. e6 (23. Qg4 $5 {Karapats,
A-Stushkin,I corr 2002} Rac8 24. e6 Bxd4 25. cxd4 Rc2 $13) 23... Bxd4 24. cxd4
Rxd4 25. exf7+ Bxf7 26. Bxf7+ Qxf7 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 28. Qxd3 Re8 29. h3 Qe6 $11 {
Kosteniuk,A (2501)-Koneru,H (2610) Beijing rpd 2012}) (18. Bxd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3
Qxb3 20. e6 fxe6 21. Qe4 Qc4 22. Qxe6+ (22. Rad1 e5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 Bf6
25. Qh5 Qf7 $11) 22... Qxe6 23. Rxe6 Bd6 24. Re4 a5 25. Rg4 Rd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 
(33) Abdumalik,Z (2379)-Koneru,H (2581) Chengdu 2015}) 18... Bg6 $6 {Hou's
reaction already isn't ideal, if only because 2 moves later this bishop will
move again and thus Black loses a tempo. Subsequent practice will probably
test other alternatives:} (18... d2 19. Bxf5 $5 (19. Qxd2 Bxb1 20. Raxb1 Qxb3
21. e6 fxe6 22. Qf4 Bd6 23. Qg4 e5 $14 {/=}) 19... dxe1=Q+ 20. Qxe1 a5 $5 $13)
(18... Bc5 {doesn't seem to fully solve the opening problems after} 19. Bxc5 (
19. Bxd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Bxd4 21. cxd4 Nxd4 $11) 19... Qxc5 20. b4 Qc4 (20... Qe7
21. Re3 h6 22. e6 $5 (22. Bxd3 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Nxe5 25. Qe4 Nxf3+
26. gxf3 $14) 22... Bxe6 23. Bxd3 $14) 21. e6 $1 (21. Ba2 Qg4 $13) 21... Bxe6 (
21... fxe6 22. Ba2 Qg4 23. Ng5 $36) 22. Ng5 Bd5 23. g3 (23. Qh5 h6 24. Ba2 Qxa2
25. Rxa2 Bxa2 $44) 23... h6 24. Bxd3 Qb3 25. Qxb3 Bxb3 26. Be4 $14 {[%csl Ra6]
/|^}) (18... Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Be4 $5 (19... Bg6 $6 20. h5 {is one of the ideas
behind 17.h4:} d2 21. hxg6 $1 dxe1=Q+ 22. Qxe1 c5 23. Be4 $16) 20. b4 (20. Qg4
c5 (20... Bg6 $5 {/\} 21. h5 d2 $11) 21. Rxe4 cxd4 $11) 20... c5 {A more
testing move is} 21. Ba2 $5 (21. bxc5 Bxc5 22. Qg4 (22. Bxd3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Bxd4
24. cxd4 Qxd4 $11) (22. Ba2 $6 Qxe5 23. Qg4 Re8 24. Nf3 Bxf3 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26.
Qxf3+ Qf6 27. Qh5+ g6 28. Qxc5 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Rd8 30. Qc7+ Kg8 31. Re6 Qxh4 32.
Qe5 $1 $132) 22... Bxd4 23. Rxe4 Bxe5 24. Ba2 (24. Bxd3 Bxc3) 24... Qd6 $5 (
24... Qc5 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Qf5+ Kg8 27. Rxe5 Qf8 $11) 25. Qh5 Bh2+ 26. Kh1 g6
27. Qf3 Be5 $11) 21... c4 22. Qg4 Bg6 $8 23. h5 d2 $8 24. Red1 Bd3 25. h6 $1 (
25. Qf4 a5 $5 26. bxa5 Rxa5 27. e6 Rf8 $11) 25... g6 (25... Bg6 26. f4 $5 $14)
26. Qf4 {/\} a5 27. bxa5 Rxa5 28. e6 $36 {[%cal Rf4c7]}) (18... a5 $5 19. h5 $5
(19. Re3 a4 20. bxa4 Na5 $5 21. e6 f6 $13) (19. Bxd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qxb3 21. e6
fxe6 (21... Bf6 22. exf7+ Qxf7 23. Qxb5 $16) 22. Qe4 Qc4 23. h5 Nxd4 (23... e5
24. Bxe5 Qxe4 25. Rxe4 Bd6 26. Bxd6 Rxd6 $11) 24. Nxd4 Bf6 25. Qxe6+ Qxe6 26.
Nxe6 Rd7 27. g4 a4 $132) 19... Nxd4 20. Nxd4 (20. cxd4 Bb4 21. Re3 c5 $11)
20... d2 21. Bxf5 dxe1=Q+ 22. Qxe1 Ra6 23. Be4 $44) (18... h6 $143 19. Re3 $1 (
19. Bxd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qxb3 (20... Bc5 $5 $132) 21. e6 Bf6 $1 $11) 19... Nxd4
20. Nxd4 Bg6 21. b4 c5 22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. Ba2 Qb7 24. h5 Bxd4 (24... Bh7 25. e6
$16) 25. cxd4 Bf5 26. d5 $36) 19. b4 $1 d2 (19... Nxd4 20. Nxd4 d2 $5 (20...
Bxb4 21. Ba2 Qb7 22. h5 Be4 23. Qg4 $1 Rxd4 24. h6 Bf8 (24... g6 25. cxb4 d2
26. Qf4 $1 dxe1=Q+ 27. Rxe1 {[%cal Re5e6,Rf4f6]} Bf5 28. Qxd4 $18) 25. hxg7
Bxg7 26. cxd4 $18) (20... Bxh4 21. Bxd3 {[%csl Gd4]} Bxd3 22. Qxd3 $16) 21.
Qxd2 Bxb1 22. Raxb1 Bxb4 23. Qg5 $14) 20. Qxd2 Bxb1 21. Raxb1 Bxb4 (21... Nxd4
22. Qxd4 $16) 22. Qf4 Be7 ({The engine prefers} 22... Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Bc5 24. e6
fxe6 25. Nxe6 Rd7 (25... Rf8 26. Nxf8 Rxf8 27. Qe4 Bxf2+ 28. Kh1 Qd8 29. Red1
Qxh4+ 30. Qxh4 Bxh4 31. Ra1 $14) 26. Re5 (26. Nxc7 Bxf2+ $1 27. Kxf2 Qc5+ $11)
(26. Re2) 26... Qa2 27. Rbe1 Bd6 28. Qf3 Re8 29. R5e2 $14) 23. e6 $1 fxe6 24.
Qg4 Nxd4 (24... e5 $142 $5 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 Qf7 27. Rbe1 Bf6 $14) (24...
g6 25. Be5 $1 Bd6 (25... Nxe5 26. Nxe5 $40) 26. Rbd1 Qc4 27. Qxc4 bxc4 28. Bxd6
cxd6 29. Rxe6 $16) (24... Bf8 25. Be5 $1 (25. Rxe6 Re8 $14) 25... Nxe5 26. Nxe5
$36) 25. Nxd4 Bf6 26. Nxe6 Rd7 27. Re3 $40 {[%csl Ge6][%mdl 128]} (27. h5 $5
$16) 27... h5 $2 {The powerful and unassailable Ne6 gives White serious
attacking chances and a further weakening of the kingside is more than the
defence can stand.} (27... Qc4 28. Re4 Qd5 (28... Qa2 29. Rbe1 Qxb2 $2 30. Ng5
$18) 29. h5 $16) (27... Qa2 28. Rbe1 $16) (27... Re7 28. Rbe1 $14) (27... g6 $5
{[%cal Yd5f5,Yf5h5] was probably the most resilient try. Although it also
softens the kingside, it resolves back-rank problems and enables the Qd5 to
take part in the defence.} 28. Rbe1 (28. Qg3 Qh5 29. Nf4 Qf5 $14 (29... Qxh4
30. Qf3 Rb8 31. g3 Qg5 32. Qc6 $36)) 28... Re8 29. g3 $14 {/+/-}) 28. Qg6 Rf7 (
28... Bxh4 29. Rbe1 {[%cal Ge1e8]} Re7 30. g3 Bf6 31. Nxc7 $1 Rxe3 32. Rxe3
Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Rf8 (33... Rc8 34. Ne8 $18) 34. Ne6 Bd4 35. Nxf8 Bxe3 36. Nh7 Qf3
37. fxe3 $18) (28... Re7 29. Rbe1 {[%cal Re6g7,Re6c7]} Rb8 30. g3 $5 (30. Nxg7
Qf7 $16) (30. Nxc7 Rxe3 31. Nxd5 Rxe1+ 32. Kh2 $16) 30... Rb6 31. Nxc7 $18) 29.
Rbe1 Rc8 30. Nf4 $18 Qd7 31. Qxh5 Re7 32. Nd5 Rf7 (32... Rxe3 33. Nxf6+ gxf6
34. Rxe3 $18) 33. Rd1 {White already has a pleasant choice.} (33. Nxf6+ Rxf6 (
33... gxf6 34. Qg6+ Kh8 35. Rd3 $18) 34. Re7 Qd2 35. Qg4 $1 Qxf2+ 36. Kh1 $18 {
[%cal Rg4c8,Rg4g7]}) 33... Qc6 34. Nf4 Rd7 (34... Re7 35. Rxe7 Bxe7 36. Ng6 Bf6
(36... Qe6 37. Qf5 $1 $18) 37. Qh8+ Kf7 38. Qxc8 $18) 35. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.05.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Bg5 {
A rare move, tried by Andreikin against Nyback at the World Cup in 2009.} h6 9.
Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ne7 {[%cal Ge7g6] A typical manoeuvre in the open games.} ({
The above mentioned game went} 10... Bg4 11. Nbd2 (11. h3 $5) 11... Nh5 12. Kh1
Nf4 13. b4 O-O 14. b5 axb5 $5 15. axb5 Ne7 16. Qc2 Neg6 $132 {1-0 Andreikin,D 
(2636)-Nyback,T (2628)/Khanty Mansiysk 2009/CBM 134 (37)}) 11. d4 {[%cal Gc6e7,
Gd3d4] A standard reaction, but in this position it comes with a sacrifice.} ({
Previously White tried} 11. Nbd2 {but did not pose any major problems for
Black. For example} Ng6 12. Re1 (12. d4 Qe7 13. Re1 Nh7 14. h3 h5 15. Nf1 g4
$36 {0-1 Yudin,S (2530)-Harutyunian,T (2452)/Kazan RUS 2016}) 12... O-O 13. Nf1
Kg7 14. Ne3 Nf4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Mucha,A (2005)-Bensdorp,M (2288)/Khanty Mansiysk
2010}) 11... Nxe4 12. Nxe5 O-O {A safe move. Probably Caruana wanted to avoid
Mamedov's preparation and chose to keep the waters calm.} (12... dxe5 13. Bxe5
(13. Qf3 $2 Bf5 14. Bxe5 f6 $19) (13. Qh5 Ng6 $19) 13... O-O (13... f6 $6 14.
Qh5+ $40) (13... Nd6 $5 14. Bxh8 (14. Bb3 Rg8 $15) 14... Nxc4 15. Re1 Be6 $13)
14. Qf3 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gf3e4,Gf3f6]} (14. Re1 Bf5 (14... Nd6 15. Qh5 $16) 15.
g4 Bg6 16. Qf3 {- 14.Qf3.}) 14... Bf5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Re1 (16. Nd2 {[%cal Gf3f6]
} Nxd2 17. Qf6 Nf3+ $1 18. Qxf3 Nc6 $17) 16... Nc6 (16... c5 $5 17. Rxe4 Nc6
$132) 17. Rxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 (19. dxe5 Qd1+ 20. Kg2 {[%cal Ge4g6,
Gc4d3,Gg6h7]} Kg7 21. Qf5 Rad8 22. Qf6+ Kh7 23. Qf5+ Kg7 $11) 19... Qd7 {
[%cal Gd7g4]} (19... Qe8 20. Qf6 $11) 20. Qe4 {[%cal Ge4g6]} Kg7 21. Bd3 Rh8
22. Nd2 $13 {Things are still a bit unclear for example} Rae8 23. Qf3 c5 24.
Ne4 {[%cal Ge4f6,Ge4g3] with chances for both sides.}) 13. Nxf7 $6 {White
continues to play sharply.} ({Black is doing fine after} 13. Nd3 $5 Bf5) ({
as well as} 13. Ng4 Bxg4 14. Qxg4 d5 15. Bd3 f5 $13) 13... Rxf7 14. Bxf7+ Kxf7
15. f4 g4 $1 {It seems very sensible to keep the position closed, considering
the material imbalance and a vulnerable Black K.} 16. f5 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Ng8 {
Giving up material to simplify the position.} ({Black could have kept the P
with} 17... Qg8 $5 {although after} 18. Qd3 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gd3c4] White
keeps some compensation and activity with the Qs on the board.} (18. Nd2 Nxf5
$15 (18... d5 $5 $15)) 18... Nd5 19. Qc4 (19. c4 $2 Nb4 $19 {[%csl Rd4][%cal
Gb4c6]}) 19... Kf8 20. Nd2 Bd7 21. Rae1 Qf7 $15) 18. Qxg4 Qg5 $1 19. Qxg5 $6 ({
In line with the 17...Qg8 18.Qd3 variation, here too White could have kept
decent practical chances by keeeping his Q active (and avoiding the Q exchange)
with the move} 19. Qe2 {.} {Black's best try would probably be} c5 (19... Bd7 {
is slow.} 20. Nd2 Re8 21. Ne4 $1 $16) 20. Nd2 $1 (20. Qc4+ Kg7 $17 {gives
nothing to White.}) 20... cxd4 21. cxd4 Nf6 (21... Bxd4+ 22. Kh1 d5 $132) 22.
Qd3 (22. Rae1 Bxd4+ 23. Kh1 Qh5+ 24. Qxh5+ Nxh5 $17) (22. Rf4 {[%cal Gf4d4]}
Bd7 $15 (22... Qxg3 23. Re1 $1 $132 {[%cal Ge2e7] with a likely draw after}))
22... Bd7 $13 {with chances for both sides.} (22... d5 23. Rae1 {[%cal Gd2f3,
Gf3e5]})) 19... hxg5 20. Nd2 Nf6 {This natural move gives White breathing
space.} ({Black had a powerful option in} 20... c5 $1 21. Ne4 (21. Nb3 Nf6 $19)
(21. dxc5 $6 Bxc5+ 22. Kh1 Nf6 $17 {[%cal Gc8d7,Ga8h8,Gc5g1]}) (21. d5 c4+ 22.
Kh2 Nf6 $15) 21... cxd4 22. cxd4 (22. Nxg5+ Kg7 $17 (22... Kf6 $5 {allows
unnecessary complications with} 23. Ne4+ Ke5 24. Rae1)) (22. Nxd6+ Ke7 23.
Nxc8+ Rxc8 24. Rae1+ Kf7 $19) 22... Bxd4+ 23. Kh2 Nf6 24. Nxg5+ (24. Rad1 Bg1+
$1 25. Kxg1 Nxe4 $17) 24... Kg7 25. Rac1 Bd7 {[%cal Ga8h8,Gf6g4,Gd7c6]} 26. Rc7
Rh8+ 27. Nh3 Kf8 28. Rxb7 $2 Ng4+ 29. Kh1 Rxh3+ 30. gxh3 Bc6+ $19) 21. Nf3 Nh7
$5 {[%csl Ge5,Rf3,Gg5,Gh4] Not allowing White's pieces to become active, so
that Black can get enough time to coordinate his own pieces.} (21... Ne4 $6 22.
Rae1 d5 23. Rxe4 dxe4 24. Nxg5+ $36) (21... g4 22. Ng5+ Kf8 23. Rae1 $132) ({
Although, It was worth considering} 21... Bxf5 $5 22. Nxg5+ Kg6 23. Nf3 Bd3 24.
Nh4+ Kg7 25. Nf5+ (25. Rf3 Be4 26. Rf4 c5 $15) 25... Bxf5 26. Rxf5 c5 $15 {
with practical chances for Black.}) 22. g4 (22. Nh2 c5 $1 $17) 22... Bd7 23.
Rfe1 Rg8 ({Exchanging a R would make matters worse for Black as the N would
remain stuck, defending g5. For example} 23... Re8 24. Rxe8 Bxe8 25. Kf2 {
[%csl Rh7][%cal Ga1h1,Gh1h7]} Bc6 26. Rh1 Kg7 27. Re1 Kf7 28. a5 $16 {[%csl
Ra7,Rh7] White can bring his K to the << and start pushing slowly.}) 24. Kf2 ({
Doubling the Rs did not offer enough, and would be somewhat similar to what
happened in the game later. For example} 24. Re2 Nf6 25. Rae1 Kf8 26. Re7 c5
27. d5 Bb6 28. Nd2 Bd8 $15 29. Rxd7 $5 Nxd7 30. Re6 Be7 $15) 24... Nf6 25. Kg3
c5 26. Re2 (26. dxc5 Bxc5 27. Re2 {was another try, but Black is pretty safe
and can slowly try to improve his position with} Bb6 {[%cal Gb6c7,Gd6d5]} ({
or the prophylactic} 27... Kf8 {[%cal Gd6d5]})) 26... cxd4 27. cxd4 Bb6 28. b3
$6 ({It made sense to take away some squares from the black B with} 28. b4 {
[%csl Rb6] giving White some chances to organise his play. For example} Bc6 29.
a5 Bd8 30. Rae1 Bd5 $11 {[%csl Re6,Re7,Rg5] and it's hard to find progress for
any side.}) 28... Bc6 29. Rae1 $6 (29. Rc1 $142 Bd8 30. b4 $5 {There is hardly
anything else.} (30. Rh1 $2 Ne4+ $17) (30. Rce1 Ba5 {transposes to the game.})
30... Bxa4 31. Rc8 Bc6 32. Ra8 Be4 $15) (29. b4 $2 Ne4+ 30. Kh2 Rh8+ 31. Kg1
Ng3 $19) 29... Ba5 30. Re7+ $6 {Missing Black's point.} (30. Rc1 Ne4+ 31. Kh2
Bd5 $15 {would be a comfortable advantage for Black, but was still White's
best chance.}) 30... Kf8 {Now White loses the exchange, no matter what.} 31.
R1e2 (31. R1e6 Bd8 32. Rxf6+ Kxe7 $17) 31... Bd8 32. R7e6 (32. R7e3 Nd5 33. Re6
(33. Rd3 Nf4 $17) 33... Nf4 $17) 32... Bd7 33. R6e3 (33. Rxd6 $4 Bc7 $19) 33...
Nd5 34. Re4 Nc3 35. d5 Bf6 (35... Rh8 36. Nd2 Nxe2+ 37. Rxe2 Rh1 $19) 36. Nd2
Rg7 (36... Nxe2+ $142 37. Rxe2 Be8 38. Ne4 Be5+ 39. Kf2 ({or} 39. Kf3 Bf7)
39... Bf7 $19) 37. Re1 Nxe4+ 38. Nxe4 Re7 $6 {The play around these moves was
inaccurate, probably due to time trouble for both sides.} (38... Be5+ $142 39.
Kf3 b5 40. axb5 Bxb5 $17) 39. Kf3 Kg7 40. Rh1 (40. Rd1 $142 Be8 41. Nxd6 Bf7
42. Nxf7 Kxf7 43. d6 Re8 (43... Rd7 44. Ke4 {[%cal Ge4d5]}) 44. d7 (44. Rd3 Re1
45. d7 Bd8) 44... Rd8 45. Rd6 Be5 $17) 40... Be8 {[%cal Ge8f7]} 41. Nxd6 Bf7
42. Nxf7 (42. Rd1 Rd7 43. Nxf7 Kxf7 $17) 42... Kxf7 {Finally the question of
time has cleared. Although White has 3 Ps for the B, the unfortunate
structural defects give Black a clear winning advantage.} 43. Rc1 (43. Rd1 Rc7
$17 {[%cal Gc7c3]}) 43... Bd4 44. Rc4 Bb6 (44... Re3+ $142 45. Kf2 Bb6 46. a5
Ba7 47. Kf1 Bb8 $1 48. Kf2 Rxb3 $19) 45. Re4 (45. Rc3 Kf6 $19) (45. d6 Re3+ 46.
Kf2 Rxb3+ $19) 45... Rxe4 46. Kxe4 Ke7 47. b4 (47. Ke5 Bc7+ 48. Kd4 (48. Ke4
Bg3 49. Kd4 Kd6 50. Ke4 (50. f6 Be5+ 51. Ke4 Bxf6 $19) 50... Be5 $19) 48... Bg3
49. Kc5 Bf2+ 50. Kc4 Kd6 $19) 47... Bd8 $1 {[%cal Ge7d6,Gd8f6] Finding the
right square for the right piece.} 48. a5 (48. Ke5 Bc7+ 49. Kd4 b6 $19) 48...
Kd6 49. Kd4 Bf6+ 50. Kc4 Bg7 51. b5 Bf6 (51... Bf6 52. bxa6 bxa6 $22 {[%csl
Rd5]}) 0-1

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.05.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Bf4 (8. Be3 {is much more popular.}) 8... b6 {A rare move.} ({Radjabov had
already played in a blitz game the common} 8... Nh5 {,} 9. Be3 b6 10. g4 Nf6
11. Qd2 e5 12. Bh6 Qd6 13. Qe3 Ne8 14. Ne2 f6 {Grischuk-Radjabov, Astana blitz
2012, with a balanced position.}) 9. Qd2 Re8 10. O-O-O a5 11. Ne5 $5 $146 {
An interesting novelty by Caruana.} (11. g4 a4 12. Be5 b5 13. g5 (13. Ne2 $5)
13... Nh5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Ne2 e5 (15... Qd6 $5) 16. Ng3 Nxg3 17. fxg3 {
(Dolzhikova-Aslanian, Nikolaev 2008)} Qe7 {with a balanced middlegame.}) 11...
b5 {Black also continues his attack on the queenside.} 12. Qe3 ({The greedy} 
12. Nxc6 $6 {is too dangerous, as} Qb6 13. Ne5 a4 $36 {and Black has a strong
initiative for the P.}) 12... Qb6 13. Bh6 Bh8 14. f4 a4 {Both players continue
their plan.} 15. Rhf1 e6 $6 {Black wants to prevent f5, but this is too
passive.} ({Probably} 15... Nd7 {was more accurate} 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. e5 (17.
f5 $2 {is bad, because of} a3 $1 {and thanks to the h8-B Black has a strong
attack.}) 17... f5 $1 $132 {with a double-edged fight.}) 16. g4 a3 $6 {Another
inaccuracy.} ({In the event of} 16... b4 17. Nb1 b3 18. cxb3 axb3 19. a3 $14 {
followed by Nd2-c4 White is more comfortable.}) 17. b4 $1 {A very smart
solution for the queenside.} Nd7 18. Nxd7 Bxd7 19. e5 $1 {White doesn't hurry
to take on c5. First he completely closes in the h8-B, moreover he frees the
e4-square for the N.} f5 $8 {The only move, otherwise Ne4 is too dangerous.}
20. Ne2 Bg7 {Black tries to exchange his passive B.} 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. h4 $1 {
A very strong reaction; White simply concentrates on the attack on the
kingside.} fxg4 23. h5 {The h-P is like a battering ram!} gxh5 24. Ng3 (24. f5
$5 {was also very strong.}) 24... Kh8 25. Nxh5 $18 {White has a decisive
attack on the queenside. Black can't avoid Nf6.} Re7 26. Nf6 Be8 27. f5 exf5
28. Rxf5 Qc7 29. Rg5 Rg7 30. Rh1 Bg6 31. Rxg4 Qf7 {Black tries hard to defend
himself, but his position is hopeless.} 32. Kb1 {A cool-blooded reply by
Caruana.} ({Nevertheless} 32. Qxc5 {was stronger:} Qxa2 33. Qxc6 Qb2+ 34. Kd2
$18 {and White is winning.}) 32... cxb4 33. Qd4 Bf5 $6 {Loses immediately, but
Black's position was already bad.} (33... Qa7 $142 {was tougher.}) 34. e6 $1 {
Another strong blow, this isn't the only winning move.} Rxg4 35. exf7 Rxd4 36.
Ne8 $1 {What a brilliant finish!} 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.06.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Bg5 a6 {[%cal Yd8c7]} (10... h6 11. Bh4 Nd4 {is the main
line here but the restrained text move also gives Black good prospects.}) 11.
Rd1 {This is harmless. Long castling is more aggressive here:} (11. O-O-O Qc7
12. Kb1 Be7 (12... O-O-O $6 13. Qd2 (13. Nxc5 $5 bxc5 14. Be3 d6 15. f4 $14 {
G.Kasparov}) 13... d6 14. f3 $1 h6 15. Bf4 Ne5 16. h4 Kb8 17. h5 Rd7 18. Rc1
Rc8 19. Be2 Ka7 20. Rhd1 Rdd8 21. g4 Ng8 22. Bg3 $16 {1-0 (31) Kasparov,G 
(2750)-Van der Wiel,J (2555) Amsterdam 1988}) 13. f4 Ng4 $1 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15.
Qd2 Nf6 16. Bd3 d6 17. Rhe1 (17. g4 $5) 17... O-O-O 18. Nd4 Kb8 19. Rc1 Rc8 (
19... h6 $142 $11 {I.Novikov}) 20. f5 $1 Nc6 21. Nxc6+ Bxc6 22. Qg5 $16 {
0-1 (41) Novikov,I (2455)-Gavrikov,V (2525) Lvov 1987}) 11... Qc7 12. Be2 Be7
13. Bh4 Ne5 14. Bg3 h5 $1 {[%mdl 32] An interesting idea of kingside
counterplay. Its main justification is the poor position of White's knight on
b3.} 15. O-O g5 (15... h4 $5 16. Bxe5 (16. Bf4 Nf3+) 16... Qxe5) 16. Nd4 {
Too submissive.} (16. h3 h4 17. Bh2 g4 $5 18. hxg4 h3 $13) 16... h4 $1 17. Bxe5
Qxe5 18. Nf3 Bxe4 19. Nxe5 Bxc2 20. Rd2 Bf5 21. Rfd1 Ra7 22. Na4 {White
regains the pawn, exploiting his development advantage; however, Black keeps
the upper hand due to his bishop pair.} Rc7 23. Nxb6 d6 24. Nf3 Ne4 25. Rd3 Rb7
26. Na4 Nc5 27. Nxc5 dxc5 28. R3d2 Bf6 29. b4 g4 $6 {This intermediate move
proves wrong as White's knight takes a better position, and Black's g4 pawn is
always hanging.} (29... cxb4 $142 30. axb4 Rxb4 31. c5 (31. Nd4 Be4) 31... O-O
32. Bxa6 Ra8 33. Be2 Rc8 34. Nd4 (34. Ne1 Ra4 $5 35. Nd3 Bc3 36. Rc2 Ra3) 34...
Rxd4 35. Rxd4 Bxd4 36. Rxd4 Rxc5 {- White should survive here but long defence
is required.}) 30. Ne1 cxb4 31. axb4 Rxb4 32. c5 $1 O-O 33. Bxa6 Be4 (33... Ra8
34. Bd3 Bxd3 35. Nxd3 {, and Black will hardly gain the c5-pawn without
trading the minor pieces.}) 34. Be2 Bc3 35. Rd6 Bd5 36. Rb6 Re4 37. Kf1 Be5 {
It is not easy to win the c5-pawn, e.g.} (37... Rc8 38. Nd3 Bc4 39. Rc1 {
, and White holds on.}) 38. h3 Bc7 39. Rb2 f5 (39... gxh3 $142 40. gxh3 Rc8 $15
) 40. Nd3 Rb8 41. Rxb8+ Bxb8 42. Rb1 Bh2 43. Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.06.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 {Another Open Spanish, this time an old line was tried.} Be7 10. Rd1
O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb8 $1 15. Bb3 Na5 16. Nd4 {
This move has attracted recently attracted some more attention.} c5 {Not the
most popular move, but surely an interesting one.} ({The alternative is} 16...
Qb6 17. Na3 c5 (17... Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Rab8 19. Qxb6 Rxb6 20. f3 Nc5 21. Rac1 Nd7
22. Rxc7 Nxe5 23. b3 g5 24. Nb1 Rfb8 25. Nc3 $16 {1/2-1/2 (39) Hansen,E (2574)
-Mikhalevski,V (2550) Hoogeveen 2014}) 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. f3 Ng5 20. Rxd5 exd5
21. Bxd5+ Ne6 22. b4 Qxb4 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Rb1 Qd4 25. Qxd4 cxd4 26. Bd7 $44 {
1-0 (37) Perez Ponsa,F (2533)-Gonzalez Vidal,Y (2550) Montevideo (rapid) 2015})
17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. f3 c4 19. fxe4 (19. Bc2 Qxb2 $19) 19... cxb3 20. exd5 bxa2 $5
{Black failed to equalise fully in the following line:} (20... Nc4 21. Qd4 Qa7
(21... bxa2 22. Qxc4 axb1=Q 23. Raxb1 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Rac8 25. Qa2 exd5 26. Qxd5+
Kh8 27. e6 $36 {1/2-1/2 (61) Heilemann Paul (GER) (2530)-Sapundjiev Ing Georgi
(BUL) (2529) corr. 1988}) 22. Qxa7 Rxa7 23. axb3 Ne3 24. Rc1 Raf7 25. Na3 $5 (
25. Nd2 exd5 $5 (25... Rf2 26. Nc4 Nxd5 27. Rxa6 Re2 28. Rxe6 Nf4 29. Rd6 Rxg2+
30. Kh1 Re2 31. Rf1 $14 {1/2-1/2 (50) Kosteniuk,A (2489)-Muzychuk,A (2594)
Belgrade 2013}) 26. Nf3 Nxg2 27. Ng5 Rf5 28. Ne6 Nf4 $1 $11) 25... exd5 26. Nc2
Nxc2 27. Rxc2 Re8 28. Rxa6 Rxe5 29. Rc8+ Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Kf2 $14) 21.
Rxa2 Nc4 22. Qd4 Qb3 {The alternative looks better:} (22... Nxe5 23. d6 $1 (23.
Nc3 exd5 24. b4 Qa7 25. Qxa7 Rxa7 26. Nxd5 Rb8 $11) 23... Rf5 24. Nc3 Qb3 25.
h3 a5 {Again White's pressure doesn't look that much.}) 23. Nc3 Rac8 24. Rb1 (
24. dxe6 Nxb2 25. e7 (25. Rb1 Qxc3 26. Qxc3 Rxc3 27. Raxb2 Rc6 28. Rb6 Rxb6 29.
Rxb6 Ra8 $11) 25... Rfe8 26. Qd5+ Qxd5 27. Rxd5 Rxc3 28. Rxb2 Rxe7 $11) 24...
Ne3 $1 25. Qxe3 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 Qxa2 27. Rd1 exd5 28. Qd4 Re8 $6 {Obviously
played to control the e-pawn, but actually activity was essential:} (28... Rb8
$1 29. Rc1 (29. e6 Rxb2 30. Qxd5 Qxd5 31. Rxd5 Kf8 $11) 29... h6 30. h3 (30. e6
Kh7 31. e7 Re8 $1 {should be ok for Black}) 30... Kh7 31. Qd3+ Kh8 32. Qd2 Kh7
{It is not clear how to improve from here.}) 29. Rc1 h6 30. h3 {Now with a
slightly passive rook on e8 it is more unpleasant for Black to defend.} Kh8 31.
e6 Rxe6 $2 (31... Qb3 32. Rc6 a5 33. e7 Kh7 34. Qe5 d4 35. Qe4+ Kg8 36. Qxd4
Qf7 37. Rc2 Qxe7 38. Qd5+ Kh8 39. Qxa5 Qe3+ 40. Kh1 {Pawn up for White, but
still far from any real chances to play for win at least for the moment.}) 32.
Rc8+ Kh7 33. Qd3+ Re4 34. Qf1 Re5 35. Qd3+ $2 (35. Qf7 $1 {Simply wins and
Caruana didn't see it for a few moves more!} Qxb2 (35... Qa4 36. Kh2 $1 {
Black is in some kind of zugzwang!}) 36. Qg8+ Kg6 37. Rc6+ $1 Kf5 38. Qf7+ Ke4
39. Qf3+ Kd4 40. Qd1+ Ke4 41. Kh2 $18 {Black can't survive with such a king in
the centre.}) 35... Re4 36. Qf1 Re5 37. Qd3+ Re4 38. Qf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.06.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Bronznik,V"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 O-O {Of all three main
continuations (the other two are 12...a5 and 12...Rb8) this is the most
flexible - the a5-square still remains free, so that if circumstances permit
Black can rapidly bring his queen to c5 via a5 whilst he can decide later
where the a8-rook is best placed. Von allen drei Hauptfortsetzungen (die
anderen zwei sind 12...a5 und 12...Rb8) ist es die flexibelste - das Feld a5
bleibt noch frei, somit kann Schwarz unter Umständen seine Dame schnell über
a5 nach c5 bringen, während der Turm a8 später entscheiden kann, wohin er am
besten gehört.} (12... a5) (12... Rb8) 13. h4 $5 {With this move White
prevents his opponent from activating his Bf6 with Bf6-g5, and prepares (of
course in conjunction with g2-g3) the move Bf1-h3 (although Bf1-g2 is not
excluded) and at the same time gains space on the kingside. Damit verbietet
Weiß dem Gegner, den Bf6 mittels Bf6-g5 zu aktivieren, bereitet (natürlich
in Zusammenhang mit g2-g3) den Zug Bf1-h3 vor (obwohl auch Bf1-g2 nicht
ausgeschlossen ist) und gewinnt gleichzeitig Raum am Königsflügel.} ({
It has long been known that after Es ist seit langem bekannt, dass Schwarz nach
} 13. Ncxb4 Nxb4 14. Nxb4 Qb6 {Black has absolutely no problems, e.g.
überhaupt keine Probleme hat, z. B.} 15. Nd5 (15. Nd3 $2 Qd4 $17) (15. Qb3 Bd8
$1 16. Nd5 Qd4 $44 {[%cal Rd4e4,Rd8a5,Rf7f5]}) 15... Qxb2 16. Bd3 Bd8 17. O-O
Be6 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19. axb3 Rb8 20. Rfb1 Bxd5 21. cxd5 a5 22. Ra4 Bb6 $11 {
Anand,V (2798)-Radjabov,T (2744)/Bilbao 2008}) ({The most popular option is
Die populärste Option ist} 13. g3 {- White does not yet define whether he
will play h2-h4 and where he will post the Bf1 - that could be either g2, or 
(after h2-h4) the h3-square. - Weiß legt noch nicht fest, ob er h2-h4 spielen
und wohin er den Bf1 bringen wird - es kann sowohl g2, als auch (nach h2-h4)
das Feld h3 sein.} {But in addition Black would also have the extra option
aber außerdem würde Schwarz dann über die zusätzliche Option} Bg5 {(it was
not available to him during the game!), which often links well with the idea
Qd8-a5-c5, e.g. verfügen (in der Partie wurde sie ihm verwehrt!), die sich
oft gut mit der Idee Qd8-a5-c5 verbinden lässt, z.B.} ({In this case In
diesem Fall würde} 13... a5 14. h4 {would lead by transposition of moves to
the main game durch Zugumstellung zur Hauptpartie führen} (14. Bg2 Bg5 15. O-O
{is considered rather harmless nowadays on account of gilt heutzutage wegen}
Ne7 {e.g. als ziemlich harmlos, z.B.} 16. Nce3 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Be6 18. Qd3 Qc7
19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. b3 a4 21. Rd2 Nc6 22. Rfd1 axb3 23. axb3 {(Fabri,L (2330)
-Domancich,E (2305)/email 2013)} Ra5 $1 {[%cal Yc7a7]} 24. Nc2 Qa7 $11 {
Kotronias})) ({Another possible move is möglich ist auch} 13... Be6 {after
which Black is prepared, according to circumstances to exchange this bishop on
d5, e.g. , wonach Schwarz bereit ist, unter Umständen diesen Läufer auf d5
abzutauschen, z. B.} 14. Bg2 (14. h4 a5 {- 13.h4 a5 14.g3 Be6}) 14... Bg5 15.
O-O Qa5 $5 (15... a5 16. Qd3 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Nb8 18. h4 Bh6 19. a3 Na6 20. axb4
Nxb4 21. Nxb4 axb4 22. Qc4 {Hou,Y (2621) - Ushenina,A (2497)/EU-Cup (Women)
Rhodes 2013 and Henriquez Villagra,C (2511) - Gelfand,B (2741)/FIDE World Cup
Baku 2015; with some pressure for White. mit etwas Druck für Weiß.}) 16. Qd3
Qc5 17. Kh1 (17. a3 a5 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Ncxb4 axb4 20. Qb3 Bxd5 21. cxd5 g6
$11 {Chigaev,M (2519)-Shirov,A (2702)/Riga 2015}) 17... Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Rab8 $11
19. Rad1 $6 (19. b3) 19... b3 20. axb3 Rxb3 $36 {Muzychuk,A (2549)-Fressinet,L
(2702)/Cap d'Adge rapid 2015}) 14. Bg2 (14. h4 Bh6 15. Bh3 Be6 16. Kf1 Qa5 17.
Kg2 Qc5 18. Qd3 (18. b3 {[%cal Rd5c7]} Ra7 19. Qd3 a5 20. Rad1 a4 21. g4 f6 $13
{Andriasian,Z (2585)-Timofeev,A (2681)/Belgorod 2010}) 18... a5 19. Rhf1 Ra7
20. b3 Bxd5 (20... a4 $5 {Palliser}) 21. Qxd5 Rd8 22. Rfd1 Qb6 23. Qb5 Qc7 24.
Qa4 g6 25. Rd3 Nd4 26. Nxd4 exd4 27. Qb5 Qc5 28. f4 Bg7 $11 {Popov,I (2605)
-Caruana,F (2767)/Plovdiv 2012}) 14... Qa5 $5 (14... a5 {- 13...a5 14.Bg2 Bg5})
15. O-O Qc5 16. b3 (16. Kh1 a5 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Bh6 $13 {Shirov,A (2710)
-Krasenkow,M (2607)/Jurmala rapid 2012}) 16... a5 17. Kh1 a4 $132 {Caruana,F 
(2808)-Mamedov,R (2657)/FIDE World Cup Baku 2015}) ({A very frequently seen
alternative is also Eine sehr verbreitete Alternative ist auch} 13. Be2 {
- with the idea of continuing with 0-0, Be2-g4 or with 0-0, Qd1-d3, Ra(f)d1.
Recently it has been seen less and less often at the very top level, which in
my opinion can be explained by the fact that Black has found quite safe ways
of showing that he has satisfactory counter-chances, e.g. - mit der Idee,
weiter mit 0-0, Be2-g4 bzw. mit 0-0, Qd1-d3, Ra(f)d1 fortzusetzen. In der
letzten Zeit wird sie auf hohem Niveau immer seltener gespielt, was sich m.E.
damit erklären lässt, dass Schwarz dort ganz sichere Wege fand, Ausgleich
bzw. ausreichende Gegenchancen nachzuweisen, z.B.} a5 14. O-O Bg5 15. Qd3 ({
after nach} 15. Bg4 Bb7 16. Qd3 {in his recent book on the Sveshnikov
Variation GM Kotronias recommends empfiehlt GM Kotronias in seinem aktuellen
Buch über die Sveshnikov-Variante} Nb8 {with the main line mit dem
Hauptabspiel} 17. a3 $1 Na6 $1 18. axb4 axb4 19. Ncxb4 Nxb4 20. Nxb4 Qb6 21.
Nd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Qxb2 24. Rd1 g6 25. g3 h5 26. Bd7 Be7 $11 {
, to which I cannot object. , wogegen ich nichts einzuwenden habe}) 15... Be6
16. Rad1 (16. a3 bxa3 17. Rxa3 Rb8 18. b3 Rb7 {[%cal Yf7f5,Yd8d7,Yf8b8,Yd8b8] 
(Kotronias)}) (16. Rfd1 Rb8 17. b3 g6 18. Bf3 Kh8 19. Qe2 {[%cal Yd1d3,Ya1d1]}
Qd7 20. Rd3 Nd8 {[%cal Yd8b7,Yb7c5]} 21. a3 bxa3 22. Nxa3 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Rxb3
24. Qd1 Rb4 25. Rxd6 Qc7 $11 {Amonatov,F (2608)-Frolyanov,D (2587)/Izhevsk 2010
}) 16... Bxd5 $5 17. exd5 (17. cxd5 Nb8 18. Bg4 Na6 $11 {[%cal Ya6c5] Asrian,K
(2635)-Ni,H (2607)/Taiyuan 2006}) (17. Qxd5 Qb6 18. b3 Rfd8 {[%cal Yb6c5]} 19.
Qb5 Qc7 20. g3 Bf6 $11 {[%cal Yc6d4] Noble,M (2520)-Valenis,J (2501)/email 2012
}) 17... Nb8 18. c5 Na6 (18... dxc5 $6 19. d6 $44 {appears to be rather risky
for Black, which is confirmed by the results in this line scheint für Schwarz
ziemlich riskant zu sein, was auch von seinen Ergebnissen in diesem Abspiel
bestätigt wird}) 19. c6 f5 20. Qh3 Nc5 21. Ne3 g6 22. Nc4 a4 23. g3 b3 24. a3
Ra7 25. Bd3 e4 26. Bb1 Re7 $13 {Wunderlich,H (2655) - Lafarga Santorroman,D 
(2643)/email 2012}) 13... a5 {Not just to overprotect the a5-pawn, but also
intending, by means of a5-a4, to conquer more space on the queenside. Nicht
nur um den Bauern a5 zu überdecken, sondern auch mit der Absicht, mittels
a5-a4 weiteren Raum am Damenflügel zu erobern.} (13... Be6 14. g3 a5 {leads
to the game by transposition of moves. führt durch Zugumstellung zur Partie.})
14. g3 Be6 ({An option worth considering is Eine beachtenswerte Option ist} 
14... a4 {, e.g. , z.B.} 15. Bg2 (15. Ndxb4 $6 Nxb4 16. Nxb4 Qb6 17. a3 Bd8 18.
Bd3 Qb7 19. O-O Bb6 {[%csl Gb6,Gc8,Rh3][%cal Rb6d4] Sikula,V (2520) - Konnyu,J
(2375)/Hungary 2010; with very good compensation. mit sehr guter Kompensation.}
) (15. Qd2 Be6 16. Nce3 (16. Ncxb4 Nd4 $44) (16. Ndxb4 Qb6 17. a3 Na5 18. Rd1
Qb7 19. Ne3 Nb3 20. Qc3 Nd4 21. Bd3 Bd8 $44 {[%csl Gd8,Ge6,Rh3][%cal Rd8b6]
Iordachescu,V (2583) - Yu,Y (2721)/FIDE World Cup Baku 2015} 22. O-O Bh3) 16...
Qa5 $5 {[%cal Rf6d8]} 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 $13 {[%cal Yc6d4,Yb4b3] Oparin,G (2564) -
Fier,A (2636)/Linares 2015}) (15. Bh3 Be6 {- 14...Be6 16.Bh3 a4!?}) 15... Be6
16. O-O b3 17. axb3 axb3 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Ne3 Nd4 21. f4 Qc6
22. Kh2 Nc2 $1 23. Nxc2 bxc2 24. Qxc2 Qxc4 25. Qd2 Qd4 26. Qxd4 exd4 27. Rd1
Rb8 28. Rxd4 Rxb2 29. f5 Ba2 30. Rxd6 Bc4 31. Kg1 Rb1+ 32. Kf2 Rb2+ 33. Kf3 Kg7
{Dominguez Perez,L (2729) - Gelfand,B (2747)/Tsaghkadzor 2015, , and despite
being a pawn down Black had no problems holding the draw. und trotz seines
Minusbauern hatte Schwarz keine Schwierigkeiten, Remis zu halten.}) 15. Bh3 {
This is the most active post for the bishop: in several variations Bh3-f5 or
Bh3xe6 is now an option; in addition, in the event of Be6xd5 it would deprive
the opposing major pieces of the c8- and d7-squares. Hier steht der Läufer am
aktivsten: in mehreren Varianten kommt nun Bh3-f5 oder Bh3xe6 in Frage,
außerdem würde er im Falle Be6xd5 den gegnerischen Schwerfiguren die Felder
c8 und d7 nehmen.} ({The main alternative is Die Hauptalternative ist} 15. Bg2
{[%cal Ye1g1,Yh1f1] - here the bishop controls the e4- and d5-squares; on the
other hand it is not so active there as on h3. After this Black has several
possibilities available to him, e.g.: - hier kontrolliert der Läufer die
Felder e4 und d5, andererseits ist er da nicht so aktiv, als auf h3. Danach
verfügt Schwarz über mehrere Möglichkeiten, z. B.:} a4 {- 14...a4 15.Bg2 Be6
} (15... Bxd5 16. cxd5 Nb8 17. Ne3 Na6 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Nc4 Nc5 20. O-O Re8 21.
Qe2 Be7 22. Bh3 Ra8 23. Nd2 a4 24. Rc4 Qb6 25. Rfc1 Ra5 26. Kg2 Bf8 27. Nf3 Qb5
28. Qd2 b3 29. a3 Ra7 30. Ne1 g6 31. h5 $14 {Svetushkin,D (2621) - Illescas
Cordoba,M (2609)/Melilla 2011}) (15... g6 {[%cal Yf6g7]} 16. Nxf6+ (16. Qd3 h5
$5 17. O-O Bg7 18. b3 Rb8 19. Rfd1 Qd7 20. Rd2 a4 21. Qf3 Qd8 22. Qe2 Qa5 23.
Rad1 Rfd8 $11 {Hansen,O (2488) - Larsen,L (2451)/email 2012}) (16. h5 $6 Bg5
17. Qd3 a4 18. hxg6 fxg6 $1 19. O-O Ra7 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4 Bh6 $36 {[%cal
Ra7f7,Rd8h4] Lundberg,G (2287) - Colin,S (2293)/email 2009}) 16... Qxf6 17. b3
a4 18. O-O Qd8 $5 {[%cal Yd8b6,Yb6c5]} ({I prefer this idea of Palliser's,
whereas after diese Idee von Palliser gefällt mir am besten, während nach} 
18... axb3 19. axb3 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Qd8 21. Rd1 {Morozevich,A (2788) - Shirov,A 
(2741)(Moscow 2008, White's advantage was an academic one Weiß über einen
akademischen Vorteil verfügte}) 19. h5 Qb6 20. h6 Qc5 21. Qf3 f6 {(Palliser)
- Black has not only a solid position, but also opportunities for counterplay
on the queenside and is certainly not worse. (Palliser) - Schwarz hat nicht
nur eine feste Position, sondern auch Gegenspielmöglichkeiten am Damenflügel
und steht bestimmt nicht schlechter}) (15... Rb8 16. O-O Be7 (16... b3 $5 17.
Nce3 Nd4 18. axb3 Nxb3 19. Ra3 Nd4 $11 {Jensen,K (2181) - Kosic,B (2356)/email
2013}) 17. Qd3 Qd7 18. Rad1 Bd8 19. b3 Qa7 $13 {[%cal Yd8b6,Ya5a4] Kantans,T 
(2496) - Zhigalko,S (2647)/Jurmala rapid 2016}) (15... Nd4 $5 16. Nxd4 (16. O-O
Bxd5 17. cxd5 Rc8 $132 {Palliser}) (16. Nce3 g6 $5 $13 {[%cal Yf6g7]}) 16...
Bxd5 17. cxd5 exd4 18. O-O Rc8 19. Qd2 d3 20. Rac1 Qb6 21. Rc6 Rxc6 22. dxc6
Be5 23. Qxd3 Qxc6 24. b3 Rc8 25. f4 Bf6 26. Rd1 Be7 27. Kh2 Qc2 $11 {Gao,R 
(2533) - Xiu,D (2557)/China 2015})) 15... Rb8 {[%cal Rb4b3]} ({The main
continuation here is Die Haupfortsetzung ist hier} 15... a4 {[%cal Rb4b3,Rc6d4]
It would be all the more interesting to know what Caruana would play against
it, as (so far as I know) White's achievements in this position have been
really modest, e.g.: Es wäre desto interessanter zu erfahren, was Caruana
dagegen spielen würde, als es (soviel ich weiß) die weißen bisherigen
Errungenschaften in dieser Stellung recht bescheiden sind, z. B.:} 16. b3 (16.
Bxe6 $6 fxe6 17. Ndxb4 Nxb4 18. Nxb4 Qb6 19. Qd2 Be7 20. a3 Rf3 {[%csl Rc4,Re1,
Re4,Rf2][%cal Ra8f8,Ra8c8]} 21. c5 ({in Nisipeanu, L.-D. (2684) - Shirov,A 
(2740) /Foros 2008 and Kislik,E (2357) - Antal,G (2526)/Budapest 2010 White
decided on in den Partien Nisipeanu, L.-D. (2684) - Shirov,A (2740) /Foros
2008 und Kislik,E (2357) - Antal,G (2526)/Budapest 2010 entschied sich Weiß
für} 21. Rf1 $2 {, after which , worauf} Rc8 $1 {would be very strong, e.g.
sehr stark wäre, z. B.} 22. Rc1 Qb7 23. Qe2 Rb3 $17 {[%cal Rd6d5]}) 21... Qxc5
22. Rc1 Rxf2 23. Rxc5 Rxd2 24. Kxd2 dxc5 25. Nd3 {- my database contains five
games with this position, and in all of them White managed to get a draw, but
he can hardly call that a success for the opening - meine Datenbank zählt
fünf Partien mit dieser Stellung, und in allen ist es dem Anziehenden
gelungen, Remis zu erreichen, aber als einen Eröffnungserfolg darf er das
eher nicht betrachten}) (16. Ncxb4 $6 Nxb4 17. Bxe6 (17. Nxb4 $2 Bxh3 18. Rxh3
Qc8 19. g4 Qxc4 $17 {Jedinger (2185) - Kainz,J (2265)/email 2010}) 17... fxe6
18. Nxb4 {- 16.Bxe6?! fxe6 17.Ndxb4 Nxb4 18.Nxb4}) (16. Nce3 Nd4 17. Kf1 b3 18.
Kg2 Rb8 19. axb3 Rxb3 20. Rxa4 Rxb2 21. Qa1 Qb8 22. Ra2 Rxa2 23. Qxa2 Bd8 24.
h5 Qb7 25. Qa3 Qc6 $11 26. Qa7 Bxd5 {½:½ Krivic,D (2566) - Pirs,M (2550)/
email 2012}) (16. Kf1 b3 17. axb3 (17. Nce3 Nd4 {- 16.Nce3 Nd4 17.Kf1 b3})
17... axb3 18. Nce3 Rxa1 (18... Ra2 $5) (18... Nd4 $5) 19. Qxa1 Nd4 20. Kg2 Qa8
$11 {Rasulov,V (2491) - Mamedov,R (2642)/Baku 2015}) 16... Kh8 (16... Bxd5 17.
cxd5 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. O-O Re8 $11 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2632) - Ni,H (2701)/
Sochi 2009}) (16... Nd4 $5 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Rc1 Re8 19. Bg2 axb3 20. axb3 Bxd5
21. cxd5 Rc8 {Van der Bos,H (2435) - Shulman,B (2412)/email 2009; , and Black
is at least no worse. , und Schwarz steht mindestens nicht schlechter.}) 17.
Kf1 Bxd5 18. exd5 (18. cxd5 Nd4 $11 {½:½ Popov,I (2650) - Zhigalko,S (2655)/
Minsk rapid 2015}) 18... Nd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Kg2 d3 21. Rb1 axb3 22. axb3 Bd4
23. Qxd3 Qf6 24. Qf5 Qxf5 25. Bxf5 Ra2 26. Rhf1 Re8 27. Bd3 g6 $44 {Bodnaruk,A
(2456) - Zhigalko,S (2655)/Minsk rapid 2015}) 16. Qd3 ({In the event of Im
Falle von} 16. b3 {Black has several options at his disposal; I would like to
draw your attention to the following two: verfügt Schwarz über mehrere
Optionen, wobei ich Sie auf zwei folgende Möglichkeiten aufmerksam machen
möchte:} {Bu Black can also act in a similar fashion to the main game:
Schwarz kann aber auch analog der Hauptpartie agieren:} Qd7 $5 {[%cal Yf6d8]} (
{The safest continuation appears to me to be Die sicherste Fortsetzung scheint
mir} 16... Nd4 {, e.g. zu sein, z. B.} 17. Nxd4 (17. Kf1 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Nb5 {
[%cal Yb5c3]}) 17... exd4 18. Nxf6+ (18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Nf4 d3 20. O-O Bxa1 21.
Nxe6 Qe7 22. Nxf8 Bc3 23. Nxh7 Qxe4 24. Ng5 Qe2 25. Qc1 Re8 26. Qf4 Bf6 27. Qf5
d2 28. Qd5+ Kh8 29. Nf3 Bc3 30. Qh5+ Kg8 31. Qd5+ Qe6 32. Qg5 Qf7 33. Kg2 Qb7
34. Rd1 Qc6 35. Qg6 Re1 36. Qc2 Rxd1 37. Qxd1 Qe4 {½:½ Stephan,J (2489) -
Dos Reis (2477)/email 2007}) (18. Kf1 a4 19. Kg2 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Ra8 $11) 18...
Qxf6 19. Bg2 d3 20. O-O Qd4 21. Re1 f5 22. Qd2 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Bf5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5
25. Qe3 Qxe3 26. Rxe3 d5 27. Rxd3 dxc4 28. bxc4 Rc8 29. Rc1 Rfc5 30. Rd4 a4 31.
Kf1 b3 32. axb3 axb3 33. Ke2 b2 34. Rb1 Rxc4 35. Rxc4 Rxc4 36. Rxb2 Kf7 {
with an obvious draw. mit offensichtlichem Remis.}) 17. Nxf6+ (17. Bxe6 $6 fxe6
18. Nde3 Bd8 19. O-O Bb6 $36 {Polivanov,A (2391) - Iljin,T (2442)/Donetsk 2008}
) 17... gxf6 18. Bg2 (18. Bf5 {would cost a pawn here, unlike in the game, and
would thus be a mistake. würde hier im Unterschied zur Partie einen Bauern
kosten und wäre somit ein Fehler}) 18... f5 19. Qd2 Kh8 20. O-O-O Rbd8 21. Qh6
f6 22. c5 Nd4 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Rxd4 Qc7 $13) 16... Qd7 $5 {Mamedyarov allows
his opponent to compromise the black pawn structure on the kingside, but in
return White must give up his strong Nd5 for the passive Bf6. If White decides
not to do that, Black plays Bf6-d8 gaining a tempo over the plan Bf6-e7,
Qd8-d7, Be7-d8. The alternatives: Mamedyarov erlaubt dem Gegner, die schwarze
Bauernstruktur am Königsflügel zu kompromittieren, aber dafür muss Weiß
seinen starken Nd5 gegen den passiven Bf6 abtauschen. Entscheidet sich der
Anziehende dagegen, spielt Schwarz Bf6-d8 mit Tempogewinn gegenüber dem Plan
Bf6-e7, Qd8-d7, Be7-d8. Die Alternativen:} (16... Nd4 17. Nxd4 (17. Kf1 $5 {
[%cal Yf1g2]}) 17... exd4 18. Kf1 $5 (18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Bg2 Rbc8 20. b3 d5 21.
cxd5 {(Poetsch,H (2346) - Uwira,O (2249)/2012)} Rc3 22. Qd2 Re3+ $1 23. fxe3
dxe3 24. Qxe3 Qxa1+ 25. Kf2 Qxa2+ 26. Qe2 Qxb3 27. dxe6 fxe6+ 28. Bf3 a4 $44)
18... Bxd5 19. cxd5 Qe7 20. Kg2 Rfe8 21. f3 a4 22. Rac1 $14) (16... a4 17. b3
Ra8 $5 (17... Bxd5 18. cxd5 Na5 19. O-O Qe8 20. Ne3 {[%cal Rd3a6]} Bd8 21. Nf5
Rb6 22. Qe3 $36 {[%cal Rf1c1] Caruana,F (2782) - Van Wely,L (2672)/Wijk aan
Zee 2014}) 18. Rd1 axb3 19. axb3 Ra2 20. Kf1 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Nd4 22. Nxd4 exd4
23. Kg2 Qa8 24. Rd2 Rxd2 25. Qxd2 Qa3 26. Qc2 Qa6 {[%cal Rd4d3]} 27. Rd1 h5 28.
Bd7 Rd8 29. Bc6 Rc8 $11 {Saitou,A (2213) - Piccoli,F (2268)/email 2013}) (16...
Be7 {[%cal Yd8d7,Ye7d8]} 17. b3 (17. Rd1 b3 $1 18. axb3 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Nb4 20.
Qd2 Nxc2+ 21. Qxc2 Rb4 $11 {Kulon,K (2251) - Savina,A (2382)/Fermo 2009}) 17...
Qd7 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. O-O Rbd8 $11 {Morozov,D (2376) - Stepanov,
K (2356)/email 2014}) 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Bf5 $5 $146 (18. Bg2 f5 19. O-O-O $5 {
(Korotylev)} (19. Rd1 Rbd8 20. Qe3 f4 $5 (20... Kh8 $5) 21. gxf4 f5 $44 {
So,W (2577) - Pascua,H (2174)/Manila 2008}) 19... b3 $5 20. axb3 Rfc8 21. Qxd6
$5 (21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Bxc2 24. Kxc2 Nd4+ 25. Rxd4 exd4 26.
Ra1 Re8 27. Bf1 Re5 $11) 21... Qb7 $5 22. exf5 Bxc4 $1 23. b4 $1 Qb5 {[%cal
Rc6b4]} 24. Qh6 Nxb4 25. f6 Na2+ 26. Kd2 Rd8+ 27. Ke1 Rxd1+ 28. Kxd1 Qd7+ 29.
Ke1 Qg4 30. Qd2 Be6 $44) (18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. O-O-O {(Korotylev)} Rfd8 $13) {
Unlike after 18.Bg2, after the move in the game Black no longer has available
the resource of f6-f5, but in return in many variations the advance d6-d5
becomes possible.  Im Unterschied zu 18.Bg2 steht dem Schwarzen nach dem
Partiezug die Ressource f6-f5 nicht zu Verfügung, dafür aber wird in vielen
Varianten der Vorstoß d6-d5 möglich.} 18... Qb7 {[%cal Rb7h1,Rb4b3,Re6f5]} ({
It was also worth considering Beachtung verdiente auch} 18... Bxf5 $5 19. exf5
a4 {[%cal Rb4b3]} ({after nach} 19... Rfd8 20. Ne3 Nd4 21. O-O $14 {White is
slightly better according to GM Korotylev steht Weiß laut GM Korotylev etwas
besser}) 20. b3 Rfd8 {[%cal Rd6d5] , e.g. , z. B.} 21. Rd1 (21. bxa4 d5 22.
cxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 Rxd5 24. O-O Ra5 $11) 21... axb3 22. axb3 d5 $1 23. cxd5 (
23. Qxd5 $6 Qxf5 $36) 23... Nd4 $1 24. Nxd4 Qxd5 25. O-O exd4 26. Rd2 Rbc8 27.
Rfd1 Rc3 28. Qxd4 Qxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Rxb3 $11) (18... Rfd8 $5 {
[%cal Re6f5,Rd6d5]}) 19. Ne3 {The knight takes control of the d5- and
f5-squares, but in doing so gives up the d4-point. Of course, there are other
continuations too, but none of them promised an advantage, e.g.: Der Springer
nimmt unter Kontrolle die Felder d5 und f5, gibt aber dabei den Punkt d4 auf.
Natürlich gab es auch andere Fortsetzungen, aber keine davon versprach einen
Vorteil, z. B.:} (19. O-O b3 20. Ne3 (20. axb3 Qxb3 21. Qd1 Bxf5 22. exf5 Rfd8
$132 {[%csl Rb2,Rc4][%cal Rd6d5]}) 20... Nd4 21. Qd1 $5 Bxf5 22. Nxf5 Nxf5 23.
exf5 Rfd8 $1 {[%cal Rd6d5]} (23... bxa2 24. Rxa2 $14 {Korotylev}) 24. axb3 Qxb3
25. Qxb3 Rxb3 26. Rxa5 Rxb2 27. Rd5 Rc2 28. Rfd1 Rc8 29. Rxd6 Kg7 30. Rd7 R2xc4
$11) (19. O-O-O Bxf5 (19... Rfd8 $5 {[%cal Re6f5,Rd6d5] /\20...Bxf5 21.exf5 d5
22.exd5 Nd4 23.Nxd4 Rxd5}) (19... a4 $5) 20. exf5 e4 $5 (20... Rfd8 $5) (20...
a4 $5) 21. Qxd6 (21. Qxe4 $2 b3 22. axb3 Qxb3 23. Kd2 Ne5 $17) (21. Qe3 Ne5 22.
b3 Nd3+ 23. Kb1 d5 24. cxd5 Qxd5 25. Ne1 Rfd8 26. f3 Qe5 27. Nxd3 exd3 28. Rxd3
Rxd3 29. Qxd3 Qxg3 $11) 21... b3 22. axb3 Qxb3 23. Qxf6 Nb4 24. Nxb4 Rxb4 25.
Qg5+ Kh8 26. Qf6+ $11) (19. Bxe6 $6 fxe6 20. O-O (20. Qxd6 $2 Nd4 $1 {
(Korotylev)} 21. Nxd4 Qxe4+ 22. Kd2 Rbd8 $1 23. f3 $8 Rxd6 24. fxe4 Rxd4+ 25.
Ke3 Rxc4 $17) 20... Rbd8 $36) 19... Nd4 20. O-O (20. Nd5 $6 Nxf5 21. exf5 Bxd5
22. cxd5 Rfc8 $36) 20... b3 (20... Nf3+ $5 21. Kg2 Nd4 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Rd4f5,
Rb7g2] (with the king on g2 White can play neither Qd3-d1 nor Ne3-g4) (mit dem
König auf g2 kann Weiß weder Qd3-d1 noch Ne3-g4 spielen)} 22. f3 b3 {- and
with the pawn on f3 White no longer has the resource of Qd3-d1-h5. - und mit
dem Bauern auf f3 Weiß gibt es die Ressource Qd3-d1-h5 nicht mehr.}) ({
A further idea would be Eine weitere Idee wäre} 20... Kh8 $5 21. Qd1 $140 Rg8
22. Qh5 Rg7 23. Qh6 Qe7 $13) 21. a3 ({Korotylev's suggestion of Gefährlicher
sieht der Vorschlag von Korotylev} 21. Qd1 {looks more dangerous - his idea of
bringing the queen to the kingside should not be taken lightly by Black.
However, he can ward off the danger with exact play:  aus - die Idee, die Dame
nach Königsflügel zu bringen, darf Schwarz nicht auf die leichte Schulter
nehmen. Mit genauen Spiel kann er die Gefahr jedoch abwehren:} Bxf5 (21... bxa2
22. Rxa2 Kh8 {[%cal Yf8g8]} 23. Qh5 (23. Rxa5)) 22. Nxf5 Nxf5 23. exf5 Rfd8 24.
axb3 Qxb3 25. Qxb3 Rxb3 26. Rxa5 Rxb2 27. Rd5 Rc2 28. Rfd1 Rc8 29. Rxd6 Kg7 30.
Rd7 R2xc4 $11) 21... Kh8 22. Rac1 Rbc8 23. Rfe1 {Caruana is planning Qd3-d1,
but first employs his king's rook on the defence of the e4-pawn. He is
prepared to sacrifice the exchange to this purpose.  Caruana plant Qd3-d1,
beteiligt aber zuerst seinen Königsturm an der Verteidigung des Bauern e4.
Dabei ist er bereit, die Qualität zu opfern.} (23. Nd5 Kg7 $13 {[%csl Rc4]
[%cal Rc8c5,Rf8c8]}) 23... Rc5 $5 {Mamedyarov does not aim at winning material
and trusts in active play - after the move in the game White has to reckong
with the doubling of his opponent's rooks in the c-file, and in addition in
the variation with the exhcnage of all the minor pieces on f5 the Rc5 supports
the advance d6-d5. Mamedyarov verzichtet auf Materialgewinn und setzt auf
aktives Spiel - nach dem Partiezug muss Weiß mit der Verdoppelung der
gegnerischen Türme auf der c-Linie rechnen, außerdem unterstützt der Rc5 in
den Variante mit dem Tausch aller Leichtfiguren auf f5 den Vorstoß d6-d5.} (
23... Nf3+ 24. Kg2 Nxe1+ 25. Rxe1 {(~/= Korotylev)} Rg8 26. Qd1 a4 27. Qh5 Rg7
28. Qh6 Qe7 29. Nd5 Qd8 30. Nxf6 Bxf5 (30... Qf8 $2 {[%cal Rg7g3]} 31. Kf1 $1 {
[%cal Rf6h7]} Bxf5 32. exf5 Rxc4 33. Nxh7 Rxh4 34. Qxh4 Rxh7 35. Qxa4 $16) 31.
exf5 Rxc4 32. Nh5 Rg8 33. Nf6 Rg7 {with a repetition of moves. mit
Zugwiederholung.}) 24. Qd1 Bxf5 25. Nxf5 Nxf5 26. exf5 Rd8 $5 {[%csl Gd8][%cal
Rd6d5]} (26... d5 27. cxd5 Rxd5 28. Qf3 Rb8 29. Red1 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Kg7 31. Rc3
Qe4 32. Qd3 Qxd3 33. Rxd3 a4 34. Rc3 Rd8 35. Rc4 Rd2 $11) 27. Qh5 Kg7 28. Rc3 (
28. Qg4+ Kf8 (28... Kh8 29. Qh5 {(Korotylev)} Qd7 $5 {[%cal Rd6d5,Gd7f5]} (
29... Kg7 30. Qg4+ {with a repetition of moves mit Zugwiederholung}) 30. Red1
$11) 29. Qh5 Ke7 30. Qxh7 Rdc8 31. Qg7 Rxc4 32. Rxc4 Rxc4 33. h5 Qc6 34. h6 Rc1
35. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 36. Kg2 Qc6+ 37. Kh2 Qc2 38. Kg2 Qc6+ {mit Remis. mit Remis.})
28... h6 ({The move in the game prevents White from taking on e5 after d6-d5,
as would be the case in the variation with Der Partiezug verhindert, dass
Weiß nach d6-d5 auf e5 nimmt, wie es in der Variante} 28... d5 29. Rxe5 {
Moreover, even then that would not mean anything bad for Black: der Fall wäre.
Übrigens wäre es auch dann für Schwarz noch nichts schlimmes bedeuten:} Rxc4
(29... fxe5 $4 30. Qg5+ $18) 30. Rce3 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Qb5 {[%cal Rb5f1]} 32. Re7
Rf8 33. Re2 Qc4 34. R7e3 Qd4 35. Qf3 Qd1 36. Rxb3 Qg1+ 37. Kh3 Qf1+ 38. Kh2 (
38. Kg4 $4 h5+ 39. Kxh5 Rc4 $19) 38... Qg1+ {with perpetual check. mit
Dauerschach.}) 29. Ree3 $6 {It is hard to understand why Caruana asks his
opponent to play a5-a4 which in any case is useful for Black, and thus
degrades the position of his own rook: now White can neither double his rooks
on the c-file (for the defence of the c4-pawn), nor on the d-file, the advance
d6-d5 being linked to the threat of the fork with d5-d4, and in addition now
the first rank could under certain circumstances tend towards weakness. Es ist
schwer zu verstehen, wozu Caruana den Gegner bittet, a5-a4 zu spielen, was
für den Nachziehenden ohnehin nützlich ist, und dabei die Position seines
eigenen Turmes verschlechtert: nun kann Weiß seine Türme weder auf der
c-Linie (für die Verteidigung des Bauern c4), noch auf der d-Linie verdoppeln,
der Vorstoß d6-d5 wird mit der Gabeldrohung d5-d4 verbunden, und außerdem
kann sich jetzt die erste Reihe unter Umständen als schwach erweisen.} (29.
Qg4+ $142 Kh7 30. Rd1 d5 {(according Korotylev) (so weit Korotylev)} 31. Qf3 a4
32. cxd5 Rxc3 33. Qxc3 Rxd5 34. Rxd5 Qxd5 35. Qb4 {mit Remis. mit Remis.})
29... a4 {Suddenly White finds himself in a very unpleasant situation: the
threats 30...d5 and above all 30...Rc8 are extremely annoying, whils his own
activity on the kingside has run into sand.  Plötzlich ist Weiß in eine sehr
unangenehme Situation geraten: die Drohungen 30...d5 und vor allem 30...Rc8
sind äußerst lästig, während seine eigene Aktivität am Königsflügel im
Sand verlaufen ist.} 30. Qe2 (30. g4 $2 Rh8 {[%csl Rh5]}) (30. Qg4+ $5 Kh7 (
30... Kf8 31. Qh5 Kg7 32. Qg4+) 31. Red3 d5 32. cxd5 Rxc3 33. Rxc3 Rxd5 34. Qf3
Qd7 35. Rc7 Rd1+ 36. Kg2 e4 $1 37. Qc3 (37. Qh5 $143 $6 Qxc7 38. Qxd1 Qe5)
37... Qxf5 38. Rc5 $1 (38. Rxf7+ $2 Kg6 39. Rf8 Rd3 40. Rg8+ Kh7 41. Qc8 Qxc8
42. Rxc8 Rd2 $19) 38... Qe6 39. Rc6 Qe5 $1 40. Qc4 Kg7 41. Qe2 Qd5 42. Qg4+ Kh7
43. Rc5 $1 Qxc5 44. Qxd1 {with a difficult, but perhaps neverheless tenable
endgame. mit einem schwierigen, aber vielleicht doch haltbaren Endspiel.})
30... d5 (30... Rdc8 $142 $1 {(Korotylev) , e.g. , z.B.} 31. f4 $5 (31. Qd3 Qc6
32. Re4 d5 33. cxd5 Rxc3 34. bxc3 Qxc3 35. Rg4+ Kh7 36. Qxc3 Rxc3 37. Rb4 Rd3
$19) 31... Qd7 32. fxe5 dxe5 33. Qg4+ Kh7 34. Red3 Qc7 {with considerable
winning chances. mit beträchtlichen Gewinnchancen.}) 31. Qf3 $2 (31. cxd5
Rcxd5 (31... Rdxd5 32. Qf3 Qb5 33. Kg2 Rd2 34. Rcd3 $1 $15 {Korotylev}) 32. Qf3
Qd7 $15) 31... Rdc8 $1 {Now things look quite gloomy for White.  Jetzt wird es
für Weiß ganz düster.} 32. cxd5 Rxc3 33. Rxc3 Rxc3 34. Qxc3 Qxd5 $19 35. Qb4
h5 (35... e4 $1 36. Qxa4 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Qc2 38. Qd4 e3 39. Qxe3 Qxb2 40. g4 Qc2
41. g5 b2 42. gxf6+ Kh7 43. Qg3 Qc6+ 44. Kh2 Qxf6 $19) 36. Qxa4 Qd3 $2 {
Although Mamedyarov - unlike his opponent - had sufficient time, he did not
make use of it. As a consequence of that he now makes a mistake and suddenly
gives Caruana a chance to save the game. Obwohl Mamedyarov - im Unterschied
von seinem Gegner - genügend Zeit hatte, machte er davon keinen Gebrauch. Als
Folge davon begeht er jetzt einen Fehler und gibt Caruana plötzlich eine
Chance, die Partie zu retten.} ({The correct move was Richtig war} 36... e4 {
, e.g. , z.B.} 37. Qb4 (37. Qa7 Qe5 38. g4 hxg4 39. h5 Qxb2 40. h6+ Kxh6 41.
Qxf7 Kg5 $19) 37... Qd1+ 38. Kh2 (38. Kg2 e3 39. fxe3 Qe2+ 40. Kh3 Qxb2 $19 {
Korotylev}) 38... e3 39. fxe3 Qc2+ 40. Kg1 Qxb2 $19) 37. g4 $1 Qb1+ 38. Kg2
Qxb2 39. gxh5 Qc2 40. Qg4+ Kh7 41. h6 $2 {In the time trouble phase Caruana
drew a lucky ticket, but right on move 41 he throws it away! In der
Zeitnotphase hat Caruana ein Glücksticket bekommen, aber gerade mit dem 41.
Zug wirft er es weg!} ({The continuation he needed to play was Die "gesuchte
Fortsetzung" war} 41. Qa4 $1 {e.g. z.B.} Qc3 (41... Qd3 42. Qb4 $1 e4 (42...
Kg7 43. h6+ Kh7 44. Qf8 Qe4+ 45. Kf1 Qc4+ 46. Kg2 $11) 43. Qe7 Qf3+ 44. Kf1
Qxh5 45. Ke1 $1 (45. Qxf6 {is weaker on account of ist schwächer wegen} Qd1+
46. Kg2 Qg4+ 47. Kf1 Qg7 48. Qe7 b2 49. Qb4 Qe5 {, even if this position could
perhaps still be held with , auch wenn diese Stellung mit} 50. Kg2 {.
vielleicht noch zu halten ist}) 45... b2 46. Qb4 (46. Qxe4 $4 Qh6 $19 {[%cal
Rh6c1]}) 46... Qxh4 47. Qxb2 {with a draw mit Remis}) (41... Kh6 42. Qe8 Kxh5
43. Kg3 $1 Qc3+ 44. f3 Qe1+ 45. Kg2 Kxh4 46. Qh8+ Kg5 47. Qg7+ Kf4 48. Qg4+ Ke3
49. Qe4+ Kd2 50. Qb4+ Ke2 51. Qc4+ $11) 42. Qe8 Qc4 (42... Kg7 $4 43. h6+ $18)
43. Qb8 {, and Black can make no further progress because his queen cannot
protect the f7-pawn and at the same time support its own passed pawn, e.g. ,
und Schwarz kommt nicht weiter, weil seiner Dame es nicht möglich ist, den
Bauern f7 zu decken und gleichzeitig ihren Freibauern zu unterstützen, z.B.}
Qg4+ (43... Kg7 44. h6+ Kh7 45. Qf8 Qg4+ 46. Kf1 Qd1+ $11) 44. Kf1 Qh3+ 45. Kg1
Kg7 46. h6+ Kh7 47. Qf8 Qg4+ 48. Kf1 Qd1+ $11) 41... Kxh6 42. Qg8 Qxf5 43. Qf8+
Kh5 $19 44. f3 Kxh4 45. Qb4+ Qf4 46. Qxb3 Qd2+ 47. Kf1 Kg3 48. f4+ Kxf4 49. a4
f5 50. Qb5 Qd1+ 51. Kf2 Qc2+ 52. Kf1 f6 53. Qb4+ e4 54. Qb5 Kg3 55. Qe2 Qxe2+
56. Kxe2 f4 57. a5 f3+ 58. Kf1 e3 0-1

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.06.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 {Diagramm [#] Die bekannte Stellung, die sich fast im
Wochenrhythmus auf den internationalen Top-Turnieren bewundern lässt...} Be7 (
{Mit} 10... d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 {hätte sich etwas mehr Spannung
erhalten lassen, doch die Initiative hätte bei Weiß gelegen.}) 11. Bc2 d4 12.
Nb3 d3 13. Nxc5 dxc2 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 Rd5 17. Rfc1 Nxe5 18.
Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Rxc2 Rd5 20. c4 Rd7 21. cxb5 axb5 22. a4 bxa4 23. Kf1 Kf7 24.
Rxa4 Rb8 25. Rac4 c5 26. Bxc5 Bxc5 27. Rxc5 Rd1+ 28. Ke2 Rb1 29. g3 R1xb2 {
Diagramm [#] Das wars dann...} 30. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 31. Kf3 Rb3+ 32. Ke2 Rb2+ 33. Kf3
Rb3+ 34. Ke2 {Gemäß der Regeln für dieses Turnier ist ein Remis vor dem 40.
Zug eigentlich "verboten", doch in dieser Position wird der Schiedsrichter ein
Einsehen gehabt haben.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd playoff"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.06.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2016.06.04"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 O-O 8.
Bf4 c6 9. e4 b5 10. Qd3 c5 11. e5 Nh5 12. Bg5 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14. Qe3 b4 15.
Nd5 Be6 16. Nf4 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 Qa5 18. b3 Bd5 19. Be2 Rad8 20. O-O Bxf3 21. Bxf3
Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Rad1 Bf6 24. Qe2 e6 25. g3 Bd4 26. Kg2 Rd6 27. Rd2 Rfd8
28. Rfd1 e5 29. Be4 Qb6 30. Qc4 Kg7 31. f4 exf4 32. gxf4 a5 33. h3 R8d7 34. Bf3
Bg1 35. Qc2 Rxd2+ 36. Rxd2 Rc7 37. Qe4 Qe3 38. Qe5+ Qxe5 39. fxe5 Be3 40. Re2
Bg5 41. Bd5 Bf4 42. Kf3 g5 43. h4 h6 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Kg4 Rc5 46. e6 fxe6 47.
Bxe6 Kf6 48. Bc4 Rc6 49. Re4 Rd6 50. Re8 Rd2 51. Re2 Rxe2 52. Bxe2 Ke5 53. Bb5
Kd4 54. Ba4 Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd playoff"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.06.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.06.04"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 Qa5 9. O-O d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. f4 Rfc8 12. Nf3 Be8 13. Qe1 e6 14. Rd1 Rd8 15.
g4 b5 16. f5 b4 17. Ne2 d5 18. fxe6 Nxe4 19. Nf4 Ne7 20. Bd4 Qc7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7
22. Nd4 f6 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Qxe4 Nxf4 25. Rxf4 Qe5 26. Qb7+ Kg8 27. Qf3 Rac8
28. e7 Qxe7 29. Rxf6 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Qe1+ 31. Qf1 Qe3+ 32. Qf2 Qc1+ 33. Qf1 Qe3+
34. Qf2 Qc1+ 35. Qf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd playoff"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.06.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2016.06.04"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 Qa5 9. O-O d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. f4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Rad1 Nc5 16. Kh1 Rac8 17. Qe3 Nxb3 18. axb3 Qc5 19. Qe1 b5 20. Rf2 b4 21.
Nd5 e6 22. Nxb4 Bxe4 23. c3 d5 24. Nc2 a5 25. Nd4 Qe7 26. Ra1 Ra8 27. Qe3 f6
28. c4 e5 29. Nb5 exf4 30. Qxf4 dxc4 31. bxc4 f5 32. Rd1 Rad8 33. Rfd2 Rxd2 34.
Rxd2 g5 35. Qf2 g4 36. Qg3 Kh8 37. Nd6 gxh3 38. Qxh3 Qg5 39. Rf2 Rf6 40. c5
Qc1+ 41. Kh2 Kg8 42. Qg3+ Rg6 43. Qf4 Rh6+ 44. Kg3 Rg6+ 45. Kh2 Qxf4+ 46. Rxf4
Rxg2+ 47. Kh3 Rxb2 48. Nxe4 fxe4 49. Rxe4 Rc2 50. Re5 a4 51. Re4 a3 52. Ra4
Rc3+ 53. Kg4 Kf7 54. Kf4 h5 55. Ra7+ Ke6 56. Ke4 h4 57. Kd4 Rg3 58. Ra6+ Ke7
59. Ke5 h3 60. c6 h2 61. Ra7+ Kd8 62. c7+ Kc8 0-1

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd playoff"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.06.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2016.06.04"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Bf5 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
Nc6 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Bc3 d5 11. Qb3 dxc4 12. Qxc4 Qd7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. d5 Bxd5
15. Qh4 Qf5 16. Rxd5 Rxd5 17. e4 g5 18. Nxg5 Qxg5 19. exd5 Qxh4 20. gxh4 Nd4
21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Rc1 Bb6 23. Be4 Kg7 24. Rc3 h6 25. Rf3 a5 26. a4 Bd4 27. b3
Ra6 28. Kg2 Rb6 29. Bc2 Be5 30. Re3 Bd6 31. Re4 Kf6 32. h3 Be5 33. Re3 Rd6 34.
Be4 Bf4 35. Re2 Rb6 36. Bc2 Rd6 37. Be4 Rd8 38. Kf3 Bd6 39. Bd3 Rg8 40. Re1 Bb4
41. Rc1 Bd6 42. Re1 Be5 43. Rc1 Rd8 44. Be4 Bd6 45. Rg1 Ke5 46. Rd1 Bc5 47. Rc1
Bb6 48. Re1 Rd6 49. Kg2 Rf6 50. Bf3+ Kd6 51. Re4 Rf5 52. Rg4 Ba7 53. Rc4 Rf6
54. Rg4 Bc5 55. Rg8 Bd4 56. Rd8+ Kc5 57. Rd7 Kb4 58. Rxc7 Kxb3 59. Rxb7+ Kxa4
60. Rxe7 Kb4 61. Rb7+ Kc3 62. Rc7+ Kd3 63. Rc6 Rf4 64. d6 Bf6 65. d7 Bxh4 66.
Rxh6 Be7 67. Rd6+ Rd4 68. Rxd4+ Kxd4 69. Bh5 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 g6 11. Be2 Bg7 12. f4 O-O 13. O-O d6 14. Qxc6 dxe5
15. Qxc7 Ba6 16. Nd5 exf4 17. Bd3 g5 18. Qc5 Rad8 19. Nc7 Qh6 20. Kh1 Bb7 21.
Qf5 Rd7 22. c5 Rxc7 23. cxb6 axb6 24. Bd2 Rc5 25. Qg4 Rd8 26. Bb4 Rxd3 27. Bxc5
Rg3 28. Qd1 Bxg2+ 29. Kg1 Bf3+ 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 exf3
15. Bxc6 fxg2 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. a4 b4 18. cxb4 Bxb4 19. Rec1 Bd2 20. Bxd2 Rxd2
21. b4 f6 22. e6 Bxe6 23. Bb7 Bc8 24. Rxc7 Bxb7 25. Rxb7 Re8 26. Rc1 h5 27.
Rcc7 Re1+ 28. Kxg2 Ree2 29. Rxg7+ Kh8 30. Rh7+ Kg8 31. Rhc7 Rxf2+ 32. Kg3 Rg2+
33. Kf3 Rdf2+ 34. Ke4 Re2+ 35. Kd5 Re8 36. a5 Rxh2 37. b5 Rd2+ 38. Kc5 Re5+ 39.
Kb6 Rxb5+ 40. Kxa6 Rxb7 41. Kxb7 Rb2+ 42. Kc6 Ra2 43. Kb6 Rb2+ 44. Kc6 Ra2 45.
Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. d4 d5 7. b3 Bf5 8. Bb2
Ne4 9. e3 Nd7 10. Qe2 a5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Be4 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qb5 b6 15.
Rac1 e6 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qe7 19. Bd4 Rac8 20. Rc6 Qb4 21.
Qxb4 axb4 22. Rfc1 Rxc6 23. Rxc6 Ra8 24. Rc7 Nc5 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Rxc5 Rxa2
27. Rb5 g5 28. g4 Kg7 29. Rxb4 Kg6 30. Rb7 Rd2 31. Rb4 h5 32. h3 Rb2 33. Rb8 h4
34. Rb6 Rd2 35. Rb4 Rb2 36. Kf3 Kg7 37. Rb8 Rd2 38. b4 d4 39. b5 dxe3 40. Kxe3
Rb2 41. b6 Rb3+ 42. Kd4 Rxh3 43. Ra8 Rb3 44. Kc5 h3 45. Ra1 f6 46. Kc6 Rc3+ 47.
Kd7 Rb3 48. Kc7 Rc3+ 49. Kb8 h2 50. b7 Ra3 51. Rc1 Rc3 52. Rxc3 h1=Q 53. Kc8
Qh8+ 54. Kc7 Qh2 55. Rc5 Qxf2 56. Rc6 Qa7 57. Kc8 Qa4 58. Rc7+ Kg6 59. b8=Q
Qe8+ 60. Kb7 Qb5+ 61. Kc8 Qe8+ 62. Kb7 Qb5+ 63. Ka8 Qa5+ 64. Qa7 Qd5+ 65. Qb7
Qa5+ 66. Qa7 Qd5+ 67. Qb7 Qd8+ 68. Qc8 Qd5+ 69. Rb7 Qa5+ 70. Kb8 Qxe5+ 71. Qc7
Qxc7+ 72. Kxc7 f5 73. Kd6 Kf6 74. Rb8 fxg4 75. Rf8+ Kg6 76. Kxe6 g3 77. Rg8+
Kh5 78. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. a3 Nd4 10. Ba2 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 d6 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Ne2 Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Nc5
15. Bd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Qxe7 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Rfe8 19. c4 Qe4 20. Rfd1 Qxd5
21. cxd5 Re5 22. Nf3 Re4 23. Rac1 b4 24. Nd4 bxa3 25. bxa3 Rb8 26. Rd2 g6 27.
g3 Kg7 28. Kg2 Rb6 29. h4 h5 30. Rcd1 a5 31. Rc2 a4 32. Kf1 Re5 33. Nc6 Rf5 34.
Nb4 Rf3 35. Ra2 Rb3 36. Re1 Rb8 37. Re7 Rc8 38. Ke2 Kf8 39. Re3 Re8 40. Rxe8+
Kxe8 41. Kf1 Ke7 42. Nc6+ Kf6 43. Nd4 Rb1+ 44. Ke2 Ke5 45. Nf3+ Kxd5 46. Ng5 f6
47. Nh3 Ne6 48. Rd2+ Nd4+ 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. Ba4
Ng6 9. Re1 c6 10. d4 Bb6 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Bc2 Bc7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nf1 h6 15.
Ng3 Be6 16. Nf5 Bb6 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Nd7 20. Red1 a5 21.
Bb3 Bxb3 22. axb3 Nc5 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxa5 Nxb3 25. Ra7 Nc5 26. h4 h5 27. g3
f6 28. b4 Nxe4 29. Rxb7 Nf8 30. Nf5 Rd7 31. Rxd7 Nxd7 32. c4 Kf7 33. Kf1 Nb6
34. Ne3 Ke6 35. Ke2 f5 36. Ne1 Na4 37. Nd3 Nac3+ 38. Ke1 g5 39. hxg5 Nxg5 40.
Nc5+ Kf6 41. Nd7+ Ke6 42. Nc5+ Kf6 43. Nd7+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 b6 5. Be2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 d6 8. h3
Nbd7 9. Bh2 e6 10. Nfd2 Re8 11. Nc3 e5 12. Bf3 Qc8 13. Rc1 Bh6 14. Rc2 a5 15.
Nb5 Bf8 16. b3 c6 17. Nc3 Qc7 18. g4 h6 19. Bg2 Bg7 20. Bg3 Rad8 21. h4 Qc8 22.
Bh3 Nf8 23. Kh2 Qa8 24. Nf3 c5 25. d5 Bc8 26. Nd2 N8h7 27. f3 Qb7 28. Rg1 Kh8
29. Bf1 Ng8 30. Bd3 f5 31. h5 e4 32. fxe4 fxg4 33. hxg6 Ng5 34. Bf4 Be5 35.
Rxg4 Bxg4 36. Qxg4 Qg7 37. Ne2 Qxg6 38. Ng3 Nf6 39. Qh4 Rg8 40. Rc1 Rd7 41. Rg1
Rh7 42. Bxe5 dxe5 43. Nf5 h5 44. Kh1 Ng4 45. Rf1 Rf7 46. Rg1 Nh3 47. Rxg4 Qxg4
48. Qxg4 Nf2+ 49. Kg2 Nxg4 50. Nf3 Rxf5 51. exf5 e4 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. Na3 e5 5. Nc2 c5 6. bxc5 Bxc5 7. d3 Nc6 8. g3
Nge7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Nd2 f5 12. Rb1 b6 13. Ba3 Bxa3 14. Nxa3 Rc8 15.
Qa4 Qd7 16. Nb5 a5 17. Qa3 Nb4 18. Nf3 Ng6 19. Ng5 Kh8 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Qb2 f4
22. Na3 Rf6 23. Nc2 Nxc2 24. Qxc2 h5 25. Kh1 h4 26. g4 f3 27. Bxf3 Rcf8 28. Bd5
Qxg4 29. Rg1 Qh5 30. f3 Nf4 31. Be4 Nh3 32. Rg2 Qh6 33. c5 Rc8 34. Qa4 Rf7 {
Diagramm [#]} 35. Qb3 $2 Rf6 ({Mit} 35... Rxc5 $1 {hätte Caruana Aronjans
Fehler bestrafen können.}) 36. Qb5 Rfc6 $2 {Will den "schrecklichen" Le4
loswerden und dabei für die Qualität noch einen Bauern einstecken, doch das
hätte nicht funktionieren dürfen.} (36... Nf4 {war besser.}) 37. Bxc6 Rxc6 {
Diagramm [#]} 38. Rf1 $2 (38. Qxb6 $3 {gewinnt:} Rxb6 39. cxb6 Qd6 40. b7 Qb8
41. Rg6) 38... Rxc5 $2 {Noch ein Fehler. Weiß gewinnt jetzt ein wichtiges
Tempo und kommt dadurch mächtig in die Vorwärtsbewegung.} (38... Kh7 {
hätte dies vermieden, z.B.} 39. Rg4 ({Oder} 39. cxb6 Rc1 40. Rfg1 $11) 39...
Rxc5 40. Qd7 Qf6 $14) 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Qd7 Nf4 41. Rg4 Nxe2 (41... Qf6 42. Rfg1
) 42. Qe7 Rc1 43. Rxh4 Rxf1+ 44. Kg2 Nf4+ 45. Kxf1 Nh5 46. Qxe5 Qc1+ 47. Qe1
Qc5 48. Kg1 g6 49. Rg4 Nf6 50. Rg2 Nd5 51. Qh4+ Kg7 52. Qg5 Qc6 53. Qe5+ Kh7
54. Rg4 Nf6 55. Qe7+ Kh6 56. Qf8+ Kh7 57. Qf7+ Kh8 58. Rxg6 Qc1+ 59. Kg2 Qc2+
60. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 e6 8. c4 b6
9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Qc7 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Ne5 Rad8
15. Rad1 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 17. Rd2 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Qd6 19. Bc3 Qa3 20. b4 b5 21.
Qb3 Qa6 22. c5 Ba8 23. h4 h5 24. Be4 Qc8 25. Bb2 Re7 26. Qe3 Qd7 27. Bc3 Qe8
28. Qf3 Bb7 29. Kh2 Rc7 30. Qf4 Re7 31. Bf3 Bc8 32. Rd3 Kh7 33. Qe4 Rd5 34. Qe2
Rd8 35. Bb2 Rc7 36. Bc1 Bd7 37. Bf4 Rb7 38. Be5 Qh8 39. Be4 Kg8 40. Qf3 Rc8 41.
Qf4 Be8 42. Ra3 Rd8 43. Bf3 Kh7 44. Ra6 Rc8 45. Rd3 Rd8 46. Rda3 Bxe5 47. dxe5
Rbd7 48. Rxa7 Rd2 49. Bxc6 R8d4 50. Qe3 Bxc6 51. Rxf7+ Kg8 52. Rc7 Qh6 53. Rc8+
Kg7 54. Ra7+ Bd7 55. Rg8+ Kxg8 56. Qxh6 Rxf2+ 57. Kh3 Rf8 58. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. e3 d4 8. exd4
cxd4 9. d3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. Nbd2 e5 12. Ne4 Re8 13. a3 a5 14. Rb1 h6 15. g4
Nf8 16. g5 hxg5 17. Nexg5 Bf5 18. c5 Ng6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Qd7 21. Re1 Bf8
22. Qc2 b5 23. Qb3 Ra6 24. h4 Bg4 25. Re4 Bf5 26. Re1 Bg4 27. Re4 Nd8 28. Bd2
Kh8 29. h5 Bxh5 30. Bh3 f5 31. Kg2 Nf4+ 32. Bxf4 exf4 33. Rxf4 g6 34. Rxd4 Qb7
35. Qd5 Qxd5 36. Rxd5 Nc6 37. Nd4 Nxd4 38. Rxd4 Kg7 39. Rc1 Re7 40. c6 Kf6 41.
f4 Rc7 42. Nh7+ Kg7 43. Rd7+ Rxd7 44. cxd7 Be7 {Diagramm [#] Weiß hatte in
dieser Stellung allerbeste Perspektiven, doch die Partie entgleitet ihm in der
Folge total.} 45. Re1 $2 ({Mit} 45. Rc7 $1 {hätte Caruana wohl sogar gewonnen.
}) 45... Kf7 46. Ng5+ Bxg5 47. fxg5 Rd6 48. Re5 Rxd7 49. Rxb5 Rxd3 50. Rb6 Bf3+
51. Kh2 Be4 52. Bf1 Rd1 53. Bc4+ Kg7 {Diagramm [#] Die Stellung ist vollkommen
ausgeglichen...} 54. b5 $4 {... und dann das! Nakamura riecht den Braten
sofort:} (54. Kg3 $1) 54... f4 $1 55. Kh3 Bf3 $1 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 g5 10. Nxg5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Kg7 12. Qf3 Rh8 13. Nd2 Kg6 14. h4 Bg4 15.
Bxf6 Qd7 16. Qg3 Kxf6 17. d4 exd4 18. e5+ Ke7 19. Ne4 Rag8 20. Nf6 Qf5 21. Bd3
Qe6 22. b4 Ba7 23. c4 Nxe5 24. Nxg8+ Rxg8 25. Rae1 Kf8 26. f4 Bh5 27. Qxg8+
Kxg8 28. fxe5 dxe5 29. Rf5 Bg6 30. Rfxe5 Qf6 31. Re8+ Kg7 32. Bxg6 d3+ 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 Qb6 6. O-O Be7 7. Rb1 O-O 8. a3
Qc7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 b6 11. Ndb5 Qb8 12. Be3 Bb7 13. f4 Rd8 14. Kh1 d6 15.
Bf3 Nd7 16. Ne2 a6 17. Nbc3 Bf6 18. b4 Ne7 19. Qd3 Ng6 20. g3 Be7 21. Nd4 Qc7
22. Rbc1 Rac8 23. Nce2 Qb8 24. Bg2 Qa8 25. Nc3 Rc7 26. Qe2 Bf6 27. f5 Ngf8 28.
Bg1 Rdc8 29. fxe6 fxe6 30. Nb1 b5 31. Nd2 Bg5 32. N4f3 Bh6 33. e5 Nxe5 34. Nxe5
Bxg2+ 35. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Bxd2 37. Rcd1 dxe5 38. Rxd2 bxc4 39. Bb6 c3 40.
Rc2 Rd7 41. Bc5 Rd2+ 42. Rf2 Rd3 43. Rf3 e4 44. Rxd3 exd3 45. Rxc3 Rd8 46. Rc1
Ng6 47. Be3 Ne5 48. Bd2 Rd4 49. Kf2 Re4 50. Re1 Rxe1 51. Kxe1 Nc4 52. a4 Kf7
53. b5 axb5 54. a5 Ke7 55. a6 Kd7 56. a7 Nb6 57. Bc3 g6 58. Kd2 Kc6 59. Kxd3
Kb7 60. Ke4 Kxa7 61. Ke5 Kb7 62. Kxe6 Kc6 63. Kf7 Nd5 64. Bd2 b4 65. Bxb4 Nxb4
66. Kg7 Kd6 67. Kxh7 g5 68. Kg6 g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. e4
O-O 9. Qe1 a5 10. Nh2 dxe4 11. dxe4 e5 12. Nc4 Nfd7 13. a4 Na6 14. Ng4 f6 15.
Nge3 Nb4 16. Bd2 b6 17. h4 Re8 18. Bxb4 Bxb4 19. c3 Bf8 20. b4 Qc7 21. Bh3 Red8
22. Qb1 Bf7 23. Rd1 Ra7 24. Rd3 axb4 25. cxb4 b5 26. axb5 Rxa1 27. Qxa1 cxb5
28. Na3 Nb8 29. Nxb5 Qb6 30. Rxd8 Qxd8 31. Nd5 Nc6 32. Qc3 Nxb4 33. Nxb4 Qb8
34. Bf1 Qa8 35. Nd5 h5 36. Bc4 Qa4 37. Kg2 Bc5 38. Qb3 Qa1 39. Nxf6+ gxf6 40.
Bxf7+ Kh8 41. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. e3 Nc6 7. Nge2 h5 8. h3
h4 9. g4 f5 10. d4 exd4 11. exd4 fxg4 12. Qd3 Qf6 13. Ne4 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Qe7 15.
O-O-O Bxd2+ 16. Rxd2 gxh3 17. Bxh3 Bxh3 18. Rxh3 O-O-O 19. N4c3 Kb8 20. Qg6 Nc4
21. Rd1 Rhf8 22. f4 Qb4 23. Qc2 Rfe8 24. d5 Ne7 25. Rd4 Nf5 26. Qxf5 Qxb2+ 27.
Kd1 Ne3+ 28. Rxe3 Rxe3 29. d6 cxd6 30. Rd3 Ree8 31. Qa5 d5 32. Rd4 Qb6 33. Qxb6
axb6 34. Rd3 d4 35. Nb5 Re3 36. Rxe3 dxe3+ 37. Ke1 h3 38. Ng3 Rd2 39. Nc3 h2
40. Nce2 Rxa2 41. Kf1 b5 42. Kg2 b4 43. Kxh2 b3 44. Kh3 b2 45. Nc3 Ra3 46. Nge2
Rxc3 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. a4 b6 8. Qd2 Bb7
9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. d5 Qc7 12. Rad1 c4 13. Be2 Nc5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. Nd4
b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Ndxb5 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Qxb5 19. b3 Qb6 20. Bxc4 e5 21. Qe3
Qc7 22. Ra1 h6 23. Nc3 Qe7 24. Nb5 Ba6 25. Ra4 Bxb5 26. Bxb5 f5 27. Bc6 Rxa4
28. bxa4 e4 29. f4 g5 30. Kh1 gxf4 31. Qxf4 Qe5 32. a5 Qxf4 33. Rxf4 Be5 34.
Rf1 Bd4 35. g3 Kg7 36. Bd7 Kg6 37. a6 Kg5 38. Kg2 h5 39. h4+ Kg6 40. Rd1 Bc5
41. Rf1 Bd4 42. c4 Bc5 43. Ra1 Bd4 44. Ra2 Ra8 45. Bc6 Ra7 46. Bb7 Kf6 47. Kf1
Ke5 48. Ke2 Bc5 49. Ra1 Kd4 50. Rf1 Ke5 51. Rb1 Kd4 52. Rf1 Ke5 53. Rd1 Bd4 54.
Rb1 Bc5 55. Rb5 Kd4 56. Rb1 Ke5 57. Rf1 Bd4 58. Kd2 Bc5 59. Kc3 Bd4+ 60. Kd2
Bc5 61. Ke2 Bd4 62. Bc8 Rf7 63. Be6 Rf8 64. Rb1 Ra8 65. Rf1 Rf8 66. Bd7 Rf7 67.
Be8 Ra7 68. Bg6 Bc5 69. Rxf5+ Kd4 70. Rf4 Rxa6 71. Rxe4+ Kc3 72. Bxh5 Bd4 73.
Kf3 Be5 74. Kg4 Ra1 75. Bg6 Rg1 76. h5 Rxg3+ 77. Kf5 Bd4 78. Ke6 Bc5 79. Kf7
Bd4 80. Ke6 Bc5 81. Rh4 Re3+ 82. Kf7 Bd4 83. h6 Rf3+ 84. Ke8 Rg3 85. Bf7 Bf6
86. Rh5 Re3+ 87. Kf8 Kxc4 88. h7 Bh8 89. Kg8 Be5 90. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. Re1 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Ba4 Nh5 10. Nf1 Kh8 11. h3 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. d4 e4 14. Ng5 Nf6 15. d5
Ne5 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Ne6 Nd3 18. Re3 Nxd5 19. Rxd3 exd3 20. Nxf8 Rxf8 21. Qxd3
c6 22. Bd2 Re8 23. Ng3 Rf8 24. Nh5 Be5 25. f4 Bg7 26. Re1 Nf6 27. Ng3 Ng8 28.
Be3 Qe6 29. Bf2 Qg6 30. Bxa7 c5 31. Bb6 Bh6 32. Qf3 Nf6 33. Re6 Qf7 34. Rxd6
Qxa2 35. Bxc5 Qxb2 36. Bd4 Bg7 37. Kh2 Qb1 38. Rb6 Qc2 39. Rxb7 Ne8 40. Rxg7
Nxg7 41. Nh5 Rg8 42. Nxg7 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. g3 b5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1
Bc5 9. a4 b4 10. c3 Qc7 11. Nd2 d6 12. N2b3 bxc3 13. bxc3 Nbd7 14. Bg5 Ba7 15.
Bd2 Ne5 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Rab1 Rab8 18. h3 Nfd7 19. Kh2 Nc4 20. Bc1 Ba8 21. Qc2
Rfc8 22. Nd2 Nce5 23. Rxb8 Nxb8 24. N2b3 Qxc3 25. Qd1 Qc4 26. Be3 Qxa4 27. Qe2
Qd7 28. Rd1 Qe7 29. Na5 Qc7 30. Rc1 Qd7 31. Rb1 Bc5 32. f4 Nec6 33. Nab3 Nxd4
34. Nxd4 Qa7 35. Qd3 Nd7 36. Ra1 Bb7 37. Bg1 Nf6 38. e5 dxe5 39. fxe5 Nd5 40.
h4 Qb6 41. Rb1 Qc7 42. Qb3 Ba8 43. Re1 h6 44. Qb2 Rb8 45. Qa1 a5 46. Rc1 Qb6
47. Be4 Qb2+ 48. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 49. Kh3 Bf8 50. Rc8 Nf4+ 51. gxf4 Bxe4 52. Nxe6
Bf5+ 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qb3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. Nd2 e6 11. Ba3 Na5 12. Qb2 Bd7 13. O-O Rc8 14. e4 Bc6 15.
Bb4 b6 16. Rfe1 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nc4 18. Qb3 Qd7 19. d5 Bxd5 20. Rad1 Kd8 21. Ng5
Bf6 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Ne4 Bg7 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 25. Rd1 Qxd1+ 26. Qxd1+ Kc7 27. Qd5
1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Qg4 g6 9. Qe2 d6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. Bh6 b5 13. f4 Bb7 14. Rae1 b4 15.
Nd1 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Nf2 Ndc5 18. Kh1 O-O-O 19. Nd4 Bh4 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. fxg5
Qxe5 22. Nf3 Qxb2 23. Ng4 Rhf8 24. Nfe5 f5 25. gxf6 h5 26. Bxe4 Nxe4 27. Nd3
Qc3 28. Nge5 Nxf6 29. Nxg6 Rfe8 30. Nge5 Ne4 31. Rf7 h4 32. Ref1 h3 33. Rxb7
Kxb7 34. Rf7+ Ka8 35. Nxb4 hxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Rg8+ 37. Kh1 Rd6 38. Nbd3 Rb6 39. Rf1
Rb7 40. Nf4 Qxe5 41. Qxa6+ Kb8 42. Nd3 Ng3+ 43. hxg3 Rh7+ 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Ne4 8. Be2
c6 9. Qc2 f5 10. Ne5 Bf6 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. f3 Ng5 13. Bd3 Nf7 14. O-O g6 15.
Rad1 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. e4 fxe4 18. fxe4 Qe7 19. exd5 Qxc5+ 20. Kh1 cxd5 21.
Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Bxe5 Rac8 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Bc6 25. Rfe1 Qg5 26. Be4 Bxe4 27.
Qxe4 Rc7 28. c4 Rcf7 29. h3 Qg3 30. c5 Kg7 31. Qd4+ Kh6 32. Qd2+ Qg5 33. Qxg5+
Kxg5 34. Rb1 Rc7 35. Re5+ Rf5 36. Re4 Rfxc5 37. Kh2 h5 38. a4 Rc2 39. Rb3 Kh6
40. Re6 R2c6 41. Rxb7 Rxe6 42. Rxc7 Ra6 43. Rc4 Kg5 44. Kg3 Kf5 45. Kh4 Ra5 46.
Rb4 Kf6 47. Kg3 g5 48. Kf3 Rf5+ 49. Ke3 Re5+ 50. Kd3 h4 51. Rg4 Kf5 52. Rb4 Re1
53. Rb5+ Kf4 54. Rb4+ Kf5 55. Rb5+ Kf4 56. Rb4+ Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. a4 a5 8. Na3
Bxa3 9. Rxa3 O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. h3 Be6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Be3 Ne7 14. Bc4 Ng6 15.
Qb3 Be6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qa6 Rxb2 19. Qxa5 d5 20. Raa1 dxe4 21.
dxe4 Qc8 22. Nd2 Nh5 23. Nc4 Rb8 24. Reb1 Ra8 25. Qc5 Nhf4 26. Bxf4 Nxf4 27.
Nxe5 Qe8 28. Nf3 Rg6 29. Qf5 Nxg2 30. Kh1 Raa6 31. e5 Qa8 32. Rb4 c5 33. Re4
Qd5 34. c4 Qd3 35. Rg1 Rxa4 36. e6 Rxe6 37. Ne5 Nh4 38. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. h3 g6 8. e3
Bf5 9. Qd2 Qb6 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Bh6 Bf8 13. Bxf8 Kxf8 14. Bd3 Kg7
15. f4 Qc7 16. Qf2 h5 17. f5 h4 18. Nge2 gxf5 19. Bxf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Rh5 21.
Qf2 Rah8 22. O-O Rg5 23. e4 dxe4 24. Nxe4 Rg6 25. Nxf6 Rxf6 26. Nf4 Qd6 27.
Rae1 Rf5 28. Qe3 Nf6 29. Nd3 Re8 30. Ne5 Rh5 31. Qf2 Re6 32. Nc4 Qd5 33. Rxe6
Qxe6 34. Ne3 Ne4 35. Qf3 Ng3 36. Rd1 Rg5 37. d5 cxd5 38. Nxd5 Qe5 39. Ne3 Rg6
40. Nf1 Ne2+ 41. Kh1 Nf4 42. Rd2 Nh5 43. Rf2 Rf6 44. Qg4+ Rg6 45. Qxh4 Nf6 46.
Qf4 Qc5 47. Ne3 Kh7 48. Qh4+ Qh5 49. Qxh5+ Nxh5 50. Rxf7+ Kg8 51. Rxb7 Ra6 52.
a3 Re6 53. Ng4 Ng3+ 54. Kh2 Nf1+ 55. Kg1 Re1 56. Kf2 Rb1 57. Rd7 Kf8 58. b4 Ke8
59. Nf6+ Kf8 60. Ne4 Ke8 61. Rxa7 Nh2 62. Nd2 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O
8. d4 Nb6 9. h3 Nbxd5 10. O-O Bf5 11. Re1 Bb4 12. Bd2 c6 13. Bc4 Bxc3 14. bxc3
Ne4 15. Rc1 Qf6 16. Ne5 Rfe8 17. f3 Nd6 18. Bb3 Be6 19. Qe2 h6 20. Qf2 Nb6 21.
c4 Nd7 22. Bc3 Qd8 23. d5 cxd5 24. cxd5 Bf5 25. Qg3 Nf6 26. Ba1 Nh5 27. Qf2 Nf4
28. Kh2 f6 29. Nc4 Nd3 30. Qg3 Rxe1 31. Nxd6 Rxc1 32. Nxf5 Qf8 33. d6+ Kh7 34.
Ne7 Rxa1 35. Qg6+ Kh8 36. Qxd3 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Re1 h6 7. c3 d6 8. a4 a6
9. Na3 Ba7 10. Nc2 Ne7 11. h3 Ng6 12. a5 Re8 13. Be3 Be6 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 15. Bxa7
Rxa7 16. Ne3 Qd7 17. Qb3 Re8 18. Rad1 Qe6 19. Qb4 Ne7 20. Qa4 Raa8 21. Qc2 Ng6
22. Nf5 d5 23. g3 Rad8 24. Kg2 Qc6 25. Nd2 Rd7 26. c4 Red8 27. f3 Ne7 28. Ne3
dxe4 29. Nxe4 Nxe4 30. dxe4 Qc5 31. Rxd7 Rxd7 32. Qc3 Nc6 33. Nd5 Qxa5 34. Rd1
Qxc3 35. bxc3 Kf8 36. Kf2 Na5 37. Rb1 c6 38. Nb6 Rd3 39. c5 Rxc3 40. Rd1 Ke8
41. Rd7 Rxc5 42. Rc7 Rb5 43. Na8 Nc4 44. f4 Nd6 45. fxe5 Rxe5 46. Kf3 Re7 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. e3 a6 4. b3 Bb7 5. c4 b4 6. Bg2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 O-O
9. Bb2 d6 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Qe2 c5 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Ne1 a5 14. a4 bxa3 15. Rxa3
d5 16. Ra2 cxd4 17. Bxd4 e5 18. Ba1 e4 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Nc2 a4 21. Nd4 a3 22.
Nf5 Ne5 23. Nxe7+ Qxe7 24. Nc4 Nxc4 25. bxc4 Bc6 26. Bd4 Rfb8 27. Rda1 Rb3 28.
h3 h5 29. Kh2 h4 30. Qc2 hxg3+ 31. fxg3 Qb4 32. Bc5 Qb8 33. Rxa3 Raxa3 34. Rxa3
Rb2 35. Qd1 Rf2 36. Rb3 Qe5 37. Qd6 Qf5 38. Qd1 Qf3 39. Qg1 Bd7 40. Rb8+ Kh7
41. Bd6 Bxh3 42. Qxf2 Ng4+ 43. Kxh3 Nxf2+ 44. Kh2 Ng4+ 45. Kh3 Qf5 46. Rb5 Qe6
47. Kh4 Nxe3 48. Rh5+ Kg8 49. Bf4 Nxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 g6 12. Be2 Bg7 13. O-O b6 14. a4 O-O 15.
c3 Nh7 16. a5 b5 17. Nc1 Bf6 18. Nd3 Bg5 19. Nb4 f5 20. Nc6 Qf6 21. b4 Bxe3+
22. Qxe3 h4 23. c4 bxc4 24. Bxc4 h3 25. g3 f4 26. Qe2 Ng5 27. Kh1 Rae8 28. Qb2
fxg3 29. hxg3 Qf5 30. b5 axb5 31. Be2 Ne4 32. Rg1 Nf2+ 33. Kh2 e4 34. Rgf1 Nf6
35. Nd4 Qe5 36. Qd2 exf3 37. Bxf3 N6g4+ 38. Bxg4 Nxg4+ 39. Kh1 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 d4 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O e5 7. d3 Be7 8. e3 Nf6
9. exd4 cxd4 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nc2 a5 13. Rb1 Re8 14. a3 f6 15. b4
axb4 16. axb4 Nb6 17. b5 Nb8 18. Nh4 N8d7 19. Bd2 Nc5 20. Bb4 Nba4 21. Bd5+ Be6
22. Qf3 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Bf8 24. Nf5 g6 25. Nh4 Rc8 26. Ra1 Nb6 27. Ba5 Nb3 28.
Bxb6 Qxb6 29. Ra2 Kf7 30. Na3 Bxa3 31. Rxa3 Rc3 32. d6 Qxd6 33. Qxb7+ Re7 34.
Qa6 Qd5 35. b6 Nd2 36. Ra5 Qc6 37. Rb5 Rc1 38. Qa2+ Kg7 39. Qxd2 Rxe1+ 40. Qxe1
Qxb5 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. c4 d6 6. Nh3 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
Bd7 9. Nd2 e5 10. Ng5 Rb8 11. e3 Qe7 12. Nge4 Ng4 13. Nc3 f5 14. Nd5 Qf7 15. h3
Nf6 16. a3 Kh8 17. b4 b6 18. b5 Ne7 19. Nxf6 Bxf6 20. a4 d5 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22.
Nc4 Qe6 23. e4 Nb4 24. exf5 Qxf5 25. g4 Qxd3 26. Nxe5 Qxd1 27. Raxd1 Be6 28.
Rd6 Rbe8 29. f4 Bg7 30. Bc6 Nxc6 31. bxc6 Bc8 32. Re1 Kg8 33. Kg2 Rxf4 34. Nxg6
Rxe1 35. Nxf4 Kf7 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. Rd8 Ba6 38. Rd7+ Kf6 39. Rxa7 Bc8 40. Nd5+
Kg5 41. Nxb6 Be6 42. c7 c4 43. c8=Q Bxc8 44. Nxc8 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. Nb3 Bd6 8.
Na5 Rb8 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Qe2 Re8 11. h3 Nd7 12. Ng5 Nf8 13. Nxe6 Nxe6 14. Qg4 Bc5
15. O-O Qe7 16. Nc4 f6 17. Kh1 Rbd8 18. Ne3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 c5 20. Bc3 Ng5 21. b3
Qe6 22. Qh5 b5 23. Qe2 Rd7 24. Ba5 Red8 25. Rfd1 Qa6 26. Be1 c4 27. Bh4 Nf7 28.
Rd2 cxd3 29. cxd3 b4 30. Rad1 Nd6 31. Qg4 Nb5 32. Rf2 Rd6 33. Rdf1 Qc8 34. Rf5
c5 35. Qg3 Kh8 36. Rxf6 gxf6 37. Rxf6 R8d7 38. Qxe5 Kg8 39. Re6 Rxe6 40. Qxe6+
Kf8 41. Bg5 Qc7 42. Bh6+ Rg7 43. e5 Nc3 44. d4 cxd4 45. exd4 Qf7 46. Qc8+ Ke7
47. Qb7+ Ke6 48. Qc6+ Ke7 49. Bxg7 Qxg7 50. Qb7+ Kf8 51. Qxb4+ 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. b4 d5 13. Qc2 h6 14. Nf1 d4 15. b5
Ne7 16. cxd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Be3 Qd7 19. Ng3 Rd8 20. Red1 axb5 21. axb5
Ne8 22. Rab1 b6 23. d4 exd4 24. Rxd4 Qc8 25. Ne2 Rxd4 26. Nxd4 Re5 27. f4 Rc5
28. Nc6 Rxc6 29. bxc6 Qe6 30. Rc1 Nf6 31. e5 Nfd5 32. Bd2 h5 33. Kh2 g6 34. Qc4
Qf5 35. Qd4 Qe6 36. Qc4 Qf5 37. Rd1 b5 38. Qxb5 Qc2 39. Qb1 Qxc6 40. Qe4 Qe6
41. Bb4 Kh7 42. Bxe7 Nxe7 43. Rc1 c6 44. Qc4 Nd5 45. g3 Qe7 46. Qxc6 Qa3 47.
Rg1 Ne3 48. e6 Qb2+ 49. Kh1 fxe6 50. g4 hxg4 51. Qd7+ Kh8 52. Qe8+ Kg7 53. Qe7+
Kh8 54. Qf8+ Kh7 55. Qf7+ Kh8 56. Qe8+ Kg7 57. Qe7+ Kh8 58. Qxe6 Qf2 59. Qe8+
Kg7 60. Qe7+ Kh6 61. Qf8+ Kh7 62. Qe7+ Kh6 63. Qg5+ Kh7 64. Qe7+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. e3 e5 5. c5 a5 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. b5 Bxc5 8. Bc4 {
Diagramm [#]} Bg4 $4 {Mit dieser "Neuerung" stellt Anand glatt eine Figur ein.}
(8... Ne7 $11) 9. Bxg8 Nd7 {Eigentlich ist die Partie bereits gelaufen, aber
vielleicht hat sich Anand an dieser Stelle an das berühmte Churchill-Zitat
erinnert: "Never, never, never give up!"} (9... Rxg8 10. Qc4 Rh8 11. Qxc5 {
wäre noch schlechter.}) 10. Qb3 Qe7 11. Bc4 a4 12. Qc2 O-O-O 13. O-O Bxf3 14.
gxf3 Nb6 15. d3 f5 16. e4 f4 17. Kh1 Rd6 18. Rg1 Rh6 19. Nd2 Rf8 20. Nf1 Kb8
21. Bd2 {Diagramm [#] Weiß hat seine Mehrfigur, ist aber trotzdem in der
Defensive. Das ist vielleicht der Grund dafür, dass Caruana mit der
Bedenkzeit massiv ins Hintertreffen geraten ist.} Rh3 22. Be6 Rxf3 23. Kg2 Re3
24. Bg4 (24. fxe3 dxe3 25. Bg4 exd2 26. Nxd2 (26. Rh1 $4 Bd4 27. Rd1 Qh4 $19)
26... Bxg1 27. Rxg1 {und Schwarz hätte einen zweiten Bauern für die Figur.})
24... f3+ 25. Kh1 Re2 26. Rg3 Rxf2 27. Kg1 Rg2+ 28. Rxg2 fxg2 29. Ng3 g6 30.
Kxg2 {Diagramm [#] Auch jetzt hat Schwarz schließlich einen weiteren Bauern
erobert. Die weiße Stellung ist weiterhin viel schwerer zu spielen.} h5 31.
Be2 Bb4 32. Rf1 Bxd2 33. Qxd2 Rxf1 34. Nxf1 Qc5 {Schwarz hat mittlerweile
exzellente Chancen, die Partie zu retten: Weiß hat keine aktiven Optionen,
seine Figuren stehen schlecht, die Königsstellung ist offen, diverse Bauern
sind schwach.} 35. Qb2 a3 36. Qb3 Qc1 37. Bd1 Nc8 $6 (37... Qg5+ $1) 38. Qc2
Qa1 39. Qd2 Nd6 40. b6 cxb6 41. Bb3 {Diagramm [#] Die weißen Chancen haben
sich verbessert, denn am Damenflügel kann der Anziehende seine Stellung gut
zusammenhalten, während die schwarzen Bauern am Königsflügel plötzlich
schutzlos dastehen. Aber Anand, mit seinem großen Vorsprung auf der Uhr,
kämpft eisern weiter.} Qb2 42. Kh3 $1 Nb5 43. Kh4 $2 (43. Qg5 $1 $16) 43...
Nc3 44. Kg5 Qb1 45. Ng3 Qg1 (45... Qb2 $1 46. Nf1 $11) 46. Kxg6 h4 47. Qg5 hxg3
48. hxg3 Qe3 49. Qxe5+ Ka7 50. Bc4 b5 $1 51. Qc5+ Ka6 52. Qxa3+ Kb6 53. Qd6+
Ka7 54. Qc5+ Ka6 55. Qd6+ Ka7 56. Qc5+ Ka6 57. Qd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 Nd7 8.
Be3 Bd6 9. Nc3 c5 10. Nd2 Nb8 11. a4 Nc6 12. a5 Be6 13. O-O O-O 14. Nc4 Be7 15.
b3 b5 16. axb6 cxb6 17. Bd2 b5 18. Ne3 Nb4 19. Ne2 Bg5 20. f4 exf4 21. Nxf4 a5
22. Bc3 Nc6 23. Ned5 Nd4 24. Qh5 Bxf4 25. Nxf4 Qd6 26. Rxa5 Rxa5 27. Bxa5 b4
28. Nxe6 Nxe6 29. Qd5 Qa6 30. Ra1 Rb8 31. Ra4 Qb5 32. d4 Qe2 33. Qe5 Re8 34.
dxc5 f6 35. Qd6 Qe3+ 36. Kh2 Nf4 37. Bc7 {Diagramm [#] An dieser Stelle hatte
Carlsen Gewinnstellung erlangt.} Ne2 38. Ra1 Qxe4 39. Re1 Re5 40. Qd2 Re6 41.
Qd7 $2 (41. Bg3 $1) 41... h5 42. Bb8 Re8 {Diagramm [#]} 43. Bd6 $2 {Dies
ermöglicht Caruana einen überraschenden Konter.} (43. Bg3 $1 h4 44. Bxh4 Qf4+
45. Kh1 Re5 46. Qd3 $18) 43... Re5 $1 44. Rf1 (44. Bxe5 $2 Qxe5+ 45. Kh1 Ng3+
46. Kh2 Qxe1) 44... Rg5 {Diagramm [#]} 45. Rf3 $4 (45. Rf2 $11) 45... Rxg2+ $1
46. Kxg2 Nd4 47. Kg1 Nxf3+ 48. Kf2 Nd4 49. Qc8+ Kh7 50. Qa6 Qf3+ 51. Ke1 Nxc2+
52. Kd2 Qc3+ 53. Kd1 Qxb3 54. Kc1 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Qb3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 Re8 8. Bf4
d4 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. c5 Nd5 13. Qa4 Nc7 14. Nb3 e5 15.
Nfd2 Bd7 16. Na5 Rb8 17. Rac1 Ne6 18. b4 Nc7 19. Ne4 Bf8 20. Qc2 Nd5 21. Qd2
Bf5 22. e3 Bxe4 23. dxe4 Nc3 24. Nb3 Bg7 25. exd4 exd4 26. Rfe1 Qe7 27. f4 Rbd8
28. e5 f6 29. Na5 fxe5 30. fxe5 Kh7 31. h4 Bxe5 32. Nc4 Qg7 33. Nxe5 Rxe5 34.
Rxe5 Qxe5 35. Re1 Qf6 36. Qd3 Kg7 37. Kh2 Nxa2 38. Ra1 Nxb4 39. Qb3 a5 40. Rxa5
d3 41. Ra7 d2 42. Rxb7+ Kf8 43. Qe3 d1=Q 44. Qxh6+ Ke8 45. Rxb4 Qd2 46. Re4+
Kf7 47. Qh7+ Kf8 48. Qc7 Qxg2+ 49. Kxg2 Rd2+ 50. Kh3 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A78"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O Na6 ({Caruana deviates from the other main plan} 10...
Nbd7 {which he had used in Aronian,L (2786)-Caruana,F (2794) Moscow 2016
Mega2016 Update 26 [Marin,M] (1/2-1/2, 30)}) 11. Re1 ({Usually White over
-protects his e4-pawn with f2-f3 in order to free his d2-knight for a move to
c4 as soon as possible. After} 11. f3 Nc7 12. a4 {Black should not use the
same plan as in the game:} Rb8 $2 (12... b6 {so as to meet} 13. Nc4 {with} Ba6
{is the main line.}) 13. Nc4 Bf8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bf2 b6 17. Qd2 Nh5
18. g3 $16 {Ftacnik,L (2550)-Pekarek,A (2455) Dortmund 1992 (1-0, 36)}) 11...
Nc7 12. a4 Rb8 $5 (12... b6 {is more typical.}) 13. Bf1 a6 ({Now was the last
moment when Blck could try switching to the usual paths with} 13... b6 {
True, White could avoid the early weakening of the dark squares with f2-f3:}
14. Nc4 Ba6 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. h3 $5 {Yanofsky,D (2460)-Evans,L Siegen 1970 (0-1,
39), keeping f2-f4 as an option.}) 14. a5 {White has partly blocked the
queenside at the cost of conceding the b5-square to Black's minor pieces.} Bd7
15. Nc4 (15. Qb3 {doesn't really prevent} Nb5 $1 16. Nxb5 Bxb5 17. Bxb5 axb5
18. Qxb5 Nxd5 19. Nf3 Nb4 $15 {Timoscenko,G (2504)-Simacek,P (2439) Czechia
2005 (0-1, 89)}) 15... Bb5 ({The main alternative of making use of the
b5-square is} 15... Nb5 {[%csl Gc3,Ge4]} 16. Bg5 (16. f3 $5) 16... h6 17. Bh4
g5 18. Bg3 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Nxe4 20. Nxd6 Nxg3 21. Nxe8 Bxe8 22. hxg3 Bxc3 $13 {
Kuzmin,G (2518)-Simantsev,M (2371) Alushta 2004 (0-1, 54)}) 16. Bf4 $146 (16.
Nb6 {Alfimov,I (1987)-Smajzr,M (2218) Pardubice 2014 (½-½, 45), should not
have been enough for maintaining the queenside stability:} Bxf1 17. Kxf1 Nd7
18. Nc4 Ne5 $36) 16... Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Nh5 ({Probably better than} 17... Nb5 18.
Bg5 $1 (18. f3 Nh5 19. Bxb5 (19. Bd2 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Qh4 21. Ne2 Bxb2 22. Ra2 Be5
23. f4 Bg7) 19... axb5 20. Be3 b4 21. Na4 f5 22. exf5 Rxe3 23. Rxe3 Bd4 24. Qd2
Qxa5) 18... Nxc3 19. bxc3 h6 20. Bxf6 $1 {[%csl Ge4]} Qxf6 21. Re3 h5 22. g3
$14 {[%cal Gf2f4] With opposite-coloured bishops on the board the central pawn
attack could become dangerous.}) 18. Bd2 b5 19. axb6 Rxb6 $132 {Black has
exchanged one minor piece thus solving his space problems and opening the
b-file for his counterattack.} 20. Ra2 ({The queenside invasion} 20. Na4 Rb8
21. Ba5 {would leave Black a free hand in the centre and on the kingside:} Bd4
22. Qf3 (22. Bxa6 $2 Qh4 23. Bxc7 Bxf2+ 24. Kf1 Bxe1 25. Qxe1 Qxh2 $40) 22...
Nf6 23. Bxa6 Ra8 24. Bxc7 Qxc7 25. Bb5 Nd7 $44 {[%csl Ga4,Gb2] with a perfect
version of the Volga/Benko Gambit.}) 20... Qd7 ({Black must have refrained
from the appealing} 20... Bd4 {because of} 21. Ne2 $5 Rxe4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23.
Qc1 $44 {[%csl Gd2,Rg7]}) 21. Be2 Nf6 22. f3 Nh5 {This jumping around with the
knight is typical for the Benoni. Black has to permanently clear space for his
pieces.} 23. Na4 Rbb8 24. Bc3 Bh6 $6 {Too passive.} ({Now was a good moment
for breaking the centre:} 24... f5 25. Bc4 Nb5 $1 (25... fxe4 26. Nxc5 dxc5 27.
d6+ Ne6 28. fxe4 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Nhf4 30. e5 $44) (25... Kh8 26. e5 dxe5 27. Nxc5
) 26. exf5 (26. e5 $2 Nxc3 27. bxc3 Bxe5) 26... Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 Nxc3 28. Nxc3
Re8 29. Qd2 Bd4+ 30. Kf1 Qxf5 $36) 25. Bc4 Nb5 26. e5 $14 {Suddenly White's
centre becomes annoying but Black has the hope of drawing an opposite-coloured
bishop ending.} Qf5 27. e6 ({The fork} 27. g4 {fails to win a piece after} Qg5)
27... Bf4 28. b3 Nxc3 29. Nxc3 Be5 30. Ne4 {[%csl Gg5,Gh2][%cal Gg2g4,Ya2h2]
White is very active but breaking the fortress built on dark squares will not
be easy.} Nf6 31. Rxa6 Nxe4 32. Rxe4 Ra8 33. Ra4 Qf6 34. f4 $1 {Only
apparently a pawn sacrifice.} Bd4+ (34... Bxf4 $2 35. Qf1 g5 (35... Be5 36.
Qxf6 Bxf6 37. Bb5 $1 {[%cal Ge6e7]} Rxa4 $2 38. exf7+ Kxf7 39. Bxe8+ Kf8 40.
bxa4 $18) 36. g3 $18) 35. Kh1 Rad8 36. Qf3 Re7 37. g3 Qf5 38. Ra2 fxe6 39. g4
Qf8 40. Rxe6 {Refraining from activating the bishop and more or less agreeing
to a draw despite the extra pawn.} ({The critical continuation was} 40. dxe6 d5
41. Rxd4 cxd4 42. Bxd5 $44 d3 {Preparing to return the exchange thus releasing
the suffocating pressure.} (42... Rxd5 $2 43. Qxd5 Qxf4 44. Qd8+ Qf8 45. Ra8
Qxd8 46. Rxd8+ Kg7 47. Rd7 $18 {with a won pawn ending due to White's distant
passer.}) 43. Rd2 Rxd5 44. Qxd5 Qxf4 45. Qd8+ Qf8 46. Qxf8+ Kxf8 47. Rxd3 Rxe6
48. Rd1 Re4 49. h3 Re3 $11) 40... Rf7 41. Re4 Ra8 42. Rxa8 Qxa8 {With just
enough counterplay against White's weakened king position.} 43. Kg2 Qa2+ 44.
Qe2 Qb1 45. Kh3 Qc1 46. Qf3 Kg7 47. Qf1 Qc2 48. Qe2 Qc1 49. Qf1 Qc2 50. Qe2 Qc1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. Qe2 Bd6 8.
Ng5 Bg4 9. f3 Bh5 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. h4 h6 12. Nh3 Qe7 13. g4 Bg6 14. h5 Bh7 15.
Bd2 f6 16. Ne3 Qf7 17. f4 O-O-O 18. Nf5 Nc5 19. Be3 Ne6 20. Nxd6+ cxd6 21. f5
Nc5 22. a4 Qc7 23. O-O a5 24. Rfb1 Na6 25. c3 Bg8 26. b4 c5 27. bxa5 Qxa5 28.
Qc2 d5 29. Nf2 Bf7 30. Rb5 Qc7 31. Rab1 d4 32. Bd2 Be8 33. R5b2 dxc3 34. Rxb7
Qxb7 35. Rxb7 Kxb7 36. Bxc3 Ka7 37. Bd2 Bf7 38. Nd1 Rd7 39. Nc3 Rc8 40. Qb1 Bc4
41. dxc4 Rxd2 42. Qb5 Rd6 43. Kf2 Rb8 44. Ke2 Ka8 45. Qa5 Rb2+ 46. Ke1 Kb7 47.
Nd5 Ka7 48. Kd1 Rb4 49. Ke2 Rb2+ 50. Kd1 Rb4 51. Kc2 Rxc4+ 52. Nc3 Rb6 53. Kd3
Rd4+ 54. Kc2 Rc4 55. Kd3 Rcb4 56. Nd5 Rd4+ 57. Kc2 Rc4+ 58. Kd3 Rd4+ 59. Kc3
Rb7 60. Qd8 Nc7 61. Qd6 Na6 62. a5 c4 63. Qc6 Rb3+ 64. Kc2 Rxd5 65. Qxc4 Rdb5
66. g5 Rc5 67. Kxb3 Rxc4 68. Kxc4 hxg5 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. d4
exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. a4 a6 13. Bf1 Nc6 14. a5 Ba7 15.
Ra4 h6 16. Qc2 Re8 17. Bd3 Bg6 18. b3 Qd7 19. Bb2 Nh5 20. d5 Ne5 21. Nxe5 dxe5
22. Nf3 Nf4 23. Nxe5 Qd6 24. Ng4 Nxd5 25. Rd1 Nf4 26. Qc3 Ne6 27. Bc2 Qc5 28.
Rc4 Qg5 29. Rd5 Qh4 30. Kh2 c6 31. g3 Qe7 32. Nxh6+ Kh7 33. Nf5 cxd5 34. exd5
Qf6 35. Rh4+ Kg8 36. Nh6+ Kf8 37. Ba3+ Nc5 38. Bxc5+ Bxc5 39. Qxc5+ Qe7 40. Nf5
1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "233"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 e6 7. Nc3 d6 8. O-O Re8
9. Nd2 Na6 10. e4 Nc7 11. Re1 b6 12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. Nf1 Nd4 14. f3 Nh5 15. Bd3
Be5 16. Be3 Nf4 17. Qd2 Qf6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Qd8 20. Rac1 a5 21. Bg5 Bf6
22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qf2 b5 24. Ne3 Bd7 25. f4 a4 26. Bb1 a3 27. b3 Rac8 28. Rcd1
Re7 29. h3 h5 30. Rf1 Rce8 31. Rde1 Rxe4 32. Bxe4 Rxe4 33. Ng4 hxg4 34. Rxe4
gxh3 35. gxh3 Bxh3 36. Rfe1 Bg4 37. R4e3 Qf5 38. Rg3 Kg7 39. Qg2 Bh5 40. Qe4
Nf3+ 41. Kf2 Qxe4 42. Rxe4 Nd2 43. Re7 Kf6 44. Rge3 Bg4 45. Ra7 b4 46. Ra6 Kf5
47. Rd3 Ne4+ 48. Ke3 Bh3 49. Rd1 f6 50. Rg1 g5 51. fxg5 fxg5 52. Re1 Ke5 53.
Ra8 Nc3 54. Rg8 Kxd5 55. Rxg5+ Kc6 56. Ra1 Kb5 57. Rg8 Bf5 58. Kd2 Bb1 59. Kc1
Be4 60. Rb8+ Kc6 61. Rh8 d5 62. Rh6+ Kb5 63. Rh5 c4 64. bxc4+ Kxc4 65. Rh8 d4
66. Kd2 Bc6 67. Rc8 Ne4+ 68. Ke1 Kc5 69. Ke2 Kd5 70. Rb8 Nc3+ 71. Kd2 Bb5 72.
Rh1 Ne4+ 73. Ke1 Nc3 74. Rh5+ Kc4 75. Kd2 Bd7 76. Rb7 Ne4+ 77. Kc1 Bg4 78. Rhb5
Nc3 79. Rxb4+ Kc5 80. Rb3 Nxa2+ 81. Kd2 Nc3 82. Rxa3 Bf3 83. Rb8 Be4 84. Ra5+
Kc4 85. Rc8+ Kb4 86. Ra7 Nb1+ 87. Kc1 Nc3 88. Rd7 Nb5 89. Re7 Bf5 90. Rc6 Bd3
91. Kd2 Bc4 92. Rd7 Bf1 93. Rc1 Bc4 94. Rd8 Be6 95. Re8 Bd7 96. Re5 Nc3 97. Rh1
Kc4 98. Rh7 Bb5 99. Rc7+ Kb4 100. Rc8 Nb1+ 101. Kc1 Nc3 102. Kc2 Ba6 103. Rb8+
Kc4 104. Re7 Nd5 105. Ra7 Bb5 106. Kb2 Kc5 107. Ra5 Nc3 108. Kb3 Kc6 109. Rc8+
Kb6 110. Raa8 Bd7 111. Rab8+ Ka7 112. Rd8 Ne4 113. Kc4 Ng5 114. Rb2 Bc6 115.
Rxd4 Nf7 116. Rd1 Bb7 117. Rxb7+ 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 h6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. Nbd2
Bh7 9. c4 c6 10. a3 a5 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Bc3 b5 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. Qb2 Qb6 15. b4
axb4 16. axb4 Ra4 17. Rac1 Rfa8 18. Rc2 Ne8 19. e4 Ndf6 20. Ne5 Qb7 21. Re1 Rd8
22. Nb3 dxe4 23. Na5 Qc7 24. dxe4 Bf8 25. Nec6 Ra8 26. Rd2 Nd7 27. Red1 Nb6 28.
e5 Rc8 29. h4 h5 30. Rd8 Nc4 31. Nxc4 bxc4 32. Rxc8 Qxc8 33. Rd8 Qa6 34. Rxe8
1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Ba7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Be2 d4 14. exd4 Bg4
15. d5 Ne7 16. Qb1 Bf5 17. Bd3 Bg4 18. Be2 Bf5 19. Qa1 Ng6 20. Nd4 Bg4 21. O-O
Nf4 22. Bxg4 Nxg4 23. Nf3 Qd6 24. Rd2 Rfe8 25. Kh1 Bb8 26. g3 Qh6 27. Qb1 Qh3
28. Rg1 Re5 29. Qf1 Qh6 30. gxf4 Nxh2 31. Nxh2 Rh5 32. Qg2 Bxf4 33. Qxg7+ Qxg7
34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 35. Ne2+ Be5 36. Ng3 Rg5 37. Nf3 Bxb2 38. Nxg5 Bxa3 39. Rd4 Kf6
40. Nf3 Rd8 41. Kg2 b6 42. Ne4+ Kf5 43. Ned2 a5 44. bxa5 bxa5 45. Nc4 Bc5 46.
Ne3+ Kf6 47. Rf4+ Ke7 48. Nf5+ Kf8 49. Nh6 Kg7 50. Nf5+ Kf8 51. Nh6 Kg7 52.
Nxf7 Rxd5 53. N7e5 Bd6 54. Rg4+ Kf6 55. Nc6 h5 56. Ra4 Bc7 57. Ncd4 Bb6 58. Kf1
Ke7 59. Ke2 Kd6 60. Kd3 Ke7 61. Ke4 Rc5 62. Ne5 h4 63. Ng6+ Kf6 64. Nxh4 Re5+
65. Kd3 Re1 66. Nhf3 Rd1+ 67. Ke2 Rb1 68. Rc4 Rb2+ 69. Ke3 Ke7 70. Ne5 Kd6 71.
Ke4 a4 72. Rxa4 Rxf2 73. Nc4+ Kc5 74. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 e6 4. c4 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Be2 Qc7 13. h3 Qe7 14. Nd2 c5 15.
Bf3 Bb7 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Rad1 Be5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Nc4 Qc7 21.
Nb2 c4 22. Qc3 cxb3 23. Qxb3 Bc6 24. Nd3 Bb5 25. Nf4 Bc4 26. Qb2 Qa5 27. Rd2
Rb8 28. Qc2 Rec8 29. Rc1 g6 30. Qd1 Kg7 31. g4 Rc5 32. h4 Rbc8 33. g5 Ne4 34.
Bxe4 dxe4 35. Rd7 Kg8 36. Qd4 R5c6 37. Rd1 Be6 38. Nxe6 Rxe6 39. Rxf7 Kxf7 40.
Qd7+ Re7 41. Qxc8 Qxa2 42. Rd8 Qe6 43. Qc3 Rb7 44. Kh2 Qf5 45. Qc4+ Ke7 46. Rd2
Qe5+ 47. Kg2 Qf5 48. Kh2 Qe5+ 49. Kg2 Qe6 50. Qc5+ Kf7 51. Kg3 Rd7 52. Rc2 Qd6+
53. Qxd6 Rxd6 54. Rc7+ Kg8 55. Kf4 Rd2 56. Kxe4 Rxf2 57. Ke5 Rh2 58. e4 Rxh4
59. Kd5 Rg4 60. Ke5 a5 61. Ra7 h5 62. gxh6 Rh4 63. Rg7+ Kf8 64. Rxg6 a4 65. Ra6
a3 66. Kf5 a2 67. Kg5 Rxe4 68. h7 Kg7 69. Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c5 7. Rc1 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nc6 9. e3 b6 10. Ndb5 a6 11. Nd6 Qe7 12. Nde4 g5 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bg3 d5
15. h4 g4 16. Qxg4+ Kh8 17. Qg5 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Qxf2+ 19. Kxf2 hxg5 20. hxg5+
Kg7 21. cxd5 exd5 22. c4 Be6 23. cxd5 Bxd5 24. Bd3 Rh8 25. Rxh8 Kxh8 26. e4 Nb4
27. Rh1+ Kg8 28. exd5 Nxd3+ 29. Ke3 Nb4 30. Be5 f6 31. Bxf6 Nxd5+ 32. Ke4 Nxf6+
33. gxf6 Rc8 34. Kf5 Rc5+ 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. g3
Be7 9. Bg2 b5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. a3 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Rc4 15.
f3 Qa8 16. b3 Rc7 17. g4 Rfc8 18. g5 Nh7 19. h4 Nhf8 20. Rac1 Ng6 21. Qe1 Ndf8
22. Bh3 Ne6 23. Rd3 Bf8 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Nc5 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Bxc8 Qxc8
28. c3 a5 29. Re3 a4 30. bxa4 bxa4 31. Re4 Rxd5 32. Kg2 Rb5 33. Rb4 Rc5 34.
Rxa4 d5 35. Rd1 Qc6 36. Rb4 d4 37. cxd4 Rc2 38. Rd2 Bxb4 39. axb4 Nxh4+ 40. Kh3
Qxf3+ 41. Ng3 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4 7. Qc2 Qa5 8.
Bg2 Nxc3 9. O-O Nc6 10. bxc3 Bxc3 11. Nb3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Rb1 d6 14. Bb2
Bxb2 15. Qxb2 O-O 16. Rfd1 Rd8 17. Rd3 e5 18. Rbd1 Be6 19. Qxb7 Rab8 20. Rxd6
Rdc8 21. Qe7 Re8 22. Qh4 Qxa2 23. Bc6 Rf8 24. Qe7 h6 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Rd7 Qb1+
27. Kg2 Qg6 28. f3 Rb2 29. Kf2 Qf6 30. Rxa7 Rc2 31. Qxf6 Rxf6 32. Ra4 Rf7 33.
Be4 Rc1 34. Bg6 Rf8 35. h4 Rc8 36. Bd3 e4 {Diagramm [#]} 37. Bxe4 (37. fxe4 $1
$11 {Der Freibauer auf c4 war wohl wertvoller als der Besitz eines "guten"
Läufers. Aber eine solche Degradierung einer Figur zu einem besseren Bauern
ist natürlich gar nicht Carlsens Sache.}) 37... R1xc4 {Caruana kann jetzt
ganz bequem Gewinnversuche machen.} 38. Ra6 Kf7 39. h5 R4c7 40. Bg6+ Ke7 41. f4
Rc6 42. Ra2 Rc5 43. Kf3 Kf6 44. Kg4 e5 45. Bf5 R8c7 46. Ra8 exf4 47. gxf4 Rc1
48. Bg6 Rg1+ 49. Kf3 Re1 50. Rf8+ Ke6 51. Re8+ Kd6 52. Kg4 Re7 {Diagramm [#]}
53. Rd8+ $2 {Ohne ersichtlichen Grund gibt Carlsen den Be2 preis.} (53. Rxe7 $1
Kxe7 54. e4 $15) 53... Kc7 54. Rg8 R1xe2 55. Kf5 Rc2 56. Ra8 Rc5+ 57. Kg4 Kd6
58. Ra6+ Rc6 59. Ra4 Rec7 60. Rd4+ Ke7 61. Re4+ Kf6 62. Re8 Rc4 63. Rf8+ Ke7
64. Rf5 Kd6 65. Rf8 Re7 66. Kf5 Rc5+ 67. Kg4 Kd5 68. Rd8+ Kc4 69. Bd3+ Kc3 70.
Bg6 Rc4 71. Rd3+ Kb4 72. Rd8 Ra7 73. Bd3 Rc5 74. Bg6 Kc3 75. Rd3+ Kc4 76. Rd8
Rd5 77. Re8 Kd4 78. Re4+ Kc5 79. Re8 Rd4 80. Rc8+ Kb4 81. Rb8+ Kc3 82. Re8 Raa4
83. Rf8 Kd2 84. Kf3 Ra3+ 85. Kg4 Raa4 86. Kf3 Ra7 87. Kg4 Ra6 88. Kf5 Ke3 89.
Re8+ Kf3 {Diagramm [#] Den richtigen Plan hatte Caruana schon geraume Zeit
über im Kopf: Den Angriff gegen den Bf4 mit Unterstützung des eigenen
Königs.} 90. Rb8 $2 Rd5# 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nc6 5. c3 d5 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Nc3
Nf5 9. e3 O-O 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 e6 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. Ne1 Rc8 14. Nd3 b6 15. Qe2
a6 16. Na4 Nd6 17. Rc2 Na7 18. Rfc1 Bxa4 19. bxa4 Nc4 20. Ne5 b5 21. axb5 axb5
22. Bc3 Qd6 23. Nd3 Nc6 24. h4 h5 25. Be1 Ra8 26. Rc3 Ra4 27. Rb3 Bxd4 28. exd4
Nxd4 29. Qd1 Rxa2 30. Rbb1 Ne2+ 31. Kh2 Nxg3 32. fxg3 Rxg2+ 33. Kh1 Rxg3 34.
Bxg3 Qxg3 35. Qe2 Qxh4+ 36. Kg2 d4 37. Rxb5 Ne3+ 38. Kg1 e5 39. Ne1 Qg3+ 40.
Kh1 e4 41. Qh2 Qxh2+ 42. Kxh2 d3 43. Nxd3 exd3 44. Rb2 Ng4+ 45. Kg3 Re4 46. Kf3
Re3+ 47. Kf4 Kg7 48. Rg1 Re6 49. Rb7 d2 50. Rd1 Rf6+ 51. Kg3 Nf2 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Bg5 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 Nbd7 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Rad1 e6 13. d5 Qe7 14. Nd4 a6
15. Qe2 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Rae8 17. Qc2 Qf6 18. b4 h5 19. c5 dxc5 20. dxe6 fxe6 21.
Ne4 Qg6 22. bxc5 Ne5 23. Qb1 h4 24. Qxb7 Rb8 25. Qxc7 Qxe4 26. Nxe6 Qg6 27.
Nxf8 Rxf8 28. Qd6 Qh5 29. gxh4 gxh4 30. Qd5+ Kh8 31. f4 Rg8 32. fxe5 Bxe5 33.
Qf3 Qg5 34. Rd5 Rg6 35. Rxe5 Qxe5 36. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. c4 d4 8. e3 Nc6
9. exd4 cxd4 10. d3 Nd7 11. Re1 a5 12. Nbd2 Nc5 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Rxe4 Bf5 15.
Re1 Qd7 16. Ba3 Rfe8 17. Ng5 h6 18. Ne4 b6 19. Qd2 Rac8 20. b4 axb4 21. Bxb4
Ne5 22. f3 Qa4 23. Rab1 Nd7 24. f4 Nc5 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Rb5 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 e6
28. Reb1 Rc7 29. Qa5 Ra7 30. Qxa4 Rxa4 31. Rxc5 Rxa2 32. Rc7 Rc2 33. c5 Bf8 34.
Rb5 Rc3 35. Kg2 Re7 36. Rc8 f5 37. Bb7 Kg7 38. c6 Rxd3 39. Rd8 Rc3 40. Rxd4 Kf7
41. Ra5 Bg7 42. Rd2 e5 43. Rd7 Rxd7 44. cxd7 Ke7 45. Rd5 Kd8 46. fxe5 Re3 47.
Rd6 Bxe5 48. Rxg6 Kxd7 49. Rxh6 Ke7 50. Bf3 Kf7 51. Bh5+ Ke7 52. Bf3 Rc3 53.
Bd5 Bf6 54. Rh5 f4 55. gxf4 Rc5 56. Kf3 Kd6 57. Ke4 Ke7 58. Rh7+ Kd6 59. Rh6
Ke7 60. h4 Ra5 61. h5 Ra4+ 62. Kf3 Ra5 63. Ke4 Ra4+ 64. Kf5 Bc3 65. Re6+ Kf8
66. h6 Ra5 67. Ke4 Ra4+ 68. Kf3 Bd2 69. Rf6+ Ke7 70. h7 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 Ba7 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Nf1 Ng6 12. Ba2 Re8 13. Ng3 Be6 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 15.
d4 Qd7 16. Be3 Ree8 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Bxa7 Rxa7 19. Qxd7 Nxd7 20. Rad1 Nc5 21.
a5 Raa8 22. b4 Na4 23. Ne2 Rad8 24. Kf1 f6 25. g3 Ne7 26. Rd2 Rxd2 27. Nxd2 Rd8
28. Nc4 Rd3 29. Rc1 Nc8 30. Ke1 b5 31. axb6 cxb6 32. Rd1 Rxd1+ 33. Kxd1 Kf7 34.
Kc2 Ke6 35. Ne3 Nd6 36. f3 b5 37. Nc1 Nc4 38. Nf5 Kf7 39. g4 Nab6 40. Nb3 Nd7
41. Kd3 Nb2+ 42. Kc2 Nc4 43. Kd3 Nb2+ 44. Kc2 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 c5 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. c4 d6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Rb8 12. Rad1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Bxb2
15. Ne1 Bg7 16. Qc2 Ne5 17. Nd3 Nxd3 18. Rxd3 a5 19. h4 a4 20. h5 Qd7 21. Bd5
Qf5 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Rb1 a3 24. Kg2 Bd4 25. e3 Bf6 26. Qe2 Kg7 27. Rh1 Rh8 28.
Rdd1 Qe5 29. Rb1 Rxh1 30. Rxh1 Qb2 31. Bf3 Rxb3 32. axb3 Qxb3 33. Bd5 a2 34.
Qf3 Qb2 35. Qf4 e6 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Bxe6 fxe6 38. Qxg6+ Kf8 39. Qh6+ Ke7 40.
Qh7+ Bg7 41. Qh4+ Qf6 42. Qe4 a1=Q 43. Qb7+ Kf8 44. Qb8+ Kf7 45. Rxa1 Qxa1 46.
Qxd6 Qe5 47. Qd7+ Kf6 48. Qd8+ Kf7 49. Qd7+ Kg6 50. Qe8+ Kh6 51. Qc6 Bf6 52.
Qf3 Qf5 53. Qc6 Qe5 54. Qf3 Qf5 55. Qc6 Bc3 56. Qa8 Kh7 57. Qb7+ Kg6 58. Qa8
Qf7 59. Qe4+ Qf5 60. Qa8 Kf7 61. Qb7+ Kf6 62. Qa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Re1
b6 9. d5 Nb4 10. Nb1 a5 11. c3 Na6 12. Nd4 Nc5 13. f3 Bd7 14. Bb5 e6 15. Nc6
Bxc6 16. Bxc6 Rb8 17. Be3 Nfd7 18. Bd4 Ne5 19. Bb5 Qg5 20. Rf1 Qh4 21. Nd2 exd5
22. exd5 Ned3 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Bxd3 Nxd3 25. Ne4 Nc5 26. Qd4+ f6 27. Rae1 Qf4
28. b4 Nd7 29. g3 Qf5 30. f4 Rbe8 31. Qc4 Rg8 32. Nf2 Rxe1 33. Rxe1 Rc8 34. g4
Qc2 35. Re7+ Kg8 36. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. e3
dxc4 9. bxc4 c5 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Nc3 Qc7 12. Ne1 a6 13. f4 Na7 14. Rb1 Bxg2 15.
Nxg2 b5 16. f5 b4 17. Nd1 Rad8 18. g4 Nc6 19. Nf2 h6 20. Rbd1 Ne5 21. fxe6 Ng6
22. Nh3 fxe6 23. Nhf4 Nxf4 24. Nxf4 Kf7 25. d4 Bd6 26. d5 Bxf4 27. dxe6+ Kxe6
28. exf4+ Kf7 29. g5 Rfe8 30. Qf3 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Ng8 32. Rd5 Ne7 33. gxh6 Nxd5
34. Qxd5+ Kg6 35. Qg5+ Kh7 36. hxg7 Qc6 37. Qh5+ Kg8 38. Be5 Rxe5 39. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
O-O Qa5 9. Nb3 Qh5 10. e4 d6 11. Qxh5 Nxh5 12. Nd5 a5 13. Rb1 a4 14. Nd2 Nf6
15. Re1 Nxd5 16. exd5 Nb4 17. a3 Nd3 18. Rd1 Bh6 19. f4 Bg7 20. Ne4 Nxc1 21.
Rdxc1 Bf5 22. Bf3 Rfc8 23. g4 Bd7 24. Kg2 f5 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26. b4 b6 27. Kg3
Rc7 28. b5 Bd4 29. h4 h6 30. Rc2 Kf7 31. Rd1 Bg7 32. Rb1 Ra5 33. Rb4 Bd4 34.
Ra2 Ra8 35. Rd2 Bg7 36. Rd3 Rac8 37. Rxa4 Rxc4 38. Rxc4 Rxc4 39. Re3 Bd4 40.
Re2 Ra4 41. h5 Rxa3 42. Kg2 Be3 43. hxg6+ Bxg6 44. Nd2 Bxf4 45. Nc4 Rb3 46.
Nxb6 Rxb5 47. Nc8 Be5 48. Bg4 Rb4 49. Be6+ Kf6 50. Rf2+ Rf4 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Qb3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 Re8 8. Bf4
Nbd7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bd2 e5 11. Nc3 Nc7 12. Ne4 Nb6 13. Bg5 Qd5 14. Nf6+ Bxf6
15. Bxf6 Qxb3 16. axb3 Bg4 17. Rfe1 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 h6 19. d4 e4 20. Bg4 Nbd5 21.
Be5 Nb5 22. Bf4 f5 23. Bh3 Nxf4 24. gxf4 Nxd4 25. Ra4 Red8 26. Bf1 a5 27. Rc1
Nxb3 28. Rc3 Nd4 29. e3 Nf3+ 30. Kg2 Rd1 31. Rc5 Rad8 32. Rcxa5 Rxf1 33. Kxf1
Rd1+ 34. Kg2 Rg1+ 35. Kh3 g5 36. fxg5 hxg5 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nc6 10. Qf3 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 Qd4 13. Qg3 Qe4+ 14. Be3
Qg6 15. Qh4 Be7 16. Qe4 Qxe4 17. Nxe4 Bd7 18. O-O-O Bc6 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. Rxd6
Nd5 21. Bd2 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. f3 Kd7 24. Kb1 Bb5 25. Rc1 Bd3+ 26. Ka1 Rc8
27. Ba4+ b5 28. Rxc8 Kxc8 29. Bd1 Kc7 30. b3 Kc6 31. Kb2 a6 32. b4 Nb6 33. Kc3
Bf1 34. g3 Kd5 35. f4 Bg2 36. Be3 Nc4 37. Bc5 g6 38. a4 h5 39. Bc2 Be4 40. Bb3
Bg2 41. Bg1 Bf3 42. axb5 axb5 43. Bxc4+ bxc4 44. b5 Be2 45. b6 Kc6 46. Kb4 Bf1
47. Bd4 Be2 48. Ka5 c3 49. Bxc3 Bf1 50. Bd4 Be2 51. Kb4 Bf1 52. Kc3 Be2 53. Kd2
Ba6 54. Ke3 Kd5 55. Bc3 Kc5 56. Ba5 Kb5 57. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. Qe2 Nd7 8.
Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 Bxb3 10. axb3 f6 11. Nf3 Nc5 12. O-O Ne6 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nc4 Qd7
15. Kh1 Rae8 16. Be3 c5 17. Qg4 Kh8 18. g3 Qc6 19. f3 a6 20. h4 Ba7 21. Bd2 Nd4
22. Ne3 Rd8 23. Bc3 Nb5 24. Rae1 Qe8 25. h5 c6 26. f4 exf4 27. gxf4 Nxc3 28.
bxc3 Bb8 29. Nf5 Rd7 30. Nh4 Rff7 31. Rg1 Kg8 32. Re2 Bd6 33. Reg2 Bf8 34. h6
Kh8 35. Qh5 Qe6 36. Ng6+ Kg8 37. f5 Qd6 38. Nxf8 Qxf8 39. d4 cxd4 40. cxd4 a5
41. hxg7 Rxg7 42. e5 fxe5 43. f6 Rxg2 44. Rxg2+ Kh8 45. Qxe5 Qh6+ 46. Kg1 Qc1+
47. Kh2 Qh6+ 48. Kg3 Rf7 49. Rf2 Qg6+ 50. Kh2 Qh6+ 51. Kg2 Qg6+ 52. Kf1 h5 53.
Rf5 h4 54. Rh5+ 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. Ba4
Ng6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Re1 c6 11. Bc2 Re8 12. Nbd2 Bc7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nf1 h6 15.
Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Be3 Be6 17. Ng3 Bb6 18. Bb3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Bxb3 20. axb3 a5 21.
Ree1 b6 22. Nf5 Kf8 23. Ne3 b5 24. Nf5 a4 25. bxa4 bxa4 26. Ra2 Nd7 27. Ne3 Nc5
28. Nc4 f6 29. g3 Ne7 30. Raa1 Rab8 31. Kf1 Kf7 32. Ke2 Ke6 33. Nfd2 Nc8 34. f3
Rd7 35. Red1 Na7 36. Nf1 Rxd1 37. Kxd1 Nb5 38. Kc2 g6 39. g4 Ke7 40. Nfe3 Nc7
41. Na5 Rb6 42. Nac4 Rb8 43. Na5 Rb6 44. Nac4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund 44th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2016.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 {Another installment
of the ongoing theoretical fight between Caruana and MVL in the Najdorf.} ({
Another battling ground was the} 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 {line:} {Caruana failed
to make any inroads after the standard} 8. g3 (8. Ng1 {is an original idea,
which has been tested mostly with shorter time controls. White has been
scoring heavily here, but the knight manoeuvre looks too artificial:} b5 9. Nf3
Bb7 10. Ng5 Be7 (10... b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bc4 $1 Nf6 (12... Nf4 13. Nxf7 Qc7
14. Bb3 $44) 13. Bxf7+ (13. Nxf7 Qc7 14. Bb3 Rg8 $13) 13... Ke7 14. O-O Nc6 15.
a3 a5 16. Be3 g6 17. Bxg6 Rg8 18. Bf5 Bc8 19. axb4 Bxf5 20. exf5 axb4 {
Nepomniachtchi,I (2714)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2758) Beijing blitz 2014} 21. Qd3 $5
$36 {[%cal Yf2f4]}) 11. Qf3 (11. a3 $142 $13 {Bosch}) 11... Nbd7 (11... Nc6 $5
12. Be3 Nd4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Nb1 {Narayanan,S (2464)-Marek,M (2326) Pardubice
2015} O-O 15. Bd3 Nd7 $17) 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 O-O 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Bd3 Nc5 16.
O-O d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Qg3 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Nd7 20. Qh4 f6 21. Ne4 Qf7 22. f3
Bxe4 23. dxe4 Nc5 $15 {Svidler,P (2727)-Sasikiran,K (2639) Berlin rpd 2015})
8... Be6 9. Bg2 b5 (9... Nbd7 10. a4 Be7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Be3 Nb6 13. b3 d5 $5
14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bd7 17. c4 Qd6 18. a5 f5 19. Qd3 h4 $44 {
Caruana,F (2820)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2757) Wijk aan Zee 2015 This positional
sacrifice brought Black a resounding victory - see the notes by MVL himself in
CBM 165.} 20. Rab1 e4 21. Qd4 Bf6 22. Qe3 hxg3 23. fxg3 Qc5 24. Qxc5 Rxc5 25.
Rbc1 Rxa5 26. c5 {Niegsch,N (2096)-Kramer,J (2254) Willingen 2015} Bb5 $36) 10.
O-O Nbd7 11. Be3 (11. a4 $5 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. Bd2 Rb8 15. Qe1
Be7 16. Bxb4 Qb6 17. c3 Nc5 18. a5 Qb5 19. Bxc5 {Saric,I (2680)-Duda,J (2599)
Doha 2014} Qxc5 20. b4 Qa7 $44 {For more details see the notes to this game in
CBM 164 by Havasi.}) 11... Be7 12. Nd5 (12. f4 Rc8 13. b3 Nc5 14. f5 Bd7 15.
Bg5 Qb6 16. Kh1 Bc6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. h4 Qb7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Bd8 21. Qe1
Kf8 22. Rc1 Nd7 23. Qb4 Qb6 24. a4 bxa4 25. Qxa4 Nf6 26. c4 a5 $15 {Nigmatov,O
(2330)-Lu,S (2614) Tashkent 2016}) 12... Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. f4 Qc8 15. Rc1
O-O 16. b3 exf4 17. Bxf4 Qc5+ 18. Nd4 Bf6 19. Be3 Rfe8 $5 20. Nxf5 Rxe3 21. Kh1
Re5 22. c4 b4 23. Qxh5 g6 24. Qg4 Rxf5 25. Rxf5 Ne5 26. Rxe5 Bxe5 27. Rf1 Qd4
$11 {[%csl Ge5,Rg2] ^-, Caruana,F (2805)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2723) Stavanger
2015}) ({Fabiano goes for the English attack, but wants to avoid} 6. Be3 Ng4 {
Maxime plays this with success, one recent example went} 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9.
Bg3 Bg7 10. h4 (10. h3 {is far more popular and principled}) 10... Nc6 11. Nxc6
(11. Nb3 gxh4 12. Rxh4 h5 $13) 11... bxc6 12. Bc4 Qa5 13. Qf3 Ne5 $5 $146 (
13... Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qxg4 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Qxc3+ 17. Ke2 Qc4+ 18. Kd2 Qd4+
{½, Ivanchuk,V (2731)-Dominguez Perez,L (2754) Beijing blitz 2013}) 14. Bxe5
Qxe5 15. Bxf7+ Kd8 16. hxg5 Rb8 17. Bb3 (17. Nd1 Qxg5 18. Qh5 Qxg2 19. Qa5+ Kd7
20. Be6+ Ke8 21. Qh5+ Kd8 $11) 17... Rf8 18. Qe3 Qxg5 19. Qxg5 hxg5 $44 20. f3
$6 (20. Nd1 Be5 21. c3 Rf4 $44) 20... g4 21. Ke2 a5 22. Na4 Ba6+ 23. c4 $2 (23.
Ke3 c5 $36) 23... Rb4 24. Rac1 gxf3+ 25. gxf3 Bd4 26. Rc2 c5 27. Rh2 Rg8 28.
Rc1 Bc8 29. Nc3 Be6 $17 {Vallejo Pons,F (2684)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2765) EU-chT
Reykjavik 2015}) 6... e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 {At this branching point
Vachier Lagrave always preferred the text-move.} ({Contrary to e.g. Topalov,
Gelfand, Dominguez, Wojtaszek etc., who have often essayed} 8... h5 {This line
still remains popular:} 9. Qd2 (9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. c4 ({Less
committal is} 11. Qd2 $142 g6 {, transposing to the main line.}) 11... a5 $1
12. Be2 a4 13. Nd2 g6 14. Nb1 Bh6 15. Bxh6 Rxh6 16. Nc3 Qb6 17. Qd2 Rh8 18.
O-O-O Kf8 19. g4 hxg4 20. fxg4 a3 21. b3 Rh3 22. g5 Rxc3+ 23. Qxc3 Ne4 $15 {
Shirov,A (2684)-Giri,A (2798) Zuerich blitz 2016}) 9... Nbd7 10. Nd5 (10. a4
Be7 11. Be2 Nb6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. a5 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Nc1 Qc8
17. N1e2 Rd8 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Kh1 b5 20. axb6 Qxb6 21. b3 Rc6 22. Qd3 Rdc8 $132
{Salgado Lopez,I (2618)-Ponomariov,R (2715) Gjakova 2016}) 10... Bxd5 11. exd5
g6 {Recently Black has had more problems after} 12. O-O-O {, but the
reputation of the line remains OK:} (12. Be2 Bg7 13. O-O b6 14. c4 (14. a4 O-O
15. c3 Nh7 16. a5 b5 17. Nc1 Bf6 18. Nd3 Bg5 19. Nb4 f5 20. Nc6 Qf6 21. b4
Bxe3+ 22. Qxe3 h4 23. c4 bxc4 24. Bxc4 h3 25. g3 f4 26. Qe2 Ng5 27. Kh1 Rae8
$132 {[%cal Re5e4] Caruana,F (2804)-Giri,A (2782) Paris blitz 2016}) 14... O-O
15. Rae1 (15. Rac1 Re8 16. Rc2 h4 17. Bg5 h3 18. g3 a5 19. Be3 Nc5 20. Qd1 Nxb3
21. axb3 Nd7 22. Re1 Nc5 $11 {Inarkiev,E (2660)-Areshchenko,A (2661) Germany
2016}) 15... Re8 (15... Rc8 16. Kh1 a5 17. Bg5 Qc7 18. Na1 e4 19. Nc2 exf3 20.
gxf3 Ne5 21. b3 Qd7 22. Nd4 Rfe8 23. Nb5 Nh7 24. Be3 Rb8 25. Bd1 Nf6 26. Bc2
$36 {Ponomariov,R (2712)-Wojtaszek,R (2727) Huaian rpd 2016}) 16. h3 a5 17. Na1
b5 18. c5 (18. cxb5 Nb6 19. Bg5 $5 Nbxd5 $13) 18... Qb8 $1 19. cxd6 Rd8 (19...
e4 $5 $132) 20. Rc1 Nb6 21. Bxb5 (21. Bc5 $142 Nbxd5 22. a4 bxa4 23. Bc4 Rxd6
24. Bxd6 Qxd6 $44) 21... Nbxd5 22. Bc6 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Ra6 24. d7 Nxd7 25. Bxd7
Rxd7 26. Nb3 Rad6 $15 {Bacrot,E (2695)-Areshchenko,A (2654) Ajaccio 2016})
12... Nb6 13. Qa5 (13. c4 $146 Rc8 14. Na5 Nbxd5 15. Bg5 b6 16. Nb7 Qc7 17.
Bxf6 Nxf6 (17... Bh6 $5 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Qxb7 20. Kb1 Qe7 21. Qxe7+ Nxe7
22. Rxd6 Rc6 $11) 18. Nxd6+ Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Nd7 20. Be2 a5 21. b3 Qxd6 22. Rxd6
Ke7 23. Rhd1 Rc7 24. Kb2 Rb8 25. R6d5 Ke6 26. Rd6+ Ke7 27. R6d5 Ke6 28. a3 Nf6
29. Rd6+ Ke7 30. R6d2 {Dominguez Perez,L (2713)-Ponomariov,R (2706) Dortmund
2016} Rd7 $11) 13... Bh6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15. g3 Kf8 16. Kb1 Kg7 17. Be2 Rh8 18.
c4 Rc8 19. Rc1 Nfd7 ({Contrary to previous examples White didn't play Qb4 and
left his queen on a5. A possible improvement might be} 19... Nbd7 $5 $11) 20.
Rhd1 Rc7 (20... Nc5 21. Nd2 $5) 21. Qa3 Nc8 22. Nd2 Nf6 (22... Qe7 $142 $5) 23.
h3 Re7 24. g4 $1 hxg4 25. fxg4 e4 26. g5 Nd7 27. Bg4 e3 28. Qc3+ {Topalov,V 
(2813)-Wojtaszek,R (2734) Skopje 2015} Kh7 $1 29. Nf3 Rhe8 30. h4 $14) 9. Qd2
O-O (9... Nbd7 10. O-O-O b5 11. g4 {leads to another crossroads:} {After} b4 (
11... O-O {tranposes back into the game.}) (11... Nb6 {is a specialty of Ian
Nepomniachtchi, as mentioned least year in the notes to Carlsen-So:} 12. g5 (
12. Qf2 Nfd7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nc4 15. Kb1 a5 16. Nd2 Qc7 17. h4 a4 18. a3
O-O 19. Bd3 Nf6 20. Be4 b4 21. axb4 Rfb8 22. Nxc4 Qxc4 23. Bd2 Nxe4 24. fxe4
Qxe4 25. Rhf1 Qxd5 $17 {Sevian,S (2573)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2705) Ashdod rpd 2015
}) 12... Nh5 13. Na5 (13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bd7 15. Na5 Qc7 16. Kb1 O-O 17. Rg1
g6 18. c4 f6 19. Rc1 Bf5+ 20. Ka1 Bd8 21. Nc6 fxg5 22. cxb5 $146 (22. Nxd8 Qxd8
23. Bxg5 Qd7 24. h4 Rac8 25. Be2 Nf4 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. h5 Rfe8 28. hxg6 hxg6
29. Bd3 bxc4 30. Bxc4 Re3 $132 {Horvat,M (2423)-Granski,M (2507) email 2012})
22... axb5 23. Bxb5 Nf4 24. Nxd8 Qxd8 25. Rc6 Qe7 26. Bc4 Kh8 27. Qb4 Rfd8 28.
Bb6 Rd7 29. a4 Qf7 30. Qb5 Rb7 31. a5 Bd7 32. Rc1 Rbb8 33. Ba2 Qf5 {Dominguez
Perez,L (2732)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2703) Sochi 2016} 34. Qc4 $13) 13... Qc7 14.
Kb1 O-O 15. Rg1 b4 ({Ian possibly forgot the game} 15... d5 $1 16. exd5 Nxd5
17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Qf2 Nf4 19. Nb3 Qc6 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Bd3 g6 $11 {/=/+,
Nepomniachtchi,I (2624)-Sjugirov,S (2588) Dagomys 2009}) 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5
Qxa5 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Bh3 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Rxf4 21. Bxe6+ Kh8 22. Qe2 Raf8 23. Bd5
g6 24. Qe1 Qc5 25. Be4 $14 {Ponomariov,R (2706)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2719) Almaty
blitz 2016}) 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. f4 (14. Na5 Nbxd5 15. Nc4 $5 $44 {
Carlsen,M (2853)-So,W (2779) Saint Louis 2015 We have already mentioned this
game above, for detailed notes see CBM 168.}) 14... Nfxd5 15. Bxb6 Nxb6 16.
Qxb4 {Black also has} d5 $5 ({Last year we analysed only} 16... Qc7 {and}) (
16... O-O 17. fxe5 a5 $5 $44) 17. Qc3 (17. Qa5 e4 18. c4 O-O 19. c5 Nd7 20.
Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. Rxd5 Nxc5 22. Rxd8+ (22. Rxc5 Bxc5 23. Nxc5 Rac8 24. b4 a5 25.
a3 axb4 26. axb4 Rb8 27. Na6 Rbc8+ $11) 22... Rxd8 23. Nxc5 Bxc5 24. Bxa6 Be3+
25. Kc2 Rd2+ 26. Kc3 Rf2 27. f5 h5 $11 {Hall,R (2640)-Van der Hoeven,D (2629)
email 2012}) 17... Rc8 18. Qxe5 O-O 19. Qe3 Qc7 20. c3 a5 21. Kb1 (21. Nd4 Bd6
$11) 21... a4 22. Nd4 a3 (22... Bc5 $5 $44) 23. b3 Qxc3 24. Qxc3 Rxc3 25. Bg2
Re8 26. Rhe1 Kf8 27. g5 Bb4 28. Rxe8+ Kxe8 29. Nb5 Re3 $132 {½, Petukhov,V 
(2150)-Kaan,J (2142) email 2014}) 10. O-O-O Nbd7 (10... a5 11. a4 Na6 12. g4
Nb4 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. g5 Nh5 15. Bb5 Rac8 16. Rhg1 f5 17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. Qg2 Nh5
19. Nc1 Bf6 20. Nd3 Nxd3 21. Rxd3 Nf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Be5
25. c3 Rf6 26. Qf2 b6 27. Ba6 Rb8 28. Bd3 $14 {Topalov,V (2772)-Vachier
Lagrave,M (2768) Saint Louis 2014 See the notes to this game in CBM 162 by
Havasi. Afterwards MVL abandoned the line with 10...a5.}) 11. g4 b5 12. h4 {
Caruana tries a new approach.} ({Earlier in blitz he went for} 12. a3 Nb6 13.
Na5 Rc8 14. g5 (14. Kb1 Qc7 (14... d5 $1 15. Nb7 Qd7 16. Bxb6 d4 $40) 15. g5
Nh5 16. h4 Ng3 17. Rh2 (17. Rg1 Nxf1 18. Rgxf1 f6 19. gxf6 Rxf6 20. Bg5 Rg6 21.
f4 exf4 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Rxf4 $14 {Demchenko,A (2589)-Najer,E (2681) Gjakova
2016}) 17... Nxf1 18. Rxf1 Rfd8 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. Nd5 Qa7 21. h5 $36 Bf8 22. h6
g6 23. f4 Bxd5 24. exd5 Re8 25. Nc6 Qd7 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. Rhf2 e4 28. Rxf7 e3
29. Qe2 Qxf7 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 {Caruana,F (2795)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2788) chess.
com INT blitz 2016} 31. Qf3+ Kg8 32. d6 e2 33. Qb3+ Kh8 34. Qc3+ Kg8 35. Ne7+
Rxe7 36. dxe7 Rxc3 37. e8=Q $18) 14... Nh5 15. Kb1 $142 (15. h4 Ng3 16. Rh2
Nxf1 (16... d5 $5) (16... Na4 $1 {/\} 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nc3 $17) 17. Rxf1
b4 18. axb4 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 {Caruana,F (2795)-Vachier Lagrave,M 
(2788) chess.com INT blitz 2016} Qxd5 21. Qxd5 Bxd5 22. Rd2 Ba8 $11) 15... g6 (
15... Qc7 16. h4 {- 14.Kb1}) 16. h4 Ng3 17. Rh2 Nxf1 18. Rxf1 Na4 19. Nxa4 bxa4
20. Rd1 Qc7 21. h5 d5 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. hxg6 Be6 24. Rdh1 Bf5 25. gxh7+ Kh8 26.
Qd5 (26. Qe1 Rfd8 27. Bb6 Bxc2+ 28. Ka1 Qxb6 29. Qxe5+ Bf6 30. gxf6 Qd4 $132 {
½, Efremov,A (2541)-Riccio,E (2606) email 2011}) 26... Be6 27. Qb7 Qxb7 28.
Nxb7 Rc7 {½, Wuerschner,M (2438)-Jensen,E (2501) email 2013} 29. Na5 Rb8 $44)
({Black holds the balance in the more forcing line} 12. g5 b4 {and now:} {
There are no important new developments after} 13. Ne2 (13. Na4 Nh5 14. Qxb4 d5
15. Qa5 Qxa5 $5 (15... Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 17. Kb1 dxe4 18. Nd4 Qf6 19. Nxe6
Qxe6 20. fxe4 Ndf6 21. b3 (21. Nc3 $5) 21... Nxe4 22. Bc4 Qf5 23. Rhf1 Nf4 24.
Bd3 Qg6 25. Rg1 Qf5 26. Rgf1 Qg6 27. Rg1 Qf5 28. Rgf1 {½, Dominguez Perez,L 
(2734)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2754) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 For more details see the
notes to this game in CBM 167 by Ftacnik.}) 16. Nxa5 d4 17. Bd2 Bxa2 18. Nc6 (
18. Bh3 Be6 19. Bg4 g6 20. Bxh5 gxh5 21. Nc6 Bd6 22. Bb4 Bxb4 23. Nxb4 Rfc8 24.
Nd3 {Manole,G-Secrieru,I email 2005} Bc4 $132) 18... Bd6 19. Nc3 Be6 20. Nd5
Bxd5 21. exd5 Nb6 22. f4 e4 23. Ba5 Nxd5 24. Rxd4 Rfc8 25. Ne5 Nhxf4 26. Nc4
Be7 27. Bd2 Re8 28. Rxe4 Bxg5 $11 {Inarkiev,E (2686)-Wojtaszek,R (2722)
Gjakova 2016}) 13... Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5 a4 16. fxe6 axb3 17. cxb3 (17. exf7+
Rxf7 18. cxb3 Rxa2 19. Ng3 Rxf1 20. Rhxf1 Ra1+ 21. Kc2 Qc8+ 22. Kd3 Qa6+ 23.
Kc2 Qc6+ $11 {Lu Shanglei (2619)-Wen,Y (2614) Xinghua 2016}) 17... fxe6 18. Ng3
$6 ({The main line} 18. Bh3 $142 Rxa2 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20. Ng3 Nc7 {is still
considered tenable - see Radjabov-Vachier Lagrave, Tashkent 2014.}) 18... Rf3
19. Kb1 Qa5 20. Bc4 Bxg5 (20... d5 $1 21. exd5 Nb6 $40) 21. a4 Nc5 22. Nf5 {
½, Hracek,Z (2613)-Ragger,M (2695) Germany 2015} {Now the position is not so
clear anymore after} Nxa4 (22... Bxe3 23. Nxe3 Kh8 $5 $15) 23. Bxg5 Nc3+ 24.
Kc2 Nxe4 25. Ra1 Nxd2 26. Rxa5 Rxa5 27. Bxe6+ Kh8 28. Bxd2 $13) ({Similar to
12.a3 is} 12. Rg1 Nb6 13. Na5 Rc8 14. g5 Nh5 15. Kb1 g6 (15... Qc7 16. Nd5 Nxd5
17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qxa5 19. Bd3 g6 20. c4 (20. Rg4 $5 $44) 20... Nf4 21.
Bxf4 exf4 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Qxb5 Qa7 24. Be4 Rc7 25. Bd5 Qf2 26. Qb3 Qxh2 27.
a4 Qf2 28. Rc1 Ra7 $132 {Caruana,F (2844)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2757) Tashkent
2014 For details see the notes to this game in CBM 163 by Ftacnik.}) 16. a3 Qc7
17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bd7 19. h4 (19. Bd3 Bd8 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. dxc6 d5 22. c3
Qxc6 23. Bc2 d4 24. cxd4 {Dominguez Perez,L (2726)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2758)
Beijing rpd 2014} Bb6 $1 25. Be4 Qd6 $11) 19... Bd8 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. dxc6 Qxc6
22. Bh3 Rc7 23. Qxd6 Qxc2+ 24. Ka1 Nf4 25. Bg4 b4 26. Rc1 Qb3 27. Bxf4 exf4 28.
Rxc7 bxa3 29. Rg2 Bxc7 30. Qxc7 Rb8 {Saric,I (2666)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2757)
Wijk aan Zee 2015} 31. Qc1 axb2+ 32. Rxb2 Qa4+ 33. Ra2 Qd4+ 34. Rb2 $11) 12...
Nb6 13. Qf2 (13. Bxb6 $6 Qxb6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 a5 16. Kb1 a4 17. Nc1 b4
18. h5 h6 19. Bc4 Nd7 20. Nd3 Rab8 21. Rhe1 Bg5 22. Qf2 Qa5 23. Nc1 Nb6 24. Re4
Rfc8 $40 {Nosov,M (2169)-Borovikov,V (2584) Alushta 2009}) (13. g5 Nh5 14. Na5
$5 (14. Qf2 Nc4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Nc5 Qc7 17. N5a4 Rab8 18. Nb6 Nf4 19. Bxf4
Rxb6 20. Be3 Rb7 21. Kb1 Rfb8 22. Bc1 Qa5 23. Qd2 Rb4 24. Ka1 Qb6 25. Nd5 Bxd5
26. c3 Ra4 27. exd5 Qb3 {0-1 (27) Rizouk,A (2493)-Iotov,V (2417) Padron 2004})
14... Rc8 (14... b4 $6 15. Nc6 bxc3 16. Qxc3) 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bd7 17. Rg1
g6 18. Kb1 Qc7 19. c4 Bd8 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. dxc6 Qxc6 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Bh3 Rc7
24. Bg4 Be7 25. Rc1 Qb7 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Rc1 Qb7 28. Qc2 Qd5 29. Rd1 {½,
Chacon,P (2537)-Dothan,Y (2589) email 2007}) ({Too slow is} 13. h5 $6 b4 14.
Nb1 a5 15. g5 Nfd7 16. g6 h6 17. gxf7+ Rxf7 18. Rg1 Kh8 $36 {/\} 19. Bxh6 Bxb3
$17) 13... Rb8 (13... Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. Nc5 Qc7 16. N5a4 Rab8 17. h5 Qc6
18. Nb6 Bd8 19. g5 Ne8 20. Nbd5 f5 $14 {/<=>, Szalanczy,E (2420)-Vaulin,A 
(2520) Kecskemet 1992}) ({A more usual reaction is the immediate} 13... Nfd7
14. Kb1 (14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nc4 16. Bd3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Qb6 18. Qe2 (18. Qxb6
Nxb6 19. Na5 Rac8 20. Be4 g6 21. Nc6 Bd8 22. g5 Nd7 23. c3 Kg7 24. Rhg1 f5 25.
gxf6+ Nxf6 $15 {Shabalov,A (2595)-Naiditsch,A (2657) Moscow 2006}) 18... a5 19.
Nd2 Nc5 20. Ne4 a4 21. Kb1 a3 22. b3 Rfc8 23. Bxb5 Nxe4 24. fxe4 Rc3 25. Bc6
Rb8 26. Rd3 Rxd3 27. Qxd3 Bxh4 28. Rf1 Bg5 29. c3 g6 30. Kc2 Kg7 $11 {
Perelshteyn,E (2601)-Sevillano,E (2548) Reno 2006}) 14... Qc7 (14... Nc4 15.
Bxc4 bxc4 16. Nc1 Qc7 17. N1e2 Rfb8 18. Ka1 a5 19. Ng3 a4 20. a3 Qb7 21. Rb1 d5
22. Nf5 Bf8 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Rhd1 $14 {Santana Penate,G (2590)-Ajoy,M (2328)
email 2007}) 15. Nd5 (15. g5 b4 $1 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19.
cxd3 a5 20. Rc1 Qb7 21. Rc6 a4 22. Nd2 Qb5 23. Qe2 b3 24. a3 Qxd5 $17 {Svidler,
P (2713)-Kasparov,G (2812) Wijk aan Zee blitz 1999}) 15... Bxd5 16. exd5 Nc4
17. Bd3 a5 18. Bg5 Ndb6 19. Qe1 Rfb8 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Nd4 Qf6 22. Nc6 e4 23.
Bxc4 Nxc4 24. Rd4 e3 25. g5 Qxf3 26. Nxb8 Rxb8 $44 {Manso Gil,A (2301)
-Benlloch Guirau,A (2382) email 2007}) 14. g5 (14. Kb1 Qc7 15. g5 Nh5 16. Bh3
b4 17. Ne2 Bxh3 18. Rxh3 {Aroshidze,L (2230)-Gashimov,V (2370) Baku 1999} Rfc8
19. Rc1 Nc4 20. Nd2 d5 21. exd5 Nxd2+ 22. Bxd2 Qc4 $15) (14. Nc5 b4 15. N3a4
Nxa4 16. Nxa4 Qc7 17. Kb1 Bd7 18. Nb6 Bxg4 19. Bxa6 Be6 20. b3 {Cherkasov,
N-Pisulinski,J (2345) Polanica Zdroj 1992} Qc6 21. Bd3 d5 $132) 14... Nfd7 $146
{[%mdl 8] Here this move is new.} (14... Nh5 $5 {also deserves attention:} 15.
Nc5 (15. Be2 {Waardenburg,L (1580)-Chang,H (1757) Borne 2013} Qc7 $5 $15 {
[%cal Yb6c4] /\Nc4}) 15... b4 16. Nb1 $5 (16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Ne2 Nc4 18. Bh3 Qd7
19. Bg4 g6 $13 {looks dangerous, but Black isn't without counterplay.}) 16...
Bxa2 (16... d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bh3 Qd6 20. Bg4 (20. Bc5 Qxc5
21. Qxc5 Bxc5 22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. Bxd5 Be3+ 24. Nd2 Rfd8 $36) 20... Nhf4 21. Bxf4
Rxf4 22. Rhe1 Rc8 $14 {/<=>}) 17. Nxa6 (17. b3 a5 18. Kb2 $44) 17... Nc4 $5 (
17... Rb7 18. Nxb4 $16) 18. Nxb8 Qxb8 19. b3 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Nf4 21. Bc4 Qc7 $44
{[%cal Yd6d5,Ye7c5]}) 15. f4 (15. Na5 Rc8 {is now useless -} 16. Nd5 $2 {
runs into} Nxd5 17. exd5 Qxa5 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Kb1 d5 20. Bh3 Rc6 $17) (15.
Kb1 Rc8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf5 $13) 15... exf4 {Black naturally doesn't
want to allow f5.} (15... f5 16. Bh3 $1 $36 (16. gxf6 Nxf6 $15)) (15... Na4 16.
Nd5 (16. f5 $5 Nxc3 17. bxc3 $40) 16... Bxd5 17. exd5 $36) 16. Bxf4 Rc8 {
[%cal Yc8c3]} 17. Nd5 (17. Bxd6 Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Qc7 (18... Rxc3 19. bxc3 Qc7 20.
Qd4 $16) 19. Rd4 f6 $132) ({Caruana changes the character of the positon, but
the restrained} 17. Qg3 $5 Re8 18. Kb1 $14 {was perhaps more promising.}) 17...
Nxd5 (17... Bxd5 $6 18. exd5 {[%csl Gf1] is a positional concession, the Bf1
is potentially very strong and also the tactics don't work:} f6 19. Qh2 {/\} (
19. g6 $5 hxg6 20. Qg2 $36) 19... fxg5 20. hxg5 Rxf4 $2 21. Qxh7+ Kf7 22. Qh5+
g6 (22... Kf8 23. Qh8+ Kf7 24. g6+ Kxg6 25. Qh5+ Kf6 26. Rg1 $18) 23. Qh7+ Ke8
24. Qxg6+ Rf7 25. Rh8+ Nf8 26. Kb1 $5 $18 {[%cal Rf1e2,Re2h5]}) 18. exd5 Bg4
19. Be2 (19. Re1 f6 $132) 19... Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Re8 21. Qf3 Qc7 22. Nd4 Nb6 23.
Rhe1 (23. Nc6 $6 Nxd5 $15) ({White can try to play on the f-file with} 23. Kb1
Qc4 24. Bc1 {[%cal Gf1f7] , but Black gets counterplay after} Qxd5 (24... Bf8
$5) 25. Qxd5 Nxd5 26. Nxb5 axb5 27. Rxd5 Rc5 28. Rhd1 f6 $132) 23... Bf8 24.
Rxe8 Rxe8 {Black's pieces seem passive, but he has play on the open files and
against the Pd5.} 25. Nf5 (25. Nc6 $6 Rc8 {[%cal Rb6d5]}) (25. Rf1 Qc4 26. Bxd6
Qxd5 27. Bxf8 Qxf3 28. Rxf3 Kxf8 $11) 25... Qc4 {Possibly not ideal.} (25... g6
$5 26. Nh6+ Bxh6 27. gxh6 Nd7 28. h5 Nf6 29. hxg6 (29. Bxd6 Qxd6 30. Rf1 gxh5
31. Qxf6 Qxf6 32. Rxf6 Re5 33. Rxa6 Kf8 $132) 29... fxg6 $13 {[%cal Yf6e4]
might be tenable for Black, but one can understand MVL is reluctant to weaken
his >>.}) (25... Nc4 26. h5 Ne5 $132) 26. b3 (26. Kb1 $143 Nxd5 27. Bxd6 Nb4
$11 (27... g6 $5 28. Bxf8 gxf5 29. Bh6 f4 30. c3 Ne3 31. Rd4 Qe6 $11 {[%cal
Re6g6]})) 26... Qb4 27. c3 Rc8 28. Rd3 {[%mdl 512] An interesting
pawn-sacrifice.} ({White can also fight for an advantage with} 28. Kc2 Qc5 29.
Ng3 $5 (29. Kb2 a5 30. Ng3 a4 31. Ne4 Qc7 $13) 29... Qa3 (29... b4 30. Ne4 Qa5
31. a4 bxc3 (31... bxa3 32. Nxd6 Bxd6 33. Bxd6 Re8 34. Rf1 $14) 32. Bxd6 Nc4
33. Bxf8 Kxf8 34. Rd3 $36 Rb8 (34... Ne5 $2 35. Qf5) (34... Na3+ 35. Kc1 c2 36.
Rc3 $16) 35. Rxc3 Ne5 36. Qd1 $16) 30. Kb1 $5 Na4 31. bxa4 Rxc3 32. Qf2 g6 $5 (
32... Qb4+ 33. Qb2 Qxa4 34. Qxc3 Qxd1+ 35. Kb2 Qxd5 36. Qe3 $14) 33. Bc1 Rxc1+
34. Rxc1 Qd3+ 35. Qc2 (35. Rc2 Qd1+ 36. Kb2 Bg7+ 37. Ka3 Qg4 38. axb5 axb5 39.
Ne4 Qxe4 40. Rc8+ Bf8 $132) 35... Qxg3 36. axb5 axb5 37. Qe4 h6 $14) 28... Nxd5
29. Bd2 (29. Bxd6 $2 Rxc3+ 30. Rxc3 Qxc3+ 31. Qxc3 Nxc3 $15) 29... Nb6 $8 (
29... Qa3+ $2 30. Kb1 {[%csl Ra3]} Nb6 31. Be3 (31. Nh6+ $5 gxh6 32. gxh6 $40)
31... Nc4 (31... Nd7 32. Qb7) 32. Bc1 $18) 30. Kb1 Qc5 31. Be3 Qc7 (31... Qc6
32. Qxc6 Rxc6 33. Nd4 Rc7 34. Nxb5 axb5 35. Bxb6 $14) 32. Qf4 {[%mdl 256] Now
Black consolidates his defensive ranks. White had more testing continuations,
but Fabiano was running short of time.} (32. Bf4 $5 Rd8 (32... Qc6 $5) 33. h5
$44) (32. Nh6+ $5 gxh6 33. gxh6 {[%cal Re3b6,Rf3g4]} Nd7 34. Qf5 (34. Qg4+ Kh8
35. Qg5 f6 36. Bd4 Qd8 37. Rg3 Bxh6 38. Qxh6 Qe7 $11 {[%cal Yd7e5]}) 34... Ne5
(34... f6 35. Bd2 Kh8 36. Rg3 $18 {[%cal Rf5d5,Rf5e6]}) 35. Bd4 Bxh6 $1 (35...
Ng6 36. h5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh5g6,Rf5f6]}) 36. Bxe5 dxe5 37. Rd7 Qxd7 38. Qxd7
Rxc3 39. Qe8+ (39. Qd6 Bf8 40. Qxa6 b4 $132) 39... Bf8 40. Qxe5 Rc6 $11) 32...
Re8 $1 33. h5 (33. Nxd6 $142 $1 Rxe3 (33... Bxd6 $2 34. Qxd6 Qxd6 35. Rxd6 $16)
34. Qxe3 (34. Rxe3 $2 Nd5 $19) 34... Bxd6 35. Qe8+ Bf8 36. Rd8 Qc5 37. b4 Qf5+
38. Kc1 Qf1+ 39. Kc2 Qf5+ $11) 33... Re6 (33... Re5 34. Bd4 Re1+ 35. Kc2 (35.
Kb2 $2 Nc4+ 36. bxc4 bxc4 $19) 35... Nd5 36. Nh6+ $1 gxh6 37. Qg3 Nb4+ (37...
Bg7 38. gxh6 f6 39. Rd2 Qe7 $11) 38. Kd2 Be7 39. gxh6+ Kf8 40. Kxe1 Nxd3+ 41.
Qxd3 Qc6 $132) 34. Kc2 Qc6 (34... Nd7 $5 $15) 35. Bxb6 $2 $138 {Now the
advantage unequivocally passes to Black.} (35. Nd4 Qg2+ 36. Qf2 $5 (36. Rd2
Qe4+ $15) 36... Qxf2+ 37. Bxf2 Re5 38. Nc6 Re2+ 39. Rd2 Rxd2+ 40. Kxd2 $44 Nd5
41. a4 $1 bxa4 42. bxa4 Be7 43. Bh4 {[%cal Rc3c4]} Bf8 $11) (35. Qg4 {[%cal
Rf5d4,Rf5h6]} Re4 (35... Nd5 36. Nd4 (36. Nh6+ gxh6 37. gxh6+ Kh8 38. Bd4+ Re5
39. Kb2 f6 40. Qf3 Re6 41. Qf5 Re2+ 42. Ka1 Bxh6 (42... Re1+ $11) 43. Qxd5 Qxd5
44. Bxf6+ $11) 36... Qc5 37. Nxe6 Nxe3+ 38. Rxe3 Qxe3 39. Nxf8 Kxf8 40. Qc8+
Ke7 41. Qc7+ Ke6 42. Qc8+ $11) 36. Qg2 Qe8 37. Qh3 $44) 35... Qxb6 36. Rf3 (36.
Nd4 Re7 37. Rf3 d5 $15) 36... Qb7 $17 37. Ne3 $6 (37. Rf2 $142) 37... Re4 38.
Qg3 Re5 39. Qf4 (39. g6 fxg6 40. hxg6 Qe4+) (39. Rf4 Be7 40. Nf5 Qh1 $40) 39...
Rxg5 $1 $19 40. h6 gxh6 41. Rf2 Qd7 42. Nf5 Qe6 {White has no compensation at
all and after the time-control it makes little sense to plod on 3 pawns down.}
0-1

[Event "Dortmund 44th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2016.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. O-O
Nbc6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ Nxc6 11. Nxf5 exf5 12. f4 $1 {Eine gute Neuerung. In
einer Vorgängerpartie hielt Nisipeanu das Gleichgewicht:} (12. c3 Be7 13. Qd3
Nxe5 14. Qxf5 Nc4 15. Bc1 Qd7 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 $11 {Volokitin,A (2624)-Nisipeanu,
L (2668) Bled 2016}) 12... Qa5 13. Kh1 {In Zukunft werden sich Weiß mit der
Zugfolge} (13. Nd2 Bc5 14. Bf2 $14 {befassen, da sie etwas Vorteil zu
versprechen scheint.}) 13... Bc5 14. Bd2 {Weiß möchte den schwarzfeldrigen
Läufer auf dem Brett halten, doch das kostet Zeit.} Qc7 15. Nc3 d4 16. Ne2 O-O
17. Be1 Rad8 (17... f6 $11 {scheint einfach und gut zu sein.}) 18. Qd3 Qb6 19.
a3 Qb5 20. Qxb5 axb5 21. Rf3 b4 22. axb4 Bxb4 23. Bf2 Rfe8 24. Nc1 Be7 25. Rb3
f6 26. Nd3 fxe5 27. fxe5 Bg5 28. Bg3 Re7 29. Rb5 Be3 30. e6 Rxe6 31. Rxf5 {
Danach verflacht die Partie noch mehr.} (31. Rxb7 {ist etwas kritischer.})
31... Ne7 32. Rb5 b6 33. Be5 Rc8 34. c3 dxc3 35. Bxc3 Rd8 36. Re5 Rxe5 37. Nxe5
Nd5 38. g3 Nxc3 39. bxc3 Bg5 40. Rb1 Bf6 41. Nc6 Rd2 42. Rxb6 Bxc3 43. Ne7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund 44th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 {Nowadays this
risky plan is getting more and more popular.} 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3 g5 9. Bd2 ({
Another popular line is} 9. Ne1 Qc7 10. Nd3 Ng6 11. Bg4 Bxg4 12. Qxg4 c5 13.
Nbxc5 Bxc5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Be3 $6 Qc7 $6 (16... Qxc2 $5 17. Qb4
Qc4 18. Qa3 Qa6 {seems to be in Black's favour}) 17. Rac1 O-O-O 18. Qd4 b6 19.
c4 dxc4 20. Qe4 Kb8 21. f4 gxf4 (21... Rd3 $5 22. Qxd3 cxd3 23. Rxc7 Kxc7 24.
fxg5 hxg5 25. Bxg5 Nxe5 26. Bf4 Kd6 27. Rd1 Kd5 28. Bxe5 Kxe5 29. Rxd3 $11) 22.
Rxc4 Qb7 23. Bxf4 Qxe4 24. Rxe4 Rh7 $11 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2788)-Rodshtein,M 
(2689) Drancy FRA 2016 1-0 (59)}) 9... Qc7 ({Black can start with} 9... a5 10.
a4 (10. c4 $6 Bg7 $6 (10... a4 $1 11. Nc1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nb6 {Black has got
better chances. For instance} 13. Bd3 g4 ({or} 13... Bxd3 14. Nxd3 g4 15. Nfe1
h5 $15) 14. Nh4 a3 15. Bc3 Bxd3 16. Nxd3 h5 $15) 11. Bc3 O-O 12. Re1 a4 13.
Nbd2 Ng6 14. h3 Nf4 15. Bf1 Re8 16. Re3 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Nh2 c5 $132 {
Popilski,G (2483)-Kreisl,R (2410) Warsaw 2013 1-0 (41)}) 10... Bg7 (10... Qc7 {
leads to the game Najer,E - Caruana,F}) 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Rc1 Ng6 13. h3 O-O 14.
Be3 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Nh2 $2 (16. Bd3 Qf7 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. Ne5 $14) 16...
Rae8 17. Nc5 e5 18. c4 e4 19. Qb3 b6 $15 {Gomez Garrido,C (2541)-Peralta,F 
(2588) Barcelona ESP 2016 0-1 (66)}) 10. a4 a5 11. c4 (11. Rc1 Bg7 12. c4 O-O
13. Qe1 Qb6 14. Nxa5 Ng6 $5 (14... Qxb2 15. c5 g4 16. Bc3 gxf3 17. Bxb2 fxe2
18. Qxe2 Rxa5 19. Ra1 Rfa8 $13) (14... Bg6 $6 15. c5 Qc7 16. h3 $6 (16. b4 f6
17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Ne5 Ne4 19. Bc3 $16) 16... f6 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. b4 g4 19.
hxg4 Nxg4 $44 20. g3 Rae8 (20... Be4 $1 21. Bc3 (21. Rc3 Nf5 22. Nb3 e5 23.
dxe5 Nxe5 24. Bf4 Nxf3+ 25. Bxf3 Qf7 $17) 21... Rxf3 22. Bxf3 Bxf3 23. Qxe6+
Kh7 24. Qd6 $13) 21. Bc3 Be4 22. Qd1 $4 Ne3 {0-1 Esserman,M (2419)-Iturrizaga,
E (2624) Caleta ENG 2016}) 15. c5 Qc7 16. h3 f6 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. b4 Ne4 19.
Be3 Nf4 $44 {Zaibi,A (2330)-Caruana,F (2808) Baku 2015 0-1 (35)}) (11. Ne1 Bg7
12. f4 gxf4 (12... c5 {seems to be a stronger continuation than ...gxf4} 13.
Bb5 Nc6 14. Nf3 c4 15. Nc1 f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Ne2 Ne4 18. Ne5 $6 O-O 19. Bxc6
bxc6 20. Ng3 Qb6 (20... c5 $1 21. c3 Rab8 $17) 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Bc3 Rxf4 23.
Rxf4 gxf4 $17 {Predke,A (2464)-Bocharov,D (2600) Izhevsk 2012 1/2 (49)}) 13.
Bxf4 (13. Nd3 $5 Rg8 14. Kh1 Be4 15. Nxf4 Nf5 16. Bh5 Bh8 17. Nxe6 $2 (17. Qe2
$1 Ke7 18. Rae1 Rg5 19. Bf3 $16) 17... Bxg2+ 18. Kg1 Be4+ 19. Kf2 $13 {
Bodnaruk,A (2402)-Danielian,E (2458) Chakvi 2015 1-0 (31)}) 13... Ng6 14. Bd3
Bxd3 15. Nxd3 b6 16. Qf3 O-O 17. Qh3 Kh7 18. Nd2 (18. Be3 $5 c5 19. Nf4 cxd4
20. Nxd4 Ndxe5 21. Nh5 $40) 18... c5 19. Nf3 c4 $4 (19... Rae8 $6 20. c3 $1 c4
21. Bxh6 $1 Bxh6 22. Ng5+ Kg7 23. Nxf7 Rxf7 24. Rxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qxh6 Ndf8 26.
Nf4 $18) (19... Nxf4 20. Nxf4 cxd4 21. Nh5 Nxe5 22. Nxg7 Nxf3+ 23. Rxf3 Kxg7
24. Qh5 Rh8 25. Raf1 f5 $11) 20. Bxh6 $1 Bxh6 21. Ng5+ Kg7 22. Rxf7+ $1 Rxf7
23. Nxe6+ Kh7 24. Nxc7 $18 {Swiercz,D (2665)-Kanarek,M (2532) Poznan POL 2016
1-0 (34)}) 11... dxc4 (11... Bg7 12. cxd5 (12. c5 $5 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Bc3
O-O 15. Bd3 $14) 12... Nxd5 13. Ne1 f6 14. Bh5+ Kd8 15. exf6 N7xf6 16. Be2 Ne4
17. Bd3 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Kc8 (18... Qf4 $5) 19. Rc1 Re8 20. Bxf5 exf5 $11 {
Rublevsky,S (2692)-Girya,O (2456) Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2015 1-0 (44)}) 12. Bxc4
Nd5 $146 {In comparison with the game Kurnosov, I - Gritsenko,A, Fabiano wants
to put his bishop on e7, then his king can go to g7.} (12... Bg7 13. Rc1 b6 (
13... O-O $5 {this is a risky decision, but I'm afraid that Black has no
choice.} 14. Re1 Rfd8 15. h3 Bg6 16. Qe2 $13 {Here I would prefer to have the
white pieces.}) 14. Qe2 O-O {Andrey Gritsenko admitted that the only asylem
for his king is the kingside.} 15. Bd3 $1 {White's main idea is to swap the
light-squares bishops.} Bg4 (15... Bxd3 16. Qxd3 c5 17. Bxg5 $1 hxg5 18. Nxg5
Nf5 (18... Rfe8 $2 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. f4 $18 {Black's position is hopeless}) 19.
g4 Bh6 20. gxf5 Bxg5 21. f4 Bh6 22. Rf3 $1 exf5 23. Rh3 Qc6 24. d5 Qg6+ 25. Rg3
$18) 16. h3 Bh5 17. Bb1 Rac8 18. h4 gxh4 19. Qe4 f5 $2 (19... Bg6 20. Qxh4 Bxb1
21. Rxb1 Nf5 22. Qg4 Rfd8 23. Rbc1 $14) 20. Qxh4 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Nd5 22. Kh1 $18
{Kurnosov,I (2660)-Gritsenko,A (2422) Vladivostok 2012 1-0 (28)}) 13. Ne1 Be7
14. Bd3 Nf8 15. Qc2 (15. Bxf5 $6 exf5 16. Nd3 Ne6 17. Rc1 Qb6 $11) 15... Bg6 $5
({White has the better chances after} 15... Bxd3 16. Nxd3 Ng6 17. Rac1 Kf8 18.
g3 Rg8 19. Nbc5 $14) 16. Rc1 ({White could have tried to fight for an
advantage after} 16. Nc5 $5 Bxd3 (16... Qb6 17. Bxg6 Nxg6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19.
Qxg6+ Kd7 20. Qd3 $16) (16... Rg8 $5 17. g3 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Nd7 19. Qc4 Qb6 20.
Rb1 $13) 17. Nexd3 Ng6 18. g3 b6 19. Ne4 Qd7 20. Rae1 Kf8 21. f4 gxf4 22. Nxf4
Ngxf4 23. Bxf4 Rd8 24. Bd2 $40) 16... Qb6 17. Bxg6 Nxg6 18. Nd3 Nh4 $1 {
Black's knight is heading to f5.} 19. Rfe1 Nf5 $11 20. Re4 {Evgeniy wants to
protect his d4-pawn and then he can launch an attack by means of f4.} (20. Ndc5
g4 $5 21. Qd3 h5 22. Ne4 Nb4 23. Qc4 O-O-O 24. Ng5 Bxg5 25. Bxg5 Rd5 26. Re4
$11) 20... Rg8 {Now f4 is a double-edged plan.} 21. Ndc5 Qc7 22. Qd1 b6 23. Nd3
Qd7 24. h3 (24. Be1 Kf8 25. Nd2 Rd8 26. Nc4 Qb7 27. Qf3 {with a roughly equal
position.}) 24... Kf8 25. Kh2 Rd8 26. Rc4 Rc8 27. g3 $6 {It wasn't necessary
to weaken the main diagonal.} (27. Re1 Kg7 28. Qh5 Rgd8 29. Rec1 (29. g3 $6 Nc7
30. h4 Qd5 31. Rc3 c5 $1 32. dxc5 b5 $17) 29... Qe8 30. Qf3 $11) (27. Qf3 Kg7
28. Re1 Rgd8 (28... b5 $5 29. Rcc1 (29. axb5 cxb5 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Bxa5 Rc4
$44) 29... bxa4 30. Nbc5 Qa7 31. Qe4 Rb8 32. Rc4 $13) 29. Rec1 Qe8 $11) 27...
Nc7 $1 {Fabiano is aiming to play ..b5. In order to prepare it, he transfers
his knight from the central square, where it hindered other pieces from attack
in the d4-pawn, to a6.} 28. Qc2 Na6 29. Ne1 Kg7 30. Nf3 b5 $15 31. Rc3 $1 (31.
axb5 $6 cxb5 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Qd3 a4 34. Nc1 Bb4 $17) 31... bxa4 ({I believe
that Fabiano should have tried} 31... Bb4 $5 32. Rd3 Qd5 33. Rg4 bxa4 34. Nc5
Bxc5 35. dxc5 Qxc5 36. Qxc5 Nxc5 37. Rc3 Nb3 38. Rxa4 $15 {White has good
chances to make a draw.}) 32. Nc5 $6 {After this move White's position is very
difficult. I think Evgeniy should have prefered Nxa5:} (32. Nxa5 $5 Nb4 33. Qb1
Qd5 34. Nc4 Na2 $1 35. Nb6 Nxc3 36. Bxc3 Qb5 37. Nxc8 Rxc8 $15) 32... Bxc5 33.
dxc5 Nb4 34. Qb1 Rcd8 $6 {After this move White is more or less OK.} ({It was
much stronger to play} 34... Qd5 $1 {Now White needs a good advice.} 35. Be1 (
35. h4 Rgd8 $1 36. hxg5 h5 $1 37. Kg2 (37. Rcc4 Nd3 38. Bxa5 Nxf2 39. Bxd8 Rxd8
40. Rf4 Nd3 41. Rfe4 (41. Nh4 Nxf4 42. Nxf5+ exf5 43. Rxf4 Qxe5 44. Qxf5 Rd2+
45. Kh3 Qxf5+ 46. Rxf5 Rxb2 47. Rf6 Rb5 $1 48. Rxc6 Ra5 $19) 41... Rb8 $19)
37... Rb8 38. Re2 Nd3 $19) (35. Re2 Rgd8 36. Be1 Nd3 37. Kg2 a3 $1 38. Rxa3
Nh4+ $1 39. gxh4 Nf4+ 40. Kf1 Nxe2 41. Kxe2 Qc4+ 42. Ke3 Qxc5+ 43. Ke2 Rb8 44.
Rc3 Qb5+ 45. Ke3 Qb6+ 46. Ke2 Qa6+ 47. Ke3 Rb4 $17) 35... Rgd8 36. Kg2 Rb8 37.
Re2 Qd1 38. Qe4 Nd3 $17) 35. Kg2 Qd5 36. Rcc4 Qd3 37. Qa1 $6 {In any case,
after 37...Rd5 White can't take on a4 due to ...Rxc5.} (37. Qc1 $1 Rb8 (37...
Na2 38. Qc2 Qxc2 39. Rxc2 Nb4 40. Bxb4 axb4 41. Rxb4 Ra8 42. h4 $11) (37... Rd5
38. Bxb4 axb4 39. Rxb4 Rb8 40. Rxa4 Qb3 41. g4 Ne7 42. Nd4 Qxb2 43. Qxb2 Rxb2
44. Ra7 Kf8 45. Ra8+ Kg7 46. Ra7 $11) 38. Bxb4 axb4 39. Rxb4 Rxb4 40. Rxb4 Rd8
41. Rxa4 (41. Nxg5 $2 hxg5 42. Qxg5+ Kh7 43. Qh5+ Nh6 44. Rh4 Qg6 $17) 41...
Qe2 42. Ng1 Qxe5 43. Nf3 Qe2 44. Qc3+ Kh7 45. Qe5 $11) 37... Rd5 $1 38. Rg4 $2
{An useless move. White doesn't have enough time to play h4.} (38. Bxb4 axb4
39. Rxb4 Rxc5 40. Qa3 Qxa3 41. bxa3 Rd8 42. Rec4 $15) 38... Kh8 $2 {Fabiano
could have got a winning position after 38...Rgd8.} (38... Rgd8 $1 39. Qxa4 (
39. Qa3 Qxa3 40. bxa3 Rxd2 41. Nxd2 Rxd2 42. axb4 Ne3+ 43. Kf3 Nxc4 44. Rxc4
axb4 45. Rxb4 a3 {Black should win the endgame.}) (39. Qe1 Nd4 40. Nxd4 Rxd4
41. Rgxd4 Rxd4 42. Rxd4 Qxd4 $19) (39. Nxg5 hxg5 40. Bxg5 Kf8 41. Qxa4 Rb8 42.
Qxa5 Nc2 $19) 39... Qxf3+ $3 40. Kxf3 Rxd2 41. Rge4 R8d3+ 42. Kg2 Rxb2 $1 (
42... Rxg3+ 43. Kf1 Rxh3 44. Kg2 Rhd3 $17) 43. Rc1 Rxg3+ 44. Kf1 Rf3 45. Kg1
Rfxf2 $19) 39. Qc1 Na2 $1 40. Qe1 $2 {After this mistake Black has a winning
position. Probably Evgeniy didn't have enough time for calculation.} (40. Qa1
Rb8 $1 (40... Nb4 41. Qc1 $11) 41. Qxa2 Rb3 42. Rc3 (42. Bc3 $2 Ne3+ 43. fxe3
Qe2+ 44. Kg1 Rd1+ $19) 42... Rxc3 43. bxc3 $8 (43. Bxc3 $2 Qe2 $1 $19) 43...
Qe2 44. Qc4 $1 (44. Qa1 $2 Rd3 45. Nd4 Nxd4 46. Rxd4 Rxd2 47. Rxd2 Qxd2 48.
Qxa4 Qd5+ 49. Kg1 Qxc5 {The endgame should be winning for Black}) 44... Rxd2
45. Qxe2 Rxe2 46. Rxa4 Rc2 47. Rxa5 Rxc3 {White should make a draw.}) 40... Rb8
$1 41. Bxg5 {White has no choice. At first we can think that White has a
strong attack, however Black's knight on f5 is the perfect defender.} (41. Rxa4
Rxb2 $19) 41... hxg5 42. Nxg5 Rd7 {White has nothing for the sacrificed bishop.
} 43. Rxa4 Nb4 $19 44. Qc1 Nc2 45. Kh2 Nce3 46. Ne4 Qe2 0-1

[Event "Dortmund 44th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2016.07.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Bg4 10. c3 O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. g3 Qd7 13. Kg2 Bg6 14. Ne1 Bd6
15. Qg4 Qxg4 16. hxg4 Rfe8 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Nd3 f6 19. g5 Kf7 20. Rh1 Rh8 21.
b4 Rae8 22. a4 Nd8 23. b5 Ne6 24. Rxh8 Rxh8 25. a5 Ke7 26. a6 b6 27. Re1 Kd7
28. Bc1 Rh5 29. f4 Nd8 30. Nf2 fxg5 31. fxg5 Ne6 32. Re2 Rh8 33. Nd3 Re8 34.
Kf3 Rf8+ 35. Kg2 Re8 36. Kf3 Rf8+ 37. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund 44th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2016.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 $5 {
One of the most popular ways to fight the Taimanov variation nowadays. Black
has a number of options here, like ...Ne5, ...Nf6, ...b5, ...Nxd4, ...d6, etc.
Caruana chooses another trendy response:} Bd6 {Intending to place the bishop
on e5.} (7... Nf6 8. O-O-O d6 9. Qg3 Bd7 10. Kb1 b5 11. Bxb5 axb5 12. Ndxb5 Qb8
13. Nxd6+ Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Ne5 16. Bf4 Ng6 17. Bg3 e5 18. f3 Ke7 19.
Rd3 Rhc8 20. b3 h5 21. h4 Be6 22. Kb2 $16 {1-0 (52) Balogh,C (2635)-Bellaiche,
A (2499) Biel 2016}) 8. O-O-O Be5 9. g3 $1 {Preparing f4.} Nf6 (9... b5 10. Qe2
Bb7 11. f4 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 Qc5 14. Qd2 Bc6 15. Bg2 {White has an
easy game and a comfortable advantage already.} b4 16. Nd5 $5 (16. Nd1 $14 {
was solid and good, following up with Ne3 and Rd1.}) 16... exd5 17. exd5 Bb5
18. d6 Rc8 $2 (18... Bc6 $1 {exchanging the bishops, with excellent chances to
defend the position:} 19. Re1+ Kf8 20. Re5 Qb6) 19. Re1+ Kf8 20. Re5 $44 {
1-0 (69) Sethuraman,S (2639)-Bai,J (2507) Gibraltar 2016}) 10. Qe2 O-O 11. f4
Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 d6 14. Qd2 (14. Qc4 $5 $146 {looks very good!
White tries to make the pressure on d6 even more discomforting for Black.} Qb8
(14... Qxc4 15. Bxc4 b5 (15... Ne8 16. a4 $5 $16) 16. Bd3 Ne8 17. Re1 (17. e5
$5 {is also an option. In any case, White will play a4 and try to attack
Black's weakness on a6 and/or advance his own queenside as well.}) 17... e5 18.
fxe5 dxe5 19. Rd5 f6 20. Rc5 $1 $16 {preparing a4 (so after ...b4, White has
Nd5)}) (14... Qc5 15. Qxc5 dxc5 16. Rd6 b5 17. e5 Bb7 18. Rg1 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4
20. Bg2 Bxg2 21. Rxg2 $16 {and after Rgd2, White has a very comfortable
endgame and clear targets on the queenside}) 15. Qb4 Ne8 16. Qb6 $5 {Stopping
Black's ...b5.} Bd7 17. Be2 Bc6 18. Rhd1 $16) 14... b5 15. a3 Bb7 16. Bg2 Rfd8
17. Rd1 {I think White has achieved a very comfortable position here, but it
is not easy to continue improving after Black's next move. And if we compare
with the positions after 14.Qc4, without the queens White has a lot more
freedom to play a4! Here it would be very dangerous to do something like that.}
Ne8 18. Bh3 (18. Bf1 {has also been played already:} Nf6 $2 (18... Rdb8 $1 $132
{- a bizarre move, preparing ...Bc6 and ...a5.}) 19. e5 Nd5 20. exd6 Rxd6 21.
Bg2 $16 {1-0 (34) Hansen,E (2580)-Barbosa,E (2438) Montevideo 2015}) 18... Rab8
19. Rd3 Bc6 {Preparing strong counterplay with ...a5 and ...b4.} 20. e5 {
Something had to be done in the center.} Qb7 $1 (20... d5 $6 21. Ne2 $1 $16)
21. f5 (21. exd6 a5 $1 22. f5 b4 (22... exf5 $5) 23. fxe6 {has to be tried,
but Black's position remains resilient:} bxc3 24. Qxc3 (24. exf7+ Qxf7 25. Qxc3
Be4 $13) 24... fxe6 25. Bxe6+ Kh8 $13) 21... b4 (21... exf5 22. Bxf5 b4 23.
axb4 Qxb4 24. b3 $13) 22. axb4 Qxb4 23. b3 {After having created some action
on the queenside, Black has to do something against f5, since his attack is
hard to continue after b3.} exf5 24. Kb2 (24. Bxf5 {transposes to 21...exf5.})
24... g6 $6 (24... a5 {would lead the position to a balanced endgame:} 25. Bxf5
(25. exd6 a4 $1 26. Nd5 Qxd2 27. R1xd2 Kf8 $1 28. Bxf5 Rxd6 $11) 25... a4 26.
Nd5 (26. Rd4 Qb6 27. Nxa4 Bxa4 28. Rxa4 dxe5 $13) 26... Qxd2 27. R1xd2 Kf8 28.
Ne3 axb3 29. cxb3 Ke7 30. Bh3 {threatening Nf5} g6 31. Nc4 dxe5 32. Nxe5 Rxd3
33. Nxc6+ Kd6 34. Rxd3+ Kxc6 $11) 25. Bg2 $1 {Exchanging bishops to prepare
Nd5, now White obtains the preferable position.} Bxg2 26. Qxg2 Rdc8 27. Nd5 Qe4
28. Qxe4 fxe4 29. Re3 Kg7 30. Rxe4 dxe5 31. Rxe5 Nd6 32. Ne3 $14 {As usual,
Kramnik emerges in a slightly better endgame, with a superior pawn structure
and more active pieces!} Rc6 33. Re7 Nf5 $6 {A delicate decision, ruining his
own pawn structure.} (33... a5 34. Rd4 $14 {would also be uncomfortable for
Black, since his pieces don't have clear squares to go, and the a-pawn could
be a problem.}) 34. Nxf5+ gxf5 35. Rd4 Rh6 36. Rf4 (36. Re2 $5 {was another
way to play it, keeping his own structure and slowly advancing his queenside 
(and also his king to a3, a4, etc.)}) 36... Rxh2 37. Rxf5 Rf8 38. Ra7 Rg2 39.
Rf3 h5 40. b4 $6 {The 40th move! Kramnik needed to be more prophylactic before
starting to push his pawns. He was probably in time trouble and chose a more
obvious continuation.} (40. Rc3 $1 Kh6 41. Rxa6+ Kg5 {Black has some
counterplay, but I feel White has great winning chances with the proper
advance of the queenside pawns:} 42. Rac6 f5 43. b4 $16) 40... Rc8 $1 41.
Rfxf7+ Kh6 $6 (41... Kg6 $1 {keeping an eye on the f7-rook to avoid Rxa6+.} 42.
Rfc7 Rxc7 43. Rxc7 Rxg3 44. Rc6+ Kg5 45. Rxa6 h4 46. Ra8 h3 47. Rh8 Kf4 48. b5
Ke4 $1 {A very important resource! Black wants to play ...Kd4, and if c3 now ..
.Rg5!, which is not possible had the black king moved to e5 directly on move
48.} (48... Ke5 $2 49. c3 $1 Kd5 50. Kb3 Kc5 51. Rh5+ Kb6 52. Kb4 $18) 49. Rh6
(49. c3 Rg5) 49... Kd5 50. b6 Rg7 51. Rxh3 Kc6 {reaching a theoretical drawn
endgame. For example:} 52. Rh6+ Kb5 53. Kb3 Kc5 54. Ka4 Rg1 $1 $11 {the only
move to avoid Ka5.}) 42. Rxa6+ (42. Rfc7 $2 Rxc7 43. Rxc7 Rxg3 44. Rc6+ Rg6 $11
{Probably because of this Caruana played ...Kh6, so that he would have ...Rg6
in this variation.} (44... Kg5 $11 {would be a lot more complicated, but it's
also a draw, as analysed in the line with 41...Kg6.})) 42... Kg5 43. Ra5+ Kg6
44. Rf3 Rcxc2+ 45. Kb3 Rb2+ 46. Ka4 Ra2+ 47. Kb5 Rae2 48. Ra6+ (48. Rd3 $1 {
Preparing Kc6 and then use the d3-rook as a shield for the checks.} Rc2 49. Kb6
$18 {and Black is helpless against the advance of the b-pawn.}) 48... Kg5 49.
Rc6 Kg4 50. Rfc3 Re5+ 51. Kb6 Rb2 $1 52. R6c4+ Kf5 53. Rf4+ Kg5 54. Rd4 Kf5 55.
Kc6 Re6+ 56. Kd7 Rb6 57. Rc5+ $2 (57. g4+ $3 {a counter-intuitive winning move,
and a very difficult one! White exchanges the last two pawns on the kingside
and forces a winning endgame.} hxg4 58. Rc5+ Kf6 59. Rf4+ $1 {This is the key,
the g-pawn can be taken with check.} Kg6 60. Rxg4+ {It is funny that any king
move here runs into a forced exchange:} Kf6 (60... Kf7 61. Rf5+ Rf6 62. Rxf6+
Kxf6 63. Kc6 $18) (60... Kh7 61. Rh5+ Rh6 62. Rxh6+ Kxh6 63. Kc6 $18) 61. Rc6+
Rxc6 62. Kxc6 $18) 57... Kg6 {Now White cannot win the game anymore.} 58. Rc6+
Rxc6 59. Kxc6 Rb3 $1 {With both pawns on the kingside still alive, Black has
this strong counterplay, securing him a very difficult half point.} 60. b5 (60.
g4 {doesn't win anymore:} h4 $1 $11) 60... Rc3+ 61. Kd6 Rxg3 $11 62. b6 (62.
Rb4 {doesn't change anything:} Rd3+ 63. Kc7 Rc3+ 64. Kb8 Kg5 65. b6 h4 66. b7
h3 $11) 62... Rb3 63. Kc6 Kg5 64. Rd5+ Kg4 65. Rb5 Rc3+ 66. Kd7 Rd3+ 67. Ke7
Re3+ 68. Kf7 Rf3+ 69. Kg6 h4 $1 70. b7 Rf8 71. Rg5+ (71. b8=Q Rxb8 72. Rxb8 h3
73. Rb4+ Kg3 74. Kg5 h2 75. Rb3+ Kg2 $11) 71... Kh3 (71... Kf4 $4 72. Rf5+ Rxf5
73. b8=Q+ $18) 72. Rb5 Kg2 73. Rg5+ Kh3 74. Rb5 Kg2 75. Kh5 h3 76. Rb2+ Kg1 77.
Rb1+ Kg2 78. Rb2+ Kg1 79. Kg4 h2 80. Rb1+ Kg2 81. Rb2+ Kg1 82. b8=Q Rxb8 83.
Rxb8 h1=Q 84. Rb1+ Kg2 85. Rxh1 Kxh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund 44th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2016.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. c4 d4 6. d3 Nf6 7. e3 Bd6 (7... Be7
{is more popular in this position. After} 8. exd4 cxd4 {is possible.} ({
But Black mostly takes} 8... exd4 {where there have been hundreds of
encounters, including a couple of blitz games at the top level.} 9. Bf4 O-O 10.
Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Ng4 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. h3 (13. Qf3 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 g5 $5 15. Qd2
Rb8 16. Na3 b6 17. Rae1 $14 {1-0 Kramnik,V (2772)-Ivanchuk,V (2739)/ Wch Blitz
Moscow 2009/ (25)}) 13... Bxf4 14. hxg4 Bd6 15. Nd2 Rb8 16. Bd5 Re8 17. Qf3 Be6
18. Rfe1 Qd7 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Re4 Bf8 21. Rae1 Rf6 22. Qd1 h6 23. a3 a6 24.
Nf3 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2803)-Anand,V (2786)/ Tal Memorial Blitz
Moscow 2013 (43)})) 8. exd4 cxd4 9. Bg5 {A standard idea in the Benoni, which
Caruana is now playing with the reversed colours.} h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nbd2
Bc7 12. Qa4 $5 {[%cal Gb2b4] White ensures getting in b4.} (12. a3 a5 {is also
pretty standard.}) 12... O-O ({The standard} 12... a5 {would not really stop
White from playing} 13. b4 $14) 13. b4 Bf5 14. Qb3 Rab8 $146 ({A couple fo
correspondence games have been seen in these positions. One of them saw Black
pushing with his majority soon with} 14... Bg4 15. a3 Rab8 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Rfe1
(17. b5 $5) 17... f5 $5 18. Ned2 Rbe8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Koehler,J - Oliynyk,V /
Correspondence 2013 (26)}) ({Another game saw Black blocking the queenside with
} 14... Qe7 15. a3 a5 16. b5 Nd8 17. Qc2 Bd6 18. Rfe1 Qc7 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4
Ne6 21. Re2 Nc5 22. Nd2 Rae8 23. Ne4 Kh8 24. Nxc5 Bxc5 $11 {1-0 Koehler,J
-Eshuis,J /Correspondence 2013 (45)}) 15. Rfe1 a6 (15... Rfe8 {(read Re1 from
White in the Benoni) is a more popular square for the kingside R.} {If} 16. Ne4
{then} Qe7 {The point is that White does not have a P on a3 yet so} 17. b5 (17.
a3 b6 {[%csl Ge4,Gf3][%cal Gg2c6]} 18. Nh4 Bd7 $13) 17... Na5 {is fine for
Black with no Qb4 coming. He can manoeuvre his N back into the game with} 18.
Qb2 b6 19. Rac1 Nb7 {[%cal Gb7c5]}) (15... b5 16. cxb5 Rxb5 17. Rac1 $14) 16.
Rac1 Rfd8 (16... Rfe8) 17. a3 Qe7 $6 {[%csl Re7][%cal Gc6e7] Black may have
probably missed at this moment that taking away the N's retreat square will
have far reaching consequences, more so because of what follows after the move
b5.} ({A sensible option was} 17... Bg4 18. b5 (18. h3) 18... Ne7 {but still
with a pleasant position for White.}) 18. b5 Na5 {[%csl Ra5]} 19. Qb4 $1 {
[%csl Ra5,Re5][%cal Gc7e5,Gc7a5] The B on c7 is soon going to be overloaded.}
Qf6 (19... Qxb4 $2 20. axb4 $18 {[%csl Ra5]}) 20. Ne4 Bxe4 $2 {Black begins
his surrender with this capture, although the position was getting a bit
difficult anyway.} (20... Qb6 {would have been too awkward, and after} 21. Nh4
Be6 22. a4 Qa7 (22... axb5 23. axb5 $16) (22... Kh7 23. c5 $18) {White has a
nice shot} 23. Ng6 $1 fxg6 $140 24. Qe7 $18 {[%csl Rc7,Re6]}) ({Best was
probably} 20... Qe6 21. Nc5 (21. Nh4 Bh7) 21... Qf6 22. Nh4 (22. Nd2 $5 {
[%cal Gd2e4]}) 22... Bh7 $14 {with an edge to White due to his better placed
pieces and free flowing queenside pawn-majority.}) 21. Rxe4 {[%csl Ra5][%cal
Gf3e5] /\Ne5. Material losses are now inevitable for Black.} axb5 (21... Rbc8
22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Qxa5 $18) 22. cxb5 Qb6 (22... Rbc8 23. Rxc7 $1 (23. b6 Bd6)
23... Rxc7 24. Qxa5 $16) (22... Qd6 23. Nxe5 $1 Qxb4 $2 24. axb4 Bxe5 25. Rxe5
Nb3 26. Rb1 Nd2 27. Rb2 $18) 23. Nxe5 $18 Bd6 24. Qb2 Rbc8 25. a4 Rxc1+ 26.
Qxc1 Qc5 27. Qxc5 Bxc5 28. h4 h5 $6 29. Bf3 g6 30. Rf4 (30. Rf4 Rf8 31. Nd7 $18
) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund 44th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2016.07.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bg2 Qxc4 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Nb3 d5 10. Bf4 Be7 11. a3 a5 12. Rc1 Qa6 13. a4 O-O 14. Nb5 Qb6 15.
Bc7 Qa6 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. Bc7 Qa6 18. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 ({A few months ago
Fabiano played} 5... Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nge7 8. Qf3 Be6 9. Nh3 Qd7 10. Ng5
O-O-O $6 (10... Bf5 $1 11. g4 $6 {Kamran always has his own chess style.} Bg6
12. h4 f6 13. Nh3 h5 14. gxh5 Bxh5 15. Qg2 O-O-O $15 {Shirazi,K (2403)
-Vareille,F (2418) France 1999 0-1 (56)}) 11. O-O Rdf8 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qe2
Nf5 14. a4 $14 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2788)-Caruana,F (2795)chess.com INT 2016
1-0 (57). I don't think that Fabiano was satisfied with his position. So he
prepared another line.}) 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bg5 ({Sometimes White
doesn't hurry up to develop his dark-squared bishop:} 8. h3 Re8 9. Ng3 Nbd7 10.
Qf3 (10. a3 Bd6 11. Qf3 (11. Nf5 Bc7 12. Qf3 Nf8 13. Bg5 Bxf5 14. Bxf5 Qd6 15.
g3 h6 16. Be3 (16. Bf4 Qd8 17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. Kg2 Re7 $11) 16... Re7 17. Bf4 Qd8
18. Bd2 Ne6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Rfe1 $11 {Medvegy,Z (2474)-Hoang,T (2470)
Budapest 2005 1/2 (26)}) 11... Nf8 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Rfe1 Ne6 14. Be3 g6 15. Nce2
Bf8 16. c3 Bg7 17. Nf4 Ng5 18. Qd1 Bd7 19. Nfe2 Nge4 20. Bf4 Qb6 $11 {
Andriasian,Z (2594)-Kovalenko,I (2680) Al-Ain UAE 2015 1/2 (53)}) 10... Nf8 11.
Nce2 Ng6 12. c3 Bd6 $6 {Igor Naumkin, who has never had a computer, because he
doesn't know how to turn it on, immediately played 12...Be7, which is stronger
than ...Bd6.} (12... Be7 13. Nf4 Bd7 14. Be3 $6 Nh4 15. Qd1 Bd6 16. Re1 {
1/2 (16) Yudasin,L (2540)-Naumkin,I (2435) Montecatini Terme 1998. Igor could
have won a pawn after} Bxf4 $1 17. Bxf4 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Bxh3 $17) 13. Bg5 Be7 $8
14. Nf4 Nxf4 (14... Ne4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rae1 f5 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Qf4 Be6 19.
h4 $14) 15. Bxf4 g6 16. Rae1 Be6 17. Re2 $14 {Bok,B (2562)-Van Kampen,R (2609)
Amsterdam 2015 1/2 (27)}) 8... h6 {A concession. Now White can play Bh4.} (8...
Re8 $1 9. Ng3 h6 {and Black has good chances to equalise:} 10. Bf4 (10. Bd2
Nbd7 11. Nce2 Bxd2 12. Qxd2 Nf8 13. Nf4 Qd6 14. f3 Bd7 15. Bf5 Re7 16. Bxd7
Qxd7 17. Nd3 Ng6 18. Nc5 Qc7 19. Nf5 Ree8 $11 {Shirov,A (2755)-Ivanchuk,V 
(2751) Morelia/Linares 2008 1/2 (30)}) (10. Bh4 $2 g5 $19) 10... Bg4 11. Qd2
Nbd7 12. a3 Bf8 13. h3 Be6 14. b3 {Ivan doesn't want to admit that White has
no advantage, so tries to prepare f4, f5, which leads to a worse position.} a6
15. Be3 (15. Rfe1 Rc8 16. Nf5 c5 $11) 15... Rc8 16. f4 Nb8 $1 17. f5 Bd7 {
After ...c5 White will have only problems with his f5-pawn.} 18. Kh1 c5 $1 19.
dxc5 Bxc5 (19... Qc7 $1 20. Nge2 Bxc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Qf4 Nc6 $15 {In order
to avoid problems White needs to play very precisely}) 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Nge2
Qc8 (21... Qb6 $5 22. Nd4 Rcc8 23. Nce2 Nc6 24. Qf4 Ne5 $15) 22. Rf4 d4 $6 23.
Rxd4 Bxf5 $11 {Ivanisevic,I (2636)-Vallejo Pons,F (2705) Porto Carras 2011 1/2
(30)}) 9. Bh4 Re8 10. f3 {Black's counterplay is connected with preparation of
...Ne4, so White wants to get control over this square, then he can play Qd2,
Bf2, Ng3 with some chances to obtain an advantage.} ({Another continuation is} 
10. h3 Nbd7 11. a3 Bf8 12. Re1 Nb6 13. b3 Bd7 14. Bg3 Ne4 15. Be5 f6 (15... Nc8
$5 16. Nxe4 $6 dxe4 17. Bxe4 f6 18. Bg6 fxe5 19. Bxe8 Qxe8 20. dxe5 Nb6 $15)
16. Bh2 f5 17. f3 Nxc3 18. Nxc3 Qh4 19. Ne2 c5 20. Bg3 Qf6 21. c3 f4 $6 (21...
c4 22. Be5 Qf7 23. Bc2 cxb3 24. Bxb3 Nc4 $11) 22. Nxf4 cxd4 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24.
cxd4 Bd6 25. Nh5 Qxd4+ 26. Kh1 $14 {Glek,I (2565)-Vaganian,R (2630)
Netherlands 1998 0-1 (44)}) 10... Nbd7 11. Qd2 ({White can try a more
aggressive but risky plan:} 11. Kh1 Nf8 12. g4 Ng6 13. Bg3 (13. Bxg6 $6 fxg6
14. Bg3 g5 15. Qd3 b6 16. Rae1 a5 $15) 13... h5 14. h3 Bd6 15. Qd2 Bxg3 (15...
hxg4 16. hxg4 (16. fxg4 $6 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qe3 Be6 19. Rae1 Bb4 20. a3
Ba5 $15) 16... Nh7 17. Rf2 Bxg3 18. Nxg3 Ng5 $11) 16. Nxg3 Qd6 17. Nce2 hxg4
18. hxg4 Nh7 19. Rf2 Qf6 20. Nh5 Qe7 21. Nef4 $14 Nxf4 22. Qxf4 Nf8 23. Re2 Be6
24. g5 Ng6 25. Qg3 Qd7 26. Rae1 $16 {Ulibin,M (2562) -Prokopchuk,E (2470)
Koszalin 1999 1/2 (70)}) 11... Nf8 12. Rae1 Bd7 13. a3 Be7 14. Bf2 Ng6 $146 ({
Black showed a convincing way to equalize the game after} 14... Bd6 15. Nd1 Qc7
16. Bg3 Nh5 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. g4 Nf6 19. Qf4 Qxf4 20. Nxf4 g5 21. Ne2 Re7 22.
Ng3 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8 Nxe8 $11 {Fakhrutdinov,T (2161)-Ponfilenok,V 
(2399) Kazan 2014 1/2 (43)}) 15. Bg3 {An ambitious plan. White wants to put
his bishop on e5 and gradually launch an attack by means of f4, Ng3, f5.
However in the following game Fabiano indicated the drawbacks of this plan.} ({
Black would have had much more problems if White had played} 15. Nd1 $5 Bd6 (
15... Nh5 16. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 17. g4 $1 Nf6 (17... Bg5 18. Be3 Bxe3+ 19. Nxe3 Nf6
20. Nf4 g5 21. Nd3 Qc7 22. Re2 $14) 18. Nf4 g5 19. Ng6 Bd6 20. Bg3 Be6 21. Kg2
$14) 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 $5 (17. Nxg3 Qc7 18. c3 Qf4 $11) 17... Qc7 18. c3
Re7 19. Nf4 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Nxf4 21. gxf4 {with a slightly better position for
White.}) 15... Nh5 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Be5 Bh4 18. Rd1 {After this move White is
almost forced to meet ...Bg5 with f4. 18.Rb1 or 18.Ra1 with the idea to play
18...Bg5 19.Qd1 deserved consideration.} (18. Rb1 Bg5 19. Qd1 Be3+ 20. Kh1 g5
21. Qd3 Bf4 22. Nxf4 Nxf4 23. Qd2 Ng6 $11) 18... Bg5 19. f4 ({White has a
worse position after} 19. Qe1 Nf4 20. Nxf4 Bxf4 21. Rf2 g5 22. g3 Bxe5 23. dxe5
Qb6 24. Na4 Qc7 25. f4 Bf5 $15) 19... Be7 20. h3 Be6 21. Kh2 Nf6 22. Nc1 ({
Probably Vishy should have hindered his opponent from playing ...h5, ...Bf5 by
means of} 22. g4 $5 Bf7 23. Rde1 Nd7 24. Ng3 a5 25. Qd3 {with a roughly equal
position.}) 22... h5 $1 23. Nd3 Bf5 24. Ne2 Ne4 $15 {In the first part of the
game Fabiano has played almost perfectly and he has got a significant
advantage.} 25. Qe3 h4 26. Rc1 Rc8 27. c3 Qb6 $5 {This is a strong move, which
is connected with a wrong plan.} ({Fabiano could have played} 27... b6 28. Rfe1
Qd7 29. Ng1 c5 30. Nf3 Bd8 $15 {with clear advantage.}) 28. b4 Bf6 $6 (28...
Qd8 29. Nc5 Nd6 $15 {then Black will play ...b6 with ...c5 following.}) 29. Nc5
Nxc5 $6 {The black queen has nothing to do on b2.} (29... a5 $5 30. Nxe4 Bxe5
31. fxe5 Rxe5 32. bxa5 Qa7 33. Qg5 Rxe4 34. Nf4 $13) 30. bxc5 $11 {At least
White has equalised the game.} Qb2 31. Ng1 b6 (31... Qxa3 $6 32. Ra1 Qb2 33.
Rxa7 Ra8 34. Rxa8 Rxa8 35. Bxf6 gxf6 36. Rf2 Qb1 37. Nf3 $14) 32. Nf3 bxc5 ({
After} 32... Be4 33. c4 $1 {Only White has some chances to obtain an advantage:
} Bxe5 (33... bxc5 34. cxd5 cxd5 (34... Bxd5 $6 35. Rxc5 Be7 36. Rc3 Bf6 37.
Rf2 Qb7 38. Qd3 $14) 35. Bxf6 gxf6 36. dxc5 Kg7 37. Rg1 Bxf3 38. Qxf3 Rc7 39.
Qxd5 Qxa3 $11) 34. dxe5 g5 35. fxg5 Bxf3 36. Rxf3 Qxe5+ 37. Qxe5 Rxe5 38. cxb6
axb6 39. cxd5 Rxd5 $11) 33. dxc5 Be4 34. Rce1 Re7 $6 {Now Black can get into
trouble.} ({Fabiano should have preferred} 34... Bxe5 35. fxe5 Re6 (35... Rxe5
$2 36. Rf2 Qb8 37. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 38. Kg1 $16) 36. Nxh4 Rce8 37. Nf3 Rxe5 38. Rf2
Bxf3 39. Qxf3 Qb8 40. Rxe5 Qxe5+ 41. Qg3 $11) 35. Bxf6 gxf6 36. Nxh4 $6 ({
Vishy would have got very good winning chances if he had played} 36. Rf2 $1
Qxa3 37. Nxh4 {Probably Black should have played} Rf7 (37... Rce8 38. Qd4 Kf7 (
38... Kg7 39. f5 g5 40. Ng6 Rf7 41. h4 gxh4 42. Nf4 $16) 39. f5 g5 40. Ng6 Rb7
41. h4 gxh4 42. Rf4 $16) (37... Rg7 38. Qd4 Rf8 39. f5 gxf5 40. Nxf5 Bxf5 41.
Rxf5 Qb2 42. Rf2 Qb8+ 43. Kh1 Qg3 44. c4 $16) 38. Qd4 Qb3 39. Nf3 Qb8 40. Nd2
Bf5 41. g4 Bd7 42. Rfe2 $14 {White's position is much better but Black's
position isn't hopeless.}) 36... Rce8 37. Qg3 Rg7 38. Ra1 ({The last chance to
continue the game was connected with} 38. c4 $5 dxc4 39. Re3 Qd4 (39... Qd2 40.
Rfe1 (40. f5 $2 gxf5 $17) 40... f5 41. Nf3 Qd5 42. Ng5 $14) 40. f5 $1 (40. Rfe1
f5 41. Nf3 Qxc5 42. Ng5 Qd5 43. R1e2 c5 $11 {White has enough compensation for
the pawn}) 40... g5 (40... gxf5 41. Nxf5 $18) 41. Ng6 c3 42. Rfe1 Rb7 43. Qg4
c2 44. Rxe4 Rxe4 45. Rxe4 Qxc5 46. Rc4 c1=Q 47. Rxc1 Qxc1 48. Qd4 Qxa3 49. Qxf6
Qc5 $1 $11 {Black makes a draw. For example} 50. Qh8+ (50. Qxg5 Qd6+ 51. Ne5+
Rg7 52. Qf4 Re7 53. Qg3+ Rg7 54. Qf4 $11) 50... Kf7 51. Qh7+ (51. Ne5+ Ke7 52.
Qg7+ Kd8 53. Qxg5+ Re7 54. Ng6 Qd6+ 55. g3 (55. Kh1 Qd1+ 56. Kh2 Qd6+) 55...
Qc5 $1 56. Nxe7 (56. Qxe7+ $4 Qxe7 57. Nxe7 Kxe7 58. h4 a5 $19) 56... Qf2+ $11)
51... Kf6 52. Qxb7 Qd6+ 53. Kh1 Qd1+ $11) 38... g5 $1 {Fabiano has found a
reliable way to make a draw.} 39. fxg5 Rxg5 40. Qf2 Qxc3 41. Qxf6 (41. Rae1 $6
Rf8 42. Nf3 Rg7 43. Qe3 Qxe3 44. Rxe3 f5 $15) 41... Qg3+ 42. Kg1 Qxg2+ 43. Nxg2
Rxg2+ 44. Kh1 Rf2+ 45. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 Na5 10. Ba2 $5 {A new idea, previously they went with the bishop to
c2:} (10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qb8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qd5 Qc8
16. Nxe5 Be6 17. Qd6 Be7 18. Qd1 Qc7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nf3 O-O 21. Nbd2 Rad8
22. Qe2 $16 {Black failed to equalise in Khairullin,I (2629)-Gustafsson,J 
(2629) Bangkok 2016.}) 10... c5 11. Bg5 O-O 12. axb5 axb5 13. Na3 Qb8 14. Nc2 {
White has an easy strategical plan taking on f6 and landing a knight on d5.} h6
15. Bh4 (15. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 16. Ne3 Nc6 17. Qc2 {with typical play where White
has some pressure.}) 15... c4 $1 16. Nb4 Be6 17. Re1 Qb7 18. d4 Bg4 {The
bishop is locked on a2 and that helps Black immensly. In my opinion it is
easier to play with Black than with White.} 19. Bb1 Nb3 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Ba2
$6 Nxe4 $1 {We are entering complications that is evaluated by enignes as a
clear win for Black, but this is a perfect example for the different approach
that humans are taking.} 22. Bxe7 Ned2 23. Bxb3 (23. Qc2 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Bxf3
25. Bxd6 Qc8 $1 $19) 23... Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Bxf3 25. Bxd6 Bxd1 26. Bxd1 exd4 27.
cxd4 Qd7 28. Bg3 (28. Bc5 Ra1 29. f3 Qf5 30. Kf2 Qf4 $19) 28... Qxd4 (28... Re8
29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Kf1 Qe4 31. Nc2 Qd3+ 32. Ke1 Qb3 33. Bd6 Qxb2 34. Bb4 Qb3
35. d5 {According to computers this is also winning for Black, but again to
make such choices is simply not easy.}) 29. Bf3 Qd2 30. Rd1 Qxd1+ {Topalov
wants to clean up the situation, but this doesn't win.} (30... Qxb2 $1 31. Bxa8
Qxb4 32. Rd8+ Kh7 {From a psychological point of view this is not an easy
choice for humans.} 33. Re8 (33. Be4+ g6 34. Kg2 (34. Re8) 34... Qe7 $19) 33...
f5 34. Bd5 c3 35. Bg8+ Kg6 36. Re6+ Kg5 {Black wins according to computers,
but nobody would even bother to calculate such positions, in tournament chess
it is unpractical.}) 31. Bxd1 Ra1 32. Kg2 Rxd1 33. Be5 f6 34. Bc3 Kf7 35. Nc2
g5 36. h3 Kg6 {Better for Black but not enough to win.} 37. Na3 Rd5 38. Kf3 f5
39. Kg3 f4+ 40. Kg2 Kf5 41. f3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Bd3 c5
15. Be4 Rb8 16. Qa4 Nf6 17. Bc6 cxd4 18. Nxd4 e5 19. Nf3 Rd8 20. h3 a6 21. Rfc1
b5 22. Qa5 Be6 23. Qxa6 Nd5 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Rc7 Qb4 26. Qa3 Qxa3 27. bxa3
Bxf3 28. gxf3 Ra8 29. R7c5 Rxa3 30. Rxe5 Rxa2 31. Rxb5 Rdd2 32. Rf1 Rdb2 33.
Re5 Rb6 34. f4 Rab2 35. Kg2 g6 36. h4 h5 37. f5 Kg7 38. fxg6 Rxg6+ 39. Kh3 Rf6
40. Rg1+ Rg6 41. Rf1 Rf6 42. f4 Re2 43. Kg3 Re6 44. Kf3 Rh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. g3 Nc6 8. Bg2
Bd6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. exd4 Ba7 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Rc1 Rc8
15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 b5 19. Qc6 Bxd4 20. Qxf6
Bxf6 21. b3 Rd8 22. Rd1 Kf8 23. Kf1 a5 24. Bf3 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Ke7 26. a4 bxa4
27. bxa4 Bc3 28. Bb3 Bb4 29. Ke2 Kf8 30. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. Nc3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 {
We transposed to a regular f3 Sicilian, not that popular in this move order,
but still played from time to time.} 8. Be3 Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. c4
a5 12. Be2 {I have the impression that a slightly different move order could
improve White's desired set up:} (12. Qd2 b6 13. Nc1 Na6 14. Ne2 $1 O-O 15. Nc3
Nd7 16. Be2 {Black waisted a move on b6 (for a reason) and this helps White to
get what he wants.}) 12... Na6 13. Nd2 $5 O-O 14. Nb1 Nd7 15. Qd2 f5 16. Nc3
Bh4+ $1 17. g3 f4 18. Bf2 Bg5 19. Qc2 Nac5 {Another knight move is not without
sense:} (19... Ndc5 20. Kf1 e4 $1 21. Nxe4 Nb4 22. Qb1 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Re8 24.
Qb1 Qd7 $44) 20. Kf1 Qe8 21. Re1 $5 (21. Kg2 e4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Qxe4 24.
fxe4 Ne5 $44) 21... e4 $5 (21... Qh5 22. Kg2 $14) 22. Bxc5 $1 Nxc5 23. Nxe4
Nxe4 24. Bd3 fxg3 25. Bxe4 Qh5 $2 (25... g2+ 26. Qxg2 Qh5 27. Rg1 Bf6 28. Qg4
Qxg4 29. Rxg4 Be5 30. Kg2 b6 {The position is most likely drawish.}) 26. Kg2 $1
gxh2 27. Rxh2 Bh4 28. Bxh7+ Kh8 29. Be4 Rf4 30. Kh1 {White is winning of
course.} Qe5 {The idea is ...g5.} 31. Rg1 (31. c5 dxc5 32. Qxc5 g5 33. Qb6 Qg7
34. d6 {it looks that White will prevail here.}) 31... g5 32. Qc3 $6 Qxc3 33.
bxc3 Kg7 {A huge part of the advantage is gone.} 34. Rb1 Rf7 35. Rb6 Ra6 36.
Rhb2 Rxb6 37. Rxb6 Bf2 $1 38. Rxd6 Rf6 39. Rd8 Rf8 40. Rd6 Rf6 41. Rd8 Rf8 42.
Rxf8 Kxf8 43. d6 Bc5 44. d7 Ke7 45. Bf5 Be3 46. Kg2 Bd2 47. Kf2 {This is just
draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[Annotator "Iotov,V"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. Qa4+
({Another interesting option is:} 8. h3 $5 O-O 9. e3 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Nd2 Nbd7
12. Be2 (12. Nc4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. Bd3 Rxc4 $1 15. Bxc4 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bc3+
17. Ke2 $6 (17. Kf1 $142) 17... b5 $1 18. axb5 Nb6 $1 (18... axb5 $6 19. Bxb5
Ra2+ 20. Kf1 Ne5 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Bc4 Ra3 23. g4 f5 24. Kg2 $16 {1-0 Sokolov,
I (2650)-Fier,A (2580)/Dubai UAE 2014}) 19. Qb3 Bf6 $15) 12... Ne5 13. O-O Nfd7
14. Bg3 f5 15. Qc2 b6 16. Kh1 Nf6 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Rfe1 Bb7 20.
Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Nc4 Ne4 22. Kg1 Re7 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. Bf3 Re7 25. Qxb6 Qxb6 26.
Nxb6 Bxb2 27. Rd3 Be5 28. Rb3 Bc8 29. Reb1 a5 30. Nc4 $16 {1-0 Cheparinov,I 
(2675)-Dimov,D (2340)/Pleven BUL 2015}) 8... Bd7 9. Qb3 b5 $1 {Seems to be the
most logical way for Black to create counterplay that is also in the style of
the position!} (9... Qc7 10. e4 O-O 11. Nd2 Nh5 12. Be3 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14.
Be2 Nf6 15. Nc4 Qd7 16. O-O Na6 17. Rac1 $14 {1-0 Anton Guijarro,D (2630)
-Perunovic,M (2624)/Reykjavik ISL 2015}) 10. Bxd6 Qb6 11. Be5 O-O 12. e3 c4 (
12... b4 $5 13. Nb1 Bf5 (13... Bb5 $6 14. Bxb5 Qxb5 15. Na3 Qd7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6
17. Nc4 Qxd5 18. Nb6 $1 (18. O-O $6 Qb7 19. a4 Nd7 20. Nfd2 Rad8 21. Rad1 Qc6
22. Qc2 Rfe8 23. b3 Bc3 24. Nb1 Bg7 $11 {1-0 L'Ami,E (2627)-Werle,J (2533)/Den
Bosch NED 2012}) 18... Qxb3 19. axb3 Bxb2 20. Ra2 axb6 21. Rxa8 $18) 14. Nbd2
Nbd7 15. Nc4 Qd8 16. d6 a5 17. Bd3 Nxe5 18. Nfxe5 Be6 $44) 13. Qd1 b4 14. Nb1 (
14. Ne2 $5 {Transfering the knight to f4 removes if from harm (compared to d2)
and also helps secure the d5-pawn.} Rc8 15. Nf4 h6 $6 (15... Bg4 $5) 16. Bd4
Qb7 17. Ne5 (17. h4 $1 $16) 17... g5 18. Nxc4 gxf4 19. Nd6 Qxd5 20. Nxc8 Bxc8
$11 {1-0 Oparin,G (2572)-Cordova,E (2610)/Moscow RUS 2016}) 14... Rc8 15. Nbd2
(15. Be2 {Attempting to develop the kingside leaves the d5-pawn unprotected.}
Qc5 (15... Bf5 16. O-O Nbd7 17. Bd4 Qa5 18. Nfd2 Nb6 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Nxc4 $16
) 16. a3 Qxd5 17. axb4 Qxd1+ 18. Bxd1 Nc6 19. Bc3 Nd5 $44) 15... Bb5 (15... c3
$5 16. Nc4 $1 (16. bxc3 $2 bxc3 17. Nc4 Qa6 $1 18. Nd6 c2 19. Qd2 Qa3 20. Nxc8
Ne4 21. Qxc2 Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Qa5+ 23. Ke2 Nc3+ 24. Ke1 Ne4+ $11) 16... Qc5 17.
bxc3 Nxd5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd4+ Kg8 20. cxb4 Qxb4+ 21. Ncd2 Qxd4 22. Nxd4 Nc6
$32) 16. a4 $1 (16. Rc1 c3 17. bxc3 Bxf1 18. Nxf1 Nbd7 19. Bd4 Qa6 20. cxb4 $2
(20. Ng3 $142 bxc3 21. Ne2 $14) 20... Rxc1 21. Qxc1 Rc8 22. Qb1 Nxd5 23. Bxg7
Kxg7 24. Qb2+ N7f6 25. b5 Qa4 26. Nd4 Nb4 27. Qb3 Qa5 28. Ke2 Nxa2 29. Kf3 Rc3
$19 {0-1 Nezad,H (2405)-Adhiban,B (2627)/Biel SUI 2015}) 16... bxa3 17. Rxa3 (
17. Bd4 axb2 $1 18. Bxb6 c3 $3 19. Bd4 c2 20. Bxb2 cxd1=Q+ 21. Rxd1 Bxf1 22.
Kxf1 Nxd5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Ne4 Nf6 25. Nxf6 Kxf6 $11) 17... Bf8 $1 {In my
opinion, an illogical continuation because it leaves the White bishop to
freely roam on the a1-h8-diagonal. Yet, it also appears to be the best move in
the position!} (17... Nxd5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qa1 Kg8 $1 (19... Qf6 20. Nd4 Nb4
21. Qc1 $16) 20. Be2 Nd7 21. Nd4 $14 {with an undeniable positional advantage
for White due to the better pawn structure and more active piece placement.}) (
17... Nbd7 18. Bd4 Qb7 19. d6 $16) 18. Bd4 Qb7 19. Ra1 $6 ({Placing the Black
bishop to d6 where it could be a potential target due the X-Ray from the queen
on d1.} 19. d6 $5 Bxd6 20. Ra1 Nd5 21. Be2 $14) 19... Nxd5 20. Be2 Nc6 $11 21.
O-O Nxd4 $6 {It's needless to take the bishop straight away when it simply has
nowhere to escape.} (21... Qe7 $1 22. Bc3 (22. Nxc4 $6 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Rd8 $1 $44
) 22... Nxc3 23. bxc3 Bg7 24. Qc2 a6 $11) 22. Nxd4 a6 23. Bf3 (23. Ne4 $5)
23... Rd8 24. Ne4 Qb6 25. Nc3 Nxc3 26. bxc3 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Rb5,Rc4,Yd4,Gf3]
[%cal Ga1a6]} Rac8 27. Qc2 $6 {I don't find the queen on c2 to be of any
particular use for White.} (27. Qe2 $142 {[%csl Rc4,Yf3][%cal Ge2c4,Gf3b7,
Ge2f3,Gg2g3,Gh2h4] Keeps the bishop on f3 under control.} Qf6 28. g3 h5 29. h4
Rc5 30. Bb7 Rb8 31. Qf3 $14) 27... Qf6 28. Rfb1 Rc5 29. Bd1 $5 {[%cal Gc2e2,
Gd1a4] Attempting to exchange the bishop on b5 - the only protector of Black's
queenside.} (29. Qa2 h5 30. Bb7 Rd6 31. e4 $6 {[%cal Gb7d5]} Rxd4 32. cxd4 Qxd4
$44) 29... Bg7 (29... h5 $5) 30. Qe2 Qe7 31. Rb2 {[%csl Ye2][%cal Gb2e2]} (31.
Ba4 $4 Bxd4 32. cxd4 Rxd4 $19) (31. Qf1 $5) 31... Qe8 (31... h5 32. Ba4 Bxa4
33. Rxa4 a5 $11) 32. Rba2 h5 33. Ba4 (33. Qf1 $5 $14 {[%cal Gd1a4] Avoiding
the complications following the game, while keeping Black at bay with no
stable counterplay.}) 33... Bxa4 34. Rxa4 Bxd4 35. cxd4 Rxd4 36. exd4 Qxe2 37.
dxc5 c3 38. Rc1 c2 39. Rd4 Qb5 40. Rd2 Qxc5 41. Rdxc2 Qa3 42. h4 a5 $11 {
With a fair equality and zero chances for a win from both sides! The rest is a
matter of playing solid chess.} 43. g3 a4 44. Re1 Qb3 45. Rce2 Qc3 46. Re3 Qb2
47. R1e2 Qb4 48. Kh2 Kg7 49. Rf3 g5 50. hxg5 h4 51. Ree3 hxg3+ 52. Kxg3 Kg6 53.
Kh2 Qc4 54. Rg3 Qf1 55. Ref3 Qc4 56. Rf6+ Kg7 57. Rff3 Kg6 58. Rf6+ Kg7 59.
Rff3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "189"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 h6 13. d5 Nb8 14. b3 c6 15. c4
Nbd7 16. Nf1 Qc7 17. Be3 a5 18. Rc1 Ba6 19. cxb5 Bxb5 20. Bd3 Qb7 21. Bxb5 cxb5
22. Ng3 Rec8 23. Qd3 h5 24. Rc3 b4 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rc1 Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 Nc5 28.
Qc4 g6 29. Bg5 Nfd7 30. Nd2 a4 31. Kh2 Qb6 32. Ne2 axb3 33. axb3 Qa5 34. Ng1
Nb6 35. Qe2 Nc8 36. Ngf3 Be7 37. Be3 Nb6 38. Ne1 Nbd7 39. Nc2 Qa6 40. Qxa6 Nxa6
41. Kg1 Kf8 42. Kf1 Bd8 43. Ke2 Bb6 44. Bh6+ Ke7 45. f3 Ndc5 46. Be3 f5 47. g4
hxg4 48. hxg4 fxg4 49. fxg4 Nd7 50. Bg5+ Ke8 51. Nc4 Bc7 52. Be3 Ndc5 53. Nd2
Ba5 54. Ne1 Bb6 55. Bxc5 Bxc5 56. Nef3 Nc7 57. Ng5 Ke7 58. Kd3 Kf6 59. Ndf3 Bf2
60. Nh3 Bg3 61. Nhg1 Na6 62. g5+ Ke7 63. Nd2 Kd7 64. Kc4 Kc7 65. Kb5 Nc5 66.
Ngf3 Nd3 67. Kc4 Nf2 68. Kxb4 Bf4 69. Kb5 Nh3 70. b4 Nxg5 71. Ka6 Nxf3 72. Nxf3
g5 73. b5 g4 74. b6+ Kb8 75. Nh4 g3 76. Nf5 g2 77. Ne7 g1=Q 78. Nc6+ Kc8 79.
b7+ Kd7 80. b8=Q Qf1+ 81. Kb7 Qb5+ 82. Ka8 Qa4+ 83. Qa7+ Qxa7+ 84. Nxa7 Kc7 85.
Nb5+ Kb6 86. Nxd6 Kc5 87. Nf5 Bg5 88. Kb7 Kc4 89. d6 Kd3 90. Ng3 Ke3 91. d7 Kf3
92. Nh5 Kxe4 93. Kc6 Kf3 94. Ng7 e4 95. Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Nc7 14. d4 d5
15. cxd5 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Re5 Qd6 20. Bc4 Bd7
21. Qc3 Rae8 22. Rae1 Rxe5 23. dxe5 Qe7 24. Rd1 Be6 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. Qa5 b5
27. Qxa7 Qxe5 28. Qd4 Qe6 29. a4 bxa4 30. Qxa4 h6 31. h3 Rb8 32. Rc1 Rxb2 33.
Qxc6 Qxc6 34. Rxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 {The Open Ruy Lopez is
very popular nowadays even on the top level too.} 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 (9. c3) (9. Nbd2) ({and} 9. Be3 {are the alternative systems.}) 9...
Nc5 (9... Be7) ({or} 9... Bc5 {are the other main lines.}) 10. Rd1 Nxb3 11.
cxb3 (11. axb3 {is far more popular, for example} Be7 12. c4 b4 13. cxd5 Bxd5
14. Qd3 Be4 15. Qe2 Bd5 16. Qd3 Be4 17. Qe2 Bd5 18. Qd3 {1/2 Yu Yangyi-Wei Yi,
Taizhou 2015, and a draw.}) 11... Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be3 Qd7 14. h3 $146 {
The first new move in the game.} (14. Rac1 Rad8 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 h6 17.
Nf3 Rfe8 18. h3 d4 19. Ne4 Bd5 {A.Sokolov-Hellers, Stockholm 1989, and Black
looks fine.}) 14... Rad8 15. Rd2 f6 16. Rad1 ({In case of} 16. exf6 Bxf6 17.
Re1 Rfe8 {the position is balanced.}) 16... Nxe5 (16... fxe5 {is similar to
the text move,} 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Qxd5 19. Rxd5 Rxd5 {should be an equal
position.}) 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Qxd5 20. Rxd5 Rxd5 21. Qc2 $1
{The best way to activate the queen.} c5 22. g3 (22. Qe4 {was the alternative
choice:} Rfd8 23. Qf5 R8d6 {.}) 22... Kh8 $6 {A dubious move, Black starts a
bad plan.} (22... g6 $1 {was correct followed by ...Rfd8.} 23. Qe4 Rfd8 24. h4
Bf6 $11 {and Black holds his position.}) 23. h4 Rfd8 24. Qe4 h6 $2 {A mistake,
now the light-squares are becoming weak on the kingside.} (24... g6 {was
important to avoid h5,} 25. Qg4 R5d6 26. Kg2 $14 {and still it won't be easy
to break Black's fortress.}) 25. Kg2 Bf6 26. Kh3 h5 27. a4 $1 {White tries to
weaken Black's queenside pawns.} (27. Qg6 e4 $1 {and still Black can hope to
survive.}) 27... Rd3 28. axb5 axb5 29. Qg6 e4 {Black tries to activate his
bishop.} (29... Rxb3 30. Qxh5+ Kg8 31. g4 $1 $18 {is also unpleasant for Black,
because he can't avoid g5-g6.}) 30. Qxh5+ Kg8 31. Qf5 Bxb2 32. Qxe4 c4 (32...
Rxb3 $4 {loses the rook after} 33. Qe6+ $18) ({Probably} 32... R3d5 {was
tougher, but} 33. Qe6+ Kh7 34. Bg5 R8d7 35. Qe2 Bd4 36. f4 {also looks
unpleasant for Black.}) 33. bxc4 bxc4 34. Qxc4+ R3d5 35. g4 $1 {The best move:
White puts his pawns on dark squares, so he limits the black bishop's moves.}
Kh8 36. g5 Bd4 37. Bxd4 Rxd4 38. Qf7 $1 $18 {The queen and two pawns are
winning against two rooks.} R8d7 ({In the event of} 38... R8d5 39. Kg3 Kh7 40.
f4 $18 {White wins easily.}) 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Qh5+ Kg8 41. g6 Re4 42. Qh7+ Kf8
43. Qh8+ Ke7 44. Qxg7+ Ke6 45. Qh8 Rd3+ 46. Kh2 {Nice game by Caruana!} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Greet, Andrew"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be2 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Nxc3 7. bxc3 e4 8.
Ne1 Bd6 9. f3 f5 10. fxe4 fxe4 11. d4 Be6 12. Rb1 Na5 13. g3 Qd7 14. Rb5 Nc4
15. Rxb7 Nb6 16. c4 Qc6 17. c5 Qxb7 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Bb5+ Bd7 20. Ng2 O-O-O
21. Rf7 Qd5 22. Ba6+ Kb8 23. Rxg7 Qxa2 24. Be2 Ba4 25. Ne3 Rc8 26. Qe1 Bxc2 27.
Bg4 Rc6 28. Nf5 e3 29. Ne7 Be4 30. Nxc6+ Bxc6 31. Qe2 Qd5 32. Bxe3 Rf8 33. Bf4
Rxf4 34. gxf4 Qxd4+ 35. Kf1 Qxg7 36. f5 Nd5 37. Bf3 Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Peralta, Fernando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Prasanna,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Argentina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 b6 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Nd1 O-O ({The move} 9... cxd4 {has been played more often} 10. Nxd4 Nxd4
11. Bxd4 O-O (11... Nb8) 12. Nf2 (12. Bd3 f6 $1) 12... Nb8 13. c3 Nc6 14. Bd3)
10. c3 a5 11. Bb5 {The white strategy is to preserve the light-squared bishops
- Black's main 'problem piece in the French'.} Ndb8 {Black improves over a
game played in the German Bundesliga.} (11... Qc7 12. O-O a4 13. Bf2 Ba6 14.
Bxa6 Rxa6 15. f5 Na5 16. f6 gxf6 17. Bh4 Qd8 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Qg5+ Kh8 20. Ne5
Ng8 21. Qh5 f6 22. Ng6+ Kg7 23. Nxf8 Qxf8 24. Ne3 Qf7 25. Qg4+ Kh8 26. Qf4 Nc6
27. Qc7 cxd4 28. Nxd5 dxc3 29. Nxe7 Ncxe7 30. bxc3 b5 31. Rad1 {1-0 (31)
Balogh,C (2659)-Schenk,A (2483) Baden-Baden GER 2015}) 12. Ba4 ({The simpler} 
12. O-O {is possible} Ba6 13. a4 $5 {It is not that easy for Black to equalise.
} Na7 14. c4 dxc4 15. Nc3 Nxb5 (15... Bxb5 16. axb5 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bb4 18. f5
$14) 16. axb5 Bb7 17. Rad1 cxd4 18. Nxd4 g6 19. f5 $40) 12... Ba6 (12... cxd4
13. cxd4 {does not help Black.}) 13. a3 b5 (13... Qc7 14. Bc2 Rc8 15. Rc1 (15.
Bb1 Nd7 16. h4 a4 17. Ng5 Nf8) 15... b5 {seems to give Black enough
counterplay.}) 14. Bc2 Nd7 15. h4 cxd4 16. cxd4 f5 {A typical French idea,
blunting White's attack. A long phase of manoeuvring continues now.} (16... b4
$5 17. Ng5 g6 (17... h6 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Bd3 bxa3 20. bxa3 Qc8 21. Bxa6 Qxa6
22. Qc2 g6 23. h5 Rac8 24. hxg6 Bxg5) 18. h5 (18. Nxh7) 18... Bxg5 19. fxg5 Nb6
20. Qf2 Nc4 21. Qh4 {with complications.}) 17. g4 Nb6 18. Qg2 Qd7 19. Bc1 {
White wants his knight on e3.} b4 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Ne3 (21. Rg1 Bd8 22. Ne3
Ra7 23. Qh3 {transposes to the game.}) 21... bxa3 {It appears that Black has
enough counterplay on the queenside and it is quite fast.} 22. bxa3 Bd8 23. Rg1
Ra7 24. Qh3 Ne7 25. Qg2 Nc6 26. Rb1 Nc4 27. Nxc4 Bxc4 28. Kf2 (28. Ba4 Bd3 29.
Rb3 Be4 30. Rc3 Bxh4+ 31. Nxh4 Bxg2 32. Bxc6 Qd8 33. Nxg2 Kh8 34. Be3 $14)
28... a4 29. Bd2 Qe7 30. Qh3 Qxa3 31. Bxf5 Rxf5 {The game is marred with
mistakes after this. Time pressure could be a possible reason, but Black
spoilt his chances and even went on to lose.} (31... Kh8 $1 {and I believe
Black has enough resources and counterplay to hold off White's attack:} 32. h5
(32. Bxh7 Nxd4 $17) 32... Bd3 33. Bxd3 Qxd3 $15) 32. Qxf5 Qxf3+ 33. Kxf3 Nxd4+
34. Kg4 Be2+ 35. Kh3 Nxf5 36. Rb8 Kf7 37. Rxd8 a3 $2 {The final mistake. An
otherwise well played game by Black is spoiled by mistakes close to the 40th
move.} (37... Bf3 {still gave equal chances for Black} 38. Bb4 a3 39. Rc1 Kg6
40. e6 a2 41. Ra1 Rb7 42. e7 Nxe7 43. Bxe7 Rxe7 44. Rxa2 Re3 $11) 38. e6+ Ke7
39. Rxd5 a2 40. Rxf5 a1=Q 41. Rxa1 Rxa1 42. Bb4+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. O-O
Nbc6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. c4 Qd7 12. Nc3 dxc4 13. Na4 Nd5 14. Nxf5 exf5
15. Rc1 c3 16. Nxc3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 g6 18. Qf3 Bh6 19. Na4 O-O 20. Nb6 Qa7 21.
Rxc6 Rae8 22. Nc4 f4 23. Kh1 fxe3 24. b3 Bg7 25. Qxe3 Qxe3 26. Nxe3 Rxe5 27.
Nc4 Re6 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Kg1 Ke7 31. Kf2 Kd7 32. Ke3 Kc6 33.
Ke4 Kb5 34. a3 a5 35. Ne5 Bf8 36. Nd3 Bxa3 37. Ke5 Kc6 38. Kxe6 Bd6 39. g3 Bc7
40. Ne1 h5 41. Nc2 h4 42. gxh4 Bxh2 43. Kf6 Bg3 44. Kxg6 Bxh4 45. Ne3 Kc5 46.
Nc4 a4 47. bxa4 Kxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. e3 e5 7. d5 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2
Nb8 9. Nc3 Na6 10. Nge2 Nf6 11. h3 Nc5 12. g4 Ng8 13. Ng3 Qh4 14. O-O-O Bd7 15.
Nce4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 g6 17. Bc2 Ne7 18. Rdg1 f5 19. f4 e4 20. Qc3 Rf8 21. Ne2 Qf6
22. Nd4 Kf7 23. g5 Qg7 24. h4 a4 25. h5 c5 26. dxc6 bxc6 27. Rd1 c5 28. Ne2 Ra6
29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. Nc3 Rb8 31. Rd2 Be6 32. h6+ Kf7 33. Rhd1 Nc8 34. Bxa4 Bxc4
35. Bd7 Ke7 36. Bxc8 Rxc8 37. b3 Bd3 38. Kb2 Ke6 39. Rxd3 exd3 40. Rxd3 c4 41.
Rd4 cxb3 42. axb3 Rca8 43. Rc4 Ra1 44. Rc7 R8a7 45. Rxh7 Rxh7 46. Kxa1 Rb7 47.
Kb2 Rb8 48. Kc2 Rb7 49. Nb1 Kd5 50. Nd2 Rc7+ 51. Kd3 Rb7 52. Kc3 Rc7+ 53. Nc4
Rb7 54. Nd2 Rc7+ 55. Kd3 Rc1 56. b4 Rd1 57. Ke2 Rh1 58. Nf1 Kc4 59. Kf2 Kxb4
60. Kg2 Rh5 61. Nh2 Kc5 62. Nf3 Kd5 63. Kg3 Ke6 64. Nd4+ Kf7 65. Nb5 Ke7 66.
Kg2 Rh4 67. Nc7 Kf7 68. Nd5 Rg4+ 69. Kf3 Rg1 70. Ke2 Ra1 71. Nc3 Ra5 72. Kd3
Rc5 73. Kd4 Ra5 74. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{In one of the crucial matches in round six, or probably the entire tournament,
the US team narrowly edged the strong Ukrainian team 2.5-1.5 to clinch clear
second on the table. The US team had had a pleasant performance so far. They
had never been in danger in any of their matches (well a bit against the
Czechs, maybe) and their "big three" have constantly scored for them. This
time Caruana won with very fine technique on board 1 against Eljanov.} 1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {This is not an odd choice by Fabiano. He has employed the
"Rossolimo" in the past in a handful of games.} g6 {By far, the most common
continuation.} 4. Bxc6 bxc6 {This came as a surprise to me. 4...dxc6 is
considered the solid continuation here. Eljanov's immediate reply implies that
he had this line thoroughly investigated or maybe he was just afraid of
Caruana's strength in handling the "main line" like this game which took place
in the very same country few months earlier.} (4... dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 (5... Bg4 6.
Nbd2 {is an unconventional handling of Rossolimo by Mr. "Fire on board",
legendary Alexei Shirov. However, his adventure against future world
championship contender, Anish Giri, did not end well.} Bg7 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Nxf3
Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. O-O Nc7 11. Be3 Ne6 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Bd2 Rd8 14. Re4 Nd4 15.
Bc3 Nb5 16. Qd2 O-O 17. Rae1 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Rd5 19. b3 b5 20. Qd2 Qb6 21. Qe3
Qa5 22. c4 bxc4 23. dxc4 Rdd8 24. Qe2 e6 25. h4 Rd7 26. h5 Rfd8 27. hxg6 hxg6
28. g3 Qc3 29. Kg2 a5 30. Re3 Rd3 31. Rd1 {1-0 (31) Giri,A (2778)-Shirov, A 
(2689) Reykjavik 2015}) 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bf4 b6 (8... Nd7 9. Qd2 e5 10.
Bh6 Qe7 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. O-O-O (12. O-O {is less aggressive and a lesser
number of players have opted for it.}) 12... a5 13. a4 (13. Kb1 a4 14. Ne2 b5
15. Rdg1 c4 16. h4 f6 17. Ng3 Nb6 18. d4 h5 19. a3 c5 20. dxe5 fxe5 21. Qe3 Ra6
22. Qg5 Qxg5 23. hxg5 c3 24. Nxe5 Nc4 25. Nxc4 bxc4 26. f3 Rb6 27. Ne2 cxb2 28.
Rd1 Be6 29. Nc3 Rfb8 30. Rd2 Kf7 31. Rhd1 Ke7 32. Nd5+ Bxd5 33. Rxd5 Rc6 34.
Rd7+ Kf8 35. R7d5 Kf7 36. Rd7+ Kf8 37. Re1 Ke8 38. Rd5 Ke7 39. f4 Rd6 40. Red1
Re6 41. Rd7+ Kf8 42. e5 Rc6 43. g4 hxg4 44. Rh1 Kg8 45. Rdh7 Rf8 46. Kxb2 g3
47. Kc3 g2 48. Rh8+ Kf7 49. Rxf8+ Kxf8 50. Rg1 Rb6 51. Rxg2 Rb1 52. Kxc4 Ra1
53. Rg3 Rf1 54. Kxc5 Rxf4 55. Kd5 Ke7 56. Rh3 Rg4 57. Rh7+ Kf8 58. c4 Rg3 59.
c5 Rd3+ 60. Kc4 {1-0 (60) Motylev,A (2677)-Jones,G (2578) Aix les Bains 2011})
13... Rd8 14. h4 f6 15. Qe3 Nf8 16. Rdg1 Bg4 17. Nh2 Be6 18. g4 c4 19. dxc4
Bxc4 20. g5 h5 21. gxh6+ Kh7 22. f4 exf4 23. Qxf4 Nd7 24. Rxg6 Kxg6 25. Rg1+
Kh7 26. Rg7+ Qxg7 27. hxg7 Be6 28. Ng4 Bxg4 29. Qxg4 Ne5 30. Qe6 Rd7 31. Qxf6
Re8 32. Qf8 {1-0 (32) Brkic,A (2585)-Stany,G (2476) Biel 2016}) 9. Qd2 Re8 10.
O-O-O a5 11. Ne5 b5 12. Qe3 Qb6 13. Bh6 Bh8 14. f4 a4 15. Rhf1 e6 16. g4 a3 17.
b4 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Bxd7 19. e5 f5 20. Ne2 Bg7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. h4 fxg4 23. h5
gxh5 24. Ng3 Kh8 25. Nxh5 Re7 26. Nf6 Be8 27. f5 exf5 28. Rxf5 Qc7 29. Rg5 Rg7
30. Rh1 Bg6 31. Rxg4 Qf7 32. Kb1 cxb4 33. Qd4 Bf5 34. e6 Rxg4 35. exf7 Rxd4 36.
Ne8 {1-0 (36) Caruana,F (2804)-Radjabov,T (2726) Shamkir 2016}) 5. O-O Bg7 6.
Re1 {} Nh6 {Well, recent results in this line have been very promising for
Black. Results in games among top GMs in 2016 show that Black is actually
doing very well in this line. So, probably we are witnessing a shift in
fashion of how to handle the Rossolimo with Black.} (6... Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 {
was played against Caruana recently by none other than the legendary Garry
Kasparov.} 8. c4 Nc7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Ne6 (10... O-O 11. Qh4 f6 12. Nc3 Ne6
13. Ne4 fxe5 14. Nfg5 Nxg5 15. Bxg5 Qb6 16. c5 Qxb2 17. Rad1 Qxa2 18. Bxe7 Rf4
19. Qg3 a5 20. Bg5 Rxe4 21. Rxe4 Ba6 22. h4 Bc4 23. Rde1 Bf7 24. h5 a4 25. h6
Bh8 26. Qh4 Bd5 27. Rb4 Qc2 28. Bf6 g5 29. Bxg5 a3 30. Rg4 Kf7 31. Bd8 Qxc5 32.
Qh5+ {1-0 (32) Jakovenko,D (2738)-Cornette,M (2590) Montpellier 2015}) 11. Qh4
d6 12. Nc3 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qd6 14. Nf3 h6 15. Be3 g5 16. Qe4 O-O 17. Qc2 f5 18.
Rad1 Qc7 19. Nd4 $6 (19. Na4 $1 f4 20. Bd2 g4 21. Nh4 {White's knights are
placed in awkward positions but their future is going to be bright!} Nd4 22.
Qe4 f3 23. g3 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 Rb8 25. b3 Rf6 26. Nc5 {and White will start to
dominate.}) 19... Nxd4 20. Bxd4 e5 21. Bc5 Re8 22. Bd6 Qf7 23. c5 e4 24. Ne2
Ba6 25. Nd4 Bd3 26. Qa4 f4 27. Nxc6 f3 28. Nb4 Be2 29. Rc1 e3 30. Qb3 exf2+ 31.
Kxf2 Bd4+ 32. Kg3 Qxb3 33. axb3 f2 34. Rh1 Re3+ 35. Kxf2 Rae8 36. Nc6 Rf3+ 37.
Ke1 Bb5+ 38. Ne7+ Rxe7+ 39. Bxe7 Re3+ 40. Kd2 Re2+ 41. Kd1 Rxe7 42. Re1 Rc7 43.
b4 Bxb2 44. Rb1 Bc3 45. Re6 Rd7+ 46. Kc2 Bd3+ 47. Kxc3 Bxb1 48. Rxh6 Be4 49. b5
Kg7 50. Ra6 Bxg2 51. c6 Re7 52. Kd4 Kf7 53. Ra2 Bf3 54. Kc5 Re5+ 55. Kb4 Be2
56. Rxa7+ Ke6 57. Rb7 Kd6 58. h3 Bxb5 59. Rxb5 Re4+ 60. Kc3 {1/2-1/2 (60)
Caruana,F (2795)-Kasparov,G (2812) Saint Louis 2016}) 7. c3 O-O {The players
are following the main line according the most recent games.} 8. h3 {Less
common than 8.d4.} f5 (8... f6 {used to be the way people often handled this
position. Black prevents e5 and plans to retreat his badly placed knight on h6
to f7. Black hopes to create a pawn mass in the centre, White's queenside is
somewhat weakened and his pieces are a bit cramped. That is what I knew from
from my past experience with this position. Eljanov, however, has a more
radical approach to solve his opening "issues".}) (8... d5 {is another way
which Gelfand employed against Inarkiev in their recent match.} 9. d3 c4 $5 10.
dxc4 (10. exd5 cxd5 11. dxc4 dxc4 12. Na3 Qc7 13. Bxh6 Bxh6 14. Qe2 Rb8 15.
Qxe7 Qxe7 16. Rxe7 Rxb2 17. Rxa7 {is dynamically balanced.}) (10. d4 dxe4 11.
Rxe4 Nf5 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. Rxe6 $1 {A thematic sacrifice by Adams.} (13. Re1 Nd6
14. Qe2 Rc8 15. b4 cxb3 16. axb3 c5 $1 {and Black has nothing to worry about})
13... fxe6 14. Qe2 e5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Qxe5 Qd5 17. Qe2 Nd6 18. b3 ({Maybe} 
18. Nf3 {[%cal Gc1h6,Gf3e5] was a better option}) 18... cxb3 19. axb3 e5 20.
Ba3 Rfe8 21. Bxd6 exd4 22. Qc4 dxc3 23. Nf3 Qxc4 24. bxc4 Re4 25. Rc1 Rxc4 26.
Ne5 Rd4 27. Bc7 a5 28. Rxc3 a4 29. Nc4 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Rb1 31. Bd6 Rb3 32. Rc2 a3
33. Nxa3 Rbxa3 34. Bxa3 Rxa3 35. Rxc6 Ra7 36. g4 Kg7 37. h4 h6 38. Rc5 Kf6 39.
Kg3 g5 40. Rc6+ Kg7 41. h5 Ra3+ 42. Kg2 Ra4 43. Kf3 Rf4+ 44. Kg3 Ra4 45. Rc7+
Kg8 46. Rc2 Kg7 47. f3 Ra3 48. Kf2 Kg8 49. Ke2 Kg7 50. Rd2 Kg8 51. Rd7 Rb3 52.
Rd3 Rxd3 53. Kxd3 Kf7 54. Kd4 Kf6 55. Kd5 Kf7 56. Ke5 Ke7 57. Kf5 Kf7 58. Ke5 {
1/2-1/2 (58) Adams,M (2738)-Harikrishna,P (2752) Baku 2016}) 10... dxe4 11.
Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Rxe4 e5 13. Re1 f6 14. Nbd2 Nf7 15. Nb3 a5 16. Be3 a4 17. Bb6 Re8
18. Nc5 Bf5 19. Nh4 Bc8 20. Rad1 f5 21. Nf3 e4 22. Nd4 Ne5 23. b3 axb3 24. axb3
Bf8 25. Ra1 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Bh6 27. Bc7 Nd7 28. Nxd7 Bxd7 29. b4 e3 30. f4 Bg7
31. Kf1 e2+ 32. Kf2 Be6 33. Nxe6 Bxc3 34. Be5 Bxa1 35. Nc7 Re7 36. b5 Bxe5 37.
fxe5 Rxc7 38. b6 Re7 {0-1 (38) Inarkiev,E (2730)-Gelfand,B (2734) Magas 2016})
9. e5 Nf7 10. d3 {} Rb8 {A very rare move.} (10... Ba6 11. c4 e6 12. Nc3 g5
13. Be3 h5 14. h4 g4 15. Ng5 Nxe5 16. Bxc5 Ng6 $5 17. g3 Re8 18. Qa4 Bb7 19.
Qb4 Ba6 20. Qa3 Bb7 21. Qb4 Ba6 22. Qa3 Bb7 23. Qb4 {1/2-1/2 (23) Inarkiev,E 
(2730)-Gelfand,B (2734) Magas 2016}) 11. Na3 $146 (11. Nbd2 d6 12. e6 Ne5 13.
Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Nf3 Bg7 15. Qa4 h6 16. Qh4 f4 (16... g5 17. Nxg5 $1 (17. Bxg5
hxg5 18. Nxg5 Rf6 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Qh5 Kg8 $11) 17... Rf6 {[%cal Yh6g5]} 18.
Nf7 Qf8 19. Qc4 Qe8 20. b3 Rb6 21. Bd2 (21. Bf4 Bxe6 22. Rxe6 d5) 21... Bxe6
22. Rxe6 d5 23. Qh4 Rxe6 24. Nxh6+ $13) 17. Bxf4 Rf5 18. Qg4 Qf8 19. Bg3 Qf6
20. Nh4 Rg5 21. Qe2 a5 22. Rab1 a4 23. a3 c4 24. dxc4 c5 25. Kh2 Bb7 26. b4 Bc6
27. Nf3 Rf5 28. bxc5 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 dxc5 30. Nh4 {1-0 (30) Bok,B (2611)
-Kotronias, V (2541) Moscow 2016}) 11... Ba6 12. Nc4 {After somewhat deep
thought, Caruana decides to keep things simple.} Bxc4 13. dxc4 {Judgement time:
The opening phase is over and we the game is entering the middlegame phase.
White has more space and both parties' pawn structures are a bit funky.
Black's main plan will be putting pressure on e5 otherwise White's excessive
space would become a decisive factor in this game.} d6 14. e6 Ne5 {The fewer
the pieces on the board the happier Black would be.} 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 {} 16. Bh6
Bg7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rb1 {Caruana plans to advance his pawns on the queenside.
} Qa5 {Eljanov carefully prevents any active plans of White for the moment.}
19. a4 Rf6 {} 20. Re3 Qa6 21. b3 Qc8 {Eljanov combines attack and defence. He
brings back his queen to c8 to keep his pieces coherent while having an eye on
White's "strong" weakness on e6.} 22. Qe1 a5 $6 {The first inaccuracy, Eljanov
voluntarily gives White a passed pawn. In my opinion, "patience" was the best
policy.} (22... Rf8 23. b4 Qa6 24. bxc5 Rxb1 25. Qxb1 dxc5 26. Qd3 Qxa4 27. Re1
(27. Qd7 Kf6 $1) 27... Qa5) ({Or} 22... f4 23. Re4 f3 24. g3 Qa6 {and it is
not easy to see how White can improve.}) 23. b4 axb4 24. cxb4 cxb4 25. Rxb4 Ra8
$6 (25... Rxb4 26. Qxb4 Rxe6 27. Rxe6 Qxe6 28. Qc3+ (28. a5 Qe5 {[%cal Ge5a1,
Ye5a5,Ge5h2]}) 28... Kf7 29. a5 Qc8 30. Qb3 Ke8 31. c5 dxc5 32. Qg8+ Kd7 33.
Qxh7 Qc7 34. Qxg6 Qe5 35. a6 c4 36. a7 Qa1+ 37. Kh2 Qxa7 38. Qxf5+ Kd6 39. Qf4+
Kd5 {should lead to a draw. I know that it is easy to sit and check these
lines with engines while at the first glance it looks ugly for Black but I am
sure Eljanov could have estimated the safety of this position intuitively.})
26. Qa1 ({I love this strategic pseudo pawn sacrifice.} 26. c5 $1 dxc5 27. Rc4
{[%cal Ge1c1,Ge3e5]}) 26... f4 27. Re4 f3 28. g4 Kg8 29. Qd1 {Fabiano plays
fast and maintains his grip.} Rxe6 30. Qxf3 Rxe4 $2 (30... d5 {would have
given Black a lot of activity which probably would have secured equality for
Black.}) 31. Qxe4 {Judgement time 2: We are entering the endgame phase in this
game. The last exchange gave White a lot of play as his queen is very nicely
placed in the centre and it will soon target the black king while keeping an
eye on his distant passed pawn on the a-file. White also controls the b-file
which makes his rook more active than Black's rook. The main advantage of
White is that his major pieces are capable of combining both attack and
defence while the black pieces are only in a defensive position. Evaluation?
White is better!} Qc7 32. c5 $1 {Of course!} dxc5 33. Qc4+ Kg7 34. Qc3+ Kg8 {}
35. Qc4+ {} Kg7 36. Qxc5 Qd6 $6 (36... Ra5 37. Qe3 Qd6 38. Rd4 Rd5 39. Rxd5
cxd5 40. a5 d4 41. Qd3 e5 42. a6 e4 43. Qxe4 d3 44. a7 d2 45. a8=Q d1=Q+ 46.
Kg2 Q1d4 47. Qab7+ Kh6 48. Qxd4 Qxd4 49. Qe7 {looks over for Black, but Black
has a trick up his sleeve:} Qf6 50. Qe3+ (50. Qxf6 {leads to stalemate!}) 50...
Kg7 {Practically, it is very dispiriting to have to defend this position but I
think with correct defence Black should have good drawing chances.}) 37. Qc3+
Qf6 38. Qe3 Rf8 39. Re4 {} Rf7 {Black is just too passive.} 40. Re5 $1 {
I love the harmony among White's pieces! All for one (promoting the a-pawn),
one for all!} Qd6 41. a5 {White is winning.} Qd1+ 42. Kg2 Qa1 {Finally Eljanov
gets to activate his queen. Unfortunately for him, it is too late!} 43. Qe2 e6
44. a6 {The rest is just trivial considering that Caruana is in charge!} Qd4 (
44... Ra7 45. Rxe6 Qxa6 46. Qe5+ {and mate follows.}) 45. Rxe6 c5 46. Re7 Qd5+
{} 47. f3 {} c4 {} 48. Rxf7+ Qxf7 {} 49. Qe5+ Kh6 50. Qe3+ {} Kg7 {} 51.
Qd4+ Kh6 {} 52. a7 Qb7 53. h4 {Black stopped White's pawn but now mate is
unavoidable. A neat demonstration of simple chess by Fabiano Caruana. In the
1920s the US had the famous grandmaster Isaac Kashdan who was considered by
many, including 4th world champion Alexander Alekhine, as one of the main
contenders for the world champion title. Kashdan's nickname was 'der Kleine
Capablanca' (German for "The little Capablanca") for his talent of grinding
wins out of even positions. Since Fabiano's performance was better and beyond,
I would like to call him 'Der große Capablanca' !!!!} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15.
b4 O-O 16. Bf4 Qd7 17. h3 Rfd8 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bg3 Kh8 20. Re1 Qc8 21. Nd2 a5
22. bxa5 Rxa5 23. Rxa5 Nxa5 24. f4 f5 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Ba2 Nc4 27. Bxc4 bxc4
28. g5 Qxh3 29. Qf3 Bh5 30. Qf2 Be2 31. gxf6 gxf6 32. Qg2 Qe6 33. Kh2 Rg8 34.
Ra1 Rg6 35. Qe4 Qxe4 36. Nxe4 Bf3 37. Nf2 d2 38. Ra7 Rh6+ 39. Bh4 d1=Q 40. Nxd1
Bxd1 41. Kg3 Kg8 42. f5 Bc2 43. Rxc7 Bd3 44. Rc5 Rh5 45. Bxf6 Rxf5 46. Rxf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.10"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8. c5
Bc7 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 b6 11. O-O Be5 12. a4 bxc5 13. Nxc5 d5 14. e4 Bd4 15.
exd5 exd5 16. Nb3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Bg4 18. f3 Be6 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Qa5 21.
Be3 Rfc8 22. Qb4 Qd8 23. Bd4 Ne8 24. Qb2 Nd6 25. g4 Nc4 26. Qf2 Na5 27. f4 Nb3
28. f5 Bd7 29. Rad1 Nxd4 30. Rxd4 Qf6 31. Qg3 Qb6 32. f6 Be6 33. Qe3 Kh8 34.
Kh1 Rg8 35. c4 Rad8 36. a5 Qxa5 37. Qe5 Rde8 38. cxd5 Bd7 39. Qd6 Qd8 40. h3
Bb5 41. Qxd8 Rxd8 42. fxg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.11"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2857"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 d5 {The world champion tries the Scandinavian for the 3rd time,
according to the database, and all of them against the same opponent!} 2. exd5
Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 {This is Sergey Tiviakov's pet line - he has played it 164
times, according to my research!} (3... Qd8 {This happened in the 2014 olympiad
} 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6 8. Ne2 e6 9. g4 Qd5 10. Bg2 Nbd7
11. Qg3 Qc4 12. Qb3 Qxb3 13. axb3 Bd6 14. c4 $14 {0-1 (50) Caruana,F (2801)
-Carlsen,M (2877) Tromso 2014. White has a more comfortable endgame, but the
pawn structure is unbalanced, and Black ended up winning.}) (3... Qa5 {The old
and main move was tried in a blitz game between them in 2015, ending in a draw:
} 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 c6 6. Bc4 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e6 9. Bd2 Qc7 10. O-O-O
Nbd7 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Bd6 13. Kb1 $14 {1/2-1/2 (63) Caruana,F (2805)
-Carlsen,M (2876) Stavanger 2015; and once again, White has a small advantage.}
) 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nc4 (7. f4 Nb6 8. g4 $5 {is one of the
most energetic ways to fight this variation, and there is no better person to
play this than Shirov} Nbd5 (8... g6 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O $13 {should be
safer}) 9. Bg2 g6 10. g5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nd5 $6 (11... Nd7 $5 {following with ...
h6 and ...Nxe5 at the right moment}) 12. c4 Nc7 13. c5 Qd8 14. d5 $1 {a very
instructive pawn sacrifice for the initiative} cxd5 $2 (14... Bg7 $5 {was the
lesser evil} 15. dxc6 Qxd1+ 16. Kxd1 b5 17. cxb6 axb6 $132 {following with ...
h6 and ...Be6, Black is fighting}) 15. c4 $1 {now the position is bad already}
e6 16. Bb2 Bg7 17. Nc6 bxc6 18. Bxg7 Rg8 19. Be5 $18 {1-0 (26) Shirov,A (2749)
-Tiviakov,S (2637) Hoogeveen 2010; leaving Black already in a hopeless
position.}) 7... Qc7 8. a4 $5 {A rare line, aiming to harass Black's knight on
b6 (a standard idea).} Nd5 $5 (8... Nb6 9. Ne5 g6 10. a5 Nbd7 11. Nd3 $5 $14) (
8... g6 $5) 9. Bd3 g6 10. Qf3 N7f6 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 (11... cxd5 $2 12. Bf4 Qd8 13.
Ne5 {threatening Bb5+} a6 14. O-O Bg7 15. c3 O-O 16. Rfe1 $16 {and Black has
some development issues.}) 12. O-O Bg7 13. c3 O-O 14. Qg3 {According to
Caruana himself, he missed Black's next move, that solves all of his problems 
(15...Rd8!).} (14. Re1 $5 {White has a good space advantage, and can always
count on exploiting it with an idea like Bg5 or h4-h5. Now if Black tries a
standard development with ...Be6, White may sacrifice the exchange to achieve
interesting play:} Be6 {intending c5} (14... Rd8 $6 15. h4 $1 c5 (15... h5 $2
16. Ne5 {with problems to defend f7 properly} Be6 (16... e6 17. Bg5 Rf8 18. Qe4
$16 {followed by Rad1 and c4}) 17. Qg3 $1 $16 {threatening Nxg6 or Bxg6}) 16.
dxc5 Qxc5 17. h5 $40 {it is not easy for Black to find a move here, Ne5 is a
strong threat}) 15. Rxe6 $5 {not forced, but playable} fxe6 16. Qe2 Nf4 (16...
Qd7 17. h4 $5 $40) 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Qe2 $44 {with interesting
positional compensation.}) 14... Qxg3 15. hxg3 Rd8 $5 {Threatening ...c5,
Black finds a way to activate.} 16. Be2 (16. Re1 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc3 $1 $132 {
looking bad for White already.}) 16... Be6 17. a5 c5 $5 (17... Rac8 {would be
a calm way to play the position} 18. a6 b6 $11) (17... b5 $5 18. axb6 axb6 19.
Rxa8 Rxa8 {should be equal, but Black is starting to look very comfortable and
could even create something on the queenside with ...b5, ...Ra2.}) 18. dxc5
Bxc3 {Suddenly there's action!} 19. a6 (19. bxc3 Nxc3 {and Black gets the
piece back, equalising:} 20. Bf3 Bxc4 21. Re1 Nd5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxe7 Re8
24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Be3 $11) 19... bxa6 20. Na5 (20. bxc3 {is no good once again
} Nxc3 21. Bf3 Bxc4 22. Bxa8 Bxf1 23. Bb7 Bb5 {despite the dangerous c-pawn,
Black is doing ok:} 24. Kh2 Rd1 25. Bb2 Rxa1 26. Bxa1 Na4 27. c6 Nb6 $15 {
followed by ...a5, Black is already thinking about getting an advantage.})
20... Bxa5 21. Rxa5 Nb4 22. Bf4 (22. Be3 Nd5 23. Bg5 Rab8 $11 {wouldn't change
the story of the game.}) 22... Nc6 23. Ra3 (23. Rxa6 Nd4 24. Bd3 Nb3 25. Be2
Nxc5 $11) 23... a5 24. Bb5 Nd4 25. Ba6 Bc8 26. Bc4 Be6 27. Ba6 Bc8 28. Bc4 Be6
(28... Be6 29. Bxe6 {would lead to simple equality after:} Nxe6 30. Rxa5 Nxf4
31. gxf4 Rdb8 32. Rfa1 Rxb2 33. Rxa7 Rxa7 34. Rxa7 Kf8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.12"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. b4 Bb6 6. d3 d6 7. a4 a5 8. b5 Ne7
9. Nbd2 Ng6 10. O-O O-O 11. Ba2 c6 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bg5 Be6 15. Ne3
d5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. g3 Qd7 18. Nd2 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Nxf5 Qxf5 21. Qf3 Qxf3
22. Nxf3 Kg7 23. Rab1 Rab8 24. Kg2 Bd6 25. Re2 f5 26. c4 dxc4 27. Bxc4 Bb4 28.
bxc6 bxc6 29. Ng5 Re7 30. Ne6+ Kf6 31. Nc5 Rb6 32. Reb2 Ra7 33. h3 Ne7 34. d4
exd4 35. Nd3 c5 36. Re2 Ng6 37. Rbb2 Rd6 38. f4 Re7 39. Kf3 h5 40. Rxe7 Nxe7
41. Re2 Nd5 42. Re8 Nb6 43. Ne5 Nxc4 44. Nxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Canada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. a4 Ne7 (7... Nh6
{is the main line. After 7...Ne7 and 7...Nf5 usually Black's knight is heading
to f5. It's obvious that after 7...Nh6 Caruana's 8.a5 a6 9.b4 doesn't work.
The dark side of 7....Nh6 is that quite often White can take on h6 and get an
advantage. Let's see some games.} 8. a5 (8. Nbd2 Be7 (8... a5 9. Nb3 Be7 10.
Bd3 O-O 11. h3 (11. Bxh6 $5 gxh6 12. Qd2 h5 13. c3 Qb6 14. Nc1 c5 15. Bb5 Rfd8
16. Ne2 $14 {I would prefer to play this position with White}) 11... c5 12.
Bxg6 fxg6 $1 ({If Black plays} 12... hxg6 {then after} 13. g4 {White can play
Be3, Qd2 and Black's knight has no squares}) 13. c3 Qb6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nbd4
Nf5 16. Nb5 Ne4 $11 {Brkic,A (2603)-Kreisl,R (2420) Zadar 2014 1-0 (37)}) 9. a5
O-O 10. c4 f6 (10... Rc8 11. Nb3 Nf5 12. a6 $6 b6 13. Bf4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 b5 15.
Be2 Nb6 16. Qd2 $6 Qd5 (16... Nd5 $1 $15) 17. Na5 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 $11 {
Laurusas,T (2429)-Ratkovic,M (2388) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 1-0 (46)}) 11. a6 (11.
cxd5 cxd5 12. Nb3 Nf7 13. exf6 Bxf6 $13) 11... b6 12. Nb3 Rc8 $6 13. Bxh6 $1
gxh6 14. cxd5 cxd5 (14... exd5 $6 15. Qd2 fxe5 16. dxe5 Nc5 (16... Bg5 17. Nxg5
hxg5 18. Bg4 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Rxf5 20. Nd4 $1 Rxe5 21. f4 gxf4 22. Rxf4 $40) 17.
Nbd4 h5 18. Rac1 $16) 15. Rc1 Bb4 16. Bb5 $14 {Burg,T (2359)-Piorun,K (2445)
Herceg Novi 2008 1-0 (33)}) 8... a6 9. Nbd2 (9. c4 Bxb1 $6 (9... Be7 10. Nc3
O-O 11. Bf4 Nf5 12. h3 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. cxd5 (14. Qb3 $5 Rb8 15. Qa2)
14... cxd5 15. b4 Be7 16. Qb3 Nb8 $11 {Brkic,A (2569)-Predojevic,B (2637)
Sarajevo 2012 1/2 (20)}) 10. Bg5 $1 Be7 11. Bxh6 Be4 $8 (11... gxh6 12. Qxb1
dxc4 13. Bxc4 $16) 12. Bxg7 Rg8 13. Bh6 dxc4 14. g3 Nf8 15. Bxc4 $16 {
Kryvoruchko,Y (2668)-Houska, J (2417) Dubai 2013 1-0 (41)}) 9... Be7 10. c4 O-O
11. Nb3 Nf5 12. Bf4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 c5 14. d5 b5 15. Be2 c4 (15... exd5 $5 16. g4
$2 (16. Qxd5 Qc7 17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. e6 Qxf4 19. exd7 c4 20. Nbd4 Nxd4 21. Rxd4
Qc7 $11) 16... Nh6 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qxd5 Qc7 19. Rac1 Rfd8 $17 {Preotu,R 
(2341)-Gerzhoy,L (2481) Montreal 2014 0-1 (40)}) 16. d6 cxb3 17. g4 Nxd6 18.
exd6 Bf6 19. Qxb3 e5 20. Be3 e4 $132 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2718)-Doettling,F 
(2587) Haguenau 2013 1-0 (66)}) 8. a5 a6 {I believe that Black's last move is
a serious concession; he shouldn't allow White to play b4.} (8... Nf5 {seems
to be stronger than 8...a6:} 9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b6 11. axb6 Nxb6 12. Bd3 Be7 (
12... Nxd4 $6 13. Bxg6 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 hxg6 15. Qxc6+ Qd7 16. Qxb6 $1 axb6 17.
Rxa8+ Ke7 18. Nc3 $16) 13. Nc3 O-O 14. g4 Nh4 15. Nxh4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Bxh4 17.
Qe4 (17. f4 Be7 18. Be3 Nd5 19. f5 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Bg5 21. Qf2 Bh4 22. Qd2 Bg5
$11) 17... Be7 {The arising position is rather dangerous for White.} 18. f4 c5
19. dxc5 Bxc5+ 20. Kg2 Re8 $11 {Karjakin,S (2785)-Sjugirov,S (2635) Moscow
2012 1/2 (42)} (20... Qc7 $5 21. f5 $15 (21. Nb5 Qe7) 21... Nd7 22. Na4 exf5
23. Rxf5 Rae8 $15)) 9. b4 $1 {White has prevented ...c5, so the only way to
get counterplay is connected with ...f6.} Nf5 (9... Nc8 {The knight is heading
to b5. I don't see any special reason to put it on this square.} 10. c3 Na7 11.
Bd3 Be7 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Re1 Nb5 14. Qd3 b6 15. axb6 Qxb6 16. Bg5 a5 17. Nbd2
$16 {Tabatabaei,M (2493)-Laurent-Paoli,P (2305) Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2016 1-0 
(57)}) 10. c3 f6 $146 {Sooner or later Black should make this move.} (10... Be7
11. Bf4 O-O 12. Nbd2 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Nf3 Be7 15. Qd2 h6 16. Ne1 Re8 17.
Nd3 Qc7 18. Be3 $14 {Cvak,R (2379)-Hernandez Fernandez,C (2230) ICCF 2011 1/2 
(43). Black's position is quite solid but he hasn't any counterplay.}) 11. Bf4
{This seems to be more solid than E. Gleizerov's recommendation 11.Nbd2.} (11.
Nbd2 $5 Qb8 (11... fxe5 12. dxe5 Be7 13. g4 Nh4 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15. f4 O-O 16.
Nf3 Be7 17. Nd4 $16) 12. Nb3 fxe5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nfd4 $44 {Gleizerov,E})
11... fxe5 12. dxe5 {Of course White shouldn't trade the knights on e5.} (12.
Nxe5 $6 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bd6 14. Nd2 Bxe5 15. dxe5 d4 $11) 12... Be7 13. g4 Nh4
14. Nd4 $14 Bf7 15. Bg3 h5 $6 {Black sacrifices a pawn and White's bishop has
the very important g4-square.} (15... g5 $1 16. Bxh4 gxh4 17. f4 c5 18. bxc5
Nxc5 19. Nd2 Rg8 20. Kh1 $16 {White is much better but at least Black has some
counter-chances.}) 16. gxh5 Qc7 $6 (16... Nf5 17. Nxf5 exf5 18. Na3 Nf8 19. Nc2
Ne6 20. f4 Qd7 21. Ne3 Nc7 22. Rc1 $16 O-O-O $2 23. Nxf5 $18) 17. Bg4 $18 {
White has an extra pawn and a strong attack.} Rh6 (17... Nf8 18. Nd2 Rh6 19. f4
$18) 18. f4 {With the obvious threat of f4-f5.} c5 {This is too late. Evgeny
tries to prevent f5 but now it is imposible.} 19. bxc5 Qxc5 20. Kh1 O-O-O 21.
Nd2 {Fabiano doesn't want to hurry up.} ({Lines such as} 21. f5 Nxf5 22. Rxf5
$1 exf5 23. Nxf5 Rdh8 24. Nd2 $18 {are useless for this position. White
doesn't need to take even a minimal risk.}) 21... Rdh8 22. Qe1 Bxh5 23. Bxe6
$18 Be8 24. f5 Bd8 {Black wants to play ...Bc7.} 25. Rf4 $1 {Black's chances
to save the game are minimal.} g5 {Black protects his knight on h4, but what
will stop the e5- and f5-pawns?} 26. Rf2 Bc7 27. Qe3 {The c3-pawn is protected,
the game is over.} Kb8 28. f6 Nf8 29. Bg4 Nhg6 30. N2b3 Qa7 31. f7 1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2016.10.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Houska, Jovanka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. f3 g6 12. Rad1 Ne6 13. Bh4 b6 14. Qc1 Bb7
15. e4 Nh5 16. Bf2 Bg5 17. Be3 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 f6 19. g4 Nhg7 20. Qh6 Qd7 21. f4
Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Qxg4+ 23. Kh1 dxe4 24. Be2 Nf5 25. Bxg4 Nxh6 26. Bd7 c5 27. Nde2
Red8 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Kg7 30. Rfd1 f5 31. h3 Ng8 32. Bc6 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 Rc8
34. Rd7+ Kf6 35. Bb5 h6 36. Bc4 g5 37. Kg2 Ne7 38. Kf2 Rb8 39. a4 Ra8 40. Ke3
Rc8 41. b3 Rb8 42. Rd6+ Kg7 43. Ng3 Rb7 44. Nh5+ Kh7 45. Ba6 1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e3 d5 5. h4 c6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Ngf6 8. h5
Qb6 9. Rb1 Ne4 10. Bf4 Rg8 11. O-O Bf6 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Na4 Qd8 14. c4 e6 15.
Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nec5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. b4 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Qh4 20. Rfc1 Rh8 21.
Kf1 Bd7 22. Bg3 Qh1+ 23. Ke2 Qxg2 24. Rg1 Qh3 25. Rh1 Qxh1 26. Rxh1 Rxh1 27.
Qd4 g5 28. f4 g4 29. Kf2 b6 30. Kg2 Rc1 31. Bh4 c5 32. Qd2 Rxc4 33. Bf6 d4 34.
Kg3 Rc3 35. Qh2 Rxe3+ 36. Kf2 g3+ 0-1

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. f4
Nc6 9. g4 Nd7 10. g5 g6 11. Bc4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qd5 O-O 14. Bb3 exf4 15.
Bxf4 Ne5 16. h4 Nf3+ 17. Kf2 Ne5 18. Rad1 Bg4 19. Qxb7 Rb8 20. Qxa6 Rb6 21. Qa5
Bxd1 22. Rxd1 Nc6 23. Qd5 Qc8 24. Kg3 h5 25. gxh6 Bf6 26. Qd2 Ne5 27. Qe2 Qd8
28. Rh1 Kh7 29. Nd5 Bxh4+ 30. Rxh4 g5 31. Rg4 gxf4+ 32. Kxf4 Rb7 33. Rg7+ Kxh6
34. Rg1 Qh4+ 35. Ke3 Qh3+ 36. Kf2 Qh4+ 37. Ke3 Qh3+ 38. Kf2 Qh4+ 39. Ke3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2016.10.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bd2 b5
9. h4 h6 10. Rh3 Nd7 11. Rg3 g6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Be2 N7b6 14. axb5 cxb5 15. Kf1
Bd7 16. Bxb4 Qxb4 17. Nd6+ Kf8 18. Ne1 Na4 19. Bf3 Qb3 20. Qxb3 cxb3 21. Bxd5
exd5 22. Rxb3 a5 23. Nxb5 Rb8 24. Rxa4 Rxb5 25. Rba3 Rxb2 26. Rxa5 Kg7 27. Rxd5
Be6 28. Rd6 Rc8 29. Ra1 Bg4 30. Kg1 Rd2 31. Kh2 Rc4 32. Kg3 h5 33. Ra7 Rcxd4
34. Rxd4 Rxd4 35. Nc2 Rc4 36. Ne3 Re4 37. Nxg4 Rxg4+ 38. Kf3 Kf8 39. g3 Rb4 40.
Ke3 Rb2 41. Rd7 Ra2 42. f3 Ra4 43. Rd4 Ra3+ 44. Kf4 Ke7 45. Rb4 Ke6 46. Rb6+
Ke7 47. Rf6 Ra5 48. Rc6 Ra3 49. Rb6 Ra5 50. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2016.10.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Bd6 8.
O-O-O Be5 9. g3 Nge7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. f4 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 e5 14. Rd1
exf4 15. e5 f3 16. Qxf3 Qxe5 17. Bg2 d6 18. Rhe1 Qg5+ 19. Kb1 Be6 20. Qxb7 d5
21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Rab8 23. Qc6 Rfc8 24. Qd6 Bf5 25. Be4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Rd8
27. Rde1 Qb5 28. Qe5 Qc6 29. b3 h6 30. Kb2 Rb5 31. Qf4 Rc8 32. R1e2 Rc5 33. c4
a5 34. Qe3 Kh7 35. Re5 Qf6 36. Qf4 Qg6 37. Qe4 f5 38. Qd4 Qh5 39. Rf2 Rxe5 40.
Qxe5 Rf8 41. Qxa5 Qd1 42. Qd2 Qg1 43. Qc2 Kh8 44. a4 g5 45. c5 f4 46. c6 f3 47.
c7 Kg7 48. Rd2 f2 49. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2016.10.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a5 7. Re1 h6 8. a4 O-O
9. h3 Be6 10. Na3 Bxa3 11. Bxe6 Bxb2 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. Bxb2 Qd7 14. c4 Raf8
15. Nh4 Kh7 16. f4 exf4 17. d4 Re8 18. Qb1 Kg8 19. Nf3 Rfe7 20. d5 Ne5 21. Bxe5
Rxe5 22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Qxb7 f3 24. Qb3 fxg2 25. Qf3 Qe8 26. Ra2 Nxe4 27. Rae2
Ng5 28. Qg4 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 Qxe2 30. Qxe2 Nxh3+ 31. Kh2 g1=Q+ 32. Kxh3 Kh7 33.
Qd2 h5 34. Qxa5 Qh1+ 35. Kg3 h4+ 36. Kf4 Qh2+ 37. Kf5 Qe5+ 38. Kg4 Qg3+ 39. Kf5
h3 0-1

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2016.10.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2016.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 Re8 8. h3
Bf8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Bd7 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. Bg3 Bf8 13. a4 a6 14. Bc4 Be6 15.
Bxe6 Rxe6 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 d5 18. e5 Nh7 19. Nb1 Ng5 20. Nxg5 hxg5 21. Nc3
Nb4 22. Re2 Rc8 23. a5 c5 24. dxc5 Bxc5 25. Rd2 d4 26. Ne4 d3 27. Qg4 Be7 28.
Nd6 Bxd6 29. exd6 Nc2 30. Rad1 Ne1 31. Qa4 b5 32. axb6 Qxb6 33. d7 Rd8 34. Kf1
Re2 35. Qc4 Qb7 36. Rxe2 dxe2+ 37. Qxe2 Qxg2+ 38. Kxe1 Qh1+ 39. Kd2 Rxd7+ 40.
Kc2 Qc6+ 41. Kb1 Qg6+ 42. Ka2 Rxd1 43. Qxd1 Qe6+ 44. Ka3 Qxh3 45. Qd8+ Kh7 46.
Qxg5 Qf1 47. Be5 f6 48. Qh4+ Kg8 49. Bc3 Kf7 50. Qd4 Kg6 51. Qc5 Qa1+ 52. Kb4
Qa2 53. Qc4 Qa1 54. Kc5 a5 55. Kb5 a4 56. b3 1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2016.10.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Rd1 e5 11. exd4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qe5 Qd6 14. Qxd4
Qxd4 15. Rxd4 Bc5 16. Rd1 O-O 17. h3 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Kf1 Nd5 20. f3 Nxc3
21. bxc3 Rac8 22. Rb1 b6 23. Re1 Rc6 24. Re4 Rd8 25. Bf4 Kf7 26. Be5 Rd2 27.
Rg4 g6 28. Ke1 Rd5 29. Rf4+ Ke7 30. Re4 Bd6 31. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2016.10.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
a6 9. Bc4 d6 10. Nbd2 Ba7 11. a4 Be6 12. a5 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 Re6 14. Ne3 Bxe3 15.
fxe3 d5 16. d4 exd4 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. e5 Re6 19. exd4 f6 20. Re1 Qd7 21. Qb3
fxe5 22. dxe5 Rf8 23. Re3 Rg6 24. Kh1 Nd8 25. Rd1 c6 26. c4 d4 27. Qc2 Rg4 28.
h3 Rgf4 29. b4 Rxf3 30. Rxf3 Rxf3 31. gxf3 Qxh3+ 32. Kg1 Qg3+ 33. Qg2 Qxe5 34.
f4 Qxf4 35. Re1 Qf6 36. Qg4 Nf7 37. Re8+ Kh7 38. Re6 Qg5 39. Qxg5 Nxg5 40. Re7
c5 41. b5 axb5 42. cxb5 c4 43. Kf2 c3 44. Ke2 Nh3 45. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1617"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2016.12.03"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "229"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Be3 Bd7
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Re1 Qe7 12. b4 h6 13. Bb3 Be6 14. a4 b6 15. Bc2 Nh5
16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Bd7 18. Nf5 gxf5 19. Qxh5 f4 20. Bxf4 Qf6 21. Be3 Qxc3 22.
Bb3 Qf6 23. Rac1 Rac8 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 Ne5 26. Qe2 Be6 27. Bxe6 Qxe6 28.
Nf1 f5 29. exf5 Qxf5 30. Red1 Qf7 31. Ng3 Ra8 32. Qc2 Ra7 33. Nf5 Rf8 34. Nxg7
Qxg7 35. Kh2 Rf6 36. f4 Rf7 37. Qb3 Ng6 38. Bd4 Qf8 39. f5 Ne7 40. g4 Qa8 41.
Bb2 Qe4 42. Re1 Qf4+ 43. Kh1 Kf8 44. Rc4 Qf2 45. Rce4 Ra8 46. Bd4 Qd2 47. Qg3
Ng8 48. Qb3 Re7 49. Qd5 Qxe1+ 50. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 51. Kg2 Rae8 52. Kg3 R8e7 53. f6
R7e4 54. g5 Rxd4 55. Qxd4 hxg5 56. Qc3 Re6 57. Qxc7 Nxf6 58. Qxb6 Ke7 59. Qc7+
Nd7 60. b6 Re4 61. b7 Rb4 62. Kf3 Ke6 63. Ke3 Rb3+ 64. Kd2 Ke7 65. Kc2 Rb5 66.
Kd3 Rd5+ 67. Ke3 Rb5 68. Ke4 Ke6 69. Kf3 Rb4 70. Kg3 Ke7 71. Qc2 Kd8 72. Qc8+
Ke7 73. Qc7 Ke6 74. Qc6 Ke7 75. Qc8 Rb5 76. Qc4 Rb6 77. Qc8 Rb4 78. Qa8 Rb5 79.
Qa4 Rb6 80. Qd4 Rb3+ 81. Kg2 Rb5 82. Qe4+ Kd8 83. Qc6 Rb2+ 84. Kf1 Rb4 85. Ke2
Ke7 86. Kd2 Kd8 87. Kc2 d5 88. Kd2 d4 89. Qc8+ Ke7 90. Qa8 Rb3 91. Kc2 Rb6 92.
Qa7 Rb5 93. Qa6 d3+ 94. Kc1 Rb3 95. Qa4 Rb6 96. Qa7 Rb3 97. Qa4 Rb6 98. Qd4 d2+
99. Kd1 Rb5 100. Kxd2 Kd8 101. Qh8+ Kc7 102. Qc8+ Kd6 103. Ke3 Rb4 104. Kf2
Rb2+ 105. Kf3 Rb4 106. Qa8 Kc7 107. Qa5+ Rb6 108. Qxg5 Rxb7 109. h4 Rb3+ 110.
Ke4 Rb4+ 111. Ke3 Kd6 112. h5 Rb3+ 113. Kd4 Rh3 114. h6 Nf8 115. Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1617"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2016.12.04"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Georgiadis, Nico"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Griesheim"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Bf5 8. Re1
Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Bh3 d5 11. Ng5 Na6 12. a3 e6 13. b4 Bf5 14. Bxf5 exf5 15.
c5 Nc7 16. Bf4 Nb5 17. Nf3 Nc3 18. Qd3 Ne4 19. h4 a6 20. a4 Re8 21. Kg2 h6 22.
Rh1 Re6 23. Rab1 f6 24. Rb2 g5 25. Bc1 Qc7 26. Ne1 Rae8 27. Kf1 Qf7 28. Qf3 f4
29. gxf4 g4 30. Qd3 f5 31. h5 Bf6 32. e3 Kh8 33. Qd1 Rg8 34. Nd3 Ree8 35. Kg2
Rg7 36. Qf1 Qe6 37. Rc2 Reg8 38. a5 Qe8 39. Ne5 Kh7 40. Bb2 Qe6 41. Ba1 g3 42.
f3 Nf2 43. Bb2 Bxe5 44. dxe5 d4 45. Bxd4 Nxh1 46. Qxh1 Rd7 47. Rb2 Kg7 48. Qh4
Rf8 49. Kh3 Kg8 50. Kg2 Rff7 51. Qh1 Kf8 52. Qa1 Rd5 53. Rb1 Ke7 54. Qc3 Rd8
55. Qb3 Rd5 56. Rh1 Rxe5 57. Qxe6+ Rxe6 58. Rh3 Kf8 59. Rxg3 Rd7 60. Kh3 Kf7
61. Rg7+ Ke8 62. Rg6 Rde7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1617"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2017.04.30"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 Bg4 4. g3 Bxf3 5. exf3 e6 6. b5 Nf6 7. Bg2 a6 8. f4
axb5 9. cxb5 c6 10. O-O Be7 11. bxc6 Nxc6 12. a4 O-O 13. Na3 Nd7 14. d3 Ra6 15.
Nc4 Qc7 16. Bd2 b6 17. f5 e5 18. f4 Nc5 19. Qf3 e4 20. dxe4 d3 21. Ne3 Nd4 22.
Qg4 Rd8 23. Nd5 Rxd5 24. exd5 Bf6 25. Rae1 Qd7 26. Qh3 Rxa4 27. g4 Ra2 28. g5
Rxd2 29. gxf6 Re2 30. Ra1 Re8 31. fxg7 d2 32. f6 Qd8 33. Qh4 Nf5 34. Qg5 Ne3
35. Rfb1 Nc2 36. Bh3 Ne4 37. Qf5 Nxa1 38. Rxa1 Nd6 39. Qe5 Rxe5 40. fxe5 Nc4
0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1617"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2017.05.01"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 a5 8.
Nc3 d4 9. Ne2 Qe7 10. a4 O-O 11. O-O c5 12. Ng3 Nc6 13. Bc4 Ne8 14. c3 Bg4 15.
Ne1 Be6 16. Bd5 Nc7 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Rc1 Bd7 19. f4 f6 20. Nf3 Qd6 21. fxe5
fxe5 22. cxd4 cxd4 23. Qg5 Rae8 24. Nd2 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Qg6 26. Qh4 Na6 27. Nf5
Bxf5 28. exf5 Qf6 29. Qh5 Qf7 30. Qf3 Nb4 31. Ne4 Rf8 32. Qg3 Nd5 33. Qxe5 Ne3
34. Rf3 Qb3 35. Qxd4 Nxf5 36. Qc5 Qe6 37. Qxa5 g6 38. Qc3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown 60m"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bd6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Qd3 Nd7 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nb6 13. Qg3 Nxc4 14. Bh6
g6 15. Rad1 Bd7 16. h4 Nb6 17. h5 Qe7 18. Rd4 Be8 19. Bg5 f6 20. exf6 Qc5 21.
Rxe6 Qf5 22. Re5 Qb1+ 23. Kh2 gxh5 24. Bh6+ Bg6 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Qg5 Qxa2 27.
Re7 Qxf2 28. Rg7+ Kh8 29. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown 60m"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2016.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nbd2 a6 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bg5 b5 12. Na5 Qd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nb3
Bb6 15. c4 c5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Qe2 Rad8 18. Rad1 Re6 19. Nc1 Rd6 20. b3 a5 21.
Nh4 a4 22. Kh2 Ba5 23. Qe3 bxc4 24. bxc4 Kf8 25. Ng2 Rb8 26. Qh6+ Ke8 27. Ne3
Rb2 28. h4 Rd2 29. Qg7 Bxe4 30. dxe4 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Rxd1 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Nf5+
Ke6 34. Qf8 Qd8 35. Qxc5 Bb6 36. Qc6+ Rd6 37. Nxd6 Qxd6 38. Qe8+ Qe7 39. Qxa4
Bxf2 40. Nd3 Bd4 41. Nb4 Bb6 42. Nd5 Qc5 43. Qe8+ Kd6 44. Qe7+ Kc6 45. Nb4+ Kb7
46. Qxc5 Bxc5 47. Nd5 Bf2 48. Kh3 Kc6 49. Nxf6 Kc5 50. Nxh7 Kxc4 51. h5 Kd3 52.
Nf6 Be3 53. Nd5 Bg5 54. Nxc7 Kxe4 55. a4 Kd3 56. a5 e4 57. a6 e3 58. a7 e2 59.
a8=Q e1=Q 60. Qd5+ Ke2 61. Qe4+ Be3 62. Qg2+ Bf2 63. Qe4+ Be3 64. Qg2+ Bf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown 60m"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be6 9. Be2 Rc8 10. O-O Nf6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Rac1 Nc5 14. f3 Nd4 15.
Bxd4 exd4 16. Qxd4 Qb6 17. Rc2 Bf6 18. Qe3 Qb4 19. Qd2 Na4 20. Nd5 Qc5+ 21. Kh1
Bxd5 22. cxd5 Qd4 23. Nc4 b5 24. Nxd6 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 g6 26. f4 Nxb2 27. e5 Be7
28. Qe4 Qxe4 29. Nxe4 Rc8 30. f5 gxf5 31. Ng3 Rc2 32. Bh5 Nd3 33. Nxf5 Nf2+ 34.
Kg1 Bc5 35. e6 Nh3+ 36. Kh1 Nf2+ 37. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown 60m"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. e3 e5 5. c5 a5 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. b5 Bxc5 8. Bc4 Ne7
9. exd4 exd4 10. Ba3 Bxa3 11. Nxa3 Bg4 12. Nxd4 Nd7 13. Nac2 Nb6 14. Qb3 Qd6
15. O-O a4 16. Qc3 O-O-O 17. h3 Bd7 18. Rfe1 Ned5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Qa5 Nb6 21.
Re3 Rhe8 22. Rb1 Re5 23. Ra3 Rde8 24. Re3 Kb8 25. Rd3 Bf5 26. Re3 Bg6 27. Rbe1
Rd8 28. d3 Nd5 29. Rxe5 fxe5 30. Nf3 Bxd3 31. Nxe5 Bxc2 32. Nf7 Qg6 33. Nxd8
Nf4 34. g3 Nxh3+ 35. Kg2 Nf4+ 36. Kg1 Nh3+ 37. Kg2 Nf4+ 38. Kg1 Nh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown 60m"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D57"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Re1 Rd8 14. e4 dxe4
15. Bxe4 Qf6 16. d5 Ne7 17. c4 Bg4 18. Qb3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nf5 20. Qxb7 Nd6 21.
Qc6 Rdc8 22. Qa6 g6 23. Rab1 Rd8 24. Qc6 Rdc8 25. Qa6 Rd8 26. Re3 Qd4 27. Be2
Nf5 28. Reb3 Nd6 29. Rd1 Qf6 30. Qa5 Re8 31. Bf1 Rec8 32. g3 Qf5 33. Qd2 h5 34.
Ra3 Re8 35. Ra6 Ne4 36. Qf4 Qxf4 37. gxf4 Rab8 38. Rxa7 Nd6 39. Ra6 Nf5 40. Rc6
Re4 41. d6 Rd8 42. d7 Kf8 43. Rxc5 Rxf4 44. Bh3 Nd4 45. Rc8 Ke7 46. c5 g5 47.
Re1+ Ne6 48. Bxe6 fxe6 49. c6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown 60m"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Nf6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Bb2
O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bg4 11. Be2 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Re8 13. Nd2 Be5 14. Bxe5 Nxe5
15. Nf3 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Qa5 17. Qd3 Rac8 18. a4 Rc5 19. Rfb1 Qc7 20. Rc1 b6 21.
Rc3 Rc8 22. Rac1 a5 23. Kg2 h6 24. Qa6 Qd8 25. Rxc5 bxc5 26. Ng3 g6 27. Qb5 Qc7
28. Ne2 c4 29. Nf4 Qc5 30. e4 Qxb5 31. axb5 Rb8 32. bxc4 dxc4 33. Rxc4 Rxb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2016.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. O-O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 a6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Kb1 b5 14. Be2 Nbd7
15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. fxe4 e5 17. Bc3 Bd6 18. h4 Nf6 19. Bf3 Qe7 20. g4 Nd7 21. g5
a5 22. Qc2 b4 23. Be1 c5 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. Rd5 Rc8 26. Bg3 Rc6 27. Qe2 Qc7 28.
Rhd1 Ke7 29. Qh2 Rc8 30. Bxe5 Bxe5 31. Qxe5+ Qxe5 32. Rxe5+ Kf8 33. Bg4 Nd3 34.
Bxc8 Nxe5 35. Bb7 Rc7 36. Bd5 Ke7 37. Bb3 Rc5 38. Rf1 f6 39. gxf6+ gxf6 40. Bd5
Rc8 41. Rh1 Nf3 42. a4 bxa3 43. bxa3 Rc3 44. Kb2 Rxe3 45. h5 gxh5 46. Rxh5 Kd6
47. Rh8 Nd4 48. Ra8 f5 49. Rxa5 f4 50. Bc4 f3 51. e5+ Kc6 52. e6 f2 53. Rh5 Re1
54. Rh8 Nxe6 55. Rh2 f1=Q 56. Bxf1 Rxf1 57. a4 Kc5 58. a5 Nd4 59. Kc3 Rf3+ 60.
Kd2 Ra3 61. Rh8 Rxa5 62. Rh5+ Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. b4 Bb6 6. d3 d6 7. a4 a5 8. b5 Ne7
9. Nbd2 Ng6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bb3 c6 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. Re1 h6 14. d4 Be6 15. Ba3
Bxc4 16. Bxc4 Re8 17. Bb3 d5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Bc5 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3
Bxh2+ 22. Kf1 Be5 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. cxd4 Qd7 26. Re1 Rc8 27. Qf4
b6 28. Ba2 Qc7 29. Qe5 Kf8 30. g3 Qd7 31. Qf4 Ne4 32. Bb1 g5 33. Qe3 Rc3 34.
Bd3 Ra3 35. Qe2 Rxa4 36. Bxe4 dxe4 37. Qxe4 Qxd4 38. Qa8+ Kg7 39. Re8 Ra2 40.
Qf3 Rb2 41. Re7 Qf6 42. Qe3 Rxb5 43. Rc7 Qe5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2016.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Nd7 14. Rb1 Qc7
15. Qb3 b5 16. c4 bxc4 17. Qxc4 c5 18. dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2016.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bd6 9. g3 Qe7 10. Qb3 Rb8 11. Rd1 Ne4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. f3 Bg6
15. Bd3 O-O 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Kg2 b6 19. Re1 c5 20. Qc2 Rfe8 21.
Bb5 Red8 22. Bc3 Qc7 23. Qf2 Qb7 24. b3 a6 25. Bd3 Rbc8 26. dxc5 bxc5 27. Rad1
Re8 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Qf1 Qb6 30. e4 dxe4 31. Bxe4 Kg7 32. Qc4 Re7 33. Bd3 Rxe1
34. Rxe1 a5 35. Re2 Rd8 36. Be4 Qb4 37. Bd5 Qxc4 38. Bxc4 f5 39. f4 Kf6 40. Kf3
Bc7 41. Rc2 Bb6 42. h3 Rd1 43. Be2 Rd4 44. h4 Ba7 45. Bc4 Bb6 46. Rh2 Rd7 47.
h5 Kg7 48. hxg6 fxg6 49. Re2 Bd8 50. Re6 Bf6 51. Ra6 Bc3 52. g4 fxg4+ 53. Kxg4
Bd2 54. Kg5 Kh7 55. Rf6 Bc1 56. a4 Re7 57. Ra6 Re5+ 58. Kg4 Rf5 59. Rxa5 Rxf4+
60. Kg3 Rf5 61. Ra8 Bf4+ 62. Kg2 Be3 63. a5 Rf2+ 64. Kg3 Ra2 65. a6 Kh6 66. Kf3
Bd4 67. Ke4 g5 68. Rg8 Ra5 69. Kd5 Kh5 70. Kc6 g4 71. Kb6 Ra3 72. a7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bd6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Nxf7 Nb6 14. Ne5
Nxc4 15. Nxc4 b6 16. Qg4 Bb7 17. Ne5 Rf6 18. Qe2 Raf8 19. f3 c5 20. Rad1 Rf4
21. Nd3 Ba6 22. Qxe6+ Qxe6 23. Rxe6 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 cxd4 25. cxd4 Rd8 26. Re4 Rf5
27. Re7 Rf7 28. Re5 Rc7 29. d5 Kf7 30. Kf2 Rc2+ 31. Re2 Rc5 32. d6 Rd7 33. Rd4
Rf5 34. Rde4 a5 35. g4 Rf6 36. Re7+ Rxe7 37. Rxe7+ Kf8 38. Rd7 b5 39. Ke3 b4
40. Ke4 a4 41. f4 Rh6 42. h4 b3 43. axb3 axb3 44. Ke5 Rxh4 45. Rb7 Ke8 46. Rxg7
b2 47. Rb7 Rxg4 48. Rxb2 Rg1 49. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O d5 5. c4 d4 6. e3 e5 7. exd4 exd4 8. d3
Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Ng4 12. Re1 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Bd6 14. Re1 Bf5
15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Nd2 Rae8 17. Ne4 b6 18. f4 Re7 19. Qf2 Rfe8 20. h3 Bxh3 21.
Nxd6 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Bxg2 24. Nxf7 Bb7 25. Ng5 h6 26. Ne4 Qg4 27.
Nd2 Kh7 28. Kf2 Qh5 29. Qg1 Bc8 30. Nf3 Qe8 31. Ne5 Qa4 32. Qb1 h5 33. g4 Bxg4
34. Nxg4 hxg4 35. Qh1+ Kg8 36. Qd5+ Kf8 37. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. d4 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 a5 8. b3 a4
9. Ba3 Bf5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Re8 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rfc1 Qb6 14. Bf1 e5 15.
Qb5 Ne4 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. bxa4 Rxa4
21. Bc5 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Nc4 23. Bd4 b5 24. Be2 Ra6 25. f3 Bc2 26. Kf2 f6 27. g4
Kf7 28. h4 Ra4 29. h5 g5 30. Ke1 Ra3 31. Bc5 Ra8 32. Kf2 f5 33. a3 fxg4 34.
fxg4 Ke6 35. Kg3 Nd2 36. Bb4 Nc4 37. Bc5 Rc8 38. Bd4 Ra8 39. Bc5 Be4 40. Kf2
Rc8 41. Bd4 Ra8 42. Bc5 Kd7 43. Bb4 Ra6 44. Kg3 Rf6 45. Rf1 Rxf1 46. Bxf1 Ke6
47. Kf2 Bc2 48. Be2 Be4 49. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qe7 11. Nd2 Bg4 12. Be2 Qe5 13. g3 Qh5 14. Bxg4 Nxg4
15. N2f3 Nce5 16. Kg2 Qg6 17. Nb5 Nd3 18. Bd4 Bc5 19. Qd2 Bxd4 20. exd4 a6 21.
Nc3 Rac8 22. Rad1 Nf4+ 23. Qxf4 Rxc3 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Rd8 26. Rd2 Qc6 27.
Qd4 h6 28. Rfd1 a5 29. h4 b5 30. Kh2 b4 31. Qg4 Rc2 32. Qf3 Rxd2 33. Rxd2 Qc3
34. Rd3 Qxe5 35. Re3 Qd6 36. Rd3 d4 37. Qf5 Qd5 38. Qxd5 Rxd5 39. Kg2 f5 40. h5
Kf7 41. Kf3 g5 42. hxg6+ Kxg6 43. Kf4 Kf6 44. f3 h5 45. Rd1 d3 46. Ke3 Kg5 47.
Rd2 Rd8 48. f4+ Kg4 49. Kf2 h4 50. gxh4 Kxf4 51. h5 Ke4 52. Rd1 Rh8 53. Rh1 Kd4
54. h6 Kc3 55. Rc1+ Kb2 56. Rc6 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. a4 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Bd3 g6 11. Bg5 Bg7 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Qd2 h6 14. Be3 Ng4 15.
Bf4 g5 16. Bg3 Nge5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Kh1 Qe7 19. Qe3 Qc7 20. Ra3 Nd7 21. f4
gxf4 22. Bxf4 Be5 23. Rf1 Qc5 24. Qf3 Bxf4 25. Qxf4 Ne5 26. Ne2 Qc7 27. Rc3 Qe7
28. Qf2 Qd8 29. Rb3 Bc6 30. Rxb6 Bxa4 31. Qd4 Ke7 32. Nc3 Bc6 33. Bxa6 Qc7 34.
Bb5 Bb7 35. Be2 Bc6 36. Qf2 Rhb8 37. Qf6+ Kd7 38. Rxb8 Rxb8 39. b3 Qa5 40. Na4
Bxe4 41. Bd1 Qd5 42. Qf2 Qb7 43. Nc3 Bc6 44. Ne2 Rg8 45. Ng3 f5 46. Rg1 Rg5 47.
Qf4 Ke7 48. Qh4 Nf7 49. Be2 Qb6 50. Bh5 Qf2 51. Bxf7 Kxf7 52. Qxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 Nd7 8.
Nc3 Bd6 9. a4 b6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd2 c5 12. Nc4 Nb8 13. f4 exf4 14. Qf3 Ra7 15.
Nxd6 cxd6 16. Bxf4 Be6 17. Qg3 Rd7 18. Nd5 Nc6 19. Bg5 f6 20. Nxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 Be7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Kb1 a6 14. Rc1 Nd7
15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Ne2 b5 17. e4 Nb6 18. exd5 exd5 19. Nf4 Qd6 20. Ne2 Nc4 21. Bf4
Qd7 22. g4 g5 23. Bf5 Qd8 24. Be3 Rc7 25. Ka1 g6 26. Bb1 Qd6 27. Bf2 Rc8 28.
Bg3 Qd7 29. Qd3 a5 30. f4 a4 31. fxg5 Bxg5 32. Nf4 Bf6 33. Nxg6 Bxd4 34. Rce1+
Kd8 35. Qxd4 Nxd4 36. Nxh8 Nb3+ 37. axb3 axb3 38. Bh4+ Kc7 39. Bf5 Nd2 40. Rc1+
Kb6 41. Bf2+ d4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. Nb3 Bb6 8.
Bd2 Nd7 9. Na5 Bxa5 10. Bxa5 c5 11. Bc3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qe7 14. Qg3 f6
15. O-O O-O-O 16. f4 Rhe8 17. b3 exf4 18. Rxf4 Nb8 19. Rf5 Nc6 20. Raf1 Rd7 21.
Kh1 b6 22. Qh4 h6 23. Qg4 Kb7 24. a4 a5 25. R5f3 Nd4 26. Bxd4 Rxd4 27. Rf5 Rd7
28. Qg6 Qe6 29. R1f3 Ree7 30. Qg4 Qd6 31. Rd5 Qc6 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
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1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Ne5 e6 8. Nd2
Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bg2 Bd6 11. O-O g5 12. Re1 Nf8 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. e4 dxe4
15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Nd7 17. Bg2 Qf6 18. d5 cxd5 19. cxd5 e5 20. Be3 a6 21.
Ba7 O-O 22. Rac1 g6 23. a4 Kg7 24. a5 Qe7 25. Rc4 Nf6 26. Bxb8 Rxb8 27. Qc3 Nd7
28. Re2 Qd8 29. b4 Qe7 30. Rb2 Rd8 31. b5 Bc5 32. bxa6 bxa6 33. Rb7 Bd4 34. Qd2
Qf6 35. Rc6 Qe7 36. Rcc7 Kf8 37. d6 Qxd6 38. Qxg5 Bxf2+ 39. Kxf2 Qd4+ 40. Kg3
Ke8 41. Qxd8+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. Nb3 Bd6 8.
Na5 Qc8 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Bc3 Re8 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6
15. Nc4 f6 16. Nh4 Nf8 17. Nf5 Qd7 18. Nce3 Ne6 19. Ng2 c5 20. Qf3 Bf8 21. Qg3
b5 22. h4 b4 23. Bd2 c4 24. Be3 b3 25. axb3 cxb3 26. cxb3 Qxd3 27. h5 Bf7 28.
Rfd1 Qxe4 29. Rd7 Rad8 30. Rad1 Rxd7 31. Rxd7 Rd8 32. Rxd8 Nxd8 33. Bxa7 Qb1+
34. Kh2 Qxb2 35. g5 Qxb3 36. Nge3 Kh8 37. h6 g6 38. Ng7 Qa2 39. Bb8 f5 40. Bxc7
f4 41. Qf3 fxe3 42. Bxe5 Kg8 43. Qxe3 Qc4 44. Kg3 Qb3 45. Qxb3 Bxb3 46. Ne8 Be7
47. Bf6 Nc6 48. Bxe7 Nxe7 49. Nf6+ Kh8 50. f3 Bd1 51. Kf4 Nc6 52. Ke3 Ne5 53.
Kf4 Nxf3 54. Nd7 Nd4 55. Ke5 Bg4 56. Nf6 Nc6+ 57. Kd6 Bf3 58. Nd7 Nd4 59. Ke5
Nf5 60. Kf6 Kg8 61. Ke6 Nd4+ 62. Ke5 Nc6+ 63. Kf6 Bg4 64. Nc5 Nb4 65. Ne4 Nd3
66. Nd6 Nc5 67. Ke5 Nd7+ 68. Kf4 Be6 69. Ne4 Kf8 70. Nd6 Ke7 71. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. O-O Nec6 8.
Nce2 Be7 9. c3 b6 10. f4 Bb7 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Nd4 Bb7 14. f5 Nc5
15. fxe6 fxe6 16. b4 Nxd3 17. Nxe6 Qd7 18. Nxg7+ Kd8 19. Bxb6+ Kc8 20. Qxd3 Qc6
21. Bd4 Qxe4 22. Qxe4 Bxe4 23. Rf7 Bd8 24. Nf5 Rg8 25. Nxd6+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. Nc3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Nd5 a5 11. c4 a4 12. Nc1 Bxd5 13. cxd5 Nd4 14. Ne2 Nxe2 15.
Bxe2 Nd7 16. O-O h6 17. Bb5 Nc5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Qc2 Qb6 20. Bc4 Qa5 21. d6
Bxd6 22. Rad1 Qc7 23. a3 Be7 24. g3 Rfd8 25. Bd5 c4 26. Kg2 Ra5 27. f4 Bf6 28.
Rf2 Kh8 29. Qe2 Rc5 30. Qh5 c3 31. bxc3 Rxc3 32. fxe5 Qxe5 33. Qxf7 Rc7 34. Qg6
b5 35. Be6 Rf8 36. Bf5 Kg8 37. Rd5 Qc3 38. e5 Qc6 39. Be4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. b4
e5 9. d5 a5 10. Rb1 axb4 11. axb4 c6 12. O-O cxd5 13. cxd5 Nb6 14. Nb3 Nbxd5
15. exd5 e4 16. Re1 exd3 17. Qxd3 Re8 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bh4 Bd7 20. Na5 Qb6 21.
Qd4 Qxd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd5 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Rxe7 Nxe7 25. Nxb7 Nd5 26. Nxd6 Nxb4
27. h3 Rb8 28. Rc1 Nd5 29. Rc5 Nf6 30. Rc7 Rb6 31. Nc4 Rb1+ 32. Kh2 Rc1 33. g4
g5 34. f3 Kg7 35. Kg3 Rc3 36. Kf2 Rd3 37. Ne2 Be6 38. Ne5 Rd5 39. Nc6 Rc5 40.
Ned4 Bd7 41. Kg3 Kf8 42. h4 Ke8 43. h5 Nd5 44. Rxd7 Kxd7 45. Ne5+ Ke8 46. Nf5
Nf4 47. Nd6+ Ke7 48. Nf5+ Ke6 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
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1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Ne2 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 O-O 8.
Nd2 Re8 9. h3 c5 10. g4 b5 11. Ng3 Bb7 12. Rg1 Re6 13. g5 Nd5 14. h4 a5 15. a4
bxa4 16. Rxa4 Nb6 17. Rg4 a4 18. Nge4 axb3 19. cxb3 Be7 20. Nf3 Nd7 21. h5 Ra2
22. Bc3 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Bd6 24. g6 fxg6 25. Ng5 Rf6 26. hxg6 Rxg6 27. Reg4 Nf6
28. Qf3 Qa8 29. Qxa8+ Rxa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. d3 h6 10. Na4 Bb4 11. a3 Ba5 12. b4 Bc7 13. e4 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3
Nbd7 16. Qd1 a6 17. Nc3 Bb6 18. Ne2 a5 19. Bb2 Qe7 20. Kh2 axb4 21. axb4 Rxa1
22. Qxa1 h5 23. Kh1 h4 24. g4 Nh7 25. f4 Be3 26. Bc3 c5 27. bxc5 Nxc5 28. Qb1
Ra8 29. d4 exd4 30. Nxd4 Bxd4 31. Bxd4 Rc8 32. Ba1 Nf6 33. e5 dxe5 34. Bxe5
Nfd7 35. Bc3 Qe3 36. Ba1 Re8 37. Qb2 Nf6 38. Qd4 b6 39. Qxe3 Rxe3 40. Bd4 Rd3
41. Bf2 Rc3 42. Bxh4 Rd3 43. Bf2 Rc3 44. Bh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 {The Advance Variation, featuring the advantage that
Black cannot choose between several possible stuctures, has become quite
popular mainly due to the efforts of Grischuk and Svidler some years ago and
has more recently been adopted by Shirov.} c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 {
The standard reaction to Black's move order.} (6. a3 Nge7 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Be3 g6 {Matovic,M (2236)-Atalik,S (2564) Novi Sad 2016 CBM 174 [Atalik,
S] (0-1, 37)}) 6... Nge7 7. h4 $5 {A relatively rare move, even though the
advance of the h-pawn forms part of White's global plan.} ({There has been a
lot of interest at the top level for} 7. O-O Ng6 (7... Rc8 8. Na3 {0-1 (33)
Shirov,A (2712)-Svane,R (2542) Germany 2015 CBM 170 [CB]}) (7... Nf5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Bd3 {1-0 (44) Grischuk,A (2746)-Ivanchuk,V (2768) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011
CBM 145 [Marin,M]}) 8. g3 Be7 (8... cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 {1-0 (37) Svidler,P (2747)
-Ivanchuk,V (2757) London 2013 CBM 154 [Marin,M]}) 9. h4 cxd4 (9... O-O 10. h5
Nh8 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4 Be7 13. b5 Na5 14. h6 {1-0 (35) Grischuk,A (2746)
-Ivanchuk,V (2768) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011 CBM 145 [Marin,M]}) 10. cxd4 O-O 11. h5
Nh8 12. h6 g6 13. Nc3 f6 {1-0 (34) Shirov,A (2686)-Akesson,R (2452) Stockholm
2016 CBM 172 Extra [Shirov,A]}) ({Statistically, the most frequent move is} 7.
Na3 {though, even though not so much at the top level. Here is just a recent
example:} cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc2 Qb6 10. O-O Na5 11. b3 Bb5 12. Bd2 Nc6 13.
Rc1 Be7 14. Bc3 {Black has solved the problem of his "bad" bishop, but the
next move is asking for trouble.} O-O-O $2 (14... Rc8 $5) (14... a5 $5) 15. b4
{This is not that much an attack against the king as a way of taking advantage
of Black's piece congestion.} Kb8 16. Bxb5 Qxb5 17. a4 $1 Qb6 (17... Qxa4 18.
Ra1 Qb5 19. Na3 Qb6 20. b5 Na5 21. Qa4 $18) 18. Qd2 a6 {McShane,L (2652)
-Hawkins,J (2590) London 2016 (1/2-1/2, 69)} 19. b5 $18 {[%cal Gc3a5]}) 7...
Qb6 {The most flexible move, delaying the exchange on d4 and keeping open all
the options for the e7-knight.} (7... Nf5 8. g4 Nfe7 9. h5 f6 10. exf6 gxf6 11.
dxc5 e5 12. g5 $36 {Sokolov,A (2521)-Prusikin,M (2528) Switzerland 2016 (1-0,
44)}) (7... cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6 {may transpose though.} 9. b3 $6 {this seems too
slow.} (9. Na3 {transposes to the game}) (9. Nc3 {reaches a move repetition at
best:} Nf5 10. Na4 Qa5+ {[%cal Gc6d4,Gd7a4] Voss,A (1768)-Woltering,M (1727)
Germany 2010 (1-0, 46)} 11. Bd2 $2 Bb4 $17 {[%csl Gd4]}) 9... Nf5 10. Bb2 Be7
11. g4 Nh6 12. Rg1 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Qd2 Nf7 15. Nc3 O-O-O 16. O-O-O Kb8 17.
Kb1 Nd6 $11 {Polgar,J (2630)-Nikolic,P (2655) Moscow 1994 CBM 045 [Hansen,Cu] 
(0-1, 40)}) 8. Na3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nb4 $146 {This new move obviously aims at
preventing Nc2, leaving the knight passive on a3 for a long time. But its main
drawback is releasing the pressure on b2.} (9... Nf5 {looks playable.} 10. Nc2
Nb4 (10... f6 $6 11. g4 Nfxd4 $6 12. Ncxd4 Nxe5 13. Rg1 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 Bc5 15.
Rg2 O-O 16. Kf1 Rac8 17. b3 {Movsesian,S (2632)-Ni,H (2614) ICC INT 2006 (0-1,
50), didn't yield Black enough compensation for the piece.}) 11. Nxb4 Qxb4+ 12.
Kf1 Bb5 13. h5 h6 14. g4 Bxe2+ 15. Kxe2 Ne7 16. Qd3 Nc6 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. b4 a6
19. Rhb1 Be7 20. a4 {Movsesian,S (2653)-Wang,H (2717) Huaian 2016 (0-1, 32),
White has a space advantage all over the board, but after exchanging two minor
pieces Black should not be too worried.}) 10. h5 h6 ({Once again} 10... Nf5 {
looks premature:} 11. g4 Nh6 12. Rg1 $14) ({But there wasn't an immediate need
for preventing h5-h6 for instance:} 10... Rc8 11. h6 ({White could play as in
the game} 11. Kf1 $5 a6 12. Bd2 {and the threat h5-h6 could eventually become
real, inducing /...h7-h6 anyway.}) 11... gxh6 12. Bxh6 Bxh6 13. Rxh6 Nf5 14.
Rh5 Nc6 {[%csl Gb2,Gd4] But Caruana's move should not be criticised, as it is
a way of inviting White to reveal his cards without defining his own queenside
intentions yet.}) 11. Bd2 {Taking full advantage of the drawbacks of the
novelty.} a6 12. Bc3 {But this is slightly questionable, as the c3-square
could be used by the knight.} (12. Kf1 $5 Nec6 ({Under the given circumstances
the more modest} 12... Nbc6 {may be safer.} 13. Bc3 Na7 14. Qd2 Nec6 15. Rh3
$14) 13. Rh4 O-O-O 14. Nb1 $1 {[%cal Ga2a3]} Na7 (14... Na5 15. b3) 15. Nc3 $16
) 12... Nec6 13. Rh3 O-O-O 14. Kf1 ({Even though slightly less effective now,
the regrouping starting with} 14. Nb1 {deserves consideration.} Na7 15. a3 Nbc6
16. b4 Nb5 (16... Kb8 17. Bb2 f6 18. Nc3 $14 {[%cal Gc3a4]}) (16... f6 17. Bb2
fxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 $14 {[%cal Gh3b3,Gb1c3,Gc3a4]}) 17. Bb2 Be7 18. Kf1
Kb8 19. a4 {Otherwise it is hard to see how could White get things going.} Nc7
20. b5 axb5 21. axb5 Nxb5 22. Nc3 {with reasonable compensation for the pawn
due to the somewhat exposed black king.}) 14... Kb8 {A cunning move, preparing
...f7-f6.} ({But objectively the immediate break} 14... f6 {was better:} 15.
Nc2 Nxc2 16. Qxc2 {[%cal Gc2c8]} Kb8 (16... fxe5 17. Nxe5 $16 Nxe5 $2 18. Ba5+
$1 Qc6 19. Rc3 $18) 17. Qd2 fxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 {[%csl Gd8][%cal Gc3a5]
} Rc8 20. Bd4 Bc5 21. Rb3 Bb5 $11) 15. Qd2 $6 ({The last good moment for} 15.
Nb1 {with possible transposition to the similar line above.}) 15... f6 $1 $15 {
Everything was ready for this break. Suddenly, White's imperfect coordination
starts to tell.} 16. exf6 ({With the centre under tension} 16. Nb1 $2 {would
be just asking for trouble:} fxe5 17. a3 (17. dxe5 d4) 17... e4 18. Nh4 e5 $19
{[%csl Gd4,Gh3]}) (16. Nc2 {was not entirely satisfactory either:} Nxc2 17.
Qxc2 fxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bc5 20. Be1 Rc8 $36) 16... gxf6 17. Rg3 (17.
Nb1 e5 18. Rg3 Bf5 $17 {[%cal Gb4c2]}) 17... Be8 18. Nh4 ({This was the last
moment when White could think of redeploying his knight, even though this
would not have solved all the problems:} 18. Nb1 Na5 (18... Bxh5 19. a3 a5 20.
axb4 axb4 21. Na3 $5 $13) 19. Nh4 Bd6 20. Rg7 Nc4 $15) 18... Bd6 $6 {A curious
decision, allowing White to activate his rook on the seventh rank.} (18... e5
$1 19. dxe5 (19. Ng6 Bxg6 20. hxg6 Rg8 $15 {[%cal Ye5d4,Ge5e4,Gf6f5]}) 19... d4
20. Bxb4 Bxb4 21. Qd1 Nxe5 $15) 19. Rg7 e5 20. dxe5 {With the bishop hanging
Black does not have the intermediate ...d5-d4 anymore.} (20. Ng6 $5 Bxg6 21.
hxg6 exd4 22. Rd1 dxc3 23. bxc3 Qa5 24. Qb2 $13) 20... fxe5 21. Ng6 Bxg6 22.
hxg6 $13 {Things are still messy for White on the queenside but he has made
huge progress on the other wing.} e4 ({It looks wiser to take some measures
against the far advanced enemy forces:} 22... Rhf8 23. Rf7 (23. f3 $2 e4 $40)
23... Rxf7 24. gxf7 Qc7 25. Bh5 Qe7 26. g3 (26. Qxh6 $2 Qh4 27. Kg1 Bc5 28. Rf1
Nd3 $19) 26... Qe6 27. Kg2 Rf8 $13) 23. Rf7 Rhg8 $6 {The start of Black's
problems.} ({It was not too late for} 23... Rhf8 24. Qxh6 Rxf7 25. gxf7 Qc7 26.
Bf6 Rf8 27. Bh5 Ka7 28. Bg7 Rxf7 29. Bxf7 Qxf7 $44 {[%csl Ga2,Ga3]} 30. Qxd6
Qxg7 31. Rb1 Nd3 32. Qg3 Qf6 33. Nc2 d4 {Despite his missing exchange, Black
dominates the centre. The positon is unclear and chances are roughly equal.})
24. g7 {With such a far advanced pawn, sustained by the rook and bishop, White
is better already, even though the position remains messy.} Ka7 (24... d4 25.
Nc4 Qc5 (25... dxc3 26. bxc3) 26. Bxb4 Nxb4 27. Rc1 $16) 25. Qxh6 Nd3 $6 {
This makes White land up in an objectively hopeless position.} (25... Ne5 $5 {
Still offers some hope:} 26. Rf6 Nbd3 27. Bxd3 Nxd3 28. Nc2 Qc7 29. Nd4 Bf4 30.
Rxf4 Nxf4 31. g3 $16) 26. Bxd3 exd3 27. Re1 Bc5 28. Re6 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Ge6c6]
A tempting and not really bad move, but White does not need such
hyper-activity.} ({The simpler} 28. Qg6 {[%csl Gd3] eliminates the d3-pawn and
with it any source of black counterplay.}) 28... Rc8 (28... Ka8 $2 29. b4 $1
Bxb4 30. Rxc6 bxc6 31. Bxb4 Qxb4 32. Qxc6+ {mates}) 29. Qg5 $2 {The players
must have been in time trouble already. In such a chaotic position, though it
is basically winning for White. Mutual mistakes are very likely with little
time. The last move allows a nasty geometric trick.} (29. g3 $16 {[%cal Gf1g2]
would have spared back rank problems, making the trick ineffective:} Bxa3 30.
bxa3 Qb5 31. Bd2 Nd8 32. Qe3+ Ka8 33. Rb6 $18) 29... Bd4 $6 ({Missing} 29...
Bxa3 $1 30. bxa3 Qb5 {[%cal Gc6d8,Gd3d2] Suddenly the rooks are hanging.} 31.
Bd2 (31. a4 Qc4 $17) 31... Nd8 32. Qe3+ Ka8 33. Rb6 d4 $3 (33... Rc1+ $2 34.
Bxc1 d2+ 35. Rxb5 dxc1=Q+ 36. Qxc1) 34. Qxd4 Rc1+ $1 35. Bxc1 d2+ 36. Rxb5
dxc1=Q+ 37. Ke2 Nxf7 $17) 30. Re1 $2 (30. Qxd5 $1 Bxc3 31. bxc3 Rgd8 ({There
are some differences induced by} 31... Rcd8 32. Rd6 Rxd6 33. Qxd6 Qb2 34. g3
Qe2+ 35. Kg2 Qe4+ 36. f3 Qe2+ 37. Kh3 d2 38. Qxc6 $1 $18) 32. Rd7 (32. Rd6 Rxd6
33. Qxd6 Qb2 34. g3 Qe2+ 35. Kg2 Qe4+ 36. f3 Qe2+ 37. Kh3 d2 $13 {[%csl Gc6]})
32... Rxd7 33. Qxd7 Rd8 34. Rxc6 Rxd7 35. Rxb6 d2 36. Rb1 d1=Q+ 37. Rxd1 Rxd1+
38. Ke2 Rd8 39. Nc4 Rg8 40. f4 Rxg7 41. Kf3 Rc7 42. Ne3 Rxc3 43. g4 $18) (30.
Qd2 $5 $13) 30... Bxc3 $6 (30... Rxg7 $1 {Another combination which is far
from easy to see.} 31. Bxd4 (31. Rxg7 Rh8 $1 32. g3 Bxc3 33. bxc3 Rh1+ 34. Kg2
Rxe1 $19) 31... Rxg5 32. Bxb6+ Kxb6 33. Rd1 Ne5 $17) 31. bxc3 Qb2 32. Nb1 {
Finally thinking of this knight, true, not really voluntarily.} (32. Qc1 $13 {
looks safest}) 32... Rce8 33. Qd2 Rxe1+ 34. Qxe1 d4 $1 {Quite a tricky move,
clearing not only the d5-square but also the whole fifth rank for a rapid
queen switch to h5.} (34... Qb5 35. c4 Qxc4 (35... dxc4 36. Nc3 $16) 36. Nd2
$13) 35. Nd2 $2 $19 (35. cxd4 Qb5 36. Kg1 (36. Nc3 Qh5 $1) 36... Qd5 $15) ({
In time trouble who would think of a prophylactic move like} 35. a4 $1 $13 {
[%csl Gb5]}) 35... dxc3 36. Nc4 {The knight which had waited so passively on
a3 for such a long time seems to have become the hero of the game. But not
after Black's brilliant answer (the only one not to lose!)} Re8 $3 (36... Qb4
37. Qe3+ Kb8 38. Qxd3 $18) 37. Rxb7+ (37. Qxe8 Qc1+ 38. Qe1 d2 39. Qxc1 dxc1=Q+
40. Ke2 c2 41. Ne3 Qb2 $19) (37. Nxb2 Rxe1+ 38. Kxe1 cxb2 39. g8=Q b1=Q+ 40.
Kd2 Qc2+ 41. Ke3 Qe2+ 42. Kf4 d2 $19) 37... Qxb7 38. Qxe8 Qb1+ 39. Qe1 c2 0-1

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a5
a6 9. O-O b5 10. axb6 Nxb6 11. Bb3 Bf5 12. Bc2 Qd7 13. Qe2 Rfd8 14. Nxe5 Qe6
15. d4 Bxc2 16. Qxc2 Bxd4 17. Nf3 Be5 18. Bg5 f6 19. Be3 Nc4 20. Re1 Rab8 21.
Bc1 a5 22. Ra4 Qd5 23. Nbd2 Nb6 24. Rae4 a4 25. Rh4 Qd3 26. Qxd3 Rxd3 27. Nc4
Nxc4 28. Rxc4 a3 29. Rxc6 axb2 30. Bxb2 Rxb2 31. Nxe5 fxe5 32. Rxc7 Rdd2 33.
Rc8+ Kf7 34. Rc7+ Kf6 35. Rf1 h6 36. h4 e4 37. h5 Rb5 38. Ra1 Rd6 39. Kf1 Rxh5
40. Raa7 Rh1+ 41. Ke2 g5 42. Rf7+ Kg6 43. g4 Rdd1 44. Rg7+ Kf6 45. Rgf7+ Kg6
46. Rg7+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. a4 b4 8. Nbd2
Bc5 9. Nf1 d6 10. Ng3 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. O-O O-O 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. c3 Ba7 15.
d4 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Be3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Rxb1 19. Qxb1 Ng4 20. h3 Nxe3 21.
fxe3 Qg5 22. Kh2 a5 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Qb7 Bb6 25. Qc8+ Kf7 26. Qd7+ Qe7 27.
Qb5 g6 28. Nf1 Qg5 29. Nd2 Qxe3 30. Qd7+ Kf8 31. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[Annotator "Aditya Mittal"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:17:03"]
[BlackClock "0:33:42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 $5 {Fabiano Caruana experiments with the Petroff.} 3. Nxe5
d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 {Black has two plans
at his disposal. Once is to castle short and the other is Be6-Qd7 and 0-0-0.
Caruana chooses the latter.} Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 (9... Bxa2 $6 {26 games have
ventured into this territory. White needs to know a bit about the stuff that's
going on and he should be alright.} 10. b3 a5 $1 11. Kb2 a4 12. Kxa2 (12. Ra1
axb3 13. cxb3 Bxb3 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Kxb3 Qa1 {looks really dangerous for
White but he can survive with} 16. Kc2 O-O 17. Qc1 $16) 12... axb3+ 13. Kxb3
Ra5 {Overall this position looks scary, but White's king can get out from
there safely after} 14. Kb2 Qa8 15. Rb1 Ra2+ 16. Kc1 {And Black is just a
piece down.}) 10. b3 O-O-O 11. Nd4 a6 $5 {Inviting White to exchange.} (11...
Nxd4 12. Bxd4 {Now two pawns are hanging - g7 and a7.}) 12. Nxe6 fxe6 {White
has the bishop pair. Black is solid but it is obvious that it is White who is
pushing here.} 13. g3 $1 {The bishop will come to h3 to harass the e6 pawn.} d5
{It is interesting to see how Fabiano neutralises his opponent's play against
the e6 pawn.} (13... Bf6 14. Bh3 Kb8 15. Rhe1 Rhe8 16. f4 $14 {The e6 pawn is
weak, but not to such an extent that Black is in grave trouble.}) (13... e5 14.
h4 Kb8 15. Bh3 Qe8 16. Qd5 $16 {is already a very passive position for Black.})
14. Bh3 Kb8 $1 {Taking the king out of the line of fire.} 15. Rhe1 Rhe8 $1 {
A good trick, of course an easy one but well, tricks are tricks. On one lucky
day your opponent might fall into it.} (15... Ba3+ 16. Kb1 Rde8 {was possible.
However, after} 17. f4 $14 {White has a stable edge.}) 16. f4 $1 {Keeping up
the pressure.} (16. Bxe6 $2 Ba3+ $1 $19 (16... Qxe6 17. Ba7+ Kxa7 18. Rxe6 Ba3+
19. Kb1 Rxe6 $19 {is also winning.})) 16... Bf6 17. Kb1 (17. Bd4 {I was
looking at this but it doesn't really work. One interesting line could go} Nxd4
18. cxd4 Qd6 $1 {Before White can mount pressure on e6, Black breaks with c5.}
19. Re2 c5 20. dxc5 Qxc5 $15 {Black has no problems. White has his own
queenside issues to solve.}) 17... Qd6 18. Qd3 $6 {From here Caruana starts to
take over.} (18. Bd4 {makes some difference now that the king is on b1.} Nxd4
19. cxd4 c5 {this is now considered of course.} 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Rxe6 Bc3 22.
Qc1 Rxe6 23. Bxe6 d4 $10 {The position should be around equal because of the
opposite coloured bishops.}) 18... e5 $1 {Once Black gets in this move, he has
no more problems. It's nice to see how Caruana was able to get everything out
of the c8-h3 diagonal and engineer this breakthrough.} 19. Bc1 $6 {MVL took a
lot of time for this move and that's what happens when you think a lot. You
tend to make uncharacteristic errors.} (19. fxe5 $1 Nxe5 20. Qd4 Nc6 (20... Nf3
21. Qa7# $1 {ouch!}) 21. Qd3 Ne5 22. Qd4 $10 {was relatively the best.}) 19...
e4 20. Qd2 {Mistakes don't come in a vacuum! One follows the other!} (20. Qe3
$15 {was relatively better.}) 20... Qc5 $1 {Attacking the c3-pawn.} 21. Bb2 d4
$1 22. Qe2 $5 {Objectively this is a poor move, but practically it is a very
interesting try, giving up the c3-pawn.} (22. cxd4 {was what I was expecting.}
Nxd4 {It is very difficult to defend as White.} (22... Bxd4 23. Qe2 (23. Qg2
Bxb2 24. Kxb2 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 e3 $1 $17 {and Black is clearly better.}) 23...
Bxb2 24. Kxb2 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nd4 26. Qc4 Qxc4 27. bxc4 Nf3 28. Bg2 $11) 23. Qc3
Qh5 24. g4 Qh4 25. g5 Ne2 26. Qc4 Bxb2 27. Kxb2 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Qxh3 29. Qxe2 e3
$17 {After a complicated line, quite difficult for humans to find, Black keeps
the advantage.}) 22... dxc3 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 (23... Nxd8 $1 24. Bc1 Nf7 {The
knight would be well placed on d6.}) 24. Bc1 {A critical moment. Fabiano went
wrong here. Can you do any better?} Rd2 $2 {Losing the advantage. Fabiano had
a few cunning decisions at his disposal.} (24... Nb4 $1 {was an amazing line.}
25. Qxe4 Nd3 $3 {A nice little fork.} 26. Bg2 (26. cxd3 c2# {is a pretty mate})
(26. Rd1 Nxc1 $1 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Kxc1 Qg1+ $19) 26... c6 27. Qe3 {White has
to find these only move to stay in the game.} Rd4 (27... Qxe3 28. Rxe3 Nxc1 29.
Kxc1 Rd2 {is also a very pleasant endgame to play.} 30. Be4 Rxh2 $17 {Black is
a pawn up and clearly pushing ahead.}) 28. Re2 Nxc1 29. Qxc1 (29. Kxc1 Qa3+ $19
) 29... Rd2 $3 {is a line where Black can crush his opponent.} 30. Bf3 (30.
Rxd2 $2 cxd2 31. Qxd2 (31. Qd1 Qc3 $19) 31... Qg1+ $19) 30... Rxe2 31. Bxe2 Qf2
$17 {Black has every reason to believe he can win.}) (24... Re8 $5 {was also
an interesting try.} 25. Bg2 Nd4 26. Qc4 Qxc4 27. bxc4 Re6 $17 {with a good
endgame. Black will push on.}) 25. Bxd2 cxd2 26. Qxd2 Bc3 27. Qc1 Bxe1 28. Qxe1
{After a lot of exchanges the position has fizzled out. Caruana had this brief
window of opportunity for a move which he didn't capitalise upon. Now it's
just a draw.} e3 29. c3 $1 {Taking away the b4- and d4-squares from the knight.
} Na7 30. Bf1 Nb5 31. Kb2 (31. Bxb5 axb5 $15 {With the passed pawn on e3, this
might be a risky position for White.}) 31... Qa3+ 32. Kb1 Qc5 33. Kb2 Qa3+ 34.
Kb1 {Quite a narrow escape for Maxime.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{While the tournament leader, Wesley So, was scoring another victory against
out-of-form Veselin Topalov, two of his chasers, said to be the most probable
challengers for the world title in 2018, clashed in a principled battle.} 1. e4
c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {Nakamura played the Najdorf
System against Caruana in their last decisive classic game (US Championship,
Saint Louis, April 2016)... and lost! Since then Fabiano and Hikaru only met
in rapid (or semi-rapid, as in the "Champions Showdown" last month) and blitz
events, and Nakamura always replied 1...e5 to 1.e4. Does he think that the
Najdorf is a "more serious" opening than 1...e5 :-)?} 6. Bg5 {This "main" move
is a rare guest in Caruana's practice. He plays various systems against the
Najdorf but lately his main weapon has been the English Attack, starting with
6.f3 (that's what he played against Nakamura in Saint Louis). However, it
looks like Hikaru was not surprised.} e6 7. f4 h6 {Apparently, Nakamura had
never played this line before the present game. However, Caruana didn't miss
it out when preparing to play 6.Bg5.} 8. Bh4 Qb6 {This aggressive continuation
is probably more popular on move 7 but it is by no means new in this position,
too.} 9. a3 {One of the main theoretical moves. White indirectly protects his
b2-pawn and prepares to oust Black's queen by means of Bh4-f2.} (9. Qd2 {
, sacrificing the b2-pawn, is the main alternative.}) 9... Be7 ({Of course,} 
9... Qxb2 $4 {loses the queen due to} 10. Na4) (9... Nbd7) (9... Nc6 {and even}
) (9... Bd7 {are the other moves frequently seen in practice.}) 10. Bf2 Qc7 11.
Qf3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O b5 13. g4 {Both sides have made typical attacking knight
pawn moves; however, their impet is slowed down by the rook pawns, which have
already moved to a3 and h6...} g5 {...and besides, Black has a possibility to
strike a sudden counterblow, with an obvious idea to gain the e5-square for
his knight.} 14. h4 $5 gxf4 15. Be2 {This apparently strange sequence of moves
was seen for the first time in a correspondence game and later, at the
super-GM level, in Giri - Vachier-Lagrave (Stavanger 2016). White creates the
g4-g5 threat and protects the g4-pawn in case of ...Nd7-e5 Qf3xf4.} b4 $5 {
Played instantly, which means that this move was prepared at home. In his
annotations for ChessBase Magazine, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave examines a lot of
moves but not this one! However, it was obviously no secret for yesterday's
opponents.} ({The French grandmaster played} 15... Rg8 {in the above-mentioned
game, to which, according to his analysis, White could have sacrificed a pawn:}
16. g5 $1 {with a powerful attack} ({instead of} 16. Rdg1 {, played by Anish
Giri})) ({To understand the idea of 15...b4, we must take a look at the
following line:} 15... Ne5 16. Qxf4 Nexg4 $1 17. Bxg4 e5 {(looks very strong
but White has an adequate riposte)} 18. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 19. Qf3 {- White avoids
serious material losses and keeps up a strong attack on Black's uncastled king,
e.g.} Bxg4 20. Qxg4 Nf6 21. Qf3 exd4 22. Bxd4 {regaining the piece since} Qd8
$2 {is clearly bad due to} 23. e5 {(Indicated by Vachier-Lagrave).}) 16. axb4
Ne5 17. Qxf4 Nexg4 18. Bxg4 e5 {Now we see the difference.} ({In the event of} 
18... e5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Qf3 {Black can simply play} Nxb4 {. White's d4
knight can't retreat, the only way for him to avoid losing a piece is} 21. Be1
a5 22. Bxb4 axb4 {, opening the a-file for Black, after which the latter
obtains excellent counterplay. However, White has another option...}) 19. Qxf6
$1 {This queen sacrifice is not difficult, in fact, but what followed next was
really amazing.} Bxf6 {.} 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Nf5 $3 {After this move Hikaru fell
into deep thought for the first time in this game!} ({In his analysis he
obviously expected} 21. Nc6 Bxg4 22. Nxd8 Bxd8 {This endgame is unclear, both
sides have their advantages and drawbacks. Black has more weaknesses but his
bishop pair should not be underestimated. Instead, Fabiano renounces restoring
the material balance! I must say that such "real" queen sacrifices are an
Achilles' heel of analysis engines. They almost always evaluate positions with,
say, two minor pieces for a queen in favour of the strongest piece, while in
reality, in human play, there may be a more than sufficient compensation for
the material. Therefore such positions should be analysed and evaluated
"manually", and kudos to Caruana and his team for doing that! P.S. Readers of
the Chessbase website rightly indicated that engines start appreciating 21.Nf5
at some depth so my above comment is probably not quite relevant in this case;
however, it remains valid in many similar situations!}) 21... Rb8 $6 {Black
prevents 22.Bb6 but allows 22.Nxf6+ Qxf6 23.Nxd6+ (or 23.Rxd6), which proves
to be fatal for him.} ({He could have parried both threats by just trading
White's dangerous knight:} 21... Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Rb8 {but then the weakness of
light squares around his king could have become decisive. Computer engines
show equality here, which means that Black's position is almost hopeless :-).
White could have played} 23. Rd3 {with idea Ra3 or Rc3} ({or simply} 23. c4))
22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Rxd6 $6 {Alas, White fails to find the strongest but very
difficult continuation, which means that either Caruana did not analyse 21...
Rb8 at all or forgot his analysis. I bet for the former suggestion since the
variations are really amazing and must stick out in one's memory:} (23. Nxd6+
$1 Ke7 ({to} 23... Kf8 {White has an amazing move} 24. Bf5 $3 {followed by
Bf2-c5, and Black's king, "pressed against the ropes", is completely helpless})
(23... Qxd6 {is hopeless due to} 24. Rxd6 Bxg4 25. Rxa6 {with a decisive
material advantage for White}) 24. Bc5 $3 Qf4+ {(forced)} (24... Bxg4 25. Nb5+
{followed by mate on c7}) 25. Kb1 Qxg4 (25... Bxg4 {again leads to a mate after
} 26. Nf5+) 26. Nxc8+ Ke8 (26... Kf6 27. Rhf1+ Kg7 28. Rg1 $18 {with decisive
material gains for White}) 27. Nd6+ Kd7 {(again the only move)} (27... Ke7 28.
Nf5+ Ke8 29. Rhg1 $18 {- Black's queen can't retreat in view of Nf5-g7#}) 28.
Nxf7+ Kc7 {(other retreats are worse)} ({e.g.} 28... Ke6 29. Nxh8 Rxh8 30. Rhf1
{with an inevitable deadly check on d6}) 29. Bd6+ Kb7 {(once again, there are
no better king moves)} 30. Bxb8 Rxb8 31. Nxe5 {, and White keeps a rook,
knight and three pawns for the queen, which is quite enough to win, since} Qxe4
$6 32. Nd7 {loses an exchange, after which two rooks easily deal with Black's
lone queen.}) 23... Be6 {Black is ready to castle. However, his position is
still poor.} 24. Rhd1 ({Another way to meet Black's castling was} 24. Be3 Rxb4
$1 ({if} 24... O-O {then} 25. Nxh6+ Kh8 (25... Kg7 26. Rg1) 26. Nxf7+ $1 Qxf7
27. Rxe6 {, and Black's king is helpless.}) ({an attempt to free Black's queen:
} 24... Qg6 {fails to} 25. Rxe6+ $3 fxe6 26. Bh5 $1 Qxh5 27. Ng7+) 25. Rxa6 O-O
({In the event of} 25... Bxf5 26. Rxf6 Bxg4 27. Bxh6 Rxe4 {White keeps an
extra pawn and good winning chances}) 26. Nxh6+ Kh8 27. Bf5 $1 (27. Nxf7+ Qxf7
28. Rxe6 {is now premature due to} Rxe4 {; White must prepare that blow}) 27...
Qd8 28. Nxf7+ $1 Rxf7 29. Rxe6 Rxf5 $1 {(Black must get rid of White's
terrifying bishop)} 30. Rh6+ (30. exf5 Rg4 $1 {is less clear}) 30... Kg8 31.
Rg1+ Kf7 32. Rh7+ Ke6 33. exf5+ Kxf5 $16 {Despite an approximate material
parity, White has a clear advantage: a passed h4-pawn, and Black's
"centralised" king is in danger; still, the outcome of the game is not quite
certain.}) 24... O-O 25. h5 $1 {(threatening 26.Bh4)} Qg5+ ({Black couldn't
bring himself to put his queen into the corner by} 25... Rfe8 26. Bh4 Qh8 {
but that was the most stubborn defence. White should probably continue
positionally:} 27. Ne3 $1 (27. Ne7+ {is not enough due to} Rxe7 28. Bxe7 Bxg4
29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kh7 31. Rxh8+ Kxh8 {, and Black should not lose this
endgame with opposite-coloured bishops}) 27... Qg7 28. Rg1 Kf8 29. Rdd1 $16 {
Black's position is very difficult to defend, of course.}) 26. Be3 Qf6 ({
Of course, not} 26... Qxg4 27. Nxh6+) 27. Nxh6+ Kh8 28. Bf5 {Caruana spent
some time calculating the blow on f7 but finally prefered a strong positional
continuation, making Nxf7+ a more powerful threat.} (28. Nxf7+ {was possible
but Black had the following defence:} Rxf7 29. Rxe6 Qh4 $1 30. Bf5 {
(threatening 31.Rh6+ since Black will be unable to reply 31...Rh7)} Rxf5 $1 {
(here, too, Black must eliminate this bishop)} 31. exf5 (31. Rh6+ {was a good
alternative:} Kg8 32. Rg1+ Kf7 33. Rh7+ Ke6 34. exf5+ Kxf5 35. Rf1+ Ke6 36.
Rh6+ Kd5 37. Bd2 $16 {with a favourable position, similar to the one examined
in the 24.Be3 line}) 31... Qxb4 {, and the forced line} 32. Rh6+ Kg8 33. Rg1+
Kf7 34. Rh7+ Kf6 35. Rg6+ Kxf5 36. Rf7+ Ke4 37. Rg4+ Kxe3 38. Rxb4 Rxb4 {
leads to a rook endgame with an extra pawn for White, which, I believe, should
be winning for him despite Black's passed e-pawn. But, of course, calculating
this line and evaluating the final position is a very difficult task over the
board.}) 28... Qe7 $2 {Nakamura succumbs to the pressure. His move doesn't
parry the Nxf7+ threat.} (28... Rxb4 $2 29. Nxf7+ Qxf7 30. Rxe6 {was obviously
hopeless}) (28... Rbd8 {doesn't work due to the simple} 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Rxd8+
Qxd8 31. Bxe6 {, and White gets a third piece for the queen;} Qh4 {doesn't
help here due to} 32. Nxf7+ Kg7 ({or} 32... Kh7 33. Kb1) 33. Bh6+ $1 Kh7 34. b3
{: Black can't take the e4-pawn in view of the knight fork; well, he can take
the h5-pawn but White keeps a decisive material advantage anyway}) ({to} 28...
Qh4 {White can reply} 29. Rg1 $1 {threatening 30.Bg5} (29. Nxf7+ Rxf7 30. Rxe6
Rxf5 {leads to a position arising after 28.Nxf7+}) 29... Qxh5 {(what else?)}
30. Nxf7+ $1 Rxf7 (30... Bxf7 {is also hopeless due to} 31. Rh6+ Qxh6 32. Bxh6
Rg8 33. Rh1) 31. Rxe6 Rg7 32. Rd1 {- Black will never survive with such a poor
king!}) (28... Rfe8 {was the most stubborn defence. White can continue} 29. Rg1
({or} 29. c3) ({but not} 29. Rxa6 $2 Ra8 {, and Black obtains counterplay})
29... Rxb4 30. Rxa6 {with a huge advantage.}) 29. b5 $6 {The idea of this move
is either to close the b-file or to deflect Black's rook from the 8th rank.
However, such "niceties" were excessive!} ({Black prepared to meet} 29. Nxf7+
Rxf7 30. Rxe6 {with} Qxb4 {followed by} 31. Rh6+ Kg8 32. Rg1+ Rg7 ({but not} 
32... Kf8 33. Rh8+ Ke7 34. Rxb8 Qxb8 35. Bc5+ $18) 33. Be6+ Kf8 {. Here both
players missed the excellent move} 34. Bc5+ $3 ({instead of the obvious} 34.
Rh8+ Ke7 35. Rxg7+ Kd6 $1 36. Rd7+ Kxe6 37. Rxb8 Qxb8 $16 {, which both
definitely calculated and concluded that Black could successfully continue
resistance}) 34... Qxc5 35. Rh8+ Ke7 36. Rxg7+ Kd6 37. Rxb8 Qe3+ (37... Kxe6
38. Rb6+ $1 Qxb6 39. Rg6+ {- a simple skewer combination}) 38. Kb1 Qe1+ 39. Ka2
Qa5+ 40. Kb3 Kxe6 {(the bishop can be taken now but White simply queens his
h-pawn)} 41. h6 $18) 29... Qe8 $2 {Here are the lines demonstrating White's
idea:} (29... axb5 30. Nxf7+ Rxf7 31. Rxe6 {, and in the event of} Qb4 32. Rh6+
Kg8 {White can simply play} 33. c3 {parrying all future threats}) (29... Rxb5
30. Nxf7+ Rxf7 31. Rxe6 Qb4 32. Rd8+ {(the point! The invasion of this rook
breaks Black's defences)} Rf8 33. Rh6+ Kg7 ({or} 33... Kg8 34. Be6+ Kg7 35.
Rd7+) 34. Rd7+ Rf7 35. Rg6+ Kh8 (35... Kf8 36. Rd8+ Ke7 37. Bg5+) 36. Rd8+ Rf8
(36... Kh7 37. Rc6+ Rxf5 38. Rc7+ {and mate}) 37. Rxf8+ Qxf8 38. Bg5 {with an
inevitable deadly check on f6.}) ({Black could have parried the Nxf7+ threat
by means of} 29... Rbe8 {but with the passed a-pawn after} 30. bxa6 {, White
should win.}) 30. Nxf7+ Rxf7 31. Rxe6 Qxb5 {The same defence as after the
immediate 29.Nxf7+ but here Black's queen is placed worse than on b4.} 32. Rh6+
{BLACK RESIGNED foreseeing the following line. Nakamura's opening surprise (15.
..b4) was met with an excellent counter-surprise (21.Nf5!!). Black's queen was
absolutely powerless against White's minor pieces. Of course, the unsafe
position of Black's king made the greatest contribution to his defeat.
Unfortunately, Caruana didn't find the simplest paths to a win on several
occasions but he never let his advantage slip and finally brought it home.} ({
After} 32. Rh6+ Kg8 33. Rg1+ Rg7 34. Be6+ Kf8 35. Rh8+ ({of course, the
beautiful} 35. Bc5+ {wins here, too, but it is unnecessary now}) 35... Ke7 36.
Rxg7+ Kd6 {Black is not threatening mate on e1, and ...Qxb2+ will be
completely harmless; therefore, White can simply continue} 37. Rh6 $18 {
with decisive threats.}) 1-0

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. O-O d6 7. a3 a5 8. Ne1 Be6
9. d3 Nge7 10. Nc2 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Ne3 Nb6 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15.
Nxb6 Qxb6 16. Be3 Qxb2 17. Na4 Qb3 18. Nxc5 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Bd5 20. Rab1 Rfb8
21. a4 f5 22. f3 Ba2 23. Rbc1 Rb2 24. Kf1 Bd5 25. Bd2 Ra2 26. Ke1 Bf8 27. Nd7
Bb3 28. Ra1 Rxa4 29. Rxa4 Bxa4 30. Ra1 Bb3 31. Rxa5 Rxa5 32. Bxa5 Bg7 33. Bc3
Be6 34. Nxe5 Bxe5 35. Bxe5 Kf7 36. Kd2 Bb3 37. e4 Ke6 38. Bg7 h5 39. Bf8 Kf7
40. Bc5 Ke6 41. h3 Ba4 42. Ke3 Bd1 43. Bb4 Kf7 44. Kf4 Ke6 45. g4 fxg4 46. fxg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8.
Bc4 Qd8 9. Nbd2 a5 10. a4 h6 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Nf1 e4 13. Ng3 Bh7 14. dxe4 Qxd1
15. Rxd1 Bxe4 16. Bf4 Bb6 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bg3 Rae8 19. Rd7 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Ne5
21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Rad1 Rf5 23. R1d2 Re8 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. f3 Re7 26. Rd8+ Re8 27.
R8d7 Re7 28. Rd8+ Re8 29. R2d7 Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Ke7 31. Rg8 Rg5 32. g4 Bc5 33.
Bd3 Bd6 34. Kf2 Kf6 35. Re8 Rd5 36. Ke2 Re5+ 37. Rxe5 Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. b3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bd7 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qe2 Nb4 14. a3 b5 15.
axb4 bxc4 16. Nxc4 Bxb4 17. Ra1 Bb5 18. Nd4 Bxc4 19. bxc4 a5 20. Rfc1 Nd7 21.
Nb3 Qg5 22. c5 Nxc5 23. Nxa5 Ne4 24. Nc6 Bc5 25. Nd4 Bxd4 26. Bxd4 Rxc1+ 27.
Rxc1 e5 28. Bb2 Rd8 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 h5 31. Qd3 Nf6 32. h3 e4 33. Qd8+
Kh7 34. Qe7 Qg6 35. Bxf6 gxf6 36. Qc5 Kg7 37. Qd5 f5 38. Qe5+ Qf6 39. Qg3+ Kh7
40. Kh2 Qe7 41. Qf4 Kg6 42. Kg3 Qd8 43. Qe5 Qg5+ 44. Kh2 Qd8 45. Qg3+ Kh7 46.
Qf4 Kg6 47. Qe5 Qd2 48. Qg3+ Kh6 49. Qf4+ Kg6 50. Qg3+ Kh6 51. Qh4 Qd6+ 52.
Qf4+ Qxf4+ 53. exf4 Kg6 54. Kg1 Kg7 55. Kf1 Kf6 56. Ke2 Ke6 57. Kd2 Kd6 58. Ke2
Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2827"]
[BlackElo "2840"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montreal ChessBrahs"]
[BlackTeam "Norway Gnomes"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. e3 a6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. d4 d6
9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. c4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Qxb5 Ra7 15.
Qe2 Qa8 16. Bc3 Nb6 17. dxc5 Bxc3 18. cxb6 Ra3 19. Rac1 Rxa2 20. Qd1 Bf6 21.
Ne1 Ra6 22. Rc4 Bxg2 23. Nxg2 Rxb6 24. Nf4 e6 25. Qc2 d5 26. Rc5 Rfb8 27. Rb1
Be7 28. Rc3 Bb4 29. Rc7 Bd6 30. Rc3 d4 31. exd4 Bxf4 32. gxf4 Qd5 33. Rc8+ Kg7
34. Rxb8 Rxb8 35. Qc5 Rxb3 36. Rxb3 Qxb3 37. Qe5+ f6 38. Qe2 Qd5 39. Qe3 Kf7
40. h3 Qf5 41. Kg2 Kg7 42. Kg3 Kh6 43. h4 Kg7 44. Qe2 Qd5 45. Qe3 Kf7 46. Qc3
Qb7 47. Qc4 Qb6 48. Qc3 Kg7 49. Qe3 Qc6 50. Qa3 Qd7 51. Qe3 Qd5 52. Qe2 Kf7 53.
Qe3 Qh1 54. Qb3 h5 55. Qb5 Qg1+ 56. Kf3 Qd1+ 57. Ke3 Qe1+ 58. Kf3 Qc3+ 59. Kg2
Qxd4 60. Qb7+ Kf8 61. Qb8+ Ke7 62. Qc7+ Qd7 63. Qb8 Qc6+ 64. Kg3 Qe8 65. Qc7+
Qd7 66. Qb8 Qd8 67. Qb7+ Kf8 68. Qh7 Qd3+ 69. f3 Qf5 70. Qh8+ Ke7 71. Qg7+ Kd6
72. Qf8+ Kd5 73. Qa8+ Kd4 74. Qa1+ Kc4 75. Qa4+ Kc3 76. Qa3+ Kd2 77. Qb2+ Kd3
78. Qb1+ Kc4 79. Qa2+ Kb5 80. Qb3+ Kc6 81. Qa4+ Qb5 82. Qe4+ Kd6 83. Qxg6 Qf1
84. Qxf6 Qg1+ 85. Kh3 Qh1+ 86. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Tari, Aryan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2827"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montreal ChessBrahs"]
[BlackTeam "Norway Gnomes"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 Nd7 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5
Nxc5 9. Na3 Nc6 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Nb5 O-O 12. Nfd4 Bg6 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. Nd4 Qc7 16. c4 Qb7 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Bb5 Rad8 19. Qe2 Nb8 20. g3 Rc8 21. h4
h6 22. h5 Bh7 23. Be3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Qd2 Rc7 26. Qa5 Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 Bc5
28. Qd8+ Bf8 29. Be3 a6 30. Be8 Be7 31. Bc6+ Bxd8 32. Bxb7 Bd3 33. b4 Kf8 34.
Nb3 Nd7 35. f4 Bc4 36. Kf2 Ke7 37. Nd4 Nb8 38. a4 Kd7 39. f5 Be7 40. b5 axb5
41. axb5 exf5 42. Nxf5 Bf8 43. b6 Nc6 44. Bf4 Bc5+ 45. Kg2 Nd8 46. Ba8 Ne6 47.
b7 Ba7 48. Bd2 Bd3 49. Nd6 Bb8 50. Nxf7 Be2 51. Bb4 Bxh5 52. Bd6 Nc7 53. Nh8
Ke6 54. g4 Be8 55. Kf3 g5 56. Ke3 h5 57. gxh5 Bxh5 58. Kf2 d4 59. Bb4 Kxe5 60.
Bd2 Kf6 61. Bc1 Be8 62. Kf3 Bc6+ 63. Kg4 Nxa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2827"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway Gnomes"]
[BlackTeam "Montreal ChessBrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Ne4 8. Nxe4
dxe4 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Bd7 11. Bc4 Bc6 12. O-O Bf6 13. Bg3 Bh4 14. b4 Bxg3
15. fxg3 b5 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Qb3 Ba4 18. Qc3 Qd6 19. Rf4 Bc6 20. Raf1 Bd5 21.
Bxd5 exd5 22. a3 c6 23. R4f2 b5 24. Rc2 Ra6 25. Qb2 h5 26. Rc3 g6 27. Rf2 Kg7
28. Qc1 Re8 29. Qf1 Re7 30. Qc1 Re6 31. Qf1 Qe7 32. Qc1 Qg5 33. Qf1 Ra7 34. Qe1
Kf8 35. Qc1 Ra6 36. Qf1 Qe7 37. Qc1 Ke8 38. Qf1 Kf8 39. Qc1 h4 40. gxh4 Qxh4
41. Qf1 f5 42. Rf4 Qh6 43. g4 Rf6 44. Kh1 Ra7 45. gxf5 Raf7 46. Rc2 Rxf5 47.
Rxf5 Rxf5 48. Rf2 Qg5 49. Rxf5+ gxf5 50. Qh3 Kg7 51. Qg3 Kg6 52. Kg2 Qg4 53.
Qxg4+ fxg4 54. Kg3 Kg5 55. h3 gxh3 56. Kxh3 Kh5 57. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nordquelle, Daniel"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2083"]
[BlackElo "2827"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway Gnomes"]
[BlackTeam "Montreal ChessBrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3
dxe5 9. dxe5 Qxd1+ 10. Bxd1 Bd7 11. Nc3 Bc6 12. O-O N8d7 13. Re1 Nc5 14. Bc2
O-O-O 15. Bg5 Rd7 16. Rad1 h6 17. Rxd7 Ncxd7 18. Bc1 Nc4 19. b3 Bb4 20. bxc4
Bxc3 21. Re3 Ba1 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Rd8 24. Ba3 Nxe5 25. Re1 Nxf3+ 26. gxf3
Bf6 27. Bc5 a6 28. Be3 Rd3 29. Rc1 Kc7 30. Kf1 Kc6 31. Ke2 Ra3 32. Rc2 Ra5 33.
Kf1 Rh5 34. Kg2 Rh4 35. Rc1 Bg5 36. Kg3 f5 37. f4 Bf6 38. Rb1 Bd8 39. h3 g5 40.
Rd1 Bc7 41. Rd4 e5 42. fxg5 Rxd4 43. Bxd4 exd4+ 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Rakesh, Kumar Jena"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2827"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. d4 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 b5
9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 Rc8 12. c5 Re8 13. h3 Qc7 14. Ne2 a5 15. a3 Ra8
16. b4 Ra7 17. a4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Rea8 19. Rda1 Bc8 20. b5 cxb5 21. Bxb5 Nb8 22.
Ne5 Nfd7 23. Nd3 Nb6 24. R4a3 Ba6 25. Bxa6 Rxa6 26. Nc3 Nc4 27. Nxd5 Nxa3 28.
Bxa3 Qd8 29. Nb6 R8a7 30. Rb1 Nd7 31. Nxd7 Rxd7 32. Qc4 Qc8 33. d5 Ra8 34. c6
Rc7 35. Rb5 Qa6 36. Rb8+ Bf8 37. Qxa6 Rxa6 38. Bxe7 Rxe7 39. d6 Raa7 40. dxe7
Rxe7 41. Nc5 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krysa, Leandro Sergio"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2827"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Bg4
9. Ne5 Bf5 10. h3 Nfd7 11. f4 Nf6 12. Qb3 Qc8 13. g4 Be4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4
dxe4 16. f5 gxf5 17. gxf5 Nd7 18. Kh1 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Bh6 Rd8 21. f6 Rd3
22. Rg1+ Kh8 23. Bg7+ Kg8 24. Bh6+ Kh8 25. Bg7+ Kg8 26. Bh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "2827"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 a6 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. a4
bxa4 9. Rxa4 c5 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. exd4 Be7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Bg5 Bc6 14. Raa1 Nd5
15. Qe4 g6 16. Qh4 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 h5 18. Qg3 Qf6 19. Rac1 Ra7 20. Rfd1 Kg7 21.
Be4 Rb7 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Rd2 Re8 24. h4 Nd7 25. Ne2 Nf8 26. Nf4 Kh8 27. Rdc2
Ba4 28. Rc7 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Bd7 30. Nf3 Be6 31. Ne5 Re7 32. Rc6 Qf5 33. Rxa6 Rb7
34. b3 Kg7 35. Rd6 Rc7 36. Kh2 Rb7 37. Rc6 Re7 38. b4 Rb7 39. Nfd3 Qe4 40. Nc5
1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2827"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 Qb6 8. Nd2
Qa6 ({Nowadays after} 8... c5 9. c4 Qxb2 {the line, which I recommended in my
annotations to the game Nepomniachtchi,I-Motylev,A 2014 Poikovsky 2014,
instead of 10.Rb1 White has found 10.Rd1:} 10. Rd1 $1 Qxd4 11. Qb3 Qxe5+ 12.
Ne2 Nd7 (12... Qc7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. O-O $5 ({Also White could have tried} 14.
Nc3 $5 Qb6 (14... d4 15. O-O Be7 16. Nc4 Nf6 (16... dxc3 $2 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18.
Rfe1+ Kf8 19. Qxb7 $1 $18) 17. Nb5 Qd8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nbd6+ Bxd6 20. Qxb7
$16) 15. Qxd5 Qe6+ 16. Qxe6+ fxe6 17. Nb5 Na6 18. Nc4 Nf6 19. O-O Be7 20. Ncd6+
Bxd6 21. Nxd6+ Ke7 22. Nxb7 $44) ({or} 14. Nc4 $5 Be7 (14... dxc4 $4 15. Qxb7
$18) 15. Rxd5 Nf6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 (16... gxf6 17. O-O $44) 17. Nd6+ Kf8 18. Rxc5
Nc6 19. Qxb7 Qxb7 20. Nxb7 $11) 14... d4 $6 15. Rfe1 Be7 16. Nf4 $2 (16. Nc4 $1
Nc6 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 cxd4 20. Nd6+ $18) 16... Nc6 17. Nd5 Qd7
18. Ne4 Rd8 $2 (18... b6 19. Bxe7 Ncxe7 $1 (19... Ngxe7 $2 20. Ndf6+ $18) 20.
Ng5 O-O-O 21. Nxb6+ axb6 22. Qxb6 Rh6 23. Qxc5+ Rc6 24. Qa3 Qd6 25. Qa4 Ra6 26.
Qc4+ Rc6 27. Qa4 $11) 19. Nxe7 Ngxe7 20. Nxc5 Qd5 21. Qxb7 f6 22. Ne6 Kf7 23.
Nxd8+ Rxd8 24. Bf4 $16 {Kadric,D (2500)-Yang,D (2478) Richardson 2015 1/2 (26)}
) 13. Bf4 Qf5 $2 ({even the strongest} 13... Qf6 14. Qxb7 Qd8 {looks very
dangerous for Black.}) 14. Qxb7 Rd8 15. Bc7 $18 d4 16. Ng3 Qg4 17. Bxd8 Kxd8
18. Qa8+ Ke7 19. Rb1 Ngf6 20. Rb7 {1-0 (20) Hammer,J (2652) -Brunello, S (2567)
Helsingor DEN 2016}) 9. c4 Bb4 10. b3 c5 11. Ngf3 Nc6 12. dxc5 (12. O-O Nge7 ({
As we can see, the position after the text 12.dxc5 and then 12...Bxc5 is in
White's favour. So probably Black should have played} 12... cxd4 $5 13. Nxd4
Nge7 14. Nb5 Rc8 15. a3 Nxe5 16. Qe2 Bxd2 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Qxd2 Kf8 (18...
dxc4 $5 19. Qb4+ Kf6 20. Nd6 Rc6 21. Rad1 $44) 19. Rae1 f6) 13. dxc5 Ng6 14.
Qe3 d4 15. Qe2 Bxc5 16. a3 $1 $16 {Motylev,A (2665) -Khotenashvili,B (2526)
Caleta 2015 1-0 (33)}) 12... Nge7 (12... Bxc5 {see my annotations to the game
Nepomniachtchi,I-Motylev,A 2014 Poikovsky 2014 0-1 (37).}) 13. O-O (13. Bxe7 {
seems to be a harmless continuation:} Nxe7 14. O-O Bxc5 15. a3 ({White could
have tried} 15. Ng5 $5 Nc6 16. Ndf3 dxc4 17. bxc4 Be7 18. Qe4 Qa5 19. Rab1 Qc7
$13) 15... Ng6 16. b4 Be7 17. g3 Rd8 18. Qb3 b6 19. Rac1 O-O $11 {Jose Abril,R
(2337)-Grigoryan,K (2582) Badalona 2015 0-1 (56)}) 13... Nf5 (13... O-O 14. a3
({As an improvement I can recommend} 14. Qc2 $1 dxc4 (14... Rac8 15. cxd5 Nxd5
16. Ne4 $16) (14... Qa5 15. a3 Bxd2 16. cxd5 $1 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 $16) 15. Ne4 Nf5
16. a3 cxb3 17. Qxb3 Ba5 18. Rfd1 $16) 14... Bxd2 15. Nxd2 Nxe5 16. Qe2 N7c6
17. Qxh5 f6 $2 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Bf4 Qd3 20. Rae1 (20. Bxe5 $1 Nxe5 (20... fxe5
21. Nf3 Qf5 22. Qxf5 Rxf5 23. b4 $16) 21. Rfd1 Rad8 22. Nc4 Qxb3 23. Nxe5 fxe5
24. Qxe5 Qc4 25. Qe7 $16) 20... Rae8 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Qd1 Nd4 23. Nf3 Nxf3+
24. Qxf3 Qxf3 25. gxf3 Kf7 $44 {Jones,G (2663)-Ghasi,A (2455) Reading ENG 2017
1/2 (65)}) 14. Qc2 Ncd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qd1 Bxc5 17. Nf3 Qb6 ({Other moves
are even less attractive for Black.} 17... Nxf3+ $6 18. Qxf3 dxc4 (18... d4 19.
a3 Rc8 20. Qg3 $1 Qc6 21. b4 Be7 22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. Qg5+ Kf8 24. Rfd1 $16) 19.
Rac1 $1 Bd4 (19... O-O $2 20. Rxc4 Bb6 21. Qxh5 Qxa2 22. Bf6 $18) 20. Rxc4 (20.
Qf4 $5 Bb2 21. Rxc4 Qa5 22. Re4 $16) 20... Bxe5 21. Re1 Qa5 22. Rec1 f6 23. Rc5
Qb6 24. Bf4 $1 Bxf4 25. Qxf4 O-O 26. Rc7 $16) (17... Nf5 $2 18. cxd5 Ng3 19.
Re1 Qb6 20. Be3 $18) 18. cxd5 ({It seems to me that White could have got an
advantage after} 18. Rb1 $5 a5 (18... Rc8 19. cxd5 exd5 20. b4 Nxf3+ $8 21.
Qxf3 Bd4 22. Qxd5 $16) 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Qf3 O-O 22. Qxd5 Rfe8
23. Rbe1 $16 {White has an extra pawn and good chances to win the game.}) 18...
exd5 19. Rc1 O-O 20. Nxd4 $6 {As we can see, this move leads to a drawish
position, so White should have chosen between 20.Nh2 and 20.Ne1:} (20. Nh2 $5
Ne6 21. Qxh5 Qb4 22. Rfe1 Rac8 23. Ng4 Rfe8 (23... Nf4 24. Nh6+ $1 {This is
stronger than 24.Bxf4 Qxf4} gxh6 25. Qxh6 Bxf2+ $8 26. Kh1 $8 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Qe4
28. Bxf4 $16) 24. Nf6+ gxf6 25. Bxf6 Ng7 26. Qg5 Bf8 27. h5 Kh7 28. h6 $18) (
20. Ne1 $5 Ne6 (20... Ba3 21. Rc3 Ne6 22. Qxh5 Qd4 23. Re3 Rfc8 24. Nf3 Qb2 25.
Rd3 $16) 21. Qxh5 Rac8 22. Nd3 Ba3 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Qe2 Rc3 25. Nf4 Nxf4 26.
Bxf4 Qd4 27. Bg5 $16) 20... Bxd4 21. Qxh5 Rae8 (21... Bxe5 $4 {Black can't
take on e5 due to} 22. Be7 Bb2 23. Bxf8 Bxc1 24. Bxg7 $18) 22. Bf4 Qg6 23. Qxg6
fxg6 24. g3 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Rc8 $1 (27... Kf7 $6 28.
Re5 Rd8 29. Kf1 Kf6 30. Rg5 Rd7 31. Ke2 $16 {White has good chances to win the
endgame.}) 28. Re7 {The following moves are forced.} Rc2 29. a4 b6 30. Rxa7 Rb2
31. Rb7 Rxb3 32. a5 b5 33. a6 (33. Kf1 Rb2 34. a6 Ra2 35. a7 Kh7 36. Ke1 b4 37.
Kd1 b3 38. Kc1 d4 39. f4 d3 $11) 33... Ra3 34. Rxb5 Rxa6 35. Rxd5 Ra2 $14 {
Despite the fact, that the computer's evaluation is about +1.5, the position
which has arisen is completely drawish. In order to make a draw the doubled
pawns g6, g7 are even better placed than pawns would be on g7 and h6.} 36. Kg2
Rb2 37. Rd8+ Kf7 38. Rd7+ Kg8 39. Kf3 Ra2 40. Ke3 Ra4 41. Re7 Ra5 42. f3 Kh7
43. Kf4 Rf5+ 44. Ke4 Ra5 45. Kf4 Rf5+ 46. Kg4 Ra5 47. Re8 Ra4+ 48. Kh3 Ra3 49.
Rf8 Ra5 50. g4 Rb5 51. Rf4 Kg8 52. Rd4 Ra5 53. Kg3 Rb5 54. Kf4 Ra5 55. Rd7 Kh7
56. Ke4 Ra1 57. Ke5 Rh1 58. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2827"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. f3 a4 12. Kf2 Qa5 13. Rac1 Be6 14. Nd5 Bxd5
15. Qxa5 Rxa5 16. cxd5 Nd7 17. Rc7 Nc5 18. Rb1 Bf6 19. g4 g5 20. e5 Bxe5 21.
Bxg5 e6 22. Rd1 Bxh2 23. Bh6 Rb8 24. Bc4 e5 25. Be3 Bf4 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Rxc5
dxc5 28. Bb5 Rd8 29. d6 e4 30. d7 Be5 31. fxe4 Bd4+ 32. Ke2 Kf8 33. Bxa4 Ke7
34. b3 Rg8 35. Rf1 Rg7 36. Kd3 Kd8 37. Kc4 Kc7 38. b4 Rxg4 39. bxc5 Be3 40. Kd5
Rg5+ 41. Kc4 Re5 42. Kd3 Bxc5 43. Rxf7 h5 44. Bb5 h4 45. Rh7 Be7 46. a4 Bd8 47.
Rh8 Re6 48. Rh5 Rd6+ 49. Ke2 Re6 50. Kf3 Rf6+ 51. Kg2 Rg6+ 52. Kh2 Rg5 53. Rh8
Rc5 54. Kh3 Re5 55. Re8 Rg5 56. e5 Rg3+ 57. Kh2 Re3 58. e6 Re4 59. Kg2 Re5 60.
Kf3 b6 61. Kg4 Re4+ 62. Kf5 Re3 63. Kf4 Re1 64. Kf3 Re5 65. Be2 h3 66. Bb5 h2
67. Kg2 Rh5 68. Kh1 Rh7 69. Ba6 Rh4 70. e7 Bxe7 71. Rxe7 Rxa4 72. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2827"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Ne2 Qb6 6. d4 e6 7. Ng3 c5 8. Bd3
Nc6 $6 $146 {A strange novelty, which should be evaluated as '?' or at least
as "?!'. I think that Fabiano just confused something.} ({Up to the moment
Black is OK after} 8... Nxg3 9. hxg3 cxd4 (9... Nc6 10. c3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bd7
12. Bb1 Be7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Re1 O-O 15. Bg5 Qxb2 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Bd3 Qa3 18.
Re3 $44 Rc3 $4 19. Qb1 $4 (19. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 20. Ng5+ Kg6 (20... Kg8 21. Qh5
Re8 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Rae1 $18) 21. Qg4 Rxe3 22. Nxe6+ Kh6 23.
Qg5+ Kh7 24. Qxg7#) 19... h6 $15 {Grischuk,A (2785) -Riazantsev,A (2700)
Moscow ch Blitz 2013 0-1 (52)}) 10. g4 (10. a3 $6 Nc6 11. b4 Bd7 12. Bf4 h6 13.
g4 O-O-O 14. O-O (14. g5 $2 hxg5 15. Rxh8 Bxb4+ 16. axb4 Rxh8 17. Bxg5 Rh1+ 18.
Bf1 Nxb4 19. Qd2 (19. Nxd4 Qxd4 $19) 19... Qb5 $19) 14... g5 15. Bg3 Be7 16.
Qd2 Rdg8 17. Be2 h5 $17 {Solak,D (2632)-Eljanov,P (2723) Kocaeli 2014 1/2 (57)}
) 10... Nc6 11. a3 Bd7 12. Kf1 f6 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. b4 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 fxe5 16.
Qxe5 Bd6 17. Qxg7 Rhg8 18. Qxh7 Rxg4 19. Bd2 e5 $15 {Carlsen,M (2855)-Grischuk,
A (2747) ICC INT 2016 1-0 (43)}) (8... cxd4 {Another line is not reliable for
Black} 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Bxe4 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 $6 {White could have continued to
develop his pieces after 11 Bd2!} (11. Bd2 $1 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Qxb2 13. O-O {
White has excellent compensation for a pawn} Nc6 (13... Qc3 14. Qg5 O-O 15. Qh4
h6 $8 16. g4 Qc5 17. g5 Qe7 18. Qg3 $16) 14. Rab1 Qc3 15. Qxc3 dxc3 16. Rfd1
Ke7 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Nd4 $16) 11... Nd7 12. Kg1 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Bd3 O-O
15. Qe2 Bd6 16. Ng5 e5 17. Bc4+ Kh8 18. Nf7+ Rxf7 19. Bxf7 Bg4 $44 {Maximov,D 
(2492)-Goh,W (2451) Budapest 2011 1-0 (31)}) 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Bxe4 cxd4 {
This is a typical bad position, which Black can get when playing the French
Defence.} ({Black could have tried to trade the knights:} 10... Nxd4 $5 11. c3
$1 (11. O-O Bd7 $1 (11... Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Be7 13. Qg3 $16) 12. c3 Bc6 13. Ng5
Bxe4 14. Nxe4 Nc6 15. Bf4 Rd8 16. Qe2 $14) 11... Nc6 (11... Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Be7
13. Qg3 g6 14. Bh6 $16) 12. O-O Bd7 13. Qe2 Be7 14. Rd1 h6 15. Bf4 O-O-O 16. b4
cxb4 17. Be3 Qa5 18. cxb4 $16 {with a very strong attack.}) 11. O-O Bd7 12. a3
{Black's problem is that he has no plan. He can't castle because he will be
mated; he can't try to trade light-squared bishops because he will lose the
d4-pawn.} h6 13. Re1 Rd8 14. h3 {Nigel doesn't need to hurry. In any case,
Black can only wait.} g6 15. b4 Bg7 16. Bf4 ({Nigel could have played} 16. Rb1
{because the consequences of ...Nxe5 are favourable for White:} Nxe5 17. Nxe5
Bxe5 18. Bxg6 Qc7 19. Be4 $16) 16... Ne7 $1 {In order to avoid huge problems,
Fabiano decided to sacrifice a pawn.} ({The consequences of lines such as} 
16... O-O 17. Qd2 g5 18. Bg3 Qc7 19. Bd3 Ne7 20. h4 $1 $18) ({or} 16... g5 17.
Bg3 Bc8 18. Qd3 a6 19. Rad1 $16 {aren't cheerful for Black.}) 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18.
Nxd4 $16 Ba4 19. Nf3 Nd5 (19... g5 $5 {Black could get some counterplay by
attacking the e5-pawn. After 19.... g5} 20. Bc1 b6 21. c4 O-O 22. Bb2 $16) 20.
Bd2 Bb5 21. Bxd5 $1 {A very strong move. Black can play 21...exd5 or 21....
Rxd5. In both cases his position is lost.} Rxd5 (21... exd5 22. Be3 a6 (22...
b6 23. a4 Bc4 24. a5 bxa5 25. Rxa5 a6 26. Bc5 $18) 23. Bc5 Rc8 24. Nd4 Bd7 25.
Re3 $16) 22. a4 Bd7 $8 (22... Ba6 $4 23. b5 $18) (22... Bc4 $4 23. Re4 $18) 23.
c4 Rd3 24. b5 O-O 25. Re3 $6 (25. Red1 $1 {White wants to get control over the
d-file or to take the second pawn on a7.} Rc8 (25... Rd8 26. Be3 Be8 27. Rxd3
Rxd3 28. Bxa7 $18) 26. Be3 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Be8 28. Bxa7 Rxc4 29. Rd8 Kf8 30. Rb8
$18) 25... Rxe3 26. Bxe3 $16 {White is still much better but Nigel missed a
good possibility to win the game.} Ra8 27. Rd1 Be8 28. Bc5 f5 $5 {It's not
easy to recommend anything to Black.} (28... Rc8 29. Bxa7 Rxc4 30. Rd8 Kf8 31.
Rb8 $18) 29. exf6 Bxf6 30. Bd4 Be7 (30... Kf7 31. Bxf6 Kxf6 32. Kf1 $16 {
White has an extra pawn and a better pawn structure. He should win the endgame.
}) 31. Re1 Bf7 32. Ne5 a6 33. c5 $1 axb5 34. axb5 ({Nigel could have won
immediately after} 34. c6 $1 bxc6 (34... bxa4 35. cxb7 Rb8 36. Rb1 a3 37. Nd7
a2 38. Rb6 $18) 35. Nxc6 Bd6 36. axb5 Ra3 37. Rd1 Bf8 38. Be3 Rb3 39. Rd8 $18)
34... Be8 35. b6 Rd8 36. c6 $5 ({The computer indicates the following line} 36.
Be3 $5 Rd5 (36... g5 37. c6 bxc6 38. b7 Rb8 39. Rb1 c5 40. f3 Bf6 41. Nc4 Bg6
42. Rb3 Bc2 43. Rb6 $18) 37. c6 Rxe5 38. cxb7 Bd6 39. Rc1 $18) 36... bxc6 37.
b7 {Short transforms his advantage into a winning endgame with an extra
exchange. It wasn't easy to understand that Black has no moves after} (37. Bc3
$1 {a very easy move for a computer.} Bf6 38. b7 Rb8 39. Rb1 c5 40. Rb6 $18)
37... Rb8 ({Or} 37... c5 38. Rb1 Rb8 {- game}) 38. Rb1 c5 39. Nd7 (39. Bc3 $1 {
Once again Bc3 leads to an easy victory.} Bd6 40. Nd3 c4 41. Nc5 Bxc5 42. Be5
Ba7 43. Bxb8 Bxb8 44. Rb4 $18) 39... Bxd7 40. Be5 Re8 41. b8=Q Rxb8 42. Rxb8+
Kf7 43. Rh8 {According to the computer, Black has chances to draw.} h5 44. Rh7+
Kf8 $2 ({The last chance was} 44... Ke8 45. Rg7 g5 46. f3 $16 {I think that
White should win the endgame.}) 45. Bd6 $1 Bxd6 46. Rxd7 Be5 47. g3 c4 48. Kf1
{White's king is heading to d3, then Black will have to choose between losing
the c-pawn or g-pawn. In any case his position is lost.} c3 49. Ke2 Ke8 50. Rd1
Ke7 51. Kd3 Bf6 52. Ra1 Kf7 53. Ra7+ Ke8 54. Ke4 $18 Kd8 55. Ra4 Ke7 56. Rc4
Kd7 57. Kd3 Ke7 58. Rc7+ Ke8 59. g4 $1 hxg4 60. hxg4 {If White pushes g5 then
he can even sacrifice an exchange on g7.} Be5 61. Rc5 Bf6 62. g5 $1 Bg7 (62...
Be7 63. Re5 Kd7 64. Kxc3 Kd6 65. Kd4 $18) 63. Rc8+ Kd7 (63... Kf7 64. Rc7+ Kg8
65. Rxg7+ Kxg7 66. Kxc3 Kf8 (66... e5 67. Kc4 Kf7 68. Kd5 e4 69. Kxe4 Ke6 70.
f4 Kd6 71. f5 $18) 67. Kd4 Kf7 68. Ke5 Ke7 69. f4 $18) 64. Rg8 Bd4 65. f3 Be5
66. Rxg6 Kd6 67. Rg8 Ke7 68. Rc8 Bf4 69. Rc5 Bd2 70. Rc7+ Kd6 71. g6 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2827"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 h6 12. Be3 Ra8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. Bxf7 Nxe4 18. Bg6 Nd6 19. Nd2 Ke7 20. f4 exf4 21.
Rxf4 Bb7 22. Re1+ Kd8 23. Re5 Bc6 24. Nb3 Be8 25. Bd3 Bd7 26. Nc5 Re8 27. Rxe8+
Kxe8 28. b4 c6 29. Bg6+ Ke7 30. Rf3 Bc8 31. Kf2 Rc7 32. g4 Nc4 33. Kg3 Ne5 34.
Re3 Kd6 35. Bf5 Bxf5 36. gxf5 Rf7 37. Kf4 Ng6+ 38. Ke4 Ne7 39. Rf3 Nd5 40. Nxa6
Re7+ 41. Kd4 Re1 42. Nc5 Rd1+ 43. Rd3 Rf1 44. Ne4+ Kc7 45. Rg3 Rxf5 46. Rxg7+
Kb8 47. Nd6 Rf4+ 48. Kc5 Nxc3 49. Kxc6 Rxb4 50. Rg8+ Ka7 51. Nc8+ Ka6 52. Nb6
1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gopal, Geetha Narayanan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2827"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 d6 7. d4 Bd7 8. d5
Nce7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. c4 h6 11. Nc3 f5 12. Ne1 Nf6 13. f3 O-O 14. Nd3 g5 15.
exf5 Qxf5 16. Nf2 b5 17. Qe2 c6 18. Nfe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 bxc4 20. Nxd6 Qg6 21.
Nxc4 cxd5 22. Nxe5 Qe6 23. Re1 Nf5 24. Nd3 Qb6+ 25. Kh1 Rae8 26. Qf1 Rxe1 27.
Nxe1 Qg6 28. Qd3 Bd4 29. g4 Re8 30. Be3 Rxe3 31. Qxf5 Qxf5 32. gxf5 Bxb2 33.
Rd1 Bc3 34. Nc2 Re2 35. Nd4 Rxa2 36. Rd3 Bxd4 37. Rxd4 Ra5 38. Kg2 Kf7 39. Kg3
Kf6 40. Kg4 Rc5 41. f4 gxf4 42. Rd3 Ke5 43. Rd1 Rc4 44. Ra1 h5+ 45. Kg5 f3 46.
Rf1 Rg4+ 47. Kxh5 Rf4 48. Kg5 Rxf5+ 49. Kg4 f2 50. h4 Ke4 51. h5 Rf7 52. h6 Ke3
53. Kg5 Ke2 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.02.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2827"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nbd2 Ke7 10. b3 b6 11. Be2 a5 12. Ne5 Ba6 13. Ndc4 Nfd7 14. Nxd7
Nxd7 15. Bb2 f6 16. Rfd1 Rhd8 17. a3 Rac8 18. Rdc1 Bb7 19. Bc3 Bd5 20. b4 axb4
21. axb4 Bxc4 22. Bxc4 Bd6 23. Be1 f5 24. h3 Nf6 25. Kf1 Rc7 26. Bb3 Rxc1 27.
Rxc1 Ra8 28. Rc6 Nd7 29. Rc1 Ra3 30. Bc4 Nf6 31. Ke2 g5 32. Rc2 h5 33. f3 b5
34. Ra2 Rxa2+ 35. Bxa2 Nd5 36. Bxd5 exd5 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 fxg4 39. fxg4 Ke6
40. Kd3 Be7 41. e4 dxe4+ 42. Kxe4 Bd6 43. Bd2 Be7 44. Be1 Bd6 45. Bd2 Be7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.02.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2827"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 a6 8. Bb3
Bg4 9. Nbd2 d5 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Nf1 d4 13. g4 Bg6 14. Ng3 Qd7 15. Nh4
Red8 16. Rd1 Na5 17. Bc2 c5 18. cxd4 Nc6 19. Nhf5 Bxf5 20. Nxf5 Nxd4 21. Nxd4
Qxd4 22. Bb3 Qd7 23. g5 Ne8 24. Qf3 Bf8 25. h4 g6 26. h5 Ng7 27. hxg6 hxg6 28.
Kg2 Ne6 29. Be3 Bg7 30. a4 b6 31. a5 b5 32. Bxe6 Qxe6 33. Bxc5 Rac8 34. Rac1
Bf8 35. Bb6 Rxc1 36. Rxc1 Rc8 37. Rh1 b4 38. d4 exd4 39. Bxd4 Bg7 40. Bxg7 Kxg7
41. Qf4 Re8 42. f3 Qe5 43. Qd2 Qxa5 44. b3 Qe5 45. Rd1 Rc8 46. Qd4 Rc2+ 47. Kh3
Rh2+ 48. Kg4 Rg2+ 49. Kh4 Rxg5 50. f4 Qxd4 51. Rxd4 Rb5 52. e5 Rb7 53. Rd6 Rc7
54. Rxa6 Rc3 55. Ra7 Rxb3 56. e6 Re3 57. Rxf7+ Kh6 58. Rb7 Rxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th Febr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Makaj, Marko"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 b6 6. Ngf3 Bb7 7. h3 Be7 8. Bg3
d6 9. c3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 a6 12. a4 Qc7 13. O-O Rfe8 14. Rfe1 Bf8 15.
Bh2 e5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. e4 Nh5 18. Nc4 Nf4 19. Qf1 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ne3 c4
22. Bc2 Nc5 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Nfd3 26. b4 Ne4 27. Bxd3 cxd3
28. Qxd3 Nxc3 29. Ra3 Bxb4 30. Rb3 Qc5 31. Bxe5 Nxd5 32. Qb1 Qc4 33. Bg3 Nc3
34. Qb2 Ne2+ 35. Kh2 Bc3 36. Qc2 b4 37. Rb1 Nxg3 38. fxg3 Re2 39. Qf5 g6 40.
Qd7 Qe4 41. Rd1 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th Febr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. Qg4 f5 12. Nxc6 fxg4 13. Nxd8 Rxd8 14.
Bxe6+ Bxe6 15. Rxe6 Bd6 16. Be3 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. c4 c6 19. a4 Kf7 20. g3
h5 21. Kf1 Kf6 22. Ke2 g5 23. Kd3 Re7 24. a5 a6 25. Rb1 Rd7 26. Rb6 Kf5 27. Rb3
Be7 28. Rb1 Bd8 29. Ra1 Bf6 30. c5 Ke6 31. Kc4 Kf5 32. Re1 h4 33. Rg1 h3 34.
Re1 Rd5 35. Kd3 Rd7 36. Rf1 Ke6 37. Ke4 Re7 38. f3 Kd7+ 39. Kd3 gxf3 40. Rxf3
Re6 41. g4 Bd8 42. Rxh3 Bxa5 43. Rh7+ Kc8 44. Bxg5 Bc7 45. h4 a5 46. h5 a4 47.
Rh8+ Kd7 48. Ra8 Re1 49. h6 Rh1 50. Rxa4 Bd8 51. Bxd8 Kxd8 52. g5 Kc7 53. Ra8
Rh5 54. g6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th Febr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Beerdsen, Thomas"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O Nc6 6. Re1 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Be4
Nde7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ng6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bxc6 dxc6 13. Qf3 Qd5 14. Nd2
Bb4 15. Qxd5 cxd5 16. Re2 Bc3 17. Rb1 Nxe5 18. Bb2 Bxb2 19. Rxb2 Nc6 20. c3 Ke7
21. f4 Kf6 22. g4 h5 23. h3 hxg4 24. hxg4 Rh4 25. Rg2 Rah8 26. Nf3 Rh1+ 27. Kf2
Rc1 28. c4 dxc4 29. bxc4 Rxc4 30. Kg3 Rd8 31. Rbc2 Rc5 32. g5+ Ke7 33. g6 Rd3
34. Kg4 f5+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th Febr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hess, Robert L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montreal ChessBrahs"]
[BlackTeam "Montclair Sopranos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Nc6 8. Be3
Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. c4 a5 12. Qd2 b6 13. Nc1 Be7 14. Ne2 O-O 15.
Nc3 Nd7 16. Be2 h6 17. O-O Nc5 18. Nb5 Bg5 19. Bxg5 hxg5 20. Bd1 Nba6 21. Bc2
Qf6 22. a3 Rfc8 23. b4 Nb7 24. Bd3 Qf4 25. Qe1 axb4 26. g3 Qf6 27. axb4 Qe7 28.
Qd2 Nc7 29. Nxc7 Qxc7 30. Qxg5 b5 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Rc1 bxc4 33. Rxc4 Qb6+ 34.
Kg2 Ra2+ 35. Kh3 g6 36. Bxg6 Rxh2+ 37. Kg4 fxg6 38. Qxg6+ Kf8 39. Qf6+ Ke8 40.
Qe6+ Kf8 41. f4 Rh7 42. Qf6+ Ke8 43. fxe5 Rf7 44. Qg6 Kf8 45. e6 Rg7 46. e7+
Rxe7 47. Rf4+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montclair Sopranos"]
[BlackTeam "Montreal ChessBrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qc2 Nc6 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 d5 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8.
b4 Be6 9. b5 Nd4 10. Bb2 O-O-O 11. Rc1 Rd7 12. exd4 exd4 13. Qc5 Qe4+ 14. Ne2
b6 15. Qb4 Re8 16. f3 Qh4+ 17. g3 Qh5 18. Kf2 Bd5 19. Bg2 Bb7 20. Nf4 Qh6 21.
Rhe1 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 g5 23. Bh3 gxf4 24. Bxd7+ Kxd7 25. Qxd4+ Nd5 26. Kg2 f6 27.
Qd3 fxg3 28. hxg3 Qg5 29. Qe4 Kd6 30. d4 Bc8 31. Bc1 Qg8 32. Bf4+ Kd7 33. Rh1
Kd8 34. Kf2 Nc3 35. Qc2 Nxb5 36. Rxh7 Bd7 37. Rh6 c6 38. d5 Qxd5 39. Kg2 Kc8
40. Rxf6 Nd4 41. Rf8+ Kb7 42. Qd3 c5 43. Rb8+ Kc6 44. Rf8 Bf5 45. Rf6+ Kb7 46.
Qe3 Qa2+ 47. Qf2 Bh3+ 48. Kg1 Qb1+ 49. Kh2 Be6 50. Rh6 Bd5 51. g4 Nxf3+ 52. Kg3
Nd4 53. Be5 Qd3+ 54. Kh4 Nf3+ 55. Kh5 Bf7+ 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Pichot, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montreal ChessBrahs"]
[BlackTeam "Buenos Aires Krakens"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f3 b5 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bb7 12. Kb1 O-O 13. h4 b4 14. Na4 d5
15. e5 Nd7 16. Qe3 Bc6 17. Nb6 Nxb6 18. Bxb6 Qb7 19. Bd4 a5 20. f4 a4 21. f5
Rfc8 22. f6 Bf8 23. fxg7 Bxg7 24. h5 b3 25. cxb3 axb3 26. a3 Qe7 27. Bd3 Bf8
28. g5 Rxa3 29. bxa3 Qxa3 30. Rh2 Ba4 31. g6 fxg6 32. hxg6 h6 33. g7 Bxg7 34.
Rg1 Rc2 35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. Qxh6+ Kf7 37. Qf6+ Ke8 38. Rh8+ Kd7 39. Qd8+ Kc6 40.
Qc8# 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cuevas, Alex"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Buenos Aires Krakens"]
[BlackTeam "Montreal ChessBrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Qe3+ Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Qb3 Bc5 12. Nc3 Qb6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Bg5
Ne4 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Rxe3 18. Rxd5 Be6 19. Rb5 Rxe2 20. Rxb6
Bd5 21. Rb5 Be4 22. Re1 Raxa2 23. Rxe2 Rxe2 24. Rxb7 g5 25. Bf1 Bxf3 26. Bxe2
Bxe2 27. Kf2 Bc4 28. Rc7 Ne5 29. h4 gxh4 30. gxh4 Kg7 31. Ke3 Be6 32. Kf4 Kf6
33. Ra7 Ng6+ 34. Kg3 Ne7 35. Ra5 Nf5+ 36. Kf2 h6 37. Ra4 Ke5 38. Kf3 h5 39. Rb4
Bd5+ 40. Kf2 Be4 41. Rb5+ Kf4 42. c4 f6 43. Rb6 Ke5 44. c5 Nd4 45. Rb8 Ne6 46.
Rh8 Nxc5 47. Rxh5+ f5 48. Rh8 Kf4 49. Rg8 Nd3+ 50. Kf1 Bf3 51. Rg5 Nc5 52. Rg7
Ne4 53. Rg6 Bg4 54. Kg2 Bf3+ 55. Kf1 Ke3 56. Rg7 f4 57. Re7 Be2+ 58. Kg1 f3 59.
Rxe4+ Kxe4 60. Kf2 Kf4 61. h5 Kg5 62. Kg3 Kxh5 63. Kf2 Kg4 64. Kg1 Kg3 65. Kh1
Bc4 66. Kg1 f2+ 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.25"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Rosenthal, Nicholas"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2169"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Montreal ChessBrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nbd2 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
d6 9. Nf1 b6 10. c3 Ba6 11. h4 Ne5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. c4 Nc6 14. Ne3 Nb4 15. Bf1
f5 16. Nc2 Nxc2 17. Qxc2 f4 18. Bh3 Qd6 19. Bd2 Rad8 20. Bf1 Qe7 21. Bh3 Bc8
22. b4 Bh6 23. bxc5 fxg3 24. Bxh6 gxf2+ 25. Kg2 fxe1=Q 26. Rxe1 Qxh4 27. Rh1
Qf6 28. Bxf8 Rxf8 29. Qe2 bxc5 30. Qe3 Qf4 31. Re1 Qxe3 32. Rxe3 Bd7 33. Re2
Rb8 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Ke3 Rb1 36. Rf2+ Ke7 37. Bg4 h5 38. Be2 Rb2 39. Rg2 Be8 40.
Rg1 a5 41. Ra1 g5 42. Rg1 g4 43. Rh1 a4 44. Rg1 a3 45. Ra1 g3 46. Kf3 h4 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.25"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montreal ChessBrahs"]
[BlackTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. Re1 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. d5
Ne7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Be3 O-O 11. c4 h6 12. Nfd2 f5 13. f3 g5 14. Nc3 fxe4 15.
fxe4 Ng6 16. g3 Nf6 17. Rf1 Qd7 18. Kg2 Ng4 19. Bg1 h5 20. Nf3 h4 21. Nxg5 Bh6
22. Ne6 Rxf1 23. Qxf1 Qh7 24. Qf3 Nxh2 25. Bxh2 hxg3 26. Bxg3 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.25"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montreal ChessBrahs"]
[BlackTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bd6 7. Nc3 dxe4 8.
Ng5 O-O 9. Ncxe4 Be7 10. h4 Nbd7 11. Qf3 Qe8 12. O-O-O a5 13. a3 Nd5 14. Rde1
h6 15. Ng3 Ra6 16. Nf5 f6 17. Ne6 Nc5 18. Nexg7 Nxb3+ 19. cxb3 Qg6 20. Rh3 Bxf5
21. Nxf5 Kh7 22. Rg3 Qf7 23. Nxh6 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.25"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Montreal ChessBrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bd7 12. Nd2 Bc6 13. Nf3 Bd5 14. Rc1
Bxc4 15. Rxc4 Rc8 16. Bxa7 Rxc4 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. bxc4 Ra8 19. Bd4 Rxa2 20. Rb1
Rc2 21. g3 h6 22. Rxb7 Bd6 23. Be5 Bc5 24. Rb8+ Kh7 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rc8 Rxc4
27. Nd2 Rc3 28. Kg2 Bb4 29. Rb8 Bd6 30. Rd8 Bc7 31. Rc8 Be5 32. Rxc3 Bxc3 33.
Ne4 Bb2 34. Nd6 Kg6 35. Kf3 f5 36. Ke2 Bc3 37. Kd3 Be1 38. f3 h5 39. Ke2 Bb4
40. Nc4 Bc3 41. Kd3 Bb4 42. Ne5+ Kf6 43. Nc6 Bc5 44. Nd4 Bb4 45. f4 Bd6 46. Kc4
Ba3 47. Nf3 Bc1 48. Kd3 Ba3 49. Ne5 Bb4 50. Kc4 Be1 51. Nf3 Ba5 52. Ng5 Be1 53.
Kd3 Bb4 54. e4 fxe4+ 55. Kxe4 Kg6 56. Nf3 Bc3 57. Ne5+ Kf6 58. Nd7+ Ke7 59. Nc5
Kf6 60. Nd7+ Ke7 61. Nc5 Kf6 62. Nd7+ Ke7 63. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.25"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Rosenthal, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2169"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montreal ChessBrahs"]
[BlackTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Qf2 Nd7 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Kb1 Na5 13. f5 Bb4 14. Ne2 Nc4 15.
Ned4 Qe7 16. Bg5 Qc5 17. c3 Nxb2 18. cxb4 Nxd1 19. Qd2 Nc3+ 20. Ka1 Qxb4 21.
Bd3 Rc8 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Nxe6 Nc5 24. Nxg7+ Kd7 25. Bf5+ Kc6 26. Nd4+ Kb6 27.
Rc1 N5a4 28. Be3 Kc7 29. Nb3 Kb8 30. Bxc8 Rxc8 31. e6 Bc6 32. Nf5 Be8 33. Bd4
Rc4 34. Ne3 Rc6 35. e7 Qxe7 36. Rxc3 Nxc3 37. Bxc3 Qe4 38. Bd4 Bg6 39. Qd1 Rc8
40. Nc5 Qf4 41. Nxa6+ Kb7 42. Nc5+ Kb8 43. Na6+ Kb7 44. Nc5+ Kb8 45. Kb2 Rc6
46. Kb3 Kc8 47. Qd2 Rc7 48. Qc3 Qd6 49. Qb4 Qb6 50. Kb2 Qc6 51. Qb3 Ra7 52.
Qxd5 Qxd5 53. Nxd5 Bf7 54. Nb4 Re7 55. Kc3 Re2 56. Nc6 Bxa2 57. Be5 Rxg2 58.
Kb4 Bc4 59. Ka5 Rg6 60. Ne7+ Kd8 61. Nxg6 hxg6 62. Bg3 Ke7 63. Kb4 Kf6 64. Nb7
Bf1 65. Nd6 Kg5 66. Nxb5 Kg4 67. Nc3 Kh3 68. Kc5 Bd3 69. Kd4 Bc2 70. Nd5 Kg4
71. Ne3+ Kh3 72. Nxc2 g5 73. Ke5 g4 74. Kf5 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.25"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Montreal ChessBrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Bd3 f5 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Nf3 Qg6 14. Kf1 Bd7
15. Re1 Rf4 16. Re3 Raf8 17. h4 Qf5 18. Rh3 Be8 19. Kg1 Bg6 20. cxd5 exd5 21.
Qe2 Qh5 22. Kh2 Bf5 23. Rg3 Nxg3 24. fxg3 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 R4f6 26. Bc3 Qf5 27.
Qb5 Qd7 28. Qe2 h6 29. Ne5 Nxe5 30. dxe5 Rf2 31. Qd3 Qe6 32. Bd4 b6 33. Re1
R2f7 34. Rd1 Rc7 35. Ba1 Rc5 36. Qe3 Rc2 37. Rd2 Rxd2 38. Qxd2 Rc8 39. Bd4 Qf5
40. e6 Qxe6 41. Qd1 Qe4 42. Ba1 Rc2 43. Qf1 d4 44. Kh3 d3 45. Qd1 Qxg2+ 46. Kg4
Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.25"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Montreal ChessBrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bg7 8. e3 g5
9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Be2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Ne7 12. g4 b6 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. O-O-O Qd7 15.
Kb1 O-O-O 16. c5 Kb8 17. Bb5 Qc8 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Rc1 a6 20. Bd3 Qd7 21. Qb3
Ka7 22. Rc2 Rc8 23. Rhc1 Nd5 24. Ne4 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 f5 26. gxf5 exf5 27. Nc3
Nxc3+ 28. Rxc3 f4 29. exf4 gxf4 30. Qc2 Rc8 31. Rxc8 Qxc8 32. Qxc8 Bxc8 33. Be4
b5 34. Kc2 Kb6 35. Kd3 Bf6 36. b4 a5 37. Nd2 Be6 38. d5 Bd7 39. Nb3 a4 40. Nd4
h5 41. f3 h4 42. Kc3 h3 43. gxh3 Bxh3 44. Kd3 Bf1+ 45. Kc3 Bc4 46. Bf5 Bxd5 47.
Bg4 Bc4 48. Bh5 Kc7 49. Bg4 d5 50. Be6 Kd6 51. Bf5 Be5 52. Bd3 Ke7 53. Bf5 Kf6
0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.25"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montreal ChessBrahs"]
[BlackTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qc7 8. Nf3
b6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bd3 Ba4 11. h5 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qc3+ 13. Bd2 Qxd3 14. cxd3 Bxd1
15. Kxd1 h6 16. Ke2 Nbc6 17. g4 Kd7 18. Rhg1 f6 19. Bf4 Raf8 20. Ke3 Rf7 21.
Rg3 g5 22. hxg6 Nxg6 23. exf6 Nxf4 24. Kxf4 Rxf6+ 25. Ke3 Kd6 26. Rh1 Rg8 27.
Rh5 Rgf8 28. Rgh3 Rf4 29. Rg3 R8f6 30. g5 hxg5 31. Rhxg5 b5 32. Rg7 Rf7 33.
Rxf7 Rxf7 34. Rg6 Ne7 35. Rg1 Nf5+ 36. Kd2 a6 37. Ne5 Rh7 38. Nf3 Rb7 39. Rg8
b4 40. axb4 Rxb4 41. Ra8 Ra4 42. Kc3 Ra3+ 43. Kb4 Rxd3 44. Rxa6+ Ke7 45. Ne5
Rxd4+ 46. Kc5 Re4 47. f4 Kf6 48. Ng4+ Kg6 49. Ne5+ Kf6 50. Ng4+ Ke7 51. Ne5 Re2
52. Ra7+ Ke8 53. Ra8+ Ke7 54. Ra7+ Kf8 55. Kc6 Re4 56. Kd7 Nd4 57. Ra1 Kg7 58.
Ke7 Rxf4 59. Rg1+ Kh6 60. Rh1+ Kg5 61. Rg1+ Kf5 62. Nf7 Ke4 63. Ng5+ Kf5 64.
Nf7 Rh4 65. Rf1+ Ke4 66. Ng5+ Kd3 67. Rd1+ Kc4 68. Rc1+ Kd3 69. Kd6 Rh5 70. Nf7
Nb3 71. Re1 Nd4 72. Ne5+ Kc3 73. Re3+ Kc2 74. Re1 Kd2 75. Ra1 Rh6 76. Ra2+ Ke3
77. Ra3+ Ke4 78. Ra4 Rf6 79. Rb4 Rf4 80. Nc6 Kd3 81. Ne5+ Ke4 82. Nc6 Ke3 83.
Rb1 Nxc6 84. Kxc6 d4 85. Kc5 d3 86. Re1+ Kf2 87. Rxe6 d2 88. Rd6 Ke2 89. Re6+
Kd3 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.25"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Montreal ChessBrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 a6 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nbd7 12. a4 Be7 13. g3 Bh5 14. O-O O-O 15.
Ng2 Rad8 16. Nf4 Kh8 17. g4 Bg6 18. g5 Nh5 19. Nxg6+ fxg6 20. f4 e5 21. fxe5
Nxe5 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. dxe5 Qxe5 24. Rf1 Rd8 25. Qxb7 Qxg5+ 26. Kh1 Qh4 27.
Qc7 h6 28. Qxd8+ Bxd8 29. Rf8+ Kh7 30. Bg8+ Kh8 31. Bf7+ Kh7 32. Bg8+ Kh8 33.
Bf7+ Kh7 34. Bg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.03.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. b3 Qe7 10. Bb2 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 {Delayed Dutch Defense.}
13. Rad1 Rae8 (13... c5 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Rxd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 cxd4 17. Rxd4 e5
18. Rd2 Nc5 {I'm sure Fabiano was not too excited with the prospects of
holding such a position.}) 14. d5 $1 {Textbook play from Sam.} exd5 15. cxd5
Ndf6 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 (16... Qxf6 17. Nd4 Bxd5 18. Qxc7 {is mildly unpleasant for
Black.}) 17. Rd4 Rf7 18. e3 a5 19. a3 Ba6 20. Rc1 g5 21. Rdd1 Bb7 22. Rd4 h5 $6
{A rather nervous attempt to get something out of nothing.} ({Repeating the
moves with} 22... Ba6 {would be a silent draw offer with some rating points to
be sacrificed. Besides, nothing stops White from trying for more with, say,}
23. b4) 23. Rc4 Bxd5 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Bxb3 27. Nd4 Be6 28.
Bf1 {Too straightforward.} ({A little subtlety was required:} 28. Bf3 $1 g4 (
28... h4 $4 29. Bh5) 29. Be2 {would take care of Black's only chance of
counterplay - pushing f5-f4.}) 28... Kf8 29. Rb7 f4 $1 30. exf4 gxf4 31. f3 (
31. Rxb6 Bf7 32. gxf4 Nd2 33. Bb5 Re1+ 34. Kg2 Nc4) 31... Nd2 32. Bb5 Bd5 {
Having found a target on f3 Black is out of danger now.} 33. Rxb6 Re3 34. Rxd6
Nxf3+ 35. Kf2 Nxd4 36. Rxd5 Nxb5 37. Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.03.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8.
h3 f5 9. e5 Nf7 10. d3 Ba6 11. c4 d6 12. e6 Ne5 13. Nc3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Rb8 15.
Re2 Bc8 16. Bf4 Rxb2 17. Rxb2 Bxc3 18. Rab1 Bxb2 19. Rxb2 Qc7 20. Bg5 Bxe6 21.
Re2 Qd7 22. Qe3 Bf7 23. Qxe7 Qxe7 24. Rxe7 Ra8 25. Rc7 d5 26. Rxc6 dxc4 27.
dxc4 Bxc4 28. a3 Bf7 29. Rxc5 Kg7 30. Rc7 a6 31. h4 Re8 32. Ra7 Re6 33. f3 h6
34. Bd2 Rc6 35. Kh2 g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Bxg5 Kg6 38. Be3 Bc4 39. a4 Kf6 40.
Rb7 Bd3 41. Rd7 Bc4 42. Kg3 Ke6 43. Rd4 a5 44. Bd2 Bb3 45. Bxa5 Rc4 46. Rd8
Rxa4 47. Bc7 Ra2 48. Rd6+ Ke7 49. Rb6 Bc4 50. Be5 Rc2 51. Rb1 Ke6 52. Bb8 Kf6
53. Re1 Kf7 54. Rg1 Kg6 55. Kf4 Ba2 56. Ba7 Rb2 57. Bd4 Rb1 58. Rxb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.03.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Rad1 Be7 13. b3 h4 14. Rfe1
a5 15. Rd3 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Ne2 Bd5 18. Bxe7+ Kxe7 19. Ned4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4
Be6 21. c4 a4 22. c5 axb3 23. axb3 g6 24. Re4 Bd5 25. Rg4 Rh5 26. f4 Rh8 {
As it happens the Berlin endgame has gradually turned in Black's favour.
Seeing no way out for his rook Wesley went forward.} 27. f5 gxf5 28. Rf4 ({
The problem is that as soon as the rooks are traded the remote position of the
white king makes the ending dangerous for White, e.g.} 28. Rxh4 Rxh4 29. Nxf5+
Ke6 30. Nxh4 Bxb3 31. Nf3 Bd5 32. Kf2 {and here} Bxf3 33. Kxf3 Kxe5 {just wins.
} 34. h4 f5 35. h5 Kf6 36. Kf4 b5 $19) 28... Kd7 29. Rxf5 Rg8 30. Rf2 Rg5 {
Fabiano was getting short of time.} ({For that reason here he rejected the
more promising continuation} 30... Rg3 31. b4 Rc3) 31. Kh2 Rxe5 32. Rf4 Rg5 33.
Rg4 {A tough choice for Wesley.} ({The rook ending a pawn down after} 33. Nf3
Bxf3 34. Rxf3 Ke6 {didn't look safe for White, yet it may have been a better
choice. White has a plan to attack the black pawns:} 35. Rc3 Re5 36. Rc4 f5 37.
Rb4 Rxc5 38. Rxb7 Rb5 39. Rxc7 {reaching safety.}) 33... Rxg4 34. hxg4 Ke7 {
The king threatens to come out via f6.} 35. g3 $6 {Unnecessary.} ({The direct} 
35. g5 f6 36. g6 {would force Black to shed his kingside pawns:} f5 (36... Kf8
37. Kh3 Kg7 38. Kxh4 Kxg6 39. g4 {is easy}) 37. Nxf5+ Kf6 38. Nxh4 Bxb3 39. Kg3
Bc2 40. Kf4 Bxg6 {and here there's a fancy way to force a draw:} 41. Nf3 (41.
Ke3 Bc2 42. Kd4 {is also pretty reliable.}) 41... Ke6 42. g4 Kd5 43. Ne5 Bh7
44. Nd7 {The knight holds everything together.}) 35... Kf6 $6 {Time trouble.} (
{Fabiano could have posed serious problems had he found} 35... h3 $1 {Now} 36.
g5 {can be answered with} (36. Kxh3 {allows the king through in a situation
where White's counterplay on the kingside is much slower in coming:} Kf6 37. b4
Be4 38. Kh4 Ke5 39. Ne2 Bf3 40. Ng1 Bd5 41. Ne2 Bc4 42. Ng1 Kd4 {One sample
line goes as follows} 43. Nf3+ Kc3 44. Ne5 Kxb4 ({also,} 44... Bd5 {wins}) 45.
Nxc4 (45. Nd7 Be6) 45... Kxc4 46. Kg5 Kxc5 47. Kf6 b5 48. Kxf7 {Now we will
see new queens appearing and leaving the board in rapid succession.} b4 49. g5
b3 50. g6 b2 51. g7 b1=Q 52. g8=Q Qb3+ 53. Kf8 Qxg8+ 54. Kxg8 Kd6 $1 55. g4 c5
56. g5 c4 57. g6 c3 58. g7 c2 59. Kf8 c1=Q 60. g8=Q Qh6+ 61. Ke8 Qe6+) 36...
Bg2 37. b4 b6 38. g4 {Possibly, Caruana saw all this, but not the backdoor
entrance for his king:} Kd7 $5 39. Kg3 Kc8 {Trouble spot.} 40. Nf5 $1 {Only
this saves White.} (40. Ne2 Kb7 41. Nf4 Ka6 $19) 40... Kb7 41. Nh6 Bd5 42. Kxh3
Ka6 43. Kg3 Kb5 44. Kf4 Kxb4 45. cxb6 cxb6 46. Ke5 {The king joins the fray
just in time.}) 36. gxh4 Ke5 37. Nf5 Bxb3 38. h5 Kf6 39. Kg3 Kg5 40. h6 Kg6 41.
g5 {Now the far advanced h6-pawn guarantees a draw} Bc2 42. Nd4 Bb1 43. Kf4 f6
44. gxf6 Kxf6 45. Nb3 b6 46. Nd4 bxc5 47. Nxc6 Kg6 48. Ke5 Kxh6 49. Kd5 c4
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 {A rare line. Xiong hopes to
catch Fabiano off-guard in some rare lines. Well, we all can wish that...} 6.
exd5 Qxd5 7. Bc4 Qd6 8. b4 Bb6 9. a4 $5 $146 {Allowing e5-e4? At first sight,
this looks like a ridiculous move, but later moves show us how 'deeply'
Fabiano knows this rare line!} e4 10. dxe4 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Nxe4 12. Kc2 $1 {
It takes the engines quite some time to realise White is doing well here! And
honestly, it is even harder as a player.} Nd6 13. Re1+ Ne7 14. Bb3 Bf5+ 15. Kb2
a5 16. Bf4 Bxf2 17. Re2 Bb6 18. Na3 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Bxd6 cxd6 21. Rxe6
Kd7 22. Rae1 Rhe8 23. Nc4 Bc7 24. Kb3 axb4 25. cxb4 Nf5 {In a slightly worse
middlegame, Jeffrey defended well and maintained approximate balance.} 26. R6e2
Rxe2 27. Rxe2 Re8 28. Rd2 Re4 29. a5 Kc6 $2 {Loss of two tempi!} (29... Ne3) (
29... h6 {are both fine.}) 30. b5+ Kd7 (30... Kxb5 31. Rd5+ {loses a piece.})
31. b6 $2 {This returns the favour.} (31. a6 bxa6 32. bxa6 Re8 33. Nfe5+ Ke6
34. Nc6 Ra8 35. Nb4 {would give White good winning chances according to Komodo
and colleagues!}) 31... Bb8 32. Nce5+ Kd8 33. h3 Ne7 {Now it is White who has
to be careful to maintain equality!} 34. Nc4 d5 35. Na3 Bd6 36. Nc2 Kd7 37. Rd3
h6 38. g4 Bc5 39. Nfd4 Nc6 40. Nxc6 Kxc6 41. Rd1 Rf4 42. Rd3 {} g5 43. Kc3 Ra4
44. Rf3 Kb5 45. Rf7 Kxa5 46. Rxb7 Rf4 47. Rd7 Rf3+ 48. Kd2 Kxb6 49. Rxd5 Rxh3
50. Nd4 Rg3 51. Nf5 Rg2+ 52. Kd3 Kc6 53. Re5 Rxg4 54. Nxh6 Rg1 55. Re4 Rg3+ 56.
Kc4 Rf3 57. Re6+ Bd6 58. Rg6 Rf4+ {A nice close battle and a good achievement
for Jeffrey Xiong, holding a second super GM to a draw with Black.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 {Fabiano is not known for his King's Indian, but the tournament
situation called for something extra.} 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 {Caruana
had already played this line a bunch of times, losing to Kramnik, Morozevich,
Ragger and Lenic, with only one draw against Gelfand to his credit. Some bad
memories to wipe out...} 5. g3 Ne4 6. Bd2 {One of the quietest responses. The
experienced Onischuk is content with a safe, easy to play position.} Bg7 7. Bg2
Nxd2 8. Qxd2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 (9... c5 10. d5 Na6 {didn't score well for Black
in Le Quang Liem-Ivanchuk, 2013.}) 10. d5 Na5 $5 {That's pushing it.} (10...
Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 {was certainly a safer choice.}) 11. b3 c5 12. e4 Bd7 13.
Rae1 Qc7 14. Qe3 {White doesn't seem to be missing his dark-squared bishop
because of the more than adequate development.} a6 {Caruana correctly decides
to speed up his counterplay, otherwise in the long run the terrible position
of his Na5 may cost him the game.} (14... f6 $6 {would have stopped White's
intended e-pawn push, but at the rather steep cost of weakening the king and
making the Bg7 miserable.} 15. h4 $1 {and I take White here.}) 15. e5 b5 16. e6
fxe6 17. dxe6 Bc6 18. Nd5 Qb7 $1 (18... Bxd5 19. cxd5 b4 (19... c4 20. b4 {
is the knight trap known from the classical Chigorin Ruy Lopez.}) 20. Rc1 c4
21. bxc4 Nb7 22. h4 Nc5 {would be a standard pawn sac to create queenside play,
but with the e6-pawn cutting the board in two (borrowed that one from G.
Kasparov) White has great chances to checkmate the black king.} 23. h5 gxh5 24.
Ng5 Bh6 25. f4 {etc.}) 19. Qg5 $6 {Alexander was too eager to create chances
against Fabiano's king.} (19. Rb1 {would have been more prudent.}) 19... Rae8
20. Qh4 bxc4 21. bxc4 Bxd5 ({Did Fabiano miss the} 21... Nxc4 $1 22. Ng5 h6 23.
Qxc4 {idea? Probably not, only the follow-up move,} Rf5 {that makes the whole
thing work!}) 22. cxd5 Bf6 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 Qb2 25. Qh4 ({The endgame
after} 25. Rc1 Qd4 26. Qe3 {would more likely than not end in a draw.}) 25...
c4 26. Re4 Qg7 $6 {Feeling uncomfortable with his clock situation Caruana
decides to play it safe.} ({Snatching a pawn with} 26... Qxa2 {was possible:}
27. Rf4 Rxf4 28. Qxf4 Rf8 29. Qh4 Rf6 30. Qd4 Qb3 {and now White has to be
careful not to end up in a bad position. The right move is} 31. Ra1 ({not} 31.
Qa7 Qb7 32. Qxb7 Nxb7 33. Rc1 Nc5 34. Rxc4 a5 {Black will win this for sure.})
31... c3 32. Be4 Nc4 33. Rb1 c2 34. Rc1 Na3 35. Qd2 {Black has made some
strides but his knight is still not well-positioned, and White's counterplay
with h4-h5 is something to worry about.}) 27. Rf4 Rxf4 28. Qxf4 Rc8 29. Rc1 Rc5
30. Be4 {This is the moment I rated Onischuk's chances very highly. He was
better on the board and on the clock as well. To call it a win for White may
be a stretch, but I thought he should push for it. The next few moves were
easy to predict. Caruana just had to play this way or lose on time.} c3 31. h4
{Not a top priority move.} (31. Bd3 $1 Qf6 32. Qxf6 exf6 33. Bxa6 Kf8 34. h4
Ke7 35. Kg2 $14) 31... Qf6 $1 32. Qxf6 exf6 33. g4 Kf8 34. Kg2 (34. f4 Ke7 35.
f5 gxf5 36. Bxf5 h6 37. Kf2 Rxd5 38. Rxc3 Rc5 39. Ra3 {Black is totally stuck
here. Maybe he can hold on, maybe not, but surely White's is the one to try.})
34... Ke7 35. Kg3 $4 {Oh, horror! One thing White had to make sure of was to
keep the black knight out of the game.} Nc4 $1 {This was played
instantaneously. "How do you spell r-e-l-i-e-f" was a 1976 TV commercial. I'm
not sure Caruana (b. 1992) has ever seen it, but he knows now.} 36. Kf4 $2 {
Onischuk must have been shaken up.} (36. Rxc3 Nd2 {is the trick.}) ({
Objectively best was} 36. Rb1 $11) 36... Nb6 $17 37. g5 fxg5+ 38. hxg5 Nxd5+
39. Bxd5 Rxd5 40. Rxc3 Rf5+ 41. Ke3 $1 {One has to admire Alexander's
composure. Facing extreme adversity he fights on.} ({A lot of people would go} 
41. Kg4 {to perish after} Rxf2 42. Ra3 Kxe6 43. Rxa6 Rf7 44. a4 Ke5 45. Ra8 d5
46. a5 Rf4+ 47. Kg3 Ra4 {etc.}) 41... Kxe6 42. Rc7 Rxg5 43. Rxh7 Re5+ (43...
Ra5 44. Rg7 Kf5 45. Rf7+ Ke5 46. Re7+ Kd5 47. Rg7 Ra3+ 48. Kf4 Rxa2 49. Ke3 a5
{looked a better try.}) 44. Kf3 a5 {Black retains some practical winning
chances here, but White should hold with correct play, which is exactly what
Onischuk demonstrated.} 45. Rg7 Kf6 46. Rd7 Rf5+ 47. Ke3 Ke6 48. Ra7 Rc5 49.
Rg7 g5 50. Rg6+ Kd7 51. Rf6 Rc2 52. Rf5 Rc5 53. Rf6 Kc6 54. Kd3 Rd5+ 55. Kc3
Re5 56. Kd3 Kc5 57. f4 gxf4 58. Rxf4 Rh5 59. Rc4+ Kb5 60. a4+ Kb6 61. Rg4 Kc5
62. Rc4+ Kd5 63. Rd4+ Kc6 {It should be pointed out that White's a-pawn is
utterly unimportant here, and this exact position would still be a draw even
if White had no pawn.} 64. Rc4+ Rc5 65. Rh4 Rc1 66. Rh5 Rc5 67. Rh8 Rg5 68.
Rc8+ Kb7 69. Rd8 Kc7 70. Ra8 Rh5 71. Ra6 Rd5+ 72. Kc4 Rc5+ 73. Kd4 Rh5 74. Kc4
Kd7 75. Ra8 Kc7 76. Ra6 Rh4+ 77. Kb5 Rb4+ 78. Kxa5 Rb8 79. Ra7+ Kc6 80. Rh7 d5
81. Rh1 d4 82. Rc1+ Kd5 83. Ka6 d3 84. Rd1 Kc4 85. a5 Rb2 86. Ka7 d2 87. a6 Kc3
88. Ka8 Kc2 89. Rxd2+ Kxd2 90. a7 Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The world no. 3 and defending champion scored his first victory of the
tournament by essaying a number of strong moves in 'always firey' white side
of the Sicilian Sveshnikov to move to joint second place at the hand of Gata
Kamsky, whose enterprising chess has not paid off so far as he is on -2 after
6 rounds.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7.
Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 $5 {No more 'Karpov' style of handling Sveshnikov.
Caruana wants blood!} (9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 {is of course the most
common way of handling the Sveshnikov.}) 9... gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 $5 {
Another less common choice by Caruana. He might have caught Gata off-guard as
the development of the game from here is all in Caruana's favor.} Ne7 12. Nxe7
Qxe7 13. c3 f5 14. Nc2 f4 {After a long thought, Kamsky chose a rare and
slightly passive move. By pushing this pawn, Black kills all of his active
play in the centre with ...d5 and ...f5 as we will see in the game. Recent
handling of this line by two strong teenagers of the chess world seem to
promise more chances for Black than Kamsky's choice. Although, I am sure
Fabiano might have something there.} (14... Qg5 15. O-O (15. g3 $6 Bb7 16. Qe2
O-O 17. h4 Qf6 18. O-O-O d5 19. f3 Rfc8 20. Kb1 a5 21. Ne3 b4 22. cxb4 axb4 23.
Nxf5 Bf8 24. Rc1 b3 25. a3 Rcb8 26. Qe3 Kh8 27. exd5 Bxd5 28. Rhe1 Re8 29. g4
Qe6 30. Rc3 Ra5 31. Kc1 Bc5 32. Qh6 Qg6 33. Be4 Be6 34. h5 Qxh6+ 35. Nxh6 Be7
36. Nf5 Bg5+ 37. Ne3 Rd8 38. Kb1 Ra4 39. Rd1 Rad4 40. Rdc1 h6 41. Ka1 Rd2 42.
Rb1 Kg7 43. Nc4 Re2 44. Bf5 Bxf5 45. gxf5 Rc8 46. Rg1 Rc2 47. Rg4 e4 48. Rxb3
R2xc4 49. fxe4 Re8 50. Re3 Re5 51. b3 Rc2 52. b4 Kf6 53. Re1 Re8 54. Rd1 Ra8
55. Rd3 Re2 56. b5 Rc8 57. Rb3 Rc1+ 58. Rb1 Rcc2 59. Rb3 Be3 60. e5+ Kxe5 {
0-1 (60) Firouzja,A (2475)-Aravindh,C (2506) Moscow 2016}) 15... Bb7 16. f3 O-O
17. exf5 d5 {if I were to try my chances I would have chosen this line but
Kamsky might think that it is not a wise decision to opt for the main line
against a player like Caruana.}) 15. Qh5 h6 {Extremely rare.} (15... O-O 16.
O-O-O Be6 17. g3 {1-0 (69) Lafarga Santorroman,D (2639)-Kerr,S (2580) ICCF
email 2007. In fact there are only four games in this line, three of which are
in correspondence chess with two draws and a win for White.}) 16. Nb4 Be6 $4 {
After almost 20 minutes thought, Kamksy blunders a pawn! The game is basically
over after this!} (16... Bb7 17. O-O O-O 18. Rfe1 Qg5 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. f3 Rab8
21. a4 a5 22. Nc2 {1/2-1/2 (22) Besztercsenyi,T (2270)-Ladanyi,T (2215)
Hungary 1999}) 17. Nxa6 O-O 18. Nb4 f5 {Kamsky tries to complicate matters but
Caruana's technique is flawless in this game.} 19. O-O $1 (19. exf5 Bf7 20. Qe2
(20. Qf3 e4 {with complications}) 20... d5 {is unnecessary}) 19... fxe4 20.
Bxe4 Rac8 21. Rad1 {White is dominating light squares. The game is
strategically over!} Rc4 22. Qg6 Rxe4 {Desparation....} 23. Qxe4 f3 24. Nd5 Qg5
25. g3 Rf7 26. Kh1 Bh3 27. Rfe1 Bf5 28. Qb4 Bf8 29. Qxb5 h5 30. Ne3 {} Bh3 31.
Qc4 Qg6 32. a4 Kh8 33. Qh4 Be6 34. a5 e4 35. Qd8 Kh7 36. a6 Bh6 37. Qb6 h4 38.
g4 Bxg4 39. Rg1 Bxe3 40. Qxe3 {Time control is reached and Gata decides that
he has had 'enough'.} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 {The Spanish torture - this is how playing such
positions has long been characterized. In the bad old Soviet days every
Russian schoolboy was tasked to learn the classical Closed Spanish Game
first-hand for both White and Black.} h6 ({The famous game Anand-Carlsen,
Norway Chess 2015 comes to mind:} 17... Bg7 $2 18. Qd2 Rb8 {One of the
problems plaguing Black is his inabilty to get the bishop out of b7 without
surrendering the a-file to the white rook.} (18... Nc5 19. Nh2 h5 {is standard.
}) 19. Nh2 Bc8 {Magnus decided to part with the bishop, which handed White
free attacking prospects. Vishy didn't miss his chance.} 20. Ng4 Nc5 21. Nh6+
Bxh6 22. Bxh6 {1-0(47)}) 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 h5 20. Bg5 Bg7 $2 {I wonder what
brought Fabiano Caruana to choose this opening line. It is hard to see it as
an attempt to play for a win, as the patterns of play for White have long been
mapped out and drilled into our thick heads. Anyway, Black's last move is
wrong. Leaving the knight pinned will soon prompt Fabiano to move his queen
away from the kingside.} (20... Be7 21. Ra3 Nfd7 {is the right plan.} 22. Bh6
Nb6 $1 23. a5 Nbd7 {Having forced the issue on the other side Black now
returns to his defensive duties. With good luck and some tail wind he may even
survive this.}) 21. Rf1 (21. Nh4 Qc7 22. Bh6 Bh8 23. f4 exf4 24. Qxf4 {is more
direct, albeit this kind of play may actually help Black to focus on the task
at hand, rather than sit there and wonder why he chose this way in the first
place.}) 21... Qc7 22. Bh6 Bh8 (22... Bxh6 23. Qxh6 Qe7 24. Ng5 Qf8 25. Nf5 $1
{is one of those tactical tricks White always seems to have in his possession.
Now} Rad8 26. axb5 axb5 27. Ra7 {surrenders the a-file, while the kingside
bind is impossible to break.}) (22... Nh7 {may have been best, as} 23. Nh4 Qd8
24. Nhf5 Bf6 {leads White nowhere. For now.}) 23. Ng5 {White clears out for
the f2-f4 push.} Nh7 24. Nxh7 Kxh7 25. Be3 Qe7 26. f4 exf4 27. Bxf4 ({Also
good for White was} 27. Rxf4 Be5 28. Rf3 f6 29. Ne2 $14 {Unlike similar King's
Indian structures, here White wisely kept his pawn on c3, while Black
inadvertantly surrendered the d4-square to the white knight.}) 27... Kg8 28.
Rf3 Bg7 29. Raf1 Nd7 $2 {Such a logical move, yet a decisive mistake.} 30. Bh6
$1 Bxh6 ({The desirable move} 30... Be5 {loses the f7-pawn. White may even
choose} 31. Nxh5 gxh5 ({"better" is} 31... Rf8 {but I find it hard to comment
on this.}) 32. Rxf7 Qxf7 33. Qg5+ Qg7 34. Bxg7 Bxg7 35. e5 $1 {to bring the
point home in style.}) 31. Qxh6 Qf8 32. Qd2 $2 {Probably, the only moment in
the whole game where Yaro's play can be criticized.} (32. Nf5 $1 {would have
saved Fabiano from unnecessary suffering and let the spectators back home in
time for dinner. There may follow:} Ne5 33. Rg3 Qxh6 34. Nxh6+ Kg7 (34... Kf8
35. Rxg6 $1) 35. Nf5+ Kf8 36. Nxd6 Re7 37. Rg5 Bc8 38. Rxe5 Rxe5 39. Rxf7+ Kg8
40. Rc7 {it's not entirely forced, but you get my drift.}) 32... Ne5 33. Rf6
Rad8 34. Qg5 Qg7 35. Bd1 (35. Ne2 bxa4 36. Bxa4 Rf8 37. Nd4 Bc8 38. Nc6 $18 {
as another way into Black's poorly insulated fortress.}) 35... Bc8 36. Qh4 Kf8
37. Qf4 Qg8 {It is really sad to see Fabiano reduced to such pathetic little
moves. On top of everything, he was in big time trouble.} 38. Kh1 ({Knowing
that he had the game in hand, Yaro wouldn't allow even a slightest mess:} 38.
Bxh5 gxh5 39. Nxh5 Bxh3 40. Qh6+ Ke7 41. Ng7 Bg4) 38... Re7 39. Bxh5 bxa4 (
39... gxh5 40. Nxh5 Red7 41. Re6 $1 {Piece of cake.} Qh7 42. Rh6 Qg8 43. Qf6
$18) 40. Bd1 Qg7 41. Bxa4 Qh7 42. Qg5 a5 ({Black could have made some noise:} 
42... Bxh3 43. gxh3 Qxh3+ 44. Kg1 Ng4 45. Rxf7+ Rxf7 46. Qxd8+ Kg7 47. Rxf7+
Kxf7 48. Nf1 Qf3 {but, of course,} 49. Qc7+ Kg8 50. Qb8+ Kg7 51. Qa7+ Kh6 52.
Qd4 {beats it off easily.}) 43. Kg1 Qh8 44. R1f4 Qg7 45. Rh4 Nd3 46. Rh6 Ne5 ({
Not even the last snack is afforded before the execution:} 46... Nxb2 47. Rhxg6
) 47. Rf4 Bd7 48. Qh4 Kg8 49. Qxe7 Re8 50. Qg5 Bxa4 51. Rf6 {Finally, Caruana
resigned.} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qg4
Kf8 {For more details about this line please check my article on French trends,
published on this same DVD, written shortly before analysing this new game.} 9.
Nf3 b6 $6 {A rare continuation and as it will turn out not a very inspired one.
The problem is that it does not contribute directly to what Black needs most -
development.} ({In the article I have mainly examined} 9... Ne7 {Motylev,A 
(2660)-Kovalenko,I (2667) Poikovsky 2016 (1-0, 60)}) 10. c4 $146 {Abstractly
the most logical continuation. Given Black's delay in development and the
recent weakening of the long diagonal, he needs to open the centre. One
important detail is that this way he removes the pin along the fourth rank.} ({
In practice the unpinning move} 10. Qf4 {has worked out well but mainly
because of Black's inaccurate play.} h6 $6 ({Not a dveloping move, the same as
} 10... Qxc2 $6 11. Ng5 Qf5 12. Qxf5 exf5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Be3 c4 15. O-O-O
Be6 16. Bxc4 $16 {Butkiewicz,L (2430)-Bednarek,S (2333) Mrzezyno 2011 (½-½,
42). The point is that} dxc4 17. Rd8+ Ke7 18. Rhd1 $18 {leaves Black with both
(!!) wings undeveloped for instance} Bd7 19. R1xd7+ Nxd7 20. Rxa8) (10... c4 {
is more solid, preventing dxc5, but it also looks like a slight concession.
Still, after} 11. Ng5 Qe8 {the whole fight lies ahead.}) ({Abstractly I prefer
the developing} 10... Ne7 {for if} 11. dxc5 Qxc2 $13 {[%cal Gc2f5]}) 11. dxc5
Qxf4 12. Bxf4 bxc5 13. Be3 c4 14. Bc5+ Ke8 15. Nd4 Na6 16. Bd6 $14 {½-½ (22)
Kim,A (2460)-Szwed,J (2369) Marianske Lazne 2016}) 10... Ne7 $1 $14 {Black
tries catching up in development in the 25th hour.} (10... cxd4 $2 11. Bb4+ Ne7
12. cxd5 $18) (10... dxc4 $2 11. dxc5 $16) 11. Bd3 $1 {Same policy for White.
This is a particular case with central tension when at least in the beginning
it is best for both sides to avoid releasing it.} (11. cxd5 exd5 {[%csl Ge6]
[%cal Gc8f5] simplifies Black's play by clearing space for his minor pieces.}
12. Qf4 Nbc6 13. c3 h6 14. Be2 Nd8 $5 (14... Kg8 15. O-O Bf5 {also looks fine})
15. O-O Ne6 16. Qe3 Ba6 {with normal play for Black.}) (11. dxc5 {may run into}
b5 $5 12. Qf4 bxc4 13. Ng5 Qe8 $13 {In the long run the c5-pawn is doomed and
White does not have enough development for starting an effective attack.})
11... dxc4 $6 {deviating from the principle mentioned above.} (11... Ba6 $5 12.
O-O Bxc4 13. dxc5 Nbc6 (13... bxc5 14. Bxc4 Nd7 15. Rab1 $14) 14. cxb6 axb6 15.
Rab1 b5 16. Bb4 $14) 12. dxc5 (12. Be4 Nbc6 13. O-O $16 {looks slightly
stronger as Black would not have a clear way of neutralising White's minor
piece activity. After the game move Black will get another chance of keeping
his disadvantage within tolerable limits.}) 12... bxc5 $6 {Once again failing
to keep the tension with a developing move.} (12... Nd7 $5 13. cxb6 axb6 (13...
Nxb6 {defends c4 but leaves the back rank vulnerable. The difference with
respect to the next line is felt after} 14. Be4 $16 c3 15. Bg5 Ng6 {with ...
axb6 instead of ...Nxb6 this would already be better for Black due to the pin
along the fourth rank but here White has either the simple 16.Rd1 followed by
Rd4 or the stronger} 16. Nd4 $18 {based on} Qxd4 17. Rd1 f5 18. exf6 Qe5 19.
fxg7+ Kxg7 20. Be3 {[%csl Ga8,Re5,Rg7][%cal Re3d4,Ge3b6]}) 14. Qxc4 (14. Be4 $6
{does not work out so well now:} c3 15. Bxc3 Nd5 16. Bd4 Ba6 17. Bxd5 Qa5+ 18.
Nd2 Qxd5 $44) 14... Qxc4 15. Bxc4 Bb7 $14 {Black is a pawn down but at least
his position looks normal strategically.}) 13. Ng5 $1 {[%csl Ra8,Rf7][%cal
Gg4f3] The start of a decisive attack.} h6 14. Nh7+ Rxh7 (14... Kg8 15. Bxh6
Ng6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Nf6+ Kf7 18. Qf3 $18 {[%csl Ga8,Gf7]}) 15. Bxh7 Bb7 16.
O-O {White has won an exchange and his attacking chances are intact. The rest
is a mere formality even for a lesser player than Caruana.} Nbc6 $6 ({It makes
more sense to defend the d-file with} 16... Bd5 {After the game move the
bishop will be passive and exposed.}) 17. Rab1 Ba6 18. Be3 Qa5 19. Rfd1 Nxe5
20. Qg3 f6 (20... N5c6 21. Rd7 $5) (20... N7c6 21. f4 $5) 21. Rd6 Bc8 22. Rbd1
Nd5 23. Bf4 Rb8 (23... Nxf4 24. Rd8+) (23... Nf7 {and} 24. R6xd5 exd5 25. Bd6+
{lead to a mating attack.}) 24. Bxe5 fxe5 25. Qxe5 Qd2 {This looks like some
sort of spite check before resigning. Still, it would have been more elegant
to do it a few moves earlier.} 26. Rd8+ Kf7 27. Bg8+ Kg6 28. Qe4+ Kf6 29. Qf3+
1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. e3 {A rare move.} (5. g3) ({and} 5.
Nh4 {are the main continuations.}) 5... Bg7 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7
9. b3 (9. e4 e5 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh4 h5 13. dxe5 Ngxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5
15. Qd5+ Rf7 16. f4 c6 17. Qd4 g5 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. Qe3 gxh4 20. Rxf7 Kxf7 21.
Rf1+ Kg6 $132 {Svane-Adhiban, Sharjah 2017, with a double-edged fight.}) 9...
e5 10. dxe5 (10. Bb2 Re8 11. Qc2 exd4 12. exd4 d5 13. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 14. Rxe1 Rc8
15. c5 c6 16. b4 a6 $11 {Lentrodt-Blatny, Bad Wiessee 1997, with a balanced
position.}) 10... dxe5 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Ne4 {White is simplifying the position.
He is playing for a draw from the very beginning.} Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Qc8 14. Rad1
Nf6 15. Qc2 e4 16. Nd4 Ng4 {Ambitious play by Black, he prepares for ...Ne5-d3,
however the position is equal.} 17. Bb2 Ne5 18. Ne2 Qg4 19. Nf4 Qf5 20. Rd2 c6
({The natural} 20... Rad8 {was also possible.}) 21. Rfd1 h5 22. h3 h4 23. Rd6
Bh8 {A strange move, but White controls the d-file, so Black can only hold the
position.} 24. c5 a5 25. a3 Kh7 26. Qe2 Bg7 27. Qc2 Bh8 28. Kf1 Re7 29. Rd8 {
White avoids the repetition and he decides to exchange the rooks on d8. On the
other hand, the exchange is only helping for Black.} Rxd8 30. Rxd8 Bf6 31. Qd2
(31. b4 Rd7 $11 {leads to a drawish endgame.}) 31... a4 $1 {Black immediately
creates counterplay on the queenside.} 32. Qc2 axb3 33. Qxb3 Nd7 34. Qc2 $6 {
This is a dubious move, which involves some difficulties for White.} (34. Qxb7
Qxc5 35. Bxf6 Qc1+ 36. Ke2 Qc2+ $11 {was a quick draw.}) 34... Kg7 35. Ne2 $2 {
Mistake! White simply sacrifices his c5-pawn.} (35. Kg1 {was important,} Qxc5
36. Bxf6+ Kxf6 37. Qb2+ Ne5 38. Rd4 $44 {with a good compensation for the pawn.
}) 35... Qxc5 $1 36. Bxf6+ Kxf6 {The black king comes out a bit, but White
can't create counterplay against it.} 37. Nc3 Kg7 $1 38. Kg1 (38. Qb2 {was
tougher, but} Qb6 $17 {and Black has a healthy pawn up.}) 38... Qxa3 39. Qd2 ({
In the event of} 39. Nxe4 Qa1+ 40. Kh2 Qe5+ 41. Kg1 Qxe4 42. Qxe4 Rxe4 43. Rxd7
b5 $19 {and thanks to the two connected passed pawns Black should be winning.})
39... Nf6 $19 {Black is two pawns up, his position is completely winning. We
still can not guess what's going to happen.} 40. Qd4 Qa1+ 41. Kh2 Qa5 42. Kg1
Qe5 43. Qb4 b6 44. Ne2 Qc7 45. Ra8 c5 46. Qb2 Rd7 47. Ra1 Rd6 48. Nc3 Qe7 49.
Nb5 Rd3 50. Rb1 Qe6 $6 {Inaccuracy which gives a pawn and some practical
chances for White.} (50... c4 $19 {was winning without any counterplay.}) 51.
Nc7 $1 Qd7 52. Qxb6 c4 53. Nb5 Rd1+ 54. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 55. Kh2 Qd5 (55... Qd2 $1
$19 {was stronger, still Black is winning.}) 56. Nd4 Nd7 57. Qd8 Qd6+ $2 {
A tempting move, but this is a mistake.} ({Black should have played} 57... Qe5+
58. Kg1 Nc5 59. Qxh4 Nb3 $17 {and Black still has a good chance of a win.}) 58.
Kg1 c3 59. Kh1 $1 {This is a very good waiting move!} Qd5 60. Kg1 {It is not
easy to improve the position for Black.} Qb7 61. Qe7 $2 {Error in reply!} (61.
Nf5+ $1 {was a draw immediately,} gxf5 62. Qg5+ Kh7 63. Qh5+ $11 {and
perpetual checks.}) 61... Kg8 62. Qe8+ Nf8 63. Qa4 Qb1+ 64. Kh2 Qe1 65. Qc6 Qd2
(65... Qxf2 66. Qxc3 Nh7 {is similar to the game.}) 66. Kg1 Nh7 67. Qc8+ (67.
Qe8+ $1 {was tougher, because Black has to repeat with} Nf8 {otherwise,} (67...
Kg7 68. Qe5+ Nf6 69. Qe7 $1 Qa2 70. Qc7 $1 $11 {and White survives.})) 67...
Kg7 68. Qc7 Qe1+ 69. Kh2 Qxf2 70. Qxc3 Kh6 71. Nc6 Qg3+ 72. Kh1 Qc7 73. Qc5 Qc8
$6 (73... f5 $17) ({or} 73... Kg7 $17 {still continue the pressure.}) 74. Qd6
$1 Qf5 75. Ne5 Kg7 (75... Qe6 $5) 76. Qd4 $1 f6 $4 {A terrible blunder, which
loses immediately!} (76... Nf6 77. Ng4 {and White equalises.}) 77. Qa7+ $1 $18
{Suddenly the black king is in big trouble!} Kh6 78. Ng4+ Kg5 79. Qxh7 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Quintiliano,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {I have played the
Sicilian Dragon my entire life, and It was interesting to imagine how Shabalov,
a very aggressive player and one of the especialists in this variation, would
play this line against such a strong and well prepared opponent as Caruana.} 6.
Be3 a6 {And there is, the Dragondorf, a hybrid of the Dragon and the Najdorf
variations, as the name suggests. With this move Black deviates from the most
studied and theoretical paths of the Sicilian Dragon, having possibilities to
play a quick ...b5 and start concrete operations on the queenside. This
variation is rarely seen among grandmasters.} 7. f3 b5 (7... Bg7 {allows
another setup for White} 8. Bc4 b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O {and now
Black tries a different plan to seek counter-chances} Nc5 (11... Rc8 12. Kb1
Ne5 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Rxc3 $6 15. bxc3 Qc7 {[%csl Ge8,Gh8] in general this
exchange sacrifice would give good compensation for Black, but here the rook
cannot enter into the action, so this compensation is not enough} 16. Kb2 Qc5
17. Rhe1 $16 {[%cal Yf3f4];Korneev,O (2611)-Williams,S (2466) Gausdal GM-A
2005 (5) 1-0}) 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 e5 14. Nde2 Nxb3+ 15. axb3 b4 16. Na4 Qc7
{but even here after} 17. Rd2 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Yh1d1] White is clearly better,
for example} (17. Qg7 $6 Ke7) 17... d5 18. Qg5 $5 Qe7 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Qxe7+
Kxe7 21. Nc5 Bc6 22. Re1 Kf8 $2 23. Nd7+ $1 {Timman,J (2565)-Shanava,K (2519)
Baku President's Cup 3rd 2008 (7) 1-0}) 8. Qd2 Bb7 9. g4 $1 {This looks like
the most unpleasant line for Black. It is the third move in the database, but
is Giri's and Caruana's choice, for example, and also the move which gave the
better results for White.} h6 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. h4 {This move invites Black
to play aggressively on the queenside.} ({Giri prefered the preventive} 11. a3
Rc8 12. h4 Qa5 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Qf2 $1 {and after} e6 $6 15. Kb1 Qb8 16. Bh3 $16
{[%cal Gg4g5];Giri,A (2776)-Ivanisevic,I (2643) Qatar Masters op 2014 (3) 1-0
Black has an extremely unpleasant position -}) 11... Rc8 $6 {This seems slow
to me.} (11... b4 {looks to be the better try} 12. Nce2 e5 13. Nb3 a5 {these
advances are thematic in this variation, trying to play by advancing in
queenside or with a well timed d5} 14. Kb1 (14. Rh3 $5 {[%cal Yg4g5]}) 14... d5
{now White can play} 15. Bh3 $5 $146 {[%cal Yg4g5] which looks complicated for
both} a4 (15... dxe4 $2 16. g5 exf3 (16... hxg5 17. hxg5 {[%csl Gd7,Gf6,Gh8]
[%cal Yh3d7]}) 17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. Qe1 $1 Qc7 19. Ned4 $1 $18) 16. Nbc1 dxe4 17.
g5 $1 exf3 (17... hxg5 18. hxg5 Rxh3 $2 19. Rxh3 Nh5 20. f4 $16) 18. gxf6 Nxf6
19. Qe1 $1 Qc7 20. Ng3 $13 {with a very complicated battle.}) 12. Bd3 {After
this natural move, Black already has an unpleasant position, because White is
totally developed and ready to play g5, while Black doesn't have counterplay
on the queenside.} b4 {Trying the same thematic idea, but now White's position
is much improved in comparison with the other variations.} (12... Ne5 {could
had offered better chances} 13. Kb1 $1 {after this preventive move, White is
totally ready to start active play on the kingside} (13. g5 b4 $1 14. Nce2 hxg5
15. hxg5 Rxh1 16. Rxh1 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 Nd7 $132) 13... Nfd7 14. h5 {like in the
game is also interesting} (14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Rxh1 16. Rxh1 {with an
pleasant position also}) 14... g5 15. Be2 {[%cal Gd4f5]} e6 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. a3
{[%cal Gf3f4] Black has a solid position for now, but sooner or latter White
can play f4, opening the kingside and pressing against the h6-pawn. The
computer's evaluation is not so advisable in such positions, because it always
defends perfectly, but in practice it is very difficult to play such positions,
especially for aggressive and dynamic players.}) 13. Nce2 e5 $2 {This will
leave Black with a already losing position.} (13... d5 $142 14. exd5 Nxd5 15.
h5 $1 g5 {in this position White has like 2 or 3 good options, this is why
such positions are difficult to play, Black has to be always finding the only
moves to keep playing} 16. Nf5 (16. Bf5) 16... Nxe3 17. Qxe3 e6 18. Be4 $36)
14. Nb3 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 (15... Bxd5 16. Rhf1 (16. g5 hxg5 17. hxg5 Rxh1 18.
Rxh1 Nh5 {here the computer gives the forced strike} 19. Bxg6 $1 Bxb3 20. Be4 {
[%csl Gb3,Gh5]}) 16... a5 17. g5 hxg5 18. hxg5 a4 19. Na1 Nh5 20. Bxg6 $1 $16)
16. h5 $1 {Almost always, White tries to break Black's position in the Dragon
opening in the h-file, but here the weakness of the f5-square is much more
important.} g5 (16... Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Qg5 {it was Black's last chance to
complicate matters} 18. f4 $1 Qxg4 19. hxg6 $1 Bxh1 20. Rxh1 {[%cal Yh1g1,
Yg6g7]} fxg6 21. Rg1 Qe6 22. Ned4 $1 Qe7 23. Bxg6+ Kd8 24. fxe5 Qxe5 25. Qd2 {
[%csl Rd8] Black's defence is just very difficult here, White has too many
threats} h5 {[%cal Gf8h6]} 26. Kb1 $1 Bh6 27. Qd1 Rf8 28. Bxh5 $18 {[%cal
Yh5g4,Yd4e6,Gg1e1]}) 17. Ng3 $18 {[%csl Gf5] It's a curious thing that in this
position White is already winning by +2, even without being a single pawn up.
This happens because Black's position is very committed, the king cannot leave
the centre easily and White just has to finish the development in the centre
and launch an attack, which will be deadly.} Qc7 18. Rhe1 Be7 (18... Rd8 19.
Nf5 Be7 20. Kb1 Kf8 21. Nxe7 Kxe7 (21... Nxe7 22. Qxb4) 22. f4 $1 $18) 19. Nf5
N7f6 20. Bf2 $1 {The sad thing about such positions is that after almost any
move White retains a big advantage, so it is a matter of time until something
horrible happen to Black.} Kf8 21. Nxe7 Nxe7 22. Bg3 Nd7 23. Nd4 $1 Qa5 (23...
Qb6 24. Bf5 $1 exd4 25. Bxd7 Rd8 26. Qxd4 Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Bc6 28. Be5 $1) 24. Kb1
{And the good thing about such positions is that if you are on the winning
side, you don't have to worry about playing like a machine, and can just win
without giving chances to your opponent.} (24. Bf5 Qxa2 (24... Nxf5 25. Nxf5
Qxa2 26. Qxb4+ Kg8 27. Rxd7 $18) 25. Qxb4 Rc4 26. Qxb7 Qa1+ 27. Kd2 Rxd4+ 28.
Ke2 $18 {[%csl Rd7]}) 24... Qb6 (24... exd4 25. Bd6 {[%csl Ge7]} Re8 26. Bf5
Qb6 27. Qh2 $18) (24... Bd5 25. Nb3 Qb6 26. Bxe5 Nxe5 27. Rxe5 Bxf3 28. Rf1
Bxg4 29. Nc5 $1 Rxc5 30. Qf2 $18 {[%csl Rc5,Rf7]}) 25. Bf5 Rc4 (25... exd4 26.
Bxd7 Rd8 27. Qxd4 Qxd4 28. Rxd4 Bc6 29. Be5 $1 $18) 26. Ne6+ $1 {Not so
difficult, but beautiful. Now White breaks inside all Black's defences.} fxe6
27. Qxd7 exf5 28. Bxe5 Rh7 29. Bd6 Bc8 30. Bxe7+ Kf7 31. Qd3 Rc3 (31... Rf4 32.
Bd6 {[%cal Yd3b3,Ge1e7]}) 32. Qd8 Qxd8 33. Rxd8 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. a3
cxd4 9. b4 Qc7 10. cxd4 b5 {Obviously Black is preparing his counter-attack
with a7-a5.} 11. Nf4 $6 {And White ignores it.} ({The right way to play this
position was already shown by Morozevich:} 11. Bd2 Qb6 (11... Nb6 12. Nf4) 12.
Rb1 $1 {Prophylaxis! I wonder if Fabiano would have found it necessary to go
on anyway:} a5 $5 13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. Bxa5 Qxa5+ 15. Qd2 Qxa3 {is an interesting
sacrifice.}) 11... Qb6 12. Rb1 a5 13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. Bd3 Ba6 15. O-O Bxa3 16.
Be3 $2 {Ray was right to let go of the a-pawn, but his last move marks the
beginning of a slow, plodding plan that fails to put any pressure on Fabiano's
position.} (16. Ng5 $1 {is a standard probing move. Only after} g6 {White will
play} (16... Nxd4 $6 17. Be3 Bc5 18. Qh5 Nxe5 19. Ngxe6 {Ray Robson knows how
to handle such positions.}) (16... Qxd4 $2 17. Nfxe6 {simply wins for White})
17. Be3 {and then} Be7 18. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 19. Qf3 {becomes a distinct
possibility.}) 16... Be7 $1 {No more Ng5.} 17. Qd2 $2 ({For better or worse} 
17. h4 O-O 18. Ng5 {even though after} Bxg5 19. hxg5 b4 {I cannot make White's
attack work:} 20. Bxh7+ ({or} 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bxh7+ Kf7 22. Qh5+ Ke7 23. Rfd1
) 20... Kxh7 21. Nxe6 Kg8 22. Nxf8 Nxf8 {comes up short.}) 17... g6 18. Rfc1 b4
19. h4 Ra3 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. Nh3 Na5 {Black is away ahead already, and Ray's
gallant attempts in his own time trouble were ruthlessly brushed aside by
Fabiano's impeccable calculation.} 22. Bg5 Nb3 23. Rxb3 Rxb3 24. Qe2 Qa8 25.
Qb5 Rc3 $1 26. Rxc3 bxc3 27. Bxe7 Qa1+ 28. Kh2 Kxe7 29. Qb4+ Kd8 30. Nfg5 Rf8
31. Nxh7 c2 32. Nxf8 c1=Q 33. Nxd7 Kxd7 34. Qd6+ Kc8 35. Qf8+ Kb7 36. Qxf7+ Qc7
37. Qxg6 Qxd4 38. f4 Qe4 39. Qxe6 Qg7 40. g4 Qc7 0-1

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 4th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2017.04.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "60"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00] In this game, Fabiano kept his decisive-result streak by
losing to Hou Yifan. This is the second time a lady has beaten a 2800, if my
recollection of chess history is still working!} e5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. Nf3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:
00] Fabiano opts for the solid Berlin. His Spanish adventure in the Breyer
went sour against Zherebukh in the US championship.} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:38]}
Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:28] Hou Yifan goes for an ultra solid
line. This is the problem with the Berlin these days. If White so decides, he
or she can kill all of Black's counterplay and reduce his winning chances to
zero!} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7.
Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:22]} 8. d4 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:
00:39]} 9. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 10. c3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Bd6
{[%emt 0:02:58]} 11. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:00] A rare line after some thought.
Black hopes to achieve a setup with ...Qf6, ...h6 and Nc6-e7, but White is
planning to play Bd3 and Nd2-f1-Ng3 to kill all Black's activity on the
kingside. The tricky thing about this move is that it is hard to understand if
White wants to concede a draw or still has some ambition to play on in this
position.} Nce7 {[%emt 0:07:34]} 12. Qc2 $146 {[%emt 0:07:09]} c6 {[%emt 0:05:
30]} 13. Bd3 {[%emt 0:04:07] Transposes to Topalov-Nakamura.} g6 {[%emt 0:02:
12]} 14. Nf1 {[%emt 0:02:19]} f6 $6 {[%emt 0:08:40] I am not sure if I can be
a fan of this move. It certainly covers the e5-square but it damages Black's
king for the rest of the game and almost kills the idea of any breakthrough or
active plan for Black. Now White has a simple play: occupy the e-file and wait!
} (14... Ng7 15. Ng3 f6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Nh4 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Nef5 19. Qd2 g5 20.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Re1 Qd8 22. Nxf5 Nxf5 23. Bxf5 Bxf5 24. Qe2 Kf7 25. g4 Bd7 26.
f4 Kg6 27. fxg5 fxg5 28. Qe5 Qf6 29. Qh2 Bxg4 30. Re5 Bf5 31. g4 Bxg4 32. Rxg5+
Qxg5 33. Bxg5 Kxg5 34. Qxh7 b6 35. Qb7 Rc8 36. Qxa7 b5 37. b3 Kf4 38. Kf2 Bf5
39. a4 bxa4 40. bxa4 Ke4 41. a5 Rh8 42. Qc7 Kd3 43. a6 {1-0 (43) Topalov,V 
(2760)-Nakamura,H (2779) Saint Louis 2016}) 15. h3 {[%emt 0:01:59]} Rf7 {
[%emt 0:16:03]} 16. Bd2 {[%emt 0:07:09]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:14:10]} 17. Re2 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} c5 $2 {[%emt 0:05:11] A strange decision by Fabiano, which was made
too quickly. Black is already in a difficult situation and misses what turns
out to be a decisive moment. Caruana's choice does not really cause White any
trouble and only exacebrates his own tenuous situation.} ({Black needed to
prepare his ...c5 idea with} 17... b6 $1 {If White lashes out with} 18. c4 {
then Black plays} dxc4 19. Bxc4 Nd5 20. Rae1 Rc8 {and Black should be ok.}) 18.
dxc5 {[%emt 0:09:31]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:04] Now Black is also saddled with an
isolated pawn with no obvious compensation.} 19. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} (19. Ne3
{is also annoying.}) 19... Rc8 {[%emt 0:07:46]} 20. Rae1 {[%emt 0:06:20]} g5 $6
{[%emt 0:14:37]} (20... b5 {followed by ...a5 would have been my choice in
this position. Nevetheless, the position remains really bad for Black. Caruana,
however decides to go for a 'make or break' direction in my opinion.}) 21. Ng3
$1 {[%emt 0:23:24] A very strong move after a long think. Hou Yifan eliminates
Black's only active piece and takes away all of Black's possible play, leaving
him with numerous weaknesses.} Nxg3 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 22. Bxg3 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
a5 $6 {[%emt 0:06:04] Although I could say this move is weakening, the truth
is that it is hard to suggest anything for Black. These pawn moves are more
aimed at stopping White than expanding for Black.} 23. Qd2 {[%emt 0:03:04]} a4
{[%emt 0:08:01]} 24. b4 {[%emt 0:02:12]} axb3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 25. axb3 {
[%emt 0:00:03] White's advantage is near decisive. h4, b4, or even c4 may lead
to opening the game into an uncomfortable situation for Black.} Ng6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 26. h4 {[%emt 0:07:03]} (26. b4 Bf8 27. Bc2 Bc6 (27... Bb5 28. Re3 f5
29. Re6 f4 30. Bxg6 hxg6 31. Bh2 {and White is almost attacking every single
pawn in Black's camp}) 28. Nd4 $18) 26... gxh4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 27. Nxh4 {
[%emt 0:00:22]} Nxh4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 28. Bxh4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 29. Qf4 {[%emt 0:05:33]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 30. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:17]
It is really hard to suggest a good move for Black!} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 31.
Re3 {[%emt 0:08:17]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 32. b4 $1 {[%emt 0:03:24] World
women No. 1 player takes her time.} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:29]} ({She sees that after
} 32... Be5 33. Rxe5 fxe5 34. Rxe5 Re8 35. Rxd5 {Her attack on Black's king is
decisive.}) 33. Bb5 {[%emt 0:01:17] Now Re8 is a threat that cannot be
prevented.} Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 34. Re8 {[%emt 0:02:07]} (34. Be8 {is simpler
and it also looks cute!}) 34... Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 35. Bg3 {[%emt 0:03:54]}
Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 36. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 37. Bxd7 {
[%emt 0:04:03]} Rdxd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 38. Qf5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:11] The Chinese
star had seen through these lines when she played Qd3.} Bxg3 {[%emt 0:00:47]}
39. Qg4+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 40. Qh3+ {[%emt 0:00:00] A
great victory for Hou Yifan.} 1-0

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 4th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2017.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Prasanna,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 {White just hopes for a fresh position
apart from the usual Ruy Lopez Berlin.} Na5 5. Nge2 Bc5 6. O-O O-O 7. Ng3 {
We have a relatively fresh position in just 7 moves and there are barely any
games here.} h6 (7... Nxc4 8. dxc4 d6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12.
b4 Bb6 13. a4 c6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Qd3 {is =. Caruana's choice promises a long
game.}) 8. h3 d6 9. Bb3 c6 10. Na4 Nxb3 11. axb3 Bb4 12. Bd2 (12. d4 $5 {
opening the position when the opponent has 2 bishops is counter intuitive, but
is White's best choice.} Be6 (12... exd4 13. Qxd4) 13. c3 Ba5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15.
Nc5 Bc8 16. b4 Bb6 17. Be3 Qe7 $14 {White's position is slightly more pleasant
although as always in 1...e5 Black is solid.}) 12... Bxd2 13. Qxd2 d5 14. Qb4 (
14. exd5 $5 {was 'less creative' but quite good objectively.} Nxd5 15. Nc3 f6 (
15... f5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. f4 e4 18. dxe4 dxe4 19. Rfd1 Be6) (15... Nxc3) 16.
Nxd5 Qxd5 $11) 14... b6 15. Nc3 c5 16. Qa3 {I am not sure White's idea is
objectively correct as his queen is misplaced and he ends up re-routing it
anyway.} d4 17. Nce2 a5 18. f4 Be6 19. Rae1 exf4 20. Nxf4 Nd7 21. Qa1 Qg5 22.
Kh2 Ne5 {Black is slightly better. White's queen is very poorly placed. A
manoeuvering phase begins now.} 23. Qd1 Rae8 24. Nge2 Ng6 25. Qc1 Qe5 26. Kg1
Nh4 27. g3 Ng6 28. Kg2 Qd6 29. Kh2 Ne5 30. Kg2 {White is unable to find
anything constructive to do. Now Black is ready for a strong strike.} f5 31.
Nxe6 Rxe6 (31... Qxe6 32. Nf4 Qc6 33. Nd5 Rf7 $15) 32. exf5 Qd5+ 33. Kg1 (33.
Kh2 $8 {was forced.} Ref6 34. g4 Nf3+ 35. Rxf3 Qxf3 36. Qf4 Qc6 37. Ng3 {
White has some compensation here and is not as passive anymore so he should be
happy.} Re6 38. Ne4 $44) 33... Ref6 34. Nf4 Nf3+ 35. Kf2 Qxf5 $1 {Not sure if
this is the move White missed. He is dead lost now.} 36. Kxf3 Qxh3 37. Re4 g5
38. Ke2 Qxg3 39. Rf3 Qg4 40. Qh1 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 4th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "60"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02] George Meier is the
world's leading expert in this line.} 4. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ngf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:05]}
Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:11] My knowledge of this opening is a
bit rusty but my recollection tells me that this is the sharpest line in this
variation with players castling on opposite sides most of the time.} Bd6 {
[%emt 0:00:25] Meier goes for the most principled continuation.} 8. Bd3 {
[%emt 0:00:23]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:32]} 9. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:06]
} 10. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 11. Kb1 {[%emt 0:02:02]} c5 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} 12. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 13. Bh4 {[%emt 0:
00:00] Caruana deviates from Meier's game earlier this year where he lost to
Estonian GM Kaido Kulaots. He does not want to test Meier's improvement over
his game and he is already sure h4 is not going to work in this game.} (13. h4
cxd4 14. Nxd4 Be7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Qf5 g6 19. Qxg6
Qc7 20. Qxh6+ Kg8 21. Qg6+ Kh8 22. Bf5 Bc8 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Rd7 {1-0 (24)
Kulaots,K (2564)-Meier,G (2648) Sweden 2017}) 13... Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 14. c3
{[%emt 0:00:46]} Be7 {[%emt 0:06:00] Meier spends some time while Caruana is
still blitzing his moves. It seems that c3 may not have been part of Meier's
preparation.} 15. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:25:12]} 16. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Rc5 $1 {[%emt 0:02:15] Played quickly and accurately! Meier is not
only an opening expert but he has a deep understanding of the position. The
queen will move and the other rook will occupy the d-file.} 17. Rhe1 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 18. Be5 {[%emt 0:07:22] Fabiano's moves are all
good according to the engines!} Nd7 {[%emt 0:32:55] The position is hard and
it is not easy to find a move for Black. Meier's play is good but he has to
spend a lot of time to check on many things. He is caught in a balanced yet
unclear position. A feat for Fabiano and not exactly what Meier had in mind.}
19. Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 20. h4 {[%emt 0:39:50] Now g4-g5
is a threat.} Rd8 {[%emt 0:11:54]} 21. Be5 {[%emt 0:07:45]} (21. g4 $2 Nd5 22.
Bg3 Rxc3 {with a great position for Black.}) 21... h5 $1 {[%emt 0:15:02]
Another excellent stopping move.} 22. f3 {[%emt 0:05:01]} Bd6 $2 {[%emt 0:04:
17] With time pressure coming, Meier makes a bad mistake by letting his king
be exposed.} (22... Nd7 {was again a choice.} 23. Bg3 Nf6 {Meier might have
missed} 24. Nf5 $6 exf5 25. Qxe7 Nd5 26. Qg5 f4 $17 {with devastating
horizontal effect!}) 23. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:03:23]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 24. Qe3 {
[%emt 0:13:07]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:06:43]} 25. f4 $1 {[%emt 0:02:39] Great play now .
..Rg8 is forced.} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 26. Bc2 {[%emt 0:02:34]} Bb8 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} (26... Bf8 {is ugly but at least covers Black's king.}) 27. Bb3 $5 {
[%emt 0:08:39] Fabiano targets e6} f5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 28. Nxe6+ $1 {[%emt 0:
00:00] And he sees that his attack is crushing! Now Black's king is exposed
and White's pieces are all going to swarm over Black's.} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:08]}
29. Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 30. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:02:14]} Be4+ {
[%emt 0:00:43]} 31. Ka1 {[%emt 0:02:48]} Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 32. Qf6 {[%emt 0:
01:31]} Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 33. Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 34.
Ree8 {[%emt 0:01:23] Fabiano misses a mate but his move is good enough for a
win!} (34. Rh8+ Kxh8 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Bg8+ Rxg8 (36... Kh8 37. Bf7+ Kh7 38.
Bg6+ Rxg6 39. Rh8#) 37. Re7+ Rg7 38. Qxg7#) 34... Qf1+ {[%emt 0:01:33]} 35. Bd1
{[%emt 0:00:04]} 1-0

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 4th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2838"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Silver,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8.
Qe2+ Be6 (8... Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Kxe7 10. O-O Re8 11. Re1+ Kf8 12. Rxe8+ Kxe8 13.
Nc3 c6 14. Bd2 h6 15. Re1+ Kf8 16. Ne5 Nbd7 17. f4 Nb6 {1-0 (58) Carlsen,M 
(2838)-Akobian,V (2645) chess.com INT 2017}) 9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qe7 11. O-O
O-O 12. Nc3 h6 $146 (12... Re8 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. Rfe1 Qd7 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. Qb5 {
1/2-1/2 (42) Taksrud,V (2091)-Cerveny, L (2144) ICCF email 2011}) 13. d5 Bg4
14. Qxe7 Bxe7 15. Nb5 Nbd7 16. Re1 Bc5 17. Bb3 (17. Nxc7 $2 {is wrong:} Rac8
18. Ne6 (18. Bf4 $2 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nh5 $17) 18... fxe6 19. dxe6 Nb6 20. e7+ Nxc4
$17) 17... Rac8 18. Bf4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 {The position is equal.} a6 20. Nxc7 {
This might seem unplayable, but both players had seen it was, and knew where
it was leading.} Nh5 {The obvious continuation.} 21. Ne6 $1 Nxf4 ({Obviously
not} 21... fxe6 $6 22. dxe6 Ndf6 23. e7+ Rf7 24. Rad1 $1 $16 {and the threat
of Rd8 serves as protection of the hanging bishop on f4.}) 22. Nxf4 Bd6 23. Nd3
Nc5 24. Nxc5 Rxc5 25. Rac1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 $11 {It is pretty easy to guess that
this endgame has no hope of coming to life, and after 15 more moves they shook
hands.} Re8 27. Ba4 Rd8 28. Kg2 Kf8 29. Re1 g6 30. h3 Kg7 31. Re8 Rxe8 32. Bxe8
Kf6 33. Bd7 a5 34. a4 b6 35. b3 Ke7 36. Bc6 Kf6 37. Be8 Ke7 38. Bc6 Kf6 39. Be8
Ke7 40. Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 4th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4
Qb6 9. a3 {Caruana was facing a difficult choise, as computers have played
hunderds of thousands games in the line with b2-pawn sacrifice. It seems to be
more prudent to avoid crazy lines analysed till move 30.} (9. Qd2 Qxb2) 9...
Be7 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O b5 13. g4 Bb7 14. h4 $146 {[%mdl 8] On
the high level this seems to be the novelty. White has been frustrated about
the idea g7-g5 after the bishop moves, hence the move that prevents it.} (14.
Bd3 g5 15. f5 Ne5 16. Qe2 Nxd3+ 17. cxd3 e5 18. Nc2 h5 19. gxh5 Nxh5 20. Kb1
Nf4 $15 {1/2-1/2 (45) Azarov,S (2626)-Wojtaszek,R (2700) Loo 2013}) (14. Bg2 g5
(14... Rc8 15. Kb1 g5 (15... g6 16. f5 gxf5 17. gxf5 e5 18. Nb3 Rg8 19. Rd2 Nb6
20. Bxb6 Qxb6 $15 {1/2-1/2 (60) Wan,Y (2494)-Gao,R (2475) China 2013}) 16. f5 (
16. Qh3 Nc5 17. Rhe1 h5 18. Nf5 Ncxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Bd4 Rg8 21. Nxe7 Kxe7
22. gxh5 gxf4 23. Qh4+ $16 {1-0 (37) Nakamura,H (2779)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2804)
London 2016}) 16... e5 17. Nb3 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Qxc2+ 19. Ka2 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Qxf2
21. Rhf1 Qb6 $17 {0-1 (54) Kanmazalp,O (2437)-Solodovnichenko,Y (2587) Teplice
2016}) 15. h4 (15. f5 e5 16. Nb3 h5 17. h3 Rc8 18. Rhe1 Nb6 19. Kb1 Nc4 20. Rd3
Bc6 21. Qe2 $11 a5 {1/2-1/2 (88) Henriquez Villagra,C (2517)-Salem,A (2656)
Doha 2016}) 15... gxf4 16. g5 Ne5 17. Qxf4 Nh5 (17... Nfg4 18. g6 Rf8 19. Bg3
h5 20. gxf7+ Rxf7 21. Qd2 Nc4 22. Qe2 $11 {1-0 (59) Yu,Y (2662)-Sethuraman,S 
(2553) Kocaeli 2013}) 18. Qd2 hxg5 19. hxg5 O-O-O 20. Kb1 Nc4 21. Qc1 Qc5 22.
g6 Bg5 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Bxc5 Bxc1 25. Kxc1 {1-0 (35) Naiditsch,A (2702)
-Guliyev,N (2545) Le Port Marly 2012} dxc5 $11) 14... d5 15. e5 (15. exd5 $2
Nxd5 16. Bg2 Rc8 $17) 15... Ne4 16. Rh3 {Vachier Lagrave has entered the very
top section of the world rating list. White is aware of the fact that an
advantage will not be easy to come by.} (16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qe3 Bd5 18. Bg2 Qb7
$11) 16... Nxf2 17. Qxf2 b4 18. axb4 (18. Nb1 $6 bxa3 19. Nxa3 Nc5 $15) 18...
Bxb4 19. f5 $1 {Very often the top players resemble the dangerous big cats 
(think lions, tigers, pumas). They can strike at any moment and their claws
are very dangerous. Black must be on the alert and try to minimise the danger.}
Nxe5 20. fxe6 O-O $1 21. Qg1 {White is not ready to sacrific his valuable
e6-pawn, but it means the investment of a tempo in a sharp position.} (21. g5
fxe6 22. Qg3 Rae8 23. gxh6 Rf6 24. hxg7 Bd6 $11) 21... Rae8 22. g5 h5 23. Be2 {
The computer is not very happy about this move, but the position remains very
sharp and dangerous if Black begins to play for a win.} (23. exf7+ Qxf7 24. Bg2
Ng6 25. Rf3 Nf4 26. Rdf1 Qc7 $11) 23... g6 (23... fxe6 $5 24. Bxh5 Re7 25. Kb1
Nc4 $15) 24. exf7+ Qxf7 25. Nb3 Nc4 {Black is instinctively gravitating
towards one critical position, that is not completely equal. There were other
solutions promising complete equality.} (25... Bc8 26. Rg3 Qf4+ 27. Kb1 Bxc3
28. Rxc3 Qxh4 29. Rxd5 Qe4 $11) 26. Rf3 Qg7 (26... Qe7 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Bxc4
dxc4 29. Nd2 Bc5 30. Qg3 $11) 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 (27... Qxf8 28. Bxc4 dxc4 29. Qb6
cxb3 30. Qxg6+ Kh8 31. Qxh5+ Kg8 32. Qg6+ $11) 28. Qd4 Qxd4 29. Rxd4 Rc8 $6 {
Vachier Lagrave can not believe, that the endgame with an extra pawn could be
unpleasant. Too bad, as it will not be so bad, just really annoying.} (29...
Rf2 $5 30. Bxc4 dxc4 31. Rxc4 Rf1+ 32. Kd2 a5 33. Nc5 Bxc5 34. Rxc5 Rf4 35. Rb5
Bh1 36. Rxa5 Rxh4 $11) 30. Bd3 (30. Ne4 Be7 31. Ned2 Nxd2 32. Kxd2 Rf8 $11)
30... Nxb2 $1 (30... Bxc3 31. bxc3 Ne5 32. Na5 $14) 31. Rxb4 Nxd3+ 32. cxd3
Rxc3+ 33. Kd2 Rc7 34. Ke3 Bc8 (34... Kg7 $5 35. Kd4 Rf7 36. Ke5 Bc8 37. Nc5 a5
$11) 35. Kd4 Kf7 36. Nc5 Ra7 37. Kxd5 a5 38. Rf4+ $6 {Time trouble has
destroyed and also saved many a position. Caruana has not realised, that the
simple retreat to b3 could have been pretty unpleasant for Black.} (38. Rb3 $1
Ra8 39. d4 $14) 38... Bf5 39. Kc6 Ke7 40. Rd4 (40. Ra4 Bd7+ 41. Nxd7 Rxd7 42.
Rxa5 Rd6+ 43. Kc5 Rxd3 $11) 40... a4 41. Kb6 Ra8 42. Nxa4 (42. Kb7 Ra5 43. Kb6
$11) 42... Bxd3 43. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 4th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2017.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. b3 b6 8. Bb2
Bb7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Ne5 Ke7 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Nd2
Rhd8 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 f6 17. Rfd1 e5 18. Kf1 a5 19. Nd2 a4 20. Ne4 Ke6 21.
bxa4 Rxa4 22. Nc3 Rc4 23. Nb5 Rc8 24. Ba3 Bxa3 25. Nxa3 Rb4 26. Rab1 Rxb1 27.
Rxb1 Ra8 28. Nc4 Rxa2 29. Nxb6 Nc5 30. Rd1 Rc2 31. f3 e4 32. fxe4 Nxe4 33. Nd5
g5 34. Nb4 Rf2+ 35. Kg1 Re2 36. Nc6 Rxe3 37. Nd4+ Ke5 38. Nf3+ Kf5 39. Rf1 Nc3
40. h4 Kg4 41. Nh2+ Kxh4 42. Rxf6 Re1+ 43. Nf1 h5 44. Kh2 Kg4 45. Rf3 Nd1 46.
Rf6 h4 47. Rf8 Kh5 48. g3 Re2+ 49. Kg1 h3 50. Rh8+ Kg4 51. Nh2+ Kxg3 52. Nf1+
Kg4 53. Nh2+ Kf4 54. Rxh3 g4 55. Nxg4 Kxg4 56. Rh8 Nf2 57. Kf1 Rc2 58. Ke1 Kf3
59. Rf8+ Ke3 60. Re8+ Ne4 61. Kd1 Rh2 62. Kc1 Kd4 63. Rd8+ Kc4 64. Rc8+ Nc5 65.
Kd1 Rg2 66. Ke1 Kd4 67. Rd8+ Ke3 68. Re8+ Ne4 69. Kd1 Rg6 70. Kc2 Rc6+ 71. Kb3
Kd3 72. Rd8+ Nd6 73. Rh8 Rb6+ 74. Ka4 Nc4 75. Rh3+ Kd4 76. Rh4+ Kd5 77. Rd4+
Kc5 78. Rd5+ Kc6 79. Rc5+ Kxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 4th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2017.04.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2017.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 {Not surprised at all! It is no fun playing against
the Berlin!} Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 $5 {A line that is becoming
fashionable thanks to Anand. In general Aronian plays actively against the
Italian, setting up immediate castling, and preparing d5. Had he gone for a6,
planning ...Ba7, instead of a5, he would have ended up in one of those 'timid'
positions, though the line is losing popularity in light of recent theoretical
developments.} a5 (6... a6 {leads to the main lines but Aronian is not
interested in a mainline theoretical battle today!} 7. c3 d6 8. Nbd2 (8. h3 h6
9. Re1 Ba7 10. Na3 (10. Nbd2)) (8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 {with complicated
play.}) 8... Ba7 9. Re1 Ng4 10. Re2 Kh8 11. h3 Nh6 (11... f5 $5) 12. Nf1) 7.
Bg5 $146 {A novelty according to the Online Database!} h6 8. Bh4 Be7 $1 {
I like this manoeuvre! Black loses a tempo but unpins his knight and plans to
exchange his then soon to be bad bishop!} 9. Bg3 d6 10. h3 {...Nh5 was a
threat.} Nd7 11. Nc3 Nb6 12. Bb3 Kh8 $5 {Aronian opts for ...f5. This setup is
risky. I am sure he would not have played like this if he hadn't already won
the tournament.} 13. d4 {A natural reaction.} Nxd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Qxd4 Bf6
16. e5 $1 {The best reaction!} (16. Qe3 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. b3 (18. e5 $2 {
runs into} Nc4) 18... Nd7 {should be ok for Black.}) 16... dxe5 (16... Bxe5 $2
17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Qxe5 {is extremely dangerous. White is way ahead in
development and Black's pieces are awkwardly placed!}) 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Rfe1 (
18. Bxf7 Bf5 19. Bb3 c5 {is not advantageous for White at all!}) 18... Be6 19.
Bxe6 fxe6 20. Ne4 (20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Rd2 22. Rc1 Nc4 23. Rc5 Nxb2 24. Rxc7
Rb8 25. Ne4 Rd4 26. Ng3 (26. Nc5 Rc4 27. Rxb7 Rxb7 28. Nxb7 Rxa4 29. Kf1 Kg8 {
and this endgame should be a draw.}) 26... Nxa4 27. Re1 Nb6 28. Rxe6 Nd5 29.
Rd7 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Ne3 31. Rf7 Nf1+ 32. Nxf1 Rxf1 33. Ree7 a4 $1 34. Rxg7 a3 {
and White does not have more than a perpetual.}) 20... Kg8 21. Nc5 Rd5 {
Ok, draw?} 22. Nxe6 $2 {Isn't this knight going to feel uncomfortable?} Rc8 23.
b3 $4 {And trapped?} c5 $1 {Black wants to win the knight with either ...Kf7, .
..Rd6 or ...Rc6!} 24. c4 Rd6 25. Nxg7 {The best practical chance!} Kxg7 26.
Bxe5 Rd3 27. Bxf6+ Kxf6 {Black is a piece up! In an endgame!} 28. Re4 $1 {
Fabiano does not defend the pawn on b3. He realises that his only chance is to
create some play and pray for a blunder from Levon's side.} Rc7 29. Rae1 Rxb3
30. Rf4+ Kg7 31. Re6 Nxa4 {Suddenly, the two extra pawns are gone! The problem
now is that the rook and knight are a bit distant from the king.} 32. Rg4+ Kf8
(32... Kh7 {would have been my choice probably. White needs to spend some
tempi winning the h6-pawn.} 33. Rgg6 Nc3 34. Rxh6+ Kg8 35. Reg6+ Rg7 36. Rd6
Re7 (36... a4 $4 37. Rd8+ Kf7 38. Rd7+ Kg8 39. Rd8+ $11) 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Rhh8
a4 39. h4 a3 40. h5 a2 41. h6+ Kf6 {This is winning but it is impossible to
check every possible line to this point. I just love it when the rooks control
a rank in vain, and for that reason alone I would have opted for this line!})
33. Rxh6 Rf7 (33... Rg7 34. Rh8+ Kf7 35. Rf4+ Ke7 36. h4 Nc3 37. Kh2 a4 38. h5
a3 39. h6 Rg6 $19) 34. Rh8+ Ke7 35. h4 Nc3 36. h5 a4 37. h6 a3 38. h7 a2 39.
Re8+ Kxe8 40. h8=Q+ Kd7 41. Kh2 a1=Q 42. Rg8 {Aronian might have given up too
much counterplay but Black is winning anyway!} Qa5 $4 {After 50 minutes of
thinking Aronian plays this unfortunate move to let go of the win! It was not
easy to see the win especially when it involves giving up your queen!} (42...
Qe1 $1 43. Qh3+ Qe6 44. Rd8+ Kxd8 45. Qxe6 Rh7+ 46. Kg3 Nd5+ 47. f3 Rg7+ 48.
Kh4 Ne7 {and Komodo claims a win on depth 40!} 49. Kh3 (49. Qd6+ Ke8 50. Qxc5
Rxg2) 49... Rg6 50. Qe5 Rh6+ 51. Kg3 b6 {and material advantage is enough to
win!}) 43. Qh3+ $1 {Now it is Black who needs to play accurately to ensure the
draw!} Kc7 44. Qg3+ Kd7 45. Qd3+ Ke7 46. Qe3+ Kd6 47. Rg6+ Kc7 48. Qe5+ Kc8 49.
Rg8+ Qd8 50. Qxc5+ Rc7 51. Rxd8+ Kxd8 52. Qf8+ Kd7 53. g4 {This is very
different from what we saw in the analysis of move 42.} Rb2 54. Qf3 Ke8 $1 {
Well played by Aronian, and ensures the draw.} 55. Qxc3 Rxf2+ 56. Kg3 Rff7 {
This position is a fortress!} 57. g5 Rg7 58. Kg4 Kf8 59. Qf6+ Kg8 60. g6 Rxg6+
61. Qxg6+ {An exciting draw!} (61. Qxg6+ Rg7 62. Kg5 Rxg6+ 63. Kxg6 Kf8 64. Kf6
Ke8 65. Ke6 Kd8 66. Kd6 Kc8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.24"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O e6 5. b3 Nd7 6. Bb2 Ngf6 7. d3 Bd6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Qe1 Qe7 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 e5 12. Nc4 Bb4 13. Qe2 b5 14. Ne3 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 g6 16. a3 Bc5 17. Rfd1 a5 18. a4 b4 19. Nc4 Rfe8 20. Bg2 h5 21. Bh3 Bd4
22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Rxd4 Ne5 24. Re1 c5 25. Rdd1 Nc6 26. Bg2 Nd4 27. Qd3 Ng4 28.
f4 Rad8 29. h3 Nf6 30. e5 Nd5 31. Bxd5 Rxd5 32. Qe4 Qe6 33. Kg2 Red8 34. Ne3
R5d7 35. Rd2 f5 36. Qd3 Nc6 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.24"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3
cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bg3 Nd7 12. Rc1 N7f6 13. Re1 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Rc8 15. Ne5 Qd5 16. f3 Rfd8 17. Qe2 Ba3 18. Rc2 Bf8 19. Bh4 Qd6 20. Qf2 Re8 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qh4 Bg7 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Nc4 Qf4 25. Qh3 Ke7 26. Qg3 Qxg3 27.
hxg3 Ba6 28. Nb2 Bxd3 29. Nxd3 Red8 30. Kf2 Rxd4 31. cxd4 Rxc2+ 32. Re2 Rc4 33.
d5 Rd4 34. Nf4 e5 35. Nh5 Bh6 36. Rc2 Rd2+ 37. Rxd2 Bxd2 38. Ke2 Bb4 39. g4 Bc5
40. Kd3 b5 41. Ng3 Bb6 42. Nf5+ Kd7 43. g3 a5 44. f4 exf4 45. gxf4 Bc7 46. Ke4
b4 47. Ne3 a4 48. Nc4 b3 49. axb3 axb3 50. f5 Be5 51. Kd3 b2 52. Kc2 Bd4 53.
Nd2 Be5 54. Ne4 Bd4 55. g5 fxg5 56. Nxg5 f6 57. Ne4 Be5 58. d6 Kc6 59. Kb1 Kd7
60. Kc2 Kc6 61. Kb1 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.24"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. Rb1
d6 9. b4 axb4 10. axb4 Ne7 11. d3 h6 12. b5 Nh7 13. Nd2 f5 14. Bb2 Nf6 15. Qb3
Kh8 16. Ra1 Rb8 17. Ba3 Be6 18. Nd5 g5 19. Nxe7 Qxe7 20. Qc3 e4 21. d4 Qf7 22.
e3 Rg8 23. b6 cxb6 24. Bxd6 Rbc8 25. Rfc1 b5 26. Qb4 bxc4 27. Ra7 c3 28. Rxc3
Nd5 29. Rxc8 Nxb4 30. Rxg8+ Qxg8 31. Bxb4 Qc8 32. Bc5 b6 33. Bxb6 Qc1+ 34. Nf1
Qb1 35. Bc5 Bc4 36. h3 Be2 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Ra7 Kg6 39. Ra6+ Bxa6 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.24"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 e6 5. O-O Ne7 6. Re1 Nxb5 7. Nxb5 Nc6 8.
d4 a6 9. Nc3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Nd5 exd5 12. exd5+ Ne7 13. a4 d6 14. Ra3 Bd7
15. Bg5 f6 16. Bf4 Kf7 17. Ne6 Qa5 18. c4 Ng6 19. Bd2 Qb6 20. Rb3 Qa7 21. Be3
Qb8 22. Bb6 Qc8 23. Qd4 Be7 24. Rbe3 Rb8 25. f4 Bd8 26. Nxd8+ Rxd8 27. Bxd8
Qxd8 28. b4 b6 29. h4 h5 30. Qd3 a5 31. Qe2 axb4 32. Qxh5 Qh8 33. Re7+ Kf8 34.
Qxg6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.24"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. d4 e4 8. Ne1
Nc6 9. Nc2 h5 10. f3 h4 11. fxe4 dxe4 12. Be3 hxg3 13. hxg3 Nf6 14. Nc3 Ng4 15.
d5 Nxe3 16. Nxe3 Bd4 17. Qd2 Qg5 18. Ncd1 Qxg3 19. dxc6 Be5 20. Rf2 Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.24"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. e5 Nc6 7. Qf4 Nh5 8. Qe4
d6 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Be3 Bg7 11. Rd1 Qb4 12. Qxb4 Nxb4 13. Rd2 Be6 14. Bg2 Rc8
15. Nge2 Rc7 16. Nd4 O-O 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. a3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nd5 20. Bxd5 exd5
21. Rxd5 Rxc3 22. Kd2 Rxa3 23. Rd7 Nf6 24. Rxe7 Nd5 25. Rxb7 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Rf2+
27. Kc1 Rc3 28. Rb2 Rxe3 29. Rd1 Kg7 30. Rb7+ Kh6 31. Rdd7 Rc3 32. Rxh7+ Kg5
33. Rb2 a5 34. Kb1 a4 35. h4+ Kg4 36. Rg7 Kxg3 37. Rxg6+ Kxh4 38. Rb4+ Kh5 39.
Rg1 Rcxc2 40. Rxa4 Rb2+ 41. Ka1 Rg2 42. Rxg2 Rxg2 43. Ra2 Rxa2+ 44. Kxa2
1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.24"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. c4 c5 6. Nc3 a6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
Nc6 9. Qf4 Qb8 10. Qd2 Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Rd8 13. Rfd1 Ra7 14. e4 Ba8 15.
Qe2 d6 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. Nf1 Nc5 18. Ne3 Rad7 19. Rac1 Bf8 20. h4 Re8 21. Nc2 Qd8
22. b4 Nb7 23. a3 Qc8 24. Na4 Qd8 25. Qe3 b5 26. cxb5 axb5 27. Nb6 Rc7 28. Nxa8
Qxa8 29. Nd4 Rec8 30. Nxb5 Rd7 31. Nd4 Ne5 32. Rxc8 Qxc8 33. Rc1 Qd8 34. Nf3
Ng4 35. Qe2 h6 36. Nd4 Nf6 37. Nc6 Qa8 38. e5 dxe5 39. Nxe5 Rd8 40. Ng4 Nd5 41.
Nxh6+ gxh6 42. Qg4+ Kh7 43. Be4+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.24"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bc2 Nd7 9. d4 e5 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nd2 Ng6 12. Nf1 h6 13. Ng3 Kh7 14. a4 a5 15.
Nf5 Qf6 16. Be3 Rae8 17. Qg4 Ne7 18. Nxh6 gxh6 19. Qxd7 Rg8 20. g3 Bc8 21. Qxc7
Qf3 22. Bd1 Qxe4 23. Rc1 Qg6 24. dxe5 dxe5 25. Qxb6 Nc6 26. Bc2 f5 27. Rcd1 Rg7
28. Qc5 Re6 29. Rd5 h5 30. Red1 h4 31. Rd6 Rge7 32. Qxc6 hxg3 33. hxg3 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.24"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 a6 8. e4
Rb8 9. h3 c5 10. Re1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. b3 Bd7 13. Bb2 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15.
f4 Nc6 16. e5 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 b4 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Qxf6 exf6 20. Nd5 Kg7 21. Rad1
Be6 22. Bxf6+ Qxf6 23. Nxf6 Kxf6 24. Rxd6 Rfd8 25. Red1 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Ke7 27.
Rd2 Rc8 28. Kf2 Rc1 29. h4 Bf5 30. Ke3 Rc3+ 31. Kf2 Bb1 32. Bd5 f6 33. Bc4 h6
34. Be2 g5 35. hxg5 fxg5 36. fxg5 hxg5 37. Bd1 Kf6 38. Rd4 Rc1 39. Ke1 Rc3 40.
g4 Re3+ 41. Kd2 Re4 42. Rxe4 Bxe4 43. Ke3 Ke5 44. Bf3 Bb1 45. Bd1 Kd5 46. Bf3+
Ke5 47. Bd1 Kd5 48. Bf3+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d3 Nf6 2. Nd2 e5 3. Ngf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. e4 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O h6 8. Re1
d4 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. a4 Re8 11. c3 dxc3 12. bxc3 Nc5 13. Nfxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bf6
15. d4 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Be6 18. Be3 Nxa4 19. Rxa4 Bb3 20. Rda1 Bxa4
21. Rxa4 Rxe5 22. Bd4 Rb5 23. h4 a5 24. e5 c6 25. Be4 Rb2 26. Kg2 b5 27. Ra1
Ra6 28. Rd1 a4 29. c4 Rb3 30. Ba1 Kf8 31. e6 fxe6 32. Rd7 Ke8 33. Rxg7 bxc4 34.
Bf6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Bd7 5. O-O Qc8 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Bh3 8. d5
Ne5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. e4 h5 11. f4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 h4 13. f5 hxg3 14. hxg3 gxf5
15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Qd4 Rh7 17. Bg5 Bh3 18. Qe4 Rg7 19. Qh4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 f6 21.
Qh5+ Kd8 22. Bf4 Qg4 23. Qxg4 Rxg4 24. Rh1 Rg7 25. Rae1 Kd7 26. Kf3 f5 27. Rh5
Rf8 28. a4 c6 29. a5 cxd5 30. cxd5 Rc8 31. Bd2 Rf7 32. Rb1 Rc7 33. Rb4 b6 34.
axb6 axb6 35. c4 Rf8 36. Be3 Nf6 37. Rxf5 Nxd5 38. Rxf8 Nxb4 39. Bxb6 Rxc4 40.
g4 Nd5 41. Bf2 Rc3+ 42. Kg2 e5 43. g5 Nf4+ 44. Kh2 Ke7 45. Rh8 Rf3 46. Bh4 Ng6
47. Rh7+ Ke6 48. Bg3 Kf5 49. Rd7 Rd3 50. Bf2 d5 51. Kg2 d4 52. Kf1 Nf4 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 a5 7. O-O a4 8. c4 c6
9. Nc3 axb3 10. axb3 Rxa1 11. Qxa1 Na6 12. Ba3 Re8 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5
15. Bc4 Qh5 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nc7 18. Rd1 Be6 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 20. Rd7 c5 21.
Rxb7 Rd8 22. f3 Qf5 23. Qc1 Qd3 24. Bxc5 Nxc5 25. Qxc5 Qd1+ 26. Kf2 Rd2+ 27.
Kg3 Qe1+ 28. Kh3 Qe2 29. Qc8+ Kg7 30. Qg4 Qxe3 31. Rxe7 Rd4 32. e6 Rxg4 33.
Kxg4 h5+ 34. Kh3 Kh6 35. b4 fxe6 36. b5 g5 37. Rf7 g4+ 38. Kg3 Kg6 39. Rf4 Qe1#
0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. a4 b6 8. h3 Bb7
9. d5 c6 10. Be3 cxd5 11. exd5 Nbd7 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Nc5 14. Qe1 Nce4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. c3 a5 17. Ra3 Nf6 18. c4 Nd7 19. Nd4 Nc5 20. Bg4 Rb8 21. Nb5 Ba6
22. Bg5 f6 23. Be6+ Kh8 24. Bd2 Bxb5 25. axb5 f5 26. Bc3 Bxc3 27. Rxc3 Rf6 28.
Re3 Qc7 29. Rd4 f4 30. Re2 f3 31. gxf3 Rbf8 32. Re3 Rxf3 33. Rxf3 Rxf3 34. Bg4
Rf6 35. Qe3 Qd8 36. Rf4 Qf8 37. Rxf6 Qxf6 38. b3 Kg7 39. Kg2 h5 40. Be6 Qe5 41.
Qf3 Qe4 42. Qxe4 Nxe4 43. Kf3 Nc5 44. Ke3 Nxb3 45. h4 Nc5 46. Bh3 a4 47. Kd4 a3
48. Kc3 Kf6 49. f4 Nd3 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. exd6 cxd6 7. O-O g6 8.
d4 Bg7 9. c3 O-O 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Nd2 a5 14. Nf3 Bf6
15. a4 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nd7 18. Qe2 Qb6 19. Bc4 Nc5 20. Bb5 Red8 21.
Be3 Qc7 22. Bd4 Nb3 23. Bxf6 exf6 24. Rae1 Nc5 25. Qf3 Kg7 26. Re3 Qb6 27. Re7
Na6 28. h4 h5 29. Rfe1 Nc7 30. c4 Nxb5 31. axb5 Qd4 32. Rxb7 Qxb2 33. Ree7 Rf8
34. Qe4 a4 35. g3 f5 36. Qe6 Qf6 37. Ra7 Rxa7 38. Rxa7 Qa1+ 39. Kg2 a3 40. Qxd6
Qd4 41. Rxa3 Qe4+ 42. Kh2 Qxc4 43. Qe5+ Kh7 44. d6 Rd8 45. Ra7 Kg8 46. Re7 Qc2
47. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b6 2. Nf3 Bb7 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 Bb4 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Qc2
Bxc3 9. Qxc3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 e5 11. Kh1 Nc6 12. Rg1 Re8 13. d5 Ne7 14. f4 Qd7 15.
fxe5 dxe5 16. Qxe5 Ng6 17. Qg3 Ne4 18. Qg2 Nc5 19. Bc2 c6 20. b4 Na6 21. a3
cxd5 22. cxd5 Rac8 23. Be4 f6 24. Bb2 Nh4 25. Qg4 Qxg4 26. Rxg4 Ng6 27. Bxg6
hxg6 28. Rxg6 Kf7 29. Rag1 Rg8 30. h4 Nb8 31. h5 Nd7 32. Bd4 Rcd8 33. R1g3 Nf8
34. R6g4 Rxd5 35. Rh3 Rh8 36. Rgh4 Ne6 37. Kg2 Nxd4 38. Rxd4 Rg5+ 39. Rg3 Rxg3+
40. Kxg3 Ke6 41. Kh4 Rc8 42. f4 Rc3 43. e4 Rxa3 44. f5+ Ke5 45. Rd7 Kxe4 46.
Rxg7 Kxf5 47. h6 Ra1 48. h7 Rh1+ 49. Kg3 a5 50. bxa5 bxa5 51. Kg2 Rh6 52. Ra7
Kg6 53. Rxa5 Rxh7 54. Kf3 Rh4 55. Ra8 Rh5 56. Kg3 Kf5 57. Rb8 Kg6 58. Kf3 Rg5
59. Kf4 Re5 60. Kf3 Kf7 61. Kf4 Kg6 62. Kf3 Kf7 63. Kf4 Re7 64. Kf3 Re8 65.
Rb7+ Re7 66. Rb5 Re5 67. Rb4 Kg6 68. Rg4+ Rg5 69. Rxg5+ Kxg5 70. Kg3 Kf5 71.
Kf3 Ke5 72. Ke3 Kf5 73. Kf3 Ke6 74. Ke4 f5+ 75. Kf4 Kf6 76. Kf3 Ke5 77. Ke3 Ke6
78. Kf4 Kf6 79. Kf3 Kg5 80. Kg3 f4+ 81. Kf3 Kf5 82. Kf2 Ke4 83. Ke2 Ke5 84. Kf3
Kf5 85. Kf2 Ke4 86. Ke2 f3+ 87. Kf2 Kf4 88. Kf1 Kg3 89. Kg1 Kg4 90. Kf2 Kf4 91.
Kf1 Ke4 92. Kf2 Kf4 93. Kf1 Ke3 94. Ke1 f2+ 95. Kf1 Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O b6 8. c4
Bb7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 c5 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. d5 Bxc3 14. Rxc3 Bxd5
15. Ba6 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Rc7 17. Rd1 Ne5 18. Qe2 Rd7 19. Rxd7 Qxd7 20. f4 Ng4 21.
Rd3 Qf5 22. Bb7 Nf6 23. Bf3 h5 24. g3 Qc8 25. e4 Rd8 26. Re3 e6 27. e5 Nd5 28.
Rd3 Ne7 29. Be4 Rd4 30. Kf2 Qd7 31. Qd2 Kg7 32. Ke3 Nd5+ 33. Kf3 Nc7 34. Ke3
Nb5 35. a4 Rxd3+ 36. Qxd3 Nd4 37. Qc4 Nc6 38. Qd3 Nd4 39. Qc4 Qc8 40. b4 Qc7
41. a5 Qe7 42. bxc5 bxc5 43. Qa6 Qc7 44. Kd3 Nf5 45. Qb7 Qxa5 46. Bxf5 gxf5 47.
Qe7 Qa3+ 48. Ke2 Qa2+ 49. Kf1 Qd5 50. Qxa7 c4 51. Qc7 Qd3+ 52. Kg2 c3 53. Kh3
c2 54. Qe7 Qd1 55. Qf6+ Kf8 56. Qh8+ Ke7 57. Qf6+ Ke8 58. Qh8+ Kd7 59. Qf8 c1=Q
60. Qxf7+ Kd8 61. Qf8+ Kc7 62. Qe7+ Qd7 63. Qb4 Qf1+ 64. Kh4 Qfd1 65. Qa5+ Kb7
66. Qb4+ Kc8 67. Qc5+ Qc7 68. Qf8+ Qcd8+ 69. Qxd8+ Kxd8 70. h3 Ke7 71. Kg5 Qf3
72. Kh4 Kf7 73. Kg5 Qxg3+ 74. Kxh5 Kg7 75. h4 Qg6# 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Bd7 5. O-O Qc8 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Bh3 8. e4
h5 9. Be3 h4 10. Nxh4 Bxd4 11. Bxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Rxh4 13. Bxh3 Qxh3 14. gxh4
Qg4+ 15. Kh1 Qf3+ 16. Kg1 Qg4+ 17. Kh1 Qf3+ 18. Kg1 Qg4+ 19. Kh1 Qf3+ 20. Kg1
1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.26"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 a6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Bf5 8. Be2
Bd6 9. O-O Qe7 10. Nd2 O-O-O 11. Nc4 h5 12. Nxd6+ cxd6 13. dxe4 Bxe4 14. Qd4 c5
15. Qd2 h4 16. f3 Bc6 17. Bd3 Kb8 18. e4 Nd7 19. Rae1 Ne5 20. Be2 g5 21. Bc4
Nxc4 22. bxc4 Rhg8 23. h3 Ka8 24. Bc3 Bd7 25. Rb1 Be6 26. Qd3 Qd7 27. Rb6 Qa4
28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Qxd6 Qxc4 30. Be5 Qxc2 31. Rd1 Rc8 32. Rd2 Qb1+ 33. Kh2 Qb5
34. Rb2 Qc6 35. Qe7 c4 36. Bd4 Qc7+ 37. Qxc7 Rxc7 38. Rc2 b5 39. Bf6 b4 40.
Bxg5 a5 41. Bxh4 a4 42. Bf6 Rb7 43. h4 b3 44. axb3 cxb3 45. Rc5 a3 46. Bd4 b2
47. Rc8+ Bxc8 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm Chess960 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.24"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm Chess960 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.27"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.24"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O b4 11. Na4 Ne5 12. Kb1 Bd7 13. b3 Bxa4 14. bxa4 Qc7 15.
Be2 Be7 16. h4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Qd3 Qc7 19. g5 Nd7 20. g6 Ne5 21. gxf7+
Kxf7 22. Qb3 Nc4 23. f4 Rhc8 24. e5 dxe5 25. fxe5 Qxe5 26. Rhe1 Qd5 27. Bc1 Bf6
28. Nxe6 Na3+ 29. Bxa3 Qxb3+ 30. axb3 bxa3 31. Rd7+ Kg6 32. Rg1+ Kh5 33. Nxg7+
Bxg7 34. Rdxg7 Rc6 35. R7g2 Re8 36. Ka2 Re4 37. Kxa3 Rxh4 38. Rd2 Rh3 39. Kb4
Kh4 40. Ka5 Rhc3 41. Rh2+ Rh3 42. Rxh3+ Kxh3 43. c4 h5 44. Rg5 h4 45. c5 Kh2
46. b4 h3 47. b5 axb5 48. axb5 Rh6 49. c6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.24"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8.
Nc3 a6 9. Qe2 b5 10. O-O-O b4 11. Na4 Qd5 12. Kb1 Bd7 13. Nc5 Bb5 14. Qe5 Qxe5
15. Nxe5 Bd6 16. g3 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Bc6 18. Rg1 Bf3 19. Rd3 Bd5 20. Bg2 c6 21. c4
bxc3 22. bxc3 Ra7 23. Rgd1 Ke7 24. Bf1 Nd7 25. Nxd7 Rxd7 26. Kc1 Rb7 27. Rd4
Rhb8 28. Bd3 Rb2 29. c4 Bf3 30. Rd2 Rxd2 31. Kxd2 c5 32. Rd6 f6 33. Rxa6 fxe5
34. Ke3 e4 35. Be2 Bxe2 36. Kxe2 Rb4 37. Ra7+ Kf6 38. Rxh7 Rxc4 39. Rc7 Rc2+
40. Ke3 Ke5 41. a4 Kd6 42. Rc8 Ra2 43. Ra8 c4 44. a5 c3 45. Rc8 Ra3 46. h4 Ke5
47. Rc5+ Kf6 48. a6 c2+ 49. Kd2 Rxa6 50. Rxc2 e5 51. Ke2 f4 52. gxf4 exf4 53.
Rc5 Ra2+ 54. Kf1 f3 55. Kg1 Ra1+ 56. Kh2 e3 57. Rc3 e2 58. Rxf3+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.24"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nc6 6. Qf4 Nh5 7. Qe4 d6 8. Bb5
dxe5 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Nf6 12. Bxf6 exf6 13. O-O-O Be7 14. Nd5 a6
15. Bc4 Qa5 16. Nxe7 Kxe7 17. Bxf7 Bf5 18. Qc4 Rac8 19. Qd5 Qxd5 20. Bxd5 Nb4
21. c3 Nd3+ 22. Rxd3 Bxd3 23. Bxb7 Rc7 24. Bd5 Rd8 25. Bb3 g5 26. Re1 g4 27.
Nd2 h5 28. Bc2 Rcd7 29. Bxd3 Rxd3 30. Nc4 Ke6 31. Kc2 h4 32. a4 g3 33. hxg3
hxg3 34. f4 R3d5 35. fxe5 fxe5 36. Re3 Rg8 37. b4 Rg4 38. Kb3 Kf5 39. Rf3+ Rf4
40. Ne3+ Ke4 41. Rxg3 Rd3 42. b5 axb5 43. axb5 Rxe3 44. Rxe3+ Kxe3 45. c4 Kd4
46. Kb4 Rf1 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.24"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
a6 9. Be2 b5 10. a3 O-O 11. Nd1 b4 12. axb4 Nxb4 13. c3 Nc6 14. O-O Na5 15. Qe1
Nc4 16. b3 Nxe3 17. Nxe3 Rb8 18. Bxa6 Rxb3 19. f5 Qb6 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. Rb1
Rxb1 22. Qxb1 h6 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Qg6 Nf8 25. Qg4 Qb3 26. Nd1 cxd4 27. Nxd4
Bc5 28. Qf4 Bxd4+ 29. cxd4 Qd3 30. Nf2 Qg6 31. h3 Nh7 32. h4 Rf8 33. Qe3 Qf5
34. Qe2 Qf4 35. Qg4 Rf5 36. g3 Qe3 37. Kg2 Nf8 38. Nd1 Qd2+ 39. Rf2 Qd3 40. h5
Kf7 41. Nb2 Rxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Qd2+ 43. Qe2 Qxd4+ 44. Kg2 Nd7 45. Nd3 Kg8 46. Nf4
Nc5 47. Ng6 Qe4+ 48. Qxe4 Nxe4 49. Kf3 Kf7 50. Nf4 Ke7 51. Ne2 Kd7 52. Nd4 Ng5+
53. Kf4 Nf7 54. g4 Nd8 55. Nf3 Nc6 56. g5 Ke7 57. gxh6 gxh6 58. Nh2 Kf7 59. Ng4
Kg7 60. Ne3 Ne7 61. Kg4 Kf7 62. Kf4 Kf8 63. Kg4 Kg7 64. Kf4 Kf7 65. Kg4 d4 66.
Ng2 Nf5 67. Nf4 Ke7 68. Kf3 Kd7 69. Ke4 Ke7 70. Kd3 Kf7 71. Ke4 Ke7 72. Kd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.24"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. e5 Bd7 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Qb3 Qxb3 8. axb3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Ne7 10. Nd2 Nec6 11. Nb5 Kd8 12. Bb6+ Kc8 13. Nf3 Be7 14. b4 f6
15. exf6 gxf6 16. Be2 Rg8 17. O-O Rg4 18. h3 Rg7 19. Rfe1 Bf8 20. Bf1 Nxb4 21.
cxb4 Bxb4 22. Rec1+ Nc6 23. Nc7 Rb8 24. Nd4 e5 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. Nxd5 Bd2 27.
Rc2 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.24"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nge2 a6 6. d3 Nge7 7. h3 O-O 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. exd5 Nd4 10. Be3 Nxe2 11. Qxe2 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Qg5 13. Qf3 f5 14. O-O-O
Bd7 15. Rhf1 a5 16. a3 b5 17. b3 b4 18. a4 Rac8 19. Qf2 c5 20. Kd2 e4 21. Qf4
Qf6 22. dxe4 Qc3+ 23. Ke2 Qxc2+ 24. Rd2 Qxb3 25. Qxd6 Bxa4 26. Rxf5 Qc3 27.
Qe6+ Kh8 28. Qb6 Bb3 29. d6 Bc4+ 30. Kd1 Qa1+ 31. Kc2 b3+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.24"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Be4 9. Be2 d6 10. Ng5 Bb7 11. f3 c5 12. e4 Nbd7 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Qd2 h6 15.
Nh3 Rad8 16. a4 cxd4 17. cxd4 e5 18. a5 exd4 19. Bxd4 Rfe8 20. Nf2 d5 21. cxd5
Nxd5 22. axb6 axb6 23. Ra7 Ba8 24. Bb5 N5f6 25. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.24"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. c3 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Nbd2 b6 12. Nf1 h6 13. Ng3 Qe7 14. Be3 Qf8 15.
Qd2 Rad8 16. Rad1 Na7 17. Qc1 c5 18. d5 Nh7 19. Nh2 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. f4 e4
22. Nh5 Bh8 23. Nf1 Qf7 24. Nfg3 Nc8 25. Rd2 Ne7 26. Qd1 Ng6 27. Nf1 Nf6 28.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 29. Qh5 Qg7 30. Ng3 Nh4 31. Kh2 Kh8 32. Qe2 Rg8 33. Nh5 Qg6 34. Nxf6
Qxf6 35. Qf1 Rg7 36. c4 Rdg8 37. Ree2 Rg3 38. Bd1 Be8 39. Qe1 Qg7 40. Bg1 Rxh3+
41. Kxh3 Qg4+ 42. Kh2 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 e4 5. f3 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8.
fxe4 Nxe4 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. O-O O-O-O 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. d3 Bg6 13. e4 Qc5+ 14. Kh1
f6 15. Qe2 Bd6 16. Qf2 Qxf2 17. Rxf2 b5 18. e5 fxe5 19. Bxe5 Rd7 20. Bxd6 cxd6
21. Nh4 Kc7 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Re1 Rh5 24. Re6 Re5 25. Rxe5 dxe5 26. Re2 Kd6 27.
Kg1 Rf7 28. Re3 Kd5 29. Rg3 Rf6 30. Rg4 a5 31. g3 Kc5 32. a4 Kd5 33. Kg2 Kc5
34. Kg1 Kd5 35. b4 axb4 36. Rxb4 bxa4 37. Rxa4 c5 38. Rg4 Rb6 39. c4+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. Qe2 Nd7 8.
Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 Nf8 10. O-O Bxb3 11. axb3 f6 12. Nf3 Ne6 13. Kh1 Qd7 14. Be3 O-O
15. Nd2 Bd4 16. Ra2 Rad8 17. Nc4 a6 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. Bd2 Bb6 20. Ne3 Bxe3 21.
Bxe3 Nd4 22. Qxd7 Rxd7 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 24. Ra5 Re8 25. g3 g6 26. Kg2 Kg7 27. f4
Rb4 28. Kf3 Rb5 29. Ra4 Rc5 30. Rc4 Ra5 31. Ra4 Rxa4 32. bxa4 a5 33. h4 Rd8 34.
b3 h6 35. Ke3 c5 36. g4 Rh8 37. h5 exf4+ 38. Rxf4 b6 39. hxg6 Kxg6 40. Rf5 Re8
41. Rd5 Re7 42. Kf4 Rh7 43. c3 Rh8 44. Rd7 h5 45. Rxc7 h4 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. c3 Nc6 7. d4 b6 8. Bb5
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Re1 O-O 12. g3 Qc7 13. Bf1 Rad8 14. a3 h5 15. Bg2
Ne7 16. Nbd2 Nf5 17. b4 Kg7 18. Rc1 Rfe8 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. c4 dxc4 21. Nxc4 Bf8
22. Ncd2 Qa5 23. Nb3 Qxa3 24. Nxc5 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 Qxc5 26. dxc5 Rxd1 27. Rxd1
Rc8 28. Rc1 Ne7 29. Nd4 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 f5 31. c6 a5 32. c7 Nd5 33. Rc5 Nf6 34.
Nb5 Ne8 35. Rd5 Ra8 36. Rc5 Rc8 37. Rc6 a4 38. Rb6 Nxc7 39. Rc6 a3 40. Nxa3 Ra8
41. Nc4 Nd5 42. Rc5 Nf6 43. Ra5 Rc8 44. Ra4 Ne4 45. Na3 Rc1 46. Rc4 Rd1 47. Rc2
g5 48. Nb5 Rd2 49. Rxd2 Nxd2 50. Nd4 Kf6 51. Nf3 Nxf3 52. Kxf3 Ke5 53. Ke2 g4
54. f3 Kd5 55. e4+ fxe4 56. fxe4+ Kxe4 57. Kf2 Kd3 58. Kf1 Ke3 59. Ke1 Kf3 60.
Kf1 f6 61. Kg1 f5 62. Kf1 f4 63. gxf4 Kxf4 64. Kg2 h4 65. Kf2 Ke4 66. Ke2 Kd4
67. Kf2 Kd3 68. Ke1 Ke3 69. Kf1 Kf3 70. Kg1 g3 71. hxg3 hxg3 72. Kf1 g2+ 73.
Kg1 Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 O-O 7. Nc3 Re8 8.
Be3 Bf8 9. a4 a5 10. O-O b6 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Ne2 Nh5 13. g4 Nf6 14. Ng3 Nd7 15.
Kh2 g6 16. Rg1 Be7 17. Nf5 Bg5 18. Nf3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Kh8 20. Qe1 c5 21. b3 gxf5
22. gxf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 e4 24. Ng5 Ne5 25. Kh1 f6 26. Ne6 Qd5 27. Nxc7 Qc6 28.
Nxe8 exd3+ 29. Rg2 Rxe8 30. Qg3 Qb7 31. cxd3 Nxd3 32. Rag1 Ne5 33. Qg7+ Qxg7
34. Rxg7 c4 35. bxc4 Nxc4 36. Rf7 Nxe3 37. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. Nbd2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. c4 e6 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Qe7 12. Ba3 c5 13. Qe2 Rac8 14. Nfe5 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Nd5 16. Nd6 Rc7 17. f4 Ba8 18. Nb5 Rd7 19. Bb2 Rfd8 20. Nd6 Nc7 21.
Rcd1 Bc6 22. e4 Ne8 23. f5 exf5 24. exf5 Rxd6 25. f6 Bxf6 26. exf6 Qxe2 27.
Bxe2 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Nd6 30. Be5 Nb5 31. a4 Nd4 32. Bb8 a6 33. Ba7
Bd5 34. Bxb6 Nxb3 35. Bxb3 Bxb3 36. Bxc5 Bxa4 37. Bb4 g5 38. Kf2 h5 39. h3 Bd7
40. Bd2 g4 41. hxg4 Bxg4 42. Ke3 Kf8 43. Kd4 Ke8 44. g3 Kd7 45. Kc5 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "213"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. O-O e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Bxe4 Qc7 11. Bg2 Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Re1 Rad8 14. Qe2 h6
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Nb6 18. Be4 g6 19. Na5 Rb8 20. Nxb7 Bg7 21.
Na5 Na4 22. Nc6 Rb6 23. Qc4 Nxb2 24. Qc5 Kh7 25. a4 f5 26. a5 Rb7 27. Bd5 a6
28. Ra3 Rb5 29. Qe7 Qxe7 30. Nxe7 Bf6 31. c4 Bxe7 32. cxb5 Bxa3 33. bxa6 Bc5
34. Rb1 Rb8 35. Rc1 Rb5 36. Rxc5 Rxc5 37. a7 Rxa5 38. a8=Q Rxa8 39. Bxa8 Kg7
40. h4 Kf6 41. Kg2 Nd3 42. Bd5 Nc5 43. Bc4 g5 44. hxg5+ hxg5 45. Kf1 e4 46. Ke2
f4 47. gxf4 gxf4 48. Bd5 Ke5 49. Ba8 Ne6 50. Bb7 Nd4+ 51. Kd2 Nf5 52. Ke2 f3+
53. Kd2 Nd6 54. Ba8 Kd4 55. Bc6 Nc4+ 56. Ke1 Ne5 57. Ba8 Nd3+ 58. Kf1 Nc5 59.
Bc6 Ne6 60. Ba8 Nf4 61. Bb7 Kd3 62. Ba8 Ne6 63. Bb7 Nd4 64. Ba8 Nb3 65. Bb7 Nc5
66. Ba8 Kd4 67. Bc6 Ke5 68. Ba8 Nb3 69. Bb7 Nd4 70. Ba8 Ne6 71. Bb7 Nc7 72. Bc6
Kf4 73. Bb7 Nb5 74. Ba8 Nc3 75. Bb7 Nd1 76. Ba8 Ke5 77. Bb7 Kd4 78. Ke1 Nb2 79.
Kf1 Nd3 80. Ba8 Nc5 81. Bc6 Kd3 82. Ba8 Nb3 83. Ke1 Nd4 84. Kf1 Ne2 85. Bb7 Nc3
86. Ba6+ Kd4 87. Bb7 Kd3 88. Ba8 Kd4 89. Bb7 Kd3 90. Ba8 Nd1 91. Bb7 Nb2 92.
Ba6+ Kd4 93. Bb7 Nc4 94. Ba8 Ne5 95. Bb7 Ng4 96. Ba8 Kd3 97. Bb7 Kd4 98. Ba8
Nh6 99. Bb7 Nf7 100. Ba8 Ne5 101. Bb7 Kd3 102. Ba8 Ng4 103. Bb7 Nxf2 104. Kxf2
e3+ 105. Kxf3 e2 106. Ba6+ Kc3 107. Bxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O
e6 9. c4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rfd1 Qe7 12. Rac1 Rfd8 13. Ba3 Rac8 14. cxd5 Nxd5
15. Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 Rc7 17. Ne4 f5 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Nf6 20. Rcc1 Ne4 21.
dxc5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 bxc5 23. g3 h6 24. Kg2 Kh7 25. Qc4 Rc8 26. Qb5 Rd8 27. Bxc5
Nxc5 28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29. Qxc5 Qa8 30. Qe7 e5 31. h4 h5 32. b4 a6 33. a4 Qc6 34.
a5 Kh6 35. Qg5+ Kh7 36. Qd8 Qe4 37. Qd6 g5 38. hxg5 h4 39. Qd1 hxg3 40. fxg3
Qxb4 41. Nh4 Qg4 42. Qd3 Qxg5 43. Nxf5 Qg6 44. e4 Bf8 45. Qd7+ Kh8 46. Qd8 Qf7
47. Qa8 Qa2+ 48. Kh3 Qf7 49. Qxa6 Qh5+ 50. Nh4 Qd1 51. Qf6+ Bg7 52. Qf3 Qa1 53.
Nf5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm Chess960 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.24"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm Chess960 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 Bd6 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Nc3 Nd7 9. O-O Re8 10. a4 a5 11. Nd2 b6 12. Nc4 Ba6 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. f4 f6 15.
Qg4 Nf8 16. Qg3 Ra7 17. Rf3 Rf7 18. Raf1 Ne6 19. Qf2 Rb7 20. Rg3 Kh8 21. Rg4
exf4 22. Bxf4 Nxf4 23. Rxf4 Rf7 24. Ne2 Bc8 25. Ng3 Re5 26. c4 c5 27. b3 Kg8
28. Ne2 Be6 29. g4 Rf8 30. Qg3 Bf7 31. Kh2 Rfe8 32. Ng1 h6 33. h4 Qd7 34. Nf3
Rd8 35. g5 hxg5 36. hxg5 fxg5 37. Nxg5 Bg6 38. Kg2 Qe7 39. Nf3 Re6 40. Rh1 Rf8
41. Rfh4 Ref6 42. e5 dxe5 43. Rh8+ Kf7 44. Nxe5+ Ke8 45. Rxf8+ Qxf8 46. Nxg6
Qd6 47. Re1+ Kd8 48. Qxd6+ Rxd6 49. Nf4 Rd4 50. Re4 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. Ba4
Ng6 9. Re1 c6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb4 13. Bc2 c5 14. a3 Ba5 15.
b4 cxb4 16. Nb3 Bb6 17. axb4 d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. bxc5 Bf5 21. Ra3 b6
22. g4 Be6 23. cxb6 Qxb6 24. Rb3 Qd8 25. Nd2 Rc8 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Ra3 Bd5 28.
Rxa7 Rc3 29. Re3 Rxe3 30. Bxe3 Nh4 31. Ba4 Nf3+ 32. Kg2 Rf8 33. Bb3 h5 34. Bxd5
Qxd5 35. Qb1 hxg4 36. hxg4 Qc6 37. Qb7 Qg6 38. Qd7 Qh7 39. Bf4 Ne1+ 40. Kf1
Qh1+ 41. Ke2 Nd3 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.24"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 b6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 a5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 d6 8. f3
Nh5 9. Be3 f5 10. Nh3 O-O 11. g3 a4 12. Bg2 Bb7 13. O-O-O Qe8 14. Nf4 Nxf4 15.
Bxf4 Nc6 16. d5 Na5 17. Kb1 Ba6 18. dxe6 Bxc4 19. e4 fxe4 20. Bh3 exf3 21. Qc2
Qh5 22. e7 Rfe8 23. Bf5 Rxe7 24. g4 Qh3 25. Rhe1 Re2 26. Qxa4 Rf8 27. Qd7 Rxe1
28. Rxe1 f2 29. Be6+ Kh8 30. Rc1 Bxe6 31. Qxe6 f1=Q 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.24"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
a6 9. g3 b5 10. Ne2 b4 11. Bh3 a5 12. O-O O-O 13. c3 Nb6 14. b3 bxc3 15. Nxc3
Ba6 16. Rf2 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Rc8 19. Qe3 Rc6 20. Rd1 Nd7 21. f5 Bg5
22. Qe1 Qc7 23. Bg2 Kh8 24. h4 Be7 25. Qe3 Bc5 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Na4 Rc6 28.
Re1 Bb5 29. Qf4 Qd8 30. Qd4 Qe7 31. Nc3 Ba6 32. fxe6 fxe6 33. Rxf8+ Qxf8 34.
Ne2 Bxe2 35. Rxe2 Qb4 36. Qf2 Qc5 37. Bh3 Qxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Kg8 39. Ke3 Kf7 40.
Kd4 Ke7 41. Rb2 Rc1 42. Re2 Nb8 43. Kd3 Nc6 44. Kd2 Rg1 45. Bg2 Nd4 46. Rf2 Ra1
47. Kc3 Nf5 48. g4 Nxh4 49. Kd4 Re1 50. a3 Nxg2 51. Rxg2 Re4+ 52. Kc5 Rxe5 53.
b4 axb4 54. axb4 Re4 55. b5 Rc4+ 56. Kb6 d4 57. Ka7 e5 58. b6 Kd6 59. b7 Ra4+
60. Kb6 Rb4+ 61. Ka7 e4 62. b8=Q+ Rxb8 63. Kxb8 d3 64. Rd2 Ke5 65. Kc7 Kd4 66.
Kd6 e3 67. Rh2 e2 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.24"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qb3 a5 4. a3 Bxc3 5. Qxc3 Qf6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nf3 a4 8. e4
d6 9. Bd3 e5 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 Bd7 12. c5 Ne7 13. O-O h6 14. Be3 O-O 15. Qb4
Qg6 16. Rac1 Bh3 17. Ne1 f5 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Bb6 Nb3 20. Bxb3 axb3 21. Qxb3
Bg4 22. f3 Bh5 23. Rc7 Rf7 24. exf5 Nxf5 25. Rxf7 Qxf7 26. g4 Qg6 27. Ng2 Rf8
28. gxh5 Qg5 29. Qb4 Qxh5 30. Qg4 Qe8 31. Ne3 Nxe3 32. Bxe3 Rf6 33. Kh1 Rg6 34.
Qe4 Rf6 35. Rg1 Qb5 36. Qg4 Rf7 37. Bxh6 Qxd5 38. Bxg7 Qxf3+ 39. Qxf3 Rxf3 40.
Bxe5+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.24"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Bc2 Nd7 13. Bf4 Nde5 14. Rac1 b6 15.
Bb3 Qe7 16. Be3 Rb8 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. f3 Nd4 19. Qf2 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Ne2
Nxb3 22. axb3 Qb4 23. Rc3 f4 24. Bd2 Bb7 25. Rd3 Qc5 26. Nc3 Rbd8 27. Be1 Rd4
28. Na4 Qd6 29. Qe2 Rd8 30. R3d2 Qe7 31. Bf2 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Rxd2 33. Qxd2 e4 34.
fxe4 Be5 35. Nxb6 Bxe4 36. Qe2 Qb7 37. Qg4+ Kh8 38. Qxe6 Bxb2 39. Qd6 h5 40.
Qxf4 Kh7 41. Be3 Qc6 42. Nd5 Bxd5 43. Qf5+ Qg6 44. Qxg6+ Kxg6 45. cxd5 Kf5 46.
d6 Ke6 47. Bc5 Bf6 48. Kf2 Kd5 49. Ba3 Kc6 50. Kf3 Be5 51. g3 Kd7 52. h3 Ke6
53. g4 hxg4+ 54. hxg4 Bf6 55. Ke4 Bg5 56. Bc5 Bh6 57. Kd4 Bf4 58. Kc3 Bg5 59.
Kb4 Kd5 60. d7 Kc6 61. Be3 Bd8 62. g5 Kxd7 63. g6 Ke6 64. Bd4 Bc7 65. Kc5 Bd8
66. Kc6 a5 67. Kb5 Bc7 68. Bc3 Ke7 69. Bxa5 Be5 70. Kc4 Kf8 71. Bc3 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.24"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. c4 Bb7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. d4 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Nd2 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Ne3 14. Bxb7 Nxd1
15. Raxd1 f6 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Bf4 h5 20. h4 Qb5 21.
Rd2 Rc8 22. Rfd1 Kh7 23. Be3 Rc7 24. Kf1 Qf5 25. Kg1 Qg4 26. Kg2 Qe4+ 27. Kg1
e5 28. Kh2 f5 29. Bg5 f4 30. gxf4 exf4 31. Kg1 Rc2 32. Rxc2 Qxc2 33. Rd7 Qxe2
34. Rxa7 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Qe4+ 36. Kg1 f3 37. Be3 Qxh4 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Bg5 a6 8. Bc4
h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. Nbd2 Ba7 11. a4 Be6 12. Re1 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 Re6 14. Ne3 Ne7 15.
Bxf6 Rxf6 16. d4 Ng6 17. g3 c6 18. Kg2 Qc7 19. d5 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Ne7 21. c4 a5
22. Rc1 Rd8 23. Rb3 c5 24. h3 Rg6 25. Nh4 Rf6 26. Qg4 Kh7 27. Rcc3 Rf8 28. Rb5
b6 29. Rcb3 Nc8 30. Nf5 Rg6 31. Qh4 Qd7 32. Rf3 Re8 33. Ne3 Qe7 34. Qxe7 Rxe7
35. Nf5 Ra7 36. Nh4 Rg5 37. Rfb3 Ra6 38. Kh2 Rh5 39. Nf5 Rg5 40. f4 Rg6 41. Rf3
Rf6 42. Ne3 h5 43. Kg2 Ra7 44. Rb3 Kg8 45. f5 Rh6 46. g4 f6 47. Rg3 h4 48. Rf3
Kf7 49. Rf1 Rb7 50. Kf3 Ne7 51. g5 fxg5 52. Rg1 Rh5 53. Kg4 g6 54. fxg6+ Kxg6
55. Nf5 Ng8 56. Nxd6 Nf6+ 57. Kf3 Rb8 58. Nf5 Rhh8 59. Ke3 Nh5 60. Ne7+ Kf6 61.
Nc6 Nf4 62. Nxb8 Rxb8 63. Kf2 Kg6 64. Rg4 Kf6 65. Rf3 Rf8 66. Rb3 Rb8 67. Kg1
Ne2+ 68. Kh2 Nf4 69. Rg1 Ne2 70. Rf1+ Nf4 71. Rb5 g4 72. hxg4 Kg5 73. d6 h3 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 e4 5. f3 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8.
fxe4 Nxe4 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. d3 Bg6 13. e4 O-O-O 14. Qe2
f6 15. Nh4 Kb8 16. Kh1 Be5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Qf2 Bf7 19. Nf5 Rhg8 20. Rae1 Be6
21. Ne3 h5 22. a4 Rh8 23. Qf4 Qc3 24. Re2 h4 25. h3 Rh5 26. Qf2 Qe5 27. Qf4 Qc3
28. Qf2 Qe5 29. Nf5 Bxf5 30. exf5 Qd5 31. Re4 Rdh8 32. Rf4 Rg5 33. Re1 b6 34.
Qf3 Qxf3 35. Rxf3 Rhh5 36. Ref1 c5 37. Rf4 Kb7 38. R1f3 Kc6 39. Kg1 Kd5 40. Rg4
a5 41. Kf2 Rxf5 42. Rxg7 Kd4 43. Rxc7 Kc3 44. Rc6 Kxc2 45. Rxb6 Rxf3+ 46. Kxf3
Kxd3 47. Rxf6 Kc2 48. Rb6 Rg5 49. Rb5 Rg3+ 50. Kf2 Rc3 51. Rxa5 Kxb3 52. Ra8
Rc4 53. a5 Ra4 54. a6 c4 55. a7 Kc2 56. Rc8 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe2 Re8 8.
Nc4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd7 11. Qg3 Qe7 12. O-O Nf8 13. Be3 Ng6 14. Kh1 b6
15. a4 a5 16. b3 Rad8 17. Rae1 Bb4 18. Rd1 Bc5 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bd2 Bd6 21. Qg4
Qd7 22. g3 Rf8 23. Kg2 Qf7 24. h4 Ne7 25. h5 Kh8 26. Ne3 Bc5 27. Nf5 Nxf5 28.
Qxf5 Qd7 29. Qxd7 Rxd7 30. f4 Bd6 31. Bc3 Re8 32. Rf3 h6 33. Kh3 Bb4 34. Bb2
exf4 35. Rxf4 Bd6 36. Rf5 Bc5 37. Re1 Bd4 38. Bc1 Be5 39. Bf4 Bc3 40. Re2 Kg8
41. Kg4 c5 42. Kf3 c6 43. g4 Bd4 44. Bd2 Be5 45. Be3 Bc3 46. Bf4 Bd4 47. Bd2
Be5 48. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O c5 8. Nbd2
b6 9. c4 Bb7 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. exd4 dxc4 12. bxc4 Re8 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Rfe1 Rac8
15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Nb3 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. e6 f5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Qb2+ Kg8 22. h4 Red8 23. Bf1 f4 24. Rd7 Rxd7 25. exd7 Rd8 26. Re5 Qd6 27. c5
Qf6 28. Qb3+ Kf8 29. Re6 Qa1 30. c6 Ba6 31. Qa3 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 Ne4 10. Bf4 g5 11. Bc1 f5 12. Nc3 Bf6 13. e3 Rf7 14. b3 b6 15.
Bb2 Bb7 16. Rac1 Qe8 17. Ne2 Rc8 18. Ne5 Rg7 19. a4 Nd6 20. Qd2 Nf7 21. Nd3 h5
22. a5 h4 23. axb6 axb6 24. Ra1 g4 25. Nef4 Ng5 26. Ra7 Rb8 27. Ne5 h3 28. Bh1
Bxe5 29. dxe5 Nc5 30. Qb4 dxc4 31. Qxc4 Nce4 32. Bxe4 fxe4 33. Rd6 Re7 34. Qb4
Bc8 35. Rxe7 Qxe7 36. Nh5 Kf7 37. Nf6 Ra8 38. Nxe4 Nf3+ 39. Kh1 Ra2 40. Qc3 Ba6
41. Rd1 Be2 42. Nd6+ Kg7 43. Nf5+ exf5 44. Rd7 Bf1 45. Rxe7+ Kf8 46. Re8+ Kxe8
47. Qxc6+ Kd8 48. Qxb6+ Kc8 49. Qc6+ Kb8 50. Qb6+ Kc8 51. Qc6+ Kb8 52. Qb6+ Kc8
53. Qc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O b6 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. c4 e6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Na4 Nbd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Rac1 Rc8
15. Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 Re6 17. Qd3 Rec6 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. Ba3 Qe8 20. Nc3 c4 21.
bxc4 dxc4 22. Qc2 Nc5 23. Nd4 Ra6 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Rb1 h5 26. h3 Rb6 27. Rxb6
axb6 28. Rb1 Nd7 29. a4 Qe7 30. Rd1 Ne5 31. Qe4 Nc6 32. Qxe7 Nxe7 33. Rb1 Nf5
34. Nde2 Rc6 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Ne7 37. Kg2 f5 38. gxf5 Nxf5 39. Nd5 c3 40.
Nexc3 Bxc3 41. Rc1 Rc5 42. Nxc3 Rc4 43. Ne2 Rxa4 44. Rc6 Kf7 45. Nf4 g5 46. Nd5
Nh4+ 47. Kg3 Ra1 48. f4 Rg1+ 49. Kh3 Nf3 50. fxg5 Nxg5+ 51. Kh2 Nf3+ 52. Kh3
Ng5+ 53. Kh2 Nf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nbd2 a6 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. g4 Bg6 14. Ncxe5
Rad8 15. Nxg6 Qxg6 16. Qe2 h5 17. Nh4 Qg5 18. Ng2 hxg4 19. hxg4 Bb6 20. Rae1
Rd6 21. b4 a5 22. a3 c5 23. b5 c4 24. d4 Qxb5 25. e5 Rh6 26. Qf3 Qb3 27. g5 Rg6
28. Qg3 Qxa3 29. Nf4 Bxd4 30. cxd4 Qxg3+ 31. fxg3 Rxg5 32. Kg2 b5 33. e6 fxe6
34. Nxe6 Rg6 35. Nxc7 Rxe1 36. Rxe1 b4 37. d5 c3 38. Nb5 Rb6 39. Nd4 b3 40.
Nxb3 Rxb3 41. d6 Rb2+ 42. Kf3 Rd2 43. Rc1 Rxd6 44. Rxc3 Ra6 45. Ra3 a4 46. Ke4
Kf7 47. Kf4 Kf6 48. Ke4 Kg5 49. Kf3 Kf5 50. Ke3 Kg4 51. Kf2 Kh3 52. Kg1 g6 53.
Kf2 Ra7 54. Kg1 g5 55. Kf2 Kg4 56. Kg2 Kf5 57. Kf3 g4+ 58. Ke3 Ke5 59. Kd3 Kd5
60. Kc3 Ke4 61. Kc4 Rd7 62. Kc5 Rd3 63. Rxa4+ Kf3 64. Kc4 Re3 65. Ra8 Kxg3 66.
Kd4 Rb3 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 c5 4. e3 e6 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. dxc5 Nc6 8. a3
a5 9. O-O Bxc5 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bd7 14. Qe2 Rad8
15. Rfd1 h6 16. c3 Bd6 17. Bc2 Bc7 18. b4 Bc8 19. b5 Nb8 20. a4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1
Rd8 22. Nd2 Nd7 23. Nc4 Nb6 24. Ba3 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Bxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Qh4+ 27. Kg1
Nxc4 28. Bc5 b6 29. Qd3 g6 30. Bd4 e5 31. Qxc4 Be6 32. Qc7 exd4 33. Qxb6 dxc3
34. Qxa5 Qd4 35. b6 Bd5 36. Qb5 Bb7 37. a5 Qg4 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Qe5+ Kh7 40.
Qg3 Qd7 41. Qxc3 Qd5 42. Qf3 Qd7 43. Be4 Bxe4 44. Qxe4 Qd1+ 45. Kh2 Qh5+ 46.
Kg3 Qg5+ 47. Kf3 Qh5+ 48. Kg3 Qg5+ 49. Kf3 Qxa5 50. b7 Qa3+ 51. Ke2 Qb2+ 52.
Kf3 Qb3+ 53. Kf4 Qb2 54. Kg3 h5 55. f4 Qb3+ 56. Kh2 h4 57. Qf3 Qb4 58. Kh3 Kh6
59. Kxh4 Qb1 60. Kg3 Qe1+ 61. Kh2 Qb1 62. Qd5 Qe1 63. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm Chess960 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.08.24"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm Chess960 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
O-O 9. Bd3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Nf3 Bc7 13. Bc2 Be6 14. Qd3 Re8
15. O-O-O Qe7 16. Kb1 Rad8 17. Ka1 g6 18. Qb5 b6 19. Qa6 Kg7 20. a3 Bb8 21.
Rhe1 Bc8 22. Qf1 Bg4 23. h3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 g5 25. Qg2 Rg8 26. f4 Kf8 27. fxg5
hxg5 28. Bxg5 Qe6 29. h4 Re8 30. Qf3 Ne4 31. Bxe4 dxe4 32. Qh5 Be5 33. Rg1 Rh8
34. Qg4 Qxg4 35. Rxg4 Rg8 36. Rxe4 f6 37. Bf4 Rg4 38. Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nde2 Nf6 7. g3 b5 8.
Bg2 Rb8 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 a5 11. a3 d6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Rb1 b4 14. axb4 axb4 15.
Nd5 Ba6 16. Re1 e6 17. Ndf4 Qc7 18. Qd2 Nce5 19. b3 Rfc8 20. Rbc1 Nc5 21. Nd4
Qb7 22. f3 Ned7 23. Nde2 Rc6 24. Bf2 Rbc8 25. h4 Ne5 26. Nd4 R6c7 27. Red1 Rd7
28. Qe1 h5 29. Rd2 Nc6 30. Nde2 Rcd8 31. Rcd1 Na7 32. Bh3 Nb5 33. Bxc5 dxc5 34.
Nxe6 Rxd2 35. Nxd8 Rxd1 36. Qxd1 Qc7 37. Qd5 Nd6 38. Nxf7 Nxf7 39. Nf4 Bb7 40.
Qe6 Qd6 41. Qe8+ Qf8 42. Qd7 Ne5 43. Qxb7 Nxf3+ 44. Kg2 Nxh4+ 45. Kf2 Be5 46.
Be6+ Kh8 47. Bf7 Bxf4 48. gxf4 Qd8 49. Bd5 Qf8 50. Kg3 g5 51. f5 Qd6+ 52. Kh3
Qd8 53. Qf7 g4+ 54. Kg3 Nf3 55. Qxh5+ Kg7 56. Qg6+ Kf8 57. Qg8+ Ke7 58. Qe6+
1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 c5 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. Be3 Nd5 8.
Bxd5 Qxd5 9. Nbc3 Qxg2 10. Rg1 Qf3 11. Nb5 Rb8 12. dxc5 Bd7 13. Nc7+ Kd8 14.
Nb5 Ne5 15. Qd4 Qd5 16. O-O-O Qxd4 17. Bxd4 Nf3 18. Bxg7 Nxg1 19. Bxh8 Nxe2+
20. Kb1 Bxc5 21. Bf6+ Kc8 22. Nd6+ Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Nf4 24. Rd4 Ng6 25. h4 h5 26.
Rc4+ Bc6 27. Rc5 Kd7 28. Rxh5 e5 29. Rh6 Ke6 30. Bg5 Kf5 31. b3 Be4 32. Rh7 Bd5
33. c4 Be6 34. Be3 b6 35. h5 Nf4 36. h6 Kg6 37. Rg7+ Kxh6 38. Rg1 Rd8 39. Kb2
Kh5 40. a4 Rd7 41. a5 bxa5 42. Ra1 Kg4 43. Rxa5 Kf3 44. Ka3 Nd3 45. Bxa7 e4 46.
c5 Rb7 47. Bb6 Nxf2 48. Ra6 Bd5 49. c6 Bxc6 50. Bxf2 Kxf2 51. Rxc6 e3 52. Rf6+
Ke1 53. b4 e2 54. Rf5 Re7 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Bf4 Bf5 12. Rfc1 e6 13. h3 h5 14. e3 Ne4 15.
Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bd6 Rfc8 17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8
21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Nf3 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Rc2 24. Ne1 Rd2 25. Nf3 Rc2 26. Ne1 Rd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Qb3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d4 7. d3 Nc6 8. Bf4
Nd7 9. Na3 e5 10. Bd2 Re8 11. Qc2 a5 12. Nb5 Nb4 13. Qd1 c6 14. Na3 Bf8 15. Nc2
Nxc2 16. Qxc2 Nc5 17. a3 a4 18. Bb4 Nb3 19. Rae1 Bxb4 20. axb4 Qb6 21. e3 Bg4
22. Nd2 Qxb4 23. Nxb3 axb3 24. Qc1 Bf5 25. Qd1 Rad8 26. e4 Bd7 27. f4 b5 28.
cxb5 Qxb5 29. Rf2 c5 30. Bf1 f6 31. Qh5 Ra8 32. Rc1 Kh8 33. g4 exf4 34. Rxc5
Qb4 35. Rc7 Qd6 36. Rb7 Reb8 37. Rxb8+ Rxb8 38. g5 Qe5 39. h4 f5 40. Qf3 fxe4
41. dxe4 Rf8 42. Bc4 Bc6 43. Re2 Qc5 44. Bd3 Bb5 45. e5 Bxd3 46. Qxd3 f3 47.
Rf2 Qc1+ 48. Qf1 Qf4 49. Qh3 d3 50. Qd7 Qxe5 51. Qxd3 Qg3+ 52. Kf1 Qxh4 53.
Rxf3 Qh3+ 54. Kf2 Qxf3+ 55. Qxf3 Rxf3+ 56. Kxf3 Kg8 57. Ke4 Kf7 58. Kf5 Ke7 59.
Ke5 h6 60. gxh6 gxh6 61. Kf5 Kd6 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 g6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3
b6 9. a4 a5 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb7 12. Bb2 c5 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Qe2 cxd4 15.
Bxd4 Nc5 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Qc2 Rfd8 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Nd2 Bd4 21.
Be4 Rc7 22. Nf3 Rcd7 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Rd2 e5 25. Rde2 f6 26. Rd2 Rd6 27. Rde2
Rb6 28. Nd2 Kg7 29. Kf1 Qb8 30. g3 f5 31. f3 Qb7 32. Kg2 h5 33. h3 Rbd6 34. Rf1
Qb4 35. Nb1 Rb6 36. Nd2 Rbd6 37. g4 Kf6 38. Nb1 Ba1 39. Rfe1 Rd3 40. Qc1 hxg4
41. hxg4 fxg4 42. Re3 gxf3+ 43. Kxf3 Qxb3 44. Nd2 Qxa4 45. Ne4+ Kg7 46. Qxa1
Rxe3+ 47. Kxe3 Qb3+ 48. Kf2 Rf8+ 49. Kg1 Rf5 50. Qd1 Qxc4 51. Qd7+ Rf7 52. Qd2
Qd4+ 53. Kg2 a4 54. Qe2 a3 55. Rd1 Qb2 56. Rd2 Qb3 57. Nxc5 Qb4 58. Qxe5+ Kh7
59. Ne4 Qb7 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
a6 9. Bb3 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Re1 Kh7 12. Nf1 g5 13. Bg3 Bxb3 14. Qxb3 Rb8 15.
d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nh5 17. Nf5 Ne7 18. N1e3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Qd7 20. Rad1 Qe6 21.
Qc2 Kg8 22. c4 Rbd8 23. c5 Nxg3 24. hxg3 dxc5 25. Qxc5 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Qxe4 27.
Rd7 Ng6 28. Qxc7 Qb1+ 29. Kh2 Qxb2 30. Ng4 Kg7 31. Rd6 h5 32. Nf6 Qxf2 33. Qc3
Kh6 34. Nd7 Re8 35. Ne5 Qf5 36. Nxg6 fxg6 37. Qc7 h4 38. Rd4 hxg3+ 39. Qxg3 Qe5
40. Rd7 b5 41. Ra7 Qxg3+ 42. Kxg3 Re3+ 43. Kg4 Ra3 44. g3 Rxa2 45. Ra8 b4 46.
Rh8+ Kg7 47. Rb8 Ra4 48. Rb7+ Kh6 49. Rb8 b3+ 50. Kf3 g4+ 51. Ke3 Ra3 52. Kf4
a5 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. Nc3 a6 4. e3 e6 5. g4 c5 6. g5 Nfd7 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. a3 b5
9. h4 Bb7 10. h5 Nb6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Rg1 f6 15. Bf4
Qd7 16. h6 O-O-O 17. Qe2 cxd4 18. exd4 Qxd4 19. Rd1 Qxf4 20. Qxe6+ Kc7 21. Qf7+
Be7 22. Qxe7+ Kc8 23. hxg7 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 Rg8 25. Qf8+ Kc7 26. Qxg8 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 a5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
Be7 9. Bg3 d6 10. h3 Nd7 11. Re1 Kh8 12. c3 Nb6 13. Bb3 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. d4
e4 16. Nfd2 d5 17. f3 Bh4 18. Bxh4 Qxh4 19. Qe2 Bxh3 20. fxe4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
Qg5+ 22. Kh1 Qh4+ 23. Kg2 Qg5+ 24. Kh1 Qh4+ 25. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. b3 {This
apparently harmless continuation brings White good practical results. White
develops his pieces, ready for the opening of the centre (to ...cxd4 he will
recapture with a piece, of course).} Nbd7 (7... b5) (7... cxd4) ({and} 7... Nc6
{are more popular.}) 8. Bb2 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 {This classic arrangement of Black's
pieces is probably insufficient for equality in this line.} 10. a4 $1 b4 {
[%mdl 4] A positionally risky continuation. The c4-square will become White's
strong point.} ({However,} 10... bxa4 {has its drawbacks, too:} 11. Rxa4 Be7 (
11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Rc4 Bd5 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. Nc3 Bb7 16. b4 $1 $16 Qxb4
$140 17. Ncb5 $1) 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Qa1 $1 Nb6 14. Ra5 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Bb4 16. Rg5
Nbd5 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Bd3 g6 19. Nc5 $14 {1/2 (34) Teske,H (2500)-Ivanov,J 
(2365) Regensburg 1997}) 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. dxc5 Bxc5 (13... Nxc5 14.
Bxf6 $1 gxf6 15. Nd4 Rc8 16. Bf3 Nd3 (16... Bd5 17. Qe2 f5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 {
0-1 (29) Matthias,H (2386)-Jonkman,H (2372) NRW 2000} 19. Rc4 $14) 17. Rc2 Bxf3
18. N2xf3 Nc5 19. Rc4 Qd5 20. Nd2 $14 {[%cal Yd1e2,Ye3e4]} (20. Rxb4 Ne4 21.
Rb6 Bd8 22. Rxa6 Qb7 23. Qe2 Nc3 24. Qd3 e5 25. Nf5 e4 26. Qd6 Ne2+ 27. Kh1
exf3 28. Nh6+ Kg7 29. Nf5+ Kg8 $11 {1/2 (31) Sharafiev,A (2415)-Geller,J (2474)
Sochi 2015})) 14. Ne5 (14. Ne1 Be7 15. Nd3 a5 16. Nc4 Rc8 17. Bd4 Nd5 18. Nde5
Nc5 19. Nd2 f6 20. Nec4 e5 $11 {1-0 (64) Palachev,P (2358)-Igonin,T (2498)
Moscow 2016}) 14... Rc8 15. Bf3 (15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Be7 18.
Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Rc1 Qd8 20. Qe2 $5 (20. Ne4 f5 21. Qg3 e5 22. Nd2 {1/2 (22)
Akesson,R (2465)-Van Wely,L (2585) Antwerp 1995}) 20... Qa5 21. Qc4) 15... Nd5
{Black avoids the exchange of light-squared bishops in order not to lose
control of the c4-square completely.} 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Nc4 Qe7 18. Qe2 Ba7 19.
g3 Bb8 20. Rfd1 $14 Rfd8 21. Bg2 Bc7 22. Qg4 f6 23. h4 ({White could have won
a pawn:} 23. e4 $5 Nc3 (23... Nb6 $2 24. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 25. e5) 24. Bxc3 bxc3 25.
Rxc3 {, which is not easy to convert, though. Instead, he prefers to launch an
attack but fails to achieve success.}) 23... a5 24. Rd2 Ba6 25. Rdc2 Rb8 26. h5
Rd7 27. Qh4 Rf8 28. Bh3 Bb7 29. Bd4 Qf7 30. Rd2 h6 31. Qg4 Re8 32. Qg6 Red8 33.
Bg2 Ba6 34. Be4 Qxg6 35. hxg6 Ne7 36. Bc5 f5 37. Bxe7 Rxe7 38. Bf3 Rxd2 39.
Nxd2 Kf8 40. Rc5 Rd7 41. Nc4 Bxc4 42. Rxc4 Ke7 {Black has successfully
defended, and the game quietly reaches a draw.} 43. Rc6 Bd8 44. Be2 Rd6 45.
Rxd6 Kxd6 46. Bc4 e5 47. f4 Bb6 48. Kf2 exf4 49. gxf4 h5 50. Kf3 h4 51. Bf1 Ke6
52. e4 fxe4+ 53. Kxe4 Kf6 54. f5 Bd8 55. Bh3 Bb6 56. Bf1 Bd8 57. Bh3 Bb6 58.
Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 f6 12. c3 Kh8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8
15. Ne4 b4 16. d4 bxc3 17. bxc3 exd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Bb4 20. Bd2 Bxd2
21. Qxd2 Re8 22. h3 Nb6 23. Nc5 Bd5 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Ne6 Qd7 26. Nc5 Qf7 27.
Re2 Rb8 28. Re1 Re8 29. Re4 Rxe4 30. Nxe4 h6 31. Nc3 Qe6 32. Nxd5 Qxd5 33. Qe3
Kg8 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qe3 c6 36. h4 Kg6 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. h5 Qxd4 39. Qg6+ Kg8
40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. Qg6+ Kg8 42. Qe8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxf5 Qxf5 13. bxc3 b6 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. Qb5 Qd7 16. Rb1 Rc8 17. g3 Bf8 18. Bd2 Nc6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Rd8 21.
Qxd7 Rxd7 22. Rb5 Rad8 23. a4 Be7 24. a5 bxa5 25. Rxa5 f6 26. Re6 Rb8 27. Rea6
Rbb7 28. Kf1 Kf7 29. Ke2 Bd8 30. Ra2 Bb6 31. Bc1 Rbc7 32. Kd3 Re7 33. Bf4 Rc8
34. Bd6 Re1 35. Bc5 Bxc5 36. dxc5 Rxc5 37. Rxa7+ Kg6 38. R7a5 Rxa5 39. Rxa5 Rf1
40. f4 Rd1+ 41. Kc2 Rh1 42. Rxd5 Rxh2+ 43. Rd2 Rxd2+ 44. Kxd2 Kf5 45. Ke3 h5
46. Kf3 g5 47. fxg5 fxg5 48. g4+ hxg4+ 49. Kg3 Ke4 50. Kxg4 Kd3 51. Kxg5 Kxc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Bc4 Qd6 8.
Qe2 O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Nbd2 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 Qe6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nfd2 b5 14. Ne3
f5 15. a4 f4 16. Qg4+ Qg6 17. Qxg6+ hxg6 18. Nd5 Rad8 19. Nf6+ Kg7 20. Nfe4 Bb6
21. axb5 Ne7 22. Ke2 Nd5 23. g3 f5 24. Ng5 Rfe8 25. Nc4 e4 26. d4 f3+ 27. Kd2
Nf6 28. Ne3 Rd7 29. h4 Kh6 30. Rhd1 Nd5 31. Ra4 Kh5 32. Nh3 Nxe3 33. Kxe3 Kg4
34. Nf4 Rd6 35. Rc4 Re5 36. Rb4 Re8 37. Ra1 Re5 38. Ra6 Re8 39. Raa4 Rh8 40.
Ra1 Re8 41. Ra3 Rh8 42. Rba4 a5 43. Ra1 c5 44. bxc6 Rxc6 45. Rxa5 Bxa5 46. Rxa5
g5 47. hxg5 Rh1 48. d5 Rc8 49. g6 Re1+ 50. Kd2 Rf1 51. Ke3 Re1+ 52. Kd2 Rf1 53.
Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxf5 Qxf5 13. Qxb7 Ne4 14. Qxa8 Qd7
15. cxd5 Nf6 16. Re3 Nxd5 17. Rb3 Nb4 18. Rxb4 Bxb4 19. Be3 Bd6 20. d5 c5 21.
b4 cxb4 22. Rc1 Rd8 23. Qxa7 Qxa7 24. Bxa7 Nd7 25. Bd4 Ra8 26. Kf1 Ra5 27. Rc8+
Bf8 28. d6 Rd5 29. Ne5 Nxe5 30. Bxe5 f6 31. Bg3 Kf7 32. Rb8 Bxd6 33. Bxd6 Rxd6
34. Rxb4 Rd2 35. a4 Ra2 36. h4 h5 37. g3 Kg6 38. Rf4 Kf7 39. Ke1 Ke6 40. Rb4
Kf5 41. Kd1 Ke5 42. Ke1 Kf5 43. Kf1 Kg6 44. Rc4 Kh6 45. Rf4 Kg6 46. Ke1 Kf7 47.
Kf1 Kg6 48. Kg2 Ra3 49. Kh3 Ra2 50. g4 Ra3+ 51. f3 hxg4+ 52. Kxg4 Ra1 53. Rc4
Ra2 54. h5+ Kh6 55. f4 Rg2+ 56. Kf5 Rh2 57. Ke6 Rxh5 58. f5 Rh1 59. Rc5 Kg5 60.
Kf7 Rh7 61. a5 g6+ 62. Ke6 Rh1 63. a6 Ra1 64. fxg6+ Kxg6 65. Rc6 f5 66. Kd6 Kg5
67. Kc7 f4 68. Kb7 f3 69. Rc2 Kf4 70. a7 Kg3 71. a8=Q Rxa8 72. Kxa8 f2 73. Rxf2
Kxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Hillarp Persson,T"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {This is rare occurence for Caruana who usually starts out with 1.e4.} ({
It is worth comparing what happens in the game with the not purely fictional
line:} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Nf3
Nbd7 8. e3 (8. g3) 8... Re8 9. b4 e5 10. Be2 c6 {when we get a position that
will arise later in this game, but with Black to move.} (10... e4 $1)) 1... e5
{I have heard GMs saying that the problem with the English is - in order - 1...
e5, 1...c5 and 1...e6, and then there is nothing wrong with 1...Nf6 or 1...c6.
Further down on the list 1...b6 and 1...g6 argue about which one is the most
respectable.} 2. Nc3 ({When Mihail Marin wrote his wonderful books on the
English, he chose to recommend} 2. g3 {as the second move here. The only
downside to leaving out Nc3, is that Black can play the immediate} c6 3. d4 (3.
Nf3 e4 {is another fashionable possibility.}) 3... e4 $5 4. Nc3 d5 {and Black
seems to be doing fine. One sample line is}) 2... Bb4 $5 ({Another Bb4-line
arises after} 2... Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 {This line was already at the
centre of attention in the classic WCh match between Kasparov and Karpov, in
1987. Their 2nd and 4th games (with Kasparov as White) both went} (4... d5 5.
cxd5 Nxd5) 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 $1 {Lately White
has been scoring very well here and Caruana was able to score a nice win
against Anand in the Moscow Candidates 2016 (a game that has been excellently
commented on in CBM by Mihail Marin). He was possibly hoping to repeat this
line.} exf3 10. Nxf3 d5 11. d4 dxc4 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bf4 Ne4 14. Rad1 Bf5 15. Ne5
Nd6 $6 16. e4 Bh7 17. Qe2 $14 {Caruana,F (2794)-Anand,V (2762) Moscow 2016.}) (
2... c6 {is not as good here as after 2.g3, as} 3. Nf3 $1 d6 4. d4 {leaves
Black with little choice but to play either the Old Indian or a sideline of
the KID.} Nd7 5. e4 $14) 3. Nd5 (3. g3 Bxc3 4. bxc3 $1 (4. dxc3 d6 5. Bg2 Nc6
6. Nf3 Nge7 {is even nicer for Black.}) 4... d6 $1 5. Bg2 Ne7 $5 {and Black is
well organised to deal with any central setup that White might choose. The
knight is more flexible on e7 than on f6 and it is a good reason to try Bb4
before Nf6.}) 3... Bc5 (3... Be7 $5 4. d4 (4. g3) 4... d6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nxe7
Qxe7 7. f3 exd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 {is another interesting line, where White has to
decide where the queen is best placed. 9.Qc3 seems to be the consensus, but in
a game against Ginger GM in 2015 I came to the conclusion that e3 looked like
a better square:} 9. Qe3 O-O 10. Ne2 {[%cal Ge2c3] This is why I didn't want
my queen on c3.} a5 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. a3 Nc6 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Qc3 f5
16. exf5 Ne7 17. g4 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Qh4+ 19. Kd1 Ne5 $2 (19... Nc5 20. Be3 Bd7
$13) 20. Bf4 $16 {Hillarp Persson,T (2521)-Williams,S (2439) London 2015}) 4.
Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 d6 {Anand reached this position no less than five times in 2016
and obviously has a lot of faith in its soundness.} 6. e3 (6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 O-O
8. O-O Re8 9. d3 (9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 a5 11. b3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Bb2 {
, looks a bit better for White, to me, but Black's pieces are active and I can
understand why this kind of position would suit Anand's active style.}) 9... h6
10. Na4 Bb4 11. a3 Ba5 12. b4 Bc7 13. e4 Bg4 $132 {Caruana,F (2820)-Anand,V 
(2775) 8th London Classic 2016}) (6. a3 Nf6 7. e3 (7. Na4 e4) 7... e4 (7... Bb6
$5) 8. Nd4 O-O 9. d3 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Be2 Qe7 12. b4 Bb6 13. O-O Rd8 {
Topalov,V (2760)-Anand,V (2775) Champions Showdown 2016, was perhaps somewhat
more comfortable for White.}) 6... Bb4 $1 7. d4 Nd7 ({It seems that Anand
either has lost faith in or got bored with} 7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 e4 9. Nd2 Nf6 {
which he played in three games last year.} {Nakamura played the principled} 10.
Ba3 {and only got half a point out of two:} (10. f3 exf3 $6 (10... Bf5 $5) 11.
Qxf3 O-O 12. h3 Qa5 13. Bb2 (13. e4 $1) 13... Qf5 $132 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2740)
-Anand,V (2775) 10th Tal Mem 2016}) 10... b6 (10... O-O 11. c5 $5 d5 12. Be2
Re8 13. O-O b5 14. Bc1 a6 15. a4 Qd7 16. f4 ({It seems to me (and the engine)
that something like} 16. axb5 cxb5 17. f3 exf3 18. Rxf3 {, intending a
sacrifice on f6, surely must be much better for White.}) 16... exf3 17. Nxf3
Ne4 18. Ne5 $6 Rxe5 19. dxe5 Nxc3 20. Qc2 Nxa4 21. e4 Qe8 22. Bd3 $2 d4 $1 {
Nakamura,H (2775)-Anand,V (2775) Champions Showdown 2016, and Black went on to
win.}) 11. f4 $6 (11. f3 $1) 11... c5 $1 12. Be2 h5 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. g3 Nc6 15.
h3 Qd7 {Nakamura,H (2775)-Anand,V (2775) Champions Showdown Rapid 2016, and
White was lucky to escape with a draw. Nimzowitsch would rise from the dead
just to get a chance to play this position from the black side.}) 8. Qc2 {
A sensible way to avoid the doubled pawn on c3.} Ngf6 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 O-O
11. Be2 Re8 12. b4 {This pawn move always make me cringe on the inside. I'm
not saying that it is bad, but when Black starts shuffling his pieces around
on the light squares it might be nice to still have this pawn on b3. I guess
there are a few GMs who agree with me, but the majority seem to value space
more than any vague notions about light squares.} e4 $1 {This is one of those
moves that you shouldn't hesitate to make. It is clearly the best Black can
hope for with this pawn structure.} 13. Nd2 d5 $1 {This is where I first
logged in to watch the games and I felt something had gone wrong for Caruana. 
(...and I also felt that the b4-pawn might have been happier on b3, so that
White could play Ba3 and perhaps Qc3-b4-d6.)} 14. a4 ({The engines love - if
that is the right word - to play} 14. c5 $5 {, but although White gets a free
hand on the queenside, the same is basically true for Black on the kingside.
Also, should White choose to play 0-0-0, it is still possible to apply the can
opener with b6 and a5.} Nf8 15. h3 {[%cal Rc8g4]} Ng6 16. a4 Bd7 17. b5 Nh4 18.
Kf1 (18. O-O Qc8 19. Kh2 Nxg2) (18. Rg1 Qc7) (18. g3 Nf3+ $1 19. Nxf3 exf3 20.
Bxf3 cxb5 {and Bc1 is a hundred miles awar from a life.}) 18... h6 {and with
Nf6-h7-g5 coming next, White must start wondering whether it will be enough to
get a rook down to b7? (The answer is: probably not.)}) 14... dxc4 $1 {If
White had more pressure on e4, this would not be recommendable, but in this
situation Black is better developed, has a wonderful square for a knight on d5
and does not have to worry about e4.} 15. Nxc4 Nb6 $1 16. Na5 (16. Ne5 Nfd5 $1)
(16. O-O Bg4 $1 17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. h3 Nf6 19. Bd2 {and the engine wants me to
believe that the position is almost equal. Well... after} Nfd5 20. Qb3 Nxc4 21.
Qxc4 Re6 22. b5 Qd7 23. Qb3 a6 $1 24. bxc6 Rxc6 25. Rfc1 Rac8 {I would under
no circumstances want to play the White side.}) 16... Nbd5 (16... Nfd5 17. Qd2
Qg5 {looks very promising too.}) 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. h3 Re6 $5 {A lovely move that
has more than one function. On one hand it is ready to attack the kingside at
any moment, but also it might come in handy if White continues with b4-b5.} 19.
Ba3 (19. Nc4 Ne8 20. b5 cxb5 (20... a6 21. bxa6 b5 $5) 21. axb5 Nd6 22. Nxd6
Rxd6 23. Bb2 Rg6 24. Rc1 Qd6 25. Kf1 Be6 26. Rc5 Qd7) ({White's natural plan
is to play b4-b5, but when Black's pieces are so well organised and active, it
tends to backfire:} 19. b5 $6 cxb5 20. axb5 Bd7 $1 21. Ba3 b6 22. Rc1 Qb8 23.
Nc6 Qe8 {and pawns will fall.}) 19... a6 20. Nb3 $6 {This knight is feeling a
bit lost. It was well placed on a5, but there was no way forward. Now it seeks
greener pasture, but it turns out to be no better than the last one. In the
meantime Anand improves his forces' coordination further.} Ne8 $3 {Another
great move. From d6 the knight keeps and eye on e4, c4 and f5, while it makes
b4-b5 harder to play for White. It also opens the road to g6 for the rook. You
cannot ask for more from one move.} 21. Nc5 Rg6 22. g3 ({It's horrible to
leave the f-pawn behind in this way, but} 22. Kf1 Nd6 {was not an option.})
22... Nd6 23. a5 {This move looks like a sign of desperation. Not only does
White give up all future counterplay on the queenside, but also the bishop on
a3 gets completely entombed. I would normally give such a move a "?!", but I
trust that Caruana had better reasons that my engine and I can whip up in five
minutes.} Bf5 $1 24. Qc2 Re8 25. O-O-O Qc8 (25... Ra8 $5 {[%cal Gb7b6]}) 26. g4
Bd7 27. Kb1 f5 $5 ({There is some kind of mute, unformulated guideline, that
tells me to attack the g4-pawn with} 27... h5 {rather than move the f-pawn.
Perhaps it is because I prefer to keep my pawns in one long chain. However, in
this position, Anand's choice makes even more sense as it opens the f-file
towards f2.} 28. Rh2 hxg4 29. hxg4 Bxg4 30. Rdh1 f5 $17) 28. gxf5 Rf6 29. Rdg1
Bxf5 30. h4 Ref8 31. Rh2 Kh8 {It seems that Anand is keeping the tempo up as
Caruana feels the pressure from the clock.} ({Here I see no defence against} 
31... Qc7 32. Rhg2 Bc8 $1 {and the f2-pawn falls:} 33. Bc1 (33. Bd1 Nb5 $19) (
33. Bf1 Qf7) (33. Rxg7+ Qxg7 34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 {is utterly hopeless for White who
has only one active piece.}) 33... Rxf2) 32. Qd2 Rg6 33. Rxg6 hxg6 $5 {This
makes things a bit harder, but in time pressure it is almost impossible for
White to find the defence.} (33... Bxg6) 34. h5 $1 g5 35. h6 g6 36. Bb2 $6 {
After this move White is irreversibly lost. The only chance was to try to
exchange the Be2 for another piece than Black's bishop:} (36. Bd1 $1 Bg4 37.
Bb3 Bf3 $1 38. Qc1 {and White can try something with Bxd5 and then queen to g3.
Still, Black should win with ...g4 and then Rf8-f5-h5.}) 36... Bg4 $1 37. Bf1
Kh7 38. Ka1 Bf3 {To quote Italo Svevo, White's position has become the "tomb
of its (sic) good intentions". The rest is just a demonstration of how
helpless White is.} 39. Rh3 g4 40. Rg3 Rf5 41. Na4 Qf8 42. Nb6 Qxh6 43. Nxd5
cxd5 44. Qc1 Qh1 45. Qc7+ {This loses fast, but everything else loses almost
as fast.} Rf7 46. Qxd6 Qxf1+ 47. Ka2 Be2 {White has no way to deal with Bc4+,
followed by Qd3, so he resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 Ke7 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nd3 Bd6 12. Nd2 b5 13. Nb3 Bb7 14. Na5
Bd5 15. Bd2 Rhc8 16. Rfc1 Ne5 17. Nb4 Nc4 18. Nxc4 bxc4 19. Nxd5+ exd5 20. Bc3
Rab8 21. Rc2 Bb4 22. Be5 Bd6 23. Bd4 Bc5 24. Bxf6+ Kxf6 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Rcd2
Be7 27. Bf3 d4 28. exd4 Rb4 29. Rc2 Rdb8 30. Rdd2 Kg6 31. a3 R4b6 32. g3 Bg5
33. Re2 Bf6 34. Be4+ Kh6 35. Red2 Re8 36. Bd5 Rxb2 37. Bxf7 c3 38. Rxb2 Rd8 39.
Rdc2 cxb2 40. Rxb2 Bxd4 41. Rb4 g6 42. Ra4 Rd6 43. Kf1 Bb2 44. Ra5 Rc6 45. a4
Kg7 46. Bd5 Rc1+ 47. Kg2 Rc2 48. Be4 Rd2 49. Rxa6 Bd4 50. Rd6 Rxf2+ 51. Kh3 Be3
52. a5 Ra2 53. a6 Bg1 54. Kg4 Ra3 55. Rd1 Bc5 56. Rd7+ Kf6 57. Bd3 Bg1 58. h3
Ke6 59. Bb5 h5+ 60. Kf4 h4 61. gxh4 Rxa6 62. Rg7 Kf6 63. Rxg6+ Kxg6 64. h5+
Kxh5 65. Be2+ Kh4 66. Bxa6 Kxh3 67. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 Ke7 10. b3 b6 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Ne1 a5 13. Bb2 Rd8 14. Rc1
Kf8 15. Nc4 Ba6 16. Nc2 Nd5 17. Rfd1 Nb4 18. a3 Nxc2 19. Rxc2 Nf6 20. Rdc1 Bxc4
21. Rxc4 Rd2 22. R1c2 Rad8 23. Kf1 Ne4 24. Ke1 f6 25. Rxd2 Nxd2 26. Rc3 Ne4 27.
Rd3 Nd6 28. Rd1 Ke7 29. Bd3 h6 30. Rb1 Rc8 31. Ke2 Rc7 32. f4 Nb7 33. b4 axb4
34. axb4 Bxb4 35. Bxf6+ Kxf6 36. Rxb4 Nc5 37. Rxb6 Rb7 38. Rxb7 Nxb7 39. Kf3
Nd6 40. Kg4 e5 41. h4 exf4 42. exf4 g6 43. h5 g5 44. fxg5+ hxg5 45. h6 Nf7 46.
Kh5 Ne5 47. Bb5 Nf7 48. Bc4 Ne5 49. Bd5 Nd7 50. Be4 Ne5 51. h7 Kg7 52. Kxg5
Nf7+ 53. Kf4 Nh8 54. Bd3 Nf7 55. Bc2 Nh8 56. Ke5 Nf7+ 57. Kf4 Nh8 58. Bb1 Nf7
59. Bf5 Nh8 60. Kg4 Nf7 61. Kg3 Nh8 62. Bc2 Nf7 63. Kf4 Nh8 64. Bd1 Ng6+ 65.
Kg5 Ne5 66. Bc2 Nf7+ 67. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd3
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Be7 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Be2 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. g4 h6 {
Lots of theory here, in this modern take on the Poisoned Pawn.} 15. Rg1 {
Caruana seeks his own way.} ({The originators of the whole line, the Azeri
stars Radjabov, Gashimov and Mamedov, split their efforts between} 15. Qh3) ({
and} 15. e5) 15... Bd7 16. g5 hxg5 17. Rxg5 Nc6 {Hikaru decides to gives back
the pawn right away. By doing this he utilises a common approach of
side-stepping the bulk of opponent's preparation. The drawback is in settling
for an inferior move.} ({I'm sure Fabi had some home cooking ready for} 17...
Rh7 {but likely, it was not} 18. e5 dxe5 19. Ne4 $2 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Bxg5 21. Qxh7
Bxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Qa5+ 23. Kd1 Qd5 $17) 18. Rxg7 O-O-O (18... Nxd4 19. Qxd4 {
and Black cannot castle.}) 19. Ncb5 $1 axb5 20. Nxb5 Ne5 $1 (20... Qb8 {
gets trashed by} 21. Rxe7 Nxe7 22. Nxd6+ Kc7 23. Bf4) 21. Nxc7 Nxd3+ 22. cxd3
Ng8 $2 ({The redemption could only be found in an incredible
computer-generated idea:} 22... Rxh2 $3 23. Rxe7 Rh1+ 24. Bf1 Rf8 {and Black
wins his piece back.}) 23. Na8 ({Also,} 23. Ba5 Rxh2 24. Kd2 {was quite good
for White.}) 23... Kb8 24. Nb6 Bc6 25. Bf4 {In the immortal words of Roman
Dzindzi, White has the pawn and the compensation.} e5 26. Bg3 Bf6 27. Rf7 Be8
28. Rf8 Bg7 29. Rf2 Ne7 30. Bg4 Nc6 31. Rfb2 Nd4 32. Nd5 b5 33. a4 Bh6 34. axb5
Rg8 35. h3 Kb7 36. Ne7 Rf8 37. Nc6 $1 {The shortest way to victory.} Bxc6 38.
bxc6+ Kxc6 39. Bf2 {Now White threatens to eliminate Nd4 with checkmate to
follow. Hikaru had no choice, but he knew it wasn't going to be enough.} Rxf2
40. Kxf2 Rf8+ 41. Kg2 Be3 42. Rb8 Rxb8 43. Rxb8 d5 44. Rc8+ Kd6 45. Rd8+ Ke7
46. Rd7+ Kf6 47. exd5 e4 48. dxe4 Bf4 49. h4 Nb5 50. h5 Be5 51. Bf5 Kg5 52. Bg6
Nd6 53. Re7 Nc4 54. Re6 Bf6 55. d6 Ne5 56. Bf5 Nd3 57. Rxf6 Kxf6 58. d7 Ke7 59.
h6 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bb5
Bxg3 9. hxg3 Qb6 10. a4 h6 11. O-O Ne7 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. a5 Bd7 14. Be2 Ng6 15.
Qa3 c4 16. b3 cxb3 17. Nxb3 Ne4 18. Rfc1 Bc6 19. c4 dxc4 20. Rxc4 Qd8 21. Nc5
Nd6 22. Rc2 Bd5 23. Bd3 b6 24. e4 bxc5 25. exd5 exd5 26. dxc5 Ne4 27. c6 Qc7
28. Qb3 Rfd8 29. Qb7 Rac8 30. Rb1 Qxa5 31. c7 Rf8 32. Qb5 Qa3 33. Qxd5 Nc3 34.
Rxc3 Qxc3 35. Bxg6 Rxc7 36. Ne5 Qc5 37. Bxf7+ Rfxf7 38. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. c4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qa4 Nb6 8.
Qc2 Be7 9. b3 Be6 10. Bb2 f6 11. d3 Rc8 12. Nbd2 Nd4 13. Qd1 Qd7 14. e3 Nxf3+
15. Nxf3 O-O 16. Qe2 Bd5 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Rac1 Bf8 19. h4 a5 20. Bc3 Ra8 21.
Rb1 Qc6 22. h5 Nc8 23. Rbc1 Qe6 24. e4 Bc6 25. Nh4 Nd6 26. f4 Nb5 27. Ba1 a4
28. Nf5 axb3 29. axb3 Nd4 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. Qc2 Ra3 32. Bh3 Qf7 33. Qc4 b5 34.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 35. b4 Rc3 36. Ra1 cxb4 37. Ra7+ Kg8 38. h6 gxh6 39. e5 fxe5 40.
fxe5 Bd5 41. e6 Re8 42. e7 Bg7 43. Nd6 Bf7 44. Nxe8 Bxe8 45. Be6+ Kh8 46. Ra8
1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nb5 Qd8 8.
Bd3 a6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. O-O Ne5 11. Be2 b5 12. Nf3 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nc6 14. Bf4 Bb7
15. a3 Bc5 16. b4 Be7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 O-O 19. a4 bxa4 20. Nxa4 Nd5 21. c4
Nxb4 22. Rd7 Be4 23. Rxe7 Nc6 24. Bd6 Nxe7 25. Bxe7 Rfb8 26. c5 Rb3 27. f3 Bc6
28. Nb6 Ra7 29. Bd6 a5 30. Bd1 Rb4 31. Ba4 Bxa4 32. Rxa4 f6 33. Kf2 Kf7 34. Ke3
e5 35. Rxb4 axb4 36. c6 b3 37. Kd3 Ra1 38. Nc4 Ra6 39. c7 Rc6 40. f4 b2 41.
Nxb2 Rxd6+ 42. Ke4 Rc6 43. fxe5 Rxc7 44. Nd3 Rc2 45. exf6 Rxg2 46. fxg7 Rxh2
47. Nf4 Kxg7 48. Kf5 Ra2 49. Ne6+ Kh6 50. Nf4 Ra5+ 51. Kf6 Rg5 52. Ne6 Rg6+ 53.
Kf5 Rxe6 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. Nb3 Bb6 8.
Qe2 Qe7 9. Bd2 a5 10. Bc3 Nd7 11. d4 a4 12. Nbd2 a3 13. b3 exd4 14. Bxd4 O-O
15. O-O Ba5 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Qe3 Bg4 18. Nc4 Bb4 19. h3 Bh5 20. Qf4 Rfe8 21.
c3 Bd6 22. e5 Bc5 23. g4 Bg6 24. Ne3 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 f6 26. exf6 Qxf6 27. Qg3 Nc5
28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Qxc7 Rf8 30. Nd4 Bd3 31. Nef5 Bxf1 32. Kxf1 h6 33. h4 Re8 34.
Kg2 Kh7 35. b4 Ne4 36. Qd7 Rd8 37. Qxb7 Nxc3 38. Ne6 Rg8 39. Qxc6 Qe5 40. Nc5
Qd5+ 41. Qxd5 Nxd5 42. b5 Rb8 43. Nd4 Nc3 44. Na6 Rb6 45. Nb4 Nxb5 46. Nxb5
Rxb5 47. Nc2 Ra5 48. f4 h5 49. Kf3 hxg4+ 50. Kxg4 Kg6 51. Nd4 Kf6 52. h5 Rc5
53. Kf3 Rc1 54. Nb5 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 b6 7. Qc2 c6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rac1 Re8 12. Rfd1 Nc5 13. d3 Rc8 14. b4 Ne6
15. Qb3 Qe7 16. a3 c5 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Nb5 Bb8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rb1 Bc6 21.
d4 c4 22. Qc2 Nf4 23. Bf1 Ng6 24. a4 Qd7 25. Nc3 h5 26. g3 h4 27. Bg2 hxg3 28.
hxg3 Kg7 29. Nd2 Qg4 30. Nf1 Qg5 31. e4 dxe4 32. d5 Bd7 33. Nxe4 Qe5 34. Ne3 f5
35. Rxb8 Qxb8 36. Ng5 Qb3 37. Qd2 c3 38. Qd4+ f6 39. Ne6+ Bxe6 40. dxe6 Qxe6
41. Bh3 Ne7 42. Re1 Kg8 43. Kh2 Qe5 44. Qd7 Red8 45. Qxa7 Rc7 46. Qb6 Qc5 47.
Qe6+ Kg7 48. Bxf5 Qe5 49. Qb6 Rh8+ 50. Kg1 Qc5 51. Qb1 Nd5 52. Qe4 Nxe3 53.
Rxe3 c2 54. Qg4+ Kf8 55. Bxc2 Qxc2 56. Qb4+ Kf7 57. Kg2 Qc6+ 58. Rf3 Rh2+ 59.
Kxh2 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. Nbd2 Bc5 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 a5 8. a4
Re8 9. Qc2 h6 10. h3 Be6 11. Re1 d4 12. Nf1 Nd7 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. cxd4 exd4 15.
Nd2 Nc5 16. b3 Nb4 17. Qb1 Bd6 18. Ngf1 f5 19. Ba3 fxe4 20. dxe4 d3 21. Bd1 Rf8
22. Re3 Bf4 23. Rf3 Qg5 24. Bc1 Rad8 25. Ne3 Nc6 26. Bb2 Ne5 27. Bxe5 Qxe5 28.
Ra2 Nxe4 29. Nxe4 Qxe4 30. Rd2 g5 31. Qc1 Rf7 32. g3 Bd6 33. Rxf7 Bxf7 34. Bg4
Bxg3 35. Nf5 Bf4 36. Nxh6+ Kf8 37. Qc5+ Rd6 38. Nxf7 Kxf7 39. Qxc7+ Qe7 40.
Qc4+ Kf8 41. Rxd3 Rxd3 42. Qxd3 Qc7 43. Kg2 Ke7 44. Bf3 b6 45. Qg6 Qc5 46. Qg7+
Kd6 47. h4 Qe5 48. Qf8+ Qe7 49. Qb8+ Kc5 50. Qc8+ Kb4 51. Qc4+ Ka3 52. h5 Bd6
53. h6 Bc5 54. Qd3 Qe1 55. Qc2 Qe6 56. h7 Qh6 57. Qf5 Bd6 58. Bg4 Qh2+ 59. Kf3
Bc5 60. Ke4 Qh4 61. Kd5 Qh5 62. Bf3 Qh6 63. Be4 Qd6+ 64. Kc4 Qd4+ 65. Kb5 Qb4+
66. Ka6 Qc3 67. Qd5 Bd4 68. f3 Qc8+ 69. Kb5 Qc3 70. Qc4 Qxb3+ 71. Qxb3+ Kxb3
72. Bd5+ Ka3 73. Bb7 Kb3 74. Bd5+ Kc3 75. Bb7 Kd3 76. Bc6 Kc3 77. Bb7 Kd3 78.
Bc6 Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d6 5. d4 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
Re8 9. Bc2 exd4 10. exd4 d5 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Ba4 Bd7 13. Bb3 Bf5 14. Bg5 Qd6
15. Ne5 Ne4 16. Bf4 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nxd5 18. Bg3 Qd8 19. Qf3 c6 20. Rad1 f6 21.
c4 Nb4 22. Ng4 Qd7 23. Bd6 a5 24. Bxb4 axb4 25. c5+ Kh8 26. Qg3 Be4 27. Ne3 g5
28. d5 cxd5 29. Nxd5 Qc6 30. Qd6 Rad8 31. Qxc6 bxc6 32. Nxb4 Bf8 33. Rc1 Rb8
34. Rc4 Rb5 35. Rfc1 Reb8 36. a3 Bd5 37. R4c3 Bxb3 38. Rxb3 Rxc5 39. Rd1 Rcb5
40. Rf3 Bxb4 41. axb4 Kg7 42. Rd7+ Kg6 43. Rd6 Rf8 44. Rxc6 Rxb4 45. Rd3 Rb7
46. Rdd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 a5 7. d3 a4 8. N3d2 d5
9. dxe4 dxe4 10. e3 Bg4 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Nc3 Bb4 13. Ndxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4+ Be6
15. O-O O-O 16. Qh4 Ne5 17. Nd5 cxd5 18. cxd5 Bg4 19. f4 Be2 20. fxe5 Bxf1 21.
Bxf1 Qc5 22. Qd4 Rfd8 23. d6 Qa5 24. Kg2 Rac8 25. Bd3 g6 26. Be4 Rd7 27. Bd3
Re8 28. a3 Be1 29. b4 axb3 30. Bb2 Qd2+ 31. Kh3 Re6 32. Bb5 Rd8 33. Rd1 Qf2 34.
Qf4 Qxb2 35. Bc4 Qxe5 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 d6 8. Nd5
h6 9. c3 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. h3 Ne7 13. d4 Bb6 14. Be3 Ng6 15.
a4 Nf4 16. a5 exd4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. axb6 Rxb6 19. Qxd4 Bxh3 20. e5 Qxd4 21.
cxd4 Bg4 22. Rfc1 Rc8 23. exd6 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Rxd6 25. d5 c5 26. dxc6 Rcxc6 27.
Rxc6 Rxc6 28. Rd1 g6 29. Rd7 Rf6 30. Bd5 Rf5 31. Be4 Rg5+ 32. Kf1 a5 33. Ke2
Kf8 34. Ke3 h5 35. f4 Rc5 36. Bd5 Ke8 37. Kd4 Rc2 38. Rb7 Rxf2 39. Ke5 Rxb2 40.
Rxf7 a4 41. Kd6 Re2 42. Rg7 Kd8 43. Rxg6 a3 44. f5 Re8 45. f6 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Be7 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nbd2 c5 8. e4
Nc6 9. Re1 dxe4 10. dxe4 O-O 11. e5 Nd7 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nc4 Nb4 14. Ne3 Nb6 15.
Qe2 N6d5 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. a3 c4 19. Nd4 Rfd8 20. Kh1 c3 21. b4 Qb6
22. Nb3 Rd7 23. f4 Rad8 24. Rf1 h6 25. f5 Bh7 26. Na5 Qc7 27. Nc4 b5 28. Na5 a6
29. Nb3 Nb6 30. Bf4 Nc4 31. Bg3 Bg5 32. Rf3 Rd2 33. Nxd2 cxd2 34. h4 Ne3 35.
hxg5 d1=Q+ 36. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 37. Kh2 Nxg4+ 38. Kh3 Rd4 39. g6 fxg6 40. fxe6 g5 41.
Rf7 Qc8 42. Qf3 Bg6 43. Re7 Nxe5 44. Qf2 Qd8 45. Rxg7+ Kxg7 46. Bxe5+ Kg8 47.
Bxd4 Qd6 48. Qf6 g4+ 49. Kxg4 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bf1 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1
Kf8 15. Qd4 exf5 16. Qxf6 h6 17. Qd4 Bd6 18. Bd2 Be6 19. Bc3 Rh7 20. Rad1 Be7
21. Qe3 h5 22. Qf3 Rc8 23. Bd3 Qc6 24. Qxc6 Rxc6 25. Bxf5 Rh6 26. Be4 Rc7 27.
Be5 Rc5 28. Bd4 Rc7 29. Be3 Rf6 30. Bd4 Rh6 31. b3 b5 32. Be5 Rc8 33. f3 h4 34.
Re2 Rh5 35. Bd4 b4 36. Bb7 Rd8 37. Bxa6 Rhd5 38. Red2 Bg5 39. Bc5+ Rxc5 40.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 41. Rxd8+ Ke7 42. Rd2 Ra5 43. Bd3 Rxa2 44. Re2 Kd6 45. Re4 Kc5 46.
Rxh4 Ra1+ 47. Kh2 Rd1 48. Be4 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bc4
Be6 9. Bb3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Na5 12. Rd1 Nxb3 13. cxb3 Qa5 14. Be3 Rac8
15. Nd2 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Nc4 Bxc4 19. bxc4 Rfd8 20. b3 Bc5
21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Qe4 b6 23. Rd3 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 Re8 25. Rd1 e4 26. Qe3 Qa3 27.
Rd2 Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Qa1 29. b4 Qe5+ 30. g3 Rc8 31. Rd4 f5 32. Rd5 Qf6 33. c5 bxc5
34. bxc5 Rc6 35. Qf4 Qe7 36. Qxf5 Rf6 37. Qc8+ Rf8 38. Qd7 Rxf2+ 39. Kg1 Qf8
40. Qd8 Rxa2 41. c6 Ra1+ 42. Kg2 Ra2+ 43. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. d4 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. O-O c5 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Re1 Rfe8 14. Nf1
Rad8 15. Ng3 g6 16. Bb5 a6 17. Ba4 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nd2 Ne5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5
21. g3 Re6 22. Qe2 Qg5 23. Red1 h5 24. h4 Qf5 25. Nc4 Bd5 26. Nb6 Re5 27. Nxd5
Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Qxd5 29. Rd1 Qb7 30. Qc4 a5 31. Rd5 Qe7 32. Kg2 Qe6 33. Bc6 Rc8
34. Bb7 Rc7 35. Qa6 Bxg3 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. Qxe6 fxe6 38. Kxg3 Rxb7 39. Ra8 c4
40. bxc4 Rc7 41. Rxa5 Rxc4 42. a4 Kf6 43. Ra8 Rc2 44. a5 Ra2 45. a6 e5 46. Kg2
Kf5 47. Kh3 Kf6 48. Kg3 Ra1 49. f3 exf3 50. Kxf3 Ra4 51. Ke2 Kf5 52. Kf3 Kf6
53. e4 Ra3+ 54. Ke2 Ra4 55. Kd3 Kg7 56. Kc3 Rxe4 57. Kb3 Re1 58. Rc8 Ra1 59.
Rc6 e4 60. Kc2 e3 61. Kd3 Ra3+ 62. Ke2 Kf7 63. Kf3 Kg7 64. Rc7+ Kf6 65. a7 g5
66. Rc6+ Kg7 67. Rc7+ Kg6 68. Rc6+ Kg7 69. hxg5 Rxa7 70. Kxe3 Ra4 71. Kf3 Rg4
72. Kf2 Rxg5 73. Rc3 Kf6 74. Rg3 Rxg3 75. Kxg3 h4+ 76. Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Be2 Be7 8.
O-O Nc6 9. d3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. d4 Qd7 12. Bd3 Na5 13. Re1 Nc4 14. Rb1 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 b5 16. Nd2 Rab8 17. Nb3 Rb6 18. Bf4 Qg4 19. Bg3 Qg6 20. Qf3 a5 21.
Rbd1 Qc2 22. Qxd5 Qxa2 23. Nc5 Rd8 24. Nd7 c6 25. Qe4 Ra6 26. e6 f6 27. d5 cxd5
28. Qxd5 Qb3 29. Qb7 Rxe6 30. Qd5 Nd2 31. Qxb3 Nxb3 32. Rxe6 Kf7 33. Ree1 a4
34. Bc7 Rc8 35. Bd6 Bxd6 36. Rxd6 Rxc3 37. Nb6 a3 38. Nd5 Rc4 39. Ra6 b4 40.
Ra4 Nc1 41. Rxb4 a2 42. Rb7+ Kg6 43. Ra7 Rc2 44. Nb4 Rb2 45. Rxc1 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. b3 h6 7. Bb2 Be7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. c4 a5 10. a3 Bh7 11. Qc2 Na6 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Nf3 Rfc8 15.
Bc3 Qd8 16. Qb2 Bf6 17. Ne5 Nc5 18. Bd4 Qd6 19. f4 dxc4 20. dxc4 Nxb3 21. Qxb3
Qxd4+ 22. Kh1 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxb7 Bg6 25. Ra2 Rab8 26. Qa7 Rb2 27. Rxb2
Qxb2 28. Qxa5 Qxe2 29. Qa6 Rb8 30. Qxc6 Rb2 31. c5 Rc2 32. a4 Qe3 33. Qf3 Qxc5
34. h4 h5 35. Ra1 Qe5 36. Rg1 Rc3 37. Qf4 Qxf4 38. gxf4 Ra3 39. Bc6 Bc2 40. Rg5
Bxa4 41. Be4 Rh3+ 42. Kg2 Rxh4 43. Ra5 f5 44. Bf3 Rxf4 45. Bxh5 Kh7 46. Bf7 Bb3
47. Kg3 Rg4+ 48. Kh3 Bd5 49. Ra6 g6 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Qe2+ Qe7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Nc3 O-O-O 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. g4 Bg6 11. Bg2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. a3 g6 14. Rhe1
Bg7 15. Bf1 h5 16. Nd2 Bxd4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Qxe4 Qc5 20. c3 Nc6
21. Qf4 hxg4 22. hxg4 Rhf8 23. Rxd8+ Nxd8 24. Bc4 a6 25. g5 Ne6 26. Bxe6+ fxe6
27. Qe4 Qxg5+ 28. Kb1 Rf6 29. Re2 Qd5 30. Qe3 b6 31. Rd2 Qf5+ 32. Ka2 Kb7 33.
Rd7 a5 34. Kb3 Qb5+ 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. f4 Rc8 11. Nb3 a6 12. Kb1 b5 13. Qe1 Qc7 14. Bd3 Nb4
15. Rc1 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Qb8 17. g4 b4 18. Ne2 a5 19. Qd2 a4 20. Nbd4 Qb7 21. Ng3
Rfd8 22. f5 Qa6 23. g5 Ne8 24. h4 a3 25. b3 Bb5 26. Rc4 d5 27. exd5 Rxd5 28.
Nxb5 Rxb5 29. fxg6 fxg6 30. Qc2 Rbb8 31. Ne4 Qe6 32. Bf4 Ra8 33. Re1 Qg4 34.
Bd2 Rxc4 35. Qxc4+ Kh8 36. Bxb4 Qxh4 37. Bc3 Bxc3 38. Qxc3+ Ng7 39. Rf1 e5 40.
Qxe5 Qh3 41. Qf6 Qxd3+ 42. Ka1 Qd8 43. b4 Qxf6+ 44. gxf6 Nf5 45. b5 Rb8 46. Nc3
Kg8 47. Rb1 Kf7 48. b6 Kxf6 49. Rb4 Ke5 50. Kb1 Nd6 51. Kc2 h5 52. Kb3 g5 53.
Na4 Nb7 54. Rb5+ Kf4 55. Rd5 h4 56. Rd7 h3 57. Rh7 g4 58. Kc4 Kg3 59. Kd5 h2
60. Nc3 Na5 61. Ne2+ Kg2 62. Nf4+ Kf3 63. Rxh2 Kxf4 64. Kc5 g3 65. Rh4+ Kf3 66.
Kb5 g2 67. Rh3+ Kf2 68. Rh2 Nb7 69. Kc6 Nd8+ 70. Kc7 Rb7+ 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Bf5 7. Re1 c6 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. g4 Nxc3 11. gxf5 Ne4 12. fxg6 hxg6 13. Qd3 d5 14. b3 Nd7 15.
Be3 e6 16. h4 f5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Bf4 Rae8 19. e3 Qd8 20. Kf1 Ndf6 21. Ke2 Ng4
22. Rf1 c5 23. Rac1 b6 24. dxc5 bxc5 25. Rc2 Rf7 26. Ng5 Rd7 27. Bf3 Ngf6 28.
Rd1 c4 29. bxc4 d4 30. c5 Nd5 31. Qc4 Kh8 32. Kf1 Nxf4 33. exf4 Qc7 34. c6 Rde7
35. Bxe4 fxe4 36. Rxd4 Qxf4 37. Rd7 Qxh4 38. Rxe7 Rxe7 39. c7 Qh1+ 40. Ke2 Qh5+
41. Ke1 Qh1+ 42. Ke2 Qh5+ 43. Ke1 Qh1+ 44. Kd2 Rd7+ 45. Ke3 Qe1+ 46. Kf4 Be5+
47. Kxe5 Qa5+ 48. Qc5 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qb3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nd2 e6 11. e4 Nc6 12. e5 b6 13. O-O Ba6 14. Re1 Rc8 15.
Qd1 Re8 16. a4 Na5 17. Re3 Qd7 18. h4 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Bxc4 20. h5 a5 21. Ba3 b5
22. Bd6 bxa4 23. Bf1 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Rc4 25. Kg2 Bh6 26. Rf3 Rec8 27. Qd3 Bg5 28.
Rh1 Kg7 29. g4 {Critical moment.} Qb7 {A bit careless, but who would spot
White's idea?} (29... Rxc3 30. Qxc3 Rxc3 31. Rxc3 h6 {is safe for Black, but
most likely drawish.}) 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Rf6 $3 {Fantastic concept.} Bxf6 (
31... Rxc3 32. Rxh7+) (31... Rg8 32. Qf3 h6 (32... Rcc8 33. Rf7+ Qxf7 34. Rxh7+
) 33. Rxe6 Rcc8 34. Rf6 {White looks winning here.}) 32. exf6+ Kg8 (32... Kxf6
33. Be5+ {will cost Black his queen.}) 33. Be7 $1 R4c7 (33... Rf8 $142 $16) 34.
Bd6 $2 {In time trouble Caruna slips up.} (34. f7+ $1 {was winning:} Kg7 (34...
Kxf7 35. Rxh7+) 35. Qe3 Rxe7 36. Qe5+ Kxf7 37. Rxh7+ Ke8 38. Qh8+ Kd7 39. Rxe7+
Kc6 40. Qg7 Rc7 41. Rxe6+ Kb5 42. Qxg6 Rxc3 43. Qb1+ Rb3 44. Qc2 {and White
should wrap it up soon.}) 34... Rxc3 35. Qe2 Qf7 36. g5 h5 $19 37. Qb5 e5 38.
Bxe5 Qe6 39. Rh4 Qf5 40. Qxd5+ Kh8 41. f7+ Kh7 42. Qb7 Qxg5+ 43. Bg3 {Seizing
his chance So finishes in style.} Rxg3+ $1 44. fxg3 Rc2+ 45. Kf3 (45. Kh3 Qf5+
46. g4 Qd3+) 45... Qf5+ 46. Ke3 Rc3+ 47. Ke2 Qd3+ 48. Ke1 Rc1+ 49. Kf2 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nb5 Na6 8.
a3 Bd7 9. c4 Qe5+ 10. Qe2 Qxe2+ 11. Bxe2 Bxb5 12. cxb5 Nc5 13. O-O Nd5 14. Nc4
Nb3 15. Rb1 Rc8 16. Rd1 Bc5 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bh4 Ke7 19. Bf1 Nb6 20. Nxb6 Bxb6
21. Rd3 Nd4 22. Bg3 e5 23. Kh1 Nf5 24. f4 Nxg3+ 25. Rxg3 g6 26. fxe5 fxe5 27.
Bd3 Bd4 28. Rf3 Rhf8 29. Rxf8 Rxf8 30. g3 Rf2 31. b3 Kd6 32. Re1 Rf3 33. Bc4
Kc5 34. Rc1 Rf2 35. Bd3+ Kd5 36. Bc4+ Kd6 37. Re1 g5 38. Re2 Rf3 39. Kg2 Rc3
40. Kh3 h5 41. Bf7 Be3 42. a4 e4 43. Bxh5 Ke5 44. Bf7 Kf5 45. Bd5 g4+ 46. Kg2
Ke5 47. Bxb7 Kd4 48. b4 Kd3 49. Ra2 Bd4 50. a5 Rc1 51. h3 gxh3+ 52. Kxh3 e3 53.
Bf3 Rb1 54. b6 Rxb4 55. b7 Be5 56. a6 Rb6 57. Ra5 Bb8 58. Rd5+ Kc4 59. Rd8 Be5
60. Kg4 Kc3 61. Kf5 Bxg3 62. Be2 Kc2 63. Ke4 Re6+ 64. Kf3 Bh2 65. b8=Q Rf6+ 66.
Kxe3 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nd7 {A slightly unusual move order.} 5. O-O
Ngf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 Nb6 8. Nxc4 (8. Ne5 $5 {Fressinet-Svane, 2016}) 8... O-O
$6 ({Black doesn't seem to be in bad shape after the knight trade:} 8... Nxc4
9. Qa4+ c6 ({not} 9... Bd7 10. Qxc4 Bc6 11. Ne5 $1) 10. Qxc4 Be6 11. Qc2 Bd5
$11) 9. Na5 $1 {A typical maneuever, one of Kramnik's favorites. The knight
will exert strong pressure on Black's queenside.} c6 10. b4 Nbd5 11. a3 c5 $5 {
Don't you love Rapid?} 12. dxc5 Ne4 13. Ng5 $1 ({I don't know how far the
players could see after} 13. Qc2 {but} Nxc5 {seems Black's best:} (13... Bxa1
14. Bh6 Bg7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qe5 $16) 14. Qxc5 (14. Bb2 Bxb2 15.
Qxb2 Na4 16. Qd2 Ndc3 17. Qe3 $14) 14... Bxa1 15. Bh6 Bf6 $1 16. Bxf8 b6 {etc.}
) 13... Nec3 (13... Bxa1 14. Nxe4 Bg7 15. Qb3 Nc7 16. Rd1) 14. Qc2 b6 15. Nc6
Qd7 16. e4 ({Very strong was} 16. b5 Nxb5 17. Bxd5 Bxa1 18. Rd1 Nd4 19. Qa2)
16... Ba6 17. exd5 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxa1 20. Bb2 {This has the
looks of a miniature win by White.} e6 (20... Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Rae8 22. Nxf7 $18)
21. Bxa1 exd5 22. Ne5 Qe7 (22... Qf5 {staves off mate, but the ending after}
23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. Nd7 {looks totally hopeless.}) 23. Ng4 f6 24. Bd4 (24. c6
Rae8 25. Qd2 $18) 24... bxc5 25. bxc5 Kg7 26. h4 h5 27. Ne3 Rad8 {I can
symphatize with Caruana's time trouble here, but the three minutes he had left
should have been enough to put this game away.} 28. c6 ({More hands-on is to
play for mate:} 28. g4 Rh8 29. c6) (28. Ng2 Kh6 29. Nf4 Rg8 30. Nfe6 fxg5 31.
Nxg5 Rde8 32. Qd2) 28... Rd6 29. c7 $2 (29. g4 Qe8 30. Qb1 Rxc6 31. Qb7+) 29...
Rc8 30. Nf5+ gxf5 31. Qxf5 Qxc7 32. Qh7+ ({Even in case of the best move} 32.
Bxf6+ Rxf6 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qg7+ Ke8 36. Qxf6 Qc4+ 37. Kg1 d4 {
White can no longer win this game.}) 32... Kf8 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Qh7+ Ke8 35.
Qxh5+ Kd7 36. Nf3 Kc6 37. Qf5 Qd7 38. Qb1 Qg4 39. Kg2 Qe4 40. Qb2 Kd7 41. Bxf6
Rb6 42. Qd4 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. h3 Be5 14. c3 h6
15. Bh4 Bd7 16. Re1 O-O-O 17. Qf3 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Bc6 19. Qe2 Rxd4 20. Bg3 Qa5
21. Rac1 $6 (21. Qe3 Qd5 22. Bf1 $44) 21... Qd5 22. Rxc6+ bxc6 23. Bxa6+ Kd7
24. Rc1 Ke7 25. Bb7 Ne4 26. Bxc6 Nxg3 27. fxg3 Qxa2 28. Qe5 Rhd8 29. Kh2 Kf8
30. Bf3 Qxb2 31. Rc7 {Karjakin had been reduced to playing for tricks ever
since he lost his d4-pawn..} Qb8 $2 (31... Qb4 {would put the end to it.}) 32.
Qc5+ Kg8 33. Qe7 Rf8 34. Bh5 {Suddenly, White's got something going.} Qd8 $2 {
Still, there was no reason to panic.} (34... Rd2 $1 35. Bxf7+ Kh8 36. Bg6 (36.
Bxe6 $2 Rxg2+ {and Black mates.}) 36... Rg8 37. Be4 Re2 $17) 35. Bxf7+ Kh8 36.
Qxd8 Rdxd8 37. Bxe6 $11 {Just like that, all his winning chances are gone.} Rf2
38. g4 g6 39. Rc5 Re2 40. Bf7 Kg7 41. Bd5 Rd7 42. Bf3 Rb2 43. Rc6 Rbd2 44. Kg3
R2d6 45. Rc8 g5 46. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Nc5 10. Nc3 Nxb3 11. cxb3 Be7 12. Be3 $5 (12. Rd1 {would transpose
to known theory. Fabiano himself had a first-hand experience with this position
} O-O 13. Be3 Qd7 14. h3 Rad8 15. Rd2 {was Caruana-Giri, Sinquefield Cup 2016})
12... O-O 13. h3 Qd7 14. Rad1 {An attempt to improve on his own play.} f6 $1
15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Ng5 Rd8 17. Rfe1 {This is the idea. The other rook comes in
handy on the e-file.} Rf5 ({Better was} 17... Rg6 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Kh1 Qf5 20.
f4 h5 $1) 18. Nce4 $2 {It's amazing what a bad form can do even to a great
player. Barely a couple of moves out of book, in a position he had played and
studied before, Caruana goes astray.} ({The logical} 18. g4 {would practically
force Black to sac the exchange:} Re5 (18... Rff8 19. Bc1 {will cost Black his
d5-pawn.}) 19. f4 Bxg5 20. fxe5 Be7 {Granted Black isn't dead yet, but how can
White reject this position?}) 18... h6 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Ng3 Re5 {Already
White is the one under pressure.} 21. Qd3 (21. f4 Rxe3 22. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 23. Rxe3
Bc5 {is unneerving, but} 24. Nf5 $1 Rf8 25. Rc1 {seem to hold.}) 21... Bc5 22.
Rc1 Bb6 23. Re2 $2 {When it rains, it pours....} (23. a3 Re8 24. b4 $15) 23...
Nb4 24. Qd2 d4 25. Bf4 Rxe2 26. Nxe2 Nxa2 27. Re1 Re8 28. Kf1 Qxb3 29. Nxd4
Rxe1+ 30. Kxe1 Qa4 31. Nc2 Ba5 32. b4 Nxb4 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. e3 Nf6 5. b4 Be7 6. Nxe7 Qxe7 7. Bb2 O-O 8.
Nf3 d6 9. d3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Nd2 h6 13. d4 Nh7 14. d5 f5 15. a4
c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. a5 Ndf6 18. b5 Bb7 19. a6 Bc8 20. f4 Re8 21. fxe5 dxe5 22.
Qb3 Ng5 23. Nf3 Nf7 24. Nh4 Ne4 25. Nxf5 Qg5 26. Ng3 Nd2 27. Qc3 Nxf1 28. Rxf1
Bg4 29. Ne4 Qh4 30. Bd3 Be6 31. c5 bxc5 32. Qxc5 Rec8 33. Qb4 Rc4 34. Qb3 Rac8
35. Bxc4 Bxc4 36. Qc2 Be6 37. Qb1 Rb8 38. Nc3 $6 {Once again, a good game gets
spoiled by time trouble.} ({Instead, the inventive} 38. Ba3 $1 {would set up}
Bc4 39. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 40. Qg6+ Kh8 41. Be7 {and White wins.}) 38... Bc4 39. Rf2
Ng5 40. Qf5 Rd8 41. Qxe5 $4 {This is a full point turnaround.} ({White had to
throw in} 41. b6 $1 {The idea becomes visible after} axb6 (41... Be6 42. Qxe5
Qg4 43. Qg3 Qxg3 44. hxg3 axb6 45. Rf1 Ra8 46. Ra1 $16) 42. a7 Be6 43. Qxe5 Qg4
44. Qb8 $1) 41... Qg4 $1 {The twin threats cannot be stopped.} 42. h4 (42. Kh1
Rd1+) 42... Nh3+ 43. Kh2 Nxf2 44. Qe7 Rf8 45. b6 Bf1 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 {I'm not sure if the French is Fabiano's best opening, but by this
point in the tournament he was ready to try anything.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.
e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 a6 9. Be2 b5 10. O-O O-O 11. a3
Bb7 12. Nd1 f6 $6 {Black should have not touched that pawn, not until White
makes his f4-f5 a possibility.} (12... Qc7 $142 13. c3 Na5 14. Qe1 Nc4) 13. c3
Rc8 14. Bd3 Na5 15. Qe2 fxe5 16. fxe5 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nb6 18. Nf2 Nbc4 19. Nh3
Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Nc4 21. Qe2 {On the face of it Black's position looks OK, but in
reality he has a hard time defending his king.} g6 (21... Qb6 22. Kh1 {The
last move in preparation.} b4 23. Nfg5 g6 24. Nxh7 {and everything comes down
like a house of cards.}) 22. Rf2 Qb6 23. Raf1 {Grischuk didn't forget how to
build up his attacks. White's position is like a coiled spring.} b4 ({Give him
one move,} 23... a5 {and it's released:} 24. b3 $1 Nxa3 25. Qe3 Rf7 ({Best
chance is} 25... Rf5 {but it's very unlikely to work.}) 26. Qh6 Rg7 ({or} 26...
Bf8 27. Qh4 Rcc7 28. Nfg5) 27. Nfg5 Qxd4 {and now White, if he so wishes can
continue playing for mate.} 28. Nxe6 ({Obviously, there isn't much wrong with
the materialistic} 28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. Nxe6+ Kg8 30. Nxd4 Bc5 31. Rf4) 28...
Qxe5 29. Nhg5 d4 30. Rf7 Rxf7 31. Rxf7 Rc1+ 32. Bf1 Qe3+ 33. Kh1 {and it's all
over.}) 24. axb4 Qxb4 (24... Bxb4 25. b3 Na3 26. Nfg5 Qxd4 27. Nxh7 {he have
already seen this motif.}) 25. Nhg5 $1 Qb6 26. Kh1 (26. Nxh7 Kxh7 27. Nh4 Rf5
28. Nxg6 $1 {was crushing.}) 26... h6 ({Once again,} 26... Rf5 $8) 27. Bxg6 $18
Kg7 28. Bb1 hxg5 29. Qd3 Rf5 30. g4 Rcf8 (30... Nxb2 31. Rxb2 Qxb2 32. gxf5)
31. gxf5 exf5 32. Nxg5 Nxe5 33. Qg3 Ng4 34. Rxf5 Rxf5 35. Bxf5 Bxg5 36. Qxg4
Qh6 37. Bd3 Kh8 38. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "1500"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. d3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
8. a4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 9. c3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 10. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 11. Re1 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 12. a5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 13.
Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 14. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} bxc3 {
[%emt 0:00:35]} 15. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 16. h3 {[%emt 0:
00:09]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 17. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 18.
Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 19. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ng6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 20. d4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} exd4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 21. cxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 22. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxe1+ {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 23. Qxe1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 24. Bxg6 {[%emt 0:01:
20]} fxg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 25. Nce5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be8 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 26.
Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 27. Bc5 {[%emt 0:01:02]} g5 {[%emt 0:
02:33]} 28. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:57]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 29. Qe4 {[%emt 0:01:57]}
Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 30. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 31. Qxd5+
{[%emt 0:01:59]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 32. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:
00:26]} 33. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 34. Nxf7 {[%emt 0:01:35]}
Kxf7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 35. Re5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 36. Rf5+ {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 37. Re5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:
41]} 38. Rf5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 39. Re5 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 40. Re6+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rxc6 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 42. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:
43]} 43. d5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:03:17]} 44. Rd8 {[%emt 0:02:51]} Nxd5
{[%emt 0:00:00]} 45. Re8+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 46. Bd4 {
[%emt 0:00:52]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 47. Re7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 48. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 49. g4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg6
{[%emt 0:00:00]} 50. Re6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 51. Ra6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 52. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 53.
Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 54. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rb3+ {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 55. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 56. Be5 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 57. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Ne3+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 58.
fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 59. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg6 {
[%emt 0:00:25]} 60. Ra6+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 61. Ra7+ {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 62. Ra6+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 63. Ra7+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 64. Rxg7 {[%emt 0:00:37]}
Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 65. Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 66. Rxh6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 67. h4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} gxh4 {[%emt 0:00:
56]} 68. Rxh4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 69. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kc4
{[%emt 0:00:26]} 70. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 71. Ra1 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 72. g5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 73. Rxa2+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 74. g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 75. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rf2+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 76. Ke6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Rg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 77. Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 78. g7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxg7+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 79. Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Kxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "1500"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. c3 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. O-O {
[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. a4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]}
8. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} fxe6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 10. b4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ba7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 11. Ra2 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 12. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 13.
Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 14. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} exd4 {
[%emt 0:01:34]} 15. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 16. e5 {[%emt 0:
00:01]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 17. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 18.
bxa5 {[%emt 0:02:24]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 19. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxg3 {
[%emt 0:00:23]} 20. hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 21. Ba3 {
[%emt 0:00:34]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 22. Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:
49]} 23. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 24. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rc5
{[%emt 0:00:21]} 25. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 26. Bxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 27. Qb1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:
38]} 28. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 29. Bxa7 {[%emt 0:02:27]}
Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 30. Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 31. Rc1 {
[%emt 0:00:29]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 32. a5 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Nxa5 {[%emt 0:00:
33]} 33. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 34. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:21]}
bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 35. Rcxc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 36. f4 {
[%emt 0:01:00]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 37. Kf2 {[%emt 0:03:45]} Qa7 {[%emt 0:04:
15]} 38. Qg6 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Qa4 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 39. Kg1 {[%emt 0:02:51]}
Ra1+ {[%emt 0:01:15]} 40. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Qxe6+ {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 42. Qxh6+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} gxh6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 43. Rxh6+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 44. Rhg6+ {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 45. Rh6+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 46.
Rhg6+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4
9. a5 O-O 10. Nbd2 Rb8 11. Re1 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nb3 Qc8 14. Qe2 Nd8 15. d4
exd4 16. Nbxd4 c5 17. Nb3 e5 18. Nbd2 Ne6 19. Nc4 Nd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Nb6 Qc6
22. Bg5 Bd8 23. Bxf6 Bxb6 24. axb6 Rxf6 25. Rxa6 h6 26. Qd3 Rxb6 27. Rea1 Rxa6
28. Rxa6 Qc5 29. Ra8+ Kh7 30. h3 b3 31. Qxb3 d3 32. cxd3 Qxf2+ 33. Kh2 Qf4+ 34.
Kh1 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qf4+ 36. Kh1 Qg3 37. Qg8+ Kg6 38. Rf8 Qxd3 39. Rxf6+ Kxf6 40.
Qf8+ Ke6 41. Qe8+ Kf6 42. Qf8+ Ke6 43. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "220"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 ({cf.} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 ({and also} 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4
e6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Bf4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Be7 10. Nc3 Qd8) 2... d5 3. exd5
Qxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Na3 cxd4 9. Nb5 Qd8 10. cxd4
$6 a6 11. Nc3 {- see below}) 1... d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5
6. O-O a6 7. Be2 cxd4 {This rare move leads to positions arising from the
Alapin Sicilian but with an extra tempo for White. However, it is unclear
whether the tempo gives White any real benefit.} (7... Nbd7 $5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9.
a3 b5 10. b4 Be7 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Nbd2 Nb6 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. Ndf3 Bd5
{1/2 (15) Maisuradze,N (2308)-David,A (2602) Orsay 2009}) (7... Nc6 $5 8. dxc5
(8. Ne5 cxd4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. exd4 Bd6 11. Nc3 Qc7 12. h3 O-O 13. Be3 Rd8 14.
Qc2 {1-0 (22) Lemos,D (2292)-Caramia,J (2187) Villa Ballester 2006} a5 $11 {
[%cal Yc8a6]}) 8... Qxd1 ({or} 8... Bxc5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8) 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 {
transposes to the 7.dxc5 system.}) 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 {Compare this
position to the annotation to move 1!} 10. Be3 (10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Nd5 12. Bxe7
Ncxe7 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Ne5 O-O 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Bf3 Qe7 18. Bxd5
exd5 {1/2 (18) Teichmann,R-Blackburne,J Ostend 1905}) 10... Ng4 {A strange
manoeuvre. Fabiano Caruana definitely overlooked something. But even after
that Black's position is very solid!} (10... O-O $5 11. Rc1 Bd6 12. Bg5 (12. a3
$5) 12... h6 13. Bxf6 (13. Bh4 Bf4) 13... Qxf6 14. Ne4 Qf4 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16.
Qb3 b5 17. Rfd1 Rd8 18. Bd3 Bb7 19. Be4 Rab8 20. Qe3 Nb4 $11 {1/2 (35) Jordaan,
W-Mujica,H LSS 2006}) 11. Bf4 Nf6 {After this move we get a position arising
from some side Sicilian lines - see, e.g. another line in the annotation to
move 1 (in brackets).} (11... Bd6 12. Qd2 $5) 12. Rc1 (12. Qd2 $6 O-O 13. Rfd1
b5 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Bf3 Rc8 $11 {1/2 (37) Wolf,C (2148)-Muse,D (2393) Germany
2016}) (12. Qa4 O-O 13. Rfd1 Nb4 14. Ne5 Nbd5 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxd5
{1/2 (16) Wittmann,W (2365)-Paehtz,E (2421) Germany 2006}) 12... O-O 13. Na4 {
An active move. White tries to prevent his opponent's comfortable development.
Alas, in vain.} (13. a3 Bd7 14. Ne5 Be8 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Bd3 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5
18. f4 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Rxc1 20. Qxc1 Bc6 $11 {1-0 (37) Hristodorescu,D (2267)
-Filipek,J (2416) Brasschaat 2002}) (13. Bd3 Nb4 14. Bb1 b5 15. a3 Nbd5 16. Be5
Bb7 17. Qd3 g6 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Rc7 Bd8 20. Rc5 Qd7 $11 {1/2 (55) Crouch,
C-Franklin,M (2335) London 1974}) 13... Nd5 14. Bg3 Bd6 15. Bd3 (15. Ne5 Nce7
16. Qb3 Nf5 17. Rfd1 {1-0 (63) Sturc,G (2137)-Obdrzalkova,A (2153) Slovakia
2002} f6 18. Nf3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Bd7 $11) 15... Nce7 16. Qb3 (16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17.
Nc5 b6 18. Ne4 Qd8 $11) 16... b6 17. Be4 Rb8 18. Rfe1 Bb7 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. Bxb7
$6 {After this move White gets an isolated central pawn in a simplified
position, which is rather favourable for Black although his edge is minimal.} (
20. bxc3 $11) 20... Nxa2 $1 21. Qxa2 Rxb7 22. Qxa6 Rc7 23. b3 {A strange move.}
(23. Be5 $15 {/=}) 23... Nf5 24. Rxc7 (24. Be5 $5) 24... Qxc7 25. Qb5 h6 26. d5
$6 {This move increases Black's advantage a little bit: he gets a B vs N in an
open position; besides, White's double g-pawns will be another headache for
him.} (26. Be5 $5) 26... exd5 27. Qxd5 Nxg3 28. hxg3 Rd8 29. Qb5 g6 30. Ne5 Qc5
{With B vs N, it is usually favourable to exchange queens and not rooks.} 31.
Qxc5 Bxc5 {[%mdl 4096]} 32. Kf1 Kg7 33. Ke2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] A sudden but
typical blunder: when your position consequently deteriorates, you often lose
patience.} (33. g4 $5 {but even after that White faces a long defence.}) 33...
Bb4 $1 34. Rc1 Re8 {[%csl Re5]} 35. f4 f6 36. Rc7+ Kh8 37. Rc6 {The only
chance to create technical problems for Black.} fxe5 38. Rxb6 exf4+ 39. Kf3
Re3+ 40. Kxf4 Bd2 41. Rxg6 Kh7 42. Kf5 Rxb3 {This endgame is difficult to win
but Black's important trump is that he can trade rooks despite the "wrong"
corner!} 43. Rd6 Bg5 44. Rd7+ Kg8 45. Kg4 Bf6 46. Kf5 Bg7 47. g4 Rb2 48. g3
Rb5+ 49. Ke4 Bf6 50. Rd3 Rb4+ 51. Kf3 Bg5 52. Rd5 Rb3+ 53. Kg2 Kf7 54. Rd6 Ke7
55. Rc6 Rd3 56. Ra6 Rd6 57. Ra3 ({Here is the point:} 57. Rxd6 $2 Kxd6 58. Kf3
Ke5 59. Ke2 Kd4 60. Kf3 Be3 61. Kg2 Ke4 62. Kh2 Kf3 63. Kh3 Kf2 64. Kh2 Kf1 65.
Kh1 (65. Kh3 Kg1) 65... Bg1 $22 66. g5 hxg5 {, and there is no stalemate as
White has another g-pawn! Therefore Black wins.}) 57... Ke6 58. Kf3 Ke5 59.
Ra5+ Rd5 60. Ra3 Kd4 61. Ra4+ Kd3 62. Ra3+ Kd2 63. Ra1 Rc5 64. Kf2 Rc2 65. Rb1
Bf6 66. Kg2 Ke3+ 67. Kh3 Kf2 68. Rb5 Re2 69. Rb6 (69. Rd5 $5 Re5 {[%cal Yf6g5]}
(69... Bg5 $4 70. Rf5+ Ke1 71. Rxg5 $1 $11)) 69... Bg5 70. Rb5 Bd2 $1 71. Kh2
Kf1+ 72. Kh1 (72. Kh3 Kg1 73. Rb1+ Be1 74. g5 h5 $1 $19) 72... Re4 73. Rf5+ Ke2
74. Kg2 Rxg4 {Black has won a pawn but he can't trade rooks anymore.} 75. Rf2+
Kd3 76. Rf6 Rd4 77. Rf1 Ke4 78. Rf8 Bg5 79. Rf1 Be3 80. Rf8 Rd2+ 81. Kh3 Bg1
82. Kg4 Ke5 83. Rf5+ Ke6 84. Rf1 Bd4 85. Rh1 Bg7 86. Kf3 Kf5 87. Rh5+ Kg6 88.
Rb5 Rd3+ 89. Kf4 Bf8 90. Rb6+ Bd6+ 91. Ke4 Rd1 92. Kf3 Kf5 93. Rb5+ Be5 94. Rb6
h5 95. Rh6 Kg5 96. Re6 Bd6 97. Re8 Rc1 98. Re6 Rd1 99. Re8 Rg1 100. Kf2 Rc1
101. Kf3 Kf5 102. Re3 Bc5 103. Rd3 Ke5 104. Rd2 Rc3+ 105. Kg2 Ke6 106. Kh3 $2 {
White goes for a R vs R+B endgame but it is lost as he can't avoid the
Philidor position!} (106. Rd8 $142 Bd6 107. Rg8 {continuing resistance.})
106... Bd6 $1 107. Kh4 (107. Rg2 Kf5 {[%cal Yf5g5,Yh5h4]}) 107... Bxg3+ 108.
Kxh5 Kf5 109. Rd5+ $2 {This ends the game immediately.} (109. Rb2 $142 Rc1 110.
Rb5+ Be5 111. Rb4 {reaching the Philidor position. However, after his dramatic
game against Svidler from the Candidates tournament-2016 (which apparently
cost him a World Championship match), Fabiano Caruana must know the way to win
by heart.}) 109... Be5 110. Kh4 Rc4+ (110... Rc4+ 111. Kh3 Rc2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Quintiliano,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 {The Closed Sicilian is a very rare choice at the top level...}
d6 3. Nge2 {But ok, Caruana is going to open with d4, just a different move
order...} Nf6 4. g3 {And there is! Definitely, a Closed Sicilian.} g6 5. Bg2
Nc6 6. d3 Bg7 7. h3 Rb8 {The plans for both sides are easy to understand:
White can play in the centre or on the kingside, while Black should push his
queenside pawns in order to gain space and give more power to the Bg7.} 8. a4 {
This move is not so useful for White, because he can't avoid b5 anyway, and,
as the game shows, Black is the side who can activate his rook using the
a-file in such positions.} (8. Be3 {or}) (8. f4 {are more common options, for
example} Bd7 9. Be3 b5 10. Qd2 b4 11. Nd1 O-O 12. O-O {and compared to te game,
Black doesn't have the idea of Ra8, instead, he should try something like} a5 {
[%cal Ya5a4,Yf6e8,Ya4a3] leading to interesting positions.}) 8... a6 9. f4 Bd7
({Of course, not} 9... b5 $4 10. e5) 10. Be3 b5 11. axb5 axb5 12. Qd2 {Another
necessary move in these variations, freeing the d1-square for the knight in
case of ...b4.} b4 13. Nd1 O-O 14. O-O Qc7 {[%cal Yb8a8]} 15. g4 Ra8 16. Rb1 {
It's better to avoid this exchange, as on b1 the rook protects b2 and the
first rank.} (16. Rxa8 Rxa8 {is usually better for Black, as the rook can
enter any time on the 7th or 8th rank with the initiative on the queenside.})
16... Ra2 17. f5 {White should play this move in order to try to open the
kingside and to play Bh6 trading the strong g7-bishop, but now Black gains a
nice central post for his knight, As far as i know about these positions, this
is enough to keep a solid position.} Ne5 18. Bh6 Qa7 $1 19. Kh1 Bb5 {Black is
preparing to put some pressure on White's queenside.} 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nf4 {
After a calm and natural opening with both sides making their plans, the game
is about to become funny.} (21. g5 {would be inaccurate as after} Nh5 $1 {
this knight does a good job stopping White's initiative on the kingside.})
21... c4 22. g5 $1 (22. dxc4 Bxc4 23. Rg1 Qb7 {and Black is ok.}) (22. Qxb4 {
looks risky} cxd3 $1 23. Nxd3 (23. cxd3 Bxd3 24. Nxd3 Nxd3 25. Qd2 Ne5 {
is pretty solid for Black}) 23... Ra4 $1 {a nice tactical point} 24. Qb3 (24.
Qxb5 Rb8 $19 {[%csl Rb5]}) 24... Bxd3 25. cxd3 Rb8 26. Qc3 Rab4 $17 {Black has
strong domination on the dark-squares.}) 22... Nfd7 23. Ne3 $6 {This allows
Black to achieve a slightly better position.} (23. Qxb4 $1 {now looks better
than before} cxd3 (23... Rb8 $2 24. Qd2 cxd3 25. cxd3 Qd4 26. Nc3 Ra6 27. Nce2
Qa7 28. d4 $16) 24. cxd3 Bxd3 25. f6+ $1 {this possibility for White makes the
difference} exf6 26. Nxd3 Nxd3 27. gxf6+ Kh8 (27... Nxf6 28. Qxd6 $18 {[%csl
Rd3,Rf6]}) 28. Qd2 (28. Qxd6 N3e5 29. Qd2 Ra6 {[%csl Gf6]}) 28... N3c5 29. Nc3
(29. Qxd6 Ra6 30. Qd4 Re8 $44 {[%cal Yc5e4] Black has good activity in return
for the pawn}) 29... Ra6 30. b4 Ne6 31. b5 Ra3 32. Nd5 $14 {[%csl Gb5,Gf6]
it's going to be a difficult defence for Black, as White has pawns on both
sides that are pretty annoying.}) 23... b3 $2 {Black rushes to increase the
tension on the queenside, but actually this is bad.} (23... cxd3 {looks
interesting, but there are some very complicated lines after} 24. cxd3 (24.
Nxd3 b3 $1 25. c4 Bxc4 26. Nxc4 Nxc4 27. Qc3+ Nde5 $15 28. Qxb3 $2 Nd2) 24...
Nc5 {[%csl Yd3] the pressure on d3 forces White to look for active options} 25.
Ned5 $1 {now Black should find the right way} (25. Qf2 {is good also, but not
so dangerous for Black} Ncxd3 26. Qh4 Nxf4 27. Qh6+ $1 Kg8 28. Rxf4 {[%cal
Yf4h4]} f6 $8 29. fxg6 (29. Rh4 Rf7) 29... Nxg6 30. gxf6 $1 Rxf6 31. Rxf6 exf6
32. Nf5 Ra1 $1 33. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 34. Kh2 Qa7 35. Nxd6 Bd7 $13) 25... Nexd3 $1 (
25... Ncxd3 $2 26. f6+ Kh8 (26... exf6 $2 {it is wrong because now the queen
gains access to h6} 27. gxf6+ Kh8 28. Nxd3 Nxd3 29. Qh6 Rg8 30. Ne7 $18) 27.
Nxd3 Bxd3 28. fxe7 Re8 29. Qxb4 Bxb1 (29... Bxf1 30. Bxf1 {[%cal Yf1b5]}) 30.
Qxd6 $1 Qb8 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. Rxb1 {and Black is losing, but in a very
difficult line to calculate} Rxb2 33. Rxb2 Qxb2 34. Qd6 {[%cal Rd5f6]} Kg7 35.
Bf1 $3 (35. Nf6 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qf4+ $11) 35... Qa1 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Qa6 $1 Qxa6
38. Bxa6 $18 {[%cal Ya6b5,Yd5f6]}) (25... Bxd3 $5 26. Nxd3 Ncxd3 27. f6+ Kh8
28. fxe7 Re8 29. Rf6 Qd4 $1 30. Qe2 $14) 26. Nxe7 $1 {in this almost
irrational position, it is impossible to calculate exactly, but the best move
is} (26. f6+ $6 exf6 27. gxf6+ Kh8 28. Nxd3 $2 Bxd3 29. Qh6 Rg8 30. Ne7 Ne6 $1
31. Nxg8 Bxf1 32. Rxf1 Kxg8 $19) 26... Bc4 $1 {[%csl Gd5] keeping d5 more or
less under control} 27. Ned5 (27. Nfd5 Nd7) 27... Nb3 28. Qc2 Ne5 $13 {with a
very complicated and double-edged position.}) 24. d4 $1 bxc2 25. Nxc2 Nd3 {
Black's position looks good, but White has a nice manoeuvre to create some
problems.} 26. Nd5 $1 e5 27. Nc3 Qa5 $8 (27... Ra5 $2 28. b4 $1 cxb3 29. Nxb5
Rxb5 30. Qxd3 $18) 28. dxe5 N7xe5 (28... dxe5 {looks bad after} 29. Ne3 N7c5 (
29... Rb8 30. Rfd1 {[%csl Ra2]}) 30. Qd1 $1 {[%csl Ra2]} Rxb2 31. Rxb2 Nxb2 32.
Qd6 $1 {now White has a deadly attack} Nd7 (32... Nbd3 33. Qf6+ Kg8 34. Ng4 $18
) 33. fxg6 hxg6 (33... fxg6 34. Qe7+ Kg8 35. Rxf8+ Nxf8 36. Ng4 $18) 34. Nf5+
$1 Kh7 (34... gxf5 35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. exf5 {[%cal Gf5f6]}) 35. Ne7 $1 Kg7 (35...
Qxc3 36. Rxf7+ $1) 36. Nxg6 $1 fxg6 37. Qe7+ Kg8 38. Rxf8+ Nxf8 39. Nd5 Nh7 40.
Nf6+ Nxf6 41. gxf6 $18 {[%cal Re7g7]}) 29. Nd4 $6 {But now Black can reach a
solid position by sacrificing an exchange.} ({A better move was} 29. Qe3 $1 {
[%csl Ra2]} Rxb2 30. Rxb2 Qxc3 (30... Nxb2 31. Rb1 {[%csl Rb2,Rb5]} Ned3 32.
Qd4+ Kg8 33. Nd5 $18) 31. Rxb5 Qxc2 32. Rd5 $1 {Black's compensation here
looks greater than it actually is, for example} Qb2 (32... Rd8 33. Qb6) (32...
c3 33. Rxd6 Qd2 34. Qd4 $1 c2 $2 35. Qxe5+ $1 Kg8 36. fxg6 hxg6 37. Rxg6+ $1
fxg6 38. Qe6+ {with mates}) 33. Rxd6 Qb8 34. Qd4 $16) 29... Bd7 30. Rfd1 Qc5 $1
31. Nxa2 Qxd4 $44 {Now Black has a nice position, good posts for his pieces,
and White is unable to create any dangerous ideas .} 32. Rf1 Bc6 33. Nc3 Rb8
34. Qe2 Rb3 35. Nd1 Nc5 36. Nc3 Ncd3 37. Nd1 Nc5 {After mobilising all his
pieces, Nepomniachtchi doesn't see a clear way to improve his position and
goes for a repetition.} (37... gxf5 $5 {was a worthy try, but White is able to
keep the equilibrium} 38. Rxf5 (38. exf5 $2 Nf4 $19) 38... Nc5 39. Nc3 Nxe4 $1
40. Bxe4 $1 (40. Nxe4 $2 Bxe4 41. Bxe4 Rxh3+ 42. Kg2 Re3 $19) 40... Rxc3 41.
Bxc6 (41. bxc3 $2 Qxe4+ 42. Qxe4 Bxe4+ $19 {[%csl Rb1,Rf5]}) 41... Rxh3+ 42.
Kg2 Qh4 {but Black does not have any advantage after} 43. Rxe5 $1 Rh2+ 44. Kf1
(44. Kg1 Rxe2 45. Rxe2 Qg4+ 46. Rg2 Qf5 $1 {is the same}) 44... Rxe2 45. Rxe2
Qh3+ 46. Kg1 (46. Bg2 $2 Qf5+ {[%csl Rb1]}) 46... Qg4+ 47. Rg2 Qf5 $1 {[%csl
Yb1][%cal Yf5c5]} 48. Rf1 Qc5+ 49. Rgf2 Qxc6 50. Rxf7+ Kg6 51. R1f6+ Kxg5 52.
Rf5+ Kg4 53. Rf2 $1) 38. Nc3 {A very interesting game, full of tense moments
and difficult positions to calculate and evaluate.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Bc4 Qd6 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. b4 Bb6 10. a4 e4 11. dxe4 Ne5 12. Qe2 a5 13. O-O Bg4 14. bxa5 Rxa5
15. Ba3 Bc5 16. Bb4 Bxb4 17. cxb4 Qxb4 18. Rfb1 Qd6 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 b6 21.
Bb5 Raa8 22. Re1 Rad8 23. Rac1 c5 24. Rc3 g6 25. Rb3 Nxf3+ 26. Qxf3 Qe5 27. Bc4
Rd6 28. Rb5 Rd4 29. Rxb6 Rxc4 30. Qxf6 Qxf6 31. Rxf6 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 $5 {In the
past this was played only occasionally. Players with Black probably thought
that treating the Reversed Dragon (meaning with a tempo less for Black) in
such an aggressive way would be too risky. The main idea of the last move is
keeping the knight on d5 without allowing Nxe5 or d2-d4, usually offering
White the initiative.} 7. O-O {A neutral developing move, intending keeping
all the threats in the centre.} (7. Nxe5 {does not look too promising:} Nxc3 8.
bxc3 ({One important point is that with the bishop on c5} 8. Nxc6 $2 {is
impossible due to} Qf6 $19 {[%csl Gd1,Gf2]}) 8... Nxe5 9. d4 Bd6 $5 $146 (9...
Ng4 {Schwierskott,M (2162)-Schmid,F (2087) Bayern 2003 (0-1, 68)} 10. f3) (9...
Bb6 10. dxe5 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 c6 {Simurdova,Z (1730)-Pokorna,K (1410) Sec u
Chrudimi 2008 (1-0, 45)} 12. f4 $16) 10. dxe5 Bxe5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 $11) 7... O-O
{Fortunately, Black can answer with the same method.} (7... Be6 $2 {leaves b7
undefended:} 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. d4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bd6 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Bxb7 $16)
8. d3 (8. Nxe5 {still does not work.} Nxc3 9. bxc3 (9. Nxc6 Nxd1 10. Nxd8 Bxf2+
$1 $15) 9... Nxe5 10. d4 Bd6 11. dxe5 Bxe5 $11) ({There have been some
developments after} 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 (9. Ng5 Qd8 10. Nxh7 Re8 {[%cal Gf7f6,
Gc5e7]} 11. Ng5 Qxg5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. d4 Qh5 14. dxc5 e4 $44 {Aronian,L (2799)
-Caruana,F (2807) Saint Louis 2017 (1-0, 52)}) 9... Bb6 10. b4 e4 $5 {It looks
like a good idea to use the temporary activity of the queen and dark-squared
bishop for fighting for the initiative. Otherwise White may be simply better.}
(10... a5 $5) (10... Nxb4 11. Bb2 e4 12. Ne5 $14) (10... Re8 11. Bb2 Qd6 12. b5
Nd4 13. a4 a6 14. a5 Bc5 15. bxa6 Rxa6 16. Nd2 Qg6 17. e3 $14 Bg4 18. f3 $16 {
Gelfand,B (2729)-Inarkiev,E (2702) Nazran 2017 (1-0, 50)}) 11. Ng5 Qd4 12. Be3
Qxb4 13. Nxe4 Bxe3 ({Improving over a game played between the same players one
week earlier:} 13... Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Rb1 Qe7 16. Qd2 $14 {Nakamura,H (2792)
-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis 2017 (1/2-1/2, 34)}) 14. fxe3 Qe7 {The central
pawns are not necessarily strong as Black might have feared in the first game.
They could easily become weak.} 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. Rac1 c6 17. Nc5 Ng4 18. e4 b6
19. Na4 {Nakamura,H (2792)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis (blitz) 2017 (1-0, 53)
} Qd7 $15 {[%cal Gc6c5,Gf8d8,Gc8b7]}) 8... Bb6 ({This prophylactic move surely
is better than} 8... Be6 9. Ng5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 $14 Bd5 11. e4 $16) ({But it is
not clear how to get an advantage after a neutral move such as} 8... h6 {
One possible continuation is} 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Nd2 Qe6 11. b3 {[%cal Gc1b2,
Ga1c1] with pleasant play, even though not necessarily better an objective
advantage.}) 9. Bd2 ({This apparently modest developing move is more
constructive than} 9. Na4 {, aiming to take the bishop pair, but neglecting
the development and control in the centre.} Re8 10. a3 (10. Bg5 Qd6 11. Nd2 Qg6
12. Ne4 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. Bd2 Rad8 15. Kh2 Kh8 16. a3 f5 17. Nec5 Bc8 18. b4
e4 $15 {Eljanov,P (2739)-Grischuk,A (2761) Geneve 2017 (0-1, 38), with perfect
regrouping and active play in the centre.}) 10... Nd4 11. e3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 c6
13. b4 Be6 14. Bb2 Qd7 15. Qe2 Bg4 16. Qc2 Bh3 $11 {Gelfand,B (2728)-Adams,M 
(2736) Geneve 2017 (1/2-1/2, 24)}) 9... Bg4 $146 ({I am not sure to which
extent this improves over} 9... Be6 10. Ng5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 (11. Nxe6 {leads to
interesting play:} Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 fxe6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qxe5 Qxd3 15. Qxe6+
Kh8 16. Bf4 Rae8 17. Qxc6 Re2 18. Rad1 Bxf2+ $6 19. Kh1 Qf5 20. Rd2 $14 {
But in this line 18...Qa6 looks better, threatening ...Bxf2+ and ...Qxa2
simultaneously.}) 11... Bd7 12. c4 {White's position after the last exchange
looks at least more pleasant. True, there was no need to help the knight
improve its position with the following series of pawn moves.} h6 13. Ne4 f5
14. Nc3 f4 15. Rb1 Qc8 16. Ne4 $14 {Adzic,S (2130)-Nemeth,H (1648) Hungary
2012 (1-0, 31)}) 10. Rc1 ({It remains an open question why not} 10. h3 Be6 (
10... Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nxe5 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 {wins a pawn. The kingside
weakness does not seem to fully compensate for it.}) 11. Ng5 {with similar
play to that in the previous line. The weakness induced by h2-h3 does not seem
to be so telling.}) 10... Nxc3 {This looks like a concession, but Caruana was
probably not satisfied by the alternatives.} (10... Qd7 $2 11. Nxe5 $16) (10...
f6 11. Qb3 (11. Nxe5 $2 Nxc3 12. Nxc6 Nxd1 13. Nxd8 Nxf2 $17) 11... Be6 12. Ng5
fxg5 13. Bxd5 $14) (10... Re8 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 {[%csl Ga2]} 13. a4 $5 {
[%cal Gb2b4]} a5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nh4 {with pleasant play on the light squares.})
11. Bxc3 ({With the bishop on d2 the knight has not enough space for
manoeuvring:} 11. bxc3 Qd7 12. Ng5 (12. c4 Bc5 13. Ng5 Nd4 14. Re1 Rad8 15. Ne4
Be7 $15) 12... f6 $1 $15) 11... Re8 12. b4 {Black is actively developed but
White can start his queenside play without loss of time.} Qd6 {This logical
move does not receive the engines' approval. But the recommended invasion of
the d4-square tends to leave the b6-bishop out of play:} (12... Nd4 13. Bxd4
exd4 14. a4 c6 (14... a6 {may be better but Black's bishop does not impress
after} 15. Re1 {[%cal Gf3d2]}) 15. a5 Bc7 16. a6 $36) (12... a5 13. b5 Nd4 14.
Bxd4 exd4 15. a4 {[%csl Gb6,Gb7][%cal Gf1e1,Gf3d2,Gd2c4] In the long run
White's position may prove easier to play.}) 13. Nd2 Qh6 {Trying to keep the
possibility of a central counter-attack.} (13... Rad8 14. Nc4 Qe6 15. a4 $36)
14. Nc4 (14. a4 Rad8 15. Nc4 $6 e4 $17) 14... Qh5 15. Rc2 {This rook lift
works out well in similar positions, but here it may not be strongest, since
there is no immediate way of activating the queen.} (15. Re1 Rad8 16. Qc2 Bh3
17. Bh1 $14 {The last move reveals another merit of 15.Re1.}) 15... Rad8 16.
Nxb6 cxb6 (16... axb6 17. b5 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Re1 Qxb5 20. Rxc7 $14) {
White has got the bishop pair and the better structure but he needs to play
carefully as Black is very active.} 17. f3 {Due to White's choice on move 15
there was no other way of reducing Black's pressure in the centre.} (17. Rd2 b5
18. a4 a6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qc2 Bh3 21. Bf3 Bg4 $11) 17... Be6 18. Qd2 b5 19.
f4 {The best way of putting the bishop pair to work.} Bg4 $6 {Obviously
missing White's 22nd move or the 26th move in the next comment.} ({Pawn
reaction in the centre would not offer full equality:} 19... exf4 20. Rxf4 $36)
({or} 19... f6 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. Qe3 $14) ({But Black could try} 19... Bd5 {
for instance} 20. e4 Bc4 21. Bf3 Qh3 22. Be2 f6 $11 {Both sides will find it
difficult to make progress in this static position.}) 20. Bxc6 $1 {Winning a
pawn which will not be as easy to retrieve as Caruana thought.} bxc6 21. fxe5
f6 {Does Black really retrieve the pawn?!} 22. exf6 $3 {People may have
started forgetting that not such a long time ago (a couple of decades) Anand
entered the top arena as a brilliant combinative player.} Rxe2 23. f7+ Kf8 24.
Bxg7+ $1 Kxg7 25. Qc3+ Re5 ({The hidden point of the combination is that} 25...
Qe5 {runs into} 26. Rxe2 $3 Qxc3 27. Re8 Qd4+ 28. Rf2 Qxb4 29. f8=Q+ Qxf8 30.
Rfxf8 Rxd3 31. Rg8+ {The manoeuvre initiated by this move wins the a7-pawn by
force.} Kf7 32. Ref8+ Ke7 33. Ra8 Bf5 34. Rxa7+ $18 {Pawns are equal and even
though his king is temporarily passive, White should convert his clear extra
exchange.}) 26. Qd4 $1 Qg5 27. Rc5 $1 Rxd4 28. f8=Q+ Kg6 29. Qf7+ (29. Qf7+ Kh6
30. Rf6+) 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Quintiliano,R"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 {The 6.Bg5
variation has always been a very aggressive and principled weapon against the
Najdorf, but in the last two years we have seen its practice growing
considerably among the elite, Caruana being the one who has presented more
interesting and dangerous ideas for White. In this game, he again manages to
surprise his opponent, no less than one of the greatest world specialists in
the Najdorf with the Black pieces.} e6 (6... Nbd7 {is an interesting option
for Black, but curiously MVL never gave a chance to this move.}) 7. f4 h6 {
MVL likes this move before ...Qb6.} (7... Qb6 {used to be the main move, and
at the level of these guys, theory was so deeply developed that the likely
result seems to be a draw. Until recently, when Caruana showed his
prepararions and played} 8. Qd3 $5 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Be7 11. fxe6 fxe6 12.
Be2 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. g4 h6 15. Rg1 $5 $146 {Caruana had studied this
simple-looking but interesting move} (15. Qh3 {[%cal Gg4g5];Gashimov,V (2759)
-Grischuk,A (2736) WchT 7th Bursa 2010 (4.1) 0-1 is one of the points behind 8.
Qd3, and was played in one of the most fascinating games that I've ever seen -}
) 15... Bd7 (15... Nc6 16. g5 $6 {Hector,J (2497)-Sagit,R (2406) SWE-ch
Stockholm 2017 (5) 0-1} Nxd4 17. Qxd4 hxg5 18. Rxg5 Kf8 $15) 16. g5 hxg5 17.
Rxg5 Nc6 $6 {Black focussed just on finishing his development as soon as
possible, but he missed an important idea for White in this process} (17... Rh7
$5) 18. Rxg7 O-O-O $2 (18... Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Rf8 20. Rb3 $1 {a mysterious move,
which I'm totally sure Caruana had prepared, as the rook can be useful in the
third rank for attacking purposes either if Black keeps his king in the centre,
or if he plays 0-0-0}) 19. Ncb5 $1 {after this unexpected blow, Black needs to
find the correct defence to keep things even} axb5 20. Nxb5 Ne5 $8 (20... Qb8
21. Rxe7 $1) 21. Nxc7 Nxd3+ 22. cxd3 Ng8 $2 (22... Rxh2 $1 23. Rxe7 Rh1+ 24.
Bf1 Rf8 $1 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Yf8f1,Yh1f1] and Black is regaining the piece} 25.
Rc1 Kb8 26. Nxe6 (26. Ke2 Rh2+ 27. Ke3 e5 $1 {[%cal Gf6g4] is even dangerous
for White}) 26... Bxe6 27. Bh6 $1 Rxh6 28. Rxe6 Rh1 29. Kd2 (29. Ke2 Ng4) 29...
Nxe4+ 30. dxe4 Rhxf1 31. Rxf1 Rxf1 32. Rxd6 Kc7 $11 {and the variation ends in
a drawish endgame. Modern theory!}) 23. Na8 $1 Kb8 24. Nb6 Bc6 25. Bf4 $16 {
Caruana,F (2808)-Nakamura,H (2785) Norway Chess 5th 2017 (9) 1-0 and White
converted his material advantage -}) 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. a3 Be7 10. Qd3 $5 $146 {
Caruana's new idea for this game, but actually it is not his idea, as he said
in the interview after game that it was a suggestion of his friend, Norwegian
GM Torbjorn Hansen.} ({Earlier this year, another game between the same
players went} 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O b5 13. g4 Bb7 ({Caruana won
another beautiful game against} 13... g5 14. h4 gxf4 15. Be2 $1 b4 16. axb4 Ne5
17. Qxf4 Nexg4 18. Bxg4 e5 {and Caruana now played} 19. Qxf6 $1 Bxf6 20. Nd5
Qd8 21. Nf5 $1 {[%csl Gd5,Gf5][%cal Yf2b6] a surprisingly strong queen
sacrifice, as it's very difficult for Black's pieces to find good squares,
especially the queen} Rb8 $2 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Rxd6 $16 {Caruana,F (2823)
-Nakamura,H (2779) London Classic 8th 2016 (6) 1-0}) 14. h4 d5 $1 {A typical
Sicilian counter-blow in the centre for Black} 15. e5 Ne4 {Caruana,F (2817)
-Vachier Lagrave,M (2803) Grenke Chess Classic 4th 2017 (5) 1/2 and Black is
in the way to get a good position -}) 10... Nbd7 {Cautious, Vachier-Lagrave
avoids the complicated lines which mean stepping along a totally unknown path.}
(10... Nxe4 $5 {leads to interesting positions} 11. Bxe7 Nxc3 (11... Qxb2 $5 {
seems kind of risky, but actually Black is not worse in the ensuing
complications} 12. Nxe4 Qxa1+ 13. Kf2 Kxe7 14. Nf5+ $1 exf5 15. Qxd6+ Ke8 16.
Bb5+ $1 axb5 17. Rxa1 fxe4 18. Qe5+ Kd8 19. Rd1+ Bd7 20. Qxg7 Re8 {and despite
White's temporary activity, and some pawns dropping on the kingside, Black has
too many pieces for the queen} 21. Qxf7 Rxa3 {it's likely that Caruana had
studied this endgame a lot, but I like Black's chances}) 12. Qxc3 (12. Bxd6 $5)
12... Kxe7 13. O-O-O Rd8 {White seems to have enought compensation for the
pawn, as he can develop a quick initiative on the kingside} 14. g4 $5 Nc6 15.
Bg2 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Bd7 17. Rhd1 Rac8 18. Qd2 d5 19. f5 $40) (10... Qxb2 $6 {
even for a strong player like Vachier-Lagrave, this is playing with fire} 11.
Nb3 {[%cal Ga1a2]} Nxe4 $8 12. Nxe4 Bxh4+ 13. Kd2 $1 (13. g3 Bf6) 13... Nc6 $8
(13... O-O 14. Nc3 Bf6 15. Na4 {[%csl Rb2]}) (13... Bf6 14. Nxd6+ Ke7 15. Nc4
Rd8 16. Nxb2 Bxb2 17. Ra2 Bf6 18. g3 $14) 14. Nxd6+ Kf8 (14... Ke7 15. Nc4 Qf6
16. Qd6+ Ke8 17. g3 e5 18. Bg2 $1) 15. Nc4 Qf6 16. g3 {[%csl Rh4] and after} b5
17. Nd6 e5 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. gxh4 $14 {Black can try to fight because of the
exposed Kd2, but objectively White is clearly better.}) (10... Nc6 {This is
possible also.}) (10... d5 $5 {Caruana said this move is also an option for
Black.}) 11. O-O-O g5 $6 {This doesn't look good for Black, and his position
will become somewhat uncomfortable.} (11... Nc5 12. Qe2 Nfxe4 $6 {again this
idea leaves White with a pleasant position} 13. Nxe4 Bxh4 14. Nf5 $1 Nxe4 15.
Qxe4 Be7 (15... d5 16. Nxg7+ Kf8 17. Qe5 f6 18. Qe2 Kxg7 19. g3 $14) 16. Nxe7
Kxe7 17. Bc4 {and White has good compensation} Kf8 (17... Re8 18. Rhe1 Qc5 19.
Bb3 Bd7 20. f5 $36) 18. Rhe1 g6 19. g4 $1 {and still is not easy for Black to
finish development} d5 $2 20. Qe5 Rg8 21. Bd3 $16 {[%cal Yf4f5]}) (11... O-O
12. g4 $36) (11... Qc7 12. Qg3 g5 $6 (12... O-O 13. Be2 Nc5 14. Bf3 {looks
promising for White}) 13. fxg5 Nh5 14. Qe3 (14. Qg4 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Ne5 16. Qh4
Ng6 17. Qg4 Ne5 $11) 14... Qc5 15. Kb1 hxg5 16. Bf2 $14) 12. fxg5 Ne5 ({
Caruana said} 12... Ng4 {could be a better version for Black, but after} 13.
Qd2 $1 {White has the advantage, like in the game} Qd8 (13... Qc5 14. Be2 hxg5
15. Na4 $1 Qc7 16. Bxg5) (13... hxg5 14. Bxg5 Bxg5 15. Qxg5 Nf2 16. Nd5 $1 exd5
17. Nf5 f6 18. Qg7 $18) 14. Nf3 Nge5 15. Bf2 $1 hxg5 16. Be3 b5 $5 (16... Rg8
17. Be2 {[%csl Ge8] Despite his solid position, Black has problems to find a
good place for his king}) 17. Be2 $1 (17. Nxg5 Ng4 18. Nf3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qc7
$44) 17... Rg8 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bd4 $16 {[%cal Yh1f1,Ye2h5] White has a clear
plan, which is Rhf1-Bh5 and Black is in trouble.}) 13. Qd2 Nh7 {[%csl Gh7]
Black regains the pawn, but the knight is in an awkward position on h7.} 14.
Nf3 hxg5 15. Bf2 ({Caruana also considered} 15. Bg3 Qc7 16. Qd4 f6 {and Black
is kind of solid, but then} 17. h4 $1 {[%cal Yh1h8] is a good way to exploit
the advantage in development opening the h-file} Nf8 18. Be2 gxh4 19. Bxh4 Bd7
{Black is finishing development, but White's pieces enjoys more freedom and
activity, for example} 20. Bf2 Rxh1 21. Rxh1 O-O-O 22. Qa7 Nc6 23. Qe3 $16 {
[%cal Yc3a4,Yh1h6]}) 15... Qc7 16. Be2 $16 {White has a clear advantage, as
his pieces are all well developed and his plan to exploit the advantage is
pretty easy.} Bd7 17. h4 $1 {[%csl Gh7][%cal Yh1h8] In general, when you are
ahead in development, a good way to proceed is to open the position and create
concrete threats, and here the h-file is especially good due to the Nh7.} Rg8 (
17... O-O-O 18. Nxg5 {White just wins a pawn.}) 18. h5 $1 {[%csl Gh5] A good
practical choice, creating a strong passed pawn and keeping the Nh7 passive.} (
18. hxg5 Nxg5 19. Rh5 {also attracted Caruana's attention, and in fact, after}
Ngxf3 20. gxf3 O-O-O 21. f4 Ng4 22. Bd4 {White still definitely has the
advantage, although, as Caruana said, it is not so easy to see how to increase
this advantage} (22. Bxg4 Rxg4 23. Rh7 $14)) 18... g4 $1 {Black should play
this move before White can do it.} (18... O-O-O 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. g4 $1 {
[%csl Yh5,Gh7] and Black is strategically lost - Caruana.}) 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20.
Bh4 $1 {I like this move because it forces the exchange of the dark-squared
bishops, and White will be able to attack the weak g4-pawn.} Bc6 21. Qe3 Bxh4
22. Rxh4 Qe7 $1 {This is a smart idea by Vachier-Lagrave.} 23. Rxg4 $2 {
Strangely, after taking this pawn, White cannot win the game!} (23. Qg3 $1 {
was better} Qg5+ 24. Kb1 Nf6 {[%csl Ye4,Yh5] Caruana stopped his calculations
at this point, but White keeps the advantage with} 25. Rf1 $1 (25. h6 {is also
good} Rh8 26. Rf1 Rxh6 27. Rxh6 Qxh6 28. Qf2 Ke7 29. Qc5+ Ke8 30. Qxe5 $16)
25... Nxh5 26. Qf2 $1 {[%csl Rf7,Rg4] and now Black is the one who has some
problems to defend his pawns} f5 (26... Rf8 27. Rxg4 Qe7 28. g3 O-O-O 29. Rh4
Ng7 30. Rh7 $16) 27. Bxg4 $1 {and Black is almost lost, for example} Nf4 28.
Bf3 O-O-O 29. exf5 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Qxf5 (30... exf5 31. Qc5+) 31. Qa7 $18) 23...
Rxg4 24. Bxg4 Qg5 $1 {After the exchange of queens, Black is able to creat a
solid blockade and White's material advantage is not enough to win.} 25. Qxg5
Nxg5 26. Bf3 Ke7 27. Kd2 Rh8 28. Rh1 f5 $1 29. Ke3 Kf6 30. b4 b5 {There's no
way to break Black's position. Again, Caruana surprised us with interesting
ideas in the 6.Bg5 Najdorf, but Vachier Lagrave made a surprising escape!}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 Ke7 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. b3 Rd8 12. Bb2 b6 13. a3 a5 14. Rfc1 Bb7
15. Bxf6+ gxf6 16. Ne4 Bd6 17. Nxd6 Rxd6 18. Kf1 Rad8 19. g3 f5 20. Ke1 Kf6 21.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Kxe5 25. Kd2 Kd6 26. Kc3 Bc6 27.
b4 axb4+ 28. Kxb4 h6 29. Bb5 Bf3 30. Be8 Ke7 31. Ba4 Kd6 32. Be8 Ke7 33. Ba4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 c6 7. Nf3 d5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Bxf6 exf6 10. exd5 b6 11. Be2 Na6 12. O-O Nc7 13. Qb3 Bb7 14. Bc4 Rb8
15. a4 a6 16. Rfe1 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bd3 b4 19. Ne4 f5 20. Ned2 Nxd5 21. Bc4
Nb6 22. Qxb4 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 Bd5 24. Qc3 Qb6 25. b3 Rfd8 26. Rac1 Bh6 27. Rc2 Qb7
28. Qd3 Qa8 29. Qf1 Qb7 30. Rc5 Qb4 31. Rc2 Ra8 32. Rd1 Qb7 33. Re1 Rd6 34. Rc5
Ra2 35. Re8+ Kg7 36. Qe1 Bf4 37. g3 Bxf3 38. gxf4 Be4 39. Nxe4 fxe4 40. Qc3 Qa6
41. d5+ Kh6 42. Rg8 Ra1+ 43. Kh2 Rh1+ 44. Kxh1 Qf1+ 45. Kh2 Qxf2+ 46. Kh1 Qf1+
47. Kh2 Qf2+ 48. Kh1 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 ({It is interesting to compare the line played with
the Keres Variation:} 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 {Instead of Nc3
White will have Bg2 on board.}) 3... c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 $5 ({The
classical continuation is} 5... d5 {but recently it was (re-)discovered that}
6. d3 {poses some problems.} (6. cxd5 Qxd5 {offers Black great play.}) 6...
exd3 ({Actually this variation is not new at all:} 6... Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2
Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 dxc4 10. dxc4 Qe7 11. Nc3 {Benko,P-Tal,M Curacao 1962 (½-½, 34)
. Strangely it was only after 25 years that White tried this line again and
not until recently did it become popular.}) 7. cxd5 {Ding,L (2773)-Inarkiev,E 
(2727) Moscow 2017 CBM 179 [Roiz,M] (1-0, 87)}) 6. Nb3 a5 {Black immediately
starts the fight against the knight.} (6... d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. d3
Bb4 {completely transposes to a line from the Keres System, which is known to
favour White. Here is the most mportant classical game:} 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3
O-O 12. Be3 Qc7 ({The modern interpretaion of the line does not change the
evaluation:} 12... Qa6 13. Nc5 Qc6 14. c4 dxc4 15. Rc1 b5 16. dxc4 b4 17. Qb3
a5 18. a3 bxa3 19. Qxa3 Qc8 20. Rfd1 Re8 21. Na4 $18 {Brodowski,P (2442)-Socko,
B (2621) Gorzow Wielkopolski 2014 (1/2-1/2, 36)}) 13. Rc1 Nc6 14. c4 Rad8 15.
Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 exd3 17. cxd5 Qd7 18. Bxf6 dxe2 19. Qxe2 gxf6 20. Qb2 Kg7 21.
Qd4 $16 {Reshevsky,S-Keres,P Los Angeles 1963 MCL [Dolmatov] (1-0, 41)}) 7. d3
a4 8. N3d2 d5 (8... Bc5 9. O-O $5 {White's better possibilites for rapid
development prevent Black fro using the weakness of the dark squares.} (9. e3
$6 exd3 10. Nc3 Qa6 $15 {Meier,G (2657)-Baklan,V (2618) Biel 2016 (1/2-1/2, 38)
}) 9... e3 10. fxe3 Bxe3+ 11. Kh1 d6 (11... Ng4 12. Ne4) 12. Nc3 Ng4 13. c5 $1
Qxc5 (13... dxc5 14. Nc4 $18) (13... Bxc5 14. Nxa4 $16) 14. Nce4 Qh5 15. Nxd6+
Kd7 16. h4 Kxd6 (16... Bxd2 17. Nxc8 $16) 17. Nc4+ $14) 9. cxd5 $1 $146 {
It makes sense clearing the path for White's minor pieces.} (9. dxe4 {is
premature, making the c4-pawn look like a weakness.} dxe4 10. e3 (10. Nxe4 Nxe4
11. Bxe4 Bh3 $44) 10... Bg4 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Nc3 Bb4 13. Ndxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4+
Be6 15. O-O O-O $44 16. Qh4 $6 Ne5 $15 17. Nd5 {?!?!} cxd5 18. cxd5 Bg4 (18...
Bd7 $19) 19. f4 Be2 (19... Nf3+ 20. Bxf3 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Rfd8 $17) 20. fxe5 Bxf1
21. Bxf1 $15 {Topalov,V (2749)-Caruana,F (2808) Paris (blitz) 2017 (0-1, 35)})
9... exd3 ({The difference is that after} 9... cxd5 {White can safely take the
pawn:} 10. dxe4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bh3 13. Nc3 $16 {[%cal Gc3d5,Gd5f4]
}) 10. O-O cxd5 (10... dxe2 $2 11. Qxe2+ $18 {offers White a decisive attack.})
11. exd3 {The position is more pleasant for White, as he has pressure on d5
and nice minor piece development, but it is early to speak about an advantage.}
Be7 12. Nc3 Qa5 13. Re1 Nc6 14. b4 $1 {An elegant tactical way of taking over
the queenside initiative.} ({A week later White missed this:} 14. Nf3 $6 O-O
15. Bd2 Qa6 16. Bg5 Be6 $11 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 h6 19. Bf4 a3 20. Rb1 Bd6 $17
{Navara,D (2737)-Caruana,F (2807) Saint Louis (blitz) 2017 (0-1, 34)}) 14...
axb3 (14... Qxb4 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 O-O 17. Rb1 Qc5 18. Be4 Rd8 19. Nc4 $14
{[%csl Gb7][%cal Gc1e3]}) (14... Nxb4 15. Rxe7+ Kxe7 16. Ba3 Kd8 17. Qb1 Na6
18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Nc4 $18) 15. Bb2 $1 Qd8 ({If} 15... Bg4 {White has a choice:}
{A simpler way is} 16. Nxb3 (16. Qxb3 {may lead to interesting play, with
chances for both sides:} O-O 17. Qxb7 Rfc8 18. Rxe7 Rab8 19. Nb3 (19. Rxf7 Rxb7
20. Rxb7 Qa6 21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Nxd5 Qxd3 23. Bxf6+ Kf8 24. Nb3 Bf3 25. Nf4 Qd6
$13) 19... Rxb7 (19... Qd8 20. Rxf7 Rxb7 21. Rxb7 $16) 20. Rxb7 Qd8 $13) 16...
Qd8 17. Qd2 O-O 18. h3 Be6 19. Ne2 $14) 16. Qxb3 {A strange decision.} (16.
Nxb3 O-O 17. Nb5 $14 {offers White natural play.}) 16... Be6 $6 ({Even
stranger. Why did he refrain from:} 16... Nd4 17. Qd1 Bg4 18. Qb1 O-O 19. h3 (
19. Nxd5 Ne2+) 19... Be6 $11 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd4 Nb4 22. Nb3 Bxb3 23. axb3
Qxd4 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Rxe7 g6 $44 {[%cal Ga8a1]}) 17. Ne2 $16 {[%cal Ge2f4]
Suddenly Black is under serious pressure.} Bb4 $2 $18 18. Red1 {Too slow to
bother Black.} ({The spectacular} 18. Nf4 $1 {would have more or less won:} O-O
(18... Bxd2 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rxe6+ Kf7 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Re2 $18 Ba5 23. Qxb7+
Ne7 24. Rxe7+ Qxe7 25. Bxd5+ Kf8 26. Qxa8+) 19. Rxe6 Bxd2 (19... fxe6 20. Nxe6
$18) 20. Rxf6 gxf6 21. Nxd5 $18) 18... O-O $14 {Black is back in the game now.}
19. Nf4 Bc5 $6 {Hoping to get counterplay against f2 after an exchange on e6,
but exposing the bishop.} (19... Bg4 20. Nf3 $14) 20. Nf3 (20. Rac1 $5) 20...
Bg4 21. Rac1 {White's pressure has again become unbearable.} Bxf3 {Hoping to
get drawing chances with opposite coloured bishops.} 22. Bxf3 Nd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4
24. Rc2 b6 25. Bxd5 $1 {Without knights Black should be entitled to count on a
draw, but this way he is more or less lost.} Ra7 26. Bf3 Re8 27. Ne2 h5 (27...
Bc5 28. d4 $16) 28. Nxd4 Qxd4 29. Rc4 Qe5 30. a4 Qa5 31. Kg2 Rd8 32. d4 {
The start of the end. White is a pawn up and has regrouped perfectly.} Nd5 33.
Rdc1 g6 34. Rc8 Rad7 35. Qc4 Kg7 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. Rb1 Nf6 (37... Nc3 38. Rb4
Rc8 39. Qb3 $18) 38. d5 Ra8 (38... Nxd5 39. Rd1 $18) (38... Ne8 {[%cal Ge8d6]}
39. Qd4+ {[%csl Gb6]}) 39. d6 Ra7 (39... Qxa4 40. Rb4 $18) 40. Rd1 Nd7 41. Bc6
Qc5 42. Qd4+ Qxd4 43. Rxd4 Kf6 44. Re4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8. f3
Bh5 9. Nbc3 e6 10. Be4 Bg6 11. O-O Be7 12. Be3 Bxe4 13. fxe4 O-O 14. Nf4 Bg5
15. Kh1 Qe7 16. Qh5 h6 17. Rad1 Nc4 18. Bc1 Rad8 19. b3 Nb6 20. Nce2 Rd7 21.
Rd3 Rfd8 22. Rg3 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Rxd4 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Bxg5 Qe8 26. Qxe8+ Rxe8
27. Bxh6 Re7 28. Rg4 Nd7 29. Be3 Rd3 30. Bf4 Rd4 31. Re1 c5 32. h3 b5 33. Rg3
Rf7 34. Bc1 c4 35. Kh2 a5 36. bxc4 Rxc4 37. Bb2 Rc2 38. Bd4 Rxa2 39. Rd1 b4 40.
Rg6 Nf8 41. Rg3 Rd7 42. Rf3 Ng6 43. Rg3 Kh7 44. Rg5 b3 45. Rh5+ Kg8 46. Rg5 b2
47. Rxg6 Rxd4 48. Rxd4 b1=Q 49. Rd7 Kf8 50. Rdxg7 Ke8 51. Ra7 Kf8 52. Ra8+ Kf7
53. Rag8 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nb4 8.
Be4 f5 9. a3 N4d5 10. Bf3 Bd7 11. Nh3 Bc6 12. Nc3 e6 13. O-O Qd7 14. Bg5 Be7
15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Qh5+ g6 17. Qh6 O-O-O 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Rac1 Rd7 20. Rfd1
Rhd8 21. Ng5 Nf4 22. Nxh7 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Nf6 Qd8 25. h3 Bxg2 26. Kh2
Bc6 27. Rg1 b6 28. Nce4 Bxe4 29. Qxf4 Bc6 30. Qc1 Kb7 31. Qc3 Rd3 32. Qc4 g5
33. Rxg5 Rd1 34. Rg1 Qd2 35. Qh4 Rxg1 36. Kxg1 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Qh1+ 38. Kg3 Qf3+
0-1

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Ne5 c5 10. f4 Nc6 11. Ne2 c4 12. Bc2 Ne7 13. Ng3 Nc8 14. Nh5 Be7 15. b3
cxb3 16. axb3 Nd6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Ba3 Bc8 19. Qf3 Bb7 20. Bd3 a5 21. Rac1 a4
22. Qh3 g6 23. Nd7 Be7 24. Nxf8 Bxf8 25. f5 axb3 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Bxg6 fxg6
28. Qe6+ Kh7 29. Bxd6 Qxd6 30. Rf7+ Kh6 31. Qh3+ Kg5 32. g3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 f6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e4 Be6 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qf3 d4 12. Na4 Kf7 13. c3 c5 14. Qe2 Ne7 15.
O-O Rc8 16. Ba6 Rc7 17. Rac1 Nc6 18. Ba3 Qe7 19. Bc4 Nd8 20. Bb5 Nb7 21. Bc4
Rhc8 22. Rfd1 Kg7 23. Nb2 Rc6 24. Bb5 R6c7 25. Nc4 Bxc4 26. Bxc4 Nd8 27. Rc2
Ne6 28. Rdc1 h5 29. g3 Qd7 30. h4 Be7 31. Rd1 Bd6 32. Kg2 Qe7 33. Bc1 Rh8 34.
Bd2 Rd7 35. Rdc1 Bc7 36. Qf3 Bb6 37. a4 Rhd8 38. Be1 a5 39. Bd2 Rd6 40. Re1 Qd7
41. Bc1 Qe7 42. Ba3 R6d7 43. Rec1 Rd6 44. Rd2 Qb7 45. Re1 R8d7 46. Rdd1 Rd8 47.
Bc1 Qe7 48. Rh1 Qd7 49. Rhe1 Qe7 50. Ba3 Qb7 51. Rb1 Qc6 52. Rbc1 Qb7 53. cxd4
Nxd4 54. Qe3 f5 55. f3 Rf6 56. Bd5 Rxd5 57. exd5 Qxd5 58. Rc3 Re6 59. Bc1 e4
60. Qh6+ Kg8 61. fxe4 fxe4 62. Qe3 Bc7 63. Rc4 Bd6 64. Rd1 Rf6 65. Rcxd4 cxd4
66. Qxd4 Qf5 67. Qd5+ Qxd5 68. Rxd5 Bc7 69. Rc5 Bb6 70. Rc8+ Kf7 71. Bf4 Re6
72. Kf1 Kf6 73. Ke2 Kf5 74. Rc4 Kg4 75. b4 axb4 76. Rxb4 g5 77. Bxg5 Kxg3 78.
Rb5 Bg1 79. Bd8 Rc6 80. Rg5+ Kh2 81. a5 Rc2+ 82. Kd1 Ra2 83. Bc7+ Kh1 84. Rxh5
e3 85. Re5 Kg2 86. Bb6 Kf3 87. Kc1 e2 88. Kb1 Rd2 89. Bxg1 Rd1+ 90. Kb2 e1=Q
91. Rxe1 Rxe1 92. Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. a3 g6 8. Nf3
Bg7 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Be3 O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Qa4 Bb7 14. Rad1 Ne7
15. Bd3 Qd6 16. Bb1 Rfc8 17. d5 exd5 18. e5 Qe6 19. Ba2 Nf5 20. Bf4 Rc3 21. Ng5
Qe8 22. Qxe8+ Rxe8 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 h6 25. Ne4 Rxa3 26. Nd6 Re6 27. Nxf5
gxf5 28. h4 Ra5 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Rd7 Kg6 31. Rc1 Rc5 32. Rxc5 bxc5 33. h5+ Kxh5
34. Rxf7 Kg6 35. Rxa7 Bxe5 36. Bxe5 Rxe5 37. Rc7 f4 38. Rc6+ Kg5 39. Kh2 h5 40.
Kh3 Kf5 41. f3 Rd5 42. Kh4 Ke5 43. Kxh5 Kd4+ 44. Kg4 Ke3 45. Re6+ Kf2 46. Kxf4
Kxg2 47. Re2+ Kh3 48. Rc2 Rh5 49. Rc1 Kg2 50. Kg4 Rh8 51. Rc2+ Kf1 52. Rxc5 Kf2
53. f4 Ke3 54. f5 Kd4 55. Ra5 Ke4 56. f6 Rh1 57. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Ng5 Qd8 10. Nxh7 Re8 11. Ng5 Qxg5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. d4 Qh5 14.
dxc5 e4 15. h4 Qg4 16. Bf4 Qh3 17. Qd4 Bg4 18. Qe3 Rad8 19. Rad1 Rd5 20. Rxd5
cxd5 21. f3 d4 22. Qf2 exf3 23. exf3 d3 24. Qg2 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Re2+ 26. Rf2
Bh3+ 27. Kg1 Re1+ 28. Kh2 Bf1 29. Bxc7 Be2 30. Bf4 Kf8 31. g4 Rb1 32. c6 Rxb2
33. c7 Rc2 34. Kg3 Ke7 35. h5 f6 36. Rh2 Kf7 37. Kf2 Ke6 38. Ke3 Kd7 39. h6
gxh6 40. Rxh6 Bf1 41. Rh8 d2 42. Rd8+ Ke7 43. Rxd2 Rc3+ 44. Kd4 Rc6 45. Kd5 Rc3
46. Rh2 Ba6 47. Rh7+ Ke8 48. Bd6 Bb7+ 49. Kd4 Rc6 50. Bc5 a6 51. Re7+ Kf8 52.
Re6+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O e5 6. Qa4 Bd6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Bxd5 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qxd4 Qe7 13. Nc3 Be5 14. Qe4
Re8 15. Be3 Rb8 16. Qc2 h5 17. Rad1 Bh3 18. Rfe1 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rb2 20. Qa4 Qe6
21. a3 Bg4 22. Kf1 h4 23. Rd4 Bxe2+ 24. Rxe2 Qh3+ 25. Ke1 hxg3 26. fxg3 Rxe2+
27. Kxe2 Qg2+ 28. Kd3 Qf3 29. Re4 Qf1+ 30. Kd2 Qg2+ 31. Kd3 Qf1+ 32. Kd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Bg5 Qa5 14. Qb3 b5
15. Bf1 Rfe8 16. c4 Be6 17. Qc2 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qd5 20. Rec1 Rac8
21. Rc2 Nb6 22. Qb3 h6 23. Bd2 Qf5 24. Rac1 Re6 25. h3 Nd5 26. Rc4 Bf4 27. Rc5
Rb8 28. Qc2 Qxc2 29. R5xc2 Bxd2 30. Rxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8.
Be3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. Na4 Rab8 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Nb6
Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Rf2 b5 17. c5 Qa7 18. Rc1 dxc5 19. Bxc5 Qc7 20. f4 Rfd8
21. Qe1 Rd3 22. e5 Qd7 23. h3 Qe6 24. Rd2 Rxd2 25. Qxd2 f6 26. exf6 Bxf6 27. b4
Re8 28. Rf1 Kf7 29. Rf3 h5 30. a3 Qc4 31. Qd7 a5 32. f5 g5 33. Qe6+ Qxe6 34.
fxe6+ Kxe6 35. bxa5 Ra8 36. Bb6 Kd5 37. Rf5+ Kc4 38. Rc5+ Kb3 39. Rxb5+ Kxa3
40. Kf2 Ka4 41. Rf5 Kb3 42. Ke3 Kc4 43. Ke4 g4 44. Rxh5 gxh3 45. gxh3 Bc3 46.
Rc5+ Kb3 47. h4 Bb4 48. Rg5 Kc4 49. h5 Bd6 50. h6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3
b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Re8 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 dxe4 15.
Bb5 Bc7 16. Nc4 Qe7 17. Bxe8 Rxe8 18. Ne3 Qe6 19. O-O Qc6 20. f5 Bxg3 21. hxg3
h6 22. Rd2 Qc7 23. Qf2 Ba6 24. c4 b5 25. b3 bxc4 26. bxc4 h5 27. Qf4 Qxf4 28.
Rxf4 Kh7 29. Rd6 Bb7 30. Kf2 Rc8 31. Rh4 Kg8 32. Rh1 Bc6 33. Rhd1 Rc7 34. Rd8+
Kh7 35. g4 Kh6 36. gxh5 Kxh5 37. Rb8 Kg5 38. Rdd8 Bd7 39. Nd5 Nxd5 40. cxd5
Bxf5 41. d6 Rc6 42. Rb7 Ra6 43. Rxf7 Rxa2+ 44. Kg3 g6 45. d7 Ra3+ 46. Kh2 Rd3
47. Rxf5+ gxf5 48. Rg8+ Kf4 49. d8=Q Rxd8 50. Rxd8 Ke3 51. Rc8 Kd4 52. Kg3 c4
53. Kf2 c3 54. Ke2 f4 55. Rf8 Ke5 56. Kd1 a5 57. Kc2 Kd4 58. Rxf4 a4 59. g4 a3
60. g5 a2 61. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 Bg4 4. g3 Bxf3 5. exf3 e6 6. Qb3 a5 7. b5 Nd7 8. Bg2
Nc5 9. Qc2 h5 10. d3 h4 11. f4 Nh6 12. Nd2 a4 13. Ba3 Ra7 14. Rb1 Be7 15. Ne4
Nxe4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Bxe4 O-O 18. b6 cxb6 19. Rxb6 Ng4 20. O-O Nf6 21. Bf3
Rc8 22. Qb2 Nd7 23. Rxb7 Rxb7 24. Qxb7 Qd8 25. Qb2 Nc5 26. Qc2 Qa5 27. Rc1 Rb8
28. Qe2 h3 29. f5 exf5 30. Bd5 Qc3 31. Rd1 Kf8 32. Qe5 Re8 33. Qd6+ Kg8 34. Rf1
Nxd3 35. Qd7 Rf8 36. Qxf5 Nb4 37. Bxf7+ Rxf7 38. Qc8+ Rf8 39. Qe6+ Rf7 40. Qe8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
a6 9. a3 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O O-O 12. Kh1 f5 13. Qf2 Rc8 14. Rg1 b4 15. axb4
Nxb4 16. g4 g6 17. gxf5 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Rxf5 19. Ne2 Rf7 20. h4 Kh8 21. h5 gxh5
22. Qh2 Qf8 23. Qxh5 c4 24. Ng5 Bxg5 25. Rxg5 cxd3 26. Nc3 Nb6 27. f5 Rxf5 28.
Rxf5 Qxf5 29. Bg5 Rf8 30. Qh4 Qf3+ 31. Kg1 Nd7 32. Kh2 Qf2+ 33. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 34.
Kg3 Rxb2 35. Rf1 Kg7 36. Na4 Rc2 37. Bf6+ Kg6 38. Kf4 Nxf6 39. exf6 d2 40. f7
Rc1 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. e3 Nc6 8. Bb2 b6
9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. d4 Ba6 11. Re1 Ndb4 12. Bc3 Nd3 13. Re2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15.
exd4 Rc8 16. Re3 Nb4 17. Bxb4 Bxb4 18. a3 Bc5 19. Re4 f5 20. Re1 Bxd4 21. Ra2
e5 22. Nd2 Bxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 a5 7. d3 a4 8. N3d2 d5
9. cxd5 exd3 10. O-O cxd5 11. exd3 Nc6 12. Nc3 Qa5 13. Re1+ Be7 14. Nf3 O-O 15.
Bd2 Qa6 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 h6 19. Bf4 a3 20. Rb1 Bd6 21. d4 Rac8
22. Bf1 Qc6 23. Nb5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Ne4 25. Na7 Qc2 26. Nxc8 Qxf2+ 27. Kh1 Rxc8
28. Qe2 Rc2 29. Qxf2 Nxf2+ 30. Kg1 axb2 31. Be3 Bf5 32. Bd4 Nh3+ 33. Bxh3 Rc1+
34. Kf2 Bxb1 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c4 Bxb1 6. Qxb1 Bb4+ 7. Kd1 O-O 8.
c5 c6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Ke2 Ba5 11. g4 g6 12. Qg1 b6 13. h4 bxc5 14. h5 Bc7 15.
Bg5 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Ne5 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Nxe6 Qb8 19. Qb1 Rf7 20. Bf4 Nfxg4 21.
f3 Nxd3 22. Bxc7 Qe8 23. Qxd3 Qxe6 24. Bg3 Re8 25. Bf2 Rxf3 26. Raf1 Ref8 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 d6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. Qxc3 Nxe4 11. Qc2 Nf6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 e5 14. Nf5 Nc6 15.
Ne3 Nd4 16. Qd1 g5 17. Bg3 Be6 18. Bd3 Nd7 19. Nc2 Nxc2 20. Bxc2 Qe7 21. b3 f5
22. f3 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Qd2 Nf6 25. Rfd1 Nd5 26. Bd3 Rab8 27. a4 bxa4 28.
bxa4 Nf4 29. Bf1 d5 30. Re1 Qd6 31. a5 d4 32. a6 Ra8 33. a7 Rfe8 34. Ra6 Qc7
35. Bxf4 gxf4 36. Rxe6 Rxe6 37. Qa2 Qb6 38. Bc4 Kf7 39. Rxe5 d3+ 40. Kf1 Qd4
41. Rxe6 Kg7 42. Re7+ Kf6 43. Rf7+ Kg5 44. h4+ Kh5 45. Rxf5+ Kg6 46. Qa6+ Kg7
47. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. e3 d5 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. f3
exf3 9. Bxf3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 dxc4 11. b3 cxb3 12. O-O Nbd7 13. axb3 Bb4 14. Bb2
O-O 15. Nf5 Ne5 16. Qf4 Ng6 17. Qc4 Rad8 18. Na4 Qb5 19. Bxf6 Qxc4 20. bxc4
gxf6 21. d4 Rfe8 22. c5 Rd5 23. Rab1 Bd2 24. Rb3 Rxf5 25. Rxf5 Bxe3+ 26. Kf1
Bxd4 27. Rxb7 Re3 28. Rxa7 Kg7 29. Rd7 Re4 30. Rd8 Be3 31. Nc3 Rc4 32. Nd1 Bxc5
33. Rf3 Bb6 34. Rc3 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nbd2 a6 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bg5 b5 12. Na5 Qd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nb3
Bb6 15. c4 c5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Qe2 Rad8 18. Rad1 Re6 19. Nc1 bxc4 20. dxc4 Rd6
21. Rxd6 Qxd6 22. Qe3 Ba5 23. Nb3 Bb6 24. Nfd2 a5 25. a4 Qc6 26. Ra1 Rd6 27. f3
Qd7 28. Qe2 Rd3 29. Kf2 h5 30. Ra3 hxg4 31. hxg4 Kf8 32. Ke1 Rd6 33. Nc1 Ke7
34. Kd1 Qd8 35. Kc2 Qh8 36. Rd3 Rd4 37. Ncb3 Rxd3 38. Qxd3 Qe8 39. Nb1 Qxa4 40.
Nc3 Qc6 41. Nd2 a4 42. Qd5 Qe8 43. Qb7 Kf8 44. Nd5 a3 45. b3 Qd8 46. Qa6 Kg7
47. Qxa3 Qh8 48. Qa6 Qd8 49. Nb1 Qb8 50. Kb2 Qd8 51. Kc2 Qb8 52. Nd2 Qd8 53.
Qb7 Ba5 54. Qc6 Bb6 55. Nf1 Ba5 56. Qxc5 Be1 57. Qc6 Bh4 58. Nd2 Bg5 59. Nb1
Qh8 60. Qxc7 Qh2+ 61. Kc3 Qg1 62. Na3 Qe1+ 63. Kb2 Bc1+ 64. Kb1 Bxa3+ 65. Kc2
Qe2+ 66. Kc3 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 e6 9. Bb5 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 Qd6 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Qd1 c5
15. Nxc5 Bb7 16. Bg5 Ba8 17. Qd2 Rb5 18. Rac1 Nb4 19. a4 Rb6 20. Bf4 Qd8 21.
Ne5 Na2 22. Rcd1 Qd5 23. f3 Rd8 24. Qf2 Rb4 25. Re4 h6 26. h4 Qxc5 27. dxc5
Rxd1+ 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Rxf4 30. c6 Nb4 31. Qe3 Nd5 32. Qxa7 Bxe5 33.
Qxa8+ Kg7 34. a5 Rb4 35. a6 Rxb2 36. a7 Ra2 37. Qb7 Bd4+ 38. Kh2 Rxa7 39. Qb3
Be5+ 40. g3 Ra6 41. f4 Bc7 42. Qc4 Ra3 43. Qd4+ Kg8 44. Qc5 Rc3 45. Qb5 Ne7 46.
h5 Rxc6 47. hxg6 Rc2+ 48. Kh3 Nxg6 49. Qb3 Rc5 50. Qb4 Bd6 51. Qd4 Rd5 52. Qc4
h5 53. Qc8+ Kg7 54. Qc3+ Kh7 55. Qf6 Rf5 56. Qd4 Be7 57. Qd7 h4 58. gxh4 Rxf4
59. h5 Rh4+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
Nd7 9. Be3 Nb6 10. Bb3 Kh8 11. Nbd2 f5 12. Bxb6 cxb6 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. d4 exd4
15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Qd7 17. Ne4 Rae8 18. Nc3 b5 19. Qd2 h6 20. Nd5 Bg5 21.
f4 Bh4 22. g3 Bd8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Re1 a5 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Qe3 Qxe3+ 27.
Nxe3 Bb1 28. Be6 Bb6 29. Nf5 d5 30. Kf2 g6 31. Nd6 Bxd4+ 32. Kf3 Bxa2 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. d3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
Rb8 9. Rb1 b6 10. b4 Bb7 11. h3 Nd7 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qd2 Ba8 14. f4 Rc8 15. g4
e6 16. f5 Nd4 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Nb5 exf5 19. gxf5 Ne5 20. Nbxd4 d5 21. Qf4 dxe4
22. dxe4 Qc7 23. f6 Bf8 24. Rb3 Nc4 25. Rc3 a6 26. Qxc7 Rxc7 27. Nf4 b5 28. Nd5
Rcc8 29. Rd3 Bd6 30. Nb3 Bxd5 31. exd5 Re5 32. Nc5 a5 33. Rfd1 a4 34. Rf1 Rce8
35. Rdf3 h5 36. Nd3 Re2 37. R3f2 R2e3 38. Rf3 Re2 39. R1f2 Kh7 40. Bf1 R2e4 41.
Nc5 Re1 42. Kg2 Ne3+ 43. Kh1 Nxd5 44. Rd3 R8e5 45. Nd7 Rg5 46. Rff3 Bc7 47. Nc5
h4 48. Rd4 Bg3 49. Nd3 Ra1 50. Re4 Rxa3 51. Re7 Kg8 52. Re8+ Kh7 53. Rf8 Ra1
54. Rxf7+ Kg8 55. Rg7+ Kf8 56. Ra7 Rf5 57. Rxf5 gxf5 58. Kg2 Ne3+ 59. Kf3 Nxf1
60. Nc5 Re1 61. Kg2 Ne3+ 62. Kf3 Nc4 63. Ra6 Nd2+ 64. Kg2 Re2+ 65. Kh1 Rh2+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Bf4 c6 9. Nc3 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Rfd1 Nf8 14. e4 dxe4
15. Ne5 Nd5 16. Nxe4 Ne6 17. Be3 Rc8 18. Qb3 Bf8 19. Nc3 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Rc7 21.
Kh1 h5 22. Rf1 h4 23. gxh4 Qxh4 24. Nb5 cxb5 25. Rxc7 Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Qe4+ 27.
Rf3 Bd6 28. Rcxf7 Bxe5 29. dxe5 Qg6+ 30. Kf2 Rc8 31. e4 Qh6 32. Kg2 Qg6+ 33.
Kf2 Rc4 34. Qd3 Qh5 35. Kg2 Qg4+ 36. Rg3 Qxe4+ 37. Qxe4 Rxe4 38. Rxa7 Re2+ 39.
Kf1 Rxe5 40. Kf2 Rf5+ 41. Rf3 Rd5 42. Ke3 Nc5 43. Rg3 Ne6 44. Rb7 Re5+ 45. Kd2
Rh5 46. h3 Rd5+ 47. Kc1 Rd6 48. a3 Kh7 49. Re7 Kh6 50. Kb1 g5 51. Ka2 Kh5 52.
Rb3 Nd4 53. Rd3 Kg6 54. Re4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 g6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Be2
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Re1 Rad8 13. Na3 Nf4 14. Bf1 a6 15.
Qd2 Ne6 16. Rac1 Qa5 17. Bh6 b5 18. Nh4 b4 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. cxb4 Qb6 21. b5
axb5 22. Nxb5 Ncxd4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qc3 Rc8 25. Qg3+ Kh8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27.
Qe5+ Kg8 28. Nxd4 Qxd4 29. Qxf5 Qxb2 30. Rxe6 Rc1 31. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 e4 5. Ne2 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Ng3 h5 8. Nc3
Bg4 9. Nge2 Qd7 10. h3 Bf5 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. h4 O-O-O 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. O-O-O Rhe8
15. Qf1 Ng4 16. Kb1 f6 17. Nce2 Bf7 18. f3 exf3 19. gxf3 Nh6 20. Rg1 Be5 21.
Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Nf4 Qe7 23. e4 Qa3 24. Nge2 g5 25. hxg5 fxg5 26. Ng2 a5 27. f4
Rc5 28. Ne3 a4 29. Nc1 axb3 30. cxb3 Ng4 31. Nc2 Qa7 32. fxg5 Bg6 33. Qe2 Rxg5
34. d3 Qc5 35. Rdf1 Qe7 36. Ne3 Rc5 37. Nxg4 hxg4 38. Qxg4+ Kb8 39. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nge2 b5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb7 6. Bg5 Qc7 7. Qd2 e6 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. O-O Ne7 11. Rfe1 Ng6 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 h6 14. Bf4 Nxf4
15. Qxf4 Bd6 16. Qg4 Be5 17. Rab1 Qd6 18. Ne3 Bxh2+ 19. Kf1 Be5 20. Nc4 Qc7 21.
Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Re3 h5 23. Qe2 g5 24. b3 Ke7 25. Rd1 h4 26. Kg1 h3 27. g3 h2+ 28.
Kg2 f5 29. Qd2 a5 30. Be2 h1=Q+ 31. Rxh1 Bxe4+ 32. Bf3 Rxh1 33. Kxh1 Bxf3+ 34.
Rxf3 Rh8+ 35. Kg2 Qa1 36. Qxg5+ Ke8 37. Qg6+ Kd8 38. Qg5+ Kc8 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 c5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. e3 Nc6 8. Bb2 b6
9. Nc3 dxc4 10. bxc4 Bb7 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Rac1 Rfd8 13. Rfd1 Na5 14. Ne1 Bxg2
15. Nxg2 Qb7 16. f4 a6 17. Ba1 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Qxe4 19. d3 Qg6 20. Rb1 Rab8 21. g4
f6 22. h4 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. h5 Qe8 25. g5 c4 26. h6 fxg5 27. Bxg7 Qg6 28.
dxc4 Nxc4 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Rxb5 gxf4 31. exf4 Rd2 32. f5 Qxf5 33. Rxf5 Rxe2
34. Rf4 Nd6 35. a4 Nf5 36. Rg4 Kf7 37. Bh8 Ra2 38. Kf1 Bc5 39. Ke1 Bf2+ 40. Kd1
Be3 41. Ke1 Bd2+ 42. Kd1 Bxh6 43. Ke1 Bd2+ 44. Kd1 h5 45. Rc4 Bg5 46. Rc7+ Kg6
47. Ne1 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. e3 a6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Nd2 e6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. c4 a5 12. Qc2 h6 13. Nf3 Ba6 14. e4 Qb6 15.
Rfe1 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. c5 Qb7 18. Bxa6 Qxa6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. e5 Be7 21.
Nd4 Rd7 22. f4 Rb7 23. a3 Rcb8 24. Re3 Rb5 25. Rc3 Qc8 26. Nxb5 Rxb5 27. h3 Qd7
28. Qd2 Qb7 29. Qe3 Qd7 30. Qd4 Qb7 31. Rb1 Qa7 32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 g6 34. Kh2
Kg7 35. Rcb3 Qb7 36. Qc3 Qb8 37. Kh1 Qb7 38. g4 Qc8 39. Kg2 Kh7 40. Kf3 Qd7 41.
Ke3 Bh4 42. Kd2 Be7 43. Kc2 Qc8 44. Ra1 Qd7 45. Ra4 Rb7 46. Rba3 Bf8 47. Ra8
Bg7 48. R3a6 Rc7 49. h4 Qe7 50. g5 h5 51. Rb8 Qd7 52. Rbb6 Qc8 53. Kd3 d4 54.
Qc2 Bf8 55. Qg2 Be7 56. Qa2 Qd7 57. Rb8 Rb7 58. Rxb7 Qxb7 59. Rb6 Qd7 60. Rb8
Bd8 61. Ra8 Bc7 62. Ra7 Kg7 63. Qc4 Qd8 64. Qxd4 Qb8 65. Ra3 Bd8 66. Qc4 Qb7
67. Kc2 Be7 68. Rd3 Qa7 69. Kb2 Qb7 70. Qd4 Bf8 71. Qc4 Be7 72. Ra3 Qd7 73. Kc2
Bf8 74. Qd3 Qb7 75. Ra4 Be7 76. Kd1 Kf8 77. Ke1 Kg7 78. Kf2 Kf8 79. Kg3 Kg7 80.
Kf3 Kf8 81. Ke2 Kg7 82. Kd2 Kf8 83. Kc3 Kg7 84. Ra1 Kf8 85. Ra2 Kg7 86. Qa6 Qd7
87. Rd2 Qc7 88. Qa8 Kh7 89. Kb3 Kg7 90. Kc2 Kh7 91. Qe8 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Solomon, Kenny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. Bc2 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Bf8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g6 14. Ne3 Bg7 15. a4
Qd7 16. b4 Nh5 17. Bb3 Nf4 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. Bh4 Nf4 20. h3 Kh8 21. Bg3 Nh5 22.
Bh2 Nf6 23. Qd2 Rab8 24. Rec1 Rf8 25. axb5 axb5 26. c4 bxc4 27. Rxc4 Ne7 28.
Qc2 c6 29. Ra5 Nh5 30. d4 exd4 31. Nxd4 Ra8 32. Nf3 Ba6 33. g4 Nf6 34. Rd4 Ne8
35. Rd2 Qb7 36. e5 d5 37. Qc5 Rb8 38. e6 Ra8 39. exf7 Nf6 40. Bc2 Rxf7 41. Ne5
Rff8 42. Qxe7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Solomon, Kenny"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c3 d6 7. d4 Bd7 8. Re1
Nf6 9. d5 Ne7 10. c4 h6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bc2 Nh7 13. b4 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Bb2
Ng6 16. Ne2 Ng5 17. Ng3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 e4 19. Qb3 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Qg5 21. Qc1 a5
22. b5 Ne5 23. Qxg5+ hxg5 24. Rac1 Kg7 25. Bb1 b6 26. Rc3 Rh8 27. h3 Rh4 28.
Kf1 g4 29. hxg4 Rxg4 30. Bc2 Rh8 31. Bd1 Rg5 32. Kg1 Be8 33. Bc2 Bg6 34. Kf1
Rg4 35. Ke2 Rh2 36. Rg1 f4 37. Nxe4 f3+ 38. Ke3 fxg2 39. f3 Rh3 40. Nd2 Rh1 41.
Kf2 Rxg1 42. Kxg1 Rd4 43. Nb3 Rxc4 44. Rxc4 Nxc4 45. Bxg6 Kxg6 46. Kxg2 Kf5 47.
Kg3 Ke5 48. f4+ Kxd5 49. Kg4 Ke4 50. Kg5 a4 51. Nc1 d5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Lenic, Luka"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 Ke7 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nc4 b6 12. Nc3 a5 13. Na4 Ba6 14. Nxc5
bxc5 15. f3 Rhb8 16. Rf2 a4 17. e4 Rb4 18. Na3 Ne5 19. Bf4 Nfd7 20. Bd2 Rb7 21.
Bc3 f6 22. Rd1 Bxe2 23. Rxe2 Nc6 24. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Lenic, Luka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 dxc6
8. Bc4 Ng6 9. Nd2 Qc7 10. a4 Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. h3 b6 13. Qe2 a6 14. Re1 Ne5
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. c3 Bb7 17. Be3 c5 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. Bd3 Qc6 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21.
Qxf4 Rad8 22. Qe3 Rd7 23. Qe2 Qc8 24. Qf1 Rfd8 25. Re3 a5 26. b3 Bc6 27. Qe2 e5
28. Rf1 Qc7 29. h4 Rd6 30. h5 Bd7 31. Bc4 Be6 32. h6 gxh6 33. Bxe6 Rxe6 34. Rf3
Qe7 35. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Lenic, Luka"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 Ke7 10. b3 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Nd2 b5 13. a4 Nbd7 14. Nxd7
Nxd7 15. Bb2 b4 16. Rac1 Rhc8 17. Rfd1 f6 18. Nc4 a5 19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nb6
21. Kf1 Nxc4 22. Rxc4 Bb6 23. Rdc1 Rxc4 24. Rxc4 Rd8 25. Ke2 Rd5 26. Rc6 Rd6
27. Rc8 Rd8 28. Rc6 Rd6 29. Rc8 Rd8 30. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Lenic, Luka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 dxc6
8. Bc4 Ng6 9. a4 Be7 10. Bb3 O-O 11. Be3 Qc7 12. f4 b6 13. Qe2 Bf6 14. c3 Bb7
15. a5 c5 16. Nd2 Rad8 17. g3 Rfe8 18. h4 h6 19. Bc4 Bc6 20. Bb5 Ne7 21. Rfd1
Nc8 22. Bd3 Rd7 23. axb6 axb6 24. Bc2 Red8 25. e5 Be7 26. Ne4 Bf8 27. Bf2 Bb7
28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 c4 31. g4 Qc6 32. h5 Ne7 33. Kh2 Nd5 34.
Qf3 Qb5 35. Nd6 Qxb2 36. Be4 Bxd6 37. exd6 Qb5 38. f5 Qd7 39. Bg3 b5 40. fxe6
Qxe6 41. Bf5 Qe8 42. d7 Qd8 43. Qe4 Bc6 44. Bd6 Bxd7 45. Qxd5 Bxf5 46. gxf5
Qh4+ 47. Kg2 Qxh5 48. Qa8+ Kh7 49. Qe4 f6 50. Bc5 Qd1 51. Qf3 Qd2+ 52. Kh3 Qc2
53. Kg4 Qh2 54. Qf2 h5+ 55. Kf3 Qe5 56. Kg2 Qxc3 57. Qe2 Qe5 58. Qxh5+ Kg8 59.
Bd4 Qe4+ 60. Kg3 Qe1+ 61. Kg2 Qe4+ 62. Kg3 c3 63. Bxc3 b4 64. Bb2 Qd3+ 65. Qf3
Qxf3+ 66. Kxf3 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Lenic, Luka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 dxc6
8. Bc4 Ng6 {The players continue their theoretical discussion and enter once
more into a complex line in the Rossolimo.} 9. Kh1 $5 {A novelty. Fabiano's
move is aimed for an early advance of f-pawn.} ({The preceding battles saw} 9.
a4 Be7 10. Bb3 O-O 11. Be3 Qc7 12. f4 b6 13. Qe2 Bf6 (13... c5 $5) 14. c3 Bb7
15. a5 c5 16. Nd2 Rad8 17. g3 Rfe8 18. h4 $14 {Caruana,F - Lenic,L Tbilisi GEO
2017}) ({and} 9. Nd2 Qc7 10. a4 Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. h3 b6 13. Qe2 a6 14. Re1
Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. c3 Bb7 $11 {Caruana,F - Lenic,L Tbilisi GEO 2017}) 9...
Qc7 ({GM Lenic rejects the natural} 9... e5 $5 10. Qf3 Qc7 11. Rd1 {Indeed,
this position looks scary, since Black's development is delayed.} ({The more
quiet} 11. Be3 $5 Bd6 12. Nd2 O-O 13. a4 {offers White a tiny advantage, but
Black's position is very solid.}) {However, after the cool-blooded} 11... Nf4
$1 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. e5 Qxe5 14. Qb3 Be7 $1 15. Bxf7+ Kf8 {Black should be
able to fully consolidate and equalise.}) 10. f4 Bd6 $1 {Provoking the e4-e5
advance is the best Black can do.} ({In the event of} 10... Be7 11. a4 O-O 12.
Nc3 $36 {White would obtain a powerful initiative on the kingside.}) 11. e5 ({
The alternative -} 11. g3 b6 12. Be3 (12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nf3 Rfd8 $132
) 12... Bb7 13. a4 O-O 14. Nd2 c5 {seems to offer Black adequate counterplay.})
11... Be7 12. Nc3 O-O $6 {This natural move turns out to be a serious mistake
- the king is now more vulnerable!} ({The correct move was} 12... b6 $1 13. Be3
(13. Qh5 Nh4 14. Ne4 g6 15. Qe2 Bb7 $132) 13... O-O 14. Qh5 Nh4 15. Bf2 Nf5 16.
Bd3 g6 17. Qe2 h5 $132) 13. Bd3 b6 14. a4 $6 {In his turn, Fabiano is
unnecesarily wasting time on prophylactic measures.} ({The correct course was} 
14. Rf3 $1 {and the rook's transfer to h3 practically forces Black to expose
the pawn structure:} f5 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Qe2 f5 17. Bc4 $14) 14... a6 $6 {
Another waste of tempi.} ({More to the point was} 14... Bb7 15. Qh5 c5 16. Be3
c4 17. Be4 Rad8 $11) 15. Be4 $6 {The psychological pressure is so significant,
that both players are committing many mistakes.} (15. Rf3 $1 {was again much
stronger:} Nh4 16. Rh3 g6 17. g3 Nf5 18. g4 Ng7 19. Be4 Bb7 20. Qe2 $14) 15...
Bb7 16. Be3 c5 {This natural move cannot be bad,} ({But a more precise one was
} 16... Rad8 $1 17. Qe2 c5 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Rad1 Nh4 $11 {solving the problem
of the poor g6-knight.}) 17. g3 f5 $1 {An excellent decision, which enables
Black to activate most of his pieces.} 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Qf3 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Bxc3
{This exchange wasn't necessary.} (20... Rae8 $5 {was good enough:} 21. Rad1
Nh8 $1 22. Rd3 Nf7 23. Rfd1 Qc8 $11) 21. bxc3 Rae8 ({It makes sense to keep
the f8-spot vacant for the knight:} 21... Rfe8 $5 22. Rad1 Nf8 23. c4 Rad8 $11)
22. Rad1 Re7 ({More to the point was} 22... Rf7 23. Rf2 Nf8 $1 ({But not} 23...
Qb7 $6 24. Qxb7 Rxb7 25. Rd6 $14) 24. Rfd2 Rd7 $11 {neutralising the
opponent's pressure.}) 23. Rf2 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Rd2 Qc7 $1 (25... Qc8 $6
{was inferior:} 26. Rd6 $16) 26. Qa8+ Kf7 27. Qxa6 Qb7+ 28. Qxb7 Rxb7 {White
is a pawn up, but the position is still about equal - there are too many
weaknesses in Fabiano's camp.} 29. a5 bxa5 30. Bxc5 Ne7 (30... e5 31. f5 Ne7
32. g4 h5 $11) 31. Rd8 Nd5 $2 {Only after this inaccuracy does Fabiano get a
visible advantage.} ({Both after} 31... h5 32. Ra8 Nf5 33. Rxa5 Rb2) ({or} 
31... Rc7 32. Bd6 Ra7 {Black wouldn't face any problems.}) 32. Bd4 $2 {Luckily
for Fabiano, this mistake didn't spoil all his advantage.} ({White should have
played} 32. Ra8 $1 Rb1+ (32... Nxc3 33. Rxa5 $16) 33. Kg2 Rc1 34. Ra7+ Ke8 35.
Bd4 Rxc2+ 36. Kh3 $16) 32... a4 $2 {Luka is returning the favour!} ({Instead,
he could have achieved a draw by means of} 32... Ne7 $1 33. Ra8 Nf5 34. Rxa5
Rb2 $11) 33. Ra8 {Now White is winning.} Rb1+ 34. Kg2 Rc1 35. Ra7+ ({But} 35.
Rxa4 {was also good enough:} Rxc2+ 36. Kh3 Nf6 37. Ra7+ Kg6 38. Re7 h5 39. Rxe6
$18) 35... Kg6 36. Rxg7+ Kh6 37. Ra7 ({A simpler way was} 37. Rg5 $1 Rxc2+ 38.
Kh3 $18 {but this time Fabiano doesn't spoil anything.}) 37... Nxc3 38. Kh3 Nb5
39. Rxa4 Rxc2 ({The most stubborn was} 39... Nxd4 40. Rxd4 Rxc2 41. Rd6 Re2 {
and then only} 42. g4 $1 {enables White to win the game:} ({But not} 42. f5 $2
Kg5 43. Rxe6 Rf2 44. g4 Ra2 45. f6 Kg6 $11 {and White is unable to proceed.})
42... Kg7 43. Rd7+ Kg6 44. Re7 h5 (44... Kh6 45. Kg3 Re3+ 46. Kf2 Re4 47. Kf3
Re1 48. h4 Kg6 49. h5+ Kh6 50. Kg3 $18) 45. g5 Re3+ 46. Kh4 Re4 47. Kg3 Re3+
48. Kf2 Re4 49. Kf3 Re1 50. Re8 $18) 40. Be5 $18 {Despite the limited material
advantage, White's task is easy.} Kg6 41. Ra6 Kf7 42. Rb6 Rc5 43. Rb7+ {
The second pawn falls.} Kg6 44. Rg7+ Kh6 45. Rg5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Lenic, Luka"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e4 Nbc6 8. c3
a5 9. Qc2 h6 10. b3 Be6 11. a3 Qd7 12. Bb2 dxe4 13. dxe4 Nc8 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15.
a4 Rd8 16. Nf1 Nb6 17. Ne3 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Ra1 Bf8 20. h4 Qd7 21. Rd1
Qe8 22. Re1 Bc5 23. Bc1 f6 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. exd5 Bxd5 26. Bxh6 Qf7 27. Nd2 Kh7
28. Be3 Bxe3 29. Rxe3 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Qd5+ 31. Nf3 Kg7 32. b4 axb4 33. cxb4 Rd7
34. Qc3 Nd4 35. a5 c6 36. Kg1 Nf5 37. Re2 Qd3 38. Rc2 Qd1+ 39. Ne1 Nd4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15.
Ne2 Rad8 16. Nf4 Kh8 17. Re1 Qc6 18. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Na6 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 b5 14. Bf1 Re8
15. Bg5 Qc8 16. Bh4 Nc7 17. Bg3 Qd7 18. c4 bxc4 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Bxc4 Be6 21.
Rc1 Nd5 22. Qa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Nc7 14. d4 d5
15. cxd5 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Re5 Qd6 20. Bc4 Bd7
21. Rae1 Rae8 22. Qe3 Rxe5 23. dxe5 Qb4 24. Bb3 Be6 25. Rd1 Bxb3 26. axb3 Qe7
27. f4 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. h3 g6 30. b4 h5 31. Kh2 Kg7 32. e6 fxe6 33. Qxa7
Qd6 34. Qxb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. Nbd2
Bb6 9. Nf1 Ng4 10. d4 exd4 11. h3 (11. cxd4 {was perhaps the right way to go.})
11... Nge5 12. Nxd4 {Najer thought that this entire idea of h3 forcing ...Ne5
and then taking on d4 with the knight was not the best one.} O-O 13. Ng3 Nxd4
14. cxd4 Ba5+ 15. Kf1 (15. Bd2 Nd3+ $17) 15... Nc4 16. Kg1 c5 17. d5 f5 $1 {
This move gives Black a dangerous initiative.} 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Nxf5 Rxf5 20.
Bc2 Rf7 21. Qe2 {White has the bishop pair, but Black has better co-ordination.
} Qf8 22. Be4 Re8 23. f3 Qe7 24. Rb1 Qe5 25. b3 Nb6 26. Qd3 Bc3 (26... c4 $1)
27. Be3 c4 28. Qd1 $2 (28. bxc4 bxc4 29. Qc2 Nxd5 30. Bxd5 Qxe3+ 31. Qf2 Qe5
$15) 28... Nd7 $1 29. bxc4 Nf6 30. h4 Nxe4 31. fxe4 Qxe4 32. Rh3 bxc4 33. Rc1
Be5 34. Qa4 Rc8 35. Qxa6 Rff8 36. Qa4 Qxd5 37. Qc2 c3 38. Rd1 Qc4 39. h5 Ra8
40. Ra1 Rab8 41. Bc1 Qf1# {Not a good feeling to get mated, but the position
was anyway lost.} 0-1

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2017.09.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 h6 {Traditionally
inserting ...h7-h6 was supposed to help White retreat with his bishop on a
safer square and simply weaken Black's kingside. But lately Black has
discovered a few positive aspects of this move.} 7. Bh4 Be7 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3
Re8 10. Nge2 ({In my article for CBM 156 I examined the position arising after
} 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. O-O Ne4 {when ...h7-h6 is useful.}) 10... Nh5 {This plan is
traditionally combined with castling long. But with the pawn on h6, Black can
also use it with the king on g8 already. The effects of ...h7-h6 are far from
one-sided. In the early phase it will ensure the king's knight some stability
on f6, but if White manages to carry out g2-g4, h2-h4 and g4-g5, weakening the
kingside may prove dangerous for Black. Black should not delay this knight
move as White might soon play f2-f3 (part of his main plan anyway) and then
answer ...Nh5 with Bf2.} 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. h3 {A half waiting move, but
already a partial committment to castling long. The way I understand it, White
intends keeping his king in the centre until Black plays ...Nbd7, in order to
avoid a later ...Na6 as in some lines below.} ({Kramnik had faced} 12. O-O {
in a blitz game.} Nd7 13. Rae1 ({Actually this position was known a long time
ago:} 13. h3 Nf8 14. Rae1 g6 15. e4 $6 {Black is well regrouped against this
pawn break.} dxe4 16. Bxe4 Be6 17. g4 Nf6 18. Bg2 Qd6 19. Qd2 Kg7 20. Rd1 Bd5
21. Ng3 Ne6 $17 {Boutteville,C-Tartakower,S Paris 1954 (0-1, 42)}) 13... Nf8
14. Nc1 {Unlike in the classical game, White tries combining pressure on the
queenside and in the centre.} Nf6 15. Nb3 Ne6 16. f3 a5 17. Na4 Qd8 18. Nbc5
Nf8 $1 {It is useful to avoid the knight exchange, as after the planned ...
b7-b5 one of White's knights will be superfluous from the point of view of the
fight for the c5-square.} 19. Qb3 b5 20. Nc3 Ne6 21. Nxe6 Bxe6 22. Qc2 Qb6 23.
Qf2 a4 24. Rc1 b4 25. Ne2 Ra5 26. h3 c5 27. dxc5 Rxc5 28. e4 Nd7 $11 {
Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Kramnik,V (2811) Zuerich (blitz) 2017 (1-0, 79)}) ({
As mentioned before,} 12. O-O-O {is slightly premature:} Nf6 13. Ng3 ({This is
too slow to be dangerous but even against the standard attack with} 13. h3 {
Black can react in the same way:} b5 14. g4 a5 15. Ng3 a4 16. Kb1 a3 17. b3 Na6
$132) 13... b5 14. Kb1 a5 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 a4 17. g4 a3 18. b3 Na6 19. h4
Nb4 20. Qe2 Ne4 (20... g6 21. Bd3 Nxd3 22. Rxd3 b4 23. Na4 Ne4 $15) 21. Rc1 (
21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. g5 $40) 21... g6 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. g5 h5 $1 $15 {
Javakhishvili,L (2461)-Arabidze,M (2379) Doha 2016 (0-1, 42)}) 12... a5 $5 {
Black gladly embarks on the half-waiting game. The advance of the a-pawn is
useful in many cases. If White castles short (which is less recommendable
after h2-h3), the a-pawn would slow down the minority attack. And if White
castles long, Black can continue with the familiar ...b7-b5 and so on.} ({
Even though it looks like a flexible move,} 12... Nf6 {has the drawback of
depriving Black of ...Qh4 after} 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Ng3 Nf8 15. Rfe1 Bd7 16. a3
Qd6 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. b4 Rc8 19. e4 $5 dxe4 20. Ncxe4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Qc7 22. Re3
$14 {White has some space advantage and chances to create kingside threats.
With his next move Black underestimates the latter aspect.} Be6 $2 {Jacimovic,
D (2428)-Sablic,B (1997) Obrenovac 2010 (1-0, 47)} 23. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 24. Rg3+
Ng6 (24... Kh8 25. Qc1 {more or less mates.}) 25. Bxg6 Kh8 (25... fxg6 26.
Qxg6+ Kf8 27. Qxf6+ Qf7 28. Qxh6+ Ke7 29. Rg7 $18) 26. Bf5 Qf4 27. Bxe6 fxe6 (
27... Rxe6 $16) 28. Rg6 Rg8 29. g3 Rxg6 30. Qxg6 Qg5 31. Qf7 $18) ({And if} 
12... Nd7 {then of course} 13. O-O-O) 13. a3 {This would be completely natural
if White intended castling short and then starting his queenside attack. But
the way the game goes, it weakens the queenside, offering Black additional
attacking ideas.} (13. g4 Nf6 14. Ng3 {takes the knight away from the
d4-square at a moment when the king is still in the centre.} c5 $5 (14... Na6
15. a3 c5 $5) 15. Nce2 c4 16. Bf5 Nc6 17. O-O b5 18. Nf4 g6 19. Bxc8 Raxc8 20.
Qd1 Qd6 21. Qf3 Ne4 $15 {Novotny,M (2219)-Konopka,M (2424) Zdar nad Sazavou
2007 (0-1, 44)}) ({Trying to cope without a2-a3 by playing} 13. Na4 {at once
does not lead anywhere after} Qb4+ 14. Nec3 $2 Qxd4) 13... Nd7 {Now that Black
has a queenside target, he can return to the normal course of development.} 14.
Na4 (14. O-O Qh4 $5 {sets up unpleasant kingside pressure.}) (14. O-O-O b5 {
offers Black a strong initiative.}) 14... Qh4 $5 {Another refined manoeuvre
typical of Kramnik. In principle, his intention seemed to be retreating with
the queen to d8, but before that he wanted to make sure White was not castling
short after all.} ({But} 14... Qg5 {is a worthy alternative with similar ideas.
} 15. g4 (15. O-O Ndf6 16. Kh2 Qh4) 15... Nhf6 16. Ng3 (16. O-O-O Ne4 17. Nf4
Qe7 18. h4 b5 19. Qxc6 Ra6 20. Qc2 Bb7 21. Kb1 Rc8 22. Qe2 Rc4 $5 $36) 16...
Qf4 17. Qe2 Qc7 $13) ({If} 14... Qd8 {at once he might have been worried about}
15. O-O $5) 15. g3 {Deciding on which square the enemy queen is molesting most
is not easy:} (15. g4 $5 Nhf6 16. Ng3 Ne4 17. Bxe4 (17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Nf6
19. Bg2 Rxe3+) 17... dxe4 18. O-O-O (18. Nxe4 b5 19. Nac3 Bb7) 18... Qe7 19.
Kb1 Rb8 20. Rc1 Nf6 21. Qc5 {with some light pressure.}) 15... Qd8 {Now, of
course, castling short is not appealing at all.} 16. g4 Nhf6 17. Ng3 Nf8 18.
O-O-O b6 {The start of a consistent plan, which Kramnik will execute in
imperfect form, though.} ({The more adventurous} 18... Ne6 $5 19. Kb1 b5 {
was also viable:} 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. Qxc5 b4 22. a4 (22. Qxc6 Rb8 23. a4 Bd7 24.
Qc2 b3) (22. axb4 axb4 23. Qxb4 Ne4 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Bc4 Ba6 $36) 22... Ba6
23. Qxc6 Bxd3+ 24. Rxd3 Re6 25. Qc2 Rc8 26. Qb3 Rec6 $44) 19. Kb1 ({In
Sicilian positions with castling on opposite sides Wite would think of} 19. g5
hxg5 20. h4 {but here it does not seem offering realistic attacking chances:}
g4 21. h5 Bd7 22. h6 g6 $15) 19... Bd7 20. Nf5 c5 $6 {Prematurely carrying out
the correct idea.} ({Since the b-file was likely to open, Black should have
prepared the pawn break with} 20... Rb8 21. Rhg1 ({One important element is
that White does not seem to be able to use the available tempo for speeding up
his kingside attack:} 21. h4 Nxg4 22. h5 Bxf5 23. Bxf5 Nf6 24. Rhg1 Ne6 25. Rg2
Kh8) 21... c5 {Now this is very strong.} 22. dxc5 (22. g5 hxg5 23. Rxg5 Ne6 24.
Rg2 c4 25. Be2 Kf8 26. Rdg1 g6 {and Black's attacking chances are more
realistic.}) 22... Bxa4 23. Qxa4 bxc5 24. h4 ({A similar idea to that in the
game} 24. Bb5 $2 {loses a piece to} Qb6) 24... c4 $1 {This is also possible
only with the rook on b8.} 25. Bxc4 (25. Be2 c3 26. b3 Re4 27. Rd4 Ne6 $40)
25... Qb6 $1) 21. dxc5 Bxa4 22. Qxa4 bxc5 23. Bb5 (23. h4 $16 {is also strong.}
) 23... Re6 24. Qc2 {White has used the favourable moment for activating his
pieces. Black's pawns are really "hanging".} Rb6 $6 (24... Qb6 $6 25. a4 Rd8
26. h4 Nxg4 27. Rhg1 h5 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. f3 $40) ({But Black should have
fought against White's stabilising on the light squares at any cost with} 24...
a4 $1 25. Qxc5 (25. Bxa4 Rb6 $40 {[%cal Ga8a1,Gb6b1]}) 25... Rc8 26. Qa7 Ra8
27. Qc5 Rc8 $11 28. Qd4 $6 Rb8 29. Bd3 Reb6 30. Rd2 Ne6 $36) 25. a4 $14 {
Black has to try hard to find counterplay now.} Ne6 26. h4 Nc7 {It is
essential to dislocate the bishop.} (26... Nxg4 27. Rxd5 $1) 27. Qxc5 Nxb5 28.
axb5 Qb8 $2 {This unnatural move loses a pawn and basically the game.} ({
Things would not be entirely clear after} 28... Rab8 29. Ne7+ Kh8 30. Nc6 Qc8 {
for instance} 31. Qd4 R8b7 32. Nxa5 Rb8 33. Nc6 R8b7 34. g5 $6 Rxb5 $1) 29. g5
$16 Rxb5 30. Qc2 Ne4 31. Ne7+ Kh8 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Nxd5 Qe5 34. Rd1 Rd8 (34...
hxg5 35. hxg5 Re8 36. f4 Qf5 37. Ka1 {preparing Rh1+ and Qh2, leaves Black
under a nasty pin and with his king exposed along the h-file.}) 35. Rd4 Rxd5
36. Rxe4 Rd1+ {Black needs to get a tempo for exchanging on g5, as otherwise
gxh6 would decisively weaken his king. But this will lead to a hopeless rook
ending.} 37. Ka2 Qd5+ 38. Qc4 hxg5 39. hxg5 Kh7 40. Qxd5 Rxd5 41. f4 Kg6 42.
Rd4 Rb5 43. Ka3 {White has a solid kingside structure and a clear target on a5.
Black can never activate his king that much to generate adequate counterplay.}
Kf5 44. b3 f6 45. Ka4 Rb7 46. Rc4 Ra7 (46... fxg5 47. Rc5+ Ke4 48. Re5+ Kf3 49.
fxg5 $18) (46... Rb6 47. Rc5+ Ke4 48. Rb5 Rc6 49. Rb7 fxg5 50. Rxg7 gxf4 51.
exf4 Rb6 52. Rg5 Kxf4 53. Rxa5 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Ga5h5] The king is cut off
horizontally, the game is over.}) 47. Rc5+ Ke4 48. Rxa5 Re7 49. gxf6 gxf6 50.
Ra6 Kf5 {Resigning was a worthy alternative already, but Kramnik probably
needed some time to digest his earlier mistakes.} (50... f5 51. Ra5 {
inevitably defends e3 with Re5 as if} Re6 52. Re5+ Rxe5 53. fxe5 Kxe5 54. b4
$18) 51. Rd6 Ra7+ 52. Kb5 Rb7+ 53. Kc4 Rc7+ 54. Kd4 Rb7 55. e4+ Kxf4 56. Rxf6+
Kg5 57. Rf5+ Kg4 58. Kc4 Re7 59. Rd5 Kf4 (59... Rxe4+ 60. Rd4) 60. e5 Kf5 61.
b4 Ke6 62. b5 Ra7 63. b6 Rb7 64. Rb5 Kd7 65. Kd5 Kc8 66. e6 Kd8 67. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2017.09.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lubbe, Nikolas"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Qb3 a6 12. a4 Re8 13. Ba3 Qe7 14. b5 c6 15. bxc6
Bxc6 16. Rfc1 g6 17. h3 Bb7 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. a5 b5 20. Bxb5 axb5 21. Nxb5 Qe7
22. Nc7 Ba6 23. Nxe8 Qxe8 24. Rc6 Kg7 25. Qa4 Qb8 26. Rcc1 Ra7 27. Rab1 Qe8 28.
Ra1 Qe7 29. Qc6 h6 30. Nd2 Bb7 31. Qb5 Ba6 32. Qc6 h5 33. Nb3 Bc4 34. Nd2 Bd3
35. Qc8 Ne4 36. Nxe4 Bxe4 37. f3 Bd3 38. Kf2 Bc4 39. Rcb1 h4 40. Qc6 Ra6 41.
Qc7 Re6 42. Rb7 Ba6 43. Rb3 Kh7 44. Rab1 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2017.09.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vishnu, Prasanna V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Prasanna,V"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{IOM is definitely one of the strongest opens out there and this year had many
elite players and world champions playing there.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 {It was a tough decision what to choose against a top
player but I just decided to avoid the lines he is checking everyday like
Najdorf and the Ruy Lopez.} 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 {There is
an advantage for White probably buried somewhere in Fabiano's notes but he did
not want to recollect it today and wanted a normal game.} a5 $5 {This should
probably be awarded with a dubious mark but I am not going to be harsh on
myself because it did give me some chances later in the game.} (9... Qb6 10. f3
Rd8 {is known to be fine for Black.}) 10. a4 d5 11. Bb5 Nb4 12. e5 Nd7 13. Bxe7
Qxe7 14. f4 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 {We had already spent a lot of time arriving at
this position but all of this had already been played but neither of us had
any idea about it.} 16. g4 {White is already better here and I was not too
happy with my position.} b6 ({My original intention when I aimed for this
position was to play} 16... Rd8 {but} 17. Ne4 $1 {is not too appealing for
Black.}) 17. Rhf1 Bb7 18. f5 f6 {My only chance. I was sure I would not
survive if I allowed f6 so I just decided to play this. Fabiano Caruana missed
this idea but I am not sure if it was necessary to see it in advance.} 19. exf6
(19. fxe6 fxe5 20. Qg5 {was critical and I had the feeling that I was losing
here. Fabiano after the game said he did not go here because it was not clear
and he had chances to lose as well.} d4 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. e7 Ra8 23. e8=Q+
Rxe8 24. Bxe8 dxc3 25. Bf7+ $1 {ends the game.}) 19... Rxf6 20. fxe6 Rxe6 {
I was actually pretty happy here mainly because I thought I was going to get
mated in a few moves when he played f5.} 21. Kb1 (21. Ne2 $1 $14 {was
necessary immediately to put his knight on d4 and kick mine off with c3.})
21... Rd8 {Aimed against Ne2.} 22. Rf4 (22. Ne2 d4 23. Nxd4 Red6 24. Qf2 h6 {
was my idea.}) 22... Bc6 23. Bxc6 (23. h4 $5 {still gave White chances.}) 23...
Qxc6 24. h4 Re5 25. g5 Rde8 26. Rd4 Qe6 27. h5 {I was not sure if this was
going to give anything for White.} Qf5 28. Rg1 Re3 29. h6 Rf3 30. Qd1 $1 {
I thought Black must have some tactics working for him here, but White is
definitely okay. Fabiano also was not too concerned about the position in the
post mortem and said after Qd1 he was okay with his position.} Rf2 31. Rd2 Rxd2
32. Qxd2 d4 33. Na2 $1 {I did not even consider this move till he played it,
but it's pretty strong.} Nxa2 34. Kxa2 Qe6+ 35. Kb1 (35. b3 {is good for White
but we were playing under time trouble and he probably did not want to make
any committal moves.}) 35... Qe3 36. Qd1 Re5 37. hxg7 $6 {This helps Black a
lot, White should just have waited and played 38.Ka2 immediately.} Kxg7 38. Ka2
Rxg5 $2 (38... d3 {was the first move that came to my mind but my nerves gave
in and I just went for 38...Rxg5.} 39. cxd3 Rxg5 40. Re1 Qd4 41. Re7+ Kg8 $11 {
The position is similar to the game but White's king is exposed here which
gives Black sufficient counterplay.}) 39. Re1 $18 Qf4 40. Re7+ Kh8 41. Qh1 Qf5
42. Qa8+ Rg8 43. Qc6 Rg7 44. Re1 Qf7+ 45. b3 Rg6 46. Re8+ Kg7 (46... Rg8 {
was my best chance but I don't think Black is going to survive this.}) 47. Qe4
Qf6 48. Qb7+ Kh6 49. Re7 Qc6 50. Rxh7+ Kg5 51. Qe7+ Rf6 52. Qg7+ Kf4 53. Rh4+
Ke5 54. Qg5+ Ke6 55. Qxf6+ Kd5 1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2017.09.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. O-O
d6 9. Bg3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. d4 exd4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. cxd4 c5 15.
Qc2 Bg6 16. Rfe1 Re8 17. Rac1 a5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nb3 Nxb3 20. Qxb3 Rb8 21.
Qc3 Rb5 22. b3 Rc5 23. Qd4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Bf8 25. Nd2 c5 26. Qd5 Qf6 27. Re1 Qe6
28. Re3 Qxd5 29. exd5 Rxe3 30. fxe3 a4 31. e4 axb3 32. axb3 Be7 33. Kf2 Bg5 34.
Nf3 Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2017.09.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 b6 12. d5 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. d6
Nc5 15. e5 Qd7 16. O-O Rad8 17. Rad1 Qa4 18. Rfe1 f6 19. Qe2 fxe5 20. Nxe5 Rf4
21. d7 h6 22. g3 Rf5 23. Rd6 Rxe5 24. Qxe5 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. Qe2 Qd4 27.
Rd1 Qf6 28. h4 Kh8 29. h5 Qg5 30. Qf3 Kh7 31. Rd4 Qe5 32. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2017.09.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Sutovsky,E"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in round six of the magnificent and extremely strong
chess.com Isle of Man tournament. We were both on 4/5 - hardly a surprising
result for Fabiano, and very decent for myself. Still I had no reason to rest
on my laurels, especially while you don't get any laurels with +3 score in an
Open tournament, even as strong as the one we were playing. Both of us were in
a fighting mood - I had White, and a very good record in our classical
encounters before, whilst Caruana is Caruana, and he was possibly feeling - it
is a good chance for him - after all, what could be a better pairing than to
face an ambitious but objectively weaker player?} 1. e4 c6 {A rare choice for
him, but I managed to guess it correctly. The Caro-Kann might sometimes be
boring, but according to Kasparov - there is no better weapon to meet a
musketeer, who is out for a big tussle. Not sure I still qualify for
D'Artagnian, but there is also Porthos with the similar body build, and the
famous motto "I fight because I fight"...} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 {Cunning choice. I
usually opt for 3.e5, but I was sure that Fabiano would be well-prepared there,
and opted for a more solid move. So far.} dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 e6 (7... Nd7 {is the main one, but the move made by Caruana is not only
possible, but leads to potentially sharper positions.}) 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3
10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. Bf4 {Another move here is 11.f4 - but I had tried it once
against Eljanov - without any success, and knew that Fabiano would be ready to
meet it. After the bishop's move, my opponent started thinking for the first
time in this game.} Qa5+ (11... Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Nf6 {is also possible, but Black
usually tends to include ...Qa5+ in these setups, as long as White has to
reply with c2-c3.}) 12. c3 Ngf6 {And here he thought for even longer. The main
theory is 12...Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Nf6, when Black usually equalises with precise
play. But Fabiano either wanted to provoke me, or he simply thought there is
no point to allowing my bishop to e5 - and after due consideration made the
inferior move, which leaves White with more options.} 13. O-O (13. Nc4 Qd5 14.
O-O {was another, option, but 13...Qd8 was a move I didn't like, hence I
decided not to force the matters so far and to complete my preparations, as
Black can't release the pressure.}) 13... Be7 (13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 {would
favour White - that's why they take on e5 before developing the knight from g8.
}) 14. Nc4 $1 {And now it's time to ask the black queen about her intentions.}
Qd5 (14... Qd8 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. Bxd6 {is not as bad as it looks, but White is
better here, even if the engines are not over-enthusiastic. But that's a kind
of +0.25 I will take any day. Any time. Against anybody.}) 15. Ne3 {Too
impatient. A simple 15.Rfe1 would be better for White, and even significantly
better, if we ask its majesty. But I thought 15.Ne3 is a nice idea - if he
goes back to a5, I can repeat once and then consider other moves, and if he
goes to b5...} Qb5 16. c4 Qa5 (16... Qa6 {is stronger. I thought 17.Rad1
followed by eventual d4-d5 (possibly after removing the queen from exchange)
is very good for White, however engines suggest Black is holding here. Not
that I am entirely convinced, but probably it is correct. The move made by
Fabiano seems logical, and the queen on a5 looks nice, but here I have the
powerful continuation which I had in mind before playing 15.Ne3.}) 17. b4 $1
Qd8 {Played after a prolonged thought. Objectively it might be not the
strongest, but other possibilities seemed more dangerous for Black:} (17...
Bxb4 18. c5 O-O 19. Rab1 {looks just lost, but even if Black can survive
somehow, it is not human to opt for the line.}) (17... Qxb4 18. Rfb1 Qa4 19.
Rxb7 {looks very unpleasant}) (17... Qa4 $1 {probably the strongest. Now White
has several tempting options, but there is no decisive breakthrough. However
the queen on a4 is just out of the game, so Caruana's decision to get it back
is fully understandable.}) 18. d5 Nf8 $1 {Brilliant defensive resource. White
can obtain a huge advantage here with the most precise play, and I knew it was
a case, as the logic of chess simply requires that, but working out the exact
sequence turned out to be an insurmountable task.} 19. h5 $1 {The first step
is correct. Restricting his knight, sacrificing a pawn is correct, but when he
reroutes the knight with} exd5 {I didn't find the only way to obtain a winning
position. No surprise - it was very difficult one.} 20. Nef5 (20. Rad1 $3 Ne6
21. Be5 O-O 22. Ngf5 $1 {was the way, and I briefly considered it - as well as
another dozen of options, but it was nearly impossible to understand, that it
is precisely here, when all the lines work - the main one being} Bxb4 (22...
Re8 {I wasn't sure about a move of this kind - looks like White has nothing
better than a total exchange, but} 23. cxd5 $1 cxd5 (23... Nxd5 24. Bxg7 $1)
24. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 25. Nxd5 Kh8 26. Qc4 $1 Rc8 27. Qg4 {and White's domination
secures a decisive advantage.}) 23. cxd5 Nxd5 24. Qb3 $3 Bc5 25. Nxd5 cxd5 26.
Rxd5 Qg5 (26... Qb6 27. Qg3 $1) 27. Nxg7 $1 Nxg7 28. Bb2 Qg4 29. Rxc5 {and
White should be able to convert it, although the technical part won't be easy.
Now, how was I supposed to find it? Not quite clear to me.  I have loads of
seemingly good and very good possibilities on move 20. No Kotov theories work
here. Each candidate move requires a lot of time to calculate and access
properly - how to deal with that even given the fact that the clocks are not
ticking anymore? No answer. I think the art of choosing a move in a complex
position like that deserves a separate book. But who would write it? It is
much easier to assign 100-200 puzzles, to check them with the computer, to
meat it up with some words, and to deserve the appreciation of thousands. Much
easier than to deal with the really deep topics. Well, that is how the
invisible hand of the market works. So, we are left with our modest ability to
calculate, evaluate and rely on our intuition... But there is a good side of
it - imagine we were playing a game, where everything can be explained,
learned and memorized?}) 20... Ne6 21. Be5 O-O 22. Nxh6+ {This looked good,
although I didn't see a win here. And there is no win. White plays logically,
but Black is in time to parry all the threats and equalise. Move 20 was really
the turning point.} gxh6 23. Nf5 Ng7 {Human choice.} ({Another option is} 23...
dxc4 {and here I planned} 24. Qc2 $1 {with the killing threat of Rad1. Too
good to be true. He can't play ...Qd3, as the bishop on e7 is hanging, but
after the only move} (24. Nxh6+ Kg7 $1 25. Nf5+ Kh7 $1 {subtle one - I was
sort of proud seeing it during the game. Now} 26. Qb1 (26. Qc2 Qd3) 26... Qd3 {
leads to a big advantage for black, who returns a piece but liquidates to a
very good ending.}) (24. Qg3+ Kh7 25. Rfd1 Nd5 {and there is no mate, and no
piece.}) 24... Ng4 $1 25. Rad1 Nxe5 {the simplest} (25... Qe8 26. Ba1 $3 {
now it looks very bad for him, as 26...Bf6 loses to 27.Qc4, but the computer
suggests Black can hold with 26...Bg5!! Maybe.} (26. Bb2 Bf6 $1 {now my queen
has to protect the bishop, hence there is no better way than} 27. f3 Ne3 28.
Nxe3 Bxb2 29. Qxb2 Qe7 {and Black holds})) 26. Rxd8 Bxd8 27. Nxh6+ Kg7 28. Nf5+
{and here the brave} Kf6 {leads to a dynamic equality or a draw after} 29. Nh4
$1 Bc7 (29... Kg7 30. Nf5+ Kf6) 30. Qf5+ Ke7 31. Re1 Rad8 32. Rxe5 Bxe5 33.
Qxe5 Rd5 34. Nf5+ Kd7 35. Qf6 c3 $1 36. Ne3 Rxh5 37. Qxc3 $11) 24. Nxh6+ Kh8
25. Nf5 {There was another option:} (25. Qf3 {but I noticed 25...Nd7 (all
other moves make little sense, although Black should not lose after 25...dxc4
as well)} Nd7 26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27. Nf5+ Kh8 28. cxd5 {and stopped around here,
not trusting my compensation. Correct judgment - even if Black has still to
play a couple of good moves to consolidate.} Bxb4 {very cool.} 29. dxc6 bxc6
30. Qxc6 Nf6 {and White will suffer.}) 25... dxc4 $1 {Strong one. I saw that I
regain a piece there, and was under the illusion - it would be good for me.
But in fact it is just equal. Fabiano made the decision to take on c4 very
quickly - kudos to his intuition, as this is the only way to keep the balance,
although during the game it was not evident. It has to be said that I also
relied largely on my intuition while sacrificing a piece. The attempts to
supply it with the concrete lines were partly successful, but I can't really
say I controlled it all. Well, I could pretend I did - but you'd better don't
trust those commentators who claim they saw it all from the beginning!} 26. Qf3
Qd3 27. Qxd3 cxd3 28. Nxe7 Nfxh5 {Now White has several ways to regain the
pawn on d3, but I could not be really selective - being down to the last
couple of minutes to reach move 40...} 29. g4 Rfe8 {Only move, but a
sufficient one.} 30. Rae1 Kh7 $1 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. gxh5 Kf6 33. Re3 $2 (33.
Nxc6 bxc6 34. Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Rd1 Rd8 36. Kf1 {is just a draw, as I am in time
to get to d2, but I panicked in a time trouble, and ended up in a bad endgame.}
) 33... Rxe7 34. Rxd3 Re5 35. Rf3+ (35. Rd6+ {is still a fairly easy draw, but
with my king exposed it seemed too dangerous to send the shielding rook far
away.}) 35... Ke6 36. Rh3 Rh8 37. h6 Rg5+ 38. Kh2 Rg6 39. Re1+ Kd7 40. Rd1+ Kc7
41. h7 Rg7 {Finally we made it to the time-control. Is it lost or can White
hold with the best play? I still don't have an answer. What I know for sure,
that at some point I was losing, but Fabiano missed it. Did I miss the
stronger defence - sure. Was it good enough to hold? I don't have an answer
yet - probably I will need to dedicate a separate commentary/article to the
ensuing endgame. Meanwhile I will just point out for you the critical
junctures.} 42. Rdd3 $1 (42. Rd4 Rgxh7 43. Rxh7 Rxh7+ 44. Kg3 {but I disliked
42...b5, and thought it might be useful to have the rook on the third rank
there.}) 42... b5 (42... Rgxh7 43. Rxh7 Rxh7+ 44. Kg3 Rg7+ (44... Rh5 $5 45.
Rf3 Rg5+ 46. Kf4 Rb5 {and now I have both 47.a3 and 47.a4, and maybe both of
them are sufficient to draw, but it could be that both of them are losing.})
45. Kf4 Rg2 46. Rf3 {was the line I expected. Probably White should hold.}) 43.
Rdf3 $1 Rgxh7 44. Rxh7 Rxh7+ 45. Kg3 Kb6 46. Rf6 $1 Rh1 47. Rxf7 $2 (47. f4 $1
{that probably was the way to draw. Not allowing the unpleasant intermediate
check which happened in the game.} Rg1+ 48. Kf3 {and when the pawn race starts
my king will control the vitally important f2- and f1-squares.}) 47... Rg1+ $1
48. Kh4 (48. Kf4 Ra1 49. Ke5 Rxa2 50. f4 Re2+ 51. Kd4 Rd2+ 52. Ke5 a5 {and
Black is probably winning.}) 48... Ra1 49. f4 Rxa2 50. f5 a5 (50... Ra4 51. f6
Rxb4+ 52. Kg5 Rb1 {is also winning as confirmed by the engines.}) 51. bxa5+
Rxa5 52. Rf8 b4 53. Kg4 Kc7 $2 {Engines claim, that both 53...Kb7 and 53...Ra7
win - and that is true. It is just not very simple to understand why. No,
there are no mysterious moves like it happens with 6-7 pieces tablebases, but
the lines are still rather complex. That said, Caruana's choice is still far
from the best, as White now has two ways to draw it.} 54. f6 Kd7 55. Rc8 $1 {
Nice one, but the simple 55.f7 Ke7 56.Rc8 was also enough.} Ke6 {Draw agreed.
I enjoyed the game - although it left more questions than answers. And even
after annotating it, it feels like some treasures remain hidden. I'd suggest
to anyone working on rook endgames to take a close look on this ending - not
waiting for my article to appear. After all, it is only your own work that
really counts!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2017.09.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Ra8 13. Re1 h6 (13... Bb7 {is the
other move.}) 14. Nbd2 exd4 ({In the next round Caruana also played this
against Carlsen,} 14... Re8 15. g4 $5 Qe7 16. Nf1 Nd8 17. Ng3 c5 18. Qd2 c4 19.
Bc2 Nh7 20. b4 cxb3 21. Bxb3 Be6 22. Bc2 Rc8 23. Bd3 Nb7 $132 {Caruana-Carlsen,
Douglas 2017, with a double-edged fight which Black later managed to win.}) 15.
cxd4 Nb4 16. e5 ({1 month ago Grandelius played} 16. d5 {against Jones,} Bxe3
17. Rxe3 c5 18. dxc6 Nxc6 19. e5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Rxe5 Ra7 22. Qe2 Rd7
23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Rd4 25. Qc6 Qd6 26. Qxd6 Rxd6 $11 {Grandelius-Jones,
Linares 2017, with an equal position.}) 16... Nfd5 17. Ne4 Nxe3 (17... Bf5 $5 {
was the alternative choice.}) 18. Rxe3 Bb7 19. e6 Nd5 20. exf7+ Kh8 (20... Rxf7
$5 {was another option,} 21. Nfg5 $1 hxg5 22. Qh5 Bxd4 23. Rd3 $1 (23. Nxg5 {
leads to a draw,} g6 24. Qxg6+ Rg7 25. Qe6+ Kh8 26. Qh6+ Kg8 $11) 23... c5 24.
Nxg5 g6 25. Qxg6+ Rg7 26. Qe6+ Kf8 27. Bxd5 Bxd5 28. Qf5+ Bf6 29. Nh7+ Rxh7 30.
Qxh7 Bg8 $13 {with a complicated position.}) 21. Re1 Rxf7 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Nfg5
$1 {A very nice tactical move! White opens the diagonal for his queen toward
the kingside.} Rf5 $2 {An error in reply!} (23... hxg5 $2 {loses immediately,
because of} 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Nxg5 g6 26. Nxf7 gxh5 27. Nxd8 Rxd8 28. Rxc7 $18 {
and White wins.}) (23... Re7 $1 {was still the best,} 24. Qg4 $1 (24. Qh5 Qe8)
24... Qf8 (24... Qd7 $2 {is bad, as} 25. Qxd7 Rxd7 26. Nxd6 $1 $18 {This is
the point! White is winning.}) ({or} 24... Qe8 25. Kh2 $3 $40 {What a
wonderful prophylactic move! Now White is threatening Nxd6 and ...Rxe1 is not
with check!}) 25. Ne6 Qe8 26. Ng3 $36 {with a strong initiative.}) 24. Ne6 $1
$18 Qd7 25. Qg4 $1 {Another strong reply!} Qf7 (25... Qxe6 26. Ng3 $18 {
is also bad for Black.}) 26. Rxc7 $1 {White completely crushes Black's
position!} Rxc7 (26... Nxc7 27. Nxd6 $18 {is also losing for Black.}) 27. Nxd6
Rxf2 28. Nxc7 (28. Nxf7+ {was also winning,} Rcxf7 29. Qg3 $18) 28... Qf6 29.
Nxd5 Qxd4 30. Qxd4 Bxd4 31. Re4 Ba7 32. Nb6 {Great victory by Caruana!} 1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2827"]
[Annotator "Nielsen,Peter Heine"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{While many players had planned their "exit-strategy" from the World Cup with
the Isle of Man's organisers in advance, Magnus after the unexpected loss in
round 3 to Bu, wanted to quickly wash a way the defeat, and an open tournament
with most of the worlds elite present seemed like an excellent opportunity.
The early rounds had the expected scares with risktaking and unusual openings
in the end Magnus was rewarded with a half point lead before this game in the
penultimate round:} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3
Bc5 {Magnus played the Moeller in the crucial game 9 of the match in New York,
and had to pull of a spectacular save after getting into troubles out of the
opening, and thus had parked the line until this game:} 7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9.
d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Ra8 13. Re1 h6 14. Nbd2 {Caruana had this
exact position the day before also with the white pieces against Gawain Jones,
who preferred 14...exd4.} Re8 {Curiously Magnus prefers the move Caruana
himself played against Karjakin in 2013! That game continued with the pawn
sacrifice 15.Nf1, but the American had prepared an even more cunning idea:} (
14... exd4 15. cxd4 Nb4 {From a positional point of view Black is doing well,
but Fabiano launched a well prepared attack with} 16. e5 $1 Nfd5 17. Ne4 Nxe3
18. Rxe3 Bb7 19. e6 Nd5 20. exf7+ Kh8 21. Re1 Rxf7 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Nfg5 $1 {
winning excellently. The depth of White's play is shown after} Re7 $1 (23...
Rf5 $2 {was the game}) 24. Qg4 Qe8 25. Kh2 $1 Rd8 26. Qf5 $1 g6 27. Qg4 $1 {
when the computer shows White has a very promising attack.}) 15. g4 $5 {
The idea of attacking a pawn on h6 with g4 is not exactly new but, ideally
White would prefer a rook and not his king on g1! Here however White's control
of the centre means that it is difficult for Black to launch an attack against
White's now somewhat weakened king, and more pressingly it's not easy to see
how White develops next. There is no point in hiding that the move took the
World Champion by surprise, as he now thought for more than half an hour
coming up with a common sense reply:} Qe7 $6 {The computer indicates two ways
for Black:} (15... exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 {in the style of Jones is logical, now
however with the rook on e8,} 17. Bxf7+ (17. g5 $5 {also deserves attention
with wild tactics emerging after} c5 $1 18. e5 $5 Nfd5 19. Ne4 {with a
complete mess, where Caruana certainly would be prepared.}) 17... Kxf7 18. Qb3+
{is possible, allthough} Nbd5 19. exd5 Bb7 20. Qd3 Qd7 $1 {as indicated by the
computers seems to hold.}) (15... Qd7 $5 {is very interesting, combining
defending the knight on c6 (and thus threatening 16...exd4 17.cxd4 Nxe4 18.
Nxe4 Rxe4 as 19.Bd5 does not threaten on c6.) with ...Nxg4 motives cropping up.
} {White can play it slow with} 16. Qc2 {but then} ({White can try and force
events with} 16. g5 $5 {but Black can still play} exd4 17. cxd4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4
Rxe4 19. Bd5 {and while now} Re8 {loses to both 20.gxh6 or 20.g6,} (19... Qxh3
$1 {forces a draw, as} 20. Bxe4 Qg4+ {both 21.Kf1 and 21.Kh1 leave White's
king exposed after 21...Qxe4 and} 21. Kh2 Qh5+ {is a perpetual.})) 16... Nd8 {
is a good way to regroup.}) 16. Nf1 $1 {A very strong move, leaving Black in a
strategically very difficult position.} Nd8 ({Tactically the problem is that} 
16... exd4 17. cxd4 Nxe4 {loses a piece to} 18. d5 $1 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Ne5 20.
Nxe5 Qxe5 21. f3 {which means that Black has to play it slow.}) 17. Ng3 c5 18.
Qd2 c4 19. Bc2 Nh7 20. b4 {An interesting moment. The computers at first
indicate that 20.b3! is the move, and 20.b4 somewhat lets Black off the hook,
but obviously both players seemed to think that sealing off the queenside is
to White's advantage, and after a while the machine somewhat agrees with that
after 20...Qf6!? 21.Kg2 Ne6 22.h4! still means White has a considerable
advantage as Black's intended 22...Nhg5 is prevented.} cxb3 (20... Qf6 $5 21.
Kg2 Ne6 22. h4 $1) 21. Bxb3 Be6 {Till here Caruana has turned in a powerful
performance, but things are about to take a dramatic shift.} 22. Bc2 $2 ({After
} 22. Nf5 $1 Qc7 {maybe at first it looks like White has made no progress, but}
23. Bd5 $1 {leaves White close to strategically winning:} Bxd5 (23... Rc8 24.
Rac1 {also leaves Black stuck for moves, and biting the bullet and taking on
f5, e.g. already in move 22 means White has a basically unstoppable attack
down the g-file.}) 24. exd5 f6 {loses tactically to} 25. Bxh6 {as White's
attack is unstoppable after} gxh6 26. Qxh6 Kh8 27. g5 fxg5 28. Nxd6 $18) 22...
Rc8 23. Bd3 Nb7 24. Rec1 {Not managing to follow through on his aggressive
intentions, Caruana has shifted to a defensive setup keeping a5 and c3
protected, and planning d5 and c4 should Black place his queen on the obvious
square c7, but Black does have another way of pressurising the a-pawn:} Qd8 $1
{Short of time, White now collapses.} 25. Qb2 (25. d5 $1 {still was the best
move, as after} Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Bd7 27. c4 $1 Nxa5 28. cxb5 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 axb5
30. Qa7 $1 {it seems like Black's best is} Nb3 {when White gets the pawn back
with} 31. Rb1 Nc5 32. Bxb5 {and should be able to save the draw. In time
pressure, however, Caruana goes astray.}) 25... Nxa5 26. Nd2 d5 $1 {Not only
is Black a pawn up, but also the white centre is collapsing.} 27. Re1 Bb8 28.
exd5 Bxd5 29. Bf5 Rc6 30. Qa3 Nb7 31. Rad1 exd4 32. Bxd4 Ng5 33. c4 Rxe1+ 34.
Rxe1 Be6 35. Qe3 Bf4 $1 {The bishop, who White went to great length excluding
from the game has returned efficiently and fittingly delivers the final blow.
And as 36.Qxf4 loses to 36...Nxh3+ and 36.Qe2 Bxd2 37.Qxd2 to 37...Nf3+
Caruana resigned. Another American however kept the pase, meaning Magnus had a
half point lead over Nakamura and a full point over the remaining field.
Playing Hikaru as White the World Champion found inspiration from the French
Championship, copying a recent game and effectively forcing a draw to clinch
tournament victory.} 0-1

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 {This risky system has been played by
Fabiano Caruana several times.} 5. d5 {[%cal Yf3d4] One of the principled
replies, although not too dangerous. White seizes the centre but Black is
ready to undermine it.} Bg7 6. Nd4 Bd7 7. e4 O-O 8. Be2 e6 (8... c5 {is hardly
good here:} 9. Nc2 (9. Ndb5 a6 10. Na3 b5 $1 $132 {S.Atalik}) 9... Na6 (9... e5
10. g4 Ne8 11. h4 f5 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. Rg1 Kh8 15. exf5 Bxf5 16.
Ne3 Bxg5 17. hxg5 Bg6 18. Bd3 $16 {1/2 (69) Navara,D (2727)-Krzyzanowski,M 
(2400) Wroclaw 2014}) (9... a6 10. a4 Ne8 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 f5 13. exf5 gxf5
14. Qd2 Nf6 15. O-O Be8 16. Bh6 $16 {Ftacnik-Stratil, CZE-chT 1994}) (9... e6
10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Na6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bf4 Ne8 14. a3 $14 {1/2 (28)
Kovacevic,B (2434)-Biliskov,V (2325) Bol 2013}) 10. O-O Nc7 11. Bf4 ({or} 11.
a4 a6 12. a5 Rb8 13. Be3 b5 14. axb6 Rxb6 15. b4 Rxb4 16. Nxb4 cxb4 17. e5 Nfe8
18. Na2 a5 19. Bb6 Bxe5 20. Bxa5 Bxa1 21. Qxa1 $14 {1/2 (63) Stocek,J (2580)
-Dausch,R (2387) Germany 2006}) 11... a6 12. a4 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. cxb5 Rb8
15. Na3 $16 {1-0 (32) Bukavshin,I (2648)-Zablotsky,S (2525) Sochi 2015}) (8...
e5 {is probably more accurate than 8...e6:} 9. dxe6 $5 {- see 8...e6} (9. Nb3
a5 (9... c6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 cxd5 12. cxd5 g5 13. Bg3 b5 14. Qb1 b4 15. Nd1
a5 $132 {1-0 (45) Ftacnik,L (2565)-Stocek,J (2545) Slovakia 2002}) 10. Be3 Ne8
11. g4 Qh4 12. Nd2 Na6 13. h3 f5 14. g5 fxe4 15. Ncxe4 Nc5 $132 {1/2 (80)
Ftacnik,L (2532)-Czebe,A (2485) Slovakia 2010}) (9. Nc2 a5 (9... Na6 10. b4 Ne8
11. c5 dxc5 12. Bxa6 cxb4 13. Bxb7 Rb8 14. Nxb4 Rxb7 {0-1 (57) Gyimesi,Z (2594)
-Czebe,A (2485) Hungary 2010} 15. Ba3 $14) 10. g4 Na6 11. h4 Nc5 12. Bf3 c6 13.
g5 Ne8 14. Be3 {1-0 (54) Goganov,A (2608)-Elfimov,K (2102) Voronezh 2015} Nc7
$13)) (8... Na6 $5 {not yet committing to ...c7-c6 (c5) or ...e7-e6 (e5)} 9.
Be3 (9. f4 c6 $1 $132 (9... c5 $6 10. Nc2 Nc7 11. O-O a6 12. a4 Rb8 13. a5 b5
14. axb6 Rxb6 15. Bf3 e6 16. e5 $16 {1-0 (33) Jankovic,A (2548)-Czebe,A (2468)
Harkany 2008})) (9. O-O Nc5 10. f3 a5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Kh7 13. Qd2 e5 14. Nb3
b6 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. g4 Ng8 17. Kg2 Bf6 $11 {[%cal Yf6g5] 0-1 (41) Ding,L 
(2702)-Jobava,B (2711) Beijing 2012}) 9... Nc5 (9... c5 $5 10. Ndb5 Bxb5 11.
cxb5 Nc7 12. O-O a6 13. bxa6 bxa6 14. f3 Nd7 15. Qd2 Qb8 16. Rac1 Qb7 17. Kh1
Rfb8 18. b3 Qb4 $132 {1-0 (48) Kasimdzhanov,R (2680)-Dizdarevic,E (2491)
Sarajevo 2003}) 10. f3 e5 (10... a5 11. Qd2 e5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. O-O b6 14.
Rad1 Qe7 15. Bd3 Rf7 16. Bc2 $14 {1-0 (23) Ragger,M (2682)-Dobrov,V (2518)
Graz 2016}) 11. Nb3 b6 12. Nxc5 bxc5 13. g4 h5 $1 14. h3 Nh7 15. Qd2 h4 16.
O-O-O Bf6 17. Rdf1 Bg5 $11 {0-1 (51) Syvalahti,T (2121)-Kulaots,K (2570)
Finland FIN 2016}) 9. Bg5 {A good alternative to} (9. dxe6 $5 fxe6 10. O-O (10.
Be3 Nc6 11. Nc2 Qe7 12. Qd2 a6 13. O-O Rab8 14. b4 Ne5 15. Rad1 b5 16. c5 $14 {
1/2 (80) Gupta,A (2637)-Bortnyk,O (2588) Abu Dhabi 2016}) 10... Na6 (10... e5
11. Nc2 Be6 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Qd2 Kh8 14. f3 Bg8 15. b4 Rf7 {1/2 (41) Gelfand,B
(2723)-Morozevich,A (2721) Monte Carlo 2006} 16. Rad1 Nf8 17. c5 $14) 11. Nb3
b6 12. Be3 e5 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. Nxc5 bxc5 15. Bg5 $14 {0-1 (78) Korchmar,V (2422)
-Zvjaginsev,V (2661) Minsk 2017}) 9... h6 10. Be3 (10. Bh4 $5 exd5 (10... e5
11. Nc2 g5 12. Bg3 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 f5 14. Bd3 fxe4 15. Bxe4 $14) 11. cxd5 Re8 12.
f3 c5 13. Nb3 a6 14. a4 b6 15. Nd2 Bc8 16. Nc4 Ra7 17. O-O Rb7 18. Kh1 g5 19.
Bf2 $16 {1-0 (39) Polugaevsky,L-Gurgenidze,B Baku 1961}) 10... exd5 11. exd5
Re8 12. Qd2 Kh7 {It was not necessary to protect the pawn immediately but} (
12... Na6 $5 {was not enough for equality either:} 13. O-O (13. Bxh6 $6 Ne4 14.
Nxe4 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Rxe4 16. Qd2 Qf6) 13... Nc5 14. f3 $14 ({but not} 14. Bxh6
Nfe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qe3 Nc5 17. Qd2 Ne4 $11) 14... Nh5 $5 15. Bxh6 Bxh6 16.
Qxh6 Qf6 17. Qd2 Nf4 18. Rfd1 {, and Black's initiative should be parried.})
13. O-O-O $6 {White has completed his development and intends to start a
kingside attack.} ({However,} 13. O-O Na6 14. Rae1 Nc5 15. f3 $14 {is safer.})
13... Na6 14. h4 Nc5 15. h5 g5 16. f3 Kg8 17. g4 Rb8 {A loss of time.} (17...
c6 $142 $132) 18. Rhe1 c6 19. Kb1 cxd5 20. cxd5 a6 21. Bd3 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Rc8
23. Nde2 $6 {White underestimates Black's counterplay.} (23. Nc2 $142 {but the
position remains unclear after} Nxg4 $1 (23... b5 $143 24. Bd4 $14 {when Black
can't play 24...b4}) 24. fxg4 Bxg4 {e.g.} 25. Bd4 Bxh5 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 $13 {
[%cal Rh5g6]}) 23... b5 $1 {[%mdl 128]} 24. Ng3 (24. Bd4 $2 b4) (24. a3 $1 {
was a must but after} Qa5 $1 {[%cal Yb5b4] the initiative belonged to Black.})
24... Rc4 $6 (24... b4 25. Nce4) (24... Qa5 $142 $1 25. Nge4 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Qb4
27. Bd4 f5 $1 28. gxf5 Qxd4 29. Qxd4 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Bxf5 $17 {This difficult
line shows how complicated the position is; therefore both players can't avoid
mistakes.}) 25. Bd2 $1 $13 Rf8 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. Qxf5 b4 $6 (27... Qc8 $13) 28.
Ne2 Nd7 29. Rc1 $6 (29. b3 Rc8 30. f4 $1 $36) 29... Rxc1+ 30. Rxc1 a5 31. Ng3
Re8 32. Re1 (32. f4 $1) 32... Nc5 33. Rxe8+ Qxe8 34. b3 a4 35. Bxb4 (35. Ne4 $1
$11 {e.g.} axb3 36. axb3 Nxb3 37. Bxb4 Qb8 38. Nxd6 $1 Qxb4 39. Qxf7+ $11)
35... axb3 36. axb3 Qb8 37. Bxc5 dxc5 38. Ne4 Qxb3+ 39. Kc1 Bd4 40. Kd2 $2 (40.
Nd2 $1 Be3 41. Qc8+ Kg7 42. Qxc5 $3 $11 {was the last, study-like defense.
After the text move Black gets a mating attack.}) 40... c4 41. Qc8+ Kg7 42. d6
Qd3+ 43. Kc1 Be3+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.09"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. O-O Be7 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. Bc4 Rc8 13. Qe2 Nb6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6
15. Bb3 O-O 16. Rfd1 Kh8 17. h3 Rcd8 18. Nd2 Bc8 19. Nc4 Qc6 20. a4 Bh4 21. g3
Be7 22. h4 g6 23. a5 f5 24. Nb6 f4 25. Rd3 fxg3 26. fxg3 h5 27. Rc3 Qe8 28. Rc7
d5 29. Qe3 Rf7 30. Nxd5 Bf8 31. Rxf7 Qxf7 32. Rf1 Qg7 33. Kg2 Be6 34. Qg5 Rc8
35. Nb6 Be7 36. Qe3 Rc6 37. Bxe6 Rxe6 38. Nd5 Bd8 39. b4 g5 40. Qc5 Re8 41.
hxg5 Rg8 42. Rf5 Bxg5 43. Qd6 h4 44. Qxe5 Qxe5 45. Rxe5 hxg3 46. Rf5 Bd2 47.
Rh5+ Kg7 48. Kxg3 Rf8 49. Rf5 Rh8 50. Rf3 Rh1 51. Rd3 Be1+ 52. Kg2 Rh4 53. Kf3
Kf7 54. c3 Rh3+ 55. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.09"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8. f3
Bh5 9. Be4 e6 10. O-O Bg6 11. Be3 Be7 12. Nbc3 Bxe4 13. fxe4 Bg5 14. Bf2 O-O
15. b3 f5 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Qd2 Qe7 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Qe3 e5 20. d5 Nd4 21. Kh1
c6 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Bg1 Qe6 24. Ng3 g6 25. Rd2 Bg7 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. Rf2 Rd8
28. Qd3 Rd7 29. Qa6 h5 30. h3 c5 31. Nf1 c4 32. b4 Nc6 33. b5 Nb4 34. Qa5 Nd3
35. Rf3 Nf4 36. Qa6 g5 37. Nh2 g4 38. hxg4 hxg4 39. Rg3 Rd3 40. Rxd3 cxd3 41.
Qxa7 Ne2 42. Nxe2 dxe2 43. Bf2 Qc4 44. Nxg4 Qc1+ 45. Kh2 e1=Q 46. Bxe1 Qxe1 47.
Qxb6 Qh4+ 48. Kg1 Qxg4 49. Qd8+ Kh7 50. Qd5 Bh6 51. Qf7+ Kh8 52. Qe8+ Kh7 53.
Qf7+ Kh8 54. Qf3 Qg5 55. Qf2 Kg7 56. a4 Qc1+ 57. Kh2 Be3 58. Qg3+ Kf6 59. Qf3+
Ke7 60. Kh3 Bb6 61. g3 Qa1 62. Qf5 Bd4 63. Qg5+ Kd6 64. Qd8+ Kc5 65. Qd5+ Kb4
66. b6 Qh1+ 67. Kg4 Qd1+ 68. Kg5 Qd2+ 69. Kg6 Qg2 70. b7 Qxg3+ 71. Kf7 Qf3+ 72.
Ke8 Qh5+ 73. Kd8 Qh8+ 74. Kc7 Qg7+ 75. Kc6 Ba7 76. a5 Ka3 77. a6 Kb2 78. Qd7
Kc1 79. Qxg7 Kd2 80. Qxe5 Bc5 81. Qxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.09"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Ne2 Re8 8.
h3 Nd7 9. g4 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Bf8 11. Ng3 Nc5 12. Be3 f6 13. Nf5 Ne6 14. Rg1 Kh8
15. h4 g6 16. Nh6 Qe7 17. Qd2 c5 18. Rg3 b6 19. Kg2 Bb7 20. Rh1 Rad8 21. h5
Bxh6 22. hxg6 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Nf8 24. g5 Nxg6 25. gxf6 Qxf6 26. Ng5 Re7 27. Rf1
Qg7 28. Rh1 Qg8 29. Qe2 c4 30. Rh6 cxd3 31. cxd3 Rd6 32. Qh5 Rxd3 33. Kg1 Rd6
34. Rg2 Rg7 35. Qg4 Nf8 36. Rh5 Rdg6 37. Qf5 Nd7 38. Kh1 Nf6 39. Rh4 Nxe4 40.
Nxh7 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.09"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8. f3
Bh5 9. Be4 e6 10. O-O Bg6 11. Be3 Be7 12. Kh1 Nb4 13. Nbc3 N4d5 14. Bg1 Qd7 15.
Qe1 O-O-O 16. a4 Nb4 17. a5 N6d5 18. Qd2 Kb8 19. Rfc1 a6 20. Na4 f6 21. exf6
gxf6 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. Rxc5 Qe7 24. Rac1 Rd7 25. R1c4 Nc6 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27. Nf4
Rxc5 28. Rxc5 Rd8 29. Qc3 Rd6 30. h3 Qd7 31. Ne2 Rd5 32. Nf4 Rd6 33. Ne2 Na7
34. Qe3 Nb5 35. Rc1 Rc6 36. Rxc6 Qxc6 37. Qh6 Qe8 38. Qg7 e5 39. Qxf6 e4 40.
Qe5 exf3 41. Qxe8+ Bxe8 42. gxf3 Nd6 43. Kg2 Nc4 44. b4 b6 45. axb6 cxb6 46. d5
Bf7 47. Nc3 Kc7 48. Kg3 Kd6 49. Ne4+ Ke5 50. d6 Nxd6 51. Nxd6 Kxd6 52. Bxb6 Ke6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G20"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.11.10"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Bc4 Qd6 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. b4 Bb6 10. O-O Bf5 11. Qc2 Rad8 12. a4 a5 13. b5 Nb8 14. Ba3 Bc5
15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Rfe1 Nbd7 17. Nh4 Bg4 18. h3 Bh5 19. Nb3 Qb6 20. Re3 Ne8 21.
d4 exd4 22. cxd4 Nd6 23. Bd3 Nf6 24. Rc1 Bg6 25. Nxg6 hxg6 26. Re5 Nd7 27. Re7
Rfe8 28. Rxe8+ Nxe8 29. Be4 Nf8 30. Qd2 c6 31. bxc6 Qxb3 32. cxb7 Nd6 33. Qxa5
Nxb7 34. Bxb7 Rxd4 35. Rc7 Qxa4 36. Qxa4 Rxa4 37. Rc8 g5 38. Bd5 Rd4 39. Bc4 g6
40. g3 Kg7 41. Rc7 Rd7 42. Rxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G20"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.11.10"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8. f3
Bh5 9. Be4 e6 10. O-O Bg6 11. Be3 Be7 12. a3 Bxe4 13. fxe4 Bg5 14. Bf2 O-O 15.
Qc2 f5 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Nd2 Rxf2 18. Rxf2 Be3 19. Nf3 Qe7 20. Qc3 Bxf2+ 21.
Kxf2 Rf8 22. Kg1 a5 23. Rd1 a4 24. Ng3 Qf7 25. Rf1 Qd7 26. h4 Rf4 27. Qd3 h6
28. Ne2 Rf6 29. Qc3 Qe8 30. Rc1 Qg6 31. Qe3 Rf8 32. Nf4 Qf7 33. Nd3 Nd7 34. Rc4
Nb6 35. Rc2 Nd7 36. Rf2 Qe7 37. Nf4 Qf7 38. Nd3 Qe7 39. Nf4 Qf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G20"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.11.10"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Bc4 Qd6 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. b4 Bb6 10. O-O Bf5 11. Qc2 Rad8 12. a4 a5 13. b5 Ne7 14. Qb3 Ng6
15. Ba3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. d4 Qd6 18. Rfe1 Rde8 19. Bf1 e4 20. Nc4 Qf4 21.
g3 Qh6 22. Nfe5 Bh3 23. Be2 e3 24. f3 Nh5 25. Qc2 Qg5 26. Bf1 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 f6
28. Nxg6 hxg6 29. Qg2 f5 30. f4 Nxf4 31. gxf4 Qxf4+ 32. Kg1 Re4 33. Ne5 Rf6 34.
Rf1 Qh6 35. Rf3 e2 36. Re1 Qd2 37. Qf2 Re6 38. Rd3 Qg5+ 39. Qg2 Qh5 40. Rh3 Rh4
41. Rxh4 Qxh4 42. Rxe2 Qf4 43. Qd5 Qc1+ 44. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G20"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.11.10"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8. f3
Bh5 9. Be4 e6 10. O-O Bg6 11. Be3 Be7 12. a3 Qd7 13. Nbc3 O-O-O 14. Qc2 f5 15.
Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Nf4 Bg5 17. Rfd1 Bxf4 18. Bxf4 Nd5 19. Qd2 h6 20. Rac1 Qa6 21.
Nxd5 Rxd5 22. Rc5 Rhd8 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Qf2 Be8 25. h4 Qa4 26. Rd2 c5 27. Be3
f4 28. Bxf4 Rxd4 29. Be3 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 b6 31. Bf2 Qd7 32. Qf4 Bg6 33. b4 cxb4
34. Qxb4 Kb7 35. a4 Qc7 36. a5 h5 37. axb6 axb6 38. Qb2 Bf5 39. Kh2 g6 40. Bd4
Bd3 41. Kg3 Bf5 42. Qb4 Bd3 43. Qb3 Bf5 44. Kf4 Qd8 45. Ke3 Qc7 46. Kf4 Qd8 47.
Ke3 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G20"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.11.10"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 Re8 8.
Ne2 Nd7 9. Be3 Bb4+ 10. c3 Bf8 11. Qc2 c5 12. O-O-O Nb8 13. Ng3 Nc6 14. Kb1 f6
15. Nf5 Qd7 16. g4 Qf7 17. Rhg1 Be6 18. b3 Kh8 19. d4 exd4 20. cxd4 Nb4 21. Qc3
Bxf5 22. exf5 Nd5 23. Qd3 Rad8 24. Rge1 cxd4 25. Bxd4 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Bb4 27. Rc1
c5 28. Be3 Nc3+ 29. Rxc3 Rxd3 30. Rxd3 Qe7 31. Kc2 Kg8 32. Nd2 Bxd2 33. Kxd2 h6
34. Bf4 Qe4 35. Bb8 a5 36. Bd6 b6 37. a3 h5 38. Bc7 Qc6 39. Bd8 a4 40. bxa4 c4
41. Rd4 Qxa4 42. Bxb6 Qb3 43. Rd8+ Kh7 44. Be3 c3+ 45. Ke1 c2 46. Rc8 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G20"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.11.10"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8. f3
Bh5 9. Be4 e6 10. O-O Bg6 11. Be3 Be7 12. a3 Qd7 13. Nbc3 O-O-O 14. Qc2 f5 15.
Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Bf2 f4 17. Qc1 Bg5 18. Nxf4 Kb8 19. Nce2 Qe8 20. Be3 Bf5 21. Rd1
Bxf4 22. Bxf4 h6 23. Be3 Nd5 24. Nc3 g5 25. Nxd5 Rxd5 26. h3 Rg8 27. b3 Qe7 28.
Ra2 Bg6 29. a4 Be8 30. Qa3 Qh7 31. b4 h5 32. Bf2 g4 33. fxg4 hxg4 34. h4 g3 35.
Bxg3 Bg6 36. b5 Bf5 37. Qe3 Rd7 38. d5 Rdg7 39. dxe6 Bxe6 40. Ra3 b6 41. Qf2
Rf7 42. Qe1 Qc2 43. Rc1 Qb2 44. Rac3 Rfg7 45. R1c2 Qb4 46. Rc6 Rxg3 47. Qxb4
1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G10"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.11.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Bc4 Qd6 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. b4 Bb6 10. O-O Bf5 11. Qc2 Rad8 12. a4 a5 13. b5 Ne7 14. Qa2 Ng6
15. Ba3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. d4 Qd6 18. Rfe1 exd4 19. cxd4 Nf4 20. Rac1 N6d5
21. Qb3 Nb6 22. Bf1 Be6 23. Qc2 Bd5 24. Qxc7 Qxc7 25. Rxc7 Ne6 26. Rc2 Rc8 27.
Rcc1 Rfd8 28. h3 g6 29. Ra1 Bxf3 30. Nxf3 Nxd4 31. Nxd4 Rxd4 32. Re7 Rd7 33.
Rxd7 Nxd7 34. Be2 b6 35. Rd1 Nc5 36. Rd4 Kf8 37. Bf3 Ke7 38. g4 Rd8 39. Rf4 g5
40. Rc4 Rd3 41. Kg2 Rb3 42. Bd5 Rb4 43. Rc3 Rxa4 44. Re3+ Ne6 45. Be4 h6 46.
Bc6 Rd4 47. Kg3 Kf6 48. h4 a4 49. hxg5+ hxg5 50. Rc3 Nc5 51. Kf3 Rd3+ 52. Rxd3
Nxd3 53. Ke3 a3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G10"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.11.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. e4
b5 9. e5 bxc4 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Nxc4 Bd7 12. Re1 Bb5 13. Nce5 Be7 14. a4 Bd7
15. Bg5 Rc8 16. Rc1 c4 17. Rxc4 Rxc4 18. Nxc4 Bc6 19. Nfe5 Ba8 20. a5 O-O 21.
Nb6 Bb7 22. Qa4 Nd5 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Qd7 Qb4 25. Nd3 Nxb6 26. Qxb7 Qxa5 27. g3
Nd5 28. b4 Qa3 29. Nc5 Qxb4 30. Qxb4 Nxb4 31. Ra1 Rb8 32. Ra4 Rb6 33. Kg2 g5
34. Kf3 Kg7 35. Ke4 h5 36. f4 g4 37. f5 exf5+ 38. Kxf5 Nc2 39. Nd3 a5 40. Rxa5
Nxd4+ 41. Ke4 Nf3 42. Rxh5 Rh6 43. Rxh6 Kxh6 44. h4 Nxh4 45. gxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G10"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.11.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. Na4 Bb6 6. Nxb6 axb6 7. Nf3 Be6 8.
Bxe6 fxe6 9. O-O O-O 10. c3 Qe8 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. a4 Qg6 13. b4 h6 14. h3 Nh5
15. Kh2 Rf6 16. Be3 Raf8 17. a5 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. axb6 Nxb6 20. Ra7 Rb8 21.
d4 exd4 22. cxd4 Qe8 23. Qb3 Kh8 24. Re2 Qb5 25. Re1 Nc4 26. Ra2 Rbf8 27. Rc2
d5 28. exd5 exd5 29. Ne5 Nxe5 30. dxe5 Rxb4 31. Qa3 c5 32. e6 b6 33. e7 Re8 34.
Qf3 Qd7 35. Rce2 Qd6+ 36. g3 Re4 37. Rxe4 dxe4 38. Rxe4 Qf6 39. Qe3 Qf7 40. Kg1
Kh7 41. Re6 b5 42. Re5 c4 43. Qc5 c3 44. Qxc3 Rxe7 45. Qd3+ g6 46. Rxb5 Rd7 47.
Qc3 Rc7 48. Qb2 Re7 49. Rb8 Re8 50. Rb6 Re7 51. h4 Qd5 52. Rb5 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G10"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2017.11.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. h3
c6 9. c4 a5 10. Nc3 Na6 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Rc1 Ndc5 13. Bb1 Bd7 14. Qd2 cxd5 15.
Nxd5 e6 16. Nc3 Bc6 17. Nd4 Qe7 18. Bg5 f6 19. Be3 Rad8 20. Rcd1 Rd7 21. f3 Qf7
22. b3 f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Ncb5 Bxb5 25. cxb5 Nb4 26. Nxf5 Nxb3 27. axb3 exf5
28. Bb6 Ra8 29. Bxa5 Rxa5 30. Qxb4 Ra8 31. Qf4 Rf8 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Qxd6 Qxb3
34. Qe6+ Qxe6 35. Rxe6 Bd4+ 36. Kf1 b6 37. Rd6 Bc5 38. Rd7 h6 39. Bd3 f4 40.
Bh7+ Kh8 41. Be4 Kg8 42. Ke2 Rf6 43. Bd5+ Kh8 44. Rd8+ Rf8 45. Rd7 Rf6 46. Rc7
Rd6 47. Be4 Be3 48. g4 Rd2+ 49. Ke1 Kg8 50. Rc6 Rb2 51. Rxh6 Rxb5 52. h4 Rb2
53. g5 Rh2 54. h5 b5 55. Rg6+ Kf8 56. h6 Rh5 57. Rf6+ Ke7 58. h7 Bd4 59. Rf5
Rxh7 60. Rxb5 Rh2 61. Rd5 Bc3+ 62. Kd1 Ke6 63. Kc1 Rg2 64. Rc5 Bd4 65. Rb5 Ke7
66. g6 Be3+ 67. Kb1 Bd4 68. Rd5 Be3 69. Ra5 Bd4 70. Ra6 Be3 71. Bf5 Bd4 72.
Re6+ Kf8 73. Rd6 Be5 74. Rd5 Bf6 75. Be4 Kg7 76. Rd7+ Kf8 77. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G10"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2017.11.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. Na4 Bd4 6. c3 Bxf2+ 7. Kxf2 c6 8.
Bb3 b5 9. Nf3 bxa4 10. Bxa4 Qb6+ 11. Ke1 O-O 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. Be3 Qc7 14. h3
Ba6 15. Qc2 d5 16. Rd1 Nb6 17. Bb3 c5 18. exd5 Nbxd5 19. Bg5 Rae8 20. Kf2 Qb6
21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Rhe1 c4+ 23. d4 e4 24. Nh2 f5 25. Bc1 Qg6 26. Kg1 h5 27. Re2
Kh7 28. Rde1 Bb7 29. b3 Ba6 30. Rf2 f4 31. bxc4 Bxc4 32. Qa4 Nb6 33. Qxa7 e3
34. Rb2 Nd5 35. Nf3 Nxc3 36. h4 Ne4 37. Qa5 Rf5 38. Qa4 Bd5 39. Rb6 Re6 40.
Rxe6 Qxe6 41. Qc2 Qg6 42. a4 Nf2 43. Qe2 Qg3 44. Rf1 Nh3+ 45. Kh1 Nf2+ 46. Kg1
Bxf3 47. Qxf3 Qxf3 48. gxf3 Ra5 49. Re1 Rxa4 50. Bxe3 fxe3 51. Rxe3 Nh3+ 52.
Kg2 Nf4+ 53. Kg3 Rxd4 54. Re5 Kh6 55. Rf5 Ng6 56. Ra5 Rxh4 57. Ra6 Rd4 58. Kf2
Rf4 59. Ke3 Rf6 60. Ra5 Nh4 61. f4 Ng6 62. Kf3 Rxf4+ 63. Ke3 Rg4 64. Kd2 Rg5
65. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G10"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.11.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
Nc6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Ne2 O-O-O 11. a4 Na5 12. Ba3 Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. a5 Nh6
15. Nf4 Rhg8 16. h4 Ng4 17. O-O g6 18. axb6 axb6 19. Bc1 Qe7 20. Nh3 Qg7 21. f3
Nh6 22. Bxh6 Qxh6 23. Nf4 Rde8 24. Ra7 Qg7 25. Rfa1 h6 26. Qe1 Qf7 27. h5 gxh5
28. Qh4 Bxf3 29. d5 Bxd5 30. Nxd5 exd5 31. Ra8+ Kd7 32. R8a7 Qg6 33. Qf2 Rxe5
34. Kf1 Qg4 35. Qd2 h4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G10"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.11.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nc6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bh7+ Kh8 13. Bd3 b6 14. e4 Bb7 15.
Be3 Rac8 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Qe2 Qb8 18. Rfd1 Bf6 19. e5 Be7 20. Bxh6 Nxd4 21.
Nxd4 gxh6 22. Qh5 Bg5 23. h4 Qxe5 24. hxg5 Qxg5 25. Qxg5 hxg5 26. Nf3 Bxf3 27.
gxf3 Kg7 28. Ba6 Rb8 29. Kg2 Kf6 30. a4 Rh8 31. Rh1 Rxh1 32. Rxh1 Rd8 33. Bb5
Rd2 34. Rh8 Rc2 35. c4 Ke5 36. Ra8 f5 37. Rxa7 Kf4 38. Rb7 e5 39. Rxb6 g4 40.
fxg4 e4 41. Rf6 e3 42. Rxf5+ Kxg4 43. Rf3 e2 44. Re3 Kf4 45. a5 Ra2 46. a6 Kg4
47. a7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G10"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.11.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qc2 b6 12. c5 Be7 13. Bg2 Bb7 14. O-O O-O
15. b4 Nd5 16. Rfd1 a5 17. bxa5 bxa5 18. Rab1 Qc7 19. Bg5 Ba6 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21.
Ne5 f6 22. Nxc6 Qc7 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Rb6 Rfe8 25. Qc3 Be2 26. Re1 Qd7 27. Nb8
Qg4 28. Qd2 Ra7 29. Nc6 Raa8 30. Qf4 Qxf4 31. gxf4 Re4 32. f3 Bxf3 33. Rxe4
Bxe4 34. Nb8 Kf7 35. c6 Bf5 36. Rb7+ Kg6 37. Kf2 Bc8 38. Rb5 Kf5 39. Rxd5+ Ke4
40. Rb5 Kxd4 41. a4 Ra7 42. h4 Ke4 43. Kg3 Ke3 44. Rd5 Ke4 45. Rb5 Ke3 46. Nd7
Rc7 47. Nb8 Ra7 48. h5 Ke4 49. Rc5 Kd4 50. Rb5 Ke4 51. Rb1 Kd5 52. Rb5+ Ke4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h4 Nbd7 7. g4 d5 8. exd5
Nb6 9. g5 Nfxd5 10. Bg2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. O-O g6 13. Re1 Nc4 14. Qf3 Bg7
15. Bf4 e5 16. Bg3 O-O 17. Rad1 Bd7 18. Qxb7 Qxb7 19. Bxb7 exd4 20. Bxa8 Rxa8
21. cxd4 h5 22. Re7 Bg4 23. Rde1 Be6 24. c3 a5 25. Rb1 a4 26. Rb8+ Rxb8 27.
Bxb8 Bf8 28. Ra7 a3 29. Bf4 Bd5 30. Rd7 Be6 31. Rd8 Kg7 32. d5 Bf5 33. d6 f6
34. gxf6+ Kf7 35. d7 Bc5 36. Rc8 Bxd7 37. Rxc5 Be6 38. Bg5 Ke8 39. Rc7 Bf7 40.
Re7+ Kf8 41. Bh6+ Kg8 42. Ra7 Ne5 43. Ra8+ Kh7 44. Bg7 g5 45. hxg5 Bxa2 46.
Rxa3 Bf7 47. f4 Nf3+ 48. Kf2 Nh4 49. Ra7 Kg6 50. Rc7 Nf5 51. c4 h4 52. c5 Bd5
53. Rd7 Bc6 54. Rc7 Bd5 55. c6 h3 56. Kg1 Ne3 57. Kh2 Bg2 58. Bf8 Ng4+ 59. Kg3
Bf1 60. Rg7+ Kf5 61. Rh7 h2 62. Rxh2 Nxh2 63. Kxh2 Ke6 64. c7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3
Ne4 9. Bc1 c6 10. Ba3 Bxa3 11. Nxa3 b6 12. Nd2 Ndf6 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qd3 f5
15. Rac1 Bb7 16. Nb1 Qe7 17. Nd2 a5 18. Nf3 c5 19. e3 Rfd8 20. Ne5 a4 21. Rfd1
axb3 22. Qxb3 dxc4 23. Qxb6 c3 24. dxc5 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Bd5 26. c6 c2 27. Rc1
Qd6 28. Qb7 Rf8 29. Qb2 Rb8 30. c7 Qxc7 31. Rxc2 Rxb2 32. Rxc7 Rb1+ 33. Bf1 h6
34. Nd3 Bxa2 35. Rc1 Rb8 36. Bg2 Rd8 37. Nf4 g5 38. Ng6 Kg7 39. Ne5 Kf6 40. f4
gxf4 41. exf4 Nd6 42. Rc7 Rc8 43. Rxc8 Nxc8 44. Kf2 Nd6 45. Ke3 Bd5 46. Bf1 Ne4
47. Kd4 Nf2 48. Nd7+ Ke7 49. Nb6 Be4 50. Nc8+ Kf6 51. Nd6 Bc6 52. Nc4 Ng4 53.
h3 Nf2 54. Ke3 Ne4 55. g4 fxg4 56. hxg4 Bd5 57. Ne5 Nd6 58. Bd3 Nf7 59. Nxf7
Kxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 Nc6 7. O-O Rb8 8. a3
O-O 9. Rb1 Ne8 10. b4 Nc7 11. Be3 Nd4 12. Qd2 e5 13. bxc5 dxc5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
exd5 Bg4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Bg5 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. f4 Rfc8 20. Rbe1 e4 21.
dxe4 Rc3 22. f5 Rbc8 23. e5 Qb6 24. f6 Kh8 25. Qh6 Rg8 26. e6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3
Ne4 9. Nc3 c6 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 e5 14. Bc3 Qe7
15. Qd3 f5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bd5+ Kh8 18. Qe3 Bf6 19. Qxe7 Bxe7 20. Bf3 Be6 21.
e3 a5 22. a4 Kg8 23. Rfd1 Kf7 24. h4 Ra6 25. Rd3 Bf6 26. Bd4 Rd8 27. Rad1 Raa8
28. Bb6 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Ra6 30. Bc7 Ra8 31. Kf1 Be7 32. Ke2 Bb4 33. Rd8 Rxd8 34.
Bxd8 Ke8 35. Bc7 g6 36. e4 Kd7 37. Bf4 Bc5 38. Bd2 b6 39. Be3 Bxe3 40. Kxe3 Kd6
41. exf5 Bxf5 42. Be4 Be6 43. Kd4 c5+ 44. Ke3 Ke5 45. f4+ Kf6 46. Kf3 h6 47. g4
g5 48. fxg5+ hxg5 49. h5 Bd7 50. h6 Bc8 51. Bf5 Bb7+ 52. Ke3 Bg2 53. Be4 Bf1
54. Kf2 Bh3 55. Bf3 Kg6 56. Be2 Kxh6 57. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. O-O d6 7. d3 Nf6 8. Nxd4
cxd4 9. Ne2 Nd7 10. f4 O-O 11. Qe1 Rb8 12. a4 Nc5 13. Qf2 Bd7 14. b3 b6 15. Bb2
a6 16. Bxd4 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Bd5 e6 20. b4 exd5 21. bxc5 dxe4
22. dxe4 dxc5 23. Qxc5 Qb6 24. Qxb6 Rxb6 25. Nd4 Rc8 26. Ra7 Be8 27. f5 Rc4 28.
Ne6+ Kh6 29. Nc7 Rxe4 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31. Rxf7 Rc6 32. fxg6 hxg6 33. R7f2 Rec8
34. Rb1 Rxc2 35. Rxc2 Rxc2 36. Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3
b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nb5 Be7 12. Bf4 Ne8 13. Qc2 c6 14. Nc3 Nef6 15.
Rad1 Re8 16. Ne5 Bb4 17. e3 Nf8 18. Nd3 Be7 19. b4 Ng6 20. Qb3 Rc8 21. Rc1 Bf8
22. Rfd1 Nxf4 23. Nxf4 Bd6 24. Nd3 Ne4 25. a4 Qf6 26. b5 Nxc3 27. Rxc3 c5 28.
Ne1 c4 29. Qb1 h5 30. Nf3 Rc7 31. h4 Bc8 32. Ng5 Bf5 33. e4 dxe4 34. Bxe4 Bg4
35. Rd2 g6 36. Re3 Rce7 37. Qc2 Bb4 38. Rde2 Bxe2 39. Rxe2 Qxd4 40. Kg2 Kg7 41.
Nf3 Qc3 42. Qb1 Qb3 43. Qa1+ Bc3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c6 6. d4 d5 7. Nbd2 a5 8. b3 a4
9. Ba3 Re8 10. e3 Bf5 11. Qe2 e6 12. h3 Ne4 13. Rfc1 h5 14. Ne5 Nxd2 15. Qxd2
Nd7 16. Nd3 Nf6 17. Qe2 Be4 18. Bf1 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 axb3 20. axb3 Ne4 21. Bg2 f5
22. Bb2 Qg5 23. h4 Qe7 24. Qd1 Bf6 25. Bf3 Kg7 26. Kg2 Qb4 27. Bxe4 fxe4 28.
Bc3 Qe7 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Ra1 Qd8 31. Qb1 Kh6 32. Bb4 Rxa1 33. Qxa1 g5 34.
hxg5+ Bxg5 35. Qa7 Qf6 36. Qb8 Qf3+ 37. Kg1 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Qf3 39. Qh8+ Kg6 40.
Qg8+ Kf5 41. Qf7+ Kg4 42. Qxe6+ Qf5 43. Qxf5+ Kxf5 44. Kh3 b5 45. cxb5 cxb5 46.
Bd6 Bd8 47. Bf4 Be7 48. Be5 Bd8 49. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qb3 c6 9. Nc3 a5 10. a3 Be7 11. Bf4 a4 12. Qa2 b6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Rac1 Ba6
15. Rfe1 Bc4 16. Qb1 b5 17. Nd2 Nb6 18. Rcd1 Re8 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. e4 dxe4 21.
Nxe4 Nd5 22. Bc1 h6 23. Qc2 Bf8 24. Bf1 Ndb6 25. Bg2 Nd5 26. Nc3 Qd7 27. h4
Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Nxc3 29. Qxc3 Rd8 30. Rd1 Be7 31. d5 Bf6 32. Qc2 c5 33. d6 Bd4
34. Bf4 Nxd6 35. b3 axb3 36. Qxb3 Qf5 37. Be3 c4 38. Qb4 Bxe3 39. fxe3 Qf6 40.
Kh2 c3 41. Rd5 c2 42. Qd2 Rc8 43. Qc1 Nf5 44. e4 Ne3 45. Rd2 Qc3 46. Re2 Nxg2
47. Rxg2 Qd3 48. e5 Rc4 49. Rf2 Qd1 50. Rf1 Qxf1 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. b3 e5 7. Bb2 Re8 8. d3
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 c6 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. dxe4 Nc5 12. Qc2 f5 13. Nd2 f4 14. Rad1 Qe7
15. b4 Ne6 16. Nf3 c5 17. bxc5 Nxc5 18. Rd2 Bd7 19. Ba3 Bc6 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21.
Rfd1 Rad8 22. Bh3 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Bf6 24. Rd1 Kg7 25. Ne1 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27.
Be6 Qd4 28. Bd5 Bxd5 29. exd5 e4 30. Kg2 fxg3 31. hxg3 Qa1 32. Qa4 Qxe1 33.
Qd7+ Kh6 34. Qh3+ Kg7 35. Qd7+ Kh6 36. Qh3+ Kg7 37. Qd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 a5 5. e3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc2 Be6 10. b3 f5 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. Rac1 Kh8 14. Rfe1 Rad8
15. Bf1 Nb6 16. Qb1 Bg8 17. e4 f4 18. Qc2 g5 19. h3 h5 20. Qc5 Qg7 21. d4 g4
22. hxg4 hxg4 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Rxd2 25. Bc3 Nd7 26. Qb5 Rd4 27. e6 Nde5
28. e7 Qxe7 29. Rcd1 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 g3 31. Be2 Kh7 32. Bf3 b6 33. Kf1 gxf2 34.
Kxf2 Qc5+ 35. Qxc5 bxc5 36. Rh1+ Kg6 37. Bh5+ Kg5 38. Be2 Bf7 39. Rh7 Nd4 40.
Bf1 Ng4+ 41. Ke1 Nf6 42. Rh3 Nxe4 43. Bxa5 Ng3 44. Bd3 Re8+ 45. Kd2 Nxb3+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 a6 5. h3 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. a4 Nc6 8. Be2 e6
9. O-O b6 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 Ne7 12. Bc4 Bb7 13. Qd2 Nf5 14. Bf4 Qd7 15. Rfe1
Rfe8 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. Re1 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 h6 19. Qd2 g5 20. Bh2 Ne7 21. Qd3
Qf5 22. Qe2 Nexd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Bxa6 Qe4 25. b3 Qxe2 26. Bxe2 Ne4 27. Bd3
f5 28. Kf1 Kf7 29. h4 Bf6 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Ng1 Ke6 32. Ne2 f4 33. f3 Nc5 34.
Bg6 Nd7 35. Bg1 c5 36. Bf2 Ne5 37. Bh7 Bb7 38. Nc1 Nc6 39. Bd3 Nb4 40. Bg6 Ba6+
41. Ne2 Bc3 42. g3 Be5 43. gxf4 gxf4 44. Ke1 Nc6 45. Bd3 Bb7 46. Be4 d5 47. Bh7
Kd6 48. Bh4 Nb4 49. Bg5 d4 50. Bxf4 Bxf3 51. Bxe5+ Kxe5 52. Nc1 Nd5 53. Nd3+
Kd6 54. Kd2 Nc3 55. Nb2 Bd5 56. Bd3 Ke5 57. Bc4 Ne4+ 58. Kc1 Bc6 59. Bb5 Bd5
60. Bc4 Bb7 61. Bd3 Nd6 62. Nc4+ Nxc4 63. Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Rc1 Bf6 10. b4 a6 11. Be2 Re8 12. O-O Nd7 13. Nb3 Nf8 14. Qc2 Ne6
15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Bf1 Rd8 17. Qb2 Bd7 18. Rc4 Be8 19. Rdc1 h6 20. h3 Rab8 21.
Qc3 Rd6 22. Qe1 b6 23. a4 Na7 24. Ra1 Rbd8 25. Qc1 Rc6 26. a5 Rxc4 27. Qxc4 Bb5
28. Qc3 Qd6 29. axb6 cxb6 30. Nfd2 Nd4 31. Nc4 Qe6 32. Rc1 Nac6 33. Bxd4 Nxd4
34. Nxd4 Rxd4 35. Ne3 Bg5 36. Qc8+ Qxc8 37. Rxc8+ Rd8 38. Rc3 a5 39. bxa5 bxa5
40. Nd5 a4 41. Ra3 Bc1 42. Ra2 a3 0-1

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 {Caruana successfully relied on the Queen's Gambit
Accepted in his match with Grischuk, Champions Showdown, St. Louis 2017.} 3. e3
{The quietest line. White makes sure to get his pawn back.} ({Alexander
focussed on} 3. e4) 3... Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Be2 $5 {Typical
Magnus. This move is way down the list of White's options.} Nbd7 {Caruana is
careful to sidestep Carlsen's preparation.} (7... cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7
10. Be3 {was seen in Aronian-Caruana, Sinquefield Cup 2017. While the position
of Be2 doesn't lend a hand to White's usual attacking ambition on the kingside,
he can choose a different plan. Fabiano reacted quickly} Ng4 $5 ({not allowing
White to expand after} 10... O-O 11. Ne5) 11. Bf4 Nf6 {defended a slightly
worse position very successfully, and later took advantage of Levon's blunder.
The whole affair took 110 moves!}) 8. Nc3 b6 $5 (8... b5 {seems obvious, but
there lies the point of Carlsen's idea.} 9. e4 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 Nxf6 ({
But} 11... cxb2 $6 {is much worse:} 12. fxg7 bxa1=Q $2 13. gxh8=Q {The same as
in the similar position of the Meran Variation: the four queens on the board
make the weak black king the decisive factor in the battle.}) 12. bxc3 {
With his bishop on e2, instead of d3, White is much better suited for
subsequent play with Ne5 and Bf3.}) 9. e4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bb7 11. Be3 $5 {
Still in Magnus's preparation. Now he offers a pawn sac.} ({The immediate} 11.
f3 {would have pointed Black in the right direction:} Qb8 $1 12. Be3 Bd6 13. g3
h5 $5) 11... Bc5 {With this move Caruana accepts a slightly worse position.} ({
One wonders about} 11... Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Bc5 {Clearly,
White has some play, but is it enough to claim an advantage? Practical testing
is awaited.}) 12. f3 $14 {There are many classical examples, some from
Kramnik's games, of White benefiting from his g2-f3-e4 pawn chain. Black's Nf6
and Bb7 are restricted.} O-O 13. Qe1 ({The more direct} 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Na4 Be7
15. b4 b5 16. Nb2 {would leave Black searching for a suitable square for his
queen, while a2-a4 won't be long in coming.}) 13... Rc8 14. Qf2 b5 15. Rac1 Qe7
{Now possible, as the Bc5 can retreat along the other diagonal.} 16. a4 ({
I figure Kramnik would have preferred} 16. Nb3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 {eyeing that
a5-square.}) 16... bxa4 17. Nxa4 Bd6 $6 {A surprising choice.} (17... Ba7 {
was safe, as} 18. Nf5 $2 exf5 19. Bxa7 fxe4 {loses a pawn for White.}) 18. Nb3
Bc6 19. Nc3 Rb8 20. Na5 Ba8 21. Nc4 Bc5 22. Rfd1 Rfc8 23. Na4 $6 {True to his
style of play, Magnus seeks some clarification, but taking his knight to the
edge of the board cost him a big chunk of his advantage.} ({The logical choice
would have been} 23. Ra1 {to hit the weak pawn. White can also have plans for
central expansion, such as in} Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Nc5 25. Nd6 Rc6 26. e5 Nfd7 27. f4
) 23... Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Qb4 $1 {A timely activity to interfere with White's
plans.} 25. Qa3 {This was expected from Magnus Carlsen.} (25. Nc3) 25... h6 26.
Kf1 ({White could have accomplished more simplification with the help of a
little tactic} 26. Ncb6 $5 Qxa3 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. bxa3 Nxb6 29. Nxb6 Rb8 30.
Nxa8 Rxa8 31. Rc1 $14) 26... g5 27. Rc3 a5 28. Qxb4 axb4 {A welcome pawn
structure change if you're a Caruana fan. Still, White is a little better, and
Magnus is Magnus.} 29. Rcc1 Kf8 30. Na5 Ke7 31. Kf2 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Ne8 33. Ke3
Nd6 34. Nc5 Rc8 35. Nab3 f5 $6 (35... Ne5 {would have prevented White from
trading rooks, which he needs to accomplish if he's serious about hitting that
b4-pawn.}) 36. Nxd7 Rxc1 37. Nxc1 Kxd7 38. Nd3 $6 ({It is surprising to see
Carlsen neglecting a chance to win a clean pawn after} 38. Bd3 fxe4 39. fxe4 {
and there's no stopping the threat of Na2. Truth to tell, White would still be
a long ways from winning the game.} e5 40. Na2 Kc7 41. Nxb4 Kb6) 38... fxe4 39.
fxe4 Ke7 40. e5 ({Another option was} 40. Bf3 g4 41. Bxg4 Bxe4 42. Bf3 Bxd3 43.
Kxd3 e5 $14) 40... Nf5+ 41. Kf2 Nd4 42. Bd1 b3 43. Nb4 Bd5 44. g3 (44. Nxd5+
exd5 45. Ke3 Nf5+ 46. Kd3 Ke6 47. Bxb3 Kxe5 {An outside passer is always
useful in B vs N endgames, but here Black is well centralised and therefore
should hold.}) 44... Bc4 45. Ke3 Nf5+ 46. Ke4 $6 (46. Kd2 {seemed more
promising:} Kd7 47. Bf3 Kc7 48. Kc3) 46... Kd7 47. g4 {This pawn will be a
target for Black's counterplay.} Ne7 48. Kd4 Bf1 49. Bxb3 Be2 50. h3 Bf1 51.
Nd3 Nc6+ 52. Kc5 $5 {A fancy way to reach a draw that seened inevitable anyhow.
} Bxd3 53. Ba4 Be4 54. Kb6 Bd5 {Of course Black cannot unpin, but he can wait
for the white pawn to come to b5, and then his knight can move away.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Rc8 14. Bc6 Bf6
15. a4 Rb8 16. h3 Be6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qd2 Rb6 19. Bd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 b4 21. b3
Rb5 22. Ra4 Qb8 23. Re1 Qb6 24. Re4 Qc5 25. g4 g6 26. Kg2 Bg7 27. Re7 Bf6 28.
Re4 Bg7 29. Re7 Bf6 30. Re2 Bg7 31. Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1
Nc6 9. Nc3 Nde7 10. Rb1 a5 11. a3 Re8 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Nf5 14. b5 Ncd4 15.
Nd2 Ra7 16. Nde4 h6 17. Nd5 Ra5 18. c4 c6 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Nb6 Qc7 21. Bd2 Ra2
22. Nc3 Ra6 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Ne2 Nxe2+ 25. Rxe2 Nd4 26. Re1 Rd8 27. Bc3 Ra2
28. Ra1 Rxa1 29. Bxa1 Qb6 30. Qa4 Nb3 31. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Hillarp Persson,T"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After overcoming my initial instinct of commenting on all the other games, I
finally settled on this one. The result did play a part in my decision.} 1. e4
c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 (5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 {
leads to a Maroczy setup.} 8. Na3) 5... Qc7 ({The main reason for Black's move
order is to avoid} 5... a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O {which leads to a
rather un-Sicilian position that demands a lot from a defensive point of view.}
) 6. Be3 ({For a while White scored well with} 6. Ndb5 Qb8 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb6
axb5 9. Nxb5 Bb4+ 10. c3 Ba5 11. Nc7+ Qxc7 12. Bxc7 Bxc7 13. Qg4 g6 14. Bb5 {
, but I always considered this to be a bluff. Black should be winning and it
is a relief for me to see that White has scored horribly from this position in
the last year.}) 6... a6 7. Qf3 $5 {This move popped up already in the early
2000's, but didn't catch on until a decade later. Since then it has even
challenged 7.Qd2 for the most-popular prize and it is easy to understand its
charm. The 7.Qd2-lines can be answered by one thousand sharp lines, whereas
here play becomes more linear and easier to remember. White will plonk the
queen down on g3 and take it from there.} (7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O {has been
played in a few thousand (not exaggerating this time) tournament games. Lately
Black has preferred} Be7 {to the alternatives. One critical line goes} 9. f3 b5
10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bb7 12. g5 (12. Kb1 $5 {has been played by Caruana
himself.}) 12... Nh5 13. Be5 Qxe5 14. Qxd7+ Kf8 15. Qxb7 Qb8 {and Black was
doing all right in - among others - Khairullin,I (2651)-Jumabayev,R (2564)
Moscow 2014.}) 7... Ne5 {Black has tried virtually everything under the sun
here:} (7... Nf6 8. O-O-O Ne5 9. Qg3 b5 10. f4 Neg4 11. Bg1 {leads to the game.
}) (7... Bd6 8. O-O-O Be5 {looks rather forced and "unnatural" and Caruana had
this position with White only a year ago:} 9. g3 $5 Nge7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. f4
Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 e5 14. Rd1 exf4 15. e5 $1 {White has a strong
initiative and Black is struggling to find some coordination.} f3 16. Qxf3 Qxe5
17. Bg2 d6 18. Rhe1 Qg5+ 19. Kb1 Be6 20. Qxb7 d5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Rab8
23. Qc6 $16 {Caruana,F (2810)-Movsesian,S (2675) chess.com IoM Masters 2016})
8. Qg3 b5 $5 {This is a very rare move order. Almost everyone and his dog plays
} (8... h5 {when again we get a position with many possibilities. This is one
of the lovely side effects of playing the Taimanov Sicilian, instead of
any-other-Sicilian.} {The most common move here is} 9. O-O-O ({The game
Swiercz,D (2645)-Durarbayli,V (2605) 28th Carlos Torre Mem 2016, saw a ton of
preparation being meted out before things turned vague:} 9. Bf4 $5 d6 10. Bg5
$1 {This idea is quite dangerous for Black. Now the h-pawn is caught in limbo,
dreaming about how nice it would have been to still be able to go to h6.} b5
11. f4 {This is the "most wanted" engine line.} h4 (11... b4 12. Ncb5 axb5 13.
fxe5 $16) (11... Nc4 12. O-O-O {and White has some kind of accelerated
Bg5-Najdorf where the h5-pawn has gone on a wild goose chase.}) 12. Bxh4 b4 (
12... Ng6 13. Bg5 b4 14. Nd1 $14) 13. Ncb5 axb5 14. fxe5 Bd7 15. O-O-O Rxa2 (
15... Qc5 $5) 16. Nb3 (16. Bxb5 Qa5 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7) 16... Rxh4 17. Qxh4 dxe5
18. Bd3 $14) {when} 9... h4 10. Qh3 b5 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. Kb1 Bb7 14.
Rhe1 Rc8 15. Nb3 b4 16. Na4 Bxe4 $17 {worked beautifully for Black, in
Abdumalik,Z (2420)-Fier,A (2565) St Louis Spring Classic B 2017. It looks to
me like 9.Bf4 is the more dangerous move.}) 9. O-O-O ({This time} 9. Bf4 d6 10.
Bg5 {makes no sense due to} h6) 9... Nf6 10. f4 Neg4 (10... Nc4 11. Bxc4 Qxc4
12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Nb3 Qc4 (14... Qc6 15. Rd6 $1) 15. Kb1 $16 {
[%csl Rc5][%cal Gg3f2]}) 11. Bg1 h5 {I have played h5 under much worse
circumstances. Now e4-e5 can be met with b5-b4 followed by Nf6-somewhere
without the knight on g4 falling prey to the queen.} 12. e5 (12. a3 $6 h4 $1
13. Qf3 Bb7 {is difficult for White. For instance} 14. h3 Nh6 15. Qe3 Rc8 16.
e5 Nh5 {[%cal Gf8a3,Gh5g3] is hugely advantageous for Black. Even ignoring the
threat of Bxa3, White is over-stretched and Black's knight are about to find
excellent outpostss}) (12. Bd3 {is also critical:} Bb7 13. e5 (13. h3 $5 h4 14.
Qf3 Nh6 15. Qe3 Rc8 16. Kb1 Bc5 17. e5 Nh5 {is quite unclear.}) 13... b4 14.
Na4 Nd5 15. h3 Nh6 16. f5 $1 h4 $5 (16... Be7 $132) 17. Qxh4 Qxe5 18. fxe6 $6 (
18. Be4 $1 {, intending} Be7 19. Qe1 {avoids the exchange of queens, which
should be high on White's wish-list.}) 18... dxe6 19. Kb1 Be7 20. Qe1 Qxe1 21.
Rxe1 Ng4 {Henderson de La Fuente,L (2410)-Romanov,E (2625) 21st OIBM 2017, and
only Black could be better.}) 12... b4 $1 13. Na4 $5 {If you are a fan of
statistics then this is your choice. I am guessing Karjakin had stronger
reasons; like fighting for control of the dark squares, c5/b6.} (13. Nb1 Ne4
14. Qe1 Bb7 15. Nd2 (15. h3 Nh6 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Rd8 $13) 15... Nxd2 16.
Rxd2 {For once we reach a position where the engine is optimistic about
White's chances.} g6 $5 {An ambitious move.} (16... Be7 {looks like the solid
candidate:} 17. Kb1 Rd8 18. h3 Nh6 19. Bf2 O-O $1) 17. Kb1 Be7 18. Bd3 Nh6 19.
Be4 Rd8 20. Bf2 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 d5 22. exd6 $6 (22. Qf3 $14) 22... Rxd6 23. Qa8+
Rd8 24. Qxa6 O-O $44 {Oparin,G (2605)-Najer,E (2705) 70th ch-RUS HL 2017.})
13... Nd5 ({After} 13... Ne4 14. Qe1 Bb7 15. Nb3 $1 {Black is struggling to
find a way to meet Nb6, while keeping his Ne4 stable when Bd3 comes.}) 14. Nb3
{Karjakin's plan is to occupy the c5-square and - if Black is not careful -
perhaps even manage to exchange the dark squared bishops. However good this
sounds, it seems like something goes wrong for White around here.} ({Earlier
games went} 14. h3 {and this seems like the better move.} Nh6 15. Bd3 g6 {
and there have been two games from this position in the last few years:} 16.
Kb1 (16. Be4 Bb7 17. Qf3 Nf5 $2 (17... Rc8 $5) 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20.
Rxd5 exd5 21. Nb6 {was absolutely horrendous for Black, in Fier,A (2580)
-Leenhouts,K (2485) 9th Batavia GM 2017.}) 16... Bb7 17. Nb3 $2 (17. Be4) 17...
Bc6 18. Nac5 a5 $5 (18... Nf5 $1) 19. Ne4 $15 {Rodi,L (2335)-Borges,G (2205) I
Duchamp Int Open 2017}) (14. Nf5 $5 Bb7 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Nb6 Rd8
18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bc4 O-O 20. h3 Nh6 (20... Nf6 21. Bd4) 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Qf3
Rc8 23. Rxd5 Qc7 24. Rc5 {is pretty much forced and completely equal after} Qd6
25. Rxh5 Rc4) (14. Kb1 $5) 14... Bb7 15. Nac5 {This turns out to be a
questionable victory, but it was already too late to turn to other plans. The
Sicilian is an unforgiving opening for those who do not play the best move;
the difference between doing fine and being worse is often hard to discern.}
Bc6 $1 {Now Black is ready to continue with a6-a5-a4.} 16. Ne4 ({This was the
last opportunity to kick Ng4 back before it is too late.} 16. h3 $1 Nh6 17. Ne4
$1 Nf5 18. Qf3 {and the position remains about balanced.}) 16... f5 $1 17. h3
$2 (17. exf6 $1 gxf6 18. h3 {is the best chance here, but after} Qxf4+ $1 (
18... Nxf4 19. Qe1 $13) 19. Qxf4 Nxf4 20. Rd4 Bh6 {Black is better. The
central pawn mass and the well coordinated minor pieces will control the game:}
21. Kb1 Ne5 22. Na5 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Nd5 24. Be2 Ke7 25. Bc5+ d6 26. Bxb4 Rag8 27.
Bf1 f5 28. Rxe5 Nxb4 $36 {A very sample-ish line.}) (17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6
Qxd6 {and not only is f4 a goner, but the queens will have to come off too.})
17... h4 $1 18. Qe1 fxe4 $1 (18... Nh6 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. exd6 Qxd6 21. Kb1 Qxf4
{is also better for Black, but after} 22. Nd4 {White can mess things up much
more than in the game.}) 19. hxg4 Nxf4 20. Rxh4 Rxh4 21. Qxh4 Qxe5 {White's
centre has crumbled and he doesn't have anything to show for it.} 22. Bd4 Ng6
$1 23. Qh3 Qg5+ 24. Kb1 {A difficult situation for Black, in the sense that
there are plenty of good moves that keep an advantage, while it is difficult
to see which move is best. In those situation it is generally a good idea to
play a good move.} Bd5 {...and this is a good move. Perhaps} (24... d5 {or}) (
24... Nf4 {is better, but it would take a lot of time to decide which is
better and why.}) 25. Bg1 (25. Be3 Qh4 26. Qxh4 Nxh4 27. Nc5 a5 $17) 25... Be7
26. g3 {It is hard to come up with good advice for White, but this is not it.
Now the light squares are further weakened.} Ne5 27. Be2 Nf3 28. Bxf3 exf3 29.
Bd4 Kf7 30. Nc1 d6 $1 {If this was a movie, the camera would zoom in on the
bishop's sweaty face as he hears a shout in the distance: "The pawns are
coming. Run!"} 31. Nd3 e5 32. Bf2 Be6 33. Nxb4 e4 34. Qh1 Rc8 35. Nxa6 Qa5 36.
Qh5+ Qxh5 37. gxh5 Bg5 38. Re1 Bc4 (38... Bd2 $1 39. Rxe4 Bf5 {wins tons of
material.}) 39. Nb4 Re8 40. Re3 Bxe3 41. Bxe3 Re5 42. g4 Rg5 0-1

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Hillarp Persson,T"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 (3. Bc4 {has never been more popular, but the Ruy
Lopez still leads to more complex positions and is the more ambitious option.})
3... Nf6 {The Berlin Defence is known to be super solid since the time when
Kramnik used it to win a World Championship Match against Kasparov. I believe
it was Julian Hodgson who pointed out that the downside of playing 1.e4, is
that it is not defended.} 4. d3 $1 {My "!" might seem a bit puzzling, but it
is the only way to keep a reasonable amount of pieces left on the board while
not ending up with a swap of the e-pawns.} ({The old main line} 4. O-O Nxe4 5.
d4 (5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 {is another, more popular, line. It seem to
me like squeezing water out of a stone. But, let us be clear, I can only get
away with such a statement because I'm strong enough to have some inkling of
what I am saying, while not being strong enough to actually understand what I
am saying. Really, much of what goes on in these games is beyond our
understanding; especially how hard it is to actually handle these things over
the board without an engine as help. The drawing tendencies in the Berlin are
impending and it takes a whole lot of energy, focus and knowledge to be able
to win against another strong player here. This is what the game is like today.
It is a struggle with the thinnest of margins.}) 5... Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5
Nf5 {is not seen often between the top players. Only Vachier Lagrave seems
happy to play this in long games nowadays.}) 4... Bc5 {The bishop is not very
well placed here if White takes on c6, but against every other setup this is
its optimal post.} 5. Nc3 {This move is generally played in tandem with a
Bxc6-followed-by-long-castling-strategy.} ({Caruana usually plays} 5. c3 {
, when lately} O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Bg5 {has done very well for White.} h6 8. Bh4
a6 9. Bc4 {leads to a position that can arise from the Giuoco Piano, minus the
rook on e8. Because of this detail, Black should avoid} Na5 {due to} (9... g5
10. Bg3 Ba7 11. Nbd2) 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. b4 $14) (5. O-O Nd4 {gives Black an
easy game.}) (5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {has been popular too, but in the last year
Black has done well with} Be6 $5 7. O-O Bd6 8. d4 Nd7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5
Bxe5 11. f4 Bd4+ 12. Kh1 f5 {The engine likes the position for White after} 13.
Qe2 {, but it could be a superficial evaluation:} O-O 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Nf3 Bc5
16. Re1 Rae8 17. exf5 $2 (17. e5 h6) 17... Bd5 $1 18. Ne5 Rxf5 $15 {Robson,R 
(2665)-Nakamura,H (2790) ch-USA 2017, and Black went on to win.}) 5... O-O 6.
Bxc6 dxc6 {Caruana has lost two rapid games against Grischuk from this
position, but he seems to have faith in it still.} 7. h3 (7. Ne2 Re8 8. h3 Nd7
9. g4 Bb4+ $5 10. Kf1 {I find it hard to believe that this move fits in with
White's setup.} (10. Bd2 Bxd2+ (10... Bf8 $1) 11. Qxd2 c5 12. O-O-O $13) 10...
Bf8 11. Ng3 Nc5 12. Be3 f6 13. Nf5 {White's plan looks menacing, but if Black
can defend (which should be quite possible) then the bishop pair could become
a factor in the latter part of the game.} Ne6 14. Rg1 Kh8 15. h4 g6 16. Nh6 Qe7
$17 {and White's attack came to a complete halt as g5 is met with Bxh6 and h5
with ...Bxh6 followed by ...g5; Caruana,F (2795)-Grischuk,A (2780) Champions
Showdown G30 rapid 2017.}) 7... Nd7 {Black starts rearranging his minor pieces.
The knight is headed for e6 and the Bc5 will be solid on d6 or tucked away on
f8. It will be difficult for White to open up the position without
simultanesly opening a Pandora's box of awesome bishop power.} ({Having seen
the course the game takes, I went back to this moment to ask myself if there
is no way for Black to get the bishop to f8 in one go. Indeed there is:} 7...
Re8 8. Be3 Bf8 {intending a fast Nf6-d7-c5-e6, will win a tempo for Black
compared to the game if White continues along the same lines. In a blitz game
Caruana made use of a different version of the same plan we will soon see:} 9.
a4 a5 10. O-O b6 (10... Nd7) 11. Nd2 Be6 {As I understand it, the bishop
should only go here when f6 has been played (so that it can retreat to f7).} (
11... Nd7) 12. Ne2 Nh5 13. g4 Nf6 14. Ng3 {The plan is back on track.} Nd7 15.
Kh2 g6 16. Rg1 Be7 {Black is drifting.} 17. Nf5 Bg5 18. Nf3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Kh8
20. Qe1 c5 21. b3 gxf5 $2 22. gxf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 e4 24. Ng5 Ne5 25. Kh1 f6 26.
Ne6 {and White went on to win, in Caruana,F (2800)-Nakamura,H (2785) chess.com
Speed 3m+2spm 2017. It is a nice illustration of the g4/Nc3-e2-g3-f5 plan.}) 8.
Be3 $1 Bd6 9. Ne2 Re8 10. g4 Nc5 ({Grischuk's idea} 10... Bb4+ {is not out of
the question here.}) 11. Ng3 Ne6 {White would like to push the pawns forward
on the kingside, but as long as Bc8 keeps an eye on g4, it is not possible ot
play h4, while g4-g5 doesn't solve the problem as h4 is still (annoyingly)
answered with ...Bg4. However, this is why the knight was rerouted to g3. It
will act as a plug on f5 and allow White to continue to push the pawns. Ergo,
there is no reason for Black to keep the c8-g4-diagonal open anymore.} ({
The engine likes} 11... g6 {, but it looks illogical to give White something
to bite into on the kingside. I don't trust it.}) 12. Nf5 c5 {Now White's
options in the centre have been radically diminished. It's an all eggs in one
basket situation where the basket is the kingside.} 13. h4 a5 14. h5 Ra6 $5 {
A flexible way to get the rook to participate.} (14... Bd7 $6 {is a sorry
excuse for a move. Not only is the bishop not fulfilling any function on d7
that it didn't carry out from c8, but also it is more in the way of the other
pieces. Never play Bc8-d7 or Bc1-d2 unless you have a clear idea of why you
are doing it.}) 15. Qd2 {Black's pieces are in good spots and no further slow
improvement is in sight, so it is time for some activity.} Nd4 $1 16. Rh3 Bf8
$1 {It is often good to retreat the bishops to the last rank when the opponent
has active knights which lack real outposts. This is such a case. The bishops
could actually not be more active than they are (while not stepping on the
toes of the other pieces); not without a majot change in the pawn structure.}
17. O-O-O Be6 {Finally Anand decides to move the bishop. As I said before; I
like the bishop on c8. Both} (17... a4 {and}) (17... b5 {, look promising for
Black and more flexible. Still, it is not a bad move, at all.}) 18. Kb1 f6 {
Anand has built a convincing case against Caruana's setup and it is White who
has to find equality.} 19. c3 $1 {If you have a chat with the pieces they will
all say: "The knight on d4 is too strong. It has to go."} Nxf3 20. Rxf3 c4 $5 {
Black is much happier in a position where he gets to play c4, than one in
which White gets to do it first.} (20... Qd7 21. c4 {looks like a strategic
improvement from White's point of view. However, it is not easy to neutralise
Black's initiative after} Kh8 22. Rg3 Rb8 {[%cal Gb7b5]}) (20... h6 {is the
engine's favourite move, but it has long-reaching negative consequences in
that the knight is now safe on f5, while g7 becomes a future weakness. White
can put all his resources into the defence for some time and then aim to play
d2-d4 at an opportune moment.}) 21. Qc2 $6 (21. g5 $1 {White cannot enter an
endgame without taking the g7-g6 option away from Black first. Otherwise the
knight will be kicked back. One way to achieve this is} Qxd3+ 22. Qxd3 cxd3 23.
gxf6 gxf6 24. Rxd3 {and since Nf5 is as strong as the opponent's bishop, this
is an equal position.}) 21... cxd3 22. Rxd3 Qc8 {Black has managed to keep the
bishop pair and White has little in the way of compensation.} 23. g5 $1 {
White must immediately mix things up, before Black gets time to exchange a
pair of rooks and run for the ending.} fxg5 24. Bxg5 Bf7 $5 ({Perhaps even
better is} 24... h6 25. Bc1 Bf7 {, when the h5-pawn looks weak, while it is
unclear that White can pose any real threats to Black's king.} 26. Rg3 Kh8 27.
Rd1 a4 $1 {and with ...Qe6 coming next, White is in trouble.}) 25. h6 $1 gxh6
26. Bc1 {Now, objectively speaking, Black is still better, but White has
significantly more ideas to play around with as Black's king has become much
more exposed.} Qe6 27. b3 a4 $2 ({This lets Caruana back in the game. It was
necessary to forestall c3-c4 with} 27... b5 $1 {when, after} 28. Bb2 a4 29.
Rg3+ Bg6 30. f3 axb3 31. axb3 h5 {Black is clearly better.}) 28. c4 $1 {
With this move White achieves a state of stability on the queenside. It is a
temporary stability, but that is all he needs in order to get in some decent
threats of his own.} axb3 29. axb3 Qc6 $1 (29... Rea8 30. Bb2 Ba3 31. Qd1 $1
Bxb2 32. Kxb2 Ra2+ 33. Kc3 $18) 30. Rg3+ Kh8 31. Rd1 b5 $1 32. c5 ({My eye was
immediately caught by} 32. Bb2 $5 bxc4 33. Rd8 $1 {, but Black seems to be
able to defend in more than one way.} Ra5 34. Nd4 $1 (34. Qc3 $4 Qxe4+) 34...
Qb7 35. Ne6 (35. Rxe8 Bxe8 36. f4 {is also "=" according to the engine.}) 35...
Be7 36. Rxe8+ Bxe8 37. f4 Bc6 38. Bxe5+ Rxe5 39. Qc3 Bxe4+ 40. Kb2 Ba3+ {
is one way. Easy to spot. (Not.)}) 32... b4 $2 {A second mistake and this time
there is no coming back.} ({Instead} 32... Qxc5 33. Qxc5 Bxc5 {was right.
White has some pressure, but it doesn't really go anywhere. One possible
defence is} 34. Rd7 Be6 35. Rxc7 Bxf5 36. exf5 Bd4 37. Rgg7 e4 38. Bb2 Bxb2 39.
Kxb2 Rf6 40. Rxh7+ Kg8 41. Rhg7+ Kh8 {with a draw.}) 33. Bb2 {Suddenly Black
is in a lot of trouble. The e5-pawn is shaky and the king depends on it for
survival.} Bg6 (33... Ra5 $1 {is a better defence, but this time} 34. Rd8 {
is stronger:} Qxc5 35. Rxe8 Qxc2+ 36. Kxc2 Bxe8 37. f4 Rc5+ 38. Kd3 Bg6 39.
Bxe5+ Kg8 40. Ne3 {and Black has a very difficult time.}) 34. Rd5 $1 Qb5 {
A tricky move (the only one) that has a counter-attack in mind.} 35. Rg1 c6 $4
{For someone of Anands calibre, this qualifies as chess-blindness. It is quite
obvious that one cannot let the e5-pawn fall without, at least, being able to
take the bishop out of circulation (sacrifice the exchange).} (35... Rae6 36.
f4 {is also much better for White, but Black can fight on.}) 36. Rxe5 Rxe5 37.
Bxe5+ Kg8 38. Bd4 Kf7 39. Nh4 {A prosaic move that threatens Nxg6 followed by
e4-e5. There is no defence anymore. Although Anand's play deserved a better
fate, Caruana had excellent timing in creating his counterplay.} 1-0

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxf5 Qxf5 13. Qxb7 Qd7 14. Qxd7 Nxd7
15. c5 Bxh2+ 16. Nxh2 Ne4 17. f3 Ng3 18. Bf4 Nf5 19. Rad1 Rfe8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8
21. g4 Ne7 22. Rd3 Nf8 23. Rb3 Ne6 24. Be3 Ng6 25. Kf2 Ngf4 26. Rb7 Kf8 27. Nf1
Re7 28. Rb8+ Re8 29. Rb7 Re7 30. Rb8+ Re8 31. Rxe8+ Kxe8 32. Bxf4 Nxf4 33. Ke3
Ng2+ 34. Kf2 Nf4 35. Ke3 Ng2+ 36. Kf2 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Nf1 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Ng3 f6 12. O-O Be6 13. Ne4 Be7 14. d4 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Bf7 17. Re1 Re8 18. Be3 c6 19. Ng3 Bf8 20. Bd2 Qd7 21. Bc2
c5 22. Qh4 Bg6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Rad1 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Rxe8 Qxe8 27. Qg4
Kf7 28. Qf3 Qd7 29. Ne4 Qf5 30. Qe2 c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8.
Bg2 Nce4 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. e4 d6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qc7 14. Qe2
Nd7 15. Bf4 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bd6 17. Rfe1 Rb8 18. Rad1 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5
b6 21. c5 Ba6 22. c6 Rbc8 23. Rd7 Rfd8 24. Re4 Rxd7 25. cxd7 Rd8 26. Ra4 Bb5
27. Rxa7 Kf8 28. Bf1 Bxd7 29. Rb7 e5 30. Bc4 b5 31. Bxb5 Be6 32. c4 Rd1+ 33.
Kg2 Rc1 34. a4 Bxc4 35. Bxc4 Rxc4 36. a5 Ra4 37. Ra7 e4 38. Ra8+ Ke7 39. a6 Kf6
40. g4 e3 41. fxe3 Rxg4+ 42. Kf3 Ra4 43. a7 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Saving the best to last, here is the effort by Fabiano Caruana, who needed to
win in order to again catch 'the man who knows nothing' in the tournament lead.
As such, the game begins with a reversed Dragon.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3
Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 (8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Ng5 {
had already been seen by Caruana from the other side of the table, and the
game may have inspired him.} Qd8 10. Nxh7 Re8 11. Ng5 {The knight is protected
by d4-tricks!} Qxg5 12. Bxc6 (12. d4 Qe7 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Qa4 {could be a new
direction for White to investigate}) 12... bxc6 13. d4 Qh5 (13... Qe7 14. dxc5
Qxc5 15. Be3 $14) 14. dxc5 e4 15. h4 Qg4 (15... Bg4 $11 {is best according to
our silicon friends- if he chooses Black can take back on c5 in a better
version than 13...Qe7.}) 16. Bf4 Qh3 17. Qd4 Bg4 18. Qe3 Rad8 19. Rad1 $14 {
Aronian,L-Caruana,F, Saint Louis 2017, where the compensation was close to
vanishing into thin air.}) 8... Re8 9. Ng5 Nf6 (9... Nxc3 {These structures
are always evaluated as equal by the machine, but in my experience they are
always better for one side or the other. A good indicator of whether Black is
better is whether he has traded his dark-squared bishop for the knight.} 10.
bxc3 Be7 {Now here are 2 sample lines, one where Black ends up better and one
where White does. The point is not that Ne4 is better or that Nf3 is but that
the position contains a vast number of apparently minor nuances, such that one
side will on balance of probabilities understand them better over the next 5
moves.} 11. Ne4 (11. Nf3 Be6 12. Rb1 b6 13. Qa4 Qd7 14. Ng5 Nd4 15. Qd1 Bxg5
16. Bxg5 Nc6 17. Qa4 Bd5 18. f3 $14 {Every rule has an exception.}) 11... Be6 (
11... Rb8 12. Be3 b6 13. c4 Bb7 14. Nc3 Nd4 15. Nd5 Qd7 16. Nxe7+ Rxe7 $15) 12.
Be3 f6 13. Nd2 Bd5 14. Bxd5+ Qxd5 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. Nxb3 Kf7 $11 {A genuinely
equal position, but maybe it is easier to play for Black as in the Wesley So
game.}) 10. Qb3 Qe7 {Black holds the balance well.} 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Nd8
13. Qc4 Bd4 14. Bg2 h6 15. Nf3 Nc6 16. Be3 {A violent winning attempt.} (16.
Nxd4 {As before, trading the knight for the dark-squared bishop is not often a
good idea.} Nxd4 17. Re1 Bg4 $15) (16. e3 $11) 16... Bxe3 17. fxe3 e4 (17...
Nd8 {is an interesting option, trying to set up the stereotypical arrangement
with ...Be6(-f7) and ...f6.}) 18. dxe4 a5 19. a3 Ra6 20. Rac1 Rb6 21. Rc2 Be6
22. Qc3 Rb3 23. Qd2 Rd8 24. Qc1 a4 25. Rc5 {Black still has compensation, but
the problem is that he is now 'likely' to 'forget' to take the material back.}
(25. Rc3 Qd6 26. Rxb3 Bxb3 27. Qc3 {made sense too}) 25... Rd7 26. h3 Qd8 27.
g4 g6 28. Kh1 Kg7 29. e5 Bd5 30. Kg1 Be6 31. Kf2 Qe7 32. Kg1 Rd5 33. Rc4 Ra5 (
33... Nxe5 34. Rxc7 Nxf3+ 35. Bxf3 Rd7 $11) 34. Rc2 Bd5 {Getting maybe a
little carried away with strategic purity. It turns out that for tactical
reasons White can now keep the pawn.} 35. Nd4 Nxd4 36. exd4 Rg3 37. Rf3 $1 $14
{That's just it. The rook is entombed and White's pawns have been untripled (!)
} Bxf3 38. exf3 c6 (38... Rb5 39. Kh2 Qh4 40. Qf4 Rxg2+ 41. Kxg2 c6 $14 {
was the most sophisticated way of giving back the exchange, setting up an
outpost for the rook on b3 and the queen on d5.}) 39. Kh2 Rxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Rd5
41. Rc4 c5 42. Rxc5 Rxd4 43. Qc3 {Now White has almost solved all his
structural issues and Black's best bet is in fact the queen ending.} Qd8 (43...
Rd3 44. Qxd3 Qxc5 45. Qc3 Qb6 $16) 44. Rc8 Qb6 45. Re8 {Leaving Black's pieces
stuck and introducing the idea of Rxb7 in various lines.} (45. Rb8 Rd1 {
is not a good way to introduce that idea}) 45... g5 46. Re7 Kg8 (46... Kf8 47.
Rxb7 {leads to another probably winning queen ending.}) 47. e6 $1 {The best
conversion, forcing a queen rather than rook ending on pain of mate.} fxe6 48.
Qc2 Kf8 49. Rh7 Qc6 {The only way to defuse the pressure.} 50. Qxc6 {With a
probably winning rook ending, but see Black's 58th.} (50. Rh8+ Ke7 51. Qh7+ Kd6
52. Rd8+ Kc5 53. Qc2+ Rc4 {is not an obvious win, so Black takes the queens off
}) 50... bxc6 51. Rxh6 Kf7 52. Kg3 Rd2 53. Rh7+ Kf6 54. Rb7 Ke5 55. h4 (55. Rb4
{may have been more precise to cut out ...Kf4.}) 55... gxh4+ 56. Kxh4 Kf4 57.
Rf7+ Ke3 58. Kg3 Rd1 (58... Rxb2 59. Re7 {was Black's best chance:} c5 60.
Rxe6+ Kd4 $16 {and the jury may still be out}) 59. g5 $18 Rg1+ 60. Kh4 Rg2 61.
Rf6 e5 62. g6 Rxb2 63. Kg5 Rg2+ 64. Kh6 Rh2+ 65. Kg7 c5 66. Kf7 c4 67. g7 Rh7
68. Ra6 {More moves could have been played, but White has shown enough. This
move eliminates the pawn on a4 and gets back to cover the c-pawn just in time.}
1-0

[Event "London Classic playoff 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.12.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1
Nc6 9. Nc3 Nde7 10. Rb1 a5 11. a3 a4 12. Re4 Nd5 13. Bd2 Bf5 14. Re1 Nb6 15.
Qc1 Re8 16. Bh6 f6 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. h4 Bg4 19. Nh2 Be6 20. Be3 Nd7 21. Nc3 Qf7
22. Nb5 Nf8 23. c4 Red8 24. Qc2 Rd7 25. Nc3 Bf5 26. Bd5 Rxd5 27. cxd5 Ne7 28.
g4 Bd7 29. d4 Nxd5 30. dxe5 Bc6 31. Ne4 fxe5 32. Ng5 Qf6 33. Rbd1 h6 34. Ne4
Qf7 35. g5 h5 36. Qc4 Re8 37. Nf1 Re7 38. Nfg3 Rd7 39. Nc3 Qe6 40. Rd2 Kf7 41.
Red1 Nxe3 42. Rxd7+ Nxd7 43. Qxe6+ Kxe6 44. fxe3 Bf8 45. Nge4 Be7 46. Kf2 Nb6
47. Nd2 Nd7 48. Nc4 b6 49. Nd2 Nc5 50. Ke2 Bb7 51. e4 Ba6+ 52. Kf3 Bd6 53. Nf1
Bc4 54. Ne3 Bb3 55. Rd2 c6 56. Nf1 Ke7 57. Ng3 Ne6 58. Nge2 b5 59. Nd1 Bc5 60.
Ne3 Bb6 61. Nc1 Nd4+ 62. Kg3 Be6 63. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic playoff 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.12.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 Nc6 7. a3 Rb8 8. Rb1
O-O 9. O-O b5 10. b4 a6 11. h3 Nd7 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Qd2 Nd4 14. f4 e6 15. Bf2 f5
16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Ne2 e5 18. c3 fxe4 19. dxe4 Nf6 20. cxd4 Nxe4 21. Qd3 Nxf2
22. Rxf2 Qb6 23. Rd1 Kh8 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. dxe5 dxe5 26. Qd6 Qa7 27. Rd5 Rbf7
28. Qc5 Qb7 29. Rd1 Rc7 30. Qe3 Rcf7 31. Rdf1 Qc7 32. fxe5 Rxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic playoff 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2017.12.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c6 6. b3 d6 7. d4 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Bb2 e4 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Ng5 Bf5 12. Nc3 h6 13. Ncxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxg7
hxg5 15. Be5 Nd7 16. Bc7 Rdc8 17. Ba5 b6 18. Be1 g4 19. Rd1 Re8 20. f3 gxf3 21.
exf3 Nec5 22. Bc3 Re2 23. g4 Be6 24. Rf2 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 a5 26. h4 f6 27. Rd6 Rc8
28. a3 Kf7 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Na4 31. Be1 Nb2 32. Bf1 Ne5 33. c5 bxc5 34.
bxc5 Bc4 35. Bc3 Bxf1 36. Bxb2 Nd3+ 37. Kxf1 Nxb2 38. Rd4 Re8 39. Kf2 Re5 40.
Rd7+ Re7 41. Rd4 Re5 42. Rd7+ Kf8 43. Rd6 Ke7 44. Rxc6 Rxc5 45. Rb6 Nd3+ 46.
Ke3 Ne5 47. Rb7+ Ke6 48. Rb6+ Rc6 49. Rb3 Rd6 50. Ke4 Rc6 51. Ke3 Ra6 52. Kf2
g5 53. Kg3 gxh4+ 54. Kxh4 Ra1 55. Rb6+ Kf7 56. Rb3 Rg1 57. Kh3 Kg6 58. Kh2 Rd1
59. Kg3 Rd3 60. Rxd3 Nxd3 61. f4 Nc5 62. Kf3 Kf7 63. Kg3 Ke6 64. Kh4 Nd3 65.
f5+ Ke5 66. g5 fxg5+ 67. Kxg5 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic playoff 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2017.12.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. a4 Nc6 5. O-O g6 6. c3 Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 a6 11. Bc4 Rc8 12. Re1 Ne8 13. Bb3 Na5 14. Ba2 Nc4 15.
Qd3 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. b3 Na5 18. Nxb5 Qb6 19. Na3 Nc6 20. Nc2 Nc7 21. Be3
Qb5 22. Qd2 d5 23. e5 Bf5 24. Rec1 Ne6 25. Nce1 Be4 26. Nh2 Nb4 27. Rxc8 Rxc8
28. Bb1 h5 29. Nhf3 Nc6 30. Bc2 Bxc2 31. Qxc2 Rb8 32. Nd3 Bf8 33. Rb1 Ng7 34.
Nc5 Nf5 35. e6 Bg7 36. exf7+ Kxf7 37. Nd7 Ncxd4 38. Nde5+ Bxe5 39. Nxe5+ Ke6
40. Bxd4 Nxd4 41. Qxg6+ Kxe5 42. Re1+ Ne2+ 43. Kf1 Kd4 44. Rxe2 e5 45. Qg3 e4
46. Qe3+ Ke5 47. Kg1 Qxb3 48. Qg5+ Ke6 49. Qg6+ Kd7 50. Rd2 h4 51. Qf5+ Kc6 52.
Qf6+ Kc5 53. Qd4+ Kc6 54. Qf6+ Kc5 55. Qxh4 Rb7 56. Qd8 Rb6 57. Qc7+ Rc6 58.
Qa5+ Kd6 59. Qd8+ Kc5 60. h4 e3 61. Qe7+ Kb5 62. Qb7+ Rb6 63. Rxd5+ Kc4 64. Qf7
exf2+ 65. Kxf2 Qb2+ 66. Rd2+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2834"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:00] A minor choice, generally
renowned for leading to a drawish ending.'} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. d3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qxe2+ {[%emt 0:06:
40]} 8. Bxe2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} ({On schematic grounds, I
might have preferred} 8... c6 {[%csl Rc3] to close off all options of Nb5 and
'dominate' the c3-knight. The followup could then be ...d5 and ...Bg4, with
the idea of trying to exchange the light-squared bishop for anything, and
exchange the pair of dark-squared bishops.}) 9. Nd4 {[%emt 0:05:37]} a6 {
[%emt 0:04:25]} 10. Bf4 {[%emt 0:05:06] Now this pressures the d6-pawn, so as
to prevent ...c6 following a fianchetto. Black has little choice but to play ..
.Nc6 one way or another, and he will be left with doubled pawns.'} Bg7 {
[%emt 0:00:33]} (10... Nbd7 {is the maximalist move, trying to prevent Bf3
altogether.}) 11. h3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:06:15]} 12. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:
36]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 13. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 14.
Bxc6+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 15. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:50]} Kd7 {
[%emt 0:06:33] Objectively, there is nothing whatsoever wrong with Black's
position, and as long as one doesn't get carried away with premonitions of
White kings appearing on a5 after the rooks come off (echoes of Rubinstein)
then it is also easy enough to play.'} 16. Rhe1 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Rhe8 {[%emt 0:
04:33]} 17. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} (17. Bd2 {[%cal Ge1e8,Gd1e1] may have been
wisest, focusing on the task of exchanging all the rooks as quickly as
possible and then placing pawns on light squares.}) 17... Nd5 {[%emt 0:07:57]}
(17... Nxe4 18. dxe4 Re6 19. f3 Rae8 20. Bd2 {[%cal Gc2c4,Gc1c2] is also fine
but now White's moves are definitely easier to find, starting with c4, Kc2, b3.
}) 18. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} f5 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 19. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} h6 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 20. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} g5 {[%emt 0:04:07]} 21. c3 {[%emt 0:
02:59]} c5 {[%emt 0:07:56]} 22. Kc2 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} ({
The computer wants} 22... a5 {but it can never be good to allow this pawn to
be fixed.}) 23. Rxe8 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Rxe8 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 24. Re1 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:05:21]} 25. Rh1 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Re8 {[%emt 0:06:55]} 26.
g3 {[%emt 0:01:59]} g4 {[%emt 0:09:09]} 27. Ng1 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:
00:14]} 28. Kd1 {[%emt 0:06:20]} a5 {[%emt 0:11:46]} 29. Ne2 {[%emt 0:02:30]
One of several acceptable moves.} (29. a4 Rb8 $1 $15 {was the point and White
is being stretched a bit thin.}) 29... a4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} (29... Rb8 $5 30. b3
a4 31. Bxg5 hxg5 {is a little bit testing, perhaps}) 30. Bxg5 {[%emt 0:05:53]}
hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 31. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 32. Rh5 {
[%emt 0:00:22]} Re5 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 33. Rh7+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:07:
59]} 34. a3 {[%emt 0:13:54]} (34. d4 {screams out to be played, but there is
nothing much going on here either:} Rf5 35. c4 Nb6 36. b3 axb3 37. axb3 Rf3 $11
{Nevertheless, this was marginally safer for White than the game.}) 34... Rf5 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 35. c4 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:05:21]} 36. Rh2 {[%emt 0:
00:45] It looks slightly dangerous to a human to allow ...Rxf2, because ...
Nd7-e5 with pressure will follow soon.'} Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 37. Kc2 {[%emt 0:
00:51]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 38. d4 {[%emt 0:05:54] Else White is in very
obvious difficulties.} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} (38... Rf5 {is a sensible engine
suggestion; this keeps a bit of pressure by not clarifying the situation of
the d4-pawn.} 39. Kd3 (39. Rh7 Nb6 40. dxc5 Rxc5 $36) 39... Rf7 {An engine
move; what was your first clue?} 40. Rh6+ $6 Ke7 41. Rh2 cxd4 42. Nxd4 Ne5+ 43.
Kc3 c5 $15) 39. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 40. Nc3 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Ke5 (40... Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} {Presumably the expected continuation
was:} 41. Nd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxc4 42. Rh5 Kd4 43. Rxg5 Ne5 44. Rg7 {when
White is completely out of the woods.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:
00:12]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6
{[%emt 0:00:06] I'm not sure what else one expects from Gawain Jones!} 5. h3 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:33]} 6. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:53]
} 7. d5 {[%emt 0:00:08] The Petrosian systems are a good place for both sides
to show class as they lead to long and yet complicated games, so this was a
predictable choice from Caruana, but as Gawain mentioned yesterday, he is not
in this event as decoration and can give as good as he gets in complex
positions.} Na6 {[%emt 0:03:22]} 8. g4 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 9.
f3 {[%emt 0:01:33]} h5 $5 $146 {[%emt 0:11:11] This is new according to my
database, but also quite good.} ({Previously a strong grandmaster had played
for ...f5 here with} 9... Ne8 10. Qd2 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 {and lost a long game
to a centre/kingside attack in Parligras, M-Demchenko,A Konya 2017}) 10. Qd2 {
[%emt 0:09:40]} (10. Bg5 {might have been an interesting way to execute the
same idea, trying to get the Black queen a bit out of place first.}) (10. g5
Nh7 11. h4 {would have forced Black to come up with something other than the
plan he showed in the game. My guess is that the intention was} f6 $5 12. Qd2
fxg5 13. hxg5 {and now if he had reached this position, Black might not have
been able to resist the thematic, and ironically Petrosian-like, exchange
sacrifice} Rf4 $5 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Qxf4 Bd7 $44) 10... Nh7 {[%emt 0:03:00]}
11. O-O-O {[%emt 0:18:09]} h4 {[%emt 0:01:44] Black is threatened with a
kingside attack, so he must prevent gxh5 opening up the whole flank.} 12. Bd3 {
[%emt 0:08:23] Black can now choose between ...f5 and .. .b5 plans.} Nxd3+ {
[%emt 0:18:48]} (12... a6 {is another way of playing; even though White would
typically like to retain the light-squared bishop on say c2, here Black is on
time with ...b5 and some pawn sacrifices.} 13. Kb1 (13. Bc2 b5 14. b4 Nb7 15.
cxb5 a5 $1 $13 {is cute}) 13... Nxd3 14. Qxd3 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Ba6 $13
{Black seems to have quite good compensation.}) 13. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} f5 {
[%emt 0:00:17]} 14. Rh2 {[%emt 0:10:39]} (14. gxf5 gxf5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Ne4 {
was stereotyped, but maybe not advantageous after} Qe8 $11) 14... Kh8 {[%emt 0:
07:55]} 15. Rg2 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:10:51] Black keeps tension.} (
15... f4 {runs the risk that following} 16. Bf2 {and another 40 moves, Black
will find himself crushed on the queenside with no moves or space.}) 16. exf5 {
[%emt 0:11:03]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 17. g5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} f4 {[%emt 0:08:
12]} 18. Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qe8 $6 {[%emt 0:02:57] This is completely
understandable, trying to organise ... Qh5 and ...Nf8-g6 or even ..Be8-g6, but
concretely another move was better.} (18... Rg8 {The idea is just to use the
unexpected pressure on... the g5-pawn.} 19. g6 $5 (19. Bxh4 Bh6 $11) 19... Bf6
20. Nge2 Nf8 $11 {Black will play .... Qc8 and ...Bf5 next.}) 19. Ne4 $14 {
[%emt 0:03:30]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:06:45]} 20. Bxh4 {[%emt 0:12:25]} Qh5 {[%emt 0:00:
42]} 21. Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} ({.Nf8-g6 and other
extravagant maneouvres do not ultimately target the White kingside pawns, for
example} 21... Rfc8 22. h4 Nf8 23. Kb1 Ng6 24. Ne2 $16 {and White can play c5
soon.}) 22. fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxg5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 23. Rg4 {[%emt 0:01:44]
} Nh7 {[%emt 0:01:18]} (23... Bh6 {was another option, after which White is
also better and may manage to get more pieces off:} 24. Rh4 Qg6 25. Nf3 $1 Nf7
26. Rg1 $16) 24. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:05:49]} 25. c5 {[%emt 0:05:
11]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:03:23]} 26. Rdg1 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Qh6 {[%emt 0:06:06]} (26...
Be7 {was also possible immediately and would have maintained the option of ...
Rxg4 and ...Qe8-a4.}) 27. Qf1 {[%emt 0:07:20]} Be7 {[%emt 0:03:13]} (27... Rxg4
28. hxg4 Rg8 $14) 28. Kc2 {[%emt 0:08:59]} (28. Bh4 $1 {would have led to a
situation reminiscent of Anand's game from yesterday, where White's practical
advantage is larger than his actual one. For instance:} Rxg4 29. hxg4 $1 Bxh4
30. Rh1 Rg8 31. cxd6 cxd6 32. Nxh4 $16) 28... Nf6 $11 {[%emt 0:06:05]} 29. Ng5
{[%emt 0:06:26]} Raf8 {[%emt 0:03:25]} 30. Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qh7 $1 {
[%emt 0:02:37]} 31. Rh4 {[%emt 0:02:36]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 32. Nxf8 {
[%emt 0:00:26]} Rxf8 {[%emt 0:03:04]} (32... Qxe4+ $5 {led to a really
interesting ending:} 33. Qd3 Qxd3+ 34. Kxd3 Bxh4 35. Ng6+ Rxg6 36. Rxg6 Kh7 37.
Rg2 Bxf2 38. Rxf2 Ng3 39. cxd6 cxd6 $44 {I very much believe Black is in this
game, and all three reuslts are on the cards.}) 33. Rhg4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Qxe4+
{[%emt 0:00:13]} 34. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qxd3+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 35. Kxd3 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} e4+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 36. Kc4 {[%emt 0:01:51]} (36. Kxe4 Nf6+
37. Kf3 $14 {would have been my choice-baby steps! Caruana wants to try and
win with an extra exchange.}) 36... dxc5 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 37. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:
24]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 38. Kxc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ng3 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 39.
Rh4+ {[%emt 0:00:35]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 40. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rf5 {
[%emt 0:00:59]} 41. Rxf4 $1 {[%emt 0:04:07] The best way to give up an
exchange.} (41. Rc1 Rf7 42. Rg4+ Kf8 {would have delayed the inevitable but
White is going to have to sac an exchange against the rolling pawns.}) 41...
Rxf4 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 42. Rxg3+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 43. Rb3 {
[%emt 0:08:01]} c6 {[%emt 0:16:11] Now Black has to try and get 'b and a
against e with rooks' as connected pawns always win in these things.} (43... b6
44. Rc3 e3+ $1 {was a simple-once-you-see it way to draw:} 45. Kxe3 Ke5 46.
Rxc7 Rh4 47. Rxa7 Rxh3+ 48. Kd2 Kxd5 $11) 44. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:09:37]} (44. dxc6
bxc6 45. Rc3 {is, strangely enough, winning, for complicated reasons we shan't
go into.}) 44... cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 45. Kxd5 {[%emt 0:01:14]} e3 $1 {
[%emt 0:05:53] And this is the reason why Rxb7 isn't winning. Black's e-pawn
is far enough advanced that White cannot take a7 and then go back.} 46. Rb3 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} Rf2 {[%emt 0:08:09]} 47. Rxe3 {[%emt 0:02:45]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:
00:50]} 48. a4 {[%emt 0:08:58]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:07:01]} 49. h4 {[%emt 0:09:59]}
Rd7+ {[%emt 0:04:57]} 50. Kc5 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 51. Re4 {
[%emt 0:05:21]} Rh5+ {[%emt 0:01:14]} 52. Kd6 {[%emt 0:02:26]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:06:
28]} 53. Re7+ {[%emt 0:03:00]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:26] Black remembers how to draw
from the side as in a Nakamura-Howell game if need be!} 54. Re4 {[%emt 0:00:55]
} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 55. Rf4+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 56. Kc7 {
[%emt 0:00:36]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 57. Re4+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 58. Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rh7+ {[%emt 0:01:12]} 59. Ka6 {[%emt 0:00:48]}
Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 60. Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 61. a5 {
[%emt 0:06:45]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 62. Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:
32]} 63. Rg4 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 64. Rb4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Rh7
{[%emt 0:01:51]} 65. Rc4+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 66. Rc1 {
[%emt 0:01:07]} Rxh4 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 67. Kxa7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:
00:47]} 68. a6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 69. Ka8 $11 {[%emt 0:00:
43] Black's king is too close to the pawn.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. b4 Nc7 $146 {A novelty by Caruana.} (
12... f6 13. Nf3 Bg6 14. Nc3 (14. c5 $5) 14... Nxc3 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qxc3 $11
{Leko-Ivanchuk, Monte Carlo blind rapid 2006, with a balanced position.}) 13.
f3 Bg6 {A nice solution to the pin.} 14. c5 (14. fxe4 $2 {does not work, as
there is} Bxe5 15. dxe5 dxe4 $17 {followed by ...Qd4.}) ({In the event of} 14.
Nxg6 fxg6 15. fxe4 dxe4 16. Rxf8+ (16. Bxe4 $2 {loses immediately, as} Bxh2+ $1
17. Kxh2 Rxf1 $19 {and Black is winning,}) ({or} 16. Be2 $2 Qh4 17. g3 (17. h3
Qg3 $19 {followed by ...Qh2 mate.}) 17... Bxg3 $1 18. hxg3 Qxg3+ 19. Kh1 Rxf1+
20. Bxf1 Qe1 $1 21. Kg1 Rf8 $19 {with a decisive attack.}) 16... Bxf8 $132 {
with a complicated position.}) 14... Bxe5 15. dxe5 Ng5 ({Still} 15... a5 $5 {
was also possible,} 16. Bb2 (16. fxe4 $2 {is bad again} dxe4 $17 {and Black is
better.}) 16... Ng5 {is transposing to the text move.}) 16. Bb2 d4 $2 {A
mistake, which allows White's subsequent attack on the kingside.} (16... Nge6
17. f4 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 {transposes to 16...Bxd3.}) (16... Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nge6 18.
f4 g6 19. f5 gxf5 20. Rxf5 Qh4 21. Nd2 a5 22. Raf1 {and White's position looks
more tempting, however the engine isn't afraid of anything.}) ({Or even} 16...
a5 17. f4 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Ne4 {was also possible and Black is not worse.}) 17. f4
$1 {White immediately starts his kingside play.} Nd5 {The only move, but White
is better here too.} 18. fxg5 Ne3 19. Qd2 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Nxf1 21. Kxf1 Qxg5 22.
Nd2 $1 {White continues the development, doesn't think about the material.}
Qxe5 {Black gets some pawns, but the two pieces are stronger, than the rook.}
23. Nf3 ({The engine suggest} 23. Nc4 $1 {, but the human move is 23.Nf3 to
protect the h2-pawn.} Qxh2 24. Qxd4 f6 25. Nd6 $16 {and finally White has a
clear advantage.}) 23... Qh5 24. Qxd4 f6 25. Qc4+ Kh8 26. Bc1 $1 {After 24...
f6 the bishop is already useless on the a1-h8 diagonal. He prepares for Bf4-d6.
} Rfe8 27. Bf4 a5 28. Bd6 axb4 29. Qxb4 Qd5 (29... Qf7 {was more solid, however
} 30. Kf2 Ra7 31. a4 $16 {is also unpleasant for Black.}) 30. Qxb7 h6 (30...
Qd3+ $1 {was a better chance to win the a3-pawn,} 31. Kg1 Rxa3 32. Rxa3 Qxa3
33. h3 $1 {A great cool-blooded reply!} ({The greedy} 33. Qxc6 $2 {could have
been met by} Qc1+ 34. Kf2 Qc2+ $1 35. Kg3 Qg6+ $11 {with perpetual checks.})
33... Qe3+ 34. Kh2 Qe4 35. Qd7 Ra8 {and White should be better, but it is
still not clear how the knight can attack the c6-pawn.}) 31. Kg1 $1 {Now White
keeps the a3-pawn.} Ra4 32. h3 Rc4 33. Qb2 Qd3 34. Ra2 $1 {A nice reaction to
protect the 2nd rank.} Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Rc1 36. a4 {Black doesn't have any threat
on the first rank.} f5 (36... Qh1+ 37. Kg3 $18 {and the white king is safe.})
37. Qb7 f4 38. Bxf4 Rxc5 39. Rd2 Qxa4 40. Qf7 Rg8 41. Be5 Qc4 42. Rd6 $1 {
A smart finish to the game!} (42. Rd6 $1 Qc1 (42... Qxf7 43. Rxh6#) 43. Rd8 $1
$18 {and mate on g7!}) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O
{[%emt 0:04:31]} 5. Nge2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d5 {[%emt 0:05:27]} 6. a3 {[%emt 0:
00:14]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 8.
Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Re8 {[%emt 0:05:14]} 9. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:
03:31]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:01:27]} Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 11. exf4 {[%emt 0:00:06]
} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 12. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 13. Qc2 {
[%emt 0:12:07]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 14. f3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:01:41]
} 15. g4 {[%emt 0:05:46]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:17:41]} 16. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kg7 {
[%emt 0:04:14]} 17. Rae1 {[%emt 0:04:17]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:04:01]} 18. Bf2 {
[%emt 0:14:03]} h5 {[%emt 0:02:54]} 19. h3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} c6 {[%emt 0:08:18]}
20. Ne2 {[%emt 0:15:06]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:10:33]} 21. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nfg8 {
[%emt 0:08:42]} 22. Bh4 {[%emt 0:10:46]} f5 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 23. Ng3 {[%emt 0:
02:09]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:08:42]} 24. Re5 {[%emt 0:02:02]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 25.
Qe2 {[%emt 0:07:07]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 26. Re6 {[%emt 0:10:36]} Rc8 {
[%emt 0:06:49]} 27. b4 {[%emt 0:06:07]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 28. Re1 {[%emt 0:
01:51]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 29. bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 30.
dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 31. Kg2 {[%emt 0:09:11]} Qxc5 {
[%emt 0:02:24]} 32. Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} fxg4 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 33. fxg4 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 34. Qxc5 {[%emt 0:05:33]} Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 35. Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:59]} Rc2+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 36. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:33]}
Nd5 {[%emt 0:03:35]} 37. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:09] Caruana missed a chance with 37.
Rd6, when after 37...Nxf4, he would have 38.Ng5 and black's knight is lost.
Instead after 37.Bg5 the game ended in a draw ten moves later.} (37. Rd6 Nxf4
38. Ng5 {[%csl Rf7]}) 37... Rh7 {[%emt 0:04:45]} 38. Nd6 {[%emt 0:01:04]} d3 {
[%emt 0:00:49]} 39. f5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Rh3+ {[%emt 0:02:02]} 40. Ke4 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} d2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 41. Rf1 {[%emt 0:13:51]} d1=Q {[%emt 0:24:26]} 42.
Rxd1 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Nc3+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} 43. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nxd1 {
[%emt 0:00:18]} 44. f6 {[%emt 0:12:46]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 45. Bxf6 {
[%emt 0:00:30]} Rd2+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} 46. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rc2+ {[%emt 0:
08:05]} 47. Kd4 {[%emt 0:03:48]} Rd2+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 48. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
Rc2+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 $5 {A "Shak specialty." In
his post-game interview, Shakriyar admits that he played a "very risky
opening" as he sacrificed a pawn early in the game.} dxc4 6. e3 b5 7. Be2 (7.
a4 $5 {is also another way to an imbalanced middlegame. For more ideas see
Sumet's annotated game in Megabase 2018.}) 7... Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 c3 $146 {
The position is still objectively equal, however there is a great chance that
Caruana was surprised by Shak's opening choice and had the unpleasant task of
having to recall lines that are not fresh in his mind and defend accurately
against Shak's concrete prep.} ({The most recent game in this pawn-sac line
continued} 9... cxb3 10. Nxb3 $5 a6 11. Ne5 $1 {White must play energetically
otherwise Black simply will complete development and push the queenside pawns.}
Nbd7 12. Bf3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 {White has compensation but not more.} Nxe5 14. dxe5
Qd5 $1 15. Qf4 Ne4 16. Rad1 ({A simpler way is} 16. f3 Nxg5 17. Qxb4 (17. Qxg5
h6 18. Qf4 Bc3 $19) 17... h6 18. Qc3 $44 {White has full compensation due to
better pieces and weaknesses on Black's queenside.}) 16... Qb7 (16... Nc3 $5
17. Qxb4 Nxd1 18. Qg4 {[%csl Rd1][%cal Rg5f6]} Qxe5 19. Rxd1 h5 $1 20. Qh4 (20.
Qf4 Qxf4 21. Bxf4 Rfd8 $15) 20... f6 21. Bf4 Qf5 $13) 17. Rd4 Nxg5 18. Rxb4 h6
19. h4 Nh7 20. Rc1 $11 {1/2-1/2 (64) Swapnil,S (2531)-Das,A (2443) Bhubaneswar
IND 2018}) ({The only game played before this game happened was} 9... Bxd2 10.
Qxd2 cxb3 11. axb3 a6 12. Rfc1 {White had a Catalan-type of compensation and
queenside pressure.} Nbd7 {Here White could improve with} 13. Qb2 $1 (13. Qe1 {
0-1 (32) Penttinen,J (2322)-Moiseenko,A (2678) Kallithea 2008}) 13... Rc8 {
[%cal Gc7c5]} 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qd5 16. Bf3 {now the e-pawn is guarded.}
Ne4 17. Be7 $1 {An important intermediate move to limit the enemy queen's
mobility.} Rfe8 18. Rd1 Qc6 19. Bh4 $1 $40 {I like retreating the bishop on
this diagonal as it prevents enemy rooks from going to d8 and keeps the
attacking possibility of sac-ing on f6 in the future.}) 10. a3 Be7 11. Nb1 c5
12. Nxc3 a6 (12... cxd4 13. Nxd4 a6 14. Bf3 Bxf3 ({The engine recommends the
unnatural} 14... Qb6 $5 15. Ne4 Nbd7 {[%cal Gf8d8,Ga8c8] After which Black has
no problems.}) 15. Qxf3 Ra7 16. Rfd1 $36 {Is certainly a line that can be
worrisome for Black.}) 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qc2 Nbd7 15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. Bxf6 $1 {
giving Black a long-term weakness before he improves his pieces.} (16. b4 Be7 {
There is no clear way for White to create any real pressure on Black's
position.} 17. Ne5 Qe8 $1 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11) 16... gxf6 17. b4
Be7 18. Rac1 Qe8 ({Another good and typical way of improving this type of
position is} 18... Rc7 $1 {[%cal Gd8a8,Gf8c8]} 19. Nd4 Qa8 $132 (19... Kh8 $5 {
[%cal Gf8g8]} 20. Bf3 Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Qa8 $11)) 19. Qb1 Nb6 {Improving the
knight and keeping an eye on White's a3-a4 pawn break.} ({I'm sure Caruana
also considered} 19... f5 {with the idea to relocate the bishop on h8-a1
diagonal and keep the c3-knight from e4, but was concerned about} 20. a4 {
but there was nothing to fear after} (20. e4 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 f5 $1
23. Ng3 Bd5 $15) 20... bxa4 21. Nxa4 Be4 $1 22. Qb3 (22. Qa1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxb4
24. Bxa6 (24. Nc3 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 a5 $15) 24... Qe7 $15 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gh7h6,
Gg8h7,Gf8g8,Rg8g2,Re4g2]}) 22... Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qb8 24. Bxa6 Qxb4 $15) 20. Nd4
Kh8 21. Bf3 Bxf3 22. Nxf3 Nc4 ({Also natural and good is} 22... Rg8 23. Ne4
Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qa8 $132) 23. Ne4 {Shak continues to play natural moves that
improve his position.} Qc6 {So does Caruana.} 24. Nfd2 Qb7 $2 {With the aim of
playing it safe and solid, Caruana makes an inaccuracy. Interestingly,
according to his interview, Shak correctly sensed that this was a mistake.} ({
There was nothing wrong with continuing to play normal moves:} 24... Rfd8 $1 {
Black will have enough resources to hold with his isolated passed pawn.} 25.
Nxc4 Rxd1+ (25... bxc4 26. Rxd8+ (26. Nd2 $4 c3) 26... Rxd8 27. Qc2 Qd5 28. h3
Qd3 $1 29. Qxc4 (29. Qxd3 cxd3 30. Kf1 f5 31. Nd2 Bf6 $11) 29... Qxa3 $11) 26.
Rxd1 bxc4 27. Rc1 (27. Nc3 f5 $1) 27... Qd5 $11) 25. Nxc4 Rxc4 (25... bxc4 26.
Rd4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd4c4,Rd4h4]}) 26. Rxc4 (26. Nc5 $5 Bxc5 27. bxc5 $36 Qc6 (
27... Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Qc6 29. Qd3 $16 {[%csl Gc5,Rf6,Rh7,Rh8]}) 28. Rxc4 bxc4 29.
Qb4 Qb5 30. Rc1 Qxb4 31. axb4 Rb8 32. c6 $1 $16 (32. Rxc4 a5 $132)) 26... bxc4
27. Qc2 Rc8 {White's position is clearly much easier to play and from here on
slowly but surely improves his position while Black's position is difficult to
improve.} 28. h3 Qc6 (28... f5 29. Qc3+ $1 Kg8 30. Nc5 Bxc5 31. bxc5 Qb3 32.
Qd4 c3 33. Rc1 $1 c2 34. Qd7 Rb8 (34... Rxc5 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Qd4+) 35. Qd2 $16
) (28... Kg7 29. Rd4 $1) (28... Qb5 {[%cal Ga6a5]} 29. Qc3 (29. Rd4 a5 $132)
29... Qa4 30. Rb1 $1 Kg7 31. g4 $36) 29. Rd4 $1 a5 {Black can't just sit and
wait.} (29... c3 30. Nc5 Bxc5 31. Rh4 $1 {An important intermediate move.} f5
32. Qxc3+ Kg8 33. Rc4 $18) 30. Nd2 Rg8 (30... Qb5 {It looks like this can hold
at first because it keeps the material balance, but White is simply
positionally winning after} 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. Qxc4 Qxc4 33. Nxc4 axb4 34. a4 $1
$18 {e.g.} Bc5 35. Kf1 Kg7 36. Ke2 Kf8 37. Kd3 Ke7 38. Nd2 $18 {[%cal Gd3c4,
Gd2b3,Ga4a5]} (38. Na5 $5 $18)) 31. g3 axb4 32. Rxc4 b3 33. Nxb3 Qf3 34. a4 {
White has gained a clear pawn. Now he only needs a few accurate moves to put
out Black's small intiative, which Shak was able to accomplish.} Bd6 35. Rc8 (
35. Nd4 Qh5 36. Rc8 $1 (36. Kh2 $18) 36... Qxh3 37. a5 $18) 35... Rxc8 36.
Qxc8+ Kg7 37. Qc2 Bb4 38. Qc4 Qb7 39. a5 Bd6 40. a6 Qb6 41. Nd4 Qa5 42. Kg2 Qa3
43. Qc6 {Black resigned as he cannot stop White's plan of promoting the a-pawn
with help of the strong tandem of queen and knight.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 6. Re1 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:19]
} 8. a4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 9. d4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} d6 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} 10. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 11. Nxe5 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 12. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:02:
53]} 13. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 14. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:29]}
Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 15. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:15:20]} 16. Rxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:19]} Bxe2 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 17. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:
03:05]} 18. f3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Rxd2 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 19. Nxd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 20. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 21. Bxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 22. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:28:
08]} 23. c3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} b3 {[%emt 0:05:06]} 24. Rb1 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Rb8 {
[%emt 0:16:21]} 25. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:05:47]} 26. Ra3 {[%emt 0:
06:19]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:01:58]} 27. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 28.
Rxb3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 29. Kf2 {[%emt 0:45:00]} Nxa4 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} 30. Rb8+ {[%emt 0:03:03]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 31. Rb5 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:06:21]} 32. Be2 {[%emt 0:04:41]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:
57]} 33. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxb2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 34. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:34]}
Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 35. Rd5+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 36. Rc5 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 37. Rd5+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 38. Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[Annotator "Golubev,M"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6
$5 {[%emt 0:00:06] Until recently, it was not possible to see this move in top
level chess (with several notable exceptions such as Staunton's 1843 game).
But times change! Today's top guys can play, generally, just anything that is
not refuted by their computers during home preparation.} 5. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:
22]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 6. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 7. e3 {
[%emt 0:01:02]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 8. Bd3 {[%emt 0:07:37]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:
27]} 9. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:06] This is a topical line, first
played with Black by GM Fedoseev in 2016.} 10. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nh5 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 11. Be5 {[%emt 0:01:22] But now Caruana comes up with
something unusual.} Nhf6 $5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} ({Instead,} 11... Ng7 {was tested
in many games last year.}) 12. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} ({White also had more
active moves around here. After} 12. Qb3 {curious is} g4 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Ne5
Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Qxb7 Rd8 17. Qc6+ Ke7 18. O-O {where Black can even
consider} Kf6 $5 {planning to hide his king on g7.}) 12... Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:19]}
13. Nd2 {[%emt 0:20:30]} Nxg3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 14. hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nb6 {
[%emt 0:20:31]} ({Other ideas were} 14... c5 $5 {and 14...c6.}) 15. Qc2 {
[%emt 0:05:08]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:14:55]} ({Better could have been} 15... c6 {
after which} 16. e4 {is premature because of} dxe4 {and the d4-pawn falls.})
16. e4 $1 {[%emt 0:11:05] Now White develops the initiative.} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:
54]} ({Possibly preferable was} 16... Qd7 $5 {, and if} 17. e5 Be7 {.}) 17.
Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qe7 $2 {[%emt 0:04:29]} ({Black had to play} 17... c6 {
with a surely somewhat worse position. (Karjakin intended to continue} 18.
O-O-O $1 {). But instead Caruana blunders a pawn.}) 18. Bxb7 $3 {[%emt 0:02:14]
} Rb8 {[%emt 0:05:46]} ({It turns that all discovered checks lead Black
nowhere. For example,} 18... Bd5+ 19. Kf1 Bxb7 20. Re1 $18) 19. Bc6+ {[%emt 0:
12:46]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 20. O-O {[%emt 0:12:31]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:03:57]} 21.
Nf3 {[%emt 0:03:09]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:05:45]} 22. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:02:24]} Rhd8 {
[%emt 0:12:10]} 23. Ne4 {[%emt 0:06:35]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:04:09]} 24. d5 $1 {
[%emt 0:02:23] An energetic way of converting the advantage. White gives his
extra pawn back, but prevents ...Nd5 and develops a crushing intiative.} Nxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:28]} 25. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 26. Qc3+ {
[%emt 0:00:05]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 27. Nxd6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} cxd6 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 28. Nd4 $1 $18 {[%emt 0:03:20] Black simply has too many weaknesses,
including the vulnerable king.} Rd7 {[%emt 0:11:57]} 29. Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:24]}
Bf7 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 30. b3 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 31. Rac1 {
[%emt 0:01:03]} d5 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 32. Rc7 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Rxc7 {[%emt 0:02:
52]} 33. Qxc7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qd3 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 34. Ne6+ {[%emt 0:01:39]}
Kg6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 35. Nd8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 36. Qxd8 {
[%emt 0:00:05] And White converts his extra exchange.} Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 37.
Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Qxa2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 38. Re3 {[%emt 0:11:52]} Qb1+ {
[%emt 0:05:44]} 39. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 40. Qc7 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} d4 {[%emt 0:05:22]} 41. Re7 {[%emt 0:04:14]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 42.
b4 {[%emt 0:02:43]} Be6 {[%emt 0:12:48]} 43. Qb6 {[%emt 0:15:35]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:
23:00]} 44. Qxa6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} d3 {[%emt 0:03:42]} 45. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:10]}
Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 46. Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:08] Black's d3-pawn falls; there's
nothing to play for anymore.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 {Fabiano also has rich experience in the Berlin,
but this time he chooses the Classical Ruy Lopez.} 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1
b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. d5 {This is one of
most ambitious ways of handling the position - White manages to seize a lot of
space.} Nb6 13. Nbd2 Bd7 (13... f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Ne4 {
was also tested on the highest level. The control over the e4-spot offers
White a small, but stable advantage.}) 14. Nf1 Nb7 15. b3 {Quite a flexible
continuation - the f1-knight might have better prospects than being placed on
g3.} (15. Ng3 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. b3 a5 18. Qe2 b4 19. c4 (19. Bd2 $5) 19... a4
$132 {Hansen,E - Naroditsky,D Reykjavik 2015}) 15... a5 $146 {This innovation
hardly makes Black's position more attractive.} ({After} 15... c4 16. b4 (16.
Be3 Qc7 17. b4 a5 18. a3 Ra6 $132) 16... a5 17. g4 axb4 18. cxb4 Na4 {
Kryvoruchko,Y - Polgar,J Achaea 2012, Black was fine.}) 16. Rb1 $1 {Possibly,
this prophylactic move was underestimated by GM Caruana. Now it's difficult
for Black to make any progress on the q-side.} c4 $6 {An over-optimistic
decision.} ({In the event of} 16... Qc7 17. Ne3 a4 18. b4 Rac8 19. Bd2 $14 {
Black wouldn't have much counter-play, but it was still a better option.}) 17.
bxc4 $1 Nxc4 18. a4 {The poor location of the b7-knight makes it impossible to
protect the pawn.} Qc7 19. axb5 $16 {White is a sound pawn up, though the play
is quite complex.} Nb6 20. Be3 (20. Bd2 a4 21. Rb4 a3 22. Qe2 $16) 20... Rfc8
21. Bd3 Nc5 22. Re2 $6 (22. Qe2 $142 a4 23. Rb4 $16 {White would be able to
limit Black's counterplay and keep a sound extra pawn.}) 22... a4 $2 {Fabiano
is returning the favour.} ({The correct way was} 22... Nba4 $1 23. Rc2 (23. Rc1
Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Qc4 25. Qxc4 Rxc4 26. Rec2 Bxb5 27. N1d2 Rcc8 $11) 23... Rab8 {
, obtaining significant counterplay.}) 23. Ra2 {Now Hou Yifan is in control
again.} Bd8 24. Bc2 Nc4 ({Possibly, a better move was} 24... a3 25. N3d2 Nca4
26. Bxb6 Nxb6 27. Rb3 Qc5 28. Bd3 $16) 25. N3d2 Nxe3 26. Nxe3 {As a result of
Black's over-optimistic play, the a4-pawn should also fall soon.} Rcb8 27. c4
Qc8 28. Ra3 $6 {The first step in the wrong direction.} ({There was no reason
for leaving the opponent's passer:} 28. Bxa4 Ba5 29. Bb3 $18 {there is still
plenty of play ahead, but White's position is winning.}) 28... Ba5 29. Ndf1 Bb6
30. Ng3 (30. Rba1 Qd8 31. Qf3 Qh4 32. Nf5 Bxf5 33. Qxf5 g6 34. Qf3 $16) 30...
Qd8 31. Nef5 {This is not a real mistake yet, but White is wrongly focussed on
the kingside attack...} (31. Qf3 g6 32. Ne2 $16) 31... g6 32. Nh6+ ({Perhaps,
it was better to admit the mistake:} 32. Ne3 Qg5 33. Rba1 Rf8 34. Kh1 {and it
would be still difficult for Fabiano to make any real progress on the kingside.
}) 32... Kg7 33. Qd2 $2 (33. Ng4 Qg5 34. Ne3 Rf8 35. Qc1 $14 {White would
still have no risk.}) 33... Qh4 {Now White is losing an important pawn, so the
Kg1 is getting exposed.} 34. Ng4 Bxg4 35. hxg4 Qxg4 $17 {The situation has
completely changed - now White is in big danger.} 36. Kf1 $2 {A decisive
mistake.} (36. Qe2 Qh4 37. Nf1 $17) 36... Qh4 37. Ke2 h5 38. Kf1 {Admitting
the mistake - the Ke2 was helpless.} Rh8 39. Rba1 Qf6 (39... Rhc8 $5 40. Bxa4
Nxe4 41. Nxe4 Qxe4 42. Bb3 Rxa3 43. Rxa3 Qh4 $19) 40. Rf3 Qe7 41. Ne2 ({
The most stubborn way was} 41. Kg1 Nd7 42. Nf1 Bc5 {, but even then Black's
position seems winning from a positional point of view.}) 41... Nb3 $1 42. Bxb3
axb3 43. Ra6 Rxa6 44. bxa6 Ra8 45. Rxb3 Rxa6 {There is nothing ca be done
against the penetration of Black's major pieces.} 46. g3 h4 47. gxh4 (47. Kg2
h3+ 48. Kxh3 Bxf2 49. Kg2 Qa7 $19) 47... Qxh4 48. Ng3 Bxf2 49. Qxf2 Qh3+ 50.
Ke2 Ra2+ {The rest is just an agony.} 51. Ke1 Rxf2 52. Nf5+ Qxf5 53. exf5 Rxf5
54. Rb6 Rf4 55. Rc6 g5 56. Ke2 Rd4 57. Kf3 f6 58. Rxd6 Rxc4 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {
[%emt 0:01:02]} 3. e4 {[%emt 0:00:14] The Anti-Grünfeld move order, but
presumably Black had no intention of playing anything other than a King's
Indian anyway.} d6 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
5. h3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Na6 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 6. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:53]} O-O {
[%emt 0:03:11]} 7. g4 {[%emt 0:08:33]} (7. Nf3 {led surprisingly quickly to an
unfavourable position in a predecessor by the same player.} c6 8. Rc1 e5 9. d5
cxd5 (9... Nc5 $5) 10. cxd5 $14 {Nepomniachtchi,I-Adhiban,B Tbilisi 2017,
where the position was already hard to play for Black, and this is not just
the standard machine dislike of the King's Indian!}) 7... c5 {[%emt 0:11:07]
Gawain Jones chose an approach with ...e5 instead, earlier in this event.} 8.
Nge2 {[%emt 0:02:42]} b6 $5 {[%emt 0:27:00] Not a machine top choice, but the
only move to play a substantially different position from the ones after ...
cxd4, ...Nd7, et cetera, which are just mangled Maroczy binds.} 9. e5 {[%emt 0:
20:40]} (9. Bg2 Bb7 10. d5 Nc7 11. O-O Nd7 {would have been the principled
continuation from both sides - Black will manage to arrange a plausible ...b5,
...e6 or ...f5 break in the near future and thus has a fully playable game.})
9... Ne8 {[%emt 0:04:47] Now, as in the classic game Letelier-Fischer, White's
centre appears to be on the brink of being detonated.} 10. Bg2 {[%emt 0:04:47]}
Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:11:11]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 12. Bxb7 {
[%emt 0:12:01]} (12. f4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qc7 {will not hold up White's centre for
long. Ideas for Black include not only ...cxd4 but also ...Qb7 and ...Nac7.})
12... Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 13. Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nec7 $6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} (
13... Nb4 {was more convincing, if a bit inhuman: after} 14. a3 $6 Nd3 $1 $15 {
White's centre is toast. So he must voluntarily dismantle it with 14.exd6 or
similar.}) 14. exd6 {[%emt 0:03:09]} exd6 {[%emt 0:04:13]} 15. Rad1 {[%emt 0:
04:48]} Qh4 {[%emt 0:12:01]} (15... Qe8 16. Qxe8 Rxe8 17. Rd2 $14 {is very
comfortable for White, because his centre is even nicer than in the game.}) 16.
Kg2 {[%emt 0:02:53]} f5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 17. f3 {[%emt 0:06:57] The situation
has now stabilised and seems to be marginally in White's favour.} Qe7 {[%emt 0:
22:52]} 18. Bf2 {[%emt 0:02:36]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:02:18]} (18... Nb4 {was again
the move, resting upon the slightly awkward-looking tactical nuance} 19. a3 Na2
$1 $11) 19. Qxe8 {[%emt 0:02:42]} Nxe8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 20. g5 {[%emt 0:10:06]}
Nec7 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 21. Bg3 {[%emt 0:02:52]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:04:40]} (21... b5 {
was maybe the last chance for Black to try and claim an opening success.} 22.
Bxd6 Re8 23. dxc5 b4 {and amidst significant complications Black seems to be
completely fine.}) 22. d5 {[%emt 0:03:02]} Nxg5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 23. Bxd6 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 24. Bg3 $14 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:
00:56]} 25. Nf4 {[%emt 0:02:47]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 26. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]
} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 27. Ne6 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Rdd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 28. Bxd6
{[%emt 0:00:10]} Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 29. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:
00:53]} 30. Nf4 {[%emt 0:04:16]} (30. Nxc7 Rxc7 31. Re5 {would have been my
choice, because reputation aside, rook endings offer no worse winning chances
than other kinds of ending with the same size of advantage!}) 30... Kf8 {
[%emt 0:01:44]} 31. a4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 32. Nd3 {[%emt 0:
02:46]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 33. Re5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} (33. Ne5 $16) 33... b5 {
[%emt 0:00:14] White is now on the verge of losing control of the situation.}
34. Nxc5 $6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} (34. Nb2 $14 {just about retained a measure of
control; White is going to get the c4-square for his knight. For instance:} Kf7
35. cxb5 axb5 36. axb5 Nxb5 37. Nc4 {and the technical battle continues.})
34... bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 35. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 36.
Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} (36... Re8 {was much safer; White
has no way to win a pawn with or without compensation.}) 37. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:
34]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 38. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 39.
Nxa6 {[%emt 0:00:06] Now the position is still broadly speaking equal, but
there is an imbalance, and it is often much harder to prove compensation than
to fight against it, particularly in simplified positions.} Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:01]
} (39... Rg1+ 40. Kf2 Ra1 $11 {was apparently the way to go, intending ...Ra3,
and the pawn should be coming home.}) 40. a5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (40. Nb4 Nxc3
41. Kh4 Rb1 $11 {escapes.}) 40... Nxc3 $6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} (40... g5 $5 41. Nb4
f4+ 42. Kf2 Nxb4 43. Rxb4 Rc2+ $1 44. Ke1 Rxc3 45. Ra4 {and now the rook
endgame would be unpleasant were it not for} Rxf3 $1 $11) 41. Kh4 {[%emt 0:13:
41]} (41. Rc7+ Ke6 $1 42. Rc6+ Ke5 $1 43. Kh4 $14 {might be interesting,
forestalling the idea seen in the game (i.e. ...h6 and ...g5.)}) 41... h6 {
[%emt 0:11:54] The game is still within the drawing margin, but Black is
really cutting it fine.} 42. Nc5 {[%emt 0:09:03]} g5+ {[%emt 0:16:57]} 43. Kh5
{[%emt 0:00:15]} Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 44. Kxh6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rxh3+ {[%emt 0:
00:10]} 45. Kxg5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxf3 {[%emt 0:00:06] Home and dry.} 46. a6 {
[%emt 0:00:19]} Ne4+ {[%emt 0:01:46]} 47. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} 48. Ra4 {[%emt 0:04:24]} Rg3+ {[%emt 0:00:53]} 49. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:32]}
Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 50. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:03:26]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:02:56]} 51. Re6 {
[%emt 0:08:21]} Rh5+ {[%emt 0:03:22]} 52. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:02:
31]} 53. Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 54. Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kf7
{[%emt 0:00:03]} 55. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 56. Rh6 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 57. a7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 58. Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 59. Rh7+ {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 60. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kxa7 61. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. Bb5 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:15] Black had no truly adventurous choices in any case,
except the slightly odd 4...Bd6. Quite solid are the well-known 4...d6 and 4...
Bb4.} 5. Bc4 {[%emt 0:01:07]} (5. Ba4 $5 {is the main line, trying to prevent
Black from playing ...d5 under favourable conditions. Play could continue:} Bc5
$5 (5... Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 Bc5 $11 {is stable equality, though White has also
tried the pawn recapture.}) 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 {Now see,
for instance, Morozevich-Svidler, Thessaloniki 2013, or Kasparov-Dominguez,
Saint Louis 2017.}) 5... Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 6. d3 {[%emt 0:02:00]} (6. Nxe5
Qe7 $1 {is vaguely reminiscent of the Traxler Counter-Gambit and is in any
case more dangerous for White than Black.}) 6... d6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 7. Na4 {
[%emt 0:02:00] Initiating large-scale exchanges in a tried and tested manner.}
(7. h3 {is most played, but seems a little slow, especially since Black can
just respond to Bg5/Nd5 ideas with a laconic ...c6.}) 7... b5 {[%emt 0:01:29]}
8. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 9. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Bxf5 {
[%emt 0:00:39]} 10. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} cxd3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 11. Nxc5 {
[%emt 0:05:41]} dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 12. cxd3 {[%emt 0:04:21] So far
following a source game from 2 years ago. What seems likely is that central
pawn exchanges will follow and then a draw.} Qd7 {[%emt 0:08:38]} 13. Qf3 {
[%emt 0:02:45]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:25]} 14. O-O {[%emt 0:00:33]} (14. Bg5 e4 15.
dxe4 Nxe4 $11) 14... Rfd8 {[%emt 0:08:39]} 15. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Qxd3 {
[%emt 0:00:40]} 16. Rac1 {[%emt 0:00:28] To be honest with you, I doubt it
makes much difference which rook White plays with here.} (16. Rfc1 e4 17. Qg3
Qd5 18. Qxc7 Rac8 19. Qf4 $11 {Maze,S-Fressinet,L Agen 2016, was the source
game, maybe marginally more pleasant for Black but still ultimately agreed
drawn without much trouble.}) 16... c4 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 17. h3 {[%emt 0:09:03]}
h6 {[%emt 0:05:15]} (17... e4 $11 {kept equality more easily.}) 18. Rc3 {
[%emt 0:16:53]} Qe4 {[%emt 0:08:35]} (18... Qd5 $1 19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20. Rxc4 a5
$11 {keeps everything watertight.}) 19. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 20. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nd2 {[%emt 0:03:21]} 21. Bxd2 {[%emt 0:00:08]}
Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 22. Rb1 {[%emt 0:04:46]} ({Black has made a few very
minor inaccuracies, and now} 22. Rxc7 $5 Rxb2 23. Re1 $1 Rxa2 24. Rxe5 $14 {
might still make Black do a little bit of work in an unpleasant 4-v-3 rook
endgame.}) 22... Rad8 {[%emt 0:08:08]} 23. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Re2 $1 {
[%emt 0:00:29] The sacrificed pawns will return home.} 24. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:01:04]
} Rdd2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 25. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 26. g4 {
[%emt 0:08:58]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 27. Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 28. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:06] The draw was agreed here, none too soon.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} 3. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:01:
31]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 5. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} ({For some reason Caruana
didn't feel like trying to emulate Carlsen's} 5. c4 $5) 5... Bd6 {[%emt 0:11:
22]} 6. Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:01]} (6. Bg3 {is the more 'true Londoner' move, but
after say} O-O 7. Be2 c5 8. c3 Nc6 $11 {it is immediately obvious that White
has nothing}) 6... h6 {[%emt 0:05:02]} 7. g4 $5 $146 {[%emt 0:24:36]} Bh7 {
[%emt 0:05:06]} (7... Bxe5 $5 {is fascinating:} 8. dxe5 Bxg4 9. f3 Nh5 10. fxg4
Nxf4 11. exf4 Qh4+ 12. Ke2 Qxg4+ {but it seems like White probably has an edge
with the solid} 13. Nf3 Qxf4 14. Qd2 $14 {when the piece marginally
outperforms the three pawns.}) 8. h4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:03:23]} (
8... Nfd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 $132 {could eventually leave White feeling a bit
over-extended; for subtle structural reasons Black should recapture on d6 with
the pawn!}) 9. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:05:51]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 10. f3 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} Bh7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 11. Bd3 {[%emt 0:09:04]} (11. Qd2 Nd7 12. O-O-O {
might still keep things a bit fresh, as the prospect of a good bishop versus
bad bishop endgame weighs slightly on Black's mind.}) 11... Bxd3 {[%emt 0:01:
01]} 12. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:07:05] Solid and good for equality.
} 13. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:29]} Bxe5 $5 {[%emt 0:09:49]} (13... Qe7 14. h5 O-O-O
$11) 14. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 15. e4 {[%emt 0:09:52]}
dxe4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} (15... c6 {could be interesting, keeping open the option
of short castling, but I suspect Black rejected this due to the possibility of
c4 + Qd6 turning out to be a textbook 'incisive continuation'.}) 16. Qxe4 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} 17. g5 {[%emt 0:02:32]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:
16:38]} 18. Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 19. exf6 {[%emt 0:00:19]}
Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 20. Qe5 {[%emt 0:05:27]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:08:10]} 21. Rhe1 {
[%emt 0:05:13]} (21. b3 {might improve slightly, not giving away any tempi,
and the cat-and-mouse could continue:} b6 22. Kb2 Rhf8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Qe2
$14) 21... Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:02:42]} 22. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} b6 {[%emt 0:02:50]}
23. b3 {[%emt 0:08:20]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:04:07]} 24. Kb2 {[%emt 0:03:59]} Nh7 {
[%emt 0:01:59]} 25. Bf4 {[%emt 0:03:12]} (25. f4 $14 {was a logical human
continuation}) 25... Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 26. Bg5 {[%emt 0:08:44]} Nh7 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} 27. Bf4 {[%emt 0:04:25]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 28. Qd4 {[%emt 0:
01:26]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:12:10]} (28... Nd5 29. Be5 Qxf3 $11) 29. Be5 {[%emt 0:02:
50]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:04:11]} 30. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 31. f4
{[%emt 0:00:05]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 32. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:33]} (32. Qc4 {
was an interesting tactical idea, hinting at an overloading of the black queen,
and then} Nd5 33. Qe4 $36 {could be genuinely unpleasant}) 32... Qe7 {[%emt 0:
00:49]} 33. Qc3 $6 {[%emt 0:04:57] This loses the advantage.} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:
53] Possibly White had thought Qg3 was good, but missed the tactical idea of ..
.Nxf4. Black has now equalised again.} 34. Qf3 {[%emt 0:04:40]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:
00:15]} 35. Qe4 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Qxh4 {[%emt 0:04:15] Now the most White can
do is take on g6, which implies a trade of pieces, and then there will be
nothing left with which to win.} 36. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:02:39]}
37. Rh2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:03:03]} 38. Rh6 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Rg8 {
[%emt 0:02:16]} 39. Rxg6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Rxg6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 40. Qxg6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 41. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:02:
36]} 42. a4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:05:32]} 43. Qe4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Nc6
{[%emt 0:00:47]} 44. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Ne5 $5 {Kramnik,V (2787)-Svidler,
P (2768) 80th Tata Steel GpA 2018 (4.3) 1-0 This rare move is in a way similar
to Kramnik's early knight move to e5 in} ({The main lines were Fischer's
favourite} 5. Bd3) ({and the Panov Attack.} 5. c4) 5... Nc6 ({Another game of
a World champion went} 5... e6 {Leaving the c8-bishop passive.} 6. Nd2 Nc6 7.
c3 Bd6 8. f4 {Starting an attack in the spirit of the Colle system.} g6 9. Qf3
Nh5 10. g4 Ng7 11. Qh3 h5 12. Bd3 Kf8 13. Ndf3 Kg8 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. O-O-O $36 {
Anand,V (2803)-Vallejo Pons,F (2684) Leon 2008 (1-0, 46) with consistent
initiative.}) 6. Bb5 Bd7 {In a way this is the most flexible move, parrying
the threat by developing a piece, but its drawbck is giving up the bishops'
pair.} (6... Qb6 7. c4 {offers White some initiative in the spirit of the 
(reversed) Ragozin system.}) (6... Qc7 {has been played only between lower
rated players, but looks sound enough. The point is that} 7. Bf4 {is not as
threatening as it looks:} e6 {[%cal Gf8d6]} 8. Nxc6 (8. Ng6 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qxb5
10. Nxh8 {[%csl Rh8]} Qxb2 $5 $17) 8... Qxf4 9. Ne5+ Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qe4+ 11. Be2
Nxd7 12. O-O Bd6 {and Black does not have much to fear.}) 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8. c3 e6
9. O-O ({The following game features a slightly different move order:} 9. Nd2
Bd6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. Re1 a6 13. Bd3 Bf4 {The reason why Black is
interested in exchanging these bishops can be found in a line from the comment
to 12...e5 below.} 14. Bxf4 Qxf4 15. a4 g6 16. g3 Qc7 17. Kg2 Kg7 18. Qe2 Rfe8
19. h4 h5 20. b4 (20. Ne5 $14 {looks more natural.}) 20... Ne7 (20... Ng4 $5)
21. Rac1 Rac8 22. Ne5 a5 23. Bb5 Rf8 24. Qb2 b6 25. Ba6 Ra8 26. Bd3 $14 {
Rapport,R (2707)-Salgado Lopez,I (2644) Riadh 2017 (1-0, 52) with some slight
pressure.}) 9... Bd6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Re1 (11. Nf3 Qc7 (11... Ne4 $5) 12. Re1 {
would transpose to the game above.}) 11... a6 ({The plan of exchanging bishops
is available after other white knight moves, too, of course:} 11... Qc7 12. Nf1
Bf4 13. Bxf4 Qxf4 14. Qd2 (14. Nd2 {planning Qe2, Nf3, Bd3 looks more active.})
14... Qxd2 15. Nxd2 Rfc8 16. Bd3 {½-½ Antipov,M (2584)-Mchedlishvili,M (2604)
Izmir 2016}) 12. Bd3 e5 {Caruana decides on switching to a French Isolani
structure.} ({The main alternative is starting the minority attack, typical
for the Carlsbad structure (even if in reversed form as here):} 12... b5 {
but White's kingside initiative is a bit more effective:} 13. Nf3 b4 (13... Qc7
{does not manage exchanging the dangerous bishop in time:} 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. Qc2
h6 {This weakening is more important than it may look at fist sight, as it
allows White to start an effective attack.} 16. Be3 Nf6 17. h3 Rfc8 18. Qe2 Qb7
19. g4 $1 b4 20. g5 hxg5 21. Bxg5 bxc3 22. bxc3 Na5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 {Safarli,E 
(2639)-Esipenko,A (2564) Riadh 2017 (1-0, 49)} 24. Nh4 $1 Rxc3 $140 25. Qg4+
Kf8 26. Qh5 $18 {planning Nf5 with a decisive attack.}) 14. Bg5 bxc3 (14... Be7
15. Ne5 Qb7 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. cxb4 $16) {Puccini,J (2073)-Le,M (1927) Al Ain
2013 (½-½, 29)} 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. bxc3 $14) 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nf3 Nfg4 $6
$146 {Kramnik rightly considered this "a strange move".} (14... Rfe8 {is more
natural, but since it was played only between low rated players it is too
early to draw any conclusion.} 15. Bg5 Qg4 16. Nxe5 (16. Bxf6 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3
Qxf3 18. gxf3 gxf6) 16... Qxg5 17. Nf3 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Qf4 {Massironi,M (2193)
-Rorato,G (2039) Venice 2006 (½-½, 66)}) ({Exchanging the knight for any of
White's minor pieces offer White pleasant play against the Isolani.} 14...
Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Rfe8 16. Be3 $14) (14... Nxd3 15. Qxd3 h6 16. Be3 $14) 15. Nxe5
Nxe5 {Caruana must have thought the knight was active on this square but as
will be clear soon it is rather exposed.} 16. Bc2 Rfe8 (16... Bc7 17. Bf4 {
is likely to transpose to the game.}) (16... Qc6 17. Bf4 Nc4 18. Bxd6 Nxd6 (
18... Qxd6 19. b3 Na3 20. Be4 Rad8 21. Bf3 $14) 19. Qd4 $14) 17. Bf4 Bc7 18. g3
$3 {The most difficult move in the game. White prepares for winning a pawn
with Bxh7+ by avoiding back rank problems.} ({Immediately carrying out this
operation would offer Black reasonable compensation:} 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxh7+
Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Rxe5 Qb5 $44) ({The purpose of the last move is clear,
but the natural question is why not} 18. h3 {? The answer is that} Nc4 {
works better than in the similar line below. What is really remarkable with
Kramnik's last move is that Black cannot parry the initial threat under
favourable circumstances.}) 18... Rad8 {Practically turning 18.g3 into a gain
of time as Black will soon have to play ...Rd8-e8.} (18... g6 {weakens f6,
which becomes relevant after} 19. Bb3 Rad8 20. Bg5 {Black has to launch the
desperate attack with} Qh3 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 {when White calms down the position
to his favour with} 22. Rxe5 Bxe5 23. Bxd5 Qd7 24. c4 Bxb2 25. Rb1 Bg7 26. a4 {
and the b-pawn will soon be lost.}) (18... h6 {weakens g6, and also leads to
the loss of the d-pawn:} 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Qd3 g6 21. Bb3 Rad8 22. Rad1 $16 d4
$2 23. Qxg6+) ({Or if} 18... Nc4 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Bxc7 Qxc7 21. Qxd5 Nxb2 22.
Rb1 {we can notice the difference with respect to the similar line with 18.h3:
there is no back rank mating danger.} Qxc3 23. Qb3 Re1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 25. Kg2
Qe5 26. Qxb7 g6 27. Bb3 Qf6 {Black has defended with only moves but loses a
pawn anyway:} 28. Bxf7+ Qxf7 29. Qxb2 {With reasonable winning chances.}) 19.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Rxe5 Rxe5 ({Due to the move g2-g3,
White can meet} 22... Qb5 {with} 23. Rae1 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 {for instance:} Qxb2
25. Re7 Rf8 26. Qxd5 Qxc3 27. Rxb7 $16) 23. Qxe5 Re8 24. Qd4 Qb5 25. b3 Re2 {
Black has achieved some activity but White will temporarily return the pawn to
launch a new wave of initiative.} 26. h4 b6 (26... Re4 27. Qd1 $5) 27. Rd1 Rxa2
28. Re1 {White has returned the pawn but has gained the control over the open
file. It is Black's king now who experiences problems.} Qc6 29. Re5 Qf6 30. Qe3
Ra1+ 31. Kg2 Ra5 32. h5 d4 33. cxd4 $1 ({The rook ending resulting after} 33.
Re8+ Kh7 34. Qd3+ Qf5 35. Qxd4 Qd5+ 36. Qxd5 Rxd5 37. g4 Rc5 38. Re3 a5 {
offers Black reasonable drawing chances.}) 33... Rxe5 34. Qxe5 Qd8 35. d5 {
White is well centralised and his d-pawn is dangerous. Besides, Black's
kingside is under pressure. His queenside pawns are too slow to generate
adequate counterplay so White should win with a bit of technique.} a5 36. d6
Qd7 37. Qe7 Qc6+ 38. Kg1 Qc1+ 39. Kh2 Qc5 40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. Qe4+ g6 (41... Kg8
42. d7 Qxh5+ 43. Kg2 Qd1 44. Qe8+ Kh7 45. d8=Q) 42. hxg6+ Kg7 $5 (42... fxg6
43. Qe7+ Kg8 44. Qe8+ Kg7 45. Qd7+ Kh6 46. Kg1 Qd5 47. Qe7 Qd1+ 48. Kh2 Qf3 49.
Qe3+) 43. Qd3 Qxf2+ 44. Kh1 Qf6 (44... Qe1+ 45. Kg2 Qe8 46. d7 Qd8 47. Qd4+
Kxg6 (47... f6 48. Qg4 $18 Qe7 49. Qd1 Qd8 50. Qh5 $18) (47... Kg8 48. Qd5 $18)
48. Qg4+ {[%cal Gg4h4]}) 45. d7 Qd8 46. Qc3+ $1 (46. gxf7 Kxf7 47. Qd6 b5 $5 {
offers Black counterplay.}) 46... Kxg6 47. Qc6+ (47. Qc8 {also wins:} Qe7 48.
d8=Q Qe1+ 49. Kh2 Qe2+ 50. Kh3 Qf1+ 51. Kh4 Qh1+ 52. Qh3 $18) 47... Kh5 (47...
f6 48. Qc8 Qe7 49. Qe8+) (47... Kg7 48. Qc8 Qf6 49. d8=Q Qf1+ 50. Kh2 Qf2+ 51.
Kh3 Qf1+ 52. Kh4 Qh1+ 53. Kg5 Qh6+ 54. Kg4 $18) 48. Qf3+ Kh6 (48... Kg6 49.
Qg4+ {[%cal Gg4h4]}) 49. Qxf7 Qh8 50. Kg2 Qa8+ 51. Kh2 Qh8 52. Qe8 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 6. Re1 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:03]
} 8. c3 {[%emt 0:01:20]} d5 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 9. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} 10. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 11. Rxe5 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 12. d3 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:34]
} 13. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 14. Qf3 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Qh4 {
[%emt 0:05:42]} 15. g3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qh3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 16. Be3 {[%emt 0:
03:00]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:04:15]} 17. Nd2 {[%emt 0:02:02]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:02:57]} 18.
Bd4 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:04:11]} 19. a4 {[%emt 0:04:16]} h6 {[%emt 0:
02:06]} 20. Qxf5 {[%emt 0:04:02]} Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 21. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]
} Be6 {[%emt 0:09:20]} 22. Be5 {[%emt 0:04:02]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 23. Nd4 {
[%emt 0:02:08]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:04:50]} 24. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:
00:20]} 25. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 26. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:05]
} Nc7 {[%emt 0:02:51]} 27. Kg2 {[%emt 0:04:42]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 28. Kf3 {
[%emt 0:03:40]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 29. Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:
04:48]} 30. h4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Miami Champions"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. c3 d6 7. h3 Nc6 8. O-O
Qb6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Ng5 Bd7 11. Nc4 Qd8 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Qb3 b5 14. Ne5 c4 15.
Qxb5 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 Nh5 17. Qd5 e6 18. Qd6 Nxf4 19. exf4 Bb5 20. Rad1 Qa5 21. a3
Ba4 22. Rc1 Rfd8 23. Qb4 Qxb4 24. axb4 Rd2 25. Bxc4 Rxb2 26. Ba6 Rd8 27. Nf3
Rd6 28. Bb7 Bc6 29. Bxc6 Rxc6 30. Rfd1 Bf6 31. Nd2 Bd8 32. Rb1 Rc2 33. c4 Bc7
34. c5 Bxf4 35. Nf3 Rc3 36. Nd4 Rc8 37. Nb5 Rc2 38. Nxa7 Ra8 39. Rd7 Kf8 40. g3
Bd2 41. c6 Ke8 42. b5 Ba5 43. b6 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Miami Champions"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 e5 7. c3 Ne7 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 exd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Rb8 12. Nb3 d5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 a5 15.
Bc5 Re8 16. Qd2 Be6 17. Rad1 Kh7 18. h3 Qc7 19. Nd4 Rbd8 20. Qe3 Bc8 21. Qf3
Ng8 22. exd5 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 cxd5 24. Nb3 d4 25. Bxd4 Bxd4 26. Nxd4 Rxd4 27. Nb5
Bb7 28. Nxc7 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Rd2 30. Re5 Rc2 31. Ne8 Rxb2 32. Rxa5 g5 33. Ra6 Ne7
34. Ra7 Nd5 35. Rxf7+ Kg6 36. Rg7+ Kh5 37. a4 Nf4 38. Nf6+ Kh4 39. Ne4 Nxh3+
40. Kg2 Nf4+ 41. Kh2 Ra2 42. Rh7 h5 43. Rg7 Nh3 44. Rd7 Rxa4 45. Ng3 Ra5 46.
Rf7 g4 47. f4 Nxf2 48. Rf5 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Miami Champions"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. a4 b4 13. Nbd2 Rb8 14. Nf1 b3 15. Bd3
exd4 16. cxd4 c4 17. Be2 c3 18. Ng3 Nf6 19. Bd3 Nc6 20. d5 Ne5 21. Nd4 Qa5 22.
Bf1 Bd7 23. Ngf5 Rfe8 24. Re3 Bf8 25. Nxb3 Qb4 26. Nfd4 Bxa4 27. Rxc3 Nxe4 28.
Re3 Nc5 29. Bd2 Qb6 30. Ra3 g6 31. Qb1 Bd7 32. Re1 Nxb3 33. Nxb3 Bxh3 34. Rxe5
dxe5 35. Be3 Qd8 36. gxh3 Bxa3 37. bxa3 Qxd5 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rosenthal, Nicholas"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2169"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Miami Champions"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+
8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Nce7 12. Re1 c6 13. Ne4 Bf5 14.
Nc5 b6 15. Nd3 Rc8 16. Qd2 h6 17. Nf4 Qd6 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Re5 Be6 20. Rce1
Rcd8 21. Bb3 Nc7 22. Bc2 Bd5 23. Nh4 Qf6 24. Nf5 Ne6 25. Qd3 Rfe8 26. Ne7+ Kf8
27. Nxd5 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 cxd5 29. Re5 Nxd4 30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 31. Ba4+ Kf8 32. h3 Qe5
33. Qa6 g6 34. Qxa7 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Ne2 36. Qb8+ Kg7 37. Qe5+ Kh7 38. h4 Qg1+ 39.
Kh3 Qh1+ 40. Qh2 Nf4+ 41. Kg3 Qc1 42. Kf3 Nd3 43. Qd6 Qxb2 44. Kg4 Qd4+ 45. Kh3
Nxf2+ 46. Kh2 Qxa4 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Australia Kangaroos"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 O-O 8. O-O
e6 9. Nc3 Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Bf2 Ne7 13. a4 a5 14. Qb3 Bd7 15.
Rfc1 Bc6 16. Nb5 Nbc8 17. Qa3 Bxb5 18. axb5 Nd6 19. Qa4 Nec8 20. Be1 Nb6 21.
Qd1 Nbc4 22. Nxc4 Nxc4 23. b3 Nd6 24. Qd3 Qd7 25. Rxa5 Rxa5 26. Bxa5 Qxb5 27.
Qxb5 Bxd4+ 28. Kf1 Nxb5 29. e4 Be3 30. Ra1 d4 31. Ke2 Rc8 32. Kd3 Na7 33. e5
Nc6 34. Be1 g5 35. Bxc6 Rxc6 36. fxg5 Rc5 37. Ra5 Rc1 38. Bb4 Kg7 39. Be7 Kg6
40. Rb5 Rc3+ 41. Ke4 Bg1 42. Rxb7 Re3+ 43. Kf4 Bxh2 44. Bc5 Bxg3+ 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Cheng Du Pandas"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Ne5 h6 7. g4 Bh7 8. h4
Nfd7 9. Bd3 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Bxd3 11. cxd3 c5 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. h5 Qb6 14. Qe2 O-O-O
15. O-O Kb8 16. Bg3 a6 17. Rfc1 Ka8 18. Rc3 Rc8 19. Rac1 Rhg8 20. d4 Ne7 21.
Bh4 g5 22. Bg3 c4 23. b3 cxb3 24. axb3 Rxc3 25. Rxc3 Nc6 26. Qc2 Rh8 27. Ne1
Qb5 28. Nd3 Ka7 29. Kg2 Rc8 30. f4 gxf4 31. Bxf4 Rh8 32. Qf2 Qa5 33. b4 Qa1 34.
Rc1 Qa3 35. b5 axb5 36. Qf1 Kb8 37. Bg3 Rf8 38. Kh3 b4 39. Ra1 Qc3 40. Rc1 Qd2
41. Bf4 Rh8 42. Qd1 Qxd1 43. Rxd1 Nb6 44. Rb1 Nc4 45. Nxb4 Nxb4 46. Rxb4 Kc7
47. e4 Kc6 48. exd5+ exd5 49. Kh4 b6 50. Rb1 Kd7 51. Rf1 b5 52. g5 hxg5+ 53.
Bxg5 Rh7 54. h6 Na3 55. Rf2 Nc4 56. Rf3 Kc6 57. Kh5 b4 58. e6 fxe6 59. Kg6 Rb7
60. h7 Rxh7 61. Kxh7 e5 62. dxe5 Nxe5 63. Rf8 Kb5 64. Rf5 Nd3 65. Rxd5+ Kc4 66.
Rd8 Kc3 67. Bf6+ Kd2 68. Rb8 Kc2 69. Rc8+ Kd2 70. Bg5+ Kd1 71. Rb8 Kc2 72. Rc8+
Kd1 73. Rd8 Kc2 74. Kg6 b3 75. Bf6 b2 76. Rc8+ Kd1 77. Rb8 Kc2 78. Bxb2 Nxb2
79. Kf5 Nd3 80. Ke4 Nc5+ 81. Kd4 Nb3+ 82. Ke3 Kc3 83. Rc8+ Kb4 84. Kd3 Nc5+ 85.
Kd4 Nb3+ 86. Kd5 Nd2 87. Rc2 Nb3 88. Rc4+ Kb5 89. Rh4 Nc5 90. Rh5 Nb3 91. Rh8
Kb4 92. Rh3 Nc5 93. Rh4+ Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dallas Destiny"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Rd1 Ne4 10. Ne1 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 f5 12. Nd3 Nf6 13. b4 Qe7 14. Rab1 Bd7
15. Nf3 Ne4 16. Nfe5 Be8 17. a4 a6 18. Qb3 Kh8 19. Rbc1 Rd8 20. Rc2 Bb8 21.
cxd5 exd5 22. e3 Bd6 23. Rdc1 Qf6 24. Qb2 Qe7 25. Qb3 Qf6 26. Qb2 Qe7 27. Qb3
Ra8 28. a5 Rf6 29. Qb2 h5 30. h4 Rh6 31. Nf4 g5 32. hxg5 Qxg5 33. Nf3 Qf6 34.
Nh4 Bd7 35. Bf3 Rg8 36. Kh2 Be7 37. Rh1 Qg7 38. Nxh5 Rxh5 39. Bxh5 Bxh4 40. Kg1
Nxg3 41. Rxh4 Nxh5+ 42. Kf1 Qg5 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Las Vegas Desert Rats"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 h6 8. h3 a5
9. Nbd2 a4 10. Nf1 Bd7 11. a3 Bb6 12. Ng3 Re8 13. Nh4 Ng4 14. hxg4 Qxh4 15. Qf3
Bxg4 16. Qxf7+ Kh7 17. Be3 Rf8 18. Qd5 Ne7 19. Qb5 Ra5 20. Qb4 Nc6 21. Bxb6
Nxb4 22. axb4 Raa8 23. Bxc7 Rxf2 24. Re3 Raf8 25. Bxd6 Bh3 26. Bxf8 Rxg2+ 27.
Kh1 Rxg3 28. Rxg3 Qxg3 29. Rg1 Qf3+ 30. Kh2 Qf2+ 31. Kh1 Qxf8 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gabuzyan, Hovhannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Rio Grande Ospreys"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bf4 g6 4. Nbd2 Bg7 5. c3 O-O 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Re8 9. h3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 Be6 13. a4 Qc7 14. a5 Bf8 15.
Qc2 Nd7 16. b4 c5 17. Qb2 b6 18. a6 c4 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. Nf3 Nf6 21. Qc2 h6 22.
Nh2 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Ng4 Nxg4 26. Bxg4 Bxg4 27. hxg4 Qc8
28. Qa4 Qxg4 29. Bxb6 h5 30. Bxa7 h4 31. f3 Qg5 32. Qc2 h3 33. Bb6 Qh4 34. Qf2
Qe7 35. a7 Qb7 36. gxh3 Qa6 37. Ba5 Qc8 38. Kg2 Bh6 39. Qc5 Qe8 40. Qd5 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "San Diego Surfers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 a6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. O-O Nf6 10. c4 g6 11. Nc3 Bg7 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Rad1 Qa5 14. Rfe1
Rfe8 15. Be5 Rad8 16. a3 dxc4 17. Qxc6 Nd5 18. Qxc4 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Qxc3 20. bxc3
Rc8 21. Rd3 Rc4 22. Bd6 Bf8 23. d5 a5 24. g4 Rec8 25. Bxe7 Bxe7 26. Rxe7 Rxc3
27. Ree3 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Kg7 29. d6 Kf6 30. Rd5 Ke6 31. Rxa5 Kxd6 32. Kg2 Rc3 33.
f3 h6 34. h4 Ke6 35. a4 Ra3 36. h5 gxh5 37. gxh5 f6 38. Kg3 Ra1 39. Ra8 Kf5 40.
Ra6 Rg1+ 41. Kf2 Ra1 42. a5 Kg5 43. Ra8 Kf4 44. Ke2 Ra2+ 45. Kd3 Kxf3 46. Kc4
f5 47. Kb5 Kg4 48. Rf8 Kxh5 49. Rxf5+ Kg4 50. Rc5 h5 51. Rc4+ Kg3 52. Ra4 Rb2+
53. Kc5 Rb8 54. a6 Ra8 55. Kb6 h4 56. Kb7 Rxa6 57. Kxa6 h3 58. Ra3+ Kg2 59.
Rxh3 Kxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "San Jose Hackers"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 Nxc5 9. e3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. b3 d5 14. Bb2 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qb7 17. Rd4 b5 18. Be2 Na4 19. Qd2 Nxb2 20. Qxb2 Rc5 21.
f4 e5 22. b4 Rc2 23. Qxc2 exd4 24. Rd1 dxe3 25. fxe3 a6 26. Rd6 Qe7 27. Qd3 h6
28. Bf3 Rc8 29. Rxa6 Rc1+ 30. Kg2 g6 31. e4 Kg7 32. e5 Ne8 33. Ra8 Nc7 34. Ra7
Qe6 35. Qd2 Qc4 36. Be2 Qc6+ 37. Bf3 Qc4 38. Be2 Qe4+ 39. Bf3 Qb1 40. Kg3 Ne6
41. h3 Rc4 42. Rxf7+ Kxf7 43. Qd7+ Kf8 44. Qd6+ Kf7 45. Qd7+ Kf8 46. Qd6+ Kf7
47. Qd7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bf4 Bb7 4. e3 Nh5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nxg3 8.
hxg3 Bg7 9. Bd3 e6 10. Nbd2 d6 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. c3 a6 13. a4 Qe7 14. Be4 c6 15.
b4 f5 16. Bd3 d5 17. O-O O-O 18. Nb3 Rfc8 19. Rab1 h5 20. c4 Bf6 21. Rfc1 g4
22. Nfd2 Kg7 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Rxc8 Bxc8 25. a5 b5 26. Nf1 Bb7 27. Rc1 Qd8 28.
Qb2 Be7 29. Qd2 Rc8 30. Rxc8 Qxc8 31. f4 Qf8 32. Nc5 Nxc5 33. bxc5 Bd8 34. Qc3
Qe7 35. Nd2 h4 36. Kf1 hxg3 37. Ke1 Bc6 38. Nb3 Qh4 39. Bf1 Qh1 40. Qd3 Qg1 41.
Kd1 Be8 42. Qe2 b4 43. Qxa6 Ba4 44. Kc2 Qxe3 45. Qd3 Qxd3+ 46. Bxd3 Bxa5 47.
Kb2 Bc7 48. Nc1 Bxf4 49. Ne2 Be3 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bora, Safal"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pittsburgh Pawngrabbers"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. Ne1 d6 8. Nc2
O-O 9. Ne3 Rb8 10. d3 a6 11. a4 Nb4 12. Ned5 Nexd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bh3
15. Re1 Kh8 16. Bd2 a5 17. e3 f5 18. Bc3 b6 19. d4 cxd4 20. exd4 e4 21. Be6 Qc7
22. Qc2 Bg4 23. Rab1 Bf3 24. d5 Rb7 25. b4 e3 26. Rxe3 Be4 27. Bxg7+ Qxg7 28.
Rxe4 fxe4 29. bxa5 bxa5 30. Rxb7 Qxb7 31. c5 Qb4 32. c6 e3 33. f4 Qe1+ 34. Kg2
Qd2+ 35. Qxd2 exd2 36. Bg4 Re8 37. Kf2 Re1 38. c7 Rc1 39. Ke3 Rxc7 40. Kxd2 Rc4
0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Pittsburgh Pawngrabbers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. h3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Be3 a6 8. a4 e5
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. O-O Be6 11. Ng5 Nd4 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Bd3 Qe7 14. Ne2 Rad8 15.
c3 Nc6 16. Qc2 Nh5 17. g3 Bf6 18. Bc4 Kh8 19. b4 Rfe8 20. Rad1 Ng7 21. Qc1 Nb8
22. Kg2 Nd7 23. a5 Nb8 24. Ng1 Nc6 25. Nf3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. h4 Ne8 28. Ng5
Rxd1 29. Qxd1 Nd6 30. Bb3 Nd8 31. Qg4 Nb5 32. Bc5 Qd7 33. Nxe6 Nxe6 34. Bxe6
Qd8 35. h5 b6 36. axb6 cxb6 37. Be3 Kg7 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. Bf5 Qe8 40. Bd7 Qd8
41. Bxb5 axb5 42. Qe6 Qd3 43. Qc6 g5 44. Bxb6 g4 45. Be3 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Shetty, Atulya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Pittsburgh Pawngrabbers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd7 8.
O-O g6 9. Ba3 Qa5 10. Qb3 e6 11. c4 Be7 12. d4 a6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. d5 exd5 15.
cxd5 Bb5 16. Rfc1 Rc8 17. Bb2 O-O 18. a4 Bd7 19. Qxb7 Rfd8 20. Bc3 Qc7 21. Qxc7
Rxc7 22. Ba5 Rcc8 23. Bxd8 Rxd8 24. e4 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pittsburgh Pawngrabbers"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. d5 Nb6 13. Nbd2 Bd7 14. b3 c4 15. Nf1
Nb7 16. Be3 cxb3 17. axb3 a5 18. Bd3 a4 19. b4 Rc8 20. Qe2 Nc4 21. Bc1 Qe8 22.
N3d2 Nb6 23. Nb1 f5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Bxb5 Qg6 26. Be3 Nxd5 27. Ng3 Bxb1 28.
Bc4 Be4 29. Qa2 Kh8 30. Bxd5 Bxd5 31. Qxd5 Nd8 32. Rxa4 Ne6 33. b5 Rxc3 34. b6
Rd3 35. Qb5 Qe8 36. Qxe8 Rxe8 37. Rb1 Nc5 38. Ra7 d5 39. b7 Nxb7 40. Rbxb7 Bf8
41. Nf5 d4 42. Bg5 e4 43. Nxg7 Rd1+ 44. Kh2 Bd6+ 45. g3 Rf8 46. Rf7 Rxf7 47.
Rxf7 Kg8 48. Rd7 e3 49. Nh5 Be5 50. fxe3 d3 51. Nf6+ Bxf6 52. Bxf6 Rf1 53. Bg5
Rf2+ 54. Kg1 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia Eagles"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h4 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. Qd2 Rc8 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 b5 12. f3 O-O 13. g4 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 a5 16. Bb5 Nc5 17. Bc6 Nxb3 18. cxb3 Nd7 19. Be3 f5 20. g5 Nc5 21. Bxc5
dxc5 22. d6 Rxc6 23. Qd5+ Rf7 24. dxe7 Qe8 25. Qxc6 Qxc6 26. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes Blockbusters"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 b6 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 e5 10. a3 Qe7 11. O-O Rd8 12. Bg5 Ba6 13. Qe3 Rd7 14. Rfd1 Re8 15.
a4 Qf8 16. a5 b5 17. g4 h6 18. Bh4 Nh7 19. Bg3 Ng5 20. Nxg5 hxg5 21. Qxg5 Bh6
22. Qf6 Rd6 23. Qf3 Qe7 24. Re1 Rf6 25. Qg2 Bd2 26. Re2 Bf4 27. Bxf4 Rxf4 28.
Re3 Bc8 29. Ne2 Rf6 30. Qg3 g5 31. Rf3 Rh6 32. Qg2 Kg7 33. Ng3 Reh8 34. Re1
Rxh3 35. Nf5+ Bxf5 36. Rxh3 Rxh3 37. Qxh3 Bg6 38. Qe3 f6 39. f3 Qd6 40. b4 cxb4
41. Qxa7+ Bf7 42. Qf2 b3 43. cxb3 Qa3 44. b4 Qxb4 45. Ra1 Qc3 46. Qf1 Bb3 47.
a6 Qd4+ 48. Kg2 Ba4 49. Qg1 Qxd3 50. a7 Qd8 51. Qc5 Qd2+ 52. Kg1 Qd8 53. Ra2 b4
54. Qxb4 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Delhi Dynamite"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bd2 b5
9. axb5 Nb6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O O-O 12. bxa6 Rxa6 13. Rc1 N8d7 14. Ng5 h6 15.
Nh3 c5 16. Be3 Qh4 17. Nb5 Bc6 18. Nd6 Ba4 19. b3 Bxb3 20. Qxb3 cxb3 21. Bxa6
cxd4 22. Bf4 Nd5 23. Bg3 Qh5 24. Nc4 Nc5 25. Bb5 Nc3 26. Nf4 Qg5 27. h4 Qe7 28.
Bc6 Rd8 29. Ra1 d3 30. Bf3 d2 31. h5 N5e4 32. Bh2 Qc5 33. Nb2 Qd4 34. Nbd3 Nxf2
35. Nxf2 b2 36. Rab1 Nxb1 37. Rxb1 Bc5 38. Bg3 d1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Lenic, Luka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Ljubljana Turtles"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6
8. Bd3 Ng6 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Na4 Qc7 12. c5 d5 13. cxd6 Bxd6 14. g3 c5
15. Be3 Ne5 16. Be2 Bb7 17. Rc1 Bxe4 18. Nxc5 Bc6 19. f4 Ng6 20. Ne4 Rfd8 21.
Qc2 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Qa5 23. f5 Qe5 24. Bf3 Qxb2 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Qc2 Qa3 27. Qc3
1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Marseille Migraines"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d6 9. a3 Bc5 10. Na4 Bb6 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Re1 h6 13. Bf4 Ng4 14. e5
dxe5 15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Qf6 17. Qe2 Be6 18. Re1 Ra4 19. c3 Rd8 20. Bc2 Rg4
21. Qxg4 Qxe5 22. Rxe5 Bxg4 23. f3 Be6 24. Kf2 g6 25. Ke1 Kg7 26. Re2 Kf6 27.
Rd2 Rh8 28. Be4 c5 29. Bd5 Bf5 30. Kf2 h5 31. h4 Rd8 32. Ke3 Rd7 33. Bc4 Re7+
34. Kf2 g5 35. hxg5+ Kxg5 36. b4 cxb4 37. cxb4 Bd7 38. Re2 Rxe2+ 39. Kxe2 f5
40. Kf2 Ba4 41. Bf7 h4 42. g3 hxg3+ 43. Kxg3 f4+ 44. Kf2 Kf6 45. Ke2 Kxf7 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C74"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Mumbai Movers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 6. d4 fxe4 7. Ng5 exd4 8. Nxe4
Nf6 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. O-O Be7 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Be3 Qg6 13. Bc2 Bf5 14. Bxf5
Qxf5 15. Qb3+ Kh8 16. Qxb7 Qd7 17. Rc1 Na5 18. Qxc7 Qxc7 19. Rxc7 Bd8 20. Rc2
Bf6 21. Nd2 Rab8 22. Rac1 Rb4 23. Nf3 d5 24. Bd2 Rb5 25. a4 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Reykjavik Puffins"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3 Bc8 13. dxc6 Qc7 14. Nbd2 Qxc6 15.
Nf1 Nc4 16. Ng3 Be6 17. a4 h6 18. b3 Nb6 19. a5 Nbd7 20. Bd2 Rfe8 21. Nh2 Bf8
22. Ng4 Rac8 23. Qf3 d5 24. Nxf6+ Nxf6 25. Rac1 Nd7 26. Nf5 Nc5 27. Qg3 Bxf5
28. exf5 e4 29. Be3 Bd6 30. Qg4 Be5 31. Bd2 Nd7 32. c4 bxc4 33. bxc4 Nf6 34.
cxd5 Qxd5 35. Qd1 Red8 36. Bb3 Rxc1 37. Bxc1 Qxa5 38. Qe2 Bd4 39. Rd1 Qb6 40.
Bc2 Rc8 41. Bxe4 Re8 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sharafiev, Azat"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Volga Stormbringers"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 b6 7. a4 c5 8. a5 Bb7
9. Ne5 Ne4 10. Nd2 cxd4 11. cxd4 bxa5 12. Nb3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Rxa5 a6 15.
f3 Nd6 16. Rc5 Ba4 17. Rc3 Qb6 18. Qd3 Nb5 19. Nd2 Bxd4+ 20. e3 Nxc3 21. bxc3
Bxe3+ 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bykhovsky, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Montclair Sopranos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Qe2 d6 9. c4 Nf6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nc3 e5 12. Rfd1 Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. Bxa7 Rxa7
15. Rac1 Nd7 16. Qe3 b6 17. Bf1 Nc5 18. Na1 Rd7 19. Nc2 a5 20. Rd2 f5 21. exf5
Bxf5 22. Na3 Nd4 23. Ne2 Nce6 24. Nxd4 Nxd4 25. Nb5 Nxb5 26. cxb5 Bg6 27. Rc6
d5 28. Qxe5 d4 29. Bc4+ Bf7 30. Bxf7+ Rfxf7 31. Qe6 h6 32. Rxb6 d3 33. Rc6 Qh4
34. Qe4 Qxe4 35. fxe4 Rde7 36. Rc4 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Checa, Nicolas D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Montclair Sopranos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nbd7 5. d3 e6 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Be7 8.
e4 O-O 9. Bg2 dxe4 10. dxe4 e5 11. Qe2 c6 12. a4 Qc7 13. Nd2 Rfd8 14. h4 Nc5
15. Nc4 Ne6 16. c3 Nd7 17. b4 Nb6 18. Bh3 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 Rd6 20. a5 c5 21. b5
Rad8 22. Be3 h6 23. Bg4 Bf8 24. Kg2 Qe7 25. Rh1 Rd3 26. Be2 R3d7 27. Qa4 Rd6
28. Qc2 Nd4 29. cxd4 cxd4 30. Bd2 d3 31. Qa2 dxe2 32. Bb4 Qd7 33. Bxd6 Bxd6 34.
Qxe2 Bc5 35. Rac1 Bd4 36. Rc2 Kh7 37. Rhc1 Qe6 38. Rc7 Rd7 39. Qf3 g6 40. h5
Kg7 41. hxg6 fxg6 42. a6 bxa6 43. R1c6 Qf7 44. Rxd7 Qxd7 45. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montclair Sopranos"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Re1 Bf8 12. h3 Rb8 13. Nbd2 Ne7 14. Nf1 Ng6 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Ng3 c5 17. d4 h6 18. Be3 Bc6 19. d5 Bd7 20. b4 cxb4 21. cxb4 Nf4
22. Qd2 g5 23. Ra7 Bg7 24. Rea1 Qc8 25. R1a6 Bf8 26. Bb1 Rb7 27. Rxb7 Qxb7 28.
Ra7 Qc8 29. h4 Nh7 30. Nf5 Bxf5 31. exf5 g4 32. Nd4 Qd8 33. Nxb5 Qxh4 34. g3
Nh3+ 35. Kg2 Qh5 36. Qd1 Rb8 37. Bd3 N7g5 38. Bxg5 Nxg5 39. Qh1 Nh3 40. Rc7 e4
41. Be2 Qxf5 42. Qe1 e3 43. fxe3 Qxd5+ 44. Kh2 Rxb5 45. Bc4 Qe5 46. Bxf7+ Kh8
0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Patel, Advait"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montclair Sopranos"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c3 d6 7. d4 Bd7 8. Re1
Nf6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. Bc2 Qe7 12. Nf1 Qf8 13. Ng3 a5 14. Ba4 Rad8 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 b6 17. Rc1 Nh7 18. Qb3 Re7 19. Qc4 Qe8 20. Bb5 exd4 21. Bxc6
Bxc6 22. cxd4 Bb5 23. Qc2 c5 24. Bc3 Nf6 25. Rcd1 Bc6 26. d5 Bb5 27. b3 Nd7 28.
Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Qc3+ f6 30. Nh4 Kh7 31. f4 Qf7 32. a4 Ba6 33. Qf3 Rde8 34. Kh2
Rg8 35. Nh1 Ree8 36. Nf2 Rg7 37. Ng4 Qf8 38. Rc1 Bb7 39. Ne3 Ba6 40. g4 b5 41.
axb5 Bxb5 42. Nhg2 Rge7 43. Nd1 Nb6 44. Nc3 Bd7 45. Ra1 Ra8 46. Ne3 Qg7 47.
Rec1 Rae8 48. f5 Ra8 49. fxg6+ Qxg6 50. Nf5 Bxf5 51. gxf5 Qe8 52. Rg1 Nd7 53.
Qf4 Ne5 54. Rg3 Rb8 55. Ne2 a4 56. bxa4 Rb2 57. Rg2 c4 58. Qg3 Rd2 59. Ra3 Nd3
60. a5 Nc5 61. a6 Ra7 62. Qe3 Qe5+ 63. Ng3 Rxg2+ 64. Kxg2 Qb2+ 65. Kf3 Qh2 66.
Kg4 Qg2 67. Kh4 Qb2 68. Kh5 Kg8 69. Kh4 Qb8 70. Qxh6 Rh7 71. Qxh7+ Kxh7 72. a7
Qa8 73. Nh5 Nd7 74. Nf4 c3 75. Ne6 c2 76. Nc7 Qc8 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qb3
{This was the system prepared by Caruana for this tournament. In several
similar positions he developed his queen to b3 instead of the usual Qc2. In
the past, these l;ines used to be a specialty of Romanishin.} Nbd7 ({For} 8...
b6 {see Caruana,F (2784)-Ding Liren (2769) Berlin 2018 (½-½, 67)}) 9. Bf4 a5
{Black refrains from ...b7-b6 in order to be able to answer cxd5 with ...exd5.
But the question is how he is going to complete his development.} ({The
question about whether the bishop stands better on d2 or on c1 is not entirely
elucidated. A Romanishin game, reaching this position without ...Bb4+ and Bd2
on the way, continued:} 9... Nh5 10. Bd2 $5 (10. Bc1 {is more natural but
curiously I did not find games with the most consequent} f5) 10... f5 (10... a5
{is an attempt to reach some improved version of the main game. White could try
} 11. Ne5 {since the central exchange would leave the h5-knight in a delicate
situation, but after} Nhf6 12. f4 Ne4 13. Be3 {Black is not without chances.})
11. Bb4 a5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nbd2 Nhf6 14. Ne1 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Ge1d3,Gd2f3]} (
{Before starting the standard regrouping WHite could have considered
activating his major pieces, for instance} 14. Rac1 a4 15. Qe3 $14) 14... a4
15. Qc2 e5 $5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5+ cxd5 19. Nd3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3
Be6 21. Nf3 f4 $13 {Romanishin,O-Korensky,V Tbilisi (Georgia) 1974 (1-0, 40.
Black's attacking chances (at least partly) compensate for White's blocvkade
on d4.}) (9... Qb6 10. Qc2 c5 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. Na3 b6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nb5 Qxc4
15. Qxc4 dxc4 16. Nfd4 Nd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Nc7 Bb7 (18... Rb8 19. Nxd5) 19.
Nf5 Bb4 20. Nxa8 Rxa8 21. Bd4 $14 {1-0 (70) Romanishin,O (2600)-Hertneck,G 
(2555) Bad Lauterberg 1991 CBM 027 [Hertneck,G]}) (9... b6 10. Nc3 Ba6 (10...
Bb7 11. cxd5 cxd5) 11. cxd5 Nxd5 {Roiz,M (2659)-Gyimesi,Z (2584) Germany 2009
CBM 134 [Roiz,M] (1-0, 83)}) 10. Rd1 Nh5 {I am always happy when I see this
move from the whote side as it allows "correcting" the bishop's position,
neutralising the merits of ...Bb4+. But ...a7-a5 involves a serious commitment
and Black's choice is narrower than in other lines already.} (10... b5 11. c5
Ba6 12. Qc2 b4 13. Bf1 (13. Re1 {is more or less similar to the main game.})
13... Ne4 14. Nbd2 f5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Bg5 18. f4 Bf6 19.
Bxf6 gxf6 20. a3 b3 21. Rac1 $14 {Mamedyarov,S (2775)-Kovalenko,I (2644) Riga
2013 (½-½, 35)}) ({The consequent} 10... a4 {mainly weakens this pawn.} 11.
Qc2 b6 12. Ne5 $5 Nxe5 (12... Bb7 13. Nc3 a3 14. b3 $16 {planning e2-e4}) 13.
dxe5 Nd7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. e4 {and in avoidance of the worse Black has to play}
d4 16. Rxd4 g5 17. Bc1 Bc5 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. Nc3 b5 (19... a3 20. Na4 $1) 20.
Nxb5 Nxe5 $14 {with just some compensation for the pawn.}) ({The main move is} 
10... b6 {leaving White with some initiative in the symmetrical position
resulting after} 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 Ba6 13. Nb5 Bb4 14. a4 {½-½ Foisor,O 
(2495)-Arkhipov,S (2485) Moscow 1987}) 11. Bc1 Nhf6 12. Nbd2 $146 {A logical
novelty, preparing e2-e4 without leaving c4 vulnerable.} (12. Nc3 a4 13. Qc2 (
13. Nxa4 dxc4 14. Qc2 b5 $132) 13... dxc4 14. e4 h6 15. d5 cxd5 16. exd5 Nxd5
$13 {½-½ Ulybin,M (2521)-Palac,M (2586) Zagreb 2011}) 12... b5 13. c5 b4 ({
Since Black's main plan is breaking in the centre, he should have prepared
this at once without wasting time with pawn moves:} 13... Qc7 $5 {It could be
that So wanted to keep his indirect control over g5, fearing something like}
14. e4 dxe4 ({The aforementioned hypotetical fears are justified after} 14...
Nxe4 $6 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 a4 18. Qc2 f5 19. Be7 Re8 20. Bd6 {
with overwhelming compensation for the pawn.}) 15. Ng5 {But Black seems to be
doing fine here:} a4 16. Qc2 e3 17. fxe3 e5 $132) 14. Qc2 a4 15. Re1 ({Still
preparing e2- e4 as if} 15. e4 b3 16. Qb1 bxa2 17. Rxa2 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19.
Qxe4 Nxc5 $1 {Black should be OK despite his apparently hanging position.
After the game move White has basically lost two tempi with his major pieces,
but the merits of the massive pawn advance on the queenside are not entirely
clear.}) 15... e5 {It's now or never.} ({It is too late for half measures as} 
15... Qc7 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 $16 {leads to a favourable structure for White.}
) 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. Nf3 Bxc5 $6 {Leaving g5 undefended is too
inviting for a Catalan specialist, even though Caruana hesitated for a while
before answering.} (18... Nxc5 $5 19. Be3 Ra5 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. f4 {offers White
some pressure but not a direct atack.}) 19. Ng5 $1 {Perfectly in the good old
Catalan spirit, by switching to a kingside attack.} g6 20. Bf4 Qb6 21. e4 $1 {
Black's kingside is not prepared for White's massive attack.} b3 22. axb3 axb3
23. Qe2 Ba6 ({Caruana was mainly worried about} 23... Ra2 24. e6 $1 ({During
the press conference Caruana indicated only} 24. Rab1 Ba6 25. Qf3 Bd3 26. Qxd3
Bxf2+ 27. Kh1 Bxe1 28. Rxe1 Rxb2 {and}) (24. exd5 Ba6 25. Qf3 Rxb2 26. Ne4 cxd5
27. Nxc5 Nxc5 28. Be3 Bc4 29. Bd4 {when he did not like playing against the
passed b-pawn.}) 24... fxe6 25. exd5 e5 {Trying to prevent the queen's
infiltration.} 26. dxc6 exf4 27. cxd7 Bxd7 28. Rad1 {Despite the apparently
annoying pressure on f2 Black is in big trouble. For instance:} fxg3 29. hxg3
Rxf2 (29... Bxf2+ 30. Kh1 Bxe1 31. Rxd7 {threatening Bd5+ followed by Rxh7
mate.}) 30. Qc4+ Kh8 31. Rxd7) 24. Qf3 Bc4 (24... h6 {just weakens the
kingside:} 25. Nh3 (25. Nxf7 Rxf7 26. exd5 {also looks tempting but Black can
try surviving with} Nf8) 25... dxe4 26. Qxe4 $18 {c6 and h6 are hanging and
the threat e5-e6 is killing. More than Black cn cope with, for sure.}) 25. Rxa8
Rxa8 26. e6 dxe4 (26... fxe6 $2 27. Bc7 $1) 27. exf7+ Bxf7 28. Nxe4 Bd4 (28...
Re8 $16 {Caruana}) 29. Nd6 {Caruana concludes the attack with simple moves.}
Bd5 30. Qe2 Nf8 31. Bxd5+ cxd5 32. Qf3 Qa5 33. Re7 $4 {The bishop will move
away and there will be no defence against Qf7+.} 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b6 $5 {
One of the latest trends in the Catalan, not mentioned in older theory books
at all.} 8. Ne5 {This allows an unusual but interesting exchange sacrifice.} ({
The developing} 8. Bg5 {looks more to the point. A recent game went} Nd5 (8...
Ba6 9. Nbd2 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nxc4 Nd7 12. Rac1 c5 13. Qa4 Bb7 14. Qa3 N5f6
15. Rfd1 $14 {Aronian,L (2792)-Fressinet,L (2687) Paris 2016 (½-½, 72) is at
least more pleasant for White, even if he didn't manage to win.}) 9. Bxe7 Qxe7
10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Nxc4 Nd7 12. a3 c5 13. e4 $5 $146 ({Stronger than} 13. dxc5
Qxc5 14. b4 Qc7 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Qb2 Qb8 {Gelfand,B (2697)-Deac,B (2549)
Caleta 2018 (½-½, 34), and Black managed to gradually simplify and equalise.}
) 13... N5f6 14. e5 Nd5 15. Rfe1 $14) 8... Qxd4 (8... Nd5 9. Nxc4 {leads to a
comfortable position for White as he has managed to retrieve the pawn by using
his knight, thus avoiding any loss of time with the queen.} Bb7 10. a3 Nc6 11.
e3 b5 12. Ncd2 a5 13. Nc3 Qd7 14. Nce4 $14 {Gorelov,S (2480)-Gorjatchev,V 
(2355) Moscow 1996 (1-0, 25)}) 9. Bxa8 ({I would expect} 9. Nxf7 $5 {to get
some investigating but so far it has been tried only in a game between lower
rated players.} Nd5 $1 10. Ng5 Bxg5 11. Bxg5 {Fiori,H (2127)-Franco,G (2028)
Buenos Aires 2016 (½-½, 51)} Bb7 12. Nc3 Nb4 13. Qd1 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 Bxg2 15.
Kxg2 N8c6 16. Rac1 $44) 9... Qxe5 10. Bf3 ({It is a good idea to prevent ...
Qh5 followed by ...Ng4, as after, for instance,} 10. Bf4 Qh5 {Black gets a
kingside initiative.} 11. Bf3 (11. Bxc7 Ng4 12. h4 Na6 13. Qxc4 e5 14. Bf3 Nxc7
15. Qxc7 Bxh4 16. Bxg4 Qxg4 $11 {White cannot do much against the threat ...
Bxg3 with a perpetual as after} 17. Qxe5 $2 Bf6 {[%csl Gb2]} 18. Qb5 Bd4 $17 {
[%cal Gg4g3] the bishops are killing, for instance} 19. e3 $6 Bb7 $19) 11...
Ng4 12. Bxg4 Qxg4 $44 13. Nd2 (13. Nc3 Bb7 $44) 13... Qxe2 14. Qxc4 Qxc4 15.
Nxc4 Na6 $15 {Hilverda,A (2385)-Buhmann,R (2615) Austria 2016 (0-1, 52)}) 10...
Nd5 11. Qxc4 {It makes no sense delaying this.} (11. Bd2 {De Carvalho,C (2051)
-Da Silva Borges,R (2269) Florianopolis 2017 (0-1, 49)} Nc6 12. Qxc4 Nd4 $36)
11... Ba6 12. Qb3 $146 ({The usual line goes} 12. Qa4 {and in practice Black's
compensation for the exchange has more than once vanished away.} c5 (12... Bf6
13. Re1 c5 14. Nd2 (14. Na3 b5 15. Nxb5 Nb6 16. Qa5 Nc4 17. Qa4 Nb6 18. Qa5 {
½-½ Cheparinov,I (2677)-Bacrot,E (2692) Monzon 2016}) 14... b5 15. Qc2 Be7
16. Bg2 Nb4 17. Qb1 Rd8 {Meier,G (2648)-Deac,B (2572) Batumi 2018 (½-½, 52):
By the way, this game was played after our main game.} 18. a3 Nd5 19. Nf3 $16)
13. Re1 (13. Na3 $5 b5 $6 {With the bishop on e7 this does not work out
properly.} 14. Nxb5 Nb6 15. Qa5 Nc4 16. Qc7 Bxb5 17. Qxe7 $16) 13... b5 ({
It would have made sense to cut the queen off with} 13... c4) 14. Qe4 Nc6 15.
Nc3 Rd8 16. Rd1 Qxe4 17. Bxe4 Nd4 18. Bxd5 (18. Nxd5 $5 exd5 19. Rxd4 cxd4 20.
Bd3 {Due to the threat a2-a4 Black is likely to lose his extra pawn and be
left with the worse structure. For instance:} Rd6 21. Bf4 Rc6 22. Bb8 $14)
18... b4 19. Bb3 bxc3 20. bxc3 Nxe2+ 21. Kg2 {Aronian,L (2799)-Hou,Y (2652)
Tbilisi 2017 (½-½, 37)} Bd3 $5 $44 {With nice domination for the exchange.})
12... Nc6 13. Qa4 Bb7 {Black's compensation for the exchange is somewhat
different from the standard patterns. He is well developed and has good
control in the centre. Even though White has no weaknesses it is hard for him
to prove an advantage.} 14. Nc3 Nd4 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Bf4 ({Caruana indicated
the folloing line:} 16. Qxa7 Ba8 17. Bf4 Qh5 18. Qxc7 Nf3+ 19. exf3 d4 {
as satisfactory for Black. We can continue a few more moves to prove him right:
} 20. Ne4 Qxf3 21. Rfe1 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Qxe4 23. Qxb6 h5 $146 {The strong
central pawn and the kingside initiative surely compensate for the pawn.})
16... Qf6 17. Rad1 (17. Qxa7 Qc6 {causes the white queen trouble.}) 17... c5
18. Be3 {Apparently Black is about to lose stability but he has two possible
combinations based on his strong b7-bishop.} Nf3+ $5 {Caruana played this
after a very long time.} ({The alternative was} 18... Nxe2+ $5 19. Nxe2 d4 20.
Nf4 ({Caruana considered} 20. Bf4 g5 21. f3 gxf4 22. Nxf4 {True, Qd7 and Qxa7
look unpleasant threats while the knight is stable, but the strong central
pawns ensure Black at least equal play.} Rd8 $1 23. Qxa7 $6 Qc6 $15) 20... dxe3
$44 {Ding thought} 21. Qd7 {to be strong but this allows} e2 $1 {as if} 22.
Nxe2 $2 Qf3 $19) 19. exf3 d4 20. f4 ({Caruana was not entirely sure about} 20.
Bf4 dxc3 21. Rfe1 cxb2 22. Qd7 Bxf3 23. Rb1 {but he has more than one good
continuation.} c4 $5 ({He thought} 23... g5 {was compulsory. It is a good move
but if Black wants to reach equality the main move is more convincing.}) 24.
Qxe7 Qxe7 25. Rxe7 c3 26. Bc1 Bd5 {/\...Bxa2} 27. Rxa7 Be4 28. Bxb2 Bxb1 29.
Bxc3 $11) 20... dxc3 ({Caruana was tempted to play} 20... Bf3 21. Bxd4 $1 Qf5 {
but ae the last moment he saw} 22. Nd5 $3 {when suddenly his compensation
would not be very clear.}) 21. bxc3 Bf3 ({This looks logical but} 21... Qe6 {
indicated by Ding was safer.} 22. f5 (22. Qxa7 $2 Qe4) 22... Qxf5 23. f3 Bxf3
24. Qxa7 (24. Qd7 Qh5 {Ding}) 24... Bf6 25. Qxb6 Qe4 26. Bxc5 Qe2 {with enough
compensation for the material and a probable draw due to the exposed white
king.}) 22. Rd3 ({While watching the game I did not understand why Ding
refrained from} 22. Qxa7 {I thought Qd7 would save any trouble next but was
wrong:} Qh6 23. Qd7 (23. h4 Bxh4 $19) 23... f5 $1 {The move I missed.}) (22.
Rd2 $5) 22... Bc6 ({An ambitious approach. Retrieving the exchange would leave
Black a pawn down but with reasonable chances to hold due to his better
structure:} 22... Be2 23. Rfd1 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 Qe6 25. Qxa7 h5 26. h3 Bf6) 23.
Qb3 Qf5 24. c4 Be4 25. Rd2 Qh5 ({Caruana rejected} 25... Qg4 {due to} 26. Bd4
cxd4 27. f3) 26. f3 Bxf3 27. f5 ({Actually, here, too,} 27. Bd4 {was worth
considering, with chances for retaining a small advantage.}) 27... Bc6 {
The game can now be evaluated as positionally balanced.} 28. Qd1 Qh3 29. Rff2
h6 30. Qf1 Qg4 31. Rf4 Qg5 32. Rd3 Qf6 33. Bd2 Ba8 34. h4 Qc6 35. Kh2 Bd6 36.
Rf2 Be5 37. Bc3 Bxc3 38. Rxc3 Re8 39. f6 g6 40. Rcc2 (40. Rd3 $5 {is a bit
more active.}) 40... Re4 41. Rfe2 Qe6 42. Rxe4 Bxe4 43. Rf2 Bf5 44. Qc1 Kh7 45.
Qc3 h5 46. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 (9... h5 {is the most popular move nowadays. But Black had
something else in his mind.}) 10. g4 O-O 11. g5 Nh5 12. O-O-O b5 {Mamedyarov
chooses a line that has been out of fashion for some time, a very interesting
approach to use against principled opponents like Fabiano Caruana. Thorough
preparation and the surprise factor may play a strong role.} 13. Nd5 (13. Kb1 {
gives Black the chance to improve control over the d5-square:} Nb6 {Now Black
will be always ready to capture on d5 with the b6-knight.} 14. Na5 (14. Nd5
Nxd5 $1 15. exd5 Bf5 16. Na5 f6 {with a similar modern idea that was used in
the game, Black opens the kingside. This position has been played more than 80
times in correspondence chess, and only once in over-the-board games, in 2016.}
17. Nc6 Qd7 18. gxf6 Bxf6 19. Ka1 Kh8 20. c4 bxc4 21. Bxc4 Bh4 22. Qa5 Bh3 $1
$17 {0-1 (34) Eggleston,D (2413)-Yu,Y (2721) Novi Sad 2016}) 14... Rc8 15. Nd5
Nxd5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Qxa5 18. c4 {White has typical compensation in
such positions with the bishop pair and control over the light squares, but
Black is doing well.} Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. cxb5 axb5 21. h4 Rc5 22. Qb3 d5 23.
Be2 Rd8 $11 {½-½ (31) Leko,P (2679)-Giri,A (2762) Heraklio 2017, with a
balanced position.}) 13... Bxd5 14. exd5 f6 $1 {As mentioned before, this is a
typical modern idea in this variation.} 15. gxf6 (15. h4 {is another way to
play the position} fxg5 (15... Ng3 $5 {is also perfectly fine} 16. Bh3 $6 (16.
Rg1 {is the correct answer} Nxf1 17. Rdxf1 a5 $1 $132) 16... Nxh1 17. Be6+ Kh8
18. Rxh1 Nb6 $1 19. Na5 Nc4 20. Nxc4 bxc4 $17 {0-1 (87) Kalinina,O (2359)
-Bodnaruk,A (2446) Riga 2017 and White does not have enough compensation.
Black went on to win convincingly.}) 16. hxg5 Rxf3 17. Rxh5 Rxe3 18. Qxe3 g6
19. Nd4 exd4 20. Qe6+ Kg7 21. Rh3 Bxg5+ 22. Kb1 Ne5 (22... Nc5 $5) 23. Rxd4 Qf8
$44 {0-1 (59) Nakar,E (2479)-Swiercz,D (2646) Kenner 2016, with great
compensation for the sacrificed exchange.}) (15. g6 $5 {questioning the black
pieces} hxg6 16. Na5 f5 17. Nc6 Qe8 18. Rg1 Kh7 $13 {with an unclear position.}
) 15... Bxf6 16. Kb1 (16. Na5 {is the main move here.} Nf4 17. Nc6 Qc7 18. c4 {
The whole concept of this variation is curious - Black intentionally opens the
kingside, while sometimes White tries to open the queenside. It looks
controversial, since opening up your own king is not advisable, but in the
other hand, each of the players has good prospects on those flanks (White, for
example, has better prospects on the queenside with the strong d5-pawn).} bxc4
19. Bxc4 a5 20. a3 Nb6 21. Bb3 Nc8 22. Kb1 a4 23. Ba2 Ne7 $13 {½-½ (31)
Hracek,Z (2613)-Dziuba,M (2584) Czech Republic 2017}) 16... Nf4 {Black is
happy to sacrifice a pawn to open up the a1-h8 diagonal (White can not take it
now because of ...Bxb2 at the end).} 17. Rg1 Kh8 18. Bd3 Bg5 19. Na5 Bh6 20.
Nc6 $6 (20. Be4 {was perhaps more precise} Qf6 21. h4 Nh3 22. Rg5 $1 $36) 20...
Qh4 (20... Qf6 $1 $15 {preparing a possible ...Nh3! exchanging the
dark-squared bishops that looks appropriate for Black. The f3-weakness will
play an important role in the endgame, if everything gets swapped on h6.
Additionally, the simple ...Nxd3 is threatened here.}) 21. Qb4 Rf6 (21... Qf6
$1 {it was never late to go back.}) 22. a4 $1 {Keeping the plan of playing on
the queenside.} Qxh2 $2 (22... Qh5 $1 $132 {[%csl Rf3]}) 23. Be4 Qe2 24. Bxf4
Bxf4 25. Qa5 {The position is getting more difficult for Black after each move,
the queenside is very vulnerable now.} Nc5 26. Qc7 Bh6 27. Nd8 Nxe4 28. fxe4
Rf8 29. Nf7+ $5 (29. Rde1 $1 {would lead to a similar position without losing
the important e4-pawn.} Qc4 30. Nf7+ Rxf7 31. Qxf7 Rc8 32. Rg2 bxa4 33. Qd7 a3
34. Qxd6 $1 axb2 35. Qxe5 $18) 29... Rxf7 30. Qxf7 Rc8 31. Rc1 Qxe4 $132 {
Now Black has decent practical chances of counterplay.} 32. Rgf1 $2 (32. a5 $1
{creating a permanent weakness on a6 and stopping ...bxa4} Qc4 33. Rg2 $1 {
with the threat of playing Rf1} Qc7 34. Rf1 Bf4 (34... Qxf7 35. Rxf7 Ra8 36.
Rd7 $18) 35. Qf5 $1 $18 {followed by Rh1, with a strong attack.}) 32... Bf4 $1
33. Rg1 Bh6 $2 34. Rgf1 $2 (34. a5 {transposes to 32.a5.}) 34... Rg8 $1 {
Either Mamedyarov wanted to win, or he just realised 34...Rg8 was better.} 35.
Rcd1 bxa4 36. Qe7 Qg6 37. Rf8 Bg5 38. Rxg8+ Kxg8 39. Qd7 h5 $132 40. Rg1 e4 41.
Qxa4 e3 42. Qxa6 Qf5 43. Qa8+ Kh7 {Black has lost two pawns, but he has been
able to advance his passers considerably.} 44. Qe8 Bf4 45. Qe6 g6 (45... Qxe6
$5 {was a curious alternative} 46. dxe6 Kg8 47. b4 g5 48. b5 h4 $13 {with a
complicated endgame, arguably 0.00 equal, according to the computers!}) 46. Rf1
Kg7 47. Qxf5 gxf5 48. c4 (48. Rxf4 $4 e2 $19) 48... Bg3 49. Rg1 h4 (49... h4 {
a sample line would be:} 50. Kc2 e2 51. Kd2 e1=Q+ 52. Rxe1 Bxe1+ 53. Kxe1 h3
54. Kf2 f4 55. b4 Kf8 56. c5 dxc5 57. bxc5 Ke7 58. Kf3 $11 {with a theoretical
draw - neither side can make any progress.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 {The majority of games end
in an uneventful draw after this move. The current game happened to be a big
exception.} (5. d4) ({and} 5. Nc3 {are more ambitious lines.}) 5... Qe7 6. Nc3
{This is a relatively rare way to handle this boring variation. Normally 6.d3
follows automatically.} ({The following game was played in the same event a
few rounds later:} 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 g6 9. Bg5 Bg7 10. O-O-O O-O
11. Rhe1 h6 12. Bh4 Nc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (65) So,W (2799)-Caruana,F (2784) Berlin
2018}) 6... Nxc3 7. dxc3 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 {It's clear that the
position is completely equal. However, if both players do not agree to a draw
and continue playing, then anything can happen.} 10. O-O-O O-O {Castling on
opposite sides usually hints at a sharp battle, when the queens are on the
board. Here the queens are off, so not too much excitement. Yet.} 11. Rhe1 (11.
Rhg1 a6 12. g4 Re8 13. h4 Be6 14. Ng5 Bd7 15. Kb1 $6 Ne5 {White already has to
fight for equality.} 16. h5 Bb5 17. Bxb5 axb5 $15 {1/2-1/2 (31) Artemiev,V 
(2697)-Khalifman,A (2614) Moscow 2018}) 11... Bf6 12. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2e4]} Re8
13. Bf3 Ne5 14. Bf4 Kf8 15. Bd5 (15. Be4 h6 $11) 15... c6 16. Bb3 Bf5 17. h3 (
17. f3 h6 18. g4 Bh7 $11) 17... g5 {This pawn will have a glorious career!} 18.
Bh2 Kg7 19. c4 $6 {Kramnik wanted to prevent the advance d6-d5, but his choice
by itself looks quite ugly to me.} (19. f4 gxf4 20. Bxf4 h5 $11 {Black has
good bishops near the king and his slight defects in the pawn structure are
not really noticeable.}) 19... g4 $1 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Bg5+ 22. Kb1 gxh3
23. c5 $2 {Consequent, but objectively bad.} (23. f4 $2 Ng4 $17 {[%csl Rh2]}) (
23. gxh3 f5 24. Ree1 (24. Bxe5+ dxe5 25. Rd7+ Kf6 26. Re1 e4 $17) 24... Nf3 25.
Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Bxd6 Re2 $15) 23... f5 $1 ({Less precise is} 23... hxg2 $6 {
because after} 24. cxd6 Nf3 {White has the move} 25. Rg4) 24. Rb4 hxg2 {
Now the g4-square is not available for the white rook. So, he has to grab
everything he can on the queenside.} 25. Rxb7+ Kh8 26. cxd6 Nf3 27. Ba4 $1 (27.
Bg1 $2 Re2 {simply loses, so White has to give the bishop.}) 27... Nxh2 28.
Bxc6 Rad8 $1 (28... Re4 $6 {is spectacular, but less effective in view of} 29.
Rg1 (29. Bxe4 $2 {falls into Black's idea:} fxe4 30. Rg1 e3 $1 31. Rxg2 e2 32.
Rg1 Nf1 {and the pawn queens.})) 29. d7 Re2 30. Bxg2 Rxf2 31. Bc6 Ng4 {So,
Caruana is up a piece for a couple of pawns, but the position remains sharp
and in a mutual time-scramble anything can happen.} (31... Nf1 {was another
way to get the knight to e3.}) 32. Rxa7 (32. c4 Ne3 33. Rg1 Be7 {should be
winning for Black, though not at all easy, of course.}) 32... Ne3 33. Rg1 h6 $2
{Wasting an important tempi in a sharp position. The bishop is not hanging due
to the weakness of White's back rank.} (33... Rxc2 $1 34. Ba4 (34. Rc7 Bf6 $19)
34... Rf2 $19) 34. Rc7 $1 {[%cal Gc7c8]} Kg7 $6 (34... Kh7 $1 35. Bb5 $17 (35.
a4 $2 Rxc2 36. Rc8 Bf6 $19 {Compared to 34...Kg7, here the bishop is not
pinned and can move.})) 35. a4 {Now the engine already shows the evaluation of
0.00, but for a human player it gives very little information. The game is on
for all three possible results.} Kf7 (35... Rxc2 36. Rc8 Rxc6 37. Rxd8 Rd6 38.
Re8 Ng4 39. Rf1 $11) 36. Bb5 (36. a5 Rxc2 37. a6 Ke7 38. a7 Rxc6 39. Rxc6 Kxd7
40. Rgc1 Ra8 41. Rc7+ Ke6 42. R1c6+ Ke5 $11) 36... Ke7 $6 ({The race between
the passed pawns is very exciting:} 36... f4 $6 37. a5 f3 38. Rg3 $1 Nf1 39.
Rxg5 $1 hxg5 40. Rc8 Rxd7 $1 (40... Ke7 $2 41. Rxd8 Kxd8 42. a6 {[%csl Ga6]
the pawn is unstoppable}) 41. Bxd7 Re2 42. a6 f2 43. Bh3 (43. a7 $2 Nd2+ 44.
Ka2 f1=Q 45. a8=Q Qb1+ 46. Ka3 Qa1+ 47. Kb4 Qxb2+ $19) 43... Nd2+ 44. Ka2 Re7
45. Rd8 {and White seems to be on top.}) (36... Nd5 {was the safest way to
force some simplifications.} 37. Rc8 Nb6 38. Rxd8 Bxd8 39. a5 Nxd7 40. Bxd7
Bxa5 $11) 37. a5 Rf4 {[%cal Gf4b4]} 38. c3 $1 Kd6 $6 {Fabiano is eager to
bring his king into play, but actually it only makes things worse for him.} (
38... Rg4 {was preferable. It should be met by} 39. Rh1 $1) 39. Rb7 $6 (39.
Rc6+ $1 {would be a nice geometrical trick by the rook.} Ke7 40. a6 Rxd7 41.
Rc8 Ra7 42. Re8+ Kf6 43. Rxe3 $18) 39... Rg4 40. Re1 f4 41. a6 h5 (41... f3 42.
a7 f2 43. Rxe3 Bxe3 44. Rb8 {Black is up a rook, but it is not sure if he can
save even half a point. White's passed pawns are too strong.} Rg1+ 45. Kc2 (45.
Ka2 $4 Rxd7 46. a8=Q Ra7+) 45... Rg2 46. Bf1 Bxa7 47. Rxd8 Rg7 48. Bb5 f1=Q 49.
Bxf1 Rxd7 $16) 42. a7 {If somebody cares about the evaluation of the position,
then I can tell that currently White is winning. But the race is getting more
and more exciting.} Ra8 43. b4 (43. c4 $1 h4 44. c5+ {Underlining again why it
was better to keep the king away from the fire.} Kxc5 45. Rc1+ Kd6 46. Rc8 Rxa7
47. Rxa7 $18) 43... h4 44. c4 $2 ({White could win a rook and be an exchange
up after} 44. d8=Q+ Bxd8 45. Rd7+ Ke5 46. Bc6 Rxa7 47. Rxa7 $16) (44. Kb2 h3
45. Kb3 {bringing the king into play, to support the passed pawns was also a
sound idea.}) 44... h3 45. c5+ ({Again it was possible to grab the rook after} 
45. d8=Q+ $1 Bxd8 46. Rd7+ Ke5 47. Bc6 Rxa7 48. Rxa7 {though it's already less
effective than on the previous move.}) 45... Ke5 46. Rb8 (46. c6 h2 47. c7 Rg1
{Absolutely spectacular!} 48. Bc6 $1 Rxe1+ 49. Ka2 Nd5 $1 50. Bxd5 Kxd5 51.
c8=Q h1=Q (51... Re2+ 52. Kb3 Re3+ 53. Ka4 h1=Q 54. Qc5+ Ke6 55. Rb6+ Kxd7 56.
Qd6+ Ke8 57. Qg6+ Kd7 $11) 52. Rb5+ Kd4 53. Qc5+ Kd3 54. Qd6+ Ke2 55. Re5+ Kf3
56. Qd3+ Kg4 57. Qf5+ $11) (46. Be2 Rg3 47. c6 h2 48. Bf3 $1 Rg1 49. Rc1 Ng2 $1
50. c7 Rxc1+ 51. Kxc1 h1=Q+ 52. Kb2 Qf1 53. c8=Q Qf2+ 54. Kb1 Qf1+ {with a
perpetual check.}) 46... Rxa7 47. Rg8 Bf6 $1 48. d8=Q $8 ({To Kramnik's horror,
after} 48. Rxg4 $2 Kf5 {[%cal Ga7a1] his king is suddenly in a mating net!} 49.
Rxe3 fxe3 $19 {[%cal Gh3h2]}) 48... Bxd8 49. Rxg4 Bf6 50. Rg6 $8 Rb7 51. Be2
Rxb4+ 52. Ka2 {White has won the exchange, but lost most of his passed pawns.
The position is now balanced.} Nc2 $6 (52... Be7 53. c6 Ra4+ 54. Kb1 Rb4+ $11)
53. Rc1 Nd4 54. Bd3 $6 (54. Bg4 $1 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gc1e1] would force Black
to fight for a draw. His bishop is clumsy for the moment.}) 54... Ra4+ 55. Kb1
$6 (55. Kb2 $1 {was more precise, though at first sight it doesn't seem
logical to put the king on the long diagonal facing the black bishop.} Ke6 56.
Rh1 $11) 55... Nb3 $1 56. Re1+ Kd5 57. Kc2 (57. Rxf6 Ra1+ 58. Kb2 Rxe1 59. Kxb3
h2 60. Bc4+ Kxc5 61. Rf5+ Kd4 (61... Kd6 62. Bd5 f3 63. Bxf3 Re3+ 64. Kc2 Rxf3
65. Rh5 Rf2+ 66. Kd3 $11 {[%cal Gd3e3]}) 62. Rxf4+ Ke3 63. Rh4 $11) 57... Nd4+
58. Kb1 $6 (58. Kc1 $1 Nf3 (58... Be5 59. Rh6 $11) 59. Rd1 Ra1+ 60. Bb1+ {
Compared to the game White has this important move.}) 58... Nf3 59. Rd1 $2 {
The losing move. It's a pity that Vladimir collapsed under pressure.} ({After} 
59. Rxf6 $1 Nxe1 60. Bf1 h2 61. Rh6 {White could still save the day.}) 59...
Ra1+ 60. Kc2 Rxd1 61. Ba6 (61. Kxd1 h2 62. Rh6 Bh4 $19) 61... Rd2+ 62. Kc1 Bb2+
63. Kb1 Kxc5 64. Bb7 Ne5 65. Rf6 f3 66. Rf5 f2 {A dramatic end for this highly
turbulent game. This game had a great impact on the whole tournament. Kramnik
collapsed in the following rounds, while Caruana gained confidence and
eventually won the event, earning the right to challenge Carlsen in the world
championship match!} 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qb3 {Opting for a
relative backwater of the Catalan complex.} c6 (6... c5 {is often played but
my guess is that Black didn't want to allow his opponent an IQP type position.}
) 7. O-O dxc4 {I'm not sure whether it's permissible to give this '?!',
however one thing is certain, this move deserts the centre a bit and Black
isn't forcing through ...c5, which normally constitutes compensation for that.}
(7... Nbd7 {is the main move, intending sensible development with ...b6 or
else some Dutch-type thing. There could follow, for instance,} 8. Bf4 a5 9. Rc1
h6 10. a4 Ne4 $5 $132 {as played in an Olympiad game between two people who
are currently in Berlin, though for different reasons! Giri,A-Aronian,L
Istanbul 2012}) 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Nbd2 {This is not terribly incisive.}
(10. Bg5 $1 {should be a virtually automatic pick- I don't see what Black's
way of arranging ...c5 could be.} Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 (11... Bxf6 12. Nbd2 Qc7
13. Rfc1 Rfc8 14. Ne4 Be7 15. a4 $14 {and Black will be suffering for a while})
(11... gxf6 12. Nc3 Qb6 13. a4 b4 14. a5 Qa6 15. Na4 {is painful to look at,
even if it is somehow sound for Black.}) 12. Nbd2 a5 (12... c5 $6 13. dxc5 Rc8
14. b4 a5 15. a3 $16 {was the rather anticlimatic continuation in the only
practical test, Shvidler,E -Kundin,A Tel Aviv 1995}) 13. Nb3 Nd7 14. a4 Qb6 15.
Rfc1 $36 {White has continuing pressure against the Black queenside.}) 10... c5
$1 {Just like that, White's opening ideas are all neutralised. Neither can
this have been a great secret to either player- it's been seen multiple times
before.} 11. dxc5 Na6 12. Nb3 Be4 13. Qc3 Rc8 14. Be3 (14. Qa5 Qxa5 15. Nxa5 {
is one way of trying to squeeze blood from a stone (15...Nxc5 16.Nd4 etc.)
however Black has decent replies, one of which is} Bxc5 $11) 14... Nd5 15. Qd2
Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Qb3 Qb6 {By this point,
everyone in the commentary room, and for that matter the world, was already
aware that the game would be a draw.} 20. e3 Be7 21. Rfd1 Rc7 22. Rac1 Rfc8 23.
Rxc7 Rxc7 24. Kg2 g6 25. Rd2 Kg7 26. Rc2 Rxc2 27. Qxc2 Qc5 28. Qxc5 Bxc5 29. b3
f5 30. a4 bxa4 31. bxa4 {The requisite 30 moves have been made.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Baldauf,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 $5 {Eine interessante Nebenvariante, die
Grischuk die Laune an seinem Grünfeldinder verderben soll. Die Idee des Zuges
ist, Nc3 zu verzögern, um so dem typischen Grünfeldzug ...d5 den Zahn zu
ziehen.} O-O 5. Be2 c5 {Wie schon gegen Aronians Anti-Grünfeld mit 3.f3
meidet Grischuk den Übergang ins Benoni nicht.} (5... d5 {ergibt nun weniger
Sinn, da nach} 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e4 {der Springer sich nicht wie geplant auf c3
tauschen kann und Weiß den Raumvorteil eher genießen kann als in den
typischen Grünfeldstrukturen nach ...Nxc3 bxc3.}) ({Om königsindischen Stile
mit} 5... d6 {fortzufahren ist freilich ebenso möglich. Für diese Strategie
entschied sich Caruana vor fünf Jahren, als er gegen den gleichen Gegner mit
den schwarzen Steinen diese Stellung auf dem Brett hatte. Grischuk meinte in
der Pressekonferenz, es sei ein seltsames Gefühl gewesen, gegen "seine"
Variante zu spielen, schließlich habe er das komisch anmutende 4.e3 damals
salonfähig gemacht. "Definitiv in den Top-3 seiner Eröffnungsideen" sei
dieses Anti-Grünfeld-Rezept.} 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Rd1 e4 10.
Nd2 Qe7 11. b4 Nf8 12. Bb2 h5 13. Rac1 $14 {1/2-1/2 (59) Grischuk,A (2785)
-Caruana,F (2779) Elancourt 2013 CBM 157 [Krasenkow,M]}) 6. d5 e6 7. Nc3 exd5
8. cxd5 d6 {Schwarz hat aufgrund des etwas bescheidenem e3 einen guten Benoni
- doch gibt es so etwas, "einen guten Benoni"? Grischuk ist der Meinung. Der
strukurelle Vorteil des Weißen wird durch aktives Figurenspiel und einem
Prachtläufer auf g7 kompensiert.} 9. Nd2 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. e4 Re8 {Greift
des Bauern e4 nochmal an und droht somit sofortiges ...b5.} 12. a4 Rb8 13. f3
$5 {Caruana schließt die Bauernkette g2-d5 und stützt so den e4 zuverlässig,
schwächt damit aber seine schwarzen Felder. Definitiv eine zweischneidige
Entscheidung, welche aber noch Teil der Vorbereitung sein sollte.} ({Das etwas
natürlichere} 13. Qc2 $6 {scheitert an} Nfxd5 $1 14. exd5 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Rxe2
$15 {wonach Weiß zwar etwas Kompensation für den Bauern, aber keinesfalls
mehr haben sollte.}) (13. Re1 a6 14. a5 Bd7 {und Schwarz sollte zu ähnlichem
Gegenspiel wie in der Partie kommen.}) 13... a6 14. a5 (14. Rb1 $2 {ist eine
typische Entgegnung auf den schwarzen Plan ...b5, ist an dieser Stelle jedoch
keineswegs zu empfehlen:} b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. b4 {zum einen ist dieser Plan m.
E. nur funktionabel wenn auf ...c4 der weißen Springer auf das Traumfeld d4
kommt, zum anderen kommt Schwarz hier nach} Nh5 $1 {zu sofortigem Angriff. Nach
} 17. Qc2 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 $6 Ng3+ 19. hxg3 Qg5 {ist die Partie nämlich schon
vorüber.}) 14... Bd7 15. Nc4 Bb5 {Der Bc8 ist zwar eigentlich der "gute
Läufer", triff im Benoni jedoch imme auf eine massive weiße Bauernkette und
man kann froh sein, das Sorgenkind entfernt zu bekommen.} 16. Bg5 Bxc4 17. Bxc4
b5 18. axb6 Rxb6 {Bis hierhin spielten Grischuk wie Caruana ihre natürlichen
Pläne aus. Weiß hat sich das Läuferpaar geholt und eine solide Bauernkette
im Zentrum errichtet. Alle Leichtfiguren sind gut entwickelt. Schwarz hat zwei
Bauernschwächen a6 und d6, dafür jedoch Angriff auf der b-Linie und guten
Gripp auf den schwarzen Feldern. Die Springerwanderung c7-b5-d5 liegt zudem in
der Luft. Die Engines geben in derartigen Stellungen weißen Vorteil, am Brett
könnte es jedoch leichter für Schwarz zu spielen sein.} 19. Na4 (19. Qc2 {
folgte in einer Vorgängerpartie, in der Schwarz ambitioniert spielte und
seine Kontrolle über die schwarzen Felder ausbaute:} h6 20. Bh4 g5 $5 21. Bf2
Nd7 22. Ra2 Qf6 23. Be2 Reb8 24. Be3 Ne5 25. g3 $1 Rb4 $13 {0-1 (62)
Hamitevici,V (2430) -Jumabayev,R (2599) London 2015}) 19... Rb4 (19... Rb8 {
pocht auf den Plan ... Nb5-d4:} 20. Ra2 Nb5 $13 {das Problem für Schwarz ist
nun, dass er den a6 nun nicht mehr gut decken kann.} 21. Kh1 Qc8 {aber Schwarz
sollte hier im Vergleich zur Partie etwas schneller sein.}) (19... Rb7 {
war der Vorschlag Caruanas: die Idee ist die gleiche wie ...Rb8, man möchte
die Springerroute b5-d4 offen halten.}) 20. b3 Qc8 (20... Nb5 $6 {würde nun
die Qualität verlieren. Zwar bekommt man Kompensation auf den schwarzen
Feldern, dennoch gibt es keinerlei Grund für solch radikale Maßnahmen} 21.
Bd2 Nd7 22. Ra2) 21. Bf4 $1 {Greift die Schwäche auf d6 an, ehe Schwarz die
Umgruppierung Nd7-Ne5 schafft.} Qd7 (21... Nh5 $6 22. Bxd6 Bxa1 $2 {daran
dachte Grischuk intuitiv vermutlich nicht einmal eine einzige Sekunde} (22...
Nb5 $5 {ist hingegen interessant und zweischneidig, da der Bd6 kalte Füße
bekommt - die taktischen Verwicklungen funktionieren jedoch für Weiß} 23. Nb6
$1 Qb7 24. Bxc5 Nc3 25. Qd2 Rxb6 26. Kh1 $16 {und Weiß bedient sich danach
auf b6 und hat genug Bauern, um die etwas unkoordinierten schwarzen
Leichtfiguren in Zaum zu halten.}) 23. Qxa1 {und die schwarze Stellung hat all
ihre Koordination eingebüßt.}) 22. Ra2 Nh5 23. Be3 Rbb8 {Grischuk sieht nun
ein, dass er ohne ...Nb5 nicht vorankommt und beordert seinen Turm aus der
Gefahrenzone.} 24. Qd2 Nb5 {Grischuk droht nun auf d4 zu landen, so dass
Caruana die Läuferdiagonale g7-a1 vorübergehend schließen möchte und
danach seinen Na4 ins Spiel zurückholt. Schwarz hat definitiv viel erreicht.}
25. g4 Nf6 26. Nb2 Qc8 27. Bf4 Nd7 $5 {Um die lang erwartete Umgruppierung des
Nf6 nach d7 zu schaffen opfert Grischuk einen Bauern - zudem muss Caruana
seine Damenflügelstruktur reparieren und der c-Bauer wird plötzlich zum
gefährlichen Freibauern.} 28. Bxb5 axb5 29. Bxd6 Rb6 30. Bg3 c4 {Alle
schwarzen Figuren stehen nun gut um den c-Bauern zu unterstützen und Weiß
muss genau spielen - bei knapper Zeit keineswegs ein einfaches Unterfangen.}
31. bxc4 bxc4 32. Qe2 $1 {Diesen Zug übersah Grischuk, als er mit 26...Qc8
diese Stellung mehr oder weniger forcierte. Der so komisch wirkende Nb2 droht
plötzlich auf c4, zum Helden zu werden.} Rb4 $1 {Erscheint daher der einzige
Zug zu sein, wonach Caruana sich etwas erleichtert in die Zugwiederholung
flüchtet. Er hat zwar immer noch einen Bauern Vorteil, doch die Stellung ist
brandgefährlich für ihn.} (32... c3 $2 33. Nc4 Rb4 34. Na5) 33. Bd6 Rb6 34.
Bg3 Rb4 35. Bd6 Rb6 36. Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 {Interesting ploy from Caruana. He
goes for the Vienna Variation, the line championed by Aronian himself.} 5. e4
Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 ({Karjakin-Aronian from earlier in this tournament, and
countless other games, saw} 6... c5) 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 {This line didn't use to be
so hot until lately, when the efforts of Nisipeanu, Pelletier and Vallejo Pons
finally gained recognition.} 8. Bxc4 ({The almost forgotten idea} 8. Qa4+ {
makes some sense here. At least the black c-pawn won't be able to hit the
white centre right away. After} Nc6 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Qb3 Ba5 12.
Rad1 Bb6 13. e5 Qe7 14. Qc2 Nb4 15. Qe2 Bc6 16. a3 {White is hoping to
translate his spatial gains into something meaningful.}) 8... c5 $1 9. O-O {
White states his intention to play for quick development.} ({Alternatively,} 9.
e5 Qd8 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. O-O O-O 14. Qd3 b6 {would
lead to a standard pawn structure Kramnik doesn't mind defending as Black.})
9... cxd4 10. e5 Qd8 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Qe2 Be7 (12... Bd7) 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Bd3 (
{A straight-forward pawn sac} 14. Nd6 Bxd6 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd4 Qe7 17. Rfd1
Nc6 18. Rd6 {may succeed but only in blitz.}) 14... Nd7 {This move underlines
a general problem with White's concept: his e5-pawn is insufficiently
protected due to the absence of his dark-squared bishop. Granted, Black is
behind in development, but his kingside defences are quite solid.} 15. Rc1 Qa5
{[#]} {[%tqu "En","","","","g2g4","It's hard to blame Levon for trying to turn
his luck around, but such moves tend to backfire on you more often than not.",
10,"e4g3","",0]} 16. g4 $6 {It's hard to blame Levon for trying to turn his
luck around, but such moves tend to backfire on you more often than not.} (16.
Ng3 Nc5 17. Bb1 d3 {forces White to part with the bishop, effectively ending
his attacking chances.}) 16... Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. f4 Qa5 19. g5 Qd8 $6 {
Caruana shows his willingness to put up a tough defence.} ({There's something
to be said in favour of the counter-attacking plan} 19... Bd7 20. gxh6 Rfc8 ({
Fabiano must have seen} 20... g6 21. Nc5 $5 Bxc5 22. Qe5 f6 23. Qxc5 Qxc5 24.
Rxc5 {and found this endgame troublesome.}) 21. hxg7 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bc6 {
but leaving his king without shelter is unnerving.}) 20. h4 Bd7 21. gxh6 g6 22.
h5 Kh8 23. Kh2 {Aronian just couldn't stop. Clearly, he was thinking attack,
when in reality White should be looking to escape with a draw.} ({The obvious} 
23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Nc5 {offers White compensation, albeit Black can survive:}
Rc8 {etc.}) 23... Bc6 24. Rf3 Bd6 $1 {The engines may not rate this move as
the strongest, but from a human point of view it's more than good enough.
Caruana's play is very consistent.} 25. Qf2 Bc7 26. Kh3 Qe7 (26... gxh5 27. Rg3
f5 {Again, the engines try to lead us astray.}) 27. Ng5 e5 28. Rxc6 $5 {
Probably, the best chance, although White cannot count on more than a draw in
all lines.} bxc6 29. Nxf7+ Rxf7 30. hxg6 Rf6 $2 {Fabiano's only mistake in the
overall very solidly played game.} ({He must have rejected} 30... Rxf4 {
on account of} 31. Rxf4 exf4 32. Qxd4+ Qe5 33. g7+ Kg8 34. Bc4+ Kh7 35. Qd3+
Kxh6 36. g8=Q Rxg8 37. Bxg8 {and indeed, it seemed White could survive, but
only until Black finds} Qh8 $1 38. Bb3 Kg5+ 39. Kg2 Qxb2+ 40. Bc2 Qf6 {with
decent winning chances.}) 31. g7+ $2 {In time trouble Levon misses his chance.}
(31. Qh4 $3 Qe6+ (31... e4 32. Bxe4) 32. f5 Qe7 33. Be4 {would lead to a crazy
position. Black is up a whole rook, but, positionally speaking, White is doing
just fine.}) 31... Kg8 32. Bc4+ $2 ({Again,} 32. Qh4 $1) 32... Kh7 33. Qh4 e4
34. Rg3 Bxf4 35. g8=Q+ Rxg8 36. Bxg8+ Kh8 37. Rg7 Qf8 38. Rh7+ Kxg8 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 {Recently Caruana had a
few games in this Petroff line.} 6. d3 ({In round 4 Kramnik played} 6. Nc3 {
against Caruana,} Nxc3 7. dxc3 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11.
Rhe1 Bf6 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Bf3 Ne5 14. Bf4 Kf8 15. Bd5 c6 16. Bb3 Bf5 17. h3 g5
18. Bh2 Kg7 $11 {Kramnik-Caruana, Berlin 2018, with a balanced position, which
later Black managed to win.}) 6... Nf6 7. Nc3 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 g6 9. Bg5 ({
In January Carlsen continued with} 9. Nd4 a6 10. Bf4 Bg7 11. h3 Bd7 12. Bf3 Nc6
13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. O-O-O Kd7 16. Rhe1 Rhe8 17. Ne4 Nd5 18. Bd2 f5
19. Ng5 h6 20. Nf3 g5 $11 {Carlsen-Caruana, Wijk aan Zee 2018, with an equal
position.}) 9... Bg7 10. O-O-O (10. Bxf6 $6 {is dubious, because of} Bxf6 11.
Nd5 Bd8 $15 {followed by ...c6 and Black is fine with his bishop pair.}) 10...
O-O $146 {The first new move in the game.} (10... h6 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. Rde1 O-O
13. Bd1 a6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Rxe4 Nc6 16. h3 Rae8 17. Rhe1 Rxe4 18. Rxe4 Re8 $11
{C.Foisor-M.Foisor, Warsaw 2011}) 11. Rhe1 h6 12. Bh4 Nc6 13. d4 a6 14. a3 ({
The tempting} 14. d5 $6 {could have been met by} Ne7 {preparing for ...Nf5.}
15. Bxa6 Nexd5 $1 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bc4 Nf4 $15 {and Black looks nicely placed.
}) 14... Bd7 15. d5 Na7 16. Nd4 Nc8 {Black immediately activates his knight.
He would like to put it on b6.} 17. Nb3 g5 18. Bg3 Re8 19. Na5 b5 (19... b6 20.
Nc6 {is similar, but ...b5 looks more useful, because the black knight can go
to b6.}) 20. f3 (20. Bf3 $2 {is bad, because of} Nb6 $17 {followed by ...h5
and White is in trouble.}) ({Probably the knight manoeuvre with} 20. Na2 $5 {
was more accurate,} Nb6 (20... Ne4 21. Bd3) 21. Nb4 Ne4 22. c3 {and White
holds the dark squares on the queenside.}) 20... Nh5 21. Bf2 Nf4 22. Bf1 Nb6 {
Suddenly Black becomes active and the d5-pawn is weak.} 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Bxb6
{Otherwise ...Bxc3 and ...Nbxd5.} cxb6 25. Nb7 Be5 26. Ne4 Rb8 (26... g4 $1 $15
{was stronger, to create a weakness on f3.}) 27. Nexd6 ({Of course} 27. Nbxd6
$2 {loses immediately, because of} f5 $19 {.}) 27... Ng6 $1 {It is very
important to come back with the knight.} ({In the event of} 27... Kf8 28. g3
Ng6 29. Bd3 Ke7 30. Re1 $16 {and suddenly Black is in big trouble.}) 28. g3 Ne7
29. a4 Nf5 (29... bxa4 30. Bxa6 {only helps White.}) 30. Nxf5 Bxf5 {The
b7-knight seems trapped, but White finds great counterplay.} 31. Re1 f6 32.
Rxe5 $1 {An exchange sacrifice, but the knight can come back on d6 and he gets
pawns for it.} fxe5 33. Nd6 Bd7 34. axb5 axb5 35. Bxb5 Bxb5 36. Nxb5 Rf8 {
Black wins back a pawn, but White is active, so he has some compensation.} 37.
Kd2 Rxf3 38. Ke2 g4 39. Nd6 ({The impatient} 39. d6 $2 {could have been met by}
Kf7 $19 {and White will lose the d6-pawn.}) 39... h5 40. Nc4 b5 41. Nxe5 Rf5
42. Ng6 Kf7 43. Nf4 h4 44. Ng2 ({The careless} 44. Kd3 $4 {is a blunder, as}
Rxf4 $1 45. gxf4 g3 46. hxg3 h3 $19 {and he can't stop the h-pawn.}) ({If} 44.
Ke3 Re5+ {and the king has to go back.}) 44... hxg3 45. hxg3 Rf3 $1 {The best
practical chance.} ({In the event of} 45... Rxd5 46. Ne3 Rd4 (46... Rg5 47. Kd3
$11) 47. c3 Ra4 48. Kd3 $11 {and easy draw for White.}) 46. Ne3 Rxg3 47. c4 (
47. Kf2 $4 {is a big mistake, because} Rf3+ 48. Ke2 Rf4 $19 {and Black could
cut the white king off from the g-pawn.}) 47... bxc4 48. d6 $1 {The most
precise solution.} Ke6 49. Nxc4 Rf3 50. d7 $1 Rf8 51. Ne3 g3 52. d8=Q Rxd8 53.
Kf3 Rd3 {Still the engine gives -+, but the position is drawish already.} (
53... Rg8 54. b4 $11) 54. Kf4 Rb3 55. Ng2 Kd5 56. Nh4 Kc4 57. Kg4 Rd3 58. b4 (
58. Kh3 {is also fine,} Kd4 59. Nf5+ Ke5 60. Nh4 $11 {and draw.} ({But not} 60.
Nxg3 $4 Kf4 $19)) 58... Rb3 (58... Kxb4 59. Kh3 Kc4 60. Nf5 $11) 59. b5 Kd5 60.
b6 Ke4 61. b7 Rxb7 62. Kxg3 Rg7+ 63. Kf2 Rg4 64. Ng2 Rxg2+ 65. Kxg2 {A nice
fighting game!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qb3
$5 {As he shared in the interviews, his team prepared this line for the
Candidates.} b6 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gc8a6,Ra6c4,Gb2b3,Gb3c4] This move makes
perfect sense as it plans to exploit White's inability to hold the c-pawn with
the move b2-b3.} ({For} 8... Nbd7 {see Caruana's game against So in round 1 of
this event.}) 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Ne5 Bb7 {All the moves played have
been standard procedure so far.} ({The typical way to get rid of the strong
knight on e5 doesn't work yet due to tactics:} 11... Nfd7 $2 12. Nxd5 $1 exd5
13. Nxf7 Rxf7 14. Bxd5 $16) 12. Rfc1 $1 ({The other rook move has also been
tried before:} 12. Rac1 Nc6 13. Nb5 (13. Nxd5 Nxd4 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Qc4 Bxg2
16. Kxg2 Rfd8 $11 {0-1 (44) Romero,P (2133)-Rallabandi,P (2186) ICCF email
2017. Black has no problems here and even won in one correspondence game.})
13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Qe3 Bc5 (15... Nc5 $5 16. b4 Qd7 17. Nd6 Ne4 $1 $11
) 16. Nd4 a5 17. f4 Ba6 {White has a slightly more pleasant position to play
but Black has good counter-chances to keep the balance.}) 12... Nc6 ({It's
possible now to kick back the knight with the typical} 12... Nfd7 {but after}
13. Nd3 $1 Nc6 14. e3 (14. Qa4 Nf6 15. e3 a6 16. Qb3 Na5 17. Qd1 Nc4 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (40) Szczepanski,Z (2523)-Godat,T (2317) LSS email 2009}) 14... Rc8 15.
a4 $5 {White still has some initiative on the queenside.} Na5 16. Qd1 Nc4 17.
Be1 a6 18. b3 $14 {1-0 (72) Huang Qian (2440)-Guo Qi (2381) Xinghua CHN 2018})
13. Nxd5 Nxd4 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Qc4 Bxg2 16. Qxd4 {The point. White has this
option without a rook on f1.} Rfd8 17. Qf4 ({Caruana also considered the better
} 17. Qb4 $5 Qxb4 18. Bxb4 Bb7 19. Rc7 Ba6 20. Rac1 Nd5 {but unfortunately
couldn't make it work until Ding pointed out} 21. Rxf7 $1 Bxe2 (21... Nxb4 $4
22. Rcc7 $18) 22. Ba3 $14 {and White is a tempo up in the game continuation.})
17... Bb7 $6 {Now Caruana plays energetically to obtain a pleasant edge in the
ending.} (17... Bd5 {doesn't help much in defending against White's growing
initiative.} 18. Bb4 Qe8 19. Rc7 Nd7 20. Nc4 (20. Ng4 e5 21. Qg5 Kh8 $11) 20...
Bxc4 21. Qxc4 Rdc8 (21... Ne5 22. Qe4 $1 Qb5 23. Rac1 $14) 22. Rc1 $14) 18. Bb4
Qe8 19. Rc7 Nd5 20. Qxf7+ Qxf7 21. Rxf7 Ba6 22. Ba3 Bxe2 23. Rc1 Bh5 24. Rb7
Be8 {Caruana thinks here that though it's pleasant for him "it's not as much
as he had hoped for."} 25. Kg2 a5 26. h4 $1 Rdb8 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. g4 b5 29. b3
b4 30. Bb2 a4 $2 {Ding doesn't sense the danger.} ({It was best to first
prevent h4-h5:} 30... h5 $1 31. g5 Ne7 $1 $132 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Ge7f5]}) 31. h5
Ra8 32. Kg3 {Both players agreed here that Black is in the very unpleasant
situation of having no counterplay.} Kf8 33. Nf3 Bd7 34. Rc4 Kg8 35. Ne5 Bb5
36. Rc5 Be8 37. Nc4 Bd7 38. Ne5 Be8 39. Bd4 Kf8 40. f3 Ke7 41. Kh4 $5 Kf8 42.
Kg5 {Caruana's main idea is to provoke h6, but then quipped that he wasn't
really sure why he wanted it!} h6+ 43. Kh4 Kg8 44. Kg3 Kh7 45. Nd3 Kg8 46. Rc1
axb3 47. axb3 Kh7 48. Nc5 $1 {I just like the way Caruana shuffles his pieces
around and pokes at Black's weaknesses in different ways; this allowed him to
slowly, slowly increase his advantage.} Bf7 49. Re1 Ne7 50. Bb2 $1 {Avoiding
Black's equalising resource.} (50. Nxe6 Nc6 51. Bc5 Re8 52. Nf8+ Kg8 $11) 50...
Nc6 51. f4 Ra2 52. Nd3 e5 53. fxe5 Bxb3 $6 {Allowing White to give Black
problems with the passed pawn.} (53... Nd8 $5 54. Re4 Bxb3 55. Rxb4 Bf7 {
seems drawish but Black might still have to be a little careful.} 56. Nf2 Ne6
57. Ne4 Ra7 58. Nd6 Bg8 $1 {and looks like Black has a fortress.}) (53... Be6
$5 54. Re4 Bxb3 55. e6 Ra7 {is similar to the game.} 56. Nc5 Bd5 57. Re2 (57.
Rf4 Re7) 57... Kg8 $11) 54. e6 Ra7 (54... Bc4 55. e7 Nxe7 56. Rxe7 Bxd3 57.
Rxg7+ Kh8 58. Bd4 {Caruana wasn't sure if this was winning at all and he could
be right in questioning it. Nevertheless, the pressure will be on Black!} b3
59. Rb7+ Kg8 60. Rxb3 Be2 $1 61. Rb8+ Kf7 62. Rb7+ Ke8 $1 (62... Kg8 $6 63.
Rg7+ Kf8 64. Rg6 Ra6 65. Bb6 Ra3+ 66. Kh4 Ra4 67. Be3 Ra6 $1 68. Rxa6 Bxa6 69.
Bxh6+ Kg8 $11) 63. Rb6 Ra4 $11) 55. Nc5 Bc4 56. Nd7 Bb5 57. Nf8+ Kg8 58. Ng6
Ne7 $2 ({A better defence was} 58... Ra8 $1 59. Rc1 (59. e7 Re8 60. Re4 (60.
Re3 Bc4 {[%csl Re7,Rg6][%cal Gc4f7]}) 60... Bd3 61. Re6 Bb5 (61... Bxg6 $2 62.
Rxg6 Nxe7 63. Rxg7+ Kf8 64. Rh7 $18)) 59... Re8 60. Rc5 Ba4 61. Nf4 Rd8 $11)
59. Ra1 $1 {This small tactic is what Ding missed.} Nc6 {Luckily there is
still a move that keeps him alive!} (59... Rxa1 60. Nxe7+ Kf8 61. Ng6+ Kg8 62.
Bxa1 $18) 60. Rd1 Kh7 61. Rd5 Ba4 62. Kf4 Bc2 63. Rc5 Ba4 64. g5 $1 hxg5+ ({
A more stubborn defence is} 64... Ra8 {but it's difficult to play such waiting
moves while the opponent is continuing to make progress.} 65. gxh6 Kxh6 66. Rg5
$36 {[%cal Gg6h4,Gh4f5]} Bc2 67. Nh8 $5 Rxh8 68. Bxg7+ Kh7 69. Bxh8 Kxh8 70.
Rb5 Bb3 71. Rb6 Bxe6 $1 {Now I think Black can get a theoretically drawn
ending (rook pawn on 5th or 6th is a draw, for your information):} (71... Bd5
72. Kf5 Kg7 73. h6+ Kh7 (73... Kxh6 74. e7) 74. Kg5 $18) 72. Rxc6 Bg8 73. Rb6
b3 74. Kg5 Bc4 {quickly going to the right defensive diagonal!} (74... b2 75.
Rxb2 Bh7 {trying to transfer to the right defensive diagonal but White can
prevent it} (75... Bc4 76. Rd2) (75... Bd5 76. Rb4) 76. Kh6 Bg8 77. Rb7 $18)
75. Rb8+ Kg7 76. Rb7+ Kh8 77. h6 Bd3 78. Rxb3 Bc2 $11) 65. Rxg5 Nd8 {Here,
Caruana suddenly felt that there might be some danger in his position and
thought it best not to play risky.} 66. Re5 ({Caruana checked the forcing
lines but unfortunately missed an important detail in his analysis:} 66. Nf8+
Kg8 67. h6 (67. Bxg7 Rxg7 68. e7 Nf7) 67... Kxf8 68. h7 $1 {which is a clearly
winning for White.} (68. hxg7+ Kg8)) 66... Be8 67. e7 {White offered a draw
and it was accepted.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Rb8 7. e3 Be7 $5 {
A relatively rare move, introducing an interesting plan.} ({Caruana intends
using an improved version of a plan advocated by... Mamedyarov himself! The
main line goes:} 7... a6 8. Nfd2 e5 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Nxc4 Be6 12.
Nbd2 h5 13. f3 (13. h3 h4 14. hxg4 hxg3 15. Qf3 Bd5 16. e4 Qh4 17. Qg2 gxf2+
18. Rxf2 Bc5) 13... Rb4 {Matlakov,M (2730)-Naiditsch,A (2702) Heraklio 2017 
(1-0, 57), resulting into a slightly better ending for White. I have inserted
these moves here to make the comparison between the similar lines easier.}) 8.
Nfd2 ({The main alternative requiring investigating is} 8. Qe2 b5 9. a4 ({
Unfortunately,} 9. b3 {does not force ...cxb3, which would probably transpose
to a pleasant tabiya as Black can play} O-O {when retrieving the pawn hands
over the initiative:} 10. bxc4 bxc4 11. Qxc4 Nb4) (9. Rd1 O-O 10. e4 {is a
worthy and thematic alternative, but White only gets reasonable compensation
for the pawn.}) 9... a6 10. axb5 axb5 {Krasenkow,M (2530)-Kelecevic,N (2410)
Wattens 1990 (1-0, 45)} 11. b3 $5 cxb3 12. Nbd2 (12. Nfd2 Nb4 13. Nxb3 O-O 14.
Rd1 Bb7 15. e4 {Once again White's compensation is beyond doubt, but with the
a-file open things are less clear than in the aforementioned tabyia.}) 12...
O-O 13. Nxb3 (13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Rfc1) 13... Bb7 14. e4 Ra8 15. Bb2 Rxa1 16. Rxa1
{I believe that this or the line with 9.Rd1 above should be the main
directions for further investigations, as the game continuation seems to be
offering Black enough dynamic ideas.}) 8... e5 $1 {The point behind the
"Mamedyarov system deferred". Other moves allow White to stabilise.} (8... Na5
$6 9. Qa4+ c6 10. b4 cxb3 11. axb3 b6 12. b4 Nb7 13. Bxc6+ $16 {Tadic,B (2442)
-Todorovic,G (2487) Backa Palanka 2002 (1-0, 46)}) (8... O-O 9. Qe2 Qd7 10.
Nxc4 b5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. e4 $14) (8... Qd7 9. Nxc4 b5 10. Ne5 Nxe5
11. dxe5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Nd7 13. f4 $14) 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Nxc4 Be6
{With respect to "Mamedyarov's" system mentioned above, Black has played ...
Be7 instead of ...a6. Abstractly this is positive, as the pawn move cannot
count for development. Concretely things are not that one-sided, as Black does
not have ...Qh4 after he sacrifices the knight with ...h4xg3. But the bishop
can be useful after the foreseeable ...Qd3, as it can defend the rook on h4 or
could go "personally" to that square.} (11... Qxd1 {activates White's pieces.}
12. Rxd1 Ba6 (12... Be6 $14) 13. Nbd2 Rd8 14. b3 Bxc4 15. bxc4 Nxe5 {Prakken,G
(2167)-Bezemer,A (2280) Bregenz 2017 (0-1, 36)} 16. Bb2 $16) 12. Nbd2 (12.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. Nbd2 Bb4 {Van der Stricht,G (2424)-Hausrath,D (2507) Belgium
2008 (½-½, 21) offers White little.}) 12... h5 (12... Rb4 {, suggested by
Mamedyarov, is an inaccurate move order due to} 13. b3 h5 14. h3 $16 {White
threatens Ba3 and Black has no favourable way of continuing the attack:} h4 15.
hxg4 hxg3 16. fxg3 Qd5 (16... Bd5 17. e4 $18) 17. Qf3 $18) (12... Qd3 {played
in a slightly later game is also interesting:} 13. Re1 $6 (13. b3 h5 {may
transpose below after having avoided f2-f3.}) 13... Nxf2 $1 14. Kxf2 Bxc4 15.
Nxc4 Qxc4 16. b3 Qc3 17. Qd4 Qc2+ 18. Re2 Qg6 $13 {Pacheco,H (2111)-Tsuboi,E 
(2223) Sao Paulo 2018 (½-½, 61)}) 13. f3 (13. h3 Qd3 (13... h4 14. hxg4 hxg3
15. Qf3 $16 {This would be good for Black in Mamedyarov's system due to the
possible 15...Qh4.}) 14. b3 Rd8 $3 {A quiet move, bringing new resources into
play.} (14... h4 15. hxg4 hxg3 16. Qf3 Qh7 17. Qxc6+ {It is useful to deprive
the bishop of its stability on d5.} Kf8 18. Qg2 Bd5 19. f3 $18) 15. Qf3 (15.
hxg4 hxg4 {Planning ...Qh7.} 16. e4 {The only move.} Bc5 {/\...Qxg3} 17. Kg2
Bxf2 18. Rxf2 Rh3 {and White is forced to play} 19. Rf3 gxf3+ 20. Qxf3 $15) (
15. Bb2 h4 16. Qb1 Qe2 17. Qe1 Qd3 $11) 15... Bd5 16. Qf4 g5 17. Qd4 Qh7 {
with dangerous counterplay.}) (13. Qf3 Bb4 14. Qxc6+ Kf8 15. Qg2 h4 16. h3 Nxf2
17. Rxf2 hxg3 18. Rf4 Rxh3 19. b3 Kg8 $5 $44) 13... Qd3 $6 {This leads almost
by force to a better ending for White.} ({It is curious that Caruana refrained
from} 13... Rb4 {which is the best move in the line with ...a6 instead of ...
Be7, too.} 14. fxg4 {This is the safest, even though Black has practically an
extra tempo with respect to the twin line.} (14. b3 Nxe3 15. Nxe3 Qd4 16. Qc2
Qxe3+ 17. Kg2 Qe2+ 18. Rf2 Qa6 $132) (14. Qe2 h4 15. fxg4 hxg3 16. b3 (16. h3
Bd5 17. Rf3 Rxc4 18. Nxc4 Rxh3 19. Qg2 Rh4) 16... Rxh2 17. Qf3 Qd3 18. Qxg3 Rh4
19. Rf4 Bd5 $36) 14... Bxc4 15. Nxc4 Qxd1 (15... Rxc4 16. Qb3 Qd5 17. gxh5 Rxh5
18. Rd1 Qb5 19. Qd3 $36) 16. Rxd1 Rxc4 {and White's advantage may be more
questionable than with ...a6 instead of ...Be7..} 17. Rd4 Rxd4 (17... Rc2 18.
Rd2 Rc5 19. gxh5 Rxh5 20. b3 Rcxe5 21. Re2 Bc5 22. Bd2 Re6 23. Kg2) 18. exd4
hxg4 19. Bd2 Kd7 20. Rc1 Rb8 21. b3 {In view of this possible improvement, the
discussion in this line remains open.}) 14. fxg4 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 Qxc4 16. gxh5
Qe6 17. Qf3 {Possibly not the best move. White had two ways to continue the
queenside development.} (17. Bd2 Rxb2 (17... Qxe5 18. Qf3 O-O 19. Rac1) 18. Bc3
Rb5 19. Qf3 $14) (17. b3 Qxe5 18. Rb1 Qxh5 19. Rb2 $14) 17... Rb5 18. Qf5 Rxe5
19. Qxe6 Rxe6 20. Rf5 Rd6 21. Kg2 Rd1 22. b3 {Black has achieved good
counterplay but still needs to display some accuracy.} g6 $1 (22... Ba3 23. Rf1
Rxf1 24. Kxf1 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 Rxh5 26. h4 Kd7 27. Ke2 $14) (22... Bf6 23. Rb1 $14
{/\Rf1}) 23. Re5 (23. Rf2 Rxh5 24. Bb2 Rd3 25. Rc1 Ra5 26. Bd4 c5 27. Be5 Rxe3
28. Bxc7 $11) (23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Rf4 Rf8 $1 $11 {and White will never be able
to free himself from the pin.}) 23... c5 (23... Rxh5 {is simpler.} 24. Rxe7+
Kxe7 25. Ba3+ Rd6 $11) 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. e4 Rh7 26. h4 Rf7 27. Kh3 {White has
some practical chances now, but Caruana will defend accurately.} Rff1 28. Bg5
Rxa1 29. Rxe7+ Kf8 30. Rxc7 Rxa2 31. Be7+ Kg8 32. Rc8+ Kg7 33. Bxc5 Re2 34. e5
Rd1 35. Re8 Rd5 36. Bd6 Re3 37. Re7+ Kg8 38. Re8+ Kf7 39. Re7+ Kg8 40. b4 Rdd3
41. Kg4 Rxg3+ 42. Kf4 Rgf3+ 43. Ke4 Rfe3+ 44. Kf4 Rf3+ 45. Kg5 Rf7 46. e6 Rd5+
47. Kxg6 Rxd6 48. Rxf7 Rxe6+ 49. Rf6 Re4 50. b5 Rxh4 51. Ra6 Rh7 52. b6 Rg7+
53. Kh6 Rh7+ 54. Kg5 Rg7+ 55. Kf5 axb6 56. Rxb6 Rf7+ 57. Rf6 Rxf6+ 58. Kxf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 c5 $5 {[%mdl 512] Almost a
novelty (this move had been played by a couple of rather weak players).} 6.
Nxc5 Nc6 $146 {[%mdl 8]} ({Of course, after} 6... Bxc5 $6 7. dxc5 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1
{White is better due to his bishop pair, e.g.} Nf6 9. Be2 Bd7 {1-0 (35) Hutt,A
(2122)-Moas,H Villa Carlos Paz 2003} 10. Be3 {etc.}) 7. Nf3 {Simple and good.}
(7. Nb3 {requires investigation. Most probably, Vladimir Kramnik planned} a5 8.
a4 $140 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Nxd4 $1 10. Bxb4 Nxb3 11. Qxb3 ({or} 11. Qxd8+ $5 Kxd8 12.
Rd1+ Ke8 13. Bd6 Bd7 $13) 11... Qb6 {Black regains the piece but his b4-pawn
will look vulnerable. Further analysis is required but at first glance Black
should equalise.}) 7... Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxc5 {Black has regained the
pawn but White keeps the initiative.} 10. Nb5 Ke7 11. Bd2 $6 {But not this way.
} (11. Nc7 $142 $1 Rb8 12. Bf4 Bb4+ 13. Ke2 Bd6 14. Bxd6+ Kxd6 15. Nb5+ Kc5 (
15... Ke7 16. Nxa7 Bd7 17. a4 $5) 16. Nxa7 (16. Rd1 $5 {[%csl Rc5]}) 16... Bd7
17. Ke1 {[%cal Ya7b5] and Black does not have sufficient compensation for the
missing pawn.}) 11... Bd7 {Black now consolidates his position and equalises.}
12. b4 Bxb5 13. cxb5 Bd6 14. g3 Rc8 {After this move White gets the important
c6-square for his bishop.} (14... Nf6 $5 15. Bg2 Nd5 $11) 15. Bg2 b6 16. Ke2
Nh6 17. Rac1 Nf5 18. Bc3 f6 19. f4 h5 20. Bc6 {[%csl Gc6] Now Black switches
to the d-file.} Rcd8 21. a4 h4 22. Kf3 (22. g4 {was more challenging for Black:
} Nh6 (22... Bxf4 {is risky as after} 23. gxf5 Bxc1 24. Rxc1 exf5 {White's
bishop pair should not be underestimated, e.g.} 25. a5 g5 26. axb6 axb6 27. Be1
{(S.Grigoriants)}) 23. Kf3 Nf7 {[%cal Yg7g5]} 24. Rce1 g5 25. Bd5 e5 ({or} 
25... Bxf4 26. Rxe6+ Kf8 27. Bxf6 Rxd5 28. Rhe1 Rd3+ 29. Kf2 Nh6 30. Bxh8 Nxg4+
) 26. Bxf7 Kxf7 27. fxe5 fxe5 28. Bxe5 Bxb4 29. Bxh8 Bxe1 30. Rxe1 Rxh8 {
- in both cases Black should not lose but he is certainly on the defending
side.}) 22... hxg3 23. hxg3 Rxh1 24. Rxh1 Bb8 25. Be4 Kf7 26. Rc1 (26. a5 Nd6
27. Bc6 Nf5 $11) 26... Ne7 27. Be1 f5 28. Bb1 Rd4 {Black's counterplay is now
enough for equality.} 29. Bc3 Rc4 30. Ba2 Rc8 31. Bb2 Rd8 32. Bc4 Rc8 33. Bb3
Rxc1 34. Bxc1 Bd6 35. Bd2 Nd5 36. Bxd5 exd5 37. Bc3 Be7 38. a5 Bf6 39. Bxf6
Kxf6 40. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 {Karjakin has
had a lot of success in this line, which he has always played against the
Petroff since the early days of his career. Among others, Sergey has defeated
Kramnik and Gelfand. Interestingly enough, three of his losses came at the
hands of another participant in this tournament, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov!} Nc6 7.
Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. a3 $5 {Not a very popular move, but
Karjakin had a plan.} ({Since Fabiano does not employ the Petroff that often,
he has faced this position only once. Vachier-Lagrave (London Classic 2016)
played} 10. b3 O-O-O 11. Nd4 {and here Fabiano replied with} a6 $5 12. Nxe6
fxe6 {giving White the bishop pair. Eventually, the game was drawn, as MVL had
to worry about his king safety.}) ({White shouldn't hurry with} 10. Nd4 {
as Black can change his plans regarding his king's placement:} Nxd4 11. Bxd4
Qa4 12. a3 O-O) 10... h6 (10... O-O-O 11. Nd4 Nxd4 $2 12. Bxd4 {double attacks
on a7 and g7.}) 11. Nd4 Nxd4 ({Now} 11... O-O-O 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. g3 d5 {
doesn't look so attractive to Black who doesn't have any play against the
white king on the dark squares.}) 12. Bxd4 Rg8 13. Be2 c5 {Practically forced.}
({Else} 13... b6 14. c4 O-O-O 15. Rhe1 {offers White some edge due to the
drafty residence of the black king.}) 14. Be3 d5 15. f4 O-O-O 16. Bf3 Bg4 {
[#] Fabiano is looking to relieve pressure by trading bishops.} ({Black had} 
16... f5 {but that would mean accepting a slightly worse position for many
moves to come.}) 17. Bxd5 $3 {Excellent decision from Sergey, who really knows
how to handle decisive games. The value of this move lies in creating an
extremely unpleasant situation for Fabiano. Objectively Black may not be much
worse, but he finds it hard to develop any play.} ({Of course, not} 17. Qxd5 $2
Qxd5 18. Rxd5 Bxf3 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. gxf3 Rd5) 17... Bxd1 18. Rxd1 Qc7 19. c4
Rge8 20. Qf2 b6 ({Perhaps} 20... f5 {was the better choice.}) 21. g4 $1 (21.
Bxf7 $2 {falls into a trap:} Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Bh4) 21... Bf6 (21... Bd6 {can be
answered by} 22. Kb1 {since now} Rxe3 23. Qxe3 Bxf4 24. Qd3 $1 Kb8 (24... Bxh2
$4 25. Bb7+) 25. h3 {offers White long-term attacking chances. With
opposite-coloured bishops safety of the kings is paramount.}) 22. Kb1 Rd7 23.
Rd3 {Imagine yourself in Caruana's place. He has no active play and he has to
wait and see while Karjakin improves his position. Eventually White can strike
with b2-b4 or advance his h-pawn.} g5 $6 {I can understand why Fabiano played
this move, but it's just not good enough.} 24. Ka2 Ree7 25. Qf3 Kd8 26. Bd2 Kc8
27. Qf1 $1 Rd6 {Now White wins the second pawn, and, more importantly, gets a
passer on the h-file.} ({On} 27... Kd8 28. Rh3 {breaks down Black's defences.})
28. fxg5 Bxg5 29. Bxg5 hxg5 30. Qf5+ Rdd7 31. Qxg5 Qe5 32. Qh6 Kd8 ({The
endgame after} 32... f6 33. h4 Kc7 34. g5 Rh7 35. Qg6 Rdg7 36. Qxf6 Qxf6 37.
gxf6 Rd7 38. f7 Rd8 39. Rf3 Rf8 40. Rf4 {is near hopeless for Black, as his
rooks are doomed to passivity.}) 33. g5 $1 {In mild time trouble (actually,
Caruana had less time) Karjakin remains precise.} Qd6 34. Qh8+ Re8 35. Qh4 Qg6
36. Qg4 Re5 37. h4 Ke7 38. Rd2 {Not a bad move,} ({while both} 38. Qg3 Qf5 39.
Rf3) ({and the immediate} 38. Bxf7 Qf5 (38... Qf5) 39. Rxd7+ Kxd7 40. Qd1+ {
were also winning.}) 38... b5 {[#] Now Sergey finds a techical solution, which
wins slowly but surely.} 39. Bxf7 $5 Qf5 40. Rxd7+ Kxd7 41. Qxf5+ Rxf5 42. g6
Ke7 43. cxb5 Rh5 44. c4 Rxh4 45. a4 Rg4 46. a5 Kd6 47. a6 Kc7 48. Kb3 {The
white king simply marches on to the K-side, while Black's defences are
hopelessly stretched.} 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
{The Anti-Marshall variation of the Ruy Lopez is currently the only way to
give Marshall players any theoretical problems.} d6 9. Bd2 $5 {This move was
used by Grischuk in the 12th round of the same event. Its idea is to prevent
the typical move of the Black knight to a5 while preparing to play either
a2-a4, Nc3 or c3 depending on what Black does next. According to my Megabase,
this was actually first intoduced by Andrew Muir (now IM) into tournament
practice way back in 1978!} Bg4 ({Grischuk's game in the 12th round went} 9...
Kh8 $5 10. h3 Nd7 11. Nc3 Na5 12. Nd5 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bb7 14. c4 $14 {½-½ (54)
Grischuk,A (2767)-Aronian,L (2794) Berlin GER 2018. White obtained an edge
from the opening}) ({The aforementioned first game continued} 9... Nd7 10. a4
Bb7 {which actually transposes to a line in the old Arkhangelsk Ruy Lopez!} {
Now the most precise is} 11. Nc3 $1 Nd4 (11... b4 12. Nd5) 12. Nxd4 exd4 13.
Nd5 $14) 10. c3 d5 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qe2 $5 $146 {This useful, flexible move is
Caruana's team's novelty.} ({Previously seen was} 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. g4 $6 Bg6
14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Nb6 16. d4 Bd6 17. Bg5 Qd7 $44 {1-0 (46) Jackson,S 
(2185)-Littlewood,P (2475) London 1984. Black had the typical Marshall
compensation, and probably even more.}) 12... Rb8 13. Bg5 $1 {Surrendering
central control is simply not part of Caruana's chosen plan.} (13. exd5 $6 Nxd5
14. g4 Bg6 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 c6 $44 17. Bxd5 (17. d4 Bd6) 17... Bf6 $1 18.
Qg3 cxd5 19. Bf4 Rc8 20. g5 Be7 21. Nd2 f6 $1 $132) 13... dxe4 14. dxe4 h6 15.
Bc1 $1 {A tough move to make which Caruana said was still part of his preps.
On c1, the bishop will not get in the way of the other pieces. As one
principle goes, development doesn't matter much in a closed game or when the
enemy cannot easily open up the game.} ({Retreating the bishop the other way
is also not part of Caruana's plan:} 15. Bh4 Nd7 16. Bg3 {Now this bishop will
get in the way of the queen's knight later.} (16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nbd2 Qf6 $1 {
preventing the typical knight manoeuvre to f1-g3/e3.}) 16... Bd6 17. Nbd2 Nc5
18. Bc2 a5 $132 19. Nf1 $6 {White cannot simply ignore Black's queenside
activity:} b4 (19... a4 $5 20. a3 Na5 $15) 20. Ne3 Qf6 21. Nf5 (21. Nd5 Qe6)
21... bxc3 22. bxc3 Rb2 $36) 15... Bg6 16. Nbd2 Nh5 {preventing White's
knights from coming to h4 and g3.} (16... Bc5 17. Nh4 (17. a4 $5 {it also
looks good for White to pressure Black on the queenside.}) 17... Bh7 (17... Bh5
18. Ndf3 $36 {[%cal Gg2g4,Gh4f5]}) 18. Nf5 $14) 17. Nf1 Bc5 (17... Nf4 $6 {
This active move is not according to the spirit of Black's position.} 18. Bxf4
exf4 19. Bd5 $1 (19. Rad1 Qc8 20. Qd2 $16) 19... Na5 20. Rad1 Qc8 21. Ne5 $16
Bh7 22. Qh5 $40) 18. g3 {A useful move, preventing any future possibility of
Black's knight going to f4, and preparing for White's knight to go to h4.} Kh7
19. Kg2 Qe7 (19... f5 $2 {is still premature.} 20. exf5 Rxf5 (20... Bxf5 21.
Ng5+ $1) 21. Bc2 Rf6 22. Ng5+ $1 $18) 20. Bc2 $1 {A nice double-purpose or a
"double-positional-threat" move. The first and more obvious idea is to
overprotect e4 enabling the knight to go to e3 then d5.} Rfd8 (20... a5 21. Ne3
) 21. b4 $1 {This was the second positional threat.} ({There is also nothing
wrong with} 21. Ne3 Nf6 22. Nh4 $16 {but Caurana's choice dominates Black on
both sides of the board.}) 21... Bb6 22. a4 {Caruana creates a second weakness
as his kingside play will always be there for him.} Nf6 23. Nh4 {A good
practical decision.} ({According to Caruana, he didn't want the game to go out
of control after} 23. axb5 axb5 24. Qxb5 Bxf2 25. Qxc6 Bxe1 26. Nxe1 $16 {
while White is still better, but there's a chance he could miss something or
for Black to create some counterplay.}) 23... Qe6 24. Bd3 ({Caruana also
pointed out that White also has the option} 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. Bd3 Rf8 26. f3 {
which is very accurate and is objectively the better choice.}) 24... Bh5 $1 {
Black cannot just sit and watch White create play on both sides of the board
so Aronian tries to muddle things up and "swim against the tide."} ({If} 24...
Ne7 {Caruana was once again sharp in spotting the important idea:} 25. Nxg6
Nxg6 26. axb5 axb5 27. Bxb5 Bxf2 28. Bc4 $1 $18 (28. Kxf2 Qb6+)) 25. g4 Bxg4 {
The logical follow-up.} (25... Bg6 {doesn't make sense as it only helps White
improve his position after} 26. axb5 (26. Ng3 $16 {Caruana}) 26... axb5 27.
Nxg6 (27. Bxb5 Nxe4) 27... fxg6 28. Bxb5 $16) 26. hxg4 Nxg4 ({If} 26... Qxg4+ {
Caruana correctly thought that the ending will be technically winning for
White.} 27. Qxg4 Nxg4 28. Be2 Bxf2 (28... Nxf2 29. axb5 axb5 30. Bxb5 Ne7 31.
Bc4 f6 32. Be3 Bxe3 33. Rxe3 $18) 29. Rd1 Bxh4 30. Bxg4 {mainly because "the
black pawns are not moving and the knight on c6 is still bad." His assessment
is once again confirmed accurate by the engine!}) 27. Nf5 Nxf2 28. Bc2 g6 29.
N1e3 $6 {While this is a good practical move as it gives Black a difficult
position to play afterwards, it cannot be considered best because it allows
Black some counter-attacking ideas.} (29. N5e3 $1 {is a better way to keep the
advantage but White still has to find a few accurate moves. Both Caruana and
Aronian actually thought that this line leads to a draw, but they missed a few
important details:} Nh3 30. Nd5 Ng1 (30... Nf4+ 31. Nxf4 exf4 32. Bxf4 $16) 31.
Qd3 Ne7 {[%csl Rd5]} 32. a5 ({Both players only saw} 32. Nfe3 Qh3+ 33. Kxg1
Qg3+ 34. Kf1 Qf3+ 35. Kg1 Qg3+ $11) (32. Qg3 $5 Nxd5 33. exd5 Qxd5+ 34. Be4 Qc4
35. Nd2 $16) 32... Ba7 33. Qg3 Nxd5 34. exd5 Qxd5+ 35. Be4 Qc4 36. Nd2 $18 {
Black doesn't have enough compensation for the piece, and he is about to lose
another one.}) ({Another way is to stabilize the queenside first with} 29. a5
$1 Ba7 30. N5e3 Nh3 31. Nd5 Nf4+ (31... Ng1 32. Qd3 {transposes to the
previous note.}) 32. Nxf4 exf4 33. Bxf4 Qf6 34. Qf3 $16) 29... gxf5 30. exf5
Qf6 31. Qxf2 (31. Kxf2 $2 {loses by force to} Qh4+ 32. Kf1 Nd4 33. Qg2 (33. f6+
Kh8) (33. Qf2 Qxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Nxc2 $19) 33... Rg8 $19) {This is the most
critical moment for Black, and of the game!} 31... e4 $2 {After this, Black's
attack eventually runs out of steam and White's pieces take over.} (31... Nxb4
$1 32. cxb4 Rd4 $1 {In the post-game interview, Aronian was frustrated with
himself for not even seeing the idea of bringing the rook into the attack this
way.} 33. Kh3 $1 {Controlling h4 is the only way for the king to survive. Now
from here, Black must find some precise moves to keep things unclear, or keep
drawing chances, which is almost impossible in a practical game. Nevertheless,
let me share some beautiful tactical ideas used by the engine to show that
this ridiculously imbalanced game is still a draw with best play!} Qg5 $1 (
33... Rg8 34. Nd5 $3 {Taking control of g5 through which the enemy could
invade.} Rxd5 35. Qf3 Rd4 36. Be4 $16) 34. f6+ Kh8 35. Nf5 Qh5+ (35... Qg4+ 36.
Kh2 Qh5+ 37. Kg2 {transposes}) 36. Kg2 Rg8+ 37. Qg3 $1 (37. Ng3 $2 Rh4 $19)
37... Rc4 $1 {Another precise move.} (37... Rdg4 38. Bxh6 $18 {[%cal Gh6g7,
Ge1h1]}) (37... Rxg3+ 38. Nxg3 Rg4 39. Ra3) 38. Bd3 (38. Be4 $2 Rxe4 $1 39.
Qxg8+ Kxg8 40. Nxh6+ Kf8 41. Rxe4 Qd1 $19) 38... Rxg3+ 39. Nxg3 Rg4 40. Bf4 $3
{Just say "Woah..."} (40. Ra3 Bf2 $1 $19) {Now the only way to keep the
balance is to find the equally stunning} 40... Bg1 $3 {"Woah..."} (40... exf4
41. Re8+) (40... Rxf4 41. Nxh5) (40... Qh4 41. Rh1 $16) 41. Bxe5 Bh2 {The
point. Black gains piece coordination to create counterplay.} 42. Re3 Bxg3 43.
Bxg3 Qd5+ 44. Kh2 Qh5+ 45. Kg2 Qd5+ $11 {and White cannot avoid repetition.}
46. Kf2 $2 Rxg3 $1 47. Kxg3 Qg5+ 48. Kf2 Qxf6+ $19) (31... Nd4 {is not as
effective as after} 32. Be4 $1 Nb3 33. Rb1 bxa4 34. Kh3 $16 {White has
everything under control.}) 32. Rh1 Rd6 33. Bxe4 Rg8+ (33... Re8 {doesn't help
after the programmed} 34. Qf4 $1 Qe5 35. Qxe5 Rxe5 36. Kf3 $19) 34. Kf1 Ne5 35.
Qf4 c6 36. axb5 Rg5 ({If} 36... axb5 {I'm sure Caruana would've found the
forcing solution:} 37. Rxh6+ Qxh6 38. f6+ Rg6 39. Qxh6+ Kxh6 40. Nc4+ $1 $18 (
40. Nf5+ $6 Kh5 41. Nxd6 Rxf6+ 42. Nf5 Kg4 $132)) 37. bxa6 Qd8 {Many roads
here lead to Rome.} 38. f6+ Ng6 39. Rxh6+ {...and Aronian resigned here due to
the obvious forcing moves that can follow:} (39. Rxh6+ Kxh6 40. Qh2+ Rh5 41.
Nf5+ $18 {An impressive game by the current world #2 and winner of the
Candidates event Fabiano Caruana. His superb opening prep, understanding of
middlegame subtleties and evaluation skills that are almost as accurate as the
engine's rightfully make him a deserving challenger to the World Championship
crown!}) 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.27"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was the climax of three weeks of chess, months of preparation and
thirteen hard fought previous games. My tournament had its ups and downs, but
thanks to a fortunate win the previous day, I entered the final round half a
point ahead of my closest rivals, Mamedyarov and Karjakin. My tiebreaks were
worse than both of theirs, so I wasn't sure a draw would be enough to win the
event, but at the same time I didn't want to burn my bridges playing for a win.
I also felt that Alexander would be eager for a fight.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3.
d4 {Although this move isn't a usual part of Grischuk's opening repertoire, I
wasn't entirely surprised. I realized that this variation, which leads to an
unclear, playable and fluid game, might suit his style, so I was at least
mentally prepared for this possibility.} Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Nxd2 ({
Interestingly, I was faced with this variation just two weeks later against
Vitiugov. In that game I chose to play a new move:} 5... Qd7 $5 {, and in the
end I won that game.}) 6. Bxd2 Be7 7. Bd3 {I was already not so familiar with
this position, but my moves seemed easy to play, so I continued to play
naturally.} ({All I could recall was seeing a game by Nepomniatchti recently,
where he played a slightly more passive continuation:} 7. Be2) 7... c5 8. c3
Nc6 9. O-O Bg4 {This was already a big choice. It is very attractive to pin
the knight, but I had to make sure I wouldn't run into a powerful e6 after my
bishop retreats to h5.} (9... Be6 {was perhaps more circumspect, although then
White can consider mixing it up with} 10. b4 $5) 10. Re1 Qd7 (10... O-O {
would be less accurate. For example, White could consider posting a bishop on
f5, which would be very annoying:} 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bf5 $5) 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bf4 {
This came as a surprise, but it's probably an excellent move.} ({Now I'm well
prepared for} 12. e6 $2 fxe6) (12. Qc2 Bxf3 13. Bf5 Qc7 14. gxf3 Nxe5 {also
doesn't work out well for White.}) (12. b4 $5 {was the move I was mainly
concerned with. The variations become very complex, but I felt that my
position would be okay after} cxb4 13. cxb4 O-O 14. Qb1 (14. Qc2 $2 Bxf3 15.
Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Bf5 Nd4 $1 {is a nice trick.}) (14. g4 Bg6 15. e6 $5 fxe6 16.
Bxg6 hxg6 17. b5 Nd8 18. Ne5 Qe8 19. Qc2 {is an unusual and slightly
concerning pawn sacrifice. Here I was mainly looking at moves like 19...Bh4,
but strongest is} Bd6 $1 20. Nxg6 Rf6 {with an excellent position}) 14... Bxf3
15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Bf5 Qc7 17. gxf3 g6 $1 {A very important move.} (17... Nxe5
$2 18. Qd1 $1 {is surprisingly already busted for Black}) 18. Bc2 Nxe5 {
, and the position is unclear, but no worse for Black.}) 12... Qe6 $1 {This
move looks strange, but I came to it by the process of elimination. I need to
prevent e6 once and for all, and although the queen is not a good blockader,
there was no alternative.} ({My first instinct was to play} 12... Nd8 $2 {
, but then I noticed a strong response:} 13. g4 Bg6 (13... Ne6 14. gxh5 Nxf4
15. e6 $1 Nxe6 16. Ne5 {is likewise very strong}) 14. e6 $1 Nxe6 15. Ne5 {
, with a huge attack.}) (12... O-O 13. Qc2 Bg6 (13... Bxf3 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15.
Bf5 $1 Be4 16. Qxe4 {also doesn't work out for Black.}) 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Rad1
{felt like strong pressure for White, because d5 is a weakness and the
possibility of e6 is always in the air.}) 13. a3 $6 {Far too slow. It was here
that Grischuk started to drift with his play.} (13. Qc2 $2 Bxf3 14. Bf5 $2 Be4
{is an important trick, winning a piece.}) (13. Be2 {was the most challenging
move. Here I saw two options:} O-O $5 {offers an exchange sacrifice, but White
is not obligated to accept it.} (13... Bg6 {is playable, but White can perhaps
hope for a slight edge after} 14. Bg3 O-O 15. Nh4 {getting the advantage of
the bishop pair.}) 14. Nd4 (14. Qd2 {prepares Nd4, and would lead to a very
messy situation after} Rfe8 15. Nd4 cxd4 16. Bxh5 dxc3 17. bxc3 d4) 14... Bxe2
15. Nxe6 Bxd1 16. Nxf8 Ba4 (16... Bc2 17. Nd7 Nd8 18. e6 Nxe6 19. Bd2 Rd8 {
also offers decent compensation.}) 17. b3 (17. Nd7 $2 Nd8 {traps the knight})
17... Bb5 18. a4 Bd3 19. Nd7 Rd8 20. e6 fxe6 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Bc2 {
This position is likely to end in a draw.}) 13... O-O 14. b4 h6 {Covering g5,
which will be useful in many lines in the future. Also making sure h7 no
longer ever hangs.} ({I couldn't decide on whether to play h6 or} 14... b6 {
, and probably both are fully playable.}) 15. Bg3 {White has many options, but
in every case Black is comfortable.} (15. bxc5 Bxc5 16. Be2 Rad8 17. Nd4 Bxd4
18. cxd4 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Rc8 {is at least equal, but I would even prefer Black's
position slightly.}) 15... b6 16. Nd4 $6 {I felt during the game that this was
a positional mistake, leading to a comfortable situation for Black.} ({A
better move was} 16. Be2 Bg6 17. Nh4 Bxh4 18. Bxh4 d4 {, with a complex and
roughly balanced position.}) 16... Bxd1 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Raxd1 c4 {It's
important to play this before White goes for c4 himself. Now the pawn
structure is very favorable for me: all of White's queenside pawns on the dark
squares are vulnerable, and his bishop on g3 is extremely passive. The only
plus for him is that whenever I open up the position, his light-squared bishop
will become powerful.} 19. Bc2 (19. Bg6 b5 20. f4 Bd8 $1 {and next ...Ne7
kicks the bishop from g6.}) (19. Be2 a5 {is likewise unpleasant for White, and}
20. Bg4 Nd8 {is only temporarily inconvenient. Soon I'll play ...g6 and ...h5.}
) 19... b5 {Preparing ...a5 without allowing b5.} 20. a4 (20. f4 $6 a5 {
would soon become critical for White, because ...axb4 and ...d4 would
completely undermine his queenside.}) 20... a6 21. f3 $1 {A strong and
necessary defense.} (21. f4 {, preparing f5, is most natural, but after} Rac8
$1 {Black prepares ...d4 and White will fall apart. For example} (21... d4 $2
22. Be4 {is clearly wrong.}) 22. axb5 axb5 23. f5 d4 $1 24. cxd4 Nxb4 {, with
a winning position.}) 21... Bg5 $6 {Too academic. I needed to be more daring
to keep the advantage.} ({Now} 21... Rac8 22. Bf2 {leads nowhere.}) (21... Nxb4
$1 {was the most testing move:} 22. cxb4 Bxb4 23. Re2 Be7 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rb1
b4 {, and White will have to defend accurately against the three passed pawns.
I didn't really consider sacrificing, however, because the game continuation
looked so attractive.}) 22. Bf2 $2 {This mistake is very serious, and seems to
be the difference between a draw and a loss.} (22. h4 $1 Bf4 23. Bxf4 Rxf4 {
I understand why Grischuk didn't want to give away his bishop pair, but White
is already close to equal after} 24. Bg6 {For example,} Rc8 (24... Ne7 25. h5)
25. Kf2 d4 26. axb5 axb5 27. cxd4 Nxb4 28. Rb1 Nd5 29. Rxb5 Rxd4 30. Reb1 {
, with a likely draw.}) 22... Bf4 23. Bc5 Rfd8 24. Bd6 Bg3 25. Re2 g5 {When I
played 21...Bg5 I saw this position, and I was very happy to get it. White is
almost completely paralyzed, due to the dominant bishop on g3. However, it is
still difficult to make progress.} 26. Kf1 Kf7 27. Bc7 Re8 28. Bd6 Rac8 {
A strange move. We were both low on time, so I was a bit unsure of what to do,
but placing a rook on c8 is certainly not the way.} ({I should have started by
placing my pawn on h4, which is useful in many variations down the road. Most
concretely, often White will play Rxd5 and e6, and with the pawn on h4 the
bishop will be defended.} 28... h5 $1 29. Ra1 h4 30. Bb1 Red8 {, and sooner or
later White will slowly die.}) 29. Ra1 Red8 30. Bb1 {As usual, when time gets
low, Grischuk continues to play very well.} Rd7 ({I could still place my pawn
on h4 before deciding what to do next:} 30... h5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Ra6 h4 {
and here} 33. Rb6 Rd7 34. Rxb5 Ra8 {is not something I should worry about.})
31. Ra3 (31. axb5 axb5 32. Ra6 {was a better defense. I was planning} Ra7 {
, but after} ({Perhaps} 32... h5 $5 {is again the best move.}) 33. Rxa7+ Nxa7
34. Ra2 Nc6 35. Ra6 {White's position becomes a bit easier to hold.}) 31... d4
{I was extremely happy to get this move in at an opportune moment. We were
both short on time, but now the play becomes forced:} 32. axb5 axb5 33. cxd4
Nxd4 34. Rea2 Nc6 35. Be4 Bxe5 36. Bxc6 (36. Bc5 Kf6 {is also very bad for
White.}) 36... Rxd6 37. Bxb5 {Black has a serious advantage, due to the
strength of the passed c-pawn and the weakness of White's king. The weakened
dark squares around White's kingside make a direct attack very likely in the
future. The next few moves were played in heavy time trouble, which led to
some poor decisions.} Rd1+ (37... c3 $1 {was strongest:} 38. Ba4 (38. Rc2 Rb8
39. Ra5 Kf6 {leaves White tied up, and likely to lose the b-pawn.}) 38... Rcd8
39. b5 Rd3 {and White is paralyzed and facing ideas of ...Bd6.}) 38. Ke2 Rg1
39. Ke3 Rb1 $2 ({Direct play was again best:} 39... c3 $1 40. Rc2 Rd8 {with a
decisive edge. For example} 41. Ra7+ Kf6 42. Rd7 Rb8 43. Bd3 Rxb4 {with a
position similar to the game.}) 40. Ra7+ $2 {The last move of the time control,
and it is both an extremely natural and a poor one.} (40. Ra8 $1 Rxa8 41. Rxa8
Rxb4 42. Ba4 {This is difficult to decide on, since White condemns himself to
a pawn down position where he will suffer for a very long time. However,
trading rooks is absolutely necessary to keep any drawing chances alive.})
40... Kf6 {And now I could finally get up from the table and check the other
games. I was pleased to see Karjakin had already drawn, and Kramnik and
Mamedyarov were playing a drawn ending. I felt very safe that a draw would be
enough for tournament victory, but of course with a much better position, I
continued to play.} 41. Bd7 Bf4+ 42. Ke2 (42. Kf2 Rd8 {is essentially the same
as the game.} (42... c3 $2 {looks very beautiful, but misses the win after} 43.
Re2 $1 (43. Bxc8 $2 Rb2+ {on the other hand, leads to a pawn promotion.})))
42... Rd8 43. Rc2 ({At this moment, I think Alexander realized that} 43. R2a6 {
runs into an exchange sac:} Rb2+ 44. Kf1 Rxd7 $1 45. Rxd7 c3 46. Rc6 c2 {
and the pawn is unstoppable. Black will be a piece ahead.}) 43... Rxb4 (43...
Rg1 $1 44. Kf2 Rd1 {is even stronger, and would be immediately winning, but I
saw no reason to just take the pawn and win slowly.}) 44. Bc6 c3 {A pawn up,
and still with a positional advantage. I knew I was completely winning, and
around this point I saw Kramnik and Mamedyarov agree to a draw. A draw would
have been enough for me, but I couldn't bring myself to offer it in such an
overwhelming position.} 45. Rd7 Rc8 {Of course, no trade of rooks.} 46. Be4 h5
{I might as well place the pawn on h4 before deciding on what to do next.
White has no ideas, so it was only a question of time until I broke through.}
47. Kd3 Rb2 48. Ke2 h4 49. Rd1 Ke5 50. Ra1 Rd8 51. Rd1 Rdb8 52. Ra1 Bd2 53. Ra6
Rd8 54. Rc6 Rb1 55. Kf2 Ra1 56. Rc4 Rd4 57. Rc8 Rb4 58. Ke2 Kf4 59. Kf2 Rbb1
60. Rf8+ Ke5 61. Bd3 Rb2 62. Ke2 Re1+ 63. Kf2 Rc1 64. Rxb2 cxb2 65. Rb8 Bc3 66.
Be4 Bd4+ 67. Ke2 Kf4 68. Rb4 e5 69. Rb7 Kg3 {And after this, Grischuk resigned
and I secured qualification to the 2018 World Championship match!} 0-1

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 5th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2018.03.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2843"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2] Prematch games between the challenger and the title-holder always
have an increased psychological significance. In this case Carlsen did put his
opponent under serious pressure, but in the end Caruana escaped and went on to
score a resounding tournament victory.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 {Already a slight
surprise.} ({Carlsen more often plays} 2... e6 {, this appeared in round 5.
After} 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bf4
Ne4 10. h4 $5 ({Magnus undoubtedly wouldn't mind repeating} 10. Nc3 g5 $1 11.
Be3 Nd6 12. b3 Nf5 13. g4 Nxe3 14. fxe3 b5 $1 15. e4 b4 16. exd5 bxc3 17. dxc6
Nb8 18. Qe4 f5 19. gxf5 exf5 20. Qd5+ Qxd5 21. cxd5 Na6 $17 {Eljanov,P (2760)
-Carlsen,M (2844) Wijk aan Zee 2016.}) 10... Ndf6 ({Black has also tested} 
10... h6 {, or the immediate}) (10... f5) 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 Nh5 13. Be3 f5
14. Bf3 Qe8 (14... f4 15. Bxh5 fxe3 16. fxe3 Qd6 17. Rxf8+ Bxf8 18. Kf2 e5 $44
{gives Black some compensation, but certainly not more than that.}) 15. Bg5 Nf6
16. e3 b6 17. Rac1 Ba6 18. a3 Ne4 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Be2 Bb7 21. b4 Rac8 22. c5
e5 23. dxe5 Qxe5 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Qc3 Qf5 $132 {Meier,G (2648)-Carlsen,M 
(2843) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018 Black had reasonable >><=>, but
overestimated his chances, got into serious trouble and escaped only due to
Meier's inaccuracy.}) 3. Nf3 {The World Champion plays the Grünfeld from time
to time, but Fabiano is not interested.} ({However, after} 3. Nc3 {in round 3
we saw} Bg7 {After} 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3
c6 10. Bf2 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. O-O Nc6 13. c5 a6 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. Rfe1 Qxc5 16.
Ne6 Qa5 17. Nxg7 Kxg7 18. a3 d4 19. Bxd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Rd8 21. Qe3 Bd7 22. Rad1
Be6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Qd8 26. Be2 Qd6 27. f4 Bd7 28. Bf3 Bc6
29. Bxc6 Ng4 30. Qg3 Qc5+ 31. Kf1 Ne3+ 32. Ke2 Nf5 33. Qf2 Qxc6 34. g4 Qc4+ 35.
Kd2 Nd4 36. Qe3 $11 {Bluebaum,M (2631)-Carlsen,M (2843) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden
2018. Black even despite protracted efforts couldn't manage to disrupt the
balance.}) 3... Bg7 4. e3 ({Caruana has already played} 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5
6. e4 {in the past, this time he opts for the Anti-Grünfeld he had prepared
already for the Berlin candidates.}) 4... O-O 5. Be2 d6 {Black puts his pawns
on the dark squares in King's Indian fashion. This is an important moment,
deciding the character of the game and he also had other options:} ({
Transposing into a Benoni} 5... c5 6. d5 e6 7. Nc3 exd5 8. cxd5 d6 {was long
considered a good solution:} {However, after} 9. Nd2 $5 (9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3
11. Bxf3 Nbd7 12. a4 a6 13. g4 c4 (13... h6 $13) 14. Be2 Rc8 $6 (14... Ne5 15.
f4 Nd3 16. Bxd3 cxd3 17. Qxd3 h5 $44) 15. g5 Ne8 16. f4 Qe7 17. Ra3 Rc5 18. Bf3
Ra5 19. Bd2 Nc5 20. Qe2 Nb3 21. Ne4 Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Qd8 23. Qb4 b5 24. axb5 Rxb5
25. Qxc4 Qb6 26. Qc6 Bxb2 27. Qxb6 Rxb6 28. Ra2 $16 {Morozevich,A (2758)
-Kramnik,V (2769) Mexico City 2007. For details see the notes to this game in
CBM 120 by Marin.}) 9... Na6 ({Black can play the setup with} 9... Nbd7 {
, but then White has no reason to hurry with e4.}) 10. O-O Nc7 11. e4 {Black
even despite his extra tempo due to e3-e4 still has his problems:} Re8 12. a4
Rb8 ({After the more usual} 12... b6 13. Re1 Rb8 {Black has to reckon with} 14.
Bb5 $5) 13. f3 a6 14. a5 Bd7 15. Nc4 Bb5 16. Bg5 Bxc4 (16... h6 17. Bh4 Bxc4
18. Bxc4 b5 19. axb6 Rxb6 20. Qd2 $2 (20. Qc2 $13 {/+/= is similar to the
following note}) 20... Nxe4 $1 21. Bxd8 Nxd2 22. Bxc7 Rb7 $17 {Granda Zuniga,J
(2646)-Lopez Martinez,J (2508) Ayamonte 2006}) 17. Bxc4 b5 18. axb6 Rxb6 19.
Na4 (19. Qc2 h6 20. Bh4 $13 {/+/= is similar to the following note} g5 21. Bf2
Nd7 22. Ra2 Qf6 {Hamitevici,V (2430)-Jumabayev,R (2599) London 2015} 23. Nd1 $1
$36 {[%cal Yd1e3,Ye3f5]}) 19... Rb4 20. b3 (20. Qd3 $5) 20... Qc8 21. Bf4 Qd7
22. Ra2 Nh5 23. Be3 (23. Bd2 {is more natural}) 23... Rbb8 24. Qd2 Nb5 25. g4
Nf6 26. Nb2 Qc8 (26... h5 27. g5 Nxe4 $1 28. fxe4 Nc3 29. Rxa6 Qh3 $1 $44 {
is a fully valid engine suggestion, but even a strong human GM would hardly
dare to play like this...}) 27. Bf4 Nd7 28. Bxb5 axb5 29. Bxd6 Rb6 30. Bg3 c4
31. bxc4 (31. Qc2 $5) 31... bxc4 32. Qe2 Rb4 33. Bd6 Rb6 34. Bg3 Rb4 {½,
Caruana,F (2784)-Grischuk,A (2767) Berlin ct 2018}) ({Grünfeld intentions are
represented by} 5... d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 {and now:} {More direct and energetic is}
7. e4 (7. O-O Nb6 (7... c5 $5 8. dxc5 (8. e4 Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. dxc5 Nc6 11. Bc4
e6 12. Qe2 Qa5 13. a3 Qxc5 14. b4 Qe7 15. Bb2 a6 16. Nbd2 b5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18.
Rac1 Bd7 19. Nb3 Rfc8 20. Rfe1 Bg4 21. h3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Nxe5 23. Qxd5 Qd7 $11 {
Ginsburg,G (2526)-Ftacnik,L (2568) Nuremberg 2010}) 8... Na6 (8... Nf6 $6 9.
Nbd2 Qc7 10. Nb3 Rd8 11. Nfd4 e5 12. Nb5 Qe7 13. Nd6 Ne4 14. Nxc8 Rxc8 15. Bf3
Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Rxc5 17. Qa4 Rc7 18. Bd2 Na6 19. Ba5 Rcc8 20. Bd5 Nc5 21. Qa3 e4
22. f3 $16 {[%csl Ga5,Gd5] Laznicka,V (2666)-Naumann,A (2560) Germany 2014}) 9.
Bxa6 bxa6 10. e4 Nb4 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Bg5 Kf8 14. Rad1 Nd3 15. Nd5
Bxd5 16. Rxd3 Bxa2 17. Rfd1 Rxd3 18. Rxd3 Ke8 19. c6 Rc8 20. Rd7 Bf6 21. Bxf6
exf6 22. Rxa7 Rxc6 $11 {Novkovic,M (2373)-Mesaros,F (2266) Austria 2014}) 8.
Nc3 (8. e4 {transposes to 7.e4 and is still more usual.}) 8... Nc6 9. h3 a5 {
is slightly similar to index D76, but here White's bishop is not fianchettoed
and this lessens his chances to get an opening pull:} 10. Qd2 (10. Re1 a4 11.
Bb5 a3 (11... e5 $5 12. Bxc6 exd4 $13) 12. bxa3 e5 13. Bxc6 exd4 14. exd4 bxc6
15. Bg5 f6 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. Bf4 Bf5 18. Ne4 Nd5 19. Bg3 Bxe4 {½, Shengelia,D 
(2547)-Rustemov,A (2520) Germany 2009} 20. Rxe4 Qd7 $11 {[%cal Yf8b8]}) 10...
e5 11. d5 Nb4 12. e4 f5 13. Ng5 fxe4 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Qe7 16. Nxe4 Qxe6
17. Bg4 Qc6 18. Ng5 Rae8 19. Qc3 h6 20. Qxc6 Nxc6 21. Ne6 Rf7 22. Be3 Nc4 23.
Rac1 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 h5 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. Bd7 Rf8+ 28. Ke2 Nb8 29.
Ba4 c6 30. Rc5 $11 {Laznicka,V (2672)-Ragger,M (2680) Chartres 2017 White's
compensation was sufficient only to hold the balance.}) 7... Nb6 8. O-O {
and now: transposes to 7.e4 and is still more usual.} Nc6 $5 (8... Bg4 9. Nbd2
Nc6 ({But} 9... e6 $6 {is too passive:} 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Nc6 12. Be3 Qe7
13. Qb3 Rad8 14. Rfd1 a6 15. Rac1 Qe8 16. Bf1 h6 17. d5 $16 {Grischuk,A (2785)
-Nepomniachtchi,I (2717) Riga rpd 2013}) 10. d5 Nb8 (10... Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Ne5
12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. f4 Bg7 14. a4 a5 15. Qb3 Qd6 16. Be3 Qb4 17. Qxb4 axb4 18. a5
Nd7 19. e5 b6 20. Bb5 Nc5 21. Bc6 Ra7 22. axb6 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 cxb6 24. Ra7 $16 {
/+-, Ivanchuk,V (2710)-Tabatabaei,M (2482) Doha 2015}) 11. a4 c6 12. a5 N6d7 (
12... Nc8 13. Re1 $6 (13. h3 $142) (13. Qb3 $5) 13... cxd5 14. Qb3 Nd6 15. e5
Ne8 16. Nd4 (16. Qxb7 Nc7 $11) 16... Bc8 17. N2f3 Nc6 18. a6 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 bxa6
20. Nc6 Qc7 21. Qxd5 Bb7 22. Bf3 Rb8 23. Qc4 Bxc6 24. Qxc6 Qxc6 25. Bxc6 Rb6
26. Ba4 Nc7 $15 {Belanoff,S (2049)-Koch,C (2141) Chessfriend.com 2003}) 13. h3
Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Nf6 15. Qb3 Qc8 16. Bg5 (16. dxc6 $1 Nxc6 17. e5 $36) 16... Nxe4
17. Bxe7 Re8 18. d6 Nxd6 19. Bxd6 Rxe2 20. Ng5 Qd7 $2 ({Black should have
fought for the open file with} 20... Qe8 $1 21. Qxb7 Nd7 $132) 21. Rae1 Rxb2
22. Qc4 Na6 23. Re7 Qf5 24. Rxf7 Qd5 25. Rxg7+ Kxg7 {Grischuk,A (2785)
-Nepomniachtchi,I (2717) Riga rpd 2013} 26. Be5+ $1 Qxe5 27. Qf7+ Kh6 28. Qxh7+
Kxg5 29. f4+ Qxf4 30. Qe7+ $18) 9. Be3 (9. d5 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. a4 a5 12.
Qb3 e6 13. Bf3 exd5 14. exd5 Qh4 15. g3 Qb4 16. Qxb4 axb4 17. Re1 {Krishna,C 
(2401)-Puranik,A (2469) Abu Dhabi 2016} Nc4 $1 $36) 9... Bg4 (9... f5 10. exf5
Bxf5 11. Nc3 Qd6 12. Qd2 Rad8 13. Rad1 Qb4 14. Qc1 Bg4 15. d5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nd4
17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Rfe1 Qc5 19. Re2 Nd7 20. Ne4 Qxc1 21. Rxc1 Bb6 22. Ng5 Nc5
23. b4 Nd3 24. Rd1 h6 25. Ne6 Nf4 26. Re4 Nxe6 27. Rxe6 Rd6 28. Rxe7 Rf4 $44 {
/+/=,Akdag,M (2560)-Cruzado Duenas,C (2595) email 2013}) 10. Nbd2 e5 $5 11. d5
Nd4 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nb3 Qe7 $6 (13... Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Nc4 $11) 14. Nfxd4 exd4 15.
Bxd4 Qxe4 16. Bf3 Qf4 17. g3 Qg5 18. h4 Qf5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nc5 Rab8 21. Re1
$14 {Dimakiling,O (2353)-Laylo,D (2497) Jakarta 2013}) ({There is also the
interesting and flexible} 5... b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Nc3 {, but here Black should
already show his cards:} d5 (7... e6 8. b3 (8. d5 $5) 8... d5 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10.
cxd5 (10. Qc2 {or}) (10. Rc1 {give White better chances for an edge.}) 10...
exd5 11. a4 a5 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Nb5 Ne4 14. Nd2 Ndf6 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bd3 Re6
17. Rc1 c6 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 c5 20. Bb5 cxd4 21. exd4 Re4 $11 {/=/+,
Caruana,F (2795)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2788) chess.com blitz INT 2016}) 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bd2 (9. Qb3 e6 10. Rd1 Nd7 11. Bd2 c5 12. Rac1 Qe7 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14.
Qa3 Rfc8 15. Bc3 a5 16. dxc5 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Rxc5 18. Bb5 Rd8 19. Bxd7 Bxf3 20.
gxf3 Rxd7 21. Rxd7 Rg5+ 22. Kf1 Qxd7 23. Rd3 Rd5 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 $11 {Dubov,D 
(2629)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2751) Doha 2014}) 9... Nd7 (9... c5 $6 10. dxc5 Nxc3
11. Bxc3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nd7 (12... bxc5 13. Qa4 $36) 13. cxb6 axb6 14. Qd4 Qc7
15. Rfb1 Ra5 16. Qb4 e6 17. Qe7 Qd8 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Rd1 Bc6 20. Nd4 Ba4 21.
Rdb1 e5 22. Nb3 $14 {/+/-, Giri,A (2793)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2744) Baku 2015
For more details see the notes to this game in CBM 169 by Marin.}) 10. Nxd5
Bxd5 11. Bc3 (11. Qc2 $142 $1 {/\} c5 12. e4 Bb7 13. d5) 11... c5 12. Rc1 e6
13. Qa4 a6 ({This complicates the issue; a simpler way was} 13... Qe7 $1 14.
Rfd1 Rfc8 $11 {as in Dubov - Vachier Lagrave above.}) 14. Qa3 Qb8 15. dxc5 Bxc3
16. Qxc3 bxc5 $6 (16... Rc8 $142 $1 {is still close to equality.}) 17. Nd2 a5
18. a4 Qb7 19. e4 Bc6 20. b3 Rfb8 21. Qe3 Qc7 22. Rfd1 Rb4 23. Nc4 Rab8 24. Rc3
Nf6 25. f3 $16 {Nakamura,H (2793)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2751) Zuerich 2017}) 6. Nc3
Nc6 $5 ({Black more often plays} 6... Nbd7 7. O-O (7. d5 e5 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. O-O
e5 10. b3 Kh8 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Rc1 Nc5 13. b4 Nce4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Nd2 Nxd2
16. Qxd2 {Harikrishna,P (2763)-Nakamura,H (2787) chess.com blitz INT 2016} Be6
$11) 7... e5 {, but this is practically the King's Indian Attack (C00) with
opposite colours. I wrote an article about this line in CBM 181, the extra
tempo should favour White. After} 8. Qc2 (8. b4 $5 {deserves attention now and
on move 9.}) 8... Re8 9. Rd1 e4 10. Nd2 Qe7 11. b4 Nf8 12. Bb2 h5 13. Rac1 Bf5
14. Nb3 N8h7 15. d5 h4 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. c5 (17. h3 $5) 17... dxc5 $6 (17... h3
$1 $132 {[%csl Rg1]}) 18. bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qb3 Qb6 20. Ncb5 c5 21. dxc6 bxc6 22.
Nd6 Rf8 23. Ba3 Qxb3 24. axb3 Rfb8 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. Rxc6 Rxb3 27. Bc5 $44 {
|^, Grischuk,A (2785)-Caruana,F (2779) Elancourt 2013. White has more than
enough for the P and Black must tread with great care. For details see the
notes to this game in CBM 157 by Krasenkow.}) 7. d5 ({After} 7. O-O e5 {
the pressure against d4 makes it more difficult for White to retain the
central tension as in the 6...Nbd7 lines. The advance} 8. d5 (8. Qc2 Re8 9.
dxe5 dxe5 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. e4 Qc8 12. h3 Be6 13. Nd5 Nd7 14. b4 Nd4 15. Nxd4
exd4 16. Bb2 c6 17. Nf4 c5 18. bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qd2 Bxc4 20. Rac1 b5 21. Bxc4 bxc4
22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Nb6 25. Nd5 Red8 26. Nxb6 axb6 $11 {
Ragger,M (2632)-Onischuk,V (2594) Dubai blitz 2014}) 8... Ne7 9. b4 (9. e4 {
is the Classical KID, but White is a tempo down - normally it's his move here.}
) 9... a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. Nb3 Ra8 13. a4 f5 14. Ba3 e4 15. Qc2 b6
16. Bb4 Nc5 17. a5 {Kuzubov,Y (2638)-Onischuk,V (2614) Lvov rpd 2016} Na6 18.
Ba3 bxa5 $11 {/\} 19. Nxa5 c5 $1) 7... Nb4 {Here we are gradually entering
uncharted territory.} ({The passive} 7... Nb8 8. O-O Na6 {gave White a
distinct pull after} 9. Nd4 e5 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Rb1 e5 12. Nc2 Be6 13. b4 Nb8
14. e4 Nc6 15. Be3 Nh5 16. Bxh5 gxh5 17. Nd5 h4 18. h3 Kh8 19. Qh5 a5 20. Bg5
Qd7 21. b5 Bxd5 22. cxd5 $16 {Hoffmeyer,F (2377)-Paehtz,E (2453) Germany 2018})
8. a3 {Yermolinsky criticises this move and he is probably right.} (8. O-O $142
e6 $5 (8... c6 9. e4 a5 10. e5 dxe5 11. a3 e4 12. axb4 exf3 13. Bxf3 cxd5 14.
cxd5 (14. Nxd5 $142 $5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 $11 {/+/=}) 14... Bf5 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16.
Rxa5 Qxa5 17. Qb3 Nd7 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Bxc5 $6 (19. Qb5 $11) 19... Qxc5 20. Qxb7
Be5 $44 {Barcza,G-Taimanov,M Copenhagen 1965}) (8... a5 9. e4 e6 10. dxe6 (10.
h3 $6 Re8 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Bd3 a4 14. a3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Be6 16. Nd5
Nd7 17. Bg5 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Qxg5 19. Nf3 Qd8 20. Rad1 c6 21. Nf4 Qa5 22. Nxe6 Rxe6
23. Re2 Rae8 $11 {/=/+, Lobron,E (2485)-Romanishin,O (2560) Reggio Emilia 1986}
) 10... Bxe6 11. Nd4 $14) 9. e4 Re8 10. a3 Na6 11. Be3 (11. dxe6 $5 {followed
by Nd4 is still a better position, than Caruana got in our game.}) 11... exd5
12. exd5 Nc5 13. Bd4 a5 14. b3 Bd7 15. Nd2 Nfe4 16. Ndxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Rxe4
18. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11 {Vrolijk,L (2433)-Heimann,A (2574) Karlsruhe 2018 Black has
comfortable equality and it's White, who must tread with care.}) 8... Na6 9.
Nd4 (9. O-O Nc5 10. Nd4 a5 11. b3 e5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bb2 e5 14. Nf3 Be6 15.
b4 Nce4 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Qd7 18. Nd5 Qf7 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qc2 Bg7 21.
Bd3 c6 22. e4 $11 h5 (22... Rfc8 $5 {[%cal Yd6d5]}) 23. c5 dxc5 24. bxc5 a4 25.
Bc1 Rad8 26. Be3 Bb3 {½, Ginsburg,G (2443)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2794) Germany
2018 This game was played a month later, than ours.}) 9... e5 10. dxe6 $146 {
A novelty, Caruana feels it's necessary to open the centre.} (10. Nc2 Nc5 11.
b4 Nb3 12. Rb1 Nxc1 13. Rxc1 Nd7 14. O-O f5 15. Na4 a5 16. c5 axb4 17. Nxb4
dxc5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Rxc5 e4 20. Qb3 Kh8 21. Rfc1 Be5 $36 {Breutigam,M (2340)
-Brendel,O (2375) Germany 1996}) (10. Nb3 Nd7 11. O-O f5 {is also a pleasant
version of the King's Indian for Black.}) 10... fxe6 11. O-O e5 12. Nb3 ({
White wants to keep his central pawns mobile. However, a more natural move was
} 12. Nf3 $5 c6 (12... Nc5 13. b4 {and as the knight can't go to e4, Black is
almost forced to play the adventurous} e4 $5 14. Nd4 $14) 13. b4 $13 {with
similarities to Ginsburg-MVL above.}) 12... c6 13. e4 Nc7 14. f4 $5 {
Continuing in the spirit of 10.dxe6, Caruana seeks activity even if it weakens
his setup.} (14. Be3 Ne6 $15 {[%cal Yc6c5,Ye6d4] is unattractive for White.})
14... Ne6 {While the text move is very logical, even} (14... Nfe8 $5 $13 {
makes good sense; Black wants to activate his Bg7.}) 15. f5 (15. fxe5 dxe5 {
[%cal Ye6d4] is pleasant for Black, so Caruana continues to seek complications.
}) 15... Nd4 ({The main alternative is} 15... Qb6+ $5 {However, Magnus maybe
didn't like} 16. c5 $5 (16. Kh1 Nd4 17. Nxd4 (17. c5 Qxb3 18. Qxb3+ Nxb3 19.
Bc4+ d5 20. Bxb3 Nxe4 $1 21. Nxe4 Bxf5 22. Ng3 Bd3 $36 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5]}) 17...
exd4 18. Na4 Qa5 19. b4 Qd8 $15 {[%csl Gd4,Re4]}) 16... Nxc5 17. Bc4+ d5 ({
Complications after} 17... Be6 18. fxe6 Nxb3+ 19. Kh1 Nxa1 20. e7+ Kh8 21.
exf8=Q+ Rxf8 22. Ba2 $44 {[%csl Ra1]}) ({or} 17... Ne6+ 18. Kh1 d5 19. exd5
cxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 gxf5 22. Bd2 $1 (22. Nc5 $2 Rd8 23. Na4 Qc7 24. Qc5
Qf7 $17) 22... Kh8 23. Ba5 Qc6 24. Qxc6 bxc6 25. Bb4 $13 {/+/= rather favour
White.}) 18. Be3 dxc4 19. Nxc5 Qc7 (19... Qxb2 $2 20. N5a4 Qb3 21. Qc1 {
[%csl Rb3][%cal Ra1b1]}) 20. Qe2 Qf7 21. g4 b6 22. N5a4 $15 {/~~ Although here
the engine gives Black an advantage, the issue is not quite clear, as the
extra pawn isn't making itself felt and White has kingside counterplay.}) 16.
Be3 $2 {Only this definitely tips the scales in Black's favour.} (16. Nxd4 $6
exd4 17. Qxd4 Ng4 18. Qd3 (18. Qd2 Qb6+ 19. c5 Qxc5+ 20. Kh1 gxf5 $15) 18...
Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Nf2+ 20. Rxf2 Qxf2 21. Be3 Qh4 22. g3 Qe7 (22... Qh3 $6 23. Bf1 {
with repetition.}) 23. Bf4 Be5 $15 {also isn't ideal, White doesn't have
enough for the exchange,}) ({The best was} 16. Bd3 $142 $1 Qb6 17. Nxd4 exd4 $5
(17... Qxd4+ $143 18. Kh1 gxf5 19. exf5 e4 20. Bc2 Qxd1 21. Bxd1 $11 {and
White has nothing to fear}) 18. Na4 (18. Ne2 Ng4 (18... Nxe4 19. fxg6 $1 Rxf1+
20. Qxf1 hxg6 21. Bxe4 d3+ 22. Kh1 dxe2 23. Qxe2 Qd4 24. Bxg6 Bg4 $132) 19. Rb1
$13) 18... Qd8 19. b4 $13) 16... Nxe2+ {Now Black's central pawns get moving.}
(16... c5 $6 17. g4 $36 {suits White.}) 17. Qxe2 gxf5 18. exf5 d5 19. cxd5 cxd5
20. Rad1 d4 21. Bg5 {More or less forced.} ({The piece sacrifice} 21. Nxd4 exd4
22. Bxd4 Qe8 ({or} 22... Bd7 $15 {/-/+ doesn't give sufficient compensation
and is more suitable for shorter time-controls.})) 21... Qb6 22. Qc4+ Rf7 $1
23. Na4 (23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Qxd5 Bd7 $17 {[%cal Rd7c6] only helps Black to get
out his forces.}) 23... Qc7 24. Qxc7 (24. Nac5 Ne4 $17) 24... Rxc7 25. Nac5 b6
26. Bxf6 ({Relatively best, after} 26. Nd3 Ba6 27. Rfe1 Nd7 28. f6 Bxd3 29.
Rxd3 Bf8 $17 {[%csl Gd4,Ge5,Rf6] Black's pawns are far more dangerous and have
better support, than the lone warrior on f6.}) 26... bxc5 {[%csl Gc5,Gd4,Ge5]}
(26... Bxf6 $143 27. Ne4 $132) 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Nd2 $6 {The N won't gain a
foothold on e4.} ({A more resilient way was} 28. Rc1 c4 29. Nd2 Ba6 30. f6+ Kf7
31. Rf5 Ke6 32. Rh5 $15 {/<=>}) (28. f6+ {might transpose into the above line.}
) 28... Bb7 29. f6+ Kf8 ({Carlsen wants to avoid complications, but} 29... Kf7
$5 {[%cal Ya8g8]} 30. Nc4 Ke6 $17 {is possibly even stronger.}) 30. Rde1 (30.
Nc4 {gives Black a pleasant choice between} Ba6 ({and} 30... e4)) 30... Re8 31.
Ne4 {[%cal Gf6f7]} Bxe4 (31... c4 $2 32. f7 $18 {indicates the threat, so
Black chops off the Ne4.}) 32. Rxe4 c4 33. g4 Rb8 {Good, but Black was already
spoilt for choice.} ({Both} 33... Kf7 $17 {and}) (33... d3 $17 {give him
excellent winning chances. Yermolinsky gives the pretty line} 34. h4 Kf7 35. g5
Ke6 36. h5 Rg8 37. Rg4 Rb7 38. g6 hxg6 39. hxg6 Rf7 $1 $19 {and White's pawns
drop off.}) 34. Rxe5 (34. Rf2 Rcb7 $19 {doesn't help, White must seek active
counterplay.}) 34... Rxb2 35. Rd5 c3 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Rh8 $1 Rbb7 $1 38. Rxh7+
Kg6 39. Rxc7 Rxc7 40. Kf2 c2 (40... d3 $2 41. Ke3 d2 42. Kd3 $11 {and White
retains the Pf6.}) 41. Rc1 d3 42. Ke3 Rd7 43. Kd2 Kxf6 {[%mdl 4096] A longer
series of logical and more or less forced moves led to an interesting R
endgame. Black has a distinct advantage, as his pawns are further advanced and
can be quickly supported by his K, but bringing home the full point still
requires precision, as the position is already very simplified.} 44. h4 Ke5 45.
Rf1 Kd4 46. h5 Re7 {Straightforward and should have been sufficient.} ({
Even stronger was} 46... a5 $1 {, taking away the b4-square from White's R.
After} 47. h6 Re7 48. Rf4+ Kd5 49. Rf1 Kc4 50. Rf4+ Kb3 {White has to return}
51. Rf1 {and} Re2+ 52. Kxd3 Rh2 53. g5 Rh5 {disarms White's pawns, so the Pc2
will decide the issue.}) 47. Rf4+ Kd5 48. Rf1 Kc4 49. Rf4+ Kd5 50. Rf1 Kc4 51.
Rf4+ Kb3 52. Rb4+ Kxa3 53. Rc4 Kb3 54. Rc8 (54. Rc5 a5 55. h6 a4 56. g5 Kb4 $1
({Black's K is misplaced after} 56... a3 $2 57. g6 a2 58. g7 {so he improves
it with tempo.}) 57. Rc8 a3 58. Kxd3 a2 59. Rb8+ Kc5 60. Ra8 Re8 $1 61. Rxe8
a1=Q 62. Rc8+ Kb6 63. Rxc2 Qe5 $19 {and the mobile queen picks up White's
pawns.}) 54... a5 $2 {Here this advance doesn't have the idea from move 46,
it's too slow and throws away the win.} ({This could be achieved only by the
paradoxical prophylaxis} 54... Rh7 $3 {, but after} 55. Kxd3 ({Other moves
don't help either:} 55. Rd8 Rc7 56. Kc1 Kc3 57. g5 Rb7 $19) (55. Rb8+ Ka2 56.
Rc8 a5 57. Kxd3 Kb1 58. Rb8+ Kc1 59. Rc8 Kd1 $1 60. Rxc2 Rd7+ $19) (55. Rc5 {
allows} a5 $1 {/\} 56. Rxa5 Rc7 57. Ra1 Kb2 58. Rh1 Rg7 $1 59. h6 Rxg4 60. h7
Rh4 $19) 55... Rd7+ 56. Ke4 a5 57. h6 a4 58. g5 a3 59. g6 {Black must in
advance see another only move} Rd8 $1 60. Rxc2 (60. Rxd8 c1=Q) 60... Kxc2 61.
g7 a2 62. h7 a1=Q 63. g8=Q Qa8+ $19 {Unlike for an engine, calculating this
over the board would be really a great feat. Right after the game the players
themselves were not aware of this "simple" win, thinking that Black had
already squandered his chances earlier.}) 55. h6 Re2+ ({The golden moment is
already gone,} 55... a4 56. g5 a3 (56... Rh7 57. Rb8+ Kc4 58. Ra8 $11) 57. g6
Kb2 (57... a2 $2 58. g7 $18 {[%csl Rb3] turns the tables}) 58. h7 Re8 59. Rc7
a2 60. Rb7+ $11 {leads only to repetition.}) 56. Kxd3 Rh2 57. g5 Rh3+ 58. Kd2
Rh2+ 59. Kd3 {White's pawns are too far advanced and Black must give a
perpetual.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 5th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2018.04.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
a6 9. Bd3 b5 10. Qf2 Nc6 11. dxc5 Qa5 12. O-O b4 13. Ne2 Nxc5 14. Nfd4 Nxd4 15.
Nxd4 Qc7 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. axb3 a5 18. Bb6 Qc6 19. Bd4 Bd8 20. g4 Ba6 21. f5
Bxd3 22. cxd3 f6 23. Rac1 Qd7 24. fxe6 Qxe6 25. Qf5 Qxf5 26. Rxf5 fxe5 27.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Bxe5 Kf7 29. Kf2 Ra6 30. Kf3 Bf6 31. Rc7+ Kg6 32. d4 Re6 33. Kf4
Bg5+ 34. Kf3 Bf6 35. Kf4 Bg5+ 36. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 5th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2018.04.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4 exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 8.
Nxd4 Be7 9. Be3 Nh6 10. Qd2 g5 11. Nf3 Rg8 12. h4 Qg6 13. hxg5 Ng4 14. Nc3 h6
15. Bf4 Be6 16. Bxc7 Rc8 17. Bb6 hxg5 18. Ne2 c5 19. Ng3 Rh8 20. Rfd1 Qh6 21.
b4 cxb4 22. Bd4 f6 23. c3 bxc3 24. Bxc3 Kf7 25. Rac1 Rc4 26. Bd4 b5 27. Qa5 Nh2
28. Qxa6 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 g4 30. f4 Qxf4 31. Rxc4 bxc4 32. Be3 Qf3 33. Rd6 Rh3
34. Rxe6 Rxg3+ 35. fxg3 Qxe3+ 36. Kh2 Qf2+ 37. Kh1 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 5th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 $5 5. O-O Bd7 6. Re1 Be7 (6... g6 {
trying to achieve the perfect setup with ...g6 allows a quick 7.d4!} 7. d4 Bg7
8. d5 Ne7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Be3 O-O 11. c4 h6 (11... f5 {allows Ng5!} 12. Ng5 {
[%csl Re6]}) 12. Nfd2 $1 {building a strong center with f3 and putting all the
hopes on a queenside expansion. The light-squared bishop exchange on move 9 is
very convenient for White in these King's Indian pawn structures.} f5 13. f3 g5
14. Nc3 fxe4 15. fxe4 Ng6 16. g3 $14 {1-0 (26) Caruana,F (2817)-Finegold,B 
(2481) chess.com INT 2017}) 7. c3 O-O 8. h3 Re8 9. a4 Bf8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5
$5 {it's always a little bit risky to push this pawn two squares!} (11... Be7
$1 {followed by ...Nh5 ideas was a decent option for Black.}) 12. Bg3 Ne7 13.
Bxd7 (13. Bc4 $5 $13 {keeping all the pieces was interesting.}) 13... Qxd7 14.
Nbd2 {[%cal Gb1d2,Gd2c4,Gc4e3,Ge3f5]} Ng6 15. Nc4 Rad8 16. Ne3 $14 {[%csl Rf5]
This knight is heading to f5.} d5 17. exd5 Bg7 (17... Nxd5 $2 18. Ng4 $1 $16)
18. d4 $5 (18. h4 $5 {was definitely worth considering as well.} Nxd5 (18... g4
19. Nd2 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. h5 Nf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Qxg4 Qxd3 24. Ne4 $1
$16 (24. Nf1 $5 $16 {is also fine}) 24... Rxe4 $2 25. Red1 $1) 19. Nxd5 Qxd5
20. hxg5 hxg5 (20... Qxd3 21. gxh6 Qxd1 22. Raxd1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Bxh6 24. Rd7
$16) 21. Nxg5 Qxd3 22. Qg4 $40) 18... exd4 19. cxd4 $6 {Not a very pleasant
move to make, but I imagine Caruana was still counting on Black's king being
somewhat weaker until the end of the game.} (19. Qxd4 $1 Ne4 (19... Nxd5 20.
Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Nxd5 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Rxd5 23. Re8+ Kh7 24. Bxc7 $16) 20. Be5 $1 {
a tough move to spot} Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Ng4 $3 Rxd5 (22... Qxd5 23. Nxe5
$18) 23. Qxe4 Kg7 24. Ne3 $16) 19... Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Qxd5 22. Bxc7
Rc8 23. Rc1 Bxd4 {Not expected by Caruana, as he mentioned in the Press
Conference. But as risky as it looks, Black gets the pawn back, without any
disaster happening.} 24. Qd2 Qd7 $1 {Forced and good.} 25. Nxd4 (25. Qxd4 Rxc7
26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Qxa7 {allows the typical perpetual check:} Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Qf4+
29. Kg1 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 $11) 25... Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Nf5 {The position is
objectively equal, but in practice, Black always needs to take care of his
king, as long as there are queens on the board.} Kh7 28. g3 Ne5 {The knight
shouldn't stay loose like this. The move itself is not a mistake, but
difficult moves have to be found from now on. Caruana considered it as a
practical mistake already.} (28... Qc6 $1 {mentioned by Caruana after the game,
this is one of the consistent moves in the position. Now ...Ne5 may actually
be a nice move, and Black remains solid after all. The knight is strong on f5,
but White needed a specific target to create a direct attack against the
opponent's king.}) (28... Qc5 $1 {demands more calculation, but also works} 29.
Qd7 Ne5 30. Qxb7 Qc2 $1 {[%csl Ra4,Rf5]} 31. g4 (31. Ne3 Qxa4 $11) 31... Qxa4
$11) 29. Qe3 Nc4 $6 (29... f6 $1 {Again, Black has to be careful, but he's
doing just fine.} 30. Qe4 (30. Nd4 Qc4 31. Qe4+ Kh8 32. Kg2 Qd3 $11) 30... Qc6
$1 $11) 30. Qc3 Qe5 31. Qd3 Nxb2 32. Qc2 Qe1+ 33. Kg2 Qd1 34. Qe4 {These last
moves by Naiditsch were a bit too adventurous. Now he had to show some calm
and go for 34...Qd7!, mentioned by GM Jan Gustafsson in the press conference
as a suggestion. This move somehow still holds the position together} Qxa4 $2 (
34... Qd7 $1 {it's always hard to allow a discovered check like this one.} 35.
Qe5 (35. Kh2 Nxa4 36. Qe5 Kg6 $3 $11 {preparing the escape, as well as the ...
f6 move.}) 35... Qc6+ 36. Kg1 Qg6 $11 {still surviving.}) 35. Qxb7 Qa2 36. Ne3
$1 $18 {Suddenly, the black knight is totally out of play (there is Qe4+
against ...Nd3)} Kg7 {Threatening ...Nd3 now.} (36... Na4 37. Nd5 $1 {cutting
off Black's queen's defence of f7} Kg7 38. Qc6 $1 Qa1 {keeping an eye on f6}
39. Ne3 $1 {when Black can not resist the attack with Nf5+.}) 37. Qb4 $1 {
[%csl Rb2] This move serves two purposes: dominate the b2-knight and create a
irresistible attack for White. Qd4+ is a threat here, for example. The black
pieces are completely out of play.} Qb1 (37... Na4 38. Qd4+ Kg6 39. Qe4+ Kg7
40. Qc6 Kh7 41. Ng4 $18) (37... a5 38. Qd4+ Kh7 39. Nf5 Kg6 40. g4 f6 41. Qe4
$18) 38. g4 Kg8 39. Nf5 Qc2 40. Qb8+ Kh7 41. Qb7 Kh8 42. Qe7 $1 {[%cal Ge7f8]}
1-0

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 5th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 a6 8. Be3
Ne7 9. Be2 Be4 10. Ng5 Nxe5 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. c3 Nf5 13. Bd4 Nc6 14. O-O Be7
15. Bc4 O-O 16. Re1 b5 17. cxb6 Ncxd4 18. b7 Rb8 19. cxd4 a5 20. d5 e5 21. d6
Nxd6 22. Bd5 Nxb7 23. Rxe4 Bf6 24. Rc1 Qd7 25. Bc6 Qxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rfc8 27. Bxb7
Rxb7 28. Ra4 h6 29. Rxa5 Rc2 30. Rb1 e4 31. Ra4 Re7 32. Re1 Rxb2 33. Kf1 Rc7
34. Raxe4 Rxa2 35. R4e2 Rxe2 36. Rxe2 Re7 37. Rxe7 Bxe7 38. Nc1 h5 39. h3 g6
40. g4 hxg4 41. hxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 5th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2018.04.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "196"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. h3 c5 11. Bf4 Be6 12. a3 d5 13. Ng5 Bd7 14. g4 Bc6
15. Bg2 Re8 16. Qd3 Bd6 17. Qg3 Bxf4+ 18. Qxf4 h6 19. Nf3 Qb8 20. Qxb8 Raxb8
21. Nd2 Re2 22. Rhf1 b6 23. Rde1 Rbe8 24. Rxe2 Rxe2 25. Kd1 Re6 26. f4 Kf8 27.
Re1 Ke7 28. Rxe6+ Kxe6 29. Ke2 g5 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. Nf3 Ne4 32. Ke3 f6 33. Bf1
Nd6 34. Nd2 f5 35. gxf5+ Nxf5+ 36. Kf2 Ke5 37. Nf3+ Kf4 38. Ne1 c4 39. Ng2+ Ke5
40. Be2 Ba4 41. Bd1 Be8 42. Bg4 Bg6 43. Be2 Nd6 44. Ne3 Ne4+ 45. Kf3 Nf6 46.
Kf2 Bf7 47. Ng2 Be6 48. h4 Ne4+ 49. Kf3 Bh3 50. hxg5 Nxg5+ 51. Kg3 Bxg2 52.
Kxg2 Ne6 53. Kf2 Nc5 54. Bh5 Na4 55. Be8 Nxb2 56. Ke2 a6 57. Kd2 b5 58. Bh5 Na4
59. Bf7 Nc5 60. Kc1 Ne6 61. Kb2 Nf4 62. Be8 Ke4 63. Bc6 Ke3 64. Bb7 a5 65. Kc1
Ne2+ 66. Kb2 Kd2 67. Bxd5 Nxc3 68. Bc6 Nd1+ 69. Kb1 Ne3 70. Be4 c3 71. Bh7 Nc4
72. Ka2 Ne5 73. Be4 Ke3 74. Bh7 Nc6 75. Bg6 Kd2 76. Be4 Nd4 77. Kb1 Kd1 78. Bd5
Nf5 79. Be4 Ne3 80. Bg6 Kd2 81. Bd3 Nc4 82. Ka2 Nb6 83. Kb1 Nc4 84. Ka2 a4 85.
Bg6 Kc1 86. Bd3 Nd6 87. Ka1 Nb7 88. Ka2 Nc5 89. Bf5 Na6 90. Bg6 Kd2 91. Bh7 Nb8
92. Bd3 Nc6 93. Bxb5 Nd4 94. Bxa4 Nxc2 95. Kb3 Nd4+ 96. Kc4 Nc2 97. Kb3 Ne3 98.
Kb4 c2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 5th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before this game there was a three-way tie for first: Fabi was on plus 2, as
well as Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Nikita Vitiugov.} 1. c4 {Clearly, not the
move you'd expect from Maxime, but I guess by now he was tired of facing
Petroff.} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 {This came as something of a
surprise for MVL, who mainly expected} (4... d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 {
as Fabi played in the famous game against Vishy Anand in 2017, where after an
equal opening Vishy played a tactical masterpiece and won:} 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
Bb6 9. Bd2 Bg4 10. Rc1 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Re8 12. b4 Qd6 13. Nd2 Qh6 14. Nc4 Qh5 15.
Rc2 Rad8 16. Nxb6 cxb6 17. f3 Be6 18. Qd2 b5 19. f4 Bg4 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. fxe5
f6 22. exf6 Rxe2 23. f7+ Kf8 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25. Qc3+ Re5 26. Qd4 Qg5 27. Rc5
Rxd4 28. f8=Q+ Kg6 29. Qf7+ {1-0 (29) Anand,V (2783)-Caruana,F (2807) Saint
Louis 2017}) 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 {This position is
the starting point for an incredible number of high-class encounters. The
built-in conflict (2 bishops vs structural problems) seems to attract the best
minds :)} 9. Qc2 $5 {Side-stepping tons of theory; both players were on their
own from now on!} (9. f3 {is the most principled for sure:} exf3 (9... e3 $5 {
was Karpov's orignial idea} 10. d3 d5 11. Qb3 (11. Qa4 h6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4
f5 14. Nc5 f4 15. Bb2 Rb8 16. c4 Nde7 {with a tough fight in: 1/2-1/2 (50)
Svidler,P (2757)-Karjakin,S (2760) Moscow 2016}) 11... Na5 12. Qa3 c6 13. cxd5
cxd5 14. f4 Nc6 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Bb2 Bg4 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Ne4 Kg7
20. dxc4 Rad8 21. Rb3 Nd4 22. Rxe3 Qxc4 23. Kh1 Nf5 24. Rd3 Bxe2 25. Rxd8 Rxd8
26. Re1 Re8 27. Qa5 b5 28. Nd2 Qd3 29. Nb3 Bf3 30. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 31. Kg1 Rxe1+ 32.
Qxe1 Ne3 {0-1 (32) Kasparov,G (2740)-Karpov,A (2700) Seville 1987}) 10. Nxf3 d5
11. d4 Ne4 (11... dxc4 12. Qc2 $1 {just like Kasparov!} h6 13. Bf4 Ne4 14. Rad1
Bf5 15. Ne5 Nd6 16. e4 Bh7 17. Qe2 Ne7 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qh5 Nef5 20. exf5 Qg5
21. Qxg5+ hxg5 22. f6 Ne4 23. Rfe1 Nxc3 24. Rc1 Nb5 25. Bxb7 Rad8 26. Bc6 Nxd4
27. Bxe8 Rxe8 28. Kf2 Nc2 29. Red1 Be4 30. Nxc4 Re6 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Kg1 Rxf6
33. Rf1 {1-0 (33) Caruana,F (2794)-Anand,V (2762) Moscow 2016}) 12. Qc2 $1 dxc4
13. Rb1 f5 14. g4 Qe7 15. gxf5 Nd6 16. Ng5 Qxe2 17. Bd5+ Kh8 18. Qxe2 Rxe2 19.
Bf4 Nd8 20. Bxd6 cxd6 21. Rbe1 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Bd7 23. Re7 Bc6 24. f6 {1-0 (24)
Kasparov,G (2760)-Ivanchuk,V (2625) Moscow 1988}) (9. d3 exd3 10. exd3 h6 11.
Ne4 b6 12. Rb1 Bb7 13. Nc5 Bc8 14. Nb3 Bb7 15. c5 Qc8 16. d4 Ne7 17. Re1 $6
Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qa6 {was better for Black in 0-1 (36) Huebner,R (2580)
-Kasimdzhanov,R (2545) Bad Wiessee 1997}) 9... d5 $5 {Maybe not the easiest
move, but you just have to admire Fabi's readiness for an open fight!} (9...
Qe7 {is another way to play:} 10. d3 (10. f3 $2 Qc5+ $1) 10... exd3 11. exd3 h6
(11... b6) 12. Nf3 (12. Ne4 d6) 12... d6 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Nd4 (14. Rab1) 14...
Nxd4 15. cxd4 d5 $11) 10. cxd5 (10. Rb1 Bf5 (10... dxc4 11. Nxe4 Bf5 12. d3
cxd3 13. exd3 Ne5 $13) 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. d3 exd3 13. Bxd5 dxc2 14. Bxf7+ Kh8
15. Rxb7 Rxe2 16. Bc4 Re7 17. Nf7+ Rxf7 18. Bxf7 Ne5 {and in fact White is
lucky to have a draw here:} 19. Rb5 $1 Nf3+ 20. Kg2 Be4 21. Bb3 Ne1+ $11) 10...
Qxd5 11. d3 Bf5 12. Bf4 {Not the most critical.} (12. Rb1 exd3 {transposes to
what we already saw.}) (12. Qb1 $5 {Black is in fact walking a tight rope here:
} Rab8 (12... b6 13. c4 Qa5 (13... Qd7 14. dxe4 Bg6 15. f3) 14. dxe4 Bd7 {
looks vague}) (12... Na5 13. c4 Qd7 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Bh3 16. Bxh3 Qxh3
17. Bf4 $14) 13. Bf4 h6 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Rd1 $5 (15. Bxc7 Rbc8 16. Bf4 b6 17.
dxe4 Bxe4) 15... Nxc3 16. Bxd5 Nxb1 17. Rdxb1 Nd4 18. e4 Be6 19. Bxc7 Bxd5 20.
Bxb8 Rxb8 21. exd5 Nc2 {and this must be a draw.}) 12... h6 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14.
Qb2 $5 {Trying to keep it complex.} (14. dxe4 Bxe4 15. Rfd1 Qe6 16. Bxe4 Qxe4
17. Qxe4 Rxe4 $11) 14... b6 15. Rfd1 Qc5 16. dxe4 Bxe4 17. Bf1 Re7 {We can
maybe draw the first conclusions: White kept his bishops, but his structure is
still weak and the black pieces are more active. White would like to exchange
queens to keep things under control.} 18. a4 (18. c4 $5 {with similar ideas 
(Qb5, but also Rac1-c3 at times) is probably better.}) 18... Rae8 {Very
natural, but in fact Black could be more ambitious with} (18... g5 $5 19. Be3
Qf5 20. Bd4 Ne5 {with the nasty threat of ...Nf3:} 21. f3 Bb7 22. a5 g4 {
and White is facing an uphill battle.}) 19. Rac1 $2 {Something must have gone
very wrong for MVL here; this move is not just bad in itself (in fact this
might well be the losing mistake), but also doesn't connect at all with 18.a4.}
(19. Qb5 $1 Qxb5 (19... Qxc3 20. Rac1 Qf6 21. f3) 20. axb5 Na5 {is about equal.
}) 19... g5 $1 20. Bd2 (20. Be3 Qf5 21. Bd4 Ne5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 {Black is much
better here, without any counterplay.}) 20... Qf5 21. f3 (21. c4 Ne5 22. Rc3
Rd8 {is also quite sad.}) 21... Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Bd5 $5 {[%cal Gd5c4]} ({Of course,
Fabi was very tempted to play} 22... Bxf3+ {but things are not that simple:}
23. exf3 Qf2 24. Bg2 Re2 (24... Rd8 {the computer's way, but not easy to see,
of course}) 25. Rg1 Rxd2 (25... Ne5 26. Rcf1 Qc5 {another computer suggestion,
but clearly no human brain functions like this (Qc5-f2-c5, and all of this
piece down)}) 26. Qb5 Re6 27. f4 {That's what Fabi saw, and correctly assessed
as too messy.}) 23. Be1 (23. Qb5 Qf2 $1 {now this just wins.}) 23... Bc4 {
The end of days for White.} 24. e4 {That's what we expected 23 moves ago :)}
Bxf1 25. Bf2 Qc4 26. Rxf1 Qxa4 {White is a pawn down, and has more weaknesses.
The rest is just good technique.} 27. c4 Ne5 28. Bd4 g4 (28... Nd3 29. Qc2 Qxc2
30. Rxc2 Rd7 {would also be enough in a long run, but keeping queens is faster.
}) 29. fxg4 Qd7 30. Qc3 c5 31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. Qf3 Rxe4 33. Rcd1 Qe6 34. g5 {
Desparation, but White's position is already beyond all hope.} (34. Kg1 Re2 35.
Rd5 Re1 36. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 37. Kg2 Qe2+ 38. Qxe2 Rxe2+ {is another way to go out.})
34... hxg5 35. Rd5 g4 36. Qc3 Re5 {Clearly, a very important win, that paved
Fabi's path to a clear first place in the tournament. Somehow this game
reminds me of Karpov's best years - maybe not very brilliant, but a lot of
very good moves :) Of course, White losing the thread on moves 18 and 19
helped a lot, but you can't be successful in chess without getting a little
bit of luck :)} 0-1

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 5th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2018.04.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Nf5 11. d5 Re8 12. Bd3 Rxe1+ 13. Qxe1 Qe7 14.
Qxe7 Nxe7 15. d6 cxd6 16. Na3 d5 17. Nb5 d6 18. Nxd6 Nc6 19. Bf4 Be6 20. Nxb7
Nb4 21. Nc5 Bxb2 22. Rb1 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Bd4 24. Be3 Bxc5 25. Bxc5 d4 26. Bxa7
Bxa2 27. Rb8+ Rxb8 28. Bxb8 Bb1 29. Ba7 Ba2 30. Bb8 Bb1 31. Ba7 Ba2 32. Bb8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 5th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2018.04.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Qd7 $146 ({Just a few weeks
previously Fabiano faced this line in the extremely important game:} 5... Nxd2
6. Bxd2 Be7 7. Bd3 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. O-O Bg4 10. Re1 Qd7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bf4 {
Grischuk,A - Caruana,F Berlin GER 2018, White had a promising position, but
eventually got outplayed.}) ({In addition, the following moves have been
tested at this high level:} 5... Nc5) (5... Be7) (5... Nc6) ({and} 5... Bf5 {
Seemingly, none guarantees Black an easy equalisation.}) 6. Bd3 {The most
natural way of development.} ({In the event of} 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Nd4 Nc6 8. Bb5
Bc5 9. Nxc6 (9. Be3 Bxd4 10. Bxd4 Qd5 11. c4 Qe6 12. O-O a6 13. Bxc6+ Qxc6 $11)
9... bxc6 10. Qxd7+ Bxd7 11. Ba4 O-O-O $11 {The active piece play offers Black
a sufficient compensation for the structural drawbacks.}) ({The modest} 6. Be2
{can hardly pose Black any problems. For instance,} Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4 Nc5 9.
Nb3 dxc4 10. Nxc5 Bxc5 11. Bxc4 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Be6 $11) 6... Nc5 {The knight is
heading for e6 in order to consolidate Black's setup on the q-side.} 7. Be2 g6
8. Nb3 (8. O-O $5 {also deserved attention:} Bg7 (8... Nc6 9. Nb3 Ne6 10. Nbd4
Ncxd4 11. Nxd4 Bg7 12. f4 {looks somewhat worse for Black, whose dark-squared
bishop is locked in.}) 9. Nb3 Ne6 10. Nfd4 Bxe5 11. Bh6 $44 {would offer White
definite compensation for a pawn due to the better development. However,
Nikita doesn't like to check out the most principled lines against a
well-prepared opponent.}) 8... Ne6 9. Be3 {This move seems somewhat inaccurate.
} ({The correct way was:} 9. Nbd4 $1 {exchanging the misplaced knight} Nxd4 (
9... Bg7 10. Nxe6 Qxe6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. Re1 $14) 10. Qxd4 $1 Bg7 11.
O-O Nc6 12. Qc5 b6 13. Qa3 {White's development advantage might tell, though
Black's position still seems solid.}) 9... c5 $1 {That's the point! Black
takes control over the centre now.} 10. Ng5 $1 {GM Vitiugov is reasonably
swapping the knights - now the vulnerable e5-pawn can be protected.} (10. c3 b6
11. O-O Nc6 $15) 10... b6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. a4 $1 {Nikita's creative play
enables White to maintain the balance.} ({In th event of the natural} 12. O-O
Bb7 13. c3 Nc6 14. f4 Bh6 $15 {Black's position would be easier to handle.})
12... Bb7 13. O-O Nc6 14. f4 ({A more precise move was} 14. c3 $1 Bg7 (14...
Nxe5 15. Re1 {offers White excellent compensation for a pawn.}) 15. f4 O-O 16.
Bb5 a6 17. Be2 $132 {[%csl Rb6,Rc5][%cal Ga4a5]}) 14... Bh6 $1 {The lack of
harmony in White's camp causes Nikita some problems now.} 15. a5 {The advance
of the a-pawn doesn't really bother Fabiano.} (15. Qe1 d4 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Qh4
Bg7 $15) 15... Ne7 {Making the c6-spot vacant for the bishop.} 16. Bg4 (16. c3
O-O 17. Qe1 Nf5 18. Bd2 d4 $15) 16... d4 17. Bc1 O-O {Black is better due to a
space advantage, but it's hard to make any real progress.} 18. Qd3 (18. c4 Nf5
19. Bf3 Rab8 $15) 18... Bd5 19. Qh3 Bg7 20. Nd2 {Eventually admitting the
mistake - the Nb3 had no prospects.} Nf5 21. c4 dxc3 22. bxc3 Rad8 (22... b5 $5
23. Ba3 (23. Re1 Rab8 24. Ne4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 h5 $36) 23... Rac8 24. Rf2 Rfd8 $15
) 23. axb6 axb6 24. Re1 b5 {A slight inaccuracy.} ({A more energetic try was} 
24... Ra8 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Bf3 h5 $15 {and White is doomed to passive defence.
}) 25. Ne4 $6 {This move is a serious positional mistake.} ({It was much
better to keep the knight on the board:} 25. Bf3 $1 b4 (25... Ra8 26. Rxa8 Rxa8
27. g4 Ne7 28. Ne4 $132) 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27. Ne4 {and White manages to maintain
the balance.}) 25... Qe7 $2 {Returning the favour!} ({In the event of} 25...
Bxe4 $1 26. Rxe4 h5 27. Bxf5 {The lesser evil.} (27. Bf3 Qd3 $19) (27. Be2 Qc6
28. Bf3 Rd3 29. Re3 Qd7 $19) 27... Qd1+ 28. Kf2 Rxf5 29. Re1 Qb3 $17 {The
vulnerablity of his king puts White in big danger.}) 26. Ng5 $2 {Luckily for
Caruana, Nikita is focused on the counter-attacking measures and pushes too
hard...} ({At the same time, the cool-blooded} 26. Bf3 $1 b4 27. Ng5 h6 28.
Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Ne4 $11 {would have kept everything under control.}) 26... h6 27.
Nf3 (27. Ne4 {would hardly be much better:} b4 28. cxb4 cxb4 {, and the passer
is extremely strong.}) 27... Bc6 {There is nothing to do against the
penetration of Black's rook.} 28. Bxf5 gxf5 29. Be3 ({Nothing is changed by} 
29. Nh4 Ra8 30. Be3 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 Rd8 $19) 29... Rd3 30. Rac1 Ra8 $19 {Now
Black's pieces are dominating over the board.} 31. Qh4 Qxh4 32. Nxh4 c4 33. Kf2
({Or} 33. Bc5 Ra2 34. Bd6 Bf8 $19) 33... Bf8 34. Nf3 Bd5 ({A simpler way is} 
34... Bxf3 35. gxf3 Ra3 36. Bd4 b4 $19) 35. Nd4 Bc5 36. Nxf5 {Desperation.} ({
The most stubborn was} 36. Nc2 {though Black's task still doesn't seem tough:}
Ba3 37. Nxa3 Rxa3 38. Bc5 Rd2+ 39. Re2 Rxe2+ 40. Kxe2 Ra2+ 41. Ke3 Rxg2 $19)
36... Ba3 37. Nxh6+ Kg7 38. f5 Bxc1 39. Bxc1 Rxc3 40. f6+ Kg6 {This important
victory yielded Fabiano another clear 1st place!} 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be3 b6 9. Qd2 e5 10. Bh6 Re8 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qe3 Qd6 13. Ne2 a5 14. O-O Nh5
15. Nd2 Nf4 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. a4 Be6 18. b3 b5 19. Nd2 Qd6 20. Nxf4 exf4 21. Qe1
b4 22. Nf3 Qe7 23. Kh2 Qf6 24. g3 g5 25. Rg1 Kh8 26. gxf4 gxf4 27. Ra2 Qh6 28.
Ng5 Rad8 29. Nxe6 Rxe6 30. Qe2 Rg6 31. Raa1 Qg7 32. Qf3 Qe5 33. Rxg6 hxg6 34.
Rg1 Kg7 35. Rg4 g5 36. Rg2 Rh8 37. Qg4 Kg6 38. f3 Kf6 39. Rg1 Kg6 40. Rg2 Kf6
41. Rg1 Rh6 42. Qd7 Kg7 43. Qd8 Rg6 44. Rg2 Qd4 45. Qxd4+ cxd4 46. Rg4 f6 47.
h4 Rh6 48. e5 Rh5 49. exf6+ Kxf6 50. Kh3 Kf5 51. Rxg5+ Rxg5 52. hxg5 Kxg5
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. h4 Nc6 10. h5 h6 11. Qd1 cxd4 12. Nf3 dxc3 13. Bxc3 g5 14. hxg6 Qe4+ 15.
Be2 Qxg6 16. Qd2 Nge7 17. Bd3 Qxg2 18. Ke2 Qg4 19. Rh4 Qg7 20. Rg1 Ng6 21. Rf4
Nce7 22. Bb4 a5 23. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. e3
O-O 9. h3 Qe7 10. Nd2 Nh5 11. Bh2 f5 12. Be2 f4 13. O-O fxe3 14. Nde4 exf2+ 15.
Kh1 Bxc3 16. Nxc3 Ng7 17. Bf3 Nd7 18. Rxf2 Ne5 19. Re2 Nf5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. d6
Nxd6 22. Qd5+ Nf7 23. Ne4 Rb8 24. Qxc5 Qxc5 25. Nxc5 b6 26. Ne4 Bf5 27. Nc3
Rbd8 28. a4 a5 29. Bd5 Rfe8 30. Bxf7+ Kxf7 31. Rf1 Ke6 32. Rfe1 Kf6 33. Rf1 Ke6
34. Rfe1 Kd6 35. Re3 Kc6 36. Nb5 Re7 37. g4 Bd3 38. Nc3 Bc4 39. Rc1 Kb7 40. Re4
Rd4 41. Kg1 Bb3 42. Kf2 Rd2+ 43. Re2 Rf7+ 44. Ke3 Rd4 45. Nb5 Rdd7 46. Nc3 Rf4
47. Rd2 Rfd4 48. Rf2 Bxa4 49. Rf6 Bc6 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2018.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5
9. Nbd2 a4 10. Nf1 Bd7 11. d4 Bb6 12. Ng3 Re8 13. Bf1 Qb8 14. d5 Ne7 15. Nh4
Kh7 16. Qf3 Qd8 17. Bd2 Neg8 18. Nhf5 g6 19. Ne3 Kg7 20. Nc4 Ba7 21. Be3 Bxe3
22. Qxe3 Nh7 23. f4 b5 24. Nd2 exf4 25. Qxf4 Qf6 26. Qe3 Ne7 27. Qf3 Rab8 28.
a3 c5 29. Rad1 Nc8 30. Qe3 Nb6 31. Nf3 Ng5 32. Nh2 Nh7 33. Be2 Qg5 34. Qf2 Qf6
35. Qe3 Qg5 36. Qf3 Qf6 37. Bd3 Qxf3 38. Nxf3 f6 39. h4 h5 40. Kf2 Nf8 41. Nd2
Nc8 42. Rb1 Ne7 43. Ngf1 Ng8 44. Ne3 Nh6 45. Be2 f5 46. b3 axb3 47. Rxb3 c4 48.
Rb4 fxe4 49. Reb1 Ra8 50. a4 Rxa4 51. Rxa4 bxa4 52. Ndxc4 Nf7 53. Rb7 Kf6 54.
Bd1 Ra8 55. Nb6 Rd8 56. Nec4 Bb5 57. Nd2 Bd3 58. Ke3 Ne5 59. Bxa4 g5 60. hxg5+
Kxg5 61. Nxe4+ Bxe4 62. Kxe4 Nfg6 63. Nd7 Rc8 64. Bc6 Nxc6 65. dxc6 Rxc6 66.
Kd4 Nf4 67. c4 Nxg2 68. Kd5 Rc8 69. Nb6 Ne3+ 70. Ke6 Rc6 71. Kd7 Nxc4 72. Kxc6
Na5+ 73. Kxd6 Nxb7+ 74. Kd5 Kf4 75. Nc4 h4 76. Nd2 h3 77. Nf1 Nd8 78. Kd4 Nf7
79. Kd5 Ne5 80. Kd4 Ng4 81. Kd3 Kf3 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.04.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4 cxd4 8. exd4
g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. d5 exd5 11. Re1+ Be6 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 O-O 14. Bxe6 fxe6
15. Qe2 Qd5 16. Rd1 Qf5 17. Ng5 Nc6 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Qxf5 Rxf5 20. Ne6 Be5 21.
Be3 Re8 22. Nc5 Bf4 23. Bxf4 Rxf4 24. f3 Rb4 25. Rd2 Re7 26. Kf1 a5 27. Re1
Rxe1+ 28. Kxe1 Kg8 29. b3 b6 30. Rd6 Ne7 31. Nd7 Rxb3 32. Rxb6 Ra3 33. Nc5 Ra2
34. Re6 Nd5 35. Re2 Ra1+ 36. Kf2 Nc3 37. Re8+ Kf7 38. Ra8 Ra2+ 39. Kg3 g5 40.
Kg4 Rxg2+ 41. Kf5 Rxh2 42. Ra7+ Ke8 43. Rxa5 Rf2 44. Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.04.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 10. Kb1 d5 11. c4 Nb6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Bf5 14. Bxd5
cxd5 15. Qxd5 Qc8 16. Nd4 Bg6 17. Ka1 Re8 18. Rhe1 Bf6 19. c3 Re5 20. Qb3 a6
21. Bf4 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Qd7 23. Be5 Re8 24. f4 Bd8 25. a4 h6 26. Rd1 Qg4 27. Rd2
b5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Qd1 Qd7 30. f5 Bg5 31. Rd3 Bxf5 32. Nxf5 Qxf5 33. Bg3 Ra8+
34. Kb1 Rd8 35. Kc2 b4 36. cxb4 Rc8+ 37. Kb3 Qe6+ 38. Rd5 Rd8 39. Kc4 Qc6+ 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2
b6 9. Bb5 Qc7 10. O-O-O a6 11. Bxc6 Qxc6 12. f5 c4 13. f6 gxf6 14. exf6 Bxf6
15. Rhf1 b5 16. Qf2 b4 17. Ne2 b3 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. Qxf7+ Kd8 20. dxe5 bxa2 21.
Kd2 Rf8 22. Qxh7 Rxf1 23. Rxf1 d4 24. Qg8+ Kc7 25. Nxd4 Qd5 26. Qxe6 Qa5+ 27.
c3 Nxe5 28. Rf7+ Nxf7 29. Bf4+ Kb7 30. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.04.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 Nd6 8.
c3 O-O 9. Bc2 c6 10. d4 Bf5 11. Bf4 Bxc2 12. Qxc2 Na6 13. Nbd2 Nc7 14. Re2 Re8
15. Rae1 Bf8 16. Ne5 Qf6 17. Bg3 Qf5 18. Qxf5 Nxf5 19. Nd3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 f6 21.
g4 Kf7 22. Nf3 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 Ne6 24. g3 a5 25. Kg2 a4 26. Re1 Re8 27. Rh1 h6
28. Re1 Nc7 29. Rxe8 Kxe8 30. Ng1 b6 31. b3 axb3 32. axb3 g5 33. Ne2 Kd7 34.
Kf1 Ke6 35. f3 Nb5 36. Nb2 Bd6 37. Kf2 Bc7 38. Nd1 Nd6 39. Ne3 f5 40. gxf5+
Nxf5 41. Nxf5 Kxf5 42. g4+ Ke6 43. Ke3 b5 44. Kf2 Bd6 45. b4 Bf4 46. Nxf4+ gxf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.04.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nbd2 a6 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4 Bd6 10. Bg5 b5 11. Ne3 Qe7 12. Nh4 Qe6 13. Nhf5 Bf8 14. f4 Nd7
15. Ng3 f6 16. f5 Qf7 17. Bh4 Bb7 18. Qe2 Rad8 19. Nh1 Nc5 20. Rfd1 Rd6 21. Nf2
Red8 22. Rd2 a5 23. g4 g5 24. Bg3 Ba6 25. Rad1 b4 26. c4 b3 27. a3 R6d7 28. Qe1
Nb7 29. Nh1 Nc5 30. Qe2 Rd4 31. Be1 R8d6 32. Nf2 Qd7 33. Kg2 Qd8 34. h3 Rd7 35.
Nf1 Na4 36. Nh2 Bc5 37. Nf3 R4d6 38. Rc1 Bxf2 39. Qxf2 c5 40. Qe2 Rxd3 41. Rxd3
Rxd3 42. Bxa5 Bb7 43. Kf2 Qd7 44. Re1 Rd6 45. Rc1 Qc6 46. Re1 Rd8 47. h4 h6 48.
hxg5 hxg5 49. Kg3 Rd7 50. Qh2 Rh7 51. Qd2 Rd7 52. Qh2 Rh7 53. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.04.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d3 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. Ng5 h6
9. Nh3 Nf6 10. f4 Be7 11. f5 b4 12. Ne2 exf5 13. Rxf5 O-O 14. c4 bxc3 15. bxc3
Ne5 16. c4 Bc8 17. Rf1 Rb8 18. Nhf4 g5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Bf6 21. d4 cxd4
22. Nxd4 Bg4 23. Qa4 Nd3 24. Qc4 Rb4 25. Qxd3 Bxd4+ 26. Be3 Bxa1 27. Rxa1 Qf6
28. Re1 Rc8 29. h3 Bd7 30. Qxa6 Rc2 31. Rf1 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. Re1
O-O 9. a4 Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. Nf1 Na5 12. Ba2 d5 13. axb5 axb5 14. exd5 Bxd5
15. Bg5 Bxa2 16. Rxa2 e4 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Rxe4 Rxe4 19. dxe4 Rd8 20. Qe2 Nc4
21. c3 Bc5 22. Ra1 g6 23. e5 Qc6 24. Ng3 Re8 25. b3 Nb6 26. Ra5 Bf8 27. Qxb5
Qxb5 28. Rxb5 Ra8 29. h4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Raptis, Nick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "194"]
[EventDate "2018.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. e3 c5 5. c3 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. Nbd2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. a4 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Nd2 Bc6 13. a5 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15.
Bh2 Qe7 16. axb6 axb6 17. Qb3 h6 18. Bb5 Bb7 19. Nc4 Qe6 20. Rad1 Nf6 21. Rd6
Qf5 22. Rxb6 Rab8 23. Nd6 Bd5 24. Nxf5 Bxb3 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Nd6 Bf8 27. Nxf7
Kxf7 28. c4 Bd6 29. Ra1 Rd8 30. g4 Bb8 31. Kg2 Ne4 32. Bc6 Nf6 33. Ra5 Bxc4 34.
Rxc5 Bd5+ 35. Bxd5+ Rxd5 36. Rc8 Rb5 37. Bg3 Rxb2 38. Kf3 e4+ 39. Kg2 Bxg3 40.
Kxg3 Rb7 41. h4 g5 42. Rc5 Kg6 43. Re5 Rb1 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Kg2 Rb4 46. Kg3
Ra4 47. Re6 Ra1 48. Kg2 Kf7 49. Re5 Kg6 50. Re6 Ra5 51. Kg3 Rb5 52. Re7 Rb1 53.
Kg2 Rb2 54. Kg3 Rd2 55. Re6 Rd1 56. Kg2 Rd8 57. Kg3 Rh8 58. f3 exf3 59. e4 Kf7
60. Re5 f2 61. Rf5 Kg6 62. e5 Ne4+ 63. Kg2 Rd8 64. e6 Re8 65. Re5 Nf6 66. Re2
Nxg4 67. e7 Kf5 68. Kf1 Kf4 69. Kg2 Kf5 70. Kf1 Kg6 71. Re4 Kh5 72. Kg2 Kh4 73.
Re6 Kh5 74. Kf1 Nh6 75. Kxf2 Nf5 76. Re5 Kg6 77. Kf3 Rxe7 78. Ra5 Re3+ 79. Kf2
Re6 80. Kf3 Nh6 81. Rb5 Rf6+ 82. Kg3 Rf4 83. Rb6+ Kh5 84. Rb8 Nf5+ 85. Kg2 Kg4
86. Rb3 Nh4+ 87. Kh2 Rf2+ 88. Kg1 Re2 89. Rc3 Kf4 90. Kf1 Ra2 91. Rb3 g4 92.
Rb4+ Kg3 93. Rb3+ Nf3 94. Rb2 Ra1+ 95. Ke2 Re1+ 96. Kd3 Re7 97. Rc2 Ne1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Papp, Petra"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 d6 8. Nc2
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. f3 e5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Be6 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Bf2 Nc6 15.
Be2 Nh5 16. O-O Nf4 17. Be3 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 b5 19. Na3 b4 20. Nc2 a5 21. Rfd1 a4
22. b3 f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Qd2 axb3 25. axb3 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Qf6 27. Rd1 Qg6 28.
Qd5+ Kh7 29. Qxc6 Bxc2 30. Rxd6 Qh5 31. Qb6 Ra8 32. Bc1 Ra1 33. Qe3 Qg5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nasuta, Grzegorz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. a4 Be7 8. g4
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Rg1 Nc6 12. Bg2 Qa5+ 13. c3 Bd7 14. Nb3 Qc7
15. Qe2 O-O 16. Nc5 Rfc8 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Be4 Na5 19. g5 Nc4 20. Rd1 Qxa4 21.
Bxb7 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Qh4+ 23. Qf2 Bxg5 24. Qxh4 Bxh4+ 25. Ke2 Rab8 26. Bxc8 Rxc8
27. Rg4 Bf6 28. Ra4 Rb8 29. Rd2 Rb6 30. c4 Kf8 31. c5 Rxb2 32. Rxb2 Bxb2 33.
Rxa6 Be5 34. h3 Ke8 35. Ra7 f5 36. c6 Kd8 37. Rd7+ Ke8 38. Kd3 h6 39. Kc4 g5
40. Rh7 g4 41. hxg4 fxg4 42. c7 Bxc7 43. Rxc7 Kf8 44. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2018.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qe2 Nc5 7. cxd4 Ne6 8. d5
Ned4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qe4 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 c5 12. Bd3 d6 13. exd6+ Kf8 14. Qf4 h5
15. O-O Rh6 16. Ne4 Bf5 17. Be3 g5 18. Qxg5 Nf3+ 19. gxf3 Rg6 20. Kh1 Rxg5 21.
Bxg5 Bxe4 22. Bxd8 Bxf3+ 23. Kg1 Rxd8 24. Rfc1 b6 25. a3 Bd2 26. Rc2 Bf4 27.
Re1 Rxd6 28. Be4 Bg4 29. b4 cxb4 30. axb4 Bd7 31. h4 Kg7 32. Kg2 a5 33. Kf3 Be5
34. bxa5 bxa5 35. Rg1+ Kf6 36. Ke3 Rb6 37. f3 Rb3+ 38. Kd2 Bf4+ 39. Ke2 Bb5+
40. Kf2 Be3+ 41. Kg2 Bxg1 42. Kxg1 a4 43. Kf2 a3 44. Kg3 Ke5 45. Rc7 f5 46.
Re7+ Kd6 47. Re6+ Kc5 48. Bxf5 a2 49. Re1 Ra3 50. Ra1 Kxd5 51. Bg6 Bc4 52. Bxh5
Kd4 53. Bg6 Bd5 54. Kg4 Bxf3+ 55. Kg5 Ra5+ 56. Kf6 Ra6+ 57. Kg5 Bd5 58. h5 Kc3
59. h6 Ra5 60. Kf6 Ra6+ 61. Kg7 Ra7+ 62. Kf6 Bg8 63. h7 Bxh7 64. Bxh7 Kb2 65.
Rxa2+ Kxa2 66. Bg8+ Kb2 67. Bf7 Kc3 68. Be6 Ra5 69. Kg7 Kd4 70. Bg8 Ke5 71. Kh8
Kf6 72. Bh7 Rg5 73. Bg8 Rg7 74. Bh7 Kf7 75. Bb1 Kf8 76. Bh7 Rg5 77. Be4 Rh5+
78. Bh7 Ke7 79. Kg7 Rg5+ 80. Kh8 Kf8 81. Bd3 Rg8+ 82. Kh7 Rg3 83. Bf5 Rf3 84.
Be4 Rf4 85. Bd3 Rh4+ 86. Kg6 Rh3 87. Bf5 Rh8 88. Be6 Rh2 89. Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bryakin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 Bg4 4. d4 e6 5. c3 Nd7 6. Nbd2 Rc8 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Nxf3
Ne7 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. O-O c5 11. g3 Qb6 12. h4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Ne7 14. Be3 Nc6 15.
Ng5 Nd8 16. Nxh7 Qxb2 17. Qh5 Rg8 18. Bg6 Be7 19. Rab1 Qxa2 20. Rxb7 Qa6 21.
Rfb1 fxg6 22. Qxg6+ Nf7 23. Bg5 Rd8 24. Rc7 Qe2 25. Qxe6 Nxg5 26. Qxg8+ Nf8 27.
hxg5 Qh5 28. Nxf8 Bxf8 29. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Terry, Renato"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. a3 Ke7 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. b4 Bd6 13. Bb2 Nbd7 14. Nb3
Bd5 15. Na5 Nb6 16. Rac1 Rhc8 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Bxc4 20. Bxc4
Rxc4 21. Rxc4 bxc4 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Bd4 Nd7 24. f3 e5 25. Bc5+ Nxc5 26. Rxc4 Kd6
27. e4 a5 28. Rc3 Rc6 29. bxc5+ Rxc5 30. Rd3+ Kc6 31. h4 h5 32. Rd8 Kb5 33. Rd7
Ka4 34. Rxf7 Kxa3 35. Rxg7 a4 36. Kf2 Kb4 37. Rb7+ Rb5 38. Rd7 a3 39. Rd1 a2
40. g4 Rb8 41. gxh5 Rh8 42. Kg3 Rg8+ 43. Kh3 Kb3 44. h6 Kc2 45. Rh1 Kb2 46. h5
a1=Q 47. Rxa1 Kxa1 48. Kh4 Kb2 49. h7 Rh8 50. Kg5 Rxh7 51. Kg6 Rh8 52. h6 Kc3
53. Kg7 Ra8 54. h7 Kd4 55. h8=Q Rxh8 56. Kxh8 Ke3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Pichot, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. h3 Nc6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Nf3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 e5 15.
Bc2 Nc5 16. Rd2 Be6 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Ng5 Bc8 19. h4 f6 20. Nf3 Bg4 21. Rb1 Qe7
22. Rd5 Be6 23. Nd2 Rd7 24. Nb3 Nxb3 25. axb3 Bxd5 26. cxd5 Nd8 27. c4 Nf7 28.
b4 Rc8 29. Bd3 Rdc7 30. Bb6 Rd7 31. Qe3 f5 32. exf5 e4 33. Be2 gxf5 34. Qg3+
Kf8 35. Bd4 Ne5 36. c5 Qf6 37. Qf4 Re8 38. c6 Rg7 39. Rc1 b5 40. g3 Kg8 41. Kf1
Qf7 42. c7 Qd7 43. Bxe5 dxe5 44. Qd2 Rc8 45. d6 Rg6 46. Qd5+ Re6 47. Rc6 Kg7
48. Qc5 Kf6 49. Rxa6 e3 50. Bxb5 Qg7 51. d7 e2+ 52. Kxe2 Rxa6 53. d8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Brown, Michael William"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 Nbd7 9. e3 b6 10. Ne2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Qc2 c5 13. Nc3 Rfd8 14. f3 cxd4
15. Rxd4 Ne5 16. Be2 Rac8 17. O-O Ng6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Rfd1 e5 20. R4d2 Ne7
21. Bd3 Qg5 22. Re2 Bxf3 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 d5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2834"]
[BlackElo "2867"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. f3 Be7 10. O-O-O b5 11. g4 Nb6 12. g5 Nfd7 13. h4 Rc8 14. Kb1 O-O 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nc4 17. Qe1 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Nc5 19. Nxc5 Rxc5 20. Bd3 Re8 21.
Rdg1 Bf8 22. h5 e4 23. Bxe4 Rxd5 24. g6 Kh8 25. gxf7 Ree5 26. h6 g5 27. f4 Qe7
28. fxe5 Rxe5 29. Qd4 Qxf7 30. Rxg5 Bxh6 31. Rxe5 dxe5 32. Qxe5+ Bg7 33. Rxh7+
Kg8 34. Rxg7+ Qxg7 35. Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1718 playoff"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2018.05.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {The mighty Petroff or Russian Defence! Fabiano Caruana
has been using it exclusively against 1.e4 and had amazing results in the last
tournaments - he basically won all the tournaments he played in at the
beginning of 2018 (and the London Classic at the end of 2017).} 3. Nxe5 d6 4.
Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 {This is the 7th time Caruana
as played this position since 2017!} 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 {
This is the idea he has been trying lately. 11...Bg4 is more common.} (11...
Bg4 {was played for the first time back in 1909, against the great World
Champion Capablanca.} 12. Qd3 (12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. f4 {
enters a very tense position as well:} b5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bb3 Nb6 (17... c5
$1 $132) 18. Qf3 Qd7 $6 19. f5 $1 Nd5 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. Bxd5+ cxd5 22. Qxd5+
Kh7 23. Bf4 $16 {1-0 (45) So,W (2710)-Ipatov,A (2584) Tromsoe 2013}) 12... Nd7
13. Ng5 Nf6 14. h3 Bh5 15. f4 h6 16. g4 hxg5 17. fxg5 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Bxg4 $2 {
Black went wrong here, but it is amazing to see that the game was played at a
very high level until this move. Of course, Capablanca had White, but that was
a time where no one had any computers or advanced chess theory.} (18... Qd7 $1
19. gxh5 Qg4+ 20. Kf2 b5 $13 {with a very complicated position, the computer
evaluates it as equal.}) (18... b5 $5) 19. Qe4 Qd7 20. g6 $18 {1-0 (41)
Capablanca,J-Northrup,G New York,NY 1909}) 12. Bg5 (12. Re1 Nd7 13. Bg5 Qa5 {
Black has been scoring well in this position.} 14. Nh4 Nb6 15. Bb3 Bd7 16. Bd2
Rae8 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Rb1 Qa6 {[%cal Ga6d3]} 19. Qh5 Nc4 20. Nf3 h6 {
Positionally, Black is doing fine with the better pawn structure, he just has
to keep watching the initiative around his king.} 21. h3 (21. Bxh6 $6 gxh6 22.
Qxh6 Bf8 23. Qf4 c5 $1 $17 {[%csl Rb1][%cal Ra6g6,Rf8h6]}) 21... Be6 (21... b5
$1 {[%cal Ga6c8,Gd7f5]} 22. Bxh6 $2 gxh6 23. Qxh6 Bf8) 22. Re1 Qb5 (22... b5
23. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 24. Qxh6 Bf8 25. Qh5 Bg7 26. Ng5 $40 {[%csl Re1] now White
has an important rook helping in the attack}) 23. Qh4 Nxd2 24. Nxd2 Qd3 25. Ne4
$11 {0-1 (40) Liang,A (2552)-Lenderman,A (2599) Saint Louis 2018}) 12... Qa5
13. Nh4 $5 Be6 14. Bxe6 Qxg5 (14... fxe6 $2 {is just bad.} 15. Qg4 $16) 15. Nf3
Qd8 (15... Qa5 $1 {has been the latest trend, after this game. I think the
main advantage for Black is that the rooks are connected, and he will be able
to play ...Rae8 faster now.} 16. Bb3 Nd7 (16... Qxc3 $2 17. Ng5 $1 $18 {
with a deadly attack}) 17. Qd3 {Tregubov played two games here and did not
have any problems:} Nf6 (17... Rae8 18. g3 g6 19. Nd2 Qd8 20. Rfe1 Kg7 21. Kg2
Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rxe8 {½-½ (23) Bellahcene,B (2488)-Tregubov,P (2578)
Brest 2018}) 18. g3 g6 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. Kg2 Kg7 21. h4 h6 22. c4 Qd8 23. Bc2
Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Re8 $11 {½-½ (27) Cornette,M (2600)-Tregubov,P (2578) Brest
2018}) 16. Bb3 Nd7 17. Re1 g6 18. g3 Kg7 19. Qd3 Nf6 20. Rad1 (20. c4 c5 $1 (
20... Re8 $6 21. Rxe8 Qxe8 22. c5 Bc7 23. Ng5 $36) 21. d5 {was probably what
Giri wanted to avoid.} Re8 {should be fine for Black.}) 20... Rc8 21. h4 (21.
Ne5 {was another way to use the initiative, but Black is also fine after} Qc7
22. f4 c5 $1 23. Qf3 b5 $1 $132) 21... Rc7 $1 22. Kg2 Re7 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Re1
Qd7 {Giri keeps a slightly more preferrable position, but there is nothing
serious going on, Black should be able to hold with precise play.} 25. Ne5 Bxe5
26. Rxe5 Re8 27. Qe2 h5 {Black does not need to to anything here, so Caruana
patiently waits to see what are White's intentions.} 28. f3 Kf8 29. Rxe8+ Nxe8
30. Qe5 Nd6 31. Kf2 Kg8 $6 (31... b6 $1 32. g4 {now doesn't work as well as in
the game:} hxg4 33. fxg4 Nb5 $1 $132 {[%csl Rc3,Rd4]}) 32. g4 $1 {Probably
underestimated by Caruana, now the position becomes more difficult to defend.}
hxg4 33. fxg4 Qd8 (33... Nb5 34. Qf6 $1 {[%cal Gf6g6]} Kf8 35. h5 gxh5 36. gxh5
{with a strong attack. ...Nxc3 loses the knight:} Nd6 (36... Nxc3 $2 37. Qh8+
Ke7 38. Qe5+ $18 {followed by either Qa5+ or Qc5+ picking up the knight.}) 37.
Qh8+ Ke7 38. Qe5+ Kf8 39. Kg3 $16) 34. Kf3 Kh7 $2 (34... Qd7 $1 {was the last
chance to stop White from playing h5. After the game continuation, the
defensive task is even more difficult.} 35. Qf6 Kh7 36. Kf4 b5 37. h5 gxh5 38.
gxh5 Qh3 $1 $132 {[%cal Rf6d6,Rh3h2] The knight can not be taken because of ...
Qh2+.}) 35. h5 $16 f6 36. Qe6 Kg7 37. Kf4 {Provoking ...g5+, a move that would
be very bad for Black.} a5 $1 38. a3 (38. Bc2 $1 gxh5 (38... Nf7 39. Bxg6 Qc7+
40. Ke3 Ng5 41. Qe8 Qg3+ 42. Kd2 Nf3+ 43. Kc1 $1 $18 {and White is able to
escape (Kb2-Bc2 will be played if Black keeps giving checks).}) 39. gxh5 Nf7 $5
$132 {trying some counterplay against the white king.}) 38... gxh5 (38... a4 $1
{It would be nice to add this move before playing the game variation.} 39. Ba2
{[%csl Ra3]} (39. Bxa4 $6 Nf7 $1 $132 {[%cal Rf7g5,Rd8c7] suddenly starting
some counterplay}) 39... gxh5 40. gxh5 Kh6 41. Bb1 Nb5 $1 $132 {A very
counterintuitive move.}) 39. gxh5 Kh6 40. Bc2 Qf8 $2 (40... c5 $1 41. Kf3 {
threatening Qg4 (because ...Qe8 will fail for Qf4+ then).} (41. dxc5 Nf7 $1
$132) (41. Qg4 $2 Qe8 $1 $11) 41... cxd4 42. cxd4 (42. Qg4 $6 Qe8 43. Qf4+ Kxh5
44. Qxd6 $2 (44. Qh2+ Kg5 45. Qf4+ Kh5 $11) 44... Qe3+ $19) 42... Kg7 $16 {
and the struggle continues!}) (40... Kxh5 $4 41. Qh3#) 41. Kf3 $1 {Now the
threat is Qg4 again, Black is already losing.} Ne8 {Now White starts to play
some mysterious king moves, that I understand only partly, to be honest.} (
41... Kxh5 $4 42. Qg4+ Kh6 43. Qg6#) 42. Kg2 (42. Qg4 $2 Qf7 $1 $132) 42... Nd6
43. Kf2 $1 {Achieving the ideal position for the king, but the bishop still
has to be manoeuvred to d3.} (43. Qg4 $2 Qg7 $1 {[%cal Rg7g2]}) 43... b6 (43...
Ne8 44. Bd3 $1 {finally forcing a black pawn to move.} Nd6 45. Qg4 $1 {works
now} Qg7 46. Qf4+ Qg5 47. Qxd6 Qd2+ 48. Be2 $18) 44. Kf3 {White threatens to
play Qg4 once again and Black has to give a pawn away in order to stop that.} (
44. Qg4 {doesn't quite work here:} Qg7 45. Qf4+ $2 Qg5 $1 46. Qxd6 Qd2+ {
and Black escapes with a draw:} 47. Kf3 (47. Kf1 Qc1+ $1) 47... Qxc3+ 48. Kg4
Qxc2 49. Qxf6+ Kh7 $11) 44... Ne8 45. Qxc6 Nd6 46. Qxb6 $18 Qe7 (46... Qa8+ {
wouldn't change much:} 47. Kf2 $1 Qd5 48. Qb8 $18) 47. Qb8 Nf7 48. Qg8 $1 Ng5+
49. Kf4 Nh3+ 50. Kf5 Qd7+ 51. Kxf6 {A nice technical win from Anish Giri, who
is always a force to be reckoned with amongst the top players.} 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nge7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. O-O e4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Ne1 Bf5 13. d3 exd3 14. Nxd3
Rfd8 15. Nf4 Qe5 16. Qc1 Nb4 17. a3 Nd5 18. Bf3 c6 19. Qc5 Qc3 20. Qxc3+ Nxc3
21. Rfc1 Ne4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. f3 Bd5 24. e4 Bxb3 25. Rab1 Ba4 26. Rxb7 Rd2 27.
Ne6+ Kg8 28. Nc5 Bd1 29. e5 Rad8 30. Ne4 Re2 31. e6 fxe6 32. Nf6+ Kf8 33. Nxh7+
Kg8 34. Nf6+ Kf8 35. Nd7+ Kg8 36. Rxd1 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. a4 a6 8. Re1
Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Ng3 h6 14. d4 Nd7 15.
Be3 Qe7 16. a5 Kh7 17. Nd2 Rf7 18. Nc4 Raf8 19. Qb3 Rb8 20. Rad1 Qh4 21. Nd2
Qe7 22. Qc4 Rc8 23. Ndf1 Nf4 24. Qb3 b5 25. axb6 Bxb6 26. Nd2 Rcf8 27. Nc4 h5
28. Ne2 Qf6 29. Nxf4 exf4 30. Bc1 e5 31. Qc2 f3 32. Nxb6 cxb6 33. g3 Qe6 34.
Kh2 b5 35. Bg5 Rc8 36. Qd3 Nb6 37. Ra1 Na4 38. Qd2 exd4 39. cxd4 Rfc7 40. e5
Rc2 41. Qe3 dxe5 42. dxe5 Nxb2 43. Qxf3 Qg6 44. Be3 Nc4 45. Bf4 Nd2 46. Bxd2
Rxd2 47. e6 Rcc2 48. Kg2 h4 49. g4 Rd3 50. Qe4 Rg3+ 51. Kf1 Qxe4 52. Rxe4 Rf3
53. e7 Rfxf2+ 54. Ke1 Rh2 55. Kd1 Rhd2+ 56. Ke1 Rh2 57. Kd1 Rhd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. Nd2
e5 9. d5 Qc8 10. e4 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. Nb3 a5 13. a4 Na6 14. Be3 Nb4 15. Rf2
Qd8 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Nc1 Qe7 18. Nd3 Nd7 19. b3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Nc5 21. Qc2 f5
22. Rd1 Ne6 23. exf5 gxf5 24. f4 e4 25. Rfd2 Rad8 26. Nd5 Qf7 27. Bb6 Rd7 28.
Bxa5 h5 29. Bc3 h4 30. Ne3 hxg3 31. hxg3 Qg6 32. Kf2 Bxc3 33. Qxc3 Rg7 34. Nf1
Nxf4 35. Rxd6 Qg4 36. gxf4 Qxg2+ 37. Ke1 Qg4 38. Qe3 Qh4+ 39. Qf2 Qh3 40. Ne3
Rg3 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nf6 7. Be2 Bc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Be3 Bb6 10. Na4 Bg4 11. Rc1 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd4 13. Nc5 Rb8 14. Rc4
Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Nd7 16. b4 Re8 17. Rd1 Bxc5 18. bxc5 Nf8 19. c6 b6 20. d4 exd4
21. Rcxd4 Qe7 22. Qg3 Rbc8 23. Bf4 Qc5 24. Bxc7 Qxc6 25. Be5 Ng6 26. Rd6 Qxe4
27. Bc3 Rxc3 28. Qxc3 Nf4 29. f3 Ne2+ 30. Kf1 Nxc3 31. fxe4 Nxd1 32. Rxd1 g6
33. Rd7 a5 34. Rb7 Rxe4 35. Rxb6 Rb4 36. Rxb4 axb4 37. Ke2 f5 38. Kd3 g5 39.
Kc4 Kf7 40. Kxb4 Ke6 41. Kc4 h5 42. Kd4 h4 43. h3 g4 44. a4 Kd6 45. Ke3 Kc5 46.
Kf4 gxh3 47. gxh3 Kb4 48. Kxf5 Kxa4 49. Kg5 Kb5 50. Kxh4 Kc6 51. Kg5 Kd7 52.
Kf6 Ke8 53. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a5 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 h6
9. Nbd2 a4 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. d4 Bb6 14. Ng3 f5 15. exf5
Nxf5 16. Nxf5 Rxf5 17. Be3 e4 18. Nd2 d5 19. Qg4 Qf6 20. Bxh6 Rf8 21. Be3 c5
22. Rad1 cxd4 23. cxd4 Ba5 24. Rf1 Nb8 25. Nb1 Nc6 26. Na3 Bc7 27. Nc2 Nd8 28.
f3 Ne6 29. Rf2 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Ng4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bg7 7. Qd2 c6 8. f3
Nf6 9. O-O-O b5 10. Kb1 O-O 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. g4 b4 13. Nce2 c5 14. Bf2 Qc7 15.
dxc5 dxc5 16. Bb5 Rb8 17. Bg3 e5 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Nh3 Nb6 20. Qd6 Qxd6 21.
Rxd6 Nc4 22. Rd3 f5 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Nf2 Ba6 25. Rg1 Kh7 26. Nc1 Rbd8 27. Rgd1
Rxd3 28. Ncxd3 Ne3 29. Rg1 f4 30. Bh4 Bxd3 31. Nxd3 Rc8 32. Be7 c4 33. Nxb4 c3
34. bxc3 Rxc3 35. Kb2 Rc7 36. Bh4 a5 37. Nd5 Rxc2+ 38. Kb3 Rxh2 39. Bf6 Rg2 40.
Rxg2 Nxg2 41. Bd8 h5 42. Ka4 h4 43. Bb6 h3 44. Bg1 Nh4 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2843"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. a3
Ba5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Bc2 Nce7 12. Qd3 Ng6 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bd2 Bc7
15. Bf4 Re8 16. Bxc7 Qxc7 17. Rae1 Bd7 18. Nc3 Qd6 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20. hxg3 Bc6
21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. f3 f6 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Kf2 Kf7 25. Rc1 g5 26. g4 Rd8 27.
Nd1 g6 28. Ne3 Rh8 29. a4 Ke6 30. a5 Kd6 31. Nc2 Bb5 32. Nb4 b6 33. axb6 axb6
34. Na2 Bd7 35. Nc3 Rc8 36. Ra1 Rc4 37. Ke3 Rb4 38. Rb1 f5 39. b3 fxg4 40. Na2
Rb5 41. b4 gxf3 42. Kxf3 Bf5 43. Rb2 Kd7 44. Nc3 Kc6 45. Ke3 Be6 46. Kd2 Bf5
47. Rb3 Be6 48. Kc1 Bf5 49. Kb2 Be4 50. g3 Bf5 51. Ka3 Bc2 52. Rb2 Bd3 53. Rf2
1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Bf5 7. h3 Qd7 8. Kh2
Nf6 9. d3 h6 10. e4 Be6 11. Be3 g5 12. Ng1 g4 13. h4 O-O 14. Nge2 Qd8 15. Nf4
Bd7 16. Rb1 Kh7 17. Ncd5 Ng8 18. b4 b6 19. Nh5 Be5 20. Bf4 Bh8 21. bxc5 bxc5
22. Be3 Rb8 23. Rxb8 Qxb8 24. Bd2 Qb2 25. Re1 Qxa2 26. Re2 Qa1 27. Bc1 Rb8 28.
Re1 Rb1 29. Qd2 Be5 30. Qe3 Qd4 31. Qe2 Qa1 32. Qe3 e6 33. Nc7 Qd4 34. Qe2 Qa1
35. Qe3 Nd4 36. Rf1 Nc2 37. Qd2 Qc3 38. Qd1 Nd4 39. Nb5 Bxb5 40. cxb5 Qc2 41.
Qxg4 Rxc1 42. Rxc1 Qxc1 43. f4 Bh8 44. e5 d5 45. Qh3 Qd1 46. g4 Qe2 47. Qg3 Ne7
48. Kh1 Ng6 49. Nf6+ Bxf6 50. exf6 Qd1+ 51. Kh2 Ne2 52. Qf2 Ngxf4 53. Qxc5 Kg6
54. h5+ Kxf6 55. Qxa7 d4 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8.
Be2 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. O-O h6 11. Rfe1 Be6 12. Bf1 Qd7 13. Nd4 Rac8 14. Nxc6
bxc6 15. Rad1 Bd6 16. h3 Bf5 17. Qd4 c5 18. Qh4 d4 19. Nb5 Be7 20. Qg3 Ne4 21.
Qf3 Nxd2 22. Rxd2 Bg5 23. Rde2 d3 24. cxd3 Bxd3 25. Re7 Bxe7 26. Bxd3 g6 27.
Bc4 Kg7 28. Rd1 Qc6 29. Qe2 Qf6 30. Nxa7 Ra8 31. Nb5 Rad8 32. Re1 Bd6 33. Qc2
Rfe8 34. Rf1 Bb8 35. b3 h5 36. Nc3 Qe5 37. g3 h4 38. Ne2 hxg3 39. fxg3 Qe3+ 40.
Kh1 Rd2 41. Qc3+ Qxc3 42. Nxc3 f5 43. Rg1 Re3 44. Nd5 Rxg3 45. Rxg3 Bxg3 46. a4
f4 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2843"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 {The Bishop's Opening, played five times by Magnus Carlsen in
classical games. It fits his style, since a positional battle begins, and
there is not much theory. In 2014, the very same Fabiano Caruana with Black
beat Carlsen in the Sinquefield Cup.} Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 (4. Qe2 Be7 (4... d5
$1 $36 {is the best way to deal with Qe2}) 5. Nf3 d6 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
O-O a5 9. d4 a4 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Re1 Bf8 12. Qd1 b5 $17 {with a balanced
middlegame, the reigning world champion scored a win over world's number 1
woman, Hou Yifan. 1-0 (61) Carlsen,M (2843)-Hou,Y (2654) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden
2018}) 4... d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ $1 {The main move here. Black provokes the c2-c3
advance, so White loses the option to play Nc3 at a later stage. Carlsen
played 6.c3 in the aforementioned game.} 6. Bd2 {This is another way to play
it.} (6. c3 {happened in the aforementioned game, between these two players
back in 2014.} Bd6 7. Bg5 dxe4 8. dxe4 h6 9. Bh4 Qe7 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Bg3 Bc7
12. O-O Nh5 13. h3 $6 Nxg3 14. fxg3 Nc5 15. Bxf7+ {Black was able to stop this
pseudo-initiative and converted the game on move 34} Kxf7 16. Nxe5+ Kg8 17. Ng6
Qg5 18. Rf8+ Kh7 19. Nxh8 Bg4 20. Qf1 Nd3 21. Qxd3 Rxf8 22. hxg4 Qxg4 $17 {
Carlsen,M (2877)-Caruana,F (2801) Sinquefield Cup 2nd 2014 (3) 0-1}) 6... Bxd2+
7. Nbxd2 a5 {Threatening the old and good bishop trap with ...a4. I only found
one high-level reference in classical games here, where White played 8.a3.} 8.
c3 (8. a3 a4 9. Ba2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. d4 {Trying to start
central play did not lead to any advantage for White:} exd4 13. exd5 Rxe1+ 14.
Qxe1 cxd5 {Black has the isolated pawn, but has well placed pieces (...Nf8-e6
is a possible plan) and a b2-pawn to attack with ...Qb6} 15. Nb1 $2 {too slow}
(15. Nxd4 {was possible} Qb6 16. Nf5 Qxb2 17. Ne7+ Kf8 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5
Qd4 $11 {followed by ...Nf6}) 15... d3 $6 (15... Nb8 $1 16. Nxd4 Nc6 $17 {
would give a nice advantage for Black}) 16. cxd3 Nc5 17. d4 Nce4 18. Nc3 Be6
$11 {½-½ (27) Shirov,A (2713)-Rodshtein,M (2641) Rogaska Slatina 2011}) 8...
Nbd7 9. exd5 {A typical reaction, when Back develops his knight to d7. It is
logical, because now Black can not play ...Nc6 anymore, an ideal move whenever
the c6-pawn goes to d5.} cxd5 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Rb8c6]} 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Re8
12. Nf1 b5 13. a4 $5 b4 14. cxb4 axb4 {We have already reached a very
imbalaced position, starting from a very modest opening.} 15. Ne3 Bb7 16. d4 $1
{A very nice concept from the World Champion, as we shall see:} e4 17. Ne5 Nxe5
(17... Rxe5 $5 {was playable, but it hardly looks like Black is already in
need to give away an exchange.} 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Qd4 Nc6 20. Qd2 d4 21. Nf5
Ra5 $1 22. Ng3 Re5 $44 {With a very original position. It looks very shaky for
Black, but the central pawns are strong, giving good compensation.}) 18. dxe5
Rxe5 19. Qd4 Re7 20. Rac1 $1 {Getting the pawn back with 20.Qxb4 was possible,
but the whole concept of sacrificing a pawn in a seemingly normal position
just goes to show how brilliant Carlsen is sometimes.} (20. Qxb4 Bc6 {[%cal
Re7b7] The main downside for taking the pawn is the bishop on b3 that becomes
loose now. Ideally, you want to place your minor pieces in a way they can't be
attacked easily.} 21. Qd4 Rb7 22. Rec1 {We have a similar position compared to
the game, but here Black is in full control of the b-file and should equalise:}
Qb6 23. Qxb6 Rxb6 24. a5 Rxb3 25. Rxc6 Rxb2 26. Rd6 $11 {Black is a pawn up,
but he will soon lose it, when the endgame will be simply equal.}) 20... Rd7
21. Red1 (21. Qxb4 $2 {doesn't make sense now:} d4 $17) 21... h6 22. Rc5 $44 {
I feel that here White wants to make small improvements, like Rdc1 and h3, and
only then think about taking any decisive action. The d5-pawn is weak, and
Black always has to count on the a4-pawn advancing at some point.} Ra5 23. Rxa5
(23. Rdc1 $5 {would be similar}) 23... Qxa5 24. h3 Kh7 25. Rc1 Rc7 $2 {In the
post-mortem, Caruana mentioned that he simply misevaluated the following
position, thinking he would have good activity with his queen, but soon he
realised it was a bad idea. Now White is in full control.} (25... Qa6 $1 {
would be a smart move, anticipating White's Rc5 followed by a5, with ...Qe2!}
26. Rc5 Qe2 $132) 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Qxb4 $16 Qc1+ 28. Bd1 Ba6 29. Qd4 {We have
the same position as before, without the b4-pawn. Now, compared with the
middlegame, it is way more valuable to take the pawn back and start advancing
the passed a and b-pawns, since they are free and very frightening! Also,
there are no rooks to create direct counterplay against them.} Be2 30. Kh2 Bxd1
$6 (30... Qc7+ $1 {forcing White to weaken a little bit} 31. g3 (31. Kg1 Qc1 {
repeats the position.}) 31... Bxd1 32. Nxd1 h5 {Being able to play ...h4 at
some point and create threats against your opponent's king is usually good.
Here it could have been a nice way to look for counterplay.} 33. Kg1 Qc1 $36 {
with ...e3 ideas.}) 31. Nxd1 Qc7+ 32. Kg1 $1 {Now there is no need to play g3,
like in the 30...Qc7+ line.} Qc1 33. b4 e3 {The same idea I mentioned earlier,
but the big difference is that with the pawn on g2, White's king is much safer.
} 34. fxe3 $18 {White is winning. With flawless technique, Carlsen converts
the full point:} Ne4 35. Qxd5 Nd2 36. Qf5+ Kh8 37. Qg4 f5 38. Qe2 Ne4 39. Qe1
Qa1 40. a5 Nd6 41. Qd2 {Slowly untangling the position. That is common when
you have a lot of additional material but your opponent is active. You have to
find space for small improvements and soon the position will play itself.} Nc4
42. Qd4 Qc1 43. Kf1 {Trying to bring the king closer so White can advance his
pawns further.} Nxe3+ {Caruana goes for the queen endgame, that should also be
hopeless, but the position is very bad anyway.} 44. Qxe3 Qxd1+ 45. Kf2 Qc2+ 46.
Kg3 g5 {Black does not want to weaken his king, but he's lost otherwise, so he
has to try something like this.} 47. Qe5+ Kh7 48. Kh2 $1 {King safety always
in first place in queen endgames!} f4 49. Qd5 Qa4 50. Qf7+ Kh8 51. Qg6 $1 {
Simplifying into a clear win:} Qxb4 52. Qxh6+ Kg8 53. Qxg5+ Kh7 54. Qh5+ Kg7
55. Qg5+ Kh7 56. h4 Qd6 57. Qh5+ Kg7 58. Qg5+ Kh7 59. h5 {Somewhat
cold-blooded to allow ...f3+, but it's all good for White. The good thing is
that Qg6+ is a very strong threat now.} f3+ 60. g3 f2 61. Qg6+ Kh8 (61... Qxg6
62. hxg6+ Kxg6 63. Kg2 $18 {and the game ends immediately.}) 62. Qxd6 f1=Q 63.
Qh6+ Kg8 64. Qe6+ (64. Qg6+ Kh8 65. h6 $4 {would be a way to mess up the
position!} Qg2+ $1 {forcing stalemate} 66. Kxg2 $11) 64... Kh8 65. Qe3 {
With three pawns up, White has to be just a little bit careful.} Qb5 66. Qc3+ {
Finding a good square for the queen.} Kh7 67. g4 Qd5 68. Qc7+ Kg8 69. Kg3 {
[%cal Gc7g3]} Qe6 (69... Qd3+ 70. Kh4 $18 {and Black has no more checks
already.}) 70. Qd8+ Kh7 71. Qd3+ Kh8 72. a6 Qe5+ 73. Kh3 Qa1 74. Qd8+ Kh7 75.
Qe7+ Kh6 76. Qe3+ Kh7 77. a7 {It is nice to see that Carlsen used the same
technique always - defending the pawn from the diagonal (a5, Qc3 - a6, Qd3 -
a7, Qe3). Now Black resigned, since it's impossible to avoid White giving a
check somewhere and then queening that pawn. A superb win from the World
Champion!} 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 b6 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. h4 Nd7 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Kb1 Bf6 13. Rh3 Nc5 14. Bxc5
bxc5 15. g4 c4 16. Bxc4 Re4 17. Qd3 d5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5
Rxg4 21. Ra5 Rg2 22. a4 Rxf2 23. h5 Rf1+ 24. Ka2 Rf2 25. Kb1 Rf1+ 26. Ka2 Rf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 12. Ng5 h6 13. Qf3 Bg6 14. Ne4 Bxh2+
15. Kxh2 Qh4+ 16. Qh3 Qxh3+ 17. gxh3 Bxe4 18. Rg1 Re8 19. Bxh6 g6 20. Rge1 Nd7
21. Bf1 Bf5 22. c4 Nf6 23. a4 Rad8 24. Bg5 Kg7 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. a5 Rd8 27. Be3
a6 28. Ra4 Ng8 29. Rb4 Rd7 30. Bg2 Ne7 31. h4 Be6 32. Be4 Nf5 33. d5 cxd5 34.
cxd5 Bxd5 35. Bxf5 gxf5 36. Rd4 Bc6 37. Rxd7 Bxd7 38. h5 Kh7 39. Kg3 Be6 40.
Kf4 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 (5... O-O 6. Nd5 Re8 {
was seen in online battles between Nepo and Karjakin, Chess.com 2017}) 6. Qxc3
Qe7 7. b3 $5 {White wastes no time deploying his prized dark-squared bishop.} (
7. Be2 d5 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qh4 dxc4 {Giri-Aronian, 2017:
equal.}) 7... O-O ({Now} 7... d5 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 {is slightly better for
White:} Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qf4 O-O 12. Bb2 d4 13. Bd3 dxe3 14. fxe3 Re8 15.
O-O-O {etc.}) 8. Bb2 Re8 9. a3 a5 10. h3 b6 $6 {This appears to be a rather
artificial attempt to complicate matters, which is totally uncharacteristic of
Karjakin's style. Perhaps Sergey was looking to build up on his success from
the day before. Chesswise, it's hard to see any prospects for the bishop
blocked by its own knight.} (10... Ne4 11. Qc2 Nc5 {would be a logical
follow-up to the a7-a5 move.}) ({Else, it's never too late to return to the
classical, centre-oriented approach} 10... d5 {as now} 11. d4 $6 Ne4 12. Qd3
exd4 13. Nxd4 dxc4 14. bxc4 {hands the initiative over to Black who has ways
of exploiting White's lack of kingside development,} Qg5 ({or even} 14... Ra6))
11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O d5 $2 {How can Black expect this to work together with the
fianchettoed bishop is beyond me.} (12... Ne4 13. Qc2 Nc5 {was still the best
option, hoping for} 14. d4 $2 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Qe4 $15 {where the
weakness on b3 is telling.}) 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Qc2 e4 {Understandable.} (14...
Rad8 15. Bb5 Rd6 {holds it together, but what does Black do next, after} 16. d3
) 15. Nh2 Qg5 16. f4 ({Even better was} 16. f3 {to exclude the option outlined
in the next note.}) 16... exf3 ({Many would prefer to keep the strong e4-pawn:
} 16... Qh4 17. Bb5 Re6 18. Rf2 $14) 17. Nxf3 Qg3 18. Rf2 Rad8 19. Bc4 {
Who needs to occupy the centre with pawns when you can have unobstructed
bishops like this? This position looks like a dream Reti.} Nf6 {A tough
decision, the kind we have come to expect from the Minister of Defence Sergey
Karjakin.} 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Raf1 Rd6 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Re7 24. b5 Ne5 25.
Nd4 {Fabiano wants to keep the tension.} (25. Nxe5 Qxe5 (25... Rxe5 26. Bxf7+)
26. Bd3 {looks good for White, but one can never be sure about the outcome of
a possible rook endgame,} Be4 27. Bxe4 Qxe4 28. Qxe4 Rxe4 29. Rxf6 Rxd2 30.
Rxf7 Rc2 {etc.}) 25... Bc8 26. Kh1 Kg7 ({Desperate times call for desperate
measures, therefore} 26... f5 {was worth investigating. At least there's a
chance for} 27. Nxf5 Bxf5 28. Rxf5 Nxc4 29. Qxc4 Rxd2) 27. Be2 Kh8 {A sad
sight of Karjakin being reduced to mere waiting moves.} 28. Qc3 Kg7 29. Bd1 Kg8
30. Bc2 Qh4 31. Rf4 Qg3 32. Bf5 Bb7 33. Be4 Bc8 34. Qa3 Kg7 35. Qa8 $1 {
This is curtains, as Black is unable to maintain control over the f5-square.}
Bxh3 (35... Bd7 36. Bf5) (35... Re8 36. Qxc8 Rxc8 37. Nf5+) 36. gxh3 Qxh3+ 37.
Kg1 Rxd4 38. Bg2 Qg3 39. Rxd4 Ng4 40. Rf3 Qe1+ 41. Bf1 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. Ne5 Rb8 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qxc6+ Qd7 14.
Bxd5 O-O 15. Qxd7 Bxd7 16. Be3 Bd6 17. b3 a5 18. Rfd1 a4 19. Rac1 axb3 20. axb3
Rfe8 21. h3 Be6 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Bc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 g6 25. Rxc7 Rxb3 26. Rcd7
Rb8 27. Rd8+ Rxd8 28. Rxd8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Bd3 Bd7 8.
Nf3 Bc6 9. Bc2 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 Nc6 12. Rb1 O-O-O 13. d4 g6 14. Ke2
e5 15. Bg5 Rd6 16. c5 Rd7 17. Bf6 Rg8 18. dxe5 Bxc5 19. Be4 Be7 20. Rxb7 Kxb7
21. Rb1+ Kc8 22. Bxc6 Bxf6 23. Bxd7+ Kxd7 24. exf6 Re8+ 25. Kd3 Re6 26. Rb4
Rxf6 27. Ke3 Re6+ 28. Kd3 Rf6 29. Ke3 Re6+ 30. Kd3 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Nc6 11. c3 g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Bxd6 cxd6 14. Nfd2 f5 15.
Na3 Be6 16. Nc2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 f4 18. Rae1 Qf6 19. f3 Rf7 20. Re2 Raf8 21. Ne1
Ne7 22. Bc2 a5 23. Bb3 Rg7 24. Qd3 Bd7 25. a4 Kh8 26. Qd2 h5 27. Nd3 Nf5 28.
Bxd5 Ne3 29. Rxe3 fxe3 30. Qxe3 Bxa4 31. Ra1 Re7 32. Qd2 Bb5 33. Rxa5 Bxd3 34.
Qxd3 Re1+ 35. Kf2 Rfe8 36. Ra8 Qf4 37. Rxe8+ Rxe8 38. Qd1 Qxh2 39. Qd2 Qh4+ 40.
Kf1 Qh1+ 41. Kf2 Qh4+ 42. Kf1 Ra8 43. Ke2 Ra1 44. Kd3 b5 45. c4 bxc4+ 46. Kxc4
Qf4 47. Qe2 Qc1+ 48. Kb5 Qc8 49. Kb6 Qb8+ 50. Kc6 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 {Berlin invited and declined. Now Black
has a reasonable range of options.} Bc5 (4... Ne7 $5 {is a nice 'tricky' line,
trying to play as if this was an Italian and not a Spanish. Black will
continue ...Ng6, ...Bc5, ...0-0, ...a6, ...d6 if allowed, and abstain from ...
c6.}) (4... d6 {is of course normal:} 5. c3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2 a6
(8... Nb8 $5 {is playable, and according to my database has been chosen
exclusively by the Soviet grandmaster Yemelin (a total of 5 occurrences!)}) 9.
Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. Nf1 Nb8 $5 {For me this is a trademark Howell manoeuvre.
Black went on to win in McShane,L -Howell,D London 2017.}) 5. O-O Nd4 $5 {
Partly 'telegraphed' by the previous move (though 4...d6 is still more common.)
My understanding used to be that Black was slightly worse after this move, but
maybe after annotating the present game and seeing a comprehensive list of
world elite players who have taken the Black side, that will have to change.} (
5... O-O $2 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 $16 {is now essentially just a pawn.}) 6. Nxd4
Bxd4 7. Ba4 {Presumably there is some move order subtlety going on here
beneath the surface. My best guess is that White is 'threatening' Nd2 with
this move, and Black faces problems preserving his d4-bishop.} (7. c3 Bb6 8.
Na3 O-O (8... c6 $5 {would be the 'Yugoslav approach':} 9. Ba4 h6 10. d4 d6 $11
{and as usual Black should not really fear the misplacement of his king in
such lines with an exchange of queens.}) 9. Bg5 c6 10. Ba4 h6 11. Bh4 d6 (11...
d5 $5 {seems to equalise, though it is harder to play Black with the loose
central pawns:} 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Re1 Bc7 $132) 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. Ne3 Bb6 14. Qf3
$14 {Karjakin as Black limped to a draw a pawn down against Anand here in the
blitz section of last year's Norway chess event.}) 7... c6 (7... O-O {looks
perfectly playable: while it is usually advisable for Black to go ...c6 in
such lines, it is not a biblical commandment.} 8. Nd2 d6 $1 9. c3 Bb6 10. Nc4
$1 {Presumably this was Black's problem - these configurations with a bishop
pair that White can take 'on demand' are generally a little inauspicious.
However in this case, I doubt Black is worse after} Be6 11. Nxb6 axb6 {and now
White's most natural choice} 12. f4 {is met by the computerish} b5 $1 13. Bxb5
c6 14. Ba4 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Ng4 $11) 8. c3 Bb6 9. Na3 d6 (9... O-O {transposes to
the note to White's 7th.}) 10. Bc2 (10. Bb3 {is very 'Italian', but does seem
like a second semi-waste of a tempo, this bishop not having been obligated to
move at all.} a5 11. Nc4 Ba7 $1 {Also in Italian style.} 12. a4 O-O 13. Bg5 h6
14. Bxf6 $6 (14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Bg4 $11) 14... Qxf6 15. Nxa5 d5 $1 $36 {
Carlsen-Aronian, European Team Championships 2015, Black had obtained his
preparation and was ultimately successful.}) 10... Be6 11. Qe2 h6 (11... O-O {
was more modest, and probably best, since a madcap kingside attack is unlikely
to work well at this level, but the text does make the game interesting.}) 12.
Kh1 g5 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. Ne3 {Around this phase I was unable to find many
reasons to play one move first rather than another, since in any case it is
impossible to discourage Black from playing ...d5.} (14. a4 {is another
generally useful move that features in most of White's plans.}) (14. Rd1 $5 {
followed by d4 is independent, but maybe now Black would revert to the
original plan and play} O-O 15. Ne3 (15. d4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 d5 $11) 15... d5 $11)
14... d5 15. Re1 Qe7 (15... d4 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Kf8 $11 {was the engine
suggestion, the rationale being that Black is probably going to eventually
trade this pair of minor pieces on f5 in any case.}) 16. a4 O-O-O 17. Rb1 $6 (
17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Be3 $11 {might have been better, with
approximate equality. The text was an indication that White believed himself
to be better, possibly significantly so.}) 17... d4 18. Nf1 Bb6 $6 {This is a
hard move to explain with any sort of rationale other than possibly being
excessively obsessed with how to take back on d4.} (18... Nd7 $15 {is my
engine choice, maybe thinking about an eventual ...f5. The irony of this
position is that it is Black's c7-bishop rather than White's c2-bishop which
might be opened soon in a 'Spanish' way.}) (18... g4 $1 {is the move that
makes most sense to me. Probably what Wesley didn't like was} 19. cxd4 exd4 20.
f4 $6 {when it looks like there is a risk of being outflanked, but after a
solid continuation like} gxf3 21. Qxf3 Ng4 $1 $17 {Black is doing extremely
well.}) 19. Bd2 Bg4 20. f3 Be6 21. Ng3 $14 {So Black has created his 'hook' in
White's position, but it is all a bit slow and there is a real risk of getting
outflanked along the f-file.} Rhg8 (21... Ne8 22. c4 Ng7 23. b4 h5 {might have
been an interesting race, but the engine opines that White can play} 24. Nf5 {
anyway and be better.}) 22. b4 {Now White has near-total control over the
events to come.} g4 23. a5 (23. cxd4 Bxd4 24. f4 $14 {is another way, and
maybe the best one.}) 23... dxc3 $1 {A very good practical decision.} (23...
Bc7 24. Rf1 $14) 24. Bxc3 Bd4 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26. b5 {Losing claim to an
advantage in my opinion.} (26. f4 exf4 27. Qf2 Rgd8 28. Ne2 g3 29. Qxf4 Nh5 30.
Qe5 Qh4 31. Nxg3 Nxg3+ 32. Qxg3 Qxg3 33. hxg3 $11 {Black is not totally out of
the woods yet, even if he might appear to have great compensation.}) 26... c5 (
26... cxb5 27. Rxb5 Rb4 $11 {is relatively okay for Black.}) 27. Bb3 (27. b6 a6
28. Rf1 $14 {led to a significant plus, as after the feared} c4 {there is} 29.
f4 $1 {among other things.}) 27... h5 28. Nf5 Bxf5 29. exf5 Re8 (29... gxf3 30.
Qxf3 Ng4 {was a scary option to choose in a game, as White can choose no fewer
than three pawns to push to the 6th rank, but the engine is unfazed and claims
Black has equalised.}) 30. Rbc1 gxf3 $6 {Now this is a dubious decision. Chess
is such a fickle game sometimes.} (30... Kb8 31. Bc4 Nd5 $14) 31. Qxf3 Red8 32.
Bc4 (32. a6 $1 Rxd3 33. axb7+ Kb8 34. Qc6 Rxb3 35. Rxc5 $16 {White wins back
the piece with a strong attack.}) 32... e4 33. dxe4 Qe5 (33... Rxe4 34. Be6+ $1
$16) 34. Bxf7 Rd3 35. Qf2 R8d4 36. Bd5 Kd7 37. b6 $6 {Now Black gets back in
the game a little.} (37. Rxc5 $1 {was playable, quite natural, and very close
to winning.}) 37... axb6 38. axb6 Ng4 (38... Rd2 39. Qg1 Nxd5 40. exd5 Qxd5 $16
{is the engine choice.}) 39. Qg1 Kd8 {Possibly quite a big objective mistake,
but move 40 was still to come...} (39... Rd2 40. Rf1 h4 41. h3 Qg3 {White
might still win somehow, but it will be hard with his queen boxed in in this
way.}) 40. h3 $4 (40. Bxb7 $18 {was safe for instance.}) 40... Rxh3+ 41. gxh3
Rd3 $4 {Black had a miracle draw.} (41... Rd2 $3 42. hxg4 hxg4 {and White has
no way to avoid mate other than giving up his queen.} 43. Qg2 Qh8+ 44. Kg1
Rxg2+ 45. Kxg2 Qh3+ $11) 42. Qg2 Rg3 43. hxg4 Rxg2 44. Kxg2 h4 45. Kf3 $1 {
Now there is no perpetual check and White converts without problems.} Qg3+ 46.
Ke2 h3 47. Rg1 Qh4 48. e5 {A truly dramatic game!} 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. c5 Be7 8. b4 c6
9. Nf4 Nbd7 10. Nd3 b6 11. Be2 a5 12. Bb2 axb4 13. axb4 Ba6 14. O-O Bc4 15. Qc2
Qc7 16. f4 b5 17. Ne5 Rfb8 18. Rfb1 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Ne2
Rxa1 22. Bxa1 Qb7 23. Rb2 f6 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Nd4 Bxd4 26. exd4 Nf6 27. Rb1
Ne4 28. Bc3 Ra8 29. Be1 Qb5 30. Qe2 Kh8 31. h3 h6 32. Kh2 Rf8 33. Qe3 Qa4 34.
Rc1 Qa2 35. Bg3 Qb2 36. Be1 Ra8 37. Bc3 Qb3 38. Bd2 Ra2 39. Qxb3 cxb3 40. Be1
b2 41. Rb1 Ra1 42. Rxb2 Rxe1 43. b5 cxb5 44. Rxb5 h5 45. h4 Nf6 46. Kg3 Re3+
47. Kf2 Ng4+ 48. Kf1 Kh7 49. c6 Rc3 50. Rc5 Rxc5 51. dxc5 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. f4 Bb4 8. Bd2
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qxf4 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Rf1 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qg4 13. Nxc6 dxc6 14. Rxf6
Qxe2+ 15. Kxe2 gxf6 16. Bxf6 Rg8 17. e5 h5 18. Rd1 Bd7 19. Be4 Rb8 20. Bf3 c5
21. Rd6 Bc6 22. Bxh5 Bd5 23. b3 c4 24. Ke3 Rc8 25. g4 b5 26. g5 cxb3 27. cxb3
Rg6 28. Kd4 Kf8 29. h4 Kg8 30. Be2 b4 31. h5 Rxf6 32. exf6 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. O-O g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. d4 exd4 8.
cxd4 b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. Bb3 Nbxd5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Re1 h6 14. h3 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Bb7 16. Ne5 Bd5 17. Qg4 Bxb3 18. axb3 Nd5 19. Qf3 Nf6 20. Nc6 Qd7 21.
Bf4 Kh7 22. c4 bxc4 23. bxc4 Rfe8 24. Be5 Ng8 25. d5 Qf5 26. Qxf5 gxf5 27. Bxc7
Bxa1 28. Rxa1 Nf6 29. d6 Re4 30. Rc1 Ne8 31. Bb8 Nf6 32. c5 a5 33. Bc7 a4 34.
Na5 Nd5 35. Nc4 Rxc4 36. Rxc4 a3 37. Rc1 Nxc7 38. dxc7 Rc8 39. Ra1 Rxc7 40.
Rxa3 Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. a3 Bd7 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Nc3 Nce7 13. Ne4 Bc6 14. Ne5 Rc8
15. Rd1 Bb8 16. Ng5 Be8 17. Bd3 Nf6 18. Ngf3 Ned5 19. Bd2 a6 20. Rac1 Rxc1 21.
Rxc1 Qb6 22. Nc4 Qd8 23. Nce5 Qb6 24. Nc4 Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qb3 c5 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3
Qxb3 9. axb3 Nc6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O e5 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Nd2 Rfd8 14. Nc4 h6
15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. e3 Rab8 17. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 b5 19. Nxb5 Rxb5 20. Bxc6
Rxb3 21. Bd5 Bg4 22. Rc1 Rd3 23. Nxe5 fxe5 24. Rxc5 Bh3 25. f4 Rd1+ 26. Kf2
Rd2+ 27. Ke1 Rxh2 28. b3 exf4 29. exf4 Be6 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. Rc7 Rg2 32. Rxa7
Rxg3 33. Re7 Rxb3 34. Rxe6 Rf3 35. Rxh6 Rxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Ne5 Bxb5 7. Qf3 f6 8.
Nxb5 Na6 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qxh8 Qd7 12. Nc3 Nab4 13. O-O Nxc2 14.
Rb1 O-O-O 15. Qh4 Nd4 16. Qe4 e6 17. d3 f5 18. Qe1 Bd6 19. Bg5 Rh8 20. f4 Nb4
21. Rd1 a6 22. h3 Kb8 23. Qf2 Rh5 24. Bf6 Nbc6 25. Rfe1 Qf7 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27.
Ne2 e5 28. Rc1 Qd5 29. Qg3 e4 30. Qxg6 Rh8 31. Ng3 Bxf4 32. dxe4 Qe5 33. exf5
Be3+ 34. Kh1 Ne7 35. Qe6 Qxg3 36. f6 Nd5 37. f7 Nf4 38. Qd6+ Ka7 39. Qc5+ Ka8
40. f8=Q+ Rxf8 41. Qxf8+ Ka7 42. Qc5+ Ka8 43. Qc8+ Ka7 44. Qg4 Qf2 45. Rcd1 Nd3
46. Qe2 Nxe1 47. Rxe1 Qg3 48. Rf1 Bf4 49. Rxf4 Qxf4 50. Kg1 Qc1+ 51. Kf2 Qf4+
52. Qf3 Qd2+ 53. Qe2 Qf4+ 54. Qf3 Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Qc1 Bd7 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. N2b3 Rac8 14. Rd1 Rfd8
15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Bc3 b6 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. Qa3 a5 19. Qb2 a4 20. Nd2 Bf5 21. Rbc1
Na5 22. Be5 Ne8 23. Bxg7 Nxg7 24. Qb4 Qe5 25. e3 Bg4 26. Re1 Nc6 27. Bxc6 Rxc6
28. Nd4 Rcc8 29. Qxb6 Ne6 30. Nxe6 Rxd2 31. Nd4 Qe4 32. Qb1 Qxb1 33. Rxb1 Rxc4
34. Rb8+ Kg7 35. Re8 Kf6 36. Kg2 e5 37. Nf3 Bxf3+ 38. Kxf3 Rcc2 39. Rf1 Rxa2
40. g4 Rab2 41. Ra8 Ra2 42. h4 a3 43. g5+ Kg7 44. Kg3 Rd5 45. Rc1 Rd7 46. Rc3
h6 47. Raxa3 Rxa3 48. Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nf4 c6 9. Bd3 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. f3 Re8 12. Bd2 Bf8 13. Qe1 g6 14. g4 c5 15.
Qf2 b6 16. h4 Bd6 17. Nce2 a5 18. g5 Nd7 19. Bc3 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Rad1 Nf8
22. e4 cxd4 23. Bxd4 Nfe6 24. Nxe6 Nxe6 25. Bf6 Qa8 26. Kh1 Bc5 27. Qg2 dxe4
28. fxe4 Ra7 29. Nc3 Ng7 30. Nd5 Nh5 31. e5 Rd7 32. Kh2 Qb8 33. Rfe1 Bf8 34.
Qg4 Re6 35. Qf3 b5 36. Kg2 b4 37. axb4 axb4 38. Re4 b3 39. Red4 Qa7 40. R1d2 h6
41. Qxb3 hxg5 42. hxg5 Bg7 43. Qf3 Bxf6 44. exf6 Re5 45. Ne7+ Rdxe7 46. fxe7
Qxe7 47. Rd8+ Kh7 48. R8d7 Qxg5+ 49. Kh2 Qh4+ 50. Qh3 Qf4+ 51. Kg2 Rg5+ 52. Kh1
Kg7 53. Qc3+ Nf6 54. R7d3 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. bxc3 d6 10. Ba3 O-O 11. e5 dxe5 12. Bxf8 Kxf8 13. Nb3 Bd7 14. Na5 Ra7
15. Nxb7 Ke7 16. Rb1 Bb5 17. Re1 Nbd7 18. Qc1 Nd5 19. Qa3+ Kf6 20. Bxd5 exd5
21. Rxb5 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Nf1 Nc5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Ne6 14. Ng3 c5
15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bg5 Qe8 17. Qd2 Bg4 18. Bh6 Bxf3 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. gxf3 Qe6
21. f4 a5 22. f5 Qf6 23. Rac1 Rfe8 24. f4 Rad8 25. Kh1 Kh8 26. b3 h5 27. fxg6
fxg6 28. f5 Kh7 29. Rg1 Rg8 30. Rcf1 Rdf8 31. e5 dxe5 32. Qd5 Qe7 33. fxg6+
Rxg6 34. Rxf8 Qxf8 35. Rf1 Qd6 36. Qf7+ Rg7 37. Qxg7+ Kxg7 38. Nf5+ Kg6 39.
Nxd6 cxd6 40. Rd1 Ne4 41. Kg2 Kf5 42. Rd5 Ke6 43. Rxa5 d5 44. b4 d4 45. Kf3 Nc3
46. b5 e4+ 47. Kf4 e3 48. Kf3 e2 49. Kf2 d3 50. Ke1 Kd5 51. b6+ Kd4 52. b7 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. h3 g6 5. g4 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. d3 Rb8 8. a4 a6
9. O-O b5 10. axb5 axb5 11. Be3 b4 12. Nd5 h5 13. g5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd4 15. Nxd4
cxd4 16. Bd2 b3 17. cxb3 Bf5 18. Re1 O-O 19. Kh2 Re8 20. Ra3 e6 21. dxe6 fxe6
22. b4 d5 23. Qf3 Qd6+ 24. Qg3 Qxg3+ 25. Kxg3 Rec8 26. Rb3 Rc2 27. Bf4 Rb5 28.
Bd6 h4+ 29. Kxh4 Rxf2 30. Kg3 Rd2 31. Bf1 Bf8 32. Bxf8 Kxf8 33. Kf4 Ke7 34. Ke5
Rf2 35. Ra1 Rf3 36. h4 Re3+ 37. Kxd4 Rg3 38. Ra5 Rb6 39. Kc5 Rb7 40. b5 Rg1 41.
b6 Rxf1 42. Ra7 Rc1+ 43. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Bb6 7. O-O Ne7 8. c4
d6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Nbc6 11. Be3 e5 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Rad1 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 a5 15.
Bf1 a4 16. Nc1 Nd4 17. N1e2 Nec6 18. Nb5 Bxc4 19. Nexd4 exd4 20. Rg3 Be6 21.
Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 g6 23. a3 Qa5 24. Rc3 Rfd8 25. h3 Qe5 26. Rcd3 Rdc8 27. Rc3
Rxc3 28. bxc3 Bb3 29. Rd2 Rc8 30. c4 Qxd4 31. Rxd4 Rc6 32. f4 Kf8 33. Kf2 Ke7
34. Ke3 Ba2 35. Bd3 Rb6 36. Bc2 Rb2 37. Bxa4 Rxg2 38. e5 dxe5 39. fxe5 Rg3+ 40.
Kf4 Rxh3 41. Rd7+ Kf8 42. e6 fxe6 43. Bb5 Bxc4 44. Bxc4 Rh4+ 45. Ke5 Rxc4 46.
Rxh7 b5 47. Rb7 g5 48. Kf6 Rf4+ 49. Kxg5 Rf5+ 50. Kg4 Ke8 51. Ra7 Kd8 52. a4
bxa4 53. Rxa4 Ke7 54. Ra7+ Kf6 55. Ra8 Rg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
e6 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. b4 b6 11. h3 Bb7 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Qd2 a6 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6
Qf6 16. Nd1 Qg7 17. Qd2 b5 18. c3 f5 19. Nf4 Rbe8 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Re1 e5 22.
Bd5+ Kh8 23. Ne6 Rxe6 24. Bxe6 f4 25. g4 Qh6 26. Bxd7 Qxh3 27. Re4 d5 28. Qe1
dxe4 29. Qxe4 Nd4 30. Qxe5+ Kg8 31. Be6+ Nxe6 32. Qxe6+ Rf7 33. Qe8+ Kg7 34.
Qe5+ Kf8 35. Qb8+ Kg7 36. Qe5+ Kh6 37. Qh5+ Qxh5 38. gxh5 Bf3 39. bxc5 Rf5 40.
Kf1 Rxc5 41. Ke1 Rxh5 42. c4 Rh1+ 43. Kd2 Rf1 44. c5 Kg5 45. Rc1 Rxd1+ 46. Rxd1
Bxd1 47. Kxd1 Kf5 48. d4 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 c6 6. d4 Bd6 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2
Re8 9. O-O Be6 10. Nfd2 Bf8 11. c4 Na6 12. Nc3 Nc7 13. a3 a5 14. c5 h5 15. b4
axb4 16. axb4 Bh6 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Qb3 Bf5 19. Qb2 Qc8 20. b5 h4 21. Re1 Bd3
22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Nf3 h3 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Qf5 26. Qe2 Rb8 27. Nh4 Qe6 28.
Qc2 Kg7 29. Nf3 Qg4 30. Nd2 Ne6 31. f4 Re8 32. Qd3 Kg8 33. Nd1 Bf8 34. Nf2 Qh5
35. Rc1 Ra8 36. g4 Qh6 37. Nf3 Be7 38. Re1 Bd8 39. Qf1 Ra3 40. Qxh3 Qf8 41. Qg3
Bc7 42. Qg2 Ra2 43. f5 Ng5 44. h4 Ne4 45. Rf1 Bg3 46. Nxe4 Rxg2+ 47. Kxg2 dxe4
48. Nd2 Bxh4 49. Nxe4 Qd8 50. Nd6 Qb8 51. Kf3 Qb2 52. d5 cxd5 53. c6 Qc2 54.
Nc8 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Bd2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. a3 Be7 12. e4 Qc7 13. f4 d6 14. O-O-O Rac8
15. Rhe1 Nd7 16. Kb1 Nc5 17. Be2 Bf6 18. Bf3 a6 19. g4 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. g5
Bd4 22. Ne2 e5 23. Bb4 Ne6 24. Bg4 Bf2 25. Rf1 Qb7 26. Nc3 Bd4 27. Bxe6 fxe6
28. Qb3 Bxc3 29. Qxe6+ Kh8 30. Bxc3 Bxe4+ 31. Ka1 d5 32. fxe5 Bf3 33. Bb4 Rfe8
34. Qf5 Bxd1 35. Rxd1 Qc6 36. h4 Qc4 37. g6 Qe4 38. Qxe4 dxe4 39. Bd6 hxg6 40.
Re1 Rc4 41. b3 Rd4 42. Kb2 Rc8 43. b4 Rd2+ 44. Kb3 Rd3+ 45. Kb2 Rc4 46. Bc5
Rd2+ 47. Kb3 Rdc2 48. Re3 Kg8 49. e6 Rc1 50. a4 bxa4+ 51. Kxa4 Rf1 52. Kb5 Rcc1
53. Rxe4 Rce1 54. Be3 Kf8 55. Kc6 Ke8 56. Kd5 Rf3 57. Bd4 Rxe4 58. Kxe4 Rh3 59.
b5 Rxh4+ 60. Kd5 Rh1 61. b6 Rb1 62. Kc6 Ke7 63. b7 Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Ne2 Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 d5 8. a4 O-O
9. Na3 Be6 10. Qc2 Qd7 11. Rd1 Bh3 12. Be3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 b6 14. d4 cxd4 15.
cxd4 dxe4 16. dxe5 Qf5 17. Nc4 Rad8 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Nc6 20. Be3 Nxe5 21.
Nxe5 Bxe5 22. a5 bxa5 23. Re1 Rb8 24. Rxa5 Rxb2 25. Qc4 h5 26. Kg1 Rc8 27. Qd5
Re8 28. Qc6 Reb8 29. Bf4 e3 30. Bxe3 h4 31. Bf4 Rb1 32. Raxe5 Qxe5 33. Bxe5
Rxe1+ 34. Kg2 Rxe5 35. Qc7 Reb5 36. Qxa7 hxg3 37. hxg3 Rb2 38. Kh3 Rd8 39. Qe7
Rc8 40. f4 Rb5 41. Kg4 Rh5 42. Qd7 Rb8 43. Qc7 Re8 44. Qd7 Ra8 45. Qc6 Ra3 46.
Qe8+ Kg7 47. Qe7 Rd3 48. Qb7 Rhd5 49. Qe7 Rc3 50. Kh4 Rh5+ 51. Kg4 Rd5 52. Kh4
Rc1 53. Kg4 Rg1 54. Qa7 Rgd1 55. Qb7 R1d3 56. Qb2+ Kh7 57. Qb7 Rd7 58. Qb2 Re3
59. Qf6 Re6 60. Qc3 Rd5 61. Qc7 Kg7 62. Kh4 Re3 63. Qb7 Rdd3 64. Qb2+ Kg8 65.
Qb8+ Kg7 66. Qb2+ Kg8 67. Qb8+ Kh7 68. Qb7 Kg7 69. Qb2+ f6 70. Qb7+ Kh6 71. Qb6
Rxg3 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 a5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. a3
Bc5 9. b3 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. Qc2 Ba7 13. e3 Qd7 14. Ne4 Rad8 15.
Nc5 Qc8 16. Rac1 Rd6 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nge4 Rg6 19. Qc4 Rd8 20. Rfe1 Kh7 21. Nc3
Nde7 22. N3a4 b6 23. Ne4 Be6 24. Qc2 Bh3 25. Bh1 b5 26. Nac3 b4 27. Nb5 Bb6 28.
a4 Qg4 29. Nd2 Qh5 30. Nc4 Nd5 31. Nxb6 cxb6 32. d4 exd4 33. Nxd4 Ne5 34. Rcd1
Bg4 35. Rd2 Rc8 36. Qe4 Nf6 37. Qb7 Bd7 38. f4 Neg4 39. Qf3 Qh3 40. Qg2 Qh5 41.
e4 Ne8 42. e5 Nc7 43. h3 Nf6 44. exf6 Bxh3 45. Qf3 Bg4 46. Qf2 gxf6 47. Re7 Rg7
48. Be4+ f5 49. Bg2 Qg6 50. Nf3 Ne6 51. Nh4 Qh5 52. Bxg7 Kxg7 53. Rxe6 fxe6 54.
Qxb6 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. c3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Nbd2
d6 9. h3 Na6 10. Bh2 Nc7 11. a4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Nd2 Bc6 14. b4 Qc8 15. b5
Bd5 16. a5 f5 17. Re1 Rb8 18. Bf1 Kh8 19. Ra3 e5 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. c4 Bb7 22.
a6 Ba8 23. Rd3 Qe8 24. Nb1 Ne6 25. Rd7 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27. Nc3 Kg8 28. Qc2
Qe7 29. Rd1 f4 30. Nd5 Qf7 31. Bd3 f3 32. Bg3 fxg2 33. h4 Kh8 34. Be4 g5 35.
Kxg2 gxh4 36. Bxh4 h6 37. Rh1 Rg8 38. Kf1 Rf8 39. Rh3 Qd7 40. Kg2 Nc7 41. Nc3
Qg4+ 42. Bg3 Ne6 43. Rh4 Bxe4+ 44. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 45. Rxe4 Kh7 46. Bxe5 Ng5 47.
Bxg7 Kxg7 48. Re7+ Rf7 49. Rb7 Ne6 50. Nd5 h5 51. f4 Nd8 52. Rxf7+ Kxf7 53.
Nxb6 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Re1 h6 12. Nbd2 b4 13. d4 Rb8 14. d5 bxc3 15.
bxc3 Na5 16. Ba3 c6 17. c4 Qc7 18. Bd3 Nb7 19. Nb3 a5 20. Bc1 Bg4 21. Be3 Nd7
22. h3 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Nbc5 24. Nxc5 Nxc5 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Bf1 Rb4 27. Red1 Reb8
28. g3 cxd5 29. exd5 Bd6 30. h4 Qd7 31. Bd3 g6 32. g4 Qe7 33. h5 Qg5 34. hxg6
fxg6 35. Qg2 Rf8 36. Re1 Rb3 37. Re3 Rf4 38. Bf5 Rb2 39. Be6+ Kg7 40. Rf1 Rxc4
41. Qg3 Rbb4 42. Qh2 Rf4 43. Kh1 e4 44. f3 h5 45. Qh3 hxg4 46. Bxg4 Rb8 47. Qg3
Rh8+ 48. Kg2 Rxg4 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 d6 7. Nc3 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. cxd5 Na6 10. Nd2 Re8 11. e4 Rb8 12. a4 Nb4 13. f3 Nd7 14. Kh1 a6 15. a5
b5 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. Nb3 Bd7 18. Bf4 Qe7 19. Qd2 c4 20. Na5 Rec8 21. Rfd1 h5
22. Be3 h4 23. h3 f5 24. Nc6 Bxc6 25. dxc6 Rxc6 26. Ra5 fxe4 27. fxe4 Nd3 28.
Rxa6 Qb7 29. Ra5 Nd7 30. Nd5 N7c5 31. Bxc5 Rxc5 32. Bxd3 Rxa5 33. Bxc4 Rc5 34.
b3 Rxc4 35. bxc4 Qb3 36. Ne3 Rf8 37. Qe2 Rf4 38. Ng4 Rxe4 39. Qxe4 Qxd1+ 40.
Kh2 Qd4 41. Qxd4 Bxd4 42. g3 hxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 Nd6 8.
Nc3 c6 9. b3 O-O 10. Ba3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qe2 Bf6 13. Qe3 Re8 14. Qf4 Bxf3
15. Bxd6 Bh5 16. Bc7 Qc8 17. Bf5 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Qf8 19. Bd6 Qd8 20. Qb4 Nd7 21.
Qxb7 Nb6 22. Qxc6 Bg6 23. Bc7 Qf8 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Qxd5 Kh7 27.
Bd6 Qd8 28. c4 Rc8 29. b4 Qd7 30. c5 Qa4 31. Qb3 Qd7 32. Re4 Qf5 33. d3 Kg8 34.
Qc4 Qh5 35. Re1 Qg5 36. Qg4 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nbd2 a6 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. b4 Bf8 11. a4 b5 12. Na5 Qf6 13. Be3 Nb6 14. axb5 cxb5
15. Qc2 Bg4 16. Nd2 Qg6 17. f3 Bh3 18. Ndb3 Na4 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. bxc5 Rad8 21.
Rf2 Bc8 22. Rd2 f5 23. Re1 f4 24. Bf2 Bh3 25. Bh4 Rd7 26. Kh1 Nxc5 27. d4 Qh5
28. Bf2 Na4 29. Bg1 Rd6 30. d5 Rg6 31. Qd3 Bd7 32. c4 h6 33. Rc1 Kh7 34. Qa3 c5
35. Bxc5 bxc4 36. Nxc4 Nxc5 37. Qxc5 Bh3 38. Qa3 Bd7 39. d6 Qg5 40. Qxa6 h5 41.
Qb7 Rd8 42. Qd5 Re8 43. Qb7 Rd8 44. Qc7 Be8 45. Qc5 Re6 46. Rd5 Rg6 47. Rg1 Re6
48. Nxe5 Qf6 49. d7 Bf7 50. Nxf7 Qxf7 51. Rxh5+ Kg8 52. Rd5 Rh6 53. Rgd1 Ra6
54. h3 Ra2 55. Qc7 Raa8 56. Kh2 Kh7 57. R1d2 g6 58. Re5 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8.
Be3 Nge7 9. N1d2 O-O 10. O-O Ne5 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. f4 Nxd3 13. cxd3 a5 14. Qf2
Ra6 15. Nd4 d6 16. Rac1 Bd7 17. Nc4 b5 18. Ne3 Qb6 19. Nf3 Raa8 20. Nc2 Qxf2+
21. Kxf2 Rfc8 22. Ncd4 b4 23. Ke3 f6 24. Ne2 e5 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Rc1 Be6 27.
Rxc8+ Nxc8 28. b3 Nb6 29. d4 exf4+ 30. Nxf4 Bd7 31. d5 f5 32. Nd4 fxe4 33. Kxe4
Kf7 34. Nc6 Kf6 35. Nxa5 Bf5+ 36. Kd4 Bb1 37. Ne2 Bxa2 38. Nc1 Bb1 39. Nc6 h5
40. Nxb4 g5 41. Ne2 Nd7 42. Nc3 Bf5 43. Nc6 g4 44. b4 h4 45. Nb5 Ne5 46. Nxe5
dxe5+ 47. Kc5 Bd3 48. Nc3 g3 49. hxg3 hxg3 50. d6 Bf1 51. Kc6 Bxg2+ 52. Kc7 Bh3
53. Ne4+ Kf5 54. Nxg3+ Kf4 55. Ne2+ Ke3 56. Ng1 Bg4 57. b5 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 Bg7 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 b5 8. Bc2
d6 9. d5 Na5 10. O-O Nc4 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. Bd3 Nb6 13. a4 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. Ned4
O-O 16. Bg5 Bd7 17. Qc2 f6 18. Be3 f5 19. Ne6 Bxe6 20. dxe6 c5 21. Rad1 f4 22.
Bc1 Nc6 23. Bb5 Ne5 24. b3 Qe7 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Bc6 Rac8 27. Bd5 Kg7 28. Rfe1
Qf6 29. Rd3 Rc7 30. g3 g5 31. Qe2 Kh8 32. Rf3 Qh6 33. Qb5 Qh5 34. Rd3 Nc8 35.
Rd2 Rg7 36. Bb2 g4 37. Bxe5 Qxe5 38. Qxa5 Rg6 39. Qa6 Rh6 40. Qd3 fxg3 41. fxg3
Rf3 42. Qa6 Rxg3+ 43. Kh1 Ne7 44. Qa8+ Kg7 45. Qe8 Qf6 46. e5 dxe5 47. Ba8 e4
48. Rf2 Rxh2+ 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. a4
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qe2 Nb8 11. a5 Nbc6 12. axb6 cxb6 13. Nf3 Na5 14. O-O h6
15. Ba3 Kg8 16. Bb4 Nc4 17. Ra6 Qc8 18. Rfa1 Nc6 19. R6a2 a5 20. Ba3 a4 21. Rb1
Kh7 22. Qd3+ g6 23. Bc1 Kg7 24. Nd2 Nxd2 25. Bxd2 Qd7 26. Qf3 Na5 27. Qf6+ Kg8
28. Bc1 Nc4 29. Ba3 Nxa3 30. Rxa3 b5 31. h4 h5 32. f4 Kh7 33. g4 hxg4 34. h5
gxh5 35. Rxb5 Rhg8 36. Rb4 Rg6 37. Qh4 Kg7 38. Kg2 Qc6 39. Qe7 h4 40. Qxh4 Rh8
41. Qe7 g3 42. Rb7 Qc4 43. Qxf7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O dxe4 8.
dxe4 a5 9. a4 Qe7 10. h3 Ne8 11. Re1 Nd6 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Nf1 f6 14. Be3 Bxe3
15. Nxe3 Qf7 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. Red1 Ne7 18. h4 Nec8 19. Bc2 Nb6 20. Nd2 Nbc4 21.
Ndxc4 Nxc4 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Nd6 24. c4 b6 25. Ra3 f5 26. Rc3 e4 27. c5
bxc5 28. Rxc5 Re8 29. Rc1 Re7 30. Bd1 f4 31. Qe1 f3 32. R1c3 Rf8 33. Qf1 Qg6
34. Kh2 Qg4 35. Rxc7 Qxh4+ 36. Kg1 Re5 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Nc6 6. d4 d5 7. c5 Be7 8. Bb5
O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ne5 Bf6 14. Nxc6 Qd7 15.
Nb4 Rab8 16. Nc2 Bh4 17. f3 Ng3 18. Rf2 f5 19. Nc3 Ne4 20. Rh2 Nxc3 21. bxc3
Rbe8 22. Bd2 Bg3 23. Rg2 f4 24. Rc1 Bd3 25. Ne1 Bc4 26. Qc2 Be2 27. c4 dxc4 28.
Bc3 Bxe1 29. Rxe1 Bxf3 30. Rxe8 Qxe8 31. Rf2 Bd5 32. Qe2 Qg6 33. Qe5 c6 34. Kh2
Qd3 35. Rxf4 Qc2+ 36. Kg3 Qxc3+ 37. Kh4 Rxf4 38. Qxf4 h6 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 d5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. c3 Be7 7. h3 Bd6 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. e4 Rd8 13. Bc2 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Qe7
15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Rad1 Be8 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. h4 g6 19. Qe3 h5 20. Ng5 b6 21. Qg3
Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Re1 Kg7 24. Re3 Kg8 25. Bb3 Kh8 26. Ba4 Qe7 27. Qf3 Rc8
28. g4 hxg4 29. Qxg4 Rd8 30. h5 Rd5 31. Rg3 f6 32. Qxe6 Qxe6 33. Nxe6 Rxh5 34.
Nf4 Ra5 35. Nxg6+ Bxg6 36. Bxc6 Kh7 37. a3 Rc5 38. Bb7 Kg7 39. b4 Re5 40. f4
Re7 41. Bd5 f5 42. Kf2 Rc7 43. c4 Kf6 44. Ke3 Re7+ 45. Kd2 Rh7 46. Re3 Bf7 47.
Bxf7 Kxf7 48. Rd3 Ke6 49. Kc3 Rh4 50. Rd4 Rh3+ 51. Rd3 Rh4 52. Rd4 Rh3+ 53. Kb2
a5 54. bxa5 bxa5 55. c5 Ke7 56. Rd5 a4 57. Rxf5 Rb3+ 58. Ka2 Rf3 59. Re5+ Kd7
60. Re4 Rf2+ 61. Kb1 Kc6 62. Rc4 Re2 63. Kc1 Rf2 64. Kd1 Kb5 65. Ke1 Rb2 66. c6
Kxc4 67. c7 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nd7 14. g3 Re8
15. Kg2 Nf6 16. c4 Qd7 17. Bb2 Rad8 18. a4 h6 19. Rfe1 Nh7 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.
d5 Ng5 22. Nxg5 hxg5 23. a5 cxd5 24. Qxd5 Qe7 25. Rd1 Bc5 26. Qf3 b6 27. Rd5 f6
28. axb6 axb6 29. Bd4 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Qe5 31. Qd3 Qe2 32. Qb3 Qe6 33. Qb5 Rc8 34.
Qd5 Qxd5+ 35. cxd5 Kf7 36. Rb4 Rc5 37. Rxb6 Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bf5 7. c3 e6 8.
Qb3 Bd6 9. Bg3 Bxg3 10. hxg3 Qd6 11. Qxb7 Rb8 12. Qa6 O-O 13. Nb3 Bc2 14. Rc1
Bxb3 15. axb3 Ne4 16. Qa4 e5 17. Be2 exd4 18. cxd4 Rb6 19. O-O Rfb8 20. Rfe1 g6
21. Bd3 Nb4 22. Bf1 Nc6 23. Re2 Kg7 24. Rec2 Nd8 25. Rc7 Rxb3 26. Rd7 Qf6 27.
Rxd5 Rxf3 28. gxf3 Qxf3 29. Qc2 Nxf2 30. Bg2 Qe3 31. Kf1 Ng4 32. Be4 Qxg3 33.
Re1 Ne6 34. Qg2 Ne3+ 35. Rxe3 Qxe3 36. Qf3 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "245"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. c4 c6 7. O-O h6 8. d4
Be7 9. Nfd2 O-O 10. Nc3 a5 11. e3 Qb6 12. Qe2 Rfe8 13. Rfc1 Rad8 14. a3 Bf8 15.
Qf1 Bg6 16. h3 Qa7 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Qb8 19. b5 e5 20. c5 h5 21. Na4 exd4
22. Bxd4 Bf5 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Nb6 Ne5 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. Nf3 Qc7 27. Nd4 Be4
28. Ra6 Qb7 29. Na4 Ra8 30. Rb6 Qd7 31. Nb2 Rec8 32. Nd3 Qe8 33. Nb4 Ra5 34.
Rxc6 Rxc6 35. Nbxc6 Rxc5 36. Rxc5 Bxc5 37. Qc1 Bd6 38. Nb5 Bf8 39. Ncd4 Qa8 40.
Nc3 Bb4 41. Nxe4 dxe4 42. Qb1 Bc3 43. Nb3 Qd5 44. Qc2 Qe5 45. Nc1 Bb4 46. Ne2
g6 47. Nd4 Kg7 48. Qc4 Bd6 49. h4 Qc5 50. Qxc5 Bxc5 51. Ne2 Bb4 52. Nf4 Kg8 53.
Nh3 Bf8 54. Nf4 Bd6 55. Nh3 Bf8 56. Kf1 Bg7 57. Ke2 Kf8 58. Kd2 Ke7 59. Kc2 Bh6
60. Kc3 Ke6 61. Kd4 Kf5 62. Nf4 Bg7 63. Nh3 Bh6 64. Kc4 Ke5 65. Kc3 Ng4 66. Kd2
f5 67. Bf1 Kf6 68. Bb5 Bf8 69. Ke2 Bd6 70. Kf1 Be5 71. Kg2 Bd6 72. Ng1 Be5 73.
Ne2 Ke7 74. Nc1 Nf6 75. Nb3 Ng4 76. Be2 Nf6 77. Na5 Bd6 78. Nc6+ Kf7 79. Bc4+
Kg7 80. Nd4 Ng4 81. Be2 Ne5 82. Bxh5 Kf6 83. Be2 Bc5 84. Nb5 Bb6 85. Nc3 Bc5
86. g4 Ke6 87. g5 Be7 88. Bd1 Kf7 89. Nd5 Bd6 90. h5 gxh5 91. Bxh5+ Kg7 92. Nf4
Nd3 93. Ne6+ Kh7 94. Be8 Ne5 95. Nd4 Be7 96. Nxf5 Bxg5 97. Ng3 Ng4 98. Nf1 Kg7
99. Bc6 Nf6 100. Ng3 Ng4 101. Bxe4 Kf6 102. Kf3 Ne5+ 103. Ke2 Nf7 104. f4 Bh6
105. Kf3 Nd6 106. Bd3 Nb7 107. e4 Nc5 108. e5+ Kf7 109. Bc4+ Kg6 110. Kg4 Nd7
111. Bb5 Nc5 112. f5+ Kf7 113. Bc4+ Kg7 114. Nh5+ Kf8 115. Nf4 Nd7 116. Ng6+
Kg7 117. Bb5 Nf8 118. Ne7 Bc1 119. f6+ Kf7 120. Kf5 Bb2 121. Bc4+ Ke8 122. Nd5
Nd7 123. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. d5 b6 13. Nc3 Bxc3 14.
bxc3 d6 15. c4 Bd7 16. Bb2 Qg5 17. Qf3 Qf5 18. Qc3 Nf6 19. Bd3 Qg5 20. Re1 Re8
21. Rxe8+ Nxe8 22. Qe1 Kf8 23. f3 h6 24. g4 f5 25. h3 Qg6 26. Qh4 Qf7 27. Kg2
fxg4 28. hxg4 Qe7 29. Qf2 Nf6 30. Qd2 Ke8 31. Qf4 Kd8 32. Bd4 c5 33. Bc3 Be8
34. Kf2 Nd7 35. Bf5 Ne5 36. Be6 g5 37. Qe4 Qf6 38. Kg2 Bg6 39. Bxe5 Qxe5 40.
Qxg6 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Qc2 c5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. g3 Bb7
15. Bg2 Rd8 16. O-O Nd7 17. Ng5 fxg5 18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. Bg2 cxd4 20. Rxd4 Ne5
21. Rfd1 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Rd8 23. Qd2 Rxd4 24. Qxd4 Qc7 25. h3 h6 26. f4 gxf4 27.
gxf4 Ng6 28. e3 Nh4 29. Be4 Nf5 30. Bxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
d4 c6 9. dxe5 cxb5 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 bxa4 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. Ne3 b5
15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Qg4 Be5 17. f4 Bb8 18. Be3 Bb7 19. Rad1 a5 20. Nb6 h5 21. Qe2
Qe7 22. e5 d6 23. Nxa8 Bxa8 24. Qxb5 dxe5 25. f5 Qh4 26. Qe2 Bc6 27. Qf2 Qc4
28. f6 g6 29. Qg3 Bc7 30. h3 Rb8 31. Rd2 Qe6 32. Qg5 Qe8 33. Re1 Qf8 34. Bf2
Kh7 35. Kh2 e4+ 36. Bg3 Rb5 37. Qh4 Qb8 38. Bxc7 Qxc7+ 39. Qg3 Qb7 40. Qd6 Rf5
41. Qf8 Qc7+ 42. Kh1 Rxf6 43. Rd8 g5 44. Qh8+ Kg6 45. Rg8+ Kf5 46. Rf1+ 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 a5 8.
a3 Nbd7 9. O-O a4 10. Ba2 O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. d4 exd4 13. exd5 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1
cxd5 15. Rb1 Qb6 16. Nf1 Nf8 17. Qd1 Ne6 18. Ng3 Bd7 19. Ne2 Re8 20. Nfxd4 h6
21. c3 Nc5 22. Qc2 Qd6 23. f3 g6 24. Rd1 Kg7 25. Qc1 b6 26. Bb1 Re5 27. Bc2 Ne8
28. Ng3 Qf6 29. f4 Re7 30. Rf1 Ne4 31. Bxe4 dxe4 32. Qe3 Qd6 33. f5 Nf6 34.
fxg6 fxg6 35. Nge2 Qxh2+ 36. Kxh2 Ng4+ 37. Kg1 Nxe3 38. Re1 Nc4 39. Nf4 Re5 40.
b3 axb3 41. Nxb3 g5 42. Ne2 e3 43. Ned4 Nxa3 44. Ra1 Nb5 45. c4 Nxd4 46. Nxd4
Re4 47. Nc2 Be6 48. Ra7+ Kf6 49. Rb7 e2 50. Kf2 Bxc4 51. Rxb6+ Kf5 52. Rxh6
e1=Q+ 53. Nxe1 Re2+ 54. Kf3 g4+ 55. Kg3 Rxe1 56. Rh5+ Kg6 57. Rc5 Re4 58. Ra5
Be6 59. Ra3 Kg5 60. Ra5+ Bf5 61. Ra8 Re3+ 62. Kf2 Rb3 63. g3 Rb2+ 64. Kg1 Rg2+
0-1

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Ba4 O-O 8.
Nd2 d5 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Bb3 Qc6 11. Qf3 Bd7 12. h3 Rae8 13. Re1 b5 14. Qxc6
Bxc6 15. Nf3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 c6 17. c3 Bb6 18. a4 Rd8 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Bc2 Nd7
21. f4 Nc5 22. Rd1 f6 23. Be3 Rd6 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. d4 exd4 26. Bxd4 Rfd8 27.
Re1 Kf8 28. Re5 Nd7 29. Rxb5 Bxd4 30. cxd4 a6 31. Rb3 Nf6 32. Bd3 Rxd4 33. Bxa6
Ra8 34. Raa3 g6 35. Be2 Rxa3 36. bxa3 Rd2 37. Bf3 Ra2 38. Rb8+ Kg7 39. Ra8 Kh6
40. Ra7 Kg5 41. Kg2 Ne8 42. Bd5 Ra1 43. a4 Nd6 44. Bc6 h5 45. a5 Nf5 46. a6
Nh4+ 47. Kh2 Ra2 48. Ra8 Rxf2+ 49. Kg1 Ra2 50. Bb5 Nf3+ 51. Kf1 Kf4 52. Bc6 Ne5
53. Bd5 Ra5 54. Bb7 Kg3 55. Re8 Nc4 56. Re6 g5 57. Ke2 Ra3 58. Re4 Ra2+ 59. Kd3
Nd6 60. Re3+ Kh4 61. Re2 Ra3+ 62. Kc2 Ra5 63. Re3 Ra1 64. Kb2 Ra5 65. Rb3 g4
66. hxg4 hxg4 67. Rb4 Kh3 68. Kb3 g3 69. Ra4 Rb5+ 70. Rb4 Ra5 71. Rb6 Ne8 72.
Rh6+ Kg4 73. Rg6+ Kf4 74. Kb4 Ra1 75. Kc5 Nc7 76. Kb6 Nxa6 77. Bxa6 Rxa6+ 78.
Kxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O a5 13. Nb5 Be7 14. bxa5 Nxa5
15. Nfd4 Bd7 16. Bc3 Nc6 17. a4 Ne4 18. Bb2 Nc5 19. Bf3 Ne5 20. Be2 Nc4 21. Bc3
Ne4 22. Be1 Bf6 23. Ra2 Re8 24. Bd3 Nc5 25. Bc2 g6 26. Bb4 Ne6 27. Bb3 Nxd4 28.
Nxd4 Qb6 29. Bc3 Rec8 30. Ba1 Na5 31. Bxd5 Nc6 32. Nb5 Nb4 33. Bxf7+ Kxf7 34.
Qxd7+ Be7 35. Bd4 Qc6 36. Qh3 Nxa2 37. Qxh7+ Ke8 38. h3 Rxa4 39. Rd1 Qe6 40.
Qh8+ Kf7 41. Qh7+ Ke8 42. Qh8+ Kf7 43. Qh7+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 h6 8. Nbd2
a5 9. Nf1 Bb6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 Be6 12. Bb5 Ne7 13. Ba4 Ng6 14. Bc2 Re8 15.
d4 c6 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. Nf5 Rad8 18. Rad1 Bxa2 19. b3 a4 20. bxa4 Bc4 21. Qc1 Ne7
22. Ne3 Be6 23. Qb2 Ra8 24. c4 Ng6 25. Rb1 Ra7 26. Red1 Ng4 27. Nf5 Rd8 28. h3
Nf6 29. c5 dxc5 30. dxe5 Nd7 31. Rd2 Rb8 32. Nd6 c4 33. Rbd1 b5 34. Nd4 Ndxe5
35. axb5 Qxd6 36. Nxc6 Qxc6 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Rxb8 Qc7 39. Rdd8 c3 40. Qc1 Qc5
41. b6 Ra2 42. b7 Qb6 43. h4 Nc6 44. Ra8 Qxb7 45. Rxa2 Bxa2 46. Rd6 Nge5 47. f4
Qb6+ 48. Kh1 Ng4 49. e5+ g6 50. Qe1 Be6 51. h5 Kg7 52. hxg6 Nf2+ 53. Kh2 Ng4+
54. Kg3 Qc5 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 Ne8 9. Bd3 d5 10. O-O f6 11. Bf4 fxe5 12. Bxe5 Bf6 13. Qe2 Nd6 14. Rae1 Bxe5
15. Qxe5 Bf5 16. Na4 Qh4 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Qe6+ Rf7 19. b3 Re8 20. Qxe8+ Nxe8
21. Rxe8+ Rf8 22. Re6 Rf6 23. Re3 h6 24. Nc5 Qg4 25. Nd3 Re6 26. h3 Qf5 27.
Rfe1 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Qf6 29. Re5 Kh7 30. b4 Qd6 31. Re3 a5 32. g4 axb4 33. axb4
Qf6 34. Kg2 h5 35. Re5 hxg4 36. hxg4 Kg8 37. Re8+ Kf7 38. Re3 Qg5 39. Kg3 Kg8
40. Re8+ Kh7 41. Re3 Qh6 42. Kg2 Kg8 43. Re2 Qh4 44. f3 Qf6 45. Re5 Qh6 46. Re2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. e3 b5 7. a4 c6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qc2 a5 11. b3 cxb3 12. Qxc6 Rb8 13. Bxb5 Bb7 14. Qc1 Rc8
15. Qd1 b2 16. Rb1 Bc3 17. Qb3 Nb6 18. Rxb2 Bd5 19. Qa3 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 h6 21.
Bh4 Qc7 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. e4 Ba8 24. Qa3 Kg7 25. Qe3 Rfd8 26. h3 Qd6 27. Rb1
Rb8 28. Re1 Rg8 29. Nf1 Kh7 30. Bd3 Qf8 31. N3h2 Qg7 32. Ng4 Kh8 33. Ng3 Qg5
34. f4 Qh4 35. f5 Qg5 36. e5 Qxe3+ 37. Rxe3 Nd5 38. Re1 Rb3 39. Rd1 Nf4 40.
Nxf6 Rxg3 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 d5 5. Bb5 d4 6. Ne2 Bd6 7. d3 O-O 8. Bc4
Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Ng3 b5 11. O-O c4 12. Bd2 Be6 13. Ng5 Bg4 14. Qe1 Bc7 15. h3
Bd7 16. b4 c3 17. Bc1 Nc6 18. f4 h6 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Nf3 Nxf3+ 21. Rxf3 a5 22.
bxa5 Rxa5 23. Qf2 Be5 24. Bb3 b4 25. Nf5 Be6 26. Bxh6 Bxf5 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28.
Rxf5 Qd6 29. a4 Bh2+ 30. Kh1 Rxf5 31. Qxf5 Qe5 32. Rf1 Rh8 33. Rf3 Rh5 34. Qc8
Qc7 35. Qa6 Be5 36. a5 Rg5 37. Qb6 Qxb6 38. axb6 Kf8 39. b7 Ke7 40. g4 Kd8 41.
Bxf7 Kc7 42. Rf5 Rxf5 43. exf5 Nd7 44. g5 Nc5 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. h3 b4 11. a5 Rb8 12. c3 h6 13. Re1 Re8 14. d4 Bf8 15. d5
bxc3 16. bxc3 Ne7 17. Ba4 g5 18. c4 Ng6 19. Nc3 Bg7 20. Qc2 Nf4 21. Reb1 Rxb1+
22. Rxb1 Rf8 23. Bxd7 Nxd7 24. Nd1 Ne2+ 25. Kf1 Nd4 26. Nxd4 exd4 27. f3 Ne5
28. Nf2 h5 29. Nd3 Qe7 30. Nxe5 Qxe5 31. Qd3 Re8 32. Kf2 g4 33. hxg4 hxg4 34.
fxg4 Qxe4 35. Qxe4 Rxe4 36. Kf3 Re7 37. Rb7 Kh7 38. c5 Re5 39. Rxc7 Rxd5 40.
cxd6 Rxd6 41. Rxf7 Kg6 42. Rb7 Rf6+ 43. Ke2 d3+ 44. Kxd3 Rf2 45. Rb6+ Kf7 46.
Rxa6 Rxg2 47. g5 Rg3+ 48. Ke4 Rg2 49. Bf4 Bc3 50. Kf5 Ra2 51. g6+ Ke8 52. Ra8+
Kd7 53. Ra7+ Kc6 54. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 d5 5. Bb5 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Qd6 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8.
Qxe4 Bd7 9. d3 O-O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Qe2 Qg6 12. Be3 Bd6 13. Nd2 a6 14. Ba4 f5
15. f3 h5 16. Kh1 h4 17. h3 Nd4 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 19. Qd1 Ne6 20. Nc4 Qf6 21. c3
Kc8 22. b4 Rd8 23. Qb3 Be7 24. b5 Nc5 25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. bxa6 Qxa6 27. Nxe5 Rhe8
28. d4 Bd6 29. f4 Re7 30. a4 Rde8 31. Qb5 g5 32. Ng6 Qxb5 33. Nxe7+ Rxe7 34.
axb5 Bxf4 35. Rae1 Rf7 36. Re6 Kd7 37. d5 b6 38. c4 Rf8 39. Ra1 Bd6 40. Kg1 g4
41. Rf1 g3 42. Rf3 f4 43. Rh6 Ra8 44. Rf1 Ra2 45. Rf6 Be5 46. Rf5 Kd6 47. Re1
Bd4+ 48. Kh1 Be3 49. Rf6+ Kc5 50. Rc6+ Kd4 51. Rd1+ Kc3 52. Rf6 Kxc4 53. d6
cxd6 54. Rf5 d5 55. Rb1 d4 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 Re8 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Nd4 11. Rc1 Bb6 12. Re1 Bg4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. a3 c6
15. Nd2 a5 16. Bf3 Be6 17. Qa4 Bc7 18. Ne4 Bd5 19. Nc5 Rb8 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21.
Qc4 Red8 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Qh5 24. b5 Ba5 25. Rf1 cxb5 26. Qxb5 b6 27. Qa4
Qxe2 28. Na6 Ra8 29. Nc7 Rac8 30. Qb5 Bc3 31. Nd5 Qe6 32. Nf4 Qd6 33. Rb1 Rb8
34. Rfc1 h6 35. Rc2 Rdc8 36. Re2 Qc6 37. Nd5 Kh7 38. Qb3 Re8 39. Rc2 Re5 40.
Nxc3 Rc5 41. Qxf7 dxc3 42. d4 Rc4 43. d5 Qg6 44. Qxg6+ Kxg6 45. Rb3 b5 46.
Rcxc3 Rxc3 47. Rxc3 b4 48. Rb3 Kf5 49. Kf1 Ke5 50. Ke2 Kxd5 51. Kd3 Kc5 52. Kc2
Rf8 53. f4 Re8 54. Rd3 Kc4 55. Rd7 Re2+ 56. Kb1 Kb3 57. Rd3+ Kc4 58. Rd7 Rxh2
59. Rxg7 Kb3 60. Kc1 Rh1+ 61. Kd2 Kb2 62. f5 Rf1 63. g4 b3 64. Ke2 Rf4 65. Ke3
Rf1 66. Ke2 Rf4 67. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. a4
a6 9. a5 Qd8 10. Be2 b5 11. axb6 Qxb6 12. Rb1 Bb5 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Re1 O-O 15.
h3 Rfd8 16. Nd2 Rab8 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Qd2 Ne8 19. Bf1 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Qa5 21. Qd3
Nc7 22. Ra1 Qb4 23. Na4 Ne5 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. c3 Qb7 26. Rf1 Qc8 27. f4 Bg7 28.
Rae1 Qd7 29. b3 Nb5 30. Ra1 Kh8 31. Ra2 e6 32. dxe6 fxe6 33. f5 exf5 34. exf5
d5 35. f6 Bf8 36. Bxb5 Qxb5 37. Qg3 Bd6 38. Qf2 Bf8 39. f7 Qc6 40. Re2 d4 41.
Qe1 d3 42. Re6 Qd5 43. Nb6 d2 44. Nxd5 dxe1=Q 45. Rfxe1 Rxd5 46. Re8 Rdd8 47.
R1e6 Kg7 48. Rxd8 Rxd8 49. Rxa6 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Re8 11. Nd5 Bf8 12. c4 Rb8 13. Bd2 bxc4 14. Ba4 Bd7 15.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Rc1 Rb7 17. Rxc4 Nb8 18. b4 Bb5 19. Rc3 c5 20. bxc5 dxc5 21. Bb3
Rd7 22. Bd5 Rxd5 23. exd5 e4 24. dxe4 Bxf1 25. Qxf1 Rxe4 26. Qb1 Re8 27. Re3
Rxe3 28. Bxe3 Nd7 29. Nd2 Qd6 30. Qb7 Nf6 31. Nc4 Qxd5 32. Qxa6 Ne4 33. Kh2 Qd3
34. Qa4 h5 35. Ne5 Qd5 36. f4 Nd6 37. Qd7 Qe4 38. Bd2 Qd4 39. Nf3 Qd3 40. a4 c4
41. Bb4 c3 42. Ne5 Qd4 43. Bxd6 Qxf4+ 44. Kh1 c2 45. Nd3 Qxd6 46. Qxd6 Bxd6 47.
a5 Kf8 48. a6 Bc5 49. g4 hxg4 50. hxg4 Ke7 51. Kg2 Kd7 52. Nxc5+ 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 b5 3. e3 Bb7 4. Nf3 a6 5. c4 bxc4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. Nc3 d5 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Na4 c5 11. Nxc5 Nxc5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Rc1 Bd6 14. Qa4+ Qd7
15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. Ne5+ Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Rhc8 18. f3 Ne8 19. Bxh7 g6 20. h4 Nd6
21. h5 gxh5 22. Kf2 Nc4 23. Bc3 Rc7 24. b3 Nd6 25. Be5 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 a5 27. Rh1
a4 28. Rxh5 a3 29. Rh4 Bc6 30. Bd3 Bb5 31. Ke2 Rc8 32. Bxb5+ Nxb5 33. Kd2 Rg8
34. Rg4 Rxg4 35. fxg4 Kc6 36. Kd3 Kc5 37. Bg7 Kd6 38. Bf8+ Kc6 39. Bg7 Kd6 40.
e4 e5 41. Bf8+ Ke6 42. exd5+ Kxd5 43. Bb4 e4+ 44. Ke3 Nd4 45. Bf8 Nb5 46. g5
Nc3 47. Bxa3 Nxa2 48. Bf8 Nc3 49. b4 Nb5 50. Bc5 Ke5 51. g4 Nc7 52. Bd4+ Kd5
53. Bf6 Nb5 54. Kf4 Nd6 55. Be7 Nb5 56. Bc5 Nd4 57. Bb6 Ne6+ 58. Kf5 Nd4+ 59.
Kf4 Ne6+ 60. Kf5 Nd4+ 61. Kf6 e3 62. b5 e2 63. Ba5 Nf3 64. Kxf7 Nxg5+ 65. Kf6
Nh3 66. Kf5 Kc5 67. b6 Kc6 68. Ke5 Ng5 69. Kf4 Nf7 70. Ke3 e1=Q+ 71. Bxe1 Kxb6
72. Ke4 Kc6 73. Bd2 Kd7 74. Kf5 Ke8 75. Kf6 Kf8 76. Bb4+ Kg8 77. Be7 Nh6 78. g5
Nf7 79. g6 Nh8 80. g7 Ng6 81. Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2
d6 9. a4 Nc6 10. O-O Ne5 11. Kh1 Nf6 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. f4 Nxd3 14. cxd3 O-O 15.
Be3 b5 16. a5 Bc6 17. Rf3 Re8 18. Rh3 Bf8 19. Rf1 Bg7 20. Na2 Bb7 21. Nb4 Rc8
22. Bd4 Qe7 23. Bc3 h5 24. Qe1 e5 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Rhf3 Qe6 27. Na1 Rc7 28.
Nac2 Rd7 29. Ne3 Ng4 30. Ned5 f5 31. h3 Nh6 32. Qf2 f4 33. d4 g5 34. dxe5 Bxe5
35. Bxe5 Qxe5 36. Nd3 Qd6 37. Nc5 Bxd5 38. Nxd7 Bxe4 39. Qb6 Qxd7 40. Qxh6 Bxf3
41. Rxf3 Qg7 42. Qxh5 Re6 43. Rd3 Qe7 44. Rd5 Re5 45. Qg6+ Kh8 46. Rd6 Qf8 47.
Qh5+ Kg8 48. Rg6+ 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. f4 b5 6. Bd3 Ng4 7. Bd2 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qf3 exf4 10. Bxf4 Bg7 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Bxb5 Qa5 13. Bc4 Bxc3 14. bxc3
Na6 15. Ne2 Nc5 16. Rhf1 Qa3+ 17. Kd2 Qa4 18. Bd3 Nf6 19. Ke1 Bg4 20. Qe3 Ncxe4
21. Qd4 Qa5 22. Qb4 Qxb4 23. cxb4 Rfe8 24. h3 Bxe2 25. Bxe2 Nd5 26. Rd3 Nxb4
27. Rb3 Nxc2+ 28. Kd1 Nd4 29. Re3 Nxe2 30. Kxe2 Nc3+ 31. Kd3 Nxa2 32. Kc4 a5
33. Ra1 Rxe3 34. Bxe3 Nb4 35. Bh6 f6 36. Kc5 Kf7 37. h4 Nd3+ 38. Kxc6 a4 39.
Kb5 a3 40. Kc4 Ne5+ 41. Kb3 g5 42. hxg5 Kg6 43. gxf6 Kxh6 44. Ka2 Kg6 45. Rf1
Nf7 46. Rf3 Ra6 47. Rg3+ Kxf6 48. Rh3 h6 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "230"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 Qc7 8. Nc2
Bc5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Kh1 d6 12. f4 Bd7 13. a3 Rad8 14. b4 Ba7 15. Bb2
Rfe8 16. Rad1 Bc8 17. Bf3 Ne7 18. g3 b6 19. Ne2 e5 20. Ne3 b5 21. cxb5 axb5 22.
Nc3 Bd7 23. Bg2 Qb7 24. Qe2 Bc6 25. Qd3 exf4 26. Rxf4 Bxe3 27. Rxf6 gxf6 28.
Qxe3 Ng6 29. Qf2 Ne5 30. Qxf6 Qe7 31. Qf4 Qe6 32. Ne2 Qg6 33. Nd4 Bd7 34. Nf3
Bg4 35. Nh4 Qh5 36. Rd4 Be6 37. Rd2 h6 38. Ba1 Qg5 39. Qf2 Rc8 40. Rd1 Rc4 41.
Nf3 Qh5 42. Bb2 Rec8 43. Rxd6 Ng4 44. Qd2 Kh7 45. Kg1 Qg6 46. Nh4 Qg5 47. Nf3
Qxd2 48. Rxd2 Rc2 49. Bd4 Rxd2 50. Nxd2 Rc1+ 51. Bf1 Bc4 52. h3 Nh2 53. Kxh2
Bxf1 54. g4 Rc2 55. Be3 Ra2 56. Kg3 Bd3 57. Kf4 Rxa3 58. Nf3 Rb3 59. Bc5 Bc4
60. h4 f6 61. Nd4 Rh3 62. h5 Rh1 63. Be7 Rf1+ 64. Ke3 Re1+ 65. Kf4 Bd3 66. Bxf6
Rxe4+ 67. Kf3 Re1 68. Kf4 Rb1 69. Be7 Kg7 70. Bc5 Kf6 71. Nf3 Rf1 72. Ke3 Bc4
73. Bf8 Bd5 74. Nd2 Rg1 75. Bxh6 Rxg4 76. Bf4 Kf5 77. Bd6 Rh4 78. Bc5 Rxh5 79.
Kd4 Ke6 80. Nf1 Rh4+ 81. Kc3 Ke5 82. Ne3 Ke4 83. Kd2 Rh2+ 84. Kc3 Rh3 85. Kd2
Bc4 86. Nd1 Rh2+ 87. Kc3 Re2 88. Nf2+ Kf3 89. Nd1 Bd5 90. Nb2 Be4 91. Nd1 Rc2+
92. Kb3 Rc1 93. Nc3 Bd3 94. Kb2 Rh1 95. Kb3 Rh2 96. Ka3 Bc4 97. Bd4 Rc2 98. Bf6
Ke3 99. Be5 Kd3 100. Bf6 Bf7 101. Bg7 Rg2 102. Bf6 Kc4 103. Ne4 Bg8 104. Nc3
Rg3 105. Be5 Re3 106. Bf6 Re6 107. Bg7 Ra6+ 108. Kb2 Kxb4 109. Bf8+ Kc4 110.
Ne4 b4 111. Nd6+ Kd3 112. Nb7 Ra2+ 113. Kb1 Kc3 114. Bg7+ Kc4 115. Kxa2 Kb5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
Re8 9. Nc3 e5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Re1 Ng4 13. h3 Ne5 14. Re3 Qb6 15.
Nc2 a5 16. Bf1 Be6 17. Rb1 a4 18. b4 Ncd7 19. Na3 Qxb4 20. Bc1 Qa5 21. f4 Nxc4
22. Nxc4 Bxc4 23. Bxc4 Bxc3 24. Rxb7 d5 25. Rxd7 dxc4 26. Qc2 Bf6 27. Qxc4 Re7
28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. e5 Bg7 31. Rd3 Rd7 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. Qxa4 Qxh3
34. Qb3 h5 35. Qf3 h4 36. Qg2 Qg4 37. gxh4 Qxh4 38. Qxc6 Qe1+ 39. Kg2 Qe2+ 40.
Kg3 Qxa2 41. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. Ne5 a6 7. Bd3 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nd2 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Nf3 Nc5 13. Nd4 Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15.
Bg5 Re8 16. Bh4 b5 17. Kh1 Rc8 18. Bf1 Qb6 19. Qd2 a5 20. a3 Qb7 21. Rad1 Ne6
22. Nxe6 Bxe6 23. Bf2 Rb8 24. b4 Ra8 25. Bc5 axb4 26. Bxb4 Rab8 27. Qd4 Red8
28. Qh4 Rd7 29. Rd4 Qc7 30. Qg3 Bf5 31. Re3 Bc2 32. Qe1 e6 33. h4 Bf8 34. Qf2
Bb3 35. h5 Bc5 36. Bxc5 Qxc5 37. Qh4 Qxa3 38. hxg6 fxg6 39. Kh2 Qc1 40. Re1
Qxc3 41. Rd3 Qc2 42. Qf6 Re8 43. Ra1 Bc4 44. Ra6 Rf7 45. Rxe6 Rxf6 46. Rxe8+
Rf8 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nge2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be6 8.
Ne4 Be7 9. Bb3 O-O 10. f4 exf4 11. Nxf4 Nxf4 12. Bxf4 Nd4 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14. Be5
Qd5 15. Bc3 f5 16. Nd2 Bf6 17. Kh1 Rae8 18. Qf3 Qxf3 19. Nxf3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 g6
21. Rfe1 Kg7 22. Kg1 Nc5 23. Kf2 Kf6 24. Nd4 Ne6 25. a4 Nxd4 26. cxd4 Rxe1 27.
Rxe1 Rd8 28. Rb1 b6 29. Ke3 f4+ 30. Ke4 g5 31. a5 Re8+ 32. Kf3 Re3+ 33. Kf2 h5
34. axb6 axb6 35. Ra1 Re7 36. Ra8 Rd7 37. c3 g4 38. Rf8+ Kg5 39. Rg8+ Kf5 40.
Rf8+ Kg5 41. Rg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "243"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 c6 11. Bf4 Bxf4 12. exf4 Bg4 13. Be2 Bxf3 14. Bxf3
Re8 15. g3 Nb6 16. b3 Qd6 17. Qd3 Re7 18. Rfe1 Rae8 19. Re5 Nbd7 20. Rc2 Qb4
21. Rxe7 Rxe7 22. Kg2 Nf8 23. h4 Ne6 24. Ne2 Nc7 25. Qc3 Qxc3 26. Rxc3 Kf8 27.
h5 Ne4 28. Rc2 Nd6 29. Kf1 Re8 30. a4 a5 31. Nc1 Ne6 32. Ne2 Ra8 33. Bg4 f5 34.
Bf3 Ra6 35. Rc3 Rb6 36. Ke1 Rb4 37. Rd3 b5 38. Rc3 bxa4 39. bxa4 Nc4 40. Rc1
Rxa4 41. Nc3 Ra3 42. Be2 Nd6 43. Bd1 Nxd4 44. Ne2 N6b5 45. Nxd4 Nxd4 46. Rb1
Nb5 47. Be2 Nd6 48. Rb6 Rc3 49. Ra6 Rc5 $6 {No matter how good the position,
in blitz one should never go back.} (49... Ne4 50. Kf1 d4 51. Rxa5 c5 {etc.})
50. f3 Ke7 51. Ra7+ Kf6 52. h6 gxh6 53. Bd3 Rc3 54. Kd2 Ra3 $2 {Black wants to
win with maximum comfort, but this is misleading.} ({A hands-on approach} 54...
d4 55. Rxa5 c5 56. g4 fxg4 57. fxg4 Ke6 58. Ra7 Kd5 59. Bxh7 Ne4+ {was
strongly recommended.}) 55. Ra6 Ra2+ 56. Ke1 Rg2 57. Rxc6 {The key pawn has
been eliminated. Caruana is in a tailspin.} Ke7 58. Rc7+ Ke6 59. Rxh7 Nf7 60.
Bb5 Rxg3 61. Be8 Nd6 62. Kf2 Rh3 63. Bc6 d4 64. Kg2 Rh4 65. Kg3 Rh1 66. Kg2 Ra1
67. Rxh6+ Ke7 68. Rh7+ Kf8 69. Rd7 Nc4 70. Rxd4 Rc1 71. Bb5 Nb6 72. Rd6 Nc4 73.
Ra6 Ke7 74. Kf2 Rc2+ 75. Kg3 Ne3 76. Rxa5 Rg2+ 77. Kh4 Rg1 (77... Rh2+ 78. Kg3
Rg2+ 79. Kh3 Rf2 80. Bc6 Nf1) 78. Ra6 Kf7 79. Ra3 Ng2+ 80. Kg3 Ne1+ 81. Kf2 Rh1
82. Bc4+ Kf6 83. Ra6+ (83. Rc3 Nc2 84. Kg2 {would have completed this
incredible turn-around some 40 moves sooner.}) 83... Kg7 84. Ra7+ Kf6 85. Rf7+
Kg6 86. Rc7 Nc2 87. Rc6+ Kg7 88. Rc7+ Kf6 89. Rc6+ Kg7 90. Rd6 Nb4 91. Be6 Kf6
92. Bc8+ Ke7 93. Rd7+ Kf6 94. Rd4 Rb1 95. Rd6+ Ke7 96. Rh6 Nd3+ 97. Ke3 Nc5 98.
Bxf5 Rb3+ 99. Kf2 Kf7 100. Kg3 Rb2 101. Rc6 Rb5 102. Kg4 Ra5 103. Rb6 Na4 104.
Rb7+ Kf6 105. Rb8 Nc3 106. Rb6+ Ke7 107. Be4 Ra1 108. f5 Rg1+ 109. Kf4 Kf7 110.
Ke5 Ra1 111. Rb7+ Kf8 112. Rc7 Ra5+ 113. Kf6 Ra6+ 114. Kg5 Ne2 115. f6 Ra5+
116. Kg4 Ra6 117. Kf5 Ra5+ 118. Kg4 Ra6 119. Kg5 Ra5+ 120. Kh6 Nf4 121. Bg6 Ra8
122. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. g4 Bg6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 e6 8. Nh4
Bd6 9. Nd2 c6 10. e3 a5 11. a3 e5 12. O-O O-O 13. f4 exf4 14. exf4 h6 15. Qf3
Qc7 16. Rae1 Rae8 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Nxg6 fxg6 19. g5 Nh5 20. gxh6 Bxf4 21. Rf2
Re1+ 22. Bf1 Re3 23. Qd1 Rg3+ 24. Kh1 Be3 25. Qe1 Bxf2 26. Qxf2 Rg5 27. Nf3 Qf4
28. Bg2 Ne5 29. Qd4 Ng3+ 30. Kh2 Nxf3+ 31. Bxf3 Nf1+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O
Nd4 9. Ne1 c6 10. b4 Re8 11. e3 Ne6 12. Bb2 h5 13. Nf3 Bd7 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. c5
Nf8 16. cxd6 Bg4 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxd6 19. Rfd1 a6 20. Qe2 Ne6 21. h4 Rcd8
22. Bh3 Qb8 23. Qf3 Nd5 24. Ne4 f5 25. Nc5 Nxc5 26. bxc5 Nf6 27. Qe2 Ng4 28.
Bc3 Qc7 29. Rb1 Qf7 30. Rb2 Rd5 31. Rdb1 Re7 32. e4 Rd8 33. Bd2 f4 34. Rb3 Red7
35. Bxg4 hxg4 36. Qxg4 Rxd3 37. Rxb7 Qf6 38. Be1 fxg3 39. fxg3 Rf3 40. Kg2 Rf8
41. Rb8 Rxa3 42. Rxf8+ Bxf8 43. Rb2 a5 44. Rf2 Qg7 45. Qe6+ Kh8 46. Rf7 Qh6 47.
Qxe5+ Bg7 48. Qe8+ Kh7 49. Kh3 g5 50. Qd7 Qxh4+ 51. Kg2 Ra2+ 52. Bf2 Qxe4+ 53.
Kh2 Qg6 54. Qh3+ Qh6 55. Qxh6+ Kxh6 56. Kg1 a4 57. Rc7 a3 58. Rxc6+ Kh5 59. Ra6
Bb2 60. c6 Ra1+ 61. Kg2 Rc1 62. Be3 Rc2+ 63. Kf3 Rc4 64. Ke2 Kg4 65. Kd3 Rc3+
66. Kd2 Kxg3 67. Bd4 Rc4 68. Ba7 Bf6 69. Rxa3+ Kg4 70. Ra6 Bd8 71. Kd3 Rc1 72.
Be3 Rd1+ 73. Kc2 Rd5 74. Kc3 Kf5 75. Kc4 Rd1 76. Ra8 g4 77. Bd4 Bc7 78. Rc8 Bg3
79. Rf8+ Ke6 80. Re8+ Kf5 81. Rf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 Nd7 5. Bg2 Ngf6 6. d3 Bd6 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4
Bg6 9. Nh4 c6 10. e3 a5 11. a3 e5 12. Nd2 O-O 13. O-O Qc7 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. c4
Rfe8 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Rc1 Qd8 18. Qf3 Qe7 19. Nc4 Bc5 20. Qg3 N5b6 21. Nxb6
Bxb6 22. Rfd1 Rad8 23. d4 exd4 24. Bxd4 Qxa3 25. Bxb6 Nxb6 26. Qc7 Rxd1+ 27.
Rxd1 Qxb3 28. Rd8 Rxd8 29. Qxd8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. Be3 Nec6 8. c3
Nd7 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. a3 a6 11. Re1 O-O 12. Nf1 Rc8 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Nd2 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Qb6 16. b4 Nxd4 17. Bf1 f6 18. Nb3 fxe5 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Bxd4 Qd6 21. Ra2
Bf6 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Ne5 25. Qd4 Nc6 26. Qb6 Qc7 27. Qc5 Ne7
28. Qe3 Qc3 29. Qe2 Rcf8 30. h3 Nc6 31. Qd1 Nd4 32. Rd2 e5 33. Rd3 Qc7 34. f3
Nb5 35. Kh1 d4 36. Ne4 Rc6 37. Qd2 Nc3 38. Nf2 Nd5 39. Qg5 Nf4 40. Rd2 Rc1 41.
Rdd1 Rxd1 42. Nxd1 Nd3 43. Re2 h6 44. Qd2 Nf4 45. Re1 Rc8 46. Qa2+ Qc4 47. Qb1
Qc2 48. Qxc2 Rxc2 49. g3 Nd3 50. Rf1 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Bg5 Qa5 14. Nh4 Nb6
15. Bb3 Be6 16. Rxe6 Qxg5 17. Nf3 Qd8 18. Re4 Nd5 19. Qd3 g6 20. g3 Qd7 21.
Rae1 Rfe8 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Kg2 Rxe1 24. Nxe1 Kg7 25. Nc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. c3 Re8 10. Nc4 Nd5 11. Bh2 b5 12. Ncd2 Rb8 13. O-O a6 14. Re1 h6
15. Bf1 Bf5 16. Ne4 Na5 17. a4 Nc4 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qb3 Qc7 20. Ned2 Rec8 21.
Ra6 Rb7 22. Rea1 Be6 23. Qc2 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Nf6 25. R1a5 Bc4 26. Bxc4 Qxc4 27.
Ra7 Rxa7 28. Rxa7 Nd5 29. Bg3 b4 30. cxb4 Qc1+ 31. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 32. Kh2 Rc2 33.
Ra5 Nxb4 34. Rb5 Rxb2 35. Rb7 Bf6 36. Bf4 Kg7 37. Bc1 Rc2 38. Bxh6+ Kxh6 39.
Rxb4 Rxf2 40. Kg1 Ra2 41. g4 Bg5 42. Rb3 Bf4 43. Rb7 Re2 44. Kf1 Re4 45. Rb3
Kg7 46. Kf2 d5 47. Rd3 Re6 48. Ng1 Ra6 49. Ne2 Bd6 50. Kf3 g5 51. Rb3 e6 52.
Rd3 Kg6 53. Rb3 Ra1 54. Rd3 Ra3 55. Rxa3 Bxa3 56. Ke3 Bd6 57. Ng1 f5 58. Nf3
Kf6 59. Kd3 Bf4 60. Kc3 Ke7 61. Kd3 Kd6 62. Kc3 Kc6 63. Ng1 Kb5 64. Kb3 Be3 65.
Nf3 Bf4 66. Ng1 Bd2 67. Nf3 Be3 68. Kc3 Ka4 69. Kd3 Bf4 70. Kc3 Ka3 71. Ng1 Bc7
72. Nf3 Bd8 73. Ng1 Ba5+ 74. Kc2 Kb4 75. Kd3 Kb3 76. Nf3 Bd8 77. Ne5 f4 78. Nf3
Kb2 79. Kd2 Bf6 80. Kd3 Kc1 81. Kc3 Kd1 82. Kd3 Bd8 83. h4 gxh4 84. g5 h3 85.
g6 Bf6 86. Nh2 Ke1 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. e3 Nd7 4. Bb2 Ngf6 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Nh4 e5 8. d3
c6 9. Nd2 Bd6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. Qe2 a5 12. a3 Re8 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. g5 Nh5 15.
Qg4 e4 16. dxe4 Be5 17. O-O-O Bxb2+ 18. Kxb2 Ne5 19. Qh4 d4 20. Nf3 a4 21. Rxd4
Qb6 22. Rb4 Qc5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 24. Kb1 c5 25. Rxa4 Rxa4 26. bxa4 Ra8 27. Qg4
Rxa4 28. Qc8+ Kh7 29. Qxb7 c4 30. Ka2 Qxg5 31. Bf3 Nf6 32. h4 Qa5 33. Qb2 Qd2
34. e5 Nd7 35. h5 g5 36. Be4+ Kh6 37. Qd4 Qa5 38. Qd6+ f6 39. exf6 Nxf6 40. Bc6
Qb6 41. f4 g4 42. Rb1 Qa6 43. Rb8 Kh7 44. Qc5 Rxa3+ 45. Qxa3 Qxc6 46. Qa8 Qxa8+
47. Rxa8 g3 48. Rd8 Ne4 49. Ka3 Nc3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e4 8.
Nd4 Ne5 9. Qc2 f5 10. c4 c5 11. Nb5 Be7 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Rd1 O-O 14. d4 cxd4 15.
Bxd4 Qe7 16. c5 Be6 17. Qc3 Nc6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 Rxf6 20. Nc7 Raf8 21.
Nxe6 Rxe6 22. Bc4 Rfe8 23. Rd7 b5 24. cxb6 axb6 25. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Nc3 Nh5 13. Bc1 Nhf6 14. e4 Bb4
15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. a3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 dxc4 19. Bf4 Qd8 20. Bd6 Re8 21.
Qxc4 c5 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Bxc5 Qc7 24. b4 bxc5 25. Rac1 Qe5 26. bxc5 Rc7 27.
Rd2 Rec8 28. Rdc2 h6 29. Qb4 Ba6 30. f4 Qh5 31. e5 Qg6 32. Be4 Qg4 33. c6 h5
34. Qc3 Bb5 35. Qf3 Qh3 36. Rc5 a6 37. Qf2 h4 38. Qg2 Qg4 39. Qf3 Qh3 40. Qf2
hxg3 41. hxg3 Rd8 42. Bg2 Qf5 43. R5c3 g5 44. Qe3 Kg7 45. fxg5 Qg4 46. Qf4 Qxf4
47. gxf4 Rd4 48. R3c2 Rxf4 49. Rd2 Rg4 50. Kf2 Rxg5 51. Rc5 Kf8 52. Be4 f6 53.
Ke3 fxe5 54. Rh2 Ke7 55. Rh7+ Kd6 56. Rxc7 Kxc7 57. Kf3 Rh5 58. Kg4 Rh2 59.
Rxe5 Kd6 60. c7 Kxc7 61. Kf4 Kd6 62. Rg5 Rh4+ 63. Ke3 Rh3+ 64. Kd4 Rxa3 65. Rh5
Ra4+ 66. Ke3 e5 67. Rh6+ Kc5 68. Re6 Ra3+ 69. Kd2 Kd4 70. Bc2 Bc4 71. Rd6+ Kc5
72. Rd8 Rh3 73. Rc8+ Kd4 74. Rd8+ Bd5 75. Bf5 Rh2+ 76. Kc1 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. d5 d6 8. g3
exd5 9. cxd5 c5 10. Bg2 Nbd7 11. O-O c4 12. Nd4 Nc5 13. Qe2 Nd3 14. b3 Nxc1 15.
Rfxc1 cxb3 16. Rab1 Nd7 17. Nxb3 b6 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. Nc6 Qf6 20. Nb5 Ba6 21. h4
g6 22. Qc2 Bxb5 23. Rxb5 h5 24. a4 Bg7 25. a5 bxa5 26. Rxa5 a6 27. Rb1 Qc3 28.
Qxc3 Bxc3 29. Ra3 Bf6 30. Bf1 Ne4 31. Rb7 a5 32. Nxa5 Bc3 33. Nc4 Rxa3 34. Nxa3
Ra8 35. Nc4 Ra2 36. Bd3 Nxf2 37. Bb1 Ra4 38. Nxd6 Ng4 39. Nxf7 Ne5 40. Nxe5
Bxe5 41. Bxg6 Bxg3 42. Kg2 Be5 43. Bxh5 Rxh4 44. Bf7+ Kg7 45. Be6+ Kf6 46. Rf7+
Kg6 47. Kf3 Bd6 48. Rd7 Bc5 49. Rc7 Bb4 50. Bg4 Kf6 51. e4 Bd6 52. Rd7 Ke5 53.
Rd8 Rh7 54. Bf5 Ra7 55. Kg4 Rg7+ 56. Kh5 Rg1 57. Re8+ Kd4 58. Re6 Kc5 59. Kh6
Bf4+ 60. Kh7 Bd6 61. Bg6 Rg5 62. Kg7 Rg1 63. Kf7 Rf1+ 64. Bf5 Ra1 65. Re8 Kd4
66. Rc8 Ra6 67. Rc2 Ke5 68. Rc8 Ra7+ 69. Kg6 Ra6 70. Re8+ Kd4 71. Re6 Kc5 72.
e5 Kxd5 73. Bg4 Rb6 74. exd6 Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. h4 O-O-O 12. Ng5 Bf5 13. Qd5 h6 14. Ne4
Be5 15. Bd3 Be6 16. Qb5 f5 17. Nd2 f4 18. Bd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Qxb5 20. Bxb5 Bxd4
21. Rhe1 Bf5 22. Ne4 Bb6 23. Bd3 Rhf8 24. f3 d5 25. Nc3 Bxd3 26. Rxd3 c6 27.
Kc1 Bf2 28. Rh1 Rde8 29. Kd1 Re5 30. Ne2 Rh5 31. Rf1 Bb6 32. Rh1 Bd8 33. Rd4 g5
34. b3 Bf6 35. Rd3 Be5 36. Ke1 gxh4 37. Kf1 Rg8 38. Rd2 Kc7 39. Rh3 Bd6 40. Nc1
Bc5 41. Nd3 Be3 42. Re2 d4 43. a4 b5 44. a5 c5 45. Nb2 Kc6 46. Re1 a6 47. Rh1
Kd5 48. Nd3 Rf8 49. Rh3 Kd6 50. Nb2 Rc8 51. Nd3 c4 52. Nb4 cxb3 53. cxb3 Rc3
54. Rd1 Rxb3 55. Nd3 b4 56. Ke2 Rxa5 57. Rxh4 h5 58. Nxf4 Ra2+ 59. Kf1 Rbb2 60.
Nd3 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 d4 12. e4 Na6 13. O-O Nc5 14. Nb3
Be6 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Qe2 Rc8 17. Bd2 Re8 18. Kh1 Qb6 19. b4 Bf8 20. f4 a6 21.
e5 Bd5 22. a3 Qe6 23. Rac1 f5 24. Qf2 Rcd8 25. Rfe1 b5 26. h3 Bc4 27. Qf3 g6
28. Kh2 Be7 29. Rc2 Rc8 30. Rec1 Bd8 31. Qe2 Bxd3 32. Qxd3 Bb6 33. Be1 Rxc2 34.
Rxc2 Rc8 35. Rxc8+ Qxc8 36. Bf2 Qc6 37. Qg3 Qd5 38. Qd3 Kf7 39. a4 Ke6 40. axb5
axb5 41. Qa3 Kd7 42. Qg3 d3 43. e6+ Kxe6 44. Bxb6 d2 45. Qe3+ Kd7 46. Bc5 d1=Q
47. Qe7+ Kc8 48. Qe8+ Kc7 49. Qxb5 Qc6 50. Qa5+ Kd7 51. Qa7+ Qc7 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 Qe7 12. Nf3 Rd8 13. e3 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 c5
15. dxc5 Rxd1+ 16. Qxd1 bxc5 17. Qc2 Nbd7 18. Ke2 Rc8 19. Rd1 c4 20. Kf1 Nb6
21. h3 c3 22. Kg1 Qc5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. bxc3 Qxa3 25. Rd3 Kg7 26. e4 Qa4 27.
Qc1 Qxe4 28. Rd4 Qf5 29. Rg4+ Kf8 30. Nd4 Qe5 31. Rg3 Nd5 32. Qa3+ Ne7 33. Qxa7
Rxc3 34. Nf3 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Qc7 36. Qa8+ Qc8 37. Qa3 Rc3 38. Qb4 Qc7 39. Kg1 Rc1+
40. Kh2 Rc5 41. Nd4 Rc4 42. Qd2 Ke8 43. Nb5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Bd3 Bd7 8.
Nf3 Bc6 9. Be2 Bd6 10. d4 b6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg5 Qg6 13. Qd2 h6 14. Bf4 Nd7 15.
Bg3 Nf6 16. Bd3 Be4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Qe3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Qf5 20. a4 c5 21. a5
Rac8 22. axb6 axb6 23. Rfc1 Ra8 24. Rab1 Ra6 25. Rd1 Rfa8 26. d5 Re8 27. Rb2
Qg4 28. Qe2 Re7 29. Qf1 e5 30. Nh2 Qg6 31. Qe2 e4 32. Nf1 f5 33. Ne3 h5 34.
Rdb1 Be5 35. d6 Rd7 36. Rxb6 Rxb6 37. Rxb6 Rxd6 38. Rxd6 Bxd6 39. Qd1 f4 40.
gxf4 Bxf4 41. Qd5+ Qf7 42. Qxe4 Bxe3 43. Qxe3 Qf5 44. Qd2 Kh7 45. Qd5 Qg4 46.
Qxc5 h4 47. Qd4 Qg5 48. c5 h3 49. Qd3+ Kg8 50. Qxh3 Qxc5 51. Qe6+ Kh7 52. Qe4+
g6 53. c4 Qd6 54. g3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 h6 10. Be3 Re8 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 Na5 13. Ba2 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 c6 15.
Ba2 c5 16. Nd2 Bg5 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Be6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. Rf5
Qe7 22. Nf1 Re5 23. Rf2 d5 24. exd5 Rxd5 25. Qf3 Rad8 26. Ne3 Re5 27. Nf5 Re1+
28. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 29. Rf1 Qe5 30. c3 bxc3 31. bxc3 Kh7 32. d4 cxd4 33. cxd4 Qe6
34. Qc3 Rd5 35. Ne3 Rg5 36. d5 Qe5 37. Qd3+ Kg8 38. d6 Nc6 39. d7 Qe7 40. Nf5
Qc5+ 41. Kh1 Nd8 42. Qe4 Qb6 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Ne7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. c3 c5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Qb6 9. Rb1 Qe6+ 10. Be2 Qb6 11. Bd3 Qe6+ 12. Be3 Ng4 13. Qe2 Nxe3 14. fxe3
Nd7 15. O-O Qb6 16. c4 e5 17. cxd5 exd4 18. e4 Qc7 19. Rbc1 Qf4 20. Kh1 Qe3 21.
Nc4 Qxe2 22. Bxe2 Nc5 23. Nd6 d3 24. Rxc5 dxe2 25. Re1 b6 26. Rc2 Ba6 27. b4
Rad8 28. b5 Rxd6 29. bxa6 f5 30. exf5 Rxf5 31. Rexe2 Rfxd5 32. g3 Rc5 33. Kg2
Bf8 34. Ne5 Re6 35. Nd7 Rxe2+ 36. Rxe2 Ra5 37. Re8 Kf7 38. Rxf8+ Ke7 39. Ra8
Kxd7 40. Rxa7+ Ke6 41. h4 h5 42. Kf3 Rxa2 43. Ra8 Kf7 44. Ke4 Ra5 45. Kd4 Kg7
46. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. O-O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 a6 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Kb1 c5
15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Nf6 18. Qb3 b5 19. e4 c4 20. Qe3 Rd8 21. e5
Nd5 22. Qe4 O-O 23. Bc1 Qc6 24. h4 Qe6 25. f4 c3 26. a3 cxb2 27. Bxb2 Bxa3 28.
Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Bxa3 Rd2 30. Kc1 Qa2 31. Bg4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. a4 Nc6 8. a5
Rb8 9. Qc2 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Rd1 Qc5 12. Be3 Qb4 13. Ra4 Qb3 14. Rxc4 Qxc2
15. Rxc2 Bd6 16. Na3 Bd7 17. Rcc1 b6 18. axb6 axb6 19. Nc4 Ba4 20. Rd2 Bb4 21.
Rd3 Bc5 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Bf3 Bb5 24. Rd2 Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb2 f6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 Bg4 7. Be2 Qd7 8. O-O
e6 9. Re1 O-O-O 10. Nbd2 Bd6 11. a3 Nge7 12. c4 Bf4 13. c5 h5 14. b4 a6 15. Qa4
Qc7 16. b5 axb5 17. Bxb5 g5 18. Bc3 Bf5 19. Nf1 h4 20. Qa8+ Kd7 21. Qa4 Ra8 22.
Qd1 g4 23. N3d2 g3 24. fxg3 hxg3 25. h3 Rag8 26. Ne3 Bxh3 27. gxh3 g2 28. Ng4
Rxh3 29. Qe2 Rxg4 30. Qxe6+ Kd8 31. Qxg4 Be3+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8.
Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Qxb7 Rb8 12. Qa6 O-O 13. Bb5 Rb6 14. Qa4
Ne7 15. Ne5 Ng6 16. Nxg4 Nxg4 17. h3 Nf6 18. Nb3 e5 19. O-O e4 20. Rfe1 Nh5 21.
Bf1 Nh4 22. Qa5 Qg6 23. Qxd5 Nf3+ 24. Kh1 Ng3+ 25. fxg3 Qxg3 26. Qe5 Nxe5 27.
dxe5 Qxe5 28. Rad1 f5 29. Rd7 Rd6 30. Rxa7 Qg3 31. Rb1 f4 32. Nc5 Qe3 33. b4 f3
34. Re7 fxg2+ 35. Bxg2 Rh6 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15.
b4 O-O 16. h3 Qd7 17. Bf4 Rfd8 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bg3 h5 20. Nd2 hxg4 21. hxg4 Nxb4
22. cxb4 Bxb4 23. Ba2 c5 24. e6 fxe6 25. Nf3 c4 26. Ne5 Qe8 27. Kg2 Rd5 28. f3
Rad8 29. Rh1 Bd6 30. Qe1 d2 31. Qe3 Bc2 32. Rad1 Bxd1 33. Rxd1 Bxe5 34. Bxe5
Rd3 35. Qe4 R8d5 36. Bb1 Qf7 37. Bxd3 Rxd3 38. Qa8+ Qf8 39. Qxf8+ Kxf8 40. Bc3
Ke7 41. Kf2 g6 42. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 43. Bxd2 Kd6 44. Bb4+ Kd5 45. Ke3 Ke5 46. Bd2 Kd5
47. f4 Kc5 48. Ke4 b4 49. Ke5 a5 50. Kxe6 Kd4 51. f5 gxf5 52. gxf5 Kd3 53. Bf4
a4 54. f6 b3 55. f7 c3 56. bxc3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c5 8. Nxc4
Be6 9. Nce5 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd5 12. Rd1 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Rd8 14. Bf4
Nd5 15. Ndf3 Na6 16. Bd2 Rac8 17. Ba5 b6 18. Be1 f6 19. Nd3 e5 20. e4 Ndc7 21.
Ng1 Ne6 22. Ne2 Kf7 23. Nc3 Bf8 24. f3 Nb4 25. Nxb4 Bxb4 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Nd5
Bxe1 28. Rxe1 Rc8 29. Ne3 Nd4 30. Rd1 Ke6 31. Kf2 b5 32. a3 a5 33. f4 a4 34. h4
h5 35. Kg2 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4
Qb6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O b5 13. g4 Bb7 14. h4 Nc5 15.
Bd3 d5 16. e5 Nfe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Rh3 h5 19. Be1 g6 20. gxh5 Rxh5 21. Qg4
Qb6 22. Nce2 Rc8 23. Kb1 Rc4 24. b3 Rc8 25. Kb2 a5 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 Ra8 28.
Ra1 Ra4 29. Rb3 Bc8 30. Qh3 Bd7 31. Raa3 Qd8 32. Qd3 Qb6 33. Nf3 Qc6 34. Ned4
Qb6 35. Ng5 Bxg5 36. fxg5 Qb8 37. Nf3 Ke7 38. Bc3 Rh8 39. Bd4 Rc8 40. Nd2 Bc6
41. Nb1 Rh8 42. Nc3 Rxh4 43. Nxa4 bxa4 44. b5 axb3 45. bxc6 bxc2+ 46. Rb3 c1=Q+
47. Kxc1 Rh1+ 48. Kc2 Rh2+ 49. Kc1 Rh1+ 50. Kc2 Rh2+ 51. Kc1 Rh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Bf4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Be5 Nhf6 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Qb3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 b5
15. Qc2 Bg7 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. Qc6 O-O 18. Rc1 Nb8 19. Qc2 Nd7 20. O-O c5 21. dxc5
Nxc5 22. Ned4 Qd7 23. Qb1 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Rd1 Bg4 27. a4
bxa4 28. Qxa6 Rc4 29. b3 axb3 30. Nxb3 Rc3 31. Nbd4 Rc4 32. Qa8+ Rc8 33. Qa5
Bxd4 34. Rxd4 Qf5 35. Ne1 Qb1 36. f3 Be6 37. Kf2 Rb8 38. Rd2 Rc8 39. Qa3 Rb8
40. Qc3 Rc8 41. Qb2 Qxb2 42. Rxb2 Bf5 43. g4 Bg6 44. Rb5 Rd8 45. Ke2 Kg7 46.
Nd3 Bxd3+ 47. Kxd3 Ra8 48. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. h4 b6 12. h5 h6 13. g4 Bb7 14. Qe3 Nc6
15. a3 b5 16. Be2 a6 17. Rd1 Qa5+ 18. Kf1 f6 19. Rg1 Ne7 20. d5 exd5 21. exd5
Nxd5 22. Qe6+ Kh8 23. Nh4 Nf4 24. Qe7 Qc3 25. Qxb7 Qh3+ 26. Ng2 Nxe2 27. Kxe2
Qxg4+ 28. Qf3 Qc4+ 29. Qd3 Qg4+ 30. Kf1 Rad8 31. Qxd8 Rxd8 32. Rxd8+ Kh7 33.
Ne3 Qxh5 34. Ra8 Qc5 35. Rb8 Qc7 36. Rf8 Qe7 37. Rc8 Qd7 38. Rc2 f5 39. f4 Qd4
40. Ke2 Qxf4 41. Rc5 Qh2+ 42. Rg2 Qh5+ 43. Kd2 Qf3 44. Rc7 h5 45. Rcxg7+ Kh8
46. Rg8+ Kh7 47. R2g7+ Kh6 48. Rg5 Qf4 49. R8g6+ Kh7 50. Rg7+ Kh8 51. Rg8+ Kh7
52. R5g7+ Kh6 53. Ke2 Qe4 54. Re7 Qxe7 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nf1 Bg6 11. Ne3 c6 12. c4 Nf6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Qb3 Qb6
15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Bd2 b5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. a3 Nc6 19. Bc3 Rad8 20. g3 Bc7 21.
Nd2 Bb6 22. Nb3 g5 23. f3 g6 24. Kg2 Kg7 25. Nc2 g4 26. fxg4 Nxg4 27. Nb4 Nxb4
28. axb4 Nf6 29. Nc5 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Bxc5 31. dxc5 d4 32. Bd2 Rd7 33. Kf3 Nd5 34.
h4 f5 35. g4 fxg4+ 36. Kxg4 Ne7 37. Kf3 Nc6 38. Re6 Kf7 39. Re4 Rd5 40. Rf4+
Ke6 41. Re4+ Kd7 42. Rg4 Rf5+ 43. Ke2 Rf6 44. Rg5 Ke6 45. Kd3 Rf3+ 46. Ke2 Rf6
47. Kd3 Rf3+ 48. Ke2 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qb3 c5 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8.
dxc5 Qxb3 9. axb3 Nc6 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Bg5 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Nxc5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14.
b4 Na6 15. b5 cxb5 16. Nxb5 Rb8 17. Nxa7 Rxb2 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Kh8 8. Nc3
Ng8 9. Nd5 f5 10. h3 fxe4 11. dxe4 Nf6 12. a5 a6 13. Ra3 Be6 14. Nxf6 Bxc4 15.
Nd5 Bb5 16. Be3 Qd7 17. Nd2 Nd8 18. c4 Bc6 19. Qg4 Ne6 20. b4 Rae8 21. Nf3 Bd8
22. h4 h6 23. h5 Nd4 24. Qxd7 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Bxd7 26. Kg2 Rf7 27. Rh1 Ref8 28.
Bc1 c6 29. Nb6 Be6 30. Rd1 Bxb6 31. axb6 Rf6 32. Rad3 Bxc4 33. Rxd6 Rxf3 34.
Be3 R3f7 35. R1d2 Kh7 36. Rd7 Rxd7 37. Rxd7 Rf7 38. Rc7 Be6 39. Bd2 g6 40. Bc3
g5 41. Bxe5 Kg8 42. f3 Bb3 43. Kf2 Be6 44. Ke3 Kf8 45. f4 gxf4+ 46. Bxf4 Ke8
47. Bxh6 Bg4 48. Bf4 Bxh5 49. Rc8+ Kd7 50. Rh8 Bg4 51. Bc7 Rf3+ 52. Kd4 Rh3 53.
Rb8 c5+ 54. bxc5 Kc6 55. Bd6 Bd7 56. Ke5 Rh6 57. Rg8 a5 58. Kf4 a4 59. Ra8 Rh4+
60. Ke3 Kb5 61. e5 Bc6 62. Kd3 Rh3+ 63. Kd2 Rh2+ 64. Kd3 Rh3+ 65. Kd2 Rh2+ 66.
Kd3 Rh3+ 67. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 Bb7 8. Bg2
a6 9. a4 c5 10. axb5 c4 11. Qd1 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. O-O Be7 14. b3 cxb3 15.
Qxb3 b4 16. Bb2 Nbd7 17. Nbd2 O-O 18. Ra1 Qb8 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rc8 21. e4
h5 22. Nd3 h4 23. Rc1 Rxc1 24. Nxc1 Qb5 25. Qd3 Qxd3 26. Nxd3 hxg3 27. hxg3 Nb6
28. Kf3 Nfd7 29. Nb3 Nc4 30. Bc1 e5 31. dxe5 Ncxe5+ 32. Nxe5 Nxe5+ 33. Ke2 Kf8
34. f4 Ng4 35. Kf3 Nh2+ 36. Kg2 Ng4 37. Kf3 Nh2+ 38. Kg2 Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nc3 Rb8 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qc2 Na5 14. Rad1 h6 15.
Nd2 Qd7 16. f4 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Qc3 Rb5 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21.
Qxc4 Rxb2 22. d5 exd5 23. Rxd5 Qf5 24. a4 Rfb8 25. Rb5 c5 26. Rxb8+ Rxb8 27.
Qd5 Rd8 28. Qc4 Rb8 29. Qd5 Rd8 30. Qc4 a5 31. h3 h5 32. Rc1 Rd3 33. Kf2 Qg6
34. g3 Qf5 35. Rb1 Ra3 36. Rb3 Rxb3 37. Qxb3 Qxh3 38. Qb8+ Kh7 39. Qc7 Qe6 40.
Qxa5 h4 41. gxh4 Bxh4+ 42. Ke2 Qc4+ 43. Kd2 Qa2+ 44. Kd1 Qb1+ 45. Ke2 c4 46.
Qc3 Qe4 47. Kd1 Qf3+ 48. Kc1 Bg3 49. Qd2 c3 50. Qd4 Be1 51. Qd3+ g6 52. Kc2
Qg2+ 53. Kd1 Qh1 54. Kc2 Qc6 55. Kd1 Bg3 56. Qd4 Qf3+ 57. Kc2 Be1 58. Qd3 Qc6
59. Kd1 Bg3 60. Qd4 Qf3+ 61. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 $5 {This move heads towards
Catalan-like positions.} dxc4 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8
10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 Qc7 {In the 2nd round of the
event, Magnus had this position against Karjakin with a pawn on a3.} 14. O-O-O
$5 $146 {According to Caruana, he found this idea a few months ago.} Ng4 15.
Rd2 {It is more important to cover b2 than to attack the weak c4-pawn.} ({
Another possible way to continue is} 15. Rd4 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Rb8 17. Rhd1 (17.
Rxc4 $4 Qb7) 17... e5 18. Rxc4 Qb6 $11) 15... Nxe3 16. fxe3 Rb8 17. Rhd1 a5 {
This fresh middlegame position is dynamically balanced, but it seems
practically easier to play White rather than Black. The latter has more weak
pawns to take care of and it is better to have the knight in this type of
structure.} (17... e5 $5 {While the engine suggests this, it's difficult to
decide on it otb. It opens up a diagonal for the bishop but it also gives
White's knight a good square on d5.} 18. Nd5 Qb7 19. Qc6 $1 Be6 20. Qxb7 Rxb7
21. Nc3 {with a roughly equal ending, but I think it might be easier to play
for White when one or both pairs of rooks are traded off.}) 18. Kb1 $1 {
Necessary prophylaxis to improve king safety.} h6 {Black does the same by
creating an airhole for his king.} 19. Ka1 Rb4 20. Qc2 Rb8 {Nakamura couldn't
find a way to coordinate his pieces well with a rook on b4 so decided to
reconnect with the other rook.} (20... Bb7 21. Rd7 Qb6 (21... Qe5 22. Qd2) (
21... Qc5 22. Qd2) 22. Qd2 {and in all cases, White has improved his piece
harmony more than Black did.}) 21. Qe4 Bb7 22. Qd4 Ba8 23. e4 (23. Qd7 {
doesn't lead anywhere after} Qb6 24. Qd4 Qc7 25. Qd6 Qa7 $1 $11) 23... Rfc8 24.
Qf2 (24. e5 $5 {Preparing a kingside expansion is an interesting idea here:}
Qb7 (24... Qe7 25. h4 {[%cal Gd4f2,Gg3g4]}) 25. Qf4 Qb6 26. h4 $40 {[%cal
Gg3g4,Rg4g5,Rh4h5]}) 24... Bc6 25. Qc5 $1 {This must've been annoying for
Nakamura to face as it almost forces an ending which makes life more difficult
for Black due to his weak pawns.} Be8 26. Qxc7 Rxc7 27. Rd6 (27. Rd8 $5 Rcc8
28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rd6 $14) 27... Kf8 28. Ra6 Rc5 29. Ra7 $14 {The rook on a7
is both annoying and powerful!} Rbc8 30. Kb1 Rh5 31. h4 Re5 32. Kc2 g5 33. Rf1
{I like this more than the engine's suggestion of letting go of the h-pawn.} (
33. Rd6 Bc6 34. Rd4 Be8 35. Kd2 gxh4 36. gxh4 Rh5 $132) 33... Kg7 ({Now} 33...
gxh4 34. gxh4 Rh5 {can be met with} 35. Rf4 {where White keeps his advantage
without allowing counterplay.}) 34. Rb7 $1 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gc2d2,Gd2e3,Gb7b2,
Gb7b8] An important controlled move to make before bringing the king to the
center.} Kg6 35. Kd2 f5 $2 {Nakamura gets impatient, but it's difficult to
blame him as such positions are difficult to play.} ({The best plan is to try
to get rid of the annoying rook on b7.} 35... Rec5 36. Ke3 (36. Rh1 $5 R5c7 37.
Rxc7 Rxc7 38. hxg5 Kxg5 (38... hxg5 39. Rh8 Bc6 40. Ke3 $14) 39. Rh4) 36...
R5c7 37. Rxc7 (37. Rb6 Rc6) 37... Rxc7) 36. hxg5 fxe4 (36... hxg5 37. Rh1 {
[%cal Rb7h7,Rh1h6] looks scary for Black.} fxe4 38. Ke3 Bc6 39. Rbh7 Kf5 40.
Rg1 Kg4 41. Rh6 $1 $16 {[%cal Re3d4,Rc3d1,Rd1f2]}) 37. Ke3 Bc6 38. Re7 $1 {
Tying down the rook to the defence of e6. It's impressive how accurately
Caruana is playing here!} Rxg5 (38... hxg5 39. Kd4 {A nice picture of the king,
with his troops, capturing an enemy rook in the middle of the board.} Rf5 40.
Rxe6+ $18) 39. Rxe6+ Kg7 {Now there's more than one way that leads to Rome as
Black's pawns simply drop off and his pieces are severely lacking coordination.
} 40. Re7+ Kg6 41. Rd1 Kf6 (41... Rxg3+ 42. Kf4 Rg2 43. Rd6+ Kh5 44. Re5+ Rg5
45. Ree6 $18) 42. Ra7 Ke6 43. Rh1 h5 44. g4 $1 {The last small tactic or
tactical blow, whatever you like to call it leads to a nice win for White!} Be8
45. gxh5 Bxh5 46. Nxe4 {The power of centralisation.} Rf5 47. Ra6+ Ke7 48. Nd6
Re5+ 49. Kd4 {Black is suffering too much material loss, so he resigned.  A
nice opening idea and controlled technical play by Caruana. It's an
interesting coincidence that he used an opening and style that Magnus used to
win earlier in the event, almost as if he is saying "Whatever you can do, I
can do!"} 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. h4 O-O-O 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be5 14.
Be2 Qa4 15. b3 Qa5 16. f4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 g6 18. h5 Qc5 19. Qd2 Rhe8 20. Bf3 Bf5
21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Rh7 Re7 23. g4 Bd7 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Re8 26. Qd2 Qe3 27.
Qxe3 Rxe3 28. Rh8+ Re8 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 30. Kc1 b6 31. g5 Kd8 32. Kd2 Bd7 33. Be4
Ke7 34. Ke3 Be6 35. c4 c5 36. Kf3 Bd7 37. Ke3 Be6 38. Kf3 Bd7 39. Ke3 Be6 40.
Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 {Fernandez,D: 'Not one of the most common
answers to the Nimzo-Indian. What seems to have occurred is that White gambled
on Black wanting to try and play a Catalan-type structure, regardless of any
slightly better options around.'} O-O (4... c5 {seems like the most principled
continuation to me, especially since d5 is probably an ill-advised response.
Sample lines:} 5. dxc5 (5. d5 Ne4 $1 6. Qc2 Qf6 $1 $15 {is a nice tactical
point}) (5. Nf3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 $132 {is a normal Bogo-type
position where Black could play, for instance, ...Be4 or ...Nc6.}) 5... Na6 6.
Bg2 O-O 7. Nf3 Nxc5 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 d6 $11) 5. Bg2 d5 {Fernandez,D: 'Not a
mistake, but giving White the kind of game he asked for.'} (5... Nc6 $5 6. Nf3
Na5 {This is quite an unusual concept, relying from very early on upon the one
weakness that has been created by White's fianchetto.} 7. Qa4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 b6
$11) 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O {Fernandez,D: 'Of course, this is a position with
significant theory around it, and Black should not be worse if he is extremely
vigilant. In the next note, we will see a Black win...'} Nc6 8. Qa4 $5 {
The idea of this move is prompt recapture of the c4-pawn.} Bd7 (8... Nd5 {
is the main theoretical line, after which White has to play a pawn down and
seek compensation: Fernandez,D: 'This is the early suggestion of my machine,
but in my experience, the defence of a 'Catalan c4-pawn' with ...Nb6 or ...Na5
is extremely easy to over-rate.'} 9. Qc2 Be7 (9... Nb6 10. Rd1 $44 {There will
follow e4 and b3.}) ({Attempting to mix ideas doesn't work:} 9... a6 10. a3 Be7
11. e4 Nb6 12. Be3 $14) 10. Rd1 {etc.}) 9. Bg5 {The most logical move.
Fernandez,D: 'This is almost a novelty, although its previous usage indicates
some pedigree.'} (9. Rd1 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxd4 11. Qxc4 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Qc8 13. Qc5
Re8 14. Bg5 Nd5 15. e4 Nb6 16. e5 Bc6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qxc6 h6 19. Be3 Nd5 $11
{1/2 (71) Baryshpolets,A (2609)-Henderson de La Fuente,L (2485) Rockville USA
2018}) ({Fernandez,D: 'Previously} 9. Qc2 {was tested.'} Be7 (9... Rb8 10. Rd1
b5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Ba5 15. Bf4 $14 {1-0 (51)
Mochalov,E (2374)-Vaganian,R (2550) Minsk 2018}) 10. e4 (10. Bg5 $5 {seems
advisable here too, and there could follow} Rb8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ne4 b5 13. b3
$13 {with considerable mess}) 10... Nb4 (10... Rb8 11. Rd1 b5 12. Qe2 b4 13. d5
$13 {1/2 (35) Porat,M (2274)-Mascaro March,P (2413) Arinsal 2011}) 11. Qe2 Nd3
12. Ne1 $13 (12. Be3 {0-1 (41) So,W (2780)-Anand,V (2768) Saint Louis 2018} c5
$17 {Fernandez,D: '=/+!'} (12... b5 13. Ne1 Nxe1 14. Rfxe1 c6 15. Rad1 Rc8 16.
d5 cxd5 17. exd5 Qa5 $36 {So,W-Anand,V Saint Louis 2018, White's Catalan
bishop was looking less useful than usual.}))) 9... a5 $6 {Hardly the best
continuation. Fernandez,D: 'This is a reasonable choice. The various
alternatives all reflect the reality that over the next few moves, both sides
will lose their bishop pairs and White will recover the c4-pawn.'} (9... Rb8 {
Fernandez,D: 'might be the most clinical move to equalise.'} 10. Rad1 (10. Bxf6
$5 Qxf6 11. Ne5 Qe7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxc6 $14 {M.Roiz}) 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 h6
12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxc4 $14 {1/2 (67) Matlakov,M (2735)-Tomashevsky,E (2713) St
Petersburg 2017} Rfc8 $1 $11 {Matlakov,M-Tomashevsky,E St Petersburg 2017.
Black gets ...Na5 and ...c5 soon, Grünfeld-style, and I believe the position
is approximately equal.}) (9... Bxc3 $142 $1 10. bxc3 Nxd4 11. Qxc4 Nc6 $1 {
, and White's compensation for the pawn (pair of bishops and active pieces) is
insufficient to claim an advantage:} 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Rab1 $1 Rab8 14. Nd4 h6
15. Be3 Qe8 $1 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxa7 Ra8 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Qxc6 bxc6 20. Rb7
Rfc8 21. c4 {1-0 (41) Roiz,M (2614)-Psakhis,L (2475) Israel ISR 2018} Ne8 $1
22. Rd7 e5 $11 {[%cal Yg7g5,Yg8g7,Yg7f6,Yf6e6] M.Roiz}) 10. Bxf6 $1 (10. Rfd1
$6 {1-0 (17) Lenderman,A (2600)-Gretarsson,H (2568) Reykjavik ISL 2018} Bxc3 (
10... Nxd4 $5 11. Rxd4 Bxc3 $6 (11... Bxa4 12. Rxd8 Rfxd8 13. Nxa4 h6 $15 {
still leaves White a little awkwardly placed}) 12. Rxd7 Qxd7 13. Qxd7 Nxd7 14.
bxc3 f6 15. Be3 Rab8 16. Nd4 Kf7 17. Nb5 $16 {Lenderman,A -Gretarsson,H
Reykjavik 2018. Black's resignation here was perhaps a little early, but it is
clear that the two pieces are very much better than the rook.}) 11. bxc3 Nb4
$17 {Fernandez,D: '-/+!' Fernandez,D: 'was the correct way of exploiting
White's awkward queen position.'}) 10... Qxf6 (10... gxf6 11. Qc2 {[%csl Rg8]})
11. a3 {White regains a pawn and obtains a small but clear positional
advantage.} Bxc3 (11... Nxd4 12. Qxd7 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe2+ 14. Kh1 Nxc3 15. Rfc1
b5 16. Qd4 $16) 12. bxc3 Qd8 (12... b6 $5 13. Qxc4 Rac8 $14) 13. Qxc4 a4 14.
Nd2 Na5 15. Qb4 Ra7 {[%csl Ra7]} 16. Rab1 b6 {This defensive arrangement is
too passive.} 17. e3 {This, however, allows an exchange of bishops, which
improves Black's position.} (17. Rfd1 $142 Bc6 18. e4) (17. Nc4 $142 $5 Bc6 18.
e4) 17... Bc6 18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. Qb5 Qa8 20. c4 Rd8 21. Rfc1 e5 $2 {[%mdl 16384]
It was better to wait:} (21... h6 $14) 22. d5 Nb8 (22... Ne7 23. e4 {[%cal
Yc4c5]}) 23. c5 $1 Ra5 24. Qb2 Qxd5 25. cxb6 cxb6 26. Nc4 Rc5 27. Qxb6 $16 {
White has a clear advantage now due to the poor position of Black's knight.} f6
$2 {[%mdl 8192] This move loses at once.} (27... Rf8 $142 28. Qxb8 Rxc4 29.
Rxc4 Qxc4 30. Qxe5 $16) 28. Rd1 $1 Qxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30. Kg2 (30. Kg2 Nd7 (
30... Rxc4 31. Qe6+) (30... Rc8 31. Qe6+) 31. Qe6+ Kf8 32. Nd6 Rxd6 33. Qxd6+
Ke8 34. Qe6+ Kd8 35. Qg8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2842"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Bc4 $5 {This move is almost unexplored on a high level.} O-O ({After} 8...
Bf6 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O-O Re8 11. h3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. g4 {Dubov,D -
Fridman,D Tbilisi 2017, White had a definite initiative on the k-side and
eventually won.}) (8... Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 {, as was checked in a few games
doesn't seem to fully solve Black's problems in view of} 10. h4 $1 Qd7 11. Ng5
e5 12. Qd5 Bxg5 13. hxg5 $14) 9. Qd2 ({Another possibility was} 9. Qe2 Re8 10.
O-O-O Bg4 {, though White's queen is placed rather awkwardly here. For
instance,} 11. h3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Bg5 13. f4 Bxf4 14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. Qc4+ Kf8 16.
Qxf4+ Qf6 $11) 9... Bf5 ({A move deserving serious attention is} 9... Ne5 $5
10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. O-O-O Qxd2+ 12. Rxd2 Bf5 13. Re1 Rfe8 {, and then in 1
correspondence game Black managed to slowly liquidate White's pressure along
central files. However, play of such a character would most likely suit Magnus.
}) 10. O-O-O Qd7 11. Kb1 $146 {This typical prophylactic move is a novelty.} ({
The previously played} 11. Rhe1 Rae8 12. Bd5 Be6 13. c4 Bf6 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15.
Qxg5 h6 {led to equal position in Takacs,B - Horvath,I Hungary 2008}) ({
Another interesting try was} 11. h3 $5 Na5 12. Bd3 {, and the effect} Qa4 13.
Kb1 Nc4 {doesn't lead to full equality:} 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. b3 Qa6 16. Nd4 Bd7
17. c4 $14) 11... Rfe8 12. h4 {The most aggressive. Magnus is intending to
push his kingside pawns as soon as possible.} (12. h3 Be4 13. Bd5 Bf6 14. g4 g6
{looks very solid for Black.}) 12... Bf8 {This move looks somewhat passive,
but Fabiano searches for counterplay along the e-file.} (12... Bf6 13. Bg5 $1
Be5 14. Nd4 Bxd4 15. cxd4 d5 16. Bf1 {would have yielded White a definite
advantage due to the pair of bishops.}) 13. h5 h6 14. Be2 $1 {After this move
Black can hardly stop g2-g4} Bg4 (14... a6 15. Nh2 Be4 16. Rhg1 $36) 15. Nh2
Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Ne5 {This move is connected with loss of time, since White is
going to push the k-side pawns and attack the knight.} ({A safer one was} 16...
Re4 $5 17. Nf1 (17. g4 {is well met by} Rae8 18. Qd3 d5 $1 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20.
Rxd5 Bd6 $132) 17... Rae8 18. Nd2 R4e5 19. g4 Qe6 {White is still somewhat
better, but Black's counterplay shouldn't be underestimated.}) 17. Bc1 Qc6 18.
f4 (18. g4 $5 Qc4 19. Qxc4 Nxc4 20. b3 Ne5 21. c4 $14 {also would have kept
Black under long-lasting pressure.}) 18... Nc4 19. Qd3 Qe4 {Black manages to
liquidate into the endgame, but it doesn't fully solve his problems.} 20. g4
Ne3 21. Rde1 Qxd3 22. cxd3 Nd5 23. Reg1 $1 {White reasonably prefers to keep
both rooks on the board.} (23. g5 $6 {would be premature:} Rxe1 24. Rxe1 g6 $1
{and the initiative is almost gone.}) 23... Re6 $6 ({Much better was} 23... Re2
$1 24. g5 Kh7 25. Ng4 Rae8 {, and the activity of rooks offers Black definite
counter-play. For instance,} 26. g6+ (26. f5 hxg5 27. Bxg5 Be7 28. Bxe7 R8xe7
29. c4 Nf6 $11) 26... Kg8 27. f5 f6 28. c4 Nb4 $132) 24. g5 Ne7 $6 {This is
too passive.} ({After} 24... Kh7 25. Ng4 Re2 26. f5 hxg5 27. Bxg5 Be7 28. Bxe7
Rxe7 29. h6 g6 30. fxg6+ fxg6 31. Rf1 $16 {The h-passer also would have put
Black in danger, but it was the lesser evil.}) 25. gxh6 Rxh6 26. f5 Rh7 27. Ng4
(27. f6 $1 {was stronger:} Nd5 28. fxg7 Rxg7 29. Rf1 Re8 30. h6 Rg6 31. Nf3 $18
{and Black doesn't seem to withstand the pressure.}) 27... Kh8 28. f6 Ng8 29.
fxg7+ {This inaccuracy enables Black to activate the pieces.} ({More energetic
was} 29. h6 $1 Nxf6 ({Black is almost paralysed also after} 29... gxf6 30. Rf1
Re8 31. Be3 c5 32. c4) 30. Nxf6 gxf6 31. Re1 {White is dominating over the
board, and he should be able to win.}) 29... Rxg7 30. Be3 c5 $1 {It's
necessary to cover the d4-square.} 31. Bf4 $6 {Another step in the wrong
direction.} ({A much stronger move was} 31. Bd2 $1 Re8 (31... Kh7 32. Nf2 $16)
32. c4 Re6 33. Bc3 f6 34. Rg3 $16 {and Black is still doomed to passive
defence.}) 31... Re8 $1 32. Ne3 Rxg1+ 33. Rxg1 Re6 {Black's pieces are slowly
getting out now.} 34. Nd5 Nf6 35. Nc7 Re2 36. Nb5 Re6 $1 {A cool-blooded reply,
that makes it difficult for White to make real progress.} 37. Rf1 $6 {Spoiling
all the advantage.} ({The last chance was} 37. Nxa7 Kh7 38. Rh1 Ng4 39. Nb5 Nf2
40. Rf1 Nxd3 41. Bxd6 $1 Bxd6 42. Rxf7+ Kh6 43. Rd7 Re1+ 44. Kc2 c4 45. Rxd6+
Kxh5 $14 {Black is very active, but the draw isn't guaranteed yet.}) 37... Kg8
38. Nc7 {Accepting a draw by repetition.} (38. Nxa7 Nxh5 39. Bc1 Rf6 40. Rg1+
Rg6 {is fine for Black.}) 38... Re2 39. Nb5 Re6 40. Nc7 Re2 41. Nb5 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 {Caruana decides that Wesley's opening choice
against Anand was the right one, and deviates from that round 6 game only now.}
Bb4+ 11. Nd2 (11. Ke2 $5 {deserves attention, and something tells me this
would be Carlsen's choice.}) 11... Nc6 ({Anand does not feel like seeing where
Caruana has improved upon his previous attempt to topple this system.} 11... d4
12. e4 Na6 13. O-O Nc5 14. Nb3 Be6 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 $14 {Caruana,F-Nakamura,H
Saint Louis 2018; White was a little better, though he eventually lost.}) 12.
O-O Be7 13. a3 ({Likewise, Caruana does not follow someone else's previous
choice against Anand:} 13. Rc1 Qb6 14. Nb3 g6 15. Qd2 Be6 $11 {Caruana,
F-Nakamura,H Saint Louis 2018; and the pieces were swiftly vacuumed off.})
13... g6 {This move is primarily useful to cut out ideas of Qh5, especially in
instances where this move meaningfully hits the d5-pawn.} 14. Rc1 Bf6 (14... a5
$5 {could be considered, but in general it isn't so good to commit pawns like
this, and it could be that after} 15. Qa4 {and Rc2, Nf3, Rfc1, Qb5 etc, White
stands a little better.}) 15. b4 Qe7 16. Nf3 (16. e4 Be6 $1 {Black is solid as
a rock.}) 16... Rd8 {Maybe this is not most accurate, for instance if Black
has no idea of playing ...d4 in the near future.} (16... a5 $5 17. b5 Nd8 $132)
17. h3 (17. Qd2 Bg4 18. b5 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. h3 Bd7 $14 {
White should have a little something here, for instance with Be2-f3.}) 17...
Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Qd2 a5 {A reasonable attempt to liquidate as many pawns
as possible, however maybe White achieved some advantage after this.} (19...
Bxf4 20. exf4 Bd7 21. Rfe1 Qd6 $11) 20. bxa5 Bxf4 21. exf4 Qxa3 22. Ra1 Qd6 23.
Rfb1 $1 Qf6 24. Ra2 Rd6 25. Rc2 Rc6 26. Rxc6 $2 (26. Rb5 $1 $14 {This move
gave White a little something to play with. Consider the line:} Be6 (26... Qd4
27. Qe3 Qxe3 28. fxe3 Be6 29. g4 $14) 27. Rxb7 Rxc2 28. Bxc2 Qa1+ 29. Kh2 {
and now it is absolutely critical that Black can't take on a5.} Qa2 (29... Qxa5
$6 30. Rb8+ Kg7 31. Qd4+ f6 32. Rb7+ Bf7 33. g4 $3 $16) 30. g4 Rc8 31. f5 Bxf5
$1 (31... Rxc2 32. f6 $18) (31... Qxc2 32. Qxc2 Rxc2 33. fxe6 fxe6 34. a6 $18)
32. gxf5 Qxc2 33. Qe3 Qa2 $8 34. Qf3 {White has very real, continuing threats
against Black's king, and the a-pawn isn't getting any less far advanced.})
26... bxc6 27. Qb4 Qd8 $1 {This move neutralises all White's ideas because of
the reach of the black queen from this square.} 28. Ra1 Ba6 $1 {Now commentary
isn't really required.} 29. Bxa6 Rxa6 30. f5 d4 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Rd1 Rxa5 33.
Rxd4 Rd5 34. Re4 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Qd6+ 36. Qxd6 Rxd6 37. Re7 Rd2 38. Rc7 Rxf2 39.
Rxc6 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nd3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. b3 Nc6 8.
Bb2 Bf5 9. Nf4 O-O-O 10. Qxe7 Nxe7 11. O-O-O Ng6 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14.
Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 g5 16. h3 c6 17. c4 Be6 18. Bf3 d5 19. d3 f6 20. Rhe1 Bf7 21.
cxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Re8+ Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Re1 Bc5 26. f3 Re8 27.
Re4 Kd7 28. Kc2 Bd6 29. a4 a6 30. Bc3 b5 31. Bb2 Re6 32. Bc3 Re8 33. Bb2 Re6
34. Bc3 Re8 35. Bb2 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour playoff"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8.
Bxb4 Ndxb4 9. O-O Rb8 10. Na3 O-O 11. Qb5 b6 12. Qxc4 Ba6 13. Nb5 Qe8 14. Rfc1
Nd5 15. Qxc6 Qxc6 16. Rxc6 Bxb5 17. Rc2 Rfc8 18. Rac1 c5 19. dxc5 Nb4 20. Rd2
Nxa2 21. Ra1 Nb4 22. Rxa7 Nc6 23. Ra1 bxc5 24. e3 h6 25. Bf1 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 Rb5
27. Rc1 Kf8 28. Rdc2 Nb4 29. Nd4 Nxc2 30. Nxb5 Rb8 31. Na3 Nxa3 32. bxa3 Rb3
33. Rxc5 Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour playoff"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.08.28"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qa4
Nd5 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. e4 Ncb4 12. Qd2 Nb6 13. Ne5 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6
15. Qc2 f5 16. a4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qd7 19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21.
Rxd5 Qc6 22. Rd4 Bc5 23. Qxc6 bxc6 24. Rxc4 Bxf2+ 25. Kg2 c5 26. Ra2 Bd4 27. b4
Rad8 28. bxc5 c6 29. Bf4 Rfe8 30. Rd2 Bf6 31. Rd6 Rc8 32. h4 h5 33. Kf3 Re1 34.
Re4 Ra1 35. Rd7 Ra3+ 36. Kg2 a5 37. Bd6 Kh7 38. Ra7 Bc3 39. Kh3 Ra2 40. Rc4 Bb4
41. Rf4 Bc3 42. Re7 Rd8 43. Re6 Rd7 44. Rf5 g6 45. Rf3 Bd4 46. Re4 Bg7 47. Rfe3
Rb7 48. Re2 Rxe2 49. Rxe2 Bd4 50. Re4 Rb4 51. Rf4 Bg1 52. Rf1 Bd4 53. Rf7+ Kg8
54. Rc7 Rxa4 55. Rxc6 Kf7 56. Ra6 Ke6 57. Bf4+ Kd5 58. c6 Rc4 59. c7 a4 60. Ra8
Bb2 61. c8=Q Rxc8 62. Rxc8 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.25"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Tutisani, Noe"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2827"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia III"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. c3 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
Nf6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 Nh5 11. Ng3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. Be3 b5
15. Bb3 Na5 16. Qc2 Rc8 17. Qd2 c5 18. Bd5 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Rac1 d5 21.
dxc5 dxe4 22. Qxd8 Rfxd8 23. Nd2 c3 24. bxc3 Be6 25. Nxe4 Bxa2 26. Ra1 Bd5 27.
Bg5 Re8 28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29. Bxf6 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 a5 31. Ra1 Ra8 32. c4 Bxc4 33. c6
Be6 34. c7 h6 35. Ra4 Rc8 36. Be5 f6 37. Bd6 Ra8 38. Bb4 Kf7 39. Rxa5 Rxa5 40.
Bxa5 Bc8 41. f3 h5 42. Kf2 g5 43. Bc3 g4 44. Ke3 Ke6 45. Kf2 f5 46. Bd2 Kd7 47.
Bf4 Ba6 48. Ke3 Bf1 49. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.26"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2827"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. d5 c6 14. Nd2
cxd5 15. Nf3 d6 16. Be3 Nc7 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. g3 Bc6 19. Bg2 Ne6 20. Rd1 Qa5 21.
a3 h6 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Re8 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 Qxd5 27.
Rxd5 Re2 28. b4 Rc2 29. Rxd6 Rxc3 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Rd7 Rxa3 32. Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.27"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2827"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Ganguly, Surya Sekhar "]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Be3 $5 $146
{Fabiano comes up with a very interesting novelty as early as move 7 in a
popular line of the Catalan system. The idea is as obvious as it looks. White
stops c5 for the moment. Anand already had this position as Black against
Anish in 2018 Wijk where Anish played the most popular move 7.Qc2} (7. Qc2 c5
8. Nf3 b5 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. Bxd5 exd5 12. dxc5 Bc6 {½-½ (20) Giri,
A (2752)-Anand,V (2767) Wijk aan Zee 2018 Anand came up with this nice pawn
sac idea in that game and drew comfortably.}) 7... Bd6 {In order to have the
e5 option in future.} (7... Nd5 8. Bxd5 Nb6 {doesn't work due to} 9. Bc6+) (
7... b5 {in order to exploit the fact that white queen is still on c4} 8. Qc1 (
8. Qc2 Nd5) 8... Rb8 {is another way of playing which needs further tests.} (
8... Nd5 9. Bg5)) (7... Be7 $5 8. Qc2 $140 Nd5 9. Bd2 c5 {in this particular
line the black bishop is better placed on e7 than on d6}) 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Nh3 $5
{Fabiano was still blitzing out all these weird looking moves which shows the
depth of his preparation. The knight on h3 might look odd for the moment but
in return the bishop on g2 remains open thus Black will not easily be able to
develop normally on the queenside.} e5 (9... Ng4 10. Bg5 $14) (9... Rb8 10. O-O
b5 11. Nc3 $14) 10. O-O h6 {now threatening Ng4} (10... Ng4 11. Bg5 f6 (11...
Ndf6 12. f3 h6 13. Bc1 Nxh2 {leads nowhere} 14. Kxh2 exd4 15. e4 $1) 12. dxe5
Ndxe5 13. Bd2 c6 {An interesting computer suggestion. I somehow still like
White's position more here.}) 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nc3 Qe7 (12... Neg4 13. Bf4 g5
14. Bc1 {[%csl Rg8]}) 13. Rad1 {For the first time Fabi started to think. It
showed a great amount of preparation starting with an uncommon setup from
White's side.} Re8 (13... Ng6 {In order to keep the h3 knight out of the game
for a while} 14. Bd4 {[%cal Gd4f6,Gc3e4]} Be5 15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. Nf4 c6 {
similar to the game but without the dark-squared bishops which reduces White's
advantage a bit.}) 14. Nf4 c6 15. Bd4 g5 $6 {After 15min of thought Anand took
this decision. Clearly his first choice would have been just to play Bd7 but
something bothered him there hence he opted for this desperate solution. Or
perhaps he just wanted to exchange a few pieces to reduce White's advantage.} (
15... Bd7 16. Ne4 (16. Na4 g5 {Now that the other knight is in the corner g5
becomes strong.}) (16. e4 {even here moves are not that easy for Black but at
least he has no obvious weakness.} b5) 16... Nxe4 17. Bxe4 {White still
maintains some pressure}) 16. Nd3 Nxd3 17. Rxd3 $1 Be5 (17... Bf5 {loses on
the spot} 18. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 19. Rxd6 $18) 18. Qd2 {[%cal Gf2f4] After a very
long thought. White goes for f4 ideas in order to open up the kingside.} (18.
Re3 Ng4) (18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. e4 {was also possible}) 18... Bf5 {Ideally Black
wouldn't want to lock his bishop in on g6 but how else can he develop?} 19. e4
Bg6 20. f4 $1 (20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. f4 Qc5+) 20... gxf4 $2 {This turns out to be
a big mistake based on some nice tactics.} (20... Bxd4+ {The line looks ugly
but this was more or less the only decent option Black had.} 21. Rxd4 Rad8 22.
e5 Nh5 23. f5 (23. Rd6 gxf4) 23... Rxd4 24. Qxd4 Bh7 {looks horrible at first
sight. The engine as usual doesn't think about how it looks and says Black is
not so very worse after all! During a game it could be very frustrating to aim
for this position.} 25. Bf3 (25. Re1 $2 Bxf5 26. g4 Rd8 $1 $17 {is a nice
tactical point}) 25... Ng7 26. g4 Qxe5 27. Qxe5 Rxe5 {at some point Black will
sac the piece and will be able to hold}) 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. gxf4 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 {
Now everything comes down to one single question. Can Black take on e4 or not?
If he can’t then it is surely lost. Both players were looking at this at a
distance of many moves and lines are not trivial to calculate with so many
options. Especially over the board during a game.} Nxe4 (23... Rxe4 24. f5 $1
Bxf5 25. Qxh6 $18) 24. Nxe4 Rxe4 {Here too it is not that obvious how White is
better. Fabiano finds the only precise way to win the game.} (24... Bxe4 25.
Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Qg2+ {is one of the tactical points that had to be foreseen a
long time previously}) 25. Rg3 $1 (25. f5 {looks super tempting but spoils the
advantage immediately.} Bxf5 26. Qxh6 Bg6 $1 27. Rg3 (27. Rh3 $2 Qd4) 27... Re6
{Only move but good enough to hold the balance.}) 25... Rd4 {Here too White
had to find the only way to win....} 26. Qe3 $1 {Now Black loses a piece.
Anand resigned. Great preparation and a great game by Fabiano.} (26. Qf2 $2 Kh8
) (26. Qe3 $1 Kh7 (26... Kh8 27. f5 {[%csl Rh6]}) 27. f5 Bxf5 (27... Bh5 28.
Rh3 $18) 28. Rxf5 Qxf5 29. Qxd4 Qb1+ 30. Qg1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.28"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2827"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
O-O Ne8 9. Be3 b6 10. e5 f6 11. Re1 Nc7 12. Qd2 fxe5 13. Bh6 Rxf3 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. gxf3 Bxh3 16. Rxe5 e6 17. Rg5 Qf6 18. Rg3 Bf5 19. Kg2 h5 20. Rh1 Rh8 21.
Ne4 Qxb2 22. Qf4 Nd5 23. Qd6 e5 24. Rh4 Qd4 25. Kg1 Rf8 26. Rxh5 Bxe4 27. Qd7+
Kf6 28. Qxc6+ Kg7 29. Qd7+ Kf6 30. fxe4 Nf4 31. Rf5+ gxf5 32. Qxf5+ Ke7 33.
Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.30"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Kadric, Denis"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2827"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Bc5 8.
Nb3 Ba7 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. f4 d6 11. Qe2 h5 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Bd7 14. Rae1
O-O-O 15. Na4 Kb8 16. Nb6 Be8 17. c4 h4 18. Rc1 h3 19. g3 Ng4 20. Qg1 f5 21.
Be2 Ne7 22. Na5 Qc5 23. Qxc5 dxc5 24. Bxg4 fxg4 25. Rfd1 Bg6 26. Rd7 Bxe4+ 27.
Kg1 Nf5 28. Re1 Bf3 29. Rxe6 Ka7 30. Rc7 Rd1+ 31. Kf2 Rd2+ 32. Ke1 Rxh2 33. b4
Rxa2 34. Nd5 Rxa5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.01"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2827"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 Bxb3 10. axb3 f6 11. Nf3 Nf8 12. Nd2 Qd7 13. Nc4 Ne6 14. Kh1 O-O
15. Qg4 Qf7 16. Be3 Bd4 17. b4 a6 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. c3 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qe7 21. d4
Nf8 22. Na5 Rab8 23. h3 Qe6 24. Qxe6+ Nxe6 25. h4 Nf8 26. d5 cxd5 27. exd5 Ng6
28. h5 Ne7 29. e4 f5 30. exf5 Nxd5 31. Rfe1 Nf6 32. Kg1 Kf7 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34.
Nxb7 Rd2 35. Rxe5 Ng4 36. Re1 Rxb2 37. Nc5 Rc2 38. Ne4 h6 39. Rd1 Ke7 40. g3
Nf6 41. Rd4 Nxe4 42. Rxe4+ Kf6 43. Rc4 Kxf5 44. Kf1 Kg5 45. g4 Kh4 46. Ke1 Ra2
47. Rxc7 Kxg4 48. Rxg7+ Kxh5 49. c4 Ra4 50. Rb7 a5 51. bxa5 Rxc4 52. a6 Ra4 53.
a7 Kg6 54. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.02"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2827"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15.
Be3 O-O 16. Bd4 Qd5 17. Re1 d2 18. Re2 Bxb1 19. Rxb1 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bg5 21. g3
c5 22. Nf5 Qd3 23. Nd6 Qg6 24. h4 Bf4 25. Ne4 f5 26. Nxd2 Rad8 27. Ra1 Rfe8 28.
Qe1 Bxd2 29. Rxd2 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Rxe5 31. Qd8+ Re8 32. Qd5+ Qe6 33. Rd1 c4 34.
bxc4 bxc4 35. Qb7 Re7 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Qf3 g6 38. Qf4 Qc6 39. Rd1 Re4 40. Qh6
Kg8 41. h5 Re8 42. hxg6 hxg6 43. Kf1 Re6 44. Qh4 Re8 45. Rd4 Rc8 46. Qh6 Qe6
47. Rh4 Kf7 48. Qh7+ Kf6 49. Rd4 Qe7 50. Qh6 Kf7 51. Qd2 Rc7 52. Rh4 Kf6 53.
Qd4+ Qe5 54. Qb6+ Kg7 55. Qb8 Kf6 56. Qh8+ Ke6 57. Qg8+ Kf6 58. Rd4 Qe7 59. Rd8
Kg5 60. f4+ Kh5 61. Rd2 Qg7 62. Rh2+ Kg4 63. Kg2 g5 64. Qe8 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.03"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2827"]
[Annotator "Ganguly, Surya Sekhar "]
[PlyCount "236"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{Finally, we could see the much-awaited match when Poland with its young team
faced the top seed US. Naturally the top board clash between Duda and Fabiano
was a very important one.} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3
6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. d4 {A move that started gaining popularity recently once again}
Ne4 8. Qd3 exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Be2 Qb4+ 11. Kf1 Qe7 {Nothing new so far. Many
games have been played and among them a recent example is So - Karjakin} 12. f3
Nc5 13. Qc3 (13. Qd2 {Was seen in So - Karjakin} a5 14. b3 d6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16.
Bb2 Re8 {1/2 (48)-1/2 (48) So,W (2780)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis 2018})
13... d6 (13... Nxd4 $142 {with the queen on c3 this was a nice additional
option} 14. exd4 (14. Qxd4 b6) 14... Re8 $1 {[%csl Re2]} 15. Qc2 d5 $1 16. dxc5
Bf5 17. Qd2 Rad8 {gives Black enough compensation}) 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. b3 (15.
b4 $5) 15... a5 16. Bb2 f5 17. Rd1 (17. Kf2 {It was possible to keep both
rooks flexible for a while}) 17... Be6 (17... a4 {The computer insists on this
following pawn sac idea} 18. b4 a3 19. Bxa3 Na4 20. Qc1 c5 $44) 18. Kf2 a4 19.
b4 Nd7 (19... a3 {Once again this was an interesting option} 20. Bxa3 Na4) 20.
Rd2 {I didn't like the rook to be placed here so quickly. I would rather
prefer a3 or Rhe1 here.} (20. Rhe1) (20. a3) 20... f4 (20... c5 $5) 21. Rc1 (
21. exf4 Rxf4 22. Rhd1 Ne5) 21... Rae8 22. Rd4 fxe3+ 23. Qxe3 c5 24. bxc5 Nxc5
25. Kg1 Qf7 26. Qf2 Bf5 {Black has no issues here. White now starts playing
more cautiously avoiding any direct tactics} 27. Bf1 Re7 (27... Qg6 $5) 28. Ba3
(28. Rd2 {[%cal Gb2d4] would have been more solid approach}) 28... Re5 29. Qd2
{[%cal Gd4d5]} Rfe8 (29... Be6 $5) 30. Rd5 h6 31. Bxc5 dxc5 32. Qa5 Qe7 $1 33.
Rdd1 (33. Qxa4 Rxd5 34. cxd5 Qe3+ 35. Kh1 Bd3 $1 $44) 33... Qg5 34. Kh1 Qe3 35.
Qxc7 Qf2 36. Qa5 {Optically it looks scary for White but nothing really
happens and the position remains equal.} Qxa2 (36... Re2 $2 37. Bxe2 Rxe2 38.
Rg1 Bh3 $1 39. Qa8+ Kh7 40. f4 $18) (36... Bh3 {very tempting and at first
glance looks like winning but White has a nice resource} 37. Rd8 $1 {The only
way but good enough}) (36... Kh7 37. Rd2) 37. Ra1 Qb3 38. h3 (38. Rdc1 $11)
38... Kh7 39. Rd5 $2 (39. Qxa4 {was a good time to bail out} Qxa4 40. Rxa4 Bc2
41. Bd3+ Bxd3 42. Rxd3 Re2 {would end in a draw}) 39... Bc2 (39... Qb4 $1 {
Something that Fabi will spot after the first time control is over} 40. Rxa4
Qxa5 41. Rxa5 Rxd5 42. cxd5 Re1 43. Kg1 Bd3 {would transpose to the game but
without giving White the additional option which he had in the game
continuation.}) 40. Qd2 Bg6 41. Qa5 $2 {A typical 41st move error.} (41. Kh2 {
still worse but better than losing a piece directly.}) 41... Qb4 $1 {Finally!}
42. Rxa4 Qxa5 43. Rxa5 Rxd5 44. cxd5 Re1 45. Kg1 Bd3 46. Rxc5 Rxf1+ 47. Kh2 Rd1
48. Kg3 Bf1 $2 (48... Ba6 $1 {[%cal Ga6b7] Black could have immediately won a
pawn in this way. Right now Black threatens Bb7 and also keeps the option open
for playing Bf1 if White plays Kf4.} 49. Kf4 (49. Kf2 Bb7) 49... Bf1 $1 50. g4
Bxh3 51. Ke5 Bg2 $19) 49. Kf2 Kg6 (49... Rb1 {[%cal Gf1b5]}) 50. h4 {Now it is
a draw again} Bd3 51. h5+ (51. g4 $5) 51... Kf5 52. Rc7 Kf6 53. Rc6+ Kg5 54.
Rc7 g6 55. hxg6 Bxg6 56. Rd7 (56. g4 Rxd5 57. Rc6 {would also suffice to make
a draw.}) 56... Rd2+ 57. Kg3 Bd3 58. Re7 Bf5 59. Kh2 h5 (59... Rxd5 60. g4) 60.
d6 h4 61. Rg7+ Kf4 62. Rg8 Rxd6 63. g3+ $4 (63. Rh8 $1 Kg5 (63... h3 64. g4 $11
) (63... Ke3 64. Rxh4 Kf2 65. Rh5 $11) 64. Rg8+ Bg6 65. g3 $11) (63. Ra8 $5 $11
) 63... Kxf3 64. gxh4 Rd2+ 65. Kg1 Bg4 $4 {It is unfortunately the second time
Fabiano has missed winning a rook bishop vs rook ending in a crucial game. The
first time it was against Svidler in the 2016 Candidates penultimate round.} (
65... Be4 $1 {The right way to get the Philidor position} 66. Rb8 (66. Rf8+ Ke3
) (66. h5 Rd1+ 67. Kh2 Kf2) 66... Rg2+ 67. Kf1 Bd3+ 68. Ke1 Ke3 69. Re8+ Be4 {
The winning Philidor position. The extra pawn on h4 doesn't make any
difference here.}) 66. Rf8+ Kg3 67. h5 Bxh5 68. Rg8+ Bg4 69. Rf8 {The Philidor
position doesn't work 'only' on the knight file. Switch all the pieces one
file to the left or right and it will be winning for Black. It works on every
other file except on knight file.} Rd6 70. Rf2 Rd1+ 71. Rf1 Rd2 72. Rf8 Re2 73.
Rf7 Re1+ 74. Rf1 Re2 75. Rf8 Be6 76. Rf6 Bh3 77. Rg6+ Bg4 78. Rf6 Rg2+ 79. Kf1
{Now compared to the normal Philidor position we see the difference. The move
Ri2 is missing :P} Rh2 80. Kg1 $1 {That is the point! Now White has the Kg1
defence which would not have been possible if the rook had one more square to
the left on the kingside. A minute detail saved Duda from losing the game and
thus Poland won against such a strong team as the US.} (80. Ke1 $4 {will lead
back to Philidor's winning position again.} Re2+ 81. Kf1 Re5 82. Kg1 Bf5 $19)
80... Re2 81. Rf8 Re5 82. Rf2 Bf3 83. Rg2+ Kf4 84. Ra2 Re1+ 85. Kf2 Rh1 86. Ra7
Rh2+ 87. Kg1 Rg2+ 88. Kf1 Be4 89. Ra3 Rb2 90. Kg1 Bf3 91. Ra7 Kg3 92. Rg7+ Bg4
93. Rf7 Rb8 94. Rf2 Bf3 95. Rg2+ Kf4 96. Ra2 Be4 97. Ra3 Rb2 98. Rh3 Rg2+ 99.
Kf1 Bf3 100. Rh8 Ra2 101. Rb8 Kg3 102. Rg8+ Bg4 103. Re8 Ra1+ 104. Re1 Ra5 105.
Re8 Rd5 106. Re7 Rd8 107. Re3+ Bf3 108. Re7 Kf4 109. Kf2 Rd2+ 110. Ke1 Rh2 111.
Ra7 Re2+ 112. Kf1 Rd2 113. Rc7 Kg3 114. Rg7+ Bg4 115. Re7 Rf2+ 116. Kg1 Rd2
117. Kf1 Re2 118. Rxe2 Bxe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.04"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2827"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 10. h4 d5 11. Kb1 Re8 12. Bd3 Bc5 13. Rde1 Bxe3 14. Rxe3
Rxe3 15. Qxe3 Nf6 16. Re1 Qd6 17. Qe8+ Qf8 18. Qxf8+ Kxf8 19. Kc1 Bd7 20. c4
dxc4 21. Bxc4 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. Kd2 Ke7 24. Ne5 Nd7 25. Nf3 Nf6 26. Ne5
Nd7 27. Nf3 Nf6 28. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.05"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2827"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "Ganguly, Surya Sekhar "]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{The US playing China on top board at the final round of Olympiad was
definitely the biggest match to look forward to. On top board there was
Caruana with the white pieces who is in amazing form. He was facing the super
solid Ding Liren who has not lost a single game for the last 14 months!} 1. c4
Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 {Just one day
before Fabiano had this position as black! Today Ding decided to play this as
Black against Fabiano himself! That was a very interesting psychological
thinking. Probably this was the last opening that Fabiano thought Ding might
play.} 7. d4 Ne4 8. Qd3 exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Be2 Qb4+ 11. Kf1 Qe7 12. f3 f5 $5
{Less popular than the main move 12...Nc5 but it is not easy to catch Fabiano
off-guard.} (12... Nc5 {was seen in Duda - Caruana just one day before this
game.}) 13. Qd1 {Played absolutely instantly.} Nc5 {Ding started to think from
here on.} 14. Kf2 d6 {Only after this move did Fabi start to think.} (14... b6
{There is a correspondence game which went this way. I assume Fabiano knew
this or had seen this the day before while preparing as Black. Clearly, he
didn't mind entering the same line as White and perhaps had some improvement
somewhere.} 15. Nb5 Ne6 16. Nc3 Qh4+ 17. g3 Qh3 18. f4 Bb7 19. Bf3 {[%cal
Gb2b4]} a5 20. Nd5 Ra7 {½-½ (42) Säuberli,G (2364)-Hyldkrog,L (2433) ICCF
2017 I don't understand much of correspondence games but this is how it was
played and Black drew this game. To me it looks a slightly better position for
White.}) 15. Re1 (15. Rf1 {In hindsight it is easier to say that the rook on
f1 was perhaps a better choice in order to stop any kind of kingside attack as
both Qe1 and Rf2 will be available if needed.} Qh4+ (15... Ne5 16. Kg1 a5 17.
b3 {The position remains balanced with a long game ahead. I personally like
White's position more.}) 16. Kg1 Rf6 {This doesn't make any sense with the
rook on f1} 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Rf2 $14) 15... Qh4+ 16. Kg1 Rf6 $1 {Ding didn't
miss the momentum and immediately launched an attack on the kingside. Now with
the rook on e1 White is not in time to consolidate.} 17. g3 (17. Nxc6 Rh6 $1
18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. h3 Qg3 {forces perpetual} 20. b4 (20. Kh1 Rxh3+ 21. gxh3 Qxh3+
$11) 20... Rxh3 $1 21. Bf1 Rh2 {[%cal Gg3h4]} 22. Bb2 Ne4 $1 (22... Qh4 $4 23.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. Qd4+ $18) 23. Qd4 (23. fxe4 $4 Qh4 $19) 23... Rh1+ 24. Kxh1 Nf2+
25. Kg1 Nh3+ $11 {One of the few spectacular lines available.}) (17. Bf1 $6 Rh6
18. h3 Bd7 {Doesn't feel right at all for White.}) 17... Rg6 18. Nxc6 {The
right decision to bail out.} (18. Kg2 $4 f4 19. exf4 Qh3+ $19) (18. Bf1 $6 f4
$1 19. exf4 Nxd4 20. Re8+ (20. Qxd4 Rxg3+) 20... Kf7 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Qxd4 Qf6
) 18... Rxg3+ $1 (18... bxc6 19. Bf1) 19. hxg3 Qxg3+ 20. Kh1 Qh3+ 21. Kg1 Qg3+
22. Kh1 Qh3+ 23. Kg1 {It was a great boost for the Chinese team when Ding
almost effortlessly managed to hold against Fabiano as Black.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Caruana"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.11.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[Annotator "Duda,Jan Krzysztof"]
[PlyCount "229"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 $5 {A minor surprise, as early as on move 1. Normally people tend to
play relatively solid openings at the beginning of the WCC matches. Magnus
decided however to play in a principled way, instead of choosing a Ruy Lopez /
Italian torture.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {The Rossolimo Variation, a favourite of
the Challenger. Even though he lost beautiful game in the Wijk Ann Zee to
Carlsen some years ago, everyone keeps in mind many of his masterpieces
against strong opposition. And probably all kibitzers were happy - there is no
easy draw in sight.} g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 {Lately the favourite of Magnus.} 5. d3
Bg7 6. h3 {Not allowing ...Bg4, which would ease Black's play.} Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7
(7... b6 {was played between the same opponents 3 years ago. White was
probably better after the opening, but the game became very tense, and
eventually the Black player won} 8. Be3 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Qe7 11. Qb1 Nh5
12. b4 f5 13. bxc5 f4 14. Bd2 bxc5 15. Qb3+ Be6 16. Qa4 $36 {0-1 (39) Caruana,
F (2820)-Carlsen,M (2862) Wijk aan Zee NED 2015}) (7... O-O {is the most
popular move.}) 8. Be3 e5 ({In a similar way played Nakamura against Caruana
some years ago:} 8... b6 9. Qd2 h6 10. O-O e5 11. Nh2 g5 $13 {Here Hikaru
didn't allow White to go for f4. The position becomes a pretty manoeuvre one,
where a stronger player is likely to win. Computers give modest edge for White,
but Black has also an easy play on his own: to re-route the knight and then
start the pawn offensive on the kingside: 1/2 (44) Caruana,F (2787)-Nakamura,H
(2793) Saint Louis USA 2015}) 9. O-O ({Usually White starts with} 9. Qd2 h6 {
not allowing Bh6. After a sample line:} 10. O-O b6 11. Nh2 Nf8 12. f4 exf4 13.
Rxf4 Be6 14. Rf2 {there is the same position as in the game, but obviously
both sides are flexible and can change something basically on every move}) 9...
b6 (9... Qe7 {It's a much more common way to free the d7-knight. I am not an
expert in this kind of positions, and can hardly say which way to over-protect
the c5 pawn is better.} 10. Qd2 Nf8) 10. Nh2 Nf8 {A typical maneouvre started
with Nd7} 11. f4 exf4 12. Rxf4 Be6 $5 {Interesting set-up. I thought he was
going to play Ne6-Nd4 asap, but this is even nicer, as it controls all
important squares.} 13. Rf2 h6 14. Qd2 g5 $5 {Restraining white pieces.
Honestly, I don't know what is White's best bet here, as he lacks visible
improvements. It would be lovely to get the h2-knight to f5, but how? Also
loosening Black's queenside is not at all that easy. a4 can always be parried
by a5, while it's not easy to achieve b4 in a comfortable way. Therefore I
think Magnus won the opening duel, and now the challenger move by move was
using a large amount of time.} 15. Raf1 (15. Nf1 Qd6 16. Rf3 $2 Ng6 {and White
is not in time with Ng3-Nf5.}) (15. a4 a5 $5 (15... Ng6 16. a5 O-O)) (15. a3
Qd6 16. Rb1 Ng6 17. b4 cxb4 18. axb4 O-O $11) 15... Qd6 16. Ng4 {The American
decides to improve his worst piece, the h2-knight. Even though the computer
doesn't like it, it's still better to have a faulty plan than any.} O-O-O {
The king is safe on the queenside for the time being, and now Black is having
all the fun on the kingside.} 17. Nf6 {Other plans are:} (17. a4 Nd7 (17... a5
$5) 18. a5 Qc7 {even here profits are not visible. Black intends b5, and if
White opens the a-file, Black is always on time with Kb7-Ra8.}) (17. e5 {
is an easy-to-play sacrifice for everyone but White player. White gets some
minute activity, but it may evaporate easily, and pawn down is pawn down.} Bxe5
(17... Qc7 18. Ne4 {and White is likely to take on e5 anyway.}) 18. b4 $5 (18.
Ne4 Qc7 19. Nxe5 Qxe5) 18... c4 {Locking down the queenside.} (18... cxb4 19.
Ne4 Qc7 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Qxb4 Qc7 22. a4 $44) 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. d4 Qc7 $15 {
and I don't see any advantages for White for the missing pawn.}) 17... Nd7 18.
Nh5 {Not exchanging the knight which made so many moves.} Be5 19. g4 {Such
moves were unthinkable some 60 years ago, but now are standard. The kingside
is so far locked, and White gains space.} f6 20. b3 Bf7 21. Nd1 ({I would
prefer} 21. Ne2 {defending some vital squares, but it's true that Black is in
the driving seat, while White is solid but very passive at the same time.} Bxh5
22. gxh5 Kb7 23. Kg2 Nf8 $17 {and Black may go for the h5 pawn}) 21... Nf8 {
Imaginative, but not neccesary. Black could part with his light-square bishop,
and try to gain the h5-pawn or break with g4. An important note is that in
that case White would remain even more passive than in the game.} (21... Kb7
22. c3 Bxh5 23. gxh5 Qe7 24. Qe2 Rhg8 $17 {and Black has many ideas like
Nf8-Ne6.}) 22. Nxf6 Ne6 23. Nh5 (23. Nd7 Rxd7 {was probably the idea.} (23...
Bf4 24. Nf6 Bg3 {Comps think that Black is slightly better here, but White
might try to complicate the position with some timely exchange sacrifice.}) 24.
Rxf7 h5 25. Qg2 {and engine show its usual 0.00, but over the board Black for
sure is having fun and White is being under considerable pressure.}) 23... Bxh5
24. gxh5 Nf4 25. Bxf4 gxf4 26. Rg2 (26. Rxf4 $1 {was a good way to cut the
Gordian knot. Suprisingly it seems that Black can't stop White's d1-knight
from reaching f5-square, from where it has a dominant position.} Bxf4 27. Qxf4
Qd4+ 28. Ne3 Kb7 (28... Rdf8 29. Qxf8+ Rxf8 30. Rxf8+ Kb7 31. Rf7+ Ka6 32. Rf3
$11) 29. Kh1 Rdf8 30. Nf5 Qc3 31. Qc1 $5 $13) 26... Rhg8 $36 {White's king is
open, and Black is enjoying a long-lasting initiative.} 27. Qe2 {The position
is not easy to analyse, and even harder to play. Both sides have many ideas,
which sometimes are similar to each other. From now on I will focus on the
most critical positions.} Rxg2+ 28. Qxg2 Qe6 29. Nf2 Rg8 30. Ng4 Qe8 $1 {
Going after h5-pawn, and then kicking White's knight with h5.} 31. Qf3 Qxh5 32.
Kf2 {The least place where White's king is safe is the kingside, so logically
Fabiano removes it to the center.} Bc7 33. Ke2 (33. e5 Kb7 34. Nf6 Qh4+ 35. Ke2
Rg3 36. Qxf4 Qxh3 37. Rf2 {doesn't look any good, but in the game after a
couple of moves the a1-h8 diagonal was wide open for Black's pieces.}) 33...
Qg5 34. Nh2 $6 {Looks strange, because White gives away the control of the big
diagonal without even gaining a tempo which Black has to spend on h5. Still
there is no good enough preparatory move, and I think Black is winning already.
} (34. Kd2 h5 35. Nh2 Qe5 36. Qf2 Qb2 37. Rg1 Rg3 {It would be very odd that
White can defend here.}) 34... h5 $2 ({Why not} 34... Qf6 {with ...Qb2 coming,
penetrating the queenside? White would be lost in that case.}) 35. Rf2 Qg1 {
The wrong direction!} 36. Nf1 h4 $2 (36... Qg7 $1 $19) 37. Kd2 $2 (37. e5 $1
Rg5 (37... Bxe5 38. Qxc6+ Kb8 39. a4 {Paradoxically White can allow himself
luxury of playing such a slow move. But there is nothing really threatening
Black can do.}) 38. Kd2 Kb7 39. e6 Re5 40. Re2 Qg6 41. Qg4 {and White got his
own play.}) 37... Kb7 {The position is still dead lost for White, because of
the threat Qg7-Qa1, there is one more, namely Rg3! It's really amazing that
Caruana survived this storm!} 38. c3 Be5 (38... Rg3 $1 39. Nxg3 hxg3 40. Rg2
Qa1 $19 {is game over. It transpires than in zeitnot, even the World Champion
plays far below his normal strength!}) 39. Kc2 Qg7 $6 {This would be a serious
blunder, if not the fact that Black can repeat his position.} (39... b5 $1 {
with b4 next would create too many holes in White's position.}) 40. Nh2 (40.
Qh5 Ka6 $1 {It's very important to avoid eventual checks on f7.} 41. Qe2 b5 42.
a4) 40... Bxc3 $4 {Actually this move lets all the advantage go. Black still
could win by means of} (40... Qg1 $1 41. Nf1 b5 $1 $19 {with transposition to
the position, which is mentioned in the earlier comment.}) 41. Qxf4 Bd4 {
Now by force White can save himself in an rook endgame with pawn down. Other
alternatives also failed to win:} (41... Ka6 42. Nf3 Ba1 43. e5 $11) 42. Qf7+
Ka6 43. Qxg7 Rxg7 44. Re2 Rg3 45. Ng4 Rxh3 46. e5 Rf3 47. e6 Rf8 48. e7 Re8 49.
Nh6 h3 50. Nf5 Bf6 {Initially when I first saw this position, I thought Black
has nearly 50/50 chances, but on the closer inspection I understood that White
is going to play either d4 or b4, and 2 vs 3 pawns on the queenside is a draw.}
51. a3 b5 ({Being in Magnus' place I would have tried to play with the pawn on
b6, but still this should be an easy draw.} 51... Bxe7 52. Nxe7 h2 53. Rxh2
Rxe7 54. Rh5) 52. b4 cxb4 53. axb4 Bxe7 {Otherwise Black runs out of moves} 54.
Nxe7 h2 55. Rxh2 Rxe7 56. Rh6 Kb6 57. Kc3 Rd7 58. Rg6 $11 {The endgame is a
draw, although White needs to be a bit careful not to allow Black to get two
rolling pawns. Magnus tries to win for another 60 moves, but the draw is
trivial.} Kc7 59. Rh6 Rd6 60. Rh8 Rg6 61. Ra8 Kb7 62. Rh8 Rg5 63. Rh7+ Kb6 64.
Rh6 Rg1 65. Kc2 Rf1 66. Rg6 Rh1 67. Rf6 Rh8 68. Kc3 Ra8 69. d4 Rd8 70. Rh6 Rd7
71. Rg6 Kc7 72. Rg5 Rd6 73. Rg8 Rh6 74. Ra8 Rh3+ 75. Kc2 Ra3 (75... Kd6 76.
Rxa7 Kd5 77. Rc7 $11) 76. Kb2 Ra4 77. Kc3 a6 78. Rh8 Ra3+ 79. Kb2 Rg3 80. Kc2
Rg5 81. Rh6 Rd5 82. Kc3 Rd6 83. Rh8 Rg6 84. Kc2 Kb7 85. Kc3 Rg3+ 86. Kc2 Rg1
87. Rh5 Rg2+ 88. Kc3 Rg3+ 89. Kc2 Rg4 90. Kc3 Kb6 91. Rh6 Rg5 92. Rf6 Rh5 93.
Rg6 Rh3+ 94. Kc2 Rh5 95. Kc3 Rd5 96. Rh6 Kc7 97. Rh7+ Rd7 98. Rh5 Rd6 99. Rh8
Rg6 100. Rf8 Rg3+ 101. Kc2 Ra3 102. Rf7+ Kd6 103. Ra7 {One of possible
defensive set-ups for White} Kd5 104. Kb2 Rd3 (104... Ra4 105. Kc3 Ra1 106.
Rd7+ Ke6 107. Ra7 $11) 105. Rxa6 Rxd4 106. Kb3 Re4 107. Kc3 Rc4+ 108. Kb3 Kd4
109. Rb6 Kd3 110. Ra6 Rc2 111. Rb6 Rc3+ 112. Kb2 Rc4 113. Kb3 Kd4 114. Ra6 Kd5
115. Ra8 {A fighting, nerve-racking, and unpleasant game for both players.
Fabiano Caruana didn't manage to get even the slightest of an opening
initiative, and quickly had to defend himself. Magnus Carlsen on the other
hand was winning several times before the 40th move, but in time trouble he
spoiled, what looked like an easy win, and had to settle for the endgame which
was drawn. Still 11 games to come, and it seems it will be entertaining match!}
1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Caruana"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[Annotator "Duda,Jan Krzysztof"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 {The ever solid Queen's Gambit
Declined. Even though the challenger recently played a lot of games in the
Vienna Game, the QGD must have been one of the top piorities of Magnus' team.}
5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 {This is a small surprise. It's the first time, when
Fabiano chooses this line in his life. In that way Nakamura drew quite
recently 2 games against Carlsen, so it was kind of expected though. The real
surprise will come later.} (6... Nbd7 {is the most common move, and the way
Caruana played before this game. Perhaps he wasn't keen facing} 7. c5 {where
White is enjoying some space advantage, and it might be kind of Carlsen-type
position. Of course it's just a beginning of far-advanced theory.}) 7. dxc5
Bxc5 8. Qc2 {This is the main move, but White also may wish to play against
the isolani with} (8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 Nc6 {This is
one of the tabiyas in the QGD with 6...c5. Usually Black gets enough
counterplay for his isolani, for example Vishy Anand drew all three of his
games with Black in this position in the Sinquefield Cup this year. In 2017,
Carlsen was about outplaying Nakamura in this line, but the American managed
to save himself. Now it's obvious to everyone that Caruana had some
improvements, awaiting their hour.}) 8... Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. Rd1 {Again, one of
the tabiyas, known since the infamous '78 Karpov-Korchnoi match. In contrast
to the} (10. O-O-O {line which is slightly more popular, but can lead to an
amazing mess, where either side can collapse easily, White is playing purely
positionally. He just wants to develop with Be2 and 0-0, and is asking Black
what he is going to do with his poor c8-bishop. Now Black has many choices,
but what Caruana played was hardly predictible.}) 10... Rd8 $5 {Some time ago,
this was considered dubious, because it isn't in any way preparing the freeing
move e5. But of course computers change modern opening theory, also the effect
of surprise these days is something everyone is trying for. The other lines
are:} (10... Re8 $5 {is having a boost of popularity, the position can quickly
become quite complicated:} 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Qb1 (13. Qc1 {was
basically a draw offer:} Bf5 14. Bxf6 Nc2+ 15. Ke2 Nd4+ 16. Ke1 Nc2+ 17. Ke2
Nd4+ 18. Ke1 Nc2+ {1/2 (18) Carlsen,M (2827)-Nakamura,H (2781) Douglas ENG 2017
}) 13... Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 (14... e4 $2 {was played in the famous 21st game in
aforementioned K-K match. White is better after both} 15. Bc2 {(the game
continuation. Even stronger is} (15. Bf1 $1 {where objectively Black is lost.})
15... Nxc2+ 16. Qxc2 Qa6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nb3 Bd6 19. Rxd5 $1 $16 {1-0 (60)
Kortschnoj,V (2665)-Karpov,A (2725) Baguio City 1978}) 15. Qxd3 Ne4 {where as
far as I am concerned Black is doing fine after both} 16. Nxd5 ({and} 16. Ncxe4
)) (10... Ne4 $6 {is probably wrong. After} 11. cxd5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 exd5 13. Ng5
$1 g6 14. Rxd5 Qxa3 15. Bc4 $36 {White develops dangerous initiative}) (10...
Be7 {is the classical main line. After} 11. Be2 Ne4 (11... dxc4) 12. cxd5 Nxc3
13. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 14. bxc3 exd5 15. Rxd5 Bxa3 16. Nd4 $36 {White has initiative 1/
2 (95) Carlsen,M (2853)-Nakamura,H (2814) Saint Louis USA 2015}) 11. Be2 (11.
Nd2 {is the most popular, with the idea to harass Black's queen. But this is
the first thing Fabiano's team had a look at, so the Norwegian decides to
deviate.} d4 {might be something like what the American prepared. The position
is a mess after} (11... dxc4 12. Nxc4 Rxd1+ 13. Qxd1 Qd8 14. Qxd8+ Nxd8 15. Be2
$14) 12. Nb3 Qb6 13. Na4 Bb4+ 14. axb4 Qxb4+ 15. Nd2 $13 {but the computer not
surprisingly is keen on White.}) 11... Ne4 {Now, where the d5-pawn is not
hanging, this exchange maneouvre should gradually equalise the position} 12.
O-O (12. Nd2 $5 Nxc3 13. Nb3 Qa4 14. Qxc3 Be7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17.
Qxc5 Be6 18. O-O Rac8) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 h6 {Defending against any Ng5.} 14.
a4 Ne7 $11 {I think Black equalised. Now not to become worse with his shaky
queenside, the World Champion has to play actively.} 15. Ne5 Bd6 (15... f6 16.
Ng6 e5 17. Bg3 Be6 {is one of the favourites of the engine, but in such cases,
when the game is at stake, players tend to avoid such committal decisions. The
move Caruana played is fine.}) 16. cxd5 {From now on, there will be many
exchanges, when Black gets developed finally, but White is too active to have
any real issues} Nxd5 17. Bf3 {White goes the route of an interesting
possibility, which looks risky but gets my approval.} (17. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 18.
Bxd6 (18. Bh5+ Kg8 19. Bxd6 Rxd6 {is the same thing}) 18... Rxd6 19. Bh5+ Kg8
20. e4 (20. c4 {It seems that White has to play precisely to hold the position.
} Bd7 (20... Rc6) (20... Nb4) (20... Qc7) 21. cxd5 Bxa4 22. Qa2 $8 Rxd5 23. Bg4
Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Qb4 25. Bxe6+ Kh8 26. Rb1 Rd8 $13) 20... Bd7 (20... Nf4 $5 {
is a winning try.} 21. Rxd6 Qxh5 22. Rd8+ Kf7 23. Rfd1 e5 $13 {with an unclear,
but roughly equal position.}) 21. exd5 Qxa4 {One of many possibilities.} 22.
Qb1 Rxd5 23. Qxb7 Qc6 $11) 17... Nxf4 {The simplest.} (17... Qc7 18. c4 Nxf4
19. exf4 {can only create difficulties for Black.}) 18. exf4 Bxe5 19. Rxd8+
Qxd8 20. fxe5 Qc7 (20... Bd7 $5 {Black has the luxury of not being afraid of
losing the b7-pawn.} 21. Bxb7 Rb8 22. Bf3 Qa5 {and Black recaptures the
missing pawn with equality.}) 21. Rb1 Rb8 22. Qd3 Bd7 (22... b6 $5 {was a nice
try for Black, I think.} 23. a5 $1 {otherwise White may be worse with his bad
pawn structure.} Bb7 (23... Qxe5 24. a6 $1 $44 {is a key White must have
foreseen beforehand.}) 24. axb6 axb6 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 26. Qd4 $11 {with a drawn
position.}) 23. a5 Bc6 24. Qd6 {White knows that the best he can do is
exchange everything and make a draw - not very pleasing when the onus is on
White to score, but that's life.} Qxd6 25. exd6 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Kf8 27. c4 Ke8
28. a6 $1 {From the human viewpoint the simplest. White exchanges all pawns on
the queenside, and defends in a 3 vs 4 on the same wing rook endgame.} b6 29.
c5 Kd7 30. cxb6 axb6 31. a7 Ra8 32. Rxb6 Rxa7 33. Kg2 e5 34. Rb4 f5 35. Rb6 Ke6
36. d7+ Kxd7 37. Rb5 $11 {The endgame is dead drawn. The doubled pawns are
actually a strengh here, because Black is unable to create a passed pawn. Now
White can just do nothing and marks time. Black has no meaningful plan
available.} Ke6 38. Rb6+ Kf7 39. Rb5 Kf6 40. Rb6+ Kg5 41. Rb5 Kf4 42. Rb4+ e4
43. fxe4 fxe4 44. h3 {Funny, another 3 vs 2 rook endgame, but now Fabiano is
the one with the pawn up. This means the game will last 60 moves shorter :)}
Ra5 45. Rb7 Rg5+ 46. Kf1 Rg6 47. Rb4 Rg5 48. Rb7 Rg6 49. Rb4 {So, a relatively
easy draw today by Fabiano Caruana. Perhaps the World Champion was frustrated
a bit with yesterday's game, and decided to play a simple game today. My guess
is that the day after tomorrow we will have quite a tense game in the 'Spanish
torture', unless the challenger changes his first move. Of course, it's just a
shot in the dark, but sometimes you are happy when you guess the right opening.
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Caruana"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.11.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[Annotator "Duda,Jan Krzysztof"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 {So it turned out that my guess was wrong, and Magnus repeats the
Rossolimo Sicilian once more. After a little reflection, I realised that it's
a perfect opening for Magnus - no theory, no repetitions, no super-sharp
positions and a complex strategic game ahead - everything he needs.} 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. O-O {This time Caruana allows Black to
play Bg4. Magnus instead chooses a sideline, in order to get a non-theoritical
position as quickly as possible.} Qc7 $5 (6... Nf6 {is of course the main move.
}) 7. Re1 {A useful move, with the intention to see what Black is going to do.}
e5 {An interesting move, played when the White rook is on e1, from where it
can't help to achieve f4. On the other hand, this move is strategically risky
because now a break with b4 is on the agenda.} 8. a3 {A logical push once
Black played e5. The preference of the engine is} (8. Be3 {forcing Black to
play b6, and only then start the minority attack.} b6 9. a3 Nf6 (9... a5 $5 10.
Nbd2 Nf6 11. b4 Ng4 12. Bg5 (12. bxc5 Nxe3 13. Rxe3 b5 $5 {with decent chances.
}) 12... axb4 (12... cxb4 13. axb4 a4 14. c4 b5 {looks risky for Black, but
the comp holds on.} 15. h3 f6 16. Bh4 Nh6 17. Nb3 $5) 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1
cxb4 15. Qa4 O-O 16. Qxb4 c5 17. Qb2 f6 18. Bh4 Be6 $13 {and Black can regroup
his forces easily, while White's pieces on the kingside are stuck.}) 10. b4 (
10. Nbd2 $5 O-O (10... Ng4 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh4) 11. b4 cxb4 (11... Ng4 12. Bg5)
12. axb4 Ng4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Nf6 $13) 10... c4 11. Nbd2 cxd3 12. cxd3 O-O
13. Rc1 $36 {with easier play for White.}) (8. b4 $2 {is not working:} cxb4 9.
a3 bxa3 10. Bxa3 Ne7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nc4 c5 $17 {with a clear plus pawn for
Black.}) 8... Nf6 9. b4 O-O 10. Nbd2 (10. bxc5 $5 {I think this deserves
attention. Black can postpone recapturing the pawn, but then White has chances
to exploit the d6-square with one of his knights. Black can also take the pawn
by means of} Nd7 11. Be3 f5 12. a4 f4 13. Bc1 Nxc5 {but White gets the upper
hands after} 14. Ba3 b6 15. Nbd2 {with some initiative.}) (10. Be3 c4 {is
completely toothless for White.}) 10... Bg4 {Only now does Magnus decide to
part with his light-squared bishop. A smart decision, because this piece has a
very high potential to become a bad piece in the future.} 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3
cxb4 (12... Nd7 13. Be3 cxb4 14. axb4 a5 {was another way to play.}) 13. axb4
a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. Bd2 (15. Rxa5 $1 {I think this is stronger, because White
gets control of the open a-line.} Qxa5 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. Qa1 Nd7 18. Qa7 Rc8 {
with the idea to play b5, e.g.} 19. Ra1 Bf8 20. Be3 b5 21. g4 $36 {and White
has pressure.}) 15... Raa8 {Of course Black doesn't allow White to get the
a-file for free.} 16. Qb1 Nd7 {At first sight this position looks nice for
White, but there is no obvious way to pose even slightest challenge for Black.
He is going to play b5 and exchange everything down the a-file.} 17. Qb4 (17.
Qb2 b5 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Ra1 Qb7 {looks drawish.}) (17. Qb3 Nc5 18. Qc4 Ne6 {
only improves Black's position}) (17. Be3 $1 b5 18. Qb3 Rfb8 19. Ra2 Rxa2 20.
Qxa2 {was probably the only way to play for 'something'.}) 17... Rfe8 18. Bc3
b5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Ra1 Rxa1+ 21. Bxa1 Qa7 22. Bc3 Qa2 23. Qb2 Qxb2 24. Bxb2
f6 $11 {Now Black has easy equality, and Magnus as usual tries to squeeze his
opponent in the endgame. This time the challenger was very alert though.} 25.
Kf1 Kf7 26. Ke2 Nc5 27. Bc3 Ne6 28. g3 Bf8 29. Nd2 {It looks sensible to bring
the knight to b3.} (29. d4 {was also possible, exchanging knights, but on the
other hand Black may get 'the passer' on the queenside, which is always
threating.} exd4 30. Nxd4 Nxd4+ 31. Bxd4 c5 32. Bb2 c4 33. f4 b4 34. g4 Bd6 35.
f5 $11) 29... Ng5 $1 {Forcing White to play h4, which later might be used as a
'hook'.} 30. h4 Ne6 31. Nb3 h5 {Fixing the pawns on the wrong color.} 32. Bd2
Bd6 33. c3 c5 34. Be3 Ke7 35. Kd1 Kd7 36. Kc2 f5 {The top preference of the
engine. I also thought about} (36... g5 {but after} 37. f3 gxh4 38. gxh4 {
is harmless for White, because Black can never get to the h4-pawn.}) 37. Kd1
fxe4 {Objectively it was better to keep the tension with} (37... Kc6 38. Na5+
Kb6 39. Nb3 Be7 {and now Black has a choice between f4 and fxe4, depending on
circumstances. But of course the position is still close to equal.}) 38. dxe4
c4 39. Nd2 Nc5 40. Bxc5 $1 {At first to me this felt counter-intuitive, but in
fact it is a good move. White eliminates Black's strong knight, and all his
weakness can be protected by his king.} Bxc5 41. Ke2 Kc6 42. Nf1 b4 {Otherwise
White plays Ne3, where the pawn endgame is dead drawn.} 43. cxb4 Bxb4 44. Ne3
Kc5 45. f4 {Exchanging as many pawns as possible.} exf4 46. gxf4 Ba5 47. f5
gxf5 48. Nxc4 $1 {A nice interlude move, using the classical theme of the
wrong corner.} Kxc4 49. exf5 {and White moves his king to h1, from where it
can't be chased. Today we have seen yet another Rossolimo Sicilian, where
Magnus gradually equalised, and even tried to take over in the endgame.
Caruana managed to draw with ease though. I am interested if in case of
another 2...Nc6 Sicilian, Caruana will play 3.d4!? Or perhaps he will switch
to another opening? The future will tell, but before reaching it, tomorrow he
has to defend with Black first.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Caruana"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[Annotator "Adams,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After the second game, Carlsen would have been very keen to avoid Caruana
demonstrating how good his preparation is again, but despite a slightly
unexpected first move, he had another frustrating day with the White pieces.} 
1. c4 e5 (1... e6 {would be an option to try to steer the game back towards
the QGD of game 2.}) 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 {Although we haven't seen
an Open Sicilian when Caruana is White (yet), here we get one with reversed
colours.} 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Re8 (8... Bb6 $5 {was
played by Alexander Grischuk against Pavel Eljanov in the Geneva Grand Prix
last year which brought this line to prominence. Since then many players have
picked up the idea, including myself.}) 9. Bd2 ({Fabiano played the White side
of this position against me!} 9. Ng5 $5 Nf6 10. Qb3 Qe7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5
Nd8 {Now it's hard to intensify the pressure and Black is not doing badly.} 13.
Qc4 Bd4 $1 {preventing the queen transferring to e4.} (13... Bb6 14. Qe4) 14.
Bg2 h6 15. Nf3 Nc6 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 e4 18. dxe4 {The Irish pawn centre as
Tony Miles dubbed tripled pawns is often not as bad as it looks - here the
position is roughly balanced.} a5 19. a3 Ra6 20. Rac1 Rb6 21. Rc2 Be6 22. Qc3
Rb3 23. Qd2 Rd8 24. Qc1 a4 25. Rc5 Rd7 26. h3 Qd8 27. g4 g6 28. Kh1 Kg7 29. e5
Bd5 30. Kg1 Be6 31. Kf2 Qe7 32. Kg1 Rd5 $6 ({After} 32... Qd8 {it's hard for
either side to do anything, now things went wrong for me.}) 33. Rc4 Ra5 34. Rc2
Bd5 35. Nd4 Nxd4 36. exd4 Rg3 37. Rf3 Bxf3 38. exf3 c6 39. Kh2 Rxg2+ 40. Kxg2
Rd5 41. Rc4 c5 42. Rxc5 Rxd4 43. Qc3 Qd8 44. Rc8 Qb6 45. Re8 g5 46. Re7 Kg8 47.
e6 fxe6 48. Qc2 Kf8 49. Rh7 Qc6 50. Qxc6 bxc6 51. Rxh6 Kf7 52. Kg3 Rd2 53. Rh7+
Kf6 54. Rb7 Ke5 55. h4 gxh4+ 56. Kxh4 Kf4 57. Rf7+ Ke3 58. Kg3 Rd1 59. g5 Rg1+
60. Kh4 Rg2 61. Rf6 e5 62. g6 Rxb2 63. Kg5 Rg2+ 64. Kh6 Rh2+ 65. Kg7 c5 66. Kf7
c4 67. g7 Rh7 68. Ra6 {1-0 (68) Caruana,F (2799)-Adams,M (2715) London 2017})
9... Nxc3 10. Bxc3 ({It looks more natural to capture towards the centre} 10.
bxc3 {but then White's minor pieces are in each other's way after} h6 $5 (10...
e4 $5 11. dxe4 Qe7 {could also be interesting.})) 10... Nd4 ({Not the only
move, but it counters White's threat:} 10... a5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. d4 $14) 11.
b4 ({Magnus was already thinking a bit here, somewhat surprisingly given
Caruana played this only five months ago, in almost his last game against the
English!} 11. Rc1 Bb6 12. Re1 Bg4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. a3 c6 15. Nd2 a5 {Black
was comfortable here in the blitz game So - Caruana. Magnus chooses a more
critical move, gaining some queenside space.}) 11... Bd6 ({This unnatural move
was played quickly} 11... Bf8 {allows White the option of} 12. Nxe5 Rxe5 13. e3
) (11... Bb6 12. a4 {is also not straightforward.}) 12. Rb1 (12. Nxd4 $5 exd4
13. Bxd4 Bxg3 (13... Bxb4) 14. hxg3 Qxd4 {looks like it could be interesting,
but with home analysis no doubt Black survives.}) (12. e3 $5) 12... Nxf3+ 13.
Bxf3 a6 14. a4 c6 15. Re1 $5 (15. Qc2 $5) ({The critical move must be} 15. b5
$1 {Could} cxb5 $5 (15... axb5 16. axb5 Bd7 (16... Bh3 $2 17. bxc6 bxc6 18.
Bxc6 $16) 17. bxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qc2 $14 {looks no fun at all for
Black. Perhaps Magnus was concerned 15.b5 would still be within his opponent's
homework.}) 16. axb5 a5 {be Black's idea?}) 15... Bd7 {Preventing the b5 break
for now.} 16. e3 Qf6 (16... Qe7 $5 {was also possible.}) 17. Be4 Bf5 ({A
forcing option} 17... Rad8 $5 {still looks sensible to me.}) 18. Qf3 {Magnus
is also happy to swap material.} Bxe4 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. dxe4 {Black's kingside
structure is ugly but it won't be easy to get at it.} b5 {Fixing the pawn on
b4 as a target for the black bishop.} 21. Red1 ({Another fast move.} 21. Rb2 $5
{was another option.}) 21... Bf8 22. axb5 axb5 (22... cxb5 {is met by} 23. Be1
Rec8 24. Rdc1 {preventing the black rook getting to c4.}) 23. Kg2 {White's
king would like to get to f5 but that's not going to happen.} Red8 24. Rdc1 Kg7
25. Be1 Rdc8 26. Rc2 Ra4 {It's hard for White to improve as he is tied to the
b4 pawn.} 27. Kf3 (27. g4 $5) 27... h5 {A good move taking some space on the
kingside.} 28. Ke2 Kg6 29. h3 f5 {Getting rid of the doubled pawns and
improving the Black king position.} 30. exf5+ Kxf5 31. f3 Be7 {The position is
fairly dead and the players bring proceedings to a swift conclusion.} 32. e4+
Ke6 33. Bd2 (33. Rbc1 {can be met by} Kd7 {or} (33... Bxb4 {as in the next
note.})) 33... Bd6 34. Rbc1 {Draw agreed as} Kd7 ({Even} 34... Bxb4 35. Bxb4
Rxb4 36. Rxc6+ Rxc6 37. Rxc6+ Ke7 38. Rh6 Rb2+ {is fine as there is no way to
hide from the checks.}) 35. Rb1 {repeats} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Caruana"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.11.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {The 3rd Rossolimo in a row. Both players seem
happy to continue the discussion. Magnus is looking for unbalanced positions
with Black and is comfortable assuming some risk, while Fabiano has a clear
target as well. Switching to a main line Sicilian is getting harder. Fabi may
end up wasting a White to gain some info on Magnus's choice of subvariation
though many people (myself included!) assume its the Sveshnikov.} g6 4. O-O {
Switching from 4.Bxc6.} Bg7 5. Re1 e5 (5... Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nc3 Nc7 8. Bxc6
dxc6 {is playable, but is simply not the kind of position Magnus is looking
for with Black.}) 6. b4 Nxb4 (6... cxb4 7. a3 b3 {was Grischuk's sensible
response when surprised by Bacrot in a rapid game. It would be amazing if
Carlsen was unprepared for 6.b4 (hardly a rare move) and he has a more
concrete response in mind.}) 7. Bb2 {Carlsen did spend some time on his
decisions, but I did this as well quite often just remember things with
clarity. After all they must have revised lots of different options in the
morning.} a6 (7... Qc7 8. d4 {is a surprising suggestion of the computer.} (8.
c3 Nc6 9. d4 d6 10. d5 a6 11. Na3 Ke7 {is the by now famous game
Rapport-Granda 2013.}) 8... a6 9. Bc4 (9. Bf1 exd4 10. Qd2 (10. c3 d3 11. Na3 {
also looks reasonable for a mere pawn})) 9... cxd4 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. c3 {The
position is very rich in possibilities, but I won't second-guess their
conclusions since Magnus certainly studied this line.}) 8. a3 axb5 (8... Nc6 9.
Bxc6 dxc6 10. Nxe5 Qc7 11. Nc4 Bxb2 12. Nxb2 Nf6 13. d4 {seems pleasant for
White.}) 9. axb4 Rxa1 10. Bxa1 d6 (10... cxb4 {is playable, but Magnus move
seems more natural to me.} 11. Bxe5 Bxe5 12. Nxe5 Ne7 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. c3 bxc3 (
14... Nc6 15. Ng4) 15. Nxc3 b4 $1 16. Nc4 (16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 O-O 18. Qe3
Qd6) 16... Qe6 {otherwise Nd5} 17. Nb5 O-O 18. Ncd6 b6) 11. bxc5 Ne7 12. Qe2 (
12. cxd6 Qxd6 13. d4 {doesnt give very much.}) 12... b4 {The only move. All
Black's hopes in this position are connected with this pawn, both restricting
the Nb1 as well as potentially becoming passed once c2 drops.} 13. Qc4 (13. c3
bxc3 14. Qb5+ Nc6 $11) (13. Qb5+ Nc6 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15. d3 O-O 16. Nbd2 Be6 $1 {
The pawn on b4 is more valuable than b7.} 17. Nc4 (17. Qxb7 Qc5 {is suddenly
better for Black.}) 17... Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Ra8 {looks fine to me.}) 13... Qa5 $1 {
Precise.} (13... Nc6 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Be6 17. Qb5 O-O 18. Be3
{Black is ok here, but White runs no risk anymore while in the game, Black
keeps chances.}) 14. cxd6 Be6 15. Qc7 (15. d7+ $2 Kd8 {loses the piece.}) 15...
Qxc7 16. dxc7 Nc6 17. c3 (17. Rd1 {is the critical try but here both king
moves work} Ke7 (17... Kd7 18. d4 Bg4 (18... b3 {equalises, but its possible
to miss this move....}) 19. d5 Nd4 20. Nbd2 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Rc8 22. Nb3 (22. Nc4
Rxc7 23. Nxe5+ Bxe5 24. Bxd4 Bf4 25. Rb1 Rc4 26. Be3 Bxe3 27. fxe3 Kd6 28. Kf1
f5 $11) 22... Nxc2 23. d6 b6 24. Rd5 f6 (24... Nxa1 25. Nxa1 Bh6 $1 (25... Bf8
26. f4 f6 27. fxe5 fxe5 28. f4 exf4 29. Nb3 Re8 30. Nd4 b3 $1 {just in time}
31. Nxb3 Bxd6 32. c8=Q+ Rxc8 33. e5 Ke6 34. Rxd6+ Kxe5 35. Rxb6 Rc2 {is drawn})
26. Nb3 f6 $1 27. Kf1 Bf8 28. Nd2 b5 $1 29. Rxb5 Bxd6 30. Nc4 $11) 25. Nd2 $3 {
is a very nice trick}) 18. d4 Ra8 19. d5 (19. Bb2 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Bxd4
Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Ra2 23. Rxb4 Rxc2 {is a draw}) 19... Rxa1 20. dxe6 Ra8 21. exf7
Rc8 22. Nbd2 Rxc7 23. Rb1 Kxf7 24. Kf1 $11) 17... Kd7 18. cxb4 Ra8 19. Bc3 {
played after a long think. Clearly Fabi wanted to not only play Bc3 (which is
obvious) but also tried to evaluate the position exactly before continuing.}
Kxc7 {Black should win the b-pawn and in fact White should be precise here. I
think its easier to play Black over the board.} 20. d3 (20. Ng5 $1 {was
correct, but I would not have trusted my eyes if I had to figure this out over
the board.}) 20... Kb6 $6 {After Fabi's exact response, this fizzles out.} (
20... b5 {This is more precise, but one has to be phenomenally accurate for
many moves to extract anything. Without an engine, one could be forgiven for
missing it.} 21. Kf1 (21. Nbd2 Kb6 (21... Rd8 22. Rc1 $1 {An important trick.}
Kb6 23. Ne1 Bf8 24. Rb1) 22. Ra1 Rxa1+ 23. Bxa1 Nxb4 24. Nxe5 Nxd3 25. Nec4+
bxc4 26. Bxg7 Nc5 27. f3 (27. Kf1 Kb5 28. Ke2 Kb4) 27... Kb5 28. Nb1 Na4 29.
Nc3+ Nxc3 30. Bxc3 Ka4 31. Kf2 Kb3 32. Bf6 c3 33. Ke3 {this is as much as I
managed to get for Black and its not enough.}) 21... Kb7 $1 {I kept trying Kb6,
but the comp insists...Apparently a later Bxd4 with check...}) 21. Bd2 $1 {
Dealing with ...Kb5 by freeing the c3-square for the knight.} Rd8 22. Be3+ Kb5
23. Nc3+ Kxb4 24. Nd5+ Bxd5 25. exd5 Rxd5 26. Rb1+ Kc3 27. Rxb7 Nd8 28. Rc7+
Kxd3 29. Kf1 {No way Black can use his extra pawn.} h5 30. h3 Ke4 31. Ng5+ Kf5
32. Nxf7 Nxf7 33. Rxf7+ Bf6 34. g4+ {A fascinating game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Caruana"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[Annotator "Grivas,E"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {So, the WC seems quite unpredictable! In game 2 he chose 1.d4, in game
3 1.c4 and now 1.e4!} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {Nothing less to be expected by the
Challenger - he has made his living by the 'Petroff Defence'!} 3. Nxe5 d6 {
(D) [#]} 4. Nd3 ({A quite unusual line. Their most recent game went} 4. Nf3
Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Qd2 Bf5 10. O-O-O Qd7 11.
Kb1 Rfe8 12. h4 Bf8 13. h5 h6 14. Be2 Bg4 15. Nh2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Ne5 17. Bc1 Qc6
18. f4 Nc4 19. Qd3 Qe4 20. g4 Ne3 21. Rde1 Qxd3 22. cxd3 Nd5 23. Reg1 Re6 24.
g5 Ne7 25. gxh6 Rxh6 26. f5 Rh7 27. Ng4 Kh8 28. f6 Ng8 29. fxg7+ Rxg7 30. Be3
c5 31. Bf4 Re8 32. Ne3 Rxg1+ 33. Rxg1 Re6 {½-½ Carlsen,M-Caruana,F Saint
Louis 2018. But it was expected that M.Carlsen will come with something new,
but not that early... I would say that M.Carlsen is more interesting to his
physical strength and stamina than to try to get something in the opening from
his very well-prepared opponent…}) 4... Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 {(D) [#]} 6. Nf4 ({
Another rare line chosen by the WC. There are quite a few games with} 6. Nc3
Nf6 7. Nf4 (7. b3 Nc6 8. Bb2 Bf5 9. Nf4 O-O-O 10. Qxe7 Nxe7 11. O-O-O Ng6 $11 {
So, W-Caruana,F Saint Louis 2018}) 7... c6 8. f3 g5 9. Nd3 $11 {Ganguly,
S-Abasov,N Ulaanbaatar 2018.}) 6... Nc6 (6... Nf6 {seems also safe:} 7. d4
Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Nc6 9. c3 g6 10. f3 Bg7 11. h4 h5 12. Na3 Ne7 13. Nb5 Kd8 14. Kf2
a6 $11 {Motylev,A-Rakhmanov,A Yaroslavl 2018.}) 7. Nd5 Nd4 $1 8. Nxe7 Nxe2 9.
Nd5 (9. Bxe2 Bxe7 {promises nothing to both sides!}) 9... Nd4 {(D) [#]} 10. Na3
({A novelty upon} 10. Bd3 Nc5 $1 (10... Nxf2 $2 11. Kxf2 Kd8 12. b3 $18 {
Seyb, A-Gaier,R Willingen 2001}) 11. Nxc7+ Kd7 12. Nxa8 Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 Nc2+ 14.
Kd1 Nxa1 $13 {.}) 10... Ne6 11. f3 N4c5 12. d4 Nd7 13. c3 c6 14. Nf4 Nb6 {
(D) [#] Black seems to have solved with success all his opening 'problems',
for the sixth time in 6 games in this match! Probably all seconds of both
players should be sent on vacation, as they do not really seem to be needed!
It is the first WC that I am following, without any strong 'feelings' in the
opening phase! Well, this is a well-known pawn structure, mainly coming from
the ‘Exchange Variation’ of the ‘French Defence’ (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.
exd5 exd5). There is a clear drawn tendency, mainly because there are not many
good pawn breaks and as some pieces can rapidly be exchanged, there is not
much play left. But of course we must keep I mind that an equal position is
not necessary a drawn one; mistakes need to be made and explored in order to
have a decisive result. And this can happen in any position…} 15. Bd3 d5 16.
Nc2 Bd6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Kf2 {(D) [#]} h5 ({A good reaction. White could be
slightly better after} 18... f5 $6 19. Re1 Kf7 20. g3 Rhe8 21. b3 g6 22. Ne3
$14 {.}) 19. h4 Nc8 {Planning the simple ...Ne7 and ...Bf5, with full equality.
} 20. Ne3 Ne7 21. g3 {(D) [#]} c5 $1 {Active and good play by Black.} 22. Bc2 (
22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Kg2 d4 24. cxd4 Bxd4 {, is fine for Black.}) 22... O-O 23.
Rd1 Rfd8 24. Ng2 cxd4 25. cxd4 Rac8 26. Bb3 Nc6 {Again a fine idea, trying to
harass the b3-bishop.} 27. Bf4 Na5 28. Rdc1 {White is dreaming of getting a
better ending with the knight vs the e6-bishop, but Black of course is not
interested!} Bb4 $1 {Preserving the dark-squared bishops is essential.} 29. Bd1
({White cannot go for} 29. Bc7 Nxb3 30. axb3 Re8 31. Rxa7 Bd6 32. Rxb7 Re7 33.
Bxd6 Rxb7 34. Rxc8+ Bxc8 35. b4 Rd7 36. Bc5 Ba6 {, as only Black can have
winning chances here.}) 29... Nc4 30. b3 Na3 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Rc1 Nb5 33.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 {(D) [#] The position seems to be dead equal, but from now on M.
Carlsen is not at his best...} 34. Ne3 $6 ({Troubles start! Good is} 34. Bb8 a6
35. Nf4 $11 {.}) 34... Nc3 35. Bc2 {(D) [#]} Ba3 $1 {White's queenside pawn
structure seems to be in trouble...} 36. Bb8 $6 ({Black seems to be doing good
after} 36. Bd3 Be6 (36... Nxa2 $6 37. Nxd5 Nb4 38. Nxb4 Bxb4 39. Ke2 $11) 37.
Nc2 Bb2 38. a4 Na2 $15 {.}) 36... a6 37. f4 {(D) [#]} Bd7 $1 38. f5 Bc6 ({
Obviously better than} 38... Nb5 $6 39. Nxd5 Nxd4 40. Bd1 $11 {.}) 39. Bd1 Bb2
({With hindsight I would have gone for an ending with the bishop pair after} 
39... Nxd1+ 40. Nxd1 f6 $15 {. Well, the presence of the central pawns is not
helping Black, but White will have to defend accurately. But Black's move is
stronger.}) 40. Bxh5 {(D) [#]} Ne4+ $2 ({The notorious 40th move!} 40... Nxa2
$1 {can be dangerous:} 41. Ba7 Nc3 42. Bb6 Nb5 43. Nc2 Nd6 $1 (43... Bd7 $2 44.
Bg4 Nd6 45. Ne3 Nc8 46. Bc7 Bxd4 47. Bf3 Bxf5 48. Bxd5 b5 49. Bb7 Bg4 50. Bxa6
Ne7 51. Be5 Ba7 52. Bb7 Nf5 53. Bf4 $11) 44. Bf3 (44. g4 Ne4+ 45. Ke2 Nf6 $17)
44... Nxf5 45. Bg4 Nd6 46. Nb4 Ne4+ $17 {.}) 41. Kg2 Bxd4 42. Bf4 Bc5 {(D) [#]
Black still seems to be doing better, but White finds a radical, and quite far
from obvious, solution.} 43. Bf3 $1 Nd2 {(D) [#]} 44. Bxd5 $1 ({An incredible
solution to White's problems. Endless suffering is the passive} 44. Nf1 Nxf3
45. Kxf3 d4+ 46. Ke2 Bb5+ 47. Ke1 Bd3 $15 {. For me it is more than obvious
that M.Carlsen's extreme and deep knowledge on various endings is the key
point here - how else can you make such a radical decision?}) 44... Bxe3 45.
Bxc6 Bxf4 46. Bxb7 Bd6 47. Bxa6 Ne4 {(D) [#] A consequence of forced moves
after White's 44th.} 48. g4 {(D) [#]} (48. Kf3 Nxg3 49. Bd3 Nh5 50. a4 Bb4 51.
Ke4 {is another great story! The analysis is extremely difficult and in
general I would say that White should hold here, but I can be proven wrong by
some powerful engine!}) 48... Ba3 $1 {The only move - Black's wins one of the
two connected white queenside pawns.} 49. Bc4 Kf8 50. g5 Nc3 51. b4 $1 {
It is important to retain an as far as possible outside pawn.} Bxb4 52. Kf3 Na4
53. Bb5 Nc5 54. a4 {(D) [#] So, White has just two pawns for the piece and he
doesn't seem able to make any progress. But can Black win? And if yes, how? He
will obviously need his king to capture the white a-pawn, but in the meantime
White will exchange the kingside pawns. I think that White can hold.} f6 55.
Kg4 $1 {The white king has to stay on the kingside, protecting his pawns.} Ne4
56. Kh5 Be1 57. Bd3 Nd6 {White can also wait here - I cannot see how Black
will radically improve, but M.Carlsen creates with his next a marvelous
position - the straightest way to gain a fortress! This kind of thinking is of
a legend player!} 58. a5 $1 Bxa5 59. gxf6 gxf6 60. Kg6 Bd8 61. Kh7 $1 {(D) [#]
A very nice position for White! Some facts to understand it: 1) The white
h-pawn shouldn’t move to h6. 2) The white king should be able to be retained
to g6- and h7-squares. 3) The white bishop should be able to check the black
king if he goes to f7. 4) Black can win if his king enters the h8- or
f7-squares.} Nf7 62. Bc4 Ne5 63. Bd5 Ba5 64. h5 Bd2 65. Ba2 Nf3 66. Bd5 Nd4 {
(D) [#]} 67. Kg6 $2 ({White blunders! Correct is} 67. Bc4 Bc3 68. Bd3 $11 {.})
67... Bg5 68. Bc4 {(D) [#]} ({What else? If} 68. h6 Ne2 69. Kh7 Nf4 70. Be4 Nh3
71. Bh1 (71. Kg6 Kg8 $19) 71... Nf2 72. Bf3 Nd3 73. Be2 Ne5 74. Bh5 Nf7 $19 {
, or}) (68. Be4 Kg8 $19 {.}) 68... Nf3 $2 ({And the favour is returned! Black
could cash the point with some delicate manoeuvres:} 68... Bh4 $1 69. Bd5 Ne2
70. Bf3 Ng1 $1 71. Bd5 Bg5 72. Kh7 Ne2 73. Bf3 Ng3 74. Bg4 {(the bishop 'lost'
the important a2-g8 diagonal)} Kf7 75. Kh8 Be3 76. Kh7 Bc5 77. Kh8 (77. Bd1
Nxf5 78. Bb3+ Ke7 79. Kg6 Nh4+ 80. Kg7 Bd4 $19) 77... Bf8 78. Kh7 Ne4 $19 {.})
69. Kh7 {Back to business!} Ne5 70. Bb3 Ng4 71. Bc4 Ne3 72. Bd3 $1 ({But not} 
72. Be6 $2 Bh4 73. Bd7 Nf1 74. Ba4 Ng3 75. Kg6 Kg8 $19 {. White must always
keep in mind the notes after the 61st move and never fall into a zugzwang!
Easier said than done!}) 72... Ng4 73. Bc4 Nh6 74. Kg6 {(D) [#] Black cannot
make progress, so he decides to move with the king.} Ke7 75. Bb3 Kd6 76. Bc2
Ke5 77. Bd3 Kf4 78. Bc2 Ng4 79. Bb3 Ne3 80. h6 Bxh6 (80... Bxh6 {Draw agreed.
White can draw with either} 81. Kxf6 {, or} (81. Kxh6 Nxf5+ 82. Kg6 Ke5 83. Bc2
{[%emt 3:12:44] . The game looked as another dull case in the start, but
quickly moved to a classic one! And what an endgame surprise by the great
Magnus!})) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Caruana"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.11.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 {Straight into one
of the thematic battlegrounds of the world champions! This is an opening that
seems to be very much beloved by Nakamura, Anand, and more recently Caruana
himself.} 7. dxc5 (7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 {holds less venom and was the
battleground for an encounter between a Topalov second and a Carlsen second...
Edouard,R -Hammer,J Drancy 2016}) 7... Bxc5 8. Qc2 (8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5
10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 {To be honest, I am a little surprised Carlsen didn't
choose this. He tends to like playing against the IQP, and while it might
appear that Black can play ...d4, this is a mirage: either there will be some
trick yielding an edge (like exd4 followed by Be3) or else White will simply
push past with e4. The textbook encounter features a commentator from this
match:} Bb6 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. b4 a6 15. Rc1 d4 16. g4 Bg6 17. e4 Re8
18. Re1 Rc8 19. Bc4 $1 $14 {Svidler,P-Harikrishna,P Shenzhen 2017}) 8... Nc6 9.
a3 {During Norway Chess 2018, when I last looked at this variation, I
commented that I did not believe the present move to be White's most critical,
but I am now revising this assessment.} Qa5 10. Nd2 {On this move, my only
earlier comment was that it "might be an interesting try for an advantage, but
that it ultimately fails"- giving 10...Bb4. The challenger, however, did not
play that move, indicating that neither player reads the details on chessbase.
com!} (10. O-O-O $5 {See my detailed notes on this in Karjakin-Anand, Norway
Chess 2018.} Ne4 $1 11. Nxe4 (11. Nb5 a6 12. Nc7 e5 $1 $40 {Originally played
by Karjakin, but ultimately used against him by Anand in the above-mentioned
encounter.}) 11... dxe4 12. Qxe4 Bxa3 $1 {There follows a forced line.} 13.
bxa3 Qxa3+ 14. Kd2 Rd8+ 15. Ke2 Qb2+ 16. Rd2 Rxd2+ 17. Nxd2 e5 18. Bg3 Bg4+ $3
{New and detailed analysis now reveals that White needs to accept first the
bishop and then the perpetual check which results after best play.}) ({Of
course,} 10. Rd1 {is also possible. It is impossible to annotate the present
game without paying attention to what occurred in the 2nd match game, and also
more generally one of the defining decisions White faces in such games is the
choice between long-castling and playing Rd1.} Re8 $1 (10... Be7 {is more
common, but mistaken. In January 2018 I wrote that White has an edge after} 11.
Be2 Ne4 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 exd5 14. O-O $14 {and I see no reason to change
this verdict.}) (10... Rd8 {was what happened in the 2nd game. I wonder what
Fabi has in mind following 11.Nd2 here?} 11. Nd2 $5 (11. Be2 Ne4 12. O-O Nxc3
13. bxc3 h6 14. a4 Ne7 15. Ne5 Bd6 $1 $11 {Carlsen, M-Caruana,F London WC (2)
2018}) 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 (12. Nxc4 $5 Rxd1+ 13. Qxd1 Qd8 14. Qxd8+ Nxd8 $14 {
Caruana might have intended to defend this position, or a similar one, and
make the structure into 'his Berlin'. Certainly, with the centre nearly bereft
of pawns, it is difficult to turn the engine's '0.4' into something a human
would recognise as a clear and lasting plus.}) 12... Be7 13. O-O Qh5 14. Nde4
Rxd1 15. Qxd1 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 e5 $1 $11 {Roiz,M-Khamrakulov,D
Tashkent 2011}) 11. Nd2 (11. Be2 e5 $15 {is the point}) 11... e5 12. Bg5 Nd4
13. Qb1 $1 (13. Qc1 Bf5 {is liable to lead to a forced draw.} 14. Bxf6 Nc2+ 15.
Ke2 Nd4+ $11 {Carlsen, M-Nakamura,H Douglas 2017}) 13... Bf5 14. Bd3 {White
might have had a tiny something in Mamedyarov-Anand, Tata Steel 2018, but this
was ultimately neutralised.}) (10. Ra2 $5 {This move is nice and experimental,
but after the accurate retreats} Be7 11. b4 Qd8 12. h3 {Black should deviate
from a Topalov game and play} d4 $1 $11) 10... Qd8 {Perhaps Caruana is getting
some kind of thrill out of playing this kind of thing: personally I don't
consider Nd2 anywhere near the size of concession Black needs to extract to
merit the 2 tempi. 10.Ra2, on the other hand, would do. The question was asked
by a perplexed Anna Rudolf of exactly what Black has gained by these
perambulations, as White always seems to win at least one tempo during them.} (
10... Bb4 $5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nb3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qd8 $132 {This continuation
was seen in Topalov,V-Nakamura,H Paris 2017, and perhaps slightly biased by
the fact that Black won the game, I concluded it was unlikely anyone would
play 10.Nd2 for an advantage. To be honest, I still don't know what White
would do here.}) (10... Be7 {This move was the majority choice in the 'live
commentary' room helmed by GM Judit Polgar, as well as among grandmasters who
have reached this position.} 11. Rd1 {is main and now England's fast-rising
talent Shreyas Royal opined, completely correctly, that Black has to go ...e5!
and let the pawns take care of themselves!} (11. Bg3 $5 {is an interesting
idea that may give chances}) 11... e5 12. Bg5 (12. Nb3 Qb6 {gives White an
extra tempo, but there is still nothing after} 13. Bg5 d4 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5
Qd8 $11) 12... d4 $8 13. Nb3 Qd8 14. exd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Nb5 {Now, in
my considered opinion, Black has to know about, and play, the ultra-precise}
Bd7 $1 {and only then does he stand equal.}) 11. Nb3 Bb6 (11... Be7 {is maybe
just a little bit too easy for White to play, as there isn't any idea of ...d4
left.} 12. cxd5 (12. Rd1 e5 {should again be fine}) 12... Nxd5 13. Rd1 $14) 12.
Be2 {Giving up on an opening advantage.} (12. Rd1 {This move springs to mind
immediately for anyone with even a passing knowledge of the structure, and
doesn't run the risks of castling. A process of logical elimination tells us
that Carlsen must have seen, and disliked, the Black idea of} a5 $5 13. Bg5 a4
14. Nd2 d4 $5 $14 {when the battle for loss of frivolous tempi might actually
be won by White. Certainly, over the board this could be difficult to assess.})
({In this position, after} 12. O-O-O Bd7 $1 13. g4 $1 {the incredibly messy
complications can be analysed almost to a forced draw.}) 12... Qe7 $11 {
One last time: are you SURE you don't want me to have an IQP?} 13. Bg5 (13.
cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 $11 {is nothing though; White's pieces are poorly
placed to cope with Black's forthcoming ideas like ...Be6, ...Rac8, ...Rfd8.})
13... dxc4 {This exchange made sense on the previous turn too, but here it is
close to being forced.} 14. Nd2 ({Carlsen thought for some time about} 14. Bxc4
{,clearly wondering whether it was actually such an amazing idea to move the
knight another 2 times. A bit of analysis, though, indicates that it is with
the direct recapture that White risks becoming worse.} Bd7 15. O-O Ne5 16. Be2
Rfc8 $5 {Here, in a bizarre echo of the 6.Be3 Najdorf, Black is intending to
put his opponent in a highly annoying double-pin with ...Ba4.} 17. Nd4 h6 $1
18. Bxf6 gxf6 $5 {and play is for 3 results.}) 14... Ne5 15. O-O (15. Nxc4 $2
Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Qc5 $1 $17 {simply gains the bishop pair for nothing.}) (15. Nce4
$5 {is a meaningful alternative, and Magnus said it was his 'main chance to
play dynamically' but, as above, Black doesn't need to tremble in fear at the
prospect of being left with doubled f-pawns. Indeed, neither player
particularly believed it.} Bd7 16. Nxc4 (16. Qc3 $5 {was the move both players
suggested in the press conference.} Nxe4 $1 17. Nxe4 f6 18. Qxe5 fxg5 19. Bxc4
Rac8 20. Bb3 h6 $132 {with a dynamically balanced game.}) 16... Nxc4 17. Bxc4
Rac8 18. O-O Bc6 $11 {The tactical issues faced by each side more or less
balance each other out, and the most likely scenario is that all the pieces,
save either 1 or 2 pairs of rooks, will be vacuumed off the board quite soon,
leaving a draw.}) 15... Bd7 $1 16. Bf4 $1 {White should hurry to take back the
pawn, in whichever way he chooses to do that.} (16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Nde4 {
is plausible, but without the engine around we don't actually know whether
White will regain the pawn or not.} Bc6 (17... Bc7 $5 18. Bxc4 $1 Bc6 19. Bb5
Bxe4 20. Qxe4 a6 21. Be2 Nxe4 22. Bxe7 Nxc3 23. bxc3 Rfe8 $11 {and both sides
play for a win. The position is reminiscent of my game against Gawain Jones in
the British Championships 2018.}) 18. Nd6 Rcd8 19. Nce4 (19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Bxc4
Qc5 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Bd3 f5 $11 {Now White has to trade off light-squared
bishops with some urgency, or else simply stand worse.}) 19... h6 $1 20. Bh4 g5
21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Bg3 Bc7 23. Nxc4 Nxc4 $1 24. Bxc7 Rc8 25. Bxc4 Rxc7 $11 {
The position is ever so slightly more comfortable for Black, but is still well
within the 'equal' band in objective terms.}) (16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Qc5 18.
Bxf6 Qxc4 19. Rfd1 Bc6 20. Bd4 $1 $11) 16... Ng6 $1 (16... Qc5 {is a hard move
to make, because of all White's Ne4/b4 tactical ideas. Nevertheless, the
computer sees it as best, and then obliges White to take the pawn back
immediately:} 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Nxc4 Qc7 19. b4 $5 (19. Rac1 Bc5 20. b4 Be7 $11
{is an equal position where Black might stand better after a few moves}) 19...
Rac8 20. Rac1 Rfd8 21. Nxb6 Qxb6 22. Rfd1 $11) 17. Bg3 $1 {With their last
moves, both players have shown that they appreciate the full value of the
bishop pair in this position- even where the two flanks are largely distinct
from each other and the engine doesn't mind White giving it up.} Bc6 {A
correct response from Caruana, who understands that White's dark-squared
bishop is better than his own, and takes steps to trade them off.} 18. Nxc4 Bc7
19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Rxd8+ {This move smacks of boredom; surely normally Magnus
would ask himself whether it's impossible to gain some other minor edge while
Black is troubling himself with the exact mechanics of the double-rook trade?}
Rxd8 21. Rd1 {Possibly, somewhere at the back of Magnus' mind, there might
have been an idea of eventually making an edge like 'slightly better
light-squared bishop' or 'slightly better knight' count; however, as it turned
out there wasn't a concrete opportunity to play for a win. From this point
onwards, the objective evaluation never veered from complete equality, but I
have tried to point out marginally more ambitious ideas for each side.} Rxd1+
22. Qxd1 Nd5 23. Qd4 Nxc3 24. Qxc3 Bxg3 {My own personal feeling about this
move was that it gives White unnecessary chances. After all, White's pawn
structure is improved and furthermore there's a possibility that Black's
kingside could become very cramped indeed. The engine, of course, doesn't
think this is a problem.} (24... Bb5 {seemed a lot more normal to me.}) 25.
hxg3 Qd7 26. Bd3 {At this point, White decided his plan, which was to make it
inconvenient for Black to play ...f6/...e5, and to go for Bxg6, f3, e4 himself.
} ({Otherwise there is a chance he might have seen the idea of} 26. f4 {
followed by g4-g5 (if allowed) as being more auspicious.}) 26... b6 ({This was
Black's chance to play} 26... f6 {but possibly he just found ideas like} 27.
Qc2 Kf7 28. Na5 {to be a little annoying.}) 27. f3 Bb7 (27... f6 $5 28. g4 Kf7
29. g5 Bd5 $11 {Black's construction looks a little loose, but there is
nothing objectively wrong with it. I would personally think of it as a
reasonable choice if Black wanted to retain the possibility of perhaps one day
winning the game.}) 28. Bxg6 $5 {This had been coming for a while- White was
hardly going to play e4 without it- but I do wonder if maybe it could have
been delayed a further move.} (28. g4 Qc7 29. f4 $11 {is quite ambitious.})
28... hxg6 29. e4 Qc7 $1 {From a human perspective, this looks clearly correct.
Black needs to make the queen trade White seeks as inefficient as possible.} (
29... f6 30. e5 $1 {has become, practically speaking, a little difficult.}) 30.
e5 Qc5+ 31. Kh2 (31. Ne3 Qxc3 32. bxc3 Ba6 $11 {One of the hardest things for
a human player to realise in this position (and related ones which we shall
come to) is that if Black can come with his king to c6, then in spite of his
awful bishop, which possesses a grand total of no targets to aim at, he is the
one playing for a win!}) 31... Ba6 (31... f6 $5 {leads to the same thing:} 32.
Nd6 Qxc3 33. bxc3 Ba6) 32. Nd6 Qxc3 33. bxc3 f6 34. f4 ({The next note is the
move suggested by a friend with whom I was watching the games, live and in
person. Around this time, we made a bet (which I won) about the sequence of
moves that would finish the game...} 34. Kh3 $6 fxe5 35. Kg4 Kf8 36. Kg5 Bd3 {
It is White treading on thin ice here (though the position is still a draw.)
It is not clear to me how White regains a pawn without suffocating his own
knight, and g2 is also weak.}) 34... Kf8 35. Kg1 Ke7 36. Kf2 Kd7 {With Black's
king active, it is difficult to be ambitious.} 37. Ke3 Bf1 ({I did wonder
whether Black could play for a win:} 37... fxe5 $5 38. fxe5 Kc6 39. c4 Kc5 40.
Kd3 b5 41. Ne4+ Kc6 {Now White has a choice of ways to draw, which differ only
in the multiplicity of the choice that he has thereafter.} 42. Kd4 $1 (42.
cxb5+ Bxb5+ 43. Kd4 Be2 (43... Bf1) 44. Nc5 Bg4 $11 {Both sides have
fortresses, despite the World Champion's skepticism about the concept, but it
is still easier for White to go wrong.}) 42... bxc4 43. g4 c3 44. Nxc3 g5 45.
g3 Bf1 46. Ne4 Be2 47. Nxg5 Bxg4 48. a4 $11) 38. Kf2 Ba6 39. Ke3 Bf1 40. Kf2 {
Here Caruana claimed a draw, by the approved method.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Caruana"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.11.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Game 8 of the Carlsen-Caruana match. Many questions are in the air. Are we
going to see the same Sicilian Rossolimo or will we finally see 1.e4 e5? Will
they break the drawing streak and someone draw first blood?} 1. e4 {Fabiano
sticks to his openings as you can see from his games so far. With White he
plays 1.e4 and with Black he does not change his lines. This is not really
surprising as this flow is recommended in many top matches. Plus, Leinier
Dominguez being one of his assistants and a fan of this same system himself, I
think it's safe to assume we will see 1.e4 whenever Fabiano is White here in
London.} c5 {I can't help wondering though why Magnus sticks to the Sicilian
in these games. Against Sergey Karjakin two years ago he only played 1...e5
and had absolutely no problems. I suppose it's a matter of fashion and
personal preference. Before this Championship match the Sicilian was never
really the main opening of Magnus even less so the Sveshnikov.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
d4 {Checking what Magnus had prepared against the Open Sicilian, I must say I
am surprised that Fabiano avoided going for 3.Bb5. He must have run out of
good ideas there.} cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 {Now we see the long-awaited
Sicilian Sveshnikov! This opening became very popular during the late 90s and
early 2000s thanks to the effort of Kasparov, Kramnik and Leko. These days it
has a rock solid reputation and is often employed as a barricade to any White
attempts at an advantage. It is obvious Fabiano expected this and accordingly
prepared a special idea. The Sveshnikov holds good memories for me as back in
the days of my youth it was my one and only opening against 1.e4. One of my
first ever chess books was by Mikhail Krasenkow published in 1996! I also had
books by Yuri Yakovich and Dorian Rogozenco on this specific opening. It is
always a pleasure for me to annotate a game on an opening that has good vibes
for me.} 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 {This is the main retreat, the
knight will be transferred to the kingside via d7 later on. Even though I have
not checked the most updated theory here recently, it is known that this is
the most solid option for Black.} ({Retreating to e7 is possible} 8... Ne7 {
where Black's plan next consists of Nf5 followed by ...g6-Bg7.}) 9. a4 {
This is the first surprise. 9.c4 is the main move here. I wonder if Magnus'
team preparation anticipated this. It is not clear yet if this idea poses any
serious threat to the Sveshnikov. I am sure over the board it can be difficult
to face.} ({The normal continuation for most games here is} 9. c4 Be7 10. Be2
O-O 11. O-O a6 12. Nc3 f5 {where we have a typical position. White has a grip
on the queenside while Black has more space on the other flank. The position
should be close to equal. I had this position in some of my games many years
ago. One of them went} 13. f3 Nd7 14. Rb1 Bg5 15. b4 b6 16. a3 $14 {when White
seems slightly better but the game ended in a draw later on. ½-½ (58) Wan,Y 
(2471)-So,W (2577) Manila 2008}) 9... Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 (11... f5 12.
Bd2 f4) 12. Bd2 {Quiet, refined and dangerous moves like this one are very
much Caruana! Remember 9.Bd2 in the Ruy Lopez against Aronian in the
Candidates? (Though to be fair Grischuk played it first.) Anyway my point is,
there is more to this move than meets the eye.} f5 {This looks like a most
natural response.} (12... Nf6 {Seems like a good move that requires further
research. After} 13. Be3 a6 14. Na3 Qa5 $5 {A funny instance that could work.}
15. c4 Qd8 $5 {The idea is to blockade the queenside dark-squares with a5 and
b6.} 16. Nc2 (16. b4 a5) 16... a5 17. Na3 b6 {Black has accomplished his
strategy and the position now looks very interesting to me.}) 13. a5 a6 (13...
f4 $5 14. Bb4 Nf6 15. c4 a6 16. Nc3 Bf5 17. f3) 14. Na3 e4 {I think Magnus is
playing all the most logical moves here. He fixes the problem of needing more
space for his pieces by securing the e5 post for his knight.} (14... f4 {
is one of the suggestions I saw on the live book.} 15. Nc4 Rf6 {The idea is to
attack on the kingside with Rh6 while keeping the b6 square protected for the
moment.}) (14... Nf6 15. Bb4 Bd7 16. Nc4 Bb5 17. Nb6 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Rb8 19. f4
$14) 15. Nc4 Ne5 16. Nb6 {Keeping the queenside in check. This protected
knight is very annoying on b6 and it controls many squares. Now White can
always grab the bishop pair if need be.} (16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Bc4 Bd6 18. Re1 Bd7
19. Bf1) 16... Rb8 17. f4 exf3 18. Bxf3 g5 $6 {The best word to describe my
thoughts when I first saw this move is "shocking"! This looks at first sight
like utter desperation. With a powerful knight on b6 tying down Black's
queenside and significantly more space, it looks like White's opportunities
have a substantially higher chance to succeed.} ({It seems to me that much
stronger is} 18... Bf6 19. c3 Nd7 {to get rid of the annoying White knight.
The f6 bishop can then be posted on e5.} 20. Be3 Be5) ({Or Black can also
start with} 18... Nd7) 19. c4 {While watching this game live I thought Magnus
was in deep danger here. His attack does not seem to be going anywhere. At the
same time Black has to be careful not to weaken his king's position. And
White's play on the queenside is definitely faster. We might finally see a
decisive result today!} f4 20. Bc3 ({Trading the light-squared bishops with} 
20. Be4 {is a serious option too.} Bf5 21. Bxf5 Rxf5 22. Bc3 {White has a
stable advantage.}) 20... Bf5 (20... Bf6 {is met by the same c5} 21. c5 $1 {
it is incredible how powerful this pawn sacrifice can be.} dxc5 22. d6 Nxf3+
23. gxf3 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Be6 25. Re1 $18 {when White is just totally winning.
The knight on b6 and the pawn on d6 totally bind up Black's forces.}) 21. c5 $1
{Fabiano is playing accurately and powerfully. White wastes no time in
mobilizing his forces at the cost of a pawn.} Nxf3+ (21... Bf6 22. c6 $16) 22.
Qxf3 dxc5 23. Rad1 {This seems like a most natual move. What can be more
instinctive than putting a rook behind a passed pawn? But here White had two
great opportunities that would almost certainly lead to a win.} (23. g4 $1 {
is an enormously powerful move. It kicks away Black's bishop from its ideal
square on f5. After} Bg6 (23... fxg3 24. Qxg3 {leads to a winning attack. After
} Bd6 {White has Be5, with irresistible threats.}) 24. Rad1 Bd6 (24... Bf6 25.
d6 $18 {Once the d-pawn reaches d6, it is over.}) 25. Rfe1 {White is cruising
to the win. Black cannot defend against the rook infiltration on e6. Nc4 is
another huge threat.} c4 26. Re6 Qc7 27. Qh3 $18) (23. Rae1 Bf6 (23... Bd6 24.
Nc4) 24. h4 {also looks absolutely dominating. After} h6 25. hxg5 hxg5 {
We have the now familiar motif} 26. g4 {which just crushes Black's defences.
Of course although in both cases the lines are totally winning for White, lets
be fair. It's easy to see it with a coffee in one hand, a sandwich in the
other, and an incredibly powerful computer analyzing lines right in front of
you. Poor Carlsen and Caruana have to do all the calculating in their heads
over a board.}) 23... Bd6 24. h3 $2 {I suppose Fabiano panicked a little in
the face of the threat of g4. White can opt for more active possibilities at
his disposal.} (24. Qh5 {looks like a natural move to me. If White is afraid
of the g4 push then he can play this.} Qe8 (24... Bg6 {is met by} 25. Qh3 {Now}
Bf5 {can be replied to by the typical} 26. g4 $1 {gaining time and dislodging
the Black bishop.} Bg6 27. Rfe1 f3 28. Re6 {and now Rxg6 is a threat. It seems
that once a White rook gets to e6 Black's defences fall apart.}) 25. Qxg5+ Qg6
26. Qxg6+ hxg6 27. Nc4 {White still maintains a clear advantage in the ending.}
) (24. Nc4 {could be stronger still. Albeit the lines look a bit more like
computer variations. It is probably too hard for a human to find them over the
board.} g4 25. Qf2 f3 (25... g3 26. Qd2 Qh4 27. h3 $18) 26. Rfe1 fxg2 27. Qxg2
{Black's king turns out to be much more vulnerable than White's.}) 24... Qe8 $1
{Black more or less equalizes now and does not give White any second chance
after his mistake.} 25. Nc4 Qg6 {Black manages to mobilize his forces very
comfortably. Now he is ready to fight for control in the center and he is a
pawn up. So Fabiano decides its time to trade pieces.} 26. Nxd6 (26. Rfe1 Rbe8)
26... Qxd6 27. h4 (27. Qh5 Qg6 28. Qxg6+ hxg6 {does not lead anywhere for
White.} 29. d6 {could just be met by} Rbd8) 27... gxh4 28. Qxf4 Qxf4 29. Rxf4
h5 {The last accurate move. It secures the g4 square.} 30. Re1 (30. d6 Bg4 31.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 32. Rd5 Rf5 $11) 30... Bg4 31. Rf6 Rxf6 32. Bxf6 Kf7 33. Bxh4 Re8
34. Rf1+ Kg8 35. Rf6 (35. d6 Re2 $11) 35... Re2 36. Rg6+ Kf8 37. d6 Rd2 38. Rg5
1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Caruana"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.11.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[Annotator "Navara,D"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{While the Women’s World Championship Cycle is going to imitate the overall
World Championship, it might also hold the other way around. After eight
rounds, there remained four games and an eventual tie-break to be played to
determine the winner. The finale of the Women’s World Championship looks
quite similar in this respect, doesn’t it? The match has been quite tense,
both players have been fighting hard and it is therefore surprising that all
the games finished in draws. This shows high class of both players as well as
their superb defensive abilities. Moreover, the permanent progress of the
opening theory makes it increasingly difficult to achieve an advantage with
White against a well-prepared opponent. We all have probably hoped to see more
decisive games, but it is really very hard to beat a 2800-rated player.} 1. c4
e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 {This is currently
the most fashionable continuation. It had been played by club players many
times before GM Grischuk introduced it to a top level.} 7. O-O ({White could
win a pawn by means of} 7. Nxe5 Nxc3 8. Bxc6+ (8. bxc3 Nxe5 9. d4 Bd6 $11) 8...
bxc6 9. bxc3 {, but Black would get an ample compensation after} (9. dxc3 Qxd1+
10. Kxd1 Bxf2 11. Rf1 Bc5 12. Rxf7 Bd6 13. Rf3 Bxe5 14. Re3 O-O $1 15. Rxe5
Rf1+ {should be fine for Black as well according to GM Marin and IM Stoica 
(NIC Yearbook 125).}) 9... Qd5 10. Nf3 Bh3 {owing to his better development.})
7... O-O 8. d3 ({A funny-looking continuation} 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Ng5 Qd8 10. Nxh7
Re8 11. Ng5 Qxg5 12. d4 Qh5 13. dxc5 Rd8 14. Bd2 Nd4 {gives Black a decent
counterplay according to GM Marin and IM Stoica.}) (8. Nxe5 Nxc3 9. Nxc6 $2 {
is not to be recommended in view of} Nxd1 10. Nxd8 Bxf2+ $1 11. Kh1 Bg4 $1 {.})
8... Re8 {This variation has already been played in the 4th round.} ({A bishop
retreat} 8... Bb6 {is equally playable, but it enables White to play b2-b4 in
certain lines.}) 9. Bg5 $5 {This motif has been known from the Sicilian Dragon
(with reversed colours).} Nxc3 ({It it also possible to play} 9... Nde7 {
, but retreating the centralized knight contradicts the spirit of this
variation (if there is any).}) ({Black would like to play} 9... f6 $6 {, but
it allows} 10. Qb3 Be6 11. Qxb7 {, when White seems to be better, e.g.} Ndb4 $6
12. Qb5 $1 {and the queen escapes.}) 10. bxc3 f6 11. Bc1 {If any piece belongs
to d2, it is the knight. Black players have been doing very well in this match.
Magnus therefore sort of "switched colours" by losing time with his bishop.
Well, he has slightly improved his pawn structure in return. Black can no
longer claim the d4-square.} Be6 {Pushing e5-e4 with an undeveloped queenside
would be clearly inferior to this healthy developing move.} 12. Bb2 Bb6 ({
Here my computer likes} 12... e4 $5 {for some reason.} 13. Nd4 (13. dxe4 Qxd1
14. Rfxd1 Bc4 15. e3 Rad8 {gives Black a good compensation owing to White's
queenside weaknesses.}) 13... Nxd4 14. cxd4 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Qxd4 16. Bxe4 c6 ({
or even} 16... Bd5 17. e3 Qe5 {should not be too dangerous for Black.})) ({
I expected} 12... Qe7 {, when} 13. d4 {allows Black to play} Rad8 {.}) 13. d4
Bd5 {Black neutralizes White's kingside bishop.} 14. Qc2 exd4 15. cxd4 Be4 16.
Qb3+ Bd5 ({The endgame arising after} 16... Qd5 17. Qxd5+ Bxd5 18. e3 {is
somewhat more pleasant for White. Not much, but it is hard to achieve more,
nowadays.}) 17. Qd1 {Magnus played quickly up to this moment. I like his
opening choice. This seemingly unambitious variation with few long forced
lines gives him decent chances to outplay his opponent in the subsequent
course of the game. The b6-bishop might remain out of play after e2-e3, Nf3-d2.
True, Fabiano Caruana is quite hard to be outplayed.} (17. Qc2 Be4 {would not
be very inspiring.}) 17... Bxf3 $6 {Watching the game, I also considered this
move. It is a logical and straightforward one. While it is certainly not bad,
it leads to a position where White can play for the win without any risk.} ({
I like} 17... Qd7 {. Black can complete his development and play Na5, c5 later
on.}) (17... Na5 $5 {was another option.}) 18. Qb3+ {This limits Black's
options.} (18. Bxf3 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Qxd4 20. Qb3+ Kh8 {is a mere transposition} (
{, while} 20... Kf8 $5 {was not possible in the game.})) 18... Kh8 19. Bxf3
Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Qxd4 21. e3 $1 Qe5 {Black would like to exchange the queens, but
it is not that simple.} (21... Qd6 22. Bxb7 Rab8 {is also slightly better for
White after} 23. Rad1 Qf8 24. Bc6 {, as} Bxe3 $2 {loses an exchange after
almost any queen retreat.}) 22. Bxb7 Rad8 23. Rad1 $14 {White has achieved a
small but stable advantage. His king is safer and his bishop is more active
than its counterpart. He should keep the queens on the board to maintain
attacking chances. Magnus Carlsen has already won many equal-looking positions
with rooks and opposite-coloured bishops on the board. On the other hand,
Black's position is quite solid and the drawing margin is quite broad unless
White launches a mating attack. Black can sometimes sacrifice a pawn to
exchange the major pieces and achieve a drawish bishop endgame.} Qe7 24. h4 $1
{White needs to weaken his opponent's king.} g6 25. h5 $6 (25. Bc6 {looks
better in hindsight, but Black's defensive resources should be sufficient
anyway. Still, some accuracy is needed, as} Rxd1 $6 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8
28. Qf7 {would be fairly unpleasant for Black.}) 25... gxh5 $1 {A brave
decision. Instead of defending an inferior position after 25...Kg7, Black
launches counterplay. GM Mihail Marin has recently written an article on such
an unexpected recapture for a German magazine "Schach".} ({White would keep
his trumps after} 25... Kg7 26. Bf3 $14 {.}) 26. Qc4 f5 $1 {Another good move.
Black prepares h5-h4, after which both kings would be equally weak. Black has
equalized, but the fight continues.} 27. Bf3 h4 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. gxh4 Rg8+ 30.
Kh1 Qf6 31. Qf4 Bc5 $1 {The bishop joins the play.} 32. Rg1 Rxg1+ ({It was
safer to play} 32... Bd6 33. Rxg8+ Kxg8 {, as the h4-pawn would then be
hanging with check in many lines. Still, Black's continuation does not spoil
anything.}) 33. Kxg1 Bd6 34. Qa4 {Fabiano Caruana was a bit short of time, but
he kept everything under control.} f4 $1 35. Qxa7 fxe3 36. Qxe3 Qxh4 {All
Black needs to do is to exchange the queens without losing the pawns.} 37. a4
Qf6 38. Bd1 Qe5 {The bishop endgame is drawn.} 39. Qxe5+ Bxe5 40. a5 Kg7 41. a6
Bd4 42. Kg2 Kf6 43. f4 Bb6 44. Kf3 h6 {Black does not advance his pawns to far
to be able to protect them. Watching this endgame, I recalled an important
game Aronian - Bacrot from the World Cup 2005 semifinal, where Black gave up
in a similar position without his c-pawn and with White's bishop on h3 and
pawn on f5. It looks like a dream scenario for White, but the final position
of that game was still drawn! Needless to say, White cannot achieve it now.}
45. Ke4 Ba7 46. Bg4 {From here White's bishop blocks the h-pawn and protects
the f4-pawn. White can win a bishop for the a-pawn, but then Black's c-pawn
could run forward to save a draw (at least).} Bg1 47. Kd5 Bb6 48. Kc6 Be3 {
The c7-pawn can also be protected indirectly. There is nothing to be done.} 49.
Kb7 Bb6 50. Bh3 Be3 51. Kc6 Bb6 52. Kd5 Ba7 53. Ke4 Bb6 54. Bf1 Ke6 55. Bc4+
Kf6 56. Bd3 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Caruana"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.11.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[Annotator "Shankland,S"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The 10th game of the World Championship match was the most back and forth
affair of any game thus far. There were plenty of games where one side did not
make the most of their chances, but this has been the only one where I thought
both players at some point had very real winning chances.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6
{Magnus stays true to his Rossolimo/Sveshnikov repertoire for the 5th time in
a row. Starting from game 5, I have expected him to pivot every single game,
and been wrong every single time. Perhaps he will just play this the whole way
through?} 3. d4 {Caruana eschews Bb5, which he chose in his first 3 White
games.} cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 {I was a bit surprised to
see Caruana enter the same line as game 8. Even though he got an excellent
position in that game, he had to figure Magnus would have come with
improvements, and the line is supposed to be okay for Black.} (7. Bg5 {Leads
to the mainline Sveshnikov.}) 7... Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 9. a4 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11.
O-O Nd7 12. b4 $5 {The first major deviation. Caruana chose Bd2 in the
previous game. Still, the move does not look too impressive to me.} (12. Bd2 {
Carlsen misplayed the position and quickly ended up worse.}) 12... a6 13. Na3
a5 $5 {A very commital decision, but not a bad one. Magnus forces the
queenside open right away, a fearless decision against a prepared opponent,
but he had other options.} (13... b6 {Appeals the most to me. Black tries to
keep the queenside closed and will look for his own counterplay with f7-f5. In
fact, I actually prefer Black in a practical game here.}) 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. Nc4
Ra8 16. Be3 {Caruana was still playing very fast. He probably was in his
preparation.} f5 $1 {Black absolutely needs counterplay, and f5-f4 is coming.
However, unlike game 8, here White cannot comfortabll play f2-f4 himself to
keep his kingside secure.} 17. a5 (17. f4 {Black is absolutely fine after} exf4
18. Bxf4 Nb6 (18... g5 $5 {If Black is in a feisty mood})) 17... f4 $1 18. Bb6
Qe8 {The battle lines are drawn. White clearly has an edge on the queenside,
Black's pieces (particularly the c8-bishop and d7-knight) look a little clumsy,
and the b6 square could prove to be a problem. But Black's kingside pawn mass
promises him decent counterplay.} 19. Ra3 {A not so mysterious rook move. It
looks pointless now but Black's plan is clearly to launch a kingside attack,
and the rook will be a good defender laterally along the third rank.} (19. Re1
{This is the computer's recommendation by a wide margin, but I don't really
understand the move? I guess it just serves as some vague prophylaxis against
e5-e4. It claims white is better but I am unconvinced because after} Rf6 $1 {
Black is ready to challenge the b6-bishop via Be7-d8.}) 19... Qg6 20. Bc7 e4 $1
{Carlsen is in burn the bridges mode. His pawns are vulnerable and could
quickly fall if the center were to open at an inopportune moment, but he is
looking for direct counterplay against White's king, truly in the style of the
Sveshnikov.} (20... Ra6 {A quiet defensive move like this one was surely fine,
but I think the World Champion was right to go for it.}) (20... b5 $5 {It was
also possible to play in the same manner as the game, only without committing
to e5-e4. This could make some sense as the central pawns proved weak.} 21. Nb6
(21. axb6 $2 {It's possible this move annoyed Magnus since e5-e4 no longer
works, but it is also insufficient.} Rxa3 22. Nxa3 {The problem is here Black
needs a new attacking plan since e5-e4 fails to bring its desired returns.} Nc5
$1 {The b-pawn is well under control, and most importantly, White's pieces are
totally unprepared to defend his king. How will the c7-bishop ever contribute
to a proper defense? Rf6-h6 is coming and Black should win.} (22... e4 23. Bh5
$1 Qg5 24. Qg4 $1 {White is doing well. Getting his queen to g4 will really
lesse any attacking chances Black can hope for})) 21... Nxb6 22. Bxb6 {This
leads to a similar position to the game, but Black does not need to play e5-e4
if he so desires. For instance, he seems to have a good position after} b4 23.
Rb3 Bf5 $1 {When it is clear there are reasons the pawn is good on e5 as well.}
) 21. Kh1 b5 $5 {A very commital move, but not a bad one.} (21... Qh6 {The
machines prefer a slower buildup with something like this. Black certainly
will have attacking chances by lifting the f8-rook, but I don't mind Magnus's
decision either.}) 22. Nb6 $1 (22. axb6 $2 {This would be asking for trouble.
I find it unlikely White will survive after the energetic} Rxa3 23. Nxa3 f3 $1
24. gxf3 Ne5 $1 {Black's attack looks devastating.}) 22... Nxb6 23. Bxb6 Qg5 $6
{Technically, this move loses the game against best play, but it comes with a
very nasty idea of playing Rf6-h6 and delivering mate on the h-file. A machine
with its nerves of steel would have no trouble grabbing h5, but for a human,
it looks absurdly dangerous.} 24. g3 {Caruana's move makes a lot of sense.
Taking on f4 and bringing the rook to g3 should dispel any mating dreams.} (24.
Bxb5 $1 {White could have gotten away with this.} Rf6 {Extreme precision is
needed to beat back the attack, but it is possible.} 25. Re1 $1 {An important
move. White hits the e4-pawn while simultaneously clearing f1 for the bishop.}
Bf5 (25... Rh6 26. Rxe4) (25... Rg6 26. Bf1 Bf5 (26... Ba6 27. Rxe4 $1 $18) 27.
a6 Rh6 28. a7 Qh4 29. h3 f3 {This loks absolutely terrifying for a human, but
apparently White wins with another only move:} 30. Qd4 $1 $18 {The point is to
defend against the threat of Bxh3 followed by Qg4.} Bxh3 31. gxh3 Qg4 32. Rxf3
$1 {No more exf3 thanks to the pin exerted by the queen being on d4. After}
Qxf3+ 33. Bg2 {The a-pawn will carry the day. One certainly cannot fault
Caruana for not seeing all of this.}) 26. f3 $1 e3 27. a6 Rh6 28. Re2 $3 {
An incredibly difficult only move that would have to have been prepared in
advance. White is ready to play Qg1 and hold the position together. Even then,
the variation continues.} Qh5 29. Qg1 Bh4 30. g4 $1 fxg3 31. Raxe3 $1 {White
wins. But this is really just a machine line, and outside of human capability.}
) 24... b4 25. Rb3 (25. gxf4 {I would have been tempted to clear the 3rd rank
for defensive purposes, and this probably is an easier route to equality.
Still, while Caruana's choice gives him some only moves to find, he did find
the moves and he objectively was not worse.}) 25... Bh3 26. Rg1 $1 {The rook
is needed for defensive purposes.} (26. Re1 Bf6 $1 {Moves like Bc3 or Be5
could come next. White is in trouble.}) 26... f3 {White is under a lot of
pressure. Around here I thought Caruana might crack and give Magnus the first
decisive result, but he defended very well.} 27. Bf1 $1 {This is a tough move.
I would have been tempted to just let the bishop stay on h3, since White can
always sacrifice an exchange on g2 very happily and otherwise it's not clear
what active role the bishop plays. But it was absolutely critical to play Bf1.}
(27. Bb5 $2 {A move like this looks sensible...} Rf6 $1 {Until you realize
White will simply be mated on the h-file! Rh6 and Qh5 is coming, and there is
nothing to be done.}) 27... Bxf1 $1 (27... Qh5 {Caveman play does not work
here since White is in better shape to keep the h-file under control. The
queen coming to f1 is very important, for instance after} 28. Rxb4 Rf6 29. Bxh3
Qxh3 30. Be3 $1 {Black will not get Rh6 very easily, and e4 is hanging to boot.
White should win.}) 28. Qxf1 $1 {Another important decision. White cannot
allow a disaster on the h-file. His position looks awful with the queen and
the rook so passively placed and the d5-pawn falling, but he remains solid and
can rely on the a5-pawn for counterplay.} (28. Rxf1 $2 {Keeping active pieces
comes at a heavy price. After} Qg4 $1 29. Rxb4 Rf5 $1 {White will promptly be
mated by Rh5 and Qh3.}) 28... Qxd5 29. Rxb4 Qe6 30. Rb5 $11 {The position is
dynamically balanced, but White has to be more careful than Black. He managed
without a ton of trouble.} Bd8 31. Qe1 $1 {The queen returns to life.} Bxb6 32.
axb6 Rab8 33. Qe3 Qc4 34. Rb2 Rb7 35. Rd1 Qe2 $1 {Setting a devilish trap,
though it is not enough to claim an advantage.} 36. Re1 $1 {Far from the only
holding move, but I am awarding an exclamation point for not falling for
Black's idea.} (36. Qb3+ $2 Kh8 37. c4 {Looks like it traps Black's queen. But
the nasty response} Rxb6 $1 $19 {Would promptly turn the tables!}) 36... Qxe3
37. Rxe3 d5 {The position is balanced as neither side can easily mobilize
their pawn majority. Black's center looks impressive, but he can't do anything
with it so long as he is left with a passive rook on b7.} 38. h4 Rc8 39. Ra3
Kf7 40. Kh2 Ke6 41. g4 Rc6 42. Ra6 Ke5 43. Kg3 h6 44. h5 {The position is some
kind of mutual stalemate where neither side can do anything. Magnus tried to
make something happen with} Kd4 $2 {But only made trouble for himself after
the strong response} 45. Rb5 $1 {When Black has to be somewhat accurate to not
get into trouble. Still, he has more than one route to a draw, and Magnus
found a very easy one.} Rd6 $1 {Overprotecting the d5-pawn White was planning
to harass with Raa5.} 46. Ra4+ Ke5 47. Rab4 Ke6 {Nice and easy. White has no
good way to challenge Black's central pawn mass without allowing liquidation.}
48. c4 dxc4 49. Rxc4 Rdxb6 50. Rxe4+ Kf7 51. Rf5+ Rf6 {Black loses a pawn but
simplifies into an easily drawn 3 vs 2 on the kingside. Caruana did not even
bother trying. His winning chances are approximately zero.} 52. Rxf6+ Kxf6 53.
Kxf3 Kf7 54. Kg3 {With only 2 games to go, each player has only one game to
try with White. Carlsen gets to go first, and I'll be interested to see what
first move he chooses, as well as if we will see a 6th 2.Nf3 Nc6 Sicilian in
the final game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Caruana"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {It is noteworthy that Magnus shuffles beetween 1.d4, 1.c4 and 1.e4,
while Fabiano had always started his games with 1.e4.The reason is a totally
different attitude to opening preparation by world champion and the challenger.
} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {I am happy to see that Fabiano sticks to a Petroff, which
served him well this year (especially in the Candidates,where he didn't face
any problems in this opening) I had successfully used this opening for many
years and during World Cup 2009 which I won it was my only weapon. However,
before my World Championship match vs Vishy Anand in 2012, I switched to the
Sveshnikov (Magnus' choice in this match!) in order to surprise my opponent.
It seems that Fabiano has even more trust in Petroff than I had!} 3. Nxe5 d6 4.
Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 {One of the most popular systems nowadays.} Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7.
Be3 O-O {Here, two schools of thoughts exist. Vladimir Kramnik and myself had
always castled short, which is a more ambitious try. More popular is 7...Nc6,
followed by Be6, Qd7 and long castle with a solid, but passive position.
Fabiano tried it both, but had chosen a more principled approach in this
important game.} 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 (9... Ne5 {was a system I advocated
with quite a success, but since then some new, interesting ideas have been
found.}) (9... c6 {was Fabiano's choice earlier this year. He equalized
convincingly against Levon Aronian.} 10. h4 (10. Kb1 d5 11. c4 Nb6 12. cxd5
Nxd5 13. Bc4 Bf5 14. Bxd5 cxd5 15. Qxd5 Qc8 16. Nd4 Bg6 17. Ka1 Re8 18. Rhe1
Bf6 19. c3 Re5 20. Qb3 a6 21. Bf4 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Qd7 23. Be5 Re8 24. f4 Bd8 25.
a4 h6 26. Rd1 Qg4 27. Rd2 b5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Qd1 Qd7 30. f5 Bg5 31. Rd3 Bxf5
32. Nxf5 Qxf5 33. Bg3 Ra8+ 34. Kb1 Rd8 35. Kc2 b4 36. cxb4 Rc8+ 37. Kb3 Qe6+
38. Rd5 Rd8 39. Kc4 Qc6+ {0-1 (39) Robson,R (2660)-Caruana,F (2804) Saint
Louis 2018}) 10... d5 11. Kb1 Re8 12. Bd3 Bc5 13. Rde1 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Rxe3 15.
Qxe3 Nf6 16. Re1 Qd6 17. Qe8+ Qf8 18. Qxf8+ Kxf8 19. Kc1 Bd7 20. c4 dxc4 21.
Bxc4 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. Kd2 Ke7 24. Ne5 Nd7 25. Nf3 Nf6 26. Ne5 Nd7 27. Nf3
Nf6 28. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 (28) Aronian,L (2780)-Caruana,F (2827) Batumi 2018}) 10.
Bd3 ({Fabiano failed to equalize with White in the following game} 10. h3 c5
11. Bf4 Be6 12. a3 d5 13. Ng5 Bd7 14. g4 Bc6 15. Bg2 Re8 16. Qd3 Bd6 {1/2-1/2 
(98) Caruana,F (2784)-Hou,Y (2654) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018}) 10... c5 11.
Rhe1 Be6 {Ex-women's world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk is the main advocate
of this setup.} 12. Kb1 (12. Bg5 {White won a beautiful game after} h6 $2 13.
Bxh6 c4 14. Bxg7 $1 cxd3 15. Qg5 Ne4 16. Qh6 Bg5+ 17. Nxg5 Qxg5+ 18. Qxg5 Nxg5
19. Bxf8 dxc2 20. Rxd6 Kxf8 21. h4 Nh7 22. Kxc2 {1-0 (62) Karjakin,S (2779)
-Harikrishna,P (2763) Shamkir 2016 CBM 173 [Mekhitarian,K]}) 12... Qa5 13. c4
Qxd2 14. Bxd2 {Black's position is extremely solid and I believe he has solved
all the opening problems. Either Magnus trusted in his ability to exploit
minimal advantages or he was not well prepared for this game. I would tend to
believe the first option.} h6 {A small deviation from an earlier game.} (14...
Rfe8 15. Ng5 Bd7 16. f3 Bc6 17. a3 h6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Bf8
21. Bf4 g5 22. Bg3 f5 23. Ree1 Kf7 24. Kc1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Rxe8 Kxe8 {
1/2-1/2 (48) Sasikiran,K (2671)-Miroshnichenko,E (2606) Saint Louis USA 2018})
15. Nh4 (15. h3 $5 {would prevent Ng4-e5 ,but give Black time to prepare d6-d5}
) 15... Rfe8 16. Ng6 Ng4 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 18. Re2 Ne5 19. Bf4 (19. Bc3 {was the
last attempt to spice things up:} Nxd3 $140 ({Safer is} 19... f6 20. Bxe5 dxe5
21. Bg6 Rd7 $11) 20. Rxd3 Rd7 21. Rg3 g6 22. Rxe6 (22. Bf6 $5) 22... fxe6 23.
Rxg6+ Kh7 24. Rxe6 {with a complicated endgame.}) 19... Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Rd7 {
The rest of the game is hardly interesting.} 21. Rxd6 Rxd6 22. Bxd6 Rd8 23. Rd2
Bxc4 24. Kc1 b6 25. Bf4 Rxd2 26. Kxd2 a6 ({Avoiding a cute trap:} 26... Bxa2 $2
27. b3 c4 28. Kc3 cxb3 29. Kb2) 27. a3 Kf8 28. Bc7 b5 29. Bd6+ Ke8 30. Bxc5 {
Even though White is a full pawn up, this is a dead draw.} h5 31. Ke3 Kd7 32.
Kd4 g6 33. g3 Be2 34. Bf8 Kc6 35. b3 Bd1 36. Kd3 Bg4 37. c4 Be6 38. Kd4 bxc4
39. bxc4 Bg4 40. c5 Be6 41. Bh6 Bd5 42. Be3 Be6 43. Ke5 Bd5 44. Kf4 Be6 45. Kg5
Bd5 46. g4 hxg4 47. Kxg4 Ba2 48. Kg5 Bb3 49. Kf6 Ba2 50. h4 Bb3 51. f4 Ba2 52.
Ke7 Bb3 53. Kf6 Ba2 54. f5 Bb1 $1 {The only finesse Black should know.} 55. Bf2
Bc2 (55... Bxf5 $4 56. h5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Caruana"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.11.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The last game, where so much is at stake. If Fabiano wins he'll become the
17th world champion. All his tournaments, all the work of his life has been
aimed at reaching this point. After accomplishing everything necessary to
reach the goal of playing for the World Championship, Fabiano has survived
eleven tough rounds to get to this last game. I cannot think of any game where
there's so much to play for. Will we see Fabiano win the biggest game of his
life? Or will we see Carlsen defend his title once again?} 1. e4 $1 {In the
last few months and in tournaments before this one, Fabiano had been
experimenting with 1.d4 or 1.c4. Although he had great results with White in
some games in the Catalan or the Nimzo, that was just a distraction for Magnus
to ponder. In this match of all matches, Fabiano will stick to his main
opening 1.e4!} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {Shelving 3.Bb5, which has been played
three times in this tournament.} cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 {
As predicted by many people including myself, we see the Sveshnikov Sicilian
for the last game. I'm sure many people were pleased to see such a sharp
opening for the final game of the match. Magnus has strongh nerves. In order
to be able to play such a sharp opening you have to come very well prepared;
there are many pitfalls and traps that Black can easily fall into in the
Sveshnikov. You have to have complete trust in your ability to calculate and
assess the arising positions. Part of me wonders what would happen if Magnus
employed 1...e5 in a game in this match.} 7. Nd5 (7. Bg5 {is the main move
here by far. Fabiano has played this many times before, his most recent being
a big win against Gata Kamsky in the 2017 US Championships.} a6 8. Na3 b5 9.
Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 {Now Black can play both 10...f5 or 10...Bg7. This complex
variation used to be very popular. Just a few years ago Boris Gelfand and
Teimour Radjabov were staunch defenders of this line. These days we'll
probably see 7.Nd5 grow into popularity since everyone copies the top player's
games.}) 7... Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne7 {While annotating game 8 for ChessBase, I
wondered what would happen if Magnus chose 8...Ne7. Today we'll see exactly
that.} ({The usual move} 8... Nb8 {was played in games 8 and 10.}) 9. c4 ({
Many years ago while reading Rogozenco's The Sveshnikov Reloaded book, I
remember that 9.c3 was considered White's best. It gives White some extra
options on the queenside.} 9. c3 {Now Black should probably play 9...Nf5 to
keep d6 defended. If he tries} Ng6 $2 {it's a mistake since} (9... f5 $5 10.
Qa4 Kf7 {is playable too, though White might be a bit better after} 11. Qb4)
10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Qc4 {is unpleasant. Especially after} Rc8 12. Qb4 {hitting the
d6 and a7 pawns.}) 9... Ng6 10. Qa4 Bd7 {is a quick way to decide the last
round game and head for the rapid playoffs. But if this happens we might see
protesters and rioters in London, and the fans who paid tickets would
definitely want a full refund. Playing top level chess is not easy, but
fortunately Fabiano comes well prepared and ready to fight for an advantage.}
11. Qb4 Bf5 {The best move, I'm sure Magnus is still following his prep.} ({
The most natural move is} 11... Qb8 {It has been played 13 times in the past
according to the ChessBase Live Book. Still it doesn't seem to equalize. White
just has too much space.} 12. h4 h5 13. Be2 a6 14. Nc3 Be7 15. g3 $14 {for
example here. I still like White, after making natural moves for both sides.
It seems to me that White has an easier game and the knight on g6 is misplaced.
}) ({Needless to say} 11... Bxb5 12. Qxb5+ Qd7 {has to be avoided. No one
should give up the bishop pair without getting someting concrete in return.})
12. h4 h5 $146 {Black pushes back and does not give White any more space to
work with. Fabiano likes playing with a lot of space and it's dangerous to
give him too much ground to work with. Coincidentally this is also a novelty
according to my database.} (12... Be7 13. h5 Nf4 14. Be3 a6 15. Nc3 Nd3+ 16.
Bxd3 Bxd3 17. Rd1) (12... a6 13. h5) 13. Qa4 {A provocative move and a typical
strategy. By repeating the position twice a player can move the game closer to
the time control on move 40. This allows him or her to have more time to think
on critical positions. This makes more sense in complicated or unfamiliar
openings like the Sveshnikov. In a Berlin 5.Re1 or a symmetrical Petroff it is
perhaps unnecessary. But in this game it could be beneficial as we are in
foreign territory at such an early stage of the game.} Bd7 14. Qb4 Bf5 15. Be3
{White gains time from creating threats on the queenside. I suppose he has to
act quickly or else Black comfortably finishes his development. Then the
construction of Black active pieces on the kingside guarantees counterplay. In
that regard 15.Bg5 looks interesting too.} ({A slow move like} 15. Be2 {
will not cut it, if White is looking for an advantage. After} Be7 16. g3 a6 17.
Nc3 e4 {Black creates strong counterplay with Bf6 and Ne5 coming next.}) ({
It is tempting to disrupt Black's development with} 15. Bg5 {and with
hindsight I would recommend this move. Black does not really want to play f6,
and Be7 loses so} Qb8 {has to be played.} (15... Be7 $2 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. c5 {
is bad for Black. Now his king is forced unto f6} dxc5 18. Qxc5+ Kf6 {And now
19.Nd6 leaves Black's king in a tough spot.} 19. Nd6 $16) 16. g3 (16. Qa5 $5 {
is a deep computer move. The fun idea is that} b6 17. Qa4 Bd7 18. Bd3 {White
wants to win quickly with Bf5 but} Be7 $1 {equalizes and takes out the fun.} (
18... a6 19. Bf5 $1 {is tough to meet for Black.}) 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Bxe7 Kxe7
21. Qc2 Kf7 $11) 16... a6 17. Nc3 Be7 18. Be2 Qc7 {now we get a line very
similar to the game, but Black has to spend two tempi moving his queen from b8
to c7. Also Fabiano avoids the possibility of 15...Be7 as could happen in his
game. It does not look like there is much difference to the untrained eye, but
in top level chess little things like this matter.}) 15... a6 {I wonder where
both players preparation ended. I suspect it was a move ago. Here Black has
another seemingly better (albeit more risky) option.} ({I like here} 15... Be7
{Black is going to get fast development and piece play for his pawn.} 16. Nxa7
(16. Bxa7 O-O 17. g3 b6 {the bishop on a7 is in a tricky spot.}) (16. g3 {
Black can finish his development by castling or go 16...Be4 and 17...Bf3.})
16... O-O {White has many possibilities now. It is not simple to defend over
the board against Black's initiative. Perhaps} 17. Bb6 (17. g3 Be4 18. Rh2 Bf3
19. Nb5 f5 $1 {with attack.}) (17. Qxb7 $2 Qa5+ 18. b4 Qa3 $19) (17. Nb5 Nxh4)
(17. Be2 Nf4) (17. a4 Nxh4 $13) 17... Qd7 18. Qb5 {is the safest in order to
trade queens. The position is very complex.} Bd8 19. Qxd7 Bxd7 20. Bxd8 Rfxd8
21. Nb5 Bxb5 22. cxb5 Ra4 23. g3 Rc8 $13) 16. Nc3 Qc7 {Solid and simple.} ({
There is no need to go for assymetrical positions} 16... Be7 17. Qxb7 O-O 18.
O-O-O Nxh4 19. Qb6 $14 {it feels that the h4 pawn is not as important as
Black's b7 pawn.}) 17. g3 (17. Qa4+ Bd7 18. Qd1 Ne7) 17... Be7 18. f3 (18. Qa4+
Bd7 19. Qd1 Bg4 20. Be2 Bxe2 21. Qxe2) (18. Be2 Nf8) 18... Nf8 $1 {Optimal
rearrangement of the pieces. In these kinds of positions you want to delay
castling until White shows his hand. Castling short now will only tempt White
to go for a full frontal kingside attack with Be2, and g4/f4 etc.} (18... O-O
19. Be2 Bd7 20. a4 $1 {With the queenside closed, White can focus on planning
his kingside attack.} f5 21. f4 exf4 22. gxf4 {the position is complex, but it
should be in White's favour.}) 19. Ne4 Nd7 (19... Bxe4 20. fxe4 Nd7 21. Bh3 $14
) 20. Bd3 O-O ({Watching this game live I expected} 20... Bg6 {although
perhaps it does not make much difference since Black has to castle sooner or
later.}) 21. Rh2 $2 {No doubt the enormous tension of the last round of the
World Championship match takes its toll on everyone. Both players start making
mistakes. This has a nice idea to it, but it's too ambitious and simply does
not work. White wants to play Rc2 and castle long, but this gives Magnus more
than enough time and options to meet this plan. Fabiano gives the impression
that he likes positions of opposite castled kings. Therefore this move does
not come as a big surprise from him. It's just too ambitious.} ({White has to
acquiesce and play the calmer} 21. O-O Bg6 22. Qd2 {when f5 is always met by
Ng5. White can still try to fight for an advantage if Magnus is not careful.})
(21. O-O-O b5 $15 {castling queenside is unrealistic at this point.}) 21...
Rac8 ({Or} 21... Bg6) 22. O-O-O Bg6 {Now f5 is coming and its unpleasant to
meet it as White has no good way to prevent it. His best option now is to play
calmly and brace for the coming storm.} 23. Rc2 ({I thought at first} 23. Kb1 {
was better to keep the rook on the h-file for now.} f5 24. Ng5 Bxg5 25. hxg5 e4
26. fxe4 Ne5 27. Be2 {but still both Ng4 or fxe4 now is in Black's favour.})
23... f5 24. Nf2 (24. Ng5 Bxg5 25. hxg5 e4) 24... Nc5 $17 {Black has seized a
powerful initiative and is slowly taking over.} 25. f4 {Desperation, but what
else? White hopes to at least keep the g6-bishop away from action.} (25. Bxc5
dxc5 26. Qe1 Rfe8 {as I said earlier no one really wants to give up the bishop
pair unless necessary.}) 25... a5 {An automatic move in conjuction with a
piece outpost on c5. I wonder if Magnus thought of or even considered b5 ideas
here.} (25... exf4 26. Bxf4 b5 {looks powerful, and might be just close to
winning.} 27. Qd2 {is the sternest defence, when Black can go 27...Bf6, or 27..
.Qb6. White's position is tough to defend and his consolation (asleep bishop
on g6) is not enough to save him objectively. His pieces are just badly placed
especially the knight on f2. Not to mention shaky king safety.} (27. Kb1 a5 {
when taking on b5 will lead to a queen trap after Be8.} 28. Qxb5 $2 Be8) 27...
Bf6) (25... b5 {is perfectly good too with the same ideas.}) 26. Qd2 {I
expected Bf6 now to keep the tension on the kingside open for a while, but
Magnus has no qualms about closing it right away.} e4 (26... Bf6 27. Be2 {
is possible, and now Black can think whether to take on f4 or play like Magnus
with e4. The computer gives a large advantage for Black after taking on f4,
but it is definitely far from clear over the board.} exf4 28. gxf4 Rfe8 29. Rg1
(29. Bd4 Qe7) 29... Bf7 30. Kb1 a4 {Black has Nb3 ideas and even positional
exchange sacrifices on e3.} 31. Bf3 Rxe3 32. Qxe3 Re8 33. Qa3 Bd4 {these are
computer lines of course. I cannot imagine anyone finding any of these in a
tournament game.}) 27. Be2 Be8 {Still even after not playing the best way on
move 25 Magnus keeps hopes alive by maintaining a stable advantage. White has
to solve the small issue of his vulnerable king.} 28. Kb1 Bf6 (28... Ba4 {
is possible, White can sac the exchange with} 29. Bxh5 {now} b5 {is an out of
this world move. Black is clearly better here by the way.}) 29. Re1 ({White's
best defense is} 29. Nh3 $1 {posting the knight on g5. From there it always
has the option to jump on e6 and create distraction.} Ba4 $5 30. b3 {looks
scary for White, though he probably just survives the onslaught.} Bxb3 31. axb3
Nxb3 32. Qe1 b5 33. c5) 29... a4 {Magnus misses a great opportunity to try to
seal the deal.} (29... Ba4 $1 {is incredibly powerful. Black's attack is
simply much faster in all lines. Here are some ChessBase engine analysis:} 30.
Rcc1 (30. b3 Bxb3 31. axb3 Nxb3 32. Qd1 a4 $1 {Is a steady but sure way to win
as White cannot defend against all the threats. Qa5 is Black's main idea.} 33.
Bxh5 (33. Ka2 Qa5 34. Qb1 b5) 33... Qa5 34. Bg6 Qb4 {Now a possible line is}
35. Qh5 (35. Ka2 Nc1+) 35... Rfd8 36. Bxf5 Nd4+ 37. Rb2 Qxe1+ 38. Ka2 Nxf5 39.
Qxf5 Bxb2 {when White loses all his pieces.}) (30. Bxh5 Bxc2+ 31. Qxc2 b5 32.
cxb5 Qd7 33. Qe2 Na4 $19) 30... b5 $1 {An important follow up.} 31. cxb5 (31.
Bxh5 Qb7) (31. Bd4 Bxd4 32. Qxd4 bxc4 33. Rxc4 Rb8) 31... Qb6 32. Bd4 Bxd4 33.
Qxd4 Bxb5 34. Bxh5 a4 {basically Black is almost winning after 29...Ba4. I
think though it is unrealistic to expect a person to find it over the board.
Just reading the reports on ChessBase I can only imagine how much tension the
players are going through to perform well. Pressure, pressure pressure from
every side.}) 30. Qb4 g6 31. Rd1 {When I first saw this move I thought it was
an internet glitch. I expected Fabiano to improve the position of his knight
with 31.Nd1.} (31. Nd1 {White will hopefully unravel and take a solid stance
with Qd2 and Nc3.}) 31... Ra8 {Draw agreed. A big surprise, considering that
Black still had a stable advantage in the position and on the clock. (If I
remember correctly Magnus had 50 minutes left here compared to Fabiano's 20
minutes.) I guess Nh3 followed by Ng5 gives White a solid position, so Magnus
decided to call it a day.  Magnus must be really looking forward to the rapid
tiebreaks, as he did two years ago against Sergey Karjakin. He missed great
winning opportunities on move 25 and move 29 and I sort of suspect he came
into the game with an eye on the tiebreaks. It's also posisble that he just
wnated to make a lot of people happy (including myself). As two years ago we
again get to see a four game rapid playoff! I am very excited to watch this
match live. My prediction is that Fabiano will give Magnus a run for his money.
That said, rapid games are a totally different kind of chess. Usually the
player with the better nerves wins. Let's see what happens.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1819"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2019.03.01"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Deizisau"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Bf4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Be5 Nhf6 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Ne2 Nxg3 14. Nxg3 g4
15. Nd2 h5 16. Qc2 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. O-O Qf6 19. Nb3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 h4 21.
Ne2 Bd6 22. Nbd4 Rc8 23. Rad1 Rc7 24. Qd2 Qe5 25. f4 gxf3 26. Nxf3 Qf5 27. Nfd4
Qe5 28. Nf4 Qe4 29. Rf2 h3 30. g3 Kd7 31. Nf3 Bxf4 32. exf4 Kc8 33. Re1 Qf5 34.
Qd4 Rd8 35. Qa7 d4 36. Nxd4 Qd5 37. Nxe6 fxe6 38. a3 Rc6 39. Rfe2 Qb3 40. Qf2
Rd3 41. Qf1 Qb6+ 42. Kh1 Qd4 43. Qxh3 Rd2 44. Qg4 Qd5+ 45. Kg1 Qd4+ 46. Kf1 Qd3
47. Qg8+ Kc7 48. Qg7+ Kb6 49. Qe5 Rcc2 50. Kf2 Rxb2 51. Qxb2+ Rxb2 52. Rxb2+
Ka5 53. Re3 Qd4 54. Rbe2 Ka4 55. Kg2 Qd5+ 56. Rf3 b5 57. g4 a5 58. Re5 Qd1 59.
Rxe6 b4 60. axb4 axb4 61. Ree3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1819"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2019.03.02"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Ne5 9. Qg3 b5 10. f4 Neg4 11. Bd2 b4 12. Na4 h5 13. Bd3 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15.
Bxe4 dxe4 16. h3 Nh6 17. b3 Bd7 18. Nb2 Bc5 19. Be3 O-O 20. Qf2 a5 21. Kb1 a4
22. g4 Ra6 23. Nxe6 Bxe6 24. Bxc5 axb3 25. cxb3 Rfa8 26. Na4 hxg4 27. hxg4 Bxg4
28. Rd6 Bf3 29. Rhxh6 gxh6 30. Nb6 Rxb6 31. Bxb6 Qc3 32. Be3 Rc8 33. f5 Qxe5
34. Qg1+ Qg7 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. Bxh6+ Kh7 37. Bd2 Rc5 38. Rh6+ Kg8 39. f6 e3
40. Bxb4 Be4+ 41. Kb2 Rc2+ 42. Ka3 e2 43. Rh3 Bd5 44. Rh5 Be6 45. Ba5 Rc1 46.
Re5 Rc2 47. Rh5 Rc1 48. Re5 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1819"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2019.03.03"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Viernheim"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. Ne5 Rb8 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qxc6+ Qd7 14.
Qxd5 O-O 15. Qxd7 Bxd7 16. Rd1 Bg4 17. f3 Bc5+ 18. Kf1 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. b3
Bd6 21. h3 Rf5 22. Bd2 Rd5 23. Be1 Bf4 24. g3 Bd6 25. f4 h5 26. h4 Kf7 27. Ke2
Rbb5 28. Kf3 Rf5 29. Rac1 e5 30. Rc4 exf4 31. gxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Caruana Tiebreak"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.11.28"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. e4 $5 {This move is extremely rare, and
judging by the time situations that followed, it seems this came as a surprise
to the Challenger.} O-O (4... Bxc3 {is possible, but super-GM opinion
coalesced against White's position in the line} 5. dxc3 Nxe4 6. Qd5 Ng5 7.
Qxe5+ Ne6 $14 {Black's position is slightly worse, even if from my modest
perspective I consider it to be relatively easy to play!}) 5. Nge2 c6 {This
move makes sense in conjunction with ...Ba5-c7, or alternatively...} 6. Bg2 a6
$5 {At this point, if not on the move before, Black commits to a plan which
might be practically interesting, but doesn't particularly inspire confidence
on an objective level.} (6... d6 7. O-O a5 8. d3 Nbd7 {is a more 'traditional'
English follow-up.}) 7. O-O b5 8. d4 $1 {This has to be critical. White is a
little better, but with the murky strategic situation and the rapid time
control anything could happen.} d6 9. a3 (9. f4 $6 exd4 10. Nxd4 bxc4 $15) 9...
Bxc3 (9... Ba5 10. b4 Bc7 11. cxb5 axb5 12. d5 {may simply be a strategic
disadvantage, so it's wise to try and avoid this.}) 10. Nxc3 bxc4 11. dxe5 ({
It is not yet time for} 11. f4 {:} Bg4 $1 12. Qd2 Qb6) 11... dxe5 12. Na4 (12.
Qe2 {was the engine suggestion, and it seems to me that Black has to play
another unusual move in order to avoid being clearly worse.} a5 (12... Qd3 $2
13. Qxd3 cxd3 14. Rd1 $16) (12... Be6 13. f4 $16) 13. Na4 $1 Ba6 14. Nc5 Qb6
15. Nxa6 Qxa6 $14 {White should be a little better, but nothing is too clear
yet.}) 12... Be6 $1 {Black has to play this cold-blooded move in my opinion-
recognising that Nc5 isn't quite the dramatic positional masterstroke that it
seems.} (12... Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15. Qxc4 $14 {is miserable.}) 13.
Qxd8 (13. Nc5 Qe7 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15. Be3 Rc8 $1 {With ...c5 and ...Nc6-d4 to
come; Black seems to be emerging from his difficulties now.}) 13... Rxd8 14.
Be3 Nbd7 15. f3 {White opts for a steady approach, seemingly convinced of
having some kind of edge. Indeed, in practical games between ordinary mortals
this would be the case.} Rab8 16. Rac1 Rb3 17. Rfe1 Ne8 $6 {This move is
strategically desirable, but only if Black can also get ...f6, ...Nd6 and ...
Kf7 without being interrupted. Now, he probably risks being somewhat worse
again.} (17... Rdb8 $1 {is better, intending to give back the pawn in a way
that makes White's structure a little weaker.} 18. Bf1 c3 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20.
bxc3 Rb3 21. Ra1 a5 $11) 18. Bf1 Nd6 19. Rcd1 Nb5 $2 (19... Nb7 $1 {was
required, followed by the cold-blooded sequence} 20. f4 g6 21. f5 gxf5 22. exf5
Bd5 23. Nc3 Nf6 {when despite the strange location of some of Black's pieces,
there is no objective problem. I suspect that Fabiano saw this, didn't notice
that the Nb7 defended the Rd8 and opted for a move that stopped Nc3.}) 20. Nc5
$1 {This is a key move for White to see, after which he is clearly better.}
Rxb2 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bxc4 Nd4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Bxe6+ ({The engine suggests
the brutal and unfindable} 24. Rxd4 Kf7 25. Kh1 $3 $18 {when Black has no
defence against Red1 and Rd6; White will probably come out 2 pawns ahead.})
24... Kf8 25. Rxd4 Ke7 26. Rxd7+ Rxd7 27. Bxd7 Kxd7 28. Rd1+ Ke6 29. f4 c5 {
Watching this position live in the 'kibitzing' area, I was shocked to discover
that barely anyone else thought the position was closer to a draw than a win.}
30. Rd5 $6 (30. Rc1 Kd6 31. a4 $5 {is the engine opinion. Almost all these
positions will come down to some version of 3v2 on the kingside with an extra
a-pawn each to confuse the players; the point is to identify which versions
entail Black having a worse rook! For instance, see the line} Rd2 $6 32. e5+
Kd5 33. e6 Kxe6 34. Rxc5 g6 35. Re5+ Kf6 36. Ra5 Ke6 37. h3 Rd6 38. Kf2 $18 {
when White is close to winning.}) 30... Rc2 31. h4 c4 32. f5+ Kf6 33. Rc5 h5
34. Kf1 Rc3 $6 {Not losing, but a bad idea.} ({Following} 34... c3 35. Ke1 Rg2
36. Rxc3 Ke5 $11 {Black would have very comfortably held this ending even two
pawns down.}) 35. Kg2 Rxa3 36. Rxc4 Ke5 37. Rc7 Kxe4 $2 {Based on a flawed
trick. This is probably the decisive error.} (37... Ra2+ $1 {could have been
played first, and then the trick works as in the next note:} 38. Kh3 Kxe4 39.
Rxg7 Ra1 {and since White has to think about getting mated, he is not able to
stay in position to deliver Rg5+.}) 38. Re7+ (38. Rxg7 Ra2+ 39. Kh3 Ra1 $1 $11
{is the tricky point.}) 38... Kxf5 39. Rxg7 Kf6 40. Rg5 a5 41. Rxh5 $18 {
Now the position is winning for Carlsen. Sometimes, a flank pawn can hold off
two central pawns in such cases, but definitely not when the opponent's two
pawns are both on the opposite side of the board.} a4 42. Ra5 Ra1 43. Kf3 a3
44. Ra6+ Kg7 45. Kg2 Ra2+ 46. Kh3 Ra1 47. h5 Kh7 48. g4 Kg7 49. Kh4 a2 50. Kg5
Kf7 51. h6 Rb1 52. Ra7+ Kg8 53. Rxa2 Rb5+ 54. Kg6 Rb6+ 55. Kh5 1-0

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Caruana Tiebreak"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.11.28"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 $5 {
I didn't completely understand Fabiano's insistence on trying this move again
in game 12, and I certainly don't understand it now, given his apparent lack
of comfort with the resulting positions.} Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne7 ({In the 10th game,
} 8... Nb8 {was chosen, and while Black developed thematic play on the
kingside, it never looked like he was going to give mate.} 9. a4 Be7 10. Be2
O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. b4 a6 13. Na3 a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. Nc4 Ra8 16. Be3 f5 17.
a5 f4 $13 {Caruana,F-Carlsen,M WC(10) London 2018}) 9. c4 Ng6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11.
Qb4 Qb8 (11... Bf5 {was played in the 12th standard game, and after some
messing around play took an independent trajectory:} 12. h4 h5 13. Qa4 Bd7 14.
Qb4 Bf5 15. Be3 a6 16. Nc3 Qc7 17. g3 Be7 18. f3 Nf8 $1 $132 {Caruana,
F-Carlsen,M WC(12) London 2018}) 12. h4 h5 13. Be3 a6 14. Nc3 a5 {With the
text move, Magnus makes it clear that he doesn't want a White knight to appear
on b6, which is understandable, but may leave him worse.} (14... f5 {would
nevertheless be playable, since a line like} 15. Na4 (15. g3 Be7 16. Be2 Kf7
17. Na4 f4 $40) 15... f4 16. Bd3 Nxh4 17. Rxh4 fxe3 18. Nb6 $13 {is simply a
mess rather than necessarily favouring one side or another.}) 15. Qb3 (15. Qa3
f5 16. g3 Be7 17. Be2 Kf7 18. Na4 $14 {would be logical, when it seems that
Black's ...a5 has left the b6-square more rather than less weak.}) 15... a4 16.
Qd1 Be7 (16... Ne7 $5 {is one way to get an approximately equal position.}) 17.
g3 Qc8 18. Be2 Bg4 19. Rc1 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Qf5 $5 {This move is interesting in
that it commits in some sense to a long-term regrouping. Black delays ...f5,
preferring to think about that push only after establishing his knight on d7
and queen on g6.} ({The engine suggests} 20... O-O {and only after} 21. b3 {
then} (21. O-O Qh3 22. Qxh5 Nxh4 23. gxh4 Bxh4 $11) 21... axb3 22. axb3 Qf5 $11
) 21. c5 $6 {This move is based on the flawed idea that White's advantage is
large enough to justify big-picture, light-square based play.} (21. O-O O-O 22.
Kg2 {was perfectly possible and was indeed suggested by Malcolm Pein in the
press room. Black needs to do quite a bit more thematic re-arrangement before
he is ready with ...f5, for instance} Rfc8 23. f3 Nf8 $5 24. f4 $3 $14) 21...
O-O {Now Black is at least equal and White goes on to provide a perfect
example of why we usually castle in chess.} 22. c6 bxc6 23. dxc6 Rfc8 24. Qc4
Bd8 25. Nd5 {Automatic, but there was better.} (25. Ne4 Bc7 26. O-O $11) 25...
e4 {Now Black has probably gained somewhat the upper hand. White took some
minutes to think about the question of whether allowing Black's knight to
assume its 'favourite Sveshnikov post' on e5 was worth a piece, eventually
coming up with the wrong answer.} 26. c7 $2 {The losing mistake.} (26. Bd4 {
was probably correct, notwithstanding that after} Ba5+ 27. Bc3 Bxc3+ 28. Rxc3
Ra5 $40 {Black will get the thrust ...d5 through.}) 26... Bxc7 27. Nxc7 Ne5 28.
Nd5 {Finishing the game.} ({Concretely, I couldn't see anything after} 28. Qd5
{and would have said Black simply has to play} Rab8 {with good compensation.
Just how good was only revealed by subsequent engine checks: -2.7! White is
unable to castle due to the trick} 29. O-O Rxc7 $1 $19) 28... Kh7 $1 (28...
Nxc4 $4 29. Ne7+ Kh7 30. Nxf5 Nxe3 31. Rxc8 $1 Rxc8 32. Nxe3 Rc1+ 33. Nd1 $1 {
would be embarrassing.}) (28... Kh7 29. Ne7 Qf3 $1 {was the point, and White
can only solve 2 out of the 4 problems faced by his major pieces.}) 0-1

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Caruana Tiebreak"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.11.28"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bc5 {Enough with the Berlin
and the Petroff, now that Caruana needs to win, it's an Open Sicilian!
Interestingly, Magnus opts for as similar a formation as possible to the one
he used to clinch the 2016 tiebreak...} 6. Nc2 Nf6 (6... Qb6 $5 {is probably
the most obvious test of White's slow setup. Notwithstanding which, it was
only played in one game, between 1900-level players, so we may as well just
analyse without reference to praxis.} 7. Qd2 $5 (7. Qe2 d6 8. Nc3 Bd7 9. Rb1
Nf6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 {seems easy enough, but it's also possible to
imagine White getting outplayed on the dark squares.}) 7... Nf6 8. Nc3 Ng4 9.
f3 Nf2 10. Na4 Qc7 11. Nxc5 Nxh1 12. f4 $13 {With a horrifically messy
position where the prepared player wins: White intends Be2, Kf1-g1, but Black
can play ...d5 and open the centre.}) 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be3 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O
Qe7 11. Qd2 Rfd8 12. Rfd1 $6 {This may be a little inaccurate and Black seems
to have ways to make his equality clearer.} (12. a3 a5 13. Rad1 {seems
preferable, securing the right to transfer a knight via b5 at will.}) 12... Ne5
{In this way Black is forcing through ...d5, though for some reason he
ultimately decided not to play it.} 13. Bxc5 (13. Bd4 d6 {and the tension
doesn't help White, as (e.g.) ...Rac8 and ...h6 can be played before Black
needs to do any further thinking, while White's pushes b4 and f4 require some
serious thought.}) 13... bxc5 14. f4 Ng6 15. Qe3 d6 (15... d5 {seemed clever
to me, but it's worth pointing out that the simplifications would not have
been useful in the match situation.} 16. exd5 exd5 17. Qxe7 Nxe7 18. cxd5 Nexd5
19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. Ne3 $11 {It is hard to imagine Magnus losing this as White,
but maybe...?}) 16. Rd2 a6 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. b3 h6 19. g3 Rd7 20. Bf3 Re8 {
White has a small something around here, even if engines disagree, because
Black simply has no way to execute either ...e5 or ...d5.} 21. Qf2 {The first
of a few moves that tempted Black to play ...d5 and accept drawishness; while
these weren't the most exact for White they may have been the least risky.} Ne7
22. h3 Red8 23. Bg2 Nc6 (23... d5 {again seems to give safe equality, but
that's not good enough.} 24. cxd5 exd5 25. e5 Ne4 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Ne3 $11)
24. g4 Qa5 25. Na4 Qc7 {An ill omen: Black doesn't know what to do.} 26. e5 $6
{Seeking simplification and possibly a bishop-vs-knight situation, but maybe
this is too quick.} (26. Nc3 $14 {was perfectly possible, challenging Black to
do better!}) 26... dxe5 27. Nxc5 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Rxd2 29. Qxd2 Ba8 {This is not
a bad move, but White is able to pretty much kill the game now, whereas after
the alternative Black could have played for 3 results.} ({I'm not sure if
Black thought he was worse after} 29... exf4 30. Nxb7 Qxb7 31. Qxf4 $13 {
but I don't think he is, and neither does the engine; the practical chances
look quite alright.}) 30. fxe5 Qxe5 31. Nd7 Qb2 32. Qd6 Nxd7 33. Qxd7 Qxc2 {
Around here, there are of course tons of ways for Black to deliver perpetual
check, but it is extremely difficult to think of how he could do more.} 34.
Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qxa8 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Qd6+ 37. Kh1 Nd4 38. Qe4+ f5 39. gxf5 exf5 40.
Qe3 Ne6 41. b4 Ng5 $6 {Now Black is more likely to lose, but of course he may
not have minded this.} (41... g5 {tries to keep something in the position, but
after} 42. c5 Qd1+ 43. Kh2 {it transpires that Black can't generate anything
without allowing White to deliver perpetual:} Nf4 44. Qe7+ Kg6 $11) 42. c5 Qf6
43. c6 $16 Ne6 $2 {This is where the 3rd game, and hence the match, were lost.}
(43... Qd6 44. Qc1 Ne6 45. Qc4 {is passive for Black, but there are a few more
tricks than in the game.}) 44. a4 Nc7 45. Qf4 Ne6 46. Qd6 {You could see
Magnus wondering whether to give one last tease and play Qe3, either for the
draw or for the trolling effect. In the end he chose this way, which is very
simply winning.} Qa1+ 47. Kh2 Nd4 48. c7 Qc3 49. Qc5 Qe3 50. c8=Q f4 51. Qg4 {
And it was all over.} 1-0

[Event "London Classic 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Qc2 {Not the
most popular continuation here. This queen development is considered
appropriate after Black's ...c7-c6. However, White tries to leave main
theoretical roads as soon as possible.} Bb7 8. Rd1 Bd6 (8... Nbd7 {is more
natural but White obtained an edge in the following game:} 9. cxd5 (9. Be2 dxc4
10. Bxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O a6 13. Ne5 Qc8 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Be2 Be7 16.
Qb1 Nf6 17. Rc1 Qe8 18. e4 b5 $11 {1-0 (43) Zoler,D (2498)-Griffith,K (2320)
Biel 2015}) 9... exd5 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Rc8 12. dxc5 Rxc5 13. Nd4 {[%csl Rb7,
Gd4,Rd5]} g6 14. Qa4 (14. Qe2 $5) 14... a6 15. Bxa6 Ra5 16. Bxb7 (16. Qxa5 $1
bxa5 17. Bxb7 $16 {[%csl Rd5]}) 16... Rxa4 17. Nc6 Qe8 18. Nxa4 Nc5 19. Nxe7+
Qxe7 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. Bg5 $14 {1/2 (68) Zherebukh,Y (2614)-Goldin,A (2553)
Fort Myers 2016}) (8... Na6 9. Be2 $6 (9. a3 $5) 9... Nb4 10. Qb1 dxc4 11. Bxc4
Nbd5 $11 12. Bg5 $6 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Rc1 Ng5 16. Be2 Nxf3+
17. Bxf3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 c5 $15 {1/2 (39) Edouard,R (2680)-Fressinet,L (2708)
Nimes 2014}) (8... a6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 (10. Bd3 c5 $5) 10... Nbd7 11. Ne5 (
11. O-O Re8 12. h3 {1/2 (33) Goldin,A (2585)-Meijers,V (2418) Geneve 1999} c5
$5) 11... Bd6 12. Qf5 g6 13. Qg5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qg3 $14 {1-0 (34)
Bindrich,F (2605)-Mohota,N (2269) Caleta 2018}) (8... c5 {may be possible but
needs more tests:} 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Qb6 12. Ne5 Rfd8 13. b3
Bd6 $6 (13... Rac8 $5) (13... Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7 $5 15. Bf4 Nf6) 14. Nxd7 Rxd7
15. Na4 Qc7 16. Bxd6 Rxd6 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxc5 $16 {1/2 (44) Toolin,C (2220)
-Morrison,W (2281) Philadelphia 2016}) 9. Bg3 (9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11.
Bd3 h6 12. Bh4 a6 13. Bf5 Qe8 14. Qb3 b5 $6 (14... g6 $5 15. Bxd7 (15. Bh3 Ne4
16. Nxd5 $140 $2 g5 17. Bg3 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Ndf6 19. Qf5 Bb4+ 20. Ke2 Qa4 $40)
15... Nxd7 16. Nxd5 Qe6 17. Nc3 Qxb3 18. axb3 f5 $44) 15. O-O Be7 16. Rfe1 Nb6
17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Bxe4 Qc8 20. Ne5 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 $14 {1/2 (98)
Kveinys,A (2545)-Xu,Y (2518) Reykjavik 2017}) 9... Nbd7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. e4
Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxg3 $6 {Risky and at least premature: White can now create an
attack along the h-file.} (12... h6 $5) (12... Rc8 $5) 13. hxg3 e5 $6 {
Preparation of ...c7-c5 was a better plan.} ({And now the prophylactical} 13...
h6 {was the most appropriate. If} 14. g4 {then} Nf6 $5 {[%cal Rf6g4,Rb7e4]})
14. Bb5 c6 15. Be2 Qc7 16. g4 (16. Nh4 $5 $36 {[%cal Yh4f5] was probably a
better plan here.} g6 {is poor due to} 17. Qc1 $1 {[%cal Yc1h6]}) 16... Rfe8
17. g5 Rad8 18. Kf1 b5 (18... exd4 19. cxd4 Nf8 {was possible, with a solid
position.}) 19. Rh4 a6 20. a4 Qa5 21. g6 $5 {White has no other ways to
destroy Black's kingside; however, the position is far from clear.} hxg6 22.
Ng5 Nf8 (22... c5 $1 {was correct. If} 23. Qd3 (23. Rd3 f6 {is even worse}) {
then} 23... f6 24. Qh3 fxg5 25. Rh8+ Kf7 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 $1 (26... Kxe8 $2 27.
Qe6+ Kf8 28. Rd3) 27. Qxd7+ Re7 28. Qd6 cxd4 29. cxd4 Bxe4 {, and Black holds
on.}) 23. Rd3 Bc8 24. Qb3 Qc7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Rf3 $6 {White fails to find
the right way:} (26. g4 $1 {[%cal Rd3h3]} Ne6 $8 27. Rdh3 Kf8 28. Nxe6+ Rxe6 (
28... Bxe6 29. d5 $1 cxd5 30. Bxb5 $16) (28... fxe6 29. Rh7 $16) 29. Qa3+ Qd6 (
29... c5 30. Bxb5 $16) 30. Qa7 Qd7 31. Qb6 $16) 26... Be6 27. d5 cxd5 28. exd5
Rxd5 $1 29. Nxe6 fxe6 {Black's pawn structure is destroyed but he is two pawns
up! Giving up his material advantage, Black parries White's attack and
equalizes the game.} 30. Rfh3 e4 31. Rxe4 Ra8 32. g3 (32. Bxb5 $142 Ra1+ 33.
Re1 $11) 32... Qc5 33. Re3 Ra3 34. Qb2 Qd6 (34... g5 $5) 35. Rh4 Ra4 36. Rhe4
Qa3 37. Qxa3 Rxa3 38. Bg4 Rc5 39. Bxe6+ Nxe6 40. Rxe6 Raxc3 41. Rxc3 Rxc3 42.
Rxg6 b4 43. Rb6 b3 44. Kg2 Kf7 45. f4 g5 46. fxg5 Rc2+ 47. Kf3 b2 48. Kg4 Kg7
49. Rb7+ Kg6 50. Rb6+ Kg7 51. Rb7+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 10. h4 d5 11. Kb1 Re8 12. Bd3 Bc5 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4
Nf6 15. Rde1 Ne4 16. Qf4 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Nxf6 18. Kc1 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Kf8 20. Kd2
h6 21. Ne5 Ng4 22. Nxg4 Bxg4 23. c3 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Kxe8 25. Ke3 g5 26. hxg5 hxg5
27. f3 Be6 28. f4 f6 29. g3 Ke7 30. a3 Bd7 31. Bc2 Be6 32. Bd3 Bd7 33. Bc2 Be6
1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. Nc2 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Nc3
Na6 9. d3 exd3 10. exd3 Be7 11. Re1 Be6 12. dxc4 O-O 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qb6
15. Na4 Qd8 16. b3 Re8 17. Bc3 Nc5 18. Bxf6 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 gxf6 20. Nc3 f5 21.
Ne2 Bf6 22. Ned4 Rad8 23. Bh3 f4 24. Nxe6 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nxe6 26. Bxe6 Rxe6 27.
Kf1 b5 28. cxb5 cxb5 29. gxf4 Re4 30. f5 Kg7 31. Rd5 a6 32. Rd6 Rh4 33. Ne3 a5
34. Ra6 a4 35. bxa4 bxa4 36. Kg2 Rd4 37. Kf3 h5 38. Ra5 Rh4 39. Kg2 Rf4 40. Kg3
Rb4 41. Nd5 Bh4+ 42. Kg2 Rd4 43. f6+ Kg6 44. Kf3 Bg5 45. h3 h4 46. Rb5 Bxf6 47.
Ke3 Rd1 48. Nf4+ Kg7 49. Ra5 Rh1 50. Kf3 Rh2 51. Nh5+ Kg6 52. Nf4+ Kg7 53. Rxa4
Be5 54. Kg4 Rxf2 55. Nd3 Rg2+ 56. Kf5 Bg3 57. Nf4 Rf2 58. Kg4 Bxf4 59. Rxf4
Rxa2 60. Kxh4 Ra6 61. Rg4+ Kh7 62. Rf4 Kg7 63. Rg4+ Kh7 64. Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Bd3 Qa5+ 10. Kf1 Ba6 11. Bxc7 Bxd3+ 12. Qxd3 Na6 13. Bg3 Nb4 14.
Qe2 Rfc8 15. a3 Qa4 16. Kg1 Na2 17. h3 Nc1 18. Qf1 Qc2 19. Kh2 Ne2 20. Be5 Qxb2
21. d5 Nc3 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Rd1 Qxa3 24. Rd7 Nd5 25. Nd4 Bf6 26. Bg3 Bxd4 27.
exd4 Qa4 28. Rd6 Rc6 29. Rd7 Rcc8 30. Rd6 Qe8 31. Qa6 Rc6 32. Ra1 Rxd6 33. Bxd6
Qd7 34. Be5 Nb4 35. Qe2 Nc6 36. Bg3 Qd5 37. Qa6 Nxd4 38. Rc1 Nf5 39. Rc8+ Rxc8
40. Qxc8+ Kf7 41. Qc7+ Kf6 42. Bf4 e5 43. Bc1 h6 44. Bb2 Qc5 45. Qb8 a5 46. f4
Kg6 47. Bxe5 Qc6 48. Qa7 h5 49. h4 a4 50. Qa6 Kh7 51. Qd3 Qg6 52. g3 Nh6 53.
Qc4 Ng4+ 54. Kh3 Qb1 0-1

[Event "London Classic 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Be2
b6 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. d4 a5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. O-O Be6 13. Bb5 Qb6 14. Qe2 Nc6 15.
Rac1 Rac8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 h6 19. h3 Bf8 20. Bd3 g6 21. Bf6
Rd7 22. Bb5 Ra7 23. Ba1 Bg7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qb2+ Kg8 26. Be2 a4 27. Bf3 Rd8
28. Qf6 axb3 29. axb3 Rad7 30. Qc3 Rc8 31. Ra1 d4 32. exd4 Rxd4 33. Rab1 Rb4
34. Bd5 Bxd5 35. Rxd5 c4 36. Rbd1 Rxb3 37. Qe5 c3 38. Qe7 Rb1 39. Kh2 Rxd1 40.
Rxd1 c2 41. Rd7 Qb8+ 42. g3 Qb3 43. Rd8+ Rxd8 44. Qxd8+ Kg7 45. Qd4+ Kh7 46.
Qf4 Kg8 47. Qd2 Qb2 0-1

[Event "London Classic 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Rc1 Ba6 8. Qa4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bb7 10. O-O a6 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 b5 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Ne5 c5 15.
dxc5 Rxc5 16. Qb1 Qe8 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Ne4 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Qa8 20. Bf3 Rc8 21.
Rd1 Nf6 22. Ng5 h6 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Nf3 Qe4 25. Be5 Qxb1 26. Rxb1 Ne4 27. Ne1
f6 28. Bg3 Rd8 29. Nf3 Rc8 30. Ne1 e5 31. f3 Nd2 32. Rd1 Nc4 33. Rd7 Bc5 34. b3
Nxe3 35. Bf2 Nf5 36. g4 Nd4 37. Kf1 Ne6 38. h4 Bxf2 39. Kxf2 Nf4 40. Rd6 a5 41.
Ra6 Rd8 42. Rxa5 Rd2+ 43. Kf1 Nh3 44. Nd3 Rxd3 45. Rxb5 Rxf3+ 46. Ke1 Rf2 47.
a4 Ra2 48. a5 Nf4 49. Kd1 e4 50. Kc1 e3 0-1

[Event "London Classic 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bb2 e6 6. Nc3 h6 7. d4 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O
9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qc2 Bg4 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15.
Bxg6 fxg6 16. Qxg6 Rf7 17. Ne2 Nf8 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Rad1 Bc5 20. Kg2 Qh4 21. Bd4
Be7 22. f4 Bb4 23. cxd5 exd5 24. f5 h5 25. Rf4 Nh7 26. Ng3 c5 27. gxh5 Qd8 28.
Bb2 d4 29. e6 Rfc7 30. Qc4 b5 31. e7+ bxc4 32. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 33. bxc4 d3 34. h6
gxh6 35. Rg4+ Kf8 36. Ne4 Ng5 37. Nxg5 hxg5 38. Rxg5 d2 39. Kf3 Rh7 40. Rg3
Rdd7 41. Be5 Rh5 42. Kg4 Rdh7 43. Bf6 R5h6 44. Bg5 Ra6 45. e4 Rxa2 46. Rd3 Rc2
47. Bxd2 Rxc4 48. Rd8+ Kf7 49. Bxb4 Rxe4+ 50. Kf3 Re7 51. Bxc5 Rxh3+ 52. Kg4
1-0

[Event "London Classic 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 Na6
9. Nge2 Nd7 10. Qd2 Ndc5 11. Ng3 c6 12. Be2 cxd5 13. cxd5 a4 14. h4 Bd7 15. h5
Rc8 16. Kf1 a3 17. b3 Qa5 18. Rc1 f6 19. Kg2 Nb4 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Bh6 Rf7 22.
Rh2 Bxh6 23. Qxh6 Rg7 24. Rch1 Rf8 25. Qc1 Nbd3 26. Qd2 Nf4+ 27. Kg1 Kf7 28.
Rh7 Rc8 29. Bc4 b5 30. Nge2 g5 31. Nxf4 gxf4 32. g5 Rcg8 33. Be2 Kf8 34. Kf1
fxg5 35. f3 b4 36. Nd1 Nxb3 37. Qc2 Nd4 38. Qc1 b3 39. axb3 a2 0-1

[Event "London Classic 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 {This sharp move has
recently become popular.} 6. exd5 (6. Nxe5 {leads to a real gambit after} O-O
$1) (6. Nbd2 {Vachier Lagrave-Hou Yifan, Grenke 2017, is a quiet, not too
promising alternative, a practical choice.}) 6... Qxd5 7. Bc4 (7. Qb3 {is
harmless:} O-O 8. O-O Qd6 (8... Qxb3 9. axb3 e4 10. dxe4 Nxe4 11. Bf4 Bb6 12.
Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Be6 14. Nc4 Rfd8 15. Nxb6 cxb6 16. b4 a6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18.
Bc7 Rd2 19. Bxb6 Rxb2 $11 {1/2 (23) Grischuk,A (2766)-Aronian,L (2764) Paris
2018}) 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Qa4 Ne7 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Ng6 13. Bc4 c6 14. Bxe6
Qxe6 15. Re1 Rad8 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Qd5 18. Qxa7 Qb5 $132 {1/2 (34)
Vachier Lagrave,M (2780)-Eljanov,P (2703) Batumi GEO 2018}) 7... Qd6 8. Nbd2 (
8. O-O e4 $5 9. Qe2 O-O 10. dxe4 Bg4 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Bg5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 h6 14.
Bh4 Ne5 15. f4 Ng6 16. Bg3 Nxe4 $11 {1/2 (40) Prizant,J (2511)-Lysyj,I (2663)
Kolomna 2016}) (8. Qe2 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 (9... Bf5 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nbd2 Bd6 12.
O-O Rae8 13. Rfe1 Bd7 14. Bd5 Re7 15. a4 Nd8 16. a5 Kh8 17. Qe3 a6 18. g3 $14 {
1/2 (37) Lu,S (2629)-Yakubboev,N (2512) Hamedan 2018}) (9... Be6 10. Nbd2 Bxc4
11. Nxc4 Qe6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nfd2 b5 14. Ne3 f5 $13 {1/2 (53) Caruana,F 
(2808)-Kramnik,V (2808) Stavanger 2017}) 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nbd2 Bd6 12. O-O a6
13. Rfe1 Re8 14. Ne4 {1/2 (30) Grandelius,N (2655)-Ragger,M (2686) Batumi GEO
2018} Qg6 $11) 8... O-O 9. b4 (9. Qe2 Bf5 $1 (9... a5 10. Ng5 Qe7 (10... Bf5
11. Nde4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. dxe4 Nd8 14. Bd2 c6 15. a4 Ne6 $11 {1/2 (81)
Topalov,V (2761)-Aronian,L (2792) Saint Louis 2016}) 11. Nde4 Bd6 12. a4 h6 13.
h4 Nd8 14. Qf3 Ng4 15. Qe2 Kh8 16. f3 Nf6 17. Nxf6 Qxf6 18. g4 $36 {1-0 (59)
Svidler,P (2745)-Inarkiev,E (2732) Novosibirsk 2016}) (9... a6 10. Ng5 Ba7 11.
Nde4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Qg6 13. Qxg6 hxg6 14. Be3 b5 15. Bd5 Bb7 16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17.
O-O-O Na5 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. Rhe1 Nd6 20. Ne4 $14 {1-0 (44) Kulaots,K (2590)
-Vicas,M (2190) Tallinn 2018}) 10. Ng5 Na5 $5 (10... Bb6 11. Nde4 Qe7 12. Nxf6+
Qxf6 13. g4 Bd7 14. h4 Na5 15. Bd5 Bc6 16. Ne4 Qd8 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. g5 $14 {
1-0 (39) Inarkiev,E (2684)-Lopez Martinez,J (2584) Batumi 2018}) (10... Bg4 11.
f3 Bf5 12. Nde4 Nxe4 13. fxe4 Bg6 14. h4 h6 15. h5 Bh7 16. Nxh7 Kxh7 17. Rf1
$14 {1-0 (43) Perunovic,M (2604)-Sousa,A (2380) Lisbon 2017}) 11. b4 (11. Nge4
Bxe4 12. dxe4 Nxc4 13. Nxc4 Qe6 $11) 11... Nxc4 12. Nxc4 Qd8 $1 $15 (12... Qxd3
13. Qxd3 Bxd3 14. Nb2 $16 {1-0 (33) Vachier Lagrave,M (2795)-Grischuk,A (2750)
chess.com INT 2017})) 9... Bb6 10. a4 (10. O-O Bf5 11. Qc2 (11. Qe2 $6 Nd5 $15
{1/2 (55) Smirnov,A (2464)-Melkumyan,H (2653) Canberra 2016}) 11... Rad8 12. a4
a5 13. b5 Ne7 (13... Nb8 $6 14. Ba3 Bc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Rfe1 Nbd7 17. Nh4 Bg4
18. h3 Bh5 19. Nb3 $16 {1/2 (42) Caruana,F (2799)-Grischuk,A (2782) Saint
Louis 2017}) 14. Qa2 (14. Qb3 Ng6 15. Ba3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. d4 Qd6 18. Rfe1
Rde8 $11 {1-0 (44) Caruana,F (2799)-Grischuk,A (2782) Saint Louis 2017}) 14...
Ng6 15. Ba3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. d4 Qd6 18. Rfe1 exd4 19. cxd4 Nf4 20. Rac1
N6d5 $11 {0-1 (53) Caruana,F (2799)-Grischuk,A (2782) Saint Louis USA 2017})
10... a5 $5 (10... e4 {(this pawn sacrifice, in order to activate his c6
knight, is Black's key idea)} 11. Nxe4 $5 (11. dxe4 Ne5 12. Qe2 a5 13. O-O Bg4
14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. Ba3 Bc5 $44 {1/2 (31) Caruana,F (2807)-Karjakin,S (2773)
Saint Louis 2017}) 11... Nxe4 12. dxe4 Qf6 (12... Qxd1+ 13. Kxd1 Bxf2 $4 14.
Rf1 Bb6 15. a5) 13. Qc2 a5 14. b5 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. O-O $14 {- this is a
more favorable position for White than it happened in the game.}) (10... Bf5 $5
{was played by Levon in the later rapid game but without success:} 11. Ba3 e4
12. dxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxd6 cxd6 15. O-O-O Rac8 16. Bd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5
Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Kb2 Bxf2 20. Rxe5 Bh4 21. Rd1 $14 {1-0 (53) Caruana,F 
(2832)-Aronian,L (2765) London ENG 2018}) 11. b5 e4 $5 {[%mdl 512] A tricky
order of moves.} 12. Ba3 (12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. dxe4 {is now satisfactory for
Black in view of} Qc5 $1 14. Qe2 Be6 $1 15. Nd2 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Ne5 $1 17. Nxb6
Qxc3+ 18. Qd2 Qxa1 19. Nxa8 Rxa8 20. O-O Qxa4 $13) (12. dxe4 Ne5 13. Ba3 Bc5 {
- see game}) 12... Bc5 13. dxe4 (13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. dxe4 Nxe4 $5 15. Bxf7+ $1
Rxf7 16. Nxe4 Re7 17. Qe2 Qd5 18. Nfg5 $5 Bf5 19. f3 Ne5 $44) 13... Ne5 (13...
Bxa3 14. bxc6 Bb2 15. Ra2 Bxc3 {looks simpler; Black is not worse in that case.
}) 14. Nxe5 (14. Bxc5 $5 Qxc5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. O-O {was a senseful
alternative: Black can regain the pawn but after} Qxc3 (16... Nxe4 $4 17. Re1
Bf5 18. Bd3) 17. Rc1 Qe5 18. Re1 {White has the better prospects as Black's c7
pawn is weak.}) 14... Qxe5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qe2 $6 (16. O-O {was a must. If}
Bg4 (16... Nxe4 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Nxe4 $16) (16... Rd8 17. Nb3 $1) {then} 17.
Qc1 $1 Rad8 18. Ba2 {, and} Qg5 {is not dangerous in view of} 19. Nc4 $1 {
All this is not easy to find, of course, but understanding that no other move
could be better than castling should have helped Fabiano.}) 16... Re8 17. f3 (
17. O-O {is too late. Black gets a good position, e.g.} Bg4 (17... Bf5 $5) 18.
Qd3 Rad8 19. Nb3 Qg5 20. Nd4 Nxe4 21. f3 Nc5 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. fxg4+ Kg8 $44)
17... Be6 18. Bxe6 (18. Qf2 Qxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Rad8 20. Ke3 Rxd2 21. Bxe6 Rxg2 $15)
18... Rxe6 19. Rc1 Nd7 20. Nb3 Qa3 21. Rb1 Nc5 (21... Qxa4 $5 $13) 22. Nxc5
Qxc5 23. Rd1 f5 24. Rd4 Qxc3+ 25. Qd2 Qa1+ 26. Qd1 Qc3+ 27. Qd2 Qa1+ 28. Qd1
Qc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.16"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 10. Kb1 d5 11. Bd3 Nc5 12. h4 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Qd6 14. c4
Rd8 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 cxd5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Nb3 Bf5 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Nb3 Bf5
21. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Rd8 11. Nd2 d4 12. Nb3 Qb6 13. Na4 Bb4+ 14. axb4 Qxb4+
15. Nd2 Qa5 16. Qb3 e5 17. Bg5 Nb4 18. Be2 Bd7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Ra1 dxe3 21.
fxe3 b5 22. O-O bxa4 23. Qc3 f5 24. Nf3 f6 25. Nh4 Nc6 26. Qa3 e4 27. Bd1 Ne5
28. Bxa4 Qxa4 29. Qxa4 Bxa4 30. Rxa4 f4 31. Rxf4 Rd1+ 32. Rf1 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1
Rb8 34. b4 Nxc4 35. Nf5 Rb5 36. g4 h5 37. h3 hxg4 38. hxg4 Ne5 39. Rxa7 Rxb4
40. Kg2 Rb1 41. Re7 Rb2+ 42. Kh3 Rf2 43. Re8+ Kh7 44. Re7+ Kg8 45. Re8+ Kh7 46.
Re7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Bc4 Qd6 8. b4
Bb6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. a4 Bf5 11. Ba3 e4 12. dxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxd6 cxd6
15. O-O-O Rac8 16. Bd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Kb2 Bxf2 20. Rxe5
Bh4 21. Rd1 Bf6 22. Re3 Rc7 23. b5 Rfc8 24. Bb4 h5 25. Kb3 b6 26. Rdd3 g6 27.
Re4 Bg7 28. Rde3 f5 29. Re8+ Rxe8 30. Rxe8+ Kf7 31. Ra8 g5 32. c4 Be5 33. h3 g4
34. a5 f4 35. hxg4 hxg4 36. Rf8+ Ke6 37. Bd2 f3 38. gxf3 g3 39. axb6 axb6 40.
Be3 Rd7 41. Re8+ Kf5 42. Bxb6 Rd3+ 43. Kb4 Rxf3 44. Rf8+ Ke4 45. Rxf3 Kxf3 46.
Bg1 Kg2 47. Bc5 Kf3 48. b6 Ke4 49. b7 g2 50. Kb5 Bf4 51. Bg1 Bg3 52. Kc6 Be5
53. Kd7 1-0

[Event "London Classic 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Qb6 6. Qb3 Nh5 7. Qxb6 axb6 8.
Bc7 cxd4 9. exd4 e5 10. Bxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bc5 12. g3 O-O 13. Be2 g6 14. Bxh5
gxh5 15. Ngf3 f6 16. b4 Be7 17. e6 Bxe6 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. N2b3 f5 20. f4 Bf6 21.
Kd2 Rfe8 22. Rhe1 Re4 23. h4 Kf7 24. Re3 Ra3 25. Nc2 Ra8 26. Nbd4 Kg6 27. Rd3
Rae8 28. Re1 Rxe1 29. Nxe1 Ra8 30. Ndc2 Rxa2 31. Rxd5 Bc6 32. Rd6 Kf7 33. Rd3
Ke6 34. Kc1 Be4 35. Re3 Kd6 36. Kb1 Ra8 37. Kb2 Kc6 38. Na3 Rd8 39. Kc1 b5 40.
Nf3 h6 41. Nc2 Ra8 42. Nfd4+ Kb6 43. Kb2 Rd8 44. Nb3 Be7 45. Ncd4 Bd6 46. Nc5
Bxc5 47. bxc5+ Ka7 48. Nxb5+ Kb8 49. Nd6 Rg8 50. Nxe4 fxe4 51. c4 Kc7 52. Kc3
Kc6 53. Kd4 Rd8+ 54. Kxe4 Kxc5 55. Rb3 Rd7 56. Rc3 Rd2 57. Kf5 Kb4 58. Rc1 Rg2
59. Kg6 Rxg3+ 60. Kxh5 Rf3 61. Kxh6 Rxf4 62. Kg5 Rf2 63. h5 Rg2+ 64. Kf6 Rf2+
65. Kg6 Rg2+ 66. Kf6 Rf2+ 67. Kg7 Rg2+ 68. Kh7 Kc5 69. h6 b6 70. Kh8 Rg6 71. h7
Rg2 72. Rb1 Rg4 73. Rb5+ Kc6 74. Rf5 Rxc4 75. Kg7 Rh4 76. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "London Classic 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. Bc4 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nc3 Nd4 10. g4 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Bg6 12. Be6 c6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Bb3 Bf7 15.
Rfd1 a6 16. Qg3 b5 17. f4 Bxb3 18. axb3 g6 19. b4 Qe6 20. Qf3 exf4 21. Bxf4 Nd7
22. e5 d5 23. Rd4 Bg7 24. Bg3 Bxe5 25. Rd3 Bxg3 26. Qxg3 O-O 27. Re1 Qf6 28.
Rd2 Rae8 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Rf2 Qe5 31. Qxe5 Rxe5 32. Ne2 c5 33. bxc5 Nxc5 34.
Nd4 Kg7 35. Kg2 Ne6 36. Nxe6+ Rxe6 37. Rd2 Rd6 38. Kf3 Kf6 39. c3 Ke5 40. Re2+
Kf6 41. Re8 d4 42. cxd4 Rxd4 43. Ra8 Rd6 44. Ke4 Kg5 45. Rh8 Rd7 46. Ra8 Rd6
47. Rh8 h6 48. b4 Rc6 49. Kd5 Rc4 50. Ra8 Rxb4 51. Rxa6 Rb3 52. h4+ Kxg4 53.
Rxg6+ Kh5 54. Rb6 b4 55. Ke4 Rh3 56. Rb5+ Kg6 57. Rb6+ Kg7 58. Rb7+ Kf8 59. Kf5
Rxh4 60. Kf6 Ke8 61. Ke6 Re4+ 62. Kf5 Rc4 63. Rb6 h5 64. Ke6 Kd8 65. Kd6 Kc8
66. Kd5 Kc7 67. Rh6 Rh4 68. Kc5 Kd7 69. Kd5 b3 70. Rh7+ Kc8 71. Kc6 Rc4+ 72.
Kd5 Rb4 73. Kc6 Rc4+ 74. Kd5 b2 75. Kxc4 b1=Q 76. Rxh5 Qc2+ 77. Kd4 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "London Classic 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. f3 e6 5. e4 c4 6. a4 exd5 7. exd5 Bb4+ 8. c3
Qe7+ 9. Qe2 Bc5 10. d6 Qxe2+ 11. Nxe2 b4 12. Nd2 Ba6 13. cxb4 Bxb4 14. Nc3 O-O
15. Rc1 Re8+ 16. Kd1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nd5 18. Bg3 Ne3+ 19. Ke2 Nc6 20. Ne4 Nxf1
21. Kxf1 Na5 22. Kf2 Nb3 23. Rc2 Bb7 24. Nd2 Bd5 25. Rd1 Nc5 26. Kg1 Bc6 27.
Rb2 Nxa4 28. Rc2 Nc5 29. Ra2 Re2 30. Kf1 Re6 31. Rb1 h5 32. Ra5 Nb7 33. Rxh5
Nxd6 34. Ra5 Nb7 35. Ra3 d5 36. Bf2 a5 37. Rb6 a4 38. Bd4 Na5 39. f4 Bd7 40.
Rxe6 fxe6 41. Nf3 Rb8 42. Ne5 Be8 43. Ra2 Rb1+ 44. Ke2 Nb3 45. Be3 Kh7 46. h3
Bb5 47. Kf2 d4 48. Bxd4 Nxd4 49. cxd4 c3 50. Nf3 Rb2+ 0-1

[Event "London Classic 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. a4 d5 6. h3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Bf5 8. Ng3
Be6 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. Be2 Nd5 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Qc1 h6 13. c4 Nf6 14. O-O Nbd7 15.
a5 g5 16. Bd3 g4 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. Bf4 Qc8 19. Nh4 Nh5 20. Nxh5 Bxh5 21. Nf5
Bf6 22. Re1 Kd8 23. Qe3 Nf8 24. Nxe7 Qd7 25. Nf5 Ng6 26. Bh2 Bg4 27. Nd6 Bg5
28. Qe4 Nh4 29. Nxf7+ Qxf7 30. Qxg4 Rf8 31. Bg3 Nf5 32. Bxf5 Qxf5 33. Qxf5 Rxf5
34. a6 b5 35. Re6 bxc4 36. Rd6+ Ke8 37. Re1+ Kf8 38. Rxc6 Rb5 39. Rxc4 Rxb2 40.
d5 Ra2 41. Rc6 Rd8 42. d6 Ra4 43. Rb1 Rd7 44. Rb7 Rxa6 45. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "London Lions"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Na4
Qc7 15. Nc5 Rd8 16. Bc4 Bf5 17. Bb3 h5 18. Kb1 Qf4 19. Nb7 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Rd7
21. Na5 e5 22. Rdd1 Ne3 23. Rxd7 Bxd7 24. g3 Re8 25. Re1 Nf5 26. c3 Kf8 27. Ba4
Re6 28. Nb7 Be8 29. b4 f6 30. Nc5 Re7 31. Rd1 g5 32. Rd8 Kg7 33. Bb3 g4 34.
fxg4 hxg4 35. Kc1 Ne3 36. Be6 f5 37. Kd2 f4 38. Ke2 Bf7 39. Rd6 Nd5 40. Rxc6
Nxc3+ 41. Kd2 Nxa2 42. b5 f3 43. Bxg4 e4 44. Ne6+ Kf6 45. Nf4+ Kg5 46. Bc8 e3+
47. Ke1 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Tan, Justin Hy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "London Lions"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 h6 7. a4 a5 8. Re1 d6
9. c3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nbd2 Qe8 12. Nf1 Ne7 13. Ng3 Ng6 14. d4 exd4 15.
cxd4 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 b6 18. Qc2 Qf7 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. e5 dxe5 21.
Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Nd5 23. Rce1 Nb4 24. Qd2 Qf4 25. R1e3 Rcd8 26. R5e4 Qf7 27.
Rxe6 c5 28. Re7 Rxd4 29. Qe2 Qg6 30. Nh5 Qd6 31. Rxg7+ Kh8 32. Reg3 Nd3 33.
R7g6 Nf4 34. Qe5+ Qxe5 35. Rxh6# 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "London Lions"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Nb8 10. Ne2 h6 11. Ng3 Re8 12. c3 Bf8 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. d4 Bb7 15.
Bc2 g6 16. h4 c5 17. h5 Bg7 18. d5 c4 19. Nh2 Nc5 20. Be3 Bc8 21. a4 Bd7 22.
axb5 axb5 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. f4 Qa2 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. fxe5 Rxe5 27. Qc1 Nh5 28.
Ngf1 g5 29. Nf3 Nf4 30. Bxf4 gxf4 31. Nxe5 Bxe5 32. Nh2 b4 33. Nf3 b3 34. Bb1
Qa7 35. Kf1 Bg4 36. Qd2 Qe7 37. Qe2 Bc8 38. Qf2 Bd7 39. Kg1 Kg7 40. Nd4 Qg5 41.
Nf3 Qg3 42. Qxg3+ fxg3 43. Nxe5 dxe5 44. Re3 h5 45. Rxg3+ Bg4 46. Kf1 Na4 47.
Ke1 Nxb2 48. Kd2 Kf6 49. Re3 Na4 50. Re1 Ke7 51. Rf1 Nc5 52. Ke3 Nb7 53. Kd2
Nc5 54. Ke3 Na4 55. Kd2 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Royal, Shreyas"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "1892"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "London Lions"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. O-O a5 10. Rc1 Bg4 11. Bg5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 h6 13. Bf4 Rad8 14. Re1
Ne4 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Be6 17. c4 c6 18. c5 f6 19. Bf4 g5 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21.
Bd6 Rxd6 22. cxd6 Qxd6 23. Qd2 b6 24. Red1 Bd5 25. e3 f5 26. Rb1 Qc7 27. Qb2 b5
28. Rbc1 Qd7 29. Qc3 b4 30. Qd2 f4 31. Rc5 Qh3 32. Qe2 a4 33. Rdc1 b3 34. axb3
axb3 35. Rxc6 f3 36. Qf1 Qxf1+ 37. Kxf1 Bxc6 38. Rxc6 b2 39. Rb6 Rc8 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Webster Windmills"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 Bg4 8.
Nbd2 Nd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 e5 11. Be3 O-O 12. a3 a5 13. Qd2 a4 14. b4 axb3
15. cxb3 Qa5 16. Qc2 Rfd8 17. Rec1 Bf8 18. Bg5 Re8 19. a4 Qc7 20. Nd2 f6 21.
Be3 Qd6 22. a5 Qe6 23. Nc4 Ra6 24. Rf1 Raa8 25. f4 exf4 26. Bxf4 Be7 27. Rae1
Rad8 28. Qc3 Rf8 29. Re3 Rf7 30. Qe1 Nf8 31. g4 Rd4 32. Qg3 g5 33. Bb8 Ng6 34.
Ref3 Rf8 35. Bc7 Nh4 36. Re3 h6 37. Qf2 Qd7 38. Bg3 Ng6 39. Qf5 Kg7 40. Rff3
Bd8 41. Qxc5 Be7 42. Qf5 Bb4 43. Kg2 Ne7 44. Qxd7 Rxd7 45. e5 f5 46. e6 Rd5 47.
gxf5 Nxf5 48. Re4 Nxg3 49. Rxg3 Bc5 50. h4 Rf2+ 51. Kh3 Kf6 52. Ne3 Ke7 53.
Nxd5+ cxd5 54. Re1 Bb4 55. Rh1 Kxe6 56. hxg5 hxg5 57. Rxg5 Bxa5 58. Kg3 Rf6 59.
Rhh5 Bc7+ 60. Kg2 d4 61. Rg4 Bf4 62. Rb5 Be3 63. Rb6+ Kf5 64. Rxf6+ Kxf6 65.
Kf3 b5 66. Ke4 Ke6 67. Rg6+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Webster Windmills"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Ba4 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 d6 11. Nd2 g5 12. Bg3 Bg4 13. Qe1 Nh5 14. Bd1 Bxd1
15. Qxd1 Nxg3 16. hxg3 f5 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. Nc4 Qf6 19. Qe2 Rf8 20. Nxb6 axb6
21. a4 h5 22. a5 bxa5 23. Rxa5 h4 24. gxh4 gxh4 25. Ra4 Rf4 26. Rxf4 Qxf4 27.
Ra1 Kg7 28. b3 b5 29. Rd1 Rf5 30. d4 e4 31. c4 bxc4 32. bxc4 Rg5 33. Kh1 Qg4
34. Qxg4 Rxg4 35. Ra1 c5 36. Rd1 Kf6 37. Kh2 Rf4 38. Kg1 cxd4 39. Rxd4 Ke5 40.
Rd5+ Ke6 41. Rh5 e3 42. fxe3 Rxc4 43. Kf2 Rg4 44. Rh8 d5 45. Ra8 d4 46. Ra6+
Kf7 47. exd4 Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Webster Windmills"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Ne7 5. e3 Ng6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Be2
d6 9. O-O a5 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 a4 13. b4 axb3 14. Qxb3 Ne4 15.
Bb4 f5 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Bxd2 f4 18. e4 Nh4 19. Kh1 Rf6 20. Qd1 Nxg2 21. Kxg2
Rh6 22. Rg1 Qg5+ 23. Bg4 Bxg4 24. Kf1 Bxd1 25. Rxg5 Bf3 26. Bb4 Rxh2 27. Rg1
Bxe4 28. Ke2 b6 29. Rac1 Kf7 30. Rc3 Kf6 31. Rcc1 g5 32. Rc3 h5 33. Rb3 g4 34.
Rb2 g3 35. Ke1 h4 36. Re2 Bf3 37. Rd2 g2 38. Rd3 e4 39. Bc3+ Kf5 40. Rd2 Rh1
0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Webster Windmills"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. d4 Ne4 8.
Qd3 exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Be2 Qb4+ 11. Kf1 Qe7 12. f3 Nc5 13. Qd2 d6 14. Kf2 a5
15. Re1 f5 16. Kg1 Rf6 17. Bf1 Bd7 18. b3 Rh6 19. Bb2 Qh4 20. g3 Qh5 21. Rad1
Ne5 22. Qf2 Re8 23. Be2 g5 24. Nb5 Bxb5 25. cxb5 Qh3 26. Qg2 Qxg2+ 27. Kxg2 b6
28. f4 Ng4 29. Bxg4 fxg4 30. f5 Kf7 31. Rd4 Rf6 32. Rd5 h5 33. Bxf6 Kxf6 34.
Kf1 h4 35. Kg2 Re7 36. Rd4 Ne4 37. Rf1 h3+ 38. Kg1 Nc3 39. Kf2 Nxb5 40. Rxg4 d5
41. a4 Nc3 42. Rd4 Kxf5 43. g4+ Ke6 44. Ke1 Kd6 45. Rf5 c6 46. Rxg5 Rxe3+ 47.
Kd2 Rf3 48. Rh5 Ne4+ 49. Ke2 Rxb3 50. Rd3 Rb2+ 51. Ke3 Rxh2 52. Kf4 Rf2+ 53.
Rf3 Ra2 54. Rhxh3 Rxa4 55. Kf5 Ra1 56. g5 Rg1 57. Rh6+ Kc5 58. g6 a4 59. Ke5 b5
60. Rf7 a3 61. Ra7 b4 62. g7 Kb6 63. Ra4 Kb5 64. Ra7 a2 65. Rxa2 Rxg7 66. Rh8
Nc3 67. Rb2 c5 68. Kd6 Rg6+ 69. Ke5 Kc4 70. Rh4+ d4 71. Rxd4+ 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hansen, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Montreal Chessbrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. d4 h6 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 Bf8 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15. h3
Qc7 16. d5 c4 17. Nh4 g6 18. Be3 Nb7 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Rf1 Qd8 21. axb5 axb5 22.
Rxa8 Qxa8 23. f4 Bg7 24. f5 g5 25. Nf3 Nc5 26. Nh2 Bc8 27. Qe2 Ncd7 28. b3 cxb3
29. Bxb3 Qa5 30. Qb2 Nc5 31. Ra1 Qc7 32. Bc2 Bd7 33. Qb4 Rc8 34. c4 bxc4 35.
Qxc4 Rb8 36. Ng4 Nxg4 37. hxg4 Bf6 38. Nh5 Be7 39. Bxc5 Rc8 40. Ra6 Kg8 41. Bb3
Qb7 42. Ra7 Qxa7 43. Bxa7 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Thavandiran, Shiyam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Montreal Chessbrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Bg4 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. O-O e6 8. Qb3
Qd7 9. Nf4 Bd6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nxh5 Nxh5 12. Re1 O-O 13. Qd1 Nf4 14. Bc2 Rae8
15. h4 e5 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Nd2 Qe7 19. Qh5 g6 20. Qxd5 Qxh4 21.
Bb3 Re7 22. Qxd6 Re2 23. g3 fxg3 24. Nf3 gxf2+ 25. Kf1 Qe4 26. Qf6 Nd8 27.
Qxd8+ Kg7 28. Qd5 Qd3 29. Qxf7+ Kh6 30. Bc4 Re1+ 31. Kxf2 Qe3+ 32. Kg2 Rxa1 33.
Qf8+ Kh5 34. Qg7 h6 35. Qxb7 Rb1 36. Qd5+ Kg4 37. Qd7+ Kf4 38. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rodrigue Lemieux, Shawn"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montreal Chessbrahs"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Nd7 5. c4 c6 6. b3 Ngf6 7. Bb2 Bd6 8. d3
O-O 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. a3 a5 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nd4 Bg6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Re1 Nc5 15.
N2f3 Ne6 16. Qd2 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Rfe8 18. Bf3 Qd7 19. Kg2 c5 20. Nc2 d4 21. b4
Bf5 22. Rh1 axb4 23. axb4 Rxa1 24. Bxa1 b6 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. Na3 h6 27. Nc4 Bc7
28. Bb2 Be6 29. Ba3 Qb5 30. Qc2 Bd5 31. Rb1 Qc6 32. Bxd5 Nxd5 33. Kg1 Qg6 34.
Qa4 Rxe2 35. Qa8+ Kh7 36. Qxd5 Bxg3 37. Kh1 Rxf2 38. Rb2 Rf1+ 39. Kg2 Rd1 40.
Kf3 Qxd3+ 41. Kg4 Rf1 42. Ne5 Rf4+ 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montreal Chessbrahs"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. c3 d5 13. Bf4 Nd6 14. Nd2
c6 15. Qf3 Be6 16. Re1 Qd7 17. h3 Re8 18. Bd3 b6 19. Nf1 c5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21.
Ng3 Be7 22. Nh5 Bf5 23. Bxd6 Bxd3 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Bxe7 Bg6 26. Bxc5 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Dallas Destiny"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Qc7 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Qg4 Nf6 11. Qh4 Bd6 12. Bg5 Nd7 13. Rad1 Ne5 14. Bf1 O-O
15. Be3 Ng6 16. Qh5 Rab8 17. g3 Ba8 18. Bc1 Be5 19. Bxa6 d4 20. Nb1 c5 21. Nd2
f5 22. Bc4 Qc6 23. Nf3 Rf6 24. Ng5 Nf8 25. f3 Rb4 26. b3 Rxc4 27. bxc4 h6 28.
Nh3 Qa4 29. Nf2 Qxc2 30. Qe8 Qxa2 31. Nd3 Bc7 32. Bf4 fxe4 33. fxe4 Bxf4 34.
Nxf4 g5 35. Nd3 Bb7 36. Qe7 Rf7 37. Qxc5 Ba6 38. Rf1 Rxf1+ 39. Rxf1 Ng6 40. Qc7
1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "London Lions"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 c5 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qe2 Nab8 11. c4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 O-O 13. Qe4 Na6 14. Rd1 Nc7
15. Qg4 f5 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Qh3 Qd5 18. b3 Rad8 19. Bb2 Qh5 20. Qxh5 Nxh5 21.
dxc5 Bxc5 22. Nce5 Nd5 23. Kf1 Nhf4 24. Rac1 a5 25. Bd4 Ba3 26. Rc6 Rc8 27. g3
Rxc6 28. Nxc6 Ng6 29. Nfe5 Nxe5 30. Nxe5 Rc8 31. Nc4 Bc5 32. Bxc5 Rxc5 33. Re1
Kf7 34. a4 Ke7 35. Kg2 b5 36. axb5 Rxb5 37. Ra1 Rxb3 38. Rxa5 Rb7 39. h4 Rc7
40. Ne5 Kf6 41. Ng4+ Kf7 42. Ra6 Rc2 43. Ra7+ Rc7 44. Ra6 Rc2 45. Ra7+ Rc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Miami Champions"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Na5 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 b5 6. Bc2 Bb7 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Rc8 9. O-O e6 10. Re1 Nf6 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. Nf1 O-O 13. Ng3 d6 14. b3 Qc7 15.
Bd3 Qc3 16. Rb1 Rfd8 17. Qe2 Qc7 18. h4 Nc6 19. a3 Qb6 20. Bb2 Na5 21. Ba1 d5
22. e5 Nd7 23. Ng5 Nf8 24. Qh5 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 Rd7 26. Nh5 Ng6 27. Re3 Qd8 28.
Qg3 Qxh4 29. Bxg6 Qxg3 30. Bxh7+ Kxh7 31. Rxg3 Rdc7 32. Bb2 g6 33. Nf6+ Kg7 34.
Rh3 Kf8 35. b4 Nc6 36. Rc1 Ke7 37. Rc5 Nb8 38. Bc1 Nd7 39. Nxd7 Kxd7 40. Rh7
Rxc5 41. bxc5 Ke8 42. Bd2 Kf8 43. g4 Ra8 44. Bg5 Ke8 45. f4 a5 46. f5 gxf5 47.
gxf5 Bc8 48. c6 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Corrales Jimenez, Fidel"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Minnesota Blizzard"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 dxc6 9. O-O e5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. a3 Bc5 12. Be3 Bd4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Na4
Re8 15. b4 a5 16. c5 axb4 17. axb4 Bg4 18. f3 Be6 19. Qd2 Qc7 20. Nb6 Rad8 21.
Qg5 h6 22. Qg3 Qe7 23. Qh4 Qc7 24. Qg3 Qe7 25. Qh4 Qc7 26. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montreal Chessbrahs"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qc2
c5 9. dxc5 Na6 10. cxd5 Nxc5 11. Be2 exd5 12. O-O Be6 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Nd4 Qe7
15. Bf3 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Nd7 17. Qb3 Nb6 18. h3 Be5 19. a4 Qg5 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21.
Bg4 Rc6 22. f4 Bxf4 23. exf4 Qxf4 24. Ne2 Qd6 25. Nd4 Rxc1 26. Bxe6+ Kh8 27.
Rxc1 Nc4 28. Qc3 Rf8 29. b3 Ne5 30. Qc7 Qa3 31. Nf5 Nf7 32. Rf1 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "San Francisco Mechanics"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 g6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Be2
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Re1 h6 13. Bf1 g5 14. Bh2 Qd7 15.
Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bd3 f5 17. Bf1 f4 18. Bd3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 e5 20. Qh5 e4 21. Be2 Re7
22. Bg4 Qe8 23. g3 f3 24. Qxe8+ Raxe8 25. Bf5 Rd8 26. g4 b5 27. b4 a5 28. a4
bxa4 29. b5 Na7 30. Reb1 Rb7 31. b6 Nc6 32. Bc7 Kf7 33. Bxd8 Nxd8 34. Rxa4 Nc6
35. Rb5 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
b3 O-O 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. a4 Bxc4 11. bxc4 a5 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Be3 b6 14. h3 Bd6 15.
g3 Be7 16. h4 Re8 17. h5 h6 18. Kg2 Rf8 19. Nh2 Bc5 20. Ng4 Qe7 21. Bd2 Qe6 22.
Qe2 f5 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. f4 Raf8 25. Rae1 Rxh5 26. fxe5 Rhf5 27. Rxf5 Rxf5 28.
Bc3 h5 29. Ne3 Bxe3 30. Qxe3 c5 31. Qe4 Nf8 32. Qd5 Rf7 33. Bd2 Rd7 34. Qf3 Qg6
35. Qa8 Re7 36. Bf4 Re8 37. Qe4 Qxe4+ 38. Rxe4 Ne6 39. Be3 g5 40. c3 Rd8 41. d4
c6 42. Bf2 Kf7 43. Re1 cxd4 44. cxd4 Nxd4 45. Rb1 Ne6 46. Rxb6 c5 47. Rb5 Rd2
48. Rxa5 Rc2 49. Ra7+ Kg6 50. a5 Rxc4 51. a6 Ra4 52. Ra8 Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Nc3 Bc5 8. Qd3
Qc7 9. a4 Nf6 10. Bg5 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Rad1 h5 13. Bh4 Qb7 14. Bf3 Ng4 15.
Bg3 Rd8 16. Nb5 axb5 17. axb5 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 19. c4 h4 20. Bf4 Nf6 21. Bg5
Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Be7 23. Qg4 O-O 24. Qxh4 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 d4 26. Rd3 f6 27. Qg6 Qf7
28. Qe4 e5 29. b3 Rfe8 30. Rfd1 f5 31. Qe2 Qf6 32. Qd2 Rd7 33. b4 Red8 34. c5
e4 35. c6 Rd5 36. c7 exd3 37. cxd8=Q+ Rxd8 38. Qxd3 Qe5 39. g3 Qe4 40. Qc4+ Kh7
41. Qc7 Qe2 42. Rf1 Re8 43. Qd7 d3 44. Qxf5+ Kh8 45. g4 Re5 46. Qc8+ Kh7 47. h3
d2 48. Qc2+ Kh8 49. Qb1 Qf3 50. Qc2 Qe2 51. Qb1 Rd5 52. Qd1 Qxb5 53. Kg2 Rd8
54. f3 Qxb4 55. h4 Qd4 56. h5 b5 57. Rh1 b4 58. h6 g6 59. Qe2 b3 60. Qe7 d1=Q
61. Rxd1 Qb2+ 62. Kg3 Rxd1 63. Qe8+ Kh7 64. Qe7+ Kxh6 65. Qf8+ Qg7 66. Qf4+ Kh7
67. g5 Rh1 68. Kg2 Rh5 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Khamrakulov, Djurabek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nf3 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Nh5 12. Ne3 Nf4 13. Bf1 Bd7 14. h4 Qd6 15.
g3 Nh5 16. Bg2 Nf6 17. Nc2 Nh5 18. b3 Bf5 19. a4 Qc7 20. Ne3 Be4 21. Ba3 Rad8
22. b4 e5 23. b5 exd4 24. cxd4 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 Nxd4 26. Bxh5 gxh5 27. Bb2 Re4 28.
Qxh5 Rde8 29. Kg2 Nc2 30. Bxg7 Nxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Kxg7 32. Qg5+ Kh8 33. Qf6+ Kg8
34. Nf5 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Moranda, Wojciech"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Bh6+ 14. Be3
Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Qb6 16. Qxe7 Be6 17. Qa3 Rad8 18. Bd3 Rd5 19. b3 Rfd8 20. Rhe1
a5 21. Qb2 Qc5 22. Kb1 Rd4 23. Qc1 a4 24. Be4 f5 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. Bd3 axb3 27.
cxb3 Qxc1+ 28. Kxc1 Bxb3 29. Bb1 Bf7 30. Re7 Ra4 31. Re2 Kg7 32. Kb2 Rb4+ 33.
Kc2 Rc4+ 34. Kd3 Ra4 35. Rb2 Kf6 36. Kc3 Rc4+ 37. Kb3 c5 38. a4 Rc1+ 39. Ka3
Rc3+ 40. Rb3 Rxb3+ 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Xu, Grant"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 dxe4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nc6 6. Nxe4 Nxe4 7. Qxe4 Qd5 8.
Qxd5 exd5 9. O-O-O f6 10. g3 Kf7 11. Bg2 Ne7 12. Ne2 c6 13. h4 Nf5 14. Rde1 Bc5
15. d4 Bd6 16. h5 Bd7 17. Kb1 Rae8 18. Bc1 g5 19. hxg6+ hxg6 20. Rxh8 Rxh8 21.
Rh1 Rxh1 22. Bxh1 g5 23. Bf3 Ng7 24. g4 Ne6 25. c4 dxc4 26. bxc4 b6 27. d5 cxd5
28. Bxd5 Ke7 29. Be3 Be5 30. Kc2 Nc7 31. Bf3 Be6 32. c5 b5 33. a3 Bd5 34. Bxd5
Nxd5 35. Bd4 Kd7 36. c6+ Kxc6 37. Bxa7 Ne7 38. Kd3 Kd5 39. Be3 Ng6 40. f3 Bd6
41. Nc3+ Kc6 42. Bc1 Ne5+ 43. Ke4 Nc4 44. f4 gxf4 45. Bxf4 Bxa3 46. Nxb5 Kxb5
47. g5 f5+ 48. Kxf5 Bb2 49. Ke6 Kc6 50. g6 Bc3 51. Kf7 Bd4 52. g7 Bxg7 53. Kxg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Montclair Sopranos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. f4 b5 8. a3
d6 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Bd2 Be7 11. g4 g6 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Rhf1 Nc5 14. g5 Nfd7 15.
Kb1 Nb6 16. f5 e5 17. Nb3 O-O-O 18. Bxb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Ba6 20. f6 Bf8 21. Ba5
Kb7 22. Rf3 Nca4 23. Nc1 Qc6 24. Rb3 Rc8 25. Rb4 h6 26. Nb3 Bxb5 27. Rxb5 Qc4
28. Qxc4 Rxc4 29. Bxb6 Nxb6 30. Na5+ Ka6 31. Rxb6+ Kxa5 32. Rb7 hxg5 33. Rxf7
Rxe4 34. Rd3 Kb6 35. Rb3+ Kc6 36. Rb8 Rxh2 37. Rfxf8 Rf4 38. f7 Kd5 39. c4+ Ke4
40. Rb4 Rf1+ 41. Ka2 Kd4 42. c5+ Kd5 43. cxd6 Kxd6 44. Rb7 Rhf2 45. a4 g4 46.
a5 g3 47. Rg8 g2 48. Rxg6+ Kd5 49. a6 Rxf7 50. a7 Rf8 51. Rb8 g1=Q 52. Rxg1 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Checa, Nicolas D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Montclair Sopranos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. h4 Qc7 8. h5
h6 9. Nf3 b6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bd3 Ba4 12. O-O c4 13. Be2 Nbc6 14. Nh4 O-O-O 15.
Bg4 Qd7 16. Bh3 Rdg8 17. Re1 g5 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. g4 g5 20. Ng2 Ng6 21. Be3 Qh7
22. Ra2 Rf8 23. Rf1 Kd7 24. f3 Nce7 25. Kf2 Rf7 26. Ke2 Rhf8 27. Qb1 Nc6 28.
Rf2 Nf4+ 29. Nxf4 gxf4 30. Bd2 h5 31. g5 Qg6 32. Rg2 Kc7 33. Be1 a5 34. Rb2 Rb8
35. Qc1 Ne7 36. Kd1 Qd3+ 37. Qd2 Qxf3+ 38. Qe2 Qxh3 39. Rh2 Qg4 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rohde, Michael A"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montclair Sopranos"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. h3 Bh5 5. Nc3 e6 6. d3 c6 7. e4 Bd6 8. O-O
Ne7 9. Qe1 O-O 10. a3 Qc7 11. Nh4 f6 12. f4 Rae8 13. Bd2 Bf7 14. Kh2 a6 15. Rd1
b5 16. d4 e5 17. dxe5 fxe5 18. f5 Nf6 19. Bg5 d4 20. Ne2 c5 21. g4 Nc6 22. Ng3
Be7 23. Nf3 h6 24. Bc1 c4 25. g5 hxg5 26. Nxg5 b4 27. Rg1 c3 28. Ne6 Bxe6 29.
fxe6 cxb2 30. Bxb2 bxa3 31. Ba1 Nd8 32. Nf5 Nxe6 33. Qg3 Nh5 34. Qg4 Nhf4 35.
Rd2 g6 36. Bf1 Bg5 37. h4 Qh7 38. Bc4 Kh8 39. Rh1 gxf5 40. exf5 Rxf5 41. Kg1
Bh6 42. Rg2 Nxg2 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montclair Sopranos"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 a6 11. a4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Rxe4 13. Qc2 Re8 14. e4 Nd7 15.
Bg5 Qb6 16. Rab1 Ne5 17. Nd2 Qb4 18. b3 b5 19. Nf1 Bd7 20. Bd2 Qd4 21. Red1
bxa4 22. Bh6 axb3 23. Rxb3 Qc4 24. Rc3 Nf3+ 25. Bxf3 Qxc3 26. Qxc3 Bxc3 27. Ne3
Bb5 28. Ng4 a5 29. Bf4 h5 30. Nh6+ Kg7 31. Rb1 Bb4 32. g4 Bd3 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Smirnov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Australia Kangaroos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. h4
b6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bd3 c4 11. Be2 Ba4 12. h5 h6 13. Rh4 Na6 14. Rg4 Rg8 15. Bf4
O-O-O 16. Qd2 Qd7 17. Kf1 Nf5 18. Nh4 Ne7 19. Kg1 Qe8 20. Rg3 Qf8 21. Bg4 Rh8
22. Bh3 Qg8 23. Rf3 Qh7 24. Bg3 Rhf8 25. Rxf7 Kd7 26. Rxe7+ Kxe7 27. Ng6+ Kd7
28. f4 Nc7 29. Rf1 Qg8 30. Bh4 Rde8 31. Nxf8+ Rxf8 32. f5 Kc8 33. Be7 Rf7 34.
Bd6 exf5 35. Bxf5+ Bd7 36. g4 Qe8 37. Bxc7 Kxc7 38. e6 Bxe6 39. Re1 Re7 40.
Qf4+ Kd7 41. Rxe6 Rxe6 42. Qe5 Qf7 43. Qxd5+ Ke7 44. Qxe6+ Qxe6 45. Bxe6 Kxe6
46. Kf2 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cheng Du Pandas"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 a5 7. d3 a4 8. N3d2 d5
9. cxd5 exd3 10. O-O cxd5 11. exd3 Nc6 12. Nc3 Qa5 13. Re1+ Be7 14. b4 axb3 15.
Bb2 Qd8 16. Nxb3 O-O 17. h3 Be6 18. Nb5 Re8 19. a4 Nd7 20. N3d4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4
Nb8 22. Be5 Nc6 23. Bc7 Qd7 24. Kh2 Bf6 25. Rb1 Nd4 26. Be5 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Nxb5
28. Rxb5 Qc7 29. d4 Qc4 30. Bxd5 Qxa4 31. Qxa4 Rxa4 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. d5 Rf8
34. dxe6 Rxf2+ 35. Kg1 Rc2 36. Rb1 Ra8 37. e7 Re8 38. Rxb7 Kf7 39. Rf5+ Ke6 40.
Rf1 Re2 41. Rb6+ Kxe7 42. Rb7+ Ke6 43. Rxg7 Re7 44. Rxe7+ Kxe7 45. Rf2 Re5 46.
Kf1 Ra5 47. Kg2 h5 48. g4 hxg4 49. hxg4 Ra3 50. Rf3 Rxf3 51. Kxf3 Kf6 52. Kf4
Kg6 53. g5 Kg7 54. g6 Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Delhi Dynamite"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. g4 h6 10. Rg1 Nbd7 11. Qd2 Nb6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. h4 Nfd7 14. g5 hxg5 15.
Bxg5 Nf6 16. f4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Kb1 O-O-O 19. Qe3 Kb8 20. Rg2 Nh5 21.
Bxe7 Qxe7 22. f5 Nf4 23. Rxg7 d5 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. Rg4 Bxb3 26. axb3 Qf6 27.
Re1 Rde8 28. Qc5 Qxf5 29. Rg5 Qc8 30. Qd6+ Qc7 31. Qxc7+ Kxc7 32. Rf5 Rxh4 33.
Rxf7+ Kc6 34. Rd1 Ne6 35. Rdd7 Nc5 36. Rc7+ Kd6 37. Ka2 b5 38. Ra7 Re6 39. Rf8
Re7 40. Rd8+ Ke6 41. Raa8 Rd7 42. Re8+ Kd6 43. Rg8 Re7 44. Rg1 Re6 45. Rd1+ Rd4
46. b4 Rxd1 47. bxc5+ Kxc5 48. Nxd1 e4 49. Rc8+ Kd4 50. Rd8+ Ke5 51. Ne3 Kf4
52. Nd5+ Kf3 53. Rf8+ Kg3 54. Ne3 Rg6 55. Kb3 a5 56. Kc3 b4+ 57. Kd4 a4 58.
Kxe4 Ra6 59. Rf1 a3 60. bxa3 Rxa3 61. Rb1 Kf2 62. Nd5 Ke2 63. Rxb4 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Mumbai Movers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. Be3 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 Bb7 14. a4 d5 15. exd5
Bxd5 16. b3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nd6 18. Be3 b4 19. cxb4 exd4 20. Bf4 Rb8 21. Nd2 Rxb4
22. Rac1 g6 23. Bd3 Bg5 24. Rc6 Bxf4 25. Qxf4 a5 26. Rec1 Re8 27. Nf3 Nf6 28.
Bc4 Nxc4 29. bxc4 Kg7 30. Nxd4 Re4 31. Nf5+ Kg8 32. Qh6 gxf5 33. Rxf6 Rbxc4 34.
Rxc4 Rxc4 35. Qg5+ Kh8 36. Qxf5 Rxa4 37. Rxf7 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Qd6+ 39. g3 Qg6 40.
Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "San Francisco Mechanics"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
Nc3 h6 9. Bh4 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 g6 11. O-O-O Bg7 12. d4 a6 13. Rhe1 O-O 14. Bd3 b5
15. a3 Nb6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Be4 Rb8 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bd7 20. Re2 a5 21.
Rde1 b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. h3 Kg7 24. Kd2 Rb5 25. Bc4 Ra5 26. Bd3 c5 27. b3 Rc8
28. Bc4 cxd4 29. Bd3 Bc6 30. Rd1 Bxf3 31. gxf3 Rh5 32. Rh1 Bg5+ 33. Ke1 Ra8 34.
Kf1 Bf4 35. Re4 Be5 36. Kg2 f5 37. Ree1 Rg5+ 38. Kf1 Kf6 39. h4 Rh5 40. f4 Bxf4
41. Be2 Ra2 42. Bxh5 gxh5 43. Re2 Be5 44. Rh3 f4 45. Kg2 Kf5 46. Rd3 Kg4 47.
Rh3 Ra1 48. f3+ Kf5 49. Rh1 Ra8 50. Rg1 Rc8 51. Rd1 Bf6 52. Kh2 Ra8 53. Kg2
Rg8+ 54. Kh2 Rc8 55. Kg2 Rc5 56. Kh2 Ra5 57. Kg2 Ra2 58. Kh2 Be5 59. Kg2 Ra5
60. Kh2 Ra8 61. Kg2 Rc8 62. Kh2 Rg8 63. Rg2 Ra8 64. Re2 Ra5 65. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nd3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nf4 Nc6 7. Nd5 Nd4 8.
Nxe7 Nxe2 9. Bxe2 Bxe7 10. d3 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bf3 c6 14. Nd2 d5
15. Nb3 Bd6 16. Bd2 Bd7 17. Bc3 b6 18. a4 a5 19. Bd4 Rab8 20. Nd2 Rxe1+ 21.
Rxe1 Ng4 22. h3 Nh6 23. b3 Nf5 24. Bc3 Bc5 25. Bg4 f6 26. Nf3 Rd8 27. Bxf5 Bxf5
28. Bd4 Kf7 29. Bxc5 bxc5 30. g4 Bd7 31. Kg2 Rb8 32. Nd2 Rb4 33. c4 Be6 34. f4
g6 35. Kg3 Rb8 36. Rc1 Rc8 37. Rc3 Ke7 38. Rc1 Kd6 39. Rd1 Bf7 40. Re1 Rb8 41.
Re3 Rb7 42. Re1 Rb8 43. Kf2 Be6 44. Kg3 Bf7 45. Re3 Rb7 46. Kf2 Rb8 47. Kg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Webster Windmills"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 g6 7. Bf4 Bf5 8. Be2
Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Ne4 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. Re1 h6 13. Nf1 g5 14. Bh2 e6 15.
Bd3 Qb6 16. Re2 Bg6 17. Ne1 e5 18. Ne3 Rfd8 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Qb3
Qd6 22. Rd1 Nc5 23. Qb4 Nxd3 24. Nxd3 Bh2+ 25. Kh1 d4 26. cxd4 Bxd3 27. Qxd6
Bxd6 28. Rxd3 Rc1+ 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Nxd1 Bb4 31. Ne3 Rxd4 32. g4 Kh7 33. Kg2
Bc5 34. Nf5 Rf4 35. Kg3 h5 36. Rc2 b6 37. a3 a5 38. f3 h4+ 39. Kg2 Kg6 40. Rc3
Kf6 41. Kf1 Ke5 42. Ke2 Kd5 43. Kd1 Rc4 44. Rd3+ Ke6 45. b3 Rf4 46. a4 Rb4 47.
Kc2 Rf4 48. Kd2 Rb4 49. Ke2 Ke5 50. Nh6 Ke6 51. Nf5 Ke5 52. Nh6 Ke6 53. Nf5 Ke5
1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Le, Tuan Minh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Pittsburgh Pawngrabbers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Na4
Qc7 15. Nc5 Rd8 16. Bc4 Bf5 17. Bb3 Nb6 18. Qe3 Nd5 19. Qd4 Nb6 20. Qe3 Nd5 21.
Qf2 h5 22. g3 a5 23. Rhe1 Nb6 24. a4 Nd5 25. Rd2 Nb4 26. Red1 Rxd2 27. Qxd2 Qe5
28. Qc3 Qe2 29. Re1 Qxh2 30. Rxe7 Qg1+ 31. Re1 Qxg3 32. Qe3 Rf8 33. Rg1 Qh2 34.
Ne4 Bxe4 35. fxe4 Kh7 36. Rf1 Qg2 37. Rd1 Re8 38. Qf4 Qxe4 39. Qxf7+ Kh6 40.
Kb1 Rd8 41. Rg1 Re8 42. Rd1 Rd8 43. Rg1 Re8 44. Qf1 Nd5 45. Qf2 Qe3 46. Qg2
Qe1+ 47. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 48. Ka2 Nb4+ 49. Ka3 Ra1+ 50. Ba2 Nxa2 51. Qd2+ Kh7 52.
Qxa5 h4 53. b3 Nc3+ 54. Kb2 Rf1 55. Qxc3 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Pittsburgh Pawngrabbers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. h3 O-O
9. Be3 b5 10. Bc2 d5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. a4 Rb8 13. Re1 b4 14. a5 bxc3 15. bxc3 h6
16. Nb3 Bf8 17. Qc1 Kh7 18. Bc5 Bxc5 19. Nxc5 Qd6 20. Nb3 Be6 21. Nbd2 Qc5 22.
Ba4 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Bd5 25. Rh4 h5 26. Ng5+ Kg7 27. c4 Be6 28. Ne4
Qe7 29. Bxc6 Qxh4 30. Bxe8 Rxe8 31. Nc5 Bc8 32. Qe3 Qd4 33. Qxd4 exd4 34. Kf1
Bf5 35. Ra3 Bc8 36. Ra2 Bf5 37. Rd2 Re5 38. Nb3 g5 39. f3 Kf6 40. g4 hxg4 41.
hxg4 Bg6 42. Kf2 c5 43. Rd1 Ke7 44. Nc1 Re3 45. Re1 Rxe1 46. Kxe1 Kd6 47. Ke2
f6 48. Nb3 Be8 49. Nd2 Bc6 50. Kf2 Bb7 51. Kg3 Ke5 52. Nb3 Kd6 53. f4 Bc6 54.
Nd2 Bb7 55. Nf3 Bxf3 56. Kxf3 Ke7 57. Ke4 Ke6 58. Kf3 Ke7 59. Kg3 Kd7 60. Kf2
Ke7 61. Kf3 Kd7 62. Ke4 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pittsburgh Pawngrabbers"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2
d6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nc3 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Na2 Bb7 13. a5 Nf6 14. Bh6 Qc7 15. Rfc1
Rg8 16. c3 bxc3 17. Nxc3 g5 18. e5 dxe5 19. Ra4 Qd7 20. Rd1 Nd5 21. Be4 Ncb4
22. Rxb4 Bxb4 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. h4 gxh4 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Qxe5+ Qe6 27. Qf4 Rg4
28. Qf3 Qe4 29. Qxe4+ dxe4 30. Rd4 Rb8 31. f3 Rg6 32. Rxe4+ Re6 33. Rg4 Bd6 34.
Rg8+ Kd7 35. Rxb8 Re1+ 36. Kf2 Bg3# 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yu, Jennifer R"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pittsburgh Pawngrabbers"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Ne5 9. O-O d6 10. Qc2 c5 11. Nf3 Be6 12. Nd2 Re8 13. e4 Nc6 14. f3 Nd7 15.
a4 Na5 16. Rb1 Nb6 17. Qa2 f5 18. Rb5 Nd7 19. Bd3 f4 20. Rd1 Ne5 21. Bf1 g5 22.
Nb3 Nxb3 23. Qxb3 b6 24. a5 Rb8 25. axb6 axb6 26. Kf2 Qc7 27. Qa2 Ra8 28. Qb3
Ra6 29. Bb2 Kg7 30. Be2 Bd7 31. Qc2 Ra2 32. Qb1 Rea8 33. Rb3 Be6 34. Bc1 Bxc4
35. Rb2 Rxb2 36. Bxb2 b5 37. Rd2 Bxe2 38. Rxe2 c4 39. Bc1 Nd3+ 40. Kf1 Qa5 41.
Rc2 Qa4 42. g3 Qb3 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Miami Champions"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Ne7 8. Re1
Nec6 9. Nxc6 Nxc6 10. Qg4 Ne5 11. Qg3 Ng6 12. e5 Be7 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Ng5 Rc8
15. a4 Bd5 16. axb5 axb5 17. h4 d6 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. Qxd6 Bxd6 20. h5 Nf4 21.
Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Be4 Nxh5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Ra6 Bc5 25. c3 b4 26. Bd2 bxc3 27.
Bxc3 Kg8 28. Rd1 Nf4 29. Be5 f6 30. Bxf4 Bxf2+ 31. Kxf2 fxg5 32. Rxd5 Rc2+ 33.
Kg1 gxf4 34. Rg5 Rxb2 35. Ra7 Rf7 36. Rxf7 Kxf7 37. Rf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Wang, Tianqi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Miami Champions"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 e6 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. Bxd6
Qxd6 9. Nf3 Ne4 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 f5 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 a6 14. N3d2 Rae8
15. Bc2 Nb8 16. f3 Nf6 17. a4 Nc6 18. Ne3 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. b4 g6 21. Nb3 e5
22. Ra6 e4 23. fxe4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Qe2 Qg3 26. Nc5 Nb8 27. Raa1 Bxh3
28. Rf1 Nd7 29. Nxd5 Bg4 30. Qe3 Qd6 31. Qg5 Be2 32. Rxf8+ Rxf8 33. Nxd7 Rf5
34. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Miami Champions"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 Ngf6 7. c4 c6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. a4 a5 12. Ne5 Bg6 13. f4 Bf5 14. g4 Bc8 15. f5
O-O 16. Bf4 Ne8 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Qxd4+ 19. Kh1 Nd5 20. Rad1 Qb4 21. Qg3
Nef6 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. g5 Bd8 25. f6 g6 26. Qh4 h5 27. gxh6 Kh7
28. Nf3 Bf5 29. Rd4 Qxb2 30. Be5 Rc8 31. Rf4 Qe2 32. Re1 Qa6 33. Rxf5 gxf5 34.
Rg1 Bc7 35. Rg7+ Kh8 36. Qg5 Qf1+ 37. Ng1 Rg8 38. h7 Rgf8 39. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tillis, Bryan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Miami Champions"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 Bg4 5. e3 Nd7 6. Be2 e5 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3
c6 9. O-O Ne7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Nf5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Be4 Qd7 14. Qc2 Rfe8 15.
Rad1 Rad8 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Qxf5 gxf5 18. Rd2 Ng6 19. Rfd1 f4 20. exf4 Nxf4 21.
Kf1 Re6 22. Ne2 Nxe2 23. Bxg7 Ng3+ 24. fxg3 Kxg7 25. g4 Kf6 26. Kf2 Ke7 27. Rd3
Re5 28. R1d2 a5 29. Kg3 f6 30. Kf4 Ke6 31. Kf3 Rd7 32. Kf4 b5 33. cxb5 Rxb5 34.
Re3+ Re5 35. Rc3 c5 36. Kf3 Ra7 37. Rc4 Ra6 38. Rf4 d5 39. Kf2 d4 40. Rf3 Kd5
41. Rfd3 Rae6 42. Rf3 a4 43. Kg3 axb3 44. axb3 Re3 45. Kf2 Rxf3+ 46. gxf3 Re3
47. Rb2 Kc6 48. h4 h6 49. h5 Kb5 50. f4 Kb4 51. Ra2 Kxb3 52. Ra6 c4 53. Rxf6 c3
54. Rb6+ Kc4 55. Rxh6 c2 56. Rc6+ Kb3 57. Rb6+ Ka2 58. Ra6+ Ra3 59. Rc6 Rc3 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "London Lions"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. g3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 g6 8.
Bg5 Bg7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Bg2 Be6 11. O-O Rc8 12. Rfe1 Qa5 13. Rad1 Rfe8 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Nd5 Qxa2 16. Nxf6+ exf6 17. c3 a6 18. Re2 Bc4 19. Ree1 Kg7 20. Ra1 Qb3
21. Ra3 Qb6 22. b3 Qc5 23. Rea1 Bb5 24. c4 Bc6 25. Ra5 Qb6 26. Qd3 Re6 27. Bh3
Bxe4 28. Qc3 d5 29. Bxe6 d4 30. Qd2 fxe6 31. Re1 Bf5 32. c5 Qd8 33. b4 e5 34.
Raa1 Qd5 35. Rad1 Qf3 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Miami Champions"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Qc7 6. d4 Nd7 7. Nc3 Ngf6 8. Bf4
Qb6 9. c5 Qa6 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. O-O b6 13. cxb6 Qxb6 14. e4 Be7 15.
exd5 cxd5 16. Rfe1 a5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Qe3 Qe6 19. Qb3 Ne4 20. f3 g5 21. Bc7
Rc8 22. Bxa5 Qf6 23. fxe4 Qxd4+ 24. Kh1 Rc6 25. Qe3 Qxe3 26. Rxe3 d4 27. Rd3
Ne5 28. Rxd4 Rc2 29. Bc3 Ng4 30. h3 Nf2+ 31. Kh2 Nxh3 32. Rd2 Nf4+ 33. Kg1 Bc5+
34. Kf1 Rxd2 35. Bxd2 Nd3 36. Bc3 f6 37. Rd1 Ne5 38. Rd5 Be7 39. Bxe5 fxe5 40.
Rxe5 Kf7 41. Rf5+ Ke6 42. Rb5 Bf6 43. a4 g4 44. e5 Bxe5 45. a5 Rf8+ 46. Ke2
Bxg3 47. Bd5+ Kd6 48. a6 Bf2 49. Be4 g3 50. Rb7 Re8 51. Kd3 g5 52. Rg7 Ke5 53.
a7 Rd8+ 54. Ke2 Kxe4 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Montclair Sopranos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bg4 7. Bb5 Rc8 8. O-O
a6 9. Be2 Nh6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nf5 12. Be3 e6 13. Nc3 Bg7 14. Bg4 Nxe3 15.
fxe3 O-O 16. Rf2 Qg5 17. Qd3 h5 18. Bf3 Rfd8 19. Raf1 Rc7 20. Be2 Bh6 21. Rf3
Bg7 22. Qd2 Bh6 23. Qe1 Bg7 24. Bd3 b5 25. Ne2 Rf8 26. Nf4 Ne7 27. h4 Qh6 28.
Nh3 Qh8 29. Qf2 Nf5 30. Bxf5 exf5 31. Qg3 Rc6 32. Nf4 Rd8 33. e6 Bh6 34. e7 Re8
35. Nxd5 Kh7 36. Kh1 Bg7 37. e4 Bxd4 38. exf5 Qg7 39. f6 Qh6 40. Nc7 Rxc7 41.
Qxc7 Qd2 42. Qd7 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montreal Chessbrahs"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Qg4 f5 6. Qh5+ Qf7 7. Qf3 Nc6 8. Nge2
Nge7 9. a3 Ba5 10. h4 Bd7 11. Be3 O-O-O 12. O-O-O Kb8 13. Qg3 a6 14. Kb1 g6 15.
h5 gxh5 16. Qh4 Be8 17. Bg5 Rc8 18. Na2 Bb6 19. Nb4 Nxb4 20. Bxe7 Nc6 21. Bf6
Rg8 22. f3 Qd7 23. Qe1 Bg6 24. Rh4 Rgf8 25. Nf4 Rce8 26. Qc3 Rxf6 27. exf6 Qf7
28. g3 Qxf6 29. Nxh5 Bxh5 30. Rxh5 Bxd4 31. Qb3 Bb6 32. Rxh7 Qg6 33. Rh3 Ne5
34. Re1 Nf7 35. c4 dxc4 36. Bxc4 Nd6 37. Bd3 e5 38. Bc2 Qg5 39. f4 Qg7 40. Rxe5
Rxe5 41. fxe5 Qxe5 42. Qg8+ Ka7 43. Rh8 Bd4 44. Qb8+ Kb6 45. Rh7 Qc5 46. Qg8
Be5 47. Qb3+ Ka7 48. Ka2 Nc4 49. Bxf5 Bxb2 50. Bd3 Na5 51. Qxb2 Qd5+ 52. Ka1
Qxd3 53. Rxc7 Qd1+ 54. Ka2 Qd5+ 55. Ka1 Nc4 56. Qf2+ Kb8 57. Rxc4 Qxc4 58. Qf4+
Qxf4 59. gxf4 Kc7 60. Kb2 b5 61. Kc3 a5 62. Kd4 Kd6 63. f5 b4 64. axb4 axb4 65.
Kc4 Ke5 66. Kxb4 Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Moranda, Wojciech"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8.
Ne5 Nbd7 9. Bf4 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Qb6 11. Qf3 O-O-O 12. O-O-O e6 13. Bd3 Bb4 14.
Bxg6 hxg6 15. Ne2 Qc6 16. Qxc6 bxc6 17. Nf4 Bd6 18. Nd3 Rh7 19. c4 Nd7 20. Bg3
Rdh8 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bc5 23. Rd3 Rxh3 24. Rhd1 Rh1 25. Rf3 Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1
Rf8 27. Ke2 f5 28. exf6 gxf6 29. Rc3 Bd4 30. Ra3 f5 31. f3 Rh8 32. Kd3 e5 33.
gxf5 gxf5 34. Ra5 Rd8 35. Kc2 f4 36. Be1 Rh8 37. Kd3 Rh3 38. Ke4 Rh2 39. Bc3
Re2+ 40. Kf5 Bxc3 41. bxc3 Re3 42. Rxa7 Kd7 43. c5 e4 44. Kxf4 Rxf3+ 45. Kxe4
Rxc3 46. Kd4 Rc2 47. Ra8 Rc1 48. Rh8 Rc2 49. a3 Rc1 50. Rh3 Kc8 51. Rb3 Rc2 52.
a4 Rc1 53. Rb2 Rh1 54. Kc4 Ra1 55. Kb4 Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Pittsburgh Pawngrabbers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 c6
15. Nf4 Nc5 16. Ba2 a5 17. Qg4 Kh8 18. Ne2 Bf6 19. f4 Rb8 20. b4 Na4 21. Bb3
Nc3 22. Nxc3 dxc3 23. bxa5 Qxa5 24. a4 bxa4 25. Rxa4 Qc5+ 26. Kh1 Qe3 27. e5
dxe5 28. Re4 Qa7 29. fxe5 Be7 30. Bxf7 Rb2 31. Ref4 Qb8 32. Bb3 Rxf4 33. Qxf4
h6 34. Qf7 Rxb3 35. Qxb3 Qxe5 36. d4 Qg3 37. Qe6 Bd6 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. Qe4+ Kh8
40. Kg1 Qh2+ 41. Kf2 Qg3+ 42. Ke2 Qg5 43. Ra1 Qb5+ 44. Kf2 Qb7 45. g3 Qb8 46.
Qf3 Be7 47. Qxc6 Qf8+ 48. Qf3 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Webster Windmills"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 h6 11. Bh4 Rc8 12. Kb1 Be7 13. g4 b5 14. Bg3 e5
15. Qe3 Qc7 16. Bd3 Be6 17. h4 Qa5 18. g5 b4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. b3
Qc5 22. Qe2 Qc6 23. Rhf1 Ra8 24. f4 e4 25. Rfe1 f5 26. gxf6 gxf6 27. Bxe4 Bxe4
28. Qxe4 Qxe4 29. Rxe4 Rg8 30. Rd3 d5 31. Re6 Kf7 32. f5 Rg4 33. Bd6 Ra7 34.
Rxd5 Rxh4 35. Bxe7 Rxe7 36. Rxa6 Rf4 37. Ra8 h5 38. Kb2 h4 39. Rh8 Kg7 40. Rh5
Re5 41. Rd7+ Kg8 42. Rd8+ Kg7 43. Rd7+ Kg8 44. Rdh7 Rexf5 45. Rxf5 Rxf5 46.
Rxh4 Rb5 47. c3 bxc3+ 48. Kxc3 Kf7 49. a4 Ra5 50. Kb4 Re5 51. a5 Ke6 52. Rd4
Re1 53. a6 Ke5 54. Rd8 Ra1 55. Kb5 f5 56. b4 f4 57. Kb6 f3 58. Rf8 Ra3 59. a7
Ke4 60. a8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Re1 Nc6 11. d5 Nb8 12. Nd4 Bg6 13. Nc3 Nd6 14. Bd3 Nd7 15.
Bf4 a6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. h3 Bf6 18. Rc1 Nb6 19. Nf3 Rc8 20. Qb3 Qd7 21. Ne5
Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Rfe8 23. Qb4 Nb5 24. Nxb5 Qxb5 25. Qd4 Qxd5 26. Bxg7 Qxd4 27.
Bxd4 Nd5 28. g3 f6 29. Kg2 Kf7 30. h4 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 c5 32. Be3 b5 33. Kf3 c4
34. Bd2 b4 35. Rc1 f5 36. g4 fxg4+ 37. Kxg4 c3 38. bxc3 bxc3 39. Be1 Rc4+ 40.
Kf3 Rxh4 41. Ke2 Rh3 42. f3 Rh2+ 43. Kd3 Nb4+ 44. Kc4 Nxa2 45. Bg3 Rg2 46. Ra1
Rxg3 47. Rxa2 Rxf3 48. Kd4 g5 49. Rxa6 g4 50. Ke4 c2 51. Ra1 Kf6 52. Rc1 Rf2
0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. Qe2 Bd6 8.
h3 Nd7 9. b3 a5 10. a4 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Bb2 Qf6 13. Rae1 Bb4 14. Rd1 b5 15.
axb5 cxb5 16. d4 Qg6 17. Kh1 Qh5 18. d5 Bg4 19. Kg1 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Reb8 21. Ra1
Bd6 22. Ra2 a4 23. Rfa1 f5 24. bxa4 bxa4 25. Ba3 fxe4 26. Qxe4 Nf6 27. Qc4 e4
28. Bxd6 cxd6 29. Nd4 Qxd5 30. Qxd5+ Nxd5 31. Rxa4 Rxa4 32. Rxa4 e3 33. fxe3
Nxe3 34. Ra7 Re8 35. Kf2 g6 36. Rd7 Nc4 37. g4 Rf8+ 38. Kg3 Rf7 39. Rd8+ Rf8
40. Rxf8+ Kxf8 41. Kf4 h6 42. Ke4 Ke7 43. c3 Nb6 44. h4 Na4 45. Ne2 Nc5+ 46.
Kd5 Nd7 47. g5 hxg5 48. hxg5 Ne5 49. Nf4 Kd7 50. c4 Nf7 51. Nxg6 Nxg5 52. c5
dxc5 53. Kxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Nxd2 6. Qxd2 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8.
Qf4 h6 9. Bd3 Be6 10. O-O g5 11. Qe3 Qc7 12. b4 g4 13. Nh4 Qxe5 14. bxc5 O-O-O
15. Nf5 Bxc5 16. Qxc5 Bxf5 17. Bb5 Qd6 18. Ba3 Qxc5 19. Bxc5 Kc7 20. f3 gxf3
21. Rxf3 Be6 22. a4 b6 23. Be3 d4 24. Bf4+ Kb7 25. Bxc6+ Kxc6 26. Be5 Rhg8 27.
Bxd4 Rd5 28. Rf4 h5 29. Rb1 Rdg5 30. g3 Ra5 31. Rb4 Rg4 32. Kf2 Rxf4+ 33. gxf4
h4 34. c4 Bd7 35. Ke3 Kd6 36. Bc3 Ke6 37. h3 Bxa4 38. Be1 Bd7 39. Bxh4 Ra3+ 40.
Kd4 Rxh3 41. Bf2 Kd6 42. Rb2 Ra3 43. Ke4 Ra4 44. Kd3 Be6 45. c5+ bxc5 46. Rb7
Kc6 47. Re7 Rxf4 48. Be3 Ra4 49. Bd2 Ra2 50. Bc3 a5 51. Be5 a4 52. Ra7 Kd5 53.
Bf4 Kc6 54. Be3 Bf5+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Qd3 Nf6 7. Ndb5 Qb8 8.
Qg3 d6 9. Be3 a6 10. Nd4 h5 11. f3 e5 12. Nb3 Be6 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Kb1 Rc8 15.
Qf2 b5 16. Qd2 Qb7 17. Be2 Nb8 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bf5 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3
Be7 22. f4 Bf6 23. Nd2 Nd7 24. Ne4 Be7 25. Qe2 f5 26. Nf2 e4 27. g3 Bf6 28. h3
Nb6 29. Bxb6 Qxb6 30. g4 g6 31. Nxe4 fxe4 32. Qxe4+ Kd8 33. Qxg6 Rf8 34. g5 Bh8
35. Rhe1 Qc5 36. Re6 Kc7 37. f5 Kb8 38. f6 Rg8 39. Qe4 Rxg5 40. a4 Rg3 41. Rf1
Rg1 42. Rxg1 Qxg1+ 43. Ka2 Qc5 44. f7 Bg7 45. Re8 Qc4+ 46. Qxc4 bxc4 47. a5 Bf8
48. Ka3 Kc7 49. Kb4 Kd7 50. Rxc8 Kxc8 51. Kxc4 Kd7 52. b4 Ke7 53. b5 axb5+ 54.
Kxb5 Kd7 55. Kb6 Kc8 56. Kc6 h4 57. c4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.21"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6. dxc5 Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qc3 8.
Bb5 Bd7 9. O-O e6 10. Be2 Na5 11. Ne5 Bxc5 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Nxa5
Qxa5 15. Bb5 Rd8 16. Qg4 O-O 17. Bg5 Ne5 18. Qg3 f6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Qxe5 Qxa2
21. Bd3 Qa3 22. g3 Qd6 23. Qxd6 Rxd6 24. Kg2 e5 25. Rfd1 e4 26. Be2 d4 27. exd4
Bxd4 28. f3 b6 29. Rb4 exf3+ 30. Bxf3 Bc5 31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Re4 a5 33. h4 Kf7
34. g4 Rd2+ 35. Re2 Rd1 36. Bc6 Kf6 37. Kf3 h6 38. Bb5 Rh1 39. h5 Rh3+ 40. Ke4
Rg3 41. Bd7 a4 42. Kd5 a3 43. c4 Re3 44. Rf2+ Kg5 45. Ra2 Rf3 46. Bf5 Rf2 47.
Ra1 a2 48. Ke4 Be7 49. c5 Bf6 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.21"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C74"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. O-O Bd3 8. Re1
Be7 9. Na3 Nf6 10. Re3 b5 11. Rxd3 bxa4 12. Qxa4 Qd7 13. Re3 e4 14. Nd4 Ne5 15.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. d4 Nd3 18. Re2 d5 19. Nc2 g6 20. Ng3 h5 21. Ne1 Nxc1
22. Rxc1 Bh6 23. Rd1 Rab8 24. Nf1 a5 25. b3 Rb6 26. g3 Rc6 27. Rc2 h4 28. c4
hxg3 29. hxg3 a4 30. cxd5 Nxd5 31. bxa4 Ra8 32. Rxc6 Kxc6 33. Ng2 Nc3 34. Re1
Rxa4 35. Nh4 Rxa2 36. Nxg6 Kd5 37. Ne7+ Ke6 38. Nc6 Kd6 39. Ne5 Bg7 40. Ne3
Bxe5 41. dxe5+ Kxe5 42. Kg2 Nd5 43. Nxd5 Kxd5 44. g4 c5 45. g5 c4 46. Kg3 c3
47. Rd1+ Rd2 48. Rc1 Kc4 49. g6 Rd6 50. Kf4 Rxg6 51. Kxe4 Re6+ 52. Kf5 Re2 53.
f4 c2 54. Kf6 Kd5 55. f5 Ke4 56. Ke6 Kf4+ 57. Kd5 Kxf5 58. Kd4 Rh2 59. Kc3 Ke4
60. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 61. Kxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.21"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O Be6 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Bd2 a5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Bc3 Qd6 12. Qa4 Rfe8 13. Rfd1 Bf8 14. e4
Be6 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Qb4 18. Qc2 c6 19. a3 Qb5 20. a4 Qb3 21.
Qe2 Rad8 22. Qe3 c5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.21"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 c5 13. d5 c4 14. b3 cxb3 15.
axb3 Qc7 16. Bb2 a5 17. Bd3 b4 18. Nc4 Nc5 19. cxb4 axb4 20. Bc2 Rxa1 21. Bxa1
Ba6 22. Nfxe5 dxe5 23. d6 Bxd6 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Nxd6 Nfd7 26. Rd1 g6 27. Bb2
Rb8 28. Bc1 Kf8 29. Be3 Rb6 30. f4 Rc6 31. fxe5 Nxe5 32. Rd5 Ncd7 33. Bd1 Bd3
34. Bd2 f6 35. Kh2 Kg7 36. Bxb4 Rc1 37. Bg4 Nb6 38. Rd4 h5 39. Be6 Rc2 40. Kg1
Rc1+ 41. Kf2 Rc2+ 42. Kg1 Rc1+ 43. Kh2 Rc2 44. Ne8+ Kh6 45. Rd8 h4 46. Bg4 Nc6
47. Bf8+ Kg5 48. Rxd3 Ne5 49. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. O-O d4 13. Nf3 dxe3 14.
Bxe3 h6 15. a3 Bd6 16. h3 Qf6 17. b4 Re8 18. Re1 Be6 19. Bh7+ Kxh7 20. Qxd6
Rad8 21. Qf4 Qxf4 22. Bxf4 Rd3 23. b5 Na5 24. a4 Rc8 25. Be3 b6 26. Rec1 Rxc1+
27. Rxc1 Nc4 28. Nd4 Bd5 29. Nc6 Nxe3 30. fxe3 Rd2 31. g4 Rg2+ 32. Kf1 Ra2 33.
Nxa7 Bg2+ 34. Kg1 Bxh3 35. Rc4 f5 36. gxf5 Bxf5 37. Nc6 Bd3 38. Rd4 Bc2 39. a5
bxa5 40. b6 Rb2 41. Nb4 a4 42. b7 a3 43. b8=Q a2 44. Qa7 Rb1+ 45. Kf2 a1=Q 46.
Qxa1 Rxa1 47. Nxc2 Ra2 48. Rc4 g5 49. Rc6 h5 50. Kf3 Kg7 51. Nd4 Kf7 52. Rh6 h4
53. Nf5 Ra4 54. e4 Ra1 55. e5 Re1 56. Rf6+ Ke8 57. e6 h3 58. e7 h2 59. Rf8+ Kd7
60. Rd8+ Kc7 61. Rh8 Rf1+ 62. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. Qe2 Nd7 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. Na5 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxa5 11. Bxa5 c5 12. O-O O-O 13. Bc3 f6 14. Nh4 Nb8
15. Qe3 b6 16. f4 exf4 17. Rxf4 Nc6 18. Raf1 Nd4 19. R4f2 Qd7 20. b3 a5 21. a4
Rad8 22. h3 Nxc2 23. Rxc2 Qxd3 24. Qf2 Qxe4 25. Re2 Qc6 26. Qg3 Qd6 27. Rf4 Rf7
28. Kh2 g5 29. Rd2 Qxf4 30. Qxf4 gxf4 31. Rxd8+ Rf8 32. Bxf6 Bxb3 33. Nf5 Rxd8
34. Bxd8 Bc2 35. g4 fxg3+ 36. Nxg3 Bxa4 37. Bxc7 b5 38. Bxa5 Bc2 39. Bb6 c4 40.
Ba5 Kf7 41. Ne2 Bf5 42. Kg3 Bd7 43. h4 Kg6 44. Nd4 Kh5 45. Nf3 Be6 46. Ne5 Bc8
47. Be1 Be6 48. Nc6 Bd7 49. Nb4 Bf5 50. Nd5 Bc8 51. Nf4+ Kh6 52. Bc3 Bb7 53.
Kf2 Bc8 54. Ke3 Bd7 55. Kd2 Bf5 56. Kc1 b4 57. Bxb4 Kg7 58. Kd2 Kf6 59. Bc3+
Kf7 60. Be5 c3+ 61. Kxc3 Ke7 62. Kd4 Kf7 63. Bc7 Kf6 64. Bd8+ Kf7 65. Ke5 Bc2
66. Ne2 Bd3 67. Nd4 Bc4 68. Nf5 Bb3 69. Kf4 Kg6 70. Ne7+ Kf7 71. Nc6 Bd5 72.
Ne5+ Ke6 73. Ba5 Kf6 74. Bc3 Bb3 75. h5 Bd1 76. Ng4+ Kf7 77. Kg5 Be2 78. Nf6
Kg7 79. h6+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d4 b6 11. O-O a5 12. Rc1 Qd6 13. Qd2 Rd8 14. Rfd1 Qg6
15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bf5 18. Bf3 a4 19. Qc3 axb3 20. axb3 Be4
21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Qc4 Qf5 24. Bc3 h6 25. b4 cxb4 26. Bxb4 Bxb4
27. Qxb4 Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Qxc8 29. h3 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 Qc7+ 31. Kg1 Qc1+ 32. Kh2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. b3 d5 8. d4
Bf5 9. dxe5 Ne4 10. Qb2 O-O-O 11. a3 Nc5 12. b4 Na4 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. c5 Nc4 15.
Bb2 N4xe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Be2 Nc6 18. O-O h5 19. b5 Na5 20. Qa4 b6 21. Bc3
Qe4 22. Qb4 Bg4 23. Bd1 Bxd1 24. Rfxd1 Nc4 25. a4 Rh6 26. a5 bxa5 27. Rxa5 Nxa5
28. Qxa5 Kd7 29. Qxa7 h4 30. c6+ Ke8 31. Qxc7 Qc2 32. Qe5+ Re6 33. Qd4 Re4 34.
Qd3 Qxd3 35. Rxd3 Rc4 36. h3 Rb8 37. Bxg7 Rxb5 38. Rc3 Rbc5 39. Rd3 Ke7 40. Be5
Ke6 41. Bf4 Rxc6 42. g4 f6 43. Kg2 Rc3 44. Rxc3 Rxc3 45. Bh6 Kf7 46. Bf4 Rc6
47. Kf3 Kg6 48. Kg2 f5 49. Kf3 Rc4 50. gxf5+ Kxf5 51. Bb8 Rc1 52. Ba7 Ra1 53.
Bd4 Rg1 54. Bh8 Rg8 55. Bd4 Rc8 56. Bg7 Rc1 57. Bd4 Rh1 58. Kg2 Rb1 59. Kf3 Rb7
60. Bc3 Rf7 61. Bd4 Kg5+ 62. Kg2 Kg6 63. Bc3 Rf5 64. Bd4 Rf8 65. Bc3 Kf5 66.
Kf3 Ke6+ 67. Kg2 Rf7 68. Bd4 Kd6 69. Bb6 Rf8 70. Bd4 Kc6 71. Kf1 Kb5 72. Ke2
Kc4 73. Bg7 Rf7 74. Bh6 Rf5 75. f4 Rf6 76. Bg5 Re6 77. Kf3 Re4 78. Bxh4 Kc5 79.
Bf6 Kd6 80. h4 Ke6 81. Be5 Kf5 82. h5 Ra4 83. h6 Kg6 84. Bg7 Re4 85. f5+ Kh7
86. Kf2 Rg4 87. Kf3 Re4 88. Kf2 Rg4 89. Ke2 Rg5 90. f6 Kg6 91. Kd3 Rg4 92. Bh8
Rh4 93. Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Bb4 4. Nge2 c6 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 Bc7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. d4
d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 e4 11. Nxc7 Qxc7 12. h3 Nc6 13. Nf4 Be6 14. g4 Rac8 15.
g5 Ne8 16. g6 hxg6 17. Rg1 Qd7 18. h4 Nf6 19. h5 Bg4 20. Rxg4 Qxg4 21. Qxg4
Nxg4 22. hxg6 Ne7 23. gxf7+ Kxf7 24. Kd2 g5 25. Nh3 Kg6 26. f4 Nf5 27. Be2
Ngxe3 28. Bc3 Rh8 29. Nxg5 Rh2 30. Rg1 Kf6 31. b5 Rxc3 32. Kxc3 Rxe2 33. Nh7+
Ke7 34. Rg6 Rc2+ 35. Kb4 Rc4+ 36. Ka5 Nxd4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Ndb5 Qb8 7. f4 a6 8.
Nd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 b5 10. Be3 Ne7 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Qd2 d6 13. g4 Qc7 14. Kb1 Rb8
15. g5 Na5 16. b3 Bd7 17. f5 Qb7 18. Qf2 Nc4 19. Bc1 Ne5 20. Bh3 Qc7 21. Ne2
Bc6 22. Nd4 Bxe4 23. Rhe1 Bxf5 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Nxf5 g6 26. Ne3 Bg7 27. Ba3
O-O 28. Nd5 Qd8 29. Bxd6 Qxg5 30. h4 Ng4 31. Qg3 Qh5 32. Bxb8 Nh6 33. Be5 Nf5
34. Qc3 Bxe5 35. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 b6 8. Qe2
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rad1 h6 11. Bh4 a6 12. Ne5 b5 13. f4 b4 14. f5 exf5 15.
Bxf5 bxc3 16. bxc3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. Bg3 Nb6 19. Ne4 Bc8 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21.
exd6 Bxf5 22. Rxf5 Qd7 23. Rdf1 Rae8 24. Rh5 Nc4 25. Bf4 f5 26. Qd3 Qe6 27. Rd1
Nb2 28. Qxd5 Nxd1 29. Qxd1 Rb8 30. h3 Rb2 31. Qf3 Rxa2 32. Qb7 Rd2 33. Qxa6 Qg6
34. Qc4+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ng8 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. O-O d5 8. Ne2
c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Nf4 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nge7 13. Nh5 Qb6 14. Be3 Nf5
15. g4 Nfe7 16. Rfc1 h6 17. Rc3 O-O-O 18. a3 Kb8 19. b4 Nc8 20. Rac1 a6 21. Nd2
Qb5 22. Qc2 Nb6 23. h3 Rc8 24. Kg2 Be7 25. Qd1 f6 26. Nxg7 fxe5 27. Nxe6 Bf6
28. Nf3 e4 29. Ne5 Bxe5 30. dxe5 Nc4 31. a4 Qxb4 32. Qxd5 N6xe5 33. Bf4 Ka7 34.
Bxe5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. dxc5 a5 6. Bb5 e6 7. b4 Bd7 8. Bb2 b6
9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Nd4 Qd7 11. cxb6 axb4 12. O-O Ba4 13. Qf3 e5 14. Nf5 Bc2 15.
Ng3 h5 16. Rc1 Bd3 17. cxb4 Bd6 18. Nc3 Bxb4 19. e4 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 dxe4 21. Qf5
O-O 22. Bxe5 Ra5 23. Qxd7 Nxd7 24. Bc7 h4 25. Nf1 Re8 26. Ne3 Re6 27. b7 Rb5
28. a4 Rxb7 29. a5 Ra6 30. h3 Kh7 31. Nd5 Rb5 32. Ne3 Nc5 33. Bb6 Nb3 34. Ra3
0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Be7 4. Nf3 d6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nxe7 Qxe7 7. d3 O-O 8.
Be2 Bg4 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nd7 12. Bg4 Nc5 13. g3 a6 14. Qd2 b5
15. cxb5 axb5 16. Rfc1 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Be2 f5 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Bf1 Qf7
21. Re1 Rxa2 22. Rxa2 Qxa2 23. Bh3 Re5 24. Rxe5 dxe5 25. Qg5 Qf7 26. b4 Nd7 27.
Qd8+ Nf8 28. Bg2 Qf6 29. Bd5+ Kh8 30. Qxc7 h5 31. h4 Kh7 32. Be4+ Kg8 33. Qb8
g5 34. hxg5 Qxg5 35. Bd5+ Kg7 36. Qb7+ Kh6 37. Qxb5 h4 38. Kh2 hxg3+ 39. fxg3
Qd2+ 40. Bg2 Ng6 41. Qa6 e4 42. dxe4 d3 43. Qd6 Qe2 44. g4 d2 45. g5+ Kxg5 46.
Qg3+ Kh6 47. Qh3+ Kg7 48. Qd7+ Kf6 49. Qf5+ Kg7 50. Qd7+ Kh6 51. Qh3+ Kg5 52.
Qf5+ Kh6 53. Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bg4 7. c3 e6 8.
Qb3 Bd6 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. Nxg4 Bxf4 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Nf3 O-O-O 13. g3 Bd6 14.
O-O-O Kb8 15. Kb1 Na5 16. Qc2 Rc8 17. Bd3 a6 18. Qe2 Ka7 19. Rc1 b5 20. Nd2 Nc4
21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. b3 Ba3 23. Rc2 Rb8 24. Ka1 Rhc8 25. bxc4 dxc4 26. Rb1 Rb5 27.
Qf3 f5 28. Rxb5 axb5 29. Nb1 Bd6 30. a4 Qa5 31. d5 b4 32. cxb4 Qxb4 33. Qc3 Qc5
34. Nd2 exd5 35. Nf3 d4 36. Qb2 d3 37. Rc3 Rb8 38. Qa2 Rb4 39. Qd2 Rxa4+ 40.
Kb1 Qb5+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Be3 h6
9. d5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. Qd2 g5 12. a4 a5 13. c5 dxc5 14. Bb5 f6 15. Qe2 Ne7
16. Nxe5 fxe5 17. Qh5+ Kf8 18. Bxg5 Kg7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Qg4+ Kh7 21. Bxd7
Rhg8 22. Bf5+ Kh8 23. Qh5 Qf6 24. f4 exf4 25. Rxf4 Rg5 26. Qh4 Kg7 27. Be6 Qxc3
28. Raf1 Qd4+ 29. Kh1 Rh8 30. Rf7+ Kg6 31. Rxc7 Ba6 32. Bf7+ Kg7 33. Bh5+ Kg8
34. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2
d6 9. a4 Nc6 10. Be3 Nf6 11. N1d2 Ne5 12. a5 O-O 13. O-O Bd7 14. Nc4 Nxc4 15.
Bxc4 Bc6 16. Bd3 e5 17. Nd2 d5 18. Bb6 Qd7 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Rad1 d4 21. Nf3
Bf8 22. c3 dxc3 23. Bxa6 Qg4 24. Bd3 cxb2 25. h3 Qh5 26. Qxb2 Nd7 27. Bb5 Bxb5
28. Qxb5 Nxb6 29. axb6 Re7 30. Rd7 Rae8 31. Rc1 g5 32. Rcc7 g4 33. hxg4 Qxg4
34. Rxe7 Rxe7 35. Rxe7 Bxe7 36. Qxe5 Qd7 37. Nd4 Bd8 38. g3 f6 39. Qc5 Kf7 40.
Qc4+ Kg7 41. Ne6+ Kg6 42. Nf8+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h3
h5 9. gxh5 Nf6 10. h6 g6 11. Nf3 Nh5 12. Bh2 Rxh6 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. e4 Rh8 15.
exd5 cxd5 16. O-O-O Rc8 17. Kb1 Bb4 18. Rc1 Qa5 19. Bd3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Ng7 21.
Ka1 Kf8 22. Ng5 Bf5 23. Rhe1 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Nf5 25. Bf4 Rh4 26. Bd2 Kg8 27. Rg1
Qa6 28. Qf3 Nf6 29. Bf4 Kf8 30. Be5 Ne4 31. Nxe4 Rxe4 32. Rge1 f6 33. Bf4 Rce8
34. Rxe4 Rxe4 35. Be3 Qd3 36. Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 h6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. h4 b5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bd3 Nd7
15. Ne2 Ne5 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. g4 Rb8 18. g5 h5 19. f4 Ng4 20. f5 e5 21. Ne2 Bc6
22. Nc3 Qb7 23. Rhe1 O-O 24. Bg1 Bd8 25. Be2 Ba5 26. Bxg4 hxg4 27. f6 b4 28.
Nd5 b3 29. Ne7+ Kh7 30. c3 bxa2+ 31. Ka1 Bxe4 32. h5 gxf6 33. g6+ fxg6 34. Nxg6
Rfd8 35. b4 Bc7 36. Qxa2 Rd7 37. Qe6 Rg7 38. Qxf6 Qc6 39. Rxe4 Qxe4 40. Nf8+
Rxf8 41. Qxf8 Qc2 42. Rb1 Qxc3+ 43. Rb2 Qc1+ 44. Ka2 Qc4+ 45. Kb1 Qe4+ 46. Ka2
d5 47. h6 Rd7 48. Bc5 Qc4+ 49. Kb1 Qe4+ 50. Ka2 d4 51. Rf2 Qd5+ 52. Kb2 e4 53.
Rf5 Be5 54. Rg5 d3+ 55. Ka3 Bb2+ 56. Kxb2 Qxg5 57. Qe8 Qf5 58. Bd6 Rxd6 59.
Qe7+ Kxh6 60. Qxd6+ Kg5 61. Qg3 Qf4 62. Qg1 e3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Na3 Nf6 4. Nxc4 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be6 7. b3 Bd5 8.
O-O g6 9. Bb2 Bg7 10. Rc1 b6 11. Ne3 O-O 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. d4 Qd6
15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Nd2 Rad8 17. Ne4 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Nb4 20. a4 Rc8
21. Rd7 a6 22. Rb7 Kf8 23. e3 Be5 24. Bf1 f5 25. Ng5 h6 26. Ne6+ Kf7 27. Bc4
Kf6 28. Rb6 Bd6 29. a5 Rb8 30. Nxc5 Rxb6 31. Nd7+ Kg7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8.
h3 Re8 9. a3 Bd6 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Re1 f5 13. d5 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 Qg5
15. g3 Qf6 16. f3 Nd7 17. fxe4 Ne5 18. Kg2 Bd7 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Ne4 Qh6 21.
Qh5 Qxh5 22. Nxh5 Bxe4+ 23. Rxe4 cxd5 24. Re2 Nc4 25. Rae1 Rxe2+ 26. Rxe2 Kf7
27. c3 Rd8 28. Rf2+ Kg8 29. Nf4 Rd6 30. a4 g6 31. b3 Ne3+ 32. Kf3 Nf5 33. g4
Ne7 34. Rd2 Kf7 35. c4 d4 36. c5 Rf6 37. Ke4 Nc6 38. b4 Nxb4 39. Rxd4 Na6 40.
Rd7+ Ke8 41. Rxh7 Nxc5+ 42. Ke5 Ra6 43. Nd5 Nd7+ 44. Kf4 Rxa4+ 45. Kg3 Nc5 46.
Nf6+ Kd8 47. h4 b5 48. h5 gxh5 49. gxh5 Ra6 50. Rh8+ Ke7 51. Nd5+ Kf7 52. Rb8
Ra3+ 53. Kf4 a6 54. h6 Rh3 55. Rc8 Ne6+ 56. Ke5 Rxh6 57. Rc6 Rh5+ 58. Kd6 Rh6
59. Ke5 a5 60. Nf4 Nxf4 61. Rxh6 Ng6+ 62. Kd4 b4 63. Rh5 a4 64. Rb5 b3 65. Rb4
Nf4 66. Rxa4 Ne6+ 67. Kc3 Kf6 68. Ra5 Ke7 69. Kxb3 Kd6 70. Kc4 Kc6 71. Ra6+ Kd7
72. Rb6 Ke7 73. Kd5 Nc7+ 74. Ke5 Kd7 75. Rd6+ Ke7 76. Rd1 Ne6 77. Rd2 Nc7 78.
Rd6 Ne8 79. Re6+ Kd7 80. Rh6 Nc7 81. Kd4 Ne6+ 82. Ke4 Nc7 83. Ke5 Nb5 84. Rb6
Nc7 85. Rd6+ Ke7 86. Rc6 Kd7 87. Rc5 Ne8 88. Rd5+ Ke7 89. Ra5 Nc7 90. Ra7 Kd7
91. Rxc7+ Kxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 a5 6. a3 a4 7. Ba2 Bd6 8. Nc3
dxe4 9. Ng5 O-O 10. Ncxe4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bf5 12. Qf3 Bxe4 13. dxe4 Nd7 14. O-O
Qe7 15. Bd2 Nc5 16. Rad1 Ne6 17. Bc3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. g3 c5 20. Bc4 Qd7
21. Qd3 Ra5 22. f4 b5 23. Bd5 Bb8 24. c4 dxc3 25. Qxc3 Ra6 26. e5 Qe7 27. Kg2
c4 28. Qf3 Ra7 29. Rfe1 Kh8 30. e6 fxe6 31. Rxe6 Qc5 32. Be4 Re7 33. Rd5 Qc7
34. Rxe7 Qxe7 35. Rxb5 c3 36. Rb7 Qe6 37. bxc3 Qa2+ 38. Kh3 Qe6+ 39. Qg4 Qf6
40. Qh5 Qe6+ 41. Qg4 Qf6 42. c4 Bd6 43. Qf3 Qh6+ 44. Kg2 Bc5 45. Rb5 Qd6 46.
Qh5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 b5 8. Nf4
Qb6 9. Be2 a5 10. Be3 Ba6 11. O-O h6 12. Rc1 O-O-O 13. a4 c4 14. b3 Ba3 15.
axb5 Bxc1 16. bxc6 Bxe3 17. cxd7+ Rxd7 18. fxe3 g5 19. Nh5 cxb3 20. Bxa6+ Qxa6
21. Qxb3 Rb7 22. Qa3 Kb8 23. Nf6 Rc8 24. Qd6+ Ka7 25. e4 Rc6 26. Qa3 Qb5 27.
exd5 exd5 28. Ra1 Ka6 29. h3 Rbc7 30. Ne8 Ra7 31. Nd6 Qb6 32. Qa2 Rac7 33. Qe2+
Ka7 34. Nb5+ Kb7 35. Nxc7 Kxc7 36. Qa2 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "16.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 c6 6. a3 Ba5 7. b4 Bc7 8. Bb2
d5 9. Ng3 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Re8 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Nf8 13. b5 Ng4 14. Be2 Qh4 15.
Bxg4 Bxg4 16. Qd2 Bxg3 17. fxg3 Qg5 18. O-O Qxe3+ 19. Qxe3 Rxe3 20. bxc6 bxc6
21. Na4 Rc8 22. Nc5 Ne6 23. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Rb8 25. Bc3 Nxc5 26. dxc5 Be6
27. Re2 Rb1+ 28. Kf2 h5 29. Rb2 Rc1 30. Bd4 Rc4 31. Ke3 Ra4 32. Rb3 Kh7 33. Bb2
d4+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "17.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
dxc5 Nbd7 9. Bd2 Nxc5 10. Be2 Ne6 11. O-O a6 12. Qb3 Bd6 13. Rfd1 b5 14. Be1
Bb7 15. Nd4 Nc5 16. Qc2 Rc8 17. a3 Re8 18. Bf3 Nfe4 19. Rac1 Qg5 20. Qe2 Rcd8
21. g3 Be5 22. Bg2 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Nb3 24. Rcd1 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 Nc5 26. Qd1 Ne6 27.
Rd3 Nc7 28. Ne2 h6 29. Bc3 Ne6 30. b4 d4 31. Bxb7 dxc3 32. Nxc3 Qf5 33. Nd5 Kh8
34. Bxa6 Ng5 35. Bb7 Nf3+ 36. Kh1 Qh3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "18.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. h4 h6 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Rg8 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14.
c4 Qc6 15. Qc3 g6 16. Be2 h5 17. b3 Bg4 18. Bxg4+ hxg4 19. g3 a6 20. h5 gxh5
21. Rxh5 d5 22. Re1 Bg5 23. c5 Rde8 24. Reh1 Qg6 25. a4 Re2 26. Rh8 Rxh8 27.
Rxh8+ Kd7 28. Rb8 Bd2 29. Qd3 Qxd3 30. cxd3 Be1 31. Rf8 Ke7 32. Rc8 Kd7 33. Rf8
Ke7 34. Rc8 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "19.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 c5 6. cxd5 cxd4 7. Nxd4 exd5 8.
Bf4 O-O 9. e3 Nc6 10. Bd3 Nxd4 11. exd4 Be6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qb3 Bd6 14. Bg3
Bxg3 15. hxg3 Qd7 16. Rfe1 g6 17. Rac1 Kg7 18. Qa4 Rxc3 19. Qxd7 Rxc1 20. Qxe6
fxe6 21. Rxc1 Ne8 22. Bb5 Nd6 23. Bd7 Rf6 24. g4 g5 25. f3 Kf8 26. Bc8 Ke8 27.
Rc7 Kd8 28. Rxh7 Kxc8 29. Kf2 Nf7 30. Ke3 Kd7 31. g3 Ke7 32. Rh1 Rh6 33. Rc1
Kd7 34. f4 Rh2 35. f5 Rxb2 36. Rh1 Ke7 37. Rc1 Kd7 38. Rh1 Rxa2 39. Rh7 Ke7 40.
Rg7 Ra3+ 41. Kf2 exf5 42. gxf5 Kf6 43. Rh7 g4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "20.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. O-O d6 8. c3 h6
9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Bc2 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. b4 Bf8 15. a4
g6 16. Qe2 Bg7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. dxe4 Bc4 19. Qe3 Qe7 20. Nd2 Be6 21. Bd3 Rab8
22. axb5 axb5 23. Qe2 Bd7 24. Nb3 Nd8 25. Be3 Ne6 26. g3 c6 27. Ra7 Ra8 28.
Rea1 Rxa7 29. Rxa7 Qd6 30. h4 Rc8 31. Bc2 Be8 32. h5 g5 33. Qf3 Qd8 34. Na5 Rc7
35. Bb6 Qb8 36. Ra6 Qc8 37. Bxc7 Qxa6 38. Bd6 c5 39. Be7 Qa7 40. Bd6 Qb6 41.
Qd3 cxb4 42. Bxb4 Bf8 43. Bxf8 Kxf8 44. Nb3 Qd8 45. Qe3 Qc7 46. Bd1 Qc4 47. Nd2
Qc5 48. Qd3 b4 49. cxb4 Qxb4 50. Nf3 f6 51. Bb3 Nd4 52. Nxd4 Qxd4 53. Qa6 Qd8
54. Qe6 Bxh5 55. Qg8+ Ke7 56. Qg7+ Kd6 57. Qxh6 Bf3 58. Bd5 Kc5 59. Qg7 Qa5 60.
Qe7+ Kd4 61. Kh2 Qa1 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "21.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
O-O a6 9. a4 b6 10. Bxc4 Bb7 11. Qe2 Nh5 12. Rad1 Nxf4 13. exf4 Nf6 14. Rfe1
Bb4 15. Ne5 Nd5 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. Nd3 Bd6 18. Ne4 Nf6 19. Ng3 g6 20. Ne5 Nd5 21.
Nd3 Qh4 22. Ne2 Rfd8 23. h3 a5 24. Qc1 Bf8 25. Nc3 Bg7 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27. Ne5
Bb7 28. Qe3 Qe7 29. Ne4 Rf8 30. Rc1 Bd5 31. Rc3 Qb4 32. b3 h6 33. Rec1 c5 34.
Qd3 Rcd8 35. Nd2 cxd4 36. Rc7 Qd6 37. Ndf3 Ba8 38. R7c4 Qa3 39. R1c2 Bd5 40.
Rxd4 Qxb3 41. Rc3 Qa2 42. h4 Rc8 43. h5 Qa1+ 44. Kh2 Qxc3 45. Qe2 gxh5 46. Rd3
Qb4 47. Nd4 Qe7 48. Rg3 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "22.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Na3 cxd4 8.
Nxc4 Bc5 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 d3 11. e3 Rb8 12. Rc1 b6 13. Nfe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bb7
15. Qxd3 Qxd3 16. Nxd3 Ba6 17. Rfd1 Bxd3 18. Rxd3 Rfd8 19. Rcd1 Rxd3 20. Rxd3
h5 21. Bf3 Be7 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Rd7 a5 24. Bxh5 g6 25. Bf3 Rd8 26. Rb7 Rd2 27.
a4 Bd8 28. Bc6 Kf8 29. Bb5 Rd6 30. h4 Bf6 31. Kf1 Bc3 32. g4 Bf6 33. h5 gxh5
34. gxh5 Bg5 35. Ke2 Bf6 36. h6 Kg8 37. Bd3 Bd8 38. h7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "23.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e6 7. g4 Nc6 8. g5
Nd7 9. h4 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Rh3 Qc7 12. h5 Nce5 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15.
Nd4 O-O-O 16. Qe2 Nc5 17. b4 cxb3 18. cxb3 e5 19. Nf5 Kb8 20. Rb1 g6 21. hxg6
fxg6 22. Ne3 Nxe4 23. Ned5 Qd7 24. Rd3 Nxc3 25. Nxc3 Bg7 26. Kd1 Rhe8 27. Qd2
e4 28. Rd4 e3 29. Qd3 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 e2+ 31. Ke1 Qh3 32. Nxe2 Re4 33. Qb6 Rde8
34. Qxd6+ Ka8 35. Rb2 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "24.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 b6 2. Bb2 Bb7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d3 e6 5. e4 c5 6. Nbd2 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qh6 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. O-O-O a5
15. Nf3 a4 16. h4 Re8 17. Ng5 Nf8 18. Bd3 axb3 19. axb3 Bxg5 20. hxg5 Qd7 21.
Bc3 Qe7 22. Rh4 Qc5 23. Bb2 Ra2 24. f5 Qe3+ 25. Kb1 Rxb2+ 26. Kxb2 Qxe5+ 27. c3
exf5 28. Rhh1 d4 29. c4 Qa5 30. Rc1 Qd2+ 31. Bc2 Qc3+ 32. Kb1 Ra8 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Checa, Nicolas D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2019.03.19"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Montclair Sopranos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8.
Bg5 Nbd7 9. Qd2 Re8 10. Ng3 Nf8 11. Rae1 Be7 12. Re2 Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. Kh1
N6d7 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Rfe1 Nf6 17. Nd1 Re8 18. a4 Qc7 19. a5 Bd7 20. Re5 Ng6
21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Nf2 c5 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Rxe8+ Bxe8 25. dxc5 Qxc5 26. Nd3
Qc7 27. b4 Bb5 28. Nf2 Qe5 29. c3 Bc4 30. Nd1 b6 31. axb6 axb6 32. Ne3 b5 33.
Kg1 Kf8 34. Nc2 Qe8 35. Nd4 Qa8 36. h3 Qb8 37. Kf2 Qa7 38. Nf1 Nd7 39. Qe3 Qa2+
40. Nd2 Nf6 41. Kg3 Kg8 42. Kh2 Qa8 43. Qe5 Bd3 44. Qe3 Bc4 45. Nxc4 bxc4 46.
Qe5 Qa3 47. Nc6 Qb2 48. Qd4 g5 49. Qe5 Kh7 50. Qf5+ Kh8 51. Ne5 Qxc3 52. b5 Qb4
53. Nxf7+ Kg8 54. Qe6 Kh7 55. b6 c3 56. Qf5+ Kg8 57. Nxg5 Qf8 58. Qe6+ Kh8 59.
Qc6 Qb8+ 60. Qc7 Nd7 61. Nf7+ Kg8 62. Ne5 Qxc7 63. bxc7 Nb6 64. Kg3 c2 65. Nd3
Kf8 66. Kf4 Ke7 67. Ke3 Kd7 68. Kd2 Kxc7 69. Kxc2 Kd6 70. Kd2 Nc4+ 71. Ke2 Ke6
72. f4 Kf5 73. Kf3 Nd2+ 74. Ke3 Nb3 75. g4+ Ke6 76. f5+ Kf6 77. Kf4 g5+ 78.
fxg6 Kxg6 79. h4 Nd4 80. Ne5+ Kh6 81. Nf3 Nc6 82. h5 Ne7 83. Nd4 Ng8 84. Nf5+
Kh7 85. g5 d4 86. Ke4 d3 87. Kxd3 Kh8 88. Ke4 Kh7 89. Kf4 Kh8 90. Ke4 Kh7 91.
Ke5 Kh8 92. g6 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Sturt, Raven M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.03.19"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Montclair Sopranos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O b5 8. Bc2 Bg7
9. h3 O-O 10. Re1 Nb8 11. d4 Nbd7 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Nbd2 Qe7 14. a4 Rfe8 15. Bd3
c6 16. b4 Qf8 17. Qc2 Bh6 18. Nb3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Rac8 20. axb5 cxb5 21. d5 Nb6
22. Ree1 Nfxd5 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Be4 Nxb4 25. Qd2 d5 26. Bxg6 hxg6 27. cxb4 Qd6
28. Nc5 Rc7 29. Qg5 e4 30. Nd4 Bc8 31. Red1 Rce7 32. Nc2 Re5 33. Qg3 Qf6 34. h4
Rh5 35. Rd4 Rxh4 36. Re1 Qh8 37. f4 Rh1+ 38. Kf2 Rxe1 39. Kxe1 Qh1+ 40. Ke2 e3
41. Nxe3 Qa1 42. Rxd5 Qb2+ 43. Rd2 Qxb4 44. Nd3 Qc4 45. Qf3 Bf5 46. g4 Bxd3+
47. Rxd3 b4 48. f5 g5 49. f6 a5 50. Qf5 Qf4 51. Kd2 Qh2+ 52. Kc1 Qh4 53. Ng2
Qh1+ 54. Rd1 Qxg2 55. Qxg5+ Kh7 56. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.03.19"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montclair Sopranos"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nf6 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Bc5 10. Nb3 Be7 11. f4 d6 12. g4 b5 13. g5 Nfd7 14. a3 Bb7 15. Be3
Nc6 16. Qh5 Rfe8 17. f5 Nce5 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Nd4 Bf8 20. Rf4 Nc5 21. Raf1 Qd7
22. b4 Na4 23. Nxa4 bxa4 24. Bh3 Ng6 25. Rf7 Qc8 26. Nxe6 Rxe6 27. Rxb7 Kh8 28.
Bxe6 Qxe6 29. Qf3 Re8 30. Bd4 Be7 31. Bxg7+ Kxg7 32. Qf6+ Qxf6 33. gxf6+ Kh6
34. fxe7 Nxe7 35. Rf7 Ng6 36. Rxh7+ Kg5 37. Rbg7 Rxe4 38. h4+ Kf6 39. h5 Ne5
40. h6 Re3 41. Rh8 Rxa3 42. Rf8+ Ke6 43. h7 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rohde, Michael A"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.03.19"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montclair Sopranos"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 Qb6 8.
Bb5 Bd7 9. O-O Qxd4 10. Bxc6 Qxd1 11. Bxd7+ Kxd7 12. Raxd1 Rc8 13. Bf4 f6 14.
a4 g5 15. Bc1 Ne5 16. f3 h5 17. Rf2 h4 18. Nd5 Rh6 19. h3 e6 20. Ne3 Be7 21. b3
Bd8 22. Rfd2 Rc6 23. Kf1 Bb6 24. Ke2 Ba5 25. Bb2 Bxd2 26. Rxd2 Rh8 27. c4 Ke7
28. Ba3 Rd8 29. Nc2 Rb6 30. Nd4 Ra6 31. Nb5 Rd7 32. c5 dxc5 33. Bxc5+ Kd8 34.
Bxa7 Ng6 35. Bd4 Nf4+ 36. Kf2 e5 37. Bc3 Rxd2+ 38. Bxd2 Rc6 39. Ba5+ Kd7 40.
Bc3 Ke6 41. b4 f5 42. exf5+ Kxf5 43. a5 Nd5 44. Bd2 Rc2 45. Ke1 Ke6 46. Bxg5
Rxg2 47. Bxh4 Nxb4 48. Bd8 Nd3+ 49. Kd1 Rf2 50. h4 Rxf3 51. Ke2 Rh3 52. Bg5 Nb4
53. Nc7+ Kd7 54. Nb5 Nc6 55. Kf2 Rb3 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.03.19"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Webster Windmills"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O-O a6 11. h4 b5 12. Bd3 b4 13. Bxc5 Bxc5 14. Na4 Ba7
15. Qe2 f5 16. g4 Ne7 17. Ng5 Qe8 18. b3 h6 19. Kb1 hxg5 20. hxg5 Ng6 21. Qf3
Bd7 22. Qh3 Kf7 23. gxf5 exf5 24. Bxf5 Bxf5 25. Qxf5+ Ke7 26. Qd3 Nxf4 27. Qxa6
Qd7 28. e6 Nxe6 29. Qd3 Bf2 30. Rh7 Qa7 31. g6 Qd4 32. Qe2 Qe4 33. Qd2 Be3 34.
Qe1 Rac8 35. Rd3 Bh6 36. Qd1 Rf2 37. Nb6 Rcxc2 38. Rxh6 Rb2+ 39. Ka1 Rxa2+ 40.
Kb1 Rfb2+ 41. Kc1 Qf4+ 42. Qd2 Qc7+ 43. Qc3 Qxc3+ 44. Rxc3 bxc3 45. Nxd5+ Kd6
0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2019.03.19"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Webster Windmills"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. f4 e6 5. Nf3 h5 6. c3 Nd7 7. Be3 Nh6 8. Bd3 Be7
9. O-O a6 10. a4 c5 11. a5 Rc8 12. Bf2 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nf5 14. Nbd2 cxd4 15. Nxd4
Nxd4 16. Bxd4 g6 17. b4 Nb8 18. Rf3 Nc6 19. Bb6 Qd7 20. Nb3 Kf8 21. Raf1 Kg7
22. Rg3 h4 23. Rh3 Bd8 24. Bf2 Be7 25. Qe2 Rh5 26. Rd1 Rch8 27. Rhd3 Rf5 28.
Be3 Qc8 29. Nd2 Rd8 30. Bb6 Rh8 31. Qg4 g5 32. Rf3 Kf8 33. Re1 Rg8 34. Qh5 g4
35. Qh6+ Ke8 36. Rd3 Rg6 37. Qh8+ Kd7 38. Qxc8+ Kxc8 39. g3 hxg3 40. hxg3 Rh6
41. Nf1 Rfh5 42. Kg2 Kd7 43. Bg1 f5 44. exf6 Bxf6 45. Ne3 Bh8 46. Nxg4 Rg6 47.
Nh2 Rf5 48. Be3 Rf8 49. Nf3 Rfg8 50. Bf2 Bf6 51. c4 Kc8 52. Rxe6 dxc4 53. Rdd6
c3 54. Rxf6 c2 55. Rxc6+ bxc6 56. Rxg6 Rxg6 57. Be3 Rd6 58. Ne1 c1=Q 59. Bxc1
Rd1 60. Be3 Rxe1 61. Kf3 Kd7 62. g4 Rb1 63. Bc5 Ke6 64. Ke4 Re1+ 65. Be3 Rb1
66. f5+ Kf6 67. g5+ Ke7 68. Bc5+ Kf7 69. g6+ Kg7 70. Bd4+ Kh6 71. Bc5 Kg7 72.
Ke5 Re1+ 73. Kd6 Kf6 74. Kxc6 Rd1 75. Kb7 Kxf5 76. Kxa6 Rd8 77. g7 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grabinsky, Joshua"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2078"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2019.03.19"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Webster Windmills"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. g3
Be6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Be3 Be7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. Rc1 Nf6
15. c4 O-O 16. Qb3 Qd7 17. Kh2 Be4 18. f4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Ne4 20. Qd3 f5 21. Nc3
Nxc3 22. Rxc3 h4 23. Bf2 Bf6 24. Rc2 e4 25. Qe2 hxg3 26. Bxg3 b5 27. Rfc1 bxc4
28. Rxc4 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 Qb5 30. Rc2 Qxd5 31. b3 Qb5 32. Qxb5 axb5 33. Rd2 Ra8
34. a4 bxa4 35. bxa4 Ra6 36. Rd5 Kf7 37. Rxf5 Rxa4 38. Rb5 Ra2+ 39. Kf1 e3 40.
Rb3 Bd4 41. Rd3 Bc5 42. Be1 e2+ 43. Kg2 Ra1 44. Bh4 e1=Q 45. Bxe1 Rxe1 46. Kf3
Kf6 47. Kg4 Re3 48. Rd5 g6 49. h4 Re1 50. Kg3 Ke6 51. Rd2 Kf5 52. Rd5+ Ke4 53.
Rd2 Rg1+ 54. Kh2 Rg4 55. Kh3 Rxf4 56. Rg2 Rf3+ 57. Kg4 Be3 58. Ra2 Rf4+ 59. Kg3
d5 60. Ra6 Rf1 61. Re6+ Kd3 62. Kg2 Rg1+ 63. Kf3 d4 64. Ra6 Rf1+ 65. Kg4 Ke2
66. Kh3 Kf3 67. Ra2 Rh1+ 68. Rh2 Rxh2+ 69. Kxh2 d3 70. h5 d2 71. h6 d1=Q 72. h7
Bf4+ 73. Kh3 Qh1# 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.03.19"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Webster Windmills"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Rb8 9. d3 d6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Nbd2 h6 12. h3 Re8 13. c3 Bf8 14. Nf1 Ne7 15.
Nh4 g5 16. Nf3 Ng6 17. Ng3 c5 18. d4 c4 19. Bc2 Qc7 20. d5 Nf4 21. Nh2 b4 22.
cxb4 Rxb4 23. Nhf1 Bd7 24. Ne3 Rc8 25. Nef5 Rb7 26. Ra3 Qd8 27. h4 gxh4 28.
Nxh4 c3 29. Rxc3 Rxc3 30. bxc3 N6xd5 31. Bxf4 Nxf4 32. Nhf5 Be6 33. Nh5 Nxh5
34. Qxh5 Qg5 35. Qd1 h5 36. Re3 h4 37. Ba4 d5 38. Bc6 Rb6 39. Bxd5 Bxd5 40.
Qxd5 Rb1+ 41. Kh2 Qf4+ 42. Ng3 Qxf2 43. Nf5 Qf4+ 44. g3 Qf1 45. gxh4 Qh1+ 46.
Kg3 Rg1+ 47. Kf2 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.05.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.03.19"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia Eagles"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 g5 7. Nf1 g4 8. N3d2
Bg7 9. Ne3 h5 10. a4 Qe7 11. a5 a6 12. Ndf1 h4 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
exd5 Nd8 16. Bxa6 O-O 17. Bc4 Ra8 18. h3 gxh3 19. gxh3 f5 20. Qd1 e4 21. Kd2
Nf7 22. Kc2 Ne5 23. Bf4 Bd7 24. Rg1 b5 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. d4 Qf4 27. Be2 Qxf2
28. Nd2 Rf7 29. a6 f4 30. Bh5 Re7 31. Kb3 b4 32. a7 bxc3 33. bxc3 c5 34. Nc4
Bb5 35. Nxd6 c4+ 36. Kb4 Qb2+ 37. Kc5 Rc7+ 38. Kb6 Ba4+ 39. Kxc7 Rxa7+ 40. Kc8
Bd7+ 41. Kd8 Qb8+ 42. Ke7 Qf8# 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.05.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.03.19"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia Eagles"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Be3 Ngf6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Qd2 a6 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. h4 Bd5 12. Kb1 b4 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Qe2 c6
15. Qg4 Bf6 16. f4 a5 17. Rhe1 h5 18. Qh3 g6 19. g3 a4 20. Qf1 Be7 21. Bc1 a3
22. b3 Nf6 23. Qe2 Rg8 24. Rg1 Qb6 25. Be3 Qc7 26. Rc1 Ne4 27. Bxe4 Bxe4 28.
Bd2 Bd5 29. Qd3 Rd8 30. g4 hxg4 31. Rxg4 f5 32. Rxg6 Rxg6 33. Nxg6 Be4 34. Qc4
Bd5 35. Qe2 Bd6 36. Ne5 Qh7 37. h5 Bf8 38. Rg1 Be4 39. Be3 Ra8 40. Rg6 Bd5 41.
Bd2 Ra7 42. Nxc6 Rg7 43. Ne5 Rxg6 44. Qb5+ Ke7 45. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.05.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.03.19"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia Eagles"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. c3 d6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Nf1
Ng4 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxf2 12. Kxf2 Qf6+ 13. Ke3 Bg4 14. Qd2 d5
15. b4 Bd6 16. Kd3 dxe4+ 17. Kc2 c5 18. Ne3 cxd4 19. Nxg4 Qe6 20. h3 Rac8+ 21.
Kb1 h5 22. Bb3 Qg6 23. Qxd4 e3+ 24. Kb2 hxg4 25. Bxe3 Rfe8 26. Bf4 Be7 27. Be5
Rcd8 28. Qxg4 Qxg4 29. hxg4 Bxb4 30. Raf1 Rxe5 31. Rxf7 Re2+ 32. Kb1 Rde8 33.
Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.05.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sargsyan, Anna M"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.03.19"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia Eagles"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bf4 d6 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 h6
9. h3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. d5 Ne7 12. e4 e5 13. Be3 Bc8 14. Ne1 Ne8 15. b4 f5 16.
f3 Nf6 17. Nd3 g5 18. c5 Ng6 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. a4 Bd7 21. b5 Rc8 22. Rc1 Qe8
23. Nb4 Nf4 24. Nc6 Kh8 25. Nxa7 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 fxe4 27. Bc4 exf3 28. Qxf3 g4
29. hxg4 Nxg4 30. Bxf4 exf4 31. Nc6 Ne3 32. Rcc1 Bg4 33. Qf2 Nxf1 34. Rxf1 f3
35. g3 Qe4 36. Rc1 h5 37. Bf1 Re8 38. Kh2 Qxa4 39. Rc4 Qd1 40. Rf4 Re1 41. Kg1
Bh3 42. Rxf3 Rxf1+ 43. Qxf1 Bxf1 44. Rxf1 Qxd5 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.05.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Agrest, Inna"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.03.19"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Baden Snowballs"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. a4
Nf6 9. Na3 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Nc4 e5 12. Nb6 Rb8 13. f3 Be6 14. c4 Nd7 15. Nd5
Bg5 16. Bf2 b6 17. Qe2 Nc5 18. Bc2 a5 19. Rfd1 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Qe7 21. Nc1 Ne6
22. Qd1 Nb4 23. Rb5 Qc7 24. Nd3 Nc6 25. Rd5 Rfd8 26. b3 Nc5 27. h4 Bh6 28. Nxc5
bxc5 29. Qe2 Re8 30. Rad1 Re6 31. g4 Bf4 32. Re1 Qe7 33. Kg2 h5 34. g5 Rg6 35.
Rg1 f6 36. Kf1 fxg5 37. hxg5 Rf8 38. Ke1 Bxg5 39. Kd1 Nb4 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.05.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.03.19"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Baden Snowballs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. d3 Rb8 11. Re1 b4 12. Nbd2 Na5 13. Bc2 O-O 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nf1
Re8 16. Ng3 d5 17. Qe2 bxc3 18. bxc3 Nb3 19. Bxb3 Rxb3 20. Qc2 Rb8 21. Kg2 Qd7
22. Bg5 Qc6 23. Bxf6 dxe4 24. Nxe4 gxf6 25. Nh4 Rbd8 26. Qe2 Re6 27. Qf3 Bxe4
28. Rxe4 Bf8 29. c4 Red6 30. Rd1 Qd7 31. Re3 Bh6 32. c5 Bxe3 33. cxd6 Bf4 34.
dxc7 Qxc7 35. Nf5 Qc2 36. d4 e4 37. Qxf4 Qxd1 38. Qh6 Qf3+ 39. Kg1 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.05.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.03.19"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Baden Snowballs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. f3 Ne7 6. Bd3 Nbc6 7. Nge2 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Na5 9. O-O Ba6 10. c5 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 d6 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Bf4 Qd7 14. c4 Rfd8
15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Bd2 Qa4 17. Bxa5 Qxa5 18. a4 Rac8 19. Rdb1 Nc6 20. Rb5 Qa6
21. h3 Na5 22. Rc1 Qb7 23. Ng3 Qe7 24. Kh2 Rc7 25. Nf1 Rdc8 26. Ne3 Qf6 27. Rc2
Qf4+ 28. Kg1 g6 29. Qe2 h5 30. Rb1 Nc6 31. Qd3 a5 32. Rd2 Nb4 33. Qe2 Kf8 34.
Rbd1 Kg8 35. Qf2 Kf8 36. g3 Qf6 37. f4 Kg8 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 g5 40. f5 Kg7
41. Qg3 e5 42. dxe5 Qxe5 43. f6+ Kg8 44. Qh3 Qxe4 45. Rh2 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.05.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2019.03.19"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Baden Snowballs"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 a6 11. a4 h6 12. Qc1 g5 13. Bd2 Bf5 14. h4 g4 15. Ne1
Kh7 16. Nc2 Bg6 17. Ne3 Nbd7 18. a5 Ne5 19. Ra4 h5 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Qd7
22. Qc2 Rac8 23. Bf5 Qb5 24. Bc3 Rc7 25. Rfa1 Bh6 26. Ng2 c4 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28.
Bxg6+ fxg6 29. e4 Qe8 30. Re1 Qc8 31. Ne3 c3 32. b3 Bxe3 33. Rxe3 Ree7 34. Ra3
Rf7 35. Kg2 Rf3 36. Rxf3 gxf3+ 37. Kxf3 Qh3 38. b4 Qf1 39. Ke3 Rf7 40. Rxc3
Qe1+ 41. Kd3 Rf3+ 42. Kc4 Rxf2 43. Qd3 Re2 44. Kb3 Rxe4 45. Qc2 Re5 46. Rc7+
Kh6 47. Qc1+ Qxc1 48. Rxc1 Rxd5 49. Rc7 Rb5 50. Rd7 b6 51. axb6 Rxb6 52. Kc4 g5
53. Kd5 gxh4 54. gxh4 Rb5+ 55. Kc4 Rb6 56. Kd5 Rxb4 57. Rxd6+ Kg7 58. Rxa6 Rxh4
59. Ke5 Rg4 60. Kf5 Rg1 61. Ra7+ Kh6 62. Ra6+ Kh7 63. Ra7+ Rg7 64. Rxg7+ Kxg7
65. Kg5 h4 66. Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 a5 13. g3 O-O 14. Bg2 g6 15.
O-O Bg7 16. Qd3 Be6 17. a3 bxa3 18. Qxa3 Qb8 19. Rfd1 Ra7 20. b3 Rb7 21. Rab1
Nd4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Bf1 h5 24. Bd3 h4 25. Qxa5 Rxb3 26. Qd2 Bxd5 27. exd5 Bf6
28. Qc2 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 Qa7 30. Qd2 Kg7 31. Qf4 Qa3 32. Qe4 Rh8 33. Rb7 Qc1+ 34.
Bf1 hxg3 35. hxg3 Rh5 36. Rb1 Qc3 37. Rd1 Be5 38. Bd3 Qb2 39. Qe2 Qb8 40. Rb1
Qc8 41. Qf3 Bf6 42. Re1 Re5 43. Rxe5 Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
h4 Qe6 9. Nd2 d6 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Nc4 Bc5 12. a3 O-O 13. Qxe6 Bxe6 14. Bd3
Rfe8 15. O-O a5 16. Ne5 Bc8 17. Nc4 Be6 18. Re1 Nb6 19. Ne5 Bd5 20. Be3 Bd6 21.
Bd4 c5 22. Bc3 c4 23. Bf1 Na4 24. Bd4 c5 25. Bxc4 Bxe5 26. Bxd5 Bxd4 27. Bc6
Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rd8 29. Bxa4 Bxb2 30. Re7 Kf8 31. Ra7 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Rd4 33. Rxa5
Rxh4+ 34. Kg1 Bxa3 35. Ra8+ Ke7 36. Ra7+ Kf8 37. Ra8+ Ke7 38. Ra7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bd3
Nc6 9. O-O Nb4 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nc3 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nxd3 14. Qxd3
Bd7 15. Ne4 O-O 16. Nd4 Rad8 17. Rad1 Bc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Nd6 Nd5 20. Qc2 f6
21. Qxc6 fxe5 22. Ne4 Rc8 23. Qa4 Rb8 24. Nc3 Rxb2 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Rxd5 Qf7
27. Rd7 Rxa2 28. Qb5 a6 29. Qb1 Qxd7 30. Qxa2+ Qf7 31. Qxa6 h6 32. Qe2 Qf5 33.
Qe3 Qf4 34. Qxf4 exf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 c6 12. a4 Nbd7 13. Nc3 Bg6 14. Nh4 Bh5 15. h3
Nd5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. e4 Nb4 19. Bg5 Qd8 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Qe3
Rd8 22. Rc1 Nf8 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 Nd7 25. Kg2 h6 26. h4 Nb6 27. b3 Nd7 28.
Rd1 Ra8 29. Qe2 Nf6 30. Ne5 Nd7 31. Ng4 Nf6 32. Ne3 Ra3 33. e5 Nd7 34. Ne4 Nb6
35. Qh5 Rxb3 36. Ng4 N4d5 37. Ra1 Ra3 38. Nxh6+ gxh6 39. Nf6+ Nxf6 40. exf6
Rxg3+ 41. fxg3 Qxf6 42. Qg4+ Kh8 43. Ra6 Qd8 44. Ra7 Qf8 45. Qf3 Kg8 46. Qxc6
Qd8 47. Kh2 Qf6 48. Qe4 Qf2+ 49. Kh3 Qf1+ 50. Qg2 Qf5+ 51. g4 Qd3+ 52. Qg3 Qxd4
53. g5 h5 54. g6 Nd7 55. Ra8+ Kg7 56. gxf7+ Kxf7 57. Qg8+ Ke7 58. Re8+ Kd6 59.
Rxe6+ Kc5 60. Qg5+ Kb4 61. Qxh5 Nc5 62. Re7 Nd3 63. Qf3 Kc3 64. h5 b4 65. h6 b3
66. h7 b2 67. Rb7 Kd2 68. Qg2+ Kc1 69. Rc7+ Kb1 70. Qh1+ Nc1 71. Qa8 Qe3+ 72.
Kg4 Qe6+ 73. Kf3 Qe2+ 74. Kg3 Qe5+ 75. Kh3 Qh5+ 76. Kg2 Qe2+ 77. Kh1 Qh5+ 78.
Kg1 Qd1+ 79. Kh2 Qh5+ 80. Kg3 Qe5+ 81. Kg4 Qe6+ 82. Kh5 Qf5+ 83. Kh4 Qf4+ 84.
Kh5 Qf5+ 85. Kh4 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 a5 13. Qf3 Be6 14. Rd1 Bxd5
15. cxd5 Na7 16. g3 Rc8 17. Ne3 O-O 18. h4 Rc5 19. Bd3 Nc8 20. O-O Qc7 21. Qe2
Nb6 22. Bb5 g6 23. a3 Bg7 24. axb4 axb4 25. Bd3 Nd7 26. Nc4 Rc8 27. Nd2 Ra5 28.
Nb3 Raa8 29. Rc1 Qb6 30. Rxc8+ Rxc8 31. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Qe7 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8.
h3 Bh5 9. a3 a5 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. g4 Bg6 12. b4 Bb6 13. bxa5 Bxa5 14. Bb2 f6 15.
Nxa5 Rxa5 16. Nh4 O-O 17. Nf5 Qe6 18. Kh2 c5 19. h4 c4 20. h5 Bf7 21. Rg1 cxd3
22. cxd3 Rb5 23. Bc1 Kh8 24. Be3 Rb3 25. Rg3 c5 26. Qe2 g5 27. hxg6 Bxg6 28. a4
Qa6 29. Bh6 Rg8 30. Rag1 Qxa4 31. Ne7 Qd4 32. Qd1 c4 33. Nxg8 Kxg8 34. dxc4
Rxg3 35. Qxd4 exd4 36. Kxg3 Bxe4 37. Rd1 d3 38. f3 Bg6 39. Ra1 Kf7 40. Ra7 Nc5
41. Be3 Ke8 42. Bxc5 d2 43. Ra8+ Kd7 44. Bb6 Kc6 45. Ba5 1-0

[Event "USA-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "250"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke7 10. Be2 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Nd2 Rd8 13. Nd3 Bd6 14. Nc4
Bc7 15. b3 Nc6 16. Ba3+ Ke8 17. Bf3 Nd5 18. Nf4 b5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Nd2 Be5
21. Rab1 b4 22. Bb2 Bc3 23. Nf1 Bxb2 24. Rxb2 Ne5 25. Ng3 Rac8 26. Rbd2 Rc5 27.
Nf5 g6 28. Nd4 a5 29. a3 bxa3 30. Ra2 Nc6 31. h3 Nb4 32. Rxa3 Kd7 33. g4 Kc7
34. Kg2 Kb6 35. h4 Rc3 36. Rda1 Ra8 37. g5 Bc6 38. Rd1 Rd8 39. Rda1 Rc5 40. Rd1
Bd7 41. Kg3 Rdc8 42. Raa1 Be6 43. h5 Rc3 44. Rab1 Rg8 45. Rh1 Nc6 46. Nxc6 Rxc6
47. hxg6 Rxg6 48. Kf4 Rc2 49. Rbf1 Rb2 50. Bd1 a4 51. bxa4 Rb4+ 52. Kf3 Rxg5
53. Ke2 d4 54. Rfg1 Rd5 55. exd4 Rbxd4 56. f3 h5 57. Kf2 Rd2+ 58. Ke3 R5d3+ 59.
Kf4 h4 60. Re1 Rd4+ 61. Ke3 f5 62. Be2 f4+ 63. Kf2 h3 64. Rb1+ Ka7 65. Ke1 Ra2
66. Bf1 Rd5 67. Bxh3 Rh5 68. Bg2 Rxh1+ 69. Bxh1 Rh2 70. Bg2 Rxg2 71. Rb4 Bd5
72. Rxf4 Kb6 73. a5+ Kc5 74. a6 Ra2 75. a7 Rxa7 76. Kf2 Kd6 77. Kg3 Ke5 78. Rf8
Bf7 79. Rb8 Ra3 80. Rb4 Bd5 81. Rf4 Ra8 82. Rg4 Rf8 83. f4+ Kd4 84. f5+ Ke5 85.
Rg5 Be4 86. f6+ Bf5 87. Kf2 Rxf6 88. Ke3 Ra6 89. Rg3 Ra2 90. Rf3 Be4 91. Rg3
Bf5 92. Rf3 Bg4 93. Rg3 Ra4 94. Kd2 Kf4 95. Rb3 Be6 96. Rb6 Bd5 97. Rb2 Ke4 98.
Kc3 Ke3 99. Rb4 Ra3+ 100. Kb2 Ra8 101. Kc3 Rc8+ 102. Kb2 Kd3 103. Ka3 Bc4 104.
Rb2 Ra8+ 105. Kb4 Kd4 106. Rd2+ Bd3 107. Rb2 Ra7 108. Rb3 Ra8 109. Rb2 Ra1 110.
Rb3 Bc4 111. Rb2 Rd1 112. Ka3 Kc5 113. Rb7 Rd2 114. Rc7+ Kd4 115. Kb4 Rb2+ 116.
Ka5 Kd5 117. Rc8 Rb5+ 118. Ka4 Kd4 119. Rh8 Rb1 120. Rh3 Bd3 121. Ka5 Kc3 122.
Rg3 Rb5+ 123. Ka4 Rh5 124. Rf3 Rh1 125. Ka5 Rh6 0-1

[Event "USA-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Nxc4
cxd4 9. Bf4 Nd5 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Bxd6 Nde7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Qb3 b6 14. Nc4 Rc8
15. Qa3 b5 16. Nd2 b4 17. Qa6 e5 18. Rac1 Be6 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Qxa7 Nd5 21.
Rc5 Qb6 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23. Rb5 Rc2 24. Nf3 Nd7 25. Rxb4 Bxa2 26. Re1 Be6 27. h3
f6 28. e3 d3 29. Rd1 Rb8 30. Rxb8+ Nxb8 31. Ne1 Rxb2 32. Nxd3 Rb5 33. Nc5 Rxc5
34. Rd8+ Kf7 35. Rxb8 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Ne5 c5 7. g4 cxd4 8. exd4
Qb6 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. c3 fxg4 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nxg4 Nd7 13. Ne3 h5 14. Bd3 f5
15. b4 Qc7 16. Rc1 b6 17. Qe2 Kf7 18. Kd1 Nf6 19. Nb2 Bd7 20. c4 Rc8 21. Rc2
Qf4 22. cxd5 Bxb4 23. Bc4 exd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5+ Kf6 26. Qe3 Bd6 27. Qxf4
Bxf4 28. Nd3 Bb8 29. Rxc8 Bxc8 30. Ke2 Re8+ 31. Kd2 Rd8 32. Rc1 Bxh2 33. Bf3
Be6 34. Rc6 Rd6 35. Rc1 Rxd4 36. Ke3 Rd8 37. Bxh5 Bxa2 38. f4 Bd5 39. Ne5 Rh8
40. Bf3 Rh4 41. Nd3 Rh3 42. Ne5 Be4 43. Rc8 Rh4 44. Nd3 Bg1+ 45. Ke2 Bxd3+ 46.
Kxd3 Rxf4 47. Bb7 a5 48. Rf8+ Ke7 49. Rg8 Bc5 0-1

[Event "USA-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. d5 Nb4 10. Be2 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. a3 Nbd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Nd4
Bd7 15. Bf3 Rc8 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Be3 Bf6 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. h3 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 h6
21. c3 Qb7 22. Nf3 Re6 23. Bd4 Be7 24. b4 a6 25. a4 Re8 26. Kh2 Re4 27. Reb1
Bd8 28. b5 a5 29. Rb2 Qa8 30. Qd3 Qb7 31. Nd2 Rf4 32. Nb3 Bf5 33. Qg3 g5 34. b6
Qa6 35. Nd2 Bd7 36. Rab1 Qb7 37. Nb3 Qa6 38. Nc1 Qb7 39. Nd3 Rxd4 40. cxd4 Re6
41. Nf4 Re4 42. Ne2 Bxa4 43. Nc3 Rxd4 44. Qxd6 Be7 45. Qe5 Re4 46. Nxe4 dxe4
47. Rc1 1-0

[Event "USA-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e4 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
e5 Ne4 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Nc6 11. O-O Bg4 12. Qf4 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nxd4 14. Qxd5
Qxd5 15. Nxd5 Bd8 16. Rad1 c6 17. Nc3 Bb6 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Kf1 Rad8 20. f4 Ba5
21. g3 g6 22. a3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Nb3 24. Kf2 Nc5 25. Bc2 Kf8 26. Kf3 a5 27. Rxd8
Rxd8 28. Rd1 Rxd1 29. Bxd1 h5 30. Ke3 Ke7 31. Kd4 Ne6+ 32. Ke3 Nc7 33. Be2 b5
34. Kd4 Ne6+ 35. Ke3 Nc5 36. Bd1 Kd7 37. Bc2 Ke7 38. Bd1 Kd7 39. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 6th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. a4 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. Bd2 f5 13. a5 a6 14. Na3 e4 15.
Nc4 Ne5 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. f4 exf3 18. Bxf3 Bf6 19. c3 g5 20. Be2 f4 21. Nxc8 Qxc8
22. Kh1 b5 23. axb6 Rxb6 24. Qc2 Bg7 25. b3 Qb7 26. b4 Qxd5 27. Qa2 Qxa2 28.
Rxa2 d5 29. Rxa6 Rxa6 30. Bxa6 Nc4 31. Rd1 Nxd2 32. Rxd2 Bxc3 33. Rxd5 Bxb4 34.
Rxg5+ Kh8 35. Kg1 f3 36. gxf3 Rxf3 37. Bc4 Rf8 38. Kg2 Bc3 39. Bd3 Rg8 40.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 6th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. b3 e6 7. Bb2 d5 8. exd5
exd5 9. O-O-O Be6 10. a3 Bc5 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Rhe1 Re8 14. h3 Qa5
15. Nb5 Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2 a6 17. Nbd4 Ne4 18. Rde2 Bd7 19. Kd1 f6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6
21. Nd4 Bd7 22. f3 Ng3 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. c4 dxc4 25. Bxc4+ Kf8 26. b4 Bd6 27.
Ne6+ Bxe6 28. Rxe6 Rd8 29. Kc2 Nh5 30. Re4 b5 31. Bd3 Nf4 32. Bf1 Re8 33. Kb3
Rxe4 34. fxe4 Ne6 35. a4 Nc7 36. Bd4 Ke7 37. Be2 Kd7 38. Be3 Be5 39. h4 g6 40.
h5 gxh5 41. Bxh5 Ne6 42. Bg4 Kd6 43. a5 Nd4+ 44. Ka2 Kc7 45. Bf2 Nc2 46. Kb3
Nd4+ 47. Ka2 Nc2 48. Kb3 Nd4+ 49. Ka2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 6th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d5 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nc3 Nd8 13. e3 c5 14. Rfd1 Ne6
15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Qb1 Rac8 17. b4 c4 18. Ne5 g6 19. h4 Nf8 20. Qb2 N8d7 21. f4
a6 22. Bh3 b5 23. g4 Nxe5 24. fxe5 Ne4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. g5 Rc7 27. Rf1 Bd5 28.
Rf6 Rc6 29. Qf2 a5 30. h5 axb4 31. axb4 Rf8 32. Rf1 c3 33. Kh2 Ra8 34. hxg6
hxg6 35. Rxc6 Bxc6 36. Rc1 Qxb4 37. Kg3 Qa3 38. Rh1 c2 39. e6 Be8 40. Qd2 Qd3
41. Qf2 Ra3 42. Kf4 Qd1 0-1

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 6th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2845"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Ne7 9. c4 Ng6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Qb4 Bf5 12. h4 h5 13. Bg5 Qb8 14. Qa4 Bd7
15. Qc2 Bxb5 16. cxb5 Be7 17. Bd3 Nf8 18. b6 Nd7 19. bxa7 Qxa7 20. O-O Bxg5 21.
hxg5 O-O 22. Bf5 Rad8 23. b4 Qd4 24. Qc7 Nb6 25. Rad1 Qf4 26. Bh3 Na4 27. g6
fxg6 28. Qc2 b5 29. Qxg6 Rf6 30. Qxh5 g6 31. Qg4 Qxg4 32. Bxg4 Rf4 33. Be6+ Kg7
34. Rc1 Rxb4 35. Rc7+ Kh6 36. g3 Nc5 37. f4 exf4 38. Rxf4 Rxf4 39. gxf4 Ra8 40.
Rc6 Ne4 41. Bh3 Rxa2 42. Bg2 Ng3 43. Rxd6 Ne2+ 44. Kf1 Nxf4 45. Be4 Ra4 46.
Bxg6 Nxg6 47. Rb6 Rf4+ 48. Ke1 b4 49. d6 Rd4 50. d7 Rxd7 51. Rxb4 Kg5 52. Ke2
Re7+ 53. Kd2 Kf5 54. Rb5+ Ne5 55. Rb4 Rd7+ 56. Ke2 Nd3 57. Ra4 Nf4+ 58. Ke1 Kg4
59. Ra3 Rd8 60. Rc3 Rh8 61. Ra3 Rh2 62. Kd1 Kf5 63. Re3 Nd5 64. Re8 Kf4 65. Kc1
Nc3 66. Re7 Ne4 67. Re8 Ke3 68. Re7 Rh6 69. Rc7 Kd3 70. Rd7+ Rd6 71. Rxd6+ Nxd6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 6th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. d5 c6 14. Qd1 b6
15. Bf4 Bb7 16. dxc6 dxc6 17. Nd2 c5 18. Nc4 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8 Bxd8
21. Bb8 a6 22. a4 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Na3 b4 25. Nc4 bxc3 26. bxc3 Bd5 27. Ba7
Bxc4 28. Bxc4 Nd6 29. Bd5 Nb5 30. Bxc5 Nxc3 31. Bc6 Ne2+ 32. Kf1 Nf4 33. Be3
Ne6 34. g3 Bf6 35. Bd5 g6 36. Ke2 Kg7 37. Bxe6 fxe6 38. Kd3 Kf7 39. Ke4 h5 40.
h3 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 6th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nf3 d5 8.
Bxd5 Bg4 9. d3 O-O-O 10. Be3 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Rxd5 12. exd5 Re8 13. O-O Bxf3 14.
gxf3 Bd6 15. f4 Qh4 16. Bxd4 Bxf4 17. Kg2 Qg5+ 18. Kh1 Qh4 19. Kg2 Qg5+ 20. Kh1
Qh4 21. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 6th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 dxc4 7. O-O b5 8. a4
c6 9. b3 c3 10. Nb1 Bb7 11. Qc2 c5 12. Nxc3 cxd4 13. Nxb5 Nc6 14. Qc4 Qe7 15.
Nbxd4 Na5 16. Qb5 Rfd8 17. Bf4 Bc3 18. Rac1 a6 19. Qe5 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Bxd4 21.
Qxa5 Nd5 22. Bc7 Rd7 23. e3 Qf6 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Qb4 Bb2 26. Rc2 h5 27. Qb7
Rf8 28. Qxa6 h4 29. Qc4 h3 30. Qg4 Rd3 31. b4 Rb3 32. Qxh3 Ra8 33. b5 1-0

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 6th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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{This game was played in the 8th round. I had a slow start to the event and
was trailing Magnus coming into this game, so I felt I needed a win to try to
keep pace and some hope to catch him in first place. I also had the feeling
that Georg would not shy away from a fight. Diese Partie wurde in der 8. Runde
gespielt. Ich war langsam ins Turnier gestartet und hatte Rückstand auf
Magnus, deshalb brauchte ich gefühlt einen Sieg, um Schritt halten zu können
und gewisse Hoffnung zu wahren, ihn auf dem ersten Platz noch einzuholen.
Außerdem hatte ich das Gefühl, dass Georg vor einem Kampf nicht
zurückscheuen würde.} 1. e4 $5 {And this confirmed my feeling. I decided
that the best way to play for a win was to go straight for a fight with the
Sicilian. Und dies bestätigte mein Gefühl. Ich entschied, der beste Weg, auf
Gewinn zu spielen, wäre, geradewegs einen Kampf mit dem Sizilianer
anzustreben..} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {A position that certainly has become
familiar to me over the last year! Eine Stellung, die mir im Lauf des letzten
Jahres durchaus vertraut geworden ist!} g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7.
Nc3 Nd7 8. Be3 e5 9. Qd2 h6 10. a3 {It is important to know the main ideas for
both sides. The break f4 is natural, but a3-b4 can also be quite annoying for
Black if executed without a challenge. Es ist wichtig, die beiderseitigen
Hauptideen zu kennen. Der Hebel f4 ist natürlich, aber auch a3-b4 kann
ziemlich lästig für Schwarz sein, wenn man ungehindert dazu kommt.} b6 11. b4
{[#] We are already in new territory. If Black is forced to take on b4 he will
be under permanent pressure down the a-file and will have trouble dealing with
a potential b5, weakening the d5 square. I was in no mood to play a passive
position. Wir befinden uns bereits auf neuem Terrain. Falls Schwarz gezwungen
ist, auf b4 zu nehmen, wird er in der a-Linie unter permanentem Druck stehen
und es schwer haben, einem potentiellen b5 zu begegnen, was das Feld d5
schwächt. Ich hatte keine Lust, eine passive Stellung zu spielen.} Nf8 $5 12.
bxc5 Ne6 13. cxb6 axb6 {Black sacrifices a pawn for a couple of tempi, and
though it might seem far from clear on what he has achieved, this become
readily apparent when some moves are played on the board. Schwarz opfert einen
Bauern für ein paar Tempi, und obwohl bei weitem nicht auf der Hand liegen
mag, was er erreicht hat, wird es, nachdem ein paar Züge auf dem Brett
gespielt sind, sonnenklar.} 14. Qc1 (14. O-O f5 $40) 14... f5 15. a4 f4 {
My longest think of the game, and a point where again I had tempting options.
I also wanted to make sure that my plan of crashing through the kingside made
sense when his king is still on e1! Meine längste Denkphase der Partie, und
ein Punkt, an dem ich erneut verlockende Optionen hatte. Außerdem wolle ich
sichergehen, dass mein Plan, am Köngisflügel durchzubrechen, auch sinnvoll
ist, wenn sein König noch auf e1 steht!} 16. Bd2 O-O {Both sides have
clarified their plans. White wants to consolidate and use the extra pawn to
full effect, trying to put his pieces in a way that they stymie Black's attack.
Beide Seiten haben ihre Pläne definiert. Weiß will sich konsolidieren und
den Mehrbauern voll zur Geltung bringen, wobei er versucht, seine Figuren so
anzuordnen, dass sie den Angriff von Schwarz ersticken.} 17. Qb2 Nd4 $1 18. Ne2
(18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Ne2 f3 20. gxf3 Rxf3 {and Black's rook on f3 is just
monstrous. und der schwarze Turm auf f3 ist einfach monströs.}) 18... Nxf3+
19. gxf3 Be6 20. Rb1 {Georg must have felt that his position was already quite
uncomfortable, taking a considerable amount of time on this move. Georg hat
wohl gespürt, dass seine Stellung bereits recht unangenehm war, denn er
verbrauchte für diesen Zug beträchtlich viel Zeit.} Ra6 21. Bc3 Qc7 22. Rg1
Kh7 23. h4 Rb8 24. Ra1 (24. d4 Rxa4 25. dxe5 Ra2 26. Qc1 Bc4 $5 $13) 24... c5
25. Kd2 Rd8 $6 {[#] I was happy with my position here, but the computers point
out that this was actually a bad mistake! [#] Hier war ich glücklich mit
meiner Stellung, aber die Computer zeigen, dass dies in Wirklichkeit ein
böser Fehler war!} 26. Rgd1 (26. Rxg6 $3 {did not really cross our minds
during the game. kam uns während der Partie nicht wirklich in den Sinn.} Kxg6
27. Nxf4+ Kf7 {Black is up a rook, but the engines claim that after Schwarz
hat einen Turm mehr, aber die Engines behaupten, dass nach} (27... exf4 28.
Rg1+ {just wins gewinnt einfach.}) 28. Rg1 Bf6 29. Nxe6 Kxe6 30. f4 {it is now
White that has a powerful attack. It was certainly difficult to evaluate such
a position, especially in my opponent's looming time pressure. nunmehr Weiß
derjenige ist, der kraftvollen Angriff hat. Eine solche Stellung
einzuschätzen, war natürlich schwierig, zumal in der sich anbahnenden
Zeitnot meines Gegners.}) 26... Bh3 27. Qb5 Rda8 28. Rg1 Qd6 29. Qb2 R8a7 $1 {
A move that highlights how difficult White's position is. It parries White's
only threat of Nxf4, and Black is currently keeping all the pluses in the
position. Ein Zug, der betont, wie schwierig die Stellung von Weiß ist. Er
pariert die einzige weiße Drohung Sxf4, und Schwarz hält aktuell alle
Trümpfe in der Stellung.} 30. Rab1 Qf6 31. a5 {The queenside finally opens up,
but Black is better prepared for this. Endlich öffnet sich der Damenflügel,
aber Schwarz ist dafür besser vorbereitet.} Bd7 32. axb6 Rb7 33. h5 g5 34. Ra1
{The next few moves were played trying to get to the 40 move mark, and it is
not difficult for me to keep control of the position with my pair of bishops
and the difficult situation of White's king on d2. Die nächsten paar Züge
wurden gespielt, um die 40. Züge-Marke zu schaffen, und es ist für mich, mit
meinem Läuferpaar und der misslichen Situation des weißen Königs auf d2,
nicht schwer, die Stellung zu kontrollieren.} Raxb6 35. Qa3 Qd6 36. Nc1 Be6 37.
Rh1 Bf7 38. Ke2 Qd7 39. Qa4 Rc6 40. Qa5 c4 {With time pressure over, it is
clear that White cannot parry all of my threats. Doubling on the c-file and
crashing through is the most pressing one, but as we will soon see others will
also arise. Bei geschaffter Zeitnot ist klar, dass Weiß nicht all meine
Drohungen parieren kann. Verdoppeln und Durchbrechen in der c-Linie ist am
zwingendsten, aber wie wir gleich sehen, werden sich auch noch andere ergeben.}
41. Ra3 Rbc7 42. Kd2 Rc5 43. Qa8 Rc8 44. Ra7 {Desperate, but White's position
was beyond salvation. Verzweiflung, aber die weiße Stellung war jenseits von
Gut und Böse.} (44. Qa4 Qxa4 45. Rxa4 cxd3 46. Ra3 dxc2 {looks simply lost
sieht einfach verloren aus.}) 44... Qb5 45. Qxc8 (45. Qb7 Qxb7 46. Rxb7 cxd3 {
is even worse than in the previous variation. ist sogar noch schlimmer als in
der vorigen Variante.}) 45... Rxc8 46. Rxf7 {A knight, a pawn and a rook might
sometimes be able to fight against a queen, but here I'm just scooping up all
the pawns and the attack continues. On top of that, the rook on f7 is trapped!
The rest is easy. Ein Springer, ein Bauer und ein Turm können manchmal gegen
eine Dame kämpfen, aber hier sammle ich einfach alle Bauern ein, und der
Angriff geht weiter. Obendrein ist auch noch der Turm f7 gefangen! Der Rest
ist leicht.} Kg8 47. Rxg7+ Kxg7 48. d4 exd4 49. Bxd4+ Kf7 50. Rd1 c3+ 51. Ke1
Qb2 {Despite the mistakes, this was a massively complicated and interesting
fight. Unfortunately, because Magnus started to run away with the tournament
near the end, it was only enough for second place. Trotz der Fehler war dies
ein immens komplizierter und interessanter Kampf. Leider reicht es, da Magnus
zum Turnierende auszureißen begann, nur zum zweiten Platz.} 0-1

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 6th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4
15. g3 Qh3 16. Nd2 Rae8 17. Ne4 Bg4 18. Qg2 Qxg2+ 19. Kxg2 f5 20. h3 Bh5 21.
Bf4 Bxf4 22. gxf4 fxe4 23. dxe4 Bf3+ 24. Kxf3 Rxf4+ 25. Kg3 Rfxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4
27. f3 Re5 28. c4 bxc4 29. Bxc4 a5 30. Rc1 Rg5+ 31. Kf2 Kf8 32. Bd3 Ne7 33. Rc4
Rh5 34. h4 Ke8 35. b4 axb4 36. Rxb4 Kd7 37. a4 g6 38. Kg3 Ra5 39. Rd4+ Ke6 40.
Kg4 Nd5 41. Kg3 Ne7 42. Kg4 Nd5 43. Kg3 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco Mechanics Institute op"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2019.05.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ezra, Paul Chambers"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d4 d6 4. d5 Nb8 5. e4 g6 6. f4 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bd3
Na6 9. O-O Nc5 10. Bc2 a5 11. Be3 Nfd7 12. Qd2 e5 13. f5 Qe7 14. g4 Nb6 15. b3
Bd7 16. Kh1 f6 17. h4 Kh8 18. Rf2 a4 19. Rff1 c6 20. Qe2 cxd5 21. exd5 gxf5 22.
gxf5 axb3 23. axb3 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Ra8 25. Rg1 Nc8 26. h5 Qf7 27. Nh4 Ne7 28. h6
Bf8 29. b4 Na6 30. b5 Nc5 31. Bxc5 dxc5 32. d6 Nc8 33. Ng6+ hxg6 34. fxg6 Qe6
35. g7+ Bxg7 36. hxg7+ Kg8 37. Bh7+ Kxh7 38. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "San Francisco Mechanics Institute op"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2019.05.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nc6 5. d5 Ne7 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O
9. Be3 Nh5 10. g4 Nf4 11. Qd2 c6 12. O-O-O cxd5 13. cxd5 Bd7 14. Kb1 a6 15. Ne2
Nxe2 16. Bxe2 Bb5 17. Rhg1 Qd7 18. Rc1 Rfc8 19. h4 Rxc1+ 20. Kxc1 Bxe2 21. Qxe2
Qa4 22. Kb1 Qxe4+ 23. Ka1 Rc8 24. Ng5 Qxd5 25. Rd1 Qc6 26. h5 h6 27. Nf3 g5 28.
a3 d5 29. Ne1 Qe6 30. Nd3 d4 31. Bd2 e4 32. Nc1 d3 33. Qe3 Rc2 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Mechanics Institute op"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2019.05.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Chirila, Robert Ioan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2019.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Qe2 Bb4 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 e5 11. O-O-O a5 12. g4 a4 13. Nd2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5
15. Nc4 Nxc3 16. Nxb6 Nxe2+ 17. Bxe2 Ra5 18. c3 Be6 19. Rd6 e4 20. h4 Re8 21.
Rhd1 h6 22. Rg1 g5 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Kd2 Kg7 25. Rg3 Kf6 26. Ke3 Ke7 27. Rd1
Kf6 28. Bc4 Ne5 29. Be2 Nd3 30. c4 Nxb2 31. Rb1 Nd3 32. Bxd3 exd3 33. Kxd3 Rd8+
34. Kc3 Kg6 35. Rb4 Rd1 36. Nxa4 Rc1+ 37. Kd4 Bxc4 38. Rc3 Rxc3 39. Nxc3 Be6
40. a4 Bxg4 41. Rxb7 Be6 42. Rb5 Ra7 43. a5 g4 44. Ne4 Rd7+ 45. Kc3 Ra7 46. Kb4
f5 47. Nc5 Bd5 48. Nd3 Be4 49. Nf4+ Kg5 50. Ne6+ Kh4 51. Nc5 g3 52. fxg3+ Kxg3
53. Rb8 Kf4 54. a6 Bf3 55. Re8 Kg3 56. Kb5 f4 57. Kb6 Rg7 58. a7 Rg6+ 59. Ka5
Rg7 60. Kb6 Rg6+ 61. Ne6 Ba8 62. Kc5 f3 63. Rxa8 Rxe6 64. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "San Francisco Mechanics Institute op"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2019.05.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bhat, Vinay S"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 Be6 6. Qf3 Qd7 7. Bb5 Nc6 8.
Nge2 O-O-O 9. a3 a6 10. Ba4 g5 11. h3 h5 12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. Ng3 g4 14. hxg4 hxg4
15. Qe2 Bd6 16. O-O-O Bxa3 17. Qd3 Bb4 18. Nxf5 Kb8 19. Ne2 a5 20. Kb1 a4 21.
c3 Bd6 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Nf4 Bd7 24. Ka1 b6 25. Qb1 Kb7 26. Rxh8 Rxh8 27. Rh1
Bf5 28. Qf1 Ra8 29. Qb5 Ra5 30. Qb4 Qc6 31. Rh8 a3 32. b3 Rb5 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Mechanics Institute op"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2019.05.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2019.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Nd7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
Nc4 Re8 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 Nf8 12. Kh1 Ng6 13. Ng1 Be6 14. Ne2 Qd7
15. Qd2 c5 16. b3 b6 17. a4 Rad8 18. f3 Kh8 19. Rf2 Kg8 20. Qc3 Kh8 21. Raf1
Kg8 22. f4 exf4 23. Nxf4 Nxf4 24. Rxf4 Qd4 25. Qe1 a6 26. Qg3 Qe5 27. h3 b5 28.
axb5 axb5 29. Ng4 Bxg4 30. Qxg4 c4 31. Rxf6 cxd3 32. cxd3 Rxd3 33. R6f5 Qe7 34.
e5 h6 35. Qg6 Re3 36. b4 Re2 37. Rh5 Qe6 38. Rf6 Qe7 39. Rff5 Qe6 40. Qg3 Kh7
41. Rfg5 Qd7 42. Rxg7+ Qxg7 43. Qd3+ Qg6 44. Qxe2 Qb1+ 45. Kh2 Qxb4 46. Qd3+
Kg7 47. Rf5 Qe7 48. Qxb5 Rf8 49. Rh5 Qf7 50. Rh4 Qe6 51. Rg4+ Kh7 52. Qd3+ Qf5
53. Qe3 Re8 54. Re4 Re6 55. Qd4 h5 56. Re3 Kh6 57. Kg1 Qg5 58. Re2 Qf5 59. Qd2+
Qg5 60. Qc3 Qg7 61. Re4 Qe7 62. h4 Qg7 63. Qe3+ Kh7 64. Qe2 Kh6 65. Qd2+ Kh7
66. Qd3 Kh6 67. Qd4 Qe7 68. Qe3+ Kh7 69. Qd3 Kh6 70. Qd2+ Kh7 71. Qe2 Kh6 72.
Qf3 Qg7 73. Qf5 Qg6 74. Qf4+ Kh7 75. Rd4 Re7 76. Rc4 Qe6 77. Qe4+ Kg7 78. Rc6
Qxe5 79. Qg6+ Kh8 80. Qh6+ Kg8 81. Rg6+ Kf7 82. Qh7+ Ke8 83. Qg8+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Nc6 6. h3 g6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Be2
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. Re1 Rad8 13. Nf1 f6 14. Ne3 e5 15.
Bh2 Bxh3 16. gxh3 Qxh3 17. Bf1 Qh5 18. Bg2 Kh8 19. Qe2 g5 20. Rad1 g4 21. Nd2
exd4 22. cxd4 f5 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. d5 Ne5 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. d6 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 h5
28. Qb5 Bg7 29. Nxf5 g3 30. Rxe4 gxf2 31. Kxf2 a6 32. Qd5 Rxd6 33. Qxd6 Rxf5+
34. Ke3 Qxg2 35. Kd3 Qxb2 36. Re2 Qc3+ 37. Ke4 Re5+ 38. Kf4 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d3 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O e5 6. e4 d4 7. a4 Bd6 8. Na3 Be6
9. Ng5 Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. h4 h6 12. Nh3 Nd7 13. Nf2 g5 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Bh3
Qe7 16. Kg2 O-O-O 17. Bd2 Kb8 18. Qe2 Nf8 19. Rh1 Ne6 20. Bg4 Bg6 21. Bf5 Rdg8
22. Rxh8 Rxh8 23. Rh1 Rxh1 24. Kxh1 Bc7 25. Nc4 a6 26. Kg2 Ka7 27. Qe1 b5 28.
axb5 axb5 29. Na3 Kb6 30. Qh1 Bxf5 31. exf5 Ng7 32. Qh7 f6 33. Ne4 Ne8 34. Qg8
Nd6 35. Qb3 Na7 36. Nc4+ Nxc4 37. dxc4 b4 38. c3 Nc6 39. cxb4 cxb4 40. c5+ Kb5
41. Qd3+ Ka5 42. Qc4 Qd7 43. g4 Qd8 44. Qe6 Na7 45. Nxf6 e4 46. Nxe4 Qh8 47.
Nd6 Nc6 48. Qa2# 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 Nd4 8. Nd2
O-O 9. O-O c6 10. b4 d5 11. Bb2 Be6 12. Rc1 a5 13. b5 cxb5 14. cxb5 h5 15. e3
Nf5 16. Na4 Nd7 17. Nb3 b6 18. Nd2 Rc8 19. Qe2 Nd6 20. d4 exd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4
22. exd4 Re8 23. Rc6 Bg4 24. Qd3 Be2 25. Qb3 Nxb5 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27. Re1 Nxd4
28. Qxd5 Nf5 29. Ne4 Bc4 30. Qd2 Re6 31. Rc1 b5 32. Nb2 Ne5 33. Qxa5 Nd4 34.
Rd1 Nef3+ 35. Kh1 Rxe4 36. Bxf3 Qe8 37. Kg2 h4 38. Nxc4 bxc4 39. gxh4 Rxh4 40.
Qd5 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 g6 6. b3 Bh6 7. f4 f5 8. Bb2
Nf6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Kb1 Bg7 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Nf3 Qa5 13. Bc4+ Kh8 14. Rhe1
Rac8 15. a3 Bg4 16. Re3 e5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Qe1 Rce8 19. b4 Qb6 20. Rd6 Qc7
21. Nb5 Qc8 22. Rd2 Re7 23. Nd6 Qc7 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 h6 27.
Re7 Qb8 28. Rxb7 Qa8 29. Qe7 Nh5 30. h3 Bc8 31. Rc7 Bf5 32. Bd5 Qb8 33. Rb7 Qa8
34. g4 Bc8 35. Rc7 Qb8 36. Nf7+ Kh7 37. gxh5 Bf5 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
Nc6 9. Nh3 Bb7 10. Qh4 Nge7 11. Qh5+ Ng6 12. Nf4 Qf7 13. Nxg6 Qxg6 14. Qxg6+
hxg6 15. h4 Na5 16. Bg5 Bc6 17. g4 Ba4 18. Kd2 Nc4+ 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Rag1 Bc6
21. Rh3 Kf7 22. f3 b5 23. Rhg3 Raf8 24. gxf5 gxf5 25. Ke3 Rh7 26. R3g2 Rb8 27.
Rb1 Rb6 28. Kf4 Ra6 29. Ra1 Ra4 30. Kg3 a5 31. Bd2 Bd5 32. Rgg1 Rh8 33. Be3 Ra8
34. Bd2 Rc8 35. Be3 Ra8 36. Bd2 c6 37. Kf4 Rh8 38. Kg3 Ra8 39. Kf4 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Nf1 Re8 10. Ng3 Be6 11. Bc2 d5 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. O-O e4 14. dxe4 Nxe4
15. Bf4 Bb6 16. a4 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Bc4 18. Re1 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Rd8
21. b4 a5 22. Be4 Ne7 23. bxa5 Bxa5 24. axb5 Bxb5 25. Bxh7+ Kxh7 26. Rxe7 f6
27. Nd4 Rd7 28. Re3 Bc4 29. g4 Bxc3 30. Rxc3 Rxd4 31. Be3 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Be6 33.
Kg3 Rd7 34. Rc5 Bd5 35. g5 c6 36. f3 Kg6 37. gxf6 gxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "196"]
[EventDate "2019.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. a3 Bd7 8. Bd3
Bc6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Qe2 dxe5 11. dxe5 Be7 12. Bd2 Nc5 13. Bc4 Nb6 14. Bb5 Bxb5
15. Qxb5+ Qd7 16. Nc3 O-O 17. Qxd7 Ncxd7 18. Ne4 Rac8 19. Bb4 Bxb4 20. axb4 a6
21. Nd6 Rb8 22. Rfc1 Nd5 23. b5 axb5 24. Nxb5 h6 25. h4 Rfc8 26. g3 Rc6 27.
Rxc6 bxc6 28. Nd6 Rxb2 29. Ra7 N5b6 30. h5 c5 31. Rc7 Rb3 32. Kg2 Rd3 33. Nc8
Nxc8 34. Rxc8+ Kh7 35. g4 Rd5 36. Rc7 g5 37. hxg6+ Kxg6 38. Kg3 Nxe5 39. Nh4+
Kg7 40. f3 Ng6 41. Ng2 h5 42. Ne3 Re5 43. Nc4 Rg5 44. Nd6 Nh8 45. Kf4 Rd5 46.
Ne8+ Kg6 47. gxh5+ Rxh5 48. Nd6 Rd5 49. Ne4 Kg7 50. Nxc5 Ng6+ 51. Ke4 Re5+ 52.
Kd4 Re1 53. Ra7 Nh4 54. Ra3 Nf5+ 55. Kc4 Kg6 56. Ne4 Rc1+ 57. Kd3 Re1 58. Kd2
Rh1 59. Ra8 Rh2+ 60. Kd3 Kg7 61. Ra7 Rg2 62. Rc7 Ra2 63. Rc3 Kg6 64. Rb3 Ne7
65. Rb8 Nd5 66. Rf8 Kg7 67. Rb8 Kg6 68. Rf8 f6 69. Nc5 Kf5 70. Re8 Nf4+ 71. Kc3
Rf2 72. Rf8 Rxf3+ 73. Kc4 Nd5 74. Kd4 Rf4+ 75. Kd3 e5 76. Ke2 Rc4 77. Nb7 Rc6
78. Rd8 Nf4+ 79. Ke3 Rc3+ 80. Kd2 Ra3 81. Nd6+ Ke6 82. Ne4 Ke7 83. Rb8 Ra7 84.
Rb6 Nd5 85. Rb5 Rd7 86. Ke1 Nf4 87. Ra5 Rd4 88. Ng3 Rd3 89. Ra7+ Ke6 90. Ra6+
Rd6 91. Ra8 Rd7 92. Ra6+ Rd6 93. Ra8 Nd5 94. Ne4 Rc6 95. Kf2 Ne7 96. Rf8 Nd5
97. Rd8 Rc2+ 98. Kf3 Nf4 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2875"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. e5 Nh5 4. Be2 d6 5. exd6 Qxd6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Qd2
Bg7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bf4 Qb6 12. Kb1 c5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Ne5 Bb7
15. f3 Nc6 16. Nd3 Qb6 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Nc5 Rfd8 19. Qc1 Rdc8 20. g4 Nb4 21.
Nxb7 Qxb7 22. Bd4 Nc6 23. Be3 Ne5 24. Rhf1 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Nd5 26. Bd4 Rc8 27. f4
Nc4 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Bxc4 Nxc3+ 30. Ka1 Rxc4 31. Rd3 Qg2 32. f5 Nxa2 33. Qe1
Nb4 34. Qe5+ Kh6 35. Rfd1 Nxd3 36. Rxd3 Rxc2 37. Qf4+ g5 38. Rd6+ f6 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 h5 12. O-O Nh6 13. f3 Nf7 14. Bf2 c5 15. dxc6
bxc6 16. b4 Be6 17. Nb3 f5 18. a4 Bh6 19. Qd3 Qd7 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. b5 Qe8 22.
bxc6 Nxc6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Nb4 25. Qc3 Rab8 26. Bb5 Rxb5 27. axb5 Qxb5 28.
Rxa7 fxe4 29. fxe4 Rb8 30. Na5 Qe2 31. Re1 Qd3 32. Qc7 Rf8 33. Nc4 Nc2 34. Nxd6
Be3 35. Bxe3 Nxe1 36. Nxf7 Qxe3+ 37. Kh1 Qxa7 38. Qxa7 Rxf7 39. Qg1 Nc2 40. h3
Nd4 41. Qa1 h4 42. Kh2 Kh7 43. d6 Rd7 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[Annotator "Lupulescu,C"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 (4... Bb4 {is a much more common
choice.}) 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 {The most logical, to put some pressure on e5.}
Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8. d4 Bd7 (8... O-O 9. O-O {was probably White's intention
anyway.} (9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. dxe5 Bc5 11. O-O Ba6 12. Re1 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Rfd8 {
probably gives enough compensation due to Black's control on the light squares.
However, Black would prefer not to have his queenside structure ruined.})) 9.
O-O (9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. dxe5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Bxe5 12. O-O O-O 13. Ba3 c5 14. Bxc5
Bxh2+ {is just equal.}) 9... O-O 10. Nd2 {Avoiding in advance e4 ideas.} (10.
Bxc6 Bxc6 11. dxe5 Be7 {gives full compensation for the pawn.}) (10. Bb2 e4 11.
Nd2 Qg5 $40 {would just play into Black's hands.}) 10... Na5 11. Bd3 $1 {
White rightfully decides to keep the light squared bishops on the board} (11.
Bxd7 Qxd7 {would complete Black's development while at the same time giving
him easy play.}) 11... f5 12. e4 ({The other central reaction was not that
promising:} 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Ba3 c5 (13... Re8 14. Nf3 $1 Bxc3 15. Rc1 Bf6 16.
Qc2 {gives White something to play for.}) 14. Bxc5 Bxh2+ $1 $13 {Again this
tactical resource allows Black a comfortable position.}) 12... f4 {A logical
continuation.} (12... Kh8 13. Nf3 fxe4 14. Bxe4 exd4 15. cxd4 {Although the
engine is unimpressed, it seems like the black king could be in some danger.})
13. Nf3 Bg4 {Principled but it involves some strategic risk.} (13... Qe7 {
was a more solid option as White cannot advantageously take on e5:} 14. Bb2 (
14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 {Black has easier play as White is lacking in
development and also his dark-squared bishop is a nuisance.}) 14... Rad8 $13)
14. Be2 {Getting rid of the annoying pin.} Bxf3 (14... c6 {The engine finds
some cool moves like this one pretending that nothing is wrong but a human
would (quite rightfully) prefer to resolve the tension in the centre.}) 15.
Bxf3 {White now has the bishop pair but it is not that simple to make progress
as the position is not easy to open.} b6 {Black could postpone this move and
play for example the more natural Qe7 first but a transposition was very
likely to happen anyway.} (15... Qe7 {was more natural.}) 16. Qe2 {White
continues with the development} (16. g3 g5 17. Bg4 Qe7 18. Qe2 Kh8 {is very
much recommended by the engine but it's not that clear what was White's big
achievement.}) 16... Qe7 17. Rd1 Rad8 18. Bd2 {Both sides finished developing
and we got to a rather complex position where White's play feels nevertheless
easier.} g6 $1 {Quite logical to take back some control on the light squares.}
19. Be1 Kg7 20. Rac1 h5 {To have some attacking chances on the kingside Black
would need to get g4 into play but it's not likely to happen anytime soon.
However, White's Bf3 is quite stuck on this prophilactic role reducing White's
chances for an advantage to a minimum.} 21. h3 c5 22. Kf1 Nc6 {Playing for a
blockade.} (22... c4 $5 {Similar to some Grunfeld positions, c4 was entirely
playable. Black gets some queenside play and also has the c5 square for the
knight in case White plays either dxe5 or d5.}) 23. Qb5 (23. d5 {Even though
the engine strongly advocates this move, it will be almost impossible to break
through.} Na5 (23... Nb8) 24. c4 Bc7 (24... Nb7 25. a4) 25. Rb1 Rb8 26. Qc2 (
26. Bxa5 bxa5 27. Rb5 Qd6 28. Qc2 Rxb5 29. cxb5 Bb6 {I hardly see any progress
for White soon.}) 26... Nb7 27. a4 a5 28. Bc3 Nd6 {is also likely to be a
fortress. However, probably it was preferable to the game as at least here
White can try something.}) 23... Rc8 24. dxc5 {Opens the position but now the
black B will find a really comfortable place on c5.} (24. d5 Nb8 25. a4 (25. c4
Nd7 26. a4 a5 {again getting to a blockade.}) 25... c4 $13) 24... Bxc5 25. Rd5
Rfd8 26. Rcd1 Rd6 {Preparing a general rook swap.} 27. R1d3 (27. Be2 Na5 $1 {
Black doesn't allow the light squared bishop to become (potentially) dangerous.
}) 27... Rcd8 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Bd1 Rxd3 30. Qxd3 Na5 31. Qd5 Qd6 32. Qxd6 {
White always looked slightly more pleasant but Caruana managed to keep the
balance seemingly without big difficulties.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Lupulescu,C"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 {
So we have the famous poisoned pawn variation that many grandmasters already
fell victim to, including yours truly.} ({The two players had already
extensive experience in the line, mostly between each other:} 7... h6 8. Bh4
Qb6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bf2 (10. Qd3 Nbd7 11. O-O-O g5 $6 12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qd2 Nh7
14. Nf3 hxg5 15. Bf2 $16 {½-½ (30) Caruana,F (2807)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2791)
Saint Louis 2017}) 10... Qc7 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O b5 13. g4 Bb7 (13... g5 14.
h4 gxf4 15. Be2 b4 16. axb4 Ne5 17. Qxf4 Nexg4 18. Bxg4 e5 19. Qxf6 $1 Bxf6 20.
Nd5 Qd8 21. Nf5 Rb8 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Rxd6 $18 {White won in style in Caruana,
F (2823)-Nakamura,H (2779) London 2016}) 14. h4 (14. Bg2 g5 15. h4 gxf4 16. g5
Ne5 17. Qxf4 hxg5 18. hxg5 Rxh1 19. Rxh1 Nfd7 20. Kb1 O-O-O $13 {0-1 (59)
Karjakin,S (2760)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) London 2017}) 14... Nc5 (14... d5
15. e5 Ne4 16. Rh3 Nxf2 17. Qxf2 b4 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. f5 Nxe5 20. fxe6 O-O 21.
Qg1 Rae8 22. g5 h5 23. Be2 g6 24. exf7+ $13 {1/2-1/2 (43) Caruana,F (2817)
-Vachier Lagrave,M (2803) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2017}) 15. Bd3 d5 (15... Nxd3+
16. Rxd3 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Be1 O-O-O $13 {1/2-1/2 (37) Anand,V (2768)-Vachier
Lagrave,M (2779) Saint Louis 2018}) (15... h5 16. g5 Ng4 17. Rhg1 Qb6 18. Kb1
b4 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Rxg4 hxg4 21. Qxg4 Rb8 22. Na2 Qa4 23. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 (25)
Grischuk,A (2766)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2779) Saint Louis 2018}) 16. e5 Nfe4 17.
Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Rh3 h5 19. Be1 g6 20. gxh5 Rxh5 21. Qg4 Qb6 22. Nce2 Rc8 23. Kb1
Rc4 24. b3 Rc8 25. Kb2 a5 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 Ra8 28. Ra1 Ra4 $17 {1/2-1/2 
(51) Caruana,F (2822)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2779) Saint Louis 2018}) 8. Qd2 (8.
Qd3 {was also successfully used by Caruana against Nakamura in 2017.}) 8...
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Be7 {A very rare continuation.} (10... Nc6 {It's the
main line with thousands of games.}) 11. fxe6 Bxe6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Bc4 Nbd7
14. Bxe6 Nc5 15. Bc4 $5 {A novelty setting practical problems for Black.} (15.
Bb3 Rc8 16. O-O Nxb3 17. Rxb3 Qc5+ 18. Be3 Qc4 19. Rf4 {Trying to take
advantage of the tactical trick involving e4-e5.} Nh5 $1 20. Rf5 Nf6 {There
were already some draws like this.}) (15. Bf5 g6 16. Bh3 Ncxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4
18. Qd4 Qc3+ 19. Qxc3 Nxc3 20. Bxe7 Kxe7 21. Rb3 Ne4 22. Rxb7+ Kf6 23. O-O+ Kg5
24. g3 Rab8 25. Ra7 Rb2 26. Bg2 d5 27. h4+ Kg4 28. Kh2 Rxc2 $1 (28... Nxg3 29.
Bh3+ Kxh4 30. Rf4+ Kg5 31. Kxg3 $16 {1/2-1/2 (70) Wei Yi (2736)-Nepomniachtchi,
I (2773) Moscow RUS 2019}) 29. Rf4+ Kh5 30. Kh3 Nf2+ $11) 15... Ncxe4 $6 {
The human choice although definitely not the best.} ({Black's difficulties can
be seen for a example in} 15... Rc8 16. O-O Ncd7 17. Rf5 Rxc4 18. Rb3 Rxc3 19.
Rxc3 Qxa2 20. Rc8+ Bd8 21. Qxd6 Qa1+ 22. Rf1 Qe5 23. Rxf6 gxf6 24. Qxe5+ Nxe5
25. Bxf6 Kd7 26. Bxh8 Kxc8 27. Bxe5 Bc7 {After a long (though not necessarily
needed) engine line we have an endgame that few humans could assess as drawn
so far in advance.}) 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bf7+ $1 {The point of 15.Bc4.} Kxf7 18.
Qd5+ Ke8 19. Qxe4 Qa5+ 20. Kd1 $1 {Caruna shows fantastic preparation even in
this very rare line.} (20. Bd2 Qe5 21. Qxe5 dxe5 22. Rxb7 Rf8 {and Black is
fine.}) 20... Qxg5 21. Rxb7 {Because of the the pinned B and the hanging R on
a8, White will be getting his piece back with interest. 0-0 would solve all
Black's problems but, unfortunately for him, his monarch has already taken a
small stroll.} Rf8 (21... Qe5 $2 22. Re1 {is very bad for Black-} Kd8 {and now
the following precise sequence is very strong:} 23. Qc6 (23. Rxe7 Kxe7 24. Qb7+
Kf6 25. Rxe5 $16 {is also possible since White's Q is stronger than Black's
rooks.}) 23... Qd4+ 24. Ke2 Qg4+ 25. Kd3 Qf5+ 26. Re4 Qf1+ 27. Kc3 Bf6+ 28. Kb3
Qb1+ 29. Ka3 $18 {The checks ran out and now the Black K is in terrible danger.
}) (21... Qh5+ {was also not that strong for Black:} 22. g4 Qe5 23. Re1 Kd8 24.
Rxe7 (24. Qc6 Qd4+ 25. Ke2 Qxg4+ 26. Kd3 Qf5+ 27. Re4 Qh3+ $11 {is the
difference compared to 21...Qe5.}) 24... Kxe7 25. Qb7+ Kf6 26. Rxe5 dxe5 27.
Ke2 $16) 22. Re1 (22. Rxe7+ Qxe7 23. Qxa8+ Kd7 24. Qb7+ Kd8 25. Qxa6 Qe5 {
is an inferior version of the game for White.}) 22... Rf7 23. Rxe7+ Rxe7 24.
Qxa8+ Kf7 25. Rf1+ Kg6 26. Qxa6 Qe5 $1 {The most consistent. White has an
extra pawn but his K on d1 is quite awkward, so it makes sense to keep the
queens on.} (26... Qd5+ {was an option but Black would risk a lot:} 27. Qd3+
Qxd3+ 28. cxd3 Ra7 29. Rf2 Ra3 30. Kc1 Rxd3 31. Kb2 {"All the rook endgames
are drawn". Except, of course, from the ones that aren't. Here the white
king's active position and also the awkward placement of the rook d3 with the
pawn on d6 make Black's task difficult.} Rd4 (31... h5 $1 32. a4 h4 {is a
better try to make some progress on the kingside taking advantage of the fact
that White cannot yet push a5.}) 32. Kb3 Rd3+ 33. Kc4 Rd1 34. a4 d5+ 35. Kb3 d4
36. Ra2 Rc1 37. Rd2 Rb1+ 38. Ka2 Rf1 39. Ka3 Rf4 40. g3 Re4 41. Kb3 Kf5 42. a5
Re3+ 43. Kb4 $18 {is a sample line.}) 27. Qd3+ Kh6 {We have an atypical
position where both the monarchs are feeling quite awkward.} 28. c3 $143 (28.
g3 {was probably better keeping the h2 pawn alive.} g6 (28... Qa1+ 29. Kd2 Qe5
{is a mysterious engine choice.}) 29. Qd2+ Kg7 30. Qf4 $16) 28... Qxh2 $1 {
The right decision restoring the material balance. However, White can still
set some practical problems.} 29. Qd2+ Kg6 30. Rf4 Re6 31. Qc2+ Kh6 32. Qf2
Qh5+ $1 {Getting his Q back into play with tempo.} 33. Kd2 (33. Kc1 $2 Re2 {
is good for Black.}) 33... Qd5+ 34. Kc1 g6 {A normal move in a position where
Black probably felt he solved all of his problems.} (34... g5 {was maybe
easier:} 35. Rd4 Qc5 36. Qf8+ Kg6 37. Qg8+ Kf6 $11) 35. a4 Qe5 36. Kc2 g5 $6 (
36... Qe2+ {would be quite an easy draw:} 37. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 38. Kb3 Rxg2 39. a5
Re2 40. a6 Re8 {The black rook will be quite passive but his h- and g-pawns
ensure enough counterplay.}) 37. Rd4 Kg6 38. Qf3 (38. Kb3 $5 {preparing for
the rook endgame was also interesting:} h5 $1 39. Qd2 Qf5 40. Rd5 $1 {Players
normally would not allow the black queen to arrive on b1 with check, but
Black's king g6 is not feeling so well either.} Qb1+ 41. Ka3 Kf7 $1 {and Black
keeps the balance.} (41... Qa1+ 42. Kb4 Re4+ 43. c4 $18)) 38... h5 {Now Black
gets a much needed tempo.} 39. Rd5 Qe2+ 40. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 41. Rd2 Re6 $2 {Very
natural but wrong.} (41... Re8 {was another option:} 42. Rxd6+ Kf5 43. a5 Kg4
44. Kb3 Kg3 45. Rh6 Kxg2 46. Rxh5 g4 $11) (41... Re5 {seemed simplest:} 42.
Rxd6+ (42. Kb3 Kf5 43. Ra2 Ke6 44. a5 Kd7 45. a6 Re8 {is also a draw.}) 42...
Kf5 43. Kb3 h4 44. Rd2 g4 {Black has enough counterplay.}) 42. a5 {Now the a
pawn becomes very hard to stop.} h4 43. Kb3 g4 44. Kb4 Re1 45. Ra2 $1 $18 {
Of course not allowing Black to put his rook behind the a-pawn.} Rb1+ 46. Kc4
h3 47. gxh3 gxh3 48. a6 Rb8 49. Kd5 Ra8 50. Kxd6 {Liquidating to an easily
winning endgame.} h2 51. Rxh2 Rxa6+ 52. Kd5 Kf7 53. Re2 $1 {The important move,
cutting off the black king.} Ra8 54. c4 Rd8+ 55. Kc6 Rc8+ 56. Kb5 Rb8+ 57. Ka6
Rc8 58. Re4 Kf6 {Black is missing two tempi to achieve the draw since if he
was to move and he would go ...Kf5, White would still be winning after Rh4.}
59. Kb7 Kf5 60. Rd4 {Caruana showed again some fantastic preparation getting a
very promising position. However, with some precise moves Black could have
saved the day.} 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. O-O Qc7 6. Nxd4 a6 7. b3 d5 8. c4
dxc4 9. Bb2 cxb3 10. Qxb3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qc3 Bd7 14. Qxf6
Rg8 15. Nc3 Rg6 16. Qf3 Be7 17. Rac1 Kf8 18. Ne4 Be8 19. Nc5 Qa5 20. Qe3 Qxa2
21. Be4 Rg7 22. Rc2 Qa5 23. Rb1 Qc7 24. Qf3 Kg8 25. Rb7 Qd6 26. Bd3 Bd8 27. Ne4
Qe5 28. Rc5 Qd4 29. Rc4 Qe5 30. Rc5 Qd4 31. Qf4 a5 32. Rb8 Rxb8 33. Qxb8 Kf8
34. Nd6 Ke7 35. Nxe8 Qxc5 36. Nxg7 a4 37. g4 a3 38. Qb3 Bb6 39. e3 Qg5 40. Nh5
Qxg4+ 41. Ng3 Bc5 42. Kg2 h5 43. h3 Qg5 44. Kf1 Qd5 45. Qxd5 cxd5 46. Bb1 h4
47. Ne2 f5 48. Nf4 Kf7 49. Ba2 Be7 50. Ke2 Bf6 51. Kd3 Be5 52. Ng2 Bf6 53. Ne1
Be7 54. Kc2 Kf6 55. Nf3 f4 56. Nxh4 fxe3 57. fxe3 Kg5 58. Nf3+ Kf5 59. Kd3 Bc5
60. Nd4+ Ke5 61. Nf3+ Kf5 62. Ke2 Kf6 63. Bb1 e5 64. Ba2 e4 65. Nd4 Ke5 66. Nb5
Be7 67. Bb3 Bc5 68. h4 d4 69. exd4+ Bxd4 70. Nxa3 Kf5 71. h5 Kg5 72. Bf7 Kf4
73. Nc4 Bg7 74. Bg6 Bd4 75. Nd6 e3 76. Nf7 Bg7 77. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Be2 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Nbxd2 O-O 11. O-O f6 12. Bb5 Ne7 13. a3 Ba5 14. Bd3 Nc6
15. Bb5 Bb6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Rc1 fxe5 18. Nxe5 Ba6 19. Nxc6 Qf6 20. Nf3 Bb5
21. Nce5 Bxf1 22. Qxf1 Rad8 23. Qd3 Qf4 24. Rc2 Rde8 25. g3 Qe4 26. Rd2 c5 27.
dxc5 Bxc5 28. Qxd5+ Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Bb6 30. Kg2 Rc8 31. Nd7 Rfe8 32. Nxb6 axb6
33. Rb5 Rc2 34. Nd4 Rd2 35. Nf3 Rc2 36. Nd4 Rd2 37. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. Ne5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Be7 8. e3
b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nxc4 Nbd7 11. b3 Ba6 12. Bc1 Rc8 13. Bb2 c5 14. Nbd2 O-O 15.
O-O cxd4 16. Bxd4 Nc5 17. Rc1 Nd5 18. Ne4 Nc3 19. Qg4 Ne2+ 20. Qxe2 Nxb3 21.
Bb2 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 e5 23. Bxe5 Qd7 24. Bd4 Rfd8 25. Bf1 Bb7 26. Bg2 Ba6 27. Bf1
Bb7 28. Bg2 Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Rb8 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Ncb4
Nxb4 15. Nxb4 Bd7 16. Bxa6 Qa5 17. Qxd6 Rb6 18. Qd3 Be6 19. O-O Be7 20. Bc4
Bxb4 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. cxb4 Qxb4 23. Qc2 O-O 24. Rxa4 Qb7 25. Qc3 Rb6 26. Qxe5
Rxb2 27. Rd4 h6 28. h4 Rb1 29. g4 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Qc8 31. Qg3 Re8 32. Kg2 Qc6
33. Qd3 Qf6 34. h5 Qg5 35. Qf3 Qf6 36. Rd3 Qc6 37. Rd4 Qf6 38. Rb4 Qd6 39. Qb3
Qd7 40. Qg3 Qe7 41. Qb3 Qd7 42. Kf3 Qd6 43. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. Re1 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Qd7 14. h3 Bh5 15.
a4 b4 16. a5 bxc3 17. Bxc3 Rfd8 18. Rc1 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Na7 20. Bc2 g6 21. Qg3
Qe6 22. Bd1 d4 23. Bd2 c5 24. Bg4 Qa2 25. e6 f6 26. Bf5 Qxb2 27. Rc2 Qb8 28.
Bf4 Qb4 29. Bxg6 Qxe1+ 30. Kh2 Rd5 31. Rc1 Rg5 32. Qf3 Qxe6 33. Qxa8+ Kg7 34.
Bd3 Qd5 35. Qxd5 Rxd5 36. Bxa6 c4 37. Bxc4 Rxa5 38. Bd3 Nb5 39. Rc6 Nc3 40. g4
Nd5 41. Bd6 Ra7 42. Be4 Rd7 43. Bg3 Nb4 44. Rc1 d3 45. Bf5 d2 46. Rd1 Rd4 47.
f4 Na2 48. Bf2 Rd8 49. Be3 Bb4 50. Kg2 Nc1 51. Kf3 Nb3 52. Bc2 Nd4+ 53. Bxd4
Rxd4 54. Ke3 Rc4 55. Bd3 Rc1 56. Ke2 h5 57. gxh5 Kh6 58. Bg6 Ba5 59. Be8 Rc7
60. Bg6 Re7+ 61. Kd3 Re1 62. Kc2 Re3 63. h4 Re1 64. Bf7 Kg7 65. Bg6 Bb4 66. Bd3
Re3 67. Rb1 Re1 68. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e4 Bxc3 5. dxc3 d6 6. Qc2 O-O 7. Nf3 Be6 8.
Ng5 Bd7 9. f3 a5 10. Nh3 a4 11. Nf2 Nc6 12. Be2 Na5 13. b4 axb3 14. axb3 Nc6
15. Rb1 Be6 16. Nd1 Ne7 17. O-O c6 18. Bg5 Nd7 19. Qd2 h6 20. Be3 Nf6 21. Nf2
d5 22. Rfd1 Qc7 23. Bc5 b6 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. cxd5 cxd5 26. exd5 Bxd5 27. c4 Bc6
28. Qe3 Ra2 29. Ra1 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 Nd7 31. Bd3 f5 32. Bc2 e4 33. fxe4 Ne5 34.
Bd1 fxe4 35. Be2 Nf3+ 36. Bxf3 Rxf3 37. Qxb6 Qf6 38. Rd1 e3 39. Ng4 Qe6 40.
Qb8+ Kh7 41. Ne5 Qh3 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2875"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 e5 7. O-O Qc7 8. a3
Nf6 9. Be3 c4 10. Nc3 cxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. Bc5 Bf8 14. Bxf8 Kxf8
15. Rd2 Be6 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Rxd8+ Kg7 19. R8d3 h6 20. b4 a5 21.
Re3 Nd7 22. Na4 b5 23. Nb2 c5 24. c3 c4 25. Rd2 axb4 26. axb4 Nf6 27. Nd1 Bd7
28. Nh2 Qa7 29. h4 Bc6 30. f3 Bd7 31. Nf1 Be6 32. Kh2 Nh5 33. g3 g5 34. hxg5
hxg5 35. Nf2 g4 36. Nxg4 Bxg4 37. fxg4 Nf6 38. Kg2 Nxg4 39. Rf3 Qa8 40. Re2 Kg6
41. Rf5 f6 42. Nh2 Nh6 43. Rf1 Kg7 44. Rd1 Qa3 45. Rd7+ Kg6 46. Nf3 Qxc3 47.
Nh4+ Kh5 48. Rh7 Qd3 49. Re1 c3 50. Nf3 Qc2+ 51. Kh3 Kg6 52. Rc7 Nf7 53. Nh4+
Kg7 54. Nf5+ Kg6 55. Nh4+ Kg7 56. Nf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess Armageddon 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d5 6. Qe2 dxe4 7. Qxe4 Bd6 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 g6 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. Nc4 Qe7 12. O-O-O Nf6 13. Qe2 c5 14. Kb1
cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bc7 16. Rde1 Kg7 17. g3 Rd8 18. f4 Qc5 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. fxe5 Nd5
21. Qf2 Qe7 22. h4 Bd7 23. h5 g5 24. Qe2 Rac8 25. Ka1 a5 26. Rhf1 a4 27. c4 Nb4
28. Bb1 a3 29. bxa3 Na6 30. Rf6 Rh8 31. Ref1 Be8 32. Qf2 Nc5 33. Qc2 Rd8 34.
Nb5 Nd7 35. Qc3 Qc5 36. Nd6 Nxf6 37. exf6+ Kf8 38. Nxb7 Qd4 39. Rf3 Qxc3+ 40.
Rxc3 Rd1 41. a4 Bc6 42. Nc5 Rf1 43. Rb3 Rxf6 44. Rb6 Bxa4 45. Nxa4 Kg7 46. c5
Rf3 47. Rb3 Rf1 48. Kb2 Rd8 49. Bc2 Rf2 50. Rc3 Rb8+ 51. Ka3 Rc8 52. c6 Rc7 53.
Kb4 f5 54. Kb5 f4 55. gxf4 Rxf4 56. Kb6 Rc8 57. Kb7 Rcf8 58. Nb6 g4 59. c7 R4f7
60. a4 Kf6 61. a5 Rg8 62. a6 g3 63. Be4 Ke5 64. Bg2 Kd4 65. Rc2 Kd3 66. Rc6 Rf2
67. c8=Q Rxc8 68. Rxc8 Rxg2 69. a7 Ra2 70. Rg8 g2 71. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Armageddon 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. h4 h6 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Rg8 13. c4 c5 14. Bc3
O-O-O 15. Qe3 g5 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Be2 Rge8 18. b3 d5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Bf3 Bd6
21. Qxg5 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qe6 23. Kb1 Be7 24. Qf4 Bd6 25. Qa4 Bb8 26. Rdg1 Qd7 27.
Qc4 Qd5 28. Qg4+ f5 29. Qh5 Rg8 30. Re1 Bf4 31. Bf6 Rd7 32. Kb2 b6 33. Re8+
Rxe8 34. Qxe8+ Kb7 35. Rh8 Ka6 36. Qe2+ Kb7 37. a4 Qd6 38. Bc3 Re7 39. Qc4 Be5
40. Rf8 Bxc3+ 41. Qxc3 Qd5 42. f4 Ka6 43. a5 bxa5 44. Rf6+ Kb5 45. Ka3 Re4 46.
Qh3 Qd1 47. Qc3 a4 48. Rxf5 Qc1+ 49. Qb2 Qxb2+ 50. Kxb2 axb3 51. Kxb3 Rb4+ 52.
Kc3 Rc4+ 53. Kd3 Rd4+ 54. Ke3 Rc4 55. Kd2 Rd4+ 56. Ke2 Re4+ 57. Kd2 Rd4+ 58.
Kc1 a5 59. Rf8 Re4 60. f5 Re1+ 61. Kb2 Rf1 62. Rb8+ Kc6 63. Rf8 Rxf2 64. f6 a4
65. Ka3 Kb7 66. c4 Rf4 67. f7 Ka7 68. Kxa4 Rxc4+ 69. Kb5 Rf4 70. Kxc5 Kb7 71.
Kd6 Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess Armageddon 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. O-O a6 6. a3 e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Ba2
d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 O-O 13. h3 Be6 14. Qd2 Ng6 15.
Ne2 f5 16. Rae1 Qd7 17. b4 f4 18. Bh2 cxb4 19. axb4 Kh8 20. c3 Rad8 21. Kh1 Bf5
22. Ned4 Rfe8 23. Nxf5 Qxf5 24. d4 Qf7 25. Bb1 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Re8 27. Bg1 Rxe1
28. Nxe1 Nce7 29. Qd3 Qe6 30. Nf3 Bf6 31. Ne5 Bxe5 32. dxe5 Qxe5 33. f3 Qe1 34.
Bc2 Kg7 35. c4 dxc4 36. Qxc4 Nh4 37. Qd4+ Kf7 38. Bb3+ Ke8 39. Qd6 Nhf5 40.
Qb8+ Kd7 41. Qxb7+ Kd8 42. Bc4 Nc8 43. Bxa6 Ncd6 44. Qa8+ Ke7 45. Bd3 Ne3 46.
Qa7+ Ke6 47. Qa2+ Kd7 48. b5 Qd1 49. Be2 Qe1 50. Bd3 Qd1 51. Qe2 Qc1 52. Kh2 h5
53. Bf2 Kc7 54. Qe1 Qc5 55. Kg1 Kb6 56. Qa1 Nxb5 57. Qb2 Kc6 58. Qxb5+ Qxb5 59.
Bxb5+ Kxb5 60. Bxe3 fxe3 61. Kf1 Kc4 62. Ke2 Kd4 63. g3 Kd5 64. Kxe3 Ke5 65.
f4+ Kf5 66. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Armageddon 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O
9. Nbd2 b5 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. O-O Nd7 12. a3 Ne7 13. d4 c5 14. Re1 Qc7 15. b4 c4
16. Qc1 d5 17. Bh6 Bxh6 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Armageddon 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Nbd2
h6 9. Bh4 Qe7 10. b4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. b5 Nd8 13. bxa6 bxa6 14. Rb1 Qf6 15. d4
Nxg3 16. hxg3 g4 17. Nh4 exd4 18. cxd4 Bxd4 19. O-O O-O 20. Kh1 c6 21. f4 d5
22. Bd3 Qg7 23. e5 f5 24. Qc2 Qf7 25. Nb3 Be3 26. Rfe1 Ba7 27. a5 Be6 28. Nc5
Bxc5 29. Qxc5 Re8 30. Rb6 Qf8 31. Qc2 Ra7 32. Bxf5 Bxf5 33. Nxf5 h5 34. Nh4 Rg7
35. f5 Qa3 36. Kh2 Qxa5 37. Rbb1 Qc7 38. e6 Qe7 39. Qc3 Rf8 40. Rb8 c5 41. Qe5
d4 42. Qd5 Kh7 43. Re5 Qf6 44. Ng6 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Armageddon 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2875"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. e5 Nxb5 6. Nxb5 Nd5 7. Ng5 f6 8.
Ne4 f5 9. Nbc3 Nxc3 10. Nxc3 d6 11. O-O dxe5 12. Qe2 e6 13. Qxe5 Qd6 14. Qe2
Be7 15. b3 O-O 16. Bb2 Bd7 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. Nd1 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Nb2 Rh6
21. Qe5 Qxe5 22. Rxe5 b6 23. a4 Bc6 24. a5 Rd8 25. axb6 axb6 26. d3 Rd5 27. Nc4
Bb5 28. Rxd5 exd5 29. Ne3 d4 30. Nxf5 Re6 31. Ra1 Kf7 32. f3 Kf6 33. Ng3 Re7
34. Ne4+ Ke6 35. Ra8 Bc6 36. Ra6 Bxe4 37. Rxb6+ Bc6 38. Rxc6+ Kd5 39. Ra6 Re2
40. Ra2 Kc6 41. h4 h5 42. Kh2 Kb6 43. Kg3 Rd2 44. f4 g6 45. Kf3 Kb7 46. b4 c4
47. dxc4 d3 48. Ke3 Rxg2 49. Kxd3 Rg4 50. Ra5 Rxf4 51. Rg5 Rxh4 52. Rxg6 Rh1
1-0

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Qb1 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 Ne4 16. Nxd5 Nxg5 17. b4 Qd8 18. bxc5 Nde6 19. Qf5 Nxc5 20. h4 Nge6 21.
Nf3 Qa5+ 22. Ke2 f6 23. h5 e4 24. Nd2 Qxa3 25. Rh4 Rad8 26. Nxe4 Qa2+ 27. Ke1
Qa5+ 28. Kf1 Nxe4 29. Rxe4 Qa4 30. Rb1 Ng5 31. Rd4 Nf7 32. Rxb7 Qa6 33. Qb1 Rf8
34. Kg1 Kh8 35. c5 Rc8 36. Nf4 Ne5 37. h6 g6 38. Rd6 Qc4 39. Re6 Rxc5 40. Ree7
1-0

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. a4 Be7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. a5 a6 12. Na3 Nd7 13. Nc4 f5 14. Bb4 Rf6 15.
Qd2 Rg6 16. g3 e4 17. h4 b5 18. axb6 Nxb6 19. Na5 Bd7 20. O-O-O Bf6 21. Nc6 Qe8
22. Kb1 Kh8 23. h5 Rh6 24. Qe3 Na4 25. c3 Rxh5 26. Rxh5 Qxh5 27. Be2 Qe8 28.
Kc2 h6 29. Qf4 a5 30. Nxa5 Nxc3 31. bxc3 Ba4+ 32. Kb1 Bxd1 33. Bxd1 Qb5 34. Nb3
Bg5 35. Qxf5 Qf1 36. Qg4 Rf8 37. Kb2 Rxf2+ 38. Bc2 Qc4 39. Qe6 Bf6 40. Qxd6
Rxc2+ 41. Kxc2 Qd3+ 42. Kb2 e3 43. Qe6 e2 44. Ka3 Bg5 45. d6 Qa6+ 46. Kb2 Qd3
47. d7 Kh7 48. c4 Bf6+ 49. Ka3 Qc2 50. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2875"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 Be7 7. Re1 b5 8.
Rxe4 d5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 bxa4 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Qh5 a3 14. Nxd5
axb2 15. Bxb2 Rb8 16. Rab1 Re8 17. Ne3 Bf4 18. d5 Rb4 19. c4 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Rxe3
21. fxe3 Rxc4 22. Bd4 c5 23. Ba1 f6 24. h3 Qe7 25. Qf3 h6 26. Re1 Re4 27. Kf2
Bd7 28. Rd1 Kh7 29. Rd2 Qe8 30. Bb2 Ra4 31. a3 Rc4 32. Re2 Qg6 33. e4 Ba4 34.
d6 Bc6 35. Qg3 Qxg3+ 36. Kxg3 Kg6 37. e5 fxe5 38. Bxe5 h5 39. Bb2 h4+ 40. Kh2
Kf5 41. Bxg7 Re4 42. Rxe4 Kxe4 43. Bf6 c4 44. Bxh4 c3 45. Bf6 c2 46. Bb2 Kd5
47. g4 Kxd6 48. Kg3 Bb5 49. Kf3 Ke7 50. h4 Kf8 51. h5 Be8 52. Kg3 Kg8 53. Kh4
Kh7 54. Kg5 Bd7 55. Kf4 a5 56. Kg5 a4 57. Kf4 Be6 58. g5 Bf7 59. g6+ Bxg6 60.
hxg6+ Kxg6 61. Ke5 Kf7 62. Kd6 Ke8 63. Bc1 Kd8 64. Kc6 Kc8 65. Bf4 c1=Q+ 66.
Bxc1 Kb8 67. Kb6 Ka8 68. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nbd2 cxd4 5. exd4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Ndf3 e6 8.
c3 Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Qb3 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Ne4 12. Be2 f6 13. Bf4 g5 14. Be3 b5
15. a4 bxa4 16. Qxa4 Bd6 17. Ra2 a5 18. O-O Qb8 19. Kh1 h5 20. c4 h4 21. h3 Bb4
22. Raa1 Ra7 23. Rac1 Rg7 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Qb5 Qd6 26. Qa6 Qe7 27. Bd3 Kh8 28.
Ng1 Bh7 29. Bxe4 Qxe4 30. Rc8 Rxc8 31. Qxc8+ Rg8 32. Qa6 Be7 33. Re1 Bd8 34.
Qd6 Be7 35. Qa6 Bd8 36. Qd6 Be7 37. Qa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 a6 8. a4 h6
9. Re1 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Nb3 Ne7 14. Nh4 d5 15. Qe2
Rd6 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. bxc5 Re6 18. Qf3 dxe4 19. dxe4 Qd7 20. a5 Rd8 21. Rb1 Qc6
22. Qe3 Kh7 23. Rb4 Ng6 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. f3 Nh5 26. Qf2 g5 27. Kh2 Nf4 28.
Bxf4 gxf4 29. Reb1 Rd3 30. Rxb7 Rxc3 31. Rb8 Qxc5 32. Qh4 Qe7 33. Qg4 Rc2 34.
Qf5+ g6 35. Qf8 Qxf8 36. Rxf8 Kg7 37. Rbb8 Rd6 38. Rg8+ Kh7 39. Rh8+ Kg7 40.
Rhg8+ Kh7 41. Rh8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I had a strong feeling before this game that we were in for a big fight. I
didn't feel like checking Maxime's prep in the Petroff or Sveshnikov (which he
had recently faced against Magnus), so I went for something offbeat.} 1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 {This accelerated Arkhangelsk isn't
entirely unusual, but it has fallen out of fashion the last few years. However,
Maxime had faced it recently against Vishy, so I was sure he wouldn't be
unprepared. The point of this move order is both to avoid Nxe5 variations and,
in case of the game, to give Black extra options with ...Bb7 or ...Bg4.} 6. c3
b5 7. Bb3 (7. Bc2 d5 {is another main line, with a huge body of theory.}) 7...
d6 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 ({In my opinion,} 9. d4 Bb6 {is a more dangerous system for
Black. The move Maxime played is more positional and less theoretical.}) 9...
h6 {Not a move I want to play, but necessary to avoid Bg5.} ({It's important
to avoid} 9... O-O 10. Bg5 $1 h6 11. Bh4 {because the pin is extremely
difficult to break.} g5 12. Nxg5 $1 hxg5 13. Bxg5 {is already close to winning
for White.}) 10. axb5 ({When Maxime faced the same variation against Anand a
few weeks prior, he chose to play} 10. Re1 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 {and here
} Qxa8 {would've been completely fine for Black.}) (10. Nh4 {is a very
dangerous option. The threat of Nf5 can't be ignored, but luckily Black has a
way to defend using tactics:} Bc8 $1 {and} 11. axb5 {can be met by} Bg4 $1 12.
Qe1 axb5) 10... axb5 11. Rxa8 {Here I was already on my own, and the choice
between capturing with queen or bishop was very difficult.} Qxa8 (11... Bxa8 {
is probably also playable.} 12. Nh4 $5 {worried me, but it seems that after}
Nxe4 {Black survives by a miracle:} 13. Qh5 (13. Nf5 Nxf2 {is a huge mess.})
13... Ng5 $1 14. Bxg5 (14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxf7+ Kd7 $1) 14... Qxg5
15. Qxf7+ Kd8 {, and the king runs.}) 12. Nh4 {This is the move I had expected,
but if Maxime wanted to go for Na3 ideas, perhaps it was best to play it
immediately.} (12. Na3 b4 13. Nc4 bxc3 14. bxc3 O-O {is close to equal anyway.}
) 12... Bc8 $1 {Necessary, to prevent Nf5.} (12... Ne7 {is more natural, and
was my first instinct, but after} 13. Kh1 $1 {I saw no comfortable way to deal
with f4.} d5 {only makes} 14. f4 $1 {even stronger.}) 13. Na3 $6 {This is
inconsistent. It's rarely a good idea to start a plan on one side of the board
and then an entirely different plan on the other side.} (13. Kh1 {was what I
had expected. Now} Qa1 $1 ({I had instead intended} 13... g5 $5 14. Qf3 Ke7 15.
Nf5+ Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Qc8 $1 17. Qf3 Qg4 {with an equal ending. White has the two
bishops but Black has a space advantage as compensation.}) 14. Nd2 O-O {
is very strong, because the knight on d2 blocked off White from playing f4 and
capturing with the bishop. This wasn't clear to me over the board though.}) (
13. Qf3 Ne7 {again prevents Nf5, when White's next move is unclear.}) 13... Bg4
{This is useful to misplace White's queen. It might look visually better
placed on c2, but it really belongs on d1 so it can swing to f3 at the right
moment.} 14. Qc2 Qb8 (14... Qb7 $5 {was maybe a better choice. I wanted to
keep the option of ...Qd8 to protect my kingside, but in most variations that
doesn't seem necessary.}) 15. Kh1 {Now White threatens f4, which would be
positionally advantageous for him, so I felt compelled to prevent it.} g5 {
Of course this is a weakening of my position, but the transition that follows
also wrecks White's pawns, and leads to a very double edged position.} 16. Nf5
(16. h3 Bd7 17. Nf3 {is the machine's choice, but I barely considered it. It
seemed to me that} g4 18. hxg4 Nxg4 {would give Black a serious initiative.})
16... Bxf5 17. exf5 O-O {I was happy with this move, but perhaps it wasn't
best.} (17... Kf8 $5 {will put the king on the same square, but the rook might
end up being better placed on h8 than f8. This is just a minor detail though.})
18. Qd1 {Now it becomes clear that the queen was misplaced on c2. Now White is
preparing Nc2, to get the misplaced knight back in the game.} (18. h4 {looks
like it starts an attack, but after} Kg7 $1 {, the rook will come to h8 and if
the h-file opens, the hunter will become the hunted.}) 18... Na5 $5 {This was
another tough decision, because I had to try to evaluate the unbalanced
position which arose in the game.} ({The lazy part of me wanted to just play
the useful} 18... Kg7 {, but I didn't want to allow the knight to get back in
the game with} 19. Nc2 {As it turns out, Black is much better after} b4 $1 20.
Ne3 bxc3 21. bxc3 Bxe3 $1 22. Bxe3 Ne7 {, but this wasn't as clear to me as it
should have been. I guess I should trust lazy me more often!}) 19. Bxf7+ {
The natural choice, but objectively it isn't clear whether this or Ba2 was
better.} ({My idea was} 19. Ba2 b4 $1 20. Nc4 (20. cxb4 Qxb4 {The ruining of
White's structure would've made me very happy.}) 20... b3 21. Bb1 Nxc4 22. dxc4
e4 23. f4 g4 {but surprisingly after} (23... exf3 24. Qxf3 Qd8 {, with a solid
positional advantage, is best.}) 24. Bd2 {White gets Be1-h4 in time and might
hold equality.}) 19... Rxf7 20. b4 Bxb4 21. cxb4 Nc6 22. Nc2 {The dust has
settled. On the one hand, Black's kingside structure has been somewhat damaged;
on the other hand, Black has a positional advantage on the queenside and
center. For the moment, f5 is a bit vulnerable, so I went about exploiting
that.} Qc8 $1 23. g4 {White is forced to weaken his king's position as well.} (
23. Qf3 Ne7 {is extremely awkward for White to deal with.}) 23... Qa8 {And now
I take control over the long diagonal.} 24. f3 (24. Qf3 $2 {allows} Nxg4 $1 25.
Qxg4 Nxb4+ 26. f3 Nxc2 {with a two pawn advantage.}) 24... Qa2 {This invasion
was the point of the entire maneuver. The queen on a2 is extremely annoying
for White to deal with. It also often aids in a direct attack, if and when the
h-file opens.} 25. d4 $6 {This is a mistake, but also an understandable move.
Maxime wanted to get the d3 square to liberate his queen a bit.} (25. h4 Nd5 {
looked very promising to me during the game, but after the prophylactic} 26.
Kg1 $1 {getting out of the way of checks when the h-file opens, the position
is just unclear. For example,} Nf4 27. Bxf4 exf4 28. Qd2) 25... Re7 $6 {
And I responded with a mistake in return. This move felt right, but after I
played it I started regretting the move.} (25... e4 26. f4 {looked like a mess
to me, but after the accurate} Rg7 $1 {holding the g5 stronghold, Black has an
advantage. White's king is weaker than Black's.}) 26. dxe5 dxe5 {This wasn't
the plan.} (26... Rxe5 {was my first intention. It seemed like I would quickly
create strong threats with ...Nd5 or ...Rd5, but then it dawned on me that
after} 27. h4 $1 {, my threats are entirely illusory and White is creating
quick counterplay on the kingside.}) (26... Nxe5 27. Nd4 {, with the knight
invading on e6, didn't appeal to me at all.}) 27. Qd3 $2 {A really bad move
for more than one reason, but surprisingly it wasn't immediately clear to me
how bad it was.} (27. h4 $1 {worried me, because I didn't see clear play for
me while White is breaking down my kingisde structure. The game would be
finely balanced after say} Rd7 28. Qe2 Nd5 29. hxg5 Ndxb4 30. gxh6 Qxc2 31. Qe3
{, and the game will likely end in a perpetual.}) 27... e4 {A fine move, but
there was another good option as well.} ({Very strong was the cool} 27... Rd7
28. Qc3 Rd6 $1 {I don't think either of us understood how poorly placed the
queen is on c3. White is in serious trouble.}) 28. Qc3 (28. fxe4 $2 Ne5 {
picks up g4 and then e4, with a decisive advantage.}) 28... Ne5 {This is the
point. White's structure is collapsing, so Maxime needed create some chaos.}
29. f4 (29. fxe4 $2 Nexg4 {is just resigns.}) 29... Nd5 30. Qh3 $2 {This move
surprised me, but again it provoked a serious mistake in return.} (30. Qc5 {
was what I expected.} gxf4 31. f6 $1 {seemed very tricky to me, but after} (31.
Bxf4 $2 Nd3 {wins a piece.}) 31... Rf7 32. Qxb5 {, Black has a decisive
advantage with} Nd7 $1) (30. Qd4 $1 {was the best chance. The point is} Nf3 31.
Qc5 $1 {, and now Black doesn't have the ...Nd3 option after gxf4 Bxf4.
Provoking the knight to f3 is a very unusual idea and neither of us considered
it. However, Black is still borderline winning after} Qc4 $1 32. Qxc4 bxc4 33.
fxg5 hxg5) 30... Nf3 $2 {When I saw this move, it felt like it was crying out
to be played. My intuition let me down. The next few moves are all mistakes,
which is either a sign that the position is far too complex or that we were
not playing our best that day.} (30... e3 $1 {is winning, but it requires
accurate calculation:} 31. fxe5 (31. Nxe3 Nxf4 32. Qxh6 Qa8+ $1 {is a cute
geometric pattern:} 33. Kg1 Ne2+ 34. Kf2 Nxc1 35. Qxg5+ Rg7 {, and the checks 
(and the game) are over.}) 31... e2 32. Re1 Qxc2 {, and if e5 falls the
e2-pawn will be a decisive factor, so White is forced into} 33. e6 {, but after
} Qd1 34. Qg3 Nxb4 35. Qg1 Nd3 $1 36. Rxd1 exd1=Q 37. Qxd1 Nf2+ 38. Kg2 Nxd1 {
, Black ends up a rook ahead.}) 31. Ne1 (31. fxg5 Qxc2 32. gxh6 {is something
I barely considered, because it seemed like White had no checks or serious
counterplay. But the game is surprisingly complex anyway, because of White's
powerful pawns.} Ne5 $1 {is necessary, to prepare ...e3 and ...Qe4. Now a long
forced sequence begins:} 33. f6 Rf7 34. g5 e3 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. Qf5+ Qxf5 37.
Rxf5 Nc4 38. Rxd5 e2 39. Bd2 c6 40. Rd3 Nxd2 41. Re3 Nf3 42. Rxe2 Kg6 $1 {
, and in this bizarre ending White will have to work hard for a draw, but he
is likely to make it with correct play.} (42... Nxg5 43. h4 {traps the knight!}
)) 31... Nxe1 $2 (31... Qe2 $1 {was winning. The point is} 32. f6 Nxf6 33. fxg5
Nxg4 $1 {, and White is unlikely to survive.}) 32. Rxe1 $2 {The final mistake.}
(32. f6 $3 {was a surprising shot we both missed. I didn't even consider the
move.} Nxf6 33. fxg5 $1 {is the tactical justification.} hxg5 34. Rxe1 e3 35.
Bxe3 Qd5+ 36. Qg2 {is still marginally better for Black, but White's drawing
chances are very high.}) 32... e3 $1 {This is the winning move. I believe that
what Maxime missed was that Qxh6 won't lead to perpetual check, so he's left
without counterplay and with a dead lost position.} 33. fxg5 (33. Qxh6 Qf2 $1 {
, and surprisingly the checks will soon end:} 34. Qg6+ (34. Qxg5+ Rg7 35. Qd8+
Kh7 $19) 34... Kf8 35. Qh6+ Rg7 36. Qh8+ Kf7 37. Qh5+ Ke7 38. f6+ Kd6 $1 $19)
33... hxg5 34. Qg2 (34. Bxe3 Rxe3 35. Rxe3 Qb1+ 36. Kg2 Nf4+ {picks up the
queen.}) 34... Qc4 {Black has complete control. There's no more hope for White.
} 35. Qf3 Re4 36. h3 Rf4 37. Qg3 Rf1+ {By the amount of mistakes, not a great
game by any means, but nevertheless a very interesting one both in the
strategic content and the tactical mess at the end.} 0-1

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 a5 8. b3
Bf5 9. e3 a4 10. Ba3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qc1 Nc7 13. Nc4 Nb5 14. Bb2 Be4 15.
b4 Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. a3 Qd8 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qd5+ 20. Kg1 Nd6 21. Qc2
e5 22. e4 Qe6 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Rae1 Nb5 26. Nf3 Qc3 27. Qxc3
Nxc3 28. Re3 Nb5 29. Ne5 Rfd8 30. Nc4 Rd4 31. Rc1 Nd6 32. Nxd6 Rxd6 33. Rc5
Rad8 34. b5 cxb5 35. Rxb5 Rd3 36. Rxd3 Rxd3 37. Rxb7 Rxa3 38. Ra7 g5 39. Kg2
Kg7 40. e5 Kg6 41. Ra6+ Kg7 42. h4 gxh4 43. gxh4 h5 44. f4 f5 45. exf6+ Kf7 46.
Ra5 Kxf6 47. Rxh5 Rb3 48. Ra5 a3 49. h5 Kg7 50. Ra6 Kh7 51. Kf2 Rh3 52. Kg2 Rb3
53. Kf2 Rh3 54. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 e5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d3 g6 8. h4
Nf6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Nb4 11. a3 Na6 12. h5 Bg7 13. Be3 f5 14. hxg6 hxg6 15.
Rxh8+ Bxh8 16. Bg5 c4 17. dxc4 Nc5 18. Nd2 Qh7 19. Qe2 Qh2 20. Be3 Nd7 21. Nf1
Qxg2 22. exf5 Rc8 23. Ng3 Qg1+ 24. Qf1 Qxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Rxc4 26. fxg6 Rg4 27. Rc1
Kd8 28. Bxa7 e4 29. Rc2 Be5 30. Nf5 Rxg6 31. Be3 Nf6 32. Bb6+ Ke8 33. Rc8+ Kf7
34. Rc7+ Kf8 35. Rxb7 Nxd5 36. Ne3 Nf4 37. Nc4 Rh6 38. Ke1 Nd3+ 39. Kd2 Bf4+
40. Be3 Bxe3+ 41. fxe3 d5 42. Nb6 Nxb2 43. Nxd5 Nc4+ 44. Kc3 Nxa3 45. Rb3 Rc6+
46. Kd4 Nc2+ 47. Ke5 Nxe3 48. Nxe3 Rc5+ 49. Kd6 Ra5 50. Rb7 Ra3 51. Nc4 Ra6+
52. Ke5 e3 53. Nxe3 Ra1 54. Nd5 Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. a5 d6 10. c3 Rb8 11. Bc4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qa4 Na7 14. g4 Bg6 15. d3 Nb5
16. Bg5 h5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Kg2 bxc3 19. Nxc3 c6 20. Bxb5 axb5 21. Qd1 b4 22.
Ne2 hxg4 23. hxg4 Qd7 24. Kh3 Rb5 25. Ng3 Ra8 26. Qb3 Bd8 27. a6 Bb6 28. Rf1
Kf8 29. Nh4 Bh7 30. Qc2 Bd8 31. Nhf5 Bg5 32. Ra4 f6 33. Ne2 Rb6 34. a7 Rb7 35.
Ra6 Bxf5 36. gxf5 c5 37. Rfa1 Rbxa7 38. Qc4 Rxa6 39. Rxa6 Rxa6 40. Qxa6 g6 41.
Kg2 gxf5 42. Ng3 fxe4 43. dxe4 d5 44. Qb6 dxe4 45. Qxc5+ Kg7 46. Qxb4 e3 47.
fxe3 Bxe3 48. Qe4 Bf4 49. Nh5+ Kh6 50. Nxf4 Qg4+ 51. Kf2 exf4 52. Qh1+ Kg5 53.
Qd5+ f5 54. Qg8+ Kf6 55. Qf8+ Ke6 56. Qe8+ Kf6 57. Qf8+ Ke6 58. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bd2 Bb4 8.
a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qb6 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 Rd8 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Bb2 c6 14. Qc1 h6
15. h3 Rac8 16. Bf1 Bh7 17. Nd2 Qc7 18. c4 b5 19. cxb5 cxb5 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21.
Rac1 Rb7 22. Bc3 Nf8 23. Bb4 g5 24. Rc5 a6 25. Rec1 Kg7 26. Rc6 Ra7 27. Ba5
Rdd7 28. a4 Ng6 29. axb5 axb5 30. b4 Nf4 31. Nb3 Bd3 32. Rd1 Bxf1 33. Kxf1 e5
34. Rc5 exd4 35. Rxb5 Ne6 36. Re5 Kg6 37. g3 Nd5 38. Rd2 Rab7 39. Nc5 Nxc5 40.
bxc5 Rb1+ 41. Re1 Rb5 42. c6 Ra7 43. Bd8 Rb8 44. c7 Nxc7 45. Bxc7 Rxc7 46. Rxd4
Rcb7 47. Rd2 Rb1 48. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 49. Kg2 Rb6 50. Kf1 Rb1+ 51. Kg2 Rb6 52. Kf1
Rb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 a6 8. a4 Qe7
9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. e3 Bg7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Rb8 13. Re1 Ne8 14. e4 Ne5 15. a5 b5
16. axb6 Rxb6 17. Qd2 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Be5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Nd1 Nc7 21. Ne3 Rb4
22. Rac1 Rd4 23. Qe2 Nb5 24. Nc4 Qg5 25. Qe3 Qh4 26. b4 Re8 27. bxc5 dxc5 28.
Qb3 h5 29. Qc2 Kg7 30. Qb2 Qf6 31. Re3 h4 32. Nd2 Qe5 33. Nc4 Qg5 34. Kh1 Kh7
35. Qe2 Qf4 36. Nb2 Qc7 37. Qc2 Bd7 38. Qxc5 Qxc5 39. Rxc5 Rd2 40. Nd3 Nd6 41.
Rc7 Bb5 42. Nc5 Rxf2 43. Re1 Kh6 44. e5 Nf5 45. Kg1 Ra2 46. e6 fxe6 47. dxe6
Nd4 48. Bd5 Rd2 49. Bf3 a5 50. e7 a4 51. Ne4 Rc2 52. Rxc2 Nxc2 53. Rc1 Nd4 54.
Nf6 Nxf3+ 55. gxf3 Ra8 56. Re1 a3 57. Ra1 Bc6 58. e8=Q Bxe8 59. Nxe8 Rxe8 60.
Rxa3 Kg5 61. Kf2 Kh6 62. Ra4 g5 63. f4 Rf8 64. Kf3 Rxf4+ 65. Rxf4 gxf4 66. Kxf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
O-O c4 9. Bc2 Nc6 10. a3 Ba5 11. f3 Re8 12. b3 cxb3 13. Bxb3 Bf5 14. g4 Bg6 15.
Bd2 Rc8 16. Rc1 Bc7 17. g5 Nh5 18. f4 Ne7 19. Ba4 Rf8 20. Ng3 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Ba5
22. g4 Bd3 23. Rf2 Qd6 24. Be1 Qa6 25. Bb3 Bxc3 26. Bxc3 Be4 27. Bb4 Rxc1 28.
Qxc1 Rc8 29. Qf1 Qb6 30. Qd1 Qc7 31. Rf1 a5 32. Bd2 Qd6 33. a4 h6 34. g6 Nxg6
35. Bxa5 Qa3 36. Bd2 Nh4 37. g5 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 c5 11. Rhe1 Be6 12. Kb1 Qa5 13. a3 c4 14. Be2
Ne4 15. Qc1 d5 16. Bd4 Rac8 17. Ne5 Nd6 18. Bg4 Rfe8 19. Qf4 Bf8 20. Re3 Qc7
21. Rde1 Ne4 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. f3 Nd6 24. Ng4 h5 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Nh6+ gxh6
27. Rxe6 Ne8 28. Rg6+ Bg7 29. Qxh6 Rd8 30. Qxh5 Qe7 31. f4 Rd6 32. Rxd6 Nxd6
33. Qxd5+ Kh7 34. Qh5+ Kg8 35. Qg6 Ne8 36. Bxa7 Nf6 37. Bd4 Qe1+ 38. Ka2 Qe4
39. Qxe4 Nxe4 40. Bxg7 Kxg7 41. a4 Nf2 42. Ka3 Nd1 43. a5 Kf6 44. g4 Ke6 45. h4
1-0

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qc8
8. Qf3 e6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. d3 O-O 11. Bf4 Nfd7 12. Nc4 Nc6 13. a4 Nd4 14. Qd1 Qc6
15. Na5 Qc8 16. Nc4 b6 17. Ne4 Nf6 18. Bg5 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. c3 Ndc6 21. a5
Qc7 22. Qa4 Rab8 23. axb6 axb6 24. Qc2 Rfd8 25. Rfd1 h6 26. Qe2 Ng6 27. g3 Rd5
28. Ned2 Rbd8 29. Nf3 Nge7 30. Ra6 b5 31. Ne3 R5d6 32. Raa1 Qb7 33. Ne1 Ng6 34.
f4 e5 35. f5 Nge7 36. Qf3 Nd5 37. Nxd5 Rxd5 38. Ng2 Qb6 39. Kh1 c4 40. dxc4 e4
41. Qe2 Rxd1+ 42. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 43. Qxd1 Ne5 44. Qg1 Qc6 45. c5 Nf3 46. Qe3 Qd5
47. Nf4 Qxf5 48. Kg2 g5 49. Ne2 Ne1+ 50. Kg1 Nf3+ 51. Kg2 Ne1+ 52. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 Re8 9. f3 d5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. Nde2 e6 12. d6 Nbd5 13. Bd4 Qxd6 14. Bxd5
exd5 15. Qd2 b5 16. Nxb5 Qe7 17. Nbc3 Rb8 18. O-O-O Bf5 19. g4 Qb4 20. b3 Nxg4
21. fxg4 Rxe2 22. Nxe2 Qa3+ 23. Kb1 Rxb3+ 24. axb3 Qxb3+ 25. Ka1 Qa3+ 26. Kb1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 g6 8.
e5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bg2 Kc7 11. O-O Be6 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Be3 a6 14. a4 Rc8
15. a5 Bg7 16. Ra4 Kb8 17. Rb4 Rc7 18. Rd1 Rhc8 19. Bf1 Ka8 20. Na4 f5 21. c4
e4 22. c5 Ne5 23. Nb6+ Kb8 24. Nxc8 Kxc8 25. Rb6 Bd7 26. b4 Ba4 27. Rb1 Nd3 28.
Be2 Bc6 29. f3 Ne5 30. fxe4 Bxe4 31. Rd1 Bc6 32. Bf4 Bf6 33. h4 Rd7 34. Rxd7
Kxd7 35. b5 axb5 36. Bxb5 Bxb5 37. Rxb5 Kc8 38. Bxe5 Bxe5 39. c6 Bd4+ 40. Kg2
bxc6 41. Rb1 h6 42. a6 e5 43. Rb7 h5 44. Rg7 Kb8 45. Rxg6 c5 46. Kf3 c4 47. Ke2
e4 48. Rg5 Be5 49. g4 hxg4 50. Rxf5 Bd4 51. Rg5 c3 52. Rxg4 Bf6 53. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 a6 6. Bh6 O-O 7. O-O-O b5 8.
Bxg7 Kxg7 9. f3 Nc6 10. h4 e5 11. Nge2 b4 12. Nd5 h5 13. Nxb4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
exd4 15. Nc6 Qe8 16. Nxd4 Qa4 17. Kb1 c5 18. Ne2 Rb8 19. b3 Be6 20. Qc3 c4 21.
Nf4 Rfc8 22. Rd4 cxb3 23. Nxe6+ fxe6 24. axb3 Qe8 25. Qd2 a5 26. Ba6 Rc6 27.
Rxd6 Rbb6 28. Rxc6 Qxc6 29. Be2 a4 30. b4 Qc5 31. c3 Qf2 32. Rd1 Qxg2 33. Qe3
Rb7 34. Rg1 Qh2 35. Qg5 Ng4 36. Re1 Qf2 37. Qd2 Ne5 38. Rf1 Qxh4 39. f4 Rd7 40.
Qe1 Qxe1+ 41. Rxe1 Nf7 42. Kc2 e5 43. f5 h4 44. fxg6 Kxg6 45. b5 Kg5 46. c4 h3
47. c5 Kf4 48. b6 Nd8 49. Bb5 Rh7 50. c6 Nxc6 51. Bxc6 Rh6 52. Bd7 h2 53. b7
Rb6 54. Bc8 a3 55. Kc3 Kg3 56. Ra1 a2 57. Be6 Rxb7 58. Bb3 Ra7 59. Kc4 Rh7 60.
Kc5 h1=Q 61. Rxh1 Rxh1 62. Bxa2 Kf4 63. Bd5 Re1 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd3 e6 12. Bg5 Qd6 13. Qe3 Nd7 14. Rfd1 cxd4
15. cxd4 Rac8 16. a4 a5 17. Bb5 Bc6 18. Bf4 Qe7 19. Bg5 Qd6 20. Bf4 Qe7 21. Bg5
f6 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Bh4 Rc4 24. Ra1 Qb4 25. Bg3 Rfc8 26. h4 h6 27. Qd3 Kh7 28.
Bf4 Qc3 29. Qe2 Qc2 30. Rd2 Qc3 31. Rdd1 Qc2 32. Rd2 Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. a3 b4 11. Ne2 Re8 12. Qc2 Ba6 13. Nd2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nbd7 15.
O-O a5 16. Ng3 h5 17. Re1 Nb6 18. Re2 Nfd7 19. Nf3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Nf1 c4
22. Qd1 b3 23. Nd2 a4 24. Nf3 c3 25. bxc3 Bxc3 26. Bg5 Bf6 27. h4 Rc8 28. Qd3
Nc4 29. Rc1 Ne5 30. Nxe5 Rxc1+ 31. Bxc1 Bxe5 32. g3 Qc7 33. Be3 Rb8 34. f4 b2
35. Qb1 Qc4 36. Kf2 Bd4 37. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 38. Kg2 Rb3 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. b4 Nh5 12. Ra2 Qe8 13. Na3 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Rxf4
15. Nc4 Qg6 16. b5 Raf8 17. Ncd2 Ne7 18. d4 Qf6 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. bxa6 bxa6 21.
Qe2 a5 22. Rf1 g5 23. Nc4 Ng6 24. Nh2 Qg7 25. Qd3 Nh4 26. Ng4 h5 27. Ngxe5 g4
28. hxg4 hxg4 29. Qg3 Qg5 30. Re2 Kg7 31. Nd3 R4f6 32. Qxc7+ R8f7 33. Qe5 Qh6
34. Qg3 Kh8 35. Rb2 Nf3+ 36. gxf3 gxf3 37. Rfb1 Rg7 38. Qxg7+ Qxg7+ 39. Kf1 Rh6
40. Ke1 Qxc3+ 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 a6 6. Bh6 O-O 7. O-O-O b5 8. f3
Nc6 9. Nge2 e5 10. d5 Na5 11. Ng3 b4 12. Nb1 c6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qxb4 cxd5 15.
exd5 Qc7 16. Qc3 Qb6 17. b3 Bb7 18. Qd2 Nxd5 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Rac8 21. Qd2
Nxb3+ 22. axb3 Qxb3 23. Re1 Rxc2+ 24. Qxc2 Rc8 25. Re2 a5 26. Qxc8 Bxc8 27. Rb2
Qe3+ 28. Rd2 Qa3+ 29. Kd1 Qa1+ 30. Ke2 a4 31. Kf2 Qc3 32. Ne4 Qb4 33. Rd1 a3
34. Be2 a2 35. g4 Qb6+ 36. Kg2 Qb2 37. Ng3 d5 38. Rhe1 e4 39. fxe4 dxe4 40. Kg1
Bb7 41. Rf1 Bc6 42. Rde1 Qd4+ 43. Kg2 Ba4 44. Ra1 Qb2 45. Kh3 Bb3 46. g5 Qe5
47. Rac1 Qxg5 48. Nxe4 Be6+ 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Nb5 Qd8 7. c4 c6 8. Nc3
Bg4 9. Be2 Bg7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nbd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bf4 e6 15.
Qc2 Nb6 16. Qd3 Nfd7 17. Rad1 e5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Qxd3 21.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rxd3 Nxc4 23. Ne4 Re7 24. b3 Ne5 25. Rd8+ Kg7 26. Kf1 b6 27. Nd6
Nxf3 28. gxf3 Kf6 29. Nc4 c5 30. a4 Kg5 31. Kg2 f5 32. Kg3 Re1 33. f4+ Kh6 34.
Ne5 Rb1 35. Rg8 Kh5 36. Rg7 Rxb3+ 37. f3 Kh6 38. Rxa7 Rb4 39. Nf7+ Kh5 40. Ng5
h6 41. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a4 Bd7 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 g6 9. Be3 Bg7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O Bc6 12. Bf3 Nd7 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. Bd4 Qa5
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. Bg4 Rc7 18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19. Qd4+ Kg8 20. b4 e5
21. Qc4 Qb6 22. b5 Kg7 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Rb1 Qd8 25. Red1 Qe7 26. h3 h5 27. Rd3
Rc8 28. Rbd1 Qf6 29. Na2 Qd8 30. Nc1 Qc7 31. Nb3 Rdd8 32. Qb4 Rb8 33. Qd2 d5
34. exd5 cxd5 35. Rxd5 Rxd5 36. Qxd5 Rb4 37. Nc5 Qe7 38. c3 Rb2 39. Nd3 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. a3
Nc6 9. g5 Nd7 10. h4 Be7 11. f4 Bb7 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. h5 b4 15. axb4
Nxb4 16. Bg2 Nb6 17. Na5 Nc4 18. Nxc4 Qxc4 19. Ra4 Bc6 20. Bf1 Bxa4 21. Bxc4
Nxc2+ 22. Kf2 Rxc4 23. Nxa4 Nxe3 24. Kxe3 Rxa4 25. Qc2 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. f5 h5 14. fxe6
fxe6 15. Bd3 O-O-O 16. Ne2 Qc5 17. Rhf1 Qe5 18. Qe3 Kb7 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. c3 Be7
21. Bc2 a5 22. g3 Rc8 23. Qf2 Rc7 24. Rfe1 Rhc8 25. Bb3 Bf8 26. a3 a4 27. Ba2
Re8 28. Ka1 Bh6 29. Nc2 Bg7 30. Nb4 Qc5 31. Qf3 Ka7 32. Nd3 Qb6 33. Qxh5 Rec8
34. Qg4 Bh8 35. Bxe6 f5 36. exf5 d5 37. Bxd7 Rxd7 38. Re6 Qc7 39. f6 d4 40. Ne5
Rd5 41. Re7 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Re1 e6 10. a4 b6 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Nb5 Rc8 13. c3 a6 14. Na3 Ne7 15.
Qe2 Ra8 16. Nc2 Nf5 17. Nb4 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Ne5 Re8 21. Qf3
a5 22. g4 Nh4 23. Qg3 g5 24. Bd2 f6 25. Nd3 Qd7 26. f4 h6 27. b3 Re4 28. Nf2
Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Re8 30. Qd3 Rxe1+ 31. Bxe1 Qe8 32. Kf1 Bf8 33. Bd2 Bd6 34. f5 c6
35. Qe2 Kf7 36. Nd3 Qd7 37. c4 dxc4 38. bxc4 Bc7 39. Qe4 Qe8 40. Qxe8+ Kxe8 41.
Kf2 Kd7 42. c5 b5 43. axb5 cxb5 44. d5 b4 45. Be3 Bd8 46. Bd4 Kc7 47. Nb2 Kb7
48. c6+ Kc7 49. Bc5 b3 50. Nc4 Kb8 51. d6 a4 52. Bd4 Kc8 53. Bb6 b2 54. d7+ Kb8
55. Bxd8 b1=Q 56. c7+ Ka7 57. c8=Q Qc2+ 58. Ke3 Qc3+ 59. Ke4 Qc2+ 60. Kd5 Qd3+
61. Ke6 Qe4+ 62. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d5 6. Nd2 Qd8 7. Qf3 Be7 8. Bd3
c5 9. dxc5 Nd7 10. exd5 Nxc5 11. Bb5+ Kf8 12. Bc4 exd5 13. Bxd5 Bf6 14. O-O-O
h5 15. h3 Qc7 16. Ne2 Bd7 17. Ng3 Ba4 18. Rde1 Rd8 19. Nb3 Bxb3 20. axb3 h4 21.
Nf5 g6 22. Ne3 Kg7 23. Kc2 Rh5 24. Rd1 b5 25. b4 Na4 26. Rd3 a5 27. bxa5 b4 28.
Ng4 Rf5 29. Qe3 Bg5 30. Qd4+ Kh7 31. Qxb4 Nc5 32. Qc4 Qxa5 33. Rdd1 Rf4 34. Rd4
Rxd4 35. cxd4 Qd2+ 36. Kb1 Nd3 37. Qc3 Qxc3 38. bxc3 Rxd5 39. Kc2 Nf4 40. g3
hxg3 41. fxg3 Ne2 42. h4 Bd8 43. Rf1 Rf5 44. Rxf5 gxf5 45. Ne3 Nxg3 46. Kd3 Kg6
47. c4 f4 48. Nd5 f3 49. Ke3 Nf5+ 50. Kxf3 Nxd4+ 51. Ke4 Ne6 52. Ke5 Bxh4 53.
Kd6 Bg3+ 54. Ke7 Nc5 55. Nc3 f5 56. Ne2 Be5 57. Ng1 f4 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. c4 e5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d5 Nd4 6. Nge2 Nxe2 7. Bxe2 Bh6 8.
Bxh6 Nxh6 9. Qd2 Ng8 10. O-O Nf6 11. Qh6 Ng8 12. Qe3 Nf6 13. f4 O-O 14. fxe5
dxe5 15. c5 a5 16. h3 b6 17. cxb6 cxb6 18. Rad1 Kg7 19. Nb5 Ba6 20. d6 Bxb5 21.
Bxb5 Rc8 22. Rd2 Rc5 23. a4 Nh5 24. g3 h6 25. d7 Qe7 26. Kg2 Nf6 27. Qd3 Qd8
28. Kh2 Nh7 29. h4 h5 30. Qd6 f6 31. Qe6 f5 32. exf5 Nf6 33. Kg1 e4 34. Rd6
gxf5 35. Rxf5 Rc1+ 36. Rf1 Rxf1+ 37. Bxf1 Rf7 38. Bb5 Ng4 39. Qg6+ Kf8 40. Re6
Rxd7 41. Bxd7 Qxd7 42. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 c5 8. d5
Nbd7 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Nb1 Ng6 12. Nc3 e5 13. Ne1 h6 14. Nd3 Nh7 15.
Qd1 Bg5 16. Bg4 Rf8 17. b4 b6 18. a4 f5 19. Bxf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. a5 Bxc1
22. Rxc1 Nf4 23. Ne4 Ng5 24. Nxf4 Rxf4 25. Nxg5 Qxg5 26. Qa4 Raf8 27. Rc2 e4
28. axb6 axb6 29. Qd7 Qe5 30. bxc5 bxc5 31. Qe6+ Qxe6 32. dxe6 R8f6 33. Rd1
Rxe6 34. g3 Rff6 35. Re2 Rf3 36. Rde1 Ref6 37. Rd2 Re6 38. Rde2 e3 39. Rxe3
Rfxe3 40. Rxe3 Rxe3 41. fxe3 Kf7 42. e4 Ke6 43. Kf2 Ke5 44. Ke3 g5 45. Kd3 h5
46. Ke3 Ke6 47. Kf3 Ke5 48. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
Nc6 9. h4 Bb7 10. Nh3 O-O-O 11. Nf4 Qf7 12. a4 Nge7 13. Ba3 Rdg8 14. Be2 Na5
15. Qg5 Nec6 16. Rh3 Kb8 17. Rg3 a6 18. h5 Bc8 19. Qh4 Qe8 20. h6 g6 21. Qf6
Nd8 22. Be7 Nf7 23. Qh4 Qc6 24. Kd2 Re8 25. Bb4 Nc4+ 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27. a5 g5
28. Rxg5 Nxg5 29. Qxg5 Rhg8 30. Qh5 b5 31. f3 Rg3 32. Re1 Reg8 33. Re2 Qd7 34.
Kc1 Bb7 35. Kb2 R8g5 36. Qh4 Qf7 37. d5 Bxd5 38. Nxd5 exd5 39. e6 Qe8 40. e7
Rxg2 41. Rxg2 Rxg2 42. Qf6 Kb7 43. Qxf5 Rg6 44. Qxd5+ Kc8 45. f4 Rf6 46. Qe5
Rg6 47. f5 Rg5 48. Qe6+ Kb7 49. f6 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. a5 d6 10. h3 Be6 11. Nbd2 Rb8 12. Nc4 Ne7 13. Ng5 Bd7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15.
Nxe3 Ng6 16. Bc4 Bb5 17. Nf3 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Re8 19. Re1 d5 20. Ncd2 c6 21. g3
Rb5 22. Nb3 h6 23. Qe2 Nd7 24. d4 Qf6 25. exd5 Rxd5 26. Nfd2 Rb5 27. Rad1 Re6
28. Ne4 Qe7 29. Nec5 Nxc5 30. dxc5 Kh7 31. Qe4 Rb8 32. Rd3 Rf8 33. Rf3 Kg8 34.
Rd1 Qc7 35. Rfd3 Ne7 36. Rd6 Nd5 37. Rxe6 fxe6 38. Nc1 Qxa5 39. Nd3 Rf5 40. g4
Rf6 41. Qxe5 Qb5 42. b3 Qb7 43. f4 Qf7 44. Rf1 Qg6 45. Kh2 a5 46. Ra1 Qf7 47.
Kg3 Qa7 48. g5 hxg5 49. fxg5 Rf5 50. Qxe6+ Qf7 51. Qxf7+ Kxf7 52. h4 Ne3 53.
Rxa5 Nf1+ 54. Kh3 Ne3 55. Ra7+ Kg6 56. Re7 Rf3+ 57. Kh2 Kh5 58. Ne5 Rf2+ 59.
Kg3 Rxc2 60. Rf7 Rxc5 61. Nd3 Nf5+ 62. Kf4 Rc3 63. Ne5 Nxh4 64. Rxg7 Ng2+ 65.
Kf5 Ne3+ 66. Ke6 Nd5 67. g6 Nf4+ 68. Kf5 Kh6 69. Rh7# 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bf3 Be6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. a5 Nc4 14. Nxc4 Rxc4 15.
Qd2 Qc7 16. h3 Rc8 17. Rfd1 h6 18. Qe1 Qc6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qd7 21. c3 Ra4
22. Qd2 Bd8 23. b4 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Qb5 25. Rc1 Qc4 26. Qd1 e4 27. Be2 Qxd5 28. c4
Qe5 29. c5 dxc5 30. Rxc5 Qb8 31. Bf4 Bc7 32. Qc2 Nd5 33. Bg4 Nxb4 34. Qxe4 Nc6
35. Bxc8 Bxf4 36. Rxc6 bxc6 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. Bf5+ g6 39. Qxf7+ Kh8 40. Qf6+ Kg8
41. Qxg6+ Kf8 42. Qf6+ Kg8 43. g3 Be5 44. Qxh6 Bg7 45. Qxc6 Qb4 46. Qe8+ Bf8
47. Qg6+ Bg7 48. Be6+ 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 d4 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3
Nf6 9. Re1 O-O 10. a3 a5 11. Nbd2 Bf5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Nd7 15.
Rb5 b6 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. Bd2 h6 18. b4 axb4 19. Bxb4 Rac8 20. a4 Ne5 21. a5 bxa5
22. Bxa5 Qd7 23. Rab1 Bh3 24. Bh1 Bg4 25. Nd2 h5 26. f4 Nc6 27. Ne4 Nxa5 28.
Rxa5 e5 29. Qf2 Rb8 30. Rab5 Rbc8 31. fxe5 Rxe5 32. Rxe5 Bxe5 33. Nf6+ Bxf6 34.
Qxf6 Be6 35. Be4 Qd8 36. Qe5 Qd7 37. c5 Re8 38. c6 Qa7 39. c7 Rc8 40. Bb7 Qa2
41. Re1 Rf8 42. Qxd4 Qc2 43. Qb6 Bh3 44. Be4 Rc8 45. Bd5 Kg7 46. Qd4+ Kh7 47.
Qc4 Rxc7 48. Qxc2 Rxc2 49. Bxf7 Rg2+ 50. Kh1 Rd2 51. Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. h3 O-O 8. Re1 a6
9. a4 a5 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bb3 Bxb3 12. Qxb3 Qd7 13. Nf1 Rab8 14. Ng3 Qe6 15.
Qd1 Ba7 16. d4 Ne7 17. Be3 Ra8 18. Nh4 Rfe8 19. Qf3 Kh7 20. Rad1 Bb6 21. Bc1
Rad8 22. d5 Qd7 23. b3 Nfg8 24. Nf1 Rf8 25. g4 c6 26. dxc6 bxc6 27. Ba3 Qe6 28.
Ng3 Rfe8 29. Nhf5 Nxf5 30. exf5 Qxb3 31. Bxd6 Nf6 32. Rb1 Qa2 33. Rxb6 Rxd6 34.
Rxc6 e4 35. Nxe4 Rxe4 36. Rxe4 Rxc6 37. Re7 Rd6 38. h4 Rd7 39. Rxd7 Nxd7 40. g5
Qb1+ 41. Kg2 Ne5 42. Qf4 Qb7+ 43. Kg3 Qd5 44. f6 Qd3+ 45. f3 Ng6 46. Qc7 Qf1
47. fxg7 Qg1+ 48. Kh3 Qh1+ 49. Kg3 Qxh4+ 50. Kg2 Nf4+ 51. Kf1 Qh1+ 52. Kf2 Qh2+
0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 Re8 9. Bg5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 f6 11. Bc1 Be6 12. Bb2 Bf8 13. a4 Qd7 14. d4 Rad8
15. a5 Bc4 16. Nd2 Bf7 17. e3 b6 18. axb6 cxb6 19. Qb1 Na5 20. Be4 Qh3 21. Re1
Kh8 22. Nf3 Qh5 23. Nd2 Be6 24. h4 Bd6 25. Qc2 Qf7 26. Bxh7 f5 27. Nf3 e4 28.
Ng5 Qf6 29. Rxa5 bxa5 30. c4 Bf7 31. c5 Bc7 32. d5 Be5 33. Bxe5 Rxe5 34. d6 Bd5
35. Rd1 Bc6 36. Qc4 a4 37. Bg6 Rd7 38. Nf7+ Rxf7 39. Qxf7 Rxc5 40. d7 Bxd7 41.
Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 a6 5. g4 Bd7 6. Be3 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Nf3 h5
9. gxh5 c5 10. h4 Ne7 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nec6 13. Nb3 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15.
Qg4 Nc6 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. O-O-O Rc8 18. Kb1 Nb4 19. Rh3 a5 20. Rc1 a4 21. a3 Na6
22. Ka1 Nc5 23. Ne2 Nxd3 24. Rxd3 Rc4 25. Be3 Qc7 26. Nd4 b5 27. c3 Rh7 28.
Rdd1 Bc5 29. Qe2 Qd8 30. Bf2 Qb6 31. Rg1 Kf8 32. Be3 Qa6 33. Rg2 Qc8 34. Rcg1
Be7 35. Qd3 Kg8 36. h6 g6 37. h5 Rxh6 38. hxg6 f5 39. exf6 Bxf6 40. f5 Rh3 41.
fxe6 Bxe6 42. Qd2 b4 43. axb4 a3 44. Rh2 axb2+ 45. Kxb2 Bf5 46. Rxh3 Bxh3 47.
Rh1 Bf5 48. Qh2 Bxg6 49. Qg2 Qe8 50. Qxd5+ Qf7 51. Qa8+ Qe8 52. Qxe8+ Bxe8 53.
Rf1 Bg7 54. Kb3 Rc8 55. Kb2 Bf7 56. Rg1 Kh7 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. g3 Qc7 7. Bg2 Qxc4 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Na4 d5 11. Rc1 Bd6 12. b4 O-O 13. b5 axb5 14. Nxb5 Qa5
15. Nb6 Qxb5 16. Nxa8 Ng4 17. Rb1 Qa6 18. Nb6 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bc5 20. Nxc8 Rxc8
21. Kh1 b6 22. Qd2 Qa7 23. e4 d4 24. Qf4 Qc7 25. a4 Ne5 26. Bh3 Ra8 27. Ra1 g6
28. Bg2 Qd6 29. h4 h5 30. Bh3 Ra7 31. g4 hxg4 32. Bxg4 Nc4 33. h5 Qxf4 34. Rxf4
g5 35. Rf6 Ne3 36. Rg1 Kg7 37. e5 Nd5 38. h6+ Kh7 39. Rf3 d3 40. exd3 Bxg1 41.
Kxg1 Kxh6 42. d4 Kg6 43. Rb3 Rxa4 44. Be2 Rxd4 45. Bd3+ Kg7 46. Kf2 Rb4 47. Ra3
Nf4 48. Bf1 Ng6 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 Bh7
9. Nxh5 Nc6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. f4 d4 13. Nb5 Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Nb4 15.
Na3 Bxc2 16. Nc4 Qa4 17. Kf2 d3+ 18. Kg3 Rxh5 19. gxh5 Ne7 20. Bxe7 Bxe7 21.
Bg2 O-O-O 22. Ne3 Kb8 23. Rhc1 Bc5 24. Re1 Qb5 25. Be4 f5 26. exf6 gxf6 27. h6
f5 28. Bf3 Bd6 29. Ng2 Qd7 30. Kh3 Na6 31. Qe3 Nc7 32. Qd4 Qh7 33. Qg7 Qxg7 34.
hxg7 Rg8 35. Bd1 d2 36. Re2 Be4 37. Rxd2 Nd5 38. Bb3 Rxg7 39. Bxd5 exd5 40. Rf1
Bb4 41. Re2 d4 42. Ref2 Bc5 43. a3 d3 44. Rd2 a5 45. Ne1 Rd7 46. Ng2 a4 47.
Rfd1 Bb6 48. Ne1 Ba5 49. Rxd3 Bxd3 50. Rxd3 Re7 51. Nf3 Re2 52. h5 Rxb2 53. Ne5
Rb3 54. h6 Bc3 55. h7 Bxe5 56. Rxb3 axb3 57. fxe5 b2 58. h8=Q+ Ka7 59. e6 b1=Q
60. Qe5 Qh1+ 61. Kg3 Qg1+ 62. Kf3 Qf1+ 63. Ke3 Qe1+ 64. Kf4 Qh4+ 65. Kxf5 Qh5+
66. Ke4 Qe2+ 67. Kd4 Qb2+ 68. Kd5 Qb3+ 69. Kd6 Qd3+ 70. Qd5 Qg3+ 71. Kd7 Qxa3
72. e7 Qa4+ 73. Kd8 Qh4 74. Qc5+ Ka6 75. Qe5 b5 76. Kd7 Qh7 77. Kd6 Qd3+ 78.
Kc7 Qh7 79. Kd8 Qh4 80. Qe6+ Ka5 81. Kd7 Qh7 82. Kc8 Qc2+ 83. Kb7 Qg2+ 84. Kb8
Qh2+ 85. Kc8 Qc2+ 86. Kb7 Qg2+ 87. Qc6 Qg7 88. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. f4 Qb6 6. e5 Nh6 7. Be2 O-O 8. Nf3 Bg4
9. Qb3 Nf5 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. d5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bxe5 14. O-O Na6
15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Bxc6 Rad8 17. Be4 Nd6 18. Bf3 Nc5 19. Nd5 e6 20. Ne7+ Kg7 21.
Nc6 Nxc4 22. Be2 Rc8 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Be3 f6 25. a4 Ra8 26. a5 Nb3 27. Bxb6
Nxa1 28. Rxa1 Rfb8 29. Bd4 Nc6 30. Bc3 Nxa5 31. Bf3 Ra7 32. b4 Nc6 33. Bxc6
Rxa1+ 34. Bxa1 Rxb4 35. Kf2 h5 36. Bf3 e5 37. Bc3 Ra4 38. h3 h4 39. Be2 g5 40.
Bb2 Kg6 41. Bc3 Ra3 42. Bb4 Rb3 43. Bd6 Kf5 44. Bc5 Kf4 45. Bd6 f5 46. Be7 Rb2
47. Bc5 g4 48. hxg4 fxg4 49. Be3+ Ke4 50. Bc5 h3 51. gxh3 gxh3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O d4 11. Ne2 e5 12. Ng3 Nd7 13. b4 Ne7 14. a4 Ng6 15.
a5 Re8 16. c3 Nf6 17. Bb2 Bg4 18. f3 dxc3 19. Bxc3 Rc8 20. Bb2 Bd7 21. Ne2 Qe7
22. Ba3 Red8 23. b5 Qe6 24. Qb1 h5 25. Rd1 h4 26. Qb2 Nh7 27. Rac1 Ng5 28. Rxc8
Bxc8 29. Qc1 Qf6 30. Bc4 h3 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. Bc5 hxg2 33. Kxg2 Nh4+ 34. Kf2
Qf6 35. Ke1 Nhxf3+ 36. Kd1 Nxe4 37. Bxa7 Bf5 38. Qe3 Qd6+ 39. Kc1 Qb4 40. Bb3
Qa3+ 41. Kd1 Qxa5 42. Ng3 Nc3+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. Qe2 h6 13. h3 Qe7 14. Nc4 Be6 15.
Be3 Nd7 16. a5 Rfd8 17. Red1 Rab8 18. Ba4 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21.
Rxd4 Nc5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bc6 Qg5 24. Bd5 Rd6 25. Qc4 Nxe4 26. Qxe4 Bxd5 27.
Nxd5 Qxd5 28. Qxb4 Rg6 29. g3 Rc6 30. c3 Qd2 31. Rf1 g6 32. Qb7 Re6 33. Qb8+
Kg7 34. Qxc7 Qxb2 35. h4 h5 36. Qc5 Qd2 37. Rb1 Rf6 38. Rb6 Rf5 39. Qd4+ Qxd4
40. cxd4 Rxa5 41. d5 Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. a3 d5 8. b4
d4 9. Qc2 Bg4 10. b5 Nd8 11. Bb2 c5 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Bd3 a6 15.
exd4 exd4 16. Ne5 Bc8 17. f4 h6 18. Rhf1 b6 19. h3 Bb7 20. g4 Re8 21. h4 Ne6
22. g5 Nxf4 23. bxa6 Rxa6 24. gxf6 Rxe5 25. Bh7+ Kh8 26. fxg7+ Kxg7 27. Rg1+
Kf8 28. Rg8+ Ke7 29. Rf1 Ra8 30. Rg7 Kf8 31. Rg8+ Ke7 32. Rg4 Ne6 33. Bf5 Rf8
34. Bxe6 Rxe6 35. Qh7 Ke8 36. Rg8 Qe7 37. a4 Be4 38. Qg7 Rxg8 39. Qxg8+ Qf8 40.
Qg4 Bd3 41. Rg1 Qe7 42. Qg3 Rg6 43. Qb8+ Kd7 44. Qb7+ Kd8 45. Qb8+ Kd7 46. Qb7+
Kd8 47. Qb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2882"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. Nbd2
h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. O-O b5 11. Bc2 Qe8 12. Re1 Nh5 13. Nf1 Nf4 14. Ne3 Bb7 15. a4
Nd8 16. d4 Nde6 17. b4 exd4 18. cxd4 a5 19. d5 Ng5 20. Nxg5 hxg5 21. Bxg5 Qe5
22. Qg4 Nh5 23. Rab1 Bc8 24. Nf5 bxa4 25. Qh4 Bxf5 26. exf5 Qd4 27. Qxd4 Bxd4
28. Re4 Bf6 29. Bxf6 Nxf6 30. Rc4 axb4 31. Rcxb4 Nxd5 32. Rc4 a3 33. fxg6 c5
34. gxf7+ Kxf7 35. Bb3 Kf6 36. Rd1 Rfb8 37. Ba2 Rb2 38. Rxd5 Rxa2 39. Rxd6+ Ke7
40. Rd1 Ra5 41. h4 Rb2 42. Re4+ Kf6 43. Rd6+ Kf7 44. Rd7+ Kf6 45. Rd6+ Kf7 46.
Rd7+ Kf6 47. Rd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 Nbd7 7. g4 b5 8. a3
Bb7 9. Bg2 h6 10. h4 g6 11. Qe2 Bg7 12. g5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Qc7 14. O-O-O Rc8 15.
Kb1 Qc4 16. Qd2 b4 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Rhe1 Ne5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Qxd2 21.
Nxf6+ exf6 22. Rxd2 Rxh4 23. Na5 Ba8 24. Rxd6 Rh2 25. Rg1 f5 26. Rxa6 fxe4 27.
Nb3 Nc4 28. Ka2 Bd5 29. Ra7 Nd2 30. Rd1 Rxc2 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. c4 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Qe2 exd5 10. cxd5 Nxd3 11. Qxd3 Bd6 12. e4 O-O 13. f4 c4 14. Qf3 Bc5+
15. Kh1 d6 16. Nc3 Re8 17. g4 Bd4 18. Ne2 Bc5 19. Ng3 b5 20. Bd2 Nd7 21. Nf5 b4
22. g5 Rc8 23. Rae1 Nf8 24. Rc1 a5 25. Rxc4 Qd7 26. b3 Ng6 27. Bc1 Ne7 28. Nxg7
Kxg7 29. Bb2+ Kg8 30. Qh5 Ng6 31. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5
9. Bb3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Ba4 Bd7 12. Nf1 Ne7 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bb4 15.
Re2 Bxa4 16. Qxa4 d5 17. e5 Ng6 18. Ng3 Nd7 19. Qb3 Nb6 20. Nf5 Qd7 21. Qc2
Rac8 22. b3 c5 23. Nd6 cxd4 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. Qd3 Rc3 26. Qxd4 Qb5 27. Qd1 Rxf3
28. gxf3 Bc3 29. Rb1 d4 30. Re4 Qd7 31. Kh2 Qf5 32. Qe2 Nd7 33. Bd2 Bxd2 34.
Qxd2 Ndxe5 35. Qe2 Nxf3+ 36. Kg3 Ng5 37. Rg4 Qxb1 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 Nge7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. d3
Rb8 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 b5 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. Rac1 h5 13. h4 Bg4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
cxd5 Ne7 16. Rc2 Qd7 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Kh2 Qd8 19. d4 b4 20. e4 Rb6 21. Ng1
exd4 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 c5 24. Qe3 Qf8 25. Nh3 Re8 26. Qf4 Nc8 27. Ng5 Rb7
28. Bf1 a5 29. Ba6 Rc7 30. f3 Bd7 31. g4 hxg4 32. fxg4 Na7 33. Rf2 Bb5 34. Bxb5
Nxb5 35. Rcf1 Qh6 36. Kh3 Ree7 37. Qf6 Qg7 38. h5 Qxf6 39. Rxf6 gxh5 40. gxh5
Nc3 41. Rg1 Kg7 42. Rxd6 Kf8 43. Nh7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bf5 7. Ne2 e6 8. Nc1
Be7 9. Bd3 Bg6 10. h4 Bxd3 11. Nxd3 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. g4 Re8 15.
g5 e5 16. Kf1 e4 17. Nf4 exf3 18. gxf6 Re4 19. Nh5 g6 20. Ng3 Rf4 21. h5 g5 22.
Qd3 Qd7 23. Re1 Rxf6 24. Re3 Qg4 25. Qb5 Re6 26. Rxe6 Qxe6 27. Qd3 g4 28. Qf5
Re8 29. Qxe6 Rxe6 30. Rh4 Rf6 31. Rxg4+ Kf8 32. Ke1 Nd8 33. Nf1 Rf5 34. Rh4 Ne6
35. Kd2 Ke7 36. Ne3 Rg5 37. Rh3 Ng7 38. Rxf3 Rxh5 39. a4 Rg5 40. Rh3 h5 41. f4
Rg1 42. Nxd5+ Ke6 43. Ne3 Rb1 44. b4 b6 45. d5+ Kd6 46. Rg3 Ne8 47. Rg5 Nf6 48.
Rf5 Ke7 49. d6+ Ke6 50. Rxf6+ Kxf6 51. f5 Rg1 52. Nd5+ Ke5 53. d7 Rg8 54. Ne7
Rh8 55. Nc6+ Kxf5 56. Ke3 h4 57. Kf3 h3 58. d8=Q Rxd8 59. Nxd8 f6 60. Nc6 a6
61. a5 bxa5 62. bxa5 Ke6 63. Nb4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Nf6 4. f4 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. e5 Ng8 7. c3 h5 8. Qd1 Nh6
9. Be3 Nf5 10. Bf2 Be7 11. Be2 b5 12. Na3 a6 13. Nc2 d4 14. cxd4 cxd4 15. O-O
Bb7 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Qd2 h4 18. a3 a5 19. Nfe1 g5 20. Bg4 h3 21. Nf3 hxg2 22.
Rfe1 Nh4 23. Bxh4 gxh4 24. f5 Rg8 25. Re4 Qd5 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. Ncxd4 Nxd4 28.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. Nxd4 Bc5 30. Qe3 Bb7 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Bb6 33. h3 Rf8 34. Kh2
Qa2 35. Bh5+ Kd7 36. Be2 Rg8 37. Kg1 Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
a6 9. Ba4 Be7 10. Bg3 d6 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. h3 b5 13. Bc2 Ne7 14. a4 Bd7 15. Re1
Ng6 16. Nf1 c5 17. Ne3 Qc7 18. Nh4 Ne7 19. Qf3 Reb8 20. Red1 bxa4 21. Nc4 Be6
22. Rdb1 Nd7 23. Bxa4 Nb6 24. Bb3 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 Bxc4 26. dxc4 Rb3 27. Qd3 Rab8
28. Rxa6 R8b6 29. Ra2 g6 30. Nf3 Qb7 31. Qc2 f5 32. Nd2 f4 33. Bh2 g5 34. Kh1
h5 35. Nxb3 Rxb3 36. Rba1 Kf7 37. Qd1 Rxb2 38. Qxh5+ Kf6 39. Ra6 Rd2 40. h4
gxh4 41. Qxh4+ Kf7 42. Bxf4 Re2 43. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. O-O g6 6. Qc2 Bg7 7. Qxc4 O-O 8.
Qc2 Bf5 9. d3 Qc8 10. Nc3 Bh3 11. d4 Na6 12. Rd1 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nd5 14. e4 Nxc3
15. bxc3 b5 16. a4 Nc7 17. Be3 a6 18. h4 h6 19. c4 Ne6 20. Rac1 bxa4 21. d5
cxd5 22. cxd5 Qxc2 23. Rxc2 Nd8 24. Ra2 Nb7 25. Rxa4 a5 26. Rb1 Nd6 27. e5 Nf5
28. Bd2 g5 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Bxg5 f6 31. Bf4 fxe5 32. Bxe5 Ra6 33. Rb5 Rfa8 34.
g4 Nd6 35. Bxd6 exd6 36. Nd2 Bc3 37. Nc4 Bb4 38. f4 Bc3 39. Kf3 Re8 40. Ne3 Bd2
41. Nf5 Re1 42. Rc4 Ra8 43. Rb7 Rc1 44. Rxc1 Bxc1 45. Nxd6 a4 46. Rb1 Ba3 47.
Nc4 Bc5 48. g5 a3 49. Nxa3 Rxa3+ 50. Kg4 Ra4 51. Kf5 Bd6 52. Kg6 Rxf4 53. Rb6
Bf8 54. Rb8 Ra4 55. Rd8 Ra6+ 56. d6 Rxd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2882"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. Bc4 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nc3 Qd7 10. Be3 Be7 11. a4 Rf8 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Kf7 14. Nd5 Kg8 15.
a5 a6 16. c3 Kh8 17. Qb3 Nd8 18. Rad1 Nxd5 19. Bg4 Qb5 20. Qxd5 Qxb2 21. Qc4 c6
22. Rb1 Qa3 23. Bb6 Nf7 24. Ra1 Qb2 25. Rfb1 d5 26. Qd3 dxe4 27. Qd7 Qxc3 28.
Qxe7 Nh6 29. Be3 Rf7 30. Qe6 Raf8 31. Ra2 Nxg4 32. hxg4 Qd3 33. Qb3 Qd7 34. Qd1
Qe6 35. Rd2 h6 36. Rbb2 Kh7 37. Rd6 Qe7 38. g5 hxg5 39. Rbd2 Kg8 40. Qg4 Qc7
41. Bb6 Qe7 42. Be3 Qc7 43. Rd7 Qc8 44. Qe6 c5 45. Qc4 Qe8 46. Rxb7 Kh7 47.
Rxf7 Rxf7 48. Qxa6 Qa4 49. Qe6 Qa1+ 50. Kh2 Rf6 51. Qg4 Qxa5 52. Qxe4+ Kh6 53.
Qh4+ Kg6 54. Qxg5+ Kh7 55. Qh5+ Kg8 56. Qe8+ Kh7 57. Rd8 Rf5 58. Qg8+ Kg6 59.
Rd6+ Rf6 60. Qe8+ Kf5 61. Qh5+ Ke4 62. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 e6 8. d4
Bxd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nbd2 e5 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Qd6 Qxd6 16. Nxd6 a5 17. a4 Nd7 18. Rfe1 Nc5 19. Bc4 Be6 20. Nxe5 Bxc4 21.
Ndxc4 Rfd8 22. Kf1 h5 23. Nb6 Ra6 24. Nec4 g6 25. Rad1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Ne5 27.
Nxe5 Rxb6 28. Nc4 Ra6 29. Ra1 h4 30. h3 Kg7 31. Ke2 Re6+ 32. Kd1 b6 33. f3 Kf6
34. b4 axb4 35. cxb4 Nd3 36. Kd2 Nxb4 37. Rb1 Nd5 38. Rb5 Rc6 39. Kd3 Nf4+ 40.
Kd4 Ne6+ 41. Kd5 Rc7 42. Nxb6 Rc2 43. Kd6 Rxg2 44. Nd5+ Kg7 45. a5 Ra2 46. Nb4
Ra4 47. a6 Nf4 48. Rb7 Nxh3 49. a7 Nf2 50. Nc6 h3 51. Ne5 h2 52. Rxf7+ Kg8 53.
Rb7 h1=Q 54. Rb8+ Kg7 55. a8=Q Rxa8 56. Rxa8 Qd1+ 57. Ke6 Qb3+ 58. Kd6 Qb4+ 59.
Kc7 Qe7+ 60. Nd7 Nd3 61. Ra5 Nf4 62. Re5 Qf7 63. Kd6 Qa2 64. Re7+ Kh6 65. Re4
Qa3+ 66. Ke5 Nh5 67. Kd4 Qd6+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "210"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a6
9. a4 a5 10. Na3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nc2 Bb6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Qd7 15. g3
Rf7 16. Qe2 Raf8 17. Nd2 Kh7 18. h4 Qd8 19. Rf1 Nd7 20. Nb3 Kh8 21. Kg2 Nf6 22.
Rh1 Nd7 23. Rhf1 Nf6 24. Rad1 Qa8 25. Nd2 Qd8 26. Nf3 Nd7 27. Nh2 Nc5 28. Qc2
Nd7 29. Nhg4 Qe7 30. b3 Rg8 31. Qe2 Nc5 32. Rb1 Rgf8 33. Nc4 Qd8 34. Nd2 Qe7
35. Nh2 Qd8 36. Ndf3 Qa8 37. h5 Nd7 38. Nh4 Ne7 39. Ng4 Nf6 40. Nxf6 Rxf6 41.
d4 exd4 42. cxd4 Qa7 43. Rbd1 Qb6 44. Rd3 Qc6 45. f3 Qe8 46. f4 g5 47. hxg6
Nxg6 48. Qg4 Rg8 49. Nxg6+ Rfxg6 50. Qe2 Rg4 51. Rh1 Qg6 52. Qf3 Rxg3+ 53. Qxg3
Qxe4+ 54. Rf3 Rxg3+ 55. Kxg3 Kg7 56. Rd1 Qg6+ 57. Kf2 Qc2+ 58. Ke1 Kf6 59. Rd2
Qe4+ 60. Kf2 h5 61. Rdd3 h4 62. Kg2 Qe1 63. Kh3 Kf5 64. Kh2 Kg4 65. Rde3 Qd2+
66. Kh1 Qxd4 67. Kg2 Qd5 68. Kf2 Qd2+ 69. Re2 Qd4+ 70. Ree3 c6 71. Ke2 b5 72.
axb5 cxb5 73. Rd3 Qb2+ 74. Kd1 d5 75. Rfe3 a4 76. bxa4 bxa4 77. Ra3 Kxf4 78.
Rf3+ Kg4 79. Rfd3 d4 80. Rxa4 e5 81. Ra8 Qb7 82. Rf8 Qh1+ 83. Kd2 Qg2+ 84. Kd1
Qb7 85. Rg8+ Kf4 86. Rh8 Qe7 87. Rh3 Kg4 88. Rh1 d3 89. Kd2 Qb4+ 90. Ke3 Qd4+
91. Kd2 Qf2+ 92. Kc3 Qd4+ 93. Kd2 Qf2+ 94. Kc3 d2 95. Rg8+ Kh5 96. Rh8+ Kg6 97.
Rd1 e4 98. Rg8+ Kh7 99. Rd8 e3 100. Rd7+ Kg6 101. Rd6+ Kg5 102. Rd5+ Kg4 103.
Kd3 Qf3 104. Rg1+ Kh3 105. Rdg5 d1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. a3 b6 3. b4 Bb7 4. Nc3 g6 5. bxc5 bxc5 6. Rb1 Qc8 7. h4 Nf6 8. h5
Nxh5 9. Rxh5 gxh5 10. Qxh5 Nc6 11. Nf3 Bg7 12. Bc4 Nd8 13. Bb2 Ne6 14. Bxe6
dxe6 15. Ng5 Rf8 16. Nb5 Bxb2 17. Nxe6 Bf6 18. e5 Bh8 19. Nec7+ Kd8 20. Qh6 Rg8
21. e6 fxe6 22. Qxh7 Kd7 23. Qd3+ Bd4 24. c3 Rxg2 25. cxd4 c4 26. Qh3 Qg8 27.
Rb4 Qg6 28. d5 Rg1+ 29. Ke2 Qe4+ 30. Qe3 Qg4+ 31. f3 Qg2+ 32. Qf2 Rg8 33. dxe6+
Kd8 34. Qxg2 R8xg2+ 35. Ke3 Re1+ 36. Kf4 Rf1 37. Rxc4 Rxf3+ 38. Ke5 Rg5+ 39.
Kd4 Rg4+ 40. Kc5 Rxc4+ 41. Kxc4 a6 42. Nd4 Kxc7 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Na3 a6 8. Nc2
g6 9. Nf3 Bf5 10. Be2 e6 11. O-O h5 12. Nce1 Bd6 13. Nd3 Ne4 14. Be3 O-O-O 15.
Rc1 g5 16. Nxg5 Rdg8 17. f4 Ng3 18. Rf2 f6 19. Nf3 Ne4 20. Rf1 Bxh3 21. Nfe1 h4
22. Kh2 Qg7 23. Bf3 Bxg2 24. Bxg2 Qg3+ 25. Kh1 Qxe3 26. Rf3 h3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c5 8. dxc5
c3 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Nxc3 Nxc5 11. Be3 Nce4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4
Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Nd6 16. Rfc1 Rd8 17. f4 Kf8 18. Kf2 Bg4 19. h3 Bd7 20. Rc7 Rac8
21. Rac1 Ke8 22. g4 Rxc7 23. Rxc7 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. b3 Bd7 26. e4 Nb5 27.
Ke3 Nxd4 28. Kxd4 h6 29. e5 b6 30. g5 hxg5 31. fxg5 e6 32. Kc4 Kd8 33. h4 Kc7
34. Bf3 Kd8 35. b4 Ba4 36. b5 Bc2 37. Kb4 Bf5 38. a4 Ke7 39. a5 Bd3 40. a6 Bf1
41. Bc6 Bd3 42. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nf1 Qa7 12. Re2 a4 13. Ng3 Rfd8 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15.
d4 Bb6 16. Be3 Qa5 17. Rc2 Qb5 18. Qc1 exd4 19. cxd4 Nh5 20. Ne2 Nf6 21. Ng3
Nh5 22. Ne2 Nf6 23. Ng3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qd7 12. Nc3 Nb4 13. Qf4 f5 14. Qg3 O-O 15.
h4 Kh8 16. Bg5 N4d5 17. Nd2 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bd5 19. a4 a5 20. Rdb1 Bxg5 21. hxg5
f4 22. Qh3 Nxa4 23. Nxc4 f3 24. Bd3 g6 25. Ne3 Nxc3 26. Rc1 Ne2+ 27. Bxe2 fxe2
28. Ng4 Rfb8 29. Nf6 Qe7 30. Rc2 Rb3 31. Nxd5 Qa3 32. Qxe6 Qxa1+ 33. Kh2 Rb6
34. Nxb6 e1=Q 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Qe6+ Kh8 37. Qf6+ Kg8 38. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2882"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. b3 Ng6 7. h4 h5 8. e5
f6 9. Nbd2 d6 10. exd6 e5 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. Qe2 Qxd6 13. g3 Be7 14. O-O-O Nf8 15.
Rde1 Ne6 16. Qe4 Qd5 17. Nxe5 Qxe4 18. dxe4 fxe5 19. f3 Nd4 20. fxg4 hxg4 21.
Nc4 O-O 22. Kb1 Rf2 23. Nxe5 Nxc2 24. Nxg4 Rg2 25. Reg1 Re2 26. h5 c4 27. h6 c3
28. h7+ Kf7 29. Rf1+ Bf6 30. Bc1 Nb4 31. e5 Rxa2 32. Ne3 Rh8 33. exf6 g5 34.
Rd1 a5 35. Rd4 c2+ 36. Nxc2 Rxc2 37. Rxb4 Rxc1+ 38. Kxc1 axb4 39. Rh6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. a4
dxe4 9. axb5 exf3 10. Qxf3 e4 11. Bxe4 Ne5 12. Qe2 O-O 13. d4 Bg4 14. Qc2 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Nf3+ 16. gxf3 Bh3 17. dxc5 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Qd1+ 19. Qe1 Qxf3 20. Be3
axb5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Nd2 Qh1+ 23. Ke2 Qxh2 24. Nf3 Qh3 25. Qd1 Qe6 26. Qd3 c6
27. Qd6 Qc4+ 28. Kd2 b4 29. cxb4 Qxb4+ 30. Kd3 Qxb2 31. Qxc6 Qb1+ 32. Ke2 Qc2+
33. Nd2 Rd8 34. Kf3 h5 35. Ne4 h4 36. Kg2 Qc4 37. Nd6 Qe6 38. Qe4 Qxe4+ 39.
Nxe4 Kf8 40. Kh3 Ke7 41. Kxh4 Ke6 42. Ng5+ Ke7 43. Kg4 Ra8 44. Kf3 f6 45. Ne4
Ke6 46. Nd6 Ra2 47. Ke4 g6 48. Nb5 f5+ 49. Kf4 Ra4+ 50. Kg5 Rg4+ 51. Kh6 f4 52.
Bd2 Kd5 53. Nc3+ Kxc5 54. Ne4+ Kd4 55. f3 Rg3 56. Ng5 Kd3 57. Bxf4 Rxf3 58.
Nxf3 Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Bf5 8. c4
Nbd7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. e3 Qa5 12. Nh4 Be4 13. f3 Bf5 14. Nxf5 gxf5
15. Qd3 e6 16. Rfc1 a6 17. Na4 h5 18. Bc3 Qc7 19. Qd2 Qb8 20. Nb2 Rc6 21. Nd3
Rfc8 22. a4 Bh6 23. Bb2 Kh7 24. Kf2 h4 25. Nf4 Rg8 26. Qd3 Qf8 27. Bh3 Kh8 28.
Rxc6 bxc6 29. Qxa6 Qg7 30. Ne2 hxg3+ 31. hxg3 Bxe3+ 32. Kxe3 Qh6+ 33. Kd3 Qxh3
34. Kc3 f4 35. gxf4 Rg2 36. Qd3 Rf2 37. Ng1 Qg2 38. Ba3 Nh5 39. Bd6 Ng3 40. Kb4
Nf5 41. Bc5 Rd2 42. Qf1 Nxd4 43. Bxd4+ Rxd4+ 44. Ka3 Qd2 45. Qh3+ Kg7 46. Qg3+
Kf8 47. Qe1 Qxf4 48. Ne2 Qd6+ 49. Ka2 Rd3 50. Rc1 c5 51. Rc3 Ne5 52. f4 Nf3 53.
Qc1 Rd2+ 54. Rc2 Rxc2+ 55. Qxc2 d4 56. Qe4 Nh4 57. Nc1 Qa6 58. Qe5 Nf5 59.
Qxc5+ Kg8 60. Qc4 Qb7 61. a5 Qg2+ 62. Ka3 Qd2 63. Ka4 Nd6 64. Qc5 Ne4 65. Qa3
Nc3+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. a5 d6 10. c3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. d4 bxc3 13. bxc3 exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15.
e5 Nd7 16. Nbd2 Rb8 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Rb5 19. Qe2 h6 20. h3 Rf7 21. Rc1
Ndb8 22. Qd3 Nxa5 23. Rac3 Nd7 24. Qg6 Nf8 25. Qc2 c6 26. Ra1 Qb6 27. Rca3 Ra7
28. Nh2 c5 29. dxc5 Rxc5 30. Rc3 Rac7 31. Rxc5 Rxc5 32. Qd1 Nc6 33. Nhf3 Ng6
34. Rb1 Rb5 35. Rc1 Rb4 36. Nf1 Nf4 37. Qd2 Nd4 38. Nxd4 Qxd4 39. Qxd4 Ne2+ 40.
Kh2 Nxd4 41. Ra1 Rb6 42. f4 Nb3 43. Ra3 a5 44. Kg3 Rb4 45. Ne3 a4 46. f5 d4 47.
Nd1 exf5 48. Kf4 g6 49. e6 Kf8 50. Ke5 Ke7 51. Kd5 d3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Qe1 d5 8. e5
Ne8 9. Be3 d4 10. Bd2 f6 11. Na3 Nc7 12. Nc4 Be6 13. Na5 Nxa5 14. Bxa5 Qd7 15.
Bd2 b5 16. Qg3 a5 17. h4 Nd5 18. Rae1 Kh8 19. Bd1 Rg8 20. Nh2 Bf5 21. Bg4 Nb4
22. e6 Qd6 23. Bxb4 axb4 24. h5 Bxg4 25. Qxg4 f5 26. Qh3 gxh5 27. Qxh5 Qd5 28.
g4 Ra6 29. Nf3 Bf6 30. Kf2 Rxe6 31. Rh1 Kg7 32. g5 Re3 33. gxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 a5 8. b3 a4
9. Ba3 Re8 10. e3 Bf5 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. e4 Nc3 14. Qd3 Nb5 15.
exf5 Nxa3 16. bxa4 Rxa4 17. Qb3 Ra7 18. Ng5 Rf8 19. Be4 Qb6 20. fxg6 hxg6 21.
Qf3 Qxd4 22. Rad1 Nf6 23. Nb3 Qe5 24. h4 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Nb5 26. Nec5 Nc3 27. Rd3
Re8 28. Kg2 Nd5 29. Rd2 b6 30. Ne4 Qf5 31. Qe2 Rea8 32. Ng5 Ra4 33. Rh1 e6 34.
Nc1 c5 35. Qb5 Rd4 36. Nb3 Nf4+ 37. Kh2 Qd5 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 Be7 7. Re1 b5 8.
Rxe4 d5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 bxa4 11. b3 Be6 12. Ba3 Bxa3 13. Nxa3 O-O 14. Nb1
Qd6 15. Nc3 axb3 16. axb3 c5 17. Ne2 f6 18. Re3 c4 19. Ng3 cxb3 20. cxb3 g6 21.
Qf3 Bf7 22. h3 Rfe8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qd3 Re6 25. Nf1 Qb6 26. Ne3 Rc6 27. h4
Kg7 28. h5 Qb4 29. Ng4 Be6 30. h6+ Kf7 31. Ne3 a5 32. Qd1 Rc3 33. Ra4 Qxb3 34.
Qxb3 Rxb3 35. Rxa5 g5 36. Ra7+ Kg6 37. Ra6 Kf7 38. g4 Rb4 39. Ra7+ Kg6 40. Ra6
Kf7 41. Ra7+ Kg6 42. Ra6 Kf7 43. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. g4
b5 9. g5 Nfd7 10. h4 Nb6 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bxb6 Qxb6 13. Qf3 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Nd7 16. O-O-O a5 17. Kb1 a4 18. Nd2 Nc5 19. Bd3 b3 20. cxb3 axb3 21. a3
Ra4 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 O-O 24. Rhg1 Qa7 25. h5 g6 26. Rd3 Rb8 27. hxg6 hxg6
28. Qg2 Bf8 29. f3 Rc4 30. Rh1 Qc7 31. Qh2 Bg7 32. Qe2 Bf8 33. Qh2 Bg7 34. Qe2
Bf8 35. Qh2 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2882"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qxc6+ Bd7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4
Rb8 15. b3 Rb6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. d5 e5
21. Rfc1 a5 22. Be2 c6 23. dxc6 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 Bxc6 25. Rc1 Bd7 26. Rc5 Ra8 27.
f4 exf4 28. Bf3 Ra6 29. Kf2 Be6 30. Be2 Ra8 31. Bf3 Ra6 32. Bb7 Ra7 33. Be4 Kg7
34. Kf3 a4 35. Bc2 axb3 36. Bxb3 Rb7 37. Kxf4 Bxb3 38. axb3 Rxb3 39. g3 Rb4+
40. Kf3 Rb3+ 41. Kf4 Rb4+ 42. Kf3 Rb3+ 43. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. d4 Bb6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nxe5 Nxe4 10. Qf3 Nf6 11. d6 cxd6 12. Nc4 d5 13. Nd6 Rf8 14. Bg5 Ne4 15.
Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 f6 17. Be3 d5 18. Qf3 Ng6 19. Na3 Bc7 20. Rad1 Ne5 21. Qe2
a6 22. Ba4 Bg4 23. f3 Be6 24. Bb3 Re8 25. f4 Nc6 26. Qf3 Bb6 27. Nc2 Na5 28.
Bxd5 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Bxe3+ 30. Nxe3 Qb6 31. Rd3 Nc4 32. Qd5+ Kf8 33. Qxc4 Rxe3
34. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 35. Kh1 Rd8 36. h3 b5 37. Qc6 Qe2 38. Rf3 Qxb2 39. Qxa6 h5 40.
Kh2 h4 41. Qa7 Kg8 42. Qe7 Qd2 43. Re3 Qd6 44. Qe4 Qd5 45. Qb4 Rc8 46. a4 Qc5
47. Re8+ Kh7 48. Rxc8 Qxc8 49. axb5 Qf5 50. b6 Qd3 51. c4 Qg3+ 52. Kh1 Qd3 53.
c5 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 a5 7. d3 a4 8. N3d2
Bc5 9. O-O e3 10. fxe3 Bxe3+ 11. Kh1 Ng4 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Nbc3 d5 14. cxd5 Bxc1
15. Qxc1 Ne3 16. Rf3 Nxg2 17. Kxg2 Qd8 18. Qg5 f6 19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. Ne4 Nd7
21. Raf1 Kh8 22. Nxf6 Nxf6 23. e4 Bd7 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Rxf6 Qe7 26. Qf4 Kg8
27. d6 Qg7 28. e5 Re8 29. Qc4+ Kh8 30. Rf7 Qxe5 31. Rxd7 Qe2+ 32. Kh3 Qf1+ 33.
Kh4 Qf6+ 34. Kh3 Qf1+ 35. Kh4 Qf6+ 36. Kh3 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4
g6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. g4 Rc8 11. f5 Bxb3 12. axb3 Rxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe4 14. O-O Qh4
15. Bf3 gxf5 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Kh2 Rg8 18. Ra4 Nf6 19. g5 Rxg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5
21. c4 Qh4 22. Qe1 Qxe1 23. Rxe1 Bh6 24. Rd1 Kd7 25. c5 d5 26. Rb4 Kc7 27. Rb6
Bf4+ 28. Kg2 Nd7 29. Rxd5 Nxb6 30. cxb6+ Kxb6 31. Rd7 a5 32. Rxf7 h6 33. Kf2
Kc6 34. Ke2 b5 35. Rf6+ Kc5 36. c3 a4 37. bxa4 bxa4 38. Ra6 Kb5 39. Ra7 Bg5 40.
Ra8 Be7 41. Kd2 a3 42. Ke3 Kc4 43. Kxe4 Kxc3 44. Kxe5 Kb3 45. Ke4 a2 46. Rxa2
Kxa2 47. Kf3 Kb3 48. h4 Kc4 49. h5 Kd3 50. Kg2 Ke2 51. Kh1 Kf2 52. Kh2 Bd6+ 53.
Kh1 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Ba6 9. Qe2 Qc8 10. O-O Bxc4 11. Qxc4 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Qxc5 Bxc5 14. Rac1
Rd8 15. h3 h6 16. Bxb8 Raxb8 17. Rc2 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Rfc1 a5 20. Kf1 f5
21. Ke2 Kf7 22. Rc4 Rbd8 23. g4 g6 24. h4 e5 25. e4 fxe4 26. Rxe4 Ke6 27. a3
Rf8 28. Rc3 h5 29. Rc2 b5 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Bd6 32. Ng5+ Kd7 33. Nh7 Rf7 34.
Ng5 Rf4 35. gxh5 gxh5 36. Rxf4 exf4 37. Ne4 Be7 38. Kf3 Bxh4 39. Nc3 Rf5 40.
Ke4 Ke6 41. Ra2 Re5+ 42. Kxf4 Rf5+ 43. Ke4 Rxf2 44. Rxf2 Bxf2 45. Kf3 Bd4 46.
Nxb5 Kd5 47. Nxd4 Kxd4 48. Kg3 Kc4 49. Kh4 Kxb4 50. Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. a3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. b4 Bd6 12. Bg3 Nb8 13. Qd3 b5 14. e4 Qb7
15. d5 exd5 16. e5 Be7 17. Nd4 a5 18. Nf5 Re8 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. O-O Nd7 21.
Qc3 axb4 22. axb4 Rc8 23. Rfc1 c6 24. f4 f6 25. Bf2 Qc7 26. Ra7 Qd8 27. Qh3
fxe5 28. fxe5 Rc7 29. Ra3 Nxe5 30. Bb6 Qc8 31. Bxc7 Qxh3 32. Rxh3 Rxc7 33. Re1
Nc4 34. Rf3 h6 35. Re6 c5 36. bxc5 Rxc5 37. h4 Nd2 38. Rd3 Ne4 39. Rb6 Kh7 40.
g4 Rc1+ 41. Kg2 Rc2+ 42. Kg1 Rc1+ 43. Kg2 Rc2+ 44. Kg1 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qe2 Qc8 11. O-O Qb7 12. a3 c5 13. Nb5 Rac8 14. b4 Nd5 15.
bxc5 bxc5 16. Rab1 Rc6 17. Be5 Rb6 18. a4 Nac7 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Rbc1 Nxb5 21.
Rxc5 Nd6 22. a5 Rc6 23. Bxd6 Rxd6 24. Rfc1 h6 25. h3 Rfd8 26. Ne5 Nf6 27. Nc6
R8d7 28. a6 Qb6 29. Ne5 Rd8 30. Rc8 Qa5 31. f4 Rd2 32. Qf3 R2d5 33. R1c7 Kh7
34. Kh2 Rxc8 35. Rxc8 Qxa6 36. Ra8 Qb7 37. Rf8 Rb5 38. Qf1 Qd5 39. Nxf7 Nd7 40.
Rd8 Rb8 41. Rxb8 Nxb8 42. Qb1+ Qf5 43. Qb7 Nc6 44. Nd6 Qc5 45. Ne4 Qc2 46. Nf6+
Kg6 47. Ne8 Qc3 48. e4 a5 49. Qd7 a4 50. Qxe6+ Kh7 51. e5 Nd4 52. Qd7 Kg6 53.
Qxg7+ Kf5 54. Nd6+ Kxf4 55. Qf6+ Ke3 56. e6 Kd3 57. e7 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 gxf4
15. dxe6 Nxe5 16. Bxe4 Ng4 17. exf7+ Rxf7 18. h4 fxg3 19. fxg3 Ne3 20. Qb3 Nxf1
21. Rxf1 Kg7 22. Rxf7+ Qxf7 23. Qb4 Bh3 24. Bf5 a5 25. Qb5 Bxf5 26. Nxf5+ Kf6
27. Nh6 Qg6 28. Qb6+ Kg7 29. Nf5+ Qxf5 30. Qxb7+ Qf7 31. Qxa8 Qxa2 32. c4 Qb1+
33. Kg2 Qc2+ 34. Kh3 Qf5+ 35. Kg2 Qc2+ 36. Kh3 Qf5+ 37. Kg2 Qc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. e3
Re8 9. b3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. d3 a5 12. a3 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Ne7 14. g4 Bg6 15. d4
Bb6 16. dxe5 Be4 17. e6 fxe6 18. dxe6 Ng6 19. h4 Qf6 20. Ra2 Rf8 21. e7 Rf7 22.
h5 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Qxf3 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Qxf3 Rxf3 26. Kg2 Rf7 27. e4 Rxe7 28.
Re2 Kf7 29. Bb2 Rh8 30. f4 Ree8 31. f5 gxf5 32. Rxf5+ Kg6 33. Bc1 Rh4 34. Rg5+
Kh7 35. Bd2 c5 36. Be1 Rh6 37. Bg3 Rhe6 38. Kf3 Bd8 39. Rd5 Be7 40. a4 Kg6 41.
e5 Rf8+ 42. Kg2 Rc8 43. Kf3 dxe5 44. Rexe5 Rxe5 45. Bxe5 Bf6 46. Bf4 c4 47.
bxc4 Rxc4 48. Rxa5 Rc3+ 49. Ke4 Rc4+ 50. Kf3 Rc3+ 51. Ke4 Rc4+ 52. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrkrqbbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKRQBBN w DBdb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nb3 Nb6 3. e4 fxe4 4. Qxe4 Nf7 5. Bd3 g6 6. f4 Nd6 7. Qe2 Bd5 8.
Be3 Nf5 9. O-O Bg7 10. Ng3 Qf7 11. c3 O-O 12. Ne4 h6 13. Rbe1 Rbe8 14. Bc1 d6
15. Nbd2 Bc6 16. b3 Nd5 17. Nf3 e6 18. Bd2 Qd7 19. g4 Nfe7 20. Nh4 b5 21. b4 a5
22. a3 axb4 23. axb4 Ra8 24. Bb1 Ra3 25. Rf3 e5 26. f5 exd4 27. Ng3 dxc3 28.
Bc1 Ra1 29. Bc2 g5 30. f6 Rxf6 31. Nhf5 Re6 32. Qf1 Nf4 33. Nxg7 Rxe1 34. Qxe1
Bxf3 35. N7f5 Nxf5 36. gxf5 Qc6 37. Bb3+ Kf8 38. f6 Nh3+ 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrkrqbbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKRQBBN w DBdb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nb3 d5 2. f4 Nb6 3. e4 Qa4 4. Ng3 e6 5. d4 Nc4 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. Qf1 b5 8. exd5
exd5 9. Nc5 Bxc5 10. dxc5 Qxa2 11. Bd4 f6 12. Nf5 Ng6 13. Nxg7 Kb7 14. Nh5 Ne7
15. Bxf6 Nc6 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Bxd8 Rxd8 18. Nf6 Nb4 19. Qf3 Qa4 20. b3 Qa2 21.
Qc3 Qa3+ 22. Kd2 d4 23. Qf3+ 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brqknbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRQKNBNR w HBhb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. e5 d6 3. Ngf3 dxe5 4. Nxe5 Nd6 5. d4 f6 6. N5f3 g5 7. Qe3 Nh6 8.
O-O-O Nhf5 9. Qa3 g4 10. Ne5 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 fxe5 12. Rd1 Bh6+ 13. Kb1 O-O 14. b3
Bg7 15. f3 Qf5 16. Be2 e4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. fxg4 Qe5 19. Qxa7 Bb7 20. Qa4 Rf2
21. Bf1 Rbf8 22. Bd3 Qc5 23. Rc1 Ra8 24. Qd7 Rf7 25. Qe6 Bc8 26. b4 Bxe6 27.
bxc5 exd3 28. Nxd3 Ne4 29. Rce1 Bxa2+ 30. Kb2 Bd5 31. Nb4 e6 32. cxb6 c5 33.
Nxd5 exd5 34. Re3 Rb7 35. Rb3 Ra6 36. Rd1 d4 37. Re1 Nd6 38. Kb1 Raxb6 39. Rxb6
Rxb6+ 40. Kc1 Kf6 41. g5+ Kf5 42. Re7 Ne4 43. Rxh7 Nc3 44. Kd2 c4 45. Rd7 Ke5
46. Re7+ Kd5 47. Rd7+ Ke5 48. Re7+ Kf4 49. g6 Rxg6 50. g3+ Kf3 51. Rf7+ Ke4 52.
Re7+ Kd5 53. Rd7+ Kc5 54. Rc7+ Kb5 55. Rd7 Ne4+ 56. Ke2 Kc5 57. Kf3 Nd6 58. h4
Rf6+ 59. Ke2 Ne4 60. Re7 Nxg3+ 61. Ke1 c3 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brqknbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRQKNBNR w HBhb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Ngf3 f5 2. g3 Nef6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 b5 5. c5 Be7 6. Nd3 Nh6 7. b4 O-O 8. O-O
Bd5 9. Qc2 Qb7 10. Nf4 Bc6 11. Ne5 Bxg2 12. Nxg2 d6 13. c6 Qc8 14. Nf3 e5 15.
Qb3+ Kh8 16. Ng5 Ne4 17. Nf3 Qe8 18. d3 Nf6 19. Qe6 Rd8 20. Rbc1 Nfg8 21. Ne3
Rf6 22. Qb3 Rc8 23. Nd5 Rg6 24. d4 e4 25. Ne1 Ng4 26. h3 N4f6 27. Nf4 Rh6 28.
h4 Nh5 29. Neg2 Ngf6 30. d5 Ng4 31. Ne6 Bf6 32. f3 Nxg3 33. fxg4 Nxe2+ 34. Kf2
Nxc1 35. Rxc1 Bxa1 36. g5 Rxe6 37. dxe6 Be5 38. Kg1 f4 39. Qd5 f3 40. Ne3 Qg6
41. e7 Re8 42. Qxb5 Qh5 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrnkqrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRNKQRBB w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g4 g6 2. f4 f5 3. gxf5 gxf5 4. d3 Nab6 5. c4 d6 6. Nc2 e5 7. fxe5 Bxe5 8.
Nb3 Ne7 9. O-O-O O-O-O 10. Qa5 Kb8 11. Ncd4 f4 12. Kb1 c6 13. Nf3 Nec8 14. Nxe5
Qxe5 15. Bf3 Qxa5 16. Nxa5 Ne7 17. Bg2 Ng6 18. Nb3 Rde8 19. Rde1 Nd7 20. Nd2
Nde5 21. Bh3 Be6 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Kc2 Nh4 24. Ne4 Ng2 25. Rd1 Ng4 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrnkqrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRNKQRBB w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 f5 2. exf5 Rxf5 3. g4 Rf8 4. f4 g6 5. Nab3 d6 6. d4 Nab6 7. Ne2 Nc4 8.
O-O-O N8b6 9. Nc3 O-O-O 10. Kb1 Kb8 11. Qe4 c6 12. Qe2 Qd7 13. Be4 Be6 14. h3
h5 15. a4 hxg4 16. a5 Na8 17. hxg4 b5 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Qxe6 Nc7 20. Qxg6 b4
21. Na2 Nd5 22. Qd3 Rc8 23. f5 Bf6 24. Nd2 Nxa5 25. b3 Nc3+ 26. Nxc3 bxc3 27.
Ne4 Qb7 28. Nxc3 Nxb3 29. Qb5 Rxc3 30. Qxb7+ Kxb7 31. Kb2 Rg3 32. Bf2 Rxg4 33.
Kxb3 Rc8 34. c3 Rc6 35. Rb1 Rf4 36. Be3 Rh4 37. Rh1 Re4 38. Kc2+ Rb6 39. Kd3
Rg4 40. d5 Rxb1 41. Rxb1+ Kc8 42. c4 Rg3 43. Ke4 Rg4+ 44. Kd3 Rg3 45. Ke2 Rg2+
46. Kd3 Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bbrqknrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBRQKNRN w GCgc - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. b3 b6 3. e3 Nhg6 4. Nhg3 d5 5. cxd5 Bxd5 6. Nh5 e5 7. Qg4 Be6 8.
Qe2 Nd7 9. Nfg3 Qh4 10. O-O Bg4 11. Qc4 Bxh5 12. Qxh4 Nxh4 13. Nxh5 g6 14. Ng3
Bd6 15. Rc4 Be7 16. f4 b5 17. Rcc1 exf4 18. Rxf4 O-O 19. Be4 Nb6 20. Bb7 Rcd8
21. Rc2 f5 22. Ba6 Nd5 23. Rxh4 Bxh4 24. Bxb5 Nxe3 25. Rxc5 Rxd2 26. Be5 Rxg2+
27. Kh1 Rd2 28. Kg1 f4 29. Nf1 Rg2+ 30. Kh1 Bf2 31. Bc4+ Nxc4 32. Kxg2 Bxc5 33.
bxc4 f3+ 34. Kg3 f2 35. Bf4 Re8 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bbrqknrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBRQKNRN w GCgc - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nhg3 b5 3. c3 Nhg6 4. Ne3 Ne6 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 Nef4 7. d4 c4 8. Ne2
e6 9. Nxf4 Bxf4 10. Qh5 Qg5 11. Qxg5 Bxg5 12. g3 d5 13. f4 Be7 14. f5 Bg5 15.
Rce1 Ne7 16. e5 g6 17. f6 Nf5 18. Ng2 h5 19. Rf2 a5 20. Bxf5 gxf5 21. Bb2 b4
22. cxb4 axb4 23. Bc1 Bxc1 24. Rxc1 Bb7 25. Nf4 Ba6 26. Nxh5 cxb3 27. Rxc8 Rxc8
28. axb3 Bd3 29. Ra2 Bc2 30. Ra4 Rb8 31. Nf4 Bxb3 32. Ra7 Bc2 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bbrqknrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBRQKNRN w GCgc - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. b3 b6 3. e3 e6 4. Qe2 Nhg6 5. f4 d5 6. cxd5 Bxd5 7. Nf2 Nd7 8. Ng3
Nf6 9. Nh5 Qe7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Ng4 O-O-O 12. Ngxf6 Rh8 13. b4 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bbrqknrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBRQKNRN w GCgc - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. dxc5 Qa5+ 3. c3 Qxc5 4. Nhg3 b5 5. Nd2 d5 6. O-O Nhg6 7. b3 Ne6 8.
c4 dxc4 9. bxc4 b4 10. Nb3 Qg5 11. e3 Bxg3 12. hxg3 O-O 13. Qe1 Qh5 14. f3 a5
15. g4 Qg5 16. Bf5 Nh4 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nd4 Rf6 19. e4 Ng6 20. Ne2 e5 21. Ng3
Nf4 22. Rd1 Rd6 23. Qf2 g6 24. Ne2 Nd3 25. Qa7 Rcd8 26. Bd4 Rxd4 27. Nxd4 Qe3+
28. Kh2 Qxd4 29. Qxe7 Qd6 30. Qxd6 Rxd6 31. Rd2 Rd4 32. Rfd1 Nc5 33. Rxd4 exd4
34. Rxd4 Kf7 35. Rd6 a4 36. Rb6 b3 37. axb3 axb3 38. Kg3 Ke7 39. Kf2 Kd7 40.
Ke3 Kc7 41. Rb4 Bc6 42. Kd4 Ne6+ 43. Kc3 Nc5 44. e5 g5 45. Kd4 Ne6+ 46. Kc3 Nf4
47. Rxb3 Nxg2 48. Kd4 Nf4 49. e6 Nxe6+ 50. Ke5 Nf4 51. Kf6 Nh3 52. Re3 Kb6 53.
Kg7 Ng1 54. Kxh7 Nxf3 55. Kg6 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbbrkrnq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBBRKRNQ w FDfd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nb3 b6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 h5 7. e4 h4 8. e5 Ne8
9. d4 c4 10. Nbd2 g6 11. g3 h3 12. f5 Bxf5 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14. Nh4 e6 15. Ndf3
Qh5 16. Ng5 Ng7 17. Nxh3 f6 18. Nf4 Qh7 19. Nfg6 fxe5 20. dxe5 Rf7 21. Bg5 Re8
22. g4 Nc7 23. Qg2 b5 24. Rf3 a6 25. Kh1 Ba7 26. Rh3 fxg4 27. Qxg4 Qh5 28. Qxh5
Nxh5 29. Ng2 Kg7 30. N6f4 Nxf4 31. Nxf4 Rf5 32. Bf6+ Rxf6 33. Nh5+ Kg6 34. Nxf6
Re7 35. Rf1 Rg7 36. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.05"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbbrkrnq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBBRKRNQ w FDfd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 d6 3. Nh3 Nf6 4. Nb3 c6 5. O-O Qg8 6. c5 e5 7. cxd6 e4 8. g3
Bxd6 9. f3 exf3 10. Qxf3 Qc4 11. Bxf5 Bxf5 12. Qxf5 O-O 13. Qd3 Nb6 14. Bg5
Qxd3 15. Rxd3 Rde8 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17. Rxf6 gxf6 18. Kf2 Nc4 19. Nd2 Nxb2 20. Rb3
Nd1+ 21. Kf3 f5 22. e4 a5 23. exf5 a4 24. Rxb7 Re3+ 25. Kg4 Rd3 26. Ne4 Rxd4
27. Nhg5 h6 28. Kh5 hxg5 29. Nf6+ Kf8 30. Kg6 Be7 31. Nh7+ Ke8 32. f6 Bxf6 33.
Nxf6+ Kd8 34. Kxg5 Rd2 35. h4 Ne3 36. h5 Rxa2 37. h6 Rh2 38. h7 a3 39. Nh5 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbbrkrnq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBBRKRNQ w FDfd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 f5 3. d4 d6 4. O-O Nf6 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 Nc7 7. g3 h6 8. Nc2 g5
9. d5 c5 10. Ne3 f4 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. Bxf5 Qg7 13. Qg2 Nce8 14. Kh1 g4 15. Nh4
Qg5 16. Bc1 Nh5 17. Be6+ Kh8 18. Qe4 Kg7 19. Nf5+ Kh8 20. gxf4 Qg6 21. Bb2+ Kh7
22. Rg1 Nef6 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. Rxg4 Rxe6 25. Qxe6 Qxg4 26. Qxh6+ Kg8 27. Rg1
1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.05"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbbrkrnq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBBRKRNQ w FDfd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 d6 3. Nh3 Nb6 4. Bd3 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. c5 Nd5 7. O-O Ngf6 8. g3
c6 9. Nc2 h6 10. Qg2 g5 11. f3 f4 12. Nf2 Qg8 13. Rde1 Be6 14. b3 O-O-O 15. Bb2
h5 16. e3 Bc7 17. exf4 exf4 18. g4 Kb8 19. gxh5 g4 20. Bg6 gxf3 21. Qxf3 Bf5
22. Kh1 Bxg6 23. hxg6 Qxg6 24. Nd4 Ne3 25. Rg1 Qf7 26. Nh3 Rh8 27. Ng5 Qg6 28.
Re2 Nfg4 29. Rxg4 Nxg4 30. Qxg4 f3 31. Ndxf3 Rhe8 32. Re4 Rxe4 33. Qxe4 Qh5 34.
Be5 Bxe5 35. Qxe5+ Ka8 36. h3 Re8 37. Qf6 a6 38. Kg2 Re2+ 39. Kg3 Qe8 40. h4
Ka7 41. Qd4 Rxa2 42. Qe5 Qg6 43. Qe4 Qh5 44. Qh7 Qe8 45. h5 Rb2 46. h6 Rxb3 47.
Qf5 Qe3 48. h7 Qg1+ 49. Kh4 Qh1+ 50. Qh3 Qa1 51. Qc8 Qh1+ 52. Kg4 Rb4+ 53. Kf5
Qb1+ 54. Ke5 Qb2+ 55. Ke6 Qe2+ 56. Kf6 Qb2+ 57. Kg6 Qc2+ 58. Qf5 Qb2 59. Qf6
1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrkrqbbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKRQBBN w DBdb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nb3 Nb6 3. e4 fxe4 4. Qxe4 Nf7 5. Bd3 g6 6. f4 Nd6 7. Qe2 Bd5 8.
Be3 Nf5 9. O-O Bg7 10. Ng3 e6 11. c3 Qf7 12. Bf2 O-O 13. Ne4 h6 14. Rbe1 d6 15.
Nbd2 Rbe8 16. Nf3 Bxa2 17. Ra1 Bd5 18. Rxa7 Bc6 19. Ned2 Nd5 20. g3 Qd7 21. Be4
b5 22. Re1 b4 23. c4 Nf6 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. h3 h5 26. Ng5 Nh7 27. Nxh7 Kxh7 28.
Nf3 Kg8 29. b3 Qb6 30. d5 Nd4 31. Nxd4 Bxd4 32. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 33. Qf2 e5 34. Rxc7
h4 35. Qxd4 exd4 36. Rd1 Re3 37. gxh4 Rxb3 38. Rxd4 Re8 39. c5 Rb1+ 40. Kf2
Rbe1 41. cxd6 R8e2+ 42. Kf3 Re3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrkrqbbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKRQBBN w DBdb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nb3 d5 2. e4 d4 3. f4 e5 4. fxe5 Qxe5 5. Ng3 f6 6. d3 c5 7. c3 Nc7 8. Kc2
Rd7 9. Nf5 O-O-O 10. Bf2 Ng6 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. Rbc1 Kb8 13. Kb1 Bxb3 14. axb3
Qb5 15. Rc4 Ne6 16. b4 Ne5 17. Bg3 g6 18. Nh4 Bd6 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Nf3 Rc7 21.
g3 Rf8 22. Be2 Rcf7 23. Rdc1 a5 24. Qd1 Bxb4 25. Qb3 Rxf3 26. Bxf3 Rxf3 27.
Rc8+ Ka7 28. Qxe6 Bc3 29. Qa2 Rxd3 30. Rc4 Bxb2 31. Rc5 Qb4 32. Rxa5+ Kb6 33.
Ra4 Qb3 34. Qxb2 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brqknbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRQKNBNR w HBhb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 Ngf6 2. Ngf3 e6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nd3 Nd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nde5 Nd7 8.
Nxd7 Qxd7 9. d3 b6 10. b5 c5 11. c4 f6 12. a4 d4 13. e4 a5 14. Nd2 f5 15. Qe1
e5 16. exf5 Qxf5 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 18. Rb3 Bg5 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Qxe4 21. dxe4
h5 22. h4 Bh6 23. Kg2 Rf6 24. Bb2 Raf8 25. f3 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brqknbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRQKNBNR w HBhb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b5 2. cxb5 a6 3. Ngf3 axb5 4. d3 Qa6 5. e4 Qxa2 6. Be2 g6 7. Nc2 Bh6 8.
Nd2 Ngf6 9. O-O Ng7 10. b3 Qa7 11. b4 Ne6 12. Bc3 O-O 13. Ra1 Qb6 14. Re1 d5
15. Nc4 bxc4 16. Qxh6 d4 17. Bd2 c5 18. e5 Nd7 19. dxc4 Nxe5 20. b5 Qb7 21. f3
f6 22. Ra6 Ng7 23. Bf1 Qd7 24. Bf4 Nf7 25. Qh3 Qxh3 26. gxh3 e5 27. Bd2 Nd8 28.
Bg2 g5 29. h4 h6 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. h4 Bb7 32. Rb6 Ra8 33. hxg5 Ra2 34. gxf6
Nge6 35. Bh6 Rxf6 36. Bg5 Rg6 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrnkqrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRNKQRBB w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. d3 Nab6 4. c4 d6 5. Nc2 e5 6. fxe5 Bxe5 7. Qa5 Qa4 8. Nb3
c6 9. Bd4 Qxa5 10. Nxa5 Ne7 11. Kd2 Kc7 12. b4 f4 13. c5 Nd7 14. gxf4 Bxf4+ 15.
Rxf4 Rxf4 16. cxd6+ Kxd6 17. Bxa7 Ra8 18. Be3 Rff8 19. Bh6 Rfe8 20. Nxb7+ Kc7
21. b5 Ra4 22. Nb4 Nd5 23. bxc6 Rxb4 24. cxd7 Kxd7 25. Nc5+ Kd6 26. Rxb4 Nxb4
27. Ne4+ Ke6 28. Nc3 Kf5 29. a3 Na6 30. Bc6 Rb8 31. Bd7+ Be6 32. e4+ Kf6 33.
Bxe6 Kxe6 34. Bf4 Rb2+ 35. Ke3 Rb3 36. Kd2 Rxa3 37. d4 Nb4 38. d5+ Kd7 39. e5
Ra5 40. e6+ Ke7 41. Bc7 Ra6 42. Ke3 Ra3 43. Kd4 Nc2+ 44. Ke5 Rxc3 45. d6+ Kf8
46. d7 Re3+ 47. Kf6 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrnkqrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRNKQRBB w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g4 Nab6 2. f4 d5 3. Nab3 g6 4. Nd3 Qa4 5. a3 Nd6 6. Ndc5 Qb5 7. d3 f5 8.
gxf5 Nxf5 9. Qb4 Qxb4 10. axb4 e5 11. Ra1 a6 12. c3 Nd6 13. Kc2 exf4 14. e3
O-O-O 15. exf4 Rde8 16. Rad1 Nd7 17. Bg2 b6 18. Nxa6 Kb7 19. b5 Nxb5 20. Nb4 c6
21. c4 Nc7 22. c5 bxc5 23. Bxc5 Re2+ 24. Rd2 Rxd2+ 25. Kxd2 Ra8 26. Be7 Bxb2
27. Rb1 Bf6 28. Nc5+ Nxc5 29. Nxd5+ Kc8 30. Bh3+ 1-0

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.04"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qrnnbkrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QRNNBKRB w GBgb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. d3 c5 3. Nc3 Ne6 4. e3 d6 5. Nd5 Bc6 6. Ne2 b5 7. e4 b4 8. a3 b3 9.
c3 Nb6 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. f3 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. Rd1 c4 14. Qb1 b5 15. Bf2 Ng5
16. Bg2 cxd3 17. Qxd3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Bxe4 19. Qe3 Bxg2 20. Qe6+ Rf7 21. Rfe1
Be5 0-1

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.04"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qrnnbkrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QRNNBKRB w GBgb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nb3 d5 3. g3 b6 4. Ne3 Bc6 5. Ng4 Bg7 6. Ne5 Bxe5 7. dxe5 Bd7 8.
Bg2 c5 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. O-O O-O 11. c3 f6 12. exf6 exf6 13. Bd2 Ne6 14. Nc1 Nd6
15. Nd3 d4 16. f3 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Nc4 18. Qc1 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Rbd8 20. Qh6 dxc3 21.
bxc3 Qb7 22. Nf2 Qg7 23. Qc1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 26. e4 Qe7 27.
Ng4 Nf7 28. h4 Kg7 29. h5 gxh5 30. Ne3 Nd6 31. Qd2 Kf8 32. Bh3 Qe5 33. Kg2 h4
34. gxh4 Qf4 35. Qf2 Ke7 36. Nf5+ Nxf5 37. Bxf5 h6 38. a4 Be8 39. a5 Bf7 40.
axb6 axb6 41. Qe1 b5 42. Qd1 Qd6 43. Qc1 b4 44. cxb4 cxb4 45. Qxh6 b3 46. e5
Qxe5 47. Be4 b2 48. Qe3 f5 49. Qa7+ Kf6 50. Qb6+ Be6 51. Bd3 Qc3 52. Qd8+ Kf7
53. Bb1 Qc1 54. Qd3 Kg6 55. Qd6 Qe1 56. Qg3+ Qxg3+ 57. Kxg3 Kh5 58. Kf4 Kxh4
59. Ke5 Bc8 60. f4 Kg4 61. Bc2 Bd7 62. Bb1 Kf3 63. Kd4 Bc6 64. Bxf5 Kxf4 65.
Kc3 Kxf5 66. Kxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.04"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bbqrnkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBQRNKRN w GDgd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. O-O Ng6 3. b3 b6 4. Ng3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Bxd4 O-O 7. Bf5 Qc7 8. e4
Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Bxe4 10. f4 Ba8 11. f5 Ne5 12. Nd3 Nxd3 13. Rxd3 f6 14. Be3 Qc6
15. Qd2 Be5 16. Bf4 Rf7 17. Nh5 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Bc6 19. Be3 Qa5 20. b4 Qa4 21. Bf4
Be4 22. Re3 Bxf5 23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. Rxe5 Rdf8 25. h3 Qc2 26. Qxc2 Bxc2 27. Rxf7
Rxf7 28. Kg1 e6 29. Re3 g6 30. Ng3 Rf4 31. Rc3 Bb1 32. a3 a5 33. Ne2 Re4 34.
Kf2 axb4 35. axb4 Ba2 36. c5 Rxb4 37. cxb6 Rxb6 38. Rc7 Rd6 39. Nc3 Bd5 40. Nb5
Rb6 41. Nd4 Rb2+ 42. Ke3 Bxg2 43. Rxd7 Bxh3 44. Nf3 Rb3+ 45. Kf2 Rb5 46. Kg3
Bf5 47. Ng5 h6 48. Nh7 g5 49. Nf6+ Kf8 50. Ra7 Rb3+ 51. Kf2 g4 52. Nd7+ Ke8 53.
Nf6+ Kd8 54. Rd7+ Kc8 55. Rg7 Rf3+ 56. Kg2 Rf4 57. Kg3 Rb4 58. Ne8 Rd4 59. Nf6
Kd8 60. Kf2 Rd2+ 61. Ke3 Rd3+ 62. Kf4 g3 63. Rxg3 e5+ 64. Kxf5 Rxg3 65. Kxe5
Ke7 66. Nd5+ Kf7 67. Nf4 Rg5+ 68. Ke4 Kf6 0-1

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.04"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bbqrnkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBQRNKRN w GDgd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Ng3 Ng6 3. b3 b6 4. O-O O-O 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Ndf5 Qxc1 10. Rxc1 Nf6 11. e3 Rfe8 12. Nd4 Rc8 13. Bd3 e5 14. Ndf5
Bb7 15. Bb2 Red8 16. Bc4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Ng3 Bb7 19. Ba3 Bd6 20. Bxd6
Rxd6 21. Nf5 Rf6 22. Bd5 Ba6 23. g4 h5 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Rc1 Bxf5 26. gxf5
Rxf5 27. Rc8+ Nf8 28. b4 a5 29. b5 e4 30. Bc6 Rc5 31. Rb8 f5 32. Rxb6 Ng6 33.
Kf1 Ne5 34. Ke2 Nf3 35. Kd1 Nxh2 36. Be8 Ng4 37. Bxh5 Nxf2+ 38. Kd2 Kf8 39. Re6
g5 40. b6 Rb5 41. Be2 Rb2+ 42. Ke1 Nd3+ 43. Bxd3 exd3 44. Re5 f4 45. exf4 gxf4
46. Rxa5 Rxb6 47. Rf5+ Ke7 48. Rxf4 Rb2 49. Rd4 Rxa2 50. Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.04"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nnbbrkrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNBBRKRQ w GEge - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 O-O 3. g4 Nc6 4. b3 d6 5. Nc2 f5 6. gxf5 Bxf5 7. h4 g6 8. Ne3
Qf6 9. Rg2 Qxh4 10. Qxh4 Bxh4 11. Nxf5 Rxf5 12. Bc2 Rf7 13. Rh2 Bg5 14. e3 Nb6
15. Ne4 Be7 16. Ke2 Ref8 17. Nc3 Nd8 18. b4 Ne6 19. Bb3 c5 20. Ne4 Nd7 21. Rg1
Kg7 22. Bb2 Nf6 23. Nxf6 Bxf6 24. Ba3 b6 25. bxc5 dxc5 26. Bc2 Rd8 27. Be4 Rfd7
28. Bd5 Nc7 29. e4 Nxd5 30. cxd5 Rc8 31. Rg3 b5 32. Bb2 b4 33. Rgh3 h5 34. Rg3
Kh6 35. Rhg2 Rg8 36. d3 g5 37. Bc1 a5 38. Rh3 Kg6 39. f4 exf4 40. Bxf4 g4 41.
Rh1 a4 42. d6 Bg5 43. Bg3 b3 44. axb3 axb3 45. Rb1 Rb8 46. Be5 c4 47. dxc4 Re8
48. Bh2 Rxe4+ 49. Kd3 Re3+ 50. Kd4 Rf3 51. c5 Be3+ 52. Kc4 Rf5 53. Rxb3 Rxc5+
54. Kb4 Rb7+ 55. Ka4 Rc4+ 56. Ka3 Bc5+ 57. Kb2 Rxb3+ 58. Kxb3 Rd4 59. Rc2 Bxd6
60. Rc6 g3 61. Bxg3 Rd3+ 62. Kc2 Rxg3 63. Rxd6+ Kg5 64. Kd2 Rf3 65. Ke2 Rf8 66.
Rd1 h4 67. Rf1 Rxf1 68. Kxf1 h3 69. Kg1 h2+ 70. Kxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.04"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nnbbrkrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNBBRKRQ w GEge - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. O-O O-O 3. Nb3 Nc6 4. c3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Bh6 Bf6 7. Bxf8 Rxf8 8.
cxd4 Nxd4 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. h4 h5 11. Qh2 d6 12. Qf4 Be6 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Bb3 Nc4
15. Nd5 Nxb2 16. Qf3 c5 17. Nf4 Bg4 18. Qg3 Qe5 19. Bd5 b5 20. Kh2 Kh7 21. f3
Bd7 22. Bxf7 Qf6 23. Bxg6+ Kh6 24. Bf5 Be5 25. Kh1 Bxf5 26. exf5 Qxf5 27. Qg5+
Qxg5 28. hxg5+ Kh7 29. Nxh5 Nd3 30. Re4 c4 31. f4 Kg6 32. g4 c3 33. Re3 Nb2 34.
Kg2 Nc4 35. Ref3 c2 36. Rc1 Bd4 37. Rxc2 Ne3+ 38. Rxe3 Bxe3 39. Kg3 Bc5 40. Re2
Kf7 41. f5 1-0

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.06"]
[Round "1.31"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rkbbqrnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBBQRNN w FAfa - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Qxe4 Nf6 4. Qe1 d6 5. f4 Nd5 6. Ng3 Ng6 7. Nh5 e5 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. f5 Ngf4 10. Nxf4 exf4 11. Qxe8 Rxe8 12. Bg4 g5 13. g3 Nf6 14. Be2
Bxf5 15. gxf4 g4 16. Bd2 Be7 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. cxd3 O-O-O 19. Kc2 Rd7 20. Rae1
Red8 21. Bc3 Nd5 22. Re4 Bc5 23. d4 Bd6 24. Ne2 h5 25. h3 gxh3 26. Rh1 Rg7 27.
Rxh3 Rg2 28. Bd2 Kd7 29. f5 Rf8 30. Rf3 Nf6 31. Re6 Ng4 32. Nc3 Nh2 33. Rd3
Rxf5 34. Rh6 Nf3 35. Kd1 Rxd2+ 36. Rxd2 Nxd2 37. Rh7+ Ke6 38. Kxd2 Kf6 39. Ne4+
Kg6 40. Rd7 Bf4+ 41. Ke2 h4 42. Nf2 Bd6 43. a4 Rf8 44. b3 Rh8 45. Nh3 Kf6 46.
Kf2 Kf5 47. Ke3 Re8+ 48. Kd3 Rg8 49. Rf7+ Ke6 50. Rf3 Rg3 51. Ke4 Rxf3 52. Kxf3
Kd5 53. Ke3 c6 54. Kd3 b5 55. Ng1 Bb8 56. Nh3 Bc7 57. Ng1 Bd6 58. Nh3 bxa4 59.
bxa4 c5 60. dxc5 Kxc5 0-1

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.06"]
[Round "1.32"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rkbbqrnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBBQRNN w FAfa - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 f5 2. Ng3 e5 3. fxe5 f4 4. Ne4 Qxe5 5. d3 d5 6. Nf3 Qe7 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4
fxe3 9. Bxe3 Bc7 10. Bd4 Be6 11. Qe3 Ng6 12. Re1 Re8 13. Qg1 h6 14. a4 Nf6 15.
a5 Qf7 16. Nd2 Nf8 17. Nb3 N8d7 18. g4 a6 19. Na4 O-O-O 20. Ka2 g5 21. h3 Qf8
22. Rf1 Bf4 23. Bc3 d4 24. Qxd4 c5 25. Qg1 Nd5 26. Bd2 Qd6 27. Kb1 Ne3 28. Bxe3
Bxe3 29. Qxe3 Bxb3 30. Qd2 Bg8 31. b3 Kb8 32. Nb2 Ne5 33. Ra4 Bd5 34. Rf5 Bc6
35. Nc4 Qc7 36. Ra1 Bb5 37. Qc3 Rd4 38. Nxe5 Rxe5 39. Kb2 Bc6 40. Rf2 Rf4 41.
Re2 Rxe2 42. Bxe2 Qd6 43. Re1 Bg2 44. Bd1 Bxh3 45. Re8+ Ka7 46. Qh8 Qd4+ 47.
Qxd4 cxd4 48. Rh8 Rf6 49. b4 Bg2 50. c4 Bf1 51. Bc2 Be2 52. b5 axb5 53. cxb5
Bxg4 54. Ba4 b6 55. Rh7+ Kb8 56. a6 Bf3 57. Rh8+ Ka7 58. Rh7+ Kb8 59. Rh8+ Ka7
60. Rh7+ Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.06"]
[Round "1.33"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brqnkbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRQNKBRN w GBgb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 b5 2. Ng3 e6 3. e4 Ng6 4. d4 Bd6 5. Bd3 Nf4 6. Ne3 f6 7. O-O Nf7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. f3 Qa6 10. Bc3 Qb6 11. Kh1 Rfe8 12. Rfe1 Nxd3 13. cxd3 Bf8 14. Nh5 Rbd8
15. Ng4 e5 16. d5 c6 17. Nhxf6+ gxf6 18. Nxf6+ Kh8 19. d4 cxd5 20. dxe5 Rxe5
21. Nxd5 Qh6 22. f4 Kg8 23. fxe5 Qxd2 24. Bxd2 Nxe5 25. Rb3 Rc8 26. Rg3+ Ng6
27. Nf6+ Kg7 28. Nxd7 Bd6 29. Rd3 Be7 30. Rc3 Rd8 31. Rc7 Kf7 32. Bc3 Ke6 33.
Rd1 Rg8 34. Nc5+ Bxc5 35. bxc5 Bxe4 36. Rd6+ Kf5 37. Rf7+ Kg4 38. h3+ Kh5 39.
Rxh7+ Kg5 40. Bd2+ 1-0

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2876"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbknbnqr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBKNBNQR w HAha - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f6 2. e4 d5 3. f3 c6 4. Bg3 Bxg3 5. Nxg3 Nde6 6. exd5 cxd5 7. c4 O-O-O 8.
Nc3 Nc7 9. Qe3 dxc4 10. Qxe7 Ng6 11. Bf5+ Bd7 12. Qe4 Qf7 13. O-O Rhe8 14. Qg4
Kb8 15. Rfe1 Bc6 16. Rad1 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Ne7 18. d5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Bxh7
g6 21. Qe4 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 f5 23. Qh4 Rd7 24. Qh6 Qe5 25. Qc1 Qg7 26. Bxg6 Qxg6
27. Qxc4 a6 28. Qf4 Qe6 29. Qb4 Qxa2 30. Nxf5 Ncd5 31. Qd4 Qa5 32. Qe5+ Qc7 33.
Nxe7 Rxe7 34. Qh8+ Ka7 35. Qd4+ Qb6 36. Qxb6+ Kxb6 37. Rxe7 Nxe7 38. g4 Kc5 39.
Kg2 a5 40. h4 a4 41. f4 b5 42. f5 Kd6 43. h5 Ke5 44. h6 Kf6 45. Kf3 b4 46. Ke4
a3 47. g5+ Kf7 48. h7 Ng6 0-1

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2876"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbknbnqr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBKNBNQR w HAha - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nd2 Nc6 3. c3 Bg6 4. f4 d5 5. g4 e6 6. Ne3 fxg4 7. Qxg4 Bxb1 8.
Rxb1 Ne7 9. Bh4 Nfg6 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. f5 c6 12. O-O g5 13. f6 h5 14. f7 hxg4
15. fxg8=Q+ Nxg8 16. Nxg4 Bd6 17. Nf3 Nh6 18. Nxh6 Rxh6 19. Ne5 Kc7 20. Rf7+
Kb6 21. Rbf1 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rah8 23. R1f2 g4 24. R7f6 Rh3 25. Rg2 Re3 26. Rxe6
a5 27. Kf2 Re4 28. Re7 Rh5 29. Ke1 Rh3 30. e6 a4 31. a3 Ka6 32. Re8 Kb5 33. e7
Rh7 34. Rg8 Rhxe7 35. R8xg4 Kc4 36. Rxe4+ dxe4 37. h4 e3 38. Rg4+ Kb3 39. Rb4+
Kc2 40. Rxa4 Kxb2 41. h5 Kxc3 42. h6 Rh7 43. Rh4 b5 44. Kf1 c5 45. Rh5 c4 46.
Kg2 Kd2 47. Kf3 c3 48. Rd5+ Kc1 49. Rd6 c2 50. Rb6 Kd2 51. Rd6+ Kc3 0-1

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.28"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2876"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrbbkrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRBBKRQN w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 b6 2. f5 f6 3. Nb3 c5 4. d3 d5 5. Ng3 e5 6. fxe6 Qxe6 7. Qf2 O-O 8. O-O
Ng6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nc7 11. Bh5 Qd5 12. Bf3 Qd7 13. Ng3 Ne6 14. Be4 Bc7 15.
Bd2 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Rbe1 Rbb8 18. Re4 f5 19. Ree1 Rbe8 20. Bc3 Nef4 21.
Bd2 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Nd5 23. c4 Nde7 24. d4 f4 25. Nf1 f3 26. gxf3 Nf5 27. Re4
cxd4 28. Nxd4 Ne5 29. Nb5 Nh4 30. f4 Nef3+ 31. Kh1 Qc6 32. Nc3 Ng5 33. Ng3 Nxe4
34. Ngxe4 Qxc4 35. h3 Ng6 36. f5 Qd3 37. Be3 Be5 0-1

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.28"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2876"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrbbkrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRBBKRQN w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 b6 2. f5 Bb7 3. g4 e6 4. Ng3 Bh4 5. e3 O-O-O 6. Bf3 d5 7. d4 f6 8. Bd2 e5
9. O-O-O Nf7 10. Nb3 Rfe8 11. Be1 Bg5 12. Kb1 Nd6 13. dxe5 fxe5 14. h4 Bxh4 15.
Qh1 Bxg3 16. Bxg3 Nc4 17. Rfe1 c5 18. Nd2 Nd6 19. Qh2 Nf7 20. g5 Nxg5 21. Bg4
Bc6 22. Bxe5 Kb7 23. Bf4 h6 24. Bxg5 hxg5 25. Nf3 Qh8 26. Qxh8 Rxh8 27. Nxg5
Rh4 28. Bf3 Nc7 29. Nf7 Rf8 30. Nd6+ Kb8 31. e4 dxe4 32. Bxe4 Bxe4 33. Nxe4 Nb5
34. Nd6 Nxd6 35. Rxd6 Rxf5 36. Rd7 Re4 37. Rh1 Rfe5 38. b4 Re1+ 39. Rxe1 Rxe1+
40. Kb2 cxb4 41. Rxg7 Re3 42. Rh7 a5 43. Rg7 Rc3 44. Rh7 Rc7 45. Rh3 Kb7 46. a3
bxa3+ 47. Rxa3 Rc4 48. Rh3 Kc6 49. c3 Rc5 50. Rh6+ Kb5 51. Kb3 Rg5 52. Rh4 Kc6
53. Rc4+ Kb7 54. Rh4 Rg6 55. Rf4 b5 56. Rf5 Kb6 57. Rf8 Rd6 58. Rb8+ Kc5 59.
Rc8+ Rc6 60. Rh8 a4+ 61. Kb2 Rg6 62. Rc8+ Kb6 63. Rb8+ Kc6 64. c4 bxc4 65. Kc3
a3 66. Kxc4 Rg1 67. Ra8 Ra1 68. Kb3 Kb7 69. Rxa3 Rxa3+ 70. Kxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.29"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2876"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bnnrkqrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNNRKQRB w GDgd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e3 b6 3. Qe2 Nd6 4. d4 Qh6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 e6 7. b3 Nc6 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 Ne7 10. g3 Rde8 11. Qd3 a5 12. N1e2 Bb7 13. Bb2 f5 14. Ba3 Be5 15.
Nd4 Qg7 16. f4 Bf6 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Rfe1 Rc8 19. Ncb5 Ba6 20. Qb1 Bxd4 21.
Nxd4 Rc5 22. b4 axb4 23. Qxb4 Bc4 24. Qxb6 Qf6 25. Qb7 Rd8 26. a4 Kg7 27. a5
Nxd5 28. a6 Nc7 29. Nc6 dxc6 30. Qxc7+ Kh6 31. a7 Ra8 32. Qb7 Qf8 33. Bxc6 Rxa7
34. Qxa7 Rxc6 35. Qd4 d5 36. Ra1 Rc7 37. Ra7 Qb4 38. Rea1 Rxa7 39. Qxa7 Qd2 40.
Qe7 d4 41. Qh4+ Kg7 42. Qe7+ Kh6 43. Qg5+ Kg7 44. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.29"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2876"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bnnrkqrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNNRKQRB w GDgd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. b3 e6 3. Qh3 g5 4. Bxh8 Rxh8 5. O-O h5 6. c4 d4 7. e3 Nc6 8. Ne2 d3
9. Nec3 N8e7 10. Ne4 Qh6 11. f4 g4 12. Qg2 h4 13. Nbc3 O-O-O 14. Ng5 Rdf8 15.
b4 hxg3 16. hxg3 Nxb4 17. Rb1 Nbc6 18. Kf2 f5 19. Rb3 e5 20. Nd5 e4 21. Nxe4
fxe4 22. Qxe4 Qh2+ 23. Bg2 Nf5 24. Qe6+ Kd8 25. Rxd3 Qxg3+ 26. Kg1 Ncd4 27.
Rxd4 Qh2+ 28. Kf2 Qh4+ 29. Kg1 Nxd4 30. exd4 b6 31. Qe5 Rh7 32. f5 g3 33. Re1
Rhf7 34. Re4 Qh2+ 35. Kf1 Rxf5+ 36. Rf4 Rxf4+ 0-1

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.29"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2876"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brnkrbqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRNKRBQN w EBeb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. b3 b6 3. f3 Ng6 4. Ng3 f6 5. d4 Bb4 6. Re3 d5 7. Bb5 c6 8. Ba6 exd4
9. Bxd4 Nd6 10. Nd3 Ba3 11. b4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf5 13. Re2 Qd5 14. Bxf6+ Kc7 15.
Rb3 Bxb4 16. Rxb4 gxf6 17. Nxf6 Qf7 18. Nxe8+ Rxe8 19. Rxe8 Qxe8 20. Re4 Qh8
21. Qe1 Qa1+ 22. Nc1 c5 23. Re8 Qd4+ 24. Nd3 Bd5 25. Rc8+ Kd6 26. Qe8 Qg1+ 27.
Kd2 Nfe7 28. Rd8+ Ke6 29. Rxd5 Qxg2+ 30. Kc3 Qxf3 31. Bc8+ Kf6 32. Rd6+ Kg5 33.
Qd8 Kh5 34. h3 Qf7 35. Bg4+ Kh6 36. Re6 Qg7+ 37. Ne5 Kg5 38. Qd2+ Kh4 39. Qf2+
Kg5 40. Qe3+ Kh4 41. Kb3 Nd5 42. Nf3+ Kg3 43. Qg1+ 1-0

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.29"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2876"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brnkrbqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRNKRBQN w EBeb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. b3 Ng6 3. Nd3 b6 4. O-O-O Nd6 5. f3 O-O-O 6. Ng3 f4 7. Nh5 Qd5 8.
Nhxf4 Nxf4 9. Nxf4 Qa5 10. e4 e5 11. dxe5 Nf7 12. Kb1 Bb4 13. Re2 Nxe5 14. Qe3
Bc5 15. Qd2 Bb4 16. Qc1 Ba3 17. Bb2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Qc5 19. Red2 a5 20. Nd5 Bc6
21. a3 Kb7 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Qf8 24. Ne3 d6 25. Nc4 Ra8 26. b5 Bd7 27. Nxd6+
cxd6 28. Rxd6 Ra7 29. Rxd7+ Nxd7 30. Rxd7+ Kb8 31. Rxa7 Kxa7 32. Bc4 Qc5 33.
Bd5 Re7 34. Qa2+ Kb8 35. Qa8+ Kc7 36. Qc6+ Qxc6 37. bxc6 Re5 38. f4 Rh5 39. h3
Rh4 40. f5 Rf4 41. g4 h6 42. c4 Rf3 43. e5 Rxh3 44. f6 gxf6 45. exf6 Re3 46. f7
Re1+ 47. Kc2 Rf1 48. Kd3 Kd6 49. Ke4 Rf6 50. c7 Kxc7 51. Ke5 Rf1 52. Ke6 Kd8
53. Be4 1-0

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.31"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qnbrkbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QNBRKBRN w GDgd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Ng6 5. Ng3 c6 6. e3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O
Bd6 9. Qb1 O-O 10. b4 a6 11. a4 b5 12. Bd2 Qb8 13. Rc1 Rfe8 14. Nce2 Bd7 15. a5
Nh4 16. f3 h6 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 Bg4 19. e5 Bxe2 20. Nxe2 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qxe5
22. g3 Qd6 23. Nf4 g5 24. gxh4 gxf4 25. Rf3 Qd4+ 26. Kh1 Ne4 27. Rg1+ Kf8 28.
Bxf4 Nf2+ 29. Rxf2 Qxf2 30. Bxh6+ Ke7 31. Bg5+ Kf8 32. Bh6+ Ke7 33. Bg5+ Kf8
34. Bxd8 Qf3+ 35. Rg2 Rxd8 36. Be2 Qf4 37. h5 Re8 38. Qb2 Re6 39. Qg7+ Ke8 40.
Qg4 Qd6 41. Bf3 c5 42. bxc5 1-0

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.31"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qnbrkbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QNBRKBRN w GDgd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Ng6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Ng3 Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O Bb7
9. Bb2 Nd7 10. Rfe1 Nf6 11. e4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 a6 13. e5 Ng4 14. Nce4 c5 15. f3
Nh6 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Nd6 Bd5 18. Qc1 Qc6 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Nh5 Nh4 21. Rd4 Ng6
22. Rdd1 Nh4 23. Rd4 Ng6 24. Ra4 c4 25. Kh1 Nh4 26. Qc2 Bxd6 27. exd6 Rfe8 28.
Rf1 N6f5 29. Bxg7 Rxd6 30. Ba1 Ne3 31. Qf2 Nhxg2 32. Rg1 Rg6 33. Qb2 Kf8 34.
Nf6 Re6 35. Nxh7+ Ke7 36. Qh8 Qd6 37. Qf8+ Kd7 38. Qxf7+ Kc8 39. Qf8+ Kc7 40.
Qxd6+ Rxd6 41. Be5 Kb6 42. bxc4 dxc4 43. Rb1+ Ka7 44. Bxd6 Rxd6 45. Rab4 a5 46.
Rb7+ Ka6 47. Ng5 Rd1+ 48. Rxd1 Kxb7 49. Rb1+ Kc6 50. Ne4 Nf4 51. Rb8 Kd5 52.
Rd8+ Ke5 53. h4 Nf5 54. Rh8 Ng6 55. Re8+ Kd4 56. h5 Ngh4 57. Rd8+ Ke3 58. Rc8
Kd4 59. Nd2 c3 60. Ne4 Nxf3 61. Nxc3 Ne5 62. Ne2+ Ke4 63. Re8 Nd6 64. Re6 Ndf7
65. h6 Kf5 66. Nd4+ Kg5 67. Rxe5+ Nxe5 68. Nf3+ 1-0

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.11.01"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rknbbqnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKNBBQNR w HAha - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. d3 d5 3. e5 Nd7 4. f4 Ndb6 5. Nb3 e6 6. Nf3 c5 7. c4 d4 8. Nfd2
Na4 9. Ne4 a5 10. f5 Bc6 11. Nbd2 Ncb6 12. Bxa4 Nxa4 13. Bg3 Ra6 14. Kc2 Rb6
15. b3 Nc3 16. Nxc3 dxc3 17. Nb1 h5 18. h4 a4 19. Nxc3 Qe8 20. Qf2 Ra6 21. Rhe1
Ka8 22. Qxc5 Be7 23. Qf2 Bb4 24. Red1 Qd8 25. Rdb1 Qa5 26. Nxa4 Bxa4 27. bxa4
Bc5 28. Qf3 Qxa4+ 29. Kd2 Rb8 30. Rb5 Rb6 31. Qd1 Qxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rxb5 33. cxb5
exf5 34. Rc1 b6 35. Rc4 Rd8 36. Kc3 Kb7 37. d4 Bf8 38. a4 Rd7 39. Bf4 Be7 40.
g3 Bd8 41. Rc6 Bc7 42. Kc4 Rd8 43. d5 Ra8 44. Kb3 Re8 45. d6 Bd8 46. Kc4 Rg8
47. d7 Be7 48. e6 1-0

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.11.01"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rknbbqnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKNBBQNR w HAha - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nge2 Nge7 3. f3 d5 4. a4 Nd6 5. Nc3 d4 6. Nb5 Nc6 7. c3 dxc3 8.
dxc3 f5 9. Bg3 fxe4 10. Nxd6 cxd6 11. fxe4 Bc7 12. Nb3 Bg6 13. Bc2 O-O-O 14.
Qe2 Qf7 15. Rf1 Qe8 16. a5 a6 17. Ra4 Rf8 18. Rxf8 Qxf8 19. Bd3 Qf7 20. Ka2 Bh5
21. Qe3 Bd1 22. Qe1 Bxb3+ 23. Kxb3 Nxa5+ 24. Kc2 Nc6 25. Qe2 d5 26. exd5 exd5
27. Qf2 Rf8 28. Qxf7 Rxf7 29. Bxh7 Bxg3 30. hxg3 Rf2+ 31. Kc1 Ne5 32. Rd4 Nc4
33. b3 Rf1+ 34. Kc2 Rf2+ 35. Kc1 Rf1+ 36. Kc2 Rf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.11.02"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrkbqnbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKBQNBR w HBhb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 Nb6 2. Nb3 f6 3. Qg3 g6 4. e4 c6 5. Be3 Bc7 6. Qf2 O-O-O 7. d3 Kb8 8.
Nfd2 d5 9. a4 dxe4 10. a5 Nc8 11. dxe4 e5 12. f5 gxf5 13. exf5 Bd5 14. Re1 h5
15. Ra1 Nd7 16. Ra4 a6 17. Be2 Nd6 18. Qf1 c5 19. Rh4 Rc8 20. Rd1 Qg8 21. g3 e4
22. Nxc5 Ne5 23. Ndb3 Ndc4 24. Bxc4 Nxc4 25. Bf4 Rh7 26. Kb1 Ka8 27. Ne6 Bxe6
28. fxe6 Bxf4 29. Qxf4 f5 30. Rd7 Rh6 31. e7 Rf6 32. Rxh5 Qe8 33. Rc7 e3 34.
Rxc8+ Qxc8 35. Qxc4 1-0

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.11.02"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrkbqnbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKBQNBR w HBhb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nb3 Nb6 2. f4 c6 3. e4 Bc7 4. Be3 f6 5. d3 h5 6. Nfd2 d5 7. Bf3 Nfd7 8.
O-O-O e5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. fxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxa7 Ra8 12. Bf2 Nb4 13. Kb1 Rxa2 14.
d4 c5 15. dxe5 Qa4 16. Qe4 Rxb2+ 17. Kxb2 Bxe5+ 18. Bd4 Qa2+ 19. Kc3 cxd4+ 20.
Kxb4 Bd6+ 21. Nc5 Bxc5+ 22. Kxc5 Qa7+ 23. Kb5 Qa6+ 24. Kc5 Qa7+ 25. Kb5 Qa6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.11.02"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrkbrnbq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKBRNBQ w EBeb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 Nb6 2. Nb3 f6 3. e4 e5 4. f5 c6 5. g4 Bc7 6. d3 O-O-O 7. Bf3 Kb8 8. Nfd2
d5 9. exd5 Bxd5 10. Ne4 h5 11. h3 Nfd7 12. Be3 hxg4 13. hxg4 Bxb3 14. axb3 Nd5
15. Bd2 Qf8 16. O-O-O Nc5 17. b4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 a6 19. Rde1 Bb6 20. Qg2 Nc7 21.
g5 Nb5 22. gxf6 gxf6 23. Rg4 Rd4 24. Be4 Red8 25. c3 R4d7 26. Rg6 Qf7 27. Bh6
Nd6 28. Kc2 Nxe4 29. dxe4 Qa2 30. Bc1 a5 31. bxa5 Bxa5 32. Qe2 Rd6 33. Rg3 c5
34. Qb5 Rb6 35. Qxc5 Qa4+ 36. Kb1 Rc8 37. Qd5 Bxc3 38. Re2 Bd4 39. Rg8 Rbc6 40.
Rxc8+ Kxc8 41. Rg2 Kb8 42. Qg8+ Ka7 43. Re2 Qd1 44. Qa2+ Kb6 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Qb6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Qxb2 6. Rb1 Qa3 7. Bxb8 Rxb8
8. Rb3 Qa5 9. Rb5 Qc7 10. Rc5 Qb6 11. Qc4 Kd8 12. Rb5 Qc6 13. Rc5 Qe6 14. Qa4
Qb6 15. Rb5 Qc7 16. Rb3 a6 17. Nf3 e6 18. Bd3 b5 19. Qh4 Be7 20. O-O Bb7 21.
Qh3 h5 22. Ne2 Ng4 23. Rc1 g5 24. c4 b4 25. c5 Bd5 26. Rb2 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Ne5
28. Rd2 Bf6 29. Be4 g4 30. fxg4 hxg4 31. Qg3 Ke7 32. Nf4 Rbg8 33. Kf1 Qa5 34.
Nd3 Rg5 35. Nxe5 Rxe5 36. Rcd1 Qb5+ 37. Kg1 Rd8 38. Bd3 Qc6 39. Bf1 a5 40. Rc1
Rxc5 41. Rxc5 Qxc5 42. Qxg4 d5 43. Qd1 Bc3 44. Rd3 Rg8+ 45. Bg2 Qc4 46. e4 Qxe4
47. Rg3 Rxg3 48. hxg3 Qc4 49. Qa4 Qc5 50. Qc2 Bd4 51. Qxc5+ Bxc5 52. Bf1 a4 53.
Bd3 Kd6 54. Kf1 Ke5 55. Ke2 Kd4 56. Kd2 b3 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. b3 Be7 8.
Bb2 f6 9. Na3 Be6 10. Nc2 O-O 11. e4 Qd3 12. Re1 Rad8 13. Bf1 Qd7 14. d4 exd4
15. Ncxd4 Bg4 16. Qc2 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Rfe8 18. Rac1 c6 19. b4 Kh8 20. b5 c5 21.
Nf5 Bf8 22. h3 Bxf5 23. exf5 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 c4 25. a4 Bb4 26. Re4 Qd2 27. Qxd2
Bxd2 28. Bxc4 Nxa4 29. Ba3 Nb6 30. Bb3 Nc8 31. Bd5 a6 32. b6 Nxb6 33. Bxb7 a5
34. Bc5 Na8 35. Rc4 Bb4 36. Be3 h6 37. h4 Kh7 38. g4 Rb8 39. Be4 Nb6 40. Rc7
Na4 41. g5 Nc3 42. Bf3 Nb5 43. Rd7 hxg5 44. hxg5 Kh8 45. g6 Nc3 46. Bd2 a4 47.
Rd3 a3 48. Bxc3 Bxc3 49. Bd5 Bd2 50. Rxd2 Rb1+ 51. Kg2 a2 52. Bb3 Rg1+ 53. Kf3
1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8.
Be3 e5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. f3 Be6 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. g4 O-O 13. g5 Nh5 14. Rg1 b5 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 f5 17. h4 Qe8 18. O-O-O Bd8 19. Na5 Bb6 20. Nc6 Nf4 21. Bxb6
Nxb6 22. Qb4 Qd7 23. c4 Kh8 24. Kb1 Rae8 25. cxb5 Nbxd5 26. Qb3 e4 27. Rxd5
Nxd5 28. Qxd5 exf3 29. Qd2 Re4 30. Rg3 Qe6 31. Bd3 Re3 32. Rg1 f2 33. Rc1 axb5
34. Nb4 Rf3 35. Bxb5 Qe4+ 36. Nc2 Rc8 37. Ba6 d5 38. a3 d4 39. Bxc8 f1=Q 40.
Rxf1 Rxf1+ 41. Ka2 d3 42. Ne3 Rf3 43. Bxf5 Qxe3 44. Qa5 Qe8 45. Qd5 Qg8 46. Be6
Qf8 47. h5 Re3 48. g6 d2 49. Bf7 Re2 50. Qd3 Rh2 51. Qf3 Rg2 52. Qd3 Qb8 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxf5 Qxf5 13. Qxb7 Qd7 14. Qxd7 Nxd7
15. c5 Bxh2+ 16. Nxh2 Ne4 17. Bf4 Rfe8 18. f3 Nef6 19. Nf1 Nf8 20. Be5 Ne6 21.
Rad1 a5 22. Ne3 Nd7 23. Bd6 g6 24. Rd3 Ra7 25. Nc2 h5 26. Ra3 Rea8 27. Ra4 Ng7
28. Bf4 Nf5 29. Bd2 Nf8 30. Kh2 Ne6 31. g4 hxg4 32. fxg4 Nh4 33. Kg3 g5 34. Ra3
Ng6 35. Rb3 Ngf4 36. Rb6 Kg7 37. Rh1 Rc7 38. Bc3 Kg6 39. Kf3 Ng7 40. a4 Nfe6
41. b4 axb4 42. Nxb4 Rxa4 43. Nxc6 f6 44. Ke3 Ra3 45. Rc1 Ra8 46. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O h6 7. Kh1 Re8 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Ng1 Bf8 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 d5 12. e5 Bg4 13. Qd2 Nh5 14. Rae1
Rb8 15. h3 Nxf4 16. Qxf4 Bh5 17. Nd1 Rb4 18. Qf2 c5 19. b3 Rb6 20. Nf3 Rbe6 21.
Ne3 Qd7 22. g4 Bg6 23. Ng2 c4 24. Nf4 cxd3 25. cxd3 Bb4 26. Rd1 R6e7 27. Qxa7
Bh7 28. Qd4 c5 29. Qxd5 Qa7 30. Qc4 Qxa2 31. g5 hxg5 32. Nxg5 Qa8+ 33. Kg1 Qc6
34. d4 Bf5 35. Nd5 Rd7 36. Ne3 Bg6 37. d5 Qc7 38. Ng4 Qd8 39. e6 fxe6 40. Nxe6
Qb8 41. d6 Rxd6 42. Nc7+ Rde6 43. Rd7 Kh8 44. Qf4 Qb6 45. Nxe6 Qxe6 46. Rd6 Qe4
47. Qg5 Kh7 48. Qh4+ Kg8 49. Qg3 Kh7 50. Nf2 Qc2 51. Nd3 Be4 52. Qg5 Qe2 53.
Nxb4 cxb4 54. Rd2 Qa6 55. Qh5+ Qh6 56. Qxh6+ Kxh6 57. Re1 Re5 58. Kh2 Rd5 59.
Rxd5 Bxd5 60. Re3 g5 61. Kg3 Kg6 62. Kf2 Kf5 63. Rg3 Be6 64. Ke2 Bd5 65. Kd2
Be6 66. Rf3+ Ke5 67. Re3+ Kf6 68. Kc2 Bf5+ 69. Kc1 Be6 70. Kd2 Bd5 71. Kc2 Be6
72. Kb2 Bf5 73. Rg3 Be6 74. Rd3 Ke5 75. Re3+ Kf6 76. Re4 Bxh3 77. Rxb4 g4 78.
Re4 g3 79. Kc3 Kf5 80. Re1 Kf4 81. b4 Kf3 82. b5 Kf2 83. Kd2 g2 84. b6 Bc8 85.
Re2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played the day after a marathon against Luke McShane, where I
was outplayed by my opponent, forced on the back foot for the better part of 7
hours and survived only by a miracle. Several times I was a move away from
resignation. After a close call like that I felt both exhausted and inspired.} 
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 e5 6. d4 $5 {So I went for a
very sharp line, involving a long term pawn sacrifice. I didn't feel like I
had much energy, but I still wanted a double-edged fight and to put pressure
on my opponent from the open.} cxd4 7. cxd4 exd4 8. Bf4 {After this it seemed
that Fedoseev was already somewhat unfamiliar with the position. His
preparation for this variation was probably not thorough enough.} Nge7 9. Bd6
O-O $6 {This surprised me. I remembered that Black should go for an early ...
a6, ...b5, ...Bb7 in order to have ...Nc8, kicking the bishop from d6.} (9...
a6 10. Bc4 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 {, with Nc8 coming next, is what I had expected.})
10. Nbd2 {I spent a lot of time on this move, trying to familiarize myself
with the position. However, it seems I didn't choose the most accurate option.}
({I should have restricted Black on the queenside:} 10. a4 $1 a6 11. Bc4 {
Now ...b5 isn't available for Black.} b6 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. Re1 {, and Black
will find it very hard to liberate himself.}) 10... a6 11. Qa4 Ra7 {This isn't
dynamic enough. Black already had to go for drastic measures.} (11... b6 12.
Qa3 Bb7 $1 {An exchange sacrifice to help Black regain some freedom for his
pieces.} 13. Bxc6 Nxc6 14. Bxf8 Bxf8 15. Qa4 {White is slightly better, but
Black has counterplay and good chances to defend.}) 12. Bd3 b5 13. Qc2 {
Now Black also has to deal with Qc5 ideas, hitting the stray rook on a7.
However, White's main idea is to play a4, fracturing Black's queenside pawns
and opening the c4-square for the knight or bishop to use.} Bb7 14. a4 bxa4 ({
I was expecting Black to give back the pawn with} 14... Re8 15. axb5 axb5 16.
Bxb5 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Nc8 {, but after the accurate} 18. Bc5 $1 {the d4-pawn is
very weak and White is likely to come out a pawn ahead.}) 15. Rxa4 a5 {Now
Black has ideas of ...Ba6. Trading off some pieces is undoubtedly in Black's
favor, but because of his cramped position, he will still run into tactical
problems.} (15... Re8 $2 {attempting to dislodge the bishop with ...Nc8, runs
into} 16. Bc4 $1 Nc8 17. Bc5 Ra8 18. Qb3 {, hitting the bishop and f7-pawn and
winning the game.}) 16. h4 $6 {A lazy move. I had an abundance of choice and
couldn't decide on the right move.} (16. b4 {was simple and strong:} Ra8 (16...
axb4 $2 17. Rxa7 Nxa7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qc7 {, winning a piece, is the
tactical point of b4.}) 17. bxa5 (17. b5 Nb4 {didn't seem clear to me and was
the reason I rejected 16.b4}) 17... Rxa5 18. Rb1 $1 Ba8 19. Nc4 Rxa4 20. Qxa4 {
, and White has an enormous advantage because Black is practically unable to
move a piece.}) 16... Ba6 $2 ({It was again time for drastic measures:} 16...
Nc8 $1 17. Bxf8 Bxf8 {is a straight exchange sacrifice, and of course Black
doesn't have full compensation, but because of the counterplay with ...Nb4 he
would have good practical chances to defend.}) 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. b4 $1 {
The tactical problem with ...Ba6. The a-pawn is pinned and White threatens the
decisive b5.} Na7 {Forced.} (18... Ra8 $2 19. b5 Nb4 20. Qb3 {, and with the
knight on e7 fully pinned and Nc4 coming, Black would be dead lost.}) 19. Qc5
$2 {Another inaccurate move. My technique was far from ideal in this game.} (
19. e5 $1 {was my first instinct, and as usual it was what I should have
trusted.} Rc6 20. Qd3 Rc3 21. Qxd4 Nb5 {seemed messy to me, but after} 22. Bxe7
Qxe7 23. Qb6 {the tactics work out for White and I would have been a solid
pawn up.}) 19... Nac8 {Now a forced sequence of moves begins.} (19... Re8 20.
e5 {is now crushing, since b5 is unstoppable.}) 20. Bc7 Qe8 21. b5 d6 {Forced,
so as not to allow b6.} 22. Qc4 d5 $2 {This move absolutely shocked me. It
hadn't even crossed my mind when I was calculating beforehand. After seeing it
on the board I couldn't understand what my opponent was hoping for, because it
looked like I had an abundance of good options.} (22... Nb6 $1 {is absolutely
forced.} 23. Bxb6 Rxb6 24. Rxa5 {White still has a solid advantage, but
Black's defensive chances are reasonable. I was rather upset at myself for
having not made the most of my advantage.}) 23. Qc5 $1 {The cleanest
refutation. Once I saw this move I barely hesitated.} (23. exd5 Nd6 24. Bxd6
Rxd6 {is of course not what White wants.}) (23. Qd3 $5 {also seemed very
strong, however. But Qc5 was just too tempting to pass by.}) 23... dxe4 24.
Nxe4 d3 $5 {A sneaky move, but not difficult to refute.} ({I believe that one
of the things that Fedoseev missed was that} 24... Re6 25. Nfg5 {traps the
rook on e6 and wins.}) (24... Ra7 {was the most tenacious defense, and among
other winning moves White has the powerful} 25. Re1 $1 {, with unstoppable
threats.} (25. Rxa5 Rxa5 26. Bxa5 {is also simple and good. The trapped knight
on c8 and the passed b5-pawn constitute White's winning advantage.})) 25. Ra3 {
A good move, but not the only one.} ({The point of d3 is that} 25. bxa6 $2 Qxa4
{hits the knight on e4.}) (25. Rc4 $1 Ra7 26. b6 Rb7 27. Qxa5 {was also
crushing.}) 25... Re6 ({Fedoseev understandably didn't want to maroon his rook
with} 25... Ra7 26. b6 Rb7 {, but perhaps it was slightly more tenacious than
his choice.}) 26. Nfg5 {Now Black is forced to abandon his rook, so White
secures a decisive material advantage} Nf5 27. Nxe6 Qxe6 28. Ra4 $1 {This move
was psychologically difficult to decide on, because my rook just came from a4,
but stopping anything from coming to d4 is worth it. The rest was easy.} Re8
29. b6 {This pawn is so strong it will cost Black more material.} Qd7 30. Qxa5
Nxb6 31. Bxb6 Qc6 32. f3 d2 33. Bf2 Bh6 34. Ra3 Qc2 35. Qd5 Qc1 36. Ra7 Rf8 37.
Ra1 ({Actually here I had a scary moment. I'm up a rook and nearly any move
wins, but I was briefly considering} 37. Ng5 $4 {and then realized that it
allows} Ne3 $1 38. Bxe3 d1=Q 39. Rxd1 Qxe3+ {, and the rook on a7 surprisingly
falls. Thankfully I avoided that disaster!}) 37... Ne3 38. Bxe3 Bxe3+ 39. Kh1
Qc7 40. Qd3 Bh6 41. Qd4 Rd8 42. Nf6+ Kh8 43. Nd5+ Kg8 44. Ra8 {And here
Fedoseev threw in the towel. This win helped me secure a share of first place,
which I held to the end. Wang Hao caught me with a clutch win against David
Howell in the last round, edging me on tiebreaks and securing qualification to
the 2020 Candidates. Congratulations to him!} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e4 5. a3 d5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. f3 exf3 8. Nxf3
O-O 9. O-O h6 10. Nh4 Re8 11. Nf5 Bf8 12. g4 Bxf5 13. Rxf5 dxc4 14. e4 Nbd7 15.
g5 Nh7 16. gxh6 g6 17. Rf1 Qh4 18. Bf4 Bxh6 19. Bg3 Qe7 20. e5 f5 21. b3 Nb6
22. bxc4 Nxc4 23. Qb3 Qf7 24. Rab1 Be3+ 25. Bf2 Bxf2+ 26. Rxf2 Rad8 27. Ne2 Re7
28. h4 Nd2 29. Qxf7+ Rxf7 30. Rb4 Nf8 31. Nc3 a5 32. Ra4 Nb3 33. d5 Kg7 34. h5
b5 35. Raf4 cxd5 36. Nxb5 Re7 37. hxg6 Nxg6 38. Rxf5 d4 39. Nd6 Rxe5 40. Rf7+
Kg8 41. R7f6 Kg7 42. Rf7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. Ne4 f6 12. d4 f5 13. Nc5 e4 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 c6 17. g4 g6 18. gxf5 gxf5 19. f3 Bh6 20. Rc2 e3 21. e6
Bxe6 22. Nxb7 Nd5 23. Rxc6 Rac8 24. Rdc1 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 Nf4 26. Bf1 Bf8 27. Nc5
Bd5 28. Rc7 Bxc5 29. Rxc5 Bxf3 30. exf3 e2 31. Bc3 Re3 32. Ba5 exf1=Q+ 33. Kxf1
Rxf3+ 34. Kg1 h5 35. h4 Rh3 36. Rxf5 Rxh4 37. Kf2 Ne6 38. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2876"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bb4 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8.
Qf3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ba5 10. Bf4 O-O 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. Kb2 Rb8 13. Bd3 b5 14. cxb5
Bb7 15. Qh3 g6 16. Qe3 Rfe8 17. Rhe1 Bc6 18. a4 a6 19. Bg5 Bxc3+ 20. Kxc3 Qa3+
21. Kd2 Qb4+ 22. Ke2 Qg4+ 23. Kd2 Qb4+ 24. Ke2 Qg4+ 25. Kd2 Qb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8
8. Bg5+ Ke8 9. O-O-O Be6 10. e4 Bh6 11. Bxh6 Nxh6 12. Be2 Ke7 13. b3 f6 14. h4
Nf7 15. f4 h5 16. Bf3 a5 17. Rhe1 Bg4 18. Bxg4 hxg4 19. g3 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Kxd8
21. Rh1 Ke7 22. Kd2 b6 23. Nd1 a4 24. Nf2 axb3 25. axb3 Ra8 26. h5 Ra2+ 27. Ke3
gxh5 28. Rxh5 Rb2 29. Nxg4 Rxb3+ 30. Kf2 Rb2+ 31. Kf1 Rb1+ 32. Ke2 Rb2+ 33. Kf3
Rb3+ 34. Kg2 Rb2+ 35. Kh3 Rb1 36. Rf5 Nd6 37. Rxf6 Nxe4 38. Rg6 Rh1+ 39. Kg2
Rc1 40. Ne5 Rc2+ 41. Kh3 c5 42. Kg4 Nd6 43. f5 Nxc4 44. Re6+ Kd8 45. Nxc4 Rxc4+
46. Kg5 Rc3 47. g4 c4 48. Kf6 Rg3 49. g5 c3 50. g6 b5 51. g7 b4 52. Kf7 Rxg7+
53. Kxg7 c2 54. Re1 b3 55. f6 b2 56. f7 c1=Q 57. f8=Q+ Kd7 58. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. h3 Nc6 8. Bd3
Nb4 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Ba4 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. c3 Na6 13. Bc2 Nc7 14. Bg5 Ne6 15.
Bh4 Nf4 16. Ne5 Ng6 17. Bg3 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nd2 Qd5 21. Re1
Bf5 22. Nb3 Rfe8 23. Qxd5 cxd5 24. Rad1 Rad8 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. f3 Nxe5 27. fxe4
dxe4 28. Rxe4 Nc6 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 30. Bf2 Nxd4 31. Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nd5 e4 7. Nh4 d6 8. O-O
g5 9. d4 h6 10. Be3 gxh4 11. Bxh6 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. Bxe4 Re8 14. Qd3 Qd7
15. Kh1 Nf5 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bxh4 Qh7 18. Rg1 Bd7 19. Qf3 Rxe4 20. Qxe4 Re8 21.
Qd3 Kf7 22. Rad1 Qh5 23. f3 Ne3 24. Rc1 Ba5 25. b4 Bb6 26. b5 Kg7 27. a4 Qxd5
28. g4 c6 29. g5 f5 30. Bf2 f4 31. bxc6 bxc6 32. Qa6 Bc8 33. Qd3 c5 34. a5 c4
35. Qa3 Bxd4 36. Rgd1 Nxd1 37. Rxd1 Bc5 38. Qa4 Qe6 39. Bxc5 dxc5 40. Re1 Bb7
41. Kg2 Bc6 42. Qc2 Qe3 43. Qf5 Qe5 44. Qg4 Qd4 45. Qf5 Qe5 46. Qg4 c3 47. h4
c2 48. Kh3 Qd4 49. Kg2 Bd7 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. a3 Be7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bf4 O-O 8. e3
b6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Qe2 Nd5 13. Bg3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 a4
15. e4 Nf6 16. Bd3 Nh5 17. Be5 Ra5 18. Rfd1 Qd7 19. h3 Bd6 20. Qe3 Qe7 21. Bxd6
cxd6 22. Rdb1 Qc7 23. Nd2 Ra7 24. e5 dxe5 25. dxe5 Ra5 26. Re1 Rd8 27. Bf1 Rc5
28. c4 g6 29. Rab1 Ng7 30. g4 Ne8 31. Bg2 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 Kg7 33. Rb4 Qd7 34. Re2
Qc6+ 35. Qf3 Qxf3+ 36. Nxf3 Nc7 37. Rxa4 b5 38. cxb5 Rxb5 39. Rc4 Nd5 40. a4
Rb3 41. Ra2 h6 42. h4 Ra8 43. Nd2 Rd3 44. a5 g5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Kf1 Nf4 47.
a6 Rh8 48. Rxf4 gxf4 49. Ke2 Rd5 50. Nc4 Rb5 51. Kf3 Rb3+ 52. Ke4 Rb4 53. Kd3
Rc8 54. Nd6 Ra8 55. Kc3 Rb6 56. a7 f6 57. Kc4 fxe5 58. Kc5 Rb1 59. Nb5 Rc1+ 60.
Kb6 e4 61. Nc7 Rc8 62. Nxe6+ Kf6 63. Nxf4 Rb1+ 64. Ka6 Ke5 65. Ng2 Rc6+ 66. Ka5
Rc5+ 67. Ka6 Rc6+ 68. Ka5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1
Ba7 9. h3 Kh8 10. d4 Ng8 11. b4 exd4 12. cxd4 Nxb4 13. a5 f6 14. Nc3 Ne7 15.
Ne2 d5 16. exd5 Nbxd5 17. Ba3 Re8 18. Ng3 Bd7 19. Qb3 Bc6 20. Re4 b5 21. axb6
Nxb6 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Bxa6 Bd5 25. Qc3 Rd8 26. Re1 Qd7 27. Qc5
Qc6 28. Qe7 Qd7 29. Nh4 Bf7 30. Bb5 Qxe7 31. Rxe7 Bd5 32. Nh5 Nc8 33. Rxg7 Bxd4
34. Bd3 Bg8 35. Nf5 Nd6 36. Nxd4 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "197"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Qe4 Nb4
8. Qxe5+ Be7 9. Qe4 g6 10. Qb1 O-O 11. a3 Nc6 12. e3 Bf5 13. d3 Ne5 14. e4 Be6
15. Be2 Nc6 16. Be3 Nd4 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. O-O Rad8 19. Qc2 c6 20. Kh1 f5 21.
Rad1 a5 22. Bf3 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Bf6 24. f4 Bg7 25. Na4 Kh8 26. Nc5 Bc8 27. Rb1
Qd6 28. g3 b6 29. Na4 c5 30. h4 Be6 31. Nc3 Bg8 32. Kg2 c4 33. Rbd1 cxd3 34.
Rxd3 Qc5 35. Rfd1 Rxd3 36. Rxd3 b5 37. Qd2 b4 38. axb4 axb4 39. Nd5 Qc4 40. Bf3
b3 41. Ne3 Qc5 42. Bd5 Bxd5+ 43. Rxd5 Qe7 44. Kh2 Re8 45. Rd3 Qe6 46. Rd8 Qg8
47. Rxe8 Qxe8 48. Nc4 Qe7 49. Qd3 h6 50. Kg2 Qb7+ 51. Qf3 Qe7 52. Kf1 h5 53.
Qxb3 Qe4 54. Ne5 Kh7 55. Qc3 Bf8 56. Qd3 Qh1+ 57. Ke2 Qg2+ 58. Kd1 Qg1+ 59. Kc2
Qc5+ 60. Nc4 Bg7 61. Qe2 Qg1 62. Qe3 Qg2+ 63. Kb3 Qd5 64. Qe2 Qb5+ 65. Kc2 Bxb2
66. f5 Bg7 67. fxg6+ Kxg6 68. Qe4+ Qf5 69. Kd3 Qxe4+ 70. Kxe4 Bc3 71. Ne5+ Kh6
72. Nd3 Kg6 73. Nf4+ Kh6 74. Kf5 Be1 75. Ne2 Bf2 76. Kf6 Be1 77. Kf5 Bf2 78.
Kf4 Kg6 79. Ke5 Be1 80. Ke6 Bf2 81. Ke5 Be1 82. Ke4 Bf2 83. Kf3 Be1 84. Nf4+
Kh6 85. Nd5 Kg6 86. Ne3 Bd2 87. Ng2 Kh6 88. Ke4 Kg6 89. Ke5 Ba5 90. Ke6 Bc7 91.
Nf4+ Kh6 92. Kf7 Bb8 93. Ne2 Kh7 94. Kf6 Kh6 95. Nd4 Bc7 96. Nf5+ Kh7 97. Kg5
Ba5 98. Kxh5 Be1 99. g4 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. Rac1 h6 13. Bh4 Rc8 14. Bd3 Bxc3
15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Bg3 Qc6 17. Bb5 Qd5 18. c4 Qh5 19. Bd6 Rfe8 20. c5 Bc6 21. Ba6
Ra8 22. Rfd1 bxc5 23. dxc5 e5 24. Bb5 Bxb5 25. Qxb5 e4 26. Nd4 Ne5 27. c6 e3
28. f3 e2 29. Re1 Qg5 30. Kh1 a6 31. Qb1 Nd3 32. f4 Nf2+ 33. Kg1 Nh3+ 34. Kh1
Ng4 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 Nxd5 6. dxc5 Nf6 7. b4 Qe7 8.
Bb2 O-O 9. Nf3 d6 10. cxd6 cxd6 11. Be2 Bg4 12. O-O Nbd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qb3 a5
15. a3 Rfc8 16. Rac1 h6 17. Rfd1 axb4 18. axb4 Qe6 19. Qc3 Nb6 20. Ba1 Ra2 21.
Rc2 Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Nxc4 23. Qa2 Ne4 24. Qa7 Ncd2 25. Nd4 Qf6 26. f3 exd4 27.
Qxb7 Rc2 28. Qa8+ Kh7 29. Bd3 Qg6 30. Bxe4 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 g5 7. Nf1 g4 8. N3d2
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ne3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 f5 12. O-O Bd6 13. d4 Qe7 14. e4 f4 15.
Bd5 h5 16. Nc4 Rf8 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Qd2 Be6 20. Bxc6+ bxc6 21.
Rxf4 Rxf4 22. Qxf4 Qxf4 23. Bxf4 O-O-O 24. Kf2 Rd3 25. Rc1 c5 26. Ke2 c4 27.
Be3 Bd7 28. Rf1 Bc6 29. Rf4 a6 30. Bd4 a5 31. b3 Bb5 32. Rf5 c6 33. a4 Ba6 34.
Rxa5 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3
Bb6 9. a4 a5 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. d4 c6 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Nc4 Bc7 15. Be3
Be6 16. Ncd2 Qe7 17. Nf1 Rad8 18. Ng3 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Qc2
exd4 22. Bxd4 Nf4 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Qf7 25. Kh2 Bd5 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Ne1
Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Nxg2 29. Re4 Bxe4 30. Qxe4 Nf4 31. Qd4 Kh7 32. b4 Nd5 33. bxa5
Qf3 34. Ne4 Qf4+ 35. Ng3 Qf3 36. Ne4 Qf7 37. Qe5 g5 38. Kg3 Nf4 39. Nd6 Qc7 40.
c4 Ng6 41. Qd4 c5 42. Qd3 Qxa5 43. Nxb7 Qa7 44. Qe4 Qxa4 45. Nxc5 Qa3+ 46. Nd3
h5 47. c5 Kh6 48. Kh2 Qc3 49. Qe3 Nh4 50. Ne5 Qxe5+ 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Qb1 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 Ne4 16. Nxd5 Nxg5 17. exd4 Bxd4 18. b4 Qd8 19. Qb3 Rc8 20. O-O Rc6 21. h4
Ne6 22. Nf3 Rd6 23. a4 f6 24. Rfe1 Kh8 25. h5 Rd7 26. a5 Rf8 27. Nh4 b5 28.
axb6 axb6 29. Qa4 Rxd5 30. cxd5 Qxd5 31. Nf3 e4 32. Nxd4 Nxd4 33. Qa3 Rd8 34.
Qe3 h6 35. Rc1 f5 36. Qg3 Ne6 37. Red1 Nd4 38. Kh1 f4 39. Qxf4 Qxh5+ 40. Qh2
Rd5 41. Ra1 Kh7 42. Qh3 Qg6 43. g4 e3 44. fxe3 Qe4+ 45. Qg2 Qxe3 46. Qxd5 Qh3+
47. Kg1 Qg3+ 48. Qg2 Nf3+ 49. Kf1 Nh2+ 50. Kg1 Nf3+ 51. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. Na4 Bb6 7. Nxb6 axb6 8.
c3 O-O 9. Ba4 Ne7 10. Bc2 Ng6 11. h3 d5 12. O-O Re8 13. a4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Be6
15. Be3 h6 16. Kh2 Qe7 17. Qe2 Nh7 18. g3 Nf6 19. Rfd1 Red8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21.
Rd1 Qe8 22. Nd2 Nf8 23. Nc4 N6d7 24. b4 f6 25. a5 Qf7 26. Bd3 bxa5 27. Nxa5 b6
28. Nc6 Ng6 29. Bb5 Ne7 30. Qd3 Ng6 31. Qe2 Ngf8 32. f4 exf4 33. gxf4 f5 34.
Nd4 Ra2 35. Rd2 Rxd2 36. Bxd2 Kh8 37. e5 Bd5 38. Bd3 g6 39. c4 Be6 40. Nc6 Qe8
41. Be3 Bf7 42. c5 Nxc5 43. Bb5 Nce6 44. Qd2 Qa8 45. Ne7 Kh7 46. Nd5 Kg7 47.
Nf6 Nh7 48. Bc4 Nhf8 49. h4 c5 50. h5 cxb4 51. hxg6 Bxg6 52. Bd5 Qa3 53. Bxb6
b3 54. Bd4 Kf7 55. Bc3 Kg7 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c6 3. Nf3 Qb6 4. b3 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. O-O Nd7 8. c4
Ngf6 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Ne2 O-O 11. a3 Be7 12. Ne5 Bxd3 13. Nxd3 Qd8 14. c5 Ne4 15.
Bf4 Bg5 16. f3 Bxf4 17. exf4 Nef6 18. b4 a6 19. Qc2 g6 20. a4 Kg7 21. Rab1 h5
22. Nec1 h4 23. Nb3 Nh5 24. Rbe1 Qf6 25. Qd2 Qf5 26. Re2 Rh8 27. Rfe1 Rab8 28.
a5 Rh7 29. Na1 Rbh8 30. Nc2 Qf6 31. Qe3 Ng3 32. Rd2 Nf5 33. Qf2 Rh5 34. Ne5
Nxe5 35. fxe5 Qe7 36. f4 g5 37. Ne3 gxf4 38. Qxf4 Qg5 39. Nxf5+ Qxf5 40. Qe3
Qg4 41. Rf2 Rf5 42. Rxf5 Qxf5 43. Rf1 Qg6 44. Rf6 Qb1+ 45. Rf1 Qg6 46. h3 Rh5
47. Rf6 Qb1+ 48. Rf1 Qc2 49. Qf4 Qg6 50. Rf2 Qb1+ 51. Kh2 Qg6 52. Rf3 Rg5 53.
Rf2 Rh5 54. Rf3 Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qa4 Qd7 12. Bg2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bd2 Bh3
15. Rac1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qb7 17. Rc2 c5 18. f3 Rfd8 19. Ne2 Qb5 20. Qxb5 axb5 21.
Bc3 Nd7 22. Rd1 Nb6 23. Kf2 Bd6 24. Rcd2 f6 25. Rd3 Kf7 26. h4 h5 27. Nf4 Bxf4
28. gxf4 d4 29. exd4 c4 30. Re3 Nd5 31. Re4 Nxc3 32. bxc3 Rxa3 33. Re3 Re8 34.
Rxe8 Kxe8 35. Rc1 Kd7 36. f5 Kd6 37. Ke2 Kd5 38. Rc2 Rb3 39. Rc1 b4 40. cxb4
Rxb4 41. Rg1 Rb7 42. Rd1 Re7+ 43. Kd2 Kxd4 44. Kc2+ Kc5 45. Rd8 Re2+ 46. Kd1
Rh2 47. Rg8 Rxh4 48. Rxg7 Rf4 49. Ke2 Rxf5 50. Rh7 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. c5
Be7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Bf4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 c6 12. Qa4 b5 13. Qc2 a5 14. e4 Nf6 15. e5
Ne4 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Ba6 18. Rfe1 Qd7 19. a3 Rfb8 20. h4 Qb7 21. Reb1 Ra7
22. Bf3 Rba8 23. Kh2 Qd7 24. Bd1 Bf8 25. Bc2 Qe8 26. Re1 Bc8 27. Qd3 f5 28.
exf6 gxf6 29. Qf3 Qf7 30. Re2 Bg7 31. Bd6 e5 32. Bf5 e4 33. Qg4 Bxf5 34. Qxf5
Qg6 35. Qe6+ Rf7 36. Bf4 f5 37. Qxg6 hxg6 38. Be3 Rb7 39. Rb2 a4 40. Rg1 Bf6
41. Kg2 Kf7 42. Rh1 Rh8 43. Rbb1 Ke6 44. f4 exf3+ 45. Kxf3 Kf7 46. Bf4 Re7 47.
Kf2 Re4 48. Kf3 Rhe8 49. Rbd1 Bd8 50. Rd3 Rh8 51. Rdd1 Ba5 52. Rc1 Bd8 53. Rcd1
Bf6 54. Rc1 Rhe8 55. Rcd1 Bd8 56. Rd3 Rh8 57. Rdd1 Rh5 58. Rc1 Bf6 59. Rcd1 Rh7
60. Rc1 Ke6 61. Rcg1 Bd8 62. Rd1 Be7 63. Rc1 Bf6 64. Rcd1 Bg7 65. Rdg1 Bh6 66.
Rf1 Bxf4 67. gxf4 Kf6 68. Rd1 Rhe7 69. Rd3 Re2 70. h5 Ra2 71. hxg6 Kxg6 72.
Rdd1 Rg7 73. Rde1 Kf7 74. Rh5 Kg6 75. Rh8 Rxa3 76. Re6+ Kf7 77. Rxc6 Rxc3+ 78.
Kf2 a3 79. Rc7+ Kg6 80. Rc6+ Kf7 81. Rc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Qc2 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. d3 Re8 11. Be3 Qd6 12. Rac1 Be6 13. Ng5 Bd5 14. Ne4 Qe7
15. Nc5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nd8 17. Qc4 c6 18. b4 Ne6 19. a4 a6 20. Rb1 Rac8 21. Rfc1
h5 22. h4 Kh7 23. Ne4 f5 24. Bc5 b5 25. Bxe7 bxc4 26. Nd6 Rxe7 27. Nxc8 Rc7 28.
Nd6 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ne4 Bb6 11. Nfg5 h6 12. h4 Nce7 13. Qf3 c6 14. Bd2 f5 15.
Ng3 Qe8 16. c4 e4 17. Qh5 exd3 18. cxd5 Nxd5+ 19. Kf1 Qxh5 20. Nxh5 hxg5 21.
hxg5 Be6 22. g6 f4 23. Rh4 Rae8 24. Re1 Ne3+ 25. Kg1 Bxb3 26. axb3 Nd5 27. Rxe8
Rxe8 28. Rh3 Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Re2+ 30. Kf3 Rxd2 31. Nxf4 Nxf4 32. Kxf4 Rxg2 33.
Kf5 Rf2+ 34. Kg5 d2 35. Rd3 Kf8 36. Kg4 Ke7 37. Kg3 d1=Q 38. Rxd1 Rxb2 39. Rd3
Kf6 40. Kf4 Kxg6 41. Rd6+ Kh7 42. Rxc6 Rxb3 43. Rxa6 Rb1 44. Rb6 b4 45. Kg3 b3
46. Kf3 g6 47. Rb7+ Kh6 48. Rb5 g5 49. Rb6+ Kh5 50. Rb4 Kg6 51. Rb5 Kf6 52. Kf2
Ke6 53. Kg2 Kd6 54. Rxg5 Rc1 55. Rb5 Rc3 56. Kf2 Kc6 57. Rb8 Kc5 58. Ke2 Kc4
59. Rc8+ Kb4 60. Ra8 b2 61. Kd2 Rc5 62. Rb8+ Ka3 63. Ra8+ Kb3 64. Rb8+ Ka2 65.
Ra8+ Kb1 66. Rb8 Rd5+ 67. Ke2 Kc2 68. Rc8+ Kb3 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Bd7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. exd4 Bc6 11. Rd1 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Bb3 Qc7 14. c4 Rfe8
15. Bb2 Qf4 16. Qe3 Qf5 17. Ne1 b5 18. c5 a5 19. Nd3 Rab8 20. Bc2 Qh5 21. a3
Red8 22. Rac1 Qg4 23. f3 Qh4 24. Qd2 Ra8 25. Re1 Nd5 26. Re4 Qe7 27. Rce1 N7f6
28. Ne5 Qc7 29. Rh4 Ne7 30. Qf4 Ned5 31. Qg3 b4 32. a4 b3 33. Bb1 Bxa4 34. Bc1
Be8 35. Bg5 a4 36. Qh3 g6 37. Ng4 Nh5 38. Rxh5 gxh5 39. Bxh7+ Kf8 40. Qxh5 f6
41. Bh6+ Ke7 42. Qf5 Ra6 43. Bg8 Bf7 44. Bxf7 Kxf7 45. Ne5+ Qxe5 46. Qh7+ Ke8
47. dxe5 f5 48. Bg5 Rda8 49. c6 Kf8 50. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "188"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8. e5
Nd5 9. Re1 O-O 10. c4 Nb6 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. g4 Be6 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Bf4 Rae8 15.
Qd2 Qc8 16. Bg3 f5 17. exf6 exf6 18. Ne4 Qa8 19. Nd6 Re7 20. Re2 Ne5 21. Nxe5
fxe5 22. Rae1 Rd7 23. Bxe5 Bxg4 24. hxg4 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxd6 26. Re7 Rdf6 27.
Qh6 R6f7 28. R1e6 Qc8 29. f3 Kh8 30. Rxf7 Rxf7 31. Rxg6 Qf8 32. Qxf8+ Rxf8 33.
Rd6 Rxf3 34. Rd7 Rg3+ 35. Kh2 Rxg4 36. Rxb7 Rg7 37. Rb8+ Rg8 38. Rb3 Rg7 39.
Ra3 Rd7 40. Kg3 Kg7 41. Kf4 Kf6 42. b3 Ke6 43. Ra5 Kd6 44. a3 Rb7 45. b4 cxb4
46. axb4 Rxb4 47. Rxa7 Rb1 48. Rxh7 Re1 49. d4 Rf1+ 50. Ke4 Re1+ 51. Kd3 Rd1+
52. Ke3 Re1+ 53. Kd2 Rg1 54. Rh6+ Kd7 55. Kc3 Rg4 56. Rh7+ Kc8 57. Rf7 Rh4 58.
Rg7 Rf4 59. Kd3 Rh4 60. c5 Rf4 61. Rh7 Rg4 62. Ke3 Kd8 63. Kd3 Kc8 64. Kc3 Kd8
65. Kc4 Kc8 66. Kd3 Kd8 67. Ke3 Kc8 68. Rf7 Kd8 69. Rf4 Rg1 70. Ke4 Re1+ 71.
Kf5 Kd7 72. Rh4 Rf1+ 73. Ke5 Re1+ 74. Re4 Rh1 75. Rf4 Re1+ 76. Kf6 Re2 77. Rg4
Rf2+ 78. Ke5 Re2+ 79. Kf4 Rf2+ 80. Ke3 Rf7 81. Ke4 Rh7 82. Kf5 Rh5+ 83. Kf6 Rd5
84. Rh4 Kc8 85. Ke6 Kc7 86. Rg4 Kc8 87. Rf4 Kc7 88. Ke7 Rd7+ 89. Kf6 Rd5 90.
Re4 Kd7 91. Kg6 Kd8 92. Kf7 Kd7 93. Rf4 Kd8 94. Kf8 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Ne4 Nd5 10. Nbc3 Be7 11. Ng3 O-O 12. Bf5 Bxf5 13. Nxf5 Bg5 14. d3 Rb8
15. O-O Bxc1 16. Qxc1 Nf4 17. Re1 Qg5 18. Ng3 c5 19. Nce2 Nc6 20. Nxf4 exf4 21.
Ne4 Qf5 22. f3 Nd4 23. c3 Ne6 24. Qc2 Rfd8 25. a3 a5 26. Rad1 Rd7 27. Re2 Qd5
28. Qa4 Rdb7 29. Rdd2 Qd8 30. Qc4 Qb6 31. Nf2 Rd8 32. Ng4 Rbd7 33. Ne5 Rd5 34.
Qa4 Qc7 35. Qc6 Qe7 36. Qa6 Qf6 37. Ng4 Qg5 38. Nf2 Qf5 39. Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Qg4 f5 6. Qg3 b6 7. Bd2 Nc6 8. Bb5
Bb7 9. a3 Bf8 10. Nf3 O-O-O 11. h4 Nh6 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Ne2 Be7 14. Qf4 Rdg8
15. g3 Rg6 16. Qd2 a6 17. Bd3 Na5 18. Nf4 Nc4 19. Qc1 Rg4 20. b3 Na5 21. O-O
Rhg8 22. Kh2 c5 23. b4 cxb4 24. axb4 Nc4 25. c3 Kb8 26. Ng2 R4g6 27. Re1 b5 28.
Nf4 Rg4 29. Be2 Bd8 30. Ng1 R4g7 31. Ngh3 Qf7 32. Nd3 Be7 33. Qxh6 Rg6 34. Qc1
Qf8 35. Rg1 Rh6 36. h5 Bc8 37. Nhf4 Rg5 38. Kg2 Ka7 39. Rh1 Qg8 40. Nh3 Kb6 41.
Nxg5 Bxg5 42. f4 Be7 43. Kf2 Bd7 44. Nc5 Bxc5 45. dxc5+ Kb7 46. Bxc4 dxc4 47.
Qd1 Bc6 48. Rh2 Bd5 49. Ra2 Qe8 50. g4 fxg4 51. Qxg4 Qf8 52. Ke3 Bc6 53. Rh3 a5
54. Rg3 a4 55. Qg7+ Qxg7 56. Rxg7+ Ka6 57. Rd2 Bd5 58. Rg5 Bc6 59. f5 exf5 60.
Rd6 Rxd6 61. cxd6 Bd7 62. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. Nbd2
Bb4 9. O-O Nge7 10. Nb3 O-O 11. a3 Ba5 12. Nc5 Bb6 13. b4 Bxc5 14. bxc5 b6 15.
cxb6 Qxb6 16. Be3 Nf5 17. Rb1 Qa7 18. Bd3 h6 19. Qa4 Nce7 20. Nd2 Nxe3 21. fxe3
Bf5 22. Rb3 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 Rac8 24. Nb3 Rc4 25. Qa5 Rc2 26. Nc5 Rb8 27. Rb3 Rxb3
28. Nxb3 Nf5 29. Nc5 Qe7 30. Qe1 Qg5 31. Rf2 Nxd4 32. Rxc2 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "12"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb1
Nc6 9. h4 b6 10. Bb5 Qc7 11. h5 h6 12. Rh3 Bd7 13. Rg3 f6 14. Rxg7+ Kxg7 15.
Qg6+ Kh8 16. Qxh6+ Kg8 17. Qg6+ Kh8 18. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
Rb8 9. a3 b5 10. Rb1 a5 11. a4 bxa4 12. Nxa4 Bd7 13. Be3 Nd4 14. Nac3 Ne8 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 Nc6 17. f4 e6 18. f5 Ne5 19. g4 Kh7 20. Nf4 Bf6 21. Nce2 Ng7 22.
b3 a4 23. bxa4 Rxb1 24. Qxb1 Bxa4 25. c3 Bc6 26. d4 Nc4 27. fxg6+ fxg6 28. e5
Bxg2 29. Qxg6+ Kh8 30. Nxe6 Nxe6 31. Rxf6 Rxf6 32. exf6 Nxd2 33. Qxh6+ Kg8 34.
Qg6+ Kf8 35. Qh6+ Kf7 36. Qxd2 Bf3 37. d5 Nf8 38. Ng3 Qxf6 39. Nf5 Be4 40. Ng3
Bg6 41. Qe3 Nh7 42. h4 Qxh4 43. Qe6+ Kg7 44. Qd7+ Kh6 45. Qxd6 Qxg4 46. Kf2 c4
47. Qe5 Qh4 48. d6 Nf6 49. Kf3 Qg4+ 50. Kf2 Qh4 51. Kf3 Bd3 52. Qf4+ Qg5 53.
Qe3 Kg6 54. Qxg5+ Kxg5 55. Ke3 Kg4 56. Nh1 Kf5 57. Nf2 Bf1 58. Kd4 Ke6 59. Nd1
Ng4 60. d7 Kxd7 61. Nb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 e5 8. c3
Re8 9. a3 Bf8 10. b4 d6 11. b5 Ne7 12. c4 g6 13. Nc3 Bg7 14. a4 h6 15. a5 Be6
16. Nd2 Qd7 17. Nf1 Bh3 18. Bxh3 Qxh3 19. Qf3 Nh7 20. Ne3 Ng5 21. Qg2 Qh5 22.
g4 Qh4 23. Ned5 Nxd5 24. Bxg5 Qxg5 25. Nxd5 Rf8 26. a6 b6 27. Re3 Bf6 28. Qg3
Kg7 29. Rf1 Rae8 30. Kg2 Bd8 31. Rh1 h5 32. gxh5 Qxh5 33. Qh3 Bh4 34. Qd7 Rh8
35. h3 Qg5+ 36. Kf1 Qh5 37. Qxa7 Qd1+ 38. Kg2 Qd2 39. Rf1 Rh5 40. Rf3 Rg5+ 41.
Kh2 Rf8 42. Rg1 Qe2 43. Rxg5 Qxf3 44. Rg2 Bxf2 45. Qe7 Be3 46. Qxd6 Bf4+ 47.
Nxf4 Qxf4+ 48. Kg1 Rh8 49. Rf2 Qg3+ 50. Kf1 Rxh3 51. a7 Rh1+ 52. Ke2 Qg4+ 53.
Ke3 Re1+ 54. Kd2 Qd1+ 55. Kc3 Qa1+ 56. Rb2 Rc1+ 57. Kb3 Qa5 58. Qxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Nf3 c5 8. exd6
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd6 10. Be3 Qe7 11. O-O-O Na6 12. Kb1 Nf6 13. a3 Bd7 14. Be2 Be5
15. f4 Bc7 16. Rhe1 Rab8 17. Bf3 Rfd8 18. g4 Qf8 19. f5 Nc5 20. g5 Ne8 21. f6
Be5 22. h4 gxf6 23. gxf6 Bxf6 24. Qf2 Ba4 25. Nxa4 Nxa4 26. Rg1+ Kh8 27. Be4
Bg7 28. h5 h6 29. Rg2 Nc5 30. Bc2 Rd7 31. Rdg1 Rbd8 32. Rxg7 Nxg7 33. Qf6 Kg8
34. Bxh6 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 Nc6 7. Be3 e5 8. Nb3
Be6 9. Qf3 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. g4 b5 12. Kb1 Nd7 13. Nd5 Rb8 14. h4 a5 15. g5
a4 16. Nc1 a3 17. b3 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Bd3 Ne5 21. Qe4 g6 22.
f4 Qc7 23. Ne2 Ng4 24. Qxd4 Rfe8 25. f5 Ne5 26. f6 Bf8 27. h5 Nf3 28. Qb4 Nxg5
29. hxg6 fxg6 30. Rdg1 Nf3 31. Bxg6 hxg6 32. Rxg6+ Kf7 33. Qg4 Rxe2 34. Rg7+
1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
h5 9. h3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bc5 11. Bf4 d6 12. Qd2 e5 13. Be3 Be6 14. Rfd1 Bxe3 15.
Qxe3 b5 16. Rd2 O-O 17. f4 b4 18. Nd1 Rad8 19. Nf2 exf4 20. gxf4 Rfe8 21. Rad1
a5 22. Qg3 Bc8 23. Kh2 Rd7 24. Bf3 Bb7 25. Rg1 g6 26. f5 d5 27. Qxc7 Rxc7 28.
exd5 Kg7 29. d6 Rd7 30. Bxb7 Rxb7 31. fxg6 fxg6 32. Nd3 Ne4 33. Rdg2 Re6 34.
Re1 Kf6 35. Rge2 Kf5 36. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Qe2 Nd7 7. Nbd2 f6 8.
Nc4 Nb6 9. Ne3 Be6 10. b3 a5 11. a4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Qd4 14. O-O O-O
15. Kh1 Nc8 16. Rae1 Ne7 17. f4 exf4 18. Rxf4 Ng6 19. Rf2 b5 20. Nf3 Qc3 21.
Qd2 Qxd2 22. Rxd2 bxa4 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. bxa4 Rfb8 25. Nb3 Be6 26. Nc5 Nf8 27. c4
Kf7 28. h3 Nd7 29. Nxe6 Kxe6 30. d4 Kf7 31. Nf5 g6 32. Nh6+ Kg7 33. Ng4 h5 34.
Nf2 Rb4 35. e5 fxe5 36. dxe5 Nc5 37. Nd3 Nxd3 38. Rxd3 Rxc4 39. Rd7+ Kh6 40. e6
Re8 41. Rxc7 Rxa4 42. Rxc6 Rf4 43. e7 Rf7 44. Rc7 a4 45. Ra7 a3 46. Rxa3 Rexe7
47. Rxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be3 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Be2 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+
15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. g5 d5 19. Rhd1 dxc4 20. bxc4 b5 21.
cxb5 axb5 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Bxb5 Ne5 24. f4 Nc4+ 25. Ke2 Nxe3 26. Kxe3 Bxa2
27. Bd7 Rc2 28. Bxf5 Rxh2 29. Nc5 Kf7 30. Rd7 Bb2 31. Ne4 Ba3 32. Ra7 Bc1+ 33.
Kf3 Bd5 34. Kg3 Re2 35. Nf6 Bc6 36. Rc7 Rg2+ 37. Kh3 Bxf4 38. Rxc6 Rg3+ 39. Kh4
exf6 40. gxf6 Rg1 41. Be4 Bg5+ 42. Kh5 Bxf6 43. Bd5+ Kg7 44. Rc7+ Kf8 45. Rf7+
Ke8 46. Rxf6 Ke7 47. Ra6 Re1 48. Kg4 Re5 49. Bf3 h5+ 50. Kf4 Rb5 51. Be2 Rc5
52. Bd3 h4 53. Bf5 Rc4+ 54. Ke5 Rc5+ 55. Ke4 Rc4+ 56. Kd5 Rb4 57. Rh6 Kf7 58.
Be4 Kg7 59. Rh7+ Kf6 60. Rxh4 Rb5+ 61. Kc4 Ra5 62. Kd4 Ra4+ 63. Ke3 Ra1 64. Kf4
Rf1+ 65. Bf3 Rf2 66. Rh6+ Ke7 67. Ke4 Rf1 68. Bg4 Re1+ 69. Kd5 Rg1 70. Bf5 Re1
71. Be4 Ra1 72. Ke5 Ra5+ 73. Bd5 Kf8 74. Kf6 Ke8 75. Be6 Kd8 76. Rh7 Rc5 77.
Rd7+ Ke8 78. Rd6 Rc7 79. Ra6 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Nf1 d5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Ng3 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qe2 Rad8 15.
Bb3 Bb6 16. O-O d4 17. Kh2 dxc3 18. bxc3 Bxb3 19. axb3 a5 20. Nf5 b4 21. c4 Ne7
22. c5 Bxc5 23. Rxa5 Qb6 24. Ra2 Nxf5 25. exf5 Qd6 26. Qe4 Qxd3 27. Nd2 Qd4 28.
g3 Bb6 29. Kg2 Qxe4+ 30. Nxe4 Rd3 31. Rb1 Red8 32. g4 Kh7 33. h4 R8d4 34. Re2
g6 35. h5 Kg7 36. f6+ Kh7 37. f3 Rd1 38. Rxd1 Rxd1 39. Rd2 Rxd2+ 40. Nxd2 gxh5
41. gxh5 c5 42. Kg3 Bd8 43. Kg4 Bxf6 44. Kf5 Bg5 45. Nc4 Bf4 46. Nb2 Be3 47.
Nc4 Bd4 48. Nd2 Kg7 49. Nc4 Kf8 50. Nd6 Ke7 51. Nc4 Kd7 52. Nd2 Kc7 53. Nc4 Bc3
54. Ke4 Kd7 55. Kf5 Ke7 56. Ne3 Kd6 57. Nc4+ Kd5 58. Na5 Kd4 59. Nc4 Kd3 60.
Kg4 e4 61. fxe4 Kxe4 62. Nd6+ Kd3 63. Nc4 Kc2 64. Na5 Be5 65. Kf5 Bc7 66. Nb7
Bb6 67. Kf6 Kxb3 68. Kg7 c4 69. Kxh6 c3 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Moranda, Wojciech"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. Qc2
Bb7 9. a3 Bxd2 10. Bxd2 Ne4 11. Bf4 a5 12. Rfd1 a4 13. Rac1 Qe7 14. Ne5 Nxe5
15. Bxe5 Rfc8 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Bh3 c5 18. Bxc8 Bxc8 19. Bf4 Bf5 20. f3 Nxg3
21. e4 Nh5 22. Bg3 dxe4 23. fxe4 Bxe4 24. Re1 f5 25. dxc5 Qg5 26. Qf2 bxc5 27.
Rxc5 Qg4 28. Qe2 Qxe2 29. Rxe2 Nxg3 30. hxg3 h5 31. Rd2 Ra6 32. Kf2 Kh7 33. Rc4
Kh6 34. Rdd4 Rb6 35. Rb4 Rc6 36. Rdc4 Rd6 37. Rd4 Rc6 38. Rbc4 Rb6 39. Rd2 Rb3
40. Rc3 Rb6 41. Ke3 Kg5 42. Rd7 g6 43. Rd2 Kg4 44. Kf2 g5 45. Re2 h4 46. gxh4
gxh4 47. Rc8 Rh6 48. Rg8+ Kf4 49. Kg1 Rc6 50. Rh8 Kf3 51. Rf2+ Ke3 52. Rxh4
Rg6+ 53. Kf1 Bd3+ 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Na5 5. Nge2 Bc5 6. Ng3 d6 7. h3 h6 8. Qf3
Nxc4 9. dxc4 Be6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Nh7 12. Qd3 Qh4 13. Na4 Bb4+ 14. Bc3 Ba3
15. Bd2 a5 16. O-O Ng5 17. f4 Nh7 18. Rf3 b6 19. Raf1 Rad8 20. Nc3 Bc5+ 21. Kh2
c6 22. f5 Bc8 23. f6 g6 24. Be1 Qg5 25. Bd2 Qh4 26. Be1 Ng5 27. Nf5 Nxf3+ 28.
Rxf3 Qxe1 29. Rf1 Qxf1 30. Ne7+ Kh7 31. Qxf1 Bd7 32. Na4 Be3 33. Qd3 Bg5 34.
Nxb6 Bxf6 35. Nxd7 Rxd7 36. Nxc6 Bg5 37. h4 Bxh4 38. Qh3 Rc7 39. Qxh4 Rxc6 40.
Qe7 Kg7 41. Qa7 Rcc8 42. Qb6 Rcd8 43. a4 f5 44. Qc7+ Kf6 45. Qxa5 fxe4 46. Qe1
d5 47. c5 Kf5 48. c6 d4 49. g4+ Kxg4 50. Qxe4+ Kh5 51. Qxe5+ g5 52. Qe2+ g4 53.
Kg3 Rf3+ 54. Kg2 Re3 55. Qf1 Rde8 56. Qf7+ Kh4 57. Qf6+ Kh5 58. Qf5+ Kh4 59.
Qf2+ Kg5 60. Qd2 Kh5 61. Qxd4 Re2+ 62. Kg1 Re1+ 63. Kf2 R1e2+ 64. Kg1 Rxc2 65.
Qd1 Rc3 66. Qd7 Re5 67. c7 Rc1+ 68. Kf2 Rc2+ 69. Kg3 Re3+ 70. Kf4 Rf3+ 71. Ke5
Re2+ 72. Kd6 Rd3+ 73. Kc6 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Chicago Wind"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c3 Re8 12. Nbd2 Nc5 13. Bc2 Bg4 14. Nb3 g6 15.
Bf4 Ne6 16. Bg3 Bh4 17. Qe3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Nf8 19. Nbd4 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxd1 21.
Rxd1 Qd6 22. f4 f6 23. Ndf3 c6 24. Qb6 fxe5 25. Rxd5 Qb8 26. Qxc6 Qa7+ 27. Kh2
Rac8 28. Qf6 Re6 29. Qh4 exf4 30. gxf4 Qe7 31. Qg3 Kh8 32. Ne5 Rf6 33. Qh4 Rc7
34. Rd4 Ne6 35. Re4 Kg7 36. g3 Rf8 37. Qg4 Rf6 38. Re2 Qd6 39. Qh4 Re7 40. Ng4
Rf8 41. Qh6+ Kg8 42. Qh4 Kg7 43. Qh6+ Kg8 44. Ne5 Rf6 45. Bb3 Re8 46. Ng4 Rf7
47. Qh3 Kg7 48. Qh6+ Kg8 49. f5 Rxf5 50. Qe3 Kg7 51. Bxe6 Rff8 52. b3 a5 53. c4
bxc4 54. bxc4 Rd8 55. c5 Qd3 56. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Chicago Wind"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Bc2 d5 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. O-O Qe8 14. g3 Rf7 15.
Kg2 Qd7 16. Nb3 Bb6 17. Qe2 Raf8 18. Be3 Nh7 19. Bc5 Rd8 20. a4 bxa4 21. Rxa4
a5 22. h4 Nf6 23. Raa1 Rb8 24. Ba3 Qc8 25. Rab1 Na7 26. exd5 exd5 27. d4 exd4
28. Nxd4 Bxd4 29. cxd4 Ne4 30. f3 Nd6 31. Bxd6 cxd6 32. Qd3 Rf6 33. Qh7+ Kf7
34. h5 Qg8 35. Qd3 Nc6 36. Rbe1 Qc8 37. Qd2 Kf8 38. Bg6 Ne7 39. Bh7 Qe8 40. g4
Qf7 41. Rf2 Rb7 42. Qxa5 Rb8 43. Qc7 Re8 44. Rfe2 Rxf3 45. Rxe7 Rf2+ 46. Kg1
Rxe7 47. Qd8+ Qe8 48. Qxe8+ Kxe8 49. Rxe7+ Kxe7 50. Kxf2 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chicago Wind"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 d6 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8+ Bxd8 9. b3 c6 10. Bb2 Be6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. h3 h5 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. f4
O-O-O 15. f5 Nc5 16. Bc2 Bd7 17. b4 Na6 18. a3 Nc7 19. Ne4 Bxf5 20. Nd6+ Bxd6
21. Bxf5+ Ne6 22. Rhf1 Bc7 23. Bxe6+ fxe6 24. Rf7 Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 Rd8+ 26. Ke2
Rd7 27. Rf8+ Rd8 28. Rf7 Rd7 29. Rf3 a5 30. e4 axb4 31. axb4 b6 32. b5 cxb5 33.
cxb5 Bd6 34. Rg3 Ra7 35. Kd3 Ra2 36. Bc3 Bc5 37. Rxg7 Ra3 38. Kc2 Bd4 39. Bd2
Ra2+ 40. Kd3 Ra3+ 41. Kc4 Ra2 42. Kd3 Ra3+ 43. Kc4 Ra2 44. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chicago Wind"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 e5 6. d3 Nge7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. a3
a6 9. Bc4 b5 10. Ba2 d6 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4 a5 13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. Bb2 h6 15.
Bb3 Kh7 16. d4 Qb6 17. Rxa5 Nxa5 18. Ba2 Nac6 19. Qa1 Bd7 20. h3 exd4 21. Nxd4
Ne5 22. Qb1 b4 23. Ba1 Rb8 24. cxb4 Qxb4 25. Qxb4 Rxb4 26. Nc2 Rb8 27. f4 Nd3
28. Bxf7 Rf8 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Rf3 Nxf4 31. Rxf4 Rxf7 32. Rxf7+ Kxf7 33. Kf2
Kf6 34. Ke3 g5 35. Nf3 Ng6 36. Kd4 Nf4 37. Ne3 Be6 38. h4 g4 39. Nd2 h5 40.
Ndf1 Ng6 41. g3 Ne5 42. Nd5+ Kg7 43. Nf4 Bf7 44. Ne3 Nf3+ 45. Kd3 Kf6 46. Nf5
d5 47. Nd6 dxe4+ 48. Kxe4 Bg6+ 49. Nxg6 Kxg6 50. Nc4 Kf6 51. Ne3 Nd2+ 52. Kf4
Kg6 53. Nxg4 hxg4 54. Kxg4 Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "California Unicorns"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Nc4 13. a4 Bd7 14. b3 Nb6 15. a5 Nc8
16. c4 b4 17. Nbd2 g6 18. Nf1 Nh5 19. g4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Qd2 Bf6 22. Qxf4
Bxa1 23. Rxa1 f6 24. Ng3 Ne7 25. Qh6 Rf7 26. Kg2 Qd8 27. Nh4 Qf8 28. Qxf8+
Rfxf8 29. f4 g5 30. Nhf5 Ng6 31. Nxd6 Nxf4+ 32. Kf3 Rad8 33. Nb7 Rc8 34. Rh1
Ng6 35. Ke3 Rc7 36. Nd6 Rd8 37. Nh5 Kf8 38. Rf1 Ke7 39. Rxf6 Bxg4 40. hxg4 Rxd6
41. Rf5 Nh4 42. e5 Nxf5+ 43. gxf5 Rh6 44. Bd1 Kf7 45. Bg4 Kf8 46. Ke4 Rg7 47.
f6 Rf7 48. Kf5 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "California Unicorns"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8.
Qe2 Nd7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nc4 Qe7 11. Bd2 O-O-O 12. O-O-O f6 13. Nh4 Bf7 14. Nf5
Qf8 15. Kb1 g6 16. Nfe3 Qe7 17. Bc3 Kb8 18. Rhf1 Bd4 19. Qe1 Nc5 20. Bb4 Qe6
21. b3 h5 22. f4 hxg4 23. hxg4 Qe8 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. g5 Bxc4 26. Nxc4 Ne6 27.
Bd2 b5 28. Na5 Bb6 29. Rf6 Rh2 30. Bc3 Bxa5 31. Bxa5 Nd4 32. Rd2 Rh3 33. Rdf2
Qh8 34. Bxc7+ Kxc7 35. Qa5+ Kd7 36. Qxa7+ Kc8 37. Rf7 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "California Unicorns"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Bg4 3. h3 Bxf3 4. Qxf3 e5 5. d4 e4 6. Qd1 Bd6 7. c4 c6 8. Qb3
Qd7 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. c5 Bc7 11. Qxb7 O-O 12. Qxa8 Ba5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. Rb1 Bb4 15.
a3 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Nd7 17. Qxf8+ Kxf8 18. b4 g6 19. Ne2 Nf5 20. Bc3 Ne5 21. Nd4
Nh4 22. b5 Nxg2+ 23. Bxg2 Nd3+ 24. Ke2 cxb5 25. c6 a6 26. Rbc1 Ne5 27. Ba5 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "California Unicorns"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 a5 8. h3
h6 9. Re1 a4 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Nc4 Ne7 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. Be3 b5 14. Bxc5 bxc4 15.
Be3 cxd3 16. Qxd3 Qb8 17. Nd2 Qb7 18. b4 f5 19. f3 Nf6 20. exf5 Nfd5 21. g4 a3
22. Rab1 Rab8 23. Rb3 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Nd5 25. Qe4 Qa7+ 26. Kh1 Nf4 27. Qe3 c5 28.
c4 Qe7 29. Qxf4 Qh4 30. Qe3 Qxh3+ 31. Kg1 Qg3+ 32. Kf1 Qh3+ 33. Ke2 cxb4 34.
Ne4 d5 35. cxd5 Rfc8 36. Rd1 Rc2+ 37. Rd2 Rc1 38. Qf2 h5 39. d6 hxg4 40. d7 Rd8
41. Ng3 Rc3 42. Rxc3 bxc3 43. Rd3 c2 44. Kd2 Qh6+ 45. Kxc2 Qc6+ 46. Kd2 Rxd7
47. Rxd7 Qxd7+ 48. Ke1 Qd3 49. Qe2 Qc3+ 50. Kf2 Qd4+ 51. Kg2 gxf3+ 52. Kxf3
Qc3+ 53. Kg4 Qb2 54. Qc4+ Kh7 55. f6 gxf6 56. Qf7+ Kh8 57. Qxf6+ Kg8 58. Qe6+
Kf8 59. Nf5 e4 60. Kg5 Qg2+ 61. Kf6 Qb2+ 62. Qe5 Qb6+ 63. Nd6 Qf2+ 64. Qf5 Qb2+
65. Ke6+ Kg7 66. Qg5+ Kh7 67. Qh5+ Kg7 68. Ne8+ Kg8 69. Nf6+ Kg7 70. Qh7+ Kf8
71. Qf7# 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Canada Chessbrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Nc4 Nd7 8.
b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 10. O-O b6 11. g3 a5 12. a4 Ba6 13. Ne3 Bc5 14. Qe2 f6 15.
Nh4 Nf8 16. Kh1 Qd7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Nhg2 Ne6 19. f4 Nd4 20. Qh5 Qf7 21. Qxf7+
Kxf7 22. fxe5 Rxe5 23. Rd2 Ree8 24. g4 Nxc2 25. Nxc2 Rxd3 26. Rfd1 Rxb3 27. Bd4
Bd6 28. g5 c5 29. Ba1 Rxe4 30. gxf6 gxf6 31. Rf2 Re2 32. Rxf6+ Ke7 33. Re1
Rxe1+ 34. Ngxe1 Bb7+ 35. Kg1 Rh3 36. Rf2 Bc6 37. Re2+ Kd7 38. Ne3 Bxa4 39. Ng4
Bd1 40. Nf6+ Kc6 41. Rd2 Bb3 42. Nd3 c4 43. Ne5+ Kb7 44. Kg2 Rh6 45. Rf2 b5 46.
Ne4 b4 47. Bd4 c3 48. Be3 Re6 49. Nxd6+ Rxd6 50. Kg3 Bd5 51. Nd3 b3 52. Nc5+
Kc6 53. Rf8 b2 54. Rb8 Rg6+ 55. Kf4 Rg8 56. Rb7 Rf8+ 57. Kg5 Rf1 58. Ra7 b1=Q
0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Canada Chessbrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. g4
h6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. a4 Nf8 11. Qf3 Ng6 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. a5 O-O 14. Kb1 Rc8 15.
Bb6 Qe8 16. Rg1 Be6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Bd8 19. Be3 Qa4 20. h4 Nxh4 21. Qh3
g5 22. f4 exf4 23. Bf2 Qe4 24. Nd4 Nxd5 25. Bd3 Qe5 26. Bxh4 gxh4 27. g5 Bxg5
28. Nf3 Qg7 29. Nxh4 Ne3 30. Rd2 Rc5 31. Rf2 Rfc8 32. Rxf4 Rxc2 33. Bxc2 Rxc2
34. Rb4 Rf2 35. Nf3 Qg6+ 36. Ka2 Nd5 37. Rxb7 Qe4 38. Qc8+ Kg7 39. Rxg5+ Kf6
40. Qh8+ Ke6 41. Qe8+ Kf6 42. Rxf7# 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Canada Chessbrahs"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 Ngf6 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. e4
O-O 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Re1 N5f6 11. Nc3 h6 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Ndb5 Bb8
15. Be3 Ne6 16. Qb3 a6 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Nd4 Be5 19. Nf5 Qe8 20. Bxh6 Nc5 21.
Nxg7 Nxb3 22. Nxe8 Rxe8 23. axb3 Bg4 24. Rc1 Bd4 25. Bxb7 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Rb8
27. Bxa6 Rxb3 28. Bc1 Be6 29. Be2 Kg7 30. Kg2 Ba7 31. Bf3 Rb4 32. h3 Bd4 33. g4
Rb3 34. Rd1 Be5 35. g5 Nh7 36. Bd5 Bxd5+ 37. Rxd5 f6 38. gxf6+ Bxf6 39. Rb5
Rxb5 40. Nxb5 Nf8 41. b3 Ne6 42. Be3 Kg6 43. Kf3 Kf5 44. Nd6+ Ke5 45. Nc4+ Kd5
46. Kg4 Ba1 47. h4 Ng7 48. h5 Ke6 49. Bc1 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hansen, Eric"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Canada Chessbrahs"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. h3 O-O
9. Be3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Bc2 c5 12. d4 Nd7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. a4 Bb7 15. Qe2
Bc6 16. Nb3 c4 17. Nc5 Qc7 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. b3 Nb6
22. Nd2 Ra2 23. Rc1 Nec8 24. bxc4 bxc4 25. Qd1 Nd6 26. Ra1 Rxa1 27. Qxa1 Bf8
28. Na6 Qb7 29. Nb4 Bd7 30. Qa5 Nbc8 31. Qxe5 Bg7 32. Qc5 Qb5 33. Qxb5 Nxb5 34.
Nxc4 Nxc3 35. Nd5 Be6 36. Nxc3 Bxc3 37. Nb6 Nxb6 38. Bxb6 f5 39. f4 Kf7 40. Kf2
fxe4 41. Bxe4 h5 42. Kf3 Bf6 43. Ke3 Bf5 44. Bd5+ Be6 45. Bc6 Bf5 46. Bd4 Bxd4+
47. Kxd4 Kf6 48. Be4 Be6 49. Bf3 g5 50. fxg5+ Kxg5 51. Ke5 Bxh3 52. gxh3 Kg6
53. h4 Kg7 54. Kf5 Kh8 55. Kg6 Kg8 56. Bd5+ Kh8 57. Be4 Kg8 58. Kxh5 Kh8 59.
Kh6 Kg8 60. h5 Kh8 61. Kg6 Kg8 62. h6 Kh8 63. h7 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Flores, Diego"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Argentina Krakens"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARG"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. d3 e6 7. h4 h6 8. Bd2 Nge7
9. Qc1 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rb1 Qd7 12. a3 Rc8 13. b4 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Bxb7
Qxb7 16. Ne4 Qd7 17. c5 dxc5 18. bxc5 O-O 19. Bxh6 f5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Ng5
Rxc5 22. Qd2 Nd5 23. h5 Nc3 24. Rb4 f4 25. Rxd4 Qe7 26. h6+ Kh8 27. Rxf4 Rxf4
28. gxf4 e5 29. Qe3 Qd7 30. Kg2 exf4 31. Qxf4 Qd5+ 32. Nf3 Kh7 33. e4 Qxd3 34.
Qf7+ Kxh6 35. Rh1+ Rh5 36. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Villanueva, Mario Nicolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Argentina Krakens"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. O-O Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nc5 8.
Nc3 c6 9. f4 g6 10. Ne2 Bg7 11. Be3 Nxd3 12. cxd3 O-O 13. d4 Bg4 14. h3 Bxe2
15. Qxe2 Qd7 16. Qd3 f6 17. b4 a5 18. a3 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 fxe5 21.
fxe5 Qf7 22. Ra7 h5 23. Kh2 Kh7 24. Bg5 Qc7 25. Ra3 Rf5 26. h4 Bh6 27. Bxh6
Kxh6 28. Qg3 Qe7 29. Rb3 g5 30. hxg5+ Qxg5 31. Qxg5+ Rxg5 32. Rg3 b6 33. Rxg5
Kxg5 34. Kg3 Kf5 35. b5 h4+ 36. Kf3 cxb5 37. Ke3 Ke6 38. Kd3 Kd7 39. Kc3 Kc7
40. Kb4 Kc6 41. Ka3 Kc7 42. Kb3 Kd7 43. Kc2 Kc7 44. Kd3 Kd7 45. Ke3 Ke7 46. Kf4
Ke6 47. Ke3 Ke7 48. Kd2 Kd7 49. Kc3 Kc7 50. Kb4 Kc6 51. Ka3 Kc7 52. Kb3 Kd7 53.
Kb4 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Obregon, Carlos Andres"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Argentina Krakens"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Bd2 b6 6. Bb5 Nc6 7. a3 Bf8 8. Nce2
Bb7 9. f4 O-O-O 10. Nf3 f5 11. O-O Kb8 12. a4 a6 13. Bd3 Nh6 14. c3 Nf7 15. b4
Be7 16. Ng3 g6 17. Qe2 Ka7 18. b5 Na5 19. bxa6 Bc6 20. Bb5 Rdg8 21. Rfe1 h6 22.
Rab1 Nd8 23. Be3 Rh7 24. Nf1 g5 25. Kh1 Rhg7 26. g3 gxf4 27. Bxf4 Nf7 28. N1d2
Ng5 29. Rec1 Ne4 30. Nxe4 dxe4 31. Nd2 Bg5 32. Rf1 h5 33. Qe3 h4 34. gxh4 Bxf4
35. Rxf4 Rg4 36. Bxc6 Qxc6 37. Rxg4 Rxg4 38. h5 Nc4 39. Nxc4 Qxc4 40. Rg1 Rh4
41. h6 Qc6 42. Rf1 Kxa6 43. Kg1 Kb7 44. Rf2 Qxa4 45. Kg2 Qd1 46. h3 Qh5 47. c4
Qg6+ 48. Kh2 Qxh6 49. Qxh6 Rxh6 50. d5 b5 51. Rb2 exd5 52. Rxb5+ Kc6 53. Rxd5
Rg6 54. e6 Rxe6 55. Rxf5 e3 56. Rf1 Kc5 57. Kg2 e2 58. Re1 Kxc4 59. Kf2 Kd3 60.
Ra1 Rf6+ 61. Kg2 c5 62. Ra3+ Kd4 63. Ra1 c4 64. h4 c3 65. h5 Kd3 66. Rh1 Kd2
0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Perez, Maximiliano"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Argentina Krakens"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8.
Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 a6 14. Ne5
Nd7 15. Nf3 b5 16. Qd1 g6 17. a3 Kg7 18. Qe2 Rab8 19. h4 h5 20. g3 Na5 21. Qc2
Nc4 22. Ng5 e5 23. b3 Na5 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Be2 Rbc8 26. b4 Nac4 27. Red1 Rfd8
28. a4 Qb6 29. axb5 axb5 30. Rd4 Rd6 31. Rad1 Rcd8 32. Bxc4 bxc4 33. Qe2 Nd3
34. Ra1 Rf6 35. f4 Qc6 36. Kh2 Re8 37. Qd2 Rd6 38. Rf1 Qd7 39. f5 Rf6 40. Ne4
Rxe4 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Brazil Capybaras"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Qe2 Re8 8.
Nc4 Nd7 9. h4 a5 10. Bd2 a4 11. O-O-O b5 12. Ne3 Nb6 13. Kb1 b4 14. Nf5 Bxf5
15. exf5 f6 16. Qe4 Qd5 17. Rhe1 Bxf2 18. Re2 Qxe4 19. Rxe4 b3 20. axb3 axb3
21. cxb3 Red8 22. Kc2 Nc8 23. g4 Nd6 24. Ra4 h5 25. Rf1 Bb6 26. Nh2 Nb5 27. Bc3
hxg4 28. Rxg4 Nxc3 29. Kxc3 Kf7 30. Nf3 Rd5 31. Nd2 Be3 32. Ne4 Bd4+ 33. Kc2
Ra2 34. Rb1 Rd8 35. h5 Rh8 36. Rh4 Rh6 37. b4 Ra8 38. Kb3 Rah8 39. Rbh1 Be3 40.
R4h3 Bb6 41. Kc4 R6h7 42. b5 cxb5+ 43. Kxb5 Bd4 44. b4 Rb8+ 45. Kc4 Rh6 46.
R3h2 Be3 47. Re2 Bd4 48. b5 Ra8 49. Rc2 Bb6 50. Rh3 Rah8 51. Rch2 Rd8 52. Ra2
Rd4+ 53. Kc3 Rd5 54. Kc4 Rd4+ 55. Kb3 Rd5 56. Nc3 Rd4 57. Ra4 Rxa4 58. Kxa4 Rh8
59. Ne4 Bd4 60. Kb4 Bb6 61. Kc4 Rd8 62. h6 Rh8 63. h7 g6 64. Rh6 gxf5 65. Rxf6+
Ke7 66. Rxf5 Rxh7 67. Rxe5+ Kd8 68. Nf6 Rh4+ 69. Re4 Rxe4+ 70. dxe4 Ba5 71. Kd5
Ke7 72. e5 Bc3 73. Ne4 Bb2 74. Ng3 Bc3 75. Nf5+ Kd7 76. e6+ Kd8 77. Kc6 Ba5 78.
Kb7 Bb6 79. Kc6 Ba5 80. Kc5 Bb6+ 81. Kd5 Ba5 82. Nd4 Bb6 83. Nc6+ Ke8 84. Nb4
Ke7 85. Ke5 Ke8 86. Nd5 Ba5 87. Kf6 Kf8 88. e7+ Ke8 89. Ke6 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Supi, Luis Paulo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Brazil Capybaras"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h4 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Qd3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Kb1 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. g3 b5 14. Bh3 Bxh3
15. Rxh3 O-O 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Qc7 18. Rd2 Qc4 19. Rh1 Qxd5 20. Rxd5 f5 21.
Nd2 f4 22. g4 f3 23. c3 Rf4 24. g5 Rcf8 25. gxh6 Rxh4 26. Rxh4 Bxh4 27. hxg7
Rf6 28. Rd3 Kxg7 29. Rxf3 Bxf2 30. Kc2 Rxf3 31. Nxf3 Kf6 32. Kd3 Ke6 33. c4 b4
34. Kc2 Kf6 35. Kb3 Bc5 36. Ka4 Kg6 37. Ka5 Kh5 38. Kxa6 Kg4 39. Nd2 Kf4 40.
Kb5 Be3 41. Nb3 Kxe4 42. Kxb4 Kd3 43. a4 Kc2 44. c5 dxc5+ 45. Nxc5 Kxb2 46.
Nd3+ Ka2 47. Nxe5 Bd2+ 48. Kc4 Ka3 49. Kb5 Kb3 50. Nd7 Bc3 51. Nc5+ Ka3 52. Nd3
Bd2 53. Ne5 Bc3 54. Nc4+ Kb3 55. Na5+ Ka3 56. Nb7 Kb3 57. Nc5+ Ka3 58. Ne4 Be1
59. Ng5 Kb3 60. Nf3 Bc3 61. Nh4 Ka3 62. Nf5 Kb3 63. Ne3 Bd2 64. Nd5 Ka3 65. a5
Bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Diamant, Andre"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Brazil Capybaras"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e4 5. d5 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nh3
d6 9. O-O cxd5 10. cxd5 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Bf5 12. Qb3 Na6 13. Rad1 Nc5 14. Qb4 h6
15. Qd4 Ncd7 16. f3 Ne5 17. fxe4 Bh7 18. Nf2 Rfe8 19. Rc1 Bg6 20. b3 a5 21. a4
Ned7 22. Ba1 Rac8 23. Rc3 Rxc3 24. Bxc3 b6 25. b4 axb4 26. Bxb4 Nc5 27. Bc3 h5
28. Rb1 Qc7 29. g4 Ncxe4 30. Bxe4 Bxe4 31. Rc1 Qd7 32. g5 Qf5 33. gxf6 Qg5+ 34.
Kf1 Qxc1+ 35. Nd1 Qf4+ 36. Ke1 Qxh2 37. fxg7 Bf3 38. Nf2 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Brazil Capybaras"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
O-O Nd5 9. Bxc4 Nxf4 10. exf4 Nf6 11. Re1 b6 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Bc5 14. b4
Bd6 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qg4 Bxb4 18. Re3 Rad8 19. Rf1 Bc5 20. Rg3
Bc8 21. Qh5 Rd4 22. Bd3 h6 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 e6 7. Rc1 Nbd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rfd1 a6 13. a4 Qe7 14. Be1 Rfd8 15.
b3 cxd4 16. exd4 Qd6 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nge4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Qe7 20. f3 Nf6 21. Bh4
Rd7 22. d5 exd5 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Qxe7 Bxe7 25. Bxe7 Rxe7 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27.
Rxd5 Re3 28. h4 h5 29. b4 Ra3 30. a5 Ra4 31. Rc4 Rb8 32. axb6 Rxb6 33. Rdd4 Kg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 gxf4 14. dxe6 Nxc3
15. exd7 Bxd7 16. bxc3 Rac8 17. Qd1 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Bxc3 19. Bf5 Rcd8 20. Bxd7
Rxd7 21. Nf5 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 fxg3 23. hxg3 Bxe5 24. Rd7 b6 25. Rxa7 h5 26. Ra6
Rb8 27. Kg2 Kh7 28. Kf3 Bc3 29. Ra7 Kg6 30. Ne7+ Kg7 31. Rc7 Bf6 32. Nf5+ Kg6
33. Ne3 Bd4 34. Nd5 Ra8 35. Nf4+ Kf6 36. Nxh5+ Kg5 37. Nf4 Ra3+ 38. Ke4 Ra4 39.
Kd5 Kg4 40. Rc2 Bc5 41. Rd2 Kf5 42. Ng2 Ra5 43. Kc6 Ke4 44. Ne1 Ra3 45. Rc2 f5
46. Kd7 f4 47. gxf4 Kxf4 48. Ke6 Kg5 49. Kd5 Kf5 50. Re2 Ra4 51. Kc6 Ra3 52.
Nc2 Rf3 53. Ne3+ Ke4 54. Kb5 Kd3 55. Rb2 Bd4 56. Rb3+ Ke4 57. Nd1 Rf5+ 58. Kc4
Rc5+ 59. Kb4 Ra5 60. f3+ Kf4 61. Nc3 Bxc3+ 62. Kxc3 Rxa2 63. Rxb6 Kxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {Yu Yangyi likes his Petroff, but Fabiano too, is a well
known expert in this opening, so it was to be expected that he would bring
something to the table here.} 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. O-O Nxe5 7.
dxe5 Nc5 8. Be3 c6 {Yu Yangyi was likely prepared, because postponing the move
Be7 seems to make sense.} 9. f4 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 g6 11. Nc3 b6 $5 {idea of Ju
Wenjun, and again, I don't know if it was preparation of improvisation, but
developing the bishop to g7 makes a lot of sense here.} (11... Be7 {is a major
tabia that White wanted to get in this game and Yu Yangyi avoided.} 12. Ne2 {
is the main-line if we call a main-line the most played continuation.}) 12.
Rad1 {Fabi improves on the game between the Woman World Champion and her
challenger.} (12. Ne2 Bg7 13. Ng3 O-O 14. c3 c5 15. Rad1 Bb7 {and White was
just getting outplayed here. 0-1 (54) Goryachkina,A (2518)-Ju,W (2575) St
Petersburg 2018.}) 12... Bg7 (12... Bf5 {is an alternative.}) 13. b4 {Using
the fact that the bishop has left the diagonal. But Yu Yangyi responds very
well.} Bf5 14. Qe2 Qc8 15. h3 O-O {b5 can be met with f6, with lots of
simplifications incoming. Black is about to survive the opening test.} 16. g4 {
16.b5 first could also be met with f6.} Be6 17. b5 f5 $1 {Same as f6.} 18. exf6
Bxf6 19. Bd4 Bxd4+ 20. Rxd4 cxb5 21. Nxb5 {Black has an ugly bishop, but
White's knight hasn't yet reached the d4 square. Yu Yangyi uses the
opportunity to further simplify} Bd7 $5 {A very human way to try to solve
things. Black gives up a pawn, but has obvious counterplay against both the
queenside weaknesses and the f4 pawn. In fact, all he now needs is to trade
queens and then any rook endgame would be too drawish not to hold.} 22. Rxd5
Bxb5 23. Rxb5 (23. Qxb5 Qxc2 24. Rd7 Qc5+ {is going to peter, clearly.}) 23...
Qc3 24. Rb3 Qc5+ $2 {This is the main mistake in the game. In fact I walked
right past the board and from the whole demeanor of Fabiano I saw that he
doesn't believe in his position here and rightly so, as the endgame would be
totally holdable for Black.} (24... Qd4+ $1 25. Qe3 (25. Kg2 {just} Rxf4) 25...
Qxe3+ 26. Rxe3 Rac8 27. c3 Rc4 {it's more or less a forced draw, besides just
being drawish in general. Very strange that a defender of Yu's caliber didn't
go for this!}) 25. Kg2 {In fact it is not so easy for Black, as with queens on,
it turns out that Black's king can be a target too, after a well timed f5 push.
} (25. Kh2 $5 {was also interesting, giving the queen space on g2.}) 25... Rae8
$2 (25... Rfe8 $1 {was better.} 26. Qd2 Rad8 {and Black bothers White more
than in the game.}) 26. Qd2 Re4 27. Rf2 Qc6 $2 (27... Rc4 {was better, as
White may want to go Kg3 anyway.}) 28. Kg3 Rc4 29. Rd3 {Now White has sort of
consolidated and it gets very unpleasant for Black.} Rf7 30. Rd6 Qc5 31. f5 (
31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. f5 {was possible too.}) 31... Qe5+ $2 (31... Rf8 $1 {would
keep things together, but for that one needs to calculate very clearly and for
that, a lot of time is needed and preferably no pressure.}) 32. Kg2 Rc3 {
This all doesn't work out as gxf5 is never possible.} 33. Rf3 $1 Rxf3 34. Kxf3
Re7 35. Rd5 $2 {This allows Black to get back onto the defensive track, but in
time trouble Yu Yangyi doesn't manage.} (35. Qd3 {or 35.f6 were cleaner
apparently.}) 35... Qe4+ 36. Kg3 Kg7 $2 (36... gxf5 $1 {A rook or queen
endgame would be a blessing for Black at this point.} 37. Rxf5 (37. Qg5+ Kh8
38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Rd8+ Re8) 37... Qe1+) 37. Rd6 $2 {A gross miscalculation.} (
37. Kh4 $1 {is an elegant prophylactic, when Black, unable to trade queens in
a favourable version, is losing.} Rf7 38. Qc3+ Kh6 39. fxg6 Qxd5 40. gxf7 Qxf7)
(37. c4 $1 {anticipating the rook endgame is another brilliant idea of the
engine.} Qe3+ 38. Qxe3 Rxe3+ 39. Kf4 Rxh3 40. Rd7+ Kf8 41. fxg6 h6 42. Rxa7)
37... Qe5+ $2 {This is losing by force. There were two ways to try and hold
the game.} (37... gxf5 $1 38. Qg5+ Kh8 39. Rd8+ Re8 40. Rxe8+ Qxe8 41. Qxf5
Qe1+ 42. Kf4 Qc1+ 43. Ke5 Qa1+ 44. Kd6 Qxa2 $1 {is a draw as queen is just in
time to come back to g8 after picking up a vital pawn.}) (37... Qe3+ 38. Qxe3
Rxe3+ {The rook endgame would also hold, likely} 39. Kf4 Rxh3 40. Rd7+ Kf8 $1 {
and the battle continues.}) 38. Kh4 $1 gxf5 (38... Kf7 $1 {would prolong the
game, but it is already very lost at this point.}) 39. Qh6+ Kg8 40. Rd8+ Re8
41. Rd7 $1 {and it is not hard to see now that White gets a won pawn endgame
by force.} Re7 42. Qg5+ Kf7 43. Rxe7+ Qxe7 44. Qxe7+ Kxe7 45. gxf5 Kf6 46. Kg4
Ke5 47. Kg5 b5 48. c3 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Qc2 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8.
Bg2 Nce4 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. e4 d6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qc7 14. Qe2
Nd7 15. Bf4 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bd6 17. Rfe1 Rb8 18. Rad1 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5
b6 21. c5 Ba6 22. c6 Rbc8 23. Bf3 Rc7 24. Rd4 Re8 25. a4 Kf8 26. Re1 Bc8 27. a5
bxa5 28. Re5 Ke7 29. Rxa5 Rd8 30. Rb4 a6 31. Kg2 Ra7 32. c4 Kd6 33. Rb7 Bxb7
34. cxb7 Kc7 35. c5 Rxb7 36. Rxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Nf3 e4 6. Nh4 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. d3
Ng4 9. O-O g5 10. dxe4 gxh4 11. Bf4 hxg3 12. Bxg3 Bd6 13. Qd3 Bxg3 14. Qxg3 Be6
15. exd5 Bc8 16. Nb5 Na6 17. Rac1 Bd7 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. Rc4 Rg8 20. Qa3 Kg7 21.
Rf4 Ne5 22. Qc3 Qg5 23. Rf3 Kf8 24. Rg3 Qe7 25. Nxb7 Rxg3 26. hxg3 Rc8 27. Qe3
Ng4 28. Qf4 Qe5 29. Bf3 Qxf4 30. gxf4 Rc2 31. Rb1 h5 32. b4 Rc4 33. b5 Nc5 34.
Nxc5 Rxc5 35. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e3 c5 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Nb3 Rc8 13. Be2 Nd5 14. Bg3 Nxc3
15. Rxc3 Nb4 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Bd6 Nd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Qd6 Nf5 20. Qa3 Qb8
21. e4 Qe5 22. exf5 Qxe2 23. Nd4 Qe5 24. fxe6 Qxd4 25. exd7 Rd8 26. g3 Rxd7 27.
Re1 Kh7 28. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 d5 8. e5
Ne4 9. Be3 Qb6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qc1 Rb8 12. b3 Qa5 13. dxc5 Rxb3 14. axb3 Qxa1
15. b4 Qa4 16. Nd4 Bxe5 17. f3 Nf6 18. Qa3 Qxa3 19. Nxa3 Re8 20. Bg5 Bxd4+ 21.
cxd4 Kg7 22. b5 Bd7 23. bxc6 Bxc6 24. Bd2 a6 25. Nc2 Bb5 26. Ra1 Nd7 27. Nb4 e6
28. Bf4 Ra8 29. Ra5 Nb8 30. g4 Kf8 31. Kf2 Ke8 32. g5 Nd7 33. Bc7 f6 34. h4 Ra7
35. Bd6 Ra8 36. Ke3 Kf7 37. f4 Kg7 38. Kd2 h5 39. Kc3 Kf7 40. Nd3 Bc6 41. Kb4
Ra7 42. Ra3 Kg7 43. Nc1 Kf7 44. Nb3 Bb5 45. Na5 Ra8 46. c6 Nb6 47. c7 f5 48.
Re3 Rc8 49. Nb7 Nc4 50. Re1 Bd7 51. Kc5 Ke8 52. Be5 Kf8 53. Ra1 Bb5 54. Bd6+
Ke8 55. Na5 Nd2 56. Be5 Kd7 57. Kb6 Nc4+ 58. Nxc4 dxc4 59. Kc5 Re8 60. Rd1 Ba4
61. Ra1 Bb5 62. Ra2 Kc8 63. Kd6 Kb7 64. Bf6 Kc8 65. Bd8 Kb7 66. Ke5 Rf8 67. Ra3
Kc8 68. Kxe6 Re8+ 69. Kf7 Re4 70. Kxg6 Rxf4 71. Kxh5 Rxd4 72. g6 Rd6 73. Kg5
Rd3 74. g7 c3 75. Kxf5 Rg3 76. Bg5 Bc4 77. Rxa6 c2 78. Rc6 Bb3 79. h5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 O-O 7. e3 Bf5 8.
Qb3 Nc6 9. Bg5 a5 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. a3 a4 12. Qxd5 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Na5 14. Qe5
Qc6 15. c4 Nb3 16. Qxf5 Nxa1 17. Bd3 g6 18. Qf4 Nb3 19. O-O Qd6 20. Qh6 Qf6 21.
c5 b6 22. cxb6 cxb6 23. Ne5 Rfc8 24. f4 Rc1 25. Rxc1 Nxc1 26. Bc4 Ra7 27. Ng4
Qd6 28. Qg5 Qe7 29. Qb5 Kg7 30. f5 f6 31. Qd5 Qf8 32. fxg6 hxg6 33. e4 Qc8 34.
h3 Rd7 35. Qe6 Qd8 36. e5 f5 37. Qf6+ Qxf6 38. exf6+ Kh7 39. Ne5 Rd6 40. f7 Kg7
41. Nf3 Nb3 42. Ng5 Nd2 43. Be6 Rd8 44. Kf2 Kf6 45. Bd7 Ne4+ 46. Nxe4+ fxe4 47.
Be8 Ke7 48. Ke3 Rb8 49. Bxa4 b5 50. Bb3 Ra8 51. Kxe4 Rxa3 52. Be6 Ra1 53. d5
Rd1 54. Ke5 Rf1 55. d6+ Kf8 56. Kd5 Rf6 57. d7 Ke7 58. Kc6 Rf2 59. Kxb5 Rb2+
60. Kc6 Rb8 61. Kc7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 gxf4 14. dxe6 Nxc3
15. exd7 Bxd7 16. bxc3 fxg3 17. hxg3 Rac8 18. Bf5 Bxc3 19. Qd1 Qxd1 20. Raxd1
Rc4 21. Bxd7 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Bxd4 23. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,95,19,34,29,0,43,33,44,50,31,40,36,18,54,28,32,29,22,15,38,56,67,66,
57,44,49,66,52,18,45,-12,-16,-22,-22,-14,0,-21,-21,-52,-52,-29,-40,-38,-17,-53,
-39,-52,-41,-36,-56,-47,-47,-47,-40,-34,-44,-44,-49,-49,-31,-30,37,30,15,67,54,
71,106,35,38,70,205,248,234,209,209,215,215,207,250,239,266,283,703,750,869,
1187,1269,1217,1248,1011,1011,1011,1011,1139,1322,1348]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.
Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 {This line is currently quite popular and it
certainly helps that it has lately become Caruana's weapon of choice aginst
the KID.} (6. Nf3 {leads to the Makogonov system, which can be already
considered a mainstream choice. In our game White is in no hurry to decide the
future of the Ng1, often developing it differently.}) ({After} 6. Bg5 {a
plausible reaction is} c6 7. Nf3 d5 $5 8. cxd5 (8. exd5 cxd5 9. Bxf6 exf6 10.
Nxd5 f5 $44 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Yb8c6,Yc8e6]}) 8... cxd5 9. Bxf6 exf6 10. exd5 b6
11. Be2 Na6 12. O-O Nc7 13. Qb3 Bb7 14. Bc4 Rb8 15. a4 a6 16. Rfe1 b5 17. axb5
axb5 18. Bd3 b4 19. Ne4 f5 20. Ned2 Nxd5 21. Bc4 Nb6 22. Qxb4 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 Bd5
24. Qc3 Qb6 $44 {[%csl Gd5,Gg7] Caruana,F (2807)-Nakamura,H (2792) Saint Louis
2017 Maybe this game prompted Caruana to look for a slightly modified set-up.})
6... Nc6 {A provocative reaction. We'll check the more standard replies:} ({
The most often played} 6... e5 7. d5 {is featured in roughly half of the games
and leads to a typical KID situation and structure:} {Maybe a cleverer choice
is the immediate} Na6 {and now:} (7... a5 8. g4 Na6 9. Nge2 Nd7 10. Qd2 ({
White has been successful with} 10. Ng3 Ndc5 (10... Bf6 {or maybe}) (10... Qh4
$5 {are alternatives to reckon with.}) 11. h4 $5) 10... Ndc5 11. Ng3 c6 12. Be2
cxd5 13. cxd5 (13. exd5 $5 f5 14. gxf5 Bxf5 15. Nxf5 gxf5 16. O-O-O Kh8 17.
Rhg1 f4 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Qc2 e4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Qf6 22. Rd2 f3 23. Bd3
Qh6 $44 {Grandelius,N (2691)-McShane,L (2688) Eskilstuna 2019 For more details
see the notes to this game in CBM 191 Extra by McShane.}) 13... a4 14. h4 Bd7
15. h5 Rc8 16. Kf1 a3 17. b3 Qa5 18. Rc1 f6 19. Kg2 Nb4 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Bh6
Rf7 22. Rh2 Bxh6 (22... Re8 $16) 23. Qxh6 Rg7 24. Rch1 Rf8 {Caruana,F (2832)
-Nakamura,H (2746) London blitz 2018} 25. g5 $1 {/\} fxg5 26. Nf5 $3 Bxf5 (
26... gxf5 27. Qxd6 $18 (27. Bh5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh6h8]})) 27. exf5 Nbd3 28. f6
Rxf6 29. Qh8+ Kf7 30. Rh7 Rxf2+ 31. Kg1 $18) {Here} 8. g4 {gives the game an
independent twist:} (8. Nf3 Nh5 9. a3 (9. Nh2 Qe8 10. Be2 Nf4 ({or} 10... f5 {
leads to positions from the Makogonov, we won't go into detail here.})) 9... f5
10. b4 Nb8 11. Qb3 (11. c5 $5) 11... Nd7 12. c5 Qe7 13. Rd1 Ndf6 14. Bg5 b6 15.
Nd2 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bc4 Kh7 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. O-O Bd7 20. Ba6 Rf7 21. Rfe1
Rg8 22. Rc1 Bg5 23. Qd1 Nf6 $132 {/=/+, Houdini 6.03 (3820)-Stockfish 19092522
(3883) Internet 2019}) 8... Nc5 9. f3 c6 ({Black has problems after} 9... Ne8
10. Qd2 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. O-O-O $14 {|^}) (9... h5 {White has also the
simple} 10. Qd2 (10. g5 Nh7 $5 (10... Nfd7 11. b4 Na6 12. a3 Nab8 13. h4 a5 14.
Rb1 Na6 15. Kf2 Qe8 16. Kg2 axb4 17. axb4 Qe7 18. Qd2 c5 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. b5
cxb5 21. cxb5 Nac5 22. Nd5 $16 {Szczepanski,Z (2549)-Neagu,L (2560) email 2013}
) 11. h4 f6 12. Qd2 fxg5 13. hxg5 Rf4 $5 $44 {is a typical exchange sacrifice
for play on the dark squares.}) 10... Nh7 11. O-O-O h4 12. Bd3 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3
f5 14. Rh2 Kh8 15. Rg2 Bd7 16. exf5 gxf5 17. g5 f4 18. Bf2 Qe8 19. Ne4 Bf5 20.
Bxh4 Qh5 21. Bf2 Bxe4 22. fxe4 Nxg5 23. Rg4 Nh7 24. Nf3 Bf6 25. c5 $36 {
Caruana,F (2811)-Jones,G (2640) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 10. Qd2 cxd5 11. cxd5 Bd7
12. Nge2 h5 13. Nc1 (13. Rg1 $5) 13... Rc8 14. Nb3 Nxb3 15. axb3 a6 16. Bd3 Nh7
17. O-O-O h4 18. Kb1 Bf6 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Re8 21. Rhf1 Be5 $11 {/=/+,
Grandelius,N (2691)-McShane,L (2688) Eskilstuna 2019 Black has a comfortable
position and has at the very least resolved any opening problems.}) (6... c5 {
gives White a wider choice:} {However, White mostly aims for the Benoni with}
7. d5 ({1a)} 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Bd3 dxc5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. f4 Rd8 (10... f6 $5) 11.
Nf3 (11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Nf3 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Nxe5 $1 {comfortably regains the
material back:} 14. fxe5 cxd4 15. Bd2 dxc3 {½, Miroshnichenko,E (2642)-Markos,
J (2565) Plovdiv 2008} 16. Bxc3 Qb6 17. O-O-O Be6 $15) {Black also has the
tactical operation} 11... Nxe5 $142 (11... Nc6 12. Qb1 $5 (12. O-O Nb4 $132)
12... Nb6 13. O-O Nb4 14. Be2 Bf5 15. Ne4 Qa4 {Lalic,B (2418)-Bates,R (2358)
Hastings 2019} 16. b3 Qc6 17. Nfg5 h6 18. g4 $16) 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. fxe5 Bf5
14. O-O Rxd3 $1 ({More sensible than} 14... Bxd3 15. e6 $1 f5 16. Nd5 Bxf1 17.
Nxe7+ $1 Kf8 18. Qf3 $16 {-> and despite being a R down, White has a powerful
attack.}) 15. Qe2 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Nc6 $1 $13 (16... Be6 17. Rab1 Qc7 18. Rf4 Nd7
19. Qf3 Rb8 20. Rh4 Qxe5 {Romero Holmes,A (2514)-Guseinov,G (2552) Mallorca
2004} 21. Re4 $1 Qxc3 22. Bf4 Qxf3 23. gxf3 $14) {and there is no need to
worry about the counter-sacrifice} 17. Rxf5 gxf5 18. Rf1 Qxc3 19. Rxf5 Nxe5 $15
) ({After} 7. Nf3 {the ambitious} Qa5 (7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Be2 Nxd4 10.
Bxd4 Bd7 {leads to a more standard Maroczy structure, but even here White's
5th move is useful after} 11. O-O a5 12. Qc2 Bc6 13. Rad1 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
Bg4 $1 $36 {[%cal Ye4e5,Yc4c5,Yg4d7] White either swaps his B on d7, or gets
in a central break with c5, or e5, retaining an nagging initiative. His score
in this position is well over 75% from over 100 games.} Ne5 16. c5 Nxg4 17.
hxg4 Qc8 18. cxd6 Qxg4 19. dxe7 Rfe8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Qc3+ Kg8 22. exd5 Rxe7
23. d6 $16 {Cheparinov,I (2711)-Amin,B (2709) Zagreb 2018}) 8. Bd3 (8. Nd2 cxd4
9. Nb3 {can be met by the inspired} Qxc3+ $5 10. bxc3 dxe3 $44 11. f3 Nh5 12.
Qc1 Bh6 13. g4 Nf4 14. Kd1 Ne6 15. Kc2 Nc6 16. h4 Bf4 17. Qd1 Ne5 18. Nc1 Bd7
19. a4 Rac8 20. Ne2 Bh6 21. g5 Bg7 22. Bh3 Nxf3 23. Qd3 Ne5 24. Qxe3 Nxc4 $17 {
Firouzja,A (2682)-Karthikeyan,M (2593) Xingtai 2019}) 8... Nfd7 9. O-O Nc6 10.
Be2 {will anyway sooner or later force Black to resolve the central tension:}
cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Ne5 14. Rad1 Be6 15. b3 a6 16. Qe3 (
16. f4 $5 Nc6 17. Qd2 $14) 16... b5 17. f4 b4 18. Nd5 (18. Na4 $2 Nxc4 $17 {
Pechac,J (2473)-Mazur,S (2426) Ruzomberok 2019}) 18... Nc6 19. Bf3 $14 {
[%cal Re4e5] /+/-}) 7... e6 8. Bd3 exd5 (8... Na6 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nc7 11. a4
Na6 12. Nd2 (12. Rc1 $142 Nb4 13. Bb1 $14 {is more natural}) 12... Nb4 13. Be2
b6 14. Qb3 a6 15. Rae1 Ra7 16. Qd1 Rae7 17. Qb1 Qc7 18. Bf4 e5 19. Be3 Nd7 20.
Bg4 Rf8 21. Kh1 Ree8 22. Be2 Qd8 23. Nf3 Kh8 24. Bg5 f6 25. Bh4 Bh6 $132 {
Adhiban,B (2671)-Ponomariov,R (2686) Linares 2018 For more details see the
notes to this game in CBM 186 by Adhiban.}) 9. exd5 (9. cxd5 {can be met with
the tactical} b5 $5 10. Nxb5 Re8 {/\} 11. Nc3 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 f5 $132) 9... Na6 (
9... Re8 10. Nf3 $1 Bh6 11. O-O {transposes to E90 and is long known to be
pleasant for White.}) 10. Nf3 Nb4 (10... Bf5 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. O-O Ne4 13. Nxe4
fxe4 14. Ng5 Qe7 15. Qg4 $1 f5 16. Qh5 Bxb2 17. Rab1 Be5 18. Ne6 Rf7 19. f4 Bh8
20. g4 $40 {Postny,E (2672)-Summerscale,A (2418) London 2015}) 11. Be2 (11. Bb1
$143 b5 $1 12. a3 (12. Nxb5 Ba6 {/\} 13. a4 Nfxd5 $1 $17) 12... Qa5 13. O-O
bxc4 $15) 11... Bf5 12. Rc1 Ne4 ({Also after} 12... Qa5 13. Qd2 Ne4 14. Nxe4
Bxe4 15. a3 Bxb2 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. Qxb4 cxb4 18. Rd1 Bc2 19. Rd2 Bc3 20. Bd4
Bxd2+ 21. Kxd2 $36 {the engine prefers White.}) ({Maybe Black should limit
himself to the modest} 12... Re8 13. a3 Na6 $14) 13. g4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxa2 15.
gxf5 Nxc1 16. Qxc1 Qf6 17. fxg6 Qxc3+ 18. Qxc3 Bxc3+ 19. Kd1 hxg6 20. Kc2 Bg7
21. Rb1 b6 22. h4 Rfe8 23. Bd3 Kf8 24. h5 gxh5 (24... a5 25. h6 Bf6 26. Kb3 a4+
27. Ka3 $16 {Amin,B (2704)-Fedorov,A (2566) Brest 2019}) 25. Nh4 Rxe3 26. fxe3
Be5 $14 {Cuenca Jimenez,J (2513)-Amin,B (2709) Sweden 2019 Although in the end
Black managed to set up a fortress, I suspect White's play can be improved.
Amin probably has a similar opinion, as in the later game with Fedorov he
repeated the whole line with White.}) (6... c6 7. Nf3 d5 {is the idea from
Caruana-Nakamura,2017, above. Without the B on g5 White gets a comfortable
pull with the simple} 8. e5 Ne4 9. Qb3 $5 $36 {()}) 7. d5 {White accepts the
challenge.} (7. Nf3 {allows Black to play} e5 8. d5 Nd4 $1 9. Nxd4 exd4 10.
Bxd4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 (11. Bxg7 Re8) 11... Qh4 12. g4 Re8 13. Bg2 Bf5 14. O-O Bxe4
15. Bxg7 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Kxg7 17. Qd4+ Qf6 {with mass simplification and sterile
equalty after} 18. Qxf6+ Kxf6 19. Rfe1 {½, Lutz,C (2580)-Finkel,A (2465)
Leeuwarden 1994}) 7... Ne5 {Black's main move.} (7... Nb4 8. a3 (8. Nf3 c6 (
8... e6 $142 $5) 9. Be2 Nd7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Bd4 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bxe5 dxe5
14. a3 Na6 15. b4 c5 16. Rb1 Qd8 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Qe3 Rc8 19. b5 Nc7 20. f4 exf4
21. Qxf4 Ne8 22. e5 $16 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5] Yankelevich,L (2484)-Corvi,M (2253)
Cattolica 2019}) 8... Na6 9. Bd3 e6 (9... Nd7 10. Nf3 Nac5 11. Bc2 Nb6 12. Qe2
Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nba4 14. Bh6 Re8 15. e5 e6 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Bf6 exd5 18. Qd2 Qe6
19. O-O dxe5 20. Bxe5 f6 21. cxd5 Qf7 22. Bd4 Qxd5 23. c4 Qf7 24. Rfe1 $44 {
|^, Parligras,M (2616)-Zelbel,P (2458) Germany 2018}) 10. Nge2 Nc5 (10... Re8
11. b4 $5 $14 {and the N won't even get to c5.}) 11. Bc2 exd5 12. cxd5 Re8 13.
f3 Nh5 14. g4 Nf6 15. Nd4 a5 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. O-O-O ({White wants more than the
simple} 17. O-O $5 $14) 17... Rb8 18. h4 b5 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Na6 {Jones,G 
(2660)-Maze,S (2614) Porticcio 2017} 21. Na2 $1 $36 {and White's play on the
>> should be faster.}) (7... Nb8 {is rather passive, White built up an
impressive position after} 8. Nf3 c6 9. Bd3 e6 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. O-O Nbd7 12.
Ng5 Re8 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Rfe1 Ne5 15. b3 a6 16. Bc2 Bc8 17. f4 Ned7 18. Rad1 h6
19. Nf3 Nh7 20. Ne2 $16 {(), Arnaudov,P (2441)-Petenyi,T (2449) Antalya 2017})
8. f4 {If anything, White is consistent.} (8. Qd2 e6 9. f4 Ned7 10. dxe6 fxe6
11. g4 b5 12. cxb5 Bb7 $5 (12... a6 $143 13. Nf3 axb5 14. Bxb5 Bb7 15. Qc2 d5
16. e5 d4 17. Nxd4 $1 Bxh1 18. Nxe6 Qe7 19. Bc4 Kh8 20. O-O-O Bb7 21. Nxg7 Nb6
22. Bb3 $18 {Repka,C (2519)-Manik,M (2400) Banska Stiavnica 2018}) 13. Bg2 (13.
Bd3 d5) 13... a6 14. bxa6 Rxa6 $14 {[%cal Yd8a8] /~~}) ({Straightforward
development with} 8. Be2 e6 9. Nf3 {give Black good counterplay after} Nxf3+
10. Bxf3 Nd7 $132) 8... Ned7 9. g4 {Another expansive pawn-move! Although
White builds up an impressive pawn phalanx, he meust realize he is falling
behind in development.} (9. Bd3 e5 10. dxe6 (10. f5 gxf5 11. exf5 e4 $1) 10...
fxe6 11. Nge2 b6 $13 12. O-O Qe7 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Bc2 Nc5 15. Ng3 a5 16. Rae1
Nfd7 17. b3 Qh4 18. Nge2 Nf6 19. Bf2 Qh6 $132 {Studer,N (2546)-Cheparinov,I 
(2686) Caleta 2020}) 9... c6 $1 {The best reaction, Firouzja was still
following his preparation.} (9... e5 $6 10. f5 Nc5 11. Qc2 gxf5 $6 12. exf5 h6
13. O-O-O $16 {Rychlik,H (2032)-Turlej,L (2146) Polanica Zdroj 2006}) (9... e6
10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Bg2 $36 {also isn't ideal. Contrary to Cheparinov above,
here Black can't fianchetto his Bc8 and he is under pressure.}) 10. Nf3 cxd5
11. cxd5 (11. exd5 Nc5 ({or} 11... Re8 $5 {[%cal Ge7e6] prepares e6 with
counterplay.})) 11... b6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} ({A concrete novelty, which is far
stronger, than} 11... Nc5 $2 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Qc2 Qa5 15. Nd2 Nb6
16. a3 Nd7 17. O-O-O {This is strategic murder, White converted his attacking
position into a won endgame after} a6 18. Bg2 Rb8 19. d6 e6 20. h4 b5 21. h5 b4
22. Nc4 Qd8 23. hxg6 $1 bxc3 24. gxf7+ Rxf7 (24... Kxf7 25. Qxc3 $18 {[%csl
Rf7] ->}) 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Bxh8 27. Rxh8+ Kg7 28. Rxd8 Rxf4 29. b3 Rxb3
30. Kc2 Rb8 31. Kxc3 $18 {Jones,G (2662)-Pavlidis,A (2546) Heraklion 2017}) 12.
Nd4 Nc5 13. Qf3 (13. Bg2 Ba6 $132 {[%cal Rc5d3] suits Black.}) ({After} 13. Qc2
{White must reckon also with} Ncxe4 (13... e6 $5 $132 {is probably objectively
stronger}) ({Similar is} 13... Bb7 14. Bg2 e6 15. O-O exd5 16. exd5 Re8 17. Bf2
Qd7 18. Rfe1 Na6 19. Nc6 Nc7 20. Rad1 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. b4
a6 24. a4 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Qd3 Ncxd5 $1 $11 {Rodshtein,M (2628)-Rechlis,G 
(2498) Israel 2020}) 14. Nxe4 (14. g5 Nxc3 15. gxf6 Nxd5 16. fxg7 Re8 $1 $36)
14... Nxd5 $14 {/~~ with 2 P and interesting compensation.}) ({An engine
suggestion is} 13. Nc6 $5 Qe8 14. Bg2 Ba6 15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. Qd2 $14 {, but
even for an elite GM it's not simple to consider and decide for a voluntary
swap of the strong dark-squared Be3.}) 13... Bb7 (13... Ncxe4 $2 {fails to} 14.
g5 Nxc3 15. gxf6 {The Pd5 is protected and Black has insufficient compensation
after} Bxf6 16. bxc3 $16) ({However, an interesting alternative was} 13... e6
$5 14. g5 Nh5 $13 {, e.g. after} 15. O-O-O exd5 16. exd5 (16. Nxd5 Bb7 {
[%csl Re4][%cal Rh5g3]}) 16... f6 $132 {and Black makes use of the bishop on
c8.}) 14. g5 $8 ({Practically forced, as after} 14. O-O-O $6 e6 $36 {White's 
[+] falls apart.}) 14... Nfxe4 {[%mdl 64] The courage of youth, but it seems
that Alireza might have overestimated his position after the following
tactical operation.} ({The engine favours the more mundane} 14... Nh5 $5 15. f5
Be5 $13 ({or} 15... Rc8 {Even this position is far from clear.})) 15. Nxe4 Bxd5
16. Nf6+ exf6 17. Qxd5 Re8 18. Nc2 {Is this the best?} ({The alternative was} 
18. Qf3 $5 fxg5 (18... Qe7 19. Nc2 fxg5 20. O-O-O Qf6 {also deserves attention,
but after} 21. Bd4 Qxf4+ 22. Qxf4 gxf4 23. Bb5 $5 $14 {the engine prefers
White.}) 19. O-O-O gxf4 20. Qxf4 Re4 21. Qf3 $13 {Black's pieces are more
active, but he has only 3 P for the piece. It's difficult to evaluate this
position unequivocally.}) 18... fxg5 19. O-O-O gxf4 20. Bd4 ({White can't
afford} 20. Bxf4 $2 Qf6 21. Qd4 Qf5 22. Qxd6 (22. Qd2 Na4 $19 {->}) 22... Ne4
$19) 20... Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Ne6 ({Both sides have alternatives almost on evey
move, for example} 21... Qh4 $5 $132) 22. Qd2 $1 (22. Qxd6 Qf6 {open the
position for Black's rooks. Therefore Fabiano prefers to leave Black with 4 P,
but they don't present a serious danger and the unopposed light-squared Bf1
can be a strong trump in the near future.}) 22... Qf6 23. Kb1 Rac8 24. Bb5 Red8
25. Nb4 d5 $1 {Black correctly prevents Nd5.} 26. Rhf1 (26. Nxd5 $2 {fails to}
Qf5+ 27. Ka1 Rxd5 $1 28. Qxd5 Rc1+ $19) ({However, interesting was} 26. h4 $5)
26... Rc5 27. a4 d4 28. Nd3 Rf5 29. Rf3 {White has set up a blockade on the
light squares and has a safer K. His position is easier to play in a prectical
game and this will quickly show.} g5 $6 {Weakening the >> is a step in the
wrong direction.} (29... h5 $142 $1 30. Bc4 (30. Rg1 $2 Ng5 {[%csl Rf4] /\} 31.
Rxf4 Nf3 $17) (30. Rdf1 $5 g5 31. Bc4 $13 {might be better}) 30... Rc8 $132)
30. Rg1 Kf8 $2 {Another, more serious error.} ({Black should have prevented h4
with} 30... h5 $5 {Although} 31. Bc4 ({or even} 31. Bc6 $5 {already seems
promising for White, in the game it will be much worse.})) 31. h4 $1 h6 32.
hxg5 hxg5 33. Rh3 $18 {[%mdl 128] White has opened the kingside and now
pounces on the poor Kf8 from all sides. The game is decided.} f3 34. Bc4 {
First of all prevents any ides with Rxb5, but White was already spoiled for
choice.} ({Strong is} 34. Qh2 $40) ({or also} 34. Rgh1 {/\} f2 35. Nxf2 $1 Rxf2
36. Rh8+ Ke7 37. Qb4+ Nc5 38. Re1+ Kd6 39. Rxd8+ Qxd8 40. Qxd4+ $18) 34... Ke7
35. Bxe6 (35. Re1 {or}) (35. Qh2 {win as well, but White goes for a more
concrete solution.}) 35... Kxe6 36. Qh2 $1 {[%cal Rh3h6]} f2 ({Black already
has no good defence:} 36... Rg8 37. Rc1 $18) 37. Rf1 Kd7 38. Rh6 Qe7 39. Rxf2
Rxf2 40. Qxf2 Kc8 41. a5 $1 {By dropping his o^f3 Black managed to escape with
his K and prolong his resistance. But he remains in terminal trouble, as
White's attack still continues!} bxa5 ({The superior coordination of White's
forces is nicely illustrated by the line} 41... Rd6 42. Qc2+ Kb7 (42... Kb8 43.
Rh8+ Rd8 44. Ne5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re5c6]}) 43. a6+ Kxa6 44. Qc8+ Ka5 45. Qf5+ Ka6
46. Nb4+ Kb7 47. Qf3+ $18) 42. Qc2+ Kb8 43. Nc5 Rd6 (43... f6 44. Rh7 $18) 44.
Rh8+ (44. Qb3+ Rb6 45. Qg3+ $18 {wins even faster.}) 44... Rd8 45. Qb3+ Kc7 46.
Qb7+ Kd6 47. Rh6+ f6 48. Ne4+ (48. Ne4+ Ke6 49. Nxg5+ {costs Black too much
material.}) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5
15. f4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Kh1 Ne7 18. Bc2 Ng6 19. b4 c6 20. Na3 c5 21. bxc5
dxc5 22. Nc4 cxd4 23. Nxb6 Rxb6 24. cxd4 Rd6 25. Ra4 Ne5 26. f3 Nc6 27. e5 Rxd4
28. Rxd4 Nxd4 29. Be4 Qh4 30. Rg1 Rd8 31. Qf1 g6 32. Rg4 Qe7 33. Rxf4 Qxe5 34.
Rh4 Ne6 35. Rh3 Nf4 36. Rg3 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 c6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qb3 Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. Nc3 Nc5
15. Qc2 b4 16. Nb1 Ba6 17. Bf3 Rac8 18. a3 Rb8 19. axb4 Rxb4 20. Be3 Qb7 21.
Nd2 Rxb2 22. Qc3 Rb5 23. Ra3 Qb8 24. Rda1 Bb7 25. Rxa7 Nd7 26. Nc4 Rd8 27. Be4
c5 28. Qc2 h6 29. Bd2 Nf8 30. Bd3 Rd7 31. Nd6 Rb6 32. Qxc5 Bd5 33. Rxd7 Nxd7
34. Qc8+ Nf8 35. Qxb8 Rxb8 36. f4 Bd8 37. Kf2 Nd7 38. Be3 g5 39. Bd4 Rb4 40.
Ke3 gxf4+ 41. gxf4 Kf8 42. Bb5 Nf6 43. exf6 Rxd4 44. Rc1 Bxf6 45. Rc7 Bh8 46.
Rc8+ Ke7 47. Rxh8 Rb4 48. Nc8+ Kf6 49. Bd3 Be4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4 a6 5. Qxc4 b5 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bg2 Ngf6 8.
O-O e6 9. d3 Be7 10. a4 c5 11. Nc3 Qb6 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8+ Bxa8 14. Bg5 O-O
15. Ra1 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rc8 19. Qb3 Rb8 20. Nce4 Be7 21.
Kg1 f5 22. Nc3 Ne5 23. h3 h5 24. Nf3 Nxf3+ 25. exf3 Bf6 26. Re1 Kf7 27. Ne2 g5
28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 fxg4 30. fxg4 Qd6 31. Ng3 Qd5 32. Qc2 Bd4 33. Qe2 Rh8 34.
Ne4 Qe5 35. Qf3+ Kg7 36. b3 Rf8 37. Qe2 Qd5 38. Rf1 Kg6 39. Qd1 c4 40. bxc4
bxc4 41. Kg2 Ba7 42. f3 cxd3 43. Qa1 Be3 44. Rd1 Qc4 45. Qc3 Qa2+ 46. Nd2 Qc2
47. Qe5 Bxd2 48. Qxe6+ Kg7 49. Qe7+ Rf7 50. Qe5+ Kf8 51. Qb8+ Ke7 52. Qe5+ Kd8
53. Qb8+ Kd7 54. Qb7+ Kd6 55. Qb6+ Ke5 56. Qb5+ Kd4 57. Qb6+ Kc4 58. Qe6+ Kc3
59. Qe5+ Kb3 60. Qd5+ Kb2 61. Qb5+ Bb4+ 62. Kg3 Qxd1 63. Qxb4+ Qb3 64. Qd2+ Kb1
65. Qe1+ Kc2 66. Qf2+ d2 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2842"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "India Yogis"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 a5 4. Nf3 d6 5. a3 Bc5 6. e3 c6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. d4 Ba7
9. Bd3 Ngf6 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 Re8 12. Bc2 Bb8 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bb2 axb4 15.
axb4 Rxa1 16. Bxa1 Qe7 17. c5 b6 18. cxb6 Nxb6 19. Ne4 Nfd5 20. Qb1 Nxb4 21.
Bb3 h6 22. Ng3 N4d5 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Qxb8 Ba6 25. Qxe5 Qxe5 26. Nxe5 Bxf1 27.
Nxf1 c5 28. Nc4 f5 29. Nfd2 f4 30. e4 Nb4 31. Kf1 g5 32. Ke2 Ra8 33. Bb2 Kf7
34. Nb3 Na6 35. g3 fxg3 36. hxg3 h5 37. f4 gxf4 38. gxf4 Rb8 39. Nbd2 Nc7 40.
Be5 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2842"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "India Yogis"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 Bg7 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 b5 8. Bc2
d6 9. d5 Na5 10. Nbd2 c6 11. O-O Ne7 12. dxc6 O-O 13. a4 Nexc6 14. axb5 axb5
15. Nb3 Bg4 16. Nxa5 Rxa5 17. Rxa5 Qxa5 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nd4 20. Qd3 Rc8
21. Bb1 Qb4 22. Ba2 Qa4 23. Be3 Qxa2 24. Bxd4 Qc4 25. Qxc4 Rxc4 26. Bxg7 Kxg7
27. f3 Kf6 28. Rd1 Rc2 29. Rxd6+ Ke7 30. Rb6 Rxb2 31. Kh2 b4 32. Kg3 b3 33. h4
Kd7 34. Kf4 Rxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2842"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India Yogis"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3
Nd7 9. h3 Nb6 10. Bb3 Kh8 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nc3 Be6 15.
Bc2 Bf6 16. a3 Re8 17. Be3 Nce7 18. Ne5 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Ng6 21.
Bxg6 hxg6 22. d5 Bf5 23. Qd4 Rxe5 24. Qxe5 Kg8 25. Re1 Qd7 26. g4 Bc2 27. Qe7
Rd8 28. Qxd7 Rxd7 29. Re8+ Kh7 30. Rb8 b6 31. b4 g5 32. Rb7 Kg6 33. Ra7 Bd3 34.
Na4 Bb5 35. Nc3 Bc4 36. d6 Rxd6 37. Rxc7 b5 38. Ne4 Rd3 39. Rc6+ f6 40. Rxa6
Rxh3 41. Ng3 Bd5 42. Rb6 Bf3 43. Rxb5 Rh4 44. Rc5 Rxg4 45. Rc3 Rf4 46. b5 g4
47. b6 Rd4 48. Rc1 f5 49. Rb1 Rd8 50. b7 Rb8 51. Rb5 f4 52. Nh5 Kf7 53. Nxf4 g5
54. Nh5 Rxb7 55. Rxb7+ Bxb7 56. Kf1 Ke6 57. Ke2 Ke5 58. Ke3 Bc6 59. Ng3 Bf3 60.
Nf1 Kd5 61. Nh2 Bg2 62. Nxg4 Kc4 63. Nf6 Kb3 64. Ne4 g4 65. Nf6 Kxa3 66. Nxg4
Kb4 67. Kd4 Bh3 68. Ne5 Kb5 69. Kd5 Kb4 70. f4 Kc3 71. Ke4 Bg2+ 72. Kf5 Kd4 73.
Kg5 Be4 74. Ng4 Bb1 75. Nf6 Ke3 76. Ng4+ Kd4 77. Kf6 Ke4 78. f5 Kf4 79. Nh6
Bxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2842"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India Yogis"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O e6 8. a4 a5
9. b3 Na6 10. Ba3 Re8 11. Rc1 b6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Na2 Re6 15. f4
Ne4 16. Bg4 f5 17. Be2 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Qg5 19. Rf4 Nc7 20. Nc3 Nxc3 21. Rxc3 Ree8
22. Bd6 Ne6 23. Rf2 Rac8 24. Bf3 Qh4 25. g3 Qg5 26. Bg2 h5 27. Qf3 h4 28. gxh4
Qxh4 29. Qg3 Qh5 30. Bf3 Qg5 31. Qxg5 Nxg5 32. Bg2 Kg7 33. Rb2 b5 34. b4 axb4
35. Rxb4 Ba6 36. h4 Ne6 37. axb5 Bxb5 38. Bxd5 cxd5 39. Rxc8 Rxc8 40. Rxb5 f4
41. exf4 Nxf4 42. Kf2 Rc3 43. Be7 Rd3 44. Bf6+ Kf7 45. Rb4 Nh3+ 46. Kf1 Ke6 47.
Bg5 Kf5 48. Ke2 Ra3 49. Rb6 Nxg5 50. hxg5 Kxg5 51. Rb5 Kf5 52. Rxd5 g5 53. Rd6
g4 54. Kf2 g3+ 55. Kg2 Kf4 56. Rf6+ Ke4 57. e6 Kxd4 58. e7 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Li, Chao B"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2842"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China Pandas"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. Nbd2 b6 7. c3 Bb7 8. Bd3
Ne4 9. O-O Nd7 10. a4 Nxg3 11. hxg3 c5 12. Qb1 g6 13. e4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bb4 15.
e5 Rc8 16. Rd1 f5 17. Nf1 Qe7 18. Rc1 Nb8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Qd1 Nc6 21. Rc1 Na5
22. Ne3 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Bc6 24. Qc2 Qd8 25. Ba6 Be7 26. b3 Bd7 27. Qc3 Nc6 28.
Nc2 Nb8 29. Be2 Qc8 30. Qxc8+ Bxc8 31. Nfe1 Nc6 32. Nd3 Na5 33. Nc1 Kf7 34. Kf1
h5 35. Ke1 h4 36. gxh4 Bxh4 37. g3 Be7 38. Kd2 Ke8 39. Kc3 Bd7 40. Nd3 g5 41.
g4 f4 42. Nde1 Kd8 43. Nf3 Be8 44. Bd3 Nc6 45. b4 a5 46. b5 Nb8 47. Nce1 Nd7
48. Kd2 Nf8 49. Ng1 Bg6 50. Bxg6 Nxg6 51. Nef3 Nh8 52. Nh3 Nf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2842"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "China Pandas"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Bd7 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Rc8 9. Be2 Nge7 10. O-O Nf5 11. Bb2 Be7 12. Qd3 Na5 13. Nbd2 Nc4 14. Nxc4 dxc4
15. Qc3 O-O 16. Nd2 Qd8 17. Bf3 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. b5 Rc7 20. a4 Qd5 21.
Rfd1 Rd8 22. Nf3 h5 23. Bc1 a6 24. Rb1 Qe4 25. Be3 axb5 26. Rxb5 Ra8 27. a5 Rd8
28. h3 Nxe3 29. fxe3 h4 30. Rdb1 Rdd7 31. Nd2 Qg6 32. Nf3 Qg3 33. Rc1 Bg5 34.
Qd2 Bh6 35. Rb4 g5 36. Nh2 Qxe5 37. Ng4 Qg7 38. Rbxc4 Rxc4 39. Rxc4 f5 40. Rc8+
Kh7 41. Qc2 Re7 42. Kh1 Qg6 43. Ne5 Qf6 44. Rc7 Bg7 45. Qc5 Rxc7 46. Qxc7 g4
47. hxg4 fxg4 48. Nxg4 Qf5 49. Ne5 h3 50. Qxb7 hxg2+ 51. Qxg2 Bxe5 52. dxe5
Qb1+ 53. Kh2 Qb4 54. a6 Qa4 55. Qb7+ Kh6 56. a7 Qc2+ 57. Qg2 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2842"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China Pandas"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 b6 6. cxb6 cxb6 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. Bxd6
Qxd6 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qb3 Rfc8 13. Rfc1 Rc7 14. Rc2 Rac8
15. Rac1 b5 16. Ne2 Nb6 17. Rxc7 Rxc7 18. Rxc7 Qxc7 19. Ne5 Qd6 20. Nf4 Nc4 21.
Qc3 g6 22. h3 Qb8 23. b3 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Nd7 25. a4 bxa4 26. bxa4 Nxe5 27. Bf1
Nc4 28. Nd3 Qd6 29. Qd4 a5 30. Qa7 Qb6 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32. Qf4 Qd6 33. Qd4+ e5 34.
Qa7 Bc6 35. Nc5 h5 36. h4 Qf6 37. Qc7 Qd6 38. Qa7 Nd2 39. Qxa5 Nxf1 40. Kxf1 d4
41. Nd3 dxe3 42. Qxe5+ Qxe5 43. Nxe5 Bxa4 44. fxe3 Kf6 45. Nf3 Kf5 46. Kf2 f6
47. Nd2 Kg4 48. g3 Bc6 49. Nc4 Bd5 50. Nd6 g5 51. Ne8 Kf5 52. Nd6+ Ke5 53. Nb5
Bc6 54. Nd4 Be4 55. Nb5 Bd3 56. Nd4 Be4 57. Nb5 Bd3 58. Nd4 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2842"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "China Pandas"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bf4 Rb8 10. Rc1 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. d5 e5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Nxb5 Rxb5
15. Rxc6 Rxb2 16. Qc1 Rxa2 17. Rxc7 g5 18. Be3 Nd5 19. Rc6 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Bd5
21. Rcc1 Re8 22. Qd3 Qa8 23. Rc7 Be4 24. Qb3 Qd5 25. Qxd5 Bxd5 26. e3 Rb8 27.
Rd1 Be6 28. Ne1 d5 29. Rc2 Rxc2 30. Nxc2 Rb2 31. Nd4 Bxd4 32. exd4 Kg7 33. h4
gxh4 34. gxh4 Kg6 35. Rd3 Kh5 36. Re3 Kxh4 37. Re5 Rd2 38. Bxd5 Rxd4 39. Bxe6
fxe6 40. Rxe6 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.27"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2842"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia Eagles"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Bc5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Bg5 h5 11. Qf3 Ng4 12. h3 Ne5 13. Qe2 b5 14. Kh1 Bb7 15.
f4 f6 16. Bh4 Ng6 17. e5 Nxh4 18. gxh4 f5 19. Rad1 g6 20. Qe1 Be7 21. Qg3 Kf7
22. Ne2 c5 23. Ng1 Rad8 24. Nf3 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 c4 26. Rg1 Rhg8 27. Kh2 b4 28.
Be2 Bc5 29. Rg2 Rxd1 30. Bxd1 Qd8 31. Be2 Be7 32. Bxc4 Bxh4 33. Qb3 Qb6 34. Rd2
Rd8 35. Rxd8 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Bxd8 37. Bxe6+ Kg7 38. Qxb4 Qf3+ 39. Kg1 Bh4 40. Qd4
Qg3+ 41. Kf1 Qe1+ 42. Kg2 Qe2+ 43. Kg1 Bg3 44. Bb3 Qh2+ 45. Kf1 Qxh3+ 46. Ke2
Qg2+ 47. Kd3 Qf1+ 48. Kd2 Be1+ 49. Kc1 Bf2+ 50. Qd1 Be3+ 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.27"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2842"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia Eagles"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 Qb6 8. Nd2
Qa6 9. c4 Bb4 10. b3 Ne7 11. Ngf3 Nf5 12. O-O Nd7 13. a3 Bxd2 14. Bxd2 c5 15.
Rac1 O-O 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Qb1 Rfd8 18. Bg5 Rd7 19. b4 Ne4 20. cxd5 Nxg5 21.
hxg5 Rxd5 22. g6 fxg6 23. Rc7 Rad8 24. Rfc1 Qe2 25. Rc8 h4 26. Qb3 Rxc8 27.
Rxc8+ Kh7 28. Rc1 Kh6 29. Re1 Qd3 30. Qb2 Qc4 31. Qb1 g5 32. Re4 Qd3 33. Qxd3
Rxd3 34. a4 Kh5 35. Kf1 g4 36. Nh2 g3 37. Nf3 Ra3 38. Rc4 Ra1+ 39. Ne1 g5 40.
Rc8 Ra2 41. Rh8+ Kg6 42. Nd3 Rd2 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.27"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2842"]
[PlyCount "207"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia Eagles"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 b6 6. cxb6 cxb6 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. e3
O-O 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qe2 Rfc8 13. Rfc1 b5 14. a3 Nb6
15. Ne5 Nc4 16. f4 Qe7 17. Rc2 g6 18. Rac1 Ne8 19. Nb1 Ng7 20. Qe1 f6 21. Nf3
Nf5 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Nbd2 Re8 24. Nb3 Qxe3+ 25. Qxe3 Rxe3 26. Nc5 Bc6 27. Kf2
Re7 28. b3 Nd6 29. Nd3 Bb7 30. Rc7 Rae8 31. Rxe7 Rxe7 32. g3 Kf7 33. Nc5 a5 34.
Nd2 Rc7 35. Ke3 a4 36. bxa4 bxa4 37. Rb1 Bc6 38. Rb6 Ke7 39. Kd3 Ne4 40. Nb1
Bd7 41. Nc3 Nxc5+ 42. dxc5 Rxc5 43. Kd4 Rc4+ 44. Kd3 Bc6 45. Ne2 Kd6 46. Nd4
Kc7 47. Rb1 Bd7 48. Re1 Kd6 49. Nc2 Bb5 50. Kd2 Re4 51. Rb1 Re2+ 52. Kc3 Bc4
53. Rb6+ Kc7 54. Rxf6 Rxh2 55. Nd4 Rg2 56. Kb4 Rxg3 57. Kc5 Rc3 58. Rf7+ Kc8
59. Kd6 Bb3 60. Nc6 Rxc6+ 61. Kxc6 Kd8 62. Kd6 Ke8 63. Re7+ Kf8 64. Rxh7 d4 65.
Ke5 d3 66. Rd7 Bc2 67. Kf6 Ke8 68. Rd4 Bb1 69. Kxg6 Bc2 70. Kf6 Bb1 71. Ke5 Ke7
72. Rb4 Bc2 73. Rd4 Kf7 74. Rd7+ Kg6 75. Rd6+ Kh5 76. Rd4 Kg4 77. Kd5 Kf3 78.
Kc4 Ke3 79. Kc3 Ke2 80. Rd5 Ke3 81. Rxf5 Ke4 82. Rf8 Bb3 83. f5 Bc2 84. Kd2 Kf4
85. f6 Kf5 86. Ke3 Ke5 87. Kd2 Kf5 88. Kc3 Ke5 89. Rf7 Ke6 90. Rf8 Ke5 91. Kd2
Ke6 92. f7 Ke7 93. Re8+ Kxf7 94. Re4 Kf6 95. Kc3 Kf5 96. Re8 Kf4 97. Kd2 Kf3
98. Re7 Kf4 99. Re8 Kf3 100. Re7 Kf4 101. Re3 Kf5 102. Kc3 Kf4 103. Re7 Kf3
104. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.27"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2842"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia Eagles"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 h6 13. d5 Nb8 14. b3 c6 15. c4
Nbd7 16. Nf1 a5 17. Be3 Qb8 18. Rb1 Rc8 19. Ng3 cxd5 20. cxd5 Ba6 21. b4 axb4
22. Rxb4 Rc4 23. a3 Rxb4 24. axb4 Nb6 25. Bd3 Nc4 26. Qe2 g6 27. Ra1 Nd7 28.
Nf1 Ndb6 29. N3d2 Nxe3 30. Nxe3 Na4 31. Nb3 Qb6 32. Rc1 Rc8 33. Rc2 h5 34. Na5
Bh6 35. Nc6 Kg7 36. Nf1 Rf8 37. h4 Ra8 38. g3 Rc8 39. Kg2 Rc7 40. Nh2 Rc8 41.
Nf3 f6 42. Nh2 Kh7 43. Nf3 Rc7 44. Nd2 Rc8 45. Nb1 Rc7 46. Na3 Rb7 47. Na5 Rc7
48. Rxc7+ Qxc7 49. Nxb5 Qb6 50. Na3 Bxd3 51. Qxd3 Qxb4 52. Nc6 Qe1 53. Nc2 Qc1
54. N6b4 Nc5 55. Qe2 Bd2 56. Qf3 Kg7 57. Qe2 Bxb4 58. Nxb4 Qb1 59. Qb5 Qxe4+
60. Kh2 Qf5 61. Kg2 g5 62. hxg5 fxg5 63. Qb8 Ne4 64. Nd3 g4 65. Qb5 Nd2 66. Kg1
h4 67. gxh4 g3 68. Qa6 Qh3 69. Qa7+ Kf6 70. fxg3 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2842"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 exd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Nc3 Bb7 15.
Ng5 Qe7 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxf7 e4 18. Nd6+ Kh8 19. Nxb7 Rxb7 20. Qe2 c6 21. Rad1
Rd7 22. f3 exf3 23. Rxf3 c5 24. dxc5 Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1 Bxc5 26. Qf2 Bd6 27. Nc3
Nd3 28. Qe2 Nc5 29. Ba2 Re8 30. Qd2 Nce4 31. Nxe4 Nxe4 32. Qd3 Ng5 33. Bxg5
Bc5+ 34. Kh1 Qxg5 35. Rf1 Qe5 36. Qd5 Qe2 37. Qf5 Qe5 38. Qxe5 Rxe5 39. Rd1 g6
40. Bd5 Re7 41. Bc6 Re2 42. Bb7 Rxb2 43. Bxa6 Ra2 44. Bxb5 Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2842"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 c5 (7... e5
{is played more often in this system.}) 8. d5 exd5 (8... O-O $5 9. Bd3 (9. Nf3
{looks more to the point}) 9... Bd6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nf3 exd5 12. Nxd5 h6 13.
Bh4 Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Ng4 $11 {1/2 (19) So,W (2763)-Karjakin,S (2748)
Riga 2019}) 9. exd5 (9. cxd5 Bd6 {is satisfactory for Black, e.g.} 10. Bb5+
Nbd7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. O-O a6 15. a4 b6 16. h3 Re8 $13
{0-1 (51) Tabatabaei,M (2566)-Maghsoodloo,P (2560) Teheran 2017}) 9... O-O 10.
Be2 (10. Bf4 Re8 11. Be2 Bg4 12. Qd2 Nh5 13. Be3 $6 Bd6 $1 14. O-O-O Rxe3 15.
Bxg4 Rxc3+ 16. Qxc3 Qg5+ $19 {0-1 (32) Volkov,S (2645)-Vitiugov,N (2722) St
Petersburg 2017}) (10. Nf3 Bg4 $5 (10... Re8 11. Be2 {- game}) 11. Be2 (11. h3
$5 Bxf3 (11... Bh5 $5) 12. Qxf3 Bd6 13. Be2 Nbd7 14. O-O a6 (14... Be5 $5) 15.
g4 h6 16. h4 Qe7 17. g5 $36 {1/2 (45) Braun,A (2574)-Schramm,C (2368) Germany
2017}) 11... Bd6 (11... Bxf3 $5 12. Bxf3 Bd6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. g3 a6 15. Bg2 Re8
16. Bf4 Qb6 $11 {1/2 (82) Smirnov,A (2416)-Ter Sahakyan,S (2623) St Petersburg
2019}) 12. O-O (12. Nb5 $6 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Re8+) 12... Nbd7 (12... Bxf3 13. Rxf3
$5 Nbd7 14. Rh3 Re8 15. Bd3 Be5 $132 {1-0 (94) Polak,T (2527)-Menezes,C (2423)
Blansko 2019}) 13. Bg5 (13. Ng5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Re8 15. Qc2 h6 16. Nf3 Ne5 17.
Nxe5 Bxe5 {1/2 (17) Volkov,S (2547)-Turov,M (2575) Hell 2019}) (13. h3 Bxf3 14.
Rxf3 Qe7 15. Bg5 Rae8 16. Qd2 Qe5 17. Bf4 Qe7 18. Bg5 Qe5 19. Bf4 {1/2 (19)
Goryachkina,A (2493)-Oparin,G (2607) Moscow 2018}) 13... Re8 14. Qd2 Qb8 15. h3
Bh5 16. Bd3 h6 17. Be3 {0-1 (54) Tsvetkov,A (2350)-Najer,E (2661) Moscow RUS
2019} Bg3 $13) 10... Re8 ({In case of} 10... Bd6 {White gets an additional
opportunity:} 11. Nb5 $5 a6 (11... Re8 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. O-O a6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15.
b3 Nbd7 16. Qd2 Re7 17. Bb2 Ne4 18. Qc2 $14 {1/2 (23) Lashkin,J (2368)
-Iordachescu,V (2602) Chisinau MDA 2020}) 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. O-O
Nbd7 15. Nh4 (15. b3 $5 {deserves attention here, too}) 15... Bxe2 16. Qxe2
Rae8 17. Qf3 {1-0 (30) Matlakov,M (2710)-Predke,A (2650) Izhevsk 2019} Qe5 $132
) 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. O-O Nbd7 (12... Bd6 13. Nb5 $5 {- see 10...Bd6} (13. h3 Bh5 (
13... Bxf3 $5) 14. Bg5 Nbd7 15. Qc2 a6 16. Bd3 Qc7 17. Nh4 Bg6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19.
Bxf5 Be5 $11 {1/2 (27) Costachi,M (2484)-Haug,J (2391) Porto Carras 2018})) 13.
d6 {An aggressive continuation, preventing the blockading move ...Be7-d6 once
and for all.} (13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Bd6 15. Qc2 Qb8 16. h3 (16. Kh1 Bh5 17. Nb5
$2 {0-1 (55) Lombaers,P (2383)-Schoppen,C (2489) Leiden NED 2020} Bxh2 $17)
16... Bh5 17. Bd3 {0-1 (45) Ragnarsson,J (1968)-Gower,S (2069) Akureyri 2019}
Bg3 {looks satisfactory for Black}) 13... Bf8 14. h3 Bh5 15. Nb5 Re6 $6 {
Not the most useful move.} ({Chesspro.ru recommends} 15... Qb6 $5 16. Nc7 Bxd6
17. Nxa8 Rxa8 $44) ({or} 15... Rb8 $5 16. Nc7 (16. Nxa7 $6 Bxd6 17. Qxd6 Rxe2)
(16. Bf4 a6 17. Nc7 Re4 {is more favourable for Black than the game.}) 16...
Re4 17. Bd3 Bxd6 18. Bxe4 Qxc7 $44) 16. Bf4 a6 (16... Re4 17. Qd2 Nb6 18. Rad1
$1 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Be5 $36) 17. Nc7 Re4 18. Bh2 (18. Qd2 $142 $5 {
[%cal Ya1d1]}) 18... Rc8 19. g4 {This move, provoking a piece sacrifice, leads
to an absolutely crazy position.} (19. Bd3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Ne5 $1) (19. Qc2 Ne5
$1 (19... Bxd6 20. Bxd6 Rxc7 21. Bxc7 Qxc7 22. Bd3 $16) 20. Bxe5 Bxf3 21. Bxf6
Rxe2 22. Qxe2 Bxe2 23. Bxd8 Rxd8 24. Rf4 $1 Bxd6 25. Re4 {was probably the
best way for White to keep winning chances. If} Bxc4 {then} 26. Rd1 $1 Be6 27.
Nxe6 fxe6 28. Rf1 $14) 19... Bxg4 {[%mdl 512]} (19... Nxg4 20. hxg4 Rxg4+ 21.
Kh1 Rg6 22. Rf2 $1 {, and White should successfully consolidate his position,
although the practical result is highly uncertain.}) 20. hxg4 Nxg4 (20... Rxg4+
$5 21. Kh1 Ne4) 21. Bd3 $1 Nxh2 22. Bxe4 Nxf1 23. Qxf1 Bxd6 (23... Nf6 $1 $14 {
[%cal Rf6e4,Yd8d6] was much stronger.} 24. Bxb7 $2 {is bad in that case as
after} Rb8 25. Bd5 Qxd6 {White loses a piece.}) 24. Nd5 g6 25. Qh3 $16 {
[%mdl 128] Black has 3 pawns for a knight but White gets a strong attack on
the kingside.} Kg7 26. Kh1 Ne5 27. Nh4 $1 {White avoids exchanges, of course.}
h5 $2 {A strange move, further weakening Black's position.} (27... Nxc4 28.
Nf5+ $1 Kh8 29. Rf1 $18 {[%cal Rf5h6]}) ({Something like} 27... Rc6 28. Rg1 Bf8
$16 {was relatively better.}) 28. Rg1 $18 {->} Bf8 29. Nf4 (29. Nxg6 $5 fxg6
30. Nf4 Ng4 31. Nxh5+) 29... Ng4 30. Nxh5+ $1 gxh5 31. Bf5 Be7 32. Bxg4 hxg4
33. Qxg4+ Bg5 34. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2842"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,117,19,31,23,-10,18,24,24,19,16,-23,-1,-38,-38,16,13,-14,23,31,117,50,
73,72,64,50,93,113,150,114,216,110,196,184,191,107,166,151,172,172,136,129,109,
140,140,139,150,118,84,138,149,144,147,119,132,120,110,141,102,63,112,121,131,
110,109,117,156,142,248,261,205,198,221,240,209,245,250,265,296,297,251,245,
306,245,308,354,290,365,363,358,343,343,427,416,522,485,541,495,552,542,542,
538,538,538,538,538,536,536,536,568,566,615,869,1152,1267,490,790,820,835,596]
} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8.
Nxc4 O-O 9. Kf2 {This "crazy" move (preparing e2-e4, of course) was introduced
by GM Laurent Fressinet back in 2009 and gained popularity in recent years.} ({
The immediate} 9. e4 {gives Black a strong attack after} Nxe4 10. fxe4 Qh4+ 11.
Kd2 Qxe4 {, which was seen in a number of games.}) (9. Bg5 {is the common main
move.}) 9... e5 $6 $146 {[%mdl 512] A curious pawn sacrifice, one of the
numerous surprises prepared by Fabiano Caruana for the Candidates Tournament.
Previous practice saw:} (9... b5 $6 10. axb5 cxb5 11. Nxb5 Nc6 12. e3 Qb8 13.
Nc3 e5 14. d5 Rd8 15. Qa4 Ne7 {1/2 (28) Fressinet,L (2658)-Solak,D (2583)
Eforie Nord 2009} 16. e4 $16) (9... Nd5 10. Na2 $1 b5 11. Nxb4 bxc4 12. Na2 c5
13. e4 cxd4 14. Bxc4 (14. exd5 d3 $44) 14... Nb6 15. Be2 Bg6 16. a5 Nc8 17. Nb4
$14 {1-0 (60) Anton Guijarro,D (2674)-Hovhannisyan,R (2639) Douglas 2019}) (
9... Nbd7 10. e4 Bg6 11. Be3 Qb8 12. g3 a5 13. Be2 Ne8 14. Rc1 $14 {1/2 (41)
Babula,V (2540)-Bartel,M (2646) Baku 2016}) (9... Bg6 $5 10. e4 Qc7 11. Qb3 c5
(11... a5 12. Na2 c5 13. Nxb4 axb4 14. dxc5 Na6 15. Be3 $16 {1-0 (24)
Cheparinov,I (2673)-Arngrimsson,D (2381) Albena 2012}) 12. Na2 Nc6 13. Nxb4
cxb4 14. Be3 Rfd8 15. Rd1 Rd7 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Rxd1 18. Qxd1 Qxe5 19. Qd4
Qa5 20. Be2 Qxa4 21. Rc1 h6 $11 {1-0 (41) Ding,L (2679)-Paragua,M (2521) Ho
Chi Minh City 2012}) (9... c5 {(the main move, however, it is unclear whether
it is enough for equality)} 10. e4 Bg6 (10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bxe4 {is
insufficient:} 12. fxe4 Nxe4+ 13. Kg1 Nxc3 14. Qe1 $1 cxd4 15. Ba3 Nc6 $5 (
15... Re8 16. Nd6 Re7 17. Nb5 Rd7 18. Nxc3 dxc3 19. Qxc3 Nc6 20. Rc1 Qh4 21.
Bb2 e5 22. h3 $14 {1-0 (38) Smirnov,P (2595)-Tran,M (2280) Ho Chi Minh City
2016}) 16. Bxf8 (16. h4 Qd5 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Rh3 $14 {1/2 (37) Xiu,D (2556)
-Shankland,S (2599) Ningbo 2013}) 16... Qxf8 17. h4 Qc5 18. Nd2 Nb4 (18... Ne5
19. Rh3 Ng4 20. Bd3 Ne3 21. Nf1 $16 {1-0 (43) Mchedlishvili,M (2625)-Bakre,T 
(2454) Al Ain 2014}) 19. Qf2 Rd8 20. Rh3 Nbd5 21. Rd3 e5 22. Re1 Qc7 23. Ne4
$16 {1-0 (38) Ding,L (2547)-Zhou,J (2652) Danzhou 2010}) 11. Na2 (11. Be3 $6
cxd4 12. Qxd4 {0-1 (44) Georgiadis,N (2514)-Shankland,S (2713) Biel 2019} Qe7
$36) 11... Nc6 12. Nxb4 Nxb4 13. Qb3 $1 (13. Bd2 Qxd4+ 14. Be3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 b6
16. a5 Rfb8 17. Bf4 Rb7 {1/2 (37) Kuljasevic,D (2534)-Vocaturo,D (2616) Le
Castella 2018} 18. g4 $44) 13... Nxe4+ (13... Bxe4 $6 14. fxe4 Qxd4+ (14...
Nxe4+ 15. Kg1 Qxd4+ 16. Be3 Qd5 17. Rd1 Qh5 18. Bf4 Rad8 19. Re1 $14) 15. Be3
Qxe4 16. Be2 $16 {1-0 (29) Sarkar,J (2437)-Gonzalez Acosta,B (2461) Cochabamba
2013}) 14. fxe4 Bxe4 (14... Qxd4+ 15. Be3 Qxe4 16. Kg1 Rfd8 17. h4 Nc2 18. Rc1
Nxe3 19. Nxe3 Qf4 20. Rh3 $14 {0-1 (38) Van de Peut,A (1315)-Willmann,B (2120)
Lechenicher SchachServer 2014}) 15. dxc5 (15. Bf4 Qf6 16. Qe3 Rad8 17. Kg1 Nc2
18. Qxe4 Nxa1 19. Be5 Qe7 20. Bd3 f5 21. Qf4 $14 {1-0 (51) Iturrizaga Bonelli,
E (2637)-Shankland,S (2725) chess.com INT 2019}) (15. Bd2 Nc2 16. Rc1 Nxd4 17.
Qe3 Bc6 (17... Qd5 {1-0 (51) Grandelius,N (2556)-Hector,J (2560) Malmo 2012
CBM 149 [Ftacnik,L]} 18. Bc3 $14) 18. a5 Qd5 19. Bc3 Qf5+ 20. Kg1 Rad8 21. h4
$14 {1-0 (62) Parligras,M (2645)-Miron,L (2465) Sovata 2018}) 15... Nc2 16. Ra3
(16. Ra2 Rc8 $17 {0-1 (21) Lashkin,J (2313)-Miron,L (2472) Kishinev 2019})
16... Qd1 17. Bf4 Rfd8 18. Nd6 Bd5 19. Qd3 Qe1+ 20. Kg1 Nxa3 21. Qxa3 b6 22. h4
bxc5 23. Rh3 $14 {0-1 (50) Gupta,A (2654)-Batchuluun,T (2489) Tashkent 2016}) {
At the moment, however, I must give Caruana's novelty a "?!" mark as I don't
see a sufficient compensation for the pawn.} 10. Nxe5 ({Further practice will
probably help us to evaluate the following lines more accurately:} 10. dxe5
Nfd7 11. e4 Be6 $13) ({and} 10. e4 exd4 11. Na2 Bc5 12. b4 (12. exf5 b5 13. Nd2
d3+ 14. Kg3 Nh5+ 15. Kg4 Bf2 $3 16. g3 Nf4 $3 17. Kxf4 h5 18. Ne4 g5+ $1 {
Chesspro.ru} 19. Nxg5 Qd6+ 20. Ke4 Qd4#) 12... b5 $1 13. bxc5 bxc4 14. Bxc4 Be6
$13) 10... Bc2 $1 11. Qd2 c5 12. d5 Bb3 13. e4 Re8 14. Qf4 $1 c4 $5 {Another
pawn sacrifice. White's pieces are placed awkwardly, which is Black's main
trump in this position.} 15. Nxc4 Nbd7 16. Be3 Nf8 17. Bd4 $1 Ng6 18. Qf5 $6 (
18. Qc1 {looks much better. If} Rc8 {then} 19. Nd2 {, consolidating the
position. It is unclear what Black intended to play in that case. E.g.} Nxe4+
20. fxe4 Bxd5 21. Qd1 Bc6 22. Be3 {, and White should parry Black's threats.})
18... Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Qc7 20. Be2 (20. Bb5 $5 Bc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 22. Kf1 Re5 23.
Qh3) 20... Bc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 22. Kf1 h6 $2 {[%mdl 16384] A strange move.
Black wastes a tempo to prevent Qf5-g5, which is not an adequate price for
that.} (22... Re5 $142 23. Qh3 Qb4 24. Rb1 Nf4 25. Qg3 N6h5 $44 {[%cal Yf7f5]
Chesspro.ru}) 23. Rd1 (23. g3 $5 {, restricting Black's g6 knight, is another
good option.}) 23... Qb6 (23... Qb4 24. Rd2) (23... a6 $5 {[%cal Yb7b5] was
probably a better chance to create counterplay.}) 24. Rd2 Qe3 25. Rc2 a6 26.
Qh3 b5 27. Qg3 b4 (27... Rec8 $5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Nd1 Qd4 30. Rxc8+ Rxc8 31.
Qf2 Qb4 32. Qe3 Rc2 33. g3 $16) 28. Nd1 Qb3 29. Rd2 Qxa4 {Black has regained
one of his sacrificed pawns but his initiative now peters out.} 30. Qf2 {
[%cal Yg2g3]} Qd7 31. g3 Qh3+ 32. Kg1 a5 33. Qd4 Nh5 34. Nf2 Qd7 35. f4 $18
Nhxf4 {Desperation. Black gets nothing for the piece. The following
"resistance" was probably caused by frustration.} 36. gxf4 Nxf4 37. Kf1 Qd6 38.
Rg1 f6 39. Bb5 Re7 40. b3 Rf8 41. Rc2 Ne6 42. Qe3 Ng5 43. h4 Nf7 44. Rc6 Qb8
45. Qc5 Qd8 46. Rxf6 Kh8 47. Rf5 Rc7 48. Bc6 a4 49. bxa4 b3 50. Rg3 b2 51. Rb3
Nd6 52. Rxf8+ Qxf8 53. Rxb2 Qf4 54. Rb8+ Kh7 55. Qc2 Re7 56. e5+ Nf5 57. Qe4
Qc1+ 58. Kg2 g6 59. Rb3 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2842"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 b6 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. Rfd1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. Rac1
Na5 15. Bd3 Qd7 16. h4 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Rc8 18. h5 Rxc1+ 19. Qxc1 Qc8 20. h6 Bf8
21. d5 e6 22. Nc3 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 24. Qd2 exd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 Qb4 27.
Qd3 Qa3 28. Qc2 Qa5 29. Qd1 Bd6 30. g3 Kf8 31. Qf3 Qe1+ 32. Kg2 f5 33. g4 Qb1
34. Bd4 Kf7 35. Qe3 Qe4+ 36. Qxe4 fxe4 37. f3 exf3+ 38. Kxf3 Ke7 39. Ke4 Kd7
40. a4 Bc7 41. Be3 a6 42. Bd2 b5 43. axb5 axb5 44. Kd4 Bb6+ 45. Kd3 Bc5 46. Bc3
Ba3 47. Bg7 Bc5 48. Bc3 Bf8 49. Bg7 Be7 50. Kd4 Bd6 51. Bf6 Kc7 52. Bg5 Kb6 53.
Bd8+ Ka6 54. Kd3 Bf8 55. Kd4 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2842"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 $5 {One of the
main lines, often used by Caruana... and by Giri from the Black side!} 7. f3
Bg6 8. Bd2 $5 ({After} 8. Qb3 {Anish Giri often found himself in trouble with
Black. Nevertheless, since then Anish seemed to have found how to solve
Black's problems there, as he picked another move against Fabiano!} Qc7 9. Bd2
Be7 10. Rc1 $5 (10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Nbd7 14. O-O e5
$11 {0-1 (33) Cori,J (2652)-Giri,A (2763) chess.com 2020}) (10. cxd5 cxd5 11.
Bb5+ Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Rfc1 Bd6 $11 {½-½ (67) Karjakin,S 
(2754)-Giri,A (2776) Bucharest 2019}) 10... Nbd7 11. g3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 O-O 13.
Nxg6 hxg6 14. O-O e5 15. dxe5 (15. Qc2 exd4 16. exd4 Nb6 17. Bb3 Qd7 18. Be3
Nbd5 19. Bg5 Rfe8 {was close to equal in Karjakin,S (2748)-Giri,A (2779) Riga
2019, 1-0 (34).}) 15... Nxe5 (15... Qxe5 $5 16. Be2 Nc5 17. Qc2 Rad8 18. Kg2 g5
{miht have been the way to play, keeping the c5-knight ready to head to e6 
(and then d4 if White pushes e4).}) 16. Be2 Rad8 17. Rcd1 b5 $6 18. Kg2 a6 19.
Qc2 c5 20. e4 b4 21. Na4 Nc6 22. Be3 $16 {½-½ (53) Nakamura,H (2741)-Giri,A 
(2776) Kolkata 2019}) 8... Be7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 $5 (10... a6 11. O-O-O
dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nbd7 {has been the plan chosen by several GMs. Here} 13. e4 $5
$146 {might bring White a small advantage:} b5 (13... Nb6 14. Ne2 Nxc4 15. Qxc4
$36) 14. Be2 $1 (14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Qxg6+ Kf8 18. Qxe6
Nb6 $13) 14... c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. e5 Nfd7 (16... Nd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Kb1
$14) 17. f4 $14) 11. O-O-O Nb6 $5 {An interesting (and typical) idea to force
matters with the c4-pawn.} (11... Qc7 12. h4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Bd3 a6 15. g4
$5 $146 (15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Rc8 17. Kb1 Nf6 18. Rc1 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qd7 20.
Be1 f5 21. Qc2 c5 $11 {½-½ (67) Lupulescu,C (2643)-Bu Xiangzhi (2721)
Douglas 2019}) 15... c5 16. g5 cxd4 17. exd4 Nh5 18. d5 {and I suspect Black
can't equalize there.}) 12. c5 Nbd7 13. Kb1 Qb8 $5 (13... b6 14. cxb6 axb6 15.
e4 b5 16. exd5 (16. e5 Ng8 {would be solid for Black}) 16... exd5 (16... Nxd5
17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bxb5 $16) 17. g4 {should be pleasant for White.}) 14. h4 ({
I assume saccing the h2-pawn with} 14. e4 $5 {was definitely an option, but
after} Rxh2 (14... dxe4 15. Nxe4 $1 Nd5 16. h4 $36) 15. Bd3 Rxg2 16. Rh8+ Nf8 {
the position is difficult to assess, although I would tend to like White.})
14... g5 $6 {A natural move, but also a serious mistake.} (14... b6 15. cxb6
axb6 16. e4 b5 {should be critical, and after} 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 {
Black should be happy to have his b5-pawn protected. And if} 19. Qc6 {then} b4
20. Bb5 Qa7 {looks just fine for Black.}) 15. Be1 $1 g4 16. e4 gxf3 17. gxf3 b6
18. exd5 exd5 19. cxb6 axb6 {Suddenly many files are open and White's position
is definitely excellent.} 20. Ne2 $5 Qa7 21. b3 Nh5 22. Ng3 g6 (22... Nf4 23.
Nf5 $16) 23. Nxh5 Rxh5 24. f4 Kf8 25. Be2 Rh8 {Fabiano is struggling as he can.
} 26. Bd3 ({The engine likes} 26. f5 $5 g5 27. Bf3 $1 gxh4 28. Bg3 $5 {where
he considers Black to be more or less paralyzed!}) 26... c5 27. Bc3 ({Amongst
the computer's suggestions:} 27. f5 $5 g5 28. dxc5 bxc5 29. Bc3 Rxh4 (29... d4
30. hxg5 $1 Rxh1 31. Rxh1 dxc3 32. Be4 $1 Rb8 33. Rh8+ Kg7 34. Qxc3+ f6 35.
Rh7+ $1 Kxh7 36. Qh3+ Kg7 37. Qh6+ Kf7 38. Qg6+ Kf8 39. Bd5 $18 {Hope you
enjoyed that one!}) 30. Rxh4 gxh4 31. Bb5 $1 d4 32. Bd2 $16) 27... cxd4 28.
Bxd4 Bf6 29. Bxf6 Nxf6 30. f5 gxf5 31. Bxf5 b5 32. Rh2 $5 {A new protection to
the a2-pawn can't hurt.} Rh5 33. Re2 $6 {Anish is now taking it too easy.} (33.
Rf2 $1 {was best, with the idea of} Rxh4 34. Bg6 $1 Kg7 35. Rxf6 $1 Kxf6 36.
Rf1+ Kg7 37. Rxf7+ Qxf7 38. Bxf7 Rh1+ 39. Kb2 Kxf7 40. Qf5+ {and White seems
to be winning.}) (33. Rf1 $5) 33... d4 $1 34. Re5 $2 (34. Be4 {was the last
chance for an advantage.}) 34... Ng4 $1 {Suddenly Black forces a draw!} 35. Rc5
Ne3 36. Rc8+ Rxc8 37. Qxc8+ Ke7 38. Rc1 Nd5 $8 39. Re1+ Ne3 $8 40. Rc1 Nd5 41.
Re1+ Ne3 42. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2842"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Re8 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Nf3 Re8 15. Re1
exd4 16. cxd4 Nxe4 17. d5 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Na7 19. Qd4 Bf5 20. Nbd2 Nc5 21. Rxe8+
Qxe8 22. Re1 Qf8 23. Bd1 b4 24. Be2 Qd8 25. Bf1 h6 26. Re3 b3 27. Qf4 Bd7 28.
Nd4 Rb4 29. Rg3 Qe7 30. Bc4 Nb5 31. N4xb3 Nxb3 32. Rxb3 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Rxb3 34.
Nxb3 Qb4 35. Qe4 c5 36. Qd3 g6 37. g4 Kg7 38. Kg2 Nc7 39. Qc3+ Qxc3 40. bxc3 f5
41. Nd2 Kf6 42. Kg3 Bb5 43. Bb3 Be2 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. f4 Nb5 46. c4 Nc3 47. Bc2
Bd1 48. Bd3 Na2 49. Kf2 Nb4 50. Ke3 Bc2 51. Be2 Na2 52. Nf1 Nc1 53. Kd2 Nxe2
54. Kxe2 Ba4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2842"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 c5 11. Rhe1 Be6 12. Kb1 Qa5 13. c4 Qxd2 14.
Nxd2 Rad8 15. f3 b6 16. g4 d5 17. g5 Nh5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Ne4 f5 20. gxf6 Nxf6
21. Bg5 Kf7 22. Ng3 c4 23. Bf1 b5 24. a4 a6 25. axb5 axb5 26. Nf5 Bc5 27. Re5
Bxf3 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rxc5 Rd1+ 30. Ka2 Rxf1 31. Rxb5 c3 32. Bxf6 Kxf6 33. Ne3
Rf2 34. Rf5+ Ke6 35. Ka3 cxb2 36. Kxb2 h5 37. h4 Rxc2+ 38. Kxc2 Be4+ 39. Kd2
Bxf5 40. Ke2 Ke5 41. Kf3 Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Borsuk, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "3030"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. g3 Bd7
9. h4 f6 10. Bh3 O-O-O 11. O-O f5 12. h5 Be8 13. Nh4 Be7 14. Ng2 g5 15. g4 f4
16. a4 Kb8 17. Ne1 h6 18. Nef3 Bf8 19. Re1 Ne7 20. Bf1 Rc8 21. Qc2 Bf7 22. Qb1
Bg8 23. Be2 Bh7 24. Qa2 Nb3 25. a5 Nxc1 26. Rexc1 Qc7 27. a6 b6 28. b3 cxb3 29.
Qxb3 Nc6 30. c4 Nb4 31. c5 Nc6 32. Bb5 Qd8 33. cxb6 Qxb6 34. Bxc6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kunin, Vitaly L"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "3037"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 Nh5 8. Bg3
e6 9. Bd3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 g6 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. Qe2 Bg7 13. Bb1 Rc8 14. Nd2 O-O 15.
O-O Na5 16. a3 b5 17. f4 Nc4 18. Nf3 a5 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. fxe5 Qg5 21. Rf3 b4
22. axb4 axb4 23. Na2 Ba4 24. Re1 Rb8 25. Nc1 b3 26. Nd3 Bb5 27. Qf2 Ra8 28.
Nc5 Qe7 29. Bd3 Ra2 30. Bxc4 Bxc4 31. Rf6 Rfa8 32. g4 h6 33. Kh2 Kg7 34. Kg3
Ra1 35. Rxa1 Rxa1 36. Qd2 Rb1 37. Qc3 Rf1 38. Rxf1 Bxf1 39. Qxb3 h5 40. gxh5
Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ulanov, Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "3047"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 c6 6. g3 Bg4 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Be7 11. Ne2 O-O 12. c3 Re8 13. Rd1 Qb6 14. Qd3 Rad8
15. Qc2 e5 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Rd2 exd4 18. Nxd4 Bc5 19. Bf4 Ne5 20. Rad1 Qb6 21.
b4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Ng6 24. Be3 Qc7 25. Qd2 a6 26. a4 h6 27. a5 Qe7
28. Kh2 Qc7 29. c4 Qe7 30. c5 Qe6 31. Rd6 Qe7 32. Qd4 Qe5 33. b5 axb5 34. a6
bxa6 35. Bxc6 Qxd4 36. Rxd4 Rc8 37. Bb7 Rc7 38. Bxa6 Ne7 39. Rd8+ Kh7 40. Bxb5
Nf5 41. Bd3 g6 42. Bxf5 gxf5 43. Bd4 Kg6 44. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2992"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2020.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. e3 Bb4 8. Bxc4
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Qe2 Bg6 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. Na2 Bd6 14. e4 Qc7
15. h3 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Bb3 Rfe8 18. Nc3 Bc5 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Nd7 21.
Rac1 Nf6 22. Nb5 Qb6 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Nc7 Nxe4 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 26. Rd7 Rb8 27.
Rcd1 Kf8 28. Rd8+ Rxd8 29. Rxd8+ Ke7 30. Rb8 Nd6 31. Kf1 h5 32. h4 Bd3+ 33. Ke1
g6 34. Kd2 Bf5 35. Ke3 Bd7 36. g3 Bc8 37. Kd4 Nf5+ 38. Ke5 Nd6 39. Ba2 Bf5 40.
b4 Bc2 41. a5 bxa5 42. bxa5 Bd3 43. Kd4 Ba6 44. Kc5 Kd7 45. f3 Be2 46. Kb6 Bxf3
47. Bxf7 Be4 48. Bb3 Nc8+ 49. Kc5 Kc7 50. Ra8 Bf5 51. Bc4 Nd6 52. Rh8 Ne4+ 53.
Kd4 Nxg3 54. Rh7+ Kb8 55. Kc5 Ne4+ 56. Kb6 Nd6 57. Rh8+ Nc8+ 58. Kc5 Ka7 59.
Re8 Bd7 60. Rd8 Bf5 61. Re8 Bd7 62. Rg8 Bf5 63. Rg7 Kb8 64. Bf7 Ne7 65. Be8 Nd5
66. Bxg6 Bg4 67. Rg8+ Kc7 68. Rg7+ Kb8 69. Rh7 Nf4 70. Be4 Ka7 71. Bxc6 Ka6 72.
Bxb7+ Kxa5 73. Be4 Ka4 74. Rf7 Ne2 75. Bd5 Ka3 76. Bf3 Ng3 77. Bxg4 hxg4 78.
Rf4 Ne2 79. Rxg4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Rzayev, Bahruz Iqbal Oglu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "3000"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bc5 8. Be2
h6 9. O-O d6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qd2 Be6 12. b3 Qa5 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. h3 Bxe3 15.
Qxe3 Nb4 16. Nxb4 Qxb4 17. Rd2 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Bxb5 Rac8 20. Bc4 Bxc4 21.
bxc4 Rxc4 22. Rd3 Nxe4 23. Rb1 Qa5 24. Nxe4 d5 25. Ng3 e4 26. Rdd1 Qxa2 27. Nf5
Qa6 28. Rb6 Qa4 29. Rdb1 Qd7 30. Rd6 Qc7 31. Qg3 g6 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yanchenko, Roman"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "3012"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bg5 b5 6. Bxf6 exf6 7. e3 a6 8. g3
Bb4 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 11. a4 Nd7 12. Nd2 Qb6 13. Qg4 Rad8 14. Rfd1 g6 15.
Qh4 f5 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nf6 19. Bf3 h5 20. Nb1 a5 21. Nc3
Be7 22. Qf4 b4 23. Na4 Qb5 24. Be2 Nd5 25. Qf3 Kg7 26. Rdc1 Nb6 27. Nxb6 Qxb6
28. Bxc4 h4 29. Bb3 hxg3 30. hxg3 Bf6 31. Rc6 Qa7 32. Rc5 Ra8 33. Qd5 Qe7 34.
Raxa5 Rxa5 35. Rxa5 Rc8 36. Rb5 Rc7 37. Rb6 Bg5 38. Kg2 Bf6 39. Qb5 Bg5 40. Qd5
Bf6 41. Qd6 Qe4+ 42. Kh2 Qe7 43. Qxe7 Bxe7 44. Kg2 Rc1 45. Bd5 Rc2 46. b3 Bg5
47. Rb7 Bxe3 48. Rxf7+ Kh6 49. Kf3 Bxd4 50. Rd7 Rxf2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2852"]
[BlackElo "3041"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bc8 7. e3 Bg4 8. Nf3
e6 9. Bxc4 Bb4 10. h3 Bh5 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. e4 e5 14. g4 Nxg4 15.
hxg4 Bxg4 16. Be2 Bh3 17. dxe5 Bxf1 18. Qxf1 Re8 19. Bf4 Nf8 20. Rd1 Qa5 21.
Bg3 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Qxc3 23. Rc1 Qb3 24. Ng5 Qxa4 25. Bc4 Re7 26. Qh3 Rd8 27. Kg2
b5 28. Nxf7 Rxf7 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. Qf5+ Kg8 31. e6 Ng6 32. e7 Nxe7 33. Qe6+
Kf8 34. Bh4 Ng6 35. Qf5+ Ke8 36. Qe6+ Kf8 37. Qf5+ Ke8 38. Bxd8 Kxd8 39. Qg5+
Kc7 40. Qg3+ Kb7 41. Qd3 Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "3058"]
[BlackElo "2910"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bd2 Bb4 8.
a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qb6 10. Qe2 c6 11. h3 Nbd7 12. O-O O-O 13. b3 a5 14. Bb2 h6 15.
Rad1 Rfd8 16. Rfe1 Nd5 17. Qd2 a4 18. b4 Qc7 19. Bf1 b5 20. c4 bxc4 21. Bxc4
N5f6 22. Bf1 Be4 23. Qe3 Bd5 24. Rc1 Qb7 25. Ne5 Ne8 26. Qf4 Nxe5 27. dxe5 Nc7
28. Re3 Nb5 29. Rg3 Kh8 30. Rd1 Qe7 31. Bc1 Qf8 32. Rdd3 g6 33. Rg4 Bb3 34.
Qf6+ Qg7 35. Rxd8+ 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi Super Blitz op 1st"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Davtyan, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Nf1 Ng4 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Bb7 14. Ng3 Ne7
15. O-O Ng6 16. Rfe1 c5 17. Rad1 Re8 18. a4 h6 19. Bc2 Qf6 20. h3 N4e5 21. dxe5
dxe5 22. Qd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Nf4 24. Rb6 Bc8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Rxb5 Ra2 27. Bb3
Rxb2 28. Bxf7+ Kxf7 29. Rxb2 Nd3 30. Reb1 Nxb2 31. Rxb2 Kf6 32. Rc2 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi Super Blitz op 1st"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8.
Nc3 Ne8 9. Be3 b6 10. e5 Nc7 11. Re1 Nd5 12. Qd2 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 h6 14. Rad1 Qc7
15. Qf4 Rd8 16. b3 Bf5 17. h4 Qc8 18. Re3 Bg4 19. Rde1 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Rd4 21. g3
h5 22. Ne2 Rd8 23. Nf4 e6 24. Re4 Rd4 25. Rxd4 cxd4 26. g4 hxg4 27. Qxg4 Bh6
28. Re4 Bxf4 29. Rxf4 Qc7 30. Qg5 Rd8 31. h5 Rd5 32. hxg6 f5 33. Qf6 Rxe5 34.
Rh4 Re1+ 35. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi Super Blitz op 1st"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2020.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. d4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 11. Bf4 c5 12. Qe3 c4 13. Ba2 O-O 14. f3 Be6 15.
Rd1 Qe7 16. Nc3 h6 17. Bg3 Rfe8 18. Ne2 Nh5 19. Bf2 f5 20. axb5 axb5 21. exf5
Bxf5 22. Nd4 Bg6 23. f4 Ng4 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. Nxb5 d5 26. Nc3 Rxb2 27. Nxd5 Re2
28. Nf6+ Nhxf6 29. Bxc4+ Kh7 30. Bxe2 Rxc2 31. Re1 h5 32. Bd4 Nd5 33. g3 Nh6
34. Bf3 Nb4 35. Rec1 Nf5 36. Bc5 Rb2 37. Rcb1 Rxb1+ 38. Rxb1 Nd4 39. Rxb4 Nxf3+
40. Kg2 Ne1+ 41. Kf1 Nd3 42. Rc4 Ne5 43. Rc3 Ng4 44. h3 Nf6 45. Bd4 Bf5 46. Rc7
Bxh3+ 47. Ke2 Kg6 48. Bxf6 gxf6 49. Rc5 Bf5 50. Ke3 Bh3 51. Kd4 Bg4 52. Kd5 Kf7
53. Kd6 Bf3 54. Rc7+ Kg6 55. Ke7 Kf5 56. Rc5+ Kg4 57. Kxf6 Kxg3 58. f5 h4 59.
Kg5 h3 60. f6 h2 61. Rc1 Bd5 62. Kg6 Kg2 63. f7 Bxf7+ 64. Kxf7 h1=Q 65. Rxh1
Kxh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abu Dhabi Super Blitz op 1st"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sviridov, Valery"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2020.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 Be6 5. a3 Qd7 6. b4 f6 7. Bb2 O-O-O 8. Nbd2
Bh3 9. Bxh3 Qxh3 10. c4 Kb8 11. cxd5 Rxd5 12. Rc1 Nh6 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. Ne4 Nf5
15. Nc3 Rd6 16. Ne4 Re6 17. h4 Re8 18. Qc3 Bd6 19. b5 Ncd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21.
Qc4 h5 22. a4 b6 23. Bxd4 Ba3 24. Ra1 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 Nxd4 26. Rxa3 Nc2+ 27. Kd2
Nxa3 28. Ra1 Nc4+ 0-1

[Event "Abu Dhabi Super Blitz op 1st"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8.
Bc4 Qd8 9. Nbd2 a5 10. a4 h6 11. Qe2 Re8 12. h3 Bf5 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Be6
15. Bb5 Qf6 16. Be3 Bd6 17. Nd2 Red8 18. Rfd1 Ne7 19. Nc4 Nc8 20. Rd2 Be7 21.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Nd2 Be7 23. Bd3 Nd6 24. b4 Nc8 25. bxa5 Rxa5 26. Nc4 Ra8 27. a5
Nd6 28. Nd2 Qg6 29. Kh2 Bg5 30. Nf3 Bxe3 31. Qxe3 Qf6 32. Qc5 Qf4+ 33. Kg1 Bxh3
34. Qxc7 Bxg2 35. Kxg2 Qg4+ 36. Kh2 Qf4+ 37. Kg1 Qg4+ 38. Kh2 Qf4+ 39. Kg2 Qg4+
40. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qc7 8. h5
h6 9. Rb1 b6 10. Qg4 cxd4 11. Qxg7 Rg8 12. Qxh6 Qxe5+ 13. Ne2 dxc3 14. Qf4 Qxf4
15. Bxf4 Nbc6 16. Nxc3 e5 17. Bd2 Bf5 18. f3 Rd8 19. Kf2 f6 20. Bd3 Kf7 21. g4
Bxd3 22. cxd3 Nd4 23. Rhc1 Rc8 24. Ne2 Ne6 25. Nc3 f5 26. Nb5 Rxc1 27. Rxc1
fxg4 28. Rg1 gxf3 29. Nd6+ Kf6 30. Rxg8 Nxg8 31. Kxf3 Nd4+ 32. Kf2 Ke6 33. Ne8
Nf6 34. h6 Nf5 35. Ke2 Kf7 36. Nc7 Kg6 37. h7 Kxh7 38. Bg5 Nd4+ 39. Kd1 Kg6 40.
Bxf6 Kxf6 41. Nxd5+ Ke6 42. Nc3 b5 43. Kd2 a5 44. Ne4 Kd5 45. Kc3 Ne2+ 46. Kd2
Nf4 47. Ng5 Ne6 48. Ne4 Nc5 49. Nc3+ Kc6 50. Ne2 Ne6 51. Nc3 b4 52. axb4 axb4
53. Ne4 Nc5 54. Nf6 Nb3+ 55. Kc2 Nd4+ 56. Kd2 Nf3+ 57. Kc2 Kc5 58. Nd7+ Kc6 59.
Nf6 Ne1+ 60. Kd2 Ng2 61. Kc2 Ne3+ 62. Kb3 Kb5 63. Nd7 Ng4 64. Kc2 Kc6 65. Nb8+
Kc5 66. Kb3 Kd4 67. Nc6+ Kxd3 68. Nxe5+ Nxe5 69. Kxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Bb7 8. d3
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Na3 Qa5 14. Bd5 d6
15. c4 bxc4 16. Nxc4 Qb5 17. Ne3 Bc8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qc2 Bd7 20. Ra1 Rb8 21.
b3 Bd8 22. Bc4 Qc5 23. h3 Nb4 24. Qd1 c6 25. Rc1 Qa7 26. d4 exd4 27. Nxd4 Bf6
28. Nf3 Qc7 29. Qd2 c5 30. Rd1 Bc6 31. Ng4 Bxe4 32. Nxf6+ gxf6 33. Qf4 Bg6 34.
Rxd6 Rb6 35. Rxf6 Qxf4 36. Rxf4 Nd3 37. Rg4 Nb2 38. Ne5 Nxc4 39. bxc4 Kg7 40.
h4 Re6 41. Nd7 h5 42. Rf4 Rc6 43. Ne5 Rd6 44. Nxg6 Kxg6 45. Re4 Rd1+ 46. Kh2
Rc1 47. Kg3 Rc2 48. Kf3 Kf5 49. Rf4+ Kg6 50. g4 Rc3+ 51. Ke2 hxg4 52. Rxg4+ Kh5
53. Rf4 Kg6 54. Kd2 Rh3 55. Rg4+ Kf5 56. Rg5+ Ke4 57. Rxc5 Rxh4 58. Rd5 Rh3 59.
Kc2 Rf3 60. Rd2 Ke5 61. Kd1 Ke6 62. Rc2 Kd6 63. Ke2 Ra3 64. f3 Kc5 65. Kf2 Rd3
66. Rc1 Rd4 67. Ke3 f5 68. f4 Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.19"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8.
Ne2 Re8 9. O-O Ne4 10. Bf4 Bf5 11. f3 Nd6 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Qd2 Nc6 14. Rfe1 Qd7
15. Rxe8+ Rxe8 16. Re1 Na5 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. h4 h6 20. h5 Bh7
21. Qf4 Qe6 22. Kf2 Nc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Ne4 Bxe4 25. fxe4 b5 26. g4 a5 27.
Qf5 Qxf5+ 28. gxf5 f6 29. Ke3 a4 30. d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.19"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2
Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. d4 b5 11. Bc2 Bb7 12. b3 b4 13. Bb2 a5 14. d5 Nb8 15. Nc4 c6
16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. a3 Ba6 18. Ne3 g6 19. Qd2 Qb6 20. h3 Rac8 21. Rad1 Red8 22.
c4 bxa3 23. Bxa3 Nb4 24. Bb1 Bh6 25. Qe2 Bb7 26. Ng4 Nxg4 27. hxg4 Na6 28. Rd3
Nc5 29. Bxc5 Rxc5 30. Qd1 Bc8 31. Nd2 Be6 32. Ba2 Qb4 33. f3 Rc6 34. g3 Ra8 35.
Kg2 a4 36. Re2 axb3 37. Bxb3 Ra3 38. Nb1 Ra1 39. Rb2 Bxc4 40. Qc2 Kg7 41. Bxc4
Rxc4 42. Qf2 Qa5 43. Nd2 Rcc1 44. Nb3 Rg1+ 45. Qxg1 Rxg1+ 46. Kxg1 Qe1+ 47. Kh2
Qf1 48. Rc3 Bg5 49. Rg2 Qe1 50. Rd3 Qb1 51. Rc3 h5 52. gxh5 gxh5 53. Nd2 Qd1
54. Rd3 Kf8 55. Rf2 h4 56. gxh4 Bxh4 57. Rg2 Ke7 58. Rb3 Qe1 59. Nc4 Bg5 60.
Rxg5 Qh4+ 61. Kg2 Qxg5+ 62. Kf2 Qc1 63. Ne3 Qd2+ 64. Kg3 Ke6 65. Nf5 Qd1 66.
Rb2 Qg1+ 67. Rg2 Qe1+ 68. Kg4 Qc1 69. Ng7+ Kf6 70. Nh5+ Kg6 71. f4 Kh6 72. Kf5
Qc8+ 73. Kf6 Qe6# 0-1

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[Annotator "Seyb,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,70,19,27,20,-19,-23,-10,0,-14,3,-14,27,43,45,2,45,-213,-55,-139,-113,
-121,-123,-82,-81,-75,-77,-70,-70,-65,-56,-59,-39,-33,-9,3,3,9,9,27,27,65,0,20,
44,20,44,-23,27,23,56,35,37,37,37,36,50,57,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1.
Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 (3. Bg2 e5) 3... Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 {Black has already
managed to find a reasonable position for the Bc8, the development of which so
frequently causes problems in Catalan structures. In return the Nc6 is
actually in the "wrong" place, since supporting the centre by means of ...
c7-c6 is not possible. But in the short term the knight limits White's play. 
Schwarz hat es bereits geschafft, den Lc8, dessen Entwicklung in
Katalanisch-Strukturen so häufig Probleme bereitet, vernünftig zu
positionieren. Dafür steht der Sc6 eigentlich "falsch", da eine
Unterstützung des Zentrums mittels c7-c6 nicht möglich ist. Kurzfristig
schränkt der Springer aber das weiße Spiel ein.} 5. O-O (5. c4 Nb4 $1 (5...
dxc4 6. Qa4 Qd7 $13) 6. Na3 (6. O-O Nc2 {tr tr}) 6... h6 {In the longer term
the Nb4 will have to retreat. But firstly it has managed that White too has
been unable to develop his knight to c3 as he would have wished. Black has
secured a retreat for his Bf5, he wlill continue with ...c7-c6 and has a very
solid position. Der Sb4 wird längerfristig zurückweichen müssen. Zunächst
hat er aber erreicht, dass Weiß seinen Springer ebenfalls nicht wunschgemäß
nach c3 entwicklen konnte. Schwarz hat seinem Lf5 einen Rückzug gesichert,
wird mit c7-c6 fortsetzen und steht sehr solide.} (6... c6)) 5... Nb4 6. Na3
Nc6 7. Nb1 {Anything else would result in doubled pawns in the a-file. Alles
andere würde einen Doppelbauern auf a3 zur Konsequenz haben.} (7. b3 {is not
very ambitious, but it does block the queen's route to b3/a4. ist wenig
ambitioniert, versperrt es doch der Dame den Weg nach b3/a4.}) 7... Nb4 8. c4
$5 Nc2 9. cxd5 (9. Nh4 Nxa1 10. Nxf5 exf5 11. Nc3 (11. cxd5 $6 {This seems to
me to limit too greatly the dynamic options. White should not have sufficient
compensation. das scheint mir die dynamischen Optionen zu sehr einzuschränken.
Weiß dürfte nicht genügend Kompensation haben.} Bd6 12. Nc3 Ne7 13. Bg5 h6
14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. e3 O-O 16. Qd3 Nb3 $1 17. axb3 g6 $15 18. Rc1 h5 19. h4 Rfd8
20. Na4 Rab8 21. Bf3 Kg7 22. Kg2 Rh8 23. Nc5 Rhd8 24. Rc4 Qf6 25. Rc1 Qe7 26.
Qc2 Rh8 27. Rh1 Rhd8 28. Nd3 Rh8 29. Qc3 Rhe8 30. Nf4 Rh8 31. Nh3 Rhe8 32. Ng5
Rec8 33. Rc1 c6 34. dxc6 bxc6 35. Bxc6 Rb6 36. d5+ Qf6 37. Nf3 Qxc3 38. Rxc3
Rcb8 39. Ba4 Rd8 40. Bc6 Rdb8 41. Ba4 Rd8 42. Rd3 Bb8 43. Rd2 Kf6 44. Kf1 Be5
45. Ke2 Rc8 46. Ne1 Ke7 47. Nd3 Bd6 48. Kd1 Rd8 49. Kc2 Bb4 50. Re2 Rxd5 51. e4
Rxd3 52. exf5+ Kf6 53. Kxd3 Kxf5 54. Re3 Kf6 55. Be8 Kg7 56. Rf3 Rf6 57. Rxf6 {
1/2-1/2 Petrosian,T (2606)-Martirosyan,H (2567)/Yerevan 2018/CBM 183}) 11...
Nf6 12. Bg5 (12. cxd5 {As in the previous game, this seems to lead to static
play. wie auch in der vorigen Partie scheint das zu einem zu statischen Spiel
zu führen.} Be7 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Qd3 Qd7 15. Rxa1 c6 $1 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Qc4
Rac8 18. Na4 Rfd8 19. e3 Ne4 20. Rc1 c5 $1 {and if at all Black seems better.
und wenn überhaupt steht Schwarz besser.} 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. dxc5
Qf5 24. h3 Qxh3 25. c6 Qf5 26. Qe2 Rd3 $17 27. c7 h5 (27... Qd7 $142 28. Rc2 h5
29. Qxh5 $2 Rd5 30. Qh4 (30. Qe2 g5) 30... f6 $19) 28. Kg2 Qd5 29. Rh1 g6 30.
g4 Qd7 31. Rh4 f6 32. Bg3 Kg7 33. gxh5 Rd2 34. Qc4 Qf5 35. h6+ Kh8 36. Rf4 Qd5
37. Qxd5 Rxd5 38. Rxf6 Kh7 39. Bd6 Kxh6 40. Rf8 {1-0 Roiz,M (2630)-Heberla,B 
(2484)/Port Erin 2007/CBM 120 Extra}) 12... Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nxd5 O-O 15.
e3 $44 {The pawn structure, intact unlike in the previous game, is not easy
for Black lo lever open. Here the chances should be level. Die im Gegensatz zu
den Vorgängerpartien intakte Bauernstruktur ist für Schwarz nicht leicht
aufzuhebeln. Hier sollten die Chancen ausgeglichen sein.} c6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.
Qxa1 Rfe8 18. c5 $6 {Fixing things like this is unnecessary since ...c6-c5
does not represent a threat. Diese Festlegung ist unnötig, zumal c6-c5 keine
Drohung darstellte.} (18. b4 $142 a5 19. b5 cxb5 20. c5 $1 $13) 18... g5 19. b4
f4 20. d5 Qxa1 21. Rxa1 fxe3 22. dxc6 e2 23. Re1 Rad8 24. f4 bxc6 25. fxg5 Re6
26. Kf2 Rd2 27. a3 Ra2 28. b5 Rxa3 29. bxc6 Re5 30. Rxe2 Rf5+ 31. Ke1 Ra1+ 32.
Kd2 Ra2+ 33. Kd3 Rxe2 34. Kxe2 Rxg5 35. Kd3 Kf8 36. Be4 h6 37. Kc4 Ke7 38. Bd5
f6 {0-1 Maletin,P (2543)-Kobalia,M (2647)/Tomsk 2006/CBM 114 Extra}) 9... Nxa1
(9... exd5 $2 10. Nh4 $18) 10. dxe6 (10. e4 Bxe4 11. dxe6 f6 $2 (11... fxe6 12.
Nc3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 {tr tr}) 12. Nc3 Bc2 13. Qe2 $16 c6 14. d5 Ne7 15. Nd4 Bg6
16. Bf4 Qb6 17. dxc6 Nxc6 18. Ndb5 O-O-O 19. e7 Nxe7 20. Qc4+ Nc6 21. Nxa7+
Qxa7 22. Bxc6 b5 23. Qe6+ Rd7 24. Nxb5 Qd4 25. Nxd4 {1-0 Matlakov,M (2694)
-Dzhumagaliev,Y (2400)/Tallinn 2016/CBM 176 Extra}) 10... fxe6 11. e4 Bxe4 12.
Nc3 (12. Re1 $5 Bxb1 13. Ng5 Bf5 14. Bxb7 (14. g4 $2 h6) 14... Ne7 (14... Be7
15. Rxe6 Nf6 (15... Bxe6 $2 16. Nxe6 Qd6 17. Qa4+ Kf7 18. Qc4 $18) 16. Qa4+ Nd7
17. Qc4 $13) (14... Bd6 15. Rxe6+ (15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Rxe6+ Kf8 17. Qf3+ Nf6 18.
Bxa8 Nc2 $15) 15... Bxe6 16. Nxe6 Qe7 17. Qe2 Rd8 18. Bd5 c6 $1 (18... Nf6 19.
Nxg7+ Kf8 20. Ne6+ Kg8 21. Bg5 Rf8 22. Nd8+ Kg7 23. Ne6+ Kg8 24. Nd8+ Kg7 25.
Ne6+ $11) 19. Bg5 (19. Bxc6+ Rd7 20. Bg5 Nf6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qh5+ Qf7 23.
Bxd7+ Ke7 $17) 19... cxd5 (19... Nf6 20. Nxg7+ Kf8 21. Ne6+ Ke8 22. Ng7+ Kd7
23. Be6+ Kc7 24. Nf5 Qf8 25. Qa6 Kb8 $13) 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. Nxd8 Kxd8 22. Qd1
Rf8 $15) 15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Rxe6 $44 {with powerful compensation for White. mit
mächtiger Kompensation für Weiß.} Rb8 (16... Kf7 17. Re5 c6 18. Bg5 h6 19.
Qf3+ Kg8 20. Bxe7 Bxe7 21. Bxc6 Bf6 22. Rd5 Qf8 23. Rd7 Rh7 24. Bxa8 g5 25.
Bd5+ Kh8 26. Rxh7+ Kxh7 27. Qd1 Qd6 28. Be4+ Kg7 29. Qxa1 Qxd4 30. Qe1 Qxb2 31.
Qa5 Qb6 32. Qf5 Bd4 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Bg6 Bg7 35. Be4 Bd4 36. Bd5 Bxf2+ 37. Kg2
Qf6 {1/2-1/2 Petrosian,T (2613)-Gorovets,A (2495)/Las Vegas 2018/CBM 185 Extra}
) 17. Qa4+ Kf7 18. Qc4 Rxb7 19. Rxe7+ Kxe7 20. Bg5+ Kd7 21. Bxd8 Kxd8 22. Qd5+
Kc8 23. Qe6+ Kd8 24. Qd5+ $11) 12... Bxf3 (12... Bf5 $6 13. Nh4 Qd7 (13... Bd6
14. Nxf5 exf5 15. Bxb7 Ne7 16. Bxa8 Qxa8 17. Bg5 $16 O-O 18. Bxe7 Bxe7 19. Qe2
Nc2 20. Qxc2 c5 21. Rc1 Qb7 22. d5 Bf6 23. d6 Qd7 24. Qb3+ Qf7 25. Nd5 Kh8 26.
Nxf6 Qxf6 27. d7 Qd6 {1-0 Assaubayeva,B (2374)-Vishwa,V (2011)/Budapest HUN
2020}) 14. Nxf5 exf5 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Re1+ $16 Be7 17. Bd5 Rb6 18. Bg5 Kf8 19.
Bf4 Nf6 20. Bc4 h5 21. h4 Rxb2 22. Qxa1 Rb6 23. Qd1 Bb4 24. Qd3 g6 25. Be5 Kg7
26. Rc1 Bxc3 27. Qxc3 Kh7 28. Qa5 Re8 29. Bb3 Rc6 30. Rxc6 Qxc6 31. Ba4 Qc1+
32. Kg2 Re6 33. Qb4 Ng4 34. Qf8 Rxe5 35. Qf7+ Kh6 36. Qf8+ Kh7 37. Qf7+ Kh6 38.
Qf8+ {1/2-1/2 Blohberger,F (2409)-Petrosyan,M (2569)/Batumi 2018/CBM 184}) 13.
Bxf3 Qd7 (13... c6 {looks at first glance to be more natural, in order to keep
the queenside stable. scheint auf den ersten Blick natürlicher zu sein, um
den Damenflügel stabil zu halten.} 14. Bg4 $1 (14. Re1 Nf6 15. Rxe6+ Be7 16.
Bf4 Qd7 17. Re3 O-O $15) 14... e5 (14... Nf6 15. Bxe6 $16) 15. Re1 Nf6 16.
Rxe5+ Be7 17. Be6 $16 {This bishop prevents castling to either side. dieser
Läufer verhindert beide Rochaden}) 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Bg2 Nf6 16. Qe2 Be7 17.
Bf4 $44 {The time has come to draw a conclusion about the opening: as
compensation for the rook he has sacrificed White has a pawn and the strong
light-squared bishop. Black should try to open further lines for his rooks 
(the ideal would be an exchange of the d4- and e6-pawns). If White manages (as
in this game) to keep the position static, the bishop pair gives him an
advantage. Hier ist es an der Zeit, das Fazit der Eröffnung zu ziehen: Weiß
hat als Ausgleich für den geopferten Turm einen Bauern und den starken
weißfeldrigen Läufer. Schwarz sollte versuchen, weitere Linien für seine
Türme zu öffnen (ideal wäre ein Tausch der Bauern d4 und e6). Schafft es
Weiß (wie in dieser Partie) die Stellung statisch zu halten, gibt ihm das
Läuferpaar bereits Vorteil} O-O 18. Rxa1 Nd5 $6 {This looks illogical, since
the c7- and d5-pawns will be permanently weak. Das sieht unlogisch aus, da die
Bauern c7 und d5 dauerhaft schwach sein werden.} (18... Bd6 $142 {Exchanging
the Bf4 makes sense. in order to split the bishop pair and to strengthen the
c7-pawn. Der Abtausch des Lf4 macht Sinn, um das Läuferpaar zu spalten und
den Bauern c7 zu stärken.} 19. Be3 Kh8 $11 {White has to keep an eye on the
breakthroughs ...c7-c5 and ...e6-e5. Black is at first threatening nothing on
the light squares. The position is in dynamic balance. Weiß muss die
Durchbrüche c7-c5 bzw. e6-e5 im Auge behalten. Auf den weißen Feldern droht
Schwarz zunächst nichts. Die Stellung ist im dynamischen Gleichgewicht.}) 19.
Nxd5 exd5 20. Rc1 Rb7 (20... Rxf4 $5) 21. Qh5 Rf5 (21... c6 22. Bh3 Qe8 23.
Be6+ Kh8 24. Qxe8 Rxe8 25. Rxc6 Rxb2 26. Bxd5 $14) 22. Qe2 (22. Bh3 Rxh5 23.
Bxd7 Bg5 $1 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Bxc7 Rh6 $11) 22... Rf7 23. h4 (23. Bf3 $142 $14
{and then Bg4 nebst Lg4}) 23... c6 24. Bf3 Bf6 25. Bg4 Re7 26. Bxd7 Rxe2 27.
Bxc6 Rbxb2 28. Bxd5+ Kf8 29. Rc7 Bxd4 30. Bd6+ Ke8 31. Bc6+ Kd8 32. Rd7+ Kc8
33. Rc7+ Kd8 34. Rd7+ Kc8 35. Rc7+ Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3 e6 7. a4 b6 8. Qg3
Bb7 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Kh1 Re8 14. Rad1 Qc7 15.
Nb3 Qb8 16. Bd4 h6 17. Bd3 Nh5 18. Qf2 Nf4 19. Bxb6 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Ne5 21. Rdd1
Nc4 22. Rb1 Bc6 23. Bd4 Qb4 24. Nc1 Qb7 25. Nd3 e5 26. Be3 d5 27. exd5 Bxd5 28.
Bc5 Bg5 29. Rbd1 e4 30. fxe4 Bxe4 31. Rde1 Bxd3 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. cxd3 Nd2 34.
Rd1 Qxb2 35. Ne4 Qb3 36. Rxd2 Rxe4 37. dxe4 Qb1+ 38. Qg1 Qxg1+ 39. Kxg1 Bxd2
40. Kf2 f6 41. Ke2 Bf4 42. h3 Kf7 43. Kd3 Ke6 44. Bf2 g6 45. Bd4 h5 46. Kc4 Bd6
47. Bf2 Ba3 48. Bc5 Bc1 49. Bb4 Be3 50. Bc3 h4 51. Ba5 g5 52. Bc7 Bf4 53. Bxf4
gxf4 54. Kd4 a5 55. Kc5 Ke5 56. Kb5 Kxe4 57. Kxa5 Ke3 58. Kb4 Kf2 59. a5 Kxg2
60. a6 f3 61. a7 f2 62. a8=Q+ Kg1 63. Qa7 Kg2 64. Qg7+ Kxh3 65. Qxf6 Kg2 66.
Qg5+ Kh2 67. Qf4+ Kg2 68. Qg4+ Kh2 69. Qxh4+ Kg2 70. Qg4+ Kh2 71. Qf3 Kg1 72.
Qg3+ Kh1 73. Qxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,87,19,29,23,-8,32,23,12,4,10,-10,13,5,10,22,13,13,40,1,17,26,30,15,0,
17,6,21,21,18,38,-10,21,-9,-13,-25,-22,-39,-39,-39,54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,171,211,
221,235,203,206,249,202,216,289,149,350,329,407,409,539,550,529,564,581,416,
501,453,456,516,678,787,792,818,964,1171,1139,1506,1596,996,1428,1102,1102,
1184,1212,1233]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne5 e6 {This is supposed to be the cleanest path to equality.
Black wants to play ...Nfd7 and later ...Nc6.} (8... Nc6 9. O-O e6 10. Bg5 h6
11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. Qd2 Qb6 14. Rfd1 Ba6 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. e4 Rac8
17. Na4 $14 {1-0 (35) Yu Yangyi (2753)-Lu Shanglei (2638) Danzhou 2017}) 9. Bg5
$5 h6 (9... Qb6 {is a more common answer.} 10. Qd2 Nfd7 (10... Nc6 11. Nxc6
Qxc6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Bh6 b5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. a3 Rac8 16. Rfc1 Qb6 17. e3 {
White will try to bring his knight to d3 and will be better if he manages so,
as in the game Kamsky,G (2729)-Mamedyarov,S (2731) Almaty 2008, 1-0 (26).}) (
10... Nbd7 11. f4 $5 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. Be7 Re8 14. Ba3 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16.
O-O $14 {½-½ (16) Vaganian,R (2653)-Smirin,I (2662) Togliatti 2003}) 11. Be3
$5 Nxe5 (11... Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 a5 14. b3 Ba6 15. Na4 $36 {½-½ (32)
Mamedyarov,S (2742)-Shirov,A (2741) Villarrobledo 2008}) 12. dxe5 Qb4 $1 13. a3
Qb3 14. f4 Nc6 15. O-O Rd8 16. Bf2 {and it's very difficult to assess this
critical position, where several games have been played.}) 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. O-O
Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nc6 14. Qd2 Kg7 (14... Nxe5 15. Qxh6 {would
supposedly favour White, as Black's king becomes weaker.}) 15. Rad1 $146 (15.
f4 b6 (15... b5 $5) 16. Nb5 Ba6 17. Nd6 Ne7 18. Rfc1 Nc8 19. Rc6 Nxd6 20. Rxd6
Qe7 21. e4 Rad8 22. exd5 (22. Qd4 $5) 22... Rxd6 23. exd6 Qxd6 24. Qc3+ Kh7 25.
dxe6 Rc8 26. Qf6 Qxe6 27. Qxe6 fxe6 28. Rd1 Rc7 $11 {½-½ (54) Ding Liren 
(2777)-Korobov,A (2652) Huai'an 2017}) 15... b6 $5 (15... Nxe5 16. e4 Nc4 (
16... d4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 Nc6 19. Rd6 e5 20. f4 $36) 17. Qc1 (17. Qe2 $5
Re8 18. exd5 exd5 19. Qd3 $36) 17... Nd6 18. Rfe1 $5 f6 $5 19. b3 $5 {and
White will wait for the right moment in order to capture on d5.}) 16. f4 (16.
Rfe1 $5 Ba6 17. Qf4 {looked more accurate to me.}) (16. e4 $2 d4 $132) 16...
Ba6 17. Rf3 Rc8 18. g4 Qh4 $6 (18... b5 19. Rh3 b4 20. Nb1 Qb6+ {looks more
than decent for Black.}) 19. Rg3 h5 $4 {Black traps his own queen on h4 and
from now on White can repeat moves (Rh3-g3) any time he wants.} 20. g5 $2 (20.
gxh5 $1 {was stronger, though:} Qxh5 21. Rh3 Qg4 22. f5 $1 Nxe5 23. Qe3 $1 $18)
20... Rfd8 (20... Ne7 $5 21. e4 d4 22. Nb1 Rfd8 {should be fine for Black.})
21. Rh3 Qg4 22. Rg3 Qh4 (22... Qf5 $4 23. Bh3 $18) 23. Rf1 Ne7 24. f5 $4 {
Perhaps it was time to make a draw!} gxf5 $4 {The risk paid off!} (24... Nxf5
25. Rf4 d4 $1 26. Nd5 $8 (26. Ne4 Rc2 $1 {is what Ding missed, as he admitted
later}) 26... Nxg3 27. Rxh4 Nxe2+ 28. Kf2 exd5 $17) 25. Rf4 d4 26. Nb1 Qxf4 27.
Qxf4 Ng6 (27... Bxe2 28. Qd2 d3 29. Nc3 $18) 28. Qd2 Nxe5 29. Ra3 Bb5 30. Rxa7
Ng4 31. Na3 Bxe2 32. h3 $1 (32. Qxe2 Rc1+ 33. Bf1 Ne3 {would give Black some
chances.}) 32... d3 33. hxg4 hxg4 34. Nb1 e5 35. Qe3 Rc5 36. Nd2 Rd4 37. Qg3
Rc1+ 38. Kh2 f4 {Black has many pawns, but unfortunately for him, not that
many pieces.} 39. Qh4 g3+ 40. Kh3 Rd6 41. Bd5 Re6 42. Rxf7+ Kxf7 43. Qh7+ Kf8
44. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8.
Kh1 a5 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. a4 b6 11. b3 f6 12. Be3 Bb4 13. Nh4 Nf8 14. Nf5 Ne6 15.
Qg4 g6 16. Qg3 Bc3 17. Rad1 Kh8 18. Nh6 Qe7 19. Qh4 Rf8 20. h3 Qg7 21. Ng4 g5
22. Qg3 Nf4 23. Bd2 Ne2 24. Qh2 Bd4 25. Nge3 Be6 26. Rde1 Nf4 27. Qg3 Qg6 28.
Qf3 h5 29. Nf5 g4 30. Qg3 Bxf5 31. exf5 Qxf5 32. Re4 gxh3 33. Bxf4 exf4 34.
Qxh3 Qxh3+ 35. gxh3 c5 36. Rxf4 Kh7 37. Kg2 Rae8 38. Kf3 f5 39. Ne3 Bg7 40. Rg1
Bh6 41. Rh4 f4 42. Nd5 Re5 43. Nxc7 Rf6 44. c3 Rg6 45. Rd1 Rc6 46. Nb5 Kg6 47.
d4 cxd4 48. cxd4 Rxb5 49. axb5 Rc3+ 50. Ke4 Bg5 51. Rg1 Kh6 52. Rxf4 Bxf4 53.
Kxf4 Rxb3 54. d5 a4 55. Rd1 Rb4+ 56. Kf5 Rxb5 57. Ke6 Rb2 58. d6 Re2+ 59. Kd5
Rxf2 60. d7 Rf8 61. Kc6 Kg5 62. d8=Q+ Rxd8 63. Rxd8 Kh4 64. Rd3 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O c6 6. b3 O-O 7. c4 a5 8. Nc3 Ne4
9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 a4 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. bxa4 Bd7 13. Qb3 Bxa4 14. Qxb7 Nc6
15. Rfb1 Qd6 16. Qb2 Na5 17. Bb4 Qe6 18. e3 Nc4 19. Qe2 Bb5 20. Qe1 Rfb8 21.
Nd2 Qd7 22. Nb3 e5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Bc3 Bc4 25. Qd2 Qf5 26. Rd1 h5 27. Nd4 Qd7
28. h4 Ra3 29. Rdc1 Rba8 30. Rc2 Bd3 31. Rcc1 Bc4 32. Nb3 Qf5 33. Rd1 Nf3+ 34.
Bxf3 Bxc3 35. Qxc3 Qxf3 36. Qb2 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 Be6 8. Nf3
O-O 9. b3 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nc6 11. Ne4 f6 12. Nc5 Qc8 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Be2 Rd8
15. Qc1 Bf5 16. O-O Nd7 17. Nd3 Bxa1 18. Qxa1 Nf6 19. Nde5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qe6
21. Bd4 Nd7 22. h3 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 c6 24. Qc3 h5 25. Re1 Kf7 26. Qg3 Rd2 27. Bf3
Rd3 28. Qg5 Rad8 29. Kf2 Rd2+ 30. Kg3 R8d3 31. Qh6 Bxh3 32. Kh4 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5
Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Qxd5 16. Bxd5 Bf6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Kf1 Rd7 19. Bf3 Rad8 20. Rxd7
Rxd7 21. Rc1 Rd6 22. b4 g5 23. Rc5 Nxb4 24. Rc8+ Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Bxb7
Kg7 27. Ke2 a5 28. Kd2 f5 29. Kc3 Kf6 30. Kc4 Bc7 31. h3 g4 32. Kb5 Ke5 33.
hxg4 fxg4 34. Bb6 Kd6 35. Bxc7+ Kxc7 36. Be4 h5 37. Kxa5 Na2 38. g3 Nc3 39. Bc2
Ne2 40. Bg6 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5
axb5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. d4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 d6 12. f4 Nc6 13. Qc3 Ne7 14. Ra7 c5 15.
e5 Ne4 16. Qf3 d5 17. c3 c4 18. Bc2 Bg4 19. Rxe7+ Qxe7 20. Qxg4 Qc5+ 21. Kh1
Nf2+ 22. Rxf2 Qxf2 23. Qd1 O-O 24. Bd2 d4 25. cxd4 Rfd8 26. Qc1 b4 27. Be3 Qe2
28. Bg1 c3 29. bxc3 bxc3 30. Nxc3 Qc4 31. Nd1 Rbc8 32. Ne3 Qxd4 33. Qf1 Qd2 34.
Qb1 h6 35. h3 Rc3 36. Qb6 Qd4 37. Qa5 Rc5 38. Qa7 Rxc2 39. Nxc2 Qxf4 40. Nd4
Qe4 41. Qb6 Rd5 42. Nf3 Rd3 43. Qb8+ Kh7 44. Qb1 Re3 45. Qf1 Rd3 46. Bf2 Rb3
47. Kh2 Rb1 48. Qa6 Rb2 49. Qa7 Qf4+ 50. Kh1 Qc1+ 51. Bg1 Qc2 52. Nh4 Qe4 53.
Qe7 Rb7 54. Qd8 Rb3 55. Nf3 Rxf3 56. gxf3 Qxf3+ 57. Kh2 Qf4+ 58. Kg2 Qe4+ 59.
Kf1 Qf3+ 60. Bf2 Qxh3+ 61. Kg1 Qg4+ 62. Kf1 Qh3+ 63. Kg1 Qg4+ 64. Kf1 Qh3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.22"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Nxf6+ gxf6 7. Bc4 d6 8.
d3 Be6 9. Be3 Qd7 10. Qe2 O-O-O 11. Bxc5 dxc5 12. c3 Bxc4 13. dxc4 f5 14. Rd1
Qxd1+ 15. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1 fxe4 17. Nd2 f5 18. g4 Rf8 19. Ke2 Ne7 20. gxf5
Rxf5 21. Nxe4 b6 22. Rg1 Ng6 23. Ke3 Kd7 24. Ng5 h6 25. Nf3 Nf4 26. Rg7+ Ke6
27. h4 Kf6 28. Ke4 Nd3 29. Rf7+ Ke6 30. Re7+ Kf6 31. Rf7+ Ke6 32. Rxf5 Nxf2+
33. Ke3 Ng4+ 34. Ke4 Nf2+ 35. Ke3 Ng4+ 36. Ke4 Nf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.24"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. b3 cxb3 7. axb3 e6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 h6 11. Nc3 a6 12. h3 Nbd7 13. Be3 Rc8 14. e5 Nd5 15.
Nxd5 cxd5 16. Qd2 Nb8 17. b4 Rc4 18. Rab1 Nd7 19. Ne1 Nb6 20. Qe2 Rxb4 21. Rxb4
Bxb4 22. Bxb5+ Nd7 23. Nd3 axb5 24. Nxb4 O-O 25. Qxb5 Qb6 26. Qxd7 Qxb4 27. Ra1
Qb6 28. Qe7 Bc6 29. Rc1 Bb5 30. Rc7 Bd3 31. Kh2 Bg6 32. Qc5 Qa6 33. Bf4 Rb8 34.
Bg3 Rb1 35. Bh4 Bh5 36. Rc8+ Kh7 37. Qc2+ Bg6 38. Qc5 Qf1 39. Bf6 Be4 0-1

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.24"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. g3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Rc1 Qd8 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Qxb7 O-O
15. Bb5 Nb6 16. Qa6 g5 17. Be2 e5 18. O-O exd4 19. exd4 Ne8 20. b3 Nd6 21. Nb5
Bf6 22. Bb4 Nxb5 23. Bxb5 Bxd4+ 24. Kg2 Qf6 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Bd3 g6 27. a4 g4
28. fxg4 Qg5 29. Be2 Nd7 30. Qd3 Be3 31. Rc3 d4 32. Rc7 Qd5+ 33. Bf3 Qd6 34.
Rc6 Qe7 35. Bd5 Ne5 36. Qe4 Kg7 37. Rcf6 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.24"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 e6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. cxd5 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd5 8.
a3 Be7 9. N2f3 O-O 10. e4 Nf6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Bd3 h6 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Qe4 f5 15.
exf6 N7xf6 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. O-O Bd7 18. Bc4 Bd6 19. Rd1 Rac8 20. Ba2 Rfe8 21. h3
Qa6 22. Qxa6 bxa6 23. Bd2 e5 24. Ne2 Be6 25. Ba5 Rc2 26. Rd2 Rxd2 27. Nxd2 Nf4
28. Bxe6+ Rxe6 29. Nxf4 exf4 30. Kf1 Nd7 31. Nc4 Be7 32. Rd1 Nb6 33. Nd2 Na4
34. b3 Nb6 35. a4 Kf7 36. Nf3 Bf6 37. Rc1 Nd5 38. Bd2 Rb6 39. b4 g5 40. Rc4 Ke6
41. Ne1 Rd6 42. a5 Ne7 43. Nf3 Rc6 44. Re4+ Kd5 45. Re1 Rc2 46. Rd1 Kc6 47. Re1
Kd5 48. Rd1 Kc6 49. Be1 Nd5 50. Rd4 Rc1 51. Re4 Kd6 52. Ke2 Rb1 53. Kd3 Rb3+
54. Kc4 Rb1 55. Re8 Ne7 56. Kd3 Rb3+ 57. Ke4 Rb1 58. Ra8 Nc6 59. Kf5 Bd8 60.
Bc3 Rc1 61. Bg7 Kc7 62. Nd4 Nxb4 63. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.24"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8. Nbd2
Nxd2 9. Bxd2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bb4 Re8 12. Rad1 Qf6 13. Bc3 Nc6 14. Ne1 Qe7
15. Bd5+ Kh8 16. Nf3 Nb4 17. Qb3 Na6 18. Ne1 e4 19. Bxg7+ Qxg7 20. c5 c6 21.
Bc4 Nxc5 22. Qa3 Nd7 23. Ng2 Ne5 24. Bb3 b6 25. Nf4 g5 26. Nh5 Qg6 27. Qd6 Ba6
28. Rfe1 Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Rad8 30. Rf6 Bc8 31. Rd1 Rxd1+ 32. Bxd1 Rd8 33. Bb3 c5
34. Bd5 c4 35. a4 Bd7 36. f4 gxf4 37. gxf4 Ng4 38. Rd6 Ne3 39. Be6 Re8 40. Rxd7
1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.27"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h4 b6
9. b4 a5 10. a3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qd5 14. Be2 Ba6 15. O-O
Bxe2 16. Qxe2 axb4 17. axb4 bxc5 18. bxc5 Bxc5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. dxc5 Qe5 21.
Rad1 Ra5 22. Rd4 Kh8 23. g3 Rxc5 24. Rb1 Rd5 25. Rc4 c5 26. Qc2 f5 27. Ra4 Rfd8
28. Rb7 R5d7 29. Ra8 Rxb7 30. Rxd8+ Kg7 31. Kg2 Rc7 32. Qa4 Qf6 33. Qe8 Kh6 34.
Rd6 Kg7 35. Qb8 Rf7 36. Rc6 Rd7 37. Rc8 Kh6 38. Rxc5 Rg7 39. Rc6 Re7 40. Rc8
Rf7 41. Re8 Re7 42. Qd8 Rf7 43. Qd6 Kh5 44. Rxe6 Qg7 45. Qf4 Rf6 46. g4+ Kxh4
47. g5+ 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.27"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Nc4 Qa6 12. Bf4 Nb6 13. Bd6 Rfe8 14. Nfd2 Rad8
15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. e3 Nxc4 17. Nxc4 Be4 18. Rfc1 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 c5 20. dxc5 Qc6+
21. Kg1 Qxc5 22. Qa3 Rc7 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24. Nd6 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 g5 26. Rc8 Rxc8
27. Nxc8 a6 28. Nd6 b5 29. Nb7 Kf8 30. Nc5 a5 31. Nb3 a4 32. Nd4 b4 33. Nc6 a3
34. b3 Nd5 35. f3 Nxe3 36. Nxb4 Nd1 37. Kf1 Nc3 38. Ke1 Ke7 39. Kd2 Nb5 40. Kd3
e5 41. Nc2 Ke6 42. Kc4 Nd6+ 43. Kc5 h5 44. Nxa3 g4 45. fxg4 hxg4 46. Nc2 f5 47.
Ne3 Ne4+ 48. Kc6 Nf6 49. a4 f4 50. Nf1 f3 51. a5 Nd5 52. Kc5 e4 53. Kd4 Kd6 54.
Kxe4 Kc5 55. a6 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.27"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h4 b6
9. b4 a5 10. a3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qd5 14. Be2 Ba6 15.
Bxa6 Rxa6 16. O-O Rfa8 17. cxb6 Rxb6 18. Bc7 Rba6 19. Bxa5 Bxh4 20. Rc1 Be7 21.
Rc3 Bd6 22. Qc2 h5 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. Qe2 Rca8 25. Rc5 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 Qb3 27. Qxh5
f5 28. g3 Qxa3 29. Kg2 Rf8 30. Qe2 Qd3 31. Qxd3 exd3 32. Rc3 d2 33. Rd3 Kf7 34.
Rxd2 Rh8 35. Rc2 g5 36. g4 Kg6 37. gxf5+ exf5 38. Rc5 Re8 39. Bc7 Rc8 40. Ba5
Re8 41. Bc7 Rc8 42. Ba5 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.27"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Nbd2 Rd8 11. Nc4 Qa6 12. Bd2 Nbd7 13. Rfc1 Be4 14. Bb4 c5
15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qa3 Qxa3 17. Bxa3 Rac8 18. Ne1 Kf8 19. Bxe4 Nfxe4 20. f3 Nf6
21. Kf2 Nd5 22. Ne3 Nxe3 23. Kxe3 a5 24. f4 Nd7 25. Bxe7+ Kxe7 26. Nd3 Nb6 27.
Kf3 Nc4 28. a4 Rc6 29. b4 axb4 30. Nxb4 Rc7 31. a5 Rdc8 32. Kf2 Nd6 33. Rxc7+
Rxc7 34. a6 bxa6 35. Rxa6 Ne4+ 36. Ke3 Nc5 37. Rc6 Rxc6 38. Nxc6+ Kd6 39. Ne5
f6 40. Nf3 Nd7 41. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.27"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O c4 11. Bc2 b5 12. b3 a5 13. bxc4 bxc4 14. Rb1 Bb4
15. h3 Ra6 16. Qe2 Nf6 17. Ne5 Be6 18. f3 Nd7 19. Ng4 Re8 20. Rfd1 Bxg4 21.
hxg4 Bd6 22. Bxd6 Rxd6 23. Rb7 Nf8 24. Qf2 Rf6 25. Rdb1 Qd6 26. g5 Rfe6 27. e4
Qa3 28. e5 R6e7 29. R7b5 Qc3 30. Rxd5 Ne6 31. Ba4 Rf8 32. f4 g6 33. Rd6 Ng7 34.
Bc2 Ne8 35. Rc6 Rd7 36. Rd1 Nc7 37. Be4 Rfd8 38. Qf3 Qxf3 39. Bxf3 Ne6 40. d5
Nxf4 41. d6 Nd3 42. Bg4 Ra7 43. d7 Kf8 44. Rxc4 Nb4 45. e6 fxe6 46. Bxe6 Ra6
47. Rc8 Ke7 48. Bg4 Ra8 49. Re1+ Kf7 50. Re8 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.29"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. O-O-O a6 13. Kb1 Nc6 14. Rc1 Rb8
15. Bd3 Rxh2 16. Ne2 Rxh1 17. Rxh1 b5 18. e4 Qb6 19. Qd1 Nb4 20. Bxb4 Bxb4 21.
e5 Nd7 22. f4 Nf8 23. g4 Be7 24. Ng3 Rc8 25. Rh8 Kd8 26. Bc2 f5 27. exf6 gxf6
28. Bxg6 Kc7 29. Bc2 Kb8 30. Ne2 Qc7 31. a4 bxa4 32. Bxa4 Nd7 33. Rh7 Nb6 34.
Bb3 Qd6 35. Qd3 Nc4 36. Bxc4 Rxc4 37. Qe3 Rc7 38. Nc3 Rb7 39. f5 exf5 40. gxf5
Bd8 41. Rxb7+ Kxb7 42. Na4 Ka7 43. Qe8 Bc7 44. Nc5 Qf4 45. Qc8 Qf1+ 46. Ka2
Qc4+ 47. Ka3 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.29"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. h4 Nf6 8. Nge2
Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. f3 Bf5 11. g4 Be6 12. Bg3 O-O 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. Nf4 c5 15.
Be2 Rc8 16. Kf2 Qb6 17. Qd2 cxd4 18. exd4 Bb4 19. Qd3 Ne5 20. Qe3 Nc4 21. Bxc4
dxc4 22. Kg2 Rfe8 23. Qf2 Bd6 24. Rhe1 Bxf4 25. Bxf4 f6 26. d5 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2
Bxd5 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rd1 Be6 30. Rd4 Kf7 31. Bd2 Rc8 32. a3 Ke8 33. Bc3 Rc5
34. Re4 Kf7 35. h5 Rd5 36. Rxc4 Rd2+ 37. Bxd2 Bxc4 38. Bc3 a6 39. Kg3 Bd5 40.
Kf4 Bc6 41. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.29"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "205"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 e5
9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 Na6 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. e3 Nc5 13. Qe2 Rad8 14. Rad1 h6 15. Qc2
Bf7 16. Ne2 Nce4 17. Nd2 Nc5 18. Nf3 Rfe8 19. Ned4 Nce4 20. Nd2 d5 21. cxd5
Bxd5 22. N2f3 Ng4 23. Rde1 c5 24. Nb5 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 a6 26. Nc3 Qg7 27. Rc1 Bc6
28. h3 Ngf6 29. Nxe4 Nxe4 30. Qc2 b5 31. Rfd1 Kh7 32. Nd2 Rc8 33. Nxe4 Bxe4 34.
Bxe4 Rxe4 35. Rd6 c4 36. Rcd1 Re7 37. Rxa6 Rd7 38. Rxd7 Qxd7 39. bxc4 bxc4 40.
Ra3 Rc7 41. Rc3 Qd5 42. a4 h5 43. a5 Qxa5 44. Rxc4 Rxc4 45. Qxc4 Qa1+ 46. Kh2
Qa7 47. Qf4 Qd7 48. Qe5 Qb7 49. Qd6 Qb2 50. Qe7+ Kh6 51. Kg2 Qb3 52. g4 hxg4
53. hxg4 fxg4 54. Qh4+ Kg7 55. Qxg4 Qd5+ 56. Kg3 Qc6 57. Qd4+ Kh7 58. e4 Qb7
59. e5 Qb3+ 60. f3 Qb1 61. Kf4 Qf5+ 62. Ke3 Qg5+ 63. Kd3 Qf5+ 64. Qe4 Qe6 65.
Ke3 Kg7 66. Kf4 Qf7+ 67. Kg3 Qb3 68. Qd4 Qe6 69. Qd6 Qf5 70. Qe7+ Kg8 71. Qd8+
Kg7 72. Qc7+ Kg8 73. Qc4+ Kg7 74. Qf4 Qe6 75. Qd4 Kf7 76. f4 Qb3+ 77. Kh4 Qb7
78. Qd1 Kg7 79. Qa1 Qe7+ 80. Kg3 Qe6 81. Qa7+ Kg8 82. Qb8+ Kf7 83. Qc7+ Kg8 84.
Qd6 Qf5 85. e6 Qe4 86. Kf2 Kg7 87. Qe7+ Kh6 88. Qd6 Kg7 89. Qc7+ Kh6 90. e7
Qd4+ 91. Ke2 Qe4+ 92. Kd2 Qd4+ 93. Kc2 Qa4+ 94. Kc3 Qa3+ 95. Kd4 Qb4+ 96. Kd5
Qb5+ 97. Kd6 Qd3+ 98. Kc6 Qe4+ 99. Kd7 Qd5+ 100. Qd6 Qb7+ 101. Ke6 Qc8+ 102.
Kf7 Qf5+ 103. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.29"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e3 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 c6 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 Bc7 7. d4 O-O 8. Bb2
d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 e4 11. Nxc7 Qxc7 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Nf4 Be6 14. Be2 Nbd7
15. O-O Rfc8 16. Qb3 Nb6 17. Rc5 Nfd7 18. Rd1 a6 19. a4 Rd8 20. Rc7 Qd6 21.
Rdc1 Rac8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc5 Qe7 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. b5 axb5 26. Qxb5 Nf6 27.
h4 h6 28. Qc5 Qd8 29. Ba3 Bf5 30. Bb5 g5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Ne2 Kg7 33. Bb4 Be6
34. a5 b6 35. axb6 Qxb6 36. f4 exf3 37. Qf8+ Kg6 38. Bd3+ Bf5 39. Bxf5+ Kxf5
40. Qxc8+ Kg6 41. Ng3 Qxb4 42. Qf5+ Kg7 43. Qxg5+ Kf8 44. Qxf6 Qe1+ 45. Nf1 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.30"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. a3 a5 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Re1 Kh8 12. Bd2 Nb6 13. Na4 Nd7 14. d4 exd4 15.
exd4 Qf6 16. Be3 Qg6 17. Qxg6 hxg6 18. Rac1 f6 19. Nh4 Ne7 20. h3 g5 21. Nf3
Bd5 22. Nc3 Nb6 23. Nxd5 Nexd5 24. Bd2 g6 25. g3 Kg7 26. Kg2 c6 27. Bd3 a4 28.
Re6 Rad8 29. Rce1 Rd7 30. h4 g4 31. Nh2 Nc7 32. R6e2 f5 33. f3 gxf3+ 34. Nxf3
Nbd5 35. Bc4 Re7 36. Rxe7+ Bxe7 37. Ng5 Bxg5 38. Bxg5 Re8 39. Rxe8 Nxe8 40. Kf3
Nd6 41. Bd3 b5 42. g4 fxg4+ 43. Kxg4 Nc4 44. Bc1 Kf6 45. Kf3 Kf7 46. Kg4 Kf6
47. Kf3 Nd6 48. Bg5+ Kf7 49. Kg4 Nc4 50. Bc1 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.30"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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-414]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7
8. Bc4 Be6 9. Nd2 $6 {Very strange idea and given that it really didn't work
out in this game I am just putting a ?! mark to it. The knight sort of embarks
on the route to e3 square, but it is not really happening.} Nbd7 10. a4 Qc7 {
Maybe Rc8 was even more flexible.} 11. Bb3 O-O 12. O-O {In some other openings
Fabiano has tried Nf1 without 0-0, but I doubt such an idea can ever work in
an opening as dynamic as Najdorf.} Rac8 13. a5 Nc5 14. h3 $6 {This is slow. I
had expected something along the lines of Bxc5 or some move to d5. Now Black
can just get a free =+ after the basic break.} Nxb3 $1 15. cxb3 d5 $1 {
Obviously good here.} 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Re1 $2 {White was
already in some trouble, but this slow move escalates it further.} ({White had
to go for the panicky} 18. Nc4 $1 Bxc4 19. Bb6 {giving up the c4 pawn and
trying to get a similar endgame as he eventually got in the game.} Qd6 20. bxc4
Rxc4 21. Qxd6 Bxd6 22. Rfd1 Rc6 23. Rd5 {with good chances to eventually get a
3 vs 4 on one wing and hold it.}) 18... Bb4 19. Bb6 Qc6 20. f3 Rfe8 (20... f6
$5 {looked very good too.}) 21. Ra4 Bxb3 $6 {I regretted this quite a bit, as
Qb5 seemed much more powerful.} (21... Qb5 $1 22. Qe2 (22. Re3 Bxb3 $1 {
is a nice tactic, which I may have missed in this version.}) 22... Qxe2 23.
Rxe2 Rc1+ 24. Kf2 Be7 $1 {stopping Rd4 (which apparently would happen in the
event of the more natural Bf8) and as the e5-pawn remains taboo due to Bc5/
Bh4+ Black is in full control here with all the positional plusses.}) (21...
Bc5+ $5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 23. Kh1 Rcd8 $1 {is also a nice risk free edge, with a
better pawn structure and better pieces for Black.}) 22. Qxb3 Bxd2 23. Rd1 Qc2
24. Qxc2 Rxc2 25. Re4 $1 {I sort of saw it from afar, but Fabiano played this
game so sloppily so far, that I hadn't expected him to put up good resistance
in this endgame.} Rxb2 $6 {A kind of decision that is too often rewarded in
pragmatic quick chess. Objectively, of course I had to maintain more tension
and try to convert this properly, without potentially entering a theoretically
drawn rook endgame.} (25... Bf4 $5 {followed by f5 keeps a larger advantage
objectively.}) 26. Re2 Bc3 27. Rxb2 Bxb2 28. Rd7 Bd4+ {We get a 3 vs 3 with an
a-pawn by force, but my point was that I felt I would get a better version
here, as I get g5 and his h3-g2-f3 pawns would be slightly odd, as it would be
unclear how to deal with a g5 Ra2 setup.} 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Rxd4 g5 $5 31. Rd7
Re5 (31... Re1+ 32. Kf2 Rb1 {was a better try from an objective standpoint,
but what I did in the game looked tricky enough.}) 32. Rxb7 Rxa5 {Here I felt
that White wouldn't be able to draw this automatically, due to the
aforementioned Ra2 idea. If i get time I would get also h5-h4 and have white
king locked to the first rank, while Black would be able to activate his king
all the way to e5. The standard version of this endgame is with White having
pawn structure h4-g3-f2, when it is much harder for Black to activate his king
and much easier for White to defend.} 33. Kh2 h5 34. h4 {This felt correct,
but I still had some hopes here.} gxh4 35. Rb4 Rb5 {The only flaw with White's
defensive setup is that I get the rook next to my pawn, which can sometimes be
huge, if you are able to defend all of your pawns with the rook and the king
can abandon the kingside and run towards the passed pawn. I had some hopes of
doing this with rook on f5 (or anywhere on the 5th rank for now, as it covers
h5 and a5 pawn). It's quite imaginary really. White is able to start some
counterplay with his rook.} 36. Rxh4 a5 37. Rc4 {With the idea to go Rc6-a6,
which would be quite annoying, but it allows me to get the rook from behind,
which is as good as it gets, although with my pawn only being on a5 it didn't
feel like it is enough to win.} Rb8 $5 38. Rc5 $2 {An impatient move and a
huge blunder. It feels as thought this is enough too, with just 2 pawns vs 2,
but suddenly it transpires that it loses.} (38. Ra4 Ra8 39. Kg3 Kg7 40. Kh4 Kg6
{The problem with this position is that Black can't really improve it. I
imagine if we didn't have h5 and g2 pawns, or if my pawn were on a4 and rook
on a5 it would be winning, but here the black king is just not able to run
towards the queenside without losing h5 pawn and the idea of zugzwang that I
was hoping for is also really not on the cards - White can always move his
king back and forth. This would just be a draw.}) 38... Ra8 $1 39. Rxh5 (39.
Rg5+ {appears to win a tempo at first, but it helps me bring my king closer to
the a-pawn and loses by force. Both king maneuvres win.} Kf8 (39... Kh7 40.
Rxh5+ Kg6) 40. Rxh5 Ke7) 39... a4 40. Kg3 {This is sort of pretty, winning
some tempi compared to Rc5-c1, but it doesn't help either. White can just
never go after my a2-pawn because he will always lose the pawn endgames with
me having my f7 pawn against the g and f pawns.} a3 41. Rh1 a2 42. Ra1 Kg7 {
Here I suddenly realised that I could just be winning. Nice!} 43. Kf4 Kf6 44.
Ke4 Ra4+ 45. Kd5 Kf5 46. g3 {Fabiano tries to errect some sort of a wall in
front of my king, to make sure I am not advancing. Now I can always win by
trading my a-pawn for f and g with his king cut off horizontally, but I tried
to get the best version of this, to be sure there are no surprises, so it took
a little longer than expected. That said, I won with a bigger margin finally,
so it's all fine by me.} Ra5+ 47. Kd6 Ra7 48. Kd5 Rd7+ 49. Kc4 Rd2 50. Rh1 Kg5
51. Ra1 Kf5 ({Basically the most direct way to win is} 51... Rf2 52. Kd4 Rxf3
53. Rxa2 Rxg3 {and if I already had a pawn on f5 here I would be sure, as this
is some sort of a theoretical win, but I was briefly worried there could be
some miracle here and thought I could get this endgame with an extra tempo,
which I probably could.}) 52. Rh1 {Rh5-a5 would be huge for White, so I had to
repeat once} Kg5 53. Ra1 f5 {Now I want that Rxf3 position with an extra tempo,
so Fabiano tries the desperate g4, but it loses even bigger.} 54. g4 (54. Kc3
Rf2 55. Kd4 Rxf3 56. Rxa2 Rxg3 {is that win.}) 54... f4 55. Rh1 Kg6 (55... Rf2
{is the same win, but once again, I wanted to get some extra tempi to this.}
56. Rh5+ Kg6 57. Ra5 Rxf3 58. Rxa2 Kg5) 56. Ra1 Rf2 57. Kd4 Kg5 58. Ke4 Rb2 {
I decided to switch to another winning method and get the rook behind the pawn
as it appeared easier.} 59. Kd4 Re2 60. Rh1 Kg6 61. Rc1 Re6 62. Ra1 Ra6 63. Kd3
Ra3+ 64. Ke2 (64. Ke4 Kg5 {is a zugzwang.}) 64... Kf6 65. Kf2 Ke5 66. Kg2 Kd4 {
The king is just running towards b2 and White can't start any counterplay here.
} 67. g5 Ke5 {Picking up the g-pawn and then I would start all over with an
extra pawn now. White just resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.30"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,109,27,27,59,79,72,65,60,59,54,39,60,31,25,15,41,58,52,52,37,51,71,75,
60,71,77,79,85,76,73,74,69,35,31,33,33,36,41,25,66,38,31,38,77,77,79,36,69,40,
66,25,67,63,61,52,61,55,48,16,32,4,4,13,-7,-7,9,9,84,52,11,99,102,85,91,92,79,
84,103,125,141,144,125,126,119,107,109,116,120,108,151,114,116,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,206,200,223,239,29991,29992]} 1. d4 f5 {The Dutch is a rare guest in
top tournament with classical time control, but just a day before Fabiano got
outplayed with it by MVL, so I wasn't too shocked to see this.} 2. Nc3 {
A side-line I have some experience with. Levon essayed it against me once in a
blitz game too and with Erwin l'Ami (the famous stonewall expert!) being my
trainer, it was really hard to avoid some unpleasant conversations about the
topic of Dutch sidelines anyway.} Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O
7. O-O Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Ne2 {Actually so far we are following both
Rychagov-L'Ami and Aronian-Giri. Here we both went for the more natural c5,
but Fabi probably wanted to keep more tension. After we get c4 c6 though,
White clearly has a good version of the stonewall, having traded the dark
squared bishops and with the bishop being on d3 and not on g2.} Nd7 10. c4 c6
11. Rc1 a5 12. a3 Nd6 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. Ne5 {I get all the squares and all the
fun, but Black is still rock solid.} Bd7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. b4 Rfc8 17. Qc5 {
I liked this move. Still, Black is just very solid.} axb4 18. axb4 Be8 19. Ra1
Qd8 20. Ng3 g6 21. f3 {I didn't like making this move, but on the other hand
the softening of the e3-pawn is rather imaginary, as are the threats of e3-e4.}
b6 {I was happy to see this weakening, but it also has a point, if Black is
ever to get the c5 push in.} 22. Qc3 Qe7 23. Rfe1 {Maybe a more useful move
could have been played, but this forces some action, as I now threaten Rxa8
and Nxc6.} Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Nf7 25. Bf1 {Making sure the queen is keeping in
touch with the e3-pawn.} (25. Kf2 {is a cool suggestion by the engine, but not
to my taste.}) 25... Nxe5 26. dxe5 Nd7 27. f4 Nf8 {I didn't mind having this
position, which is clearly for two results, but of course Black may escape if
he trades down a lot of material after getting some c5 and d4 breaks. There is,
however, always some hope for White, with the kingside weakened by 1...f5.} 28.
Ne2 c5 29. bxc5 bxc5 30. Nd4 (30. Qb3 Bc6 31. Nc3 {looked natural and was
strong too, but I suddenly liked the idea of transferring my knight to f3.})
30... Rb8 31. Nf3 Ne6 32. Ra6 $5 {Applying some pressure along the 6th rank.
Starting with h4! introducing ideas of Ng5 and h5 was even more clever.} (32.
h4 $5) 32... c4 {This allows a strong reply} (32... Rb1 {is not an issue, as
I've got-} 33. Qd3 $1) (32... Bf7 {seems the most solid, but after} 33. h4 {
with idea Ng5, White still puts pressure.}) 33. Qd2 $1 (33. Nd4 {was also
possible, but the move in the game is more subtle.}) 33... Nc5 $2 {This
blunders a pawn. I was so happy to see this move and win a pawn that in the
next few moves in the mutual time trouble I played it too simply.} 34. Qxd5+ (
34. Ra8 $1 {would be even more. I saw this motive, but 35.e6! was too tempting.
}) 34... Bf7 35. e6 $1 {This was the point. The geometry works for White.} Nxe6
{I think this move somewhat confused me, I was mostly trying to make sure that
my a6-rook can never be captured.} 36. Bxc4 {I had calculated that this works
for me and gives me a pleasant 4 vs 3, but I missed an even stronger
alternative here.} (36. Qe5 $1 {would eventually win the pawn too, but not
allow Black to simplify as much.}) 36... Ng5 $1 {I underestimated this strong
simplifying move, now Black is likely to hold a 4 vs 3 with only the major
pieces. Still, somehow in online blitz such small practical advantages have a
much higher success rate than in classical games.} 37. Qd3 $1 {the right
square, keeping both e3 and b1 squares in check.} Nxf3+ 38. gxf3 Re8 39. Kg2 {
e3 pawn is taboo, but in general this position should be holdable with good
defence.} Qc5 40. Bxf7+ Kxf7 41. e4 Re7 42. e5 {I briefly thought that Fabiano
is playing this very wrong and I will just checkmate him with my major pieces,
but I soon noticed that his king can find safety on h6 and my hopes of winning
this position started to seem less realistic.} Rb7 43. Ra2 Kg7 44. Qd8 Rb1 45.
Qf6+ Kh6 {There is nothing I can do about his king on h6 and there are some
counter checks incoming too, so objectively the best attempt would be to offer
a queen trade on f2 and try the rook endgame. I was still hoping to deliver
some lucky mate and it actually worked out.} 46. Kh3 (46. Qh4+ Kg7 47. Qf2 {
the rook endgame really has to be a draw, but it not being your usual 4 vs 4
perhaps it was worth a shot.}) 46... Qe3 47. Qg5+ Kg7 48. Qf6+ Kh6 49. Qh4+ Kg7
50. Qe7+ Kh6 51. Qh4+ Kg7 52. Rf2 $1 {I am sure Fabiano was already counting
on the perpetual, as I dropped to seconds, but the 10 second increment was
enough to spot that I can still protect both my f3- and f4-pawns and give him
back the move. Now pretty much any rook move would hold, for example Rg1 looks
very good, when I'd have to just take the draw, but Fabi made a shocking
mistake instead.} Qc5 $4 {This lets go of the f3-pawn and protecting e7-square
is quite irrelevant, as I have got the other check from f6 as well.} 53. Qf6+
Kh6 54. Rg2 $1 {Qc5 was really horrible, as I also had Rd2-d7 ideas, but this
one just wins by force quite trivially.} Rb8 {Protecting against Rxg6+ hxg6
Qh8#, but now another mating pattern comes in.} (54... Rb7 55. Rg5 Qe7 {
is the only way to prolong the suffering but after} 56. Rxf5 Qxf6 57. Rxf6 {
two pawns down the rook endgame is dead lost.}) 55. Rg5 $1 {Threatening Rh5+
Kxh5 Qg5# which is quite sweet. Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.30"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,47,29,-11,-12,-15,-11,-17,-7,-17,-31,-26,0,-14,-12,-18,5,7,8,-22,24,
10,5,5,-1,4,-7,3,0,1,-3,-12,2,-18,-8,-11,5,0,23,19,14,11,68,68,94,85,108,50,
242,225]} 1. c4 e5 2. e3 $5 {Another kind of English Defence - just like
people came up with 2.d3!? a few months ago.} Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 {Just one move
out of many, playing a reversed Rossolimo.} 4. Nge2 O-O (4... c6 $5 {would
definitely be the alternative, but I do not think that it equalises:} 5. a3 Ba5
(5... Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Bf6 10. Nxd5 Bxd4 11. Nc3
Be5 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Bd3 $14 {1-0 (43) Antipov,M (2589)-Inarkiev,E (2692)
Moscow 2019}) 6. b4 Bc7 7. d4 (7. Bb2 $5 O-O 8. Ng3 Re8 9. c5 d5 10. cxd6 Qxd6
11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Bd3 Nf8 13. Nce4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 $36 {½- (22) ½ (22) Artemiev,
V (2703)-Morozevich,A (2656) Chelyabinsk 2018}) 7... O-O 8. Bb2 (8. d5 $5 d6 9.
Ng3 a5 10. Rb1 axb4 11. axb4 Nbd7 12. Bd3 c5 13. b5 Ba5 14. Bb2 Re8 15. O-O $14
{½-½ (61) Carlsen,M (2832)-Anand,V (2786) Leuven 2017}) 8... d5 9. cxd5 cxd5
10. Nb5 e4 11. Nxc7 Qxc7 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Nf4 Be6 14. Be2 Nbd7 15. O-O Rfc8 16.
Qb3 Nb6 17. Rc5 $14 {1-0 (45) Vachier Lagrave,M (2778)-Caruana,F (2835)
chess24.com 2020}) 5. a3 Be7 (5... Bxc3 6. Nxc3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2 $5 {
should usually be a little better for White:} c5 9. Bd3 h6 10. b3 Nc6 11. Nxd5
Qxd5 12. Be4 Qd6 13. Bb2 Be6 14. O-O Rac8 15. f4 Bd5 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Bf5 $14 {
1-0 (59) Vachier Lagrave,M (2779)-Ding Liren (2805) Stavanger 2019}) 6. b4 $5 (
6. d4 $5 exd4 7. Qxd4 $5 {had been tried by Carlsen in a blitz game, but after}
Nc6 8. Qd1 Ne5 9. Nf4 c6 10. Be2 Ng6 11. Nh5 (11. Nxg6 $5 hxg6 12. e4 $36)
11... Nxh5 12. Bxh5 d6 {½-½ (55) Carlsen,M (2837)-Grigoriants,S (2561)
Riyadh 2017, Black did not seem to have too much to worry about.}) 6... a5 (
6... c6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. Bb2 a5 10. b5 c5 11. Nf3 $14 {0-1 (62) Flores,
D (2599)-Grischuk,A (2777) chess.com 2020}) 7. b5 c6 ({The only existing game
continued} 7... d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 {and Black seemed to be more or less fine:} 9.
Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Nc3 Qd8 (10... Qd6 $5 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. a4 c5 $5) 11. Bc4 Nd7 12.
Nd5 Bd6 $13 {0-1 (54) Brozhik,V (2189)-Moliboga,V (2284) Kyiv 2006. I would
conclude I am not too convinced about the 2.e3 English Opening!}) 8. d4 d6 9.
Bb2 Be6 (9... Nbd7 $5 10. Ng3 Nb6 {with the idea of ...Be6 should be fine for
Black. For example:} 11. Na4 cxb5 12. cxb5 Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. dxe5 Nxa4 15.
Qxa4 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Bc5 $44) 10. d5 cxd5 11. cxd5 Bc8 ({Putting the bishop back
to c8 is surely not something too pleasant to do, but} 11... Bf5 12. Ng3 Bg6 {
would also call for} 13. h4 {and give White an extra target.}) 12. Ng3 Nbd7 13.
a4 Nc5 14. Ba3 Qb6 $6 {In the game, this move proves too slow.} (14... b6 $5)
15. Bd3 Bg4 $5 16. Qb1 $1 (16. f3 e4 $5 $13) 16... Nxd3+ $6 {Just a bad
exchange. t was better to play 16...Rac8 for instance.} 17. Qxd3 Rfc8 18. O-O
Qd8 $6 {Too passive. I think Black should rather have tried 18...h5!?, or 18...
Nh5 to simplify the position, or 18...Rc7 and keep the queen on b6.} 19. h3 Bd7
20. Bb2 $6 (20. Rac1 $1 {was stronger, not allowing ...Qc7-c4.}) 20... Rc5 $2 (
20... Qc7 $1 {followed by ...Qc4 was the last chance for Black to be fine.})
21. f4 $1 {Things are already going severely wrong! White's pieces all stand
perfectly.} exf4 $6 (21... Rac8 {was still playable for Black:} 22. fxe5 dxe5
23. d6 Be6 24. Nge4 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Rc4 26. Bxe5 Qd7 27. Ra3 $1 Bd8 28. Rc3 $1 f6
29. Rfc1 Rxc3 30. Bxc3 {and after} f5 {or 30...Qf7, Black definitely has
chances.}) 22. Rxf4 Rac8 23. Raf1 Kh8 $2 (23... Qe8 24. Nce4 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Rc4
26. Rxf7 Qxf7 27. Rxf7 Kxf7 28. Ba3 $16) 24. Nge4 {[%cal Gb2h8] Black decided
to put an end to this nightmare.} 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Final 4"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.05.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5
9. d4 Bb6 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. Nc3 Nexd5 14. Qd2 Nxe3 15.
Rxe3 c6 16. Rd1 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bb3 Bf5 19. Ne5 a4 20. Bc2 Bxc2 21. Qxc2
Bc7 22. Rde1 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Qd6 24. a3 Qc6 25. Qd1 Rae8 26. R1e3 Rxe5 27. dxe5
Re8 28. Qd2 Rc8 29. Kh2 Qe6 30. Qd3 Rc4 31. Re2 b5 32. b3 Re4 33. Rxe4 dxe4 34.
Qxb5 Qxb3 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Qd7 e3 37. fxe3 Qxe3 38. Qf5+ Kg8 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40.
Qf5+ Kg8 41. Qc8+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Final 4"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2020.05.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. Nf3 Bb4 12. O-O Nh5 13. Be5 f6 14. Bg3 Nxg3
15. hxg3 Nc4 16. a3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nd6 18. a4 g6 19. Nd2 O-O 20. Rfc1 Qe7 21.
Qb3 Rc7 22. Qa3 Rfc8 23. c4 dxc4 24. Rxc4 Bc6 25. Rc5 b6 26. Rc3 Bb7 27. Rxc7
Qxc7 28. Bf1 Qd7 29. a5 Bd5 30. axb6 axb6 31. Qb4 b5 32. Ra6 Rd8 33. Qa5 Rb8
34. Qb4 Rd8 35. Nb3 Bxb3 36. Qxb3 Rc8 37. Qb4 Nc4 38. Be2 Kg7 39. Bg4 f5 40.
Be2 h5 41. Ra1 Nd6 42. Rb1 Qc7 43. Ra1 Qb6 44. Bd3 Kf7 45. Rb1 Rc7 46. Kh2 Rc8
47. Ra1 Kf6 48. f3 Kf7 49. Rb1 Qc7 50. e4 Nc4 51. Qxb5 Na3 52. Qb3 Nxb1 53.
exf5 gxf5 54. Bxf5 Qd6 55. Bxb1 h4 56. f4 Rg8 57. Qb7+ Kf6 58. Qh7 hxg3+ 59.
Kh3 Qf8 60. Qh4+ Kf7 61. Qh5+ Ke7 62. Qc5+ Ke8 63. Qb5+ Kf7 64. Qh5+ Ke7 65.
Qc5+ Kf7 66. Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Final 4"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.01"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.05.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5
9. Nbd2 Bb6 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Ba4 Nd7 12. Nf1 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. d4 exd4 15.
cxd4 Nf6 16. Ng3 Bh7 17. Bb3+ Kh8 18. a3 Ne7 19. Be6 c6 20. Bd2 Nfd5 21. a4 Nb4
22. Bxb4 axb4 23. Qb3 Ba5 24. Re3 Ng6 25. Bf5 Bg8 26. Qc2 Nh4 27. Nxh4 Qxh4 28.
Qd3 Bb6 29. Re4 Qf6 30. Rg4 Ra5 31. Bg6 Be6 32. Ne4 Qxd4 33. Qxd4 Bxd4 34. Rd1
Bxb2 35. Rg3 Be5 36. Re3 Bd5 37. g3 Rxa4 38. f4 Ra1 39. Red3 Rxd1+ 40. Rxd1 Bc3
41. Nxd6 Rf6 0-1

[Event "Carlsen Inv Final 4"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.01"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.05.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Nh4 Bd7 6. e4 e5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Be2 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nd2 c6 12. O-O Ne8 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. b4 Be6 15.
Nb3 f5 16. f3 Nf6 17. Na5 Qd7 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Qd2 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Bf7 21. Bf2 h6
22. b5 c5 23. Bd3 f4 24. Nd5 Nexd5 25. cxd5 g5 26. Nc6 Re8 27. Kh1 g4 28. Bh4
Kh8 29. Be2 Bg6 30. Qe1 Nh7 31. a4 Ng5 32. Qf1 Bf6 33. a5 Nxe4 34. Bd3 Bxh4 35.
Bxe4 Bxe4 36. fxe4 Rf8 37. b6 axb6 38. axb6 Qb7 39. Ra1 Ra8 40. Rxa8 Rxa8 41.
Qb5 f3 42. g3 Bg5 43. Na5 Qf7 44. b7 Rb8 45. Rf1 Kg7 46. Qa6 Qg6 47. Qd3 h5 48.
h4 Bxh4 49. gxh4 Qf6 50. Kg1 Qxh4 51. Qd2 Kg6 52. Nc4 Qf6 53. Na5 Qh4 54. Nc4
Qf6 55. Ne3 Qf4 56. Qf2 Qxe4 57. Re1 Rxb7 58. Ng2 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Carlsen Inv Final 4"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.01"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2020.05.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5
9. Nbd2 Bb6 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Ng6 15.
Be3 a4 16. Qc2 Qe8 17. a3 d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. Nd2 Ba5 20. Rec1 c5 21. dxc5 Ngxe5
22. Rf1 Nc6 23. b4 axb3 24. Nxb3 Bc7 25. Nd4 Be5 26. Nge2 Ra5 27. Nxc6 bxc6 28.
Ra2 Qe7 29. Rc1 Rfa8 30. a4 Bf6 31. Ra3 e5 32. Ng3 Qe6 33. Qg6 d4 34. Bd2 Rxa4
35. Rxa4 Rxa4 36. Ne4 Nf8 37. Qg3 Kh7 38. Rb1 Ra7 39. Qd3 Kg8 40. Rb8 Be7 41.
Qf3 Qf7 42. Qg3 Qe6 43. Re8 Kh7 44. Rb8 Nd7 45. Qd3 Qg6 46. Rc8 Nf8 47. Rxc6
Qxc6 48. Ng5+ Kh8 49. Nf7+ Kg8 50. Nxe5 Qd5 51. Bf4 Bxc5 0-1

[Event "Carlsen Inv Final 4"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.01"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2020.05.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O b6 8. c4
Bb7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Nc3 Qe7 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Rac8
15. Bb5 Nb8 16. Bc6 Nxc6 17. dxc6 Ba6 18. Rfd1 Rcd8 19. a4 Rfe8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8
21. Rd1 Rd6 22. Rd2 f6 23. h4 Bh6 24. Rd5 Rxd5 25. exd5 Qd6 26. Qe4 Bc8 27. h5
Bf5 28. Qc4 Bf8 29. Nh4 Qc5 30. Nxf5 gxf5 31. Kf1 Kg7 32. Bc1 Qxc4+ 33. bxc4 f4
34. g3 Kh6 35. gxf4 Kxh5 36. Kg2 Kg4 37. fxe5 fxe5 38. f3+ Kf5 39. Bd2 a5 40.
Be3 Bd6 41. Kh3 e4 42. f4 Kg6 43. Kg4 h5+ 44. Kg3 Kf5 45. Kh3 Kf6 46. Kg3 Kg6
47. Kh4 Be7+ 48. Kh3 Bd6 49. Kg3 Kf5 50. Kh3 h4 51. Kxh4 Bxf4 52. Bxf4 Kxf4 53.
d6 e3 54. dxc7 e2 55. c8=Q e1=Q+ 56. Kh5 Qe5+ 57. Kg6 Qe4+ 58. Kg7 Qd4+ 59. Kg6
Qd3+ 60. Kg7 Qc3+ 61. Kg6 Qxc4 62. Qf5+ Ke3 63. Qe5+ Kd2 64. c7 Qc6+ 65. Kf7
Qc4+ 66. Ke7 Qh4+ 67. Kd7 Qg4+ 68. Qe6 Qg7+ 69. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "237"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Ba4 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. c3 Ne7 8. Re1
Ng6 9. Nbd2 c6 10. Nf1 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Ng3 Re8 13. h3 Bb6 14. Bc2 h6 15.
Bd2 Bc7 16. d4 exd4 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Nxd4 Bd7 19. Qf3 Qe5 20. Re1 Qd6 21. Kf1
Ne5 22. Qe2 Re8 23. Ndf5 Qf8 24. Qh5 Bxf5 25. Nxf5 Ng6 26. Rxe8 Qxe8 27. g3 Nf6
28. Qf3 Qd8 29. Bc1 Qd5 30. Qxd5 Nxd5 31. Ke2 Kf8 32. h4 Ne5 33. Bb3 Ne7 34.
Nxe7 Kxe7 35. h5 Nd7 36. Bd1 Nf6 37. Kd3 Bb6 38. f4 g6 39. hxg6 fxg6 40. Ke2
Nd5 41. Kf3 h5 42. Bd2 Kf6 43. c4 Ne7 44. Bc3+ Ke6 45. b4 Nf5 46. c5 Bc7 47.
Bb3+ Ke7 48. Bc4 b6 49. a4 bxc5 50. bxc5 Ke8 51. a5 Bd8 52. Bd3 Be7 53. Bb4 Bf6
54. a6 Be7 55. g4 hxg4+ 56. Kxg4 Ne3+ 57. Kf3 Nd5 58. Bxg6+ Kf8 59. Ba3 Nc7 60.
Bd3 Ne6 61. Bc4 Nxc5 62. Bc1 Nd7 63. Ke4 Bc5 64. Kf5 Ke7 65. Bb2 Be3 66. Be2
Nb6 67. Bf3 c5 68. Bf6+ Kf7 69. Bh5+ Kf8 70. Be5 c4 71. Ke4 Bc5 72. f5 Nd7 73.
Bc3 Be7 74. Be2 Nc5+ 75. Ke5 Nxa6 76. Bxc4 Nc5 77. Bd2 Nd7+ 78. Ke6 Nc5+ 79.
Kd5 Kg7 80. Be2 Kf6 81. Bg4 Nd7 82. Bc3+ Kg5 83. Bh3 Bf6 84. Bd2+ Kh4 85. Bf1
Bg5 86. Bb4 Nf6+ 87. Ke6 Ne4 88. Bd3 Ng3 89. f6 Bxf6 90. Kxf6 Kg4 91. Ke5 Kf3
92. Ba6 Ne2 93. Bd2 Ng3 94. Bg5 Ne4 95. Bb7 Kg4 96. Be3 Ng3 97. Bf2 a5 98. Bc6
a4 99. Bxa4 Kf3 100. Bd4 Kg4 101. Bd1+ Kg5 102. Be3+ Kg6 103. Bc2+ Kf7 104. Bd1
Kg6 105. Ke6 Nh5 106. Bc2+ Kg7 107. Ke7 Ng3 108. Bd3 Nh5 109. Bg5 Ng3 110. Ke6
Nh5 111. Kf5 Kf7 112. Bc4+ Kg7 113. Bh4 Kh6 114. Bf7 Ng7+ 115. Kg4 Kh7 116. Kg5
Kh8 117. Kg6 Ne6 118. Bf6+ Ng7 119. Bxg7# 1-0

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8.
O-O Re8 9. Nc2 d6 10. Qd2 a5 11. b3 Bf5 12. Ne3 Be4 13. Bb2 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Nd7
15. Nd5 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Nb4 17. Ngf4 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Qf6 19. Qd2 Nc5 20. f3 Qe5 21.
e4 b5 22. Rac1 f5 23. exf5 Qxf5 24. Rfe1 b4 25. Qd4 Qf7 26. Ne6 Nxe6 27. dxe6
Rxe6 28. Rxe6 Qxe6 29. Rxc7 Qe5 30. Qxe5 dxe5 31. Rc5 a4 32. Rxe5 axb3 33. axb3
Ra1+ 34. Kg2 Rb1 35. Re3 Rb2+ 36. Kh3 h5 37. g4 hxg4+ 38. fxg4 g5 39. Kg3 Rb1
40. h3 Kf7 41. Kf3 Rf1+ 42. Ke4 Ke6 43. Kd4+ Kd6 44. Kc4 Rf4+ 45. Kb5 Rd4 46.
Re8 Rf4 47. Rg8 Rf3 48. Kxb4 Rxh3 49. Rxg5 Rh1 50. Kb5 Rg1 51. b4 Rb1 52. Rg8
Rb2 53. g5 Ke6 54. g6 Kf6 55. Kc5 Rc2+ 56. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Bd6 6. Nbd2 Ne7 7. h3 Bh5 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 a5 10. a4 c5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Nc6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. e4 d4 15. f4
g5 16. f5 Bf4 17. Nc4 e5 18. Bc1 Ra6 19. Qe2 Qe7 20. Qf2 Nb4 21. Bxf4 gxf4 22.
h4 g5 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. g5 Nb6 25. Bf3 Nxc4 26. bxc4 Rb6 27. Rfb1 Kg7 28. Kg2
Rh8 29. Bg4 Kf8 30. Rb3 Ke8 31. Kf3 Kd8 32. Rh1 Qe8 33. Ra1 Kc7 34. Kg2 Kb8 35.
Kf3 Rc6 36. Rbb1 Rc7 37. Rh1 Rch7 38. Rh2 Qc6 39. h5 gxh5 40. Bf5 Rg7 41. g6
Rf8 42. Rxh5 Rxf5 43. Rxf5 Qxg6 44. Qh2 Nxc2 45. Rh1 Qg4+ 46. Kf2 Nb4 0-1

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.07"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Bf5 8. b3
Ne4 9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Be4 11. e3 Nd7 12. Qe2 c5 13. Rac1 Qc7 14. Rfd1 a5 15.
Bh3 b6 16. Ng5 Bb7 17. d5 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 a4 19. e4 axb3 20. axb3 Nf6 21. f4 h6
22. Nf3 e5 23. dxe6 Nxe4 24. exf7+ Qxf7 25. Re3 Rfe8 26. Re1 Qg7 27. Qd3 Ra1
28. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 29. Re1 Qg7 30. Nd2 Nf6 31. Re6 Rxe6 32. Bxe6+ Kh7 33. Qxd6 Ne4
34. Nxe4 Bxe4 35. Qd2 Qf6 36. Qd7+ Qg7 37. Bg4 Bc2 38. Kf2 Bxb3 39. Qxg7+ Kxg7
40. Be2 Kf6 41. Ke3 Ba4 42. h4 h5 43. g4 hxg4 44. Bxg4 Be8 45. Ke4 Bc6+ 46. Ke3
b5 47. cxb5 Bxb5 48. h5 gxh5 49. Bxh5 c4 50. Kd4 Kf5 51. Be2 Kxf4 52. Bxc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.08"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8.
Bd3 Bxf4 9. exf4 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 g6 11. h4 h5 12. O-O-O Qd6 13. Rhe1 Nc6 14. Bb5
O-O-O 15. Re3 Ne7 16. Ra3 Kb8 17. g3 Rc8 18. Qc3 c6 19. Bd3 Rc7 20. b4 Nc8 21.
Kd2 Qd7 22. Re1 Nd6 23. Rb3 Kc8 24. a4 Kd8 25. a5 b6 26. axb6 axb6 27. Ra3 Ke7
28. Ra6 Rb8 29. Ke2 Nb5 30. Qa1 Kf6 31. Kf1 Kg7 32. Qb2 Ra7 33. Rxa7 Qxa7 34.
Ra1 Qc7 35. Kg1 Nd6 36. Qc3 Rd8 37. Ra6 Qb7 38. Qe1 Kg8 39. Qe5 Nc4 40. Bxc4
dxc4 41. Ra1 Ra8 42. Rxa8+ Qxa8 43. Qd6 Qa4 44. Qb8+ Kg7 45. Qe5+ Kg8 46. Qb8+
Kg7 47. Qe5+ Kg8 48. Qb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.08"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "Rest of the World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. h3 c6 7. Ng3 e5 8. d5 a5
9. Be2 Na6 10. Be3 cxd5 11. cxd5 Nc5 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. Nf1 a4 14. Nd2 Bd7 15.
O-O Ne8 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. Rad1 Nd6 18. Nc4 Ra5 19. Nxa5 Qxa5 20. b3 a3 21. Qd2 h5
22. Na4 Qa7 23. Qe3 b6 24. Nc3 Kh7 25. g4 Bh6 26. g5 Bg7 27. f4 exf4 28. Qxf4
Qb8 29. Qg3 Re8 30. Rf6 Bxf6 31. gxf6 b5 32. Bxh5 Nxe4 33. Bxg6+ fxg6 34. Qh4+
Kg8 35. Nxe4 Qe5 36. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Europe"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. Nc3
d6 9. a3 O-O 10. Ne2 Qd7 11. Ng3 Nd8 12. Nf5 Ne6 13. Ng5 Bd8 14. f4 Nxf4 15.
Bxf4 exf4 16. Rxf4 h6 17. Nh3 Kh8 18. Qf3 d5 19. e5 Nh7 20. d4 Bg5 21. Qg4 g6
22. Nxh6 Qxg4 23. Nxg4 Bxf4 24. Nxf4 Bc8 25. Nf2 c6 26. c3 Kg7 27. Bc2 Ng5 28.
Re1 Bd7 29. Re3 Rh8 30. Rg3 Ne6 31. N4d3 Rh4 32. Bd1 c5 33. Nxc5 Nxc5 34. dxc5
Re8 35. Re3 d4 36. cxd4 Rxd4 37. b4 a5 38. bxa5 Ra8 39. Bf3 Rxa5 40. c6 Be6 41.
Ne4 b4 42. axb4 Rxe5 43. Rc3 Bc8 44. Ra3 Rxb4 45. Nd6 Be6 46. c7 Rb1+ 47. Kf2
Rc1 48. Ra7 Rec5 49. h3 Kh6 50. Nxf7+ Bxf7 51. c8=Q Rxc8 52. Rxf7 R8c4 53. Kg3
Rc7 54. Rxc7 Rxc7 55. h4 Kg7 56. Kh3 Kf6 57. g3 Rc3 58. Be4 Re3 59. Bc6 Kf5 60.
Bd7+ Ke5 61. Kg4 Kf6 62. Bc6 Rc3 63. Bb7 Rc4+ 64. Kh3 Ke5 65. Bf3 Kd4 66. Kg2
Ke3 67. Bb7 Rb4 68. Bc6 Rb2+ 69. Kg1 Ke2 70. Be4 Rb4 71. Bxg6 Kf3 72. Kh2 Kf2
73. Kh3 Rb3 74. Kg4 Rxg3+ 75. Kf5 Rh3 76. h5 Rxh5+ 77. Bxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 c5 11. Rhe1 Be6 12. Bf4 d5 13. Ng5 Bg4 14. f3
Bd7 15. c4 d4 16. h4 Re8 17. g4 Bc6 18. Qh2 Qa5 19. a3 Bf8 20. Bd2 Qb6 21. Qf4
Bd7 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Bf5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 Kg8 25. h5 Qc6 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. g5 Qd7
28. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Nations Cup Online Final"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.05.10"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8.
h3 Nc6 9. Bf4 b6 10. d5 Na5 11. Be2 e6 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Qxd8 Raxd8 14. Bxc7
Rc8 15. Be5 Nc6 16. Bh2 Bf5 17. g4 Be6 18. Rad1 Na5 19. Be5 Bc4 20. Rfe1 Rfe8
21. Nb5 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Nc4 23. Nxa7 Nxe5 24. Rxe5 Rxc2 25. g5 Rxe5 26. Nxe5 Ne8
27. Nac6 Bxe5 28. Nxe5 Rxb2 29. Rd8 Kf8 30. Rd7 Re2 31. Rxf7+ Kg8 32. Re7 Re1+
33. Kh2 Ng7 34. Nxg6 Ra1 35. Ne5 Rxa2 36. Ng4 Kf8 37. Rb7 Ne6 38. h4 Ra4 39.
Kg3 Nd4 40. Nh6 Ne2+ 41. Kf3 Nd4+ 42. Kg4 Ne6+ 43. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Chessbrahmin May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 Re8 9. Bg5 Qd7 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. Ne4 h6 12. Bd2 Qd8 13. a3 a5 14. Qc2 Bg4 15.
e3 Qd7 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Rad8 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Bh3 20. b5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
Nb8 22. e4 Nf4+ 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Rfd1 fxg3 25. hxg3 c6 26. Rb1 Qe7 27. Qc4 c5
28. Rh1 b6 29. Rh5 Nd7 30. Ra1 Nf6 31. Rf5 Qe6 32. Qc3 Qd6 33. Ra7 Qxd3 34.
Qxd3 Rxd3 35. e5 Rd7 36. Ra4 Nd5 37. Rh5 Rc8 38. Rhh4 Rb7 39. Nd2 Nc3 40. Rag4
Kf8 41. f4 Rd7 42. Nc4 Nxb5 43. f5 Rd4 44. f6 gxf6 45. exf6 Rxg4 46. Rxg4 Rc6
47. Rf4 Nd4 48. Kh3 b5 49. Ne5 Rd6 50. Rh4 Rxf6 51. Nd7+ Ke7 52. Nxf6 Kxf6 53.
Rxh6+ Ke5 54. Kg2 c4 55. Kf2 Ke4 56. Rf6 c3 57. Rxf7 b4 58. Rc7 c2 59. Ke1 b3
0-1

[Event "Chessbrahmin May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6
8. Qg3 Bd6 9. f4 Qg6 10. Qf2 f5 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. e5 Ng4 13. Qg3 Bc5 14. Rf1
O-O-O 15. Bd2 h5 16. h3 Nxe5 17. Qxg6 Nxg6 18. O-O-O Bd6 19. Rde1 Bd7 20. g4
Nh4 21. gxf5 Bxf5 22. Bxf5+ Nxf5 23. Ne4 Rhf8 24. Rg1 Rde8 25. c3 h4 26. Rg5
Kd7 27. Kc2 Re7 28. Kd3 Ref7 29. Reg1 Be7 30. Rh5 Rd8 31. Ke2 b6 32. Kf3 c5 33.
Rg6 Kc8 34. Ke2 Kb7 35. Be1 Bd6 36. Nxd6+ cxd6 37. Bxh4 Re8+ 38. Kf2 Re4 39.
Bg5 d5 40. Rh8 d4 41. cxd4 cxd4 42. Rd8 Rc7 43. Kf3 Re3+ 44. Kg4 Rc5 45. h4 d3
46. b4 Rg3+ 47. Kh5 Rc8 48. Rd7+ Ka6 49. Re6 Rc4 50. Kg6 Nd4 51. Red6 Ne2 52.
f5 Kb5 53. Kxg7 Rf3 54. f6 Ng3 55. Rxd3 Nf5+ 56. Kg6 Rxd3 57. Rxd3 Nxh4+ 58.
Bxh4 Rxh4 59. f7 Rg4+ 60. Kf5 Rg1 61. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Chessbrahmin May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 Re8 9. Bg5 Qd7 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. a3 h6 12. Bd2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Nd4 14. Bxd4 exd4
15. Nd2 a5 16. Nc4 Ra6 17. Nd2 a4 18. Qc2 c5 19. Ne4 b6 20. Rb1 Qa7 21. Rfe1
Be6 22. Nd2 Rc8 23. e3 dxe3 24. Rxe3 b5 25. Rbe1 Qd7 26. Nf3 c4 27. Ne5 cxd3
28. Qd2 Qc7 29. Rxd3 Rd6 30. Bd5 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Re8 32. Rxd6 Qxd6 33. Qc3 b4 34.
axb4 Qxb4 35. Qc1 Qc5 36. Qf4 Qd5 37. Nf3 Rxe1+ 38. Nxe1 a3 39. bxa3 Bxa3 40.
Nf3 Bd6 41. Qe3 g6 42. h4 Bc5 43. Qe2 Kg7 44. Ne5 Bd4 45. Nd3 h5 46. Nf4 Qe5
47. Qd2 Bc3 48. Qd3 Bd4 49. Kg2 Bc5 50. Qf3 Bd4 51. Nh3 Qf6 52. Qe2 Qe5 53. Qf3
Qf6 54. Nf4 Qe5 55. Qb7 Bc5 56. Nd3 Qd4 57. Qf3 Bd6 58. Nc1 Qf6 59. Qd3 Bc5 60.
Qc2 Bxf2 61. Qxf2 Qc6+ 62. Kh2 Qxc1 63. Kg2 Qc6+ 64. Kh2 Qd5 65. Kg1 f6 66. Kh2
g5 67. hxg5 Qxg5 68. Qf3 Qg4 69. Qd3 Qe6 70. Qf3 Qe5 71. Kg2 Kg6 72. Qd3+ f5
73. Qd8 Qe4+ 74. Kf2 Qc2+ 75. Kf3 Qc6+ 76. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessbrahmin May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 d5 8.
a3 Bxd2+ 9. Bxd2 O-O 10. Bb5 Bg4 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. h3 Bh5 13. Rc1 c5 14. dxc5
f6 15. e6 Qe7 16. g4 Qxe6 17. Nd4 Qe5 18. Be3 Bg6 19. O-O Kh8 20. f4 Qe7 21. f5
Bf7 22. Bf4 a5 23. Re1 a4 24. Nc6 Qe8 25. Nb4 c6 26. Qd4 Qc8 27. Re3 Qb7 28.
Kh2 Rfe8 29. Rg1 Qb5 30. h4 Nxc5 31. g5 Nb3 32. Qd3 Qxd3 33. Nxd3 d4 34. Rxe8+
Rxe8 35. gxf6 gxf6 36. Bh6 Rg8 37. Re1 Bc4 38. Nf2 d3 39. Re7 d2 40. Rd7 Bd5
41. Kh3 Nc5 42. Rxd5 cxd5 43. Bxd2 d4 44. Bb4 Rc8 45. Kg4 Kg7 46. Kf3 Kf7 47.
h5 Nb3 48. h6 Rc2 49. Ne4 Rh2 50. Nd6+ Kg8 51. Ne4 Rxh6 52. Kg2 Kg7 53. Be7 d3
0-1

[Event "Chessbrahmin May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. Qe2 Nd7 8.
Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 Bxb3 10. axb3 f6 11. Nf3 Nf8 12. O-O Ne6 13. Be3 Qd7 14. b4 a6
15. Nd2 O-O-O 16. Nc4 Bd4 17. Rfd1 Kb8 18. c3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 h5 20. Na5 h4 21.
Nb3 g5 22. Nc5 Nxc5 23. bxc5 g4 24. d4 Qe6 25. b4 Rhe8 26. dxe5 Qxe5 27. Re1
Re7 28. Qh6 h3 29. gxh3 gxh3 30. Qxh3 Red7 31. Re3 Rd2 32. Qg3 Qe6 33. Kh1 Rc2
34. Rae1 Rdd2 35. Rf3 Rd8 36. Qf4 Rg8 37. Rg3 Rd8 38. h4 Qe7 39. e5 fxe5 40.
Rxe5 Qd7 41. Kg2 Qd1 42. Re7 Rc8 43. Rgg7 Rc1 44. Kh3 Qh1+ 45. Kg4 Rg1+ 46. Kf5
Rxg7 47. Rxg7 Rf8+ 48. Kg5 Rxf4 49. Kxf4 Qxh4+ 50. Kf5 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Chessbrahmin May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 a5 6. Nd5 d6 7. a3 Bc5 8. Be2
Be6 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Ba7 12. Rd1 Bf5 13. d3 Qe7 14. O-O Bg6 15.
Qd2 Rad8 16. Rfe1 d5 17. cxd5 Rxd5 18. Qc3 Rfd8 19. Rd2 Rc5 0-1

[Event "Chessbrahmin May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. e5 Qe7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Nc3
fxe5 9. Nxd5 Qd6 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. O-O-O Bg7 12. Bc4 O-O 13. Rhe1 Nd4 14. c3 b5
15. cxd4 cxd4 16. Bb3 Bb7 17. Qb4 Rac8+ 18. Kb1 Rc5 19. Nc3 Qg6+ 20. Bc2 Qb6
21. Ne4 Rxc2 22. Kxc2 Qg6 23. Nfd2 d5 24. f3 dxe4 25. fxe4 a6 26. Kb1 f5 27.
exf5 Qxf5+ 28. Ka1 Bxg2 29. Rg1 Qf2 30. Qe7 Kh7 31. Rdf1 Qxf1+ 32. Nxf1 Rxf1+
33. Rxf1 Bxf1 34. Qe6 Bd3 35. Qxa6 Bg6 36. Qxb5 e4 37. Qe2 d3 38. Qe3 h5 39. a4
Bh6 40. Qa7+ Kg8 41. Qb8+ Kg7 42. Qe5+ Kf7 43. Qd5+ Kf6 44. Qd6+ Kf5 45. Qd5+
Kg4 46. Qe6+ Bf5 47. Qxh6 Kf3 48. Qf6 Kf4 49. Qd4 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Chessbrahmin May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Nh4 Bd7 6. e4 e5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Be2 Bg7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bd2 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Nh4 Nf6 15.
Bh5+ Kf8 16. f4 e4 17. O-O Nxh5 18. Qxh5 Be8 19. Qe2 Bf6 20. Be1 Rg8 21. h3 Kg7
22. Nd1 Kh7 23. Ne3 Qd7 24. Kh2 Bf7 25. Qf2 c5 26. Bc3 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Rg7 28.
Rg1 Rag8 29. g4 Bg6 30. g5 Bh5 31. gxh6 Kxh6 32. Rxg7 Rxg7 33. Rg1 Bg6 34. Qg3
Kh7 35. Qg5 Kg8 36. Qf6 Qe8 37. Nhxf5 Nxf5 38. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. exd5
Qxd5 9. d4 exd4 10. Bb3 Qd6 11. Re1+ Be6 12. Ng5 O-O-O 13. Bxe6+ fxe6 14. Nf7
Qe7 15. Nxd8 Rxd8 16. Qf3 Nd5 17. Qe4 Rf8 18. Rf1 Rf5 19. a4 Qf6 20. Nd2 dxc3
21. Nf3 Nd4 22. bxc3 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Nxc3 24. Qa8+ Kd7 25. Be3 Bd6 26. f4 Nd5
27. axb5 Qg6+ 28. Kh1 Rh5 29. Qc6+ Ke7 30. Rg1 Qe4+ 31. Rg2 axb5 32. Ra8 Kf6
33. Qd7 Be7 34. Qe8 Nxe3 35. fxe3 Rc5 36. Ra1 Rc2 37. Rag1 Rxg2 38. Rxg2 Qxe3
39. Qxb5 Bc5 40. Qf1 g6 41. Rg3 Qe4+ 42. Qf3 Qxf3+ 43. Rxf3 Bd4 44. Kg2 Kf5 45.
Rh3 Kxf4 46. Rxh7 c5 47. Re7 e5 48. h4 c4 49. Re6 c3 50. Rxg6 Ke3 51. Rc6 e4
52. h5 Kd2 53. Rd6 Ke3 54. Rxd4 Kxd4 55. h6 c2 56. h7 c1=Q 57. h8=Q+ Kd3 58.
Qd8+ Ke2 59. Qf6 Qd2 60. Qf5 Ke1+ 61. Kg1 Qd4+ 62. Kg2 Qd3 63. Qf2+ Kd1 64. Qf5
Qe2+ 65. Kg3 Qd3+ 66. Kg4 Qd4 67. Kf4 e3+ 68. Kf3 Kd2 69. Qa5+ Kc2 70. Qa2+ Kc3
71. Qa1+ Kc4 72. Qxd4+ Kxd4 73. Ke2 Ke4 74. Ke1 Kd3 75. Kd1 e2+ 76. Ke1 Ke3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Bd3 Ba6 13. Bg5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nbd7
15. c4 Rac8 16. Rac1 h6 17. Bh4 Qb7 18. Rfe1 Rc6 19. a4 Rfc8 20. Nd2 Qa6 21. h3
Qa5 22. Bg3 Qa6 23. Red1 Qa5 24. Rb1 Qa6 25. Qb3 Qa5 26. Qd3 Qa6 27. Rdc1 Qa5
28. Qc2 Qa6 29. Rb5 Nd5 30. Qb3 Ne7 31. Nf3 Nf5 32. Bf4 Nd6 33. Bxd6 Rxd6 34.
Re1 Rdc6 35. Nd2 Rd6 36. Qb2 Nf6 37. a5 Rcd8 38. Nf3 Nd7 39. Qb4 Rc6 40. d5
exd5 41. Rxd5 Qxc4 42. Qxc4 Rxc4 43. axb6 axb6 44. Re7 Rc7 45. Ne5 Rc5 46.
Rdxd7 Rxd7 47. Nxd7 Rc1+ 48. Kh2 Rc2 49. f3 b5 50. Re8+ Kh7 51. Rb8 Rb2 52.
Nf8+ Kg8 53. Ne6+ Kh7 54. Nd4 b4 55. Nc6 b3 56. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. a4
dxe4 9. axb5 Bg4 10. bxc6 exf3 11. gxf3 Bh3 12. Re1 O-O 13. Ra5 Qd6 14. b4
Bxf2+ 15. Kxf2 e4 16. Kg1 Rae8 17. Re3 Nh5 18. Rg5 Qh6 19. Rg3 Nxg3 20. hxg3
exf3 21. Qxf3 Re6 22. Qf4 g5 23. Qd4 Rd6 24. Qe5 Re6 25. Qd4 Rd6 26. Qe4 Rf6
27. Bd3 Bf5 28. Qd5 Bxd3 29. Qxd3 Qh3 30. Qe2 Rxc6 31. Qg2 Qxg2+ 32. Kxg2 f6
33. d4 Kf7 34. Nd2 Re6 35. Nb3 Rxe3 36. Bxe3 h5 37. d5 Rb8 38. Nc5 Ra8 39. Nb7
Ke7 40. c4 Kd7 41. Nc5+ Kd6 42. Nb7+ Kd7 43. Na5 Re8 44. Kf3 h4 45. gxh4 gxh4
46. Bf4 Re1 47. Nb3 Kc8 48. Nc5 Rf1+ 49. Ke3 h3 50. Ne4 Rb1 51. b5 a5 52. d6 f5
53. Nf2 a4 54. c5 a3 55. c6 cxd6 56. Bxd6 a2 57. b6 a1=Q 58. b7+ Rxb7 59. cxb7+
Kxb7 0-1

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 d4 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3
Bd6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nbd2 Qe7 12. a3 a5 13. Re1 O-O 14. Rc1 Bd7 15.
Ne4 Bc7 16. c5 Ra6 17. Nfd2 f5 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. cxd6 Qxd6 20. Qb3 Qb8 21. Rc5
Kh7 22. Nc4 Qa7 23. Rb5 Nd8 24. a4 Bc6 25. Qa3 Kg8 26. Ne5 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 b6 28.
Qd6 Qb7+ 29. Kg1 Re8 30. Nc4 Nf7 31. Qxd4 Ng5 32. Ne5 Nh3+ 33. Kf1 Raa8 34. f3
Rad8 35. Qxb6 Qa8 36. Rxa5 Qc8 37. Rc5 Qa8 38. Qc6 Qb8 39. Qb5 Qa8 40. Nc6 Rd6
41. Kg2 Ng5 42. h4 Nf7 43. d4 Kh7 44. a5 Rc8 45. Rec1 Rc7 46. b4 g5 47. hxg5
Nxg5 48. a6 Rg7 49. Qe2 Qg8 50. Qe5 Nf7 51. Qf4 Qa8 52. b5 Rd7 53. d5 Ng5 54.
dxe6 Nxe6 55. Qxf5+ Rg6 56. Ne5 Rd2+ 57. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "207"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Ne2 b6 12. Rd1 Ba6 13. Nf4 Bb7 14. a4 a5
15. e6 Bd6 16. exf7+ Kxf7 17. Ng5+ Kf6 18. Ne4+ Kf7 19. Nxd6+ Nxd6 20. Nd3 Rhe8
21. Bf4 Re6 22. Ne5+ Kf6 23. Nd7+ Ke7 24. Ne5 Kf6 25. Nd7+ Ke7 26. Bxd6+ Rxd6
27. Ne5 Rad8 28. Re1 Kf6 29. Ra3 c5 30. Rae3 Rd1 31. Nc4 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Ba6 33.
Ne3 Bc8 34. Kf1 c6 35. Rd1 Rd4 36. Ke1 Be6 37. Ra1 h4 38. Ra3 g5 39. c3 Rd3 40.
Ke2 c4 41. Ra1 Ke5 42. Rc1 b5 43. axb5 cxb5 44. Ra1 a4 45. Ra3 Bf7 46. Ra1 Bh5+
47. Ke1 Bg6 48. Ke2 Rd8 49. Ng4+ Kf4 50. Ne3 Bd3+ 51. Ke1 Ke5 52. Ra3 Kd6 53.
Ra1 Kc5 54. Ra3 Kb6 55. Ra1 Ka5 56. Ra3 Rd7 57. Kd2 Bg6+ 58. Ke1 Kb6 59. Ra1
Kc5 60. Ra3 Rd3 61. Ra1 Be8 62. Rc1 Bc6 63. Ke2 Rd8 64. Ke1 Be4 65. Ra1 Rb8 66.
Kd2 Ra8 67. Ra3 b4 68. cxb4+ Kxb4 69. Rc3 Rd8+ 70. Kc1 Bd3 71. Ra3 Rf8 72. f3
Re8 73. Kd2 Kb5 74. Ra1 Ka5 75. Ra3 Kb4 76. Rc3 Kc5 77. Rc1 Kd4 78. Re1 Rb8 79.
Nc2+ Kc5 80. Kc1 Kd6 81. Re3 Bf1 82. f4 gxf4 83. Rf3 Bxg2 84. Rxf4 Rh8 85. Ne3
Bxh3 86. Nxc4+ Kc5 87. Ne5 Be6 88. Ng6 Rg8 89. Nxh4 Rg1+ 90. Kd2 Bb3 91. Rf5+
Kd6 92. Nf3 Rb1 93. Nd4 Rxb2+ 94. Kc3 Rb1 95. Nxb3 Rxb3+ 96. Kc2 Kc6 97. Ra5
Rb4 98. Kc3 Rh4 99. Kb2 Kb6 100. Rf5 Rb4+ 101. Ka3 Rb5 102. Rf4 Ra5 103. Rxa4
Rxa4+ 104. Kxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Qb3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Bd5 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Rfe1 Qc7
15. Bxd5 exd5 16. c4 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. c5 h6 19. h3 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8 21.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Qd1 Qe6 23. Bc1 Nd7 24. Be3 bxc5 25. dxc5 Nb8 26. Qf3 Nc6 27.
Qf4 h5 28. f3 f6 29. Bf2 Kf7 30. h4 Qe5 31. Qa4 Qe6 32. Qf4 d4 33. Bxd4 Qxa2
34. Qc7+ Ne7 35. Kh2 Qd5 36. Bc3 a6 37. Qa7 Qc6 38. Ba5 Ke6 39. Bb6 Nf5 40.
Qxa6 Ne7 41. Qa7 Qd5 42. Bc7 Qd7 43. Qa6+ Qc6 44. Qe2+ Kf7 45. Bd6 Nd5 46. Qc4
Ke6 47. Qe4+ Kf7 48. Qh7 Nb4 49. Qxh5+ Kg8 50. Qg4 Qb7 51. h5 Nc6 52. h6 g5 53.
Qe4 Qd7 54. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E56"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bc2 cxd4 12. exd4 Bc7 13. Be3 Ne7 14. Ne5 Nf5 15.
Qd2 b6 16. Rad1 Bb7 17. Bf4 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. f3 Rad8 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Ng6
fxg6 22. Bxc7 Rd7 23. Be5 g5 24. Rde1 f4 25. h3 Qf7 26. Rf2 h5 27. Qd3 Bd5 28.
a4 Rc8 29. Rc2 Rxc2 30. Qxc2 Re7 31. Rc1 Be6 32. Qd2 Qf5 33. a5 Bd5 34. axb6
axb6 35. Qb4 Qe6 36. Qb5 g4 37. hxg4 hxg4 38. fxg4 Rf7 39. Kf2 Bb7 40. Rh1 Qxg4
41. Qe8+ Rf8 42. Rh8+ Kxh8 43. Qxf8+ Kh7 44. Qxf4 Qxg2+ 45. Ke3 Qg1+ 46. Kd2
Qg2+ 47. Kc3 Qf3+ 48. Qxf3 Bxf3 49. Kc4 Kg6 50. Kb5 Kf7 51. Kxb6 g5 52. b4 Ke6
53. Kc5 g4 54. b5 Be4 55. Bg3 Bf3 56. Bf2 Be4 57. Kb6 Kd7 58. Bg3 Bf3 59. Ka7
Be4 60. b6 Kc8 61. Ka6 Bf3 62. Kb5 Kd7 63. Ka5 Bg2 64. Ka6 Kc8 65. Kb5 Kd7 66.
Kc5 Ke6 67. Kc4 Bf3 68. Kc5 Bg2 69. Kc4 Bf3 70. Kc5 Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 a5 11. h3 a4 12. a3 h6 13. Bf4 Be6 14. g4 Ne7
15. Nd4 Nd5 16. Nce2 Bc5 17. Bg3 Bd7 18. c4 Nb6 19. Rac1 h5 20. e6 fxe6 21. Nf3
hxg4 22. hxg4 Rf8 23. Kg2 Bd6 24. Bxd6 cxd6 25. Rxd6 Ke7 26. c5 Nd5 27. Ne5 Be8
28. Kg3 Ra5 29. Nd4 Nf4 30. Rc4 Rxc5 31. Rd7+ Bxd7 32. Rxc5 Be8 33. Ra5 Kd6 34.
Nc4+ Kc7 35. Ra8 g5 36. Ne5 Rh8 37. Kf3 c5 38. Nb5+ Kb6 39. Nc4+ Kxb5 40. Nd6+
Kc6 41. Nxe8 Rh3+ 42. Ke4 Nd3 43. f3 Nf2+ 44. Ke3 Nxg4+ 45. Ke4 Nf2+ 46. Ke3
Nd1+ 47. Ke4 Nxb2 48. Nf6 Nc4 49. Rxa4 Nd2+ 50. Ke5 Rxf3 51. Kxe6 c4 52. Ra8
Nb3 53. Rc8+ Kb5 54. Ne4 Re3 55. Kd5 Rd3+ 56. Ke5 Na5 57. Nd6+ Ka4 58. Ra8 Rxd6
59. Kxd6 c3 60. Kd5 c2 61. Rc8 Nc6 0-1

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 d4 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3
Bd6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nbd2 Qe7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nb3 Qf6 14. c5 Bc7 15.
a3 a5 16. Rc1 Rd8 17. Nbd2 Bd7 18. Nc4 Qe7 19. Nfd2 a4 20. Ne4 Na5 21. Ncd2 Bc6
22. f4 Qf8 23. Qh5 Rd5 24. Qe2 Rdd8 25. Rf1 f5 26. Nf2 Re8 27. Rfe1 e5 28. fxe5
Rxe5 29. Qh5 Rae8 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. Bxc6 Nxc6 32. Qd1 f4 33. Nfe4 fxg3 34. hxg3
Rf5 35. Qxa4 Ne5 36. Qxd4 Kh8 37. b4 Rf3 38. Re1 Rxd3 39. Qf2 Nf3+ 40. Nxf3
Rxf3 41. Qe2 Rxa3 42. Rf1 Qe7 43. Qg4 Re3 44. Qc8+ Kh7 45. Qf5+ Kg8 46. Ra1 Qe8
47. Qd5+ Kh7 48. Qf5+ Qg6 49. Qxg6+ Kxg6 50. Nd2 Rxg3+ 51. Kf2 Rd3 52. Ke2 Rd4
53. b5 Bf4 54. Nf3 Re4+ 55. Kd1 Rc4 56. Ra7 Rxc5 57. Rxb7 Kf6 58. Ke2 Rc3 59.
Nd4 Re3+ 60. Kf1 Rd3 61. Rb6+ Ke5 62. Ne2 Be3 63. Rg6 Rd7 64. Nc3 Kf5 65. Rc6
Rd2 66. b6 Rb2 67. Nd5 Bd4 68. Ne7+ Ke4 69. Re6+ Kf3 70. Ke1 Be3 71. Kd1 Rd2+
72. Ke1 Rc2 73. Rxe3+ Kxe3 74. Nd5+ Ke4 75. Kd1 Kxd5 76. Kxc2 Kc6 0-1

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 a5 11. a4 h6 12. h3 Ne7 13. Bf4 Ng6 14. Bh2
Be6 15. Nd4 Bc5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Ne4 Bb6 18. Ra3 Ne7 19. g4 Rf8 20. Kg2 Rd8
21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Rf3 Rxf3 23. Kxf3 Ba7 24. Bf4 Ng6 25. Bg3 b5 26. c3 bxa4 27.
Nd2 Kd7 28. Nc4 Bb6 29. Ke4 Ne7 30. f4 g6 31. Be1 h5 32. Bd2 hxg4 33. hxg4 Ke8
34. Be3 Nd5 35. Bd2 Ne7 36. Na3 Kd7 37. c4 Ng8 38. Nb1 Nh6 39. Kf3 Nf7 40. Nc3
a3 41. bxa3 Bc5 42. a4 Bb4 43. Ne4 c5 44. Be3 Kc6 45. Nf2 Nh6 46. Nd3 Ng8 47.
Bf2 Ne7 48. Ke4 Nc8 49. f5 gxf5+ 50. gxf5 exf5+ 51. Kxf5 Nb6 52. e6 Nxc4 53.
Kg6 Nd6 54. Bg3 Nc8 55. Kf7 c4 56. Ne5+ Kd5 57. Ng6 c3 58. e7 Nxe7 59. Nxe7+
Ke4 60. Bh4 c2 61. Bg5 Kd3 62. Nc6 Bd2 63. Nxa5 0-1

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E56"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. Bd3 h6 11. h3 Qe7 12. Qe2 Rd8 13. Rd1 a6 14. Bc2 b5 15. Ne4
cxd4 16. exd4 Bb7 17. Nc5 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxc5 19. b4 Qa7 20. bxa5 Rxd4 21. Bb2
Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bd5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qg4+ Kf8 25. Qf4 Rc8 26. Bf5 Qc5 27. Qxh6+
Ke7 28. Bg4 Rg8 29. Rc1 Bc4 30. Qh7 Qg5 31. Re1 Rd8 32. Qe4 Qd5 33. Qe3 Qd4 34.
Qxd4 Rxd4 35. Rd1 Re4 36. Bf3 Re5 37. Bb7 Re2 38. Bxa6 Ra2 39. Rb1 Rxa3 40.
Bxb5 Bd5 41. a6 f5 42. Bf1 Kf6 43. f4 Ra2 44. Kh2 Ra4 45. Kg3 Kg6 46. Rb2 Kf6
47. Be2 Ra3+ 48. Kf2 Be4 49. h4 Bd5 50. g3 Kg7 51. Rc2 Kf6 52. Rc7 Kg6 53. a7
Be4 54. h5+ Kf6 55. Bb5 Rf3+ 56. Ke2 Rxg3 57. Be8 Kg7 58. Bxf7 Ra3 59. Bg6+ Kf8
60. h6 Rh3 61. h7 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
a6 9. Be2 b5 10. a3 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nd4 Bb7 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15.
Bd4 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qe3 a5 18. Bg4 h6 19. f5 Bg5 20. Qg3 exf5 21. Bxf5
Qe7 22. Qc3 Qb7 23. Bc5 Rfe8 24. e6 Bd5 25. Bh7+ Kxh7 26. Rxf7 Qxf7 27. exf7
Bxf7 28. Qg3 Rad8 29. Be3 Bf6 30. Rf1 Bc4 31. Rb1 Bxb2 32. h4 Bf6 33. h5 Re6
34. Qg4 Red6 35. Qxe4+ Kh8 36. Qg4 Re8 37. Bf2 Rd5 38. Re1 Rf8 39. Qg6 Rg5 40.
Re8 Kg8 41. Rxf8+ Kxf8 42. Qe4 Bd5 43. Qd3 Rxg2+ 44. Kh1 Rg5+ 45. Kh2 Be5+ 46.
Kh3 Be6+ 47. Kh4 Rg4+ 0-1

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.28"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5
15. f4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Qg4 Ne7 18. Na3 c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. b4 Bb6 21.
Qxf4 Ng6 22. Qg3 d5 23. Rad1 Bc7 24. f4 Qf6 25. e5 Qc6 26. h4 Ra8 27. Nb1 Ra2
28. Rd2 Rfa8 29. Qd3 Bb6+ 30. Kh2 d4 31. c4 Bd8 32. Qxd4 Qc7 33. h5 Nf8 34. c5
Qe7 35. Be4 Ne6 36. Qd3 Rxd2+ 37. Nxd2 Ra2 38. Bxh7+ Kh8 39. Bf5 Qh4+ 40. Kg1
Be7 41. Bxe6 fxe6 42. Rf2 Qg4+ 43. Kh2 Bh4 44. Rg2 Qxf4+ 45. Kh3 Ra1 46. Nf3
Rh1+ 47. Nh2 Re1 48. Ng4 Rh1+ 49. Nh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.28"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,49,19,29,30,23,17,17,8,14,39,5,68,65,59,65,64,58,65,59,53,48,91,75,87,
80,76,73,71,92,83,52,51,31,71,68,68,-12,-24,-1,0,-20,-27,-18,3,10,13,13,22,81,
357,368]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7.
dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. h3 Ng6 12. Be3 (12. b3 {
is more common in this position.}) 12... Be7 (12... Bb4 13. Ne2 (13. Ne4 $6 Bf5
) 13... Be7 {, with idea ...c6-c5 (so that White can't immediately move his
knight to d5) was tried by Tony Miles with success:} 14. c4 Be6 15. Rac1 c5 16.
b3 b6 17. Nc3 h6 18. Rd2 c6 19. Ne4 Bd8 20. Nd6+ Ke7 21. h4 Bg4 22. Nh2 Be6 23.
Nf3 Bg4 24. Nh2 Be6 {1/2 (24) Dervishi,E (2478)-Miles,A (2584) Saint Vincent
2000}) 13. Rd2 (13. Ne2 $6 {is a loss of time, after which Black equalizes
without problems, e.g.} f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Nf4 Kf7 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bf4 Bd8
18. Nd4 a6 19. Rd2 c5 20. Ne2 Bf5 $11 {1/2 (38) Bologan,V (2681)-Alekseev,E 
(2695) Loo 2013}) (13. a3 Nh4 (13... Be6 14. Nd4 $5) (13... Bd7 $5 {[%cal
Ya8d8]}) 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15. g4 Be7 16. Kg2 h5 17. f3 b6 18. Ne2 Bb7 19. a4 Rd8
$11 {1/2 (42) Zhigalko,A (2603)-Raznikov,D (2490) Yerevan 2014}) 13... h5 {
A standard move but} (13... f6 $5 {was possible here, too.}) 14. Re1 h4 {
[%cal Yh8h5]} 15. Ne4 (15. Nd4 $5 {but Black should equalize after} Kf8 $1 (
15... Nxe5 $143 16. Bf4 Ng6 17. Bxc7 $14 {[%csl Re8] e.g.} f6 18. Rde2 Kf7 19.
Ne4 $36) 16. f4 a6 {[%cal Yc6c5,Yh8h5]}) 15... Bf5 16. Bg5 Bxg5 $6 (16... Rd8 {
was a logical continuation of Black's plan.} 17. Nd6+ cxd6 18. exd6 {is not
dangerous due to} f6 19. dxe7 Rxd2 20. Bxd2 Kf7 21. Bb4 b6 22. Bd6 c5 23. c3
Be6 24. b4 {(otherwise Black regains the e7 pawn and equalizes)} Nxe7 25. bxc5
Nc8 {, and White can't keep his material gains.}) 17. Nexg5 Rh5 (17... Nf4 {
[%cal Yf4e6]} 18. Rd4 $1 {[%csl Rh4]}) 18. g4 {This blow misses the target.} (
18. e6 $5 f6 19. Ne4 $36 {[%csl Ge6] was stronger but it was not easy to
evaluate in a rapid game.}) 18... hxg3 19. fxg3 Bxh3 20. Nxh3 Rxh3 21. e6 Rxg3+
22. Kf2 Rg4 23. Rd7 Rc8 $2 {[%mdl 16384] A strange mistake as it is clear that
Black should not leave White's e6 pawn alive.} (23... fxe6 {was quite possible,
with a probable draw after} 24. Rxc7 (24. Rxg7 Kf8 25. Rxc7 Kg8 26. Rxb7 Rf8
$132) 24... Rb8 25. Rh1 (25. Rxe6+ Kf8) (25. Rxg7 Kf8 26. Rd7 Kg8) 25... Rf4 $1
26. Rxg7 Nf8 27. Ke3 Rf7 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Ne5+ Ke7) 24. Rxf7 Nf8 $2 (24... Nh8
$8 {but now White should win anyway after} 25. Ne5 $1 ({but not} 25. Rd7 $2 Rg6
{[%cal Rg6e6]}) 25... Rg5 26. Rd7 {[%cal Re1h1]} Rf5+ (26... Ng6 27. Rxg7 Rxe5
(27... Nf4 28. Rh7 Rh5 29. Rxh5 Nxh5 30. Rh1 $18) 28. Rxe5 Nxe5 29. Rg8+) 27.
Nf3 Kf8 28. Rg1 $18) 25. Rh1 (25. Rh1 {[%cal Rh1h8]} Nxe6 26. Ne5 Rf4+ 27. Rxf4
Nxf4 28. Rh8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.28"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A77"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Ne5 12. Qc2 a6 13. a5 Rb8 14. b3 Bg4 15. Bb2
Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Ned7 17. Rfe1 b5 18. axb6 Qxb6 19. Ra3 Nxe4 20. Bxg7 Nxd2 21.
Qxd2 Kxg7 22. Rea1 Nf6 23. Ng3 Re5 24. Rxa6 Qxb3 25. Rxd6 Nxd5 26. h4 Qb2 27.
Rd1 Qxd2 28. Rxd2 Re1+ 29. Kh2 Nf6 30. f3 Rc8 31. h5 Nxh5 32. Nxh5+ gxh5 33.
R6d5 Re6 34. Rc2 c4 35. Kg3 Kg6 36. Kh4 f5 37. Rc3 Rec6 38. Rd4 Kf6 39. f4 Rg8
40. Rdxc4 Rxc4 41. Rxc4 Rxg2 42. Rc6+ Ke7 43. Kxh5 Rg4 44. Rc4 Ke6 45. Ra4 Rg1
46. Kh6 Re1 47. Kxh7 Re4 48. Rxe4+ fxe4 49. Kg6 Ke7 50. Kg7 Ke6 51. Kg6 e3 52.
f5+ Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.28"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Ne2 d5 12. Ng3 Qd6 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Be3 Rf7 15.
Rad1 Raf8 16. c3 d4 17. cxd4 Rxf3 18. gxf3 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Kh1 Qf4 21.
Rg1 g6 22. Nf1 Bd6 23. Rg3 Qh6 24. Nd2 Bxg3 25. fxg3 Qe3 26. Re1 Qxe2 27. Rxe2
Ne5 28. f4 Nxd3 29. Nb3 c5 30. Rd2 c4 31. Nxd4 e5 32. fxe5 Rf1+ 33. Kg2 Rb1 34.
b3 Nxe5 35. bxc4 Nxc4 36. Rf2 Rb2 37. Rxb2 Nxb2 38. Ne6 a5 39. Nd4 b4 40. axb4
axb4 41. Kf3 Nd3 42. Ke3 Nc5 43. e5 Kf7 44. Kd2 Ke7 45. Nc6+ Ke6 46. Nxb4 Kxe5
47. Ke3 Ne6 48. Nd3+ Kf6 49. Nf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.28"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bf4 dxc4 7. e3 a6 8. Bxc4
b5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 O-O 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nd7
15. Bg3 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nf6 18. Rad1 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Qb6 20. Rfd1 Rad8
21. h3 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 Rd8 23. b3 c4 24. bxc4 bxc4 25. Be5 Qe6 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27.
Bd4 Bf6 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Qg3+ Kh7 30. Qc7 Kg7 31. Qg3+ Kh7 32. Qc7 Qd5 33. e4
Qd4 34. Qxf7+ Kh8 35. Qf8+ Kh7 36. Qf7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.28"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Ne2 d5 12. Ng3 Qd6 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. a4 b4 15.
b3 Rf7 16. Bb2 Raf8 17. Rae1 Qc5 18. Qd1 Qb6 19. d4 exd4 20. exd5 exd5 21. Re6
Nc5 22. Bxd4 Bd6 23. Be3 Nd8 24. Re5 c6 25. Rh5 Nde6 26. Nh4 g6 27. Nxg6 hxg6
28. Qg4 Rg7 29. Rh6 Qc7 30. Bxc5 Nxc5 31. Rxg6 Bxg3 32. hxg3 a5 33. Re1 Qf7 34.
Rxg7+ Qxg7 35. Qh3 Qh8 36. Qg4+ Qg7 37. Qh3 Ne4 38. Qe6+ Qf7 39. Qg4+ Qg7 40.
Qe6+ Kh7 41. Qh3+ Qh6 42. Qd7+ Kh8 43. Re2 Qc1+ 44. Kh2 Qh6+ 45. Kg1 Nxf2 46.
Rxf2 Qc1+ 47. Kh2 Rxf2 48. Qh3+ Kg7 49. Qd7+ Rf7 50. Qg4+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.29"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. h3 Bf5 14.
Rd2 Rd8 15. Rad1 Rxd2 16. Rxd2 Ng6 17. Ne2 Ke7 18. Ng3 Be6 19. Nh5 Rg8 20. b3
c5 21. g4 a5 22. Kh2 a4 23. Kg3 axb3 24. axb3 b5 25. Re2 Nf8 26. Nd2 Nd7 27.
Ne4 Bd5 28. Nc3 Bc6 29. Nf4 Nb6 30. e6 b4 31. exf7+ Kxf7 32. Nd3 Nd7 33. Ne4
Re8 34. f3 Bb5 35. Rd2 Bxd3 36. Rxd3 Nf6 37. Nxc5 Re2 38. Na6 Rxc2 39. Nxb4 Rc5
40. h4 g5 41. h5 Rc1 42. Kf2 c5 43. Nc6 Ke6 44. Re3+ Kd6 45. Ne7 Rc2+ 46. Ke1
Nd5 47. Nf5+ Kd7 48. Rd3 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.29"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. a4 d6 7. O-O h6 8. Re1 Ba7
9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. Nf1 Ng6 11. Ng3 O-O 12. h3 c6 13. Bb3 Re8 14. d4 Be6 15. Bc2 c5
16. d5 Bd7 17. c4 b5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Nf8 20. Nd2 Bb6 21. Re3 N8d7 22.
Rea3 bxc4 23. Nxc4 Bc7 24. a5 Rb8 25. Rg3 Kh8 26. Ba4 Re7 27. b3 Nf8 28. Re3
N8h7 29. g4 e4 30. h4 Rb4 31. Bb2 Qc8 32. Rg3 e3 33. Nxe3 Ne4 34. Rg2 Bxa5 35.
Qc2 Qd8 36. Nc4 Rxc4 37. bxc4 Bd2 38. f6 Nhxf6 39. f3 Be3+ 40. Kh1 Bf4 41. fxe4
Nxe4 42. Qd3 Nf2+ 43. Rxf2 Re3 44. Qxe3 Qxh4+ 45. Kg2 Bxe3 46. Rxf7 Qxg4+ 47.
Kf1 Qxc4+ 48. Kg2 Qe4+ 49. Kf1 Qd3+ 50. Ke1 Qd2+ 51. Kf1 Qxb2 52. Re1 Qd2 53.
Rf3 Bf4 54. Re2 Qc1+ 55. Kg2 Qc4 56. Bd1 Be5 57. Rf8+ Kh7 58. Bc2+ g6 59. Rf7+
Kg8 60. Ref2 Qxd5+ 61. R7f3 Kg7 62. Bb3 c4 0-1

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.29"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Nd4 Ng6 14.
g3 h5 15. Rd2 h4 16. Re1 Nf8 17. Ne4 hxg3 18. hxg3 Ne6 19. Nf5 g6 20. Nf6+ Kf8
21. Nh4 b6 22. f4 Kg7 23. Rf1 c5 24. f5 Nd4 25. fxg6 fxg6 26. c3 Nc6 27. Nd5
Bh3 28. Rff2 Nxe5 29. Rde2 Rae8 30. Nxc7 Rc8 31. Ne6+ Bxe6 32. Rxe5 Rhe8 33.
Rfe2 Bf7 34. Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Rxe8 Bxe8 36. Kf2 Bf7 37. a3 Kf6 38. Nf3 g5 39. Ke3
Bd5 40. Ne1 Kf5 41. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.29"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 Ba7
9. Nbd2 g5 10. b4 Nh7 11. Nb3 g4 12. Nfd2 Qf6 13. d4 Ng5 14. b5 Ne7 15. bxa6
bxa6 16. Nf1 h5 17. Qd3 Rg8 18. Bxg5 Rxg5 19. Bxa6 Bd7 20. Bb7 Rd8 21. Qa6 Bb8
22. Ne3 h4 23. Nc5 g3 24. fxg3 hxg3 25. Nxd7 Rxd7 26. Rf1 Qh8 27. h3 exd4 28.
Nd5 Nxd5 29. Bxd5 dxc3 30. Qc8+ Rd8 31. Bxf7+ Ke7 32. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.29"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nc4 f6 8.
c3 O-O 9. d4 Bd6 10. O-O Nb6 11. Na5 Qe7 12. Re1 Rb8 13. h3 Qf7 14. Be3 exd4
15. Nxd4 Qg6 16. Qf3 Nd7 17. Qg4 Qxg4 18. hxg4 Ne5 19. f3 g6 20. Rad1 Bd7 21.
Nc2 b6 22. Nb3 c5 23. Nc1 a5 24. Ne2 a4 25. Nf4 Kg7 26. Nd5 Be6 27. b3 axb3 28.
axb3 Ra8 29. Bf2 Ra2 30. Nce3 b5 31. c4 b4 32. Bh4 g5 33. Bf2 Rfa8 34. Nb6 R8a3
35. Nf5+ Bxf5 36. exf5 Rxb3 37. Nc8 Rbb2 38. Rf1 Nxc4 39. Rd3 b3 40. Rc3 Rxf2
41. Rxf2 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.29"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. g3 {The most natural continuation
but not very ambitious if compared to} (5. Qb3) ({or} 5. Nh4) 5... Ne4 {
The main idea of ...Bc8-f5.} 6. Qb3 {This is rather harmless now.} Nxc3 7. bxc3
({In case of} 7. Qxc3 {White's queen is placed awkwardly, aimed at by Black's
bishops. E.g.} Bg7 8. Bg2 c5 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Qb6 $132 {0-1 (31) Sanchez
Botella,L-Ivanov,J (2406) Zaragoza 2004}) 7... Be4 8. Bg2 {Too humble.} (8. Bh3
$5 Bg7 9. O-O O-O (9... b6 10. d5 Bxf3 11. exf3 O-O 12. f4 Nd7 13. Re1 Nc5 14.
Qc2 $14 {1/2 (47) Enchev,I (2489)-Dimitrov,R (2530) Primorsko 2018}) 10. Ng5
Bc6 11. d5 Bd7 12. Qxb7 Bxh3 13. Qxa8 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 Bxc3 15. Rb1 Bd4 16. Rb7
Qc8 17. Kg2 Nd7 $11 {1/2 (104) Mchedlishvili,M (2630)-Bologan,V (2670) Germany
2014}) 8... Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne1 (10. a4 Nc6 {[%cal Rc6a5]} 11. Nd2 (11. a5
b6 12. axb6 axb6 $15 {[%cal Rc6a5]}) 11... Na5 12. Qa2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 c5 14. Bb2
Rc8 15. d5 Qd7 $15 {1/2 (28) Kengis,E (2570)-Romanishin,O (2565) Berlin 1999})
(10. Nd2 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 b6 {is comfortable for Black, too.}) ({Maybe} 10. d5 {
[%cal Yf3d4] was relatively better but White is not fighting for an advantage
in any case.}) 10... Bxg2 11. Nxg2 b6 12. e4 Nc6 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Yc6a5,Yc7c5]}
13. Qa4 (13. Ne3 {1-0 (43) Postny,E (2606)-Bortnyk,O (2570) Kishinev 2017} e5
$1 14. d5 Na5 15. Qc2 Qd7 {leads to the same position.}) 13... Qe8 14. Qc2 e5
$1 {[%mdl 32]} 15. d5 Na5 16. Ne3 Qd7 $17 {Besides his weak c4 pawn, White's
kingside is vulnerable, and Black can start attacking it by means of ...f7-f5.
So, White has "two weaknesses" and no counterplay at all, therefore his
position is strategically lost.} 17. Kh1 Rae8 18. Bd2 Nb7 19. g4 {This move
doesn't help, it just creates further weaknesses.} Bh6 20. Nf5 {This tactical
attempt is easily refuted.} Bf4 $1 21. Ne3 (21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Nd4 (22. Nh6+ Kg7
23. g5 Qh3 $19) 22... Qxg4 $19) 21... Bxe3 {Black decides to sacrifice an
exchange for a pawn, after which White' position, full of holes, will be
hopeless.} ({Quiet} 21... Kg7 {was quite possible, too.}) 22. Bxe3 Qxg4 {
[%mdl 512]} 23. Bh6 Qf3+ 24. Kg1 f5 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Rae1 Nc5 27. Re3 Qg4+ 28.
Kh1 Nxe4 {A second pawn has fallen.} (28... f4 {and}) (28... fxe4 {were good,
too.}) 29. f3 Qf4 30. Ree1 Ng5 (30... Nd2 $142 31. Rf2 Nxf3 $19) 31. Qg2 Kg7
32. Qg3 Qxg3 33. hxg3 {White has managed to avoid further material losses but
just temporarily.} f4 $1 34. g4 Kf6 35. Kg2 e4 $1 36. fxe4 Ke5 {[%cal Rf4f3]}
37. Rf3 {The rook endgame is easily winning for Black.} Nxf3 38. Kxf3 Rh8 39.
Rg1 h5 40. gxh5 Rxh5 41. Rxg6 Rh3+ 42. Ke2 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Abdurakhmanov, Mukhmmadali"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nge2 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d4 b4 7. Na4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. O-O Nf6 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bxd5 exd5 12. Nf5 Qa5 13. b3 d4 14. Re1 O-O-O 15.
Nxd4 Bc5 16. Nf5 Ba7 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 d5 19. Nd6+ Kb8 20. Nxf7 d4 21. Re1
Qd5 22. Nxd8 Rxd8 23. Nb6 Qc5 24. Nc4 d3 25. cxd3 Nd4 26. Re4 Nb5 27. Qg4 Nc3
28. e6 Nxe4 29. dxe4 Qd4 30. Re1 Rf8 31. e7 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Clarke, Brandon GI"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
e3 Qa5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. O-O Rd8 12. a4 Qa6 13. Re1 Na5 14. Nf4 Rb8
15. Nd5 Kf8 16. e4 Bd7 17. Bg5 Nc6 18. Rb1 b6 19. e5 Rbc8 20. Qf3 h6 21. e6
hxg5 22. Qxf7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qb3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bc8 10. e4 O-O 11. Be3 Nd7 12. a4 b6 13. a5 Ba6 14. Nd2 Qc7 15.
Ra2 b5 16. cxb5 Bxb5 17. Rb1 Rab8 18. Qa3 Bd3 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. c4 Be2 21. f4
c5 22. d5 Rb4 23. Kf2 Bxc4 24. Rc2 Bd3 25. Qxd3 Qxa5 26. Nc4 Qb5 27. Bf1 a5 28.
e5 Qa6 29. Qe4 dxe5 30. fxe5 Nxe5 31. Bxc5 Rb1 32. Nd2 Qf6+ 33. Kg2 Rd1 34. Bd4
a4 35. Bxe5 Qxe5 36. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aitbayev, Aslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. a4 bxa4 11. e4 Be7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 h6 14. Nfd2 c5 15.
Nc4 cxd4 16. Qh5 f5 17. Qg6 fxe4 18. Bxe4 N7f6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Qh7+ Kf7 21.
Ne5+ Ke8 22. Bg6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Galaktionov, Artem"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. h3 Ne4 6. Qb3 Nxc3 7. Qxc3 Bg7 8. g4
Be4 9. Bg2 c5 10. Qe3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. dxc5 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qxc5 14. Bc3 O-O
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qc3+ Qd4 17. Qxd4+ Nxd4 18. Kd2 Rac8 19. b3 b6 20. e3 Ne6 21.
Bd5 Nc5 22. Rac1 e6 23. Bg2 Kf6 24. h4 Ke7 25. f4 Rg8 26. Bf3 Nd7 27. h5 g5 28.
Ke2 h6 29. Rhd1 Nf6 30. Rg1 Rc5 31. Kd3 Rc7 32. Kd2 a5 33. Rc2 Rc5 34. Rcc1 Rc7
35. Rc2 gxf4 36. exf4 Nxh5 37. Ke3 Nf6 38. Rh2 Rg6 39. Rh4 Rc8 40. g5 hxg5 41.
Rxg5 Rxg5 42. fxg5 Nd7 43. Rh7 Ne5 44. Bh5 Rg8 45. Kf4 Kf8 46. Be2 Ng6+ 47. Ke4
Rh8 48. Rxh8+ Nxh8 49. a3 Ke7 50. b4 axb4 51. axb4 Ng6 52. Kd4 Ne5 53. c5 bxc5+
54. bxc5 Nc6+ 55. Kc3 dxc5 56. Bf3 Ne5 57. Be4 Kd6 58. Bg2 Ng6 59. Bf3 Ke5 60.
Bc6 Kf4 61. Be8 Ne5 62. Bxf7 Nxf7 63. g6 Nh6 64. g7 Ke5 65. Kc4 Kd6 66. Kb5 Ng8
67. Kc4 e5 68. Kd3 Kd5 69. Kc3 c4 70. Kd2 Kd4 71. Kc2 c3 72. Kd1 Kd3 73. Kc1 c2
74. Kb2 Kd2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 d4 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc4
Qc7 9. a4 Be6 10. Ne1 h5 11. f4 h4 12. f5 Bxc4 13. dxc4 hxg3 14. hxg3 O-O-O 15.
Nd3 Nb4 16. Bd2 Kb8 17. a5 a6 18. b3 Nc6 19. Qe2 Rh7 20. Kf2 Rdh8 21. Rh1 Qd8
22. Rxh7 Rxh7 23. Rh1 Rxh1 24. Bxh1 Nh7 25. Qh5 Ng5 26. Bg2 f6 27. Qg6 Bf8 28.
Ke2 Ka7 29. Qh5 Bd6 30. Qg6 Qe7 31. Nf2 Bc7 32. Bxg5 fxg5 33. Nh3 Bd8 34. Qe6
Qc7 35. Qd5 Qxa5 36. Bf3 Qc3 37. Bh5 Qxc2+ 38. Kf1 Qxb3 39. Be8 Qd3+ 40. Kg2 g4
41. Nf2 Qf3+ 42. Kf1 d3 43. Bxc6 Qe2+ 44. Kg2 Qf3+ 45. Kf1 Qe2+ 46. Kg1 bxc6
47. Qd7+ Kb6 48. Qxd8+ Kb7 49. Qd7+ Kb6 50. Qd8+ Kb7 51. Qxd3 Qe1+ 52. Kg2 a5
53. Qd7+ Kb6 54. Qd8+ Kb7 55. Qxa5 Qxa5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3 Nbd7 7. a4 b6 8. Qg3
Bb7 9. Bd3 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rad1 Nc5 13. f3 Qe8 14. Ra1 Rc8 15.
Qf2 e5 16. Nb3 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Qe6 18. Nd2 d5 19. Bg5 d4 20. Ncb1 h6 21. Bxf6
Bxf6 22. Na3 Bg5 23. Qe2 Rc5 24. Kh1 Rfc8 25. Ndc4 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Na5 Ba8
28. Qe1 Qb6 29. Qb4 Be7 30. Nb3 R5c7 31. Qe1 Qe6 32. Na5 Bc6 33. Nxc6 Qxc6 34.
f4 exf4 35. Rxf4 Qd7 36. Rf1 Bxa3 37. Rxa3 Rc2 38. Rb3 Qg4 39. Rg1 Qg5 40. Qg3
Qxg3 41. hxg3 R8c5 42. Rf1 Rd2 43. g4 Rcc2 44. Rg1 Rxb2 45. Rxb2 Rxb2 46. Rc1
Rb3 47. Rc5 Rxd3 48. Rxb5 Re3 49. e5 Re4 50. g3 Rxg4 51. Kg2 Re4 52. Rd5 Kf8
53. Kf3 Re1 54. Kf4 Rd1 55. Rd7 Ke8 56. Rd6 Ke7 57. Rd5 d3 58. Kf3 d2 59. Kg2
Ke6 60. Rd8 Kxe5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Nd2 e5 6. d5 e4 7. Nb3 Bg7 8. h3 h5
9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. e3 h4 11. Be2 Qe7 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Qc2 a6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxe4
Bxe4 16. Qxe4 O-O 17. O-O Bg7 18. f4 f5 19. Qc2 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Qxe3+ 21. Kh1
Bxd4 22. Rf3 b5 23. Rxe3 bxc4 24. Re6 Bxb2 25. Re1 c3 26. Bd3 Kg7 27. Kg1 Ba3
28. Kf2 Rab8 29. Kf3 Rb2 30. R1e2 Bc5 31. Rc2 Kf7 32. Ree2 Bd4 33. Bxa6 Ra8 34.
Bd3 Raxa2 35. g3 hxg3 36. Kxg3 Ra1 37. Kf3 Rd1 38. Bc4 Rd2 39. Rcxd2 cxd2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kazakovskiy, Valeriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e4 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Nbd2 g6 8. Bd3
Bg7 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 e5 12. Nc4 Re8 13. Ne3 Nb6 14. a4 a5 15. dxe5
dxe5 16. Rfd1 Bf8 17. Nd2 Bc5 18. Nb3 Bf8 19. c4 Be6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Bd6
22. Rac1 Rf8 23. Nc5 Ra7 24. b3 Qe7 25. Qe3 Qg5 26. Qxg5 hxg5 27. Bb5 Rd8 28.
Rd3 Kg7 29. Rg3 Kh6 30. Nd3 Nc8 31. Ne1 Ne7 32. Nf3 f6 33. h4 gxh4 34. Nxh4
Raa8 35. Rgc3 Rac8 36. g3 Kg7 37. Kg2 f5 38. Bd3 Kf6 39. Bb1 Rh8 40. exf5 gxf5
41. Rf3 f4 42. Be4 Rcg8 43. Kf1 Rg5 44. Ke2 Kg7 45. Rfc3 fxg3 46. fxg3 Rf8 47.
Rxc7 Bxc7 48. Rxc7 Rf7 49. d6 Nc6 50. Bxc6 bxc6 51. d7 Rxd7 52. Rxd7+ Kf6 53.
Kf3 e4+ 54. Kf4 Rd5 55. Rxd5 cxd5 56. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. c4
dxc4 9. Qxc4 Nd7 10. Qc2 c5 11. d5 exd5 12. e6 fxe6 13. Qg6+ Kf8 14. Qxe6 Bf6
15. O-O Ne7 16. Nc3 Rc8 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Rc6 19. Bxe7+ Qxe7 20. Qxd5 Nf6
21. Qf3 Kf7 22. Rfe1 Qd7 23. Ne4 Kg6 24. Ng5 Rd6 25. Qc3 Rc8 26. Re5 c4 27.
Rae1 Rd3 28. Qb4 b6 29. Re7 Qd6 30. Qa4 a5 31. Qc2 Rc7 32. R7e6 Qf4 33. g3 Qf5
34. Qe2 Rcd7 35. Rxb6 Rd8 36. Ne6 Rd2 37. Qe3 R8d6 38. Nf8+ Kf7 39. Rb7+ Kg8
40. Ne6 Kh8 41. Ng5 Kg8 42. Rb8+ Rd8 43. Qxd2 Rxb8 44. Qd6 Rf8 45. Qd4 Qc2 46.
Re7 Qb1+ 47. Kg2 Qf5 48. Ne6 Re8 49. Nxg7 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "189"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. Nf3
b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Ne5 Re8 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. O-O Nb8 14. Bb2 Nbd7
15. c4 cxd4 16. Nc6 Qc8 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd4 Nc5 19. Nb4 Nxb4 20. axb4 Ne6
21. Bc3 Qc4 22. Rfc1 Rec8 23. Qf5 Qb3 24. Qe5 Rc7 25. Be1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rd8 27.
h3 h6 28. Kh2 Qd5 29. Qxd5 Rxd5 30. g4 h5 31. Kg2 hxg4 32. hxg4 Rd7 33. f4 g6
34. Rc8+ Rd8 35. Rc6 Rd3 36. Bc3 Kf8 37. f5 gxf5 38. gxf5 Nd8 39. Rc7 Rxe3 40.
Bf6 Ke8 41. b5 Rd3 42. Re7+ Kf8 43. Rxa7 Rd5 44. Ra8 Ke8 45. Kg3 Rd6 46. Be5
Rd5 47. Bc7 Rxf5 48. Bxd8 Rxb5 49. Kf4 Kd7 50. Bf6 Kc6 51. Ke4 Kb7 52. Rf8 Rc5
53. Bd4 Rc6 54. Kd5 Rc7 55. Be5 Rc5+ 56. Kd4 Rc1 57. Rxf7+ Ka6 58. Rf2 Rd1+ 59.
Kc4 Rc1+ 60. Kb4 Rb1+ 61. Bb2 Rh1 62. Rd2 Rg1 63. Rd6 Rb1 64. Ka3 Kb5 65. Bd4
Ka6 66. Ka4 Kb7 67. Rh6 Ka6 68. Bc3 Kb7 69. Rh8 Ka6 70. Rh7 Rg1 71. Kb3 Rg4 72.
Rd7 Kb5 73. Rd5+ Kc6 74. Rh5 Kb7 75. Kc2 Kc6 76. Kd3 Rg1 77. Bd4 Rd1+ 78. Kc3
Kb7 79. Rh7+ Ka6 80. Rh6 Rb1 81. Kc4 Rb5 82. Rh8 Rb1 83. Kd5 Kb7 84. Rh7+ Ka6
85. Be3 Rb3 86. Re7 Rb2 87. Kd6 Rc2 88. Re4 Kb5 89. Kd7 Rc4 90. Re6 Rc2 91.
Rxb6+ Kc4 92. Ke6 Re2 93. Kd7 Rxe3 94. Re6 Rxe6 95. Kxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bd3 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 g6 10. Nd5 Bh4 11. b3 c6 12. Ba3 cxd5 13. Bxd6 Bxf2+ 14. Kh1
Bd4 15. Rxd5 Bxa1 16. Bxf8 Bf6 17. Bd6 b6 18. Qg4 Qe8 19. Bg3 Bb7 20. Rf5 Qe6
21. Rf4 Be5 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. Rg4 Bxg3 24. Rxg3 Kf7 25. Kg1 e5 26. Rh3 h5 27.
Rg3 Rg8 28. h4 Kf6 29. Kf2 Bd5 30. c3 Be6 31. Be2 a5 32. Ke3 Rc8 33. Rf3+ Bf5
34. Rf1 d5 35. g3 Ke6 36. Ba6 Rc7 37. Bb5 Rg7 38. Be2 Rd7 39. d4 Rc7 40. c4 Kd6
41. Rd1 Re7 42. dxe5+ Rxe5+ 43. Kf2 Rxe2+ 44. Kxe2 Bg4+ 45. Kd2 Bxd1 0-1

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.07"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. a4
Qa5 9. Bd2 Ne4 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Qc2 cxd4 12. exd4 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 h6 14. O-O Qc7
15. Rfe1 Na5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Re3 Be6 18. Rae1 Rac8 19. h3 Kh8 20. Bf5 Bxf5
21. Qxf5 Qc6 22. Nf3 Nc4 23. Re7 Kg8 24. a5 Rcd8 25. Rb1 Nxa5 26. Ne5 Qf6 27.
Qxf6 gxf6 28. Ng4 Kg7 29. Ra1 b6 30. Ne3 Nc6 31. Rc7 Rc8 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Nxd5
Na5 34. Kf1 Rd8 35. Ne3 Rc8 36. Ra3 Nc4 37. Nf5+ Kh7 38. Rxa7 Re8 39. Rxf7+ Kg6
40. Re7 Rxe7 41. Nxe7+ Kf7 42. Nf5 h5 43. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.07"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nf3 Qb6 8. Nbd2
Nh6 9. O-O Nf5 10. c4 Be7 11. g3 Qa6 12. b3 Nd7 13. a4 O-O 14. Qc2 Rac8 15. Ba3
Bxa3 16. Rxa3 c5 17. cxd5 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Qe4 exd5 20. Qxd5 Rfd8 21.
Qxd4 Nc5 22. Qe3 Rd3 23. Qe1 Ne6 24. Ra2 Nd4 25. Kg2 Qa5 26. e6 fxe6 27. Ne4
Qd5 28. f3 Nc2 29. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 30. Rf2 Qxb3 31. Ng5 Rd1 32. Qa5 Rxf2+ 33. Kxf2
Qc2+ 34. Ke3 Rd3+ 35. Kf4 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.07"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. Ng3 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. b4 Be7 10. Bb2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Nbd7 13. Nce4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4
Nb6 15. Be2 Bd7 16. O-O Bc6 17. f3 a6 18. Bd4 Nd5 19. Kf2 Rfc8 20. Rc1 Bb5 21.
Bc5 f5 22. Bxe7 fxe4 23. Bc5 exf3 24. gxf3 Rc6 25. Bd4 Rac8 26. Rc5 b6 27. Rxc6
Rxc6 28. Bxb5 axb5 29. f4 Rc2+ 30. Kf3 Ra2 31. Ra1 Rxh2 32. Rc1 Kf7 33. Rc8 Ra2
34. Ra8 Rc2 35. Be5 Nf6 36. Ra7+ Kg6 37. Bd6 Kf5 38. Bf8 Ne4 39. Rf7+ Kg6 40.
Rxg7+ Kf5 41. Rf7+ Kg6 42. Rg7+ Kf5 43. Rf7+ Kg6 44. Rg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c5 7. dxc5 Nc6 8.
e3 O-O 9. Nf3 d4 10. O-O-O Bxc5 11. exd4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. a3 Be6 14. Kb1
Na5 15. d5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bd3 g6 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qb6 20. Ne5 Rfe8
21. Qf4 Qe6 22. Nd7 Kg7 23. Rhe1 Qc4 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. Qd6 Kg7 26. Re7 Rxe7 27.
Qxe7 Qf4 28. Qb4 Qf5+ 29. Ka1 Rc8 30. g4 Qf3 31. Qd4+ f6 32. Qd6 Re8 33. Nc5
Qxg4 34. h3 Qc8 35. Ka2 b6 36. Qd7+ Qxd7 37. Rxd7+ Kh6 38. Nd3 Nc6 39. Rc7 Re6
40. Kb3 Rd6 41. Kc3 Nd4 42. a4 a5 43. b4 Ne2+ 44. Kc2 axb4 45. Nxb4 Nf4 46. Kb3
Nxh3 47. Kc4 Nxf2 48. Kb5 g5 49. Rc6 Rxc6 50. Nxc6 g4 51. Nd4 Nd3 52. Kxb6 Nb2
53. Kb5 Nxa4 54. Kxa4 Kg5 55. Kb3 Kf4 56. Kc3 Ke3 57. Nf5+ Kf2 58. Kd3 g3 0-1

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. Nd2 e6 8. Ngf3
Nh6 9. O-O Nf5 10. Nb3 Qb5 11. Qd1 c5 12. a4 Qb6 13. a5 Qb5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15.
Re1 a6 16. Nbd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Nc6 19. Qf4 Qb4 20. c3 Qxf4 21.
Bxf4 O-O-O 22. Be3 d4 23. cxd4 Rd5 24. Rec1 Kb8 25. Rc5 Rxc5 26. dxc5 Rd8 27.
Ra4 Kc8 28. Re4 Rd5 29. g4 hxg4 30. Rxg4 g6 31. f4 Kd7 32. h5 gxh5 33. Rg8 Nxa5
34. Rf8 Ke7 35. Rb8 Rd8 36. Rxd8 Kxd8 0-1

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. c5 Be7 8. Ng3
b6 9. b4 c6 10. Be2 a5 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. O-O Bxe2 13. Ngxe2 Nbd7 14. Qc2 Qc7 15.
Rfc1 axb4 16. axb4 Qb7 17. f3 Rfe8 18. Be1 e5 19. Bg3 exd4 20. exd4 Nf8 21. Nf4
h6 22. Bf2 b5 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Re1 Re8 25. Nd1 Bd8 26. Rxe8 Nxe8 27. Qa2 Nc7
28. Nb2 Nfe6 29. Ne2 h5 30. Nd3 g6 31. h4 Ng7 32. g3 Nce6 33. g4 Qc8 34. Kg2
Nf8 35. g5 Bc7 36. Qd2 Nf5 37. Nef4 Bxf4 38. Qxf4 Ne6 39. Qe5 Qa8 40. Nf4 Nxf4+
41. Qxf4 Qe8 42. Kf1 Qe6 43. Qb8+ Kh7 44. Qc7 Kg7 45. Qf4 Kh7 46. Qc7 Ng7 47.
Qf4 Qh3+ 48. Kg1 Qf5 49. Qxf5 Nxf5 50. Kg2 Kg8 51. Kh3 Kf8 52. Kg2 Ke7 53. Kh3
Ke6 54. Kg2 Ng7 55. Kg3 Kf5 56. Bg1 Ne6 57. Be3 f6 58. gxf6 Kxf6 59. f4 Ng7 60.
Kf3 Nf5 61. Bf2 Ke6 62. Ke2 Nh6 63. Kf3 Kf5 64. Be3 Ng4 65. Bg1 Nf6 66. Bf2 Ne4
67. Be1 Ke6 68. Ke2 Nf6 69. Bf2 Ne8 70. Kf3 Nc7 71. Be1 Kf6 72. Bg3 Kf5 73. Bf2
Na6 74. Be1 Nb8 75. Bd2 Nd7 76. Be1 Nf8 77. Bf2 Nh7 78. Be3 Nf6 79. Bf2 Ng4 80.
Bg1 Ke6 81. Ke2 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. Nd2 e6 8. Ngf3
Nh6 9. O-O Nf5 10. a4 Qa6 11. c4 Bb4 12. b3 c5 13. Ba3 Nc6 14. dxc5 Bxd2 15.
Nxd2 Nxe5 16. Qe2 Ng4 17. b4 O-O 18. b5 Qa5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Qd3 Nxh4 21. c6
Rfe8 22. cxb7 Rab8 23. Nb3 Qd8 24. Nc5 Ng6 25. Qg3 N4e5 26. Rae1 h4 27. Qe3 d4
28. Qe4 h3 29. g3 d3 30. Na6 d2 31. Rd1 f5 32. Qxf5 Rxb7 33. Qxh3 Nf3+ 34. Kg2
Qd5 35. Nb4 Qe4 36. Qh5 Ne1+ 37. Kh3 Qg2+ 38. Kg4 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "215"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Nc3 Nb6 8.
Qb5+ Bd7 9. Qd3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Rc8 11. Bxb7 Bc5 12. Qf4 Rb8 13. Bg2 O-O 14. Nf3
Nbd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qe4 Bb4+ 17. Kf1 Qc7 18. h3 Rfc8 19. Kg1 Bc5 20. e3 Nf6
21. Qc2 Qb6 22. Qd1 Rd8 23. Kh2 Bc6 24. Qe2 Bb5 25. Qe1 Bc6 26. a4 Qa6 27. Qf1
Bb5 28. Qe1 Bc6 29. Qf1 Bb5 30. axb5 Qxa1 31. Ne5 Rbc8 32. Nc6 Rd7 33. Qc4 Bb6
34. Ne7+ Rxe7 35. Qxc8+ Re8 36. Qc2 Qa5 37. Bc6 Rd8 38. Qc3 Qa4 39. b3 Qa5 40.
Qxa5 Bxa5 41. Kg2 Bb6 42. Bb2 Rd2 43. Bd4 Bxd4 44. exd4 Ra2 45. Rc1 g5 46. Rc4
Ra3 47. Ra4 Rxb3 48. Rxa7 h5 49. Rb7 Kg7 50. Bf3 Kg6 51. Bc6 Kg7 52. b6 Nd5 53.
Be8 Rxb6 54. Rxf7+ Kh6 55. Rf3 Rd6 56. Rf7 Rd8 57. Bc6 Kg6 58. Rb7 Nf6 59. Rb4
Rd6 60. Bf3 g4 61. Be2 Nd5 62. Rc4 Nf6 63. h4 Nd5 64. Bd3+ Kf7 65. Rc5 Nf6 66.
Rc4 Rd5 67. Bc2 Rd6 68. Kf1 Nd5 69. Ke2 Ra6 70. Bd3 Ra2+ 71. Rc2 Ra4 72. Rc4
Ra2+ 73. Ke1 Kf6 74. Rc8 Ra4 75. Rc4 Ra2 76. Bc2 Ne7 77. Kd2 Nf5 78. Kc3 Ra3+
79. Kd2 Ra2 80. Rb4 Ra3 81. Bb1 Rf3 82. Ke2 Ra3 83. Bxf5 exf5 84. Rb6+ Kg7 85.
d5 Ra5 86. d6 Kf6 87. d7+ Ke7 88. Rd6 Kd8 89. Rd3 Re5+ 90. Re3 Ra5 91. Re8+
Kxd7 92. Rh8 f4 93. gxf4 Ke6 94. Rg8 Ra2+ 95. Kf1 Kf5 96. Rf8+ Ke4 97. Kg2 Ra5
98. Rf7 Rb5 99. Rf8 Rf5 100. Rxf5 Kxf5 101. Kg3 Ke4 102. f5 Kxf5 103. f3 gxf3
104. Kxf3 Ke5 105. Ke3 Kf5 106. Kf3 Ke5 107. Ke3 Kf5 108. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. Nd2 e6 8. Ngf3
Nh6 9. O-O Nf5 10. Nb3 Qb5 11. Qd1 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bg5 Nc6 14. a4 Qb6 15.
c3 a6 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Re1 Qc4 18. Nd2 Qc5 19. Rc1 b5 20. Ra1 Rc8 21. axb5
Qxb5 22. b3 Qd3 23. c4 Ncd4 24. Rxa6 O-O 25. Qxh5 Nxb3 26. Nxb3 Qxb3 27. cxd5
Qxd5 28. Raa1 Rc4 29. Rad1 Qc6 30. Rc1 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Qe4 32. Rd1 Nd4 33. Be3
Nf5 34. Bg5 Nd4 35. Be3 Nf5 36. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
c5 9. f3 Qh4+ 10. g3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Qxh1 12. Qf2 Qh5 13. Bd3 f6 14. exf6 Rxf6
15. g4 Qf7 16. Qh4 g6 17. Bg5 Nd7 18. Kf2 dxc4 19. Bxc4 cxd4 20. cxd4 b5 21.
Bxb5 Bb7 22. Qg3 Rf8 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Kg2 h5 25. gxh5 Nxh5 26. Qg4 Nf4+ 27.
Kf2 e5 28. Ne2 Bxf3 29. Kxf3 Qb3+ 30. Kf2 Qxb5 31. Ke1 Kg7 32. Ng3 Qb2 0-1

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Kb1 Bd7 12. Rhe1 c5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Be4 Qb6 16. Ka1 Bc6 17. Bd5 Rad8 18. h4 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Bxd5 20. Qxd5
Qc6 21. Qxc6 bxc6 22. g4 Kf8 23. Kb1 d5 24. Kc1 c4 25. g5 hxg5 26. hxg5 Be7 27.
Rg1 c5 28. b3 cxb3 29. axb3 Rd6 30. Kd2 Bd8 31. Kd3 Re6 32. Nd2 Re5 33. f4 Rf5
34. Rg4 Bc7 35. Ke3 f6 36. Nf3 fxg5 37. Nxg5 Ke7 38. Nf3 Kf6 39. Rh4 Kf7 40.
Ng5+ Ke7 41. Nf3 a5 42. Nd2 Ke6 43. c4 Bd8 44. Rg4 Bf6 45. cxd5+ Rxd5 46. Nc4
Kf5 47. Kf3 Rd4 48. Ne3+ Ke6 49. Rg2 a4 50. bxa4 Rxa4 51. Re2 Kd6 52. Rd2+ Kc6
53. Rg2 Ra7 54. c4 Kd6 55. Nd5 Ke6 56. Ke4 Bd4 57. Rg6+ Kf7 58. Rc6 g6 59. Nc7
Ra1 60. Ne6 Re1+ 61. Kd5 Be3 62. Ng5+ Kg7 63. Rc7+ Kg8 64. Ne6 Kh8 65. Nf8 Rg1
66. Ke4 Bd4 67. Rc8 Re1+ 68. Kd5 Rd1 69. Ne6+ Kh7 70. Nxc5 Ba1+ 71. Ke6 Rf1 72.
Nd3 Rf3 73. Rd8 Re3+ 74. Kf7 Re4 75. c5 Rc4 76. Ke6 Rc2 77. Rd5 Kg7 78. Kd7 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Bf1 Be7 7. Nc3 Nf5 8.
Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 d6 10. Re1 d5 11. d4 O-O 12. Ne2 c6 13. c3 Re8 14. Bf4 Bd6
15. Qd2 Bd7 16. Ng3 Qc7 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. a4 a5 19. Nh5 Qh6 20. Qxh6 Nxh6 21.
Nf4 Nf5 22. Nd3 Nd6 23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 24. f3 b6 25. Kf2 f6 26. h4 Bg6 27. b3 Kf7
28. Rc1 Bxd3 29. Bxd3 c5 30. h5 f5 31. Re1 c4 32. Bc2 Rc8 33. Re5 cxb3 34. Bxb3
Rxc3 35. Bxd5+ Kf8 36. h6 gxh6 37. Re6 Nc4 38. Bxc4 Rxc4 39. Ke3 Rxa4 40. Rxb6
Kg7 41. Ra6 h5 42. g3 f4+ 43. Kxf4 Rxd4+ 44. Ke5 Rd3 45. Ke4 Ra3 46. Kf4 a4 47.
Kg5 Rxf3 48. Ra7+ Kg8 49. Rxa4 Rxg3+ 50. Kxh5 Rf3 51. Ra8+ Rf8 52. Rxf8+ Kxf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.11"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. dxe5 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 Be6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bf4 Bf6 11. Bxd6 cxd6 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Qd2 h6 14. Ng3 Bf6
15. c3 Ne5 16. Nd4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Be5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Re2 Rf7 20. Ne4 Qe7 21.
Rd1 Rd8 22. Nd2 Qh4 23. g3 Qg4 24. f3 Qa4 25. b3 Qd7 26. Rde1 Qc7 27. c4 Qa5
28. b4 Qb6+ 29. Kg2 Qd4 30. Re3 Qxd3 31. Rxd3 Rfd7 32. f4 Bf6 33. Rxe6 Kf7 34.
Re2 d5 35. c5 Rc7 36. Nb3 b6 37. Red2 bxc5 38. Nxc5 d4 39. Kf3 a5 40. a3 axb4
41. axb4 Be7 42. Ne4 Rc4 43. b5 Rb4 44. g4 Bf6 45. Ra2 Rxb5 46. Ra7+ Be7 47. h4
Kf8 48. g5 Rb6 49. f5 hxg5 50. hxg5 Rb1 51. Kf4 Rf1+ 52. Kg4 Re1 53. Kf4 Rf1+
54. Kg4 Re1 55. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.11"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. d4 Na5 7. Bd3 d6 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Bd6 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15.
Bg3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 g4 17. Nh4 Ne5 18. Be2 Re8 19. Nd2 b6 20. Rad1 Qe7 21. Rfe1
Be6 22. Nf1 Rad8 23. Ne3 Qc5 24. Nef5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 h5 26. Rd4 Qf8 27. Qd2 Nh7
28. a4 Nc6 29. Nh6+ Kg7 30. N4f5+ Kg6 31. Bd3 Ng5 32. Qf4 f6 33. Bb5 Nxd4 34.
Bxe8+ Qxe8 35. cxd4 Bxf5 36. Nxf5 Qxe4 37. Nh4+ Kf7 38. Qxc7+ Qe7 39. Qc4+ Qe6
40. d5 Qd6 41. Qd3 Qe5 42. Qg6+ Ke7 43. Nf5+ Kd8 44. Kh2 Ne4 45. Qg8+ Kd7 46.
Qf7+ Kd8 47. Ng7 h4 48. Ne6+ Kc8 49. Qg8+ Kb7 50. Qh7+ Ka6 51. Qxh4 Nxf2 52.
Qh8 Qe1 53. Nc5+ Ka5 0-1

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.11"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O
Bd7 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. a4 Nf6 11. a5 Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Bb6 Qc8 14. Re1 Nd7 15.
Bd4 Re8 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. Na4 Bxa4 18. Rxa4 Rac8 19. c3 Bf6 20. Rd1 Bxd4 21. cxd4
Nf6 22. h3 h5 23. Bf3 h4 24. gxh4 e5 25. Rb4 Rcd8 26. Qc3 Qe7 27. Qb3 Rd7 28.
dxe5 Qxe5 29. Rxb7 Qxa5 30. Qb4 Qxb4 31. Rxb4 a5 32. Rbd4 Rb7 33. R1d2 Rbb8 34.
Bg2 g6 35. Kh2 Kg7 36. h5 Nxh5 37. Rxd6 Nf4 38. Ra6 Re5 39. Ra7 Rb6 40. Rdd7
Rf6 41. Rd2 Rb6 42. Rdd7 Rf6 43. Rd2 Rc5 44. Bf1 Ne6 45. Bg2 Kh6 46. Rad7 Nf4
47. Ra7 Kg7 48. Bf1 Ne6 49. Bg2 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Bd2 a5 14. Rac1 Rad8
15. Ba2 Nb6 16. Be1 e5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. g3 Nbd7 19. Qc2 Qh5 20. Bc4 Ne5 21.
Be2 Qh3 22. f3 g5 23. Ne4 Qf5 24. Bxb4 axb4 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 26. Kg2 Ng6 27. Qb3
Qe7 28. a5 Rfe8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Rd1 Rxd1 31. Bxd1 Qc5 32. Qd3 Qxa5 33. Bb3
Nf8 34. Qc4 Ne6 35. Qe4 Qa1 36. Bxe6 Qxb2+ 37. Kh3 fxe6 38. Qxe6+ Kf8 39. Qc8+
Ke7 40. Qxb7+ Kd6 41. e4 Qc3 42. Qb8+ Kc5 43. e5 Qxf3 44. Qd6+ Kc4 45. e6 Qf5+
46. Kg2 Qe4+ 47. Kh3 b3 48. e7 b2 49. Qd1 Kc3 50. e8=Q Qxe8 51. Qf3+ Kb4 52.
Qg4+ Ka3 53. Qf3+ Ka2 0-1

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Rac1 e6 14. Bg5 Qd7
15. h4 Na5 16. Bd3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. h5 Nc6
21. h6 Bf8 22. Bb5 a6 23. Ba4 b5 24. Bb3 Bb7 25. d5 exd5 26. Bxd5 Ne5 27. Bxb7
Qxb7 28. Nc3 Ng4 29. Nd5 f6 30. Qd1 fxg5 31. Qxg4 Bxh6 32. Qe6+ Qf7 33. Qxa6
Bg7 34. Qxb5 Bd4 35. Qe2 g4 36. g3 h5 37. Kg2 Kg7 38. a4 Qa7 39. Qc2 Kh6 40.
Qd2+ g5 41. a5 Bc5 42. Qc3 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxd5 exd5 11. O-O a6 12. Qb3 Be6 13. Na4 Rb8 14. Bxc7 Qxc7
15. Qxb4 Nxb4 16. Rxc7 Rfc8 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. a3 Nd3 19. b4 Rc2 20. Nc5 Nxc5
21. bxc5 Bf5 22. Ra1 f6 23. h3 Rb2 24. g4 Bd3 25. Kg2 Kf7 26. g5 a5 27. Kg3 a4
28. h4 Ke6 29. Ne1 Bc4 30. Ng2 Kd7 31. Nf4 b6 32. Nh5 fxg5 33. hxg5 bxc5 34.
dxc5 g6 35. Nf6+ Kc6 36. Nxh7 Kxc5 37. Nf8 Bd3 38. Ne6+ Kd6 39. Nf4 Bb1 40. Ne2
Rb3 41. Nd4 Rb2 42. Ne2 Rb3 43. Kf4 Kc5 44. Nc3 Rxc3 45. Rxb1 Rxa3 46. Ke5 Ra2
47. f4 Re2 48. Kf6 Rxe3 49. Kxg6 a3 50. f5 Kc4 51. f6 a2 52. Ra1 Kb3 53. f7 Rf3
54. Kg7 d4 55. f8=Q Rxf8 56. Kxf8 Kb2 57. Rxa2+ Kxa2 58. g6 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. Bd2 Ngf6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Kb1 O-O 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Nf6 15. Qe2 Qd5 16. Ne5 Qe4 17. Be3 Nd5 18. Qd3 Qxd3 19. Rxd3 Nxe3 20. fxe3 h5
21. Rb3 Bd6 22. Nc4 Bg3 23. Rh3 Bf2 24. Rxb7 Rfb8 25. Rxb8+ Rxb8 26. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. f3 Bh5 8. Qb3
Qd7 9. Ne2 e6 10. Nd2 Bg6 11. Bb5 Be7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Kf2 Rfc8 14. Qa4 a6 15.
Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nb3 Qb7 17. Rhd1 a5 18. Rd2 Bb4 19. Nc5 Qb6 20. Qd1 Bxd2 21. Qxd2
Qd8 22. Nc3 Nh5 23. Bg3 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Qe7 25. Ne2 f6 26. Na4 Ra7 27. Nf4 Be8
28. Rc5 Rca8 29. Qc3 Qd6 30. Nd3 Qd8 31. Nf4 Bd7 32. Qa3 Rb8 33. Rc3 Qf8 34.
Rc5 e5 35. Ne2 Qd6 36. Qc3 Rb5 37. b3 h6 38. Nc1 Ra8 39. Nd3 Re8 40. Qb2 e4 41.
Nf4 g5 42. Ne2 exf3 43. gxf3 Qe6 44. Rc3 Qh3 45. Kg1 h5 46. Qb1 Kg7 47. Nc5 h4
48. Qf1 Qxf1+ 49. Kxf1 Bf5 50. g4 Bg6 51. Kf2 Re7 52. Na4 Rc7 53. Nc5 Re7 54.
Na4 Rb8 55. Ng1 f5 56. gxf5 Bxf5 57. Rxc6 Rbe8 58. Rc3 h3 59. Ne2 h2 60. Ng3
Bh3 61. Nb6 Be6 62. Kg2 Rh8 63. e4 dxe4 64. fxe4 Rf7 65. d5 Bg4 66. e5 Rf4 67.
e6 Bf5 68. Rc1 Bh3+ 69. Kxh2 Bxe6+ 70. Kg1 Bf7 71. d6 Rg4 72. Kg2 Bg6 73. d7
Rd4 74. Rc8 Rxd7 75. Rxh8 Rd2+ 76. Kf3 Kxh8 77. a4 Bf7 78. Ne4 Rd3+ 79. Ke2
Rxb3 80. Nd7 Bc4+ 81. Kd2 Rd3+ 0-1

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 h6 12. Bf4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nd5 14. Bd2 Qc7
15. Rac1 Nd7 16. Bb5 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. c4 N5f6 19. Bc3 Rfe8 20. h3 Rac8 21.
Bb2 Rc7 22. Rc3 Qa4 23. Rdc1 Rec8 24. Ra3 Qb4 25. Rb3 Qa4 26. Ra3 Qb4 27. Rb3
Qa4 28. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. e4 Bxc3 5. bxc3 O-O 6. f3 Re8 7. Kf2 c6 8. d4
d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. dxe5 Rxe5 11. c4 d4 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. Nf4 Nd7 14. Nd5 Re8 15.
Bf4 Nde5 16. Bxe5 Rxe5 17. Bd3 f5 18. Re1 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Bf5 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21.
f4 Qd7 22. Rb1 Raf8 23. Kg1 R5f7 24. Rb2 Re8 25. Rbe2 Rff8 26. a4 Qf7 27. Qd3
Rxe2 28. Qxe2 Rd8 29. Qe4 g6 30. g4 Kf8 31. Kf2 Kg7 32. Kg3 Kf8 33. h3 a6 34.
Kf3 Kg7 35. Qe6 Qxe6 36. Rxe6 Kf7 37. f5 gxf5 38. gxf5 Rg8 39. Rh6 Kg7 40. Rd6
Rf8 41. Kf4 d3 42. Nc7 Rc8 43. Ne6+ Kf7 44. Rxd3 Ne7 45. Ng5+ Ke8 46. Ke5 Rc5+
47. Ke6 Nxf5 48. Ne4 Ng7+ 49. Kd6 Rxc4 50. Ke5 Rxa4 51. Nd6+ Ke7 52. Nxb7 Rh4
53. Ra3 Rh6 54. Nc5 Rh5+ 55. Kd4 a5 56. Rxa5 Ne6+ 57. Kc4 Nxc5 58. Rxc5 Rxh3
59. Kd4 Kf6 60. Ke4 Kg6 61. Kf4 Rh5 62. Rxh5 Kxh5 63. Kg3 Kg5 64. Kh2 Kh5 65.
Kh1 Kg5 66. Kg1 Kh5 67. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 a6 8. Ba4 b5
9. Bc2 Bb6 10. a4 Bd7 11. Re1 Ne7 12. Nbd2 Ng6 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3 Re8 15. d4
bxa4 16. Bxa4 exd4 17. cxd4 Bxa4 18. Qxa4 Qd7 19. Qxd7 Nxd7 20. Be3 d5 21. exd5
Nf6 22. d6 cxd6 23. Nf5 Re6 24. Rec1 Bd8 25. Bd2 d5 26. Ne1 Ne4 27. Be3 Ne7 28.
Nxe7+ Bxe7 29. Nd3 Rb6 30. Kf1 Rb5 31. Rc2 Bf6 32. b4 Be7 33. Ra4 Rab8 34. Bf4
R8b7 35. f3 Ng5 36. Bxg5 hxg5 37. Rxa6 Bxb4 38. Nxb4 Rxb4 39. Rd2 Rb1+ 40. Kf2
R7b2 41. Ra2 Rxa2 42. Rxa2 Rd1 43. Ke3 f5 44. f4 gxf4+ 45. Kxf4 Rxd4+ 46. Kxf5
Kh7 47. g4 Rd1 48. Kg5 d4 49. Ra4 d3 50. Rd4 d2 51. h4 Ra1 52. Rxd2 Ra5+ 53.
Kf4 g5+ 54. hxg5 Kg6 55. Rd6+ Kg7 56. Re6 Rb5 57. Re5 Rb1 58. Re6 Rf1+ 59. Kg3
Rg1+ 60. Kf3 Rf1+ 61. Kg2 Ra1 62. g6 Ra3 63. Kf2 Rb3 64. Re3 Rxe3 65. Kxe3 Kxg6
66. g5 Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Nh5 6. dxc5 Nxf4 7. exf4 Qa5 8.
Bd3 Qxc5 9. O-O g6 10. Nb3 Qd6 11. Qd2 Bg7 12. c3 O-O 13. Rfe1 Bg4 14. Qe3 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 e6 16. h4 h5 17. g3 Rfe8 18. Rad1 a6 19. Nd2 b5 20. Ne4 Qd7 21. Ng5
Rad8 22. Bc2 b4 23. Ba4 bxc3 24. bxc3 Qc8 25. f5 gxf5 26. c4 Nd4 27. Rxd4 Bxd4
28. Bxe8 Rxe8 29. Qxh5 Qc7 30. cxd5 Re7 31. dxe6 f6 32. Qg6+ Kf8 33. Nf3 Bc3
34. Rc1 Rxe6 35. Nd4 Rb6 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Qc7 6. O-O Ne7 7. h4 e5 8. h5
d6 9. Nh2 Ng8 10. f4 Nf6 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. h6 Be6 13. hxg7 Bxg7 14. Bg5 Nd7 15.
Nd2 h5 16. Qe1 f6 17. Bh4 O-O-O 18. Kh1 Bh6 19. Nc4 Bf4 20. b4 Bxc4 21. dxc4
Rhg8 22. Nf3 cxb4 23. Qxb4 Be3 24. Rab1 a5 25. Qe7 Rde8 26. Qh7 Nc5 27. Qf5+
Qd7 28. Bxf6 Qxf5 29. exf5 Nd7 30. Rbe1 Nxf6 31. Rxe3 Ng4 32. Re4 Rgf8 33. Ne1
Nh6 34. f6 Ng4 35. Nd3 Nxf6 36. Rxe5 Ng4 37. Rxf8 Rxf8 38. Re1 Rd8 39. Re4 Kc7
40. g3 Rf8 41. Kg2 Rf5 42. Nf4 Kd6 43. Nxh5 Rxh5 44. Rxg4 Kc5 45. a3 a4 46. Re4
Rh8 47. g4 Rd8 48. g5 Rd2+ 49. Kf3 Rxc2 50. g6 Rc3+ 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Rhe1 Bg4 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. a3 Bf5 14. Nd4
Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. h4 Ng6 18. h5 Ne5 19. Qg3 h6 20. Re4 Nc6
21. Rg4 Nxd4 22. Rxg7+ Kh8 23. cxd4 Qf5 24. f3 Re2 25. Rd2 Rxd2 26. Kxd2 Re8
27. Rg4 Qa5+ 28. Kd1 Qb5 29. Re4 Rxe4 30. fxe4 Qxb2 31. Qe3 Kg7 32. e5 Qb5 33.
Qg3+ Kh7 34. Qf3 Qc4 35. Qe4+ Kg7 36. exd6 cxd6 37. Kd2 Qb5 38. Qf3 Qg5+ 39.
Kc3 d5 40. g4 b6 41. Kb2 Kf8 42. a4 Ke7 43. Qe2+ Kd6 44. a5 bxa5 45. Qa6+ Ke7
46. Qxa7+ Kf6 47. Qxa5 Kg7 48. c4 Qxg4 49. Qxd5 f5 50. Qe5+ Kf7 51. c5 f4 52.
Qd5+ Kf6 53. Qd6+ Kg5 54. Qg6+ Kh4 55. Qxg4+ Kxg4 56. c6 f3 57. c7 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Qc7 6. O-O Ne7 7. h4 e5 8. h5
Ng8 9. Nh2 Nf6 10. f4 Be7 11. Nc3 d6 12. h6 gxh6 13. f5 Rg8 14. Bxh6 c4 15. Kh1
Ba6 16. b3 cxd3 17. cxd3 d5 18. exd5 O-O-O 19. Rc1 Nxd5 20. Qf3 Ba3 21. Ne4
Bxc1 22. Rxc1 Nb4 23. Nc5 Bxd3 24. f6 Bb5 25. a4 Ba6 26. Ng4 Kb8 27. Nxa6+ Nxa6
28. Nxe5 Qb7 29. Nxc6+ Ka8 30. Nxd8 Rxd8 31. Qe2 Nb8 32. Bf4 Qd5 33. Rc7 Nd7
34. Be3 Nxf6 35. Rxa7+ Kb8 36. Re7 Rd7 37. Bf4+ Kb7 38. Rxd7+ Nxd7 39. b4 Nb6
40. Qe7+ Nd7 41. Qd6 Qxd6 42. Bxd6 Kc6 43. Be7 Nb6 44. a5 Nd5 45. Bf8 Kb5 46.
Kh2 f5 47. Kg3 h5 48. Bc5 Ka6 49. Kh4 Nf4 50. g3 Ne2 51. Bd6 Kb5 52. Kxh5 Nc3
53. Kg6 Ne4 54. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.14"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. O-O Bd6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. Bc4
Be7 9. c3 O-O 10. Nbd2 d6 11. a4 Nh5 12. Bg3 g6 13. Re1 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Kg7 15.
Nf1 h5 16. Ne3 h4 17. gxh4 Bxh4 18. g3 Bg5 19. Nxg5 Qxg5 20. Qf3 f5 21. exf5
Bxf5 22. Nxf5+ Rxf5 23. Qg2 Raf8 24. Re2 Rf3 25. Rae1 e4 26. dxe4 Ne5 27. Be6
Nd3 28. Bf5 Nxe1 29. Rxe1 Rd3 30. f4 Qxg3 31. Qxg3 Rxg3+ 32. Kf2 Rd3 33. Ke2 c4
34. Rg1 Rf6 35. Rg4 d5 36. a5 b6 37. axb6 Rxb6 38. b4 cxb3 39. Kxd3 b2 40.
Rxg6+ Rxg6 41. Kc2 Rb6 42. Kb1 Kf6 43. Bh7 dxe4 44. Bxe4 a5 45. Bc2 Ke6 46. c4
Kd6 47. f5 Kc5 48. f6 Rxf6 49. Kxb2 Kxc4 50. Bh7 Rf8 51. Be4 Re8 52. Bg6 Re7
53. Bh5 Kb4 54. Bf3 Rd7 55. Bg4 Rd2+ 56. Kb1 Rd6 57. Kb2 a4 58. Bh5 a3+ 59. Kb1
Rd7 60. Bg6 Rd1+ 61. Ka2 Rd2+ 62. Kb1 a2+ 63. Ka1 Ka3 64. Bc2 Re2 65. Bd1 Rg2
0-1

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.14"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. h3
Bd6 9. Bd3 c6 10. Bf4 Qc7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qc2 g6 14. Rfc1 Qe7 15.
Na4 Ne8 16. b4 Nd6 17. Nc5 Nb6 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Nd2 f5 20. Re1 Nbc4 21. Nf3 b5
22. a4 Ne4 23. axb5 axb5 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Ne5 Qd6 26. Qc3 Qf6 27. Rf1 Qe6 28.
Rfc1 Kg7 29. Rc2 Kg8 30. Rca2 Rxa2 31. Rxa2 Nxe5 32. dxe5 d4 33. Qb2 d3 34. Ra1
Rd8 35. Rc1 Qd5 36. Qa1 d2 37. Rd1 Qb3 38. e6 Qxe6 39. Qb2 Qd5 40. Qc3 Kf7 41.
Qa3 Rd7 42. Qc3 Rd8 43. Qa3 Ke6 44. Qb2 Qd3 45. Qa2+ Kf6 46. Qb2+ Kf7 47. Qa2+
Rd5 48. Qa7+ Rd7 49. Qa2+ Ke7 50. Qa1 Kd6 51. Kh2 Qd5 52. Kg1 Ke6 53. Qh8 Kd6
54. Qb8+ Ke7 55. Qh8 Qb3 56. Qe5+ Kf7 57. Qf4+ Kg7 58. Qe5+ Kf8 59. Qf4+ Kg8
60. Qb8+ Kf7 61. Qf4+ Ke8 62. Qe5+ Kf7 63. Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.14"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. O-O Bd6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Nge7 8. d3
O-O 9. Be3 Bb7 10. Nh4 Re8 11. Nd2 Ng6 12. Nf5 Bf8 13. Qg4 d6 14. h4 Kh8 15.
Bb3 Qc7 16. Nf3 Na5 17. Bd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 f6 19. h5 Ne7 20. Nxe7 Qxe7 21. Nh4
Qf7 22. c4 bxc4 23. dxc4 e4 24. b3 Kg8 25. Bd2 Nb7 26. Bc3 Re5 27. Bxe5 dxe5
28. Rae1 Nd6 29. Nf5 g6 30. Nxd6 Bxd6 31. Qxe4 f5 32. Qh4 Re8 33. f3 gxh5 34.
Re3 Kh8 35. Rfe1 Qg6 36. Qh3 a5 37. Kh1 Qf7 38. a3 Re7 39. Qh4 Qg6 40. b4 Rg7
41. R1e2 cxb4 42. axb4 axb4 43. c5 f4 44. Re4 Bxc5 45. Rxe5 Be3 46. Re6 Qb1+
47. Re1 Qb2 48. Re8+ Rg8 49. Rxg8+ Kxg8 50. Qd8+ Kf7 51. Qd7+ Kg6 52. Qe8+ Kg7
53. Qe7+ Kg6 54. d6 Qd2 55. Rb1 b3 56. d7 b2 57. d8=Q 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.14"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Ne3 Nc6 7. Nd5 Nd4 8.
Nxe7 Nxe2 9. Nd5 c6 10. Bxe2 cxd5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Nb5 Kd7 13. d3 Nc5 14. Bf3
Be7 15. Nc3 d4 16. Ne2 Bf6 17. b3 Bf5 18. Kd1 Rab8 19. Bb2 Ne6 20. Bd5 a6 21.
Re1 h5 22. a4 h4 23. h3 Bg6 24. a5 Rh5 25. Bf3 Rc5 26. Ra4 Rbc8 27. Bxd4 Nxd4
28. Nxd4 Bxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxc2 30. Rc4 Bxd3 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Re3 Bc2+ 33. Kd2 Bf5
34. Bxb7 Rc2+ 35. Kd1 Rc5 36. b4 Rb5 37. Bxa6 Rxb4 38. Ra3 Be4 39. f3 Ba8 40.
Kc2 d5 41. Kc3 Rf4 42. Bd3 Kc7 43. a6 g5 44. Rb3 f5 45. Rb4 Rxb4 46. Kxb4 Kb6
47. Bxf5 Kxa6 48. Kc5 Ka5 49. Be6 d4 50. Kxd4 Bc6 51. Ke5 Bb5 52. Kf6 Bf1 53.
Kxg5 Bxg2 54. f4 Kb6 55. Kxh4 Kc5 56. Kg5 Kd6 57. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.14"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,80,28,41,46,44,44,25,49,52,65,19,19,19,19,9,25,28,53,53,58,47,47,45,
43,38,65,62,72,72,47,47,73,93,27,45,86,95,112,112,119,120,126,113,133,117,127,
89,121,117,147,127,158,112,108,119,149,84,172,160,167,137,174,161,134,103,265,
226,299,156,226,231,381,352,476,304,411,260,531,529,544,503,503]} 1. e4 c5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 $6 4. O-O Bd6 {Not 3...h5, of course (which Magnus tried in
some other games), but odd enough.} 5. c3 {[%cal Yd2d4] The most logical plan.}
a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 (7. Bb3 Bb7 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 c4 10. Bc2 Nb4 11. Nc3 Nxc2
12. Qxc2 Ne7 $13 {1/2 (48) Xu,Y (2545)-Zhou,W (2588) China 2019}) 7... Nge7 8.
d3 {This move is hardly ambitious.} (8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11.
Qxd4 Qc7 12. Qd3 Bxh2+ 13. Kh1 Bf4 $13 {1-0 (29) Jones,G (2702)-Vidit,S (2707)
Hengshui 2019}) (8. a4 $5 Rb8 (8... b4 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 exd4 (10... Nxd4 11.
Nxd4 exd4 12. Nd2) 11. Nbd2 $1 (11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qc7 13. h3 a5 $13 {
1-0 (44) Saydaliev,S (2384)-Nigmatov,O (2447) Tashkent 2020}) 11... Bc5 (11...
Qc7 $5) 12. Nb3 d6 13. Nfxd4 Ne5 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bh4 O-O 16. f4 N5g6 17. Bg3 $16
{1/2 (38) Mammadova,G (2355)-Khukhashvili,S (2301) Batumi 2018}) 9. axb5 axb5
10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Nd2 (13. Qxd4 $5 Qc7 14. h3) 13...
O-O 14. e5 Bxe5 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Qxe5 Rb6 {0-1 (44) Bologan,V 
(2640)-Korobov,A (2695) Poikovsky 2017} 18. Nf3 $14) 8... Ng6 {Preventing
Nf3-h4.} (8... O-O 9. Be3 Bb7 10. Nh4 Re8 11. Nd2 Ng6 12. Nf5 Bf8 13. Qg4 $14 {
1-0 (57) Caruana,F (2835)-Carlsen,M (2863) lichess.org INT 2020}) 9. Be3 O-O
10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Bb3 d6 {A normal position, quite solid for Black, has arisen.}
12. Bd5 Qe8 (12... Qc7 {was more natural. If} 13. d4 {then} exd4 14. cxd4 Bb7)
13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Rb8 15. Rc1 (15. a3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Be6 $11)
15... Nb4 $5 {[%mdl 512] A correct pawn sacrifice.} (15... c4 $143 $6 16. Bxc6
Qxc6 17. d5 {[%cal Yb2b3]}) 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Bxc5 Nxd5 (17... Bxc5 $142 $1 18.
Rxc5 Nf4 $44) 18. exd5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 {Black has no sufficient compensation now.
} Bb7 (19... Nf4 20. Re1 Qd8 21. Ne4 $16) 20. Nb3 {This knight had a better
route:} (20. Re1 $142 $1 Qd7 21. Nf1 Rbd8 22. Ne5 (22. Ne3 $143 Ne7) 22... Qd6
23. Nxg6 fxg6 (23... Qxc5 24. Nxf8 Kxf8 25. Ne3 Bxd5 $2 26. Qd3 {[%cal Rd3h7,
Re1d1]}) 24. Qd4 Rf4 25. Qe3 Rf5 26. Rd1 {, and Black can't regain the pawn.})
20... Qd7 $6 (20... Rd8 $1 21. Na5 Ba8 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Yd8d6,Ye8d7] , and
Black should regain the d5 pawn.}) 21. Na5 Ba8 22. Nc6 Rbe8 23. Nfd4 $16 {
White has kept his extra pawn and got perfect centralization.} Qd6 24. b4 Re4
25. Qf3 Rfe8 26. Nf5 Qd7 27. g3 h6 28. h4 Kh8 29. Ne3 Kg8 30. Rfc1 Nf8 31. Nf5
Nh7 32. Kg2 $2 (32. Nb8 $1 Qd8 33. Qxe4 Rxe4 34. Rc8 Re8 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Nc6
$18) 32... Kh8 $2 (32... Bb7 $142 $16) 33. Nb8 $1 $18 Qd8 34. Nc6 Qd7 35. Nb8
Qd8 36. Nxa6 Bxd5 37. Nc7 Bb7 38. Nxe8 Re7 39. Qxb7 Rxb7 40. Ned6 Nf8 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch June"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.14"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,61,19,-12,-27,-33,-27,-42,-31,-47,-19,-19,-9,-17,57,42,42,62,21,23,23,
16,65,70,103,20,30,11,4,22,19,17,62,11,11,48,108,162,328,234,234,224,250,281,
272,252,324,338,616,474,322,346,538,569,1152,1394,1598,1526,1939,28516,28521,
29982,29983,29984]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. e4 Bxc3 5. bxc3 O-O 6. f3
$6 {One of the controversial ideas tested by Magnus Carlsen in online chess.} (
6. Bg2 {leads to a normal theoretical position.}) 6... b5 $5 {This pawn
sacrifice is typical when White's light-squared bishop is already on g2, and
after cxb5 a6 bxa6 Bxa6 its black counterpart can take a powerful position.
Here White's bishop is more active, the position opens up, and White's bishop
pair can become powerful.} (6... Re8 {[%csl Yc6][%cal Yc7c6,Yd7d5] is more
normal, and now Carlsen has tried two plans:} 7. Nh3 ({and} 7. Kf2 $5 c6 8. d4
d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. dxe5 Rxe5 11. c4 $1 d4 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. Nf4 Nd7 14. Nd5 {
1/2 (67) Carlsen,M (2863)-Caruana,F (2835) lichess.org INT 2020} f5 $132) 7...
c6 8. Nf2 d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bg2 b6 11. O-O Ba6 12. Re1 Nc6 $13 {1/2 (70)
Carlsen,M (2863)-Aronian,L (2773) lichess.org INT 2020}) 7. d4 $1 {[%mdl 32]} (
7. cxb5 d5 $5 $44) 7... exd4 8. cxd4 bxc4 9. e5 Nd5 10. Bxc4 Bb7 {A bit too
passive.} (10... Nb6 11. Bd3 (11. Bb3 d6) 11... Bb7 $13 {[%cal Yd7d6] was more
accurate.}) 11. Nh3 d6 (11... Nb6 {gives White a nice possibility to weaken
Black's kingside:} 12. Qd3 $5 Nxc4 13. Ng5 $1 g6 14. Qxc4 $36) 12. O-O ({
Here, too,} 12. Qd3 $1 {was appropriate.}) 12... Nd7 13. Re1 dxe5 14. dxe5 N7b6
(14... N5b6 $5 15. e6 $1 (15. Bf1 $2 Nxe5 $1) 15... Ne5 $1 16. exf7+ Kh8 17.
Be2 Qf6 (17... Qxd1 18. Bxd1 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Bxf3 20. Ng5 $18 {[%cal Rc1a3]})
18. Nf4 Qxf7 19. Bb2 $36) 15. Bb3 Qe7 (15... c5 $5 16. Ba3 $1 $36) 16. e6 $1
fxe6 {After this capture White's knight powerfully enters the game.} (16... f6
$1 {was relatively better although White kept advantage due to his strong e6
pawn.}) 17. Ng5 Rf6 18. Qc2 Rg6 $2 {Black loses at once.} (18... g6 19. Bb2 c5
{, giving up an exchange, was a lesser evil. White should win in any case, e.g.
} 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Ne4 $1 ({but not} 21. Nxe6 $2 c4 22. Bxc4 Rc8) 21... Qd4+ (
21... Qxf3 22. Qxc5 Rc8 23. Qd4 $18 {[%cal Re4g5]}) 22. Qf2 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 c4
24. Bd1 {etc.}) 19. Rxe6 $1 $18 Qxe6 20. Nxe6 Rxe6 21. Bb2 Rae8 22. Bd4 Kh8 23.
Qf5 Bc8 24. Qh5 c5 25. Bxc5 Re5 26. Qf7 Bh3 27. Bf8 Re1+ 28. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Kf2
Rf1+ 30. Ke2 Nc3+ 31. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Skuhala, Jernej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2020.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 f6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O e6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Ng5 Bf5 12. g4 h6 13. Nh3 Nxg4 14. Bxg4 Qh4 15.
Bxf5 gxf5 16. Nf4 Bxd4 17. Kh1 Rg8 18. Qh5+ Qxh5 19. Nxh5 Kd7 20. Bf4 e5 21.
Nf6+ Ke6 22. Nxg8 exf4 23. Rae1+ Kf7 24. Nxh6+ Kg6 25. Re6+ Kh5 26. Nxd5 Rf8
27. Nxf4+ Kh4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ermakov, Evgeny1"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. e3 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. Nf3 b6 6. c3 Bb7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. O-O Re8 10. a4 a5 11. Rc1 e5 12. Bh2 Qe7 13. Ne1 h5 14. b4 axb4 15.
cxb4 exd4 16. Rxc7 dxe3 17. Nc4 exf2+ 18. Rxf2 Ba6 19. Bxd6 Qe6 20. b5 Bc8 21.
Nc2 Ne4 22. Rf3 Rxa4 23. Bh2 Nc3 24. Rxc3 Bxc3 25. Nd6 Nc5 26. Nxe8 Qxe8 27.
Bd3 Be6 28. Qf3 Bg7 29. Bg3 Qd8 30. Bxg6 fxg6 31. Qc6 h4 32. Bd6 Bd4+ 33. Nxd4
Rxd4 34. Be7 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Qb8 36. Bxc5 Bf7 37. Bxb6 Rd8 38. Qb7 Qxb7 39. Rxb7
Rd2 40. Bc7 Bd5 41. Rb8+ Kf7 42. Kg1 Rxg2+ 43. Kf1 Rc2 44. Bd8 Bg2+ 45. Kg1
Bxh3 46. Bxh4 Rg2+ 47. Kh1 g5 48. Rh8 gxh4 49. Rxh4 Rg3 50. Kh2 Rb3 51. Rxh3
Rxb5 52. Rg3 Rf5 53. Kg2 Kf6 54. Kh3 Rg5 55. Rxg5 Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Korchmar, Vasiliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2020.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. a4 Bb7 8. Nc3
Na5 9. Ba2 b4 10. Ne2 d6 11. Ng3 O-O 12. O-O c5 13. Nf5 Bc8 14. Bg5 Bxf5 15.
exf5 b3 16. Bxb3 Nxb3 17. cxb3 Nd5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nd2 Rab8 20. Rc1 Rb4 21.
Rc4 Rfb8 22. Qf3 Nf6 23. Rxb4 Rxb4 24. Qa8+ Qe8 25. Qxa6 Qb8 26. a5 h6 27. Ra1
Nd5 28. Qc6 Ne7 29. Qf3 Rf4 30. Qe2 Nxf5 31. Nf3 Nd4 32. Nxd4 Rxd4 33. a6 Qa7
34. Qf3 d5 35. Qf5 e4 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. dxe4 dxe4 38. h3 Rb4 39. Rd1 Rb6 40. Rd8
Qxa6 41. Rh8+ Kg6 42. Qg4+ Kf6 43. Qf4+ Kg6 44. Qxe4+ Kf6 45. Qf4+ Kg6 46. Qg4+
Kf6 47. Rg8 g6 48. Qh4+ Ke6 49. Re8+ Kd5 50. Qe4+ Kd6 51. Rd8+ Kc7 52. Qe7+ Kc6
53. Qd7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Salinas Herrera, Pablo Patricio"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2020.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. h3 Bf8 12. Bd2 Be6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15.
c4 Ng6 16. Rc1 Nh5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Qxh5 Nxd3 19. Rxe8 Qxe8 20. Rc2 Qe4 21.
Qg4 Qh7 22. Qd1 Qf5 23. Be3 b4 24. Rd2 Nf4 25. axb4 Rb8 26. Rd4 Ng6 27. Bd2 Qe5
28. Bc3 Qg5 29. Bc2 h5 30. Qd2 Qxd2 31. Rxd2 Ne5 32. b3 Be7 33. f4 Nd7 34. Re2
Bf6 35. Bxf6 Nxf6 36. Re7 Rb7 37. Kf2 Kf8 38. Re1 Rxb4 39. Ra1 Rb6 40. Ke3 Nd7
41. Kd4 g6 42. Kc3 h4 43. b4 Ke7 44. Ba4 Nf6 45. Bc2 Kf8 46. Bb3 Nh5 47. c5
dxc5 48. bxc5 Rb5 49. Kc4 Nxf4 50. Rxa6 Rb8 51. d6 cxd6 52. cxd6 Nxg2 53. Ra7
Nf4 54. Kc3 Ne6 55. Bxe6 fxe6 56. Kd4 g5 57. Ke5 Kg8 58. Kf6 g4 59. hxg4 h3 60.
Ra3 h2 61. Rh3 Rb2 62. Ke7 e5 63. d7 Rd2 64. d8=Q+ Kg7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nitish, Belurkar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2020.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Bxh6
gxh6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. Nc3 Rg8 11. O-O Rc8 12. Rac1 Ne7 13. Nb5 Bxb5 14. Rxc8+
Nxc8 15. Bxb5+ Qxb5 16. Qc2 Qc4 17. Qxh7 Rg7 18. Qb1 Nb6 19. Rc1 Qe2 20. Rc3
Bb4 21. Re3 Qb5 22. b3 Kd7 23. h3 a5 24. Nh2 h5 25. Qd1 Qc6 26. Nf1 Rh7 27. Ng3
Nc8 28. Nxh5 Be7 29. Ng3 Bg5 30. Re2 Qc1 31. Qxc1 Bxc1 32. Rc2 Ba3 33. Ne2 Ne7
34. f4 Rh8 35. Kf2 Nc6 36. Rd2 Rc8 37. h4 Nb4 38. h5 Bc1 39. Rd1 Nxa2 40. g4
Ba3 41. h6 Be7 42. g5 Nb4 43. Ke3 b5 44. Rh1 a4 45. bxa4 bxa4 46. Kd2 a3 47.
Nc3 Nc6 48. Nb5 Rb8 49. h7 Rh8 50. Kc3 Ke8 51. Nc7+ Kf8 52. g6 Kg7 53. gxf7
Kxf7 54. f5 Nd8 55. f6 Bf8 56. Kb3 Kg6 57. Rg1+ Kf7 58. Rh1 Kg6 59. Rg1+ Kxh7
60. Rg2 Rg8 61. Rh2+ Kg6 62. Rh1 Kf7 63. Rh7+ Kg6 64. Rd7 Nc6 65. Nxe6 Kf5 66.
Nxf8 Nxd4+ 67. Kxa3 Rxf8 68. Rxd5 Nc6 69. Kb3 Rb8+ 70. Kc3 Nxe5 71. f7 Ke6 72.
Kd4 Rb4+ 73. Kc5 Rc4+ 74. Kb5 Rc8 75. Rc5 Rxc5+ 76. Kxc5 Nxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters GpB"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. Ng3 d5 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. Be3 b6 13. Nh5 Bb7 14. Bg5 Be7
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Bxd5 Rad8 19. Qa4 a6 20. Rad1 b5
21. Qg4 Bc8 22. Qg3 Nd4 23. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Be6 25. h3 h6 26. Bb7 a5 27.
Qc7 b4 28. axb4 axb4 29. Ne4 Qh4 30. Nc5 Qg5 31. Ne4 Qh4 32. Ng3 Nb5 33. Qc5
Nd6 34. Bf3 b3 35. Rd1 Nc4 36. Nf5 Bxf5 37. Qxf5 Nxb2 38. Rxd8+ Qxd8 39. Bd5
Qf6 40. Qg4 g6 41. Qe2 Kg7 42. Bxb3 Qc3 43. Bc2 Nc4 44. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters GpB"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2020.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Rc1 Re8 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O Bf8 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. a3 h6 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. Ne4 a5 15.
Nc5 a4 16. Qc2 Ra7 17. Rfe1 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. e4 dxe3 20. Bxe3 c6 21. Ne4
Be6 22. Bc5 Ra8 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Nc5 Bc8 25. Re4 Re8 26. Rce1 Rxe4 27. Rxe4
Ra5 28. h3 Kf8 29. d4 Ra8 30. Re1 g6 31. Qd2 Kg7 32. Qf4 Nd7 33. Ne4 Ra5 34.
Nd6 Nf6 35. Re8 Qd7 36. Rxc8 g5 37. Qd2 Ra6 38. Qb4 c5 39. dxc5 Rxd6 40. cxd6
Qxc8 41. Bxb7 Qxh3 42. Qxa4 h5 43. Qd4 Qd7 44. Bf3 h4 45. gxh4 gxh4 46. Qxh4
Qf5 47. Kg2 Kf8 48. a4 Qg6+ 49. Qg3 Qf5 50. b4 Nd5 51. Qg4 Qe5 52. Qc8+ Kg7 53.
Qg4+ Kf8 54. d7 Ke7 55. Qe4 Qxe4 56. Bxe4 Nxb4 57. Bf5 Nc6 58. Kf3 Kd6 59. Kf4
f6 60. Be4 Nd8 61. Kf5 Kxd7 62. Kxf6 Kd6 63. a5 Ne6 64. a6 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters GpB"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Nbd2 Rd8 11. Nc4 Qa6 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Rfe1 h6 14. Bf4 Nb6
15. Nce5 Qa4 16. Bd2 Be4 17. Qxa4 Nxa4 18. b3 Nb6 19. Ba5 Rd5 20. Bc3 c5 21. e3
Rdd8 22. Red1 Nbd5 23. Ba5 Rdc8 24. Rac1 b6 25. Be1 a5 26. a4 Rc7 27. Nc4 Rac8
28. dxc5 Bxc5 29. Nd4 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Nd7 32. e4 N5f6 33. Rcd1 Rb8
34. f3 Kh7 35. g4 e5 36. Rd6 Nc5 37. Nxe5 Nxb3 38. h4 b5 39. g5 Nh5 40. Nd7
Rbc8 41. axb5 a4 42. b6 Rb7 43. Bb4 Nf4+ 44. Kg3 Ne6 45. Kg4 Rc2 46. g6+ Kxg6
47. Nf8+ Kf6 48. e5+ Kxe5 49. R6d5+ Kf6 50. Rf5# 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters GpB"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "228"]
[EventDate "2020.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. bxc4
Nc6 9. O-O Nb4 10. Be2 b6 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. a3 Nc6 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Re1 cxd4 15.
exd4 Bd6 16. Bd3 Bf4 17. Rc2 Ne7 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Ng6 21. h4
Bb8 22. h5 Nf4 23. h6 Qf6 24. g3 Qg6 25. hxg7 Rfd8 26. Re3 Qg4 27. Qf1 h5 28.
Kh2 Ng6 29. Qh3 b5 30. c5 Ne7 31. Qxg4 hxg4 32. Nh4 Nd5 33. Re1 Bc7 34. Ng2
Kxg7 35. Ne3 Nxe3 36. Rxe3 Kg6 37. Bc3 Rd5 38. Kg2 Rh8 39. Rb2 a6 40. a4 Rb8
41. axb5 axb5 42. Re1 e5 43. dxe5 Rxc5 44. Re3 Kf5 45. f3 Rc4 46. Rbe2 b4 47.
fxg4+ Ke6 48. Bb2 b3 49. Kf3 Bd8 50. Rd3 Be7 51. Rh2 Bf8 52. g5 Rc2 53. Rdd2
Rbc8 54. Ke4 R2c4+ 55. Kf3 Kf5 56. Rhe2 Rc2 57. e6 Rxd2 58. Rxd2 fxe6 59. Rd3
Rb8 60. Re3 Rb6 61. Re1 Kxg5 62. Ke4 Bd6 63. Bd4 Ra6 64. Kd3 Bxg3 65. Rb1 e5
66. Bc5 Rc6 67. Be3+ Kg4 68. Rxb3 Kf3 69. Bd4 Bf4 70. Bxe5 Bxe5 71. Ra3 Rc8 72.
Rb3 Rd8+ 73. Kc4+ Ke4 74. Kb5 Kd5 75. Rd3+ Bd4 76. Rb3 Ra8 77. Kb4 Rb8+ 78. Ka4
Bb6 79. Kb4 Kd4 80. Ka4 Kc5 81. Rc3+ Kd5 82. Rb3 Kc6 83. Rb1 Rh8 84. Kb4 Bd4
85. Kc4 Rh4 86. Rd1 Be5+ 87. Kd3 Kd5 88. Ke3+ Bd4+ 89. Kf3 Ke5 90. Rf1 Re4 91.
Kg3 Re3+ 92. Kg4 Ke4 93. Rf4+ Kd5 94. Rf3 Re8 95. Kf5 Rg8 96. Rf4 Be5 97. Rf3
Bd4 98. Rf4 Be3 99. Rg4 Rf8+ 100. Kg6 Bd4 101. Rh4 Be5 102. Ra4 Ke6 103. Rg4
Rh8 104. Kg5 Rf8 105. Kg6 Bf4 106. Kg7 Rf7+ 107. Kg8 Be5 108. Rg6+ Bf6 109. Rg3
Ra7 110. Re3+ Be5 111. Rf3 Rg7+ 112. Kf8 Rg4 113. Re3 Ra4 114. Kg8 Rh4 0-1

[Event "Chessable Masters GpB"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2020.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,52,26,20,20,31,42,27,38,4,31,-35,-11,-71,-36,-75,-51,-43,-45,-50,20,
20,20,-11,-11,-7,10,18,25,-3,15,15,68,68,89,41,41,-22,-16,-15,-6,-51,-54,-79,
-79,-102,-87,-107,-82,-70,-70,-125,-98,-416,-417]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 $5 {An interesting move, the move popular ones being 5.
Bxc6, 5.c3 and 5.0-0.} h6 {Many other moves have been played. For example, the
following games require some investigation:} (5... O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nbd2 Re8
8. Nc4 Bd6 9. h3 Qe7 10. O-O Qe6 11. Re1 c5 12. Nfd2 Nd7 13. Qh5 Nf8 14. a4 Ng6
15. Nxd6 cxd6 $11 {0-1 (53) Paravyan,D (2634)-Leko,P (2669) Moscow 2018}) (5...
Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. Nd2 c6 9. Ba4 h6 10. Bh4 d6 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Ne3
Bb6 13. Bb3 g5 14. Bg3 Bxe3 $6 (14... Qe7 $6) 15. fxe3 Bg4 16. Qd2 Nh5 17. O-O
$14 {½-½ (68) Carlsen,M (2837)-So,W (2788) London 2017}) (5... d6 6. Nbd2 O-O
7. c3 a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Ba7 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Qa4
Bd7 14. e5 g5 15. Bg3 $2 (15. Nxg5 $1 hxg5 16. Bxg5 dxe5 17. Ne4 $18) 15... Nh5
16. Ne4 f5 $1 $19 {0-1 (30) Yu Yangyi (2751)-Wang Hao (2709) Huai'an 2017}) 6.
Bh4 d6 $5 (6... Be7 {is the other approach.}) 7. c3 O-O (7... Bb6 $5 {is
another interesting approach, delaying ...0-0, but White seems to get a small
advantage pretty easily:} 8. Nbd2 Bd7 9. O-O Ne7 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Nc4 O-O 12.
a4 a6 13. Nxb6 Nxb6 14. a5 Nd7 15. d4 $14 {1-0 (60) Bellahcene,B (2540)-Bruzon
Batista,L (2644) chess24.com 2019}) 8. Nbd2 g5 $5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Bxc6 $5 bxc6
11. d4 exd4 ({It's questionable whether Black could have kept the tension with
} 11... Bb6 {- after} 12. dxe5 (12. Nxe5 $5 Nxg3 13. Nxc6 Qd7 14. hxg3 Qxc6 15.
Rxh6 $44) 12... dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Qf6 15. Nef3 {I do not thnk that
Black has enough compensation.}) 12. Nxd4 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qf6 {The whole line
doesn't seem very convincing for White.} 14. Qh5 $146 (14. N2b3 {had been
played by Svidler, without success either:} Bb6 15. Qf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 Kg7 17.
g4 d5 18. Nf5+ Bxf5 19. gxf5 Rfe8 20. Nd2 Rad8 $15 {0-1 (25) Svidler,P (2738)
-Ivanchuk,V (2781) Sochi 2008}) 14... Bxd4 $6 (14... Kg7 $5) (14... Rb8 $5 15.
N2b3 Bxd4 16. cxd4 Re8 17. f3 Kg7 $15) 15. cxd4 Qxd4 16. Qxh6 Qg7 17. O-O-O Rb8
18. e5 $6 (18. Qxg7+ Kxg7 19. b3 $11) 18... dxe5 $1 (18... Qxh6 $6 19. Rxh6
dxe5 20. Rxc6 $14) (18... Rb5 $5) 19. Ne4 $6 {White desperately tries to play
for a win, but it doesn't seem like what the position is calling for.} (19.
Qxc6 {should still more or less hold the balance.}) 19... f6 20. f3 Bf5 21.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 22. Nc5 (22. g4 Bxe4 23. fxe4 Rb4 $17) 22... Rb5 23. Na4 Rb4 24. b3
g4 $1 25. Rd2 Rfb8 26. Nc5 $2 {A terrible blunder in a bad position.} (26. Nc3
a5 $17) 26... Rc4+ $1 0-1

[Event "Chessable Masters GpB"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Na3 Bg7 5. Nxc4 Nc6 6. d3 Nh6 7. h4 Be6 8. Bd2
Ng4 9. Bg2 h5 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Bd5 12. b4 Qd7 13. a4 a6 14. Qc2 Rac8 15. e3
b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. e4 Be6 18. Ne3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Ne5 20. d4 Nc4 21. Ng5 Bg4
22. e5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qxd2 24. Qxd2 Nxd2 25. Rf2 Nc4 26. Bd5 Nxe5 27. Rc5 c6 28.
Be6 Nd3 29. Bxc8 Nxf2 30. Bxg4 Nxg4 31. Rxc6 Nxe3 32. Rb6 Rc8 33. Rxb5 Rc2 34.
Rb7 Nf5 35. b5 Rb2 36. b6 Kg7 37. Ne4 Rb5 38. Rb8 Nd6 39. Nxd6 exd6 40. b7 Kf6
41. Rd8 Rxb7 42. Rxd6+ Kf5 43. Kg2 f6 44. Ra6 Rb5 45. Ra2 g5 46. Rf2+ Kg4 47.
Rxf6 Rb2+ 48. Rf2 Rxf2+ 49. Kxf2 gxh4 50. gxh4 Kxh4 51. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters GpB"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,75,27,18,32,40,39,16,-13,-26,-29,-61,-37,-36,16,36,57,-40,60,-53,6,
-134,-93,-153,-161,-161,-32,101,137,-13,57,57,239,239,146,39,39,48,48,17,81,76,
84,107,91,90,176,27,45,45,93,46,56,69,112,48,35,-38,-23,-23,-22,-7,68,36,68,34,
44,37,9,-16,-43,-43,117,114,183,233,319,540]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4.
Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 O-O $5 (6... b5 {and 6...Ba7 are the other two
popular move.}) 7. d4 Bb6 8. Bg5 (8. dxe5 {is known not to bring White more
than a symbolical advantage - if any:} Nxe4 9. Qd5 Nc5 10. Bc2 Ne7 11. Qd1 d5
12. exd6 Qxd6 (12... cxd6 $6 13. Re1 h6 14. Nbd2 Bf5 15. Bxf5 Nxf5 16. Nc4 Ba7
17. Ne3 Qd7 18. Nxf5 Qxf5 19. Be3 Rfd8 20. h3 $14 {1-0 (64) Gashimov,V (2740)
-Ponomariov,R (2737) FRA 2010}) 13. Qxd6 cxd6 14. Re1 Re8 15. Nbd2 Bf5 $11)
8... h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. h3 $5 {Preventing ..Bg4. If Black wants to play ...g5
he'll have to face a potncial Nxg5.} (10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8
13. Nxe5 {doesn't lead to anything:} g5 14. Bg3 Nxe4 $36 {0-1 (29) Ernst,T 
(2485)-Kristensen,B (2440) Gausdal 1994}) 10... g5 (10... exd4 {defnitely
requires investgation, with the idea to play ...g5 next. Here the engine claims
} 11. Re1 $5 {is a very interesting move!}) 11. Nxg5 $1 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Kh7 $6 {
A strange move, in my humble opinion!} (12... Kg7 {should definitely be
critical:} 13. Nd2 $5 (13. f4 $6 exd4 14. e5 $2 ({Perhaps} 14. Kh1 $5 {is
worth a try in a blitz game!}) 14... dxe5 15. fxe5 dxc3+ $19) 13... exd4 (13...
Ne7 $5) 14. e5 dxe5 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxd8 Rxd8 $13) 13. Bxc6 Rg8 $5 14. f4 $1 {
Black's position look bad already.} (14. Bxf6 $2 Qxf6 15. Qh5+ Qh6 16. Qxh6+
Kxh6 17. Bd5 Bxh3 18. Kh2 $1 Bxg2 19. Rg1 Bf3 20. Nd2 Bh5 $11) (14. h4 $6 bxc6
15. f4 exd4 16. cxd4 Qe7 {seems to work for Black.}) 14... bxc6 (14... exf4 15.
h4 $1 $18) (14... exd4 15. e5 $1 dxe5 16. Be4+ Kg7 17. c4 $1 {just seems to be
crushing for White.}) 15. Qe1 Rxg5 16. fxg5 Ng8 17. Rxf7+ Kg6 18. Rf3 $1 exd4
19. Kh1 Qe7 20. Nd2 dxc3 21. bxc3 Be6 22. Qh4 Qh7 23. Qg3 (23. Qf4 $1 Qf7 (
23... Qh5 24. e5 $18) 24. Qg3 {was stromger.}) 23... Qh5 (23... Qe7 24. Rf6+ $1
Kg7 (24... Nxf6 25. gxf6+ Kxf6 26. Rf1+ $18) 25. Raf1 {would be a disaster for
Black.}) 24. Qf4 Kg7 25. Raf1 Re8 26. Qg3 Ne7 27. Rf6 Ng6 {Slowly Black
managed to reorganize himself and is porbably fine. However, his position
remains difficult for a rapid game.} 28. Nf3 Bc4 $6 (28... Bxa2 {rigt away was
a better move.}) 29. Re1 Bxa2 30. Nd4 $6 (30. Nh4 $5 Nxh4 31. Rh6 Rxe4 $3 32.
Rxe4 (32. Rxh5 $4 Nf5 $19) 32... Nf5 (32... Qd1+ $5 33. Re1 Nf5 $132) 33. Qe1
Qxg5 34. Rg4 Kxh6 35. Rxg5 Kxg5 36. h4+ $1 Kg6 37. h5+ $1 Kxh5 38. g4+ $1 Kxg4
39. Qe2+ Kf4 40. Qxa2 {and the position should be a draw.}) ({However} 30. c4
$3 Bxc4 31. Nh4 $3 {was winning (here we do miss the hanging rook on f1):} Nxh4
32. Rh6 Rxe4 33. Rxh5 (33. Rxe4 $4 Qd1+ $17) 33... Nf5 34. Qc3+ Bd4 35. Qa5 $18
) 30... Bxd4 (30... Re5 $5 {may have been a good defence.}) 31. cxd4 Bg8 32. e5
Bd5 33. Kh2 a5 34. Re3 (34. e6 $1 Re7 35. Re3 {was stronger. If} Qd1 {now} 36.
Rxg6+ Kxg6 37. Qf4 {just wins.}) 34... dxe5 $2 (34... Qd1 $1 35. e6 Qd2 $1 36.
Rf7+ Kg8 $11) 35. dxe5 Qd1 36. e6 $1 {Now it's over!} Re7 (36... Qd2 37. Qxc7+
$18) 37. Qf2 Nh8 38. Rh6 (38. Qh4 $5) 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters GpB"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. Bd2 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe5 fxe5 9. Bc4 Nf6 10. Nge2 Bc5 11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. Bg5
Nd4 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nxe4 Be7 17. N4g3 Nxe2+ 18. Bxe2 Qxd1 19. Bxd1 Bxd1 20.
Rfxd1 Rd8 21. Nf5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bf8 23. g3 h5 24. Kg2 Rh7 25. Rc1 Kd7 26. Kf3
Ke6 27. g4 hxg4+ 28. hxg4 Rd7 29. Rc8 Kf7 30. Ke2 b6 31. f3 Bc5 32. Ng3 Be7 33.
Ne4 Ke6 34. Rc6+ Kf7 35. b3 Kg7 36. a3 Kf7 37. b4 Rd4 38. Rc7 a5 39. Ng3 Ke8
40. Rxe7+ Kxe7 41. Nf5+ Ke6 42. Nxd4+ exd4 43. f4 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters GpB"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Nge2 a6 7. Ng3 c6 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O b5 10. Be3 e5 11. d5 cxd5 12. cxd5 Nc5 13. Bc2 Ne8 14. b4 Nd7 15.
a4 bxa4 16. Bxa4 Rb8 17. b5 Nc5 18. bxa6 Bxa6 19. Re1 Nxa4 20. Rxa4 Bc8 21. Ra7
f5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Nh5 Bh8 24. Qf3 f4 25. Bd2 Qg5 26. Ng3 Qg6 27. Nge4 Ng7
28. Rea1 h5 29. Kh2 Nf5 30. Qd3 Bg7 31. Rg1 h4 32. Ne2 Rb7 33. Ra8 Rbf7 34. Bb4
Qh6 35. Rc1 Bd7 36. Ra6 f3 37. Bd2 Qh5 38. gxf3 Ng3 39. Ng1 Rxf3 40. Nxf3 Rxf3
41. Ra8+ Bf8 42. Bh6 Nxe4 43. Rg1+ Kh7 44. Qxe4+ Bf5 45. Bxf8 Rxh3+ 46. Kg2
Bxe4+ 47. Kxh3 Qf5+ 48. Rg4 Qf3+ 49. Kxh4 Qxf2+ 50. Kg5 Qf5+ 51. Kh4 Qf2+ 52.
Kg5 Qf5+ 53. Kh4 Qf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters GpB"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. Ne2
Bd6 15. Rad1 Bg4 16. h3 Bxe2 17. Bxe2 Rab8 18. b3 Rfe8 19. Bd3 Bb4 20. g3 Re5
21. Kg2 Rbe8 22. f4 Re3 23. Rf3 Kf8 24. Rxe3 Rxe3 25. Rf1 Ke7 26. Rf3 Re1 27.
Rf1 Re3 28. Rf3 Re1 29. Rf1 Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.25"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. h3
Bd6 9. Bd3 c6 10. Bf4 Qc7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qb3 Rab8 14. a4 Rfe8
15. Qa3 Qc7 16. Rfc1 Nb6 17. b4 Ra8 18. a5 Nc8 19. b5 axb5 20. Nxb5 Qd8 21. Nc3
Nd6 22. Qb4 Qe7 23. a6 bxa6 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. Bxa6 Ra8 26. Bf1 Nc8 27. Qb2 Nd7
28. Ne2 Rb8 29. Qc3 Rb6 30. Qa5 Qd6 31. Nf4 Ne7 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. Ne5 Rb8 34.
Qa7 Nxe5 35. dxe5 Qd8 36. Be2 Kh8 37. Bg4 Ng6 38. f4 Ra8 39. Qc5 Qe8 40. Qxc6
Qxc6 41. Rxc6 d4 42. exd4 Nxf4 43. g3 Nd3 44. Bxe6 Ra1+ 45. Kg2 g6 46. Bc4 Nb4
47. Rc8+ Kg7 48. d5 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.25"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 a5 7. O-O h6 8. Re1 O-O
9. h3 Be6 10. Bb5 Na7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Nxb5 13. dxc5 Na7 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15.
Qxd6 cxd6 16. Nc3 Nc6 17. Bf4 d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Rxe4 Rfd8 21. Rc1
Rd3 22. Re3 Rad8 23. Rxd3 Rxd3 24. Be3 Rb3 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 Rb4 27. Bc3
Rxa4 28. g4 b5 29. Kg2 b4 30. Bd4 b3 31. Bc3 Ra2 32. Rd1 a4 33. Kf3 a3 34. Rd2
axb2 35. Bxb2 g5 36. Ke3 Kh7 37. f4 gxf4+ 38. Kxf4 Kg6 39. h4 h5 40. gxh5+ Kxh5
41. Rh2 Ra4+ 42. Ke3 Kg4 43. h5 Kg3 44. Rh1 Kg2 45. Rd1 Rh4 46. Rd2+ Kg3 47.
Rd8 Rxh5 48. Rg8+ Kh3 49. Kd2 Rf5 50. Bd4 Rf3 51. Be3 f5 52. Re8 f4 53. Bd4 Bc4
54. Kc1 Rd3 55. Ba7 Rc3+ 56. Kb1 Rc2 57. Rc8 Kg4 58. Rc6 Bd3 59. Rxc2 bxc2+ 60.
Kc1 Kf5 61. Bb8 f3 62. Ba7 Kxe5 63. Kd2 Kf4 64. Be3+ Kg3 0-1

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.25"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. h3 a6 7. Bf1 g5 8. d4
g4 9. d5 gxf3 10. dxc6 Bxc6 11. Qxf3 Nd7 12. Nc3 e6 13. Qg3 Qe7 14. Nd5 Bxd5
15. exd5 e5 16. b4 cxb4 17. Rb1 a5 18. a3 f5 19. axb4 a4 20. Bb5 Bg7 21. Ra1
O-O 22. Rxa4 Rac8 23. Ra7 Nf6 24. c4 Kh8 25. Qg5 Qc7 26. Qxf5 Nxd5 27. Qd7 Qxd7
28. Bxd7 Rxc4 29. Be6 Rd4 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxb7 Rd3 32. Be3 d5 33. Bc5 Rc8 34.
b5 e4 35. b6 Rc3 36. Rxg7 R3xc5 37. Rd7 Rb5 38. b7 Rb8 39. Rd1 R8xb7 40. Rxb7
Rxb7 41. Rxd5 Kg7 42. Re5 Rb4 43. g4 Kf6 44. Rh5 Rb7 45. Kg2 Re7 46. Kf1 Kg6
47. Ke2 Rf7 48. Re5 Rf4 49. Re6+ Kg5 50. Re5+ Kg6 51. Re6+ Kg5 52. Re5+ Kg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.27"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qa4 Qc8 11. Rc1 Re8 12. O-O Bf8 13. Ne2 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5
15. Qc2 Qa6 16. Bc3 Nfe4 17. a3 Rac8 18. Rcd1 Na4 19. Rxd5 Naxc3 20. Nxc3 Nxc3
21. bxc3 Qxa3 22. c4 Red8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Nd4 g6 25. g3 Rc8 26. Rb1 Bg7 27.
Nb5 Qe7 28. Qa4 a5 29. Nd4 Qd6 30. Qb3 Bxd4 31. exd4 Qxd4 32. Qxb6 Qxb6 33.
Rxb6 Rxc4 34. Ra6 a4 35. h4 Kf8 36. Ra7 Kg7 37. Ra6 Rc1+ 38. Kg2 Ra1 39. g4 a3
40. g5 Kf8 41. Ra7 Ke8 42. Kh2 Kd8 43. Rxf7 Rf1 44. Ra7 Rxf2+ 45. Kg3 Ra2 46.
Rxh7 Ra1 47. Ra7 a2 48. Kg2 Ke8 49. Kh2 Kf8 50. Kg2 Kg8 51. Kh2 Kh8 52. Kg2 Kg8
53. Kh2 Kh8 54. Kg2 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.27"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.
O-O Nc6 9. b3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bd6 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nc3 Rfe8 14. Nxd5
Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Nxd5 17. Rfd1 Red8 18. Rac1 f6 19. Rd4 Ne7 20. Rc7
Nf5 21. Rg4 h5 22. Rg6 Re8 23. Bxf6 Re6 24. e4 Rxe4 25. Rg5 Rh4+ 26. Kg1 Re8
27. g3 Rg4 28. Rxf5 gxf6 29. Rxb7 h4 30. Rf4 Rxf4 31. gxf4 Ra8 32. Kg2 a5 33.
Kh3 a4 34. Kxh4 axb3 35. axb3 Ra5 36. Kg4 Rd5 37. b4 Kf8 38. b5 Ke8 39. f5 Kf8
40. b6 Rb5 41. f3 Ke8 42. f4 Kf8 43. Kh5 Rxf5+ 44. Kg6 Rxf4 45. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.27"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Nf6 10. Be3 O-O 11. a4 Nfd7 12. Kf2 Nxc5 13. Qd6 b6 14. Bb5 Bd7
15. Ne2 Bxb5 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. Qxc5 Nd7 18. Qxb5 Qc7 19. Rhd1 Ne5 20. f4 Ng4+
21. Kf3 Nf6 22. Qe5 Qe7 23. Rd4 Rac8 24. Rb1 Rfd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qd4 Qc7
27. Rd1 h6 28. g4 Re8 29. Qd6 Qc4 30. Qb4 Qc8 31. Ng3 e5 32. f5 Rd8 33. Rxd8+
Qxd8 34. Ke2 Nxg4 35. Nf1 a5 36. Qb5 Qh4 37. Nd2 Qxh2+ 38. Kd3 Qg3+ 39. Kc2
Ne3+ 40. Kb3 Qe1 41. Qd3 Qd1+ 42. Ka2 Qxa4+ 43. Kb2 Ng4 44. Nb3 Nf6 45. Nc5 Qc6
46. Qd8+ Kh7 47. Qe7 Qb5+ 48. Kc2 a4 49. Qxe5 a3 50. Nd3 Qa4+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Md Jamal, Uddin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nc3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. e3 Rab8 15.
bxc4 dxc4 16. Qc2 Qb2 17. Rfc1 Qxc2 18. Rxc2 Nd5 19. Ne2 Rfc8 20. a3 g5 21. e4
Nc7 22. f4 h6 23. f5 Bd7 24. Rxc4 Rb2 25. Rd1 c5 26. a4 Na6 27. Bf1 Nb4 28. Bc3
Rc2 29. dxc5 Bxa4 30. Rdd4 Bb5 31. Rxb4 Bxe2 32. Bxe2 Rxe2 33. Rbc4 Bf6 34. Rd3
Rc2 35. c6 Rxc3 36. Rdxc3 Bxc3 37. Rxc3 f6 38. Kf2 Kf7 39. Kf3 Ke7 40. e5 fxe5
41. Ke4 Kd6 42. f6 Ke6 43. c7 Kxf6 44. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mikhailovsky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2228"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Re1 d6 10. Bf4 g5 11. Bg3 h5 12. h3 g4 13. hxg4 hxg4 14. Nd4 Nf6 15. e5
dxe5 16. Bxe5 Nbd7 17. Bg3 Qb6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rxe6 Qc5 20. Qd6 Rh7 21. Rae1
O-O-O 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. Qxc5+ Nxc5 24. Rxe7 Rd7 25. Rxd7 Kxd7 26. Bc2 b4 27.
Ne2 Be4 28. Bd1 Bb1 29. a3 b3 30. Nd4 Ba2 31. Be5 Nfe4 32. Bxg4+ Ke7 33. Bd1
Nd2 34. Bf4 Nc4 35. Bc1 a5 36. a4 Kd6 37. Bf3 Nd3 38. Be2 Ncxb2 39. Bxb2 Nxb2
40. Nb5+ Kc5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Velikanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g4 a6 7. h4 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Ne7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qb6 Bd6 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Be2 Bf4 13. Qxc7 Bxc7 14. f4
b5 15. Rhf1 d6 16. g5 Bb7 17. h5 Rad8 18. Bf3 Ne7 19. b4 Rd7 20. Kb2 Rc8 21.
Rd3 d5 22. exd5 exd5 23. Bg4 Rcd8 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. Bc5 Nf5 26. Re1 Rd8 27.
Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Kb1 b6 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. Bd3 Na5 14. h4 Nc4
15. Qf2 b5 16. f5 b4 17. Nce2 O-O-O 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Nf4 Rhf8 20. g3 Qxe5 21.
Rhe1 Rf6 22. Bc1 Ne4 23. Rxe4 dxe4 24. Bxc4 Bc5 25. Be3 Qd6 26. Bxe6+ Rxe6 27.
Nfxe6 Qxe6 28. Re1 Qf6 29. Qxf6 gxf6 30. Nf5 Bxe3 31. Nxe3 Rd2 32. Rf1 Re2 33.
Nf5 Kc7 34. Kc1 a5 35. Nd4 Rg2 36. Rxf6 e3 37. b3 Rxg3 38. Re6 Bd5 39. Re5 Kd6
40. Re8 Kd7 41. Re5 Kd6 42. Re8 Kd7 43. Re5 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kobo, Ori"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. g4 b5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. h4 h5 8. gxh5
Rxh5 9. Nge2 Nf6 10. Ng3 Rh7 11. h5 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nd7 14. hxg6 Rxh1+
15. Bxh1 fxg6 16. Be4 Nf6 17. Bxg6+ Kf8 18. Qd2 Nxd5 19. Bh6 Qd7 20. O-O-O Qg4
21. Bxg7+ Kxg7 22. Rg1 Kxg6 23. Ne2 Qxg1+ 24. Nxg1 Rh8 25. Qd3+ Kg7 26. Ne2
Rh1+ 27. Kd2 Nf6 28. Ng3 Rh2 29. Qf5 Bd5 30. b3 Kf7 31. c4 bxc3+ 32. Kxc3 Be6
33. Qf3 Ke8 34. Kb4 Bd5 35. Qf5 Rh4 36. Ka5 Rxd4 37. Qc8+ Kf7 38. Qxc7 Rd2 39.
Nf5 Rxa2+ 40. Kb6 Re2 41. Nxd6+ Ke6 42. Nc8 Kf7 43. Ka7 Bxb3 44. f4 Rc2 45.
Qxe7+ Kg6 46. Nd6 Bd5 47. f5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. h4
h6 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 f6 12. Bg3 h5 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. Qc4 Bd6 15.
Bxd6 Qxd6 16. a3 O-O 17. O-O Rac8 18. Qb4 Qc6 19. c4 b6 20. Qc3 Qd7 21. b4 Kh7
22. f3 exf3 23. Rxf3 Rfd8 24. c5 Qd5 25. Re1 Bg4 26. Rf2 bxc5 27. bxc5 Rb8 28.
Qc2+ Kg8 29. Qg6 Rb2 30. Ref1 Bf5 31. Qg3 Bd3 32. Re1 e5 33. dxe5 Qxe5 34. Qxe5
fxe5 35. Nf3 Rxf2 36. Kxf2 Rd5 37. Rc1 Kf7 38. e4 Rd8 39. Nxe5+ Ke6 40. Nc6
Rf8+ 41. Ke3 Bf1 42. Nd4+ Kd7 43. c6+ Kc8 44. Ne6 Rf7 45. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Licznerski, Lukasz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. h3 Bf5
8. Bd3 e6 9. Bxf5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxf5 11. O-O Bd6 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Qb1 Qxb1 14.
Raxb1 c5 15. Be3 Nd5 16. Nd2 cxd4 17. Bxd4 e5 18. Be3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bc5 20. Kf2
Rac8 21. Ke2 f6 22. a4 Kf7 23. Rbd1 Ke6 24. e4 Be7 25. Rf3 Rfd8 26. Rd3 Rxd3
27. Kxd3 a6 28. a5 g6 29. Re1 f5 30. Nf3 f4 31. Kc2 Rd8 32. b4 g5 33. Rb1 h5
34. b5 g4 35. hxg4 hxg4 36. Nh2 Rg8 37. bxa6 bxa6 38. Rb6+ Kf7 39. Nf1 Bc5 40.
Rc6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Harsha, Bharathakoti"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qb3 c6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3
O-O 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Re8 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bh4 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rab1 Ndf6
15. Ne5 Nd6 16. b4 Ng4 17. Nxg4 Bxg4 18. Rfe1 Qg5 19. Ne2 h5 20. Nf4 h4 21. h3
Bf5 22. Bxf5 Nxf5 23. Qd1 Nd6 24. Qg4 Qxg4 25. hxg4 Nc4 26. Rb3 b5 27. Nd3 a5
28. bxa5 Rxa5 29. Nb4 Re6 30. Kh2 Ra4 31. Re2 g5 32. Rc2 Kg7 33. g3 hxg3+ 34.
Kxg3 Ra8 35. Rc1 Rh8 36. Rd3 Reh6 37. Kf3 Rf6+ 38. Kg3 Nd6 39. f3 Rfh6 40. Kf2
Rh2+ 41. Ke1 Rg2 42. Kf1 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Ba4 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 Qd6 9. h3 Nd4 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 c6 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bb3 Bf5 14. Bg3 Nd7 15.
Ne4 Bxe4 16. dxe4 Nxb3 17. axb3 Qe6 18. c3 a5 19. Qc2 Bf8 20. Kh1 f6 21. Nd2
Nc5 22. Red1 Red8 23. f3 b5 24. Bf2 Nd3 25. Bg1 Bc5 26. Nf1 Bxg1 27. Rxd3 Rxd3
28. Qxd3 Bb6 29. Qc2 Rd8 30. Rd1 Rd6 31. Kh2 Qd7 32. Rd2 Rxd2 33. Nxd2 Qd6 34.
b4 axb4 35. cxb4 Qxb4 36. Qxc6 Qxd2 37. Qxb6 Qxb2 38. Qe6+ Kh7 39. Qf5+ Kh8 40.
Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qf5+ Kh8 42. Qc8+ Kh7 43. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Nh4 Bd7 6. e4 e5 7. d5 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Be2 a5 10. O-O Na6 11. Ne1 Nc5 12. f3 Nh5 13. g3 f5 14. Nd3 Nxd3 15.
Bxd3 f4 16. Ne2 b6 17. Bd2 Bh3 18. Rf2 g5 19. Kh1 g4 20. gxf4 exf4 21. Qg1 gxf3
22. Rxf3 Qh4 23. Bc3 Bg4 24. Raf1 Bxf3+ 25. Rxf3 Kh8 26. Be1 Qe7 27. Rh3 f3 28.
Nd4 Nf4 29. Rxf3 Nxd3 30. Nf5 Rxf5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Soto Vega, Jorge"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. b5 Na5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. d3 d5 8. exd5
Qxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Qd6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd5 Qd6 14. c4 Bc5 15.
Qd2 b6 16. Rad1 Bb7 17. Nc3 Rad8 18. Qc2 f5 19. Nd2 Kh8 20. Kh1 Bd4 21. Nf3 c5
22. bxc6 Nxc6 23. Nb5 Qg6 24. Qa4 Bc5 25. Nh4 Qf6 26. Nf3 e4 27. dxe4 fxe4 28.
Nd2 Ne5 29. Qxa7 Bc6 30. Nb3 Ra8 31. Qc7 Rf7 32. Nxc5 Rxc7 33. Nxc7 Rxa2 34.
N5e6 Nd3 35. Bxd3 exd3 36. f3 d2 37. Rf2 Ba4 38. Rg1 d1=Q 39. Rxa2 Qb3 40. Rd2
Qxc4 41. Rd8+ Qxd8 42. Nxd8 Qxc7 43. Ne6 Qc4 44. Nf8 Bc2 45. Nd7 Qd4 46. Nb8 b5
47. Nc6 Qc3 48. Ne7 b4 49. Nd5 Qd4 50. Ne7 b3 51. Ng6+ Bxg6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Javakhadze, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bf4 Bb7 5. e3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be2 d6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. h3 O-O 10. Bh2 Qe7 11. Rc1 e5 12. b4 c5 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. d5 Rab8 15.
Nd2 Nb6 16. Rb1 Ba6 17. Qc2 Ne8 18. Rb3 Nc7 19. Rfb1 f5 20. Ra3 e4 21. Bf1 Rfd8
22. Rab3 Qf8 23. a4 Nd7 24. Nb5 Bxb5 25. axb5 Ne5 26. Ra3 Rb7 27. Rba1 Ra8 28.
Nb3 a6 29. Na5 Rb6 30. Nc6 axb5 31. Rxa8 Nxa8 32. Bxe5 Bxe5 33. Nxe5 dxe5 34.
cxb5 Nc7 35. Bc4 Qd6 36. Qb3 Kg7 37. Ra7 Kh6 38. g3 Qd8 39. Qa3 Nxb5 40. Bxb5
Rxb5 41. Qa6 Rb6 42. Qc4 Rd6 43. Qxc5 Rxd5 44. Qc6 Rd1+ 45. Kg2 Rd2 46. Ra1 Rb2
47. Rf1 Qd2 48. Qf6 Qd5 49. Qf8+ Kh5 50. Qg7 Rb7 51. Qf6 Kh6 52. h4 Rf7 53.
Qg5+ Kg7 54. h5 Qe6 55. h6+ Kg8 56. Rc1 Rf8 57. Rc7 Rc8 58. Re7 Qd6 59. Rg7+
Kh8 60. Rf7 Re8 61. Qh4 Qe6 62. Ra7 Rc8 63. Re7 Qd6 64. Ra7 Rf8 65. Qh1 Qf6 66.
Qc1 g5 67. Qc7 Qxh6 68. Qxe5+ Kg8 69. Qd5+ Kh8 70. Qe5+ Kg8 71. Qc7 Qg6 72. Qe7
f4 73. Rd7 fxe3 74. fxe3 Rf7 75. Qe8+ Kg7 76. Qe5+ Kh6 77. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shahade, Gregory P"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. d3 h6
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. a4 b4 11. a5 Bg4 12. Re1 Rb8 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qe2 bxc3 15. bxc3
d4 16. Nb3 Rxb3 17. Bxb3 dxc3 18. g4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Bxg4 20. Be3 Nd4 21. Bxd4
Bxd4 22. Kg2 Qd6 23. Ra4 Rb8 24. Bd1 Rb2 25. Qf1 Bxf3+ 26. Bxf3 Qf6 27. Re2
Qg5+ 28. Kh3 c2 29. Rc4 Rb1 30. Re1 Qf4 31. Kg2 Qd2 32. Rxc2 Qxe1 33. Qxe1 Rxe1
34. Rc6 Ra1 35. Rxa6 Ra2 36. Ra8+ Kh7 37. a6 Rxf2+ 38. Kg3 Ra2 39. Bd1 Ra3 40.
Bc2 g6 41. Rc8 Rxa6 42. Rxc7 Kg7 43. Bb3 Rf6 44. Bc4 h5 45. Rd7 g5 46. Rb7 Rf4
47. Rd7 h4+ 48. Kh3 Bf2 49. Re7 g4+ 50. Kg2 h3+ 51. Kh2 Rf3 52. Rxe5 Bg3+ 53.
Kg1 Bxe5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Stupak, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Bg5 c6 9. f3 h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. Qd2 Bd6 12. Rae1 Nf8 13. Bg3 Ng6 14. Bxg6 fxg6
15. Nc1 Bf5 16. Nd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Qd6 19. Qxg6 Qb4 20. Qd3 Rxe1
21. Rxe1 Qxb2 22. Rb1 Qa3 23. Nxd5 Qxd3 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. cxd3 Rd8 26. Rxb7
Rxd4 27. Rb3 Ra4 28. a3 Kf7 29. Kf2 Ke6 30. Ke3 Kd5 31. g4 a5 32. Rc3 c5 33.
Rb3 Kc6 34. g3 Kd6 35. Rb6+ Ke7 36. Rb3 Kd6 37. f4 Ke7 38. Kd2 c4 39. dxc4 Rxc4
40. Rc3 Rd4+ 41. Kc2 Re4 42. Kd2 Rd4+ 43. Ke3 Ra4 44. Kf3 Kf8 45. Kg2 Kg7 46.
Kh3 Kg6 47. Kh4 Rd4 48. Rc7 f5 49. Rc6+ Kg7 50. gxf5 Rd3 51. a4 Ra3 52. Rc4 Kh7
53. Kg4 Kg7 54. Rd4 Kf7 55. Rd6 Kg7 56. Rg6+ Kh7 57. Kh5 Rxa4 58. Rxh6+ Kg7 59.
Kg5 Ra1 60. f6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Sankalp, Gupta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. a4 b4 8. a5 Na6
9. Nbd2 c5 10. Re1 Rc8 11. e4 bxc3 12. bxc3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb4 14. Ba3 Bxa3 15.
Rxa3 d6 16. Qb1 Rc7 17. Rb3 Ba8 18. h3 Qc8 19. e5 dxe5 20. dxe5 Nd5 21. Ng5 g6
22. Nde4 h6 23. Nd6 Qd7 24. Nge4 Kg7 25. h4 Nc5 26. Nxc5 Rxc5 27. Rb8 Nc3 28.
Qb4 Rxb8 29. Qxc5 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Nd5 31. Rd1 Rb2 32. Rd3 Kh7 33. Rf3 Rb7 34.
Nxb7 Qxb7 35. a6 Qd7 36. Qf8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.
Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. h3 h6 12. Bd2 Be6 13. g4 Nd5 14. Rhg1
Nxc3 15. Bxc3 a5 16. a4 Nb4 17. Kb1 c5 18. g5 h5 19. g6 Nd5 20. Bd2 fxg6 21.
Rxg6 Bxh3 22. Rdg1 Bg4 23. d4 Bf6 24. R6xg4 hxg4 25. Bc4 gxf3 26. Bxd5+ Rf7 27.
Rg3 Bxd4 28. Rxf3 Raf8 29. Bxa5 g6 30. Bd2 Kg7 31. Rxf7+ Rxf7 32. Bxf7 Kxf7 33.
f3 Ke6 34. c3 Bg1 35. Kc2 c4 36. Kd1 d5 37. Kc2 Ke5 38. b4 Ba7 39. Kd1 d4 40.
cxd4+ Kxd4 41. Kc2 Kd5 42. Bc3 Bb8 43. b5 Bd6 44. Be1 Bc7 45. Bf2 Ba5 46. Be3
Bc7 47. Bd2 Bd6 48. a5 Kc5 49. a6 bxa6 50. bxa6 Kb6 51. Kc3 Kxa6 52. Kxc4 Kb7
53. Kd5 Bh2 54. Ke6 Kc6 55. Kf7 Kd5 56. Kxg6 Kd4 57. Kf5 Bc7 58. Bf4 Bd8 59.
Be5+ Ke3 60. f4 Kf3 61. Ke6 Ke4 62. f5 Bh4 63. Bf6 Be1 64. Be5 Bh4 65. Bb2 Bd8
66. Bc1 Bh4 67. Bh6 Bd8 68. Bg7 Bh4 69. Bf6 Be1 70. Bg5 Bc3 71. Bh4 Bd4 72. Bg3
Bc3 73. Bf2 Bb2 74. Bc5 Bc3 75. Be7 Bd4 76. Bf6 Bf2 77. Bc3 Bh4 78. Ba5 Bg5 79.
Bb4 Bh4 80. Be7 Bxe7 81. Kxe7 Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Bd7 9. Qe2 Bc6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Ba2 Rfe8 14. Bb2 Rac8
15. c4 cxd4 16. exd4 Nb6 17. Rac1 Qf4 18. Ne5 Red8 19. f3 Ba4 20. Rd2 Nbd7 21.
Nd3 Qf5 22. Nf2 Qa5 23. Bb1 Bc6 24. Bd3 Re8 25. Rdd1 Ba4 26. Re1 Bc6 27. Qe3
Qc7 28. Bc3 b6 29. Qg5 h6 30. Qh4 Qd6 31. Bb4 Qb8 32. Rc2 a5 33. Bc3 Qd6 34.
Bb2 Bb7 35. Rec1 Bc6 36. Qg3 Qf8 37. Re1 Ba4 38. Rce2 Bc6 39. h3 Nh5 40. Qh4
Nhf6 41. Ng4 Qd6 42. Bb1 Nxg4 43. hxg4 Qf4 44. Qf2 Ba4 45. Bd3 Nf6 46. Bc1 Qd6
47. g5 hxg5 48. Bxg5 Rcd8 49. Bxf6 gxf6 50. Re4 f5 51. Rh4 Kf8 52. Qe3 Ke7 53.
d5 Qc5 54. Qxc5+ bxc5 55. Bxf5 Kd6 56. dxe6 fxe6 57. Rh6 Bd7 58. Bg4 Rb8 59.
Rd1+ Kc7 60. Rh7 Rbd8 61. f4 Kc6 62. Bf3+ Kc7 63. Kf2 Rf8 64. Ke3 Rh8 65.
Rdxd7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 Ne8 9. Bd3 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O d5 12. Bg5 Ng4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. h3 Ne5
15. Qh5 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Bf5 17. d4 Qf6 18. Rad1 Rae8 19. Rd2 Re6 20. Nd1 Re4 21.
Ne3 Bd7 22. Qd1 Qg5 23. Kh2 Rf6 24. Nc2 Rg6 25. Rg1 Rh4 26. Rd3 Qf4+ 27. Kh1
Bf5 28. Rf3 Be4 29. Ne1 Bxf3 30. Nxf3 Rh5 31. Qe2 Qe4 32. Qxe4 dxe4 33. Nd2 Rd5
34. Nxe4 Rxd4 35. Re1 Re6 36. f3 Rd2 37. b4 Ra2 38. Rd1 h6 39. Kh2 Rg6 40. Ng3
Rxa3 41. Rd7 Rb3 42. Rxc7 Rxb4 43. Rxa7 c5 44. Rc7 Rc4 45. Nf5 Kh7 46. h4 Rc2
47. Ne3 Re2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14.
Qd4 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 g6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Be2
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Bf4 f6 12. Bh2 Nb6 13. a4 a6 14. Nbd2 e5 15. a5
Nc8 16. Nb3 e4 17. Nfd2 Kh8 18. Nf1 Be6 19. Nc5 Qe7 20. Qb3 Ra7 21. Ne3 Bg8 22.
Nxd5 Qd8 23. c4 f5 24. Bc7 Nxd4 25. Qd1 Qh4 26. Bg3 Qh6 27. Bf4 g5 28. Be3
Nxe2+ 29. Rxe2 f4 30. Bd4 f3 31. Rxe4 fxg2 32. Ra3 Nd6 33. Re7 Rf7 34. Re6 Qh4
35. Bxg7+ Rxg7 36. Rxd6 Qxc4 37. Rc3 Qh4 38. Nf6 g4 39. Nxg4 Ra8 40. Rd4 Rf8
41. Rg3 h5 42. Nh2 Qf6 43. Qxh5+ Rh7 44. Qf3 Qxd4 45. Qxf8 Qd1+ 46. Kxg2 Qd5+
47. Nf3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 Be6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 g6 7. h4 Bg7 8. Ne2
Nh5 9. Nf4 Nxf4 10. Bxf4 h6 11. c3 Bf7 12. Qb3 Qc8 13. c4 c6 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15.
Bc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Nb6 17. Qb3 Nd5 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 O-O 20. O-O Kh7 21.
Rae1 h5 22. f3 Qd7 23. Qc2 Nf6 24. b4 a5 25. bxa5 Rxa5 26. Qf2 Rfa8 27. Re2 Qe6
28. Rb1 b5 29. Rbb2 Nd5 30. Rb3 c5 31. e4 fxe4 32. fxe4 Nb4 33. Rf3 Kg8 34. Qg3
cxd4 35. Bxd4 Rxa2 36. Rxa2 Nxa2 37. Rf6 Qxe4 38. Rxg6+ Kf7 39. Rg7+ Ke6 40.
Bc5 Re8 41. Qb3+ Qc4 42. Qe3+ Kd5 43. Rg5+ Kc6 44. Ba7 Qc1+ 45. Qxc1+ Nxc1 46.
Rxh5 Ne2+ 47. Kf2 Nf4 48. Rf5 e5 49. Be3 Nd5 50. Bc1 e4 51. Bb2 e3+ 52. Ke2 Rg8
53. Rg5 Rf8 54. Bd4 Rf2+ 55. Ke1 Rc2 56. Rg6+ Kd7 57. Rg7+ Ke6 58. Rg6+ Kf5 59.
Rg8 Ke4 60. Rg4+ Kd3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Salik, Serkan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 e5 11. d5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bxd4 Nxe4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Nxe4 Rxe4 16. Bd3 Re8 17. Re1 Bd7 18. Qd2 Qf6 19. h3 b6 20. b4 Qd4 21. Qc2
a5 22. Rad1 axb4 23. axb4 Ba4 24. Rxe8 Bxc2 25. Bxc2 Qxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Rxe8 27.
Kf1 Ra8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Spyropoulos, Nikolaos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Bc1
exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 Nb6 12. a3 Bc5 13. Nd2 c6 14. e3 Bg4 15.
Qc2 Qc8 16. Bc3 Bh3 17. b4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Nbd7 20. c5 d5 21. Qb2
Qd8 22. Nf3 g6 23. bxa5 Rxa5 24. Qxb7 Qc8 25. Qb4 Qa6 26. Nd2 Ra4 27. Qc3 Ne4
28. Nxe4 Rxe4 29. Rfb1 f6 30. Rb4 Ne5 31. Rxa4 Qxa4 32. Rb1 Qa6 33. Qc2 Qc8 34.
f3 Nxf3 35. Kxf3 Qh3 36. Ra1 h5 37. Qf2 h4 38. Ke2 Qe6 39. Kd2 f5 40. a4 f4 41.
gxf4 Qc8 42. a5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khegay, Dmitriy"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Ne7 5. a3 Ng6 6. h4 h5 7. Bg5 d6 8. e3 Be7
9. Bd3 Nf8 10. Qc2 Ng4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nf3 Nd7 13. Ng5 Nc5 14. b4 Nxd3+ 15.
Qxd3 Bd7 16. e4 f6 17. Nf3 g6 18. Nd1 O-O 19. Ne3 Nh6 20. Rc1 a6 21. Qc2 f5 22.
Ng5 f4 23. Nf1 c6 24. Nd2 cxd5 25. exd5 Bf5 26. Nde4 Rac8 27. O-O Nf7 28. Nf3
Rc7 29. Qe2 Rfc8 30. c5 Kg7 31. cxd6 Nxd6 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. Nc5 Nf7 34. Ng5
Nxg5 35. hxg5 Qd6 36. Rd1 Bg4 37. f3 Bf5 38. Ne4 Qb6+ 39. Kh2 Qe3 40. Qxe3 fxe3
41. Re1 Rd7 42. Rxe3 Rxd5 43. Nf6 Rd3 44. Rxe5 Kf7 45. Rc5 Rxa3 46. Rc7+ Ke6
47. Rxb7 Ra2 48. Rb6+ Ke5 49. Kg3 h4+ 50. Kxh4 Rxg2 51. Ne4 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Khanin, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 g6 6. a4 b4 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4
Na5 9. Bd5 c6 10. Ba2 Bg7 11. O-O Ne7 12. c3 c5 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Bf4 Bb7 15. Bd6
Bxe4 16. Re1 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 b3 18. Bxe7 Re8 19. Nd2 Qb6 20. Bb1 Nc6 21. Bd3 Ne5
22. Rxe5 Bxe5 23. Nc4 Qe6 24. Nxe5 Qxe7 25. Ng4 Kg7 26. Ne3 Rab8 27. Bxa6 Qd6
28. Bc4 f5 29. g3 Re7 30. a5 Qd2 31. Qe2 Qxe2 32. Bxe2 Rb7 33. a6 Ra7 34. Bc4
Re5 35. Bxb3 d6 36. Bc4 Ree7 37. b4 cxb4 38. cxb4 Rec7 39. b5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
f4 d6 9. Be3 O-O 10. a4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b6 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. Qd3 d5
15. e5 Ne4 16. Nb5 Qb8 17. c3 f6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. g3 Rfe8 20. Bd4 Bc6 21. Bxf6
Nxf6 22. b3 Bxb5 23. axb5 Qc7 24. Rfe1 e5 25. fxe5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Qxe5 27. Qd4
Qf5 28. Qd3 Qg5 29. c4 d4 30. Bd5+ Kh8 31. Qxd4 h5 32. Qf4 Qg6 33. Qc7 Qe8 34.
Qf4 Qe2 35. Rd2 Qe1+ 36. Kg2 Ng4 37. Kh3 Nf6 38. Qf2 Qe5 39. Bf3 Rf8 40. Re2
Qg5 41. Qe3 Qf5+ 42. Kg2 Ng4 43. Qe4 Qf7 44. h3 Nf6 45. Qf5 Qc7 46. g4 h4 47.
g5 Qg3+ 48. Kh1 Nh7 49. Bh5 Rxf5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e5 Ng4 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 Nh6 8. d3
Bg7 9. Qe2 Nf5 10. Bf4 b6 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne4 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Rae1 c5 15.
Qd2 Qd5 16. b3 Bb7 17. f3 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Qh6 Qg7 20. Qh4 f6 21. Nd2 Bd5
22. f4 Rae8 23. Qg3 h6 24. Rf2 Kh7 25. Rfe2 e6 26. Nf3 g5 27. f5 e5 28. Nd2 b5
29. Ne4 Bxe4 30. Rxe4 Rc8 31. Qf3 Qf7 32. R4e2 h5 33. Rc1 Rc7 34. c4 dxc3 35.
Rxc3 Rd8 36. Rec2 Rdc8 37. a4 b4 38. Rc4 a5 39. Rc1 Kh6 40. Qe3 Qe7 41. h4 Kh7
42. hxg5 fxg5 43. Qe4 Qf6 44. Rf1 Kh6 45. Rfc1 Kh7 46. Re1 Rd8 47. Rec1 Rdc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Qc2
Re8 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. b4 e4 11. Nd2 Nf8 12. a4 h5 13. Ba3 Bf5 14. b5 Ne6 15. c5
Nxd4 16. exd4 e3 17. Bd3 exf2+ 18. Kh1 Qe1+ 19. Nf1 Ng4 20. Bxf5 gxf5 21. Qd3
Re3 22. Qxe3 Nxe3 23. Rxe1 fxe1=Q 24. Rxe1 Nc2 25. Re7 Nxa3 26. cxd6 cxd6 27.
Nd5 Rc8 28. g3 Bxd4 29. Rxb7 Rc1 30. Kg2 Rc2+ 31. Kh3 Rf2 32. Nfe3 Kg7 33. a5
Kg6 34. b6 axb6 35. axb6 Rb2 36. Rd7 Bc5 37. b7 Nb1 38. Nc4 Rb3 39. Ncb6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3
b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. e4 Be7 11. e5 Nh5 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Qxh5 g6 14. Qe2 cxd4 15.
h4 Bh6 16. h5 g5 17. Rd1 dxc3 18. bxc3 f5 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. O-O Rae8 21. Nf3 e5
22. Nh2 Bg7 23. Ng4 Qe6 24. Bc2 Na5 25. h6 Bh8 26. f3 Nc4 27. Rfe1 b5 28. Bd3
e4 29. Bxc4 bxc4 30. fxe4 Bxc3 31. Qe3 Bxe1 32. Qxg5+ Qg6 33. Qxg6+ hxg6 34.
Rxe1 Rxe4 35. Rxe4 dxe4 36. Be5 Kh7 37. Bg7 Rf7 38. Nf6+ Rxf6 39. Bxf6 Kxh6 40.
Bd4 a6 41. Kf2 Kg5 42. Ke3 Kg4 43. Kf2 Kf4 44. g3+ Kg4 45. a3 Bc6 46. Be5 Ba4
47. Bd4 Bc2 48. Be5 Bd3 49. Bd4 Bb1 50. Be5 Bc2 51. Bd4 Bd3 52. Be5 Kf5 53. Bd4
Ke6 54. Ke3 Kd5 55. Bc3 Kc6 56. Kd2 Kb5 57. Be5 Ka4 58. Bd6 Kb3 59. Bc5 c3+ 60.
Ke3 c2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd5 14. Ne4 b5
15. b3 cxb3 16. axb3 h6 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. Ba5 Qd7 20. exd6 e5 21.
Qc5 Rfe8 22. e4 Nf6 23. Bc3 Qe6 24. b4 Nd7 25. Qe3 a6 26. h4 Nf6 27. Qb6 Rab8
28. Qc5 Nd7 29. Qe3 Nf6 30. Rd2 Red8 31. Rad1 Bc8 32. Qc5 Re8 33. Bb2 Bd7 34.
Ra1 Ra8 35. Bc3 Qc4 36. Qxc4 bxc4 37. Ra5 Be6 38. Rxe5 Reb8 39. Ra5 Rb5 40.
Rda2 Rxa5 41. Rxa5 Nd7 42. e5 Bd5 43. Bxd5 cxd5 44. Rxd5 Rc8 45. Ra5 Rc6 46. f4
g6 47. Kf2 h5 48. Ke3 Kf8 49. Kd4 Ke8 50. Kd5 Rb6 51. Kxc4 Rc6+ 52. Kd3 Nf8 53.
Bd4 Ne6 54. Bc5 Kd7 55. Kc4 Kc8 56. Kd5 Kb7 57. Ra1 Rc8 58. Rf1 Rd8 59. f5 gxf5
60. Rxf5 Rd7 61. Be3 Nc7+ 62. Ke4 Ne6 63. Rxh5 Kc6 64. Rf5 Kb5 65. Bd2 Kc4 66.
h5 a5 67. bxa5 Nc5+ 68. Kf3 Rb7 69. h6 Rb3+ 70. Kg4 Ne4 71. Rf4 Kd5 72. Rxe4
Kxe4 73. h7 Rb8 74. Bg5 Rh8 75. d7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd6 5. d4 Nf6 6. h3 a6 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Ne2 O-O 10. c3 b6 11. Bf4 Qd8 12. Ng3 Bb7 13. Qe2 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8.
d4 Bd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 Na5 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Bb2 b6 13. g3 Qf6 14. Qh5 g6 15.
Qe2 Rad8 16. Rfe1 c5 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. c4 Qe6 21. Qc2
Bc6 22. e4 Bb7 23. Rad1 Nc6 24. Bf1 Nd4 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 cxd4 27. f3 Qd6
28. Bd3 Rc8 29. Qa4 a5 30. Qb3 Rc6 31. e5 Qc7 32. Be4 Rc5 33. Bxb7 Qxb7 34. Qd3
Qd7 35. Re4 Qa4 36. Qxd4 Qxa2 37. e6 fxe6 38. Rxe6 Qb1+ 39. Kf2 Rc8 40. Qd5
Qc2+ 41. Re2+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O c6 10. Bf4 Qc7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. h3 O-O 13. Qc2 g6 14. Na4 Qe7
15. Rfc1 Ne8 16. Nc5 Nd6 17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18. Rab1 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Nxf5 20. Ne5 Nd6
21. Nd3 Rfe8 22. Nc5 Qg5 23. Qe2 h5 24. Qf3 Re7 25. Rc2 Rae8 26. b3 Nf5 27. Nd3
Nh4 28. Qg3 Qxg3 29. fxg3 Nf5 30. Re1 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 Rxe3 32. Nc5 Re7 33. g4
hxg4 34. hxg4 Nxd4 35. Rf2 a5 36. Kh2 g5 37. a3 Kg7 38. b4 axb4 39. axb4 b6 40.
Na4 b5 41. Nc5 Re2 42. Rf1 Nc2 43. Rf5 f6 44. Nd7 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. h3 d5 8. e5
Ne8 9. d4 Nc7 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. dxc5 a5 12. Be3 Ba6 13. Nbd2 Qb8 14. Qc2 Ne6
15. Nb3 Qc7 16. a4 Rab8 17. Rad1 Rb7 18. Nfd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxe5 20. Qd2 Rfb8
21. b3 Bxd4 22. cxd4 Qd8 23. Bf4 Ra8 24. Re3 Rba7 25. Rde1 Bc8 26. Bg5 Be6 27.
Qe2 Qd7 28. Qf3 Rb7 29. Qg3 Qc7 30. Qh4 Qd8 31. Qg3 Qb8 32. Bf4 Qf8 33. Bg5 Re8
34. h4 Bc8 35. Qe5 Be6 36. h5 Qg7 37. Qf4 Reb8 38. Qh4 Rxb3 39. Rxb3 Rxb3 40.
Bxe7 Qh6 41. Bd6 g5 42. Qh2 Qf6 43. Be5 Qf5 44. h6 Rb1 45. Rf1 Qd3 46. Rxb1
Qxb1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 d6 10. e4 Nd7 11. Rad1 a6 12. Rfe1 Qe8 13. h4 g6 14. h5 Bf6 15.
Bh3 Bg7 16. d5 e5 17. h6 Bh8 18. Ng5 Qe7 19. Rf1 Nf6 20. Rde1 b5 21. cxb5 axb5
22. a3 Ba6 23. b4 Bb7 24. Nxb5 Ba6 25. a4 Rfb8 26. Rc1 Rb7 27. Rc4 Bxb5 28.
axb5 Rxb5 29. Rfc1 Rb7 30. Qc2 Raa7 31. b5 Nxd5 32. exd5 Qxg5 33. b6 Rxb6 34.
Rxc7 Rxc7 35. Qxc7 Qxh6 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37. Rc8 Qxh3 38. Qxb6 Qxc8 39. Qxd6 Qc1+
40. Kg2 Qc4 41. Qd7 Qe4+ 42. Kg1 Qe1+ 43. Kg2 Qe4+ 44. Kg1 Qd3 45. d6 e4 46.
Qe7 Qd1+ 47. Kg2 Qf3+ 48. Kg1 Qd1+ 49. Kh2 Qf3 50. Kg1 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Bd6 9. Bf4 Bxf4 10. exf4 g6 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 Ne8 13. Re1 Nd6 14. Ne5 Nb6
15. Qf3 Re8 16. Ne2 Qf6 17. Ng3 c6 18. b3 Nf5 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21.
Re3 h5 22. Rae1 Re6 23. Nd3 Rae8 24. Nc5 Rxe3 25. Rxe3 Rxe3 26. Qxe3 Qb1+ 27.
Kh2 Qxa2 28. Nxb7 Qc2 29. Nd6 Kh7 30. Qe7 Qxf2 31. Qxf7+ Kh8 32. Ne8 Qxd4 33.
Qf8+ Kh7 34. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Koelle, Tobias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bg5
Rb8 9. Rc1 Bf5 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd2 c5 12. e4 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. Re1 b5 15. b3
bxc4 16. bxc4 Rb4 17. Bf1 Nh5 18. Be3 Qc7 19. f4 Bd4 20. Qc2 Bxe3+ 21. Rxe3
Rfb8 22. Rce1 Rb2 23. Qc1 Nf6 24. h3 R2b7 25. e5 Nh5 26. Nde4 Rb6 27. exd6 exd6
28. g4 Nxf4 29. Rf3 g5 30. Nxg5 Ng6 31. Rxf7 Rf8 32. Ne6 Rxf7 33. Nxc7 Nf4 34.
Ne6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. a3 b5 8. Nxc6
Qxc6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Nf6 11. Qe2 Be7 12. f4 O-O 13. Kh1 d6 14. Rad1 Nd7 15.
Qh5 g6 16. Qh6 Bf6 17. Rf3 Bg7 18. Qh4 f5 19. Rh3 Nf6 20. Bd4 Rf7 21. Re1 Re8
22. Rf3 e5 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Bg1 f4 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. exd5 Qxd5 27. Be4 Qxe4 28.
Rxe4 Bxe4 29. Rf2 Rd7 30. Qh3 Rd1 31. Qb3+ Bd5 32. Qc3 e4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Obolenskikh, Dmitry Aleksandrovi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Nbd2 b5 10. Bc2 Re8 11. a4 b4 12. a5 Rb8 13. h3 bxc3 14. bxc3 Na7 15.
Nc4 Nb5 16. Bd2 Be6 17. Ne3 Bd7 18. Bb3 Be6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Qc2 Re8 21. Reb1
Nd7 22. Nd5 c6 23. Nb4 Qc8 24. Be3 Nf8 25. Qd2 Ne6 26. Bb6 h5 27. Re1 Kh7 28.
Rad1 Bh6 29. Qc2 Bg7 30. d4 exd4 31. cxd4 c5 32. dxc5 dxc5 33. Nd5 c4 34. e5
Qc6 35. Nf6+ Bxf6 36. exf6 c3 37. Ne5 Qa8 38. Rd7 Rb7 39. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Siva, Mahadevan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15.
a4 b4 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 Ng6 18. Nc4 Bh4 19. Rf1 Bf6 20. Be3 Re8 21. Qd2 a5
22. Rad1 Ba6 23. b3 Bxc4 24. bxc4 Rb8 25. Qd3 Bc3 26. g3 Qc7 27. h4 Nf8 28. h5
Qd7 29. Kg2 Re7 30. e5 dxe5 31. Bxc5 e4 32. Qe3 Ree8 33. Bb3 Rbc8 34. Bb6 Qg4
35. c5 Nd7 36. Ba7 Nf6 37. d6 Qd7 38. Bb6 Ng4 39. Qe2 e3 40. Bd5 Nf6 41. Bf3 b3
42. g4 Bb4 43. g5 Ne4 44. Rd4 Nxc5 45. h6 Ne6 46. Re4 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nc4 Nd7 8.
O-O Re8 9. Kh1 Bf8 10. Ng1 Nc5 11. Ne2 a5 12. Ng3 b5 13. Ne3 a4 14. Nef5 Re6
15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Rg6 17. Nh5 Ne6 18. Bg3 Nd4 19. Bh4 f6 20. c3 Nxf5 21.
exf5 Rh6 22. Qg4 Kh8 23. d4 a3 24. b3 Qe8 25. Nf4 Bxf5 26. Qxf5 Rxh4 27. Rae1
Qf7 28. Re4 Rh6 29. Ne6 Bd6 30. h3 Rh5 31. Qf3 Re8 32. Rfe1 Rg8 33. R4e3 c5 34.
d5 c4 35. bxc4 bxc4 36. Qg4 Qg6 37. Qxc4 Re5 38. Qe2 Rxd5 39. Nd4 Re5 40. Nf3
Rxe3 41. Qxe3 Qg3 42. c4 Bf4 43. Qxa3 h6 44. Qd3 Rb8 45. a4 c5 46. a5 Ra8 47.
a6 h5 48. Qd5 Rf8 49. Qxh5+ Kg8 50. Qd5+ Kh7 51. Qxc5 Rd8 52. Qf5+ Kg8 53. Qe6+
Kh7 54. Qe4+ Kg8 55. a7 Bc7 56. a8=Q Rxa8 57. Qxa8+ Kh7 58. Qe4+ g6 59. Qe7+
Kh6 60. Qf8+ Kh5 61. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nagy, Gabor"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. O-O Bf5 8. Ne1
e5 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 a5 11. e4 Bd7 12. a4 Na6 13. Nd3 Nb4 14. h3 Qc8 15. Kh2
Qc4 16. Ne1 Rac8 17. f3 Nh5 18. Rf2 f5 19. Bf1 Qd4 20. Rd2 Qb6 21. exf5 gxf5
22. f4 Nf6 23. Re2 e4 24. Be3 Qd8 25. Rc1 Qe8 26. Rg2 Qf7 27. Rd2 Kh8 28. Bb6
Nbxd5 29. Nxd5 Rxc1 30. Qxc1 Nxd5 31. Bd4 Rc8 32. Qa1 Bxd4 33. Rxd4 Ne3 34. Ng2
Nc2 35. Qd1 Nxd4 36. Qxd4+ Qg7 37. Qxd6 Rg8 38. Qa3 Bc6 39. Bc4 Rd8 40. Qc5 e3
41. Nxe3 Qxb2+ 42. Kg1 Qa1+ 43. Nf1 Qd4+ 44. Qxd4+ Rxd4 45. Ne3 Bxa4 46. Be6
Re4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nc4 O-O 8.
O-O Bd6 9. Kh1 c5 10. Ng1 Nb8 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. f4 Bg4 13. c3 f5 14. exf5 Rxf5
15. Qe1 exf4 16. Nxf4 Bxf4 17. Bxf4 Rf7 18. Qe3 Qd5 19. Bg3 b6 20. Rxf7 Qxf7
21. Qe4 Rf8 22. h3 Bd7 23. Bxc7 h6 24. Bg3 Re8 25. Qf4 Qxf4 26. Bxf4 Re2 27.
Kg1 Be6 28. Kf1 Rc2 29. Rc1 Bxc4 30. Rxc2 Bxd3+ 31. Re2 Kf7 32. Kf2 Bxe2 33.
Kxe2 Ke6 34. Kd3 Kd5 35. c4+ Ke6 36. Ke4 h5 37. Bd2 g6 38. Bc3 Ne7 39. Kf4 Nf5
40. g4 hxg4 41. hxg4 Nd6 42. b3 Nf7 43. a3 Kd6 44. Bd2 Ke6 45. Be3 Ne5 46. Kg5
Kf7 47. Bf4 Nf3+ 48. Kh6 Nd4 49. b4 cxb4 50. axb4 Nc6 51. Bd6 a6 52. b5 axb5
53. cxb5 Nd4 54. Bc7 Nxb5 55. Bxb6 Nd6 56. Kg5 Nc4 57. Bd4 Na5 58. Kf4 Nc6 59.
Be3 Ne7 60. Ke4 Ke6 61. Bf4 Nd5 62. Be3 Nf6+ 63. Kf3 Nxg4 64. Kxg4 g5 65. Kxg5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 Bxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Bg5 d6 8.
f4 Qe7 9. Na3 Bd7 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. c3 Ne6 13. Qf3 Nf4 14. g3
Nh3+ 15. Kh1 Ng5 16. Qe3 f5 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. Bxb5+ c6 19. Rxf5 f6 20. Bc4 O-O-O
21. Raf1 Rhf8 22. h4 Ne6 23. Qxa7 Nc5 24. Re1 Rd2 25. b4 Nd7 26. Qe3 Qd6 27.
Rf2 Rxf2 28. Qxf2 Kc7 29. Bb3 Rd8 30. Rd1 Qe7 31. Qd2 Rf8 32. a4 f5 33. exf5
Rxf5 34. Qe3 e4 35. Re1 Nf6 36. Bc2 Qd6 37. Bxe4 Re5 38. Qf4 Nh5 39. Qf7+ Kb8
40. Kg2 Qd2+ 41. Qf2 Qxc3 42. Qf8+ Ka7 43. Qf2+ Kb8 44. b5 cxb5 45. axb5 Qb4
46. Qb6 Qxe1 47. Qxb7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. O-O e5 8.
a4 Nf6 9. a5 Be6 10. Qe2 Bc5 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 O-O 13. Nd2 Qc7 14. h3 Rad8
15. Nf3 h6 16. Rfd1 Nd7 17. Bf1 Rfe8 18. Rd2 Nf8 19. b4 Rxd2 20. Qxd2 Rd8 21.
Qe3 Ng6 22. g3 Qc8 23. Kh2 Rd7 24. Ne1 Rd8 25. h4 Qc7 26. Be2 Nf8 27. Ra3 Nd7
28. c3 Nf6 29. f3 Qd6 30. Bd3 Rc8 31. Ra1 c5 32. b5 c4 33. bxa6 Qxa6 34. Be2
Qb5 35. Kg2 Ra8 36. Qd2 Nd7 37. Qa2 Nc5 38. Qa3 b6 39. Qb4 Rxa5 40. Qxb5 Rxb5
41. Kf2 Rb3 42. Rc1 Na4 43. f4 Nxc3 44. Bf3 f6 45. Nc2 b5 46. Ne3 b4 47. Rc2
Rb1 48. Rd2 b3 49. Rd8+ Kh7 50. Bh5 exf4 51. gxf4 Nxe4+ 52. Kf3 f5 53. Re8 Nf6
54. Rxe6 Nxh5 55. Nxc4 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jenni, Florian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 cxb4 5. a3 Nc6 6. d4 Nh6 7. Bxh6 gxh6 8. axb4
Bxb4+ 9. c3 Be7 10. Qc1 Bg5 11. Qc2 f5 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Bd3 Bf4 14. Bxh7 Bd7
15. Bg6+ Ke7 16. Bd3 Rag8 17. g3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Qxf3 19. Rh2 h5 20. Nd2 Qf6 21.
Qb2 h4 22. Qa3+ Ke8 23. Rxh4 Rxh4 24. gxh4 Rg1+ 25. Nf1 e5 26. dxe5 Nxe5 27.
Be2 Nf3+ 28. Bxf3 Qxf3 29. Qc5 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Qh1+ 31. Ke2 Qxa1 32. h5 Qb2+ 33.
Kf3 Qd2 34. Qd6 Qxc3+ 35. Kf4 Qd4+ 36. Kg5 Qg7+ 37. Kh4 Qe7+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gelman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Qc2 b4 5. e4 d6 6. f4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bd3 O-O
9. O-O Nbd7 10. h3 e6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. Rae1 Rae8 14. g4 h6 15. Bf2
e5 16. f5 Nh7 17. h4 Bf6 18. Be3 g5 19. Rf2 Kg7 20. Rh2 Qd8 21. hxg5 Nxg5 22.
Kg2 Rh8 23. Reh1 Rh7 24. Qc1 Reh8 25. Rh5 a5 26. Nf1 Nf8 27. Ng3 Kg8 28. Nxg5
hxg5 29. Bxg5 Rxh5 30. Rxh5 Rxh5 31. Bxf6 Qxf6 32. Nxh5 Qh4 33. Be2 Nh7 34. Qh6
Qg5 35. Qxg5+ Nxg5 36. Bd3 Kf8 37. Ng3 Bc8 38. Nf1 f6 39. Kg3 Kg7 40. Nd2 a4
41. Bc2 Bd7 42. Kf2 Kh6 43. Ke3 Kg7 44. Nf1 Kh6 45. Ng3 Kg7 46. Bd1 Nh7 47. Nf1
Kh6 48. Kf2 Kg5 49. Kg3 Kh6 50. Nd2 Ng5 51. Bc2 Kg7 52. Kf2 Kh6 53. Ke3 Kg7 54.
a3 b3 55. Bxb3 axb3 56. Nxb3 Kf7 57. Na5 Ke7 58. b4 Kd8 59. bxc5 dxc5 60. Nb7+
Kc7 61. Nxc5 Ba4 62. Nxa4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Iniyan, Panneerseluam"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. f4 Ng6 17. Nf3 Bh4 18. Rf1 Bg3 19. e5 Nxf4 20. exd6 Ng6 21. Ng5
Bh4 22. Nxh7 Re8 23. Qh5 Re5 24. Qf3 f5 25. Qh5 Qxd6 26. Bg5 Bxg5 27. Nxg5 Qf6
28. Rae1 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Bd7 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Ne6+ Kf7 32. Bxf5 Nf8 33. Nxf8 Bxf5
34. Qh5+ Kg8 35. Ne6 Bg6 36. Qf3 Qxb2 37. d6 Rb8 38. d7 Qd2 39. Rd1 Qc2 40.
d8=Q+ Rxd8 41. Rxd8+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rakhmangulova, Anastasiya"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. Be2 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 Re8 8. Re1
a5 9. Bf1 e5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc4 Bg4 12. a4 Qf6 13. Be2 Rad8 14. h3 Bh5 15.
Bg5 Qe6 16. Bxd8 Rxd8 17. Ng5 Qg6 18. Bxh5 Qxg5 19. Qg4 Qf6 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21.
Qg3 Nf4 22. Bf3 Ne7 23. Rad1 Nf5 24. Qh2 Nh4 25. Qg3 Nf5 26. Qh2 Nh4 27. Qg3
Qf6 28. d4 e4 29. Rxe4 g5 30. Re5 h6 31. Rde1 Kg7 32. Kh2 Nd3 33. R1e4 Nxe5 34.
Qxe5 Ng6 35. Qxf6+ Kxf6 36. Re1 c6 37. g3 Nf8 38. Re5 Ra8 39. Kg2 Ne6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Iskusnyh, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Rb8 8. Be2
Qa5 9. O-O b5 10. a3 b4 11. axb4 Qxb4 12. Qd2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc5
15. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 16. Kh1 O-O 17. b3 f6 18. Bg4 f5 19. Be2 a5 20. Bd3 Rb4 21. Ne2
Qb6 22. Nc1 Nc5 23. Qf2 Ba6 24. Bxa6 Qxa6 25. Re1 Ne4 26. Qe2 Qc6 27. Rxa5 Rc8
28. Nd3 Rb7 29. Qe3 Qc3 30. Ra6 Re7 31. h3 h6 32. Kh2 Kh7 33. Rea1 Rcc7 34.
R1a2 Nc5 35. R6a3 d4 36. Qf3 Ne4 37. Qe2 Qc6 38. Rb2 Nc3 39. Qe1 Qe4 40. Ra1 g5
41. fxg5 hxg5 42. b4 Kg6 43. Nc5 Qd5 44. Ra6 Ne4 45. Nxe4 Qxe5+ 46. Qg3 Qxe4
47. b5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bakalchuk, Johnatan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. a3 Nc6 7. Bd3 b5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. O-O Bb7 10. e4 d4 11. Ne2 Ne7 12. b4 Bb6 13. Nexd4 O-O 14. c3 Nxe4 15.
Qc2 Nf6 16. Bg5 Ng6 17. h4 Qc7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. h5 Nf4 20. Be4 Rac8 21. Bxb7
Qxb7 22. Qd2 e5 23. Nf5 Rfd8 24. Qa2 Kh8 25. Nh6 Rc4 26. Rad1 Rf8 27. Qc2 Rxc3
28. Qf5 Rxf3 29. Qxf6# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Safin, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. Bg5
Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. d5 Na5 11. Qa4 c5 12. Bd2 b6 13. b3 e6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15.
Rad1 Bb2 16. Ng5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qe7 18. Nf3 Rad8 19. Bxa5 bxa5 20. Qc6 e5 21.
Qe4 a4 22. bxa4 Kg7 23. Rd3 Rb8 24. Rfd1 Rfd8 25. h4 h5 26. Ng5 Rb6 27. Qd5 Re8
28. Rf3 Kh8 29. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2020.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d6 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Bg4 11. Qd2 Nh5 12. h3 Nxg3 13. fxg3 Be6 14. O-O O-O
15. a3 Bc5+ 16. Kh2 Bd4 17. Rae1 Be5 18. Qe2 g4 19. hxg4 Qg5 20. Qe3 Qh4+ 21.
Kg1 Bxg3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Shahade, Gregory P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. Nbd2
h6 9. Nf1 Bb6 10. Ng3 Rb8 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 Re8 13. Re1 Be6 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 15.
d4 exd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Be3 Nxg3 19. fxg3 f6 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Kh2
Rbe8 22. Qd2 Ba5 23. Qd3 Bxe1 24. Rxe1 Qe7 25. Bd2 Rxe1 26. Bxe1 Qe4 27. Qc3
Re6 28. Bd2 Kh7 29. Bf4 Qb1 30. Bxc7 Qxa2 31. Qc2+ Kg8 32. Qf5 Rf6 33. Qc8+ Kh7
34. Ne5 Nxd4 35. Nd7 Nf3+ 36. gxf3 Qxb2+ 37. Kg1 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Qd2+ 39. Kg1 Qe1+
40. Kg2 Qe2+ 41. Kg1 Qd1+ 42. Kh2 Qd2+ 43. Kh1 Qe1+ 44. Kg2 Qe2+ 45. Kg1 Qe3+
46. Kf1 Rxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wagh, Suyog"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. h3 e5 10. Be3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Rc1 a6 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Qd2 Ne5 15.
Qe2 c5 16. Nc2 b5 17. b3 bxc4 18. bxc4 Rb2 19. Rb1 Qb8 20. f4 Nc6 21. Qd3 Rxb1
22. Rxb1 Qc7 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. cxd5 Nb4 25. Nxb4 cxb4 26. Rxb4 Bb5 27. Qd1 Qa5
28. Qb3 Rc8 29. a4 Rc3 30. Qb1 Rxe3 31. axb5 Bc3 32. Kf2 Re1 33. b6 Qc5+ 34.
Kf3 Qe3+ 35. Kg4 h5+ 36. Kh4 Bf6# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2020.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Nbc6 8.
Bd3 b6 9. O-O h6 10. a4 a5 11. Ba3 cxd4 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Nxd4 Rc8
15. Re1 O-O 16. Re3 Re8 17. Rg3 Nf5 18. Nxf5 exf5 19. Bc1 Qh4 20. Qd4 Qxd4 21.
cxd4 Kh7 22. Rb3 Bd7 23. c3 Re6 24. h4 Rc4 25. Rba3 Re8 26. Bd2 Re6 27. f3 Kg8
28. Kf2 Kf8 29. h5 Ke8 30. Kg3 Kd8 31. Kf4 Kc7 32. R3a2 f6 33. exf6 Rxf6 34.
Kg3 Kb7 35. Kf2 Re6 36. Ra3 Be8 37. Bf4 Bxh5 38. Be5 g5 39. Ke3 Be8 40. Kd2 h5
41. Kc2 h4 42. Kb3 Rec6 43. Kb2 Rh6 44. Bg7 Rg6 45. Be5 g4 46. Rh1 gxf3 47.
gxf3 Rg2+ 48. Kb3 Rf2 49. Rxh4 Rxf3 50. Kb2 Rxa4 51. Rh7+ Ka6 52. Re7 Rxa3 53.
Kxa3 Rxc3+ 54. Kb2 Rc8 55. Re6 Bb5 56. Rf6 Bd3 57. Rd6 Be4 58. Rf6 Kb5 59. Bd6
Rc6 60. Rg6 Kc4 61. Rf6 b5 62. Rh6 b4 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nnbrkqrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNBRKQRB w GDgd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nb3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Rxd4 g6 6. Rd3 Qe7 7. Qe2 O-O 8.
Nc3 Nb6 9. O-O d5 10. exd5 Qxe2 11. Nxe2 Bf5 12. Ra3 Bxc2 13. g3 a6 14. d6 c6
15. Bg5 Rxd6 16. Be7 Rd2 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Nf4 Bxb2 19. Rf3 Bf5 20. Bg2 Nc4 21.
Bh3 Ne5 22. Rb3 Bxh3 23. Nxh3 b5 24. Ng5 a5 25. f4 Nc4 26. f5 Bd4+ 27. Kh1 Ne3
28. Re1 Nxf5 29. g4 Bf2 30. Rc1 Nd4 31. Rh3 h6 32. Ne4 Re2 33. Nc3 Re3 34. Rxe3
Bxe3 35. Rd1 c5 36. Kg2 Bg5 37. Ne4 Be7 38. a4 b4 39. Nd2 Bd8 40. Nc4 Bc7 41.
h3 Ke7 42. Kf2 Ke6 43. Ke3 f5 44. gxf5+ gxf5 45. Kd3 Nf3 46. h4 h5 47. Rc1 Nxh4
48. Nxa5 Bxa5 49. Rxc5 Bd8 50. a5 Ng6 51. a6 Kd6 52. a7 Kxc5 53. a8=Q Ne5+ 54.
Kc2 Nc6 55. Qc8 Kb6 56. Kb1 f4 57. Qf5 Bc7 58. Qxh5 Be5 59. Qf5 b3 60. Qd3 b2
61. Qd5 Kc7 62. Qc5 Bd6 63. Qc4 Be5 64. Ka2 Kb6 65. Qe4 Kc5 66. Kb1 Kb6 67. Qd5
Kc7 68. Qc5 Bd6 69. Qd5 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnkqbbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNKQBBNR w HAha - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Qf3 Nxc3
8. Bxc3 e6 9. O-O-O Qg5+ 10. Kb1 O-O-O 11. h4 Rxd1+ 12. Qxd1 Qc5 13. Qd2 f6 14.
Bd3 Be7 15. f4 Nb4 16. Bxb4 Qxb4 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. Bc4 Qb6 19. Nf3 Kb8 20. Rd1
Bc8 21. a4 Bc5 22. Bb3 a6 23. Qd3 h5 24. Qg6 Qc7 25. Re1 Qxf4 26. Bxe6 Bxe6 27.
Rxe6 Qg4 28. Qe4 Qxg2 29. b4 Rc8 30. bxc5 Rxc5 31. Re8+ Kc7 32. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qnrkbrnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QNRKBRNB w FCfc - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 c5 3. d3 Nc6 4. Bc3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Nbd2 Bd7 7. b3 e5 8. Nc4
Qb8 9. a4 O-O 10. e3 Bh3 11. Rfe1 h6 12. Nfd2 Rcd8 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. e4 Nd4 15.
Ne3 Be6 16. Ndc4 Nh7 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 f5 20. c3 dxc3 21.
Qxc3 Qf7 22. Qd2 f4 23. Be4 Ng5 24. Qe2 Qd7 25. Kh1 Rf6 26. Rg1 Rdf8 27. g4 Nh3
28. f3 Nxg1 29. Rxg1 g5 30. h4 gxh4 31. Qf2 Qg7 32. Qxa7 Qe7 33. Kh2 R6f7 34.
Qb6 Rd8 35. Rc1 Bf6 36. Nd2 Rg7 37. Bf5 h5 38. gxh5 e4 39. Nxe4 Bb2 40. Rc2 Ba3
41. h6 Rg3 42. Rc7 Qf8 43. Bh7+ Kh8 44. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bbrqnknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBRQNKNR w HChc - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. b3 b6 3. Ngf3 Nef6 4. d4 e6 5. O-O Ne7 6. Qd2 Ng6 7. Nd3 Qe7 8.
Rfd1 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Qb4 Bd6 11. Qc3 Rfe8 12. Nb5 Bb8 13. Qb4 d6 14. f3 a6
15. Nd4 a5 16. Qe1 d5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Rc1 Rd8 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21.
Rxc6 Qg5 22. g3 h5 23. Qc1 Qe7 24. Rc8 h4 25. f4 Bd6 26. Qc6 Qf8 27. Rxd8 Qxd8
28. Qc4 Bf8 29. Bd4 h3 30. Nf2 b5 31. Qd3 Nb4 32. Qe4 Qc7 33. Nxh3 Nd5 34. Qd3
Bc5 35. Qc2 Bxd4+ 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nnrkrqbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNRKRQBB w ECec - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 Nc6 2. g4 e5 3. f4 f6 4. Nb3 Nb6 5. O-O-O O-O-O 6. f5 d5 7. Bc5 Qf7 8.
e3 g6 9. Qb5 Bg7 10. Rf1 Kb8 11. Bxb6 cxb6 12. fxg6 hxg6 13. Kb1 d4 14. Ne4 Qe7
15. Ng3 Qc7 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qd3 e4 18. Qa6 c5 19. exd4 cxd4 20. d3 Rc8 21.
Rc1 Bh6 22. Nxe4 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 f5 24. gxf5 gxf5 25. Ng3 Bxb3 26. axb3 Re5 27.
Qa4 Qd6 28. b4 Qd5 29. b5 Rd8 30. Qb4 f4 31. Ne4 Qxb5 32. Qd2 Rf5 33. Rf1 f3
34. Qh6 Qe5 35. h4 Rdf8 36. Qc6 Qe7 37. Rf2 Rg8 38. Rf1 Rgf8 39. Rf2 Rh5 40.
Qg6 Qe5 41. Qg4 Rhf5 42. Qg6 R5f7 43. Qc6 Rg7 44. Rf1 f2 45. Ka2 Rc7 46. Qh6
Qa5+ 47. Kb3 Qb5+ 48. Ka3 Rfc8 49. Qd6 Qa5+ 50. Kb3 Qb5+ 51. Ka3 Qc6 52. Qxc6
Rxc6 53. Rxf2 Rxc2 54. Rf7 R2c7 55. Rf4 Rd8 56. Kb3 Rd5 57. Rf8+ Kb7 58. Rh8
Ka6 59. Nd2 Rf5 60. Rd8 Rf4 61. h5 Rh7 62. Rd5 Rh4 63. Ne4 R4xh5 64. Rxd4 Rb5+
65. Ka3 Ra5+ 66. Kb3 Rh2 67. Nd6 Rhh5 68. Ne8 Rh7 69. Rc4 Rd7 70. Kc2 Kb7 71.
Nf6 Rd8 72. Ne4 Rad5 73. Rc3 Rh8 74. b4 Rhd8 75. Rb3 a6 76. Kd2 Rh5 77. Rc3
Rh2+ 78. Ke3 Rb2 79. Rc4 Rb3 80. Nf2 Rh8 81. Rg4 Re8+ 82. Kf3 Kc6 83. Rd4 Kb5
84. Ne4 Rf8+ 85. Ke3 Rxb4 86. Nd6+ Ka4 87. Nc4 b5 88. Nb6+ Kb3 89. Rd6 Rh4 90.
Nd7 Re8+ 91. Kf3 a5 92. Nc5+ Ka3 93. Rb6 Rb4 94. Ne4 a4 95. Nd6 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnkbbrnq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNKBBRNQ w FAfa - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g4 g5 2. h4 gxh4 3. f4 h5 4. g5 f6 5. Bxh4 e6 6. gxf6 Bxf6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
O-O-O 9. Bf3 Nge7 10. Nge2 Nf5 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. O-O-O d5 13. Rg1 Nh4 14. Rg3
Nxf3 15. Qxf3 h4 16. Rh3 Ne7 17. Qf2 Ng6 18. d4 Rh8 19. Ng1 Rd7 20. Nf3 Rdh7
21. Rdh1 Rh5 22. R3h2 b6 23. Ne2 Kb7 24. Neg1 c5 25. Nh3 cxd4 26. Nxd4 e5 27.
fxe5 Qxf2 28. Rxf2 Rxe5 29. Kd2 Bd7 30. Rf6 Rg8 31. Rh2 Re7 32. Nf3 Bg4 33. Rg2
Bxf3 34. Rgxg6 Rxg6 35. Rxg6 Be4 36. Rh6 Rh7 37. Rxh7+ Bxh7 38. Ng5 Bf5 39. Nf3
h3 40. c3 Be4 41. Ke2 Kc6 42. Kf2 Kc5 43. Nh2 Kc4 44. Ke2 Bb1 45. Nf3 Bxa2 46.
Nd2+ Kb5 47. Kf2 a5 48. Kg3 a4 49. Kxh3 a3 50. bxa3 Ka4 51. e4 dxe4 52. Nxe4
Kxa3 53. Nd6 Be6+ 54. Kg3 Kb3 55. c4 Kb4 56. Kf4 Kc5 57. Ke5 Bxc4 58. Ne4+ Kb4
59. Kd4 Be6 60. Nd6 Kb3 61. Ke5 Bh3 62. Kd4 Be6 63. Ke5 Bd7 64. Kd4 Bh3 65. Kd5
Bg2+ 66. Kd4 Bh3 67. Kd5 Bd7 68. Kd4 Kc2 69. Nc4 b5 70. Na3+ Kb3 71. Nxb5 Bxb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbnqkrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBNQKRB w GAga - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. O-O O-O 3. e4 e5 4. d5 Na6 5. Nbc3 b5 6. a4 Nb4 7. Ne3 bxa4 8. Nxa4
a5 9. Qd1 Ba6 10. Re1 g6 11. b3 f5 12. Nb2 fxe4 13. g3 Nf7 14. h4 Nh6 15. Bxe4
Qf7 16. f3 Bb7 17. Nbc4 Nf5 18. Kg2 Bg7 19. h5 Ne7 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Rxa5 Rxa5
22. Nxa5 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Nbxd5 24. Qd3 Nf6 25. Bb7 Nd7 26. b4 Nb6 27. c4 Qf5 28.
Be4 Qe6 29. Bg5 Bf6 30. Be3 Kg7 31. Rh1 Rb8 32. g4 Kf7 33. Rh7+ Bg7 34. Bh6 Rg8
35. Nc6 Nxc6 36. Bxc6 Qe7 37. c5 dxc5 38. bxc5 Qxc5 39. Qb3+ Nc4 40. Bb5 Kf6
41. Bxc4 Bxh6 42. Bxg8 Qc1 43. Qe6+ Kg5 44. Qxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bnrknbrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNRKNBRQ w GCgc - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 h5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Qf3 Nf6 4. e4 e5 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nd3 b6 7. Nxc5 bxc5 8. d3
Nd4 9. Bxd4 cxd4 10. c3 O-O 11. cxd4 exd4 12. Nd2 Rcd8 13. Qf4 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5
15. O-O Qh7 16. Bxd5 Rxd5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. dxe4 Rd7 19. Rfd1 Qg6 20. Rxc7 Rxc7
21. Qxc7 Qxe4 22. Qd7 Qc2 23. Rxd4 Qxa2 24. Qd5 Rb8 25. Ra4 Qxb3 26. Qxb3 Rxb3
27. Rxa7 g6 28. h4 Kg7 29. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rkbqrbnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBQRBNN w EAea - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 d6 3. Ng3 Ng6 4. d5 Bd7 5. N1e2 Be7 6. a4 Bg5 7. Ra3 Bxc1 8.
Nxc1 Qh4 9. h3 N8e7 10. a5 O-O 11. Rc3 Rac8 12. Rc4 Qg5 13. Na2 f5 14. Nc3 f4
15. Nf5 Nxf5 16. exf5 Qxf5 17. Rb4 Rb8 18. Bd3 Qf7 19. Qh5 Rfe8 20. Rg1 Nf8 21.
Qf3 c5 22. Rb3 Ng6 23. Ne4 Nh4 24. Qd1 Nf5 25. Be2 Qe7 26. Bg4 b5 27. axb6 Rxb6
28. Qd3 Nd4 29. Rxb6 axb6 30. Qa6 Bf5 31. Bxf5 Nxf5 32. Qxb6 Ra8 33. b3 Qf8 34.
Kb2 Rb8 35. Qc7 Rc8 36. Qd7 Rd8 37. Qe6+ Qf7 38. Qxf7+ Kxf7 39. Ra1 Ke7 40. c3
Rd7 41. Ra8 Rb7 42. Kc2 h6 43. Ra6 Rd7 44. Kd3 Rb7 45. Kc4 Kd7 46. g4 fxg3 47.
fxg3 Ke7 48. g4 Ne3+ 49. Kd3 Nxd5 50. Nxd6 Nf4+ 51. Kc4 Rc7 52. h4 Ng2 53. Nf5+
Kf7 54. Kd5 g6 55. Nd6+ Ke7 56. h5 gxh5 57. Nf5+ Kd7 58. gxh5 Rb7 59. Rxh6 Rxb3
60. Rh7+ Ke8 61. h6 Rxc3 62. Kxe5 Rh3 63. Ra7 Nh4 64. Ng7+ Kf8 65. Ne6+ Ke8 66.
h7 Ng6+ 67. Kf6 Rh6 68. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1920 final"]
[Site "Karlsruhe"]
[Date "2020.09.16"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2020.09.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Deizisau"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bg5 O-O 5. Nbd2 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. e4 c5 8. d5
Nbd7 9. Bd3 Nh5 10. O-O Nf4 11. Bc2 b5 12. Rb1 Nf6 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Nf1 e5 15.
dxe6 Bxe6 16. Bg3 N6h5 17. Qd2 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Nh5 19. Bb3 c4 20. Bc2 Rfe8 21.
Rbd1 Rad8 22. Nd4 Bg4 23. Ra1 Qc5 24. Ne3 Nf6 25. a4 a6 26. axb5 axb5 27. Nxg4
Nxg4 28. Bd1 Nf6 29. Bf3 Nd7 30. Nc2 Qg5 31. Qxg5 hxg5 32. Ra5 Rb8 33. Rd1 Nf6
34. Rxd6 g4 35. e5 Rxe5 36. Bc6 Re2 37. Nd4 Re1+ 38. Kh2 Kh7 39. Ra8 Rxa8 40.
Bxa8 Rb1 41. Nxb5 Rxb2 42. Bc6 Rxf2 43. Kg1 Rc2 44. Rd4 Bh6 45. Rxc4 Be3+ 46.
Kf1 Nh5 47. Rxg4 f5 48. Rh4 Kg7 49. Rh3 Bf2 50. Rxh5 gxh5 51. Nd6 Bc5 52. Nxf5+
Kf6 53. Nh4 Rxc3 54. Be8 Kg5 55. Nf3+ Kh6 56. Bd7 Rc1+ 57. Ke2 Rc2+ 58. Kf1
Rf2+ 59. Ke1 Rxg2 60. Nh4 Rb2 61. Kf1 Rf2+ 62. Ke1 Kg5 63. Bh3 Kf6 64. Bd7 Ra2
65. Kf1 Bd6 66. g4 hxg4 67. Bxg4 Kg5 68. Nf5 Bc5 69. Bh3 Rf2+ 70. Ke1 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1920 final"]
[Site "Karlsruhe"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gumularz, Szymon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.09.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Berlin SF"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. g4 b5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. h4 h5 8. gxh5
Rxh5 9. Bf3 Rh8 10. h5 e5 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. hxg6 fxg6 13. Rxh8 Bxh8 14. e5 Nc6
15. Be4 Nge7 16. Qg4 Bxe5 17. Bxg6+ Nxg6 18. Qxg6+ Kd7 19. Qg4+ Ke8 20. O-O-O
Qf6 21. Nd5 Qf7 22. Nf3 Bc8 23. Qe4 Rb8 24. Ng5 Bf5 25. Nxc7+ Kd7 26. Nxf7 Bxe4
27. Nxa6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1920 final"]
[Site "Karlsruhe"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.09.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 h6 5. Bf4 Bb4 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 O-O 8. g3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ba5 10. g4 c5 11. Rg1 Nc6 12. dxc5 e5 13. Qc2 Re8 14. g5 g6 15.
gxh6 e4 16. Ng5 Bf5 17. O-O-O Qf6 18. Bh3 e3 19. Bxf5 exd2+ 20. Rxd2 Re5 21.
Nxf7 Qxf7 22. Bxg6 Qxf2 23. Bf7+ Kh8 24. Qg6 Rg5 25. Rxg5 Bxc3 26. Kc2 Ne7 27.
Qe4 Bf6 28. Re5 Rf8 29. e3 Qf1 30. Bc4 Qa1 31. Rxe7 Qc3+ 32. Kd1 Qa1+ 33. Kc2
Qc3+ 34. Kd1 Qa1+ 35. Ke2 Bxe7 36. Qd4+ Qxd4 37. exd4 Rf4 38. Bd5 Bf6 39. Ke3
Rh4 40. Rd3 Rh3+ 41. Kd2 Rxh2+ 42. Kc3 Kh7 43. Bxb7 Rxa2 44. Kb3 Ra1 45. c6 Bd8
46. d5 Ba5 47. d6 Rc1 48. Rd5 Bd8 49. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1920 final"]
[Site "Karlsruhe"]
[Date "2020.09.19"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.09.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 Be7 7. Re1 b5 8.
Rxe4 d5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 bxa4 11. Qf3 Be6 12. Nc3 Bf6 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. Qh5
O-O 15. Rxg5 a3 16. b3 g6 17. Rg3 Qd6 18. Qe2 Rfe8 19. Qd2 Bd7 20. h3 Re6 21.
Re1 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Re8 23. Re3 Rxe3 24. Qxe3 Bf5 25. g4 Bxc2 26. Kg2 h5 27. Qd2
Be4+ 28. f3 h4 29. Qf2 Bd3 30. Qxh4 c6 31. Qf2 Qf4 32. Nd1 Bb1 33. b4 Qc1 34.
Qe2 Bxa2 35. Qxa2 Qxd1 36. Qxa3 Qd2+ 37. Kg3 Qxd4 38. Qxa6 Qg1+ 39. Kf4 Qd4+
40. Kg3 g5 41. Kg2 Qd2+ 42. Kf1 Qc1+ 43. Ke2 Qc2+ 44. Ke3 Qc3+ 45. Ke2 Qc2+ 46.
Ke3 Qc3+ 47. Ke2 Kg7 48. Qc8 Qc2+ 49. Ke3 Qc3+ 50. Ke2 Qc2+ 51. Ke3 Qb3+ 52.
Ke2 Qc4+ 53. Kf2 Qxb4 54. Qxc6 Qd2+ 55. Kf1 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1920 final"]
[Site "Karlsruhe"]
[Date "2020.09.20"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2020.09.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Viernheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 Qc7 7. Be2 a6 8. f4
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. Be3 Bf5 13. Qxf5 Bxe3 14. Qe5+
Qe7 15. Bf3 Bxf4 16. Qxe7+ Kxe7 17. Nxd5+ Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Be5 19. O-O-O f6 20.
Rd3 Rad8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Be7 10. h4 c5 11. h5 Qc7 12. h6 g6 13. Kb1 Nf6 14. Nxc5 b6 15.
Nd3 Bb7 16. Nde5 Rad8 17. Bd3 Nd5 18. c3 a6 19. Rhe1 b5 20. Bc2 Nb6 21. Bb3 a5
22. Qe2 a4 23. Nxf7 axb3 24. Nxd8 bxa2+ 25. Ka1 Qxd8 26. Qxe6+ Rf7 27. Ne5 Bd5
28. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 h6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bg3 O-O 7. e3 Bxg3 8. hxg3
Nbd7 9. Rh4 Qe7 10. g4 Ne4 11. Qc2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 e5 13. Rh1 e4 14. Nd2 c6 15.
Be2 Nf6 16. g5 hxg5 17. O-O-O g6 18. Rh2 Kg7 19. Rdh1 Be6 20. Kb1 Qc7 21. Qc1
Qa5 22. Nb3 Qb6 23. Ka1 Rh8 24. Nc5 Bf5 25. Qg1 Qc7 26. g4 Rxh2 27. Rxh2 Bxg4
28. Bxg4 Nxg4 29. Rh3 Qc8 30. Qg3 b6 31. Nb3 Qf5 32. Qg2 Nxf2 33. Rh2 Ng4 34.
Rh1 Qf3 35. Qg1 Rh8 36. Rxh8 Kxh8 37. Nd2 Qe2 38. Nb3 Kg7 39. cxd5 cxd5 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Qd2 a6 8. f4
c5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Ne2 b5 11. c3 O-O 12. Ng3 b4 13. Bd3 bxc3 14. bxc3 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Qb4 16. Rb1 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 a5 18. Bb5 Bb7 19. Ba4 Ra7 20. Rxb7 Rxb7 21.
Bxc6 Rc7 22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23. Rb1 Rc8 24. Ne2 Rdc7 25. Ne1 Rc4 26. Rb2 Rb4 27.
Rxb4 axb4 28. Nc2 Rb8 29. Nc1 Kf8 30. Nb3 Ke7 31. Nc5 Rb6 32. Kc1 f6 33. exf6+
gxf6 34. Kb2 Kd6 35. Nd3 h5 36. Ncxb4 Rb7 37. a4 Ra7 38. Kb3 h4 39. g3 hxg3 40.
hxg3 Rg7 41. a5 Rxg3 42. Ka4 Kc7 43. Kb5 Rg1 44. Nc5 Re1 45. a6 Kb8 46. Kb6 Ka8
47. a7 e5 48. Nca6 Rc1 49. fxe5 fxe5 50. dxe5 d4 51. Nc7+ Rxc7 52. Kxc7 Kxa7
53. Nd3 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 h6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bg3 O-O 7. e3 Bxg3 8. hxg3
Nbd7 9. Rh4 Qe7 10. g4 Ne4 11. Qc2 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Nf6 13. O-O-O Ne4 14. Qc2 c5
15. Bd3 Ng5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. Rdh1 dxc4 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. f4 Qe7 20. g5 cxd4 21.
exd4 Bd7 22. Qc3 b5 23. Bb1 f5 24. d5 e5 25. Qxe5 Qxe5 26. fxe5 b4 27. gxh6 g6
28. Rxc4 Rac8 29. Rxc8 Rxc8+ 30. Kd2 Rc5 31. Ke3 Rxd5 32. Kf4 Kh7 33. Bc2 Rd4+
34. Kg5 Rg4+ 35. Kf6 Rxg2 36. Bb3 Rxb2 37. Bf7 Rg2 38. e6 Ba4 39. e7 f4 40. Bd5
f3 41. Rf1 Rg3 42. Bxf3 Bb5 43. Bd5 Re3 44. Rf4 g5 45. Rxb4 Be8 46. Be4+ Kxh6
47. Bf5 Rf3 48. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Nd7 7. d4 Nf6 8.
Qd3 g6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. c3 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 e6 16. g3 Rfd8 17. h4 Rac8 18. Kg2 h5 19. Bg5 Rd7 20. Qc2 c5 21. dxc5
Qxc5 22. Rad1 Nd5 23. Qb3 b5 24. Rd2 a5 25. a3 Qc4 26. Qxc4 bxc4 27. Red1 Rb8
28. a4 Kh7 29. Kf1 Bh6 30. Bxh6 Kxh6 31. Bxd5 exd5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 Rxb2
34. Rd4 Ra2 35. Rxc4 Kg7 36. Kg2 Kf6 37. Kf3 Ke6 38. Ke3 Kd5 39. Rd4+ Ke5 40.
Rf4 f5 41. Rc4 Kd5 42. Rd4+ Ke5 43. Rf4 Ra3 44. Kd3 Ra2 45. Ke3 Ra3 46. Rc4 Kd5
47. Kd3 Ra2 48. f3 Rg2 49. Rc8 Rxg3 50. Ke3 Rh3 51. Ra8 Rxh4 52. Rxa5+ Kc4 53.
Ra6 g5 54. Rf6 f4+ 55. Ke4 Rh1 56. Rc6+ Kb3 57. a5 Re1+ 58. Kf5 g4 59. Kxf4 Rf1
60. a6 Rxf3+ 61. Kg5 g3 62. Rb6+ Kc2 63. Kh4 g2 64. Rg6 Kxc3 65. Rxg2 Rf7 66.
Kxh5 Ra7 67. Rg6 Kb4 68. Kg5 Kb5 69. Kf5 Rxa6 70. Rxa6 Kxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. h3 Ne4 8. e3
Nd7 9. Bd3 Ndf6 10. Nge2 O-O 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bb4+ 14. Nc3
Re8 15. Qd3 Qf6 16. O-O Bf5 17. Qc4 a5 18. a3 Bf8 19. d5 Qg6 20. Rfd1 Bxh3 21.
Bg3 Bg4 22. Rd4 h5 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. Qd3 Bf5 25. Qd2 Be7 26. e4 Bg4 27. e5 h4
28. Qf4 hxg3 29. Qxg4 gxf2+ 30. Kf1 Qh6 31. Qh3 Qxh3 32. gxh3 Rab8 33. Rd2 Bh4
34. Re2 Rb3 35. Rd1 Re6 36. Rd4 Bg3 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Ne4 Bf4 39. Rxf2 Bh6 40.
Rxf7 Rxe5 41. Nf2 Rxb2 42. Ng4 Re6 43. Rd1 Kg6 44. Rf3 Bg5 45. Nf2 Rf6 46.
Rxf6+ gxf6 47. Rd6 c5 48. Rc6 Be3 49. Nd3 Rc2 50. Re6 Bd4 51. Rd6 Kf5 52. Ne1
Rf2+ 53. Kg1 Ra2+ 54. Kf1 Rxa3 55. Nc2 Rxh3 56. Nxd4+ cxd4 57. Rxd4 Ra3 58. Kf2
Ra1 59. Rc4 a4 60. Rb4 a3 61. Rb3 a2 62. Ra3 Ke6 63. Kg2 f5 64. Ra6+ Kd7 65.
Ra5 f4 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Be7 10. h4 c5 11. h5 Qc7 12. h6 g6 13. Kb1 Nf6 14. Nxc5 b6 15.
Nd3 Bb7 16. Nde5 Rad8 17. Bc4 Nd5 18. Bb3 b5 19. Qe2 Qb6 20. Nd3 a5 21. Nc5 Ba8
22. Ne5 a4 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Ned7 Qc6 25. Nxf8 Bxf8 26. f3 b4 27. Qa6 Qc7 28.
Qe2 Qf4 29. Ne4 Be7 30. g4 Qc7 31. g5 a3 32. Nc5 axb2 33. Rhg1 Ra8 34. Kxb2
Rxa2+ 35. Kc1 b3 36. Qb5 bxc2 37. Rd3 Qf4+ 38. Rd2 Ra1+ 39. Kxc2 Ra2+ 40. Kb1
Qxd2 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.21"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Ne5 O-O 6. Nd2 b6 7. h4 c5 8. c3 Qc7
9. h5 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. h6 g6 13. Nf3 Rfc8 14. Bd3 b5 15.
Ne5 b4 16. Qf3 Qe7 17. O-O Be8 18. cxb4 c4 19. Bc2 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Bxd7 21. a3 Qg5
22. e4 Bc6 23. e5 Qxh6 24. g3 Qd2 25. Qc3 Qg5 26. Kg2 h5 27. Rh1 Kg7 28. f4 Qe7
29. Rh4 Rh8 30. Rah1 Rab8 31. Kg1 a5 32. bxa5 Qb7 33. f5 exf5 34. R1h2 Qxb2 35.
Qe3 Qa1+ 36. Kg2 Rb2 37. Kf3 Rhb8 38. Qg5 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 dxe4 4. dxe4 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Nfd7 7. a4 e5
8. Nc4 f6 9. Ne1 Nb6 10. a5 Nxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd7 12. c3 Nc5 13. f3 Be6 14. Bxe6
Nxe6 15. Kc2 Kf7 16. Nd3 Nc5 17. Nf2 Be7 18. Be3 b5 19. axb6 axb6 20. b4 Nd7
21. Nd3 Ke6 22. Kb3 Rhd8 23. Rhd1 g6 24. Nb2 b5 25. Nd3 f5 26. exf5+ gxf5 27.
Ba7 Kf7 28. Re1 Bf6 29. g4 Nf8 30. Nc5 fxg4 31. fxg4 Ne6 32. Ne4 Nf4 33. Bb6
Rxa1 34. Rxa1 Rd7 35. Bc5 Be7 36. Ra6 Bxc5 37. bxc5 Rc7 38. Ra8 Ke6 39. Rd8 h5
40. Rd6+ Ke7 41. gxh5 Nxh5 42. Rh6 Nf4 43. Nd6 Nd3 44. Rh7+ Kd8 45. Rh8+ Kd7
46. Ne4 Ke6 47. Kc2 Nf4 48. Rd8 Kf5 49. Nd6+ Kg4 50. Re8 Rh7 51. Rxe5 Rxh2+ 52.
Kb3 Nd3 53. Re4+ Kf3 54. Rd4 Nxc5+ 55. Kb4 Ne6 56. Rd1 Rb2+ 57. Ka5 Rc2 58. Kb4
Nc7 59. c4 bxc4 60. Kc5 Nd5 61. Kxc6 Ne3 62. Ra1 c3 63. Nb5 Rh2 64. Nxc3 Rc2
65. Ra3 Nd1 66. Kb5 Nxc3+ 67. Kc4 Ke4 68. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 69. Kxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Be3 Qd7 11. Nd5 h6 12. h3 Bd8 13. c4 bxc4 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.
Ba4 d5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. dxc4 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Na5 19. b3 Rab8 20. Bc5 Rfd8 21.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Re1 Rd3 23. Re3 Rd1+ 24. Kh2 Rf1 25. Re1 Rxe1 26. Nxe1 Nb7 27.
Ba7 Be7 28. Nd3 Bxa3 29. Nxe5 Bd6 30. f4 Nc5 31. Bxc5 Bxc5 32. Kg3 f6 33. Bd7
Bf7 34. Nxf7 Kxf7 35. Kf3 a5 36. Ke4 Bb4 37. Ba4 g5 38. f5 c5 39. g4 Kg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 Qc7 4. exd5 cxd5 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. a3 Be7 8. Nb5
Qd8 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O a6 12. Nbd4 Bd7 13. b4 Re8 14. Nb3 Bf8 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Rc8 17. Re1 b6 18. Bf1 Ne7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. c5 bxc5 21. Nxc5 a5
22. d4 axb4 23. axb4 Rb8 24. Ra7 Bb5 25. Bxb5 Rxb5 26. Nh4 Rxb4 27. g3 Bg7 28.
Qh5 Rxd4 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Nxe6 Rxh4 31. Qxh4 Qb6 32. Qg4 Qb1+ 33. Kg2 Qe4+ 34.
Qxe4 dxe4 35. Nc7 Rf8 36. Ne6 Rf7 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Ra7 f5 39. Nd8 Rf8 40. Ne6
Re8 41. Nc7 Rc8 42. Ne6 Bf6 43. h3 Kg6 44. g4 fxg4 45. hxg4 Rc6 46. Nf4+ Kg5
47. Nh5 Re6 48. Kh3 Ng6 49. Ra5+ Be5 50. Ng7 Nf4+ 51. Kg3 Nh5+ 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Be3 Qd7 11. h3 h6 12. Rc1 Bd8 13. Re1 Re8 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Ne7 16. c4 Ng6 17. Bc2 Nh5 18. d4 e4 19. Nd2 Nf6 20. f3 exf3 21. Nxf3 Nh5
22. c5 Bf6 23. c6 Qd8 24. Qd3 Bh4 25. Bf2 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Qf6 27. g3 Nf8 28. Re4
Re7 29. Rxe7 Qxe7 30. Re1 Qf6 31. Qe3 Rc8 32. Kg2 Ng6 33. Re2 Kf8 34. Rf2 Re8
35. Qd2 Kg8 36. Ne5 Ngf4+ 37. gxf4 dxe5 38. fxe5 Qh4 39. Qe3 f6 40. Kh2 g5 41.
Rg2 Nf4 42. Rg3 Nxd5 43. Qd3 Kf8 44. Rf3 Qe1 45. Qg6 Qe2+ 46. Kg3 Qe1+ 47. Kh2
Qe2+ 48. Kg3 Qe1+ 49. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 dxe4 4. dxe4 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Nfd7 7. Nc4 f6
8. a4 e5 9. a5 Bc5 10. Ke1 Na6 11. c3 b5 12. axb6 axb6 13. b4 Be7 14. Be3 b5
15. Na5 Nc7 16. Rc1 c5 17. Nc6 c4 18. Nh4 Bf8 19. Na5 Na6 20. Rb1 Nac5 21. f3
Na4 22. Kd2 Ndb6 23. Kc2 g6 24. g4 Be6 25. Be2 Rg8 26. Rhd1 Rg7 27. Ng2 Rd7 28.
f4 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Kxd8 31. fxe5 fxe5 32. Nc6+ Kc7 33. Nxe5 Nd7 34.
Nf4 Bg8 35. Nf3 Bd6 36. Nd4 Be5 37. Nxb5+ Kd8 38. Nd4 Kc7 39. h3 Nf6 40. Nfe6+
Kd6 41. Ng5 h6 42. Ngf3 Nxe4 43. Nb5+ Kc6 44. Na7+ Kd6 45. Nc8+ Kc7 46. Nxe5
Kxc8 47. Bd4 Nd6 48. h4 g5 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. Bf3 Kc7 51. Kd2 Nb5 52. Nc6 Nb2
53. Be5+ Kb6 54. Ne7 Nd3 55. Bf6 Be6 56. Bxg5 Ne5 57. Be3+ Ka6 58. Be2 Bxg4 59.
Bf1 Nf3+ 60. Kc2 Ne1+ 61. Kb2 Nd3+ 62. Bxd3 cxd3 63. c4 Nd6 64. Kc3 Be6 65. c5
Nf5 66. Bd2 Nxe7 67. Kxd3 Kb5 68. Ke4 Nc6 69. Kf4 Kc4 70. Ke3 Bc8 71. Be1 Ba6
72. Bd2 Kb3 73. Be1 Bb5 74. Ke4 Bc4 75. Ke3 Kc2 76. Ke4 Kd1 77. Bc3 Ke2 78. Kf5
Kd3 79. Be1 Nd4+ 80. Kf6 Bb5 81. Ke7 Nc2 82. Bg3 Nxb4 83. Bd6 Kc4 84. Ke6 Bc6
85. Ke5 Nd3+ 86. Kf5 Kd5 87. Bf8 Bd7+ 88. Kf6 Ne5 89. Bd6 Ng4+ 90. Ke7 Bf5 91.
Kf7 Kc6 92. Ke7 Be4 93. Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Be3 Qd7 11. h3 h6 12. Re1 Bd8 13. Rc1 Re8 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Ne7 16. c4 Rb8 17. Bc2 Ng6 18. b4 Qf5 19. Nd2 Nf4 20. Qf3 Qh5 21. Bxf4
Qxf3 22. Nxf3 exf4 23. Nd4 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Kf8 25. Nc6 Ra8 26. a4 bxa4 27. Bxa4
Ng8 28. Kf1 Bf6 29. d4 Ne7 30. Ke2 Nxc6 31. Bxc6 Rb8 32. Kd3 g5 33. Kc3 h5 34.
f3 Kg7 35. Ra1 Rb6 36. Bd7 Kg6 37. c5 dxc5 38. bxc5 Rb8 39. Rxa6 Rb1 40. Ba4
Kg7 41. Rc6 Rc1+ 42. Kd3 Ra1 43. Bb3 Rg1 44. Rxc7 Rxg2 45. d6 g4 46. Rxf7+ Kg6
47. c6 gxh3 48. c7 h2 49. c8=Q h1=Q 50. Qg8+ Kf5 51. Qc8+ Kg5 52. Rxf6 Qf1+ 53.
Ke4 Re2+ 54. Kd5 Qxf3+ 55. Kc5 Qc3+ 56. Bc4 Qa5+ 57. Kc6 Qa4+ 58. Kd5 Qa5+ 59.
Kc6 Qa4+ 60. Kc5 Qa5+ 61. Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 dxe4 4. dxe4 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Nfd7 7. a4 e5
8. Nb3 a5 9. Be3 b6 10. Nfd2 Ba6 11. Nc4 Bxc4 12. Bxc4 Na6 13. c3 Nac5 14. f3
Nxb3 15. Bxb3 Bc5 16. Bd2 Ke7 17. Kc2 Rhd8 18. h4 h5 19. Bc4 Nf8 20. Rhf1 Rd7
21. Rae1 Ne6 22. g3 f6 23. f4 Bd6 24. Re2 Nc5 25. b3 Rb8 26. Rg1 b5 27. axb5
cxb5 28. Bd5 Rc7 29. f5 b4 30. g4 bxc3 31. Bxc3 a4 32. gxh5 axb3+ 33. Kb1 Na4
34. Rxg7+ Kf8 35. Rxc7 Bxc7 36. Bd2 Kg7 37. Rg2+ Kh8 38. Rg6 Bd6 39. Rxf6 Bb4
40. Rh6+ Kg7 41. f6+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.24"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. Nb3 Bb6 8.
O-O Qe7 9. Qe1 Nd7 10. Na5 O-O-O 11. Be3 f6 12. b4 h5 13. a4 Kb8 14. b5 Bxa5
15. Qxa5 c5 16. Qc3 g5 17. a5 h4 18. Nd2 g4 19. f4 gxf3 20. Rxf3 Rdg8 21. Nb3
Bxb3 22. Qxb3 Qd6 23. Raf1 Rg7 24. a6 b6 25. R1f2 c6 26. h3 cxb5 27. Qxb5 Kc7
28. Kh2 Rhg8 29. Bd2 Qe6 30. Qb1 Rg6 31. Rf5 Rh8 32. c3 Qd6 33. Be3 Rg3 34.
R5f3 Rhg8 35. Kh1 R3g7 36. d4 cxd4 37. cxd4 Kb8 38. dxe5 fxe5 39. Qf1 Qe6 40.
Bc1 Rc8 41. Bb2 Nc5 42. Rf6 Qe7 43. R2f5 Nd7 44. Rf7 Rxf7 45. Rxf7 Qd6 46. Qf5
Rd8 47. Kh2 Ka8 48. Qg5 Rc8 49. Qxh4 Nc5 50. Qg5 Qc6 51. Qxe5 Nxa6 52. h4 Nc5
53. Qe7 Nb7 54. h5 Rg8 55. Rg7 Rc8 56. Be5 Qxe4 57. Bg3 Qd5 58. h6 Qh5+ 59. Qh4
Qxh4+ 60. Bxh4 Nd6 61. h7 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.24"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Bd3 d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 Bd6 12. d4 Qh4 13. h3 Bd7 14. Nd2 Rae8
15. Nf3 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Qd8 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bd2 Ne7 19. Qf1 Qc8 20. Re1 c5 21.
dxc5 Bxc5 22. Bf4 Ng6 23. Bg3 Re8 24. Rd1 c6 25. c4 Be6 26. Bb3 dxc4 27. Bxc4
Nf8 28. Ba6 Qa8 29. b3 Bd5 30. Qd3 Ne6 31. Qf5 Bb6 32. Bc4 Bxc4 33. bxc4 Qc8
34. h4 Nc5 35. Qxc8 Rxc8 36. Re1 Kf7 37. h5 Re8 38. Rxe8 Kxe8 39. Nd2 Kd7 40.
Kf1 Nd3 41. Nb3 Bc7 42. Bxc7 Kxc7 43. g3 Kd6 44. Ke2 Ne5 45. Nd4 g6 46. hxg6
hxg6 47. f4 Nxc4 48. Kd3 Nb6 49. g4 Kd5 50. Ne2 Na4 51. Ke3 c5 52. Ng3 Nc3 53.
a3 c4 54. f5 g5 55. Nh5 Ke5 56. Ng7 Nd5+ 57. Kf3 c3 58. Ke2 Kf4 59. Kd3 Kxg4
0-1

[Event "Chess24 October Blitz"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e5 Nh5 5. Be2 Ng7 6. h4 h5 7. Nh3 Bxh3 8. Rxh3
e6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. g3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
O-O-O O-O-O 16. Kb1 Kb8 17. f4 Rc8 18. Nb5 Ne8 19. Qf2 a6 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4
Qc5 22. Qxc5 Rxc5 23. c3 Ng7 24. Rhh1 Nf5 25. Rhg1 b5 26. a3 Ka7 27. Ka2 a5 28.
Rc1 Rhc8 29. Kb1 Kb6 30. g4 hxg4 31. Rxg4 Rh8 32. Rh1 Rcc8 33. Bxf5 exf5 34.
Rg5 Rc4 35. e6 fxe6 36. Rxg6 Re4 37. h5 b4 38. cxb4 axb4 39. a4 b3 40. h6 Rxf4
41. Rxe6+ Ka5 42. Rd6 d4 43. Rd1 Rh4 44. Rd5+ Ka6 45. Rb5 R8xh6 46. Rxb3 Re4
47. Rbd3 Rd6 48. b4 f4 49. Kc2 Kb6 50. Kb3 Re3 51. Kc4 f3 52. Rxe3 dxe3 53.
Rxd6+ Kc7 54. Rd1 e2 55. Rc1 Kd6 56. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Chess24 October Blitz"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Tari, Aryan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2020.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. f4 h5 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. O-O Bxd3
9. Qxd3 Nf5 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Rd1 c5 12. Nf1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Qb6 14. Ne3 Nc5 15.
Qb5+ Qxb5 16. Nxb5 Nxe3 17. Bxe3 O-O 18. f5 a6 19. Nd4 Rfe8 20. Rac1 Rac8 21.
c4 dxc4 22. Rxc4 Ne4 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Nxe6 Rc2 26. Bd4 g5 27.
Re1 Kf7 28. Ng7 Kxg7 29. Rxe4 Kg6 30. Kf1 Kf5 31. Re2 Rc1+ 32. Kf2 Ke6 33. Kf3
Bc5 34. Bc3 Rf1+ 35. Ke4 b5 36. a3 g4 37. Kd3 h4 38. Re4 Kf5 39. e6 Rd1+ 40.
Kc2 Kxe4 41. Kxd1 Kf5 42. h3 gxh3 43. gxh3 Kxe6 44. Ke2 Kd5 45. Kd3 Bd6 46. Bd2
Be5 47. b3 Bb2 48. a4 bxa4 49. bxa4 Bf6 50. Be3 Be5 51. Bf2 Bf6 52. Be1 Be7 53.
Ke3 Kc4 54. Kf4 Kb3 55. a5 Bb4 56. Bxh4 Bxa5 57. Bf6 Bc7+ 58. Kf5 Bg3 59. Kg4
Be1 60. Kf3 a5 61. Ke2 Bg3 62. Kf3 Be1 63. Ke2 Bg3 64. Kf3 Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 October Blitz"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O
Ne4 9. e3 Be7 10. a3 a5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 b6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Rfc1 Bb7 15.
Qa4 Bd6 16. Ne5 Ne7 17. Qd7 Bxe5 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. dxe5 c5 20. b4 Rd7 21. bxc5
bxc5 22. Rab1 Bc6 23. Rb6 h6 24. Be1 c4 25. Bc3 Ba4 26. e6 fxe6 27. Bh3 Nf5 28.
Rxe6 Rf7 29. Re5 Bd7 30. Rxd5 Be6 31. Re5 Bd7 32. Rd1 g6 33. Red5 Be8 34. e4
Ng7 35. Rxa5 Rxa5 36. Bxa5 Ra7 37. Bb4 Kf7 38. f4 Bc6 39. Rd4 Bb5 40. Kf2 Rc7
41. Rd5 Ba6 42. Rd7+ Rxd7 43. Bxd7 Ne6 44. Ke3 Nc7 45. g4 h5 46. h3 hxg4 47.
hxg4 Ne8 48. f5 Nf6 49. Be6+ Ke8 50. g5 Ng4+ 51. Kf4 Nf2 52. fxg6 Nd3+ 53. Kf5
Nxb4 54. g7 1-0

[Event "Chess24 October Blitz"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2020.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a5 8. b5 Ne7
9. h3 Ng6 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 c6 12. Bxb6 Qxb6 13. Nbd2 d5 14. exd5 cxd5 15.
Bb3 Bf5 16. d4 e4 17. Ne5 Rac8 18. Nxg6 Bxg6 19. Rc1 Rfd8 20. Qe2 Nh5 21. Qe3
f5 22. f4 Nf6 23. c4 Qd6 24. c5 Qe7 25. Rf2 h6 26. Nf1 Kh7 27. Qd2 Bf7 28. Ne3
Be6 29. Bd1 Rg8 30. Be2 Ra8 31. Rcf1 Qd7 32. Qc3 Qe7 33. Bd1 Qd7 34. Bb3 Qe7
35. Qc2 Qd7 36. Qd2 Qe7 37. Kh2 Qd7 38. Qe2 Qe7 39. g3 Qd7 40. Rg2 g6 41. g4
Raf8 42. Kg1 Qc7 43. Qe1 fxg4 44. hxg4 g5 45. f5 Bf7 46. Qg3 Qxg3 47. Rxg3 Re8
48. Rc1 h5 49. Rh3 h4 50. Rh2 Rc8 51. Rhc2 Rc7 52. c6 b6 53. Kh2 Rd8 54. Kh3
Rd6 55. Rc3 Kh6 56. Nc2 Kg7 57. Ba2 Kh6 58. Na1 Rd8 59. Bb3 Kg7 60. Bd1 Ng8 61.
Nb3 Rb8 62. Rb1 Kf6 63. Nxa5 bxa5 64. b6 Rcc8 65. c7 Rb7 66. Be2 Ne7 67. Ba6
1-0

[Event "Chess24 October Blitz"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Bc5 6. Nb3 Bb6 7. d3 d5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 exd3 11. Qxd3 d4 12. Na4 Nc6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. a3 Re8
15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Rfe1 Bf5 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. Nc1 Be4 20. Nd3 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 Re4 22. Rac1 Rde8 23. Rc2 Qf5 24. Nb4 Ne5 25. Nd3 Ng4 26. h3 Nf6 27. Qb4
Nd5 28. Qd6 R4e6 29. Qd7 Qe4+ 30. Kg1 Nf6 31. Qc7 g5 32. Rec1 Qf5 33. Kg2 Rxe2
34. Rxe2 Rxe2 35. Qc8+ Qxc8 36. Rxc8+ Kg7 37. Rd8 Re4 38. Rd6 Re2 39. Rxd4 Rd2
40. Kf3 h5 41. Ke3 Rd1 42. Rd6 h4 43. gxh4 gxh4 44. Ke2 Rb1 45. Rxb6 Nh5 46.
Rxb7 Rh1 47. Rb5 Kg6 48. Ne5+ Kg7 49. Nd3 Kh6 50. Kf3 Rxh3+ 51. Kg4 Rxd3 52.
Rxh5+ Kg6 53. Rxh4 Rb3 54. Rh3 Rxb2 55. Rf3 Ra2 56. Kg3 f5 57. Rb3 Kg5 58. f4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 October Blitz"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2020.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nge2 Nb6 7. b4 Bd6 8.
Ng3 O-O 9. Nge4 Be7 10. g4 Be6 11. d3 Bh4 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. Bg2 a5 14. b5 Ne7 15.
Qc2 Ng6 16. h3 Rc8 17. a4 c6 18. Ba3 cxb5 19. axb5 Be7 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. O-O b6
22. d4 Bc4 23. Rfe1 Nh4 24. Bh1 f5 25. gxf5 Rxf5 26. Ng3 Rff8 27. Nce4 Be6 28.
Qb2 Bxh3 29. d5 Bg4 30. d6 Qe6 31. Rac1 Bf3 32. Ng5 Qg4 33. Qb3+ Kh8 34. Nf7+
Rxf7 35. Rxc8+ Rf8 36. Rxf8+ Nxf8 37. Qf7 h6 38. Qxf8+ Kh7 39. d7 Bxh1 40. d8=Q
Nf3+ 41. Kf1 Nh2+ 42. Kg1 Nf3+ 43. Qxf3 Bxf3 44. Qf8 Be4 45. Rc1 h5 46. Rc8 Bd5
47. Qf5+ Qxf5 48. Nxf5 a4 49. Rb8 a3 50. Rxb6 Bc4 51. Ra6 Bxb5 52. Rxa3 Bd7 53.
Ng3 Bg4 54. Nxh5 Bxh5 55. f4 Bg6 56. fxe5 Bf5 57. e6 Bxe6 58. Ra5 Bg8 59. Re5
Kh8 60. Kf2 Bh7 61. Rg5 Bg8 62. Rh5+ Bh7 63. e4 g6 64. Kg3 Kg7 65. Rxh7+ Kg8
66. Kg4 Kxh7 67. Kg5 Kg7 68. e5 Kf7 69. e6+ Kxe6 70. Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 October Blitz"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tari, Aryan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 b4 8. d3 d6
9. h3 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Kg7 13. c3 Ba7 14. Re1 bxc3 15. bxc3
Rb8 16. Ba2 Nh5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Qxh5 Nxd3 19. Rd1 Nc5 20. Nd2 Qf6 21. e5 dxe5
22. Nf3 Qg6 23. Bxe5+ f6 24. Qxg6+ Kxg6 25. Bxc7 Rb2 26. Bb1+ Bf5 27. Bxf5+
Kxf5 28. Nd4+ Kg6 29. Bd6 Re8 30. Nc6 Nb3 31. Rab1 Bxf2+ 32. Kh2 Rxb1 33. Rxb1
Nd2 34. Rd1 Ne4 35. Ne7+ Kf7 36. Nf5 Nxc3 37. Rd3 Ne4 38. Bc7 Kg6 39. g4 h5 40.
Rd7 Rg8 41. Ne7+ Kf7 42. Nxg8+ Kxg8 43. gxh5 f5 44. h6 Nf6 45. Rd6 Nh5 46. Rg6+
Kh7 47. Rxg5 Nf6 48. Rxf5 Ne4 49. Bf4 Bd4 50. Rd5 Nd2 51. Bxd2 Bf6 52. Rd7+ Be7
53. Rxe7+ Kg6 54. h7 1-0

[Event "Chess24 October Blitz"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2020.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. Qe2 Bd6 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Na5 Rb8 10. Bd2 Qe8 11. b3 b6 12. Nc4 Bxc4 13. bxc4 Nd7 14. h4 b5
15. cxb5 cxb5 16. h5 Nc5 17. Nh4 Ne6 18. Nf5 Kh8 19. g3 Bc5 20. Bc3 f6 21. Kf1
Qd7 22. Kg2 b4 23. Bb2 a5 24. c3 Rfd8 25. Rad1 Bb6 26. Ba1 c5 27. Qg4 a4 28.
Rd2 Ba5 29. cxb4 cxb4 30. Rb1 b3 31. Rdd1 bxa2 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. Qe2 Rb1 34.
Qc2 Rxd1 35. Qxd1 Nc5 36. Qc2 Nxd3 37. Qxa2 Ne1+ 38. Kh2 Nf3+ 39. Kg2 Ng5 40.
Qc2 Bb4 41. Qc4 Bf8 42. Bc3 a3 43. Qa6 Qf7 44. Qa8 Kg8 45. Bb4 Ne6 46. Bxa3
Qxh5 47. Ne7+ Kf7 48. Nd5 Bxa3 49. Qxa3 Ng5 50. Qe7+ Kg6 51. Qe8+ Kh6 52. Qxh5+
Kxh5 53. f3 Kg6 54. Ne3 Kf7 55. g4 Ne6 56. Kf2 Nf4 57. Nf1 Nd3+ 58. Ke3 Nf4 59.
Ng3 Ne6 60. Kf2 Nf4 61. Nf1 Nh3+ 62. Kg3 Ng5 63. Ne3 Ne6 64. g5 Nd4 65. Ng4
Ne2+ 66. Kf2 Nf4 67. gxf6 gxf6 68. Ne3 Ke6 69. Nf5 Nd3+ 70. Ke3 Nf4 71. Ng7+
Kd7 72. Nf5 Ne6 73. Ng3 Nc5 74. Kf2 Nb3 75. Nf1 Nd4 76. Ke3 Nc2+ 77. Kf2 Nd4
78. Kg3 Ne6 79. Nh2 Nf4 80. Ng4 Ke6 81. Nxf6 Ne2+ 82. Kf2 Nf4 83. Ke3 Kxf6 84.
Kf2 Kg5 85. Kg3 h5 0-1

[Event "Chess24 October Blitz"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. Bb5 a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. c3 h6 11. Re1 Be7 12. Ng3 g6 13. a3 a5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15.
Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 a4 17. Ne2 Na5 18. Ned4 Nc4 19. Re2 Bc6 20. h3 Qe7 21. Qc1
Bd7 22. Nd2 Rc8 23. Nxc4 Rxc4 24. Qe3 h5 25. g3 Kf8 26. Kg2 Kg7 27. f4 b6 28.
Rh1 Bc8 29. Ree1 Ba6 30. g4 hxg4 31. hxg4 Rcc8 32. f5 gxf5 33. gxf5 Rcg8 34.
Qg3+ Kf8 35. Rxh8 1-0

[Event "Chess24 October Blitz"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 Ngf6 6. Bc2 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. a4 e5 11. O-O exd4 12. Nxd4 Re8 13. h3 d5 14. exd5 Nb6
15. Bg5 Nbxd5 16. Bb3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 h6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Bg3 Ne4 20. Qh5 Qf6 21.
Rfe1 Bd7 22. Re3 Kh8 23. Rf3 Qg6 24. Qxg6 fxg6 25. Bf7 Rf8 26. Bxg6 Rxf3 27.
Nxf3 Nxg3 28. fxg3 Bxc3 29. Rb1 b5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Bd3 Ra1 32. Rxa1 Bxa1 33.
Nd2 b4 34. Nb3 Be5 35. Kf2 Kg7 36. Kf3 Be6 37. Bc2 Bd5+ 38. Kf2 Kf6 39. g4 Bc3
40. g3 Ke5 41. Ke3 Be1 42. Nc5 Bxg3 43. Nd3+ Kf6 44. Nxb4 Bc4 45. Be4 Bd6 46.
Nd5+ Bxd5 47. Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 8th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tari, Aryan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qd2 h6 12. Rad1 e5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Be6
15. Qxd6 Rc8 16. a4 h5 17. h3 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Nd7 19. h4 Ke7 20. Rd2 Nb6 21. Nd5+
Bxd5 22. exd5 Nc4 23. Re2 Nd6 24. e4 a5 25. Ra1 Rc4 26. c3 f6 27. Re3 Rhc8 28.
Kf2 g5 29. Bf3 g4 30. Bg2 R4c5 31. Bf1 f5 32. exf5 Rxd5 33. Rd3 Rcc5 34. Rad1
Rxd3 35. Bxd3 e4 36. Be2 Nxf5 37. Bb5 Nd6 38. Be2 Ke6 39. Rc1 Ke5 40. Rd1 Rc7
41. Kg2 b6 42. Ba6 Rf7 43. Be2 Rf8 44. Rb1 Nf5 45. b4 Ne3+ 46. Kg1 Nd5 47. Rb3
Rc8 48. bxa5 bxa5 49. c4 Nb4 50. Rb1 Kd4 51. Bf1 Nd3 52. Rb5 Rc5 53. Bxd3 exd3
54. Kf2 Kxc4 55. Rb1 Re5 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 8th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bd3
Bg4 9. Nge2 e6 10. O-O Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Be7 12. a3 O-O 13. Na4 h6 14. Bg3 Nd7 15.
h3 Qa5 16. Qd1 Rfc8 17. b4 Qd8 18. Rb1 Ra7 19. Nc5 Ncb8 20. Qe2 a5 21. Rfc1
axb4 22. axb4 Nf6 23. b5 b6 24. Na6 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Nbd7 26. Rc6 Qf8 27. Qc2 Ra8
28. Rc7 Bd6 29. Bxd6 Qxd6 30. Qc6 Qf8 31. Rxd7 Nxd7 32. Qxd7 Rc8 33. g3 Rc3 34.
Bf1 Qc8 35. Qxc8+ Rxc8 36. h4 g5 37. Nb4 Kf8 38. Nc6 Ra8 39. Be2 Ra2 40. Kf1
Ra1+ 41. Kg2 Ra2 42. Bd3 Rd2 43. Bf1 f6 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. g4 Ke8 46. Kg3 Rd1
47. Be2 Rg1+ 48. Kh2 Re1 49. Bd3 Rd1 50. Nb4 Kd7 51. Kg2 Ra1 52. f4 Ra3 53.
fxg5 fxg5 54. Nc6 Kd6 55. Ne5 Ke7 56. Kf3 Ra2 57. e4 Ra1 58. Ke3 Re1+ 59. Be2
Rg1 60. Kf2 Ra1 61. Nf3 Kf6 62. Ke3 Ra8 63. Bd3 Rg8 64. Bb1 Ke7 65. Ne5 Ra8 66.
Bd3 Rc8 67. Nc6+ Kd6 68. Ne5 Rf8 69. exd5 exd5 70. Bf5 Re8 71. Kd3 Re7 72. Bg6
Ra7 73. Ke3 Ke6 74. Bf5+ Kd6 75. Kd2 Ra2+ 76. Kc3 Ra3+ 77. Kb4 Ra7 78. Bc2 Ke6
79. Nc6 Ra2 80. Kb3 Ra1 81. Kc3 Rc1 82. Ne5 Rg1 83. Bf5+ Ke7 84. Nd7 Rc1+ 85.
Kb3 Rc4 86. Nxb6 Rxd4 87. Kc3 Rd1 88. Nc8+ Kd8 89. b6 d4+ 90. Kc2 Re1 91. Nd6
Re3 92. Nf7+ Ke7 93. b7 d3+ 94. Kd1 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 8th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nb3 Nc6 8.
Nc3 e6 9. e4 O-O 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Ne4 Ne5 12. h4 h6 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rd1 a5 15.
Nd4 Bd7 16. a4 Rad8 17. Ra3 Nc4 18. Rad3 Ne5 19. Ra3 Rfe8 20. Nc3 Qc4 21. Nxd5
exd5 22. Qd2 Bg4 23. f3 Bd7 24. Bf1 Qc5 25. Qf2 Nc4 26. Rad3 Re7 27. b3 Ne5 28.
R3d2 Rde8 29. Bb2 g5 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Ba1 Qb6 32. Kg2 Qg6 33. Kg1 Qb6 34. Kg2
Qg6 35. Kg1 Qb6 36. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 8th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 Qd7 12. Qc2 Qc6 13. Qxc6 Nxc6 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. e3 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Na5 17. Nf3 Nc4 18. Rb1 c5 19. Ke2 Rfc8 20. Rhc1 Nd6
21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Rc2 Kf8 23. Nd2 c4 24. Rbc1 Rab8 25. Kf3 c3 26. bxc3 Rc5 27.
c4 f5 28. Ke2 Ke7 29. Kd3 Kd7 30. Rc3 Rc6 31. c5 Ne8 32. Nf3 Ra6 33. Ne5+ Ke7
34. Ke2 Nf6 35. R1c2 Nd5 36. Rd3 Rc8 37. Rb3 Rc7 38. Rc4 Ra5 39. Nd3 e5 40.
Nxe5 Raxc5 41. Rxc5 Rxc5 42. Rb7+ Ke6 43. Nxf7 Ra5 44. Nd8+ Kd6 45. Rb3 Ra6 46.
Nf7+ Kc5 47. Ne5 h5 48. Kd2 h4 49. Nd3+ Kc4 50. Kc2 Rd6 51. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 8th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. e4 d6 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 b4
9. Bd2 O-O 10. Ne2 Nh5 11. Be3 f5 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. Qd2 Nd7 15.
O-O-O Qa5 16. Kb1 Bxc4 17. Nc1 Bf7 18. Qxd6 Nhf6 19. Qc6 Re8 20. Bf2 Nb8 21.
Qb5 c4 22. Qxa5 Rxa5 23. Rd4 Rc8 24. b3 Nc6 25. Rxc4 Bxc4 26. Bxc4+ Kh8 27. Rd1
Re5 28. Rd6 Ne8 29. Rd2 Nc7 30. Ne2 Nb5 31. Kb2 Na3 32. Ba6 Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Nxd8
34. Kc1 Ne6 35. Bd3 Nc5 36. Kd2 Nxd3 37. Kxd3 Rd5+ 38. Nd4 Rd7 39. g4 a5 40.
Bg3 Kg8 41. Be5 g5 42. Ke4 Nb1 43. Kf5 Nc3 44. Nc6 Rd3 45. Ke6 Nxa2 46. Nxa5
Rxf3 47. Bd6 Rd3 48. Nc6 Re3+ 49. Kf6 Rxb3 50. Nd4 Rh3 51. Nf5 b3 52. Ba3 Rxh2
0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 8th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Na3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8.
Nb5 Qd7 9. Nbxd4 a6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. O-O Ne7 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Bg5 Ng6 14. Rad1
Qc7 15. Rfe1 Bd7 16. g3 Rfe8 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. h4 Kh8 19. Qd2 Bf8 20. h5 Ne7
21. Bc2 Red8 22. Qd3 f5 23. g4 f6 24. g5 Qf4 25. gxf6 Qg4+ 26. Kf1 Qh3+ 27. Ke2
Nd5 28. Qd2 Bb5+ 29. Nxb5 Qg4 30. Qg5 Nf4+ 31. Ke3 Ng2+ 32. Ke2 Qc4+ 33. Bd3
Rxd3 34. Rxd3 Nf4+ 35. Ke3 Qe4+ 36. Kd2 Qxd3+ 37. Kc1 Qxf3 38. f7 Qg4 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 8th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 e5 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 exd4 8.
Bf4 a6 9. Ba4 Nge7 10. Bd6 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Re1 Nc8 13. e5 Nxd6 14. exd6+ Kf8
15. h4 Bf6 16. Nbd2 Kg7 17. Bd5 Na5 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. Ne4 Re8 20. h5 Rc8 21.
Rc1 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 h6 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Qd2 d3 25. b4 Re6 26. Qxd3 Qb6 27. Rd1
Qc6 28. Nxf6 Rxf6 29. Ne5 Qc8 30. Qd5 Re6 31. Ng4 Kh7 32. Qd4 Qf8 33. Qa7 Rxd6
34. Re1 Nd8 35. Ne5 Qe7 36. Nf3 Re6 37. Rd1 Rd6 38. Re1 Re6 39. Rd1 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 8th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 dxe4 4. fxe4 e5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Ngf6 8. O-O
Bd6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nc2 Bh5 11. Ne3 O-O 12. Nf5 Qc7 13. Qc2 Bg6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15.
Bg5 c5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Bxb5 Bxe4 20. Qf2 Rab8 21.
Bd7 Rfd8 22. Rad1 Rb6 23. Rfe1 f5 24. Qh4 Qf6 25. Qxf6 Rxf6 26. Ba4 Rxd1 27.
Rxd1 Rg6 28. Rd2 f4 29. Bd1 Kg7 30. Kf1 Rh6 31. Kg1 Rg6 32. Rf2 f5 33. Kf1 Kf6
34. Bf3 Ke5 35. Rd2 Rh6 36. Kg1 a5 37. b3 Rb6 38. Kf2 Ra6 39. Rd8 a4 40. Re8+
Kd5 41. Be2 Rg6 42. g3 axb3 43. axb3 fxg3+ 44. hxg3 Kd6 45. Bc4 Bc6 46. Rf8 Be4
47. Rb8 Kc7 48. Re8 Kd6 49. Rb8 Kc7 50. Rh8 Rh6 51. Ke3 Rh2 52. g4 Kd6 53. Re8
Rh3+ 54. Kf4 Rf3+ 55. Kg5 Bb1 56. Re6+ Kc7 57. Re5 fxg4 58. Rxc5+ Kb6 59. Rb5+
Kc6 60. Kxg4 Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 8th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f3
b5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Qf2 Be7 11. a4 O-O 12. Be2 Rb8 13. O-O e5 14. Rfd1 Be6 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Ra7 Rb7 17. Ra6 Nd7 18. Bf1 Rc8 19. g3 Qd8 20. h4 Qf8 21. Kh2 h6
22. Rda1 Nc5 23. Ra7 Rcb8 24. Nd1 Rd8 25. Rxb7 Nxb7 26. Qe1 Nd6 27. Bc5 Nc4 28.
Bxe7 Qxe7 29. Bxc4 bxc4 30. Ne3 Qc5 31. Kg2 Kh7 32. Qc3 Rd4 33. Kf2 Qb6 34. Ke2
c5 35. Ra8 Bd7 36. Qa3 Qg6 37. c3 Rxe4 38. fxe4 Qxe4 39. Qxc5 Qxa8 40. Qxc4 Be6
41. Qd3+ Kg8 42. Qd6 Qa1 43. Qxe5 Qxb2+ 44. Kd3 Ba2 45. Qe8+ Kh7 46. Qe4+ g6
47. Qe5 h5 48. Kd4 Be6 49. Kc5 Qb7 50. c4 Qa7+ 51. Kb4 Qb6+ 52. Kc3 Qb1 53. Qf4
Qa1+ 54. Kb4 Qb2+ 55. Kc5 Qa3+ 56. Kd4 Qa7+ 57. Kd3 Qc5 58. Kc3 Qa3+ 59. Kd4
Qa7+ 60. Kd3 Qa5 61. Kd4 Qd2+ 62. Kc5 Qa5+ 63. Kd4 Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 8th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Tari, Aryan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. a5 d6 10. c3 Rb8 11. Bc4 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. h3 h6 14. d4 bxc3 15. Nxc3
Be6 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxe5 Bb3 19. Qg4 Be6 20. Rxe6 fxe6 21. Bxh6
Rf7 22. Be3 Rxb2 23. Qxe6 Bg5 24. Bxg5 Qxg5 25. Ne4 Qf5 26. d5 Qxe6 27. dxe6
Rf5 28. Rd1 Rb8 29. h4 Re8 30. Ng5 Rxa5 31. Rd7 c6 32. f4 Rd5 33. Ra7 Rd4 34.
f5 Rxh4 35. Rxa6 Rh5 36. Ne4 Rxf5 37. Nd6 Rff8 38. Nxe8 Rxe8 39. Rxc6 Kh7 40.
Kf2 Kg6 41. Kf3 Kf6 42. Kf4 Rxe6 43. Rxe6+ Kxe6 44. Kg5 Kf7 45. g3 Kf8 46. Kg6
Kg8 47. g4 Kh8 48. Kf7 Kh7 49. g5 Kh8 50. g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess Armageddon 8th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. b4 a5 6. c3 axb4 7. cxb4 b6 8. Bb5+
Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. a4 bxc5 11. b5 Bd6 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nbd2 c4 14. Qc2 Qc7
15. O-O Nbd7 16. Bc3 Nc5 17. a5 Nfe4 18. b6 Qb7 19. Bd4 Nxd2 20. Nxd2 Nd3 21.
Rfb1 Ra6 22. Rb5 Rc8 23. Rab1 h6 24. g3 Be7 25. e4 e5 26. Bc3 Bc5 27. Rxc5 Nxc5
28. exd5 Qxd5 29. Qf5 Rd8 30. Rb5 f6 31. b7 Qd6 32. Qc8 Nxb7 33. Qxb7 Qc6 34.
Qxc6 Rxc6 35. Rb6 Rc7 36. a6 Ra8 37. Ne4 Rca7 38. Nc5 Rc8 39. Rb5 h5 40. h4 Kh7
41. Kg2 Kg6 42. Kf3 Kf5 43. Ke3 Rc6 44. Bb4 c3 45. Bxc3 Kg6 46. Bb4 Raxa6 47.
Nxa6 Rxa6 48. Rb7 Ra8 49. Ke4 Rd8 50. Bc5 Ra8 51. Kd5 Ra5 52. Ra7 Rb5 53. Kc6
Rb2 54. Kd5 Rb5 55. Kc4 Rb8 56. Rc7 Ra8 57. Kd5 Ra2 58. Ke6 Ra6+ 59. Ke7 Kf5
60. Kf7 g5 61. Be3 gxh4 62. gxh4 Kg4 63. Rc4+ Kf3 64. Kg6 e4 65. Kxh5 f5 66.
Kg5 Ra5 67. Bf4 Kxf2 68. Rc2+ Kf3 69. Rc3+ Ke2 70. h5 Ra1 71. h6 Rh1 72. Kxf5
Kf2 73. Kxe4 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Armageddon 8th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Nc7 14. b3 Bf6
15. Ba3 Re8 16. Bd6 Re6 17. c5 Ne8 18. Bc4 Nxd6 19. cxd6 Bxa1 20. Qxa1 Rxd6 21.
Qe5 Re6 22. Bxe6 dxe6 23. d4 b6 24. h4 Ba6 25. Qf4 Qd7 26. Ng4 Rd8 27. Ne5 Qc7
28. Qg4 c5 29. Rc1 Qd6 30. Qh5 Qc7 31. Qg4 h6 32. b4 Rd5 33. Rc3 Qe7 34. bxc5
bxc5 35. Rg3 f5 36. Qh5 cxd4 37. Nc6 Qf7 38. Qxh6 d3 39. Qd2 Qf6 40. Nb4 Rd6
41. Nxa6 Rxa6 42. Qxd3 Rxa2 43. Qc4 Rd2 44. h5 Rd1+ 45. Kh2 Rd4 46. Qc8+ Kh7
47. Qc1 Rg4 48. Rxg4 fxg4 49. Qc5 Qf5 50. Qxa7 Qe5+ 51. g3 Qxh5+ 52. Kg1 Qf5
0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Armageddon 8th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e5 c5 6. f4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Be6 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. Bb5 Nh6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qc5 Bd7 12. Be3 e6 13. Na4 Nf5 14. Bf2 h5 15.
Qc3 c5 16. Nxc5 O-O 17. O-O Bb5 18. Rfe1 Qe7 19. a4 Bc6 20. b4 Rfc8 21. Qd2 Be8
22. c3 a5 23. h3 Bf8 24. Kh2 Qc7 25. g4 Ng7 26. Rg1 axb4 27. cxb4 d4 28. Bxd4
Rd8 29. Ne4 Bc6 30. Rac1 Qb7 31. Nf6+ Kh8 32. f5 Ne8 33. fxg6 Bxf3 34. gxh5
fxg6 35. hxg6 Bg7 36. Qf4 Rxd4 37. Qxd4 Bh6 38. Qh4 Qg7 39. Rcf1 Be2 40. Rf2
Bd3 41. Ng4 Bxg6 42. Nxh6 Qxe5+ 43. Rg3 Qh5 44. Qxh5 Bxh5 45. Rf8+ Kh7 46. Nf7
Bxf7 47. Rxf7+ Kh6 48. Rf8 Kh7 49. Rgg8 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Armageddon 8th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 c5 4. bxc5 Nc6 5. Ba3 e5 6. d3 Nf6 7. g3 e4 8. dxe4
Nxe4 9. Bg2 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. O-O O-O 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qc1 Qd6
15. Qa3 Rad8 16. h3 h6 17. Nh4 Bh7 18. Rac1 b6 19. Bd5 Re7 20. Ndf3 Qf6 21.
Rcd1 Be4 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Ng2 g5 24. Rd3 Nc5 25. Rd2 Ne4 26. Rc2 d3 27. Rb2
Nd4 28. Ne3 dxe2 29. Ng4 Nxf3+ 30. Kh1 Nxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Armageddon 8th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2020.10.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Tari, Aryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Bd2
O-O 9. h3 Rb8 10. Re1 h6 11. a3 Re8 12. Nc3 Bf8 13. Ne2 Be6 14. Ng3 d5 15. Qe2
dxe4 16. dxe4 Bxb3 17. cxb3 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. b4 Nd7 20. Bf4 Rc8 21. Rad1
c5 22. bxc5 Nxc5 23. Qg4 Kh8 24. e5 Ne6 25. Nf5 Rc2 26. Nd6 Bxd6 27. exd6 Qf6
28. Bg3 Rd8 29. Bh4 g5 30. Bg3 Kh7 31. Qe4+ Qg6 32. Qb7 Rxb2 33. Qe7 Rg8 34. d7
Qh5 35. Rxe6 Qxd1+ 36. Kh2 Rb1 37. Qxf7+ Rg7 38. Qf5+ 1-0

