Fabiano Caruana – Ruslan Olegovich Ponomariov
42nd Sparkassen Chess Meeting; Dortmund, July 13, 2014
Petrov’s Defence C42
42nd Sparkassen Chess Meeting; Dortmund, July 13, 2014
Petrov’s Defence C42
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. 0-0-0 Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. h3. In the past Caruana tried successfully the less reserved 11. h4, e.g. 11. ... h6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 0-0 15. Rg1 Rae8 16. g4 Qc6 17. Bg2 Qa6 18. b3 Bd7 19. g5 h5 20. g6 Re7 21. Bd5 Be6 22. Rde1 c5 23. Qd1 Rfe8 24. Qxh5 fxg6 25. Rxe6 1 : 0 Caruana – Landa, Reggio Emilia 2010. 11. ... h6 12. b3 a6 13. g4 0-0-0 14. Bg2 g5 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. f4! White having obtained a slight advantage, does not hesitate to avail himself of it energetically. 17. ... gxf4 18. Bxf4 h5 19. g5 Bg7 20. Rde1 h4 21. Be5 Rdg8 22. Qf4 Qd8 23. Bf1 Kb8 24. Bd3 Bc8 25. Kb2 Bxe5 26. Rxe5 Rg7 27. a4 a5 28. Ka2 Ka7 29. Qd2 Kb8 30. Qf4 Ka7 31. Rhe1. A powerful centralization, in the style of Morphy. 31. ... Bxh3 32. Rh1 Bc8 33. Rxh4 Rxh4 34. Qxh4 b6 35. Qh6! Rg8 36. Qc6 Be6. The endgame arising from 36. ... Bb7 37. Qf6 Qxf6 38. gxf6 is a poor resource, but actually the only one that promises any drawing chances. 37. g6! A crusher! So decisive are its effetcts, that it may be styled the winning move. 37. ... Rg7 38. gxf7 Bxf7
39. Re7!! Qxe7 40. Ba6! Kxa6 41. Qa8 mate. What a wonderful game!
Fabiano Caruana
Photo: sparkassen-chess-meeting.de
Photo: sparkassen-chess-meeting.de
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