BACH motif

Fabiano Caruana – Szymon Gumularz
SchachBundesliga Championship Tournament; Karlsruhe, September 17, 2020
Modern Defence B06

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. g4 b5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. h4 h5?! Not a lucky number. 8. gxh5 Rxh5 9. Bf3 Rh8 10. h5 e5!? Here’s the novelty, but nothing too new. Likewise after 10. ... gxh5 11. e5 Nc6 12. Rxh5 dxe5 13. Rxh8 Bxh8 14. Bxc6+ Bxc6 15. Qh5 Bg7 16. dxe5 White has a crushing advantage, Miśta – Stryjecki, 71st Sygnity Ekstraliga Polish Team Chess Championship, Katowice 2015. 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. hxg6 fxg6 13. Rxh8 Bxh8

14. e5! Nc6 15. Be4 Nge7 (15. ... Bxe5 16. Bxg6+ Kf8 17. Nd5+−) 16. Qg4 Bxe5 (16. ... Nxe5 17. Qh4+−) 17. Bxg6+ Nxg6 18. Qxg6+ Kd7 19. Qg4+ Ke8

20. 0-0-0 Qf6 21. Nd5 Qf7 22. Nf3 Bc8 23. Qe4 Rb8 24. Ng5 Bf5 25. Nxc7+ Kd7 26. Nxf7 Bxe4 27. Nxa6 1 : 0.

Caruana castled Queenside at move 20 to win a brilliant attacking game. Screenshot from the GRENKE Chess YouTube Channel.