Fabiano Caruana – Dommaraju Gukesh
1st Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour; first leg; Stage 2: Knockout; Quarterfinal match game 2; time control: 90 minutes plus 30 seconds per move; Wangels, February 10, 2025
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Position #270
1. Nb3 Nb6 2. e4 e5 3. f3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4
5. ... f5!? 6. Nxf5 g6? A definite mistake, which loses a Pawn. Black should play at once 6. ... Bxa2, for after 7. Ra1 Be6 8. Nd4 a6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 his game would be tenable.
7. Nd4 Bxa2 8. Ra1 Be6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Rxa7 Qe7 11. Qa5 Bh6+ 12. Be3 Bxe3+ 13. Nxe3 0-0 14. Qc3 Ra8 15. Rxa8 Rxa8 16. b3 Qg5 17. Be2 c5
7. Nd4 Bxa2 8. Ra1 Be6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Rxa7 Qe7 11. Qa5 Bh6+ 12. Be3 Bxe3+ 13. Nxe3 0-0 14. Qc3 Ra8 15. Rxa8 Rxa8 16. b3 Qg5 17. Be2 c5
Black is desperately searching for an opening for counterattack, but the White King cruelly jumps onto the other side of the board!
18. 0-0! 1–0. Black has a Pawn less and a disconsolate position — that’s enough for Gukesh to resign.
18. 0-0! 1–0. Black has a Pawn less and a disconsolate position — that’s enough for Gukesh to resign.
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