Sergey Karjakin X Fabiano Caruana - Berlin 2018

This great game take place at World Chess Candidates in Round 12  (24/3/2018)

[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2018.03.24"] [Round "12"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator ""] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2018.03.24"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle ""] [Source ""] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Qd7 (9... a6 10. b3 h6 11. Be2 Qd7 12. Kb1 Bf6 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 O-O 16. c4 Rfe8 17. Bf3 Rab8 {1-0 (41) Anand,V (2776)-Mamedyarov,S (2809) Moscow 2018}) 10. a3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} h6 11. Nd4 $146 {White has an edge.} ( {Predecessor:} 11. Kb1 Rg8 12. Bd3 O-O-O 13. Qe2 Bf6 14. Bb5 Kb8 15. Rhe1 g5 16. Nd2 Bh8 {1/2-1/2 (71) Kasimdzhanov,R (2698)-Li,D (2488) Chengdu 2017}) 11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Rg8 13. Be2 c5 14. Be3 d5 15. f4 O-O-O 16. Bf3 Bg4 17. Bxd5 Bxd1 18. Rxd1 Qc7 19. c4 Rge8 20. Qf2 b6 21. g4 Bf6 22. Kb1 {White has compensation.} Rd7 23. Rd3 g5 24. Ka2 Ree7 ({Better is} 24... Rd6 $14) 25. Qf3 $16 Kd8 26. Bd2 Kc8 27. Qf1 Rd6 (27... a6 $16) 28. fxg5 $18 Bxg5 29. Bxg5 hxg5 30. Qf5+ Rdd7 {and if ...Qf4 works, Black does fine.} 31. Qxg5 Qe5 32. Qh6 Kd8 $2 {[#]} (32... f6 $16 33. h4 Rd6) 33. g5 Qd6 (33... b5 $142 34. Qf8+ Kc7) 34. Qh8+ Re8 35. Qh4 Qg6 36. Qg4 Re5 37. h4 Ke7 38. Rd2 b5 (38... Kd8 $142 39. Qf4 Qd6) 39. Bxf7 {White is clearly winning.} Qf5 40. Rxd7+ Kxd7 41. Qxf5+ Rxf5 { Endgame KR-KB} 42. g6 Ke7 43. cxb5 Rh5 44. c4 Rxh4 45. a4 Rg4 46. a5 Kd6 47. a6 Kc7 48. Kb3 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 38%.} 1-0