Thursday, December 7, 2017

London Chess Classic 2017 - Round 5

Fabiano Caruana wins again, this time he beats  Viswanathan Anand. All other games are draw.
Caruana leads London Chess Classic 2017. A game that I liked
Caruana, Fabiano2799Anand, Viswanathan27821–0C659th London Chess Classic 20175London06.12.2017ChessBase
1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3.b5 f6 4.d3 c5 5.c3 0-0 6.xc6 C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4 dxc6 7.h3 d7 8.e3 d6 LiveBook: 4 Games 9.e2 e8N Predecessor: 9...c5 10.g3 b8 11.f5 c6 12.g4 e6 13.g5 a5 1/2-1/2 (41) So,W (2788)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Saint Louis 2017 10.g4 c5 11.g3 e6 12.f5 c5 13.h4 a5 14.h5 a6 15.d2 d4 16.h3 f8 17.0-0-0 e6 18.b1 f6 19.c3 xf3 20.xf3 c4 20...h6! 21.c2 cxd3 22.xd3 c8 23.g5 fxg5 24.xg5 f7 25.h6 gxh6 26.c1 e6 27.b3
a4! 28.c4 28.bxa4 ea8 28...axb3 29.axb3 c6 White must now prevent ...Rea8. 30.g3+ h8 Black is not keeping still 31.d1 b5 32.c5 b4 33.b2 Hoping for Rd8! g6?
33...xc5? 34.d8!+- 33...xc5 34.xc5 xc5 34.d5!+- 34.f4 xc5 35.c4 35.xe5+? xe5 36.d8+ e8 35.fxe5 f8± 35...f8 34...b5 34...xf5 35.xe5 xe5 36.xe5+ g7 37.xg7+- 35.g1 Reject 35.xe5?! f1+ 36.c1 xc1+ 37.xc1 xe5= 35...c6? 35...g8 36.d2 36.xe5 xe5 37.xe5 xc5± 36.xe5 c6 36...ae6 36.xe5 xe5 37.xe5+ g8 38.d4? 38.b2 38...f7? 38...a7 39.d6 a6 39.h4 Precision: White = 62%, Black = 50%.
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