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
[Event "9th London Chess Classic 2017"] [Site "London"] [Date "2017.12.06"] [Round "5"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2782"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "40/6000+30:3600+30"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:30] } 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 4. d3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bc5 { [%emt 0:00:30]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:03]} 6. Bxc6 {[%emt 0: 00:30] C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00: 30]} 7. h3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 8. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bd6 { [%emt 0:02:03] LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Re8 $146 {[%emt 0:00: 43]} ({Predecessor:} 9... c5 10. Ng3 Nb8 11. Nf5 Nc6 12. g4 Be6 13. Ng5 a5 { 1/2-1/2 (41) So,W (2788)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Saint Louis 2017}) 10. g4 { [%emt 0:02:36]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 11. Ng3 {[%emt 0:03:03]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00: 30]} 12. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 13. h4 {[%emt 0:03:39]} a5 { [%emt 0:05:01]} 14. h5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 15. Qd2 {[%emt 0: 13:08]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:05:47]} 16. Rh3 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:08:37]} 17. O-O-O {[%emt 0:10:39]} Be6 {[%emt 0:06:34]} 18. Kb1 {[%emt 0:04:48]} f6 { [%emt 0:06:57]} 19. c3 {[%emt 0:23:56]} Nxf3 {[%emt 0:14:53]} 20. Rxf3 { [%emt 0:00:30]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} (20... h6 $1 $17) 21. Qc2 {[%emt 0:08:31]} cxd3 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 22. Rxd3 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 23. g5 { [%emt 0:06:45]} fxg5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 24. Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bf7 {[%emt 0: 01:17]} 25. h6 {[%emt 0:09:25]} gxh6 {[%emt 0:04:17]} 26. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:03:49]} 27. b3 {[%emt 0:01:29] [#]} a4 $1 {[%emt 0:04:27]} 28. c4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} (28. bxa4 Rea8) 28... axb3 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 29. axb3 {[%emt 0: 00:30]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:05:17] White must now prevent ...Rea8.} 30. Rg3+ {[%emt 0: 05:05]} Kh8 $132 {[%emt 0:03:04] Black is not keeping still} 31. Rd1 {[%emt 0: 03:29]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:12]} 32. c5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} b4 {[%emt 0:06:50]} 33. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:43] Hoping for Rd8!} Bg6 $2 {[%emt 0:08:28] [#]} (33... Bxc5 $2 34. Rd8 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) (33... Qxc5 $14 34. Qxc5 Bxc5) 34. Rd5 $1 $18 { [%emt 0:02:07]} (34. f4 Bxc5 35. Qc4 (35. Bxe5+ $2 Rxe5 36. Rd8+ Re8 $17) (35. fxe5 Bf8 $16) 35... Bf8) 34... Qb5 {[%emt 0:02:00]} (34... Bxf5 35. Rxe5 Rxe5 36. Bxe5+ Bg7 37. Rxg7 $18) 35. Rg1 {[%emt 0:01:03]} ({Reject} 35. Rxe5 $6 Qf1+ 36. Qc1 Qxc1+ 37. Kxc1 Rxe5 $11) 35... c6 $2 {[%emt 0:01:10]} (35... Kg8 36. Qd2 (36. Rxe5 Rxe5 37. Bxe5 Bxc5 $16) (36. Bxe5 c6 $17) 36... Rae6) 36. Rxe5 { [%emt 0:00:49]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 37. Bxe5+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kg8 {[%emt 0: 00:30]} 38. Bd4 $2 {[%emt 0:01:50]} (38. Bb2) 38... Kf7 $2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} ( 38... Ra7 39. Nd6 Qa6) 39. Nh4 {[%emt 0:01:35] Precision: White = 62%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

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