Scala - Chess Games: September 2018

Friday, September 28, 2018

Fabiano Caruana X Viswanathan Anand - Round 4.1 - 43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open

A game that I liked (ChessBase 14)

[Event "43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open"] [Site "Batumi"] [Date "2018.09.27"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E03"] [WhiteElo "2827"] [BlackElo "2771"] [Annotator ""] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate ""] [TimeControl "60"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 5. Qa4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 6. Qxc4 { [%emt 0:00:09]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:32] LiveBook: 46 Games} 7. Be3 $146 {[%emt 0:00: 00] E03: Open Catalan: 5 Qa4+ Nbd7 6 Qxc4} ({Predecessor:} 7. Qc2 c5 8. Nf3 b5 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. Bxd5 exd5 12. dxc5 Bc6 13. O-O d4 14. Bf4 Qd5 15. f3 d3 16. exd3 Qxc5+ 17. Qxc5 Bxc5+ 18. Kg2 Bd4 19. Nc3 Kd7 20. Rae1 {1/2-1/2 (20) Giri,A (2752)-Anand,V (2767) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 7... Bd6 {[%emt 0:04:00]} 8. Qc2 {[%emt 0:03:05]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:22]} 9. Nh3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} e5 { [%emt 0:06:24]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:01:23]} h6 {[%emt 0:03:20]} 11. dxe5 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 12. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 13. Rad1 {[%emt 0:05:56]} Re8 {[%emt 0:03:45]} 14. Nf4 {[%emt 0:09:03]} c6 { [%emt 0:00:19]} 15. Bd4 {[%emt 0:03:37]} g5 {[%emt 0:15:04]} 16. Nd3 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} Nxd3 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 17. Rxd3 {[%emt 0:11:59]} Be5 {[%emt 0:06:19]} ({ But not} 17... Bf5 $2 18. Bxf6 Bxd3 19. Bxe7 $18) 18. Qd2 {[%emt 0:18:56]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:14:38]} 19. e4 {[%emt 0:06:06]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 20. f4 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} gxf4 {[%emt 0:06:25]} (20... Bxd4+ $11 21. Rxd4 Rad8) 21. Bxe5 { [%emt 0:06:04]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 22. gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} ({Much worse is } 22. Qxf4 $6 Qxf4 23. Rxf4 Kg7 $11) 22... Qc5+ {[%emt 0:00:20] [#]} 23. Kh1 $1 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:08:22]} 24. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0: 00:00] [#]} 25. Rg3 $1 {[%emt 0:02:57]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:01:22] [#]} 26. Qe3 $1 $18 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 1-0