[Event "GCT 10th Sinquefield Cup 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2023.11.28"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[TimeControl "60"]
{[%evp 12,49,24,22,25,23,27,17,62,89,88,88,79,57,154,157,154,154,145,146,157,158,150,159,151,151,151,145,153,157,240,230,667,663,664,656,641,626,598,512]} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 5. Nge2 {[%emt 0:00:43]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. a3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ba5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} (6... Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Bd3 Qd7 14. Qh3 Ne7 15. Rad1 Ng6 16. Rfe1 Nd5 17. Qg3 Kh8 18. h4 Nge7 19. h5 h6 20. Bd2 Nf5 21. Qe5 {1-0 Caruana,F (2766)-So,W (2760) Titled Tuesday intern op 31st Jan Early blitz 2023 (11)}) 7. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:31][%CAl Yd4c5,Yc5c6][%mdl 32] Black must now prevent b4.} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:04] E42: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...c5 5 Ne2.} 8. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:04:10]} 9. Ng3 {[%emt 0:07:31] [#]} b6 $146 {[%emt 0:00:40] The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Nxc5 10. Bxc4 Bc7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Nb5 Bb8 14. b4 Ncd7 15. Rac1 a6 {½-½ Wojtaszek,R (2696)-Moranda,W (2630) POL-ch Lotto 79th 2022 (3.3)}) 10. Qf3 {[%emt 0:17:28]} (10. Bxc4 bxc5 11. O-O O-O $11) 10... Rb8 {[%emt 0:36:43]} 11. c6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} (11. Bxc4 bxc5 12. O-O-O O-O $15) 11... Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 12. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:04][%csl Yc4,Ye5]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} (12... Nxc6 $14 13. Qxc4 Bb7) 13. Bxc3 $16 {[%emt 0:00:09]} (13. bxc3 Nxc6 14. Bxc4 Bb7 $15) 13... Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 14. Rd1 {[%emt 0:09:42]} (14. Qxc4 Bb7 $14) (14. Bxc4 O-O $16) 14... Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 15. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:06:50] Threatens to win with Bb5. White is much more active. The black rooks are badly placed.} ({Resist} 15. Qxc4 Bb7 $14) 15... b5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 16. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:14:09]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 17. Qd6 $36 {[%emt 0:01:26][%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} e5 {[%emt 0:00:05] [#]} 18. Bxf7+ {[%emt 0:04:47][%mdl 576] Decoy} Kxf7 {[%emt 0:05:32] [#]} 19. Qc7+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 20. Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} (20... Re8 $16 {was worth a try.} 21. O-O Kg8 22. Qd5+ Kh8) 21. Qxb5 $18 {[%emt 0:02:50] aiming for Rd7.} Bxg2 $2 {[%emt 0:04:09]} (21... Rhd8 22. O-O g6) 22. Qc4+ {[%emt 0:01:06] White is clearly winning.} Kf8 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 23. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:05:11]} 24. Qc5+ {[%emt 0:09:18]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 25. Qc7 {[%emt 0:02:10] Black did not feel at home in the position after the opening. Weighted Error Value: White=0.01 (flawless) /Black=0.59} 1-0