[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg"]
[Date "2021.04.19"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5 {B97: Sicilian Najdorf: Poisoned Pawn.}
12. fxe5 Nfd7 {is currently scoring better than 12...g5.} 13. Ne4 $1 Qxa2 {
The position is equal.} 14. Rd1 Qd5 15. Qe3 Qxe5 ({Avoid the trap} 15... Nxe5
$2 16. Nb3 $18) 16. c3 Bc5 {White must now prevent ...f5.} 17. Bg3 Qd5 {[#]}
18. Bc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Bd6 Bxd6 19. Nb5 Qxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Be5 21. Nbd6+
Ke7 22. Nc4 Rd8 23. Kc2 Bc7 24. Be2 {1-0 (37) Beveridge,C (1963)-Milde,L (2075)
ICCF email 2013}) 18... Qxc4 $17 19. Bd6 {[#] Threatens to win with Bxc5.} Nf6
$1 20. Nxc5 $15 Nd5 21. Qe5 {[#]} Rg8 22. Ndxe6 $1 fxe6 23. Nxe6 Qxc3+ 24. Qxc3
Nxc3 25. Nc7+ {Double Attack} Kf7 26. Rd3 Ne4 {And now ...Ra7 would win.} 27.
O-O+ Kg6 {Strongly threatening ...Ra7.} 28. Nxa8 Nc6 (28... Rd8 $11 {remains
equal.} 29. Nb6 Bf5) 29. Nb6 $16 Rd8 30. Nxc8 Rxc8 31. Ba3 Rc7 32. Rf4 Nf6 33.
Bb2 Ne7 34. Bxf6 gxf6 {Endgame KRR-KRN} 35. h4 h5 36. Rg3+ {White has strong
compensation.} Kf7 37. Rg5 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Ng6 39. Rf2 Nxh4 (39... Kg7 $142 40.
Rxh5 Ne5) 40. Rxh5 Ng6 41. Rh7+ Ke6 42. Rxb7 {Rb6+ is the strong threat.} Ne5 {
Threatening ...Ng4+.} 43. Rb6+ Rc6 44. Rxc6+ Nxc6 $18 {KR-KN} 45. Kg3 Kf7 46.
Rc2 Nb4 47. Rd2 Nc6 48. Kf4 Kg6 49. Rd6 Ne5 50. Rxa6 Nf7 51. Ke4 Nh6 52. Ra5
Nf7 53. Ra3 {aiming for Rg3+.} Nd6+ 54. Kf4 Nf5 55. Rd3 Nh6 $2 (55... Ne7 56.
Ra3 Nc6 57. Rg3+ Kf7) 56. Rg3+ Kf7 57. Ke4 Ng8 58. Kf5 $2 (58. Rb3 Ne7 59. Ra3)
58... Ne7+ 59. Kf4 Nd5+ 60. Kg4 Kg6 61. Kf3+ Kf7 62. Ke4 Ne7 $2 (62... Nc7 63.
Rc3 Ne8) 63. Kf4 $2 (63. Rc3 $18 {has better winning chances.} Ke6 64. Ra3)
63... Nd5+ $1 $16 64. Kf5 Ne7+ 65. Ke4 $2 (65. Kg4) 65... Ng8 $1 $18 66. Rh3 $2
(66. Ra3 Ne7 67. Ra7) 66... Kg6 67. Ra3 Kf7 $2 (67... Ne7 68. Rd3 Nc6) 68. Kf4
Nh6 69. Rg3 Ng8 {[#]} 70. Kg4 $1 Ne7 71. Kh5 Nd5 72. Rf3 Ke6 73. g4 Ke5 74. Kg6
{Weighted Error Value: White=0.21/Black=0.09} 1-0