[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"] [White "Caruana,Fabiano"] [Black "Vachier Lagrave,Maxime"] [Site "Yekaterinburg"] [Round "8.1"] [Annotator ""] [Result "*"] [Date "2021.04.19"] [WhiteElo "2820"] [BlackElo "2758"] [PlyCount "79"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:0:4]} c5 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:9]} d6 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:0:8]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:17]} a6 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 6. Bg5 {[%emt 0:0:24]} e6 {[%emt 0:0:27]} 7. f4 {[%emt 0:0:12]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:0:39]} 8. Qd2 {[%emt 0:0:19]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 9. Rb1 {[%emt 0:0:8]} Qa3 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 10. e5 {[%emt 0:0:35][#]} (10. f5 $0 $11 )h6 $1 {[%emt 0:2:54]} 11. Bh4 {[%emt 0:0:28]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:0:26]} 12. fxe5 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:0:7]now scores much better than the old 12...g5.} 13. Ne4 $1 {[%emt 0:0:31]} Qxa2 {[%emt 0:1:36]} 14. Rd1 $1 {[%emt 0:0:33]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:0:47]} 15. Qe3 $1 {[%emt 0:0:24]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:1:13]} ({ Don't go for} 15... Nxe5 $2 16. Nb3 $0 $18 )16. c3 {[%emt 0:0:21]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:18:14]} 17. Bg3 {[%emt 0:0:39]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:0:33][#]} 18. Bc4 $0 $146 {[%emt 0:0:14]} ({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} )Qxc4 {[%emt 0:1:36]} 19. Bd6 {[%emt 0:0:8][#]} Nf6 $1 {[%emt 0:27:50]} 20. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:0:22]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:7:20]} 21. Qe5 $1 {[%emt 0:0:6][#]} Rg8 $1 {[%emt 0:9:32]} 22. Ndxe6 $1 {[%emt 0:0:16]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:0:21]} 23. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Qxc3+ {[%emt 0:0:6]} 24. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 25. Nc7+ {[%emt 0:0:6]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:4:1]} 26. Rd3 {[%emt 0:2:55]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:1:47]} 27. 0-0+ {[%emt 0:7:59]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:4:50]} 28. Nxa8 {[%emt 0:0:30]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:7:2]} (28... Rd8 $0 $11 29. Nb6 Rxd6 30. Rxd6+ Nxd6 31. Nxc8 Nxc8 )29. Nb6 {[%emt 0:19:0]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:1:33]} 30. Nxc8 {[%emt 0:9:45]} Rxc8 {[%emt 0:0:27]} 31. Ba3 {[%emt 0:2:13]} ({ White should play} 31. Re1 $0 $16 Nf6 32. Rb1 )Rc7 {[%emt 0:1:43]} 32. Rf4 {[%emt 0:10:52]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:3:21][#]} 33. Bb2 $1 {[%emt 0:0:28]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:3:50]} 34. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:2:24]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:1:25]} 35. h4 {[%emt 0:0:29]} h5 {[%emt 0:5:15]} 36. Rg3+ {[%emt 0:14:55]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 37. Rg5 {[%emt 0:0:8]} Rc1+ {[%emt 0:0:19]} 38. Kh2 {[%emt 0:0:12]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:0:24]} 39. Rf2 {[%emt 0:0:14]} Nxh4 $0 $16 {[%emt 0:0:25]} 40. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:3:9]} *