[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"] [White "Alekseenko,Kirill"] [Black "Caruana,Fabiano"] [Site "Yekaterinburg"] [Round "9.1"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2021.04.20"] [WhiteElo "2696"] [BlackElo "2820"] [PlyCount "118"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 h6 6. 0-0 d6 7. Re1 0-0 8. h3 Bb6 {8...a5 is the modern continuation. C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. d4 Nc6 11. a4 a5 { [#]} 12. Ba2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qe2 Qe7 15. Bb3 c6 16. Nc4 Bc7 17. Bc2 Be6 18. b3 {1/2-1/2 (35) Xu,Y (2536)-Xiang,Z (2409) Xingtai 2018} )exd4 13. Nc4 dxc3 14. Nxb6 c2 15. Qxc2 cxb6 16. Bd2 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qb3 Qe8 19. Qxb6 Nd7 20. Qe3 e5 21. Qd3 Qe6 22. Nh4 Nc5 23. Qg3 {With the idea Nf5!} Kh7 24. Rad1 g5 25. Nf3 Rf7 26. Bc1 ({Don't go for} 26. Bxg5 $2 Rg8 $19 )(26. Qg4 $11 { keeps the balance.} )Raf8 ({Better is} 26... Nxa4 $17 27. Qg4 Qxg4 28. hxg4 Rd7 )27. Qg4 $11 {Black should prevent Qxe6.The position is equal.} Qxg4 28. hxg4 Rf6 29. Be3 Nxa4 30. Rd5 Nxb2 31. Rc1 R8f7 32. Rc2 Na4 33. Rc4 Nb2 34. Rc2 Na4 {[#] aiming for ...Nb4.} 35. Rc4 Nc5 36. Bxc5 dxc5 37. Rcxc5 Re7 38. Nxe5 Nxe5 39. Rxe5 Rxe5 40. Rxe5 { Endgame KR-KR} Ra6 41. Re7+ Kg6 42. Rxb7 a4 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Kf6.} 43. f3 a3 {( -> ...a2)} 44. Rb1 a2 (44... Kf7 {looks sharper.} 45. Ra1 a2 46. Kf2 Kf6 47. Ke2 Ke5 )45. Ra1 Kf6 {Threatens to win with ...Ke5.} 46. Kf2 Ke5 {Hoping for ...Kd4.} 47. Ke3 Ra8 48. Kd3 Kf4 49. Kc4 Kg3 50. e5 Kxg2 51. e6 Kxf3 52. Kd5 Kxg4 53. e7 Kf3 54. Rxa2 Re8 55. Ke6 (55. Ra3+ {is more complex.} Kf4 56. Kd6 g4 57. Kd7 Rxe7+ 58. Kxe7 g3 59. Ra4+ )g4 56. Kf7 Rxe7+ 57. Kxe7 g3 58. Kf6 g2 59. Rxg2 Kxg2 { Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.06} 1/2-1/2