[Event "Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2021"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Date "2021.01.23"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B97"] [WhiteElo "2823"] [BlackElo "2784"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] {[%evp 0,73,16,27,46,57,46,43,36,36,41,38,38,41,36,13,10,-11,6,-13,-9,-21,0,0, 0,15,15,-51,-15,-49,57,80,77,75,94,87,95,83,79,83,83,83,83,30,83,63,116,118, 109,119,220,125,172,148,202,224,225,224,233,239,312,226,286,263,550,338,307, 353,419,419,387,430,429,437,444,459]} 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. Be2 Nc6 (10... Nbd7 11. O-O Qc5 12. Kh1 Be7) (10... Be7 11. f5 e5 12. Nb3 Nbd7) 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. e5 $1 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 $2 {mistake} ({After} 13... cxd5 {things are not clear at all.} 14. O-O dxe5 15. fxe5 Bc5+ 16. Kh1 h6 17. Bh4 Be3) 14. e6 $3 {More or less decisive already.} f6 ({After} 14... Bxe6 {Caruana was planning either} 15. O-O ({or} 15. f5 Bxf5 16. O-O {and in both cases his compensation is indeed overwhelming.} Be4 17. Rb7) 15... Be7 16. f5 Bd7 17. Bh5 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 h6 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. f6+ gxf6 21. Qf4 $18) ({After} 14... fxe6 15. O-O Be7 16. f5 {White's attack is too strong.}) (14... h6 15. Rb3 Qa4 16. Bh4 Bxe6 17. O-O g6 18. Rb4 Qa3 19. f5 Bxf5 20. Bf6 Rg8 21. Rf3 Qxa2 22. Rxf5 gxf5 23. Qe3+ Kd7 24. Rb7+ Kc8 25. Qb6 $1) 15. Bh5+ Kd8 16. Bh4 d4 {Caruana didn't expect this move.} ({However, also after} 16... Bxe6 17. O-O {the position is not fun at all for Black.} d4 18. Rfe1) 17. Bf2 Qc3 18. f5 $1 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 {Black pieces aren't coordinated.} c5 20. Bf3 Ra7 21. g4 {Black is completely stuck.} g6 22. Bh4 Be7 23. Rb6 $1 {Caruana was happy to find his last two moves that are "kind of paralyzing," as he expressed.} h5 24. h3 Ke8 25. Bg3 Rc7 26. Kd3 hxg4 27. hxg4 Rxh1 28. Bxh1 gxf5 29. gxf5 Bf8 30. Kc4 Rh7 31. Be4 Be7 (31... Rh3 32. Rb8 $1 Rxg3 33. Rxc8+ Ke7 34. Bc6) 32. Bxd6 Bxd6 33. Rxd6 Bb7 34. Bxb7 Rxb7 35. Rxa6 Rb2 36. Kxc5 Rxc2+ 37. Kxd4 1-0