[Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament"] [White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Site ""] [Round "1.1"] [Annotator "Malcolm"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2020.03.17"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2842"] [PlyCount "88"] 1. e4 { Notes by IM Malcolm Pein} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 (10... Nxa5 11. Rxa5 Bxa5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Nxe5 {With forks abounding} )11. h3 0-0 12. Be3 exd4 (12... Ra8 {Is the more popular move} )13. cxd4 Nb4 {The typical manouevre to prepare c7-c5} (13... Nxe4 $4 14. Bd5 )14. Nc3 Bb7 15. Ng5 (15. Bg5 )(15. Re1 c5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 c4 18. Bc2 g5 19. Nxg5 {was unclear in Jakovenko-Jones Isle of Man 2019} )Qe7 16. e5 {Following a recent game of Sasikiran's} dxe5 17. Nxf7 e4 $1 (17... Rxf7 18. dxe5 Bxe3 19. exf6 {Wins} )18. Nd6+ {This looks ghastly but s absolutely fine for Black} (18. Ng5+ Kh8 19. Ne6 Rfe8 {Is unclear.} )Kh8 (18... Bd5 19. Ndxe4 $1 )19. Nxb7 Rxb7 20. Qe2 c6 $1 21. Rad1 Rd7 {After Nb4-d5 Black will be very well coordinated, Bb8 and Qd6 may follow} 22. f3 exf3 23. Rxf3 c5 24. dxc5 Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1 Bxc5 26. Qf2 Bd6 27. Nc3 Nd3 28. Qe2 Nc5 29. Ba2 Re8 {Chances seem about equal and opposite bishops appear} 30. Qd2 Nce4 31. Nxe4 Nxe4 32. Qd3 Ng5 33. Bxg5 Bc5+ 34. Kh1 Qxg5 35. Rf1 Qe5 36. Qd5 Qe2 37. Qf5 Qe5 38. Qxe5 Rxe5 39. Rd1 g6 40. Bd5 Re7 41. Bc6 Re2 42. Bb7 Rxb2 43. Bxa6 Ra2 44. Bxb5 Rxa5 1/2-1/2