[Event "USA Championship 2021"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2021.10.11"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2021.10.06"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 15,114,37,37,22,16,24,18,22,22,21,16,13,19,11,16,0,9,-16,4,0,3,11,32,25,
33,14,19,10,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-9,-17,-12,-12,-16,-22,0,-4,-4,
-81,-82,-73,-89,-292,-257,-291,-291,-292,-287,-287,-287,-277,-279,-285,-285,
-313,-313,-313,-308,-694,-693,-659,-642,-631,-574,-935,-896,-1285,-1045,-29970,
-29971,-29970,-29972,-29965,-29969,-29971,-29974,-29975,-29976,-29978,-29979,
-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29981]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4.
Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 g6 $1 {[%csl Rb7,Rc6,Gc7,Rd5,Gd6,Ge5,Re6,
Gf6,Rf7,Gg7][%CAl Ge5d4,Gc3b2,Gc3b4,Gd4c5,Gc6b4,Gd6c5,Gd5e4,Gf3g2,Gf3g4,Ge4f5,
Gf6g4,Gf6e4,Gd7g4,Gg6f5][%mdl 4] [#] is now more promising than 7...Be7.} (7...
Be7) 8. d4 (8. d3 Bg7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 Nh5 11. d4 h6 12. Ne3 Kh7 13. Nd5 Rc8
14. Be3 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Bc5 Rf7 19. Ne7 Qf8
20. g4 Rd8 21. Qe2 Nf4 22. Qf3 Be6 23. Bb3 Bxb3 24. axb3 Bf6 25. Nc6 Qxc5 26.
Nxd8 Bxd8 27. Re4 Qc6 28. Rd1 Bh4 {0-1 (28) Schlechter,C-Kaufmann,A Vienna
1914 EXT 1999 [Reti,R]}) 8... Bg7 (8... Qe7 9. dxe5 $146 (9. Nbd2 {Johner,
H-Stalda,G SUI-ITA m Lausanne 1938 (5) 0-1}) (9. d5 $142 {[%CAl Ga4d7]} Nb8 10.
c4 Bg7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. b4 {[%CAl Gc4c5]} (12. Bc2 {[%csl Rb8]}) 12... a5 13. a3
Na6 14. Rb1 $14) (9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Bg7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. dxe5
dxe5 14. Nc4 g5 15. Bg3 Rad8 16. Qc2 Nd7 17. Ne3 Qe6 18. Nf5 f6 19. b4 Nb6 20.
Nd2 Ba4 21. Nb3 Rfe8 22. Rad1 Bf8 23. f3 c5 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. bxc5 Nc4 26. Rd1
Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Na5 28. Be1 Nxb3 29. axb3 Bxc5+ 30. Bf2 Bxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Qb6+ 32.
Kg3 Qxb3 33. Qd8+ {1-0 (33) Hidalgo,C-Lapiken,P San Antonio 1962}) 9... dxe5
10. Bc2 Bg7 11. b3 (11. c4 Bg4 $132 {[%csl Rd4]}) 11... O-O-O $1 $32 {[%CAl
Gd8d1]} 12. Qe2 Nh5 {[%csl Gf4]} 13. a4 Nf4 $132 14. Qf1 {[%csl Rf1]} Bg4 (
14... g5 15. b4 {[%CAl Gb4b5]} g4 $36) 15. Nbd2 Qf6 (15... a5 $5 {[%csl Gb4]
[%CAl Ge7f6]}) (15... h5 16. b4 h4 17. b5 Nb8) 16. b4 Rd7 17. b5 Nb8 18. bxa6
Nxa6 19. Rb1 Rhd8 20. h3 Be6 21. Nc4 Nxh3+ 22. Kh2 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Nf4 $15 24.
Rb5 Qe6 25. Qxe6 Nxe6 26. Nxe5 Rd2 $1 {[%CAl Gd2f2,Gd2c2]} (26... Re7) 27. Bxd2
Rxd2 28. Bb3 Nec5 $44 29. Nf3 Rxf2 $6 (29... Nxb3 $142 30. Rxb3 Rxf2) 30. Bxf7
c6 (30... Bxc3) 31. Rbb1 Bxc3 32. Re3 Nxa4 33. Kg3 Rb2 34. Rxb2 Bxb2 35. e5 Kd7
36. Bg8 h6 37. e6+ Ke7 38. Nh4 Nc7 39. Nxg6+ Kf6 40. Nf4 (40. Nh4) 40... Be5
41. e7 Nb6 42. Kg4 Bxf4 43. Re6+ Kg7 44. e8=Q Nxe8 45. Rxe8 Bg5 46. Kf5 Nd7 $6
47. Ba2 $18 Nc5 48. Rg8+ Kh7 49. Rf8 b5 50. Rf7+ Kg8 51. Kg6 b4 52. Bc4 {
1-0 (52) Kopaev,N-Bronstein,D Baku 1944 EXT 2012 [Primel,D]}) (8... b5 9. Bb3
Bg7 10. h3 O-O 11. a4 (11. Nbd2 Re8 12. a3 a5 13. Bc2 a4 14. Nf1 Na5 15. Ng3 c5
16. d5 Rf8 17. Bg5 Kh8 18. Qc1 Qc8 19. Bh6 Ng8 20. Bxg7+ Kxg7 21. Nh2 Qd8 22.
f4 Qh4 23. Ne2 exf4 24. Nf3 Qf6 25. Nxf4 Nc4 26. Rf1 Rae8 27. Bd3 Ne5 28. Nxe5
Qxe5 29. Qd2 Nf6 30. Rae1 h6 31. Bc2 c4 32. Ne2 Nh5 33. Nd4 Kh7 34. Re3 f5 35.
Nf3 Qe7 36. e5 dxe5 37. Nxe5 Qd6 38. Rfe1 Nf6 39. Qd4 Bc8 40. Rd1 Re7 41. Nc6
Rxe3 42. Qxe3 Bd7 43. Qe5 Qxe5 44. Nxe5 Re8 45. Nxd7 Nxd7 46. Kf2 Kg7 47. d6
Kf6 48. Rd2 Re5 49. g4 Ke6 50. gxf5+ gxf5 51. Kf3 Nf6 52. Kf4 Nd5+ 53. Kf3 Kxd6
54. Rd4 Kc5 55. Rh4 Ne3 {0-1 (55) Sasikiran,K (2647)-Martinez Alcantara,J
(2620) Chess.com INT 2021}) 11... Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. d5 Ne7 14. c4 c5 15.
cxb5 Rxb5 16. Na3 Rb4 17. Bc2 Nc8 18. Ra2 Nh5 19. Bd2 Rb8 20. Ba4 Nb6 21. Bxd7
Qxd7 22. Qc2 Nf4 23. Nc4 Nxc4 24. Qxc4 Rb7 25. Rea1 Rfb8 26. Bc3 h6 27. Ra6 Rb6
28. Ra7 R8b7 29. Ra8+ Kh7 30. Nd2 f5 31. f3 Qe7 32. Qf1 Qg5 33. Nc4 fxe4 34.
Nxb6 e3 35. Kh2 Rxb6 36. R8a7 Nxd5 37. Rf7 Rb8 38. Raa7 Rg8 39. Qc4 {1/2-1/2
(39) Hecht,C (2277)-Bailet,P (2511) Cappelle la Grande 2018}) (8... exd4 9.
cxd4 b5 10. Bb3 Bg7 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nh5 13. Ng5 Be6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 16. g4 Nxe5 17. gxh5 Nf3+ 18. Kf1 Nxe1 19. Kxe1 Bf6 20. Nc3 Ke7 21.
Ne4 gxh5 22. Nxf6 Kxf6 23. Be3 Rhg8 24. Ke2 a5 25. h4 Rd7 26. Rc1 a4 27. Bc2
Rg4 28. Bd3 Rxh4 29. Bxb5 Rf7 30. a3 Rg4 31. Rh1 h4 32. Kf3 Rfg7 33. Bh6 Rg8
34. Bd3 Rd4 35. Ke2 Rh8 36. Rg1 Rd7 37. Bg5+ Ke5 38. Bxh4 c5 39. Rg5+ Kd6 40.
Bg3+ Kc6 41. Be5 Rhd8 42. Be4+ Kb6 43. Bc3 Rf7 44. Rh5 Rdd7 45. Rh4 Ra7 46. f3
Kb5 47. Bd3+ Kb6 48. Rh6 Rfe7 49. Bc4 Rac7 50. f4 Kc6 51. Ke3 Kd6 52. f5 {
0-1 (52) Buzeti,J (2196)-Farcadi,H (1672) Miercurea Ciuc 2016 EXT 2020 [Biro,S]
}) 9. Nbd2 {C79: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz-type lines with 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 d6.
} (9. d5 Ne7 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. c4 h6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Nd2 f5 14. f3 g5 15. b4
Qe8 16. Nb3 Nf6 17. c5 Qg6 18. Na5 Rab8 19. Nc4 Rbd8 20. b5 g4 21. Kh1 fxe4 22.
fxe4 axb5 23. cxd6 cxd6 24. Nd2 b4 25. Nb5 Nd7 26. a3 Nc5 27. Qe2 b3 28. Nc3
Rf7 29. Bb2 Rdf8 30. Rf1 Qg5 31. Rxf7 Rxf7 32. Nb5 Nc8 33. Bc3 g3 34. Nf3 Qh5
35. Bb4 Nxe4 36. Qxe4 Rxf3 37. h3 b2 38. Rb1 Rf2 39. Bc3 Qg5 40. Qe1 e4 41.
Bxg7 Kxg7 42. Nc3 Qe5 43. Nd1 e3 44. Nxe3 Nb6 45. Kg1 Na4 {0-1 (45) Bartakke,A
(2078)-Collas,S (2261) Rochefort 2018}) (9. h3 O-O 10. Bg5 (10. Nbd2 Re8 11.
Bc2 a5 12. Nf1 b5 13. Ng3 a4 14. Bd3 Rb8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 Na5 17. b3 c5 18.
b4 cxb4 19. cxb4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Qc1 Kh7 23. Qxc4 Bb5 24.
Qc2 Rc8 25. Qb2 Qd3 26. Rac1 a3 27. Qa1 Nd5 28. Red1 Rxc1 29. Qxc1 Ba4 30. Re1
Nf4 31. Re3 Qd7 32. Rxa3 Nd3 33. Qb1 Bb5 34. Rc3 Ra8 35. Be3 f5 36. Bc5 fxe4
37. Nxe4 Nf4 38. Ng3 Qd5 39. Re3 Rxa2 40. Qe4 Ra1+ 41. Kh2 Qxe4 42. Nxe4 Bc6
43. Nd6 Ra2 44. Nxe5 Rxf2 45. Nxc6 Rxg2+ 46. Kh1 Rc2 47. Re7 Kg8 48. Re8+ Kh7
49. Re7 Kg8 50. Ne5 Bf6 51. Re8+ Kg7 52. Ne4 Bxe5 53. Re7+ Kg8 54. Rxe5 Nxh3
55. Re8+ Kf7 56. Re7+ Kg8 57. Nf6+ Kf8 58. Rc7+ {1-0 (58) Piorun,K (2608)
-Gumularz,S (2515) Warsaw 2021}) 10... h6 11. Bh4 Qe8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nbd2
Rd8 14. Qe2 g5 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Nf1 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Rad1 Ne5 19. Bxd7
Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Rxd7 21. h4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Qe6 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Rd5 Be5 25. Qh5
Qe7 26. Nh2 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Nf3 Bf6 29. e5 Qd1+ 30. Kh2 Bxe5 31. Qxg5+
Bg7 32. Nd4 Qe1 33. Nf5 Qe5 34. Kh3 f3 35. g4 {1-0 (35) Ajay,K (2356)-Vanczak,
T (2365) Budapest 2021}) 9... exd4 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line.} (9...
b5 10. Bc2 O-O 11. Nf1 Nh5 12. Ng3 Bg4 13. d5 Nxg3 14. fxg3 Ne7 15. h3 Bd7 16.
Be3 c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Re2 Qc7 19. Rd2 Rad8 20. Qe2 d5 21. Bc5 dxe4 22. Rxd8
Rxd8 23. Ng5 Bh6 24. Nxe4 f5 25. Bb3+ Kg7 26. Nd6 Be4 27. Nxe4 fxe4 28. Bxe7
Qxe7 29. Qxe4 Kh8 30. Rf1 Rf8 31. Rxf8+ Bxf8 32. Qd5 Kg7 33. Bc2 Qg5 34. Kh2
Kh6 35. Qe4 Bc5 36. Qh4+ Qh5 37. Qxh5+ Kxh5 38. g4+ Kh4 39. g3+ Kg5 40. Kg2 Kf6
41. Kf3 {1/2-1/2 (41) Tochilkina,E (1877)-Nosacheva,M (2226) Cheboksary 2021})
10. cxd4 O-O $1 11. h3 {The position is equal.} Nb4 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. Qb3 a5 {
[%CAl Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 14. a3 Nc6 {[%CAl Bb4c6,Bc6a5,Ba5b3][%mdl 32]} 15.
Nf1 (15. Qxb7 $2 Rfb8 $19) 15... a4 16. Qd3 Na5 {[#]} 17. Bg5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 17. Bf4 b5 18. Rad1 Nc4 19. Qc2 c6 20. Ng3 Rfc8 21. Qc1 Qd8 22.
Re2 Qf8 23. h4 {1/2-1/2 (32) Bruzon Batista,L (2689)-Short,N (2688) Ottawa 2013
}) 17... Nb3 18. Rad1 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. N1d2 {[%CAl Bf1d2,Bd2b1,Bb1c3][%mdl
32]} Na5 21. Nb1 b5 22. Qc2 Bg7 23. Nc3 c6 24. e5 Rfe8 25. Ne4 Nc4 26. exd6
Nxd6 27. Ne5 Qf5 28. g4 (28. Qxc6 Nxe4 29. Rxe4 f6 $17) 28... Qe6 {Threatens
to win with ...Nxe4.} 29. Nc3 ({Don't play} 29. Qxc6 Nxe4 30. Qxe6 (30. Qxe4 f6
$19) 30... Rxe6 $17) 29... Rac8 30. Re2 Qb3 31. Qxb3 axb3 32. Kg2 c5 33. dxc5
Nc4 34. Nxc4 (34. Nd3 $1 $11 Rxe2 35. Nxe2) 34... Rxe2 $17 35. Nxe2 {aiming
for Na5.} bxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 36. Rc1 $2 {Now White is
beyond hope.} (36. Nc3 $17) 36... Bxb2 $19 37. Rxc4 Bxa3 38. c6 b2 39. Nc3 Bf8
40. Nb1 {[#]} Bg7 $1 41. Kf3 {[#]} Kf8 $1 42. h4 Ke7 43. h5 Kd6 44. hxg6 $2 (
44. Rf4 gxh5 45. gxh5) 44... fxg6 45. Rb4 Rxc6 46. Rb7 Be5 47. Nd2 Rc2 48. Ke3
Kc6 49. Rb3 Rc3+ {Black mates.} 50. Rxc3+ Bxc3 {KB-KN} 51. Nb1 Bb4 52. f4 Kd5
53. Kd3 h5 54. f5 hxg4 55. fxg6 Ke6 56. Ke4 g3 ({And not} 56... Kf6 57. Kf4 $11
) 57. Kf3 Bd6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.40/Black=0.02} 0-1
