Und hier noch die 5 Gewinnpartien von GM Caruana für nicht ChessBase-User
Kurt
[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2014"]
[Site "St Louis, Mo"]
[Date "2014.08.27"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "A34"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[Annotator "Finegold"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.04"]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nc7 7.O-O e5
{Fabiano was pleased with the opening, saying he was playing white in a Maroczy with a tempo down.}
8.a3 Rb8 9.d3 Be7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Rc1 Bd7 12.Nd2
{White has given up on b4 ideas, and switches to f4 ideas instead!}
12...Nd4 13.Nc4 f6 14.f4 exf4 15.Bxf4 Nde6 16.Bd2 b6
{The whole game has been slow positional maneuvering, where neither side can really claim any edge. The next move shocked Alejandro and me!}
17.g4 $5
{Diagram #}
17...Be8 18.Be1
{Ah, the point of 17.g4!? Topalov wants to play Bg3 and control dark squares. Fabiano nicely thwarts his opponent's plans.}
18...b5 $1
{In the commentary afterwards, Fabiano said he was worried a bit about the c5 pawn, but thought it would be okay.}
19.Ne3 Bd6
{Diagram # Black drives away the Nc4 so he can play Bd6-e5. An idea which works excellently!}
20.Ncd5 $2
{The next few moves shows that Veselin has lost the thread of the game. By trading pieces and giving black Be5, his g4 move is simply weakening. Now black seizes the initiative!}
20...Nxd5 21.Bxd5 Bf7 22.Nf5 Be5 23.Qd2 $2
{Fabiano thought this was the losing move. Now black gets to hop his knight to a great square, and with tempo!}
23...Nd4 $1 24.Bxf7+ Rxf7
{With Nb3 in the air, and 25.Nxd4 unplayable, due to 25...Qxd4+ forking, white is in big trouble.}
25.Rd1 Nxf5 26.gxf5 Qd4+ 27.Bf2 Qg4+ 28.Kh1 c4 $1 29.Qc2 Re8 $1
{Diagram # Fabiano finishes with computer-like precision. White is defenseless on both sides of the board, and the center!}
30.dxc4 $2 Qh5 31.h4 ( {The natural} 31.Bg1 {loses to} 31...Bxh2 32.Bxh2 Rxe2 {and here Fabiano pointed out that if he had played his other rook to the "e" file with 29...Re7, then white would play 33.Qxe2 and 33.Bxb8 here!} ) 31...Qg4 32.Qd3 bxc4 33.Qe3 Rfe7 34.b3 Bb2 0-1
[Event "2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.08.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, F."]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.04"]
1.e4 c6 $5
{MVL comes with different ideas to the Sinquefield; however he runs into an unpleasant surprise. His main defense is definitely the Najdorf Sicilian.}
2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 Qb6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.O-O Qxb2 9.Qe1 cxd4 10.Bxd4 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 Bb4 12.Ndb5
{A very sharp but theoretical line that has been seen before.}
12...Ba5 13.Rb1 Qxc2 14.Rc1
{A novelty, but one that can be expected.}
14...Qb2 15.g4 $5
{Diagram [#] This however, cannot! An idea of Caruana's second and coach, Vladimir Chuchelov. Computers unanimously hate it at the beginning, but it is not a bad idea at all - more than that it is incredibly sharp and annoying to face over the board. The preparation was done a few months ago to face Mamedyarov, and MVL was unlucky enough to be the one that triggered it.}
15...Bg6 ( 15...Be4 16.Qd1 $1 {is dangerous.} ) 16.f4 Be4 ( 16...Ne7 17.f5 exf5 18.Nd6+ Kf8 19.gxf5 Nxf5 20.Nxf5 Rc8 {is a strange piece sacrifice. Black obtains definite compensation and it is hard to hold White's position together without losing something. Practical tests will have to determine how good this variation is.} ) 17.Rf2
{The only move, but good enough. White has a myriad of threats.}
17...Nh6 $2
{A bad move, and enough to lose.}
( 17...Ne7 18.Nc7+ Kd8 ( 18...Bxc7 19.Bb5+ $18 {the queen on b2 isn't happy about this line.} ) 19.Nxa8 $18 ) ( 17...Kf8 $1 18.Bd3 Qb4 19.Rb1 Qc5 20.Nxe4 dxe4 21.Qxa5 exd3 {we will see why this line is not possible in the other variation. Here the game is still very complex, but White must have at least enough compensation.} ) 18.Bd3 ( 18.Nc7+ $2 {no longer has the same effect.} 18...Ke7 19.Nxa8 Rxa8 $17 ) 18...Qb4 ( 18...Bb6 19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.Rc2 $1 {Is a nasty trap. The queen is done for, and this was a tactic that Caruana was familiar with before the game started, even if it wasn't against Nh6 specifically.} 20...Qxc2 21.Nd6+ Kf8 22.Bxc2 Nxg4 23.Nxe4 $18 ) 19.Rb1 Qc5 20.Nxe4 dxe4 21.Qxa5
{Unlike the other variation we saw before, Black has no time to take on d3 as Nd6+ is a threat, taking the queen on c5.}
21...O-O ( 21...exd3 22.Nd6+ $18 ) 22.Be2 e3 23.Rff1
{White is up a piece and his position is even better than Black's. The rest is easy and requires no comments, MVL is just flailing.}
23...Rfc8 24.Qe1 Qd5 25.Rb2 f6 26.Qg3 fxe5 27.fxe5 Rf8 28.Rxf8+ Rxf8 29.Qxe3 Nf7 30.Nc3
{A wonderful preparation from Caruana!}
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[Event "2nd Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[Annotator "GM Varuzhan Akobian"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.04"]
1.e4 e5
{This game was played excellently by Caruana from start to finish and he managed to find the best moves at very important times in the game.}
2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Bb4+ 6.c3 Bd6 7.Bg5 dxe4 8.dxe4
{[%cal Gb3f7]}
8...h6 9.Bh4 Qe7
{[%csl Gb3][%cal Gc8e6]}
10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.Bg3 Bc7
{[%csl Ge1] [%cal Gd1e2,Ge1c1]}
12.O-O ( 12.Nh4 Nc5 13.Bc4 ( 13.Bc2 g6 14.O-O Nh5 ) ) 12...Nh5 13.h3 ( 13.Nh4 Ndf6 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.exf5 Nxg3 16.hxg3 O-O-O 17.Qe2 h5 {and black has a strong attack} ) ( 13.Nxe5 $4 Nxe5 14.Qxh5 Bg4 15.Qh4 g5 $1 {Diagram [#]} ) 13...Nxg3 14.fxg3 Nc5
{[%csl Gf7][%cal Gc5b3,Gb3f7]}
15.Bxf7+ $5
{This move probably came as a surprise for Caruana}
( 15.Nh4 Nxb3 16.axb3 g6 17.Qf3 Be6 18.Kh2 O-O {and black is clearly better} ) 15...Kxf7 ( 15...Qxf7 $4 16.Nxe5 Qe6 17.Qh5+ Ke7 18.Ng6+ {and white is winning} ) 16.Nxe5+ Kg8 17.Ng6 Qg5 $1
{Diagram [#]}
( 17...Qe8 18.Rf8+ Qxf8 19.Nxf8 Kxf8 20.Qh5 $1 {and white has the initiative} ) 18.Rf8+ Kh7 19.Nxh8 ( 19.Rxh8+ Kxg6 {[%csl Ga1,Gd1][%cal Gg5g3,Gg5e3]} 20.Nf1 Bg4 $1 21.hxg4 Rxh8 {and black is up a piece.} ) 19...Bg4 ( {Stronger is} 19...Qe3+ $1 20.Kh1 Bg4 21.Qxg4 Rxf8 {[%csl Gd2,Gh8]} 22.Ng6 Rf7 $1 23.Nf1 Qg5 $1 24.Nh4 Qxg4 25.hxg4 Nxe4 {with a much better endgame for black} ) ( {If} 19...Bxh3 20.Rxa8 Qe3+ 21.Kf1 Bxg2+ 22.Kxg2 Qxg3+ 23.Kf1 Qh3+ 24.Ke2 Qd3+ 25.Kf2 Qg3+ 26.Ke2 Qd3+ {leads only to a draw} ) 20.Qf1 Nd3 $5 ( 20...Rxf8 21.Qxf8 Be6 22.Nf1 Qf6 23.Qxf6 gxf6 24.g4 Kxh8 {slightly better for black} ) 21.Qxd3 ( 21.Rxa8 Qe3+ 22.Kh1 Nf2+ 23.Qxf2 Qxf2 24.hxg4 Qxd2 {black is winning} ) ( 21.Rf7 Qe3+ 22.Kh1 Qxg3 23.Rxc7 Nf2+ 24.Kg1 Nxh3+ 25.Kh1 Qxc7 26.gxh3 Be6 27.Qg2 Kxh8 {black has a nice edge} ) 21...Rxf8 22.hxg4 Qxg4 23.Nf3 Qxg3
{[%cal Gc7b6,Gf8f4, Gf4h4]}
24.e5+ $6 ( {Better is to play} 24.Nf7 Rxf7 25.e5+ g6 26.Rf1 $15 ) 24...Kxh8 25.e6 Bb6+ 26.Kh1 Qg4 $1 27.Qd6 ( 27.Re1 $4 Rxf3 $1 28.Qxf3 ( 28.gxf3 Qh3# ) 28...Qh4+ 29.Qh3 Qxe1+ $19 ) 27...Rd8 $1
{Diagram [#] after spending some time Caruana finds the best continuation at the critical moment}
( 27...Rxf3 28.gxf3 Qxf3+ 29.Kh2 Be3 30.Qd8+ Kh7 31.Qd3+ {only leads to a draw} ) 28.Qe5 ( 28.e7 Rxd6 29.e8=Q+ Kh7 $19 {[%cal Gd6d5,Gd5h5]} ) 28...Rd5 $1 29.Qb8+ Kh7 30.e7 Qh5+ 31.Nh2 $4
{Blunder in a very difficult position}
( 31.Qh2 Qe8 $1 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Ge8e7,Gd5h5,Gh5h2]} 32.g4 Rd7 33.Re1 Rxe7 34.Rxe7 Qxe7 35.Qc2+ g6 36.Kg2 Qe6 $19 {black is winning the second pawn} ) 31...Rd1+ ( {Carlsen was probably expecting} 31...Re5 32.g4 Re1+ 33.Rxe1 Qd5+ 34.Nf3 Qxf3+ 35.Kh2 Qf2+ 36.Kh3 Qxe1 37.e8=Q Qf1+ 38.Kg3 Qf2+ 39.Kh3 Qf1+ {with a draw} ) 32.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 33.Nf1 Qxf1+ 34.Kh2
{[%cal Gf1g1]}
34...Qg1+ ( 34...Qg1+ 35.Kh3 Qe3+ 36.g3 Qxe7 $19 ) 0-1
[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2014"]
[Site "St Louis, Mo"]
[Date "2014.08.30"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "C84"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[Annotator "Finegold"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.04"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3
{Aronian is the world's leading authority on the Marshall Gambit, so Fabiano wisely avoids this sharp variation for quieter waters.}
6...b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.Nc3 d6 9.a3 Na5 10.Ba2 Be6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.b4 Nc6 13.Bd2 d5 14.Re1 Qd6
{Diagram #}
15.Na2
{Caruana prepared this idea for this game with his well-known coach Chuchelov. White wants to eventually get his knight to c5 (or a5) via c1-b3.}
15...Nd7 16.Qe2 d4 $2
{This is just strategically wrong. Levon is not playing his best the last two days. Now that there is no pressure on the center, and things are locked, white can try his hand on the kingside (and queenside!).}
17.Reb1 Nb6 18.Nc1 Na4 19.Nb3 Rf7 ( 19...Nc3 20.Bxc3 dxc3 {is black's best chance. As the game proceeds, black has very little play.} ) 20.Rc1 Rd8 21.Ng5 $1 Rf6 $2
{As Fabiano pointed out after the game, once his king roams free on the kingside, black is in a bad way.}
( 21...Bxg5 22.Bxg5 Rdf8 $14 ) 22.Qh5 $1 h6 $6 ( 22...Rh6 23.Qf7+ Kh8 24.Qf3 Bxg5 25.Bxg5 Rf8 {is better was for black to play than in the game.} ) 23.Nf3 Rdf8 24.Rf1 R8f7 $2
{Now the Rf6 is more or less trapped.}
25.Rae1 Bf8 26.h3 g6 27.Qh4 Qe7 28.Qg3 Bg7
{Diagram #}
29.Na5 $1
{The start of an amazing concept.}
29...Nxa5 30.Nxe5 $3
{Diagram # Very creative play by Caruana. Black simply has no counterplay and white has too much for the sacrificed piece.}
30...Nb7 31.Nxg6 ( 31.Nxf7 $2 Qxf7 $14 ) 31...Qd8 32.e5 Rf5 33.f4 c5
{Levon gets tired of being puched around and fights back. But it's too late.}
34.Nh4 Rh5 35.Nf3
{The Rh5 is badly placed and white's kingside majority rolls home.}
35...Kh7 36.Qg4 Rhf5 37.Nh4 Kh8 38.Nxf5 Rxf5 ( 38...exf5 39.Qg6 {attacking Rf7 and Pa6 is also hopeless for black.} ) 39.Qg6 Qe7 40.g4 Rf8 41.f5 Qe8 42.Qxe8 Rxe8 43.f6 Bf8 44.f7 Re7 45.Rf6 Nb6 46.Bxh6 Nd7 47.Ref1 $1
{Fabiano continues to play the most accurate way.}
47...cxb4 ( 47...Nxf6 48.Bxf8 Rxf7 49.Rxf6 $18 ) 48.axb4 Bxh6 49.Rxh6+ Kg7 50.Rh5 1-0
[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.08.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[Annotator "GM Varuzhan Akobian"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.04"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nbd2
{White decided to chose a rare line against the Slav Defense.}
4...Bf5 5.Nh4 Be4 6.f3 Bg6 7.e3 e6 8.g3
{This is a novelty previously white tried 8.Nxg6}
8...Be7 9.a3 Nbd7 10.cxd5 cxd5
{Not the best way to recapture.}
( 10...exd5 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Bg2 {with equal position.} ) 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Bd3 e5 $1
{A strong move - black is trying to open the center to use his lead in development.}
13.O-O O-O 14.Qb3 Qc8 15.Nb1 exd4 ( 15...Bd8 16.Nc3 Bb6 17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.Be2 Qe6 ) 16.exd4 Nb8
{Both player are moving the knights to their original squares in order to improve the position}
17.Nc3 Nc6 18.Be3 Qd7 19.Rad1 Rfd8 20.Rfe1 Ne8 21.Bf2 Nc7 22.Bf1 ( 22.Qxb7 Rab8 ) 22...Bf6 23.Qa2 g5 $5
{Interesting move Caruana is planning to play g6,Kg7 and possibly use the H-file to put pressure.}
24.b4 g6 25.Qd2 Kg7 26.b5 Ne7 ( 26...Na5 27.Nxd5 Nxd5 28.Qxa5 {winning a pawn} ) 27.Be3 Ne6 28.Bh3 Nf5 29.Bxf5 gxf5 30.f4 $6 ( {Better is} 30.Ne2 Qxb5 31.Qc2 $1 {with about equal position} ) 30...g4 31.Qd3 Rac8
{Now black is slightly better since his both minor pieces are better placed and more active.}
32.Rc1 ( 32.Qxf5 $4 Nxd4 33.Qxd7 Nf3+ 34.Kf2 Rxd7 35.Nxd5 Nxe1 {black is winning} ) 32...Rc4 $1
{Now black is increasing the pressure and its very difficult for white to do anything.}
33.Ne2 Nc7
{another precise move by black}
34.Nc3 ( 34.Rxc4 dxc4 35.Qxc4 Nxb5 36.a4 Nxd4 37.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 38.Qxd4+ Qxd4+ 39.Nxd4 Rxd4 40.Re7 Rxa4 41.Rxb7 Ra2 42.Rc7 a5 {Black has good winning chances} ) 34...Rc8 35.h3 $2
{After this move white's position is lost .It's very difficult to play here for white but better was to try}
( 35.a4 Ne8 $1 36.Kg2 Bd8 {with idea of Ba5 and Nf6 -Ne4 black has a bid edge.} ) 35...gxh3 36.Kh2 Nxb5 37.Nxb5 Qxb5 38.Kxh3 Qd7 39.Kg2 b5 40.Rb1 a6 41.Rbc1 Qe6 42.Bf2 ( 42.Bd2 Rxd4 43.Qxd4 ( 43.Rxe6 Rxd3 $19 ) 43...Bxd4 44.Rxe6 Rxc1 45.Re2 Rc2 $19 {Black two pawns and easily winning} ) 42...Rxc1 43.Rxe6 fxe6 44.g4 fxg4 $6 ( {Here Caruana could of end the game immediately with a brilliant} 44...Bh4 $1 45.Bxh4 ( 45.gxf5 R8c2 46.f6+ Kxf6 $19 ) 45...R8c3 46.Qd2 R1c2 {winning whites queen} ) 45.Qe2 Kf7 46.Qd3 $1
{Excellent defensive resource by Nakamura}
46...R1c2 47.Qh7+ Ke8 48.f5 $2 ( 48.Kf1 $1 {and Caruana had to show some good technique to win this position} ) 48...Bxd4 $1 49.Qg6+ Kd8 50.Qxe6 Rxf2+ 51.Kg3 Rc3+ 52.Kxg4 Rg2+ 53.Kf4 Rf2+ 54.Kg4 Kc7 55.Qe7+ Kb6 56.Qd8+ Rc7 57.Qxd5 ( 57.Qb8+ Rb7 58.Qd6+ Ka7 59.Qxd5 Rg7+ 60.Kh3 Bb6 61.Qe6 Rf1 {and black threatening Rh1 mate} ) 57...Bc5 58.Qd8 Kb7 59.f6 Bxa3 $1 60.Qd5+ Kb6 61.Qd8 Bc5 62.Qb8+ Rb7 63.Qd8+ Ka7 64.Qd5 Bb6 65.Kg5 Rc7 66.Kg6 b4 67.Qe6 Bd4
{Great maneuvering win by Caruana and he is going to rest day with 5 wins out of 5 games!}
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