Fabiano Caruana vs Anish Giri (2012) "Car Giri Shift"

Fabiano Caruana vs Anish Giri
"Car Giri Shift" (game of the day Jan-20-13)
Tata Steel (2012) · Slav Defense: Quiet Variation (D11) · 1-0

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Jan-28-12		LoveThatJoker: Here are two lines (according to Stockfish) that indicate how White wins in the final position: a) 41...Bxe7 42. dxe7 Qxe7 43. Rxe7 Rxe7 44. Qg6+ Kf8 45. Qxb6 Kf7 46. Qd4 Bb3 47. Bc6 Kg8 48. a8=Q Rxa8 49. Bxa8 (Eval: + 25.53) b) 41...Rxe7 42. dxe7 Bxe7 43. Rxb6 Bf7 44. Qg5+ Kh7 45. Qf5+ Kg8 46. Rh6 Qxh6 47. Qxc8+ (Eval: + 34.82) Note that I left the position analyzing with Stockfish for nearly 12 hours to get this evaluation. LTJ

Feb-05-12		notyetagm: click for larger view

Feb-05-12		notyetagm: Game Collection: DECOY:LOOSENESS:Trading down on the loose square

Feb-05-12		notyetagm: Game Collection: DECOYS! DECOYS! DECOYS! DECOYS! DECOYS! DECOYS!

Mar-16-12		notyetagm: EPIPHANY!!! T.Kosintseva vs Stefanova EICC Rapid w (9) 2012 Caruana vs Giri Tata Steel Chess (Group A) 2012 Capablanca vs Spielmann New York 1927 ALWAYS BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR WAYS TO CREATE A DEADLY PASSED PAWN(S)! PASSED PAWNS ARE POWERFUL!!! BUT THEY DO NOT JUST FALL OUT OF A CLEAR BLUE SKY!!! THEY HAVE TO BE CREATED!!! 20 Re1xe7+!

Apr-18-12		LawrenceBernstein: Final position is not exactly "a matter of technique" for many amateurs. If ...41. Kg7 42.f5 following by a rook lift provides the coup de grace.

Jan-20-13		Abdel Irada: Ah. The a-pawn from h-e-double-toothpicks rears its little round head once more, sowing terror and confusion in the enemy ranks.

Jan-20-13		morfishine: Great Game, not so great pun...

Jan-20-13		Abdel Irada: "Get your car in Giri"?

Jan-20-13		Garech: Superb; one of my all-time Caruana favourites. -Garech

Jan-20-13		achieve: Giri got humiliated here by Fabio; incredibly powerful.

Jan-20-13		FSR: What is Car Giri Shift? I tried Googling <Calgary Shift> and got: <Shift Calgary Shift provides support services to adults currently and formerly working in the sex industry to improve their quality of life and achieve individualized goals.> I'm thinking that the pun probably is not a reference to that. Oh - Car Gear Shift - some sort of allusion to driving a stick-shift car - is that it? Pretty strange one.

Jan-20-13		FSR: Great Capablanca's uncle, what a crush!

Jan-20-13		HeMateMe: ...well, maybe Giri has been moonlighting?

Jan-20-13		newzild: A laboured pun but Caruana's imaginative piece sac is well worth the price of admission.

Jan-20-13		FSR: <HeMateMe: ...well, maybe Giri has been moonlighting?> Gotta do something to pay the bills.

Jan-20-13		morfishine: Fantastic game in that White sac'd a piece for 2-pawns, then picked up another, then another, then another until poor Black, still up a piece at the end, had lost all his pawns save one. It was like the old Pac-Man game, just munching pawns at will....get out of the way! Definite collection game

Jan-20-13		hms123: <morfishine> Here's a fantastic possibility courtesy of Houdini: <41...Kg7 42.Rf3> click for larger view <42...exf3 43.Qd5+ Kh7 44.Bd3> click for larger view Chess is amazing.

Jan-20-13		pescau: Nice and instructive game. Maybe "no pawn intended" could be appropriate, although surely it has been used before. Cheers. P.

Jan-20-13		morfishine: <hms123> That is a fantastic line! Great find!

Jan-20-13		12.12.12: nice one, <hms123>

Jan-23-13		kevin86: Seven Pawns to one! WOW!

Feb-27-13		donehung: What a beat down. Giri is starting to remind me off Topalov, in that he seems to be on the receiving end off a few peoples "immortal games" What a sad pun though lol maybe something like "Queen side steel" cheers

Feb-28-13		achieve: <donehung> You could do with dropping an 'f' off of 'off' in the type of sentence you typed. ;)

Feb-28-13		perfidious: <HeMateMe: ...well, maybe Giri has been moonlighting?> With his most attractive girl friend, he has got to keep the dough coming in, by hook or crook.

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