Alexander Morozevich vs Fabiano Caruana (2012)

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Alexander Morozevich vs Fabiano Caruana
FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent (2012), Tashkent UZB, rd 2, Nov-23
Spanish Game: Berlin Defense (C65) · 1-0

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Nov-23-12		notyetagm: Morozevich vs Caruana, 2012 Caruana blunders on the infamous move 40 and loses. 40 ... ? click for larger view http://tashkent2012.fide.com/analys... <Computerkibitz: Houdini 2.0c x64 Depth: 20 with 301.435 kN in 134s 0.41 40 ... Rf4 41.Rg6 c4 42.h5 a5 43.Rd6+ Ke5 44.Re6+ Kd4 45.Rxh6 Rxg4 46.Kf3 Rg1 47.Rd6+ Ke5 48.Rc6 Rh1 49.Rxc4 Rxh5 50.Rc5+ 4.12 40 ... Re3+ 41.Kf2 Re4 42.Rd7+ Kc4 43.Kf3 Re1 44.g5 hxg5 45.hxg5 Rf1+ 46.Kg4 Kb5 47.f6 Kc6 48.Rd3 c4 49.Rf3 Rxf3 50.Kxf3 <<<4.51 40 ... Rxa3 41.f6 Ra2+ 42.Kf3 Ke5 43.f7 Ra3+ 44.Ke2 Ra2+ 45.Kd3 Ra3+ 46.Kc4 Rf3>>>> Caruana played the losing 3rd line, 40 ... ♖f3xa3?, and had to resign 11 moves later. The White f-pawn proved to be too strong. 40 ... ♖f3xa3? click for larger view

Nov-23-12		kurodo77: Carlsen style? Amazing Morozevich....

Nov-23-12		notyetagm: <kurodo77: Carlsen style? Amazing Morozevich....> Yep, good point, <CARLSEN-STYLE>: winning an approximately equal ending. Radjabov vs Carlsen, 2012

Nov-23-12		Ezzy: A Morozevich (2748) - F Caruana (2786) FIDE GP Tashkent Tashkent UZB (2), 23.11.2012 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.h3 Be6 7.Qe2< Novelty. Inarkiev has played 7 Ng5 and Areshchenko has played 7 Bg5. [7.Nxe5?? Qd4] >7...Nd7 8.Be3 Qe7 9.Bxc5 Qxc5 10.Nc3 Qd6 11.0–0–0 c5 12.Nh4 0–0–0 13.Nf5 Bxf5 14.exf5 Nf6 15.Rhe1 Rhe8 16.Qf3 <stops black probing for weaknesses with 16...Qc6 hitting g2.> 16...Qd4 17.g4 <Very creative from Morozevich, who has idea's of 18 g5 Nd7 19 Re4 Qd6 20 Qh5 and the h7 pawn is doomed.> 17...h6 18.a3 a6 19.Re3 Re7 20.Kb1 Nd5?!< Caruana opts for exchanges into an endgame with rooks and pawns, hoping to settle for a draw. BUT white has a nagging small initiative with pressure on the e5 pawn and black is limited in defence of this pawn.> 21.Nxd5 Qxd5 22.Qxd5 Rxd5 23.Rde1 f6 24.f4 Kd7 25.c3 b5 26.Kc2 Kd6 27.b3 Re8 28.Re4 Re7 29.b4 Re8 <Caruana must now be totally regretting going into this endgame.> 30.c4 bxc4< [30...Rd4 31.fxe5+ Rxe5 32.Rxe5 fxe5 33.bxc5+ Kxc5 34.Rxe5+ Kc6 35.Re6+ black's in serious trouble]> 31.dxc4 Rd4 32.fxe5+ fxe5 33.bxc5+ Kxc5 34.Rxe5+ Rxe5 35.Rxe5+ Kxc4 36.Re7 c5 37.Rxg7 Rd3 38.h4 Rf3 39.Kd2 Kd4 40.Ke2 Rxa3??< Caruana cracks under the pressure. [40...Rf4! 41.Rg6 c4 42.h5 a5 43.Rxh6 Rxg4 44.Kf3 Rg1 45.Rd6+ Ke5 46.Rc6 Kd5 47.Rc8 Rg5 48.h6 Rh5 49.Rh8 Rxf5+ 50.Ke3 Rf7 51.Rd8+ Ke6 52.Ra8 Rd7 53.Rxa5 Kf7 54.a4 Rd3+ 55.Ke2 Kg6 56.Ra6+ Kh7 57.Rc6 Ra3 58.Rxc4 Kxh6 Is a tablebase draw, BUT white still has practical winning chances.]> 41.f6 Ra2+ 42.Kf3 Ra1 43.Kg2 Ra2+ 44.Kg3 Ra1 45.g5 hxg5 46.hxg5 Rf1 47.Rc7 a5 48.f7 a4 49.g6 a3 50.Ra7 Rf6 51.g7 1–0 Good start to the tournament (2/2) for the exciting and creative Russian. Black's Berlin is Busted! Caruana went for exchanges with 20...Nd5?! but had a weak e5 pawn which proved a real headache. Morozevich chipped away with his nagging endgame initiative until Caruana finally cracked! 40...Rf4! would have given Caruana chances to draw, but he was the one under all the pressure. 20...Nd5?! seems pretty harmless, BUT it was a decision that put Caruana well onto the back foot. Nicely played by Moro!

Nov-23-12		notyetagm: Morozevich vs Caruana, 2012 40 ... ? click for larger view <Ezzy: ... 40.Ke2 Rxa3??< Caruana cracks under the pressure. [40...Rf4! 41.Rg6 c4 42.h5 a5 43.Rxh6 Rxg4 44.Kf3 Rg1 45.Rd6+ Ke5 46.Rc6 Kd5 47.Rc8 Rg5 48.h6 Rh5 49.Rh8 Rxf5+ 50.Ke3 Rf7 51.Rd8+ Ke6 52.Ra8 Rd7 53.Rxa5 Kf7 54.a4 Rd3+ 55.Ke2 Kg6 56.Ra6+ Kh7 57.Rc6 Ra3 58.Rxc4 Kxh6 Is a tablebase draw, BUT white still has practical winning chances.]> ... Morozevich chipped away with his nagging endgame initiative until Caruana finally cracked! 40...Rf4! would have given Caruana chances to draw, but he was the one under all the pressure.> Yep, Houdini agrees that 40 ... ♖f3-f4!, keeping an eye on that extremely dangerous White f5-passer, was the only way to go. Everything else loses. (VARIATION) 40 ... ♖f3-f4! ▢ click for larger view

Nov-23-12		HeMateMe: nice endgame. Moro off to a fast, 2-0 start here.

Nov-23-12		whithaw: If I were to guess who was playing white, from a stylistic persective, it could even be Kramnik or Karpov... Morozevich played very clearly here.

Nov-23-12		messachess: The critical point was at black's 20th move when the position appears truly equal.I wonder at that point, instead of the N move, he had removed the 'hanging' R with a simple Re8.

Nov-23-12		fisayo123: <Black's Berlin is Busted! > Hopefully.

Nov-24-12		Ulhumbrus: 5 Bxc6?! concedes the bishop pair in a position where White is not able to play d4 and gain a king side pawn majority. One justification for 10...0-0-0 instead of 10...Qd6 is that White has disturbed his king side pawns by 6 h3 so if White castles on the king side now his king will be more vulnerable to attack, either to the pawn advance ...g4 or to a sacrifice on h3. An alternative to 13...Bxf5 is 13..Qf8 with ...g6 to follow. 14...Nf6 obstructs the f7 pawn so that it can't advance to f6 to support the e5 pawn. Instead of this with 14...Nb8 the knight heads for c6 and d4.

Jun-05-18		Saniyat24: ...a little hole in the wall...!

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