The chess games of Fabiano Caruana

Fabiano Caruana
Number of games in database: 259
Years covered: 2001 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2652
Highest rating achieved in database: 2670
Overall record: +109 -63 =87 (58.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

Sicilian (44)
    B90 B27 B30 B67 B42
Ruy Lopez (25)
    C92 C99 C89 C95 C88
Ruy Lopez, Closed (19)
    C92 C99 C89 C95 C88
French Defense (17)
    C18 C11 C16 C05 C10
French Winawer (8)
    C18 C16 C19
Sicilian Najdorf (8)
    B90 B96

With the Black pieces:

Sicilian (36)
    B42 B43 B40 B67 B80
Slav (22)
    D12 D11 D17 D18 D19
Sicilian Kan (19)
    B42 B43 B41
French Defense (16)
    C03 C00 C18 C01 C11
Nimzo Indian (9)
    E39 E33 E21 E44 E20
Semi-Slav (7)
    D43 D47 D45 D44

Repertoire Explorer

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   F Caruana vs E Berg, 2008 1-0
   F Caruana vs Short, 2009 1-0
   F Caruana vs Vallejo-Pons, 2008 1-0
   M Pavlovic vs F Caruana, 2008 0-1
   F Caruana vs A Kveinys, 2008 1-0
   F Caruana vs A Smirnov, 2009 1-0
   F Caruana vs Ni Hua, 2009 1-0
   Adams vs F Caruana, 2008 0-1
   Rublevsky vs F Caruana, 2009 0-1
   Yusupov vs F Caruana, 2008 0-1

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   Kan Knight Variation 5...d6 by powerfade11

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FABIANO CARUANA
(born Jul-30-1992) United States of America (citizen of Italy)

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Fabiano Caruana was born July 30, 1992 in Miami, Florida, USA. In June 2002, he became a FIDE Master by winning the U-10 category of the Pan-American Youth Championships. He became an International Master in 2006, the same year he achieved joint first places in the U.S. Eastern Open and the Italian Championship. He earned his first two GM norms in the spring of 2007 and took his third norm on July 15th that year. This made him the youngest-ever grandmaster from the United States, and also the youngest-ever from Italy (as Caruana holds dual citizenship). That year he also tied for first place in the Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament (2007). In 2008 he won Corus (Group C) (2008) impressively two points ahead of his rivals on second place. He won the 68th Italian Championship in 2008. The year 2009 started with a success in Corus (Group B) (2009).

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. F Caruana vs R Hess	1-0	31	2001	Guaymallen PanAM-chJ U10 Absoluto	C57 Two Knights
2. F Caruana vs S Iermito	1-0	36	2001	Guaymallen PanAM-chJ U10 Absoluto	C58 Two Knights
3. F Caruana vs B Karen	½-½	27	2002	Nassau Futurity	B27 Sicilian
4. F Caruana vs Wojtkiewicz	1-0	45	2002	New York September Action	B27 Sicilian
5. B Karen vs F Caruana	½-½	30	2002	Nassau Futurity	C60 Ruy Lopez
6. F Caruana vs R Ziatdinov	0-1	22	2003	World Open: Open Section	C53 Giuoco Piano
7. F Caruana vs J Langreck	½-½	53	2003	World Open	B30 Sicilian
8. R K Delaune vs F Caruana	1-0	51	2003	World Open: Open Section	A16 English
9. F Caruana vs Yudasin	½-½	59	2004	120th NY Masters	B53 Sicilian
10. S Kriventsov vs F Caruana	1-0	40	2004	Marshall CC Saturday Action	B33 Sicilian
11. W So vs F Caruana	1-0	27	2004	WYCC - B12	B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
12. F Caruana vs S Farago	1-0	60	2004	FSIM June	B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
13. F Caruana vs B Lengyel	1-0	47	2005	FSIM June	C24 Bishop's Opening
14. F Caruana vs Z Erdelyi	1-0	26	2005	FSIM May	B40 Sicilian
15. F Caruana vs M Galyas	0-1	50	2005	FSIM June	C18 French, Winawer
16. F Caruana vs G Lettieri	0-1	49	2005	FSIM June	B50 Sicilian
17. S Paridar vs F Caruana	0-1	43	2005	FSIM June	B22 Sicilian, Alapin
18. F Caruana vs P Prohaszka	½-½	37	2005	FSIM May	B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
19. O Nazarenus vs F Caruana	0-1	38	2005	FSIM June	A16 English
20. K Laciner vs F Caruana	1-0	21	2005	FSIM June	D82 Grunfeld, 4.Bf4
21. O Katsuhara vs F Caruana	0-1	41	2005	FSIM June	A16 English
22. L Eperjesi vs F Caruana	½-½	27	2005	FSIM June	D85 Grunfeld
23. F Caruana vs S Farago	1-0	61	2005	FSIM June	B03 Alekhine's Defense
24. E Kahn vs F Caruana	1-0	44	2005	FSIM June	A00 Uncommon Opening
25. F Caruana vs J Brustkern	½-½	16	2005	FSIM June	B40 Sicilian


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Jun-16-09		Absentee: <timhortons: Im hoping the best for this Boy in next year Corus A!> Me too, but realistically, he's going to be thrashed. Not that this would be too much of a putdown: Carlsen ended up last at his first Corus A, failing to score a single win.

Jun-16-09		timhortons: <Carlsen ended up last at his first Corus A, failing to score a single win> I respect your opinion but ill not use carlsens career as a measuring stick for caruanas. At this point in time i feel that caruana has already pulled ahead than the rest of the juniors. His Corus A and Corus B result prove that he could accomplish things.

Jun-17-09		timhortons: [Event "III Torneo Magistral Ruy Lopez 2009"] [Site "Zafra, ESP"] [Date "2009.06.17"] [Round "5"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Larino, David"] [Result ""] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2659"] [BlackElo "2473"] [Annotator "Robot 3"] [PlyCount "24"] [EventDate "2009.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Qf2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b6 click for larger view 1. = (0.13): 13.Kb1 Bb7 14.a3 Rc8 15.Be2 b5 16.Bxc5 Nxc5 17.Rhe1 Qe7 18.Bf3

Jun-17-09		timhortons: <a great upset> click for larger view 1. (-1.49): 44.b3 Kg5 2. (-1.49): 44.Nf2 Kg5 45.b3 cxb3 46.axb3 3. (-1.82): 44.Bf3 Nf4

Jun-17-09		waustad: Caruana just resigned.

Jun-17-09		timhortons: [Event "III Ruy Lopez Memorial"] [Site "Zafra/Spain"] [Date "2009.06.17"] [Round "5"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Larino, David"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2659"] [BlackElo "2473"] [Annotator "Robot 3"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2009.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Qf2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b6 13. Bd3 f6 14. Qh4 g6 15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. g4 Qc7 18. g5 Ne8 19. f5 gxf5 20. Rhg1 Qg7 21. Qf2 c4 22. Be2 Rb8 23. h4 Qe5 24. g6 h6 25. g7 Nxg7 26. Rg6 Rf6 27. Rg2 Rb7 28. Bf3 Rff7 29. Qd2 f4 30. Re1 Qf6 31. h5 Kh7 32. Rg6 Qd8 33. Reg1 Nf5 34. Qxf4 Qc7 35. Qg4 Rg7 36. Nd1 Qe5 37. c3 Rbf7 38. Qg2 Nh4 39. Rxg7+ Rxg7 40. Qxg7+ Qxg7 41. Rxg7+ Kxg7 42. Bg4 Ng2 43. Kd2 Kf6 44. Ne3 Nf4 45. b3 cxb3 46. axb3 Kg5 47. Bf3 Nxh5 48. c4 d4 49. Nc2 e5 50. c5 Ng3 51. Ba8 h5 52. c6 h4 53. Bb7 h3 54. Ne1 e4 0-1 click for larger view

Jun-17-09		waustad: If he has a falling out with the Italians, he could always play for the US. it would be nice to be represented by at least one player born in the country.

Jun-17-09		timhortons: he beat Koneru, Humpy and granda julio only to fall against Larino, David.Ouch! ,why?

Jun-18-09		timhortons: [Event "III Ruy Lopez Memorial"] [Site "Zafra/Spain"] [Date "2009.06.18"] [Round "6"] [White "Cramling, Pia"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2511"] [BlackElo "2659"] [Annotator "Robot 3"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2009.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qc2 Nd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Qxe4 g6 10. Qe3 Bg7 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. c5 O-O 13. Bc4 b6 14. Rd1 a5 15. O-O a4 16. b4 axb3 17. axb3 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. b4 Ra4 20. Rb1 Rb8 21. g3 e5 22. Nd6 Qe6 23. dxe5 bxc5 24. bxc5 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Nxe5 26. Rb8+ Kh7 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 28. Rb7 Ra1+ 29. Kg2 Qd5+ 30. Qf3 Qxf3+ 31. Kxf3 Bxd6 32. cxd6 Kg7 33. Rc7 Rc1 34. Ke4 Rc4+ 35. Kd3 Rc5 36. d7 Rd5+ 37. Ke4 h5 38. f4 Kf8 39. f5 gxf5+ 40. Kf4 Kg7 41. Kg5 f4+ 42. Kxf4 Kh7 43. Ke4 Kg7 44. Kf4 Kh7 45. Ke4 1/2-1/2 click for larger view

Jun-19-09		timhortons: [Event "III Ruy Lopez Memorial"] [Site "Zafra/Spain"] [Date "2009.06.19"] [Round "7"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Candelario, Manuel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2659"] [BlackElo "2502"] [Annotator "Robot 3"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2009.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. e4 Be7 9. Qe2 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. e5 Nd7 13. Bf4 Qb4 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Rac1 b5 16. Rd4 Re8 17. a3 Qa5 18. Rcd1 Nf8 19. Bg5 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 c5 21. Qh5 Qc7 22. Rf4 h6 23. Nxf7 Re7 24. Nd6 Bd7 25. Rg4 Bc6 26. Qxh6 Rd8 27. Qh5 Be8 28. Qh3 Bg6 29. Rh4 Nh7 30. Qg4 Bf5 31. Nxf5 Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 exf5 33. Bd5+ 1-0 click for larger view

Jul-15-09		timhortons: This saturday 18th of July Grandmaster Caruana aka adaptation at ICC will kick --- in biel! all the best adaptation! http://www.bielchessfestival.ch/

Jul-20-09		bobyrizov: You can watch Caruana at Biel live with engine analysis by rybka at: http://chessbomb.com

Jul-24-09		gandu: Congratulazioni Fabiano!! Great victory against Morozevich!

Jul-29-09		Whitehat1963: I don't think he's quite ready for prime time. Perhaps another couple of years of seasoning will improve him. Biel is a good experience for him.

Jul-30-09		kurtrichards: Happy Birthday,Fabiano! Wishing you all the best in life.

Jul-30-09		wordfunph: Fabiano Happy Birthday! My wish for you is to win your last round game today in Biel!

Sep-03-09		plimko: The FIDE President Ilyumzhinov has nominated Caruana, Robson, Cheparinov, Tkachiev, Ghaem Maghami and Pelletier for the World Cup. http://www.chessdom.com/news-2009/c...

Sep-09-09		Whitehat1963: Among the current crop of juniors, who stands the best chance of being world champion 10 years from now? My opinion: 1. Carlsen 2. Karjakin 3. So 4. LaGrave 5. Nakamura* * Not quite a junior anymore.

Oct-05-09		timhortons: This game could become a game of the day as CARUANA WAS PUNISHED! [Event "European Club Cup Open"] [Site "Ohrid/Macedonia"] [Date "2009.10.05"] [Round "2"] [White "Sargissian, Gabriel"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A59"] [Annotator "Robot 3"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2009.??.??"] [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 d6 8. e4 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 Nbd7 10. g3 Bg7 11. Kg2 O-O 12. h3 Qa5 13. Re1 Rfb8 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Rb7 17. Qe2 Qb6 18. a4 Kf8 19. Ra3 Ne8 20. Re3 Bh6 21. Re6 fxe6 22. Bxh6+ Kg8 23. Rb3 1-0 A59:Benko/Volga gambit:White castles by hand 1. click for larger view 2. click for larger view Sargissian,G - Caruana,F, European Club Cup Open 2009 click for larger view 1. = (0.23): 20...Nd6 21.Ne4 Bd4 22.Reb3 Qxb3 23.Rxb3 Rxb3 24.Nd2 Rb4 25.b3 Rd8 26.Qd3 Nf5 2. (0.27): 20...Bd4 21.Rf3 Nd6 22.Bg5 Qb4 23.Nd1 Qc4 24.Qxc4 Nxc4 25.Rab3 3. (0.32): 20...Qd8 21.Qc2 Bd4 22.Rd3 Nd6 23.Ne2 Bg7 24.b3 20...Nd6 is better 1.blunder? Sargissian,G - Caruana,F, European Club Cup Open 2009 click for larger view 1. (2.72): 21.Re6 Bxc1 22.Rxb6 2. (0.84): 21.a5 3. (0.35): 21.Ne4 Bxe3 21.Bxc1 is better 2.blunder? i think the greatest asset of black is the strongly fortified wall around his king but he gave it up in excahnge of the rook Sargissian,G - Caruana,F, European Club Cup Open 2009 click for larger view 1. (5.12): 22.Bxh6+ 2. (1.10): 22.a5 Qa6 23.Bxh6+ Kg8 3. = (0.00): 22.Qf3+ Kg8[] 23.Bxh6 Ng7 24.Qe4 Qxb2 25.Qe5 Nf5 26.Qxe6+ <Now with the king exposed to attack white soldier rush to charge!> Resign! <despite the loss, i still love to see GM caruana playing a gambit from time to time, few had the balls to play such daring moves in the opening> Sargissian,G - Caruana,F, European Club Cup Open 2009 click for larger view 1. (6.84): 23...Ra6 24.Rxb6 2. (6.93): 23...Rbb8 24.Rxb6 3. (7.11): 23...Nf6 24.Rxb6[]

Oct-05-09		nescio: <timhortons: CARUANA WAS PUNISHED!> No surprise there. Sargissian is a team player par excellence. Remember what he did in the most recent olympiads.

Oct-05-09		timhortons: < nescio> i sent cg a copy of this game, caruana must have studied this gambit. but he fell trap in it.

Oct-13-09		timhortons: Mig has this to say.. http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt... Of course there were many fantastic games. A few pretty highlights: Sargissian-Caruana with 21.Re6!! is a jaw-dropper. i hope the admin upload this game.

Oct-14-09		nescio: <timhortons: Of course there were many fantastic games. A few pretty highlights: Sargissian-Caruana with 21.Re6!! is a jaw-dropper. i hope the admin upload this game.> You mean in this database? It's already here for a week: G Sargissian vs F Caruana, 2009

Oct-15-09		timhortons: <nescio:> thanks for the link

Nov-08-09		Eti fan: Fabiano, Fabiano! http://tournaments.chessdom.com/cec... Champion!!!!

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