Fabiano Caruana vs Hikaru Nakamura (2018)

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Fabiano Caruana vs Hikaru Nakamura
Sinquefield Cup (2018), St Louis, MO USA, rd 4, Aug-21
Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation. General (D37) · 1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]

Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)6.Qa4+ was played in A Lein vs C Botez, 1965 (1-0)13...Qh5 was played in Jonah Krause vs Radoslaw Dzierzak, 2017 (0-1)14.O-O was played in L Dominguez vs I Lysyj, 2016 (1-0)better is 25...Qb7 26.Qxc4 a4 27.a3 Bd5 28.Qd4 Bb3 29.Rf1 f6 30.e5 = -0.09 (26 ply) ⩲ +0.51 (30 ply)better is 35...Rec5 36.Ke3 R8c7 37.Rb6 R7c6 38.Rb8 Rc8 39.Rb7 = 0.00 (27 ply) ⩲ +0.59 (24 ply) 36...Kxg5 37.Rg7+ Bg6 38.Ke3 Rd8 39.Rc7 fxe4 40.Rxc4 h5 = +0.25 (23 ply)better is 37.gxh6 e3+ 38.Kc1 Kxh6 39.Rf8 Bc6 40.Rxc8 Bxb7 41.Rxc4 ⩲ +1.22 (27 ply)better is 37...Rxg5 38.Nxe4 Rf5 39.Rxf5 exf5 40.Nc3 Rc6 41.Kd4 Bf7 ⩲ +0.63 (25 ply) ⩲ +1.22 (27 ply)better is 40.Rff6 Bd7 41.Rd6 Rxg3+ 42.Kd4 Be8 43.Rxh6 Bf7 44.Kxe4 ⩲ +1.32 (24 ply) ⩲ +0.70 (20 ply) after 40...Kg8 41.Rf6 Rxg3+ 42.Kd4 Rg7 43.Ree6 Rd8+ 44.Ke3 Bd7 44...Rh8 45.gxh5 Rhxh5 46.Rf1 Rg3+ 47.Kd4 Rg8 48.Ra6 ⩲ +1.33 (23 ply)+- +3.01 (22 ply) 45...Rxh5 46.Rxh5 Bxh5 47.Rxa5 Be8 48.Nxe4 Rd8 49.Rc5 +- +2.81 (23 ply)+- +5.00 (24 ply)49...Rcc5 50.e4 Rg5 51.Nf5+ Rgxf5 52.exf5 Rxf5 53.Re1+ +- +4.79 (25 ply)1-0

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Aug-22-18		Jaburu: The endgame in the game os GO is denominated "yose". But in GO there are also the "o-yose" ("big end"). The chess also possesses your "o-yose" that I denominate "grande final" or "pré-final" (in portuguese). In the game, both detected the "big end", Nakamura with 27...Kf8 and Caruana with 30.Kb1, 32.Kc2, 35.Kd2 and 37.Ke3. I am developing the theory of the "big end" in chess. I am in the beginning. !

Aug-23-18		Ulhumbrus: After 14 0-0-0 !! Black's bishop appears to lack any targets on the white squares. This may be a brilliant stratagem on the part of Caruana.

Aug-25-18		HeMateMe: must have been good opening prep. white seems to get a busted kingside, but he is able to navigate the maze better than black. The Bishop's lack of scope results in no attack on white's castled king.

Aug-26-18		Albanius: This is not so much a Queen's Gambit Declined as an open Catalan E05 by move 5 or 6, but with Nc3 played early. IMO the position reached is more important for classification than the early transposing move order.

Aug-26-18		beatgiant: The simple 36...hxg5 seems to equalize. Maybe Black was trying too hard to win.

Sep-01-18		cormier: click for larger view Analysis by Houdini 4 45...Rxh5 46.Rxh5 Bxh5 47.Rxa5 Be8 48.Nxe4 Rd8 49.Rc5 Rb8 50.Kd4 Bf7 51.Rc6+ Kd7 52.Ra6 Kd8 53.Kc3 Bh5 54.e3 Kc7 55.Nf6 Bf3 56.e4 Rb5 57.Ra4 Kd6 58.Rxc4 Rb7 59.Ne8+ Ke7 60.Nc7 Kd6 61.Na6 Re7 62.Kd3 Rh7 63.Kd4 Rh2 64.e5+ Ke7 +- (2.47) Depth: 22 45...Rxh5 46.Rxh5 +- (2.58 --) Depth: 23

Sep-01-18		cormier: click for larger view Analysis by Houdini 4 44...Rh8 45.gxh5 Rhxh5 46.Rxh5 Rxh5 47.Kd4 a4 48.Rg7 Kd6 49.Rg6+ Kc7 50.Kxc4 Rh4 51.Kd4 Rh3 52.Rg7+ Kd6 53.Rg4 e3 54.Rg6+ Kd7 55.Kd3 Kc7 56.Re6 Rh8 57.Rxe3 Rb8 58.Kc2 Kd6 59.Rh3 ± (1.16) Depth: 22

Sep-01-18		cormier: click for larger view Analysis by Houdini 4 43...Rxg3+ 44.Kd4 Rg6 45.e3 Kf6 46.Rh5 a4 47.Kxc4 Ke6 48.Rh7 Be8+ 49.Kd4 Rd8+ 50.Rd5 Rxd5+ 51.Nxd5 Kd6 52.Nf4 Rf6 53.Kxe4 Bf7 54.a3 Bg6+ 55.Nxg6 Rxg6 56.Kd4 Ke6 57.e4 Kf6 58.Rh8 Kg7 59.Rb8 Rg2 60.e5 Kf7 61.Rb7+ Ke6 62.Rb6+ Ke7 63.Rxh6 Rxb2 + / = (0.69) Depth: 22

Sep-01-18		cormier: click for larger view Analysis by Houdini 4 38...h5 39.Rf6+ Kxg5 40.Rexe6 Rxe6 41.Rxe6 Kf5 42.Rh6 Kg5 43.Rd6 Kf5 44.Kd4 Kg4 45.Rg6+ Kf5 46.Rg7 Rb8 47.Ra7 Rxb2 48.Rxa5+ Kg4 49.a4 Kxg3 50.Rxh5 Bxa4 51.Nxa4 Rxe2 52.Nc3 Rd2+ 53.Kxe4 Rd3 54.Nd5 Rd2 55.Nf4 c3 56.Rh3+ Kg4 57.Rxc3 Ra2 58.Ke5 Ra5+ 59.Nd5 + / = (0.32) Depth: 24

Sep-01-18		cormier: click for larger view Analysis by Houdini 4 37.gxh6 e3+ 38.Kc1 Kxh6 39.Rf8 Rf5 40.Rxf5 exf5 41.Re7 Kg5 42.Re5 Bg6 43.Rxa5 Re8 44.Ra6 Bh5 45.Ra7 Re5 46.Rg7+ Kf6 47.Rc7 Bf7 48.Kc2 Bg6 49.Rc6+ Kg5 50.Kd1 Bf7 51.a4 Ra5 52.Rc7 Kf6 53.Kc1 Be6 54.Kc2 Bf7 55.Rd7 Be8 56.Rd6+ Ke5 + / = (0.63) Depth: 24

Sep-01-18		cormier: click for larger view Analysis by Houdini 4: d 24 dpa done <1. = (0.14): 36...Bc6> 37.Re7 Rd8+ 38.Kc1 Bxe4 39.gxh6 Kxh6 40.Rd1 Rg8 41.Rd6 Rg6 42.Kd2 Bh1 43.Ra6 Kg5 44.Ke1 Rh6 45.Rg7+ Kf6 46.Raa7 Rc5 47.g4 Rg6 48.Rxg6+ Kxg6 49.gxf5+ exf5 50.Kf2 Bc6 51.Ke3 Kg5 52.Kd4 <2. = (0.20): 36...Kxg5> 37.Rg7+ Kf6 38.Ra7 Rd8+ 39.Kc1 Kg5 40.Rf4 Rc5 41.exf5 exf5 42.e4 Bg6 43.exf5 Bxf5 44.Rg7+ Kf6 45.Ne4+ Kxg7 46.Nxc5 Rd5 47.Rxc4 h5 48.Nb3 Kf6 49.Nd4 Bd3 50.Rc6+ Ke5 51.Ne6 Bb5 52.Rb6 Ba4 53.b3 Be8 54.Nf4 Rd6 55.Rxd6 Kxd6 <3. + / = (0.29): 36...hxg5> 37.Rh1 Rec5 38.Rbh7 Kf6 39.Ke3 Bg6 40.Ra7 R8c7 41.Ra6 fxe4 42.g4 R7c6 43.Na4 Rxa6 44.Nxc5 Rc6 45.Nd7+ Kg7 46.Rc1 a4 47.Ne5 Rc5 48.Nxc4 Kf6 49.Rf1+ Ke7 50.Kd4 Rc7 51.Kc3 Rc8 52.e3 Be8 53.Kd4 Bb5 54.Rc1

Sep-02-18		pdxjjb: After the mistake 36 ... fxe4, Caruana's best move objectively was gxh6 leading to Rf8 and black losing the advanced e-pawn: 37. gxh6 e3+ 38. Kc1 Kxh6 39. Rf8 Rf5 40. Rxf5 exf5 41. Re7 Kg5 42. Rxe3 ... (Stockfish 9) Apparently Caruana didn't like the complication of having his K driven back to the first rank by ... e3. I've noticed before that Caruana has a preference for methodically closing off counterplay.

Sep-02-18		WorstPlayerEver: 25... a4=

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