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Fabiano Caruana vs Mikheil Mchedlishvili
FIDE World Cup (2023), Baku AZE, rd 2, Aug-03
Sicilian Defense: Closed Variation. Traditional (B25)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 30s/ply) 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.O-O Nf6 ⩲ +0.53 (35 ply)better is 2...e6 3.Nge2 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.g4 b5 7.Bg2 = -0.25 (35 ply)= +0.31 (37 ply)better is 3...e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.O-O a6 = -0.06 (37 ply) ⩲ +0.59 (39 ply)better is 8...Be6 9.Be3 Qd7 10.c3 O-O 11.Re1 Rfd8 12.h3 Rac8 = -0.11 (36 ply)= +0.46 (39 ply) after 9.Be3 Be6 10.Bxe6 fxe6 11.c3 Qd7 12.Nd2 Qe7 13.Qg4 b5 19...Qe8 20.g3 a6 21.Re1 Rd8 22.Bxd4 exd4 23.bxa6 Rxa6 = 0.00 (47 ply) 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.Bxd4 Rxd5 22.exd5 Qxd5 23.Bxa7 Qxd1 ⩲ +1.15 (48 ply)= 0.00 (55 ply) 22...Qxd5 23.Bxa7 Qxd1 24.Rxd1 Rc4 25.a5 Ra4 26.Bb6 Rb4 = 0.00 (57 ply)better is 23.Bxf6 Qxf6 24.Qe2 Rd8 25.Rd1 Kf8 26.g3 Rd6 27.Kg2 Qf5 ± +2.17 (55 ply)better is 23...Qd6 24.Qg4 Rd8 25.Rd1 Qe5 26.Qf3 Qc3 27.Qe4 Qe5 ± +1.64 (44 ply) ± +2.23 (41 ply)better is 25...Qc8 26.Qe4 Bd6 27.g3 h5 28.Rd4 Bc5 29.Rd2 Bd6 30.Bf4 ± +2.00 (41 ply)+- +2.72 (40 ply)better is 31.Rc6 Qg4 32.a5 Bc7 33.axb6 axb6 34.Bg5 Qxf3+ 35.Kxf3 +- +4.02 (34 ply) 31...f6 32.Bf4 Bxf4 33.Rxf4 Qf7 34.Rd4 Rd6 35.Qf4 Qe7 ± +2.36 (44 ply)+- +4.72 (48 ply) after 32.Bf4 Qf5 33.Bxe5 Qxe5 34.Rf4 Qxd5 35.Qxd5 Rxd5 36.Rxf7 35...Kh7 36.Rc6 f6 37.Rc8 Qf7 38.Qd3+ f5 39.d6 Qe6 40.Qd1 +- +4.94 (37 ply)+- +11.45 (41 ply) after 36.Rc8 Kh7 37.Rf8 Rd6 38.Kh2 f5 39.Rxf5 Kg8 40.Kg2 Qg4 45...Rxd6 46.Re7 Kg8 47.Rxf7 Kxf7 48.Qh6 Kg8 49.Qc1 Rf6 +- +147.92 (46 ply)1-0

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