Samuel Sevian vs Fabiano Caruana (2019)

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Samuel Sevian vs Fabiano Caruana
US Championship (2019), St Louis, MO USA, rd 1, Mar-20
Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan. Sveshnikov Variation Chelyabinsk Variation (B33) · 1/2-1/2

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Mar-20-19		Stonehenge: The first game between these two?

Mar-20-19		Jambow: Looks like Sevian has the advantage so far...

Mar-20-19		belgradegambit: Yup, Stockfish likes White here.

Mar-20-19		whiteshark: Top dog vs underdog

Mar-20-19		Ulhumbrus: Here is a link to the live display on the chess24 website:https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t...

Mar-20-19		Ulhumbrus: The Sicilian Lasker-Pelikan or the Sveshnikov as the Russian players call it. Black accepts a backward d6 pawn and a weak d5 square. The question is whether White's attempts to take advantage of this will be frustrated. If not, it is up to White to find a way to get an advantage and then play well enough to keep it.

Mar-20-19		whiteshark: Fabi had <+0 =3 -1> with White in the Carlsen - Caruana World Championship Match (2018) change of ends...

Mar-20-19		Ulhumbrus: If Caruana did get an advantage in any of his games against Carlsen he would have had to play very well in order to keep it and his advantage might not necessarily have been great enough to win even then.

Mar-20-19		whiteshark: <1.e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 a5 13. g3 O-O 14. Bg2 g6 15. O-O> click for larger view Still 2 games left in the OE: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

Mar-20-19		Ulhumbrus: One possible winning plan for White is Nc2-e3, f4-f5, g4-f5 followed by f6, then h4-h5- hxg6 and a mating attck on the h file. All that Black has to do is to do nothing to prevent it.

Mar-20-19		Momentum Man: I won’t even try to forecast moves for these elephants

Mar-20-19		Ulhumbrus: If White can gain no advantage on the queen side from an attack, f4 may be better than a3.

Mar-20-19		Momentum Man: Look at that! 19. Ra7 was a candidate move of mine. To see it on the board has made my day

Mar-20-19		Ulhumbrus: One question is how White can make his knight on d5 count for more than a bishop instead of equalizing against it at best. One possible answer is by trying a king side attack by playing f4-f5 instead of a queen side attack by a3. Then the knight may threaten something whereas it seems not to do much on the queen side.

Mar-20-19		Ulhumbrus: One idea is 22 Nxd4 exd4 23 Nf4 heading for the blockade square d3 and Black can't play 23...f5 at once as his queen's bishop will be en prise

Mar-20-19		Ulhumbrus: 23...f5 devalues White's king side pawn majority. Perhaps the move ...f5 counts as a potential threat on the part of Black.

Mar-20-19		whiteshark: <23...h5/24...h4> playing the full board. No sensible breaks for white right now.

Mar-20-19		Ulhumbrus: White's knight does not appear to do much. This suggests that White's opening of the queen side by a3 instead of trying for f4 is a mistake.

Mar-20-19		Ulhumbrus: 26...Bxd5 parts with the bishop pair and may pass any advantage to White. Black could have left it up to White to show what if anything White could do with his knight.

Mar-20-19		Ulhumbrus: After 27 cxd5 White's e and f pawn may help each other. 27 cxd5 may let slip any advantage for White. The game may now lead to a draw.

Mar-20-19		Ulhumbrus: Both of the players are probably thinking about the sacrifice Bxg6. On 30 Bxg6 fxg6 31 Qxg6+ Bg7 32 Qe6+ Qf7 is possible so suppose that White tries to displace Black'e queen first by 30 c5 Qxc5. Now on 31 Bxg6 fxg6 32 Qxg6+ Bg7 33 Qe6+ Kf7 White would like his rook on e1 so as to be able to play Re4 and threaten Rh4. All this suggests 30 Re1 followed by 31 c5 and on 31...Qxc5 32 Bxg6. This is not to say that Black will allow it.

Mar-20-19		Ulhumbrus: With 32 Qe4 White hopes for Rb7 and Qxg6+ but he is likely to believe that Caruana is likely to see it.

Mar-20-19		Ulhumbrus: In an five minute game an amateur might play 32...h3 with little thought but a professional player with thousands of dollars at stake will have to consider whether after 32...h3 the pawn may become a target.

Mar-20-19		whiteshark: I thought that an open h-file would be advantageous, but https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOd... (35...Qh6 36.Bg2)

Mar-20-19		Sally Simpson: 40...Qc8 with Qh3 ideas.

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