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Fabiano Caruana vs Anish Giri
Tata Steel Masters (2022), Wijk aan Zee NED, rd 6, Jan-21
Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack: General (A06)  ·  0-1

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Jan-21-22  Ulhumbrus: After 36 Bc5 Black has two pawns for the exchange which is too much in the middle game if other things are equal. However other things are not equal. Black's queen's bishop is obstructed by the g6 pawn which is obstructed by Black's king's bishop, and Black's king's bishop which defends the e3 pawn isn't stable. On the other hand White has yet to make his rooks count as well. 36...Qg7 gets ready for 37...Be7 freeing the g pawn to advance and so to free the queen's bishop. However let us try a few moves: 36...Qg7 37 Rb1 ( developing the queen's rook) 37...Be7 38 Rb7 pinning and attacking Black's king's bishop. This suggests 36...Qc7 instead so that on 37 Rb1 Be7 White can't play 38 Rb7. On 38 Bxe7 Qxe7 39 Rb3 Nd2 makes a fork
Jan-21-22  Ulhumbrus: After 42 Qxf5 Bxd4 Black has won two pawns.
Jan-21-22  whiteshark: I love to see the central pawn majority get rolling.
Jan-21-22
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  offramp: I always like seeing Caruana being ground in the mill.
Jan-21-22  whiteshark: and again something for this collection:
Game Collection: 02_QR endgames II
Jan-21-22
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  eternaloptimist: @offramp: why is that?
Jan-21-22  aktajha: <Ulhumbrus> 37 Rb1 Nd2 giving back the exchange.
Jan-21-22
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  An Englishman: Good Afternoon: Not at all ashamed to admit that after the opening, this game baffled me most of the time. Look at the position after 33...fxe6--if someone asked you how the Bishop ended up on d7 using retrograde analysis, would you have solved it?
Jan-22-22  Atking: Again a very difficult game in which time pressure could have been a key factor. Bh7 lets me with a bad impression about Black position. Indeed engine confirms 31.Ng4! Bxg5 32.Bc1 and Bxf4 or 31...hxg 32.Ba3 after dark squares Bishops exchanged, Bh7 remains dangerously stupid.
Jan-22-22  SChesshevsky: Think if white wants to get anything out of these b3, double fianchettos, it's mainly going to be on the king side / center. Since black often goes for queen side activity. Somewhat like Kings Indian Attack, which is kind of resembled after 15. e5.

Caruana probably lost enough initiative after tempo loss 21. Ra1 and getting occupied on queen side.

Game feels similar to Nimzovich-Rubinstein 1928 b3 opening.

Jan-22-22  Atking: <Game feels similar to Nimzovich-Rubinstein 1928 b3 opening.> Indeed! <It's mainly going to be on the king side / center.> Yes I had the same feeling seing the game. For the first good point, I'm not sure that Rf1 should have been on "e" file As soon as White will play f2-f4 Rook at his former place on f1 remains more efficient (Nimzowitsch e3 & Qe2 for e4 has his Rook on f1 square). For example 10.Ne5 Nbd7 11.e4 seems better. For the second point "King side" 24.f5!!? was a great move but should be connected to 31.Ng4!
Jan-22-22  Albertan: GM Daniel King analyzes this game in a 18 minute video at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKy...

Jan-22-22  Atking: Thanks Albertan! Very good indeed.
Jan-22-22
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  perfidious: Fine counterattack by Giri after White missed his opportunity at move 31.
Jan-22-22
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  fredthebear: This transposes to a double fianchetto King's Indian Attack against Lasker's New York System (Reversed London System).

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