Vidit Santosh Gujrathi vs Fabiano Caruana (2024)

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Vidit Santosh Gujrathi vs Fabiano Caruana
World Championship Candidates (2024), Toronto CAN, rd 5, Apr-09
Sicilian Defense: Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (B30) · 1/2-1/2

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Apr-10-24		goodevans: After 25 moves... click for larger view Vidit is two pawns up in a strong position but there are some unclear threats to his K. What should he do about them? The engines say that best is to head towards the middle of the board with 26.Kc1 or 26.Kc2 where the K will be perfectly safe and White can take maximum advantage of his lead. Even if he's reluctant to do that then something like 26.f3 (to defend e4 which is vulnerable in some lines) keeps a clear plus as Black's vague threats don't actually amount to much. Instead Vidit played 26.Qe5?? which is tantamount to offering a draw. After Caruana's 26...Qa4, threatening 27...Ra1#, White has to accept the draw as now 27.Kc1 is met with 27...f6 and White will lose his B. Caruana's 23...Qa7?! was a huge swindle that worked a treat for him!

Apr-10-24		sudoplatov: In the tradition of Marshall (and Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine,...), Fabi sets the opponent a puzzle.

Apr-10-24		Korora: To manage to salvage a perpetual check after making such a huge blunder shows just how formidable Caruana is!

Apr-10-24		Teyss: If someone had told me it was a game between Vidit and Caruana without specifying the colours, naturally I would have assumed they were inversed. This tournament proves to be tougher than expected for the favourites (Caruana and Nakamura, Nepo being and exception) while the Indians show a real fighting spirit with good openings and positions, that unfortunately they sometimes don't manage to bring home. Apart from giving away the advantage, I don't see the point of 26.Qe5 especially after already moving it three times: from there it can only go backwards. For info SF rates 26.Kc2 as high as +5.3 (29 ply) and 26.Kc1 as +4.6 (28 ply): Black must abandon the a file with 26...Qd7 and after 27.f3 White dominates the Kside. But after 26.Qe5 the position is equal (0.0 at 36 ply). As pointed out by <goodevans> 23...Qa7 was a good swindle culminating with 26...Qa4! Firouzja must be worried: he's not doing good, he's facing Vidit in the next round and the other two Indians in the following ones.

Apr-10-24		perfidious: <Teyss.... This tournament proves to be tougher than expected for the favourites (Caruana and Nakamura, Nepo being and exception) while the Indians show a real fighting spirit with good openings and positions, that unfortunately they sometimes don't manage to bring home....> While these events are not filled with rabbits, by no means have either Nakamura or Caruana covered themselves with glory in world title qualifiers, though the latter has played a match for the championship. As you say, despite all the slagging Nepo has received from numerous posters, he has performed quite well, only struggling at the very top of the mountain.

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