His win over Mamedyarov came about through good defence, after Mamedyarov staked everything on a sacrificial attack. Unfortunately sacrifices and wishes are not enough to win games like these, something that many a club player can attest to!
**Correction: I had Caruana beating Andreikin in the initial version of this post, when it should have been Svidler. It seems I have cursed Caruana as a result, as he has lost to Andreikin in last nights round.
Caruana,Fabiano - Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar [D11]
oktyabr,2014 (4.1), 05.10.2014
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Nh4 Bh5 8. h3 g5 9. Nf3 h6 10. c5 Qc7 11. Bd3 Rg8 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. b4 Be7 14. Bb2 g4 15. hxg4 Rxg4 16. Kf1 O-O-O 17. Ne2 Rdg8 18. Nf4 Rxf4 19. exf4 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qxf4 21. Ke2 Rg2 22. Qc1 Qg3 23. Qf1 Ng4 24. fxg4 Qxg4+ 25. Kd2 Qf4+ 26. Ke2 Qg4+ 27. Ke1 Ne5 28. Be2 Qe4 29. Kd1 Bg5 30. dxe5 Qxb4 31. Kc2 Qxc5+ 32. Kb1 Rxf2 33. Qd1 Qe3 34. Re1 1-0
2 comments:
eh, Fabulous Fabiano actually lost today.
It would be easy to blame the choice of opening (Scandinavian Defense) as Andreikin isn't a theoretical player anyhow, but I think it just wasn't Caruana's day. It happens to the best of us!
Caruana still has the Tashkent GP event right after Baku for making up what's left of the ground between him and Carlsen.
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