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Veselin Topalov vs Fabiano Caruana Sinquefield Cup (2014) - Round 1

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â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºFollow me at Google+ : http://www.google.com/+kingscrusher â–ºFREE online chess at http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at ht... (Show Full Description)
â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºFollow me at Google+ : http://www.google.com/+kingscrusher â–ºFREE online chess at http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher [Event "Sinquefield Cup"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2014.08.27"] [Round "1"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Fabiano Caruana"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A35"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2801"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2014.08.27"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 (5. Bg2) (5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Be7) 5... Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. O-O e5 8. a3 (8. d3) 8... Rb8 (8... a5) 9. d3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Rc1 Bd7 (11... Kh8 12. Na4 b6 13. b4) 12. Nd2 (12. Na4 b6 13. b4 cxb4) 12... Nd4 13. Nc4 f6 14. f4 (14. Ne4 Bg4 15. f3 (15. Bxd4 exd4) 15... Be6 16. Bd2 Nd5 17. e3 Nc6 18. Qe1 Nb6 19. Qe2 f5 (19... Qd7 20. Rfd1 Rfd8) 20. Nc3 Nxc4 21. dxc4 f4) 14... exf4 (14... b5 15. Nd2) 15. Bxf4 (15. gxf4 Bg4) 15... Nde6 (15... a6 16. Nd5) 16. Bd2 (16. Be3 b6) 16... b6 17. g4 ( 17. Ne3 Kh8 18. Nf5 Re8 19. Rf2 Bf8 20. Ne4) 17... Be8 18. Be1 b5 19. Ne3 Bd6 20. Ncd5 (20. Ne4 Be5 (20... Bf4 21. Bf2 Bf7) 21. Nxc5 Bd4) (20. Bg3 Bxg3 21. hxg3 Qd4) 20... Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Bf7 22. Nf5 Be5 (22... Bc7) (22... Be7 23. Bg3 Rb6 24. e4) 23. Qd2 Nd4 (23... Qxd5 24. Ne7+) 24. Bxf7+ Rxf7 25. Rd1 (25. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 26. Kh1 Qxg4) (25. Ng3 Nb3) 25... Nxf5 26. gxf5 (26. Rxf5 Qd4+ 27. Rf2 Qxb2) 26... Qd4+ 27. Bf2 Qg4+ (27... Qxb2 28. Qxb2 Bxb2 29. Bxc5) 28. Kh1 c4 ( 28... Qxf5 29. Bxc5 Qe6) (28... Qh3 29. Bg1 Rd7) (28... Qh5 29. Bg1) 29. Qc2 ( 29. dxc4 Qe4+ 30. Kg1 bxc4 31. Rb1 Qxf5 32. Bxa7 Qg4+) 29... Re8 30. dxc4 (30. d4 Bd6 31. Rde1 Rfe7 32. e3 Qf3+ 33. Kg1 Qh3) 30... Qh5 (30... Bxh2) 31. h4 ( 31. Bg3 Bxg3) 31... Qg4 32. Qd3 bxc4 33. Qe3 Rfe7 34. b3 Bb2 0-1 â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq Caruana By This photo was taken by Przemyslaw Jahr Autorem zdjecia jest Przemyslaw Jahr Wykorzystujac zdjecie prosze podac jako autora: Przemyslaw Jahr / Wikimedia Commons (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC BY-SA 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons Topalov By This photo was taken by Przemyslaw Jahr Autorem zdjecia jest Przemyslaw Jahr Wykorzystujac zdjecie prosze podac jako autora: Przemyslaw Jahr / Wikimedia Commons (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC BY-SA 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons

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