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Sergey Karjakin vs Fabiano Caruana : Notable game: World Ch. Candidates (2016) · Sicilian Defense

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â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºFREE online chess at http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher â–ºFollow me at Google+ : http://www.google.com/+kingscrusher [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "0:57:33-0:50:33"] [Date "2016.03.28"] [EventDate "2016.03.10"] [Round "14"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Sergey Karjakin"] [Black "Fabiano Caruana"] [ECO "B67"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "83"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f4 h6 10.Bh4 b5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.f5 Qb6 13.fxe6 fxe6 14.Nxc6 Qxc6 15.Bd3 h5 16.Kb1 b4 17.Ne2 Qc5 18.Rhf1 Bh6 19.Qe1 a5 20.b3 Rg8 21.g3 Ke7 22.Bc4 Be3 23.Rf3 Rg4 24.Qf1 Rf8 25.Nf4 Bxf4 26.Rxf4 a4 27.bxa4 Bxa4 28.Qd3 Bc6 29.Bb3 Rg5 30.e5 Rxe5 31.Rc4 Rd5 32.Qe2 Qb6 33.Rh4 Re5 34.Qd3 Bg2 35.Rd4 d5 36.Qd2 Re4 37.Rxd5 exd5 38.Qxd5 Qc7 39.Qf5 Rf7 40.Bxf7 Qe5 41.Rd7+ Kf8 42.Rd8+ 1-0 Annotated PGN version: [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "0:57:33-0:50:33"] [Date "2016.03.28"] [Round "14"] [White "Sergey Karjakin"] [Black "Fabiano Caruana"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B67"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2016.03.10"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 (11... Qxf6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Ndxb5) 12. f5 Qb6 (12... h5 13. Kb1 Qb6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Qf4) 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Bd3 h5 16. Kb1 b4 17. Ne2 Qc5 18. Rhf1 (18. e5 fxe5 19. Qg5 Be7 20. Qg7 Rf8 21. Rhf1 Rxf1 22. Rxf1 Bc6 23. Rf7 d5 24. Bg6 Kd8 25. Qxe5) 18... Bh6 19. Qe1 a5 20. b3 (20. Rxf6 Qe5 21. Rf3 Bg7 22. c3 a4 23. Rc1 a3 24. b3 bxc3) 20... Rg8 21. g3 Ke7 22. Bc4 Be3 23. Rf3 Rg4 24. Qf1 Rf8 25. Nf4 Bxf4 26. Rxf4 a4 (26... Bc6 27. Re1 a4) 27. bxa4 Bxa4 (27... Bc6 28. Qd3) 28. Qd3 Bc6 29. Bb3 Rg5 30. e5 Rxe5 (30... fxe5 31. Qh7+ Ke8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Rf1+ Ke8 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qf8+ Kd7 36. Rf7#) (30... dxe5 31. Rc4 Qb6 (31... Qd5 32. Qh7+) 32. Qd6+ Kf7 33. Qxc6) (30... Qxe5 31. Rc4 Bd7 32. Rc7) 31. Rc4 Rd5 32. Qe2 Qb6 (32... Rxd1+ 33. Qxd1 Qd5 34. Qc1 (34. Qxd5 Bxd5 35. Rxb4 Bf3) 34... Qh1) 33. Rh4 Re5 (33... Rxd1+ 34. Qxd1 Qe3 35. Qxh5) 34. Qd3 Bg2 35. Rd4 d5 ( 35... Rd8 36. Qh7+ Ke8 (36... Kf8) 37. Qg8+ Kd7 38. Rxd6+ Qxd6 39. Rxd6+ Kxd6 40. Qxd8+) 36. Qd2 Re4 37. Rxd5 (37. Qxg2 Rxd4) 37... exd5 38. Qxd5 Qc7 (38... Rd4 39. Qxd4 Qxd4 40. Rxd4 Rb8) 39. Qf5 Rf7 (39... Qe5 40. Qd7#) 40. Bxf7 Qe5 41. Rd7+ 1-0 Thumbnail: Caruana vs Karjakin 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 Karjakin By Andreas Kontokanis from Piraeus, Greece (Karjakin Sergey) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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