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Fabiano Caruana's Chess games - Berg , Vallegjo-Pons , Anish Giri (Chessworld.net)

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Kingscrusher Radio Show 27th March 2012 â–ºPlaylists: http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/playlistvideosstructure.asp â–ºKingscrusher's Greatest Hit Videos! : http://tinyurl.com/6vvx6qe â–ºPlay... (Show Full Description)
Kingscrusher Radio Show 27th March 2012 â–ºPlaylists: http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/playlistvideosstructure.asp â–ºKingscrusher's Greatest Hit Videos! : http://tinyurl.com/6vvx6qe â–ºPlay FREE online chess at http://osk03.chesshorsey.com [Event "2008 Olympiad"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "2008.11.20"] [EventDate "2008.11.13"] [Round "7"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Fabiano Caruana"] [Black "Emanuel Berg"] [ECO "C10"] [WhiteElo "2640"] [BlackElo "2623"] [PlyCount "55"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Ne5 Rfd8 14. Kh1 Be7 15. Rde1 h6 16. Bh4 Nd5 17. Bg3 Bd6 18. Qe4 Nf6 19. Qh4 Nd7 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Rxe6 Nc5 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. Qf4+ Ke7 24. Re1+ Kd7 25. Bb5+ Bc6 26. Qf5+ Ne6 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 28. Rxe6 1-0 [Event "18th Pamplona International"] [Site "Pamplona ESP"] [Date "2008.12.24"] [EventDate "2008.12.22"] [Round "3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Fabiano Caruana"] [Black "Francisco Vallejo-Pons"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2640"] [BlackElo "2664"] [PlyCount "79"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 h5 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. h3 Qc7 12. Bd3 h4 13. f4 b5 14. Rhe1 O-O 15. g4 hxg3 16. Rg1 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ne5 18. Nd4 Qc5 19. Be3 b4 20. Na4 Qa5 21. b3 Bd7 22. Kb1 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Nh5 24. Qe2 g6 25. Rdf1 Bxa4 26. bxa4 Qxa4 27. Nb3 Qb5 28. Rf5 gxf5 29. Nd4 Qe5 30. Nc6 Nf4 31. Bxf4 Qxf4 32. Nxe7+ Kh7 33. Nxf5 Kg6 34. Ne7+ Kh7 35. Nf5 Kg6 36. Rf1 Qg5 37. h4 Qf6 38. Qg4+ Kh7 39. Qh5+ Kg8 40. Nh6+ 1-0 [Event "Tata Steel"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2012.01.27"] [EventDate "2012.01.14"] [Round "11"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Fabiano Caruana"] [Black "Anish Giri"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2714"] [PlyCount "81"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Ne5 Bg7 8. f4 a5 9. Be2 Qc7 10. O-O h5 11. h3 Bf5 12. Bd2 Nbd7 13. Bf3 h4 14. Qe1 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Be2 f6 17. Bxa5 Rxa5 18. Nxc6 Ra8 19. Bxb5 Be6 20. a4 f5 21. Qd2 Bf6 22. d5 Bf7 23. Rac1 Kf8 24. b4 Qc8 25. d6 exd6 26. cxd6 Qe8 27. Ne7 Be6 28. Rc7 Rh7 29. Nd5 Bd8 30. Rb7 Rc8 31. a5 Kg7 32. a6 Kh6 33. a7 Qf8 34. Ne7 Nb6 35. Qf2 Rf7 36. Qxh4+ Kg7 37. Qg5 Bd5 38. Qxg6+ Kh8 39. Qh5+ Kg7 40. Nxf5+ Kg8 41. Ne7+ 1-0 [Event "Reykjavik Open"] [Site "Reykjavik ISL"] [Date "2012.03.06"] [EventDate "2012.03.06"] [Round "1"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Christin Andersson"] [Black "Fabiano Caruana"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2102"] [BlackElo "2767"] [PlyCount "88"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. O-O g6 8. Bg5 Bg7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Re1 h6 11. Bh4 e5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nb3 Be6 14. Qd3 Qc7 15. Rad1 Rd8 16. Qa6 O-O 17. Rd3 Rb8 18. Red1 Be7 19. R3d2 Rfd8 20. Qd3 Bg5 21. Re2 Bg4 22. f3 Bc8 23. Kh1 Rb6 24. Nb1 Ba6 25. c4 d5 26. Qc3 dxc4 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. N3d2 Qd3 29. Re1 Qxc3 30. bxc3 Rb2 31. Rd1 Rxa2 32. g3 Bb5 33. f4 exf4 34. Nf3 fxg3 35. hxg3 Ba4 36. Re1 Ra1 37. Nxg5 hxg5 38. Rg1 Bc2 39. Nd2 Rxg1+ 40. Kxg1 Bd3 41. Kf2 a5 42. Ke1 a4 43. Kd1 a3 44. Kc1 g4 0-1 [Event "Reykjavik Open"] [Site "Reykjavik ISL"] [Date "2012.03.07"] [EventDate "2012.03.06"] [Round "2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Fabiano Caruana"] [Black "Sigurdur Dadi Sigfusson"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2346"] [PlyCount "99"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. c3 bxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Re1 Nd7 15. d4 Bf6 16. Ba3 Qe7 17. Rb1 Qf7 18. Qe2 g5 19. h3 Kh8 20. Nf1 Qg6 21. d5 exd5 22. exd5 Bd8 23. Ne3 Rf4 24. c4 Nb6 25. c5 Nxa4 26. Qd2 Nc4 27. Nxc4 Rxc4 28. Rbc1 Rxc1 29. Qxc1 e4 30. cxd6 cxd6 31. Nd2 Ba5 32. Qc4 Kg8 33. Qxa4 Bxd2 34. Rxe4 Bf4 35. g3 Be5 36. Bc1 Kh8 37. Be3 Qf7 38. Qc4 h6 39. h4 Qf5 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Bxg5 Rc8 42. Qe2 Rc7 43. f4 Rc3 44. Kg2 Bg7 45. Re8+ Bf8 46. Qb2 Qc2+ 47. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 48. Kf3 Kg7 49. Ra8 Ra2 50. Ke4 1-0 â–ºSubscribe for my regular chess videos: http://goo.gl/zpktUK â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq Thumbnail 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

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