“It was the occasion that a Junior on a top board in a chess tournament struck fear in all his opponents, this boy strikes fear in
those Juniors” – Chess Club Live
Fabiano Caruana's Best Games 81
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9 43...Kf6-g7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
43...Bb6-a5 44.Re1-e5 Nd6-b7
45.Kg2-f3 Ba5-b4 46.Re5-e2 Bb4-c5 47.Re2-c2 Bc5-b6 48.Rc2-c6+ Kf6-g7 49.Bd3-e4 Nb7-d8 50.Rc6-d6 Nd8-e6 51.Be4-d5 Ne6-c5 52.Bd5-c6 Nc5-b3 53.Rd6-d7 Nb3-c5 54.Rd7-d1 Bb6-a5 55.Rd1-d6 Ba5-c3 2.25/21 ] 44.Kg2-f3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44.Re1-e5
Kg7-f6 45.Kg2-f3 Bb6-a5 46.h2-h3 Ba5-c3 47.Re5-e3 Bc3-d4 48.Re3-e2 Kf6-g7 49.g3-g4 h5xg4+ 50.h3xg4 Kg7-f8 51.g4-g5 Kf8-g7 52.Re2-e1 Kg7-f8 53.Re1-e2 Kf8-g7 2.23/22 ] 44...Kg7-f6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
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42...Ke7-f6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
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46.Re1-e2 Bd4-f6 47.g3-g4 h5xg4+
48.h3xg4 Bf6-c3 49.Re2-c2 Bc3-d4 50.Rc2-h2 Kf8-e7 51.Rh2-h1 Ke7-f8 52.Rh1-e1 Bd4-b6 53.g4-g5 Bb6-a5 54.Re1-e2 Ba5-b4 55.Re2-c2 Bb4-a5 56.Kf3-g4 Ba5-b6 57.Rc2-e2 Bb6-c5 58.f4-f5 g6xf5+ 59.Bd3xf5 Bc5-b6 60.Bf5-d3 Bb6-d4 61.Kg4-f3 Bd4-b6 62.Kf3-f4 Bb6-d4 63.Re2-c2 Kf8-e7 64.Rc2-c7+ 2.22/21 ] 45.Re1-e5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 45.h2-h3
Bb6-a5 46.Re1-e2 Kf6-g7 47.Re2-e7 Ba5-b6 48.Re7-e5 Nd6-b7 49.g3-g4 42...Ke7-d7 43.f2-f4 Bb6-d4 44.Kg2-f3
Bd4-c3 45.Re1-c1 Bc3-b2 46.Rc1-c2 Bb2-d4 47.Bd3-c4 Bd4-b6 48.Rc2-c1 Bb6-a5 49.Bc4-d3 Ba5-b6 50.Bd3-e4 Kd7-d8 51.Rc1-d1 Kd8-c7 52.Be4-d5 Bb6-a5 53.Rd1-c1+ Kc7-d8 54.Bd5-c6 Kd8-e7 55.h2-h3 Nd6-f5 56.g3-g4 h5xg4+ 57.h3xg4 Nf5-d4+ 58.Kf3-e4 Ba5-b6 2.06/22 ] 43.f2-f4 [Houdini 2.
0c Pro x64: 43.f2-f4 Bb6-d4 44.Kg2-f3 Bd4-c3 45.Re1-e2 Bc3-d4 46.h2-h3 Kf6-g7 47.g3-g4 h5xg4+ 48.h3xg4 Kg7-f8 49.g4-g5 Kf8-g7 50.Re2-e7
h5xg4+ 50.h3xg4 Kg7-f8 51.g4-g5 Bb6-c7 52.Re5-d5 Nb7-d6 53.f4-f5 g6xf5 54.Bd3xf5 f7-f6 55.Bf5-c2 f6xg5 56.Rd5xg5 Bc7-b6 57.Rg5-h5 Kf8-e7 58.Rh5-h7+ Ke7-f6
59.Rh7-h6+ 2.22/22 ] 45...Bb6-g1 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 45...Bb6-a5 46.h2-h3 Ba5-c3 47.Re5-e3 Bc3-d4 48.Re3-e2 Kf6-g7 49.g3-g4 h5xg4+
50.h3xg4 Kg7-f8 51.g4-g5 Bd4-c5 52.f4-f5 g6xf5 53.Re2-e5 Bc5-a3 54.Bd3xf5 Ba3-b2 55.Re5-c5 Bb2-a3 56.Rc5-d5 Kf8-g7 57.Bf5-b1 2.29/21 ]
46.h2-h3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
46.h2-h3 Bg1-b6 47.g3-g4 h5xg4+
48.h3xg4 Kf6-g7 49.g4-g5 Kg7-f8 50.f4-f5 g6xf5 51.Bd3xf5 Bb6-a5 52.Bf5-d3 Nd6-b7 53.Re5-e2 Ba5-b6 54.Kf3-f4 Bb6-d4 55.Kf4-g4 Nb7-d6 56.Kg4-f3 Bd4-b6 57.Kf3-f4 Bb6-d4 58.Re2-c2 Kf8-e7 59.Rc2-c7+ Ke7-d8 60.Rc7-c1 Kd8-e7 61.Bd3-e2 Ke7-d7 62.Be2-g4+ Kd7-e7 63.Rc1-e1+
Ke7-f8 2.37/22 ] 46...Bg1-b6
[ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 46...Nd6-b7 47.g3-g4 h5xg4+ 48.h3xg4 Kf6-g7 49.g4-g5 Kg7-f8 50.f4-f5 g6xf5
51.Bd3xf5 Bg1-d4 52.Re5-d5 Bd4-b6 53.Rd5-d1 Nb7-c5 54.Kf3-g4 Nc5-b7 55.Rd1-d2 Nb7-a5 56.Rd2-e2 Na5-c4 57.Bf5-d3 Nc4-d6 58.Kg4-f4 Bb6-d4 59.Re2-c2 Kf8-e7 60.Rc2-c7+ Ke7-d8 61.Rc7-c1 Kd8-e7 62.Bd3-e2 Nd6-e8 63.Rc1-c6 2.47/21 ] 47.g3-g4
[ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 47.g3-g4 h5xg4+ 48.h3xg4 Kf6-g7 49.g4-g5 Kg7-f8 50.f4-f5 g6xf5 51.Bd3xf5 Bb6-a5 52.Bf5-d3 Nd6-b7 53.Re5-e2 Ba5-b6 54.Kf3-f4 Nb7-c5 55.Bd3-c4 Nc5-b7 56.Kf4-g4 Nb7-d6 57.Bc4-d3 Bb6-c5 58.Re2-c2 Bc5-d4 59.Kg4-f4 Kf8-e7 60.Rc2-c7+ Ke7-d8 61.Rc7-c1 Kd8-e7 62.Bd3-e2 Ke7-d7
63.Be2-g4+ Kd7-e7 64.Rc1-e1+
Ke7-f8 2.37/23 ] 47...h5xg4+
[ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 47...h5xg4+
48.h3xg4 Kf6-g7 49.g4-g5 Kg7-f8 50.f4-f5 g6xf5 51.Bd3xf5 Bb6-a5 52.Bf5-d3 Nd6-b7 53.Re5-e2 Ba5-b6 54.Kf3-f4 Nb7-c5 55.Bd3-c4 Nc5-b7 56.Kf4-g4 Nb7-d6 57.Bc4-d3 Bb6-c5 58.Re2-c2 Bc5-d4 59.Kg4-f4 Kf8-e7 60.Rc2-c7+ Ke7-d8 61.Rc7-c1 Kd8-e7 62.Bd3-e2 Ke7-d7 63.Be2-g4+
Kd7-e7 64.Rc1-e1+ Ke7-f8 2.47/26 ] 48.h3xg4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
48.h3xg4 Kf6-g7 49.g4-g5 Kg7-f8 50.f4-f5 g6xf5 51.Bd3xf5 Bb6-a5
52.Bf5-d3 Nd6-b7 53.Re5-e2 Ba5-b6 54.Kf3-f4 Nb7-c5 55.Bd3-c4 Nc5-b7 56.Kf4-g4 Nb7-d6 57.Bc4-d3 Bb6-c5 58.Re2-c2 Bc5-d4 59.Kg4-f4 Kf8-e7 60.Bd3-e2 Bd4-b6 61.Kf4-e5 Nd6-e8 62.Rc2-c6 Bb6-c7+ 63.Ke5-e4 Bc7-b6 64.Ke4-d5 Ne8-c7+ 65.Kd5-e5
Nc7-e6 66.g5-g6 Bb6-c7+ 67.Ke5-d5 Bc7-b6 2.32/26 ] 48...Kf6-g7
[ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 48...Kf6-g7 49.g4-g5 Bb6-d8 50.Re5-d5 Bd8-c7 51.Rd5-c5 Bc7-b8 52.Kf3-e3 Kg7-f8 53.f4-f5 g6xf5 54.Bd3xf5 Kf8-e8 55.Bf5-d3 Ke8-e7 56.Ke3-f3 Ke7-e6 57.Bd3-c2 Ke6-e7 58.Bc2-b1 Ke7-d7 59.Bb1-f5+ Kd7-d8 60.Bf5-d3 Bb8-c7 61.Rc5-c2 Bc7-b6 62.Kf3-f4 Bb6-c7 63.Kf4-g4 Kd8-d7 64.Bd3-f1 Bc7-b6 65.Bf1-g2 Kd7-e7 66.Bg2-c6 Ke7-f8 67.Rc2-h2 Kf8-g7 68.Rh2-h6 Nd6-c4 69.Kg4-f5 Bb6-c7 70.Rh6-f6 Nc4-e3+
71.Kf5-e4 2.41/24 ] 49.Re5-d5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 49.g4-g5 Kg7-f8 50.f4-f5 g6xf5 51.Bd3xf5 Bb6-a5 52.Bf5-d3 Nd6-b7 53.Re5-e2 Ba5-b6 54.Kf3-f4 Nb7-c5 55.Bd3-c4 Nc5-b7 56.Kf4-g4 Nb7-d6 57.Bc4-d3 Bb6-g1 58.Re2-e5 Bg1-b6 59.Kg4-f3 Bb6-d8 60.Re5-e2 Nd6-b7 61.Re2-c2 Bd8-b6 62.Kf3-g4 Nb7-c5 63.Bd3-c4 Nc5-b7 64.Kg4-f4 Kf8-g7 65.Kf4-e5 Bb6-c7+ 66.Ke5-d5 Bc7-f4 67.Rc2-a2 Bf4-e3 68.Ra2-a6 Be3-b6 2.37/22 ] 49...Bb6-c7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
49...Bb6-c7 50.Rd5-c5 Bc7-b8
51.Bd3-b1 Kg7-f6 52.g4-g5+ Kf6-e7 53.f4-f5 g6xf5 54.Bb1xf5 Ke7-d8 55.Bf5-d3 Bb8-c7 56.Rc5-c2 Bc7-b6 57.Kf3-f4 Bb6-c7 58.Kf4-g4 Kd8-d7 59.Bd3-f1 Bc7-b6 60.Bf1-g2 Kd7-e7 61.Bg2-c6 Ke7-f8 62.Rc2-h2 Kf8-g7 63.Rh2-h6 Nd6-c4 64.Kg4-f5 Bb6-c7 65.Rh6-f6 Nc4-e3+ 66.Kf5-e4 2.41/23 ] 50.Rd5-c5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
50.Rd5-c5 Bc7-b8 51.Bd3-b1 Kg7-f6
52.g4-g5+ Kf6-e7 53.f4-f5 g6xf5 54.Bb1xf5 Ke7-d8 55.Bf5-d3 Bb8-c7 56.Rc5-c2 Bc7-b6 57.Kf3-f4 Bb6-c7 58.Kf4-g4 Kd8-d7 59.Bd3-f1 Bc7-b6 60.Bf1-g2 Kd7-e7 61.Bg2-c6 Ke7-f8 62.Rc2-h2 Kf8-g7 63.Rh2-h6 Nd6-c4 64.Kg4-f5 Bb6-c7 65.Rh6-f6 Nc4-e3+
66.Kf5-e4 2.32/21 ] 50...Bc7-b6 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 50...Bc7-b8 51.Bd3-b1 Kg7-f6 52.g4-g5+ Kf6-e7 53.f4-f5 g6xf5 54.Bb1xf5 Ke7-d8 55.Bf5-d3 Bb8-c7 56.Rc5-c2 Bc7-b6 57.Kf3-f4 Bb6-c7 58.Kf4-g4 Kd8-d7 59.Bd3-f1 Bc7-b6 60.Bf1-g2 Kd7-e7 61.Bg2-c6 Ke7-f8 62.Rc2-h2 Kf8-g7 63.Rh2-h6 Nd6-c4 64.Kg4-f5 Bb6-c7 65.Rh6-f6 Nc4-e3+ 66.Kf5-e4 2.41/22 ] 51.Rc5-c6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
51.Rc5-c6 Nd6-b7 52.g4-g5 Kg7-f8 53.Kf3-g4 Kf8-e7 54.f4-f5 g6xf5+
55.Kg4xf5 Nb7-c5 56.Bd3-c4 Nc5-b7 57.Bc4-f1 Nb7-c5 58.Rc6-f6 Nc5-b7 59.Bf1-d3 Bb6-d4 60.Rf6-a6
Nb7-d6+ 2.41/24 ] 51...Nd6-e8 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 51...Nd6-b7 52.g4-g5 Kg7-f8 53.Kf3-g4 Kf8-e7 54.f4-f5 g6xf5+ 55.Kg4xf5 Nb7-c5 56.Bd3-c4 Nc5-b7 57.Bc4-f1 Bb6-a5 58.Bf1-e2 Nb7-d6+ 59.Kf5-e5 Nd6-e8 60.Be2-d3 Ne8-c7 61.Bd3-c4 Nc7-e8 62.Ke5-d5 Ba5-c7 63.g5-g6 Bc7-b6 64.g6xf7 Ke7xf7 2.48/21 ] 52.g4-g5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 52.g4-g5 Kg7-f8 53.Kf3-e4 Kf8-e7 54.f4-f5 g6xf5+ 55.Ke4xf5 Bb6-a5 56.Rc6-c2 Ke7-f8 57.Kf5-e4 Ba5-d8 58.Rc2-c6 Ne8-g7 59.Bd3-c4 Ng7-e8 60.Bc4-e2 Kf8-e7 61.Rc6-h6 Ne8-g7 62.Be2-g4 Bd8-b6 63.Rh6-h7 Ng7-e6 64.Bg4xe6 Ke7xe6 65.Rh7-h6+ Ke6-e7 66.Ke4-f5 Bb6-c7 67.Rh6-h7 Bc7-b6 68.g5-g6 2.44/23 ] 52...Kg7-f8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 52...Kg7-f8 53.Kf3-e4 Kf8-e7 54.f4-f5 g6xf5+ 55.Ke4xf5 Bb6-a5 56.Rc6-c2 Ke7-f8 57.Kf5-e4 Ba5-d8
58.Rc2-c6 Ne8-g7 59.Bd3-c4 Ng7-e8 60.Bc4-e2 Kf8-e7 61.Rc6-h6 Ne8-g7 62.Be2-g4 Bd8-b6 63.Rh6-h7 Ng7-e6 64.Bg4xe6 Ke7xe6 65.Rh7-h6+
Ke6-e7 66.Ke4-f5 Bb6-c7 67.Rh6-h7 Bc7-b6 68.g5-g6 2.53/23 ] 53.Kf3-e4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 53.Kf3-e4 Kf8-e7 54.f4-f5 g6xf5+ 55.Ke4xf5 Bb6-a5 56.Rc6-c2 Ke7-f8 57.Kf5-e4 Ba5-d8 58.Rc2-c6 Ne8-g7 59.Bd3-c4 Ng7-e8 60.Bc4-e2 Kf8-e7 61.Rc6-h6 Ne8-g7 62.Be2-g4 Bd8-b6 63.Rh6-h7 Ng7-e6 64.Bg4xe6 Ke7xe6
65.Rh7-h6+ Ke6-e7 66.Ke4-f5 Bb6-c7 67.Rh6-h7 Bc7-b6 68.g5-g6 2.44/22 ] 53...Kf8-e7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
53...Ne8-g7 54.Bd3-c4 Ng7-e8 55.f4-f5 g6xf5+ 56.Ke4xf5 Kf8-e7 57.Bc4-d3 Bb6-a5 58.Rc6-c2 Ne8-d6+
59.Kf5-e5 Nd6-e8 60.Rc2-e2 Ke7-f8 61.Ke5-e4 Kf8-g7 62.Ke4-f3 Kg7-f8 63.Re2-h2 Ne8-d6 64.Rh2-h6 Ba5-c7 65.Rh6-h7 Bc7-b6 66.Bd3-f1 Bb6-d4 67.Kf3-f4 Kf8-e7 68.g5-g6 Ke7-f8 69.g6xf7 Nd6xf7 2.52/20 ] 54.Rc6-c2 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 54.f4-f5 g6xf5+
55.Ke4xf5 Bb6-a5 56.Rc6-c2 Ne8-d6+
57.Kf5-e5 Nd6-e8 58.Rc2-e2 Ke7-f8 59.Ke5-e4 Kf8-g7 60.Ke4-f3 Kg7-f8 61.Re2-h2 Ne8-d6 62.Rh2-h6 Ba5-c7 63.Rh6-h7 Bc7-b6 64.Bd3-f1 Bb6-c5 65.Kf3-f4 Bc5-d4 66.Bf1-d3 Kf8-e7 67.g5-g6 Ke7-f8 68.g6xf7 Bd4-g7 69.Kf4-g4 Nd6xf7 70.Kg4-f5 Bg7-c3 71.Bd3-e2 Bc3-d4 72.Rh7-h4 Bd4-b6 73.Be2-f1 Kf8-g7 74.Rh4-g4+ Kg7-f8 75.Kf5-e6 2.43/20 ] 54...Ne8-c7
[ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 54...Ne8-g7 55.Rc2-c8 Ng7-e6 56.Bd3-c4 Ne6-c5+
57.Ke4-e5 Nc5-b7 58.f4-f5 g6xf5 59.Bc4-d3 Nb7-d6 60.Rc8-c6 Bb6-d8 61.Ke5-d5 Nd6-e8 62.Bd3xf5 Ne8-c7+
63.Kd5-c5 Nc7-e8 64.g5-g6 f7xg6 65.Rc6xg6 Ke7-f7 66.Rg6-h6 Ne8-f6 67.Kc5-d6 Bd8-b6 68.Bf5-e6+ Kf7-g7
2.30/21 ] 55.Bd3-c4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 55.f4-f5 g6xf5+ 56.Ke4xf5
Nc7-e8 57.Rc2-e2+ Ke7-f8 58.Re2-e1 Bb6-d4 59.Kf5-e4 Bd4-c3 60.Re1-e2 Bc3-a5 61.Re2-a2 Ba5-b6 62.Ra2-h2 Ne8-g7 63.Bd3-c4 Kf8-e7 64.Rh2-h7 Ng7-e6 65.Ke4-f5 Ne6-d4+ 66.Kf5-f4 Bb6-c7+ 67.Kf4-e4 Nd4-e6 68.Bc4xe6 Ke7xe6 69.Rh7-h6+ Ke6-e7 70.Ke4-f5 Bc7-d8 71.Rh6-h8 Bd8-a5 2.44/21 ] 55...Nc7-e8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
55...Nc7-e8 56.Bc4-f1 Ne8-c7
57.Rc2-c6 Nc7-e8 58.Bf1-d3 Ne8-c7 59.Ke4-e5 Bb6-a5 60.f4-f5 g6xf5 61.Bd3-c4 Nc7-e8 62.Ke5xf5 Ba5-c7 63.Bc4-d3 Ne8-d6+ 64.Kf5-e5
Nd6-e8+ 65.Ke5-d4 Bc7-b6+
66.Kd4-e4 Ne8-c7 67.Bd3-c4 Nc7-e8 68.Ke4-d5 Bb6-a5 69.Kd5-d4
Ba5-b6+ 70.Kd4-e5 Bb6-a5
71.Ke5-e4 Ba5-b6 72.Ke4-d5 2.42/21 ] 56.Ke4-d5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
56.Bc4-f1 Ne8-c7 57.Rc2-c6 Nc7-e8 58.Bf1-d3 Ne8-c7 59.Ke4-e5 Bb6-a5 60.f4-f5 g6xf5 61.Bd3-c4 Nc7-e8 62.Ke5xf5 Ba5-c7 63.Kf5-g4 Bc7-b6 64.Kg4-f4 Bb6-c7+ 65.Kf4-f3 Bc7-b6 66.Kf3-e4 Bb6-a5 67.Ke4-d4 Ba5-c7 68.Bc4-d3 Bc7-b6+ 69.Kd4-e4 Ne8-c7 70.Bd3-c4 Nc7-e8 71.Ke4-d5 Bb6-c7 72.Kd5-d4 Bc7-b6+ 73.Kd4-e4
Bb6-a5 2.34/19 ] 56...Ke7-d7
[ 56...Ne8-g7 57.Rc2-h2+- ;Houdini 2.
0c Pro x64: 56...Ne8-g7 57.Rc2-h2 Ng7-f5 58.Bc4-d3 Nf5-g7 59.Rh2-h7 Ng7-e6 60.Kd5-e4 Ne6-c5+
61.Ke4-e3 Nc5-e6+ 62.Ke3-f3 Ke7-f8 63.Rh7-h8+ Kf8-e7 64.Rh8-h1 Ke7-f8 65.Kf3-g4 Ne6-d4 66.Rh1-h8+ Kf8-g7 67.Rh8-e8 f7-f5+ 68.g5xf6+ Kg7xf6 69.Re8-f8+ Kf6-g7 70.Rf8-c8 Kg7-f6 71.Rc8-f8+ Kf6-g7 1.98/21 ] 57.Rc2-h2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 57.Rc2-h2
Ne8-d6 58.Bc4-d3 Nd6-c8 59.Rh2-h7 Kd7-e8 60.f4-f5 Nc8-e7+ 61.Kd5-d6
Ne7-c8+ 62.Kd6-e5 Bb6-c7+
63.Ke5-d4 Bc7-b6+ 64.Kd4-c3 Nc8-e7 65.Bd3-c4 Ne7xf5 66.Bc4xf7+ Ke8-f8 67.Bf7xg6 Nf5-g7 68.Bg6-d3 Kf8-f7 69.Kc3-c4 Bb6-e3 70.g5-g6+ Kf7-f6 71.Kc4-d5 Be3-f4 72.Bd3-c2 Bf4-c7 73.Bc2-b1 Bc7-f4 74.Rh7-h8 Bf4-c7 75.Rh8-f8+ Kf6-g5 3.99/21 ]
57...Bb6-e3 [ 57...Ne8-d6 is still a small chance 58.Bc4-d3 Bb6-e3+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 57...Ne8-d6 58.Bc4-d3 Bb6-e3 59.Kd5-e5 Be3-c5 60.Rh2-h7 Kd7-e8 61.Ke5-d5 Bc5-b4 62.Rh7-h8+ Ke8-d7 63.f4-f5 g6xf5 64.Rh8-a8 Kd7-c7 65.Ra8xa7+
Nd6-b7 66.Ra7-a6 Bb4-d2 67.g5-g6 f7xg6 68.Ra6xg6 Nb7-a5 69.Bd3xf5 Bd2-e3 70.Bf5-c2 Kc7-b7 71.Rg6-f6 Be3-a7 72.Rf6-e6 Kb7-c7 73.Re6-h6 Kc7-b7 3.74/19 ] 58.b5-b6! Deflection:
e8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 58.b5-b6 Ne8-d6 59.f4-f5 g6xf5 60.b6-b7
Nd6xb7 61.g5-g6 f7xg6 62.Rh2-h7+
Kd7-d8 63.Rh7xb7 a7-a5 64.Rb7-g7 g6-g5 65.Kd5-e6 Kd8-c8 66.Ke6xf5 Kc8-b8 67.Bc4-e6 Be3-f4 68.Be6-d5 Bf4-d2 69.Rg7-e7 Kb8-c8 70.Bd5-c6 Bd2-f4 71.Re7-a7 Bf4-d2 72.Bc6-d5 Kc8-b8 73.Ra7-e7 Kb8-c8 4.53/19 ] 58...Ne8-d6 [ 58...a7xb6 59.Bc4-b5+
Deflection ; 58...Be3xb6 59.Bc4-b5+
A) 59...Kd7-c8 60.Rh2-c2+
Decoy Double attack ( 60.Bb5xe8
Deflection ); B) 59...Kd7-d8 60.Rh2-h8 Combination ; C) 59...Kd7-e7
60.Rh2-e2+ Decoy Double attack ; D) 59...Kd7-c7 60.Rh2-c2+ Decoy Double attack ( 60.Bb5xe8 Deflection );
Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 58...Ne8-d6 59.f4-f5 g6xf5 60.b6-b7 Nd6xb7 61.g5-g6 f7xg6 62.Rh2-h7+ Kd7-d8 63.Rh7xb7 a7-a5 64.Rb7-g7 g6-g5 65.Kd5-e6 Kd8-c8 66.Ke6xf5 Kc8-b8 67.Bc4-e6 Be3-f4 68.Be6-d5 Kb8-c8 69.Bd5-b7+ Kc8-b8 70.Bb7-c6 Bf4-e3
71.Kf5-e4 Be3-d2 72.Rg7-d7 Bd2-f4 73.Rd7-b7+ Kb8-c8 74.Rb7-a7 Bf4-b8 75.Ra7xa5 g5-g4 76.Ra5-a1 g4-g3 4.60/20 ] 59.b6xa7 [ 59.f4-f5!?
might be the shorter path g6xf5
60.g5-g6 Nd6xc4+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 59.f4-f5 g6xf5 60.b6-b7 Nd6xb7 61.g5-g6 f7xg6 62.Rh2-h7+ Kd7-d8 63.Rh7xb7 a7-a5 64.Rb7-g7 g6-g5 65.Kd5-e6 a5-a4 66.Ke6xf5 a4-a3 67.Kf5-e4 Be3-d2 68.Ke4-d3 Bd2-f4 69.Kd3-c2 Kd8-e8 70.Kc2-b3 Bf4-c1 71.Kb3-a2 Ke8-f8 72.Rg7-h7 Bc1-b2 73.Bc4-e6 Kf8-e8 74.Rh7-b7 Ke8-f8 75.Rb7-d7 Kf8-e8 76.Be6-g4 Ke8-f8 77.Bg4-h5 Bb2-c1 78.Rd7-f7+ Kf8-g8 79.Rf7-e7 Bc1-b2 80.Bh5-f3 Kg8-f8 4.43/19 ] 59...Be3xa7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 59...Be3xa7 60.Bc4-d3
Ba7-e3 61.Kd5-e5 Be3-c5 62.Rh2-h7 Kd7-e8 63.Ke5-d5 Bc5-b4 64.Rh7-h4 Nd6-c8 65.Rh4-h8+ Ke8-d7
66.Bd3-b5+ Kd7-c7 67.Rh8-h7
Nc8-d6 68.f4-f5 Nd6xf5 69.Rh7xf7+
Kc7-d8 70.Rf7-d7+ Kd8-c8 71.Kd5-e6 Bb4-e1 72.Bb5-a6+ Kc8-b8
73.Rd7-b7+ Kb8-a8 74.Rb7-h7 Nf5-h4 75.Ba6-d3 Ka8-b8 76.Ke6-e5
Be1-g3+ 77.Ke5-f6 Bg3-e1 78.Bd3-e4 Be1-f2 79.Kf6-e5 Bf2-g3+ 80.Ke5-e6 Kb8-c8 81.Ke6-f6 Kc8-d8 82.Be4xg6 Nh4xg6 83.Kf6xg6 Kd8-e8 84.Kg6-f5 Ke8-f8 85.g5-g6 Kf8-g8 3.19/24 ] 60.Bc4-d3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
60.Bc4-d3 Ba7-e3 61.Kd5-e5 Be3-c5 62.Rh2-h7 Kd7-e8 63.Ke5-d5 Bc5-b4 64.Rh7-h4 Nd6-c8 65.Rh4-h8+
Ke8-d7 66.Bd3-b5+ Kd7-c7
67.Rh8-h7 Nc8-d6 68.f4-f5 Nd6xf5 69.Rh7xf7+ Kc7-d8 70.Rf7-d7+
Kd8-c8 71.Kd5-e6 Bb4-e1 72.Bb5-a6+
Kc8-b8 73.Rd7-b7+ Kb8-a8
74.Rb7-h7 Nf5-h4 75.Ba6-d3 Ka8-b8 76.Ke6-e5 Be1-g3+ 77.Ke5-f6 Bg3-e1 78.Bd3-e4 Be1-f2 79.Kf6-e5 Kb8-c8
80.Ke5-f4 Kc8-d8 81.Kf4-g4 Bf2-e1 82.Rh7xh4 Be1xh4 83.Kg4xh4
3.16/23 ] 60...Ba7-e3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 60...Ba7-e3 61.Kd5-e5
Be3-c5 62.Rh2-h7 Kd7-e8 63.Ke5-d5 Bc5-b4 64.Rh7-h4 Nd6-c8
65.Rh4-h8+ Ke8-d7 66.Bd3-b5+
Kd7-c7 67.Rh8-h7 Nc8-d6 68.f4-f5 Nd6xf5 69.Rh7xf7+ Kc7-d8
70.Rf7-d7+ Kd8-c8 71.Kd5-e6 Bb4-e1 72.Bb5-a6+ Kc8-b8 73.Rd7-b7+
Kb8-a8 74.Rb7-h7 Nf5-h4 75.Ba6-d3 Ka8-b8 76.Ke6-e5 Be1-g3+ 77.Ke5-f6 Bg3-e1 78.Bd3-e4 Be1-f2 79.Kf6-e5 Kb8-c8 80.Ke5-f4 Kc8-d8 81.Kf4-g4 Bf2-e1 82.Rh7xh4 Be1xh4
83.Kg4xh4 3.24/23 ] 61.Kd5-e5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 61.Kd5-e5 Be3-c5 62.Rh2-h7 Kd7-e8 63.Ke5-d5 Bc5-b4 64.Rh7-h4 Nd6-c8
65.Rh4-h8+ Ke8-d7 66.Bd3-b5+
Kd7-c7 67.Rh8-h7 Nc8-d6 68.f4-f5 Nd6xf5 69.Rh7xf7+ Kc7-d8
70.Rf7-d7+ Kd8-c8 71.Kd5-e6 Bb4-e1 72.Bb5-a6+ Kc8-b8 73.Rd7-b7+
Kb8-a8 74.Rb7-h7 Nf5-h4 75.Ba6-d3 Ka8-b8 76.Bd3-e4 Kb8-c8 77.Ke6-e5 Be1-c3+ 78.Ke5-d6 Bc3-b4+
79.Kd6-e6 Bb4-e1 80.Ke6-e5 3.09/22 ] 61...Kd7-e7 [ 61...Be3-c1 cannot undo what has already been done 62.Rh2-c2 Bc1-e3 63.Bd3-f1+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 61...Be3-c5 62.Rh2-h7 Kd7-e8 63.Ke5-d5 Bc5-b4 64.Rh7-h4 Nd6-c8 65.Rh4-h8+ Ke8-d7 66.Bd3-b5+
Kd7-c7 67.Rh8-h7 Nc8-d6 68.f4-f5 Nd6xf5 69.Rh7xf7+ Kc7-d8 70.Bb5-d3 Kd8-e8 71.Rf7-b7 Bb4-c3 72.Bd3xf5 g6xf5 73.Kd5-e6 Ke8-f8 74.Rb7-b8+
Kf8-g7 75.Ke6xf5 Bc3-a1 76.Rb8-b7+
Kg7-f8 77.g5-g6 Ba1-d4 78.Rb7-c7 Bd4-g7 79.Kf5-e6 Bg7-b2 80.Rc7-d7 Bb2-c3 81.Rd7-d3 Bc3-b2 3.21/22 ] 62.Rh2-h7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
62.Rh2-h7 Ke7-f8 63.Ke5xd6 Be3xf4+
64.Kd6-c6 Kf8-g8 65.Rh7-h4 Bf4xg5 66.Rh4-d4 f7-f5 67.Rd4-d7 Bg5-c1 68.Bd3-c4+ Kg8-h8 69.Bc4-e6 Bc1-e3 70.Kc6-d5 Be3-f4 71.Rd7-b7 Bf4-d2 72.Kd5-d4 Bd2-a5 73.Rb7-d7 Ba5-d2 74.Kd4-e5 Bd2-c3+ 75.Ke5-d5 Bc3-f6
Bg5-f6 76.Bc4xf1 Kg6-g5 77.Bf1-d3 Bf6-d8 78.Rb6-b7 Kg5-f6 79.Bd3-c4 Kf6-g6 Diagram
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-vl-+-+0
76.Rd7-f7 Bf6-g7 77.Rf7-b7 Bg7-f6 78.Rb7-c7 Bf6-h4 79.Be6-f7 Kh8-g7 80.Bf7-e8+ Kg7-h6 81.Rc7-c6 Kh6-g5 82.Rc6xg6+ Kg5-f4 83.Kd5-e6 Kf4-e4 84.Rg6-h6 Bh4-g3 85.Be8-c6+ Ke4-f4 86.Rh6-h7 4.43/18 ] 62...Be3-c1
[ 62...Ke7-f8 does not save the day 63.Ke5xd6 Be3xf4+ 64.Kd6-c6+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 62...Ke7-f8
9+R+-+-+-0 9-+-+-+k+0 9+-+-+-+-0 9-+L+K+-+0 9+-+-+-+-0 9-+-+-+-+0
131
63.Ke5xd6 Be3xf4+ 64.Kd6-c6 Kf8-g8 65.Rh7-h4 Bf4xg5 66.Rh4-d4 f7-f5 67.Rd4-d7 Bg5-c1 68.Bd3-c4+ Kg8-h8 69.Bc4-e6 Bc1-e3 70.Kc6-d5 Be3-f4 71.Rd7-b7 Bf4-d2 72.Rb7-e7 Bd2-c3 73.Re7-d7 Bc3-f6 74.Rd7-f7 Bf6-g7 75.Rf7-b7 Bg7-f6 76.Rb7-c7 Bf6-h4 77.Be6-f7 Kh8-g7 78.Bf7-e8+ Kg7-h6 79.Rc7-c6 Kh6-g5 80.Rc6xg6+ Kg5-f4 81.Kd5-e6 Kf4-e4 82.Rg6-h6 Bh4-g3 83.Be8-c6+ Ke4-f4 84.Rh6-h7 4.50/19 ] 63.Bd3xg6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
63.Bd3xg6 Ke7-f8 64.Bg6-h5 Kf8-g8 65.Rh7-h6 Nd6-c4+ 66.Ke5-e4
Nc4-d2+ 67.Ke4-d5 Nd2-f1 68.Rh6-f6 Bc1-b2 69.Bh5xf7+ Kg8-g7 70.Rf6-b6 Bb2-c1 71.Rb6-b1 Bc1-d2 72.Rb1-b7 Bd2xf4 73.Kd5-e4 Bf4xg5 74.Bf7-c4+
Kg7-g6 75.Rb7-b6+ Bg5-f6 76.Bc4xf1 Kg6-g5 77.Bf1-d3 Bf6-d8 78.Rb6-b7 Kg5-f6 79.Bd3-c4 Kf6-g6 80.Rb7-b3 Bd8-c7 81.Rb3-b7 Bc7-d8
82.Rb7-b3 5.54/17 ] 63...Bc1-b2+
[ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 63...Ke7-f8 64.Bg6-h5 Kf8-g8 65.Rh7-h6 Nd6-c4+
66.Ke5-e4 Nc4-d2+ 67.Ke4-d5 Nd2-f1 68.Rh6-f6 Bc1-b2 69.Bh5xf7+ Kg8-g7 70.Rf6-b6 Bb2-c1 71.Rb6-b1 Bc1-d2 72.Rb1-b7 Bd2xf4 73.Kd5-e4 Bf4xg5 74.Bf7-c4+ Kg7-g6 75.Rb7-b6+
9+-+-+-+-0[
xiiiiiiiiy
80.Rb7-b3 Bd8-c7 81.Rb3-b7 Bc7-d8 82.Rb7-b3 5.60/18 ] 64.Ke5-d5
[ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 64.Ke5-d5 3.34/1 ] 64...Bb2-c1 [ 64...Ke7-f8 is the last straw 65.Bg6-d3 Nd6-e8+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 64...Ke7-f8
65.Bg6-h5 Kf8-g8 66.Rh7-h6 Nd6-b5 67.Rh6-b6 Nb5-c7+ 68.Kd5-d6
Bb2-c1 69.Kd6xc7 Bc1xf4+ 70.Kc7-c6 Bf4xg5 71.Rb6-b7 Kg8-g7 72.Kc6-d5 Kg7-h6 73.Bh5xf7 Bg5-d8 74.Rb7-d7 Bd8-h4 75.Kd5-e4 Kh6-g5 76.Rd7-d6 Bh4-g3 77.Rd6-g6+ Kg5-h4 78.Bf7-d5 Bg3-c7 79.Rg6-g7 5.76/19 ]
65.Bg6xf7! Diagram [ 65.Bg6xf7 Nd6xf7 66.g5-g6+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 65.Bg6xf7 Nd6xf7 66.g5-g6 Ke7-f6 67.g6xf7 Bc1-a3 68.Rh7-h3 Ba3-b4 69.Rh3-b3 Bb4-e7 70.Rb3-b8 Kf6xf7 71.Rb8-b7 Kf7-f8 72.Rb7xe7 Kf8xe7 73.Kd5-e5 Ke7-f7 74.Ke5-f5 Kf7-e7 75.Kf5-g6 Ke7-e8 76.f4-f5 Ke8-f8 77.Kg6-f6 Kf8-g8 78.Kf6-e7 Kg8-g7 79.f5-f6+ Kg7-g6 80.f6-f7 Kg6-f5 81.f7-f8Q+ Kf5-e4 82.Qf8-a8+
Ke4-d4 83.Ke7-e6 9.71/20 ]
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+-+0{
19.Nd2-b1 Nd7-f8 20.Qb3-c3 c6-c5 21.Qc3-b3 c5xd4 22.Rc1xc8 Qd8xc8 23.e3xd4 Bg7xd4 24.Nb1-c3
9+-+-mkL+R0 9-+-sn-+-+0 9+-+K+-zP-0 9-+-+-zP-+0 9+-+-+-+-0 9-+-+-+-+0 9+-vl-+-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
the logical end. . 1-0
13 2
Emms,J (2300)-Wells,P (2400)/
Hastings 1989/TD/1-0 (51) ;RR
9...Rf8-e8 10.a2-a4 a7-a6 11.Nb1-a3 d6-d5 12.b2-b4 Ra8-c8 13.Qd1-b3 e7-e6 14.Na3-b1 Nf6-e4 15.Rf1-d1 Qd8-e7 16.Nb1-d2 Nd7-f6 17.Bh2-e5 Ne4-d6 18.a4-a5 b6-b5 19.Qb3-c2 Bb7-c6 20.Nd2-b3 Nd6-b7 21.Nf3-e1 Nf6-d7 22.Be5xg7 Kg8xg7 23.f2-f4 f7-f5 24.Ne1-f3 Sielaff,R (1952)-
Koestner,L (1734)/Ellwangen 2003/EXT 2006/½-½ (44) ;RR 9...e7-e6
10.Nb1-d2 Qd8-e7 11.a2-a4 a7-a6 12.Qd1-c2 e6-e5 13.d4xe5 d6xe5 14.a4-a5 e5-e4 15.Nf3-e1 Nd7-e5 16.a5xb6 c7xb6 17.Nd2-c4 Ne5xc4 9 A48
Ivanchuk,Vassily Caruana,Fabiano
54th Reggio Emilia (8) 04.01.2012 A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems
1.d2-d4 Ng8-f6 2.Ng1-f3 g7-g6 3.Bc1-f4 Bf8-g7 4.e2-e3 d7-d6 5.h2-h3 0-0 6.Bf1-e2 b7-b6 7.0-0 Bc8-b7 8.c2-c3 Nb8-d7 [RR
8...e7-e6 9.a2-a4 Nb8-c6 10.Nb1-d2 Qd8-e7 11.Bf4-h2 Ra8-d8 12.Qd1-b3 Nf6-d7 13.Qb3-c4 e6-e5 14.d4-d5 Nc6-a5 15.Qc4-a2 Nd7-f6 16.e3-e4 Bb7-c8 17.b2-b4 Na5-b7 18.Be2-a6 Nf6-h5 19.Qa2-c4 f7-f5 20.Ra1-e1 Rf8-f7 21.e4xf5 g6xf5 22.Nf3-d4 Qe7-g5 23.f2-f4 Muranyi,K (2375)- Carbonnel,P (2268)/Germany 2005/
EXT 2007/0-1 (50) ] 9.Bf4-h2 Qd8-e8N [RR 9...Nf6-e4 10.a2-a4 a7-a5
11.Nb1-d2 e7-e5 12.Nd2xe4 Bb7xe4 13.Nf3-d2 Be4-b7 14.Be2-f3 d6-d5 15.Qd1-b3 c7-c6 16.Ra1-c1 Ra8-c8 17.Rf1-d1 e5xd4 18.c3xd4 Rf8-e8
18.Be2xc4 Rf8-c8 19.Bc4-e2 b6-b5 20.Ra1-d1 Bb7-d5 21.Qc2-b1 Bd5-b3 22.Ne1-c2 b5-b4 23.Bh2-d6 Qe7-b7 24.Bd6-e5 Mrkonjic,N (2250)-Bilic,M (2295)/Opatija 1995/EXT 1998/½-½ (52) ] 10.a2-a4 a7-a6 last book move last book move 11.Nb1-a3 [ 11.a4-a5 b6-b5= ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 11.c3-c4 Nf6-e4 12.a4-a5 e7-e5 13.Nb1-c3 Ne4xc3 14.b2xc3 b6xa5 15.Qd1-a4 Ra8-b8 16.Qa4xa5 c7-c5 17.Ra1-b1 Qe8-e7 18.d4-d5 e5-e4 19.Nf3-d2 0.27/15 Diagram
(Diagram 133)
] 11...e7-e5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
11...Nf6-e4 12.Na3-c4 Nd7-f6
13.Nc4-d2 Qe8-c6 14.Be2-d3 Ne4xd2 15.Qd1xd2 Nf6-e4 16.Qd2-c2 Ne4-g5 17.Bd3-e2 Qc6-e4 18.Qc2xe4 Ng5xe4 19.Bh2-f4 c7-c5 20.Be2-c4 Bb7-c6 -0.09/16 ] 12.Na3-c4 Diagram
[ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 12.a4-a5 b6-b5 13.c3-c4 b5xc4 14.d4xe5 Nd7xe5 15.Nf3xe5 d6xe5 16.Na3xc4 Ra8-d8