Schack

Inlägg

Caruana 1 - 0 Firouzja 1.c4 e5 2.d3 Bb4+ 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nge7 7.0-0 Ba5 8.b3 0-0 9.Bb2 h6 10.e3 Be6 11.d4 exd4 12.exd4 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 d5 15.cxd5 Bxd5 Out of an English Opening, the players have reached a somewhat symmetrical position, though there is plenty of chances for dynamic play with the centre wide open and most pieces still on the board. 16.Ne4 Playable is 16.Qg4 Nf5 17.Qxf5 Bxg2 and e.g.: 18.Qg4 g6 19.Kxg2 Bxd2 16...Nc6 Firouzja fails to foresee the good-looking tactical shot that Caruana found and played. 17.Bf6 +- The beginning of a two-punch tactical shot. 17...gxf6 18.Qxd5 Beautiful! Qe7 Objectively better is 18...Qxd5 19.Nxf6+ Kg7 20.Nxd5 but this was a 10-minute game, so Firouzja opts for keeping the queens on the board, as he probably considered that he had some chances of outplaying his opponen