Game of the Week #635: F. Caruana - A. Giri

by Merijn van Delft
9/5/2024 – In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft takes a look at Fabiano Caruana's win against Anish Giri in the last round of the Sinquefield Cup in Saint Louis. A game that shows how Caruana continuously strives to get better and to be an even more complete player. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
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Game of the Week #635

The Sinquefield Cup was won impressively by Firouzja, as we saw last week, but Caruana's performance was equally impressive. At the moment only the top 3 in the world (Carlsen, Nakamura, Caruana) manage to maintain a rating advantage over the new generation of elite players.

In the last round of the Sinquefield Cup Caruana played against Anish Giri, and this is our game of the week. It illustrates that Caruana seems to be reinventing himself all the time, while Giri is finding it really hard to maintain his top level.

Warm-up question: What would you play here with Black?

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In this opening Black opts for active piece play and is not afraid to fight for the initiative from an early stage. One of the many good features of this opening is that Black is often the side which controls the pace of the game.

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Merijn van Delft is an International Master from the Netherlands who lived in Hamburg for many years and is currently based in Amsterdam. After scoring a GM norm in 2017 he is eager for more. His ChessBase show on Wednesday evenings has been running for over ten years now.