It was definitely not Fabiano Caruana's Olympiad this time, but his victory with the black pieces against Greek GM Dimitris Mastrovasilis was a true modelgame.
In the old Main Line of the Sveshnikov (9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.Bd3 Be6 12.0-0) Caruana decided to avoid the most forcing lines arising from 12...Bxd5 (my recommendation for Black in the book The Modernized Sveshnikov) to keep more play in the position with 12...Bg7.
Very soon Black typically went ...f5-f4, releasing the central tension and getting prepared for a massive attack on the g-file. It all worked out perfectly for Caruana, who didn't let his opponent off the hook and finished the game in style.
Exercise: Now it's your turn to follow in Caruana's footsteps. How does Black give his attacking aspirations a new impulse?
Feel free to move the pieces on the live diagram!
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