Carlsen vs Caruana
The show will especially focus on the very last game where Magnus Carlsen had to win on demand to win the tournament
Make life difficult for the Sicilian! 2.b3 is a thoroughly venomous but still solid kind of "Anti-Sicilian". No matter what setup black chooses, the bishop on b2 will always be unpleasant for him.But first a little warm-up: Giri believed that a draw was enough to take him through to the next round, however this turned out to be a miscalculation. White needed to win. The question is, can he actually do it?
A. Giri - A. Korobov, Mr. Dodgy Invitational
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The Caro Kann is a very tricky opening. Black’s play is based on controlling and fighting for key light squares. It is a line which was very fashionable in late 90s and early 2000s due to the successes of greats like Karpov, Anand, Dreev etc. Recently due to strong engines lot of key developments have been made and some new lines have been introduced, while others have been refuted altogether. I have analyzed the new trends carefully and found some new ideas for Black. | 1.e4 | 1,165,570 | 54% | 2421 | --- |
| 1.d4 | 946,474 | 55% | 2434 | --- |
| 1.Nf3 | 281,312 | 56% | 2441 | --- |
| 1.c4 | 181,937 | 56% | 2442 | --- |
| 1.g3 | 19,688 | 56% | 2427 | --- |
| 1.b3 | 14,236 | 54% | 2427 | --- |
| 1.f4 | 5,886 | 48% | 2377 | --- |
| 1.Nc3 | 3,796 | 51% | 2384 | --- |
| 1.b4 | 1,753 | 48% | 2380 | --- |
| 1.a3 | 1,197 | 54% | 2403 | --- |
| 1.e3 | 1,068 | 48% | 2408 | --- |
| 1.d3 | 948 | 50% | 2378 | --- |
| 1.g4 | 662 | 46% | 2361 | --- |
| 1.h4 | 446 | 53% | 2374 | --- |
| 1.c3 | 426 | 51% | 2425 | --- |
| 1.h3 | 279 | 56% | 2416 | --- |
| 1.a4 | 108 | 60% | 2468 | --- |
| 1.f3 | 91 | 47% | 2431 | --- |
| 1.Nh3 | 89 | 66% | 2508 | --- |
| 1.Na3 | 42 | 62% | 2482 | --- |
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1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4 4.e4 Bxc3 5.bxc3 0-0 6.f3 b5 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 bxc4 9.e5 Nd5 10.Bxc4 Bb7 11.Nh3 d6 12.0-0 Nd7 13.Re1 dxe5 14.dxe5 N7b6 15.Bb3 Qe7 16.e6 fxe6 17.Ng5 Rf6 18.Qc2 Rg6 19.Rxe6 Qxe6 20.Nxe6 Rxe6 21.Bb2 Rae8 22.Bd4 Kh8 23.Qf5 Bc8 24.Qh5 c5 25.Bxc5 Re5 26.Qf7 Bh3 27.Bf8 Re1+ 28.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29.Kf2 Rf1+ 30.Ke2 Nc3+ 31.Kd3 1–0
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| Carlsen | - | Caruana | - | 1–0 | 2020 | A22 | Clutch Chess International | |
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