[Event "Round 10: Jan-Krzysztof Duda - Fabiano"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2022.06.18"] [White "Jan-Krzysztof Duda"] [Black "Fabiano Caruana"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Bajarani,Ulvi"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C54"] [Opening "Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/GOhAdjoj/4qhEiTa4"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. b4 Nh5 12. Nbd2!? $146 { White moves the knight to the "f1"-square not caring about Black's moves. } (12. Ra2 Qe8 (12... Qf6 13. Na3 (13. Be3 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Qxf4 15. Nbd2 Ne7 $132 (15... Rf6?! { 1-0 (37) Arjun,K (2477)-Logozar,E (2036) Chess.com INT 2020 } 16. Nf1 a5 17. b5 Nb8 18. Ne3 Nd7 19. Nc4 $14)) 13... Ne7 14. Bg5 Qf7 15. Be3 Nf4 16. Kh2 Qg6 17. Nh4 Qh6 18. Nf3 Qg6 19. Nh4 Qh6 20. Nf3 Qg6 { 1/2 (20) Vachier Lagrave,M (2779) -Ding,L (2805) Stavanger 2019 }) 13. Be3 (13. Na3?! Nf4 14. Bxf4 Rxf4 15. Nc4 Qg6 16. b5 Raf8 17. Ncd2 { 0-1 (40) Caruana,F (2819)-Grischuk,A (2766) Paris 2019 } 17... Nd8 18. d4 Nf7 $15) 13... Nf4 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 { 0-1 (48) Jones,G (2672)-Van Foreest,J (2714) chess24.com INT 2022 } 15. g3 Nxh3+ 16. Kg2 Qf7 17. Qe2 (17. Re3 d5 18. Nbd2 Ng5 19. Qe1 Nxf3 20. Rxf3 Qe7 21. Rxf8+ Qxf8 22. exd5 exd5 23. Nf3 Qd6 24. Re2 Ra8 25. Nxe5 d4 26. cxd4 Nxb4 27. Rb2 a5 28. Qe4 Rd8 29. Qxb7 Qd5+ 30. Qxd5+ Rxd5 $132) 17... Qf6 18. Qe3 h6 19. Nbd2 Ng5 20. Nxg5 Qxg5 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. Nf3 g4 23. Nh2 Raa8 24. Nxg4 Kf7 $132) (12. Be3 Nf4 (12... Qf6 13. Bxa7 (13. Kh2 Nf4 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 15. Ra2?? Nxh3 16. Kxh3 Qh6+ 17. Nh4 g5 18. g3 Ne7 19. Qd2 Rf6 $17 { 0-1 (62) Illingworth,M (2506)-Sangma,R (2325) Abu Dhabi 2017 }) 13... Rxa7 14. Kh2 { 1/2 (61) Eljanov,P (2672)-Sadhwani,R (2545) Chess.com INT 2020 } 14... Nf4 15. Re3 Qh6 $132) 13. b5 (13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. h4 (14. Na3?? Qf6 $17 { 1-0 (76) Van Foreest,J (2624)-Tang,A (2489) Chess.com INT 2018 }) 14... Qe8 15. g3 Qg6 $132) 13... Ne7?! (13... axb5 14. Bxf4 Rxf4 15. axb5 Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Rxa1 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Qb3 Qh4+ 19. g3 Rxf3+ 20. Kxf3 Qxh3 21. Qb8+ Kf7 22. Qb2 (22. Qxc7+ Kg6 23. Qxd6 Qh5+ 24. Ke3 Qh6+) 22... Ra8 23. Qg2 Qh5+ 24. g4 Qh6 25. g5 Qh4 26. Qg3 Qxg3+ 27. Kxg3 Kg6 28. Rh1 Ra2 $44) 14. Kh2 Neg6 15. bxa6 bxa6 { 0-1 (50) Sethuraman,S (2634)-Jumabayev,R (2641) Saint Louis 2019 } 16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. g3 Nh5 18. Nbd2 c5 19. Ra2 $14) 12... Nf4? { The trivial but inaccurate move. } (12... Qf6!? { It is better to wait with Nh5-f4. } 13. Nf1 (13. Nc4 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Qh4+ 15. Kg1 (15. Ke2 Qg3 16. Rg1 Rxf3 17. gxf3 Qh2+ 18. Kf1 Qxh3+) 15... Rxf3 16. gxf3 Qg3+ 17. Kh1 Qxh3+) 13... Qg6! 14. Ra2 Nf4 15. Bxf4 Rxf4 $132) 13. Nf1 $14 Qf6?! { Falling to the positional trap. } (13... Qe8 14. Bxf4 Rxf4 15. b5 Ne7 16. N1h2 h6 17. g3 Qg6 18. Kg2 Raf8 $14 { White has the slight advantage, but Black has enough resources to fight. }) 14. Bxf4! { Making the black pieces less harmonical and trading the most active piece. } 14... Qxf4 15. Qb3! $14 { There is no threat on the kingside, and White is better. } 15... Rf6? { Trying to prepare the attack on the kingside. However, it has been necessary to adjust the placement of Black pieces. } (15... Qf6 16. b5 Na5 17. Qb4 Qg6 18. N1d2 Bb6 19. d4 exd4 20. cxd4 e5 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Qc3 $14) 16. b5 Na5 17. Qa2 g5?? { Trying to escalate the situation leads to the lost position for Black. } (17... Qh6 { It is necessary to move the queen away from the "f4"-square. } 18. N1h2 Rf4 19. d4!? exd4 20. cxd4 $14 { with the worse but defendable position for Black. }) 18. N1h2 $18 { The rest of the game, excluding some moments, is the demonstration of the excellent technique by Duda. } 18... Rg6 19. d4! { Capturing the center. } 19... h5 20. g3 { Pushing the queen back and preventing g5-g4 ideas. } 20... Qf6 21. Rad1 { Bringing the rook to the game. } 21... Rg7 (21... g4? { doesn't work. } 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. hxg4 hxg4 24. Nh4 Rg7 25. Kg2 $18) 22. Kh1! { Preparing the h3-h4 and opening the kingside. After that, it will be clearly seen that Black light pieces are away from the kingside and cannot help the black king in the defense. } 22... Rf8 23. dxe5! (23. h4!? $18 { is also possible. }) 23... dxe5 24. h4! gxh4 (24... g4 25. Ng5 $18) 25. gxh4 Bc5 26. Rg1 { Starting to bring the pieces. } 26... Bd6 27. Ng5 { Attacking the "e6"-pawn and opening the "d1-h5" diagonal for the white queen. } 27... Kh8 (27... Qxf2 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29. Qh6+ $18) 28. Qe2 { Bringing the queen to the attack. } (28. Nxe6!? { has also been possible. } 28... Rxg1+ 29. Rxg1 Qxf2 (29... Qf7 30. Qe2 $18) 30. Qd5 Rg8 (30... Rf6 31. bxa6 bxa6 32. Ng5 $18) 31. Ng5 $18) 28... Qg6 29. Rd3 { Bringing the second rook to the attack. } 29... axb5 30. Rdg3 Qe8 31. axb5 Rf6 32. Qf1? (32. R3g2 { with the f2-f4 idea is the best choice for White. } 32... Bf8 33. Nhf3 Bd6 34. Nh3 Rxg2 35. Rxg2 $18) 32... b6?! (32... Nb3! { creates some practical problems for White to solve: } 33. Qd1! (33. Qg2?! Qf8 { and White should move back with 34. Qf1 }) 33... Nc5 34. b6 Bf8 35. bxc7 Rxc7 36. Nh3 Rg7 37. Qe2 Rxg3 38. Rxg3 $18) 33. Qg2 Qf8 34. Qh3 Qg8 35. R1g2 Nb7 36. Nh7! Rfg6 37. Rxg6 Rxg6 38. Ng5 Rf6 (38... Qe8 39. Nf1 Rf6 40. Qe3 $18) 39. f4! { Using the placement of the "b7"-knight, White conducts the decisive blow and decoys the black bishop to the "e5"-square. } 39... Nc5 (39... Rxf4 40. Nxe6 $18) (39... exf4 40. e5 Bxe5 41. Qf3 $18 { The double attack and main idea of 39. f4! }) 40. fxe5 Bxe5 41. Ngf3 { Winning the piece. The rest is easy for White. } 41... Qa8 42. Nxe5 Nxe4 43. Nhf3 Qa1+ 44. Kh2 Qc1 45. Nd3 Qxc3 46. Ra2 Nf2 47. Rxf2 Qxd3 48. Qg3 Qd6 49. Qxd6 cxd6 50. Kg3 Rf5 51. Rd2 Rxb5 52. Rxd6 Kg7 53. Rxe6 Rb4 54. Re5 Kh6 55. Rd5 Rb1 56. Nd4 Rg1+ 57. Kf4 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0