[Event "London Chess Classic (Tiebreaks)"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2017.12.11"] [Round "4"] [White "Fabiano Caruana"] [Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2729"] [UTCDate "2018.08.02"] [UTCTime "14:12:11"] [Variant "From Position"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/vincentmasuka"] [FEN "1r6/3Npkb1/6p1/1q1p1n1p/3n4/1P2BN1P/2Q2PP1/1R4K1 w - - 0 38"] [SetUp "1"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/JJM2LAb5/D3lroMQ3"] [Orientation "white"] { Material is equal, but many pieces are hanging which makes it difficult to navigate accurately. What follows is fascinating tactical sequence. } 38. Nde5+ Bxe5 39. Nxe5+ Ke6 40. Bxd4 Nxd4 { Caruana is about to lose a piece, but he has it all figured out. } 41. Qxg6+ Kxe5 42. Re1+ Ne2+ 43. Kf1 { With this move, White regains the piece, and with such a king black is busted. Nepomniachtchi kept on fighting. } 43... Kd4 44. Rxe2 e5 45. Qg3 e4 46. Qe3+ Ke5 47. Kg1 Qxb3 48. Qg5+ Ke6 49. Qg6+ Kd7 50. Rd2 h4 51. Qf5+ Kc6 52. Qf6+ Kc5 53. Qd4+ Kc6 54. Qf6+ Kc5 55. Qxh4 Rb7 56. Qd8 Rb6 57. Qc7+ Rc6 58. Qa5+ Kd6 59. Qd8+ Kc5 60. h4 e3 61. Qe7+ Kb5 { This position fascinates me. I would have taken on e3 with the queen without blinking, as being two pawns up in a rook endgame would have been an easy win. However, Caruana is from a different planet. He has seen something better, even though it involves finding a couple of only moves. } { [%cal Ge7e3] } 62. Qb7+ Rb6 63. Rxd5+ Kc4 { White has no checks, and it looks like Caruana has gotten into trouble. Well, think again - he knows what he's doing. } 64. Qf7 { The only winning move. As a matter of fact, it's the only move that doesn't lose. } 64... exf2+ 65. Kxf2 { Black has no defense. } 65... Qb2+ { This allows Caruana to parry a check with a discovered check, picking up the black queen. } 66. Rd2+ { 1-0 Black resigns. } 1-0