[Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "2023.08.13"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2782"] [Annotator "Lang, JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "E53"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Gligoric System"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/QLPThvQV/I0F9vQo8"] [Orientation "white"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4 exd5 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 (11. Bg5 { is the safer, and more popular, alternative. }) 11... Bg6 12. Ne5 (12. Ne2 { was tried by the world champion four years ago. } 12... Nc6 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Rc1 Qd7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qd3 Re4 18. Ng3 Re7 19. a3 Bd6 20. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Kg7 22. Kg2 Nd8 23. Ne2 Ne6 24. Nd2 Rh8 25. Rh1 Rh4 26. Nf3 Rh8 27. Nd2 Rh4 28. Nf3 Rh8 { with a handshake in Ding – Aronian, London, 2019. }) 12... Nbd7 $146 (12... Nc6 { was unsuccessful against another round-of-16 finalist: } 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Re1 Re8 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qd3 Rc8 17. Rad1 Nh7 18. Bf4 Bb4 19. Nf3 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Nf8 21. Re2 Ne6 22. Bg3 Bd6 23. Kg2 g5 24. Re3 Bf4 25. Re2 a6 26. a3 Qd6 27. Re1 Ne7?? 28. Nxg5! Nxg5 29. Bxf4 Qxf4 30. Rxe7 Ne6 31. Qf5 Qxf5 32. gxf5 Nxd4 33. Rxb7 Nxf5 34. Nxd5 Rc2 35. Rb6 a5 36. a4 Nh4+ 37. Kg3 Nf5+ 38. Kg2 Nh4+ 39. Kg3 Nf5+ 40. Kf3 Nd4+ 41. Ke4 Ne6 42. Ke3 g5 43. Rb5 Kg7 44. b3 Rb2 45. Kd3 Rxf2 46. Rxa5 Rf3+ 47. Kc4 Rxh3 48. Rb5 g4 49. Rb4 g3 50. Kb5 f5 51. Rc4 g2 { and White resigned in Salem – Fridman, Abu Dhabi, 2021. }) 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Qb3 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Ne4 16. Qb3 Nb6 17. Kg2 Rc8 18. Be3?! { An almost imperceptible error. Now, the bishop will be hanging if White pushes f2-f3. } (18. Bf4 f5 19. f3 { is pleasant for White, as there is no ... Nb6-c4 with tempo on a hanging e3-bishop. }) 18... f5 { So Black provokes f2-f3! } 19. f3 (19. Rac1 Qh4 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Qd1 Nc4 23. b3 Nxe3+ 24. fxe3 { is fine, but White was walking a razor's edge to get here, and even evaluating the position after } 24... Rc3 { as purely equal is not a given. } 25. Qd2 Rd3 26. Qf2 Qg5 27. Re1) 19... Nc4! 20. Bxe4?! (20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Qb4 Qd5! $15) 20... fxe4 21. fxe4 Rxf1 22. Rxf1 dxe4 23. Qc3 Kh7 24. Bf4 Qd5 { Black dominates the center, and White's bishop is superfluous. } 25. Kg3 Rf8 26. Qb4 Rf7 27. Rc1 g5! (27... b5 { was more patient and just as good, but Caruana saw a decisive blow and struck. }) 28. Qxc4 gxf4+ 29. Kg2 f3+ 30. Kf1 Qd7 (30... Qxc4+ 31. Rxc4 Re7 { is also cleanly winning. }) 31. d5 Re7 32. Qc5 Re5 33. Re1 Rxd5 34. Qc2 Qb5+ 35. Kf2 Qb6+ 36. Kf1 Rd4 37. Qf2 Qa6+ 38. Kg1 Qd6 39. Kf1 Rd1 40. Qe3 Qd3+ 41. Kf2 Rd2+ 42. Kg3 f2 { 0-1 Black wins. } 0-1