[Event "FIDE World Cup 2023"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "2023.08.03"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2561"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B30"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Closed, Anti-Sveshnikov Variation, with d6"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/QLPThvQV/LUiKDAf4"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd5 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. O-O O-O 9. c3 Rb8 10. a4 Re8 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. b4 cxb4 14. cxb4 d5 15. b5 dxe4 16. dxe4 Nd4 17. Rc1 h6 18. Rc5 Rc8 19. Rd5 Rd6 20. Nxd4 Rxd5 21. exd5 exd4 22. Bxd4 b6? { An odd decision to leave White's passed d-pawn on the board when there was absolutely nothing wrong with capturing it, as all variations peter out quickly to drawn rook endings. } (22... Qxd5 23. Bxf6 (23. Bxa7 Qxd1 24. Rxd1 Rc4! 25. a5 Ra4 26. Bb6 Rb4) 23... Qxd1 24. Rxd1 gxf6 25. g3 Rc4 26. Rd7 Rxa4 27. Rxb7 a6 28. b6 Rb4) 23. Be3 Be5 24. Qg4 Rc7 25. Rd1! { Now, Caruana puts on a clinic worth careful study in how to convert a pawn-up position. } (25. Bxh6 Qxd5 { Is it possible that Black overlooked 25. Rd1? }) 25... Qf6 26. g3 Bd6 27. Kg2 Kh7 28. h4 Qg6 29. Qf3 h5 30. Rc1 { Following the logic that bishops are not great blockaders, White knows that the minor piece endings with same-colored bishops will be winning. } 30... Rd7 31. Rc4 Be5 32. Bd2 Bd6 33. Bb4 Bxb4 34. Rxb4 Kh6 35. Rc4 f6 36. d6 Kh7 (36... Rxd6?? 37. Qf4+ $18) 37. Qd5 f5 38. Rd4 Qf6 39. Rd3 Kg6 40. Qc6 Qf7 41. Re3 Kh7 42. Re5 Kh8 43. Qa8+ Kh7 44. Qf3 g6 45. Qe3 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0