[Event "World Blitz 2022"] [Site "Almaty KAZ"] [Date "2022.12.30"] [Round "17.1"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2766"] [BlackElo "2859"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C88"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Closed"] [StudyName "World Blitz Championship"] [ChapterName "Caruana, Fabiano - Carlsen, Magnus"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/TO2we2IV/Ym6hDhyW"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,100,27,27,27,17,9,18,23,7,12,10,25,-4,-6,9,12,14,22,0,12,18,26,-6,36, 41,54,54,37,25,52,38,33,46,77,61,61,56,63,58,45,35,29,46,4,-11,0,1,7,1,0,-20, -30,-24,3,-17,-22,-33,-46,-49,-44,-45,-49,-31,-21,-49,-68,-79,-71,-81,-88,-97, -92,-89,-77,-75,-52,-92,-58,-58,-67,-33,-51,-49,-49,-49,-42,-48,-52,-79,-69, -81,0,0,0,-71,-66,-50,-61,-106,-86,-90,-198] On the Black side of a drawn Spanish that would ordinarily be nothing to write home about, Carlsen "squeezes water from stone" setting up a remarkable trick based on a subtle intermezzo. } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. Bd2 h6 10. h3 Re8 11. a3 Bf8 12. Nc3 Rb8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Ne7 15. Bb3 Ng6 16. a4 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qe2 d5 20. exd5 Qxd5 21. Qe4 Qxe4 22. dxe4 Rc6 23. c3 f6 24. g3 b4 25. Kg2 bxc3 26. Bxc3 Bd6 27. Nd2 Nf8 28. Nf1 Bb4 29. Rec1 Bxc3 30. Rxc3 Rxc3 31. bxc3 Rb3 32. Rc1 Ne6 33. Nd2 Rb2 34. Nc4 Ra2 35. Rd1 Nc5 36. Rd2 Ra4 37. Ne3 Nxe4 38. Rd7 Ra2 39. Kf3 Nxf2 40. Nf5 Nxh3 41. Rxg7+ Kf8 42. Rxc7 h5 43. Ke3 Ng5 44. Nd6 Rc2 45. Nf5 Ne6 46. Rc6 Kf7 47. Nh6+ Kg6! { Carlsen sets a devilish trap. } 48. Rxe6 Rxc3+ 49. Kd2 Rc8 { White clearly understood the knight was not getting out, but assumed he would get the f6-pawn for his troubles. } 50. Ke3?? (50. g4! { The only way to hold the draw. } 50... Rf8 51. Nf5 hxg4) 50... Rh8! { Which turned out to be an incorrect assumption! The resulting endgame is winning for Black. } 0-1