[Event "World Blitz 2022"] [Site "Almaty KAZ"] [Date "2022.12.29"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2768"] [BlackElo "2766"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "A20"] [Opening "English Opening: King's English Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/TO2we2IV/mm4tDXDo"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,75,17,-19,-19,-18,13,31,57,13,69,49,58,-17,2,6,31,39,34,35,20,31,42, 52,91,66,83,-6,59,41,59,52,90,38,38,35,35,40,33,54,75,-25,0,20,24,21,114,95, 121,125,111,78,78,18,104,28,121,24,24,24,-30,31,55,64,400,442,546,554,600,622, 645,488,525,525,557,372,561,889] An off-beat, quiet opening helps Nakamura get an original, promising position against his booked-up colleague. But Caruana shows great resolve in the face of White's queenside passed pawn, creating genuine problems until the end. } 1. c4 e5 2. a3 c6 3. d4 e4 4. d5 f5 5. Nc3 d6 6. dxc6 bxc6 7. Bf4 Nf6 8. e3 Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. Nge2 a5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. c5 d5 13. b4 Na6 14. Rb1 axb4 15. axb4 Nc7 16. Be2 Ne6 17. Be5 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Be6 19. O-O Nd7 20. f4 exf3 21. Bxf3 Qc7 22. Ne2 Ne5 23. Nf4 Bf7 24. b5! Ra5 25. b6 Qb8 26. Qc2 Nc4 27. Nd3 f4 28. Qc3? (28. Nb4! Qc8 29. Nxc6! Qxc6 30. Qxc4 $18) 28... Ra3 29. Rb3 Rxb3 30. Qxb3 fxe3 31. Nb4? { This is too late now, because Black has better resources. } 31... Be8?? { But not this! } (31... Qg3! 32. Nxc6? Bxc5! (32... e2?? 33. Nxe7+ Kh8 34. Bxg7+! Qxg7 (34... Kxg7 35. Nf5+) 35. Bxe2) 33. Bxc5 e2!) 32. Nxd5 cxd5 33. Bxd5+ Kh8 34. Rxf8+ Bxf8 35. Bxc4 e2 36. Bxe2 Qd8 37. Qe3 Bf7 38. c6 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0