[Event "FIDE Olympiad"] [Date "2022.08.07"] [Round "9"] [White "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2597"] [BlackElo "2776"] [Annotator "Hansen,Carsten"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B33"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sveshnikov Variation"] [StudyName "2022 FIDE Olympiad - Annotated Games"] [ChapterName "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios - Caruana, Fabiano"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/cS8lSqW7/Ywpz18OZ"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,74,19,31,72,53,48,14,66,14,27,17,42,60,50,-2,-1,-1,5,23,23,23,31,18, 15,3,6,-4,21,29,39,42,50,9,-1,38,51,45,50,57,48,48,73,49,79,79,43,20,14,-89, -89,-82,154,-225,-309,-297,-304,-374,-530,-540,-355,-348,-361,-363,-394,-396, -485,-492,-518,-518,-534,-538,-538,-538,-563,-588,-588] } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 { Earlier this year, Caruana had faced } (9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Rb8 12. Nc2 O-O 13. a3 g6 14. Ncb4 Bb7 15. Be2 Bg5 16. O-O Ne7 17. Qd3 Nc8 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Nc2 Nb6 20. Nce3 Na4 21. Qc2 Bxe3 22. Nxe3 { and White was marginally better in Dominguez Perez,L (2753)-Caruana,F (2786) Bucharest 2022. }) 9... gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 (10... Bg7 { is the main alternative. }) 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Qh5 Rb8 { This move is a bit unusual. } (13... f4 { has been played much more frequently, but White is considered to get the better chances after } 14. c4 { . }) 14. c3 f4 15. Nc2 O-O 16. Ncb4 Nxb4 17. Nxb4 Qb6 18. Rad1 a5 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Bc2? { White has been playing well and had a pleasant position. The correct continuation was } (20. Be2! f5 21. exf5 Bxf5 (21... Rxf5 { then } 22. Qh3! Qg5 23. Bd3 { is much better for White }) 22. Bd3 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 Qe8 24. Qxe8 Rfxe8 25. Rfd1 { with a small but clear advantage for White. After the text move, Black gets time to mobilize his forces on the kingside. }) 20... Kh8! 21. Rd2? (21. Bd3 { to correct the mistake from the previous move would have been best but White was not ready to make such a concession. }) 21... Rg8! 22. Rfd1? (22. Bd1 { was necessary, preventing Black's plan in the game. However, Black would have had a clear advantage after } 22... Bf8 23. g3 Rg6 24. Be2 Rh6 25. Qf3 Qg5 { and it is obvous that Black is in command. }) 22... Bh6!! { A beautiful idea, preparing ...Rg6. } 23. h3 { If White captures the bishop, the queen gets trapped after } (23. Qxh6 Rg6 24. Qh5 Bg4 { , and Black is winning. }) 23... Rg6 24. Qf3? (24. Kf1 Qd7 { was relatively better }) 24... Qh4 25. Kf1 { Now Black crashes through. } 25... Rxg2! 26. Kxg2 Rg8+ 27. Kf1 Bxh3+ 28. Ke1 Bg2 { Winning White's queen. The rest was a matter of mopping up any remnants of counterplay White may have had. Caruana did that rather effficiently. } 29. Rd3 Bxf3 30. Rxf3 Rg2 31. Ke2 Bg5 32. Rf1 Qg4 33. Bd1 f5 34. Bc2 Rh2 35. exf5 Rh3 36. Be4 Rxf3 37. Bxf3 Qxf5 { and White resigned. } 0-1