[Event "FIDE Olympiad"] [Site "Chennai, India"] [Date "2022.08.08"] [Round "10.3"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2634"] [Annotator "Shlyakhtenko,Robert"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B90"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/cS8lSqW7/m3eQfTST"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nh5 13. Kb1 Nb6 14. Qf2!? (14. Na5 { is far more common. Caruana forces Black to commit to ...Nc4 and places the knight on a5 only a few moves later. }) 14... Nc4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Na5!? { Caruana's point: the knight is untouchable due to Be3-b6. White has separated Black's pawns and now plays for a positional squeeze. } 16... Rc8?! { A somewhat aimless move. } (16... Qc7 { , preparing ...Rab8, was perhaps the most logical way of fighting against White's hold on the d5-square. After } 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Rab8 19. Rhd1 Rb5 { White will have to "fix" Black's pawn structure with Rxb5, sooner or later. }) (16... Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Qxa5 18. Be7 Rfb8 19. Bxd6 Rb7 { would also give black sufficient counterplay. }) 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Bxg5 { The resulting complications turn out to be unfavorable for Black, mostly due to the out-of-place h5-knight. } 19. Bxg5 (19. Nb7! { was perhaps even stronger. } 19... Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Qc7 21. Nxd6 Nf4 (21... Rcd8 22. Nf5! g6 23. Rc5 Qd7 24. Nh6+ Kg7 25. Ng4 f6 26. Rxc4 { is simply a pawn. }) 22. Nxc8 Nxd5 23. exd5 Rxc8 24. Re1 Rd8! { I can imagine a White player calculating up to here, seeing that the rook ending after 25. Qxe5 is drawn, and giving up on the whole line. In reality white remains structurally better after } (24... f6 25. f4 { gives White a strong initiative. }) 25. Rd1!? Qd6 26. b3 { with some pressure. }) 19... Qxg5 20. Rxd6 f5! { Risky, but the only way to seek counterplay. } 21. Nc6! { Taking up the challenge. Now Black must find an unbelievable resource to survive. } 21... Rce8? { One passive move, and the deficiencies of Black's position become clear. } (21... fxe4! 22. Rg1 Rxc6! { (eliminating the dangerous knight), and now: } 23. Rxc6! (23. Rxg5 Rxd6 { is completely fine for Black in view of White's weak back rank. For example: } 24. b3 exf3!? 25. Rxh5 c3 26. Kc1 Rd2 27. Qc5 Rd4! (27... f2? 28. Qc4+ Kh8 29. Rf5!) 28. Rxh7 Rdf4! { followed by ...f2, and White must deliver perpetual check. }) 23... Qf5 24. Rc7 Qxf3! (24... exf3 25. Qe3! f2 26. Rf1 { leaves Black paralyzed. }) 25. Qh4 Qf1+ 26. Qe1 Qxe1+ 27. Rxe1 e3 28. Rxc4 Nf4! { and Black's counterplay appears to be just in time. }) 22. Qc5! Kh8 (22... fxe4 23. Qxc4+ Kh8 24. fxe4 { is not much better. }) 23. Nxe5 Qf4 24. Nd7 Qxf3 25. Rc1 Nf6 26. Nxf8 Nxe4 27. Re6! { A stylish finish. } 27... Rb8 (27... Nxc5 28. Rxe8 h6 { loses to } (28... Kg8 29. Ne6+ Kf7 30. Ng5+ { changes nothing. }) 29. Ng6+ Kh7 30. Rg1!) 28. Qe5 { and Black threw in the towel. } 1-0