[Event "Champions Chess Tour Airthings Masters"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2023.02.10"] [Round "5"] [White "Yu, Yangyi"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2729"] [BlackElo "2766"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "A07"] [Opening "King's Indian Attack: Double Fianchetto"] [StudyName "Airthings Masters"] [ChapterName "Yu, Yangyi - Caruana, Fabiano"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/f5OBDjty/44rfcDRR"] [Orientation "white"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. Qa4 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. cxd5 Nb6 9. Qb3 cxd5 10. Bf4 Bd7 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Ne5 e6 13. h4 Bc6 14. Rfd1 Nc4 15. e4 Qa5?! (15... Nh5 { would be an attempt to open the center, and is apparently the only way to maintain equilibrium. But the following line is far from obvious. } 16. Bc1 Na5 17. Qa3 dxe4! { Presumably, Black discounted this move due to } 18. b4 { but now the engine suggests the remarkable continuation } 18... e3! 19. bxa5 exf2+ 20. Kxf2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rxc3!! 22. Qxc3 Bxe5 23. Bg5 Bf6 $13 { . }) 16. exd5 $16 exd5 17. Rac1 Nh5 18. Bg5 h6 19. Be7 Rfe8 20. Bb4 Qd8 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Nxc4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qd5+ 24. Qf3 Nf6 25. Nd6 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rd8 27. Rc8?! (27. Qxd5! Nxd5 28. Ba3 { would be far simpler. } 28... Bxd4 29. Nxb7 Rb8 30. Nd6 Be5 31. Kf3 $18) 27... Rxc8 28. Nxc8 Qxa2 29. Ne7+ Kh7 30. b3 Qc2 31. d5 Qe4?! { Black underestimates the difficulty of the defensive task ahead of him. It would be much easier to create counterplay with the queenside pawns if queens remained on the board. } (31... a5! 32. Bc3 (32. Bxa5?? Qc5) 32... Qxb3 33. g4 b5 34. g5 b4) 32. Qxe4 Nxe4 33. d6 Nf6 34. Nc8 Nd7 35. Nxa7 f5 36. Nc8 h5 37. Kf3 Bd4 38. Ke2 Kg7 39. Ne7 Kf7 40. Nd5 Ke6 41. Nf4+ { Caruana has managed to survive the worst of the complications, and now should be able to hold. } 41... Kf7 42. Nd5 Ke6 43. Nc7+ Kf7 44. Nb5 Bb6 45. Bd2 Ke6 46. Be3 Ba5 47. Bf4 Nc5 48. Nd4+ Kd5 49. Nf3 Nxb3 50. d7 Nc5 51. Ne5 Ke6 52. Nxg6 Nxd7 53. Bg5 Bc7 54. Bf4 Kf6 55. Bxc7 Kxg6 56. Ke3 Nf6 57. Bd6 b5 58. f3 Kf7 59. Kf4 Ke6 60. Ba3 b4 61. Bb2 Nd7 62. Kg5 Ne5 63. f4 Nc4 64. Ba1 b3 65. Kxh5 Kf7 66. Kg5 b2?? (66... Nd6 67. Bb2 Ne4+ 68. Kxf5 Nxg3+ 69. Kg4 Ne4 70. h5 Nd6 { Black's knight has freedom to defend as long as the White bishop is guarding the b-pawn. The knight is less effective against three connected passers, however. }) 67. Bxb2 Nxb2 68. Kxf5 Nc4 69. g4 Ne3+ 70. Kg5 Kg7 71. f5 Nd5 72. h5 Kf7 73. h6 Kg8 74. f6 Ne3 75. Kf4 Ng2+ 76. Ke5 Nh4 77. g5 Ng6+ 78. Ke6 Kf8 79. h7 Nh8 80. f7 Kg7 81. f8=Q+ Kxf8 82. Kf6 Nf7 83. g6 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0