[Event "Champions Chess Tour Airthings Masters"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2023.02.10"] [Round "5"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Yu, Yangyi"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2766"] [BlackElo "2729"] [Annotator "Lang,JJ"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C70"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Classical Defense Deferred"] [StudyName "Airthings Masters"] [ChapterName "Caruana, Fabiano - Yu, Yangyi"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/f5OBDjty/tWBCceIT"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. c3 Nge7 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 d5 10. e5 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Bxc6 Nxc6 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. Rac1 Nd8 16. Qe3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Ne6 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. f4 Rf7 21. Rf3 Raf8 22. Rcf1 Qa4 23. a3 Qb5 24. b3 b6 25. Rc1 a5 26. Kh2 Qd7 27. a4 Kh8 28. Rc2 Kg8? (28... g5! { Black has less space and no clear way to create counterplay against White's weak pawns on b3 and d4. As such, dynamics are in his interest. } 29. fxg5 (29. g3 Qe7 30. Qc1 Qb4! { and suddenly, Black can attack White's pawns, as White's defenses were called elsewhere to manage the dynamics on the kingside. }) 29... Rxf3 30. gxf3 Qf7 31. Rc3 Qh5 $14) 29. Qc1! { If Black is going to play passively, White can calmly switch the focus from one target to another. } 29... Qe7 30. Rc6! { To another! } 30... Kh8 31. Qc2 Qb4 32. Qf2 Qe7 33. Qc2! Qb4 34. Qf2?! (34. Rxe6! Qxd4 35. g3 $18) 34... Qe7 $16 35. Qg3 Kh7 36. Qg4 Rf5 37. Rg3 Qf7! { By now, Black has managed to consolidate around all his weaknesses. } 38. Qd1 Rxf4 39. Qc2+ Qf5 40. Qxf5+ R8xf5 41. Rxc7 Rf7 42. Rc6 Rxd4 43. Rxe6 Rb4 (43... b5! { Again, Black should play dynamically. } 44. axb5 Rb4 45. Rb6 Re7 46. e6 Re4) 44. Rd6 Re7 45. Rxd5 Re4 46. Rd6 R7xe5? (46... b5!) 47. Rxb6 Re3 48. Rb5 Rxb5 49. Rxe3 Rc5 50. Kg3 Kg6 51. Kf4 Kf6 { White's active king and extra pawn wouldn't be enough on their own, as the b3-pawn is fixed. But since the a5-pawn is vulnerable, White should still be winning. } 52. Ke4 Rc2 53. g3 h5 54. h4 Rc1? (54... Rc8) 55. Kd4 g6 56. Rc3 Rf1 57. Kc5 g5 58. Kb5 gxh4 59. gxh4 Rf5+ 60. Rc5 Rf3 61. Rxh5 Rxb3+ 62. Kxa5 Ke6 63. Rb5 Rh3 64. h5 Kd7 65. Kb6 Kc8 66. Rg5 Rb3+ 67. Kc6 Rc3+ 68. Kd6 Rd3+ 69. Ke6 Re3+ 70. Kf6 Rf3+ 71. Kg7 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0