Fabiana Caruana
The single decisive game of round 4 of the Grenke 2018 tournament came from the hands of Fabiano Caruana who played a forceful White side of the Ruy Lopez. It was a merciless grind of Arkadij Naiditsch who could not endure that tortuous White Knight on f5. A well played game that put Fabiano in a three-way tie for first.
[Event “Grenke Classic 2018”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2018.04.04”]
[Round “4”]
[White “Caruana, Fabiano”]
[Black “Naiditsch, Arkadij”]
[Result “1-0”]
[PlyCount “83”]
[EventDate “2018.03.31”]
[SourceDate “2018.04.04”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. Re1 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. h3 Re8 9. a4 Bf8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Ne7 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. Nbd2 Ng6 15. Nc4 Rad8 16. Ne3 d5 17. exd5 Bg7 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Qxd5 22. Bxc7 Rc8 23. Rc1 Bxd4 24. Qd2 Qd7 25. Nxd4 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Nf5 Kh7 28. g3 Ne5 29. Qe3 Nc4 30. Qc3 Qe5 31. Qd3 Nxb2 32. Qc2 Qe1+ 33. Kg2 Qd1 34. Qe4 Qxa4 35. Qxb7 Qa2 36. Ne3 Kg7 37. Qb4 Qb1 38. g4 Kg8 39. Nf5 Qc2 40. Qb8+ Kh7 41. Qb7 Kh8 42. Qe7 1-0
Final Position
| # | Name | Pts | SB |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 3 | 4.25 |
| Caruana, Fabiano | 3 | 4 | |
| Vitiugov, Nikita | 3 | 3.75 | |
| 4 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2.5 | 4.75 |
| Aronian, Levon | 2.5 | 2.75 | |
| 6 | Anand, Viswanathan | 1.5 | 3.25 |
| Bluebaum, Matthias | 1.5 | 3.25 | |
| 8 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | 1 | 3 |
| Hou, Yifan | 1 | 2 | |
| Meier, Georg | 1 | 2 |
Images Below Courtesy Of Derrick Bartotto
