by National Life Master Loal Davis
Fabiano Caruana
It appeared to be a rather straight-forward game for Caruana. He was much better , but Kamsky made a tactical slip on the 16th move. The rest was smooth sailing for White.
[Event “U.S. Championship 2017”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2017.04.04”]
[Round “6”]
[White “Caruana, Fabiano”]
[Black “Kamsky, Gata”]
[Result “1-0”]
[PlyCount “79”]
[EventDate “2017.03.29”]
[SourceDate “2017.04.04”]
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 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. c3 f5 14. Nc2 f4 15. Qh5 h6 16. Nb4 Be6
White (Caruana) To Move
17. Nxa6 O-O 18. Nb4 f5 19. O-O fxe4 20. Bxe4 Rac8 21. Rad1 Rc4 22. Qg6 Rxe4 23. Qxe4 f3 24. Nd5 Qg5 25. g3 Rf7 26. Kh1 Bh3 27. Rfe1 Bf5 28. Qb4 Bf8 29. Qxb5 h5 30. Ne3 Bh3 31. Qc4 Qg6 32. a4 Kh8 33. Qh4 Be6 34. a5 e4 35. Qd8 Kh7 36. a6 Bh6 37. Qb6 h4 38. g4 Bxg4 39. Rg1 Bxe3 40. Qxe3 1-0
Robson was already going down, but that did not detract from the insightful liquidation that Shankland played on move 41.
[Event “U.S. Championship 2017”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2017.04.04”]
[Round “6”]
[White “Shankland, Samuel L”]
[Black “Robson, Ray”]
[Result “1-0”]
[PlyCount “93”]
[EventDate “2017.03.29”]
[SourceDate “2017.04.04”]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Qc2 Bd6 9. Rd1 O-O 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Qe7 13. Bf4 Rfd8 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Rd2 Nf6 16. Qe3 c5 17. Rad1 Qc6 18. dxc5 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 bxc5 20. Bf1 h6 21. Ne5 Qc7 22. h3 a5 23. f4 a4 24. Be2 Rd8 25. Bd1 a3 26. bxa3 Qa5 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Bc2 h5 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Qc7 31. g5 Nd7 32. Kf2 f6 33. gxf6 Nxf6 34. a4 Qa5 35. Ke2 Ba6 36. Qh3 Qb6 37. a5 Qd6 38. Bd3 Bb7 39. Ng6 Nh7 40. Ne5 Nf8
White (Shankland) To Move
41. Qh8+ Kxh8 42. Nf7+ Kg8 43. Nxd6 Ba6 44. Be4 Nd7 45. Bc6 Nb8 46. Bb5 Kf8 47. Ne4 1-0
The following images courtesy of Derrick Bartotto.
