BATUMI CHESS OLYMPIAD 2018 ROUND 4 – CARUANA vs ANAND

This game is from round 4 of the 2018 Batumi Chess Olympiad. It features Fabiano Caruana with White against Viswanathan Anand with Black.

Today’s game features an Open Catalan.

Caruana,Fabiano (2827) - Anand,Viswanathan (2771)

43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open Batumi (4.1), 27.09.2018

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 a6 

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7.Be3N E03: Open Catalan: 5 Qa4+ Nbd7 6 Qxc4 [7.Qc2 c5 8.Nf3 b5 9.Ne5 Nd5 10.Nxd7 Bxd7 11.Bxd5 exd5 12.dxc5 Bc6 13.0–0 d4 14.Bf4 Qd5 15.f3 d3 16.exd3 Qxc5+ 17.Qxc5 Bxc5+ 18.Kg2 Bd4 19.Nc3 Kd7 20.Rae1 1/2–1/2 (20) Giri,A (2752)-Anand,V (2767) Wijk aan Zee 2018] 

7...Bd6 8.Qc2 0–0 9.Nh3 White has an edge. 

9...e5 10.0–0 h6 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nc3 Qe7 13.Rad1 Re8 14.Nf4 c6 15.Bd4 g5 16.Nd3 Nxd3 17.Rxd3 Be5 [Wrong is 17...Bf5? 18.Bxf6 Bxd3 19.Bxe7+-] 

18.Qd2 Bf5 19.e4ƒ aiming for Bxe5. White has good play. 

19...Bg6 20.f4 gxf4 [20...Bxd4+= keeps the balance. 21.Rxd4 Rad8] 

21.Bxe5± Qxe5 

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22.gxf4 [Of course not 22.Qxf4?! Qxf4 23.Rxf4 Kg7=] 

22...Qc5+ [22...Qe7±] 

23.Kh1!+- And now f5 would win. 

23...Nxe4 24.Nxe4 Rxe4 

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25.Rg3! Rd4 26.Qe3!  1–0