CARUANA vs CARLSEN – GAME 10 WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2018

This is game 10 of the World Chess Championship Match 2018, fully annotated. It is between Fabiano Caruana with White against Magnus Carlsen with Black.

This game features a Sicilian Sveshnikov. To learn more about the Sicilian Sveshnikov, here is the best instruction book I could find on Amazon.

Caruana,Fabiano (2832) - Carlsen,Magnus (2835)

World Chess Championship 2018 London (10), 22.11.2018

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Nb8 9.a4 Be7 10.Be2 0–0 11.0–0 Nd7 B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations

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12.b4 Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: c8 [12.Kh1 a6 13.Na3 f5 14.f4 Bf6 (14...exf4 15.Bxf4 Ne5 16.Nc4 Nxc4 17.Bxc4 Bf6 18.c3 g5 19.Be3 Be5 20.Bd4 Qf6 21.Bxe5 dxe5 22.d6+ Be6 23.Qb3 Bxc4 24.Qxc4+ Rf7 25.Rad1 Rd8 26.Qd5 e4 27.Rfe1 Kg7 28.c4 Qxb2 29.Rxe4 Gallagher,J (2544)-Parligras,M (2571)/Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109/½–½ (57)) 15.Nc4 Nb6 16.fxe5 (16.Nxb6 Qxb6 17.a5 Qc7 18.c3 Bd7 19.Be3 Rae8 ½–½ Gallagher,J (2544)-Spasov,V (2551)/Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109) 16...dxe5 17.Ne3 Bg5 18.c4 a5 19.d6 Be6 20.c5 f4 21.Nc4 Nd7 22.b4 axb4 23.Rb1 Rc8 24.Rxb4 Rxc5 25.Nd2 Rd5 26.Qc2 Rxd6 Hedman,E (2320)-Berg,E (2529)/Stockholm 2004/CBM 104 ext/½–½ (34); 12.f4 a6 13.Na3 b5 14.Kh1 bxa4 15.Nc4 exf4 16.Bd2 Ne5 17.Ba5 Qe8 18.Nb6 f3 19.Bxf3 Rb8 20.Be2 Bd8 21.Nxc8 Rxc8 22.Bb4 Bc7 23.Bxa6 Ra8 24.Qe2 Rb8 25.Bc3 f5 26.Rf4 Qf7 Rowson,J (2485)-Adams,M (2670)/London 1998/CBM 065/0–1 (40); 12.c3 f5 13.f4 a6 14.Na3 b5 15.axb5 axb5 16.Kh1 b4 17.cxb4 Bb7 18.Qb3 Nb6 19.Rd1 Bf6 20.Bb5 Bxd5 21.Rxd5 Nxd5 22.Bc6 Rb8 23.b5 Kh8 24.Qxd5 Qb6 25.Nc4 Qf2 26.Be3 Qe2 Rodrigues,E (2137)-Das Neves,G/Sao Paulo 2007/CBM 119 ext/1–0] 

12...a6 Black threatens to win material: a6xb5 

13.Na3 a5 14.bxa5 

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14...Rxa5 Black's piece can't move: c8 

15.Nc4 White threatens to win material: Nc4xa5 

15...Ra8 16.Be3 f5 

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17.a5 Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: c8 

17...f4 Black threatens to win material: f4xe3 

18.Bb6 White threatens to win material: Bb6xd8 

18...Qe8 19.Ra3 Qg6 20.Bc7 e4 21.Kh1 

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21...b5 [21...Nc5 22.Nb6 Ra7 23.Nxc8 Rxc8 24.Bb6²] 

22.Nb6 [¹22.axb6!? Rxa3 23.Nxa3²] 

22...Nxb6= 

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23.Bxb6 Here comes the goal-getter 

23...Qg5 [23...b4 24.Rb3=] 

24.g3 [24.Bxb5!? is worth looking at 24...Rf6 25.Re1²] 

24...b4 Black threatens to win material: b4xa3 

25.Rb3 White threatens to win material: Rb3xb4 

25...Bh3 26.Rg1 f3 27.Bf1 Bxf1 

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28.Qxf1 [28.Rxf1? Rf5 29.g4 Qxg4–+] 

28...Qxd5 29.Rxb4 Qe6 30.Rb5 Bd8 31.Qe1 Bxb6 32.axb6 Rab8 33.Qe3 

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33...Qc4 Black threatens to win material: Qc4xb5 

34.Rb2 Rb7 

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35.Rd1 White threatens to win material: Rd1xd6 

35...Qe2 36.Re1 

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36...Qxe3 Black has a mate threat 

37.Rxe3 d5 38.h4 Rc8 39.Ra3 Kf7 40.Kh2 Ke6 41.g4 

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41...Rc6 Black threatens to win material: Rc6xb6 

42.Ra6 Ke5 43.Kg3 h6 

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44.h5 This push gains space 

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