CARUANA vs CARLSEN – GAME 14 WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2018

This is game 14 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 (14.1), 28.11.2018

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Ne7 9.c4 Ng6 10.Qa4 Bd7 11.Qb4 B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations

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11...Qb8 [11...Bxb5 12.Qxb5+ Qd7 13.Qxd7+ Kxd7 14.g3 Ne7 15.h4 (15.Bg2 g6 16.b3 Bg7 17.Bb2 Rhe8 18.0–0 f5 19.Rfe1 Bh6 20.Re2 Rac8 21.a4 a5 22.Rae1 g5 23.Bc1 b6 24.h4 Rg8 25.Kh2 f4 26.gxf4 gxf4 27.Bh3+ Kc7 28.Bxc8 Kxc8 29.Rg1 Rf8 Suarez Calvo,A (1970)-Bazhenova,D (1910)/Sibenik 2007/CBM 120 ext/½–½ (48)) 15...h5 16.Bh3+ f5 17.a4 g6 18.a5 Bg7 19.0–0 Rhc8 20.Ra4 b5 21.axb6 axb6 22.Rb4 Rab8 23.Bg5 b5 24.Ra1 Rb7 25.Bxe7 Kxe7 26.Rxb5 Kholmov,R (2465)-Skatchkov,P (2370)/Perm 1997/CBM 058/½–½ (40)] 

12.h4 h5 13.Be3 [13.Bg5 a6 (13...f6 14.Be3 a6 15.Nc3 f5 16.g3 Be7 17.Be2 f4 18.gxf4 exf4 19.Bd4 0–0 20.Bxh5 Nxh4 21.0–0–0 Nf5 22.Bg6 Nxd4 23.Bh7+ Kf7 24.Rxd4 g6 25.Rg1 Bf5 26.Rxf4 Bf6 27.Ne4 Bxe4 28.Rxe4 Bhat,V (2411)-Wang,P (2306)/Dallas 2002/CBM 089 ext/1–0 (51)) 14.Nc3 f5 15.Be2 Be7 16.g3 e4 17.Qb3 Ne5 18.Bxe7 Kxe7 19.Qd1 g6 20.Qd2 Qc7 21.b3 Rac8 22.Nd1 Kf7 23.0–0 g5 24.Qxg5 Ng4 25.Bxg4 hxg4 26.Ne3 Rcg8 27.Qf4 Rh5 Galstian,B (2216)-Galyamov,V/Artek 2000/CBM 078 ext/1–0 (33)] 

13...a6 14.Nc3 

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14...a5 Black threatens to win material: a5xb4 

15.Qb3 Black has a cramped position 

15...a4 Black threatens to win material: a4xb3 

16.Qd1 Be7 17.g3 Controls f4 

17...Qc8 

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18.Be2 White threatens to win material: Be2xh5 

18...Bg4 19.Rc1 Bxe2 20.Qxe2 [20.Nxe2?! Qg4=] 

20...Qf5 21.c5 0–0 22.c6 bxc6 

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23.dxc6 White has a new passed pawn: c6. Black has a new passed pawn: d6 

23...Rfc8 Black threatens to win material: Rc8xc6 

24.Qc4 Bd8 25.Nd5 White plans c7 [25.Ne4!? Ba5+ 26.Ke2=] 

25...e4³ 26.c7 [¹26.Bd4!? is noteworthy 26...Ra5 27.Ne3=] 

26...Bxc7µ 27.Nxc7 Ne5 

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28.Nd5?? strolling merrily down the path to disaster [¹28.Qd5 Rab8 29.0–0 Rxc7 30.Qxd6µ] 

28...Kh7 [28...Kh7 29.Qe2 Nd3+ 30.Kf1 Nxc1–+ (30...Rxc1+?! 31.Bxc1 Qxd5 32.Kg2–+; 30...Qxd5?! 31.Rxc8 Rxc8 32.Kg2–+) ; 28...Nxc4? looks attractive, but 29.Ne7+ Kf8 30.Nxf5 Nxe3 31.Rxc8+ Rxc8 32.Nxe3 Rc1+ 33.Nd1+-; Instead of 28...Rxc4 29.Ne7+ Kh7 30.Nxf5 Nd3+ 31.Kd2 Rxc1 32.Rxc1 Nxc1 33.Kxc1²]  0–1