Thursday, November 15, 2018

CARUANA vs CARLSEN – GAME 5 WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2018


This is game 5 of the World Chess Championship Match 2018, fully annotated. It is between Fabiano Caruana with White against Magnus Carlsen with Black.


Caruana,Fabiano (2832) - Carlsen,Magnus (2835)
World Chess Championship 2018 London (5), 15.11.2018

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.0–0 Bg7 5.Re1 e5 6.b4 Nxb4 7.Bb2 a6 8.a3 axb5 9.axb4 Rxa1 10.Bxa1 d6 11.bxc5 Ne7 B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6

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12.Qe2N [12.cxd6 Qxd6 13.d4 exd4 14.Bxd4 0–0 15.Nc3 Bxd4 16.Nxd4 b4 17.e5 Qc5 18.Ncb5 Nf5 19.Qa1 Nxd4 20.Nxd4 Re8 21.Re3 Rd8 22.Re4 b5 23.e6 Bxe6 24.Nxe6 fxe6 25.Rxe6 Qxc2 26.Re1 Qd3 Polschikov,A (2270)-Anoshkin,A (2386)/Pardubice 2007/CBM 119 ext/0–1 (46)] 
12...b4 

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13.Qc4 White threatens to win material: Qc4xb4 
13...Qa5 14.cxd6 Be6 15.Qc7 Qxc7 

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16.dxc7 White has a new doubled pawn: c2 
16...Nc6 

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17.c3 White's piece can't move: b1 
17...Kd7 18.cxb4 Ra8 Black threatens to win material: Ra8xa1 
19.Bc3 Kxc7 

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20.d3 White has a cramped position.  
20...Kb6 Black king safety dropped 
21.Bd2 

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White has a cramped position 
21...Rd8 22.Be3+ Kb5 23.Nc3+ Kxb4 24.Nd5+ Bxd5 25.exd5 Rxd5 26.Rb1+ Kc3 27.Rxb7 

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27...Nd8 Black threatens to win material: Nd8xb7 
28.Rc7+ Kxd3 29.Kf1 h5 30.h3 Ke4 31.Ng5+ Kf5 32.Nxf7 Nxf7 33.Rxf7+ Bf6 34.g4+ ½–½

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