DUDA vs VAN FOREEST – ROUND 2 TATA STEEL MASTERS 2019

This game is from round 2 of the Tata Steel Masters 2018, fully annotated. It is between Jan-Krysztof Duda with White against Jorden Van Foreest with Black.

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

Duda,Jan-Krzysztof (2738) - Van Foreest,Jorden (2612)

81st Tata Steel Masters 2019 Wijk aan Zee (2), 13.01.2019

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Nd2 Bg4 7.Qb3 Qc8 8.Ngf3 e6 9.Bd3 Bh5 B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack [9...a6 10.0–0 Be7 11.Rae1 0–0 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Nd7 14.Qc2 g6 15.h3 Bf5 16.Bxf5 gxf5 17.Bh6 Re8 18.Qd3 Kh8 19.c4 Nb6 20.Rc1 Qd7 21.Qd4 Bd8 22.c5 Nc8 23.Nc4 Na7 24.Nd6 Buchenau,F (2344)-Falk,T (1992)/Verden 2006/CBM 110 ext/½–½ (55)] 
10.0–0 Bg6 11.Bxg6 hxg6 12.Rae1 [12.Rfe1 Be7 13.Ne5 0–0 14.a4 Nd7 15.Ndf3 Ncxe5 16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Qc6 18.Re3 b6 19.Qb5 Rfc8 20.Qa6 Bd6 21.Bxd6 Qxd6 22.a5 Qc6 23.Qe2 Qc7 24.b4 Qe7 25.Qa6 Rab8 26.axb6 axb6 Roos,L (2325)-Andruet,G (2420)/France 1989/TD/0–1 (40)] 
12...Be7 13.g3 0–0 14.Ne5 Nxe5 

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15.dxe5 [Not 15.Rxe5 Bd6µ] 
15...Nd7 16.h4 Nc5 17.Qc2 Qc6 18.Re3 Qa6 Black threatens to win material: Qa6xa2 
19.Qb1 Rac8 20.Kg2 b5 21.Bg5 White threatens to win material: Bg5xe7 
21...Qb7 22.Bxe7 Qxe7 23.Rh1 a5 

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24.Qd1 White intends h5 
24...b4 This push gains space 
25.Qg4 bxc3 26.bxc3 Rb8 27.h5 g5 28.h6 g6 White has a new passed pawn: h6 
29.Nf3 Ne4 30.Re2 Nxc3 31.Rc2 Ne4 32.Nd4 Rbc8 33.Nc6 White threatens to win material: Nc6xe7 
33...Qa3 34.Rhc1 Kh7 Black threatens to win material: Kh7xh6 
35.Qe2 

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35...g4 [Weaker is 35...Kxh6 36.f3 Nxg3 37.Kxg3²] 
36.Qxg4 Rc7 37.Qf4 Rfc8 38.g4? [¹38.Qg4!?= is worth looking at] 
38...g5µ 

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39.Qh2 Nd2! Deflection: d2 
40.Rc3? [40.Rxd2 Qxc1 Double attack(40...Qxc1 Deflection; 40...Qxc1 Decoy) ] 
40...Qa4–+ 41.Qh5? [41.f3 Nc4 42.Nd4 Qxa2+ 43.Kg3 Qxh2+ 44.Kxh2 Kxh6–+] 
41...Qe4+ 42.Kh3 [42.f3 desperation 42...Qf4 43.Qh2–+] 
42...d4 43.Rg3 Qf4 [43...Rxc6?! is easily refuted 44.Qxf7+ Kxh6 45.Qh5+ Kg7 46.Qxg5+ Kf8 47.Qf6+ Ke8 48.Qh8+ Kd7 49.Qg7+ Kd8 50.f3–+] 
44.Rd1 [44.Re1 doesn't change anything anymore 44...Rxc6 45.Kg2 Rc2–+] 
44...Ne4 45.Rxd4 [45.Re1 doesn't change the outcome of the game 45...Nxf2+ 46.Kg2 Rxc6–+] 
45...Nxg3 46.fxg3 [46.Rxf4 does not solve anything 46...Nxh5 47.gxh5 gxf4–+] 
46...Qf1+ 47.Kh2 Rxc6 48.Qxg5 Rc2+ 49.Rd2 Rxd2+ 50.Qxd2 Rc1 [50...Rc1 51.Qg2 Qd3–+]  0–1