2020 Candidates Tournament Rd 4 MVL vs Caruana

Ruy Lopez Berlin Defense

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Date "2020.03.17"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2842"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 {} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences.} Ba7 $1 11. h3 {11.Be3 is
the modern continuation.} 0-0 12. Be3 exd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. Ng5 {
[#]} Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qe8 16. e5 dxe5 17. dxe5 Qc6 18. Nf3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Ne4 20. Qd4 Nxc3 21. Qxb4 Ne4 {1-0 (46) Sasikiran,K (2648)-Moroni,L 
(2532) Caleta 2020} )16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxf7 e4 ({Not} 17... Rxf7 $2 18. dxe5 c5 19. exf6 $16 )18. Nd6+ (18. Ng5+ {seems wilder.} Kh8 19. Ne6 Rfc8 20. Qe2 Nbd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Qg4 )Kh8 19. Nxb7 Rxb7 20. Qe2 c6 21. Rad1 Rd7 22. f3 exf3 23. Rxf3 c5 24. dxc5 Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1 Bxc5 26. Qf2 Bd6 27. Nc3 Nd3 28. Qe2 Nc5 29. Ba2 Re8 30. Qd2 Nce4 31. Nxe4 Nxe4 32. Qd3 Ng5 33. Bxg5 Bc5+ 34. Kh1 Qxg5 35. Rf1 Qe5 36. Qd5 {[#] Threatens to win with Rf8+!} Qe2 37. Qf5 {Bb1 is the strong threat.} Qe5 38. Qxe5 {The position is equal.} Rxe5 $11 { Endgame KRB-KRB} 39. Rd1 {White wants to mate with Rd8+.} g6 40. Bd5 Re7 41. Bc6 Re2 42. Bb7 Rxb2 43. Bxa6 Ra2 44. Bxb5 Rxa5 {Accuracy: White =
91%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

2020 Candidates Tournament Rd 4 MVL vs Caruana

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