Tashkent Chess Grand Prix Round 2: Morozevich-Caruana 1-0
The Taskhent Chess Grand Prix witnessed one decisive game in the second round with Alexander Morozevich beating the very strong Fabiano Caruana. Morozevich was back to his enchanting form with a non-mainline Berlin and now leads the Grand Prix with a perfect score. The second stage of the 2012-2013 FIDE Grand Prix Series is taking place from November 21 to December 5 in the Gallery of Fine Art in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Replay the nice game with Chess King in the extended post.
Morozevich, Alexander (2748) – Caruana, Fabiano (2786)
[…] 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 ¤f6 4.d3 ¥c5 5.¥xc6 dxc6 6.h3 ¥e6 7.£e2 ¤d7 8.¥e3 £e7 9.¥xc5 £xc5 10.¤c3 £d6 11.O-O-O c5 12.¤h4 O-O-O 13.¤f5 ¥xf5 14.exf5 ¤f6 15.¦he1 ¦he8 16.£f3 £d4 17.g4 h6 18.a3 a6 19.¦e3 ¦e7 20.¢b1 ¤d5 21.¤xd5 £xd5 22.£xd5 ¦xd5 23.¦de1 f6 24.f4 ¢d7 25.c3 b5 26.¢c2 ¢d6 27.b3 ¦e8 28.¦e4 ¦e7 29.b4 ¦e8 30.c4 bxc4 31.dxc4 ¦d4 32.fxe5+ fxe5 33.bxc5+ ¢xc5 34.¦xe5+ ¦xe5 35.¦xe5+ ¢xc4 36.¦e7 c5 37.¦xg7 ¦d3 38.h4 ¦f3 39.¢d2 ¢d4 40.¢e2 ¦xa3
41.f6 ¦a2+ 42.¢f3 ¦a1 43.¢g2 ¦a2+ 44.¢g3 ¦a1 45.g5 hxg5 46.hxg5 ¦f1 47.¦c7 a5 48.f7 a4 49.g6 a3 50.¦a7 ¦f6 51.g7
Nice to see moro well and back to playing that was a good shot at caruana
quintessential endgame
very strong game