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Fabiano Caruana vs Arkadij Naiditsch
Dortmund Sparkassen (2015), Dortmund GER, rd 4, Jul-01
Catalan Opening: Open Defense (E04)  ·  1-0

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Jul-01-15  Kasparov Fan: Typical Catalan endgame black had to defend with no counterplay at all it is a tough feat to achieve and he couldn't.Caruana just outplayed Naiditsch
Jul-01-15  maxxowar: I immediately saw 37.Bxc6 Bxc6 38.Ne5 threatening the bishop and pawn queening, I was wrong because of 38...a4 that can save the game. The right move is 38.f4! that wins the game giving space to white king towards the queen side.
Jul-01-15
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  Penguincw: Naiditsch was hoping he could beat Caruana with black to add him to the list of people he beat with black while they're in the Top 10.

As it turns out, he already did that last year at Tata: Caruana vs Naiditsch, 2014 (Caruana was #6 at 2782).

Jul-02-15  FISCHERboy: 31.e5! Nice move.
Jul-02-15  FISCHERboy: 31. e5 is pretty nice. (31... f5 32. Bg2 h6 33. Qd6 Qd6 34. ed6 Nc6 35. Ne1 a5) Naiditsch was outplayed here.
Jul-02-15  Ulhumbrus: After 15 Ne4 if we assume that White's N is more valuable than Black's N this suggests 15...Nxe4 16 Bxe4 g6

Instead of 17...Be7, 17...Rfd8 develops the king's rook

19...f6 disturbs the king side pawns without necessity and weakens the e6 pawn which Caruana will make a target three moves later

Instead of 23...Bxc8 23...Rxc8 occupies the c file

For the last third of the game Caruana gives Naiditsch no time to improve his position and complete his development

Jul-02-15  Marmot PFL: I agree that trading knights was the most logical move for black. Once white gets e4 in that knight loses its outpost anyway and Caruana is too strong a player to risk much against.

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