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Fabiano Caruana vs Maksim Chigaev
FIDE Grand Swiss (2021), Riga LAT, rd 1, Oct-27
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation. Adams Attack (B90)  ·  1-0

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Oct-27-21  MirrorStalemate: Will Caruana become one of the candidates? I hope so.
Nov-03-21  Ulhumbrus: The sacrifice Nd5 followed by Nf5 has occurred before eg in the game E Jimenez Zerquera vs Mecking, 1970

The computer evaluations and analysis indicate that the purpose of the move 22 b3!! is to prepare the sacrifice 23 Nd5! by displacing the rook on c4 from its cover of the square d4 so that after 22 b3 Rc8 23 Nd5 exd5 24 Nf5 in the event of 24...Qe5 the interposition 25 Bd4 becomes possible.

Without the resource of 24...Qe5 Black is deprived of his most important means of counter attack and has to accept a king deprived of safety in return for the piece. That liability can be serious indeed and can approach the value of a queen on occasion. In the present case it gives White at least enough for the piece and White can win if Black makes a mistake.

Nov-06-21  Carrubo: What a game! I propose it for gotd.
Nov-11-21
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  HeMateMe: Wow! wotta attack! White's Knight was a monster, with all of those forking threats.

I would never play this sort of opening with black, the king in the center of the board. You'd see defensive experts like Petrosian and Korchnoi play such variations, but it's loaded with traps for us mere mortals.

Nov-11-21
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  ajk68: 27. Ng6 and the computer thinks black has the advantage. 27. Rg6? is losing.

29. Nxf3? This doesn't look right at all.
29. f6 and black still had a remote chance of drawing.

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