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      Home  >  Chess Improvement • Daily News • General News • USA Chess  >  Caruana on fire at Russian Club Cup

      Caruana on fire at Russian Club Cup

      Caruana, Ni Hua, Russian Club Cup


      Final position

      GM Caruana (2649) – GM Ni Hua (2724) [D17]
      Russian Club Cup Internet Chess Club (5), 09.04.2009

      1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 g5 12.Ne3 gxf4 13.Nxf5 0–0–0 14.Qc2 Ng6 15.0–0 Kb8 16.Rfc1 a5 17.b4 Bxb4 18.Nd5 Qe5 19.Nxb4 axb4 20.Rab1 Qa5 21.Nd6 Nde5 22.Nc4 Nxc4 23.Qxc4 fxg3 24.hxg3 Ne5 25.Qf4 Rhg8 26.Rxb4 Rg4 27.Rb5 Rxf4 28.Rxa5 Rf5 29.Rac5 Rg5 30.f4 Rxg3 31.Rxe5 Rdg8 32.Rg5 R8xg5 33.fxg5 Rxg5 34.Rf1 f5 35.Rf4 Kc7 36.Kf2 Kd6 37.Rd4+ Ke6 38.Bf3 Rg7 39.a5 Rg8 40.Rb4 Rg7 41.Rc4 Rd7 42.Ke3 Ke5 43.Rc5+ Kf6 44.a6 bxa6 45.Rxc6+ Kg5 46.Rxa6 Re7+ 47.Kf2 Rd7 48.Rb6 Rd8 49.Rb7 h6 50.Kg3 Rc8 51.Rb5 Kg6 52.Rxf5 White wins 1–0

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      6 Comments

      1. Anonymous Reply
        April 9, 2009 at 10:16 pm

        He’ll break 2700 soon.

      2. Anonymous Reply
        April 9, 2009 at 11:45 pm

        So would he be an American GM or an Italian GM or an Italian-American GM or a Euro-GM?

      3. Polo Mateo Reply
        April 9, 2009 at 11:46 pm

        Ni Hua play is suspect here.
        What’s wrong with the patzer move PxRb5?

      4. Anonymous Reply
        April 10, 2009 at 7:28 pm

        @Polo cxb5 Qxe5+ gives white a good attack for the exchange Ni Hua probably wanted to avoid that line

      5. Jagadish Dube. Reply
        April 11, 2009 at 2:42 am

        I think all 7 Rounds are over.Latest cross-table,standings & results please.

      6. Jagadish Dube. Reply
        April 11, 2009 at 7:05 am

        All details are available in the website http//www.russiachess.org/results/2009/dagomys/pl/

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