[Event "2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2877"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 (3... Nc6 4. Nf3 {gets White to an Italian Game
while sidestepping the Petroff. (This is useful if one thinks the Italian Game
offers White something while the Petroff is a problem; both assumptions can be
contested.)}) 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ {To take c3 away from White's knight.} 6.
c3 Bd6 7. Bg5 dxe4 8. dxe4 h6 9. Bh4 Qe7 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Bg3 $146 {It looks
a bit strange and the computer doesn't like it, but it has a sensible point.
White wants to play Nh4, when the knight threatens to go to f5 and, once Black
has castled short, to g6.} Bc7 12. O-O Nh5 13. h3 $6 Nxg3 14. fxg3 Nc5 $15 15.
Bxf7+ $6 {This was a shocker. Caruana admitted after the game that while he
had seen the move beforehand, he didn't look at is as carefully as he ought to.
Ultimately, it's not a great move, and Carlsen's own admission was that he was
already unhappy with his position and did this to change the tenor of the game.
} Kxf7 16. Nxe5+ Kg8 17. Ng6 Qg5 18. Rf8+ Kh7 19. Nxh8 (19. Rxh8+ Kxg6 20. b4
Qe3+ 21. Kh1 Qxg3 22. Nf1 Qh4 23. Rxc8 (23. bxc5 $2 Bxh3 24. Rxa8 Bg4+ 25. Kg1
Bxd1 26. Rxd1 Qh5 $19) 23... Nxe4 $1 24. Qd7 Nf2+ 25. Kg1 Nxh3+ 26. gxh3 Bb6+
27. Ne3 Bxe3+ 28. Kg2 Qf2+ 29. Kh1 Qf3+ 30. Kh2 Rxc8 31. Qxc8 Bf4+ $17) 19...
Bg4 $1 20. Qf1 Nd3 $1 (20... Rxf8 21. Qxf8 Be6 (21... Bxh3 22. gxh3 Qxd2 (22...
Qxg3+ 23. Kf1 Qd3+ 24. Ke1 Qe3+ $1 25. Kf1 (25. Kd1 $2 Bf4 $19) 25... Qxd2 26.
Qxc5 $11) 23. Rf1 Qe3+ 24. Qf2 Qxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Kxh8 26. Rf8+ Kh7 27. Kg2 Kg6 $15
) 22. Nf1 Qf6 23. Qxf6 gxf6 $17) 21. Qxd3 (21. Rf7 Qe3+ 22. Kh1 Qxg3 23. Rxc7
Nf2+ 24. Kg1 Nxh3+ 25. Kh1 Qxc7 26. gxh3 Be6 27. Ng6 Kxg6 28. Qg2+ Kh7 29. Rg1
Kh8 $17) 21... Rxf8 $17 22. hxg4 Qxg4 (22... Kxh8) 23. Nf3 (23. Nb3) 23... Qxg3
(23... Kxh8) 24. e5+ Kxh8 25. e6 $5 Bb6+ 26. Kh1 Qg4 27. Qd6 Rd8 $1 28. Qe5 Rd5
29. Qb8+ Kh7 30. e7 Qh5+ $1 31. Nh2 $4 (31. Qh2 Qe8 32. Re1 Bf2 $1 (32... Rh5
$2 33. Nh4 Bf2 34. Re4 g5 35. g3 gxh4 36. gxh4 Bc5 37. Qe2 $11) 33. Rf1 Rh5 34.
Rxf2 Rxh2+ 35. Kxh2 Qxe7 $19) 31... Rd1+ 32. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 33. Nf1 Qxf1+ 34. Kh2
Qg1+ (34... Bg1+ {is better from a computer perspective, but Caruana's move
makes it very simple.}) (34... Qg1+ 35. Kh3 Qe3+ 36. g3 Qxe7 $19) 0-1

[Event "2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. c4 Be6 8. b3
Ne4 9. Bb2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 dxc4 11. Ng5 cxb3 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qe3 bxa2 14. Qxe6+
Kh8 15. Qxa2 Rf5 16. Rfb1 Qb6 17. e4 Rf8 18. Bc3 Qc7 19. Qb2 b6 20. d5 Bxc3 21.
Qxc3+ Kg8 22. e5 a5 23. dxc6 Na6 24. Qb3+ Kh8 25. Qxb6 Qxb6 26. Rxb6 Nc7 27.
Rb7 Rfc8 28. Ra4 Ra6 29. h4 Kg8 30. Rd4 a4 31. Rd7 a3 32. Rbxc7 Rxc7 33. Bd5+
Kf8 34. Rxc7 a2 35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. h3 O-O 10. d4 Bb6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Na3 exd4 14. cxd4 Na5
15. Bc2 b4 16. Nb1 Re8 17. Nbd2 b3 18. Bb1 Qd7 19. e5 dxe5 20. dxe5 Nh5 21. Ng5
g6 22. e6 fxe6 23. Qg4 Nf6 24. Qh4 Rf8 25. Ndf3 Bd5 26. Ne5 Qg7 27. Bd2 Nc6 28.
Nxc6 Bxc6 29. Bc3 e5 30. Rxe5 Nd5 31. Qc4 Bxf2+ 32. Kh1 Rb4 33. Bxb4 Qxe5 34.
Be4 Rf6 35. Rd1 Kg7 36. Bxd5 Bxd5 37. Qxd5 1-0

