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Vakhlamov,I vs Caruana,F

2026.01.29 · game 2

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[Event "2nd 3-0 Thu 29th Jan 2026"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2026.01.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vakhlamov,I"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[ECO "B46"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24126748"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2026.01.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Qf3 d5 8.
Qg3 Nf6 9. Be2 h5 10. h4 g6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rad1 Kh8 14. Rfe1 Bb7
15. Qe5 Kh7 16. Qg3 d4 17. e5 Ng8 18. Ne4 c5 19. Nxc5 Bc6 20. Nb3 Bxg5 21. hxg5
Qb6 22. Nxd4 Bb7 23. b3 Ne7 24. Bf3 Rac8 25. c4 Kg8 26. Rd3 Rfd8 27. Red1 Re8
28. Qf4 Rf8 29. Qf6 Rc7 30. g3 Bxf3 31. Qxf3 Qc5 32. Qf6 a5 33. Nxe6 fxe6 34.
Rd8 Nc6 35. Qxe6+ Rf7 36. Qxg6+ Rg7 37. Qe6+ Rf7 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. Rd2 Nd4 40.
Qh6+ Ke8 41. g6 Rf8 42. g7 Rg8 43. Qg6+ Kd8 44. Qf6+ Kc8 45. Qf4 Ne2+ 46. Rxe2
Rxg7 47. e6 Re7 48. Qf8+ Kc7 49. Qf4+ Qd6 50. Qf3 Rxe6 51. Kg2 Rxe2 52. Qxe2
Qc6+ 53. Qf3 Qd7 54. Qf4+ Qd6 55. Qf3 Qc6 56. g4 hxg4 57. Qxc6+ Kxc6 58. Kg3 a4
59. Kxg4 axb3 60. axb3 Kc5 61. f4 Kb4 62. f5 Kxb3 63. f6 Kxc4 64. f7 Kd3 65.
f8=Q Ke2 66. Qf6 Ke1 67. Qf5 Kd1 68. Qe6 Kc1 69. Qe7 Kb1 70. Qe8 Ka1 71. Qd8 Ka2
72. Qc8 Ka1 73. Qc7 Ka2 74. Qb7 Ka1 75. Qb8 1-0

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