📘 23.Re3!
With the idea of doubling the rooks in the only open file
With the idea of doubling the rooks in the only open file
📘 25.N.f7!
Tactics come from superior positions!
25...R.e3 26.R.e3 K.f7 27.Rf3! +/-
Tactics come from superior positions!
25...R.e3 26.R.e3 K.f7 27.Rf3! +/-
📘 15.Ne1!
With the idea of transferring the knight to the more active e3 square and getting ready for f4-f5
With the idea of transferring the knight to the more active e3 square and getting ready for f4-f5
📘 4...Bf5!?
An interesting and uncommon move to stop White from playing e4 and entering to the main line of king's Indian Defense.
Kamran Shirazi, Iraian International Master who lives in France is expert in this line. Caruana also played this move occasionally.
An interesting and uncommon move to stop White from playing e4 and entering to the main line of king's Indian Defense.
Kamran Shirazi, Iraian International Master who lives in France is expert in this line. Caruana also played this move occasionally.
📘 29.Rc1?! =
A slow move in the critical moment of the game. White should have played activity:
29.b3! Rc8 30.f4 +/-
A slow move in the critical moment of the game. White should have played activity:
29.b3! Rc8 30.f4 +/-
📘 40.Kd2? c4! -+
White had to create harmony between his pieces to defend his King. The correct move was:
40.Nd2! =
Covering the king and make a connection between the queen and the king. Now if c4, then Qc8, if Qc3, then Qc2, and if Be3, then Qc8 following Qxc5! and all black's threats were gone.
White had to create harmony between his pieces to defend his King. The correct move was:
40.Nd2! =
Covering the king and make a connection between the queen and the king. Now if c4, then Qc8, if Qc3, then Qc2, and if Be3, then Qc8 following Qxc5! and all black's threats were gone.
📘 13.Ba4!
1. Stopping black from Ne5! by protecting the bishop on a4.
2. Make a harmony between the queen and the bishop.
3. Protecting the c2 square
4. In the right moment, transferring the bishop to the a2-g8 diagonal.
1. Stopping black from Ne5! by protecting the bishop on a4.
2. Make a harmony between the queen and the bishop.
3. Protecting the c2 square
4. In the right moment, transferring the bishop to the a2-g8 diagonal.