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Mega-exciting blitz chess game: Fabiano Caruana vs Sergey Karjakin : St. Louis Blitz 2017

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Instructive game tags: King in the center, giving up bishop for Bb4+, undermining pawn chain, relative king safety better for black, f-file usage, f-file tactics [Event "St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Bl... (Show Full Description)
Instructive game tags: King in the center, giving up bishop for Bb4+, undermining pawn chain, relative king safety better for black, f-file usage, f-file tactics [Event "St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)"] [Site "St Louis, MO USA"] [Date "2017.08.17"] [EventDate "2017.08.13"] [Round "6"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Fabiano Caruana"] [Black "Sergey Karjakin"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "2807"] [BlackElo "2773"] [PlyCount "52"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c4 Bxb1 6. Qxb1 Bb4+ 7. Kd1 O-O 8. c5 c6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Ke2 Ba5 11. g4 g6 12. Qg1 b6 13. h4 bxc5 14. h5 Bc7 15. Bg5 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Ne5 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Nxe6 Qb8 19. Qb1 Rf7 20. Bf4 Nfxg4 21. f3 Nxd3 22. Bxc7 Qe8 23. Qxd3 Qxe6 24. Bg3 Re8 25. Bf2 Rxf3 26. Raf1 Ref8 0-1 â–ºKingscrusher chess resources: http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/learn_coaching_chessable.asp â–ºKingscrusher's "Crushing the King" video course with GM Igor Smirnov: http://chess-teacher.com/affiliates/idevaffiliate.php?id=1933&url=2396 â–ºFREE online turn-style chess at http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher (use my discount code KINGICC for 10% off) â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq â–ºKingscrusher resources: http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/learn_coaching_chessable.asp â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºFollow me at Google+ : http://www.google.com/+kingscrusher â–ºPlay and follow broadcasts at Chess24: https://chess24.com/premium?ref=kingscrusher Thumbnail: Caruana vs Karjakin Caruana By This photo was taken by Przemyslaw Jahr Autorem zdjecia jest Przemyslaw Jahr Wykorzystujac zdjecie prosze podac jako autora: Przemyslaw Jahr / Wikimedia Commons (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC BY-SA 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons Karjakin By Andreas Kontokanis from Piraeus, Greece (Karjakin Sergey) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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