Speed Chess Championship Main Event 2020
November 15, 2020
The Fabiano Caruana – Jan-Krzysztof Duda Match (continued)
3+1 (FC-JD 4-4)
Round 2, Game 10, Nov. 15
Caruana, Fabiano – Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h4 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f4 exf4 9.Bxf4 Nc6 10.Qd2 d5 11.O-O-O Bb4 12.Bg5 Nxe4 13.Qe3 Nxg5 14.Nxd5 Bd6 15.hxg5 Ne7 16.Bc4 b5 17.Nxe7 Qxe7 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Kb1 Rd8 20.Na5 Rc8 21.Qe4 e5 22.g6 h6 23.Rhf1 Rf8 24.Rxf8+ Qxf8 25.Qg4 Rc7 26.Qe6+ 1-0
Round 2, Game 11, Nov. 15
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof – Caruana, Fabiano
C54 Giuoco Piano
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O a6 7.a4 Ba7 8.Re1 h6 9.Nbd2 Nh7 10.b4 Qf6 11.d4 Ng5 12.b5 Na5 13.Be2 O-O 14.Ba3 Re8 15.Qc2 Nxf3+ 16.Nxf3 Bg4 17.Bb4 Bb6 18.dxe5 dxe5 19.c4 c5 20.Ba3 Rad8 21.Bb2 Bc7 22.Nd2 Bxe2 23.Rxe2 axb5 24.axb5 b6 25.Nf1 Qe6 26.Ne3 Ra8 27.Nd5 Rec8 28.Re3 Bd8 29.h3 Nb7 30.Rd1 Ra2 31.Qb3 Rca8 32.Rg3 Kh7 33.Rf3 R8a7 34.Rb1 Nd6 35.Qd3 R2a4 36.Rc1 Ra2 37.Rc2 R7a4 38.Qb3 Ra7 39.Qd3 R2a4 40.Kh2 Ra2 41.g3 Qg6 42.Re3 Qe6 43.Kg2 R2a4 44.Ree2 Ra2 45.Qb3 R2a4 46.Bc1 Ra1 47.Bb2 R1a4 48.Qd3 Ra2 49.Ne3 R2a4 50.Ng4 f6 51.Ne3 Be7 52.Nd5 Bd8 53.h4 Nf7 54.f3 h5 55.Bc1 Nd6 56.Red2 Nf7 57.Rd1 Nd6 58.Nc3 Rxc4 59.Qxd6 Qxd6 60.Rxd6 Be7 61.Rxb6 Rd4 62.Ra6 1-0
Round 2, Game 12, Nov. 15
Caruana, Fabiano – Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h4 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f4 exf4 9.Bxf4 Nc6 10.Qd2 d5 11.O-O-O Bb4 12.Bg5 Nxe4 13.Qe3 Nxg5 14.Nxd5 Bd6 15.hxg5 Ne7 16.Bc4 Nf5 17.Qd2 Ng3 18.Rh4 b5 19.Bd3 Bxd5 20.Rd4 Qc7 21.Qe1+ Qe7 22.Rxd5 Bf4+ 23.Kb1 Qxe1 24.Rxe1+ Kf8 25.Nc5 g6 26.Rd4 Bxg5 27.Rg4 Bd8 28.Rxg3 Bh4 29.Ree3 Bxg3 30.Rxg3 Kg7 31.b4 Rhe8 32.Kb2 h5 33.a4 bxa4 34.Bxa6 Re5 35.Bc4 h4 36.Rf3 a3+ 37.Rxa3 Rxa3 38.Kxa3 Rg5 39.Bf1 Rf5 40.Bd3 Rf2 41.b5 Rxg2 42.b6 h3 43.Be4 Rd2 44.b7 Rd8 45.Nd7 f5 46.Bd5 g5 47.b8=Q Rxb8 48.Nxb8 g4 49.Nc6 Kf6 50.c4 g3 51.Nd4 g2 52.Ne2 f4 53.c5 Ke5 54.Bf3 Ke6 55.c6 1-0
Jan: "It's 6:6... So far the same number of draws as in the hit series the Queen's Gambit!"
Peter: "I don't know if this features the same number of ridiculous draw offers..."
Round 2, Game 13, Nov. 15
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof – Caruana, Fabiano
C54 Giuoco Piano
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Qe7 10.b4 Bb6 11.a4 a5 12.b5 Nd8 13.Nbd2 Nh5 14.d4 Nxg3 15.hxg3 Kg7 16.Bb3 Bg4 17.Nc4 f6 18.Ne3 Bd7 19.Re1 Nf7 20.Nh2 c6 21.bxc6 bxc6 22.Rb1 Rab8 23.g4 Rfd8 24.Nhf1 h5 25.Ng3 Nh6 26.Nxh5+ Kg6 27.Nf5 Nxf5 28.gxf5+ Kh6 29.Re3 1-0
Round 2, Game 14, Nov. 15
Caruana, Fabiano – Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
C42 Petrov, Nimzowitsch Attack
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.O-O-O Nf6 10.Bd3 c5 11.Rhe1 Be6 12.a3 c4 13.Bf1 Ne4 14.Qe2 d5 15.Bd4 b5 16.Nd2 Nd6 17.g3 Re8 18.Bg2 Nf5 19.Nf3 a5 20.Ne5 Qc7 21.Qh5 g6 22.Qf3 b4 23.a4 Rab8 24.h4 bxc3 25.Bxc3 d4 26.Rxd4 Nxd4 27.Bxd4 Bc5 28.Bc3 Bb4 29.Nc6 Bxc3 30.Qxc3 Rb6 31.Nxa5 Reb8 32.b3 Qc5 33.Nxc4 Bxc4 34.Qxc4 Qxc4 35.bxc4 Rb1+ 36.Kd2 Rxe1 37.Kxe1 Rb4 38.Bd5 Rxa4 39.Kd2 Kf8 40.Kd3 Ke7 41.Kd4 Ra2 42.Kd3 f6 43.c5 Ra4 44.c6 Kd6 45.c4 Ra2 46.Ke3 Rb2 47.Kf3 h6 48.g4 g5 49.hxg5 hxg5 50.Ke3 Rb8 51.Ke4 Ke7 52.Kf5 Rc8 53.f3 Rc7 54.Kg6 Rc8 55.Kf5 Rc7 56.Kg6 Rc8 57.Kg7 Rc7 58.Kh6 Rc8 59.Kg6 Rc7 60.Kf5 Rc8 61.Ke4 Rc7 62.Kd4 Kd6 63.Ke4 Ke7 64.f4 gxf4 65.Kxf4 Kd6 66.Kf5 Ke7 67.c5 Rc8 68.Ke4 Rc7 69.Kd4 Rc8 70.Kc4 Kd8 71.Kd4 Kc7 72.Ke4 Re8+ 73.Kd4 Re5 74.Be4 Rg5 75.Bf3 Kc8 76.Kc4 Kd8 77.Kd4 Re5 78.Be4 Kc7 79.Bf3 Rg5 80.Kc4 Kb8 81.Kd4 Kc8 82.Kc4 Kc7 83.Kd4 Re5 84.Be4 Rg5 85.Bf3 1/2-1/2
After 13 decisive games we finally have a draw, just when it seemed Duda was going to take a 2-point lead
Round 2, Game 15, Nov. 15
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof – Caruana, Fabiano
C42 Petrov, Classical Attack
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bf5 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 O-O 10.Re1 Nc6 11.Nc3 Nd6 12.Bb3 Nb4 13.a3 Nd3 14.Re2 Nxc1 15.Qxc1 c6 16.Qf4 Bf6 17.Rae1 g6 18.g4 g5 19.Qg3 Bg6 20.Ne5 Kg7 21.Ba2 Rc8 22.Re3 Rc7 23.Ne2 Re8 24.Nc3 Rce7 25.f4 gxf4 26.Qxf4 h6 27.R3e2 Nc8 28.Kh1 Nb6 29.Rf1 Bg5 30.Qf2 Qd6 31.h4 Bf6 32.h5 Bh7 33.Nxf7 Qxd4 34.Rxe7 Rxe7 35.Qxd4 Bxd4 36.Nd6 Be5 37.Nf5+ Bxf5 38.Rxf5 Bxc3 39.bxc3 Re1+ 40.Kg2 Re2+ 41.Rf2 Rxf2+ 42.Kxf2 Na4 43.c4 Kf6 44.Bb3 Nc5 45.Bc2 Nd7 46.Kg3 Ne5 47.Bb3 Kg5 48.c5 Nd3 49.Be6 Nxc5 50.Bc8 b6 51.Kf3 Nb3 52.Ke4 c5 53.Kd5 Nd4 54.a4 Ne2 55.a5 bxa5 56.Kxc5 Nc3 57.Bd7 Ne4+ 58.Kb5 Nf6 59.Be6 Nxg4 60.Bf7 Nf6 61.Kxa5 Nxh5 62.Ka6 Ng7 63.Kxa7 Kf6 64.Bd5 h5 65.Kb6 h4 66.Bg2 Ke5 67.Kc5 Ne6+ 68.Kc4 Kf4 69.Bh3 Ng5 70.Bc8 Ke4 71.Kc3 Ke3 72.Kc2 Nf3 73.Kd1 Kf2 74.Bg4 Ne5 75.Be6 Kg3 76.Ke2 Ng4 77.Bxg4 Kxg4 78.Kf2 h3 79.Kg1 Kg3 80.Kh1 h2 1/2-1/2
Round 2, Game 16, Nov. 15
Caruana, Fabiano – Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
C42 Petrov, Nimzowitsch Attack
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nd7 8.Qd2 O-O 9.O-O-O Nf6 10.Bd3 Be6 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.c4 Re8 13.f3 d5 14.Rhe1 c5 15.Nf5 Bxf5 16.Bxf5 d4 17.Bf4 Nh5 18.Kb1 g6 19.Bd3 Nxf4 20.Qxf4 Qd6 21.Qe4 Qd7 22.g3 Bg5 23.Qd5 Qxd5 24.cxd5 Rxe1 25.Rxe1 Rd8 26.f4 Bf6 27.Bc4 Kf8 28.a4 Re8 29.Rxe8+ Kxe8 30.Kc1 1/2-1/2
Round 2, Game 17, Nov. 15
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof – Caruana, Fabiano
E53 Nimzo-Indian
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.dxc5 Nbd7 9.Be2 Nxc5 10.Bd2 Bf5 11.a3 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Nfe4 13.Bd4 Ne6 14.O-O Nxd4 15.Qxd4 Qd6 16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Rac1 h6 18.Bd3 Qe7 19.Qe5 Qxe5 20.Nxe5 Be6 21.Rc7 Rac8 22.Rdc1 Nd6 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Rxc8+ Bxc8 25.Kf1 Kf8 26.Ke1 Ke7 27.Nf3 Bf5 28.Bf1 Be4 29.Nd4 g5 30.Kd2 h5 31.f3 Bg6 32.Kc3 h4 33.Nb5 Nxb5+ 34.Bxb5 f6 35.Kd4 Kd6 36.Ba4 Bh5 37.Bb3 Bf7 38.e4 b6 39.Bxd5 Be8 40.g3 hxg3 41.hxg3 Bd7 42.Bc4 Bc6 43.Bd3 Bd7 44.Bf1 a5 45.Bc4 Bc6 46.Bd5 Bd7 47.Bf7 Bc6 48.Bg6 Bd7 49.Bf5 Bc6 50.f4 gxf4 51.gxf4 Bb7 52.Bh3 Bc6 53.Bg2 Bd7 54.Bf3 Bb5 55.Bd1 Bc6 56.Bb3 Bb5 57.Bd5 Bd7 58.Bb7 Bb5 59.Ba8 Bd7 60.Bd5 Bb5 61.Bf7 Bc6 62.Bh5 Bd7 63.Bf3 Bb5 64.Bd1 Bc6 65.Bb3 Bb5 66.Bd5 Bd7 67.Ke3 Bb5 68.Kd4 1/2-1/2
Score at the end of Round Two
Duda-Caruana 9-8
November 15, 2020
The Fabiano Caruana – Jan-Krzysztof Duda Match (continued)
3+1 (FC-JD 4-4)
Round 2, Game 10, Nov. 15
Caruana, Fabiano – Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h4 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f4 exf4 9.Bxf4 Nc6 10.Qd2 d5 11.O-O-O Bb4 12.Bg5 Nxe4 13.Qe3 Nxg5 14.Nxd5 Bd6 15.hxg5 Ne7 16.Bc4 b5 17.Nxe7 Qxe7 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Kb1 Rd8 20.Na5 Rc8 21.Qe4 e5 22.g6 h6 23.Rhf1 Rf8 24.Rxf8+ Qxf8 25.Qg4 Rc7 26.Qe6+ 1-0
Round 2, Game 11, Nov. 15
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof – Caruana, Fabiano
C54 Giuoco Piano
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O a6 7.a4 Ba7 8.Re1 h6 9.Nbd2 Nh7 10.b4 Qf6 11.d4 Ng5 12.b5 Na5 13.Be2 O-O 14.Ba3 Re8 15.Qc2 Nxf3+ 16.Nxf3 Bg4 17.Bb4 Bb6 18.dxe5 dxe5 19.c4 c5 20.Ba3 Rad8 21.Bb2 Bc7 22.Nd2 Bxe2 23.Rxe2 axb5 24.axb5 b6 25.Nf1 Qe6 26.Ne3 Ra8 27.Nd5 Rec8 28.Re3 Bd8 29.h3 Nb7 30.Rd1 Ra2 31.Qb3 Rca8 32.Rg3 Kh7 33.Rf3 R8a7 34.Rb1 Nd6 35.Qd3 R2a4 36.Rc1 Ra2 37.Rc2 R7a4 38.Qb3 Ra7 39.Qd3 R2a4 40.Kh2 Ra2 41.g3 Qg6 42.Re3 Qe6 43.Kg2 R2a4 44.Ree2 Ra2 45.Qb3 R2a4 46.Bc1 Ra1 47.Bb2 R1a4 48.Qd3 Ra2 49.Ne3 R2a4 50.Ng4 f6 51.Ne3 Be7 52.Nd5 Bd8 53.h4 Nf7 54.f3 h5 55.Bc1 Nd6 56.Red2 Nf7 57.Rd1 Nd6 58.Nc3 Rxc4 59.Qxd6 Qxd6 60.Rxd6 Be7 61.Rxb6 Rd4 62.Ra6 1-0
Round 2, Game 12, Nov. 15
Caruana, Fabiano – Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h4 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f4 exf4 9.Bxf4 Nc6 10.Qd2 d5 11.O-O-O Bb4 12.Bg5 Nxe4 13.Qe3 Nxg5 14.Nxd5 Bd6 15.hxg5 Ne7 16.Bc4 Nf5 17.Qd2 Ng3 18.Rh4 b5 19.Bd3 Bxd5 20.Rd4 Qc7 21.Qe1+ Qe7 22.Rxd5 Bf4+ 23.Kb1 Qxe1 24.Rxe1+ Kf8 25.Nc5 g6 26.Rd4 Bxg5 27.Rg4 Bd8 28.Rxg3 Bh4 29.Ree3 Bxg3 30.Rxg3 Kg7 31.b4 Rhe8 32.Kb2 h5 33.a4 bxa4 34.Bxa6 Re5 35.Bc4 h4 36.Rf3 a3+ 37.Rxa3 Rxa3 38.Kxa3 Rg5 39.Bf1 Rf5 40.Bd3 Rf2 41.b5 Rxg2 42.b6 h3 43.Be4 Rd2 44.b7 Rd8 45.Nd7 f5 46.Bd5 g5 47.b8=Q Rxb8 48.Nxb8 g4 49.Nc6 Kf6 50.c4 g3 51.Nd4 g2 52.Ne2 f4 53.c5 Ke5 54.Bf3 Ke6 55.c6 1-0
Jan: "It's 6:6... So far the same number of draws as in the hit series the Queen's Gambit!"
Peter: "I don't know if this features the same number of ridiculous draw offers..."
Round 2, Game 13, Nov. 15
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof – Caruana, Fabiano
C54 Giuoco Piano
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Qe7 10.b4 Bb6 11.a4 a5 12.b5 Nd8 13.Nbd2 Nh5 14.d4 Nxg3 15.hxg3 Kg7 16.Bb3 Bg4 17.Nc4 f6 18.Ne3 Bd7 19.Re1 Nf7 20.Nh2 c6 21.bxc6 bxc6 22.Rb1 Rab8 23.g4 Rfd8 24.Nhf1 h5 25.Ng3 Nh6 26.Nxh5+ Kg6 27.Nf5 Nxf5 28.gxf5+ Kh6 29.Re3 1-0
Round 2, Game 14, Nov. 15
Caruana, Fabiano – Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
C42 Petrov, Nimzowitsch Attack
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.O-O-O Nf6 10.Bd3 c5 11.Rhe1 Be6 12.a3 c4 13.Bf1 Ne4 14.Qe2 d5 15.Bd4 b5 16.Nd2 Nd6 17.g3 Re8 18.Bg2 Nf5 19.Nf3 a5 20.Ne5 Qc7 21.Qh5 g6 22.Qf3 b4 23.a4 Rab8 24.h4 bxc3 25.Bxc3 d4 26.Rxd4 Nxd4 27.Bxd4 Bc5 28.Bc3 Bb4 29.Nc6 Bxc3 30.Qxc3 Rb6 31.Nxa5 Reb8 32.b3 Qc5 33.Nxc4 Bxc4 34.Qxc4 Qxc4 35.bxc4 Rb1+ 36.Kd2 Rxe1 37.Kxe1 Rb4 38.Bd5 Rxa4 39.Kd2 Kf8 40.Kd3 Ke7 41.Kd4 Ra2 42.Kd3 f6 43.c5 Ra4 44.c6 Kd6 45.c4 Ra2 46.Ke3 Rb2 47.Kf3 h6 48.g4 g5 49.hxg5 hxg5 50.Ke3 Rb8 51.Ke4 Ke7 52.Kf5 Rc8 53.f3 Rc7 54.Kg6 Rc8 55.Kf5 Rc7 56.Kg6 Rc8 57.Kg7 Rc7 58.Kh6 Rc8 59.Kg6 Rc7 60.Kf5 Rc8 61.Ke4 Rc7 62.Kd4 Kd6 63.Ke4 Ke7 64.f4 gxf4 65.Kxf4 Kd6 66.Kf5 Ke7 67.c5 Rc8 68.Ke4 Rc7 69.Kd4 Rc8 70.Kc4 Kd8 71.Kd4 Kc7 72.Ke4 Re8+ 73.Kd4 Re5 74.Be4 Rg5 75.Bf3 Kc8 76.Kc4 Kd8 77.Kd4 Re5 78.Be4 Kc7 79.Bf3 Rg5 80.Kc4 Kb8 81.Kd4 Kc8 82.Kc4 Kc7 83.Kd4 Re5 84.Be4 Rg5 85.Bf3 1/2-1/2
After 13 decisive games we finally have a draw, just when it seemed Duda was going to take a 2-point lead
Round 2, Game 15, Nov. 15
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof – Caruana, Fabiano
C42 Petrov, Classical Attack
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bf5 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 O-O 10.Re1 Nc6 11.Nc3 Nd6 12.Bb3 Nb4 13.a3 Nd3 14.Re2 Nxc1 15.Qxc1 c6 16.Qf4 Bf6 17.Rae1 g6 18.g4 g5 19.Qg3 Bg6 20.Ne5 Kg7 21.Ba2 Rc8 22.Re3 Rc7 23.Ne2 Re8 24.Nc3 Rce7 25.f4 gxf4 26.Qxf4 h6 27.R3e2 Nc8 28.Kh1 Nb6 29.Rf1 Bg5 30.Qf2 Qd6 31.h4 Bf6 32.h5 Bh7 33.Nxf7 Qxd4 34.Rxe7 Rxe7 35.Qxd4 Bxd4 36.Nd6 Be5 37.Nf5+ Bxf5 38.Rxf5 Bxc3 39.bxc3 Re1+ 40.Kg2 Re2+ 41.Rf2 Rxf2+ 42.Kxf2 Na4 43.c4 Kf6 44.Bb3 Nc5 45.Bc2 Nd7 46.Kg3 Ne5 47.Bb3 Kg5 48.c5 Nd3 49.Be6 Nxc5 50.Bc8 b6 51.Kf3 Nb3 52.Ke4 c5 53.Kd5 Nd4 54.a4 Ne2 55.a5 bxa5 56.Kxc5 Nc3 57.Bd7 Ne4+ 58.Kb5 Nf6 59.Be6 Nxg4 60.Bf7 Nf6 61.Kxa5 Nxh5 62.Ka6 Ng7 63.Kxa7 Kf6 64.Bd5 h5 65.Kb6 h4 66.Bg2 Ke5 67.Kc5 Ne6+ 68.Kc4 Kf4 69.Bh3 Ng5 70.Bc8 Ke4 71.Kc3 Ke3 72.Kc2 Nf3 73.Kd1 Kf2 74.Bg4 Ne5 75.Be6 Kg3 76.Ke2 Ng4 77.Bxg4 Kxg4 78.Kf2 h3 79.Kg1 Kg3 80.Kh1 h2 1/2-1/2
Round 2, Game 16, Nov. 15
Caruana, Fabiano – Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
C42 Petrov, Nimzowitsch Attack
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nd7 8.Qd2 O-O 9.O-O-O Nf6 10.Bd3 Be6 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.c4 Re8 13.f3 d5 14.Rhe1 c5 15.Nf5 Bxf5 16.Bxf5 d4 17.Bf4 Nh5 18.Kb1 g6 19.Bd3 Nxf4 20.Qxf4 Qd6 21.Qe4 Qd7 22.g3 Bg5 23.Qd5 Qxd5 24.cxd5 Rxe1 25.Rxe1 Rd8 26.f4 Bf6 27.Bc4 Kf8 28.a4 Re8 29.Rxe8+ Kxe8 30.Kc1 1/2-1/2
Round 2, Game 17, Nov. 15
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof – Caruana, Fabiano
E53 Nimzo-Indian
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.dxc5 Nbd7 9.Be2 Nxc5 10.Bd2 Bf5 11.a3 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Nfe4 13.Bd4 Ne6 14.O-O Nxd4 15.Qxd4 Qd6 16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Rac1 h6 18.Bd3 Qe7 19.Qe5 Qxe5 20.Nxe5 Be6 21.Rc7 Rac8 22.Rdc1 Nd6 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Rxc8+ Bxc8 25.Kf1 Kf8 26.Ke1 Ke7 27.Nf3 Bf5 28.Bf1 Be4 29.Nd4 g5 30.Kd2 h5 31.f3 Bg6 32.Kc3 h4 33.Nb5 Nxb5+ 34.Bxb5 f6 35.Kd4 Kd6 36.Ba4 Bh5 37.Bb3 Bf7 38.e4 b6 39.Bxd5 Be8 40.g3 hxg3 41.hxg3 Bd7 42.Bc4 Bc6 43.Bd3 Bd7 44.Bf1 a5 45.Bc4 Bc6 46.Bd5 Bd7 47.Bf7 Bc6 48.Bg6 Bd7 49.Bf5 Bc6 50.f4 gxf4 51.gxf4 Bb7 52.Bh3 Bc6 53.Bg2 Bd7 54.Bf3 Bb5 55.Bd1 Bc6 56.Bb3 Bb5 57.Bd5 Bd7 58.Bb7 Bb5 59.Ba8 Bd7 60.Bd5 Bb5 61.Bf7 Bc6 62.Bh5 Bd7 63.Bf3 Bb5 64.Bd1 Bc6 65.Bb3 Bb5 66.Bd5 Bd7 67.Ke3 Bb5 68.Kd4 1/2-1/2
Score at the end of Round Two
Duda-Caruana 9-8
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