Fabiano Caruana

Fabiano Caruana Vs Kirill Alekseenko at Candidates Chess Tournament 2020 round 02

Fabiano Caruana won with white pieces in a tough end game against Kirill Alekseenko. Kirill ran out of time in the end. The game started with Queen’s pawn opening – Nimzo Indian Defence.

Kirill Alexeyevich Alekseenko is a Russian chess grandmaster. This 22-year-old Russian Kirill Alekseenko has a wild card entry for the 2020 Candidates Tournament.

Fabiano Luigi Caruana is an Italian-American chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he became a grandmaster at the age of 14 years, 11 months and 20 days—the youngest grandmaster in the history of both Italy and the United States at the time.

[pgnv]1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 c5 8. d5 exd5 9. exd5 O-O 10. Be2 Re8 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. O-O Nbd7 13. d6 Bf8 14. h3 Bh5 15. Nb5 Re6 16. Bf4 a6 17. Nc7 Re4 18. Bh2 Rc8 19. g4 Bxg4 20. hxg4 Nxg4 21. Bd3 Nxh2 22. Bxe4 Nxf1 23. Qxf1 Bxd6 24. Nd5 g6 25. Qh3 Kg7 26. Kh1 Ne5 27. Nh4 h5 28. Rg1 Bf8 29. Nf4 Ng4 30. Nxh5+ gxh5 31. Bf5 Be7 32. Bxg4 hxg4 33. Qxg4+ Bg5 34. Qh5 1-0[/pgnv]