Master game · Caro-Kann
Navara, David vs Grischuk, Alexander, 2011
FIDE World Cup 2011. A Caro-Kann game with annotated key positions you can drill.
White
Navara, David (2722)
Black
Grischuk, Alexander (2746)
Event
FIDE World Cup 2011
Date
2011
Opening
B12l Caro-Kann
Result
0-1
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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be3 Rc8 8. c3 c5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nxc5 Nxc5 11. Be2 Ne7 12. Nh4 h6 13. Nxf5 Nxf5 14. Bxc5 Rxc5
15. Bd3 d4 16. Qa4+ b5 17. Qxa6 Rxe5+ 18. Kf1 O-O 19. Bxb5 dxc3 20. bxc3 Qd2
21. Be2 Qxc3 22. Re1 Rd8 23. h4 Ng3+ 24. fxg3 Rf5+ 25. Kg1 Qxe1+ 26. Kh2 Qa5
27. Qc4 Qc5 28. Qb3 Rf2 29. Bf3 Qc2 30. Qb6 Rf8 31. Be4 Qxa2 32. Rd1 Rd2 33.
Rf1 Qb2 34. Qc5 Rdd8 35. Qe7 Qd4 36. Bb1 Qd6 37. Qb7 Rb8 38. Qe4 f5 39. Qe3 Rb4
40. Kh3 Kh8 41. Ba2 Re4 42. Qf3 Qe5 43. Qa3 Rb8 0-1
Key positions
The masters found these critical moments. Drill them in spaced repetition to internalise the ideas.
15... d4!
16... b5!
17... Rxe5+!
18... O-O!
19... dxc3!
20... Qd2!
23... Ng3+!
24... Rf5+!
25... Qxe1+!
40... Kh8!
42... Qe5!
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