Chess Game | Arseniy Nesterov vs Fabiano Caruana | World Blitz Championship 2023

This is Round 16 of the World Blitz Championship, which was played on December 30, 2023, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

Arseniy Nesterov vs Fabiano Caruana

Opening:
Queen’s Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav Defense (D45)

1.d4 – Queen’s Pawn Opening
1…Nf6 – Indian Game
2.c4
2…e6 – East Indian Defense
3.Nf3 – Anti-Nimzo-Indian Variation
3…d5
4.Nc3 – Queen’s Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation
4…c6 – Semi-Slav Defense
5.e3 – Main Line
5…a6 – Accelerated Meran Variation
6.Qc2 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Be2 Nc6
9.O-O – the last book move.

Most Notable Move of the Game:
39.Rd3 – Mistake as this misses a better way to move the rook on a safer square. Arseniy Nesterov never recover from this error (Best Move: 39.Re1).
57…Kc3 – Arseniy Nesterov (white) RESIGNED after this move.

Game Notation:
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 a6 6.Qc2 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.O-O cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.exd4 Be7 12.Bf3 O-O 13.Bg5 Be6 14.Qb3 h6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Rad1 Rc8 17.Nxd5 Bg5 18.Qxb7 Rb8 19.Qc6 Rxb2 20.Nc3 Qa5 21.Ne4 Rc8 22.Qd6 Rd8 23.Qc5 Rb5 24.Qc3 Be7 25.Qxa5 Rxa5 26.Nc5 Bxc5 27.dxc5 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Rxc5 29.a3 Rc3 30.Rd8+ Kh7 31.Rd3 Rc5 32.h4 g5 33.hxg5 hxg5 34.Be4+ Kg7 35.Re3 a5 36.f3 f5 37.Bd3 Kf6 38.Bf1 f4 39.Rd3 Rc1 40.Rd4 Ra1 41.Ra4 Bb3 42.Rd4 Rxa3 43.g3 fxg3 44.Kg2 Ra1 45.Bb5 a4 46.Rb4 Bc2 47.Rc4 Bd1 48.Rc6+ Ke5 49.Kxg3 a3 50.Rc5+ Kd4 51.Rxg5 a2 52.Rg4+ Kc3 53.Rc4+ Kb3 54.Rc8 Be2 55.Bxe2 Rg1+ 56.Kf2 a1=Q 57.Rb8+ Kc3

Music:
‘Sanctuary’ by Scott Buckley – released under CC-BY 4.0.
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