Caruana cracks Giri's Catalan in Armageddon

Featured is the Armageddon game between Anish Giri and Fabiano Caruana from Round 2 of the 2023 Norway Chess Tournament. In a must-win situation, Giri selects the Catalan Opening and enters a line that creates a weakness in his camp on b4. After Caruana initiates an exchange of dark-squared bishops, a battle of plans ensues, with Giri putting all his chips into an attack along the g-file, while Caruana creates open lines in the center. This event, known as the World's Strongest Chess Tournament, is currently being held in Stavanger from May 29th to June 9th.

Image of Fabiano Caruana courtesy of Lennart Ootes
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