Caruana:

Move by Move

Cyrus Lakdawala

• Publisher: Popular Chess
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN: 9781781944806

Italian-American grandmaster Fabiano Caruana is the perfect role model for any aspiring player. Already a very strong grandmaster, he announced his presence as a leading contender for the world title in 2014 when he scored an incredible 8½/10 (including seven straight wins from the first seven games) in the Sinquefield Cup in St Louis. This was an elite event where he finished an astonishing three points clear of Magnus Carlsen, whom he will challenge for the world title in late 2018. Caruana earned this right thanks to his fine victory in the Berlin Candidates where he scored 9/13 and finished a point clear of a world class field. Caruana's style is universal. He is a very dangerous attacking player who is also equally at home in quiet strategic positions or manoeuvring in an endgame. In this respect he is the epitome of the modern grandmaster, being a hard-working and determined fighter who prepares thoroughly and plays with great determination and accuracy. The Move by Move series provides an ideal format for the keen chessplayer to improve their game. While reading you are continually challenged to answer probing questions – a method that greatly encourages the learning and practising of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of chess knowledge. Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you actively involved and allow you to monitor your progress as you learn. This is an excellent way to study chess while providing the best possible chance to retain what has been learnt.

Table of contents

• About the Author
• Bibliography
• Introduction
• 1 Caruana on the Attack
• 2 Caruana on Defence and Counterattack
• 3 Caruana on the Dynamic Element
• 4 Caruana on Exploiting Imbalances
• 5 Caruana on Accumulating Advantages
• 6 Caruana in the Endgame
• Index of Complete Games
• Adams.Mi-Caruana.F, Dresden Olympiad 2008
• Anand.V-Caruana.F, Tal Memorial, Moscow 2013
• Andreikin.D-Caruana.F, Dortmund 2013
• Aronian.L-Caruana.F, FIDE Candidates, Berlin 2018
• Carlsen.Ma-Caruana.F, Sinquefield Cup, St. Louis 2014
• Carlsen.Ma-Caruana.F, Tal Memorial, Moscow 2013
• Caruana.F-Adams.Mi, London Chess Classic 2017
• Caruana.F-Akobian.V, U.S. Championship, St. Louis 2018
• Caruana.F-Aronian.L, FIDE Candidates, Berlin 2018
• Caruana.F-Aronian.L, Sinquefield Cup, St. Louis 2014
• Caruana.F-Aronian.L, Zürich 2014
• Caruana.F-Batchimeg.T, Gibraltar Masters 2017
• Caruana.F-Berg.Em, Dresden Olympiad 2008
• Caruana.F-Carlsen.Ma, Gashimov Memorial, Shamkir 2014
• Caruana.F-Carlsen.Ma, Grenke Chess Classic, Karlsruhe 2018
• Caruana.F-Carlsen.Ma, Sao Paulo/Bilbao 2012
• Caruana.F-Dominguez Perez.L, St. Louis (rapid) 2017
• Caruana.F-Eljanov.P, Wijk aan Zee 2016
• Caruana.F-Iturrizaga.E, Aeroflot Open, Moscow 2012
• Caruana.F-Ivanchuk.V, FIDE Grand Prix, Thessaloniki 2013
• Caruana.F-Jobava.Ba, Russian Team Championship, Loo 2013
• Caruana.F-Karjakin.S, Norway Chess, Stavanger 2018
• Caruana.F-Kogan.A, Italian League, Spoleto 2011
• Caruana.F-Kovalyov.A, FIDE World Cup, Baku 2015
• Caruana.F-Kramnik.V, Isle of Man 2017
• Caruana.F-L'Ami.E, Wijk aan Zee 2013
• Caruana.F-Lenderman.A, U.S. Championship, St. Louis 2018
• Caruana.F-Mamedyarov.S, European Cup, Bilbao 2014
• Caruana.F-Meier.G, Grenke Chess Classic, Baden-Baden 2013
• Caruana.F-Naiditsch.A, Grenke Chess Classic, Karlsruhe 2018
• Caruana.F-Nakamura.H, FIDE Candidates, Moscow 2016
• Caruana.F-Nielsen.P, Amsterdam 2010
• Caruana.F-Ni Hua, Russian Team Championship, Dagomys 2009
• Caruana.F-Radjabov.T, Kings Tournament, Bucharest 2013
• Caruana.F-Roiz.M, European Cup, Bilbao 2014