[Event "Champions Chess Tour Finals 2023"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2023.12.09"] [Round "02-01"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2762"] [BlackElo "2737"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "900+3"] [ECO "C54"] [Opening "Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo"] [Termination "Unknown"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O { C54 Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo } 7. h3 a6 8. a4 Ba7 9. Re1 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bb2 Nh5 14. Nf1 Ne7 15. c4 Ng6 16. g3 Ngf4 17. gxf4 Rg6+ 18. Kh2 Nxf4 19. Ne3 Qd7?! { (0.00 → 0.66) Inaccuracy. Bxe3 was best. } (19... Bxe3 20. fxe3 Rg2+ 21. Kh1 Qd7 22. Ng1 Rxg1+ 23. Kxg1 Qxh3 24. exf4 Qg3+ 25. Kf1 Qh3+) 20. Ng1? { (0.66 → -0.88) Mistake. Nf5 was best. } (20. Nf5 Bxf2) 20... Rxg1 21. Kxg1 Qxh3 22. c5?! { (-1.03 → -1.93) Inaccuracy. Qg4 was best. } (22. Qg4) 22... h5 23. Re2 Re8 24. Qf1 Nxe2+ 25. Qxe2 Re6 26. Ng2 Rg6 27. Qf1 h4 28. Rc1?! { (-1.51 → -2.26) Inaccuracy. Re1 was best. } (28. Re1 dxc5) 28... a5 29. Bc3?? { (-2.17 → -4.62) Blunder. bxa5 was best. } (29. bxa5 Bxc5 30. Rc2 Ba7 31. Ba3 c6 32. Bc1 Bd4 33. Bb2 Bc5 34. Bc1 Ba7 35. Rb2 Bd4) 29... Qg4? { (-4.62 → -2.88) Mistake. Qf3 was best. } (29... Qf3 30. Kh2 Rxg2+ 31. Qxg2 Qf4+ 32. Kh3 Qxc1 33. Kxh4 g6 34. Qh3 Qxc3 35. Qc8+ Kg7 36. Qxb7) 30. Kh2 h3 31. Ne3 Qf4+ 32. Kh1 Qf3+ 33. Kh2 Qf4+ 34. Kh1 dxc5 35. bxc5 Qf3+ 36. Kh2 Bxc5 37. Qh1?? { (-3.44 → Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Re1 was best. } (37. Re1 Bxe3 38. Rxe3 Qf4+ 39. Kh1 Rg2 40. Bxe5 Qxe5 41. Rxh3 Rg6 42. Qb1 b6 43. Qa2 Qf6) 37... Qxf2+ { Black wins. } 0-1