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Fabiano Caruana

2000s – PresentWorld Champion —Peak rating 2844209 games

American grandmaster and 2018 World Championship challenger, renowned for opening preparation, calculation and consistently elite classical results.

Fabiano Caruana
Photo: Frans Peeters, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

How Caruana plays

Caruana combines deep opening preparation with precise calculation and a classical, principled approach. He challenged Carlsen for the world title in 2018 and drew all twelve classical games. He is at his best in the Sicilian and the open games, where preparation and calculation count most.

What to learn from Caruana

Caruana's games show the value of knowing your openings in depth and of calculating concretely rather than trusting general rules. Look at how he handles pawn structures from the Sicilian with both colours.

A game to play through

Caruana,F vs Agaian,Sarkis - New York State-ch 2002 1-0 — the final position. A Caruana win with White, played through move by move.

Fabiano Caruana: the final position
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.a4 Be6 9.Be2 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Bxd5 12.O-O O-O 13.c4 Bc6 14.Qc2 Nd7 15.Rfd1 Qc7 16.c5 f5 17.f3 Rae8 18.Nd2 Nf6 19.Bc4+ Kh8 20.b4 e4 21.b5 Bd5 22.Be2 Bd6 23.Nf1 Be5 24.Ra3 f4 25.Bf2 Rc8 26.bxa6 b6 27.Bh4 Qc6 28.Bb5 Qa8 29.Bxf6 Rxf6 30.Qd2 Rxc5 31.fxe4 Bg8 32.Qe2 Qf8 33.Rad3 Rxb5 34.axb5 Bc4 35.a7 Qc5+ 36.Kh1 Rf8 37.Rd8 Bxe2 38.a8=Q h6 39.Rxf8+ Kh7 40.Rh8+ Kg6 41.Qe8+ Kg5 42.Rd5 Qf2 43.Qxe5+ Kh4 44.g3+ Kh3 45.Qe6+ Bg4 46.Rh5#
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