Caruana at Shamkir Chess 2016 | Strategy Session with Jonathan Schrantz

June 3, 2016 NHaselton Chess Lectures

Saint Louis Chess ClubFri, June 3, 2016 5:00pmURL:
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Jonathan Schrantz shows two games of Fabiano Caruana at the Gashimov Memorial tournament in Azerbaijan. Caruana leads after Round 5. See him defeat Radjabov and Hou Yifan.

2016.05.31
Fabiano Caruana vs Yifan Hou, Gashimov Memorial (2016): C80 Ruy Lopez, open, Bernstein variation
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1823171
Fabiano Caruana vs Teimour Radjabov, Gashimov Memorial (2016): B31 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with …g6, without …d6)
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1823342

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