Caruna is ahead of Carlsen by almost a rook

[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem 2014"]

[Site "?"]

[Date "2014.04.23"]

[Round "4"]

[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]

[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]

[Result "*"]

[ECO "C67"]

[WhiteElo "2783"]

[BlackElo "2881"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5

8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 h6 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Bf4 Rd8 13. Ne4 Be7 14. g4

Nh4 15. Nxh4 Bxh4 16. Kg2 Be6 17. f3 b6 18. b3 c5 19. c4 Rd7 20. Bg3 Be7 21.

Rxd7 Bxd7 22. Nc3 Kd8 23. Nd5 Re8 24. Rd1 Kc8 25. Nxc7 Rd8 26. Nd5 Re8 27. Be1

Bd8 28. Bc3 g6 29. Kg3 b5 30. cxb5 Bxb5 31. Ne3 Re6 32. f4 Ra6 33. Rd2 h5 34.

gxh5 gxh5 35. Nf5 Rg6+ 36. Kh2 Bc6 37. Nd6+ Kb8 38. f5 Rg8 39. f6 Bb6 40. Nc4

Re8 41. Nd6 Rg8 42. Nxf7 c4 43. h4 Rg4 44. e6 Be3 45. Be5+ Ka8 *

Game is still in progress.

Courtesy follow chess.apk

it looks like a very interesting position

I think 2 connected passed pawn should win the game.Jus t make advance on appropriately.

It ended 1-0. Probably a model game for white in the Berlin Endgame

carlsen kind of looks depressed at the press conference!

hahaha I expect a lot of indians to celebrate this "victory" XD

(doing my best Howard Cosell voice)

Down    goes     Carlsen!        Down    goes    Carlsen!

On the other hand, it looks like Naka has his draw secured, if he plays it right.

Standard Vancura position.

[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem 2014"]

[Site "?"]

[Date "2014.04.23"]

[Round "4"]

[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]

[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "C67"]

[WhiteElo "2783"]

[BlackElo "2881"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5

8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 h6 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Bf4 Rd8 13. Ne4 Be7 14. g4

Nh4 15. Nxh4 Bxh4 16. Kg2 Be6 17. f3 b6 18. b3 c5 19. c4 Rd7 20. Bg3 Be7 21.

Rxd7 Bxd7 22. Nc3 Kd8 23. Nd5 Re8 24. Rd1 Kc8 25. Nxc7 Rd8 26. Nd5 Re8 27. Be1

Bd8 28. Bc3 g6 29. Kg3 b5 30. cxb5 Bxb5 31. Ne3 Re6 32. f4 Ra6 33. Rd2 h5 34.

gxh5 gxh5 35. Nf5 Rg6+ 36. Kh2 Bc6 37. Nd6+ Kb8 38. f5 Rg8 39. f6 Bb6 40. Nc4

Re8 41. Nd6 Rg8 42. Nxf7 c4 43. h4 Rg4 44. e6 Be3 45. Be5+ Ka8 46. Rd8+ Kb7 47.

Bg3 c3 48. Rb8+ Ka6 49. Rc8 Bd5 50. Rxc3 Bd4 51. Rd3 Re4 52. Rd2 Rxe6 53. Ng5

1-0

Caruana is prolly telling Naka "See? I can beat Magnus! Why can't you???"

All credit to Caruana. He played a great game. Magnus seemed to just blunder Nxc7, but since he has otherwise godlike accuracy, that's not so bad.

Hmm, I'm not sure about that.

Caruana played great yesterday...I certainly see him as a future contender. They are saying that Carlsen was ill, but no excuses should be given...This Tournament is heating up now. Carlsen would have lost mucho points for this lost...clearly he cannot win every game, and losses and draws costs points. I am still sure that he will be the first to reach 2900.

Thanks, Macer, for putting the game into visual form. Much easier to read than simple annotation.