Beating The Marshall!
Would you like to know how to beat the most solid defence to 1.e4 - the Marshall Ruy Lopez?
Succeed where Ian Nepomniachtchi failed in the 2021 World Championship Match against Magnus Carlsen, using a fresh new idea from the Grandmaster opening laboratory!
Discover the secrets of The Caruana Variation below:
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Our first game comes from the 2018 FIDE Candidates, where the then world no.2, Fabiano Caruana, was playing for the chance to take on Magnus Carlsen in the World Championship Match. In his Round 13 game against fellow top GM Levon Aronian, Caruana unleashes an opening 'bomb' that proved too difficult for Black to solve in the game:
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In the second game, Ding Liren is better prepared for Caruana's 8.d3 d6 9.Bd2 weapon - but even he was unable to avoid getting ground down by Indian GM Pentala Harikrishna in a long endgame:
Should Ian Nepomniachtchi have played this weapon instead against Carlsen in the 2021 World Championship Match? Let us know in the comments below!
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
6:04 Our Secret Weapon
8:49 Game 1
34:26 Game 2
1:10:43 Summary
