Chess

Anish Giri vs Fabiano Caruana

Bundesliga tie-break, 2017-18

Baden-Baden defeated Solingen in the tie-break of the world’s strongest team competition, the German Bundesliga. Solingen scored a consolation goal on the top board, with this excellent victory by Dutch GM Anish Giri over world number two, Fabiano Caruana.

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Caruana is the strongest and most consistent advocate of the Petroff Defence, which is likely to form a key battleground of his ...