Chess with Sam Collins

Fabiano Caruana vs Levon Aronian

FIDE Candidates 2018, Berlin

Fabiano Caruana was the deserved winner of the Candidates tournament in Berlin, showing more consistent and higher-quality chess than his competitors.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.d3 d6 9.Bd2

This system was almost unknown before the previous round, where Grischuk used it to gain a promising position against Aronian. There Black played 9...Kh8 and 10...Nd7 ...