The following game was the most anticipated one of the Gashimov Memorial tournament. Readers would recall that the Italian grandmaster Fabiano Caruana defeated the world champion Magnus Carlsen last week. It seemed that Carlsen plotted his revenge for the second encounter, and won handily. The game was also important because the winner would win the tournament.
1.d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. c3 d5 6. dxc5 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Na3 a4 10. Qc1 e5 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Nb5 Be6 13. Ng5 Bg4 14. Nd6 h6 15. Nf3 Kh7 16. h3 Be6 17. b4 axb3 18. axb3 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Ne4 20. Nd2 f5 21. N2xe4 dxe4 22. Qb1 f4 23. Bd2 e3 24. Be1 Bf5 25. Qc1 h5 26. fxe3 fxg3 27. Bxg3 Qg
5 28. e4 Qxg3 29. Rd3 Qh4 30. exf5 gxf5 31. e4 fxe4 32. Bxe4+ Kh8 33. Qe3 Rf4 34. Bg2 Qe7 35. Qe2 Qh4 36. b4 e4 37. Nxe4 Ne5 38. Rd5 Kg8 39. b5 Rf5 40. c6 bxc6 41. bxc6 Qe7 42. Nd6 Rg5 43. Nb5 Qe6 44. Rd8+ Kh7 45. Qe4+ Rg6 46. c7 Qa6 47. c8=Q Qa1+ 48. Kf2 Qb2+ 49. Ke1 1-0 .
