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Caruana, Fabiano - Bluebaum, Matthias 2026.03.21

Round 5.2 FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-candidates-2026-open/round-5/liBI9Brw/wuNBfSXX

1.e4 [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:59:57]

1... e5 [%eval 0.22] [%clk 1:59:52]

2.Nf3 [%eval 0.18] [%clk 1:59:50]

2... Nf6 [%eval 0.34] [%clk 1:59:46]

3.Nxe5 [%eval 0.29] [%clk 1:59:46]

3... d6 [%eval 0.22] [%clk 1:59:43]

4.Nc4 [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:59:36]

4... Nxe4 [%eval 0.08] [%clk 1:59:34]

5.Nc3 [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:59:31]

5... Nxc3 [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:53:05]

6.dxc3 [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:59:12]

6... d5 [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:50:58]

7.Ne3 [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:59:00]

7... c6 [%eval 0.1] [%clk 1:43:37]

8.Bd2 [%eval -0.15] [%clk 1:58:43]

8... g6 [%eval 0.09] [%clk 1:38:57]

9.f4 [%eval -0.1] [%clk 1:58:28]

9... Bg7 [%eval -0.01] [%clk 1:36:10]

10.Qf3 [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:58:09]

10... Nd7 [%eval -0.04] [%clk 1:33:46]

11.O-O-O [%eval 0.13] [%clk 1:40:10]

11... Nc5 [%eval 0.1] [%clk 1:31:12]

12.f5 [%eval 0.09] [%clk 1:16:37]

12... O-O [%eval 0.07] [%clk 1:12:28]

13.g4 [%eval 0.11] [%clk 1:15:37]

13... Ne4 [%eval 0.23] [%clk 1:08:49]

14.Bd3 [%eval 0.35] [%clk 1:11:02]

14... Re8 [%eval 0.82] [%clk 0:49:25]

15.Bxe4 [%eval 0.81] [%clk 1:02:29]

15... Rxe4 [%eval 0.78] [%clk 0:49:18]

16.h4 [%eval 0.91] [%clk 1:01:56]

16... Be5 [%eval 0.9] [%clk 0:36:44]

17.c4 [%eval 0.37] [%clk 0:34:23]

17... Qb6 [%eval 0.67] [%clk 0:29:53]

18.c3 [%eval 0.72] [%clk 0:34:05]

18... Qa5 [%eval 2.39] Mistake. Bd7 was best. [%clk 0:25:46]

19.h5 [%eval 2.42] [%clk 0:19:04]

19... g5 [%eval 2.29] [%clk 0:22:54]

20.cxd5 [%eval 2.28] [%clk 0:11:32]

20... Rf4 [%eval 2.15] [%clk 0:18:42]

21.Qe2 [%eval 2.68] [%clk 0:11:27]

21... cxd5 [%eval 2.54] [%clk 0:13:48]

22.Kb1 [%eval 2.41] [%clk 0:09:11]

22... Ra4 [%eval 4.09] Mistake. Qa6 was best. [%clk 0:10:16]

23.c4 [%eval 3.8] [%clk 0:07:04]

23... Qa6 [%eval 5.23] Inaccuracy. Qb6 was best. [%clk 0:04:49]

24.Nxd5 [%eval 4.58] [%clk 0:06:59]

24... f6 [%eval 5.11] [%clk 0:04:48]

25.Bc3 [%eval 5.14] [%clk 0:05:42]

25... Qxc4 [%eval #9] Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bxf5+ was best. [%clk 0:03:29]

26.Nxf6+ [%eval #8] [%clk 0:05:34]

26... Bxf6 [%eval #2] [%clk 0:03:26]

27.Qe8+ [%eval #1] [%clk 0:05:29]

27... Kg7 [%eval #1] [%clk 0:03:24]

28.h6# [%clk 0:05:27] 1-0