Caruana Joins Leaders with Round Ten Victory

Fabiano Caruana defeated former World Champion Viswanathan Anand in round ten of the World Championship Candidates in Moscow. This attacking win propels Fabiano to the top of the crosstable with 6/10, along with Sergey Karjakin. Tomorrow Fabiano plays Veselin Topalov with Black.
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[Event "Candidates 2016"]
[Site "Moscow, Russia"]
[Date "2016.03.23"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Caruana Fabiano (USA)"]
[Black "Anand Viswanathan (IND)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 d5 11. d4 dxc4 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bf4 Ne4 14. Rad1 Bf5
15. Ne5 Nd6 16. e4 Bh7 17. Qe2 Ne7 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qh5 Nef5 20. exf5 Qg5 21.
Qxg5+ hxg5 22. f6 Ne4 23. Rfe1 Nxc3 24. Rc1 Nb5 25. Bxb7 Rad8 26. Bc6 Nxd4 27.
Bxe8 Rxe8 28. Kf2 Nc2 29. Red1 Be4 30. Nxc4 Re6 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Kg1 Rxf6 33.
Rf1 1-0

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See Vanessa West's latest article for chess highlights from the first nine rounds. 

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