Caruana’s Biography

His full name is ” Fabiano Luigi Caruana ” He became grandmaster at the age of 14 year old. The youngest grandmaster in the history of Italy and USA at the same time.

He won US championship (2016) and represented US in the Olympiad at board 1. He won team Gold and Bronze Individual.

Caruana was the only player from USA after Bobby Fischer who challenged to world chess champion. Caruana’s peak rating was 2844 in October 2014.

Caruana’s playing style

According to Wikipedia he stated his own style of play:

“I preferred to attack all the time and really loved sacrificing pieces to get at the enemy king. I played like that for quite a long time, but when I moved up it turned out that you can far from always win with a direct attack; … I had to become universal, to learn to manoeuvre and defend and so on.”

Caruan’s comment about Magnus Carlsen :

“In some positions you can’t compete with him. Certain pawn structures he just plays like a machine. There are certain openings where I say, ‘I just can’t do that.’ But OK, certain positions he’s not as comfortable with. Just like any player, he can also play unconfidently.”

Caruana’s Quote

” You work for a long period of time and the results don’t really show, but at some point everything just comes together and you start to play better, or get more confidence.” ( Fabiano Caruana ).

Caruana’s Stats

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Caruana’s Best Chess Games

Here are some of Caruan’s best chess games. Enjoy and learn from caurana’s best games.

Game Caruana vs Nakamura

[Event "London Classic 8th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2016.12.15"] [Round "6"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B96"] [WhiteElo "2823"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2016.12.09"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O b5 13. g4 g5 14. h4 gxf4 15. Be2 b4 16. axb4 Ne5 17. Qxf4 Nexg4 18. Bxg4 e5 19. Qxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Nf5 Rb8 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Rxd6 Be6 24. Rhd1 O-O 25. h5 Qg5+ 26. Be3 Qf6 27. Nxh6+ Kh8 28. Bf5 Qe7 29. b5 Qe8 30. Nxf7+ Rxf7 31. Rxe6 Qxb5 32. Rh6+ 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Game Caruana vs Short, Nigel

[Event "Reggio Emilia 53rd"] [Site "Reggio Emilia"] [Date "2010.12.30"] [Round "3"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Short, Nigel D"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C09"] [WhiteElo "2709"] [BlackElo "2680"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2010.12.28"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 cxd4 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nb3 Nge7 9. Nbxd4 O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. c3 a6 12. Bd3 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. Nf3 Bc7 15. Bg5 Qd6 16. Bh4 Qh6 17. Bc2 Be6 18. Bg3 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Rad8 20. Qd3 g6 21. g4 f5 22. Rae1 fxg4 23. hxg4 Bf7 24. g5 Qf8 25. Ba4 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 b5 27. Bb3 Qd6 28. Nd4 Nxd4 29. Qxd4 Qg3 30. Re5 a5 31. a3 b4 32. axb4 axb4 33. Bxd5 bxc3 34. bxc3 Bxd5 35. Rxd5 Rxd5 36. Qxd5+ Kg7 37. Qd2 Qc7 38. Qd4+ Kg8 39. c4 Qe7 40. c5 Qxg5 41. Qc4+ Kf8 42. c6 Qd8 43. Qf4+ Kg8 44. Kh2 Qd5 45. Qf6 Qh5+ 46. Kg3 Qc5 47. Kg4 Qd5 48. Kh3 Qh5+ 49. Kg3 Qc5 50. Qe6+ Kg7 51. Kf3 Qc3+ 52. Ke4 Qc2+ 53. Kd4 Qxg2 54. c7 Qd2+ 55. Kc5 Qa5+ 56. Kd6 Qa3+ 57. Kd7 Qa4+ 58. Ke7 Qa7 59. Qd7 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Game Caruana vs Giri

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2012.01.27"] [Round "11"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D15"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2714"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2012.01.14"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Ne5 Bg7 8. f4 a5 9. Be2 Qc7 10. O-O h5 11. h3 Bf5 12. Bd2 Nbd7 13. Bf3 h4 14. Qe1 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Be2 f6 17. Bxa5 Rxa5 18. Nxc6 Ra8 19. Bxb5 Be6 20. a4 f5 21. Qd2 Bf6 22. d5 Bf7 23. Rac1 Kf8 24. b4 Qc8 25. d6 exd6 26. cxd6 Qe8 27. Ne7 Be6 28. Rc7 Rh7 29. Nd5 Bd8 30. Rb7 Rc8 31. a5 Kg7 32. a6 Kh6 33. a7 Qf8 34. Ne7 Nb6 35. Qf2 Rf7 36. Qxh4+ Kg7 37. Qg5 Bd5 38. Qxg6+ Kh8 39. Qh5+ Kg7 40. Nxf5+ Kg8 41. Ne7+ 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Game Caruana vs Kramnik

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2012.06.17"] [Round "8"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2801"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2012.06.08"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. Nd2 g6 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. Bg5 f6 12. exf6 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 Nxf6 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Be3 Rde8 16. Bd3 d6 17. c5 Bxd3 18. Rxd3 Nd5 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Bxa7 Kc7 21. Be3 Ra8 22. a3 Ra4 23. Re1 Rf8 24. Ng5 Re8 25. Bb6+ Kd7 26. Rxe8 Kxe8 27. Be3 Kd7 28. Rb3 Kc8 29. Bd2 h5 30. Nf7 Kc7 31. Rg3 Ne7 32. b4 Kd7 33. Rd3 d5 34. Kc2 Nf5 35. Bc3 d4 36. Kb3 Ra8 37. Ng5 Kd6 38. f3 Kd5 39. Ne4 Ne3 40. Rxe3 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Game Caruana vs Carlsen