Frank Erwich - Tactics Training--Fabiano Caruana: How to Improve Your Chess with Fabiano Caruana and Become a Chess Tactics Master

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This tactics training book gives you the opportunity to make the same winning moves as super Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana made in his games. One hundred training exercises are offered here, in positions which the Italian turned in his favour. The puzzles start at a moderate level and gradually get more difficult. How many good moves can you make in a row?

Fabiano Caruana (1992) reached the #2 spot in the World Rankings in October 2014. A few months earlier the Italian grandmaster had crossed the 2800 Elo barrier. Caruana won elite tournaments in Dortmund (2012 and 2014) and in Zurich (2013), but the biggest success of his career so far is his victory at the Sinquefield Cup in Saint Louis, 2014, where his opponents had an average Elo-rating of 2802. With 8 points out of 10 games he finished three points ahead of World Champion Magnus Carlsen. Caruana started the tournament with seven wins in a row. Such winning streaks are now commonly known as 'doing a Caruana'.

After his incredible performance in Saint Louis, most chess fans tipped Caruana as the next challenger of World Champion Magnus Carlsen. During an interview with Chess 24 (November 25, 2014), the World #2 did not seem to be afraid of such an encounter: 'Overall, you can outplay him in many types of positions if you play strongly. Yes, it's not easy, but it's possible. I recently beat Carlsen first in an endgame, and then in a very complex unclear struggle. He's still a man. The main thing is not to be too scared of him!'

Caruana enjoys playing different types of positions: 'I can attack on a board full of pieces or manoeuvre in a roughly even position, and I've got nothing against the endgame'.

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White to move

Solution 1

Fabiano Caruana (2714) - Krishnan Sasikiran (2676)

New Delhi 2011

40.xd5!

40.xd5 xe6 (40...xd5 41.xg7# ) 41.e5 and White won.

Excercise 2

White to move

Solution 2

Fabiano Caruana (2770) - Vladimir Kramnik (2801)

Moscow Tal Memorial 2012

40.xe3!

Excercise 3

White to move

Solution 3

Fabiano Caruana (2709) - Dmitry Andreikin (2683)

Moscow World Championship blitz 2010

28.xe6+!

Excercise 4

White to move

Solution 4

Fabiano Caruana (2549) - Ilja Zaragatski (2480)

Vlissingen HZ 2007

32.e2! a3 33.xb4

and White won.

Excercise 5

White to move

Solution 5

Fabiano Caruana (2829) - Mi Adams (2745)

London Blitz 2014

35.xg6!

35.xg6 c8 36.h7+ White wins

Excercise 6

White to move

Solution 6

Fabiano Caruana (2791) - P. Michalik (2557)

Dubai FIDE World Blitz 2014

15.f4! d4 16.xg2 f3 17.g1 xc2+ 18.d2

and White won.

18.d2 xa1 19.e3 c8 20.c3 White wins was played in the game.

Excercise 7

White to move

Solution 7

Fabiano Caruana (2770) - Bartlomiej Macieja (2614)

Achaea Championship Teams 2012

28.c5! xf3

28...c7 29.xd7 White wins

29.xd7

and White won.

29.xd7 xd7 (29...xd1? 30.xd8+ g7 31.f8# ) 30.f1 White wins was played in the game. (30.e2! is even better. 30...xd1+ 31.xd1 xe2 32.d8+ g7 33.c5 White wins )

Excercise 8