Caruana cracks Giri's Catalan in Armageddon

Featured is the Armageddon game between Anish Giri and Fabiano Caruana from Round 2 of the 2023 Norway Chess Tournament. In a must-win situation, Giri selects the Catalan Opening and enters a line that creates a weakness in his camp on b4. After Caruana initiates an exchange of dark-squared bishops, a battle of plans ensues, with Giri putting all his chips into an attack along the g-file, while Caruana creates open lines in the center. This event, known as the World's Strongest Chess Tournament, is currently being held in Stavanger from May 29th to June 9th.
Image of Fabiano Caruana courtesy of Lennart Ootes
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[@MrBusy-yt7xp]

This game is just one of the smoothest I have ever seen, considering Fabi had just 7 minutes to play this masterclass of a game.

[@mattyb808]

Yeah Fabi is on point… happy for him esp after he lost to Magnus every single game in the last speed chess championship semi

[@peter_nortje]

Love your clarity of thinking Jerry. Reading the finer aspects of a chess game is my goal but my failures exceed my successes 😎🤣

[@willmunoz1638]

22:51 "A Knight on f four, is probably worth more than four."
--Jerry, 2023

[@Skry1880]

Love the uploads, Jerry. Keep them coming, we are great ful

[@gbu32]

Great commentary, loved every move. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and teaching us. In games, children teach, sometimes more than books. - Master Po

[@altaymetekaya3629]

I love when black plays for a win in the armageddon even tough draw is sufficient for him. Thats the true spirit of chess i think

[@mattyb808]

Thanks. Keep covering all these games. You have great commentary and insight and it’s great hear it in a chill tone unlike some other streamers who will not be named. Go Fabi! lol

[@jackson32]

I will name one, Gotham chess. who I no longer watch, annoying and clickbait titles.

[@chrishauser5505]

Thanks Jerry. Love your videos, man.

[@Adri12_pl]

Fabi is having great tournament for now. Hope he can win it all!

[@nicksamek12]

Thanks for the great analysis! Liked and shared.

[@joseraulcapablanca8564]

Great to see Fabiano playing at his best. Thanks Jerry.

[@theobirkholz]

Great video Jerry Thank you

[@moesheri9385]

Thx Jerry 😊

[@gerokron3412]

Great explanation. Thx Jerry!

[@goddefinsing2023]

Beautiful

[@reydemayo8906]

Nice evaluation sir of the game. Keep on posting...gbu

[@AroundWayOther]

CLEAN breakthrough

[@lzappa9109]

Grazie Mille!

[@Huh67784]

Instructive one.. Just one suggestion. You could have shown the proper defense after Qh5. Cause that move was actually scary with the sack on g6 coming

[@looinrims]

Fabilous

[@ohpotatoesandmolasses]

What a wild match. Thanks!

[@bartholomewtheiiijr.386]

Still wonder how grandmasters decide when an outpost will be usefull. Like the knight on b4 doesn't seem very invasive and seems like it can be worked around, yet Caruana went for it

[@killerjays]

The way grandmasters can imagine a board state 5 moves in advance while all the pieces are still on the board gives me tremendous respect.

[@RicardGomes76]

We don't deserve You, Jerry and yet You give us these extraordinary gifts!

[@user-sf8cs3sz2i]

Channel idea: BrownsNetwork where you cover browns game in the same way as chess games haha

[@NoNameAtAll2]

what's brown?

[@fudgyboo]

​@@NoNameAtAll2 Cleveland Browns NFL team presumably

[@chrishauser5505]

No one would ever confuse a Browns QB or coach with a "grandmaster", that's for sure😂

[@ashoksafaya5397]

Analysis suitable even for an amateur I e beneficial for everyone.

[@mattterway6487]

Very nice game

[@TheUncutAngel]

"hi everyone, it's Jerry"
Phew, thanks for clearing that up.

[@AcVinicious]

BEAUTYFULL Game between these two amazing players ! TY

[@RicardGomes76]

4:09 ✅

[@fourtime7]

Caruana in his prime.

[@Winkkin]

Why not King g7, defending the g6 pawn. The double Rook sacrifice would be losing

[@AlintraxAika]

I think maybe pawn h5 would soon be an option for white to attack black and maybe Caruana didn't like that

[@TheUndeadJuggernaut_]

2:16 you called b4 a hole but isn’t b3 also an hole?

[@janopa9719]

It is, but it's not really possible to take advantage of it. White can easily offset anything on b3 with either knight to d2, white also might get the b3 break in themself if black tries going for that plan.

[@joycongrip]

b3 can’t be reinforced by a white pawn

[@jamescaserta6265]

That queen pin was very evident.

[@jackson32]

At this level, it seems black is happy to be black as having to win as white at this level and the short time control is a lot to ask.

[@KF1]

:)

[@MoonBurn13]

I still don’t get Armageddon. The asymmetry of its paradigm and what preexisting score it derives from.

[@looinrims]

It’s to force a decisive result, I don’t understand the rest of your comment

[@isaact.5136]

The asymmetry of its paradigm 🤓

[@MoonBurn13]

@@isaact.5136 I know, it wasn’t one of my more lucid efforts.

[@xavierpaquin]

Man, that thumbnail pic is unflattering

[@triscuit5103]

First for the 2nd time.

[@SparrowLee-me1mp]

Hi Jerry,please make 10-15 videos(new series) of new world champion(ding liren) of his top top games throughout career (not world championship),if not now then when???

[@feap03]

Why?

[@kitjames1279]

1.25 speed makes you sound like a normal person.