Needing only a draw against his nearest rival to clinch Corus C, Fabiano defeated the young Indian phenom Negi to convincingly win Corus C. Congratulations to Fabiano!
GM Caruana (2598) – GM Negi (2562) [C89]
27.01.2008
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Qe2 Bg4 16.Qf1 Qh5 17.Nd2 Rae8 18.f3 Rxe1 19.Qxe1 Bxf3 20.Nxf3 Qxf3 21.Bd2 h5 22.Qd1 Qf5 23.Bc2 Qh3 24.Qf3 g6 25.Bh6 Re8 26.Rf1 Qe6 27.b3 Bf8 28.Bd2 Bg7 29.Kh1 b4 30.cxb4 Bxd4 31.Bd3 Re7 32.Bxa6 Ra7 33.b5 Nf6 34.Re1 Qh3 35.a4 Ng4 36.Re8+ Kh7 37.Re2 Ne5 38.Qf4 Qd7 39.Bc8 Qd8 40.b6 Qxb6 41.Rxe5 Bxe5 42.Qxe5 Qxb3 43.a5 Qd1+ 44.Qe1 Qf3+ 45.Kg1 h4 46.a6 h3 47.Qf1 Qe4 48.Bb7 Kg8 49.Be1 Qb1 50.Bf2 Rxb7 51.axb7 Qxb7 52.Qxh3 Qb1+ 53.Qf1 Qe4 54.Qe1 Qf3 55.Qe5 f6 56.Qf4 Qc3 57.Kg2 f5 58.Qd6 Kf7 59.Qc5 Qf6 60.Bd4 Qe6 61.Qe5 1–0
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