Thursday, March 22, 2018

Levon Aronian X Fabiano Caruana - Berlin 2018

This great game take place at World Chess Candidates in Round 7  (18/3/2018) A game that I liked (ChessBase 14)
[Event "World Chess Candidates 2018"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2018.03.18"] [Round "7"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D39"] [WhiteElo "2794"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator ""] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2018.03.18"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle ""] [Source ""] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O {D39: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence with 5 Bg5 dxc4} cxd4 10. e5 Qd8 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Qe2 Be7 {LiveBook: 8 Games} (12... Bd7 13. Rfd1 Nc6 14. Ng3 Bc5 15. a3 Ne7 16. Ne4 Bb6 17. Nxd4 Ng6 {1/2-1/2 (52) Ding,L (2771)-Aronian,L (2802) Tbilisi 2017}) 13. Rad1 Qc7 {[#]} 14. Bd3 $146 ({Of course not} 14. Nxd4 Qxe5 15. f4 Qc7 $15) ({Predecessor:} 14. Ng3 Rd8 15. Nh5 g6 16. Nf4 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 (31) Moiseenko,A (2671)-Meier,G (2644) Jerusalem 2017}) 14... Nd7 $1 15. Rc1 (15. Ng3 $14) 15... Qa5 16. g4 (16. Ned2 $11) 16... Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. f4 Qa5 19. g5 Qd8 20. h4 {[#]} Bd7 $1 21. gxh6 g6 22. h5 $1 Kh8 23. Kh2 Bc6 24. Rf3 $2 ({White should try} 24. Rf2 $1 $15) 24... Bd6 ({Resist} 24... gxh5 25. Rg1) (24... Qd5 $19 { has better winning chances.} 25. Rh3 g5 26. fxg5 Bxg5 27. Nxg5 Qxg5) 25. Qf2 Bc7 26. Kh3 $1 Qe7 (26... gxh5 $2 27. Rg3 $19) 27. Ng5 $2 (27. Rg1 $1 $15) 27... e5 $2 {[#]} (27... gxh5 $19 {is more deadly.} 28. Rg3 e5) 28. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 {[#]} 29. Nxf7+ $1 Rxf7 30. hxg6 Rf6 (30... Rxf4 $17 31. Rxf4 exf4 32. Qxd4+ Qe5 33. g7+ Kg8 34. Bc4+ Kh7 35. Qd3+ Kxh6) 31. g7+ Kg8 32. Bc4+ $2 (32. Qh4 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 32... Kh7 33. Qh4 e4 34. Rg3 Bxf4 35. g8=Q+ Rxg8 36. Bxg8+ Kh8 37. Rg7 Qf8 $19 0-1

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