Levon Aronian X Fabiano Caruana - Berlin 2018

This great game take place at World Chess Candidates in Round 7  (18/3/2018)

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Aronian, Levon2794–Caruana, Fabiano27840–1D39World Chess Candidates 20187Berlin18.03.2018

1.d4 f6 2.c4 e6 3.f3 d5 4.c3 dxc4 5.e4 b4 6.g5 h6 7.xf6 xf6 8.xc4 c5 9.0-0 D39: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence with 5 Bg5 dxc4 cxd4 10.e5 d8 11.e4 0-0 12.e2 e7 LiveBook: 8 Games 12...d7 13.fd1 c6 14.g3 c5 15.a3 e7 16.e4 b6 17.xd4 g6 1/2-1/2 (52) Ding,L (2771)-Aronian,L (2802) Tbilisi 2017 13.ad1 c7

14.d3N Of course not 14.xd4 xe5 15.f4 c7 Predecessor: 14.g3 d8 15.h5 g6 16.f4 c6 1/2-1/2 (31) Moiseenko,A (2671)-Meier,G (2644) Jerusalem 2017 14...d7! 15.c1 15.g3 15...a5 16.g4 16.ed2= 16...xe5 17.xe5 xe5 18.f4 a5 19.g5 d8 20.h4

d7! 21.gxh6 g6 22.h5! h8 23.h2 c6 24.f3? White should try 24.f2! 24...d6 Resist 24...gxh5 25.g1 24...d5-+ has better winning chances. 25.h3 g5 26.fxg5 xg5 27.xg5 xg5 25.f2 c7 26.h3! e7 26...gxh5? 27.g3-+ 27.g5? 27.g1! 27...e5?

27...gxh5-+ is more deadly. 28.g3 e5 28.xc6! bxc6

29.xf7+! xf7 30.hxg6 f6 30...xf4 31.xf4 exf4 32.xd4+ e5 33.g7+ g8 34.c4+ h7 35.d3+ xh6 31.g7+ g8 32.c4+? 32.h4= and White stays safe. 32...h7 33.h4 e4 34.g3 xf4 35.g8+ xg8 36.xg8+ h8 37.g7 f8-+ 0–1

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