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Levon Aronian vs Michael Adams
Corus Group A (2006), Wijk aan Zee NED, rd 5, Jan-19
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Reshevsky Variation (E46)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Jan-19-06  Ulhumbrus: 24 Nxe4 dxe4 25 Qxe4 wins a pawn in addition to the bishop pair.
Jan-19-06  who: 24.Nxe4 Bxe3
Jan-19-06  Ulhumbrus: <who> In that case White cannot play 24 Nxe4 at once but has to unpin the N first and this suggests 24 Qd3
Jan-19-06  who: 24.Qd3 Nxc3 25.Qxc3 and white doesn't win the pawn. And after 25...Nf5 white will need to waste another tempo moving his queen as 26...Bd4 (with a discovered attack on the queen) is threatened. 24.Bxe4 (as played) seems to be the only way to win the pawn.
Jan-19-06  Koster: Only Aronian can explain why he played 30. Rb1 instead of e4.
Jan-19-06  bane77: I expected 49.Qe7 though it's a draw anyway.
Jan-21-06
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  Mateo: A very interesting Queen ending. At first glance, Black should win because his passed pawn is much more dangerous than White's majority. But it is not so easy to find a way to win for Black.

White was threatening 48. f6, but 47... Kg8?! is not a plan offering winning prospects. Black could have set a much more difficult problem to White with 47... Qc1. If 48. f6? Qf1 49. Kg4 Qf6! 50. Qa3 h5! 51. Kh3 Qf1 52. Kh4 Qf5 53. Qb4 Kh6! 54. Qd6 g6 55. Qf4 g5, Black wins.

So White should play 48. Qa6 (xg6, a2) Qe3 (so that after 49. Qg6 Kg8, White cannot check to e8) 49. f6! After this break, and the exchane of a pair of pawns, it will be a very hard task for Black to escape to checks. Maybe Black could draw.

Apr-24-16
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  MissScarlett: Aronian in press conference after his game, Nakamura vs Aronian, 2016:

<Once I had a game, I think it was my first Wijk an Zee, I've played against Mickey Adams. And he gave me, he just gave me a pawn in a similar structure, and just played some slow moves and then I realised that I'm losing. So I'm trying to learn from the great master of slow moves, Mickey Adams.>

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