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Jun-03-08
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| arsen387: Thanks to chessgames.com for choosing this one as GOTD. The game is really outstanding! |
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Jun-03-08
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| Crazyhorse74: Couldnt Anand hold with 47...Nc3 instead of Kf5? |
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Jun-03-08
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| patzer2: Aronian's amazing 32. Bd7!! creates a surprise winning passed pawn combination, as described above by <notyetagm> in his Nov 14, 2007 post with a link to an excellent chess cafe article by GM Kristen Mueller. |
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Jun-03-08
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| patzer2: <Crazyhorse74> If 47...Nc3, White maintains a winning position with 48. Rh7! when play could continue 48...Nd5 49. Rxh5 Kf7 50. Rh8 Nf4 51. Kd2 Kg7 52. Ra8 Kf7 53. Ke3 f5 54. Ra7+ Kg6 55. Ra5  .The idea is White wins the h-pawn and then uses it as a decoy to tie down Black's King and Knight while infiltrating with his King and Rook to gain a more decisive advantage, such as winning another pawn or possibly even exchanging Rook for Knight with a won endgame position. |
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Jun-03-08
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| kevin86: This pawn circus took the piece value system and turned it around. Funny,it looked like white was sacrificing pieces right and left and he ends up ahead a rook for a minor piece.(Actually black's knight is trapped and will be lost in three moves). |
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Jun-03-08
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| Jimfromprovidence: FWIW, I played out the position after 36…Be6 below, (preventing d7), three times with my engine, twice beginning with 37 Rxf8+ and once with 37 a5. The resultant position was a tablebase draw each time. 
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| Jun-03-08 |
| jovack: I always jump at the first opportunity to throw my opponent off balance with passed pawns.
This game really appealed to me. |
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| Jun-03-08 |
| LaFreaK: I think Levon saw the combo only after he played 26.Ne2,which Anand open the c-file, eventually Levon found out the ! move 29.Bb5 and the !! 32.Bd7. |
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Jun-03-08
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| patzer2: <JimFromProvidence> I didn't run it through a tablebase, but after playing it out move-by-move on my Fritz program, White seems to be winning after 32... Nc6 33. Rxb7 Nd4 34. Bxc8 Rxc8 35. Rdb1 Rf8 36. Rb8 Be8 <36... Be6> with 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Rb8+ Kf7 39. a5 Nf3+ 40. Kh1 Nd4 41. Kg1 Nf3+ 42. Kh1 Nd4 43. Rb7+ Ke8 44. Rxg7 h5 45. a6 Bd5+ 46. Kg1 Nf3+ 47. Kg2 Nxh4+ 48. Kh3 Nf5 49. d7+ Kd8 50. Rg1 Kxd7 51. a7 Nd6 52. Rg7+ Kc6 53. Rg8 Kc5 54. a8=Q Bxa8 55. Rxa8 (+1.69 @ 19 depth). How does Black improve? |
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| Jun-03-08 |
| tldr3: i remember the thrill of watching this game live, it's certainly one of my favorites |
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Jun-03-08
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| Jimfromprovidence: <patzer2> <I didn't run it through a tablebase, but after playing it out move-by-move on my Fritz program, White seems to be winning after 32... Nc6 33. Rxb7 Nd4 34. Bxc8 Rxc8 35. Rdb1 Rf8 36. Rb8 Be8 <36... Be6> with 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Rb8+ Kf7 39. a5 Nf3+ 40. Kh1 Nd4 41. Kg1 Nf3+ 42. Kh1 Nd4 43. Rb7+ Ke8 44. Rxg7 h5 45. a6 Bd5+ 46. Kg1 Nf3+ 47. Kg2 Nxh4+ 48. Kh3 Nf5 49. d7+ Kd8 50. Rg1 Kxd7 51. a7 Nd6 52. Rg7+ Kc6 53. Rg8 Kc5 54. a8=Q Bxa8 55. Rxa8 (+1.69 @ 19 depth). How does Black improve?> Black’s 52nd move s/b Ke6, not Kc6.
click for larger viewYou still see a win there? White s/b able to gain black's bishop for his a pawn, but that only leaves white ahead a rook vs. knight and pawn. Black has nice connected pawns. By pushing these pawns and his h pawn with his king and knight's support, he ought to be able to tie white's position up. I eventually came came up with this position, black to move, which is a tablebase draw. 
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Jun-03-08
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| patzer2: <JimFromProvidence> Thanks for the correction. Looks like I misread Fritz's reply, and 52....e6 in that line may indeed lead to a draw with Black's Knight and pawns against White's Rook and pawns. Maybe someone with more computing power or endgame skill than myself can find a win for White here, but I haven't been able to do so. However, even if it's actually a draw with near perfect play after 36...Bb6!, White's 32. Bd7! with all the winning chances in the position is still an outstanding move compared to giving Black easy equality with 32. dxe7 =. |
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| Jul-29-08 |
| yalie: why not 36..Nb3 or Rb3? splitting the rooks looks more natural to me than Be6 or Be8 |
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Oct-26-08
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| notyetagm: Egads!
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Dec-08-08
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| positionalgenius: amazing game. |
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Feb-12-09
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| notyetagm: <patzer2: Aronian's amazing 32. Bd7!! creates a surprise winning passed pawn combination, as described above by <notyetagm> in his Nov 14, 2007 post with a link to an excellent chess cafe article by GM Kristen Mueller.> This win by Aronian over Anand(!) is just *so* incredible. |
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Feb-12-09
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| arsen387: especially instructive in this game is how after 19.d5 Aronian from in moves 20-27 forces Anand to play 27..cxd5 to gain a pass 'd' pawn for whites. it's really fantastic game by Levon |
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Feb-13-09
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| notyetagm: <arsen387: especially instructive in this game is how after 19.d5 Aronian from in moves 20-27 forces Anand to play 27..cxd5 to gain a pass 'd' pawn for whites. <<<it's really fantastic game by Levon>>>> Aronian's Immortal Game, so far. :-)
The 2007 Game Of The Year according to IM Max Notkin's jury of Russian experts. |
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Feb-20-09
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| brucejavier: simply beautiful game by aronian, to be able to see so many moves ahead after his Bd7!! |
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Apr-29-09
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| notyetagm: Love this game more every time I see it. |
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| Apr-30-09 |
| WhiteRook48: 46 d7!!
The pawn is mightier than the sword. |
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Oct-10-09
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| capatal: Beautiful chess by Aronian! |
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| Nov-04-09 |
| Prief: After 36...Be6 then 37 a5 wins |
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| Nov-08-09 |
| kingsindian2006: one thing to pull this off against a 2400 player and another against anand who was in darn good form taking the tourney down that year... makes it that more impressive.... |
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| Nov-15-09 |
| Hovik2009: A classic game indeed, power of past pawns could be unlimited.
As <tamar> mentioned Anand's misfortune against Aronian started from this game on! |
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sac: 31.d6
