Viswanathan Anand vs Levon Aronian (2007)

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Viswanathan Anand vs Levon Aronian
Morelia-Linares (2007), Linares ESP, rd 12, Mar-07
Spanish Game: Closed Variations (C84) · 1/2-1/2

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Mar-07-07		botvinnik64: You guys know that Joseph gallo just ppassed away?!

Mar-07-07		hitman84: <boz>Yes, I feel Aronian is playing safe or maybe that is the only reasonable plan for balck.

Mar-07-07		Jack Kerouac: I'm waiting for Anand to uncork a good one.

Mar-07-07		jeremy24: black can play Ra8-a4 with pressure on the queenside

Mar-07-07		Jack Kerouac: Aronian seems to have Anand bottled up.

Mar-07-07		Gypsy: At a second look, I think Black is a tiny bit better. (Mostly equal and drawish though.)

Mar-07-07		THE pawn: I think Aronian simply wants to fight over the a-file, the only attacking option right now. I think Anand will simply go for Qb2 with Ra1 in mind. Honestly I don't know what to play, perhaps if it was me I would go for h3 and see what my opponent has in mind, but it's probably too slow.

Mar-07-07		boz: <Jack Kerouac> Yes, but Anand's position should age very well.

Mar-07-07		jeremy24: Anand would love to "uncork" d4 here...beat this wine pun to death...

Mar-07-07		boz: If Anand plays d4 Black will undouble his e-pawns and after exchanges get a passed b-pawn.

Mar-07-07		sravann: I think white's strategy would be simple. Exchange pawns enough, to create a fractured pawn structure for balck and start attacking the isolated pawns. The black king looks exposed along the diagonal, but it should be very hard to exploit such small weaknesses.

Mar-07-07		THE pawn: I don't wanna bring this, but I think it will be a draw. It's hard to make any progress, and at the same time it's hard to make any serious mistake. I think right now I would hold the position against a GM.

Mar-07-07		botvinnik64: Anand has mellowed with age...

Mar-07-07		Jack Kerouac: <The Pawn> I agree. Anand has nothing to lose by drawing with his lead.

Mar-07-07		hitman84: <I think white's strategy would be simple. Exchange pawns enough, to create a fractured pawn structure for balck and start attacking the isolated pawns. The black king looks exposed along the diagonal, but it should be very hard to exploit such small weaknesses.> <sravann>Yes, that is the reason why Aronian is trying to exchange the rooks.

Mar-07-07		adf: think this is a draw, according to the pictures on the official page

Mar-07-07		sravann: The game still has a lot of life in it. I was dissappointed yesterday, that Anand did not push for a win. I would be dissappointed today, if they agree for an early draw.

Mar-07-07		THE pawn: draw. As I said.

Mar-07-07		chessgames.com: Draw is official. We will switch over to another board in just a minute.

Mar-07-07		THE pawn: Yippi!

Mar-07-07		boz: Anand is hoping Topalov will take the kid out.

Mar-07-07		Jack Kerouac: Our kibitz IQ's must be going up.

Mar-07-07		WannaBe: This game costed me a lot of chess bucks... =(

Mar-07-07		Ulhumbrus: It may be that keeping the d pawn back on d3 and not playing d4 enables Black to equalize by the move ...Be6, because White cannot then combine Bxe6 with dxe5, so as to inflict isolated doubled e pawns on Black, as in the following game: Fischer vs Smyslov, 1965

Mar-07-07		Atking: The beautifull Anand vs Kasimdzhanov 1-0 at San Luis was more convincing. As leader of Linares, Anand was probably contented with a draw.

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