Vassily Ivanchuk vs Levon Aronian (2008)

Vassily Ivanchuk vs Levon Aronian
FIDE Grand Prix (2008) · Slav Defense: Quiet Variation. Pin Defense (D12) · 1-0

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Aug-02-08		Marmot PFL: I thought Aronian blundered with 25...Nc6, but that was OK if he had played 26...Nd5, with the threats Nb4 and Nxf4. Maybe missing that upset him, as his game went downhill quickly after that.

Aug-02-08		Marmot PFL: Should have typed 27...Nd5, 26...Bxf4 was fine.

Aug-03-08		Ezzy: V Ivanchuk (2781) - L Aronian (2737) [D11] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.0–0 Bd6 9.Nc3 0–0 10.Bd2 Re8 11.Qd1 dxc4 12.Bxc4 a6 13.Qc2 c5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Rfd1 Rc8 16.Be1< With idea's of 17 b4 Ncd7 18 Bxa6 bxa6 19 Rxd6> 16...Qe7 17.Rac1 Rc7 18.Be2 Rec8 19.Qb1 h6 20.Bf3 g6 21.Ne2 <Threatening 22 Ba5! Rd7?? 23 b4 and if the knight moves, the rook on c8 is 'en pris'> 21...Rb8 22.Nf4 <Threatening 23 Nxg6! and if 23...fxg6 24 Qxg6+ followed by 25 Rxd6! Qxd6 26 Qxf6. winning> 22...Ncd7 23.Rxc7 Bxc7 24.Qc2 Ne5 25.Be2 Nc6 26.Bxa6 Bxf4 27.exf4 Nb4 28.Bxb4 Qxb4 29.a3 Qf8 30.Be2 Rc8 31.Qb3 Rc7 32.Bf3 Qc8 33.g3 Kg7 34.Qb4 h5 35.h4 Rc4?< Rush of blood to the head by Aronian. Very strange. He must have had visions of piling the pressure on f2 With ...Rc2 ...Qc5 and ...Ng4 but after 37 b4 the black queen can't attack f2 anymore. A bad oversight from Aronian.> 36.Qxb7< A free pawn giving him connected passed pawns.> 36...Qc5 37.b4 Qf5 38.Qe7 Ne4 39.Qa7 <[39.Rd8! Rc2 40.Qf8+ Kf6 41.Rd7 Rc1+ 42.Kg2 And white will mate.]> 39...e5 40.Qa6 Rc3 41.Qe2 Nf6 42.fxe5 Rxf3 43.exf6+ Kh7 <43...Qxf6 obviously offers more resistance. Aronian throws in the towel. Not a good day at the office for him.> 44.Qe7 1–0 Clumsy and careless game by Aronian. Ivanchuk always seemed to have points of attack and maintained the initiative. 35..Rc4 is difficult to explain from someone of Aronian’s class. I put it down to late boozy nights and wild women. Does sound better than chess though :-)

Aug-03-08		acirce: Myself, I don't think 35..Rc4 was an oversight. It was rather a desperate but futile attempt to stir things up in a position that would have been hopeless in the long run anyway. But he was not close to confusing Ivanchuk enough to get serious swindle chances the way he played either.

Aug-03-08		Ezzy: <It was rather a desperate but futile attempt to stir things up in a position that would have been hopeless in the long run anyway> That's probably a better way of explaining it. I still like the theory about wild women and boozy nights though.

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