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Levon Aronian vs Magnus Carlsen
London Chess Classic (2011)  ·  Slav Defense: Quiet Variation. Schallopp Defense (D12)  ·  1/2-1/2
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Dec-08-11  knighterrant999: So much for luft
Dec-08-11
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  boz: Was the plan with 31.Nc8 good? It seems to have allowed Black to coordinate his pieces. As Marmot said, activity is worth a pawn.
Dec-08-11
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  Domdaniel: Don't be *too* hard on Aronian. Carlsen's ability to foresee long-distance counterplay is astonishing.
Dec-08-11
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  ketchuplover: Nakamura game next please?
Dec-08-11
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  haydn20: Drawn! since the B is the wrong color for the passer.
Dec-08-11
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  Ulhumbrus: Aronian won a pawn but was unable to keep it.
Dec-08-11
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  whiteshark: You might wonder when he started to think about it for the first time?
Dec-08-11
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  moronovich: Magnus just did it again !
Dec-08-11
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  FSR: This Carlsen is strong like bull.
Dec-08-11
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  JimmyRockHound: Well played Carlsen. Everyone thought you were in toruble there but you got out of it. And made it look pretty easy too...
Dec-08-11
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  FSR: <OhioChessFan: And Fritz says it should have been Rc4.>

So Rc5 was Aronious?

Dec-08-11
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  boz: Nakamura just toasted Howell.
Dec-08-11  LIFE Master AJ: Wow, its already over?
Dec-08-11
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  FSR: <boz> Cool! Naka is on fire!
Dec-08-11  LIFE Master AJ: Just a couple of minutes before noon here ... seems like they played the whole game very quickly.
Dec-08-11
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  boz: <FSR: <boz> Cool! Naka is on fire!>

Yes, he just seems to have seen through the complications better than his opponent.

Kramnik-Adams looks interesting.

Dec-08-11
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  Bobwhoosta: It's amazing how quickly Carlsen's position went from looking abyssmal to drawish, and then to a straight draw.

Well done sir, and well done Aronian for putting him in that position in the first place!!!

Dec-08-11
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  Ulhumbrus: Carlsen and Aronian are in the commentary box. Here is the link: http://www.livestream.com/LondonChe...
Dec-08-11  LIFE Master AJ: Around move 26, I thought Carlsen was busted ... then I checked back, and it was over!!!
Dec-08-11
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  waustad: Carlsen's comment after 18. Nxe4 "I wanted to lay down and cry"
Dec-08-11  Skakalec: 33.e4 I have an objection on this move, I don't like it. I would have played Rc3 and first after Ng4, e4.
Dec-08-11  AlphaMale: Suprising that Magnus seems to have missed 18.Nxe4! completely (otherwise he would surely have played 17...Nc5 instead). He also confessed to not considering the possibility of 20.Nd6!.
Dec-08-11  AlphaMale: Incredible that this was their 51st game together (all but one of them in just 5 years). Definitely shaping up as one of the great rivalries. The DB has 201 games for Kasparov-Karpov, 154 or Anand-Kramnik, 122 for Anand-Ivanchuk, 121 for Karpov-Korchnoi...
Dec-08-11  Riverbeast: Carlsen is a slippery one, no doubt about it

He's awfully tough in bad positions

I'm sure Aronian was objectively better or winning during this game....But this is chess, right?

Dec-08-11  Penguincw: Not really interesting to me.
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