Levon Aronian vs Gata Kamsky (2013)

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Levon Aronian vs Gata Kamsky
Sinquefield Cup (2013), Saint Louis, MO USA, rd 5, Sep-14
Dutch Defense: Queen's Knight Variation (A85) · 1/2-1/2

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Sep-14-13		Domdaniel: With Queens off, a draw seems likely.

Sep-14-13		Marmot PFL: Looks like an opposite color B ending draw.

Sep-14-13		offramp: I can only hope that the great Kamsky prevails. He has done very well so far. Strong, aggressive chess.

Sep-14-13		twinlark: With all the rooks traded off the game looks to have almost as much life in it as Julius Caesar.

Sep-14-13		KlingonBorgTatar: Suddenly, black is beautiful. Draw in hand and still with winning lines despite opposite colored bishops.

Sep-14-13		csmath: This will draw now.

Sep-14-13		jbeest: ...and there's the handshake.

Sep-14-13		csmath: Shrewd decision by Aronian, it looked quite dangerous for a while. Gata played well too.

Sep-14-13		Domdaniel: Hang on ... BOOC or not, Black has some chances here ...

Sep-14-13		shmu12: kamsky had abetter ending but he gave it away by trading both rooks

Sep-14-13		Domdaniel: Oops. Oh well ...

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Sep-14-13		poppajoe: kamsky aronian draw

Sep-14-13		AylerKupp: And, interestingly enough, at low ply Critter 1.6a considered the position to be somewhat in Black's favor (~ [-0.50]) before 44...Kxd5 yet considered it somewhat in White's favor after 44...Kxb5 (~ [+0.50]). Oh well, probably still a draw in any case.

Sep-14-13		csmath: Gata gave away a pawn, I wonder why?

Sep-14-13		parisattack: Veni, Vidi, Vacuam

Sep-14-13		offramp: Fair enough. Both games drawn. Leaves a fairly exciting ending.

Sep-14-13		csmath: In either case he would have not been able to win.

Sep-14-13		AylerKupp: <csmath> Maybe since he thought that it was a draw anyway he didn't really care.

Sep-14-13		csmath: <Maybe since he thought that it was a draw anyway he didn't really care.> Yes. But carelessness is not a good habit to cultivate. :-)

Sep-14-13		csmath: We cannot really complain. Both games were interesting to some degree. The game between Naka and Carlsen was immaculate. Kamsky yet again opened his king completely and lived to tell a tale.

Sep-14-13		asiduodiego: I didn't find this game boring, but I don't understand why Aronian always sets up this scheme of the Bishop in f4 with the pawn in e3, and then trading it for a Knight, and getting doubled pawns on the Kingside. In this case, it lead to nothing but trouble.

Sep-15-13		moodini: Was the last move really played? When I saw it I assumed that it was one of those phantom moves where the arbiter puts the king on a certain square at the end of the game, but some people seem to be suggesting it was a real move.

Sep-15-13		Ulhumbrus: An alternative to 13 Bxf3 is 13 gxf3 improving White's pawn structure

Dec-25-13		transpose: I was in attendance for this game. Aronian made Kamsky suffer for a while, and then Kamsky's Qf6 turned the initiative over to black. At the time Kamsky played Qf6, I wasn't sure how Aronian could repel Kamsky's attack, but he did and I don't think he sweated it much, either. Later that night, going for a walk in the beautiful St. Louis neighborhood where the game was played, I ran into Lev Aronian and his beautiful girlfriend, arm-in-arm out for a stroll. We chatted for a bit--he was extremely pleasant and nice, as he was the entire week. I left St. Louis a huge Lev Aronian fan.

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