Levon Aronian vs Vladimir Kramnik (2018)

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Levon Aronian vs Vladimir Kramnik
Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz) (2018) (blitz), Paris FRA, rd 10, Jun-24
French Defense: Classical. Burn Variation (C11) · 1-0

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Jun-27-18		spazzky: It seems like there was a blunder but it's hard to find. Such a tough endgame.

Jun-22-19		g15713: Black to move. Last: 41.Qc4 click for larger view Black could draw by keeping queens on board according to below analysis by Stockfish 1) =0.00 (38 ply) 41...Qf3 42.Rb2 a5 43.Qb5 Rd5 44.Qe8+ Kh7 45.Qe1 Qf6 46.Rf2 Qd6+ 47.Kb2 Kh6 48.Qe3+ g5 49.Rxf7 Rd2+ 50.Kc1 Rxh2 51.Qc3 Qa3+ 52.Kd1 Qd6+ 53.Kc1 or after 45.Qe1 Black plays 45...Rf5 instead of 45...Qf6 1) =0.00 (25 ply) 45.Qe1 Rf5 46.Ka2 Qd5 47.Qc3 Rf3 48.Rd2 Qf5 49.Qd4 Qe6 50.Qc4 Qe5 51.Qd4 Qe6 or after 41...Qf3 42.Rb2 a5 43.Qb5 Rd5 White plays 44.Qc6 instead of 44.Qe8+ 1) =0.00 (24 ply) 42.Rb2 a5 43.Qb5 Rd5 44.Qc6 Qe4 45.Qc3 Rd1 46.Rf2 Qd5 47.Kb2 Rd3 48.Qc4 Rd2+ 49.Rxd2 Qxd2+ 50.Qc2 Qd4+ 51.Qc3 Qf2+ 52.Qc2 Qe3 53.Qc3 Qe2+ 54.Qc2 Qe3 Game continuation: 41...Qd6+ 42.Ka2 Kg7 43.Qc6 Qxc6 44.Rxc6 Rd2+ 45.Ka3 Rxh2 46.Rxa6 h4 47.gxh4 Rxh4 leads to an unclear rook endgame.

Jun-22-19		g15713: White to move. Last: 47...Rxh4 click for larger view Using a quote from Y. Averbakh and N. Kopayev when they analyzed a similar position: 'Keres vs Alekhine, 1938 <"Which side is stronger here? Let us examine the position more carefully. White's pawns are one rank further forward than Black's and in addition it is his turn to move. This tells us that the stronger side is White, but are these advantages sufficient for a win?"> I use FinalGen a lot to help analyze many Rook endgames, unfortunately FinalGen cannot always give a definite result... Limitation of FinalGen - as long as there is no more than one piece per side (not counting the kings). <"Not all positions can be solved by FinalGen. Sometimes, White or Black can force the promotion of a pawn, transposing into a different endgame that FinalGen cannot solve. In that case, the text Unsolved will be displayed. These unsolvable positions represent about 5% of all positions that can be generated."> 'http://finalgenchess.ovh/home_ing.php FinalGen has the following: 48.Rd6 or Rc6 or a5 or b4 - White wins or Draw 48.Ra8 or Ra7 - Unsolved 48.Ra5 or Rb6 or Kb2 or Ka2 - Black wins or Draw Stockfish has the following: White to move Note: Shredder says in line 1 after 59.Qh8+ White wins in 61 moves 1) +1.63 (40 ply) 48.Rd6 Rh1 49.b4 f5 50.b5 f4 51.b6 Rb1 52.a5 g5 53.Rd7+ Kg6 54.b7 f3 55.Rd6+ Kh5 56.Rb6 Rxb6 57.axb6 f2 58.b8=Q f1=Q 59.Qh8+ Kg4 60.Qc8+ Kh4 61.b7 Qa1+ 62.Kb4 Qb2+ 63.Kc4 Qe2+ 64.Kd5 Qd3+ 65.Kc5 Qa3+ 66.Kc6 Qa4+ 67.Kd5 Qb5+ 68.Ke6 Qb3+ 69.Ke7 Qb4+ 70.Ke8 Qe4+ 71.Kf8 Qb4+ 72.Kf7 Qb3+ 73.Ke8 Qb5+ 74.Kd8 Qd5+ 75.Ke7 Qe5+ 76.Qe6 Qc7+ 77.Qd7 Qe5+ 78.Kf7 Qf4+ 79.Ke6 Qe3+ 80.Kd5 Qb3+ 81.Kd6 Qa3+ 82.Kc7 Qa5+ 83.Kc8 Qc3+ 84.Kb8 Qe5+ 85.Qc7 Qh8+ 86.Ka7 Qa1+ 87.Kb6 Qb2+ 88.Kc6 Qc3+ 89.Kd6 Qf6+ 90.Kd5 Qf5+ 91.Kd4 Qf6+ 92.Kd3 Qf3+ 93.Kc2 2) +0.19 (39 ply) 48.b4 Rh3+ 49.Kb2 Rh2+ 50.Kc3 Rh3+ 51.Kc4 Rh4+ 52.Kc5 Rh5+ 53.Kd6 g5 54.b5 g4 55.Rc6 Rh6+ 56.Kd5 Rxc6 57.bxc6 g3 58.c7 g2 59.c8=Q g1=Q 60.Qc3+ f6 61.a5 Qa7 62.Qc5 Qa8+ 63.Kd4 Kg6 64.Qb6 Qh1 65.Kc5 Qc1+ 66.Kd5 Qd2+ 67.Kc6 Qc2+ 68.Qc5 Qd3 69.Qb5 Qe4+ 70.Qd5 Qe2 71.Kb6 Qe3+ 72.Kb5 Qe2+ 73.Kc5 Qe3+ 74.Qd4 Qe7+ 75.Kc4 Qe6+ 76.Kc3 Qe1+ 77.Qd2 Qe5+ 78.Kc2 Qe6 79.Qd3+ f5 80.a6 Qa2+ 81.Kc3 3) =0.00 (39 ply) 48.a5 Rh1 49.Kb2 g5 50.Rd6 g4 51.a6 g3 52.Rd3 Rh6 53.Rxg3+ Kf8 54.a7 Ra6 55.b4 Rxa7 56.Kb3 Ke7 57.Kc4 Rc7+ 58.Kb5 f5 59.Rf3 Ke6 60.Ka6 Rc1 61.b5 Rb1 62.Rf2 Ke5 63.Re2+ Kd4 64.b6 f4 65.b7 f3 66.Rf2 Ke4 67.Rxf3 60.0 minute analysis by Stockfish 9 v010218

Dec-27-20		g15713: F. 1.0 Black plays 46...Rg2! instead of game continuation 46...h4? click for larger view Stockfish gives the following after 60-minutes analysis: 1) -3.03 (42 ply) 47.Rc6 Rxg3 48.a5 h4 49.a6 Re3 50.Kb4 Re1 51.Rc5 h3 52.a7 h2 53.a8=Q h1=Q 54.Qc8 Re4+ 55.Rc4 Qe1+ 56.Ka3 Re7 57.Qc6 Qa1+ 58.Kb4 Ra7 59.Rc5 Qd4+ 60.Kb5 Qd3+ 61.Kb4 Qd2+ 62.Kc4 Ra1 63.Qe4 Rc1+ 64.Kb5 Qd7+ 65.Kb4 Qd6 66.Qe5+ Qxe5 67.Rxe5 f5 68.Ka5 f4 69.b4 f3 70.Re7+ Kf6 71.Re3 Ra1+ 72.Kb5 Rf1 73.Kc4 Kg5 74.Rc3 Kf4 75.Rc2 g5 76.b5 Rb1 77.Rh2 g4 2) -3.19 (42 ply) 47.Rd6 Rxg3 48.a5 h4 49.a6 Re3 50.Kb4 g5 51.Rd5 f6 52.Rd7+ Kg6 53.Rd8 Re7 54.Rg8+ Kh7 55.Rb8 h3 56.Rb7 Rxb7+ 57.axb7 h2 58.b8=Q h1=Q 59.Kc3 Qf3+ 60.Kd2 Qf2+ 61.Kd3 g4 62.Qe8 Qf3+ 63.Kd2 Kg7 64.b4 Qf2+ 65.Kd3 Qf1+ 66.Kd4 Qf4+ 67.Kd3 g3 68.Qe3 Qg4 69.Qe7+ Kg6 70.Qe8+ Kg5 71.Qg8+ Kf4 72.Qc4+ Kf3 73.Qd5+ Kf2 74.Qa2+ Kf1 75.Ke3 f5 76.Qb1+ Kg2 77.Qb2+ Kh3 78.Qh8+ Qh4 79.Qe5 Qxb4 80.Kf3 Qg4+ 81.Ke3 3) -2.75 (41 ply) 47.a5 Rxg3 48.Rd6 h4 49.a6 Re3 50.Kb2 Re2+ 51.Kc3 Ra2 52.b4 h3 53.b5 Ra1 54.Rd2 g5 55.Rb2 g4 56.b6 Ra3+ 57.Kc2 h2 58.Rb1 Rxa6 59.b7 Rc6+ 60.Kd3 h1=Q 61.Rxh1 Rb6 62.Ke3 f5 63.Kf4 Kg6 64.Rh8 Rb4+ 65.Kg3 Rxb7 66.Rg8+ Kf7 67.Rh8 Rb3+ 68.Kg2 Kg6 69.Rg8+ Kh5 70.Rf8 Kg5 71.Rg8+ Kf4 72.Ra8 Rb2+ 73.Kf1 Ke4 74.Ra4+ Ke5 75.Ra1 f4 White is losing in line2) after 58...h1=Q 'https://syzygy-tables.info/?fen=1Q6... F. 1.1 Hence, instead of White looking to exchange queens he could draw by keeping queens on board White plays 43. Qe4! instead of game continuation 43. Qc6? click for larger view Stockfish gives the following after 60-minutes analysis: 1) =0.00 (50 ply) 43...a5 44.Rf2 Kh6 45.Qc4 f6 46.Rc2 f5 47.Rb2 Re3 48.Qg8 Qf6 49.Qd5 Qc3 50.Qd8 Re1 51.Qf8+ Kg5 52.Qd8+ Kh6 2) =0.00 (49 ply) 43...Rd4 44.Qe1 Rd3 45.Qe4 a5 46.Rf2 Kh6 47.Qc4 f6 48.Rc2 f5 49.Rb2 Re3 50.Qg8 Qf6 51.Qd5 Qc3 52.Qd8 Re1 53.Qf8+ Kg5 54.Qd8+ Kh6 3) =0.00 (49 ply) 43...Rd5 44.Qc4 Rd3 45.Rf2 Rd2+ 46.Rxd2 Qxd2+ 47.Ka3 Qxh2 48.Qd4+ Kh6 49.Qf4+ Kg7 50.Qe5+ f6 51.Qc7+ Kh6 52.Qf4+ Kg7 53.Qc7+

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