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| Jan-26-09 | | arsen387: I think the exclamation 'holy sh**' is quite appropriate here :) So much tactics here, an echo from 19th century, where sacrifices are pouring one after another. Long time will pass till I'll be able to understand this game. Starting from 26.Bxe7+ it was absolutely crazy |
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| Jan-26-09 | | adair10: Check this more recent <absolutely crazy> game Aronian vs A Volokitin, 2008 |
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| Apr-22-09 | | luzhin: Very spectacular: but it's not at all clear why Aronian didn't play fxg6 on move 23 or 24. This seems crushing, and follows on logically from 21.f4 and 22.f5. Indeed, it is also strange that Popov didn't play gxf5 while he had the chance rather than just move his Bishop pointlessly backwards and forwards on the a6-c8 diagonal. |
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| May-05-09 | | ex0duz: <@luzhin:> Yep, i was wondering why Aronian didn't play 23.fxg6 also and instead played Rh5. He had 3 or 4 chances to subsequently play it(and it would have been crushing, Rybka gives +4.50 at move 23, and even over +3 and +2 still one or two moves later), but he never did.. Both players must have missed it. Chess blindness happens to even the best of the best(remember, even Kramnik missed mate in 1 and got mated hehe). |
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| Oct-01-10 | | sevenseaman: <Luzhin> has point in 23/24 fxg6. This is power. |
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| Oct-16-10 | | James Bowman: I think of the current world top 5 players Aronian has the most classical mindset and some interesting games on account of it. Guerrilla tactics or blitzkreg Aronian is prepared for battle. |
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| Nov-10-10 | | hedgeh0g: <What if 20. ... dxe4 or 21. ... dxe4? there seem to be many options for white, but which is the best? 21. d5
21. c7
21. Nxg6
or some other move?>
20...dxe4 is almost certainly answered by 21.c7! (21...Bxb3 22.c8=Q+) and if 21...Qxc7 22.Rxc7 and the Queen is again untouchable due to the mate threat. 21...dxe4 is probably answered by 22.d5! , i.e. 22...Bxd5 23.Bxb6 Bxb3 24.Bxa6 and wins on account of the c-pawn. What struck me about this game is just how advanced the White army is after just 24 moves. Black is just completely dominated... |
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Jul-03-11
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: I am trell and wuly fumdounded. Sacrificing a Knight on the 9th move for little more than a passed c-pawn?! Total apathy re: losing the e-pawn via the discovered attack dxe4?! You might know from older posts that no one has greater admiration for Aronian's endgame play than myself, but this gem might become a personal favorite. |
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Jul-03-11
 | | LIFE Master AJ: Heck of a game ... makes me think I don't understand anything about chess ... |
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| Jul-03-11 | | musicmanTRIBALx: <AJ> amen. |
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| Jul-03-11 | | Once: Reminds me of a quote from Chernev. Writing in "The most instructive games of chess ever played", he said this about Keres-Tarnowski 1952 Keres vs A Tarnowski, 1952
"From the start of this magnificent game, Keres does not allow his opponent a moment's breathing space. He threatens the kingside, he threatens the queenside, he threatens the center, and the whole board vibrates with the fury of his attack." Nicely put, and the same could apply to this game too. Very well played. |
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| Jul-03-11 | | Dyonis: 36. ... Qxc6 37. Be6 !! |
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Jul-03-11
 | | sackman: Amazing relentless attacking game, 19th century with a modern flavour. All of Aronian's moves seem sensible to me but only with hindsight .... I wonder how black felt during this game. |
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| Jul-03-11 | | erniecohen: 22...gxf5 and black stands better. |
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Jul-03-11
 | | scormus: <sackman: Amazing relentless attacking game>
Absolutely, a real blitzkreig
< .... I wonder how black felt during this game.>
I imagine a bit worse than Rafa Nadal this afternoon, but maybe not as bad as David Haye the other night. |
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| Jul-03-11 | | DrMAL: 9.Nxb5 is more suitable for blitz or much lower level. 22...gxf5 thematically opens the g-file anyway why would Popov avoid this? Aronian blunders back with 23.Rc5 and Popov blunders again with 23...Ba6 (second chance for gxf5), lousy game! |
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| Jul-03-11 | | WhiteRook48: those are wonderful tactics by Aronian. |
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| Jul-03-11 | | DarthStapler: What happens after 30...Kf8? |
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| Jul-03-11 | | abuzic: <25...Nxe4?> 25...gxf5 may prevent what actually happened in the game. So <25. Kh1> 25. fxg6 keeps white attack. |
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| Jul-03-11 | | DarthStapler: Nevermind, I figured it out |
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Jul-04-11
| | LIFE Master AJ: <Jul-03-11
sackman: Amazing relentless attacking game, 19th century with a modern flavour. All of Aronian's moves seem sensible to me but only with hindsight .... I wonder how black felt during this game.>Maybe this is not what Black actually thought during the game, but maybe just me sort of thinking out loud: "WHAT THE HECK IS HAPPENING HERE???"
"Cripes! I have run into a buzz zaw!"
"Bleeping, beeping, bleep!!! &%%#$$** Is this all prepared analysis?" "Hey REF!!!! I want my opponent checked for PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS!!!" |
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| Jul-05-11 | | kevin86: White will mate very soonest... |
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| Sep-04-11 | | notyetagm: Game Collection: Aronian's Best Games Anand said that Aronian plays 1 d4 like a 1 e4 player. Case in point. |
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| Feb-02-12 | | kiiuglik: anything wrong with 10...Bd7 instead of 10...Kf8? |
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Feb-02-12
 | | Phony Benoni: <kiiuglik> After <10...Bd7>:
click for larger viewWhite has 11.Nxd7 Nbxd7 (or 11...Nfxd7) 12.c6, when moving the ♘d7 allows 13.c7+. |
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