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Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian
GCT Kolkata Rapid & Blitz (2019) (blitz), Kolkata IND, rd 7, Nov-25
English Opening: King's English. Four Knights Variation Flexible Line (A28)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply) 9.d4 exd4 10.Nxd4 Ne5 11.O-O Nbc4 12.Bc1 Bc5 13.Nf5 ⩲ +0.54 (24 ply)better is 9...Bf6 10.a4 Be6 11.a5 Nc8 12.h3 Nd4 13.Nh2 Ne7 14.Ng4 = -0.27 (20 ply)= +0.23 (23 ply) after 10.d4 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Bxd4 Qd7 13.Be3 Qxd1 14.Raxd1 better is 29...Rc5 30.Ra4 d5 31.Rf4 f5 32.Rb4 d4 33.Rbb7 d3 34.Rg7+ = 0.00 (33 ply) ⩲ +0.65 (23 ply) after 30.Ra2 Rb1+ 31.Kh2 Rdd1 32.Rxa6 Ra1 33.Rxa1 Rxa1 34.Kg3 31...Ra8 32.a6 Ra7 33.Kf1 Kf6 34.Rb6 Ke6 35.Ke2 g5 36.Ra4 ⩲ +0.73 (25 ply) ± +2.27 (30 ply) 32...Rdb5 33.Rcc1 Rb8 34.a7 Ra8 35.Rc7 Kf6 36.Ra3 Ke6 ± +2.22 (27 ply)+- +4.36 (26 ply)+- mate-in-3656...Kd6 57.Kxf7 +- mate-in-501-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Nov-27-19  Cheapo by the Dozen: The cool part of the game is the sequence starting with Move 32.

Looking for an appropriate pun on Maglev Train. (Runaway Maglev Train would be better used in a game with a king hunt.)

Nov-27-19  Cheapo by the Dozen: Ahh. "Crossing" fits.
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