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Levon Aronian vs Vladimir Kramnik
Tal Memorial (Blitz) (2012) (blitz), Moscow RUS, rd 4, Jun-07
Italian Game: Bird's Attack (C53)  ·  1-0

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Jun-07-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  ray keene: what happened here? did kramniks mobile fone go off?
Jun-08-12  MountainMatt: If so, it must have happened during several of his games. You'd think he would have learned after one!
Jun-08-12
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  Honza Cervenka: The gamescore is incomplete. There were probably some problems with transmission and recording of moves in several games. But the games were recorded on video, and so perhaps this problem can be fixed.
Jun-17-12
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  KWRegan: I have declared this game incomplete in my version of the PGN file.
Jun-23-12
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  Honza Cervenka: Here is complete gamescore:

[Event "Tal Memorial (Blitz)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[EventDate "2012.06.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. b4 Bb6 6. d3 d6 7. a4 a5 8. b5 Ne7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. O-O Ng6 11. Ba2 h6 12. Nc4 Ba7 13. h3 Be6 14. Kh2 Bb8 15. Ne3 d5 16. Qc2 c6 17. c4 d4 18. Nd1 c5 19. g3 Nh7 20. Ng1 f5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Qe2 Nf6 23. Bb1 Re8 24. Qf3 Qd7 25. Re1 e4 26. dxe4 Be6 27. Nb2 Ne5 28. Qg2 Nxc4 29. Nxc4 Bxc4 30. f4 d3 31. e5 Nd5 32. Qe4 Nb6 33. Be3 Qd5 34. Qxd5+ Nxd5 35. Bxc5 Nc3 36. Rc1 d2 37. Rxc3 d1=Q 38. Bh7+ Kxh7 39. Rxd1 Be6 40. Bb6 Ba7 41. Bxa7 Rxa7 42. Rc7 Raa8 43. Rd6 Bb3 44. Ne2 Bxa4 45. Nd4 Rac8 46. Rxb7 Red8 47. h4 Bd1 48. Ra7 a4 49. b6 Ra8 50. Rxd8 Rxd8 51. b7 Bg4 52. Ra8 1-0

Jul-14-12
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  KWRegan: Thank you very much, Mr. Cervenka, for following thru on your June 08 message. I have brought this to the attention of some others who will appreciate it also.
Nov-21-14  Ke2: bird's attack looks kind of like evan's gambit declined

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