| Jan-12-14 | | SirRuthless: A thorough beating. Good for Levon. |
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| Jan-12-14 | | beenthere240: 15. Qc7 was a fanciful move, with an unusual pin of black's knight. |
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Jan-12-14
 | | tamar: Aronian said he blundered with 32 Qd2 and only noticed after he made the move that Caruana could grab back a pawn with 32...Rxe4 33 fxe4 Qe7! threatening both e4 and c5 |
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| Jan-12-14 | | Jambow: It was obvious he was running for a touchdown from the beginning. Nice job Aronian. |
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Jan-12-14
 | | Check It Out: <tamar> there must be something tricky about that tactic for both GMs to miss it. |
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| Jan-12-14 | | Bob Loblaw: Aronian can console himself with the knowledge that after 32 .... ♖e4 33. fe ♕e7 34. ♕c2! ♘d4 35. ♕a4 ♘e6 36. ♖a5 the a pawn falls and white is still at the wheel. |
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| Jan-12-14 | | Bob Loblaw: ...but Aronian is correct, of course, since 32. ♕a4! keeps the pawn and the positional trumps. |
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| Jan-13-14 | | jphamlore: Another Gruenfeld disaster for Caruana even though this isn't a Gruenfeld. It appears to me he tried to play the symmetrical English as if it were an Exchange Gruenfeld only for Aronian to show him why it isn't, such as keeping the e pawn at e3 early. |
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| Jan-14-14 | | wordfunph: "Any win in such a strong tournament is important."
- GM Levon Aronian (after beating Fabiano Caruana)
http://www.theweekinchess.com/chess... |
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| Jan-14-14 | | Ulhumbrus: 5...Nxc3 loses time for development and strengthens White's centre. This suggests 5...e6. One interesting alternative is 5...Na6 9...Nd7 obstructs Black's queen's bishop. This suggests 9....Nc6 One objection to 12...e5 and perhaps more so to 13...exd4 is that this opens lines in a position where White is ahead in development 15...Bxd4 concedes not only the bishop pair but Black's black squared bishop. If Black finds this necessary, it is a sign that Black is in trouble 24 f3 displaces Black's queen from her task of attacking the d4 pawn from a good square After 40...g5 the win is difficult for White. This suggests that White gains victory by means of playing difficult moves. Aronian finds the difficult moves and wins. |
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| Jan-14-14 | | haydn20: < Ulhumbrus: 5...Nxc3 loses time for development and strengthens White's centre. This suggests 5...e6.> There is such a thing as being enslaved to general principals. <Experience> in this line "suggests" that since White's development is nothing special, Black might as well afflict White with a backward c-Pawn, esp. if Black fianchettoes the DSB. |
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Jan-14-14
 | | perfidious: <haydn20> You will have to forgive <U>-the poster who gave a dissertation on why the Keres Attack in the Scheveningen Sicilian is not good. It was bust-a-gut stuff, really. Maybe he should share the fruits of his immense wisdom with all the top players who have essayed the line. |
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| Jan-14-14 | | haydn20: The real cuprit may be the premature 10...Qa5?! Simply 10...Nb3 and Black looks OK (to me). BTW 9. Bd3 is new in Opening Ex, and seems logical, esp. with the followup Qc2. |
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| Jan-14-14 | | pajaste: 'Q ex bee sevens are for world number seconds' |
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| Jan-14-14 | | SChesshevsky: Could Black have improved after 19. Rfd1 by planting the N on d5 earlier? It looks tough to dislodge there, it covers f6 to protect e5 and also looks a good spot for further moves like.. Nc3 and then maybe something like ...Ne2 or ...Ne4 at some point. |
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| Jan-14-14 | | SChesshevsky: <haydn20: The real cuprit may be the premature 10...Qa5?!> The setup after 10...Qa5 and 12. cxd4 looks like it assumes after ....e5, Whites going to take. Was 13. Bg3 unexpected? The way it played out after 14. Nxd4 Black's pieces don't look to be placed where he'd want them. |
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| Jan-17-14 | | chesstones: Aronian's 15.Qc7 is interesting, esp as you'd expect the Bc7 normally. Looks like some old prep using a program no doubt. Seemed to work out well for him. |
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| Jan-17-14 | | SChesshevsky: <chesstones: Aronian's 15.Qc7 is interesting> Maybe a planned attack on b7 all along. Some similarities to Kramnik's idea in Kramnik vs Kasparov, 2000 |
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