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Levon Aronian vs Magnus Carlsen
World Blitz Championship (2014) (blitz), Dubai UAE, rd 16, Jun-20
Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto. Nimzowitsch Variation Quiet Line (E15)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Jun-26-14  janlavchariv: Does Levon Aronian have a chance to win?
Jun-27-14  Bubele: The endgame was completely winning. Unfortunately Aronian blundered in zeitnot ... :(
Jun-30-14  Gambit86: This is an extremely difficult endgame for white to win if it is even a win at all. Once the position at move 73...Kg6 was reached, it leads to a known rook ending that ends in a draw. White can make no progress.
Jun-08-15  CountryGirl: Good defence, as almost always, from Carlsen. But if you watch the video of the game, you can see that Carlsen looks mighty relieved when it's over, while Aronian exits stage right at speed, obviously upset that he's let this one get away.
Sep-22-17
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  g15713: Position after 65. fxg5, Black to move


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According to FinalGen, a chess endgame tablebase generator for Windows, this is a draw for Black. Those with Lomonosov Endgame Tablebases for 7 pieces can verify this.

John Emms in his marvelous 2008 chess book, The Survival Guide to Rook Endings, remarks about g- and h- pawns vs. f-pawn positions on page 62 as follows:

<"When the passed pawn is on the rook’s file, it gives the defending side excellent drawing chances. The passed pawn is only a rook’s pawn, which also cannot be used to shield the advancing king.">

Sep-23-17  JustAnotherMaster: great play by the Greatest Endgame Player ever, Rubenstein number 2, Capa overrated his endgames were weak based on analysis, the positions he got out of the middle-games were so good Akiba would have never even given up a draw or lost from those type of positions.

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