Levon Aronian vs Viswanathan Anand (2015)

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Levon Aronian vs Viswanathan Anand
Sinquefield Cup (2015), St Louis, MO USA, rd 8, Aug-31
English Opening: King's English. Four Knights Variation Fianchetto Lines (A29) · 1/2-1/2

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Aug-31-15		BOSTER: Rb5, or time to move the king.

Aug-31-15		Penguincw: Perhaps 27.Nc7 next, threatening to wish a pawn or the bishop vs. knight.

Aug-31-15		keypusher: <Penguincw: < Marmot PFL: Giri after winning his first game seems content to draw the rest. > You can't really blame. He is the only player still perfect in the 2015 Grand Tour. The same applies to his record against Carlsen.> Draws=perfection? :-)

Aug-31-15		Manu2: and the mauling will begin in earnest!!

Aug-31-15		Ulhumbrus: Kasparov is back in the commentary box and this time to give some analysis, or at least commentary. Here is the link: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t...

Aug-31-15		Penguincw: < keypusher: <Penguincw: < Marmot PFL: Giri after winning his first game seems content to draw the rest. > You can't really blame [him]. He is the only player still perfect in the 2015 Grand Tour. The same applies to his record against Carlsen.> Draws=perfection? :-) > Draws = undefeated record continues. :) (I probably hold the site record for most posts where I use the wrong word to describe something)

Aug-31-15		keypusher: < Penguincw: < keypusher: <Penguincw: < Marmot PFL: Giri after winning his first game seems content to draw the rest. > You can't really blame [him]. He is the only player still perfect in the 2015 Grand Tour. The same applies to his record against Carlsen.> Draws=perfection? :-) > Draws = undefeated record continues. :) (I probably hold the site record for most posts where I use the wrong word to describe something)> No, it was perfectly (so to speak) clear what you meant. I was just being difficult.

Aug-31-15		BOSTER: White wants to push a5-a6, and move Rb7 when knights out the board.

Aug-31-15		Penguincw: 28.Nb8 would force the knights to come off (without losing temp). 28.Nb4 might also as well. <keypusher> Yes, I know, but it still sucks how many mistakes I make in my posts...

Aug-31-15		Manu2: a5 forces matters

Aug-31-15		rczcarvalho: Probably drawn

Aug-31-15		caissafan1963: Still some life left in this position. Black wants to bring his king to the Q side and exchange off the rooks. Then his extra pawn can come to life.

Aug-31-15		offramp: Pawns are better than rooks in the end game. So both has 1 rook. That means it's gonna be a check or pawn kill. QED!

Aug-31-15		cormier: ...Rd8 . a5

Aug-31-15		MindCtrol9: Who do you think is better,White or Black.I like Black endgame.

Aug-31-15		ajile: It went from being the Sinquefield Cup to now the Kasparov Show. : /

Aug-31-15		Penguincw: This game and So-Topalov both drawn.

Aug-31-15		keypusher: <MindCtrol9: Who do you think is better,White or Black.I like Black endgame.> Hate 'em both. And Aronian and Anand agree, since they ended the game as quickly as they could.

Aug-31-15		MindCtrol9: Yes,it was much more to play.The spirit of fight was needed.Me,myself,I don't play to make draws,and when I see I have chances to win I don't quit.

Aug-31-15		Absentee: Having to shuffle pieces until move 31 to draw is pretty sad.

Aug-31-15		WannaBe: Aronian offered the peace treaty, Anand accepted it.

Aug-31-15		MindCtrol9: Anand had an extra pawn.If you have pawns on both sides of the board,the Knight suppose to be better than a Bishop,but in a closed position.Here is not that,and that is why Aronian did not exchange his Knight for the Bishop having Anand an extra pawn. Right or wrong?

Aug-31-15		perfidious: <Absentee: Carlsen is about to cost me some chess doubloons for the second time in a row.> The dirty wretch!

Sep-01-15		Ulhumbrus: Anand said that it took some little examination to persuade him that the position after 14 e4 was satisfactory or at least playable for Black instead of just giving White an advantage owing to his pawn centre. The resource which Anand came up with was ...Rb8 followed by the thrust ...b5 threatening to undermine White's centre by ...b4. This suggests that Anand's examination persuaded him that White lacked time to keep his centre, as in some variations of the Grunfeld defence

Sep-07-15		Ulhumbrus: < MindCtrol9: Anand had an extra pawn.If you have pawns on both sides of the board,the Knight suppose to be better than a Bishop,but in a closed position.Here is not that,and that is why Aronian did not exchange his Knight for the Bishop having Anand an extra pawn. Right or wrong?> After 24 Nc5 Be6 let us try a few moves: 25 Nxe6 fxe6 26 Bh3 Kf7 and now Black is playing with an extra king although he has still to make his knight useful

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