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Levon Aronian vs Fabiano Caruana
Your Next Move (Blitz) (2018) (blitz), Leuven BEL, rd 9, Jun-15
Sicilian Defense: Kan. Knight Variation (B43)  ·  1-0

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Jun-15-18  Whitehat1963: Meaningless games full of blunders.
Jun-16-18  ChessHigherCat: I think it's a great game. Lots of interesting tactics. For example, if 14...Qxa5? 15. Bxb7 (...Ra7? 16. Qd6+) Qc7 16. Bxa8. Maybe not perfect but so what, it's blitz.
Jun-16-18  ChessHigherCat: Or how's this for a blitz combination:

15.Nxb7 Rxb7?? 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Qd6+ Ke8 18.Rfb1 Bb5 19.a4 Ne4 20.Qd3 Bxd3 21.Rxb7 Bxc2 22.Rxb8+

If you can calculate in half an hour what Aronian calculated in 15s there, then you can talk about meaningless

Jun-23-18  Whitehat1963: Meaningless because THEY (not me) can calculate so much better under normal classical time controls. Blitz is resolved far too often by blunders.
Jul-29-18
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  Breunor: According to Stockfish, the losing move appears to be 15 .. Ke7.

After 15 .. Ke7:

1) +2.70 (19 ply) 16.Qb1 a5 17.Qb3 Kf8 18.Rfd1 Nd5 19.Qa3+ Kg8 20.c4 Nb4 21.Rab1 N8c6 22.Bxc6 Nxc6 23.Qd6 Rxb7 24.Rxb7 Qxb7 25.Qxd7 Qxd7 26.Rxd7 f6 27.Rc7 Nb4 28.Re7 Nxa2 29.Rxe6

Instead black has a tiny advantage after 15 Bb5:

1) -0.34 (23 ply) 15...Bb5 16.Re1 Nd5 17.Bxd5 exd5 18.Na5 Qxa5 19.Qxd5 Qc7 20.a4 Bd7 21.Qxe5 Qxe5 22.Rxe5 Nc6 23.Rc5 f6 24.Rb1 Ne5 25.f4 Nf3+ 26.Kg2 Nd2 27.Rd1 Ne4 28.Rc4 f5 29.Rcd4 Bc6

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