[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b2rk1/1p1nqppp/p1p1pn2/3p4/1bPP4/1PNBPN2/P2B1PPP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 10"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
10. Bc2 Rd8 11. a3 Bxa3 12. Rxa3 Qxa3 13. c5 b6 14. b4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16.
Bxe4 Rb8 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Ng5+ Kg8 19. Qh5 Nf6 20. Qxf7+ Kh8 21. Qc7 Bd7 22.
Nf7+ Kh7 23. Nxd8 Rc8 24. Qxb6 Nd5 25. Qa7 Rxd8 26. e4 Qd3 27. exd5 Qxd2 28.
Qc7 Qg5 29. dxc6 Bc8 30. h3 Qd5 31. Rd1 e5 32. Rd3 exd4 33. Qe7 Bf5 34. Rg3 Bg6
35. Qh4+ 1-0
[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.23"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnb2rk1/pp2qpp1/2p1p2p/3p4/2PPn3/2N1PN2/PP3PPP/2RQKB1R w K - 0 10"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]
{[%evp 0,16,23,28,22,6,11,15,0,13,25,26,27,-7,18,22,24,45,30] [#]} 10. h4 $5
$146 {[%mdl 8] A very surprising novelty, until now White preferred fighting
for a small edge by positional means. Does Aronian really want to launch an
all-out attack?} (10. Be2 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 (13... e5
14. Bb3 Re8 15. Re1 e4 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Qb1 $5 (17. Rc5 Be6 18. Re5 Bxb3 19.
Qxb3 Qc7 20. Rf5 Nd5 21. Rc1 Qb6 22. Re5 Qxb3 23. axb3 Rxe5 24. dxe5 Re8 $11 {
Grischuk,A (2736)-Anand,V (2788)/WCh blitz Moscow/2009/}) 17... Bd7 18. Rc5 Ng4
19. h3 b6 20. Rc2 Nf6 21. Rec1 Rac8 22. a3 Rc7 23. Ba4 Rec8 24. b4 $14 {
Grischuk,A (2760)-Stupak,K (2502)/EUCup Plovdiv/2010/}) 14. Bd3 c5 15. Be4 Rb8
16. Qc2 {Anand went for the relatively rare} Nf6 $5 ({The older approach is}
16... Ba6 17. Rc1 Rfc8 {, po} 18. Qa4 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Qc2 {Kramnik,V
(2765)-Kasparov,G (2785)/Las Palmas/1996/ This position arose also in Brodsky,
M (2554)-Harikrishna,P (2667)/Cappelle la Grande op/2011/, where at this point
the players agreed on a draw. Engines indicate that} a5 21. a3 Rbc7 {/\} (21...
Re8 22. h3 e5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Rd1 $14 {[%CAl Gd1d8] <->d,
Harika,D (2461)-Pan Qian (2154)/Jiangsu Wuxi/2008/}) 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Nf6
$5 24. e4 c4 $132 {should hold the balance.}) {Right after the match} 17. Bc6
$5 {was suggested as an improvement, but even here Black can hold his own after
} (17. dxc5 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 bxc5 19. Qc2 (19. b3 Bb7 20. Qf4 (20. Qe5 Bxf3 21.
gxf3 Qb7 $5 22. Kg2 Qa6 $11) 20... Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Rfd8 22. Rfc1 Rd2 23. R1c2
Rbd8 24. g3 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Rd5 $11 {Kulaots,K (2531)-Grabarczyk,M (2510)/Borup/
2008/ The position is too simplified and Black's pieces are sufficiently
active to fully compensate his split <
d,Skembris,S (2475)-Mastrovasilis,A (2537)/
Vrachati/2011/}) (18. Qg4 Bxg4 19. Rxe7 Rd7 20. Rxd7 Bxd7 21. Rd1 Rd8 22. e4
Kf8 23. f4 f6 $11) 18... fxe6 {[%csl Re6][%CAl Gd8d1] In this position Black's
control of the <->d and f balances his >}) 16... g6 17. Rc7 $14
) 16. Qxd4 Qe4 {A Q-swap doesn't quite fit into the concept of active <=>, but
even after} (16... Nb6 17. O-O Bf5 (17... Be6 18. Rfc1 $14) (17... Qe4 18. Qxe4
dxe4 19. Nd4 $14) 18. Rfc1 {White retains a pleasant edge.} (18. Qf4 Be4 19.
Rc7 Qb4 $132)) 17. Qxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2 Ne5 {Instead of defending a worse _|_,
Harikrishna prefers to sacrifice a P. However, White still manages to remain
on top.} (18... f5 $5 19. Nb3 $14 {_|_}) 19. Nxe4 Be6 (19... Nf3+ 20. Kf1 Bg4
21. Be2 (21. Kg2 $2 Ne5 $15) 21... Rfd8 22. Rc2 (22. a3 $5 {/\} Nd2+ 23. Nxd2
Rxd2 24. Bxg4 hxg4 25. Rg1 Rxb2 26. Rxg4 $16) 22... Rac8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Nc3
Nd2+ 25. Ke1 Ne4 26. f3 Nxc3 27. bxc3 Be6 28. Kd2 Bxa2 29. Ra1 Bc4 30. Bxc4
Rxc4 31. Rxa7 $16) 20. f4 $1 ({The text is more ambitious than} 20. Ng3 Rfc8 (
20... Nf3+ 21. Ke2 Bg4 22. Bd7 Rad8 23. Bxg4 hxg4 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Kxd1 Rd8+
26. Kc1 Nxh4 27. Rc4 Nf3 28. Rxg4 Rd2 29. Ne4 Re2 30. Rf4 $14) 21. f4 Rxc3 22.
bxc3 a6 23. Be2 $14) 20... Bd5 (20... Ng4 21. Nc5 Bxa2 22. Ke2 $36 {/\Ra1}) 21.
fxe5 Bxe4 22. O-O $14 {/+/- Although White's extra P is doubled, it controls
important central squares and this gives him a distinct edge.} Bd5 $6 {Black's
position can't stand another error and this eases Aronian's technical task.} (
22... Rac8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. e6 $1 fxe6 $1 25. Bd7 $16) (22... Rad8 $5 23. Rc7
Rd2 24. Rf2 Rd1+ 25. Bf1 $14 {/+/-}) 23. Bd7 $1 {[%csl Ra8,Gd7,Rf8] This
powerful move greatly limits Black's forces - now he can't activate neither of
his R.} Rfd8 (23... Bxa2 24. b3 Rad8 25. e6 fxe6 26. Bxe6+ Kh7 27. Rxf8 Rxf8
28. Rc1 Rd8 29. Bf7 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra2,Ge3,Rh7][%CAl Ge3e8] ?a2, Kh7, o^e3})
24. Rc7 a5 (24... Bxa2 25. g6 $1 fxg6 26. e6 $40 {/\} Rdb8 27. Rd1 a5 28. e7
Bf7 29. Bc8 $1 $18) 25. a4 $18 Ra6 26. Rf4 Rf8 27. Rd4 Bc6 (27... Be6 28. Rxb7
$18 {with a decisive material advantage.}) 28. e6 $5 ({The text move is even
more convincing than} 28. Bxc6 Rxc6 29. Rxb7 $18) 28... fxe6 29. Bxe6+ Kh8 30.
Bf7 $1 {[%csl Gf7] The B again limits any possible <=> and the rest is simple,
as Black's forces are almost paralysed.} Rb6 31. b3 Bf3 32. g6 Rc6 33. Rxc6
bxc6 34. e4 Be2 35. e5 {[%CAl Re5e7] /\e6-e7} 1-0
[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.21"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnb2r2/1pq2pkn/p2p2p1/2pP4/P3P2p/2N2PN1/1P1Q2PP/R3KB1R w KQ - 0 15"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
15. Bc4 hxg3 16. hxg3 Rh8 17. e5 Qe7 18. O-O-O Nd7 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. Ne4 Qe5
21. d6 g5 22. Rhe1 b5 23. Bd5 Rb8 24. f4 Qd4 25. Qe2 Qb4 26. Qh5 1-0
[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.03"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bq1rk1/bpp2ppp/p1np1n2/4p3/P1B1P3/2PP1N1P/1P3PP1/RNBQR1K1 b - - 0 9"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]
{[%evp 0,62,13,13,20,20,20,19,19,19,11,11,-2,2,31,-13,-7,-26,0,6,17,-7,10,34,
21,34,4,4,-6,-11,-8,-8,0,-5,-5,-5,12,5,8,9,23,15,12,5,8,11,11,0,25,10,25,3,24,
21,27,18,15,10,6,8,19,6,6,17,6] [#]} 9... Kh8 10. d4 h6 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5
dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Nd2 Kg8 15. Nf3 Re8 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Be6 18. Nxe5
Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Rxe4 20. Rxe4 Nxe4 21. f3 Nc5 22. b4 Ne6 23. Rd1 Kf8 24. Kf2 Ke7
25. Ke3 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Nxd8 27. f4 Ke6 28. Nd2 Nc6 29. Nc4 Nd8 30. Ke4 f5+ 31.
Kd3 Nc6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1rq2rk1/2p1bppp/p1npbn2/P3p1B1/1pN1P3/1B1P1N2/1PP2PPP/R2QR1K1 b - - 0 13"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
13... Kh8 14. h3 Ng8 15. c3 bxc3 16. bxc3 f5 17. Ba4 fxe4 18. Bxc6 exf3 19.
Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Bxf3 Ng6 21. Bg4 Nf4 22. Ra2 Qb7 23. Bf3 Qb3 24. Rc2 Nxd3 25.
Qxd3 Qxc4 26. Qxc4 Bxc4 27. Bc6 Rb3 28. g3 g5 29. Re3 Ra3 30. Be4 Rxa5 31. g4
Bd5 32. f3 Bxe4 33. fxe4 Ra1+ 34. Kg2 Rff1 35. Ree2 Rg1+ 36. Kh2 Rh1+ 37. Kg3
Rag1+ 38. Rg2 Re1 39. Rgf2 Re3+ 40. Kg2 Rexh3 0-1