[Event "WR Chess Masters 2023"] [White "Aronian,Levon"] [Black "Abdusattorov,Nodirbek"] [Site "Duesseldorf"] [Round "3.1"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2023.02.18"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2734"] [PlyCount "60"] [TimeControl "60"] {[%evp 17,60,44,52,37,35,41,36,47,37,41,41,33,141,136,127,133,124,104,127,128,133,135,128,129,136,136,233,166,209,204,230,225,264,235,267,282,282,264,262,242,280,256,330,330,466]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:0:4]} c5 {[%emt 0:0:35]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:4]} d6 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:0:5]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:0:34]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:3]} g6 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 6. Be3 {[%emt 0:1:51]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 7. f3 {[%emt 0:0:14]} O-O {[%emt 0:0:8]} 8. Qd2 {[%emt 0:0:28]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 9. g4 {[%emt 0:0:38][%cal Yg2g4,Yg4g5][%mdl 32]} h5 {[%emt 0:5:50]} 10. g5 {[%emt 0:3:34] B76: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, 9 g4 and 9 0-0-0.} Ne8 {[%emt 0:7:46] [#]} 11. O-O-O $5 $146 {[%emt 0:2:13][%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 11. f4 Bd7 12. f5 Rc8 13. O-O-O Ne5 14. Nd5 Nc7 15. Nf4 Re8 16. h4 Bc6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 {0-1 Herrera,J-Jimenez Martinez,A (1778) NCA-ch Managua 2011 (8)} )Qa5 {[%emt 0:5:26]} 12. Nb3 {[%emt 0:7:17] White is slightly better.} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:1:47]} 13. Nxa5 {[%emt 0:0:34]} Bxd2+ {[%emt 0:0:16]} 14. Bxd2 {[%emt 0:0:5]} f6 {[%emt 0:22:59]} (14... Nd4 $14 )15. Nxc6 $16 {[%emt 0:6:17]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 16. gxf6 {[%emt 0:0:8]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:3:5]} 17. Bh6 {[%emt 0:2:34]} Re8 {[%emt 0:2:6]} 18. Bc4+ {[%emt 0:1:13]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 19. Bg5 {[%emt 0:0:5][%cal Yh6g5,Yg5d2,Yd2c3][%mdl 32] Threatens to win with Bxf6.} Kg7 {[%emt 0:4:23]} 20. Rhg1 {[%emt 0:1:43] White has more active pieces. The black rooks are badly placed.} a5 {[%emt 0:9:0]} 21. Rg2 {[%emt 0:7:20] Rdg1 is the strong threat.} Nd7 {[%emt 0:8:4]} (21... d5 $16 )22. Rdg1 {[%emt 0:2:18][%cal Yg5e7] [#] And now Bxe7! would win.} Ba6 {[%emt 0:10:22]} 23. Bb3 {[%emt 0:3:19] A strong pair of Bishops.} Nf8 {[%emt 0:5:22]} 24. Bd2 {[%emt 0:1:50]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:3:6]} 25. a4 {[%emt 0:1:55]} e5 {[%emt 0:2:55] [#]} 26. Bc3 $1 {[%emt 0:1:48]} Be6 {[%emt 0:1:51]} 27. Rd2 {[%emt 0:1:4]} Bxb3 {[%emt 0:1:57]} 28. cxb3 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Re6 {[%emt 0:3:4]} 29. Rgd1 {[%emt 0:0:18]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:0:39]} 30. f4 {[%emt 0:1:8]} ({Don't play} 30. Bxa5 Rd7 31. Bb4 c5 $18 )g5 {[%emt 0:3:14] White took control after the opening. Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.30} (30... Rde8 {was necessary.} 31. Rxd6 Kf7 32. fxe5 Ra8 )1-0