[Event "8th Altibox Norway Chess 2020"]
[White "Firouzja,Alireza"]
[Black "Aronian,Levon"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Round "7"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2020.10.12"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "121"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 (3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. 0-0 Qe7 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8. a3 a5 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. g4 Bg6 12. b4 Bb6 13. Bd2 a4 14. Kg2 {0-1 (47)
Firouzja,A (2728)-Aronian,L (2773) Lichess.org INT 2020} )Nf6 4. h3 Be7 5. Bb5 d6 6. d4 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3.} exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 {[#]} 8. Nde2 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Qf3 c5 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. Qxf5 Qd7 12. Qxd7+ Nxd7 13. Nd5 Bd8 14. Bf4 {
1/2-1/2 (21) Godena,M (2508)-Moroni,L (2460) Milan 2015} )0-0 9. 0-0 a6 10. Bd3 b5 11. a3 Ne5 12. Ng3 Nxd3 13. cxd3 c5 14. Qf3 Be6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Qd7 17. Qf3 Rfe8 18. Ne2 Rac8 19. Ng3 g6 20. Re1 Qe6 21. Bd2 Nd7 22. Bc3 Bf6 23. Ne2 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Qf6 25. Qg3 (25. Qxf6 $11 Nxf6 26. f3 )c4 $17 26. dxc4 Rxc4 27. f3 Qe5 28. Qf2 (28. Red1 $11 {keeps the balance.} )Qc5 (28... Nf6 $17 )29. Red1 Qxf2+ (29... Nb6 $15 )30. Kxf2 $11 Nc5 31. Rd4 Rxd4 32. cxd4 { Endgame KRN-KRN} Nd3+ 33. Ke3 Nb2 34. Ra2 Nc4+ 35. Kd3 Nb6 36. Nc3 Rc8 37. f4 f5 38. e5 Kf7 39. g4 Ke6 40. gxf5+ gxf5 41. Rg2 Nd5 42. Ne2 $2 {[#]} (42. Nxd5 $11 {and White stays safe.} Kxd5 43. exd6 )Rc2 $2 (42... Rc3+ $1 $19 43. Nxc3 Nxf4+ { Double Attack} 44. Ke3 Nxg2+ 45. Kf2 Nf4 46. exd6 Kxd6 )43. Rg7 Ra2 44. Rxh7 Rxa3+ 45. Kd2 $1 Ra2+ 46. Ke1 dxe5 (46... b4 $1 $15 47. Rh6+ Ke7 48. Rh7+ (48. Rxd6 $2 b3 $19 )Kd8 )47. Rh6+ Ke7 48. dxe5 Ra4 49. Kd2 Nxf4 50. Ng3 Ra2+ 51. Ke3 Nd5+ 52. Kd4 ({Better is} 52. Kf3 $1 $11 )Rd2+ $15 53. Kc5 {Strongly threatening Rd6.} Ne3 {Threatens to win with ...Rd5+.} 54. Rxa6 Rd5+ $1 55. Kc6 {Hoping for
Nxf5+!} Rxe5 {White must now prevent ...Nc2.} 56. Ra7+ (56. Ra2 $17 {was worth
a try.} )Kf6 $19 57. Ne2 {[#]} Nc2 (57... Nd5 $1 $19 58. Kd6 Ne7 )58. Nf4 $17 Nb4+ (58... b4 $17 59. Nd5+ Kg6 )59. Kd6 $15 {next Nh5+
is good for White.Black is slightly better.} Re4 60. Nh5+ Kg5 61. Ng7 { Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 70%. . Loss on time!?} ({White should
play} 61. Ng3 $15 )1-0