[Event "FTX Road to Miami KO 2022"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.07.16"] [Round "3.11"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Wei Yi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A14"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2727"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "157"] [EventDate "2022.07.14"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,157,18,-10,-10,-20,-27,-16,-24,-23,3,-1,2,4,-2,5,0,1,12,-26,-15,-30, -7,-2,-1,4,2,-3,3,-16,1,-22,-24,-20,16,16,110,42,36,29,87,50,117,117,125,77,64, 46,54,36,36,36,28,30,16,18,33,31,91,98,101,106,106,106,106,106,106,77,77,76,76, 56,49,50,56,50,51,53,55,9,8,13,12,0,0,-58,-54,-59,-56,-62,0,-40,0,-62,0,-35,0, -62,0,-62,-62,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-77,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66, -66,-66,-77,0,0,101,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. e3 c5 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Rd1 Qc8 11. d4 Rd8 12. Nbd2 dxc4 13. bxc4 Qc7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Bh3 Ba6 16. Nb3 Qb8 $2 (16... h6 $11) 17. Ng5 $1 $16 { /+- Surprisingly dangerous - or rather, surprisingly strong.} Rc7 $2 (17... Rd6 18. e4 $1 Rxd4 $8 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Bc5 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Bxe6+ Kf8 24. Bxc8 Qxc8 25. Qd3 Bxd4 26. Qxd4 $16 {/+-}) 18. dxc5 $2 (18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Nxe6 Rd6 20. Nxc7 Qxc7 21. dxc5 $16 {is good for White, but}) (18. Nxe6 $1 {is even better, playing for an attack rather than immediate material gain.} fxe6 19. Bxe6+ Kf8 (19... Kh8 20. d5 (20. e4 $4 {is awful here - compare the 19...Kf8 line.} cxd4 21. e5 Ng8 $19) 20... Nb4 (20... Rd6 21. Bf5 Rxd5 (21... Nd8 22. e4 $18) 22. Rxd5 Nxd5 23. Qh5 {This is why 20...Rd6 doesn't save the game in this line but would in the 19...Kf8 version.}) 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. a3 $18) 20. e4 $3 {This is not an easy move to come up in a rapid game, in advance.} (20. d5 $2 Rd6 $1 21. Bf5 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 Nxd5 $11) 20... Re8 (20... cxd4 $2 21. e5 Ng8 $2 22. Qf3+ $18) 21. d5 Nd8 22. Bf5 $18 { White will play e5 either immediately or very soon, and the pawns will either regain the piece with interest or help produce a mating attack.}) 18... Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 bxc5 (19... h6 $142) 20. Qc2 $1 h6 21. Bxf6 hxg5 22. Bxe7 Nxe7 23. Qe4 $16 Qc8 24. Rd6 $6 (24. Qg4 $142 $1) 24... Rc6 $8 25. Qd3 {This looks scary. At first Wei finds the only moves...} (25. Rxc6 $142 Qxc6 26. Qxc6 Nxc6 27. Bf1 Ne5 28. f4 gxf4 29. exf4 Nd7 (29... Nxc4 $4 30. Nxc5 Bb5 31. a4 $18) 30. Na5 $16) 25... Rxd6 $8 26. Qxd6 Nf5 $8 27. Bxf5 exf5 28. Qd5 {...but now he goes awry.} Qe6 $2 (28... Bb7 $1 29. Qxc5 Qd7 30. Qd4 Qa4 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qxg5 Qxa2 33. Qxf5+ Kg8 34. Qd3 $8 a5 {Black's compensation should suffice to save the game.}) 29. Nxc5 Qxd5 30. cxd5 Bc4 31. d6 Kf8 32. a3 g4 $8 {The critical moment. Aronian can only win if his king can get into the game. Eventually his king does enter the action, but it cost him two pawns to do it, after which the onus was more on him than his opponent to prove the draw. What should he have done instead of 33.Kg2?} 33. Kg2 $2 {Hoping to play f3 or f4, which Wei, of course, does not allow.} (33. e4 $1 fxe4 34. Nxe4 Ke8 35. Nc5 Be2 36. Kg2 $1 {White is winning here, but it's not at all easy to prove.} g5 {Believe it or not, White's only winning move is} 37. Kg1 $3 Kd8 {Time for yet another only-move:} 38. f4 $3 gxf3 39. h4 {Now things are clearer.} Bd1 40. Kf2 $1 (40. h5 $4 f2+ 41. Kxf2 Bxh5 $11) 40... g4 41. Nd3 $1 Kd7 42. Ne5+ Kxd6 43. Nxf7+ { Black will lose his kingside pawns, and eventually the game, whether his king tries to help defend on the kingside or goes counterattacking on the queenside. } Kd5 44. Nh6 Kc4 45. Nxg4 Kb3 46. Ne3 Be2 47. h5 Kxa3 48. g4 Bd3 49. Nf5 Bc4 50. h6 Bg8 51. g5 Bh7 52. Ne7 a5 53. g6 $18) 33... Be2 $8 $11 34. h4 Ke8 35. h5 Kd8 36. Kh2 Kc8 37. Kg1 Kd8 38. Kg2 Kc8 39. f4 gxf3+ 40. Kf2 Bd1 41. e4 fxe4 42. Ke3 f2 43. Kxf2 Bxh5 44. Ke3 Bf3 45. Kf4 Kd8 46. Ke3 Kc8 47. Kf4 Kd8 48. Ke3 Ke8 49. Kd4 f5 50. a4 Kf7 51. a5 Kf6 52. Ke3 Bh5 53. Kd4 Bf3 54. Ke3 g5 55. Kd4 Bg2 56. Ke3 Bh1 57. Kd4 Bf3 58. Ke3 Bh5 59. Kd4 Bf7 60. g4 fxg4 61. Nxe4+ Ke6 62. Nxg5+ Kxd6 63. Nxf7+ Kc6 64. Kc4 g3 65. Ne5+ Kd6 66. Nf3 g2 67. Kb5 Kc7 68. Kc5 Kb7 69. Ng1 Ka6 70. Kb4 Kb7 71. Kb5 Kc7 72. a6 Kd6 73. Ne2 Kc7 74. Kc5 Kd7 75. Ng1 Kc7 76. Nh3 Kd7 77. Ng1 Kc7 78. Nh3 Kd7 79. Ng1 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Road to Miami KO 2022"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.07.16"] [Round "3.12"] [White "Wei Yi"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "2727"] [BlackElo "2775"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "147"] [EventDate "2022.07.14"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,147,23,20,20,10,17,-44,12,-9,5,36,87,27,32,32,32,32,40,18,25,19,51,30, 14,48,12,11,9,1,-4,-1,28,9,-23,-14,7,7,7,14,16,16,29,5,56,54,47,56,64,3,2,-11, 6,-18,-14,-28,-9,-19,-7,-5,-5,0,14,0,0,0,1,-3,6,-14,3,9,4,4,13,21,45,46,51,52, 47,45,45,40,40,43,59,50,41,41,44,62,59,47,112,43,96,69,69,88,81,81,81,81,88,82, 88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88, 88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88,88]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Bf5 6. Ne2 e6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nbc3 Nb6 9. Bb3 Qd7 10. Be3 O-O-O 11. Qc1 Kb8 12. Rd1 Nb4 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Nge4 Be7 15. f3 Qc8 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 N6d5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bg5 h6 21. Bh4 Nb4 22. Qd4 Nc6 23. Qe3 Bh5 24. g4 g5 25. Bg3 Bg6 26. Rd1 Rd8 27. Rxd8 Qxd8 28. Bf2 Nb4 29. Qd4 Qxd4 30. Bxd4 {This ending may be drawn with best play, but as a practical matter Black will have a tough time. White has the bishop pair, and more importantly, Black's h- and g-pawns will be targets for h4 and f4 ideas.} b5 $5 {This gives Black some breathing room on the queenside. On the other hand, he may be creating further targets for White's dark-squared bishop.} 31. cxb6 axb6 32. Bc3 Nd3 33. Bc4 Nf4 34. Bd2 (34. Kf2 $142) 34... Bd3 $1 35. Bxf4 Bxc4 36. Be3 Bxa2 {Now it *has* to be a dead draw, right? It *should* be a draw, but it's not dead yet.} 37. f4 {White regains his pawn and will have a passed h-pawn. If I were Black, I'd take on f4 and spring my king to the kingside, when it would be a dead draw. Aronian, possibly bewitched by Wei Yi's constant time trouble, gets ambitious and it nearly costs him the game.} c5 $6 (37... gxf4 38. Bxf4 Kc8 39. Bxh6 Kd7 40. Kf2 Ke7 41. Bg5+ (41. Bg7 c5 42. h4 Bb1 $11) 41... Kf8 42. Bd8 b5 43. Bxc7 Kg7 {should be a dead draw, as everything in Black's camp is defended or can be within a move: The f-pawn and the bishop cover e6, the king covers f7 and h7, and the bishop can cover b5 and h7. As everything is protected twice and can only be attacked once, there are no possible overloads to exploit, so it seems dead to me.}) 38. fxg5 hxg5 39. Bxg5 Kc7 40. Kf2 (40. Be7) 40... Kc6 (40... Kd7) 41. Ke3 Kd5 $4 {It's not that White's win is trivial - after all, he didn't manage to win - but this is both objectively losing and practically awful. Black gains no winning chances, but gets a lot of losing chances. White's king will infiltrate the kingside, and can aim to drag in the h-pawn. (That's why I would have had Black's king sprint over to the kingside.)} 42. Kf4 $18 Bb1 43. Bd8 b5 44. Be7 c4 45. h4 Kd4 46. h5 Kd3 47. h6 Ke2 $3 {This is a great idea, even if it shouldn't save the game.} (47... Kd2 48. Bb4+ $1 (48. Kg5 $2 Kc1 49. Ba3 Bg6 50. b3+ Kc2 51. bxc4 bxc4 52. Kf6 Kb3 53. Bc5 (53. Bc1 Kc2 54. Bf4 Kd3 55. Kg7 Ke4 56. Bc1 Kxe5 $11) 53... c3 54. Kg7 Kc4 $1 55. Ba3 Kd4 $11) 48... Kc1 49. Bc3 b4 50. Bxb4 Kxb2 51. Kg5 c3 52. Kf6 $1 Bg6 53. Kg7 c2 54. Bd2 c1=Q 55. Bxc1+ Kxc1 56. h7 Bxh7 57. Kxh7 Kd2 58. Kg7 $18) 48. Bb4 $2 (48. Kg5 $1 Kf3 49. Kf6 Bg6 50. g5 Kf4 51. Kg7 b4 52. Bxb4 Kxg5 53. Bc3 {leaves everything protected, so White will play h7 next and win the resulting ending without any trouble.}) 48... Bg6 $1 $11 { Now it's a draw.} 49. Bc3 Kf2 $1 {The only move.} 50. Bd4+ Kg2 51. Bc3 Kf2 52. Bb4 Kg2 53. Bc5 Kh3 54. Kf3 Bd3 55. Bb4 Bg6 56. Bd2 Kh4 57. Kf4 Kh3 58. Be1 Kg2 59. Ba5 Kh3 60. Kf3 Bd3 61. Be1 Bg6 62. Kf4 Kg2 63. Kg5 Kf3 64. Bc3 Kg3 65. Ba5 Kf3 66. Be1 Ke2 67. Bc3 Kf3 68. Bb4 Kg3 69. Be1+ Kf3 70. Bc3 Kg3 71. Bb4 Kf3 72. Ba5 Kg3 73. Bd2 Kf3 74. Bc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Road to Miami KO 2022"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.07.16"] [Round "3.13"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Wei Yi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A14"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2727"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2022.07.14"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,96,17,-10,-6,-55,-19,-19,-11,-14,1,18,-3,-2,6,0,17,6,7,-10,-18,-9,4, -13,22,24,28,18,30,30,30,31,31,31,31,31,31,-12,-45,-24,-45,-27,-49,-78,-75,-71, -68,-91,-94,-108,-108,-94,-97,-101,-87,-120,-98,-98,-14,-14,-4,-4,-4,-69,-69, -69,-73,-73,-73,-73,-73,-73,-73,-73,-69,-269,-263,-249,-249,-249,-75,-64,-75, -29,-75,-29,-29,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. e3 c5 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Rd1 Rc8 ({Varying from} 10... Qc8 {, as played in game of this match.}) 11. d3 Rc7 $1 12. Nc3 { After this game, white players who are paying attention will prefer 12.Na3, 12. Nbd2, or 12.Ne5.} d4 $1 $146 {A very good novelty, which goes together with the previous move.} (12... Rd7) (12... dxc4) 13. exd4 cxd4 14. Nb5 Rd7 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Qxe5 Rd7 18. Nxd4 $2 {Putting Black's idea to the test, but this is not very smart.} (18. Bxd4 $4 a6 $19) (18. h3 $142 $15) 18... Ng4 $1 $19 19. Qe4 (19. Qxg7+ $2 Kxg7 20. Nxe6+ Kg8 21. Nxd8 Rfxd8 22. d4 Bf6 $19 { Maybe this wouldn't be too bad for White if he could keep his d-pawn, but he can't.}) (19. Nxe6 {is a critical test, but it also fails.} Nxe5 20. Nxd8 Bf6 $1 {Otherwise, White is winning.} 21. Bxe5 (21. d4 $4 Rfxd8 22. dxe5 Rxd1+ $19) (21. f4 $4 Nf3+ 22. Kg2 Bxb2 23. Rab1 Rfxd8 24. Rxb2 Rxd3 $19) 21... Bxe5 22. Nc6 (22. d4 $4 Rfxd8 $19) 22... Bxa1 23. Rxa1 Rxd3 24. Nxa7 Ra8 25. Nb5 Rd2 ( 25... Rxb3 $4 26. Nc7 {would be a bit of undeserved good fortune for White.}) 26. Nc3 (26. a4 Rb2 $19) 26... Rc2 27. Na4 {This doesn't look so bad for White, at first glance, but a closer look proves that it's lost.} Rb8 28. Rd1 g6 29. Rd5 Rxa2 30. Rb5 Re8 31. Rxb6 Kg7 32. Nc3 Rb2 33. Kf1 Ra8 $19 {followed by ... Ra3, and White's pawns start disappearing.}) 19... Nxf2 {The exclamation point for this move was given after Black's previous move - there would have been no point to 18...Ng4 without this follow-up.} 20. Kxf2 Bc5 21. Ke3 Re8 (21... e5 $19 {is also good. The pawn can't be captured, of course, due to 22...Re8.}) 22. Kd2 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 24. Qe3 e5 (24... Qd6 $19) 25. Kc2 Qd6 26. Re1 e4 $6 {It's tempting to just get on with it, but it would have been better to be a bit more patient, especially as White's problems are chronic (e.g. the weak dark squares on the queenside, the weakness of the d-pawn and his king) and can't be fixed.} (26... b5 {starts to blow up the king's pawn tent, while}) ( 26... h6 {takes care of the back rank problems that, as we'll soon see, eventually help White to sneak away with a draw.}) 27. Qf4 (27. dxe4 $2 { doesn't lose to an immediate combination, but surrendering the d-file makes his situation worse.} Rd8 $1 (27... Rexe4 $4 28. Qxe4 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 $11 { immediately solves White's problems.}) 28. Re2 Rd3 29. Qf2 b5 $19 {White can't keep all the doors shut, especially once Black plays ...Qa3 or ...Qb4.}) 27... Qg6 $2 ({Surprisingly, Black should shift gears with} 27... Qxf4 $1 28. gxf4 e3 $1 {, with a winning rook ending. An important point is that} 29. Rf1 {is well-met by} Red8 {, when the otherwise desirable} 30. Rad1 $4 {obviously loses on the spot to} e2 $19) 28. Rad1 $17 Rxd3 $2 (28... exd3+ $2 29. Kc3 $11) (28... h6 $1 {was the only way to keep some advantage, though it's not longer a winning one.} 29. Kc1 b5 $17) 29. Rxd3 exd3+ 30. Kc3 Rd8 (30... Rxe1 $4 31. Qb8+ $18) 31. Qd4 $2 {Tempting - it was the move I looked at first during the game as well - but it's a mistake.} (31. Re5 $1 {is slightly counterintuitive - who's going to stop the d-pawn? - but once we realize that Rd5 is coming its value is clear.} h6 (31... d2 $2 32. Qxd2 (32. Rd5)) 32. Kd2 $11) 31... Qg5 ( 31... Rxd4 $4 32. Re8#) 32. h4 Qa5+ 33. Kb2 Qd2+ (33... b5 $1 {was the move. It's not that Black is winning on the spot, but that the next wave of his attack on White's king will commence.} 34. Qc3 {Best. This keeps White's king safe, but at the cost of remaining a pawn down.} Qb6 35. Qxd3 $1 bxc4 $1 36. Qxc4 Qf2+ 37. Re2 Qxg3 $19) 34. Ka3 Qa5+ 35. Kb2 Qd2+ $6 {Giving up on the ... b5 idea. Black still has one more trick up his sleeve, if he can find it...} ( 35... b5 $1) 36. Ka3 Rc8 $2 (36... Qc1+ $1 37. Rxc1 $8 (37. Kb4 $4 Qxe1+ $19 { is check.}) (37. Ka4 $4 {is an extremely ill-advised winning attempt.} b5+ $1 38. Kxb5 {All other moves allow Black to capture one of White's major pieces with check.} Rb8+ {and then Black takes the rook.}) 37... Rxd4 38. Rd1 d2 39. Kb2 Rd3 40. Kc2 Rxg3 41. Rxd2 {and White is not yet out of the woods after} g5 $17 ({or} 41... h5 $17 {.})) 37. Re3 $2 {Again, a losing move, but the position is tricky and the players were living off the increment.} (37. Re5 $1 $11 {was again best, intending Rd5 with a double attack.}) 37... Qa5+ (37... b5 $1 $19 {is winning once again; I'll let you work out the details for yourselves.}) 38. Kb2 Qd2+ 39. Ka3 Qc1+ $2 (39... b5 $1 $19) 40. Ka4 Qc2 41. Ka3 (41. Rxd3 $4 Qxa2+ 42. Kb4 Qa5#) 41... Qc1+ 42. Ka4 h6 $11 {At last! If only he had done this back on move 26.} 43. Qd7 (43. Qxd3 Rc5 $4 44. Re8#) 43... Rxc4+ 44. bxc4 Qxc4+ 45. Ka3 Qc5+ 46. Kb3 Qc2+ (46... Qxe3 {is also a draw.} 47. Qc8+ Kh7 48. Qf5+ g6 49. Qxf7+ Kh8 50. Qf8+ Kh7 51. Qf7+ $11) 47. Ka3 Qc3+ 48. Ka4 Qc4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "FTX Road to Miami KO 2022"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2022.07.16"] [Round "3.14"] [White "Wei Yi"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D39"] [WhiteElo "2727"] [BlackElo "2775"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2022.07.14"] [EventType "k.o."] {[%evp 0,38,27,27,35,-4,-11,6,6,6,33,15,-2,22,19,9,50,53,51,44,44,31,31,48,48, 37,23,16,0,-26,-26,-41,42,27,28,-4,3,-35,-48,-62,-37]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. a4 c5 {This has taken over from 7... c6 as the main move at the moment.} 8. axb5 cxd4 9. Nxd4 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Bxc4 Bb7 $146 {A novelty, but only sort-of, as Black's castling on the next move returns the game to existing theory.} (11... Bc5 12. Nf3 Bb7 13. O-O Nd7 14. Na4 Qe7 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Qd4 O-O 17. Nd2 Rfd8 18. Qe3 Qg5 19. f4 Qe7 20. b4 Nd7 21. Rfb1 Nf6 22. Be2 e5 23. fxe5 Qxe5 24. Nf3 Qe6 25. h3 Nd5 26. Qd4 Nf4 27. Qe3 Bxe4 28. Re1 Qf5 29. Ra5 Re8 30. b6 Nd5 31. Qf2 axb6 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 33. Nd2 Qxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Bg6 35. Nc4 Ra2 36. Kg3 Be4 37. Bf1 f5 38. Re2 Ra1 39. Rf2 Kh7 40. Kh2 Rb1 41. b5 Rxb5 42. Nd6 Rc5 43. Nxf5 Bxf5 44. Rxf5 Ne3 45. Rf8 Nxf1+ 46. Rxf1 Kg8 47. Kg3 b5 48. Rf4 Rc6 49. Rb4 Rb6 50. Kf4 Kf7 51. Ke5 Rg6 52. g4 Rg5+ 53. Kd6 h5 54. gxh5 Rxh5 55. h4 Rf5 56. Kc6 Kg6 57. Rg4+ Kh6 58. Kb6 g6 59. Re4 Kh5 60. Ka5 Rc5 61. Re6 Rc4 62. Kxb5 Rxh4 63. Kc5 g5 64. Kd5 Ra4 65. Ke5 Kh4 66. Rb6 g4 67. Kf5 Kh3 68. Rh6+ Kg2 69. Rb6 g3 70. Rb1 Kh2 { 0-1 (70) Vidit,S (2727)-Aronian,L (2782) Kolkata 2021 (rapid)}) 12. O-O O-O 13. Nf3 (13. Qb3 Bc5 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bxe6+ Kh8 16. Bd5 Qe7 17. Kh1 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 Qf7 19. f4 Nd7 20. Rac1 Bb6 21. Qf3 Rad8 22. Rc6 Qe8 23. Rd6 Bc5 24. Nc7 Qe7 25. Re6 Qf7 26. Qc3 Bb6 27. Rxh6+ Kg8 28. Rc6 Nf6 29. Qc2 Ng4 30. Ne6 Ne3 31. Qe2 Nxf1 32. Qxf1 Qxe6 33. Rxe6 Rxf4 34. Re8+ Kh7 35. Qc1 Be3 36. Rxd8 Bxc1 37. g3 Rxe4 38. Rd7 Be3 39. Kg2 Rb4 40. Kf3 Bb6 41. Rd5 Rxb2 42. h4 Rb3+ 43. Kg2 Rc3 {0-1 (43) Duda,J (2760)-Aronian,L (2772) chess24.com INT 2022 (rapid)}) 13... Rd8 14. Qb3 Bc5 15. Na4 Bf8 16. Qe3 Nd7 17. Rad1 $146 (17. Rfd1 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. f3 Be7 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. Rd1 Bg5 22. Qf2 Qc7 23. Nc5 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. b4 Bc8 26. g3 Qe5 27. Qd2 Bb6 28. Kg2 Bxc5 29. bxc5 Qxc5 30. Qd8+ Kh7 31. Qd3 g5 32. h4 gxh4 33. gxh4 Kg7 34. Qc3+ e5 35. f4 Be6 36. Qg3+ Kf6 37. fxe5+ Qxe5 38. Qf3+ Kg6 39. Bxe6 fxe6 40. Qg3+ Kf6 41. Qf2+ Kg6 42. Qg3+ Kf6 43. Qf2+ {½-½ (43) So,W (2812)-Aronian,L (2793) Leuven 2017 (blitz)} ) 17... g5 $5 (17... Ne5 $142 {was probably best, as in the game with So. But perhaps as a novelty, the text move was trickier.}) 18. e5 $2 (18. Be2 $1 Qf4 19. Qxf4 gxf4 20. Nc3 $11 {/+/=}) 18... Qf4 (18... Qg7 $17 {is also good.}) 19. Qxf4 gxf4 $15 {Black's bishop pair matters more than White's extra, doubled pawn.} 20. Be2 Rab8 21. Rd4 (21. Rfe1 $142) 21... Bxf3 22. gxf3 $2 Nxe5 $17 { The damage to White's kingside outweighs the value of the b5-pawn.} 23. Rfd1 $2 {And now, a tactical oversight. Everything is going wrong for Wei Yi in this game.} Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxb5 $1 $19 25. Rxf4 (25. Bxb5 $4 Nxf3+ 26. Kf1 Nxd4 $19) 25... Rd5 26. Re4 Ng6 27. h3 Bg7 28. Kf1 Rh5 29. Kg2 Be5 30. f4 Rh4 31. Kg3 ( 31. Rxe5 $4 Nxe5 32. fxe5 (32. Kg3 Ng6 $19) 32... Rxa4 $19 {is a helpful reminder that loose pieces drop off.}) 31... Bxf4+ 32. Kg2 Be5 33. Rxh4 Nxh4+ 34. Kf1 Bd4 {Emphasizing that if White saves the game, it probably won't be thanks to the opposite-colored bishops, as Black can swap off his bishop for White's knight the instant it moves.} 35. b4 Ng6 36. Nc5 Nf4 {White's knight isn't running away.} (36... Bxc5 37. bxc5 Kf8 {is an easy win. Aronian goes for complications instead.}) 37. Bc4 Kf8 (37... Nxh3 $4 38. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 39. Bxe6+ Kg7 40. Bxh3 $11) (37... Bxc5 38. bxc5 Kf8 (38... Nxh3 $4 39. c6 $18) 39. h4 Ke7 $19 {is a ridiculously easy win.}) 38. Nd7+ (38. h4 Bxc5 $19) 38... Ke7 39. Nb8 {White is down to his last few desperate tricks.} Kd6 (39... Nxh3 $4 40. Nc6+ $18) 40. h4 Nh3 41. f3 Nf4 42. Bb5 Nd5 43. Be8 $2 {A final error, not that it matters.} (43. Na6) 43... Nxb4 $1 (43... Nxb4 $1 44. Bxf7 Ke7 (44... Kc7 $19) 45. Bg6 Be5 $19) 0-1