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Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian
FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2004) (rapid), Tripoli LBA, rd 1, Jun-20
Trompowsky Attack: Classical Defense. Big Center Variation (A45)  ·  0-1

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 7...O-O 8.a3 Ba5 9.f4 e5 10.b4 Bb6 11.Nd5 Qd8 12.dxe5 = -0.28 (22 ply)= +0.43 (26 ply)better is 11.d5 Ne7 12.O-O-O Bg4 13.Qg3 Bh5 14.Re1 c6 15.fxe5 Qxe5 = +0.25 (26 ply)= -0.43 (26 ply) 12...b5 13.Qc5 Rd8 14.Ng3 Nd4 15.Bd3 Bb7 16.Rd1 Bc6 17.b4 = -0.43 (28 ply)= +0.45 (26 ply)better is 14...Qh4+ 15.Ng3 Qg5 16.Rh2 h4 17.Ne2 Bd7 18.Rf2 Rad8 = +0.20 (24 ply) ⩲ +0.82 (23 ply)better is 15...Rb8 16.fxg6 fxg6 17.gxh5 Qh4+ 18.Ng3 Qf4 19.Qxf4 ⩲ +0.55 (22 ply) 16.fxg6 fxg6 17.gxh5 Qh4+ 18.Ng3 Qf4 19.Qxf4 exf4 20.Ne2 ⩲ +1.27 (27 ply)= -0.08 (29 ply)better is 17.fxg6 fxg6 18.Nc3 Qd4 19.Qd3 Be6 20.O-O-O Qf2 21.Nd5 = 0.00 (30 ply)better is 17...gxf5 18.exf5 Bxf5 19.Bd3 Qd4 20.Qxd4 exd4 21.Ne2 ⩱ -0.64 (29 ply)better is 18.Qe2 Ba6 19.Qf2 Qxf2+ 20.Kxf2 Bxf1 21.Rhxf1 gxf5 = 0.00 (28 ply) ⩱ -0.70 (29 ply) 20.exf5 Bxf5 21.Rd2 Rd6 22.Bg2 Rad8 23.Be4 Bd7 24.h4 Bg4 = -0.50 (28 ply)better is 20...Be6 21.Bxe6 fxe6 22.Rhf1 f4 23.Rf2 Rd7 24.Nb1 Rad8 ∓ -1.62 (29 ply) ⩱ -1.09 (29 ply)better is 22.Bd3 Bxd3 23.cxd3 f5 24.gxf6+ Kxf6 25.Rhe1 Ke6 26.Re3 ⩱ -0.92 (27 ply) ∓ -1.65 (28 ply) 23...Bxc2 24.Rde1 Rae8 25.Nd5 b5 26.Ba2 Bg6 27.Nf6 Re7 ∓ -1.97 (28 ply)= 0.00 (34 ply) 30.Bf3 Rc5 31.c3 Rcc4 32.Rxe5 c5 33.Ree1 Rxh4 34.Kd2 = -0.08 (32 ply) ⩱ -1.02 (31 ply) 32...Rf3 33.Ke2 Rdxd3 34.Rxe5 Rb3 35.Re4 c5 36.Rc4 Rg3 ⩱ -0.95 (32 ply)= -0.11 (33 ply) after 33.d4 c5 34.Ke3 Rg4 35.Rxe4 Rxd4 36.Rxd4 Rxd4 37.b4 Rg4 34.Kxe4 Rdxd3 35.Rb7 Rfe3+ 36.Kf4 Rg3 37.Ke4 b5 38.Rc7 = -0.33 (33 ply) ⩱ -1.21 (33 ply) 37.Rc4 Rg3 38.Kf2 Rgd3 39.Ke2 Rd5 40.Rb1 Rf5 41.Re4 Kg6 ⩱ -1.02 (33 ply)-+ -2.54 (28 ply) 38.Ra7 Rxb2+ 39.Ke3 Rbb4 40.a5 bxa5 41.Rxa5 Rbe4+ 42.Kd2 ∓ -2.28 (32 ply)-+ -3.46 (29 ply)better is 39...Rxa4 40.Kd3 Rb3+ 41.Kc2 c4 42.Rd1 b5 43.Kc1 Ra1+ -+ -4.10 (32 ply) ∓ -2.29 (28 ply) after 40.Rxb6 Rxa4 41.Rh6 Rae4+ 42.Kd2 Rxh4 43.Rxh5 Rxh5 43...Rd4+ 44.Ke2 Rxh4 45.g6 Rhe4+ 46.Kf2 Rf4+ 47.Ke2 ∓ -2.48 (26 ply) 44.Rxg4 Rxg4 45.Rxb6 Rxa4 46.Rc6 Rxh4 47.Rxc5 Kg6 48.Ke3 ⩱ -1.27 (37 ply) 44...Rd4+ 45.Kc3 Rdf4 46.Rxf4 Rxf4 47.Rxb6 Rxa4 48.Rb5 ∓ -2.42 (33 ply) ∓ -1.55 (36 ply)better is 55...Kg5 56.Rg8+ Kh4 57.Rh8 Rg1 58.Kf2 Rg5 59.Rc8 Rf5+ ∓ -1.82 (56 ply) ⩱ -1.20 (67 ply) 64.Kg3 Rg4+ 65.Kh3 f5 66.Ra1 Kg5 67.Ra8 h4 68.Rg8+ Kf4 ⩱ -1.15 (60 ply) 64...Rb3+ 65.Kg2 h4 66.Rh8 Kg5 67.Rg8+ Kf4 68.Rh8 h3+ ∓ -2.07 (63 ply) ⩱ -1.22 (65 ply) 66...Rb4+ 67.Kh3 f5 68.Ra8 Rg4 69.Rg8+ Kh5 70.Rh8+ Kg5 ⩱ -1.32 (74 ply)= 0.00 (88 ply) 70.Rh5 Re3 71.Kf4 Rb3 72.Kg4 Kf7 73.Rh6 Re3 74.Rh5 Rc3 = 0.00 (95 ply) 70...Rc2 71.Rh6 h2 72.Kg3 Kf5 73.Rh8 Ke5 74.Re8+ Kd5 ∓ -2.39 (67 ply) ⩱ -1.22 (74 ply) after 71.Kf5 Kg7 72.Rh4 Rc5+ 73.Kg4 Kg6 74.Kg3 Rc3+ 75.Kh2 Kg5 73...Rc3+ 74.Kf4 Rc4+ 75.Kg3 Rc5 76.Rg8+ Kh7 77.Rg4 Rc3+ ∓ -2.13 (70 ply) 74.Kg4 Ra2 75.Kf4 Rb2 76.Kg4 Rf2 77.Kg3 Re2 78.Kg4 Rd2 ⩱ -1.14 (78 ply)better is 74...Kg5 75.Rg8+ Kf5 76.Rh8 Rd2 77.Rh5+ Kg6 78.Rh4 Kg5 -+ -3.53 (47 ply) ∓ -1.93 (54 ply)better is 75...Kg6 76.Rh8 Kg5 77.Rg8+ Kf5 78.Rh8 Ke5 79.Rh4 f5 -+ -8.13 (57 ply) 76.Kg4 Kf7 77.Rh4 Kg6 78.Rh8 Rb2 79.Kf4 Kg7 80.Rh5 Rg2 ∓ -1.85 (75 ply)-+ -3.51 (46 ply)83.Kf4 f5 84.Ke3 Ke1 85.Kf4 Kf1 86.Ke3 Rf2 87.Rh6 Kg1 -+ -132.72 (42 ply)0-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-23-04  Whitehat1963: Another Trompowsky. Move 67 doesn't make sense for either color. What's going on there?
Dec-23-04  capablancakarpov: <Whitehat1963> A draw!
Dec-23-04  Whitehat1963: Great, thanks, didn't see it. (Obviously.)
May-12-07  Resignation Trap: Here's the position after Black's 73rd move:


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Carlsen's 74.Kf3? allows Black's King to penetrate. 74.Kg4 or 74.Kf4 still held the draw.

Position after 75.Rh5+:


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Aronian's 75...Ke6? allows White to restore a drawn position (75...Kg6! wins). Now, moving the White King to any square on the fourth rank (on move 76) should hold (if just barely), but after 76.Rh8? it was over, as Black's King makes a steady path to g1.

Jan-29-12  Blunderdome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aZg...
Jan-29-12  master of defence: How black can win after 83. Rxh2?
Jan-29-12  Shams: <master of defense> 83.Rxh2 Rxh2 84.Kxh2 Ke2 85.Kg3 Ke3 and the pawn is escorted home.
Feb-27-13  SaVVy66: what about move 67.. doesnt make sense aronian just left the rook..!?
Feb-27-13  pawn to QB4: see above - if Carlsen takes the rook, stalemate.
Mar-06-13  SaVVy66: yepp i see that now . pretty nice trick by carlsen ..lol
Jan-23-14
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  FSR: I had the wrong side of this ending twice: in an OTB tournament game, and in a correspondence game on gameknot.com. Drew both of them - though my opponent missed a win in the OTB game.
Jan-23-14
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  perfidious: <FSR> Had this once, against Alexei Lugovoi in a Dos Hermanas online qualifier in 2001, but he held the draw.
Mar-30-16  vasparov19: he lost on time magnus

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