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Sergey Karjakin vs Levon Aronian
St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Rapid) (2017) (rapid), St Louis, MO USA, rd 7, Aug-16
Spanish Game: Closed. Martinez Variation (C78)  ·  0-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-17-17
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  HeMateMe: I wonder why white allowed the sac exchange? Good endgame technique by black.
Aug-19-17  Toribio3: Move 33, Bd2 is a bluff? Opportunity like that could not escape a killer like Levon Aronian, the barbarian. Viva Levon!
Jul-02-18  tigreton: The star of this game no doubt is the restless black knight. He travelled all around the board creating all kind of threats, from b8 to h3 (via a5), and back to d7 (via d2), and finally to g5 to help promote the pawn. Bravo!
Jul-02-18  ChessHigherCat: 25, Kxh3?? loses the queen for a rook:


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Aug-02-18
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  sakredkow: <ChessHigherCat: 25, Kxh3?? loses the queen for a rook>

Right. And it's worth noting how that is set up by the "offer" of the knight on 22...Qc8. I think the sequence beginning from about 24...Nf4 is worth appreciating. Positions like this seem like milestones to my intermediate development.

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