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Levon Aronian vs Vasyl Ivanchuk
World Team Championship (2005), Be'er Sheva ISR, rd 3, Nov-03
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation. Classical Fianchetto (E67)  ·  1-0

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Nov-07-05  JohnSilver: What about 31...♕:d2 32.♖:d2 ♗c3? After 33.♖d7 b6 34.♖:a7 ♗:b4 is there anything for Black to complain about?
Nov-08-05
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  Mateo: <JohnSilver>: In your variation, better for White would be 34. a3 a5 35. Rc7 ab 36. Rc6 b5 37. ab Bb4 38. Rb6-b5.

So Black should rather play 33... Bb4 34. Rb7 a5, with a draw in view.

Nov-09-05  Albertan: Of late Ivanchuk has developed a preference for the King's Indian Defense against the Queen's Gambit. He used to prefer the Grunfeld.
Nov-10-05  iron maiden: The KID in a game between two top-ten players is a welcome sight.
Nov-10-05  Albertan: This game is a good illustration of the concept of compensation."In chess, compensation refers to various (typically positional) advantages a player has in exchange for a (typically material) disadvantage. The term normally refers to medium to long-term advantages as opposed to short-term advantages. The terms 'initiative' and 'attack' are generally used to describe a short-term advantage.

Compensation can take many forms:

* Better Pawn Structure
* The 'two bishops,' which refers to having bishops of both colors while your opponent does not. Almost all modern players consider having both bishops as an advantage, though historically there has been great debate as to how much of an advantage they constitute. The two bishops are most likely to show their power in the endgame. * Better piece activity and/or better development (common in gambits) * Having the enemy king open to future attack, either due to a loss of pawn cover or being trapped in the center of the board is often excellent compensation. * passed pawns are often decisive in the endgame
* connected and/or protected passed pawns are even more deadly. * control over key squares, diagonals, files, or ranks" (source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compen...(chess))

Nov-10-05  Albertan: Ivanchuk might have considered the move 36...c4. If Ivanchuk had played this move play might have continued: 37.b6!? Qxb6 38.Qxc4 Qd6 39.Rc8 Qd7 40.Rc7 b5 with an unclear position.
Nov-10-05  Albertan: The move 39...b6?? appears to be the undoing of Ivanchuk. The chess program Shredder 8 suggests Ivanchuk had the better alternative of 39...g5 instead and after 40.Qc8 gxf4 41.Qh8+ Kg6 42.Qxf6+ Kxf6 he is still in the game.
Nov-10-05  Albertan: Probably due to time pressure, Aronian missed the move 40.Qc8! and after 40...Kh6 41.Qf8+ Qg7 42.Qxg7 Kxg7 43.Rxb6 c4 44.Rc6 he would be winning.
Feb-26-07  outplayer: This was the last game Aronian has beaten Ivanchuk.

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