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Levon Aronian vs Alexander Morozevich
Tal Memorial (2012), Moscow RUS, rd 5, Jun-13
Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Move Order (D31)  ·  0-1

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Jun-13-12
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  FSR: Aronious play by White in the endgame.
Jun-13-12
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  tamar: "very much like two drunken machine-gunners having a go at each other." Ian Rogers after the game
Jun-13-12  Marmot PFL: Aronian has played uncertainly aside from his first round win, which Nakamura attributed mainly to his own jet lag.
Jun-13-12  boz: <tamar: "very much like two drunken machine-gunners having a go at each other." Ian Rogers after the game>

I don't know how true that is but hilarious nonetheless.

Jun-13-12  tasteportero: I just read a few comments criticizing Aronian's endgame. He was playing on the 30 second increments from move 26 on. Moro had about 7 min.
Jun-13-12  Marmot PFL: By move 26 it is already white who has to be careful, as his pawns, however impressive they look, will be under intense pressure once black develops all his pieces. White could have improved on this with 21 Qd3 Rxc7 22 Rac1 Rxc1 23 Rxc1 when the threat of d5 and Rc7 is hard to meet.
Jun-13-12  SamAtoms1980: At move 20, White had five pawns for a bishop.

Then he had four pawns for a bishop.

Then he had three pawns for a bishop.

Then he had two pawns for a bishop.

When it got down to one pawn for a bishop, it was time for the white flag to go up.

Jun-13-12  Fanques Fair: I don´t see why Aronian sacrificed the bishop ...
Jun-13-12  whiteshark: It looks as if after <21.Qd3 Rxc7 22.d5 Rd7 23.Rad1 Kg8 24.Qd4> white's sacrifice would have succeeded.
Jun-13-12
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  tamar: <boz> Rogers called them drunken machine gunners in a wry tone, in the sense that he had trouble keeping up with the ideas each side outdid the other in producing.

For example, Morozevich started with the pawn sacrifice 11...e5, which was daring, and hard for Rogers to untangle, but Aronian met it with 13 Bxh7+ which was even more so.

It's a pity Aronian did not find 21 Qd3 which would have set off another fantasy variation 21...Rxc7 22 d5 Qg6 23 d6 Bf5! 24 dxc7 Bxe4 with advantage to White, but very hard to win against the active Black pieces.

Jun-13-12  boz: <tamar> Some kibitzers were saying the computers had it almost equal until Aronian started to go wrong in time trouble. But this was the kind of madly unbalanced position that only fools or geniuses would dare enter into.

Not to be attempted at home or in WC matches apparently.

Jun-13-12  Everett: Another Dutch where ...Nh6 allows for interesting play.

V Makogonov vs Bronstein, 1947

Real chess. Thank you Aronian and Morozevich!

Jun-14-12  Monoceros: A Dutch Stonewall! There's something I never thought I'd see in a top-level tournament.
Jun-14-12  Ishaan: Probably both had taken it seriously to dedicate this game to Tal. Exciting play by these two. Wonder when our current WC Anand will come out of his intentionally passive tournament play since he became a WC.

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