Ding Liren vs Levon Aronian (2013) On a Ding and a Prayer

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Ding Liren vs Levon Aronian
"On a Ding and a Prayer" (game of the day Sep-22-2017)
Alekhine Memorial (2013), Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS, rd 1, Apr-21
Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Meran Variation (D45) · 1-0

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Given 8 times; par: 60 [what's this?]

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Sep-22-17		bane77: I wonder if white could have played 34.Kxf1 instead or Rxf1 and save a tempo for Re5. But also, black had to play 34...axb4 instead of Nf6. This is very, very deep game by white. Even Stockfish thinks that 37.Bxg7!! leads to draw rather than to win.

Sep-22-17		Isilimela: Great game from Ding - you gotta love the pawn square b4-d6. No way home for the black queen!

Sep-22-17		acapo: I Just want to add I really like the new format, I usually stop once a day to review the games and read the comments great job to Chessgames.com for the improvements!

Sep-22-17		Andrew Chapman: Are they playing Go?

Sep-22-17		offramp: User: Andrew Chapman no. I was making a joke.

Sep-22-17		4tmac: Aronian wasn't watching his Kingside because he had his eye on c5. AHAHAHAHA....HA....hehehe....(ahem).... ....(chirp)....♘d5 & ♗g7

Sep-22-17		kevin86: I think this one rings a bell.

Sep-22-17		WorstPlayerEver: The chime of the clock..

Sep-22-17		chessgames.com: <Even Stockfish thinks that 37.Bxg7!! leads to draw rather than to win.> At a sufficient search depth Stockfish finds the win: analysis of move 37.? Apparently Black can delay the mate for a while by giving up ruinous amounts of material.

Sep-22-17		WorstPlayerEver: 利刃 lì rèn sharp blade

Sep-22-17		NightKnight: Really beautiful game by Ding. Positional tactics.

Sep-23-17		Check It Out: Hey, it's like having a smarter and more human version of User: Crafty around!

Mar-26-20		newzild: I found this to be as easy this time as I did six years ago, but expected 43. Re3 instead of 43. Re5, which invites the temporary defence 43...h6. Can anyone see a reason for 43. Re5?

Mar-26-20		Cheapo by the Dozen: I went with Bf6 followed by Re1, but the engine says that's too slow because of the defense ... ab followed by ... Qa3, which I didn't even think to consider.

Mar-26-20		Walter Glattke: Black has a rook for a bishop, the Li (mile or ratio), in Japan Ri now let him play 37.Bxg7, a simple club player had draw with 37.Qg5 f6 38.Bxf6 Rf8 so 37.Bxg7 Kxg7 38.Qg5+ Kf8 39.Qf6 Kg8 … time control 42.Re1 possible now Rf8, d3 axb4 42.axb4 43.Re5 h6 44.Rh5 Qxa3 to answer 45.Rxh6 with Qc1+ 46.Kh2 Qxh6 therefore 46.Qxh6 f6 and resign, black could play 46.-Qa1+ 47.Kh2 Qxd4 48.Rg5+! Option: 37.-f5 38.Bf6 Rg7 (38.-Re8? 39.Qg5+ Kf7 40.Qg7#) wins for white.

Mar-26-20		scormus: <newzild> Relieved I'm not the only one to wonder why not 43 Re3 I wasn't sure what to choose for move 37. I wondered about Bxg7 but what if not ... Kxg7 ? I was inclined to go for 37 Qg5. I suppose it would continue .... f5 38 Bf6 39 Be7 Re8. Hmmm, it's not very convincing :( No marks today, time for engine

Mar-26-20		rogl: <newzild: I found this to be as easy this time as I did six years ago, but expected 43. Re3 instead of 43. Re5, which invites the temporary defence 43...h6. Can anyone see a reason for 43. Re5?> Sorry, but if you went for 43. Re3 you didn't solve it. Black can play 43...Qxa3!, which forces white to take the draw by repetition.

Mar-26-20		saturn2: 37. Bxg7 Kx7 now white has to play 38 Qg5 first because the immediate 38.Re1 is answered by Rg8 and this seems to hold.

Mar-26-20		Olsonist: Why 45. Qxa6 rather Rxa6 with a back rank mate to follow after black exhausts their checks? I must be missing something because the Stockfish annotation doesn’t mention anything.

Mar-26-20		saturn2: <Olsonist: Why 45. Qxh6 rather Rxh6> 45. Rxh6 Qc1+ 46. Kh2 Qxh6

Mar-26-20		Olsonist: Thanks. I think White still wins that but maybe it’s not forced in 10.

Mar-26-20		Walter Glattke: I showed that Rh6? Qc1, too. But bad end, if Rg5+ then.

Mar-26-20		Walter Glattke: 45.-f6 46.Qxf6 Qc1+ 47.Kh2 Rg7 48.Qxd8+ Kf7 49.Rf5+ Kg6 50.Qf6+ Kh7 51.Rh5+ Kg8 52.d7 Qf4+ 53.Qxf4 Rxd7 54.Qe5 Kf8 55.Rh8+ wins, but no immediate mate.

Mar-26-20		RandomVisitor: After 12.Ne1 it looks like an equal game, not so much later on... click for larger view Stockfish_20032521_x64_modern: <45/58 08:52 0.00 12...Qc8 13.Qe2 Qb7> 14.Bxa6 Rxa6 15.Nd3 Rfa8 16.h3 axb4 17.axb4 Rxa1 18.Rxa1 Rxa1+ 19.Bxa1 Qa6 20.Bb2 Ne8 21.Qd1 g6 22.Na4 Nc7 23.Qc2 Bf6 24.Qd1 bxc5 25.bxc5 Qb5 26.Qc2 Bd8 27.Bc3 Be7 28.Bb2

Mar-26-20		Autoreparaturwerkbau: I think the idea for today's puzzle comes from Simon Williams' same puzzle dating only 6 days ago: https://youtu.be/bmQFsSe346w?t=330

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