Vincent Keymer vs Levon Aronian (2022)

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Vincent Keymer vs Levon Aronian
FIDE Grand Prix Berlin (2022), Berlin GER, rd 5, Feb-09
Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense. Alekhine Variation (D38) · 0-1

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Feb-09-22		Check It Out: I only see 10 moves here for this 35 move game.

Feb-09-22		Sally Simpson: Change the PGN viewer to PGN4web - you will see the whole game.

Feb-09-22		Atterdag: Turned out it wasn't a good idea to use the king as a boxing glove in the middle of the board. :-) A very rich game packed with complicated positions, which Aronian mastered better than his opponent. Aronian seems to be in a great form here in Berlin. I hope it lasts till the very end. He deserves to win this.

Feb-10-22		0ZeR0: 17...g4! attacking white's queen followed by 18.b4! returning the favor... Exciting stuff. I agree, <Atterdag>. It's difficult not to root for the guy when he plays like this.

Feb-10-22		whiteshark: well, up to White's 29th move the world was still all right, and with the obvious 29.f3 it would have remained so. There were two game continuations here: 1) 29...b4 e.g. 30.Qb3 (or perhaps quite different with Qc1/Qb2 ?) Qa4 31.Bc4 Qb6 32.Rag1 Qh6 (what a queenside swing to the kingside). Still a very complicated position. click for larger view 2) 29...Rxd5 30.exd5 Qf4+ 31. Kd1 Qxg5 32. Bxb5 Qg1+ 33. Kc2 Qxh2+ (and again on the kingside) 34.Qd2 Qxd2+ 35.Kxd2 - well, this materially equal endgame can go on for some time... click for larger view

Feb-10-22		Ulhumbrus: The sudden drop in the computer evaluation for White after the move 29 Rh5 suggests that the move 29 Rh5 ?? is a blunder that drops the e4 pawn, and the game with it

Feb-10-22		Sally Simpson: Hi Ulhumbrus It would appear Keymer saw a serious threat , deemed himself losing so put himself into swindle mode. click for larger view After 29...Qxe4 he played 30.Rg1 instantly which is a good sign that a player setting up tactical tricks has taken a gamble. Rxh7+ and Qh3+ tricks are on the board which Aronian dealt with at the same time maintaining a grip on the game. I would have gone the whole hog and here click for larger view played 33.Qh3 with an obvious threat. No move was too crass for me not to play. White has only one move, but I'd guess well within Aronian range to stop it. 33...Rb4+ 34 Kc2 and again Black has only one move for the win. At my my level, which is how I must judge any game, leaving a defender to find two only moves on the trot often turned a loss into a win. 33.Qh3!

Feb-11-22		0ZeR0: <whiteshark> Even something like 29.f3 b4 30.Qc1 c4 doesn't seem too appealing for white to me. But I'm sure the engine says white is fine. And as yourself and others have pointed out, it must be better than 29.Rh5 as played in the game.

Feb-12-22		PawnSac: Greetings <Sally Simpson> ! click for larger view You specified 33..Rb4+ 34.Kc2 so I assume you saw the obvious 34.Ka1?? Qd4+ winning the queen and mate, but the open board is no safer. Unfortunately 33.Qh3? abandons defense of the white monarch. And if at any time the Qh3 can be forced back to the kings defense, Qh3 is a waste of 1 or 2 tempi. There are mates all over the place. White must give up material to stop them. For examples.. Rb4+ 34. Kc2 Qe4+ 35. Kd2 Rd8+ 36. Ke1 Rb1# Rb4+ 34. Kc2 Qe4+ 35. Kc3 Qd4+ 36. Kc2 Rb2+ 37. Kc1 Qd2# The best defense is 35.Bd3. So after Rb4+ 34. Kc2 Qe4+ 35. Bd3 Rc4+! click for larger view black has 4 options. Kd2, Kb1, Kb2, Kb3 36. Kd2 Nf3+ 37. Kd1 [Qxf3 forced] ..Qxd3# 36. Kb1 Qxd3+ 37.Qxd3 Nxd3 or.. 36. Kb3 Qxd3+ 37. Qxd3 Nxd3 and black has simplified to an easy win. 36. Kb2 Nxd3+ 37. Kb3 Rb4+ 38. Ka3 Ra4+ 39. Kb3 Qc4# So.. I'm with you when it comes to fearless attack [you're preachin to the choir], but the line has to be viable. Now, I did this in my head without an engine, so I may have erred somewhere, but.. it seems pretty clear. white's options were thin, so I understand his Bxb5 is desperation. The game was resignable.

Feb-13-22		Stanco: 29.f3 is obvious and saves the game

Apr-19-22		cormier: SF 14.1 NNUE depth=38 +0.99 26. Rag1 f6 27. R5g3 c4 28. Bc2 Qc5 29. Qd4 c3+ 30. Kd1 Qxd4+ 31. exd4 Nc4 32. Rxc3 Rad8 33. Bd3 Rxd5 34. Bxc4 bxc4 35. Rxc4 Rxf5 36. Re1 Rd8 37. Ke2 Kg7 38. Rc7+ Kh6 39. Rd1 Ra5 40. Rd2 Kg6 41. Ke3 Rd6 42. Rc5 Ra3+ 43. Ke4 Re6+ 44. Kf4 Rea6 45. Rcc2 Rd6 46. d5 Ra4+ 47. Ke3 Kf5 48. Rc7 h5 49. Rh7 Rh4 50. Rd4 Rxh2

Apr-19-22		cormier: SF 14.1 NNUE depth=30 0.00 24... h6 25. f4 Nf3+ 26. Ke2 Nd4+ 27. Kf2 Nb5 28. Qc1 Qb4 29. Qc4 a5 30. fxg5 Nd6 31. gxh6+ Kh8 32. Qxb4 axb4 33. Bc2 Ra3 34. f6 Rexe3 35. Rg7 Rf3+ 36. Kg1 Rxf6 37. Rh7+ Kg8 38. Re1 Rh3 39. Rg7+ Kh8 40. Rh7+

Apr-19-22		cormier: SF 14.1 NNUE depth=31 -0.72 15... g6 16. Qd4 Qxd4+ 17. exd4 Rad8 18. Rhe1 Nxd5 19. b3 Nf4 20. g3 Ne6 21. Bxe6 Bxe6 22. Kc3 Rd5 23. Nd3 Rfd8 24. Nf4 Rxd4 25. Nxe6 Rd3+ 26. Kb4 fxe6 27. Rxe6 Rd2 28. Re7 Rc2 29. a4 Rd4+ 30. Ka3 Rdd2 31. a5 Rxf2 32. a6 bxa6 33. Kb4 Rf7 34. Rxf7 Kxf7 35. Rxa6 Rxh2 36. Rxa7

Apr-19-22		cormier: SF 14.1 NNUE depth=35 -0.34 14. Qd4 Qxd4 15. exd4 Bxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Rad8 17. Rhe1 Nxd5 18. b3 Nf6 19. Ke3 Rd6 20. Rac1 c6 21. f3 Be6 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Kf2 Rd8 24. Rc4 Rde8 25. Nd3 Rxe1 26. Nxe1 Re7 27. Nd3 Nd5 28. Ra4 a6 29. Rc4 Kf8 30. Rc1 g6 31. Nc5 Rc7 32. h4 Ke8 33. g4

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