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Carlsen vs Aronian, Tata Steel 2012 - Queen's Gambit Declined: Charousek (Petrosian) Variation (D31)


[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "0:16:33-0:09:33"]
[Date "2012.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. h3 g6 8. e3
Bf5 9. Qd2 h5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nbd7 12. Nge2 a5 13. O-O O-O 14. f3 b5 15.
e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 Nc5 17. Qf3 Ne6 18. Be3 b4 19. Nb1 Nh7 20. Nd2 Rc8 21. Rad1 (
21. Nc4 Nhg5 22. Bxg5 Nxg5 23. Qd3 Ne6) 21... Bh4 22. g3 (22. Nc4 Nhg5 23. Bxg5
Nxg5) 22... Bf6 23. Nc4 Bg7 24. b3 Qe7 25. Qg2 (25. Nxa5 Qa7 (25... Neg5 26.
Bxg5 Nxg5)) 25... Nc7 26. Nxa5 Rfe8 27. e5 Nd5 28. Bd2 (28. Nxc6 Qd7) 28...
Red8 29. Nf4 Qa7 30. Nxc6 Rxc6 31. Nxd5 Rc2 (31... Qxd4+ 32. Be3 Qxe5 33. Ne7+
Qxe7 34. Rxd8+ Qxd8 35. Qxc6) 32. Kh1 Bf8 (32... Qxd4 33. Bxb4 Rxg2 34. Rxd4
Rc2 35. Ne7+) 33. e6 Qa8 (33... fxe6 34. Qe4 Rxa2 35. Qxg6+ Qg7 36. Qxe6+ Kh8
37. Bf4 Qd7 38. Be5+ Bg7 39. Nc7) 34. exf7+ (34. e7 Rxd5 35. e8=Q Qxe8 36. Qxd5
) 34... Kh8 35. Nf4 Qxg2+ 36. Kxg2 (36. Nxg2 Kg7 (36... Rxd4 37. Bc3) 37. Bf4
Be7 38. Be5+ Bf6 39. Nf4 Rd7 40. f8=Q+ Kxf8 41. Nd3 Rf7 42. Bxf6 Rxf6 43. Nxb4)
(36. Nxg2 Rxd4 37. Bc3 bxc3 38. Rxd4 Rxa2) 36... Rxd4 37. Rf2 Rd6 38. Bc1 Rxf2+
39. Kxf2 Rxd1 40. Bb2+ Nf6 (40... Bg7 41. Nxg6#) (40... Bg7 41. Nxg6#) 41.
Bxf6+ Kh7 42. Ne6 Bd6 43. Be5 Be7 44. f8=Q Bxf8 45. Nxf8+ Kh6 46. Ne6 g5 47. h4
gxh4 48. gxh4 Kg6 49. Nd4 Rd3 50. Nc6 Rd2+ 51. Ke3 Rxa2 52. Bd6 (52. Nxb4 Ra3
53. Ke4 Rxb3) 52... Ra1 (52... Ra3 53. Nd4) 53. Kd4 (53. Bxb4 Rh1 54. Be7 Rh3+
55. Kf4 Rxb3) 53... Rg1 54. Kc5 Kf5 55. Nxb4 Rc1+ 56. Kd4 Re1 57. Nc6 Re4+ 58.
Kd5 Rxh4 59. b4 Rh1 60. b5 Rb1 61. Nd4+ Kg4 62. Kc6 Rc1+ 63. Kd7 Rb1 64. Kc7 h4
65. b6 Kh3 66. b7 Kg2 67. Nf5 h3 68. Nh4+ Kg1 (68... Kh1 69. b8=Q Rxb8 70. Kxb8
h2 71. Nf3) 69. b8=Q Rxb8 70. Kxb8 h2 71. Nf3+ 1-0

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• chess
• letsplaychess.com
• chessworld.net
• carlsen
• aronian
• tata
• steel
• 2012
• Queen's
• Gambit
• Declined:
• Charousek
• (Petrosian)
• Variation
• (D31)
• tactics
• positional
• play
• blockade
• combination
• endgame
• passed pawns
• Maintaining a passed pawn

[sxaletalon4]

Carlsen's blog. ". I must admit I wasn't sure what was going on in the opening but managed to find some good moves. Aronian, who is 2nd ranked in the world, tried to create activity without really succeeding. I had a winning position when I went for 34.exf7+ (instead of winning the exchange with e7) and had calculated the game continuation with bishop and knight against rook until his 43.....g5! which I had missed. I thought white should still be winning although it was a very complicated ending

[kingscrusher]

@sxaletalon4 It is always great to hear from the players themselves - cheers. 

[ohorok2]

Brilliant again!!!

Please, cover two best games of 9th round: Nakalov-Topamura & Carlakin-Karjsen.

Just kidding:D Respect!

Both games were amazing, Topalov's opening and Karjakin's possition..

PLEASE.

[viharsarok]

@Minkki82 Magnus couldn't play chess at age five.

[Spartan2288]

u talk too much, make it a 20min game

[motornade]

Thanks for your nice way of anayse

[GordonChess]

Great video KC. Thanks

[quillendaniel]

Thanks for posting.....brilliant commentary......

The positional calculus of Magnus will be a mystery for the novice.....but the end game beauty/genius is transparent....

[quillendaniel]

Brilliant end game sequence !

[trixapete]

cruel was the right word to describe that knight manoeuvre at the end lol!

[kaewonf8]

That endgame sequence was truly masterly. Thanks for the play-by KC.