Sunday, February 22, 2009

Aronian - Carlsen ended in Draw


In the Aronian - Carlsen game both chooses to play Closed Catalan: Early deviations. In this game Carlsen sacrifice a rook just for a knight and with a strong bishop at c4 defending it. With this Carlsen managed to play 3 fold repetition of attacking the bishop. 

[Event "XXVI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2009.02.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. a3 Qc8 13. b4 Nbd7 14. Bc3 Ne4 15. Nbd2 Bd5 16. Qc2 Nxd2 17. Bxd2 Qb7 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. e4 Bxe4 20. Ng5 Bxc2 21. Bxb7 Bd3 22. Rfe1 Bc4 23. Bxc8 Bxg5 24. Bxg5 Rxc8 25. f3 f6 26. Bf4 Nb6 27. h4 Kf7 28. Kf2 c6 29. Bd6 Bd5 30. Bc5 Na4 31. g4 Ra8 32. Re2 a5 33. Bd6 axb4 34. Bxb4 Nb6 35. Bc5 Na4 36. Bb4 Nb6 37. Bc5 1/2-1/2

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