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How to exploit pawn island weaknesses: Levon Aronian vs Vishy Anand: Bilbao Masters 2014

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â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºFollow me at Google+ : http://www.google.com/+kingscrusher â–ºFREE online chess at http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at ht... (Show Full Description)
â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºFollow me at Google+ : http://www.google.com/+kingscrusher â–ºFREE online chess at http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher [Event "Bilbao Masters"] [Site "Bilbao ESP"] [Date "2014.09.20"] [Round "6"] [White "Levon Aronian"] [Black "Viswanathan Anand"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2804"] [BlackElo "2785"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2014.09.12"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 {The QGD Ragozin Defence, typically arrived at via the moves 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 (or by transposition) offers black active play from the start and has enjoyed a resurgence in recent times. Ladies' European Champion (2007) Tatiana Kosintseva, Gregory Serper, Varuzhan Akobian and Aleksej Aleksandrov are just four very strong players who have added the opening to their repertoire.} Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 (8. Bd3) 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Ne4 (11. Nxd4) 11... Qe7 (11... Qf5) 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Qh5 Nc6 14. Nb3 f5 (14... a6) (14... Bd6 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. Nc5) 15. a3 (15. Ng3 Ne5 16. Nxf5 Rxf5 17. Qxf5 Nxc4 18. Qe4 Nxb2) 15... fxe4 (15... Ne5 16. axb4 ( 16. Be2 Be8 17. Qh3 fxe4 18. axb4 Nd3) 16... fxe4 (16... Nxc4 17. Rxc4 (17. Nec5 Be8 18. Qe2 Nd6) 17... Bb5 18. Rc2 (18. Ned2 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Qxb4) 18... Bxf1) 17. Qxe5) 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. Nc5 Nd3 (17... Kh8 18. Nxe4) (17... Rad8 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. Qg6) 18. Nxd3 (18. Bxd3 Rf5 19. Qd1 exd3) 18... exd3 19. Bxd3 Bc6 20. Rc4 (20. Qg6 Qf6 21. Qh7+ Kf7 22. Bb1 Rh8) 20... Rf6 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Rd8 23. Qe2 Rf5 24. h3 Rfd5 25. Qg4 R8d6 26. Rc1 Kh7 27. Ra4 (27. Rec4 Qf7 28. Rc7 (28. Qe4+ Qf5) 28... Rd7) 27... a6 28. Qe4+ Kg8 (28... g6 29. Rac4) 29. Rc8+ Rd8 30. Rac4 R5d7 31. g3 Kf7 (31... Rxc8 32. Rxc8+ Rd8 (32... Kf7 33. Qf3+ Qf6 34. Qh5+ Ke7 (34... g6 35. Qxh6) 35. Qc5+ Kf7 36. Rf8+) 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8 34. Qxe6+ Kf8 35. Qf5+ Kg8 36. Kg2) 32. Qf3+ Kg8 33. Qe4 Kf7 (33... Rd1+ 34. Kg2 R1d2 35. Rxd8+ Rxd8 36. Qc2 Qd7 37. Rc7 Qd5+) 34. Qg4 Rxc8 (34... Kg8 35. b3 Rd1+ (35... Rd2 36. R4c7 R2d7 37. Rxd8+ Qxd8 38. Qxe6+) 36. Qxd1) 35. Rxc8 Qg5 36. Qb4 (36. Qxg5 hxg5) 36... Kg6 37. h4 Qf5 38. Rf8 Qd5 39. Qg4+ Kh7 40. Kh2 ( 40. h5 Qd1+) 40... h5 (40... Re7 41. b4 Rd7 42. h5 Re7 (42... Qg5 43. Qe4+ g6 44. hxg6+ Qxg6 45. Rh8+) 43. Qg6#) (40... Qd1 41. Qe4+ g6 42. Qe5) 41. Qf4 Qc6 (41... b5 42. b4 Rd8) (41... Rd8 42. Rxd8 Qxd8 43. Qe4+ Kh6 44. Qxe6+ Kh7 ( 44... g6)) 42. Qb8 Rd1 43. e4 Rc1 (43... Qxe4 44. Rh8+ Kg6 45. Qe8+ Kf6 46. Rf8+ Ke5 47. Qxh5+) 44. Rh8+ Kg6 45. Qf4 Rc5 46. e5 (46. g4 Qc7 47. gxh5+ Rxh5 48. Qxc7) 1-0 â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq Thumbnail: Aronian vs Anand Aronian By Andreas Kontokanis (http://www.flickr.com/photos/karpidis/6319418131/) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Anand By Stefan64 (Own work (own photo)) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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