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Queen Side play vs King Safety: Levon Aronian vs Hikaru Nakamura : Sinquefield Cup (2013)

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â–ºPlaylists: http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/playlistvideosstructure.asp â–ºKingscrusher's Greatest Hit Videos! : http://tinyurl.com/6vvx6qe â–ºFREE online chess at http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/c... (Show Full Description)
â–ºPlaylists: http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/playlistvideosstructure.asp â–ºKingscrusher's Greatest Hit Videos! : http://tinyurl.com/6vvx6qe â–ºFREE online chess at http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher [Event "Sinquefield Cup"] [Site "0:14:33-0:02:33"] [Date "2013.09.13"] [Round "4"] [White "Aronian"] [Black "Nakamura"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E71"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2013.09.09"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 a6 8. Bd3 b5 9. Nf3 (9. cxb5 axb5 10. Nxb5 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nc3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qxc3+ 14. Kf1 (14. Bd2 Qe5) 14... Ba6+ 15. Ne2 Qe5) 9... Nbd7 10. O-O h6 11. Be3 bxc4 12. Bxc4 a5 13. a4 Nb6 (13... Ba6 14. Nb5 (14. Bb5 Nb6 15. Qc2) 14... Nxe4) 14. Bd3 Ne8 15. Re1 Nc7 16. Rc1 Na6 17. b3 Nb4 18. Bb1 Bb7 19. Ne2 Rc8 20. h4 c4 ( 20... h5 21. Nf4 Bb2 22. Nd3 Bxc1 23. Qxc1 Nxd3 24. Bxd3) 21. h5 cxb3 22. Qxb3 g5 (22... gxh5 23. Nf4) 23. Ng3 (23. Ned4) (23. Nfd4 Qd7 24. Nf5 Nxa4 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. Nd4 Kh8 27. Nf5 f6 28. Qa3) 23... N6xd5 (23... Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Bc8 25. Nd4 Bxd4 26. Bxd4 e5 27. dxe6 Bxe6 28. Qe3 Nd7 29. f3 (29. f4)) 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. Rxc8 (25. Qa3) 25... Bxb3 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Nf5 Bf8 (27... Bxa4 28. Nxe7+ Kf8 29. Nf5) 28. Bb6 Rb8 29. Bc7 (29. Bxa5 Bxa4 30. Rc1 Nd5 31. Ng3 Be8) 29... Rc8 (29... Rb7 30. Nxe7+) 30. Bxa5 (30. Nxe7+ Bxe7 31. Rxe7 Nd5) 30... Nc6 31. Bc3 Bxa4 (31... e6 32. Ne3 Bxa4 33. Ng4) 32. Ba2 Rc7 (32... e6 33. Rxe6 fxe6 34. Bxe6+ Kh7 35. Bxc8) 33. Nh2 Ne5 (33... e6 34. Ng4 exf5 35. Nf6+ Kh8 36. Ne8+) (33... Nb8 34. Bb2 Rb7 35. Ba1 e6) 34. Bxe5 dxe5 35. Ng4 (35. Rxe5 Rc1+ ( 35... Rc2 36. Bd5) 36. Nf1) 35... e6 36. Ng3 (36. Nfxh6+ Kg7 37. Nxf7 Kxf7 38. Nxe5+) 36... Kg7 (36... Bd6) 37. Nxe5 Ba3 38. Ne4 Rc2 39. Bb1 Rc1 40. Rxc1 Bxc1 41. Nd6 f5 42. Ndc4 Bf4 43. Nd3 Be8 (43... Bb8 44. Nc5) 44. Nxf4 gxf4 45. g3 fxg3 46. f4 (46. fxg3 Kf6) 46... Bxh5 47. Kg2 Kf6 48. Kxg3 Be8 49. Kh4 Bb5 50. Ne5 Be8 51. Bc2 Ke7 52. Bd1 Kf6 53. Bf3 (53. Bh5 Ba4 54. Bf7 Bd1) 53... Ba4 54. Bc6 Bd1 55. Bd7 Be2 56. Ba4 Ke7 57. Bb3 Kd6 58. Kg3 Bh5 59. Kf2 Bg4 60. Ke3 ( 60. Nxg4 fxg4 61. Kg3 e5 (61... h5 62. Bc2 Ke7 63. Bg6 (63. Kh4 Kf6 64. Be4 Kf7 65. Kxh5 g3 66. Kh4) 63... Kf6 64. Bxh5 e5) 62. f5) 60... h5 (60... Ke7 61. Kd4 Be2 62. Nc6+ Kd6 63. Nd8) 61. Nf7+ 1-0 â–ºSubscribe for my regular chess videos: http://goo.gl/zpktUK â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq Thumbnail: Nakamura vs Aronian Nakamura By Stefan64 (Own work) [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 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

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