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How weaknesses create virtual invitations! - Levon Aronian vs Hikaru Nakamura : Zurich 2014

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â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºKingscrusher's Greatest Hit Videos! : http://goo.gl/447QLb â–ºFREE online chess at http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher [Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"] [Site "Zurich SUI"] [Date "2014.02.02"] [Round "4"] [White "Levon Aronian"] [Black "Hikaru Nakamura"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E63"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2789"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2014.01.29"] 1. Nf3 (1. f3 e5 2. g4 Qh4#) (1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Qh5 d6 4. Qxf7#) 1... Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d4 a6 8. h3 Rb8 9. e4 b5 10. d5 (10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Nd7 13. e6 fxe6 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Bf4 b4 16. Na4 Nb6 17. Nxb6 Rxb6 18. Bxc7 Rb7 19. Bf4 Bxb2 20. Rab1 Bc3) (10. cxb5 axb5 11. Re1 b4 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 e6 15. Nf4 e5 16. Nd5 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Ne5 19. a3 bxa3 20. Rxa3 c5 21. Bc3 Nc6) 10... b4 11. Ne2 Na5 12. Qc2 c6 13. Nfd4 cxd5 14. exd5 Qc7 15. b3 e5 (15... Nd7 16. Bb2 Re8 17. Rfe1 Nc5 18. Nf4) 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. a3 bxa3 18. Bd2 (18. Rxa3 e5 19. Bd2 Nb7 20. Nc6 Bf5 21. Qa2) 18... Nb7 19. Rxa3 e5 20. Nc6 Ra8 21. Nb4 a5 22. Qa2 Bf5 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5+ Kh8 25. b4 (25. g4) (25. h4) 25... Bxh3 26. Rb1 Bf5 27. Rb2 Bd7 28. bxa5 Bc6 29. Nc3 Nc5 30. Be3 e4 31. a6 Nd3 32. Rb7 Qc8 (32... Bxb7 33. axb7 Rab8 34. Qb3 Nc5 35. Bxc5 dxc5 36. Nxe4 Bd4 37. Kg2) 33. Nxe4 Bxd5 34. cxd5 Qg4 35. Rxd3 Qxe4 36. Rdb3 (36. Rd1 Be5 37. Qe2) 36... Qxd5 37. Qe2 Qc6 38. a7 d5 39. Rxg7 (39. Rb8 Qc7 40. Rxa8 Rxa8 41. Qb5 d4 42. Qb8+ Qd8 43. Qxa8 Qxa8 44. Rb8+) 39... Kxg7 40. Bd4+ Kh6 (40... Rf6 41. Qe7+ Kh6 42. Bxf6) (40... Kg8 41. Qe7 Rf7 42. Rb8+) 41. Qe3+ Kh5 (41... g5 42. Rb6 (42. g4)) 42. g4+ Kh4 43. Qh6+ Kxg4 44. Qh3+ Kf4 45. Rf3+ 1-0 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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