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Fabiano Caruana vs Levon Aronian Sinquefield Cup (2014) : Round 4: Spanish Game: Closed

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Instructive game tags: Ruy Lopez, Spanish game, closed, martinez variation, c78, d3 deviation, grip on d5 with nc3, nc3 a nigel short recommendation, exchanging on e6 doubling opponents pawns, pressur... (Show Full Description)
Instructive game tags: Ruy Lopez, Spanish game, closed, martinez variation, c78, d3 deviation, grip on d5 with nc3, nc3 a nigel short recommendation, exchanging on e6 doubling opponents pawns, pressure potentially on e5, black closing center with d4, black with aggressive looking f-file, queen and knight probing kingside, queen on h5, aggressive queen placement, e5 pressure build up, removing e5 defender, knight sacrifice, amazing knight sac, brilliant knight sac, pawn mobility, winning exchange on kingside, black without counterplay, pawns increasing space relentelessly, winning h6 pawn, doubling rooks, coordinating pieces, passed f pawn, winning endgame [Event "Sinquefield Cup"] [Site "0:20:33-0:23:33"] [Date "2014.08.30"] [Round "4"] [White "Caruana"] [Black "Aronian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C77"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2014.08.27"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 (8... Na5 9. Nxe5) 9. a3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 Nc6 13. Bd2 d5 (13... Kh8 14. a4 Nxb4 15. Qb1 c5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Nxb5 Rb8 19. c4 Nc6 20. Ng5) 14. Re1 (14. exd5 exd5 15. Re1 Qd7 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Bd6 18. Re1 Ng4) 14... Qd6 (14... dxe4 15. Nxe4) 15. Na2 Nd7 (15... dxe4 16. dxe4 Rad8 17. Nc1) 16. Qe2 (16. Qb1 Rxf3 17. gxf3 Nd4) 16... d4 (16... Bf6 17. Bc3 Rfe8 18. Bb2) 17. Reb1 Nb6 18. Nc1 Na4 19. Nb3 Rf7 (19... h6 20. Re1 Rad8 21. h3) 20. Rc1 Rd8 (20... Nc3 21. Qf1) 21. Ng5 Rf6 (21... Bxg5 22. Bxg5 Rdf8 23. f3 Ne7) 22. Qh5 h6 (22... Rh6 23. Qf7+ Kh8 24. h4 Rxh4 (24... Bxg5 25. hxg5 Rh4 26. Qf3 Rf8 27. Qg3 Rh5) 25. Nxe6) 23. Nf3 Rdf8 24. Rf1 R8f7 25. Rae1 Bf8 26. h3 g6 27. Qh4 Qe7 28. Qg3 Bg7 29. Na5 (29. Nxe5 Nxe5 30. Qxe5 Rxf2 31. Qg3 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Qf7+ 34. Qf2) 29... Nxa5 30. Nxe5 (30. bxa5 Rxf3 31. gxf3 Qxa3 (31... Qf6 32. Kh2 Kh7 33. Rg1 Bf8 34. Rg2) 32. Qxg6) 30... Nb7 31. Nxg6 (31. Nxf7 Qxf7) 31... Qd8 (31... Rxg6 32. Qxg6 Qf6 33. Qg4) 32. e5 Rf5 33. f4 c5 (33... Nc3 34. Qf3) (33... Rd7 34. Nh4 Rf8 35. f5 exf5 36. Bxh6 Kh7 ( 36... Kh8) (36... f4 37. Bxf4)) 34. Nh4 Rh5 35. Nf3 Kh7 (35... Rhf5 36. Qg6 Qe7 37. g4 (37. bxc5 Nbxc5 38. Nxd4)) 36. Qg4 Rhf5 37. Nh4 Kh8 38. Nxf5 Rxf5 39. Qg6 Qe7 40. g4 Rf8 41. f5 Qe8 42. Qxe8 Rxe8 43. f6 Bf8 44. f7 Re7 45. Rf6 Nb6 ( 45... Kh7 46. Bxh6 Bxh6 47. Rxh6+ Kg7 48. Rh7+ Kf8) (45... Kg7) 46. Bxh6 Nd7 47. Ref1 cxb4 (47... Nxf6 48. Bxf8 Rxf7 49. Rxf6 Rxf6 50. exf6 Kg8 51. Bxc5) 48. axb4 Bxh6 (48... Nd8 49. Bg5 Kg7 50. R6f2 Rxf7 51. Bxd8) 49. Rxh6+ Kg7 50. Rh5 (50. Rhf6 Nxf6) 1-0 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 â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq Thumbnail: Caruana vs Aronian Caruana By This photo was taken by Przemyslaw Jahr Autorem zdjecia jest Przemyslaw Jahr Wykorzystujac zdjecie prosze podac jako autora: Przemyslaw Jahr / Wikimedia Commons (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC BY-SA 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)], 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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