Aronian v Carlsen

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The game is taken from the 19th Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament that was held in March in Monaco. Here Magnus Carlsen defeats the defending Amber champion, Levon Aronian.

Aronian, L (2782) – Carlsen, M (2813)

19th Amber Blindfold Nice FRA (2), 14.3.2010

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.f3 Kh8 13.g4 c6 14.Kg2 b5 15.b3 a5 16.Nf2 b4 17.Na4 Bb7 18.Rc1 fxe4 19.fxe4 cxd5 20.exd5

20…Nexd5! 21.cxd5 Nxd5 22.Kg1 e4. 23.Nxe4 Bd4+ 24.Rf2 Rxf2 25.Nxf2. White could still have put up some resistance with 25.Bg5 (instead of 25.Nxf2), but Aronian had also missed 25…Qh4. Now 26.Be1 is followed by the deadly 26…Be5.
26.Qe1 Rf8 27.Bf3 Rxf3 28.Qe4 Qxf2+ White Resigns!  0-1.

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