Levon Grigori Aronian – Hikaru Nakamura
Chess960 Ultimate Showdown; match game 3; Saint Louis, September 9, 2014
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Chess960 Ultimate Showdown; match game 3; Saint Louis, September 9, 2014
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“The most interesting feature of the position must be the two Bishops aimed at the unprotected g- and h-Pawns. Note that the players can castle 0-0-0 already on the first move”, Mark Weeks writes.
1. b3. Threat: Ba1xg7 winning a Pawn and the Exchange! 1. ... f6. In match game 4, Aronian as Black preferred 1. ... Nf6 and after 2. e4 c5 3. e5 Ng4 4. f3 Nh6 5. c4 Ng6 6. Ng3 f6 7. exf6 exf6 8. Qxe8+ Kxe8 9. Nh3 White got a slight edge, Nakamura – Aronian, Chess960 Ultimate Showdown, Saint Louis, September 9, 2014, match game 4. 2. f4 b6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Ng6 5. Ng3 e5 6. fxe5 Nxe5 7. c4 g6 8. 0-0-0 0-0-0 9. d4. “White seems to have the upper hand, although Black went on to win [the game]”, Weeks writes. 9. ... Nxf3 10. gxf3 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Ne7 12. c5 Nc6 13. cxb6 Nxd4 14. Rxd4 axb6 15. f4 Bc6 16. Qe2 Ba7 17. Kb2 b5 18. Rd3 Kb8 19. Rc1 Qe7 20. a3 Rfe8 21. Nf1 b4 22. Qd2 Bc5 23. Rd5. This Exchange sacrifice is very dubious, to put it euphemistically. However, after 23. a4 Bb7 24. e4 d5! 25. exd5 f5 White stands badly anyway. 23. ... Bb6 24. axb4 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Kxc8 27. Bd3 Qe6 28. Qb5 Kd8 29. f5 Qe5+ 30. Qxe5 Rxe5 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Bxg6 Bxe3 33. h4 Bf4 34. Kc3 Re1 35. Bd3 d5 36. h5 Kc7 37. b5 Kd6 38. b4 Ra1 39. Kb2 Rd1 40. Kc2 Rc1+ 41. Kb2 Re1 42. Kc2 Kc7 43. Nd2 Rh1 44. Nb3 Rh2+ 45. Kd1 Rxh5 46. Nc5 Be3 47. b6+ Kxb6 48. Nd7+ Kc6 49. Nxf6 Rh3 50. Be2 Bg5 51. Ng4 Rh1+ 52. Kc2 Kd6 53. b5 Bf4 54. Nf6 Kc5 55. Nxd5 Rc1+ 0 : 1. (Time control: 15’ + 2”).
1. b3. Threat: Ba1xg7 winning a Pawn and the Exchange! 1. ... f6. In match game 4, Aronian as Black preferred 1. ... Nf6 and after 2. e4 c5 3. e5 Ng4 4. f3 Nh6 5. c4 Ng6 6. Ng3 f6 7. exf6 exf6 8. Qxe8+ Kxe8 9. Nh3 White got a slight edge, Nakamura – Aronian, Chess960 Ultimate Showdown, Saint Louis, September 9, 2014, match game 4. 2. f4 b6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Ng6 5. Ng3 e5 6. fxe5 Nxe5 7. c4 g6 8. 0-0-0 0-0-0 9. d4. “White seems to have the upper hand, although Black went on to win [the game]”, Weeks writes. 9. ... Nxf3 10. gxf3 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Ne7 12. c5 Nc6 13. cxb6 Nxd4 14. Rxd4 axb6 15. f4 Bc6 16. Qe2 Ba7 17. Kb2 b5 18. Rd3 Kb8 19. Rc1 Qe7 20. a3 Rfe8 21. Nf1 b4 22. Qd2 Bc5 23. Rd5. This Exchange sacrifice is very dubious, to put it euphemistically. However, after 23. a4 Bb7 24. e4 d5! 25. exd5 f5 White stands badly anyway. 23. ... Bb6 24. axb4 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Kxc8 27. Bd3 Qe6 28. Qb5 Kd8 29. f5 Qe5+ 30. Qxe5 Rxe5 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Bxg6 Bxe3 33. h4 Bf4 34. Kc3 Re1 35. Bd3 d5 36. h5 Kc7 37. b5 Kd6 38. b4 Ra1 39. Kb2 Rd1 40. Kc2 Rc1+ 41. Kb2 Re1 42. Kc2 Kc7 43. Nd2 Rh1 44. Nb3 Rh2+ 45. Kd1 Rxh5 46. Nc5 Be3 47. b6+ Kxb6 48. Nd7+ Kc6 49. Nxf6 Rh3 50. Be2 Bg5 51. Ng4 Rh1+ 52. Kc2 Kd6 53. b5 Bf4 54. Nf6 Kc5 55. Nxd5 Rc1+ 0 : 1. (Time control: 15’ + 2”).
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