黑暗中的舞者 (Dancer in the Dark)

Levon Grigori Aronian – 丁立人 (Dīng Lìrén)
Candidates Tournament; Berlin, March 10, 2018
English Opening A18

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 b6 8. h4!? Aronian’s idée fixe. If 8. Be2 there might follow 8. ... Bb7 9. Bf3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Bd6 11. Qa4+ c6 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Rb1 Bc7 14. Re1 Rc8 15. Kh1 Qf5 16. Be3 h6 17. h3 a6 18. d5 exd5 19. Bxb6 Bxb6 20. Rxb6 Nd7 21. Rxc6 Nc5 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Qa5 dxc4 24. Kg1 Qf6 25. Nd4 Nd3 26. Qf5 Qxf5 ½ : ½ Svidler – 丁立人 (Dīng Lìrén), Grand Prix 2017, fourth stage, Palma de Mallorca 2017. 8. ... Bb7 9. Bg5 Qf5 10. Bd3 Qa5 11. Kf1 Nc6. Not 11. ... Qxc3 on account of 12. Ne2 with a powerful development advantage for White. 12. Rb1 f6 13. Bd2 0-0-0 14. a4 e5 15. c5!? Aronian goes for attack, but his opponent shows coolness: 15. ... Bxc5! Her Majesty will end up quite weirdly placed as the price for the Pawn, but apparently Black had nothing better to do. 16. Rb5 Qa6 17. Rh3

17. ... Bxd4! The pointe of 丁立人 (Dīng Lìrén)’s sharp defence of empire. 18. Be2 Rd6!? Sounder seems 18. ... Ba8 19. Rb2 Qb7 20. cxd4 Nxd4 (Stockfish’s analysis) with three Pawns for the Bishop. 19. Rb1!? It wasn’t easy to assess the consequences of 19. Rb2! which leaves Black with only two Pawns for the Bishop after 19. ... Qa5 20. cxd4 Qd5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 but still plenty of play ahead (22. Nf3 Nd3). Whatever it is, both the candidates decide to content themselves with a draw by repetition. 19. ... Qa5 20. Rb5 Qa6 21. Rb1!? Qa5. 21. ... Bxc3!? was suggested as a way to keep cool, but then 22. Rd3(!) might well be annoying for Black. 22. Rb5 ½ : ½.

Pictured standing (back to the wall) from left are the elected eight: Wesley So, 丁立人 (Dīng Lìrén), Levon Grigori Aronian, Fabiano Caruana, Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Sergey Alexandrovich Karjakin, and Alexander Igorevich Grischuk. Photo: World Chess.