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US Chess Federation (press release), TN
Jan 29 2008
Carlsen and Aronian Win Corus
By Jennifer Shahade
January 28, 2008
17-year-old Magnus Carlsen of Norway and Levon Aronian of Armenia
tied for first in the A Group of Corus Chess 2008 (Wijk aan Zee,
Jan.11-27), with 8/13 each. Their paths to victory were very
different. Carlsen had a bumpy road in the second half, including an
amazing save against Van Wely in round 9 and a loss in round 11
against Anand. He rebounded in the penultimate round against Kramnik
to rise again to the top of the scoreboard. Most of Aronian's action
occured in the first half of the event, as his only decisive game in
the last six games was the following wild tactical win against Loek
Van Wely.
Corus Chess 2008
White: GM_Aronian
Black: GM_van_Wely
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.c5 Nbd7 7.Bd3 e5 8.Nxe5
Nxe5 9.dxe5 Ng4 10.f4 Bxc5 11.Qf3 Qb6 12.Ke2 Nh6 13.h3 Nf5 14.g4 Ne7
15.Rb1 a5 16.e4 Bb7 17.f5 Bd4 18.exd5 Bxe5 19.Be3 Qc7 20.Rbc1 b4
21.dxc6 Bxc6 22.Ne4 Rd8 23.f6 Nd5 24.Rxc6 Qxc6 25.Rc1 Qd7 26.Nd6+
Qxd6 27.Bb5+ Kf8 28.Bc5 Nf4+ 29.Ke1 gxf6 30.Bxd6+ Rxd6 31.Rc8+ Kg7
32.Rxh8 Kxh8 33.Qb7 Kg7 34.Be8 Kh6 35.Qxf7 Ng6 36.Qb3 Nf4 37.Qg8 Rd4
38.h4 Ng2+ 39.Ke2 Nxh4 40.g5+ fxg5 41.Qe6+ 1-0
In the forced line after 24.Rxc6, Black cannot respond to 26.Nd6!
with 26...Bxd6 in view of 27.Qxd5 0-0 (Black does not have to get
mated, but he will lose quickly with his king in the center also,
especially in view of the threat Bb5.) 28.Qg5, mating.
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http://main.uschess.org/content/view/8160 /431/
Jan 29 2008
Carlsen and Aronian Win Corus
By Jennifer Shahade
January 28, 2008
17-year-old Magnus Carlsen of Norway and Levon Aronian of Armenia
tied for first in the A Group of Corus Chess 2008 (Wijk aan Zee,
Jan.11-27), with 8/13 each. Their paths to victory were very
different. Carlsen had a bumpy road in the second half, including an
amazing save against Van Wely in round 9 and a loss in round 11
against Anand. He rebounded in the penultimate round against Kramnik
to rise again to the top of the scoreboard. Most of Aronian's action
occured in the first half of the event, as his only decisive game in
the last six games was the following wild tactical win against Loek
Van Wely.
Corus Chess 2008
White: GM_Aronian
Black: GM_van_Wely
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.c5 Nbd7 7.Bd3 e5 8.Nxe5
Nxe5 9.dxe5 Ng4 10.f4 Bxc5 11.Qf3 Qb6 12.Ke2 Nh6 13.h3 Nf5 14.g4 Ne7
15.Rb1 a5 16.e4 Bb7 17.f5 Bd4 18.exd5 Bxe5 19.Be3 Qc7 20.Rbc1 b4
21.dxc6 Bxc6 22.Ne4 Rd8 23.f6 Nd5 24.Rxc6 Qxc6 25.Rc1 Qd7 26.Nd6+
Qxd6 27.Bb5+ Kf8 28.Bc5 Nf4+ 29.Ke1 gxf6 30.Bxd6+ Rxd6 31.Rc8+ Kg7
32.Rxh8 Kxh8 33.Qb7 Kg7 34.Be8 Kh6 35.Qxf7 Ng6 36.Qb3 Nf4 37.Qg8 Rd4
38.h4 Ng2+ 39.Ke2 Nxh4 40.g5+ fxg5 41.Qe6+ 1-0
In the forced line after 24.Rxc6, Black cannot respond to 26.Nd6!
with 26...Bxd6 in view of 27.Qxd5 0-0 (Black does not have to get
mated, but he will lose quickly with his king in the center also,
especially in view of the threat Bb5.) 28.Qg5, mating.
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http://main.uschess.org/content/view/8160 /431/