Armenian GM Levon Aronian defeated Russian GM Sergey Karjakin in a playoff match thus winning the Superbet Rapid & Blitz Grand Chess Tour in Bucharest. With his victory Aronian secured a spot in the London playoffs next month. In this video I am covering that second playoff rapid game! In the end of the video as usual you can solve the daily puzzle!
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Levon Aronian vs Sergey Karjakin
Superbet Rapid & Blitz 2019 round 29-tb2
C53 Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Be2 Rae8 16. O-O h6 17. Rae1 Qd6 18. Bc1 Ba5 19. Qd2 Re4 20. Bd1 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Rxd4 22. Qc2 Rc4 23. Ba3 Bb4 24. Qd3 Rxf3 25. Qxf3 Bxa3 26. Re8+ Kh7 27. Qf5+
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