Must Win Game! Aronian Sacrifices His Knight On Move 15

September 21, 2017 NHaselton Chess Lectures

Chess with SurenThu, September 21, 2017 3:24pmURL:
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Aronian, Levon – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
FIDE World Cup 2017 round 12-2
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. Ng3 a6 9. a4 h5 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. Qd2 exd5 12. cxd5 Nh7 13. Bh6 h4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bc4 hxg3 16. hxg3 Rh8 17. e5 Qe7 18. O-O-O Nd7 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. Ne4 Qe5 21. d6 g5 22. Rhe1 b5 23. Bd5 Rb8 24. f4 Qd4 25. Qe2 Qb4 26. Qh5
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Video Icon Attribution: By Georgios1972 (Levon Aronian) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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