[Event "FIDE Candidates 2018"] [Site "Berlin GER"] [Date "2018.03.12"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2794"] [BlackElo "2800"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C65"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 { C65 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense } 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Qe7 7. h3 Rg8 8. Kh1 Nh5 9. c3?! { (-0.25 → -0.80) Inaccuracy. Bg5 was best. } (9. Bg5 f6 10. Bd2 Qf7 11. b4 Be7 12. a4 g5 13. Nh2 Nf4 14. b5 cxb5 15. axb5 h5) 9... g5 10. Nxe5 g4 11. d4 Bd6 12. g3 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. Qd4 Qe7 15. h4 c5 16. Qc4 Be6 17. Qb5+ c6 18. Qa4?? { (-0.87 → -3.30) Blunder. Qd3 was best. } (18. Qd3 Rd8 19. Qe3 Bc4 20. Rg1 Rg6 21. Qe1 Bd3 22. Bg5 Bxe4+ 23. Kh2 f6 24. Be3 f5) 18... f5 19. Bg5?? { (-2.91 → -5.86) Blunder. Kh2 was best. } (19. Kh2 f4 20. Qd1 Rf8 21. Qe2 Qf6 22. Nd2 Qe5 23. Rg1 O-O-O 24. Nf1 fxg3+ 25. Nxg3 Rf3) 19... Rxg5 20. hxg5 f4 21. Qd1? { (-4.77 → -8.26) Mistake. Kh2 was best. } (21. Kh2 Qxg5) 21... Rd8 22. Qc1 fxg3 23. Na3 Rd3 24. Rd1? { (-8.10 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kg1 was best. } (24. Kg1 Qd6) 24... Bd5 25. f3 gxf3 26. exd5 Qe2 27. Re1 g2+ { White resigns. } 0-1