[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?! { (-0.65 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. h6 was best. } (8... h6 9. c3 g5 10. b4 Bd6 11. Nbd2 Qe6 12. Nh2 g4 13. h4 g3 14. fxg3 Rxg3 15. Qe2) 9. c3?! { (0.00 → -0.56) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } (9. Nc3 g5 10. Nxe5 g4 11. d4 Bd6 12. g3 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. h4 Bd7 15. Be3 O-O-O) 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?? { (-0.53 → -3.03) Blunder. Qd3 was best. } (18. Qd3 Rd8 19. Qe3 Bc4 20. Rg1 Bd3 21. Re1 Rg6 22. Kh2 b6 23. a4 Re6 24. Qg5 Qxg5) 18... f5 19. Bg5? { (-2.90 → -5.22) Mistake. Kh2 was best. } (19. Kh2 f4 20. Qd1 Rf8 21. Nd2 Qd6 22. Qe1 Qe5 23. Rg1 O-O-O 24. Nf1 Rd3 25. Rg2 Kb8) 19... Rxg5 20. hxg5 f4 21. Qd1? { (-4.21 → -8.33) Mistake. Kg1 was best. } (21. Kg1 fxg3 22. fxg3 Qxg5 23. Qc2 O-O-O 24. Qc1 Qe5 25. Qe3 Nxg3 26. Nd2 Nxf1 27. Nxf1 Rf8) 21... Rd8 22. Qc1 fxg3 23. Na3 Rd3 24. Rd1? { (-7.70 → 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