[Event "CCT2024-Event1-Div2-KO"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2024.02.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Lang,JJ"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense"]
[Source "https://lichess.org/study/KkITMFGZ/x0gcSveh"]
[Orientation "white"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Bd3 exd4 9. cxd4 Bg4 10. d5 Ne5 11. Be2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 O-O 13. Nc3 Re8 14. Re1 c6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Bf4 Qa5 17. Rc1 Rad8 18. h3 h5 19. Be2 { The opening has gone
better for Aronian this time, as he controls the breaks in the center. } 19... d5 20. exd5?! { And, as such, gives Anton the opportunity to go wrong. } (20. Bd2! Qb6 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Qc2) 20... Nxd5 21. Bd2 (21. Nxd5 Rxd5 { and now White is worse due to } 22. Qc2 Nd3! $17 { thanks to the queen's
pressure on the e1-rook, having not been initially kicked with the important
intermezzo 20. Bd2!. }) 21... Nxc3 22. Bxc3? { This sort of messy,
materialistic imbalance, tactics-rich position is Aronian's element. } 22... Nf3+! 23. Bxf3 Rxd1 24. Rexd1 (24. Bxa5 Rexe1+ 25. Bxe1 Rxc1 { was the point! }) 24... Bxc3 25. bxc3 Re6 { Black has a winning material edge. } 26. Rc2 Rf6 27. c4 Qc5 28. Rd3 a5 29. g3 Qf5 30. Rcc3 Qxh3 31. c5 Qe6 32. Kg2 Qxa2 33. Rd6 Rf5 34. Rxc6 g5 35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. c6 Qd2 37. Rc4 Rxf3 38. Kxf3 Qd3+ { 0-1 Black wins. } 0-1