[Event "2023 U.S. Chess Championship"] [Site "Saint Louis, United States"] [Date "2023.10.16"] [Round "10.4"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Shankland, Sam"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2742"] [BlackElo "2711"] [Annotator "GM Elshan Moradiabadi"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C54"] [Opening "Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/Q3zMf6GZ/EvtoSay5"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Re1 Ba7 8. Bb3 h6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Rxe3 O-O 11. Nbd2 d5 12. h3 { [#] } 12... Be6? { Even the experts blunder. } 13. Nxe5! Nxe5 14. exd5 Neg4 15. hxg4 Bxg4 16. f3 Bf5 17. Qe1 Bg6 18. c4 { A pawn is a pawn. Despite a number of mistakes by both sides, Aronian converted his advantage. } 18... c6 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Ne4 Qd4 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Qf2 a5 23. f4 a4 24. Bxa4 Rxa4 25. f5 c5 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. a3 Ra7 28. Rf1 Kg7 29. Re6 Qxd3 30. Qxc5 Rb7 31. Rd6 Qe2 32. b4 Re7 33. b5 h5 34. a4 Re4 35. Rd7+ Rf7 36. Rxf7+ Kxf7 37. Qa7+ Re7 38. Qf2 Qe5 39. a5 f5 40. a6 Qc7 41. b6 Qxc4 42. b7 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0