Sosa, Tomas(2515)
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Aronian, Levon(2729)
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bc4d64.d4Nf65.dxe5dxe56.Qxd8+Nxd87.Nc3Bd68.Bg5c69.a4Ne610.O-O-OBc711.Bh4Nh512.Ne2f613.Nd2Nc514.f3g515.Bf2Nxa416.g4Nf417.Nxf4gxf418.Bb3Nb619.Bh4Rf820.g5fxg521.Bxg5Nd7?!Too passive. Now White's pieces take over.21...a5!22.Nc4Nc523.Nd6+Bxd624.Rxd6...Without the bishop pair as compensation, Black simply lags in development. The e5-pawn is also more susceptible to attack than the f3-pawn, too.24....Nxb3+25.cxb3Kf726.Rh6Rg827.h4!...White can ping-pong between the weak e5- and h7-pawns to keep Black tied up forever.27....Rg6?!27...Bd728.Rd1Bh329.Rxh7+Rg730.Rh6Rg6is Black's best defensive effort.31.Rxg6Kxg632.Rd6+Kh733.Kd2±28.Rxh7+Rg729.Rh8!Rg830.Rxg8Kxg831.Bf6...The e-pawn falls!31....Be632.Rg1+Kh733.Rg7+Kh634.Rxb7Rg835.Bxe5Rg1+36.Kd2Rg2+37.Ke1Rc238.Bxf4+Kh539.Rh7+Kg6White now uses the threat of the outside passer to convert into a won minor piece endgame.40.Rh6+Kf741.Be5Bxb342.h5Rc543.Bd4Rc244.Rf6+Kg845.h6Kh746.Rd6c547.Be3Rh248.Rd7+Kg649.Rg7+Kf650.Rxa7Bc451.h7Bf752.Ra6+Kg753.Rh6!?Rxh654.Bxh6+Kxh7Imagine having the ability to know which two-pawn-ahead opposite-colored bishops endgames are won.55.Be3c456.Kf2+−...White demonstrates why this particular position is won with unassailable technique:56....Bh557.Kg3Kg758.f4Kf659.Bd4+Ke660.f5+Kd661.Kf4Bd162.Bc3Bc263.e5+Kd564.Kg5Bd165.e6Kd666.Kf6...White's plan is to center the king, such that Black's bishop will be unable to defend the c-pawn while making threats on the f5-pawn. As such, either White gains a third passer or Black loses the activity needed to keep the central passers from advancing.66....Bg467.Bb4+Kc668.Ke51-0 White wins.1-0