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GAMES
Hello to all my friends once again. In this section I will try to bring you some interesting games I have lately seen. This section will not necessary be full of my own games, although they might appear sometimes. If you have some very cool games that you want to share, don't hesitate to send me an e-mail... Enjoy the game!
World Juniors Chess Championship 2000
Yerevan (Armenia), September 20th, 2000
Round 2
(4) Aronian Levon [GM ARM 2551] - (45) Goldenberg Danny [FM CAN 2310]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. Nf3 c6
While preparing for the game in the room, we (me and my coach - Kalinin Alexander [IM RUS]) sow that Levon has always the tendency to put his bishop on g2 and therefore prepared a small surprise... For the first time, I "betrayed" King's Indian defense.
6. d4 d5 7. Qb3 ... Oups. This passive variation was the only one we
left out in our preparation.
7. ... d:c4?! Already a first small mistake. The best continuation for black in this
position is Qb6!
8. Qc4 Nbd7?! The main idea in this position is to trade at least one knight to get more
space for black pieces. Therefore, the right move would be Bf5!?
9. 0-0 Nb6 10. Qd3 Be6 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. b3 Bh3 13. Bh1 Qf5 14. e4 Qh5 The result of a
mistake, done on the 8th move, was a totally wrong plan and now white gets a dominating
position that might be close to almost winning...
15. Ne2! ... I completely forgot about this move when I played my 8th move...
15. ... Bg4!? 16. a4? ... After my few earlier mistakes, Levon decided to take the game
easy and played this move very quickly. A simple 16. Nf4 would leave white with a huge
positional advantage.
16. ... e5! Finely! That is my zone... I leave the reader calculate
all the possible variations.
17. d:e5 Nfd7 18. Ra2! Ne5 19. Ne5 Be5!? 20. f3 Be6 21. Rc2 Nd7! 22. Qe3 Rad8 23. Ba3 Nc5!
Going once again for the complication that at the end should be favorable for black.
24. Rcd2 Rd2 25. Rd2 Nb3 26. Rd3 ...
26. ... Bc7? And now, when most of the work was done, black just had
to play 26. ... c5! to unsure at least a draw. White bishop on h1 makes all the
difference...
27. Bf8 Bb6 28. Qb6!! ... I think it is excusable to "forget" about this move in
a small time pressure. After the game, when Levon told me he was really lucky to win, I
just answered that Qb6 was so nice, and therefore everything is "forgiven".
28. ... a:b6 29. Rd8 ... Now I either get checkmated or lose my queen after Nf4.
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