Improve Your Chess Pattern Recognition by International Master Arthur van de Oudeweetering

Author:International Master Arthur van de Oudeweetering
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9789056915421
Publisher: New in Chess
Published: 2014-11-14T05:00:00+00:00

Exercise 14

Solution 14

Levon Aronian

Simen Agdestein

Stavanger 2014

30...Rb4!

A silent sacrifice that remarkably took absolute world top player Aronian by surprise. It allows Black to fight for the b-file.

31.Bxb4

After the game Aronian admitted he had missed 30...Rb4 and that ‘Taking on b4 was completely ridiculous’. This should be a clear assessment of White’s last move, which is of course not bad in the sense that it loses immediately. Anyway, Black has easy play, since the white rooks remained passive.

31...axb4 32.Qb2 Bxd5 33.cxd5 Nb6 34.Rbc1 Na4

Agdestein directs his knight to c3 right away, allowing White to return material and simplify the position.

35.Qd2 Nc3 36.Rxc3 bxc3 37.Qxc3 Rxa2+ 38.Rd2

and shortly after the game was drawn:

38...Rxd2+ 39.Qxd2 Qb6 40.Bc4 g5 41.Kg2 ½-½

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