GM Radjabov (2751) – GM Aronian (2763) [D43]
Mtel round 3, 10.05.2008
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.0–0 Nbd7 11.Ne5 Bg7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bd6 a6 14.Re1 Bf8 15.Bg3 Bg7 16.Bd6 Bf8 17.Bg3 Bg7 18.e5 c5 19.d5 0–0 20.Bf3 Ra7 21.dxe6 Bxf3 22.exf7+ Rxf7 23.gxf3 Qe8 24.e6 Re7 25.Qd5 Nf6 26.Qxc5 Ra8 27.Qf5 Rd8 28.Rac1 Qc6 29.b3 Rde8 30.a4 Rxe6 31.Rxe6 Qxe6 32.Qxe6+ Rxe6 33.axb5 cxb3 34.Rb1 Nh5 35.bxa6 Rxa6 36.Rxb3 Bxc3 37.Rxc3 Kf7 38.Rc4 Rf6 39.Kg2 Kg6 40.h4 Nf4+ 41.Bxf4 Rxf4 42.Rc6+ Kh5 43.hxg5 hxg5 44.Kg3 Ra4 45.Rf6 Ra3 46.Re6 Ra4 47.Re4 Ra3 48.Rd4 Rb3 49.Kg2 Kg6 50.f4 gxf4 51.Rxf4 Kg5 52.Rf3 Rxf3 53.Kxf3 Kf5 54.Ke3 Ke5 55.f4+ Kf5 56.Kd4 Kxf4 Game drawn ½–½
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Aronian has a very strange style.
Aronian has not started the tournament in the right foot. After 3 rounds, he had lost one game, and drawn two. No win yet. Will this tournament be disastrous to Aronian? If so I wonder why it happens. Ivanchuk was far from his best form lately and suddenly he comes to Sofia and bangs everybody. Bu surprises me with his under form preformance. Radjabov also . And Aronian who was the hero of Amber, where are his tricks now? He seems to be tired and no magic from him. These fluctuations in form are difficult to explain
Don’t do drugs. The guy who drew this picture most definitely disregarded this message.