Sep-03-11 Everett : 19..Bb3!? staying an exchange down to keep a bind on the Q-side. 25..Rxd5!? offering a second exchange to dominate the light squares. All followed by an intricate ending beyond my understanding. I don't know if it is absolutely correct, but it is a pleasure to see that such chess can work!

Sep-03-11 Sydro : Pawns are the pieces I'm scared most of.

Sep-03-11 Ulhumbrus : An alternative to 13 cxb5?! is 13 b3.

After 13 cxb5 Rxb5 Black gains an advantage in space/ If White's Rooks have no scope it becomes easier for Black to offer an exchange sacrifice, or even a double exchange sacrifice. This suggests the question of whether Carlsen can find a way to open files for his Rooks. Instead of 21 Re1, 21 f4 tries to open files for White's Rooks as quickly as possible. Instead of 26 Bh6, 26 f4 tries to open the f file for a Rook.

Sep-03-11 uscfratingmybyear : 65...Bxg3 was a bell ringer, especially in a speed game. 66.Kxg3 and the black pawn goes to d2. 67.Rd3 followed by the beautiful Kt to e3. 67.Rb1 is also answered by Kte3.

Sep-03-11 fisayo123 : Amazing game from Levon.

Sep-03-11 Juninho : Completely shoked. Calculating the position after 25. Bxd5, Bxd5 26. b4 highly unclear to me. Maybe black has better bishops than white rooks, but a counter-attack for an active rook could be a winning. Well missing something relevant or Carlsen was afraid of home analysis?

Sep-03-11 Juninho : Revision: 26. Bd5, Bd5 27. b4 instead 26. Bh6

Sep-03-11 voyager39 : Wonderful game by Levon. He not only got a point for himself, he shocked Carlsen enuff to play 1...b5 against Kramnik in the next game and lose yet again. Its -1 and +1 actually instead of just 0-1!

Sep-03-11 micartouse : Reminds me of that dragon game where Radjabov sacked two exchanges and won some pawns. In modern times, it seems like these players just shrug such games off as if nothing happened. It's the type of game that shoves the gulf in ability between grandmasters and class players in your face.

Sep-04-11 fetonzio : dude, this game is GORGEOUS!

Sep-05-11 Hovik2009 : During the game I thought 28...Be7(making room for the pawn), 29...Qb7(preparing killer battery of queen and bishop on h1-a8 diagonal to attack the white king), 30...f6(releasing the knight by defending e5 pawn and make room for the same knight on f7), 31...Nd8(as said intending to move the knight to f7 to deffend the lone king), was one of the best deffensive-offensive plans ever played by Aronian in long time!

Sep-05-11

whiteshark : Pawns on the roll. Reminds me of Petrosian.

Oct-08-11 notyetagm : Game Collection: ARONIAN: TACTICAL GENIUS <uscfratingmybyear: 65...Bxg3 was a bell ringer, especially in a speed game. 66.Kxg3 and the black pawn goes to d2. 67.Rd3 followed by the beautiful Kt to e3. 67.Rb1 is also answered by Kte3.> Indeed.

Nov-01-11 semivalue : I can feel the heartbeat of the game. Lev has one of the strongest bishop I've seen so far.