Kramnik vs Aronian 2012 / Games 3,4
Updated April 25, 2012
by National Life Master Loal Davis
In Game 3, courage and daring go to Aronian, but the point goes to Kramnik.
This was a splendid fighting game that was a tribute to both players.
Game 4 (see Comments) was a draw.
The match is tied at one game apiece with two draws.
Click on the board to step through the annotated game (Game 3).
There was a Rapids game following the short draw in game 4 which does nothing for the score of the ‘real’ match. HOWEVER – It was an absolutely fearless win by Aronian with the black pieces in a Ruy Lopez (See Comments).
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[Event "Zurich Chess challenge Kramnik vs Aroni"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2012.04.25"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. b3 Be7 13. Rad1 h4 14. Rfe1 Rd8 15. Rxd8+ Kxd8 16. Ne4 b6 17. Bf4 Kc8 18. Neg5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Bd5 20. Nh2 c5 21. Rd1 Bc6 22. c3 a5 23. Ng4 Bd7 24. f3 a4 25. Kf2 1/2-1/2
[Event "Zurich Chess challenge - Rapid game"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2012.04.25"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 Bb6 10. Nbd2 Rb8 11. Qe2 a5 12. a4 b4 13. O-O g5 14. Bg3 O-O 15. Nc4 Ba7 16. Nfd2 h5 17. h3 h4 18. Bh2 Kg7 19. Kh1 Rh8 20. d4 bxc3 21. bxc3 exd4 22. e5 dxc3 23. exf6+ Qxf6 24. f4 cxd2 25. fxg5 Qe6 26. Qd1 Rxb3 27. Qxb3 Ba6 28. Qf3 Bxc4 29. Qxc6 Bd4 30. Bg1 Bxa1 31. Rxa1 Re8 32. g6 Qf6 33. Qxc4 Re1 34. Kh2 Rxa1 35. Bd4 Rh1+ 0-1