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Aronian, Levon - Kamsky, Gata 2009.??.??

Nice (blindfold) 105/7

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.h4 Bg7 6.h5 Nxc3 (6... f5 - 38/14) (6... Nc6 - 78/(11))

7.bxc3 c5 8.Qa4+ (8.Qb3!? Qb6 9.Ng5 Qf6 10.h6! Bxh6 11.Nxf7 Bxd2+ 12.Bxd2 Qxf7 13.e4! White has sufficient compensation for material deficit)

8... Qd7 (8... Nc6 9.e3 O-O 10.hxg6 hxg6 11.Qh4 White has the attack) (8... Nd7)

9.Qh4 (9.Qc4 b6 10.Ng5 e6 11.hxg6 hxg6 12.Rxh8+ Bxh8 13.Qh4 Bg7 14.e3 Ba6 equal chances, quiet position)

9... Bf6 10.Qf4 (10.Qc4 b6 11.hxg6 hxg6 12.Rxh8+ Bxh8 13.Ng5 Qf5 14.g4! Qxg5 15.Bg2 White has a moderate advantage)

10... Qf5 (10... Nc6 11.e4 Qg4 12.Qe3 Nb4!? 13.cxb4 Bxa1 14.bxc5 White has sufficient compensation for material deficit)

11.g3?! (11.Qc4 Nc6 12.e4 Qg4 13.d3 b6 14.hxg6 hxg6 15.Rxh8+ Bxh8 16.Bd2 equal chances, quiet position)

11... g5 (11... Nc6 12.Qc4 Be6 13.Qb5 O-O-O 14.Bg2 Kc7 15.Rb1 Bc8 unclear position)

12.Qe3 (12.Qc4 Nc6 13.Bg2 Be6 14.Qb5 O-O 15.Ba3 c4 16.Qxf5 Bxf5 17.Nh2! White has a slight advantage)

12... Nc6 (12... g4?! 13.Nh4 Qxh5 14.Ba3 Nd7 15.Bg2 Rb8 16.Rb1 White has sufficient compensation for material deficit)

13.Bg2 Bd7 (13... Nb4 14.cxb4 Bxa1 15.bxc5 g4 16.Nh4 Qxh5 17.d4 Be6 18.Qd3! Rd8 19.Be3 White has the initiative)

14.h6 Rc8 (14... O-O-O Black has a moderate advantage) (14... Nb4!? 15.cxb4 Bxa1 16.bxc5 Bf6 17.d3 Rc8 Black has a moderate advantage)

15.O-O Rg8? (15... g4 16.Nh4 Qh5 Black has a moderate advantage)

16.Ne1 b6 17.Nd3 Qg6 (17... c4 18.Ne1 Ne5 Black has a moderate advantage)

18.a4 Na5 (18... Nd4! 19.Ra2 Be6 20.Rb2 Nf5 21.Qf3 Nd6 22.e4 Nc4 Black has a moderate advantage)

19.Ne5 Bxe5 20.Qxe5 Qxh6 Black has a moderate advantage 21.d3 Bc6 (21... Qe6! Black has a moderate advantage)

22.Qf5 Rd8 23.Bxc6+ Nxc6 24.a5 (24.f4 gxf4 25.Bxf4 Qg6 26.Qxg6 hxg6 27.Kg2 Rh8 Black has a moderate advantage)

24... Nxa5 25.Rxa5 bxa5 26.Be3 Qc6 27.Rb1 (27.Bxc5 Rd5 28.Qxh7 Qg6 Black has a moderate advantage)

27... Rg6 28.c4 Rh6 29.f3 Qe6? (29... Qd6 30.Kg2 Re6 Black has a decisive advantage)

30.Qxc5 Qh3 31.Qb5+ Kf8 32.Kf2 Re6? (32... Qh2+ 33.Ke1 Qxg3+ 34.Kd2 Rh2 Black has a decisive advantage)

33.Rg1 f6 34.Qb1 (34.Qxa5)

34... Qf5 35.Qc1 a4 36.Rh1 Kg8 37.d4 Rc6 38.c5 Ra6? (38... e5! Black has a decisive advantage)

39.g4 Qd5 40.Qc2 Qf7 41.Rxh7 Qxh7 42.Qc4+ Qf7 (42... Kf8 43.Qxa6 Qh2+ 44.Kf1 Rb8 Black has a decisive advantage)

43.Qxa6 Qb3 44.c6 Qe6?? (44... Qc2! 45.Qb7 Re8 Black has a moderate advantage)

45.c7 White has a decisive advantage Qxa6 46.cxd8=Q+ Kf7 47.d5 Qb5 48.d6 exd6 49.Qxd6 1-0