1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d5 9.d3
[9.exd5 Nxd5 (9...e4 10.dxc6 exf3 11.g3 Re8 12.d4 Bg4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nd2 Qd6 16.h3 Bh5 17.Qc2 Bg5 18.Ne4 Qxc6 19.Nxg5 hxg5 20.Qf5 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Re8 22.Re5 Rxe5 23.dxe5 1-0 Nakamura,H (2741)-Short,N (2680)/London ENG 2010 (34)) 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Qh5 18.Qf1 (18.a4 Re6 19.axb5 axb5 20.Nf1 Bf5 21.Qd2 Bh3 22.Bd1 Qg6 23.Bf3 Qf5 24.Bh1 Rfe8 25.Re2 h5 26.Qc2 Qg4 27.Ree1 h4 28.Qd1 Qf5 29.Qf3 Qg6 0-1 Shirov,A (2730)-Aronian,L (2773)/Bilbao 2009/CBM 132/[Ftacnik]) 18...Re7 (18...Re6 19.f3 Nxe3 20.Qf2 Nd5 21.fxg4 Qxg4 22.Qf3 Qg5 23.Rxe6 fxe6 24.Ne4 Qg6 25.Qd3 h5 26.Bc2 Bf4 27.Re1 h4 1-0 Jakovenko,D (2760)-Bacrot,E (2721)/Dortmund 2009/CBM 131/[Mueller,Karsten] (81)) 19.a4 Rfe8 20.axb5 axb5 21.Bxd5 Qxd5 22.Qg2 Qxg2+ 23.Kxg2 h5 1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2810)-Aronian,L (2805)/Wijk aan Zee NED 2011 (34)]
9...dxe4 10.dxe4 Qxd1 11.Bxd1!=
[11.Rxd1?! Nxe4 12.Bd5 (12.Nbd2 Nxd2 13.Bxd2 Rd8=/+) 12...Rd8-/+]
11...Bc5
[11...Rd8 12.Bc2 Bg4 13.Nbd2 Nd7 14.h3 Be6 15.Nf1 Nc5 16.Be3 Nd3 17.Reb1 Nf4 18.Kh2 f6 19.Ne1 Na5 20.Nd2 c5 21.Rd1 g5 22.Nb3 Nb7 23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Rd1 Rxd1 25.Bxd1 c4 26.Nc1 Nc5 1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K (2647)-Aronian,L (2606)/Istanbul 2003/CBM 096 (63)]
12.h3
[=12.Bg5]
12...Re8N
[12...Bb7 13.Bc2 a5 14.Bg5 Nd7 15.Nbd2 f6 16.Be3 Rfd8 17.Nf1 a4 18.Red1 Bxe3 19.Nxe3 Nb6 Johannsen,I (2105)-Ljubarskij,J (2299)/Bad Bevensen 2005/EXT 2007/1/2-1/2 (63)]
13.a4 b4 14.a5 Bb7 15.Nbd2 Rad8
[15...bxc3 16.bxc3 Na7 17.Ba4=; 15...Rab8 16.Bc2 h6 17.Nb3 Bf8 18.Be3=]
16.Ba4 Rd3 17.Bc2 Rdd8 18.Nc4 Nh5 19.Be3 Bxe3 20.Rxe3
[20.Nxe3 Nf4 21.Bb3 Nd3 22.Reb1 bxc3 23.bxc3 Nc5 24.Bd5 Ba8=]
20...bxc3 21.bxc3 Nf4 22.g3 Ne6 23.Nfxe5 Nxe5 24.Nxe5 Nc5
[24...Ng5 25.Rb1 Ba8 26.Nf3 Nxf3+ 27.Rxf3 Rxe4 28.Bb3 Re7 29.Rf4=]
25.Nd3 Nxe4 26.Rae1 Kf8
[26...Kf8 27.Ba4 Re6 28.Bb3 Ree8 29.Bc2 h6 30.g4 Ng5 31.Rxe8+ Rxe8 32.Rxe8+ Kxe8 33.Nc5 Bc8 34.Kh2 Nf3+ 35.Kg3=; 26...Nd6? 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.Rxe8+ Nxe8 29.Nc5+/=]
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