[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: This Week's ChessBase Show: Aronian - Anand, Morelia/Linares 2007

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
This Week's ChessBase Show: Aronian - Anand, Morelia/Linares 2007
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1213160214.shtml


   We continue our series on the up-and-comers of today with a look at a
   player who, though still young, isn't a child prodigy. Nevertheless,
   the rise of Levon Aronian to the upper echelons of world chess has
   been dramatic the last 2-3 years, and he probably has as good a shot
   as anyone to become a world champion sometime the next few years.
   In support of this claim, we'll look at his win over the current world
   champion, Viswanathan Anand, from the 2007 Morelia/Linares tournament.
   This game has been ranked highly in various 2007 game of the year
   contests, and with very good reason. Aronian developed what had been
   thought an innocuous opening approach into a strategically dangerous
   idea, outplayed Anand in the early endgame, and then devised an
   incredibly deep sacrificial idea where his rook and split passers were
   more valuable than Black's rook and two minor pieces! Start to finish,
   it's a great effort by Aronian, and the theoretical significance along
   with the brilliant combination referred to above make this a game very
   much worth seeing.
   Since watching is free, there's all the more reason to join me this
   Wednesday night (today, for many of you) at 9 p.m. ET on the
   playchess.com server. (Further directions are [1]here.) Hope to see
   you there!

References

   1. http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1114234449.shtml