Viswanathan Anand vs Levon Aronian

The Game

White	Viswanathan Anand
Black	Levon Aronian
Result	0-1
Event	Tata Steel India Blitz
Site	Kolkata IND
Round	9.1
Date	2018.11.13
Opening	Ruy Lopez, Closed (C84)
Moves	38

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Final Position

The position after the last move · 0-1

r5k1/8/3p4/1p1Pp3/1P4n1/PQ1P2q1/5R2/3N1K2 w - - 6 39

All The Moves

1. 1.e4 e5
2. 2.Nf3 Nc6
3. 3.Bb5 a6
4. 4.Ba4 Nf6
5. 5.O-O Be7
6. 6.d3 b5
7. 7.Bb3 d6
8. 8.a3 O-O
9. 9.Nc3 Na5
10. 10.Ba2 Be6
11. 11.b4 Bxa2
12. 12.Rxa2 Nc6
13. 13.Bg5 Nd7
14. 14.Bd2 Nf6
15. 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16. 16.exd5 Nb8
17. 17.c4 Nd7
18. 18.Qb3 f5
19. 19.Rc2 Bf6
20. 20.Be3 g5
21. 21.h3 h5
22. 22.cxb5 g4
23. 23.hxg4 hxg4
24. 24.Nh2 axb5
25. 25.Rfc1 Bg5
26. 26.Rxc7 g3
27. 27.Nf1 gxf2+
28. 28.Kxf2 Bxe3+
29. 29.Nxe3 Qh4+
30. 30.Ke2 f4
31. 31.Nd1 f3+
32. 32.gxf3 Rxf3
33. 33.Rc8+ Rf8
34. 34.Rxa8 Qh2+
35. 35.Ke1 Rxa8
36. 36.Rc2 Qg3+
37. 37.Rf2 Nf6
38. 38.Kf1 Ng4

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