Levon Aronian vs Magnus Carlsen

Meltwater Tour Final 2021 · King's Pawn Opening · 1-0 in 40 moves

The Game

White Levon Aronian
Black Magnus Carlsen
Result 1-0
Event Meltwater Tour Final 2021
Site chess24.com INT
Round 8.1
Date 2021.10.03
Opening King's Pawn Opening (B00)
Moves 40
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

k2r1Q2/pppN4/8/1P1p3Q/P3p2P/6PK/3q4/4nR2 b - - 0 40

All The Moves

  1. 1.e4 Nc6
  2. 2.d4 d5
  3. 3.e5 Bf5
  4. 4.c3 e6
  5. 5.Bd3 Nge7
  6. 6.Ne2 h5
  7. 7.Bg5 Qd7
  8. 8.h4 Bxd3
  9. 9.Qxd3 Nf5
  10. 10.Nd2 Be7
  11. 11.Bxe7 Ncxe7
  12. 12.Nf3 O-O-O
  13. 13.a4 Ng6
  14. 14.g3 f6
  15. 15.b4 Kb8
  16. 16.O-O Rhf8
  17. 17.Kh2 Qf7
  18. 18.Neg1 Nh6
  19. 19.Rae1 Ng4+
  20. 20.Kg2 fxe5
  21. 21.dxe5 Qe8
  22. 22.Nh3 Rf5
  23. 23.Nhg5 N6xe5
  24. 24.Nxe5 Nxe5
  25. 25.Qd4 Nc6
  26. 26.Qd3 Rf6
  27. 27.b5 Na5
  28. 28.Qh7 e5
  29. 29.Qxg7 Rf5
  30. 30.Qh7 Rf8
  31. 31.f4 e4
  32. 32.f5 Qe5
  33. 33.f6 Qxc3
  34. 34.f7 Nc4
  35. 35.Ne6 Qd2+
  36. 36.Kh3 Ne5
  37. 37.Nxf8 Nf3
  38. 38.Nd7+ Ka8
  39. 39.Qxh5 Nxe1
  40. 40.f8=Q

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