Magnus Carlsen’s blunder against Levon Aronian in a simplified endgame.
PGN OF THE GAME:
[Event “Tal Memorial”]
[Site “Moscow RUS”]
[Date “2006.11.12”]
[EventDate “2006.11.06”]
[Round “6”]
[Result “1-0”]
[White “Levon Aronian”]
[Black “Magnus Carlsen”]
[ECO “E15”]
[WhiteElo “2741”]
[BlackElo “2698”]
[PlyCount “147”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Nc6 6. Nbd2 d5
7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. e4 Nb4 9. Qa4+ Qd7 10. Qxd7+ Nxd7 11. Bxa6
Nxa6 12. O-O Nf6 13. a3 c5 14. Re1 Be7 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. b4 cxd4
17. Ndf3 Nb8 18. Nxd4 Nfd7 19. Nef3 O-O 20. Bf4 Nc6 21. Rac1
Nxd4 22. Nxd4 g5 23. Nc6 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 gxf4 25. Rc7 Ne5
26. Rxe7 Nf3+ 27. Kf1 Nxe1 28. Kxe1 a5 29. Rb7 axb4 30. axb4
Rd8 31. f3 Rd3 32. Ke2 Rb3 33. Rxb6 Rb2+ 34. Kd3 Rxh2 35. gxf4
h5 36. Rb5 h4 37. Rh5 h3 38. Kd4 Kf8 39. Ke5 Ke7 40. f5 exf5
41. Kxf5 Rb2 42. Rxh3 Rxb4 43. f4 Rb5+ 44. e5 Kf8 45. Rd3 Rb4
46. Kg5 Kg7 47. Rd7 Rb5 48. Kg4 Kf8 49. Kf5 Kg7 50. Ke4 Rb4+
51. Rd4 Rb1 52. Rd7 Re1+ 53. Kd5 Rd1+ 54. Kc6 Rf1 55. Rd4 Kf8
56. Kd7 Rf2 57. Kd6 Rf1 58. Kd5 Ke7 59. Ra4 f6 60. Ra7+ Kf8
61. Kd6 fxe5 62. Ra8+ Kf7 63. Ra7+ Kf8 64. fxe5 Rd1+ 65. Ke6
Re1 66. Rf7+ Ke8 67. Rh7 Kf8 68. Rh8+ Kg7 69. Rd8 Ra1 70. Ke7
Ra5 71. e6 Ra7+ 72. Rd7 Ra8 73. Rd6 Ra7+ 74. Ke8 1-0
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