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Vladimir Kramnik vs Levon Aronian 2012 Match Game 3 - Four Knights: Scotch (C47) (Chessworld.net)

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â–ºPlaylists: http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/playlistvideosstructure.asp â–ºKingscrusher's Greatest Hit Videos! : http://tinyurl.com/6vvx6qe â–ºPlay FREE online chess at http://www.chessworld.net or realtime at http://www.chesscube.com Features a Queen Sacrifice! Chess World.net: Kramnik vs Aronian 2012 Match - Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation. Accepted (C47) [Event "Kramnik vs Aronian"] [Site "1:00:33-0:56:33"] [Date "2012.04.23"] [Round "3"] [White "V Kramnik"] [Black "L Aronian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C47"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2820"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2012.04.20"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bc5 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Qd2 O-O 8. O-O-O Re8 9. f3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 (10... Rxe3 11. Qxe3) 11. Bg5 (11. Nxc6 Bxe3 12. Nxd8 Bxd2+ 13. Rxd2 Re1+ 14. Rd1 Rxd1+ 15. Kxd1 Nxc3+ 16. bxc3) 11... Nxc3 (11... Nde7 12. Nxc6 Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Nxc6 (13... bxc6 14. Bc4)) (11... Nf6 12. Nxc6 Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2 bxc6 14. Bc4) (11... f6 12. Bc4 Nxd4 13. Nxd5 Be6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Bxe6+ Rxe6 18. Rxd4 Rxa2 19. Kb1) (11... Qd7 12. Nxc6 bxc6) (11... Qd6 12. Ndb5 Qe5 13. Nxd5) 12. Bxd8 Nxd1 13. Bxc7 ( 13. c3 Rxd8 14. Kxd1 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Rxd4 16. Bd3 Bf5) (13. c3 Rxd8 14. Qxd1 (14. Kxd1) 14... Nxd4 15. cxd4 Rxd4 16. Qc2 Be6 17. b3 Rd6 18. Qe4 Bd5) (13. Bh4 Nxd4 14. Kxd1 Be6 15. Bd3 Bxa2 16. b3 a5) 13... Bxc7 (13... Bxd4 14. Qxd1 Be6 15. Bb5 Bf6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Re1 Rac8) 14. Nxc6 Ne3 (14... bxc6 15. Qxd1 Be6 16. Qd2) 15. Bb5 (15. Nb4 Bf4 16. Nd3 Bh6 17. f4 Bf5 18. g3 Rac8) 15... bxc6 ( 15... Bf5 16. Nd4 Bf4 17. Bxe8 Nxg2 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Qxf4 Nxf4 20. Nxf5) 16. Bxc6 Nc4 17. Qd4 Be6 18. Bxa8 Bb6 19. Qd3 Rxa8 20. Re1 Rd8 21. Qe4 g5 (21... h6 ) (21... h6 22. c3) 22. c3 Bc5 23. Re2 h6 24. g3 a5 25. f4 a4 26. f5 Bd5 27. Qd3 Bb6 28. b3 axb3 29. axb3 Na5 30. Re8+ (30. c4 Bxc4) (30. Qb5 Nxb3+ 31. Kc2 Bc5 32. Re5 Kh7 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Qxb3) 30... Rxe8 31. Qxd5 Rd8 32. Qb5 Rd6 33. Kc2 Kg7 34. b4 Nb7 35. c4 Rf6 36. g4 (36. c5 Bxc5 37. bxc5 Nd8 38. Qe8 Nc6 39. g4) 36... Nd8 37. c5 Bc7 38. Qd7 Nc6 39. b5 (39. Qxc7 Nxb4+ 40. Kb3 Nc6) (39. Qxc7 Nxb4+ 40. Kb3 Nc6 41. Qg3 Na5+ 42. Kb4 Nc6+ 43. Kc4 Na5+ 44. Kb5 Nc6 45. Qc3 Na7+ 46. Kb4 Nc6+ 47. Ka4 Na7 48. Qa1) 39... Na7 40. Qxc7 Nxb5 41. Qe5 Na7 42. Kd3 1-0 â–ºSubscribe for my regular chess videos: http://goo.gl/zpktUK â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq Thumbnail: Kramnik vs Aronian Kramnik Barnos at German Wikipedia [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or CC BY-SA 3.0 de (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons Aronian By Andreas Kontokanis (http://www.flickr.com/photos/karpidis/6319418131/) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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