ARONIAN LACKING GOOD MOOD TO PERFORM PERFECT GAME

Panorama.am
17:42 11/08/2009

Jermuk 2009 "Grand Prix" tournament third round is under way. The
set that attracted the attention of the participants and chess fans
was Cheparinov-Aronian set. Both chess players had 1,5 points and
chaired the tournament.

Note that earlier Aronian had three sets with Cheparinov, two of which
ended in draw and the third one ended with Aronian’s victory. Experts
expected the history to be repeated but both chess players were not in
good mood to perform a perfect game. Their set ended in draw leaving
chess players with 2 points on their actives.

Ivan Cheparinov – Levon Aronian 0,5:0,5 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6
4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. h4
g4 11. Nxg4 Nxg4 12. Qxg4 Qxd4 13. Rd1 Qf6 14. e5 Qf5 15. Qd4 Be7
16. a4 c5 17. Qd2 a6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Qe4+ 20. Be2 Qxg2 21. Nc7+
Kf8 22. Rf1 Ra4 23. Nxe6+ fxe6 24. Qf4+ Kg7 25. Qg4+ Kf7 26. Qf4+
Kg7 27. Qg4+ Kf7 28. Qf4+ 0,5:0,5: