World Cup and Olympic Champion GM Levon Aronian completely crushed World Champion Vladimir Kramnik today by winning both games! The score now is 3-1 in favor of Aronian. Kramnik has to win both games tomorrow just to even up the match.
GM Aronian (2759) – GM Kramnik (2772) [D45]
05.05.2007
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nd5 9.Ne4 Be7 10.Bd2 b6 11.Ng3 0-0 12.e4 Nb4 13.Qb3 c5 14.Bxb4 cxb4 15.0-0 a6 16.Qe3 b5 17.Bd3 Bb7 18.g5 Rc8 19.Rad1 Qb6 20.Bb1 Rfd8 21.h4 Nf8 22.h5 Rc7 23.Qf4 Bd6 24.e5 Be7 25.Be4 Bc8 26.Bb1 Bb7 27.Be4 Bc8 28.Kh2 Rcd7 29.Bb1 Bb7 30.Ne4 Bxe4 31.Bxe4 g6 32.hxg6 Nxg6 33.Qe3 Bf8 34.Kg2 Bg7 35.Rh1 Qb8 36.Rc1 Qa7 37.Rh3 Rxd4 38.Rd1 Nf4+ 39.Kh2 Ne2 40.Rd2 Bxe5+ 41.Nxe5 Qc7 42.Bxh7+ Kf8 43.Rxe2 White wins 1-0
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It is just fantastic! We today saw the new generation rising!
aronian deserves a title shot!!>>he is a favourite in mexico if he qualify
Aronian is doing this to impress Arianne Caoili… wtg Aronian!!
Or maybe Kramnik was distracted by the presence of Arianne…
His wife isn’t there.
Hehehe.
Kramnik and his wife are both there in Yerevan. So is Caoli.
But maybe she went to shooping?
who is Arianne Caoili?
A female chess player that he’s dating.
I guess the beating that Aronian took for dancing with Arianne at that party that turned ugly was worth it afterall.
She appeared to go with him afterwards. Poor GM Gormally…
ok kramnik so here are some players to look out for in your bid to retain your title…
levon…obviously
shirov…is having a revival, playing great chess again
morozevich… has ups and downs, but more ups lately… very unpleasant opponent for vladimir
judit…hmm..what has she got in her magic box..?
who said anand? except for him of course…
Caoili is just NOT that attractive. Hardly worth the brawl. Hormones over brauty, and particularly wisdom.
Is the system not working with names, or is Susan blocking many names? The numbers of anonymous posts suggest the former.
We all got over him but now I feel what a shame it is that Garry quit. Imagine a Kasparov-Aronian match…
ok kramnik so here are some players to look out for in your bid to retain your title…
who said anand? except for him of course…
And about a billion Indians .. of course…
In my estimation Arianne Caoili is trouble. I also spelled her last name correctly Caoili. She plays around with men. The men will get hurt. Best to stay away from her kind. Just my experience. I have been caught by similar women.
Here are some shots of Arianne toward the end of the page.
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3171
She is only 20 years old.
Wel if Lev makes WC then Arianne will want on for the ride.
“Here are some shots of Arianne toward the end of the page.
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3171“
Forget about Caoili. Valquiria Rocha, about halfway down the page, is a knockout!
instead of 38. Nf4+ how about Bxe5.this would have covered kramniks rook and also cut off critical squares for aronians king. kramnik got caught in a viscious counter attack move Rd1. that was a good counter attack but i think kramnik still could have salvaged the position.
Kramnik is regularly written off in times like this. Note his play “up against it” against Leko and Topa in the WC matches. I will bet that he does not collapse, but loses credibly by scoring a win and a draw sunday. I would not read too much in a short, rapids match. I noted earlier that Kram looked tired in the picture. Is the illness coming back?