Final position after 31.Nf5
GM Grischuk (2726) – GM Aronian (2750) [C88]
15.09.2007
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.c3 Bf6 12.Nbd2 Nf4 13.Ne4 Nxd3 14.Nxf6+ gxf6 15.Re4 Nxc1 16.Rg4+ Kh8 17.Qxc1 Ne7 18.Bc2 Rg8 19.Qh6 Ng6 20.Nh4 Qf8 21.Qh5 Qe8 22.Re1 Rd8 23.Bf5 Bc8 24.Bxc8 Rxc8 25.Nf5 Qd7 26.Ree4 Rcd8 27.Kh2 Qd1 28.Nh6 Rg7 29.Nf5 Rgg8 30.Nh6 Rg7 31.Nf5 Game drawn ½–½
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Susan: with the rook on g8…what happens if Qh6 with the idea Rh4?
I am not absolutely sure,but looks like a dangerous mate attack.How can Aronian survive?I cannot see a good line for him.Am I wrong?
I think that the problem is that white has no time for it.
when the queen is on h5 and black queen on d1, rh4 allows the exchange, and if white plays qh6 first, black can chase him with Qd2.
Any attempt to block the queen with f4 or ne3 also ruins white attacking ideas
I think that if white tries 31.. rg8 32. f3 then 32.. rd2 33. rh4 rg2+ is too strong since 34. kg2 allows either nf4+ and the Q goes, or simply nh4+.
Black has too much counter attack in case white tries to deliver his rh4 plan.
Q h6 won’t work for a simple reason … the black queen comes back on d7, ready to eat the horse ! but if white plays pawn f3, then the mate is possible …