Vladmir Kramnik's No Castling Chess Attack - Top 10 of the 2010s - Aronian vs. Kramnik, 2018
In the 2018 Candidates' tournaments, Vladimir Kramnik made one last run at the World Chess Champion title. In his game against Levon Aronian, he started hot with a fantastic strategic and tactical victory in the Berlin Defense!
Top 10 Games of the 2010s
- #1: Aronian vs. Anand, 2013 (blog)
- #2: Wei Yi vs. Bruzon Bautista, 2015 (blog)
- #3: Alphazero vs. Stockfish, 2017 (blog)
- #4: Aronian vs. Kramnik, 2018
- #5: Carlsen vs. Karjakin, 2013 (blog)
- #6: Gelfand vs. Nakamura, 2010 (blog)
- #7: Dubov vs. Giri, 2019 (blog)
- #8: Bai Jinshi vs. Ding Liren, 2017 (blog)
- #9: Aronian vs. Carlsen, 2017 (blog)
- #10: Firouzja vs. Zarkovic, 2019 (blog)
Lessons:
- Watch for these ...Rg8 and ...g5 ideas! They are all the rage!
- h3 can be a hook for the opponent's attack.
My brief annotations are below.
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