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Levon Aronian

2000s – PresentWorld Champion —Peak rating 2830234 games

Armenian-American grandmaster known for creativity, rich positional ideas and success across classical, rapid, blitz and Chess960 formats.

Levon Aronian
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How Aronian plays

Aronian is one of the most creative players of his generation, with a rich positional imagination and a talent for finding unusual resources. He was world number two for years and won the World Cup, the Olympiad with Armenia and many of the strongest tournaments.

What to learn from Aronian

Aronian's games reward players who like ideas: look for the original piece placements and the long-term plans behind them. His play with the black pieces in the Marshall Attack and the Grünfeld is particularly instructive.

A game to play through

Aronian, Levon vs Giri, Anish - TSCT2017 masters 2017 1-0 — the final position. An Aronian win on FoxyChess, full of ideas.

Levon Aronian: the final position
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Na3 Nbd7 9.Rc1 Ne4 10.Be3 Bxa3 11.bxa3 Nd6 12.c5 Nc4 13.Rxc4 dxc4 14.Qc2 h6 15.Qxc4 b6 16.Bf4 Re8 17.Bd6 Bb7 18.Ne5 bxc5 19.dxc5 Nxe5 20.Bxe5 a5 21.Rb1 Ra7 22.Qc3 f6 23.Bd6 Ba8 24.Be4 f5 25.Bc2 Rb7 26.Rd1 Rd7 27.e4 Qf6 28.Qc4 Kh8 29.Re1 Qf7 30.Qd3 f4 31.gxf4 e5 32.Qh3 Rxd6 33.cxd6 Qg6+ 34.Qg3 Qxd6 35.Rd1 Qc5 36.Rd7 Rg8 37.Bb3 exf4 38.Qg6 f3 39.h4 Qc3 40.Bxg8 Qe1+ 41.Kh2 Qxf2+ 42.Kh3 Qf1+ 43.Kg4
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