[Event "Ch World (cadets) (under 12)"]
[Site "Bratislava (Slovakia)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxim Sitnik"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.a3 d6 7.h3
Be6 8.O-O Nxe4 9.Nxe4 d5 10.Bb5 dxe4 11.dxe4 Nd4 12.Bd3 Bd6
13.Ng5 Bd7 14.Bc4 h6 15.c3 hxg5 16.cxd4 exd4 17.Qxd4 b5 18.Bd5
Bxh3 19.Qe3 Be6 20.Bxa8 Qxa8 21.e5 Be7 22.Qg3 g4 23.Be3 Qe4
24.Rfe1 Qc2 25.b4 Qd3 26.Bxa7 Qg6 27.Bc5 Bxc5 28.bxc5 Rd8
29.Rad1 Rxd1 30.Rxd1 Qc2 31.Rd8+ Kh7 32.Qd3+ Qxd3 33.Rxd3 c6
34.Rd6 Kg6 35.Rxc6 Kf5 36.Rb6 Ke4 37.Rxb5 Kd5 38.Kh2 Kc6
39.Rb6+ Kxc5 40.Rxe6 fxe6 41.Kg3 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Bratislava"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Slobodan Munizaba"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.d3 Be7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Qe1 a6 9.a4 Qc7 10.Bd2 Rd8 11.e5 dxe5 12.fxe5 Nd5 13.Qg3
Nd4 14.Nxd4 Nxc3 15.bxc3 cxd4 16.cxd4 Rxd4 17.Qf2 Bf8 18.Ba5
Qd7 19.Bxe6 Qxe6 20.Qxd4 Bd7 21.Bb4 Bxb4 22.Qxb4 Bc6 23.Qf4
Rc8 24.c4 Qg6 25.Qg3 Qe6 26.Rf6 Qe7 27.Raf1 Qc5+ 28.Kh1 Be8
29.e6 fxe6 30.Qg5 Qb4 31.Qa5 Qa3 32.Rf8+ Qxf8 33.Rxf8+ Kxf8
34.Qb4+ Kg8 35.Qxb7 Rd8 36.Qb6 Rxd3 37.Qxe6+ Kf8 38.Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Bratislava"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ngo Ngoc Quang"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nc3 c6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Nf3
O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.b3 Ne4 10.Bb2 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.exf3 Nxc3
13.Bxc3 Qb6 14.Rc1 Nxd4 15.Qd3 e6 16.Rfd1 Nf5 17.f4 Rac8 18.g4
Nd6 19.Be5 f5 20.Qe2 Ne4 21.gxf5 Bxe5 22.Rxc8 Rxc8 23.Bxe4
Bxf4 24.fxe6 dxe4 25.Qxe4 Bg5 26.e7 Qc6 27.Qg4 Bxe7 28.Rd7 Rc7
29.Rd3 Qc1+ 30.Kh2 Qe1 31.Rg3 Bd6 32.h4 0-1

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Bratislava"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Iroda Khamrakulova"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.f3 h6 5.Bh4 e6 6.e4 Be7 7.e5
Nh5 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Nge2 g5 10.Qd3 Nb6 11.g4 Ng7 12.Ng3 h5
13.Be2 Bd7 14.Qe3 hxg4 15.fxg4 O-O-O 16.O-O Rh4 17.b3 Rdh8
18.Rf2 Be8 19.a4 Nd7 20.Raf1 Nf8 21.Bf3 Ng6 22.Nce2 R8h7 23.c4
Qd8 24.Qd2 Kb8 25.Rc1 Bc6 26.Nf1 Rh3 27.Nfg3 Qh8 28.Nf1 Nh4
29.Bh1 Rxb3 30.cxd5 exd5 31.Qc2 Rb6 32.Bxd5 Ne6 33.Bxe6 fxe6
34.Qxh7 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Bratislava"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nawrose Farh Nur"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.Be3
O-O 8.Bb3 Ng4 9.Qd2 Nxe3 10.fxe3 Nc6 11.O-O-O Bd7 12.Rdf1 Ne5
13.h3 Rc8 14.g4 h6 15.Qe2 Kh8 16.Rhg1 e6 17.Rf2 Qa5 18.Kb1 a6
19.Rgf1 b5 20.Qd2 Kg8 21.Nde2 Qb6 22.Nd1 a5 23.a3 b4 24.axb4
axb4 25.Qd4 Qa5 26.Qxd6 Ra8 27.c3 Bb5 28.Nf4 Bxf1 29.Rxf1 bxc3
30.bxc3 Rfb8 31.Rf2 Rxb3+ 32.Rb2 Rxb2+ 33.Nxb2 Qa1+ 34.Kc2
Qxb2+ 0-1

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Bratislava"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "A Zabojlovich"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 e6 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bc4 Be7 6.d3 Nf6 7.O-O b6
8.Qe1 a6 9.a4 Nd7 10.Be3 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.f5 exf5 13.Nd5 Qd8
14.exf5 Nce5 15.Nxe5 dxe5 16.Qg3 Kf8 17.Nxe7 Qxe7 18.Rde1 f6
19.c3 Qd6 20.d4 Re8 21.dxc5 Nxc5 22.Rd1 Qc7 23.Bd5 Bxd5
24.Rxd5 Kf7 25.a5 Nd7 26.Rfd1 Rd8 27.Qg4 bxa5 28.Kh1 Nb8
29.Rxd8 Rxd8 30.Rxd8 Qxd8 31.Qc4+ Ke8 32.Qg8+ Kd7 33.Qe6+ Kc7
34.Bb6+ 1-0

[Event "WYFWC Szeged B12(8)"]
[Site "WYFWC Szeged B12(8)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.d5 Bxf3 7.gxf3
Ne5 8.Be2 Ned7 9.c4 g6 10.Nc3 Bg7 11.Be3 O-O 12.Qd2 Re8 13.f4
a6 14.O-O Qa5 15.a4 e6 16.dxe6 Rxe6 17.f5 gxf5 18.exf5 Re5
19.Qxd6 Rxf5 20.Kh1 Ne5 21.Nd5 Ng6 22.Qxc5 Qxc5 23.Bxc5 Nxd5
24.cxd5 Rxd5 25.Ba3 Ne5 26.Rad1 Rad8 27.Rxd5 Rxd5 28.b3 Rd2
29.Rd1 Rxd1+ 30.Bxd1 Bf8 31.Bc1 Bc5 32.Be3 Bxe3 33.fxe3 Kg7
34.b4 Nd3 35.Bf3 b6 36.b5 a5 37.Bd5 Nc5 38.Kg2 Nxa4 39.Kf2 Nc3
40.Bc4 a4 0-1

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 a6 5.c4 Nc6 6.Qd2 g6 7.b3
Bg7 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Bb2 O-O 10.Be2 Qa5 11.Nd5 Qxd2+ 12.Nxd2 Nxd5
13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.cxd5 Nd4 15.Rc1 Bd7 16.Rc7 Bb5 17.Bc4 Bxc4
18.Rxc4 Rac8 19.Rf1 Rxc4 20.Nxc4 f5 21.exf5 Rxf5 22.Ne3 Re5
23.Kd2 Nf5 24.Nxf5+ gxf5 25.f4 Rxd5+ 26.Ke3 Kf6 27.h3 h5
28.Rf2 Ke6 29.Rb2 Rc5 30.Kd4 Rc1 31.Re2+ Kd7 32.Kd3 Rd1+
33.Ke3 b5 34.Rc2 a5 35.Ke2 Ra1 36.Kf3 Ke6 37.Rd2 Rf1+ 38.Ke3
Kf6 39.Rd5 Ra1 40.Rxb5 Rxa2 41.Kf3 e5 42.fxe5+ dxe5 43.g3 e4+
44.Ke3 Rg2 45.Rb6+ Kg5 46.h4+ Kg4 47.Rg6+ Kh3 48.Rg5 Rxg3+
49.Ke2 f4 50.Rxa5 Kxh4 51.Ra4 Rxb3 52.Rxe4 Re3+ 53.Rxe3 fxe3
54.Kxe3 Kg3 55.Ke2 Kg2 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herculane"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "E Khalilov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d3 O-O 5.O-O d5 6.Nbd2 c5 7.e4
Nc6 8.Re1 b6 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nc4 Qc7 11.Rb1 Bb7 12.Ne3 Nf6
13.Nc4 Nd5 14.Ne3 Nxe3 15.Bxe3 Nd4 16.Bf4 Qc6 17.Nh4 Qd7
18.Nf3 Rfe8 19.c3 Nxf3+ 20.Bxf3 e5 21.Bc1 Bxf3 22.Qxf3 Rad8
23.Bg5 f6 24.Be3 Qxd3 25.Qb7 Rd7 26.Qc6 Qd5 27.Qa4 Red8
28.Rbd1 Qe6 29.a3 h5 30.Rxd7 Qxd7 31.Qc2 Kf7 32.Qb3+ Ke7
33.Qc2 Qd3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herculane"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeni Kobylkin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 e5 10.Rc1 Qe7 11.f3 Rd8 12.d5 Na5
13.Bd3 c6 14.Qa4 b6 15.Qb4 Qh4+ 16.Bf2 Qg5 17.O-O Bf8 18.Qa4
cxd5 19.exd5 Rxd5 20.Rcd1 Bd7 21.Qc2 Rd8 22.Ng3 Qf4 23.Ne4 Bc6
24.Bg3 Qf5 25.Bh4 Rxd3 26.Bxd8 Bxe4 27.fxe4 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Qf4
29.Qd3 Qg4 30.Rf1 Qe6 31.Qd5 Bc5+ 32.Kh1 Qxd5 33.exd5 Nc4
34.Bc7 f5 35.Rd1 Nd6 36.Bxd6 Bxd6 37.Kg1 Kf7 38.Kf2 Bc5+
39.Ke2 Ke7 40.c4 Kd6 41.h3 e4 42.g3 g5 43.h4 gxh4 44.gxh4 f4
45.h5 f3+ 46.Ke1 e3 47.Rb1 a5 48.a3 Bxa3 49.Rxb6+ Kc5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herculane"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Alexey Khruschiov"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 c6 4.Qd2 h6 5.Bh4 Bf5 6.f3 Bh7 7.O-O-O
Nbd7 8.Qe1 b5 9.e4 b4 10.Nb1 dxe4 11.Qxb4 Nd5 12.Qe1 f5 13.g4
g5 14.gxf5 gxh4 15.fxe4 N5b6 16.Qxh4 Qc7 17.Qh5+ Kd8 18.e5 Nd5
19.Bh3 Qa5 20.Ne2 Nb4 21.Nbc3 Nxa2+ 22.Nxa2 Qxa2 23.Nc3 Rb8
24.Nxa2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herculane"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gergely Szabo"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Nf3 cxd4 6.cxd4 Bg4 7.Be3
d5 8.e5 Nd7 9.O-O e6 10.h3 Bh5 11.Nc3 Be7 12.Rc1 O-O 13.g4 Bg6
14.Bxg6 fxg6 15.Nh2 g5 16.Qd2 Rf7 17.f4 gxf4 18.Bxf4 Nxd4
19.Nxd5 Bc5 20.Be3 Rxf1+ 21.Rxf1 Nxe5 22.b4 Qxd5 23.bxc5 Nef3+
24.Nxf3 Nxf3+ 25.Rxf3 Qxf3 26.Kh2 Rf8 27.a4 a5 28.Qe1 Qe4
29.Qc3 Rf3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herculane"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Valentin Raceanu"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.Nc3 Nb6 9.d5 Na5 10.Qc2 c6 11.dxc6 Nxc6 12.Rd1 Qc7
13.Nb5 Qb8 14.Bf4 e5 15.Be3 Bf5 16.Qc5 Rc8 17.Nd6 Bf8 18.Ng5
Rc7 19.Qb5 Bc2 20.Bxb6 axb6 21.Rd2 Nd4 22.Qxe5 Bg7 23.Qd5 Ra5
24.Rxd4 Rxd5 25.Rxd5 Bxb2 26.Rf1 Ba4 27.Ndxf7 Rxf7 28.Nxf7
Kxf7 29.Rb1 Qc7 30.Rd2 Ba3 31.Bd5+ Kf6 32.Bb3 Bxb3 33.axb3 Qc3
34.Rdd1 Qc2 35.e3 Kg5 36.Kf1 Bc5 37.Kg2 Qe4+ 38.Kg1 Kg4 39.h4
Kh3 40.Kf1 Qf3 41.Re1 Bxe3 42.Rb2 Qg2+ 43.Ke2 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herculane"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Horia Geanta"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxb4 7.Nb5 Nc6
8.Qg4 Kf8 9.Bd2 f5 10.Qg3 Nge7 11.Qb3 Bb6 12.Nf3 a6 13.axb4
Rb8 14.Nd6 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 Bxd4 16.Bc3 Qb6 17.O-O-O Bxc3 18.Qxc3
Bd7 19.g4 Nc8 20.gxf5 Nxd6 21.exd6 Qxd6 22.fxe6 Bxe6 23.Rg1
Rg8 24.Qf3+ Bf7 25.Bc4 Qf6 26.Bxd5 Qxf3 27.Bxf3 Be6 28.Rge1
Kf7 29.Rd6 Rge8 30.Rb6 Re7 31.Rexe6 Rxe6 32.Bd5 Rbe8 33.Rxb7+
Kf6 34.Bxe6 Rxe6 35.Kd2 Rc6 36.Kd3 h5 37.c4 g6 38.c5 Ke6
39.Kc4 Ke5 40.h3 Rf6 41.Re7+ Kf4 1-0

[Event "EUch U12 Disney"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Peter De Bortoli"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Bf5 4.f3 e6 5.e4 dxe4 6.fxe4 Bb4
7.exf5 O-O 8.Nf3 exf5 9.Be2 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.O-O Bxc3
12.bxc3 Nd7 13.Rb1 b6 14.Bd3 f4 15.Qd2 g5 16.Rbe1 Qg7 17.h4 g4
18.Qxf4 gxf3 19.Rxf3 Kh8 20.Rg3 Qf6 21.Qe4 1-0

[Event "EUch U12 Disney"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Chingiz Mamedov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.h4 h5
13.Bh6 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Rxc4 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.g4 hxg4 17.h5 Rh8
18.hxg6 fxg6 19.f4 e5 20.fxe5 dxe5 21.Nb3 Qe8 22.Rxh8 Qxh8
23.Qd3 b5 24.Nd5 Be6 25.Nxf6 Kxf6 26.Qd6 Qh6+ 27.Kb1 Qf4
28.Nc5 Rxc5 29.Qxc5 g3 30.Qf8+ Kg5 31.Qe7+ Qf6 32.Qxf6+ Kxf6
33.Rg1 g5 34.Rxg3 g4 35.Kc1 Kg5 36.Kd2 Kf4 37.Rg1 g3 38.Ke2
Bg4+ 39.Ke1 Bf3 40.b3 b4 41.Kd2 g2 42.Kd3 Bxe4+ 43.Ke2 Kg3
44.Ke3 Bxc2 45.Rc1 Bf5 0-1

[Event "EUch U12 Disney"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "O Kondarevich"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 b6 7.Qg4
Ng6 8.h4 h5 9.Qg3 Ba6 10.Bxa6 Nxa6 11.Ne2 c5 12.Nf4 Nxf4
13.Bxf4 Qc7 14.Qxg7 O-O-O 15.Qg3 Rdg8 16.Qd3 c4 17.Qf3 Rg4
18.g3 Rg7 19.Kd2 Nb8 20.Bg5 Nd7 21.a4 a5 22.Rab1 Rgh7 23.Qf4
Rf8 24.Be7 Rg8 25.f3 Kb7 26.Bg5 Rg6 27.Rbe1 Qc6 28.Ra1 f6
29.exf6 Rf7 30.Rae1 Nxf6 31.Qe5 Nh7 32.Bf4 Qe8 33.Qxh5 Rxf4
34.Qxh7+ Qf7 35.Qxf7+ Rxf7 36.Rhf1 Rxg3 37.Rxe6 Rh3 38.Ke3
Rxh4 39.Rb1 Rh3 40.Rbxb6+ Kc7 41.Rf6 Re7+ 42.Rbe6 Reh7 43.Ra6
Re7+ 44.Rfe6 Rf7 45.Ra7+ Kd8 46.Rxf7 Rh2 47.Ra6 Ke8 48.Rb7 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mokhlis Adnani"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.d3 Rb8 6.Be3 b5 7.Qd2 b4
8.Nd1 Qb6 9.Be2 d6 10.h3 f5 11.g4 e6 12.Rg1 Nge7 13.Nh4 O-O
14.gxf5 exf5 15.exf5 Nxf5 16.Nxf5 Bxf5 17.Bg4 Rbe8 18.Kf2 Qd8
19.Kg3 Ne5 20.Bxf5 Rxf5 21.fxe5 Bxe5+ 22.Kg2 Qa8# 0-1

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Jordy Mont-Reynaud"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Bf5 4.f3 Nbd7 5.Qd2 h6 6.Bh4 e6
7.O-O-O Bb4 8.a3 Ba5 9.Re1 g5 10.Bf2 Nb6 11.e3 Qe7 12.b4 Bxb4
13.axb4 a5 14.e4 axb4 15.exf5 bxc3 16.Qxc3 O-O 17.Qc5 Qd8
18.fxe6 fxe6 19.Qc3 Qd7 20.Bd3 Ra2 21.Nh3 Rfa8 22.Kd2 R8a3
23.Qb4 Ra4 24.Qb5 Nc4+ 25.Bxc4 c6 26.Bxd5 Nxd5 27.Qd3 Qf7
28.Rc1 g4 29.fxg4 R2a3 30.c3 Nb4 31.Qe4 Ra2+ 32.Ke1 Ra1 33.Be3
Na2 34.Rf1 Qe8 35.Rxa1 Nxc3 36.Rf8+ Kxf8 37.Qf4+ Ke7 38.Rxa4
Nxa4 39.Qc7+ Kf6 40.Qe5+ Ke7 41.Bxh6 Nb2 42.Qc7+ Qd7 43.Bf8+
Ke8 44.Qxd7+ Kxd7 45.Nf4 Ke8 46.Bc5 Kf7 47.g5 b5 48.g6+ Kg7
49.d5 e5 50.dxc6 exf4 51.Bd4+ Kxg6 52.Bxb2 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "C Ovezov"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7
7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.Qf3 Be7 9.e5 dxe5 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Qxc6+ Nd7
12.Be3 O-O 13.O-O-O Bd6 14.Nb5 Nb6 15.c4 Qf6 16.c5 Bxc5
17.Qxc5 e4 18.Kb1 Na4 19.Qd4 Qc6 20.Qxa4 Rab8 21.Rc1 Qxb5
22.Qxb5 Rxb5 23.Rxc7 Rfb8 24.b3 a5 25.Rc5 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Kirjak"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.f3 Nc6 5.Be3 Qb6 6.Qd2 e6 7.Ne2 d5
8.e5 Nd7 9.f4 f6 10.g4 cxd4 11.cxd4 Bb4 12.Nbc3 O-O 13.Rc1
fxe5 14.dxe5 Bc5 15.Bxc5 Nxc5 16.b3 Nb4 17.Nd4 Rxf4 18.Na4
Re4+ 0-1

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Albert Bokros"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.f3 c5 5.dxc5 e6 6.e4 d4 7.Qxd4
Bxc5 8.Qd2 a6 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.Qf4 e5 11.Qg3 O-O 12.Kb1 Qc6
13.Bd3 h6 14.Bc1 b5 15.Nge2 b4 16.Nd5 a5 17.f4 Nh5 18.Qf3 Nxf4
19.Nexf4 exf4 20.Bxf4 Bb7 21.Nc7 Nf6 22.Nxa8 Rxa8 23.Rhe1 a4
24.e5 Qb6 25.Qh3 Nd5 26.Bc1 b3 27.e6 bxa2+ 28.Ka1 a3 29.exf7+
Kf8 30.Qd7 Nf6 31.Re8+ Rxe8 32.fxe8=Q+ Nxe8 33.Rf1+ Nf6
34.Rxf6+ Qxf6 35.Qxb7 Bd4 36.Qa8+ Kf7 37.Qxa3 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Dimitrij Bunzmann"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 e6 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O Nf6 7.d3
O-O 8.Qe1 Rb8 9.e5 Ne8 10.Qg3 a6 11.a3 d5 12.Ba2 f5 13.exf6
Nxf6 14.Bd2 Qc7 15.f5 Qxg3 16.hxg3 Kh8 17.Bf4 Ra8 18.Rae1 d4
19.Na4 exf5 20.Nb6 Ra7 21.Rxe7 Nxe7 22.Bd6 Nd7 23.Bxe7 Re8
24.Nxc8 Rxc8 25.Ng5 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vlad Tomescu"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3
Be7 8.Qe2 a6 9.Bb3 Qc7 10.O-O-O Na5 11.g4 b5 12.g5 Nxb3+
13.axb3 Nd7 14.f4 b4 15.Na4 Bb7 16.Bd2 Nc5 17.f5 e5 18.Nxc5
Qxc5 19.Nf3 a5 20.f6 gxf6 21.gxf6 Bxf6 22.Bg5 Be7 23.Bxe7 Kxe7
24.Nh4 Ra6 25.Nf5+ Kd7 26.Rhf1 Kc7 27.Ng7 a4 28.Rxf7+ Kb8
29.Ne6 Qc6 30.Rd5 Rc8 31.Rb5 Rb6 32.Rxb6 Qxb6 33.bxa4 Qc6
34.Qd3 Ka8 35.b3 Qxe4 36.Nc7+ Ka7 37.Qxd6 Qe1+ 38.Kb2 Qc3+
39.Kb1 Qe1+ 40.Ka2 Qe2 41.Kb2 Qe1 42.Qc5+ Kb8 43.Ka2 Qd2 44.a5
Qd4 45.Qb6 Qe4 46.Kb2 Qd4+ 47.Qxd4 exd4 48.Nb5 d3 49.cxd3 Ba6
50.Rf6 Bxb5 51.Rb6+ Ka7 52.Rxb5 Ka6 53.Rxb4 Kxa5 54.Rb7 h6
55.Re7 Rc6 56.Re5+ Kb4 57.Re4+ Kb5 58.Rc4 Rg6 59.Kc3 Rg1
60.Rh4 Rc1+ 61.Kd4 Rc6 62.Kd5 Rc3 63.d4 Rxb3 64.Rxh6 Ra3
65.Rh8 Kb6 66.Kd6 Kb5 67.d5 Ra6+ 68.Ke5 Ra2 69.Rb8+ Kc5
70.Rc8+ Kb6 71.h4 Rb2 72.d6 Re2+ 73.Kf6 Rd2 74.Ke7 Re2+ 75.Kd8
1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Otiliu-Octavian Berechet"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6
7.O-O Be7 8.a3 O-O 9.b4 Re8 10.d3 Bf8 11.Ng5 Nd4 12.Be3 c6
13.Nge4 Bg4 14.Re1 Qc7 15.Rb1 Rad8 16.Qc1 Qb8 17.Nc5 Nd7 18.h3
Bh5 19.g4 Bg6 20.N3e4 Nxc5 21.bxc5 Qc7 22.f4 Bxe4 23.Bxe4 exf4
24.Bxf4 Qa5 25.Rxb7 Bxc5 26.Kh1 Bb6 27.Qc4 Ne6 28.Bxc6 Rd4
29.Bxe8 Rxf4 30.Qxf4 Nxf4 31.Bxf7+ Kf8 32.Rc1 Bc5 33.Bb3 Qd2
34.Rb8+ Ke7 35.Rb7+ Kd6 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Roman Babici"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.c4
Ngf6 8.Nc3 Be7 9.O-O Bxf3 10.Qxf3 c6 11.Re1 O-O 12.b3 Re8
13.Bb2 Qa5 14.Rad1 Ba3 15.Ba1 Rad8 16.Re2 Bb4 17.a3 Bf8 18.Bb2
Qh5 19.Qxh5 Nxh5 20.g3 Nhf6 21.Red2 Rc8 22.Bf1 Nb6 23.Ne2 Be7
24.Nf4 Nbd7 25.Bg2 b5 26.d5 cxd5 27.cxd5 exd5 28.Nxd5 Nxd5
29.Bxd5 Nb6 30.Bf3 Bg5 31.Rd6 h6 32.h4 Be7 33.R1d2 Kf8 34.Kf1
Rb8 35.Bc6 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Octavian Dumitran"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.f4 d5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Nf6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.d3
Nd7 8.O-O Bd6 9.e5 Be7 10.Bd2 O-O 11.Be1 c4 12.d4 f6 13.Ne2 a5
14.Bc3 fxe5 15.fxe5 a4 16.a3 Rb8 17.Qe1 Rf7 18.Qg3 Nf8 19.Nf4
Bd7 20.h4 Be8 21.Qg4 Qc8 22.h5 Rxf4 23.Qxf4 Bxh5 24.Rf2 Qe8
25.Raf1 h6 26.Qe3 Nh7 27.Bb4 Ng5 28.Nxg5 Bxg5 29.Qe1 Qg6
30.Rf8+ Rxf8 31.Rxf8+ Kh7 32.Bd2 Be7 33.Ra8 Qxc2 34.Ra7 Bg5
35.Bxg5 hxg5 36.Qc3 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Daniel Dorin Popescu"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 g6 4.e5 h5 5.f4 Nh6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be3 Nf5
8.Bf2 Na6 9.Bxa6 bxa6 10.Qd3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 e6 12.O-O Be7 13.Na4
O-O 14.b3 Rb8 15.g3 Qa5 16.c3 Kg7 17.h3 Rh8 18.Kh2 Rh7 19.Rh1
Rbh8 20.Qd3 Qb5 21.Qc2 Qb7 22.Nb2 c5 23.dxc5 d4 24.Kg1 Bxc5
25.Na4 Bb6 26.Nxb6 Qxb6 27.cxd4 Qb7 28.Qd3 Rc8 29.Kh2 Rhh8
30.Rac1 Rhd8 31.Rhd1 Ne7 32.Rc4 Nd5 33.Qf3 Qd7 34.Rdc1 Nb6
35.Rc5 a5 36.a4 Nd5 37.f5 gxf5 38.Qxh5 Rxc5 39.Qg5+ Kf8
40.dxc5 Rb8 41.Qh6+ Kg8 42.c6 Qc7 43.Qg5+ Kh7 44.Rc4 f4
45.gxf4 Rxb3 46.Rc1 Rb2 47.Rg1 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Dreptatea"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Roman Iankowski"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 d5 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 dxc4 6.Qa4+ Nfd7
7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Qxc4 Nb6 9.Qc5 Nxd4 10.O-O Ne6 11.Qb4 O-O 12.Rd1
Bxc3 13.Qb3 Bd4 14.e3 Nc5 15.Qb5 Bd7 16.Qb4 Bf6 17.Qxc5 Qc8
18.e4 Rd8 19.e5 Bc6 20.Bf4 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Qf5 22.Rc1 Bxf3
23.exf6 Qxc5 24.Rxc5 Bxg2 25.Kxg2 c6 26.fxe7 Re8 27.Ra5 a6
28.Bc7 Nd5 29.Bd6 f6 30.Ra4 Kf7 31.Rh4 h5 32.g4 hxg4 33.Rxg4
Ke6 34.Ba3 Kf5 35.Kf3 b6 36.Re4 a5 37.Bd6 c5 38.h4 Nb4 39.Bc7
b5 40.Bxa5 Nc6 41.Bb6 Nd4+ 42.Rxd4 cxd4 43.Bc5 Ke6 44.Ke4 Rh8
45.Kxd4 Rxh4+ 46.Kd3 Kd7 47.b3 Rh5 48.Bb4 Rf5 49.Ke3 g5 50.f3
Rf4 51.Bd6 Rh4 52.a3 f5 53.Bc5 Rh2 54.Kd4 Re2 55.Kd3 Rb2
56.Kc3 Rb1 57.Kd4 Rxb3 58.Ke5 g4 59.Kf6 Ke8 60.Kxf5 gxf3
61.Kf4 Rxa3 62.Kg3 Rc3 63.Bb4 Rc4 64.Bd6 b4 65.Kxf3 b3 66.Ba3
Ra4 67.Bb2 Ra2 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U14"]
[Site "Verdun"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Mads Lundberg"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 e6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.e5
dxe5 8.fxe5 Nd5 9.Bg5 Ne7 10.Ne4 O-O 11.Nf6+ Bxf6 12.exf6 Nd5
13.O-O Re8 14.Qe1 c5 15.Qh4 h5 16.Bxg6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U14"]
[Site "Verdun"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Petr Virostko"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2
Nc6 8.O-O O-O 9.Kh1 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Qxd5 12.Bf3 Qa5
13.Nb3 Qc7 14.c3 Be6 15.Bxc6 Qxc6 16.Nd4 Qa6 17.Nxe6 Qxe6
18.Re1 Qf5 19.Qb3 b6 20.a4 Rfd8 21.Qb4 e6 22.Red1 Bf8 23.Qb3
h5 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.a5 bxa5 26.Bxa7 h4 27.h3 Bd6 28.Qb6 Rd7
29.Bb8 Bc5 30.Qxa5 Qxf2 31.b4 Bb6 32.Qg5 Bd8 33.Qb5 Rd5 34.Qf1
Qb2 35.c4 Rf5 36.Qe1 Rg5 37.Qf1 Qxb4 38.Rb1 Qe7 39.Qd1 Bc7
40.Bxc7 Qxc7 41.Qd4 Qg3 42.Qe4 Re5 43.Qd4 Re2 44.Rg1 g5 45.c5
Rc2 46.Qd8+ Kh7 47.Qd7 Rf2 48.Qd1 Kg7 49.c6 Ra2 50.Qd8 Rc2
51.Qd4+ Kg8 52.Qd8+ Kh7 53.Qd7 Qf4 54.Qd3+ Qf5 55.Qd7 Kg6
56.Qc8 Kg7 57.Qd7 Qf4 58.Qc8 g4 59.Qd8 g3 60.Qb6 e5 61.c7 Qf5
62.Qd6 Qxh3+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U14"]
[Site "Verdun"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rashad Babaev"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Bc4
Nc6 8.h3 O-O 9.Bb3 Qa5 10.O-O Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Be6 12.Re1 Rfd8
13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 Re8 15.c3 Nd7 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Qd4+ Kg8
18.Re2 b5 19.Bc2 Nf6 20.a3 Rac8 21.Bd3 a6 22.Rae1 Qc7 23.a4
Qb7 24.axb5 axb5 25.Be4 Rc4 26.Qd2 e5 27.g3 b4 28.Bd3 bxc3
29.bxc3 Ra4 30.Rb1 Qxd5 31.Bb5 Rb8 32.Qb2 Re4 33.c4 Rxc4
34.Rd2 Qc5 35.Qb3 Rc1+ 36.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 37.Rd1 Rxb5 38.Qf3 e4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U14"]
[Site "Verdun"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Daniel Hersvik"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O
Nc6 8.Nb3 O-O 9.Re1 Be6 10.Bf1 a6 11.Bg5 b5 12.Nd5 Bxd5
13.exd5 Ne5 14.c3 Qd7 15.Nd4 Rfc8 16.a4 bxa4 17.f4 Neg4 18.h3
Nh6 19.g4 Nxd5 20.Bg2 Rc5 21.Bxd5 Rxd5 22.Rxe7 Qc8 23.Qxa4
Nxg4 24.hxg4 Qxg4+ 25.Kf2 h6 26.Re8+ Kh7 27.Rxa8 hxg5 28.Rh1+
Bh6 29.Qd1 Qxf4+ 30.Qf3 Rxd4 31.cxd4 Qxd4+ 32.Kg2 Qxb2+ 33.Qf2
Qb7+ 34.Kg1 Qb1+ 35.Kh2 Qb3 36.Re8 g4 37.Kg1 g3 38.Rxh6+ Kxh6
39.Qe3+ Qxe3+ 40.Rxe3 Kg5 41.Rd3 f5 42.Rxd6 f4 43.Kg2 Kh5
44.Rxa6 g5 45.Kf3 g4+ 46.Kxf4 g2 47.Ra1 Kh4 48.Ra8 Kh5 49.Rh8+
1-0

[Event "EU-ch U14"]
[Site "Verdun"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Alexander Zakharov"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4
Kf8 8.h4 Qa5 9.Bd2 Qa4 10.Ra2 b6 11.h5 h6 12.Qf4 Ba6 13.Bxa6
Qxa6 14.g4 Nbc6 15.Nf3 Ke8 16.Ra1 Qc4 17.dxc5 Qxc5 18.O-O Qc4
19.Qxc4 dxc4 20.Rfe1 Nd5 21.Re4 Na5 22.Nd4 a6 23.f4 Nb7 24.Ne2
b5 25.f5 Nc5 26.Rd4 Ra7 27.Rd1 Rd7 28.Be1 Kd8 29.Bf2 Na4
30.fxe6 fxe6 31.Nf4 Naxc3 32.Nxe6+ Kc8 33.R1d2 Re7 34.Nc5 Rxe5
35.Nxa6 Nf6 36.Rd6 Ncd5 37.Nc5 Nc7 38.Rc6 Rd8 39.Rxd8+ Kxd8
40.Bg3 Re7 41.Bxc7+ Rxc7 42.Ne6+ Kd7 43.Rxc7+ Kxe6 44.Rxg7 Nd5
45.g5 hxg5 46.h6 Kf6 47.Rg8 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U14"]
[Site "Verdun"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vitaly Shinkevich"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.Nc3 Nf6 2.e4 d6 3.d4 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.a4
c6 8.h3 Qe8 9.Re1 Bd8 10.b3 Ba5 11.Bb2 Bb4 12.Bf1 Qe7 13.a5
Qd8 14.a6 b5 15.Re3 Qc7 16.Ne2 exd4 17.Nfxd4 Re8 18.Ng3 Ne5
19.Ngf5 Bc5 20.Rg3 Ng6 21.Nxg7 Kxg7 22.Nf5+ Bxf5 23.exf5 Re4
24.Qd2 d5 25.Qg5 Bd4 26.Bxd4 Rxd4 27.fxg6 fxg6 28.Bd3 Qf4
29.Qxf4 Rxf4 30.Re1 Ng8 31.Re6 Rf6 32.Rge3 Kf7 33.R6e5 Rd6
34.g4 Rd7 35.Rf3+ Kg7 36.h4 Re7 37.Rfe3 Rae8 38.f4 Rxe5
39.fxe5 Nh6 40.g5 Ng4 41.Rf3 Rf8 42.Kg2 Rxf3 43.Kxf3 Nxe5+
44.Kf4 Nxd3+ 45.cxd3 Kf7 46.d4 b4 47.Kg4 Ke6 48.h5 Kd6 49.hxg6
hxg6 50.Kf4 c5 51.dxc5+ Kxc5 52.Ke3 Kc6 53.Kd3 Kd6 54.Kd4 Ke6
55.Kc5 Ke5 56.Kc6 d4 57.Kb7 d3 58.Kxa7 d2 0-1

[Event "Moscow7"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Babakouly Annakov"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 c5 3.e4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qxd5 Bd7 6.Nf3 Nf6
7.Qd1 e5 8.Bd3 Bb4 9.Bd2 O-O 10.h3 Re8 11.Ne2 Bxd2+ 12.Qxd2
Qb6 13.c3 Rad8 14.Qc2 Rc8 15.Qb3 Qa5 16.O-O Be6 17.Qc2 b5
18.Ng5 Bc4 19.Nf3 Rcd8 20.Bxc4 bxc4 21.b4 cxb3 22.axb3 Qb6
23.Ra4 a6 24.Nd2 Qc5 25.Nc4 a5 26.Rfa1 Ra8 27.Nc1 Red8 28.Ne3
Qd6 29.b4 Rac8 30.bxa5 Nd4 31.Qb2 Rb8 32.Qa2 Ne6 33.Nb3 Qd3
34.a6 Qxc3 35.a7 Rxb3 36.Rc4 1-0

[Event "Moscow7"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ramil Hasangatin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 a6 5.Bg5 Nc6 6.Qd2 h6 7.Bf4
e5 8.Bg3 Nf6 9.Bd3 Qb6 10.c4 Bg4 11.Nh4 Nb4 12.O-O Nxd3
13.Qxd3 Qxb2 14.Nc3 Qb6 15.Nf5 Qc6 16.Ne3 Be6 17.Ncd5 Bxd5
18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.cxd5 Qd7 20.f4 f6 21.Qf3 h5 22.Rac1 Be7
23.fxe5 dxe5 24.d6 Bxd6 25.Qb3 Ke7 26.Rcd1 Qc6 27.Rd5 Rhd8
28.Bf2 b5 29.Qf3 Qe8 30.Rfd1 Rac8 31.Bb6 Rd7 32.Qe3 Rc6 33.Kh1
Qc8 34.Ba5 Rc4 35.a3 Rd4 36.R5xd4 exd4 37.Rxd4 Qc2 38.g3 h4
39.e5 Qc6+ 40.Kg1 Bxe5 41.Bb4+ Ke8 42.Rxh4 Rd1+ 43.Kf2 Qh1
44.Be1 Rb1 45.Rh5 Kf7 46.Rh4 Rb2+ 47.Bd2 Qd1 48.Qa7+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "Moscow7"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Ivanets"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.b4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bb2 Nf6 5.e3 O-O 6.Ne2 Nbd7 7.Ng3
Re8 8.c4 e5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Qb3 N7b6 11.a4 a5 12.bxa5 Rxa5
13.Bb5 c6 14.Be2 Be6 15.Qd1 Qc7 16.Ng5 Bd7 17.e4 h6 18.exd5
hxg5 19.Bc3 Rxd5 20.a5 Nc8 21.Ne4 Nd6 22.Nxg5 e4 23.Bxg7 Kxg7
24.h4 f6 25.Nh3 e3 26.fxe3 Ne4 27.Nf4 Rxd2 28.Qb3 Qe5 29.O-O
Ng3 30.Rfd1 Nxe2+ 31.Nxe2 Rxe2 32.Rxd7+ Kh6 33.Ra2 Re1+ 34.Kf2
Rxe3 0-1

[Event "Wch U14 Disney"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Eynon"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
Nc6 8.Bc4 O-O 9.Qd2 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.g4 Rc4
13.Rdf1 Bxg4 14.fxg4 Nfxg4 15.Bg1 Bh6 16.Qxh6 Nxh6 17.Bxc4
Nxc4 18.h3 e5 19.Nb3 f5 20.Nd2 Qg5 21.Rh2 fxe4 22.Rxf8+ Kxf8
23.Bxa7 b6 24.Re2 Nf5 0-1

[Event "Wch U14 Disney"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Valeriane Gaprindashvili"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Nc3 Qd8 6.Be3 Bg4 7.h3
Bxf3 8.Qxf3 c6 9.Bc4 Nf6 10.O-O O-O 11.a4 Nbd7 12.a5 e6 13.a6
b5 14.Bd3 Nd5 15.Nxd5 exd5 16.b3 Qb6 17.Qf4 Nb8 18.c4 Nxa6
19.Qd6 Nc7 20.Rfc1 Rfd8 21.Qa3 Bxd4 22.c5 Bxc5 23.Rxc5 1-0

[Event "Wch U14 Disney"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michal Kujovic"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.f4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.e4 c5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.O-O e6 6.Nc3 Nge7 7.e5
d5 8.Be2 f6 9.exf6 Bxf6 10.b3 O-O 11.g3 a6 12.Bb2 b5 13.Qc1
Bb7 14.Nd1 d4 15.Nf2 e5 16.Ng4 exf4 17.gxf4 Nd5 18.d3 Qe7
19.Nfe5 Nxe5 20.fxe5 Bg5 21.Qe1 h5 22.Nf6+ Bxf6 23.exf6 Qe3+
0-1

[Event "Wch U14 Disney"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Zhao Minjun"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.c4 c6 7.O-O
Na6 8.d3 dxc4 9.bxc4 Bg4 10.Nbd2 Qc8 11.Rb1 Rd8 12.Ba3 Qc7
13.Qb3 Rab8 14.d4 Bf5 15.Rfd1 Ne4 16.Nxe4 Bxe4 17.Qe3 Bxf3
18.Bxf3 e6 19.Rd3 Rd7 20.Rbd1 b5 21.c5 Rbd8 22.Qe4 Nb8 23.Bc1
e5 24.dxe5 Rxd3 25.Rxd3 Rxd3 26.exd3 Qxe5 27.Bf4 Qxe4 28.Bxe4
Na6 29.Bxc6 Nxc5 30.Bxb5 Ne6 31.Bb8 Bd4 32.Bc4 Kg7 33.Kg2 Kf6
34.h4 Nd8 35.Bf4 Nc6 36.Bg5+ Kg7 37.Kf3 1-0

[Event "Wch U14 Disney"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Bergsteinn Einarsson"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e5 6.Nxc6 bxc6
7.c4 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Bxd2+ 9.Qxd2 Ne7 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Nc3 Be6
12.O-O O-O 13.e3 Rb8 14.Na4 Qd6 15.b3 Rfc8 16.Rac1 g6 17.Qa5
a6 18.Nc3 Rc6 19.Rfd1 Rbc8 20.Bf1 Bg4 21.Ne4 Qe6 22.Rxc6 Nxc6
23.Qxd5 Bxd1 24.Qxd1 Rd8 25.Qf3 f5 26.Bc4 Qxc4 27.Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U14 Disney"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Flemming Christenson"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6
7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.c3 Ne7 12.Nc2 Nxd5
13.Qxd5 Be6 14.Qc6+ Ke7 15.Ne3 Qc8 16.Nd5+ Bxd5 17.Qxd5 Qe6
18.Qd3 Rhd8 19.Qg3 Kf8 20.Bd3 d5 21.O-O Rac8 22.exd5 Rxd5
23.Qf3 Rcd8 24.Bf5 Qb6 25.Bxh7 Rd2 26.b4 Qd6 27.a4 Qd5 28.Be4
Qc4 29.axb5 axb5 30.g3 R2d6 31.Ra7 Rc8 32.Bg6 Rc7 33.Qa8+ Ke7
34.Rxc7+ Qxc7 35.Ra1 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergei Movsesian"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 c6 4.Qd3 e6 5.e4 Qb6 6.O-O-O Nxe4
7.Nxe4 dxe4 8.Qg3 Qa5 9.Bc4 Nd7 10.Ne2 Bd6 11.Bf4 Bxf4+
12.Nxf4 O-O 13.Rhe1 Nf6 14.f3 exf3 15.Re5 Qb4 16.Bd3 f2 17.c3
Qe7 18.Rf1 g6 19.Rxf2 Nd5 20.Nxd5 cxd5 21.Rh5 f5 22.Rg5 Bd7
23.h4 Be8 24.h5 Qf6 25.hxg6 hxg6 26.Qf4 Kf7 27.g4 Bd7 28.gxf5
exf5 29.Rfg2 Rg8 30.Be2 Rac8 31.Bf3 Be6 32.Rxg6 Rxg6 33.Bh5
Rcg8 34.Qc7+ Kf8 35.Qb8+ Ke7 36.Qc7+ Bd7 37.Re2+ Qe6 38.Qc5+
Kd8 39.Rxe6 Rxe6 40.Qxd5 Rh8 41.Bd1 Kc7 42.Bf3 Bc8 43.Qc5+ Kb8
44.d5 Rg6 45.d6 Rh7 46.Qe5 Re6 47.Qf4 Bd7 48.Qc4 Bc8 49.Qd5
Re8 50.c4 Re3 51.Qg8 Rd7 52.Qg3 b6 53.Qf4 Re6 54.b4 Bb7 55.c5
bxc5 56.bxc5 Bxf3 57.Qxf3 Re8 58.c6 Rc8 59.c7+ Rcxc7+ 60.dxc7+
Rxc7+ 61.Kd2 Rc5 62.Kd3 Kc7 63.Kd4 Ra5 64.Qc3+ Kb6 65.Qc4 Rb5
66.a4 Ra5 67.Qb4+ Ka6 68.Kc4 f4 69.Qd6+ Kb7 70.Kb4 Ra6 71.Qd7+
Kb8 72.a5 Rh6 73.Qd8+ Kb7 74.Qe7+ Ka6 75.Qd7 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 12th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande "]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Be7 6.O-O d6 7.c3
O-O 8.Rd1 Bd7 9.d3 Re8 10.Bc2 Bf8 11.Nbd2 g6 12.Nf1 Bg7 13.Ng3
h6 14.h3 d5 15.Be3 Qe7 16.b4 d4 17.cxd4 exd4 18.Nxd4 Nxb4
19.Bb3 c5 20.Nc2 Nc6 21.Qd2 Kh7 22.Rac1 b6 23.d4 cxd4 24.Nxd4
Na5 25.e5 Ng8 26.f4 Rac8 27.Ne4 Rxc1 28.Rxc1 Rc8 29.Bd5 Rd8
30.Nd6 f6 31.f5 gxf5 32.N4xf5 Bxf5 33.Nxf5 Qxe5 34.Bxg8+ Rxg8
35.Qd3 Rb8 36.Nxh6+ f5 37.Nxf5 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Tigran Nalbandian"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.Nf3 h6 5.Bh4 e6 6.e4 g5 7.Bg3
Nxe4 8.Nxe4 dxe4 9.Ne5 h5 10.h4 g4 11.Qe2 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Bh6
13.Rd1 Qe7 14.Qxe4 Rb8 15.Bb5+ Kf8 16.Qd4 a6 17.Qa7 axb5
18.Qxb8 Qb4+ 19.c3 Qe4+ 20.Kf1 Qc4+ 21.Kg1 Kg7 22.Kh2 Qc5
23.Rd4 Qb6 24.Qa8 Kh7 25.Rhd1 Bd7 26.Qa3 Bf8 27.Qb3 Bc6
28.Qc2+ Kg7 29.Qd2 Be7 30.Bf4 1-0

[Event "Decin op"]
[Site "Decin"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Fjodor Zugaj"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3
Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Qc7 12.Qe2 Ngf6
13.O-O-O Bd6 14.Nf5 Bf4 15.Bxf4 Qxf4+ 16.Ne3 Nd5 17.Rh4 Qc7
18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.Rg4 Rg8 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.dxe5 O-O-O 22.Rd3 Qe7
23.Rdg3 Qf8 24.Qe3 Kb8 25.Qa3 f6 26.Qxf8 Rdxf8 27.Rxg7 Rxg7
28.Rxg7 fxe5 29.f3 Rf5 30.g4 Rf6 31.Kd2 a5 32.Ke3 d4+ 33.Ke2
e4 34.fxe4 e5 35.g5 hxg5 36.Rxg5 Rc6 37.Kd3 Re6 38.Rg6 Re7
39.h6 Ka7 40.Rg7 Re6 41.h7 Rh6 42.Kc4 Rh5 43.Kb5 Rh2 44.Kxa5
Rxc2 45.h8=Q d3 46.Qf8 1-0

[Event "Decin op"]
[Site "Decin"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pavel Jirovsky"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.h4 c6 4.Nd2 Qa5 5.Ngf3 d5 6.c3 h6 7.Bf4
Bf5 8.e3 e6 9.Nxe4 Bxe4 10.Ne5 Qb6 11.f3 Bh7 12.Qd2 f6 13.Ng4
Nd7 14.h5 O-O-O 15.a4 Re8 16.a5 Qd8 17.Kf2 e5 18.Bg3 a6 19.c4
dxc4 20.Bxc4 f5 21.Nh2 Nf6 22.Nf1 f4 23.exf4 exd4 24.f5 Bd6
25.Be6+ Kb8 26.Rd1 d3 27.Qc3 Rhf8 28.Rxd3 Rxe6 29.Rxd6 Rxd6
30.Qb4 Ne8 31.Ne3 Ka8 32.Nc4 c5 33.Qxc5 Rxf5 34.Nb6+ Rxb6
35.Qxb6 Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "Decin op"]
[Site "Decin"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Aivars Raudive"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 e6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6
7.Nf3 Nd7 8.c3 O-O 9.Bd3 b6 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.O-O-O Be7 12.Ne5 c5
13.Bb5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Qb8 15.Rd7 a6 16.Bd3 Bd8 17.Rd1 Bc6 18.Rd6
Bd5 19.c4 Bb7 20.Nf6+ Bxf6 21.exf6 g6 22.Qe3 Kh8 23.Rd7 1-0

[Event "Decin op"]
[Site "Decin"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Konstantin Chernyshov"]
[ECO "A44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Nd2 Nd7 7.Nc4 Nb6
8.Nxb6 Qxb6 9.Bb5+ Ke7 10.a4 a6 11.a5 Qc7 12.Bd3 Nf6 13.O-O
Re8 14.f3 Kf8 15.Be3 Kg8 16.Qe1 Nh5 17.Na4 Bd7 18.Nb6 Rad8
19.b4 Nf4 20.bxc5 dxc5 21.Ra3 Bf8 22.Rc3 Bb5 23.g3 Nxd3
24.cxd3 c4 25.dxc4 Bb4 26.Qa1 Bxc3 27.Qxc3 f6 28.Rd1 Bd7 29.c5
Bb5 30.Rb1 Kg7 31.Nc4 g5 32.Na3 g4 33.Nxb5 axb5 34.fxg4 Qd7
35.g5 f5 36.d6 fxe4 37.Qc2 Qg4 38.Rxb5 Rd7 39.Rb4 Rf7 40.Rxe4
Qf5 41.Qg2 Ref8 42.h4 Kg8 43.Kh2 Ra8 44.Ra4 Qd3 45.Bg1 Raf8
46.Re4 Qc3 47.Qa2 Ra8 48.Re3 Qxa5 49.Qxa5 Rxa5 50.Rxe5 Kf8
51.Re6 Ra2+ 52.Kh3 Rd2 53.Be3 Rd3 54.Kg4 Rc3 55.Kh5 Rc4 56.Kh6
Rg4 57.Rf6 Rxf6+ 58.gxf6 Ke8 59.Bf4 Rg6+ 60.Kxh7 Rxf6 61.Kg7
Rf5 62.Kg6 Rxc5 63.h5 Kf8 64.h6 Kg8 65.h7+ Kh8 66.Bh6 1-0

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Menorca"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniel J Cawdery"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 e6 6.d3 Nge7 7.O-O
d5 8.Bb3 O-O 9.Qe1 Nd4 10.Qh4 Nec6 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.Bd2 c4
13.Ba4 dxe4 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Nxe4 Nxc2 16.Rac1 cxd3 17.Ne5 Nd4
18.Kh1 g5 19.Ng4 f5 20.Ngf6+ Kf7 21.Ba5 fxe4 22.Bxd8 d2
23.Rcd1 Ba6 24.Nxe4 Bxf1 25.Bxg5 Bd3 26.Nd6+ Kg6 27.Rxd2 Ba6
28.g4 h6 29.Be7 Bf1 30.h4 h5 31.gxh5+ Kxh5 32.Rd1 Be2 33.Rg1
Bf3+ 34.Kh2 Bg4 35.Kh1 Bf8 36.Bxf8 Rxf8 0-1

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Menorca"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Manuel Perez Candelario"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bd3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c3 Nbd7 7.Re1
e5 8.Nbd2 c6 9.a4 Qc7 10.b3 Re8 11.Ba3 Nh5 12.Nc4 Bf8 13.Bf1
c5 14.b4 b6 15.bxc5 bxc5 16.d5 Ng7 17.Nfd2 f5 18.exf5 gxf5
19.f4 Bb7 20.fxe5 dxe5 21.d6 Bxd6 22.Nxd6 Qxd6 23.Nc4 Qxd1
24.Raxd1 Bc6 25.Rd6 Rac8 26.Rh6 Bxa4 27.Rh4 Bb3 28.Nd6 Rcd8
29.Nxe8 Rxe8 30.Rb1 Bf7 31.Rd1 Nf6 32.Rh3 Rb8 33.Rhd3 Rb3
34.Bc1 Be6 35.Rd6 Nfe8 36.Rc6 Bf7 37.Rxc5 Bg6 1-0

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Menorca"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Michael Lurie"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 dxe5 5.Nxe5 g6 6.Bc4 c6 7.O-O
Bg7 8.Re1 O-O 9.c3 Nd7 10.Nf3 N7b6 11.Bb3 a5 12.a4 h6 13.Nbd2
Bg4 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Nxf3 Nd7 16.Bd2 e6 17.Bc2 Qc7 18.Qc1 Kh7
19.Re4 h5 20.Rh4 Kg8 21.Bh6 N7f6 22.Ne5 Nd7 23.Rxh5 Nxe5
24.Bxg7 Nf3+ 25.gxf3 Kxg7 26.Qh6+ Kf6 27.Re1 Rh8 28.Qg5+ Kg7
29.Bxg6 Qf4 30.Bc2+ Qxg5+ 31.Rxg5+ Kf6 32.Rg3 Rh4 33.Bd3 Rah8
34.Bf1 Nf4 35.Kh2 R4h5 36.Re4 Ng6 37.Bd3 b5 38.axb5 cxb5
39.Reg4 R8h6 40.f4 a4 41.Bxg6 Rxg6 42.Rxg6+ fxg6 43.Rg5 1-0

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Menorca"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrew Ho"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O 9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Qd2 b6
13.O-O e6 14.f4 Bg7 15.c4 exd5 16.cxd5 Bd4+ 17.Kh1 f5 18.e5
Qxd5 19.Bb2 Qxa2 20.Rfd1 Be6 21.Bxd4 Qxd2 22.Rxd2 cxd4 23.Rxd4
Rac8 24.h3 Rc2 25.Bd1 Rc7 26.Kh2 Kf7 27.Ra4 Rd8 28.Be2 Rd2
29.Bf3 Ra2 30.Rab4 Rc3 31.Bb7 Ke7 32.Rd1 Rc7 33.Bf3 Rc4
34.Rxc4 Bxc4 35.Rd6 Rc2 36.Kg3 Be6 37.h4 b5 38.Rd4 a5 39.Bd5
Bd7 40.h5 gxh5 41.Kh4 a4 42.Rd3 b4 43.e6 Bc6 44.Kg5 Bxd5
45.Rxd5 Kxe6 46.Ra5 Rxg2+ 47.Kxh5 a3 48.Kh4 Rg4+ 49.Kh3 Rxf4
50.Kg3 Rf1 51.Kg2 Ra1 52.Kf2 h5 53.Ke2 b3 54.Kd2 h4 55.Rb5 b2
56.Kc2 b1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Menorca"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeni Kobylkin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.O-O
c6 8.e3 Nbd7 9.a4 Ne8 10.Qe2 e5 11.Rd1 exd4 12.Nxd4 Qc7
13.Qxc4 Nd6 14.Qe2 Nc5 15.Rb1 Re8 16.e4 Qe7 17.f3 f5 18.Bf4
Nf7 19.Qf2 fxe4 20.fxe4 Ne5 21.Qf1 Rf8 22.Nf3 Bg4 23.Nxe5 Bxe5
24.Qc4+ Be6 25.Bg5 Qxg5 26.Qxc5 Rfd8 27.Kh1 Bf6 28.Rxd8+ Bxd8
29.Qd6 Qe7 30.Rd1 Qxd6 31.Rxd6 Kf7 32.Ne2 Bc7 33.Rd1 Rd8
34.Rf1+ Ke7 35.Nf4 Bb3 36.Bh3 Be5 0-1

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Menorca"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Ibragim S Khamrakulov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6
7.O-O d5 8.Nc3 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nbd7 10.Qf3 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 Bd6 12.h3
Nf6 13.Qh4 Bd7 14.Bg5 Be5 15.c3 Nd5 16.Rfe1 h6 17.Rad1 g6
18.Bc1 Bf6 19.Qc4 O-O-O 20.Qxc7+ Nxc7 21.Be4 Bb5 22.Be3 Rxd1
23.Rxd1 b6 24.Nd4 Rd8 25.Bc2 Bc4 26.Bxh6 Bxa2 27.Nf3 Bd5
28.Ng5 Rd7 29.g4 a5 30.f4 Be7 31.Kf2 f6 32.Nf3 f5 33.Ne5 Bc5+
34.Kg3 Rh7 35.g5 Ne8 36.Nxg6 Kc7 37.b4 axb4 38.cxb4 Bxb4
39.Bxf5 Nd6 40.Bb1 Ne4+ 41.Kh2 Rf7 42.Rd4 Bd6 43.Bxe4 Bxf4+
44.Nxf4 Rxf4 45.g6 Rxe4 46.g7 Re2+ 47.Kg3 Rg2+ 48.Kh4 1-0

[Event "Yerevan op"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Nikoloz Lobzhanidze"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.b3 Nf6 5.Bb2 Nbd7 6.O-O e6 7.d3
Bc5 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.e4 dxe4 10.dxe4 e5 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 b5
13.Qe2 Qe7 14.a3 Rfd8 15.b4 Bb6 16.c4 c5 17.Bc3 cxb4 18.Bxb4
Bc5 19.Bxc5 Nxc5 20.cxb5 Rd4 21.Rfc1 Rad8 22.Ra2 g6 23.Qe3 Qe6
24.Rac2 Nd3 25.Rd1 Nd7 26.Nf3 Nxf2 27.Rxd4 Nxh3+ 28.Bxh3 exd4
29.Bxe6 dxe3 30.Bd5 Nf6 31.Rc5 Ng4 32.Kf1 Kg7 33.Rc7 Nh6
34.Ke2 1-0

[Event "Yerevan op"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Ruzvelt Martsvalashvili"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Be7 6.O-O d6 7.c3
b5 8.Bc2 Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.Rd1 O-O 11.d3 Nd7 12.Nbd2 Bf6 13.Nf1
h6 14.Ng3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Bg5 16.d4 Bxc1 17.Raxc1 Qg5 18.Nf5 Ne7
19.Ne3 Rad8 20.Rd2 exd4 21.cxd4 c5 22.Rcd1 Nc6 23.dxc5 Nde5
24.Qf5 dxc5 25.Rd5 Rxd5 26.exd5 Qxf5 27.Nxf5 Nb4 28.Bb1 Rd8
29.a3 Nbc6 30.Rc1 Rxd5 31.Be4 Rd2 32.Rxc5 g6 33.Ne3 Rd6 34.f4
Nd3 35.Rxc6 Rxc6 36.Bxc6 Nxb2 37.Bb7 a5 38.Ba6 b4 39.axb4 a4
40.Nc2 Kf8 41.Kf2 Nd1+ 42.Ke2 Nc3+ 43.Kd3 Nd5 44.Ke4 Nf6+
45.Kd4 Ke7 46.Bb5 Kd6 47.Bxa4 Nh5 48.Ke4 f5+ 49.Kf3 Nf6 50.Ne3
Ne4 51.Be8 1-0

[Event "Yerevan op"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Marine Zschischang"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3
Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Qc7 11.Bd2 e6 12.Qe2 Ngf6
13.O-O-O O-O-O 14.Ne5 Nb6 15.Ba5 Rd5 16.Bxb6 axb6 17.f4 b5
18.Nf1 Rd8 19.Ne3 Bd6 20.Kb1 Rhe8 21.Rh3 Re7 22.Rg3 Ne8 23.Qg4
Bxe5 24.fxe5 Kb8 25.Qe2 Red7 26.c3 Qb6 27.Nc2 Kc8 28.Rf1 Qc7
29.Rgf3 Re7 30.Nb4 Rdd7 31.Nd3 b6 32.Nf2 b4 33.Qe4 f5 34.Qf4
Kb7 35.cxb4 Qd8 36.Rd3 Nc7 37.Rc1 Nb5 38.Rc4 Rd5 39.a4 Na7
40.Nd1 b5 41.axb5 cxb5 42.Rc5 Nc6 43.Nc3 Nxb4 44.Nxd5 Nxd3
45.Rxb5+ Kc6 46.Qf3 1-0

[Event "Yerevan op"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergo Tsomaia"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.Nb3
Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Be6 10.f3 Na5 11.Nd5 Nd7 12.Nxe7+ Qxe7
13.Nxa5 Bxb2 14.Rb1 Bc3 15.Nc4 b6 16.Bd4 Bxd4+ 17.Qxd4 d5
18.exd5 Bxd5 19.Ne3 Bxa2 20.Ng4 f6 21.Bc4+ Bxc4 22.Qxc4+ Kg7
23.Kh1 Rac8 24.Qa2 Nc5 25.Rfe1 Qf7 26.Qa1 Rfe8 27.Rbd1 h5
28.Ne3 Rcd8 29.Rxd8 Rxd8 30.c4 Nd3 31.Re2 Rc8 32.h3 b5 33.Ra2
Rc7 34.Qd4 bxc4 35.Ra6 Nb4 36.Rd6 Qe7 37.Rd8 Nc6 38.Rg8+ Kxg8
39.Qxc4+ Qf7 40.Qxf7+ 0-1

[Event "Cannes op"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jean Hebert"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d3
Be7 8.a3 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.b4 Bf8 11.Bb2 Bg4 12.Re1 a5 13.b5
Nd4 14.Nxd4 exd4 15.Na4 Bxe2 16.Rxe2 Rxe2 17.Qxe2 Nxa4 18.Bxb7
Rb8 19.Bc6 Qd6 20.Ra2 Nc3 21.Bxc3 dxc3 22.Rc2 Qxa3 23.Qe5 Bb4
24.Qxc7 Rf8 25.Bd5 Qa4 26.Ra2 Qxb5 27.Bc4 Qh5 28.Bb3 Qf5
29.Qc4 Re8 30.Kg2 h5 31.h3 Re1 32.Rc2 Qd7 33.Qa6 Kh7 34.Ra2
Rb1 35.Bc4 Re1 36.Qa8 Qf5 37.Qb7 Re7 38.Qa6 h4 39.g4 Qf4
40.Qb5 g6 41.Qd5 Bd6 42.Qf3 Qh2+ 43.Kf1 Bf4 44.Bd5 Bd2 45.Be4
Qc7 46.Rc2 a4 47.Qf6 a3 48.Qa6 Qh2 0-1

[Event "Cannes op"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Jean-Philippe Karr"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 Bg4 5.Be2 c6 6.O-O Bxf3 7.Bxf3
dxe5 8.dxe5 e6 9.Nd2 Nd7 10.Re1 Qc7 11.Nc4 N7b6 12.Qe2 Nxc4
13.Qxc4 O-O-O 14.a3 Be7 15.b4 Rd7 16.Qb3 Rhd8 17.c4 Nb6 18.Be3
h6 19.Be4 Kb8 20.a4 Nc8 21.a5 Bf8 22.g3 g5 23.Qa4 c5 24.b5 b6
25.Qc2 bxa5 26.Ra3 Qxe5 27.Bc6 Rc7 28.Bd2 Rxd2 29.Qxd2 Qd4
30.Qxa5 Bd6 31.Rb1 Qxc4 32.b6 Rxc6 33.bxa7+ Ka8 34.Rab3 Nxa7
35.Qd8+ Nc8 36.Qxc8+ 1-0

[Event "Cannes op"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Aldo Haik"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nb3 Bg7 6.Nc3 Nf6
7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O d6 9.Re1 Be6 10.Bg5 a6 11.Bf1 b5 12.Nd5 Nd7
13.c3 Re8 14.Qc2 Nb6 15.Rad1 Rc8 16.f4 Nc4 17.Qf2 f6 18.Bh4
Bf7 19.h3 Rb8 20.Nc1 e6 21.Ne3 Nxe3 22.Rxe3 Qc7 23.Red3 d5
24.exd5 exd5 25.Nb3 f5 26.Be2 d4 27.cxd4 Bc4 28.R3d2 Qd6 29.d5
Nb4 30.Bf3 Bxb3 31.axb3 Rbc8 32.Re2 Kf8 33.Rde1 Nd3 34.Rxe8+
Rxe8 35.Rxe8+ Kxe8 36.Qe3+ Kd7 37.Qxd3 Qxf4 38.Bf2 Qc1+ 39.Kh2
Qxb2 40.Qe3 Qe5+ 41.Kg1 Qxe3 42.Bxe3 h5 43.Kf2 Be5 44.Bc5 Bf4
45.Ke2 Bc1 46.b4 Bf4 47.d6 1-0

[Event "Komercni Banka op"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Olga Sikorova"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Nbd7 4.Nc3 a6 5.Bxd7+ Qxd7 6.Qf3 g6
7.Nge2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.d3 Rd8 10.Nf4 Rb8 11.Re1 Bf8 12.Be3 b5
13.Ba7 Ra8 14.Bd4 Bb7 15.Bxf6 exf6 16.Ne4 Be7 17.c4 f5 18.Nc3
b4 19.Na4 Bd6 20.b3 Rab8 21.d4 c6 22.c5 Bxf4 23.Qxf4 Qxd5
24.Nb6 Qxd4 25.Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Komercni Banka op"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Manfred Mudelsee"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Ng8 5.f4 h5 6.Be2 Bf5 7.Be3 e6
8.a3 Bg4 9.Nf3 Nh6 10.Bf2 Be7 11.Qd2 Nf5 12.O-O-O Qd7 13.Qd3
Na5 14.Nd2 Bxe2 15.Nxe2 Qc6 16.g3 Nc4 17.h3 Qb5 18.Nxc4 Qxc4
19.Qxc4 dxc4 20.d5 O-O-O 21.dxe6 fxe6 22.Rxd8+ Bxd8 23.Kd2 Be7
24.Rd1 Rd8+ 25.Ke1 Rxd1+ 26.Kxd1 Kd7 27.Nc3 g5 28.fxg5 Bxg5
29.Ne4 Be7 30.Ke2 Nh6 31.Kf3 Nf7 32.Kf4 c3 33.b4 Bf8 34.g4
hxg4 35.hxg4 Bg7 36.Nf6+ Kc6 37.g5 Nh8 38.Kg4 Ng6 39.Bd4 Kb5
40.Bxc3 Ka4 41.Bb2 Kb5 42.Kf3 c5 43.bxc5 Kxc5 44.Ke4 a5 45.Ne8
Bh8 46.Nd6 b5 47.Bc3 b4 48.Bd4+ Kc6 49.a4 1-0

[Event "Komercni Banka op"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Petr Kacirek"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 e6 4.e4 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 a6 7.Qg4 f5
8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qh6 Bxg5 10.hxg5 Qe7 11.Nge2 Nf8 12.Nf4 c6 13.Bd3
Rg8 14.a3 Nbd7 15.Kf1 b6 16.Nce2 Bb7 17.c3 O-O-O 18.f3 Kb8
19.Kf2 Rc8 20.b4 Ka7 21.a4 Qg7 22.c4 c5 23.cxd5 cxd4 24.Qxg7
Rxg7 25.dxe6 Nxe5 26.Nxd4 Rd8 27.Ke3 Re7 28.Rad1 Nf7 29.Bc4
Rc8 30.Nd5 Bxd5 31.Bxd5 Nxe6 32.Bxe6 Nxg5 33.Kf2 Nxe6 34.Rhe1
1-0

[Event "Komercni Banka op"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jaroslav Vorisek"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.c4 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.O-O dxc4 7.Na3
c3 8.bxc3 c5 9.e3 Nc6 10.Qe2 Be6 11.Bb2 Bd5 12.Rfd1 cxd4
13.exd4 e6 14.c4 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Re8 16.Nc2 Qb6 17.Ne3 Rad8
18.Rab1 Qa6 19.Bc3 Nd7 20.Qc2 e5 21.Bxc6 Qxc6 22.d5 Qa6 23.Bb4
Rc8 24.Rd3 Qf6 25.d6 Qe6 26.Nd5 e4 27.Re3 Qxd5 0-1

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Viacheslav Dydyshko"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f4
Qc7 8.Qf3 b5 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.g4 Nfd7 11.O-O-O Nc5 12.Kb1 Nbd7
13.g5 b4 14.Nce2 g6 15.h4 Bg7 16.h5 Rg8 17.Nb3 O-O-O 18.hxg6
hxg6 19.Ng3 Na4 20.Bc1 Ndc5 21.Rh7 Kb8 22.Qf2 Qb6 23.Qe1 Rc8
24.Bf1 Rc7 25.e5 dxe5 26.fxe5 Bd5 27.Be3 Qb7 28.Rd4 Ka8
29.Rxb4 Qc8 30.Nxc5 Nxc5 31.Rb6 Bb7 32.Qe2 Bxe5 33.Bxc5 Bxg3
34.Bg2 Rc6 35.Bxc6 1-0

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Conor O'Shaughnessy"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.d5 Bxf3 7.Qxf3
Ne5 8.Bb5+ Nfd7 9.Qe2 a6 10.Bxd7+ Nxd7 11.a4 g6 12.O-O b6
13.Bg5 Bg7 14.Nd2 O-O 15.Qe3 Nf6 16.h3 Re8 17.Bh6 Bh8 18.f4 b5
19.Nf3 bxa4 20.Rxa4 Qb8 21.Rf2 Ra7 22.f5 Rb7 23.Ra2 Rb5 24.Qf4
Qb6 25.Qh4 Ra5 26.Rxa5 Qxa5 27.e5 dxe5 28.Nxe5 Qa1+ 29.Rf1
Qxb2 30.Qg3 a5 31.Nc6 Nxd5 32.Qf3 Nf6 33.Re1 e6 34.fxe6 fxe6
35.Ne5 Qb3 36.g4 Qd5 37.Qf4 Qb7 38.g5 Nd5 39.Qf3 Bxe5 40.Rxe5
Qb1+ 41.Kh2 Qb8 42.Qg3 c4 43.Re2 Qxg3+ 44.Kxg3 Nxc3 45.Rc2 Rd8
46.Kf4 Nb5 47.Rxc4 Rd4+ 0-1

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Farrukh Amonatov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "157"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f4
Qc7 8.Qf3 b5 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.g4 Nc6 11.g5 Nd7 12.O-O-O O-O-O
13.Kb1 Kb8 14.h4 Nc5 15.h5 Be7 16.Rhe1 Rc8 17.Nb3 Nb4 18.Nxc5
dxc5 19.Bf1 Nc6 20.Qf2 Nd4 21.Bg2 Rhd8 22.Ne2 Nxe2 23.Qxe2 Qc6
24.Qf2 f6 25.h6 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 gxh6 27.gxf6 Bxf6 28.Bh1 Qc7
29.e5 Be7 30.f5 Rd8 31.Rxd8+ Qxd8 32.f6 Bxh1 33.fxe7 Qxe7
34.Bxc5 Qg7 35.Qf6 Qd7 36.Bd6+ Kb7 37.Qf8 Be4 38.Qb8+ Kc6
39.a4 Qb7 40.Qg8 Kd5 41.Qg1 Kc6 42.a5 h5 43.Qg8 Kd5 44.Qd8 Bg6
45.Bb4+ Ke4 46.Qh4+ Kf5 47.Qf6+ Ke4 48.Qxe6 Qd5 49.Qxa6 Qd1+
50.Ka2 Qxc2 51.e6 Qc4+ 52.Ka3 Kf3 53.Qa8+ Kg3 54.Qb8+ Kg4
55.Qe5 Qf1 56.Qd4+ Kh3 57.b3 Qe2 58.e7 Qe6 59.Bc5 Qc6 60.Qd6
b4+ 61.Kxb4 Qe4+ 62.Qd4 Qb7+ 63.Ka3 Qb5 64.Qc3+ Kg2 65.Qb4 Qe2
66.Qb7+ Kh2 67.Qc7+ Kg2 68.Qc6+ Kg3 69.a6 Qe1 70.Qc7+ Kg2
71.a7 Qa1+ 72.Kb4 Qe1+ 73.Kb5 Be8+ 74.Kb6 Qe6+ 75.Qd6 Qxb3+
76.Kc7 Qf3 77.Qd2+ Kh1 78.Qe1+ Kg2 79.Qf2+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.11.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Andrei Gutov"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6
7.c3 Qc7 8.Nf3 Bf5 9.O-O e6 10.Re1 Bd6 11.Bg5 O-O 12.Bxf6 gxf6
13.g3 Bg4 14.Qd3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 f5 16.Rad1 Kh8 17.Bb3 Rfe8
18.Kh1 b5 19.Bc2 Rad8 20.g4 f6 21.gxf5 e5 22.Bb3 exd4 23.Rxe8+
Rxe8 24.cxd4 Bxh2 25.Qh5 Qe7 26.Kxh2 Qe4 27.Rg1 Rd8 28.Qg4
Qxg4 29.Rxg4 h5 30.Rg6 Rxd4 31.Rxf6 c5 32.Rh6+ Kg7 33.Rg6+ Kh7
34.Bg8+ Kh8 35.f6 c4 36.Be6 Kh7 37.f7 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.11.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vladislav Vorotnikov"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.Nbd2 Nd7 4.h3 Bh5 5.e4 c6 6.c3 Ngf6 7.Bd3
e5 8.O-O Be7 9.Re1 O-O 10.Nf1 Bg6 11.Ng3 Re8 12.Nh4 Nf8
13.Nhf5 Ne6 14.Bc2 Bf8 15.Be3 Nf4 16.Qf3 Bxf5 17.Nxf5 g6
18.Nxd6 Bxd6 19.dxe5 Nxh3+ 20.Qxh3 Rxe5 21.Rad1 Rh5 22.Qf3 Qe7
23.Bb3 a5 24.a4 Re8 25.g4 Re5 26.Bf4 h5 27.g5 Rxe4 28.Rxe4
Nxe4 29.Bxd6 Qxg5+ 30.Kf1 Nxd6 31.Rxd6 Re7 32.Qf6 Qxf6 33.Rxf6
Kg7 34.Rd6 Kh6 35.Rd8 f5 36.Ra8 Re5 37.Ra7 b6 38.Ra6 b5
39.Rxc6 h4 40.Rd6 bxa4 41.Bxa4 Kg5 42.Bc6 h3 43.Rd3 Kh4
44.Rd4+ Kh5 45.Bf3+ Kg5 46.Rd5 Re7 47.Rxa5 Kf4 48.Bd5 g5 49.b4
g4 50.b5 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.11.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Petr Kiriakov"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 d5 4.Bb2 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.e3 O-O 7.Be2
Bg4 8.O-O Nbd7 9.d3 Re8 10.Nbd2 a5 11.a3 c6 12.Bc3 Bd6 13.Re1
Qe7 14.Qc1 c5 15.a4 b6 16.Qb2 Rac8 17.Rac1 d4 18.exd4 cxd4
19.Bxd4 Ba3 20.Rxc8 Bxb2 21.Rxe8+ Qxe8 22.Bxb2 Nd5 23.Bf1 Qd8
24.Nd4 N7f6 25.Nc4 h6 26.g3 Nb4 27.Ne5 Bd7 28.Bg2 Be8 29.Nf5
h5 30.g4 Nxg4 31.Nxg7 Nxe5 32.Rxe5 Bd7 33.Nxh5 Be6 34.Re3 Qc7
35.h4 Kf8 36.Be5 Qc1+ 37.Kh2 Ke7 38.Nf4 Nc2 39.Re4 Kd7 40.h5
f5 41.h6 Bg8 42.Rc4 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.11.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Alexandr Granovskiy"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 f5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.e3 g6 6.d3 Bg7 7.Rb1 a5
8.a3 Qe7 9.Nge2 O-O 10.O-O b6 11.Nd5 Qd8 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4
Bb7 14.Qb3 Kh8 15.Bd2 d6 16.Ndc3 Qd7 17.Ra1 Rfb8 18.Rae1 Ne7
19.e4 fxe4 20.dxe4 Bc6 21.b5 Bb7 22.Nd5 Rf8 23.Nec3 Nexd5
24.cxd5 Qe8 25.Qc4 Qd8 26.Bh3 Nd7 27.Bg5 Bf6 28.Bxd7 Bxg5
29.Be6 Bc8 30.Ra1 Rxa1 31.Rxa1 Bd2 32.Nd1 Bxe6 33.dxe6 Qe7
34.Ra7 Rc8 35.Nb2 Kg7 36.Qd5 Bc3 37.Nc4 Bd4 38.Qxd6 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup3"]
[Site "Omsk"]
[Date "1996.12.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergei Usatchev"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 Bb4 4.e5 Nd5 5.Qg4 g6 6.a3 f5 7.Qg3
Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 c5 9.h4 Qa5 10.Bd2 Nc6 11.c4 Ndb4 12.Rc1 Nxd4
13.axb4 cxb4 14.h5 Rg8 15.hxg6 Rxg6 16.Qe3 Nc6 17.Nf3 b6
18.Rxh7 Kd8 19.Nd4 Nxd4 20.Qxd4 Kc7 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup3"]
[Site "Omsk"]
[Date "1996.12.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Natalia Kuchatova"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Rb1 a5 6.a3 d6 7.b4 axb4
8.axb4 f5 9.b5 Nce7 10.d3 Nf6 11.e3 O-O 12.Nge2 Kh8 13.Qb3 g5
14.f4 exf4 15.exf4 g4 16.Be3 Ng6 17.O-O h5 18.Bf2 h4 19.Rfe1
h3 20.Bh1 Ne7 21.Nd4 Rb8 22.Ra1 Bd7 23.Ra7 c5 24.bxc6 bxc6
25.Rb7 Rxb7 26.Qxb7 d5 27.c5 Nfg8 28.Na4 Qa5 29.Qxd7 Qxa4
30.Ne6 Rf7 31.Bxd5 Qc2 32.Bc4 Bc3 33.Rf1 Qe2 34.Nd4 Bxd4
35.Qxd4+ Rg7 36.Qe3 Qb2 37.Re1 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup3"]
[Site "Omsk"]
[Date "1996.12.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Alexander Khasin"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 Nf6 7.d4
O-O 8.O-O Bf5 9.d5 Na5 10.e4 Bd7 11.Qd3 a6 12.b3 b5 13.Rb1 Rb8
14.cxb5 axb5 15.b4 Nb7 16.a3 c4 17.Qc2 e6 18.dxe6 fxe6 19.h3
Qc7 20.Be3 Nd8 21.Rfd1 Nf7 22.a4 bxa4 23.Nxa4 Ne5 24.Nac3 Nd3
25.b5 e5 26.Nc1 Nc5 27.Qd2 Rb6 28.Bxc5 dxc5 29.Qa2 Be6 30.Qa5
Rc8 31.N1e2 Nd7 32.Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Fajr op 6th"]
[Site "Tehran, Iran"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shojaat Ghane"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e3 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Be2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.c4 b6 6.Nc3 Bb7 7.Qc2
c5 8.b3 Nc6 9.Bb2 Re8 10.Rad1 e5 11.Qb1 d5 12.cxd5 Nxd5
13.Nxd5 Qxd5 14.Bc4 Qd8 15.Qa1 Na5 16.Be2 Qc7 17.Bc3 Nc6
18.Bc4 Qe7 19.Ne1 Bh6 20.f4 exf4 21.Nd3 b5 22.Bd5 Nd4 23.exd4
Bxd5 24.dxc5 f3 25.gxf3 Qg5+ 26.Kh1 Re2 27.Ne1 Qh5 28.Be5 Bg7
29.Bg3 Bxa1 30.Rxa1 Rae8 31.b4 Rxh2+ 32.Bxh2 Re2 33.Ng2 0-1

[Event "Fajr op 6th"]
[Site "Tehran, Iran"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "F Sobhani"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bg5 Be7
7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.Qd2 f5 9.Ng3 Nf6 10.O-O-O Bd7 11.Ne5 h5 12.Bc4
Ne4 13.Nxe4 fxe4 14.Qe2 Bg5+ 15.Kb1 Qe7 16.Qxe4 O-O-O 17.Ba6
Qb4 18.Nxf7 Bf6 19.Nxd8 Rxd8 20.c3 Qb6 21.Bc4 Kb8 22.Rhe1 a5
23.Ka1 a4 24.a3 Qa5 25.Bxe6 Re8 26.Qd5 Bb5 27.Qxh5 Qb6 28.Qc5
Rxe6 29.Rxe6 Qxe6 30.Qxb5 c6 31.Qxa4 Qe2 32.d5 b5 33.Qf4+ Be5
34.Qf8+ Ka7 35.Qc5+ Kb8 36.Qb6+ Ka8 37.Qxc6+ Ka7 38.Qc5+ Ka6
39.Rb1 1-0

[Event "Fajr op 6th"]
[Site "Tehran, Iran"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alireza Shafiei"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "156"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Nf3 c5 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.O-O cxd4 10.cxd4 O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Ba3
Bg4 13.Bc5 Re8 14.Rc1 Qd7 15.Rc4 Qe6 16.d5 cxd5 17.exd5 Qd7
18.h3 Qb5 19.Qb3 Bd7 20.Re1 Rac8 21.Qxb5 Bxb5 22.Rcc1 Bb2
23.Rc2 Ba3 24.Nd4 Rxc5 25.Rxc5 Bxc5 26.Nxb5 Rc8 27.Rd1 Bb6
28.Rd2 Rc5 29.Na3 Rc3 30.Nc2 Kf8 31.Kf1 Ba5 32.Re2 Rc5 33.g3
Rxd5 34.Ne3 Rd4 35.Rc2 e6 36.h4 Ke7 37.Nc4 Bc7 38.Ke2 Kd7
39.Na3 Rd5 40.Nc4 Rc5 41.Kd3 Kc6 42.Rb2 Rd5+ 43.Ke2 Rb5 44.Rc2
Rc5 45.Kd3 e5 46.h5 Rd5+ 47.Ke2 Kd7 48.hxg6 hxg6 49.g4 Rb5
50.Kd3 Rb4 51.Re2 Rb5 52.Rc2 Rd5+ 53.Ke2 Rd4 54.Ke3 Rd5 55.Rb2
Rc5 56.Kd3 Kc8 57.Rb1 Rc6 58.Re1 Re6 59.Ke4 Rf6 60.Re3 Rf4+
61.Kd5 Rd4+ 62.Kc5 Rd1 63.Ra3 Kb7 64.Rb3+ Kc8 65.Ra3 Bb8
66.Ra6 Kd7 67.Rf6 Ke7 68.Rc6 Kd7 69.Rf6 Ke7 70.Rc6 Kd7 71.Rf6
Ke7 72.Rc6 Kd8 73.Rf6 Rd7 74.Ra6 Rd3 75.Ra3 Bd6+ 76.Nxd6 Rxa3
77.Nxf7+ Ke7 78.Nxe5 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Fajr op 6th"]
[Site "Tehran, Iran"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Farzad Fekri"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.c4 d5 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2
Nfd7 8.Qxc4 Nb6 9.Qc2 Nc6 10.Rd1 Bf5 11.Qc5 e5 12.Bg5 Qd7
13.d5 h6 14.Nc3 Nd4 15.Nxe5 Bxe5 16.Bxh6 Qd6 17.Bxf8 Rxf8
18.Qxd6 cxd6 19.Rac1 Rc8 20.e3 Rxc3 21.bxc3 Ne2+ 22.Kf1 Nxc1
23.Rxc1 Bd3+ 24.Ke1 Bc4 25.e4 Bxa2 26.Kd2 a5 27.Bf1 Na4 28.Bd3
g5 29.f3 Nc5 30.Bc2 a4 31.Rf1 Bc4 32.Rg1 b5 33.f4 Bg7 34.Re1
gxf4 35.gxf4 Bh6 36.Ke3 a3 37.h4 a2 38.Ra1 Bg7 39.Rg1 Kf8
40.Kd2 b4 41.cxb4 Nb3+ 42.Bxb3 Bxb3 43.b5 a1=Q 44.Rxa1 Bxa1
45.Kd3 Bf6 46.h5 Bd8 47.h6 Kg8 48.Kc3 Ba4 49.Kb4 Bc2 50.e5 Bf5
51.b6 Bxb6 52.Kb5 Be3 53.Kc6 Bxf4 54.exd6 Bxh6 55.d7 Bg5 0-1

[Event "Fajr op 6th"]
[Site "Tehran, Iran"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "M Peyrou Olya"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Be3 c5 8.Rc1 O-O 9.d5 Nd7 10.Qd2 Nf6 11.f3 b6 12.c4 e5
13.Bg5 h6 14.Be3 Ne8 15.h4 h5 16.g3 Nd6 17.Nh3 Qe8 18.Ng5 f6
19.Nh3 Qa4 20.Bd3 Ba6 21.Qc2 Qxc2 22.Rxc2 Bc8 23.a4 Nb7 24.Kd2
Kh7 25.f4 Re8 26.fxe5 Rxe5 27.Bf4 Re8 28.Nf2 Bd7 29.Ra2 Na5
30.Kc2 Kg8 31.Re1 Bc8 32.Kc3 g5 33.Bc7 Bd7 34.Be2 f5+ 35.e5 g4
36.Nd3 Rac8 37.Bd6 Nb7 38.Kc2 Nxd6 39.exd6 Re3 40.Nf4 Rce8
41.a5 Bc3 42.axb6 Bxe1 43.bxa7 Ra8 0-1

[Event "Kasparov Cup"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Varuzhan Akobian"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O
cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6 9.h3 b6 10.Ne5 Bb7 11.Bf3 Na5 12.c5 bxc5
13.dxc5 Ne4 14.Bxe4 dxe4 15.Bf4 f6 16.Ng4 f5 17.Ne3 Rc8 18.Na4
e5 19.Qxd8 Rfxd8 20.Bg5 Rd4 21.b3 f4 22.Nc2 Rd2 23.Nb4 e3
24.Rac1 h6 25.Be7 Kf7 26.Bd6 exf2+ 27.Kh2 Bf6 28.Nc3 Bh4
29.Rcd1 Bg3+ 30.Kh1 f3 31.Nbd5 Ba6 0-1

[Event "Kasparov Cup"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Dmitry Batsanin"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Nf3 a6 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Ne2 Nf6 6.Nbc3 Bc5
7.Ng3 O-O 8.Bc4 d6 9.Bg5 Be6 10.Bb3 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.O-O Nc6
13.Nd5 Qh4 14.c3 Kh8 15.Nc7 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rac8 17.Nd5 g6 18.Kh1
Rce8 19.Ba4 Bd7 20.b4 Ba7 21.Bb3 f5 22.exf5 gxf5 23.f4 e4
24.Qe2 Ne7 25.Rad1 Ng8 26.c4 Kh7 27.Ne3 Rf6 28.c5 Bb5 29.Bc4
Bxc4 30.Qxc4 Ref8 31.Nexf5 Rxf5 32.Nxf5 Rxf5 33.Qxe4 1-0

[Event "Kasparov Cup"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vitaly Kunin"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 Bxc3 5.bxc3 d6 6.d3 c5 7.e4
Nc6 8.Ne2 Bd7 9.O-O Qc8 10.f4 Bh3 11.f5 Bxg2 12.Kxg2 h6 13.h3
Qc7 14.g4 O-O-O 15.Ng3 Rh7 16.Bd2 Nd7 17.h4 Kb8 18.Rh1 Rdh8
19.Qa4 Qa5 20.Qb5 Ka8 21.Rab1 Rb8 22.Qxa5 Nxa5 23.g5 hxg5
24.hxg5 Rhh8 25.Nh5 Rhg8 26.Ng3 Rh8 27.Rh5 Rxh5 28.Nxh5 Rg8
29.Rh1 a6 30.Nxg7 Rxg7 31.Rh8+ Ka7 32.Kh3 Nc6 33.Kh4 f6 34.g6
Ne7 35.Rh7 Nxg6+ 36.fxg6 Rxh7+ 37.gxh7 Nf8 38.h8=N Kb6 39.Kg4
Ka5 40.Kf5 Ka4 41.Kxf6 Ka3 42.Ke7 Kxa2 43.Kxf8 Kb3 44.Nf7 a5
45.Nxd6 a4 46.Nb5 Kc2 47.d4 cxd4 48.cxd4 exd4 49.Ba5 Kd3 50.e5
Kxc4 51.Nxd4 Kxd4 52.e6 a3 53.Bd8 Kd5 54.Kf7 b5 55.Bf6 b4
56.e7 1-0

[Event "Kasparov Cup"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Alexander Zakharov"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2
c5 8.Nc3 d6 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 a6 12.e4 Qc7 13.Qe2
Nbd7 14.Rad1 Rac8 15.Rfe1 Rfe8 16.f4 g6 17.Nf3 Qb7 18.e5 dxe5
19.fxe5 Nh5 20.Qe3 b5 21.g4 Ng7 22.Qe4 Qa7 23.Qd4 Nb6 24.Ne4
bxc4 25.Nf6+ Bxf6 26.exf6 e5 27.Qe3 Ne6 28.Rd6 Nf4+ 29.Kg3 c3
30.Bxc3 Qc7 31.Rxb6 Nd5 32.Qh6 Nxf6 33.Rxf6 Qxc3 34.Qe3 Qa5
35.Qa7 Rc7 36.Qxa6 Qc3 37.Qa4 Rd8 38.Rxe5 Rd3 39.Qe4 Rcd7
40.Rf4 Qc1 41.Re8+ Kg7 42.Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Kasparov Cup"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Krzysztof Gratka"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6
7.O-O Be7 8.d3 O-O 9.a3 Re8 10.b4 Bf8 11.Be3 Bg4 12.Nd2 Qc8
13.Re1 Nd4 14.Nb3 Nxb3 15.Qxb3 c6 16.Rec1 Qd7 17.Bxb6 axb6
18.b5 cxb5 19.Nxb5 Bc5 20.e3 Be6 21.Qb2 Red8 22.d4 exd4
23.exd4 Ra5 24.dxc5 Rxb5 25.Qe5 h6 26.h4 Qd2 27.Rab1 bxc5
28.Rxb5 Qxc1+ 29.Kh2 c4 30.Rxb7 Qxa3 31.Rc7 Qd6 32.Qxd6 Rxd6
33.Bh3 f5 34.Rc5 Kf8 35.Bxf5 Rd5 36.Rxd5 Bxd5 37.Kg1 c3 38.Bc2
Bf3 39.Kf1 Ke7 40.Ke1 Kd6 41.Bf5 Kc5 42.Bc2 Kb4 0-1

[Event "Kasparov Cup"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rasul Ibrahimov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Ne2 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.h3 O-O
8.Be3 b6 9.Nd2 Bb7 10.a3 e5 11.d5 Ne7 12.b4 Nexd5 13.exd5 Nxd5
14.bxc5 Nxe3 15.fxe3 Qg5 16.Rf2 Qxe3 17.Nb3 dxc5 18.Bc4 Rad8
19.Qf1 Bd5 20.Bxd5 Rxd5 21.Re1 Qd3 22.Nbc1 Qc4 23.Kh1 f5 24.g3
Rfd8 25.Kh2 Rd2 26.Kg2 Bh6 27.Kh2 Qd5 28.Ng1 e4 29.Rxd2 Qxd2+
30.Nce2 Rd3 31.Rb1 Be3 32.a4 Qc2 33.Re1 Rxc3 34.h4 Rd3 35.Kg2
c4 36.Nh3 Bd2 37.Ra1 Be3 38.g4 f4 0-1

[Event "Kasparov Cup"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Stoljarov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 Rb8 6.Be3 b5 7.Qd2 b4
8.Nd1 d6 9.f4 Qb6 10.Nf3 e6 11.O-O Nge7 12.Qf2 O-O 13.Nh4 a5
14.g4 f5 15.gxf5 exf5 16.Nf3 fxe4 17.dxe4 Bg4 18.Qh4 Bh5
19.Bh3 Bf6 20.Qg3 Kh8 21.Bg4 Bxg4 22.Qxg4 Qa6 23.Qe6 Rbd8
24.Rf2 Qc8 25.Qxc8 Nxc8 26.Rc1 Rfe8 27.Nd2 d5 28.Bxc5 dxe4
29.Nc4 Rd5 30.Be3 N8e7 31.Nb6 Rdd8 32.Nc4 Nf5 33.Bb6 Rb8 34.c3
bxc3 35.bxc3 e3 36.Bxe3 Re4 37.Nd2 Rxe3 38.Nxe3 Nxe3 39.Re2
Nd5 40.Re6 Rc8 41.Rf1 Bxc3 42.Ne4 Nd4 43.Rd6 Ne2+ 44.Kh1 Nexf4
45.Rc1 Re8 46.Ng5 Re7 47.Rf1 Kg7 48.Rc6 Bb4 49.Ra6 Bc3 50.Rc6
Bf6 51.Nf3 Re2 52.a4 Re4 53.Rd6 Rxa4 54.Rd7+ Kh6 55.h3 Ne3
56.Re1 Nf5 57.Nh2 Ng3+ 58.Kg1 Bd4+ 0-1

[Event "Pasanauri op"]
[Site "Pasanauri"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Lernik Manukian"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6
7.Nf3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.Qe2 Nd7 10.O-O-O Qe7 11.h4 O-O-O 12.Ba6
Nb8 13.Bxb7+ Kxb7 14.g4 Nc6 15.c3 Qd7 16.g5 Be7 17.c4 Bd6
18.Kb1 Rhe8 19.h5 Qe7 20.h6 f5 21.Nc3 g6 22.Rhe1 Qf8 23.c5 Bf4
24.Qc4 Na5 25.Qa4 Kb8 26.b4 Nb7 27.c6 a5 28.a3 axb4 29.axb4
Bd6 30.Qa6 1-0

[Event "Pasanauri op"]
[Site "Pasanauri"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tinatin Kveliashvili"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 Rb8 6.Be3 b5 7.Qd2 b4
8.Nd1 d6 9.Ne2 e6 10.O-O Nd4 11.Nf4 Ne7 12.c3 bxc3 13.bxc3 O-O
14.Qc1 Ndc6 15.Nb2 Ba6 16.Qc2 Qa5 17.Rfc1 Qxc3 18.Qxc3 Bxc3
19.Rxc3 Rxb2 20.Bf1 Rfb8 21.Rb3 e5 22.Ng2 R8xb3 23.axb3 Nb4
24.d4 Bxf1 25.Kxf1 cxd4 26.Bc1 Rc2 27.Ne1 Rc7 28.Bd2 Nbc6
29.Nd3 f6 30.b4 Rb7 31.Ra4 Kf7 32.Ke2 Ke6 33.f3 Kd7 34.Kd1 Kc7
35.Kc2 Rb6 36.Nb2 d5 37.Kd3 a5 38.exd5 Nxd5 39.Nc4 Ndxb4+
40.Ke2 Rb5 41.Nxa5 Rxa5 42.Rxa5 Nxa5 43.Bxb4 Nc6 0-1

[Event "Zepter op"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1998.04.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrei Kharlov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O Nb6 7.d3
Be7 8.a3 O-O 9.Nbd2 Re8 10.b4 a5 11.Bb2 axb4 12.axb4 Rxa1
13.Qxa1 Bxb4 14.Ne4 Qe7 15.Rd1 Bf5 16.Nh4 Bg4 17.f3 Bh5 18.Nf5
Qf8 19.Rc1 Bg6 20.Bh3 Ra8 21.Qb1 Ra5 22.Nh4 f5 23.Nf2 Bd2
24.Rd1 Bg5 25.Ng2 Qb4 26.e4 Bf7 27.f4 exf4 28.gxf4 Be7 29.Qc1
Ra2 30.Bc3 Qb3 31.Be1 Ba3 32.Qc3 Qxc3 33.Bxc3 Na4 34.Be5 Nxe5
35.fxe5 Bc5 36.d4 Nc3 37.dxc5 Nxd1 38.Nxd1 Ra1 39.Nge3 f4
40.Kf2 Ra2+ 41.Kf3 fxe3 42.Nxe3 Rb2 43.Bc8 Bh5+ 44.Kg3 Re2
45.Nd5 Rxe4 46.Bxb7 Rxe5 47.Kf4 Rxd5 48.Bxd5+ Kf8 49.Ke5 Ke7
50.Be4 Bg6 51.Bd5 Bc2 52.Bf3 g5 53.Be2 Bg6 54.Bf3 h5 55.Bb7
Bd3 0-1

[Event "Linares Anibal op 5th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.01.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zhu Chen"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.e3 O-O 6.b4 c6 7.Bb2
dxc4 8.Bxc4 b5 9.Bb3 a5 10.bxa5 Qxa5 11.O-O b4 12.Na4 Ba6
13.Re1 Bb5 14.Nc5 Nbd7 15.Qc2 e6 16.Rac1 Nxc5 17.Qxc5 Nd7
18.Qe7 Bf6 19.Qd6 Rfd8 20.Qf4 c5 21.e4 c4 22.Bxc4 Bxc4 23.Rxc4
Qb5 24.Rc2 Rxa2 25.e5 b3 26.Rd2 Bg7 27.d5 Nc5 28.Ng5 Rf8
29.Qf3 Bh6 30.h4 Qb4 31.Qe3 exd5 32.Red1 Ne6 33.Qg3 Rc8
34.Rxd5 Bxg5 0-1

[Event "Linares Anibal op 5th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.01.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Salvador Gabriel Del Rio Angelis"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.g3 e5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6
7.O-O Be7 8.d3 O-O 9.Be3 f5 10.Rc1 Be6 11.a3 f4 12.Bd2 g5
13.Ne4 Nd7 14.Rxc6 bxc6 15.Bc3 Bd5 16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Bxe4
18.Bxe4 Bf6 19.gxf4 Bxe5 20.fxe5 Qd4 21.Qb3+ Kh8 22.Bxc6 Rab8
23.Qc3 Qg4+ 24.Kh1 Qxe2 25.e6+ Kg8 26.Re1 Qxf2 27.e7 Rf6
28.e8=Q+ Rxe8 29.Rxe8+ Kf7 30.Qc4+ Kg7 31.Rg8+ Kh6 32.Qc1 Qh4
33.Re8 Rf2 34.Re6+ 1-0

[Event "Ubeda op 3rd"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1998.01.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Esben Christensen"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3
O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.f4 Qb6 10.Qd3 Qxb2 11.Bf3 Qa3 12.Rab1 Qa5
13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.h3 Ba6 0-1

[Event "Ubeda op 3rd"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1998.01.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nino Khurtsidze"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O
Nb6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.e3 Re8 10.h3 h6 11.Kh2 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5
Bxe5 14.Qc2 c6 15.e4 h5 16.f4 Bg7 17.b3 a5 18.Be3 Nd7 19.Rad1
Qe7 20.Na4 Bh6 21.h4 f5 22.Bd4 fxe4 23.f5 Nf6 24.fxg6 Ng4+
25.Kh1 Qc7 26.Bxe4 Qxg3 27.Rf3 Qxh4+ 28.Kg1 Qh2+ 29.Qxh2 Nxh2
30.Kxh2 Rxe4 31.Nc5 Rh4+ 32.Kg2 Bg4 33.Nd7 Bxd7 0-1

[Event "Ubeda op 3rd"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1998.01.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Evgenij Piankov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 g6 4.h3 Bg7 5.Ngf3 Nh6 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O
dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nf5 9.c3 Qc7 10.Re1 Nd7 11.Bg5 Nf6 12.Nxf6+ exf6
13.Bd2 Be6 14.Bc2 Rfe8 15.Bb3 Bd5 16.Rxe8+ Rxe8 17.Bxd5 cxd5
18.Qa4 Ra8 19.Re1 Bf8 20.Re8 Rxe8 21.Qxe8 a6 22.Nh2 h5 23.Nf1
g5 24.Qe2 h4 25.Qg4 Nh6 26.Qf3 Qb6 27.b4 Qc6 28.Ne3 Kg7
29.Qxd5 Qxd5 30.Nxd5 Nf5 31.Ne3 Nxe3 32.Bxe3 Kg6 33.d5 Be7
34.Bb6 Bd6 35.Bc5 Bc7 36.Be7 1-0

[Event "Ubeda op 3rd"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1998.01.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gennadi Kuzmin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Re1 Nc6 9.Nf3 a6 10.Bf1 b5 11.h3 Bb7 12.Bf4 Nd7 13.Qd2
Re8 14.Bh6 Bh8 15.a4 b4 16.Nd5 Bxb2 17.Rab1 Bh8 18.Nxb4 Nxb4
19.Rxb4 Nc5 20.Qe3 Qc7 21.e5 Bxf3 22.Qxf3 dxe5 23.Reb1 Rac8
24.Rc4 Qa5 25.h4 Bf6 26.h5 e4 27.Qh3 Rcd8 28.g4 Rd5 29.Rcb4
Red8 30.hxg6 hxg6 31.Be3 Nxa4 32.Rb8 Nc3 33.R1b3 Qa1 34.Kg2
Be5 35.Rxd8+ Rxd8 36.Qh4 Qd1 37.Qh3 Qxc2 38.Rb7 Nd5 39.Bg5 Bf6
0-1

[Event "Ciocaltea mem"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Dorian Rogozenko"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.b4 Bg7 5.Bb2 d5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Bg2
Qb6 8.Nc3 O-O 9.a3 Ne4 10.e3 Nxc3 11.Bxc3 Bf5 12.Bxg7 Kxg7
13.Qb3 Be4 14.d3 Qf6 15.Ke2 Bxf3+ 16.Bxf3 e6 17.Rac1 Nc6
18.Qc3 d4 19.Qa1 e5 20.Rc5 Rfd8 21.Qc1 Rd6 22.e4 Qe7 23.h4 a6
24.h5 g5 25.Bg4 h6 26.Bf5 Qd8 27.Qd2 Qb6 28.Rhc1 Re8 29.Kf1
Re7 30.Kg2 Rd8 31.Qc2 Rd6 32.Rd5 Na7 33.a4 Rxd5 34.exd5 Qxb4
35.Qc5 Qxc5 36.Rxc5 Kf6 37.g4 e4 38.d6 Re8 39.Bxe4 Rd8 40.Bxb7
Rxd6 41.Rc7 Re6 42.Kf3 a5 43.Bd5 Re7 44.Rc5 Re5 45.Rxa5 Nc8
46.Ra6+ Ke7 47.Bb3 f5 48.Rxh6 f4 49.Rh7+ Kd6 50.Rf7 Ne7
51.Rf6+ Kd7 52.Bf7 Ra5 53.h6 Ra8 54.a5 Nc6 55.Rf5 Kd6 56.h7
Rh8 57.Rd5+ Ke7 58.Bg8 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea mem"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levente Vajda"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.d5 Bxf3 7.Qxf3
Ne5 8.Bb5+ Nfd7 9.Qe2 a6 10.Ba4 c4 11.O-O b5 12.Bd1 g6 13.a4
Bg7 14.b4 cxb3 15.axb5 axb5 16.Rxa8 Qxa8 17.Qxb5 O-O 18.f4 Rb8
19.Qe2 Qa2 20.fxe5 Qxb1 21.e6 Qxc1 22.exd7 Qxc3 23.Qb5 Qc7
24.Qc6 Qd8 25.Be2 Bd4+ 26.Kh1 b2 27.Bd3 Ra8 28.e5 Bxe5 29.Qb7
Rb8 30.Qc6 Ra8 31.Qb7 Bd4 32.Qb4 Qb6 33.Qd2 Rd8 34.Qf4 Bf6
35.g4 Qd4 36.Qf3 h6 37.Bb5 Qb4 38.Qd3 Qxg4 39.Qc2 Rxd7 40.Bxd7
Qxd7 41.Rg1 Qh3 42.Qf2 Qd3 0-1

[Event "Ciocaltea mem"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Andrei Florean"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.f3 Be6 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.O-O-O O-O 11.g4 b5 12.g5 b4 13.Na4
Ne8 14.h4 Qb8 15.Na5 Bd8 16.Nc6 Qb7 17.Nxb4 Ba5 18.a3 Nc7
19.Qxd6 Bxb4 20.Qxb4 Nb5 21.Nc5 Nxc5 22.Bxc5 Rfc8 23.a4 1-0

[Event "Zepter op"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1998.04.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Andrei Borisenko"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.a3 a5 7.e3 O-O
8.Nge2 Bf5 9.h3 Rb8 10.g4 Bd7 11.Ng3 Ne7 12.O-O Bc6 13.d4 Bb6
14.c5 exd4 15.exd4 dxc5 16.dxc5 Qxd1 17.Rxd1 Bxc5 18.Bg5 Rfd8
19.Bxc6 Nxc6 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Kg2 Bd4 22.Nh5 Kf8 23.Rab1 Ne7
24.Nb5 Be5 25.f4 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Bxb2 27.Rb1 c6 28.Rxb2 cxb5
29.Nxf6 Rc8 30.Rxb5 Rc2+ 31.Kf1 Ng6 32.f5 Nf4 33.Nxh7+ Kg7
34.Ng5 Rc3 35.Rxb7 Nxh3 36.Rxf7+ Kg8 37.Rf6 Nxg5 38.Rg6+ Kf7
39.Rxg5 Rxa3 40.Rg6 a4 41.Ra6 Ra2 42.g5 1-0

[Event "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Eduardas Rozentalis"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e5
7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Bc5 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 O-O 11. a4 a5
12. Nc4 Qe7 13. Kg2 Rfd8 14. Qe2 Nf8 15. c3 h6 16. h4 Qc7
17. Ne3 Qb6 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Ne3 Qb6 20. Qc4 Ne6 21. Ng4 Nxg4
22. Bxg4 Rd6 23. b3 Rad8 24. f4 exf4 25. Bxf4 Nxf4+ 26. Rxf4
Rd2+ 27. Kh3 Bd6 28. Rxf7 Kh8 29. e5 Bxe5 30. Raf1 Bd6
31. Rxg7 Qe3 32. Bh5 Rf2 33. Rxf2 Qxf2 34. Rg6 Qf5+ 35. Kg2
Qxh5 36. Qd4+ Qe5 37. Rxd6 Qxd4 38. Rxd4 Re8 39. Rd6 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.10.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Arsen Yegiazarian"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.g3 c5 2.Bg2 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.a3 a6 6.Rb1 Rb8 7.b4
cxb4 8.axb4 b5 9.cxb5 axb5 10.Nf3 d5 11.d4 Bf5 12.Rb3 Nf6
13.Ne5 Rc8 14.Nxc6 Rxc6 15.O-O Ne4 16.Bb2 O-O 17.e3 Rc4 18.Qe2
Nxc3 19.Rxc3 Rxc3 20.Bxc3 Qd7 21.Rc1 Ra8 22.Bb2 h5 23.Rc5 e6
24.Rxb5 Bf8 25.Bf1 Qc7 26.Qd2 Ra2 27.Rc5 Bxc5 28.dxc5 Qe5
29.Bxe5 Rxd2 30.c6 Rc2 31.c7 Rc1 32.b5 d4 33.exd4 Be4 34.Bf4
Rc2 35.Bg2 Bd3 36.Bb7 e5 37.c8=Q+ Rxc8 38.Bxc8 exf4 39.b6 1-0

[Event "Vidmar mem 13th"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Dusko Pavasovic"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 c6 4.c4 e6 5.cxd5 Bxf3 6.Bxf3 cxd5
7.O-O Nc6 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.d3 Be7 10.a3 O-O 11.Bg2 Rc8 12.Bd2 Nd7
13.Rc1 Bg5 14.e3 a6 15.b4 Qe7 16.Rc2 Rfd8 17.Qb1 d4 18.Ne4
dxe3 19.fxe3 Bh6 20.Nf2 Nb6 21.Ng4 Bg5 22.h4 f5 23.hxg5 fxg4
24.g6 hxg6 25.d4 Nd5 26.Rc5 Kh7 27.Be4 Qg5 28.Rf2 Qe7 29.Bxg6+
Kh8 30.Qe4 Nf6 31.Qh1+ Kg8 32.Rh5 1-0

[Event "Ubeda op 4th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John L Watson"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.e4 e5 5.Nf3 c6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Rb1 Re8 9.d5 a6 10.Nd2 Qc7 11.b4 cxd5 12.Nxd5 Nxd5
13.cxd5 a5 14.b5 b6 15.Ba3 Bg5 16.Rc1 Nc5 17.Bxc5 dxc5 18.Rc3
Bxd2 19.Qxd2 Qd6 20.a4 f5 21.exf5 Bxf5 22.f3 Rad8 23.Bc4 Bg6
24.Re3 Rf8 25.g3 Bf7 26.Qc3 Rfe8 27.Rfe1 Qg6 28.Rxe5 Rxe5
29.Rxe5 Qb1+ 30.Re1 Qb4 31.Qxb4 cxb4 32.Kf2 Kf8 33.Rd1 Rc8
34.Bb3 Ke8 35.Ke3 Rc3+ 36.Rd3 Bg6 37.Rxc3 bxc3 38.g4 Kd7 39.f4
Bb1 40.f5 Kd6 41.Ke2 Ke5 42.Ke3 h5 43.h3 h4 44.Ke2 Be4 45.Ke3
Bg2 46.g5 Bxh3 47.f6 gxf6 48.g6 Bf5 49.g7 Bh7 50.Kf2 f5 51.Kf3
f4 52.Kg4 h3 53.Kxh3 Kf6 54.d6 Kxg7 55.Kg4 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Ubeda op 4th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Artashes Minasian"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.d4 e6 5.O-O Bd6 6.c4 f5 7.b3 Ngf6
8.Ba3 Bxa3 9.Nxa3 O-O 10.Nc2 Ne4 11.Nce1 dxc4 12.bxc4 c5 13.e3
b6 14.Nd3 Bb7 15.Qb3 g5 16.Rad1 Qc7 17.Qb2 g4 18.Nh4 cxd4
19.exd4 Qxc4 20.Nf4 Bd5 21.Ra1 Rac8 22.Rfc1 Qa6 23.Bxe4 fxe4
24.Nxd5 exd5 25.Qd2 Nf6 26.Qg5+ Kh8 27.Qh6 Rf7 28.Ng6+ Kg8
29.Ne5 Rff8 30.Qg5+ Kh8 31.Qh4 Kg8 32.Qg5+ Kh8 33.Rxc8 Qxc8
34.Rc1 Qb7 35.Rc6 Qg7 36.Qf5 e3 37.fxe3 Qh6 38.Qf4 Qg7 39.Rc7
Qxc7 40.Ng6+ hxg6 41.Qxc7 b5 42.Qxa7 Rc8 43.Qf7 Ne4 44.Qxg6
Rc1+ 45.Kg2 Rc2+ 46.Kf1 Rc1+ 47.Ke2 Rc2+ 48.Kd1 Rxh2 49.Kc1 b4
50.Qe8+ Kg7 51.Qd7+ Kf6 52.Qc6+ Kg7 53.Qxd5 Nc3 54.Qb7+ Kf6
55.Qc6+ Kg5 56.a3 Na2+ 57.Kd1 Nc3+ 58.Ke1 bxa3 59.Qc5+ Kg6
60.Qxa3 Re2+ 61.Kf1 Rxe3 62.Qd6+ Kh5 63.Qc7 Ne4 64.Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Ubeda op 4th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Irisberto Herrera"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.c4 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5
7.Nc3 Nb6 8.d3 Nc6 9.Be3 Nb4 10.Qc1 Re8 11.Bh6 Bh8 12.d4 N4d5
13.Ne4 Nf6 14.Nc5 Nbd7 15.Nd3 c6 16.Qf4 Nh5 17.Qh4 Bf6 18.Qe4
Bg7 19.Bxg7 Nxg7 20.Qf4 Ne6 21.Qc1 Nf6 22.e3 a5 23.Rd1 Qb6
24.Nfe5 Rd8 25.Qc3 Ng7 26.Qb3 Qxb3 27.axb3 Nf5 28.Nc4 Nd6
29.Nxa5 Bf5 30.Nc5 b6 31.Nxc6 Rxa1 32.Rxa1 Re8 33.Na4 b5
34.Nc5 Nfe4 35.g4 Nxc5 36.dxc5 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea mem"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1999.03.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Itkis"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.c3 d6 6.e4 c5 7.dxc5
dxc5 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.O-O Qc7 10.Re1 h6 11.Bh4 Nh5 12.Nb3 Bg4
13.Bg3 Qb6 14.Qd3 Nxg3 15.hxg3 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Ne5 17.Qe2 g5
18.Kg2 Rad8 19.Rad1 a6 20.a4 Qc7 21.Na1 e6 22.Nc2 Qc6 23.Rxd8
Rxd8 24.Ra1 Nxc4 25.Qxc4 Rd2 26.Rc1 Qb6 27.b3 Qd6 28.Ne3 Rxf2+
29.Kxf2 Qd2+ 30.Qe2 Qxc1 31.Qc2 Qxc2+ 32.Nxc2 Bxc3 33.Na3 Be5
34.Nc4 Bc7 35.g4 Kf8 36.Ke2 Ke7 37.Kd3 Kf6 38.Ke3 Kg6 39.Kd3
h5 40.gxh5+ Kxh5 41.e5 b5 42.axb5 axb5 43.Nd6 f5 44.Ke3 Kg6
45.Nb7 Bb6 46.Kd3 c4+ 0-1

[Event "Ciocaltea mem"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1999.03.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Constantin Ionescu"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.e4 e5 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O
c6 8.Re1 Qc7 9.Rb1 Re8 10.b4 exd4 11.Nxd4 Bf8 12.Bf1 a5 13.a3
axb4 14.axb4 Ne5 15.f3 h6 16.Be3 Bd7 17.Qc2 Ra3 18.Qb2 Raa8
19.Kh1 Ng6 20.Qf2 Ra3 21.Rbc1 Qb8 22.Qb2 Ra8 23.Qb3 Qd8 24.Qc2
d5 25.exd5 Bxb4 26.dxc6 bxc6 27.Nb3 Bd6 28.Bc5 Bxc5 29.Nxc5
Qa5 30.Nxd7 Nxd7 31.Rxe8+ Rxe8 32.Ne4 Nc5 33.Qc3 Qxc3 34.Nxc3
Nf4 35.Kg1 g6 36.Rd1 Re3 37.Rd8+ Kg7 38.Nd1 Re1 39.Nb2 Rb1
40.Rd2 Nb3 41.Rc2 Nd4 42.Rd2 Nh3+ 0-1

[Event "Ciocaltea mem"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1999.03.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Lucian-Mihail Vasilescu"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Be2 cxd4 7.exd4
d5 8.O-O Nc6 9.h3 Bf5 10.Re1 Rc8 11.Nh4 dxc4 12.Nxf5 gxf5
13.Bxc4 Nxd4 14.Bd3 e6 15.Re3 Kh8 16.Rg3 Qd6 17.Bf1 Rfd8
18.Rd3 Ne4 19.Be3 e5 20.Nb5 Qb6 21.Rc1 Rxc1 22.Qxc1 a6 23.Nxd4
exd4 24.Bf4 Nc5 25.Rd1 Ne6 26.Bd3 Qa5 27.a3 Re8 28.Re1 Qa4
29.Be5 f4 30.Bxg7+ Kxg7 31.Re5 Qb3 32.Qd2 Qb6 33.Qe2 Rc8
34.Qe4 Rc1+ 35.Kh2 f3 36.Qxh7+ Kf8 37.Qh6+ Ke7 38.Qxc1 Qd6
39.Qf4 f6 40.Rxe6+ Qxe6 41.Qe4 1-0

[Event "Vidmar mem 13th"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Zdenko Kozul"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nc6 3.d4 Bf5 4.Bg2 e6 5.a3 Be7 6.O-O Nf6 7.c4
Ne4 8.e3 O-O 9.Qe2 Re8 10.Nfd2 a6 11.b4 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 Na7
13.Nc3 c6 14.c5 Qd7 15.a4 e5 16.dxe5 a5 17.Na2 axb4 18.Bxb4
Nc8 19.a5 Bd8 20.Qb2 Ne7 21.Nc3 Ng6 22.f4 Bg4 23.Qd2 f6
24.Nxd5 Rb8 25.Nb6 Qxd2 26.Bxd2 Be7 27.h3 Be2 28.Rfe1 Ba6
29.exf6 gxf6 30.Bb4 Rbd8 31.Rad1 Nf8 32.f5 Bd3 33.Bd5+ cxd5
34.Rxd3 Nd7 35.Rxd5 Ne5 36.Red1 Nc6 37.Rxd8 Bxd8 38.Be1 Re5
39.Nd5 Kf7 40.Nb4 Nxb4 41.Rxd8 Nc2 42.Rd7+ Ke8 43.Rxb7 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.07.31"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eduardas Rozentalis"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.c4 O-O 7.Nc3
d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.b3 a6 10.Bb2 Bd6 11.a3 Nbd7 12.b4 Ne4 13.Qb3
Ndf6 14.a4 c6 15.a5 b5 16.Rad1 Qe7 17.Na2 Bc7 18.Nc1 Bd6
19.Ba3 Bc8 20.Be2 Bg4 21.Qb2 Rfc8 22.Nd3 Bb8 23.Qc2 Nd6
24.Rfe1 Nc4 25.Bc1 Bf5 26.Qb3 Bxd3 27.Bxd3 Bd6 28.e4 dxe4
29.Bg5 Qd7 30.Bxe4 Nxe4 31.Rxe4 Re8 32.Rh4 Qf5 33.d5 c5
34.bxc5 Bxc5 35.Rf4 Qg6 36.Rxc4 bxc4 37.Qxc4 Rac8 38.Qf1 h6
39.Bf4 Bd6 40.Be3 Rc2 41.Bb6 Rb2 42.Nd2 Qh5 43.Nf3 Rb5 44.Qd3
Qg6 45.Qf1 Qe4 46.Nd2 Qe5 47.Nf3 Qe2 48.Qxe2 Rxe2 49.g3 Re8
50.Rd2 Rc8 51.Kg2 Kf8 52.Rd3 Rc4 53.Nd2 Rcb4 54.Bd4 f6 55.Bb6
Ke7 56.Nf3 Kd7 57.Nh4 Bc5 58.Nf5 Bxb6 59.axb6 g6 60.Nxh6 Rxb6
0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.09.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kidambi Sundararajan"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Qc7 6.Nf3 Bxc5
7.Bg5 a6 8.e3 Be7 9.Bd3 d6 10.O-O Nbd7 11.a3 b6 12.b4 Bb7
13.e4 Rc8 14.Rac1 O-O 15.Rfe1 Rfe8 16.Qe2 Qb8 17.Bb1 Nf8
18.Be3 Ba8 19.Nd2 Ng6 20.f4 Bd8 21.h3 Nd7 22.Rf1 Bf6 23.Qd3 e5
24.g3 exf4 25.gxf4 Bd8 26.Nd5 Nf6 27.Ba2 Nh5 28.Rcd1 Qb7
29.Kh2 Qd7 30.Qe2 Bxd5 31.cxd5 Rc3 32.Qxh5 Rxe3 33.Rf3 Re2+
34.Kh1 Qa4 35.Bb3 Qxa3 36.Bc4 Re3 37.Nb1 Rxf3 38.Nxa3 Rxa3
39.Qf5 Bf6 40.Rc1 Nh4 41.Qg4 h5 42.Qd7 Rd8 43.Qc7 Rxh3+ 44.Kg1
Bd4+ 45.Kf1 Re8 46.Qd7 Rf3+ 47.Ke2 Rxe4+ 48.Kd1 Bf6 49.Qxd6
Nf5 50.Qxb6 Rd4+ 0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.09.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Stelios Halkias"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.d4 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.b3 Ne4 10.Bb2 Bf6 11.Na4 Re8 12.Rc1 b6 13.dxc5
Bxb2 14.Nxb2 Nxc5 15.Nd3 Ba6 16.Nf4 g5 17.Nd3 Nxd3 18.Rxc6 Nb4
19.Rh6 Kg7 20.Rh5 h6 21.Nd4 Qf6 22.f4 Nd3 23.Qa1 Kg8 24.fxg5
Qg6 25.Nf5 Ne5 26.Nxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.09.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Jan Pinski"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.Nf3 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.g3 Bf5 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O Nb4 6.Na3 Be7 7.c3
Na6 8.Qb3 Qc8 9.c4 c6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxe7 Nxe7 12.Nd2 O-O 13.e4
dxe4 14.Nxe4 Rd8 15.Rad1 Qc7 16.Qc3 Rac8 17.Nc2 Nb8 18.Qa3 b6
19.Ne3 Bh7 20.Nc3 Nf5 21.Nxf5 Bxf5 22.Rfe1 a6 23.h3 Rd7 24.d5
exd5 25.cxd5 c5 26.d6 Qa7 27.Qa4 c4 28.Nd5 b5 29.Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.09.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Artur Chibukhchian"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 e5 4.O-O Nf6 5.c4 Be7 6.cxd5 Nxd5
7.Nc3 Nb6 8.Rb1 a5 9.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 Re8 11.d3 Bf8 12.Nd2 Be6
13.Rc1 f6 14.a3 Qd7 15.Re1 Nd5 16.Na4 Rad8 17.Ne4 b6 18.e3
Nde7 19.Bf1 Qd5 20.Nd2 Qd7 21.Qc2 Kh8 22.Nc3 Bh3 23.Be2 Bg4
24.Nf3 Qf5 25.Nh4 Qd7 26.Bf1 Bh3 27.Ng2 Bf5 28.Ne4 Qd5 29.Nh4
Be6 30.Nd2 Qd7 31.Red1 Bg4 32.Nhf3 Qf5 33.Be2 Qh5 34.Qc4 Rd6
35.Qa4 Red8 36.Re1 f5 37.e4 f4 38.h4 fxg3 39.fxg3 Rxd3 40.Bxd3
Rxd3 41.Qb5 Rxf3 42.Nxf3 Bxf3 43.Rxc6 Qg4 44.Bxe5 Qh3 45.Rc2
Qh1+ 46.Kf2 Qg2+ 47.Ke3 Qxc2 48.Kxf3 Nc6 49.Ba1 h6 50.Qc4 Qd2
51.Qe2 Qd7 52.Kg2 Bxa3 53.Qh5 Qe6 54.Kh2 Bd6 55.Qd5 Qxd5
56.exd5 Ne7 57.Be5 Nxd5 58.Bxd6 cxd6 59.Re6 b5 60.Rxd6 Nc3
61.Rc6 b4 62.Ra6 a4 63.bxa4 b3 64.a5 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.09.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Karen Asrian"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg4 5.d3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 e5 7.e4
dxe4 8.dxe4 Bc5 9.h3 Bh5 10.Qe1 O-O 11.Nc4 Re8 12.a4 Qc7
13.Nh4 Rad8 14.Bg5 Bg6 15.Nxg6 hxg6 16.c3 a5 17.h4 b6 18.Bh3
Be7 19.b4 axb4 20.cxb4 b5 21.axb5 cxb5 22.Na5 Nb6 23.Qe2 Nc4
24.Rfc1 Rd4 25.Be3 Rxe4 26.Bg2 Rg4 27.Bc6 Rb8 28.Nxc4 Rxc4
29.Rxc4 bxc4 30.b5 c3 31.Qc4 c2 32.Rc1 e4 33.Qe2 Bd6 34.Kg2
Qa5 35.Rxc2 Bc7 36.Qd2 Ng4 37.Bd4 Qxd2 38.Rxd2 e3 39.fxe3 Ne5
40.Rc2 Nxc6 41.Rxc6 Ba5 42.b6 Kf8 43.Kf3 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.09.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexei Iljushin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nge2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5
exd5 8.g3 Re8 9.Bg2 Bf8 10.O-O c6 11.f3 c5 12.g4 h6 13.Nf4
cxd4 14.exd4 Nc6 15.b4 b5 16.Rb1 Rb8 17.Nce2 a5 18.Nd3 axb4
19.axb4 Nd7 20.Nc5 Nxc5 21.bxc5 b4 22.Rf2 Ba6 23.Bf1 g6 24.Ng3
Bc4 25.Kg2 Bg7 26.Bb2 Na5 27.Bc1 Qf6 28.Qa4 Nc6 29.Bxc4 dxc4
30.d5 Ne5 31.Rxb4 Ra8 32.Qc2 Nd3 33.Qxc4 Nxf2 34.Kxf2 Ra1
35.c6 Qc3 36.Qxc3 Bxc3 37.Rc4 Rxc1 38.Kg2 Bb2 39.Rxc1 Bxc1
40.d6 Bf4 41.d7 Rd8 42.Ne2 Bb8 43.Nc3 f6 44.Nd5 Kf7 45.h4 Ke6
46.c7 Bxc7 47.Nxc7+ Kd6 48.Nb5+ Ke5 49.Nc3 Rxd7 50.Kg3 Rd4
51.Ne2 Rc4 52.Kf2 Rc2 53.Ke3 Rxe2+ 54.Kxe2 Kf4 55.Kf2 h5
56.gxh5 gxh5 57.Kg2 Ke3 0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.09.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Pawel Blehm"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d4 d6 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3
a6 8.d5 Na5 9.Nd2 c5 10.Rb1 Rb8 11.Qc2 b5 12.b3 Bf5 13.e4 Bd7
14.Bb2 bxc4 15.bxc4 Qc7 16.Nd1 e5 17.Ne3 Bh6 18.Bc3 Rxb1
19.Rxb1 Bxe3 20.fxe3 Ng4 21.Re1 Nb7 22.h3 Nf6 23.Rb1 Nh5
24.Kh2 Bc8 25.Nf3 Qe7 26.Rb6 a5 27.Qd1 Ng7 28.Qe1 f5 29.exf5
Nxf5 30.g4 Ng7 31.Qh4 Qe8 32.Ng5 h5 33.Ne4 Qd8 34.Qxd8 Rxd8
35.Bf3 Kf7 36.Bd1 Ke7 37.Ba4 Rh8 38.Rc6 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.10.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tigran Nalbandian"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b5 4.a4 b4 5.Bg2 Be7 6.c4 bxc3 7.bxc3
Ba6 8.Ne5 d5 9.c4 c6 10.c5 Nfd7 11.f4 Nxe5 12.fxe5 O-O 13.e4
Nd7 14.Nc3 f6 15.exd5 cxd5 16.Qg4 f5 17.Qf3 Qc7 18.Bd2 Kh8
19.Rb1 Bxc5 20.dxc5 Nxe5 21.Qe3 d4 22.Qxd4 Rad8 23.Nd5 exd5
24.Bf4 Rfe8 25.Kd1 Rb8 26.Kc2 Bd3+ 27.Qxd3 Qxc5+ 28.Kd2 Qf2+
0-1

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.10.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Melikset Khachiyan"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.Bg5
Be6 8.Bxf6 exf6 9.c5 Bg7 10.Bb5 O-O 11.h3 f5 12.O-O g5 13.Bxc6
bxc6 14.Ne5 Bxe5 15.dxe5 d4 16.Ne2 d3 17.Nc3 d2 18.Qh5 Rb8
19.b3 Rb4 20.Rad1 Rd4 21.Qe2 Qd7 22.Qh5 Qe7 23.Ne2 Rd5 24.f4
Rfd8 25.Qh6 Rd3 26.Kh2 Kh8 27.fxg5 Bc8 28.Nf4 Qxe5 29.Kh1 R3d4
30.Nh5 f4 31.Rf2 Rg8 32.Rfxd2 Rxd2 33.Rxd2 Bxh3 34.Qf6+ Qxf6
35.Nxf6 Rxg5 36.gxh3 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.10.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Andranik Matikozian"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.c4 d6 6.d4 c6 7.Nc3
Qa5 8.e4 e5 9.h3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Qc5 11.Nb3 Qb4 12.Bf4 Ne8 13.Re1
Be6 14.e5 dxe5 15.Bxe5 Nd7 16.Bf4 Nc5 17.Be3 Nxb3 18.axb3 Nc7
19.Bg5 h6 20.Ra4 Qc5 21.Ne4 Qd4 22.Qxd4 Bxd4 23.Bxh6 Rfe8
24.Nd6 Reb8 25.Be3 Bxe3 26.Rxe3 Ne8 27.Ne4 Rd8 28.Ra1 Kf8
29.Rae1 Nd6 30.Nc5 Bc8 31.Rd1 Bf5 32.g4 Bc2 33.Rc1 b6 34.Na6
1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.10.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Artashes Minasian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 c5 3.b3 Nc6 4.Bb2 d5 5.Bg2 e6 6.O-O g6 7.d4
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7 9.c4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Nh5 11.Qd2 dxc4 12.Bxg7 Nxg7
13.Qc3 O-O 14.Qxc4 Rb8 15.Qf4 Bd7 16.Rd1 Nh5 17.Qe3 b6 18.Nc3
Nf6 19.Nb5 Ng4 20.Qf3 Qe7 21.Nxa7 Qa3 22.Qxg4 Qxa7 23.a4 Rbc8
24.Rd6 Rc7 25.Qd4 Rb8 26.h4 h5 27.Be4 Be8 28.Rd1 Qa5 29.Kg2 b5
30.Qe5 Qa7 31.a5 Qxa5 32.Rd8 Qa7 33.R1d7 Rxd7 34.Rxb8 Re7
35.Bc6 f6 36.Qxb5 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.10.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ashot Nadanian"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nc3 c5 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 d5 7.O-O
dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7 9.Qe2 a6 10.a3 Ba5 11.b4 cxb4 12.Na2 bxa3
13.Bxa3 Re8 14.e4 b5 15.Bd3 Bb7 16.e5 Nd5 17.Qe4 g6 18.Bc1 f5
19.exf6 Qxf6 20.Rd1 Nc5 21.dxc5 Qxa1 22.c6 Qxa2 23.cxb7 Rab8
24.Bh6 Rxb7 25.Qg4 Qa4 26.Nd4 Nf6 27.Qf3 Rf7 28.Bc2 Qc4 29.Bb3
Qc8 30.Qe2 Nd5 31.Rc1 Qd7 32.Rc6 Nc3 33.Rxc3 Bxc3 34.Nxe6 Kh8
35.h4 b4 36.h5 Rf6 37.hxg6 Rexe6 38.g7+ Kg8 39.Qh5 Rxh6
40.Qxh6 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.11.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Martin Ahn"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.c4 d6 6.d4 c6 7.Nc3
Qa5 8.e4 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nfd7 11.Rb1 Qb4 12.Be2 Qb6
13.Be3 a5 14.h4 h5 15.Kg2 Na6 16.Rh1 Qc7 17.g4 hxg4 18.h5 f5
19.hxg6 e6 20.c5 d5 21.e5 Naxc5 22.Qg1 Bxe5 23.dxe5 Qxe5 24.f4
gxf3+ 25.Kxf3 Qd6 26.Rh8+ Kxh8 27.Qh1+ Kg7 28.Qh6+ Kf6 29.Bg5+
1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.11.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vladislav Nevednichy"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d4 d6 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3
Rb8 8.d5 Na5 9.Nd2 c5 10.Rb1 e6 11.b3 exd5 12.Nxd5 Nxd5
13.Bxd5 Kh8 14.Ne4 f5 15.Ng5 Qe7 16.Qd2 Nc6 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.f4
h6 19.Nf3 Be6 20.Bb2 Rfe8 21.Bxg7+ Kxg7 22.Rbd1 Rbd8 23.Qc3+
Qf6 24.Qa5 Qe7 25.h4 Bf7 26.Rfe1 Qe3+ 27.Kg2 Rd7 28.Rd3 Qe4
29.Qc3+ Kg8 30.Kf2 Qe7 31.Qd2 Red8 32.Rd1 Be6 33.Qa5 Rc8
34.Qe1 Rcd8 35.Qd2 Kh7 36.Re3 Qf6 37.Ng5+ hxg5 38.hxg5 Qf7
39.Rh1+ Kg8 40.Qc3 Qg7 41.Qxg7+ Rxg7 42.Rxe6 Kf7 43.Rf6+ Ke7
44.e4 fxe4 45.Re1 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.11.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Chernin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.e3 Bxd2+
7.Qxd2 e5 8.d5 Nb8 9.Nc3 d6 10.Nge2 a5 11.h3 h5 12.O-O-O Na6
13.g4 Nd7 14.Ne4 Nac5 15.N2c3 b6 16.f4 Ba6 17.b3 Rb8 18.g5 b5
19.cxb5 Bxb5 20.Qc2 Ba6 21.f5 a4 22.bxa4 Rb4 23.Bf1 Bxf1
24.Rhxf1 Qd8 25.Kd2 Nb6 26.Nxc5 Rb2 27.Qxb2 Nc4+ 28.Kc1 Nxb2
29.Kxb2 dxc5 30.h4 Qa8 31.Kc2 Qa6 32.Rb1 Qc4 33.e4 Kd7 34.Rfd1
Ra8 35.Rb3 Rxa4 36.a3 Qa6 37.d6 Rd4 38.dxc7 Rxd1 39.Nxd1 Qe2+
40.Kc1 c4 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.11.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vladimir Georgiev"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be3 Bg4 7.dxc5
dxc5 8.Qxd8+ Rxd8 9.Bxc5 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Nf6 11.Nd4 Nxe4 12.Nxc6
bxc6 13.Bxa7 Nxc3 14.a4 O-O 15.f3 Bf5 16.a5 e5 17.Bb6 Rd7
18.g4 Bb1 19.Ra3 Rd1+ 20.Kf2 Rc1 21.a6 e4 22.a7 Ra8 23.Bd4
Nd1+ 24.Kg3 c5 25.Rb3 cxd4 26.Rb8+ Kg7 27.Rxa8 exf3 28.Rg8+
Kxg8 29.a8=Q+ Kg7 30.Qd5 f2 31.Qxd4+ Kg8 32.Kf4 f6 33.Qxf6 Nc3
34.Qd8+ Kf7 35.Qd7+ Kf8 36.Qd2 g5+ 37.Ke3 Rc2 38.Qd8+ Kf7
39.Bd3 Ra2 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.10.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d4 d6 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3
a6 8.d5 Na5 9.Nd2 c5 10.Rb1 Rb8 11.b3 b5 12.Bb2 e5 13.Qc2 h5
14.Nce4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Bf5 16.Bc3 h4 17.Qd2 Nb7 18.Rbe1 Re8
19.Ng5 hxg3 20.hxg3 e4 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.g4 Bxg4 23.Nxe4 Qe7
24.f4 f6 25.Nf2 Bd7 26.e4 Nd8 27.e5 fxe5 28.fxe5 dxe5 29.Ne4
Nf7 30.Rf6 Bf5 31.d6 Qd8 32.Rf1 bxc4 33.Rxf7+ Kxf7 34.Qh6 Rg8
35.Ng5+ Kf6 36.Ne4+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2000.09.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Baadur Jobava"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5
h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Qd2 Nc6 11.Nb3 b5 12.f3 Nge5 13.Bf2
Rb8 14.Nd5 f5 15.exf5 Bxf5 16.Nd4 O-O 17.h4 e6 18.Nc3 Nxd4
19.Bxd4 gxh4 20.f4 Ng6 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.O-O-O Rc8 23.Bd3 Bxd3
24.Qxd3 Rxf4 25.Kb1 d5 26.g4 hxg3 27.Qxg3 Qg5 28.Qe3 Qe5
29.Qb6 b4 30.Ne2 Qxe2 31.Qb7+ Ne7 32.Qxe7+ Kg6 33.Rdg1+ Kf5
34.Qf7+ Ke5 35.Re1 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2000.08.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Arsen Yegiazarian"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O d6 7.c4
b6 8.Nc3 Bb7 9.Qe2 Be7 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.a4 O-O 12.b3 Nfd7 13.Bc2
Ne5 14.Qh5 Nbc6 15.Nxc6 Qxc6 16.Be3 g6 17.Qh3 Bf6 18.Bd4 Nd7
19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Qh4 Kg7 21.Re1 Qc5 22.Rad1 Bc6 23.Qf4 Rfd8
24.Qe3 Qxe3 25.Rxe3 Kf8 26.f3 Ke7 27.a5 bxa5 28.Ra1 Nd7
29.Rxa5 Rdb8 30.f4 f6 31.Rh3 Nf8 32.Kf2 Be8 33.g4 Rc8 34.g5
fxg5 35.fxg5 Bc6 36.Ke1 Kf7 37.Kd2 Rd8 38.Bd1 Kg7 39.Rd3 h6
40.gxh6+ Kxh6 41.e5 dxe5 42.Rxd8 Rxd8+ 43.Ke3 Bb7 44.Bc2 Nd7
45.Ne4 Nb8 46.Nc5 Bc8 47.Be4 Kg7 48.Nd3 Nd7 49.Bc6 e4 50.Nf2
Nf6 51.Bxe4 Rh8 52.Rc5 Bd7 53.Rc7 Kf7 54.c5 Rc8 55.Rxc8 Bxc8
56.Kd4 g5 57.b4 Ke7 58.Ba8 Ne8 59.Ne4 Nc7 60.Bc6 g4 61.Nf2 Bd7
62.Bxd7 g3 63.hxg3 Kxd7 64.g4 Nd5 65.Nd3 Ke7 66.g5 Kf7 67.c6
Nc7 68.Ke5 Ke7 69.Nf4 Nb5 70.Nxe6 Na3 71.Kd5 Nc2 72.Kc5 Kxe6
73.c7 Kd7 74.c8=R Ne3 75.Rf8 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 7th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.01.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Emilio Jorge Bort"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.d3 O-O 6.e4 fxe4 7.dxe4
d6 8.e5 Ng4 9.e6 Nc6 10.Ng5 Nxf2 11.Rxf2 Bd4 12.Bf4 Bxf2+
13.Kxf2 Rf6 14.Nc3 h6 15.Nge4 Rxf4+ 16.gxf4 Bxe6 17.Qd2 Qf8
18.Re1 Bf7 19.Kg1 Qg7 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.Qxd5+ Kh7 22.Qb3 Rf8
23.Qxb7 Nd4 24.c3 Ne6 25.Ng5+ Nxg5 26.fxg5 e5 27.Qxa7 hxg5
28.a4 Rf4 29.a5 Qf6 30.a6 Kh6 31.Qb8 Rf2 32.a7 Rd2 33.Rf1 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 7th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.01.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Mairelys Delgado Crespo"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bf5 5.d3 h6 6.Nbd2 e6 7.Qe1
Be7 8.e4 Bh7 9.Ne5 O-O 10.f4 Nbd7 11.Nxd7 Nxd7 12.Kh1 dxe4
13.dxe4 a5 14.g4 f5 15.gxf5 exf5 16.e5 Nc5 17.Nf3 Ne6 18.Be3
Qe8 19.Rg1 Qh5 20.Rd1 Rfd8 21.Rxd8+ Bxd8 22.Nd4 Qf7 23.Qc3
Nxd4 24.Bxd4 Qe6 25.Bf1 b5 26.Bg2 Rc8 27.Rd1 Bg6 28.Bg1 Be7
29.Qxa5 Kh7 30.b3 Be8 31.h3 g5 32.Qa6 gxf4 33.Bd5 Qxe5 34.Qxc8
cxd5 35.Bf2 Bh5 36.Re1 Bf3+ 37.Kh2 Be4 38.Rg1 f3+ 39.Kh1 Bg5
40.h4 Qf6 41.Qd7+ Kg6 42.Qe8+ Kg7 43.c3 b4 44.hxg5 hxg5 45.Bd4
f2+ 46.Kh2 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 7th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.01.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Monica Calzetta Ruiz"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Be2 cxd4 7.exd4
d5 8.O-O Nc6 9.h3 h6 10.Be3 Be6 11.c5 Ne4 12.Qc1 Kh7 13.a3
Nxc5 14.dxc5 d4 15.Bd2 dxc3 16.Bxc3 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 Qc7 18.b4
Rad8 19.Rad1 Bd5 20.b5 Nb8 21.Qe3 Be6 22.b6 axb6 23.cxb6 Qc8
24.Rc1 Nc6 25.Ne5 Rd6 26.Bf3 Qa8 27.Nxc6 bxc6 28.Rb1 Qa6
29.Rfc1 Rd3 30.Qf4 Qxa3 31.b7 Rb3 32.Rxb3 Qxb3 33.Rxc6 Rd8
34.Qc7 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 7th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.01.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Ernesto Fernandez-Romero"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O e6 5.d4 c5 6.Na3 a6 7.c4 b4
8.Nc2 Qb6 9.b3 d6 10.Ne3 cxd4 11.Qxd4 Nbd7 12.a3 d5 13.axb4
Bxb4 14.Qxb6 Nxb6 15.Ne1 O-O 16.Nd3 a5 17.Nxb4 axb4 18.Bd2
Rfc8 19.Bxb4 Bc6 20.Bc5 Nfd7 21.Rxa8 Bxa8 22.Bd4 f6 23.Bh3 f5
24.Ra1 dxc4 25.bxc4 g5 26.Ra7 g4 27.Bg2 Bxg2 28.Kxg2 h5 29.Rb7
1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 7th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.01.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Olli Salmensuu"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.f3 Be7 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.g4 h6 11.O-O-O b5 12.Kb1 Nb6 13.h4
b4 14.Bxb6 Qxb6 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.exd5 Bd7 17.Bd3 a5 18.Be4 O-O
19.Nc1 Rac8 20.Ne2 a4 21.Ng3 a3 22.b3 Qc5 23.Nf5 Bxf5 24.gxf5
Bf6 25.Rh2 Rfd8 26.Qe1 Rd7 27.Qd2 Rdc7 28.Qe1 Kf8 29.Qd2 Qb6
30.Qe1 Rc3 31.Re2 Qc5 32.Kc1 Rxb3 33.axb3 Bxh4 34.Qxh4 a2
35.c3 a1=Q+ 36.Bb1 Qcxc3+ 0-1

[Event "Ubeda op 5th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2000.01.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kai Bjerring"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 c5 2.f4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.g3 Rb8 6.Bg2 b5 7.O-O d6
8.d3 b4 9.Ne2 Qb6 10.Kh1 e6 11.a3 a5 12.axb4 axb4 13.c3 Nge7
14.Be3 O-O 15.Qc2 Ba6 16.Rfd1 Ra8 17.Bg1 Rfb8 18.g4 Bb5 19.c4
Ba4 20.Rxa4 b3 21.Qc1 Rxa4 22.f5 Ra2 23.Nc3 Qa5 24.e5 Nxe5 0-1

[Event "Ubeda op 5th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2000.01.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Silvia Timon Piote"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Nc2 Nf6 7.Nc3
O-O 8.Be2 b6 9.O-O Bb7 10.Bg5 h6 11.Be3 Rc8 12.b3 d6 13.Qd2
Kh7 14.Rac1 Ne5 15.f3 Qd7 16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 Qe8
19.f4 Nd7 20.Nd4 Nc5 21.f5 e5 22.fxg6+ fxg6 23.Nb5 a6 24.Nc3
a5 25.Bd3 Rc7 26.Ne4 Rf7 27.Rf1 Bc8 28.Qc2 Nxd3 29.Qxd3 Rb7
30.a4 Bf5 31.h3 Qe7 32.Rf3 Qh4 33.g4 Bxe4 34.Qxe4 Rf8 35.Kg2
Rxf3 36.Qxf3 Rb8 37.Rf1 Rf8 38.Qe2 Rxf1 39.Qxf1 e4 40.Qf2 Qe7
41.Qf4 g5 42.Qf5+ Kh8 43.Qc8+ Kh7 44.Bxb6 h5 45.Qe6 Qb7
46.Qxe4+ Kh6 47.gxh5 1-0

[Event "Ubeda op 5th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2000.01.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ramon Mateo"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Nb3 Nf6
7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O d6 9.Bg5 a6 10.f4 b5 11.Bf3 Bb7 12.Kh1 Nd7
13.Qe1 a5 14.e5 dxe5 15.Rd1 Qc8 16.Nxb5 a4 17.Nc1 Nc5 18.Bd5
Nd4 19.Nc3 Nce6 20.fxe5 Nxc2 21.Qh4 Nxg5 22.Qxg5 e6 23.Bxb7
Qxb7 24.Nd3 a3 25.bxa3 Rxa3 26.Nc5 Qc7 27.N3e4 Ne3 28.Nd7 Nxf1
29.Nef6+ Kh8 30.Nxf8 Ne3 31.Qh4 h6 32.Qb4 Rd3 33.Rb1 Rc3 34.h4
Qc6 35.Rb2 Bxf6 36.Nxg6+ fxg6 37.exf6 Rc1+ 38.Kh2 Qc7+ 39.g3
Nf1+ 40.Kh1 Qc6+ 0-1

[Event "Ubeda op 5th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2000.01.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Wolfgang Gerstner"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bf5 4.c4 c6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Qc8
7.Nc3 e6 8.d3 Be7 9.Bf4 O-O 10.Rc1 Nc6 11.O-O Qd7 12.h3 Rac8
13.e4 Bg6 14.exd5 exd5 15.d4 Na5 16.Qd1 Nc4 17.Ne5 Qf5 18.Qb3
b6 19.Rfe1 Rfe8 20.Ng4 Na5 21.Qb5 Kf8 22.Nxf6 Qxf6 23.Nxd5
Rxc1 24.Qxe8+ 1-0

[Event "Yerevan zt 1.5"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2000.06.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Adnan Sendur"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 a6 7.Ba4
b5 8.Bc2 Bg4 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bxf3 11.gxf3 e5 12.d5 Nd4
13.Be3 Nd7 14.a4 b4 15.a5 Be7 16.Ba4 O-O 17.Bxd7 Qxd7 18.Nd2
Rac8 19.Bxd4 exd4 20.Nb3 Bg5 21.Kg2 Rfe8 22.Qd3 Bf6 23.Rac1
Be5 24.Rxc8 Qxc8 25.Rc1 Qd8 26.Qxa6 f5 27.Rg1 fxe4 28.fxe4 Qh4
29.Qd3 Rf8 30.f3 Bxh2 31.Rf1 Qg3+ 32.Kh1 Qh3 0-1

[Event "Yerevan zt 1.5"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2000.06.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Selim Gurcan"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4 h6 7.h3
Nc6 8.Be3 Bd7 9.f4 Be7 10.Qf3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.O-O-O Qa5
13.Kb1 Rc8 14.Rg1 b5 15.g5 hxg5 16.Rxg5 e5 17.fxe5 b4 18.Qf5
Bd7 19.Bb5 bxc3 20.exf6 Qxb5 21.Qxb5 Bxb5 22.fxg7 Rg8 23.Rxb5
cxb2 24.Rb7 f6 25.Rg1 a5 26.Rg6 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2000.08.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Artashes Minasian"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 b6 5.Nh3 Qd7 6.Nf4 Ba6 7.Bxa6
Nxa6 8.a4 c6 9.O-O Nc7 10.Nh5 f5 11.Nf4 a5 12.Nce2 Bf8 13.Qd3
g5 14.Nh5 Qf7 15.g4 f4 16.Qb3 Ra6 17.Bd2 Bg7 18.Kg2 Ne7 19.Ng1
Qg6 20.Nf3 Rg8 21.Rfe1 Bh8 22.Qa3 Nc8 23.Rac1 Kd7 24.c4 Ra7
25.Qb3 Qf7 26.Nf6+ Bxf6 27.exf6 Qxf6 28.Ne5+ Ke8 29.Nxc6 Ra8
30.cxd5 h5 31.Ne5 Rg7 32.dxe6 hxg4 33.Nxg4 Qf5 34.Qf3 Ra7
35.Re5 Qf8 36.d5 Nd6 37.Qd3 Na6 38.Rc6 Nc5 39.Qh3 Rh7 40.e7
f3+ 41.Qxf3 Qxf3+ 42.Kxf3 Rf7+ 43.Kg2 Nce4 44.Bxg5 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2000.09.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Danny Goldenberg"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 c6 6.d4 d5 7.Qb3
dxc4 8.Qxc4 Nbd7 9.O-O Nb6 10.Qd3 Be6 11.Rd1 Qc8 12.b3 Bh3
13.Bh1 Qf5 14.e4 Qh5 15.Ne2 Bg4 16.a4 e5 17.dxe5 Nfd7 18.Ra2
Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.f3 Be6 21.Rc2 Nd7 22.Qe3 Rad8 23.Ba3 Nc5
24.Rcd2 Rxd2 25.Rxd2 Nxb3 26.Rd3 Bc7 27.Bxf8 Bb6 28.Qxb6 axb6
29.Rd8 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2000.09.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Martin Senff"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 b5 5.O-O Nbd7 6.Ne5 c5 7.Bg5
h6 8.Nxd7 Bxd7 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.e4 dxe4 11.c3 Bc6 12.Nd2 Qf5
13.Re1 Be7 14.a4 cxd4 15.Nb3 Bf6 16.Nxd4 Bxd4 17.Qxd4 O-O
18.Bxe4 Bxe4 19.Qxe4 Qc5 20.b4 Qxc3 21.axb5 Rac8 22.Rxa7 Rc4
23.Qe3 Qxb4 24.Rb7 Rd8 25.Ra1 Qb2 26.Rf1 Rdc8 27.Qf3 R8c7
28.Rb8+ Rc8 29.Rb7 R8c7 30.Rxc7 Rxc7 31.Qd3 Rc3 32.Rb1 Rxd3
33.Rxb2 Kf8 34.b6 Rd8 35.Kg2 Ke7 36.Kf3 Rb8 37.b7 Kd6 38.Kf4
f6 39.Kg4 Ke7 40.Rb6 Kf7 41.f4 g5 42.Kf3 Ke7 43.Ke4 gxf4
44.gxf4 Kd7 45.h4 h5 46.Kd3 Kc7 47.Rxe6 Kxb7 48.Rxf6 Kc7
49.Ke4 Kd7 50.Kf5 Ke7 51.Ra6 Rf8+ 52.Kg5 Rg8+ 53.Rg6 Rh8
54.Rg7+ Ke8 55.f5 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2000.09.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Dmitry Svetushkin"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bf5 4.c4 c6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Qc8
7.Nc3 e6 8.d3 Nc6 9.Bf4 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Rac1 Qd7 12.h3 h6
13.Rfd1 Bh7 14.e4 Na5 15.Qc2 Rfc8 16.Ne5 Qd8 17.Qe2 Nc6
18.exd5 exd5 19.d4 Bf5 20.Be3 Bb4 21.Qb5 Bxc3 22.bxc3 Na5
23.c4 a6 24.Qb4 Nxc4 25.Nxc4 dxc4 26.Rxc4 Rxc4 27.Qxc4 Be4
28.Bxe4 Nxe4 29.d5 Nd6 30.Qg4 Qc8 31.Qb4 Nc4 32.d6 Nxe3 33.d7
Qc7 34.Qf4 Qb6 35.Rc1 Rd8 36.Rc8 Nd1 37.Qd2 Kf8 38.Rxd8+ Qxd8
39.Qd6+ Kg8 40.Qxd1 b6 41.Qd5 Kf8 42.Qd6+ Kg8 43.Kf1 f6 44.f4
Kf7 45.f5 b5 46.Ke2 Qe7+ 47.Qe6+ Kf8 48.Kd3 a5 49.Kd4 Qb4+
50.Kd5 Qc4+ 51.Kd6 Qd4+ 52.Kc6 Qc3+ 53.Kb6 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2000.09.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Dragan Solak"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 c5 2.b3 b6 3.Bb2 Bb7 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4
Qc7 8.f3 Nf6 9.Qd2 Bb4 10.a3 Be7 11.g4 O-O 12.O-O-O Nc6
13.Nce2 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 d5 15.g5 Nh5 16.e5 Qxe5 17.Nc6 Qxg5 18.f4
Qh4 19.Nxe7+ Qxe7 20.Rg1 f5 21.Qd4 b5 22.Re1 Rf7 23.Rg5 Nf6
24.Rxf5 exf5 25.Rxe7 Rxe7 26.Bd3 Ne4 27.Qb6 Rc8 28.h4 Kf7
29.Qg1 Kg8 30.Be5 Rc6 31.Kb2 Bc8 32.h5 h6 33.Qd4 Be6 34.a4
bxa4 35.Qxa4 Rc8 36.Bxa6 Ra8 37.Qc6 Rd8 38.Qb6 Ra8 39.Qc6 Rd8
40.b4 Nd2 41.Qc5 Kf7 42.Qg1 Kf8 43.Qd4 Ne4 44.Bd3 Nd6 45.Bxg7+
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.10.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Rolf Schlindwein"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 Qe7 6.O-O O-O 7.d4
Bb6 8.a4 a5 9.Re1 d6 10.Bg5 Bg4 11.d5 Nb8 12.h3 Bc8 13.Na3 c6
14.Bf1 h6 15.Bc1 cxd5 16.exd5 Na6 17.Nc4 Bc5 18.Nxa5 Nc7 19.b4
Rxa5 20.bxa5 Nfxd5 21.c4 Nb4 22.Be3 Nca6 23.Qd2 Nc6 24.Bxc5
Nxc5 25.Rad1 Rd8 26.Nd4 Ne6 27.Nxc6 bxc6 28.a6 Qa7 29.c5 Qxc5
30.Rb1 Qa7 31.Qa5 Rd7 32.Rb6 Rc7 33.Reb1 Nc5 34.Rb7 1-0

[Event "Hastings 2000/01"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2000.12.29"]
[EventDate "2000.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergei Beshukov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.O-O Ne7 6.Nxd4 cxd4
7.Ne2 a6 8.Ba4 Nc6 9.d3 g6 10.Bxc6 dxc6 11.Bd2 Bg7 12.c3 dxc3
13.Bxc3 e5 14.f4 Qe7 15.fxe5 Bxe5 16.d4 Bg7 17.Qd2 Qxe4
18.Rae1 O-O 19.Nf4 Qf5 20.d5 Bxc3 21.Qxc3 Qg5 22.dxc6 bxc6
23.Qxc6 Bf5 24.Nd5 Rac8 25.Qd6 Rc2 26.Nf6+ Kg7 27.Qxf8+ Kxf8
1-0

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.20"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Florian Jenni"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Qe1 e5
7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Bc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nc4 Qe7
12. Nh4 Bg6 13. a4 Nb6 14. Nd2 a5 15. Nb3 Bb4 16. Qe2 Qe6
17. Be3 Qc4 18. Bf3 Qxe2 19. Bxe2 Nc8 20. f3 Bd6 21. Rfd1 Bc7
22. c4 Nb6 23. Nc5 Rab8 24. b4 axb4 25. a5 Nc8 26. Rdb1 Bd6
27. Nd3 Ra8 28. Nxb4 Be7 29. a6 bxa6 30. Nxc6 Re8 31. Rb7 Bd6
32. Nxg6 hxg6 33. c5 Ne7 34. Bc4 Nxc6 35. Bxf7+ Kh7 36. Bxe8
Nd8 37. cxd6 Nxb7 38. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.23"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O c6 6. Be3 O-O
7. Qc1 Bg4 8. Rd1 Nbd7 9. c4 Rc8 10. Nbd2 b5 11. c5 Re8 12. a4
b4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bd4 Ned7 17. e3
Ne4 18. Nd2 f5 19. a5 Qe7 20. Nb3 h5 21. h4 g5 22. hxg5 Qxg5
23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Nd4 Ne5 25. f4 Qg6 26. fxe5 Nxg3 27. Kh2
Rxe5 28. Rg1 h4 29. Bh3 Rce8 30. Qd2 Kh8 31. Rae1 Qf6 32. Qxb4
f4 33. Nxc6 Qxc6 34. Qxf4 Re4 35. Qd6 Qb7 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Bf5
Qxb2+ 38. Kh3 Rc4 39. Bh7+ Kf7 40. Ref1+ 1-0

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.23"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[Round "2.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 c6 6. Be3 O-O
7. Nbd2 Bg4 8. Qc1 Nbd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Re8 11. Bf4 Rc8
12. Rd1 b5 13. a4 b4 14. c3 bxc3 15. Qxc3 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5
17. Qa3 Nfe4 18. Be3 e6 19. Rac1 Qa5 20. Ng5 Qxa4 21. Qxa4
Nxa4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Rd7 f5 25. b3 Nc3
26. Nxe6 Bf6 27. Kf1 a5 28. h4 Rb8 29. h5 gxh5 30. Nc5 h4
31. gxh4 Rc8 32. Nb7 a4 33. bxa4 Nxa4 34. Nd6 Rb8 35. Nxf5 Nc3
36. Nh6+ Kh8 37. Bg5 Bg7 38. Nf5 Be5 39. Re7 Rb1+ 40. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.25"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7
12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3 Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O Ne7
17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bxf5 Bf7 19. Qd3 h6 20. Be4 Rad8 21. Bd5
Kh8 22. Bxf7 Qxf7 23. Nd5 Rc8 24. f4 b4 25. cxb4 Rce8 26. Rae1
exf4 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. b3 Be5 29. g3 Qa7+ 30. Kg2 fxg3 31. Qg6
Rg8 32. Qxh6+ Qh7 33. Qxh7+ Kxh7 34. Nf6+ Bxf6 35. Rxf6 gxh2+
36. Kxh2 Rd8 37. Kg3 Kg7 38. Rf4 Rb8 39. Kf3 Kg6 40. Ke3 Kg5
41. Rd4 Rb6 42. a4 Kf6 43. a5 Rc6 44. Rc4 1-0

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.25"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d3 h6
7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 c6 9. Nd4 Bh7 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 O-O
12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. e6 f6 15. Be3 Nc6 16. Rc1 Ne5
17. Qb3 Nc4 18. Qxb7 Rb8 19. Qxd5 Nxe3 20. Qxd8 Bxd8 21. fxe3
Bb6 22. Kh1 Rfe8 23. Nc6 Rb7 24. Rfd1 Rc7 25. e7 Bg6 26. Rc3
Kh7 27. h4 h5 28. Kh2 Rh8 29. a4 a5 30. Rd8 Re8 31. Be4 Rcxe7
32. Bxg6+ Kxg6 33. Nxe7+ Rxe7 34. Rdd3 Re4 35. b3 Ba7 36. Kg2
Bb8 37. Rc4 Re5 38. e4 Re7 39. Rd5 Bc7 40. Kf3 Bb6 41. e5 Kf7
42. Rc6 Ke8 1-0

[Event "Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2001.05.27"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 Nf6 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6
7. Nc3 a6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2
bxc4 13. bxc4 Bh6 14. Ba1 Bf5 15. Rxb8 Qxb8 16. h3 Qb4 17. e4
Bd7 18. Qe2 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 Nxc4 20. Qe2 Rb8 21. Kh2 Nb2
22. Bxb2 Qxb2 23. Rb1 Qxc3 24. Rxb8+ Kg7 25. Qb2 Qe1 26. Rb7
Kh6 27. Qc2 g5 28. Rb1 Qa5 29. f4 gxf4 30. gxf4 Nh5 31. Qf2
Bb5 32. Rg1 f6 33. Bf3 Qc3 34. Bxh5 Kxh5 35. Rg4 1-0

[Event "2nd IECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.06.03"]
[EventDate "2001.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Zvonko Stanojoski"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Be3
Qb6 7. Na4 Qa5+ 8. c3 b6 9. a3 Be6 10. b4 Qa6 11. Ne2 Rd8
12. Nb2 Nf6 13. f3 Nd7 14. Qc2 Ne5 15. Nf4 cxb4 16. cxb4 Nxd3+
17. Nfxd3 Rxd3 18. Nxd3 Bxa1 19. Qxc6+ Bd7 20. Qa8+ Bc8 21. b5
Qb7 22. Qxb7 Bxb7 23. Ke2 Bf6 24. Rc1 Kd7 25. Rd1 Ba8 26. e5
Bg7 27. e6+ Ke8 28. Rc1 fxe6 29. Rc7 Kf7 30. a4 Bd5 31. Rxa7
e5 32. Bxb6 e4 33. Nb4 exf3+ 34. Kf2 Ba8 35. gxf3 Rc8 36. Rc7
Rxc7 37. Bxc7 Bc3 38. Nd3 Bd4+ 39. Ke2 Ke6 40. a5 Kd7 41. Be5
Bg1 42. Bg3 Bd5 43. Ne5+ Kc8 44. Kd3 Kb7 45. Kc3 g5 46. Kb4 h5
47. a6+ Ka7 48. Nd7 Bxf3 49. Bb8+ Ka8 50. Bc7 Be2 51. Nb6+
Bxb6 52. Bxb6 g4 53. Bf2 Kb8 54. Ka5 e5 55. b6 Bf3 56. Bg3 Kc8
57. Kb5 Bg2 58. Kc5 Bf3 59. b7+ 1-0

[Event "2nd IECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.06.04"]
[EventDate "2001.06.05"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ara Minasian"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6
7. Nc2 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. f3 Ne8 11. Be3 Nd6 12. Nb5
Bxb2 13. Rb1 Be5 14. f4 Bg7 15. Nxd6 exd6 16. Qxd6 Re8 17. Qd3
Na5 18. Bf3 Rc8 19. c5 bxc5 20. e5 c4 21. Qd1 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 c3
23. Bxa7 Nc4 24. Qxc3 Nxe5 25. Qd2 Ng4 26. Bb6 Qh4 27. h3 Nf6
28. Ne1 Ne4 29. Qxd7 Nc3 30. Nf3 Qf6 31. Rb4 Bf8 32. Rb3 Ne2+
33. Kf2 Nxf4 34. Re1 Rc2+ 35. Kf1 Rxe1+ 36. Nxe1 Nd3+ 37. Kg1
Nxe1 0-1

[Event "2nd IECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2001.06.14"]
[EventDate "2001.06.05"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Einar J Gausel"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3
h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Be3 Nd5 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O Be7 11. Bb5+ Bd7
12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. c4 Nb6 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Re1 Rd8
17. Qe2 cxd4 18. Rad1 O-O 19. Rxd4 f6 20. Nc6 e5 21. Nxd8 Rxd8
22. Rd3 exf4 23. Red1 Qxc4 24. b3 f3 25. gxf3 Qb5 26. Qe6+ Kh7
27. Rxd6 Re8 28. Qg4 Re5 29. f4 h5 30. Qf3 Rf5 31. Qe4 Kg6
32. Qg2+ Kh7 33. Qe4 Kg6 34. Kh1 Qc5 35. Rg1+ Kf7 36. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "WJun"]
[Site "Athens GRE"]
[Date "2001.08.19"]
[EventDate "2001.08.16"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Gabor Papp"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 a6 6. O-O Qc7
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bb4 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qc2 e5
12. Na4 Be7 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Nxc8 Rbxc8 15. c5 h6 16. g3 Rcd8
17. b4 Rfe8 18. h4 Nd7 19. Bc4 Nf8 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxf4 Qc8
22. Bd6 Ne6 23. e5 Bxd6 24. exd6 b6 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Qh7 Rxd6
27. cxd6 Kf6 28. Rf1+ Ke5 29. d7 Qxd7 30. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "WJun"]
[Site "Athens GRE"]
[Date "2001.08.20"]
[EventDate "2001.08.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Stefan Kristjansson"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. f3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. Qd2 Nb6 11. g5 Nfd7
12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Qc7 14. O-O-O Rc8 15. Kb1 Be7 16. Qd3
Nc4 17. Bc1 a5 18. h4 a4 19. Nd2 Ne3 20. Ne4 Nxd1 21. Qxd1 Rb8
22. h5 b4 23. Bh3 Nc5 24. g6 fxg6 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Nxc5 Qxc5
27. Qd3 Kd8 28. Be3 Qc8 29. Qf1 Qb7 30. Rh2 Qb5 31. Qd1 b3
32. cxb3 axb3 33. a3 Rh4 34. Bf2 Rh5 35. Bf1 Qd7 36. Rxh5 gxh5
37. Bd3 h4 38. Qg1 Bf6 39. Qg6 Qh3 40. Kc1 Qxf3 41. Ba7 Rb7
42. Bg1 Qg3 0-1

[Event "WJun"]
[Site "Athens GRE"]
[Date "2001.08.21"]
[EventDate "2001.08.16"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Zviad Izoria"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 e6
7. N1e2 Bd6 8. h4 h6 9. Nf4 Bxf4 10. Bxf4 Nf6 11. Qe2 O-O
12. h5 Bh7 13. O-O-O b5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Rxd3 Qd5 16. Kb1 Nbd7
17. f3 c5 18. dxc5 Qc6 19. Qd2 Rfc8 20. b4 a5 21. Bxh6 gxh6
22. Qxh6 axb4 23. Ne4 Qa6 24. a3 e5 25. Nd6 Rxc5 26. Nf5 1-0

[Event "WJun"]
[Site "Athens GRE"]
[Date "2001.08.24"]
[EventDate "2001.08.16"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Qe1 e5
7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Bc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nc4 Re8
12. a4 Qc7 13. Nh4 b5 14. Na5 Bb6 15. Nb3 a6 16. Bg5 h6
17. Bd2 c5 18. c4 bxc4 19. Na5 c3 20. Bxc3 c4 21. g4 Bg6
22. Nxg6 fxg6 23. Bb4 Rab8 24. Rc1 Bxa5 25. Bxa5 Qc6 26. b4
Qxa4 27. Rxc4 Qb3 28. Qc3 Qxc3 29. Rxc3 Nf8 30. Re1 Rec8
31. Rec1 Rxc3 32. Rxc3 Ne6 33. f3 Kf7 34. Bf1 Ra8 35. Rc6 Nd4
36. Rc7+ Ke6 37. Bc4+ Kd6 38. Rxg7 Rc8 39. Rxg6 Rxc4 40. Rxf6+
Ke7 41. Rxa6 Rc2 42. Bb6 Nxf3+ 43. Kf1 Ng5 44. Bc5+ Kf7
45. Rxh6 Nxe4 46. Ke1 Rh2 47. h4 Kg7 48. g5 Ng3 49. Bd6 Re2+
50. Kd1 Re4 51. Bc5 Nf5 52. Rf6 Nxh4 53. b5 Rc4 54. Rc6 Nf5
55. b6 Ne3+ 56. Kd2 1-0

[Event "WJun"]
[Site "Athens GRE"]
[Date "2001.08.27"]
[EventDate "2001.08.16"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Navara"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. g3 e5
7. Nde2 b5 8. a3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. h3 Be7 11. g4 Nc5 12. Ng3
h6 13. O-O g6 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Ne6 16. e5 Qb6+ 17. Kh2
Bxg2 18. exf6 Bxf1 19. Qxf1 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Ne4 Be5
22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Rd1 Kf8 24. c3 Qh4 25. Nc7 Nxc7 26. Rd7 Rh7
27. Rxc7 Qd8 28. Nc5 Qd2+ 29. Kg1 Qd6 30. b4 Rd8 31. Ra7 Kg8
32. Rxa6 Qd2 33. Kh1 Qc2 34. Ra7 f5 35. Ra6 Rd1 0-1

[Event "WJun"]
[Site "Athens GRE"]
[Date "2001.08.28"]
[EventDate "2001.08.16"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ni Hua"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5
Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Be7 15. h4 O-O 16. O-O-O a5 17. Nd2
f5 18. gxf6 Nxf6 19. h5 a4 20. Nc4 Qe8 21. h6 g6 22. f4 b3
23. cxb3 axb3 24. Qxb3 Ng4 25. Kb1 exf4 26. Bd4 f3 27. Qd3 Rf4
28. Rdf1 Qf7 29. Ne3 Bf6 30. Bxf6 Nxf6 31. Rh3 Ne4 32. a3 Rf8
33. Rh2 g5 34. Rc2 g4 35. Rfc1 Nc5 36. Qf1 Qg6 37. Ka2 Qxh6
38. b4 Ne4 39. b5 Nc5 40. b6 g3 41. Qb5 R4f7 42. Nc4 f2 0-1

[Event "ch-ARM"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2001.09.13"]
[EventDate "2001.09.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vahagn Khachatryan"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6
7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3 e6 9. Nbd2 d5 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4
dxe4 13. dxe4 Qc7 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Nf3 Bd6 16. Qe2 Ne5
17. Ng5 c4 18. Bf4 Nfd7 19. Red1 Nd3 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Qe3 Qc5
22. Qxc5 N7xc5 23. b4 Na4 24. Bxd3 cxd3 25. Rxd3 Rc8 26. Rc1
Ke7 27. e5 Rc4 28. Rcd1 Rc7 29. Rf3 Rf8 30. Ne4 Nb2 31. Rd4
Nc4 32. Nc5 Nxe5 33. Re3 Nc6 34. Rd2 Nb8 35. Kf1 b6 36. Na4
Nd7 37. c4 Rb8 38. Rc3 g5 39. Ke2 Ne5 40. c5 bxc5 41. bxc5 Rb5
42. Rd4 Nc6 43. Re4 Rd7 44. f4 gxf4 45. Rxf4 e5 46. Rfc4 Ke6
47. Ke3 Rd4 48. Rc2 Nb4 49. Rc1 Nxa2 50. R1c2 Nb4 51. Rc1 Nd5+
52. Kf2 Rxc4 53. Rxc4 Rb4 54. Rxb4 Nxb4 55. Ke3 Kd5 56. h4
Nc2+ 57. Kd3 Nd4 58. h5 Ne6 59. Ke3 a5 60. Nc3+ Kxc5 61. Ne4+
Kd5 62. g5 Nf4 63. h6 gxh6 64. gxh6 f5 65. Nf6+ Ke6 66. Nh5
Ng6 67. Ng7+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "ch-ARM"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2001.09.15"]
[EventDate "2001.09.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gabriel Sargissian"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Bg2 a6
7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. Bg5 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxg2
12. Kxg2 Rc8 13. Qd1 h6 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. Nf3 Qb7 16. Ba5 e5
17. e3 Nb8 18. Nbd2 Be7 19. Nb3 O-O 20. Qe2 Qe4 21. Bc3 Nc6
22. Rac1 b4 23. Bd2 Nd4 24. Nbxd4 exd4 25. Qxa6 Rxc1 26. Rxc1
g5 27. h3 h5 28. Qb5 Nd5 29. Rc4 g4 30. hxg4 hxg4 31. Rxd4
gxf3+ 32. Kh3 Qf5+ 33. g4 Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "ch-ARM"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2001.09.18"]
[EventDate "2001.09.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Arsen Yegiazarian"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. h3 Nf6 5. d3 e6 6. Bb3 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. c3 Bd7 9. Re1 Ne5 10. d4 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 e5
12. dxc5 dxc5 13. a4 Bc6 14. Nd2 Qc7 15. Nc4 Rae8 16. g4 Nd7
17. h4 Kh8 18. Ne3 g6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Kg7 21. a5 Bxh4
22. Kg2 Nf6 23. Bb3 h5 24. Rh1 Nxg4 25. Rxh4 f5 26. Bg5 c4
27. Bc2 fxe4 28. Qxe4 Rxf2+ 29. Kg3 Rf5 30. Rxh5 Ref8 31. Rf1
Qf7 32. Qh1 gxh5 33. Rxf5 Qc7 34. Qxh5 1-0

[Event "ch-ARM"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2001.09.19"]
[EventDate "2001.09.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ashot Anastasian"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
d5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O b6 11. Qe2 cxd4
12. exd4 Nc6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rfe8 15. Ne5 Kf8 16. Qf1
Qc7 17. Bb5 Rec8 18. Qe2 Ne7 19. Bc4 Ned5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5
21. Ne4 f6 22. Nd3 Kg8 23. Nb4 Nf4 24. Qe3 a5 25. Nd3 Nd5
26. Qh3 Qd7 27. Qg3 Kh8 28. Nd6 Rc6 29. Nxb7 Qxb7 30. h3 Rd8
31. Qg4 Qd7 32. Rc1 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Ne7 34. Nf4 Nf5 35. d5 exd5
36. Re1 g6 37. Qe2 d4 38. Qa6 Qc6 39. Qd3 Re8 0-1

[Event "ch-ARM"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2001.09.21"]
[EventDate "2001.09.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gevorg Harutjunyan"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 b4 11. Ne2 Nh5 12. Qd2
g6 13. Bg2 a5 14. f4 Nb6 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. f5 Bc4 17. Nbc1 d5
18. Nd3 Bd6 19. Ng3 Nf4 20. exd5 Bxd3 21. cxd3 b3 22. Kf1 Rc8
23. axb3 Bb4 24. Qd1 O-O 25. Be4 f6 26. h4 Qe3 27. Bf3 fxg5
28. hxg5 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2001-2"]
[Site "Wattenscheid GER"]
[Date "2001.11.25"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Igor Stohl"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3
e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8
12. O-O c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Be3 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Bd7 16. Rac1
Bc6 17. Nd4 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Be5 19. b4 h5 20. Nxe6+ fxe6
21. Qxe6 Qf7 22. Qxe5 Re8 23. Qd6+ Kg8 24. b5 Bxb5 25. Rc7 Qe6
26. Qxe6+ Rxe6 27. Rxb7 a6 28. Rc1 Rc6 29. Rxc6 Bxc6 30. Rc7
Bb5 31. d4 Kh7 32. Rc5 Kg6 33. Kh2 h4 34. d5 Rh5 35. f4 Rf5
36. Kh3 Kh5 37. g4+ hxg3 38. Kxg3 Kg6 39. Kf3 Kf7 40. Ke4 g6
41. Rc7+ Ke8 42. Bd4 Rh5 43. Bf6 Rh2 44. Ke5 Bd7 45. Kd6 Bf5
46. a3 Ra2 47. Rc3 Rd2 48. a4 Kf7 49. Bg5 Rc2 50. Rc6 Bd3
51. a5 Ra2 52. Kc7 Bb5 53. Rc5 Rd2 54. d6 Ba4 55. Re5 Rc2+
56. Kd8 Rd2 57. Re7+ Kf8 58. d7 Rc2 59. Re4 Bb5 60. Bh6+ Kf7
61. Re7+ Kg8 62. Re5 Kf7 63. Rd5 Ba4 64. Rd4 Bb5 65. Rd6 Rc3
66. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande FRA"]
[Date "2001.02.25"]
[EventDate "2001.02.24"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Craig A Hanley"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. O-O
a6 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. d3 Be7 10. a4 O-O 11. Nd4 Bxg2
12. Kxg2 Nc5 13. e3 Qd5+ 14. f3 Nxa4 15. b3 Nc5 16. Nc3 Qd7
17. Ba3 e5 18. Nde2 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Ne6 20. Ne4 Nd5 21. Kf2 b4
22. Bb2 f5 23. Ra5 Bf8 24. Nd2 f4 25. exf4 exf4 26. gxf4 Qe7
27. Qc4 Nb6 28. Qc6 Nc5 29. Ne4 Rd5 30. Kg2 Rad8 31. Kh1 Nxe4
0-1

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande FRA"]
[Date "2001.03.01"]
[EventDate "2001.02.24"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Torbjorn Ringdal Hansen"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. d3 d6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bg4
7. h3 Be6 8. a3 Ba5 9. b4 Bb6 10. Na4 h6 11. Bb2 O-O 12. O-O
Qd7 13. Kh2 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Qxa4 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. f4 Bd4
17. Bxd4 exd4 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Nd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Qe2
Rxf1 22. Rxf1 Re8 23. e6 Qc6 24. Re1 Qd6 25. h4 Re7 26. Qg4 a6
27. Re2 b6 28. Qf5 c6 29. Kh3 a5 30. Re1 a4 31. h5 b5 32. Kg4
Qd8 33. Kf3 Qe8 34. g4 Qb8 35. g5 hxg5 36. Qxg5 Qf8+ 37. Qf4
Qe8 38. Qf5 Rc7 39. Qe5 Qf8+ 40. Qf4 Qe7 41. Qxc7 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet KO"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2001.04.06"]
[EventDate "2001.04.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Alexander Finkel"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. Be3 c6
7. Qc1 Re8 8. Rd1 Nbd7 9. c4 Ne4 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3
12. Qxc3 Nf6 13. Rac1 Bf5 14. Qb3 b6 15. Ne5 e6 16. Rc6 h5
17. Rdc1 Ng4 18. Bf4 g5 19. Nxg4 hxg4 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. dxe5
Kg7 22. Qa3 Qe7 23. Qe3 Kg6 24. Bxd5 Qb4 25. R6c4 Qxb2
26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. h4 gxh3 28. g4 Bb1 29. Qxh3 Kg7 30. Rc8 Rxc8
31. Rxc8 Bh7 32. Qe3 Qb1+ 33. Kg2 Qg6 34. Rc7 a5 35. Qf3 a4
36. a3 b5 37. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet KO"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2001.04.06"]
[EventDate "2001.04.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Finkel"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Rb8 6. f4 b5
7. Nf3 b4 8. Ne2 d6 9. O-O Qb6 10. h3 e6 11. g4 f5 12. gxf5
exf5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ng3 Nge7 15. Nxf5 Nxf5 16. Qe1+ Kd7
17. Kh2 Rhe8 18. Qf2 Ncd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. c3 Re2 21. Qh4
Rxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Qc6+ 23. Kg3 Nf5+ 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet KO"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2001.04.06"]
[EventDate "2001.04.06"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Sokolov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. e4 Bf6
7. Nf3 Ne7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Ng6 10. h3 Re8 11. Qc2 Na6 12. a3
Nc7 13. Be3 a6 14. Nd2 Bd7 15. Nc4 Nb5 16. Rfd1 Nd4 17. Qd3
Bb5 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Qc2 Nf4 20. e5 Qg5 21. g3 Qxg3+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings 2000/01"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2001.01.05"]
[EventDate "2000.12.28"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Harold James Plaskett"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bf5 5.d3 e6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.Qe1
h6 8.e4 Bh7 9.Ne5 c5 10.f4 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Kh1 a5 13.Qe2
a4 14.a3 Qc7 15.g4 h5 16.g5 Ng4 17.Nf3 f6 18.exd5 exd5 19.Re1
Kd8 20.h3 fxg5 21.Kg1 Nh6 22.fxg5 Nf5 23.Qe6 Qd6 24.g6 Bxg6
25.Bg5 Bxg5 26.Nxg5 Re8 27.Qxd6+ Nxd6 28.Ne6+ Kc8 29.Nxc5 Ra5
30.Rxe8+ Nxe8 31.d4 Bxc2 32.Rc1 Bf5 33.Bxd5 Kc7 34.Bxc6 Nd6
35.Bxa4 Kd8 36.Rc3 g5 37.Bc2 Bxc2 38.Rxc2 Ra7 39.Ne6+ Ke7
40.Nxg5 Kf6 41.Nf3 Kf5 42.Kf2 Kf4 43.Nd2 Ra4 44.Nb3 Ra8 45.Nc5
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.10.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Igor Khenkin"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 c6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 g6 4.Ngf3 Bg7 5.g3 e5 6.Bg2 Ne7 7.O-O
O-O 8.b4 Na6 9.a3 Nc7 10.Bb2 f6 11.Re1 b6 12.d4 dxe4 13.Rxe4
f5 14.Rxe5 Bxe5 15.Nxe5 Bb7 16.c4 Rb8 17.Qb3 Ne8 18.c5+ Nd5
19.b5 Nef6 20.bxc6 Ba8 21.Qa2 Kg7 22.Ndc4 Qc7 23.Rc1 bxc5
24.dxc5 Kh6 25.Nd6 Ne7 26.Nef7+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.10.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Golubev"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3
Be7 8.f4 Nbd7 9.O-O b5 10.Be3 Qc7 11.f5 Nc5 12.fxe6 fxe6 13.a3
Nxb3 14.cxb3 O-O 15.Qf3 Qb7 16.Qh3 Nxe4 17.Rxf8+ Bxf8 18.Rf1
Nxc3 19.bxc3 Bd7 20.Qh5 g6 21.Qh4 e5 22.Ne2 Qd5 23.Ng3 Bc6
24.Rf2 Qxb3 25.Bh6 Qxc3 26.Qg5 Qa1+ 27.Rf1 Qd4+ 28.Rf2 Bxh6
29.Qxh6 Re8 30.Nf1 a5 31.Ne3 b4 32.axb4 axb4 33.h4 b3 34.Kh2
b2 35.Nf5 gxf5 36.Qg5+ Kf7 37.Rxf5+ Ke6 38.Qg7 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.10.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Jonathan Speelman"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 c6 2.d3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 e5
8.h3 Re8 9.c4 Nbd7 10.Nc3 a6 11.Rb1 b5 12.b4 Bf8 13.Bg5 h6
14.Be3 Kh7 15.a4 bxc4 16.dxc4 a5 17.b5 c5 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.cxd5
Nb6 20.Nd2 h5 21.f4 Bh6 22.Nf3 exf4 23.gxf4 Rxe4 24.Ng5+ Bxg5
25.Bxe4 Bh6 26.Qe2 Qh4 27.Qf3 Nc4 28.Bd3 Nxe3 29.Rxe3 c4
30.Bxc4 Bf5 31.Rf1 Bg7 32.Qg3 Qd8 33.Bd3 Bd4 34.Bxf5 Qb6
35.Rfe1 Re8 36.Be6 fxe6 37.Kh2 e5 38.f5 Rg8 39.Rf3 Qc7 40.Qh4
Qc2+ 41.Kh1 Kh6 42.f6 Rf8 43.f7 Qxa4 44.Qe7 Kg7 45.Qf6+ Kh7
46.Qxd6 Kg7 47.Rc1 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.10.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Johan van Mil"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6
7.Nb3 O-O 8.Be2 d6 9.O-O Be6 10.f4 Na5 11.Nxa5 Qxa5 12.a3 Rac8
13.Bf3 Nd7 14.Bd4 Bxd4+ 15.Qxd4 Qb6 16.Qxb6 Nxb6 17.Rf2 Rc5
18.Nd1 d5 19.e5 Nc4 20.c3 Rd8 21.b3 Nb6 22.Rd2 Nd7 23.Kf2 Rcc8
24.b4 f6 25.exf6 Nxf6 26.Rd4 Bg4 27.Rc1 b5 28.Bxg4 Nxg4+
29.Kf3 Nf6 30.Nf2 Rd6 31.g4 e6 32.Rd3 Rdc6 33.g5 Nh5 34.Ng4
Rc4 35.Nf6+ Nxf6 36.gxf6 Kf7 0-1

[Event "41st World Junior Championships"]
[Site "Goa IND"]
[Date "2002.12.09"]
[EventDate "2002.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "R Preetham Sharma"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Ba4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O a6
7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Ne2 b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. d3 d5 11. Ng3 h5
12. exd5 Nf6 13. f4 Bxd5 14. f5 O-O 15. Bg5 Bxb3 16. axb3 Nd5
17. Qe2 Qd6 18. Rae1 Rac8 19. Ne4 Qc6 20. Rf2 Bf6 21. Qd2 Rc7
22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Qh6 Nh7 25. Rxf8+ Nxf8 26. Rf1
Qe8 27. Ng5 e5 28. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "41st World Junior Championships"]
[Site "Goa IND"]
[Date "2002.12.10"]
[EventDate "2002.12.09"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. d3 Nf6 6. f4 e6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe1 O-O 10. b3 Ba6 11. Nd1 Qc7 12. c4
Bf6 13. Rb1 Bd4+ 14. Be3 Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Rae8 16. Nc3 Qa5
17. Rbc1 d5 18. Na4 d4 19. Qf2 f6 20. h4 Bc8 21. h5 Nb6 22. h6
Nxa4 23. bxa4 Qxa4 24. e5 f5 25. Rb1 gxh6 26. Qg3+ Kh8 27. Qh4
Kg7 28. Rf2 Rf7 29. Rb3 Rg8 30. Kh2 Qa5 31. Rb8 Rgf8 32. Rfb2
Qc3 33. R2b3 Qc1 34. Ra8 Rc7 35. Rbb8 Kg6 36. Rxc8 1-0

[Event "41st World Junior Championships"]
[Site "Goa IND"]
[Date "2002.12.12"]
[EventDate "2002.12.09"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Rustem Sadykov"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3
Nxc3 7. bxc3 g6 8. d4 Bg7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1 Re8
12. h3 e5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh4 exd4 15. cxd4 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Ne7
17. Qe4 Bf5 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Qxb7 Rc8 20. Re1 Bd7 21. Bb3 Rc7
22. Qa6 Nf5 23. Ne5 Be8 24. Qe6 Nh6 25. d5 g5 26. Bg3 fxe5
27. Bxe5 Bg6 28. Bxc7 Qxc7 29. d6 Qc3 30. d7 Bf6 31. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "41st World Junior Championships"]
[Site "Goa IND"]
[Date "2002.12.12"]
[EventDate "2002.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Luke McShane"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6
7. Nc3 Rb8 8. d5 Na5 9. b3 c6 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. Bb2 Qa5
12. Qc1 Bg4 13. Rd1 Rfc8 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rxd5
Qc7 17. Qb2+ f6 18. Rc1 b6 19. Rc3 Qd7 20. Re3 Kg8 21. Nd4
Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Re8 23. b4 Qc8 24. h4 Bd7 25. h5 Bc6 26. Bf1 Qf5
27. Rh4 gxh5 28. Bh3 Qg6 29. b5 Ba8 30. Bd7 Kf8 31. Bxe8 Kxe8
32. Qb3 Rc8 33. Qd3 Rc7 34. Kh2 Kd7 35. g4 Rc5 36. Qxg6 hxg6
37. gxh5 gxh5 38. Ra3 a5 39. bxa6 Rg5 40. f3 Kc7 41. Rh3 Re5
42. e4 Kb8 43. a7+ Kc7 44. Rg3 Rg5 45. f4 h4 46. Rxg5 fxg5
47. fxg5 1-0

[Event "41st World Junior Championships"]
[Site "Goa IND"]
[Date "2002.12.18"]
[EventDate "2002.12.09"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "S Poobesh Anand"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Ne4
7. O-O Nxd2 8. Bxd2 Bxd2 9. Qxd2 O-O 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. a3 d5
12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rac1 Re8 14. b4 a6 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. e3 Rad8
17. Rd3 Rd6 18. Rc3 f6 19. Bf1 Rc8 20. Qa4 Ra8 21. Qc2 Qd8
22. b5 axb5 23. Bxb5 Na7 24. Bd3 h6 25. Rxc7 Bc6 26. Bh7+ Kf8
27. Rxg7 Kxg7 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Qxh6 Qf8 30. Qh5 Qg7 31. Bg6+
Kg8 32. Nh4 Rd7 33. Nf5 Qh8 34. Qg4 Kf8 35. h4 Rg7 36. Nxg7
Qxg7 37. h5 Be8 38. Qf5 Rd8 39. Bxe8 Kxe8 40. Qe6+ Qe7
41. Qxe7+ 1-0

[Event "41st World Junior Championships"]
[Site "Goa IND"]
[Date "2002.12.19"]
[EventDate "2002.12.09"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c6
7. e4 dxe4 8. Qc2 c5 9. fxe4 cxd4 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. cxd4 Nxd4
12. Qc3 e5 13. Bd3 O-O 14. Bb2 Ng4 15. O-O Ne6 16. c5 Nxc5
17. Qxc5 Qxd3 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 b6 20. Qe7 f6 21. Bb2 Qd7
22. Qxd7 Bxd7 23. e5 f5 24. Rac1 Rac8 25. Rfd1 Be6 26. Kf2 Kf7
27. Ke3 g5 28. g3 Rg8 29. Bc3 Rc4 30. Bb4 Rgc8 31. Rxc4 Rxc4
32. Rd8 Re4+ 33. Kf2 Rxe5 34. Ra8 a5 35. Bd2 h6 36. h4 Rd5
37. Be3 f4 38. Bxb6 Rb5 39. hxg5 Rxb6 40. gxh6 Rb2+ 41. Ke1 f3
42. Ra7+ Kf6 43. Ra6 Ke5 0-1

[Event "41st World Junior Championships"]
[Site "Goa IND"]
[Date "2002.12.20"]
[EventDate "2002.12.09"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. d4 Nc6 6. a3 a6
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Ba7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rc1 Rd8
12. Be2 h6 13. O-O dxc4 14. Bxc4 b5 15. Nxb5 axb5 16. Bxb5
Nxb4 17. axb4 Rb8 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. Qa4 Be4 20. Rc4 Bd5 21. Nc6
Bxc6 22. Bxc6 Nd5 23. Rg4 e5 24. b5 f5 25. Rc4 Nb6 26. Qb4 Qe6
27. Rcc1 Rf8 28. Qc3 Nd7 29. Rfd1 1-0

[Event "Morso"]
[Site "Morso"]
[Date "2002.02.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "David Navara"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Nc6 7.f3
e6 8.Qd2 Be7 9.O-O-O O-O 10.g4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.Kb1 Rb8
13.h4 b4 14.Ne2 Qc7 15.g5 Nd7 16.h5 Ne5 17.Ng1 f5 18.gxf6 Bxf6
19.h6 g6 20.b3 Qe7 21.f4 Ng4 22.Bc4 Bb7 23.Qe2 Bxd4 24.Rxd4
Nf6 25.Nf3 Kh8 26.Rhd1 e5 27.Rxd6 Nxe4 28.Rd7 Qf6 29.Qxe4 Bxe4
30.Ng5 Qxg5 31.fxg5 Bf5 32.Re7 Rfe8 33.Rxe8+ Rxe8 34.Bxa6 Kg8
35.Rd6 Kf8 36.Bb5 Ke7 37.Bxe8 Kxd6 38.Kc1 Kd5 39.Kd2 Ke4 40.c3
bxc3+ 41.Kxc3 Kf4 42.a4 e4 43.a5 e3 44.a6 Be4 45.b4 Kxg5 46.b5
Kf4 47.b6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.10.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergei Movsesian"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c6 3.e4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O e5
8.h3 Nbd7 9.d3 Ne8 10.Bg5 f6 11.Be3 f5 12.Qd2 Qf6 13.exf5 gxf5
14.Ne2 Nc7 15.d4 e4 16.Nh4 d5 17.Bg5 Qe6 18.Bf4 Ne8 19.cxd5
cxd5 20.Rac1 Nb6 21.b3 Bd7 22.a4 Bc6 23.f3 Nf6 24.Be5 Nh5
25.g4 fxg4 26.hxg4 Bh6 27.Qe1 Ng7 28.Rc3 exf3 29.Rcxf3 Rxf3
30.Rxf3 Nd7 31.Bxg7 Bxg7 32.Nf5 Re8 33.Re3 Qxe3+ 34.Nxe3 Rxe3
35.Qf2 Rxb3 36.Qf5 Re3 37.Bxd5+ Bxd5 38.Qxd5+ Kf8 39.Qxd7 Rxe2
40.Qf5+ Ke7 41.Qxh7 Kf8 42.Qf5+ Kg8 43.d5 Bd4+ 44.Kf1 1-0

[Event "Morso"]
[Site "Morso"]
[Date "2002.02.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Erik Pedersen"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.dxe5 Nxe5 4.f4 Nc6 5.Bc4 Bb4+ 6.c3 Ba5
7.Nf3 Bb6 8.Qe2 Qe7 9.Nbd2 d6 10.Bd3 Nf6 11.Nc4 d5 12.Nxb6
axb6 13.e5 Ng4 14.h3 Nh6 15.g4 f6 16.exf6 Qxe2+ 17.Kxe2 gxf6
18.Kf2 O-O 19.Rg1 Kh8 20.b4 Nf7 21.b5 Na5 22.Be3 Nd6 23.Bd4
Kg8 24.g5 f5 25.g6 h6 26.g7 Re8 27.Rg6 Nb3 28.axb3 Rxa1
29.Rxh6 1-0

[Event "Neckar op-A 6th"]
[Site "Deizisau"]
[Date "2002.03.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Udo Wallrabenstein"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.O-O Nge7 7.a3
O-O 8.Rb1 d5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.d3 b6 11.Bd2 a5 12.Ne1 Be6 13.Nc2
d4 14.Ne4 a4 15.Bg5 f6 16.Bc1 Ba2 17.Ra1 Bd5 18.Nd2 Bxg2
19.Kxg2 f5 20.Kg1 Nd5 21.e4 dxe3 22.fxe3 b5 23.g4 Qg5 24.Qe2
Rae8 25.e4 Nf4 26.Qd1 fxg4 27.Ne1 Nd4 28.Kh1 Nh3 29.Kg2 Qh4
30.Rxf8+ Rxf8 0-1

[Event "Neckar op-A 6th"]
[Site "Deizisau"]
[Date "2002.03.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Christian Seel"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.d3 c6 6.Qe2 Bf5 7.h3
e6 8.Bd2 Bb4 9.Nf3 Nd5 10.Bxd5 cxd5 11.Nd4 Bg6 12.h4 Qb6 13.h5
Bxh5 14.Rxh5 Qxd4 15.Rxd5 Qb6 16.Rb5 Qd6 17.Ne4 Bxd2+ 18.Qxd2
Qc6 19.Rc5 Qd7 20.Rc8+ Qxc8 21.Nd6+ Kd7 22.Nxc8 Rxc8 23.Qf4
Ke8 24.Qe4 Nc6 25.Qxh7 Nb4 26.Rc1 g6 27.Kd2 Nxa2 28.Ra1 Nb4
29.Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Neckar op-A 6th"]
[Site "Deizisau"]
[Date "2002.03.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Viktor Gasthofer"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.dxc5 Nc6 6.Nf3 Nge7 7.Bd3
Ng6 8.O-O Bxc5 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Qe2 Nf4 12.Qe3 Nxd3
13.cxd3 O-O 14.a3 Bd7 15.Rac1 Rfc8 16.Nd4 Nxd4 17.Qxd4 Qc5
18.Ne2 Qxd4 19.Nxd4 Kf8 20.f4 Ke7 21.Kf2 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Rc8
23.Re1 h5 24.Ke3 f6 25.Kd2 Kf7 26.h3 f5 27.Ke3 Kg6 28.Rb1 Kh6
29.a4 Kg6 30.a5 Kf7 31.b4 Ke7 32.Kd2 Be8 33.b5 Rc5 34.Rc1 Rxc1
35.Kxc1 b6 36.a6 Bd7 37.Kd2 h4 38.Kc3 1-0

[Event "Neckar op-A 6th"]
[Site "Deizisau"]
[Date "2002.03.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Hesse"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.e4 e5 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Re1 a6 9.Bf1 Qc7 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 Re8 12.Rc1 Nh7 13.Bxe7
Rxe7 14.Qd2 Nhf6 15.Rcd1 b6 16.Nh4 Nf8 17.h3 Re8 18.f4 Ne6
19.fxe5 dxe5 20.d5 Nd4 21.Qf2 c5 22.Bd3 Nh5 23.Ne2 g6 24.Nf3
Ra7 25.Rc1 Qe7 26.a3 a5 27.Rf1 Rd7 28.Kh2 Rd6 29.Nexd4 cxd4
30.c5 bxc5 31.Rxc5 a4 32.Rfc1 Bd7 33.Bf1 Qf6 34.Qh4 Rb6
35.R1c2 Qd6 36.Rc7 Kg7 37.Qe1 Reb8 38.Qc1 R6b7 39.Rxb7 Rxb7
40.Qd2 f5 41.Bd3 Nf6 0-1

[Event "Neckar op-A 6th"]
[Site "Deizisau"]
[Date "2002.03.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Leonid Kritz"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2
a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 Bd5 11.Qd3 c5 12.dxc5 Nbd7
13.Nc3 Nxc5 14.Qe3 Ncd7 15.Rfd1 Re8 16.a5 h6 17.Bxf6 Nxf6
18.Nxd5 exd5 19.Qb3 Qc7 20.e3 Rac8 21.Nd4 Red8 22.Nf5 g6
23.Rac1 Qxc1 24.Nxe7+ Kg7 25.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 26.Bf1 Rd7 27.Qb4 Rcc7
28.Nxg6 fxg6 29.Bd3 Re7 30.Kg2 Re6 31.Qd4 Rd7 32.g4 Kf7 33.h4
h5 34.g5 Ng8 35.f4 Ne7 36.f5 Nxf5 37.Bxf5 gxf5 38.Qh8 Rde7
39.Kf2 Rxe3 40.Qxh5+ Kg7 41.Qh6+ Kg8 42.Qg6+ Kh8 43.Qf6+ Kg8
44.Qd4 R3e5 45.Kf3 Re8 46.Qb6 Re1 47.Qg6+ Kh8 48.Qf6+ Kg8
49.g6 R8e7 50.h5 R1e4 51.Qd6 Kg7 52.Qxd5 Kf6 53.Qd2 R7e5
54.Qh6 Rd5 55.g7+ Kf7 56.Qg5 Kg8 57.h6 Re8 58.h7+ Kxh7 59.Qh5+
Kxg7 60.Qxe8 Rb5 61.Qe6 f4 62.Kxf4 Kf8 63.Ke4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Ana Matnadze"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Ne4 7.O-O
Bxd2 8.Nxd2 Nxd2 9.Bxd2 Qe7 10.b4 d6 11.Qa4+ Qd7 12.Qc2 Nc6
13.Be4 f5 14.Bf3 O-O 15.c5 a5 16.Rac1 Nxb4 17.c6 Nxc2 18.cxd7
Bxf3 19.gxf3 Nb4 20.Bxb4 axb4 21.Rxc7 b3 22.axb3 Rfd8 23.Rfc1
Kf7 24.R1c6 Ke7 25.Rxb6 g5 26.Kg2 h5 27.Rbb7 Ra2 28.Rc8 f4
29.Rxd8 Kxd8 30.e4 Rd2 31.Rb5 Rxd4 32.Rxg5 Kxd7 33.Rg7+ Kc6
34.Rf7 e5 35.Rh7 Rb4 36.h4 Rxb3 37.Rxh5 Kd7 38.Rg5 Ke7 39.h5
Rb8 40.Rg7+ Kf6 41.Rg6+ Kf7 42.Rxd6 Rg8+ 43.Kh3 Rg5 44.h6 Rg1
45.Rd7+ Kg8 46.Re7 Rh1+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Turhan Yilmaz"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 e6 4.Be3 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.c3 Qb6 7.Qd2 c5
8.f4 Qc6 9.Nf3 b6 10.Na3 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.O-O Nc7 13.Nc2
Be7 14.Nce1 a5 15.Nd3 c4 16.Nf2 b5 17.a3 b4 18.axb4 axb4 19.g4
O-O 20.f5 Rxa1 21.Rxa1 Ra8 22.Rxa8+ Qxa8 23.Bg5 bxc3 24.bxc3
Qa1+ 25.Kg2 Bf8 26.f6 g6 27.Bh6 Ba3 28.Qd1 Bb2 29.Qxa1 Bxa1
30.Nd1 Nb6 31.Ng1 Na4 32.Ne2 Nb5 33.Bd2 Kf8 34.g5 Ke8 35.h4
Kd7 36.h5 Na3 37.hxg6 hxg6 38.Kf3 Nb1 39.Be1 Nb2 40.Nxb2 Bxb2
41.Ke3 Kc6 42.Bd2 Kb5 43.Nf4 Ka4 44.Nxd5 exd5 45.Be1 Ba3 46.e6
fxe6 47.f7 Kb5 48.Bg3 Kc6 49.Kf4 Bd6+ 50.Ke3 Bf8 51.Kf4 Kd6
0-1

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Giorgi Bagaturov"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3
Ne4 8.Bd2 f5 9.Rc1 Bf6 10.d5 Na6 11.a3 c6 12.dxc6 dxc6 13.b4
c5 14.Nxe4 fxe4 15.Ne1 cxb4 16.axb4 Rc8 17.Bh3 Qe7 18.Ng2 Rcd8
19.Qe1 Be5 20.Rb1 Rc8 21.Bc3 Qf6 22.Bxe5 Qxe5 23.Ne3 Nb8
24.Qd2 Rfe8 25.c5 bxc5 26.bxc5 Bc6 27.Qd6 Qxd6 28.cxd6 a5
29.Rfc1 Nd7 30.Rc3 Kf7 31.Rbc1 Ne5 32.Bg2 Bd7 33.Bxe4 Rxc3
34.Rxc3 Rc8 35.Rxc8 Bxc8 36.f4 Nd7 37.Nc4 Ba6 38.Nxa5 Bxe2
39.Kf2 Bg4 40.Nc4 Kf6 41.Ne5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Milos Jirovsky"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ c6 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qc2
Bb7 8.O-O a6 9.b3 Be7 10.Bb2 O-O 11.Ne5 Qb6 12.d3 c5 13.Nd2
Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Nd5 15.a3 Qb7 16.Kg1 Nd7 17.Nxd7 Qxd7 18.Nf3 Rac8
19.Rac1 f6 20.Qd2 e5 21.Rc2 Rcd8 22.Rb1 Qg4 23.Rcc1 h5 24.Kh1
g5 25.Qd1 e4 26.Ng1 Qe6 27.Qf1 e3 28.Qh3 Qg4 29.Rf1 Rd6
30.Qxg4 hxg4 31.f3 f5 32.fxg4 fxg4 33.Kg2 Bf6 34.h3 Bxb2
35.Rxf8+ Kxf8 36.Rxb2 Rf6 37.hxg4 Rf2+ 38.Kh1 Nc3 39.b4 c4
40.Rc2 Nxe2 41.Nxe2 cxd3 42.Rc8+ Ke7 43.Nc3 e2 44.Nxe2 dxe2
0-1

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Rufat Bagirov"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5
7.Qc2 O-O 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.Qxc3 h6 10.Bh4 c6 11.Nd2 Qe8 12.f3 Qe6
13.e3 b6 14.Be2 Re8 15.Bf2 c5 16.O-O Bb7 17.b3 Rac8 18.Rfe1
cxd4 19.Qxd4 Qc6 20.Nf1 Qc3 21.Rab1 Nf8 22.Qxc3 Rxc3 23.Ng3 g6
24.Bb5 Rec8 25.Ne2 R3c5 26.a4 Ne6 27.Bg3 a6 28.Bd3 a5 29.h4
Nd7 30.h5 g5 31.Nd4 Nxd4 32.exd4 Rc3 33.Bf5 Rd8 34.Rbc1 Rxc1
35.Rxc1 Nf6 36.Bc7 Re8 37.g4 Bc8 38.Bd3 Re3 39.Be5 Be6 40.Bf5
Ne8 41.Bxe6 fxe6 42.Rc6 Kf7 43.Rxb6 Rxf3 44.Kg2 Rc3 45.Rb5 Ke7
46.Rxa5 Rxb3 47.Ra7+ Kf8 48.a5 Rb2+ 49.Kf3 Ra2 50.Ke3 Ra3+
51.Kd2 Rf3 52.a6 Ra3 53.Kc2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 c5 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Nc6 7.Re1
Be7 8.e4 d6 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Rc8 11.b3 O-O 12.Ba3 Qd7 13.Nxc6
Qxc6 14.Nb5 Ra8 15.Qe2 Rfd8 16.Rad1 Ne8 17.Nd4 Qc7 18.Nb5 Qc6
19.Nc3 Bf6 20.Rd3 Nc7 21.Nd1 b5 22.Ne3 bxc4 23.Nxc4 d5 24.e5
Bg5 25.Qh5 Bh6 26.Nd6 Rd7 27.Rd4 Qc3 28.Red1 Ba6 29.Bb4 Qc2
30.Bf3 Nb5 31.Rg4 Nxd6 32.exd6 Kh8 33.Qe5 Re8 34.Bd2 f5 35.Rd4
Bxd2 36.R4xd2 Qc8 37.Re1 Qd8 38.Rxd5 Bb7 39.Rd3 Bxf3 40.Rxf3
Rxd6 41.Qc5 Rd1 42.Rfe3 Qd2 43.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 44.Kg2 Qd7 45.Rc3 h6
46.Qc6 Qe7 47.Rd3 Qf8 48.Rd7 e5 49.Rxa7 e4 50.Qg6 f4 51.Rxg7
f3+ 52.Kh3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.10.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zoltan Almasi"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6
7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Ke8 10.h3 Be7 11.Bf4 Be6 12.a3
Rd8 13.Rad1 h6 14.g4 Nh4 15.Rxd8+ Bxd8 16.Nd4 Bd7 17.Ne4 b6
18.c4 h5 19.f3 Ng6 20.Bg3 Nf8 21.Rd1 Ne6 22.Ne2 Ng5 23.Nxg5
Bxg5 24.Kf2 Be7 25.Nf4 g6 26.Kg2 Bg5 27.Ne2 Be7 28.a4 Rg8
29.b3 Kd8 30.Bf4 Kc8 31.Ng3 Bh4 32.Kh2 c5 33.Ne4 Bc6 34.g5 Rd8
35.Rxd8+ Kxd8 36.Kg2 Kd7 37.e6+ Kxe6 38.Bxc7 Bxe4 39.fxe4 Bxg5
40.Bb8 Bd8 41.Kf3 a5 42.Bg3 g5 43.Bh2 f5 44.exf5+ Kxf5 45.Bd6
g4+ 46.hxg4+ hxg4+ 47.Ke2 Ke4 48.Bg3 Kd4 49.Kd2 Bg5+ 50.Kc2
Ke4 51.Bc7 Be3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.10.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Prusikin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 a6 5.Bg2 dxc4 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3
Rb8 8.e4 Be7 9.Qe2 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Qxd4 11.Rd1 Qc5 12.Be3 Qa5
13.Qxc4 e5 14.a3 Be6 15.Nd5 Bd6 16.b4 Bxd5 17.Rxd5 Qa4 18.Ra5
Qd7 19.Bg5 Qe6 20.Qf1 h6 21.Bh3 Qe7 22.Bxf6 Qxf6 23.Rd5 h5
24.Qe2 g6 25.Rad1 Kf8 26.R1d3 Kg7 27.Bf1 h4 28.Qg4 Qe6 29.Be2
Rbf8 30.Qxe6 fxe6 31.Ra5 Ra8 32.Rb3 c6 33.a4 Bc7 34.Rc5 Bb6
35.Rc2 Rad8 36.Rd3 Rxd3 37.Bxd3 Rd8 38.Be2 Rd4 39.b5 cxb5
40.axb5 a5 41.Kg2 a4 42.f3 Rb4 43.gxh4 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.10.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Igor Khenkin"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qd3
Nbd7 8.e4 b4 9.Na4 Bb7 10.e5 Nd5 11.Bd2 Qa5 12.b3 Be7 13.Nb2
N5b6 14.Qe4 Qd5 15.Qg4 g6 16.Nd3 h5 17.Qf4 a5 18.Rc1 Rc8
19.Nc5 Nxc5 20.dxc5 Bxc5 21.Ng5 Rc7 22.Ne4 Be7 23.Be3 Nd7
24.Rd1 g5 25.Nxg5 Bxg5 26.Qxg5 Qxe5 27.h4 c5 28.Rxd7 Qxg5
29.Rxc7 Qd5 30.Bb5+ Kd8 31.Rxc5 Qe4 32.Ke2 Qg4+ 33.Kd2 Rg8
34.Rhc1 Qe4 35.Rg5 Ke7 36.Rxg8 Qd5+ 37.Bd3 Ba6 38.Bg5+ f6
39.Rc7+ Kd6 40.Bf4+ e5 41.Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.10.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dennis Breder"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6
7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 c6 11.Qf3 Be7 12.h3 h6
13.Bd2 Nh7 14.Rad1 Ng5 15.Qh5 Rb8 16.b3 Rb4 17.f4 Nh7 18.Ne2
Nf6 19.Qf3 Rb8 20.Ng3 c5 21.c4 d4 22.Nf5 Re8 23.Qg3 Bxf5
24.Bxf5 Bd6 25.Qf3 Bc7 26.Rfe1 Qd6 27.g3 Qa6 28.Bb1 Ba5 29.Re5
Nd7 30.Rd5 Bxd2 31.Rxd7 Qe6 32.Qd5 Qe3+ 33.Kh1 Qxg3 34.Qg2
Re1+ 35.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 36.Qg1 Re8 37.Bf5 g6 38.Bd3 Qe6 39.Qg4 f5
40.Bxf5 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.10.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Christopher Lutz"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 dxc4 7.Qc2
a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 Bd5 11.Qc2 Be4 12.Qd1 c5 13.dxc5
Bxc5 14.Nbd2 Bc6 15.Nb3 Be7 16.Qxd8 Rxd8 17.Na5 Bd5 18.Ne5
Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Nbd7 20.Nd3 e5 21.Bxf6 Nxf6 22.Nxe5 Rd2 23.Nd3 b6
24.Nc4 Rxe2 25.Nxb6 Rd8 26.Rae1 Rc2 27.Rxe7 Rxd3 28.Rfe1 h5
29.R7e2 Rc6 30.a5 Rc5 31.Re5 Rxe5 32.Rxe5 Rd2 33.Nc4 Rc2 34.b3
Ng4 35.Rf5 g6 36.Rf4 f5 37.h3 Nf6 38.Ne5 Kg7 39.Rc4 Ra2
40.Rc7+ Kg8 41.b4 g5 42.Nd3 Ne4 43.Kf3 Ra3 44.Ke3 Nc3 45.Rc5
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.10.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Qc7 6.Bg5 Bxc5
7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.e3 a6 9.Nge2 Nc6 10.Nf4 Be7 11.Be2 Ne5 12.O-O b6
13.Rac1 Bb7 14.Ne4 f5 15.Ng3 Rg8 16.Rfd1 Ng6 17.Nfh5 f4
18.exf4 Nxf4 19.Nxf4 Qxf4 20.Rd3 Qg5 21.Bf3 Bxf3 22.Rxf3 h5
23.Rd1 h4 24.Qe4 Rd8 25.Rfd3 f5 26.Qb7 hxg3 27.Rxg3 Qh5
28.Rxg8+ Kf7 29.f3 Bc5+ 30.Kh1 Rxg8 31.Qxd7+ Kf6 32.Re1 Re8
33.Qd2 a5 34.Qc3+ Kf7 35.Rd1 Qh4 36.g3 Qh3 37.Qd2 Be7 38.Qe2
Rd8 39.Re1 Qh6 40.Rd1 Rxd1+ 41.Qxd1 Qh3 42.f4 a4 43.b3 a3
44.Qf3 Qh8 45.Kg2 Qb2+ 46.Kh3 Qxa2 47.Qh5+ Kg7 48.Qe8 Bc5
49.Qd7+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 6th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2002.10.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Bernhard Solger"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Bb5 Nge7 5.O-O g6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6
7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7 9.Ndb5 O-O 10.Nd6 f5 11.exf5 gxf5 12.Re1
b6 13.Re3 Ba6 14.Rg3 Kh8 15.Qh5 Qe7 16.Bg5 Bf6 17.Nxf5 Qf7
18.Qxf7 Rxf7 19.Nd6 Rff8 20.Bxf6+ Rxf6 21.Nce4 Rf4 22.Re1 Raf8
23.Ra3 Bc8 24.f3 a5 25.g3 R4f5 26.Nxf5 exf5 27.Nd6 Nd4 28.Rd1
1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 6th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2002.10.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Juergen Rau"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.a3 Bxc3+
7.bxc3 Qd5 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Nd2 Nd7 10.e4 Qa5 11.Qf3 b5 12.e5 Rb8
13.exf6 Bb7 14.Qg3 Nxf6 15.Qe5 Qxc3 16.Rd1 Ke7 17.Qc5+ Kd7
18.Qxb5+ Bc6 19.Qxc4 Qxa3 20.Rc1 Qd6 21.Qc2 Rhg8 22.f3 Bd5
23.Qa4+ Bc6 24.Qxa7 Rb2 25.Qc5 Qxc5 26.Rxc5 Bd5 27.Rb5 Ra2
28.Rb1 Ke7 29.g3 Rga8 30.Bc4 Rc2 31.Bd3 Rc3 32.Ke2 Raa3 33.Be4
Re3+ 34.Kf2 Bxe4 35.fxe4 Ng4+ 36.Kf1 Red3 37.Ke2 Rxd4 38.Rhc1
Re3+ 0-1

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 6th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2002.10.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Manfred Hermann"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.a4 e6
8.Ng5 h6 9.Nge4 b4 10.Nb1 Ba6 11.Nbd2 Nf4 12.Qg4 c3 13.Nc4
Bxc4 14.Bxc4 cxb2 15.Bxb2 Nd5 16.a5 h5 17.Qg3 Nd7 18.O-O g6
19.Rfc1 Bh6 20.Nd6+ Kf8 21.Qf3 Qe7 22.Rc2 Kg7 23.Bb3 Nb8
24.Bxd5 cxd5 25.Bc1 Bxc1 26.Raxc1 Nd7 27.Rc7 Rhd8 28.Nb7 Re8
29.R1c6 Rab8 30.Qe3 b3 31.Qxb3 Red8 32.h3 Qh4 33.Qe3 1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 6th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2002.10.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Georg Siegel"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Ba4 e6 5.Nf3 Ne7 6.O-O Nec6
7.Bxc6 Nxc6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Be7 10.Ndb5 O-O 11.Bf4 e5 12.Be3
b6 13.Qd2 Bc5 14.Rfd1 a6 15.Bxc5 bxc5 16.Nd6 Nd4 17.Nd5 Rb8
18.c3 Ne6 19.b3 Bb7 20.Qe2 Ba8 21.Qg4 Qg5 22.Qxg5 Nxg5 23.f3
f6 24.Nc7 Ne6 25.Nxe6 dxe6 26.Nc4 Rfd8 27.Nb2 Kf7 28.Na4 c4
29.Nc5 Rbc8 30.b4 a5 31.Rxd8 Rxd8 32.bxa5 Rc8 33.Na4 Rc7
34.Nb6 Bb7 35.Rb1 Ba6 36.Na4 Ra7 37.Nc5 Ke7 38.Rb6 Bc8 39.a6
Rc7 40.Rb7 1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 6th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2002.10.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Roland Schmaltz"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Re1 Nc6 9.Nb3 a6 10.Bf1 b5 11.Bg5 Nd7 12.Qd2 b4 13.Nd5
Bxb2 14.Rab1 Bg7 15.Nxb4 Nxb4 16.Qxb4 Re8 17.Be3 Qc7 18.c4 Rb8
19.Qa5 Rb7 20.Qa4 Rf8 21.f3 Bc3 22.Rec1 Bb4 23.Kh1 Nc5 24.Nxc5
Bxc5 25.Rxb7 Bxb7 26.Bxc5 dxc5 27.Rd1 Rd8 28.a3 Kg7 29.Qb3
Rxd1 30.Qxd1 Qe5 31.Kg1 Qb2 32.Qd3 e5 33.Qe3 Qd4 34.Kf2 f5
35.Qxd4 cxd4 36.c5 fxe4 37.fxe4 Kf6 38.Kf3 g5 39.g4 Ke7 40.Bc4
Kd8 41.Bd5 Bc8 42.h3 Bd7 43.Kf2 Kc7 44.Ke1 Be8 45.Kf2 a5
46.Ke1 h5 47.gxh5 Bxh5 48.Kf2 Be8 49.Kg3 Ba4 50.Kf2 Bd7 51.Kg3
d3 52.Kf2 Bxh3 53.Ke3 Bf1 54.Kf2 d2 55.Bb3 Bc4 56.Bd1 Kc6 0-1

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 6th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2002.10.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Romuald Mainka"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6
7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Ke8 10.h3 Ne7 11.Nd4 Ng6 12.f4
Bc5 13.Be3 Ne7 14.Ne4 Bxd4 15.Bxd4 Bf5 16.Nf2 h5 17.g4 Bxc2
18.Rac1 Ba4 19.e6 hxg4 20.hxg4 fxe6 21.Bxg7 Rg8 22.Be5 Rd8
23.g5 Kf7 24.Ng4 Nf5 25.Bxc7 Rd2 26.b3 Rc8 27.Ba5 Rd5 28.Rfd1
Bb5 29.Ne5+ Rxe5 30.fxe5 b6 31.a4 Be2 32.Rd7+ Kg6 33.Rc2 Bf3
34.Bc3 a6 35.a5 bxa5 36.Bxa5 Bd5 37.b4 Kxg5 38.Bd8+ Kf4 39.Kf2
Kxe5 40.Re2+ Kd4 41.Rxe6 Kc4 42.Re1 Kd4 43.Rc1 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.04.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "15.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Johan van Mil"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Nb3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Be6 10. f4 Na5 11. Nxa5 Qxa5
12. a3 Rac8 13. Bf3 Nd7 14. Bd4 Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 Qb6 16. Qxb6
Nxb6 17. Rf2 Rc5 18. Nd1 d5 19. e5 Nc4 20. c3 Rd8 21. b3 Nb6
22. Rd2 Nd7 23. Kf2 Rcc8 24. b4 f6 25. exf6 Nxf6 26. Rd4 Bg4
27. Rc1 b5 28. Bxg4 Nxg4+ 29. Kf3 Nf6 30. Nf2 Rd6 31. g4 e6
32. Rd3 Rdc6 33. g5 Nh5 34. Ng4 Rc4 35. Nf6+ Nxf6 36. gxf6 Kf7
0-1

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.05.31"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Dennis De Vreugt"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1
Nc6 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. h3 g6 15. Be3 h6 16. d4 Bd7 17. Qd2 Kh7
18. d5 Ne7 19. Nh2 g5 20. Bd1 Bg7 21. Ng4 Neg8 22. Bf3 Qc8
23. Qe2 Rf8 24. Bd2 Nxg4 25. hxg4 Nf6 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. gxf5
Qb7 28. g3 Nd7 29. Kg2 Bf6 30. Rh1 Kg7 31. Rh3 Rh8 32. Rah1
Rh7 33. Bh5 Rah8 34. Qg4 Rg8 35. Bxf7 Kxf7 36. Rxh6 Rxh6
37. Rxh6 Nf8 38. f4 exf4 39. gxf4 Qe7 40. e5 gxf4 41. e6+ Nxe6
42. fxe6+ Kf8 43. Rg6 1-0

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.06.05"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Dmitry Svetushkin"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nge7 5. d4 Nxd4 6. Nxd4
cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qe3 b6 9. Bd3 Bc5 10. Qg3 Qf6 11. Bf4 Qg6
12. Nb5 Qxg3 13. hxg3 Ke7 14. a3 a6 15. b4 axb5 16. bxc5 e5
17. cxb5 Nb4 18. Bc4 Nc2+ 19. Kd2 Nxa1 20. Bxe5 bxc5 21. Rxa1
f6 22. Bc3 Ra4 23. Bb3 Rxe4 24. f3 Re6 25. Bxe6 dxe6 26. Kd3
e5 27. a4 Kd6 28. Ba5 Bd7 29. Kc4 Be6+ 30. Kc3 Rb8 31. Rd1+
Ke7 32. Bc7 Ra8 33. a5 Ra7 34. b6 Rxa5 35. b7 Ra3+ 36. Kd2
Ra2+ 37. Ke1 Bc4 38. Rb1 1-0

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Igor V Glek"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxg5
7. Nxg5 Qxg5 8. c3 c5 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Bd3 Bd7
12. Qe2 Nc6 13. O-O h6 14. a3 a6 15. Rac1 Qb6 16. b4 Na7
17. Nd4 Nb5 18. Qg4 O-O 19. Rfe1 Rfc8 20. Bxb5 axb5 21. Re3
Qd8 22. Rg3 Qg5 23. Qxg5 hxg5 24. Rxg5 Rxa3 25. Rg3 Ra4
26. Nb3 b6 27. Rb1 Ra2 28. Nd4 Ra3 29. Ne2 Rc4 30. Re3 Re4
31. Rxe4 dxe4 32. h4 Bc6 33. Rd1 Bd5 34. Nf4 Rxc3 35. Nxd5
exd5 36. Rxd5 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Rc2 38. Kg3 Rc3+ 39. Kf4 e3
40. Rd8+ Kh7 41. fxe3 Rc4+ 42. Rd4 Rc2 43. g4 Rb2 44. h5 1-0

[Event "4th IECC"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2003.06.10"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Valerij Filippov"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d4 5. O-O c5 6. e3 Nc6
7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 Bd6 9. Re1 O-O 10. a3 a5 11. Bg5 h6
12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nbd2 Qd8 14. Rc1 Re8 15. c5 Bc7 16. Nc4 Bd7
17. Nfd2 Rb8 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. cxd6 Na7 20. Qh5 Bc6 21. Bxc6
bxc6 22. Qc5 Qb6 23. Qxb6 Rxb6 24. Nc4 Ra6 25. a4 Rd8 26. Re5
Kf8 27. Nxa5 Rxd6 28. Nb7 Rd5 29. Rxd5 cxd5 30. Nc5 Rd6 31. b4
Ke7 32. b5 e5 33. Nb7 Rd7 34. Na5 e4 35. b6 Kd6 36. Kf1 g5
37. dxe4 dxe4 38. Rc4 Ke5 39. Rxd4 Kxd4 40. bxa7 Rxa7 41. Nc6+
Kc5 42. Nxa7 f5 43. Nb5 f4 44. Nc3 Kd4 45. Nxe4 Kxe4 46. gxf4
1-0

[Event "7th Essent"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2003.10.17"]
[EventDate "2003.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3
O-O 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Rd1 h6 9. Bh4 b6 10. e4 Bb7 11. Be2 a6
12. O-O Ne8 13. Bg3 d6 14. e5 Qc7 15. exd6 Nxd6 16. Rd4 Qc6
17. Bd3 Ne8 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 Qc8 20. Na4 Bc5 21. Nxc5 bxc5
22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Rd2 Nf6 24. Rfd1 Qc8 25. Bd6 Re8 26. Ne5 Kg8
27. Be7 Qc7 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Qe4 Ra7 30. Ng4 Kg7 31. Qe3 Rh8
32. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Internet Section 14-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Nirio Basallo"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.Nc3 d6
7.Nd5 h6 8.a4 Na5 9.Nd2 Rh7 10.b4 Nc6 11.c3 a5 12.Nxb6 cxb6
13.Nc4 axb4 14.cxb4 Be6 15.Nxd6+ Kf8 16.b5 Na5 17.Ba3 1-0

[Event "Internet Section 14-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Martin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.c3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.Be2 O-O 5.h4 Nc6 6.h5 d5 7.Nd2
dxe4 8.dxe4 Ne5 9.hxg6 hxg6 10.Qc2 Qd6 11.Ngf3 Rd8 12.Ng5 Bg4
13.f3 Bh5 14.Nf1 e6 15.Be3 Qe7 16.g4 Bxg4 17.fxg4 Nfxg4
18.Bxg4 Nxg4 19.Qe2 Ne5 20.Rd1 Rxd1+ 21.Kxd1 Rd8+ 22.Kc2 Qd7
23.Nd2 Qa4+ 24.Kb1 Rd6 25.b3 Qd7 26.Bd4 Rxd4 27.cxd4 Qxd4
28.Qb5 Nc6 29.Kc2 Qc3+ 30.Kd1 Qa1+ 31.Ke2 Qxh1 32.Qxb7 Qg2+
33.Kd3 Ne5+ 34.Kc2 Qxg5 0-1

[Event "Internet Section 14-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Ivan Cheparinov"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Ba4 a6 5.Bb3 e6 6.Nf3 Nxb3
7.axb3 d6 8.O-O Nf6 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Be7 11.Re1 O-O 12.Re3
Bd7 13.Rg3 Kh8 14.Qf3 Rc8 15.Bg5 Ne8 16.Be3 Nf6 17.Nde2 Bc6
18.Nf4 d5 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Ncxd5 Bxd5 21.Qg4 Bf6 22.c4 Bc6
23.Nh5 Rg8 24.Rh3 Bxb2 25.Rd1 Qe7 26.Bg5 f6 27.Nf4 g6 28.Qe2
Be5 29.Qxe5 fxe5 30.Bxe7 exf4 31.Bf6+ Rg7 32.Rhd3 Kg8 33.Rd8+
Rxd8 34.Rxd8+ Kf7 35.Bxg7 Kxg7 36.h4 Kf6 37.b4 Ke5 38.f3 Ba4
39.Kf2 h6 40.Rh8 h5 41.Rg8 Kf6 42.Rf8+ Ke5 43.Ke2 Bb3 44.Kd3
Ba4 45.Rf7 Bc6 46.Kc3 1-0

[Event "Internet Section 14-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.Nf3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nc6 7.e3
O-O 8.Bd3 Ne5 9.Be2 a6 10.O-O Qc7 11.a3 Be7 12.b3 b6 13.f4 Ng6
14.Bb2 Bb7 15.Bf3 Rac8 16.Kh1 Qb8 17.Rad1 b5 18.cxb5 axb5
19.Qe2 b4 20.axb4 Bxb4 21.Na4 Ne7 22.Nc2 Bxf3 23.Rxf3 Rfd8
24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.Rg3+ Ng6 26.h4 Kh8 27.h5 Ne7 28.Nxb4 Nf5
29.Rh3 Qxb4 30.e4 Nh6 31.Qb2 Ng4 32.Rg3 Rg8 33.Qe2 Qa5 34.e5
f5 35.Rgd3 Qa7 36.R3d2 Rc7 37.Nb2 Rc3 38.Nc4 Qa8 39.Rd3 Rxd3
40.Rxd3 Qa1+ 41.Rd1 Qxd1+ 0-1

[Event "Internet Section 14-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Ivan Ivanisevic"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Ba4 Qa5 5.Nf3 b5 6.Nxd4 cxd4
7.Nxb5 Qxa4 8.Nc7+ Kd8 9.Nxa8 Qc6 10.d3 f5 11.O-O Bb7 12.f3
Bxa8 13.Bd2 Nf6 14.c3 Qb6 15.Kh1 g6 16.cxd4 Qxd4 17.Rc1 Bc6
18.Qb3 Ke8 19.Rc4 Qd6 20.Rb4 e6 21.e5 Qxe5 22.Bc3 Qe2 23.Re1
Qf2 24.Rxe6+ Kf7 25.Rxc6+ Kg7 26.Bxf6+ Kh6 27.Rh4+ 1-0

[Event "Internet Section 17-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Ildar Anvarov"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.Nc3 Nf6
7.a4 a6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 d6 11.h4 Rg8 12.hxg5 hxg5
13.Bc4 Be6 14.Bd5 Qd7 15.a5 Ba7 16.Rh6 Rg6 17.Rh8+ Ng8 18.Qd3
O-O-O 19.O-O-O Nf6 20.Bxc6 Qxc6 21.Rxd8+ Kxd8 22.e5 Bxb3
23.cxb3 Ne8 24.Kb1 Kc8 25.Nd5 Qd7 26.Rc1 dxe5 27.Bxe5 c6
28.Bh2 f5 29.Ka2 Bxf2 30.Ne7+ Qxe7 31.Qxf5+ Qe6 32.Qxf2 Rf6
33.Qa7 Nc7 34.Rd1 Rf8 35.Bd6 Qe2 36.Rh1 Rf7 37.Rh8+ Kd7
38.Bxc7 Kxc7 39.Qb8+ Kd7 40.Qd8+ Ke6 41.Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Internet Section 17-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Tiomkin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Nxc6 bxc6
7.Bd3 Nf6 8.O-O Be7 9.Kh1 O-O 10.f4 Rb8 11.b3 exf4 12.Bxf4 Ng4
13.Ne2 Bf6 14.Rb1 Be5 15.Qe1 Be6 16.Qg3 Qa5 17.h3 Nf6 18.Bxe5
Qxe5 19.Qxe5 dxe5 20.Rbd1 Rfd8 21.Ng3 Kf8 22.Kg1 Ne8 23.Kf2 g6
24.Ke3 Ke7 25.Rd2 h5 26.Rfd1 h4 27.Ne2 Ng7 28.Ng1 g5 29.Nf3 f6
30.Ng1 Nh5 31.Ne2 Rd6 32.Ba6 Rxd2 33.Rxd2 Rg8 34.Bb7 Bd7
35.Kf2 g4 36.hxg4 Rxg4 37.a4 Rxe4 38.Rd3 Rxe2+ 39.Kxe2 Nf4+
40.Kf3 Nxd3 41.cxd3 Kd6 42.b4 Be6 43.Ba6 f5 44.Ke3 Kc7 45.a5
Bd5 46.Kf2 f4 47.Kg1 f3 48.gxf3 Bxf3 49.Kh2 Be2 50.Kh3 e4
51.b5 exd3 52.bxc6 Bf1+ 0-1

[Event "Internet Section 17-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Gregory Braylovsky"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.Bxc6+ bxc6 5.d3 g6 6.f4 Bg7 7.Nf3
Bg4 8.O-O Nf6 9.Qe1 Bxf3 10.Rxf3 O-O 11.f5 Nd7 12.Bg5 c4
13.Kh1 cxd3 14.cxd3 h6 15.Bh4 g5 16.Bf2 c5 17.Rc1 Rb8 18.Qe2
Be5 19.b3 e6 20.Nd1 g4 21.Re3 Qg5 22.Rc4 Bf4 23.h3 Bxe3
24.Bxe3 Qg7 25.Bf4 gxh3 26.gxh3 Ne5 27.Rc1 exf5 28.Ne3 Ng6
29.Bxd6 fxe4 30.dxe4 Rbe8 31.Nf5 Qf6 32.Bxf8 Qxf5 33.exf5 Rxe2
34.Bxc5 Nh4 35.Rf1 f6 36.Rf4 Re1+ 37.Bg1 Nxf5 38.Rxf5 Kg7
39.Ra5 Kg6 40.Rxa7 f5 41.Kg2 f4 42.Bf2 Rc1 43.Ra5 Rc3 44.b4 h5
45.b5 Kf5 46.b6+ Ke4 47.b7 f3+ 48.Kg3 h4+ 49.Kg4 1-0

[Event "Internet Section 17-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrey Rychagov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Qc7 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3
a6 8.e3 b6 9.b4 Be7 10.Bb2 Bb7 11.Bd3 d6 12.e4 Nbd7 13.h3 Rc8
14.Rc1 Qb8 15.Qe2 O-O 16.O-O Nh5 17.Qe3 Qc7 18.Rfd1 h6 19.Rc2
Rfd8 20.Ne2 Qb8 21.Rcd2 Qc7 22.Rc2 Ba8 23.Nc3 Qb8 24.Ne2 Rc7
25.Nf4 Nxf4 26.Qxf4 Rdc8 27.Bf1 b5 28.Qg3 e5 29.c5 Nf6 30.cxd6
Rxc2 31.Bxe5 Bd8 32.d7 R8c7 33.Nd4 Qb6 34.Nxc2 Rxc2 35.Rd6 Rc6
36.Bxf6 Bxf6 37.Rxc6 Bxc6 38.e5 Bd8 39.e6 fxe6 40.Qd6 Bd5
41.Qe5 Qc7 42.Qd4 Qxd7 43.Be2 Qc6 44.f3 Bb6 0-1

[Event "Internet Section 17-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Dragan Solak"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nc6 4.Nc3 Nd4 5.Be2 Ne7 6.Nxd4 cxd4
7.Nb1 Nc6 8.d3 d5 9.exd5 exd5 10.cxd5 Qxd5 11.O-O Be6 12.Nd2
Be7 13.f4 O-O 14.Bf3 Qd7 15.Nc4 Bxc4 16.dxc4 d3 17.Be3 Bf6
18.Qd2 Rfe8 19.Bf2 a5 20.Rad1 Rad8 21.Kh1 Qf5 22.b3 h5 23.a3
h4 24.Bd5 h3 25.Qxd3 hxg2+ 26.Kxg2 Qxf4 27.Bb6 Qg4+ 28.Kh1 Rd7
29.Rxf6 Ne5 30.Qc2 Nxc4 31.bxc4 Re2 32.Rf4 Rxh2+ 33.Qxh2 Qxd1+
34.Bg1 Rxd5 35.cxd5 Qxd5+ 36.Qg2 Qh5+ 37.Bh2 Qd1+ 38.Rf1 Qd7
39.Be5 g6 40.Qf3 Qe6 41.Qc3 b5 42.Rd1 Kh7 43.Rd8 f6 44.Qc7+
Kh6 45.Rh8+ Kg5 46.Qc1+ Kf5 47.Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "Internet Section 17-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Ivan Ivanisevic"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O c6 7.Nc3
Qa5 8.e4 e5 9.h3 Nbd7 10.Be3 Nb6 11.Qe2 exd4 12.Nxd4 Qb4
13.Rfd1 Nfd7 14.Bf1 Ne5 15.a3 Qxc4 16.Qc2 Qxd4 17.Bxd4 Nf3+
18.Kg2 Nxd4 19.Rxd4 Bxd4 20.Rd1 Bxc3 21.bxc3 d5 22.exd5 Nxd5
23.c4 Nc7 24.Qb2 Ne6 25.h4 h5 26.Be2 c5 27.Qf6 Nd4 28.Bxh5
gxh5 29.Qg5+ Kh7 30.Qxh5+ Kg7 31.Qg5+ Kh7 32.Qxc5 Ne6 33.Qh5+
Kg7 34.Qg4+ Kh7 35.Rd5 Ng7 36.Qe4+ Kg8 37.h5 Re8 38.Qh4 Kh7
39.h6 Nf5 40.Qf6 Rg8 41.Qxf7+ Kxh6 42.Qxg8 Ne3+ 43.Kg1 1-0

[Event "Internet Section 17-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Francisco De la Paz Perdomo"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.Nc3 Nge7
7.h4 d6 8.h5 h6 9.Qe2 Be6 10.Be3 Qd7 11.O-O-O O-O-O 12.f3 f5
13.Qf2 Rhf8 14.Bb5 fxe4 15.Nxe4 Bxb3 16.axb3 Nf5 17.Bxb6 axb6
18.Kb1 Qf7 19.Rhe1 d5 20.Ng3 d4 21.Bc4 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 4th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Guillermo Soppe"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Nxc3
7.bxc3 g6 8.d4 Bg7 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Nc6 11.Re1 b6 12.Bg5 Re8
13.Qd2 Bb7 14.Qf4 Qd6 15.Rxe7 Qxf4 16.Rxe8+ Rxe8 17.Bxf4 Na5
18.Re1 Rc8 19.Bb1 f6 20.Rc1 Bf8 21.Bd3 Bd5 22.Rc2 Nc4 23.Bc1
b5 24.Kf1 Kf7 25.Nd2 a6 26.Nxc4 Bxc4 27.Bxc4+ Rxc4 28.Ke2 Ke6
29.Kd3 Kd5 30.Re2 Ra4 31.g4 Bd6 32.h4 h5 33.g5 fxg5 34.Bxg5
Ra3 35.Bc1 Ra4 36.f3 Rc4 37.Rg2 Ra4 38.Rg5+ Kc6 39.Rxg6 Kd7
40.Rg2 Be7 41.Bg5 Bd6 42.Re2 b4 43.c4 Ra3+ 44.Ke4 a5 45.c5 Bf8
46.Kd5 Rc3 47.Re6 Rxf3 48.c6+ Kc7 49.Bf6 a4 50.Be5+ Kd8 51.c7+
Kd7 52.Re8 1-0

[Event "Neckar op-A 7th"]
[Site "Deizisau"]
[Date "2003.04.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Winfried Rebitzer"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6
7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.c3 Bg7 12.exf5 Bxf5
13.Nc2 O-O 14.Nce3 Be6 15.Bd3 f5 16.O-O f4 17.Qh5 h6 18.Qg6
Re8 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.Bxf5 Rb8 21.Bd7 1-0

[Event "Neckar op-A 7th"]
[Site "Deizisau"]
[Date "2003.04.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Markus Balduan"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.Bxc4 b5 7.Bb3
Bb7 8.O-O c5 9.dxc5 Nbd7 10.Qe2 Bxc5 11.e4 b4 12.e5 Bxf3
13.gxf3 bxc3 14.exf6 Qxf6 15.Ba4 Ke7 16.Bxd7 Kxd7 17.bxc3 Rhd8
18.Be3 Bd6 19.Rfd1 Ke8 20.Rd4 Qg6+ 21.Rg4 Qh5 22.h4 Qe5 23.Qc4
g6 24.Bf4 Qc5 25.Bxd6 Qxc4 26.Rxc4 Rxd6 27.Rb1 Ra7 28.h5 gxh5
29.Rb8+ Rd8 30.Rcc8 Rxc8 31.Rxc8+ Ke7 32.Kg2 Kd6 33.Kg3 f5
34.Rc4 Rg7+ 35.Kh4 Ke5 36.Ra4 Rg2 37.f4+ Kf6 38.Rxa6 Rg4+
39.Kh3 Rxf4 40.Kg3 Rc4 41.Ra3 h4+ 42.Kh3 Rf4 43.Rb3 Rxf2 44.a4
Ra2 45.Rb4 Ra3 46.Rc4 Kg5 47.Rc6 e5 48.Rc5 e4 49.Rc7 Rxa4
50.Rxh7 Rc4 51.Rg7+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "Neckar op-A 7th"]
[Site "Deizisau"]
[Date "2003.04.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Andreas Reuss"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Nc6
7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb3 Bf5 9.d4 e6 10.O-O Be7 11.a4 Na5 12.Ba2 O-O
13.Qe2 Rc8 14.Rd1 Nd5 15.Nxd5 exd5 16.Bd2 Nc4 17.Bc3 Re8
18.Ne5 Bd6 19.Qf3 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Be4 21.Qf4 Rxc3 22.exd6 g5
23.Qg4 h5 24.Qxh5 Bg6 25.Qxg6+ fxg6 26.bxc3 Kg7 27.Rxd5 Qf6
28.d7 Rd8 29.Rd4 Qc6 30.Rad1 Qxc3 31.Bb1 Qc6 32.g3 b6 33.Be4
Qe6 34.Bf3 a6 35.Bg4 Qc6 36.h3 b5 37.axb5 Qxb5 38.Rd5 Qb6
39.Rxg5 Kf6 40.h4 a5 41.Ra1 1-0

[Event "Neckar op-A 7th"]
[Site "Deizisau"]
[Date "2003.04.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Csaba Balogh"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2
a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bf4 a5 12.Qc1 Na6 13.Nc3
Nb4 14.Rd1 Nbd5 15.Nb5 Nxf4 16.gxf4 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 c6 18.Nc3 Nd5
19.e3 f5 20.Kh1 Bd6 21.Rg1 Qh4 22.Qf1 Kf7 23.Rg3 Ne7 24.Qg2
Qf6 25.e4 Bxf4 26.e5 Qh4 27.Rxg7+ Ke8 28.Ne2 Bg5 29.Qg3 Kd7
30.Bg2 Qxg3 31.hxg3 Bd2 32.Rd1 Bb4 33.Nf4 Rg8 34.Rh7 Rh8
35.Rf7 Rhf8 36.Rxf8 Rxf8 37.Bf3 Rb8 38.Kg2 Nd5 39.Nd3 Bf8
40.Be2 b6 41.Rh1 Nb4 42.Nf4 Nd5 43.Nxd5 cxd5 44.Bb5+ Kd8 45.f4
Rb7 46.Kf3 Rg7 47.Bd3 Kc8 48.Rh2 Kd8 49.Bb5 Rc7 50.g4 fxg4+
51.Kxg4 Rc1 52.Kf3 Ke7 53.Bd3 Kf7 54.Rg2 Bb4 55.Rg6 Rf1+
56.Ke3 Re1+ 57.Kf2 Rd1 58.Rf6+ Ke7 59.Ke3 Re1+ 60.Be2 Rh1
61.Bg4 1-0

[Event "Lausanne op"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jean-Michel Paladini"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 Ne4 5.Qc2 Nc6 6.Nxe4 Nb4 7.Qb1
dxe4 8.a3 Nd3+ 9.Bxd3 exd3 10.Nf3 b6 11.O-O Bb7 12.Ne1 Be4
13.b4 h5 14.a4 h4 15.Ba3 Qd4 16.c5 Qxe5 17.cxb6 Bd6 18.f4 Qd4+
19.Kh1 h3 20.Qb2 hxg2+ 21.Nxg2 Bxg2+ 22.Kxg2 Qe4+ 23.Kg1 Bxf4
24.Rf2 Be5 0-1

[Event "Lausanne op"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Zeinab Mamedjarova"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qf6 5.Nb5 Bc5 6.Qe2 Bb6
7.N1c3 Nge7 8.Nd5 Nxd5 9.exd5+ Ne7 10.d6 cxd6 11.Be3 Bxe3
12.Qxe3 O-O 13.O-O-O d5 14.Bd3 d4 15.Qxd4 Qxd4 16.Nxd4 d5
17.Rhe1 Nc6 18.Nb5 Be6 19.Nd6 Rab8 20.Bf5 g6 21.Bxe6 fxe6
22.f3 Rf6 23.c4 d4 24.Ne4 Rf5 25.Nd6 Rf6 26.a3 e5 27.Ne4 Re6
28.Nc5 Re7 29.Nd3 Kf7 30.Re4 Rbe8 31.Rde1 Kf6 32.b4 g5 33.g3
Re6 34.h4 h6 35.Kc2 Nd8 36.Kb2 Nf7 37.c5 b6 38.Ka2 bxc5
39.bxc5 Kf5 40.h5 Nd8 41.Nb4 Rg8 42.Nd5 g4 43.f4 Nc6 44.fxe5
Rd8 45.Rf4+ Kg5 46.Ref1 Kxh5 47.Nf6+ Kg6 48.Rxg4+ Kf7 49.Nd5+
Ke8 50.Rg8+ Kd7 51.Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Lausanne op"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Laurent Jacot"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Ba4 a6 5.Bb3 e6 6.Nf3 Nxb3
7.axb3 Ne7 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nc6 10.Ndb5 d6 11.Bf4 e5 12.Nd5
axb5 13.Rxa8 exf4 14.Qd3 Be7 15.Qxb5 O-O 16.Rxc8 Qxc8 17.Qxc6
Qe6 18.Qxb7 Qxe4+ 19.Kf1 Kh8 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters op"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2003.10.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Ludovic Godderidge"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.c3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.a4 O-O
8.a5 a6 9.Nbd2 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Ne4 Nce7 12.Re1 Kh7 13.Ng3
Qd6 14.Qe2 Bg4 15.Ng5+ hxg5 16.Qxg4 Nf4 17.Ne4 Qc6 18.Nxg5+
Kg8 19.Bxf4 Rfe8 20.Bc1 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters op"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2003.10.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Philippe Guyot"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.e5 Ng4 7.Ng5 f6
8.Nxh7 Nxf2 9.Kxf2 Kxh7 10.Bd3 f5 11.Qe2 e6 12.h4 Rh8 13.Bc4
exd5 14.Nxd5 Nc6 15.Bg5 Qf8 16.Nf6+ Bxf6 17.Bxf6 d6 18.h5 g5
19.Qd2 Nxe5 20.Bxe5 dxe5 21.Qxg5 Qg7 22.Qg6+ Qxg6 23.hxg6+ Kg7
24.Rxh8 Kxh8 25.Rd1 Kg7 26.Bf7 b6 27.Rd8 Kf6 28.Bd5 Rb8 29.Rg8
Bb7 30.Rxb8 Bxd5 31.a4 b5 32.Rxb5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.11.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joerg Hickl"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5 3.Bg2 e6 4.Nd4 c6 5.O-O h5 6.Nf3 c5 7.d3 Bb7
8.e4 d6 9.c3 Nbd7 10.Bg5 g6 11.Re1 Qb8 12.a4 a6 13.Na3 Bc6
14.axb5 axb5 15.e5 dxe5 16.Nxe5 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Bg7 18.Bf4 Nd5
19.Nxg6 Qb7 20.Qf3 fxg6 21.Bd6 O-O-O 22.Rxe6 Nf8 23.Bxf8 Rhxf8
24.Qe4 Rf6 25.Rxf6 Nxf6 26.Qxb7+ Kxb7 27.Nxb5 Kb6 28.Na3 Rxd3
29.Nc4+ Kb5 30.Ne5 Rd2 31.Ra7 Bh6 32.Rb7+ Ka6 33.Rb8 Ng4
34.Nxg4 hxg4 35.Kf1 Bg7 36.Rg8 Rd7 37.Rc8 Kb6 38.Ke2 Be5
39.Re8 Bd6 40.Kf1 Re7 41.Rh8 Kc6 42.Rh4 Re4 43.h3 c4 44.hxg4
Kb5 45.Rh7 Rxg4 46.Rg7 Rg5 47.Ke2 Ka4 48.Kd1 Bc5 49.Rf7 Rd5+
50.Kc1 Rd6 51.Rc7 Kb5 52.Rf7 Re6 53.Kb1 Kc6 54.f4 Kd5 55.g4
Re1+ 56.Ka2 Re7 57.Rf6 Rg7 58.f5 g5 59.Kb1 Re7 60.Rg6 Be3
61.Kc2 Re4 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.11.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Stefan E S Kindermann"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.b3 Bf5 7.Ne5 e6
8.g4 Bg6 9.h4 Ne4 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.f3 f6 12.Nxc6 Nxc6 13.fxe4
dxe4 14.Bd2 Qb8 15.Rh3 f5 16.cxb5 axb5 17.gxf5 exf5 18.a4 bxa4
19.bxa4 Kd8 20.Bb5 Na5 21.Rc1 Bd6 22.Rc5 Bxc5 23.dxc5 Ke7
24.Bc3 Qd8 25.Qa1 Rg8 26.Bxg7 Kf7 27.Rg3 Qe7 28.Qd1 Rad8
29.Qh5+ Ke6 30.Rg6+ 1-0

[Event "Warsaw AIG Life rapid sf"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2003.12.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6
hxg6 8.Qb3 Qb6 9.h3 Nbd7 10.Bd2 a6 11.Bd3 Be7 12.Rc1 Rc8
13.Qxb6 Nxb6 14.c5 Nbd7 15.f4 Nh5 16.O-O f5 17.b4 g5 18.Ne2
gxf4 19.exf4 Ndf6 20.a4 Ne4 21.Be3 Kd7 22.Rb1 g5 23.Bxe4 gxf4
24.Bxd5 fxe3 25.Bf3 Bg5 26.b5 axb5 27.axb5 Rc7 28.Ra1 cxb5
29.Rfb1 Nf4 30.Nxf4 Bxf4 31.Rxb5 Ke7 32.Kf1 Rd8 33.Ra4 Bg5
34.Ke2 Rcd7 35.Rxb7 Rxb7 36.Bxb7 Rb8 37.Ra7 Kf6 38.g3 Bh6
39.c6 Rd8 40.c7 Rxd4 41.c8=Q Rd2+ 42.Ke1 1-0

[Event "3rd Aeroflot Festival"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.02.24"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Evgeny E Vorobiov"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc2 Bg7 6. e4 Nf6
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Bd2 Nc5 11. b4 Ne6 12. Rc1
Ned4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Be3 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 b6 16. Rfd1 Bb7
17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Qc7 19. h4 Rac8 20. h5 a6 21. Nd5 Bxd5
22. exd5 Rfe8 23. Re4 Qd7 24. Re1 b5 25. cxb5 axb5 26. h6 Kf8
27. Qb2 f6 28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. Rxe7 Kxe7 30. Qe2+ Kf7 31. Qxb5
Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Rc2 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Rapid"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2004.03.18"]
[EventDate "2004.03.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Helgi Olafsson"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3
Bc5 7. e3 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. a3 Bb6 10. d4 c6 11. d5 Bh3 12. Re1
Rc8 13. Qd3 Qd7 14. Na4 Bc7 15. Nc3 Ng4 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. c5
d5 18. e4 d4 19. Nd1 f5 20. b4 Kh8 21. Ra2 Nf6 22. exf5 Bxf5
23. Qa6 Bb8 24. Bg2 Bh3 25. Bxh3 Qxh3 26. f3 e4 27. Nf2 Qe6
28. Rc2 e3 29. Nd3 Nh5 30. Qc4 Qg6 31. Rg2 Rcd8 32. Bb2 Rd5
33. b5 Rfd8 34. bxc6 Qxc6 35. f4 Nf6 36. Rc2 a5 37. a4 h5
38. Qb5 Qe6 39. c6 Rxb5 40. axb5 Qb3 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Rapid"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2004.03.18"]
[EventDate "2004.03.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Helgi Olafsson"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Qc7 6. Nf3
Bxc5 7. g3 a6 8. Bf4 Qb6 9. O-O-O Qa7 10. e3 Be7 11. g4 Nc6
12. g5 Nh5 13. Bd6 b6 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Ng3 g6 16. Qe4 Nxg3
17. hxg3 Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Qc7 19. Qh4 h5 20. gxh6 f6 21. Qf4 Ne7
22. Rd2 e5 23. Qh4 d5 24. Bh3 Bxh3 25. Qxh3 Nf5 26. Qg4 Qxc4+
27. Qxc4 dxc4 28. g4 Ne7 29. Rd7 Rae8 30. Rhd1 e4 31. Nd2 f5
32. Nxc4 Rc8 33. Rxe7 Rxc4+ 34. Kb1 fxg4 35. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.03.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Bjorn Thorfinnsson"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6
7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Nf8 9. Nge2 Ng6 10. O-O Bd6 11. f3 Be6
12. Kh1 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. f4 Ne7 16. f5 Bc8
17. e4 b6 18. exd5 Bb7 19. Rae1 O-O 20. Qc1 Nxd5 21. Be4 Be3
22. Qc2 Re8 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. Qb1 Bd2 26. Nf4 Bxf4
27. Rxf4 Re5 28. Qd3 Rc5 29. Rd4 Qe7 30. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.03.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Irina Krush"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Rb1 a5 6. a3 d6
7. d3 Be6 8. b4 axb4 9. axb4 Qd7 10. b5 Nd8 11. Nd5 Ne7 12. b6
Bxd5 13. cxd5 c6 14. dxc6 Ndxc6 15. h4 Qg4 16. Nf3 h5 17. O-O
O-O 18. Nd2 Qd7 19. Ne4 Ra6 20. Nc3 Ra5 21. Bg5 Rfa8 22. Bxe7
Nxe7 23. Qb3 d5 24. Nb5 Qc6 25. Nc7 Rd8 26. Rfc1 Qd6 27. Qc3
Ra2 28. Rc2 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 f5 30. Rb5 e4 31. e3 Kh7 32. d4 f4
33. gxf4 Qf6 34. Qa2 Qxh4 35. Ne6 Rc8 36. Ng5+ Kh6 37. Rc5 Qg4
38. Rc7 Bf6 39. Qa3 Re8 40. Nf7+ Kg7 41. Nd6 Rh8 42. Nxb7 h4
43. Kh2 h3 44. Bf1 Qh4 45. Qb2 g5 46. Nc5 gxf4 47. Ne6+ Kh6
48. Nxf4 Rg8 49. Qe2 Nf5 50. Rf7 Nxd4 51. Qh5+ Qxh5 52. Rxf6+
Kg5 53. Nxh5 Nf3+ 54. Rxf3 exf3 55. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.03.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Thomas Luther"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5
exd5 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Nce4 11. Bxf6
Qxf6 12. Qxf6 Nxf6 13. e3 Bd7 14. Nd4 Rc8 15. Bd3 Ke7 16. f3
h5 17. h4 g6 18. Ne2 Ba4 19. Kd2 Rhd8 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. Ne2 Be6
22. Rhc1 Ne4+ 23. Ke1 Nd6 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Kd2 Bf5 26. Nf4
Bxd3 27. Nxd5+ Ke6 28. Nf4+ Kf5 29. Kxd3 Nc4 30. b4 Nxe3
31. Kxe3 Re8+ 32. Kf2 Kxf4 33. Rc1 Rd8 34. Rc4+ Ke5 35. Rc7
Rd2+ 36. Kg3 Ra2 37. Rxf7 Rxa3 38. Rxb7 Ra2 39. Rb5+ Kf6
40. Ra5 Rb2 41. b5 Ke6 42. Kf4 Rxg2 43. Rxa7 Rb2 44. Ra6+ Kf7
45. b6 Kf6 46. Ke4 Ke6 47. Kd4 Kd7 48. Ke5 Rh2 49. b7 Kc7
50. Rb6 Kb8 51. Rb4 Rh3 52. Kf6 Rg3 53. Rb5 Rg1 54. Rg5 Rh1
55. Kxg6 Kxb7 56. Kxh5 Kc7 57. Rd5 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.03.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Michal Krasenkow"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. g4 h6 8. Bd2 Qe7 9. h3 e5 10. O-O-O e4 11. Nh4 g6 12. cxd5
cxd5 13. Nb5 O-O 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Kb1 Nb6 16. Qc5 Rd8 17. Bb4
Qe6 18. Ng2 g5 19. Be2 Bd7 20. b3 a5 21. Ba3 a4 22. Qe7 Re8
23. Qxe6 Rxe6 24. Bc5 Nc8 25. Ne1 b6 26. Bb4 axb3 27. axb3 Na7
28. Kb2 Bb5 29. Bxb5 Nxb5 30. Nc2 Ne8 31. Rdf1 Ra7 32. f4 exf3
33. Rxf3 Nf6 34. Rf5 Rd7 35. Ra1 Kg7 36. Ra8 Kg6 37. Re5 Rb7
38. Rh8 Kg7 39. Rc8 Na7 40. Rd8 Nc6 41. Rxe6 Nxd8 42. Rd6 Ne6
43. Ba3 Nc7 44. Bb4 Ne4 45. Rd8 Nf2 46. Bf8+ Kh7 47. Rd7 Nd3+
48. Kb1 Ra7 49. Nb4 Nxb4 50. Bxb4 Kg7 51. Kb2 Kg8 52. Be1 Kf8
53. Bb4+ Kg8 54. e4 dxe4 55. d5 Nb5 56. Rxa7 Nxa7 57. d6 Nc6
58. d7 f5 59. Be7 f4 60. d8=Q+ Nxd8 61. Bxd8 b5 62. Kc3 Kf7
63. Kd4 e3 64. Ke4 Ke6 65. Bb6 Kd6 66. Bd4 Ke6 67. Kf3 Kf7
68. Bxe3 fxe3 69. Kxe3 1-0

[Event "5th IECC Playoffs"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2004.05.30"]
[EventDate "2004.05.30"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgenij Miroshnichenko"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Rb8
7. d3 a6 8. Rb1 b5 9. cxb5 axb5 10. b4 Ne8 11. Qd2 Nd6 12. a3
Bb7 13. Bb2 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Bxd4 16. Ne4 Bxb2
17. Qxb2 Ra8 18. Rbc1 Ra7 19. Nc5 Nc8 20. h4 Nb6 21. Ra1 Qa8+
22. Kh2 Qc6 23. Rfc1 Rfa8 24. Nb3 Qe6 25. Na5 Nd5 26. Qb3 c6
27. e4 Nc7 28. Qc3 Qd6 29. Rd1 Rf8 30. d4 f5 31. d5 cxd5
32. exd5 f4 33. Ra2 Ne8 34. Re2 Nf6 35. Qd4 fxg3+ 36. fxg3 Rc7
37. Kg2 Rfc8 38. Rd3 Rc2 39. Red2 R8c7 40. Kh3 e5 41. Qe3 e4
42. Rxc2 Rxc2 43. Rc3 Nxd5 0-1

[Event "5th IECC Playoffs"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2004.05.30"]
[EventDate "2004.05.30"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgenij Miroshnichenko"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. c4 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. b3 c5 6. O-O Bb7
7. Nc3 Qb6 8. d3 Be7 9. e4 d6 10. Be3 O-O 11. b4 bxc4 12. bxc5
dxc5 13. Rb1 Qa7 14. d4 Rd8 15. Qc2 Nc6 16. dxc5 Ng4 17. Bg5
Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Nd4 19. Qa4 Bc6 20. Qa5 Ne5 21. f4 Nd7 22. Rb6
Nxb6 23. cxb6 Qe7 24. Rb1 Nb5 25. a4 Qa3 26. Nxb5 Qc5+ 27. Kh1
axb5 28. Qc3 Rxa4 29. h4 h6 30. Nh3 Qxb6 31. Qc2 Qe3 32. Rd1
Rxd1+ 33. Qxd1 Bxe4 0-1

[Event "5th IECC Playoffs"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2004.05.30"]
[EventDate "2004.05.30"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Evgenij Miroshnichenko"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. g3 c5 6. Bg2 cxd4
7. Nxd4 d6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. b3 Nc5 10. Bb2 Bd7 11. Qd2 a5
12. Rfd1 Qc8 13. Rac1 Bh3 14. Qe3 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Re8 16. Qf3
Nfd7 17. e3 Ne5 18. Qe2 Nc6 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Nb5 Ne6 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Qb2+ f6 23. c5 Nxc5 24. Nbc7 Rc8 25. Rxc5 Rxc7
26. Nxc7 Qxc7 27. Rcc1 Qb6 28. Qe2 h5 29. Rd5 a4 30. bxa4 Ra8
31. Rb5 Qa6 32. Qb2 Ra7 33. Qb3 Kf8 34. Rc4 Ra8 35. Qb1 Ne5
36. Rc7 Qxa4 37. Rbxb7 Re8 38. Rb8 Rxb8 39. Qxb8+ Kf7 40. Qb3+
Qxb3 41. axb3 1-0

[Event "5th IECC Playoffs"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2004.05.30"]
[EventDate "2004.05.30"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrei Istratescu"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 b5
7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O c5 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Qb8 11. d5 c4
12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bc2 Bd6 14. a4 O-O 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8
Bxa8 17. Nxb5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Ne5 20. Qh3 Neg4
21. Bxh7+ Kf7 22. Rd7+ Ke8 23. Rd2 Qxb5 24. f3 c3 25. Bd3 Qb3
26. bxc3 Qxc3 27. Bc2 Bd6 28. fxg4 Ne4 29. Qh5+ Ke7 30. Qh4+
g5 31. Qh7+ Rf7 0-1

[Event "5th Individual European Chess Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2004.05.16"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zeinab Mamedjarova"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O a6
7. Qe2 Nbd7 8. b3 Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Ne5 c5 11. Nxd7 Nxd7
12. cxd5 exd5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Bf5 Re8 15. Rd1 d4 16. Na3 Ne5
17. Bh3 Qh4 18. Nc4 Nf3+ 19. Kh1 Bxh2 20. Nd2 Ng1 21. Qg4 Qxh3
22. Qxh3 Nxh3 23. Kxh2 Nxf2 0-1

[Event "5th Individual European Chess Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2004.05.17"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Hannes Stefansson"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. g4 Nxg4 8. Rg1 f5 9. h3 Ngf6 10. Rxg7 Ne4 11. Bd2 Qf6
12. Rg2 Nf8 13. O-O-O Ng6 14. Qb3 b6 15. Kb1 Bd7 16. Be1 Ke7
17. cxd5 exd5 18. Ne2 a5 19. Nf4 a4 20. Qc2 Rhg8 21. a3 Kf7
22. Nd3 Ke7 23. Bb4 Bxb4 24. Nxb4 Kd6 25. Ka1 f4 26. Bd3 Rae8
27. Ne5 fxe3 28. fxe3 Qf5 29. Rg5 Qxh3 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. Nexc6
Qxe3 32. Rd5+ Ke6 33. Rxd7 Kxd7 34. Ne5+ Nxe5 35. dxe5+ Ke6
36. Qc6+ Kxe5 37. Qd6+ Kf5 38. Nd5 Qg3 39. Rf1+ Kg4 40. Qd7+
1-0

[Event "5th Individual European Chess Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2004.05.20"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Evgenij Miroshnichenko"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. e4
c6 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Rb1 cxd5 15. exd5 Nac4 16. b3 Nd6 17. Bb2
Na8 18. Nce2 Qa5 19. a4 Nc7 20. Bc3 Qb6 21. Qd2 Nf5 22. Nxf5
Bxf5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rbc1 Na6 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. Rxc8 Bxc8
27. d6 Qd8 28. Nb5 f6 29. Nxa7 exd6 30. Nxc8 Qxc8 31. Rxe8
Qxe8 32. Qxd6 Qe1+ 33. Bf1 Qb4 34. Qd7+ Kh6 35. Qf7 f5 36. h4
Nb8 37. Qc4 Nc6 38. Qxb4 Nxb4 39. a5 Nc6 40. b4 Nxb4 41. Bg2
b6 42. axb6 Kg7 43. Bf1 Nc6 44. Bb5 Nd8 45. Bc4 Nc6 46. f4 Kf6
47. b7 h6 48. Kf2 g5 49. Bb5 Nb8 50. hxg5+ hxg5 51. Ke3 gxf4+
52. Kxf4 1-0

[Event "5th Individual European Chess Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Baadur Jobava"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. Qb3 Qe7
7. d4 Nf6 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Qxe5 10. Bxf7+ Ke7 11. O-O Rf8
12. Bd5 Bb6 13. h3 d6 14. Na3 Bxh3 15. c4 Bd7 16. c5 Bxc5
17. Nc4 Qh5 18. Qg3 Qg4 19. Qd3 c6 20. e5 Nxd5 21. exd6+ Kd8
22. Qb3 b5 23. Ne5 Qh4 24. Qc2 Bxd6 25. g3 Qa4 26. Qb2 Qb4
27. Nxc6+ Bxc6 28. Qxg7 Qe4 29. Bg5+ Ne7 30. f3 Rxf3 31. Bxe7+
Qxe7 0-1

[Event "5th Individual European Chess Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2004.05.27"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Andrei Istratescu"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Bxc3+
7. Nxc3 d5 8. Qf3 O-O 9. g4 Bb7 10. g5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4
12. Qg3 f5 13. Bd2 a5 14. h4 Qd6 15. Be2 Nd7 16. O-O-O Rae8
17. h5 Qxg3 18. fxg3 e5 19. Rhf1 Rf7 20. Bc3 exd4 21. exd4 Nf8
22. d5 Ba6 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 g6 25. Kc2 Bc8 26. Ra1 h6
27. hxg6 Nxg6 28. Rh1 f4 29. Rxh6 f3 30. Rxg6+ Kf8 31. b5 Rh7
32. Rf6+ Kg8 33. Bxf3 exf3 34. Rxf3 Bg4 35. Rf4 Bh5 36. Kb3
Bg6 37. Rh4 1-0

[Event "WCC , tiebreak 25/10"]
[Site "Tripoli, Libya"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "164"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qd2 d6
7. Nge2 Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. f4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. f5 g6 13. g4 h5 14. h3 Rd8 15. Qe3 b6 16. g5 Qd6 17. Nc3
Qd4 18. Qxd4 Nxd4 19. O-O-O gxf5 20. Bc4 Kg7 21. exf5 Bxf5
22. Rhf1 Rf8 23. h4 c6 24. Ne2 Nxe2+ 25. Bxe2 Bg6 26. Rd7 Rad8
27. Rxa7 Rd4 28. Rh1 Rfd8 29. Re7 R8d5 30. Bd3 Bxd3 31. cxd3
Rf4 32. Kd2 e4 33. Ke3 Rf3+ 34. Ke2 Rdxd3 35. Rxe4 Rb3 36. a4
c5 37. Re7 Rf4 38. Rb7 Rxb2+ 39. Ke3 Rbb4 40. Rg1 Rbe4+
41. Kd3 Rd4+ 42. Ke3 Rde4+ 43. Kd3 Rg4 44. Rf1 Rgf4 45. Rxf4
Rxf4 46. Rxb6 Rxa4 47. Rc6 Rxh4 48. Rxc5 Rg4 49. Ke3 Kg6
50. Kf3 Rxg5 51. Rc6+ f6 52. Rc4 Rg1 53. Rc8 Rg4 54. Rg8+ Kf5
55. Rh8 Rg5 56. Rh6 Ke5 57. Rh8 Rf5+ 58. Ke3 Kd5 59. Ra8 Ke6
60. Ra7 Rb5 61. Kf4 Rb4+ 62. Kf3 Kf5 63. Ra5+ Kg6 64. Ra8 h4
65. Ra5 Rb3+ 66. Kg4 h3 67. Rg5+ Kf7 68. Rh5 Ke6 69. Rh8 Rc3
70. Kf4 Kf7 71. Kg4 Kg6 72. Kf4 Rc2 73. Kg3 h2 74. Kf3 Kf5
75. Rh5+ Ke6 76. Rh8 Ke5 77. Re8+ Kd4 78. Rd8+ Kc3 79. Rh8 Rd2
80. Kg3 Kd3 81. Kf3 Kc2 82. Kg3 Kd1 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Championship"]
[Site "Tripoli, Libya"]
[Date "2004.06.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Gadir Guseinov"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nc3 d5
7. Qb3 Qb6 8. O-O Na6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Na4 Nd7 11. cxd5 cxd5
12. Bd2 Nab8 13. b3 Nc6 14. e3 e5 15. Nxe5 Ncxe5 16. dxe5 b5
17. Nc3 Bxe5 18. f4 Bg7 19. Nxd5 Bxa1 20. Rxa1 Rd8 21. Bb4 Kg7
22. Bc3+ Kf8 23. Nc7 Rb8 24. Rd1 b6 25. Bf6 Nxf6 26. Rxd8+ Ke7
27. Rh8 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship"]
[Site "Tripoli, Libya"]
[Date "2004.06.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gadir Guseinov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4
Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 c6 10. Ba4 d6 11. d4 g5
12. Bg3 Nxe4 13. Nd2 Nxg3 14. fxg3 Be6 15. Bb3 d5 16. Kh1 g4
17. dxe5 Qg5 18. c4 Rd8 19. cxd5 cxd5 0-1

[Event "WCC , tiebreak 5/10"]
[Site "Tripoli, Libya"]
[Date "2004.06.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pavel Smirnov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 d6 5. c4 Nb6 6. e6 fxe6
7. Nc3 g6 8. Be3 Bg7 9. h4 O-O 10. h5 gxh5 11. Rxh5 Qe8
12. Rh1 e5 13. d5 Na5 14. Bd3 Bf5 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Qd3 Rh5
17. O-O-O Naxc4 18. Bg5 Rxh1 19. Rxh1 Qg6 20. Ne4 Rf8 21. b3
Na5 22. g4 Rxf3 23. Qxf3 Nxd5 24. Bd2 Nc6 25. Ng3 e6 26. Nf5
Nd4 27. Nxd4 exd4 28. Re1 c6 29. g5 Ne7 30. Qh3 Nf5 31. Qd3 d5
32. Bf4 Kf7 33. b4 Ne7 34. Qg3 Bf8 35. Bb8 a6 36. a3 Nf5
37. Qc7+ Be7 38. f4 Ne3 39. Rxe3 dxe3 40. Qd7 e2 41. Kd2 Qe4
42. Ke1 Qd3 0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Saidali Iuldachev"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O a6
7. d3 b5 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. axb3 Bb7 10. e5 b4 11. exf6 bxc3
12. fxg7 Bxg7 13. bxc3 Bxc3 14. Ra4 Rg8 15. Bf4 Qf6 16. Bg3
Bxf3 17. gxf3 h5 18. Kh1 Bd4 19. h4 Ke7 20. Qe2 Rg6 21. Rg1
Rag8 22. Rxa6 Kf8 23. Ra4 Kg7 24. b4 cxb4 25. Rxb4 Kh7 26. Rg2
Qg7 27. Rb5 f5 28. Rg1 e5 29. f4 Rg4 30. fxe5 f4 31. e6 Rxh4+
32. Kg2 Qxg3+ 0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.22"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emil Sutovsky"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Ba4 e4
7. Re1 Be7 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Nc3 f6 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. Nxe4 Nxe4
12. Rxe4 f5 13. Re1 f4 14. c3 Bd6 15. Qh5 Bf5 16. c4 Kh8
17. Bd2 Bc5 18. Bxf4 Bxd4 19. Rad1 Bg6 20. Qg4 Qf6 21. g3 Bc5
22. Re2 Rae8 23. Rdd2 Qf7 24. Bc2 Bh5 25. Qh3 h6 26. Rd7 Bxe2
27. Rxf7 Rxf7 28. Kg2 Bxc4 29. Qh5 Re2 30. Qg6 Rxf2+ 31. Kh3
Bf1+ 0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.25"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Adrian Mikhalchishin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 h6 9. Bd2 Bxc5 10. e3 O-O 11. Bd3 a6
12. O-O Bd6 13. Rfd1 Nc5 14. Bf5 Be6 15. Be1 Rc8 16. Nd4 Qd7
17. Rac1 Be5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bh3 Qf7 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5
exd5 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. b4 b6 24. Qe2 Qb7 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. g3
Kh8 27. Qc2 c4 28. Bc3 Bxc3 29. Qxc3 Rc6 30. Qd4 Rb6 31. Kg2
Rb5 32. Rc2 Rb4 33. Kh3 c3 34. Qe5 Rc4 35. Qe6 Rc8 36. Qf5 Qa8
37. Qd3 Rc4 38. Qf5 Rc8 39. Qd7 a5 40. a3 a4 41. Qe6 Qb7
42. Qf5 Qc6 43. g4 Rb8 44. Kg3 Rb3 45. Qf8+ Kh7 46. Qf5+ Kg8
47. f4 Rxa3 48. Qe5 Rb3 49. h4 a3 50. h5 d4 51. Qxd4 Rb2
52. Qd3 Rxc2 53. Qxc2 Qc4 54. Qg6 a2 55. Qe8+ Kh7 56. g5 Qg8
57. Qa4 Kh8 58. gxh6 c2 59. Qa3 Kh7 60. Qc3 g6 61. Kf2 Kxh6
62. hxg6 Qg7 63. Qc5 Qf6 64. g7 Kxg7 65. Qc7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Shabalov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. Re1 Bd6 13. g3 Bf5 14. d4 Qd7 15. Be3 Rae8 16. Nd2 Bg4
17. Qb1 Bf5 18. Qc1 Re6 19. Nf3 Bg4 20. Ng5 Rg6 21. f3 Bxf3
22. Nxf3 Bxg3 23. hxg3 Rxg3+ 24. Kf2 Qh3 25. Ke2 Qg2+ 26. Kd3
Qxf3 27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. Kc2 Re8 29. Bd2 Qd3+ 30. Kb3 Rb8 31. a3
Rg2 32. Rd1 Re8 33. Qb1 Qc4+ 34. Kc2 Ree2 35. b3 Qc8 36. Qb2
h5 37. a4 h4 38. axb5 axb5 39. Qa3 Qf5+ 40. Kc1 h3 41. Qa8+
Kh7 42. Qd8 h2 43. Ra8 Rg1 44. Qh8+ Kg6 45. Ra6+ f6 46. Ra7
Rxd1+ 47. Kxd1 h1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Alexei Iljushin"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O d6 7.Ne1
Be6 8.d3 Nge7 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Nc2 O-O 12.Rb1 Rac8
13.Nd5 Qd7 14.b4 Bxd5 15.Bxd5 Ne7 16.Ne3 b6 17.a4 h5 18.Bg2
Bh6 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.Bxd5 Kg7 21.bxc5 Rxc5 22.Rb5 Qg4 23.Bf3 Qg5
24.Qa1 Rfc8 25.e3 h4 26.Rfb1 Qf5 27.Be4 Qg4 28.Bg2 Bg5 29.Re1
Bf6 30.Qb1 Qd7 31.Qd1 Bd8 32.Qf3 hxg3 33.hxg3 d5 34.Rd1 d4
35.exd4 Qxd4 36.Qe2 Qd6 37.Bb7 R8c7 38.Bd5 a6 39.Rxc5 Rxc5
40.Kg2 Bf6 41.Rh1 Qd7 42.Qe3 Kg8 43.a5 Qd6 44.axb6 Qxb6 45.d4
Rc7 46.Qe4 exd4 47.Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Mark Bluvshtein"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.e4 c5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3
d5 8.e5 Ne4 9.Bd3 cxd4 10.cxd4 f6 11.exf6 Qa5+ 12.Kf1 Rxf6
13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Ne2 Bd7 15.Be3 Bc6 16.h4 Nd7 17.Kg1 Rc8 18.Ng3
Rff8 19.h5 h6 20.Qb2 Nf6 21.Rh4 Qd8 22.a4 Ne8 23.Rf4 Nd6
24.Qe2 Qd7 25.Rg4 Kh7 26.a5 b5 27.axb6 axb6 28.c5 bxc5 29.dxc5
Nb5 30.Rc1 Qd3 31.Qb2 Rc7 32.Qe5 Re7 33.Rg6 Qd5 34.Qxd5 Bxd5
35.Rg4 Na3 36.Nxe4 Nc4 37.Bd4 e5 38.Bc3 Rc7 39.Rd1 Be6 40.Rh4
Rff7 41.Bb4 Rf8 42.Be1 Rfc8 43.g4 Nb2 44.Rd6 Rc6 45.g5 Kg8
46.g6 Kf8 47.Bc3 Nc4 48.Rd3 Ke8 49.Rd1 Rd8 50.Rxd8+ Kxd8 51.f4
Bd5 52.fxe5 Kd7 53.Nf6+ gxf6 54.exf6 Nd6 55.cxd6 Rxc3 56.Rf4
Bf7 57.gxf7 Rc8 58.Re4 1-0

[Event "GER-ch Internet g/5'"]
[Site "playchess.com"]
[Date "2004.02.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Ilja Zaragatski"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Nc3 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 Bd6
7.Bg3 Nf6 8.e3 O-O 9.Rc1 Ne7 10.Qb3 Bxf3 11.gxf3 c6 12.Qxb7
Rb8 13.Qxa7 Rxb2 14.Bd3 Bb4 15.O-O Qa8 16.Qxa8 Rxa8 17.Bb1 Ne8
18.e4 Nd6 19.Nd1 Rd2 20.Ne3 Nb5 21.Nc2 Bc3 22.Rcd1 Nxd4
23.Nxd4 Rxd4 24.Bd6 Ng6 25.Rc1 Bb4 26.Bg3 dxe4 27.fxe4 c5
28.Kh1 h5 29.f4 Bd2 30.Rxc5 Bxf4 31.Rd5 Rb4 32.Rxh5 Bxg3
33.hxg3 f6 34.e5 Nxe5 35.Bh7+ Kf7 36.Rxe5 Rh8 37.Rh5 g6
38.Bxg6+ Kg7 39.Rxh8 Kxh8 40.Bc2 Kg7 41.Bb3 Rd4 42.Kg2 Rd2+
43.Rf2 Rb2 44.Rxb2 1-0

[Event "GER-ch Internet g/5'"]
[Site "playchess.com"]
[Date "2004.02.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Ilia Mutschnik"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Ba4 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.O-O Nxf3+
7.Qxf3 e6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nb5 Qb6 10.c3 Ne7 11.Nxd4 O-O 12.Rd1 d5
13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Bb3 Rd8 15.Bg5 f6 16.Be3 Nxe3 17.Qxe3 Re8
18.Re1 Kf7 19.Re2 f5 20.Rae1 Bxd4 21.cxd4 Qd6 22.d5 e5 23.Qg3
Bd7 24.Rxe5 Rxe5 25.Rxe5 Kg7 26.h4 Re8 27.f4 Rc8 28.Qe3 Rf8
29.Qxa7 b6 30.Qa3 Qxa3 31.bxa3 Re8 32.Rxe8 Bxe8 33.Kf2 Kf6
34.d6 Bc6 35.g3 h6 36.Ke3 g5 37.hxg5+ hxg5 38.fxg5+ Kxg5
39.Be6 Kf6 40.d7 Ke7 41.Bxf5 Bxd7 42.Bxd7 Kxd7 43.Kd4 Ke6
44.Kc4 1-0

[Event "GER-ch Internet g/5'"]
[Site "playchess.com"]
[Date "2004.02.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Jan Gustafsson"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Nc3 e6 7.g4 Bg6
8.Ne5 Nbd7 9.h4 dxc4 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.g5 Nd5 12.Bxc4 Be7 13.Qf3
Qc7 14.Bb3 N5b6 15.e4 Rf8 16.Bf4 Bd6 17.Be3 e5 18.Rc1 exd4
19.Nb5 Bb4+ 20.Kf1 Qe5 21.Nxd4 Bc5 22.Rd1 O-O-O 23.Qg4 Qe7
24.h5 gxh5 25.Rxh5 Kb8 26.Nf5 Qe8 27.Nxg7 Qe7 28.Nf5 Qe8
29.Nd6 Qe7 30.Nf5 Qe8 31.Bf4+ Ka8 32.Qe2 Rh8 33.Rxh8 Qxh8
34.Qf3 Rf8 35.Rd2 a6 36.Kg2 Ne5 37.Qc3 Ng6 38.Bg3 Qxc3 39.bxc3
a5 40.Bd6 Bxd6 41.Rxd6 a4 42.Bxf7 Nf4+ 43.Kf3 Nh3 44.g6 Ng5+
45.Kf4 Nxf7 46.Rf6 Kb8 47.g7 Rg8 48.Rxf7 Kc8 49.Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "GER-ch Internet g/5'"]
[Site "playchess.com"]
[Date "2004.02.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richter"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.Bxc4 b5 7.Bb3
Bb7 8.O-O c5 9.Qe2 Nbd7 10.Rd1 Be7 11.dxc5 Qc7 12.Bd2 Nxc5
13.Bc2 O-O 14.Rac1 Rac8 15.Bb1 Qb8 16.Nd4 b4 0-1

[Event "GER-ch Internet g/5'"]
[Site "playchess.com"]
[Date "2004.02.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Leonidovich Kalinitschew"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.O-O b6 7.Nc3
Bb7 8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Bd6 11.Re1 O-O 12.Qc2 h6
13.Be3 Nf6 14.c5 Bc7 15.Bd3 Nd5 16.a3 a5 17.Qe2 Qf6 18.Rac1
Rfd8 19.Bb1 bxc5 20.Rxc5 Bb6 21.Rcc1 Nxe3 22.fxe3 Rac8 23.Ne5
Qg5 24.Qc2 c5 25.Qh7+ Kf8 26.Ng6+ fxg6 27.Rf1+ Ke8 28.Bxg6+
Kd7 29.Qxg7+ Kd6 30.Qxb7 Rb8 31.dxc5+ Bxc5 32.Rcd1+ 1-0

[Event "GER-ch Internet g/5'"]
[Site "playchess.com"]
[Date "2004.02.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Christoph Renner"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.O-O d6 6.c3 g6 7.d4 Qe7
8.Nbd2 Bg7 9.Re1 O-O 10.h3 Kh8 11.Nf1 Nh5 12.Ne3 Bd7 13.Nd5
Qd8 14.Be3 Ne7 15.dxe5 Nxd5 16.Bxd5 c6 17.Bc4 dxe5 18.Bc5 Bc8
19.Bxf8 Qxf8 20.Qb3 Kg8 21.a4 Nf4 22.Rad1 Bf6 23.Rd2 g5 24.Nh2
h5 25.Red1 g4 26.hxg4 hxg4 27.g3 Nh3+ 28.Kg2 Ng5 29.Rd7 Bxd7
30.Rxd7 Qh6 31.Bxf7+ Kh8 32.Qd1 Rf8 33.Bc4 Qh3+ 34.Kg1 Bg7
35.Bf1 Qh5 36.Bg2 Nh7 37.Qxg4 Qh6 38.Rd1 Nf6 39.Qe2 a5 40.Nf3
Ng4 41.Nh4 Qg5 42.Bh3 Nxf2 43.Nf5 Nxh3+ 44.Kh2 Nf4 45.gxf4
exf4 46.Rh1 Rxf5 47.exf5 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "GER-ch Internet g/5'"]
[Site "playchess.com"]
[Date "2004.02.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Roland Schmaltz"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qb3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Bb7 7.e4
Be7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O d6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Qc2 exd5
13.exd5 Qd7 14.b3 c6 15.dxc6 Bxc6 16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 f5
18.Bxc6 Qxc6 19.Bb2 e4 20.Rad1 Rae8 21.Rd5 Bc5 22.Qc3 Qg6
23.b4 Be7 24.c5 bxc5 25.bxc5 Rc8 26.Qe5 Rf7 27.Bc1 h6 28.Be3
f4 29.Bxf4 Bxc5 30.Rxc5 Rxc5 31.Qxc5 Rxf4 32.Qxa7 Rf6 33.a4
Ra6 34.Qd4 Qc6 35.a5 Qa8 36.Re1 Rxa5 37.Rxe4 Ra1+ 38.Kg2 Ra2
39.h4 Kh8 40.Kg1 Ra1+ 41.Kh2 Ra2 42.Re6 Ra6 43.Re7 Rf6 44.Qe3
Rf8 45.Rd7 Qf3 46.Rd2 Qf6 47.f4 Rd8 48.Re2 Rf8 49.Qe5 Qf7
50.Rc2 Re8 51.Qd6 Qf5 52.Qd2 Qf7 53.Qf2 Qg6 54.Re2 Rxe2
55.Qxe2 Qf6 56.h5 Qf7 57.Kg2 Kg8 58.Qf3 Qa2+ 59.Kh3 Qe6+ 60.g4
Kh8 61.Kg3 Qd6 62.Qe4 Qa3+ 63.Kh4 Qf8 64.g5 hxg5+ 65.fxg5 Qf2+
66.Kg4 Qg1+ 67.Kf5 Qh2 68.Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "GER-ch Internet g/5'"]
[Site "playchess.com"]
[Date "2004.02.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Rabiega"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.O-O d6 6.c3 g6 7.Re1 Bg7
8.Nbd2 O-O 9.Nf1 Kh8 10.Ng3 Qe8 11.Bb3 Nd7 12.d4 a5 13.h3 Nb6
14.a3 Bd7 15.Be3 Ne7 16.Qd2 Kh7 17.dxe5 dxe5 18.Bc5 Na4 19.Be3
Nc8 20.h4 Nd6 21.h5 Be6 22.Qc2 Bxb3 23.Qxb3 Qb5 24.Qc2 Nc5
25.Rad1 Qb3 26.Qe2 Ne6 27.Rd5 Nf4 28.Bxf4 exf4 29.Nf1 Rae8
30.hxg6+ fxg6 31.Qd3 Qxb2 32.e5 Nf5 33.Rxa5 Qb6 34.Rd5 Re7
35.c4 Qe6 36.Qe4 c6 37.Rdd1 g5 38.N1d2 Qg6 39.Nb3 g4 40.Nfd4
Rxe5 41.Qd3 Rxe1+ 42.Rxe1 Nxd4 0-1

[Event "GER-ch Internet g/5'"]
[Site "playchess.com"]
[Date "2004.02.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qb3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 d5 7.Qa4
Bb7 8.Bg2 Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.Rd1 Qd7 11.Qc2 Nb4 12.Qb1 c5
13.cxd5 exd5 14.b3 Rac8 15.dxc5 bxc5 16.a3 Nc6 17.Bb2 d4
18.Nc4 Bb8 19.e3 Qe7 20.exd4 Nxd4 21.Nxd4 cxd4 22.Bxb7 Qxb7
23.Bxd4 Ne4 24.h4 Rfe8 25.Qd3 h6 26.Qf3 Qb5 27.Re1 Qd5 28.Rad1
Qe6 29.Be5 Rxc4 30.Bxb8 Nd2 31.Qd3 Re4 32.Rxe4 Nxe4 33.Bxa7
Qf6 34.Qd7 Re7 35.Qd8+ Kh7 36.Qd3 Qg6 37.Bd4 f5 38.Qf3 Rd7
39.Be5 Re7 40.Bf4 Rb7 41.a4 Qe6 42.Rd3 Rb6 43.a5 Rc6 44.b4
Rc1+ 45.Bxc1 1-0

[Event "GER-ch Internet g/5'"]
[Site "playchess.com"]
[Date "2004.02.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Robert Huebner"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Bxd2+
7.Qxd2 d5 8.O-O dxc4 9.Na3 c5 10.dxc5 Qxc5 11.Rac1 Nc6 12.Nxc4
Rd8 13.Qg5 Qxg5 14.Nxg5 Nd4 15.Rfe1 h6 16.Nf3 Nxf3+ 17.Bxf3
Rb8 18.Na5 Nd5 19.Red1 Bd7 20.Bxd5 exd5 21.Rxd5 b6 22.Nb3 Be6
23.Rdd1 Rbc8 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.Rc2 Rd1+ 26.Kg2 g5 27.f3 a5
28.Nc1 Kg7 29.a3 Bd5 30.Nd3 Bb7 31.Rc1 Rd2 32.Kf2 1-0

[Event "GER-ch Internet g/5'"]
[Site "playchess.com"]
[Date "2004.02.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan Gustafsson"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bxc4 Nxe4
7.O-O Nf6 8.Qa4+ Nc6 9.Ne5 Be7 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Qxc6+ Bd7
12.Qf3 Rb8 13.Bb3 O-O 14.Bf4 Bd6 15.Rfd1 Qe8 16.Be5 Bc6 17.Qg3
Qe7 18.Rac1 Rfd8 19.h3 h6 20.Bxd6 Rxd6 21.Qe5 Nd7 22.Qa5 Nb6
23.Qxa7 Ra8 0-1

[Event "GER-ch Internet g/5'"]
[Site "playchess.com"]
[Date "2004.02.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Richter"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.d3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.Nf1 Re8 13.Ng3
Bf8 14.h3 h6 15.Be3 d5 16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Ne4 Nxe3 18.Rxe3 Bb7
19.Qe2 Qc7 20.Nh4 Ne7 21.Rg3 Kh8 22.Re1 Rad8 23.d4 cxd4 24.Ng5
Ng8 25.Nxf7+ Qxf7 26.Ng6+ Qxg6 27.Bxg6 Re7 28.Be4 Bc8 29.Rg6
Nf6 30.Rxf6 gxf6 31.Qf3 Bg7 32.g4 Be6 33.a3 Kg8 34.cxd4 Rxd4
35.Rc1 Bc4 36.b3 Be6 37.Bf5 Bd5 38.Qc3 Bf8 39.Qc8 Kg7 40.Rc7
Bf7 41.Rxe7 Bxe7 42.Be6 Bxe6 43.Qxe6 Kf8 44.Qxa6 b4 45.a4 Rd1+
46.Kg2 Rb1 47.a5 Rxb3 48.Qc8+ Kg7 49.Qe6 1-0

[Event "GER-ch Internet g/5'"]
[Site "playchess.com"]
[Date "2004.02.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Leonidovich Kalinitschew"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.Bxc4 b5 7.Bb3
Bb7 8.O-O c5 9.dxc5 Nbd7 10.Qe2 Bxc5 11.a4 b4 12.Nb1 O-O
13.Nbd2 Be7 14.a5 Nc5 15.Bc4 Ne8 16.Nb3 Ne4 17.Rd1 N8d6 18.Bd3
Bd5 19.Nbd4 Nc5 20.Bc2 Qb8 21.Bd2 Qb7 22.Be1 Rfc8 23.Rac1 Bf6
24.Bb1 Rc7 25.Qd2 Rb8 26.h4 h6 27.Qc2 Be4 28.Qe2 Bd5 29.Qc2
Nde4 30.Qe2 Rbc8 31.Bxe4 Bxe4 32.Rc4 b3 33.Rb4 Qa8 34.Rb6 e5
35.Nxb3 Nxb3 36.Rxb3 Bc2 37.Rc3 Bxd1 38.Qxd1 e4 39.Nd4 Qd5
40.Qg4 Bxd4 41.exd4 Rxc3 42.Bxc3 Re8 43.Qe2 Re6 44.Qe3 Kh7
45.Qe2 Qf5 46.Qe3 Rg6 47.Kf1 Qb5+ 48.Kg1 Qd3 49.Qf4 Qf3
50.Qxf3 exf3 51.g3 Re6 52.g4 Re4 53.d5 Rxg4+ 54.Kf1 Rxh4
55.Ke1 Rh5 56.d6 Rd5 57.Bb4 h5 0-1

[Event "GER-ch Internet g/5'"]
[Site "playchess.com"]
[Date "2004.02.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Christoph Renner"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd3 dxe4 5.Bxe4 Nf6 6.Bf3 O-O
7.Nge2 Nbd7 8.O-O Rb8 9.Bf4 Bd6 10.a4 Bxf4 11.Nxf4 Nb6 12.Re1
Nbd5 13.Nd3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Qd6 15.Qd2 Rd8 16.Qg5 h6 17.Qh4 Bd7
18.Re3 Bc6 19.Bxc6 Qxc6 20.Ne5 Qe8 21.Rg3 Kf8 22.Rf3 Qe7
23.Re1 Rd5 24.Re4 Rbd8 25.h3 c5 26.Ref4 cxd4 27.cxd4 Ke8
28.Rxf6 gxf6 29.Ng4 Rc8 30.Nxf6+ Kd8 31.Qxh6 Rxd4 32.Qh8+ Kc7
33.Rc3+ Kb6 34.Qxc8 1-0

[Event "GER-ch Internet g/5'"]
[Site "playchess.com"]
[Date "2004.02.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Roland Schmaltz"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.Bb3 d6 6.c3 g6 7.O-O Bg7
8.Re1 O-O 9.h3 Qe8 10.Nbd2 Kh8 11.Nf1 Nh5 12.d4 f5 13.exf5
gxf5 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Ba4 e4 16.Nd4 Qg6 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.Bc2 Be5
19.Qd2 Kh7 20.Qe2 Rg8 21.f3 Ba6 22.Qf2 Bxf1 23.Rxf1 Nf4
24.Bxf4 Bxf4 25.fxe4 Be3 0-1

[Event "GER-ch Internet g/5'"]
[Site "playchess.com"]
[Date "2004.02.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "22"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Robert Rabiega"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bc4 O-O 5.d3 c6 6.O-O d6 7.a3
Ba5 8.Ba2 Be6 9.Ne2 Nbd7 10.Ng3 Re8 11.Nh4 d5 12.Nhf5 Nf8
13.Qf3 dxe4 14.dxe4 Bxa2 15.Rxa2 Ne6 16.c3 Qc7 17.Nxg7 Nxg7
18.Qxf6 Re6 19.Qf3 Rd8 20.Nf5 Qd7 21.b4 Bb6 22.Rd2 Qe8 23.Rxd8
Bxd8 24.Rd1 Bc7 25.Bg5 f6 26.Nh6+ Kh8 27.Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Blitz"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2004.03.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Margeir Petursson"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 Qf5
7.Qd1 c5 8.e3 Nc6 9.Bd3 Qh5 10.O-O O-O 11.Ne2 cxd4 12.exd4 Bd6
13.a3 b6 14.Bf4 Bxf4 15.Nxf4 Qh6 16.Ne2 Bb7 17.Qa4 Rfd8 18.Ba6
Bxa6 19.Qxa6 Ne7 20.Rac1 Ned5 21.Rc2 Nh5 22.Rfc1 Nhf4 23.g3
Qh5 24.Ne5 Ng6 25.Rc8 Raxc8 26.Rxc8 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Blitz"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2004.03.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Helgi Olafsson"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3
e5 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.Ne2 Nd7 10.O-O b6 11.f4 Na5 12.Rf3 Ba6 13.c5
Bxd3 14.Rxd3 Qe7 15.Ng3 g6 16.fxe5 dxe5 17.Bh6 Rfd8 18.Nf5 Qe8
19.cxb6 axb6 20.Rad1 exd4 21.Rxd4 Nc5 22.Bg5 Rxd4 23.Ne7+ Qxe7
24.Bxe7 Rxd1+ 25.Qxd1 Nab7 26.Qd5 Re8 27.Bf6 Rxe4 28.Bd4 Re1+
29.Kf2 Re8 30.Qc6 Re7 31.Kf1 h5 32.Qf6 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Blitz"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2004.03.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hannes Stefansson"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "177"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 exd5 4.cxd5 d6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.e4 Bf6 7.h3
Ne7 8.Nf3 Ng6 9.Bd3 a6 10.a4 O-O 11.O-O Nd7 12.Nh2 Re8 13.Be3
Rb8 14.Qd2 Bd4 15.Bxd4 cxd4 16.Ne2 Nc5 17.Nxd4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4
Rxe4 19.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 20.Rxe1 Bd7 21.b3 Qb6 22.Rc1 Ne7 23.a5 Qd8
24.Ne2 b6 25.axb6 Qxb6 26.Rc3 Rc8 27.Nf4 h6 28.Nf1 Rc5 29.Ne3
Qb5 30.Nc4 Qb8 31.Ne3 Qc7 32.Rxc5 Qxc5 33.b4 Qc7 34.Qd4 Nf5
35.Nxf5 Bxf5 36.g4 Bd7 37.Nh5 f6 38.Qe4 Qd8 39.Nf4 f5 40.gxf5
Qg5+ 41.Kh2 Bxf5 42.Qe3 Kh7 43.Qg3 Qe7 44.Ne6 g5 45.Qe3 Qf6
46.Nd4 Bd7 47.Nc6 h5 48.Kg2 Kh6 49.Kh2 Qf5 50.Ne7 Qf4+ 51.Qxf4
gxf4 52.Nc6 Kg5 53.Nd4 Kf6 54.Nf3 Bf5 55.Nd4 Bd3 56.Nc6 Bc4
57.Nd4 Bxd5 58.b5 a5 59.b6 a4 60.Nb5 Ke5 61.Nc3 Bc6 62.Nxa4
Kd4 63.Kg1 Kc4 64.Kf1 Kb3 65.b7 Bxb7 66.Nb6 Kc3 67.Ke2 d5
68.Nd7 d4 69.Nc5 d3+ 70.Nxd3 Ba6 71.Kf3 Kxd3 72.Kxf4 Kd4
73.Kg5 Be2 74.f4 Kd5 75.h4 Ke6 76.Kg6 Ke7 77.Kg7 Bg4 78.Kg6
Kf8 79.Kf6 Bd7 80.Kg6 Be8+ 81.Kf6 Kg8 82.Kf5 Kg7 83.Kg5 Bg6
84.f5 Bf7 85.f6+ Kh7 86.Kf5 Kh6 87.Kf4 Kg6 88.Ke5 Bg8 89.Kd4
0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Blitz"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2004.03.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Johann Hjartarson"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Qc7 6.Nf3 Bxc5 7.g3
a6 8.Bf4 Qb6 9.O-O-O Nc6 10.Na4 Qa5 11.Nxc5 Qxc5 12.Bd6 Qxf2
13.Kb1 b5 14.cxb5 axb5 15.Bc5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.11.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vlastimil Babula"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Nge2 d5 6.a3 Ba5 7.dxc5
dxc4 8.Qxd8+ Bxd8 9.Nd4 Nbd7 10.Bxc4 Nxc5 11.f3 a6 12.b4 Ncd7
13.e4 Ne5 14.Be2 Bd7 15.Bf4 Bc7 16.g3 Rc8 17.Rc1 O-O 18.Nb3
Rfd8 19.Kf2 Bb6+ 20.Be3 Bxe3+ 21.Kxe3 Nc4+ 22.Bxc4 Rxc4 23.Na5
Rc7 24.Ne2 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 b6 26.Nc6 Bxc6 27.Rxc6 Nd7 28.f4 Kf8
29.Nd4 e5 30.Nf5 a5 31.b5 g6 32.Nd6 exf4+ 33.gxf4 g5 34.Rc7
gxf4+ 35.Kxf4 Ke7 36.Nc8+ Kf8 37.Kf5 Kg7 38.Nd6 Kf8 39.Nb7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.11.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Andreas Reuss"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Qb6
7.Nxd5 Qxb3 8.Nxf6+ exf6 9.axb3 Nc6 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.Bd2 Nb4
12.Bxd7+ Kxd7 13.Ke2 a6 14.Nh3 Bd6 15.Bxb4 Bxb4 16.Nf4 Bd6
17.Nd5 Kc6 18.e4 b5 19.Rhc1+ Kb7 20.Rc3 Rhe8 21.Kf3 Rad8 22.g4
Bb8 23.Rac1 h5 24.h3 hxg4+ 25.hxg4 Rh8 26.Rc6 Rd6 27.Rxd6 Bxd6
28.Ne3 Rh3+ 29.Ke2 Bf4 30.Rc3 Rh1 31.Nf5 g6 32.Ne3 Bxe3
33.Kxe3 Rg1 34.d5 Rxg4 35.d6 Rh4 36.Rc7+ Kb8 37.Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.11.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Zoltan Medvegy"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Nge2 Ba6 6.a3 Be7 7.Nf4
d5 8.cxd5 Bxf1 9.dxe6 Ba6 10.exf7+ Kxf7 11.e4 c5 12.e5 Re8
13.Be3 Nc6 14.Qb3+ c4 15.Qa4 Na5 16.exf6 Bxf6 17.O-O Qd6
18.Nfd5 Bb7 19.Nxf6 Qxf6 20.d5 Rad8 21.Rad1 Bc8 22.Rd4 Kg8
23.Rf4 Qg6 24.Rf3 Bd7 25.Qb4 Qc2 26.h3 Bc8 27.Kh2 Qb3 28.Bg5
Rd7 29.Re1 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.11.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rainer Polzin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nc6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.d4 d6 9.c3 Bg4 10.Be3 Bd7 11.a4 exd4 12.Bxd4 Qc8 13.Nbd2
Qb7 14.axb5 axb5 15.Rxa8 Rxa8 16.e5 Nxd4 17.cxd4 dxe5 18.Nxe5
Be6 19.Nxf7 Bxb3 20.Qxb3 Qd5 21.Ne5 Bd6 22.Qxd5+ Nxd5 23.Nb3
Ra2 24.Rb1 Nf4 25.Nc1 Ra4 26.Nf3 Rc4 27.Kf1 g5 28.g3 Ne6
29.Ne2 g4 30.Nd2 Rb4 31.d5 Nd4 32.Nc3 Nf3 33.Nxf3 gxf3 34.Ke1
Bc5 35.b3 Kg7 36.Kd2 Rd4+ 37.Kc2 b4 38.Nd1 Rxd5 39.Ra1 Bd4
40.Ra6 c5 41.Re6 Rd7 42.Ne3 Bc3 43.Nf5+ Kf7 44.Rd6 Ra7 45.Kd3
Ra2 46.Ke3 Ra3 47.Ke4 Rxb3 48.Rd7+ Ke8 49.Rxh7 Rb2 50.Nd6+ Kf8
51.Rf7+ Kg8 52.Rxf3 Rc2 53.Kf5 Kh7 54.Ne4 c4 55.g4 Bd4 56.Ng5+
Kg8 57.Ne6 b3 58.Nxd4 b2 59.Nxc2 b1=Q 60.Ke4 Qxc2+ 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ESP"]
[Date "2005.01.25"]
[EventDate "2005.01.25"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Stefan Kristjansson"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O Nb6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. e3 Re8 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. e4
c5 13. Nf3 e6 14. Bg5 Qc8 15. Rc1 exd5 16. exd5 Bg4 17. b3 Qf5
18. Qc2 Qxc2 19. Rxc2 Bf5 20. Rcc1 c4 21. Nd2 cxb3 22. axb3
Bd3 23. Rfd1 Rac8 24. Nce4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bxe4 26. Nxe4 Nxb3
27. Rb1 Nd4 28. d6 Ne6 29. Be7 f5 30. Ng5 Nxg5 31. Bxg5 h6
32. Be7 Kf7 33. Bxb7 Bf6 34. Re1 a5 35. Bc6 Rxe7 36. dxe7 Bxe7
37. h4 f4 38. gxf4 Bxh4 39. Re5 a4 40. Ra5 Bf6 41. Bxa4 Bd4
42. Bc2 Kf6 43. Kg2 h5 44. Rg5 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ESP"]
[Date "2005.01.26"]
[EventDate "2005.01.25"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Erenburg"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Rad1+
Ke8 12. Bxe7 Bxe7 13. Nd4 Bc5 14. Ne4 Bxd4 15. Rxd4 Ke7
16. Rfd1 Re8 17. f4 b6 18. h3 Kf8 19. Kf2 Bf5 20. Kf3 f6
21. exf6 c5 22. fxg7+ Kxg7 23. Rd7+ Bxd7 24. Rxd7+ Kf8 25. Ng3
Rad8 26. Rh7 Rd2 27. f5 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ESP"]
[Date "2005.01.27"]
[EventDate "2005.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Kevin Spraggett"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6
7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Nd2 Nc7 11. Nc4 Nfe8
12. Bf4 b5 13. Na5 f5 14. Nc6 Qd7 15. e4 b4 16. e5 bxc3 17. e6
Qxc6 18. dxc6 cxb2 19. Rb1 Bxe6 20. Bd2 Bxa2 21. Qc2 Bxb1
22. Rxb1 Rb8 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Rf7 25. Rxb2 Rxb2 26. Qxb2
a6 27. Qd2 Re7 28. h4 h5 29. f3 Kf7 30. g4 fxg4 31. fxg4 hxg4
32. Qf4+ Kg7 33. Qxg4 Nf6 34. Qg3 Re5 35. Bf1 Ne4 36. Qg4 Nf6
37. Qc8 Nfe8 38. Bd3 Re3 39. Bc2 Re1+ 40. Kf2 Re6 41. Bb3 Rf6+
42. Kg3 Kh6 43. Qd7 d5 44. Bxd5 g5 45. Be4 gxh4+ 46. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ESP"]
[Date "2005.01.31"]
[EventDate "2005.01.25"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vasilios Kotronias"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 e5
7. h3 c6 8. e4 Nbd7 9. d3 a6 10. Rb1 Re8 11. Be3 b5 12. b4 Bb7
13. Nd2 Rc8 14. a4 Bf8 15. axb5 cxb5 16. Qb3 Bc6 17. Ra1 Ra8
18. Ra3 Nb6 19. Qc2 Bd7 20. Qb2 Na4 21. Nxa4 bxa4 22. Nb1 Rb8
23. Bd2 Qb6 24. Nc3 Qxb4 25. Qxb4 Rxb4 26. Bg5 d5 27. Bxf6
dxc4 28. Nd5 Rb3 29. Ra2 cxd3 30. Bg5 Bg7 31. Bf3 h6 32. Be3
Reb8 33. Kg2 Bb5 34. Rc1 Bf8 35. Bd1 Kg7 36. Rca1 a5 37. Bxb3
axb3 38. Rxa5 d2 39. Rxb5 Rxb5 40. Bxd2 b2 41. Rb1 Bc5 42. Nc3
Rb3 43. Nd1 Bd4 44. Be3 Rb4 45. Kf3 f5 46. exf5 gxf5 47. Bxd4
Rxd4 48. Ne3 Rd2 49. Nxf5+ 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ESP"]
[Date "2005.01.03"]
[EventDate "2005.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ian Rogers"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. Bf1 Nf5 9. d3 O-O 10. a4 Be6 11. c3 a5
12. Nd2 Re8 13. Nc4 Bd5 14. Bf4 Nd6 15. Ne3 Qd7 16. d4 Be4
17. Bd3 Bf8 18. Be5 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 c5 20. Nc4 cxd4 21. Bxd6
Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 dxc3 23. bxc3 Bxd6 24. Qe4 Bc5 25. Qxb7 Re8
26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Ne3 Qxa4 28. g3 Qe8 29. Qxc7 Bxe3 30. fxe3
Qxe3+ 31. Kf1 Qf3+ 32. Ke1 Qe3+ 33. Kf1 Qf3+ 34. Ke1 Qa8
35. Kd2 h5 36. Kc1 h4 37. gxh4 a4 38. Kb2 Qg2+ 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open 2005"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.16"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Dragan Solak"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 exd4
7. Nxd4 Be7 8. Nf5 g5 9. Bg3 Nc5 10. Nxe7 Qxe7 11. Qd4 Bf5
12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. f3 Kb8 14. e4 Bc8 15. h4 Nh5 16. Nd5 Qd7
17. Bf2 Qa4 18. Nc3 Qa5 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. g4 Ne6 21. Qd5 Qxd5
22. exd5 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open 2005"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.18"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Valerij Popov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. c5 g6
7. Qb3 a5 8. Ne5 Bg7 9. Nxb5 cxb5 10. Bxb5+ Kf8 11. O-O Ba6
12. a4 Ne4 13. Nd3 Bb7 14. f3 Nf6 15. Ne5 Qc7 16. Bd2 h5
17. c6 Bc8 18. e4 Qb6 19. Be3 Be6 20. Rac1 Na6 21. f4 Nc7
22. f5 gxf5 23. exf5 Bc8 24. Rc5 Ba6 25. Bg5 Bc8 26. Kh1 Nxe4
27. Bxe7+ Kxe7 28. Rxd5 Nxd5 29. Qxd5 Ng5 30. Nxg6+ fxg6
31. Re1+ Be6 32. Rxe6+ Kf8 33. Qd6+ Kg8 34. Bc4 Kh7 35. Re7
gxf5 36. Qf6 Rhg8 37. Qxg5 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open 2005"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2005.02.22"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Evgeny Postny"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Ng5 Qxg5 11. Bxb7
Nxe2 12. Qxe2 Nc6 13. Bxa8 Rxa8 14. Rd1 Qa5+ 15. Kf1 Qxa2
16. d5 Na5 17. Kg2 Qxc4 18. Qf3 Rc8 19. dxe6 dxe6 20. Rd7 Rf8
21. Rhd1 g6 22. h4 h5 23. Re7 Qc6 24. Qxc6 Nxc6 25. Rxc7 Nb4
26. Rxa7 Nd5 27. Rda1 Kg7 28. Ra8 Rxa8 29. Rxa8 Kf6 30. Kf3
Kf5 31. Ke2 f6 32. Kd3 g5 33. Ra4 Ke5 34. Re4+ Kf5 35. f3 e5
36. Rc4 Ke6 37. hxg5 fxg5 38. Rc6+ Kf5 39. Rd6 Ne7 40. Rxb6 h4
41. gxh4 gxh4 42. Ke2 Nd5 43. Rh6 Nf4+ 44. Ke3 h3 45. b3 Kg5
46. Rh8 Kf5 47. Kf2 Ke6 48. Rd8 Ke7 49. Rd1 1-0

[Event "6th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.06.18"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Lajos Portisch"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. O-O c6
7. a4 a5 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. e4 O-O 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. e5
Nd5 13. Nd2 N7b6 14. Nce4 Qc7 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 b6
17. Qc2 Be7 18. Bg5 Bf8 19. Rac1 Bb7 20. Qe2 Qd7 21. Qg4 Kh8
22. Qh4 Rac8 23. Nf6 Nxf6 24. exf6 c5 25. dxc5 Bd5 26. cxb6
Rxc1 27. Bxc1 Qc6 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Be3 gxf6 30. Qh5 Qxa4
31. Qxd5 Re5 32. Qd8 Re8 33. b7 1-0

[Event "6th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.06.20"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Alexei Kornev"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. b3 Bb4
7. Bd2 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Qe7 10. Qe1 a5 11. Bc2 dxc4
12. bxc4 e5 13. a3 Bd6 14. Nh4 g6 15. f4 exd4 16. exd4 Bxa3
17. Qg3 Nh5 18. Qf2 Ndf6 19. Rfe1 Qd8 20. Rxa3 Ng4 21. Qf3
Qxh4 22. h3 Ngf6 23. Rf1 Qg3 24. f5 Qd6 25. Ne2 Bxf5 26. Bxf5
gxf5 27. c5 Qd5 28. Bh6 Qxf3 29. Raxf3 Rfe8 30. Ng3 Re6
31. Rxf5 Ng4 32. Rg5+ Rg6 33. Nf5 Rxg5 34. Ne7+ Kh8 35. Bxg5
Ng3 36. hxg4 h6 37. Bf6+ Kh7 38. Re1 1-0

[Event "6th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.06.22"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Alexander Huzman"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7
12. Qc2 Re8 13. Bf4 c6 14. Rcd1 Nh5 15. Kh1 Bb4 16. e3 Qe7
17. Ne2 h6 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 g5 20. Nd4 gxf4 21. gxf4 Ng7
22. Rg1 Kh8 23. Bf3 Rg8 24. Rg3 Ne6 25. Rh3 Rg6 26. Nf5 Qf8
27. Bh5 Kh7 28. Nxh6 Qxh6 29. Rg1 Kh8 30. Rxg6 fxg6 31. Bg4
Qxh3 32. Bxh3 Nf8 33. f5 Re8 34. f4 gxf5 35. Qxf5 Nh7 36. Qd7
Re7 37. Qd8+ Kg7 38. Bc8 Bxc8 39. Qxc8 Bc5 40. Qxc6 Bxe3
41. Qd6 Bc5 42. Qxd5 Nf8 43. f5 Nd7 44. b4 Nxe5 45. bxc5 bxc5
46. Qxc5 Kf6 47. Qd6+ Kf7 48. h4 Nd7 49. Qg6+ Kf8 50. Qh6+ Kf7
51. Qg6+ Kf8 52. h5 Rf7 53. Qd6+ Kg8 54. Qg6+ Rg7 55. Qe6+ Rf7
56. h6 Kf8 57. Qd6+ Ke8 58. Kg2 Nf8 59. f6 Rd7 60. Qc6 Kf7
61. Qxd7+ 1-0

[Event "6th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.06.28"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Zahar Efimenko"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. e4 d6
7. Bd2 exd5 8. cxd5 Nh5 9. g4 Qh4+ 10. Ke2 Ng3+ 11. hxg3 Qxh1
12. Kf2 Nd7 13. Bg2 Qh2 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Qh6 16. f4 Qg6
17. Bf3 Re8 18. Kg2 f6 19. Qc2 b5 20. Nh3 Nb6 21. f5 Qf7
22. b3 Nd7 23. Nf4 Ne5 24. Rh1 h6 25. Ne6 Bxe6 26. dxe6 Qc7
27. Rd1 Nxf3 28. Kxf3 a5 29. Bd2 Ra6 30. Rh1 d5 31. exd5 Qb7
32. Qe4 Rd8 33. Re1 Qxd5 34. Qxd5 Rxd5 35. e7 Ra8 36. e8=R+
Rxe8 37. Rxe8+ Kf7 38. Re2 Rd3+ 39. Be3 Rxb3 40. Rc2 Rxa3
41. Rxc5 Rb3 42. Rc8 a4 43. Ke4 a3 44. Ra8 Rb4+ 45. Bd4 Ra4
46. Rxa4 bxa4 47. Kd3 a2 48. Kc2 Ke7 49. Bc5+ 1-0

[Event "6th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.06.30"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Alexei Fedorov"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6
7. Nc3 a6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Rb1 Bf5 11. e4 Bd7 12. b3 e5
13. Qc2 h5 14. h3 h4 15. g4 Nh7 16. Nd1 b5 17. Ne3 Bh6 18. Nf3
Rb8 19. Bd2 Nb7 20. Ne1 b4 21. Nd3 a5 22. a3 bxa3 23. Ra1 Bg5
24. Rxa3 Qb6 25. Kh1 Rbe8 26. Bc3 Bc8 27. Raa1 Bd8 28. f4 exf4
29. Nxf4 Bg5 30. Rae1 Re7 31. Nd3 Rfe8 32. Ba1 a4 33. bxa4 Na5
34. Qc3 f6 35. Nf4 Qb4 36. Nxg6 Rb7 37. Qc2 Qb3 38. Qf2 Nxc4
39. Nxc4 Qxc4 40. Nxh4 Qxa4 41. Ng6 Qa5 42. Qg3 Bd2 43. Re2 c4
44. Qxd6 c3 45. Qc6 Qb5 46. Ne7+ Rexe7 47. Qxc8+ Re8 48. Qc6
Qxc6 49. dxc6 Rc7 50. e5 fxe5 51. h4 1-0

[Event "15th European Team Championshi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.08.01"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Baadur Jobava"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5
7. e5 h6 8. exf6 hxg5 9. fxg7 Rg8 10. dxc5 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Rxg7
12. Bxc4 Nc6 13. Ke2 Bxc5 14. Ne4 Be7 15. h4 gxh4 16. Bb5 Bd7
17. Kf1 O-O-O 18. Be2 Nb4 19. Nxh4 Rh7 20. a3 Bc6 21. Rxd8+
Kxd8 22. Ng3 Rxh4 23. Rxh4 Bxh4 24. axb4 Bf6 25. b3 b5 26. Bd3
Be7 27. Ne2 a6 28. Nd4 Bd5 29. g4 Bxb4 30. Nc2 Bc3 31. b4 Bf3
32. g5 Ke7 33. Ne1 Bd5 34. Nc2 Bd2 35. g6 f5 36. Ke2 Bc3
37. Ne3 Bb3 38. Bc2 Ba2 0-1

[Event "15th European Team Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.08.07"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[Round "9.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Meelis Kanep"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7
7. Ne2 d6 8. O-O Nd7 9. f4 g6 10. Nd2 Qe7 11. a4 a6 12. e5 Bg7
13. Qe1 h5 14. Be4 d5 15. Bd3 c5 16. Qb1 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nb8
18. b4 Nc6 19. b5 axb5 20. Bxb5 O-O 21. Rc1 Rfc8 22. Bxc6 Bxc6
23. Qxb6 Qd7 24. Qb3 Rcb8 25. Qd3 Bxa4 26. Nc3 Bc6 27. Rxa8
Rxa8 28. Nb3 Bf8 29. Nc5 Bxc5 30. dxc5 d4 31. Ne4 Qb7 32. Nf6+
Kg7 33. Rb1 Qa7 34. Qxd4 Qa2 35. Qb2 Qc4 36. Qb4 Qd3 37. Qb2
h4 38. h3 Ra4 39. Re1 Qg3 40. Qf2 Rc4 41. Rf1 Rc3 42. Rd1 Rc4
43. Rf1 Rxc5 44. Rb1 Rc4 45. Rf1 Rc3 46. Rd1 Ba4 47. Ne4 Qxf2+
48. Kxf2 Rc4 49. Re1 Bc6 50. Nf6 Rxf4+ 51. Kg1 Rf5 52. Ng4 g5
53. Re2 Kg6 54. Re1 Rf4 55. Rc1 Bb7 56. Rc7 Rb4 57. Rc2 Bd5
58. Rf2 Ra4 59. Ne3 Be4 60. Ng4 Ra1+ 61. Kh2 Re1 62. Ra2 Bf5
63. Ra5 Bxg4 64. hxg4 Kg7 65. Rb5 Re3 66. Rc5 Kf8 67. Rb5 Rg3
68. Rb4 Ke7 69. Rb7+ Ke8 70. Rb4 Kd7 71. Rc4 Kd8 72. Re4 Kc7
73. Rc4+ Kb6 74. Rd4 Kc5 75. Rd7 Rxg4 0-1

[Event "Karabakh International"]
[Site "Stepanakert ARM"]
[Date "2005.10.02"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Bologan"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nd8 12. Ne2
Ne6 13. Ng3 g6 14. c3 c5 15. d4 c4 16. Bc2 Qc7 17. Be3 a5
18. Qd2 a4 19. Ng5 Ne8 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bh6 Rf7 22. Ne2 Nf6
23. Qe3 Nh5 24. g4 Nf6 25. f3 d5 26. dxe5 dxe4 27. fxe4 Nd7
28. Nd4 Nxe5 29. Rf1 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Nf7 31. Kg2 Nxh6 32. Qxh6
Qe5 33. Nf3 Bxe4 34. Bxe4 Qxe4 35. Re1 Qc2+ 36. Qd2 Qxd2+
37. Nxd2 Kf7 38. Rf1+ Ke8 39. Kf3 Rd8 40. Ke2 Rd3 41. Rf3 Rd5
42. Ne4 Re5 43. Re3 Kd7 44. Kf3 Kc6 45. Re2 Rd5 46. g5 Rf5+
47. Kg4 Kd5 48. h4 e5 49. Kg3 Rf4 50. Nf2 Bd6 51. Rd2+ Ke6
52. Ng4 Bc7 53. Rf2 Rf5 54. Re2 e4+ 55. Kg2 Rf4 56. Nf2 Rxh4
0-1

[Event "Karabakh International"]
[Site "Stepanakert ARM"]
[Date "2005.10.05"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5
12. Bxe5 Nxe5 13. Qd4 f6 14. O-O-O Be7 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Qe4 Bb3
17. Rd2 O-O 18. h4 Bc5 19. hxg5 fxg5 20. Bh3 Kh8 21. Bf5 Bxe3
22. fxe3 Bg8 23. Qc2 Rad8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Ne4 Qg7 26. Rh5 h6
27. Nxg5 Nc4 28. Bd3 Nxe3 29. Qd2 Rd5 30. Qxe3 Rxg5 31. Rh4
Bf7 32. Rd4 Bd5 33. Rf4 Qe5 34. Qf2 Bg8 35. Kb1 a5 36. g4 Kg7
37. Re4 Qd6 38. Qb6 Qd7 39. Rd4 Rd5 40. Bf5 Be6 41. Bxe6 Qxe6
42. Qxb7+ Kf6 43. Rd3 Kg5 44. Qb3 Qe4 45. Ka2 Rxd3 46. exd3
Qd4 47. Qg8+ Kf4 48. Qf7+ Kg3 49. Qc4 Qd6 50. d4 Qf4 51. b4
axb4 52. a5 Kxg4 53. a6 Qe3 54. d5+ Kf5 55. Qc2+ Ke5 56. Qb2+
Kf5 57. dxc6 Qb6 58. Qc2+ Ke6 59. Qa4 Qa7 60. c7 Qxc7 61. a7
Qh2+ 62. Kb3 Qg3+ 63. Kxb4 Qf4+ 64. Kb5 Qe5+ 65. Kb6 Qb2+
66. Ka6 Qg2 67. Qe8+ Kd6 68. Qd8+ Kc5 69. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Karabakh International"]
[Site "Stepanakert ARM"]
[Date "2005.10.06"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Dreev"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Bd2 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. e4 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5
12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. O-O Rfd8 15. Qe2 Rab8 16. Bb5 Bd6
17. Qd2 Bf4 18. Ba5 Nb6 19. Qc2 Qe7 20. Rfe1 f5 21. Nd2 Bxd2
22. Rxd2 Bxe4 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Qe2 Qd6 25. f3 Bd5 26. Qe3 h6
27. Bc3 Nd7 28. Rd1 Nb8 29. Qf2 Nc6 30. Qh4 Rc8 31. Ba4 Qe7
32. Qf2 Rc7 33. Qg3 Nd4 34. Bxd4 cxd4 35. Qe5 Rc4 36. b4 Qg5
37. Bb3 Rc1 38. Qe1 Rxd1 39. Bxd1 Qc1 40. Kf2 Qxa3 0-1

[Event "Karabakh International"]
[Site "Stepanakert ARM"]
[Date "2005.10.08"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bartlomiej Macieja"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6
7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3 e6 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 Qc7 12. f4
O-O-O 13. Nd2 d5 14. e5 Nd7 15. Ndf3 Be7 16. Bg2 Kb8 17. Be3
f6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. d4 cxd4 20. cxd4 f5 21. g5 Rc8 22. Re2
Na5 23. Rc1 Qb6 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Rc2 Nc4 26. Bc1 Rc6 27. Bf1
Na5 28. Kf2 Bd8 29. Be3 Nc4 30. Bxc4 Rxc4 31. Rxc4 dxc4 32. d5
Qxb2+ 33. Kg3 Bb6 34. Bxb6 Qxb6 35. Qa4 Nc5 0-1

[Event "21st European Club Cup"]
[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]
[Date "2005.09.19"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Andrei Shchekachev"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 c5
7. h3 d5 8. e5 Ne4 9. Re1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bf5 11. Nc3 Nc6
12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Rxe4 Qd5 15. Qe2 f6 16. b3
fxe5 17. dxe5 Rad8 18. Bb2 Rf5 19. b4 a6 20. a4 Qd3 21. Qxd3
Rxd3 22. b5 Nd8 23. bxa6 bxa6 24. Rc1 Rf8 25. Rc7 Rb3 26. Bc1
Rb1 27. Kh2 Re8 28. Rc8 Rf8 29. Be3 1-0

[Event "21st European Club Cup"]
[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]
[Date "2005.09.23"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zurab Azmaiparashvili"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7
7. e3 c5 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. Bc2 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5
12. Qd3 g6 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Bb3 Qb4+ 16. Qc3
Qxc3+ 17. bxc3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nc6 19. Kd2 Rfd8 20. Rhd1 Rac8
21. Rac1 Na5 22. Kd3 Rc5 23. Ke3 Rh5 24. c4 Kg7 25. Ba4 Rxh2
26. c5 Rh5 27. c6 Rhd5 28. Rc3 Rc8 29. c7 b5 30. Bb3 Rd7
31. Rc5 Rcxc7 32. Rxb5 Nxb3 33. axb3 Rb7 34. Rxb7 Rxb7 35. Rd3
g5 36. f4 g4 37. f5 exf5 38. Kf4 Rb5 39. d5 Kf6 40. d6 Rb4+
41. Kg3 Rb8 42. Kf4 h5 43. d7 Ke7 44. Kxf5 Rb5+ 45. Kf4 Kd8
46. f3 Rb4+ 47. Kg3 f5 48. Kh4 Rf4 49. fxg4 hxg4 50. Rd1 Rf3
51. b4 g3 52. Kh3 f4 53. Kg2 Rf2+ 54. Kg1 Rb2 55. Rd3 Rxb4
56. Kg2 Rb2+ 57. Kg1 a5 0-1

[Event "World Team Championship 2005"]
[Site "Beer Sheva ISR"]
[Date "2005.11.03"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7
7. Nc3 e5 8. h3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nb6 10. b3 d5 11. c5 Ne4 12. Bb2
Nxc5 13. Ba3 Ne6 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15. Bxf8 Qxf8 16. Rc1 c6 17. e4
Bxc3 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxh3 20. Bg2 Rd8 21. Qf3 Bxg2
22. Kxg2 Bd2 23. Rc2 Rd4 24. Rd1 Qd6 25. Rc4 Rd5 26. Re4 Kg7
27. b4 Bg5 28. Rxd5 Qxd5 29. Re2 Qd7 30. Qc3+ Bf6 31. Qd2 Qc7
32. Re8 c5 33. b5 a6 34. a4 axb5 35. axb5 h5 36. Qd5 Qb6
37. Qd7 Bd4 38. Rb8 Qf6 39. f4 b6 40. Qd8 Qxd8 41. Rxd8 Be3
42. Kf3 Bg1 43. Rc8 c4 44. Rxc4 Kf6 45. Rc1 Bd4 46. Ke4 Bf2
47. Rc2 Bg1 48. Rc6+ Ke7 49. f5 gxf5+ 50. Kxf5 Bf2 51. Kf4 h4
52. gxh4 Bxh4 53. Rxb6 Bf2 54. Rc6 Kd7 55. Ke5 1-0

[Event "World Team Championship 2005"]
[Site "Beer Sheva ISR"]
[Date "2005.11.08"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zhao Xue"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Bd3 Nbd7
7. Nge2 h5 8. f3 h4 9. Be3 g6 10. Qd2 Kf8 11. a3 Kg7 12. b4 a6
13. Na4 b6 14. Rb1 Nh7 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. O-O Bg5 17. f4 exf4
18. Nxf4 Re8 19. Bc2 Kg8 20. h3 Ne5 21. Nb2 Nf6 22. Rf2 Rb8
23. Qc3 Nfd7 24. Ba4 Qf6 25. Qc2 Qe7 26. Bd2 Bf6 27. Bc3 Bg7
28. Rbf1 Qg5 29. Kh1 Re7 30. Nfd3 Qg3 31. Bxd7 Bxd7 32. Bd2 g5
33. Be1 Bxh3 34. gxh3 Qxh3+ 35. Kg1 Ng4 36. e5 Nxf2 37. Qxf2
Rxb2 38. Nxb2 Bxe5 39. Qd2 Bd4+ 40. Rf2 Re3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Ali Frhat"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7
7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc6
12. Rd1 Nd7 13. Be3 Nb6 14. Bb3 Na5 15. d5 Nxb3 16. axb3 Nc8
17. h4 Nd6 18. h5 Qd7 19. Bxa7 Rfc8 20. Bb6 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Nb5
22. Na4 Nd6 23. Re1 Re8 24. Bc5 Nf5 25. Nc3 Qc7 26. Ba3 Nd4
27. Qd1 Qd7 28. Bc5 Nf5 29. b4 Rb8 30. Na4 Qc7 31. Bxe7 Qf4
32. Nc5 Be5 33. Rxe5 Qxe5 34. d6 Nd4 35. Nd7 Ne2+ 36. Kf1 Ng3+
37. fxg3 Qf5+ 38. Kg1 Qxd7 39. h6 Qe6 40. Qd4 f6 41. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "6th European Individual Chess Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.07.02"]
[EventDate "2005.07.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Alexander Moiseenko"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. Bg2
O-O 7. e4 d6 8. Ne2 e5 9. Qd2 Qb6 10. a3 Nc6 11. axb4 Qxb4
12. d5 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nb4 14. Na3 Bd7 15. Nc3 a5 16. f3 Rfc8
17. Bf1 Kf8 18. Be2 Ke7 19. Bd1 b6 20. Ba4 Bxa4 21. Nxa4 Nd7
22. Rab1 Rf8 23. f4 f5 24. Rbe1 Rab8 25. Nb5 g6 26. Re3 Rf6
27. Rhe1 Rbf8 28. exf5 gxf5 29. Nd4 Rc8 30. b3 Kf7 31. Nb5 e4
32. g4 Nd3 33. Rxd3 exd3 34. g5 Rg6 35. h4 h5 36. Nd4 Nc5
37. Nxc5 bxc5 38. Nxf5 Rb8 39. Ne7 Rxb3 40. f5 Rg7 41. f6 Rg6
42. Nxg6 Kxg6 43. Re7 Rb8 44. Kxd3 Kf5 45. Ra7 Rb3+ 46. Kc2
Rf3 47. Rxa5 Rf4 48. Kb3 Kg4 49. Ra8 Rf3+ 50. Ka4 Rf1 51. Kb5
Kxh4 52. g6 1-0

[Event "6th European Individual Chess Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.07.02"]
[EventDate "2005.07.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Nc3 a6
7. b3 d5 8. Bg2 Bb4 9. Bd2 dxc4 10. O-O Bc5 11. Bg5 Nbd7
12. Rc1 Nb6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ne4 Ke7 15. e3 Rd8 16. Nxc5 Qxc5
17. bxc4 Rb8 18. Qc2 Bd7 19. Qxh7 Nxc4 20. Nb3 Qc7 21. Qh4 b5
22. Nd2 Rbc8 23. Ne4 Qe5 24. f4 Qb2 25. Rc3 Bc6 26. Qxf6+ Kf8
27. f5 exf5 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qf6+ Kf8 30. Rxf5 Rd1+ 31. Bf1
Rc7 32. Qh6+ Ke7 33. Qf6+ Kf8 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Re5+ Nxe5
36. Qxe5+ Kf8 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Qe5+ Kf8 39. Qxc7 Rxf1+
40. Kxf1 Qb1+ 41. Ke2 Bxe4 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. Qd4+ f6 44. Rb3
Qh1 45. Kd2 Qxh2+ 46. Kc3 Qc2+ 47. Kb4 Qxa2 48. Ra3 Qe6
49. Rc3 Bd5 50. Rc5 Be4 51. g4 Qxg4 52. Rc6 Bf3 53. Rxa6 Qf5
54. Rb6 Qb1+ 55. Kc5 Qf5+ 56. Kd6 Kf7 57. Kc7 Qc2+ 58. Kd8 Qf5
59. Qd6 Qd5 60. Qxd5+ Bxd5 61. Rxb5 Ke6 62. Rb6+ Ke5 63. Rb4
Ke6 64. Ke8 Kf5 65. Ke7 Kg6 1-0

[Event "6th European Individual Chess Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.07.02"]
[EventDate "2005.07.02"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6
7. c3 Bg4 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. h3 Bd7 12. Nf1
g6 13. Ng3 Bg7 14. Qd2 Qe7 15. Rad1 Nd4 16. cxd4 Bxa4 17. dxe5
dxe5 18. b3 Bc6 19. Qc3 Rad8 20. Nd2 Bb5 21. Nc4 Bxc4 22. dxc4
Nd7 23. b4 Nf8 24. c5 Ne6 25. a4 c6 26. Qc4 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rd8
28. Rd3 Bf8 29. a5 Rd7 30. Nf1 Qd8 31. Rxd7 Qxd7 32. Nd2 Be7
33. Qc3 Bg5 34. Kh2 Bxe3 35. Qxe3 Qd4 36. Qxd4 Nxd4 37. Nc4 f6
38. Nd6 Nc2 39. Nxb7 Nxb4 40. Kg3 Kf7 41. Kf3 Ke7 42. Ke3 Nc2+
43. Kd3 Nd4 44. Nd6 h5 45. Kc4 h4 46. Nc8+ Kd7 47. Nb6+ Kc7
48. Na4 Ne6 49. g3 g5 50. Nc3 g4 51. gxh4 gxh3 52. Ne2 h2
53. Ng3 Nf4 54. Nh1 Kd7 55. Kc3 Ke7 56. Kd2 Kf7 57. Ke3 Ne6
58. Kf3 Nxc5 59. Kg3 Nxe4+ 60. Kg2 c5 61. f3 Nd2 62. Kxh2 c4
63. Kg3 Nb3 0-1

[Event "Russian Teams"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2005.04.27"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Mikhail Kobalia"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5
7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Nc3 e6 9. Bd2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bd6 11. g4 Nxg4
12. Be2 Nf6 13. Bxh5 Nxh5 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Bb4 O-O 16. Bxe7
Qxe7 17. Nc5 b5 18. O-O-O Nf6 19. Qa3 a5 20. Kb1 b4 21. Qa4
Rc8 22. Rc1 Nd5 23. Rhg1 Ra7 24. Rg3 f6 25. Ned3 Nd7 26. e4
N5b6 27. Qb3 Nxc5 28. Nxc5 Re8 29. Rcg1 Qd6 30. Qe3 Qf8
31. Nd3 Nc4 32. Qc1 Nd6 33. f3 Nb5 34. Qe3 e5 35. dxe5 fxe5
36. Rg5 Rae7 37. Rf5 Rf7 38. Rxe5 Nd6 39. Rxe8 Qxe8 40. Qc5
Qe6 41. Qxc6 Rxf3 42. Nc5 Qf6 43. Qa8+ Qf8 44. Rxg7+ Kh8
45. Qxf8+ Rxf8 46. Rd7 Nc4 47. Ne6 Rc8 48. Rd5 Re8 49. Rd8
Rxd8 50. Nxd8 Kg7 51. Nc6 h5 52. Kc2 Kf6 53. b3 Ne3+ 54. Kd3
Nd1 55. Nxa5 h4 56. Nc6 h3 57. Nxb4 Nf2+ 58. Ke3 Ng4+ 59. Kf4
Nxh2 60. Nd5+ Ke6 61. Ne3 1-0

[Event "Russian Teams"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2005.04.28"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yuri Yakovich"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc7
12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Bd2 Rac8 14. a4 Rfd8 15. h3 Nb8 16. Rfe1 cxd4
17. cxd4 Nc6 18. Rac1 Ba3 19. Rc4 Qe7 20. Bg5 f6 21. Be3 Nb4
22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Bb1 Ba6 24. Qd1 Bc4 25. Nd2 Bd3 26. Qb3 Nc2
27. Ba2 Nxe1 28. Qxe6+ Qxe6 29. Bxe6+ Kf8 30. Bxc8 Nc2 31. Be6
Bb2 32. Bc4 Bxc4 33. Nxc4 Bxd4 34. Bd2 Bc5 35. Kf1 Nd4 36. f3
Ke7 37. Ke1 Kd7 38. Bc3 Ne6 39. h4 Bf8 40. Kd2 Nc5 41. Nb2 h5
42. Ke3 Ke6 43. Kd4 g6 44. Kc4 a6 45. g4 Bd6 46. gxh5 gxh5
47. Be1 Be5 48. Nd3 Nxa4 49. Bf2 Bd6 50. f4 b5+ 51. Kb3 f5
52. e5 Be7 53. Nb4 Bxb4 54. Kxb4 Nb2 55. Ka5 b4 0-1

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2005.04.20"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Volkov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 g6
7. Bd3 Bg7 8. b4 Bg4 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Ne2 Qc7 11. a4 O-O
12. Ra2 Ra7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Rfa8 15. f4 e6 16. O-O Ne8
17. Qc2 Qb7 18. Rfa1 Bf6 19. Qb3 Bd8 20. Qa3 Nc7 21. Bc3 bxa4
22. Qxa4 Nb5 23. Bd2 Bc7 24. Kh1 Nf6 25. Qc2 Nh5 26. Ng1 Qc8
27. Qd1 Bb8 28. Qg4 f5 29. Qg2 Rg7 30. Nf3 Raa7 31. Rg1 Nf6
32. Ne5 Ne4 33. Be1 Nf6 34. Ra1 Qe8 35. h4 Kh8 36. Qh3 Bc7
37. Rg2 Bd8 38. Be2 Kg8 39. h5 Nxh5 40. Bxh5 gxh5 41. Rxg7+
Rxg7 42. Rxa6 Bf6 43. Nxc6 h6 44. Rb6 Kh7 45. Rxb5 Qxc6
46. Ra5 Qe8 47. b5 h4 48. f3 Qh5 49. Ra1 Qe8 50. Ra5 Bd8
51. b6 Bf6 52. Bf2 Bd8 53. Ra1 Bf6 54. Rg1 Rb7 55. e4 dxe4
56. fxe4 Qa8 57. d5 Rg7 58. Qf3 Rxg1+ 59. Bxg1 exd5 60. Qh5
fxe4 61. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2005.04.22"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Valeri Yandemirov"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5
7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d4 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 exd4 10. Rd1 Qf6 11. Qb3 Ne7
12. Qb7 Rc8 13. c3 Qe5 14. Qxa6 Qxe4 15. cxd4 Qf5 16. Nc3 g6
17. Re1 Kd7 18. Re3 Bg7 19. Rf3 Qe6 20. Bd2 f5 21. Re1 Qf7
22. Bg5 Rhe8 23. Rfe3 Bf6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Qc4 d5 26. Qe2 Ra8
27. b3 f4 28. Re6 f3 29. Qe3 Qh4 30. g3 Qxh3 31. Rxe7+ Rxe7
32. Qxe7+ Kc8 33. Qf8+ Kb7 34. Qxf3 h4 35. Re7 Rc8 36. Na4
hxg3 37. Nc5+ Kb6 38. Qxg3 Qh5 39. Qc3 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2005.04.24"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexei Iljushin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E56"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5
7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Ba5 9. dxc5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. cxd5 Qxd5
12. c4 Qxc5 13. Qc2 Rd8 14. Be2 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. Bb2 Rac8
17. Rfd1 Re8 18. Rac1 Rc7 19. Ne1 Bg6 20. Qb3 Qe7 21. a4 Ne4
22. Nf3 Nc5 23. Qa3 b6 24. Nd2 Rd8 25. Nb1 Rcd7 26. Rxd7 Rxd7
27. Bc3 Bd3 28. Bxd3 Rxd3 29. Qa2 Qd8 30. Nd2 h6 31. Qc2 Qd7
32. Nf3 Qe6 33. Nd2 Rd8 34. Rb1 Qd6 35. Nf3 f6 36. Ne1 Qe6
37. Bb4 Nxb4 38. Rxb4 Qd7 39. Kf1 Qd1 40. a5 Qxc2 41. Nxc2
bxa5 42. Rb5 Ne4 43. Kg1 Rd1+ 44. Kh2 h5 45. h4 Rc1 46. Na3
Nxf2 47. Rxa5 Ng4+ 48. Kh3 Nxe3 49. Rxa7 Nxc4 50. Nxc4 Rxc4
51. Ra2 Kf7 52. g3 Ke6 53. Kg2 Kf5 54. Ra7 Rc2+ 55. Kf3 g6
56. Ra5 Rc3+ 57. Kg2 Rd3 58. Kh3 Rd6 59. Rb5 Ke4 60. Rb4+ Ke3
61. Rb3+ Rd3 62. Rb6 f5 63. Rxg6 Kf2 64. Rg5 Rf3 65. Rxh5 Kg1
0-1

[Event "Bundesliga Final Weekend"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2005.04.10"]
[EventDate "2005.04.01"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Christoph (Wisnewski) Scheerer"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. e3 e6 5. Qf3 Bb4 6. Nge2 h6
7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. O-O-O c6 9. a3 Bd6 10. e4 Qxf3 11. gxf3 Be7
12. Bg2 Bh4 13. Rhf1 b6 14. f4 g6 15. f5 gxf5 16. exf5 exf5
17. Rd3 Rg8 18. Bh3 Nf6 19. f3 Be6 20. Nd1 f4 0-1

[Event "French Team championship 'TOP 16'"]
[Site "Noyon FRA"]
[Date "2005.03.31"]
[EventDate "2005.03.31"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O cxd4
7. Nxd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Rb1 Qxc3
12. Nb5 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. Be3 Qa5 15. Qe1 Nc6 16. Qxa5 Nxa5
17. Nc7 Bf5 18. Nxa8 Bxb1 19. Rxb1 Rxa8 20. Bxb7 Rd8 21. Bf3
Bd4 22. Rd1 e5 23. Kg2 Nc4 24. Bg5 Re8 25. e3 Bb2 26. Rd7 e4
27. Bd1 a5 28. Rc7 Nd6 29. Bb3 Kg7 30. Rd7 Be5 31. Bd8 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ali Frhat"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Ba4 e4
7. Re1 Be7 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Nc3 f6 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. Nxe4 Nxe4
12. Rxe4 f5 13. Re1 f4 14. Qf3 Kh8 15. Bd2 a5 16. Bb3 Bd6
17. Be6 Bxe6 18. Rxe6 Qd7 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. R6e4 Rxe4 21. Rxe4
h6 22. a4 b5 23. b3 bxa4 24. bxa4 Qf7 25. Bxa5 Ra8 26. Bd2
Rxa4 27. h3 Ra3 28. c3 Ra1+ 29. Kh2 g5 30. Re1 Ra2 31. Qd3 Qh7
32. Re4 g4 33. hxg4 h5 34. g5 f3+ 35. Kh3 Rxd2 36. Qxf3 Qg6
37. g3 Rxf2 38. Qxf2 Qxe4 39. Qf6+ Kg8 40. Qd8+ Bf8 41. Kh2
Qe2+ 42. Kg1 Qe7 43. Qc8 Qxg5 44. Qxc7 Qe3+ 45. Kg2 Qxc3
46. Qe5 Qc2+ 47. Kh3 Qg6 48. Qe3 Bd6 49. Qb3+ Kg7 50. Qf3
Qxg3+ 51. Qxg3+ Bxg3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "Neukoelln GER"]
[Date "2005.03.13"]
[EventDate "2005.01.01"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Florian Handke"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6
7. Bf4 a6 8. a4 Bg7 9. e4 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 O-O
12. O-O Qe7 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bg5 Nbd7 15. d6 Qe6 16. Bxb7 Ra7
17. Bc6 Rd8 18. Qf3 Rb8 19. Rad1 Rb4 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Qh3
Qxh3 22. gxh3 Rd4 23. Ne2 Bf8 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. b4 Bxd6
26. bxc5 Bxc5 27. Bf3 a5 28. Rd3 Re7 29. Kg2 Re5 30. Rb1 Nd7
31. Rb5 Bb6 32. Rxe5 Nxe5 33. Rb3 Bc7 34. Rb5 Nd3 35. Kf1 Kg7
36. Rb7 Bf4 37. Rd7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "31"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Alexander Areshchenko"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3
Nb6 7. d3 Nc6 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 e5 10. h4 h5 11. Bg5 f6
12. Be3 Be6 13. Ne4 Bd5 14. O-O Bxe4 15. dxe4 Qxd2 16. Bxd2
Nc4 17. Rfc1 Nxd2 18. Nxd2 Rfd8 19. Nb3 Bf8 20. Bh3 Kf7 21. e3
a5 22. Bf1 a4 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Rd2 25. Rb5 Nd8 26. Rd5
Rxd5 27. exd5 a3 28. bxa3 Rxa3 29. Rc1 c6 30. dxc6 Nxc6
31. Rb1 Na5 32. Bg2 Kg7 33. Bd5 f5 34. e4 fxe4 35. Bxe4 Ra4
36. Bd5 Rd4 37. Bg2 Rd2 38. a3 Rd3 39. Be4 Rxa3 40. Rb6 Ra4
41. Rxg6+ Kf7 42. Bf5 b5 43. Rb6 Ra1+ 44. Kg2 Nc4 45. Rxb5 Ra2
46. Bd3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "22"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Darmen Sadvakasov"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxf3
7. exf3 O-O 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 d5 10. c5 bxc5 11. dxc5 a5
12. b4 d4 13. Bd2 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Qd5 16. Bg2 Qe5+
17. Be3 Nd5 18. O-O Nc6 19. f4 Qf6 20. Bd2 Rb8 21. b5 Nce7
22. Qa7 Rd8 23. Ba5 Ng6 24. Bxc7 Qe7 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. b6 Re8
27. Qa4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.11.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Darmen Sadvakasov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Ne4 h6 11. h3
Bf5 12. Re1 b6 13. g4 Bh7 14. Bf4 Kc8 15. Bg3 c5 16. c3 Nc6
17. Nfd2 Kb7 18. f4 Rd8 19. Nf3 c4 20. Kg2 Rd5 21. Rac1 Nb8
22. f5 Ra5 23. a3 g6 24. f6 g5 25. e6 fxe6 26. Ne5 Rd5 27. Nf2
Bc5 28. Ne4 Bf8 29. Nxc4 Nd7 30. Re2 Bg6 31. Rce1 Rg8 32. Rf2
Bf7 33. Ne3 Rd3 34. Rfe2 e5 35. Nf5 Rg6 36. Nf2 Bd5+ 37. Kh2
Rf3 38. Rd2 Bc6 39. f7 Rf6 40. Ne4 Rxf7 41. Rde2 a5 42. Re3
Rxe3 43. Rxe3 a4 44. c4 Nc5 45. Nxc5+ Bxc5 46. Rxe5 Rd7
47. Re2 Bf3 48. Rc2 Rd1 49. Be5 Be4 50. Re2 Bg1+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.08"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 a6
7. b3 Bd6 8. Bb2 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. cxd5 O-O
12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. dxc6 Be6 14. Be2 Rac8 15. Bf3 bxc6 16. Ne4
Bxb2+ 17. Kxb2 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 h6 19. Ka1 a5 20. Bh7+ Kh8
21. Bd3 Rb8 22. Qc3 Bxb3 23. Rb1 a4 24. g3 Rbd8 25. Rhc1 Be6
26. Bc2 a3 27. Rb4 c5 28. Rh4 Kg8 29. Ra4 Rd2 30. Bh7+ Kxh7
31. Qxd2 c4 32. Qb4 Qf6+ 33. Qc3 Qf3 34. Rxa3 Rd8 35. Qc2+ Bf5
36. Qxc4 Rd2 37. Qxf7 Qe4 38. Qc4 Qe7 39. Qc5 Qe4 40. Rb3 Rxf2
41. Rb2 Rf3 42. Rb4 Qe6 43. Rf4 Rxf4 44. gxf4 Bg6 45. Qe5 Qh3
46. a4 Qxh2 47. Rc7 Qg1+ 48. Kb2 Bd3 49. f5 Qg5 50. Kc3 Bb1
51. a5 Qg1 52. Kb2 Bd3 53. f6 Qg2+ 54. Ka3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.10"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Gurevich"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. Bg5 d6 9. Nd2 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. e3 Nbd7
12. f3 Re8 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. Bh4 d5 15. Bf2 a5 16. b3 a4 17. b4
e5 18. O-O e4 19. fxe4 dxc4 20. Nxc4 Qe6 21. Bg3 Nxe4 22. Bxe4
Qxe4 23. Rf2 cxb4 24. Qxb4 Bd5 25. Rd1 Qxc4 26. Qxc4 Bxc4
27. Rxd7 Rxe3 28. Rfd2 h6 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kh7 31. Rd4
Bb5 32. Bd6 Re1+ 33. Kf2 Re2+ 34. Kf3 Rc2 35. g4 g5 36. Ke3
Kg6 37. Rd5 Bd7 38. Rd4 h5 39. gxh5+ Kxh5 40. Bb4 Bc6 41. Rd2
Rc4 42. Rd4 Rc1 43. Rd8 Bg2 44. Rd2 Bh3 45. Rd8 f5 46. Rh8+
Kg4 47. Ra8 f4+ 48. Kd2 Rh1 49. Rxa4 Rxh2+ 50. Kc3 Re2 51. Bd6
Bg2 52. Rd4 Be4 53. Rd1 Bc6 54. Rd4 Kf5 55. Rc4 Be4 56. Rc5+
Kg4 57. Be7 Bf5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.13"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 dxc4
7. Bg2 c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Nc6 10. Be3 Nd5 11. O-O Nxe3
12. Nxe3 Bxc5 13. Nxc4 Ke7 14. Rac1 Bd7 15. Nfe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5
Bd6 17. Nxd7 Kxd7 18. Bxb7 Ra7 19. Bc6+ Ke7 20. b3 Rb8 21. Rb1
f5 22. e3 Rc7 23. Bf3 Rc3 24. Be2 Rcxb3 25. Rxb3 Rxb3 26. Bxa6
Ra3 27. Bb5 Be5 28. Kg2 Ra1 29. Rxa1 Bxa1 30. a5 Be5 31. a6
Bb8 32. h4 Ba7 33. Kf3 Kf6 34. g4 h6 35. h5 g5 36. hxg6 Kxg6
37. gxf5+ exf5 38. Bf1 Kg5 39. Kg3 Kf6 40. Bg2 Bb6 41. Kh4 Kg6
42. Bc6 Bd8+ 43. Kg3 Bb6 44. e4 Kf6 45. f4 fxe4 46. Bxe4 Ke6
47. Kg4 Kf6 48. Bg2 Ba7 49. Bh3 Bc5 50. f5 Ba7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.17"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. e3 b6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bg3 Bb4+
12. Ke2 c5 13. a3 Ba5 14. b4 cxb4 15. Qb3 Nc5 16. dxc5 bxc5
17. axb4 c4 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Qc3 Bxb4 20. Qxb4 Kxh7 21. Qd6
Bf5 22. Qxd8 Rfxd8 23. Nd4 Bg6 24. Kd2 a5 25. Ra4 Ra6 26. Rha1
Rda8 27. Nb5 Rb6 28. Rxa5 c3+ 29. Nxc3 Rb2+ 30. Ke1 Rc8
31. R5a2 Rxa2 32. Nxa2 d4 33. exd4 Ra8 34. d5 Bf5 35. d6 Bd7
36. Bf4 Kg6 37. Bd2 Ra6 38. Bc3 Rxd6 39. Nb4 Bb5 40. Nc2 Rd3
41. Ra3 f6 42. Bd4 Rxa3 43. Nxa3 Bc6 44. f3 Kf7 45. Nc4 Ke6
46. Ne3 Bb7 47. Bc5 Bc6 48. Kf2 Bb7 49. f4 Be4 50. g3 h5
51. Ke2 g5 52. Kd2 h4 53. Kc3 hxg3 54. hxg3 gxf4 55. gxf4 Bb1
56. Kd4 Bg6 57. Bb6 Bb1 58. Bd8 f5 59. Kc5 Be4 60. Bg5 Bb1
61. Nd5 Be4 62. Nb4 Kd7 63. Na2 Ke6 64. Nc3 Bf3 65. Nb5 Be4
66. Nd4+ Kd7 67. Bf6 Kc7 68. Ne6+ Kd7 69. Ng7 Kc7 70. Be7 Kd7
71. Bf8 Kc7 72. Kd4 Kd7 73. Ke5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.17"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a3 d6 9. c3 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 Re8 12. Qc2
Bf8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 g4 16. Nh4 exd4 17. Nd2 dxc3
18. Qxc3 Ne5 19. Nf5 Nh5 20. Nf1 Nxg3 21. N1xg3 Re6 22. Rad1
Rc8 23. Ne2 Qg5 24. Ned4 Rf6 25. h4 gxh3 26. Qxh3 Qg4
27. Qxg4+ Nxg4 28. Nc6 Re6 29. f3 Ne5 30. Nfd4 Ree8 31. Re2 d5
32. exd5 Nxc6 33. dxc6 Bg7 34. Rxe8+ Rxe8 35. Nf5 Bxb2 36. Rd7
Re6 37. Rxc7 Bxa3 38. Kf1 Bc5 39. Ng3 b4 40. Rc8+ Kh7 41. Ne4
b3 42. c7 Rc6 43. Nf6+ Kg6 44. Rg8+ Kxf6 45. c8=Q Rxc8
46. Rxc8 Bb4 47. Rc1 a5 48. Ke2 a4 49. Rc6+ Kg7 50. Kd3 a3
51. Ra6 a2 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vitaly Tseshkovsky"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Qb3
dxc4 8.Qxc4 Bg4 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Rd1 Qc8 11.Qb3 Nb6 12.Bf4 Be6
13.Qc2 Nbd5 14.Be5 Bf5 15.Qb3 Nxc3 16.bxc3 Be4 17.a4 c5 18.Ne1
Bxg2 19.Nxg2 cxd4 20.cxd4 Qd7 21.d5 Rac8 22.Qb2 Ne8 23.Bxg7
Nxg7 24.Ne3 Nf5 25.Nxf5 gxf5 26.Qd2 f6 27.Qe3 b6 28.Rd4 Rf7
29.Rad1 Rg7 30.Qe6+ Qxe6 31.dxe6 Rg4 32.Rd8+ Rxd8 33.Rxd8+ Kg7
34.f4 1-0

[Event "NED-chT playoff"]
[Site "Enschede"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Erwin L'Ami"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.Nc3
Nc6 8.e3 e5 9.d5 Nb4 10.e4 c6 11.O-O cxd5 12.Qb3 Na6 13.exd5
O-O 14.Bg5 Qc7 15.Rac1 f6 16.Be3 Qc4 17.Qd1 Rd8 18.a3 Bg4
19.h3 Bxf3 20.Bxf3 Kh8 21.b4 f5 22.Bxb6 axb6 23.Na4 Qb5 24.Be2
Qe8 25.Nxb6 Ra7 26.d6 Qe6 27.Qa4 1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Jochen Schricker"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.e3 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O
8.a4 Bb7 9.e4 Qa5 10.Bd2 Qb4 11.Bd3 c4 12.Bc2 d6 13.a5 axb5
14.Na4 c3 15.Bxc3 Qc4 16.Nb6 Qc7 17.Nxa8 Bxa8 18.O-O Na6
19.Qe2 Nc5 20.Rfc1 Qd7 21.b4 Na6 22.Bd3 Rb8 23.Nd4 Ne8 24.Bxb5
1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dorota Iwaniuk"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.Qd2 b5 10.g4 Nb6 11.Qf2 Nfd7 12.O-O-O Rc8
13.Kb1 Rxc3 14.bxc3 Na4 15.Bd2 Qc7 16.Qe3 Ndb6 17.Ka1 d5 18.f4
d4 19.cxd4 Qxc2 20.Rb1 Ba3 21.Bc1 Nc3 22.Bxb5+ axb5 23.Bb2
Nxb1 24.Rxb1 Bxb3 0-1

[Event "Mainz Ordix op"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.c5 g6 7.Qb3 Bb7
8.a4 Nbd7 9.axb5 axb5 10.Rxa8 Qxa8 11.Qa2 e5 12.Qxa8+ Bxa8
13.b4 exd4 14.Nxd4 Bg7 15.Bb2 O-O 16.Be2 Ne5 17.Kd2 Nfg4 18.f3
Nf6 19.Ra1 Bb7 20.Ra7 Rb8 21.Nb3 Nc4+ 22.Bxc4 dxc4 23.Na5 Ba8
24.Kc2 Rc8 25.e4 Nh5 26.Ne2 Bh6 27.Be5 f5 28.g4 fxg4 29.fxg4
Bg7 30.Bxg7 Nxg7 31.Nd4 h5 32.h3 hxg4 33.hxg4 Kf8 34.e5 Re8
35.e6 g5 36.e7+ Kf7 37.Naxc6 Bxc6 1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Ovsejevitsch"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.a4 c5 7.Bxc4
Nc6 8.O-O Be7 9.Qe2 cxd4 10.Rd1 e5 11.exd4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4
13.Qe5 Qd6 14.Qxd6 Bxd6 15.Rxd4 Bc5 16.Rd1 O-O 17.Bf4 Bg4
18.Re1 Rad8 19.h3 Rd4 20.Be3 Rxc4 21.Bxc5 Rxc5 22.hxg4 Nxg4
23.Re7 Rb8 24.Rd1 h5 25.Rdd7 Re5 26.f3 Rxe7 27.Rxe7 Nf6 28.Kf2
g6 29.Rc7 Kg7 30.b4 h4 31.b5 axb5 32.axb5 b6 33.Rc6 g5 34.Ne4
Nxe4+ 35.fxe4 Re8 36.Kf3 Re6 37.Kg4 Rxe4+ 38.Kxg5 h3 39.gxh3
Re5+ 40.Kg4 Rxb5 41.h4 Rb4+ 42.Kg5 Rb1 43.h5 Rg1+ 44.Kf5 b5
45.Rb6 Rb1 46.h6+ Kh7 47.Ke4 b4 48.Kd3 Re1 49.Rb7 Kg6 50.h7
Re8 51.Rxb4 Kxh7 52.Rg4 Kh6 53.Rg1 f5 54.Rh1+ Kg5 55.Rg1+ Kf6
56.Rf1 Re4 57.Rg1 Ke5 58.Rf1 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Mainz Ordix op"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Pavel Tregubov"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Bd3 f5 6.O-O Nf6 7.b3 Qe7
8.Bb2 O-O 9.Qc1 b6 10.Ne5 Bb7 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Ba3 Rc8 13.Bxd6
Qxd6 14.Qb2 Nfd7 15.Nd2 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Qe7 17.Rac1 Nc6 18.a3 Rc7
19.f4 Rac8 20.Nf3 d4 21.exd4 Na5 22.Nd2 Qd7 23.Rxc7 Qxc7
24.Bc4 Nxc4 25.bxc4 Rd8 26.Rc1 Qc6 27.Nf3 Qd7 28.Rd1 Qa4
29.Rc1 Qd7 30.d5 exd5 31.Rd1 Qe7 32.Qb4 Qc5+ 33.Qxc5 bxc5
34.cxd5 Rxd5 35.Rxd5 Bxd5 36.Kf2 h6 37.g3 Kf7 38.Nd2 Ke6
39.Nb1 Bb7 40.Nc3 Ba6 41.Ke3 g5 42.h4 gxh4 43.gxh4 Bf1 44.Kd2
Ba6 45.Kc2 Bf1 46.Nd1 Ba6 47.Ne3 Bb5 48.Kc3 Ba6 49.Nc4 Kd5
50.Nd6 Ke6 51.Ne8 Kf7 52.Nf6 Bb5 53.Kb3 Ke6 54.Ng8 Kd5 55.Nxh6
Ke4 56.Nf7 Kd3 57.Kb2 Kd2 58.Nd6 Bd3 59.h5 c4 60.Nxc4+ Bxc4
61.h6 Bg8 62.e6 1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qa5 9.Bd2 Qc5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Nb3 Qe7 12.Bd3 Nc6
13.Qe2 e5 14.O-O Be6 15.Bg5 Bxc3 16.bxc3 h6 17.Bxf6 gxf6
18.Rfd1 O-O-O 19.Qe3 b6 20.Bb5 Kc7 21.Rdc1 h5 22.Rab1 f5
23.Nd4 exd4 24.cxd4 Bd7 25.d5 Qxe4 26.Qa3 Rhg8 27.g3 Qxd5
28.Qxa7+ Kd6 29.Bxc6 Bxc6 30.Rd1 Ke6 31.Rxd5 Bxd5 32.Qxb6+ Ke7
33.Qc5+ Kf6 34.a4 Rge8 35.h4 Be4 36.Qc3+ Kg6 37.Ra1 Rd3 38.Qc1
f6 39.a5 Bf3 40.Qc4 Red8 41.Kh2 Rd2 42.Ra2 Rd1 43.g4 hxg4
44.Kg3 f4+ 45.Kxf4 R8d4+ 46.Qxd4 Rxd4+ 47.Kg3 f5 48.Ra1 f4+
49.Kh2 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Mainz Ordix op"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6
7.O-O Be7 8.Rb1 Be6 9.b4 e4 10.Nxe4 Bxa2 11.Ra1 Nxb4 12.Bb2 f5
13.Bxg7 fxe4 14.Bxh8 exf3 15.Bxf3 Bd5 16.e4 Bf7 17.d4 c6
18.Bh5 Qd6 19.Ra5 Bxh5 20.Qxh5+ Qg6 21.Qh3 Nc4 22.Rf5 a5 23.d5
a4 24.Bc3 a3 25.Rh5 a2 26.Rxh7 Nc2 27.Rg7 Qd6 28.dxc6 bxc6
29.Qh5+ Kd7 30.Qe2 Nd2 31.Qg4+ Kc7 32.Bxd2 Qxd2 33.Rxe7+ Kb6
34.Rd7 Qc3 35.Rdd1 a1=Q 36.Rb1+ Nb4 37.Rxa1 Rxa1 38.Rxa1 Qxa1+
39.Kg2 Qd4 40.h4 c5 41.h5 c4 42.h6 Nd3 43.Qe6+ Kc5 44.Qf5+ Kb4
45.h7 Qh8 46.Qf7 c3 47.Qg8 Qf6 48.h8=Q Qxf2+ 49.Kh3 Qf1+
50.Kh4 Qh1+ 51.Kg5 Qxh8 52.Qxh8 c2 53.Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Michal Krasenkow"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Nc3 d5 6.Qb3 O-O 7.Bg2 a5
8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.O-O Na6 10.e4 Nb6 11.Be3 Bd7 12.Rfd1 Rc8 13.Ne5
Be8 14.f4 Kh8 15.Bh3 Rb8 16.Rac1 f6 17.Nf3 Bf7 18.d5 c5 19.Be6
Be8 20.Bf2 a4 21.Qc2 Ra8 22.Qe2 Bd7 23.a3 Qe8 24.h4 Bxe6
25.dxe6 Bh6 26.f5 Rd8 27.Rb1 Qc6 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.Rd1 Rd6
30.Rxd6 Qxd6 31.Qb5 Qc6 32.Qd3 Kg8 33.g4 Nc7 34.g5 fxg5
35.hxg5 Bf8 36.Ne5 Qd6 37.Qxd6 exd6 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT Honor 1 49th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2005.08.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Viktor Bologan"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.Nc3
Nc6 8.e3 e5 9.d5 Ne7 10.e4 Bg4 11.O-O c6 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3
cxd5 14.exd5 Nf5 15.d6 Rb8 16.Rd1 O-O 17.Be3 Nd4 18.Bxd4 exd4
19.Nb5 Nc4 20.Qd5 Nxb2 21.Rxd4 Bxd4 22.Qxd4 Qb6 23.Qxb6 axb6
24.Rc1 Nd3 25.Rc7 Nc5 26.Bd5 Kg7 27.Kg2 Kf6 28.a3 Ra8 29.h4 h6
30.Ba2 g5 31.h5 g4 32.Bd5 Ra5 33.Bc4 Kg5 34.Re7 Kxh5 35.Bxf7+
Kg5 36.Be8 Kf6 37.Nc7 Na6 38.Re6+ Kf5 39.d7 Nxc7 40.d8=Q Nxe6
41.Qxb6 Rd5 42.Bh5 Rd4 43.Qxb7 Rf6 44.Qb5+ Ke4 45.Bxg4 Ng5
46.f3+ 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT Honor 1 49th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2005.08.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bartlomiej Macieja"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "167"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4
7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 Nc6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Nf3 O-O 11.b4 Bf5 12.Bb2
Re8 13.Rd1 b6 14.e3 bxc5 15.Bb5 Re6 16.Qb3 Ne7 17.Be2 Bg4
18.h3 Bh5 19.O-O Rb8 20.Ba1 Qf8 21.Qa4 Rg6 22.Rfe1 Bxf3
23.Bxf3 Ng5 24.Bg4 h5 25.Bxh5 Nxh3+ 26.Kf1 Rh6 27.Bf3 Ng5
28.Bxd5 cxb4 29.axb4 Rh1+ 30.Ke2 Rh4 31.f4 Nxd5 32.Rxd5 Ne4
33.b5 Re8 34.Kf3 f6 35.Rd4 Nc5 36.Qxa7 Ne6 37.Rdd1 Qb4 38.Bd4
Qxb5 39.Qa2 Qf5 40.Kf2 Rc8 41.Rc1 Rxc1 42.Rxc1 Kh7 43.Qc2 Nxd4
44.exd4 Rxf4+ 45.Ke3 Kg6 46.Qxf5+ Rxf5 47.Rc2 Ra5 48.Ke4 f5+
49.Kf4 Rd5 50.Rc6+ Kh5 51.Rc5 Rxd4+ 52.Kxf5 Rg4 53.Rc8 g6+
54.Kf6 Rf4+ 55.Kg7 g5 56.Rc3 Ra4 57.Kf6 Kg4 58.Re3 Ra2 59.Re5
Ra6+ 60.Re6 Ra8 61.Re5 Rf8+ 62.Kg7 Ra8 63.Kf6 Rg8 64.Kf7 Rh8
65.Kg6 Rg8+ 66.Kf7 Ra8 67.Kf6 Rf8+ 68.Kg7 Rb8 69.Kf6 Rb6+
70.Re6 Rb3 71.Re4+ Kh5 72.Re2 Kh4 73.Kf5 g4 74.Kf4 Rb4+ 75.Kf5
Kg3 76.Ra2 Rb5+ 77.Ke4 Rb8 78.Kf5 Kh4 79.Ra3 Rf8+ 80.Ke4 Rf2
81.g3+ Kh3 82.Rb3 Kg2 83.Ra3 Rf3 84.Kd4 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.10.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Evgenij Miroshnichenko"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Bd3 d6 6.Nge2 Na6 7.O-O
e5 8.d5 Nc5 9.Bc2 a5 10.Rb1 Bd7 11.b3 Nh5 12.Be3 Nf4 13.Qd2
Qh4 14.Ng3 h5 15.a3 Qf6 16.b4 axb4 17.axb4 Na6 18.Nge2 Nxe2+
19.Qxe2 Qe7 20.Kh1 Rfe8 21.Bd3 f5 22.c5 dxc5 23.Bxa6 bxa6
24.Bxc5 Qf6 25.exf5 e4 26.Nxe4 Qxf5 27.Rfe1 Bb5 28.Qe3 Qxd5
29.Rbd1 Qe6 30.Qd2 Bc6 31.f3 Bxe4 32.fxe4 Be5 33.h3 Qc6 34.Rf1
a5 35.Qg5 Qe6 36.Bd4 axb4 37.Bxe5 Qxe5 38.Qxg6+ Qg7 39.Qxh5
Rad8 40.Rd5 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.17"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. d3 Bd6 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. b3 Nd7 10. Bb2 c5 11. g3 O-O
12. Nh4 Re8 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Qg5 15. f6 Nxf6 16. Ne4 Qf5
17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. f4 Qh6 19. f5 e4 20. Re1 Rad8 21. Qg4 exd3
22. cxd3 Bf8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Rd1 Qe3+ 25. Kf1 g6 26. Bc1 Qe5
27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Qf3 Qa1 29. Qf2 Bg7 30. Kg2 Qe5 31. Rf1 Qe7
32. Bg5 Qd7 33. Qf3 Bd4 34. g4 c6 35. h4 Re6 36. Kh3 b5
37. Bd2 Rf6 38. Qg2 Rd6 39. Bf4 Rd5 40. Rf3 Qe6 41. Bg3 Bg7
42. Qf1 Rd8 43. Bf2 Qd5 44. Qe2 Bf8 45. Kg2 Rd6 46. Kg1 Re6
47. Re3 Rxe3 48. Bxe3 Qe5 49. Kf1 Qg3 50. h5 Qh3+ 51. Kg1 Bd6
52. hxg6 fxg6 53. Bf4 Bf8 54. Qe6+ Kh7 55. Qd7+ Bg7 56. Kf2
Qh4+ 57. Ke2 Qf6 58. Ke3 Qa1 59. g5 Qe1+ 60. Kf3 Qf1+ 61. Ke3
c4 62. dxc4 bxc4 63. bxc4 Qc1+ 64. Kf3 Qxc4 65. Qh3+ Kg8
66. Qc8+ Bf8 67. Qe8 Qd3+ 68. Be3 c5 69. Qc6 Qf1+ 70. Kg3 Qe1+
71. Kf4 Qh4+ 72. Ke5 Qh8+ 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.22"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bh3 c5 11. O-O Nc6
12. Be3 Re8 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Na4 d4 15. Bf4 Nb4 16. a3 Nbd5
17. Bd2 Ne4 18. Re1 Bb5 19. Bf5 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Bxa4 21. bxa4
Nc3 22. Rxc3 dxc3 23. Qxc3 c4 24. Qxc4 Bxa3 25. h4 Qe7 26. Bd3
Rac8 27. Qg4 Qb4 28. Qh5 g6 29. Qh6 Qc3 30. Qf4 Bc1 31. Qg4
Rcd8 32. Qc4 Qxc4 33. Bxc4 Bh6 34. a5 Re4 35. Bb5 Rc8 36. a6
Rb4 37. Bd3 Rc1 38. Rxc1 Bxc1 39. Ne5 Rb6 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. Bc4
Bb2 42. Nf3 Bf6 43. Bd3 Kf8 44. Nd2 Ke7 45. Ne4 Kd7 46. f4 Ke7
47. Kf3 h5 48. Nd2 Bc3 49. Nf1 Bd4 50. g4 hxg4+ 51. Kxg4 Rc6
52. Nd2 Be3 53. Nc4 Bc1 54. Ne5 Rf6 55. Bb5 Rxf4+ 56. Kg3 Kd6
57. Nc6 Kc5 58. Nxa7 Kb6 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.29"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 f6
12. O-O Nc5 13. Ne3 Bg6 14. b4 Ne6 15. Qb3 Bf7 16. Qb1 Nxf4
17. gxf4 Ng6 18. b5 Qxf4 19. Rd1 Bd6 20. Rxd6 Qxd6 21. bxc6
O-O 22. Nb5 Qc5 23. cxb7 Rab8 24. Qf5 Ne5 25. Qc2 Qb6 26. Qc7
Rfd8 27. Rc1 Qa6 28. Nf5 Qb6 29. Qxb8 Rxb8 30. Rc8+ Qd8
31. Nxa7 Be8 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Bd5+ Bf7 34. Ne7+ Kf8 35. Nec6
1-0

[Event "Linares 2006"]
[Site "Morelia, Mexico"]
[Date "2006.02.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "157"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh6 11. d5 Nd7 12. Nd2
f5 13. exf5 Nf6 14. Nde4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxf5 16. Bd3 g4 17. O-O
Qe8 18. c5 Qg6 19. Re1 Nf7 20. Bh4 Rae8 21. Rc1 dxc5 22. Rxc5
Nd6 23. Qa4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Qh6 25. Bg3 Qd2 26. Rcc1 Re7 27. h4
Qxb2 28. Qd1 Qxa2 29. h5 Nxe4 30. Rxe4 Qa6 31. Qb3 Kh8
32. Rce1 Qb6 33. Rb4 Qc5 34. Rxb7 Ref7 35. Rb5 Qd6 36. Qc4 Rf5
37. Qxg4 Qh6 38. Rb8 Rxf2 39. Rxf8+ Rxf8 40. Rxe5 Qd6 41. Rf5
Qe7 42. Rxf8+ Bxf8 43. Bf2 h6 44. Qd4+ Kg8 45. Qc4 Qf7
46. Bxa7 Bg7 47. Be3 Kh8 48. Bd4 Bxd4+ 49. Qxd4+ Kh7 50. Qe5
Qg7 51. Qf5+ Kh8 52. Kh2 Qe7 53. Kh3 Qd6 54. Qf7 Qe5 55. g3
Qe4 56. Qf1 Kh7 57. Qd1 Qe5 58. Qf3 Kg7 59. Qg4+ Kh8 60. Qg6
Qxd5 61. Qxh6+ Kg8 62. Qg6+ Kh8 63. Qf6+ Kh7 64. Kh4 Qe4+
65. g4 Qe1+ 66. Kg5 Qd2+ 67. Qf4 Qd8+ 68. Kf5 Qf8+ 69. Ke4
Qb4+ 70. Kf3 Qc3+ 71. Qe3 Qf6+ 72. Kg3 Qd6+ 73. Kh4 c5 74. g5
Qh2+ 75. Kg4 Qg2+ 76. Kf5 Qd5+ 77. Kf6 Qd6+ 78. Qe6 Qd4+
79. Ke7 1-0

[Event "Linares 2006"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.02.23"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 c5 6. cxd5 Nxc3
7. bxc3 Qxd5 8. e3 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. cxd4 e6 11. Rb1 Be7
12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Nf3 b6 15. Ke2 Bb7 16. Rhc1 Rhc8
17. g4 h6 18. h4 Na5 19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8
22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Ne5 Bb7 24. a3 Nc6 25. Ng4 Nb8 26. Kd2 Bc6
27. Kc3 Nd7 28. f4 a5 29. e4 b5 30. Bc2 f5 31. exf5 exf5
32. Ne5 Nxe5 33. dxe5 b4+ 34. axb4 axb4+ 35. Kxb4 Bd7 36. Bb3
Bc6 37. Kc5 Be8 38. e6 1-0

[Event "Linares 2006"]
[Site "Morelia, Mexico"]
[Date "2006.02.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 Ne4 6.Qd3 Qa5 7.Qxe4
Bxc3+ 8.Bd2 Bxd2+ 9.Nxd2 Nc6 10.dxc5 b6 11.Bg2 Bb7 12.Qf4 bxc5
13.Qd6 Qb6 14.Ne4 Nd4 15.Qxb6 axb6 16.Nd6+ Ke7 17.Bxb7 Nc2+
18.Kd2 Nxa1 19.Nxf7 Rxa2 20.Nxh8 Rxb2+ 21.Kd3 Rb3+ 22.Ke4 Nc2
23.e3 b5 24.Kf4 bxc4 25.Be4 Nb4 26.Bxh7 Nd3+ 27.Kg5 Nxf2
28.Rf1 Rb2 29.h4 d5 30.Ra1 Kd7 31.Nf7 c3 32.Kg6 Ng4 33.Rg1 Re2
34.Kxg7 Rxe3 35.h5 d4 36.h6 c4 37.Bc2 Nxh6 38.Nxh6 d3 39.Ba4+
Kd6 40.g4 Kc5 41.g5 Kb4 42.Ng4 Re4 43.Nf6 Re5 44.Bd1 d2 45.g6
Re1 46.Kf7 Rxg1 47.g7 Ka3 48.Bg4 Rxg4 49.Nxg4 d1=Q 50.g8=Q
Qd7+ 51.Kf6 Qd4+ 52.Kxe6 c2 53.Qa8+ Kb2 54.Qb8+ Kc1 55.Qg8 Kd1
0-1

[Event "Linares 2006"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8. Be2 Na6 9. Bd6 e5 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. O-O
O-O-O 12. Bd3 Qf4 13. Bxe5 Qxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxd1 15. Bf5+ Kc7
16. Nxf7 Bh5 17. Nxd8 Kxd8 18. g4 Nh6 19. Rad1+ Kc7 20. Rd7+
Kb6 21. Rxg7 Nxf5 22. gxf5 Rf8 23. Re1 Nc5 24. b4 Nd3 25. Ree7
Nxb4 26. Rxb7+ Kc5 27. Rg5 Bf3 28. f6+ Kxc4 29. Rf5 Bd5
30. Rf4+ Kc3 31. Rbxb4 Bxa2 32. Ra4 Bf7 33. Rxa7 c5 34. f3 c4
35. Kf2 Kb3 36. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "Linares 2006"]
[Site "Morelia, Mexico"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.a4 b4 9.d3 d6 10.a5 Be6 11.Nbd2 Qc8 12.Nc4 Rb8 13.Bg5
Kh8 14.h3 Ng8 15.c3 bxc3 16.bxc3 f5 17.Ba4 fxe4 18.Bxc6 exf3
19.Bxe7 Nxe7 20.Bxf3 Ng6 21.Bg4 Nf4 22.Ra2 Qb7 23.Bf3 Qb3
24.Rc2 Nxd3 25.Qxd3 Qxc4 26.Qxc4 Bxc4 27.Bc6 Rb3 28.g3 g5
29.Re3 Ra3 30.Be4 Rxa5 31.g4 Bd5 32.f3 Bxe4 33.fxe4 Ra1+
34.Kg2 Rff1 35.Ree2 Rg1+ 36.Kh2 Rh1+ 37.Kg3 Rag1+ 38.Rg2 Re1
39.Rgf2 Re3+ 40.Kg2 Rexh3 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+
Qe7 7. Nc3 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 d4 9. Nb5 Kd8 10. c3 a6 11. Na3 dxc3
12. dxc3 Nc6 13. Nc4 Kc7 14. Bc1 b5 15. Bf4+ Kb7 16. O-O-O Nf6
17. Ne3 Be7 18. Bf3 Rhd8 19. Ne2 Be6 20. g4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8
22. Rxd8 Bxd8 23. g5 Nd7 24. h4 f6 25. Be4 g6 26. Kd2 fxg5
27. hxg5 Bc7 28. Nd5 Bxf4+ 29. Nexf4 Bf7 30. Ne7 Nde5 31. Nd3
Kb6 32. Nxc6 Nxc6 33. Bxc6 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O Bg4 6. Ne5 h5
7. h3 Be6 8. d3 Nh6 9. Qe1 Nd7 10. Nf3 Qb6+ 11. Kh1 d4
12. Nbd2 Nf5 13. Ne4 Bd5 14. c4 dxc3 15. bxc3 Nc5 16. Nh4 Nxh4
17. gxh4 Nxe4 18. dxe4 Bc4 19. Ba3 Qa5 20. Bb4 Qc7 21. Bc5 b6
22. Be3 c5 23. a4 O-O 24. Rg1 e6 25. Bf3 Bh6 26. Qf2 Kh7
27. f5 exf5 28. Bxh6 Kxh6 29. exf5 Qf4 30. Raf1 Rae8 31. fxg6
fxg6 32. Qg2 Qd6 33. Bxh5 Rxf1 34. Rxf1 Re5 35. Qg3 Bd5+
36. Kg1 Be4 37. Rf7 Qd1+ 38. Kf2 Rf5+ 39. Rxf5 Bxf5 40. Qg5+
Kh7 41. Qe7+ Kh6 42. Bg4 Qd2 43. Qe5 Qd8 44. Qf4+ Kh7 45. Bxf5
gxf5 46. Qxf5+ Kh6 47. Qg5+ Qxg5 48. hxg5+ Kxg5 49. Kf3 Kf5
50. h4 c4 51. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.20"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. h3 Bg7
7. Bb3 O-O 8. O-O b5 9. Re1 b4 10. d4 bxc3 11. bxc3 cxd4
12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Ng5 Nxg5 15. Bxg5 Na5 16. Nc3 Be6
17. Na4 Bf5 18. Nc5 h6 19. Bd2 Nc4 20. Bc3 Rc8 21. f4 Nb6
22. Ba5 Qe8 23. Qe2 Qc6 24. Rac1 Nc4 25. Ba4 Qa8 26. Bc3 Nb6
27. Bb5 Rc7 28. g4 Bd7 29. Nxd7 Nxd7 30. Bb4 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Qd8
32. Qb2 a5 33. Ba3 f5 34. Qg2 Nb6 35. Rc6 Nc4 36. Rxg6 Ne3
37. Qg3 Qb8 38. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.26"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. c3 d5 6. e5 Nd7
7. Bb5 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. d4 a6 10. Bd3 b5 11. a3 c4 12. Bc2 a5
13. Re1 Bb7 14. Qd2 b4 15. Qf4 g6 16. Nbd2 bxc3 17. bxc3 a4
18. Rb1 Bc8 19. Nf1 Qa5 20. Bd2 Ra7 21. N1h2 h5 22. Ng5 Nd8
23. Nhf3 Nb6 24. Ra1 Rb7 25. Re3 Na8 26. Nxf7 Nxf7 27. Bxg6
Rf8 28. Ng5 Bxg5 29. Qxg5 Kd7 30. Qxh5 Kc6 31. Rf3 Rh8 32. Qg4
Rg8 33. Rf6 Nd8 34. h4 Qb5 35. h5 Qb2 36. Qd1 Nb6 37. Bc2 Kc7
38. h6 Nd7 39. Rg6 Rh8 40. Rg7 Rb3 41. h7 Rxc3 42. Bxc3 Qxc3
43. Rg3 Qa5 44. Rg8 Nf7 45. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.28"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 Nbd7
7. Bg2 O-O 8. Nge2 Ne8 9. O-O g6 10. Be3 Ng7 11. Kh1 Kh8
12. Qd2 Nf6 13. f4 exf4 14. gxf4 Re8 15. Bg1 Ngh5 16. e5 dxe5
17. fxe5 Ng4 18. Ne4 Nxe5 19. d6 Bf8 20. Bxc5 Bg7 21. Rac1 b6
22. Bg1 Bb7 23. c5 bxc5 24. Nxc5 Bxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Qc8 26. Nd4
Qg4+ 27. Kh1 Rad8 28. Nb7 Rd7 29. Rc7 Qh3 30. Qg2 Ng3+
31. Qxg3 Qxf1 32. Qg2 Qa6 33. Nc5 Qxd6 34. Nb5 Qxc7 35. Nxc7
Rxc7 36. Qd5 Rcc8 37. Nb7 Rc1 38. Nd6 Rd8 39. Kg2 Rc2+ 40. Kg3
Kg8 41. Kh3 h5 42. Bxa7 Rxb2 43. Bc5 Kh7 44. Bd4 Rd2 45. Qa5
Rd3+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.30"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. g3 Qc7 6. Bg2 Nf6
7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Nb3 b6 10. a5 b5 11. Bf4 d6 12. Nd4
Nxd4 13. Bxa8 Nc6 14. Qd3 O-O 15. Rfd1 Rd8 16. Nxb5 axb5
17. Qxb5 Nd4 18. Rxd4 Qa7 19. Qb6 Qxa8 20. Bxd6 e5 21. Rdd1
Bh3 22. f3 Bf8 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. a6 Rb8 25. Qb7 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.30"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. e5 Ng4 6. Nb3 Bd7
7. c3 f6 8. Nh4 f5 9. Nf3 Nh6 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nf7 12. O-O
Qe7 13. Nc5 Ncxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bb3 O-O-O 16. Qe2 Ng6
17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. Bxe6 Kb8 19. Bg5 Qxg5 20. Bxd7 Bd6 21. g3
Rd8 22. Qb5 Ne7 23. Be6 h5 24. f4 Qf6 25. Qc4 h4 26. g4 g5
27. gxf5 Nxf5 28. Qd5 Nxd4 29. Bg4 gxf4 30. Rad1 Nc2 31. Bf3
c6 32. Qb3 Ne3 33. Bxc6 Qg7+ 34. Kh1 Nxf1 35. Rxf1 Bc5 36. Bg2
Rd2 37. Qf3 Be3 38. Qe4 a6 39. b4 h3 40. Bf3 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "Russian Club Cup"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.22"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. d3 Be7
7. Be3 O-O 8. Rc1 Nc6 9. Nf3 Be6 10. O-O Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5
12. Qa4 a6 13. a3 Bd6 14. Rc3 Ne7 15. Qh4 f6 16. Nd2 c6
17. Nc4 Bc7 18. Be4 Ng6 19. Qh3 Rf7 20. Nd2 Nf8 21. Nb3 Bxe4
22. dxe4 Qd7 23. Qxd7 Nxd7 24. Rd1 Kf8 25. Rcd3 Ke8 26. Nd2
Kd8 27. Nc4 Kc8 28. Rc3 a5 29. a4 Re7 30. h4 b6 31. Rcd3 Rb8
32. h5 h6 33. Kg2 b5 34. axb5 Rxb5 35. Rc3 Kb7 36. b3 Rb4
37. Ra1 Rb5 38. Rd1 Rb4 39. Bc1 c5 40. Rcd3 Kc6 41. Bd2 Rb5
42. Ra1 f5 43. exf5 e4 44. Rc3 Be5 45. Nxa5+ Kc7 46. Bf4 Bxf4
47. gxf4 Nf6 48. e3 Nxh5 49. b4 Rxb4 50. Rxc5+ Kb6 51. Rc6+
Kb5 52. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Russian Club Cup"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.24"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5
7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 Nc6 9. c5 O-O 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Bd3 Qf6
12. Be3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 e5 14. Rb1 Rb8 15. O-O Bf5 16. Bxf5 Qxf5
17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Qd2 Qf5 19. Bf4 Ne5 20. Bg3 Rfd8 21. Rfe1 f6
22. Rb4 Rbc8 23. Rxb7 Rxc5 24. Rxa7 Nc6 25. Rc7 Rc4 26. Qb2
Re4 27. Rxe4 Qxe4 28. h3 Ne7 29. f3 Qe6 30. Bf2 h5 31. a4 Nf5
32. g4 Nd6 33. a5 Nf7 34. Qb7 f5 35. gxh5 f4 36. a6 d4
37. cxd4 Rd5 38. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Russian Club Cup"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.30"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Anton Shomoev"]
[ECO "E58"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5
7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Bb2 Na5 11. cxd5 exd5
12. Ne5 c4 13. Bc2 Ne4 14. f3 Nd6 15. a4 Bf5 16. e4 dxe4
17. Ba3 f6 18. fxe4 fxe5 19. exf5 exd4 20. Qxd4 Rfd8 21. f6
Nc6 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Qh4+ Kg8 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. f7+ Kf8
26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Rae1+ Kd7 28. f8=Q 1-0

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.23"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Peter Heine Nielsen"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4
7. Qd3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nc5 9. Qf3 d6 10. Bg2 e5 11. Nb3 Nba6
12. Ba3 Qc7 13. Rd1 Be6 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. O-O
Rb8 17. Qh5 O-O 18. Bd5 Rfe8 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Rd5 Re7
21. Rfd1 Rbe8 22. Qg5 b6 23. Rd6 e4 24. R1d5 e3 25. f3 h6
26. Qg4 Qc8 27. Qxc8 Rxc8 28. g4 f6 29. Kg2 Rce8 30. h4 Kf7
31. h5 Rb8 32. Rd7 b5 33. Rxe7+ Kxe7 34. Rxc5 bxc4 35. f4 Rb2
36. Kf3 Rxa2 37. Rc7+ Kf8 38. Kxe3 a5 39. Rxc4 a4 40. Rc8+ Ke7
41. Rc7+ Kf8 42. Ra7 a3 43. c4 Ra1 44. Ke4 Kg8 45. Ra8+ Kh7
46. Kd5 a2 47. Kc5 Rf1 48. Rxa2 Rxf4 49. Kd5 f5 50. c5 fxg4
51. c6 g3 52. e4 Rf2 53. Ra3 Rd2+ 54. Ke6 g2 55. Rg3 Rc2
56. Kd7 Rd2+ 57. Ke7 Rc2 58. e5 Rxc6 59. Rxg2 Ra6 60. e6 Ra5
61. Kd6 Ra6+ 62. Kd7 Ra7+ 63. Ke8 Ra5 64. e7 Rxh5 65. Kd7 Re5
66. e8=Q Rxe8 67. Kxe8 1-0

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.24"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Leif Erlend Johannessen"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 h6
7. Bh4 Nc6 8. e3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qe7 10. f3 e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. Bd3
Na6 13. O-O g5 14. Bg3 Nc5 15. Bc2 O-O-O 16. f4 exf4 17. exf4
Nce4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Re1 Qc5+ 20. Qd4 Qxd4+ 21. cxd4 Nxg3
22. hxg3 Rde8 23. Re5 f6 24. Rf5 Re2 25. Bb3 Rf8 26. fxg5 hxg5
27. Raf1 Kd8 28. Rxg5 Ke7 29. Rg7+ Rf7 30. Rg8 Re4 31. c5 1-0

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.28"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Sokolov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5
7. dxc5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Bxb8 Qf6 11. Bg3 Nxc3
12. a3 Bf5 13. Qd2 Ba5 14. b4 Ne4 15. Qc1 Rc8 16. Ra2 Rxc5
17. Qa1 Qc6 18. Qe5+ Kd8 19. Qxh8+ Kd7 0-1

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.06.02"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "David Navara"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4
7. Bd2 f5 8. Qc2 Bf6 9. Ne5 d5 10. cxd5 Nxc3 11. Nf7 Qd7
12. Bxc3 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. e4 fxe4 15. Nxh8 Nc6 16. O-O
Ke7 17. Rae1 Rxh8 18. Rxe4 Rd8 19. Rfe1 Rd6 20. Rf4 g6 21. h4
Rd7 22. h5 Bxd4 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Qxg6 Ne5 25. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.06"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 a6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Bxc4 c5
7. O-O Nc6 8. Qe2 Be7 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. dxc5 O-O 11. b3 e5 12. h3
e4 13. Nd4 Ne5 14. b4 b6 15. Nd2 bxc5 16. bxc5 Bxc5 17. Ba3
Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Ng6 19. Nf1 Qc5 20. Rc3 Qg5 21. Ng3 h5 22. Kh1
Nh4 23. Qc2 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 h4 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Rc5 Bxh3+
27. Kxh3 Qg4+ 28. Kg2 hxg3 29. f3 exf3+ 30. Nxf3 Kg8 31. Qa2+
Kh8 32. Rc4 Qf5 33. Rf4 Qh7 34. Rh4 Nh5 35. Rd5 Rf5 36. e4
Nf4+ 37. Kxg3 Rh5 38. Rxf4 Rh3+ 39. Kg4 Re8 40. Rdf5 Rg8
41. Qxg8+ Qxg8 42. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.10"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qh5
17. Nd2 Bf5 18. f3 Nf6 19. a4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Qg6 21. Nxd6 Qxd6
22. Bxg5 Qg6 23. Qc1 Bd3 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Kf2
Bc4 27. Bxc4 bxc4 28. g4 Re8 29. Bf4 Qd3 30. Kg3 Qe2 31. Qb1
Qe1+ 32. Qxe1 Rxe1 33. Bd6 Rg1+ 34. Kf2 Rb1 35. Ba3 Kg7
36. Kg3 Kg6 37. h3 h5 38. Kh4 Rg1 39. Bc5 Rg2 40. Ba3 f6
41. gxh5+ Kf5 42. f4 Rg8 43. Bd6 Ke6 44. h6 Kxd6 45. Kh5 f5
46. h7 Rh8 47. Kg6 Ke7 48. Kg7 Ke8 49. Kg6 Kf8 50. h4 Ke7
51. Kg7 Ke8 52. Kg6 Kf8 53. h5 Ke7 54. Kg7 Ke8 55. Kg6 Kf8
56. h6 Ke8 57. Kf6 Rxh7 58. Kg6 Rf7 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.12"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Nc6 6. Nbd2 d5
7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. e4 Nb4 9. Qa4+ Qd7 10. Qxd7+ Nxd7 11. Bxa6
Nxa6 12. O-O Nf6 13. a3 c5 14. Re1 Be7 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. b4 cxd4
17. Ndf3 Nb8 18. Nxd4 Nfd7 19. Nef3 O-O 20. Bf4 Nc6 21. Rac1
Nxd4 22. Nxd4 g5 23. Nc6 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 gxf4 25. Rc7 Ne5
26. Rxe7 Nf3+ 27. Kf1 Nxe1 28. Kxe1 a5 29. Rb7 axb4 30. axb4
Rd8 31. f3 Rd3 32. Ke2 Rb3 33. Rxb6 Rb2+ 34. Kd3 Rxh2 35. gxf4
h5 36. Rb5 h4 37. Rh5 h3 38. Kd4 Kf8 39. Ke5 Ke7 40. f5 exf5
41. Kxf5 Rb2 42. Rxh3 Rxb4 43. f4 Rb5+ 44. e5 Kf8 45. Rd3 Rb4
46. Kg5 Kg7 47. Rd7 Rb5 48. Kg4 Kf8 49. Kf5 Kg7 50. Ke4 Rb4+
51. Rd4 Rb1 52. Rd7 Re1+ 53. Kd5 Rd1+ 54. Kc6 Rf1 55. Rd4 Kf8
56. Kd7 Rf2 57. Kd6 Rf1 58. Kd5 Ke7 59. Ra4 f6 60. Ra7+ Kf8
61. Kd6 fxe5 62. Ra8+ Kf7 63. Ra7+ Kf8 64. fxe5 Rd1+ 65. Ke6
Re1 66. Rf7+ Ke8 67. Rh7 Kf8 68. Rh8+ Kg7 69. Rd8 Ra1 70. Ke7
Ra5 71. e6 Ra7+ 72. Rd7 Ra8 73. Rd6 Ra7+ 74. Ke8 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.14"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. g3 c5
7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O a6 9. Rd1 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. b3 d5
12. Na4 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Qxc4 14. bxc4 Re8 15. Rb1 Bf8 16. Bd2 e5
17. Nb3 e4 18. c5 Nd5 19. Be1 N7f6 20. Na5 Ra7 21. e3 Bd7
22. Nc3 Bc6 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Ba5 g6 26. Bf1
Raa8 27. Rbc1 Bh6 28. Rc2 Rab8 29. Bc4 Nb4 30. Bxb4 Rxb4
31. Rd7 Rf8 32. Bxa6 Rfb8 33. Bc4 R4b7 34. Bxf7+ Kf8 35. Be6
Bg5 36. Rd4 Re7 37. Bb3 Bf6 38. Rd6 Kg7 39. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Nbd7
7.e3 c5 8.Be2 Qa5 9.O-O O-O 10.Qc2 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Ne4 12.c4 cxd4
13.cxd5 Re8 14.Rad1 h6 15.Bh4 dxe3 16.fxe3 Nc3 17.Be1 Rxe3
18.Bd3 Qc5 19.Qxc3 Rxe1+ 20.Qxc5 Rxf1+ 21.Bxf1 Nxc5 22.Ne5 Nd7
23.Nc4 Nf6 24.Be2 Bd7 25.Bf3 Rd8 26.Ne5 Bf5 27.d6 Nd7 28.Nc4
b6 29.a3 Kf8 30.Kf2 Rc8 31.Ne3 Be6 32.Nd5 Rc2+ 33.Kg3 Ne5
34.Nc7 Bd7 35.Na6 Ke8 36.Re1 f6 37.Re3 Kd8 38.Bd5 Rd2 39.Nc7
Bf5 40.Kf4 g6 41.Rc3 Kd7 42.Ke3 Rd3+ 43.Rxd3 Bxd3 44.Be4 Bxe4
45.Kxe4 Kxd6 46.Nb5+ Kc5 47.Nxa7 Nc4 48.a4 Nd6+ 49.Kd3 Kb4
50.Kd4 Nf5+ 51.Kd5 Ne3+ 52.Ke6 f5 53.Nc8 Nxg2 54.Nxb6 f4
55.Nd5+ Kxa4 56.Kf6 f3 57.Nc3+ Kb4 58.Ne4 Nh4 59.Kg7 h5 60.Kh6
Kc4 61.Kg5 Kd3 62.Ng3 Nf5 63.Nh1 Ne7 64.Kf6 Ke2 65.h4 Kf1 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.26"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Ra7 11. Rc1 Be4
12. Qb3 Nc6 13. e3 Qa8 14. Qd1 Nb8 15. Ba5 Bd6 16. a3 Nbd7
17. Nbd2 Bd5 18. Qf1 c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Rc2 Qb7 21. Rac1 Bb6
22. Bxb6 Qxb6 23. Nd4 Ne5 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. N4f3 Nxf3+
26. Nxf3 Rd8 27. Qd3 Ne7 28. Qe4 Rad7 29. Kg2 f6 30. h4 e5
31. h5 Qb7 32. Qg4 Kf7 33. Rc5 Rc8 34. Rxc8 Nxc8 35. Qf5 g6
36. Qg4 Ne7 37. hxg6+ hxg6 38. Rh1 f5 39. Rh7+ Ke6 40. Qg5 Qe4
41. Qh6 f4 42. Qf8 Nc6 43. Qc8 Ne7 44. Qe8 Kd6 45. Qf8 Qd5
46. e4 Qe6 47. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O c6 7.Nc3 d5
8.Nd2 O-O 9.e4 dxc4 10.Nxc4 Ba6 11.b3 b5 12.Ne3 b4 13.Ne2 Bxe2
14.Qxe2 Qxd4 15.Bb2 Qb6 16.Nc4 Qb5 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.e5 Be7
19.Rad1 a5 20.Be4 Ra7 21.h4 Nd7 22.h5 Nxe5 23.Qe3 Ng4 24.Qxa7
Qxh5 25.Kg2 Bc5 26.Qxa5 Qh2+ 27.Kf3 Bxf2 28.Rd8 Qxg3+ 29.Ke2
Bc5 30.Rxf8+ Bxf8 31.Qa7 Qh2+ 32.Kd1 f6 33.Qd7 Nf2+ 34.Ke1
Nxe4 35.Qxe6+ Kh8 36.Qxe4 Qxa2 37.Qe8 Kg8 38.Rf3 Qb1+ 39.Kf2
c5 40.Qe6+ Kh8 41.Ne5 h6 42.Nd7 Qc2+ 43.Qe2 1-0

[Event "Linares-Morelia"]
[Site "Morelia, Mexico"]
[Date "2007.02.22"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 Nbd7
7.Nc3 e6 8.Bg2 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Ne4 11.Qb3 Qb6 12.Nh4 Bxh4
13.gxh4 Nef6 14.e4 Bg6 15.Qxb6 axb6 16.Bf4 Rfe8 17.Rad1 b5
18.Bd6 e5 19.d5 Nh5 20.Bf1 f6 21.b3 Nf4 22.a4 bxa4 23.bxa4 Bf7
24.Rb1 Ra7 25.Red1 Rc8 26.Ne2 Nxe2+ 27.Bxe2 cxd5 28.exd5 Nf8
29.Bb5 Raa8 30.Be7 Ng6 31.d6 Nxe7 32.Bd7 Nc6 33.Rxb7 Nd4
34.Bxc8 Rxc8 35.Rdb1 Rf8 36.Rb8 Be8 37.a5 Nf3+ 38.Kf1 Nd2+
39.Ke1 Nxb1 40.a6 Bc6 41.a7 Kf7 42.d7 Ke7 43.Rxf8 Kxd7 44.a8=Q
Bxa8 45.Rxa8 h5 46.Ra7+ Ke6 47.Rxg7 Kf5 48.Rg3 1-0

[Event "16th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2007.03.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. g4 Nxg4 8. Rg1 Qf6 9. Be2 Nxh2 10. Nxh2 Bxh2 11. Rg2 Bd6
12. Bd2 h5 13. O-O-O h4 14. f4 h3 15. Rg5 g6 16. Rh1 b6
17. Rg3 Bb7 18. Rf3 h2 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Qe7 21. c5 Bc7
22. Qa4 Rh4 23. Qa3 Nf6 24. Nd6+ Bxd6 25. cxd6 Qd7 26. f5 Ne4
27. fxg6 fxg6 28. Bf4 c5 29. Rxh2 Rxh2 30. Bxh2 cxd4 31. Kd1
Rc8 32. Rf1 Rc5 33. Qh3 Rh5 34. Bxh5 Nf2+ 35. Rxf2 1-0

[Event "16th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2007.03.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "174"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 fxe4 6. Nxe4
Nf6 7. Qe2 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. d3 Qd5 10. g4 Bf7 11. Nc3 Bb4
12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 e4 14. dxe4 Qxe4 15. Qxe4+ Nxe4 16. Re1
O-O 17. Rxe4 Bd5 18. Nd2 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Rae8 20. Nc5 Re1
21. Kg2 Rd8 22. Nd3 Rd1 23. Nb2 Re1 24. Nd3 Rd1 25. a4 a5
26. Nb2 Re1 27. Nd3 Rd1 28. Kf3 b6 29. Ke2 Rg1 30. Bb2 Re8+
31. Kf3 Rf8+ 32. Ke2 Re8+ 33. Kf3 Rf8+ 34. Ke3 Re8+ 35. Kd2
Rxa1 36. Bxa1 Re4 37. Nb2 b5 38. f3 Re6 39. c4 bxa4 40. Nxa4
Rh6 41. Be5 Rxh3 42. f4 Rg3 43. g5 h5 44. gxh6 gxh6 45. Nc3 h5
46. Ne4 Rg2+ 47. Ke3 h4 48. Kf3 Rg1 49. Kf2 Rd1 50. f5 a4
51. Ke2 Rd8 52. Bxc7 Rf8 53. f6 a3 54. Kf3 a2 55. Be5 Kf7
56. Kg4 Kg6 57. Bc3 Ra8 58. Kxh4 a1=Q 59. Bxa1 Rxa1 60. Kg4
Rf1 61. c3 Rf5 62. Kg3 Kh5 63. c5 Kg6 64. Kg4 Rf1 65. Kg3 Kf5
66. Nd2 Rg1+ 67. Kf2 Rg6 68. Nf3 Rxf6 69. Ke3 Rh6 70. Nd4+ Ke5
71. c4 Rh3+ 72. Nf3+ Ke6 73. Ke4 Rh5 74. Nd4+ Kd7 75. Nf5 Kc7
76. Nd4 Kb7 77. Ne6 Ka6 78. Kd4 Ka5 79. Nd8 Rh6 80. Kc3 Ka4
81. Nf7 Rh5 82. Kd4 Kb4 83. Nd6 Rh4+ 84. Ne4 Rxe4+ 85. Kxe4
Kxc4 86. Ke3 Kxc5 87. Kd3 Kb4 0-1

[Event "16th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2007.03.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Bf4 b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Rc1 Nh5 11. Bxb8 Qxb8
12. Ne5 Nf6 13. e3 Rc8 14. g4 dxc4 15. g5 Ne8 16. Qh5 g6
17. Qh4 c5 18. Qf4 Nd6 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxg5 21. Qxg5
Nxe4 22. Qf4 f5 23. Rfd1 cxd4 24. exd4 c3 25. f3 cxb2
26. Rxc8+ Qxc8 27. fxe4 Qc2 28. Qf1 Rc8 29. Nd3 fxe4 30. Nxb2
Qxb2 31. Qf6 Rf8 32. Qxe6+ Kg7 33. Qe5+ Kh6 34. Rf1+ Rxf1
35. Kxf1 Qc1+ 36. Ke2 Qc2+ 37. Ke1 Qc3+ 0-1

[Event "16th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2007.03.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4
7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 h5 12. Nxd7
Qxd7 13. Be5 Rh6 14. Qc1 c5 15. dxc5 b4 16. Qxg5 Rg6 17. Qf4
Ng4 18. Rad1 Qc6 19. Nd5 exd5 20. exd5 Qxc5 21. Rfe1 Bh6
22. Qf5 Bc8 23. Bd4 Bxf5 24. Bxc5 Kd8 25. Bxc4 Bd7 26. h3 Nf6
27. Bd3 Ng8 28. Bxg6 fxg6 29. Bxb4 a5 30. Bc3 Ra6 31. d6 Bf8
32. Re5 a4 33. Ra5 Rxd6 34. Ra8 Bc8 35. Rc1 Ne7 36. Bb4 1-0

[Event "16th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2007.03.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6
7. Nf3 Bc5 8. e3 O-O 9. Bg2 Qa6 10. Qa4 Qxa4 11. Nxa4 Be7
12. O-O b6 13. b3 Bb7 14. Nc3 Na5 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nc6
17. Nf3 Rfd8 18. Rd1 a6 19. Bb2 Rab8 20. Rac1 b5 21. Ne2 Kf8
22. Ned4 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Rdc8 24. cxb5 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 axb5 26. a3
Ne8 27. e4 f6 28. f4 Nd6 29. Kf3 Nb7 30. Rc2 Kf7 31. Bc1 Nc5
32. b4 e5 33. Nf5 Ne6 34. Bb2 exf4 35. gxf4 Bf8 36. Ne3 Ra8
37. h4 Bd6 38. f5 Nd8 39. Rd2 Ra6 40. Rd5 Rb6 41. Bd4 Ra6
42. Bb2 Rb6 43. h5 h6 44. Ng4 Ke7 45. e5 fxe5 46. Nxe5 Bxe5
47. Bxe5 Kf8 48. Rxd7 Nf7 49. Bb2 Rd6 50. Rxd6 Nxd6 51. Kf4
Kf7 52. Bc3 Nc4 53. Ke4 Nxa3 54. Kd5 Nc4 55. Bd4 Na3 56. Kc5
Nc2 57. Bb2 Ne3 58. Kxb5 Nxf5 59. Kc6 Ne7+ 60. Kd6 g6
61. hxg6+ Nxg6 62. b5 Ne7 63. Bc1 h5 64. Bg5 Nf5+ 65. Kc7 Ke6
66. b6 Nd6 67. Bf4 Nb5+ 68. Kc8 Kd5 69. b7 Na7+ 70. Kc7 Nc6
71. Bg3 Kc5 72. Bd6+ Kd5 73. Be7 h4 74. Bxh4 Nb4 75. Kb6 Nc6
76. Bg3 1-0

[Event "16th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2007.03.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bg2 c6 11. O-O Nbd7
12. Qc2 Re8 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. Bf4 Bb4 15. Bd2 g6 16. Bg5 Kg7
17. Rcd1 h6 18. Bc1 Qe7 19. Bb2 Ne4 20. Rc1 f5 21. Red1 Bd6
22. e3 g5 23. Ne2 Ba6 24. Ne5 Rac8 25. f4 Qe6 26. Nc3 Nxe5
27. dxe5 Bc5 28. Nxe4 fxe4 29. Bf1 Bxe3+ 30. Kh1 Bxf1 31. Rxf1
Bxc1 32. Qxc1 gxf4 33. gxf4 Rf8 34. Rg1+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "16th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2007.03.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 dxc4 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Qxc4 e5
12. Ne2 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Qc2 Bb4+ 15. Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2
O-O 17. Rc1 Qe7 18. O-O c5 19. Nf3 Rfd8 20. Qc2 Nd3 21. Rcd1
Nb4 22. Qb3 Rac8 23. a3 Nbd5 24. Qc4 Nb6 25. Qc2 Nbd7 26. Rfe1
b5 27. e4 Nf8 28. Bh3 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rc7 30. e5 N6d7 31. Qe4 c4
32. Rd6 Nc5 33. Qa8 Nd3 34. Rd8 Qc5 35. e6 Nxf2 36. exf7+ Kxf7
37. Rxf8+ Qxf8 38. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "16th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2007.03.29"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4
7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7
12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Nc3 Nxf4 14. Qxf4 Nd7 15. Rfd1 Bd6 16. Qh4 Nf6
17. a3 Qb8 18. g4 Rd8 19. Rac1 Be7 20. g5 Nd7 21. d5 Nf8
22. Ne5 Bd6 23. dxe6 Bxg2 24. Qf4 Bb7 25. e7 Re8 26. exf8=Q+
Rxf8 27. Rxd6 cxd6 28. Nd7 Qd8 29. Nxf8 Qxf8 30. Rd1 Rd8
31. f3 Qe7 32. Kf2 Bc6 33. Rd2 Rd7 34. Rd3 g6 35. Re3 Qd8
36. Qd4 Re7 37. Qf6 Rd7 38. Qxd8+ Rxd8 39. Re7 d5 40. Rc7 d4
41. Rxc6 dxc3 42. bxc3 Rd1 43. Ke3 a5 44. c4 Rb1 45. Rb6 Rb3+
46. Kd2 b4 47. axb4 axb4 48. Rb8+ Kg7 49. h4 h6 50. e3 hxg5
51. hxg5 Kh7 52. f4 Kg7 53. Ke2 f5 54. gxf6+ Kxf6 55. Rb6+ Kf7
56. Kf3 Rb1 57. Ke4 b3 58. Ke5 Kg7 59. e4 b2 60. c5 Rc1
61. Rxb2 Rxc5+ 62. Kd6 Rc4 63. Rb7+ Kf8 64. Ke5 Ra4 65. Kf6
Ke8 66. Re7+ Kf8 67. Re6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2006-7"]
[Site "Porz GER"]
[Date "2007.02.03"]
[EventDate "2007.01.28"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Luke McShane"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2
Nc6 13. Nf1 Bc8 14. Bg5 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. c3 Nd7 17. Bd2
Qe8 18. a4 b4 19. a5 Qg6 20. Ng3 Rab8 21. Qa4 Rfc8 22. cxb4
cxb4 23. Be3 Rb5 24. Rec1 Qe8 25. Qb3 Bf8 26. Rc2 Nc5 27. Bxc5
dxc5 28. Rcc1 Rd8 29. Nf1 Qd7 30. Rd1 Bd6 31. Ne3 Rf8 32. Nd2
Nd4 33. Qc4 Ne2+ 34. Kf1 Qf7 35. f3 Nf4 36. h4 Qg6 37. Kf2 Nh5
38. Rh1 Kh8 39. Ndf1 Be7 40. b3 Rd8 41. g3 Rd4 42. Qc2 Rb8
43. Nc4 Rf8 44. Re1 Qf6 45. Qe2 Bd8 46. Rh3 Bc7 47. Rd1 Qd8
48. Nfe3 Bxa5 49. Nc2 Rd7 50. Nxe5 Rb7 51. f4 Nf6 52. Ne3 Bc7
53. Nf3 a5 54. Ra1 Ra7 55. Qc2 Bb8 56. Rhh1 h6 57. Nc4 Ng4+
58. Ke2 Nf6 59. Rhg1 Nd7 60. Ne3 Bd6 61. Ra2 Qe8 62. Raa1 Nb6
63. Nc4 Nxc4 64. Qxc4 Qg6 65. Ra4 Qg4 66. Qc1 e5 67. f5 c4
68. bxc4 Bc5 69. Rg2 Rxf5 70. exf5 e4 0-1

[Event "Kramnik-Aronian Rapid Match"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2007.05.04"]
[EventDate "2007.05.04"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6
7. f3 c5 8. e4 Bg6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nfd7
12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxc4 a6 14. h4 Rc8 15. Ba2 h6 16. Rc1 Rg8
17. Ke2 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. Nb1 Ke7 20. Rxc5 Nxc5 21. h5 Bh7
22. Rc1 Nd7 23. Nd2 g6 24. hxg6 Rxg6 25. Kf2 Rg5 26. Rc7 b5
27. a5 Rc5 28. Rxc5 Nxc5 29. Ke3 Kd6 30. b4 Nd7 31. Nb3 e5
32. Nc1 f5 33. Nd3 fxe4 34. fxe4 Nf6 35. Nc5 Bg6 36. Bb3 Ng4+
37. Kd2 Nf6 38. Bc2 Kc6 39. Bd3 Nd7 40. Nxa6 Bf7 41. Be2 h5
42. g3 Bg6 43. Ke3 Bf7 44. Kd2 Bg6 45. Bd3 Bf7 46. Bf1 Be6
47. Kc3 Bg4 48. Bd3 Bf3 49. Bc2 Kd6 50. Kd3 Kc6 51. Bb3 Kb7
52. Be6 Nf6 53. Nc5+ Kc6 54. Ke3 Bg4 55. Bf7 Bc8 56. Bb3 Bh3
57. Bd1 Bg4 58. Bc2 Bc8 59. Bd3 Ng4+ 60. Ke2 Nf6 61. Nb3 Be6
62. Nd2 Ne8 63. Nb1 Nc7 64. Nc3 Bd7 65. Kd2 Be8 66. Be2 Bf7
67. Nd5 Bxd5 68. exd5+ Kd6 69. Bxh5 e4 70. Bf7 Na6 71. Kc3 e3
72. Bh5 Kxd5 73. Be2 Nc7 74. Bf3+ Ke5 75. Bb7 Kf5 76. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Kramnik-Aronian Rapid Match"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2007.05.05"]
[EventDate "2007.05.04"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "154"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7
7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. Bg5 a6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qf4 O-O
12. Rfd1 Be7 13. Ne4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Ra7 15. Nd4 Qc8 16. b3 Re8
17. a4 Qc5 18. Ra2 Qh5 19. Bf3 Qe5 20. e3 Rc8 21. Qb1 Rac7
22. Rc2 Qf6 23. Bg2 Nd7 24. Qa2 Qg6 25. Rcd2 Nc5 26. Ne2 Nd7
27. a5 bxa5 28. Qxa5 Nc5 29. Nc1 h5 30. Rd4 Qc2 31. b4 Qa4
32. Qxa4 Nxa4 33. Ne2 Nb2 34. Ra1 Bf6 35. Rxd6 Nxc4 36. Rdxa6
Bxa1 37. Rxa1 Rb8 38. Rb1 Na3 39. Rb3 Nb5 40. Bf3 g6 41. h4
Rc4 42. Nf4 Rc3 43. Rb2 Na3 44. Be2 Rc2 45. Rb3 e5 46. Nd5
Rxe2 47. Rxa3 Kg7 48. Rb3 Rd2 49. Nc7 Rc2 50. Nd5 Ra8 51. Nc3
Rc8 52. Ne4 R8c4 53. Nd6 R4c3 54. Rxc3 Rxc3 55. b5 Rd3 56. Nc4
f6 57. Kf1 Rb3 58. Nd6 Kf8 59. Ke2 Ke7 60. Nc8+ Kd7 61. Na7
Rb2+ 62. Kf3 Ke6 63. e4 Kd6 64. Nc8+ Ke6 65. Na7 f5 66. exf5+
Kxf5 67. Ke3 Rb3+ 68. Kd2 Ke4 69. Kc2 Rf3 70. Nc6 Rxf2+
71. Kc3 Rf1 72. Kb4 Rc1 73. Ne7 Kf3 74. Nxg6 e4 75. b6 e3
76. Ne5+ Kxg3 77. Nd3 e2 0-1

[Event "Kramnik-Aronian Rapid Match"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2007.05.05"]
[EventDate "2007.05.04"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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 O-O
12. e4 Nb4 13. Qb3 c5 14. Bxb4 cxb4 15. O-O 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 1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidate Matches"]
[Site "Elista, Russia"]
[Date "2007.05.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. h3 Nb4
12. Ne2 c5 13. Ng3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. c3 Nc6 16. Re1 Qd7
17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 c4 19. Bg5 h6 20. d5 exd5 21. Bxf6 Bxf6
22. Qxd5+ Rf7 23. Qd2 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Ne2 Rbf8 26. Rf1
Rf3 27. Ra3 Rxa3 28. bxa3 Qc6 29. Nd4 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 Ra8
31. Ra1 c3 32. Qb4 Qc5 33. Qb3+ Kh8 34. Ra2 Ra4 35. Re2 Rxa3
36. Qd1 Ra8 0-1

[Event "FIDE candidates Matches"]
[Site "Elista, Kalmykia Russia"]
[Date "2007.05.31"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8. b4 d5 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5
12. O-O Rc8 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. Rfc1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 h6 16. Ba6 Bxa6
17. Qxa6 Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Nb8 19. Qc4 Rd8 20. h3 Ne8 21. b5 Rd5
22. Qe2 Rc5 23. Rd1 Rc8 24. Qf3 Rd8 25. Rc1 Nd6 26. a4 e5
27. Nf5 Nxf5 28. Qxf5 f6 29. Qe4 Qf7 30. Ba3 Kh8 31. Kh2 Kg8
32. Bd6 Qd7 33. Bc7 Rf8 34. Rc2 Re8 35. Rc4 Qf7 36. Bd6 Rd8
37. Rc7 Nd7 38. Qc6 Qe6 39. Rxa7 Kf7 40. Qxb6 1-0

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.03"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6
7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Bf4 Ne4 12. Nxe4
Rxe4 13. Nd2 Rb4 14. b3 Rxf4 15. gxf4 Bxa1 16. Qxa1 Nd7
17. Ne4 Qe7 18. Rc1 b6 19. Rc3 Nf6 20. Re3 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Qd8
22. Rg3 Qh4 23. e3 Qe7 24. Bd3 Bb7 25. e4 Re8 26. f5 Qh4
27. h3 Bc8 28. Qc3 Qf4 29. Qf6 Qe5 30. Qxe5 Rxe5 31. f4 Re8
32. f6 Bd7 33. Re3 b5 34. axb5 axb5 35. e5 Kf8 36. Kf2 Kg8
37. Be2 Kf8 38. h4 Kg8 39. Ke1 Kf8 40. Kd2 h6 41. Bd3 h5
42. e6 fxe6 43. Bxg6 exd5 44. Bxe8 Bxe8 45. Re6 c4 46. Rxd6
cxb3 47. Kc3 Kf7 48. Kxb3 Kg6 49. Kb4 Kf5 50. Kc5 Bf7 51. Kxb5
Be6 52. Kc5 Kxf6 53. Kd4 Kf5 54. Ke3 Bf7 55. Kf3 Be6 56. Ra6
Bf7 57. Ra8 Kf6 58. Ra6+ Kf5 59. Ra1 Bg6 60. Rg1 Kf6 61. Ke3
Bf7 62. Rg5 Ke6 63. Kd4 Kf6 64. Kc5 Ke7 65. Rg7 Kf6 66. Rxf7+
1-0

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.03"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. Nc3 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. O-O O-O
12. Bd6 Na5 13. Nxa5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 bxa5 15. e4 Rc8 16. b3 Bxd6
17. Qxd6 a4 18. e5 Ne8 19. Qd4 axb3 20. axb3 f6 21. Rxa7 Rc7
22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Nb5 Qc6+ 25. f3 h6 26. Ra1 Nh7
27. Qe4 d5 28. Qe2 dxc4 29. Nd4 Qd5 30. Qxc4 Qxc4 31. bxc4 Rc8
32. Rc1 e5 33. Nf5 Kf8 34. c5 Ng5 35. Nd6 Rc6 36. h4 Ne6
37. Ne4 Ke7 38. h5 Rc7 39. Kh3 Nd4 40. Kg4 Ne6 41. Rc2 Nd4
42. Rc3 Rc6 43. Ra3 Ne6 44. Kf5 Nxc5 45. Rc3 g6+ 46. hxg6 Ne6
47. Rxc6 Nd4+ 48. Kg4 Nxc6 49. Kh5 Kf8 50. Kxh6 Ne7 51. Kh7
1-0

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.03"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E29"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5
7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Ne2 b6 9. e4 Ne8 10. O-O Ba6 11. f4 f5 12. e5 d6
13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 dxe5 16. Qd2 Ne7 17. Rd1
Ng6 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Nf4 Rf7 20. Qe2 Ng6 21. Ne6 Qd7 22. c4
Nd6 23. Bb2 Re8 24. Qh5 Nf8 25. Ng5 Rfe7 26. Rac1 Re2 27. Bc3
R2e7 28. Rf1 h6 29. Nh3 Re4 30. Nf4 Qf7 31. Qh3 Rxc4 32. Nh5
Ne4 33. Bxg7 Ng5 34. Qb3 Rxc1 35. Nf6+ Kxg7 36. Nxe8+ Qxe8
37. Qb2+ Kg6 38. Qxc1 Qe5 39. Rd1 Ne4 40. Qe3 Nd7 41. d6 h5
42. Qb3 c4 43. Qxc4 Qc5+ 44. Qxc5 bxc5 45. Rb1 Kf6 46. Rb7 Ke6
47. Rxa7 Kxd6 48. Kf1 c4 49. Ke2 c3 50. Ra6+ Kd5 51. Kd1 Ne5
52. Ra5+ Kd4 53. Kc2 Nc4 54. Ra8 Ne3+ 55. Kb3 Nc5+ 56. Ka2 c2
57. Rd8+ Kc3 0-1

[Event "FIDE candidates Matches"]
[Site "Elista, Kalmykia Russia"]
[Date "2007.06.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O
Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. Qb3 Qd7 9. Qxb7 Rb8 10. Qa6 Nf6 11. Nbd2
Bd6 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Bf4 14. g3 Bh6 15. Ba3 Nxe4 16. Bxf8
Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Bxd2 18. Ba3 Qd5 19. Qc4 Qxc4 20. bxc4 Ne5
21. Rab1 Rd8 22. c5 Nc4 23. Bc1 d3 24. Rb7 c6 25. Bxd2 Nxd2
26. Rd1 Ne4 27. f3 Nc3 28. Rd2 Nxa2 29. Rb3 Nc1 30. Rb1 Ne2+
31. Kf2 e5 32. Ra1 Rd5 33. Rxa7 Rxc5 34. Rxd3 Nd4 35. Rd2 h6
36. f4 Nb5 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. f5 Nd4 39. g4 Rc3 40. Rb2 h5
41. Rbb8 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2007.09.16"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7
7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 d6 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bf4 Ne5 12. Nd2
Ng6 13. Bg3 Rc8 14. Re1 a6 15. Rc1 Qc7 16. b4 Qb8 17. Bf1 Rfd8
18. Qe2 Nd7 19. Qe3 h6 20. Nf3 Ba8 21. Red1 Nde5 22. Nd2 Ng4
23. Qe2 N4e5 24. f4 Nd7 25. Nf3 Bf6 26. Qe3 Re8 27. Be1 Bd8
28. e5 dxe5 29. Rxd7 exf4 30. Qe2 e5 31. Ne4 Be7 32. c5 bxc5
33. bxc5 Bc6 34. Rdd1 Bb5 35. Qb2 Qa7 36. Bxb5 axb5 37. Bf2
Qa8 38. Nd6 e4 39. Nxe8 Rxe8 40. Nd4 Bf6 41. c6 e3 42. Be1 f3
43. gxf3 Nf4 44. Bg3 Ne6 45. Qb4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2007.09.24"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nbd2
Nd7 7. g3 g5 8. h3 Bg7 9. Rc1 c5 10. e3 O-O 11. Bg2 b6
12. cxd5 exd5 13. O-O Bb7 14. Re1 Rfd8 15. g4 h5 16. gxh5 Qh6
17. Nh2 Rac8 18. Ndf1 f5 19. Ng3 Qe6 20. Nf3 Qf6 21. dxc5 bxc5
22. b4 f4 23. exf4 gxf4 24. Nf1 c4 25. N1h2 Qf5 26. Nd4 Qd3
27. Ne6 Qxd1 28. Rexd1 Ne5 29. Nxd8 Rxd8 30. Ng4 Nd3 31. Rxd3
cxd3 32. Rd1 Bc8 33. Rxd3 d4 34. Be4 Ba6 35. Ra3 Be2 36. h6
Bh8 37. Rxa7 d3 38. h7+ Kf8 39. Bg6 d2 40. Rf7+ Ke8 41. Nf6+
Bxf6 42. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "European Team Chess Championships"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.11.06"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Emil Sutovsky"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5
Bc5 7. N5c3 O-O 8. g3 Qb6 9. e3 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 e4
12. a3 Nbd7 13. Nd2 Rfe8 14. b4 Bf8 15. O-O Qc7 16. Bb2 Nb6
17. Nb5 Qd7 18. d6 Nfd5 19. Rac1 Bxd6 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Rfd1
Qe6 22. Nb3 Nf4 23. gxf4 Qxb3 24. Kh1 Qe6 25. Rg1 f6 26. Qh5
Nd5 27. Rg3 Kh8 28. Rcg1 Re7 29. Rh3 Qg8 30. Qf5 Rf8 31. Bd4
b6 32. Rg4 Rc7 33. Rh5 Ne7 34. Qxe4 Rf7 35. Rg1 g6 36. Re5 Nc6
37. Re8 1-0

[Event "World Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Juan Pablo Hobaica"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d4 c6 6. Bg5 Be7
7. Qc2 g6 8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O
12. Nd2 Re8 13. Rad1 Nf8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. e4 dxe4 16. Ndxe4
Bg7 17. d5 Qc7 18. Qc4 Rab8 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Rd2 Nd7 21. Nc5
Ne5 22. Qf4 Qe7 23. Nb3 Rb4 24. Qe3 a5 25. Re2 a4 26. Nc1 Rh4
27. h3 a3 28. b3 Bh6 29. f4 Rxf4 30. Rxf4 Bxf4 31. Qxf4 Qc5+
32. Kh2 Qxc3 33. Qe4 Qxc1 0-1

[Event "World Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.25"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Juan Pablo Hobaica"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 Nxc3 5. bxc3 g6 6. Bg2
Bg7 7. Rb1 Nd7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. d3 c5 11. d4 Qc7
12. Bg5 e6 13. Qa4 a6 14. Rfd1 b5 15. Qa3 Re8 16. Bf4 e5
17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Rd5 Bb7 19. Rxc5 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Qe7 21. Bxb8
Bf8 22. Re5 Qxa3 23. Rxe8 Bxf3 24. exf3 f6 25. Rd1 Kf7 26. Rc8
Bc5 27. Rc7+ Ke6 28. Rc6+ Ke7 29. Kg2 h5 30. Rd5 Bxf2 31. Bd6+
1-0

[Event "World Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.27"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Jan Gustafsson"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4
7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Ne5 h5 10. h4 g4 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O
Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. Bg3 Qxd4 16. Rad1 Qb6
17. b3 cxb3 18. axb3 a6 19. Rd2 c5 20. Rd6 Qa5 21. e5 Nd7
22. Rfd1 O-O-O 23. Ne4 Qc7 24. Nf6 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Rxd6 26. Rxd6
Bxf6 27. Bxf6 Qxd6 28. Bxh8 Qd5 29. Bf1 Kc7 30. Qc3 Kb6 31. b4
c4 32. Qa1 Kc6 33. Qf6 Qd7 34. Qh6 Qd5 35. Qf8 Qf5 36. Qe8+
Kc7 37. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "World Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.02"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4
7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7
12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. Re1 c5 15. dxc5 Rc8 16. a4 b4
17. c6 Bxc6 18. Nd5 Ne5 19. Be7 Qd7 20. Nf6+ Kxe7 21. Nxd7
Bxd7 22. Qd2 a5 23. Rad1 Rhd8 24. Qd6+ Ke8 25. Qb6 Ra8 26. Rd6
Rdb8 27. Qc5 Rc8 28. Qb6 Rcb8 29. Qe3 Rc8 30. h4 Ke7 31. Rb6
g4 32. f4 gxf3 33. gxf3 Bxa4 34. f4 Nd7 35. e5 Nxb6 36. Qxb6
Kf8 37. Bh5 c3 38. f5 cxb2 39. Qd6+ Kg8 40. Bxf7+ Kh8 41. f6
Rc1 42. fxg7+ Kxg7 43. Qe7 Rxe1+ 44. Kh2 Rh1+ 45. Kg3 Rg1+
46. Kh2 b1=Q 47. Be8+ Kh8 48. Qf6+ Rg7 0-1

[Event "World Chess Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.12.02"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6
7. Nc3 Rb8 8. h3 Bf5 9. g4 Bd7 10. e4 e5 11. Be3 a6 12. dxe5
Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Ne8 16. e5 Qe7 17. Nd5
Qe6 18. g5 b5 19. Qd4 bxc4 20. Rad1 Bb5 21. Rfe1 Kh8 22. Nf6
Qe7 23. Bg3 Qb4 24. Qh4 Bxf6 25. gxf6 Bc6 26. Bxc6 Qc5+
27. Bf2 Qxc6 28. Qh6 Rg8 29. e6 Nd6 30. Rxd6 Qxd6 31. exf7
Qxf6 32. fxg8=Q+ Kxg8 33. Qc1 Qc6 34. b3 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.Nf3
Nc6 8.Bf4 O-O 9.e3 h6 10.h4 Bg4 11.Rc1 e5 12.dxe5 Qe7 13.Nd5
Nxd5 14.Qxd5 Nb4 15.Qc4 Be6 16.Qxc7 Nd3+ 17.Kd2 Qb4+ 18.Qc3
Qxc3+ 19.Rxc3 Nxf2 20.Nd4 Nxh1 21.Bxh1 Rfd8 22.Rc7 Rac8
23.Rxb7 Bxa2 24.Rxa7 Be6 25.Rb7 Bf5 26.Bf3 Rc2+ 27.Ke1 Rc1+
28.Kf2 Be6 29.g4 Bc8 30.Rb8 Rf8 31.h5 g5 32.Bg3 Ra1 33.Rb6 Re8
34.Be2 Bxe5 35.Bxe5 Rxe5 36.Rxh6 Re4 37.Bf3 Re5 38.Rc6 Be6
39.Nxe6 fxe6 40.Be2 Rb1 41.Rb6 Rd5 42.Bc4 Rd2+ 43.Kf3 Rbxb2
44.Rxe6 Rbc2 45.Rg6+ Kh8 46.Be6 Rc6 47.Ke4 Rd8 48.Kf5 Rc5+
49.Kf6 Rf8+ 50.Ke7 Rf3 51.Bf5 Re5+ 52.Kf7 Rfxf5+ 53.gxf5 Rxf5+
54.Ke6 Ra5 55.e4 Kh7 56.e5 Ra1 57.Rxg5 Kh6 58.Rg2 Kxh5 59.Kf6
Rf1+ 60.Ke7 Ra1 61.e6 Kh6 62.Kf7 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.13"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7
7. Bd3 e5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. f4 Bxc5 11. Qf3 Qb6
12. Ke2 Nh6 13. h3 Nf5 14. g4 Ne7 15. Bd2 O-O 16. Rac1 f6
17. exf6 Rxf6 18. e4 Bd4 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Kd1 Rf7 21. Re1 Bb7
22. Qe2 Ng6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Qe6 Rd8 25. Qxb6 Bxb6 26. Re6
Ba7 27. Ne2 d4 28. Ng3 d3 29. Rxg6 Bf2 30. Ba5 Bxg3 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.19"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. Bg2 d6
7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nd2 b6 11. Re1 Nbd7
12. h3 Ba6 13. Qa4 Bd3 14. Nf1 b5 15. Qd1 Bc4 16. Nd2 Nb6
17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. Nxb5 Qa5 19. a4 Nd7 20. Bf4 Bxb2 21. Rb1 Be5
22. Qc1 a6 23. Qxc4 axb5 24. axb5 Nb6 25. Qc1 c4 26. Bxe5 Rxe5
27. e4 Ree8 28. Re3 Qa2 29. h4 Nd7 30. Rc3 Nb6 31. h5 Re5
32. h6 f5 33. exf5 Rxf5 34. Rc2 Qa3 35. Qd2 Qc5 36. Bh3 Rf3
37. Rc3 Rf6 38. Be6+ Kh8 39. Re3 Raf8 40. Qb2 Na4 41. Qa3 Rxf2
42. Qxc5 dxc5 43. Ra3 Nb6 44. Rd1 R2f6 45. Rda1 g5 46. Ra6 c3
47. Rxb6 c2 48. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.25"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7
7. Bd3 e5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. f4 Bxc5 11. Qf3 Qb6
12. Ke2 Nh6 13. h3 Nf5 14. g4 Ne7 15. Rb1 a5 16. e4 Bb7 17. f5
Bd4 18. exd5 Bxe5 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Rbc1 b4 21. dxc6 Bxc6
22. Ne4 Rd8 23. f6 Nd5 24. Rxc6 Qxc6 25. Rc1 Qd7 26. Nd6+ Qxd6
27. Bb5+ Kf8 28. Bc5 Nf4+ 29. Ke1 gxf6 30. Bxd6+ Rxd6 31. Rc8+
Kg7 32. Rxh8 Kxh8 33. Qb7 Kg7 34. Be8 Kh6 35. Qxf7 Ng6 36. Qb3
Nf4 37. Qg8 Rd4 38. h4 Ng2+ 39. Ke2 Nxh4 40. g5+ fxg5 41. Qe6+
1-0

[Event "Morelia-Linares"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.02.16"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. Re1 Bd6 13. g3 Re8 14. d4 Rxe1+ 15. Qxe1 Ra7 16. Be3 Re7
17. Nd2 Qe8 18. Nf1 h5 19. a4 Be6 20. Bd1 h4 21. axb5 axb5
22. Bf3 Bh3 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Qd1 f5 25. Bg5 Re4 26. Bxh4 Qg6
27. Bd8 f4 28. Qd3 Qh5 29. Nd2 Re2 30. Nf3 Re3 31. fxe3 Qxf3
32. Qc2 fxg3 33. hxg3 Qxg3+ 34. Kh1 Bf5 0-1

[Event "Morelia-Linares"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.02.19"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. e5 Ne8 11. Qxd4 Bb7
12. c4 bxc4 13. Qxc4 d5 14. exd6 Nxd6 15. Qg4 Nb5 16. Nc3 Nxc3
17. bxc3 Bd6 18. Bf4 Qf6 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Qb4
Ba8 22. Re3 g6 23. Qb6 Qg5 24. Rg3 Qb5 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Qxd6
a5 27. Qf4 Bd5 28. Rg5 f5 29. Qe5 Rd8 30. h4 a4 31. Bc2 Qb8
32. Qxf5 Bxa2 33. Bxa4 Bf7 34. h5 Qb6 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Qf4
Rc8 37. Rg3 Rc4 38. Qh6 Rxa4 39. Rh3 Ra1+ 40. Kh2 Qd6+ 41. f4
Qf6 42. Qh7+ Kf8 43. Qh6+ Ke7 44. Re3+ Kd7 45. Kg3 Ra4
46. Rd3+ Kc6 47. Rd4 Ra3 48. Rd3 Bd5 49. Qh3 Qf5 50. Qxf5 gxf5
51. Kh3 Ra1 52. Rd2 Rh1+ 53. Kg3 Rh6 54. Re2 Re6 55. Rd2 Rg6+
56. Kh3 Kc5 57. Re2 Kc4 58. Rd2 Be4 59. g4 Kxc3 60. gxf5 Bxf5+
0-1

[Event "Morelia-Linares"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.02.28"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4
12. Nd2 c6 13. Nde4 Nd5 14. e3 Nxc3 15. Nxc3 Nf5 16. Qc2 Rc8
17. Rd1 Qd7 18. d4 exd4 19. exd4 Bd6 20. Ne4 Rcd8 21. Bb2 Qf7
22. Rd2 Bd5 23. Re1 Bb8 24. Rde2 b6 25. Nd2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qd5+
27. Kg1 b5 28. Nb3 Bd6 29. Na5 Rc8 30. Rc1 Rc7 31. Qd3 Rfc8
32. Rec2 g6 33. Qf1 Kf7 34. Qg2 Ne7 35. Re1 h5 36. h4 f5
37. Bc1 f4 38. Rxe7+ Bxe7 39. Bxf4 Qxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Rd7 41. Nxc6
Kg7 42. d5 a6 43. Kf3 Bf6 44. Ke4 Re7+ 45. Kd3 Rd7 46. d6 Re8
47. Nd4 Kf7 48. Nf3 a5 49. Rc5 axb4 50. axb4 Rb7 51. Nd2 Ra8
52. Ne4 Bd8 53. Rd5 Ra3+ 54. Kd4 Rb3 55. Kc5 Ke6 56. Rd2 Rb1
57. Re2 Kd7 58. Kd5 Rd1+ 59. Rd2 Rxd2+ 60. Bxd2 Ke8 61. Ke6
Rb6 62. Bg5 Rc6 63. Bxd8 Kxd8 64. Ng5 Ke8 65. Nf7 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "NICE"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. b4 O-O 6. Qb3 c6
7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. Bd2 c5
12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 cxd4 14. e4 Nd7 15. Bb5 d3 16. O-O Bxa1
17. Rxa1 Ra8 18. Qxd3 Ne5 19. Qb3 Qb6 20. Kg2 Nxf3 21. Bh6 Qf6
22. Rb1 Nh4+ 23. Kf1 Rfc8 24. Qb2 Rc3 25. Bd2 Raa3 26. Bxc3
Rxc3 27. Rc1 Rc5 28. Qd2 Nf3 29. Qe3 Rxc1+ 30. Qxc1 Qd4
31. Qc8+ Kg7 32. Qxb7 Nd2+ 33. Ke2 Nxe4 34. Bc6 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.16"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4
12. Nd2 c6 13. Nde4 Rf7 14. Bd2 Nd5 15. e3 Nxc3 16. Nxc3 Nf5
17. Qc2 Bf8 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Na4 axb4 20. Bxb4 Kh8 21. Bxf8
Qxf8 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. a4 Nd6 24. Rb4 Bf5 25. Qb2 h6 26. h3 Qc8
27. g4 Be6 28. d4 e4 29. Nxe6 Qxe6 30. d5 cxd5 31. Qd2 Ra5
32. Rd4 b6 33. Rxd5 Nb7 34. Rxa5 bxa5 35. Qc2 f5 36. gxf5 Qxf5
37. Bxe4 Qg5+ 38. Bg2 Nd8 39. Rd5 Qf6 40. Rxa5 Rf8 41. Ra8
Qa1+ 42. Bf1 Qa3 43. Qd2 Nc6 44. Rxf8+ Qxf8 45. Qd5 Qf6
46. Bg2 Qa1+ 47. Kh2 Ne5 48. Qd4 Qxd4 49. exd4 Nc4 50. Kg3 g5
51. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.18"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2
Kc8 12. Rad1 h6 13. g4 Nh4 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15. h3 h5 16. f3 Be7
17. Ne4 Be6 18. Ng3 g6 19. Ne2 a5 20. Nf4 a4 21. Nxe6 fxe6
22. Kg2 b5 23. f4 hxg4 24. hxg4 axb3 25. axb3 Rh4 26. Kg3 Ra2
27. Rb1 Kb7 28. Rf2 Rh8 29. Rh2 Rxh2 30. Kxh2 c5 31. Kg3 Kc6
32. c4 bxc4 33. bxc4 Ra4 34. Rc1 Rb4 35. Rc2 Rb3+ 36. Bc3 Rb1
37. Bd2 Rg1+ 38. Kf3 Bh4 39. g5 Rg3+ 40. Ke4 Rg2 41. Kd3 Bg3
42. Rc3 Bf2 43. Ra3 0-1

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.20"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 Nc6
7. e5 Nb4 8. Qb1 Nfd5 9. Bxc4 Nb6 10. Bb3 Bd7 11. a3 N4d5
12. O-O Bc6 13. Ne4 Qd7 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 Na4 16. Qc2 b6
17. cxb6 axb6 18. Be3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 O-O 21. Rd1
Qb5 22. Rd4 Nc5 23. Bc4 Qa4 24. Qf2 Rfd8 25. Bf1 Qe8 26. h4
Qe7 27. Qg3 Kh8 28. Bb5 f5 29. exf6 gxf6 30. Qf4 f5 31. b4
Rxd4 32. exd4 Ne4 33. Bc6 Rd8 34. Bxe4 fxe4 35. Qxe4 Qg7
36. Rf4 Rg8 37. a4 h6 38. a5 Qg3 39. Qe5+ Rg7 40. Rf8+ Kh7
41. Qe4+ Qg6 42. Qxg6+ Kxg6 43. a6 c6 44. Rb8 b5 45. Rb7 Rg8
46. a7 Ra8 47. g4 h5 48. g5 Kf5 49. Kf2 Ke4 50. g6 Kxd4 51. g7
Kc3 52. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. g4 h6 8. Rg1 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bd2 e4 11. Nb5 Bb8 12. Nh4
a6 13. Nf5 O-O 14. Nbd6 Bxd6 15. Nxd6 Nb8 16. Qxc8 Qxd6
17. Qf5 g6 18. Qe5 Qb6 19. Qf4 g5 20. Qf5 Qxb2 21. Rd1 Ne8
22. Qxd5 Nc6 23. Bc4 Nf6 24. Qc5 Kg7 25. Bb3 Nd7 26. Qf5 Rad8
27. h4 Ne7 28. Qxe4 Ng6 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Qxb7 Nf6 31. Qxa6
Nh4 32. Qa5 Nf3+ 33. Ke2 Nxg1+ 34. Rxg1 Nh7 35. Rh1 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nbd2
Nd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. a3 g5 9. h3 h5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e4 g4 12. e5
Qg7 13. Nh4 Qg5 14. g3 f6 15. e6 Nb6 16. Rc3 Bxe6 17. Re3 Kd7
18. Bd3 Re8 19. Ng6 Rg8 20. Nf4 Bh6 21. Bh7 Rgf8 22. Nb3 Bf7
23. Nc5+ Kc8 24. Nce6 Bxe6 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Nc4 27. hxg4
hxg4 28. Rh4 Nxb2 29. Qc2 Nc4 30. Bf5 Kb8 31. Rxg4 Qc1+
32. Qxc1 Bxc1 33. a4 Bb2 34. Ke2 a5 35. Bc2 Na3 36. Bb3 f5
37. Rh4 Rf7 38. Kd3 Bc1 39. Rh1 Bg5 40. Ra1 Nc4 41. Bxc4 dxc4+
42. Kxc4 f4 43. g4 f3 44. Re5 Bh4 45. Rh1 Bxf2 46. Rf5 Rd7
47. Rxf3 Bxd4 48. Rd3 c5 49. g5 Rg7 50. Rg3 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.25"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 g6
7. Bd3 Bf5 8. Bxf5 gxf5 9. Ne5 e6 10. f3 Rg8 11. O-O Qc7
12. Nd3 a5 13. Bd2 Nbd7 14. Be1 Be7 15. Bg3 Qb7 16. Rc1 Rg7
17. Rc2 Kf8 18. Bf4 Kg8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Rg6 21. Ne2 Nd7
22. Bd6 Bg5 23. Nf4 Bxf4 24. Bxf4 h6 25. Rcf2 Nf6 26. Kh1 Kh7
27. Be5 Rag8 28. Qc2 Nd7 29. Bd6 f6 30. Re2 Qc8 31. Rfe1 R8g7
32. e4 fxe4 33. fxe4 dxe4 34. Qxe4 f5 35. Qf3 Nf6 36. Rxe6 Ne4
37. Rxg6 Rxg6 38. h3 Qe6 39. Kh2 Ng5 40. Qf1 Ne4 41. Be5 Rg5
42. Qf3 Nd2 43. Qc3 Ne4 44. Qxa5 Qd5 45. Re2 Kg6 46. b3 Kh5
47. Qe1 Kg6 48. Qb4 h5 49. Bf4 h4 50. Bxg5 Kxg5 51. a4 bxa4
52. bxa4 Ng3 53. Qd2+ Kg6 54. Re1 Ne4 55. Qf4 Qxd4 56. Rf1
Qxc5 57. Qxh4 Qd5 58. Qf4 c5 59. a5 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.25"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. cxd5 O-O 6. h4 h6
7. Nc3 Nxd5 8. O-O Nc6 9. d3 Nf6 10. Bd2 Re8 11. Qc1 Kh7
12. Rb1 e5 13. b4 Nd4 14. Re1 c6 15. b5 Bd7 16. Nxd4 exd4
17. Na4 Qc8 18. bxc6 Bxc6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Kg2 Qe6 21. Qc2 c5
22. Qc4 Qxc4 23. dxc4 Ne4 24. Bf4 Re6 25. Rb7 Ra6 26. Nb2 Rb6
27. Re7 Rxb2 28. Rxe4 Bf8 29. a3 a5 30. Rd1 a4 31. e3 Rc2
32. Rb1 d3 33. Rd1 Rd8 34. Bc7 Rd7 35. Ba5 Ra2 36. Re8 Bg7
37. Rc8 Rxa3 38. Rxc5 Rb3 39. Bd2 Ra7 40. Bc1 a3 41. Bxa3
Raxa3 42. Rd5 Bb2 43. c5 Rc3 44. c6 Bc1 45. c7 d2 46. Rd7 Kg7
47. e4 Rc6 48. e5 Rac3 49. e6 Rxe6 0-1

[Event "Yerevan Chess Giants"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2008.06.12"]
[EventDate "2008.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 c6 8. e4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nbd2 Nxd2
12. Bxd2 Nc6 13. h4 Qd7 14. h5 h6 15. Bf1 f5 16. exf6 Bxf6
17. Bf4 Qf7 18. Bh3 Bc8 19. Bg4 Bd7 20. Rc1 Kh8 21. Bd6 Rfe8
22. Rc3 Rac8 23. Rce3 Be7 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Nh4 Qf6 26. Ng6+
Kg8 27. Rd3 Nb4 28. Rf3 Qg5 29. Rf4 Nc6 30. Qf3 Rcd8 31. Kg2
a5 32. a4 Bc8 33. Qc3 e5 34. Qxc6 Bxg4 35. Rxe5 Rxe5 36. Nxe5
Bxh5 37. Qxb6 Kh7 38. Qxa5 Rb8 39. Qxd5 Be8 40. Qe4+ Kg8
41. Nc6 Bxc6 42. Qxc6 Qe7 43. d5 Rxb2 44. d6 Qe6 45. Qc4 Qxc4
46. Rxc4 Rd2 47. Rc6 Kf7 48. Rc7+ Kf6 49. d7 g5 50. a5 Ke7
51. a6 Ra2 52. a7 1-0

[Event "Yerevan Chess Giants"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2008.06.13"]
[EventDate "2008.06.09"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 e6 6. b3 Bb4
7. Bd2 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Rc1 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5
12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Ne2 Bg4 15. f3 Bh5 16. Bc3 Qd6
17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Qd2 Rfe8 19. Rc3 Bg6 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Qd4
Qe7 22. Rfc1 Rad8 23. Kf2 Qd6 24. h3 Rd7 25. Rc8 Rde7 26. R1c5
g5 27. Qc3 Qe6 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Nd4 Qe5 30. Rc8 g6 31. Rxe8+
Qxe8 32. Qc7 Qd7 33. Qe5 Nh7 34. a4 Qd8 35. Ne2 Nf6 36. Nc3
Qb6 37. Nxd5 Nxd5 38. Qxd5 Qb4 39. a5 b5 40. axb6 Qxb6 41. Ke2
Qc7 42. b4 Qc2+ 43. Qd2 Qb3 44. Kf2 Kh7 45. Kg1 Qc4 46. e4 Kg7
47. Qd6 Qc1+ 48. Kh2 Qc3 49. e5 Qc4 50. Qf6+ Kg8 51. e6 Qc7+
52. f4 gxf4 53. exf7+ Qxf7 54. Qxa6 Kg7 55. Qc6 Qb3 56. Qc7+
1-0

[Event "Yerevan Chess Giants"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2008.06.15"]
[EventDate "2008.06.09"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 Na6 8. Ne5 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5
12. Be3 Re8 13. Nd3 Ne6 14. Rc1 Ne4 15. Qa4 Bf6 16. Nxe4 dxe4
17. Red1 exd3 18. Bxb7 Nd4 19. Bxd4 dxe2 20. Re1 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.01"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "David Navara"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 a6 6. b3 Bb4
7. Bd2 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Qe7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7
12. f4 f6 13. Qc2 h6 14. a3 Bc5 15. b4 Ba7 16. exf6 Nxf6
17. c5 b6 18. cxb6 Bxb6 19. Na4 Ba7 20. Rae1 e5 21. fxe5 Qxe5
22. Nc5 Qe7 23. h3 Bxc5 24. Qxc5 Qxc5 25. bxc5 Be6 26. Bc3
Rab8 27. Rb1 Nd7 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Bd4 Rb8 30. Rxb8+ Nxb8
31. Kf2 Kf7 32. Ke1 g6 33. Kd2 Bf5 34. Bf1 Ke6 35. Kc3 Bb1
36. Kb4 Ba2 37. Bd3 g5 38. g4 Bc4 39. Bf5+ Ke7 40. Bg7 Bf1
41. Bxh6 Bxh3 42. Bxg5+ Ke8 43. Bg6+ Kf8 44. Bf4 Nd7 45. Bd6+
Kg8 46. g5 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.06"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mohamad Al-Modiahki"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 g6 11. Nd2 d5
12. Nf3 c6 13. Re1 Bd6 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bd2 Ng7 16. Bd3 Be6
17. Bh6 Qd7 18. Nh4 Rae8 19. Qc2 Bf7 20. g3 b6 21. a4 Rxe1+
22. Rxe1 c5 23. Qd1 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Ng2 cxd4 26. cxd4
Ne6 27. Bb5 Qd8 28. Ne3 f5 29. Bc6 Qf6 30. Nxd5 Qxd4 31. Qxd4
Nxd4 32. Nf6+ Kh8 33. Bd5 Bxd5 34. Nxd5 Nb3 35. Nc3 Be5
36. Be3 Kg7 37. Kf1 Kf6 38. Ke2 g5 39. f3 f4 40. gxf4 gxf4
41. Bf2 Bd4 42. Nb5 Bxf2 43. Kxf2 a5 44. Nc7 Ke5 45. Na8 Nc5
46. Nxb6 Nd3+ 47. Ke2 Nxb2 48. h4 Kd6 49. h5 Kc6 50. Nc8 Nxa4
51. Ne7+ Kc5 52. Ng6 Nc3+ 53. Kd3 Nd5 54. Nf8 a4 55. Nxh7 a3
56. Kc2 Kc4 57. Ng5 Ne3+ 58. Kc1 Kb3 59. Ne4 a2 60. Nd2+ Ka3
61. Nb1+ Kb4 62. Kb2 axb1=Q+ 63. Kxb1 Nf5 64. Kb2 Nh6 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.11"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Cheparinov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6
7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bd2 Re8 11. Qd1 dxc4
12. Bxc4 Qe7 13. Qc2 e5 14. Rae1 Rad8 15. Bb3 Bb8 16. Ne2 Qd6
17. g3 Nb6 18. Qf5 Nbd5 19. Qf3 e4 20. Qg2 h5 21. Nf4 g6
22. Rc1 Nh7 23. Ba5 b6 24. Bd2 Ng5 25. Bd1 h4 26. gxh4 Nxf4
27. exf4 Ne6 28. h5 Nxd4 29. Be3 c5 30. Bxd4 cxd4 31. Ba4 Re7
32. Rc6 Qxf4 33. hxg6 f5 34. Rfc1 d3 35. Rc8 Kg7 36. R1c4 Rxc8
37. Rxc8 Rc7 38. Rxc7+ Bxc7 39. Bd7 a6 40. h4 b5 41. Qh3 d2
0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O
12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 c5 14. exd5 exd5 15. dxc5 dxc4 16. cxb6
Nxb6 17. Re1 cxb3 18. Qxb3 Nd7 19. Nf3 Bc4 20. Qb2 Bf6
21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Ne5 Bd5 23. Rad1 Qa5 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Nd7
Rfd8 26. Qe5 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.14"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bd6
12. a3 bxa3 13. b3 Nf6 14. Nd2 Qc7 15. Bf3 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Bd6
17. Nc4 Be7 18. Bxa3 O-O 19. Bc5 Rfd8 20. b4 Bxc5 21. bxc5 a5
22. Re1 Ba6 23. Nb6 Rab8 24. Rxa5 Bb5 25. Qa1 Nd5 26. Ra7 Rb7
27. Rxb7 Qxb7 28. Qa5 Qe7 29. Ra1 Qg5 30. Nxd5 exd5 31. Qc7 g6
32. Ra7 Qf6 33. Bg4 Re8 34. Kg1 Kg7 35. Bd7 Re7 36. Qd8 h5
37. Ra8 Kh6 38. Rc8 Kh7 39. Bxc6 Bxc6 40. Rxc6 Qxc6 41. Qxe7
Kg7 42. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.05"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.a4
Nc6 8.Qe2 Qc7 9.Rd1 Be7 10.dxc5 O-O 11.b3 Ne4 12.Ba3 Rd8
13.Rxd8+ Qxd8 14.Qc2 Nxc5 15.Nbd2 Nd7 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Rd1 Nf6
18.Ne4 Nd5 19.Bxd5 exd5 20.Nc3 Be6 21.h3 h6 22.Qb1 Nb4 23.Ne2
Rc8 24.Nf4 Qc5 25.Nd4 Bd7 26.g4 a5 27.Kg2 b6 28.Kg1 Qd6 29.Qb2
Rc5 30.Nf3 Qe7 31.Nd4 Qe5 32.Qe2 Qe7 33.Qf3 Qe5 34.Nfe2 Kf8
35.Nf4 Kg8 36.Nfe2 Kf8 37.Kg2 Kg8 38.Nf4 Rc3 39.Qg3 Rc5 40.h4
g6 41.Kh2 Qc7 42.g5 h5 43.Nfe2 Kf8 44.Qxc7 Rxc7 45.Kg2 Ke7
46.Kf1 Bg4 47.f3 Bd7 48.Ke1 Rc8 49.Kd2 Rc7 50.Nc3 Rc5 51.Rf1
Bc8 52.f4 Ba6 53.Rf3 Nd3 54.Ncb5 Nb4 55.f5 Nc6 56.fxg6 fxg6
57.Rf6 Bxb5 58.Nxb5 Ne5 59.Nd4 Kd7 60.Rxb6 Rc8 61.Rb5 Kd6
62.Rxa5 Rf8 63.Ra6+ Kd7 64.Rf6 Rxf6 65.gxf6 Ke8 66.a5 Kf7
67.a6 Nd7 68.a7 Nb6 69.Kc3 Kxf6 70.Kb4 1-0

[Event "Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.09"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
O-O 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. g3 Ba6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Bg2 c5
12. b4 Rc8 13. Qa4 Bb7 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. O-O a6 16. Rd1 Nd5
17. Bg5 Qe8 18. Bd2 N5b6 19. Qc2 Nf6 20. bxc5 Be4 21. Qb3 Na4
22. Bb4 a5 23. Bxa5 Nxc5 24. Qb2 Na4 25. Qd4 Qb5 26. Bb4 Rfe8
27. Qe5 Qb7 28. Rac1 h6 29. h3 Bd5 30. Qa1 Ne4 31. Rxc8 Rxc8
32. Rc1 Rxc1+ 33. Qxc1 Qa7 34. Qc8+ Kh7 35. e3 Nxg3 36. Nd4
Ne4 37. Qc2 f5 38. Nxe6 Bxe6 39. Bxe4 Qf7 40. Bg2 Nb6 41. Qc5
Nd5 42. Qf8 Qh5 43. Qd6 Bf7 44. Qe5 Nf6 45. f3 Qg6 46. a4 f4
47. exf4 Qb1+ 48. Qe1 Qa2 49. a5 Bg6 50. Bf1 Nd5 51. Bd2 Qa4
52. a6 Nxf4 53. Bxf4 Qxf4 54. a7 Qa4 55. Qf2 Qa1 56. Kh2 Qa4
57. Bc4 Qa5 58. Qa2 1-0

[Event "Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.10"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qf3 bxc6
7.Nd2 d6 8.Nb3 Bb6 9.a4 a5 10.Bd2 Qxf3 11.gxf3 Ne7 12.Rg1 O-O
13.Be3 Bxe3 14.fxe3 c5 15.O-O-O Bb7 16.Bb5 Bc6 17.e5 Rfd8
18.exd6 cxd6 19.Bxc6 Nxc6 20.Nd2 d5 21.Nb3 c4 22.Nd4 Nb4
23.Nb5 g6 24.Rg4 Rdc8 25.e4 h5 26.Rf4 dxe4 27.Rxe4 Rc5 28.f4
Ra6 29.Rd8+ Kg7 30.Rd7 Rd5 31.Rc7 Na2+ 32.Kb1 Nb4 33.Nd4 Rf6
34.Rxc4 Rg5 35.b3 Rg4 36.Ne2 Rh4 37.Rc5 Rxh2 38.Rxa5 h4 39.Rg5
Rf2 40.Rxb4 Rxe2 41.f5 h3 42.Rh4 h2 43.Kb2 Rc6 44.fxg6 fxg6
45.Ka3 Rcxc2 46.Rg3 Ra2+ 47.Kb4 Re4+ 48.Rxe4 h1=Q 49.Reg4 Qb7+
50.Ka5 Qd5+ 51.Kb4 Qd6+ 52.Kb5 Qb8+ 53.Ka5 Rf2 54.Rxg6+ Kf7
55.Rg7+ Ke6 56.R7g6+ Kd5 57.R6g5+ Kd4 58.b4 Rf4 59.Rg1 Rf3
60.Rc5 Qa8+ 61.Kb5 Rf6 62.Rd1+ Ke3 63.a5 Qe8+ 64.Kc4 Qa4
65.Rd3+ Ke2 66.Re5+ Kf1 67.Red5 Qc2+ 68.Rc3 Rf4+ 69.Rd4 Qa2+
70.Kc5 Rf5+ 71.Kb6 Qe6+ 72.Kb7 Rb5+ 73.Kc7 Qe7+ 74.Kc6 Qb7+
75.Kd6 Rh5 0-1

[Event "Euro Club Cup"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4
Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bg7 8. Rb1 b6 9. d4 h6 10. e4 c5 11. Be3 Qc7
12. Rc1 Nc6 13. Be2 Rc8 14. O-O Bf6 15. Qg3 Qxg3 16. hxg3 g5
17. d5 Na5 18. Nd2 e6 19. c4 e5 20. Bh5 O-O 21. f4 Kg7 22. Nf3
exf4 23. gxf4 g4 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. fxe5 Rce8 26. Bf4 Bc8
27. Rc3 Kh7 28. Bh2 Kg7 29. Rf6 Re7 30. Bf4 Rh8 31. d6 Rb7
32. Rg3 Kf8 33. Bxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Euro Club Cup"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Andrei Volokitin"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. h3 O-O
7. Bd3 Be6 8. Ng5 Bf5 9. Bxf5 gxf5 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Qc2 e6
12. g4 h6 13. Nf3 fxg4 14. hxg4 Nxg4 15. e4 dxc4 16. e5 Nd7
17. Be3 f5 18. O-O-O c5 19. d5 f4 20. Ng5 hxg5 21. Qh7+ Kf7
22. Ne4 exd5 23. e6+ Kxe6 24. Qxg7 Ngf6 25. Bxc5 Nxc5
26. Nxc5+ Qxc5 27. Rde1+ Kf5 28. Rh5 Nxh5 29. Re5+ Kg4
30. Qxg5+ Kf3 31. Qxh5+ Kxf2 32. Qe2+ 1-0

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.13"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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 Qg7 14. Qf4 Na6 15. Be2 Be7 16. O-O Nc5 17. e5
Qg6 18. Rd4 Rd8 19. Rfd1 Rd5 20. Qe3 h5 21. Bf3 a6 22. b4 cxb3
23. axb3 a5 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Qh6 26. Bf4 Qg7 27. Bxd5
exd5 28. Bg5 Rg8 29. f4 Qg6 30. R4d2 c5 31. Bxe7 d4 32. Bg5
1-0

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.23"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Ivanisevic"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Nd7 9. O-O-O a5 10. e3 a4 11. Nxa4 g6
12. Nc3 Bg7 13. h4 O-O 14. h5 g5 15. Bd3 Nb6 16. Qb3 Nd5
17. Bb1 Rd8 18. Ne5 c5 19. Qc2 cxd4 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. Ng4 Qe7
22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Nxh6 Qf6 24. Ng8 Qc6+ 25. Bc2 Rxa2 26. h6
Be5 27. exd4 Ra1+ 28. Kd2 Bf4+ 29. Ke1 Re8+ 30. Kf1 Rxd1+ 0-1

[Event "Pearl Spring Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2008.12.12"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6
7. Nc2 Bg7 8. Be2 Nd7 9. Bd2 a5 10. O-O Nc5 11. Qc1 h5 12. Rd1
Bd7 13. Ne1 Nd4 14. Bf1 O-O 15. Bg5 Bc6 16. Nd5 Re8 17. f3 b5
18. Be3 Nce6 19. Qd2 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Rb8 21. Kh1 Nb5 22. Rac1
Nc5 23. b4 axb4 24. Nxb4 Qb6 25. Ned3 Na3 26. Bb3 Ba8 27. Nxc5
dxc5 28. Bxc5 Qa5 29. Qf4 e6 30. Rd7 Rf8 31. Rxf7 Rxf7
32. Qxb8+ Kh7 33. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "Pearl Spring Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2008.12.18"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 f5 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Bg2
Nc6 7. O-O Bc5 8. Nb3 d6 9. Nfxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Nc2
Qe8 12. b4 Bb6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 f4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5+
Kh8 17. Rfe1 Rf6 18. Rad1 c6 19. Qe4 Qf7 20. Rd4 Bg4 21. Qd3
Rf8 22. Qd2 h5 23. Bf3 fxg3 24. hxg3 Bxf3 25. exf3 Rxf3
26. Re2 c5 27. bxc5 dxc5 28. Rd8 Qxc4 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Re5
b6 31. Rxh5+ Kg8 32. Rh4 Qe6 33. a4 a6 34. Rh5 c4 35. Qd4 Qf7
36. Rd5 c3 37. Rd6 b5 38. Rxa6 Rc8 39. Qg4 Qc4 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2009.01.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergei Movsesian"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.g3 dxc4 7.Bg2 c5
8.dxc5 Qxd1+ 9.Nxd1 Nc6 10.Ne3 Bxc5 11.Nxc4 Ke7 12.O-O Nd5
13.Rd1 f6 14.Nfd2 Rd8 15.Nb3 Ba7 16.Nca5 Rb8 17.Nxc6+ bxc6
18.Na5 Bd7 19.b3 Bc5 20.Bd2 Bb4 21.Rac1 Rdc8 22.Bxb4+ Nxb4
23.f4 c5 24.Kf2 Rc7 25.Rc3 Be8 26.Rdc1 Kd6 27.Re3 Bf7 28.Bh3
Ke7 29.Re4 g6 30.Rec4 Kd6 31.Bg2 Nd5 32.h4 Nb4 33.g4 h6 34.g5
hxg5 35.hxg5 fxg5 36.fxg5 Nd5 37.Rh1 Rb4 38.Rh8 Ke7 39.Be4 e5
40.Rh7 Kd6 41.e3 Ke6 42.Bd3 Rb8 43.Rc1 Be8 44.Rch1 Rxh7
45.Rxh7 Nb4 46.Be4 Rd8 47.Nc4 Bc6 48.Bxg6 Rf8+ 49.Ke2 Bf3+
50.Ke1 e4 51.Rh6 Nd3+ 52.Kd2 Ke7 53.Kc3 Rd8 54.Rh7+ Ke6 55.Rc7
Rh8 56.Bh7 Nb4 57.Rxc5 Nd5+ 58.Rxd5 Kxd5 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "160"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. b3 a5 11. a4 Be6
12. Ne2 Bd5 13. Rd1 Kc8 14. Ne1 g5 15. Bb2 Bg7 16. Nd3 b6
17. f3 Kb7 18. Kf2 Be6 19. g4 Ne7 20. Ng3 Rhd8 21. h3 c5
22. f4 c4 23. bxc4 Bxc4 24. f5 Nc6 25. e6 Bf8 26. exf7 Bxf7
27. Ne4 Bc4 28. Bf6 Re8 29. Kf3 Ka7 30. Ndf2 Ba6 31. h4 gxh4
32. Bxh4 Bb7 33. Kf4 Nb4 34. c4 Na6 35. Nc3 Bc6 36. Nfe4 Nc5
37. Nf6 Re7 38. Nh5 Rf7 39. Nb5+ Kb7 40. Ra2 Re8 41. Nf6 Ree7
42. Nd4 Bxa4 43. Rxa4 Bg7 44. Nh5 Re4+ 45. Kf3 Bxd4 46. Ra3
Rxf5+ 47. gxf5 Rxh4 48. Ng3 a4 49. Ra2 Be5 50. Rd5 Bd6
51. Rxd6 cxd6 52. f6 Ne6 53. Rxa4 Rf4+ 54. Ke3 Rxf6 55. Ra1
Ng5 56. Ne2 Rf3+ 57. Kd4 Kc6 58. Ra8 Rf8 59. Ra7 Ne6+ 60. Ke3
Rf5 61. Rh7 Re5+ 62. Kd2 h5 63. Rh6 Kc5 64. Kd3 Kb4 65. Ng3
Nf4+ 66. Kd4 Rc5 67. Rxd6 Rxc4+ 68. Ke3 b5 69. Rd1 Ng2+
70. Kf3 Nh4+ 71. Ke2 Rc2+ 72. Kf1 Ng2 73. Rb1+ Kc4 74. Nf5 b4
75. Kg1 Kc5 76. Ra1 b3 77. Ra5+ Kb4 78. Ra7 Nf4 79. Rb7+ Kc3
80. Ne3 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+
7. Bd2 Nd5 8. Bxb4 Ndxb4 9. Nc3 a6 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Nxc6 Nxc6
12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qxc4 Rb8 14. b3 Qd6 15. Ne4 Qb4+ 16. Qxb4
Rxb4 17. O-O-O e5 18. Rd2 a5 19. Rhd1 a4 20. Nc5 axb3 21. axb3
Be6 22. Kb2 Rb5 23. Rc1 Rfb8 24. Rc3 exd4 25. Rxd4 h6 26. Nxe6
fxe6 27. Rd7 R8b7 28. Rd4 Kf7 29. h4 Ke7 30. Re4 R7b6 31. Rce3
c5 32. Rg4 Kf7 33. Rf3+ Kg8 34. Rc3 Rd6 35. Ra4 Kf7 36. Kc2
Ke7 37. Rg4 Ra5 38. Rxg7+ Kf6 39. Rxc7 Ra2+ 40. Kc1 Rxe2
41. Rf3+ Kg6 42. Rxc5 Rdd2 43. h5+ Kg7 44. Rc7+ Kg8 45. Re3
1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2009.02.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. a3 a6 12. Ng5
Bxh2+ 13. Kxh2 Ng4+ 14. Kg1 Qxg5 15. f3 Ngf6 16. e4 Qh4
17. Be3 e5 18. Ne2 Nh5 19. Qd2 h6 20. Rfd1 Rae8 21. Bc2 Re6
22. Bf2 Qe7 23. g4 Rg6 24. Kf1 Nhf6 25. Ng3 Nxg4 26. fxg4 Qh4
27. Nf5 Qxg4 28. Qc3 Re8 29. Qg3 Qh5 30. Qh4 Qf3 31. Rd3 Qg2+
32. Ke2 exd4 33. Rg3 Rxg3 34. Qxg3 Rxe4+ 35. Kd2 Rg4 36. Qxg2
Rxg2 37. Ke2 c5 38. Rg1 Ne5 39. Rxg2 Bxg2 40. Kd2 h5 41. b4
Nc4+ 42. Kc1 Nxa3 43. Bd1 cxb4 44. Bxh5 g6 45. Ne7+ Kf8
46. Nxg6+ fxg6 47. Bxg6 Ke7 48. Bxd4 Kd6 49. Bd3 Nc4 50. Bg7
a5 51. Be2 Be4 52. Bf6 a4 53. Bg7 Kd5 {
"8/6B1/8/1p1k4/ppn1b3/8/4B3/2K5 w - - 0 54" } 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2009.02.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "183"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nbd2 Ke7 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Be2 b6
12. Ne1 a5 13. Bb2 Rd8 14. a4 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Nd3 Ne5
17. Nxc5 bxc5 18. Bc3 Rd3 19. Rac1 Ned7 20. e4 c4 21. b4 axb4
22. Bxb4+ Kd8 23. a5 Ne5 24. Nxc4 Nc6 25. Bc3 Nxe4 26. Bxg7
Ke7 27. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 f6 29. Bh6 e5 30. Kf1 Nd4 31. Rb1
Rc6 32. Rb4 Nf5 33. Nb6 Nc5 34. Bd2 Na6 35. Rb3 Ke6 36. g4 Nd4
37. Rh3 Rc2 38. Be3 Ra2 39. Rh6 Nc5 40. Nc4 Ra4 41. Nd2 Rxa5
42. Rxh7 Ra4 43. h4 Nd3 44. Rh6 Ra1+ 45. Kg2 Ne1+ 46. Kh3 Ke7
47. Ne4 Nef3 48. Ng3 Ne6 49. Rh7+ Kf8 50. Rh6 Ke7 51. Nf5+ Kf7
52. Rh7+ Kf8 53. Rb7 Ra3 54. Rb6 Kf7 55. Nh6+ Ke7 56. Rb7+ Kd8
57. Nf7+ Ke8 58. Nd6+ Kf8 59. Rf7+ Kg8 60. Rxf6 Nf4+ 61. Kg3
Nd2 62. g5 Nf1+ 63. Kg4 Nxe3+ 64. fxe3 Rxe3 65. Nf7 Re1
66. Nxe5 Nd5 67. Rg6+ Kh7 68. Rh6+ Kg7 69. Nf3 Re4+ 70. Kg3
Ne3 71. Rf6 Rg4+ 72. Kh3 Re4 73. Rc6 Nf5 74. h5 Rf4 75. Kg2
Rg4+ 76. Kf2 Kg8 77. Rc8+ Kg7 78. Rc6 Kg8 79. Rb6 Kh7 80. Ra6
Kg8 81. h6 Re4 82. Rf6 Ne3 83. Kg3 Nd5 84. Rf5 Ne7 85. Re5
Rxe5 86. Nxe5 Kh7 87. Kg4 Nd5 88. Nd3 Ne7 89. Nf4 Ng8 90. Kh5
Kh8 91. Nd5 Kh7 92. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2009.02.28"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "186"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. g4 h6 8. Bd2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. e4 Be7 12. g5
hxg5 13. Nxg5 b4 14. Na4 c5 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Rc8
17. Qa4+ Bc6 18. Bb5 Bxb5 19. Qxb5+ Qd7 20. Qxd7+ Nxd7 21. Ke2
Rh4 22. Rac1 Rxc5 23. Rxc5 Bxc5 24. f4 e5 25. h3 exf4 26. Nf3
Rh6 27. Bxf4 Re6 28. Nd2 Bd4 29. Rb1 Ra6 30. a3 bxa3 31. bxa3
Rxa3 32. Nc4 Ra2+ 33. Kd3 Bf2 34. Bd6 Nb6 35. Bb4 Nxc4
36. Kxc4 Bb6 37. Kd5 Rg2 38. Rb3 Rg5+ 39. e5 Bc7 40. Bd6 Bxd6
41. Kxd6 Rg6+ 42. Kd5 Rb6 43. Rc3 Kd7 44. Rf3 Ke7 45. Rc3 Rb7
46. Rc6 g6 47. Ra6 Kf8 48. Ke4 Kg7 49. Kf4 Re7 50. Ra5 Kh6
51. Kg4 a6 52. Rxa6 Rxe5 53. Rb6 Re3 54. Ra6 f5+ 55. Kh4 Re4+
56. Kg3 Kg5 57. Ra3 Re2 58. Kf3 Rh2 59. Kg3 Rb2 60. Ra8 Rb3+
61. Kg2 Kf4 62. Ra4+ Ke3 63. h4 Rb6 64. Kg3 Rd6 65. Rf4 Rd1
66. Rf3+ Ke4 67. Rf4+ Ke5 68. Ra4 f4+ 69. Kg2 Rd2+ 70. Kf3
Rd3+ 71. Kg2 Rg3+ 72. Kh2 Kf5 73. Ra6 Re3 74. Ra5+ Re5 75. Ra2
Kg4 76. Rg2+ Kh5 77. Kh3 Ra5 78. Rg1 Ra3+ 79. Kh2 Ra6 80. Kh3
Ra5 81. Rg2 Rc5 82. Rg1 f3 83. Kg3 Rf5 84. Rf1 f2 85. Kh3 Rf3+
86. Kg2 Kg4 87. h5 Rg3+ 88. Kh2 Kf3 89. Ra1 Rg2+ 90. Kh1 Rg5
91. Ra3+ Kf4 92. Ra4+ Kg3 93. Ra3+ Kh4 0-1

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Qa4 Nbd7 9. e5 Nb6 10. exf6 Nxa4 11. fxg7 Re8
12. Nxa4 e5 13. dxe5 Bg4 14. Nc3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Rxe5+ 16. Be2
Qe7 17. f4 Re6 18. Kf1 Rd8 19. Bf3 Re1+ 20. Kg2 Rxh1 21. Kxh1
Rd3 22. Kg2 c6 23. Ne4 f5 24. Nc3 Kxg7 25. a4 a5 26. Nd1 h5
27. Ne3 h4 28. h3 Qe6 29. Kf1 Rd4 30. Be2 Qe4 31. f3 Rxa4
32. fxe4 Rxa1 33. exf5 Rxc1+ 34. Kf2 Rb1 35. Nc4 a4 36. fxg6
Rxb2 37. Nxb2 a3 38. Bc4 axb2 39. Bd3 c5 40. Ke3 b5 41. Bb1 b4
42. Kd3 Kxg6 43. Kc4+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5
dxc4 7. Bxc4 h6 8. Bxf6 exf6 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Bf5
12. Bd3 Qd7 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14. Qb3 Na5 15. Qa4 Rfc8 16. Nb5 Nc4
17. Rfc1 a6 18. Nxd6 Nxd6 19. Qb4 Qd5 20. Rc5 Rxc5 21. Qxc5
Qe6 22. d5 Qd7 23. Rd1 Rc8 24. Qb4 Rc4 25. Qb3 Qa4 26. Qxa4
Rxa4 27. a3 Kf8 28. Kf1 Re4 29. b3 Ke7 30. Nd4 Kd7 31. a4 Re8
32. Rc1 Re5 33. Rc5 Ne4 34. Rc1 Nd2+ 35. Kg1 Rxd5 36. Ne2 Nxb3
37. Rb1 Nc5 38. a5 Kc7 39. Nf4 Rf5 0-1

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5
7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. Qa4 Nf6
12. Nh4 g6 13. Bh6 Bf8 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. Nc3 Kg7 16. Rd6 Na5
17. Qf4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 h6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Re8 21. Rxg6+
fxg6 22. Qxg6+ Kf8 23. Qxh6+ Ke7 24. Nf5+ Kf7 25. Nd6+ Ke7
26. Rd1 Rf8 27. Rd5 Rf6 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Rg5 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Bg7 6. h5
Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Qa4+ Qd7 9. Qh4 Bf6 10. Qf4 Qf5 11. g3 g5
12. Qe3 Nc6 13. Bg2 Bd7 14. h6 Rc8 15. O-O Rg8 16. Ne1 b6
17. Nd3 Qg6 18. a4 Na5 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Qxe5 Qxh6 21. d3 Bc6
22. Qf5 Rd8 23. Bxc6+ Nxc6 24. a5 Nxa5 25. Rxa5 bxa5 26. Be3
Qc6 27. Rb1 Rg6 28. c4 Rh6 29. f3 Qe6 30. Qxc5 Qh3 31. Qb5+
Kf8 32. Kf2 Re6 33. Rg1 f6 34. Qb1 Qf5 35. Qc1 a4 36. Rh1 Kg8
37. d4 Rc6 38. c5 Ra6 39. g4 Qd5 40. Qc2 Qf7 41. Rxh7 Qxh7
42. Qc4+ Qf7 43. Qxa6 Qb3 44. c6 Qe6 45. c7 Qxa6 46. cxd8=Q+
Kf7 47. d5 Qb5 48. d6 exd6 49. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "196"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8
12. Nbd2 h6 13. Bc4 Bd6 14. Nb3 Bb7 15. Bd3 Bc8 16. Bc4 Bb7
17. h3 Kf8 18. Bd3 Bc8 19. Be3 Be6 20. Nfd2 Ke8 21. f3 Be7
22. Bc4 Bc8 23. Red1 Bb7 24. Bf2 Nd7 25. Bd3 Nf8 26. Nc4 Ne6
27. Nba5 Nxa5 28. Nxa5 Bc8 29. Nc6 Rd6 30. Nxe5 Bf6 31. Nc4
Rd8 32. e5 Be7 33. Be4 Rxd1+ 34. Rxd1 Rb8 35. Bc6+ Kf8 36. Ba7
Bb7 37. Bxb8 Bc5+ 38. Kf1 Bxc6 39. b3 Ke8 40. Nb2 Bb6 41. Nc4
Bc5 42. h4 h5 43. Rd2 Ba8 44. Ke1 Bc6 45. Kd1 Bd7 46. Nb2 Be3
47. Re2 Bd4 48. Nd3 a5 49. Re4 Bb6 50. Nb2 Kd8 51. Nc4 Bc5
52. Nxa5 Kc8 53. Bxc7 Kxc7 54. Ke1 Bd4 55. Kf1 Kb6 56. Nc4+
Kc5 57. Nd6 Kd5 58. Nxf7 Be8 59. Nd6 Bg6 60. Re2 Bc3 61. Ne4
Nf4 62. Nxc3+ bxc3 63. Rf2 Kxe5 64. Ke1 Kd4 65. a5 Kc5 66. Kd1
Kb5 67. g3 Ne6 68. Kc1 Kxa5 69. g4 Nf4 70. gxh5 Bxh5 71. Rf1
Kb4 72. Kb1 Kc5 73. Re1 Nd5 74. Rg1 g6 75. Rg3 Kd4 76. Rg1 Ne3
77. Kc1 Kc5 78. f4 Kd4 79. Rg3 Bg4 80. b4 Bf5 81. b5 Nxc2
82. b6 Nb4 83. Rg2 Nd3+ 84. Kd1 Nc5 85. Kc1 Kc4 86. Re2 Nb3+
87. Kd1 Bg4 88. b7 Bxe2+ 89. Kxe2 Nd4+ 90. Kd1 Kd3 91. b8=Q
c2+ 92. Ke1 c1=Q+ 93. Kf2 Qd2+ 94. Kg3 Nf5+ 95. Kh3 Qe3+
96. Kg2 Qe2+ 97. Kh3 Qf3+ 98. Kh2 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Bd7 11. b3 a5
12. Bb2 Kc8 13. Rad1 Bb4 14. Ne4 Be6 15. c3 Be7 16. g4 Bd5
17. Rfe1 Nh4 18. Nxh4 Bxh4 19. c4 Be6 20. Nc5 b6 21. Nxe6 fxe6
22. Re3 Rf8 23. f3 Be7 24. Kg2 a4 25. Red3 axb3 26. axb3 Ra2
27. R1d2 Bg5 28. Rf2 Bh4 29. Re2 c5 30. Kf1 Kb7 31. Bc3 Ra3
32. Bb2 Raa8 33. Bc3 Kc6 34. Kg2 Ra3 35. Be1 Rd8 36. Rxd8 Bxd8
37. Rb2 Bg5 38. Bc3 Bf4 39. h4 b5 40. cxb5+ Kxb5 41. h5 Kc6
42. Be1 Bxe5 43. Rb1 Kd5 44. Bg3 Bd6 45. f4 Ra2+ 46. Kf3 Rd2
47. Ke3 Rd4 48. Ra1 Re4+ 49. Kf3 Rb4 50. Rd1+ Rd4 51. Re1 Rd3+
52. Re3 c4 53. bxc4+ Kxc4 54. Bf2 Kd4 55. g5 c5 56. gxh6 gxh6
57. f5 exf5 58. Rxd3+ Kxd3 59. Bxc5 Bxc5 60. Kf4 Ke2 61. Kxf5
Kf3 62. Kg6 Be3 63. Kf5 Bf4 64. Kf6 Kg4 65. Ke6 Kxh5 66. Kf5
Bg5 0-1

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4
Qxd4 12. Rb1 O-O 13. Be3 Qc4 14. Bd5 Qa6 15. Qb3 Qxe2 16. Bc5
Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Qxe6 fxe6 19. Rxb7 Rf5 20. Rc7 Be5
21. Rxe7 Bxg3 22. hxg3 Rxc5 23. Rb1 a5 24. Rbb7 Rh5 25. Rxe6
Rd8 26. Ree7 Rc8 27. Ra7 Rd8 28. Kg2 Rf8 29. a4 Rb8 30. g4 Rh4
31. f3 Rf8 32. Rxa5 h5 33. gxh5 Rxh5 34. Rxh5 gxh5 35. a5 Rf6
36. Rb7 h4 37. Rb3 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.24"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6
7. e3 Bd7 8. Qe2 b5 9. Rd1 Bb4 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 O-O 12. e4
Ne7 13. Ne5 Nc6 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. d5 exd5 17. Nc3
Rae8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxd5 Bd4 20. Qc2 f5 21. e5 f4 22. Nf6+
Rxf6 23. exf6 Nb4 24. Qd2 c5 25. Re1 Rf8 26. Re7 Qf5 27. fxg7
fxg3 28. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 29. Re2 gxf2+ 30. Kh1 Nd3 31. Qh6+ Kf7
32. Rf1 Ne5 33. Qh4 Ng4 34. h3 Nf6 35. Rexf2 Bxf2 36. Rxf2 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Be2 dxc4 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. h3 Be7 11. Bb3 e5
12. O-O exd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. Bf4 O-O 15. Qd3 Nfd5 16. Be5 a5
17. a4 Re8 18. f4 Qd7 19. f5 f6 20. Bg3 g5 21. Ne4 Rad8
22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. dxc5 Nc8 24. Rad1 Qe7 25. Bf2 Qe2 26. Rfe1
Qxd3 27. Rxd3 Kf8 28. Red1 Re2 29. R1d2 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Ke8
31. g4 Nf4 32. Rxd8+ Kxd8 33. Be1 Nd3 34. Bxa5+ Ke8 35. Be6
Ne7 36. b4 Nf4 37. Bc4 Nxh3+ 38. Kf1 Nf4 39. b5 Kd7 40. Bd2
Nfd5 41. Bd3 cxb5 42. axb5 b6 43. cxb6 Nxb6 44. Kf2 Ned5
45. Bc1 Kd6 46. Ba3+ Ke5 47. Be2 Kd4 48. Ke1 Nf4 49. Bf3 Nfd5
50. Bf8 Nd7 51. Bxg7 Kc5 52. Kf1 N7b6 53. Be2 Nd7 54. Bf3 N7b6
55. Ke2 Kxb5 56. Kd3 Nb4+ 57. Kd4 Nd7 58. Bd1 Ka5 59. Bb3 Nc6+
60. Kd5 Nce5 61. Kd6 Kb5 62. Bd1 Kc4 63. Ke7 Kc5 64. Bxf6 Nxf6
65. Kxf6 Kd6 66. Kxg5 Ke7 67. f6+ 1-0

[Event "4th FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Nakchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Na5 5. Nge2 Be7 6. O-O
O-O 7. a4 Nxc4 8. dxc4 d6 9. b3 Be6 10. a5 c6 11. a6 b6
12. Ba3 Qc7 13. f4 Rad8 14. Kh1 Bc8 15. Bb2 Ng4 16. Qd3 exf4
17. Nxf4 Bh4 18. Qe2 Rfe8 19. h3 Ne5 20. Nd1 Bg5 21. Nh5 Qe7
22. Ne3 g6 23. Nf4 Nd7 24. Nh5 Qxe4 25. Qf2 f5 26. Ng4 gxh5
27. Nh6+ Bxh6 28. Qg3+ Kf7 29. Rae1 Rg8 30. Qf2 Qxg2+ 31. Qxg2
Rxg2 32. Kxg2 0-1

[Event "4th FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Nakchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vladimir Akopian"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "187"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. c5 Nbd7
7. b4 b6 8. Bb2 a5 9. a3 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. Qe2
axb4 13. axb4 Bb7 14. h3 bxc5 15. bxc5 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 Ra8
17. Qd1 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 h6 19. Qa4 Bd8 20. Na2 Qa5 21. Qxa5 Bxa5
22. Bc3 Bc7 23. Nd2 Kf8 24. Nb3 Ke7 25. Ba5 Kd8 26. Nb4 Nb8
27. Kf1 Bxa5 28. Nxa5 Kc7 29. Ke2 Bc8 30. Nb3 Ng8 31. f3 Ne7
32. e4 dxe4 33. fxe4 Nd7 34. Ke3 Bb7 35. Bc4 Nf6 36. Nd2 Nd7
37. Ba2 Kd8 38. Nc4 Nc8 39. Bb3 Kc7 40. e5 f6 41. Nd3 Ba6
42. Nf4 Nf8 43. Nd6 Kd7 44. Nh5 fxe5 45. dxe5 Ne7 46. g3 g5
47. Nf6+ Kc7 48. Nf7 Bf1 49. Nxh6 Bxh3 50. Ne4 g4 51. Kd4 Bg2
52. Nf6 Bd5 53. Bd1 Bf3 54. Bc2 Kd8 55. Ne4 Nd5 56. Nf2 Ne7
57. Bd3 Kc7 58. Be4 Bxe4 59. Kxe4 Nd7 60. Nd3 Nd5 61. Nxg4 Kd8
62. Nh2 Nc3+ 63. Ke3 Nd5+ 64. Kd4 Ne7 65. Ke4 Ng6 66. Nf3 Ke7
67. Nd4 Nb8 68. Kf3 Kf7 69. Kg4 Ne7 70. Kh5 Nf5 71. Ne2 Ne3
72. g4 Nd5 73. g5 Nd7 74. g6+ Kg7 75. Kg5 Kg8 76. Nef4 Nxf4
77. Kxf4 Kf8 78. Kg4 Kg8 79. Kh5 Kh8 80. Kh6 Kg8 81. Kg5 Kg7
82. Nf4 Nxe5 83. Nxe6+ Kg8 84. Kf6 Nd7+ 85. Kf5 Kh8 86. Kg5
Kg8 87. Kh6 Ne5 88. Nd4 Ng4+ 89. Kg5 Ne5 90. Nf5 Kh8 91. Kf6
Ng4+ 92. Ke6 Kg8 93. Ne7+ Kg7 94. Nxc6 1-0

[Event "4th FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.21"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg5 Qc7
7. e3 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Be2 Be7
12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Nd5 exd5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. cxd5 Bxb2 16. Rc2
Be5 17. dxc6 dxc6 18. Bxa6 Rd8 19. Qf3 c5 20. Bb5+ Kf8 21. g3
g6 22. Rd1 Kg7 23. Rcd2 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Qxd8
26. Kg2 h5 27. Qe4 Bc3 28. Qb7 Bf6 29. Bc4 Qe7 30. Qd5 h4
31. e4 hxg3 32. hxg3 Bd4 33. f4 f6 34. Kf3 Kh6 35. Qg8 g5
36. e5 fxe5 37. Bd3 e4+ 38. Bxe4 Qg7 39. Qe6+ Qf6 40. Qd7 1-0

[Event "4th FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.26"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 Bb4 6. cxd5
exd5 7. Qb3 c5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxc5 11. Qb4
Ne4 12. Nd4 b6 13. f3 a5 14. Qxc5 Nexc5 15. Nf5 Ne6 16. Bg3 g6
17. Nd6+ Ke7 18. e3 Rd8 19. Rb1 Ba6 20. Kf2 f5 21. Nb5 Rdc8
22. Be2 Bxb5 23. Rxb5 Rxc3 24. Rxd5 Nf6 25. Rd2 Nc5 26. Rb1
Nfe4+ 27. fxe4 Nxe4+ 28. Ke1 Nxd2 29. Kxd2 Rxa3 30. Bh4+ Kf7
31. Bc4+ Kg7 32. Rxb6 Ra4 33. Bf6+ Kh6 34. Rc6 Ra7 35. h4 Kh5
36. Ke1 Rb7 37. Kf2 Rab4 38. Bg5 Rb2+ 39. Be2+ Rxe2+ 40. Kxe2
Kg4 41. Kf2 Rb2+ 42. Kg1 Kg3 43. Bf4+ Kxh4 44. Rc7 h5 45. Rc4
Rb4 46. Rd4 g5 47. Bd6+ Rxd4 48. exd4 Kg4 49. d5 f4 50. Bxf4
1-0

[Event "4th FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.29"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3
12. bxc3 Bb7 13. Bb3 Qc7 14. c4 Rfe8 15. Bb2 Qf4 16. Qe3 Qf5
17. Ne1 b5 18. c5 Nd5 19. Qg3 Nf4 20. Rd2 Nf6 21. f3 N6h5
22. Qf2 Bd5 23. Bc2 Qg5 24. Kh1 Bc4 25. g3 Ng6 26. Ng2 Bd5
27. Ne3 Nf6 28. h4 Qh5 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. Re1 Red8 31. Rde2
Rab8 32. Bc1 h6 33. Kg2 Nc3 34. Re5 Nxe5 35. Rxe5 f5 36. Bb3
Nd5 37. Rxe6 Kh8 38. Qe1 Nf6 39. Qe5 Re8 40. c6 Rbc8 41. Qxb5
Qg6 42. h5 Qxh5 43. Bf4 a6 44. Qxa6 Nh7 45. c7 Ng5 46. Rxe8+
Qxe8 47. d5 Ra8 48. Qc4 Kh7 49. d6 Qe1 50. Qf1 Qe8 51. Qd3 Qd7
52. Qc4 Qe8 53. Bxg5 hxg5 54. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "France-Armenia Match"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2009.06.24"]
[EventDate "2009.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Laurent Fressinet"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6
7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nc3 Bd6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 dxe4
12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qxb7 Bc7 15. Rd1 Nd5 16. Qa6
Bb6 17. Be4 Rc8 18. Qd3 h6 19. Bd2 Qd6 20. Rac1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1
Rd8 22. Rc4 Nf6 23. Bc3 Nd5 24. Qc2 h5 25. h4 Nf6 26. g3 Nxe4
27. Qxe4 Qe7 28. a4 Rd5 29. Rc8+ Bd8 30. Rc4 Qd7 31. Rc5 Bf6
32. Rxd5 exd5 33. Qf3 Qxa4 34. Qxd5 g6 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Qc5 a6
37. d5 Qe4+ 38. Kh2 Qf5 39. b4 Bxc3 40. Qxc3+ Kf8 41. Qc5+ Ke8
42. Qa7 Qxd5 43. Qxa6 Qd4 44. Qc8+ Ke7 45. Qb7+ Ke6 46. Kg2 f6
47. Qc6+ Ke5 48. f4+ Kf5 49. Qc8+ Ke4 50. Qc2+ Ke3 51. Qf2+
Kd3 52. Qxd4+ Kxd4 53. f5 1-0

[Event "France-Armenia Match"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2009.06.25"]
[EventDate "2009.06.24"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Christian Bauer"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Bxc4 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
7. Nc3 c5 8. h3 cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. Re1 Bf5 11. d5 Na5
12. Bf1 Rc8 13. Ne5 a6 14. Qf3 Nd7 15. Bf4 Nb6 16. Bg3 Nac4
17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Rad1 Qb6 20. Rd2 Rd4 21. Rxd4
Bxd4 22. Re2 Qc5 23. Bh4 Re8 24. Kh2 b5 25. g4 Bd7 26. Ne4 Qc8
27. d6 Be5+ 28. Bg3 Bg7 29. Ng5 f6 30. Ne4 Bc6 31. Qb3+ Kh8
32. dxe7 Bxe4 33. Rxe4 f5 34. gxf5 Qxf5 35. Qe3 Kg8 36. Qb3+
Qf7 37. Re6 Bxb2 38. Kg2 Ba3 39. Bh4 Bc5 40. Qd5 Ba3 41. Qd7
Kg7 42. Re3 Bb2 43. Rf3 Qg8 44. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Chess Classic Mainz"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.07.31"]
[EventDate "2009.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6
7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5
12. Qb3 cxd4 13. exd4 Qa5 14. Rd1 Rac8 15. Bd2 Nb6 16. Bf1
Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Qa4 18. Bb4 Rfd8 19. Bc5 h6 20. Bb5 Qxb3
21. axb3 Rc7 22. Be2 Nc8 23. Bxa7 Rc2 24. Bc4 Rxb2 25. Bc5 Ne4
26. Re1 Ncd6 27. Ba3 Rd2 28. Bf1 Rxd4 29. Bc1 Nd2 30. Bb2 Rd5
31. Rad1 Nf5 32. Be2 Nxb3 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Rb1 Nbd4 35. Bf1
Nc6 36. Bc3 Rd7 37. g4 Nfe7 38. f4 Nd5 39. Bd2 Kf8 40. Kf2 Ke7
41. h4 Nf6 0-1

[Event "Chess Classic Mainz"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.07.31"]
[EventDate "2009.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5
7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. h3 b6
12. Ba2 Rd8 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Re1 Na5 15. Rc1 h6 16. Nd2 Ne4
17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. c4 Bb7 19. d5 b5 20. Qg4 f5 21. Qg6 exd5
22. cxb5 c4 23. Qxf5 Rf8 24. Qe6+ Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Rxf7 26. Bc3
Nb3 27. Bxb3 cxb3 28. Bd4 a6 29. Rb1 axb5 30. Rxb3 Bc6 31. Rc1
Bd7 32. Rc5 Kh7 33. Rbc3 Ra4 34. Rxd5 b4 35. axb4 Rxb4 36. Rc7
Be6 37. Rxf7 Bxf7 38. Rd7 Kg8 39. g4 Rb5 40. Kg2 h5 41. Kg3
hxg4 42. hxg4 g5 43. Bf6 Ra5 44. f3 Rb5 45. e4 Ra5 46. e5 Rb5
47. Re7 Bd5 48. Rg7+ Kf8 49. Rxg5 1-0

[Event "Chess Classic Mainz (rapid)"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.01"]
[EventDate "2009.07.31"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. c3 a6 6. Bxc6
Nxc6 7. d4 d6 8. d5 Ne7 9. c4 Bg7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Ne1 b5
12. cxb5 axb5 13. Nd3 Bd7 14. Nb4 h6 15. Qd3 f5 16. f3 f4
17. Bd2 Qe8 18. Rfc1 g5 19. Nd1 Rc8 20. Nf2 h5 21. h3 Ng6
22. Na6 Qd8 23. Rc3 Bf6 24. Rac1 g4 25. Nxc7 Bh4 26. hxg4
Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Qh4+ 28. Ke2 Qh2 29. gxh5 b4 30. Rc4 Nh4
31. Rf1 Bh3 32. Rf2 Bxg2 33. Kd1 Qh1+ 34. Kc2 Bxf3 35. Kb3
Qd1+ 36. Qc2 Qxc2+ 37. Kxc2 Bxe4+ 38. Kb3 Bd3 39. Rc1 Nf5
40. Kxb4 Nd4 41. b3 Ne2 42. Rc6 Nd4 43. Rc3 Rb8+ 44. Ka3 Rfc8
45. Kb2 Bf5 46. Bxf4 exf4 47. Rc4 Nc2 48. Rfxf4 Ne3 49. Rc3
Nd1+ 0-1

[Event "Chess Classic Mainz (rapid playoff)"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[EventDate "2009.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 f6 11. Bb2 Qd7
12. Ne4 Rad8 13. Rc1 a6 14. Qc2 Qe8 15. Ba1 Qf7 16. Nc5 Bxc5
17. bxc5 Nd5 18. Rb1 Rb8 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4
Bd7 22. Be4 f5 23. Bf3 Bc6 24. Rbd1 Rbe8 25. Ba1 Ne7 26. Qb2
Ng6 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. e3 Re6 29. Rd4 Ne5 30. Qe2 Qe7 31. Ra4
Nd7 32. Qa2 Kh8 33. Rxa6 Nxc5 34. Ra7 Ne4 35. Rxc7 Qxc7
36. Qxe6 Ng5 37. Qc4 c5 38. Qd5 h6 39. Rc1 Ne4 40. f3 Ng5
41. Qxc5 Qf7 42. Qc6 Qh5 43. Rf1 Rf7 44. h4 Nh7 45. Rd1 Nf6
46. Kg2 Kh7 47. Bxf6 Rxf6 48. Rd6 Rf8 49. Rd7 Qe8 50. Kf2 Qe5
51. Rd4 Re8 52. Qc3 Re6 53. Rc4 Qd6 54. h5 Re7 55. Qc2 Rf7
56. a4 Qd8 57. Rf4 Qg5 58. g4 Qh4+ 59. Kg2 Qe7 60. Rxf5 Rxf5
61. Qxf5+ Kh8 62. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Chess Classic Mainz (rapid playoff)"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[EventDate "2009.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 Bc5 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Bb6
7. h3 Bd7 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Nc4 Ng6 11. h4 h6
12. g3 Qe6 13. a4 c6 14. a5 Bc7 15. Ne3 Ne7 16. h5 d5 17. Ra4
O-O-O 18. Nh4 Qd7 19. Kf1 c5 20. b3 c4 21. dxc4 Nxe4 22. Qc2
Nc5 23. Ra2 d4 24. cxd4 exd4 25. Neg2 d3 26. Qd1 Ne4 27. a6 d2
28. axb7+ Kb8 29. Bb2 Nf5 30. Kg1 Nxf2 31. Kxf2 Bb6+ 32. Ne3
Nxe3 33. Be5+ Kxb7 34. Qf3+ Qc6 0-1

[Event "FIDE Jermuk Grand Prix"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Bf4 Nbd7 9. Qc2 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Nc3 dxc4
12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Rc8 15. a3 Rc7 16. e3 Nf6
17. b4 Nd5 18. Rac1 Re8 19. Ne5 Bd6 20. Qa4 Qa8 21. Ne4 Be7
22. Rc2 Rec8 23. Rdc1 a5 24. bxa5 c5 25. Ng5 Bxg5 26. fxg5 f6
27. Nd3 Qa6 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Qb3 Qxa5 30. dxc5 bxc5 31. Nxc5
Rxc5 32. Rxc5 Rxc5 33. Rxc5 Qxc5 34. Qxb7 Qxa3 35. Qxd5+ Kf8
36. h4 Qb4 37. e4 Qb2 38. Qc5+ Kf7 39. Kg2 Qa1 40. h5 fxg5
41. Qxg5 h6 42. Qd5+ Kf6 43. Qd7 Qb2 44. Kf3 Qa1 45. Qc6+ Ke7
46. Kf4 Qg1 47. Qc5+ Ke6 48. Qd5+ Ke7 49. Kf3 Qh1+ 50. Ke2 Qb1
51. Qf5 Qc2+ 52. Kf3 Qd3+ 53. Kg2 Qe2 54. Qf3 Qd2 55. Qa3+ Kf7
56. Qb3+ Ke7 57. Qb7+ Kf8 58. Qc8+ Ke7 59. Qc5+ Ke6 60. Qf5+
Ke7 61. Qe5+ Kf8 62. Qc5+ Ke8 63. Qd5 Qb2 64. e5 Ke7 65. Qd6+
Ke8 66. Qc6+ Kd8 67. Qe6 Qb7+ 68. Kg3 Qh1 69. Qg8+ Ke7
70. Qxg7+ Ke6 71. Qf6+ Kd7 72. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE Jermuk Grand Prix"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 exd4 6. a3
Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8. e5 Re8 9. Be2 Ne4 10. Qxd4 f5 11. Qd5+
Kg7 12. h4 d6 13. Ng5 Qe7 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. exd6 cxd6 16. h5
Qe5 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Bh6+ Kf6 19. Qd2 e3 20. Bxe3 Nc6
21. O-O-O Be6 22. Rh7 Re7 23. Rxe7 Kxe7 24. Bf4 Qa5 25. Bxd6+
Kf7 26. Qb2 Kg8 27. c5 Qa4 28. Bd3 Bf5 29. Bb5 Qe4 30. f3 Qe3+
31. Qd2 Re8 32. Qxe3 Rxe3 33. Kd2 Re8 34. g4 Be6 35. Re1 Kf7
36. Rh1 Rg8 37. Bd3 Kf6 38. Rh7 Rg7 39. g5+ Kf7 40. Rh8 Bd5
41. c4 1-0

[Event "FIDE Jermuk Grand Prix"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. e4 e5 12. d5
Nb6 13. Bb3 Bg4 14. Rc1 O-O 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3
Rfd8 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Nd1 Rac8 20. Rc5 Bf8 21. Rc2 h5 22. Ne3
Rd4 23. Rfc1 c5 24. Kf1 Rcd8 25. Ke2 Be7 26. Rg1 Kf8 27. Bc4
Rb8 28. Ra1 Rbd8 29. Ke1 Bg5 30. Be2 Be7 31. Rac1 Ra4 32. a3
Rad4 33. Rc3 Kg7 34. Rb3 Rf8 35. Rb5 Rd7 36. Ra5 Rb8 37. Rc2
Rdb7 38. Ba6 Rd7 39. Bb5 Rdb7 40. a4 Nd7 41. Nc4 Nf8 42. Nxe5
Ne6 43. Nc6 Ra8 44. Bc4 Nf4 45. Bd5 Re8 46. Rxa7 Rxa7 47. Nxa7
Nxh3 48. Nc6 Nf4 49. Nxe7 Rxe7 50. Kf1 Nxd5 51. exd5 Ra7
52. b3 Rb7 53. d6 Rxb3 54. Rd2 Rb8 55. d7 Rd8 56. a5 c4
57. Rd4 c3 58. Ke2 h4 59. Kd3 h3 60. Kxc3 g5 61. Rd1 h2
62. Rh1 Rxd7 63. Rxh2 Rd1 64. Rg2 Kh6 65. Rg4 Ra1 66. Kb4 f5
67. Rc4 Ra2 68. Kb5 Rxf2 69. a6 Re2 70. a7 Re8 71. Ra4 Ra8
72. Kb6 Kh5 73. Kb7 Rxa7+ 74. Rxa7 g4 75. fxg4+ fxg4 76. Kc6
Kg5 77. Rf7 g3 78. Kd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE Jermuk Grand Prix"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 b6 5. e4 Bb7 6. Qe2 Nc6
7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Be7 9. Rd1 a6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4
12. Rxd4 Qc7 13. b3 O-O 14. Ba3 Rfd8 15. Rad1 b5 16. Bb4 bxc4
17. Rxc4 Qb6 18. e5 Ne8 19. Be4 Bf8 20. exd6 Bxe4 21. Qxe4
Bxd6 22. Na4 Qa7 23. Rcd4 Be7 24. Bc5 Rxd4 25. Bxd4 Qb8
26. Be5 Nf6 27. Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Nb6 Ra7 29. Nd7 Qc7 30. Nxf6+
gxf6 31. Qg4+ Kh8 32. Rd4 Qe7 33. Qd1 f5 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Qd4+
e5 36. Qd5 Rc7 37. Qa8 f4 38. Kg2 a5 39. Rg8+ Kf6 40. Qxa5
fxg3 41. Qb6+ Kf5 42. hxg3 Qc5 43. g4+ Ke4 44. Qf6 Kd3
45. Rd8+ Kc2 46. Qf3 Qc6 47. Rd5 f6 48. b4 Qc4 49. Qd1+ Kb2
50. Rd3 Kxa2 51. Qe2+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE Jermuk Grand Prix"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 e6 6. b3 Bb4
7. Bd2 O-O 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nd7
12. c5 Bc7 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. Bd3 b6 15. Rd1 h6 16. O-O a5
17. cxb6 Bxb6 18. Qc1 Nd5 19. Rfe1 Ra7 20. Ne5 Rc7 21. Qb2 Nb4
22. Bc3 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 f6 24. Nc4 Rcf7 25. Qd2 Ra7 26. Bb2 Bc7
27. Ba3 Rf7 28. Bc5 Ra8 29. a4 Qd5 30. Qc3 Qd8 31. Qc2 Rb8
32. Rc3 Qd5 33. Ne3 Qh5 34. h3 Qg5 35. Bd6 Bxd6 36. Rxc6 Rf8
37. Rxd6 Qf4 38. Nc4 Rb4 39. Rc6 Bb7 40. Rcxe6 Qxd4 41. Re7 f5
42. Rd1 Qf6 43. Rdd7 Bd5 44. Rxg7+ Qxg7 45. Rxg7+ Kxg7
46. Nxa5 Re4 47. f3 Re1+ 48. Kf2 Re7 49. Nc4 f4 50. Ne5 Re6
51. b4 h5 52. Qc5 Ba2 53. Nd3 Ref6 54. Qg5+ Kh7 55. Qxh5+ Kg7
56. Qe5 Kh7 57. b5 1-0

[Event "2nd Grand Slam Masters Bilbao Final"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.07"]
[EventDate "2009.09.06"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. exd4 Bb7
12. d5 Bxc3 13. dxe6 Bxf3 14. gxf3 fxe6 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Ba3
Nc5 17. Rd4 Kh8 18. Re1 Rac8 19. Qe5 Qf7 20. Bc1 Nd5 21. Bxd5
exd5 22. Qxd5 Qxf3 23. Qxf3 Rxf3 24. Re7 Rxc3 25. Be3 Ra3
26. Rg4 h5 27. Rg5 h4 28. Bd4 Kh7 29. Rgxg7+ Kh6 30. Bb2 1-0

[Event "2nd Grand Slam Masters Bilbao Final"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.08"]
[EventDate "2009.09.06"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8
17. Nd2 Qh5 18. a4 Re6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nf1 Bf5 21. Qd2 Bh3
22. Bd1 Qg6 23. Bf3 Qf5 24. Bh1 Rfe8 25. Re2 h5 26. Qc2 Qg4
27. Ree1 h4 28. Qd1 Qf5 29. Qf3 Qg6 0-1

[Event "2nd Grand Slam Masters Bilbao Final"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.10"]
[EventDate "2009.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7
7. a3 a5 8. Bd3 e5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Bxb5 cxb5 11. Qxd5 Rb8
12. h3 b4 13. axb4 axb4 14. Ne4 Nxc5 15. Qxd8+ Kxd8 16. Nxc5
Nxf2 17. Kxf2 Bxc5 18. Bd2 Kc7 19. Rhc1 Kb6 20. Nd4 Rd8
21. Rc2 Rd5 22. Rac1 Be6 23. Nb3 Rbd8 24. Ke2 Bf8 25. Nd4 Bc5
26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. e4 Rxe5 28. Rc4 Rd4 29. Rxd4 Bxd4 30. b3 Rc5
31. Rf1 Kb5 32. Rf7 Bc3 33. Be3 Rc6 34. Rb7+ Ka6 35. Rb8 Ka5
36. Bg5 h6 37. Be7 e5 38. g4 Re6 39. Bf8 g5 40. Rd8 Rf6
41. Rd5+ Kb6 42. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Grand Slam Masters Bilbao Final"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.11"]
[EventDate "2009.09.06"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O
Nb6 7. b3 Bd6 8. Bb2 O-O 9. d3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Qe7
12. Ne4 f5 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. b4 Nxb4 15. Qb3+ N4d5 16. Nxe5
dxe5 17. Bxd5+ Nxd5 18. Qxd5+ Kh8 19. Rfe1 Rae8 20. Rac1 f4
21. g4 Bf7 22. Qe4 Bg6 23. Qg2 Qf7 24. Rc5 Qxa2 25. Rb5 b6
26. Ra1 Qf7 27. Rxe5 Qb3 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Bd4 Qb4 30. Qd5 Qe7
31. Rc1 h6 32. Qf3 Qd6 33. Bb2 Kh7 34. Rc4 b5 35. Rc6 Qb4
36. Bc3 Qe7 37. Qxf4 Rf8 38. Qe3 Qf7 39. Be5 Re8 40. f4 Qd7
41. Qc5 Qe7 42. Rc7 Qxc5+ 43. Rxc5 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.04"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Stefan Docx"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4
7. Rd1 Nc6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd7 10. c3 e5 11. Be3 a6 12. Na3
exd4 13. cxd4 Qh4 14. Rac1 Nf6 15. Bd3 Rfe8 16. Rc4 Nd7
17. Bb1 Rad8 18. b4 Nb6 19. Rcc1 d5 20. e5 Qe7 21. Nc2 Nc4
22. a3 b5 23. Ba2 Nb8 24. Re1 c6 25. Qg3 Qf8 26. h4 Nd7 27. h5
Ra8 28. Rcd1 a5 29. Bc1 Qe7 30. Bb1 Qe6 31. hxg6 fxg6 32. Rd3
axb4 33. Nxb4 c5 34. Nc2 Qc6 35. f4 Qb6 36. Qf3 Rad8 37. Ne3
Nxe3 38. dxc5 Nxc5 39. Bxe3 Qa5 40. Bd2 Qb6 41. Qf2 Re6
42. Rh3 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.08"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Evgeny Alekseev"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 a5 11. Nc3 Na6
12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e4 Nb4 14. Rfd1 g6 15. h4 Bg7 16. h5 b6
17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Nh2 Qd7 19. e5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 c5 21. dxc5
Qc6+ 22. Nf3 Rfd8 23. Qh4 Rd3 24. Ne4 bxc5 25. Rac1 Kf8
26. Rxc5 Rxd1 27. Rxc6 Nxc6 28. Nf6 Rb8 29. Qc4 Rc8 30. Ng5
Bxf6 31. exf6 Rd4 32. Qa6 Rc7 33. Qb6 Rdd7 34. Nh7+ Kg8
35. Qe3 Kxh7 36. g4 Nd4 37. Qh3+ Kg8 38. Qh6 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.09"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4
7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. Nxd7
Qxd7 13. Be5 Qe7 14. O-O Rg8 15. b3 Nd7 16. Bg3 b4 17. Na4 c3
18. Qd3 h5 19. a3 a5 20. axb4 axb4 21. Nc5 Rxa1 22. Nxb7 Ne5
23. Rxa1 Nxd3 24. Ra8+ Kd7 25. Bxd3 Qf6 26. Be5 Bd6 27. Bxf6
Rxa8 28. Kf1 Ra1+ 29. Ke2 Ra2+ 0-1

[Event "17th European Team Championship"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.23"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Andrei Istratescu"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3
Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8. d3 h6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 Re8 11. Rac1 Rb8
12. Qa4 d6 13. b4 Bd4 14. e3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Bh3 16. Bg2 Bxg2
17. Kxg2 Qd7 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. e4 c6 20. Rfd1 Rbd8 21. d4 Nb6
22. c5 exd4 23. cxb6 dxc3 24. bxa7 Ra8 25. Rxc3 Rxa7 26. Rxd6
Rxe4 27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. Rd7 Rxb4 29. Rf3 Rxa2 30. Rfxf7 Rg4
31. Rxb7 Rg6 32. Kh3 h5 33. f4 Rf2 34. Rbc7 Rd2 35. f5 Rg4
36. Rxc6 Rf2 37. Rg6 Kh8 38. Rfxg7 Rxg6 39. Rxg6 Rxf5 40. Kh4
1-0

[Event "17th European Team Championship"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.24"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Ivan Ivanisevic"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "169"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. O-O d5 6. Nxd4 e5
7. Nf3 e4 8. Nd4 Bc5 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Nb6 11. a4 Be6
12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Bh3 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. e3 Qe5 16. a5 Nc4
17. b3 Nd6 18. Ne2 g5 19. c4 dxc4 20. b4 Bxb4 21. Qa4+ Qb5
22. Qxb5+ Nxb5 23. Rfb1 Bc3 24. Ra4 a6 25. Bxe6 Be5 26. Bxc4
Nd6 27. Bd5 O-O-O 28. Rb6 Rh7 29. Nd4 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Re7
31. Bb3 Kc7 32. Rd5 Ree8 33. Kg2 Re7 34. Bd1 Nf7 35. Rc5+ Kb8
36. Be2 Rd6 37. Rf5 Rxb6 38. axb6 Kc8 39. Rf6 Kd8 40. h4 gxh4
41. gxh4 Ne5 42. Rxh6 Rg7+ 43. Kf1 Ke7 44. Rh8 Nf3 45. Bxf3
exf3 46. h5 Rg5 47. h6 Rb5 48. Ke1 Kf7 49. Rb8 Kg6 50. Rxb7
Kxh6 51. Rf7 Rxb6 52. Rxf3 Kg5 53. Rf4 a5 54. Ra4 Ra6 55. Kd2
Kf5 56. Kc3 Ke5 57. Kb3 Rb6+ 58. Kc3 Ra6 59. f3 Ra8 60. Kb3
Rb8+ 61. Kc4 Rc8+ 62. Kd3 Ra8 63. Kc3 Ra7 64. Kc4 Rc7+ 65. Kb3
Rb7+ 66. Ka3 Ra7 67. Re4+ Kf5 68. Ka4 Rb7 69. Kxa5 Rb1 70. Rb4
Re1 71. Rf4+ Ke5 72. Re4+ Kd5 73. Kb4 Rf1 74. Rd4+ Ke5 75. f4+
Kf5 76. Rd5+ Kg4 77. Kc5 Rc1+ 78. Kd6 Rc3 79. Rg5+ Kf3 80. Re5
Kg4 81. Ke6 Ra3 82. Kf6 Ra6+ 83. Re6 Ra5 84. Kg6 Rf5 85. Re4
1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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. a4 h5 15. Qg5 Qxg5 16. hxg5 a6 17. Be5
Rg8 18. Rxh5 Nd7 19. Bf4 b4 20. Nb1 c5 21. f3 Bg7 22. Rh7 Bd4
23. Bxc4 Nf8 24. Rh5 Ng6 25. Bc1 O-O-O 26. b3 Ne5 27. Be2 Rd7
28. Rd2 Rgd8 29. Rc2 Ng6 30. Kf1 Kb8 31. g3 Ka7 32. Nd2 Ne5
33. Nc4 Nc6 34. Rd2 a5 35. Rd1 Ba6 36. f4 Bc3 37. Rxd7+ Rxd7
38. Rh7 Bc8 39. Be3 Bd4 40. Bxd4 cxd4 41. Bd3 Kb8 42. e5 f5
43. gxf6 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7
7. Bd3 e5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. e6 Nxc5 11. exf7+ Kxf7
12. b3 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Qg5 14. g3 Qf6 15. Bb2 Qf3 16. Rg1 Bg4
17. a3 Re8 18. Rc1 b4 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. h3 Bxh3 21. g4 Bxg4
22. Rg3 Qf5 23. Qd4 Re4 24. Qa7+ Qd7 25. Qb6 c5 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. e3 b6 8. Rb1 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. cxd5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 exd5
12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nd7 14. Bd5 Rb8 15. Qa4 a6 16. Rc1 c5
17. O-O Nf6 18. Bb3 cxd4 19. Nxd4 b5 20. Nc6 bxa4 21. Nxe7+
Kh8 22. Bxa4 Be6 23. a3 Rb2 24. f3 Ra2 25. Ra1 Rxa1 26. Rxa1
Rb8 27. Rc1 Rb7 28. Nc6 Nd5 29. Nd4 Nxe3 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. Re1
Nc4 32. Rxe6 Nxa3 33. Rxa6 Rb1+ 34. Kf2 Rb2+ 35. Kg3 Nc2
36. Be8 Nd4 37. Bg6 Ne2+ 38. Kh4 Rb4+ 39. Be4 Rb8 40. g3 Nc3
41. Bc6 Kh7 42. Ra3 Ne2 43. Be4+ Kg8 44. Rd3 Re8 45. Kh3 Rb8
46. f4 Rc8 47. Bg6 Nc3 48. Bf5 Rc7 49. Rd8+ Kf7 50. Kg4 Kf6
51. Rd6+ Kf7 52. Bg6+ Ke7 53. Rd4 Nb5 54. Re4+ Kf6 55. Bh7 Nd6
56. Re5 Nf7 57. Ra5 Rd7 58. Bf5 Rd8 59. Be4 Nd6 60. Ra6 Kf7
61. Bd5+ Ke7 62. Kh5 Ne8 63. Bf3 Kf7 64. Ra7+ Kg8 65. Be2 Kf8
66. Bc4 Nd6 67. Bd5 Rb8 68. Kg6 Rb6 69. Kh7 Rb2 70. Rd7 Nb5
71. Rf7+ Ke8 72. Rb7 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 e6 6. b3 Bb4
7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Bd6 10. Rc1 h6 11. Ne2 b6
12. Ng3 Bb7 13. Bc3 c5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Ba1 Rc8 16. Bb1 Be7
17. Qd3 N5f6 18. e4 g6 19. d5 exd5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nf5 Bf6
22. Nd6 Nb4 23. Qe3 Bxf3 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. Qxf3
Qxf3 27. gxf3 Nf6 28. Rfd1 Nbd5 29. Be4 Nf4 30. Kf1 Re8
31. Rc4 b5 32. Rxc5 Nxe4 33. fxe4 Rxe4 34. Rc3 Re6 35. h4 Kg7
36. Re3 Rf6 37. Rf3 g5 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Rg3 Kg6 40. Rc1 Rd6
41. Re3 f6 42. Rec3 Rd2 43. R3c2 Rd4 44. Rc6 a5 45. R6c5 b4
46. Rxa5 Rd2 47. Re1 Nd3 48. Re3 Nf4 49. Ke1 Rb2 50. Rf3 Rb1+
51. Kd2 Rb2+ 52. Kc1 Re2 53. Kd1 Re4 54. Rc5 g4 55. Re3 Rd4+
56. Kc2 Rd6 57. Rc4 Nd5 58. Rxg4+ Kf5 59. Reg3 Nf4 60. Rh4
Rc6+ 61. Kb1 Re6 62. Rf3 Re1+ 63. Kc2 Re2+ 64. Kd1 Re4 65. Kd2
Re2+ 66. Kd1 Re4 67. Re3 Rd4+ 68. Kc2 Kg5 69. Rh1 Rd6 70. Rg1+
Kf5 71. Rd1 Rc6+ 72. Kb2 Ng2 73. Rg3 Nf4 74. Rf3 Ke4 75. Re3+
Kf5 76. Rd4 Ng6 77. Rxb4 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Bg7
7. h3 O-O 8. d4 b5 9. Bb3 exd4 10. cxd4 d6 11. Nc3 Na5 12. Bc2
c5 13. Re1 h6 14. Rb1 Nec6 15. d5 Nb4 16. a3 Nxc2 17. Qxc2 Re8
18. b4 Nc4 19. Nd2 Ne5 20. f4 Ng4 21. Nf3 cxb4 22. axb4 Qc7
23. Bd2 Qa7+ 24. Kh1 Nf2+ 25. Kh2 Nxh3 26. Be3 Qd7 27. Qd2 Qg4
28. Rf1 Nxf4 29. Bxf4 Bxc3 30. Qe3 Bg7 31. Rbe1 Bf5 32. e5
Rac8 33. Rf2 Rc4 34. Bg3 Re4 35. Qd2 Rxe1 36. Qxe1 dxe5
37. Nxe5 Qh5+ 38. Kg1 Bg4 39. d6 Bxe5 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 g6 6. d4 exd4
7. cxd4 b5 8. Bb3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 d6 11. h3 Na5 12. Bc2
c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Qc1 Nc4 16. Bh6 Be6 17. Bxg7
Kxg7 18. b3 Nb6 19. e5 Nc6 20. Qf4 Nd7 21. Rfe1 b4 22. Ne4 Bf5
23. g4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Rae8 25. Rae1 Re7 26. Bd3 Rfe8 27. Bxa6
Ndxe5 28. Nxe5 Rxe5 29. Bc4 R8e7 30. g5 Rxe4 31. Rxe4 Qxf4
32. Rxf4 Ne5 33. h4 Ra7 34. Re4 Nxc4 35. Rxc4 Rxa2 36. Rxc5
Rb2 37. Rb5 Rxb3 38. Rb7 Kf8 39. Kg2 Ke8 40. Rb5 Ke7 41. Rb7+
Ke6 42. Rb6+ Kd5 43. Rb7 Kc6 44. Rb8 Kc5 45. Rc8+ Kd4 46. Rd8+
Kc4 47. Rc8+ Kd3 48. Rd8+ Kc2 49. Rb8 Rb1 50. Kf3 b3 51. Rc8+
Kd2 52. Rd8+ Kc3 53. Rc8+ Kd2 54. Rd8+ Ke1 55. Re8+ Kf1
56. Rb8 Rb2 57. Kg3 Rb1 58. f4 Ke2 59. Rb7 Kd3 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 6. Nf3 c5
7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O Be6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4
12. Rxd4 Bc5 13. Rd1 Rc8 14. e4 Nxe4 15. Qa4+ Bd7 16. Qb3 Nxf2
17. Rxd5 Ng4+ 18. Rxc5 Rxc5 19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. Qb4 Qe7 21. Bf4
Rc6 22. Qd4 Qc5 23. Re1+ Be6 24. Qxc5 Rxc5 25. Ne4 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vladislav Tkachiev"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 Nd7 8. a3 g6 9. e4 dxc4 10. e5 Qd8 11. Bxc4 Bg7 12. Qe2
O-O 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Kf1 a6 15. h4 Rd8 16. h5 g5 17. Nxg5 Nxe5
18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. Rh3 Qxe2+
22. Kxe2 Bxc3 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxc3 Rd5 25. g4 Rb5 26. b4 a5
27. Rc5 Rxc5 28. bxc5 e5 29. f4 exf4 30. Kf3 Kf7 31. Kxf4 Kf6
32. a4 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6
7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3 e6 9. Be2 Be7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 O-O
12. O-O Nd7 13. Bg3 Rc8 14. a3 b5 15. Na2 Qa5 16. Qe1 Qxe1
17. Rfxe1 Nb6 18. Nb4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Nxa6 Ra8 21. Nb4
Bxb4 22. axb4 Ra2 23. f3 Bd3 24. Ra1 Rxb2 25. Bd6 Rc8 26. Rec1
h5 27. Bc5 Rb8 28. h4 Re2 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Ra8 31. b5
Ra2 32. Rc1 Rb2 33. b6 Kh7 34. Kh2 g5 35. hxg5 Kg6 36. Kg3
Kxg5 37. Be7+ f6 38. Bc5 h4+ 39. Kh2 e5 40. Rc3 e4 41. f4+ Kg4
42. Rc1 h3 43. Rg1 c3 44. Ba3 Rxb6 45. gxh3+ Kf3 46. Rg3+ Kf2
47. Bc1 Rb1 48. Rg2+ Kf3 49. Rg1 Ke2 50. h4 Rb7 51. Rg2+ Kd1
52. Rg1+ Kc2 53. Re1 Be2 54. Ba3 Kd2 55. Rh1 Kxe3 56. Bc1+
Kxd4 57. Kg3 Rg7+ 58. Kf2 Bf3 59. Rh2 Rh7 60. f5 Kd3 61. Kg3
d4 62. Kf4 Bd1 63. Rh3+ e3 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "23"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6
7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. h3 Bxb3 10. Qxb3 Qd7 11. Nc4 h6
12. a4 Rab8 13. a5 Rfe8 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Ne7 16. Qa4 Qe6
17. c4 Ng6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Qf6 20. Kh2 Nf4 21. Rfd1 h5
22. Rac1 Re7 23. Rc2 g5 24. d4 exd4 25. Qxd4 Qg6 26. Nd2 g4
27. h4 Rbe8 28. g3 Nh3 29. Kg2 f5 30. Re1 f4 31. Rc4 Rf7
32. e5 fxg3 33. fxg3 dxe5 34. Qe3 Rf2+ 35. Kh1 Ref8 36. Rxc7
Qd6 37. Rc3 Qxd5+ 38. Ne4 R2f3 39. Qe2 Nf2+ 40. Kg2 Nxe4
41. Qxe4 Qxe4 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "24"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. e4 d5 8. cxd5 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 exd5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nc3 Nxd2+
12. Nxd2 Qd7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Qa4 Qh3+ 15. Kg1 c6 16. Nf3 f6
17. Qb3 Kh8 18. Ne2 fxe5 19. Nxe5 Bd6 20. Nf4 Qf5 21. h4 Bxe5
22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. h5 c5 24. Rd1 c4 25. Qb5 Kg8 26. Rxd5 Qe1+
27. Kg2 Qe4+ 28. f3 Qc2+ 29. Kh3 a6 30. Qxb6 Ra7 31. Qxa7 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "27"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vugar Gashimov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nd5
Bg7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bf6 Bxf6 9. Nxf6+ Kf8 10. O-O Nf5 11. Nd5 Ng7
12. Re1 d6 13. h3 Ne5 14. Be2 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Ne6 16. c3 c6
17. Nb4 Qf6 18. Nc2 dxc3 19. Qxd6+ Kg7 20. e5 Qh4 21. Re4 Qd8
22. bxc3 Qxd6 23. exd6 Rd8 24. Rd1 Ng5 25. Re7 Kf8 26. Re3 Bf5
27. Na3 Rd7 28. c4 Nxf3+ 29. Rxf3 b6 30. g4 Be6 31. Rfd3 Rad8
32. Kg2 c5 33. Kg3 a6 34. Kf4 f6 35. f3 Kf7 36. h4 g5+ 37. Kg3
Kg7 38. R3d2 Bg8 39. Rd3 Bh7 40. R3d2 Bg8 41. Rd3 Bh7 42. R3d2
Bg8 43. f4 gxf4+ 44. Kxf4 Be6 45. h5 Kf7 46. Rd3 Rg8 47. Rg3
Rg5 48. Rd2 f5 49. Nc2 fxg4 50. Ne3 Kg7 51. Ke4 b5 52. cxb5
axb5 53. Ng2 c4 54. Nf4 Bf7 55. a3 Kf6 56. Ke3 Ke5 57. Rg1
Rxd6 58. Rb2 Kf6 59. Kf2 Rf5 60. Kg3 Kg5 61. Rf1 Rdf6 62. Rbf2
c3 63. Nd3 Bc4 64. Nc5 Rxc5 65. Rxf6 Bxf1 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "30"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5
7. Bxc4 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e5 Qd8 10. d5 exd5 11. Bxd5 Bxc3+
12. bxc3 O-O 13. O-O Qc7 14. Qb3 Nc6 15. Rfe1 Bg4 16. e6 Bxe6
17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Rxe6 Qf7 19. Rae1 Kh8 20. Qb5 Rad8 21. Qxc5
Rd3 22. h3 Kg8 23. R6e2 Qd5 24. Qxd5+ Rxd5 25. Re3 Ra5
26. R1e2 Rd8 27. Nh4 Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Ra1 29. Rf3 Re5 30. Rd2 Re8
31. Ng6 Kh7 32. Rg3 Rae1 33. Rd7 Rg8 34. Nf8+ Kh8 35. Ng6+ Kh7
36. Rxb7 Re2 37. Rc7 Nd8 38. Nf8+ Kh8 39. Ng6+ Kh7 40. Ne7 Ne6
41. Rxa7 Rf8 42. Nc6 Rfxf2 43. Nd4 Nxd4 44. Raxg7+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "34"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. e3 c5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Bf3 Qd6 11. Ne2 O-O
12. Qb3 cxd4 13. cxd4 e5 14. Bg3 Qe7 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. dxe5
Ba6 17. Qc3 Rfd8 18. f3 Rab8 19. Kf2 Rd3 20. Qxc6 Rb6 21. Qc2
Bxe5 22. Bf4 Bxf4 23. Nxf4 Qxe3+ 24. Kg3 Rd2 25. Qe4 Qf2+
26. Kh3 Rf6 27. Rac1 h6 28. Rc6 Rxf4 29. Rxg6+ fxg6 30. Qxg6+
Kf8 31. Qxh6+ Ke7 32. Qg5+ Rf6 33. Qg7+ Ke6 34. Qg8+ Rf7
35. Qg6+ Ke7 36. Qg5+ Kf8 37. Qh6+ Rg7 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Qe6+
Kh7 40. Qf5+ Kg8 41. Qe6+ Kf8 42. Qf6+ Ke8 43. Qxg7 Bc8+
44. g4 Qxf3+ 45. Kh4 Qxh1 46. Qg6+ Kd7 47. Qf5+ Kc7 48. Qa5+
Kc6 49. Qxd2 Qe4 50. Qc3+ Kb7 51. h3 Be6 52. a3 a6 53. Kg5 Kb6
54. Qg3 a5 55. h4 Qd4 56. h5 a4 57. Qb8+ Kc6 58. Qa8+ Kd6
59. Qd8+ Bd7 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "37"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Bg7
7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 b5 9. Bb3 O-O 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 d6 12. Nc3
Nc4 13. Re1 c5 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Rb1 h6 16. Nd5 Be6 17. b3
N4e5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Ba3 Re8 20. Bc5 Rc8 21. b4 Nd4 22. Bxd4
exd4 23. Bb3 Kh7 24. a4 f5 25. f3 fxe4 26. fxe4 Be5 27. Qd2
Bxd5 28. exd5 Rc3 29. axb5 axb5 30. Qf2 Rf8 31. Qe2 Re3
32. Qg4 h5 33. Qe6 Qh4 34. Qxe5 Rxe5 35. Rxe5 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[Round "38"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Qc2 b6
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. Rd1 c5 10. d4 Nb4 11. Qb1 Qc8
12. Bg5 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 g6 14. Nce4 Kg7 15. Nd6 1-0

[Event "World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa TUR"]
[Date "2010.01.06"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bf1 c5 12. a4
b4 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Rb8 15. Qd3 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Be7 17. Qf4
Bf6 18. a5 Qe7 19. e4 e5 20. Qe3 Nc5 21. Rd5 Ne6 22. Nxe5 Bb7
23. Nd7 Bxd5 24. Nxf8 Ba8 25. Nxe6 Qxe6 26. Qa7 Rd8 27. Be3
Bxe4 28. Re1 Bxb2 29. Qb6 Rc8 30. Bf4 g5 31. Bg3 b3 32. Re3
Bf6 33. Rxe4 Qxe4 34. Qxf6 Qg6 35. Qd4 h6 36. Be5 Re8 37. h4
Qf5 38. Bh8 Qh7 39. Qd7 Qe4 40. Bc3 gxh4 41. Bd3 1-0

[Event "World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa TUR"]
[Date "2010.01.08"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Giovanni Portilho Vescovi"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Bf4 b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5
12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Qa4 Bf6 14. Rxc6 Bxc6 15. Qxc6 Re8 16. Qxd5
Nf8 17. Qb5 Ne6 18. Be3 Rc8 19. Rd1 Nc5 20. h4 h6 21. Bh3 a6
22. Qb4 Rc6 23. Rc1 Rxe3 24. fxe3 Nd3 25. Rxc6 Nxb4 26. Rc8
Nxa2 27. e4 Nb4 28. e5 Be7 29. Kf2 Kf8 30. Ke3 Ke8 31. Ke4 f6
32. Rxd8+ Bxd8 33. d5 fxe5 34. d6 Nc6 35. Bc8 Bf6 36. g4 g6
37. g5 hxg5 38. hxg5 Bd8 39. Bxa6 Kd7 40. Bb5 Kxd6 41. Bxc6
Kxc6 42. Kxe5 Kd7 43. e4 Be7 44. Kd5 Bd8 45. b4 1-0

[Event "World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa TUR"]
[Date "2010.01.12"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. f3
f4 13. c5 g5 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Nf2 Ng6 16. Qc2 Rf7 17. Rfc1
Ne8 18. a4 h5 19. Ncd1 Bf8 20. Ra3 a6 21. Qc3 Bd7 22. Qa5 b6
23. Qb4 Rg7 24. Rac3 Nh4 25. h3 Be7 26. Be1 Qb8 27. Kf1 Bd8
28. Rb3 Bc7 29. Qa3 Qd8 30. Rbc3 Bb8 31. b4 Ra7 32. Rc6 b5
33. axb5 axb5 34. Ra6 Rb7 35. Rcc6 Bxc6 36. dxc6 Ra7 37. Nc3
d5 38. Nxd5 Nf5 39. exf5 Qxd5 40. Ne4 Rgc7 41. Nxg5 Ng7
42. Rb6 Nxf5 43. Rxb8+ Kg7 44. Qb2 Ra2 45. Qb1 Rc2 46. Rxb5
Qd6 47. Rb7 Kh6 48. Kg1 Qxc6 49. Nf7+ Rxf7 50. Rxf7 Ne3
51. Ra7 Qd5 52. Qa1 Nxg2 53. Qa6+ 1-0

[Event "World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa TUR"]
[Date "2010.01.13"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ahmed Adly"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c3 Be7
7. a4 b4 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Ne5 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Qb6 11. Nd3 Na6
12. a5 Qb7+ 13. f3 Be7 14. e4 Rc8 15. Ra4 d5 16. e5 Nd7
17. Be3 bxc3 18. Nxc3 Ndc5 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Rb4 Qc6 21. Rg4
h5 22. Nb4 Qb7 23. Rd4 O-O 24. f4 g6 25. Kh3 Kg7 26. Nbxd5
exd5 27. f5 Bg5 28. b4 Ne6 29. Rd3 d4 30. Ne2 gxf5 31. Rxd4
Be3 32. Rxf5 Nxd4 33. Nxd4 Qd7 34. g4 Rc3 35. Kh4 Qd8+ 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2010.02.24"]
[EventDate "2010.02.13"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vugar Gashimov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6
7. Bf4 a6 8. a4 Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. e3 Ne8 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O
Qe7 13. Re1 h6 14. a5 Nc7 15. Rc1 f5 16. Qb3 g5 17. Bg3 Rb8
18. Na4 b5 19. axb6 Na8 20. Ra1 Naxb6 21. Nc3 Na8 22. Qc2 Nc7
23. Bc4 Rb4 24. b3 Nf6 25. Ra5 Nd7 26. Na4 Kh8 27. Nb2 Rb6
28. Rd1 Nb5 29. Bd3 Nc3 30. Rd2 Ne4 31. Bxe4 fxe4 32. Ne1 Bxb2
33. Qxb2+ Kg8 34. Nc2 Nf6 35. Na3 Ne8 36. Nc4 Rb5 37. Ra4 h5
38. Na5 h4 39. Bh2 Bf5 40. Nc6 Qb7 41. b4 Bd7 42. Qc2 Bf5
43. bxc5 Rxc5 44. Qd1 Rb5 45. Ra1 Bc8 46. Rc1 Bf5 47. Nd8 Qe7
48. Ne6 Bxe6 49. dxe6 Qxe6 50. Bxd6 Nxd6 51. Rxd6 Qf5 52. Qh5
Rb7 53. Rg6+ Rg7 54. Rh6 Rh7 55. Rxh7 Qxh7 56. Qxg5+ Qg7
57. Qxh4 Qg6 58. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. a3 cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7
12. Be2 Nd5 13. Ba3 Qxc3 14. Qb1 Qf6 15. Bd3 h6 16. b5 Rd8
17. Bb2 Qe7 18. Ra4 b6 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Rh4 N7f6 21. Ne5 Bd7
22. Ba3 Qe8 23. Bd3 Rac8 24. Qb2 Kg8 25. h3 Rc3 26. Rd1 Rdc8
27. Rd4 Rxd3 28. R1xd3 Bxb5 29. Rd2 a6 30. Ng4 Nxg4 31. Rxg4
f6 32. Rxd5 exd5 33. Qxf6 Qd7 34. Rxg7+ Qxg7 35. Qe6+ Kh7
36. Qf5+ Qg6 37. Qxc8 Qc6 38. Qd8 Qe6 39. Bb2 a5 40. Qh8+ Kg6
41. Qg7+ Kf5 42. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan Smeets"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Bg7
7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 O-O 11. Nc3 Na5 12. Bc2
c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Be3 Nb7 16. e5 Bf5 17. Be4
Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Rd5 19. Bg5 Nc6 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Bxf6 Nd4
22. Rfd1 h6 23. Kf1 a5 24. Rac1 Nd8 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Bxd8
Raxd8 27. f4 g5 28. g3 d3 29. Kf2 d2 30. Rc3 b4 31. Re3 Kg7
32. f5 Rc8 33. Ke2 Rc2 34. e6 fxe6 35. fxe6 Kf8 36. Rd3 Rxd3
37. Kxd3 Rxb2 38. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 39. Kxd2 Ke7 40. Kd3 Kxe6 41. Kc4
Kf5 42. Kb5 g4 43. h4 Ke4 44. Kxa5 Kf3 45. Kxb4 Kxg3 46. a4
Kxh4 47. a5 g3 48. a6 g2 49. a7 g1=Q 50. a8=Q h5 51. Qd5 Qg4+
52. Ka3 Kg3 53. Qe5+ Kh3 54. Qd5 Kh2 55. Qd2+ Qg2 56. Qd4 Qg3+
57. Ka2 h4 58. Ka1 Qg1+ 59. Ka2 Qxd4 0-1

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Jan Smeets"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e4 dxe4 6. d5 Ne5
7. Bf4 Ng6 8. Bg3 f5 9. h4 f4 10. Bh2 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. h5
Ne5 13. Bxf4 Nd3+ 14. Bxd3 Qxd3 15. Qa4+ Qd7 16. Qxe4 Nf6
17. Qe2 Bb4 18. Rd1 Qc6 19. Rh3 O-O 20. Rd6 Bxd6 21. Qxe6+ Rf7
22. Qxd6 Qxg2 23. Rg3 Re8+ 24. Be3 Qh1 25. h6 Qh5 26. Rxg7+
Rxg7 27. hxg7 Ng4 28. Nd5 Qe5 29. Qd7 Qe6 30. Qxb7 Rd8
31. Ne7+ Kxg7 32. Nf5+ Kf6 33. Qg7+ Kxf5 34. Qg5+ Ke4 35. f3+
Kd3 36. Qxd8+ Kxe3 37. Qd2+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.19"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vugar Gashimov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6
7. Bf4 a6 8. Nd2 b5 9. a4 Nh5 10. Be3 b4 11. Nce4 f5 12. g4
fxg4 13. h3 g3 14. fxg3 Bg7 15. Bg5 Nf6 16. Bg2 O-O 17. O-O
Bf5 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. e4 Bc8 21. e5 Rxf1+
22. Qxf1 dxe5 23. d6 Ra7 24. Qc4+ Kg7 25. Qxc5 Rf7 26. Rc1 Bf5
27. Qxe5+ Kh6 28. Qe3+ g5 29. h4 Kg7 30. Bd5 Rd7 31. Rc7 gxh4
32. g4 Bg6 33. Be6 Qe8 34. Qe5+ Kh6 35. g5+ Kh5 36. Ne4 Bxe4
37. Bg4+ Kxg4 38. Qxe8 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6
7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5 h6 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Re8
12. Nd2 f5 13. O-O fxe4 14. c4 d6 15. Bb2 Qg5 16. f3 Bh3
17. Qe2 e3 18. Ne4 Qg6 19. a4 Nd7 20. Ra3 Ne5 21. Kh1 Nxc4
22. gxh3 Rxe4 23. Rg1 Qh5 24. Rxg7+ Kf8 25. Rh7 Nxb2 26. Rxe3
Rxe3 27. Qxe3 Kg8 28. Rxh6 Qf5 29. Rh4 Nd3 30. Rg4+ Kf7
31. Re4 Qxd5 32. Re7+ Kf8 33. Rh7 Kg8 34. Rc7 Nf2+ 35. Qxf2
Kf8 36. Qe3 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Qc2+ 38. Kg3 Qg6+ 39. Kh4 Qf6+
40. Qg5 Qxg5+ 41. Kxg5 d5 42. f4 d4 43. f5 Re8 44. Kf6 d3
45. Rf7+ Kg8 46. Rg7+ Kh8 47. Rd7 c4 48. Kf7 Rc8 49. f6 c3
50. Rd4 Rc7+ 51. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.23"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. a3 f5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. g3 Ne4
7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8. Bh3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. d5 Bxf3 11. exf3 e5
12. Qc2 Qf6 13. b4 c5 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Bb2 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4
17. Rad1 a5 18. c5 Be7 19. cxb6 axb4 20. axb4 Kh8 21. b7 Rab8
22. Qc7 Qc6 23. Qf4 Bxb4 24. Bxf5 Rxb7 25. Qg4 Bc3 26. Be4 d5
27. Bd3 g6 28. f4 Qf6 29. Rb1 Re7 30. Rb5 Rd8 31. Rfb1 Kg7
32. Rb7 Rde8 33. f5 Rxb7 34. Rxb7+ Re7 35. Rxe7+ Qxe7 36. fxg6
h6 37. Qf5 Bb4 38. Qxd5 Bd6 39. Qxd4+ Be5 40. Qd5 Bc7 41. Kg2
Bb6 42. h4 Kf6 43. Qc6+ Qe6 44. Qf3+ Kg7 45. Qb7+ Kf6 46. Be4
Bd8 47. Qb2+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.24"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3
Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg2 Re8 10. d3 h6 11. h3 a6
12. Kh2 d6 13. Qc2 Rb8 14. b3 b5 15. Bb2 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7
17. e3 c6 18. Ne2 Qc8 19. Rac1 Nh7 20. cxb5 axb5 21. d4 exd4
22. exd4 Bb6 23. Nf4 Rc7 24. Rfe1 d5 25. a4 bxa4 26. bxa4 Ng5
27. Kg2 Ne4 28. Re3 Qa8 29. Rb3 Ba7 30. Nxd5 Rcc8 31. Nc3 Nf6
32. Ne2 c5+ 33. d5 Qxd5+ 34. Rf3 Ne4 35. Nc3 Qc6 36. Nxe4 Rxe4
37. Qb3 c4 38. Qb5 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.25"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6
7. Rc1 Bf5 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 d4 10. exf6 dxc3 11. Rxc3 Qxd1+
12. Kxd1 gxf6 13. g3 e5 14. Be3 Bb4 15. Rc4 a5 16. Bg2 O-O
17. Bxb7 Rab8 18. Bc6 Rfc8 19. f3 Rd8+ 20. Kc1 Ba3 21. Be4
Rxb2 22. Rc3 Bxe4 23. fxe4 Rdb8 24. Rxa3 Rb1+ 25. Kc2 Rxh1
26. Rxa5 Rxh2 27. Ra6 Kg7 28. a4 Rxe2+ 29. Kd3 Rg2 30. Bc5 Rc8
31. Ra5 Rxg3+ 32. Kc4 h5 33. Rb5 h4 34. a5 h3 35. Rb1 h2
36. Rh1 Rg2 37. Kb5 Rb2+ 0-1

[Event "Leon Rapid"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2010.06.05"]
[EventDate "2010.06.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "321"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5
7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2 cxd4 9. Rd1 Be7 10. exd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nd5
12. Qe4 Nf6 13. Qe2 Nd5 14. Bd2 Bf6 15. Qe4 Ncb4 16. Ne5 Bd7
17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Qxd5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Bc6 21. Qc4
Re8 22. Bf4 Qh4 23. Rd4 Rad8 24. f3 Rxd4 25. Qxd4 f6 26. Qe3
Qh5 27. Re1 fxe5 28. Bxe5 Bxa4 29. h3 Bc6 30. f4 Qg6 31. Qf2
Qf5 32. Rd1 Re6 33. Rd8+ Re8 34. Rd2 Re6 35. Rd8+ Re8
36. Rxe8+ Bxe8 37. Bc3 Qe4 38. f5 Qe7 39. Qg3 Qf7 40. f6 Qg6
41. Qb8 gxf6 42. Qxb7 f5 43. Qd5+ Kf8 44. Qc5+ Kg8 45. Qc4+
Kf8 46. Bb4+ Kg7 47. Qc5 h5 48. Qf8+ Kh7 49. Bc3 Qf7 50. Qh8+
Kg6 51. Bd2 f4 52. Qe5 Bc6 53. Bxf4 Qd5 54. Qe2 Qd4+ 55. Be3
Qe4 56. Qf2 Bb7 57. Bd4 Qc6 58. Bc3 h4 59. Qe2 Qe4 60. Qf2 Bd5
61. Bd2 Kh5 62. Bf4 Qb1+ 63. Kh2 Qe4 64. Bd6 Kg6 65. Bc7 Qe7
66. Qc2+ Qe4 67. Qd2 Kf5 68. Qf2+ Kg6 69. Qd2 Kf5 70. Qf2+ Kg6
71. Bf4 Kh5 72. Bc1 Kg6 73. Qd2 Qe5+ 74. Kg1 Kf7 75. Qf2+ Qf6
76. Bf4 Kg6 77. Kh2 Qe7 78. Qf1 Qe6 79. Qd3+ Qe4 80. Qf1 Bc4
81. Qf2 Bd5 82. Bc7 Qe7 83. Qb6+ Qe6 84. Bd6 a5 85. Qc5 a4
86. Bc7 Qe4 87. Qf2 Qe7 88. Bf4 Qe4 89. Bc1 Qe5+ 90. Kg1 Qe4
91. Be3 Qe5 92. Qc2+ Qe4 93. Qe2 Qf5 94. Qd2 Qe4 95. Bb6 Qe5
96. Bd8 Qe4 97. Bxh4 Bc6 98. Qg5+ Kf7 99. Kh2 Bd5 100. Bf2 Bc6
101. Bc5 Bd5 102. h4 Be6 103. Qh5+ Qg6 104. Qf3+ Qf5 105. Qb7+
Kg6 106. Bd6 Bd5 107. Qa6 Qe4 108. Bg3+ Kh5 109. Qf1 Kg6
110. Qf2 Kh5 111. Bf4 Qf5 112. Qe2+ Kg6 113. Qd2 Qe4 114. Bg3
Qf5 115. Bd6 Bc6 116. Qc3 Bd5 117. Qg3+ Kh5 118. Qg7 Be4
119. Bg3 Qg6 120. Qh8+ Kg4 121. Qc8+ Kh5 122. Qc4 Bc6
123. Qe2+ Kh6 124. Bf4+ Kh7 125. h5 Qe4 126. Qg4 Bd5 127. Qg5
Qe6 128. Be3 Qe4 129. Bd2 Qe6 130. Qf4 Qe4 131. Qc7+ Kg8
132. Qg3+ Kf7 133. Bc3 Qf5 134. Qh4 Be4 135. h6 Qg6 136. Qf4+
Ke8 137. g4 Bc2 138. Kg3 Kd7 139. Kh4 Ke8 140. Bf6 Kd7
141. Qd4+ Kc6 142. Bg7 Kc7 143. Qf4+ Kd7 144. Bf6 Kc6 145. Bg5
Kd7 146. Qd4+ Kc6 147. Qd2 Qe4 148. Bf4 Qg6 149. Qd4 Kb7
150. Qc3 Kb6 151. Qc7+ Kb5 152. Be3 Qf6+ 153. g5 Qg6 154. Qc5+
Ka6 155. Qb6+ Qxb6 156. Bxb6 Bg6 157. Kg4 Kxb6 158. Kf4 Kc5
159. Ke5 Kb4 160. Kf6 Be4 161. g6 1-0

[Event "Leon Rapid"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2010.06.06"]
[EventDate "2010.06.06"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O
7. Be2 dxc4 8. bxc4 e5 9. d3 Re8 10. O-O Bg4 11. Rb1 Nbd7
12. Ba1 Rb8 13. Qc2 Nc5 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. h3 Bf5 16. Nh4 Bd7
17. d4 exd4 18. exd4 Nce4 19. Bd3 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 Ne4 21. Re1
Qxh4 22. Bxe4 h6 23. c5 Bc7 24. d5 cxd5 25. Bxd5 Qh5 26. Qd3
Bf5 27. Qd4 Qg5 28. h4 Qg6 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rxb7 Be4 31. g3
Bxd5 32. Qxd5 Bxg3 33. h5 Bxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Qc2+ 35. Bd2 Re6
36. c6 Rf6+ 37. Kg3 Kh7 38. c7 Rf5 39. Qd4 Qc6 40. Qd3 g6
41. c8=Q Qxc8 42. Rxf7+ Rxf7 43. Qxg6+ Kh8 44. Qxf7 Qc6
45. Qg6 Qxg6+ 46. hxg6 Kg7 47. Kf4 Kxg6 48. Ke5 h5 49. a4 h4
50. a5 a6 51. Bf4 h3 52. Bh2 Kg5 53. Kd6 Kf5 54. Kc6 Ke6
55. Kb6 Kd7 56. Kxa6 Kc6 57. Ka7 Kb5 58. a6 1-0

[Event "Shanghai Masters"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2010.09.03"]
[EventDate "2010.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6
7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Bf4 Ba6 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Rfe1 Nh5
12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 f6 14. Bf4 Nxf4 15. gxf4 Bb4 16. Red1
Qd6 17. Nf1 dxc4 18. a3 Ba5 19. f5 Kh8 20. Ne3 b5 21. Qe4 Bb7
22. Qxe6 Qc7 23. Qe4 Rae8 24. Qg4 Bb6 25. Nf1 Bc8 26. Ng3 g6
27. e3 gxf5 28. Nxf5 Qd7 29. e4 Qf7 30. Qf3 Bxf5 31. Qxf5 Rg8
32. Kh1 Rg5 33. Qf3 Qg6 34. d5 Rg8 35. Bh3 Bxf2 0-1

[Event "Shanghai Masters (Playoff)"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2010.09.08"]
[EventDate "2010.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 e5 6. Qe1 Ngf6
7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Bc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nc4 Re8
12. Nh4 b5 13. Na5 Qc7 14. a4 Bb6 15. Nb3 a6 16. Bg5 c5 17. a5
Ba7 18. c4 Rab8 19. Nd2 h6 20. Be3 Nf8 21. f4 exf4 22. Bxf4
Qd8 23. Nf5 Ne6 24. e5 Nd4 25. Nd6 Re6 26. Qf2 Ne8 27. g4 Nxd6
28. exd6 Re2 29. gxh5 Rxf2 30. Rxf2 Qh4 31. Re1 Ne6 32. Bh2
bxc4 33. Re4 Qxh5 34. Nxc4 Qd1+ 35. Rf1 Qc2 36. d7 Rd8 37. Ne5
Bb8 38. Nxf7 Bxh2+ 39. Kxh2 Rxd7 40. Rxe6 Rd2 41. Re8+ Kh7
42. Rg1 Qf5 43. Rf8 Qf4+ 44. Kh1 Rxg2 45. Rxg2 Qf1+ 46. Kh2
Qf4+ 47. Kg1 Qc1+ 48. Kf2 Qd2+ 49. Kf3 Qd3+ 50. Kf2 Qd2+
51. Kg3 Qe3+ 52. Kh2 Qf4+ 53. Kg1 Qc1+ 54. Kf2 Qd2+ 55. Kf3
Qd3+ 56. Kg4 Qe4+ 57. Kg3 Qe3+ 58. Kh4 Qf4+ 59. Rg4 Qf2+ 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.22"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Zhao Zong-Yuan"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Ne5
Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nd5 14. Rad1 c6 15. Bc1 Nab4 16. e4 Nb6 17. Qe2
Nd7 18. Nf3 Re8 19. h4 Qb6 20. Ng5 h6 21. Rh1 Bf8 22. e5 f5
23. Qh5 Re7 24. Qg6 hxg5 25. hxg5 c5 26. Nb5 Qc6+ 27. f3 cxd4
28. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.23"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Baris Esen"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. Qe2 Be6 12. Rd1
Bc4 13. Qc2 a4 14. Qb1 Nb4 15. e4 c5 16. d5 a3 17. h4 Ba6
18. h5 axb2 19. Bxb2 Nc4 20. Bf1 Nxb2 21. Qxb2 Bxf1 22. Kxf1
Qb6 23. Qd2 Qf6 24. Kg2 Qxc3 25. Qf4 Nd3 26. Rxd3 Qxd3 27. Rh1
e5 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.24"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. Nc3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Qb3 Qc7 15. Rfd1 a5 16. Rac1 Bg5
17. e3 Qe7 18. Be2 Qb4 19. Qxb4 axb4 20. Ne4 Be7 21. Ra1 Nd7
22. a5 Ra7 23. a6 bxa6 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. Bxa6 Rb8 26. Rc1 Rb6
27. Be2 Bf8 28. Kf1 g6 29. Ke1 Kg7 30. Kd1 Be7 31. f4 Kf8
32. Bf3 Ra6 33. Nf2 c5 34. Nd3 Ra5 35. Ke2 Kg7 36. Rc2 Bf8
37. Bc6 Nb8 38. Be8 Na6 39. Ne5 cxd4 40. exd4 g5 41. Bxf7
Rxe5+ 42. fxe5 Kxf7 43. Rc6 Nb8 44. Rc7+ Be7 45. b3 Na6
46. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.10.01"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Navara"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bd2 b4 10. c3 O-O 11. Re1 Rb8 12. Bc4
Qc8 13. d4 Na5 14. Bf1 c5 15. cxb4 cxb4 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4
exd4 18. Nbd2 g5 19. e5 gxh4 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Ne4 Bg7
22. Nxh4 Qd8 23. g3 Rb6 24. Bd3 Re8 25. Qf3 Re5 26. Qf4 Be6
27. Rad1 Rc6 28. Nf3 Rf5 29. Qh4 Nb7 30. Qxd8+ Nxd8 31. Be2
Rd5 32. b3 Kf8 33. Ned2 d3 34. Bf1 Rc3 35. Re3 Nb7 36. Nc4
Rxb3 37. Nfd2 Rc3 38. Bg2 Bd4 39. Re4 Nc5 40. Rh4 Bf6 41. Bxd5
Bxd5 42. Rxh6 Kg7 43. Ne3 Be6 44. Rh5 b3 45. Nd5 Bxd5 46. Rxd5
b2 47. Nb1 Rc1 48. Rf1 Nxa4 49. Rxd6 Nc3 50. Nd2 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.10.03"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5
12. Bxe5 Nxe5 13. Qd4 f6 14. O-O-O Rd8 15. Qe3 Be7 16. Rxd8+
Kxd8 17. Rd1+ Kc8 18. Be4 Bg6 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Nxe5 Qxe5
21. Qxe5 fxe5 22. Rh1 Kd7 23. e3 Ke6 24. Kd1 Bb4 25. Ne4 Kf5
26. f3 g4 27. Ke2 g5 28. Nf2 gxf3+ 29. Kxf3 e4+ 30. Ke2 Rd8
31. Rd1 Rxd1 32. g4+ Ke5 33. Kxd1 Kd5 34. Nh3 Be7 35. Kc2 b5
36. b3 bxa4 37. bxa4 c5 38. Nf2 c4 39. Kc3 Bc5 40. Nd1 Bd6
41. Kc2 Bb4 42. Nf2 Be1 43. Nh3 Bh4 44. Kd2 Kc5 45. Ng1 Kb4
46. Ne2 Kb3 47. a5 a6 48. Nd4+ Kb2 49. Ne2 Bf2 50. h3 Bh4 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Huzman"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5
exd5 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 h6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. a3 Bxc5 11. e3 a6
12. Be2 b5 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. Be1 Re8 16. Rac1 Nf8
17. Nd4 Qb6 18. Bf3 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Ne6 20. Rd2 d4 21. Bxb7 Qxb7
22. exd4 Ne4 23. Rdd1 Nf4 24. d5 a5 25. Qb3 b4 26. axb4 axb4
27. Na2 Ne2+ 28. Kh1 Nxc1 29. Nxc1 Nf6 30. d6 Qc6 31. Na2 Qxd6
32. Bxb4 Qb6 33. f3 Qf2 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.19"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6
7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Bg5 Qb6
12. Qc1 Nd7 13. h3 f5 14. e4 fxe4 15. Re1 Nhf6 16. Nd2 e3
17. Rxe3 Rxe3 18. Bxe3 Ne5 19. b3 Bf5 20. Qd1 Re8 21. Rc1 Qa6
22. a4 Bd3 23. g4 Re7 24. Bf4 b6 25. Nb5 Bxb5 26. axb5 Qxb5
27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Nc4 Bh6 29. Nxe5 Bxc1 30. Qxc1 dxe5 31. Qg5
Kf7 32. Qxe5 Qe8 33. Qc7+ Qd7 34. d6 Ke6 35. g5 Qxd6 36. Qxd6+
Kxd6 37. gxf6 Ke6 38. Kf1 Kxf6 39. Ke2 Ke5 40. Kd3 b5 41. Bc6
a6 42. Bb7 a5 43. Bc6 c4+ 44. bxc4 bxc4+ 45. Kxc4 Kf4 46. Kb5
g5 47. Kxa5 h5 48. Kb4 g4 49. hxg4 hxg4 50. Bh1 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.20"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Hrvoje Stevic"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2
Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nb3 Nb6 10. Bb5 Qd5 11. Bxc6+ Qxc6
12. Bg5 Bg4 13. Qxd4 Bxf3 14. Qxb4 Nd5 15. Qd2 Bxg2 16. Rfc1
Qe6 17. Kxg2 Qg4+ 18. Kf1 Qh3+ 19. Ke1 c6 20. Qd4 Qxh2 21. Kd2
Qh3 22. Rh1 Qf5 23. Rag1 f6 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Kc1 c5 26. Qa4+
Kf7 27. Bd2 Nb4 28. Nd4 cxd4 29. Qb3+ Nd5 30. Qxb7+ Ke6
31. Qc6+ Kf7 32. Rg7+ Kxg7 33. Qb7+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.05"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 Nbd7 9. Rc1 Qa5 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Rxc3 Ne4
12. b4 Nxc3 13. Qa1 Qa4 14. Qxc3 O-O 15. e3 a5 16. b5 Nxc5
17. Qxc5 Bf5 18. Qd4 Qxa3 19. Be2 Qb4+ 20. Qxb4 axb4 21. Nd4
Ra1+ 22. Bd1 Bh7 23. Nb3 Rb1 24. Nd2 Rb2 25. Bg3 Rc8 26. Be5
Ra2 27. Nb3 Bc2 28. Bxc2 Rcxc2 29. O-O f6 30. Bd4 Ra3 31. Na1
Rd2 32. h3 Rad3 33. Kh2 Ra3 34. b6 h5 35. Rb1 Rxf2 36. Nb3
Raa2 37. Rg1 Kh7 38. Nc5 Rfd2 39. Nxb7 b3 40. Nc5 b2 41. Rb1
1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.07"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qd3 Nbd7 6. g3 Bd6
7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Qxc4 e5 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Bg5 h6
12. Nh4 Nb6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qb3 Bc7 15. d5 cxd5 16. Bxd5 Kh8
17. Rac1 Qe7 18. Qc2 Rb8 19. a4 Bh3 20. Bg2 Be6 21. a5 Na8
22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Qe6 24. b4 Bd8 25. Nf5 g6 26. Nd6 Nc7
27. Rdd1 b6 28. Nb7 Na6 29. Rd6 Qg4 30. Qb2 Qxb4 31. Qxe5+ Kh7
32. Rd7 Bg5 33. Rcd1 Nc5 34. Nxc5 Qxc5 35. Qxc5 bxc5 36. Rxa7
c4 37. a6 c3 38. Rc7 Rbc8 39. Rxc8 Rxc8 40. e3 Be7 41. Rc1 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "3.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pavel Eljanov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "216"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3
7. bxc3 dxc4 8. e3 b5 9. a4 c6 10. Qb1 Bf5 11. e4 Bd7 12. Be2
O-O 13. O-O a6 14. Bxc4 g5 15. Bxg5 bxc4 16. Qb7 c5 17. Qxa8
Qc7 18. d5 Bxc3 19. Bxe7 Re8 20. d6 Qc6 21. Qxc6 Nxc6 22. Rac1
Bb4 23. Rxc4 Nxe7 24. dxe7 Rxe7 25. Ra1 Bc6 26. e5 Bd5
27. Rg4+ Kf8 28. h4 Be6 29. Rf4 h6 30. Rd1 Rc7 31. Rd6 Ke7
32. Rxa6 Bc3 33. Rb6 c4 34. Nd4 Bd2 35. Nxe6 fxe6 36. Rf6 c3
37. Rfxe6+ Kd7 38. Red6+ Kc8 39. Rbc6 c2 40. Rxc2 Rxc2 41. g3
Kc7 42. Rf6 Bc3 43. Rxh6 Bxe5 44. Rh7+ Kd6 45. Rf7 Ke6 46. Rf3
Ra2 47. Kg2 Rxa4 48. h5 Bf6 49. Rb3 Ra2 50. Rb4 Bc3 51. Rc4
Be5 52. g4 Kd5 53. Rb4 Bd4 54. g5 Bxf2 55. Kf3 Bc5 56. Rb7 Ke6
57. h6 Rh2 58. Rc7 Bd4 59. Ke4 Rh4+ 60. Kd3 Be5 61. Rb7 Kf5
62. Rb5 Rh5 63. Ra5 Rxg5 64. h7 Rh5 65. Ra7 Kg6 66. Ke4 Bg7
67. Ra6+ Kxh7 68. Re6 Kg8 69. Rc6 Bf8 70. Rc4 Kf7 71. Rc7+ Be7
72. Rc6 Ra5 73. Rc4 Ke6 74. Rc6+ Bd6 75. Rc4 Re5+ 76. Kd3 Rh5
77. Ke4 Rh4+ 78. Kd3 Bf4 79. Ke4 Be5+ 80. Kd3 Kd5 81. Ra4 Bd6
82. Ra5+ Bc5 83. Ra2 Rh3+ 84. Kd2 Kd4 85. Rc2 Bb4+ 86. Kd1 Re3
87. Ra2 Re1+ 88. Kc2 Kc4 89. Rb2 Ba3 90. Ra2 Re3 91. Kb1 Kb4
92. Kc2 Kc4 93. Kb1 Bb4 94. Kc2 Rh3 95. Rb2 Rh2+ 96. Kb1 Rh1+
97. Kc2 Ra1 98. Rb1 Ra3 99. Rb2 Bc3 100. Rb8 Ra2+ 101. Kb1 Rf2
102. Kc1 Kd3 103. Rd8+ Bd4 104. Kb1 Rf6 105. Ka2 Kc4 106. Rc8+
Kb4 107. Rb8+ Bb6 108. Kb1 Rc6 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "5.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Qb6 4. Nc3 d6 5. a3 cxd4 6. exd4 Bd7
7. Rb1 e5 8. Bg5 exd4 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Ne4 d5 11. Nd2 Nc6
12. Bd3 Rg8 13. Ne2 Ne5 14. O-O O-O-O 15. Ng3 Bg4 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergei Movsesian"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nd7 3. c4 e5 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bg5 f6 6. Bh4 c6
7. e4 Qe7 8. Be2 h5 9. h3 Bh6 10. O-O Bf4 11. Qc2 g5 12. Bg3
h4 13. Bxf4 gxf4 14. Rad1 Qg7 15. Kh2 Ne7 16. Qb3 Ng6 17. Qa3
Qe7 18. Rd2 Ndf8 19. Rfd1 Bd7 20. Na4 Rd8 21. c5 dxc5 22. Nxc5
b6 23. Nxd7 Nxd7 24. Qxa7 Rh7 25. dxe5 fxe5 26. Qc7 Qc5
27. Ba6 Re7 28. b4 Qxb4 29. Qxc6 Nf8 30. Bc8 Qc5 31. Bxd7+
Nxd7 32. Qg6+ Kf8 33. Ng5 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "9.10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Rauf Mamedov"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. c4 d6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 e5 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. O-O O-O
7. Rb1 a5 8. a3 Nbc6 9. d3 h6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Nd4 12. Nd2
c6 13. b5 d5 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. e3 Ne6 17. Nb3 e4
18. Bb2 Ba6 19. dxe4 Bxf1 20. Qxf1 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Rb8 22. Bxg7
Kxg7 23. Nbd2 Rxb1 24. Qxb1 Qa5 25. Qb2+ f6 26. h4 Qc7 27. Bh3
Nc5 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "10.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Grachev"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 Nc6
7. O-O Nd7 8. Bh2 e5 9. c4 exd4 10. exd4 Re8 11. Nc3 Nf6
12. Bd3 Nh5 13. Bc2 Nb4 14. Ba4 Bd7 15. a3 Bxa4 16. Qxa4 Nc6
17. Rad1 Qd7 18. c5 Rad8 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Qb3 h6 21. Nb5 Bf8
22. d5 Na5 23. Qb4 b6 24. Nbd4 Nf6 25. Nb3 Re4 26. Qc3 Rc8
27. Qd3 Nxb3 28. Qxb3 Rc5 29. Rd3 Qb5 30. Qxb5 Rxb5 31. Rc1
Rxb2 32. Bg3 Re8 33. Rc6 Ne4 34. Rc7 Nxg3 35. fxg3 Ree2
36. Kf1 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "11.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. e4 e5 11. Rfe1
Re8 12. Rad1 c5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nb1 Qe7 15. Nc3 Rad8 16. Qa4
a6 17. Qb3 Bc6 18. Nd2 Rb8 19. Nf1 b5 20. Ne3 bxc4 21. Qxc4
Rxb2 22. Qxa6 Rb6 23. Qd3 g6 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Ba8
26. Red1 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Kf8 28. f3 Ke7 29. Ra6 Bb7 30. Ra7 Bc6
31. Nc4 Kf8 32. Rc7 Nb8 33. Na5 Ba8 34. Rxc5 Na6 35. Rc4 Rd8
36. Nc6 Re8 37. Bh3 Nb8 38. Nxb8 Rxb8 39. a4 Ne8 40. Nb5 f5
41. Kf2 fxe4 42. fxe4 Ke7 43. Rc5 Kf6 44. Bd7 Ng7 45. Ke3 Rd8
46. Rc7 Ne6 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "12.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Savchenko"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5
Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. Qe4 Nf6 10. Qe2 Nd5 11. Nd2 g6
12. g3 Bg7 13. f4 O-O 14. Bh3 d6 15. Qe4 f5 16. Qf3 Nb4
17. Qb3 dxe5 18. a3 exf4+ 19. Kd1 Nd5 20. cxd5 Be2+ 21. Kc2
Qc5+ 22. Kb1 Rab8 23. Qc2 Qxd5 24. Bf1 Qxh1 25. Bxe2 Rxb2+
26. Qxb2 Bxb2 27. Kxb2 Qxh2 28. Bc4+ Kg7 29. gxf4 Rd8 30. Kc2
Rd4 31. Bb3 c5 32. Rb1 c4 33. Ba2 Qe2 34. Kc3 Rxd2 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "13.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 a6 11. Rc1 cxd4
12. cxd4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 e6 14. d5 exd5 15. exd5 Ne7 16. Bc4
Nf5 17. Bc5 Bh6+ 18. Kc3 Bxc1 19. Rxc1 f6 20. Re1+ Kd7 21. Re6
b5 22. Bb3 a5 23. g4 b4+ 24. Kd2 Nh6 25. Ba4+ Kc7 26. Re7+ Kd8
27. d6 Ra6 28. Bb5 Nxg4 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "17.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. a5 a6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3
12. Qxf3 O-O 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. e4 e5 15. d5 Bb4 16. Ba2 cxd5
17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Nf6 19. Bg5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 b5 21. axb6
Qxb6 22. Qb3 Bc5 23. Qxb6 Bxb6 24. Be7 Rfe8 25. Bd6 Bd4
26. Ra2 Red8 27. b4 f6 28. Kf1 Kf7 29. f4 Rd7 30. fxe5 Bxe5
31. Bxe5 Rxd5 32. exd5 fxe5 33. Ra5 Rb8 34. Rxa6 Rxb4 35. Re6
Re4 36. Kf2 h5 37. Kf3 Re1 38. h4 Kf8 39. d6 Kf7 40. d7 Rd1
41. Rxe5 Rd3+ 42. Ke4 Rxd7 43. Rxh5 Rd2 44. Rg5 Re2+ 45. Kf3
Ra2 46. Re5 Kg6 47. g4 Ra3+ 48. Kf4 Ra4+ 49. Re4 Ra6 50. h5+
Kh6 51. Re8 Ra4+ 52. Kg3 Ra1 53. Re6+ Kh7 54. g5 Rh1 55. Kg4
Rg1+ 56. Kf5 Rh1 57. Re8 Rxh5 58. Ra8 g6+ 59. Kf6 Rh1 60. Ra7+
Kg8 61. Kxg6 Kf8 62. Ra8+ Ke7 63. Kg7 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "19.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 Nf6
7. Nc3 Qh5 8. h3 Na6 9. Bg2 Qg6 10. Rb1 Nb4 11. Ne3 Bc5 12. a3
Nbd5 13. Qc2 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Bb6 15. b4 O-O 16. Bb2 Be6 17. Qc2
Bxe3 18. dxe3 Bd5 19. O-O Rfe8 20. Rfd1 h5 21. b5 Qf5 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "21.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6
7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. e3 h6 11. Nc3 Bc2
12. Re1 Bh7 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 Nf6 16. Rad1 a5
17. e4 a4 18. a3 Qb6 19. Be3 Qa6 20. Qxa6 Rxa6 21. d5 Rd8
22. Bf1 Raa8 23. Bb6 Rd7 24. Bh3 Ra6 25. Be3 Nxe4 26. dxe6
Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Nxc3 28. bxc3 Kf8 29. Rd7 fxe6 30. Bxe6 Bxa3
31. Rf7+ Ke8 32. Rxb7 Bd6 33. Rxg7 Bc2 34. Bxh6 a3 35. Ba2 Rb6
36. Bg5 Bb3 37. Be3 c5 38. Bxb3 Rxb3 39. Ra7 Rxc3 40. h4 c4
41. h5 Rxe3 42. h6 Re6 43. h7 Rh6 44. Kg2 c3 45. Ra8+ Kd7
46. h8=Q Rxh8 47. Rxh8 c2 48. Rh1 a2 49. Kf3 Ba3 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "22.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 c6
7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. Qb3 O-O 9. O-O a5 10. Rc1 a4 11. Qc2 Nh5
12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. Be1 b5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Nc3 Ba6 16. a3 Nb6
17. Na2 Nc4 18. Bb4 Rc8 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Qc3 Bb7 21. Rab1 Ne4
22. Qb4 Qxb4 23. Nxb4 Ncd2 24. Nxd2 Nxd2 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rd1
Nc4 27. Nd3 Bc6 28. Rc1 f6 29. Rc2 Kf7 30. Kf1 Ke7 31. Ke1 Be8
32. e3 Bg6 33. Bf1 Kd6 34. Kd1 Rc7 35. Kc1 e5 36. f4 exf4
37. exf4 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "23.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 dxc4 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. O-O Nb6 6. Qc2 Qd5
7. Nc3 Qf5 8. e4 Qh5 9. a4 Bg4 10. Ne1 Nf6 11. d3 e5 12. Be3
Be7 13. a5 cxd3 14. Nxd3 Nbd7 15. f3 Be6 16. Ne2 O-O 17. Rae1
g5 18. g4 Qg6 19. Ng3 Rfe8 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. gxf5 Qh5 22. Qc1
Kh8 23. Bf2 g4 24. Bg3 Rad8 25. Kh1 Bf8 26. f4 exf4 27. Bxf4
Bg7 28. Bc7 Rc8 29. Bg3 Qh6 30. Bf4 Qh4 31. Bg5 Qh5 32. Nf4
Qxg5 33. Ng6+ Qxg6 34. fxg6 fxg6 35. Qg5 Re5 36. Qd2 Rce8
37. b4 Rh5 38. Qf4 Ne5 39. Rd1 Rf8 40. Qg3 Nf3 41. Bxf3 gxf3
42. Qxf3 Re5 43. Qg2 Rfe8 44. Rd6 Nxe4 45. Rd7 Rg5 46. Qf3 Rf5
47. Qg2 Rg5 48. Qf3 Rf5 49. Qg2 Rg5 50. Qc2 Rh5 51. Rd3 Be5
52. Re3 Ng3+ 53. Rxg3 Bxg3 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "24.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. e3 Bf5
7. Ne5 Bd6 8. g4 Be6 9. h4 Nd7 10. f4 f6 11. Nd3 h5 12. g5 Ne7
13. Be2 Bf7 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nf5 16. Nxd6+ Nxd6 17. Bd2
Qb6 18. Qa4 Qb5 19. Qa3 Nc4 20. Qc3 Qd5 21. O-O-O Nxd2 22. Nb4
Nb3+ 23. axb3 Qxb3 24. d5 Qxc3+ 25. bxc3 c5 26. Nc2 O-O-O
27. d6 Rhe8 28. Bd3 Nb6 29. Bf5+ Kb8 30. Rhe1 Rxe1 31. Rxe1
fxg5 32. Re7 Be8 33. fxg5 g6 34. Be4 Nd7 35. Ne3 b5 36. Nd5
Nf8 37. Nf6 Bd7 38. Nxd7+ Nxd7 39. Bxg6 Nb6 40. Bxh5 Nd5
41. g6 Rxd6 42. Re8+ Kc7 43. g7 Nf6 44. Rf8 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "25.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Movsesian"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Qe2
d5 7. Nxf6+ gxf6 8. d4 Bg7 9. dxe5 O-O 10. e6 Ne5 11. Bf4 c6
12. Bd3 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Bxe6 14. O-O-O Bg4 15. Rde1 Qa5 16. a3
Rae8 17. Bd2 Qd8 18. Bb4 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Re8 20. h3 Bh5 21. Nh4
Rxe1+ 22. Bxe1 Qe8 23. Bd2 Bg6 24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. Be3 f5 26. c3
a6 27. g4 Qe4 28. Qxe4 dxe4 29. Kd2 Be5 30. Bg5 f4 31. Ke2 Kf7
32. f3 e3 33. h4 c5 34. b3 b5 35. c4 bxc4 36. bxc4 Bc7 37. Kd3
Ke6 38. a4 Kf7 39. h5 gxh5 40. gxh5 Be5 41. Bh4 Bf6 42. Be1
Kg7 43. Ke4 Bg5 44. Kf5 Bh6 45. Ke6 Bg5 46. Kf5 Bh6 47. Bh4
Kf7 48. Ke5 Kg7 49. Kd5 Kf7 50. Kxc5 Ke6 51. Kd4 Kf5 52. c5
Bg7+ 53. Kd3 Be5 54. c6 Bc7 55. Be7 Ke6 56. Bc5 Kf5 57. Bb4 a5
58. Bc3 Kg5 59. Ke4 Kxh5 60. Kf5 Kh4 61. Be1+ Kh3 62. Ke4 Kg2
63. Kd3 Kxf3 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "30"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. cxd5 cxd5
7. Qb3 Nc5 8. Qxd5 Nbd7 9. Bb5 e6 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Qxb7 Rb8
12. Qa6 Rb6 13. Qa4 Bd3 14. Qd4 Nc5 15. Qxd8+ Kxd8 16. b3 Ba6
17. d4 Nd3+ 18. Kd2 Nxf2 19. Re1 Bb4 20. a3 Bxc3+ 21. Kxc3 Kd7
22. Be3 Rc8+ 23. Kd2 Ne4+ 24. Kd1 Rxb3 25. Rc1 Rd3+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "31"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Boris Savchenko"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3
Bd6 7. Nxd5 c6 8. Bxf6 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Nxf6 10. Bc4 Qg5 11. Nf3
Qxg2 12. Rg1 Qh3 13. Rxg7 Bg4 14. Bxf7+ Kf8 15. Rxg4 Qxg4
16. Bc4 Ke7 17. Be2 Qe6 18. Qa4 a5 19. O-O-O b5 20. d5 Qxe3+
21. fxe3 bxa4 22. dxc6 Bc5 23. e4 Rad8 24. e5 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1
Ng4 26. Nxa4 Be3+ 27. Kb1 Rc8 28. Nc3 Ke6 29. Nd4+ Kxe5
30. Bxg4 Rg8 31. c7 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "32"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. h3 a6
7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Bb3 Be6 9. Nf1 d5 10. Qe2 Na5 11. Bc2 dxe4
12. dxe4 Bc4 13. Qd2 Nc6 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Ne3
Be6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Bb3 Bxb3 19. axb3 Be7 20. b4 f6 21. Ke2
Kf7 22. Nd2 Rab8 23. Nd5 Rd7 24. Nc4 Nd8 25. Rhd1 Ne6 26. g3
Rbd8 27. h4 c6 28. Nde3 Rxd1 29. Nxd1 c5 30. bxc5 Nxc5 31. f3
Nb3 32. Rb1 b5 33. Nce3 Rd2+ 34. Ke1 Bc5 35. Ra1 Rd3 36. Rxa6
Bxe3 37. Ke2 Nc1+ 38. Ke1 Bd2+ 39. Kf1 Rxf3+ 40. Kg2 Rd3
41. Rb6 Be1 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "33"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. O-O a6 8. b3 Rb8 9. Bb2 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Rc1 b4 12. Na4
Na7 13. d5 e5 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Qc2 c5 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Rxd6
Bb7 18. Rdd1 Rbc8 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nb5 21. Kg1 Nd5 22. e4
Ndc3 23. Rd7 Qf6 24. f4 Nd4 25. Qg2 Nce2+ 26. Kh1 Nxc1 27. Ng4
Qd8 28. Rxd8 Rfxd8 29. Bxc1 Nxb3 30. axb3 Rd1+ 31. Qg1 Rxg1+
32. Kxg1 c4 33. e5 cxb3 34. Bb2 Ra8 35. Nc5 Bf8 36. Nxb3 Ra2
37. Bd4 Ra3 38. Nd2 b3 39. Nf2 Bb4 40. Nc4 Ra4 41. Nb2 Ra1+
42. Kg2 Rc1 43. Nbd3 Rc4 44. Bb2 Ba5 45. Kf3 Rc2 46. Bd4 Rd2
47. Ke3 Rc2 48. Ne4 Kf7 49. Nec5 b2 50. Nxb2 Rxh2 51. Nc4 Be1
52. Nd6+ Ke7 53. Nce4 h5 54. Bc5 Kd7 55. Nf7 Kc6 56. Be7 Kd5
57. Bh4 Ba5 58. Nf6+ Kc4 59. Nd6+ Kb4 60. Nfe4 Bb6+ 61. Kd3
Rh1 62. Ng5 Kc5 63. Nxe6+ Kd5 64. Nf8 g5 65. Bxg5 Bf2 66. Ne4
Bxg3 67. Nxg3 Rh3 68. e6 Rxg3+ 69. Ke2 Kd4 70. e7 Re3+ 71. Kf2
Re4 72. f5 Kd5 73. Ne6 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "36"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O
7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4 c6 9. Bc4 d5 10. Bb3 Qd6 11. f4 Bxc3
12. bxc3 dxe4 13. fxe5 Qxe5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. dxe4 Ng6 16. Nf5
Qxc3 17. Qc1 Bxf5 18. exf5 Ne5 19. Qh6 Ng4 20. Qh4 Ne3
21. Qg3+ Kh8 22. Rae1 Nd5 23. Qh4 Rae8 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Rd1
Re4 26. Qh6 Rg8 27. Rd3 Qe5 28. Rh3 Rg7 29. Rg3 Rxg3 30. hxg3
Kg8 31. Qd2 Re2 32. Qd3 Re3 33. Qb5 Rxg3 34. Qxb7 Qe3+ 35. Kh2
Rg4 0-1

[Event "17th Chess Classic Mainz"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Ulrich Gass"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2133"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 Bb4+ 6. N1c3
d5 7. cxd5 O-O 8. a3 Bc5 9. Na4 Bxf2+ 10. Kxf2 Ne4+ 11. Kg1
Bd7 12. Nac3 Bxb5 13. Nxe4 Qb6+ 14. Nf2 f5 15. h4 Nd7 16. Rh3
Nf6 17. Bg5 Ne4 18. Be3 Qf6 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. g3 Rad8 21. Qb3
Bd7 22. Bxa7 Bxh3 23. Bxh3 Qa6 24. Be6+ Kh8 25. Qe3 b6
26. Bxb6 Rb8 27. Bc5 Rxb2 28. Bxf8 Rxe2 29. Bxg7+ 1-0

[Event "17th Chess Classic Mainz"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gunnar Kirschbaum"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E77"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 c5
7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. cxd5 b5 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4
12. Bf4 Nd7 13. e6 Nb6 14. Ng5 fxe6 15. Bxg4 Rxf4 16. Bxe6+
Kh8 17. h4 Bxe6 18. Nxe6 Rxh4 19. O-O Qd6 20. Rf7 Bd4+
21. Nxd4 cxd4 22. Nxb5 Qxd5 23. Qf1 Kg8 0-1

[Event "17th Chess Classic Mainz"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergei Bargan"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. g3 e5 6. Bg2 Ngf6
7. O-O Be7 8. Nh4 O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nf5 Re8 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7
12. b3 Rad8 13. d5 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Nc5 16. Qd2 b6
17. Bb2 Kh8 18. Rad1 Rf8 19. Bg2 f5 20. f4 exf4 21. Qxf4 Ne4
22. g4 Bg6 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Qg3 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 d5 26. cxd5
Qc5+ 27. e3 h6 28. Qf4 Kh7 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Qf6+ Kh7 31. Qxd8
Qxe3+ 32. Kg2 Qc5 33. d6 Qe5 34. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "17th Chess Classic Mainz"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Salvador Gabriel Del Rio Angelis"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e4 Bg6 11. e5 Nd5
12. Bd2 Ne7 13. Rfd1 Nb6 14. Bb3 a5 15. Ne4 Bxd2 16. Rxd2 Nbd5
17. Bc2 Nf5 18. Ra3 Qe7 19. Ng3 Rad8 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Bxf5
exf5 22. Qc4 Rd7 23. Qc2 g6 24. Rd1 Rfd8 25. Qd2 Qb4 26. Qxb4
Nxb4 27. Rc1 Na6 28. h4 Nc7 29. Rb3 Ne6 30. g3 h6 31. Rb6 g5
32. hxg5 hxg5 33. b4 g4 34. Nh4 Nxd4 35. Kg2 Re8 36. Rc5 axb4
37. Rxb4 Ne6 38. Rc3 Ng7 39. Rcb3 Ree7 40. a5 Kf8 41. f3 Rxe5
42. fxg4 fxg4 43. Rxg4 Rxa5 44. Rf4 Ne6 45. Rf2 0-1

[Event "17th Chess Classic Mainz"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Yannick Pelletier"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6
7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 b6 9. Bf4 Ba6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Rfc1 Nh5
12. cxd5 Nxf4 13. gxf4 cxd5 14. e3 Bd6 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Qa4 Nb8
17. Bf1 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Qe7 19. Ndf3 h6 20. Rc2 Qb7 21. Rac1 a6
22. Qb3 Rxc2 23. Qxc2 b5 24. f5 Qe7 25. Ke2 Re8 26. Rg1 Bxe5
27. Nxe5 Nd7 28. Qc7 Nxe5 29. Qxe5 f6 30. Qxe6+ Qxe6 31. fxe6
Rxe6 32. Rc1 Kf7 33. Rc7+ Kg6 34. Rd7 Rc6 35. Kd2 Kf5 36. Rxg7
h5 37. f3 Rc8 38. h4 Rc6 39. Rh7 Kg6 40. Rd7 1-0

[Event "17th Chess Classic Mainz"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.08"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Ehsan Ghaem Maghami"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Bf4 Nbd7 9. Qc2 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Nc3 Rc8
12. Ne5 b5 13. c5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Ng4 15. Bf4 e5 16. dxe5 Bxc5
17. Ne4 Be7 18. h3 Nh6 19. a4 Nf5 20. Nc3 b4 21. Nxd5 cxd5
22. Qxf5 Qa5 23. e6 Rcd8 24. Rac1 Qa6 25. exf7+ Rxf7 26. Qd3
Qxa4 27. Ra1 Qe8 28. Ra5 Bf6 29. Rxa7 Bxb2 30. Qb3 Qxe2
31. Bf3 Qb5 32. Qxb2 1-0

[Event "17th Chess Classic Mainz"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.08"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Kempinski"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Bd6
7. Qb3 b6 8. Bg2 Ne7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bc7 11. Be3 Nd7
12. O-O-O b5 13. h4 h5 14. Nf4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Nf6 16. Qc2 hxg4
17. cxb5 Bxf4 18. Bxf4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qd5 20. Qe5 f6 21. Qe2
cxb5 22. b3 Qf3 23. Qxb5+ Kf7 24. Bg3 Rac8+ 25. Kb2 Rhd8
26. Qa5 Nc6 27. Qa6 Nb4 28. Qxa7+ Kg8 29. Qb6 Qc3+ 0-1

[Event "17th Chess Classic Mainz"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2010.08.08"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vadim Zvjaginsev"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 g6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nfd7
7. a4 Na6 8. Nf3 Nc7 9. Bc4 Rb8 10. O-O b6 11. e5 O-O 12. Ne4
Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. e6 fxe6 15. Neg5 Nc7 16. dxe6 Nf6 17. f5
Ng4 18. Nf7 Qe8 19. N3g5 Ne5 20. Bf4 Nxf7 21. exf7+ Rxf7
22. Nxf7 Qxf7 23. fxg6 Qxg6 24. Ra3 Kh8 25. Rg3 Qe4 26. Qh5
Bd4+ 27. Kh1 Qd5 28. Qh4 Qc4 29. Rgf3 Bf6 30. Qh3 Nd5 31. Qe6
Rg8 32. Bg3 Rg4 33. Rf4 Rxf4 34. Rxf4 Qxc2 35. Qc8+ Kg7
36. Rg4+ Kh6 37. h3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.18"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "D83"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Be6
7. Qb3 c5 8. Qxb7 cxd4 9. exd4 Qb6 10. Qxa8 Nh5 11. c5 Qxb2
12. Bd2 Bxd4 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. Qxf8+ Kxf8 15. Nxd4 Nxc5 16. Rb1
Qa3 17. Be2 Nf4 18. O-O Nxe2+ 19. Ncxe2 Nd7 20. Rb7 Qa6
21. Nxe6+ Qxe6 22. Nd4 Qg4 23. Rc1 f6 24. Be3 Nb6 25. h3 Qe4
26. Rcc7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.22"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. Be3 Nf6
12. f4 Ng4 13. Rad1 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 f6 15. Nce2 Qe7 16. Kh1 Re8
17. Ng3 Qf7 18. b3 Bg4 19. Rde1 Bd7 20. Nf3 Rad8 21. e5 fxe5
22. fxe5 Qg6 23. Qa7 Bb4 24. Rd1 Bc8 25. Qf2 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rf8
27. Qe2 Be7 28. Rf1 h6 29. Nd4 c5 30. Rxf8+ Bxf8 31. Nf3 Be6
32. Nf1 b5 33. c4 bxc4 34. bxc4 Qb1 35. h3 Qc1 36. N3d2 Be7
37. Kh2 Bg5 38. g3 Qc2 39. a3 Qf5 40. g4 Bf4+ 41. Kg2 Qxe5
42. Qxe5 Bxe5 43. Ne3 Bb2 44. Nb1 Kf7 45. Kf3 Kf6 46. Ke4 Kg5
47. Nd5 Bxd5+ 48. cxd5 Kh4 49. Nd2 Bxa3 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.25"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. Bc4 cxd4
12. Qxd4 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 O-O 14. O-O N5b6 15. Bb3 Re8 16. Rfd1
Qh5 17. Bg3 e5 18. Qb4 e4 19. Ne1 a5 20. Qd4 Nc5 21. Rb1 Nxb3
22. Qxb6 Nc5 23. c4 Be6 24. Rd5 Bxd5 25. Qxc5 Red8 26. cxd5
Qxd5 27. Qc2 b5 28. Qb2 b4 29. Be5 Qd2 30. Qa1 Qe2 31. Bd4
Rab8 32. h3 f6 33. Rb2 Qb5 34. Qb1 Qd5 35. Qd1 Rbc8 36. Rd2
Qe6 37. Kh2 Rd7 38. g3 Rdc7 39. Bb2 Qxa2 40. Be5 Qxd2 41. Qxd2
fxe5 42. Qd5+ Rf7 43. Kg2 Rcf8 44. h4 Kh8 45. Qxe4 Rxf2+
46. Kh3 b3 47. Nd3 b2 48. Qb7 R8f7 49. Qb5 a4 50. Nxb2 a3
51. Nd3 Rf1 52. Qa4 Rh1+ 53. Kg4 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3
Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8. O-O O-O 9. Na4 Be7 10. d4 exd4 11. Rd1 c5
12. e3 dxe3 13. Bxe3 Qc7 14. Nc3 a6 15. g4 h6 16. h4 d6 17. g5
hxg5 18. hxg5 Nh7 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Nb6 Rb8 21. Bxc5 Nxg5
22. Bg2 Bg4 23. Rd2 Ne6 24. Ba3 Nf4 25. c5 Bh4 26. Nd5 Be6
27. Qe3 Bxd5 28. Qxf4 Bg5 29. Qxg5 Qxg5 30. Rxd5 Qg4 31. cxd6
Rfd8 32. Re1 Rbc8 33. Re4 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Qg6 35. d7 Qh6+ 36. Kg3
Rg1 37. Re8+ Kh7 38. Rxd8 Qg6+ 39. Kf4 Qf6+ 40. Ke3 Qxd8
41. Be4+ g6 42. f3 Rg5 43. Be7 Qb6+ 44. Rd4 Qa5 45. Bxg5 Qxg5+
46. Kf2 Qd8 47. Bxb7 a5 48. a3 Kg7 49. b4 axb4 50. axb4 f5
51. b5 f4 52. Be4 g5 53. Ke2 Kf6 54. Rd5 Ke6 55. b6 g4
56. fxg4 Kf6 57. b7 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. c5 Kh8 11. Qb3 h6
12. Rd1 g5 13. Bd2 a6 14. Be1 Qe8 15. d6 exd6 16. cxd6 c6
17. Na4 e4 18. Nc5 f4 19. Bc3 e3 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. d7 exf2+
22. Kf1 Bxd7 23. Nxd7 Re6 24. Nb6 Re3 25. Qc4 Rb8 26. Rd7 fxg3
27. hxg3 Qh5 28. Kxf2 Rbe8 29. Re1 Qh2 30. Qg4 R3e6 31. Rd3 h5
32. Qxg5 Rf6+ 33. Rf3 Rxf3+ 34. Kxf3 Rf8+ 35. Ke3 Qxg2 36. Kd3
Qf2 37. Rh1 Qd4+ 38. Kc2 Qxb2+ 39. Kd1 Qb1+ 40. Kd2 Qxh1 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7
7. Ne5 O-O 8. O-O Ng4 9. Nd3 Bxd4 10. h3 Nf6 11. Bh6 Re8
12. e3 Bb6 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. Na4 Bc7 15. Rc1 Bd6 16. Nc3 e6
17. Nb5 Bf8 18. Bf4 Nh5 19. Bc7 Qd7 20. Qa4 a6 21. Bb6 Nb4
22. Nxb4 Qxb5 23. Qxb5 axb5 24. Bc5 Nf6 25. a3 Bxc5 26. Rxc5
Bd7 27. Rfc1 Red8 28. f3 Ne8 29. e4 dxe4 30. fxe4 Nd6 31. e5
Nc4 32. Bxb7 Rab8 33. Rc7 Na5 34. Be4 Be8 35. Bd3 Kg7 36. R1c2
Nc4 37. Rc5 Rd4 38. Bxc4 bxc4 39. R5xc4 Rd1+ 40. Kg2 Ba4
41. Rf2 Rbd8 42. Rc7 Be8 43. Rfc2 Ba4 44. Rf2 Be8 45. Rfc2
R8d4 46. Kf3 Rf1+ 47. Ke3 Rdd1 48. Rd2 Rfe1+ 49. Re2 Rg1
50. Kf3 Bb5 51. Rf2 Rde1 52. Rc5 Ba4 53. Nc2 Rc1 54. b4 Rgd1
55. Rc7 Rd5 56. Ke4 Be8 57. Re7 Rd8 58. Nd4 Kf8 59. Ra7 Re1+
60. Ne2 Bb5 61. Rfxf7+ Kg8 62. Rg7+ Kf8 63. Rxh7 Rxe2+ 64. Kf4
Rf2+ 65. Ke3 Re2+ 66. Kf4 Rf2+ 67. Ke3 Re2+ 68. Kf3 Kg8
69. Rag7+ Kf8 70. Rc7 Kg8 71. Rc4 Bxc4 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 e6 6. b4 d6
7. Rb1 Nge7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. b5 Na5 12. d3
d5 13. Rd1 Nf5 14. Bg5 Nd4 15. Qc1 Nab3 16. Bxd8 Nxc1
17. Rdxc1 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Rfxd8 19. a4 Rab8 20. cxd5 exd5
21. a5 Rd6 22. Na4 Bc8 23. Kg2 h5 24. h3 Be6 25. Rc2 c4
26. dxc4 Bf5 27. Rbc1 Bxc2 28. Rxc2 dxc4 29. axb6 axb6
30. Rxc4 Rd4 31. Nb2 Rxc4 32. Nxc4 Bf8 33. Bd5 Kg7 34. e4 Bc5
35. f4 Rc8 36. Ne5 f6 37. Nd3 Bf8 38. Bc6 Rd8 39. Bd5 Rd7
40. g4 h4 41. Kf3 g5 42. fxg5 fxg5 43. Ne5 Ra7 44. Nc4 Bc5
45. e5 Ra2 46. Ke4 Rh2 47. Kf5 Rxh3 48. Kxg5 Rd3 49. Bc6 h3
50. e6 h2 51. Nxb6 Rd6 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vugar Gashimov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Ne2
Ne7 12. b3 Bg4 13. Bb2 Rd8 14. c4 Ng6 15. h3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Be7
17. f4 Nh4 18. Ng3 g6 19. Kf1 Rf8 20. Ne4 Rd7 21. a4 Kd8
22. Bd4 b6 23. a5 Kc8 24. axb6 axb6 25. Be3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rd8
27. Ra1 Rd3 28. Rb1 Rd8 29. Ke2 Kd7 30. f5 Nxf5 31. Ra1 Ke6
32. f4 f6 33. Ra7 Rc8 34. exf6 Bxf6 35. Nxf6 Kxf6 36. Bf2 c5
37. Kf3 Ke6 38. Ke4 Re8 39. Kd3 Rd8+ 40. Ke2 Kd6 41. Ra1 Kc6
42. Rg1 Rd6 43. Rg2 Kd7 44. Rg1 Ke7 45. Ra1 Kd7 46. Rg1 Nd4+
47. Bxd4 cxd4 48. b4 Re6+ 49. Kd2 Kd6 50. h4 c5 51. bxc5+ Kxc5
52. Kd3 Re3+ 53. Kd2 Rh3 54. Rxg6 Rxh4 55. Kd3 Rxf4 56. Rxh6
Rf3+ 57. Kd2 Rc3 58. Rh8 Kxc4 59. Rc8+ Kb4 60. Rd8 b5
61. Rxd4+ Kb3 62. Rd7 b4 63. Rb7 Ka3 64. Ra7+ Kb2 65. Rb7 b3
66. Rb8 Rc7 67. Rd8 Kb1 68. Rb8 b2 69. Ra8 Rd7+ 70. Ke2 Rd5
71. Ra7 Kc2 72. Rc7+ Kb3 73. Rb7+ Ka3 74. Ke3 Ra5 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vugar Gashimov"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6
7. Rc1 Bg4 8. f3 Bc8 9. g4 g6 10. h4 h6 11. Qd2 Bg7 12. Qh2 e6
13. Bc7 Qe7 14. a3 g5 15. Bd6 Qd8 16. hxg5 Ng8 17. g6 fxg6
18. Bd3 Nge7 19. Nge2 Kf7 20. Bc7 Qd7 21. Bb6 e5 22. Bc5 Re8
23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Nxd5 Qd8 25. g5 Rh8 26. Bxg6+ Kf8 27. Nf6
Ke7 28. Rxc6 bxc6 29. Qxe5+ Kf8 30. Qf4 Ke7 31. Nh7 Rxh7
32. Qf7+ Kd6 33. Bxh7 Qxg5 34. Rg1 Be6 35. Rxg5 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4
12. Nd2 c6 13. Nde4 Bf7 14. Nc5 Qc7 15. Be3 a5 16. Qd2 axb4
17. axb4 Nd7 18. N5e4 f5 19. Bg5 Qd8 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Ng5 Ra3
22. Rfc1 Nb3 23. Qb2 Nxc1 24. Qxa3 Nxe2+ 25. Nxe2 Qxg5 26. Qa7
Qd2 27. Qxb7 Nb8 28. b5 Qc3 29. Nxc3 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Ba7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rd1 Rd8
12. Be2 d4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. O-O e5 16. Na4 Be6
17. c5 Qc7 18. Nb6 Rab8 19. Bxd4 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 exd4 21. Rd1
Rd8 22. h3 g6 23. Qb2 Qf4 24. Bf3 d3 25. Qd2 Qd4 26. Bxb7 a5
27. Bf3 axb4 28. Qxb4 d2 29. c6 Qe5 30. Nd7 Nxd7 31. Qxd2 Qc7
32. Qd4 Rc8 33. cxd7 Rd8 34. Qb2 Rxd7 35. Rxd7 Qxd7 36. Qb8+
Kg7 37. Qb4 Qd3 38. a4 Bxh3 39. Qb2+ Kg8 40. Be2 Qe4 41. gxh3
Qxa4 42. Qb8+ Kg7 43. Qe5+ Kg8 44. Bf3 Qd7 45. Bd5 Qxh3
46. Qe8+ Kg7 47. Qxf7+ Kh6 48. Qf4+ Kg7 49. Qe5+ Kh6 50. Qe3+
Qxe3 51. fxe3 Kg5 52. Kg2 Kf5 53. Kf3 Ke5 54. Bg8 h6 55. Bf7
Kf5 56. Be8 h5 57. e4+ Kf6 58. Ke3 h4 59. Bd7 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5
7. Qb3 Nc6 8. g4 Nxg4 9. Qxd5 Qc8 10. Qg2 O-O 11. e4 Bxe4
12. Nxe4 Bb4+ 13. Nc3 Qf5 14. Be2 Rfe8 15. Kf1 Nf6 16. Bh6 g6
17. Qg5 Nxd4 18. Rd1 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Ne4 20. Qxf5 Nxf5 21. Bd2
Rad8 22. Be1 Rxd1 23. Bxd1 Re5 24. Nf3 Rc5 25. Bb3 Nxc3
26. Ne5 Ne4 27. Nxf7 Kg7 28. f3 Nf6 29. Bf2 Rc3 30. Ng5 Nh5
31. Ke2 Nf4+ 32. Kd2 Rd3+ 33. Kc2 Kh6 34. Nf7+ Kh5 35. Rg1 h6
36. Ne5 Ne3+ 37. Kb1 Rc3 38. Nxg6 Nh3 39. Nf4+ 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 c5 8. e3 g5 9. Bg3 c4 10. Be2 Ne4 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Ne5
Nc6 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 Qxc3 16. Bh5 O-O
17. Qf3 Nd8 18. Qf6 Qc2 19. Ng4 Bxg4 20. Be5 Qh7 21. Bxg4 Ne6
22. f4 Qg7 23. Qe7 Rae8 24. Qd7 Qh7 25. fxg5 f5 26. Qxh7+ Kxh7
27. Bxf5+ Rxf5 28. Rxf5 c3 29. gxh6 b5 30. Bd6 a5 31. Ba3 b4
32. Bc1 a4 33. Rf7+ Kxh6 34. Rb7 Nf4 35. exf4 Re1+ 36. Kf2
Rxc1 37. Rxb4 Ra1 38. Rb6+ Kg7 39. Rc6 Rxa2+ 40. Ke3 Rxg2
41. Rxc3 Rxh2 42. Rc6 a3 43. f5 Rh6 44. Rc1 Ra6 45. Kd3 a2
46. Ra1 Kf6 47. Kc3 Kxf5 48. Kb2 Ke4 49. Re1+ Kxd4 50. Ka1 Kc3
51. Rc1+ Kd2 52. Rc2+ Kd3 53. Rc3+ Ke4 54. Rh3 d4 55. Rh4+ Kd3
56. Rh3+ Kc4 57. Rc3+ Kd5 58. Rh3 Rb6 59. Kxa2 Kc4 60. Rh1 Kc3
0-1

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2011.05.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Nf6
7. e3 Nh5 8. Be5 Nd7 9. Be2 Nxe5 10. dxe5 g6 11. Bxh5 gxh5
12. O-O-O f6 13. Nf3 fxe5 14. Nxe5 O-O 15. f4 Bd6 16. Nf3 Bf5
17. Qd2 Qf6 18. e4 dxe4 19. Qxd6 exf3 20. Qxf6 Rxf6 21. gxf3
Bg6 22. Ne2 Re8 23. Rd2 Re3 24. Rf1 Bd3 25. Rf2 Kf7 26. b3 h4
27. Kb2 Bxe2 28. Rdxe2 Rxe2+ 29. Rxe2 Rxf4 30. Rf2 Rd4 31. Kc3
Rd1 32. f4 Kf6 33. Rg2 h5 34. a4 Rf1 35. Rg5 Rf3+ 36. Kc2 Rxf4
37. Rxh5 Rf2+ 38. Kc3 Rxh2 39. Rh7 Kg6 40. Rxb7 h3 41. Rb8 Rf2
42. Rh8 h2 43. Kd3 Kg5 44. Ke3 Rb2 45. Kf3 Rxb3+ 46. Kg2 Rb2+
47. Kh1 Kf5 48. Rc8 Rc2 49. Ra8 Ke4 50. Rxa7 Ra2 51. a5 Kd4
52. a6 Kc5 53. Ra8 Kc4 54. Ra7 c5 55. Ra8 Kb5 56. Rb8+ Kc6
57. Rc8+ Kb6 58. Rb8+ Kc7 59. Rb7+ Kc6 60. Ra7 c4 61. Ra8 Kc7
62. a7 c3 63. Re8 Rxa7 64. Kxh2 Kb6 65. Kg3 Kc5 66. Kf2 Kc4
67. Ke2 Kb3 68. Rc8 Kb2 69. Rb8+ Kc1 70. Kd3 c2 71. Rh8 Ra3+
72. Kc4 Kb1 0-1

[Event "World Chess Team Championship"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2011.07.17"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Emil Sutovsky"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4
Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Nd2 cxd4 10. Nc4 dxe3 11. Nxa5
Bxc3+ 12. Ke2 Bxa5 13. Kxe3 O-O 14. Bb5 a6 15. Ba4 b5 16. Qd5
Ra7 17. Bb3 Bg4 18. Qg5 Bb6+ 19. Kf4 Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6+
21. Kg3 Nc6 22. Kh3 Nd4 23. Rhd1 Rc7 24. Rac1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1
Ne2 26. Qe5 Bd4 27. Qxe6+ Rf7 28. Rc8+ Kg7 29. g3 Ng1+ 30. Kg2
Rxf2+ 31. Kh1 Nf3 32. Qxe7+ Kh6 33. Qf8+ Kh5 34. Rc5+ Ng5
35. Rxg5+ Kxg5 36. Qd8+ Bf6 37. Qd3 Kg4 38. Qe3 1-0

[Event "World Chess Team Championship"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2011.07.19"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. e4 e5 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. h3
b5 13. Bb3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Bg5 Be5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6
17. Nxc6 Bb7 18. Nd4 Nxb3 19. Qxb3 Rad8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5
Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Qe5 23. Rad1 Rd6 24. a4 bxa4 25. Qxa4 g6 26. Qc4
Rfd8 27. b4 Qf5 28. h4 h5 29. g3 Kg7 30. Kg2 Kg8 31. Ra1 Rc8
32. Qf1 Qe5 33. Qd1 Re8 34. Ra2 Qf5 35. Rc2 Re4 36. Rc5 Rf6
37. Rxe4 Qxe4+ 38. Kg1 Qxb4 39. Rc6 Qb2 40. Rxf6 Qxf6 41. d6
Qd8 42. Qd5 Kf8 43. Qc5 f6 44. Qc7 Ke8 45. Qc6+ Kf7 46. Qc4+
Ke8 47. Qg8+ Kd7 48. Qxg6 Qh8 49. Qd3 a5 50. Qd4 a4 51. Qc5
Ke6 52. Qc6 a3 53. Qa6 a2 54. Qxa2+ Kxd6 55. Qf7 Ke5 56. Qd7
Qh6 57. Qe8+ Kd6 58. Qd8+ Ke6 59. Qg8+ Kd6 60. Kg2 Ke7 61. f4
Qf8 62. Qd5 Qe8 63. Qc5+ Ke6 64. Kf3 Qg6 65. Kf2 Kf7 66. f5
Qh6 67. Qc7+ Kg8 68. Qc4+ Kh8 69. Qe2 Kg7 70. Qe3 Qh8 71. Qe7+
Kh6 72. Ke3 Qg8 73. Qxf6+ Kh7 74. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "World Chess Team Championship"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2011.07.23"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. h4 Nd7 11. g4 e5 12. cxd5
Nxc3 13. Rxc3 cxd5 14. g5 h5 15. Bb5 exd4 16. Qxd4 Qe4
17. Qxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2 Ne5 19. Nxe4 Be6 20. f4 Bd5 21. fxe5
Bxe4 22. O-O Bd5 23. Bd7 Rfd8 24. Rc7 a5 25. a4 Ra6 26. Rf4
Rf8 27. Rd4 Bc6 28. e6 fxe6 29. Bxe6+ Kh8 30. Bf7 Rb6 31. b3
Bf3 32. g6 Rc6 33. Rxc6 bxc6 34. e4 Be2 35. e5 1-0

[Event "Botvinnik Memorial Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.03"]
[EventDate "2011.09.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "170"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. a3 d6 6. Rb1 a5
7. e3 e5 8. Nge2 Nge7 9. O-O O-O 10. d3 Rb8 11. Bd2 Be6
12. Nd5 b5 13. cxb5 Rxb5 14. Qa4 Qb8 15. Nc7 Qxc7 16. Qxb5 Rb8
17. Qa4 Bb3 18. Qh4 Bc2 19. Qc4 Bb3 20. Qc1 Qb6 21. Re1 d5
22. Nc3 Rd8 23. e4 d4 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. exd5 Rxd5 26. Bh6 Bf6
27. Bxd5 Bxd5 28. Qd1 Be7 29. h4 Qb7 30. Kh2 f6 31. Qe2 Nd8
32. Bd2 Bf3 33. Qf1 a4 34. Qh3 h5 35. Ba5 Nf7 36. Qe6 Bd5
37. Qh3 Qb5 38. Bc7 Qxd3 39. g4 Qd2 40. Kg1 Be6 41. Qg2 hxg4
42. Rbc1 Kg7 43. Bb6 c4 44. Qc6 g3 45. fxg3 Bh3 46. Qf3 Qxb2
47. Ba7 Qb3 48. Qxb3 cxb3 49. Bxd4 Bxa3 50. Ra1 Bb4 51. Reb1
exd4 52. Rxa4 Bc5 53. Ra5 Bb6 54. Rb5 Bc7 55. R5xb3 Be5
56. Kf2 Nd6 57. Kf3 Be6 58. Ra3 Bd5+ 59. Ke2 Nb5 60. Ra5 Nc3+
61. Kf2 d3 62. Rxd5 Nxd5 63. Rb7+ Bc7 64. Kf3 Kh6 65. Rb3 Bxg3
66. Rxd3 Nf4 67. Rd8 Nh5 68. Kg4 f5+ 69. Kh3 Be5 70. Ra8 Bf6
71. Ra6 Kg7 72. Ra7+ Kf8 73. Rb7 Be7 74. Ra7 Kf7 75. Ra6 Nf6
76. Kg3 Ne4+ 77. Kh3 Bc5 78. Rc6 Bd6 79. Ra6 Kg7 80. Ra8 Be5
81. Ra7+ Kh6 82. Rb7 Nf6 83. Re7 Ng4 84. Ra7 Bf6 85. Rf7 Kh5
0-1

[Event "Botvinnik Memorial Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.09.03"]
[EventDate "2011.09.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3
Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 8. d4 exd4 9. Bg5 Qe6+ 10. Be2 Be7 11. cxd4
Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Qf6 13. Qd2 O-O 14. O-O Nc6 15. d5 Nd4 16. Ne4
Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Qg6 18. Rfe1 Bf5 19. Ng3 Bd3 20. Qe5 Bxc4
21. Nf5 Kh8 22. Ne3 Bd3 23. Qxc7 Be4 24. Qf4 Rfe8 25. f3 Bd3
26. Rad1 h5 27. Rd2 Bb5 28. Red1 Rad8 29. d6 Bc6 30. d7 Re6
31. Nc4 Qf6 32. Qxf6 gxf6 33. Na5 Kg7 34. Rd4 f5 35. Kf2 b6
36. Nxc6 Rxc6 37. Kg3 Rc2 38. Kf4 Kg6 39. Ke5 Re2+ 40. Kd6 Kf6
41. Rd5 Rxg2 42. Kc7 Rgg8 43. f4 Rgf8 44. Rg1 Ke7 45. Rd6 1-0

[Event "4th Bilbao Masters"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao BRA/ESP"]
[Date "2011.09.26"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e4 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Nb1 Ba6 7.Qc2
Qxd4 8.Nf3 Qd7 9.Bxc4 e6 10.O-O Nf6 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Nbd2 h6
13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Rfd1 O-O 15.e5 Be7 16.Ne4 Qc8 17.Ba2 b3
18.Bxb3 Nd7 19.Nd6 Bxd6 20.Rxd6 c5 21.Rad1 c4 22.Ba2 Nc5
23.Bb1 g6 24.h4 h5 25.Qc1 Bb7 26.Nd4 Ne4 27.Qh6 Nxd6 28.Bxg6
fxg6 29.Qxg6+ Kh8 30.Qh6+ Kg8 31.Nxe6 Nf5 32.Qg6+ Kh8 33.Qxh5+
Kg8 34.Qg6+ Kh8 35.Nxf8 Qxf8 36.Rd7 Qh6 37.Qxf5 Rf8 38.Qg5
Qxg5 39.hxg5 Be4 40.Rxa7 Rb8 41.f3 Bf5 42.Rc7 Be6 43.Rc6 Bg8
44.f4 Rxb2 45.e6 Re2 46.f5 Re5 47.g4 Re4 48.Kf2 Rxg4 49.e7 Bf7
50.g6 Kg7 51.gxf7 Kxf7 52.Re6 Ke8 53.f6 1-0

[Event "4th Bilbao Masters"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao BRA/ESP"]
[Date "2011.10.10"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4
Nxe4 7. O-O Nf6 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. d5
exd5 12. Rfe1+ Be6 13. Bxd5 O-O 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Rad1 Qe8
16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Qb3 Rab8 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. Ng5 Qb4 20. Qc2
Rg6 21. Re4 Qa5 22. h4 Re8 23. Rd7 h6 24. b4 Qf5 25. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "Muelheim GER"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Laurent Fressinet"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. e4 Nc6 5. d5 Nb8 6. h3 Nd7
7. Bd3 e6 8. Nc3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 e5 10. Be3 b6 11. Nd2 h5 12. h4
Nh6 13. f3 f6 14. Bc2 Nc5 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. Ba4+ Kf8 17. Bc6
Rb8 18. Qa4 a5 19. Rb1 Nf7 20. Nb3 Ba6 21. Bb5 Bb7 22. Bc6
Bxc6 23. Qxc6 a4 24. Nd2 Ra8 25. Qe6 Kg7 26. O-O Re8 27. Qh3
Qd6 28. Rf2 Rh8 29. Nf1 Qe7 30. Qg3 Nd6 31. Nd2 a3 32. f4 exf4
33. Qxf4 Rhf8 34. Rbf1 Rae8 35. Qg3 Qe5 36. Rf4 f5 37. Qg5
Qxc3 38. exf5 Rf6 39. R4f3 Qd4+ 40. Kh1 Re5 41. Rxa3 Rexf5
42. Rxf5 Rxf5 43. Qe7+ Rf7 44. Qg5 Nxc4 45. Nxc4 Qxc4 46. Ra8
Qf1+ 47. Kh2 Qf4+ 48. Qxf4 Rxf4 49. Kg3 Rg4+ 50. Kh3 Kf6
51. Re8 Ra4 0-1

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Hrvoje Stevic"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Nxc3 9. Bc4 e6 10. bxc3 Bg7 11. Ba3 Bf8
12. Bxf8 Kxf8 13. O-O Kg7 14. Qb5 Qc7 15. Be2 Rd8 16. Rfd1 b6
17. c4 Ne7 18. Qb2 Kg8 19. Ne5 h5 20. Rac1 Bb7 21. d5 exd5
22. cxd5 Qd6 23. Nc4 Qf4 24. d6 Nf5 25. d7 Qg5 26. g3 h4
27. g4 Ng7 28. Qe5 Ne6 29. Qxg5 Nxg5 30. Ne5 Kg7 31. Rc3 Ne6
32. Re3 Nc5 33. g5 f6 34. gxf6+ Kxf6 35.Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras/Greece"]
[Date "2011.11.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sune Berg Hansen"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 d6
7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 Ba7 9. Nbd2 Kh8 10. h3 10... h6 11. Be3 Bxe3
12. fxe3 Ne7 13. Nh4 Ng6 14. Qe1 a5 15. a4 c6 16. d4 Bd7
17. Qg3 Kh7 18. Nf5 Be6 19. Bc2 Ne8 20. Rf2 f6 21. Qf3 Nh8
22. Raf1 Qb6 23. b3 Qc7 24. g4 b5 25. h4 bxa4 26. bxa4 Qd8
27. Qg3 g6 28. g5 gxf5 29. exf5 Bc8 30. dxe5 dxe5 31. Ne4 Ra7
32. Qg4 Qb6 33. Kh1 Ba6 34. Rg1 Rg7 35. Qh5 Nf7 36. g6+ Kh8
37. gxf7 Qxe3 38.fxe8 Qh3+ 39.Rh2 Rxg1+ 0-1

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.10"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3 Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O
Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qe2 Rfa8 16. b5 cxb5 17. Nxd5
exd5 18. Qxe7 Rc8 19. Rfb1 bxc5 20. Rxb5 Re6 21. Qg5 Rb6
22. a4 Rxb5 23. axb5 Nf6 24. Qf5 Ra8 25. Qb1 Qb6 26. dxc5 Qxc5
27. Qb2 Qb6 28. Nd4 Rc8 29. Ra2 Rc4 30. Nc6 a4 31. Ne5 Re4
32. Kg2 Qc5 33. Qb1 Rb4 34. Qf5 Qe7 35. Nc6 Qe4+ 36. Qxe4 Rxe4
37. b6 Nd7 38. b7 f6 39. b8=Q+ Nxb8 40. Nxb8 Rb4 41. Nd7 Rb5
42. Rxa4 Kf7 43. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.11.18"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4
Bd7 12. Rad1 Rd8 13. b3 Be7 14. Rfe1 Bb4 15. Bd2 Bc8 16. Ne2
Bxd2 17. Nxd2 Ne7 18. Nc4 Nd5 19. a3 Ke7 20. f3 h4 21. Kf2 Rh5
22. Rd2 Re8 23. Nd4 Kf8 24. a4 a6 25. a5 Nb4 26. Ne2 Nd5
27. Nd4 Ne7 28. Re4 Rh6 29. f4 Nd5 30. Kf3 Rg6 31. f5 Rh6
32. Re1 c5 33. Ne2 Ne7 34. Nf4 Nxf5 35. c3 Ne7 36. Red1 Ng6
37. Nd3 Be6 38. Re1 Rh5 39. Kf2 Rf5+ 40. Kg1 Bxc4 41. bxc4
Nxe5 42. Rde2 f6 43. Re4 b6 44. axb6 cxb6 45. Rxh4 Ng6
46. Rhe4 Rxe4 47. Rxe4 Kf7 48. Re2 Ne5 49. g4 Rf3 50. Nxe5+
fxe5 51. Kg2 Rxc3 52. Rf2+ Kg6 53. Rb2 a5 54. Rxb6+ Kg5
55. Rb5 a4 56. Rxc5 Kf4 57. Ra5 a3 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.11.23"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Rc1
dxc4 8.Bxc4 O-O 9.Nf3 Qxc5 10.Bb3 Nc6 11.O-O Qa5 12.h3 Bf5
13.Qe2 Ne4 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.Rfd1 Qh5 16.Bc2 Bxc2 17.Qxc2 Qb5
18.a4 Qb4 19.Ne1 e5 20.Bg3 Rfd8 21.Nd3 Qe7 22.Qc5 Rd6 23.b4
Rad8 24.b5 Rd5 25.Qc2 e4 26.Nf4 Rxd1+ 27.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 28.Qxd1
Nb4 29.Qc1 Bf6 30.Qc8+ Kg7 31.Qb8 a6 32.b6 Nc6 33.Qc8 h5
34.Ne2 Nd8 35.Bc7 Qe6 36.Qb8 Qd7 37.Be5 Ne6 38.Nc3 Qc6 39.a5
h4 40.Bxf6+ Kxf6 41.Qh8+ Kf5 42.Qxh4 Qxc3 43.g4+ Ke5 44.Qh8+
f6 45.Qb8+ Kd5 46.Qxb7+ Qc6 47.Qb8 Nc5 48.Qg8+ Qe6 49.Qxg6 Kc4
50.h4 Kd3 51.h5 Ke2 52.h6 Qc4 53.h7 Ke1 54.Qxf6 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.12.05"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
Ba6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bg2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Qd6 11. Nc3 Nc6
12. Rac1 Rfe8 13. Qf4 Rad8 14. Rfe1 g6 15. a3 Kg7 16. Bf1 Na5
17. Qxd6 Rxd6 18. Nd2 Ne4 19. Ncxe4 dxe4 20. b4 Nc6 21. e3
Bxf1 22. Kxf1 Re7 23. Nc4 Rd8 24. Re2 f6 25. Rec2 Nb8 26. a4
Na6 27. Nd2 c5 28. bxc5 bxc5 29. Nb3 cxd4 30. Nxd4 Nb4 31. Rc7
Rdd7 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. a5 Kf7 34. g4 Nd5 35. Rc8 Ke7 36. h4
Rb7 37. h5 f5 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Nxf5+ Kd7
41. Rc5 Nb4 42. Ng3 Nc6 43. Nxe4 Rb1+ 44. Ke2 Ra1 45. f4 Rxa5
46. Rc2 Nb4 47. Rd2+ Ke7 48. Kf3 Rh5 49. Ng5 a5 50. e4 Rh1
51. e5 Rf1+ 52. Kg4 a4 53. e6 a3 54. Rd7+ Ke8 55. Ne4 Nd5
56. Rxd5 a2 57. Rd7 a1=Q 58. Nd6+ Kf8 59. e7+ Kg8 60. e8=Q+
1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.14"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 Bc5 10. h3 d6 11. c3 Rb8 12. Re1
Re8 13. a5 Ba7 14. Nf1 Ne7 15. Ng3 Ng6 16. d4 h6 17. Bc2 c5
18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Bd3 Be6 20. Bxa6 c4 21. Ra4 Qc7 22. cxb4
Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Qa7+ 24. Be3 Qxa6 25. Kg1 Red8 26. Qc1 Rd3
27. Rd1 Rb3 28. Qd2 Kh7 29. Kh2 Rb7 30. Qf2 Bd7 31. Ra2 R7xb4
32. Nh5 Bc8 33. Nxf6+ Qxf6 34. Kg1 Bb7 35. Nd2 Qxf2+ 36. Bxf2
Rd3 37. a6 Bxe4 38. Re1 Ba8 39. Ne4 Nf4 40. a7 f6 41. h4 c3
42. Nc5 c2 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.14"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 c6
8.Qb3 Kh8 9.Rd1 Na6 10.Qa3 Nc7 11.d5 c5 12.b4 cxb4 13.Qxb4 Na6
14.Qb1 Bd7 15.Nb5 Rc8 16.Nd2 Qb6 17.e3 Nc5 18.a4 Qa5 19.Ba3 a6
20.Bb4 Qd8 21.Nd4 Nxa4 22.Ne6 Bxe6 23.dxe6 Qe8 24.Bxb7 Rb8
25.Bxa6 Nc3 26.Bxc3 Rxb1 27.Rdxb1 g5 28.Rb7 Ng8 29.Bxg7+ Kxg7
30.Rb5 Qg6 31.c5 dxc5 32.Rxc5 Qxe6 33.Nf3 Qd6 34.Nd4 Kh8
35.Rc6 Qd7 36.Rac1 f4 37.Bc8 Qa7 38.Ne6 Rf6 39.exf4 gxf4
40.Rc7 Qa4 41.Nxf4 Rd6 42.Be6 Rd1+ 43.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 44.Kg2 Nf6
45.Rxe7 Qe1 46.Rf7 Qe4+ 47.f3 Qd4 48.Kh3 Qe5 49.Kh4 Qd4 50.Bg4
Qe5 51.Ne6 h6 52.Rf8+ Ng8 53.f4 Qb2 54.Kh3 Qa1 55.Bh5 Kh7
56.Rf7+ Kh8 57.Bg6 Nf6 58.Rf8+ Ng8 59.Bf7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.17"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qb3 Nb6 6.d4 Bg7 7.e4
O-O 8.Be3 Bg4 9.Rd1 e6 10.Be2 Nc6 11.Ng1 Bxe2 12.Ngxe2 Qe7
13.O-O Rfd8 14.e5 h6 15.a3 Na5 16.Qc2 c5 17.dxc5 Nbc4 18.Bc1
Nxe5 19.b4 Nac6 20.Ne4 a6 21.h3 f5 22.Nd6 Nf7 23.Nc4 e5
24.Rde1 Kh7 25.Bb2 Re8 26.Nd4 Nxd4 27.Bxd4 Rad8 28.Bb2 e4
29.Bxg7 Kxg7 30.f3 Qf6 31.fxe4 Qd4+ 32.Kh2 Rxe4 33.Rxe4 Qxe4
34.Qxe4 fxe4 35.Kg3 Rd4 36.Na5 g5 37.Kf2 Rd3 38.Re1 Rxa3
39.Rxe4 Kf6 40.Nxb7 Ne5 41.Rd4 Ke7 42.Nd6 Rb3 43.Nc8+ Kf7
44.Nd6+ Ke6 45.Nc4 Nd3+ 46.Kg1 Nf4 47.Rd6+ Ke7 48.Ne5 Rb2
49.Rxa6 Rxg2+ 50.Kf1 Rb2 51.Rxh6 Nd5 52.Rd6 Ne3+ 53.Ke1 Nc2+
54.Kd1 Nxb4 55.Rb6 Kf8 56.Rb8+ Kg7 57.Nc4 Rb3 58.c6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vugar Gashimov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.Bf4
Bg7 8.Qa4+ Bd7 9.Qb3 b5 10.Bxd6 Qb6 11.Be5 O-O 12.e3 c4 13.Qd1
b4 14.Ne2 Bb5 15.Ned4 Nbd7 16.Nxb5 Qxb5 17.Bd4 Qxd5 18.Be2 Nb6
19.O-O Rac8 20.Rc1 Rfd8 21.Qe1 c3 22.bxc3 bxc3 23.Ba6 Rc7
24.Rxc3 Rxc3 25.Qxc3 Ne4 26.Qa3 Bxd4 27.Nxd4 Qc5 28.Qxc5 Nxc5
29.Bb5 Ne6 30.Nxe6 fxe6 31.Rc1 Rd2 32.a4 Ra2 33.g3 a6 34.Bxa6
Rxa4 35.Bb5 Ra5 36.Be2 Nd7 37.Rc7 Nf8 38.Bc4 Ra4 39.Kg2 Rb4
40.h4 h6 41.f4 h5 42.Kf3 Ra4 43.Ke4 Kh8 44.Ke5 Kg8 45.Kf6 Ra5
46.e4 Ra4 47.e5 Ra3 48.Rc8 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 e4
7. Ne5 Bb4 8. Be2 Qa5 9. O-O Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxe5 11. Bd2 Bc5
12. Nb5 O-O 13. b4 Be7 14. f4 Qe6 15. Be3 Bxb4 16. Nc7 Qc6
17. Nxa8 b6 18. Rb1 Bc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Rb8 Bb7 21. Rxf8+
Kxf8 22. Qb3 g6 23. Rb1 Bxa8 24. Qb8+ Kg7 25. Qxa7 e3 26. Bf3
d5 27. Re1 Qd6 28. Qxa8 d4 29. Qa3 Qxf4 30. Rf1 Qe5 31. Qd3
Qe8 32. g3 h5 33. Bg2 Qa4 34. a3 Qa5 35. Bf3 Qa6 36. Be2 Qa5
37. Qb1 Qd2 38. Qe1 Qa2 39. g4 hxg4 40. Qg3 Qxe2 41. Qe5 d3
42. Rxf6 Kh6 43. Rxf7 Qe1+ 44. Kg2 Qe2+ 45. Kg3 Qe1+ 46. Kxg4
Qg1+ 47. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. Be2 dxc4 8. O-O Nb6 9. Qc2 Nh5 10. Be5 f6 11. Ng5 fxg5
12. Bxh5 Bd7 13. Bf3 Rxf3 14. gxf3 Bd6 15. Qe4 Bc6 16. Qg4 Qe7
17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Ne4 h6 19. Qg3 d5 20. Nc3 Rf8 21. Ne2 Rf5
22. Kg2 Nd7 23. Rh1 Nf8 24. h4 Ng6 25. f4 Nxh4+ 26. Kf1 Qb4
27. Rb1 Be8 28. Nc3 Qe7 29. b4 Rf8 30. Rb2 Bg6 31. Ke1 Bd3
32. fxg5 Nf3+ 33. Kd1 hxg5 34. Qh3 Qf6 35. Kc1 Bg6 36. a4 Rd8
37. Ne2 e5 38. Qg4 exd4 39. exd4 Re8 40. Qd7 c3 41. Ra2 Ne1
42. Rxe1 Qf4+ 43. Kd1 Qe4 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Bf4 Nf6 5.e3 O-O 6.a3 Nbd7 7.Nb5
Ne8 8.Nf3 c6 9.Nc3 f5 10.h3 Nd6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Bd3 Nf6 13.Ne5
Nfe4 14.O-O Nf7 15.Qc2 Bd6 16.Bh2 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Bxe5 18.dxe5 a5
19.Na4 b5 20.Nc5 Qe7 21.Rac1 Qxe5 22.f4 Qd6 23.Bxe4 fxe4
24.Nb3 Bd7 25.Qc5 Qg6 26.Kh2 h5 27.Nd4 Rac8 28.b4 axb4 29.axb4
h4 30.Ne2 Rf6 31.Ra1 Rcf8 32.Qe7 R8f7 33.Qd8+ Kh7 34.Rg1 Qh6
35.Ra7 Rf8 36.Qc7 R6f7 37.Qe5 Re8 38.Qc3 g5 39.Rf1 Qd6 40.Kg1
Ref8 41.Qc5 Qh6 42.f5 Kg8 43.f6 g4 44.hxg4 h3 45.Nf4 hxg2
46.Kxg2 Qxf6 47.Kg3 Rh7 48.g5 Qxg5+ 49.Kf2 Rxf4+ 50.exf4 Rh2+
51.Ke3 Qg3+ 52.Kd4 Qg7+ 53.Ke3 Rh3+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2012.02.05"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Howell"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. e5 dxe5
7. dxe5 Nd5 8. h3 Be6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Bd2 a5 11. Nc3 N7b6
12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 Nb4 14. Bxb4 axb4 15. Rfd1 Qc8 16. Qb5
c6 17. Qxb4 Bd5 18. Ned2 Qc7 19. c4 c5 20. Qb5 Be6 21. Ne4 Ra5
22. Qb3 b5 23. Qe3 bxc4 24. Nc3 h6 25. Rd2 Qb8 26. Rad1 Rc8
27. Qe4 Ra7 28. a3 Bf8 29. Nd5 Qb3 30. Nc3 Bf5 31. Qe3 Raa8
32. Ne1 h5 33. Kh2 Bg7 34. f3 Qb7 35. f4 Bh6 36. Kg1 Ra6
37. Nd5 Be6 38. Qf2 Kg7 39. Nc3 Rb6 40. Kh2 Rb3 41. Re2 Qb6
42. Kg1 Qa5 43. Qf3 Rd8 44. Rxd8 Qxd8 45. Rf2 h4 46. Kh2 Qd7
47. Kh1 Rb8 48. Ne4 Bd5 49. Qe3 Bxe4 50. Qxe4 Qd4 51. Qc2 Bxf4
52. Re2 Bg3 53. Nf3 Qd3 54. Kg1 Rd8 55. Rd2 Qxc2 0-1

[Event "Kramnik vs Aronian"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2012.04.21"]
[EventDate "2012.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Re1 O-O
12. e4 e5 13. d5 Rd8 14. Re3 b5 15. dxc6 bxc4 16. Nd5 Qe6
17. cxd7 Rxd7 18. Qa4 Bb7 19. Qxc4 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qxd5 21. Qxd5
Rxd5 22. Rae1 Re8 23. g4 Kh7 24. g5 hxg5 25. Nxg5+ Kg8 26. f4
Rb8 27. fxe5 Rxb2 28. Nf3 Rxa2 29. e6 fxe6 30. Rxe6 Rf5
31. Nh4 Rf4 32. R6e4 Rf6 33. Rg4 Kf7 34. Rc1 Bh6 35. Rc7+ Ke8
36. Re4+ Kd8 37. Rh7 Bf8 38. Rd4+ Kc8 39. Rc4+ Kb8 40. Rd7 g5
41. Ng6 Bd6 0-1

[Event "Kramnik vs Aronian Rapid"]
[Site "Zurich, Switzerland"]
[Date "2012.04.24"]
[EventDate "2012.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6
8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Bb6 10.Nbd2 Rb8 11.Qe2 a5 12.a4 b4 13.O-O g5
14.Bg3 O-O 15.Nc4 Ba7 16.Nfd2 h5 17.h3 h4 18.Bh2 Kg7 19.Kh1
Rh8 20.d4 bxc3 21.bxc3 exd4 22.e5 dxc3 23.exf6+ Qxf6 24.f4
cxd2 25.fxg5 Qe6 26.Qd1 Rxb3 27.Qxb3 Ba6 28.Qf3 Bxc4 29.Qxc6
Bd4 30.Bg1 Bxa1 31.Rxa1 Re8 32.g6 Qf6 33.Qxc4 Re1 34.Kh2 Rxa1
35.Bd4 Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.08"]
[EventDate "2012.06.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6
7.O-O Be7 8.d3 O-O 9.Be3 f5 10.Rc1 Kh8 11.a3 Bf6 12.Bc5 Re8
13.b4 Be6 14.Re1 Qd7 15.e4 a6 16.Bh3 g6 17.Be3 Qg7 18.Ng5 Bg8
19.Nf3 f4 20.Bxb6 cxb6 21.Nd5 g5 22.Bd7 Re6 23.Bxe6 Bxe6
24.Nxf6 Qxf6 25.Rxc6 bxc6 26.Qa1 a5 27.Qxe5 Qxe5 28.Nxe5 axb4
29.axb4 c5 30.bxc5 bxc5 31.gxf4 gxf4 32.Kg2 Ra3 33.Kf3 c4
34.Kxf4 cxd3 35.Rd1 Ra2 36.Nxd3 Bc4 37.f3 Rxh2 38.Ne5 Ba2
39.Rd7 Rh6 40.Nf7+ Bxf7 41.Rxf7 Kg8 42.Rf5 Rh1 43.e5 h5
44.Rg5+ Kf8 45.Kf5 h4 46.Rh5 Kg7 47.f4 h3 48.Ke6 Kg6 49.Rg5+
Kh6 50.Kf5 Rh2 51.Rg8 Rh1 52.e6 h2 53.Rg2 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial (Blitz)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[EventDate "2012.06.07"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. Nxd4 Be7 8. f3 O-O 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Nc3 Ne5 11. Qe2 Bb4
12. Nd1 c5 13. Nb3 c4 14. Nd4 c5 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Re8
17. Nf2 Nc6 18. Ne4 Nd4 19. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 20. Kh1 Qxb2 21. a3 Ba5
22. Rab1 Qe5 23. Rxb7 Qxf5 24. Qxc4 Qe6 25. Qxc5 Bd8 26. Qd4
Be7 27. Rb6 Qa2 28. c4 Qxa3 29. c5 a5 30. Ra1 Rad8 31. Nd6 Bf6
32. Rxa3 Bxd4 33. Nxe8 Bxc5 34. Rd6 Rxe8 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial (Blitz)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[EventDate "2012.06.07"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. b4 Bb6 6. d3 d6
7. a4 a5 8. b5 Ne7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. O-O Ng6 11. Ba2 h6 12. Nc4
Ba7 13. h3 Be6 14. Kh2 Bb8 15. Ne3 d5 16. Qc2 c6 17. c4 d4
18. Nd1 c5 19. g3 Nh7 20. Ng1 f5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Qe2 Nf6
23. Bb1 Re8 24. Qf3 Qd7 25. Re1 e4 26. dxe4 Be6 27. Nb2 Ne5
28. Qg2 Nxc4 29. Nxc4 Bxc4 30. f4 d3 31. e5 Nd5 32. Qe4 Nb6
33. Be3 Qd5 34. Qxd5+ Nxd5 35. Bxc5 Nc3 36. Rc1 d2 37. Rxc3
d1=Q 38. Bh7+ Kxh7 39. Rxd1 Be6 40. Bb6 Ba7 41. Bxa7 Rxa7
42. Rc7 Raa8 43. Rd6 Bb3 44. Ne2 Bxa4 45. Nd4 Rac8 46. Rxb7
Red8 47. h4 Bd1 48. Ra7 a4 49. b6 Ra8 50. Rxd8 Rxd8 51. b7 Bg4
52. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial (Blitz)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[EventDate "2012.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5
7. Rc1 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Qa5 11. O-O Nc6
12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. g4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Qa3
17. e4 Be6 18. Rb1 Rad8 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Rxd8 Nxd8 21. Be3
Qxc3 22. Kg2 b6 23. Rc1 Qb4 24. Qd3 Nb7 25. Rc7 Nd6 26. Ng5
Bf6 27. Nxe6 Re8 28. Rxa7 b5 29. Nc7 Rf8 30. Nd5 Qb2 31. Nxf6+
Qxf6 32. Qd5+ Rf7 33. e5 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.18"]
[EventDate "2012.06.07"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3
O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.O-O-O Qd6 10.Kb1 Rd8 11.Nb5 Qd7 12.d5 a6
13.Nc3 Qe8 14.Qe1 Ne5 15.Be2 e6 16.Bxb6 cxb6 17.f4 Nd7 18.dxe6
Qxe6 19.Nf3 Qe8 20.Qh4 Bf6 21.Ng5 Nf8 22.Bc4 Kg7 23.Qg3 Bxg5
24.fxg5 Be6 25.Nd5 Bxd5 26.Bxd5 Rd7 27.h4 Rc8 28.a3 Qd8 29.Qf2
Ne6 30.Ka2 Qe7 31.Rhf1 b5 32.Rd3 Rcc7 33.Kb1 a5 34.g4 a4
35.Rf3 Qd6 36.Rf6 Qc5 37.Qg3 b4 38.axb4 Qc2+ 39.Ka1 a3 40.bxa3
Rxd5 41.exd5 Nd4 42.Rxf7+ Rxf7 43.Qe5+ Kf8 44.Qb8+ Kg7
45.Rxf7+ Kxf7 46.Qxb7+ Ke8 47.Qb8+ Kd7 48.Qa7+ Kd6 49.Qxd4
Qc1+ 50.Ka2 Qc2+ 51.Qb2 Qc4+ 52.Ka1 Qxg4 53.Qf2 Kxd5 54.Qc5+
1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.29"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "2.26"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Ziaur Rahman"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 Bxf3 4. exf3 Nd7 5. Nc3 c6 6. h4 e6
7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5 Ngf6 9. Bf4 Nb6 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Ba6 Rb8
12. Qc1 Be7 13. Ne2 c5 14. Bb5+ Nbd7 15. Nc3 O-O 16. O-O Nb6
17. Rd1 Nbd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Rxb5 20. g3 Qa8 21. Rd3 d5
22. Bg5 Bxg5 23. hxg5 Qc6 24. Qc3 Qe6 25. a4 d4 26. Qc2 Ra5
27. Qd2 Ra6 28. b4 cxb4 29. Qxb4 Qf5 30. Rad1 Qxg5 31. Rxd4
Qf6 32. Rf4 Qb6 33. Qc4 Qe6 34. Qc7 Qc6 35. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.30"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "3.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
Bb7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Qc2 c5 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxg2
12. Kxg2 Qc8 13. Nd2 a6 14. N4f3 Qc6 15. Rac1 Nbd7 16. g4 Ne5
17. g5 Nh5 18. Qe4 Qxe4 19. Nxe4 Nf4+ 20. Kf1 Nxf3 21. exf3 d5
22. cxd5 exd5 23. Nc3 f6 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 fxg5 26. Rc7
Rf7 27. Rxf7 Kxf7 28. Rd7+ Kg8 29. Rb7 b5 30. Rb6 Rc8 31. b4
Ra8 32. a3 Kf7 33. Kg2 h6 34. f4 gxf4 35. Kf3 Rc8 36. Rxa6 Rc2
37. h4 g5 38. Rxh6 Rc3+ 39. Ke4 gxh4 40. Rxh4 Rxa3 41. Rxf4+
Ke6 42. Rf5 Ra2 43. f3 Re2+ 44. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.01"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. d5 exd5 11. Nd4 Bc5
12. Nc2 c6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bg5 Nc7 15. Ne3 d4 16. Bxb7 Rb8
17. Ng4 dxc3 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Be4 d5 20. Bc2 f5 21. Nh6+ Kh8
22. Nxf5 Qf6 23. a3 a5 24. Qd3 Rg8 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Bxb4
27. Ra7 Ne6 28. Ne7 Qg7 29. Nxg8 Kxg8 30. Qxd5 Bc5 31. e3 b5
32. Ra8 Rxa8 33. Qxa8+ Qf8 34. Qe4 Qh6 35. Ra1 b4 36. Ra5 Bf8
37. Qg4+ Qg7 38. Qh4 h6 39. Ra8 Nc7 40. Rxf8+ Qxf8 41. Qg4+
Kh8 42. Qf5 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.06"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3
Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 8. Bd3 Na6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bc2 Bg4 11. d4 Bxf3
12. Qxf3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 exd4 14. Ba4+ Kd8 15. cxd4 c5 16. d5
Kc7 17. Re1 Nb4 18. Bd2 Nd3 19. Re3 Ne5 20. Rc1 g5 21. Ba5+ b6
22. Bc3 f6 23. Rce1 Rhg8 24. Kg2 Raf8 25. Re4 Ng6 26. Kh1 Be5
27. Bd2 Kd6 28. R4e3 Nf4 29. Bc2 Rg7 30. Re4 Re7 31. Bxf4 gxf4
32. Rg1 f5 33. Re2 Bd4 34. Rxe7 Kxe7 35. Re1+ Kd8 36. Kg2 Re8
37. Rxe8+ Kxe8 38. Bxf5 h6 39. d6 h5 40. Kf1 Be5 41. d7+ Ke7
42. Ke2 Bc7 43. Kd3 Kd6 44. Ke4 Kc6 45. h4 a6 46. Bg6 Bd8
47. Bxh5 Bxh4 48. Be8 Bd8 49. Kxf4 b5 50. Ke5 bxc4 51. Ke6 c3
52. Bg6 Kc7 53. f4 Bh4 54. f3 Bg3 55. Ke7 Bh4+ 56. Ke8 a5
57. Bc2 c4 58. f5 Bd8 59. f4 Bh4 60. Ba4 Bd8 61. Kf7 c2
62. Bxc2 Kxd7 63. f6 Bc7 64. Ba4+ Kd8 65. Kg8 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.07"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "10.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O Nbd7 8. Bf4 a5 9. Rc1 h6 10. a4 Ne4 11. Nfd2 Nd6
12. Bxd6 Bxd6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bb4 15. c5 Nf6 16. Qc4 Nxe4
17. Bxe4 Kh8 18. Bg2 e5 19. d5 f5 20. dxc6 e4 21. cxb7 Bxb7
22. c6 Ba6 23. Qb3 Rc8 24. Nc3 Rxc6 25. Nd5 Bc5 26. Bf1 f4
27. Nxf4 Bxf2+ 28. Kh1 Rb6 29. Qc2 e3 30. Bg2 Qe8 31. Qc5 Rff6
32. Rc2 g5 33. Nd5 e2 34. Qxa5 e1=Q+ 35. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 36. Qxe1
Bxe1 37. Nxb6 Rxb6 38. Rc6 Rxc6 39. Bxc6 Kg7 40. Kg2 Kf6
41. Bf3 Ke5 42. h4 Bc8 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Kf1 Bxg3 45. b4 Kd4
46. a5 Kc4 47. a6 Bb8 48. Bb7 0-1

[Event "Bilbao Masters"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2012.09.24"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bg2 c6 9. e4 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Ne5 Nfd7
12. O-O Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Re1 dxc4 15. Bxa8 Qxa8 16. Bh6
Rd8 17. Qg4 Bf8 18. Rad1 Nc5 19. bxc4 Bb7 20. Rxd8 Qxd8
21. Rd1 Qc7 22. Bf4 Qc6 23. f3 Nd7 24. Ne4 Qa4 25. Rxd7 Bxe4
26. Rd8 Bg6 27. Bg5 Qa3 28. Qd4 h6 29. Qd6 Kh7 30. Qxf8 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.04"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Luke McShane"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.a4 Bd7 9.c3 O-O 10.Nbd2 Na5 11.Bc2 c5 12.Re1 Re8 13.Nf1
Nc6 14.Ne3 b4 15.h3 Rb8 16.Nc4 Be6 17.Bb3 h6 18.Be3 bxc3
19.bxc3 d5 20.exd5 Nxd5 21.Qc2 e4 22.dxe4 Nxe3 23.Rxe3 Rxb3
24.Qxb3 Na5 25.Nxa5 Bxb3 26.Nxb3 Qb6 27.Nbd2 Qb2 28.Rae1 Rd8
29.Nf1 c4 30.Ne5 Bc5 31.Rf3 Qb3 32.a5 Rd6 33.Nxf7 Rf6 34.Rxf6
gxf6 35.Nxh6+ Kf8 36.Ng4 Qxc3 37.Rd1 Qb4 38.Nxf6 Kf7 39.Nd5
Qb2 40.Nde3 c3 41.Rd5 Be7 42.Rf5+ Ke8 43.g4 c2 44.Nxc2 Qxc2
45.Ng3 Qc7 46.Nh5 Bd8 47.Kg2 Qc6 48.Re5+ Kf7 49.g5 Qa4 50.h4
Bxa5 51.Rf5+ Ke6 52.Nf4+ Kd7 53.f3 Qc2+ 54.Kh3 Qf2 55.Kg4 Be1
56.Ng6 a5 57.Rf7+ Kd8 58.e5 a4 59.e6 Bb4 60.e7+ Bxe7 61.Nxe7
Qc5 62.Kh5 a3 63.Kh6 a2 64.g6 Qc4 65.Nf5 a1=Q 66.Rf8+ Kc7
67.g7 Qc6+ 68.Kh7 Qxf3 69.g8=N Qh5+ 70.Ngh6 Qe5 71.Ng7 Qxh4
72.Rf7+ Kb6 73.Nf5 Qee4 74.Kg6 Qe6+ 75.Kg7 Qg5+ 76.Kf8 Qc8#
0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 c5
7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 Nh5 9. g4 Nf6 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Qd2 exd5
12. cxd5 Nb4 13. Bb1 Re8 14. Kf1 c4 15. Kg2 Na6 16. Re1 Nc5
17. Bh6 Bh8 18. Bc2 Bd7 19. Qf4 Qb6 20. Bg5 Qxb2 21. Bxf6 Qxc2
22. Re2 Nd3 23. Qxd6 Bxf6 24. Rxc2 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. e4 h5
7. h3 g6 8. Nf3 Bh6 9. Bxh6 Rxh6 10. Be2 Kf8 11. Qd2 Kg7
12. Qe3 a6 13. a4 b6 14. Ng5 Rh8 15. O-O-O Nh7 16. h4 Ndf6
17. f3 Bd7 18. Rhf1 Qe8 19. b3 Rf8 20. Kb2 a5 21. Rf2 Qe7
22. Rh1 Rae8 23. Bf1 Ng8 24. Nxh7 Kxh7 25. Bh3 Bxh3 26. Rxh3
f5 27. exf5 gxf5 28. Qg5 Qf7 29. Nb5 Rd8 30. Rhh2 Nh6 31. Rhg2
f4 32. Nc3 Rg8 33. Ne4 Rdf8 34. gxf4 exf4 35. Ka2 Nf5 36. Qxf4
Rxg2 37. Rxg2 Qe7 38. Ng5+ Kh8 39. Ne6 Rf6 40. Qg5 Qf7 41. Nf4
Ng7 42. Ng6+ Kh7 43. Qe3 Rxg6 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Baadur Jobava"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 e4 6. Ne2 Be5
7. Qc1 O-O 8. h3 Qe7 9. Bxc6 Bxb2 10. Qxb2 dxc6 11. O-O-O a5
12. Nc3 b5 13. Nab1 a4 14. b4 a3 15. Nxa3 c5 16. bxc5 b4
17. Qxb4 Bd7 18. Nab1 Rfb8 19. Qd4 Be6 20. d3 c6 21. Nd2 exd3
22. cxd3 Qb7 23. Nb3 Rxa2 24. Nxa2 Qxb3 25. Qa1 Qa3+ 26. Kd2
Rb2+ 27. Ke1 Rxa2 28. Qd4 h6 29. Kf1 Qb3 30. Ra1 Qc2 31. e4
Rxa1+ 32. Qxa1 Qxd3+ 33. Kg1 Nxe4 34. Qa8+ Kh7 35. Qxc6 Bd5
36. Qd7 Nxf2 37. c6 Nxh1 38. c7 Qe4 39. Qxd5 Qxd5 40. c8=Q Ng3
0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 e6
7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. f4 O-O 10. Nf3 Bd7 11. Ne5 Rfc8
12. O-O Be8 13. Rf3 g6 14. Rh3 Nd7 15. Qe1 Qe7 16. Qg3 f6
17. Ng4 Qg7 18. Nh6+ Kh8 19. Rf1 f5 20. Qh4 Nf6 21. g4 Ne7
22. Kh1 Rc7 23. Rg1 Bd7 24. g5 Ne4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Rhg3 b5
27. a3 a5 28. Ra1 Rac8 29. Rgg1 b4 30. axb4 axb4 31. Na4 Bxa4
32. Rxa4 Nd5 33. Ra6 Qd7 34. Qe1 Rc2 35. Qa1 Re2 36. Rd6 Qb7
37. Qa5 Kg7 38. Rd8 Rec2 39. Rxc8 Rxc8 40. Ra1 Qc7 41. Qxc7+
Rxc7 42. Ra8 Ne7 43. Re8 b3 44. Kg2 Rb7 45. Kf2 Rc7 46. Ke2
Rc2+ 47. Kd1 Rc7 48. h4 Rb7 49. Kd2 Rc7 50. Kd1 Rb7 51. Rd8
Rc7 52. Rb8 Ra7 53. Rxb3 Ra8 54. Rb7 Kf8 55. Kd2 Ke8 56. Rb6
Kd7 57. Nf7 Nd5 58. Ne5+ Ke7 59. Rb7+ Ke8 60. Rxh7 Ra2 61. Kc2
Nxe3+ 62. Kb3 Ra1 63. Rh8+ Ke7 64. Nxg6+ Kd6 65. h5 Rh1 66. h6
Nd5 67. Ne5 e3 68. Nc4+ Ke7 69. Nxe3 Nxe3 70. g6 Ng4 71. h7
Nf6 72. g7 Rh3+ 73. Ka4 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "10.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Ne2
Be7 12. Re1 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Bf4 Be7 15. Nd4 g5 16. Bh2
Bc5 17. Nb3 Bb6 18. c4 Be6 19. Rac1 c5 20. a4 a6 21. a5 Ba7
22. Nd2 Kd7 23. Ne4 g4 24. h4 Kc6 25. Red1 Rab8 26. b3 b5
27. axb6 Rxb6 28. Rc3 Rhb8 29. Rdd3 Bf5 30. f3 a5 31. Bf4 a4
32. bxa4 Rb1+ 33. Kf2 R8b2+ 34. Rd2 Bb6 35. Rcc2 Rxc2 36. Rxc2
Ba5 37. Bd2 Bb4 38. Ke3 Rg1 39. Bc3 gxf3 40. gxf3 Rh1 41. Kf4
Bxe4 42. fxe4 Rxh4+ 43. Kf5 Rh3 44. Bxb4 Rf3+ 45. Kg5 cxb4
46. Kxh5 Kc5 47. Kg4 Rc3 48. Rf2 Rxc4 49. Rxf7 Kb6 50. Rf4 b3
51. Kf5 b2 52. Rf1 Rc1 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "11.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3
7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4
Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Qe3 Bb7 14. e5 Qe7 15. Ng5 Rfc8 16. Bd3 Nf8
17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Rab8 19. f4 g6 20. Kh1 Qb4 21. Rac1 Rxc1
22. Rxc1 Rd8 23. Rd1 Qc4 24. a3 h5 25. h3 h4 26. Kh2 Rd7
27. Bf3 b5 28. f5 exf5 29. d5 a5 30. Rc1 f4 31. Qd2 Qb3
32. Qxf4 Rxd5 33. Bxd5 Qxd5 34. Rc8 b4 35. axb4 axb4 36. Re8
Qc5 37. Qxh4 b3 38. Qf6 b2 39. Rb8 Qd4 40. h4 Qc3 41. Qe7 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.18"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "161"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Bb3 O-O 6. Nge2
Nbd7 7. O-O c5 8. Re1 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 a6
12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 g5 14. Bg3 Nxb3 15. axb3 Qb6 16. c3 Re8
17. h4 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Bf5 19. Qh5 Qxd4 20. hxg5 Bg6 21. Qxh6
Qxb2 22. Ra4 Rac8 23. Rh4 Rc1 24. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 25. Kh2 Qb2
26. Bf4 Qg7 27. Be3 Qxh6 28. Rxh6 e5 29. dxe6 Rxe6 30. Bd4 Kf8
31. Rh8+ Ke7 32. Bf6+ Kd7 33. g4 Re8 34. Rxe8 Kxe8 35. f4 Bc2
36. b4 b6 37. Bc3 Kd7 38. f5 Bb1 39. Kg3 Bc2 40. Kh4 Bd3
41. Kh5 Be2 42. Bd4 b5 43. Bf2 Ke8 44. Bg3 Ke7 45. g6 fxg6+
46. Kxg6 Bxg4 47. f6+ Ke6 48. f7 Bh5+ 49. Kxh5 Kxf7 50. Bxd6
Ke6 51. Bc7 Kf5 52. Ba5 Kf6 53. Kg4 Ke5 54. Kg5 Ke6 55. Kf4
Kf6 56. Ke4 Ke6 57. Bb6 Kd6 58. Kf5 Kc6 59. Ba5 Kd5 60. Kf6
Kd6 61. Kf7 Kd7 62. Kf8 Kc8 63. Ke8 Kb7 64. Kd7 Kb8 65. Kc6
Ka7 66. Kc7 Ka8 67. Kb6 Kb8 68. Kxa6 Kc8 69. Kxb5 Kd7 70. Ka6
Ke6 71. b5 Kd5 72. b6 Kc4 73. b7 Kd3 74. b8=Q Ke2 75. Qb5+ Kf3
76. Qd3+ Kg4 77. Bd2 Kh4 78. Qg6 Kh3 79. Be1 Kh2 80. Bf2 Kh1
81. Qg1# 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.18"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Baadur Jobava"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. d5 e6
7. h3 exd5 8. exd5 Re8+ 9. Be3 Nh5 10. Qd2 Bh6 11. O-O-O Bxe3
12. fxe3 Ng3 13. Rg1 d6 14. Bd3 h5 15. e4 Qf6 16. Nb5 Nxe4
17. Qe3 Na6 18. Bxe4 Qe7 19. Nd2 Bd7 20. g4 h4 21. Rde1 Bxb5
22. cxb5 Nb4 23. a3 Nxd5 24. Qf2 Qg5 25. Rgf1 Re7 26. Bxd5
Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 Qxd5 28. Qe4 Qa2 29. Kc2 d5 30. Qf3 d4 31. Nb3
1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.18"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 dxc4
7. O-O b6 8. e4 Bb7 9. e5 Nd5 10. Bxc4 c5 11. e6 fxe6 12. Ng5
Qd7 13. dxc5 Nxc3 14. Qxd7 Nxd7 15. Bxe6+ Kh8 16. Bxd7 Ne2+
17. Kh1 Nxc1 18. Raxc1 Bh6 19. h4 bxc5 20. Rxc5 Rf4 21. Rc4
Rxc4 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.19"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3
dxc4 7. Qxc4 O-O 8. Bf4 Bc6 9. e3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 c6 11. Be2
Nbd7 12. Bg3 c5 13. dxc5 Rc8 14. b4 Nxc5 15. bxc5 Qa5 16. O-O
Rxc5 17. Qb3 Rxc3 18. Qxb7 Nh5 19. Rac1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Qd2
21. Rc7 Qxe2 22. Rxe7 Nxg3 23. hxg3 a5 24. Qd5 Bc3 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.17"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Sokolov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Nf3 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3
7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Qa4+ Nd7 9. e4 c5 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. O-O Nb6
12. Qb3 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 b6 14. d5 e6 15. h3 a5 16. Bg5 f6
17. dxe6 Ba6 18. Qd5 Qxd5 19. exd5 fxg5 20. Rfd1 Bxc3 21. Rac1
Be2 22. Nxg5 Bxd1 23. Rxc3 Rf5 24. Ne4 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.18"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. d5 exd5
7. cxd5 Bb7 8. Bg2 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Qa4 Nf6
12. e4 O-O 13. e5 Ne8 14. Nc3 Nc7 15. Be3 Qe8 16. Nd2 Rb8
17. Nc4 b5 18. Nxb5 Nxb5 19. Qxb5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxg2 21. Qxd7
Ba8 22. Rd2 Rd8 23. Qxe8 Rfxe8 24. Rad1 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 f6
26. Nc4 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Bxc5 a6 29. Kf1 Kf7 30. Ke2 Ke6
31. Kd3 g5 32. Kd4 h5 33. b3 Bc7 34. Bb6 Bd6 35. Bd8 Bb4
36. a3 Be1 37. Ke3 Bc3 38. Bc7 Bc6 39. Kd3 Ba1 40. f4 Bb5
41. a4 Bc6 42. Na5 Bg2 43. Kc4 Kd7 44. Bb8 Bf1+ 45. Kc5 Bc3
46. Nc4 Be2 47. f5 Be1 48. Nb6+ Ke8 49. b4 Bf2+ 50. Kc6 Bxb6
51. Kxb6 Kd7 52. Kb7 Bd3 53. Ba7 Bc2 54. Kxa6 Bxa4 55. b5 Bc2
56. Bd4 Bd3 57. Bxf6 Kc8 58. Bxg5 Bxf5 59. Ka7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.20"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Yifan Hou"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3
Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. Be4 Nd7 10. Bxb7 Rb8 11. Bd5 c6
12. Be4 Nc5 13. Qe2 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3
Bd6 17. Kd1 Kd7 18. Kc2 f5 19. d3 Rhf8 20. Rg1 g6 21. Bh6 Rf7
22. Rad1 Ke6 23. Bc1 Rb6 24. f4 Ra6 25. fxe5 Rxa2+ 26. Kb1
Rxf2 27. exd6 Rb7+ 28. Ka1 Kxd6 29. Rd2 Rf3 30. Re1 Rd7
31. Kb1 g5 32. Kc2 f4 33. Ba3+ Kc7 34. d4 g4 35. d5 cxd5
36. cxd5 h5 37. Be7 g3 38. Re5 Re3 39. d6+ Kc6 40. Rxh5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.23"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3
Bc5 7. d3 h6 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg2 c6 10. Bd2 Re8 11. Rc1 Bf8
12. e4 d6 13. h3 a6 14. a4 Rb8 15. Kh2 Nd7 16. Be3 a5 17. f4
Nc5 18. Rc2 Be6 19. f5 Bd7 20. Bf3 b5 21. axb5 cxb5 22. Bh5
bxc4 23. dxc4 Be7 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Qd5 Rf8 26. Rd1 Be8
27. Qxe5 Bf6 28. Qxc5 Qb6 29. Qxb6 Rxb6 30. c5 Rb4 31. Nd5 Ba4
32. Nxb4 axb4 33. Rc4 Bxd1 34. Bxd1 Rd8 35. Bb3 Rd2+ 36. Kh1
Rxb2 37. Rxb4 Be5 38. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. c5 Nbd7
7. Na4 b5 8. cxb6 Nxb6 9. Bd2 Nxa4 10. Qxa4 Bd7 11. Qc2 Qb6
12. Rc1 Rb8 13. Bd3 Qxb2 14. O-O Bd6 15. Ne5 Qxc2 16. Rxc2 c5
17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Bxa6 c4 19. a4 Bb4 20. Bc1 Nf6 21. f3 O-O
22. e4 Ne8 23. Bb5 Rb6 24. Bf4 Nd6 25. Rb1 Ba5 26. Kf1 f6
27. Rcb2 Rfb8 28. h4 c3 29. Re2 e5 30. dxe5 Nxb5 31. axb5 d4
32. Rd1 Rxb5 33. Rc2 d3 34. Rxd3 Rb1+ 35. Bc1 R8b2 36. Rcxc3
Bxc3 37. Rxc3 Rd2 38. Rc8+ Kf7 39. Rc7+ Ke6 40. exf6 gxf6
41. Kg1 Rd1+ 42. Kh2 Rbxc1 43. Rxh7 Rd7 44. Rh6 Rcc7 45. Rh8
Rh7 46. Re8+ Kf7 47. Ra8 Rxh4+ 48. Kg3 Rh1 0-1

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.03.16"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Nxc3 9. Bc4 Nd5 10. Bxd5 e6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6
12. O-O Be7 13. Be3 Qd5 14. Rfc1 Qxb3 15. axb3 Bb7 16. Ne5 O-O
17. Ra4 Rfd8 18. Nc4 Bf6 19. Na5 Rd7 20. Rb4 Ba6 21. Nxc6 Rb7
22. h3 Kg7 23. Rxb7 Bxb7 24. Ne5 Bd8 25. b4 Rc8 26. Bh6+ Kg8
27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. Nc6 Bf6 29. b5 Bd7 30. g4 g5 31. h4 gxh4
32. g5 Bxc6 33. bxc6 Bd8 34. Kg2 Bc7 35. Kh3 1-0

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.03.17"]
[EventDate "2013.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.Nd2 c5 4.e3 b6 5.Ngf3 Bb7 6.c3 Be7 7.Bd3
O-O 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.h4 Nc6 10.Ng5 g6 11.f4 Ne7 12.Qg4 h5 13.Qh3
cxd4 14.exd4 b5 15.a3 Qb6 16.Rg1 Nd5 17.Nge4 Bg7 18.Qf3 b4
19.axb4 Nxb4 20.Nc4 Qb5 21.Ne5 Nxd3+ 22.Nxd3 Qf5 23.Ndc5 Bc6
24.b4 Rfb8 25.Ra5 a6 26.Qe3 Qg4 27.g3 Rb5 28.Rxa6 Rxa6 29.Nxa6
e5 30.dxe5 Bxe4 31.c4 Rb6 32.Qxb6 Qf3 33.Qf2 Qa3 34.Nc5 Qxb4+
35.Kd1 0-1

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.03.21"]
[EventDate "2013.03.14"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O Re8 7.Nbd2
a6 8.Ba4 b5 9.Bb3 d6 10.Re1 Be6 11.Nf1 Bxb3 12.axb3 d5 13.Qc2
h6 14.Ng3 a5 15.h3 Qd7 16.Be3 Bf8 17.Rad1 Rad8 18.Nf5 Qe6
19.g4 dxe4 20.dxe4 Ne7 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Ra1 Ra8 23.c4 b4 24.g5
hxg5 25.Nxg5 Qc8 26.Nxe7+ Bxe7 27.Kh2 Ra6 28.Rg1 Nd7 29.Qe2
Rg6 30.Qh5 Nf6 31.Qf3 Rh6 32.Ne6 Rh7 33.Ng5 Rh4 34.Rg2 Qd7
35.Rg1 g6 36.Bc1 Qe8 37.Be3 a4 38.bxa4 Qxa4 39.Bc1 b3 40.Qg3
Rh5 41.Qd3 Qc6 42.Be3 Rh4 43.Kg3 Rh8 44.Kh2 Kg7 45.c5 Qa4
46.Qc3 Re8 47.Qd3 Rd8 48.Qc3 Qb5 49.Kg2 Rd3 50.Qc1 Nh5 51.Nf3
Qb4 52.Qe1 Qa4 53.Nxe5 Qxe4+ 54.Nf3 Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.03.27"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bf4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3
Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qe7 8. Qd5 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Qd3 d6 11. g3 O-O
12. Bg2 Bg4 13. O-O Rae8 14. Rae1 Kh8 15. Nd4 Ne5 16. Bxe5
dxe5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Nd7 19. Qe4 c6 20. Rd1 Nb6 21. Rd3
Qc5 22. Qh4 g6 23. Be4 Kg7 24. Kg2 Qxc4 25. Rfd1 Qxa2 26. g4
Rf4 27. Bf5 Nd5 28. Rh3 Rh8 29. e3 gxf5 30. exf4 1-0

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.04.01"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 a6
7. Nf3 c5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Bd3 dxc5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nd5 Be6
12. Qb3 b5 13. Rac1 bxc4 14. Bxc4 Nxe4 15. Qb7 Rac8 16. Bxe7
Bxd5 17. Bxf8 Rb8 18. Qxb8 Nxb8 19. Bxd5 Kxf8 20. Bxe4 Nd7
21. b3 Qxa2 22. Rcd1 Ne5 23. Rd8+ Ke7 24. Rb8 Nxf3+ 25. Bxf3
Bd4 26. g3 a5 27. Re1+ Kf6 28. Re2 Qb1+ 29. Kg2 a4 30. Rb7 a3
31. Bd5 a2 32. Rxf7+ Kg5 33. h4+ Kh6 34. Ree7 g5 35. Be4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2013.02.03"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Prusikin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2821"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Na6 10. Nd5 Rd6 11. Nxf6+
Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Rxf6 13. Nxe5 Re6 14. Ng4 Kg7 15. Ne3 Rxe4
16. O-O-O c6 17. Rd8 Re7 18. h4 Nc7 19. Rhd1 a5 20. b3 Ne6
21. R8d6 Nc5 22. Bf3 Bd7 23. Kb2 f5 24. a3 Be8 25. g3 Bf7
26. b4 Na4+ 27. Kc2 axb4 28. axb4 Nb6 29. c5 Ra2+ 30. Kb1 Rxf2
0-1

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.22"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3
7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rc1 b6
12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O Nd7 14. Qe3 Rc8 15. e5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qh4
17. Qe3 Rfd8 18. f4 Nf8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. f5 exf5 21. Bxf5 Rd8
22. Rd1 Ng6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. d5 Qc4 25. d6 Qe6 26. Qg3 b5
27. h3 a6 28. Qe3 Rd7 29. Qc5 Kh7 30. Qd5 Qe8 31. Rc1 Qd8
32. Rc6 Qg5 33. Qd4 Rd8 34. Rc5 Qg3 35. Qf2 Qxf2+ 36. Kxf2 f6
37. Rc6 fxe5 38. Ke3 Kg8 39. Ke4 Kf7 40. Kd5 a5 41. Rc5 b4
42. Rxa5 Kf6 43. Ra7 Rb8 44. Kc6 b3 45. axb3 Rxb3 46. Ra8 Rc3+
47. Kd7 e4 48. Rf8+ Kg5 49. Ke7 e3 50. d7 e2 51. d8=Q e1=Q+
52. Kd6+ Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.24"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4
Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Bg5 e6
12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Qe3 Nd7 14. Bf4 e5 15. Bg3 Rae8 16. d5 f5
17. Bh4 h6 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Rfd1 Qd6 20. Nd2 Qg6 21. Qg3 Qxg3
22. hxg3 Bf6 23. Bb5 Re7 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. c4
Rg7 27. Rb3 Rg4 28. Rc1 Rd4 29. Nf3 Re4 30. Ra3 a6 31. Rb3 b5
32. Rb2 Rf7 33. cxb5 axb5 34. Rxc5 b4 35. d6 Rd7 36. Rd2 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]
[Date "2013.05.01"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4
Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5
12. Qd2 e6 13. f4 Bc7 14. O-O exd5 15. exd5 Ba5 16. f5 Bxf5
17. Rxb7 Qf6 18. Rf3 Qe5 19. Bc4 Bc8 20. Rb3 Bc7 21. Qh6 Qe1+
22. Rf1 Qe4 23. Bg5 Be5 24. Qh4 Qxh4 25. Bxh4 Bd6 26. Rf6 Be5
27. Rc6 Bd7 28. Ra6 Rfb8 29. Rxb8+ Rxb8 30. Rxa7 Bxc3 31. Rxd7
Rb4 32. d6 Rxc4 33. Be7 Kg7 34. Ra7 Rd4 35. d7 Rd1+ 36. Kf2 c4
37. g3 Rd2+ 38. Kf3 Rd3+ 39. Kg2 Rd2+ 40. Kh3 Bf6 41. d8=Q
Rxd8 42. Bxd8 Bxd8 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. e3 e6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. d3 a5 6. a3 Nbd7
7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 O-O 10. Be2 c6 11. O-O Qe7
12. c4 Rfd8 13. Qc2 Nf8 14. e4 dxe4 15. dxe4 e5 16. c5 Bxc5
17. Nxe5 Bd4 18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. Nf3 Rxe4 20. Bd3 Re6 21. Bc4
Nd5 22. Rfd1 Rd8 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Qc3 Ra6 25. Nd4 Ne6 26. Nf5
Qg5 27. Qe5 g6 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Qxd5 Qxf5 30. Qxb7 Rd6 31. b4
axb4 32. axb4 Kg7 33. b5 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Sandnes NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.09"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg4
7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Bb5 Nc6 10. Qd1 a6 11. Bd3 Bg4
12. Nge2 e6 13. O-O Be7 14. Rc1 O-O 15. Na4 Rc8 16. f3 Bh5
17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 e5 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Ng3 Qg5
22. Qd2 d4 23. Qe1 dxe3 24. Ne4 Qe7 25. Nd6 Rc7 26. Qxe3 Bg6
27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. Rfe1 Qe6 29. a3 g5 30. Rc4 Qd5 31. Qe4 Qxe4
32. Rcxe4 Rd8 33. R1e3 Kh7 34. Kf2 a5 35. Rc3 Ra8 36. Ke3 Ra6
37. Nc4 Ne7 38. Nb6 a4 39. Kd2 Ra5 40. Nxa4 Nd5 41. Rc2 Nf4
42. Kc1 Rc6 43. Kb1 g4 44. fxg4 Nd3 45. Re3 Nf4 46. b3 Re6
47. Kb2 Nd5 48. Re4 Nf6 49. Rec4 e4 50. Nb6 Nxg4 51. b4 Ra6
52. Re2 Nxh2 53. Rcxe4 Rg6 54. Re7 Ra7 55. a4 Nf1 56. b5 Ng3
57. Rf2 Rg5 58. c6 Rxa4 59. Nxa4 Rxb5+ 60. Kc2 bxc6 61. Nc3
Ra5 62. Rff7 Nf5 63. Ra7 Re5 64. g4 Nd4+ 65. Kd2 Ne6 66. Rf5
Nd4 67. Rxe5 Nf3+ 68. Ke3 Nxe5 69. Kf4 Ng6+ 70. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Sandnes NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.14"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Jon Ludvig Hammer"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4
Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2
Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Rxb7 Nc6 14. d5 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nd4
16. Rxe7 a5 17. d6 a4 18. e5 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Qb2 20. Be3 a3
21. Qd5 Rae8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. d7 Rd8 24. Bg5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.11"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Mikhail Markov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. Be2 dxc4 8. O-O Nd5 9. Bxc4 Nxf4 10. exf4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5
12. Qe2 Bf6 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Ne5 a6 15. a4 Nd7 16. Nxf7 Rxf7
17. Bxe6 Nf8 18. Bxf7+ Qxf7 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Qf3 Bd7 21. Ng5
Bc6 22. Qxc6 bxc6 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. Rfe1 Rb8 25. Re2 c5 26. g3
Rb4 27. Rd5 g6 28. Rde5 Rb7 29. h4 Bd6 30. Re8 Nd7 31. Rc8 Be7
32. a5 Bf6 33. Rc6 Bxb2 34. Rxa6 Bd4 35. Kg2 Nb8 36. Rb6 Rxb6
37. axb6 c4 38. b7 c3 39. Kf3 Bf6 40. Re4 Be7 41. Rc4 Ke6
42. Rxc3 h5 43. Re3+ Kd7 44. f5 g5 45. Rxe7+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.12"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Markov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. c5 b6
7. b4 a5 8. b5 Bb7 9. bxc6 Bxc6 10. cxb6 Bb4 11. Bd2 O-O
12. Bd3 Ne4 13. Rc1 Qxb6 14. O-O Rfc8 15. a4 Nxd2 16. Nxd2 Qd8
17. Nb5 Nb6 18. Nf3 Be8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Qb3 f6 21. Ne1 Nc4
22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Qa2 Qd5 24. Nc2 c3 25. Ra1 Bc6 26. Qxd5 Bxd5
27. Kf1 Bb3 28. Rc1 Bxa4 29. Nba3 Bxa3 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.16"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor Lysyj"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 Nbd7 8. e3 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nb6 11. Bd3 Nxg3
12. hxg3 Be6 13. Ne5 Qe7 14. f4 O-O-O 15. O-O Kb8 16. a3 Bd6
17. a4 gxf4 18. gxf4 Rhg8 19. a5 Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. a6 Bxe5
22. fxe5 c5 23. Rad1 cxd4 24. exd4 Rg4 25. d5 Bc8 26. axb7
Bxb7 27. Qf5 Rdg8 28. Rf2 R8g5 29. Qf6 Qxf6 30. exf6 Re5
31. Rdd2 Kc7 32. Rfe2 Rgg5 33. Rxe5 Rxe5 34. Rd4 Rf5 35. Rxc4+
Kd7 36. Rb4 Bc8 37. Ra4 a6 38. b4 Rf4 39. Ra1 Rc4 40. Na4 Rxb4
41. Nc5+ Kd6 42. Rc1 Kxd5 43. Nd3 Rc4 44. Rxc4 Kxc4 45. Ne5+
Kd5 46. Nxf7 a5 47. Ne5 Be6 48. Nd3 a4 49. Kf2 a3 50. Nc1 Ke5
0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.16"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Igor Lysyj"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. g3 Bxf3 5. exf3 e6 6. Bg2 d5
7. O-O Be7 8. f4 c6 9. b3 Na6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bb2
Rac8 13. Rc1 Qb7 14. Qe2 Rfe8 15. Ne5 Nb8 16. Rfe1 Bf8 17. Rc2
Rc7 18. Rec1 Rec8 19. a3 a5 20. h4 g6 21. Bf3 h5 22. Kg2 Bg7
23. Rc3 c5 24. R3c2 Na6 25. Re1 Qa7 26. cxd5 exd5 27. Qb5 Nb8
28. Rec1 Qa6 29. Qxa6 Nxa6 30. dxc5 Rxc5 31. Rxc5 Rxc5
32. Rxc5 Nxc5 33. b4 axb4 34. axb4 Ne6 35. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.09.13"]
[EventDate "2013.09.09"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 a6
8.Bd3 b5 9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.O-O h6 11.Be3 bxc4 12.Bxc4 a5 13.a4 Nb6
14.Bd3 Ne8 15.Re1 Nc7 16.Rc1 Na6 17.b3 Nb4 18.Bb1 Bb7 19.Ne2
Rc8 20.h4 c4 21.h5 cxb3 22.Qxb3 g5 23.Ng3 N6xd5 24.exd5 Bxd5
25.Rxc8 Bxb3 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Nf5 Bf8 28.Bb6 Rb8 29.Bc7 Rc8
30.Bxa5 Nc6 31.Bc3 Bxa4 32.Ba2 Rc7 33.Nh2 Ne5 34.Bxe5 dxe5
35.Ng4 e6 36.Ng3 Kg7 37.Nxe5 Ba3 38.Ne4 Rc2 39.Bb1 Rc1 40.Rxc1
Bxc1 41.Nd6 f5 42.Ndc4 Bf4 43.Nd3 Be8 44.Nxf4 gxf4 45.g3 fxg3
46.f4 Bxh5 47.Kg2 Kf6 48.Kxg3 Be8 49.Kh4 Bb5 50.Ne5 Be8 51.Bc2
Ke7 52.Bd1 Kf6 53.Bf3 Ba4 54.Bc6 Bd1 55.Bd7 Be2 56.Ba4 Ke7
57.Bb3 Kd6 58.Kg3 Bh5 59.Kf2 Bg4 60.Ke3 h5 61.Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "Bilbao Masters"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2013.10.10"]
[EventDate "2013.10.07"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
7. d3 h6 8. b4 d6 9. Rb1 a6 10. a4 Ne7 11. Ba3 c6 12. c5 Re8
13. e4 Bg4 14. Qb3 Nd7 15. Nd2 Nc8 16. Qc2 Bf8 17. cxd6 Nxd6
18. Nb3 b5 19. h3 Be6 20. Rfd1 bxa4 21. Nxa4 Nb5 22. Bb2 Bxb3
23. Qxb3 c5 24. Rbc1 Rb8 25. Qa2 cxb4 26. Rc6 Kg7 27. d4 b3
28. Qb1 exd4 29. Bxd4+ Nxd4 30. Rxd4 Qa5 31. Rxd7 Qxa4 32. e5
Re7 33. Rdd6 Qa2 34. Rxg6+ fxg6 35. Qxg6+ Kh8 36. Bd5 Rg7
37. Qxh6+ Rh7 38. Qe6 Qb1+ 39. Kg2 Rg7 40. Rc8 Rxc8 41. Qxc8
Rg8 42. Qb7 Qh7 43. Qxb3 Rg5 44. Qe3 Qe7 45. f4 Rg7 46. f5 Qg5
47. Qxg5 Rxg5 48. g4 Bg7 49. e6 Bf6 50. Kg3 a5 51. h4 Rg8
52. g5 Kg7 53. Kf4 Rh8 54. Kg4 Rb8 55. gxf6+ Kxf6 56. e7 a4
0-1

[Event "Bilbao Masters"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2013.10.11"]
[EventDate "2013.10.07"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6
7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 d4 11. h3 Nd7 12. Nb3
a5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nbd2 Nc5 15. Nc4 f6 16. Bxa4 Nxa4 17. Rxa4
dxc3 18. bxc3 Ba6 19. Qb3 Kh8 20. Rd1 Qb8 21. Qc2 Bb5 22. Ra2
Bxc4 23. dxc4 Nd8 24. Be3 Ra6 25. Qa4 Ne6 26. Qb5 Qa8 27. c5
Rb8 28. Qc4 Qc6 29. Ne1 Nxc5 30. Rd5 Nb3 31. Qd3 Raa8 32. Nc2
Bf8 33. Na3 Qa4 34. Qc4 Qxc4 35. Nxc4 a4 36. Kf1 a3 37. Rd7
Kg8 38. Ke2 Rb7 39. Kd3 Ra4 40. f3 Bc5 41. Bd2 Kf8 42. g4 Ba7
43. Nd6 cxd6 0-1

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.09"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Nikola Djukic"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 c6
7. Nf3 e5 8. d5 a5 9. Be2 Na6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Nd2 Kh8 12. a3
Qc7 13. Rc1 Ng8 14. Nb3 c5 15. h4 f5 16. h5 f4 17. hxg6 h6
18. Nb5 Qb6 19. Bh4 Bf6 20. Bg4 Bxb5 21. Bxf6+ Rxf6 22. cxb5
Nc7 23. a4 Rxg6 24. Bf5 Rg7 25. Rc3 Ne8 26. Nd2 Qd8 27. Rh3
Qf6 28. Kh2 Qg5 29. g4 fxg3+ 30. fxg3 Nef6 31. Nc4 Ne8 32. Be6
Ngf6 33. Rf5 Ng4+ 34. Qxg4 Qxg4 35. Rxh6+ 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.12"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[Round "5.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dusko Pavasovic"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. Bb3 d5 6. Nc3 Be6
7. Ng5 Nd4 8. O-O Nxb3 9. axb3 d4 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Ne2 d3
12. cxd3 Qxd3 13. b4 Nc6 14. Ra3 Qxe4 15. Re3 Qc4 16. Ng3
O-O-O 17. Re4 Qb5 18. Qg4 Kb8 19. d3 Rxd3 20. Be3 g6 21. h4
Bxb4 22. h5 gxh5 23. Nxh5 Bd2 24. Nf6 Bxe3 25. fxe3 Qb3
26. Kh2 Qxb2 27. Qxe6 h5 28. Nd7+ Ka7 29. Qf6 Rd2 0-1

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.16"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 h6 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Bd3 Qc8
13. O-O Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qc2 Qb7 16. Rab1 axb4 17. axb4
Ra3 18. Rfc1 bxc5 19. bxc5 Qa6 20. Ne1 Ra8 21. Qb2 Qc8 22. Qb7
Qxb7 23. Rxb7 Bd8 24. Bc7 Bxc7 25. Rxc7 R8a6 26. Nd3 Rb3
27. Ne5 Nxe5 28. dxe5 Raa3 29. Ne2 Ne4 30. Rxc6 Rb2 31. Rc8+
Kh7 32. Re1 Raa2 33. Kf1 Rc2 34. c6 Nc5 35. c7 Nd3 36. Rd1
Rxe2 37. Rh8+ Kxh8 38. c8=Q+ Kh7 39. Rxd3 Rxf2+ 40. Ke1 Rxg2
41. Kf1 Rgc2 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.11.28"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4
12. Rxc4 Nd7 13. O-O e5 14. Bc2 Nb6 15. Rc5 exd4 16. Qd3 g6
17. Bb3 Kg7 18. Qxd4+ Qf6 19. Re5 Bd7 20. h4 Rad8 21. h5 Bf5
22. Qc3 Bg4 23. hxg6 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Nd5 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. gxf7
d4 27. exd4 Rxf7 28. d5 Qxf3 29. Qxf3 Rxf3 30. Rd1 Kf7 31. Rd4
Re8 32. Rxe8 Kxe8 33. Kg2 Rf5 34. f4 Kd7 35. Kf3 Kd6 36. Ke4
Rf8 37. Rd2 h5 38. f5 h4 39. Rh2 Re8+ 40. Kf4 Rh8 41. f6 Re8
42. Rxh4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.11.29"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Li Chao"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. O-O Bc5
7. Nxd4 dxc4 8. Nc2 O-O 9. Be3 Qe7 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Qd4 Qxd4
12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. Rd1 Rb8 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Rd2 Ba6 16. Nc3
Rfc8 17. Rc1 Kf8 18. Na4 c5 19. e4 Rb4 20. Nc3 Rcb8 21. Nd1 g5
22. e5 Ng4 23. f4 gxf4 24. gxf4 c3 25. Rxc3 Rxf4 26. Rxc5 Rf5
27. Rc7 Rxe5 28. Bf3 Rg5 29. Kh1 Rb4 30. Rg2 h5 31. Rxa7 Bf1
32. Rg3 Nxh2 33. Rxg5 Nxf3 34. Ra8+ Ke7 35. Ra7+ Kd6 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.12.03"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Alexander Ipatov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Be7 6. e4 d6
7. Nd4 a6 8. Nb3 c5 9. e5 Bxg2 10. exf6 Bxf1 11. fxe7 Qxe7
12. Qxf1 Nc6 13. Be3 O-O 14. Nc3 f5 15. Qg2 Rac8 16. a3 Qf6
17. Rd1 Nd4 18. f4 Rfe8 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Na2 Qd8 21. Rf1 Qb6
22. Qf2 e5 23. c3 Qb7 24. cxd4 exf4 25. Nc3 fxg3 26. hxg3 Rf8
27. d5 Rf6 28. Nd4 b4 29. axb4 Qxb4 30. Nc6 Qb7 31. Re1 Kh8
32. Re7 Qb3 33. Rd7 Re8 34. Nd4 Qb4 35. Ne6 Rg6 36. Rf7 Qg4
37. Ne2 Rf6 38. Rxg7 Qb4 39. Rxh7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.12.04"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bg5 Qxd1
12. Rxd1 Nxe4 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Nxe5 Nc5 15. Nd2 Nxb3 16. Nxb3
f6 17. Nd7 Re8 18. Na5 Nf5 19. Nc5 Nd6 20. Nd3 Rb8 21. Nc6 Rb6
22. Ncxb4 Bb7 23. b3 a5 24. Na2 Be4 25. Nc3 Bg6 26. Nd5 Rc6
27. c4 Kf8 28. Rac1 Nb7 29. Kf1 Rd8 30. N3f4 Bf7 31. Nc3 Rcd6
32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Nfd5 c6 34. Ne4 Rd7 35. Ndc3 f5 36. Ng5 Nc5
37. Nxf7 Kxf7 38. Ke2 Nxb3 39. Rb1 Rb7 40. Ke3 Ke7 41. h4 Kd6
42. Kf4 Kc5 43. Nd1 Kb4 44. Ne3 Kxa4 45. Nc2 Rd7 46. Rb2 Nc5
47. Rb6 Rd6 48. Kxf5 Rf6+ 49. Kg4 Nd3 50. Kg3 Nb4 51. Nd4 Rd6
52. Nf5 Rf6 53. Nd4 Rd6 54. Nf5 Rd3+ 55. f3 g6 56. Ne7 Rd7
57. Ng8 Rf7 58. Nh6 Re7 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[Round "3.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Bg7
7. Be3 O-O 8. h4 h6 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. Be4 f5 12. Bxc6
bxc6 13. f4 Be6 14. h5 gxh5 15. Rxh5 Nd5 16. Nf3 Kg8 17. Nxd5
Bxd5 18. Ne5 Qe8 19. Rh3 Bxa2 20. Nxc6 Bd5 21. Ne5 c6 22. Bd4
a5 23. Kf2 a4 24. Rg1 Kh7 25. g4 c5 26. Bc3 a3 27. bxa3 Rxa3
28. gxf5 Rxf5 29. e4 Rxc3 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Qxc3 Rxf4+
32. Ke3 Rf6 33. exd5 Qc8 34. Rg3+ Kh7 35. Qc4 Qf5 36. Qe4 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. a4 b4 5. Nd2 g6 6. e4 d6 7. g3
Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. O-O Rb8 11. Rb1 e6 12. dxe6
fxe6 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bb2 Qe7 15. h3 Ne5 16. f4 Nc6 17. Kh2 Nd7
18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nf3 e5 20. f5 Nd4 21. Nexd4 exd4 22. fxg6
hxg6 23. Nh4 Ne5 24. Qd2 Rbe8 25. Rbe1 Bc8 26. Rf4 Rxf4
27. gxf4 Qxh4 28. fxe5 dxe5 29. Rf1 Rf8 30. Rxf8 Kxf8 31. Qd3
Qf4+ 32. Kg1 Kg7 33. Kh1 a5 34. Kg1 Kh6 35. Kh1 Kg5 36. Qe2
Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qe3 38. Qd1 d3 39. Bf3 Qf2+ 40. Bg2 d2 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5
7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Be7 11. exf6 Bxf6
12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. a4 Bb7 14. axb5 Rh4 15. Bxc4 c5 16. b6 Rxd4
17. Bb5+ Ke7 18. Qe2 axb6 19. O-O Qg5 20. g3 Rd2 21. Rxa8 Bxa8
22. Qe1 Qf6 23. Qe3 Qf3 24. Qxf3 Bxf3 25. Rb1 Nc6 26. Bxc6
Bxc6 27. g4 b5 28. b4 cxb4 29. Rxb4 Rd3 30. Ne4 Rd1+ 31. Kg2
f5 32. gxf5 exf5 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. Nf3 Nf6
7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. f4 Ne4 10. Bd2 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Nxd2
12. Qxd2 Bxe5 13. cxd5 Bc7 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Rac1 Kh8 16. Ne2
e5 17. Qc2 Qg5 18. Kh1 Bd7 19. Rce1 Rae8 20. Qc1 f4 21. exf4
exf4 22. Ng1 Qd5 23. Nf3 Bd6 24. Qc2 g6 25. Be4 Qb5 26. a4 Qb6
27. Qc1 Kg7 28. d5 cxd5 29. Bxd5 Re3 30. b3 Rf6 31. Qa1 h6
32. Rd1 Qb4 33. Bc4 Bc6 34. Nd4 Bd7 35. Nc2 Qc5 36. Nxe3 Qxe3
37. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e5 Nd5
7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. bxc3 O-O 9. c4 Ne7 10. Bd3 Ng6 11. Bxg6 fxg6
12. O-O d5 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Nb5 Qe7 15. Qe2 Nc6 16. Rfe1 e5
17. Nc3 Be6 18. Be3 Qf7 19. c5 Rad8 20. Ne4 Bc4 21. Qg4 Qf5
22. h3 Qxg4 23. hxg4 Be6 24. f3 Nb4 25. Re2 Bc4 26. Rf2 Bd5
27. Nd6 b6 28. a3 Na6 29. Rd2 Bc6 30. cxb6 axb6 31. Bxb6 Rb8
32. Be3 Nc7 33. c4 Rb3 34. Bf2 Ne6 35. a4 Nf4 36. Ne4 Nxg2
37. Bc5 Nh4 38. Bxf8 Nxf3+ 39. Kf2 Nxd2 40. Nxd2 Rb2 41. Ke3
Kxf8 42. a5 Ke7 43. a6 Kd6 44. Rf1 Ra2 45. Rf7 Ra3+ 46. Ke2
Rxa6 47. Rxg7 Kc5 48. Rxh7 e4 49. Rg7 Ba8 50. Ke3 Ra3+ 51. Kf4
e3 52. Nf3 e2 53. Ne1 Ra1 54. Nd3+ Kxc4 55. Ne5+ Kd5 56. Nd3
Kc4 57. Ne5+ Kc3 58. Rc7+ Kd2 59. Rd7+ Ke1 60. Nd3+ Kf1
61. Kg5 Be4 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c3 c6 4. Bf4 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. Nbd2 Be7
7. h3 h6 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 a5
12. Qb3 Nd7 13. Bg3 Qb6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15. a4 Bg6 16. Rfe1 Nc8
17. Bf3 Nd6 18. e4 Rfe8 19. Re2 Bf8 20. Bf4 Red8 21. h4 Ra6
22. h5 Bh7 23. g3 Rb6 24. Ra2 Rd7 25. Re1 Be7 26. Kg2 Kf8
27. Kg1 Bg8 28. Kg2 dxe4 29. Nxe4 Nxe4 30. Rxe4 f6 31. Be3 Bd8
32. Rh4 e5 33. Ra1 Rxb2 34. dxe5 fxe5 35. Rhh1 Bb6 36. Bxb6
Rxb6 37. Rhb1 Rxb1 38. Rxb1 Ke7 39. Bg4 Be6 40. Bxe6 Kxe6
41. Kf3 Rf7+ 42. Ke3 Kd5 43. f3 Kc4 44. Rc1 b5 45. Ra1 Kxc3
46. axb5 cxb5 47. Rxa5 Kc4 48. Ke4 b4 49. Ra4 Kb5 50. Ra8 Rb7
51. Kxe5 b3 52. Ra1 b2 53. Rb1 Kc4 54. f4 Kc3 55. f5 Rb4
56. f6 gxf6+ 57. Kxf6 Rg4 58. Rg1 Kc2 59. Rg2+ Kb3 60. Rg1 Ka2
61. Kf5 Rg5+ 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. c3 O-O 6. Bd3 e5
7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1 Qe7 9. a4 a5 10. b3 Nh5 11. Nc4 Re8 12. Bf1
Nhf6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Ba3 Qe6 15. Ng5 Qg4 16. Qxg4 Nxg4
17. Rad1 h6 18. Nf3 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Na3 c6 21. Nc4 Nc5
22. h3 Nf6 23. Nfxe5 Be6 24. f3 Nxb3 25. Nb6 Rad8 26. Bc4 Bxc4
27. Nexc4 Ke7 28. Rb1 Nc5 29. Nxa5 Nfd7 30. Nac4 Nxb6 31. Rxb6
Rd3 32. Rc1 Red8 33. Kf2 g5 34. Ke2 Kf6 35. a5 h5 36. Rc2 R3d7
37. Rd2 Na4 38. Rb3 Nc5 39. Rxd7 Rxd7 40. Rb4 Ne6 41. g3 h4
42. e5+ Kg6 43. gxh4 Nf4+ 44. Kf1 gxh4 45. Nd6 Nxh3 46. Rxb7
Rd8 47. Rxf7 Ng5 48. Rf6+ Kh5 49. Nf5 Nxf3 50. Kf2 Ng5
51. Rh6+ Kg4 52. Ne3+ Kh3 53. e6 Re8 54. a6 Nxe6 55. a7 Nc5
56. Nf5 Kg4 57. Nd6 Ra8 58. Rg6+ Kf4 59. Rg7 h3 60. Kg1 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "156"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. a3 Nbd7
12. Ba5 Qb8 13. b4 e5 14. Nbd2 exd4 15. Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 c5
17. bxc5 Bxc5 18. N2b3 Qb7+ 19. Kg1 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Rac8 21. Qf5
Nb6 22. Bxb6 Qxb6 23. Rad1 Rc3 24. Rd3 g6 25. Qf3 Rxd3
26. Qxd3 Rc8 27. Rd1 Kg7 28. Qe3 Qc5 29. Rd3 Qc1+ 30. Qxc1
Rxc1+ 31. Kg2 Ne4 32. Nb3 Rc4 33. Nd2 Nxd2 34. Rxd2 Rc3 35. a4
bxa4 36. Rd6 a5 37. Rd5 Kf6 38. Rxa5 a3 39. e3 Ke6 40. Kf3 f5
41. h4 Kd6 42. Ke2 Kc6 43. Kd2 Rb3 44. Kc2 Rb2+ 45. Kc3 Rxf2
46. Rxa3 Rf3 47. Kd4 Rxg3 48. Ra6+ Kb7 49. Rf6 Rg4+ 50. Kc5
Rxh4 51. Rf7+ Ka6 52. Rg7 Rh3 53. Kd5 Rxe3 54. Rxh7 Kb5
55. Rb7+ Ka4 56. Rg7 Rg3 57. Kc4 Rg4+ 58. Kd3 Kb5 59. Ke3 Kc5
60. Kf3 Kd6 61. Ra7 Ke5 62. Ra6 g5 63. Ra5+ Kf6 64. Ra6+ Kg7
65. Ra7+ Kg6 66. Ra6+ Kh5 67. Ra8 Rf4+ 68. Kg3 Rb4 69. Rh8+
Kg6 70. Rg8+ Kh6 71. Kf3 Rb3+ 72. Kf2 g4 73. Kg2 Kh5 74. Kf2
Kh4 75. Rh8+ Kg5 76. Ra8 Rb2+ 77. Kf1 Kh4 78. Ra3 f4 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "10.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. c4 c5 5. b3 g6 6. Bb2 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Qe3 Nxc3
12. Bxc3 Nd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. h4 Nf6 16. Qd4 Qc7
17. Bh3 Rcd8 18. Rc1 Qc5 19. Qb2 Kg8 20. Nd4 Qe5 21. Bg2 Bxg2
22. Kxg2 Rc8 23. Rfd1 Rfd8 24. b4 d5 25. c5 bxc5 26. bxc5 Ne4
27. c6 Qf6 28. e3 Rd6 29. f3 Nxg3 30. Kxg3 Qe5+ 31. Kg2 Rdxc6
32. Rxc6 Rxc6 33. Rc1 Rxc1 34. Qxc1 Kg7 35. Nc6 Qf6 36. Qc5
Qxh4 37. Qxe7 Qh5 38. Ne5 Qf5 39. Nd7 h5 40. Qe5+ Qxe5
41. Nxe5 Kf6 42. Nc6 a6 43. Nb4 Ke5 44. Nxa6 d4 45. exd4+ Kxd4
46. a4 Kc4 47. Nb8 Kb4 48. Nc6+ Kxa4 49. Ne5 f6 50. Nxg6 Kb5
51. Nf4 Kc5 52. Nxh5 f5 53. Ng7 f4 54. Ne6+ Kd5 55. Nxf4+ Ke5
56. Kg3 Kf5 57. Nd3 Kg5 58. f4+ Kf5 59. Kf3 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "16.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. Nf3 d6
7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Na6 9. Rd1 Bd7 10. b3 Kh8 11. Bb2 Qe8 12. Ba3
h6 13. Rac1 g5 14. e3 Qh5 15. Qe2 Rae8 16. Ne1 Qg6 17. Qc2 Nc7
18. Nf3 Qh5 19. c5 d5 20. Ne5 Bc8 21. h3 Rd8 22. Bb4 Be6
23. Ba5 Rc8 24. g4 fxg4 25. Ng6+ Kg8 26. Nxe7+ Kf7 27. Nxc8
Rxc8 28. hxg4 Nxg4 29. Bxc7 Rxc7 30. Qe2 Kg8 31. f3 Qh2+
32. Kf1 Rf7 33. Ke1 Rf8 34. Kd2 Qg3 35. Rg1 Nh2 36. f4 Qh4
37. Kc2 Bf5+ 38. e4 dxe4 39. Bxe4 Qxf4 40. Bxf5 Qxf5+ 41. Kb2
Nf3 42. Rgf1 Bxd4 43. Rxf3 Qxf3 44. Qc4+ Kh7 45. Qxd4 Rf7
46. Rc2 g4 47. Ne4 g3 48. Rc3 Qe2+ 49. Ka3 Qa6+ 50. Kb2 Qe2+
51. Rc2 Qf3 52. Rc3 Qe2+ 53. Ka3 g2 54. Rg3 Qa6+ 55. Kb4 Qb5+
56. Kc3 Qf1 57. Kb4 Qb5+ 58. Kc3 Qf1 59. Kb4 Qb5+ 60. Kc3 Qf1
61. Kb2 Qe2+ 62. Ka3 Qa6+ 63. Kb2 Qe2+ 64. Ka3 Qa6+ 65. Kb4
Qb5+ 66. Kc3 Qf1 67. Qe3 a5 68. Kb2 a4 69. bxa4 Rd7 70. Ka3
Rf7 71. Kb4 Qb1+ 72. Ka5 Qf1 73. Nd6 Rg7 74. Qe4+ Kh8 75. Qe8+
Kh7 76. Qe4+ Kh8 77. Qe5 Qf8 78. Rxg2 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "17.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6
7. O-O d6 8. d3 Rb8 9. h3 a6 10. Be3 b5 11. b3 Ne8 12. Rc1 Nc7
13. f4 Ne6 14. f5 Ned4 15. g4 e6 16. Qd2 Re8 17. Bg5 f6
18. Bh4 b4 19. Nd1 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 exf5 21. gxf5 Bxf5 22. Rxf5
gxf5 23. Ne3 Bh6 24. Rf1 Nd4 25. Qf2 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Qe7 27. Kh1
Rf8 28. Qg3+ Kh8 29. exf5 Rbe8 30. Bd5 Qe5 31. Qxe5 Rxe5
32. Be4 Ne2 33. Kg2 a5 34. Kf3 Nd4+ 35. Kg2 Re7 36. Bg3 Rg7
37. Kh2 Rd8 38. Bh4 Rf7 39. Bg3 Kg7 40. Bd5 Re7 41. Be4 Ne2
42. Bh4 Nc3 43. Rg1+ Kf7 44. Bf3 Re2+ 45. Kh1 Re3 46. Bh5+ Kf8
47. Bxf6 Rxh3+ 48. Kg2 Rxh5 49. Bxd8 Rxf5 50. Bxa5 Rg5+
51. Kf2 Rxg1 52. Kxg1 Nxa2 53. Kf2 Nc1 54. Ke3 Nxb3 55. Bc7
Ke7 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "18.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 c6
7. e3 Nbd7 8. h3 a6 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qb3 c5 12. cxd5
Nxd5 13. Bh2 b5 14. Ne4 Qb6 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5
17. Ne5 Rad8 18. Kh1 Be7 19. Bf3 Bf6 20. a4 Qa5 21. Ra1 Ba8
22. axb5 Qxb5 23. Qxb5 axb5 24. Ra5 b4 25. Rfa1 Nb6 26. Bxa8
Rxa8 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Rxa8+ Nxa8 29. Nc4 b3 30. Bd6 Bd8
31. Bc5 f5 32. Kg1 Kf7 33. Kf1 Nc7 34. Bb6 Ke8 35. Nd2 Kd7
36. Nxb3 Bf6 37. Bxc7 Kxc7 38. Nd4 Kd6 39. Ke2 g6 40. b4 Kd5
41. b5 e5 42. Nb3 Kc4 43. b6 Bd8 44. b7 Bc7 45. Nd2+ Kd5
46. e4+ Kc6 47. exf5 gxf5 48. Nf3 Kxb7 49. Nh4 f4 50. Kd3 Kc6
51. Ke4 Kd7 52. Kf5 Kc6 53. Nf3 Kd5 54. Ng5 h6 55. Ne6 Bb6
56. f3 Bf2 57. Nf8 Bd4 58. Nd7 Bb2 59. Nf6+ Kd4 60. Ng4 h5
61. Nxe5 Bc1 62. Ng6 Ke3 63. Nxf4 Kf2 64. Nxh5 Kxg2 65. Kg4
Kf2 66. h4 Ke3 67. Ng7 Kd4 68. Kf5 Kd5 69. Ne6 Kd6 70. Ng5 Ke7
71. h5 Kf8 72. Kg6 Bb2 73. h6 Ke7 74. h7 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "22.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. h3 O-O
7. Bd3 Be6 8. Ng5 Bd7 9. O-O h6 10. Nf3 Be6 11. b3 Nbd7
12. Rb1 a6 13. a4 a5 14. Ba3 Re8 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5
17. e4 Be6 18. Re1 Nf6 19. Bc4 Qc8 20. d5 cxd5 21. exd5 Bf5
22. Rc1 Qd8 23. Ne5 Ne4 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. g4 Qb6 26. Qe2 Bd4
27. gxf5 gxf5 28. d6+ e6 29. Qh5+ Kg7 30. Rxe4 fxe4 31. Rd1
Rf8 32. Kh1 Bxf2 33. Bb2+ Kh7 34. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "23.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Rc1 Qg6 10. Qc2 Qxc2 11. Rxc2 Rd8
12. a3 Bf8 13. Be2 Ne7 14. O-O c6 15. b4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Nd5
17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bd3 a5 19. Rb1 axb4 20. axb4 Ra3 21. Ne1 Bd7
22. Rcb2 Rda8 23. Kf1 g6 24. Ke2 b6 25. h3 Kg7 26. Nc2 R3a4
27. Kd2 Be7 28. Ne1 Bh4 29. Ke2 Bf6 30. Rc2 Be7 31. Rcb2 Be8
32. Nc2 h5 33. Ne1 Bf6 34. Rc2 Ra2 35. Kd2 Bd7 36. Rxa2 Rxa2+
37. Nc2 Bh4 38. f3 Be7 39. Kc3 Ra8 40. e4 dxe4 41. fxe4 h4
42. Bc4 Be8 43. Bb3 c5 44. bxc5 bxc5 45. d5 Bf6+ 46. Kd3 Rb8
47. Ba2 Rxb1 48. Bxb1 Bb5+ 49. Ke3 Bg5+ 50. Kf3 Kf6 51. Na3
Ba6 52. Ba2 Ke5 53. Bc4 Bc8 54. Nb5 f5 55. exf5 Bxf5 56. d6
Bd7 57. Bd3 Bd8 58. Bc4 g5 59. Ke3 Ba5 60. Be2 Be1 61. Bd3 Bg3
62. Bc4 Bf4+ 63. Kf2 Ke4 64. Be2 Kd5 65. Nc3+ Kxd6 66. Ne4+
Kc6 67. Bf3 Kb5 68. Nf6 Be6 69. Nd5 Be5 70. Ke3 Bf5 71. Ne7
Bf4+ 72. Kf2 Bd3 73. Nd5 c4 74. Ke1 Kc5 75. Nc3 Kd4 76. Nb5+
Ke3 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "24.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. e3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. d5 O-O
7. Nf3 d6 8. Be2 Bg4 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Nd2 Bxe2
12. Qxe2 a6 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. Rac1 e6 15. dxe6 Rxe6 16. Qd1 Ne5
17. Bg5 Nxc4 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. Qe2 Ne5 20. Nde4 Nf7 21. Re1 d5
22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. h3 Rc6 25. Nd1 Kg7 26. Ne3 h5
27. Nf1 Ng5 28. Ng3 Rc4 29. Qd2 Qf4 30. Qe2 h4 31. Nf1 Re4
32. Qd1 Rxe1 33. Qxe1 Ne4 34. Ne3 Qf6 35. Qe2 b5 36. Ng4 Qd4
37. Qc2 Qc4 38. Qd1 Nf6 39. Ne5 Qe4 40. Nf3 e5 41. Qc1 Qc4
42. Qg5 Qxa2 43. Nxe5 Qb1+ 44. Kh2 Qf5 45. Qe3 Qe6 46. Qa7+
Kh6 47. Qe3+ Kh7 48. Qa7+ Kh6 49. f4 Qf5 50. Nf7+ Kh5 51. Qb8
Nh7 52. Ng5 Kh6 53. Nf3 Qf6 54. Kg1 d4 55. Ne5 Kh5 56. Qc7 Nf8
57. Ng4 Qe6 58. Qc5+ Qf5 59. Qe7 d3 60. Nf6+ Kh6 61. Qxf8# 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "28.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. c3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O e5 8. h3 Nh5 9. Nb3 h6 10. Re1 Kh7 11. Bf1 Qe7 12. Bd2
Bd7 13. Rc1 Rae8 14. a4 Qd8 15. a5 a6 16. d5 Ne7 17. c4 f5
18. exf5 Nxf5 19. Bc3 Nh4 20. Nbd2 Nf4 21. Nxh4 Qxh4 22. Ne4
Bf5 23. Ng3 Qg5 24. Kh2 h5 25. Bd2 h4 26. Ne4 Bxe4 27. Rxe4
Qf5 28. Qe1 Bh6 29. Rc3 Nh5 30. Bxh6 Kxh6 31. Rf3 Qg5 32. Rg4
Qe7 33. Bd3 Rxf3 34. Rxg6+ Kh7 35. Re6+ Rxd3 36. Rxe7+ Rxe7
37. Qe4+ Kg7 38. Qxd3 Rf7 39. Qd1 Kh6 40. Qd2+ Kg6 41. Qc2+
Kg7 42. c5 Nf4 43. cxd6 cxd6 44. Qd1 Ng6 45. Kg1 Kf6 46. Qg4
Re7 47. Kf1 e4 48. b4 Re5 49. g3 hxg3 50. fxg3 Rf5+ 51. Ke2
Rxd5 52. h4 Ne7 53. Qf4+ Ke6 54. g4 Nc6 55. Qh6+ Ke5 56. Qg7+
Kf4 57. Qf7+ Ke5 58. g5 Rd3 59. Qf6+ Kd5 60. Qf5+ Kd4 61. g6
Re3+ 62. Kd1 Rd3+ 63. Kc1 e3 64. g7 e2 65. Qf2+ Re3 66. g8=Q
e1=Q+ 67. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 68. Kd2 Re5 69. h5 Ne7 70. Qg4+ Re4
71. Qg7+ Kc4 72. h6 Nc6 73. h7 Rh4 74. h8=Q Rxh8 75. Qxh8 Kxb4
76. Qc3+ Kb5 77. Qb3+ 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "29.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. d4 Bf6 11. Re1 d5
12. Ne2 c6 13. c3 Bf5 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Bd3 Nc7 16. Nf5 Ne6
17. Qg4 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Bc2 Ne4 20. Be3 Qc8 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. dxe6
Bxe6 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qxd8+ Rxd8 9. Bg2 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Ne4 11. a3
Be7 12. Nc3 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 O-O 14. O-O-O Ne5 15. Bxb7 Rb8
16. Be4 Rfc8 17. Kc2 f5 18. Bf3 Bf6 19. Rc1 Kf8 20. Rhe1 a5
21. h3 a4 22. Bg2 h5 23. f4 Nc6 24. Nxa4 h4 25. gxh4 Bxh4
26. Rf1 Nd4+ 27. Kd3 Rd8 28. Ke3 Nb3 29. Nxb3 Bxb3 30. Nc3 Rb6
31. Bh1 Bf7 32. Rfd1 Re8+ 33. Kf3 Bh5+ 34. Kg2 Bxe2 35. Nxe2
Rxe2+ 36. Kf3 Rbe6 37. Rc8+ Kf7 38. Rc7+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men, Basque)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Bd3 d6 6. O-O Nc6
7. c3 e5 8. h3 a5 9. Re1 Bd7 10. Nf1 Nh5 11. Bc2 h6 12. Ne3
Nf4 13. Nd5 Ne6 14. Be3 Kh7 15. Qd2 a4 16. Rad1 Na5 17. b3
axb3 18. axb3 exd4 19. cxd4 Nc6 20. b4 Na7 21. Nc3 c6 22. Ra1
d5 23. e5 Nc7 24. Ne2 Nab5 25. Rxa8 Qxa8 26. Ng3 Na3 27. Ra1
Nc4 28. Qc1 Qd8 29. Bf4 Ne6 30. Nh5 Rh8 31. Bg3 Kg8 32. Bh4 g5
33. Bg3 Kf8 34. Bd3 b5 35. Ra7 Be8 36. Qa1 Rg8 37. Ra8 Qe7
38. Nf6 Bxf6 39. exf6 Qxf6 40. Bxc4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.12"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O Qa5 11. Qc2 cxd4
12. cxd4 e5 13. Bg3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nb6 15. Qc7 Bxd4 16. exd4
Bf5 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Qxb7 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Rd7 20. Qa6 Qe4
21. Be5 Rf8 22. h3 f6 23. Bg3 Rff7 24. f3 Qf5 25. Rac1 Kg7
26. Kh2 Rfe7 27. Rc5 Nd5 28. Qa5 Qe6 29. Re1 Qf7 30. Re4 Ne3
31. Bf2 Nf5 32. Qd2 Re6 33. Rxe6 Qxe6 34. d5 Qd6+ 35. Kg1 Rb7
36. Qe1 Ne7 37. Ra5 Nxd5 38. Qd1 Rd7 39. Rxa7 Rxa7 40. Bxa7 g5
41. a4 Qa6 42. Bd4 Qc4 43. Qa1 Qc2 44. a5 Nf4 45. Bf2 Ne2+
46. Kh2 Nf4 47. Qf1 Nd3 48. Bd4 Qd2 49. Bg1 Qf4+ 50. Kh1 Qc4
51. Qa1 Qc2 52. Be3 h6 53. a6 Qe2 54. Qg1 Qa2 55. a7 Nb4
56. Qd1 Nd5 57. Qd2 Qa1+ 58. Bg1 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.15"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh6 11. c5 g4 12. Nh4
Nc6 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bc4+ Kh8 16. Qxd8 Rxd8
17. O-O Nd4 18. Rad1 Be6 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 20. f3 gxf3 21. gxf3
Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Nxd8 24. Bf2 a6 25. Kf1 Kg8
26. Ke2 Kf7 27. Be3 Ke6 28. Na4 Bf8 29. Bxh6 Bxh6 30. Nc5+ Kf7
31. Kd3 Bf4 32. h3 Bg5 33. Nf5 Ne6 34. Nxe6 Kxe6 35. Kc4 b6
36. a4 Bd2 37. b3 h5 38. b4 a5 39. bxa5 bxa5 40. Kb5 Kd7
41. Ng7 h4 42. Nf5 Be1 43. Ne3 Ke6 44. Nc4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.17"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5
Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8. Nxd4 d6 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Re1+ Be7 11. Nxc6
Qxd1 12. Rxd1 bxc6 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Re1 O-O-O 15. Na3 Rhe8
16. Bxa7 Bxa3 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. bxa3 Re4 19. c3 Rxa4 20. Bd4
g6 21. f3 Kd7 22. Kf2 Kd6 23. h3 c5 24. Bf6 Kd5 25. g4 Be6
26. Kg3 Kc4 27. Kh4 Bd5 28. f4 Ra6 29. Bg7 Re6 30. a4 f6
31. a5 g5+ 32. Kh5 gxf4 33. Ra4+ Kxc3 34. Rxf4 Kb3 35. Rxf6
Re3 36. h4 c4 37. Rf5 Rd3 38. a6 c3 39. a7 c2 40. Bh6 Bc6
41. Bg5 Rd6 42. Re5 Ba8 43. Rc5 c6 44. Rf5 Rd7 45. Rf3+ Ka2
46. Rf2 Kb2 47. Be3 Re7 48. Bf4 Rxa7 49. Rf1 c5 50. Kh6 Be4
51. h5 Bd3 52. Rg1 c4 53. g5 c3 54. Bc1+ Kb3 55. Be3 Re7
56. Bc1 Re2 57. Kg7 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.18"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Be2 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. Qa3 Qa5 11. Rd1 O-O
12. Rb1 b6 13. d4 Qxa3 14. Bxa3 Bg4 15. dxc5 Bxc3 16. Ba6 Rab8
17. Rdc1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Bd2 19. Rd1 Bc3 20. Kg2 bxc5 21. Bxc5
Bb4 22. Be3 Bd6 23. Rbc1 Nb4 24. Bc4 Rfc8 25. f4 Kf8 26. a3
Nc6 27. Ba6 Bxa3 28. Rc4 Rd8 29. Ra1 Bb2 30. Raa4 Rd6 31. e5
Re6 32. Rc2 Nd8 33. Bxa7 Ra8 34. Bb5 Bxe5 35. fxe5 Rxe5
36. Be3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.23"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bg2 c6 9. e4 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Ne5 Bb7
12. O-O Nc6 13. Bf4 Na5 14. Rc1 Ba3 15. Rb1 Bb4 16. Ne2 Nc6
17. Bg5 Be7 18. Nf4 Qd6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Bxd5
Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Re1 Qf6 24. Nh5 Qh6 25. Qg4 Qg6 26. Qh3
Rad8 27. Nf4 Qf6 28. Be4 g6 29. Nd5 Qg7 30. Rbc1 Kh8 31. Nxb6
axb6 32. Bxc6 Bxc6 33. Rxc6 Rd2 34. Qh4 Rxa2 35. Qb4 h5
36. Qxb6 Ra1 37. Rcc1 Rxc1 38. Rxc1 Qb2 39. Rd1 Kh7 40. Qb5
Kg7 41. Qd3 Rb8 42. Rb1 Qe5 43. Qd2 h4 44. Qb2 Qxb2 45. Rxb2
Rb4 46. Kf1 Kf6 47. Ke2 Kf5 48. Kd3 g5 49. Kc3 Rb7 50. b4 Kg4
51. b5 Kh3 52. gxh4 gxh4 53. f4 Kg4 54. b6 f5 55. Kd4 Kxf4
56. Rb3 h3 57. Kd5 Kg4 58. Kc6 Rb8 59. Rg3+ Kh4 60. b7 f4
61. Rg7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.25"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. a3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. Bg5 c5 12. b4
Nc6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nd4 15. bxc5 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 dxc5
17. Rfe1 Nd7 18. Bd2 Bd6 19. a4 f5 20. Bb3 e4 21. dxe4 c4
22. Ba2 Qh4 23. e5 Bxe5 24. g3 Qg4 25. Qxg4 fxg4 26. c3 Bf6
27. Bb1 b4 28. Re3 Rad8 29. Bf5 h5 30. Rd1 b3 31. Bc1 Bg5
32. Be6+ Kh8 33. Re2 Bxc1 34. Rxc1 Nc5 35. a5 Rfe8 36. Kf1 g6
37. Rce1 Kg7 38. d6 Rxe6 39. Rxe6 Nxe6 40. Rxe6 Rd7 41. Re8
Rxd6 42. Ke2 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge (Blitz)"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2014.01.29"]
[EventDate "2014.01.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4
7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O Qa5 9. Nb3 Qh5 10. c5 b6 11. e4 bxc5
12. Bf3 Qh3 13. e5 Nxe5 14. Bg2 Qf5 15. Bxa8 Ba6 16. Bg2 Bxf1
17. Qxf1 d6 18. Bf4 Nd3 19. Bh3 Qh5 20. Qxd3 Qxh3 21. Qe2 Re8
22. Re1 h6 23. Nd2 g5 24. Be3 Ng4 25. Nf1 Ne5 26. f4 gxf4
27. Bxf4 Rb8 28. b3 Qe6 29. Nd2 Nd3 30. Qxd3 Qxe1+ 31. Kg2 Rb4
32. Ne2 Qa1 33. Qc2 a5 34. Nc4 a4 35. Bd2 axb3 36. axb3 Rb8
37. Nf4 Ra8 38. Nh5 Qa2 39. Qe4 Qxb3 40. Qxa8+ 1-0

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge (Blitz)"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2014.01.29"]
[EventDate "2014.01.29"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. O-O Bc5
7. Nxd4 dxc4 8. Qa4+ Nbd7 9. Qxc4 O-O 10. Nc3 a6 11. Nb3 Ba7
12. Rd1 h6 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. Rac1 b5 15. Qb4 Bb6 16. Bf4 a5
17. Qd6 Qe8 18. Nxb5 e5 19. Bd2 Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Rxb5 21. Nxa5
e4 22. Kg1 Ne5 23. Bb4 Ng6 24. a4 Rh5 25. Nc6 Bb7 26. Ne7+
Nxe7 27. Qxe7 Qxe7 28. Bxe7 Rb8 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. b4 Re5
31. Rc7 Bd5 32. b5 Bb3 33. Rd4 f5 34. Rb4 Be6 35. b6 Ra5
36. e3 Kg7 37. Bf1 Kf6 38. Ra7 Rc5 39. a5 Rc1 40. b7 f4
41. Rxe4 fxe3 42. Rxe3 Bh3 43. Rf3+ Kg7 44. a6 Rd8 45. Rxf7+
Kg6 46. b8=Q Rxb8 47. Rf2 Rb6 48. Ra8 Kg7 49. Ra7+ Kg6 50. Ra8
0-1

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2014.01.30"]
[EventDate "2014.01.29"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 a6
7.Qb3 Rb8 8.O-O b5 9.a4 Bb7 10.axb5 axb5 11.d3 Be7 12.Bf4 Nd5
13.Bd2 O-O 14.Rc1 c5 15.Ba5 Qe8 16.Nbd2 N5f6 17.Rab1 Bd5
18.Qd1 Ra8 19.b4 Ra6 20.e4 Bc6 21.Nb3 cxb4 22.Qd2 Bxe4 23.dxe4
Nxe4 24.Qc2 Nc3 25.Ra1 Nf6 26.Ne5 Nfd5 27.Nd3 Rc6 28.Bxd5 exd5
29.Re1 Rc4 30.f3 Qd7 31.Qf2 Bd6 32.Bb6 Qf5 33.Qe3 h5 34.Bd4
Rc7 35.Ra7 Rxa7 36.Bxa7 Ra8 37.Bc5 d4 38.Nxd4 Bxc5 39.Nxf5
Bxe3+ 40.Nxe3 b3 41.Nd1 Rc8 42.Nxc3 Rxc3 43.Rd1 b2 44.Nxb2
Rxf3 45.Rd8+ Kh7 46.Rd5 Rb3 47.Nd3 g6 48.Rd7 Kg7 49.Kf2 Ra3
50.Ke3 Ra2 51.h4 Kf6 52.Rb7 Ra5 53.Nc5 Ra3+ 54.Kf4 Ra1 55.Ne4+
Kg7 56.Nd6 Rf1+ 57.Ke3 Kf8 58.Rxb5 Ke7 59.Ne4 Re1+ 60.Kf4 Kf8
61.Rb8+ Kg7 62.Rb7 Rf1+ 63.Ke3 Kf8 64.Nd6 Rf6 65.Rb8+ Ke7
66.Ne4 Rf1 67.Ke2 Rf5 68.Rc8 Re5 69.Kf3 Rf5+ 70.Kg2 Re5 71.Ng5
Re2+ 72.Kh3 Rf2 73.Rc4 1-0

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2014.02.02"]
[EventDate "2014.01.29"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6
7. d4 a6 8. h3 Rb8 9. e4 b5 10. d5 b4 11. Ne2 Na5 12. Qc2 c6
13. Nfd4 cxd5 14. exd5 Qc7 15. b3 e5 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. a3 bxa3
18. Bd2 Nb7 19. Rxa3 e5 20. Nc6 Ra8 21. Nb4 a5 22. Qa2 Bf5
23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5+ Kh8 25. b4 Bxh3 26. Rb1 Bf5 27. Rb2 Bd7
28. bxa5 Bc6 29. Nc3 Nc5 30. Be3 e4 31. a6 Nd3 32. Rb7 Qc8
33. Nxe4 Bxd5 34. cxd5 Qg4 35. Rxd3 Qxe4 36. Rdb3 Qxd5 37. Qe2
Qc6 38. a7 d5 39. Rxg7 Kxg7 40. Bd4+ Kh6 41. Qe3+ Kh5 42. g4+
Kh4 43. Qh6+ Kxg4 44. Qh3+ Kf4 45. Rf3+ 1-0

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge rapid exhibition"]
[Site "Zurich CHE"]
[Date "2014.02.01"]
[EventDate "2014.01.29"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 cxd4 6.O-O Bc5 7.Nxd4
dxc4 8.Qa4+ Qd7 9.Nb5 O-O 10.Qxc4 Qe7 11.b4 Bb6 12.a4 Bd7
13.a5 Bxf2+ 14.Kxf2 Rc8 15.Qd3 Nd5 16.Kg1 Qxb4 17.Nd4 Nc6
18.Nxc6 Bxc6 19.Qd2 Qc5+ 20.Kh1 Nf6 21.Bb2 Ng4 22.Qd4 Bxg2+
23. Kxg2 Ne3+ 24.Kf2 Qxd4 25.Bxd4 Nxf1 26.Kxf1 Rc1+ 27.Kf2
Rac8 28.Bxa7 e5 29. Be3 Rd1 30.g4 f6 31.h3 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge (Rapid)"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2014.02.04"]
[EventDate "2014.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2826"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7
7. g3 O-O 8. Bd3 Nh5 9. Qe2 a6 10. Bd2 g6 11. Kd1 Kh8 12. h3
Ndf6 13. Kc2 Bd7 14. a4 Qc8 15. g4 Ng7 16. Nh2 Ng8 17. f4 exf4
18. Bxf4 f6 19. Nf1 Rf7 20. Ne3 Qf8 21. h4 Bd8 22. Qh2 Bc7
23. h5 g5 24. h6 Ne8 25. Bg3 Ne7 26. Nf5 Ng6 27. a5 Ne5
28. Be2 Bxf5 29. exf5 Qe7 30. Be1 Qd8 31. Ne4 Re7 32. Qg2 b6
33. Bc3 b5 34. cxb5 axb5 35. Bxb5 Bxa5 36. Bc6 Raa7 37. Bxe5
Rxe5 38. Ra4 Nc7 39. Rha1 Na6 40. Nd2 Nb4+ 41. Rxb4 cxb4
42. Nc4 b3+ 43. Kxb3 Ree7 44. Qg3 Qb8+ 0-1

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge (Rapid)"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2014.02.04"]
[EventDate "2014.02.04"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2826"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Qc2 c5
7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 e5 9. Nf5 d4 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Bg5 h6
12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. Qb3 Nd7 15. Qa3 Qb6 16. Rfc1
Rfc8 17. b4 a5 18. c5 Qa6 19. Nc4 Be6 20. Nd6 axb4 21. Qxa6
bxa6 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. c6 Nb6 24. Rab1 a5 25. a3 b3 26. c7 Bc4
27. Bb7 Rxc7 28. Rxb3 Rxb7 29. Rxc4 Nxc4 30. Rxb7 Nxa3 31. Kg2
Nc4 32. g4 Nd6 33. Ra7 f6 34. Rxa5 Ne4 35. h4 h5 36. gxh5 Kh7
37. Ra8 Nd6 38. Kf3 Nf5 39. Kg4 Nh6+ 40. Kh3 Nf5 41. Rd8 Nh6
42. f4 exf4 43. Rxd4 Nf7 44. Rxf4 Kh6 45. Rf5 Nd6 46. Rd5 Nc4
47. Kg3 Ne3 48. Rc5 Nf1+ 49. Kf4 Nd2 50. e3 Nb3 51. Rc3 Na5
52. Rc8 Kh7 53. Kf5 1-0

[Event "World Chess Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.14"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2830"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5
exd5 7. Nd2 c6 8. e3 Nf8 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 h6
12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. f5 Ne7 14. Nde4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Qh4 16. g3 Qh3
17. Nf2 Qxf1+ 18. Kxf1 Nxf5 19. Qf3 Nd6 20. e4 f6 21. Bc2 Be6
22. Nd3 Nc4 23. Kg1 Bd6 24. Nf4 Bxf4 25. gxf4 Rad8 26. f5 Bf7
27. Qc3 Rfe8 28. Bd3 Nb6 29. a4 a6 30. a5 Nc8 31. e5 Ne7
32. e6 Bh5 33. Be4 Nd5 34. Qh3 Be2 35. Kf2 Bb5 36. Rg1 Kh7
37. Qa3 Bc4 38. Rg4 Bb5 39. Rg1 Bc4 40. Rc1 Bb5 41. Bf3 Nf4
42. Rd1 Kh8 43. d5 Nxd5 44. Bh5 1-0

[Event "World Chess Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.17"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2830"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4
Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2
Qxa2 12. O-O b6 13. Qc1 Bb7 14. Bc4 Qa4 15. Bb5 Qa2 16. Re1
Rc8 17. Qd1 Qc2 18. Qe2 Nc6 19. Bd3 Qa2 20. Bc4 Qa4 21. Bb3
Qa3 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Qc4+ e6 24. Ng5+ Ke8 25. Nxe6 Qe7
26. Nxg7+ Qxg7 27. Bc3 Nd8 28. Qb3 Rc7 29. Ba1 Rac8 30. d5 Qd7
31. Qb2 Qe7 32. Rbd1 Nf7 33. e5 Rc2 34. Qb5+ Qd7 35. Qxd7+
Kxd7 36. e6+ Kd6 37. exf7 Rf8 38. Re6+ Kd7 39. Rf6 Re2 40. f4
Re7 41. Be5 Rexf7 42. Rd6+ Ke8 43. Re1 Re7 44. Rc1 Rff7
45. Bf6 Rd7 46. Re6+ Kf8 47. d6 Kg8 48. h4 Rf8 49. Bg5 Kf7
50. Rce1 Bc6 51. h5 a5 52. Re7+ Kg8 53. hxg6 hxg6 54. R1e6 Rf7
55. Rxg6+ Kh7 56. Rh6+ Kg7 57. Ree6 1-0

[Event "World Chess Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.21"]
[EventDate "2014.03.12"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O Re8 7.Nbd2
a6 8.Bxc6 dxc6 9.Nc4 Nd7 10.b4 Bd6 11.Qb3 Nf8 12.Bg5 Qd7
13.Be3 Ng6 14.Nfd2 Bf8 15.d4 Qe7 16.dxe5 Be6 17.Qc2 Bxc4
18.Nxc4 Nxe5 19.Nd2 a5 20.a3 axb4 21.axb4 Qe6 22.f3 Nc4 23.Bf4
c5 24.b5 Nd6 25.Rxa8 Rxa8 26.Rb1 b6 27.e5 Nc4 28.Qe4 Ra4
29.Rc1 h6 30.h4 Nb2 31.c4 Qd7 32.Rb1 Ra2 33.Be3 Na4 34.Rb3
Rxd2 35.Bxd2 Qxd2 36.Rd3 Qc1+ 37.Kh2 Nb2 38.Rd8 Qxc4 39.Qa8
Qxh4+ 40.Kg1 Qe1+ 41.Kh2 Qxe5+ 42.g3 Qe2+ 43.Kh3 Nd3 44.Rxf8+
Kh7 45.Re8 Nf2+ 46.Kh4 Qxb5 47.g4 Qc4 48.Qc8 Qf4 49.Qf5+ Qxf5
50.gxf5 c4 51.Re7 c5 52.Rxf7 c3 53.f6 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "Eppingen GER"]
[Date "2014.04.05"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Maxim Rodshtein"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Nf6 6. c4 dxc4
7. dxc4 Nbd7 8. Nc3 h6 9. Bf4 Be7 10. Qc1 Qb6 11. h3 O-O
12. g4 Bh7 13. Nd2 Rfd8 14. a3 a5 15. Be3 Qa6 16. b3 Bc5
17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. b4 Ncd7 19. Qb2 Nb6 20. Rac1 axb4 21. axb4
Qa3 22. Qxa3 Rxa3 23. Rfd1 Rd7 24. b5 Nxc4 25. Ncb1 Bxb1
26. Nxc4 Rc3 27. Ne5 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Bg6 29. bxc6 bxc6 30. Rd8+
Kh7 31. Rf8 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Rc2 33. Bf3 Be4 34. Nxf7 g6 35. Ne5
Bxf3 36. Rf7+ Kg8 37. Rxf6 Be4 38. e3 g5 39. Kg3 Kg7 40. Rf7+
Kg8 41. Rc7 Bd5 42. Nf7 Rc1 43. Nxh6+ Kf8 44. f3 e5 45. Nf5 c5
46. e4 Bb3 47. h4 gxh4+ 48. Nxh4 Bf7 49. Nf5 Bb3 50. Re7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "Eppingen GER"]
[Date "2014.04.06"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Felix Graf"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5
7. Bg3 Nh5 8. e3 c5 9. d5 Nd7 10. Be2 O-O 11. Qc2 Ndf6 12. Nd2
Bd7 13. O-O a6 14. Nce4 Nxg3 15. Nxg3 e6 16. Rad1 exd5
17. cxd5 b5 18. Nf3 Re8 19. Bd3 Bg4 20. Bf5 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Ra7
22. Kg2 Re5 23. e4 h5 24. Qc1 h4 25. Qxg5 hxg3 26. hxg3 Qe7
27. Qf4 c4 28. Rh1 Rc7 29. g4 Kf8 30. g5 Ng8 31. Rh7 b4
32. Rdh1 c3 33. bxc3 bxc3 34. Rb1 Qd8 35. Rc1 Ne7 36. Rch1 Ng6
37. Qg4 Rc4 38. R1h5 Rxf5 39. Qxf5 Qc8 40. Rh1 c2 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nc7 7. O-O e5 8. b3 Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Rc1 f6 11. Ne1 Bd7
12. Nd3 Rc8 13. f4 exf4 14. Nxf4 Be8 15. e3 Bf7 16. Qe2 Re8
17. Ne4 Nb4 18. a3 Nba6 19. Nh5 Nd5 20. g4 Rc6 21. g5 Bxh5
22. Qxh5 g6 23. Qf3 f5 24. Ng3 Nac7 25. Nxf5 gxf5 26. Qxf5 Rf8
27. Qe5 Nf6 28. Bxc6 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Simen Agdestein"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 c5 8. e4 O-O 9. e5 Ne8 10. Bd3 f5 11. d5 Bb7
12. O-O-O g6 13. h4 Ng7 14. Kb1 Na6 15. a3 Nc7 16. d6 Nce8
17. Rhe1 a6 18. Ng5 Bc6 19. Be2 Qb8 20. Bf3 Qb7 21. Rc1 Bxf3
22. Ngxf3 Nh5 23. Ka1 Neg7 24. Qd3 Qc6 25. Nb3 Rfc8 26. Nfd2
Rab8 27. Qf3 Qa4 28. Rc3 Qc6 29. Qxc6 Rxc6 30. Nc1 h6 31. Nf3
Rbc8 32. Nd3 Kf7 33. Rec1 a5 34. Rh1 Rb8 35. Rc2 a4 36. Nc1 b5
37. cxb5 Rxb5 38. Ne2 Rb3 39. Nc3 Ra6 40. Rd1 Ne8 41. Ka2 Rb8
42. Ne2 Ra5 43. Rc4 Nhg7 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d3 O-O
7. O-O a6 8. Re1 Re8 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Kh2 Bxf2
12. Rf1 Ba7 13. Nh4 Nh7 14. Nf5 Ne7 15. Qg4 Ng6 16. Nc4 Nf6
17. Qe2 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Nxh6+ Kf8 21. Bg5
e4 22. Bxf6 exd3 23. Qf3 Qxf3 24. Rxf3 Re2+ 25. Kh1 gxf6
26. Rxd3 b5 27. Rd7 bxc4 28. Rxf7+ Ke8 29. Rxf6 Ne5 30. Raf1
Rd8 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "192"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5
7. Ne5 O-O 8. Bg2 e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Nb6
12. Bf2 Ne7 13. a4 a5 14. Qb3 Bd7 15. Rfc1 Bc6 16. Nb5 Nbc8
17. e3 Nd6 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Be1 Rfb8 20. Qb6 Qd8 21. Qxd8+
Rxd8 22. Rc5 f6 23. Nxc6 Nxc6 24. Rb5 Ra7 25. Rc1 Bf8 26. Bf1
Bd6 27. g4 f5 28. Bh4 Rf8 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Be2 Rf7 31. Kf2
Be7 32. Bxe7 Rxe7 33. Rb6 Ra8 34. Bb5 Nb4 35. Rd6 Kf7 36. Rc5
Rb8 37. Rb6 Ra8 38. Rd6 Rb8 39. Kf3 b6 40. Rc3 Ra7 41. Rd7+
Rxd7 42. Bxd7 Kf6 43. Rc7 Rg8 44. Bb5 Rg7 45. Rc8 Rg1 46. Rf8+
Kg7 47. Rb8 Rb1 48. Rxb6 Rxb2 49. Rxe6 Rxh2 50. Re5 Kf6
51. Bd7 Rh3+ 52. Kg2 Rh5 53. Re6+ Kg7 54. Rb6 Kf7 55. Rb7 Kf6
56. Rb6+ Ke7 57. Bc8 Nc2 58. Re6+ Kf7 59. Re5 Kf6 60. Re6+ Kf7
61. Re5 Kf6 62. Be6 Ne1+ 63. Kg3 Nc2 64. Bxd5 Rh6 65. Re6+ Kg7
66. Rxh6 Kxh6 67. Kf3 Kg7 68. Bb3 Nb4 69. Bd1 Kf6 70. Kf2 Nd5
71. Bb3 Nc3 72. Kf3 Ne4 73. Kg2 Nc3 74. Kg3 Ne4+ 75. Kh4 Nd2
76. Bc2 Nc4 77. e4 fxe4 78. Bxe4 Nb6 79. Bc2 Nd5 80. Kg3 h5
81. Bb3 Ne7 82. d5 Nf5+ 83. Kh3 Ke7 84. Bd1 Kd6 85. Bxh5 Kxd5
86. Bg6 Nd4 87. Kg4 Ke6 88. Bd3 Kf6 89. Bc4 Nf5 90. Kf3 Nd6
91. Bd3 Ke6 92. Bf1 Kd5 93. Kg4 Kc5 94. f5 Kb4 95. Bb5 Nxb5
96. axb5 Ka4 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Nh5
7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Be2 Nhf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Rd8
12. Qb3 b6 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. a3 Nf8 16. Qb4 c5
17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Qa5 Ne6 19. Na4 Rac8 20. Ba6 Bxa6 21. Qxa6
h6 22. h3 Qe8 23. b3 Ne4 24. Nc3 Nf6 25. Na4 Rc6 26. Qa5 Rdc8
27. Nc3 d4 28. Nb5 dxe3 29. fxe3 Ng5 30. Nxg5 Qxe3+ 31. Kh1
hxg5 32. Nxa7 Ra8 33. Re1 Qg3 34. Qb5 Rc7 35. Nc6 g4 36. Ne7+
Kh8 37. Nf5 Qf4 38. Rf1 Qg5 39. h4 Qh5 40. Rxc5 Rd7 41. Qc4
Qh7 42. Rc8+ Rd8 43. Rxa8 Rxa8 44. Qxf7 Ne4 45. Kg1 g6
46. Qxh7+ Kxh7 47. Ne3 Rxa3 48. Rf4 Ra1+ 49. Kh2 Nd2 50. b4
Ra3 51. Nxg4 Rb3 52. Nf6+ Kg7 53. Ne8+ Kg8 54. Nd6 Rd3 55. Rf6
Kh7 56. b5 Nb3 57. Ne4 Rd4 58. Ng5+ Kh6 59. g3 Nc5 60. Rf7 Rd7
61. Rxd7 Nxd7 62. Ne6 Nb6 63. g4 Kh7 64. Kg3 Kg8 65. Kf4 Kf7
66. Nd4 Kf6 67. g5+ Ke7 68. Nc6+ Kd6 69. h5 gxh5 70. g6 Nd5+
71. Kg5 Ke6 72. Kxh5 Nf6+ 73. Kg5 Ne8 74. b6 Nd6 75. Nd8+ Kd7
76. g7 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.04"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 d5 9. Qc2 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Bc3 Nbd7
12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bd3 c5 14. Be4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 O-O 16. O-O
Qc7 17. Rad1 a6 18. Rfe1 Rfd8 19. Qe3 cxd4 20. Bxd4 h6
21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Ne5 b5 23. Rc1 bxc4 24. Rxc4 Qd6 25. Qf3 Qd5
26. Kg2 a5 27. Ra4 Ra6 28. Re3 Rf8 29. Rc4 a4 30. b4 a3
31. Qxd5 Nxd5 32. Rb3 Rfa8 33. b5 Rb6 34. Nd7 Rb7 35. Nc5 Rb6
36. Na6 Kf8 37. Nc7 Ra5 38. Nxd5 exd5 39. Rc5 Ke7 40. Rxd5 Ke6
41. Rc5 Rb7 42. Re3+ Kf6 43. Rc6+ Kf5 44. b6 f6 45. Rc7 Rxc7
46. bxc7 Rc5 47. Re7 g5 48. Kf3 Rc3+ 49. Ke2 Kg4 50. Kd2 Rc6
51. Kd3 Kh3 52. Kd4 Kxh2 53. Kd5 Rc2 54. Kd6 Kg2 55. Rf7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "6.12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Alexander Riazantsev"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4
c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8. Nxd7 Qxd7 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. O-O Rc8 11. Qa4 Be7
12. a3 O-O 13. b4 c4 14. Qb5 Rfd8 15. Rb1 b6 16. Rd1 Nd5
17. Bb2 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Nd4 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Kf1 Nb5 21. Bb2
Bf6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. a4 Na3 24. Rbc1 c3 25. dxc3 Rxd1+
26. Rxd1 Rxc3 27. Bf3 Nc4 28. Rd7 a5 29. bxa5 bxa5 30. Bh5 Ne5
31. Ra7 Rc5 32. f4 Ng6 33. Bf3 f5 34. h4 Kg7 35. h5 Nf8
36. h6+ Kf6 37. Kf2 e5 38. Bh5 Ng6 39. Ra6+ Ke7 40. Bxg6 fxg6
41. Ra7+ Kf8 42. fxe5 Rxe5 43. Rxh7 g5 44. Ra7 Kg8 45. Rg7+
Kh8 46. Rxg5 Kh7 47. g4 Re4 48. Rxf5 Rxg4 49. Rxa5 Kxh6
50. Ra8 Kg7 51. a5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "8.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vladimir Potkin"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e3 a6
7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nge2 e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. f3 Bh5 11. Na4 O-O
12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. dxc5 e5 14. Bg5 Qe7 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Ng3 Qh6
17. Nf5 Qf6 18. Qb3 Bg6 19. Nd6 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Ne7 21. e4 d4
22. Nc4 Rad8 23. b4 h5 24. g3 h4 25. f4 hxg3 26. hxg3 exf4
27. Rxf4 Qg6 28. Nd6 Nd5 29. Rh4 Ne3 30. Kf2 Rxd6 31. cxd6
Qf6+ 32. Ke2 g5 33. e5 Qg7 34. Rh5 Ng4 35. Qxd4 Nxe5 36. Rah1
Re8 37. Rh8+ Qxh8 38. Rxh8+ Kxh8 39. d7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 h6 11. h3
Bb4 12. Ne2 g5 13. g4 Ne7 14. Ng3 Ng6 15. Nh5 Be6 16. Be3 Kf8
17. Nd4 Bd5 18. Nf6 Nxe5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Nf5 c6 21. f4 Ng6
22. c4 Re8 23. Bd4 Rh7 24. a3 Ba5 25. cxd5 cxd5 26. Nd6 Ra8
27. Nxb7 Bb6 28. Bxb6 axb6 29. Rxd5 Nxf4 30. Rb5 h5 31. gxh5
Rxh5 32. Rd1 Rc8 33. Nd6 Rc2 34. Nf5 Kg8 35. h4 Kh7 36. Rd7
gxh4 37. Kh1 Ne2 38. Rxf7+ Kg8 39. Rg7+ Kh8 40. Rf7 Ng3+
41. Kg1 h3 42. Rf8+ Kh7 43. Rf7+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "10.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Bd6 6. Nf3
Nf6 7. Qe2+ Qe7 8. Qxe7+ Bxe7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Re1
Bd8 12. Bf4 Nbd7 13. Rac1 Nb6 14. Bb3 h6 15. d5 Bf5 16. h3 Re8
17. g4 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Bd7 19. Ne5 Be8 20. h4 a5 21. a4 Nfd7
22. Nxd7 Bxd7 23. g5 hxg5 24. hxg5 Kf8 25. d6 c5 26. Kg2 c4
27. Bc2 Bc6+ 28. f3 Nd7 29. Bf5 Nc5 30. Rh1 Kg8 31. Bh7+ Kf8
32. Bd3 Kg8 33. Bxc4 Ne6 34. Bxe6 fxe6 35. Kg3 Bb6 36. Re1 Bd7
37. Be3 Bd8 38. f4 Rc8 39. Rd1 Kf7 40. Bd4 Rc4 41. Be5 Bb6
42. Rh1 Rc8 43. Rh7 Rg8 44. Nb5 Kg6 45. Rh2 Rc8 46. Nc7 Bc5
47. b3 Bb4 48. Kf3 Bc6+ 49. Ke3 Bc5+ 50. Ke2 Bd7 51. Kd3 Rf8
52. Rc2 Bb6 53. Rh2 Bc5 54. Nb5 Rd8 55. Nd4 Bxd4 56. Kxd4 Rc8
57. Rh3 b5 58. axb5 Bxb5 59. Rc3 Rxc3 60. Kxc3 Kf7 61. Kd4 g6
62. Kc5 Bd7 63. Kb6 Ke8 64. Kxa5 Kd8 65. b4 Kc8 66. Kb6 Be8
67. b5 Bd7 68. Ka6 Kb8 69. b6 Bc8+ 70. b7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "14.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2
Be6 7. Nb3 Bd6 8. Na5 Rb8 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Bd2 c5 11. Nc4 Bxc4
12. dxc4 Nd7 13. h4 a6 14. h5 b5 15. Nh4 Qe8 16. Nf5 Kh8
17. Ba5 Nb6 18. Bxb6 Rxb6 19. O-O-O Qe6 20. Rh3 bxc4 21. Ne3
c3 22. b3 Rbb8 23. Nc4 f5 24. Rxc3 fxe4 25. Re3 Rf5 26. Rxe4
Rbf8 27. f3 Rxh5 28. Ne3 Qc8 29. Kb1 Rg5 30. Rh1 Rf4 31. Qd3
h6 32. Rd1 Qb7 33. Rd2 Rxe4 34. fxe4 Rg3 35. Re2 Kh7 36. Qd2
Qb4 37. Qd1 Rg6 38. Nc4 Qb8 39. Rf2 Qe8 40. Qe2 Qe6 41. Ne3
Be7 42. Nd5 Bg5 43. Nxc7 Qc6 44. Nd5 c4 45. Qxc4 Qxc4 46. bxc4
Rc6 47. Rf5 Rxc4 48. Rxe5 Rd4 49. Re6 Rd2 50. g4 Rg2 51. Rxa6
Rxg4 52. e5 h5 53. e6 h4 54. e7 Re4 55. Kb2 Bxe7 56. Rc6 Bb4
57. c3 Be7 58. Kc2 h3 59. Rb6 Re1 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "2.26"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Chanda Sandipan"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bc4 O-O 6. O-O Nc6
7. Qe2 Bg4 8. c3 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. h3 Bd7 11. Re1 Nh5 12. Nf1
h6 13. Bb5 Bc8 14. c4 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5
Nf5 18. Qd2 Nd6 19. Qxf4 Nxb5 20. cxb5 Qxd5 21. a4 a6 22. bxa6
Rxa6 23. Ng3 Rf6 24. Qe4 Qxe4 25. Nxe4 Re6 26. Nd3 b6 27. Nc3
Rd8 28. Nf4 Red6 29. Nb5 R6d7 30. Rac1 c5 31. Nc3 Bb7 32. Red1
Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 34. Nxd1 Bc6 35. b3 Be4 36. Ne3 Bd4
37. Nfd5 Bxe3 38. Nxe3 Bd3 39. Nd5 Bc2 40. Nxb6 Bxb3 41. a5
Bc2 42. a6 Be4 43. a7 Kg7 44. f3 Bc6 45. Kf2 Kf6 46. Ke3 Kg5
47. a8=Q Bxa8 48. Nxa8 Kh4 49. Kf2 c4 50. Nb6 c3 51. Ke3 Kg3
52. Nc4 Kxg2 53. Ne5 Kxh3 54. Nxf7 h5 55. f4 h4 56. Ng5+ Kg2
57. Nf3 h3 58. Ne1+ Kg3 59. Nd3 h2 60. Nf2 c2 61. Nh1+ Kg2
62. Kd4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "5.22"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6
7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. b3 e5 9. Bb2 Re8 10. O-O Bf8 11. Re1 a5 12. h3
c6 13. Bc2 g6 14. Nf1 Bg7 15. Ng3 exd4 16. Bxd4 Ne5 17. Qe2
Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Be6 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Bc3 Nd7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7
22. Qc3+ Kg8 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. exf5 Qf8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Qxa5
Re2 27. Bd3 Re5 28. Qc7 Nc5 29. b4 Re7 30. Qb6 Nxd3 31. Rxd3
Rd7 32. f6 Qd8 33. Qxd8+ Rxd8 34. Re3 b5 35. cxb5 cxb5 36. Re7
d5 37. Rb7 d4 38. Kf1 h5 39. Rxb5 Rd6 40. a4 Rxf6 41. a5 Re6
42. Rd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "6.14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 Na6 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Bd2 d6 10. d5 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 e5 12. a3
Nc5 13. b4 Nd7 14. c5 bxc5 15. Nb3 Rb8 16. Na5 Ba8 17. Nc6
Bxc6 18. dxc6 cxb4 19. axb4 Nf6 20. Rxa7 Rxb4 21. Nd5 Nxd5
22. Bxd5 e4 23. Rb7 Rxb7 24. cxb7 e3 25. Qa4 exf2+ 26. Kxf2 c6
27. Qxc6 Bf6 28. e3 Qb8 29. Rc1 Bb2 30. Rc4 Ba3 31. Ra4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "8.18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mateusz Bartel"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. f4 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. O-O h5 6. d3 Be7
7. Nc3 h4 8. e4 Bg4 9. d4 hxg3 10. hxg3 Nd7 11. Qe1 dxe4
12. Nxe4 Ngf6 13. c3 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Qa5 15. Ne5 Bf5 16. Qe2
Nxe5 17. fxe5 O-O-O 18. b4 Qa4 19. Be3 Rhf8 20. b5 Qxb5
21. Qxb5 cxb5 22. d5 Ba3 23. Bxa7 Bd3 24. Rfd1 Bc4 25. Bb6
exd5 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 27. Bh3+ Kc7 28. Rd2 Bc5+ 29. Kg2 Be3
30. Rb2 d4 31. cxd4 Bxd4 32. Rab1 Bxb2 33. Rxb2 Ra8 34. Kf3
Rxa2 35. Rb1 Kb6 36. Kf4 Kc5 37. Bc8 b6 38. g4 b4 39. Bf5 b3
40. Ke3 b5 41. g5 g6 42. Be4 Re2+ 43. Kf4 Kb4 44. Bf3 Rf2
45. Ke3 Rxf3+ 46. Kxf3 Kc3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "9.11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. a3
Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. e3 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. O-O b6
12. Ne5 Bb7 13. f4 g6 14. Qg4 Be4 15. f5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "12.14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniil Dubov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4
7. h3 Bh5 8. f4 Be7 9. Qe1 Na6 10. a3 Nc5 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Ndf3
Bxf3 13. Nxf3 a5 14. e3 Qb6 15. g4 Rfe8 16. g5 Nfd7 17. h4 Bd6
18. Qf2 Re7 19. h5 f5 20. gxf6 Nxf6 21. Qh4 Ncd7 22. Bh3 h6
23. Kh1 Rf8 24. Nd4 Rfe8 25. Rg1 Bc5 26. c3 Bxd4 27. exd4 Kh8
28. Rg2 Qb5 29. Rg3 Qb3 30. Be3 Qxb2 31. Rag1 Qe2 32. f5 Qxh5
33. Qxh5 Nxh5 34. Rf3 exf5 35. Bd2 f4 36. Bxf4 Nxf4 37. Rxf4
Nf6 38. Bf5 Re1 39. c4 Kg8 40. c5 Rxg1+ 41. Kxg1 Kf7 42. Rf2
g6 43. Bh3 Re3 44. Bc8 Rxd3 45. Bxb7 Rxd4 46. Bxc6 Ke7
47. Re2+ Re4 48. Rb2 Rc4 49. Rb7+ Kd8 50. Rf7 Ng4 51. Bxd5
Rc1+ 52. Kg2 Ne3+ 53. Kf3 Nxd5 54. Ke4 Rxc5 55. Ke5 Ne7+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "13.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. d4 Nc6
7. Bb5 Bb4 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. Nf4 Bg5
12. Bd3 Bxf4 13. Bxf4 Qh4 14. Qd2 Be6 15. Bg5 Qh5 16. f3 h6
17. Bf4 Rae8 18. Qf2 f5 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Bxc7 Qf7 21. Be5
Nxe5 22. dxe5 Rf4 23. Qxa7 Rc8 24. Rab1 Qc7 25. Rxb7 Qxe5
26. Re7 Rf7 27. Rxf7 Bxf7 28. Qd4 Qxd4+ 29. cxd4 Rc3 30. Rd1
Ra3 31. Rd2 Kf8 32. Kf2 Ke7 33. Ke2 Ra4 34. Bb5 Rb4 35. a4 Kd6
36. Kd3 Bg6+ 37. Kc3 Rb1 38. Bd3 Bxd3 39. Rxd3 Ra1 40. Kb3 Kc6
41. Rc3+ Kb6 42. Rc5 Rb1+ 43. Kc2 Rg1 44. g4 Rg2+ 45. Kd3 Rxh2
46. Rxd5 Kc6 47. Rc5+ Kd6 48. Rc2 Rh1 49. Ra2 Rd1+ 50. Ke3
Re1+ 51. Kf2 Re7 52. a5 Kd5 53. Ra4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "14.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Viktor Laznicka"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6
7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3 Rc8 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6
12. Na4 O-O 13. Nc5 Rc7 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. Qb6 Ne8 16. Na4 Rbc8
17. Rc5 Nd8 18. Rfc1 Rxc5 19. dxc5 Qxb6 20. Nxb6 Rc7 21. b4
Bg4 22. a3 Kf8 23. Kf1 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Nf6 25. Ke1 Ke7 26. Kd2
Nd7 27. Nxd7 Kxd7 28. e4 Nc6 29. exd5 exd5 30. Rc3 Ke6
31. Re3+ Kf6 32. f4 Ne7 33. Bf3 Ng6 34. Re8 Nxf4 35. Bg4 h5
36. Bc8 g5 37. Ke3 Ng6 38. Bh3 Nf4 39. Bc8 Ng6 40. Bh3 Nf4
41. Bc8 Ng6 42. Bh3 Ne5 43. Kd4 Nf3+ 44. Kxd5 Nxh2 45. Bc8 h4
46. Kd6 Rc6+ 47. Kd7 h3 48. Bxb7 Re6 49. Rxe6+ fxe6 50. c6 Nf3
51. c7 Ne5+ 52. Kd6 Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "15.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 d5 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 c6
7. Nd2 Be6 8. Ne2 h5 9. h4 Nd7 10. Rc1 Nb6 11. b3 Qe7 12. O-O
g5 13. c4 Ba3 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Rb1 gxh4 16. e4 Nb6 17. d5 Bg4
18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. bxc4 hxg3 20. e5 gxf2+ 21. Rxf2 Bc5 22. dxc6
Rd8 23. Qe1 Qxe5 24. cxb7 O-O 25. Nc3 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Qc5+
27. Kg3 Rfe8 28. Ne4 Qe5+ 29. Kf2 f5 30. Rb5 Qf4+ 31. Kg1 fxe4
32. c5 Rd1 33. Qxd1 Bxd1 34. c6 e3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "19.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 Nge7 5. e3 a6 6. Nge2 d6
7. O-O O-O 8. b3 Ba7 9. h3 Be6 10. d4 exd4 11. exd4 Bd7 12. d5
Ne5 13. Kh2 b5 14. f4 N5g6 15. Nd4 bxc4 16. bxc4 Nf5 17. Nc6
Qf6 18. Qd3 Bc5 19. Bd2 Bxc6 20. dxc6 Nge7 21. Rae1 Rab8
22. Ne4 Qg6 23. g4 Nh4 24. f5 Nexf5 25. Rxf5 Nxf5 26. Nxc5
dxc5 27. Qxf5 Qd6+ 28. Bf4 Qd4 29. Be5 Qd2 30. Rf1 f6 31. Bxc7
Rb2 32. Qd5+ Kh8 33. Qxd2 Rxd2 34. Bf4 Rc2 35. Rd1 g5 36. c7
1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "20.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Nf6 3. e5 Nh5 4. d4 d6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. exd6 exd6
7. O-O Bg7 8. Bg5 Nf6 9. d5 Ne7 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7
12. c4 O-O 13. Nc3 h6 14. Bd2 a6 15. a4 Rae8 16. a5 Nf5
17. Qb3 Qc8 18. Rae1 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Nxe8 21. Ne4
Nf6 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. h3 h5 24. Bc3 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Qd8 26. Qb4
Qa8 27. b3 Qa7 28. Qc3 Qb8 29. Qe1 Qd8 30. Qb4 Qc8 31. g3 c5
32. Qe1 Qd8 33. Kg2 Kg7 34. h4 Nd4 35. Nxd4 cxd4 36. Qd2 Qf6
37. f4 Kg8 38. Kf3 Qf5 39. Qxd4 Qb1 40. Qc3 Qf1+ 41. Ke3 Qg1+
42. Kd2 Qb1 43. b4 Qa2+ 44. Kc1 Kf8 45. Kd1 Qb1+ 46. Kd2 Qa2+
47. Qc2 Qa1 48. Qc3 Qa2+ 49. Kc1 Ke7 50. Qe3+ Kf8 51. Qc3 Ke7
52. Qe1+ Kf8 53. Qc3 Ke7 54. Kd1 Kf8 55. Ke1 Qb1+ 56. Ke2 Qa2+
57. Kf3 Qb1 58. Kf2 Qa2+ 59. Ke3 Qg2 60. Qe1 Qc2 61. Kd4 Qb2+
62. Kd3 Qb3+ 63. Qc3 Qd1+ 64. Ke3 Qg1+ 65. Ke2 Qg2+ 66. Kd1
Qa2 67. Kc1 Ke7 68. b5 axb5 69. cxb5 Qxd5 70. a6 bxa6 71. bxa6
Qg2 72. Qc7+ Kf8 73. a7 Qf1+ 74. Kb2 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.05"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "4.24"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bernal Gonzalez Acosta"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. O-O e5 6. c4 Ne7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rb1 h6 9. e4 Nb6 10. b3 Bg4 11. dxe5 Nc6 12. h3
Bxf3 13. Bxf3 h5 14. h4 dxe5 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Be3 Nd4
17. Kg2 Nc2 18. Rfd1 Nxe3+ 19. fxe3 Nd7 20. g4 hxg4 21. Bxg4
Nf6 22. Bh3 c6 23. Kf3 Bf8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rd1 Ra8 26. Ne2
Ba3 27. Ng3 a5 28. Nh1 Kg7 29. Ng3 Rh8 30. h5 Nxh5 31. Nxh5+
Rxh5 32. Bg4 Rh2 33. Rd7 b6 34. Kg3 Rh1 35. Kg2 Rh8 36. Rc7
Kf6 37. Rxc6+ Kg5 38. Rc8 Rh4 39. Bf3 Bc5 40. Rc7 f5 41. exf5
e4 42. Be2 gxf5 43. Rg7+ Kf6 44. Rg3 Rh8 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.09"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "7.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. Qb3 Nd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Qf4 10. Bd3 Be7 11. Bc2 O-O
12. O-O Rd8 13. Rad1 b6 14. Rfe1 Bb7 15. h4 Qc7 16. Qe3 c5
17. d5 exd5 18. cxd5 Nf8 19. Ng3 Bf6 20. Be4 Re8 21. d6 Qd7
22. Qd2 Ne6 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Nf5 Red8 25. Re3 h5 26. Qe2 b5
27. Ng5 Nf4 28. Qf1 c4 29. g3 Nd3 30. Rdxd3 cxd3 31. Qxd3 Bxg5
32. hxg5 g6 33. Ne7+ Kh7 34. Rf3 Qxe7 35. dxe7 Rxd3 36. Rxd3
Re8 37. Rd7 a5 38. Kg2 Kg7 39. Kh3 f5 40. gxf6+ Kxf6 41. Kh4
a4 42. a3 Kf7 43. f4 Kf6 44. Rb7 Ra8 45. Rb6+ Kxe7 46. Rxg6
Rd8 47. Rg5 b4 48. Ra5 Rd2 49. Rxa4 bxa3 50. Rxa3 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.14"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "11.10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "David Navara"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5
7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. Bd3 Nc6
12. a3 Nh5 13. Be5 f6 14. Bf4 Rc8 15. h3 Nxf4 16. exf4 Qb6
17. Rd1 f5 18. Bb5 Bd6 19. g3 Na5 20. Bxd7+ Kxd7 21. O-O Rhe8
22. Rd3 Nc4 23. Na4 Qc6 24. Rc3 b5 25. Nc5+ Bxc5 26. Rxc4 bxc4
27. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.08.28"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 g6
7. Bd2 Bg7 8. b4 a5 9. bxa5 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5 Qd5
12. f4 h6 13. Nh3 Bxh3 14. gxh3 Bxd4 15. exd4 e3 16. Bxe3 Qxh1
17. Qd2 Na6 18. O-O-O Qd5 19. Bg2 Qc4+ 20. Kb1 Qe6 21. d5 Qf5+
22. Kb2 O-O-O 23. d6 exd6 24. cxd6 Qf6+ 25. Kb1 Qf5+ 26. Kc1
Qf6 27. d7+ Kb7 28. Bd4 Qe6 29. Bxh8 1-0

[Event "Bilbao Masters"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.15"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c6
7. O-O Bf5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 Na6 10. Qc1 Kh7 11. h3 Rb8 12. g4
Bd7 13. Qd2 Nc7 14. a4 b5 15. axb5 cxb5 16. b3 bxc4 17. bxc4
Rb4 18. Qd3 a6 19. d5 e6 20. Nd4 exd5 21. cxd5 Re8 22. Rfb1
Rxb1+ 23. Rxb1 Nb5 24. Nc6 Bxc6 25. dxc6 Nxc3 26. Qxc3 Nd5
27. Qc4 Nxe3 28. fxe3 d5 29. Qxd5 Qe7 30. Kh1 Rd8 31. Qc4 Be5
32. Rf1 Kg7 33. Bd5 f6 34. Rb1 Rb8 35. Rb7 Rxb7 36. cxb7 Qd6
37. Be4 a5 38. Qb5 Qd8 39. Kg2 Bb8 40. Qc6 Qe7 41. Kf1 Bc7
42. Bd3 Qd6 43. Qe8 f5 44. Bc4 Kf6 45. Qf7+ Kg5 46. gxf5 gxf5
47. Qg7+ Kh4 48. Be6 Bd8 49. Qxh6+ Kg3 50. Qg7+ Kh4 51. Kg2
1-0

[Event "Bilbao Masters"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.20"]
[EventDate "2014.09.12"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Ne4 Qe7
12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Qh5 Nc6 14. Nb3 f5 15. a3 fxe4 16. axb4 Nxb4
17. Nc5 Nd3 18. Nxd3 exd3 19. Bxd3 Bc6 20. Rc4 Rf6 21. Be4
Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Rd8 23. Qe2 Rf5 24. h3 Rfd5 25. Qg4 R8d6 26. Rc1
Kh7 27. Ra4 a6 28. Qe4+ Kg8 29. Rc8+ Rd8 30. Rac4 R5d7 31. g3
Kf7 32. Qf3+ Kg8 33. Qe4 Kf7 34. Qg4 Rxc8 35. Rxc8 Qg5 36. Qb4
Kg6 37. h4 Qf5 38. Rf8 Qd5 39. Qg4+ Kh7 40. Kh2 h5 41. Qf4 Qc6
42. Qb8 Rd1 43. e4 Rc1 44. Rh8+ Kg6 45. Qf4 Rc5 46. e5 1-0

[Event "Petrosian Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.11"]
[EventDate "2014.11.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Re1 d6 10. Nbd2 g5 11. Bg3 g4 12. Nh4
Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxh4 14. Bxh4 Qxh4 15. d4 f5 16. Ng3 f4 17. Qd3
Kg7 18. d5 fxg3 19. hxg3 Qg5 20. dxc6 Bf5 21. Qe3 b6 22. Qxg5+
hxg5 23. Rad1 Rh8 24. Bc4 a5 25. b3 Rh6 26. Bd5 Rah8 27. Kf1
Bc2 28. Rd2 Rh1+ 29. Ke2 Rxe1+ 30. Kxe1 Rh1+ 31. Ke2 Rc1
32. c4 a4 33. bxa4 Bxa4 34. Rb2 Kf6 35. Kd2 Rd1+ 36. Ke2 Rd4
37. Rd2 b5 38. Ke3 Rxd2 39. Kxd2 bxc4 40. f3 Kf5 41. Kc3 gxf3
42. gxf3 g4 43. Be4+ Kg5 44. Kxc4 Bd1 45. Kd3 Bxf3 46. a4 d5
47. Bxf3 gxf3 48. a5 e4+ 49. Kd2 d4 50. a6 e3+ 51. Kc2 f2
52. a7 f1=Q 53. a8=Q Qc4+ 54. Kb2 e2 55. Qd8+ Kg4 56. Qh4+ Kf3
57. Qf4+ Kg2 58. Qe4+ Kg1 59. Qb1+ Kf2 60. Qf5+ Ke1 61. Qg6
Kd1 62. Qg4 Qc3+ 63. Ka2 Kc1 64. Qxe2 Qc2+ 65. Qxc2+ Kxc2 0-1

[Event "Nakamura-Aronian Match"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.11.22"]
[EventDate "2014.11.21"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4
7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Na3 c5
12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 Qb4 14. Qc1 Ba6 15. Bd4 Rfd8 16. Rd1
Rac8 17. Qc3 Qa4 18. Qc2 Qxc2 19. Nxc2 c3 20. Bxc3 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 Bxe2 22. Re1 Bc4 23. Ne3 Nd5 24. Nxc4 Rxc4 25. Bd2
Kf8 26. Rc1 Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 Ke7 28. Kf1 e5 29. Ke2 e4 30. Kd2
f5 31. Kc2 Nb4+ 32. Kb3 Nd3 33. Be3 a6 34. Kc3 Kd6 35. h4 g6
36. b4 Kd5 37. a4 Ne5 38. b5 a5 39. Bb6 Nc4 40. Bd8 Kc5
41. Bc7 h5 42. Kc2 Kd5 43. Kb3 Nd2+ 44. Kc3 e3 45. fxe3 Ne4+
46. Kb2 Nc5 47. Bxa5 Nxa4+ 48. Ka3 Nc5 49. Bb4 Nb7 50. Ka4 1-0

[Event "Nakamura-Aronian Match (Blitz)"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.11.25"]
[EventDate "2014.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Bg2 g6 5. Qc2 Bg7 6. Qxc4 Nf6
7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Nbd7 9. Nc3 e5 10. Qh4 Nd5 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2
N7b6 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qb4 Be6 15. Rfc1 Rf7 16. Qa5 Nd7
17. Rc2 Qxa5 18. Bxa5 Nb8 19. e3 Nc6 20. Bc3 Bf8 21. a3 Rc8
22. Rac1 Rfc7 23. Ba5 b6 24. Bb4 a5 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. b4 axb4
27. axb4 b5 28. Rc5 Ke7 29. Rxb5 e4 30. dxe4 dxe4 31. Nd2 f5
32. Rbc5 Kd6 33. Bh3 h5 34. Nxe4+ fxe4 35. Bxe6 Kxe6 36. b5
Kd6 37. Rxc6+ Rxc6 38. Rxc6+ Rxc6 39. bxc6 g5 40. g4 h4 41. f4
exf3 42. Kf2 Kxc6 43. Kxf3 Kd5 44. h3 Ke5 45. Kf2 Kd5 46. Ke1
Ke5 47. Kd2 Ke4 48. Ke2 Kd5 49. Kd3 Ke5 50. e4 Kf4 51. Kd4 Kg3
52. e5 Kxh3 53. e6 1-0

[Event "Nakamura-Aronian Match (Blitz)"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.11.25"]
[EventDate "2014.11.25"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Nh4 f6
7. Qe2 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. c4 O-O 10. f4 d6 11. Nc3 f5 12. Nf3
fxe4 13. dxe4 Ba6 14. e5 Nf5 15. Rd1 Qb6 16. Na4 Qb4 17. b3 d5
18. Bd2 Qa3 19. Qf2 d4 20. Qe1 Rfd8 21. Ng5 Re8 22. Ne4 Bf8
23. g4 Nh6 24. h3 Rab8 25. Bc1 Qb4 26. Qxb4 Rxb4 27. Naxc5 Bc8
28. Rxd4 Kg7 29. Be3 Nf7 30. Rad1 g5 31. Nd6 Rd8 32. Nxf7 Rxd4
33. Bxd4 Kxf7 34. fxg5 a5 35. Rf1+ Kg8 36. h4 Be7 37. Kg2 h6
38. gxh6 Bxh4 39. Be3 a4 40. g5 axb3 41. axb3 1-0

[Event "Nakamura-Aronian Match (Blitz)"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.11.25"]
[EventDate "2014.11.25"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 b5
7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 e6 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6
12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nxe6 Qd7 15. Nxg7+ Kf7 16. Nf5
Rag8 17. Nh6+ Ke8 18. Nxg8 Rxg8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qh5+ Qf7
21. Qh3 Bxb2 22. Rad1 Qg6 23. Rfe1 Be5 24. g3 h5 25. Re3 a5
26. Qf1 Bc6 27. f4 Qh6 28. Rf3 Bc3 29. Qc4 d5 30. exd5 Bd7
31. Re3+ Kf8 32. Qc5+ Kg7 33. Qe7+ Kh8 34. Qxd7 Qxf4 35. Qe6
h4 36. Qxg8+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.20"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Baadur Jobava"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Bd3 e6
7. h3 exd5 8. exd5 a6 9. a4 a5 10. Nge2 Na6 11. Bg5 Nb4
12. Bb1 b6 13. O-O Ba6 14. Nb5 h6 15. Bc1 Bxb5 16. axb5 Ne8
17. Ra3 Nd6 18. Rg3 Nxc4 19. Nf4 Ne5 20. Nh5 Qh4 21. Nxg7 Kxg7
22. Re1 d6 23. Re4 Qd8 24. Qh5 1-0

[Event "GRENKE Chess Classic"]
[Site "Baden Baden GER"]
[Date "2015.02.07"]
[EventDate "2015.02.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qa4+
Nc6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O Be6
12. Rfc1 Bd6 13. a3 Ne7 14. b4 c6 15. Qb3 g5 16. Qb2 Qg7
17. Na4 Rae8 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. g3 Nf5 20. Bd3 Qf6 21. Rf1 h5
22. Rac1 h4 23. Qd2 Nh6 24. e4 Bxc5 25. e5 Qg7 26. bxc5 f6
27. exf6 Rxf6 28. Nxg5 Bf5 29. Rce1 Rff8 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Nf3
Bxd3 32. Qxd3 Re4 33. Re1 hxg3 34. hxg3 1-0

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Nbd7 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qb3 c5
7. dxc5 Qa5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 10. bxc3 Ne4 11. Bf4
dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. f3 exf4 14. fxe4 fxe3 15. Ke2 Nxc5
16. Kxe3 Be6 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Ne2 Rc8 19. Rhb1 Nc5 20. a4 O-O
21. Rb4 Rfe8 22. Ng3 g6 23. Kf3 Rcd8 24. Rd4 Nb3 25. Rxd8 Rxd8
26. Ra3 Nd2+ 27. Kf4 b6 28. Ra1 Nc4 29. Rb1 Rd3 30. Rb4 Rxc3
31. Ne2 Rc2 32. Nd4 Rc1 33. Nc6 a5 34. Rb3 Ra1 35. Ne7+ Kg7
36. Nd5 Rxa4 37. Nxb6 Nxb6 38. Rxb6 f5 39. Rb7+ Kh6 40. h4
Rxe4+ 41. Kg3 Rg4+ 42. Kh3 Rb4 43. Ra7 Rb3+ 44. Kh2 Ra3 45. g3
Ra2+ 46. Kh3 a4 47. Ra5 Ra1 48. g4 Ra3+ 49. Kg2 fxg4 50. Rg5
Ra2+ 51. Kg3 Ra1 52. Kg2 a3 53. Rxg4 Rb1 54. Ra4 Rb2+ 55. Kg3
a2 56. Ra7 g5 57. hxg5+ Kxg5 58. Ra4 h5 59. Kh3 Kf5 60. Kh4
Rc2 61. Ra3 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 Ke7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 b6
12. Ne1 Bb7 13. Nd3 Rhd8 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. f3 Nd3 16. Nc4 Nxc1
17. Raxc1 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 b5 19. Na5 Rb8 20. Kf2 Ba8 21. Rc1
Kd6 22. e4 Nd7 23. Ke3 f6 24. Bd3 Ne5 25. Bb1 Nc6 26. Nb3 e5
27. a3 a5 28. Ba2 a4 29. Nc5 Nd4 30. Na6 Rf8 31. Nb4 f5
32. exf5 Nxf5+ 33. Ke2 e4 34. f4 Nd4+ 35. Ke3 Nf5+ 36. Ke2
Nd4+ 37. Kd2 Bb7 38. Rd1 Kc5 39. Rc1+ Kd6 40. g3 g5 41. fxg5
Nf3+ 42. Ke2 Nxh2 43. Rd1+ Ke5 44. Rd7 Ba8 45. Rxh7 Ng4
46. Re7+ Kd6 47. Rf7 Rxf7 48. Bxf7 Ke5 49. Bh5 Nh2 50. Nc2 Kf5
51. g6 Kf6 52. Nd4 Bd5 53. Kf2 Kg5 54. Be2 Kxg6 55. Nxb5 Kf5
56. Nc3 Bc6 57. Bd1 Ng4+ 58. Bxg4+ Kxg4 59. Ke3 Kxg3 60. Nxe4+
Kg2 61. Nc3 Kf1 62. Kd4 Ke1 63. Kc5 Be8 64. Kb4 Kd2 65. Nxa4
Kc2 66. b3 1-0

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nd5
Rxe1 12. Qxe1 b6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. f3 Bb7 15. Qf2 Re8 16. d4
h6 17. Bd2 Nf5 18. c3 Nh4 19. Bd3 Ng6 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1
Qe6 22. Qxe6 dxe6 23. c4 Kf8 24. Kf2 Ke8 25. Bc2 Ne7 26. g4
Ba6 27. Bd3 f6 28. h4 c6 29. Bb4 b5 30. cxb5 Bxb5 31. Bc2 Kf7
32. Bc5 Nc8 33. b3 g5 34. h5 Ba6 35. Bg6+ Kg7 36. a4 Nb6
37. Be4 Nd5 38. Bxa7 Bc8 39. Bd3 f5 40. Bb8 Kf7 41. Be5 Nf6
42. Be2 Nd5 43. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge (Rapid)"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.19"]
[EventDate "2015.02.19"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6
7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 e5 9. c3 a5 10. Qc2 Be6 11. Ng5 Bd7 12. Rd1
Ng4 13. Ngf3 Bc5 14. Rf1 Qc8 15. a4 h6 16. Nc4 Be6 17. Qe2 b6
18. b3 Re8 19. Nh4 Nf6 20. Kh1 Qa6 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. exf5 e4
23. f3 e3 24. f4 Ne7 25. Bxa8 Qxa8+ 26. Qg2 Ned5 27. Ne5 Nxc3
28. Qxa8 Rxa8 29. Re1 e2 30. Bb2 Nfe4 31. Kg2 Rd8 32. Rac1 Bb4
33. Bxc3 Nxc3 34. Rc2 Rd5 35. Nf3 Rd3 36. Ne5 Rd5 37. Kf3 b5
38. axb5 Rxb5 39. Kg2 Rd5 40. Kf3 Rb5 41. Kg4 Rd5 42. h4 Kf8
43. h5 f6 44. Nf3 Rd3 45. Ng1 c5 46. Kh4 Nd5 47. Rexe2 Ne3
48. Rb2 Nxf5+ 49. Kg4 Nxg3 50. Re6 f5+ 51. Kh4 Ne4 52. Re2 Bc3
53. Nh3 Bf6+ 54. Rxf6+ Nxf6 55. Re5 Nd7 56. Re6 Rxb3 57. Ra6
Rb5 58. Nf2 Rb4 59. Nd3 Rd4 60. Rxa5 Ke7 61. Ra6 c4 62. Nb4
Rxf4+ 63. Kg3 Rg4+ 64. Kf2 Nf6 65. Nc6+ Kd6 66. Nd4+ Kd5 0-1

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge (Rapid)"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.19"]
[EventDate "2015.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 c4 12. Bc2
Qc7 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Ne2 Bd6 15. Ned4 Nc5 16. b4 cxb3
17. axb3 e5 18. Nf5 Ncxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Ng5 Bc5 21. Ne6
Qc6 22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. Nd6+ Ke7 24. Bg5+ Ke6 25. Nxb7 Qxb7
26. b4 h6 27. Bh4 Ne4 28. Qg4+ Kf7 29. Rad1 Ra7 30. Qf5+ Nf6
31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Rd6 Qe7 33. Rfd1 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.20"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 d4 5. a3 a5 6. e3 c5
7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 Nc6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. O-O O-O 13. c5 Be7 14. Rc1 a4 15. Rc4 Bd7 16. Rxa4 Bxc5
17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. b4 Be7 19. b5 Na5 20. a4 Qa7 21. Ne5 b6
22. Nb3 Bb4 23. Nxd4 Qc7 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Nc6 Nxc6 26. bxc6
Qd4 27. Qc2 Bd6 28. Rc1 Bc7 29. Qb3 Ra8 30. Rc4 Qa1+ 31. Bf1
Rd8 32. Kg2 Qe5 33. Qb4 Qf6 34. d4 g6 35. Be2 h5 36. h4 Kg7
37. Bf3 Kg8 38. Qd2 Kg7 39. Qb2 Kg8 40. Rb4 Qe7 41. Rxb6 Bxb6
42. Qxb6 Ra8 43. a5 Ra7 44. Be2 Rc7 45. Ba6 e5 46. Bb7 e4
47. d5 Qe5 48. a6 Qxd5 49. Kh2 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Viktor Erdos"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 e6 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 exd5
7. cxd5 Bg7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. Ng3 h5 10. Bg5 a6 11. a4 Qe8
12. Bd3 Nh7 13. Bf4 Qe7 14. O-O Nd7 15. Nge2 Ne5 16. Bc2 Bd7
17. Bc1 b5 18. f4 Nc4 19. Qd3 b4 20. Qxc4 bxc3 21. Rb1 cxb2
22. Bxb2 Bxb2 23. Rxb2 Rfb8 24. Rfb1 Rxb2 25. Rxb2 Bg4 26. Nc3
Qf6 27. g3 Qd4+ 28. Qxd4 cxd4 29. Nb1 Nf6 30. Rb6 Be2 31. Nd2
Rc8 32. Rc6 Rb8 33. e5 Nxd5 34. exd6 Nb4 35. Rc7 Nxc2 36. Rxc2
Bg4 37. Rc4 d3 38. Kf2 Bf5 39. Ke3 Rd8 40. Rc6 a5 41. Ra6 Kg7
42. h4 Kf8 43. Nc4 f6 44. Kd2 Kf7 45. Rxa5 Ke6 46. Rc5 Be4
47. Ke3 Bd5 48. Kxd3 Rb8 49. Rb5 Bxc4+ 50. Kxc4 Rc8+ 51. Rc5
Rb8 52. a5 Rb1 53. a6 Ra1 54. Kb5 Kxd6 55. Rc4 Kd5 56. Rb4 Ra3
57. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2014/15"]
[Site "Eppingen GER"]
[Date "2015.02.22"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[Round "11.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Alexandr Hilario Takeda dos Santos Fier"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Nxc3 9. Bc4 Nd5 10. Bxd5 e6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6
12. O-O Qd5 13. Be3 Be7 14. Rfc1 Qxb3 15. axb3 Bb7 16. Ne5 O-O
17. Kf1 Rfc8 18. Nd7 Rd8 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 Rd5 21. Ke1 f6
22. b4 a6 23. g4 g5 24. Kd2 Kg7 25. Kc3 Kg6 26. Kb3 h5 27. h3
Rxc5 28. dxc5 hxg4 29. hxg4 e5 30. Rd1 a5 31. Rd6 axb4
32. Kxb4 Ra2 33. b3 Ra8 34. Bd2 Rb8 35. Ka5 Bc8 36. Rxc6 Bxg4
37. Rb6 Rc8 38. b4 Bf3 39. Rd6 g4 40. Kb6 Kf7 41. c6 f5 42. c7
Ke7 43. Rd8 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.28"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Samy Shoker"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Be3 Ne7 6. Qd2 h6
7. Bd3 Nd7 8. Nge2 b6 9. O-O a6 10. Bc2 Rb8 11. a4 Nc6
12. Rae1 Nb4 13. Bb1 c5 14. f4 Qc7 15. f5 cxd4 16. Nxd4 O-O
17. Bxh6 Qxc4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rc1 Qc5 20. Na2 Nxa2 21. Rxc5
bxc5 22. fxe6 Ne5 23. Nf5+ gxf5 24. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.01"]
[EventDate "2015.05.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Alexander Motylev"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Bg4 4. Qb3 Qb6 5. Ne5 Be6 6. d3 g6
7. Be3 Qxb3 8. axb3 Bg7 9. Nf3 Bxb2 10. Rxa7 Rxa7 11. Bxa7 Na6
12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. f4 Nf6 15. Bg2 e6 16. Nc3 Ke7
17. Kd2 c5 18. Nc2 Bc6 19. Ra1 Rd8 20. Bf3 h6 21. Ra5 Ne4+
22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Ke3 exd3 24. exd3 g5 25. Ne2 Ra8 26. Nc3 b6
27. Ra1 Nb8 28. Rxa8 Bxa8 29. b4 Nd7 30. b5 f6 31. Na4 e5
32. f5 Kd6 33. Nc3 Bg2 34. Kd2 Bf3 35. Ne3 h5 36. Ned5 Bxd5
37. Nxd5 e4 38. dxe4 Ke5 39. Ke3 Kd6 40. h4 Ke5 41. g4 gxh4
42. gxh5 h3 43. Kf2 Kxe4 44. h6 Nf8 45. Nxb6 Kxf5 46. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Russian Team Championship"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.05"]
[EventDate "2015.05.01"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. e4 Ne7 8. Be3 d6 9. Bd4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. c5 dxc5
12. Qxc5 Qd6 13. Qxd6 cxd6 14. O-O-O Rd8 15. Rd2 Be6 16. Be2
Rd7 17. Bd1 Nc8 18. Ba4 Rc7 19. Rhd1 Rb8 20. h3 Rb4 21. Bc2 g5
22. h4 h6 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Rh1 Kf8 25. Rh5 Rcb7 26. b3 f6
27. g3 Rg7 28. f4 Rbb7 29. f5 Bg8 30. e5 fxe5 31. f6 Rgf7
32. Ne4 d5 33. Nc5 Nd6 34. Rxg5 Rxf6 35. Nxb7 Nxb7 36. Rxe5
Nd6 37. Rd4 Bf7 38. Rf4 Rh6 39. g4 Rh1+ 40. Kb2 Rh2 41. Rf6
Ne4 42. Rxc6 Nf2 43. Ka3 Nxg4 44. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jon Ludvig Hammer"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "206"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5
7. d3 Qf6 8. Be3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 Bd6 11. Rd1 Ne7
12. Nd2 Ng6 13. Kf1 f6 14. c3 c5 15. Nc4 Be7 16. Rac1 O-O-O
17. a3 Nf8 18. b4 Ne6 19. Rb1 b6 20. Ke2 Rd7 21. b5 a5 22. Rg1
Kd8 23. Rbd1 Ke8 24. a4 Kf7 25. Na3 g6 26. Nc4 Bf8 27. Rg2 Bh6
28. Rdg1 Bxe3 29. fxe3 g5 30. Na3 Rhd8 31. Rd1 h4 32. c4 Ng7
33. Nb1 Nh5 34. Nc3 Ng3+ 35. Ke1 Rxd3 36. Nd5 Ra3 37. Rgd2 Rd7
38. Nc3 Re7 39. Rd3 Rb3 40. Nd5 Rxd3 41. Rxd3 Rd7 42. Kf2 Ke6
43. Ke1 Nh5 44. Kf2 Ng7 45. Rb3 Ne8 46. Ke2 Nd6 47. Kd3 f5
48. exf5+ Kxf5 49. Rb1 e4+ 50. fxe4+ Nxe4 51. Rf1+ Ke5 52. Rf8
Nd6 53. Rg8 Kf5 54. e4+ Ke6 55. Rxg5 Nf7 56. Rg6+ Ke5 57. Ke3
Nd6 58. Rg5+ Ke6 59. Kd3 Rf7 60. Rg6+ Ke5 61. Rg5+ Ke6 62. e5
Nf5 63. Ke4 Ng3+ 64. Ke3 Nf1+ 65. Ke4 Nd2+ 66. Kd3 Nf3 67. Rh5
Nxe5+ 68. Ke4 Nxc4 69. Rh6+ Kd7 70. Rxh4 Nd6+ 71. Kd3 Rf3+
72. Ke2 Rf7 73. Rh6 Nf5 74. Rh8 Kd6 75. Nc3 Ke5 76. Rd8 Nd6
77. Ke3 Rh7 78. Kd3 Rxh3+ 79. Kc2 Kd4 80. Ne2+ Kc4 81. Rd7 Rh2
82. Kd2 Ne4+ 83. Ke3 Nf6 84. Rf7 Nd5+ 85. Kf3 Rh6 86. Rd7 Rd6
87. Rh7 Kb3 88. Ng3 Kxa4 89. Ne4 Kxb5 90. Nxd6+ cxd6 91. Rd7
Kc6 92. Ra7 Nc7 93. Ke4 d5+ 94. Kd3 c4+ 95. Kc2 d4 96. Kd2 Ne6
97. Rh7 Nc5 98. Rh4 Kb5 99. Kc2 d3+ 100. Kc3 Na4+ 101. Kd4 d2
102. Rh1 c3 103. Kd3 d1=R+ 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6
7. Bf4 a6 8. Nd2 Nh5 9. Qa4+ b5 10. Nxb5 axb5 11. Qxa8 Qb6
12. e3 Nxf4 13. exf4 Bg7 14. a4 O-O 15. Bxb5 Bxb2 16. O-O Bxa1
17. Nc4 Qb7 18. Qxb7 Bxb7 19. Rxa1 Bxd5 20. Nxd6 Rd8 21. Nc4
Nc6 22. Ne3 Nd4 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Bc4 Rd6 25. a5 Nc2 26. Rc1
Nb4 27. Bf1 Rc6 28. g3 Rc7 29. a6 c4 30. Ra1 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "174"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qb3 Nb6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb4 Bxb4 11. Qxb4 a5
12. Qc3 c6 13. Ne5 Re8 14. Nd2 Ng4 15. Nxg4 Bxg4 16. e3 Qd6
17. Rfe1 Be6 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. Nc5 Nd7 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. e4 Qd6
22. Re2 dxe4 23. Bxe4 Nf6 24. Bc2 Rad8 25. Qxa5 Qxd4 26. Rd1
Ra8 27. Qxa8 Qxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Rxa8 29. Bb3 Kf8 30. Rxe6 Nd7
31. Re3 h6 32. Rf3+ Nf6 33. Kf1 Ke7 34. Ke2 Kd6 35. a3 b5
36. Bc2 Ra7 37. Rd3+ Kc5 38. f4 b4 39. axb4+ Kxb4 40. Rb3+ Kc5
41. Kf3 Nd5 42. Be4 Kd4 43. Rd3+ Kc4 44. h4 Rb7 45. Rd2 Rb3+
46. Kf2 Kc5 47. Bf3 Kd6 48. Bd1 Rb4 49. Kf3 Ke7 50. b3 Nc7
51. Rd3 Ne6 52. Ke3 g5 53. fxg5 hxg5 54. h5 Kf6 55. Rc3 c5
56. Rc4 Rb8 57. g4 Rd8 58. Bc2 Re8 59. Ke4 Nd4+ 60. Kd5 Re5+
61. Kd6 Nb5+ 62. Kc6 Nd4+ 63. Kb6 Nxc2 64. Rxc2 Re3 65. Rf2+
Kg7 66. Kxc5 Rc3+ 67. Kd5 Rxb3 68. Rf5 Kh6 69. Rf6+ Kh7
70. Ke6 Rb4 71. Kf5 Rb5+ 72. Ke4 Rb4+ 73. Kf3 Rb3+ 74. Kg2
Rb2+ 75. Rf2 Rb4 76. Kg3 Rb3+ 77. Rf3 Rb4 78. Rf5 Rb3+ 79. Kf2
Kh6 80. Rf6+ Kh7 81. Rg6 Rb5 82. Ke3 Ra5 83. Ke4 Rb5 84. Rd6
Ra5 85. Rd5 Ra6 86. Rxg5 Kh6 87. Re5 Ra1 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O d6
7. a4 Ba7 8. h3 Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Rxe3 O-O
12. Nbd2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. Nxb3
f6 17. d4 exd4 18. Nfxd4 Ne5 19. a5 Rd8 20. Ra4 b6 21. axb6
cxb6 22. f4 Bd7 23. Rb4 a5 24. fxe5 axb4 25. exf6 bxc3
26. bxc3 gxf6 27. Nd2 Be8 28. Ne4 Bg6 29. Nxf6+ Kf7 30. Ng4
Re8 31. Ne5+ Kg7 32. h4 Ra5 33. Ndc6 Rc5 34. Kf2 Re6 35. Nxg6
Rxe3 36. Kxe3 Rxc3+ 37. Kd4 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.21"]
[EventDate "2015.06.17"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7
7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. O-O Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. b3 Nce4
12. Ne2 Qa5 13. Bb2 Ba3 14. Bxa3 Qxa3 15. Qc1 Qa6 16. Qb2 Rac8
17. Nfd4 Rc7 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. a4 Qb6 20. Nb5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1
Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 g6 23. f3 Nc5 24. Qc3 a6 25. Nbd4 Qd6 26. h4 b6
27. g3 a5 28. Nb5 Qe7 29. Nf4 h6 30. Nd4 Qe5 31. Nfe2 Nfd7
32. Kg2 Kh7 33. Nf4 g5 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Nh5 g4 36. fxg4 Qe4+
37. Nf3 Qxg4 38. Nf6+ Nxf6 39. Qxf6 Qxg3+ 40. Kxg3 Ne4+
41. Kf4 Nxf6 42. Ke5 Kg6 43. Nd4 Kg5 44. Kd6 Ng4 45. Nc2 Kf5
46. Kxd5 Nf6+ 47. Kc6 Ke4 48. Kxb6 Kd3 49. Ne1+ Kxe3 50. Kxa5
Kd2 51. Nf3+ Kc3 52. b4 Nd5 53. b5 Kb3 54. Ne5 f5 55. Nd7 Ne3
56. b6 Nc4+ 57. Kb5 Nd6+ 58. Kc6 Nc4 59. Kc5 Na5 60. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2015.08.23"]
[EventDate "2015.08.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. c5 Ne4 8. Rc1 Nxc3 9. Rxc3 b6 10. c6 Nf6 11. a3 a5 12. Bd3
Ne4 13. Rc2 f6 14. Qe2 Bd6 15. O-O g5 16. Bxd6 Nxd6 17. Re1 a4
18. Nd2 e5 19. e4 f5 20. f3 dxe4 21. fxe4 Ra5 22. exf5 Nxf5
23. Bc4+ Kg7 24. d5 Re8 25. Ne4 Nd4 26. Qh5 Nxc2 27. Nxg5 Bf5
28. Rf1 Qf6 29. Ne6+ Rxe6 30. Rxf5 Qg6 31. dxe6 Qxh5 32. Rxh5
Nd4 33. e7 Ra8 34. Rxe5 Re8 35. Re4 Nf5 36. Be6 Nd6 37. Bd7
Nxe4 38. Bxe8 Kf6 39. Bg6 1-0

