Aronian, Levon – Erigaisi, Arjun (No content to display) Aronian, Levon (2729) Erigaisi, Arjun (2775) Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: December 8, 2025 Location: Grootbos RSA Tournament: Freestyle Grand Slam RR Round: 2.3 Opening: Submitted by: Published on: December 21, 2025 [Event "Freestyle Grand Slam RR"] [Site "Grootbos RSA"] [Date "2025.12.08"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [WhiteElo "2729"] [BlackElo "2775"] [WhiteFideId "13300474"] [BlackFideId "35009192"] [Variant "Chess960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "nrkbnrbq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKBNRBQ w KQkq - 0 1"] [EventDate "2025.12.08"] 1. f4 f5 2. b3 Nb6 3. c4 g6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bd4 Nf6 6. Nc2 c5 7. Ba1 Bc7 8. g3 Nbd7 9. d3 e5 10. e3 Re8 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Nd2 Qg7 13. Bf3 Qe7 14. O-O-O Ba5 15. Bg2 e4 16. dxe4 Bxd2+ 17. Rxd2 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Qxe4 19. Qxe4 Rxe4 20. Rf4 Re8 21. e4 fxe4 22. Re2 O-O-O 23. Rfxe4 Rxe4 24. Rxe4 Rf8 25. Kd2 Kc7 26. Ke2 Kd6 27. Bg7 Rc8 28. Ne3 Be6 29. g4 Re8 30. g5 Re7 31. Bc3 Rf7 32. h4 a6 33. Be1 Nf8 34. Bg3+ Kc6 35. Re5 b5 36. Bf2 bxc4 37. Nxc4 Bxc4+ 38. bxc4 Nd7 39. Re6+ Kb7 40. Be3 Nb6 41. Bxc5 Nxc4 42. Kd3 Nb2+ 43. Ke4 Nc4 44. Kd5 Nd2 45. Rf6 Rd7+ 46. Bd6 Kb6 47. a4 a5 48. Rf8 Ne4 49. Kxe4 Rxd6 50. Rf6 Kc5 51. Rxd6 Kxd6 52. Kd4 Kc6 53. Kc4 Kd6 54. Kb5 Kd5 1-0 [Event "Freestyle Grand Slam RR"] [Site "Grootbos RSA"] [Date "2025.12.08"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [WhiteElo "2729"] [BlackElo "2775"] [WhiteFideId "13300474"] [BlackFideId "35009192"] [Variant "Chess960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "nrkbnrbq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKBNRBQ w KQkq - 0 1"] [EventDate "2025.12.08"] 1. f4 f5 2. b3 Nb6 3. c4 g6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bd4 Nf6 6. Nc2 c5 7. Ba1 Bc7 8. g3 Nbd7 9. d3 e5 10. e3 Re8 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Nd2 Qg7 13. Bf3 Qe7 14. O-O-O Ba5 15. Bg2 e4 16. dxe4 Bxd2+ 17. Rxd2 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Qxe4 19. Qxe4 Rxe4 20. Rf4 Re8 21. e4 fxe4 22. Re2 O-O-O 23. Rfxe4 Rxe4 24. Rxe4 Rf8 25. Kd2 Kc7 26. Ke2 Kd6 27. Bg7 Rc8 28. Ne3 Be6 29. g4 Re8 30. g5 Re7 31. Bc3 Rf7 32. h4 a6 33. Be1 Nf8 34. Bg3+ Kc6 35. Re5 b5 36. Bf2 bxc4 37. Nxc4 Bxc4+ 38. bxc4 Nd7 39. Re6+ Kb7 40. Be3 Nb6 41. Bxc5 Nxc4 42. Kd3 Nb2+ 43. Ke4 Nc4 44. Kd5 Nd2 45. Rf6 Rd7+ 46. Bd6 Kb6 47. a4 a5 48. Rf8 Ne4 49. Kxe4 Rxd6 50. Rf6 Kc5 51. Rxd6 Kxd6 52. Kd4 Kc6 53. Kc4 Kd6 54. Kb5 Kd5 1-0 White to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Black to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Warning: This game can only be seen if JavaScript is enabled in your browser. No related posts.
