A Bonanza of draws was the last thing anyone expected a few hours into round 2 of the 75th Tata Steel Chess Tournament, but at the end of a long day, all games in Group A had ended peacefully. Top seed Magnus Carlsen of Norway had a seriously compromised King's Indian against second seed Levon Aronian. The Armenian Olympian had several approaches available to secure his advantage, but instead offered a piece with 18.Nb5!?.
Carlsen thought for a while, but ignored the sacrifice with 18...Bh6, where 18...f4 19.Bxb6 cxb6 20.Nxd6 Rf8 21.c5 would have given White lots of compensation for the minor piece. Nevertheless, Aronian kept the pressure on, but the former child prodigy from Norway showed off his qualities as an escape artist and hung on by the skin of his teeth
Match
[Event "75th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2861"]
[Chesscat "CHESSCAT 1.0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Eventdate "2013.01.12"]
[Plycount "92"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 Nc6 7.d5 Nb4 8.Be2 e6 9.Be3 Re8 10.Nd2 a5 11.O-O Bd7 12.Re1 b6 13.Rc1 Kh8 14.a3 Na6 15.Qc2 e5 16.Rb1 Ng8 17.b4 f5 18.Nb5 Bh6 19.Bxh6 Nxh6 20.exf5 gxf5 21.f4 exf4 22.Qc3+ Kg8 23.Bh5 Nf7 24.Rxe8+ Qxe8 25.Qf6 Qf8 26.Bxf7+ Qxf7 27.Qg5+ Qg7 28.Qxf4 axb4 29.axb4 Re8 30.Nd4 Qe5 31.Qg5+ Qg7 32.N2f3 Qxg5 33.Nxg5 Kg7 34.Nge6+ Kf6 35.Rf1 Bxe6 36.Nxe6 h5 37.g4 hxg4 38.hxg4 Nxb4 39.Rxf5+ Kg6 40.Nf4+ Kg7 41.g5 c6 42.Kf2 cxd5 43.cxd5 Re5 44.Ne6+ Kg6 45.Rf6+ Kh5 46.Kf3 Re3+
1/2-1/2
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