Tournament next match round 1

Also exciting was the battle in a sharp King's Indian Defence between last year's winner Levon Aronian and Wijk aan Zee Dinosaur Loek van Wely that soon left theoretically well-throdden paths. Van Wely picked up the gauntlet grabbing a b-pawn left undefended and then offering his queen for a rook and a minor piece a few moves later. This could have led to an unclear position, but Aronian refused to take the 'bait' with 17.Qc2 cxd5 18.Nb6 Ra6 19.Rad1 and instead went for a more positional approach with 17.Nb6 Ra6 18.Rb1. The pressure was on, but the Dutchman's stubborn defence kept the door shut.

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Match

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Chesscat "CHESSCAT 1.0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Eventdate "2013.01.12"]
[Plycount "105"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.g3 a5 9.Nh2 Na6 10.Be2 Nf6 11.h4 Nc5 12.Bf3 c6 13.Be3 Qb6 14.O-O Qxb2 15.Bxc5 dxc5 16.Na4 Qd4 17.Nb6 Ra6 18.Rb1 Bh3 19.Re1 Qxd1 20.Bxd1 h5 21.Nf3 Bg4 22.Ng5 Bxd1 23.Rexd1 a4 24.dxc6 bxc6 25.Rd6 Rb8 26.Rxc6 Nd7 27.Rc8+ Rxc8 28.Nxc8 f6 29.Rb7 fxg5 30.Rxd7 gxh4 31.Ne7+ Kh7 32.gxh4 Rb6 33.Nd5 Rb2 34.Nf6+ Kh6 35.Ne8 Bh8 36.a3 Rb3 37.Nd6 Rxa3 38.Nf7+ Kg7 39.Ng5+ Kg8 40.Rd8+ Kg7 41.Rc8 Ra1+ 42.Kg2 a3 43.Rxc5 a2 44.Ra5 Kf8 45.c5 Bf6 46.Ra8+ Ke7 47.Ra7+ Ke8 48.c6 Bxg5 49.hxg5 Rc1 50.Rxa2 Rxc6 51.Ra5 Re6 52.Kf3 Kf7 53.Kg2 
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