It has been a while since I have featured Lev Aronian on these pages, but the following game from the current FIDE Grand Prix caught my eye. It wasn't so much the effortless way he gained a winning advantage against Vincent Keymer, but how early in the game he did so. I would say he was clearly winning by move 18, but more so, was completely winning at move 24.
I suspect Aronian new he was winning, and Keymer probably knew he was completely lost. Probably the only strong players who may have underestimated Aronian's advantage would have been various chess engines, who gave Aronian a pawn advantage at best. To a human, control of the 7th rank supported by the bishop on d6 was an 'eternal' advantage, but to an engine the win was beyond the search horizon. It was only when the White king casually strolled up the kingside did Fritz et al realise what was about to happen.
All Pools | Berlin FIDE Grand Prix chess24.com (3.6), 06.02.2022
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