1. e2e4  1... e7e5  2. g1f3  2... b8c6  3. f1c4  3... f8c5  4. c2c3  4... g8f6  5. d2d3  5... e8g8  6. e1g1  6... d7d6  7. c1g5 A  favorite line of the Armenian GM. 7... h7h6  8. g5h4  8... g7g5 The principled choice. This is what makes the Bc1-g5  maneuver somewhat risky for White. He may end up with a permanently locked bishop. 9. h4g3  9... a7a5 Stopping the queenside expansion of the white pieces. 10. f1e1  10... f8e8  11. b1d2  11... c5a7  12. d2f1  12... c8e6  13. c4b5 None of the bishop trades is  particularly appealing to White. He has a more important job for this  bishop. 13... e6d7  14. f1e3  14... c6e7  15. a2a4  15... c7c6  16. b5c4  16... e7g6  17. d1c2 The queen is eyeing the g6-knight, and the d3-d4 followed by  e4-e5 clearance breakthroughs are already in the air. 17... g6f4  Radjabov simply moves the knight out of the way. 18. a1d1  18... d8e7 Both sides do their best to prepare for the opening of the  game. And Aronian cannot wait for it 19. d3d4  19... e5d4  20. g3f4  20... g5f4  21. e4e5 The point behind the central break. White's attack is huge, but is it enough to compensate for the material? The exclamation  is for the courage, not for the move value. 21... d4e3 Amazingly, the most obvious capture is not optimal. 22. c2g6  22... g8h8  23. g6h6  23... f6h7  24. c4d3 A sacrifice reminiscent of the  classic Spassky-Bronstein King's Gambit game. The rook is sacrificed for  only a tempo! 24... e3f2  25. g1f1  25... f2e1q  26. d1e1  26... d7f5 The best  defense. The bishop is removed from the a6-c4 diagonal. 27. d3f5 Now Aronian is just millimeters away from mating Radjabov's  king. 27... f7f6  28. e5f6  28... e7f7 Now Qf7-c4 is a powerful threat, and  Aronian needs to find something special. 29. e1e6 Beautiful! The rook  blocks the queen's sortie to the c4-square. And... wrong!