by Frederic Friedel
9/9/2014 – "It is insulting that Aronian is not resigning," said spectators on the server. Magnus Carlsen was two pawns up and chess engines were displaying +5 for the World Champion. But after a while it became clear: Levon Aronian knew the "Vančura position" and how to reach it. The game was drawn. For those of you who do not know the strategy here is a complete primer by Karsten Müller.