Game of the Week XIX-Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime (2750) - Aronian,Levon (2765)

Mating the king is the primary purpose of chess; therefore, each side usually tries to keep the king safe during the middle game where their opponent has various opportunities to attack him. However, after trading the queens and some other pieces, you may (and should!) consider bringing the king to the center where he can participate in an active battle.

On the other hand, an endgame doesn’t mean that the king can’t be mated, so be careful when centralizing the king because it may be inopportune. This leads us to the Game of the Week....

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Game of the Week: Vachier-Lagrave vs. Aronian

Thank you for reading! If you find any noteworthy games that you think should appear on Game of the Week, please send me a message on lichess.org.Please note that Game of the Week will cover games played from Saturday to Saturday of each week, and any games played on Sunday will go to the next week. See you next Sunday! Contributors:

GM Vasif Durarbayli
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Edited by Della Almind