Aronian-Variante - Ein modernes Repertoire gegen Spanisch improvers Nxc6 and 11

Nxc6 and 11

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Aronian-Variante - Ein modernes Repertoire gegen Spanisch improvers Nxc6 and 11The Armenian top grandmaster Levon Aronian has refreshed an old concept with new game ideas. The starting point of the Aronian Variation in the Spanish Game (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5) is the move 3 Nge7, which was named after Carlo Cozio, an Italian chess master from the 18th century. The few grandmasters who used 3 Nge7 in the past, however, usually had different plans for it than Aronian and other well known players in the 21st century: For