Chess with Sam Collins

Levon Aronian vs Anish Giri

Palma de Mallorca, 2017

Levon Aronian is my player of the year in 2017, finishing first in Norway Chess and the World Cup while producing the most interesting and creative chess of any elite player.

En route to joint first place in the final Grand Prix event of 2017, he crushed Anish Giri, an extremely strong and solid Dutch Grandmaster.

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 ...