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Originally Posted by The Yugoslavian
Well, I don't think it's fair for him to claim he failed to remember it. I know he said that but he certainly remembered enough even if he didn't have the exact intricacies memorized.
Yeah, I think this is implied. I take it to mean he didn't have all of the various lines at his fingertips, but I'm sure he remembered why it was good and what his general plans were.
Of course, he can't create this masterpiece without the help of Aronian so I'm sure at some point early on he was playing on his on merits.