Tata Steel Chess Tournament .....

Originally posted by watchyourbackrank
if impractical equals unambitious then i agree.
radja played a very good tournament and he faced an opponent (aronian) who played an even better tournament. Under normal circumstances radja would be happy to make a draw, but I think the fact that he knew is what should have made him have a go.
The key to radja's (lack of) attitude towards the ga ...[text shortened]... . this was his best result for a while and he didn't want to mess it all up in the final game.

Ambitions should be supported by ammunition. The fact that Aronian would be happy with a draw means that he could afford to play very safe and allow his opponent to take risk. Its very hard to win stronger opponent who has White and who can afford to play safe. Too high risk of losing.